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VOL. 33. YOEKVILLE, S. C., "WEDNESDAY, ATJOTJST 3, 1887. NO. 31.
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by h. kii?i:b ha<;uaki>.
AI'Tilt iU oK "KINti soI.oMoN's MINKS," j
"sill-:," KTi, Kit
(MIAITKR XXXIII.
VKXOKAXCK.
F>>r three or four minutes more they whis- ]
jn'ivtl together. alter which the 11<?ttent?>t j
rose tt> and liiitl out how tilings were j
aii:oii^tlie l!?.ers helow, and see when Frank j
Muller retireil ti> his tent. As soon as he had |
marked him down he was to come hack and !
report to Jess. ami then the litial steps were !
to he decide I on.
When he wa> mine Jess irave a siirh of re
lief. This stirring up ??f Juntje to thehoiliug
point of vengeance hail been a dreadSul tiling
to in rvi- lu r-. It to do; hut now at any mto it [
was doni\ and tin* deed settled upon. Hut
what tiio end of it would he none could say. j
She would practically he a murderess, and
she l'elt sooner or later her guilt would litul her
out, and then she would have little mercy to
hoi>e 'S,'h she had no scruples, for after
nil Frank Mtiller's would he a well merited
doom. Hut when all was said and done it
was a dreadful thing to lie foived to steep her 1
hands in blood, even for Bc-sic's sake. It' !
Muller were slain Bessie would marry .John, j
provided John escaped from the Boers, ;
and he happy: hut what would become
of her.' Bobbed of her love, mid
with this crime upon her mind, what '
could she do, even if she escaped?
except die: It worn i oe better to die and
never see him again, for her sorrow and her
shame were more than she could bear. And
then she began to think of John till all her !
!*oia*, bruised heart seemed to go out toward
him. Bessie could never love him as she did, |
she felt sure of that, and yet Bessie was to have
him by her all her life, and she?she was to
go away. Well, it was the only thing to do. !
She would see this deed done and set her sister
free, and then if'she happened to escape she
would go?go right away, where she would
never Ik? heard of again. Then at any rate,
she would have behaved like an honorable
woman. She sat up and put her hands to
her face. It was burning hot, though she j
was wet through, and chilled to the bono
with the raw damp of the night. -V tierce j
fever of mind and l>ody had taken hold of
her, worn nut as she was with emotion, j
hunger and protracted exposure. But her i
brain was clear enough; she never reinemliered
its being so clear before. Every
thought that came into her mind seemed to
present itself with startling vividness, standing
out by itself against a black background
of nothingness, not softened and shaded down
one into another as thoughts generally are. |
sn... co.!!..,! t,, <..n lier< >li" w.-onlerimr avvav?
alone, utterly alone, alone forever!?while in
the far distance John stood holding Bessie l>y
the hand and gazing after her regretfully.
Well, she would write to him, since it must 1
be so. and bid him one word of farewell. She
could not go without it. She had a pencil, j
and in the breast of her dress was the Boer j
pass, the back of which, stained as it was with
water, would serve the purpose of paper.
She drew it out and, 1 tending forward toward j
the light, placed it on her knees.
"flood by,"' she wrote,'"good bv! We can 1
never meet again, and it is better that we
never should, in this world. Whether there
is another 1 do not know. If there is. I shall
wait for you there. If not, then good by forever.
Think of me sometimes, for 1 have
loved you very dearly, and as nobody will
ever love you again; and while I live in this
or any other world, and am myself, I shall
always love you and you only. Don't forget '
me, I never shall be really dead to you until
1 am forgotten. J."
She lifted the paper off her knee ami then
put it back again and began to scribble in
verse. <|iiiekly and almost without correction.
It was a habit of Iters, though she never
.showed what she wrote, and now it assorted
itself irresistibly and half unconsciously:
When hands that clasp thine own in sinning
truth.
Or linger in caress upon thv head.
Have rudely hr<-kc the idols of thy youth
And east them ?lown amid thy treasitreil dead.
lfememlHT tile"
When she had got thus fur she stopped, dissatisfied.
and, rumimg her pencil through the
lines, began afresh:
"If 1 should die to-night
Then would'st thou look upon my quiet face,
before they laid me in my resting place.
And deem that death had made it almost fair;
"And laying snow white tlowers against my hair 1
Would'st on my cold cheek tender kisses press
Aud fold my hands with lingering caress.
Poor hands, so empty and so cold to-night 1
"If I should die to-night
Then would'st thou call to mind with loving
thought
Some kindly deed the icy hands had wrought.
Some tender words the frozen lips had said.
Krraads on which the willing feet hud sped:
The memory of my passion and my pride.
And every fault would sure l?- set aside.
So should I be forgiven of all to-night.
"Death waits on me to-night,
K en now my summons echoes from afar.
Aud grave mists gather fast about my star?
Think gently of me: I urn travel worn.
My faltering feet are pier with many a thorn.
The hitter world has made my faint heart hi 1
When dreamless rest is mine 1 shall not need
The tenderness for which 1 long to-night !"
She stopped, apparently more because she
had got to the end of the paper than for any
other reason, and. without even rereading
what she had written, pushed the pass back
into her bosotii and was soon lost in thought.
Ten minutes later Jantje came creeping in
to where she sat liko a great snake in human
form, his yellow face shining with the rain
drops.
"Well." whispered Jess, looking up with a
start, "have you done it.'"
"No, lnissie, no. I'.ans Frank hu> but nowgone
to his tent, lie has been talking to the
clergyman, something about Missio Jlcssie, I
don't k'ow what, i was near, but he talked
low and I could only h'-ar the name."
"Have the Hoer? all gone to sleep.'"
"All. misste, except the sentries."
"Is there a sentry before linn.- Frank's tent;"
"No, missie, there i- nobody near."
"What i.- *V< time, Jantje.''
"About three hours and a half after sundown"
(iibboi.
"bet us wait half an hour, and then you
must go."
Accordingly they sat in silence. In silence
they sat facing each other and their own
thoughts. Presently Jantje broke it bv draw
ing the big white handled knife and commencing
to slinrpcn it on a piece of leather
Tie- sight ltiU'io Jc.-s feel sick. "Put the
knife up," she said, quickly; "it is sharp
ell' 'Ugll."
Jantje obe\ed with a feebh- grin ami the
minute- pa-st-d mi heavily.
"Now Jantje," she said at length, speaking
iitiskiiy in her struggle to overcome the Spain's
lie contract ions of her throat, "it is tim-*
for you t<> go."
The li 'tt'-ntot fidgeted about, and at last
spoke.
"Mi?ie iiiu-t in.- with in*-!"
"Come with you!" answered Jess, with a
tart, "why
"iteeaise t ii?? "host n|" 111>* ol<l hn^li-Ii woman
will eome alter in>' it I no alone."
"Yi.ii fool!" miM .!< > angrily, ntul then
!* ? ]! *<*(iiin l>'Tvll, a<l'l' -l ' t 'tiiK'. !? a mail,
.hintje; think ?>1 ymir title r airl mother,
ate I !? a man."
"I am a man," lie an?w.-|. .1 iilkily. -an,j |
will kill 111m like a man. hut uhat -oo.i jN
mail a-aiu-t tlie j;le>?t ! a tl.-a.l Kii-lish
\v< man' It 1 I-lit t he kllil'e jilt > Ile|- she W oil III
"tilv mal.e taees. ami lire \vntii<l ei.me nut of
tije h>.|e, I will ti"t ;?o without you. liii?i-. "
" You e..." she sai'l. Iiere?-|y, -you
shall xo!"
"No. mi?ie, I will let go ah'iie. he an
sWelVll
Jess looki'il at him aii'l saw- that lie meant
what lie sael. He was getlm- ?ulky. niel the
wor?t 'li?iH.?itioiie.| .huikev in the work! is tar,
far easier to.|..,al with than a sulky Ilotten
tot. She lilll't either ;;i Vo tip t lie |i|'oji>et of
e.i with tie* man W.-ll, he wa> equally
ouilty one way or the other, an-l was really
almost ea I lolls ahollt !?-il|o ileteeteil, so she
mi-lit a> well "o. Sir-lui'l no power left to
make fresh plans, lh r mill.I .?,einw| to he
e\hailstei|. I lllly she ilitlst keep out of the
wav at tie- hist. She eouM ie-t hear to i??
near then. ;
"Well," she saiJ, "1 will go with you,
f Jaiitjf."
' Good, initio, that is all right now. Y<?u
can keep oil' the ghost of the dead English
woman while I kill Bans Frank, l'.ut lirst lie
must he fast asleep. Fast, fast asleep.''
Then slowly and with the uttermost caution
they once more crept down the hill. This
time there was no light to be seen in the direction
of the wagbn house, and no sound to
be heard except the regular tramp of tho
sentries. But their business did not lie in the
direction of the wagon house; they left that
on their right and curved round toward the
blue gum avenue. When they got nearly V>i>posite
to the lirst tree they halted in a patch
of stones, and Jantje went forward to reconnoitre.
Presently he'r-turned with the intelligence
that all the Beers who were with the
wagon had gone to sleep, but that Mailer was
still sitting in his tent thinking. Then they
crept on. perfectly sure that if they were not
heard they would not bo seen, curtained as
they were by the dense mist and darkness,
till at length they reached tho bole of tho
first big gum tree. Five paces from this tree
Frank Mull-r's tent was nitehed. It had a
light in it which caused the wet tent to
glow in the mist, as though it had
hceii rublted with phosphorus, and
on this lurid canvas the shadow of
Frank Midler was gigantically limned, lie
was so placed that the light cast a magnified
reflection of his every feature and even of his
expression upon the screen before them. The
attitude in which he was seated was his favorite
one when he was plunged in thought, his
hands resting oil his knees and his gaze lixed
011 vacancy. He was thinking of his triumph,
anil of all that he had gone through to win it
and of all that it would bring liiin. He held
the trump cards now, and the game was in
his own hand. He had triumphed, and yet
over hint hung the shadow of that curse that
dogs tlit? presence of our accomplished desires.
Too often, even with the innocent, does the
seed of our destruction lurk in the rich blossom
of our hopes, and much more is this so
with the guilty. .Somehow this thought was
present in his mind to-night, and in a rough,
half educated way he grasped its truth. Once
more the saying of the old Boer general rose
in his mind: "I believe that there is a God?
I Itelieve that God sets a limit to a mail's
doings. If he is guing too far, God kills
him."
What a dreadful tiling it would be if the
old fool were right alter all! Supposing that
there were a God, and God were to kill him
to-night, and hurry oft' his soul, if lie had one,
to some dim place of unending fear! All his
superstitions awoke at the thought, and he
shivered so violently that the shadow of the
shiver caused the outlines of the gigantic
form upon the canvas to tremble up and
down.
Then, rising with an angry curse, lie hastily
tin-..,,tr l.ic nufi.r el,,thin" mill havilllT
turned down but not i-xtinj;tii>hc<l thorough
parallinc lamp, llung himself upon the little
eamp bedstead, which creaked and groaned
beneath his weight like a thing in pain.
Then came silence, only broken by the drip,
drip of *'10 rain from the gum leaves overhead
ami the rattling of the boughs whenever
a breath of air stirred them. It was an eerie
and depressing night, a night that might well
have tried the nerves of any strong man who.
wet through and worn out. had been obliged
to crouch upon the open and endure it. How
much more awful was it then to the unfortunate
woman who, half broken hearted, fever
stricken and well nigh crazed with sull'ering
of mind and body, waited in it to see murder
done! Slowly the minutes passed, and at
every raindrop or rustle of a bough her
guilt}* conscience summoned up a host of
fears. Hut by the mere power of her will sho
kept them down. She would go through with
it. Yes. she would go through w ith it. Surely
he must be asleep by now:
They crept up to the tent and placed their
cars within two inches of his bead. Yes, ho
was asleep; the sound of his breathing rose
and fell/vith the regularity of an infant's.
Jess turned round and touched her companion
upon the shoulder. He did not move,
but she felt that his arm was shaking.
"Now," she w hispered.
Still he hung back. It was evident to her
that the long waiting had taken the courage
out of him.
"He a man," she whispered again, so low
that the sound scarcely reached his ears, although
her lips were almost touching them,
"go, and mind you strike home!"
Then at last she heard him softly draw the
great knife from the sheath, and in another
second he had glided from her side. Presently
she saw the line of light that cut out
upon the darkness through the opening of the
tent broaden a little, and by that she knew
that lie was creeping in upon his dreadful
errand. Then she turned her head und put
her lingers in her ears. Hut even so she could
see a long line of shadow traveling across the
skirt of the tent. So she shut her eyes also
and waited, sick at heart, for she did not
dure move.
Presently?it might have licen five minutes
or only half a minute afterward, for she had
lost count of time, she felt somebody touch
her on the arm. It was J ant jo.
"Is it done:" she whispered again.
He shook his head and drew her away from
the tent. In going her foot caught in one of
the guide ropes and shook it slightly.
"I could not do it. missie," he said. "lie is
asleep and looks just like a child. When I
lifted the knife he smiled in his sleep, and all
the strength went out of my arm, so that I
could not strike. And then before I could
get strong again the ghost of the old Englishwoman
came and hit me in the back and I
ran away."
If a look could have blasted a man Jantje
would assuredly have been blasted then. The
man's cowardice made her mad, but while she
still choked with wrath a duiker buck, which
had come down from its stony home to feed
upon the rose bushes, suddenly sprang with a
crash almost from her feet, passing away like
a gray gleam into the utter darkness.
Jess started and then recovered herself,
guessing what it was, but the miserable Hottentot
was overcome with tern a* and fell upon
the ground groaning out that it was the ghost
of the old Englishwoman, lie had dropped
the knife as lie fell, and Jess, seeing the imminent
pet it iii which they were placed, knelt
dow n, picked it up, and hissed into his car
tiiat it he were not quiet she would kill him.
Vliis paeilied him a little, hut no earthly
power could persuade him to enter the tent
again.
What was to be doind What could she do}
Eor two minutes or more she buried her face
in her wet hands nnd thought wildly and
despairingly.
Then a dark and dreadful determination
entered her mind. The man Midler should
not escape. l!e?ie should not lie sacrificed to
him. I .at iier I han I hat. she w ould do t lie iIced
hel'-elf
Without a word die rose, animated by the
tragi"- agony ?>!' h-r purpose ami the force of
her despair, ami glided toward the lent, the
great knife in her hand. Now, all' all too
soon, she was inside of it ami stood tor a
nd allow he|-e\fv jo grow aei ii-toim d
t<> the light. I'r> seiiily slm began to see. tird,
til'- outline of tie- 111 d. Ilieli I lie outline oj J he
iuanl\ form stret.-le-d upon it, then hoik !,. .!
and man disi iiietlv. Jantje laid said that h'was
sleeping like a ehild. lb- might have
been, now he was not. tin the eontrary. his
fin e was rolil lil-ed like that of one in an ev
rivinity tear, and beads "I sweat
stood 111><>n his I.r<>\v It was ;in tlioi|o|] |?.
knew Ins iluiifp'r. n1 wiis y<a utlerlv jhiWitle?s
t'i avoid It II.- lay U|H>II Ills hael;
heavy arm. !ileft, liiim; ovi-r tin? sj,|e o| the
lieil, t lie klll|e|;|es of the li.'UI'l lestln^.in the
oroiiinl: the other was tin-,,wti lm,-k ami his
liea'l was |>ill,,w, .1 upon it "I Ik- ,-1,>t hin^; ha !
tajleti l,.i' k It*<iii liis throat tin,I nia--i\e, hV.
Ilieli were ,|llite l.ai e
.less st'Hiii ami ^az -'l 'T'or It, ??!, ', sake,
for I Jessie's sal;.*!" she murmured, ami the.i.
illljielleil by .'I lofeethat seellli',1 to luo'.e i.f
itself, she el'ept slowly, slowly, to III.. I je|,t
haml si'le o| t he he<l.
\t this I'.oineiit the man woke, ami his
opening , yes tell tit II ti{?>t i her fare. What
ver his ilfeiun ha>I heen, what lie now saw
was far more terrible, for hemlitt^ over him
was the e||,,st of the woman lie ha<l n11?r.Jet> 1
in the Waal" There she was, risen troin her
riv? r ofave, torn, dishevelled. water yet -Irip
pine from her hamls and hair. Those sunk
and niarhle eheeks, those dreadful llamiii?
eye. eould 1,clone to ||0 IlltUiall lieine, hilt
< nly to a spirit. It was the spirit of J.s.
Croft, the woman lie had murdered. e<>m?
hack t-> n il him that there was a living veil
ffejitiee ami a hell' Their eyes met. ,'llld !l'?
ereatur" w ill ev.-r l.uow the ajjony of terror
that lie taste.| ,.| l.etol-e the eli'l e, line. She
saw hi. tare sink in ami tin n ashen yt iv,
while ihe e,?|,I sw- .at ran from every por?'.
lie was awale*, hut fear paralyzed him, he
eoiil.1 not speak or new
Hi* wa-; awafc?\ anil slu> muM liisilati; no
moiv.
Si
I1K WAS AXVAKK AND SDK idl l.l) HESITATE
XO MllltK.
Ho must have seen the Hash of the falling
steel, ami
Slii' was outside tin' tout again, tin* nil
knife in her hnml. She Hung the aeeiirseil
tiling from her. That shriek must have
j awakened every s<nil within a mile. Already
j she could faintly hear the stir of men down
j by the wagon and the patter of .lantje run!
ning for his life.
Then she too turned and lied straight tip the
j Kill. She knew not whither, she cared not
where. None saw her or followed her, the hunt
had broken away to the left after Jautje. Ilcr
heart was lead and her haul u rocking sea of
lire, while before her, around her, and behind
her yelled all the conscience created furies
that run murder to his lair.
On she flew, one sight only before her eyes,
one sound only in her ears. On over the hill,
far into the rain and night.
CHAPTER XXXIV.
TAXTA COKTZKK TO THE UKSlM K.
After Jess had been set free by the liners
outside Hans Coet/.ee's place. John was
sharply ordered to dismount and o|fsaddle
his horse. This he did with the best grace
that he could muster, .and the horse was knee
haltered and let loose to feed. It was then
indicated to him that he was to enter the
house, which lie also did. closely attended by
j two of the liners.
"Are you hungry, rooibaaje.'" asked one in
English.
I l,.l.? 1 I I,.,I l?. iv.,s
"Tie his hands behind him. and let us see if
. he can cateh in his mouth, like a dog," suggested
one of the gentle youths.
"No, no; make him eat pap with a wooden
spoon, like a Ivallir," said another. I will
feed him if you have a very long spoon."
Here again was legitimate cause for merri
meat, but in the end matters were compromised
by a lump of biltong and a piece of
bread being thrown to him from the other
end of the room. Ho caught them and proceeded
to eat, trying to conceal his ravenous
hunger as much as possible from the circle of
onlookers who clustered round to watch tieoperation.
Suddenly one of the men remembered
about the young fellow whom he had thrown
backward off the horse and wlm was lying
very sick in the next room, and suggested that
measures of retaliation should he taken, which
would undoubtedly have been done had not
the elderly lioer who had commanded the
party internosed. This man was getting
drunk like the others, but fortunately for
John he got amiably drunk.
"iiet him alone," ho said, "let him alone.
We will send him to the commandant to
morrow. Frank Midler will know how to
deal with him."
John thought to himself that lie certainly
would.
"Now. for myself," the man went "ii \\ itii a
hiccough. "I bear no malice. We havo
thrashed the British and they have given up
the country, so let bygones be bygones, I
say. Almightv, yes! 1 am not proud, not 1.
If an Knglislunan takes oil' his hat to me I
shall acknowledge it."
This staved the fellows oil' for a while, but
presently John's protector went away, and
then the others began to get playful. They
got their rifles and amused themselves with
leveling them at him, and making sham bets
i us to where they would hit him. John, seei11-'
the emcrtronev. backed his chair well into
tln> corner of the wall and drew hi* revolver,
which fortunately for himself lie still had.
"If any man interferes with me. hv <Jod.
1 I'll shoot him!" he said, in good Kngljsh.
which they did not fail to understand. I niloulitcdiy
as the evening went on it. was only
the possession of this revolver ami his evident
determination to use it that saved his life.
At last things got very had indeed, so had
that he found it absolutely necessary to keep
his eyes continually fixed. now on one and
now on another, to prevent their putting a
hullet through him unawares. He had twice
appealed to the old woman, Hans t'oetzee's
wire, hut sin- sat in her big chair witii a sweet
i smile upon her fat face and refined to iuterj
l'erc. It i* not every day that one gets the
chance of seeing a real live Ktigli-h rooihaatje
haited like an ant hear i>n the llat.
1'resentlv. just as John in desperation was
! making up his mind to begin shooting right
! and left, the old woman, seeing that matters
were getting beyond a joke, came waddling
down the room with marvelous a>-tivity ami
threw herself between theiil.
1 "There, there.''she said, rulling right ami
' left with her fat fists, "he oil' with yon.
everyone. I can't have this noise going on
here. Come, oil' you all go, and gel. the
horses into the stable; they \\ ill be right a way
by morning if you trust them to the Kallirs."
The woman, to John's astonishment, and
relief, literally bundled the whole tribe of
them out of the front door.
.Now then, rooihaatje," said the oid lady,
briskly, when they had gone, "1 like you because
you are a brave man, and were not
afraid when they mobbed you. Also, 1 don't
want to have a mess made upon mv Moor
here, or any noise or shooting. If those us n
mine back and Mud you here they will lii-sf
get rut her drunker and then kill you, so \ ou
liad better be oil" while you get the chance,"
and she pointed to the door.
"I really tun much obliged to you, my
aunt." said John, utterly astonished.
"t Mi. as to that," sic said dryly, "it would
ne a great pi'y to kiil the last l-aigldi rooihaatje
in ihe whole llritish army; they ought
t i keep yog as a curiosity, lb-re, take a tot
of bra inly before yoii jg< . it is a w.-t, nigiit,
and sometimes when VOII are clear of the
Transvaal and remember this business, remember.
too. that you owe your life to Tanta
Coetzec. Hut 1 would not have saved you,
not I. if \on had not 1 so plucky. I like
a man I ! a man. There, be oil '
jii'in | <.1:i-- i >1111 im*i l:u11i 11.i11 a
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I M'liiit'iiiit' in as i|iiii*l;lv as h uliI: IV
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lianl as Ins till" |i*^> w..t||.| tain* htm II
! nti'l a ! ii niili-s" 1 rmly I?.*ti?!* him, ami with
that i h'' i t ill .*i 11i: in i-iri'iiiiistaiii'i-s
nv t vvlii'li Ii.- ha>l ii lit i*"l w lii' ii was "lit'
I' Ills i liaia ! risiii-.. h'* si-t |. work inak"
tin- is -t "I il l'"|- tin* lil'st 11**i11' "i* mi all
wint wi-ll, ami tli'-n Ins iiit'-n?i*i|i^iist hi*
ili.vtn. !* .| |hat In- was '!' l)i?* tra'k.a la"t.
at wlii.-h a 11 \ i .. i \ wli.i has ?*\i-r I.: i i III"
I'l'-asiift- "ii a ilark nijlit "I waml'-ial'Mi"
a > all'-'l ma.I ..n tli<* Airmail v.*|.it will
M-an*'-l\ l?- -in pi is.--|, \lt'-r wa.-iin^ a |ii:irli-l*
"I nil li"ill* <>r ni'-r** til a vain al!<'lii|'l to
liml tin- path. In* 'ti'ii- k "lit li"l'll\ I"l- a 'lal k
looking mass that 1* < >11?- i in 'In* ilistamv,
ami u hi' li In- i""k to i"' .Mooit'-iil'in lull.
Amis-, jt wa . 11! \ itisi. ; < 1 i;*- pin^ to tint
i hit. wli'-n It- w "i I Ii I ha v ' lalnh-'l lip at lint
hoiis.*. .i ralli'-r wln-m tin* h"i|si* ha-1
. sl"'"l. ii.- miwiiiiiiIv IMiia* I" ih" rijjlit,
ami th'is win halt )' >1111-1 tin- inll Infill*"
Ii" t"itii* 1 i ut liis mistaki*. N"r wniil'l
In' liavi* l"iim! it "lit tli'-n hail In* ii"t
'haii'-i-'l -,i tin- mist ami i|;irkm*ss t turn
into III" ni"iith "V tli" m".-il y'i^i* l.miwii as
l."iiw kl'"il. w h"i' h" ii.-i'l "ti"". iii''tiliis Ii"
t l"i". liml an nit*-i-<-s t in^ t ill. with .h-ss jmt
I
before sln> went to Pretoria. II was while he ; r
was hlumlerins ;i11<I stitiiihlins up this "nrse | '
that at length llii-rain reaseil ;111 1 the moon ! t
e.it init, it l>eine thi'ti nearly iiii'hiiylif. Its 1
very lirst. ravs lit. upon one of the i-.vtraorili I
nary pillars til' Imlaneeil howMrrs, ami hy it f
her >;ni/.eil the locality. As may he ima?- t
ineil. strung man as lie was, .John was hy this r
time ijuite exhaiisteil. I'ur nearly a week he 1
hail heeii traveling im e>snntly, ami for the t
last t uu nights he lia-l nut niily nut slept, 1.at. | ?had
eiuluieil a yre.al ileal nl peril ami mental ' f
exeiteineiit. Hail it. imt lieen I'm' the lirainlv ' s
Tanta Cnetzee hml si veil him he eniilil not | t
have ent nver tint tifteen miles nr sn until I c
lie h.'lil ei iVel'eil, anil IIIIW he was Ijllile hrnkell II
tloun, ami I'elt that the only thins that he : s
I*1 III! 1 i|n. Met thrnlisll IIS lie w.'IS. WnllM he til | 1
lie ilvwn snmeMhere ami sleep nr ilie as the I t
ease mi'siit he. Tln-n ii was that the little 1 {
rave near the tnp nf the klnnl', the same I'rnlll I t
wliieli Jess hail watelieil the thllllili'l'stni'lll, i t
eanie iiiln his reenlleetinu. lie hail hern then.1 | t
niitv with liessie after their msase'in-nt. anil r
Mil' 11:l I tnM 111111 Ili.'il it was oncoi .n*ss ia- i i
vorib* spots. t
If lit' i*imilil oiuv lvarli tin* cave In* would at j t
any rate get shelter ami a dry place to lie on. j
It I'niiM not ln> niori' than ."mi yards away. | s
So hi* struggled on liravi-ly through tin* wot 1
grass and ovvr the scattered liowldri's, until I !
at last he cairn* totho basonf the hngccohmiu ! n
that had been shattered by the lightning lip- | J
fori* Jess" eyes. t
Thirty paces more and In* was in tin* rave. | I
With a sigh of uttor exhaustion ho thing ' t
himself down upon the rooky (loot* and was .1
almost instantly buried in a profound sleep. t
t
l"IfA1TEU XXXV.
TlfK 4*1 i.VCI.t'SlON OF THK MATTKlt. )i
Wli4*n the rain ceased and the moon began I
to shine, .Iess was still fleeing like a wild ,1
tiling across the plain on the top of tie* moan- I (
tain. She felt no sense 4?f exhaustion noiv or y
even of weariness; her only idea was to get ; |
away, right away somewhere, where she j s
could lose herself and nobody would ever ?eo s
her again. Presently she came to the top of
I,eiiw ICIoof. and in a bewildered way recog- j
' nized thes|iot and commenced to dcseeiul it. ] t
1 lieiv was a place where she might lie until I j|
she died, for no one ever came there, except i n
now and again some wandering Kallir herd. | t
On she sprang, from rock to rock, a wild, ; ji
weird ligurc, well in keeping with the solemn ' a
and titanic sadness of the place.
Twice she fell, once right into the stream, >
but she took Ii4i heed, she did not j
even seem to feel it. At last she wasat
the bottom, now creeping like a black j |]
dot across the wide spaces of moonlight and s
' now swallowed up in the shadow. There ' p
before her was tla* month of her little eav;
her strength was leaving her at last, and she j f
was fain to into it, broken hearted,
crazt.il, and?dying. i v
'()h, Hod, forgive me! (Sod forgive me!" ! o
?A?.. ,,c wink sifint* in,,hi tli,? riit'tr
flour. "Itcssie, 1 sinned against you, but I j a
liavt- washed aw?v my sin. I <1 id it for you, | v
Bessie, love, not for mysMl'. I luul ratlmr j <1
have diifl tliiin kill liim for myself. You will f
marry John now. ami you will never, net-r v
know what 1 did for you. I am going to die. j j|
1 know that. 1 am dying. Oh, if 1 only n
eonM see 11is faee otiee more liefore I < 1 i?* ? lie- ii
fore 111i- !**
Slowly the westering moonlight .crept down s!
the hlaekness of tin; rook. Xmv at iast it a
peeped into tilts 1 it tilt cave ami played upon ! k
John's sleeping face lying within two feet of f
her. Her prayer had lieen granted; there J
was her lover l?y her side.
With a start and a great sigh of doubt sho
saw him. Was he dead.' Shu dragged hur'
self to him on her hands and knees ami listened
for ld> breathing, if perehaiiee he still
breathed and was not a vision. Then it came,
strong and slow, the breath of a mail in deep 0
sleep. ; j.
Should she try to wake him.' What for?
To tell liim she was a murderess and then to J
let him see her die, for instinct told her that i S
nature was exhausted; and she knew that she j,
was eertainly going?going fast. No. a linn- .
drill times, no! J
(Inly she put her hand into her breast and , 0
drew out the pass, on the baek of whi-'h she ?.
had written to Iuiii, and thrust ? between his
listless lingers. It should speak for le-r. Then j(
she loaned over Iuiii ami watched his sleeping
face. a very inearuat ion of iuliuilc. despairing I .
tenderness ami love that i> deopi-r than th"
grave. And as she watched gradually Iwr ^
fei-t and legs grew cold and numb, till at
length sll nil feel nothing below her ?
bosom. She was dead nearly to the heart. | 1)
The raysiif the moon faded slowly from the C
level of the little cave, and John's faee grew n
dark to her darkening sight. She bent down (
1 and kissed liim oliee. twice, thrice.
Then at last the end eame. There wasa I ^
great tlashingof liglit before her eyes,and tilt (|
roaring as of a thousand seas within her ear*,
and her head sank gently on her lover's br<-ust j
as on a pillow; ami there she died ami passed
upward toward the wider life ami larger
liberty, or jM-rehaftee downward into the
depths of an eternal sleep. ^
l'oordark eyed, deep hearted Jess! This
was the fruition of her love and this her '
bridal bciI. j)
It was done. She had gone, taking wi:h i?
her the secret of Iter self saeriliee ami crime, ('i
i and the night winds moaning amid th" ro.-ks I \t
sang their rei|uietn ov-r her. Here slie liist .si
ikki icanit'ii ut*r itivi', anu uric mic cium'u iim
honk. jl
Sin- might. have been a great and g, n.*i <(
woman. She might even have been a happy "s
woman. I'.ut late hail ordained it otherwise. }
Women such as she arc rarely happy in the i
worM. It is not well to stake all one's tor- :l
tune on a throw anil lack the craft toloailthn ?
dice. Well, her troubles are done with.
"Think gently of her'' and let her pass in I1
peeee. 1)
The hours grew on toward the morning. :i
hut John, the dead faee of the woman lie had t
loved still pillowed on his breast, neither J
dreamed nor woke. There was a strange ainl p
dreadful irony in the situation,and one which ()
sometimes tinds a counterpart in our waking ! ,.
life, hut still the man slept and thedead
woman lay till the night turned into the .
morning and the world woke up as u.-ual.
'l'he siinheaius slid into the cave and played
iiidill'erciitly upon the ashen face ami tangled
curls ami on the broad chest of the living '
man whereon they rested. An old baboon , J1
! peeped found the rocky edge and manifested I'1
no surprise, only indignation, at tin-intrusion I
, of humanity, dead or alive, into his i|.,111111- 1 <'
| ions. Yes, the world woke up as usual,'and V
] reeked not and troubled not because Jess was
1 dead. ' V
It. was s<> amMomcd to sudi sights. ! y
And at last John woke up, too. He
stretched his arms aiul yawned, ami then for ! y
the first time became aware of the weight j
upon his breast. He glanced down ami saw ,,
i dimly at lirst?-then more clearly. 1.
There are some things into which it is
j wisest not to prv, ami one of them is the first
agony of a strong man's grief.
' Happy was it for him that his brain did
| not gi\e way in that lirst lonely hour of bottomless
despair. Kut lie lived through it, as
\vc do live through sii' h tilings, and was sane
and sound after it, though it left its mark
upoll III- hie.
Two hours Inter a gaunt, haggard tigurc 1
eainc stunihliiig down the hiilsiile toward the <
site of Mi">if<lutein, hearing something in lius ||
arms. The whole plaiv was in com 1 not ion.
Hd'cuml tlu-re were knots of Koers talking
excitedly, who, when they saw the man com ^
ing hurried up to see who ii was ami what he (|
, 1..... 1. ... 1 ? 1 1? .-..11 1 1.
j r.irilfl i?ili niHM 11 if \ nn* mii i'.?? i% ,
i ;i\\ * 1 and without a word, and h?\ t**??.
(
j |ia>sfd llirnii^li tln.'iii without ;i woni. .i |,
} im-im-iit li"- lii-<il;it?-'l. ri-aliziti;; tlint 1 li?* lioiisir
! was l>nrin-i| ilnwii. ami tln-n tunii'.| into tinw
a^"H -li?-il ami laiil ins Iii11 <l<-n ilmvn upon t ho
saw Im-ji'-Ii uii whh-h l-'rank Mull.-r htnl sal as ^
jml^i- iijmiii iii.- |iivvi<*ii? .lav. *
Tln-ii at la*! li>- s|>"!a- in a linnr-i* voiro, 1
-Win-re is tin-1.1 I man:" < >m-ofth.-i.: intcl A
l?> 11:.- - i.l tin- Intl.- room. <
-' Iji.ii it;" In- sai-l, s'? li-T.-i-lv that tm-y c
aynin I' ll l-a- k ami l?--y*t-? 1 hi n w itliout it |
' w..nl. (
1 ".h.hii! .I"hn!" i-ricl Silas t'i"lt ''Thank |
i 1J... I \.>u in.- ha.-l. ! > us from tint |
I >1>-ail;" ami. ti-.-iiil.Ini^ with j..y ami MH|.n (
In- wniil.l havo falh-n ii|ion his m-i-k.
-| luslt'"' In-aiiswi-rt-.l; "I have l.|o|ij;ht th-> j.
ili-wl with tin-.-' ^
Ami In- Ii-.I him to wln-i-.- sin- lav .
Illll iny tin- ilny tin- Iall wi-ut ami h-lt
I till-in aliim*. Now- that Frank Mull.-r was *
, il.-a-l tln-n- was no 1 hoiiyht anion;; lli.-ln of
! .-arryinj; out tin- sfiit.-n--.- upon tln-ir oM '
j n- iyhlior. I'.'si.li-s, thi-fi-was no warrant for 1
' tin- .-xi-' iltioii. ev.-ii ha.I tln-y li--lfi-iI so to ilo,
, for tln-ir i-omiiiamlant ha-l.li. il I.-aviny it nn ,
1 sio|n-.|. So tln-vli.-lii a sort of intormal in !<
i i|iii--.t upon tln-ir I.-a.|.-i's lio.lv. ami tln-n I
liiii i.'.l Iiiiii in tIn- lit11<- fira\.-yar.I thai was (
. plant.il with tli>. four r>1 yum-, ..in- at .-a-li . i
orncr, ami walled in 011 the hillside at the
jack of where tho liouso had stood. Ilather
han I jo at tlio pains of hollowing out another
boy buried him in the very grave that in*
lad eauscfd to bo dug to receive tin* body of
Silas Croft.
Who had murdered Frank Midler was and
cmainsa mystery among them to this day.
Clio knife was identified by the natives about
ho farm as belonging to the Hottentot
lantje. and a Hottentot was seen running
rom the place of the deed ami hunted for
:omo way, but. could not be caught or heard
>f again. Therefore many of them are of the
pinion that ho is tho guilty man. Others,
tguin, believes that the erimo rests upon the
boulders of the villainous one eyed Kallir,
Jendrik, his own servant, who had also myscrously
vanished. Hut as they havo never
ouiid either of them, and are not likely to,
ho point remains a moot one. Nor. indeed,
lid they take any great pains to hunt for
hem. Frank Midler was not a popularehar
ictcr, ainl tin; fact "f a man coming to a myserious
end does not produce any great sensaion
among a rough people and in rough
imos. .
On the following day old Silas ('roft, Hesic
and John Nicl alsoliurie<| their dead in the
ittlo graveyard on the hillside, mid there she
es, some ten feet of earth only Iict ween her
md tho man on whom she was the instrunent
of vengeance. Hut they never knew
hat, or even guessed it. They never even t
aiew that she had been near Mnoifontoiu oil
hat awful night. Nobody knew it except
hint jo, and Jantje, liannteil by the footfall of
lie pursuing Itoers, was gone from the ken of
lie white man far into the wilds of Central
Vl'rica.
"John,'' said the old man, when they had
illed in the grave, "this is no country for
Englishmen. I.ct ns go home to England.-'
htlin bowed his head in assent, fortunately
ho means were not wanting, although they
rerc practically mined, for the .','l.o tit he ha<l
mid to Silas for u third interest in the farm
till lay. together with another in the
Standard bank at Newcaslto, in Natal.
And so in due course they wont.
And now what more is there to tell.' Jess,
o those who read what has been written as
t is meant to lie read, was the soul of it all,
.nil Jess is dead. It is useless to set a lifeless
hing upon its foot, rather let lis strive to fcilow
the soarings of the spirit. Jess is dead
if 1 her story at an end.
One word more. After some diflieulty John
fiel, within three, months of his arrival in
England, got. employment as a land agent, fo
large estate in lint latidshire, which position
10 fills to this day. with credit to himself and
ueh advantage t<> the property as can lie oxiccted
nowadays. Also, he in due course beanie
the beloved husband of sweet I!es>io
'roft. and on the whole may be ronsideivd a
appv man. At times, however, a sorrow of
chieh his wife knows nothing gets the better
f him, and for a while he is not himself,
lie is ii< ) a man much given to sentiment
r specula!ion, but sometimes when his day's
cork is done and lie strays down t" ^iis gar
en pile .*IM<1 looks out at lie tlint ;im 1 pc;icent
Ku^lish kunlsrapr lu-low. :i:i<I then at tie
riile, still" -livwil licaWMs allow. lie Wonders
I'tlie hour will over nunc M ien lie will once
lore sec tlio?o il.n lc aii'l piissioiiiite i-ycs ami
ear that sweet tcneinlieroil voice.
Kor lie feels as near loliis lost love now I hat
he is ileicl :is lie Ii 1 when she was yet ulive,
nil from time to time he seems to clearly
now that if there prove 1o he ail iiuliviilnal
ntlire for ms strn^iin^ mortals le will finil
ess waiting to ereet him at ils"atrs.
tiii: t:\t>.
MniimmiMTOi HI
SIKH S. (HI TIIK Dili; STAIS.
< Mi the _">th day of .July tint rciyu
f the Hojr Star commenced. Sirius
* a star of tin* first magnitude, ami
>r forty days rises and sets with the
uii. I'tiring these forty days there
5 more sickness ttud a greater ituliter
of deaths occur than durinj; any
titer forty consecutive days of the
ear.
These doe- days occur diirinjf the
ot seasons, hut are peculiar over
titer hot'days. The air is humid,
>e;s prevail and dampness is everyI'herc?
in the house, ami even peneratcs
bureau drawers, boxes, and
titer places which are presumed to
e dry and safe receptacles for line
utlery, which will rust, as it will
ot similarly stored during any othr
season of the year. 11 once, duritt?f
ny days, ;i11 tine articles made of
teel should he frei|iiently wiped
ry and placed in cotton. Merchants,
:io, who keep cutlery, will do well
> heed this hint.
The young ladies, who array tliemelves
in line fabrics, while in church,
fonder why their nice dresses stick
> the pews; or, while in their own
lean, neat parlors their apparel aderes
to the hacks of their chairs. It
< because the pews and chairs are
tjvcred with a clammy dampness,
fliich pervades everywhere, at this
[;ason of the year.
Hence, we all ought to he vigilant
:i keeping our yards ami out-houses
iTUpulously clean. The dwellings
Iioulll, VigllL MOW, UIKU*rj4'i a umrugh
cleaning, and warm as tin* days
re, tires to dry out the dampness
light to lit* made at night. While
time of the forty nights may he opressively
warm, most of them will
e cool, awl others quite cold, when
lire will he needed to dry and warm
he rooms.
Kspeeial attention should he paid
[> the health of children. They
light not to lie given anything and
verything to eat. Only well-ripend
fruit is lit for them, and that
light to he freshly picked. The iuiiioderate
drinking of any llnid is
cry harmful, hut more especially
re lemonade and other mixed drinks
lirtful. The .simplest diet is the
est. Fresh meats soon decay, duing
this season, and nearly all of
very kind ought to he partaken of
cry sparingly.
('leanliness of the person is a precntivc
of disease at all times except
rlien contagious diseases prevail.
Vml, to be healthy during dog days,
re must he temperate in all things?
u our eating, drinking, sleeping
nd laboring. I)is.-ipation of all
duds must, therefore, he avoided.
Iany deaths occur during dog days
rhich need not to if rightful p recallions
he taken to prevent sicknos.
i/'i i'1/y/toi'ii II n/'l'iitn/i.
* -+
Wiiat WTki; tin: l.n>r An is?
Ul we know of them is by iudicaions
of their practice, which we tind
n works which have survived decay,
if their number only a few can he
nentioned.
Theancient Kgypliatis, I'lnenieians
nd Unmans had a knowledge of
ome things in chemistry which we
lo not possess, such as to make inallehle
glass. They also knew how to
olor and gild glass by a process tin:nown
to u-. I'.ron/e and copper
cere tempered to the hardness of
teel, and of thi~ the Egyptians made
heir edged tools. I'aints were mixed
chose colors were imperishable; at
i -1 i lii'v* li;i vc evisteil fresh for i .iii hi
cars. At I lamaseu-theymadeblades
if steel which could lie Iiciit into a
irclc and would lly hack into perfect
inc. Neither this nor the jpild tracry
in their steel can we inmiitate
o-day. We do not know how Kinjc
tainases and Thotmes transported
nonoliths and elevated them on the
yraniids, though we could do the
ante to-day by other procc.s-.es. A risans
and chemists have in vain
ried to produce isidecent ylass which
ircha-olo^ists have brought to li^ht.
I'hisdoes not complete the catalogue,
nit it is enough to show that the anion
ts were by no means unskilled.
tHJr ho not be afraid to part with
mythintf for Christ. It is unbelief
hat persuades you there is more
ileasure, satisfaction and happiness
n anything than in 11 im.
drttisccUanfous trading.
Till-: i:i,.\( K shawm.
We were creeping well up to ('ape
llatteras when the storm broke.
The steamer had made all secure,
ami there was not even a shade of
anxiety on the laces of the oHicers as
they passed to and fro. The storm
came with a howl of fury. < hit of a
clear afternoon sky the hurricane
leaped like a hungry wild hoast, and
in a quarter of an hour the ocean
was frothing and foaming and rushin?r
upon itself like a mighty anitnal
driven mad by awful torture. :
llalfand hour after the lirst leap of
the storm women had jmle faces and
set lips, and children were wailing.
An hour later men trembled and
looked hollow-eyed.
fury let loose?the shrieks and
screamsof lu.tMiu devils?the bellow- '
ing of legions of fierce bulls! It was
a grand, big ship, but she wasa chip
in that huge cauldron of froth, no '
more than a grain of sand in that
roaring, screaming hurricane. Mie
groaned ami lamented at every
surge; a thousand prisoners seemed
heating a( her hatches to escape as :
she lifted wearily over thegreat seas.
Around her iron spars, through her
wire rigging. over her and around
her screamed the gale, and every
hreath of it which struck iron or
wood sent out a hundred other
shrieks.
In the long wide cabin were gathered
loll people. They were awed? !
silenced?humbled. Thochildren no
longer Wailed aloud. The women
gasped and choked as families gathered
together. Men may fear, but
they do not weep. They may feel
the terror, but they are dumb.
In the broad light of a June day?
with the coast a thin line on the ;
water?with a great world about us? :
with heaven's sun shining as brightly
as man over saw it shine?men, j
women and children felt the shadow
of death creeping out from behind j
the sun?advancing with tlie furybubbling
up from the depths of the
treacherous sea. They felt it, and
they prayed to (Jod to spare them.
By and by then! was a sudden
shock. The great vessel lurched
heavily, righted herself slowly, and
?.wm dwii11 i no* in
IMA i 1 I tr?i ?i 11 i 11 i vi ?? v * .7. (w%? w? ... |
:iInrm. The shaft had broken. She |
was helpless.
You liavi; read of the troughs of
the sea?the great hollows between
the waves. They are the graves of .
ships du?c bv the hands of the howl- ;
ing gale?covered up by the hands '
of the calm. These graves are never :
marked. The waters of the sea cannot
be written on. There are neith- ;
er tombstones nor eulogies. In a
day the grave has vanished?gone |
none but the waters can tell where. J
And now the steamer's head fell
olV and we were presently rolling I
broadside to the hurricane. She was |
in the trough of the.sea, and her grave j
had been dug. While some of the
crew worked to get a drag over the
(piarter, others went to the boats.
They had no heart. Terror was
shriveling their courage as paper
shrivels in the lire. Fury laughed
derisively at the idea. Puny man
lighting a hurricane blowing a hundred
miles an hour! Mortal man
striving to conquer an etiraged ocean ! j
No boat could live in that turmoil. I
No make-shift could bring thatgroaning,
complaining steamer's head|buek
to the wind. When they realized I
this all hope died out of their hearts, j
Men crowded together to die in com- I
puny?some went away to be alone j
when the last moment came.
Tliere were life-preservers. A few i
glanced at them and then at the sea. i
Mockery! A hunter with but a sin- ;
gle shot thinking to save his life
against the denizens of an Indian j
jungle! To be smothered in the
angry foam?to be buried under tons
of rushing water?to be Hung about
as a toy?strangled, drowned, bruised?swept
out to sea a bloated corpse, |
so on to become food for sharks !
And now the end was nigh. The
merciless waves wore pounding at I
the steamer, breaking, bruising, j
sweeping away, hid men curse and
women shriek hid men pray and j
women weep? hid children moan
in their awful fright? No! Not a:
voice was raised?not a murmur !
heard, heath was coming. The
-hadow of the terrible hand rested j
over tlic boat. Then; were no cow- |
an Is, or all won* nowanls. At the I
hot moment laces <rrew paler, lips j
were more tightly drawn, eyes had i
such a haunted, tortured expression
that, you felt to pfty. Families j
drew apart from each other, hands
were clasped, and there was only a j
moment to wait. As the steamer j
reached the crest of a wave she staggered,
-hook herself, and then fell
over on her side. At the Ia.-t inslant,
just as she turned, there was
one awful chorus of shrieks and prayers
and shouts for mercy. Kven the !
howls of the hurricane could not '
drown that sound, but it was caught j
up and shattered and scattered, and i
next moment half a dozen strong i
men, I?a111in^r with the desperation !
of despair for two or three minutes i
more of life, were the only remnants j
of the awful wrath. That black shad- ;
ow had enveloped all the rest. ? !h h'nit
I 'i't r / '/'i > >'.
Till-: SKt'KKT OF JoV.
Suppose that a personshould invite !
you to his house, and on your arrival ,
you should lind the window-shutters
closed, and the house looking as if
prepared for a funeral. You would
hardly regard yourself as a welcome
guest, or that your coming gave your
host any plea-tire. If, on the other |
hand, you wore greeted witn open
doors ami lighted apartments, a ho?
pitable least and smiling fares, you i
would feel your.-elf instantly at home, j
Now, in every sincere. healthy ('hris- j
lian, .le-us Christ lives. "Not 1," i
.-aid the -tinny-hearted old Paul, j
"hut Christ liveth in me." That
was tin- secret of his happiness. < >utwardly,
the homeless, persecuted
apostle had a hard lot; hut a more j
joyous roan did not tread the "lobe. t
Never a whimper, never a whine of
complaint, escapes his lip-.
"Ilejoiee in the 1 .ord always, and j
a?tain I say rejoice." Such was the ;
jubilant message which he .-out from
Nero's ipiunl-house, with a chain
clanking from hi- wrist.
Outfht every Christian to he happy?
Yes; and may he -o always,
provided that lie seeks in the ri^ht
quarter lor his joys. Paul was too
wise to command us to rejoice in
money, Idr wealth is a shifting sand- j
hank; or in health for it i- a variable
possession : or in the society of'
household and children, who may he j
snatched away at any time. Our
joy, to he solid. u,"<t re.-t on some- j
thiny inmiovahl.-. There is but 1
one such permanent, unchangeable
possession, and that is a lovinjjSa-t
viotir dwelling perpetually in our
souls?a Saviour served every day.
A healthy and a holy joy is not an
exalted rapture. .Mind nor body j
could not stand the strain of a con- I
tinual ocstaey. I have observed that
those people who live on moods and
frames, who are shouting to-day, artvery
liable to he ?jroanititf or scolding
to-morrow. \ strung bow soon loses
its tension. I '.ven spiritual exhilara- |
tioiis are apt to be followed by reac- ' I
[ions of depression, .lust us shi?ii as
we hun*; our happiness, even our religious
satisfaction, on circumstances
nr surroundings, we pm up, or uc ^o
down, with tin- tiih*. Tin? thermometer
of our joy is at (lie mercy ofoiitside
atmospheres. I'.ut ifan indwelling,
strengthening, comforting, gladI?
11inSaviour he always in the core
if the heart, then we can expect to
'rejoice evermore."
"Don't you expect inc to rejoice
when either a reverse or a rogue
sweeps away my property V" Yes,
because poverty, though it may strip
lis of a thousand comforts, does not
strip away ("lirist. "Am I to rejoice
when the cotlin is horue away from
my door with some darling of my
-? . ,i ii I I
in-a i i i u 11 . I*"*, i ii'- in?- i.-<- i i' ?ik?
Spirit considered even such severe
throes of anguish when He commands
ns to "rejoice always." And
-imply because death does not carry
Christ away. Nay. we may have a
more full and .soui-lillin;r sweetness
of his pre.-ence when we are threading
the valleys of the "death-shade."
"Sorrowful, yet always rejoicing"- that
was the apostle's experience. 11
was when the ti<r tree had no blossoms,
and the vines no fruit, and the
stall no herds, that the olden prophet
exclaimed, "1 will rejoice in the
Lord, and joy in the < iod of my salvation."?
Tiirnilnrc /.. Cui/Ur.
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I'llK CAULKS nl- THE WtlltLli.
I have a chart issued by the hydrographic
olliee of the Cnited States
navy, in which are shown thesubmarine
cables of the world, with the sea
coast stations and the principal connecting
land lines. It i- an interesting
map to any one, and I've no
douhl of (jreat value in money. In
fact, 1 should imagine it would make
one of the most important charts that
a mariner could have in his collection.
Besides showing the locations of the
lines a table of international rates is
also jjiven. The conversation to
which I had been a listener, you may
be sure, started me on a fresh investigation
of my chart. Let us take a
glance at it together.
Tin- I 'rnted States of course is well
ribbed with wires, three lines ol
which stretch from the Atlantic to
the I'aeitle coast or at least practically
so. Then there are two running
from the extreme north to the < Jn 1 f,
while another skirts the Pacific coast.
Mexico has a number of lines, while
the West Indiesappear to lack nothing
in this respect. I loth coasts ol
South America as far down as Patagonia
have telegraphic communication
with the rest of the world, while
running into Brazil from Lisbon,
Portugal, there is a pair of submarine
cables. Did you know there
were a^ many as ten cables connecting
the new and old worlds? They
don't run directly across, either.
The couple that bring St. Pierre, on
this side, and Brest, France, together
sweep down as far south as the latitude
of New York. < >f course you
understand that in laying submarine
cables the bed of the ocean is lirst
carefully considered.
Knrope is crossed and recrossed,
while from St. Petersburg clear across
to the Pacific coast extend a lonely
line of wire. Siberia is as bare ol
poles and wire as the average old
gentleman's head is of hair. So is
the greater portion of northern and
western Russia, the whole of interior
China and Africa, Britisli America
ami Alaska, and of course Greenland
and Iceland. Australia has several
lines of wire running its length, out
of which comes clear from the north,
where the cable from Briti-h India
emerges from its watery bed, down
to Tasmania. Suppose, now; a California
merchant wants to telegraph
a correspondent in New Zealand.
That isn't so far, geographically
speaking, but from a telegraphic
point of view it is far in distance.
The California man would send his
message something like this: Mr
would start it across the continent,
where it would take a journey under
water, be Hashed through Knrope,
again under water in the Mediteranean
sea, through the Suez canal,
across India, under the Bay of Bon?r.>1
flu* f.iv.i ot'i ? ninpu nf t hi. In
IIIV '"l ? U ?V 1'IVV.V U'"
dian ocean and finally to the operator
at I'almerston, Australia. He
would start it across that continental
island to Sydney, where it would
take another hath, this time in tin
Pacific ocean and finally it would be
delivered to the man to whom it
was addressed. The message on
which ITeller's murderer, Maxwell,
was apprehended, took something
like this route from St. Louis. You
remember he had taken steamer
from California to New Zealand.
Lkt tiik Hoys 11ki.e.?Why is it
that the hoys are allowed to sit
around the house doing nothing,
while their overworked mother i.struggling
against nature and fate to
do the work?
Only the other day we saw three
large, able-bodied boys lounging
about the house, not knowing what
to do with themselves, while their
mother, tired and pale, was trying
to do the work for a large family and
company alone. Not a boy's work
to help about the house? Why not V
Is there anything about washing
dishes that will injure him or that
he cannot learn to do well, or about
making beds, or sweeping, or setting
the table, or wa.-hing, or ironing,
or cooking a plain meal? < hi the
contrary there is much to benefit
him in such work, the most important
of which is the idea that it isn't
manly to let the "weaker ve.-.-el"
carry all the burdens, when it is possible
for strong, young hands to help,
.Most boys would gladly help in
the house if they were asked to do -o,
and were taught how to do the work
properly. Many a smart boy wantto
help his tired mother, but doesn't
know beyond bringing in the wood
and water, and shoveling a path
through the snow. This done she
tells him to go and play while s|1(
plods wearily on.
Not a hoy's work? For shame!
11 is a positive harm to :t hoy's mora!
character to think it ri^ht to ho idle
while his mother issta^yerinir under
her burdens. I ,et tjie hoys help, and
those who can't ^ret help tor "love 01
money," a- they often write to us,
will see their troubles disappear.
I'h!hl,lrj,,/n,, \/t till n!is/.
*
A Sr.itMitN r.v a I>i: \i? lea .?The
still form of a little hoy lay in the
collin. surrounded by mourning
friends. A mason came into the
room and asked to look at the lovely
face. "You wonder that I care sri
much," he said, as the tears rolled
down his cheeks, "onetime I was
coming down by a Ioujlt ladder from
a hitfh roof, and found your little
hoy standing close beside me when
I reached the ground, lie looked
up into my face with childish wonder,
and asked frankly: 'Weren't
you afraid of fulling when you were
so hijjhand before 1 had time to
answer, he said: 'oh, I know why
you are not afraid ; you -aid your
prayers this morning before you bewail
work!' I had not prayed, but I
never forgot to pray from that day to
this."? (71<i in/'i /. iriui/ (7/iii'i7/.
t"ii" It is better to be nobly remembered
than nobly born.
i.kaumm; wirimi r i mjkkstaniunu.
All iir^nin?_r and putting forth of
plans and harping upon generalities
inii-t, it would socio, perforce be reduced
to thi>: ()iii* rending, our
study--for the two should be synonymous?should
be divided into periods;
during the first we are under
tutelage and must read what is set before
us and lay down the foundations
for our great and real work. During
this period, say some, and we cordially
agree with them, we must imbibe
much knowledge without at the
time being able to distinctly understand
all that we learn. Indeed,
with our present system of education,
this must assume great proportions,
for we cannot expect every schoolmaster
to form such a''grammar of
boys" as that which is so ably and
i wittily advocated by Thomas Fuller
in his portrait of the good schoolmaster?numbers,
and that precious
commodity, time, is against it. Capacity
cannot be accurately gauged.
Yet the curriculum must be got
through. In a good private education
a more rational and reasoning
method of teaching is practicable.
sj i; 11 t : . . i ? - -
iiii-n* i> aiways a certain lime
lor which, and there are many subjects
which a child must learn parrot-wise,
whatever system of education
he adopted. Bet ween this stage
and the second there is a transient
>tnte, prohahlv the most important
of all, when the youn^ man is feeling
his way at <1 endeavoring to walk
i alone; here and now a careful <rnid.
ing hand, neither too strict nor too
ea>y, will he of immense value, for
the taste is now being informed, and,
perhaps, the whole future career depeinis
upon thedirection in which the
taste of the disciple is led and continued.
A good man or woman is a
.sufficient guide .luring the preliminary
stage ; a very wise man is necessary
during the second. For, from
this transient stage we emerge into
manhood, when we must choose for
ourselves, and according to our capacity
and the constitution of our
mind. We may do too little or too
much, read wisely or foolishly, for
the steering of our course isa difficult
matter, and the success of our voyage
through the shoahand quicksands of
literature depends greatly upon our
primary and secondary instruction
or training. What is absolutely certain
is, that he who allows his mind
to lie fallow?unemployed in rational
reflections, is grievously at fault.
We cannot all be very wise, great
philosophers and sages, but we can
and.should lay in a certain loading of
learning and wisdom, and it concerns
us vitally to ascertain our capacity,
and forthwith fall to work and guth,
er in our lading. The mind, if worked
when in a "fluid state"?as Thomas
('arlyleput it, when addressing the
students of Kdinburg Fnivorsity?
becomes elastic, and we can do more
. and more work,and soon find out that
, each day brings its lessons and enlarges
our capacity for receiving
, them.
I
In tiik 11 a x i ?s or tiik .Jiky.?
The demand for 11 more rigorous eni:
fnrcement of the law against murder
is imperative in South Carolina.
It has come to he not only a question
of protecting human life, but it is
; more titan that: it is a question
whether our civilization shall be
protected. It cannot he unless luil
man life is held sacred by the law
1 and by those charged with its enforcement.
There are cases of self-defense, as
, all know, where it man kills another
in defending his own life. But out
i of the alarmingly large number of
homicides that have occurred recently
within the State, it would be most
, remarkable if the right man was
always killed.
The enforcement of the law is in
the hands of the jurors. Their power
; is unlimited. They are under no
i responsibility except to their own
, consciences. A newspaper can insist
on the enforcement of the law, hut it
is only in the abstract. .Jurors and
jurors only can enforce the law in
particular cases. Any attempt by a
newspaper to influence public opinion
lor or against a party under the
charge of murder is wrong in prinei>
pie and in policy. If against the
accused, the cry of "persecution"
is raised and that becomes the means
> of exciting public opinion in his be
half. If for the accused, it paves the
way for a popular acquiescence in
a verdict of acquittal, without regard
, to the evidence. ?
; It is the duty of the press, as it is
the duty of the pulpit and of public
men, to take their stand on the side
of law and order and to use their inlluenccagain.st
luwlessnessand crime.
But the whole matter rests at last in
the hands of jurors, and unless they
do their duty without fear or favor
; the law becomes a farce and human
life becomes of no more consequence
1 than the life of a beast.?.Vt'irfimy
( jflSl l't'l /'.
si ri i:i: i no.?Those of tis who
have lost little children feel a
prompting within us to speak a
word of comfort to every parent who
is passing through a similar experi?
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ii1.. >) r rumiui WU^tMMl IU UlllUra
save at :i cost to ourselves, anil our
own atllictions are the price we pay
lor our ability to sympathize. He
who would he a helper must first
i?e a sufferer. He who would be a
1 saviour must somewhere or somehow
have been upon a cross; and we cannot
have the highest happiness of
life in succoring others without
tasting the cup which Je.-us drank,
and submitting to the baptism
wherewith I le wa? baptized, livery
real ltarnabus (Son of Consolation)
must pa~s to his vocation through
seasons of personal sorrow, and so
again we see that it is true that "by
these things" men live. The most
. comforting of 1 >avid's I'salms were
pressed out of him by sutiering, and
' if I'aul had not had his thorn in the
1 tle-h we had missed much tenderness
which quivers iri so many of Ids
letters.? /'ir. It'. .1/. Tii//for.
lh?r \'i:ks; s b km Tka.?Tea,
taken hot, is certainly more whole;
Mime than iced tea. This is well
shown by the enormous population of
China, which could never have
increased to its present numbers if
epidemics had ravaged that empire
as they have those of the West. In
spite of overcrowding to a degree
elsewhere unknown, and indescrib
ably lilthv surroundings, the Chinese
have remained healthv. The only
sanitary redeeming ft aire of their
lives is the almost universal use of
tea as a beverage. That is to say, of
i water that has been boiled. This lesion
in nraetieal sanitation is of more
value than anything brought forward
by our numerous boards of health,
national, state or municipal. In the
presence of an epidemic ol cnolera,
typhoid fever or dysentery, the
wisest precaution to take against infection
would be to boil all fluids
used for drinking purposes.
B~ij'" When a person uses the tirst
personal pronoun constantly, and
tells bow lie advised, and knew, aid
acted, and what great results came
from the fact of his being in the
world, the disgu-t of the listener is
' complete.
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