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\m*. 'v. ^ "'l.* T ''" ^ ^ ' . V *'. '1 ^71^ AXD HUGH WILSON. ^.^ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1875. VOLUME XXIII-NO 20; r congaiSS^ HI HI Colum'oia, S. C. tayvv ii Pr'rt7>V^flf(>v A A V M/A Manufacturer of Steam Engines and Boilers. Iron and Brass Castings of all Descriptions made to Order. I was awarded the first premium on castings at the Stale A^ricul: tural and Mechanical Society Fairs, * ^ I ? I V 1.*.,. 1 ^7 1 Iieiu in uoiuniuiii, juvum/u, ... 72, '73. MA X L* FA CT I' UK Cricular Saw Mills of all sizes. ALSO Took the First Premium at State Fairs held November, 1S71, '72, '73 Mr.ruifaelurer of Grist Mills Irons of all sizes. m For Sale. Gin Gearing of the following sizes. ; -9 feet wheel and pinion $;50 00 10 44 41 44 44 32 oil U 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 oo 1 2 44 44 44 4 4 4r> oo 14 44 14 44 44 .30 00 With Bolts Sii.ort ICxtra for each sot. Anti-friction plates ami Halls for Cotton Press $10.00 and Sli'.OO per set. D. B. SMITH, Agent, Abbeville S. ('. | | Dec. 10, ISiS, 3i?? 11 W KJWJti Xj 9 __ ? R ~~ ~ Ja'lIIE iin<l<-rsijint'il have just njnu" H an entiiv new stoi-k <>t" | GROCERIES, Provision and Lio icrSj : As well as Other Goods in < Ti oi v T i\, ji [ tU'vii ajaaawi AtthoOM Stan'] of A. M. liliiL, recently Tiiuwjii;ii)(;! : a Co., wiu-rv we will In- i!?j servo tii<- j;i:l?lic CHEAP FOll CASH. [ A. M. HILL. is. B. NORRELL, Harness and Saddle Maker, A T his Old Stand over Park or & Per rin**? Drug Store, has a supplv of m Northern IIA K NESS I. E ATI IKK, &E and other material for Making and 1 ief I pairing Saddles and Han:e?. Dec. 2, 1S7-1, 34, tf SEWD FOR <fATAWm(&g. "J I New Goods. I "1FUST RECEIVED, the following at I IP the FURNITURE STORE : New Wardrobes, S Xpw Meat Sales. | New Spring Rollers, g New Window Shades, h New Walnut Chairx, I New Hall Stands, very fine. I J. 0. CHALMERS & GO. Kf' May 25, 1875, 7-tf I I ESTATE OF I JAS. C. RAY, dec'd. - A LLpersons indebted to James u. /\ Ilji}" at the 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 AXDEltSOX, ANDREW AND K K.SOX, > Executors. Abbeville, March 13,1875, 49-Gm I"' C, E. BRUCE, Boot and Shoe ftfaker, c\ttm\ "DrniVnti P. DaH)ii]l'p CffiliQ UVD1 laiiOi Ot 1 Uillil i) OLU1U. .A_bbeville5 S. C. DESIRES to say that ho is fully propared to meet all demands the public may make in his line. lie keeps constantly on hand a large lot of the best materia! and employs only the finest workmen. He keeps a full stock of custom-made .Boots and Shoes, and guarantees the most entire satisfaction in every instance. ' Sept. 1, 1S74, 21-tf Mark the Spot of Your Deceased Friends. Marble "WorksAFULL line of stock on hand and all work sold at the lowest price, and work done in the best workman-like manner. Several hundred new and handsome designs on hand to make selections from. We will duplicate city price in all monumental work, hy which you can save freight. Very respectfully, CHALMERS. 1^?ftbia's' c' :F. w. WING, 1 3 Voprieior. MAX 1*FACTUllJill OF Sash, Blinds, Doors, WINDOW AXJ) DOOR F.RAMKJS, j Inside Pivot Ms ani Shatters! COLUMNS, ! Pilasters, MANTEL PIECES, j | | Mouldings, Brackets,1 Haiul-Ryils, NEWELS, BALUSTRES,; j M M cf_ all Description. All Work Guaranteed A No. 1.1 ! At .iQ 1 V'T I 7 1 | .'liM _o, Jon, i-xj. :0. CHALMERS & 00. > j?eam:i:s in I | Cliairs, Parlcr Suits, Claier Siitsj I Walnut & Mahogany Bareaus,' Washstands, Tables, Bedsteads, i Window Shades, &c. Looking j (.1 lassos, Oil L'liromos, &e. i Abbeville, S. C. j Also fluents tor the sale of the Ce!r oln-jit c-cl Philadelphia 1 mproved - JI us-: jti<- Window .Shade, which for durability, cheapness. convenience and; beauty, cannot be Mirpassed. jSach j [shade is furnisiiid willi all the tixt-j ; ii res complete. and only inquires twu ihith 11:ti!.- or small screws to fasten itj |up with. Should they become soiled j by flies, they can be spread on a table,} j washed and made as bright as new, land wil\ last for years, 'l'his style ol I shade is much superior to cloth j shades. In warm weather, when the ! window is raised, the shade admits! ; the air bill prevents flics and inosqni-l j loo. entering the room. The simplicity of their fixtures i.s much in their 11: vr.r, :ts liny reqinre no rollers, eaeh I Miade bein^ complete. and any oim can drive two nails by which to han<. 'them. They are low in price, <1 tir:> I j ?ie, convenient, and never ^et out o j | irdOr. Call at store and see samples i Nov. IS, 1S74 32-tf ! DENTISTRY! DENTISTRY!. Br. H. D. WILSON OFFICIIS his professional services to the people of Abbeville County |and of upper South Carolina. Having ;jlist nuisucu a course 01 sumv in nicj I Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery, he feels fully competent to attend ! to all cases requiring the exe.cise oj jskilled Dental Surgery that may be I brought to him. He asks the patronage !of the people, nnd guarantees full and j complete satisfaction, lie has procured a full set of first-class Dental Instruments, and is prepared to do lirst-class work at most reasonable rates. jfcy"" OFFICE just over Post Office. M. (SOIiT)SMITH. P. KIND. Cxoldsmitli & l^incl, FOUNDERS & MACHINISTS, (PIICEXIX IKON* WORKS, I COLUMBIA, S. C. Manufacturers of steam Engines of all sizes; Horse powers, Circular and Muley Saw Mills, Crist and Sugar Cane Mills,Flour Mills, Ornamental. House and Store Fronts, Iron Railings. Agricultural Implements, etc. I I 51 ml Iron (':i<tin<rs lit" nil kinds niado to order on short notice, and on the most reasonable terms. Also, manufacturers of Cotton Presses. Mav 2S. 1S73, 7-UJm THOMAS' SAW Mil is ; Closed for Repairs, i PA iri'I HS who liavo contracted! lor LI'M 1IKR will call on AL-I jLEX MeCANTY at Mr. Edwards. I have some lumber on hand which i will ho disposed id' l'or the cash. v vrr m*v AtliJP K O j. w. i-Muivjuid. j March ~4, 1S75, 50-tf JOHN S. THOMPSON, DKVTIST, OFFERS liis jirofesHonjil services to tin* citizens of Abbeville, and the ; surrounding country. Office over Citizens' Savings Bank, Abbeville, S. C. Oct. -\ IS7.;.L'SU' Thresher and Fan, | ALSO Railway Horse Power, For sale by Barnwell & Co. April 19, 1875,6-tf [corvKtcnx secured.] ! TheFjeiroftheiJills or <T1k attorney's ?et. BY ALFRED B. TOZER, | j /.Cri!OR OK "l!'HNI> HAND ANJ) FOOT," "Who was to Blame," Etc., etc. CHATTER xrn. A FLAN TO WORK ON. ; i When Eugene left the attorney's ofUcO' he left its occupant in a happy frame of | mind. ! "At last, the great desire of my life has been realized," Gray muttered as he walked softly to and fro, rubbing his wrinkled hands together. "In a single transaction I have doubled thirty fold thefctwfogs of a life of toil. Ah! it is the bold-who win i the large prizes in lifo after "all! I am sorry, however," ho added nervously, "tint ! my encounter with this Gordon terminated so fatally. Still, it is best as it is, although I would willingly give half of the sum 1 have gained t-? feel assured that his blood is not on my hands. I hate the ;].!? HiniK'lit. ;md still I can't free my self from it." Thus the unhappy man's mood turned from gay to grave as he contemplated his sudden prosperity and his mind again and again went over the road by which ho had acquired it. Although it was the middle of October and the day was by no means warm the atmosphere of the office seemed stifling to the attorney. "I will go out for a tramp about the village," ho said. In the door, however, he met Ames, and with him turned back into the office. "Good morning, Mr. Gray," said the new comer clapping the attorney familiarly on the shoulder, "you look as fresh as a daisy to-day ! I 'spose that little job o' yours last night didn't affect your nerves any ?" "Enouzh of that," said the attorney, drawing away from Ames. "It is my desire that you never refer to that matter again; we have business of more importance to attend to." "That'sjust what I called to see you about, boss?the ducats, you know?the rhino!" Gray took a roll of bills from his pocket and handed it to his visitor. "There is the full amount," he said, and now if you want to earn more I will tell you how to do it." "That's the talk, mister j square off." "It is necessary," began the attorney, "that the exchange of children I mentioned to you last ni'4'ht should be established beyond a doubt. The young mau who?who?who met with an accident here K.oi ni*rrV,f vntiar- cinnilr I ?r? vn.rii nQ Mio sou of ft mill hand and not as MY. Wdlingfur-l'd heir. JDo joti comprehend "I reckon," said the other with a broad prin, "That is all easy enough. I would like to see this young blood who tumbles into all this wealth, though." "It may not he as easy as you think," replied the attorney. "The young man expected to receive at least a portion of tho mill owner's property, ile doubtless had mrifiy friends and acquaintances who understood this, for ho lived in Uoston under his true nunie." "There's where you's wrong," interrupted Ames, "he was known there ;ia Hugh Gordon, the saute as here." "Then that is another point in our favor,"' Gray wont on. "licit that don't alter the fact that he had an attorney looking after his interests in the case.'1 Ames gave vent to a low whistle. "Then his death may be inquired into," he suggested. "1 have nothing to fear from that source," said Gray. "But we must have our chain of proof complete if the will is contested by tiie friends of Ituland U. Wallingford" No.- 2.-' "No. l/'said Aines. "Well, well," said the attorney hastily, "think what you like about it, but don't fail when the time for action comes. First, t Mnf tr> vnnw if rem have over Been a letter, or any document whatever, written by Mrs. Guidon." "You mean WaPingford." "1 mean Hugh's mother?give her whatever name you choosc." "Yes, I have. I sgnt her a note once about a little cash, and she answered it? and never sent a dime!" "Is this hor writing ?" The attorney handed his companion a letter taken from Hugh's po<*ket. Ames examined it carelully and said that it was. "I would know it in Egypt by them queer curves," he explained. "It took me three days to read her letter, and it didn't bring in a cent." "And this is her signature P" "I believe so," was the reply, and thon he added, to the evident disgust of the attorney, "you eee I can't decide such weighty matters in a minnit bo soon aftur gettin' to be pardner in this here law tirm." "Now," continued Gray, returning the letter to his pocket, have you seen that estimable wife of yours since your arv> "No," sai l Ames. "The old gal never was very affectionate, anil 1 never honor her with a will until I get short." "Well, you must see her to-day." Ames drew a long sigh and asked, "what for i" "We must prove by her that the children wore changed;". "Tiu.t can't be done, mister !" "Why can't it be done i" "'Cause they wasn't changed." "You can inlluenee her, i suppose." "Iniluence liar! No!" "You must do it. Offer her money, anything." j "1 hat won't work*" "Then frightvn her." ' I will try; hut 1 don't believe ft will do any good."' "Can't you see her to-day ?" "I'm afraid not," was tbe reply. "Why ? You are not afraid to meet htr?" "No, but I can't get in." "Ah ! you have to make uso of the secret passages !" Ames started. "Who told you about that ? You have made good use of your time here, 1 reckon." j Tbe attorney smiled. i "When did you arrive here ?" he asked, ! as a new feature of the case presented itself to him. I "f<:<s:t ni.rl.t_." "Net betol'C ?" i "Not before." "Did you not visit tlie secret passages yesteiday uttimiyou ?'* "No; l was or. board the train then. Why <lo you nsk ?" "IJeeause this Uajjli Gordon pained entrance to tliem ill soin" way, and I thought | that lie miylit have followed you and thus ] learned their whereabouts." Ames expressed his surprise^ in another ; prolonged whistle. "In the secret passagehe ejaculat ed. "Then his mother knew there were such pass:i?rs and told him of thein !" j "Do you think lie could have made himi self known to your wife, pained hersympa| thy and thus learned of their existence Ames laughed. "She nover found the passages herself," he said. "You sec she hadn't tlie nerve t/> hunt thein up her?clf, and hIic never told j Rny one that there were ouch passage.* l'or fear of making hor neighbors curious.'' I "That settles another point," eaid the I attorney. "It ia certain now that he did i not tamper with the housekeeper. I want [ you to at-e her t^-ni^ht ami, liy souie I ni NUis, cause her to assent to the btorv of J the change wo were just diucu*jiii?. Will youuo it?" ... ' -&Tni your man. 1 ?nt liow much will you giW if cVcirythinir works right thousand dollars." won't do. I want fin oven live | mqsft&tid," said the other. I fk ^efi, you shall have it,'* said Gray, not i in a mood for hagfjlin^ with his j ?ftto$j^Cout the price. "Hut if things don't j i won't get a cent." T^V-^VC'ell talk about that little matter ' ^Afterwards," said Ames." I regret to leave ] safety, jny line feller," he added, "hut I j jartyar;: business of importance to attend j 2Ko*&7 savour which lie stepped to the | W*- , "Let me warn yon against one tliinpr, saul attorney following him, "you must not &DOt drir.k unt il this matter is nettled. You i * might ruin everything if you allowed yourj itself to get under the inlluence of liquor. } ' Bo careful what you say about town, and keep away from your drunken chums for a day or two. Will you promise to do I this r" I "Can't you let a fellow have a drink I now and then to quiet hia nervos ?" asked the other gruffly. "Be careful,' repeated Gray," one glas3 ; too much might spoil nil our plans." Ames gave the required promise and ! ! left the oliice. After his departure Gray i j sat down at his table to write. The stirj ring events of the last two days had caused his regular business to be sadly neglected, and he now worked with a will for some hours, not stopping even for his noon day meal. "One of his first acta was to write a let| ter of directions to a correspondent in New ! York, enclosing the cheque given by Eu! (f.ino "\aii will of rtti.ift DuA 4 tin inin.\i>fa i ance of having the clioque cashed thu first I minute it can be done/' he wrote. "Keep it in readiness, and when I telegraph to you proceed to the bank without do1 ay, instruct the officers to transfer the currency into bonds and get a receipt for the special deposit iu my name." He sealed the letter and went out with it, and others just in time to catch the last mail for Now York. At the depot ho mot Eugene. After greeting hi in warmly lie said : I "I hear nothing about the finding of the will. You have not noised your good fortune about the village yet, 1 see." "No,'' said Eugene. "I intend to wait until after the will has been fully accepted and acknowledged. It will bo time enough j then." "That will doubtless bo done to-day," | said Gray. "The will kft for the county , seat on this last train. Of course it will | simply be a formality, as there can be no I opposition." "I hope so,'' said Eugene, and, after i some further conversation regarding tha j handling1 of the property, the opening I of work at the mills, tic., the two mua | parted. i CHAPTKH XIV. SICK KOOVI CONSOLATION'S. j "You are worrying yourself into a fever, Mr. Gordon," paid Bertha as, in company ' with Fanny, sh approached the young man's side a few moments after the dej parture of (trover and Eugene. "I must i Insist on your keeping perl'e.-tly quiet, for, j remember, Fanny's reputation as a nurse ia now at st ike." "Then there is another motive for my | getting well," said Hugh laughingly "I couldn't find it it. my In-art to ruin tho i ! irirl's imisnec.ts bv dvinir now. So vou { l" i " V ' may expect to see me on my fo^t this very i ! night." . "To-night.!" exclaimed both girls in a | ' breath. "You must not think ot' such a j thine." "Hut I haw Poino matters to attend to J tint are really impertmt,v urged Hugh. I "Besides, I think that it will do luo less harm to be moving around than to lie fretting here, for 1 can't yet the business out ] of my mind." S "Then don't fiot," said Fanny. "The doctor sai^.tlmt y jii might walk a little tomorrow, Vut yoi> can't move to-day. I must return to tha sitting room now," she j ] continued, "but I am going to leave Her- | j tba here and see if she can't read your ! business out of your mind." j Bertha Idushed and would have declined I on the pretext of doing more harm than gO"d, when she 8? w that the idea pleased ! the sick mau and she reluctantly seated , herself near the bi dside with a volume of I Tennyson in her hand. I "The books are nearly all down stairs," I she said, "will Tennyson do?" "lte.illy," said Hugh, "it is just what I | .should have elms en." "Jlive you any choice?" asked Bertha. j | "1 should bice to hear 'il Mid,' '1 said j j iiugh, and Bertha. accordingly began to j j read, the young mau watching her j J with wide-open even. Bortlia was l?y no means an accomplished reside;"", "nut as J/ugh listened to her he * is--tiyl:t tliiit hi* Jia i never heard a .sweeter voice. Her reading also evinced an intelligent understanding of the poem, and liiigh was surprised at the accuracy of her LL list<ued intently for Rome time, l?ut exhausted nature bewail to assort lic-r claims j | now that til.; unnatural excitement which had kept every nerve in full play was dy- | ing away, an 1 the sweet voice if row fainter i an i fainter in his oars uuiil he was sound ! :is)< Op. lie hu.il slcpt; he knew not how long, when he was awakened hy the touch ; of a cool palm on his foivhead. Without i opening his eyes he knew that it was i5cr- j tha who was bending over liilu. He knew I that, by the thiiil which the touch sent t..r. ugn his wiiole frame. Jt nii^lit hare | heeii because of his weakness, but he bail | ! im-iuiiied before, that, day, tbat this lair | village girl with her deep blurt eyes and pitying face sec nicd nearer to him than any other maiden fcver had. lie realized it. doubly Jujw when li^r lij^ht lirgcrg were i trying to strike aw ?y his pinn Hud hef words of uit.v w> iv in ''is uiri "ilfw terribly !k- mu>t suPV-r with that ; Iir.rrible cut in his he;ul,' he heard her j I umrinnr. "Is sii?' so truly sirry for nip. then?"' he I | asked himself. "if her brother had been ' j rnly half as merciful J s iould not be lying ; | bore now." | Ii will l?o ren>onil?mv<1 that Hugh had | beard th.it Eugene !>; d been declared Air. j "Wallingford's heir that very morning l.y j I G.ilen Gray, the man who had attempted | his life. He could reason it out in no way | j except that tho attorney and Bertha's j | brother had plotted together, and that the j J blow he had received really came as much j ; from one as the other, it pained him to ; j think til is of the brother of thy girl who ! | was caring for him so tenderly, but there I j seemed to be no other v.mv ? ! accounting for the production of another heir as soon ! a3 the plotting parties considered him out i | of tho way forever. | He tried not to think of these things as i j he la}- tiiere with liertiia's hand still ca- j I ressing his forehead. He even found him- i self rejoicing over the belief that liertha j knew nothing of her brother's schemes, t j He was certain of this, in fact, for he had j heard licr exclamations of surprise when j I Eugene had broken the news to the littlo J I group in the sitting-room. Ho gave him- j ! self up to every thought that spoke in the - I | girl's favor and rejected those which did j | not. It seemed like a foretaste of Heaven I I to him to lie there ill that quiet room I with tho new feelings Bertha had awaketij cd in his heart growing stronger and bet X.IT UCUUCU Willi evci"j IOUCU Ol livr UHUUy lingers. iiut a few moments did lie indulge in Blicii tiiougiiU as these. "i can't lie here uud Ijsica million of dollars by my inactivity," lie thought. "1 must Lo at work, for 1 li.ive cunning fees to deal v. ltb. Iiut ; how siiali 1 begin ?" Then lie remembered the parting words ! of Iiia attorney on lbs day he left JSv.v Vcrk I nearly three weeks before, "oir. WallingI lord's physician says that he may live a I ye.tr, and. he may not live a wuek," the I lawyer Lad said, "Volt Avill be on the | ground if anjtiiin, should happen, and , ' 'uoove all, do not forgot that possession from tlie startleeverything. Ol course I anticipate no trouble, but it is beat to be sate." "1 must see Mrs. Amea this very night," he thought. "She must have possession of the keys of the house, and the keys ot the mill are probably there. She knew me when a child, and she cannot refuse to help me now. But how shall 1 get out of tins house ? I don't want to paiu my friends by appearing obstinate, so there is nothing to do but to steal out like a robber after they have retired. Thank God I know ibe secret passages, and I can enter the house without being Been. My friends here will surely forgive me when they know all." Then he thought with a start, which frightened Bertha from his side, that iho man lie was planning to defeat was tuc deurest friend of 'those who had sheltered him in his dire misfortune. "What a strange mixture it all is," he muttered to himself. "1 liiid a nun here whose name is exactly my own, whose pretensions match with mine, and who is of my own age. lie claims my property on the strength of the similarity, ana iesortd to questionable means to get me out 01 t.io way. Hut, as it to repay me m part lor the trouble ho is making mu, lie unconsciously allows his sister to sit lulu au<l caro lor the villainous cut iiis ati-oniey inflicted." Hugh, with all his misery, smiled when he thought of auother complication mucU was entering into the case. For u uiui luoa was in nis mind that liertha'b icnucr caiv had more tnau repaid tnni for all the p.ijoical anguish he had sulfered, as lie sup^oaod, at ner brolnor's. hands. "Do I lovo this gul already he qitostioned himsell, as ue heaivi her mo\ mg quietly about tlio chamber, "JL'sliaw >" lie added, "I will go away from this nuudo in a day or two and forget all about her." But nu heart gave tae lie, to nis will, for it sont a quiver of regr?t to ins brum at the thjugut of leaving, ami wuispeivd to lnm that he wm> powerless to lorget her. . "She will hate rather than love me!" his brain went oil, "wlien she Knows who 1 am and why I came to this village," but out of his heart came the sweet asour.inee tliat love, once won, stopped at no worldly consideration and that, if he could gain Bertiia's love at all it would be a love taut would outweigh everything elso. But could he try'(?would it be Honorable to do bo, knowing the gull which lie believed separated her interests from his own '< Seeing that her patient was awake, Bertha stepped to his side. "Your rest has worked wonders," siie said, "your fever has entirely disappeared. You have wuj to keep very still now and you will soon Oc quite well.'' "i must have fallen asleep while you were reading," said Hugh, realizing the fact lor the tirst time. "What a sleepyhead you must think me; but my lack of manners brought its own pumshuieiu, lor I missed hearing the remainder ol the poem." ".Not a word of apology," said Bertlia, with a smile, "you see 1 started to read you to sleep, and if you apologize yon will take away a.l the credit ol my sue CC8S." "I see that you mean to have it jour own way," said Hugh. "Where did you leave oil i* You see 1 shall want you to begin at that place the next time." Bertha picked up the book and read? "She is com ii?, my own, my sweet; Were it ever so airy a tread, My heart would hear lur and beat Were it eurtli in an eariliy bed. Sly dust would lieui' her and beat, Mad J lain for u century d<-ad; Would nUirt and tremble under her feet, And blowout in i?uri>le and red." "Ah," said Hugh, "the ending could not have been more appropriate, tor the stanza is the end of love 111 the poem. We shall begin with despair at the next reading. But do you boheve in all that, Alias Bertha "Ill the reality of t.lie author's picture, you mean?" "Yes; do you think such love as that ever exists ?" "1 am sure I can't say," said Uertha, Mushing, "but I don't see why it should not." "I believe you are right," aaid Hugh. "I believe that the earth is not wide enough, nor Heaven and earth far enough apart to keep lue away from one that I loved." At this moment Fanny and Grover entered the room and the conversation sauk into gencril channels. The girls, however, S'jon took their departure, and Grover and Hugh were left alone. "Jtou are looking finely," said Grover, "and appear to be recovering fast." "Do you think so?" said the other, eagerly. "I am glad of that, for I have a favor to ask of you?a great favor, and, you may thiiik, a strange one?but it is everything to me." "Name it," said Grover, "I will do all in my power to help you." "New don't say a word until I am done/' ft-jgan Htiifl), "for ail you can &ay will uR74 not the slightest effect upon ino. First, you are to lean me a fuit of your clothes, and a large, warm groat-coat. Then you must let me out of thin house after tho family havrfretired, ami stay here, without wateiiing me, until I return, which will be in about two hours." "This i3 indeed astrange request," began Grover, "and I dou't think?" "Wait," said Hugh, "unfil you hear me through. "I must ?o out to-night, and when you came in I had fully resolved to itoal out of the house and let no one know; but that course seonied dishonorable after all the kindness I have received from your hands. But I must do that still if you refuse. You know now that my case must be a desperate one, my friend. Will you help me?'' "Yes," said fi rover, frankly, "I will, but I do it in defiance of my judgment. You must he very certain, however, that there is no other way, for the exposure in your present conditinn will endanger your life." "I ain nvarc of that," said the other, sadly, "but there is no help for it. I must go.,; "Very well," replied G rover, "as it is nearly night now, 1 will make the preparations at once. As you would be taken for ghont on the street n< w, of course you must h ivo a suitable disguiao. llave you far to walk ?" "Less than half a mile in all," said Hugh, "and if you know how strong I am getting already you would not doubt my ability to accomplish that successfully." Eugene called to tu':e Bertha home shortly after tea, and, as tl.- previous night had been one of unrest 1o very member of the little household, not a light was burning in 1'iie house, save the one in the sick room, ut ton o'clock. Shortljr aflor that hour, thevoforo, young Gordon, warmly dressed, for the night was chilly, and thoroughly disguised, stepped softly from 1 i.! h ill <1 >r and disappeared in the direction of Wallingford house, leaving Orover reading in the room above. As soon as lie had gone, however, Grover set about removing the body he had been working upon from the rear room, and soon saw Uu. lo Billy on his vray to tlio coiuotery with it, CIIAFTEIl XV. THE FACE IN THE FASKAQE. After leaving Gray's office Ames proceeded directly to a low saloon near the river nnd, seating himself at a small table, or* 1 111- ilw. l.^r.4- o r>A rt tiercel a IWHie U1 Wie utoi uiauu; ivuu u bundle of cigars. The bar-tender looked sharply at his customer, who was dr<\ssed quite roughly, and seemed to hesitate about filling the or lcr. ' You wan't ter know if I've got any lucre, I 'sj o.so," Maid Ames, glad of an opportunity of disphij ing the money the attorney had given him. "Well, hoiv does yer liko the looks o' that, my keorful young swasher P" And he drew forth a handful of bills, in which tens, twenties and fifties were plentifully mingled. | "Beg yer pairing," said the bar-tender L ' with an attempt at politeness, "that ain't jJ | what I was a* waiting for. I was a' think- i i in1 as how I had met ye* before," he added, ; j telling an out and out falsehood. "I guess ne t, miHter," said Ames, who did not. cave to be recognized, "I just j j struck this town from a whalin' voyage. ! j Yer see, I took a notion to get away from I j salt water," he added with a chuckle. L "There's money in whalin', my friend," f said the bar-tender, seating himself by the table, after supplying the brandy and ci- ' gars. "I've wished many a time that, I'd gone inter that myself." . "It's hard, though," said Ames, resolved i to keep up thedeceptiou,"if there is money I ' iitn'f u nttlliinr* tA flvitilr 1 | Uli Lilt? niilUi UiUt AiU U CH4J Vv V4A AU A | j worth mentioning, and I'm a chap a8 likes my toddy." I "Guin' out agin, I 'sposc ?" k . ? | "Yes; but I'm in tor a regu)aytrfajrl)ipTri.^r ^ out, before I ahtnf' "You sailors be;-jolly" chaps,'*said tho bar-tender. , "Jes eo,"said Ames; "havea drink ?" ' ' "Don't mind if I do, seein' it'B you," ! said tho other, pouring out a full glass of the brandy. "It ain't often you get such ; liker as this." Thus tho two men chatted and drank to- ' gether, until Ames was too drunk to talk more and his head sank heavily upon the i table. Seeing this, the bar-tendor hastened to 1 I an inner room and shook a man roughly I by the shoulder who was sleeping on a "Mart! Mart! Wake up," he cried, t 1 "Here's a high-toned job for yer!" "What's wanted ?" demanded the other, ! 1 starting up and rubbing his eyes. "Can't yer let a feller sleep a s-.-cond without thumping him about in that way? What'i 1 wanted, 1 say ?" "I've worked up a job for you," said fch? I 1 bur-tender giving the mnn another shake. j "Hallo, Steve, is that you? Something [ ' new in the wind?" said tlw man, now fully ! aroused. I Ha was a seedy-looking man, and his j * bloated face and watted hair told of habit- ' ual intemperance. "Get up," Kiiid t!io bar-tender grufHy, 1 "and don't be snoozing hove when there's ( work to be done. Cool yerself off in this j bucket of water and then come out and ' get a drink. "That'll brace yer up, I'm 1 thinkin'." The man sprang to bis feet with alacrity, ' and, after swashing his head and face in a ' pail of clear, cool water, made his appear- j 1 ance in the bar-room, where a glass of fiery ' whiskey was handed him. "Now what's up, Steve?" he demanded, after swallowing the whiskey. "Yer don't ' sot out sech drinks as thtiu t'er nothinV 1 "Yer sees that chap a-snoozin'on the s table? Well, yer wants ter brush up re- f speetahie like and keop track of him terdnv. JIo's got a pile of cash in them pock- J ets o' his'n." "How muchP?a hundred?" ' "A hundred !" said tho other contemptu- j | ously. "it's ntarei a thousand!" J "Godd enough," said Mart. "That's ilo enough for one d.\y. How shall I try b him?" said the man, liughing at his own joke. * "Why?the old way. Keop him in tow till night, and then I 'spose yer knows what to do ," s lid the bar-tender, siguilicantly. "Douse?" "Does yer want ter swing, yer fool ? cave him in some mighty dark place drunk, j (l, an' for fear some bloak will go through | him, just take his cash for safo keepin'!" jn And the villain laughed heartily at his way j g of putting the case. r "All right,'" said Mart, sitting down, to ' ?rait for Ames to recover from the effect | of the liquor he had already taken. j a It was some tune foeiore ne regained conscioiiHness, and when lie did so he was im- & mediately persuaded to drink more by the v worthy couple, and so ho was kept in a drunken Btupor until night-fall, when a Mart succeeded in enticing him out for a o wuik, leading him in the direction of a a lonely street near the river bunk. Here the two seated themselves on a box a littlo t.{T the street. ??d Mart produced a bottlo ti from a pocket of hif* coi.t. ti "There's nnthiu' like this 'ore stuff for f( kecpin' out the cold," lie said, passing tho a bottlo to Amos, "take a smile, an' tlion we'll go back to town." u Auies took the bottle and drank heartily. 8 "It ain't like that brandy, though," ha p said, corking the bottle, "it tastes queer 8 like after takin' in the genuine.'' Ames, conversant as he was with all the ways of villainy, was thrown completely off c his guard by the seeming fvanknoss of hia o j companion. He had often practicod the a I same game that was now being played upI on hiin, but his bruin was 80 befogged by j drink that he could not Comprehend Ms position. 11 After drinking from the bottle a second t I find a third time, a strange feeling of j I drowsiness crept over him and ho gavo , I himself so completely up to it that he waa eoon unconscious. 6 "Wake up! Wake up I" gaid his eompan- e ion, with a seeming effort to arouse him. ^ "Tou mustn't snooze hero." . Ames made no reply, and his heavy breathing fully attested the power of tho * drug which tlio bar-tenih;r had mingled j with the liquor he had imbibed. c Being satisfied with Amefl* condition , Mart coolly proceeded to search tho sleeping man's pockets, and wsw overjoyed aft a the large amount thus socured. It was too t dark to see (he denomination of the bills, j but there were onough of them to mako A ' goodly sum even if they were small. I "\~cr pouches pan out well, my sleeping 1 J beauty," he muttered with a chuckle as ho i left his victim and hastened in tho direc- , tion of the saloon. " About nine o'clock Ames awoke and staggered to his feet. He was nervous and t dizzy from the effects of the drug and the c liquor, and stepped into the first saloon he d ! crime to tuul ordered a drink of brandy. | After draining tlvo glass ho called for " ; more ami felt in his p.n lcet for the money I j to pay for it, and, of course, found it ii j empty. ' ] lie was Bober in a minute Rnd began a I thorough examination of his pockots for 1 ! any change the robber had overlooked. i | At last he found a small tangle of currency t in a pocket which Mart had passed by ^ i without suarching and paid for the brandy. j lie did not mention the fact of hie being j robbed, for he was cautious enough to avoid 1 I any publicity in the matter. When he t reached the street again, however, ho curs- j ed himself heartily for bin lack of prudence in getting into such a muss. "I'll have ter strike my old pard for mora cash tcr-morrcr," lie muttered, "an' I dare not Bee him until I'vo made everything j snug with the old lady ; so I'll have to pay (. ! her a visit this very night." | j ! Thinking that it whs already late enough i for the proposed visit. Ames hastoned along j I the river road until within a short distance ' fc of Wallingford house, when he turned j u j sharply to the left and entered an open j s i* 1.1 ... u: ..u :~i- K *. l ! nuiu wuiuu lutt'i VVJLIUU uuiwci'U unu ruuu and the rivor. Reaching the bank of the stream, lit? followed it along the rear of the garden until he came to the deep gulch behind tlia house and then begau making his way as best he could a*iong the tangled vines which ran in great luxuriance along its ? sides and bottom. a Presently he came to a spot where the ^ j vines, reaching from side to side, completely covered the narrow gulch, and ho found ' ! it necessary to creep underneath the over- t j hanging mass upon his hands and knce3. s It was disagreeable work at best, croep! ing there in the damp darkness which filled * i the ravine. The vines, clinging with their * cold, wirey arms to las nock, hands and t I feet, seemed to forbid His entrance like bo j ; many human beings. When ho stopped now and then to take breath, for t lie task 1 was l>y 110 means nu easy one, he could j i I hear Uie ruts and vermin which frequented ! t I Uie place liceing from his approach in | ^ I front. Excited as tho man's imagination was, | * | he^Uuui'd back in terror lu'f a dozen times I i as "ho nglnel "dusaitaiy n gures blocking | ?up his way. At length he gained the solid foundation wall of the wing and searched around eagerly for the hidden spring which he knew controlled the door to the secret passage, lie found it after a short search and had no difficulty in opening it. This admitted hiin tw a narrow passage running parallel with thawall. It was about two feet widtJTwR sufficiently high to admit of his standing upright in it. The passage had evidently bean cut in the solid wall years beforo for ita wall* 1,1_ -! wwo uiuiuuj ?.uu wxia ago. A short distance along, Ames aimo upon a narrow flight of steps. These he ascended, feeling the way with his hands as he went along, until ho arrived at a little landing on the first floor of the house. Stopping here only to take breath he began Half wiy up ho heard a 'noise above which indicated the presence of tome one on the upper landing, from which the secret door opened. His heart almost ceased beating as he Listened and board the sounds repeated. There could b? no doubt us to the correctness of his suspicions. Somo one or something was hiding in the j' *1 ooin above his head. . : His stjps had evidently been heard, for I nil was will when he listened a second time. # Dreading to goon, Ames stood trembling j1 jn ?lie ot tne lower steps ana wair.ea ior ; i something which would reveal to him the | nature of the person? if it was a human bo- j' liut all was still. It's only an infernal rat," ha finally j muttered, beginning *k* ascent a^aia. As he did to a low groan?a grean fall o? j inguish?canto t? his ears. "My God!" ke jusped, "is this pkoa j haunted with th? aptrik ?f the dead?'' Again all was stiil. "Who's there?" ke asked saftly, aad .Inen shuddered at the sound of hia own i roice. Only for the urgency of his mission he J ft'ould have turned back at once, but he lare not face the attorney and doinand ' nore money without having something of i importance to communicate to him. He must, therefore, try again. Ilia tlrst step on the stairs, however, was followed by a cry more terrible, if possible, than the hrst. But Ames was getting desperate now, and he did not stop. A second more and he reaHzed that a blue lighb nras creoping into the passage! It appeared to come from above, and us i ic glanced up with shrinking eyes he saw ! i sight which struck terror into his T?ry j icul. The indistiuet light burst into a ! jlenm, and in its very center, with one | laud pointiug to a bleeding tfash in its j aeud aud the otlj^r drawn back behind the | icad us if to strike, was the apparition of i Hugh Gordon, the man whose supposed uurdercr he was helpiug to nhield from ' tut ice. It mis too much 5or Amc* already overitruu^' nerve?r and, with an exclamation ol j i ' :?iM .J -J- ?- .a luij JUAitfOrf j )J4aagg. . ^ .v. TO BK CON IINU ED, THE SEXaK KKK9. We fii'l the following in the Popular Sci-; nee Mouthly The setsc of bees were the: ext subject of inrei'tig.-iti'm, and we will j ive, in brief the results which Iluber i cached. The lor.sja cf tho bees' eyes are: ot adjustable; aud, though tlioy can see| ccuratdy to great distances, they seom j lind to objects tloso by. Bees dart down j o the door of their Lives with a precision; rhich is generally unerring; but if, froxn | ny cause, they miss the opening, they are bliged to rise in the air, in order to take j not&er observation. If beos hear?which is a doubtful quea-j ion, the old-fashiou "tanging" to the con-i rary?they certainly hear only what cfscts their welfare. Their sense of tasto is! 180 far from perfect, foul ditch-water beag often preferred by them to limpid treams, or even dew, and ill-smalling >lants having quite aa much attraction as weet ones; it ia the quantity, rather than he quality of their food, for which they are. They are also fond of the secretions f the aphides, the milch-cattle of the nta. . Their sense of smell is very keen; the; iresence of honey they detect even in the j Qost carefully-concealed places. Honey! >eea often, in scarce seasons, attack the j lumble-bees on their return from fields! aden with honey, and force them to disgorge uli they have collected. Its prince in the honey-bag must have been de-; ectcd by the ac-nse of smell. The seat of ! his amoH is in the mouth; this Hubtr do i ewaiaed by presoutuy auocessirely to sll ! >arts of th? body, on camel's hair pcacila,: dors especially repugnantto them. Wheaj teld sear the mouth, the boo started back | 6 if annoyed. On one occasion ho mix*!; ionoy with camphor, which tuey espeoioHyi Lisiike; they managed separate ;t*i re-1 uore all tho hoiwy, louring the camphor j uitouchiicL I The Dense which seems to be the most j xirfect in these little creatures is that of j ouch, and that eeeuis to reside wholly iu j he attenncu. Greetings, caresses, and thai oinmunication of intention!, aro always! H'ected, by one boe toward another, by rossing their attennao. It mast be remcmlered that no light enters a liive under orLinary circumstances. "The bef," says iuber, "conatruucs its comb in darknena; t pours iti honey into the magazines, feeds ts young, judges of their age and nocessiies, recognizes its qui .a, all by aid of its ittonua-, which ate much lees adapted for >ecoiuing acquainted with ouj*i.-t3 than our lauda. Therefore, shall w* nut grant to his icuaii nioditicutionj and perfections unknown to the touch of man ?" m III ; i ...... f.. ? j i i . laii'OUr AN X DtX'IglOX A decision of considerable interest to Grangers h.ia just been rendered in San Francisco, upon suits growing out of a hunger agency, and the failure of Morgan's Sons, wf San Fr mcisco, upon which i large amount of indebtedness of the firm, lecured upon wheat consigned by the Srangtrs and used us collateral, is rendeiod ralueless. It appears in evidence in his case, which has been made a test for a ariro number, that tho contract botweon .he id rangers and Mur^an's Sous, tkoir Lgeuts, required tiic grain to lo skipped ind kept in the name of the owner, upon vhieh the agents wore to make advances.) Jefore the failure of the firm, W.dcott, ,he manager, took out warehouse receipts md bills of lading in the name of Morgan's Sous, upon which they reaiscd loans rom various parties in San Francisco, ,uraing over these receipts and bills" or acting to their creditors. When the failire occurred, the Grangers demandeJ liese evidences of ownership from these rreilitors of Morgan'* Sous, which demand van refused, and hence the suit to compel heir surrender. The cose turned on the lature of tlio contract of tiie firm with tlio Grangers, and the law that "Factors cannot pledge as security for his individual debt ' the goods of the principal consignod to him for sale." It was also Bhown that Morgan's Sons actually did, appropriate this monay to their.own use, and also that tho firm had by contract or understanding vrith thjf Granger* a* right to pledged their wheat to obtain the money from which to advance the oae c?t per. pofnnd sailed for by that contract. Tbi* riTTiWh , said t? be undtrr the if&w Ciril Code of flE California, which repealed the 9ldj?iQQ^|^H| wkiset up'<by the defendant that he -' AC*t$?? 'fi^od faith, and further that' he. had.also..corerted the wheat by assigning it to bthdr parties, who had chipped it <wt aI ilia ?il1OTOf?1 a? ' flin v eourt, however, ordered judgmpntf tered fer value of th-j wheat and interest.. ^ GETTING .UAKIUED. Every young girl, Inow-a-daja, oxpeota <tJt to get a rich husband; and therefor? rich&fc men ought to be abundant. InthemjgigyBfUmrptry, wo admit that girls are soo(?tiiniM'V~' 1 brought up with an idea of work, and ? suspicion that each jnay chance it -aredj^r % sober, steady, good-looking, industrioot.' young man, who will be compelled to earnby sovoro labor the subsistence of himself and family, TUera are not m many brought up with such ideas, now, even in the eountry, aa there used t& be] bnt * there are some, and they, eoasequentlj* learn bow te become worthy helpmates to ruck worthy purtaer*. But in town it ifl different. From the highest to the lowest dose in life, the prevailing idea with al) is, that marriage is to lift them, at once, above all necessity for exertion j and even the sorvant-girl dro<ses and reasons sis it she entertained a romantic confidence in her Cinderella-like destiny of marrying a prince, or, at least, ef being fallen in love with and married by some* wealthy gen ? i vi {? neiiifcn u nov dj t>viuv uwniuuu w u^c guise. This is why 80 many young men fea* to marry. The young women they meet with n.ra all so imbued with notions of marriage so utterly incompatible with the ordinary relations of life in their statipnjkbey are so wholly inexperienced in the . economy of the household; they have been, tanght, or have taught themselves, such, & "noble di?daiu" for all kinds of family in*, dustry; they hare acquired such expectations of lady-like ?a3e airfl elagance in the matrimonial connection, that to wed any one of them is to secure a life-long lease of domestic un happiness, and purchase wretchedness, poverty, and despair. All this is wrong, and should be amended. Such fallacies do not become a sensible age nor a sensible people. Our grand* fathers and mothers h -A more wisdom than this. The present age is much too fast a one in this respect* Let U3 sober down a little. Let every young woman be taught ideas of life and expectations of inarriago suitable to her condition, and she will not be so frequently disappointed. Should she be fortunate and wed above that eondition, she may readily learn the now dutios becoming to it, aod wiH not have been injured by having possessed hericlf of those fitting a station below. Let her anticipate always a marriage with one in the humbler walks of life?and than, should she happen to do better, her good fortune will be only tho more dolightful. Animal Woxdkes.? In each grain of sand, tliero aro marvels; in overy drop of water a world. In that great spectacle Nature, every being lus its marked place and distinct role; and in that.grand drama called life there presides a law as harmonious as that which rules tho movement of the stars. Each hour reiuoTes by death myriads of existences, and each hour produces legions of new lives. The "highest, as weH as tlw lowest created organism consumes carbon and water to support life and its duties, and it is not uninteresting to glance at tho food, tho habits and the way# and moans peculiar to soma of tha inferior animals. From their petrified ejection* w? know vrh&tsuchfossiilizedreptiles as tho plet* iesaartu, etc., aro, and may some day be tbfe to discover the fish and cms toe** they knitted down. Animate, when sat on their own respectable efforts, are either paraaitoa er d*p?d?nts; many wouM aeaai to have positive trades, ot are ?onaeot?<tvith brandies of iuiustry, There are miners, wajsms, oarpeuters, paper rnanufactnrer?> and weavers, luco makers even, all working first for themselves, and next to propagate their kind. The miaorfc dig into tho earth, form natural arches and supports* remove the useless soil: they ore j the mole, the chinchilla of Peru, the badgi er, the lion ant, as well as certain worm* ' ?J T'v>o nuLannq build huts and j iiUU UJVUUOV^O* M ii? ? ~ ! palaces according to all the rixlea of archv ! teoturc, as tho beds anil tropical anta: I there are duh that ooastr act boats that th?y I never can upset, and Agc.ssii has drawn at* tcntion to a flah which builds its nest on | the floating sea-weed in the middle of tho _ J i oecun, and deposits therein its eggs. Tb? 1 waaps of South America fubricita a sort of pcp*sr or pasteboard. Spiders are 1 weavers as well as lace-uiakera; one species constructs a diving bell, a p.ilace of lace. When the astronomer has need of the most delicate thread for his tolescopt*. j he applies to a tiny spider. When the nab! uralisist dosiroi to te.it liis microscope, ha I swlaeta a certain shull of a sea-insect, so : small that several miUions of them in water ; could not. bs visible tj the naked oye, ! and vet no microscope lias been made suf. j ticiently powerful to reveal the beautiful : variegated designs, on the atomic shallsl Aristotle remarked, and he has since beon j corroborated, that a variety of plover j enters the crocodile's mouth, piek3 ths ; remnants of foo.1 oif tile animals tongue ^ ; aud fro:? l?oae.tth its teeth. This living toot'wpick is u?eu3wy, xi ?he tongua of tha crocodile is not laoi/ik*. Tas X*xicaa owl, when enjoying a. siesta, puts itself und^r ' the guard of a kiud of rat, tliat gives tha alarm on the approach of danger. Par* 1 sito3 are not dependent on any peoulior condition of the l>ody, and arc aa ^bondanf : uuperaons of tk'.'iu istrobust as of the moct debilitated health. Th-jy are at home in ; the muscles, in the heart, in the ventricles, > I and in the ball of ths eye. Tiiey are generally either in the form of a leaf or a ribbon,, i and are not nacossarily, as was once gup. posed, confined to h apseinl animal. A Chinese physician has opened an in THusville, Pa.