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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
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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.