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?__ 1 lewis m. grist, Proprietor.! Jiulcpriutenf ^family ^cuinpapcr: qfjor the fjromotion of the folital, Social, ^grituliurat and (llonnncrcial Jntrets of the $outh. jTERMS?$2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE. VOL. 36 YOEKYILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1890. ISTO. 9. gpIE Dill jpr^LiLjB FR0M THE DIAI By B / fllpj Copyrighted, 1889, rial Arrangement through the American CHAPTER XXXIV. THE TRAP IS SPRUNG. ^niTMTATM UUUiU H^^^V/not have been H more astonished when he viewed 3 M Jj the scene before Ml! '"m l'ian wns Tom was sure, - jPP|M' also, that the man 1 on the floor was ^f|lipw i quite its much as'''jrPfi [8J tonished as the :/fP, I rest. Evidently j^rNs L. tain, and it was also clear that ho | did not know who lie was. "Take that man into the other room." : -said Tom. "and don't let him utter a sound. Gag him Then we'll make , sure." Ho was obeyed. The man attempted , to make resistance, but he was quickly overpowered and forced into the other room, where the gag was applied. Fountain looked upon the scene with undisguised amazement. Tom waited for him to speak. Finally, having re- : covered from his astonishment, he said: j "May I ask the meaning of this strange i scene, Mr. Bryan?" "May I ask the meaning of this strange disguise, Mr. Fountain?" retorted Tom, j pointing to his clothes. Fountain blushed, but did not reply. "I will relieve your astonishment," continued Tom sternly, after a moment's silence. "This is a rescuing party. \ , These men are detectives. A girl was abducted in broad daylight this morning and confined here. She has just been taken away, having been rescued by myself and friends. Her name, Mr. Foun- ; tain, is Annie Templeton?a sister of the j murdered Templeton." Fountain's face expressed neither alarm nor fright, nor anything else but intense surprise and interest. "We are now waiting for the abduc- ' tor," added Tom. "If that's the case, Mr. Bryan, it were better that I retire." He turned to go to the door. Tom made a sign to the two detectives. They stepped forward. "Pardon me, Mr. Fountain, you can not do that All who enter hero are under arrest" Light broke in on Fountain, and with it intense anger. He turned on Tom, his eyes blazing. "I?I under arrest? You'll find that I am not to bo trifled with Tom interrupted him in a hard, cold, i metallic voice, low in tone: "No heroics, Mr. Fountain. You are my prisoner until you can explain your presence here in this den, on this particular night. You can frighten no one J here; we're used to just such haughty i scoundrels as you are, just as wo are to vicious rascals like the one lying in there. He's twice as dangerous as you can ever be." The cold self possession and master- ; fulness of Tom was irritating in the highest degree to Fountain, and if ever his boasted self command was needed by him it was at that moment. Appear- ! ances were so strongly against him that, angered as he was, he could not fail to ! realize it By a violent effort he put a curb upon his passion, and in a moment he said: "You think I am the abductor?" "I don't think it; I'm certain of it." "You are mistaken." This was said in a tone as cold and as firm as that Tom had used. "Indeed," said Tom. "Perhaps you can explain this enigmatical note." Ho handed to Fountain the slip of j paper which had been taken from the j pocket of Scar Top Johnny. Fountain read it and handed it back to ' Tom. "I know nothing of it" Tom was somewhat dumfounded. j Then he recollected the reputation of j the man for coolness and nerve. Fountain in turn took from his vest pocket a slip of paper, and handing it to Tom, said: "Please read that, and co.xpire it with the scrap you have." Tom read: "If Mr. Fountain desires to-seeMarian and talk with her he must come to No. ? Mott street, attic floor, at 11 sharp tonierht." Tom took the other slip from his pock- J et and compared the two; the writing ! was in the same disguised hand; he compared the two scraps?evidently they were torn from the same piece of paper. Tom was puzzled. "You are an hour before your time," | he said. "I read it ten," said Fountain. "Let j me look at it. Oh, I see how I made my j mistake." Then ho continued: "This is : very mysterious. You and 1 should | have an understanding, Mr. Bryan. Will i you step aside with me?" They went to tho dormer window. "I am here," said Fountain, "in obe- ' dience to that writing. Where you ob- j tained tho other paper 1 don't know." "From the pockets of that scoundrel i lying on the floor in the other room," re- ! plied Tom. "If you will permit me, 1 will explain. 1 I am hero in this dress because of the I place I was to visit and the part of the town I was to pass through. For some timo 1 maintained a relation with a young wOtuan whoso name was Marian Summers. This relation was continued i until I became the affianced of a young'! lady, whom you doubtless know by j name, but who should not be mentioned ! in this placo and in this connection, i When that took place, the relation with i Marian became an impossibility. Tho girl was loath?it is a mild word for j her feeling ? to break up the rela- ] tion. and we parted in high passion, j but she had secured certain papers j of mine, of exceeding great value and of great damage to me in any other per- | son's hands. I have tried again and again to obtain them. N She has sent me several messages of this kind, and it was to go i into the strango places she led me to, that I bought this suit. I liavo never met her, though I have responded in each instance. I had little hoi>e of seeing her to-night, but these documents were of such value to me that I did not dare to miss tho chance. You have the whole 6tory without reservation, except as to the character of the papers. As to those, I can only say they were letters to my mother and a written statement of hers, which can now only concern me." Tom thought he saw it all. "Mr. Fountain," ho said, "with this statement of yours now, I think I know more about the matter than you do. I think I see through it all. I think I could oven tell you the nature of your mother's statement. You are the victim of the same plot which has the murdered Templeton and the abducted girl for victims. It touches the effort to secure old Pierson's" ? The Shadow put his head in the door and said: "Hist. Some one is coming up the stairs." He went back, closing the door after him. MOND BUTTON" IY OF A LAWYER AND THE NOTE OK OF A REPORTER. <RCLAY NORTH. by O. M. Dunham. Published by SpePress Association. into the other room, Mr. Fountain. Quickl Don't say a word or utter a sound whatever you hear!" Fountain obeyed, impelled by the energy of Tom. The lights were put out, and Tom hastily lit the candle in the back room and placed it behind the door. There was a knock. "Come In," said the chief in a gruff voice, "it's unlocked." The door opened and a man entered. "You should have kept tho door locked," said a voice. "It's unsafe to leave it so. Is she ready?" Tom flashed a bull's eye on the newcomer. Before the man could comprehend what was going forward the two men at the door through which ho had entered seized him by the arms and bent them behind his back. Tom moved up to discover who the newcomer was. CHAPTER XXXV. MANY FISH TO THE NET. we are evening, couldn't meet you this evening. I had this engagement. But since wo have met, let us exchange our confidences now, Mr. Parker." " vy nat in tne name or ail tne nenus do you mean by this outrage?" cried the old man, throughly enraged, "Release me. "No," said Tom, "we can't do that. We're too glad to see you. We are afraid you would leave us. Boys, to make sure of his staying and spending the evening with us, put a pair of handcuffs on him!" This was done at once. "Now," said Tom with ineffable Bweetness, "shall wo have our exchange of confidences? Give the gentleman a chair, boys. Take a seat, Mr. Parker." The old man fairly fumed with rage. "Sit down," said Tom. The old man refused. Tom pushed him down, saying: "When I offer courtesies to a gentleman I intend he shall accept them. I am sorry Miss Annie Templeton could not < await your coming. She had pressing 1 engagements elsewhere. She has gone < with Mr. Holbrook. Had she only known 1 the tender solicitude you manifested toward her, I am not quite certain but ! Bhe would have remained." The old man was speechless with rage. "Your other friend is here, however? i Mr. Snnr-T?%i> .Inlinnv. Rut iust now he is with two of my friends in an adjoin- i ing room. They are engaged in an argument on the value of silence. The argu- ] ment is enforced by my friends, and Mr. , Scar-Top Johnny is just now a living exponent of its truth. And also there is j Mr. Fountain?he is here too." "Fountain at ten," said the old man, completely thrown off his guard. < "I know, I know," said Tom, with elaborate politeness. "You wrote eleven, but you should write more plainly. He ( read it ten. The error on his part was i excusable." The old man saw he had made a fatal ' admission. He revenged himself by saying: "Curse you for an impudent fj?>g." "Oil, thank you, thank you," returned i Tom, bowing. "You are entirely too i complimentary." Then, dropping his bantering tone, he said fiercely: i Throw up your hand, you white haired i rascaL I know your whole game. You've got a deal to answer for, but j you've got this consolation, that your punishment for the greater crimo will make that for the rest impossible." "Oh. indeed!" the old man at last found voice to say. "Young sir, will ' you tell me why you maltreat me thus?" "Tell you? Yes, if you will tell me i why you maltreated Annie Templeton 1 by abducting her." i "Oh, 1 think you will have to prove i that. These gentlemen do not seem to bo officers of the law. Perhaps you will 1 show mo your warrant for these proceed- ' ings. I am afraid, young sir, you will i tind it difficult of proof that I have ab- ; ducted any young lady." Tom was staggered by the coolness of < the old scamp. It was true that the last man he expected to see there was Parker. < Only that morning he had proved to his I own satisfaction that Parker was not f concerned in the plot, and had won Hoi- < brook to his way of thinking. He had 1 leaped to the conclusion he now entertained on seeing Parker enter. While ( ho was certain ho was right, still the thought flashed across his brain that the i wily old man had procured tho abduc- ] tion while covering his own tracks. Ho rallied, however, in a moment, and all the more quickly as he saw from the ] sneer and tho look of triumph in the j wicked old eyes that Parker had realized what was passing through his mind. < "My old man," returned Tom, "I'm not 1 at loss for reasons for taking you to the ; police. If not for tho abduction, why then for falsely personating a clergyman and marrying an assumed Mr. Fountain; I if not for that, then for falsely personiiting a clergyman again and marrying | tho assumed Mr. Fountain under the i name of Simpson to another woman." "In tho name of all tho fiends, how do you know all this, boy?" screamed the old man. ] "And then," continued Tom, "there is tho blackmailing of Mr. Pierson for years." * Tho old man glared at him. "And then there is tho fraudulent affidavit and subornation of perjury in the ] claim of Preston against tho Pierson estate." ' The old man quailed beforo Tom. Tho accumulation of charges was beginning 1 to tell. "Then there is the abduction of Mrs. ' Templeton." ' "Stop, stop," cried tho old man, "havo ' you got her too?" "It was as easy to find her," replied Tom unblushingly, "as to find tho J daughter. And then" "Stop, stop!" cried the old man, overwhelmed. "Havo pity on a poor mis- | guided old man." "There is just ono thing moro I should J like to mention" i "Stop, stop," moaned tho old man. < ?"And that is tho murder of Templeton." ' Tho old man looked up. "I never did that. Heaven knows 1 that is tho truth. I never did that. I confess tho rest. I confess tho abduc- 1 tion of Annio Templeton and her mother 1 ?but blood has never stained theso hands. No, it was not until after the ( death of Templeton, not until after I had heard of it, and knew what its effect was, that I conceived the idea of seizing and concealing these women and pressing Preston's claim. No, I'm not guilty of that." "You old rascal, don't lie to me," cried Tom angrily. "I know tho whole plot. Why, you hoary headed villain, if wo could go back to tho dark days of English vengeance, and not only hang but draw and quarter you, you would not get half tho punishment you deserve." Tho old man lifted his hands appealingly. "Don't I know tho whole story," continued Tom. "You were a tool of Pierson's; you knew his previous life, his change of names; that tho Tcmpletons wcro tho rightful heirs; that by killing ono and imprisoning the others?the two defenseless women?you could begin to make that old drunkard's claim good, and divide the property in equal shares, * - 1 e \r .1J 1 one-nair ior yourseu. iuu uiu rusuui, you have the agreement drawn and signed now in your possession." "You are the devil incarnate," whiml>ered the old man. "Then you feared that Mrs. Fountain's son could raiso a good claim, and so you enticed him here to-night with the intention of doing him too." "No, no! Heaven hear and help me, I have never committed murder. I only meant to confine him until I could get the matter settled and disposed of. He was interfering" "Oh, that was all you" Through the open door came the musical voice of a man. ascending the stairs, singing: When girls are kind and wine is worm, Oh, where's the harm, oh, where's the harm? Their waists to squeeze, their lips to press. The old man lifted his head quickly and murmured: "The fool's been drinking again." Ho attempted to call out, but by reason of his emotion, or something else, his throat refused to give forth sound. Before he could clear it, Tom sprang to him and placed his hand over his mouth. "Gag him," he said to a man who came to his assistance. "It is my own son," said the old man. "He is not to blame for anything; let him go free." "We'll see about that," said Tom. "Take him into the other room, while we receive the new visitor. Take that candle back again." CHAPTER XXXVI. AT LAST. ll. P^OUNTAIN had come 'j ml a from the adjoining /f mm room, mid his usual imypassive faco bore the m il evidence of his agitation JlJ over tlie marvels he had wHl The Shadow, in giv\ ing the warning of the approach o f another comer, had closed the door after him. The owner of the musical voice was not disposed to knock, much less to uso his hands to open the door, for he gave it a vicious kick. The lock was a good one ind did not yield. "Open the door!" he cried. "Open it yourself." responded the chief, "and come in." The door was pushed open and a young man strode in. As soon as lie stopped within the room ho was seized by the two men stationed it the door. With an oath, he tried to struggle free, ind was nearly successful, for ho was a very powerful man. Tom turned the light upon him. lie [lid not know him. It was not to be wondered at, but he was, in fact, the young man who had chloroformed and abducted Annie in the morning. "Good evening, Mr. Parker, Jr.," said rom. "Who in?great God! Alive!" Tom had been startled by the look of wild terror and horror that came over the young man's face, and he saw that it was caused by the sight of Fountain. "Do the dead rise again? Alive! You, Fountain, alive? Am I dreaming?or mad? Alive! I killed you in Union square, and yet alive!" The man was evidently horror stricken and did not know what lie was doing. Fountain replied: "1 am alive; you did not kill me." "But they buried you!" "Put the handcuffs on him," ordered Fom. "We liavo the murderer at last." "You are a great man, Tom," cried Chief llanford, jubilantly. "Once more Tom Bryan, the keenest newspaper man in New York and Ilanford's Detective agency, beat the regular police." "No," said Tom, not heeding the chief. "You did not kill Fountain, but you did rempleton. But how can you have continued to believe that it was Fountain pou killed," said Tom, much confused, "when the papers announced the death Df Templeton?" The young man had recovered sufficiently from the fright and consternation into which ho had been thrown on 1 seeing Fountain, and began to realize ivliat he had been saying?the confession lie hud made?and so would not reply. Tom repeated the question, but re- < ceived no answer. 1 The chief, llanford, said: "All right, my man, but you've confessed, and si- ' lence won't save you now." "Well," said the murderer doggedly, "i thought icmpieton was ms right aarne and Fountain a false one he used imong the girls." ! "By Jov<>!" said Tom,"I never thought ' of it before. Do you know. Mr. Fountain, there is a strong resemblance between j'ou and Templeton?" "I have heard it noted befo*e," said Fountain. "It is not strange; the same blood ran in our veins." The old man Parker had been struggling and making unintelligible sounds in the other room. I Tom ordered the removal of the gag. i lie struggled to his sou. 1 "Unhappy boy I What made you com- : init that crime?" * "I don't know that your hands arc so 1 white that you can afford to throw f dirt." * "Oh, he reproaches me?me." 1 "Reproaches you, yes. Shut up. We played a big game for a big stake, and j we've lost. Well, stand game to the . last." J "But this murder, boy, this murder; that was not in the game." "No, it wasn't," replied the son with a bitter laugh. "It was a side issue of my ( awn. That man Fountain, curse him, ( stole my girl from me?-Marian?and I had it in for him. That's all. Now that I'm done for, I'd givo every day I yet have to live to get at him once." "Marian. What Marian? The Marian j who lives in Hudson street now?" "The same," said the son. "What tangle is this?" moaned the old j man. "She has the girl Annie's mother j in her keeping now, and she herself is a laughter of James Preston." "The number in Hudson street, please?" 1 said Tom. ( "There's little use in concealing any thing now. It's No. ?." 1 "Let me handle that part of tho case, t please?" asked Fountain. "1*11 guaranteo 1 :o return Mrs. Templeton safely." "As you will," said Toun "You will t io well to take some of the chiefs men t with you. We can spa ro'two." Fountain departed with them at once. "Now, chief," said Tom, "I think it would be well to take our bag of game to the Central office. The play is over and the lights are out." "The three prisoners would be far more welcome if somo one else than ourselves were to bring them," sardonically remarked the chief. "Undoubtedly. But let us go. Handcuff them all together. Come, let us set out. Shadow and one man in front You, I, and another man behind." As they moved out in this order, a disappointed voice commented: "Dey only hit him onct." At the Central offico the three prisoners were arraigned, and Tom said briefly: "I charge this man Parker with having murdered Ilenry Holroyd Templcton on the morning of the 18th of last August, by his own confession. "I charge this man, George Parker, with having been the aider, abettor and instigator of tiie abduction of Annie Templeton and her mother, this day, by his own confession. "I charge this man, Scar Top Johnny, other name to me unknown, as being the aider and abettor of the abduction of Annie Templeton, and of having kept her in confinement contrary to her will." "And I," said Chief Ilanford, "charge him with being the abductor of a child in Hartford, and claim the reward of $2,500 offered for him." "But," said the officer, "what are the details?" "Lock them up, inspector, and read The Sol to-morrow morning," said Tom. "I can't wait; it's after 11 now, and I've a long story to write." Tom enjoyed his "beat" hugely, and was for several days the hero of his office, the wonder of his competitors, and the envied of the detective force. One thing, on the morning of publication, marred Tom's full enjoyment. He had announced the rescue of Mrs. Templeton without knowing it to be an absolute fact. Accordingly he early sought Ilolbrook to learn the result, and was told that Fountain's expedition had been crowned - i' ?t? ? !, ? Willi BUCUUbb. iiu llliu uibu iutu? fitu juad papers, the girl Marian having delivered thein over as the price of her liberty. "Tom," said Holbrook, "the regular police had the true theory after all. Templeton was killed under the belief he was some one else." "True," replied Tom; "but we caught the murderer and they didn't; they had no conception of the great story behind it all. Yet, Holbrook, your theory was not so far wrong after all." "Except in the essential thing," laughed Holbrook. "The motive of the murder had nothing to do with Pierson's property." ' 'What a queer case it was!" commented Tom. "If those two women hadn't been conveniently abducted, wo wouldn't have hit on the murderer after all. To tell the truth, it was a lucky stumble, as most great discoveries are. Then to think that Fountain's chore amie, Marian, should have turned out to ho his omisin. 'The sins of the father shall bo visited,' etc. Do you notice that not a clew proved worth a snap?" "I say, Tom, what about the diamond button?" "Ah, what? IIow much we expected from it, and how little came of it! Ken Noble, the owner, says that on the night of the murder ho was passing from Fourth avenu to Broadway, through Twenty-sixth street, and when midway of the Madison Squaro Garden a man rushed across the street, grasped him by the arm and pulled him to tho light and then dropped id, saying, 'You're not the man.' Afterwards, when lie found his button gone, lie thought it was robbery." "It was young Parker watching for Fountain. Tho button was probably detached in the struggle, to lie carried away unintentionally in his clothes, to bo lost in Union square." "Probably." Four years have passed since tho events occurred recorded in our narrative. Afro Tnninletnn ia dnriil Klin nni'or recovered from the exposure and the nervous shock received on the day of the abduction of herself and Annie, following so closely upon the murder of her son. But she did not die until she had faithfully carried out every expressed wish of her father. James Preston speedily realized the benign hope of his brother, and drank himself to death in six months. Young Parker was never brought to trial. Five days after his arrest ho was found dead in his cell?dead by poison supposed to have been supplied by one of his brother members of the U. S. T's, of which he was a popular member. His father and Scar Top Johnny are serving long sentences in the state prison. Wessing is still living in Philadelphia, prosperous and respected, and does not dream that he was ever suspected by iioiurooK anu iuiu 01 naving couituuieu a murder or that he was in danger of arrest The origin of the birth of Fountain has never been made public. lie and Flora Asbgrove were married two years ago, and his friends and acquaintances have ceased wondering over his mysterious accession to a fortune. They count Mr. and Mrs. Holbrook as their dearest friends. So Mr. Holbrook is married? To Annie? Of course. Could there have been any other result after the scene at the rescue in Mott street? Married, too, before Mrs. Tenipleton died. Two children, a boy and a girl, make music in the house. The namo of the boy is?Thomas Bryan Holbrook. There is another boy in the house whose name is Maurice McNulty, whom Mrs. Holbrook loves with all the wealth of her alfectionate nature. There has been somo difficulty in civilizing the boy, but he begins to show the results of the humanizing and refining influences he is surrounded by. Indeed, the only time he shows any of his old savagery is when a rollicking, ratlime winner imir. with n rlicorv Rniiln mid bright blue eyes, and who is welcomed with great shouts and warm kisses, and who is greeted as "Uncle Tom," makes his appearance, which is nearly daily, and wants Maurice to tell whether he lias that day "wholloped liny one right up and down and gin him black eyes, I golly 1" And Tom? (Jh, Tom is still the old 1'om of superhuman energy and intense enthusiasm; still the keenest newspaper man in New York as when lie led the >earch for the owner of "The Diamond Sutton." THE EXP. IIaim'inkss Assi'kkd.?First l'alerfaniilias?lieg pardon for intrudng, but tho fact is your sou lias proposed for the hand of my daughter; iiid as the two families arc almost strangers, you knowing nothing of my daughter and 1 nothing of your ion, I thought it would lie a sensible thing toeome around and compare notes. Second Paterfamilias?Excellent idea! Has your daughter always liad everything she wanted?dresses, ewels, waiting maids and soon? "No. She has had to help her mother. I low old was your hoy hefore you stopped thrashing him?" "Well, 1 thrashed him pretty reg- ' jlarlv until he was nearly grown ;ip."' "I am satisfied." "So am I."?[ New York Weekly. When the Atlanta and West Point train pulled into the l/iiiou deiiot at Atlanta, (Ja., a day or two ago, i large white and blue speckled muiid was discovered perched in Tout of the locomotive. lie was iitting upon his haunches inimediitely under the headlight, and looked ike the figure-head of a ship. He ould not be coaxed from his perch, md had to be forcibly pulled from lie engine. Nobody knew how or ivhen the dog got there. He had a ame leg and a bleeding ear, and the supposition is that he was struck by he engine, and jumped o; was lirown up under the headlight. YORKVILLE'S NEW CHURCH. AN OUTLINE OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUIt METHODIST CONGREOATION FROM 1834 TO 1890. Wo present to the readers of Tiik KxQUiitEit this week an engraving of the handsome new church edifice just completed by the Methodist congregation of this place. This splendid structure is a decided ornament to the town, and none the less a shining testimonial to the earnest zeal of the denomination by which it was erected. And representing the present condition of Methodism in Yorkville, after sixty-six years of existence, it stands forth as a most promising testimonial of renewed growth and prosperity. The Methodist Episcopal church, now the Methodist Episcopal church, TRINITY METHODIST I South, was organized in this place in ; the year 1K24 by two ministers. Rev. : William (Jassaway and Rev. Joseph < Holmes, and was the first denomina- ' tional organization to occupy this i field, as well as the first Methodist i church organized in the county. The I little band originally commenced its 1 labors with only nine members as f follows: JamcsJeffcrys, Mrs. Eliza- ] : beth II. Jefferys, Col. Thomas W. ! i Williams, Dr. * John E. Jennings, 1 John Chambers, Mrs. Margaret ' Chambers, Mrs Sarah 11 catty and , i Mrs. Tabitha Wilkerson. Of tbe | i original members, one, Mrs. Eliza- 1 beth Jefferys, has been permitted to 1 watch the progress of the work until I the present. All were earnest work- ; ers, and as the result of their efforts < the church rapidly grew in numbers i ; and strength! Two years after- j ] ward, in 1X2(1, the congregation ' s built the first house of worship j : erected in Yorkville. It was a plain i \ wooden structure and stood in Col- j < lege street, nearly opposite the gra<l- j i ed school building, untibsome fifteen j ] years ago when it wastdrn down, the j < congregation having purchased the i 1 building which it is now leaving. | 1 Until ljfc">2 this and two other emigre- ; : gilt ions constituted the only Metho- < dist churches in the county, and as ! i York circuit, were served by the ! ] same pastor. In lxf>2, however, the 1 1 progress of the Yorkville church had , ( been so rapid as to justify its becotn- i ing a separate station, which, with ! < eighty members, it was accordingly i i made. From this time on the church < continued to prosper until interrup- | ( ted by the war, when the member- ; i ship became scattered and reduced. ! J The close of the war found the con- ; gregation too weak to continue as a ; 1 separate charge, and uniting with : i King's Mountain chapel, then very ' ] weak, hut now numbering live bun- i 1 dred members, and Philadelphia i : church, it once more became a part ; 1 of Yorkvillo circuit. Continuing ] thus until lSSf> the church again felt : strong enough to stand alone, and 1 resolutely making the effort, has continued to make rapid progress until ( it now has a membership of 130? some fifty more than at the break- 1 ing out of the war, while the de- 1 nomination in the county has grown 1 to be nearly 2,">()<) strong. ( The idea of building a new church i in Yorkville originated about two < and a half years ago, the first meeting having been held on April <i, 1NH7. i Over $2,f)00 was raised among the ? members by subscription before the i meeting adjourned, and the project i never once lost the impetus thus ? JHisccUnnoous *5cntUmf. 1 DELAWARE'S WHIPPING POST. At the last session of the legisla- 1 ture it was enacted "that hereafter 1 no female convicted of any crime in 1 this State shall be whipped or be < made to stand in the pillory." t The introduction of this act re- ' vealed a fact not generally known, J that women could lawfully be whip- ( ped for counterfeiting, horse stealing, ( burglary, arson, maiming by lying ( in wait, and.poisoning. They are ^ liable to be put in the pillory for per- , jury, subornation of perjury, forgery, I receiving stolen goods, assault with intent to kill, conjuration, witchcraft, fortune telling and dealing f with .spirits. Tins law had been a . ..cad letter for many years, the last * white woman having been whipped for larcenv about the year Tins < law was afterwards amended to do l away with the lash for white women. ' As bite as INTO colored women were sent to the post. At the session of j the legislature in IS71 the word 1 "white" was stricken out of the law I relating to the punismont of women i for larceny, and the black sisters were |?nt on an* equality with their white sisters. Now it is designed to remove all possibility of women being whiped or put in the pillory. A gentleman who has been perfectly familiar with the operations of the whipping post for over forty years says that lie has seen scores of prisoners lashed at the post, and while it is seldom now that blood is drawn, if ever, he has seen backs of prisoners that were almost cut to "a jelly." He says that the whippings became less violent when the newspapers be^an to report the quarterly performances at New Castle with the eat. The whippings formerly only took place twice a year. There was a great tendency upon tin* party of sheriffs to regit fate the force of their blow entirely through prejudice for or against a man. For instance, if the sheriff was a farmer he would have but little mercy for a fellow put under the lash for horse stealing. The man who robbed a store would get off pretty well if the sheriff was a farmer. Then again, if the sheriff was a city or town man he would have no mercy on a city burglar or sneak thief. This same gentleman declares that he has seen, but many years ago, nine or ten men run back from the post with their backs all bloody. The story that blood often runs from the backs I given, the amount continuing to swell until sufficiently large to justify the commencement of the work of erection, which was placed in charge of a building committee consisting of T. S. Jefferys, chairman ; F. Ilappertield, 1T. C.Strauss, J. F. Jefferys, Dr. John May, Jr., and J. W. Dobson, who let out the contract about the loth of last September. Under the faithful superintendence of this committee, every detail of the work has been looked after with the most scrupulous care, and although the building, fixtures and funiture have cost only about $0,000, it looks as t hough a much greater sum had been expended. As shown in the engraving, the church is constructed of brick, with granite trimmings and in the (Jothic style of architecture. The main auditorium is to the left of the tower . ... - ; f ' v> ' j * - : v . I PISCO PAL CHURCH. iviid the Sunday-school room to the right, and entrance is made by means of either of two sets of stone steps, which are approached from East Lib,,.wl l^.wl flw. lw>;i,1_ Cl I'J Ollt'Cb, illlU. JCtlU, 11IIW L11 v7 ?/UU\4itig through a nicely arranged vestibule. This vestibule occupies the base of the tower. It is twelve feet square and the floor is laid with ilternate squares of black and white marble, including the spire, the tower is seventy-eight feet high, rhe auditorium is :>o by f?s feet, not including a recess four feet deep md containing the pulpit. Overhead, the woodwork is left open between the girders, and, alike with the walls, ceiled with cherry and yellow pine panel work, finished in ml, and giving the whole interior i decidedly pleasing and artistic appearance. ' The floor and rostrum ire to be covered with a rich crimson carpet, and the pews, which are most comfortably arranged, are made >f yellow pine, cherry, ash and walnut, also finished in oil, and are capable of accommodating four hunIred people. The windows, of which there are ten to the auditorium and three to the Sunday-school room, ire highly ornamental?ground glass entre-panes, surrounded by a four inch border of cathedral glass?and present a very pretty appearance, :horoughly in keeping with the general handsome finish. The pulpit is made of walnut and ash in the highest perfection of the cabinet makers' irt, and has inlaid in the centre a laintv little cross made from a piece )f oak which the architect, Mr. Jionie\vell, sawed from the timbers of Independence J fall, Philadelphia. The building is lighted by two ['"reach bronze chandeliers, each holdup twelve lamps and all having duplex burners. In addition to these, here are two lamps for the pulpit iwl another suspended in the vesti>ule. A powerful furnace has been ilaced in the cellar underneath and <o arranged as to comfortably heat :he entire building. A handsome and costly church lock is a present from 31 r. Joseph \V. Neil, of Yorkville, and among :he other presents is a large marble :ablet, containing the decalogue, from :he Sheldon Marble company. Two itlier tablets, containing the creed ind the Lord's prayer, will be placed >ii either side of it. The grounds of the church, which ire very level, have been sowed with jrass. Shade trees have been set out, ind the whole surroundings are already beginning to present a pretty uul refreshing appearance. >f the victims and soaks the ground is absurd. The writer has seen two ir three hundred men whinped, but ?as never seen the blood now. lie ins seen large welts on the backs of he victims, and tine drops of blood ilmost ready to come through, but lever any. blood run. Many years ago a butcher named stanhope was waylaid and robbed on he highway first being shot and indlyhurt. The robber was arrest d and convicted and sentenced to lie pillory. A number of the butchers purchased three barrels of old 'ggs and went to New Castle on the lay of the whipping armed with eggs. After the man was placed in he pillory, which was then in the >pen space outside of the jail yard, he butchers began a fusillade of eggs, riie poor victim was a mass of foul natter, besides being bruised by beng hit in the face. The sheriff had rreat trouble to stop the outrage. \t the next session of the legislature lie post was moved inside the jail rard. There have been no incidents >f the Stanhope kind since. The jail rates are always thrown open to the uhlic on whipping days, hut the >est of order prevails. * < The history of the post for fifty : rears is that the lash, as a rule, has teen used with leniency. The whites i uvve escaped, it. has been claimed, or political reasons, the sheriff hong in a position to win a vote every inie he spared a man's hack. There las been hut little difference as to i lumbers between white and black rictims. i There has been a groat toning down ate years of the number of lashes j ipplied. It was a frequent tiling < rears ago to give a prisoner a cumu- i ative sentence, and for three succes- i :ive Saturdays he would receive ighty-lushes. The result was, even hough the blows were lightly laid i >u, that the victim's back would lie n an awful condition. The story is old of one old black man, who, afer being whiiipcd upon three Saturlays, wassohi into slavery. ile declared that he would never o South, and when his purchaser : pit as far as Havre de (Irace the ioor fellow cut his throat. It was the rule at one time to sell : olored men and women to the high- ] st bidder after they had been wihp- i >ed, and they were frequently knock- i d down for *1 and quickly hurried viuth. There is an old man now in i he New Castle county almshouse i vho was regularly engaged in the < mr.chase of blacks and selling them i nto slavery. It is really surprising, however, 1 iow few are the real facts and inei- I lents that those who are in position o know can tell. 1 There are very few whippings in f .vent and Sussex counties, so that all 1 material for a history of the past lias to be gleaned in Now Castle county. Nearly every whipping has some little; incident attached to it, hut the story of one is the story of all.? LEATHER (1L0VES. There are several terms in the glove trade that may he worth explaining. The word "kid" really means kid leather, and there can he little doubt that the better grades of what purport to he such are made of the cuticle of the infant goat. About twice a year some newspaper revives the old yarn that kid gloves are made of rat skins, and *..11 1 ll.~ 1. ....*/%/1 fi.. U'lin nun Hit" liUD <uu iiuuiuu iwi that purpose in the sewers of Paris. Tin; only foundation there is for the story is that, some years ago experiments were tried with rat skins. The results were unfavorable, the largest skins being too small for any hut a child's glove, and the pelt too tender to he of any service. "Chevrette "a term used to distinguish some gloves of a dressy character, for street wear, is both French and English, and has several liberal meanings: It is from "elieve," a goat, and we are justified in expecting a chevrette glove to be of young goat skin, in distinction from the heavy goat gloves used for rough work. Great progress has been made, however, 111 tanning sheep and lamb skins in recent years, and they are now rendered so elegant and so durable as to be practically indistinguishable from goat leather in looks or wear. Until within a few years "dogskin gloves" were always made of lamb or goat skin?never of the real canine cuticle. Lately, however, the difficulties of dressing have been overcome, and now excellent gloves are made of real dog skin, though the quantity is not very large. Only *ui*...v- .1.:...: 4-^,1 uiu mil r gruura ui ?Kiii9 aic ?uueu to street wear, the heavier skins bein^ dressed in oil for hard usage. Gloves called "castor" have had quite a history. The word indicates the skin of a heaver, but the best French "castor" gloves were formerly made of thin deer skin, and were soft, durable and expensive. Latterly shaved lamb or sheep skin was used and the goods were unsatisfactory. These were displaced by American castors, made of antelope skins from our Western plains. They are sewed with silk and are handsome and durable. Of late years a new leather has been brought out, called "Mocha castor." It is the skin of the Egyptian sheep, and is very thin, tough and durable and has a rich, velvety appearance. Colt skin is a new-comer for glove purposes, and is an exceedingly smooth, tine leather, suitable for in or outdoor wear. Such expressions as "Craven Tan," "Cisatlantic," "Grant de Luxe" and others are the trademarks of particular makers and are indicative of special designs.? [Men's Outfitter. SHOES AND THEIR WEARERS. There never was a time in the history of shoe manufacturing when the production was so thoroughly well made in proportion to the cost as it now is. Whatever else may he said of machinery, its employment has insured almost perfect uniformity of work. Hundreds of shoes are made every day that are positively indistinguishable one from another. Within moderate limitations one pair of any given variety will fairly represent the quality of the entire brand of that grade, "of course, there are occasional instances of faulty and damaged work, but by far the greater number of complaints arc caused primarily by errors of judgment in the consumer when making his purchases. Shoes cut from line calfskin, for example, are now so low in price that they are not infrequently subjected to wear that heavy split leather would have been better calculated to withstand. Similarly the new tannages of glazed kid that are now so successfully produced make possible the manufacture of fine foot wear for women at extremely moderate rates. The reduction in the cost of fine kid boots, however, does not, by any means render them able to resist the sort of treatment to which oil, pebble, or grain leather is adapted. Most of the natty-looking tan shoes put on early in the season are now dingy and soiled. This is especially apparent in cities. They were bought so low that the wearers don't probably care to go the expense of the polish to renew the leather. Although some have been sold, the demand is not so great as one would infer from the extent of the "army of the brownfooted." A dealer says that the best way is first to rub the shoe with lemon juice and afterwards use the polish ; then apply a cream made for the purpose, and they look about as good as new. Coachmen's boot tops tire also treated in this way. ltusset shoes are in greatest favor with women having small feet, and many who have more generous bases are a little shy about donning a light shoo, which looks so much larger than a black one. But the use of russet shoes is so general that most of them have waived their objections. Colors seem to look a trifle better on children than on grown people. The little brown shoes are so cheap?costing from fifty to seventy-five cents? and fit so well that many of the toddlers wear them. Wearers of the finest shoes prefer narrow toes,especially in colored footwear. "A broad too on a Russian leather shoe spoils the looks of a woman's foot," says a critical salesman, "it gives it akind of Hat appearance and destroys the neat, narrow, petite effect she desires." Bv moans of new eonformators. applied to foot measurements by some manufacturers, it is shown that the length of the shoe may be reduced a full size without impairing the comfort or grace of contour. Boston womeu are noted for nicelyformed feet, with neither a high nor a low instep, nor a broad nor a narrow ball, but a similar formation of all parts.?[Shoe and Leather Reporter. AUDIT EGGS. A man busily engaged in holding eggs up before a candle attracted the attention of a reporter in Third avenue near Forty-seventh street, the other evening. An interview was the result, ami here it is : "What are you doing?" "Candling eggs. You see, I pick up each egg and hold it before the candle. The light shines through it. 1 can see at a glance whether it is cracked or speckled or spoiled. If it is cracked, I set it aside to he sold at a low price. Bakers ami confectioners and some prudent families buy cracked eggs, and they are as good as any eggs not cracked, hut they must be used within twenty-four hours." "Is that not an old-fashioned way of testing eggs?" "Yes, hut experience proves it to be the best, ami it is quick. An export can handle :io,onu eggs a day. It has been tried to test eirgs bv water. A good will sink and a bad egg will float, but you cannot find out a speckled egg that way." "What makes speckled eggs?" "Dying in one position. An e^ should not he left many days in one position. I fan egg is turned every [lay it will keep a long time. An L'.xperiinent was once tried by I). II. Dennis, president of the Dutchess ounty creamery, as to how long an I'ggcanbe kept good. He kept one >n his desk nine months, and turned it every day, and kept it good." "IIo\v long are the best eggs kept before they get upon the tables of the best hotels?" "It takes about four days, because they art; bought in bulk in the country, and must be carefully assorted before being placed on the market." "IIow aro imported eggs kept from spoiling on a voyage?" "They are carefully watched and turned. They come in cases easy to handle, and an expert soon learns to handle them quickly. It adds about a quarter of a cent a dozen to the cost, but we can pay that and the freight, and yet sell the eggs that come from France and (iermany cheaper than we can sell "Western eggs, and some think they are better. We can get them here in about twelve days from France. England also gets many eggs from (iermany and France.?[N. Y. Sun. A STRAY* ARROW. Thirty years ago or more Mr. Spurgeon was invited to preach in the vast Crystal palace at Sydenham. Would his voice 1111 the immense area? Resolving to test it he went in the morning to the palace, and, thinking for a passage of Scripture to repeat, this, as he reached the stage, came into his mind: "It is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the U'(irlillf/i ?nvo cinnnisj IVniwiiiiicimr tiie words he felt sure that lie would he easily heard, and then repeated the verse in a softer tone. More thau a quarter of a century later Mr. Spurgeon's brother, who is also a pastor, was called to the bedside of a man, an artisan, who was near his end. "Are you ready ?" asked the pastor. "()h, yes," answered the dying man with assurance. "Can you tell me how you obtained the salvation of your soul ?" "It is very simple," said the artisan, his face radiant with joy. "I am a plumber by trade. Some years ago I was working under the dome of the Crystal Palace and myself entirely alone. I was without God and without hope. All at once I heard a voice from heaven which said, 'It is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners.' By the hearing of these words I was convinced of sin. Jesus Christ appeared to me as my Saviour. I accepted him in my heart as such at the same moment, and I have served Him ever since." God honors his word. Suppose Mr. Spurgeon had used a secular sentence X.VJ L1J 1113 \ UJVAs ; Jlilt 3Uipil3C3 await the faithful when results are known.?[Presbyterian. PENSIONS FOR CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS. That was an effective incident in the Virginia legislature the other day. The house of delegates was discussing the soldiers' pension bill when Delegate Chambers, of Northampton county, an old Union soldier, arose and walked into the middle aisle. He had not been heard from during the session and when in a low tone he addressed the speaker almost every eye in the house was turned upon him. He said he favored the bill; he was a Democrat before the war; he was a Democrat during the war, and he was a Democrat of the Grover Cleveland stripe now. These, however, were not his reasons for advocating the bill. It was because he was proud of Virginia's soldiers. He had met them on the field, in their homes, and now in the house of their law-making power. He was a Federal soldier and was proud of it. He had fought for the Union because he thought and believed the Union was right. He was to-day a pensioner of tlie United States government and he would vote for an appropriation of every cent in the Virginia treasury beyond the legitimate ex pensesof the government far the relief of the Confederate soldiers. He knew that the pension he was receiving came from taxation in the South. It was the tax on Virginia tobacco and Southern products that went to pension the Federal soldier. The war was over and he hoped to see the day that every Confederate soldier would be as well provided for as the Union soldiers were. The speech created a great sensation and brought tears to the eyes of many a delegate in the house.?[Augusta Chronicle. Facts About Kept i i.ks.?Upland snakes in winter may be literally broken into pieces without giving evidence of life, so thoroughly torpid are they. Frogsat the commencement of winter retreat to the bottom of ponds and ditches; salamanders to the mud in the bottom of springs. One of the interesting characteristics of the American crocodile is the care that it takes of its offspring. After the eggs have been buried by the female, she frequently visits the nest, and when the young are about com ing out she has been seen to move about the nest in clumsy tenderness, scratching and pawing the shells, and uttering a curious, bark-like sound that seems to excite the half-hatched young to renew exertious to extricate themselves from the broken eggs. This accomplished she leads them away from the river to the marshy pools, safe from predatory visits of the male. Thirty-one species of snakes are recorded to occur in Palestine; the larger proportion of the snakes are harmless; tne hooded cobra is rare; it is well known in the plains beyond Beersheba, but does not apparently occur in the cultivaed districts. The cobra is doubtless the pethcn of the Hebrew Bible, the deaf adder which refused to hear the voice of the charmer; then there is a larger viper, a very poisonous species found by Tristram in Galilee ; it basks in the sand, conceals itself in little tufts of herbage and preys on small quadrupeds.?[Christian at Work. History of Church-Pews.?A writer in Sunday Afternoon traces the history of these luxuries, which are so entirelv a matter of course ' - 1! 1_ J? _1 Xl. mat we never rnniK 01 massing mem among modern improvements: "In the early days of Anglo-Saxon and some of the Norman churches, a stone bench running round the interior of the church, except the east side, was the only sitting accommodation for the visitor. In 132!) the people are represented as sitting on the ground or standing. A little later the people introduced low threelogged stools promiscuously over the church. Soon after the Norman conquest wooden seats were introduced. In 1387 a decree was issued in regard to the wrangling for seats so common that none should call any seat his own, except noblemen or patrons, each entering and holding the one he first found. From lf>30 to loll) seats were more appropriated. In 1008 galleries were introduced, and as early as 1011 pews were arranged to afford comfort by being nrizeu or cushioned, while the sides around were so high as to hide the occupants ?a device of the Puritans to avoid being seen by the odicers, who reported those who did not stand when the name of Jesus was mentioned." Thk Morman PuoniiKM.?The Mormon papers of Salt Lake City, while they concede the Mormon defeat in the recent municipal election of that city, specifically charge that it was accomplished by frauds of the most flagrant character, and these they describe in detail. There is 110 suggestion, however of anything but submission. Senator Edmunds has introduced I a bill in the United States senate to provide a public school system for Utah, which is a most elaborate and comprehensive measure, and with minuteness provides all the legislation necessary for the conduct of school affairs in the territory. One of the objects of the bill is to diminish Mormon influence, and, it is hoped, this will be gradually done with the spread of intelligence among the youth. Instruction is to be given in temperance, manners and morals, in addition to the usual studies. No sectarian or denominational books shall be used, or sectarian doctrines taught. Complete machinery for governing the system, and a financial scheme for its support is provided. Srui'RisKi).?The Mahometans' scorn of women is the logical outcome of his religion, which refuses to recognize their claim as human beings deserving of respect. As they are of use to man, they are worth food and shelter, but they are not in the least entitled to standing ground at his side. The Counttess Cowper, in "A Month in Palestine," gives an instance, far more telling than any sermon, of this dreadful state of things. 1 was told by a Christian in Cairo, that he was once walking with a well-to-do Mahometan, with whom he was intimate, and who had often discussed with him the differing position of women in their respective sects. as rney passed an old, veiled figure in the street, who shrank on one side of their way, the follower of the prophet delivered a passing, but well-directed kick at her. "There," said the Christian, "that is what 1 complain of; you kick a woman as we should not kick even a dog." "That, said his companion with a look of genuine astonishment, "why that is only my mother!" Polar Hear and Her Young.? The female polar bear is taught bv a wonderful instinct to shelter her young under the snow. In December she retreats to the side of a rock, where by dint of scraping and letting the snow fall upon her, she forms a cell in which to live during the winter. There is no fear that she should be stifled for want of air, for the warmth of her breath always keeps a small passage open. Within this strange nursery she produces her young, and remains with them beneath the snow till March, when she comes out into the open air with her baby bears. As the only use of the snow burrow is to shelter the young, the male bears do not hibernate like the females, but roam freely about during the winter months. Before retiring under the snow the bear eats enormously, so that she becomes very fat, thus laying in an internal store of food which enables her not only to sunnorther own life, but to nourish her young during her long seclusion. By an admirable provision of nature, the young polar bears are extremely small at birth, and grow slowly so long as they are in their crystal nursery, thus needing little food and space. When they emerge from their shelter the mother bear is extremely thin and very tierce. How Tea Was Introduced.? Tea came into use almost by accident. Some Buddhist priests going on a missionary expedition from Northern India to China, took with them the dried leaves and also some cuttings of an indigenous shrub, which was said to have the power of correcting any injurious properties in the brackish water they might meet with on the way. The decoction thus made pleased the mi&sionaries so well that they continued, as a matter of taste, to drink it after theyreached China, and introduced it to their converts. They also set about planting the precious shrub, and although it did not thrive so well in China as in its native Assam, becoming smaller in both stem and leaf, it was so well liked that it soon formed the foundation of the favorite beverage of al 1 China. Thence it was brought to Europe, to be drunk and desired by Englishmen of every degree. And it is only of late years that Assam tea has come into the mni-L'of +/> 1 m lnnl-wl lit inn ajuivj;vau JIJCW IWW, IV w IWIVV.VA Mjs*s*4 rather suspiciously as the rival of its own degenerated Chinese daughter. Feminine Tact.?In a little episode of village life, we had lately another interesting instance of feminine tact. Upon the conclusion of a marriage in a village church, the bridegroom signed his register with his x mark. The pretty young bride did the same; and then, turning to a young lady who had known her as the best scholar in the school, whispered to her, while love and admiration shone in her eyes, "He is a dear fellow, Miss, but lie cannot write. He is going to learn from me, and I would not shame him for the world." To be able to say the right thing at the right moment is a great art, and one only to beacquired by those who have a natural talent that way. When a careless talker, who was criticising a young lady's father severely, paused a moment to say, "I hope he is no relation of yours, Miss Ik" Quick as thought she replied, with the utmost nonchalence, "Only a connection of mother's by marriage." Origin of the Hessian Fly.? Uncle Dabney Jones informed the Advertiser a few days since, that its account of the Hessian fly did not correspond with the generally accepti\r 1 /?AiwiA>??>innc +)iof cu iiauiiiv/u uiuw <*vv<v pest. He says that his father, who fought in the Revolutionary war, told him that when the army was disbanded by Washington a number of Hessians remained in this country, and being of a restless, nomadic temperament distributed themselves pretty generally, some of them drifting down to Carolina. The next year they sent to the faderland for wheat to plant, and when the wheat came up the fly appeared, so that the larva? of the fly must have been brought over in the wheat. We suppose uncle Dalmey's account is the correct one. The Advertiser confesses that it drew slightly upon its imagination while constructing the history of the Hessian fly.?[Edgefield Advertiser. Alliance Membership in the State.?We are indebted to the State secretary for the following statement as to the membership of the Alliance in South Carolina, compiled from the county reports for the quarter ending September .'10th, 1889: Male members over 21 years old 24,345 Male members under21 years old... 398 Female members 3,492 Total 2S.235 This was the membership four and a half months ago. Since then several thousand members have been received into the order and nearly a hundred sub-alliances organized. A correct estimate of the membership at the present time would approximate thirty-two or thirty-three thousand.?[Cotton Plant. A Dog Coaxkk.?"Dog Profit" Ilolloway, the tramp who was found a day or two ago in Connecticut, nearly dead from exposure, is well known there for the fascination he exercises over dogs, lie has been seen accompanied by as many as twenty-five dogs, and he always has from four to ten with him. Almost any dog will follow him with half an invitation, it is said, and when he coaxes no dog can resist him. Valuable dogs have been known to leave their masters to take up with Ilolloway, and, when brought back, would seek the first opportunity to join the beggar. Ilolloway has 'been so long a wanderer that he can claim no town as a residence, but, as far as can be learned, he was born in Fosser, li. 1. Bfeg"' During a very tedious ride on a Southern railroad, the passengers, tired, dirty and thirsty, all berated the company with the exception of one single passenger. His fellow passengers commented 011 this, and asked him why he didn't denounce the road too. "It would be hardly fair," he replied, "as 1 am traveling on a free pass; but if they don't do better soon I will go out and buy a ticket and join you."