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pjf " ======-__ - BY ?. A. LEE AND HUGH WILSON. flf^ ABBEVILLE, S. C., *WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1875. YOlUME^IIIII-NO Ts^pA congaSee IN lis j Oolurat>ift, S. O. *aiiit i ? run imnii JOHN ALUM, $ Proprietor. Manufacturer of Steam Engines and Boilers. Iron and Brass Castings of all Descriptions made to Order. I was awarded tho first premium on castings at the State Agricultural and Mechanical Society Fairs, held in Columbia, November, 1S71, 72, 73. MANUFACTURE - ~ ? r _n Uricuiar saw mins 01 uu dxz.cs. ALSO Took the First Premium at Slate Fairs held November, 1871, '72, '73 Manufacturer of I Grist Mills Irons of all sizes. For Sale. "V \' Gin Gearing of the following sizes. 9 feet wheel and pinion $30 00 10 44 44 44 44 32 50 U " 11 44 44 35 00 12 " " " " 4.3 uu 14 " " " " 50 00 With Bolts $6.50 Extra for each set. Anti-friction plates and Balls for Cotton Press $10.00 and $12.00 per set. D. B. SMITH, Agent, Abbeville S. C. Dec. 10, 1873, 35-tf New Store! NEW GOODS!! THE undersigned have just opne* au entire new stock of GROCERIES, Provision and Liquors, As well as Other Goods in their Line. At the Old Stand of A. M. HILL, recently TROWBRIDGE & CO., where we will be pleased to serve the public CHEAP FOR CASH. A. M. HILL. Jan. 29, 1873, 42-tt ~cr west&sonst ALADDIN SEc^TY THE BEST OIL IN USE. "WARRANTED 150 DEGREES FIRE TEST. Water white in color. Fully deoderized. IAnd it will not explode. It burns in all Coal Oil and Kerosene Lamps. TRY P' A?k for "Aladdin Security," and take no other. C. WEST & SONS. 113 and 115 W. Lombard St., Bait. Md. Nov. 7, 1874 g0-6m S. B. NORRELL, Harness and Saddle Maker, jk T his Old Stand over Parker & Per/m rin's Drug Store, has a supply of Northern HARNESS LEATHER, and other material for Making and Repairing Saddles and Harness. Dec. 2, 1874, 34, tf FRESH COUNRY MEAL, At $1.40 per bushel, received every week, by Cunningham & Templeton. Nov. 11 31-tf ESTATE OF P JAS. C. RAY, dec'd. ALL persons indebted to James C. Ray at tbo time of bis death are requested to make payment to us, and those having demands against him to render them in properly verified to us. WILLIAM ANDERSON, ANDREW ANDERSON, Executors. - " r V 10 1 HNP A n /? AUDCYiue, jviaren 10, io<u, -*3-0111 i C. E BRUCE, ^ Boot and Shoe Maker, Over Parker & Perrin's Store. A.bbeville9 S. C. rkESIRES to say that he is fully preB W pared to meet all demands the public may make in his line. He keeps fwiiiatA.nt.lv on hand a lanre lot of the best material and em ploys only the finest workmen. He keeps a full stock of custom-made Boots and Shoes, and ?:uarantees the most entire satisfaction n every instance. Sept. 1, 1874, 21-tf Mark the Spot of Your Pe ~ j t>_;j? UCitocu xncuua. Marble "WorksA FULL line of stock on hand and all work sold at the lowest price, jand work done in the best workman-like manner. Several hundred new and handsome designs on hand to make selections from. We.wiH duplicate citv price in all monumental work, by which vou can save freight. Very respectfully, , D, CHALMERS. % ' - ^ I I I f SJEAM Colombians. C. F W. WING, Proprietor. MANUFACTURER OF Sash, Blinds, Doors, WINDOW A XI) DOOR FRAMES. / Mile Pivot Blinds ail Mm COLUMNS, Pilasters, MANTEL PIECES, Mouldings, Brackets, Hand-Rails, NEWELS, BALUSTRES, Scroll Work tf all Description. All Work Guaranteed A No. 1. May 28, 1874, 7-ly. J. 0. CHALMERS & CO. DEALERS IN Chairs, Parlor Sails, (Her Sails, Walnut & Mahogany Bareaus, Washstands, Tables, Bedsteads, Window Shades, &c. Looking G'lasses, Oil Chroraos, &c. Abbeville, S. C. Also agents for the sale of the celebrated Philadelphia Improved Kustie Window Shade, which for durability, cheapness, convenience and beauty, cannot be surpassed. Each shade is furnished with all the fixtures complete, and only requires two lath nails or small screws to fasten it up with. Should they become soiled I I\t- flifio flint- r>nn lm cnppnH nil !1 tJlblo. washed and made as bright as new, and will last for years. This st}*Ie of shade is much superior to cloth shades. In warm weather, when the window is raised, the shade admits the air but prevents flics and mosquitoes entering the room. The simplicity of their fixtures is much in their favor, as they require no rollers, each shade being complete, and any one can drive two nails by which to hang them. They are low in price, durable, convenient, and never get out ot order. Call at store and see samples. Nov. 18, 1874 32-tf DENTISTRY! DENTISTRY!! Dr. H. D. WILSON OFFERS his professional services to the people of Abbeville County and of upper South Carolina. Having just finished a course of study in the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery, he feels fully competent to attend to all ca^es requiring the exe.cise oj skilled Dental Surgery that may be Kmiwrlit fr, 1, i m Mi. OcL'C tlio iifltrmintrp uivru^nc iw aiA&n. w.w r-v. x..~0~ of the people, and guarantees full and complete satisfaction. He has procured a full set of first-class Dental Instruments, and is prepared to do first-class work at most reasonable rates. OFFICE jnst over Post Office. M. GOLDSMITH. I\ KIND. Groldsmith & "Kind, FOUNDERS & MACHINISTS, (PHGSNIX IRON WORKS, COLUMBIA, S. C. Manufacturers of steam Engines of all sizes; Horse powers, Circular and Muley Saw Mills, Grist and Sugar Cane Mills, Flour Mills, Ornamental, House and Store Fronts, Iron Railings, Agricultural Implements, etc. lirass and Iron Castings of all kinds made to order on short notice, and on flit, mnct POQcnnnliln tprmsi A lfSO IDKIi ufaeturers of Cotton Presses. Ahiy 28,1873, 7-12m THO MAS'SAW MILL IS Closed for Repairs. PARTIES who have contracted for LUMBER will call on ALLEN McCANTY at Mr. Edwards. I have some lumber on hand which will be disposed of for the cash. J. W. THOMAS. AT arch 24. 1875. 50-tf DR. JOHN S. THOMPSON, DENTIST, OFFERS his professional services to the citizens of Abbeville, and the surrounding country. Office over Citizens' Savings Bank, Abbeville, S. C. Oct. a, hs7.-;.2stf Thresher and Fan, ALSO i Railway Horse Power, For sale by Barnwell & Co. A?t.;IIO ift7S fi.tr [COrrEIGHT secured.] The^eirofthe|B OB ?lu jgrtioMCjj's ?tt. &' il&TBT jf-' alfred b. tozer, i^trriion ok "bound hand and footfhcp* "Who was ro Blame," Etc., Etc. : chapter vii. THE THEORY OK THE BOUT,. When Eugene left the lawyer's ofHce^jW' recorded in a previous chapter, he watw&l briskly in the direction of homo.* He knew that Bertha would he waiting for him, for she expected that the mystery of the morning would he solved tipon his return, and his consciencenot altogether easy at his treatment of the faithful girl. And Fanny ! His love for her was a part of his life. It seemed to him that he had lnvurl her nlu-nvR. Rilfc n> Tin t.imp ilnrinv th?? period of his acknowledged affection for her, had ehe seemed dearer to him than now. The occurrenccs of the very next day might place him far above his afllanced in worldly position, but instead of sagely thinking that perhaps he had been hasty in binding himself to an early love, as many others would have done under tho circumstances, he "was ready to accrpt any advancement that might come to him all the more gladly, because his darling could share it wit h him. Communing with his own thoughts alone under the soft starlight, he remembered with regret, the grieved look her fice had worn when he left her that morning. Had her eyes expressed resentment at this his first want of complete trust in her, he would have felt stronger in the course ho had pursued. But now, the memory of the pain on her sw?et face, together with the thought that he alone had been tho cause, troubled him. The house where she lived with her father and a brother, her mother having died a year before, was but a few steps from the main street, he would follow to bis own home, and he resolved to turn aside, and enjoy her company for a few moments. When he reached the/house, a light was burning in the sitting-room below, and with the familiarity of an always welcome visitor, he entered, without the formality of knocking. The room was vacant. A bright, wood fire was burning in the stove, and Fanny's fiiLLUU was |juiriiijg buii/Ij uu a rug> t?ut there were no signs of her mistress. More disappointed than he liked to admit, the young man was about to return to tho street, when a light in the upper hull attracted his attention. Knowing that Grover Clayson's room was just at the head of the stairs, Eugene, thinking that he might learn something of Fanny there, ascended and tapped lightly at his friend's door. There was no response, and he pushed the door open and entered. A lamp, standing on the mantle, was burning dimly, but its faint light revealed no one in the apartment, save himself. He listened a moment and heard footsteps in the adjoining room. The door between the loom was slightly ajar, and, knowing that Grover was the only person likely to be there, the young man peered through. For a second lus eyes seemed riveted to the objects within, and then he started back in horror. His face was ghastly pale, and as ho drew his hand across his forehead, as if to clear his senses, he found that it was bathed in a cold persper.ition. Rn.ronp Wal!in<rfriivl ivns nrvfc a mfin tn ? v " o ? ? be easily frightened. '1'he scene that his gaze rested upon would nave. Tor a mo ment, unnerved a stronger man than he. At first, he only sa his friend bending over a long table, in the centrf of the room, He seemed to be working Intently with something which resembled a steel instrument, for Eugene caught the glimnur of a polished surface as it moved to and fro in the light When Eugene first looked upon tlie object over which Grover was bending, it was almost entirely concealed by a long, white cloth. Presently, however, Grover drew the covering away, and stepped aside. It was a nude human body! As it lay, white and rigid, under the clear light, the wat her saw that death had occurred but rec itly. There were no evidences of decomposition, in ' fact, the the body had the appearance of being prepared for the grave, " Is Grover a murderer ?" was the first thought that came to the horrified watcher. A moment's reflection, however, convinced him that the body was there for another purpose than secretion. His first impulse was to hike his position at the door, and watch the actions of his friend, but his whole soul revolted at the thought of thus playing the part of a spy in that house. " I must know the meaning of this mystery," he thought. "I owe it to myself and to my friends?my more than friends?in this house, that I should not<?o away with any suspicion like that which just entered my mind. Even at the risk of losing Grovel's esteem forever, I will make my presence known to hiin, and let him know what I have Been." Accordingly, he tapped loudly at the door. In a moment G rover Btood excitedly beside him in the room, with his hand held iu seeming carelessness against the door. " Excuse me for intruding upon you at this late hour," he said, "I want to see Fanuy, if she has not already gone to her room." " Fanny is not in the house," wa3 the reply. " llavu you l??en home ? I think she must be with Bertha." " 1 oiiL'ht to have thouirht of that be fore," said Eugene, still making no movement to retire. ' What ails you, Eugene ?" asked Grovor, his excited face turning white, as he spoke. " Have you had a quarrel ? You are palo end trembling, old fricud, what doea it mean ?" Eugene did not reply. " You act as though you had Boon a ghost," Grover went on laughingly. " I hope you have met no spirits in this house !" " I think this the likeliest place to meet them." ' What do you mean ?" " I mean?may God forgive us both? that I unthinkingly, looked into that room you are guarding so closely, before I knocked." Grover staggered back in em-prise, X..L .12 J ? ...Li. J T.1 1 i._ uul uiu uut bjjua&j anu ?ju?uue curaeu \aj g?"Don't go yet, Eugene! I can't let you leave ine with that look on your face." And Grover caught him by the arm, and almost forced him into the room where the dead body lay. He then locked the door. " Eugene," he continued, almost iraploringly, " we have been frionds too long, to be estranged by this night's imprudence on my part. I will tell you all, and you can curse me, if you will. Hut wo must not forget Fanny. I swear to you that she knows nothing ot this. It would kill her. You must promise not to tell her." Eugene hesitated. Grover's face brightened. " It may not bo as bad as you think," Eugene," hesiid. " I will not insist upon a pledge of secrecy, until 1 have told you. Lix>k here." Grover stepped to the body, and pointed 4? Vv.iorl ii>Ki/iV tlnil i Via Irmffl IIS tllC lituu, ?? HIV.ll KUUU ktio iUiUO had already been busy upon it. "You see why this subject is here," he said. I brought it an hour ago, when no one was stirring in he house. With the exception of one man, you arc the only ' person in thejrillago who even ? Ejects th x have carried my researches into surgery so far as this." *" Surgery! I never knew?" Nor anyone else, outside of the family," interrupted Grover. . " Why do you keep it so secretly ? Surely it is not a crime to engage in the study of surgery, where it is notcarricd too far." And von think I have carried it too far," said Grover, blushing. "But time only can tell that." " Have you never consulted with the vil' Jage physicians?" asked Eugene. V ?>They woul,donly have laughed at me and my theory," was the reply. " The fact is," he went on, " I have not studied surgery with the idea of becoming a practitioner. I have a mission to perform, Eugene, which can only be fulfilled by the aid of that science, and I use it simply as a means to aid in me great, ena. " Can you tell me what that end is ?" " The location in the body, of the human souV " Grover! Are yon mad ?" "No; I am not mad. I know that it exists?apart from the brain, and apart from the vitality called life! I know that it can be removed, taken away, replaced, and always make one possessor just what it made another?and this, independent of brain development." " Has study turned your head, my poor friend " Don't mock mc, Eugene. Wiser men than I have spent their lives and their fortunes in pursuit of the same knowledge that I seek, but they had not the light of modern science to aid them and they failed." " And you are hewing into that dead body for a living soul!" " I have only one locality to examine," said the student, eager to explain everything to his friend, now that the ice was broken. " You don't understand anatomy, and so I will abandon technical terms. At the base of the neck, the brain nerves uuutru in Lei u. pecuiiur auuswince, wn en IB protected more carefully tlion any other t part of the system from injury. It is at the very apex of the spinal column, ami has been the subject of more than one theory. I believe that tho animal in the human form ends there, and that there tho spiritual begins. I believe that tho brain only takes up and uses the intelligence it draws from this point. I see that you are disposed to treat my theory as others have treated it," Grover added sadly, "and l will say no more about it. I bavc trusted you fuliy, Eugene, will yi>n promise not to reveal what you have seen here to-night ?" " On one condition." " Name it." " That you will endeavour to pursue your theory without this ghastly work." Eugene pointed to the body. " This is my first attempt in this direction," wiis the reply, " and if I make a failure now, there is nothing to do but to try ngaiiir" " How can you keep the knowledge of your pursuit from your father and Fanny?" " They never enter this ronm." wan tli? reply, it has been sacred to u>y ono pursuit for a year. I never go out without locking it. I can trust you, then?" " Yes? for the nrf-sent at least." " I thank you, Eugene. What! must you go bo soon}"' For Liuyene had turned toward the door. " Yes," he replied, " I can't endure the atmosphere of this room. Besides, lateaa it is, I have an appointment to keep. Can't you take time for a walk ? It is a gloiioiiB night, and a stroll will do you good." " Wait," said Grover, " tho door is looked. I will change my clothes and go with you." In a few moments the two young men emerged from the house and walked up the street. As they aid so, Eugene glanccd at his watch, and saw taat it was eleven o'clock. "Bertha will bo anxious," he said, " I havo not been .home since this forenoon. Besides. I fear I have missed my appointment with Mr. Gray." " With whom ?" asked Grover. " Ah !" said Eugene, " 1 havo a secret as well as you, you see. But I cannot be as frauk as you have been. My lips are sealed until to-morrow." This reply seemed to satisfy Grover, and for a time, the young men walked on in silence. Presently they were overtaken by a mill hand, who was returning from the attorney's office. " Have you heard the nows P " he queried. rieinfj answered in the negative, the man told the story of the tragedy at the attorney's office. " Poor Gordon," said Eugene," I wonder if he was the one I saw enter Gray's office a6 X left? Aud the body," he added "is still in the attorney's officer" "Yes; it willjnot.bejUioved until morning." Gi'over started. " I think I won't go any farther to-night, Eugene," ho said, as the mill hand pursued his way home. "I am anxious about u?y subject and must be at work." " Why not go on with me? Then Fanny will have company h> no," said Eugene. " That is what I wanted to speak with you about. You know what I am doing tonight. Can't bertha persuade Fanny to remain with her until morning ?" " I suppose so." "Then have her do so, by all means. I can't bear the thought of having her in the house to-night." And the young men parted. Eugene going directly home, and Grover hastening in the opposite direction. Arriving at his own door, Grover stood upon thestep a moment, as if in thought " Why not ?" he was saying to himself. " The man has been dead scarcely an hour, and 6uch an opportunity may never occur again. The office is easy of access by the rear windows, and no one will know. It is a dangerous job, but what would I not risk to gaiu my point ? I will do it!" he 6aitl, resolutely. " Tiiank ,God the^houso is clear for the night." ILiving thus made up his mind, the young man sought his room, provided liim> self with a few articles which bo would need in his hazardous wi>rk, and then started out to secure the assistance of a tuun whom he knew he could trust. CHAPTER VIII. THE WORK OK X NIGHT. ? rn ?i. ,..,4. Urrorer v.a.ij'soii ?ui uwui uu uw>w>^uv expedition so energetically, that in half an hour frcm tiie time of leaving Eugene, he found himself, accompanied by an assistant, who had long been his confidant, dircctly under the rear windows of the room where the dead man lay. llie companion, Uncle Billy, an he was called by the villagers, wits ono of a class of men to be found in nearly every place. Having no trade or occupation, and no family, he did such odd jobs as came in his way, and lived alonein a shanty by the river, not far from Mr. Clayson's house. Thero were rumours in the village, which gave the old man hardly the best of characters, but as nothing criminal had ever been proved against liiin, his neighbors wero content to let him alone, especially as he was good-natured and obliging, and appeared to be well satisfied with any treatment the villagers were disposed to bestow upon him. "I am not certain," said Grover,'glancing up at the dark windows about a dozen feet above his head, " that n bolder course would "not have been better. It is not too late now, however, to seek entrance by one of the doors in the hallway, if you think that course advisable, Uncle." "It ain't safe," was the old man's reply. "This affair must be mighty well aired in the village now, an' folks as are curious, not knowing the place is locked, may be a-prowlin' around t.he office, for a chance to look at the body. Wo must get it out of this here window, if wo get it at all." ' Agreoo/' . answered urover. aii we need now is a ladder. Do you know where one can be found near by ?" ' Yes; I tinkered one for Fnilick, this mornin'; it must be in his shed on the back street now, I will get it." " Be very careful, Uncle," urged Grovor, ' I judge the people around here arc restless enough to-night, and the barking of a dog might play the Old Harry with us." .? t ?u ^ rti,i J. >YIU tuac cu/i c \jl nui/, o.iiu kuc viu man, drawing a long, keen knife, and disappearing in the shadows of a row of outhouses. " I wish it wasn't bo clear to-night," mused the young man, after he had gone. *' It's almost as light as day, and we will have to adopt a new plan for carrying oil the body, if the Bky don't cloud up." Even as he spoke, he noticed a long hank of dark clouds driving fast, across the heavens from the West, accompanied by fitful gusts of wind, which portended rain before morning. " The old lawyer's office has been put to a use as new as it is strange,1' he thought, seating himself in the deep shadow of the building. " I never knew Galen Gray to -V attempt the obliging before. I wondor if the old fellow is doing anything about the property? It is strange that there shouldhave been no will found. Mr. Wallingford was too careful a man to make so gr'eat and so irreparable a blunder as he is now claimed to have made, in dying without revealing wherer had hidden the will, for everyone that there was a will, and some say that Galen Gray has it in hia possession, but 1 can't believe that." Then the young man's thoughts reverted to Eugene. " Wlia^, business could ho have had with Gray, ai- this time ol' night?or at any other time, for that matter he queried. "The name is the same?Eugene's father traced relationship between the families! Can it be possible?" The young man's reflections wore here interrupted by the approach of Uncle Billy, who carried a long, light ladder upon his shoulder. " I came mighty near beinsr caught," he said lowering his burden and droning jI down by thy young m m's /ide. " Th? dog barked, ami I had to qfiot liiiu with thin." He drew the knife from its sheath, ami Grover saw that it was covered with blood. " I am sorry?very worry this happened," he said. " Waa thf.re no other way ?" "Nary," was the brief reply. " X didn't like to do it, for'Bruce' was a fine dog. I've huhted with him many a time. But he didn't propose to renew acquaintance with yours truly?jumped for my weazon. and I had to let him have it. Ho know'd I was there for no good, poor fellow." " We may as jvell get to work," addod the old man, after a short pause " Wait," said Grover. " It will bo dark in a few momenta. See; the clouds ar-! shutting out the light very fast." The young man spoke truly. While he had waited, the mass of clouds which he had noticed, had nearly overspread the sky, and it was with difficulty that surrounding objects could now be diacorned. Presently it wa?< sufficiently dark for the two men to commence operations. As they did so, large drops of rain began to patter around them. "We are in for a soaking," young man," said Uncle Billy, raising the ladder against the building. " But I won't mind that if we &in't seen." On ascending the ladder, Grover found, to his great joy, that the windows of tho rear office where the body lay, wore not fastened. In a few minutes, therefore, bolii himself and his companion, stood in safety, by the sido of the prostrate form, which had been left lying on a rough table of pine boards. In leaving the body, the men who had gathered in the office at. the time of the supposod accident, lud simply composed the stiffening limbs, washed the blood j away, and loft t'ie neat suit the victim ( of the lawyer's rage..had .worn, on his person. " I am glad of this," said Grover, " for tho circumstance will greatly aid us, in , carrying away the body." , It w:is the work of but a few moments to wrap the body in a large cloak, brought for that purpose, convey it to the open window, and lower it to the ground below, by means of a rope. Scarcely had the bidder been withdrawn, when the sound of voices was j heard in the room they had just left. The rain was now falling rapidly, and in the noise of the storm, the two men could only catch fragments of the conversation going on, on the other side of the open window. | " My God!" exclaimed a voice, which the old man recognized as that of Galen Gray, " the body has disappeared!" A voice, unknown to the listeners, gave , vent to an ejaculation of surprise, plenti- . fully mingled with oaths, and then, the j violence of the storm shut out the conversation for a time. t , Presently, there came a lull in the rain, and the voices of the attorney and his companion again reached the ears of the anxious listeners. " What object could anyone have in ro- , moving the body ?'' the attorney demanded, " And how could it have boen taken away without detection ?" j " See! The window is open!" exclaimod the strange voice. " The thieves may not be very far away." "Look," said the attorney, "youroyes are sharper than mine." The two men below, drew near to the building, as they heard the man's clothes brushing against the window sill. Grover's heart boat excitedly, as ho ( wnif.iil f/ii? lii tn f?\ " I can see nothing for this cursed darkness," they heard the man say. "It is safe to make a light now, I suppose." " Yes, yes." said the attorney, " any- ; thing to recover the body." " 1 say, youngster," whispered Uncle ( Billy, " we must climb out of this. They will be down hero in less than no time, smelling of our tracks, like so many dogs." j Shall we attempt to move the body now ?" " It's ri?-ky, but it won't do to leave it here for them to return," was the reply. " Where shall we take it ?" asked Grover, , rendered almost incapable of thought by his fear of discovery. Uncle Billy hesitated a moment. " I have it," he finally whispered. " Wo are but a short distance from the river. I saw a small row boat, tied just below, this afternoon. Wo will take the body to the bank, and then drop down to my place with the current. No ono will think of 1 looking there." Grover gladly fell in with this arrangement, and the two lifted the corpse, and 1 silently made their way in the direction of the river. , Arriving then', what was their chagrin to find the boat gone I It had drifted away. " We will hide the body here in the thicket," said the old man, " and you 1 watch near it while I search the bank for a boat. I know every inch of this shoro fm- tnil.ta rl/iirn imrl T Mn'k lllisB of finn. ing one soon." Saying this, he hastenod away, leaving Grover alone with his ghastly charge. He waited in silence for some time, and ' then, anxious to know whether they were being pursued, he crept back in the direction of the office. Arriving at the fence, which skirted the rear of the building, he saw. lights moving in the yard underneath the window, ana knew that a crowd was collecting. He soon discovered, also, that some one was coming in his direction, and therefore, ho hastily roturned to the river bank. Uncle Billy was just drawing up In a boat, and directly, tho two men were drifting down the river. > " Do you hear that ?" the old man asked, as a rumble of thunder echoed over the river. " I do," waa tho reply. " But how can it effect us?" I never heard thunder like that, vr unless it was followed by sharp lightning cl before long," said the old man. "We ta must hurry, or the flashes may reveal ua to our pursuers." " cl The oai-3 were set, and tho boat was w< Boon gliding rapidly toward its destination. if Look sharp l" cried. tfrover to the oia bu man, who was rowing, " there ia a rock ra just ahead. I saw it by that flash of ligb tiling." wi Uncle Billy sheet,*! sharp off to the right, but he was too late, for the boat was co almost overturned, and a flood of water rushed over the side, hulf filling it. od Qrover commenced bailing the boat with co a pail, evidently kept there by the owner for that purpose, and the rower redoubled ra his aTorts. Suddenly an unusually vivid flash of G lightning lit up the river and the boat, and as it died away, the old fa*11, rl|j?n > W anil grasped tightly, and Qrofer's voice .'to ^"My' (^^^Uncle 1 th? vengance of' so Heaven is upon usl The corpse i? *nov? Ti ing J1' ai " Impossible/1 said the other. "It must Bt have been the motion of the boat." " It was not, asserted the other. " It ia aow flitting up, and glaring upon us with its horrible eyes. My Godl what Cl ihall we do?" m " Listen!" ar It was Uncle Billy who spoke. Above the storm, vrhich was raging lwim nKnun fliA rilflll r?f t.llA tu ?ivuuu utigiU) Hwviv viiv ? water, and above the oxcited lwating of their own hearts, the two men heard the sound of human hands, clawing aimlessly W( against thcsideof the boat. Neither of the listeners spoke. Pa With bis hand still grasping the old man's arm, Grover, trembling like a leaf, waited with his companion, for the next 3ash of lightning to confirm or allay r0 their fears. And along tho rivftr bank from above, 6c :ame the sounds of pursuit ar th til CHAPTER IX. W] Be rnB ATTORNEY MEETS AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE. to "When the attorney, renderei desperate (>v the movements of tho man who waa , * . J A- i~4. i.: m: louowing iirai, rumen auout uj mm come up, he hud not long to wait. 8e " You did -.veil to wait, Lawyer Gray," raid the man grufly, as he stopped at the ro attorney's side, " I want to seo you." 'Then you should have called at my P* office, during business hours," waa the reply. "I don't know alwuHhat office o'yonrn," said tlio man with a laugh, " folks fall en down stairs there sometimes." "Well, sir, what then?" demanded the attorney, drawing a Btep nearer, to get a an good view of the man's face. " Nothin'," was the reply, " only I seen Sa that man fall to-night." " And made no effort to save him ?" " It wouldn't a' done him no good if I hnd." ce " What do yon menit?" The terrible suspicion that his secret ?n wna in the possession of this man, was ?-1 working in the attorney's brain, and be retained his composure only with great 071 effort. 80 "I moan," said the fellow, "that I could a' saved that man's life, only by Pr be-in' at the head o* them stairs, and on 051 the tother side o' that door!" " Your object, probably, is to frighten me into giving you money, with this remarkililo story," said the attorney, " but you "? ire mistaken In your man! It is unfor- ex tnnate that the accident occurred at my nc bllice, but that is all; I am not to blame." ?? "You can't dose me with such chaff as "a -- ?u- 1- ? T that," said the otner, insultingly. - x watched the young chap when he went to "? pur office. I was in the hull when you P? grappled him, an' if you had oponed the loor a sccond sooner, when you set bim up like a uiumuiy in tho lia.ll, you'd a' seen "? this chicken." w "What right, what business have you to sneak and listen around my door?" de- W1 'uanded the attorney," and place your own construction on what you cannot under- n,< jtand ?" " I knowed that chap, Lawyer Gray, and a'( T knowed why he came to this here vil- *' lage," was the reply. " I hated him Pe because he sent mo to prison once, and I wa was dogging him, that's nil." " You knew him, then ?" "J " Ever ainco he was a baby." Ai " Where was he bom?" "t "See here, mister," said the fellow, wc shrowdly, " if I tell you what you want ter ^a know about that man, and keep my clapper W1 mum, how much will vou give me?1' br " You can do me no harm by telling any- rJ1 thing you choose, although it would be un. c" plcaHant to have such rumors started," to said the attorney, " but I will give you two hundred dollars for certain information ibout that man." " Moresaid the stranger. * During this conversation, the attorney had been examining the features of the man before him, and mentally, comparing N them with a description in ms now doojc, con which tho reader will remember. When ,. he spoke again, he was satisfied that his ; suspicions were correct. tioc ' Well, Mr. Jacob Ames," he said, " how aha: much mo.jf" t The man started. . " Ynu know me then," he replied. "Well, w I want just a cool thousand." "8P' " Are you in your right senscB P" tool " Wore so than you, when you killed? " Bjmj " Hush 1" raid Gray. " For heaven's .. sake don't speak so loud. Will you take five hundred dollaru?" " No." host "You are obstinate, but tho information as i] pou have, may be worth the sum you de- ? * maud. I will give you half now, and the Uiluncc in the morning, but you are never one to approach me on this subject again. You of w understand." jn ^ Aiiicb consented to tho proposition. " Now, tell me where this man waa 8^e( born," said Gray, after handing hiin a roll sf bills. dila "In this village." anjr ' Wheu ?" g . " Twenty-four years ago, come December." "tar " In wliat house ?" that "Air. Wullingford'B." " Llis name, then was?" ,, " Roland E. Wallingford." Dle " The mill-owner's son ?" 'mn3 "No; liis nephew." ranj " Hut George Wallingford never mar- je3?. ricd!" . " His marriage was never made public." " Arc you certain that you have ma Jo race no mistake?" triui " Yes. badl " I want you to go back to my office, and , look at the body with mo. Will you go?" ( "Yes." "Da "Tell me what you know about this ^usi man's |mother," said Gray as they walked along together. "She is dead." "ls c " How long since ?" road " About a year." a ck "Well, go on." , . ' I knew them both in Boston. They lived near me, and when I learned who miS' they were, I made it my business to keep origi track of them. Mr. Wallingford supplied ^liat them witn money nnui a unit) wmie ago. , "After all," thought Gray, "the blow r ivaa a lucky one. The fellow would have made trouble. Now, the way is clear for thin the man who will divide with me. But he spru must never know how near ho came to losing the fortune." "You have been mistaken all the way through," said the ready attorney, address- M: ing his companion. " The child" born in Bajj j Wallingford House, twenty-four years ayo, atill lives, and in this village. Mr. Wall- B'eai ingford knew the child would be his heir, ge and ho wanted him under his eye. A woman ot the same name?the wife of the 80in( assistant superintendent in the nulla?gave | nis c birth to a male child the samo night, and ' Ithout her knowledge, the children were landed. The heir to the Wallingford este is olive and well to-day." X Gray watched the man's face very moJ osely, while making this explanation, and is pleased to see that he understood him. " Ynn ran rAmcmliftr all that distinctly coal it is necessary, I .suppose," he said, d?- m01 ring to have the matter perfectly ar? , , nged. " Yes, but It's an extra job, and I will mt more pay for it," . obv " You shall have it, my good man, If all jj0r1 mcs out as I desire." ~ " But who is this othor covey P" domand- ??' 1 Ames. "Is he a anoozer what will the me down ?" 'itW clos " Never mind him," wa3 the reply, " fQH ust look to me for your pay." .. , Jl By this time the plotters had reached a " I want you to be certain that thfa J ight have leaked out, and:" > '^'8 me other man taken wer be fact that he cameh<V^tfc& laborer,-haa id declined making ^ahn'self knowri^. g rengthena this suspicion. an you see ithout a light ?" he a8]cedj as thoy stood aide the door. ' . hol( " Yea," was the reply, " I would know hia irsed face anywhere. I tackled him for oney once, on the score of old acquaint- * 1 ico. and when I was a little roueh, he "to< irned me over to a cop, d n him !" aa As the men advanced into the room,;1 ^ut ey saw thatthe rough table where the >dy had been left, was vacant. Their exclamations of surprise and rage w&i are heard by the listeners below, but the me torney's nervous examination of the j ,pera in the room, of course, escaped . eir attention. "The body waa taken by no ordinary flan ieves," he said, " for not a thing in the He om was molested by them. ^ The search at once instituted, availed thing, although a large number of people, hot ouacd by the noisos and lights about fi e office, assisted. ?<j "How was the loss discovered at this ? ne of night P'. ask.:d one of the group, " J lich assembled about the office, after the teaarch had been abandoned, ye t " I missed some papers,-' said the at- ; rney," and came back to look for them. r, us matter has been a great inconvenience ' me," he added, " and although a simi- j H r case might never occur again, I shall thoi cure an office on the first floor at once." ' 0jr Glad of any pretext to abandon the I oms with which such terrible associations |w"? jre now connected, Gray seized upon this beai ea with avidity. ! ?] 'I don't blame yon for wanting to g^ol ove," said one of the villagers, nervously, [f it were me, I should never want to ter the room a^ain." upoi " It is foolish, I admit," rejoined the at- ten rney," but I partake of the same feeling, .d I shall lose no time in removing." Among all the theories advanced re- the .rding the disappearance of the body, it 0 juld have been strange, indeed, if no one j m d guessed aright, and no Booner was the ^ sa of the case presented, tnan it wan acpted by all. es* ] "What doctor In this vicinity is bold etro' ough to attempt such a thing," asked noo, lies, anxious to help this theory along. " There is not one," replied one of the wa^ owd. " It was without doubt done for ed, 1 mo city college." inst: " True enough," Baid another, " and it is jj0 obable that we will never know what be- ' me of the body." "No so," said the attorney, " recalling fidd e peculiar circumstances attending my prog end's death, after leaving the office, I .d fully decided to insist on a post mortem amination in the morning, and I shall e"T >w uso every means in my power to dis- ^ ver the perpetrators of this outrage, and 8< ive them brought to justice." . The attorney spoke falsely, bat he be>ved that this story would strengthen his 8 ? >sition with the villagers. plea It was very late, and the gathering slowly ?i spersed. As the attorney locked his . or, for the second time that night, he reBmbcred that in the excitement, he took d neglected to keep his appointment use th Eugene. chai ' I must await }iis visit here in the . jrning," ho said, au-l went to the hotel. 10 I " Let me see where I am," he muttered, S< ^r reaching the room assigned him. Wic Eugene is certain of gaining the prorty now that .his only rival is out of the .y." lie shuddered at the thought cf r ' w the second claimant had been silenced, tice 3von if this mill band circulated his story, ygcti nes' testimony will put matters to flits. That estimable wife of his must be in over to our side, of course. I ought to ^ ve instructed Ames regarding his course ? ., th her, but I i.an attend to that after eakfast. So, at last," he continued, ^ bbing his hands exultingly, '* my way is put iar, but I must double up on the fee I am pjjjjj get from my wetk-uiiuded client." to be contijtubd, in t ? II 8COTTS FIRST ICXI'ERIENCB V* . RAPID TRANSIT. 11 Fow that Hon. Thomas A. Scott ha# b?? le the acknowledged "Railroad King" Th he world, and his railway manipal*- only is are at present attracting no small cage ? nnMi* atfunfinn. if. would not I Knf. ' IC V* uuo j^UVUV WW1.MV.V.., - - - ?*% ? , minteresting to our readers if we would rcma te an episode in the life?in the way of the I sed"?of this remarkable man, that tulet. : place in Mercersburg, when ho was him ply a dry goods clerk, and long before one giant enterprises were dreamed of. 0thei old Brooks, now deceased, a colored Mr ;len, as well known in this community ingly a Mercersburg, and a universal favorite, the b charge of the stable connected with se, of the hotels at that place, the owner pape] hich had some splendid trotting stock g0 01 rhich Brooks took great pride, and the can j sd of which formed a great staple in hot h conversation. One day when he wan jjja < ting on the merits of his respective holly] - * ?*4-1- ??~ noiial Q3-1S Wllil LLiUl U tUtlii uouui vuu o ;t interrupted him with the following tling banter: "Brooks, I'll bet you $5 ; I can produce a pony that can pace ^ er than any horse you have in the sta- war ' can trot." Brooks accepted the banter ^ort^ lediately, the preliminaries were ar-j fed and a handful of "flips" and "lev-| ox ?the perquisites of his position?was^ me^' up by the enthusiastic hostler. The1 came off. It was Tom Scott's first i ?n 0< mph in rapid travel, and Brooks was j ? y disappointed and defeated, and as jften remarked, in telling his story, q rn it, he took de money, dat was de , . " and si i. But the unfortunate horseman _ not forgotten, and up to the time of j loath, he received from the great railmagnate, at unexpected times, many "1 ? Wlin l-nnwi 01 UU 1UCJ>U ikiuvuuwt <> .? .. _ . what this slight triumph of Scott's I P*? lit have hccn the germ from which j ?pider inated schcmes in hie mighty brain! estate have placed in his bands lines of rail- b?3(* from ocean to ocean?a girdle almost kidinf J to that conceived by "Puck ?" Great bouse gs in science and mechanical arts have! ^ey ng from similar events.?Fulton Re- J ^ie 1 ican. lot ^ to tin r. and Mrs Sartoris have arranged to a Tor Europe in May, by the Whito Star rubt" ncr Celtic. amonj jacket nator Eaton, of Connecticut, is said by their i ; to have a look of perpetual anger en ; her bj ountenance. j mo& KEWSPAl'EU IMPORTING. commenced newspaper life with t&9 rfc cheerful anticipations. 11, seemed , a )le8ome thing to puff so'mebody's sugar* ;ed hams, and have one handed in the next ning, with a yellow frock on, and a loop _ tang it up by; to attend horse trots and ler-life camp-meeting qad pick the ious points of the best trotters and ex- J| kers, must bo a moat agreeable labor. . ^ too, it would be a sweet duty to ^ oouuary or a. ugcr-ocw : might also bo added, as ft tribute to business integrity, that bit remnia* ecarect |g? onk bia own crystal. iot^viUk no superior in the market. fter writing a few days', r started off i some grotesque sketches of the house* : I of Hosea Jane*, describing Myself ?f' > < bald-heaied and unsophisticated siro ol1^;' lumerous family. Many rani 'tmSSnQ'\ ''' )k this all for corn." Only one man felt affront. He had studied to b#r9lv \ ,vVSF * cher, and was a success. Hs'xrai; 4-' r" ^healthy man. His knucklMwerelifct rns teeth, worn down. He called upon" early one morning. He wai lobster. ?boiled in bis own passions. He was >um1 n?/1n? Vt?a f]lA . t V/55W LUJCkX plU^O lAMUCt WW VJVip ??wiw*w gas of his ears seemed to be on fix*, ... .7 looked like a man who had walked oS hij ear bo rapidly that he prodacad ? * . bex. .'e rashed upon mo, shouting: STow I've got ye, and I'll hammer the ) out Of yo, yon mean puppy. I'll put buscuit over your peepers. Ill learn 0 epeak disrespectable of me and my' -era, you " Mr. Jones," I faltered, "this ia a-joke." e Jcame on, glaring and snorting. I ight how hard it wa?4o be smashed out oristence in the glow of youth, with th* le earth filled with greenness, fruit and lty. ['11 get the file and see about it? I ? ited, as I fled. I think the ved man ir r me yet. I think he will sweep dowa . a me some of these sunny days, V of- " dream of being in the shambft;seav ulaughter-house, and hear lum< order * '* boy to bring the sledge-hamme*.bituary writing has been my bestimldi ote one for the captain of a Saybfeoofc * i >oner. I was told of his death by~hon? people. I sketched him as; he.- gailylied down the golden streets, afterr * 1 lunch of nectar and ambrosia* to* to make his family prooxL- lalso-odd- / bo be impartial, the customary-musical rument. It was not a harp> however. I slung him with a baes. vioL The ain, when on earth, was* ait excellent ler, and therefore, with an. eye- to his press in all things, I accredited him i a bass viol. I added a. stanza. ?f po, as follows: k ' SVhile here below the bottTorwna-hfs'lffve, ) he should have a baaa viol whan- above." week after, the captain ?alled on me^ king a brier.wood pipe. E* was mncka sed. rVhat's to pay for that-writing?** h*>, cL "Me and my wife and the girla J wif h if. T nmnf. vnn a . OUiiU UISAU1VSJ. U n*W? *V. A W ?MBV it when the right time*-comes. t? ged the captain regulars cemetery>rices. Six feet by two. one insertion. >me time ago, the venerabM widowks lost her son Fhineas. Lost' Eall shehis remains removed to CoBnecticat' burial. She sent mo a brief no? for publication, with privilege of oo&~ on. I was aa follows: HOWB AT LAST. " e learn, with unfelt Borrow, that Mr*, itable Wicks has brought the remains 'hineas home for dotermerit. She will two (2) stones over hia grave, with TTT-.1 ..J D ?. eua YV IL'JLO UU OUU ?UU JL? ? # Wi kU9 r. Mrs. W. hao been to great expense hese panicky times, bat she trusts the public will appreciate her efforts ike buckle and strap meet mblished it as follows: j P. W. WELL FIXED At LAST. ings come round right at last, if yot lay low and keop dark. Witness the of Phineas Wicks. He died abroad now his doting frieed has freighted his ins to the Nutmeg State, which bears ippropriate motto of Qui rustenet trans She will set up two stones above ? a headstone and a hindstone. On * [rill be carved "Phiner," and on the 1 "Finis," wnicn is l^aun ror jfmny. t. W. has put out her stamps trnspar* to do this, but she believes in "letting lil go with the hide." riously, one thing is sure. A new*. r man can never dio. His name may it, but the light of his little candle lever quite cease. What he writes in . 08te may cool into an eternal carving. jvery-day paragraphs, like the lowly locks, may flower beautifully in a seo- . TJ; urnmer. . * *!*?%? >n after the termination of th? late J| a lady came to Richmond from the Ij i and stopped at the house of one of- ' tizens of that city. After a time she i I A1 ited symptoms of mental derange- a , and finally died. She left a trunk - m the family sho stopped with, in which, :>king over it lately, was found on a I parchment topped by an American -.'*1 the first commission as a Lieutenant * J i Army of the U ited States of Major " al John N. Schofield, dated in 1859 gned by Robert E. Lee, the Military ' intendent of the West Point Military my. J ABOUT SP1DKBS. I. E. S. Morse says : Oaly the female a spin webs. They own *11 the ml , and the males hare to live * vagalife under stones and in other obscure j places. If they come about t* ' so often as to bore the ruling are mercilessly killed and eeV" pider's skin is unyielding as the sh?k f sters and crabs, and is shed from time i8 in the same way, to accommodate nimal's growth. If you poke over the )h in a female spider's bock yard, j her cafit-of corsets you will find the * ;s of the males who have paid for sociality with their lives?trophies of irbarism as truly as scalps show the 9 nature of the red men. ^