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| BIW- A.^^D ^ A-BBEYILLE; g c., WED-VESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1875. VOLUME XXIII~N(H9. C0NGAR?p4 i HON WORKS Columbia, S. O. 5 JOI Hi, 8. v Proprietor. r Manufacturer of Steam En ? gines and Boilers. ? Iron and Brass Castings of al [f Descriptions made to Order K T was awarded the first premiun X on castings at the State Agric.ul tnral and Mechanical Society Fairs 'V1 held in Columbia, November, 1871 jf '72, '73. J MANUFACTURE * Cricular Saw Mills of all sizes j ALSO ^ Took tho First Premium at State Fairs held November, 1871, '72, '7c 14 * 1 * Monnfanfiiror of Grist Mills Irons of all sizes. h For Sale. Gin Gearing of the following sizes. 9 feet wheel and pinion ..$30 OC [ 10 44 4< 44 44 32 50 n 44 44 44 - 44 35 (XI [12 44 44 44 44 45 or 14 " 44 44 44 50 tKJ 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. f Dec. 10, 1873, 35-tf I New Store! NEW GOODS!! rBlHK undersigned uave jum uj?uc3 an entire new stock of f GEQCERIES, Provision and Liquors, As well as Other Goods in their Line. r At the Old Stand of A. M. HILL, recently TROWBRIDGE &.CO., where we will be pleased to serve the public I CHEAP FOR CAiSU. I A. M. HILL. Jan. 29, 1873, 42-tt IS. B. NORRELL, Harness and Saddle Maker, A T his Old Stand over Parker & Perrin's Drug .Store, has a supply of Northern HARNESS LEATHER, and other material for Making and ReCo^rllai: onH T-TQ I'riPCM BT LJU-iJIIJg k.W?UIVO U*>t? AAVVI4JVW j: Dec. 2, 1874, 34, tf _?xm> FOR jfArJVfWAfvs. " New Goods. "WTTRT P.1P;(TETVED. the following at tf ~ the FURNITURE STORE : ~ New Wardrobes, New Meat Sales, New Spring Rollers, New Window Shades, New Walnut Chairs, New Hall Stands, very fine. J. D. CHALMERS & CO. '' % May 25, 1875, 7-tf if ESTATE OF r jAS. C. RAY, dec'd. A LL persons indebted to James C. i xjL Ray at the time of his death are requested to make payment to us, - ? - j - a . UUU tDOSe uuving ueinunus u'uiijni him to render them iu properly verified to us WILLIAM ANDERSON, |; ANDREW ANDERSON, Executors. Abbeville, March 13, 1S75, 49-6in ft C. E.BRUCE, Soot and Shoe Maker, Over Parker & Perrin's Store. A.bbeville3 S. C. DESIRES to say that he is fully pre pared to meet all demands th< public may make in his line. He keeps constantly on hand a larce lot of tin i best material and employs only the fines' workmen. He keeps a full stock o custom-made Boots and Shoes, anc guarantees the most entire satisfaction i in everv instance. | Sept. 1, 1874, 21-tf Mark the Spot of Your receased Friends. Marble "Works-. A FULL line of stock on hand anc all work sold at the lowest price i -i :.. it., i a. .1 ... in.. auu worn uuiieui nit ucsl wui kiijuji-uk< manner. Several hundred new an? handsome designs on hand to mak< selections from. We will duplicate citj ^ price in all monumental work, by wliiel you can save freight. Very respectfully, J, D. CHALMEBS. Columbia, S. C. tttt nrTirn jr. w. winu Proprietor. MANUFACTURER OF L .Sash, Blinds, Doors | WINDOW ' AND DOOR FRAMES, . Me Emt Blinds and Sillier nnTTTMwe ; | uuwumiitfj I Pilasters MANTEL PIECES, Mouldings, Brackets Hand-Rails, ; NEWELS, BALUSTRES II ' I : Scroll fori of all Descriptor All Work Guaranteed A No. 1 May US, 1874, 7-ly. j7d7 chalmees&co. DEALERS IN (Mrs, Parlor Soils, Clamber Sails Walnut & Mahogany Bareaus I Waehstands, Tables, Bedsteads Window Shades, &c. Looking Glasses, Oil Chromos, &c. Abbeville, S. C. Also agents lor the sale of the ccl cbrated Philadelphia Improved Kus ti?; Window Shade, which for dnra bility, cheapness, convenience anc beauty, cannot be surpassed. Eacl shade is furnished with ali the tixt ures complete, and only requires twe jlath uaita or KmalJ screws to fasten il I l? k.ir. ik/iaam a oai inrj up W 1 I LI # k?lJUUJU LUK5J UtUV 4JUW DVIIW?J J by flies, the}- can be spread on a table washed and made as bright as new and will last for years. This style oi shade is mueh superior to doth shades. In warui weather, when the window is raised, the shade admits tbe air but prevents flies and inosqui toes entering tbe room. The simplicity of their fixtures is much in theii favor, as they require no rollers, each shade being complete, and any one can drive two nails by which to han? them. They are low in price, durable, convenient, and never get out ol order. Call at store and see samples Nov. 18, 1874 32-tf DENTISTRY! DENTISTRY!! Dr. H. D. WILSON OFFERS his professional services t< the people of Abbeville Count} and of upper South Carolina. Raviut just finished a course of study in th< Pennsylvania College of Dental Sur gery, he feels fully competent to atteni to all cu?es requiring the exeicise o, skilled Dental Surgery that may bt brought to him. He a?ks the patronage of the people, aud guarantee# full ant complete satisfaction. He has procurei 'a full set of first-class Dental Instru meats, and is prepared to do tirst-clas: work at most reasonable rates. gaT OFFICE jnst over Post Office. M. GOLDSMITH. P. KIND (xoldsmith & "Kind, FOUNDERS & MACHINISTS, (PHCENIX IRON WORKS, COLUMBIA, S. C Manufacturers of bteam en gines of all sizes; Horse powers Circular and Muley Kaw Mills, Oris iand 8mrar Cane Mills,Flour Mills, Or | nauaental, House and Ktore Fronts, Iroi jllailiugs, Agricultural Implements, etc Brass and iron Castings of all kind 1 made to order on short notice, and 01 i the most reasonable terms. Also, man ; ufacturers of Cotton Presses. 1 May US. 1873, 7-12m TH)!i\i SAW mil IS Closed for Repairs. ? I PARTIES who have contracts for LUMBER will call on Al. ILEN McCANTY at Mr. Edward? j I have some lumber on hand whicl ' | will be disposed of for the cash. ' t \xr nrxxrm/r a c U. TV . 1 JUIWXUX1U I March 24, 1875, 50-tf : UR. JOHN S. THOMPSON [| DEXTIST, f! J"kFFERS his professional servioest I the citizens of Abbeville, and th 1; surrounding country. Office over Citizens' Saving Bank, Abbeville, S. C. Oct. 2, 1873.28tf ml 1 1 W xnresner ana r an, 1 ALSO I Railway Horse Power ^ For sale by Barnwell & Co. ' April 19,18te,6-tf [COPTBJGHT SHOCKED.] The^eir ofthel^ills OB _ j Of gittornfg's ?tt. BY j ALFRED B. TOZER, Author of "Bound Hand and Foot,"t j "Who was to Blame,1' etc., Etc. CHA PTER X. A CALL FOK HELP. ? Eugeno found the girls still waiting by the window when he reached home. As he entered the room, and seated himself in a chair. Bertha arose and stood y beside him. "Well," she said, "you see, we had nothing better to do, and so we waited for you. I am sure, though," she added with a smile, " that you don't deserve any such attention from U6?does he, Fanny ?" Fanny made no reply. " I am 6orry you waited," said Eugeno. " Why ?" asked Bertha. 0 " Bccause I have been disappointed." ** "You are still undocided then ?'' "I am." "When will this uncertainty end, Eugene ?" said Bertha, softly twining her arms around her brother's neck. " Come and help me coax him, ii'anny, won t you t" tf Fanny drew ber chair up to her lover's side. " Ah, my darling," said Eugene, kisBing her, "I called at your house as I came home. I wanted to bo sure that you didn't feel grieved at my conduct this morning. * You see," he Baid, looking up at his sister, ' I knew that I could make my peace with Bertha, when I came home. But I didn't want my pet to be thinking all manner of hard things about me, until I saw her ) again. By the my dear, Grover sent you warning by mo, that ho intended to lock you oat to-ni^ht; ?io you will have to I Btay with Bertha " ' ' We had already made that arrangement, Eugene," said Bertha." "I wish ha , would lock her out every night." . As it was quite late, the happy little I nartv soon broke ud. and Eugene souirht fiis couch. Although he was thoroughly exhausted, it waa by no means an eaBy matter for the young man to get to sleep. , He waa disappointed at not seeing the attorney before he retirod, although he well knew the reason why th'j appointment had not been kept. The supposed accident at the office had, without doubt, detained I Gray, until it was too late for the proposed I) visit, but ho was disappointed, nevertheless. Besides chafing under the uncertainty regarding the immense property, ' which was almost in his grasp, he was anxious to have tlie seal of m crecy removed, l? in order that lie might unfold his plana and prospect! to his sisti* and Ins betrothed. He knew that in spite of tboir assumed careicsfincsB, they were worrying over it. Although the question of accepting or declining the position offered Eugene, may seem a trivial one to many, it was really one of great importance to the little family, j It meant comparative independence to them. The girls were doubly anxious, b&1 cause they" feared that Eugene was about to engage in some uncertain scheme, which ) could end in no goou. lu^uuc uuuomwuu this and was, therefore, all the more anxj" iuua to tell thein the real cause of his indecision. i Keaolving that he would keep the mat, t^r away from them no longer than the p next day, the young man fell into a trou! Weil sleep?a sleep in which the incidents of the past day, and the probable ones of 5 the next day were strangely mingled in > dreams which seemed to have neither beginning nor end. Daring one of his wakeful spella, he waa thoroughly startled by hearing a loud knocking at the door below. He arose, hastily dressed himself, and, docending th? etaira, opened the door. "Is Miss Clayson here?" asked a voice, as soon as the door was opened, which Eu* gene had no difficulty in recognizing aa that of Uncle Billy. Eugene answered in the affirmative. " Her brother was taken a bit sick as I came by," said the old man, " and he wanted me to stop and tell her. Sho is ! to go back with me right away." [ " If it is out of your way, I will return with her," said Eugene. " Is it anything erious ?" * "Nothin' to bo scared about?only weak and nervous like. He wanted her to come 1 tA* ii ) none, unless ueruia nuu a. muu <.vr? "I see how it is," said Eugene. "I will r call tho girls anil get their shawls ready, j for I see that it is raining." "The poor fellow haa worked himself | into a fever orer that terrible theory of I his," thought Eugeno, as he waited below, i for the girls to make their appearance; j "It will be as well, after all. for me to keep j away from him until he ia better, as the I thought that I caught him at his horrible work, may worry hiw.M The girls were soon ready, Fanny evincing great anxiety to reach home and learn her brother's true condition. Eugene kissed them both at the door, and was soon alone in the house, while Bertha and Funny were facing the storm, which, how. ever, had now nearly spent its fury. After rouclung the main road, tho party * walked very rapidly, and were soon at Fanl.v' > residence. In the sitting-room below, , Uncle liilly detained the girls, by placing his hand against the door. " I told you a ' whopper,' young ladies," ? ho said, " when I said as how young Clayson was under the weather. He is as well u I am this blessed minute, but some one else ain't" Fanny glanced anxiously at the door ol s her father's room, which opened from the 1 sitting-room. " Jt ain't him," said Undo Billy, following Fanny's eyes i " he is well enough. A young feller was hurt last night, and was Drought here. He is up in your brother's bed now, more dead than alive. The doctor iB there, an' he said the chap wanted nursin'. He thinks you are the best nnrae in the village, ever since you saved Mike Reirdon's child, an' sol went after you." After this explanation, the girls were admitted to the room where the attorney'! victim lay. " It was a case of suspended animation," , said the physician, as the girls approached the bed. " He lay in a state resembling i- death a long time, but he will recover with 5. such care ita I am sure he will get in this [j house. See, he has already recovered his j senses; I have another visit to make, and I whan T ca.ll on inv wav horn ft. I shall axnect to find him almost well." As the doctor was about to leave tha room, the sick man beckoned for him to eorne nearer. lie accordingly bent ovei him, bo that hi? voice would not reach tha girl*' ears. , "You heard how I tu hurt?" Hugh aid, in a faint whisper. " Yes; if I had soen you before, I could o have told your true condition at once." e " You also know how I came here?" ** Yes," said tho old doctor nervously. " Well, for Mr. Clayson's sake, don't B Bay a word of this. Besides, I desire to to be regarded as dead, for some davs to come. I?" "Never mind, now," said the doctor, " you can tell me the whole story when you are stronger. You are too weak to talk now j You can be saved from a long illness, only by the strictest quiet and good nursing. If you do your p.trt, these young ladiea will do theirs, and yon will be on your feet . again in less than a week." With this, the doctor took his leave, and the girls, Grover, and Uncle Billy wero alone with the sick man, who now dropped off into a deep sleep. | . It was true then, that Grover had seen j tiifl eomxiaed comae movizur ia the bottom / qF'thVbbat. Tfnen the flash of lightning "which the two men awaited so anxiously, earnest revealed the young man, struggling -to his feet. ' " l?or God's sake, help me," they heard him gasp, and then the darkness shut them i; w in like a wall again. T. " Take the oar3, younp feller," said Uncle Billy, arising from the seat. " If ' >that man ain't dead?and he didn't look wlike it?I ain't a going to let him die i Sjlhere." 3Grover did as reqncsted, and Uncle Billy, > kneeling in the water which flooded the _ Srboat, raised the form in his arms, and "placed his hand over his heart. "He is alive, as sure as thunder!" ho called out to his companion. "Pull, for , ? your life, wo must get him out of this : /''storm." As the boat was near its destination at the time the discovery was made, the old man's hut was soon gained. " We can't leave him hero," Baid Uncle Billy, glancing around the room, which wub almost bare of furniture. ' We've got to take him to your house." Grover agreed, and placing Hugh on a * hand barrow, which Uncle Billy frequently used in his jobs, the two men convoyed him to Graver's room, happily without being seen. There the sufferer was properly cared fpr until the arrival of the doctor, who was at once sent for, and who, after dressing the wound in Hugh's head, and administering a strong stimulant, to provide against his recent exposure, in turn, roqueatod that the girls be sent for, which was done, as above recorded. CHAPTEB XI. THE WILL AND THE CHEQUE. When Eugene arose, at a late hoar, on the following morning, he was surprised to find that his sister had not roturned home. " Poor Qrover may be dangerously ill," he thought, as he moved about the house, picking up a hasty breakfast for himself "I will pay him a visit," he a-lde 1, "and then for the attorney. J must not let an* Otner any go by, runout ucauuig ujhmi something." "Accordingly, after partaking of surli viands aa he had collected ou the little breakfast table, ho turned his steps in tho direction of hia friend's house. The usual air of quiet pervaded the place as he drew near, and he found Grover and the girls in the sit ting-room below. Grover, looking pale and ill, was seated in a large arm chair before the fire, wrapped in a dressing gown, while Fauuy was p.iy ing him those little attention* whion con- i valescents delight in. Although thiB condition of affairs was very opportune at the moment of Eugene's Call, Grover's sickness was by no means entirely assumed. Tho events of the preceding night), together with his exertions, and exposure to the storm, had not been without their effect on a constitution by no means strong. He was too much of a student, and lived too much in doors to eudure such fatigue as tho last few hours had brought him. Besides this, his miud had received a terrible shock, when he discovered that the supposed corpse was moving, and he now thought with horror of tho consequence of his bold abduction of the body, had not the frioi'dly rain, nnd the accident which Lad nearly covered it wit.ii water, brought Gordon to his senses. One stroke of the knife in the locality which it wiw hid desiru to examine, would have rendered all hope of recovery in the insensible man, out of the question. The warm blood would have gushed up around the knife, and he would have realized that he was a murderer. " Ah, my boy I" cried Eugene, tapping his friend lightly on theahoulder, " I see you we better this morning. I had a great mind cot to come near you though," ho continued, with a smile, *' because you barred me out so coolly last night," " Yes," said Grover, with aforced lau-jh, "if you had been here, it would have been the last of me. Don't you remember when I fell from a wagon once, how you flew around after all the doctors and all the i ^ i :j. *,~I, I CU'Ug8 ill town, uqu now ib iwjl uiv days to getovor my sprain, and two woeks to get over the effects of tho outlandish, doses you mode me take?" Both laughed heartily at the recollection. "But, really,''Baid Qrover," tboro was no net-'d of disturbing you. I was only weak and nervous, and, ua father was watching with a nick friend, I took a notion to have some one in tho house, in case anything should h;ppen." Thuji, Eugene was thrown completely off the trick, and hail not the slightest idea of tlie real motive his friend had in Bonding for the girls. For some unexplained reason, the sick man had again insiBUnl that his rescuo from the grave should be kept a soorot from every one. ul want no one outside of thia house to know," he said, in a converaation with Grover. "I am not sorry that Miss Bertha came with your sister,1' he added," for she tr-ill Vialri me nut. with nianv a, dull hour. I presume. You see, like all the rost of the world, I am selfish," he went on with a smile cropping over his pale face, " but I can't help it. I will try and make amends for all your kindness when I am well again." " I pray you not to mention that," said Grover, " When I think what a desperate measure I resorted to, in order to advance my theory, and how near you came to meeting death at my hands, I fuel as though I could not do enough for you." " You should not feel in that way," was the reply, ' you saved me from a terrible fate, and I can never repay the kind care of your si?ter and MUs?" " VVullingford," said Grover, supplying the name, for Hugh had not yet learned it. " Wnl] iugford I" repented the sick man, I excitedly. Tlieii, seizing that Grover h:id Dotieed tun emotion, he added," I thought the mill-owner had no relatives in this village." " He bad none," was the young man's reply. " Mi'bs Wallingford's family is not connected with the mill-owner's" ' Excueu me," said the young man, " but I think I have heard of the girl sinco X have been working in the mills, although she will not remember me. She is the only child, I believe," ho added, desiring to draw out the young man's knowledge of the family, for he remtmibered the attorney's strange manner wien his full 11...ne was mentioned. " No," was the reply, " She has a brother?Eugene. You whs not in his room at the mill, and probably don't know him, although he remembered j'ou, whon the news of your accident reached his ears." " I think I remember the man," said Gordon, " but I thought he had another | name?Robert, or Kicliard, sometning Deginning wirh * R,' at. any rate." "Roland," Ka<l the other, "but he never usee that name." The sick man barely restrained an exclamationof surprise. "The attorney's riddle is plain to me now," he thought. " I am on the right track at last. And this sweet girl is sister to a merciless, scheming man, who through his tools, would have taken my life." " Perhaps you will think it a strange roquest," he said to Grover, "but I desire that this young man that we have been speaking of, should know nothing of my restoration to life. I can't tell you why, * i ?- - -1 1J AU? 1,,-f Jr. ffcr. DUX lit HIIUUIU UU UlC iU-Jv j^/wiovu ?M vuv world to know." At this period in the conversation, the doctor entered the room, and Grover descended to the sitting-room. It was but a few moments before Eugene came in. As the little group sat chatting below, I the doctor passed out of the hall door, and Eu^eue, sitting by the window, aiw him j leaving the yard. " That is strange," he said, "Doctor i Wilson just passed out of this house. Is there anyone sick upstairs f" "There," cxcluiined Grove*, hastily, " that is another of m| trioks : I left the doctor putting up medicine for me in ipj f5om7 ffve mmutetfago, an<J was to aee hiin before he went away. I wonder if he hasn't gone off in a fury ?" The girls looked shyly at each other as Grover made this false explanation, hut said nothing. Eugene, however, was satisfied, and said no more on the subject. "I must go to town," he finally said, rising, " and may be detained until noon. Shall I call hero on my way back, Bertha, or will you be at home." " There!" said Faunv, with assumed indignation, " you don't seem to care about seeing me." " You are getting jealous of this business, which takes so much time, are you, my darling ?" laughingly responded Eugene. "I will come here then, Bertha, *>? ?< } T wioVi ttaii \?anl/? rflmo in T nmr Tin vo something to tell you all.'* After leaving his friends, he at onco sought the attorney's office, and wad agret ably disappointed atfinding him there, and busy at work. The door leading into the rear room, however, was locked. "Good morning, Mr. Gray," Haid the Z ^ young man hastily, as he advanced into the room, " I hardly expected to find you here < " to-dav. after that dreadful accident which occured after I left here last night. 1j the body in that room yet? " * " Is it possible that you havc'nt heard F" asked the attorney. " Heard what? I have but just arisen," replied Eugene. The attorney then briefly related the later events of the proceeding night, ad-ding, " I shall use every effort to secure the detection of the thieves, although the chase after them may be a long one. Such outrages ought not to go unpunished." " It is a very mysterious uifair," said Eugene absently, after he had listened to the story. " Could Grover have had a hand in this work?" was the question that he was turning over and over in his mind. He could Lardly believe tliat his friend would resort to such questionable means to advance hie mad theory, but ho coul'd account for the occurrence in no other way. "Pshaw 1" he finally muttered tu himself, '<1 am not bound to account for tlie robbery at all, and 1 will thiuk no more about it." "You are ready to complete my business this morning, I suppose," he said to the attorney. "Yes, yes/' said Gray, "I was working at that when you came in. You can sign these papers as soon as you like. You will notice, however," he * added, nervously, "thac I have doubled my fee. I find," ho went on without seeming to notice Eugene's surprised looks or to hoar his astonished "Doubled it, Mr. Gray I" "I find that the property is almost without limit, that,there may be opposition if the matter is delayed, and that the whole affair is more in my hands than I thought last flight." "Two hundred thousand dollars is a very large fee, Mr. Gray," said Eugene. "It is less than twenty per cent, of the property, Mr. Wallingford, but you can do as you like about signing, of course." "I refuse to sign 1" said Eugene hotly. "If Mr. Wallinglord willed his property to ine, 1 can get possession 01 it in spue ox you, Galen Gray. If he did not, I wouldu't give you as many dollars as you auk thousands to put it in my possession." "Very well," said the attorney, coolly, "but wnen you make up your mind to that, you virtually throw a million dollars over your shoulder; for you can never handle a dollar of this property without my assistance. I told you trankly at the start that I should require a large fee. 1 albo told you that 1 alone knew of the existence of a will. Havo you ever seen that will ? Have you ever heard me say in anyone's presence that there was such a will ? Do reasonable, Mr. Wallingford. If you should go out of this office now, and proclaim broadcast that Mr. Wallingford lotc a will and that I bad it in my possession, and I should deny it, which of us would be believed? You would bo an interested party and 1 would not. The whole matter amounts to just this: I have certain knowledge in my possession which no one else else on earth has. It will bring you a million dollars. 1 ask two hundred thousand dollars for it. "Will you give it ?" "This information you possess," said Eugene, "must have been bought dearly. One would think that it was the price of a crime." ^"1 dont want your suppositions, young man," said the attorney, aiiarply. "Do you accept my terms ?" "ies," said Eugene, hesitatingly, "I accept because I believe that I am in your po wcr ho fur as the property is concerned. Are these, the papers'/ he asked, advancing to the table, "i see that you have prepared a blank cheque in placo of the agreement." "It can make no difference to you, I suppose/' suid the attorney, all smiles now that the large fee seouiod almost in his hand. "That ends the matter at once, and the bank account in New York would atand A larger draft than that." The papers were soon signed and Eugene arose to Uk# his doparturo. "Stay," said the attorney. "I will show you tha will." He took the document from an innei drawer in his safe and held it open before the young man. With the exception of one or two small sums bequeathed to the housekeeper and the servants at the house, the whole estate was willed to "Boland E. Wallingford, son of George and Margaret Wallingford, who was born in the village of Fayetteville twenty-four years ago come December." The will was dated at iJoaton, but a few weeks before the mill-owner's death. "1 am satisfied," said Eugene. I suppose all will be arranged in a very few days now." ! "Your choque will be good for half a million iu lend than a week," said tho attorney, blandly, aa his visitor parsed out. CHAPTER SIX THK DISPATCH. Engene went directly to tho home of hie betrothed after leaving Gray's oflice. His brain was in a whirl, and as yet he could hardly realize hin good fortune. Two days before he would have seen a fortune in a thousand dollars?and yet he had justsigned a cheque for two hundred times that amount! "What will the operatives think?" ho mused as he walked along. "I hope they will regard me as they always have?aa their friend still. AndJSortha and Fanny! " - -> -i :n t HOW picuseu luoj- yi ha wo 1UVJ uu?ui once suspected what I was up to, and I presume they are worrying over that offer at this very minute! And how little neod there was of any worry at all!" With such thoughts as theso the young man hastened along, little dreaming of the steps his attorney hiul taken to secure for himself the large sum he had just, it seemed to him, given away. When ho reached the house ho found the party he had left still in the sitting-room. Grover had improved groatlyin appearance during his short absence, and his face, which waB pal? enough before, was now slightly flushed, and hiseyod looked bright* j i??r..i ur lluu. mure uu^diui. When Eugene entered the room and saw the happy group?when he thought of the gltvd news which he was now free to tell them, he could hardly restrain the moat extravagant demonstrations of joy. Checking himself, however, he quietly seated himself in a chair and joined in the general conversation. It might have been imagination, but he fancied that every eye in the room waa fixed upon him as he sat nervously twirling hiB hat with both hands. "What ailB you, Eugene ?" Bertha said, who had noticed his excitement from the first. "You are acting justjis you did yesterday. Something has happened, I know! Can't you tell?" "Yes," said Eugene, "something has happened. A will has been found." "Well, brother mine, how can that affect us?" asked Bertha. "It docs affect us," was the reply. It ia a great deal to us?it is everything." "What do you mean, Eugene?" said Fan* ay, arising and standing by his aids. "I mean that the will is in my favor 1" "Eugene!" The young man was now the center of an excited little group, every member of which seemed anxious to be heard above the avalanche of questions which were launched at him. "In your favor, Eugene P" It wm Fanny's voice that Eugene heard first, and it was her inquiry that he answered : "Yes, mv darline, in my favor to the ex tent of a million or more. I have declined the superintendent^ of the Blakeslee millfl to Miime the proprietorship of the WajU- . lingford mills." As he said this, in "JTftWllll )Efefee;fclow^ exclamation in th^ roJJra above reached at least two pair ears in the little circle. Qxover and Bertha both started and looked anxiously into1 each other's faces. "I cak't'understand it, Eugene," said Fanny, who was by far the most composed person in the room. "Why should Mr. Wallingford leave his property to you." "I don't understand it myself," said Eugene, "although Lawyer Gray tried to explain it to me." "Have you seen the will?" asked Fanny. "I held it in my hand not half an hour ago,' was the reply. "How did it r'ead P?the name I mean." "Eoland E. Wallingford, son of George and Margaret Wallingford, born in the village of Fayetteville twenty-four years ago come juecemoer. j. aon i see now more can be a mistake, do you?" Ha had spoken again in an elevated tone of voice, and again a low exclamation waa * beard in tbo upper room. Fanny glanced significantly at he* brother. "Ah," he said, "I see it U time to take my powder. I will have to go up stairs, I suppose," he addod, walking to the hall door. "Wait," cried Engone. "Excuse me, , girls, I want to see Grover alone." "Not now, Eugene," said Grover hastily. "I can't bear to have people looking at me rhen I dose myself. Besides, I was going for a walk when you came in, and we will go together after I come down." "Very well," replied Eugene. "While you are gone I will try and convince these tjirl? inat I am not telling them a wild dream that I had laBt night, but a very agreeable fac^" Wlmii vAn/ttiasi flta aloor\in<y-rAnm 1 he was surprised to Unci young Gordon sitting up in the lied with a look of mingled sui-priae and satisfaction on his white face. "I beg your pardon," ho said as soon aa Grover reached his sido, ,4but I could not help bearing what that young man said. And so a will has been found at last 1 Do you know who found it ?" "Lawyer Gray showed it to Eugene." "Then he must have found it f" "Yes. But you must be quiet; remember that you aro not to talk.'' "I know," was the reply, "but of course I am anxious about the mills being started again soon. When did the young man -{earn about the disposition of the property "Only yesterday, I think. The girls say that be received a note in the morning which caused him to act strangely." "Gray must have had the will yesterday, then, and Eugene learned its provisions first from him "That is the way I understand it." "Will you do me a favor ?" "Willingly. You kuow that I am unde* lasting obligations to you for not dying from the effects of that soaking I gave you," said Grover, with a smile. "Never mind that now, my friend," said Gordon. "You did me a great favor. Isn't it Btrange, though, thai as slight a cut as this one of mine has turned out to be should have produced the effect it did P Can you account for it?" "It was a very strange affair, although the ease, from a medical point of view, ia not an unusual one," said Grover. "If the men who pronounced you dead so hastily had taken a little nioro pains in the examvnation you would never have been left in the office to await burial to-day. But you spoke of something I could do for you." "It is this," said the other. "I want to send a telegram to a friend in New York who is attending to a suit for me. May I trouble you to write it out, as I diotate V "Certainly," said Grover, seating himBclf at the table where he did his own ? 11 writing, unu WHICH Wlin wen BUJJJIIICU niuu writing materials. "Shall I date it ?" "Yea i write just as I tell you: "'FAYETTEVIt<I,E, Oct. 15. "Mb. Fabsbwoktii :?Please attend to the money on deposit, and don't allow a dollar to be drawn, as tho matter will be contested. I hereby grant'you power of attorney to sign my name to all documents relating to the case. '"Huqh Gobdon.'" After finishing the dispatch Grover read it aloud. "That will do," said Gordon. "You will find the address and some money in one of my coat pockets." Grover examined the coat, which, after a thorough drying, had been brought to the room but a few minutes before, and reported that tho pockets were entirely empty. ' L remember now," he said, "your papers and wallet were given Lawyer Gray for safe keeping. If you can remember the address, however, 1 Bhall be glad to supply the cash." "I can't remember the numbor," said the other, "but if you address the telegram to Stephen Farnsworth, attorney-at-law, near 97 Nassau street ho will bo sure to get it." Promising to do so Grover hastened down stairs and the two young meu sot out for a walk. "I want to tell you just what I havo d?ne," said Eugene as they strolled along. "You may think I acted foolishly, but I held off as long as possible. I gave Galen Gray two hundred thousand dollars for his knowledge concerning the will." Grover stopped short in his walk and looked his companion squarely in the face. "Then, depend upon it, thero Is something wrong about the matter," he said. "I think not," replied Eugene. He then (7<tvn Jiia friend the whole history of tho O" * - ? t case, and was gratified to find that ho at once fell in with hia idcaa regarding the bargain. "I don't see how yon could have dono otherwise," he said. "Gray ia ovidently a villain and he waa quick to ace his power and uBe it. "Is there no way of stopping payment on the chequo until tho property is entirely in your own hands ? "Would that be honorable ?" "Honorable ! Certainly ! Did ho Btop to think of honor when he planned to rob you of a fifth of your fortuno?" "That is truo,'' 6aid Engene, "but I soe no way "to head Gray off now." Talking in this vein the young men drew near the telegraph office and both Btood by while the message waa being Bent. i It thoy had only known that the dl& patch Grover was sending waa designed to accomplish the very end sought by Eugeng how different their feelings would have been 1 But Eugene considered the matter tied for good and all. When Grover oon? gratulated him on hia good fortune neither suspected that the man whom he was caring for aa a brother and shielding from the curiosity of his neighbors iaad greater reason to cherish in his boeom a deadly hatred for Eugene than any man on earth. Thus the rivals, who were enjoying the same hospitality, struggled?one unconsciously ?aga;nst the other. But while one knew mnrammii; nf tho other, that other was ignorant ovea of hid rival's exifltonoo# *0 BS OONTUWEQ, A MOTEL GHOST STOBY. ] In a new volume by the Rev. J. S. Wood, 1 entitled "Man and Beast Here and Here- i iter," occurs the following striking ghost i story, which the reader inaj credit or not* as he is accustomed to do in regard to t legends of this sort< 'There are, as wo know, many persons c who cannot believe that, as they put it, i the living should be able to see the dead. 1 rl /?s T (fiTTO if H?lf. AM fllA 4 lives, though the material body no longer 1 enclose it, sorely there can be no which has escaped from itc material garment. We do not doubt that "after the J death of the body the spirit jwill live and " see other spirits similarly freed from earth, I and it is no very great matte* that the g living should see the livings though one c be still enshrined in its earthly tabernwle a and the other released from it. t "This being granted?and it is not very * much to grant?it necessarily follows that n if the lower animals possess spirit tjiey & may be capable of spiritual as well u ma> p terial vision. That they do possess this J power, and that it can be exercised, is & shown by the story of Balaam. There we t find it definitely stated not only that the fa ass saw the angel, but that she saw him n long before her master did. Now, the an. ? gel being a spiritual being oould only be a seen with the spiritual oye; and it* there- 1 tore, follows that, unless the story be en* t tirely falso, the animal possessed a spirit b and saw with the eye of the spirit. * "I should think that none who believe* In * the truth of the Holy Scripturos (and I c again remind the reader that this book is 0 only intended for those who do so), could * doubt that here is a case which proves 6 that the spirit of the ass is capable of boo- ii ing and fearing the spiritual angel. And > if that be granted, I do not see how any P one con doubt that the spirit which saw ? the angel partook of hiB immortality, just I as her outward eye, which saw material o objecta, partook of their immortality, b Shortly afterward the eyes of the prophet J were opened, and he also saw the angel j i but it must be remembered that the eyes p of the beast had been opened first* and c that she, her master and the angel met t for the time in tho same spiritual plane. u "I have for a long time had in my possession o a letter from a lady in which she narrates o a personal adventure which has a singu- o larly close resumManoe to the Scriptural f story of Balaam. It hod been told to me t immediately a/ter I threw out my 'feeler" I? in the 'Common Obj -ts of the Country.' i As I had at that t.mo the intention of p vindicating the immortality of the lower o animals, I requested the narrator to write i it, so that I might possess the state- t ment authenticated in her own hand* 1 writing. i "At the time of the occurrence the lady t and her mother were living in an old coua- j try chateau in France- a "It was during the winter of 18? that ji one evening I happened to be sitting by(i the side of a cheeful fire in my bedroom t busily engaged in caressing a favorite cat, the illustrious Lady Catharine, now, alas! no more. She lay in a pensive attitude and a winking state of drowsiness / in my lap. x "'Although my room might be without r caudles it waa perfectly illuminated by the light of the hre. There were two f doors?one behind me leadiug into an! i apartment which had been locked for the! winter and another on the opposite aide of | ( tho room which communicated with the t passage. 2 " 'Mamma had not left me many minutes, and the high backed, ?ld fashioned g armchair which she had occupied remained v vacant at the opposite corner-of the fire-12 place. Puss, who lay with her head on my' 1 arm, became more and more sleepy, and Ij 1 pondered on the propriety of preparing for 1 bed. "'Of a sudden X became aware that 1 something had effected my pet's equanim* t ity. The purring ceased* and she ex*' 1 hibited rapid-increasing eymptona of un- 1 easiness. I bent down and endeavored to coax her into quietness; but she instantly 1 straggled to her feet in my lap, and spit-, J ting vehemently* with back arched and 1 tail swollen, she assumed a mingled atti* tude of terror and defiance. 1 "The cliange in her position obliged 1 me to raise my headj and on looking up J to my inexpressible honor, I then perceiv 1 ed that a little, hideous, wrinkled old hag < 1 occupied mamma's chair. Her hands were' I ??? ho a.nd her body was 1 ICOIASVA V** mw* stooped forward bo as to bring her face in i cIobo proximity with mine. He* eycaj ^ piercingly fierce and shining with an over- j powering lustre, were etoadfastly fixed on I mo. It wae as if a fiend were glaring at, < mo through thein- Her dross and general > appearance denotod her to belong to tho > French bourgcoite, but tliuarf ojos BO won-l der fully largo, and in their expression so J intensely wicked, entirely absorbed my senses ond precluded any attention to dotail. I should have screamed, but my i breath was gone, while that terrible gaze . 60 horribly fascinated me I could neither withdraw my eyea nor rise from my ( seat. I ] " 'I had, meanwhile, boon trying to keep a tight hold on tho cat, but she seemed j resolutely determined not to remain in i such ugly neighborhood, and after Borne j more desperate efforts at length succeeded j ??? ??!?<? frnm mr crroan. LoaDinff 0VC* i j W eiH.J/mji ..v~ ?J D- 4 . | tabloa, chairs and all that came in her way, 1 j she repeatedly threw herself, with fright- , ful violence, against tho top panel of the door which communicated with the disused room. Then, returning In the same frantic manner, she furiously dashed against , the door on tho opposite sido. "My terror was divided, and I looked ; by turns now at the old woman, whose . great atarting eyes were constantly fixed : on mo, and now at the cat, who wag becoming every instant more frantic. At j , last the dreadful idoa that the animal had gone mad had the effect of rostoring my ^ breath and I screamed loudly. " 'Mamma ran in immediately, and the I , cat, on the door opening, literally sprang j 1 i over her head, and for upwards of half an I j hour ran up and down stairs as if pursuod. I j I turned to point to the object of my tor.' ! ror, but it was gone. Under such circum- ' ,l- ' *' t;">? /Hfficiilt tn an- ' stances lupge ui ^ ? ? ~r predate, but I should think that the ap- j parition lasted about four or five ml^utfcfc "'Some time afterward" nt transpired that a former proprietor of the house, a iroman, had hanged hesseUwin that very -'-^r "The cloee but evidently unsuspected % -esemblance of this narrative to the story f? it Balaam is worth of notice. In both sasea we have the remarkable fac|#tfcllpWB^B$y 't-. ih^animal was the first to. see the spB^Sujjm'v^fr1 H&pg, and tae show. b/Hfts terrified actioo^^j or the cosxumh' or middlx-agkd t lmjBlorj to me," eaid Eleanor . ? tones, a youfig.'protty, litely, Welsh g 'why old7 women will .persist in.'wearingI'O night colors. Why don't" th^y keep te pj iraye and browns, and all ettcB tinta b?- ' ; ? * oming their years P" Thia remark wa?, < ddresied to a deter, shrewd man ot afcnrtE&jg wenty-five, An artist of repute, about rhom it was surmised that the ifabfyaWSwMP" ior wae trying to spin the weh-ttatri* lonial, but who in society was notable aying his devoirs to ladies long {Alt : outh, and particularly to one of perhi^G^ liddle age, remarkable in her dresr tot he rich colore which harmonised well with er charming quiot manner. "One cfl*ot judge a woman's age who dreawe ia rinli Mlr Anlnva " NtiMirVa^ {!1mBAT llmfllt I' oappiahly. "My dtu young lady," aaid be artiat, gravely, "you have told tfct rath. When a woman conceals he* age y judicious material and eolor the does a rise thing. I hare heard a great deal boat the 'beauty of old age.' I neves oold discern it?in itself alone, the oharm f manner, the grace of healthy old age, ia nother thing?both are worthy of revernee, but we don't reverence beauty, and f woman by judicious attire can make herelf beautiful even in her decline, no man ' ast youth can withstand the admiration he inspires. I look at it in an artiif a oint of view, and in an artistio manner very woman, young or oldl should attire, * erself?should be taught this in her early outh. Young Lulioe of a past age, aa rell as of the present, make themselves egs for hanging on various devicca of oatume, which, taken together, are gro> eaquea. They, indeed, load one artifice pon another till all shape of grace is lost; ne color upon another, or a totality of ne color, without contrast, till the beauty f the face or dreea is lost to view in pain* ul bewilderment. What does youth and leauty, or youth -without the latter, want rith all this pervision of taste P Is not a lealthy youth, with its peach-bloom com* % ilexion or coral tint on the cheek and lip* f a brunette, beautiful ? Nay, it is more; t is glorious. What ^need, then, to deform $ his as absurdly as will a South Sea Is* finder his skin? All-conquering youth uay do as it pleases. Somebody has said hat 'the history of heroes ia the history of outL' I don't think a hero was ever nared with glitter; but some men, like aoth8, are caught with it. So if a girl arayed in glitter catches a moth, let her be hankful and not grumble. HAN'S CATBHCISM. We find id ood by der book dct Adam ? I forgot bis oder name) was the firs test aan. Eve was der neied. Von tay day fot drubbed erboud eading some gwincea ' Ad V08 kicked oud of der garden. Cain and Ale, vos de finteat sbildren. Jain got mad and put a bead on hit trudder, und den lite oud. He roa von >ad boy. Yonab vas a flahmaker. - Von tay be -ina to der coosDont to ootcb hrimpfl, - md r?n he roe looking for bait, he Talked Ight avaj ov a whale's mout in. Bat det rhales make him boody quick valk out igain. He roe too strong mit der fish's . itumix. Solomon knew more as everybody. 5e don Tood cut a little poy in bieces to toddle a disturbance mit two gala. He laid it vos petto t? gone der whole hog or lone. . Sam's son (I don't hear his madder's uune) voe de strongest. He toe a bruiser. 3e got lighten mit a downt fellows, und is clean u? out mit a chackass' bone. Tobe voe der pashentest man. You could itill picF pins in him all tay und he .vouldn't holler. Merdoeslem tos der oldest grandfadder ere go deae times. He could toll you all iboud id. Lazarus voe der poor man. Dey don't rive no free lunches in dose times, in/* v<a Tpnn always skirmishin' about for jrurnda. Yoeepth'a pig brudders go yellous of him aecaus? b? vorc a shpodded goat, und . old him for twenty toll&r. Und after ivile giv urn some roasdingears und mode t all righd. THEY STAUTLL) TOO UIOH. Chack?the boys called him Chuck for short?was hardly what you would call a liard case, but he was found of a joke, and ^KjE wldom cared at whose expense it was perpetrated. Returning to New Bedford on M tha steamer was a large party who had 1 been over to attend the camp meeting at Martha's Vineyard. It was Sunday evening. a.nd. naturally enough, a number of passengers gathered in the ladies' cabin 'M For divine service. Into thia crowd Chuck J| insinuated himself just as the by inn. "My ^ -J soul, bo on thy guard/' waa given out. ^ The crowd joined in with & will, and had 1 sung to the end of the tecond lino, Ten . thousand foes arise," when a shrill female Jj voico was heard, "Hold on! you've started jfi it too high !" There waa a dead pause for f 20 a few seconds, broken at length by the joodnaturod suggestion of (Jhuclc. "aup- , pose you start hor at five thousand 1" Amid the general laughter that followed Chuck retired, and the meeting came to an end. Not*.?They should have chucked Chuck out. The Illinois wool-growere are working for concerted action to rid tho State of wolvee. Dogs arexalso to be "legislated" so stringently as to get rid of the dangerto flocks. Banmm says he will put six balloons in Donaldson's charge this yoar, and try to :ross the AUuutic. .The largest balloon will hold 70,000 cubic feet of gas. 4