Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, September 28, 1892, Image 1

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lewis m. grist, proprietor, j gm Jndcprwlcnf Tamils .Jflcuispapcr i d'or tluj $romotion of flii; flolitical, j&oqial, ggrpcultiiral and Commercial Jnfcrests of thij jlouth. | TERMS?$2.00 A TEAR IN ADVANCE. VOL. 88. YORKVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1892. NO. 39. hj^ W??f????ITT A SOLDIER'S BY CAPT. CHARLES Copyright, 1892, by J. B. Lippincott oompan; ment with thi I i CHAPTER XIV. n0j "Hoic's the arm today, EllisV' P?h A month later and Holden has his had bounded safely housed under the roof j of the hospital at old Pawnee, many by1 severely shattered or suffering great 1??* pain. Many will bear to their dying the day mementos of that savage Decern- ? ber battle. Some of the twoseore are boy doing very well; others perhaps have to 1 done better, and are sleeping under the ma] flag. A busy man is Holden, and a very proud one, as ho has the right to be, for ! sea: one and all the troopers love to speak of I bi ^ him as their "fighting sawbones." He' was in the thick of it all when the rush S?} of the rearward mounted troops swept trai into and through those fire spitting wef lodges, and the Indians?warriors, che squaws and children?were scattering, his fighting fiercely all the way to the ^t shelter of the ravines among the bluffs. a 1 Tireless as ever he and his assistants are 1 hra constantly at the bedsides of the wound- to""1 ed. So is the chaplain, one of the church Hoi militant, whose "soul's in arms and nc' eager for the fray," for his friends of the sayTwelfth are under two fires. 1 of Gallantly and well have they with- his - * " * ? v ?xi_ ?sa?a 1 ! fion stood tnat wrncn, wim suuuen ireacnery j at the hands of their savage foes, flashed cap in. their very faces. Bnt they have no' a ^ redress as against this?this civilized the lashing at their very backs. The par- him son's sermon Sunday morning in answer "{ to the driveling sentimentality of cer- Son tain misguided ecclesiastics far from the scene of conflict almost lifted old Ken- ans' yon and his comrades ont of their 6eats. i didi The major hogged his chaplain after service and stopped to shake hands with wafi him every time he met him during the > thai afternoon. In many a pulpit east of the * ki Missouri with tearful fervor was the ^ picture drawn of those helpless, plead- 6ee ing Indian mothers, those shrieking, ter- beS rifled little Indian babes, ruthlessly ? slaughtered by a brutal and infuriated hon soldiery. Nor were the clergy without not warrant for their "bottom facts," since dot; in some mysterious way the represents- 8?** tives of the press, hovering about that was impersonal section of military anatomy thai known, as headquarters, were flooding i to ? the columns of their journals with para- bliz graphs about the wanton killing of wo- i k210 men and children in the fight in front of resc -?the Twelfth. i thoe noiy-Joe," asfhe pareoiT iiad Oeen t nmorwl Trrmw xrnll flift rlov xxrVion in I all. seclusion and simplicity of his seminary [ C*11 life, he would have swallowed whole ; just such statements and turned up the wor whites of his eyes in sympathetic horror mor at the recital. But the man of God on lane the banks of the Merrimac and his said brother in the cross on the upper Mis- the souri see very different sides of the vex- the ing Indian question. "Holy Joe" at Wii Pawnee this sparkling month of Janu- hou ary was mad clear through at the indig-' had nities and aspersions cast upon his blue- | "] coated comrades. He wrestled with the bac brethren of his cloth and downed them, j elor He even dared to establish a censorship com of the press nnd to keep from the hands ' to b oi his precious wounded those journals else which had assailed the Twelfth. Beg He had had his hands full, poor fel- &afe low, long before the wounded came, for mai those were dire days and nights after the field news was flashed to the post and the be j widowed and fatherless in their afflic- fotn tion were thrown upon his hands. Poor bad< Mrs. Thorpe! Ah. she was only one of som several. Vlier. -..as wailing among the said wives and little ones down where once COn< the soldiers' families were so thickly thin clustered. There were other households did; in dread anxiety. There wove wemen "So broken down with grief rnd sleepless ??] watching. There was 0110 so ill she "] oonld not even now be told she wonld gent never look npon the face of her gallant "j soldier again. But draw the veil. It Tefc was on snch bleeding hearts and on the ?" men who bore the brunt of the fiercest ?] fighting of the campaign that the lash of press and pnlpit felL ? ] But old Kenyon was in his element. "J To the best and kindliest of men there is "] in being able to say "Didn't I tell you two so?" a joy that surpasses the sweets of that religious consolation. It was something ; ?] to hear him declaiming among the artil- for 1 lery and infantry officers during the "J days that followed the announcement of official investigation at the expense of thin the Pawnee battalions. "Why, gentle- "1 met.," said he, "I have never ceased to that thank God I didn't take the chance for ciat promotion that came in the reorganiza- ter, tion twenty years ago. I was one of the "1 senior captains of infantry then. I could ??] have got one of those cavalry vacancies ! ?] just as well as not?been a yellow major j ten years before the leaves dropped on j ago my shoulders in the blue; but if by any ing. chance I were ordered into th6 dragoons ?< today I'd swap out or quit for good, the: Prom the time those Bloods and Piegans ?; got their deserved thrashing at the j %vit] hands of Tim Baker's battalion I've ! ?| known enough to steer clear of it. You coat know those facts as well as 1 do. You ^ i know those Indians had been murdering, ab0, robbing, burning, pillaging, for two Elei years. You know how all Montana ??] begged and implored General Sheridan 8tar to put a stop to it There was no catch- ?] ing them until winter, and then when an(j he sent those Second cavalry fellows up Ber there with orders to thrash sheol out of them, what was the result? Didn't the papers east and west torn to and damn ; y0U him and them? Didn't they dub him ; xi Piegan Phil' from that time forth? No, ; gpo! sir, no cavalry service for me. There's jn 6j only one thing harder than the knocks can that they have been getting for the last ^ a twenty years on the frontier, and that's ?] the knocks they've had to bear at home." i h0 c But toward the end of January the old fen( poet was beginning to pluck up heart tak< again, and to the keen delight of Mrs. be c Berrien and Winifred their particular ?" major was able to drive with them, abo bundled up in his furs, and lolling back f0U] in the cushions of Berengaria's barouche, j The as he termed his wife's comfortable car- Wh riage, with that rejoicing matron by his | X'd ] side distributing smiles and sunshine feet and joyous nods of recognition wherever ??i she went, everybody waving hand or hat 8he, or handkerchief as they bowled along, ? ' and Winifred?bonny Winifred?beam Sng upon her father from the front seat, j let; Very, very sweet Miss Berrien was look- ; " ing just now, said all who saw her; yet " there was a shade of wistfulness in her . wit! face, a constant expression about those j mai deep, dark eyes that seemed to tell they she were ever on watch for one who never you came. Shattered as was his saber arm, this Curly Brewster had scoffed at the idea wor of being sent back to Pawnee. A "What's the use?" he said. "I would goii be utterly alone there, while here 1 have j yon all the fellows about me. What better nov care do I 'need?" j in ! 1 SECRET." S KING, U. S. A. y ami published by special arrnngeBUl. n the midst of all their trials and an- ! ances, in the thick of the whirl of nts that followed their 6harp and i [den fight, the officers and men of the i elfth found themselves more closely j ,wn together even than before. Very le was said when outsiders were by to the depth of feeling aroused in ir ranks by the unaccountable cr'.tm of the press. Very little had to be 1 in the official investigation of the lir to clear them, one and all, of the ay of allegations lodged at their irs. But that every man, from the >nel down, bore away from the field j their winter's travail a sense of iny beyond the scar of savage missive, o could doubt, who could blame? It not prevent their having some quiet . of their own, however. Gray haired quhar was whimsical in his syrnby with Rolfe, whose scalp had been ed by the man of all others he had >t reviled?Sergeant Ellis. Randol ph aa the recesses of the hospital tent ed no end of gibes at Ridgeway, who L lost his eyeglasses in the morning it and had been nearly run off with the Sioux. As for Rolfe's plight, "he ; all the skin from tbe side instead of top of his head," laughed Gorham. ; was pitiable enough to make the j s forget the austerity of his past, for j lis dying day Rolfe would carry the rks of his involuntary "scrap with a ! aw," as Randolph termed it "Rolfe's rs have come to the surface," chimed IVarren, who never could get along hhiin. They all hoped that he would . back to Pawnee with the wounded n, and he did. So, too, did Elite, iring on the arm in a sling the new vrona of *\ first sergeant, won, as said colonel in presenting them, "together h the heartiest recommendation for j nedal of honor 1 could write, for I very on the field of battle." Rolfe led his bandaged head away wheu den gave him all the story. He knew what to think, much less what to Ellis had leaped through the swarm ighting braves and with the butt of carbine dashed aside the unsexed d whose clutching claws were in the tain's hair, and then had fought like ger over the prostrate body and saved ! life of the man who had maligned i. One half second more and you were e, Rolfe," said Holden gravely. [ never said he wasn't a fine soldier," tvered Rolfe faintly. "Perhaps 1 LA v AUvn UUU UilgUV. rhat isn't all there is to it, Rolfe." i the doctor's reply. "He is more a a soldier. Be is a gentleman, and low it." et when Rolfe expressed a desire to and speak with Ellis later he calmly ged the doctor to excuse him. ut just why Brewster would not go le with the wounded the boye could quite understand. He would be off f for months. He might not swing jr again for a year. Miss Berrien there, all readiness, no doubt, to lk him warmly for all he had done save her and her mother from the zard, from the Indians, and heaven ws what all?to bless him for his ue of papa?to beam upon him with ie wondrous dark eyes, thought poor ?CWBjvwb<T-#elt somehow that, after his cake was all dough. And yet [y wouldn't go. What was more, he never so much as exchanged one d with Winifred Berrien from the cent of the discovery of the ainbu:e. It was "B throop," as Murphy , that had the honor of conveying ladies on to camp and the bedside of astonished major. It was a blow to lifred to learn that within twelve re arter tneir arrival me oia uaiiauou ridden away, Brewster with it. I know why Curly doesn't dare go k," said one of the sages of the bachmess. "He's afraid Knowles trill ' le out and insist on lugging him off own to be nursed under his roof or of her going out to nurse him. adl it may be tough, but it's a heap r here." And so "Antinous" rened with his fellows in the wintry I, and old Berrien, who never could got- to write a letter to anybody, id he could stand it no longer. He i 9 Berengaria write and say?velK ! ething; something really must be about how they appreciated his luct; "bygones be bygones:" scuneg, anything; he didn't know; she she always knew just what to say write, Bess." But I have, Dick." Berengaria! And without my con- i r Richard Plautagenet, Cceur de Lion, 3 de Veau, of course?ten days ago." What did you say?" Every thing that was proper, 1 trust." I What did he s?y?" Nothing." Didn't he answer?" Sow could he, Dick? You can't with hands; he has but one, the left at 3e might have got somebody to write him. I did." So did he." rhought you said he didn't say anyS " Well, he didn't. He said everything ; was gentlemanly courteous, appreive, and yet?nothing. A model let- \ Dick." What does Winnie say?" Nothing." Didn't she see it?" Why should she, Dick? Two months I you practically forbade their meet- ! Dh, I know; but?I didn't know hiin ; l" Not even after seven years' service j a him, Dick?" 3h, well, that?that party in petti- j s there in town, 1 didn't know her : well as?well, as after I heard all I at her from those fellows in the renth." But I knew her, Dick, from the t." [ know you did, Bess. You said so; 1 I suppose I've been an ass," said rien ruefully. You sometimes do cross the danger , Dick, dear. That is, when 1 let he major had nothing to say in relse to this accusation. He pondered Hence a moment. "Well, a fellow change his mind, can't he, as well woman?" Sot as well as a woman, Dick. Still an change. And suppose a certain )w were to change his mind now and 5 six months' leave and go away to ;ured?" What! Brewster change his mind?? ut Winnie, do you mean? Why, conad him! I'd round him up so quick?. i idea of his going back on Winniel y if I thought such a thing possible have him here on his knees at her i inside of a week." Oh, no, you wouldn't, Dick," said j , laughing softly. Wouldn't? Why not?" Just because two women wouldn't : you?I for one, Winnie for two." You still think she cares for him?" 1 I won't answer that, Dick. But this," j h sudden change from her laughing aner, "1 will say, no matter what cared or how she suffered, neither | nor I, Dick, nor any one of us on i wide earth, would ever wring one d from her lips." nd over at Holden's things were ! ig on in an odd groove. It was Ken- ; who was a frequent visitor there > r, not Rolfe. Mrs. Holden was still | St. Louis with, her olive branches, | ! for the doctor had frankly told her that | ^ I just so long as he had all these wounded ! [ on his hands the children would be in I his way. "He means me," said Jennie to Miss : Guthrie, with prompt resentment "But ; he says next month he'll come on herebusiness will require it as well as pleasure?pay us a ten days' visit and take us home. Then you'll come, too, won't j you, Nita?" But Miss Guthrie shook I her head. i "You promised us," said Mrs. Holden reproachfully; "and Rolfe won't be there ! to worry you this time," she faltered. "He's going to take a long leave and go abroad." j "But even that," wrote Jennie to her liege, "did not seem to comfort her. She says she will never, probably, visit Pawnee again; and I know well as can be it ; is all on account of that terrible fright : What ca" there have been behind it all? Now that the Twelfth is coming home j and you have everything running i smoothly, don't you think it possible to ' find out something about that strange ! affair? You have never written a word, and I can see Nita's eyes questioning j me every time she knows I have a let- j ter. The other day I was in her room, and looking over some old albums that j \ 1 drew from the bottom of a desk 1 came across a picture of hers just like the one | c ? - ^ -m e? ? ~ i mac IS in me 111UO Sliver iiuuie uu HJO a toilet table in her room at Pawnee, ex- g cept that this was blurred and worn. 6 'Why, Nital' I cried unthinkingly, as ( she entered, 'I thought you told me mine t was the only one left of this kind, and a here's one that looks as if it might have r been worn next some fellow's heart and l been kissed a million'? and then 1 8 stopped short and dropped it, for she had o turned white as death and was stretching 8 out her hands. 'Where did you find that? h she whispered at last 'Between the t leaves of this old album,' I said. *It was d lying there loosely.' 'I had not seen it p for six years. I thonght I had burned it r with' * fl "And then she broke off suddenly and 6 shuddered, but seized it and took it h away. If she would only talk to me of t Jack; but she will not, even though I know that ever since the suicide of Mr. I Percival last August Mr. Guthrie has p been working day and night reopening the old matter. All the friends of the _ Guthries are now more than ever confident that Jack was absolutely innocent ?that Mr. Percival as president of the j bank had made away with those missing funds and securities and charged it to Jack and to his friend Harold Worden. An effort has been made to get at Mr. Percival's papers, all of them, but his ^ widow is still so broken that she cannot c] be seen by any one, say her physicians. a It is believed she knows something of the inner history of the whole case, and g, that she is striving to hide what she ^ knows for her children's sake. Of course people say she has behaved very ^ ill?that she ought to sell and restore to w the bank real estate and property that y from time to time Mr. Percival had set- n tied upon her. But she only goes into j? hysterics when lawyers are mentioned. f( "Mr. Guthrie is now in a highly nerv- 8j ous and excitable state, which natural- a, ly reacts upon Nita. I wish we could ^ get her away from here. He went west, tl you remember, when he left her with g( as at f awnee. ne went m tae nopes or finding some trace of Mr. Worden, so I tl learn now, and to urge the immediate Y return to St. Louis of Jack's old and in- c] timate friend to demand justice at the g, hands of. the Percivals, for he was f? ruined irretrievably by Percival's accu- jE sation when dismissed from the bank. B{ But he has vanished utterly, and I know 8, that they have about given him .up for d dead. A detective agency has been at ni work for months, and twice of late men ti have come to the house asking if it were BJ not possible to find somewhere a picture ^ of Mr. Worden; but Nita says none ex- n ist that she knows of. I believe that Y she burned all that she had. h "Why will she not trust me and tell me about it?she who used to have no secret from me? We know that he was deeply in love with her and that she was tl believed to care for him, but there was Y a fearful scene between him and Mr. Guthrie over poor Jack's body. The i old gentleman was wild with grief, and C( in his misery he upbraided Worden as p the cause of it all?accused him of be- ^ Ing the thief and cursed him for con- a sealing the crime at the expense of Jack's life and honor. Possibly he did c, believe it then, but since Percival's a death everything is changed. I believe ^ he would give all he owns to make n amends to Worden now, and sometimes I think that that is what is killing Nita." " 'That that is what is killing Nita,'" < read Holden again, this time half aloud, b as he pondered over the word. Then a e sound at the door attracted him. He t< glanced up quickly. <j "Oh, come in, sergeant, 1 did not f, hear you knock." ij "1 beg your pardon, sir," was the an- t< swer, in Ellis' deep voice, a faint flush tl rising to his pale, black bearded face, g "I knocked twice at the outer door, and ^ then, knowing the doctor to be here, a ventured into the hall. Am I too early, n sir?" * "You are just in time. Come in. Shut that door and sit down. How's the arm to day, Ellis?" b1 Obediently the tall trooper had stepped tl within and closed the door, but he still remained erect, a shade of hesitation in n his manner. "The arm seems doing a well, sir." a "And yet you yourself do not pick up is I could wish. Take that chair, Ellis; tl we shall not be interrupted, and I want d to talk with you about your case. You B] have won honor and troops of friends in e: this campaign, and when the regiment y gets back and they find you pale and tl HA l'/MlVOftlf nn/1 ItlligUlU, C>U unaij ummo j uuxoga uuu unfit to take your duties as first sergeant, (3 they will say 1 was at fault. Can't stand v that, you know, so I have spoken to Bl Major Kenyou about the matter, and he 8] has directed that you move out of the jj hospital forthwith and under my roof, g No; keep your seat. You ard to report f( to me for special duty in making up the c; field papers and reports, and I shall need b you right here where 1 can supervise it Bt all and look after you." C; For a moment the two men sat gazing 0 straight into each other's eyes. Then v again, trembling slightly, Ellis 6trove to rise. v "Dr. Holdeu, I?1 ought not to take B] advantage of this. Indeed I cannot." tl "That will do, sir," was the quietly a 3miling reply. "Orders are orders, ser- b geant, and being a patient you are B] doubly under mine. What's more, you can ask no question until that chevron f, is replaced by the shoulder strap. Ellis, t< under what name shall the officers of the ?j Twelfth ask that you bo made one of I their number?" Making no reply, the sergeant bowed & his head and covered his face with his 0 hands. c Late that evening old Kenyon, drop- h ping in to see the doctor, found the tall a cavalryman seated at a desk in Holden's g library, and, as ho promptly arose and stood erect in acknowledgment of the e presence of the post commander, the g major strode straight up to him and r held out his hand: c "Sergeant, I am as proud and pleased q as your own father could be. When a h whole regiment recommeuds a man for a a commission, as this day's mail tells us, v it's worth more than all the senatorial backing in Columbia. It may not fetch b; it, but I'd rather have it. Now, have t you any friends to aid you?" a "None in the world, sir." & "No relatives? No kin? Not even a a congressman?" t "Not even a congressman. A sister, n perhaps; but that is all." t "Well, well, well! Never mind, d though, my lad; we'll see you tlirough. n What you must do is get strong and g welL You'ro but the ghost of yourself, li and tho doctor and I have moved you I over hero as a matter wo owe the regi- a ment. J thought von wero told to go to v ied an hour ago. Which is your room?" | "The doctor has given me the run of he top floor, sir, but mine is the front oom on this side," answered Ellis ;ravely. "Well, it's time for you to turn in, so I order it. Let me see. This is the j wenty-fifth of January. A month from iow, or two at most, I hope to see you vith a strap on your shoulder, and long . lefore that with the flush of health in ; *our cheek. Now good night to you and ileasant dreams." And the major strode | iway. Only an hour after sunset the silver lisk of the moon had risen cloudless and mveiled, and now, as the bugle was sailing the belated ones back to the post 'or night inspection of quarters, the bur- j lished shield was high aloft, flooding he broad valley with its radiant sheen, j hrowing black shadows upon the broad 1 oadway, the white picket fence, the 1 glistening verandas at the post. Hoi- j len, returning from a late visit to some >f his patients at the hospital, stopped ind looked quickly and intently up at i he little gallery overhanging the eastvard wall. j In the front room, that which he had issigned to Ellis, a light burned dimly. Che Venetian window of the rear room eading to the gallery was dark, yet j ipen, and on the little ledge, leaning gainst the casement, the moonlight j [learning on his face and form, a tall oldier was gazing intently eastward. Quietly Holden strode along, entered ' he gate, went noiselessly into the hall ,nd up the stairs. The door from Nita's oom to the landing stood wide open. 1 Lt this juncture a person standing outide would have seen the sileut occupant j f "Robbers' Roost" turn with sudden i tart and peer into the room, for Holden, j lis eyes fixed upon the gleaming, glis- j ening space between the two rear win- j ows and just over the toilet table, had j urposely dropped his heavy stick with i esounding clatter upon the landing ! loor. "I thought so," ho muttered in | erene satisfaction. Then picking up i is stick he calmly strolled across the ! breshold and into the dark room. "Beautiful view of a mooulight night, lllis. That was Miss Guthrie's favorite erch when she was here." [to bk continued next week.] JlUscdlancous grading, j INSIDE THE LINES. " I' I ' 1 mUir o fnrf Hoil I . Xtuuuuy anew juni > uj u aw* w ?*??v ( een put in that place. There was no aance for fighting anything except tosquitoes, yet there was a long line of jrtifications, and an enfilade of pickets oarded the little town from which all le men had gone away. If beauty of location had been a miliary requisite, the fort was certainly 'ell planted. The earthworks ran near ae edge of a high bluff, which rose allost perpendicularly from the strip of ind bordering the brown river at its >ot. On the other side Louisiana retched away to the horizon line, level ad green as a garden, and in the disince a bit of lake often caught some of le blueness of the sky and shone the em of all this fair setting. The boy who was lying on the edge of le bluff had no eyes for the distant iew. Through an opening in the trees iinging to the sides of the hill he was azing at the antics of a party of boys ir below him. Close under the bluff ly a white, many pillared house, and xetching before and behind it were nooth spaces of lawn, long lines of tipped .hedges and avenues of macolias. Something in its sheltered posion between the river and the bank had wed from destruction this estate, 'hose possessors had given it the fitting ame of the Garden. It seemed like a ision of paradise to the eyes of the omesick boy who was gazing down lto the enemy's country. From the door of a rough house with1 the embankment two officers watched le boy. The elder, Colonel Denning, 'as the commanding officer of the fort. ] "I am afraid I made a mistake when brought my son down here," said the olonel. "He is almost desperate with meliness. I was afraid of it, but it jemed too hard to leave him there fter his mother died." "I think you did right to bring him, olonel," said the younger man. "It's good, quiet, healthy place, and after a rhile he will make friends with the len and be happier." "I hope he will," said tho colonel. "I feel sure of it," rejoined the other. Just now he longs for tho society of oys, but he is fighting agaiust the instable. He has not philosophy enough 5 endure nor experience enough to unerstand the feeling these people have or everything inside these walls. Nothlg could tempt one of these town boys ) have any intercourse with him, and heir scorn is rather hard to bear. I'm oing to Bend George the Second to i ike him out on tho river. He is an I musing little beggur, and will not lake such a bad companion for Will rhen he gets used to his color and his rays." A few minutes later two boys were svinging themselves down the face of le bluff. Will's companion was a slim, mber jointed little black boy, whose lovements suggested a jumping jack, nd his bearing showed the pride he felt s Will's guide. i Holding now by a tough root, now by ] le smooth stem of a blackjack vine, * 1 igging their heels into the soft soil and lipping perilously forward, they pres- < ntly struck into a well worn cowpath, j rhich led by easy stages to the foot of j lie hill. I Beyond the road which led to the iarden lay huge stranded logs, through i rhich they picked their way out upon a mdy strip of beach, where an ancient kiff was tied to a raft. There was a ] ttle water in the boat, and a huge ourd was at hand as a means of de- 1 3nHe against further leuking. Two 1 lumsy oars furnished employment for 1 oth boys, and once launched their < trength was tried by the current, which < ame swirling around the promontory 1 f rotting bark which served as a break- < rater. j But sturdy boyish muscles were at rork, and the old boat was pushed J lowly up tho shore, keeping in with ] lie eddy, and nosing her way through nchored snags of driftwood and up 1 ito moro open water away from the < hnrp i Drawing a long breath, Will paused ! 1 or a minute and said: "Let's go over ( o the island we see from the fort?the < 'owhead, I mean. Where is it, anyhow? f 'in completely turneJ around." i "Hit's right ovah yander where you i ee de cottonwoods an do san'bar," said leorge. "Dis yer is de corral. Heap er i t ullud folks lives yer, but hit's drappin i i a de water mighty fas'. Dat beach tree i swishin up an down in dat bend useter t tow in Unc' Jake's yard." i On the shore of the bend George point- ] d out the grim sight of an old burying i round, upon whose precincts the curent of the Mississippi was rapidly en- I roacliing. Will shuddered, and, with i uick intuition, George turned tho boat's i ; ead away from the beud and pointed j i cross the current to the Towhead, which j i ras now below thein. When tho island first pushed its white, i andy head through tho water some cot- j onwood seed had landed there from an ! iry voyage, and tho young trees that j prang from them formed the nucleus of ' i n aftergrowth which wus added year | iy year liko the rings of a treo. The inicrmost growth was now composed of j i all young trees, but the thitfket terraced j own until near tho water there was : . ione but low thick bushes of last year's ;rowth. A long tongue of sand extended j iko the tail of a comet down tho river. | Jpon this tho boys beached tho boat, ; nd then stretched their legs 011 the soft, 1 farm sand. ' "I'ze skeered er dis yer Towhead," 8U said George. "Hit's haunted. A ole m latboat man nseter live up in yander, be where you sees dat black spot 'mon'st de ri' ;rees. De ole boat washed agroun one ch light in high water, an de old man uebler made no monst'ous 'tempt fer to git ni jut. He was onsociable like, un liked ac lisse'f mighty well. He live yer kinder m luiet, an folks done got do notion dat ra ic hab heaps er money. An one night ai somebody done kill 'im an tuk all he led. Since dat time his ghos' done b) walk dis Towhead. On'y jes' yisterd'y sk iJnc' Jake 'lowed he dbno seen dat ole >hos'an ho'lowed he gwine come yer m io mo'! 1 ain' had much pinion er One' m Jake lately, but I'ze jjp'^about as nigh w lat ole boat jis I keers ttr^o." yc "Well, I'm going to hfcrve a look at the fu ' ' ' a? ? ?:j tltjll ,u? t . JIU 511 (III| biliu ?f uit i taiug iiuiu lux? *. < rnnd. His companion did not venture to follow him in the expedition. si< The river had year by year added to m the strip of land, aijd the old flatboat ni svas now nearly hidden by the underbrush that had grown up between it and w the water. The low but which had once m been the boat's cabin;.was still standing ap imid the decayed timbers of the hull, ind Will noticed with surprise that there it were traces of something like footprints m leading to^t. si< Nevertheless be stepped quite unsns- be picionsly over the doorway. Once fairly tvithin he felt himself roughly grasped by the arms from behind. ol "You make a noise to call that boy," gc said a voice close to his ears, "and I'll nc kill you I 1 tell you I will never be taken wi prisoner!" The person who had seized him uow ra Paced him, still holding him by the ca irms. Will saw a youth scarcely older than himself dressed in a worn gray uni- Y< Form. His grip was like steel, but his ga Face was so pinched and drawn and his jyes so desperately miserable that the o'< heart of his captive warmed to him. Qi Recovering his composure a little, ifter his first astonishment and alarm, gc Will said, with an effort to laugh: "Let ri' mo go! I'm the only prisoner there's m likely to be. I'm not after you. I was as July looking for a ghost." of "Who are you? I know all the boys co jver there, and I know you are a Yankee he by your cap and your voice. I tell you as 1 can't be taken." hi "See here," said Will, "I'm only a boy wi H1?? n-nA f'rr* o cnl/liov'a crm fill 11AU JUUf auu buvugu A Ui ( wvsavww* w WVM, ? ind I don't deny either my voice or my yip, 1 don't want to harm you at all. co What is np, anyway, and why are you or playing spook on this strip of sand?" fo "It is all up now, I suppose, and I may ev is well tell you all about it. Have you wi ;ot a mother? I see by your face you be aaven't; so perhaps you will bo sorry for ar i poor fellow who is going to lose his. th "My name is John Prescott, and over ei< there in that white house below your fort my mother is dying, and I am try- ro ng to see her once more if she isn't gone already. "I got a two weeks' furlough?you I' needn't stare, I've been in the army nearly a year?and slipped down the 121 river two days ago. Unfortunately for co ane 1 made this point too near daylight nc yesterday morning to venture any far- th ;her. I knew the reputation this place M nas among the negroes, and I thought it ^ safe to wait here until night. I reckon ot L was too tired and sleepy and didn't C< make it fast, and the boat managed to slip away while I was looking for a good place to drag it up among the bushes. "Here 1 have been ever since, like a sti rat in a trap. 1 have watched the house su >ver there for two days, and have even its seen the family on the terraces and dared tic lot make a signal! Now, sir, what are 00 fou going to do about it?" th "I'm going to do this." snid Will, hold- Ft ng out his hand. "I'm going to say 1 Ri lelieve every word you say, and 1 want tri fou to trust me to help you out of this ve icrape. 1 lost my mother not six months gr igo, and 1 do know how to feel for you, wi f we are on opposite sides. I happened Cy :o hear today that your mother is no th .vorse. Maybe you'll see her more than tic ;bis once." "But how can 1 get over?" wj "I don't see quite clearly how to do it, pC iut I'll get you over there before day- jie ireak somehow. You must give me do foul word to go away when the time is ip. Now I must go, or that boy's curi- co Dsity will be enough to overcome his ra fears, and he'll come to look me up. 1 know you're hungry, so take my lunch. SC] Keep a sharp lookout after dark." gj. The lumbering skiff carried a very ^ silent passenger back across the river. ^ George ventured to inquire if Will had j](, "seed de ghos'," and was answered so jravely in the affirmative that he then ^ ind there laid the foundations for sev- ^ jral marvelous tales with which to astonish future audiences. . Will knew quite well that the thing he ^ bad in mind to do was a very delicate ? ind difficult thing to undertake. That tie, the trusted son of the commander, ihould attempt to smuggle an enemy inside the lines was no light matter. . rhe thought of it rested not lightly on ! J?' 118 conscience, tint a rerusai to am me poor fellow on the island to see his dy- . 1 ing mother would have rested more 1,1 heavily still. At any rate he meant to do it, and Pe by the time the skiff touched bottom at j111 her landing his plan was formed. Mak- be ing a careful survey of the landing, and (?11 aoting the shortest route out to tlm Gi ipen water, he dismissed his companion i without ceremony. A few minutes' ; th walk brought him to the big white gate | th if "The Garden.'' He summoned up all lo' his courage and dignity and marched th through the magnolia avenue. fu His appearance was greeted with a ju: consternation that was far from pleasing. His request to see Miss Prescott Its in private for a few moments seemed to s\\ freeze with terror the black maid in wi waiting, but after a brief delay he was k:i shown into a bright, flowery little room, of which had a delightfully feminine and welcome look to eyes long used to camp ca life. 1 in But the slender girl who met him with As the air of an offended duchess had no | hii welcome in her look, Her manner was jr sadly chilling. Ten minutes later, how- jitl ever, she was holding his hand at the w] loor and saying: "Mr. Denning, I never, th never can thank you enough if you will jn 3o this! Mamma is a little better, and .^] if she can see John for one hour it ni( would do her more good than medicine. r ...?U *4- 4-Urt DiMn rrnfn o wwl L will WUll uu tiio oiuo 5uio IUI iiiixif tiina > tie shall leave before daylight." g There were a few more hurried ques- gj tions and replies, and then Will was C(J dimbing the hill to a still more difficult ni interview. A night pass was not an easy sc thing for which to ask his father, but he j?, :ould not leave the fort without it. Tho :olonel was a verr quiet and somewhat .,j stern man, and Will knew that tho best j 0, tvay was the straightforward one. He ()f made his request in the fewest words. ej] "I am almost a man, lather," he said, ; ifter he had made his request, "and 1 j .vant you to trust rne now, as you have j g ilways done in small matters. I can't 0j ;ell you about it now, but 1 am doing I gt nothing wrong. 1 am only helping a ; ja poor fellow in great trouble. I know j my mother would wish me to do it." ()l "1 don't doubt tho excellence of your intentions, Will," said his father. "You j jp ?an be trusted, 1 know; but are you sure j your heart has uot tho better of your bead in this matter, and will get yon j Into some scrape?" gr "1 give you my word of houor, sir , that in my circumstances 1 believe you s]< would do just what I wish to do." j0 "Then hero are your papers, and re- V( member it is the commander of tho fort ;u as well as your father who trusts you ' Every leaf In the old cottonwood on tho bank seemed to quiver as Will started on his lonely trip. The green j band of light above tho horizon had v, quito died away, and the river seemed \v blacker than tho night. Things which o( wero plain enough by daylight appeared a| mysterious and fearful now, and every oi hugo black shadow around tho boat p, seemed to contain an enemy. - i It was not pleasant to think of the ' nken snags an unfamiliar oarsman ight encounter, nor was that ghastly ind just above, where the encroaching per cut far into the old cemetery, a leering recollection. "1 will not think of it!" he said. 'It ust be nearly time for me to turn :ross to the Towhead. The current ay carry me down a little, but 1 would ther pull for it than stay on this side id get the horrors!" His sharp, short whistle was answered r a figure leaping aboard before the iff had fairly touched the shore. "I knew you would come," the young an said. "At dark Nina put a light in y window just as she used to when 1 as out late on the river, and 1 knew >u had been there. Before we go any irther tell me the name of the person am trusting myself to." "The trusting is not entirely on your ie, Prescott. Do you know what it eans when I tell you my name is Denng?" "It means that if 1 play the rascal it ould be worse for you to have helped e than for any one else. I see and 1 >preciate it." "The only way in which 1 can settle with my conscience is to consider yon y prisoner on parole while you are inle the lines, and sco you safely outside ifore I leave you." "How about your picket?" "Fortunately for yon he is up at the d Bawmill. He saw me, hailed me, and it the password as I went up. Lie low iw as we go by. He knows me and ill merely wonder what I am about." As they were swinging inshore by a ft of decaying logs a suppressed voice lied to them: "John! It's Fred, and it's all right ou slip off here and cut for the side .te. Harry is there and Nina." "Now, Prescott," said Will," "it's 10 jlock and I give you until midnight oodby." It was a long walk. Will never for t those two hours alone on the great irer at night. All sorts of doubts and isgivings came crowding into his mind he listened to the mysterious noises the night and the river. A bright nstellation which he had watched at >me seemed like the visit of a friend, it came wheeling into sight over the 11. It cheered him not a little, but it as marching westward rapidly before e paroled prisoner returned. "Nina's cedar skiff is just here," Prestt explained, as he came out promptly i time. "It is loaded with all I need r my journey. She has planned for erything, and you need only go half ay with me, Denning. Your duty will i done then. Strike directly across, id miss your picket We can make e Towhead by a hard pull on the other le?at least I can." At daylight Will was in his father's om again. "Is it all right, Will?" "All right, father, and I am not sorry ivent." The talk of the town found the comandant's boy's intimacy with the Prestts a nine days' wonder, and scoffed it a little at the Prescott boys. But e intimacy continued, to the secret aazement of Colonel Denning, and in ter years ripened into the friendship a lifetime.?Mary Stewart in Youth's jmpanion. THE ARMIES OF EUROPE. European politics are an interesting idy to Americans, since this country pplies that continent with much of i imported food-stuffs. Those poli:s aire controlled by more than 18,0,000 of armed men, constituting e urmies of Europe. A war between nnce and Germany or England and issia would help to paralyze our ide and hinder our commerce in a ry material manner. And "ocean ayhounds" now place this country thin six days' distance of the awful clone of conflict which continually reatens not only Europe but civiliza>n. Europe today is more prepared for lr than ever before, the Napoleonic riod not excepted. She has armed r multitudes with weapons of such adly power that even the stern Von oltke shrank from the approaching nflict with horror and wished for a rely interrupted peace. England's array is weak, flahhy and iinty, badly managed and organized, te has known no great struggle since e Crimean war, and certainly only c bravery of her soldiers redeemed r credit there. No drain upon her rces in the last generation equaled e fraterieal strife in this country irty-ycars ago, and, compared with jrmany or France, her land power is significant. But when called upon, e will justify her renown, for the lglish soldier is hard to beat. The German army is pronounced by 3st military authorities the best in irope, although others divide the urel with France. But true it is at the forces which once encircled iris in a fetter of blood and iron are me piIlK 01 COIIIUIIUII iu uu II uguiu. France has shown remarkable recurative power since the Franco-Gcran war. To day, her armies are tter prepared for the inevitable than iring the wars of Napoleon the eat. Russia is rich in her materials, but e soldiery is only half trained, with c exception of a few crack corps, of w intelligence. Properly treated, e Russian soldier becomes a power1 factor. This treatment is absent st now. Austria's army is efficient, so is aly's ; and these gigantic hosts, with ords drawn, and ensigns spread, ait until a Parisian mob or a rash liser launches them into the flames war's conflagration. To read this is strange. We Amerins are as far removed from Europe tlie.se matters as fturope is iroin iia and the Turk. Truly our land is need to thank (Jod that the waruin throbs 110 longer and the buttle igs arc furled ; that her lot is east here huge standing hosts, neither reaten her government, consume her dustries nor dwarf her capabilities. II hail, Columbia ! We love her the ore after reading of Europe's armies ! ew York Ledger. SaT" This from the lloston Courier ves the situation tersely: If this untry should shut its shores to imigrants, it would keep out much 11111 to say nothing of cholera. l'crips this cholera scare may he a blessg in disguise, after all. To speak ainly, the authorities have allowed ir ports to be the end of the sewers Europe, without heed ; now that lolera is in the drain, perhaps they ill reform. A horse requires one ounce a day salt for the renovation of the (lifted Huids which are secreted in rge quantities. An ox or cow needs o ounces daily, and a sheep onelarter of an ounce. Ruminating limals require more salt because of c large consumption of saliva durg the process of rumination. ir#" As many of our roads are a disace to eivil/.ation. Rill Nye suggests at before we undertake to send seal:in-covereil Ribleswith flexible backs the Africans, it might be well to do)te,a few dollars to the relief of galled id broken-down horses that have lost icir health on our miserable highays. jfciT "The poor you have always with mi." It is estimated that it costs the ell-to-do people of this country S12o,10,000 annually to support charit>lo institutions, while at least ?">oo. 0,000 are invested in permanent lihlings where the needy are eared ?r. SEPTEMBER CONVENTION. > What Was Done in Columbia Last Wednesday. The State Democratic convention j met in Columbia, at 12.30 p. m., and i after transacting such business as le| gitimately came before it, adjourned at ' 9.30 p. m., of the same day. The pi?oj ceedings of the convention passed off" j quietly and peaceably, and nothing I occurred during the day that is calculated to leave any lasting stings. The majority did everything it wanted to do ; the minority quietly acquiesced to the will of the majority, and that was about all there was of it. The convention was called to order by J. L. M. Irby, State chairman. Dr. Sampson Pope, of Newberry, was chosen temporary chairman by acclamation. The roll of the counties was called, and every county but Georgetown was found to be represented by full delegations. York was represented as follows: J. R. Cook, W. J. Miller, -T W Neil. W. J. Rawlinsou. R. E. Porter, j.I' Leech, M. S. Carroll, W. N. Elder, R. T. Riggins, J. E. Whitesides. Messrs. Carroll and Elder were present as alternates of Messrs. J. L. Moore and J. L. Kimbrell. The roll, as prepared by the temporary secretaries, was accepted as official, and there being no contests, the usual committee on credentials was dispensed with. Permanent organization was perfected by the election of Dr. Sampson Pope president of the convention, and Messrs. Oscar L. Weeks, of Aiken, and L. S. Mellichampe, of Barnwell, secrej taries. Upon motion, it was agreed to refer i all resolutions to a committee consisting of one member from each county, i recommended by the respective ilelej gations. The committee was com| posed as follows: COMMITTER ON RESOLUTIONS. i Abbeville, II. T. Kinard; Aiken, John i Gary Evans; Anderson, D. K. Norn's; : Barnwell, 8. G. Mayfield; Beaufort, W. ! J. Verdier; Berkeley, J. B. Morrison; Charleston, Edward McCrady, Jr.; Chesi ter, T. J Cunningham; Chesterfield, D. j M, Barentine; Clarendon, 8. A. Nettles; ; Colleton, L. E. Parler; Darlington, J. M. Waddell; Edgefield, H. A. Townes; Fairi field, J. M. Galloway; Florence, P. D. McWhite; Greenville, T. T. Westmoreland ; Hampton, W. H. Muuldin; Horry, John P. Durham; Kershaw, T.J. Kirki land ; Lancaster, J. C. Elliott; Laurens, T. i B. Crews; Lexington, M. B. Wannamaker; Marion, James G. Haselden; Marl| boro, J. W. Drake; Newberry, Dr. C. T. 1 White; Oconee, W. J. Stribbling; OrangeI burg, J. I). Felaer; Pickens, E. 8. Griffin; j Richland, John C. Haskell; Spartanburg, E. C. Allen; Sumter, R. D. Lee; Union, J. W. Gregory; Williamsburg, John S. Graham ; York, W. J. Miller. After the appointment of the above | committee, the convention took a re| cess until 4 o'clock, and on reassem | bling, a further recess until 5 o'clock, I in order to allow the committee time in which to make its report. When the convention re-assembled at 5 o'clock, the committee on resolutions submitted majority and minority reports. The majority report, which was as follows, was adopted as the PLATFORM OF TIIK PARTY. We, the representatives of the Democratic party of South Carolina, in convention assembled, do reaflirm our allegiance to the principles of the party as formed by Jefferson, exemplified and illustrated by his successors in leadership, and endorsed by our people in the recent primary election ; and we pledge our loyal support to the nominees of the national Democracy? Cleveland and Stevenson. We denounce as unpatriotic and infamous the attempts which have been made to injure the credit and honor of the State, both at home and abroad. The people of South Carolina, conscious of their ability and integrity, are determined that every just obligation of the State shall be honorably and promptly discharged. We bodily proclaim that upon this one subject there is no difference or division of sentiment among the sons of the State. The bonded debt of the State is small. Her resources are large and ample. In her phosphate deposits alone the State is rich, and since the litigation in regard thereto has been adjusted, the monthly receipts from phosphate royalty for the past two months is nearly sufficient to meet the interest on the debt and eventually to pay the debt itself. We earnestly recommend to the legislature to set apart by law any excess of phosphate royalty, after paying annual interest on the State debt, as a sinking fund to be placed at interest and sacredly kept and used for the purpose of paying the principal of the State debt. The following minority report was presented by General McCrady, of Charleston, in behalf of the Conservatives. MINORITY REPORT. Resolved by the convention of the Democratic party of the State of South Carolina, on this the 21st day of September, 1892, assembled: 1. That we adopt the platform of principles announced by the National Democratic party recently assembled at Chica{jo, and pledge ourselves to a full and learty co-operation in securing the election of its distinguished nominees, Grover Cleveland, ot New York, and Adlai K. Stevenson, of Illinois. 2. That any and every person nominated by this convention as a presidential elector shall within days after the adjournment of this convention, tile with the executive committee of the State Democratic party, at their ollice in Columbia, a pledge in writing, that he will, if elected as such elector, cast liis vote for Grover Cleveland as president, and Adlai E. Stevenson, for vice president of the United States. And in case any such person so nominated shall, within the time,refuse or fail so to do, the said executive committee is hereby authorized and required to nominate in each such instance, some other suitable person, who shall by them be required to give such pledge; and such person so nominated shall be the nominee of the Democrattc party inthisState as presidential elector. ! Resolved, That it is tuo sense 01 1111s convention that every person elected at I the State Democratic primary as the candidate of the Democratic party as a member of congress, upon the acceptance of the said nomination, is thereby bound in good faith and honor to act in every respect with the National Democratic party; that the support by any one claiming to represent the Democracy of this State of any of the measures advocated by the Third party, which are in opposition to any part of the platform of the Democratic party as adopted at the recent Chicago convention, will lie an act of disloyalty which should be condemned by all true Democrats. General McCrady made a strong speech in behalf of the minority report, ' and was replied to by Dr. "Wyckc, oi j Newberry. Dr. Wycke was followI ed by Mr. John C. Haskell, and Mr. Haskell by Mr. John Gary Evans. A motion to adopt the minority report was tabled by a vote of 'J(!0 to 4(5. THE STATE TICKET. The next business in order was | the nomination of a ticket for State I officers. John Gary Evans nominated 1 Cnvoi'iinr R It. Tillman, and ('has. A. : Douglass nominated ex-Governor John ! C. Sheppard. I'pon the call of the j counties, the vote resulted, Tillman [ 2(!4 ; Sheppard of). The remainder ol the respective tickets was put in nomij tion by representatives of the two fac, tions, and the vote resulted all the way ! through as above?-'(>4 lorjthe Reform! ers, and oO for the Conservatives. 1 Mr. Townsend was chosen as the Reform candidate for Attorney General over Mr. Renet, in a factional canj cus, by a vote of 114 to lol. Mr. Renet's name was. therefore, not pre seated to the convention. | The nominees of the party are as 1 follows: j For Coventor? It. R. Tillman. For Lieutenant < ioveriior? Fugene K, j < iary. For Secretary of State?J. K. Tiudall. For State Treasurer? W. T. ('. Mates. ! For Attorney Coneral.?1). A. Townsend. For Comptroller tienoral?W. II. Flier! lie. For Superintendent of Fdueation?\V, I). Maylield. For Adjutant and Inspector (ioneral? Hugh L. Farley. PitKSI1 >KNT1A1. KI.lit T<)US. | Candidates for presidential elector? were nominated in caucus and conj firmed by the convention as follows: Delegates at Large?.1. \V. Stokes, ol 1 Orangeburg, and Finest Oarv, of Fdgefield. 1st district?Tracy, Colleton, ltd district?T. S. Williams, Colleton. I ,'M district?I. II. McCalla, Abbeville. and said, "Miss Ould, you nave i very kind in telling me of others; I ask you what you 'go on ?'" she ied: "Certainly, sir." Then she nded her right arm, touched it 1 re the elbow with her left hapd and hingly said: "On my muscle, sir." tv-as satisfied that she was clever non-committal. le was engaged to a gentleman se surname was Young, and her er happening to come unexpectedito his parlor, observed that she vith her head resting on her lcvslioulder. She parried his remonace with the reply: "Oh, it's nothOh, its nothing. This is not first time an old head has been d on young shoulders." wo Richmonders sought her in riage. One was Mr. Campbell, the r was familiarly called Nat. When id by a friend which she preferred, laughed and said : "I am strainiug Nat yet I may swallow a Carap" When told that Mrs. A. was I she exclaimed: "It is very; sad. 4th district?L. P. Walker, Spartanburg, her 5th district?J. Steele Brice, Yorkville. Oth district?L. W. Nettles, Clarendon. 7th district?J. S. Hart, Berkeley. may The Conservative nominees were as reP*: follows: ex^e 1st district?G. D. Bryan, Charleston. a"?^ 2d district?D. S. Henderson, Aiken. laug .'id district?W. C. McGowan, Abbeville. He ' 4th district?T. W. Woodward, Fairfield. 5th district-W. B. Wilson, Jr., York. dnr. Oth district?Teremiah Smith, Horry. 7th district?W. "F. Colcolough, Beau- who fort. fath At Large?Samuel Dibble, Orangeburg, i and E. B. Murray, Anderson. J 1 THE GOVERNOR'S SPEECH. . 1 CrS At the conclusion of the nominations, s^ra] Governor Tillman was escorted into j the convention hall and was received with great enthusiasm by his support- foun ers. In accepting his re-nomination for rp, governor, he spoke as follows: mar] Gentlemen of tho Convention: The 0*ue Good Book says that there is a time for . all things. Judging by the quantity of it as^ we have had in South Carolina during the she ] past summer, there must have been "a afc a time" for speaking, and I think I have ^ i> done ray share of it. [Laughter and ap- ?eu* plause.] .1 shall, therefore, not trespass deac on your patience but for a few moments Ano to-night. We have passed through a very UD01 bitter, exciting and, I must say, raalignant campaign of white men against white men, of Democrats against Democrats, clew You have met hero as the representatives instf of a majority of the Democratic people of wVka ''South Carolina. " - ' ' w?? This convention is different from any gent other heretofore held in South Carolina, in- time asmuch as you have come direct from wjj0 your masters?tho people. You have not <(.v, been constituted by any thimble-rigging vv 1 county convention process or "club" bu- was siness, delegating its powers to send you kno1 here, but you have come right straight _ from the ground. jlP The issues of the campaign through I m which we have just passed are well un- wha derstood, and it is quite unnecessary for 8ai(j me to rehearse them now. One of these issues, and perhaps the one that was fought r?PJI with the most bitterness and excited the tie, 1 most enthusiasm, was whether I should She be returned to my home in Edgefield with nuet the stigma of the disgrace upon me that I ^ was an unworthy ana unfit public servant, 1 sa or whether I should receive tho plaudits able of this people as having tried to do my i<g T^e efforts put forth by those who believed that I was unfit to govern this State diat< were perhaps worthy of more success, be- way cause they certainly fought me with all the ardor, enthusiasm and vigor of men . ^ engaged in a patriotic undertaking. But ,aug I am not here to stigmatize their motives. Mat I am here ready to acknowledge that there my < are good men on both sides, patriots on r' both sides, and that those who fought the U1, Farmers' movement and reforms in State that affairs made their fight on what they be- A lieved to be their duty. All I now ask u:_ ( them is that they shall believe and admit . ? that we were actuated by a sense of duty. ln? I stand here, gentlemen, to thank the appi neonle of South Carolina, who have sent you here, that they have not sent me home ,",y in disgrace, but have again placed in my 1 ? hand the banner which they gave me two M years ago, that banner of unstained De- qua] moeraey under which we shall again move mai] forward, working with common will, com- , mon zeal and common energy for the wel- aD0' fare of South Carolina. Bufl Let me ask you, gentlemen, when you mou go back home, to return my thanks to the p tf people again. Individually I thank you r5 because you have been in the ranks with she the masses, and to those who have fought woo us I would say, we extend you the right fUU( hand of fellowship, friends and brotherly , love of Carolinian to Carolinian, with the aean hope that we shall move forward together A and bridge the chasm if it may be done. had Each of the other nominees, with love the exception of Mr. Elerbe, who was min not present, also made short addresses in acknowledgment of the honor con- tory ferred, and the convention adjourned and sine die. day: The old constitution of the party the was re-adopted with several amend- haw ments, and a new executive commitee, chai consisting of one member from each no county, was elected. J. L. M. Irby that was chosen chairman. D. E. Finley, Yor Esq., of Yorkville, was chosen as the member from York. \\ A SOUTHERN BELLE. lag The very interesting article in The rept , Sun of last Sunday on the White Sul- dest phur Springs of Greenbrier county, pie. West Virginia, lovingly called by itar; Southerners "The White," and the fore: mention of many beautiful and charm- be. ing women who assemble yearly at cred that fashionable place, recalls the mem- debt ory of one who years ago shone pre- vent eminent among that brilliant throng, Fi not only for loveliness of person, but sixt; for the inexpressible charm of her whe manner, the brightness of her intellect Eng and the gracefulness of her wit; one popi of whom the late Donn Piatt wrote, five hearing of her untimely death, that all addi who visited "The White" in days gone yeai by would ever remember her for her tion wit, her readiness of repartee, and the 0 exquisite charm of her conversation, thoi as well as for her remarkable beauty. mal< Her name Avas Mattie Gwynn Ould. It She Avas the eldest daughter of the Unil late Judge Robert Ould, avIio Avas Avide- less ly knoAvn as a Confederate commis- but sionerof exchange. He Avas a leading posi laAvyer in Richmond. evei Miss Ould had rare beauty. She reso Avas of the brunette type, but her com- I and plexion Avas very fair. She had a ! agai Avealth of brown hair and a head and j Eng brow as perfectly shaped as any of j man Canova's models. Her mouth Avas [ a'aln small, hut expressive; her eyes Avcre | It dark broAvn and very beautiful; her , tAVO manners showed perfect self-possession. | exc< She sang and danced well; she Avas ; lioni an accomplished and fearless horse- ! It Avoman, and always bore herself with ! bent ease and grace. She Avas magnetic; five she fascinated old and young. uior She could, if occasion required it, be ther severe, and it is related that she si- Rod lenced a dude Avho devoted himself to ' bra! her for several days at "The White." ! are He grCAV inquisitive, and whenever she befo j spoke or bowed to any one he asked i rity | her, in a confidential tone : "Is he (or D i she, as the case might be), in our set?" j > Tiring of his stereotyped query and plea j learning that he was engaged at home aud ! in a crockery store, she said to him, and I in a bitter tone, when he again pro- j pow | pounded his question : "What set do j i?g ! you mean ? Breakfast set, dinner set thei j or tea set?" He dropped the inter- | of .A ' rogatory. ; is hi A Southern gentleman who had divi i heard of her conversational powers re- j free | lates that she soon convinced him of j her superiority. He was presented to | T , | Miss Ould the evening he arrived at ! wel j "The White," and he asked her the a S' ; pleasure of a walk on the piazza. She j proi consented, and as they started she j to p j said: * | ing "Mr. C., have you been long at 'The is p I White.'" * run He replied: "No, only a few hours." I a hi "Then," she said, "it will interest | the you, perhaps, to know what the young j eoil ladies to whom you will probably be e'on presented 'go on,' and, if you wish to ting ! be informed, I will tell you." spri , j He thanked her and she continued : tent "Miss A. has a reputation as a beau- ed t j tiful woman. She 'goes on' beauty, Rait | and you must (latter her personal van- the ity else she will soon tire of you. Miss ^ h B. is a typical Southern girl. She 'goes mil< on' flirtations and you must make her ol t j think that your scalp is wit tun nor reach, else she will vote you u bore. H ISIi.ss C. is one of the first families of ncai Virginia. She'goes on'ancestry, coats the of arms and even heraldry. You must 11 bi tell her of your blue blood, else she of g will consider you common. Miss 1). that j is rich. She 'goes on' money bags, j the 1 You must talk to her of investments, win ; stocks and linanee, else she will think Am j you tiresome. Miss K. is literary. You can must he able to discuss the latest nov- The els and magazine articles, else she will j this ; soon weary of your society. Miss F. fori is the daughter of Senator . She bea I 'goes on' politics. You must l?e 'up' able . . on the political questions of the day, or a else you will not suit her tastes. Miss eye j (J. likes horses and 'goes on' them, wot i You must ride with her and talk horse, I opu else you cannot hope to make an im- indi pression. Miss H. is daft on tennis, not, C I You must play tennis and talk tennis I ere you can steal her affections." flKi i Thus she cleVerly gave him points to 1 j about a dozen or more of the belles he , slat I would confront, and when he thanked i eve ther widower has been let loose I society." ie was equal to any demand for a ? er play on words. Let me give an mce, and I violate no confidence nl record it in the words of-the , . ^^3 leman, Mr. Qeorge Savage, a Balire lawyer, formerly of Richmond, was subject to her wit. He says: len I last saw Mis Hattie Ould it at her home in Richmond. I had wn her from her childhood. After iasant morning call I rose and said: ust say good bye, and you know II have always said of you." She : 'Tell me again, Mr. Savage." I ied: 'I have always said, Miss Matthat you arc fascinating, hut ' looked at me intently and said cotishly: 'Undesirable, Mr. Savage?' id: 'No, Miss Mattie, but unrelishe knew that I referred playfully er disposition to flirt. She immeely said: 'You know I have als been ready to do a little missionwork among the savages.' I bed, and said : 'Thank you, Miss tie, but you cannot commence with scalp." Then we shook hands with ual good byes. I did not dream I would never see her again." certain Richmond lady, noted for diamonds and bad grammar, meetMiss Ould in the street, said, as she roachedher: '*Mattie, I seed you iDg." Immediately Miss Ould said: s, I saw you seed me." any other instances of her mental lities might b-3 cited. She had ijr admirers. After a marriage of it a year to a Mr. Schoolcraft, of hlo, N. Y., but a resident of Richid then, and a clergyman of the iblished Church in England now, was borne to her grave in Hollyd cemetery, at Richmond. Her ;ral was the occasion for a popular lonstration. woman of rare attractions, she few gquals and no superiors in iliness of person or brilliancy of d. The White" has a venerable his', and many memories of brilliant beautiful women, who, from the 3 of the stately Dolly Madison to latest Southern belle of this season, e given it a distinctiveness and a -m all its own ; but it is redolent of brighter, sweeter memory than i of Mattie Gwynn Ould.?New k Sun. GREATNESS OF OUR REPUBLIC. rhile the older nations of the world behind, onward rushes our great iblic, freighted with the hopes aud iuies of sixty-five millions of peoWe are the outgrowth of one soly century, aud yet have taken the most place among the powers that Our population, savings, public it, agriculture and freedom from ; justify the boasts of the most fer; fourth-of-July orator, ranee must have one hundred and y years to grow two Frenchmen re one grew before. It takes even land seventy years to double her jlation. We can do that in twentyyears, and less. In fact, we have 3d to our number during the fifty s as many as the present populaof Great Britian. ur wealth is to be estimated by isands of millions. Its vastuess :es correct computation difficult. i 1850, the total wealth of the ted States was nearly three times than that of the British Empire, in 1882, the country reversed the tion, took the lead and has kept it since. Our enormous agricultural urces feed the world's needier sons, in manufactures we have once n distanced the great competitor, land. In 1880, her products of lufucture were not two-thirds the le of ours. i annual savings America puts by hundred and ten millions sterling, ;eding England's by fifty-six mils per annum. i military matters we share the ;fits of a standing army of twentythousand men, and do not need e, except when special stress calls n forth. Then, like the soldiers of erick l)hu, they spring from every :e, bush and field, until millions enrolled again as they have been re, for defence of honor and integemocracy does not regard the one die expense of the many. She ,ds not for the king, emperor, noble privileged classes, but for country home. She lives as the inspiring er of the souls of free men, prompttheir patriotic wisdom, restraining r baser desires. This is the cause .merica's greatness, and her wealth lit its outcome?liberty, one and insible, giving good laws beneath a government.?New York Ledger. 0 Revolutionize Trotting.?A 1 known Santa Rosa horseman has clieme for trotting horses which mises to beat the "scoot" track all lieces as an important factor in aida horse to obtain a fast record. He binning a sulky that will not only itself, but will push the horse along t too. He says it is to be built 011 plan of a watch. It will have big springs to driVe the wheels and he tends that it will revolutionize trot;. Right under the driver's seat the ngs will be located, and it is his inion to have things so neatly adjusthat when he wishes to go a 2.10 all he will have to do is to set it at 2.10 ligurc and it will do the rest. <>11 wound 1111 the sulkv will run one and a half. A very clever feature lie sulky is the self winding apitus. y simply touching a little spring r his stirrup, the driver can make wheels wind up the spring, and, by ind device, he can throw them out ;ear when the indicator tells him : the spring has heen wound up to proper tension. Thus in scoring itever power is lost can he regained. 1 it is so arranged that the power he turned on at will by the driver, t gentleman claims everything for invention, lie says it will transit the slowest scrub into a world ter and make a three minute horse ; to go a 2.08 J record. The in veil tipparently had nothing green in his s when he was talking about his iderful sulky, hut time and devellents will tell whether lie has heen nlging in two many air castles or ,?Santa Rosa Republican T' From the cotton seed that used ?c thrown away there are now, it is ed. liflv thousand tons of oil made ry year.