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i XX.?NEW SERIES. UNION ( . II., SOUTH CAROLINA, OCTOBER 25, 1881). Nl
ETEHINOO* THE FARM. I
1
"When deepening twilight hides the .landsgnpo 1
dim,
And lostful soand* proclaim the close of day.
. Home from the fields the farmer drives his team,
' And count* his finished labors by the way. 1
I '
Behind him, on the meadows cool and deep.
The evening mists have gathered, and ho hoars
The voice* from the ponds that pipe to sleep,
And oriokets shrilling on the droughty meres.
Afar, the lusty lowing or the klne.
Vexed by the busyncrd-dog, fills the air,
Yonder they wend, a ruddy, waving line.
Impatient of their shaggy driver's caro.
Forth from tbo dairy uow, with pall* in hand.
And lightsome step, tbo buxom lasstos hlu;
The watchful cows with dripping udders stand
And wait their turn mce*-eyed and paticn.ly.
Meanwhile, soft whinnying* from the duskv I
tall " *
Proclaim the farmer's late return. Ha strews 1
The bright, clean straw, and ministers to all i
The wants of God's dumb creatures ore repOse.
Within, the housewife spreads the evening ureal j
From hearth to board, how busily aho hies 1
While fragrant vapors from the dishes steal, I
And children atani around with wistful oyos.
Now oil-is finished, and the welcome horn
Btartles the night with loud, insisteut bray ;
Far o'er tho-vale the lengthening sound is borno,
And slow, without an echo, dies away.
in from tho milking come the merry mnlds;
The youths from various tasks tuni willingly;
v \ AlhRsthered round tho board, they bow their
feV J hoods
And sock a graolous blessing from on high.
Uncovered now, tho savory dinhia pour
Their cloud of incense to tho celling brown,
While toft night nirs steal through the open door
And toss the candle flimo-now up?now down.
O happy cceno, removed from every core,
God s benlson, like evening dew, tio on theol
Long thou Shalt dwell with me, a picture fair.
Till Heaven's brighter vision dawns upon mo.
~-Oood Houtekecpino.
THE
, LITTLE WAIF.
A Story of Absorbing Interest,
By BERNARD HERBERT.
[CHAPTER XX?Continued.J
"How conld I comfort her? anil 1 |
left her weeping. In theBtreet I looked
bi^ck and saw lier standing nt the window
of lier apartment, waving mo n
\ tearful farewell. I shall probably
never again seo that sweet, hcaveuly
i. - Jaee in this world, but I have her pic-...-I'lifu
tiii j i fj?-~1' '-j - ?
1^9*'" ' "Yea, hor-ph*>togr*ph in the c)wr,u ter
of Fides, the fa'thful moth* r."
"Oh, lot mo seo it! Oh, my geol
friend, God bless you for this comfort!"
She flung her arms about his neck
and kissed him as though ho had boon
her father.
"Come into tho houso and you shall
boo it," he said.
_ Aftor they had gone in littlo Stella
mopped to piny in the soft radiance of
the snnsot with her white kitten upon
the door stop, and my lady Cora's carriage
returning, passed at the mom nt.
Her wandering eyes took in the pretty
picture, and astr.tngo light leaped into
their dnrk depths, whilo an unaccustomed
flutter possessed licr bosom.
Upon the spur of tho moment sho called
a halt and hastened to tho child, wh ?,
attracted by the rattle of silv< r chains
nnd the roll of the wheels, had turned
to look at tho passing equipage.
Fascinated by tho brilliant display,
little Stella trotted bravely out of tiio |
garden gate and paused upon tiptoe |
on tho grassy bank, gazing up in won- j
um ki> mo ooautii u ia^o bent above
her.
"What a pretty little girl you are!"
said the enchantress, in a swift, low
tone.
The child looked puz/.le.l for an instant
; then replied iu French:
uJe ne comprendx pan, madame."
My lady Cora turned pallid to the
very lips.
"You are French!" she exclaimed, in
the samo language. "Whero do you
come from ?"
"Paris, mndame," answered the
child.
"What is your name?"
"Stella."
"Stella what?"
"Stella Leonard."
"Leonard ?"
It wai her own name before her m ir
riage, and, as the guiltv woman echoed
it, she sank baok upon the cushions of
her carriage stupefied. Simultaneously
a voico within the hous.i called
.? upon the child to come, and in a
breathless way she gavo orders to the
coachman to drive on at full speed.
The unexpected interview with Lawyer 1
Edgar, which has beon narrated in the
Sreoeding chapter, for tho time being
rove all thought of the mysterious
child from Cora Hoyden's mind: but
when she wai alone in (ho seclusion ol
her own ohainb >r with her door securely
lockoJ, tho mask fell from her features,
and, thrusting tha heavy masses of
black hair from her pallid brow, she
?rird:
. "My Godl whatr am I to do? That
child is my own child! But how came
she here, to haunt, balk and ruin me?
It it somo fiendish invention of my'
enemies, but I will circumvent them, 1
f?or die in tho attempt."
Bho swept to the window, threw it 1
open, and looked out ujton tho poaceful
ovening with desperate, unseeing 1
eyos. !
"My days, oven my hours, as heiress 1
of this plaoo aro numbered," she mnt- 1
tcred; "I know it. feel it in overv l>on?. '
The odds are against mo, and my time ( 1
of Ration is almost up. Sooner or later i '
they will discover tho will which will J
turn me out ponuiless upon the world i
again. Of courpo, I o.in return to tho 1
old life, but I shudder to think of it. 1
Having tasted of the life of a great 1
lady, I mean to continue to enjoy it, or 1
lose my soul. The timo for action hns i
oomo; I can delay no longer. <
' \vm. j ?? * ~
ni?< ww unii-tiuMu tnw <'ii my
hinds, I ain free to secure some allinnco 1
wilh a man of wealth and standing, ]
which will settle mv futnro for mo, j
whatever happens. If I play my cards
jr.ipcrly I can r.'prosent myself an the <
nioeo and heiress of the rich Orrin 1
Clifford. Mo one need know that I em
the wploW of a man who committed i
suicide in the- Tombs to (Scape the
\ scaffold. r i
"Ah Miss Clifford lean carry the day,
and nothing shall balk nte, nothing can
balk mc?but thia unfortunate child.
And she shall not! I will remove b^r
from my path, and do it myself. Single*
handed 1 have been an adventuress all
my lifo, and single-handed I will die
victorious!"
She had scarcely finished this dosl>crnto
soli'o piy, when a rapping
Bounded upon her chamber door. The
room wai filled with dense shadow, and
the sound staitled her.
"Who's there?" sho demanded, unsteadily.
"Martin, madam."
It was the voice of the footman.
"Well, what is it?" sho asked, in a
firmer tone.
"Dinner is served, and Mr. Arnim is
waiting."
In ono brief instant she resolved upon
hor course of action.
"Tell Mr. Arnim that I am unwell,
that I have a headache, and shall not
be at dinner. Later, if I feel l?etter,
I will HOO llim For iltn nrnunni T /lr
not wish to be disturliod."
Allowing liorsolf no time""for furthei
consideration, sho strnek a mutch and
ignited u single candle upon tlio dressing
table, which but feebly illumined
the vastness of the luxurious npartment.
But it was light, enough; the
work sho had in hand could better be
Vlone in dnrkness.
Selecting tlio plainest dress that hei
wardrobe contained, a bat and thick
veil, she ppt thein on, thus completely
concealing her identity. Then taking
from a drawer a ball of white cotton
wool, and from a small chest a small
Idiial of colorless liquid, sho unlocked
ler door, and passed stealthily into the
hall.
In the distanco she could hear the
clatter of the dinner arrangements,
from which she inferred that the coast
was clear.
Then with a rapid glido sho passed
over the polished staircase, out of the
dt?or, across the moonlit terrace, and
vanished amid the shadows of t he trees.
Ten minutes later she emerged upor
the highroad, which still lairo the im
press of her carriage wheels.
CHAPTER XXI.
A DA8TAKDLY USED.
Ono would fancy, perhaps, that tlx
startling contrast in her surrounding!
to those of two or three hours previous
ly; tho rough, lonely by-path, over
shadowed by the night, the gloom ol
tho woodland Jhrojudi. which lier.road
a Suburb Of the citv illfi'Stod hv Lrannu
would have intlmfcfited my lady Cora,
and brought her to her senses, before
she had progressed two rods from hoi
domain.
If any one entertained such an idea,
it is evident thnt they had no conception
of the indomitable pluck of mv
lady Cora. Had the intense grit been
applied for good, she would have been
a great woman whom tho world would
have had reason to bless; as it was, she
>vas bad, and her influence was for tho
worst.
With never a thought of fear or a
singlo nervous qualm, she drew hei
ilark eloak about her, and hurried along,
hooping close to the low bushes that
fringed the path.
About midway of her course, her
quick ear detected tho sound of footsteps
approaching from the opposite
direct ion, and not wishing to be seen,
she stepped asido into tho shrubbery,
and effectually concealed herself bohind
a clump of alders.
Slio had to wait some time, for the
advancing footsteps wore slow and lagging.
At last, when slio parted the
leaves of her ambush and peered
throngh, sho discerned tho dim, bent
flgnro of a man stumbling along the
middlo of tho road, and heard a deeptoned
voico mumbling inarticulate
words.
"Some drunken countryman," she
told herself.
Little did slio dream that the straggler,
who had passed on into the
^k.wl * XI-- - ' - -
njiuuuwti m mo nignr, was ner fattier,
old Joan Leonard, wandering in hia
half-crazed way toward tho place she
had left.
Wholly ignorant of this significant
fact, she regained the path, and made
up for lost time hy increasing the rapidity
of her steps. She progressed
without further interruption, until
broad belts of lamp light intersected
U -- *
ui-r wttjr, nun ujK)n glancing up to investigate
the cause, she found herself
nearing a small wayside inn, of decidedly
forbidding appearance.
If she could have avoided crossing
the l>elts of light, she would gladly
have done so; but it was out of the
Siestion, owing to tho dense woodland
at at this point bordered both sidee
of the rood. Therefore, keeping as far
as possible from the den, from whoso
open doors and windows loud voices
and snatches of song escaped to the
vulgar twang of a banjo badly played,
she hastened on, until, with a start,
she became conscious that she was followed.
A swift glanco over her shoulder uskured
her that such was the caso. A
big, broad-shouldered ruffian had scon
her flit past tho inn, and was shambling
along in her wake.
Naturtilly her first impulse was to
take to her heelB and fly.
Upon second thoughts, howover, she
recognized tho utter absurdity of such
a proceeding. If she fled, the rascal
in all probability would outrun her,
%nd oven if she succeeded in eluding
liim, whither should she go for shelter
urn protection, stranger as she was to
tho distriot ?
Besides, if she were to demand assistance
at any of the farm houses sho
would be obliged to disclose her identity,
and defeat for a time, perhaps,
!lie all importunt project sho had in
tiand. Under tho circumstances, sho
mddonly determined to dare tho injvitnble
and face the music.
Consequently sho turned alnmt in
the path, halted, and waited for her
pursuer to catch up with her, which
tho fellow lost no time in doing.
1.- 1 1--* * ^
ttuot iiw jniiistii un>?i uciurr nw, i ;nri\
leinanded in a dare-devil tone, which
for a moment ataggerod the man!
"Look here I Are yon following
no ?"
"I xvaa traveling along the anrao
-oad," was the reply, delivered with a
slight tremor of hesitntion; "(hero |
ain't no law nguinBt it, I h'jmjbo?" (
"You were following mo I"
"What if I wrb?" I
"What clo you want?" i
"Monoy." ]
Had there l)een light enough whero
they stood the ruffian might have seen
Her dark oyeB scintillate beneath the j
protecting veil as a sudden, deBperate
plan waa suggested to her mind by that
single but significant word?money.
"Money?" she echoed daringly; "you (
want money ? Do yon snpi>ose to rob (
on the high-way to get it?"
"I'm bound to get it somehow,"canto
the sullen response; "if you've got any |
alnmt you, fork over and I'll let' you (
yoii'rc tho pluckiest pjoon nf
calico I've seen for many a day."
"I havo just twenty dollars in this
pur.se," the woman said, tapping the
invisible receptacle between her hands
ns she spoke, "and 1 have oiglity elsowhore,
which will make a hundred for
you if you will agree to do a job for
inc."
The fc llow gave vent to a low,
amused laugh.
"You're an artful one, you are!" he
exclaimed; "you want to give me the
twenty now, and when I come for the
pitrllfv von Ml Knvn mo nnlil.Ail o
0 J " "w,v ,i,v ,v,i 11
Bueker! Oh, no, my dear! I ain't no
porfossional rounder, I ain't! I'm o
painter by trade, but we're on strike,
and I've got kind o' off my nut. I owe
money in the tavorn. here, and I'm
goin' to get it out of tho rich folks as
owes it to me, for which I takes you
for one from your dress."
Skillfully avoiding this dangerous
jxrint, Cora replied:
"Take this money; it is better Ihan
nothing, and will probably pay youi
dues. If you doubt me, yon need not
como for the remaining eighty, though
if you do a simple thing for mo, I will
give you good security."
I "'NVell, what's your job?"
"Do you live alnmt here?"
"No; I came from Providence; I got
ns far as this to-night on mv way to
Iloston, looking for work. Well, what's
your lay?"
"Could you secrete a child from now
until to-morrow night?"
"I don't know. Yes, I guess I could 1"
"Where?"
"Oh, somewhero aliout tho tavern;
1 perhaps in the barn."
"Very well. Hero are twenty dollars.
Moet me at this spot within an
[ hour, and I'll bring the child. Oh,
1 yOHrrffif.'1 envM^s my
1 own. I only want to got her away from
the pooplo who liavo stolen her from
1 me."
"All right! Go ahead; you'll find
mo here."
Thus assured, tho woman hurried
away along the lonesome road, leaving
tho man fingering the bank-hills, and
staring after her with a grin of vicious
wonder llr?r?n liiu
Meanwhile all was quiet an?l peaceful
in and around the humble farmhouse
where the principal personages
of our narrative had taken lodging. In
her chamber ui>on the second Uoor sat
little Gracie, fast asleep in lier cliair,
from tlio exhaustion of that eventful
day, with tho photograph of her beautiful
mother pressed U]x>n her bosom
l>eneath her clasped hands. Though it
was close upon ten o'clock she had not
thought to retiro for the night, sinco
Lawyer Edgar, uj?on his return from
his call at Slack Eond House, had informed
her that it was necessary for
him to go at once into tho city upon
important business, but that he should
return in time to bid her good-night.
| Tho gentleman had held a newsI
paper, and seemed unusually excited,
I but there was no timo for explanations,
as he had to catch a train.
So sho sat waiting, and had fallen
asleep. Upon the first floor of tho
house, in a chamber, tho windows of
which opened upon the star-lit orchard,
Blept little Stellu, the dim light of tho I
?;An~. ?? 11
uienirioiuj# ciuuiniig me gicam or Her
golden hair, where it lay liko a wnb of
spun metal spread out upon her pillow.
Old Jean ha<l not returned from his
stroll, and the good housewife sat
knitting in the kitchen, awaiting the
return of her husband, who had driven
to the station to meet Mr. Edgar.
A soft night-breeze Btirrcd the boughs
of the great elms that shaded the farmhouse
; but for that, all was peace and
silence.
Suddenly, the sound of a vehiclo far
up the rood disturbed the quiet of the
night. The housewife laid aside her knitting,
and, going into the parlor, turned
up the lamp until it burned brightly.
As elie did so, sho noticed that the
door leading out into the gardon hung
open, and wondered that tlio breezo
had been so strong, when sho distinctly
remembered having securely latched it.
She did not close the door, however,
as the vehicle had stopped at the gate.
and aha haw Mi*. Edgar hastening up
the garden path.
Ho camo in, removed his hat., and
glanced into the unoccupied parlor.
Words of disappointment were ready
upon his lips that Oracio had retired,
when she appeared upon the stairs.
Mr. Edgar took her hand in his as
alio gained. his side, and led her into
the parlor, closing the door behind
them.
"You liavo news for me!" sho exclaimed,
with a woman's instinct, as
she noticod the unusual excitement dopicted
upon his face.
"Yes, news for yon," replied the
lawyer. "Bit down. Aro you able to
hear anything I may liavo to tell
you?"
"Yes," sho said; "but, oh, Mr. Edgar,
I hope it is not too hard to boarl*
"I would havo spared vou if it had
been," ho said, gently. Then, drnwinu
a newspaper from his pocket, he added:
"This newspaper records the sudden
death, in the Tombs, of Max Boy don."
"Max Boydon dead!" breathed Qracio
in an awed whisper.
"Yes, and by his own hand. In somo
way, poison was sent him, which ho
took, and died alone in the night."
"Heaven help him!"
"Heaven's his only help now. It will '
be a hard blow to his scheming widow.
With her husband's death ceases her
claim upon your property."
"But she said she is a Clifford, a niece
of my father," remarked Oracle, U) try j
ler friend, who, ns yet was iu ignorance .?
)f what alio know." I
"I don't believe it, all Iho aiuuo," returned
Mr. Edgar; "but, Grncie, it was i
iot 011 account of thin piece of news that >1
t went so suddenly inio the citv."
"No?" i
"No; there is another announcement ^
in this paper." 1
"What is it? Oh, Mr. Edgar, speak!
What have yon to tell ino?"
"I chanced to notice in the column of r
unusemojits an announcement of the 0
Appearanco of Mndumo Clarisse." ?
"Madnmo Olnrisse!" ?
She witH ujtnn her feet in an itiatm^t. 1
her eyes dilated, her breatli coining uu |
1|UH i\, niuuj' |^unj?o, }
"You saw lier!" C
"Yoa, I liavo seen her!" .<
"Well, well ? "
"Gnicie, my rliild, I huvo reason to 1
BUHpCCt " J
"Stay ! look Ms sin; liko this portrait? -1
With trembling hand she snatched 1
tho photograph from her bosom and )
held it before him. i
"Yes, that is Madame Chi rinsed '
"And mv mother! oh, come, come
with mo, tfiis very instant 1" panted the
excited girl, attempting to drag the
lawyer toward the door; "come! we
have her now; to-morrow wo may have J
lost neri come!"
"Listen to me, Orncie. Do calm, my
child. I have spoken with your mother, .
and she ic coming to you. Merciful
heuven, what is that? Hark!"
Ho stopped with npraixed hand in
token of silence. A terriblo cry, tho
cry of a lost soul, the shriek of n wild
animal in agony had rung from end to
end of tho house. Then another scream
more terrible than the first, and again
a third.
Paralyzed with alarm, rooted lo the i
spot, Gracic and her companion heard j
a wild rush of feet in tlichall; the door i j
of tho parlor was burst open nnd old \ j
Jean Leonard reeled into the room, his i
long white hair tossing alnuit his livid
face, his eyes starting from their sockets,
while with his nails lie lacerated
his flesh, mingling his blood with his
tears.
"My child, my child, Stella!" he
shrieked; "they have taken her, stolen
her! Oh, God, let mo die!"
CIIArTKU XXIT.
MAPAMF CI.AH1HHK.
It was tlio most violent, the most
Awful exhibition of grief that little
Gracio had ever witnessed, and in tor_?
-T* .?/?, her protector.
having gazedblimUy *1^, ?oM
moment, sank in an ??
upon rlVjEr Mr.
Edgar wont to hiln hud tried to
raiao him, but ho was inert, lifeless.
By this time the Htortled farmer and
his wifo had arrived upon the Bcene,
and with the man's assistance the law-,
yer raised the ]>oor worn-out body, and
carrying it across tlio hall-way, laid it
gently upon the bed, which still bore
the impross and warmth of little
Stella's body.
j. no mr oi tno chamber was heavy I
(with a sickly sweet odor, whilo on the
floor beside the bed lay the tell-tale
ball of cotton still rooking with chloroform.
Tho two women had followed into
jtlie room and stood thero in awo-strickcn
silence. It *Avas tho lawyer who
npoko first.
"Tho child has l?ecn kidnapped! do
finy of you know anything about it?
have yon heard any sounds ?"
Tho housowife was tho only person
who had any information to offer; she
simply stated how she had fcund the
outer door open after having left it
securely closod, though not locked.
"But the poor old gent is not dead,
sir, is he?" she asked, looking apprehensively
at the prostrate figure upon
tho bed. - v v
"No," answered Mr. Edgar, "he still
breathes and his pulse seems strong;
the trouble is that li??n.v?n nnlv
what condition his mind will bo in
when ho coiuos to."
He spoko in an absent-minded way,
his attention being irresistibly drawn
to Graeio, whose face woro such a pathetic
look that it piqxed his curiosity. L
As soon ns he was able, he beckoned
her to follow him into the parlor, and i
when they were alone ho asked:
"Grade. is thr?re?nm? 1u>l.oA?n I
us? Will you not tell me wlint it is
evident you know al>out thin affair?"
"Yes,* she answered, frankly; "I was
only waiting an opportunity. Know,
then, that Cora lioyden is old Mr.
Leonard's daughter, and that little
Stella is her discarded child."
And thereu|>on, into the astonished
ears of the good lawyer sho poured the
whole astounding story which old Joan
had told her that dav.
"That settles Madam Boydon's
rlaim tirrnn l- ''' % * *
..... ?t/,.u luui |iiu{icri/)': air. UUgar
exclaimed, delightedly, whon alio
had concluded her recital, "and satisfies
me that Mm I am Clnrisso is your
mother."
"My mother!" echoed little Graeie,
excitedly; "oh, Mr. Edgar, tell mo?
when shall I see her?"
"To-night?almost nt any moment
now. Bhe was singing in an opera at
a theater; I saw her between the acts;
I told her I had reason to believe that 1
her daughter still lived, and I bosought 1
i? ?~ t * - ...
uo> iaj iuiw no ume in ascertaining tho
fact for henolf.
"She almost fainted, and begged me
to givo her coachman full directions
how to Arid you. Tlioa sho was called
to the stage, and I loft her singing as
only a bird sings for tv*y joy,"
"Darling mother!" 1
"Ann, Oracle, such beautiful *
woman I"
?7'Hark, hark! what is that! Oh, Mr.
Edgar, Hurely I ' hear the sound cf i
wheels!" (
Hho laid her hand, tremulous with (
ropressod emotion, upon his arm.
"I think Bho is coming!" he said, tho
sympathetic tears starting to his eyes.
They hnrriod out into tho lambent J
moonlight, and there, at the gate, a
onrriogo stood, and in tho garden-walk '
tho figure of a tall And splendid woman, *
a light veil thrown over the gleaming ;
masses of her l>ronze-gold hair, and j
trailing over her rioh attire. '
"Mothor I" i
"My child!"
It was the e cstatic cry of heart to *
heart, soul to soul, and n tho next in- 1
a taut mother and child were locked in 1
m embrace beforo which oven tho anjel
Dtfath must havo stood jsnvcrless.
And so they mob at last, thou* two
vaifs upon tho ocoau of lifo, mot novel*
? part by tho graco of God. '
In that hmubln parlor that night c
;liov aafc'with thoir arms entwined, c
vhile tho story of that strange suparti- o
iion was told.
"Your father, ' Clarissa ClitTbrd said,
'had ouo fault whieh marred an oth rwise
uoblo nature?jealousy. Ho was
jealous of mo from tho lirst; why,
Itoaven only knows, for I was a fai hful
wifo, and havo remained faithful
to his memory ever sines, as tho good
flod, who has given you back to me, j
in my jmlge. At last, shortly before I
you wore born, the crash came. His i
aasily aroused feelings had boon I
worked up by his sister, Mrs. 1Vml ?n,
who had ever been my enemy because
niv existence threatened to divide flic c
Family oh t a to until lie could lieur hie '
unjust suspicions no longer. One 1
night ho burst into my chamber, 1
swearing that the child I boro was none 1
of his, and commanded mo t<> leave li s i
presence, and never to look upon his <
face again. Ovorwli dined with an- 1
gnish and despair, 1 obeyed liini; I t
went away and you were born among (
strangers. brought almost to th > ,
brink of the grave, I lay unconscious ,
for days, and when 1 recovered my (
senses they had robbed mo of you.
Thsy told mo you were dead."
"Poor mother!" sobbed lit11 o Graeie;
"what have I suffered in comparison to
yottt" ,
"Then came tho future to face. I
was alone in the world, hut. I had my
voice and it was well trained, disguising
myself under the name of '
Madame Chtrisse, I went to Now York, 1
and gave music lessons until 1 had
money enough to go to Europe. There
I have remained all these years, until
heaven guided mo home to you, my
darling child 1"
She drew Graeie closer to her as sho
uttered the heartfelt words, and pressed
'her lips ujkju the low, sweet brow.
' "You have heard of father's death?"
;tho girt asked.
"Yes," she answered, with an in vol* |
juntary shudder, "ami In* died in ig*
moranco of my innocence, ho died with
lUnforgivencss in his soul!"
"Perhaps not, mother dear."
"Why ?
"I have kept a. letter addressed to
you, which came to mo in a strange
hvay, whieli I will explain some day."
1 "A letter?for mc?"
^J^ar answer, little Oracio drew from
-#J^d)osym the long yellow onvolopo
Av V oe.vdeit's victim at" rno*mtrrgurc...
Ming the same to lier mother, she
[inquired:
"Do you know the handwriting?"
Clarissa Clifford rose from the sofa
upon which sho ha I heen sitting with
Graeio, and witli the envelope between
her hands, approached the table whereon
stood the lamp, and there read her
own name scrawled in the uncouth, informed
writing.
"No," sho ssid, after a thoughtful
pause, during which she studied tho
superscription closely, "to the best of
recollection I have never scon t his writing
before."
"Perhaps not." rejoined Graeio, from
the sofa, while Lawyer Edgar, who had
beon an interested auditor of the interview
botween mother and daughter,
straightened himself in his eliair to
note what was about to be said; "it is
quite possible that yon may never have
seen the handwriting, mother dear, but
do you recollect a man in the past by
the name of Nicholas Garland?"
[TO 1?E CONTINUED. 1
A Slippery Place for Geologists.
Heretofore the average geologist
has been a man who drinks up time
liko a river and hasteneth not. lint
now there are some indications of a reform
in respect to this lavish uso of
time. Professor Prestwick, in the second
volume of his geology just issued
from the Oxford University press savs
that the calculations on which the
glacial epoch was put back 240,(MX)
roars are very defective, as they ore
based on the rate at which tho puny
glaciers of the Alps move. Hut, basing
Iliu Pftli'lltlfmii ..?? ?' -- -L ?* ' 1
? ...x .I...VIWI* W?I KUO 1 ill O ill* AVIllC'll
the Greenland glaciers move, lie thinks
that the time occupied l?y the great
Ameriettn ice-slide need not have been
more than from 15,000 to '25,(MM) years.
And, by means of similar observations
and calculations, he limits the time for
the formation of the valleys, which
followed, to 8,000 or 10.000 years,
llenco the beginning of the glacial
period may not havo been more than
30,000 years ago instead of 240,000, and
the close of the period wtmoro than i
10,000 years. This makes an immense I
shrinkage in the anti>piity which some !
of th.) geologists havo claimed for the :
human race. The defect in all these i
calculations is that it is not known how '
fast the ice moved iu glacial times. It
is a slippery place for the geologists. Chicago
Advance.
The I111 man Heart.
A curious calculation has bcou made
by Dr. HicharJsen, giving tho work of
the lieart in mileage. Presuming that
the bloxl was thrown out of the heart
at each pulsation in the proportion of
sixty-nine ntrokos per minute, nml at
the assumed force of nine feet, the
mileage of the blood through the body
might be taken at '207 yards per minute,
seven miles per hour, 108 miles per
[lav, 61,320 miles per year, or 5,150.880
miles in a lifetime of eighty-four yoars.
The number of beats of tho heart in tho
*amo long lifo would reach tho grand
total of 2,869,776,000.
Groups of Birds and Beasts.
Birds and other animals, whon colI
i?.i 1 * ?
ninu in imuiiMTH idgeuicr, navo cuvimih
names applied to them. It is right
to aav:
A covey of partridges. 'A flock of goose.
A nlde of pheasant*. A cost of hank*.
A whlip of snipe. jA tr.p of dottroll.
A bevy of quail*. 'A hnr<l of swine.
A flight of doves or A skulk of foxes. 1
swarows. A pack of wolves,
A muster of peacocks. A drove of oxen.
A siege Of herons. ;A sounder of hogs.
A building of rooks. A troop of monkeys.
A brood cf grouse. |A pride of lions.
A plump of wild fowl. 'A sleuth of hears. ]
A stsniof plovers. lAshonl of herrings.
A *nt-hot nightingales.IA swarm of bees J
A elaiAer of cboogns. 1 I
Two-thirds of the land in England
ind Wales is held by 10,207 owners,
And sixteen of this number own 1,103,- J
)28 acres. ,
THE NEWS, Ig
IV>v. J. ITord Jenkins has bo^n cxp^llo I
rom tbe rtctorsbip of the Protestant Kpis- T
opal Churcli, at White Water, Wis., ou
linrgos of drunkenness, m ?do by member*
if the congregation. A boiler exploded j
n Hughis' pi lining mill at Chattanooga,
fenn., tearing out an entire side of tbo build
ng, killing Charles llrndshaw, colored, and
Mowing the ilrcinan (lfty feet, hut not fatally R0
njuring him. C. K. McGregor, an ex- | ijj
neinher of tho Georgia legislature; shot and cr
tilled J. M. W. Cody, at Warrenton, Go., i
Jody having shot and nearly killed him two |
r-nrsago. Rev. John A. Danks, charged
vitli immoral conduct, was convicted by the jf
i'ittsburg Methodist Episcopal Con'erenco pj
md su8i?endod for one year. The Louis- i,
ana state authorities havo rcc jyered $45,000
>f the new four per c.Mit. bonds that wore j cc
nissing, but it is said tint Treasurer Ihirk 's I ju
leflcit etill amounts to $000,0 0. Mrs.
liouisia Ernest, of St. Eouis, while suffering J*
vltli dement ia, went out on the bridge span aj
ling the Mississippi and leaped into the river I w
>:io hundred fcot below, but was saved by a j ^
Isherman A $.'5,000 bronze statute of j ,,
,he French explorer In S ilie, preseu'cd to w
Chicago by Judge I.unbert Tree, was un- j J]
relied In Inncoln l'nrk, that city. Tlio ,
ri.lago of Norwoo J, Ohio wns destroyed by j,
ay Are originating in tho explosion of a keg v
jf powder. Ueorgo C. Hnzorell, wlio six
months ago robbed his father, in Harford, 1
UL, of #90,000 in unregistered United Statin T
bonds, has l>?en arrested in Oregon. Mrs. *l
i. mm P? two like, of Haff&lo, N. Y., fs balfovott ' *'
to have committed suicide at Niagara Kalis.
Richard J. Ambrose and his wife, of St. | i
Jostpb, Mo., Celebrated tho tenth nnnlver- | '
sary of their wedding in a terriblo debauch, ! *
the.woman dying fiom the effects of tlio 1 ?
liquor, and the man being foun I with de- ; 'i
lirium tremens. Hans Jaspsrson, of Frovo ' ?
Utah, pleaded guilty to |>olygnmy, and was '
given live years in prison. Mrs. Wqlbert i
aged Afty-eight years, of Weatherly, Fa." i f
was murdered by Wui. tttaugloy, u boarder '
.11 her house.
Elizabeth liackelt, a young girl, married i
und deserted by Julius Mailbouse, u Chicago '
ex convict, in Australia, followed liim to this
country, had him arrested in tlio pres-nconf j ]
his Hrst wife, an I wdl i.ow p osecute li ni for 1 I
bigamy. Tb ro were ltti business fui.urcs i '
in tlio United States hii I dd in Cuiutdu tho
pust week. A ioung girl living no ir Carlisle,
Fa., was g r.al to death by a bull.
Typhoid fevor is epidemic m Vork, l'a.
Newell Moreliead accidentally shot and killed
Uscur Schineidel, aged twelve yoars, in tho
woods near York, Fa. Tho Citiztns' Hank
tfli.R'pVrf'O'1! vy,. remvrtrmt a verdict of
Against Charles if. Fields and Maurice If.
Flynn, being the amount duo on a noto executed
during tbo construction of the cable
road in Richmond. In a freight train
wreck on the Baltimore and Ohio at Froderickton,
O., thirteen cars nud thrcoongircs
woredeino i hed.?Belle Hamlin beat Harry
Wilkes in two straight heals at Fleetwood
Park. The little home of l'utrick Daily
near Bradford, Pa., was burned, and bis
wife and three sons perished in the 11 tines.
Job Lilly, age! sixty-eight years, foil
dead iu a Now York theatre while witnessing
the ulay of tho '"O.d Homestead."
Pickpockets went through the pissongers on
a Pan-Handle train eas> of N twark, O., and
secured $1,71X). Judge Robert Kuley, of
Carrollton, O., fell from uu apple tree and
was fatally injured.
Severol cases of yellow fovor are reported
at Key West. The President made tho j
following appointment?: George 11. largo, j
of New Jersey, to bo co lector of intern >1 !
Mvenue for tho Fifth district of Now Jersey j
Calvin G. Brewster, of Texas, to be collector '
of customs for the district of Corpus Christi, I
Texas. Charles Banders, colored, who Is I
wanted at Hsgorstown, Md., for the murder
of a man named Herr, was arrested in Pittsburg.
The Chicago, Munie, Richmottd and
Cincinnati ltailital Camp ?ny has been organised
in Kvansvilln, Ind., to construct a
line from a point on the Cincinnati, Wabash
and Michigan, between Jonesboro and Fairmonnt,
in Graut county, Indiana to Cmciiinati,
making by more than twenty miles tho
sboi test routs between Cincinnati and Chicago,
and by tbo extension of tlio Louisville,
Kvansvilte at St. I.onis road to Harrison or
Cinrincati, thoshortestlinebotweenSf. Louis
end Cincinnati. Tho capital stock is $1,000,- i
OttO. George K. ?Vard, a prominent contractor,
has disappeared from Fredericks- | '
burg, Va. Miss Latham, of Otvogo, N. Y., ]
was attacked by an unknown man nt night
and choked into insensibility and tho i
thrown into a stream. George \V. Moss, \
a machinist, of Wilkesbarre, Pa., murdered i
bis wife and then shot hims-.df. Mr. CUv t '
lan i 6poke nt a great me ting in Cooper I. - j
stitue, in New York, in memory of Congress- '
innn Cox. In the election of officers in the ! *
Mioman's Christian Temperance Union Con- 1
ventton, in Philadelphia, tho Third Party
adherents scored a victory. Tlio tomb of
Ix>rd Howo, of Revolutionary notoriety,was !
discovered by workmen digging a sewer at
Ticonderaga, N. Y. Ciiicugo lias $0,010,- |
00.1 actually subscribed f.,r a world's fair nnd
$3,000,00) mora ill sight. It is reported
from Richmond, Va. .that the Richmond and
Chesapeake Railroad Company has formed
A connection with the H. & O.
DOUBLE CRIME.
Murder and Huicide II Mill from '-lie
liovo ?f Two Men lor a Widow. j
Henry Huffman and Lswroneo Huter, of
Peqtis, Ohio, l>oth mon of 4"> yeun, courted :
the Mine woman, n y. un; widow named i
Lorser. Huter was the favorite suitor.
Huffman became jealom, and called on j
Hoter. The men exchangntn few ]
when iluffinau drew a revolver and nred. i
Huter fell at the tlrst shot. llufT nnn gto >4 i
over him and flre.1 a second lirn . Huffman <
then shot himself in the neck, killm; hiin- I
feel. Huter etill livos out cannot recover.
YELLOW JACKET AT KEY WEST 1
t
f
The Dreaded 6<?onrane A^nln Appears
iii Florida. J
The nrgeon-general of tho Marine Hospi* g
tal florrio-t has received a telegram from l)r. (
Poeey, at Jacksonville Fin., saying that, tho t
Pr?n dent of the State Hoard of Health *
oorta . vernl c ??os of yellow fever at Key
IV est. n
The surgeon general say* that there is no
iee<! of apprehension, and that overy precan - 1
don has been token to provuut tho spread of
.be diseaae. (
onditionoftmgIH
he Yield as Compared With ^Bjj
That ol* Last Year.
>llnn Kcturns Show Iiiirp> Plant
Uruwth, ati?l Active Opening uf
Holla?State Percentages.
Tho Department of Agricultural reports
neral percentage of condition of corn nt
.7, ng&iust '?.'J a month ago, an<l 'J~ for the
op of 1888 on tho 1st of Uctobor. (Joudi>11
of potatoes 77.11, against 80.8 last Octor;
of buckwheat, tM, against tlj.l last year;
tobacco, 80.7, against 85.7 in 1S3S. Tho
vdiaiinary est 111 :tto of ylold per aero is
8 for wheat, 11.0 for ryo, and &i.'J for barY
Tho past month has been favornbl > for
>rn. Blight fros* north of forty degrees in
ired Into corn, but the |>erce!itago of damto
was generally very small, as tlioerop was
ell matured on tho thud week of tteptem.'r.
The dry weather c inio oppor.unely
Iter the abundant rains of Jiny and Angus*,
liich somewhat iinpared comlilion on tho
.tl an tic coast. Intiiostat s south of Maryiint
tho bottom lands were <| uto too wet f r
to bost j ield or quality. Considerable area.-.
'ere blown down, uod some injury resulted
-oiii u>tt ing, in nil of I he cotton states. In
lo states of tho < loiu valley there was exc,'ts
f moisture in M .y and Juno that letnrded
touting iind curly growth, prevented culti
ni/iuil Mliuttui'lju t III mil HblOll, I ? Vlllg UOIIIO
its to be caught by tho frosts of thdJti
> the ii5tl? ot September. The t> st d?velopisntof
in it/. ) was in the Alnsniri Valley,
'he best growth o. the South was in theUuif
Lutes. It could tc rculy Im improved in
ithej- district, though the yield per e.cre is
such ft rosier in th>i high Uliludtn.
Pototors were injured east of the Allehumcsbyexc
ss of moisture, earning rot.
n Wait Virginia and Ohio similar repoits
re received. Drouth reduced the yield in
lichigun, though the quality is generally
oo I. In the Mississippi V.tl ey the crop is
?oro promising. In the Kooky .Mountain reion,
where the area is largely iuci eased, the
ohhoi) has been unfavorable.
The returns of yield per acre of wh- at are
n threshers' mensuivni-lit. This report is
ireliiuinary, as the local estimate will b?
sted by the record books or the threshers
iow coining in. The present uverugi s for
irmcipal states are It! !S bushe s in New Yoi k ;
11 Pennsylvania ldd, Ohio, i i tl. Michigan
5.7, iHiliiina 14 7, Illinois Id, Wincoti-iu I I.'.',
Minnesota 14.ii, low i ht 1, Missouri Id, Kauris
1H.4, Nolirnska I'd, Dokati H California
15. Winter wheat wus injured in many districts
during harvest ana in the stack by
heavy rains,and is com para lively light, gracing
badly, thus reducing its weight and value.
Its wieght and quality will bo the subject of
lurther report alter tho test of tcaleu in marketing.
The cotton returns of the 1st of October
to the Department of Agricultural show
large plant growth, active opening of bol's,
fiber In . ..miiii..-^ ??- " J
weather For picking. Yet the plant Is everywhere
reported late, and tears are expiesso 1
that frost may seriously short, n the crop.
reeervatioiT rnrrapondeuts
that present lu vol ahle appearanc >s
are deceptive; th it in seasons of exo ssivj
moisture the outcome falls Ik-Iow exp->ctations,
while in those of drouth the r.su't is
better than was feared. With an early date
of killing frost present condition will le
heavily discoiAn-d; with a date later than
tho average, iBnrgo crop will be gather, d.
The crop li is Ixvii injured more by moisture
than by drouth, though some sails ami localities
have been top try in S ptembcr. Worms
Uivb v r night ecu i lerabin injury, not
withstanding tho general u.-.o of insecticides.
CUt-WIUIiy VIPM Ul A UMIlll I. I OilipitllllL 111
adulterutiun of par.s uro >n is m id ; in curtain
qu irters. Tlio following ?t:ito i ei-cent*
ages are presented: Virginia .IS, North C iroiina
7~, >Soutti Carolina 81, Georgia ST. Florida
! 8, Alabnmn ST, Mississippi 111, lam si-wia
83, ToxusTS, Arkansas 81! T.-iiiiess-o Si. Tli.s
makes, as a g >neral percentage, 81.1 per cent,
of a full crop prospect on the 1st of Oelo'icr,
compared with 78.9 per cent, last Octolier.
FLAMES BESIDETHEM.
Prison Convicts Worked Cmler Guard
M liilc tlio School Hunted.
Firo broke out in tbo roof of the Fcboolrooni
addition to the east wing of tlio State
Prison at Jackson, Mich. In a few minutes
tn.i entire city Fire Department was at work
inside the pris. n wn Is tud hundreds of the
poj ulation of Jackson were clustered outside
I ho walls an 1 on house t< ps, railway cirs
und other plac s where it was jio.-sibio to
catch a glimpse of what was ..oing on w ithin
tlio ine otmre. It took two hours' har.l light
to sutiduo the tames undthi building was
completely guti'od, only the walls remaining.
U.'iu'y Warden Fifleld incrensed tlio
guards; they were all doubly ?ruled and tho
premiss wero patrolied inside and out.
1'he 8.H) convicts iusido were kept at work
in the shops sternly guarded until the regular
dinner hour, whi n they were inarch'-d
out past the roaring M imes and into the dining
hall as usual. As they passed the Ihe it
seemed as it they were glad lo have even a
fire bio ik tho dreadful monotonv of i>n?m
life. I'iio lire originated from u tin .-in Ill's
lire pot.
WRECK ON THE RAIT,.
\n I'jxpr'R4 Train Derailed and n
Number <>( Persons Injured.
A serious accident occurre 1 on tin l'.iilalelphia,\Viimington
and 15 dtimore 11 tilroail,
kbout a niilo below North -ast, Mcl., when tt.o
Washington a:i.I New Vork oxpr sr train,
No. '.'"J, Conductor issard, was <1.-mile I. resulting
in about fifteen persons being injir e l,
two dangerously, a I largo Ion to iho ni'road
company. C. A. l.awsm, con luetcr of
tho rullnian, and Win. Hockley, ongin <r
were tho two who sulT.-re t the most serious
injur.es. Keprosenlutirot of tli compmy
say that tho cause ol the accident is not pos lively
ki own, but passengers o.i tli< tram
state that the uoor of a freight car, which
foil from agouti.-!) un I extra freight tram on
tiio track, caused the train to loave the rails.
The ncc.dent occurred at 8fony It'.in curve,
and the engineer \va< unable to t>.o the ubstable
until almost on it.
MARKETS.
R AI.TfMORK?Flour?( *.v Mi'Is. nxf.ra.St fil
1*4.75. Wheat?Southern Full/., fiib7:
Corn?Southern Whilo, lOall cts, Vollow
tla41'.jets. Outs-Southern nnd Pennsylvania
' Ia2? cts.: Rye?Maryland & Pennsylvania
5ia54d8.; Hay? Mnryland and Pennsylvania
14 ooaf14 5'J;Btmw-\v hent.tl (*.?n#7.0U;Piir.UT,
Kastern Creamery, IPaVi&o.,near-by receiptu
It'?al7ete; Cheese?Knstern Faucj Cr< am. 11
il'2 cts.,?Western, i'J^'alO cts; K.'tf <?21
i22; Tol?aceo Ix-af?Inferior, ln#2.lW, Oood
Common, 2 00a$4 CO, Middling, $5<i 7.00 Uood
ts> fine red,hof'j; Fancy,
Nkw York?Flour?Southern Common to
fair extra,$2.10;i$5.1 o:\Vheat-Nol White 8094
?S7; Rye?State. Sl^aASJW; Cora?South-rn
Ifollow,.,{s'^n;t,.'a4. Oats-White, KtnU2.'>]??2*l
jts.; Huttor-State. 12al4 cts.: Cheeso-State,
IWalO cts.; Kggs--21a22 cts.
I'Htt.ADKia'iiiA ? Flour ? Pennsylvania
oiiuv, < >; ?v imu?ronnsyi vaiuii nnrt
touthorn 1U*I, Ryo?Penruylvanla
i'laSScta: Corn?Southern Yellow, 4!>a-U)^cta.
)ata?24a20 eta.: Butter--Htnt?, l'.?a.5 eta.;
'heeae?N. Y. Factory, 0a0>4 eta. l?gg??
Unto, 23a2i eta
CATTI.K
Hai.timork?tW, 4 (K)a4 15; Shoop?18 00
i4 25. Hogs?$t 25 ?4 40.
jnkw York?Hoof?$4 50a& !>0;Hhoep-*5 00 ^
(5 50; Hoga?$4.A0i5 0?).
Kaht Lirkrty?Hoof?f4 40a4 00; Sheep? JMB,
M OUftl 75; lloga?$4 50a4 05 mfWfr