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MARIPOSA;
OR. |
THE HEART OF A BALLET GIRL. I
I
CHAPTER XIV. I
Ou bearing the doctor's fiat, a look of renewed
disappointment and perplexity came j
into the girl's face.
"If I can't go, I don't know what I shall
do," she said.
"Is your engagament so important?" asked
the doctor.
Why, yes, sir; I don't see howl can be
spared at all," was her rejoinder.
"But, my dear young lady, surely an engagement
to a place of amusement cannot be
of any consequence, compared with your
health," argued the physician. "It is absolutely
necessary that you should, for the next
few hours at least, indulge in perfect quiet
and reBpose."
"But it's a professional engagement, sir,"
explained bis patient, opening wide her lovely
eyes. "I'm leader of the ballet, and if I'm
not there I don't think they can get through
it, and I may get into trouble with the manager."
An involuntary ejaculation of astonishment
framed itself upon the physician's lips at
this revelation. He had not dreamed of this
beautiful, refined-looking being occupying
such a position. He was too polite, however,
to betray his surprise, so he hastened to
answer, in his ordinary manner?
"Oh ! well, the affair can be explained to
the manager, and, of course, he must be satisfied.
I'll give you a written certificate, if
you like, to prove to him that it is a matter
of necessity."
"Thauk you, sir," was the reply. Still she
looked distressed.
"What,are you not satisfied yet?" asked
the doctor.
"I suppose I ought to be," replied the girl; I
"but it's a new engagement?at least this is
only the second night?and it seems so very
unfortunate to have this accident happen
just now."
The doctor, as he busied himself writing
the promised certificate, thought how singular
it was that a ballet-dancer should possess
so entirely the outward attributes of a lady.
Her speech, her air, were those of a person of
culture,her voice and accent musically sweet;
and delicacy and purity of mind were stamped
on every feature of her face.
He had just finished, when Allan returned
from his quest.
"The carriage i3 waiting, doctor. Do you
intend to accompany the lady home?"
"I can't, I am sorry to say, though nothing
would give me greater pleasure. I have a
professional appointment and am already late.'
,J'rnek), pray alfcnv trc ~ber escurt,"" ssirf"
Allan, eagerly. "Here is my card," and suiting
the action to the word, he presented his
card to the doctor, who, as he took it, bent
over it in order to conceal a quizzical little
smile which Allan's proposal had brought to
his face.
"I am happy to meet you, sir," he said, recovering
his seriousness directly. I have
heard your name frequently, and have the
pleasure of knowing some of your connections;
some of the Dashwood family, I
mean." They shook hands, and Allan repeated
his proposition, which was acceded to.
The young patient was assisted iuto the car
riage, and her self-constituted escort placed
himself on the seat opposite to her. "Where
shall I drive to?" asked the hackman. She
named one of the principal hotels as her address.
Allan, during the drive, was dying to find
out the name of his fair compauiou. Of course,
having been absent from the shop during her
conversation with the doctor, he knew nothing
of her professional avocation. She seemed
too nervous and distraite to care to talk, and
he contented himself with vowing, mentally,
to obtain, before taking leave of her, permission
to call the next day to inquire after her
health.
"You must allow me to assist you to your
door," he said, as he helped her to alight,
when the carriage had stopped. "You cannot
walk up stairs without my arm."
"Thauk you," she simply answered, and
Allan having directed the driver to await his
return, accompauied her into the hotel. As |
they reached the second floor she suddenly i
stopped, with a perplexed look.
"My certificate !" she exclaimed. "I must!
have dropped it. How unfortunate !"
"What is it?" asked Allan, who had seen
the doctor hand her a paper, but supposed it
to be a prescription.
"My certificate, which I was to show Mr.
Boatwright, the manager."
"Boatwright?the manager?" repeated Al-;
Inn nnvnla/t
laiif pu ?j?jl\*\i .
"Yes, sir, to explain my absence. I wonder
if I could have left it in the carriage?"
"I'll look," replied her escort, more and
more mystified. There was a sofa standing !
near them, in the passage way. "I'll sit j
here aud wait, if you will be kind enough to J
find out for me," she said. "My room is just1
beyond here."
Allan ran down stairs and sought the carriage
for the missing paper, but without sue-1
cess ; and having also looked in vain about
the entrance, thinking it might have been
dropped there, he returned to announce his
failure to his beauteous incognita, who seemed
much disappointed.
"Perhaps,'* he suggested, "I can get another ;
certificate for you, from Dr. Fitzgerald ; or
perhaps, if you could entrust any explana- |
tion to me?"
"Would you really explain to him for me ?
To Mr. Boatwright, I mean," she eagerly rejoined.
"It would be very, very kind! ?
But I fear," she added, "it would be giving
you too much trouble."
"Not at all," cried Allan, who felt ready to
go to the end of the word in her service.
"Then, sir, if you would kindly see him,
and tell hitn the accident?Mariposa Manuel i
is ray name, and please say how very sorry I
am that it has happened, but I think I shall
be quite strong enough to appear to morrow
evening."
"Mariposa !" A new light flashed into her I
listener's roiud. "Are you?do you mean?
that you are the celebrated?performer?en- ;
gaged by Boatwright as leader of his ballet
corps ?"
"I am Mariposa, the dancer," she simply \
[ replied. Her large, ingenuous, dark eyes met
! his, as she made the confession, with the candor
of a child's. To her mind there was nothing
mortifying or embarrassing in it. But
perhaps Allan's expression, which, at the moment
he was quite unable to control?an expression
of absolute wonder, disappointment,
incredulity and dismay, strongly anti uumistakably
blended?startled her into a new
consciousness of something which she had not
before felt. She colored deeply, and her
olanco aiiHrienlj fell.
h J
"On second thought," she said, in a constrained
manner, and a tone which trembled
slightly in spite of herself, "I would rather
you did not take any trouble about this. It
is not of much consequence. I can arrange it
myself?"
"Trouble!" interrupted Allan. "It will
give me the greatest pleasure, be assured, to
act as your envoy, or render you any other
service in my power." He would have given
anything, now, if he had not suffered that involuntary
betrayal of his feelings. For this
girl, he felt sure, in her beauty, innocence and
simplicity, was worthy, no matter what her
social position might be, of all the courtesy
and consideration it was the province of a
gentleman to accord to her sex.
She made no reply; but after a momentary
hesitation, rose and looked toward her door.
"Can I be of auy further use?" asked Allan,
concluding that she wished him to go.
"No, I thank you, sir." Her manner, in replying,
was still formal and cold. But, directly
after, she added with mingled reserve
and sweetness, "I am most grateful to you for
your kind assistance," then, with a graceful
inclination of the head, turned to enter her
own apartment.
Allan, as he drove towards the Theatre,
ruminated over this strange episode with
feelings impossible to be described. Never
before had he met a girl whose beauty and
charm of manner had so forcibly impressed
Kim or tt'lmm hp would more readilv have
chosen as the object of his attentions, had
they stood on equal ground. But a balletdancer
! Heavens and earth, what a misfortune!
The idea of this delicate, pure-looking
being displaying herself in the mazes
of a ballet to the eyes of the public, to the
vulgar criticism or admiration of the general
throng, Oiled him with repugnance and horror.
She seemed the type of reflned, perfect
womanhood, fltted only to adorn the highest
circles of society, and shed a grace and lustre
around the domestic hearth. He felt
as if he could have given worlds to arrange
things differently?to have transplanted her
from her unworthy sphere to one suitable to
her deserts. But, after all, what did he know
about her? Her outward aspect might be
only a beauteous mask ; her graceful courtesy
aud polished speech simply the result of a
painstaking effort, utterly iucougruous to her
nature.
He repelled this idea, however, as soon as
formed. "She is no deceiver, no mere actress,
I'll ?enture"to tak?Tray oath upon tKatT^hF
said, energetically to himself. "Whatever
her calling may be, she was iutended by ua
ture for better things, and has only, by some
strange mischance, been reduced to the ignoble
level to which she has descended."
He obtained, without difficulty, an interview
with Boatwright, the manager, whom
he found, to use an expressive, if not elegant,
terra, "in a stew." He was a good deal disposed
to bluster, and received Allan's explanation
of Mariposa's non-appearance with an
outbreak of angry fault-6nding and complaint,
only restrained from becoming actual
invective and abuse, by respect for his listener,
of whose standing he was quite well
aware.
"It's a m?ist aggravating and unprecedented
occurrence?a most coufounded shame and
disappointment, sir, to me and to the public.
Here I bad the performance all arranged, the
ballet to come in between the second and third
acts, where it would have been most effective;
and half the people come only on account of
the ballet in these spectacular plays, and for
the girl to go and get kuoeked down in the
street! I never heard anything like it," said
the injured manager. "The other giils were
all at a loss, because, of course, they had their
parts arranged dependant upon hers. We
L-or>t- lnnUinor f,,r her until the verv last mo
.wv?..e - J
ment, supposing that something had happened
to delay her coming, and then had to get up
a substitute, all in a hurry, and the whole
thiog was a failure. See what the papers will
say about it to-morrow !"
"It will be easy enough, I imagine, for you
to get a paragraph iuserted, explaining the
affair. You do not seem to take into consideration
that the young lady, herself, is the
chief victim of the misfortune, of which she
is entirely blameless," said Allan, disgusted
with his selfish injustice. He would not stay
a moment longer than he could help, but hurried
off, more troubled and indignant than
ever. To think of the delicate Mariposa
being exposed to the vulgar resentment of a
man like this. He wondered if she had any
protector, any friend worthy of her confidence,
to watch over her interests and guard her
from iusultand unkiud treatment. He walked
about the streets half the night, thinking the
matter over, and unconscious how late it was
growing, until a church clock near, startled
him by chiraiDg the hour of twelve. Then he
weuded his way homeward, hoping that he
would find all the family gone to bed, and be
able to effect an eutrance unheard. The Fates
were against him, however. Mrs. Dashwood
was sitting up in the library, and hearing the
turn in tVio lnnlr pqmp nut. Rt nnoe
jaitira^j wuii* iu ...w vw.
into the hall to raeet liira.
"Where on earth have you been, Allau ?"
she exclaimed.
It may be readily surmised that he did not
give a full, particular and satisfactory account
of his evening's exploits. Indeed, the
account, if a true one, would scarcely have
been satisfactory. So he made up some
plausible tale about an unexpected encounter
with a frieud, and escaping, as quickly as
possible, her questioning, betook himself to
bed.
Iu the meantime, Mariposa?or Posy, as
for the sake of old acquaintanceship we will
call her?having sought her own couch, in
obedience to the doctor's behest, lay awake a
long time, disturbed by auxious thoughts.
Not only was her accident, and its probable
results, the subject of these meditations. The
face and voice of the courteous, gentlemanly
stranger figured largely in them, and, wheu
finally her wearied eyelids closed in sleep,
they mingled with equal persistence in her
dreams.
She was scarcely dressed the next morning
, I when a servant brought to her door a card
and a boquet. The card bore Allan's name,
and below it was written in pencil?
"May I be permitted to satisfy myself in
person of your welfare? My anxiety, since
' last evening, has been great."
Mariposa immediately wrote, upon a blank
1 card of her own?
"I regret that it is impossible for me to
i receive visitors. Accept my thanks for your
! kindness, and please receive the assurance
that ray strength is quite restored."
Allan, of course, was obliged to depart
without seeing her; though she had kept
his flowers, and that was sorae consolation.
Posy had not, indeed, been able to deny herself
the pleasure of placing this offering in a
glass on her dressing table, where she could
admire it, and be reminded by it of the donor,
to whom she felt so grateful.
Important changes had occurred in Posy's
life since we left her last. Her good friend,
Manager Lacombe, was dead, and Mrs. Lacombe,
was forced, by ill-health, to give up her
boarding-house. Posy had removed with her
to a smaller abode; but after continuing there
for awhile, had received and accepted an offer
of considerable value from a San Francisco
theatre, and while performing in that city,
learned, through a letter from Mrs. Lacombe
that a sister of the latter, having inherited
some property .in one of the Eastern States,
was about to remove there permanently, and
had offered her a home with her for the remainder
of her life. Physicians, she informed
Posy, hail la ely given her, as their verdict,
that she could not recover from her present
disease, though a change of climate would, in
all probability, be of some benefit to her; and
she gave the girl her choice of accompanying
her or remaining, under suitable guardianship,
where she could, at least for the present,
best make a living for herself. Posy was
still deliberating on the question, being anxious
to go with her friend, and at the same
time reluctant to intrude herself upon the
family of a stranger, while she felt that in her
present situation she could earn a handsome
support, which was uncertain elsewhere, when
a second letter settled the difficulty for
her. Mrs. Lacombe wrote to her, with many
expressions of sorrow, that the sister had
declared herself unwilling to have her accompany
them ; and as she felt her own days
to be numbered, and was not desirous of ending
them in a state of dissension with her only
sister, she would have to leave her dear
Posy behind?a thing, she added, which nothing
could have induced her to do, had she
any prospect of being restored to health.
Posy obtained leave, not without difficulty, to
make her a flying farewell visit, then returned
to San Francisco, where she had already
acquired a brilliant reputation. Her salary
was uow sufficiently handsome to enable her
to employ a respectable middle aged woman
as a personal attendant and chaperone; and
dwelling quietly and cheaply in modest lodgings,
seeing no visitors and seldom going
HUruml, Htie led a life to which uu lepioach
could be attached.
The management which employed her, at
length conceived the idea of making arrangements
for her to visit certain other places
ou a starring tour, which they expected
would result in considerable pecuniary proht
to themselves and to her. Favorable contracts
were made with parties in several
western cities, and also in some of the principal
cities of the South; among others, New
, Orleans. And thus it is that we find her so
! far removed from her former home. Besides
I Margaret Fanning, her hired attendant, she
! traveled in company with one or two members
of the theatrical profession, who were
well known to her, though their course did
not entirely be together.
Her engagement in New Orleans was for
three weeks, with possible exteusion. The
| first night had been a great success, and it
i seemed especially disastrous that she should
i have met with the drawback of an accident
j so soon after her appearauce on these boards.
; Although fancying herself quite well enough
to fill the rule assigned to her, on the next
evening after, she found her strength severely
taxed in doing so, and half repented of
having made the attempt. Fortunately, the
day following would be Suuday, and she
could, for at least tsventy-four hours, take a
I complete rest. On this Saturday evening,
! Allan Lambert was one of of the audieuce.
I He was more than ever impressed by her
i beauty, more than ever disturbed by the con|
trast between her surroundings and herself
: as she ought to be.
As she passed out of the lobby, leaning on
Margaret Fauning's arm, be stepped quickly
, to her side, and with the utmost courtesy and
: respect, accosted her with an inquiry after her
health. She blushed deeply, as she raised
a startled look to his face. His manner was
! such that she could not take offense at it,
i neither could she repress a thrill of secret
gratification at the interest he so plainly
evinced in her welfare. Margaret gave her
arm a warning pressure, which, for the first
; time, she felt inclined to resent. She answered
him so gently and so sweetly that he
j was more charmed than ever. But he read
I suspicion and defiance in her duenna's glance,
! and had the discretion to withdraw almost
I
' immediately, not even offering to see them to
J the hotel, which was but a couple of squares
off.
This was only the beginning of an inter
course which he soou found it impossible to
break off. With infinite tact he managed to
overcome the attendant's scruples and objections
; not through bribes, which she would
have disdained to receive, but by a mode of
conduct so judicious as to gain her confidence
and admiration. She soon discovered, as she
told Posy, that he was a "real gentleman ;
none of your make-believe-sort who carried a
fine outside over a false heart." It was, in
fact, Allan's sincerity that so impressed her.
His admiration for the beautiful ballet-girl,
: which he had felt from the beginning of their
acquaintance, rapidly merged into a warmer
sentiment, which she, on her part, reciprocated
as fully as he could desire.
Here, indeed, was a complication, which
would have sent anguish and terror into Mrs.
Dash wood's heart, could she have discovered
it! But it need not be said that she was
kept in ignorance of Allan's folly, for folly
lio hiniyplf f..]f it tn hp! vet. if such it was. so
sweet did he find it, that in this case it would
have been, for him, "folly to be wise." He
I did not allow himself to reflect much on the
situation ; he did not care to look forward to
the end of this dangerous enterprise. After
all, what enterprise? He had no defiuite
aim, no distinct object, in view. He felt that
Posy was infinitely beautiful and sweet. He | c
, believed her to be as pure-hearted and truth- |
; ful as any girl he knew ; perhaps more so than j
i many. At all events, he could not resist her j
11 artless fascination, and more and more close-I
i '
I ly did her charms wind themselves about his :
heart. For the first time he realized that he
had a heart, and one whose affection could
be deep and strong. He would not think of
' j Posy's profession, that hateful drawback to
1 his joy. e
Did he desire, or intend, to seek her hand f
1 ' - TT I I II. L.J *
' in marriage r xieaven oniy anew, no u?u u
a vague idea that matters would arrange ?
themselves, somehow, but whether for good v
or evil, who could tell? Not he! 1
[to be continued.] g
IpstrUfliicous grading.;
SHARING OUT THE SPOILS.
The True Inwardness of the State Bond n
Ring. S
? 8
The evidence of ex-Treasurer Parker, be- n
fore the Bond Commission, exposes the char- t:
acter of the arrangements among the Repub- (
lican State officers for dividing the public q
spoils. It is more shocking than anything of I
the same kind heretofore made known. f<
ex treasurer parker'8 testimony. 0
Mr. Parker testified that the acts providing
for Slate loans were, in most instances, if not ?
all, "shown to him before they were presented
to the General Assembly." He under- P
stood they were drawn by Mr. Chamberlain, 8.
then attorney-general. In some instances
Kimpton brought rough drafts from New "
York, but always to Mr. Chamberlain. He ?
said : I do not know the amount of the proceeds
of the iale of bonds made by Kimpton. 8<
The reports made by Kimpton to the corap- p
troller-general were not made for the purpose
of giving information upon that matter. They n
were made so as to show each year an increase
of the debt as little as possible. This
was by concurrence and arrangement with the | P
financial board here. 1 never examiued "
Kimpton's books. I often endeavored to see
there, but never could. Finally, I gave up Cl
trying to see them, because I learned he had v
prepared a new set to meet the exigencies of a
the case. I always knew Kimpton's reports a
were not correct, and the board always knew
they were not. ^
Governor Scott wanted Kimpton removed
in 1871 from the financial agency. I con- P
curred with the Governor at first, but we a
fouud it impossible to find any one who f1
would take his place and advance the money
which he claimed to be due to him, without w
making an expose of the financial condition a
of the State, which we did not desire to do, .
and the idea was then abandoned. ^
Mr. Chamberlain never wanted Kimpton j.
removed. It was through his influeuce that l
Kimpton was appointed financial agent of the cj
State. Governor Scott proposed Mr. Cameron,
of Charleston ; but not being on personal
terras with Cameron, and having no choice, *j
I supported Chamberlain in the choice of ^
Kimpton.
Mr. Chamberlain informed me before Q
Kimpton's appointment, that Kimpton, if ap
1 ' I fjjyiHfl knt.imnn
us three?Mr. Kimpton, Chamberlain and
myself,?and Mr. Kimpton made arrauge- ti
ments to that effect with us two?Mr. Cham- ??i
berlaiuand myself?before his appointment. t(
We had him appointed on the strength of that Is
agreement
Mr. Kimpton carried out this agreement
only partially. Mr. Chamberlain admitted
to me that he had received some money from is
Kimpton on this account, but never owned to is
having received as much as I did, which was tf
about ?52,000. Our shares would have been nn
. * _/
about tfiou.uuu eacti; tne total amount 01 ??<
commissions allowed Mr. Kimpton being p
about 3550,000, being nearly 12 percent, on tl
the amount he reported he had sold all the lc
bonds for, in addition to the commissions paid
by him to other brokers and the 7 per cent tl
interest on loans. e<
There were no terms made as to what w
Kimptou'8 commissions should be at the time Si
of his appointment, nor uutil '71 or '72.
Kimpton repeatedly wrote to Mr. Chamberlain
and myself about fixing his commissions,
and they were finally fixed by the financial se
board addressing letters to parties whom &i
Kimpton designated in New York as to the
commissions which would be fair to be allowed ol
to Mr. Kimpton for selling such bonds, and n:
making such loans as he (Kimpton) had effec- h
ted, and on the answers made by these parties
to these letters the financial board fixed oi
the commissions to be allowed him. The r<
drafts of the letters I addressed to these par- h
ties were prepared by Kimpton and sent to tl
the financial board from New York and pre- il
sented to me by Mr. Chamberlain, Mr. Kimp- si
ton having, as he stated to me, had previous a
interviews with these parties in New York. tl
At the time the settlement was made with tc
the financial board and Kimpton, he (Kimp- si
ton) received a due bill for about 8139,000 h
from the financial board as the balance of rc
commissions due him. This,according to our ol
agreement, would be divided equally between T
Chamberlain, Kimpton and myself, and just C
before Chamberlain addressed his comrauni- tl
cation to the public in the summer of 1874, a
concerning the charges made against him 3
with reference to the public debt and other p
matters connected with Governor Scott's ad- re
ministration, he promised me, by the side of p
his sick bed, in his own house, that if I a
pared, to go before the public without con- tl
would permit that letter? which he had pre- u
tradiction. and he should be nominated and
elected as Governor, I should be paid my tl
share of the $139,000, as expressed in said ir
due hill, and that, too, at an early day. ft
The financial board made the settlement a
with the financial agent by virtue of the au- o
thority conferred upon it by the act of Gen- I
eral Assembly, passed in February, 1872,
known as the "Financial Settlement Act." ?
The financial agent and the financial board si
all desired that an act might be passed giving v
the financial board the power to make the n
settlement so as to cover up the transactions h
| which had taken place between them. There tl
! was some difficulty in getting the bill passed.
! These difficulties were overcome by the use of ti
money among the members of the General tl
; Assembly. The money was received by drafts a
1 drawn on me by Kimpton and accepted by
: me, and the money was furnished for the ri
! drafts by the bauks in this city. Kimpton t<
put up Blue Ridge Railroad scrip as collat- it
I eral security. There were three drafts : One
j for $25,000, oue for $35,000 and one for $12,- w
000. They were to be paid at maturity by
I Kimpton, but when they became due he fail- p
: ed to pay thern, and I had to pay two of ei
I-i . ii_ ,u? ....? oQftnnn n
| ineni j)t?rsuiJtuijr~~~"tiic iwu iui vuu,wv ?uu ^
! 825,000 respectively, and also for 82.500 on n
the 812,500 draft. Governor Scott paid the T
remainder of this latter draft, he being an b
endorser on it. I obtained the collateral at y
i the bank, for the two large drafts, and Scott t<
garnished the collateral of the other. I de- tl
j murred at first to accepting these drafts, but n
| finally accepted them on Kimpton's assurance C
| that Chamberlain, who was then absent, would a
| endorse them on his return. Chamberlain i I
i endorsed only the small one. I parted with a
the scrip referred to to reimburse me as far
as it would go. It did not pay me all. The a
money raised on these drafts was disbursed li
, by Kirapton, maiuly amongst the members fi
?f the Senate, to procure the passage of the ; t
Jettlement bill, the Validating bill and the w
Blue Ridge scrip bill, as per agreement be- a
ween Kimpton and Patterson. It was under-j c
tood and agreed that Patterson was to ar- s
ange the matter in the House, and secure i v
he passage of the bills there, and Kimpton v
n the Senate. Fifty thousand dollars of this a
noney was used to purchase Senators; the, t
lalance was to go to the House through Pat- n
erson. j ii
F Hn not. know that KimDton used anv raon- b
y from the proceeds of State bonds for the J ti
(assage of these bills; but I do know that he i a
ised the proceeds of bonds belonging to the j h
Jtate to secure the passage of other bills , e
yhich he was interested in, to-wit.: The Ster- c
ing loan bill, the bill to authorize the dnan- p
ial agent to pledge bonds for State loans, the a
Jinking Fuud bill, bill for payment of inter- a
st in gold, and bill to issue bonds for the re- C
ief of the treasury. I know, also, that he
>aid out out of the proceeds of the sale of the ti
Jtate bonds, the money for a share and a half, { a
.s it was called, of Greenville and Columbia j G
Railroad stock; a share, including assess- n
nent of $4,000 immediately payable, being j o
>24,000. This was for Neagle. Another I p
hare was for Joe Crews, (chairman of com- b
aittee on railroads in House of Represents- IV
ives,) also one-fourth share, being 86,000, for s<
Jardozo, which, however, Kimpton subse- I
uently took for himself, as he did Crews',
le also paid for two or two and a half shares
ar George W. Waterman for Governor Scott
f like value. He paid for two shares of
ike value for himself, and so far as I know
,nd believe, he paid" for one-half share for D. n
I. Chamberlain, of the value of 812,000. I j
aid for one of them myself. It was undertood
by Kimpton and the financial board, t]
bat the amount of these expenditures and 0
lany others should be realized from State tj
ouds, and covered by the difference between ^
be actual amounts for which the bonds were n
aid by Kimpton, and the amount which he Q
hould report that he bad sold them for. C. 8(
'. Leslie bad a share paid for in the same D
lanner, which he afterwards sold to Kimp- j
an for 825,000 cash. oi
Kimpton also advanced money out of the a
roceeds of the State bonds to assist the 0]
rreenville and Columbia Railroad, but I d
link he held second mortgage bondB of said
ompany as collateral security for all the ad- ^
an cos he made for or to the road. He also e,
dvanced the Blue Ridge Railroad Company tj
bout $200,000 out of the proceeds of the w
tate bonds; these advances were made by j
'itness' advice and consent of the financial ^
oard; $600,000 of the bonds of said com- h
any were placed in his (Kimpton's) hands ]8
s collateral, but he always reported that he ai
Duld not pledge them for any money, and that ^
e never raised any money on them, nor did j
e ever know that he had pledged them until w
fter the passage of the Blue Ridge scrip bill; w
len, when it became necessary that we
lould have them to turn into the treasury, t}
limpton reported that they were pledged. p(
le also advanced out of the proceeds of State p,
onds, by and with the consent of the 6nan- ^
ial board, moneys used for the land com- c,
lission ; also balance claimed by him as due e]
n the sinking fund account; also expenses of ^
le high joint commission; also what was p
nown as State arras account, and the order
f Governor Scott, but without the direction ^
f the financial board. ^
THE TAXPAYERS' CONVENTION. ju
Question. In anticipation of thatC'onven- o:
on of 1871, was there any predetermination 8?
o the part of the financial board and agent ^
> mislead and deceive the Convention in re- r(
ition to the State debt ? u
Answer. There was.
Q. What was done ? tl
A. We agreed to conceal the facts of the b
sue of the Conversion bonds, to make the cl
sue of other bonds as small as possible. With w
lis latter view we represented to the com- ni
littee of the Taxpayers' Convention that the cc
300,000 of bonds had been redeemed from as
ledge in New York and returned here for B
le purpose of retiring, and should be no g<
mger considered a part of the public debt, tl:
Q. Was it with a view to carrying out n<
lat purpose that a committee of the Taxpay- si
s' Convention was invited to a conference fu
ith the State officers and examination of the ol
tate offices? se
A I.
n. a i woo. vj
Q. Where was the conference held ? te
A. I think iu Governor Scott's office. Sub- ai
iquently a committee examined my office d(
iid the comptroller-general's office. m
Q. In the conference in the Governor's
ffice, who represented the executive depart- ai
ient, and what representations were made by c?
ira or any other persons to that committee? *r
A. Gov. Scott and he told them that no tfc
ther bonds were outstanding except those P1
ipresented by a statement there and then exibited,
which was prepared by Chamberlain, P
le attorney-general, for that occasion, and, 30
' there were any other bonds out, Gov. Scott m
iid he did not know anything about them ai
ud that he signed none others. Just after 30
le conference broke up, Gov. Scott came in- It
) ray office and I upbraided him for telling 1*
ich a direct lie to that committee, when a*
e knew that very soon the fact must be m
lade public that he had signed millions of er
ther bouds and that they were in the market, th
'he statement referred to as prepared by Mr. ft
Chamberlain suppressed all information as to
le Conversion bonds which had been issued L
ml were then out, amounting to about 81
5,000,000 or more. The statement was pre- c?
ared in my office by Chamberlain, and sub- p1
litted to Scott before exhibition to the Tax- >n
ayers' committee. The paper was prepared C?
fter a consultation between the members of 8t
le financial board and Kimpton, and agreed >8
pon by them. w
When the committee came into my office, hi
lere was no evidence there to show that any bi
regular Conversion bonds had been issued. n(
lo entry was made in my books at the time, 1,1
nd I believe there was no entry at that time ti
f the second issue of interest on the Public C?
)ebt bonds. ta
Q. Was the Taxpayers' Convention, for ft
hich Mr. Chamberlain prepared this false 81
;atement of the public debt, the same con- E
ention of which Mr. Chamberlain was a C(
lember, and which he addressed in favor of rj
onesty and reform in the administration of 13
ie State government ? v'
A. If you mean when he asked the ques- t*
on, in a speech, "Who does not know that Di
ie presence of one honest man puts to flight n
baud of robbers?" Yes! ^
The remainder of Parker's evidence is di- ai
ected to the explanation of the mass of let- r(
irs principally from Kimpton. The follow- o
ig is also of interest: T
Q. (By Mr. Meetze.) What necessity b
'as there for issuing bonds at all ?
A. None in the world, except for the pur- ti
ose of funding past due principal and inter- n<
3t on the bonded debt. I was opposed to the p
ayment of interest in gold, and to the pay- d
lent of any past due interest at the outset, ei
'he bills receivable could have been retired a
y taxation. I now believe, and have for fc
ears believed, that the sole purpose of Kimp- w
in and Chamberlain in passing the act au- tc
horizing the issue of bonds, was to make tl
loney. I endeavored, in the Constitutional li
lonvention, to prevent the State from issuing w
ny bonds in excess of $500,000, and failed, a'
always regarded the laud commission scheme si
8 a corrupt one from the first. e<
It was agreed between myself, Gov. Scott P
nd Chamberlain and Kimpton, during the oi
ist two years that I was State treasurer, and ir
requently made a subject of conversation be- c;
ween us, that, at some convenient time, we
rould have a sum of coupons to divide,
mounting to $50,000 each, more or less, acording
to circumstances, and that Neagle i
hould have a share of them, and Kimpton
rould see that Chamberlain got his share,
rhile I was to distribute the share to Scott
nd Neagle. We did not inquire how Kirapon
became possessed of them, but we could
ot doubt that he cut them off of bonds pass
ag through his hands, and the financial
ioard did not doubt it. When the final deails
of the division were discussed, Kimpton
voided a division of only $50,000, so, as
e said, the amount might not be large
nough to attract attention, but sent me the
oupons and left it to ray discretion as to the
recise amount that should be divided, and,
s I believe, to his own discretion as to the
mount he would retain for himself and
Jharaberlain.
When I was sued by the State in 1875 for 1
ie recovery of $450,000 in coupons, the 1
mount it was charged that I had funded,
rovemor Scott sent me $2,000 cash to assist 1
ie in defending the suit. The amount was I
btained from him by Neaglo, whom I era- 1
loyed for the purpose, and delivered to me *
y him in person. Scott's brother-in-law, '
Ir. Waterman, told me that Scott said he
rat me $7,000, but I only received $2,000. (
have never seen Governor Scott since. ]
? ? ?
HOW A POPE IS CHOSEN. '
THE MOST SECRET VOTE IN THE WORLD.
Regarding the successor of Pope Pius IX,
iteresting questions now arise, such as who he {
iay be, who elect him, and when and how ,
oes the election take place7
To the first two of these it may be answered ,
lat the cardinals, by a two-thirds vote, elect ,
e of their owd number, though this limita- |
on is a matter of custom, not of law, votes ,
aving been given for men who were not
lerabers of the Sacred College. The cardi- j
als are seventy in number, but there are now (
jme vacancies in their ranks, and all will (
ot be able to reach Rome within the nine |
ays which must elapse before the assembling j
f the conclave, but such is the prepondernee
of Italians, that three-quarters or more j
f the whole may be expected to be in atten- ,
ance. There is nothing to prevent the elec- ,
on of Cardinal McClosky, of New York, or
ardinal Manning, of London, but it is in ?
rery way probable that an Italian will be ,
je recipient of the honor. Among those j
ho have been prominently named are Car- j
inal Bilio, one of the three who have had j
le greatest influence with Pius IX, and who
as furnished much of the inspiration for the
itter part of the deceased Pontiff's career, J
nd Cardinal Monaco La Valietta. Others j
ave ambition, but it is as impossible to pre- j
ict the result of a Papal election now, as it
as in 1846, when Mastai Ferretti, now dead, j
as chosen, to his own surprise and that of
le whole world. There is one limitation on (
le power of the conclave?the veto power y
ossessed by France, Austria and Spain. This j
ower is supposed to be absolute, and has ac- (
rally been used to defeat a candidate in this
jntury. But it must be exercised before the
ection takes place, and it is a curious fact j
?** * a?1m nn/ldnnnooo rrrl f V? nikl/ik fka loto
IQb UUiJ bUC OUUUVUUCOO TV 1 bit TV uivu biju imuv j
ope was agreed upon, saved him from being (
efeated by the interposition of Austria. But ,
is noteworthy that, in spite of the formalit
which surrounds all the proceedings of the
mclave. the system contains a vast amount J
f elasticity, as an English writer has ob- j
jrved, and it is doubtful if the protest of a
Republican Government of France would be j
jgarded as weighty enough to defeat a choice
pon which the cardinals were agreed.
This elasticity is illustrated in the time of
ie election. It has often been hinted that a |
ull may have been provided, not to be dis- ,
osed until after the Pope's death, which
ould absolve the cardinals from the prelimiary
observances and regular forms. This he
)uld have done, as has been done before, and t
s is said to have been done by Gregory XVI. ]
ut when the ordinary routine is followed, a ?
meral meeting of the cardinals is held on c
ie day following the Pope's death. The fu- '
jral ceremonies occupy three days, and the
x which follow are devoted to preparation ]
r the conclave. The whole of the first floor |
" the Vatican, it may be presumed, will be t
t apart for its purposes. In the vast balls 1
this palace will be erected wooden booths, ?
chnically called cells, one for each cardinal, r
id similar accommodations for their confijntial
attendants, of whom each cardinal s
ay have two. There are physicians, bar- p
;rs, carpenters, sweepers, in fact every prep- a
ation is made for meeting the wants of the i
irdinals during their imprisonment, for t
om the time they enter the conclave until s
ley agree upon a Pope, they are practically i
risoners, being isolated from the world, and e
rbidden communication with it. In the r
auline cha.pel are erected additional altars,
i that each may say bis accustomed daily
ass ; in the Sistine the voting takes place,
id one large hall has always been used as a
?rt of exchange or place of general resort, s
, should be noted that the elections since
$13 have been held in the Quirinal, which I
fords superior facilities ; but since Pius IX
i .i tt . ti. J ii:
aae me v aucau nis uwemug piauo n jo gcu- \
ally supposed to have beeu his wish that j
lere, as of old, the choice of his successor
lould be made. All these efforts for secrecy, c
may be noted, often prore unavailing,
ike a cabinet council, or an executive seson
of the Senate, the conclave rarely sue- s
>eds in keeping its doings to itself. On the a
inth day after the Pope's death, after attend- I
g mass together and hearing a sermon, the c
irdinals enter the conclave, and by.evening \
rangers withdraw, and every door but one
walled up, and communication with the c
orld is supposed to cease until the work in c
and is accomplished. The election is by c
allot. The votes are sealed, and the voter's g
ame written within, only to be looked at 1
uder the peculiar circumstance of an elec- 1
on by a vote of exactly two thirds, in which I
ise an examination is made to render it cer- i
tin that the successful candidate did not vote
ir himself. Mottoe* are written on the outde
by which each vote may be identified. <
Ivery morning a ballot must take place, ac- t
jmpanied by the greatest formalities. Eve- i
7 afternoon a second ballot takes place, which (
a sort of revision of the first, as no one ]
otes except to transfer his morning's ballot i
> some other candidate than the one he then <
amed. As soon as the balloting has fur- <
ished a return with a majority of two-thirds |
ie conclave is declared at an end, the doors ]
re thrown open to the world, the new Pope <
?ceives the homage of the cardinals, and his '
ame is proclaimed to the waiting populace, j
hese are the outlines of the proceedings only, i
ut they will serve to give an idea of them.
Thirty-two years ago, when the last elecon
took place, Italy had neither railroads
or telegraphs. The loss of the temporal
ower will change many of the outward indents
of the event; the speed with which forgn
cardinals can reach Rome will give them
tore influence than they could have had beire;
the influence which the great powers
ere wont to exert will probably be confined
> remonstrances and intriguing, since the
iree nations which possess the veto are not
kely to exercise it, and the German empire,
bich feels the greatest interest, has no friends
t court. That the young King of Italy
lould interfere seems improbable, so, whatver
precautions may have been taken by
ius IX, to secure the freedom of the college,
r whatever action the cardinals themselves ]
light feel justified in taking in an emergen- 1
f} we look for a quiet election, which will \
result in the choice of an Ultramontane who
will carry out the policy of the late Pope,
with only such variations as changing circumstances
and personal peculiarities may lead to.
JONES' GREAT TOE.
A SKETCH THAT NEWSPAPER MEN WILL UNDERSTAND.
The "local" may go on month in and
month out, never once getting a name, a date
or a figure wrong, and not a word of praise
will he get for it?no one seems to care a tinker's
blessing for it when it is done; but just
let him blunder, then he hears from the people.
They rise in their majesty and go for
hi* aaoIn ftnmo nnnoqp t/\ matrA it t.Hpip
business to go prowling and snuffing through
their paper on purpose to searoh out errors,
both of ommission and commission.
Having found some kind of mare's-nest
they watch for you, paper in hand, and get
after you somewhat as follows: "Hey, I
say, you! Look here. Do you know you
made a horrible blunder in saying positively
as you did, that William Jones had the
great toe of bis left foot dislocated ? It was
the great toe of the right foot that was put
out of joint?his right foot, sir; not his left?
do you understand "
The man eyes you over as if you had ruined
Jones and all bis family for life. "Right
foot!" he cries, as you attempt to escape.
"The great toe of the right foot, and you
ought to make the correction!"
You are regularly caught, and con not say
a word in defense of your published statement,
[t was your business and you cannot deny it,
to have been more particular in regard to
which of Jones' great toes it was that suffered.
You should not have been satisfied
with the evidence of one or two witnesses ;
persons, too, perhaps, with whom you were but
slightly acquainted, and in regard to whose
veracity you had not the least knowledge.
These persons, for all you know, may have
bad some sinister object?some malicious,
jeep, and devilish design?in telling you
that it was the great toe of Jones' left foot
that was dislocated. It may be that Jones
lost the great toe of his left foot years ago in
i trap while prowling about some farmyard ;
t may be that he has no left foot, even?leg
ind all may have been amputated when he
was a boy.
However, supposing mm to sua oe id possession
of both legs and both feet, was it for
pou thus lightly and flippantly to accept evilence
and satisfy yourself in regard to the
njury sustained by Jones?Mr. Jones ? How
8 it, think you, with the suffering Jones and
Jones' sympathizing family and friends ?
A.h ! it is a serious matter with Jones, and
io trifling affair with his friends. We can
lear them sneeringly say, as they turn up
;heir noses and toss their heads:
"His left great toe, indeed! Ridiculous 1
How could the man be such a fool ?"
It is, perhaps, the first time that Jones has
iver bad his name in print in connection
vith any little personal adventure or expedience?in
any other way than in a delinquent
tax list, or amoDg the arrivals and dejartures?and
now to have the main fact and
joint of interest wrongly stated?thoroughly
jotched. Had the accident been properly
ecorded, the paragraph might have been cut
>ut and pasted into a scrap-book, where it
vould have been occasionally referred to with
pleasure. As it is, the family can take no
jride in it. When they look at it tbey will
98"unable to restrain aTfeellng oT sadness ahd
regret?the grand central fact-that it was the
great toe of the right foot, and not of the
eft, that was dislocated, and will always
itare them in the face, and make the whole
:bing a swindle and a fraud.
After this can you say that you should not
lave been more particular in regard to what
pou put in print about Jones' great toe ?
THE PIBATETFISHERMAN.
The fish-market of Havana is said to be
,he finest structure of its kind in the world,
[t also interests the traveler by its romantic
issociation with the story of Marti, a reformid
pirate and smuggler, who built it and the
'Tacon Theatre."
During the administration of Tacon, from
834 to 1838, smuggling and piracy had
jrown so bold in and about Cuba as to defy
he Spanish navy sent to suppress the outaws.
Their leader was a man named Marti,
ind for his person, dead or alive, the Goverlor-General
offered a large reward.
One dark night a man was watching the
entinels pacing in front of the Governor's
>alace, Havana. As they turned their backs
ind separated for a moment, the man sprang,
inobserved, through the entrance. He passed
ip the broad stairs, saluted in an imperious
tyle the guard there stationed, and passed
nto the Governor-General's room. The Govirnor,
engaged in writing, looked up as the
nan coolly cast aside his cloak, exclaiming?
"Who enters unannounced?"
"One who has information of the pirates."
"What of them 7" said Tacon, earnestly.
"One moment?I must not sacrifice myelf."
"You have naught to fear. Even if you
>e one of them, you will be pardoned."
"Will you pardon and reward me if I rereal
the lurking-places of the pirates, and
>ut Marti into your hands ?"
"I pledge you my word of honor," said Tason.
"Your Excellency, I am Marti."
The cool scoundrel then entered into an
irrangment with the Governor for the betrayil
of all tbe smugglers and pirates. Under
lis guidance, the Spanish vessels sailed to the
iutlaws' hiding places, and captured those
?ho were not slain.
When Marti returned to Havana, he was
iffered the pardon, which he accepted
md money, which he declined. In lieu
>f the reward, he asked the monopoly of
lelling fish in Havana. It was granted, and
ie erected a magnificent stone market. When
ie became master of enormous wealth, he
)uilt a theatre and named if after the Goverlor-General
who had pardoned the scoundrel.
Age for Legal Marriages.?There is
jonsiderabie variation, in the different Euro)ean
States, of the age at which a legal marriage
can be contracted. In Austria, the age
>f discretion for both sexes is fourteen. In
Hungary, each religious sect makes its own
-egulations, marriages being regarded as an
entirely ecclesiastical affair. Russians can
jontract marriages at the age of eighteen in
;he case of males, aud sixteen in that of females.
The Italian law fixes the age at
eighteen and fifteen years respectively. In
Turkey there is no general law. The French
ind Belgian codes allow marriages of young
nen at eighteen aud girls at fifteen years, but
powers of dispensation in special cases are relerved.
In Greece, Spain and Portugal, parties
of fourteen and twelve can contract a
binding marriage, but in the latter country
the consent of the parents is necessary if the
parties are under twenty-one. According to
the amended paragraph of the new German
jivil marriage bill, the state of wedlock cannot
be entered upon under twenty and sixteen
respectively, though the existing laws or
Prussia and Saxony permitted marriages at
sarlier periods. There is much dissimilarity
Id the Swiss laws, every canton having a lo:al
regulation of its own. In some of them
;he consent of the parent is necessary np to
the age of twenty-five. The influence of climate
upon the temperament and constitution
is observable in the earlier age at which marriage
is allowed in the Southern nations,
where maturity is reached at a much earlier
period, than among the Northern people,