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CHAPTER XXV.
DE VITRE PAY8 FOR HIS LIFE AND
HONOR.
CC A TTEND Monsieur de Ker
/\ saint, Jean-Renaud,"
said the marquis to the
old retainer, who had
been an interested spectator of the
whole transaction, as the count stepped
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or the servant had passed
through the entrance, the marquis'
steward appeared in the way.
"Pardon this intrusion, Monsieur le
'Marquis," he said in great agitation,
"but there is something which monsieur
should know. There is a straner?a
spy, perhaps, somewhere in the
chateau! One of the servants told me
that he saw a woman, or some one,
in the armory during the dinner listening;
and others have said that one
cloaked and hooded Bitted along the
ball and came up these stairs after the
dinner. I thought monsieur would
not wish any one to knew what passed
at the table and I ventured to come
here."
"And you did well, Basile," answered
the marquis. "A cloaked figure,
a woman, then. What sort of a cloak?"
"One like mademoiselle the countess'
foster sister wears," answered the man
slowly.
"What, Josette!" exclaimed the marquis.
"De Kersaint, stay a moment
"I?1 aid luyseu, bit.
"Were you In the armory listening?"
"I?yes?sir. Oh, men Dleu, mon
Dieu!"
She sank on her knees on the floor,
covered her face with her hands, and
burst into tears.
"Will Monlsieur le Marquis pardon
me?" said Basile insistently. "The
person, a man. perhaps, was seen with
Madame Josette."
"Ah, so!" cried the marquis, turning
fiercely to the prostrate woman. "You
have lied to me, then?"
"Yes, monsieur," she sobbed.
"Who was it? Speak, you fool!"
But the girl only shook her head and
sobbed and wailed at his feet The
marquis could get nothing further from
her.
"Curse these women!" he exclaimed
in deep disgust "Where did they go,
Basile?"
"They came up this stair, monsieur."
"Have you men outside the door?"
"Yes, Monsieur le Marquis."
"Bid them search every chamber in
this corridor. Now, Mademoiselle
Anne," he said, turning to the countess,
"perhaps you can help us. Know you
aught of this strange visitor? Has
anyone been here?"
Anne's tongue clave to the roof of
her mouth, her knees trembled beneath
her, her heart stopped its breathing in
<v terror, but she could not lie, even to
save her lover. She looked at the
marquis In silence.
"There is no one In the other rooms.
Monsieur le Marquis." said the steward
as the men reported to him.
"Ha! He must be here. then. Anne,
tell me?Why are you silent? What
Is It child?" her grandfather bent over
her. "Speak! I will have an answer!
Did any one come here? is there any
one here now? By heaven, these
women exasperate me beyond endurance!
'Jean-Renaud. you were here
when I came in. How long had you
been here?"
"But a few momenta, Monsieur le
Marquis."
"Did any one come In while you
^ were here?"
"No, monsieur."
"Too hare been a faithful servant,
for 50 years, you would not lie to me.
^ I ask you again, did anyone come while
' you were here?"
"No. monsieur."
"Your pardon, de Chabot," interl
rupted the Comte de Kersaint, "let
k me ask another question. Jean-ReL
naud, was there any one here besides
mademoiselle and her maid when you
came In?"
The Breton looked stubbornly at the
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"You are not my master, Monsieur
de Kersaint," he answered.
"Answer his question, Jean-Kenaud,"
said the masiiuis sharply.
The old man stared at the two gentlemen
in silence.
"Answer it to me, then." ,
The lips of the old servant remained
sealed.
"You dog!" shouted the marquis furiously.
"How dare you disobey my
orders! And to what end? Your si
"8PEAK, WOMAN!"
until *|e look Into this. Come hither,
woman!" he cried to the affrighted
maid. "Know you augbt of this?"
The girl was almost paralyzed with
terror as she slowly stumbled nearer
him. As for Anne, she sank back in
her chair as if stricken. Was Grafton
about to be discovered, then? For%
tunately, no one noticed her at the
time.
Josette stopped before her master,
white with fear, dumb with apprehension.
"Answer me!" cried the marquis.
"Speak! Ha! what is this?" he exclaimed.
stepping across the room and
picking up the cloak from a chair
where Grafton had thrown It "Was
this It?"
"I Judge so, Monsieur le Marquis,"
answered Basile.
"Speak, woman!" thundered the old
man. "Whose cloak is this?"
"Mine sir," faltered the girl.
"And who wore It to-night?"
lence proves that some one was uere.
Wbo was it? Speak, I command you!
On your allegiance, by your faith,
by the duty you owe me, I charge
you. I wish to know who was here.
I will know it! Ten thousand devils!"
he roared, exasperated beyond measure
at the man's stubborn silence.
"Will you speak, or not? As God hears
me, if you do not answer immediately,
I shall pass my sword through
you!"
"That is as monsieur pleases," answered
Jean-Renaud sturdily. "Monsieur
is a gentleman, and I am only
a Breton peasant, but I have my ideas
of honor, too. Serving monsieur and
his son for 50 yean; in this house,
how could it be otherwise? And my
honor bids me be silent Monsieur
may kill me, I am his man, my life
is his, but monsieur can not make me
speak!"
| Furious with rage the marquis shortened
his arm and drew back his
sword.
"Strike not, de Chabot!" cried de
Kersalnt Interposing, laying his hand
upon the other's arm. "What need?
'Tis certain some one is here. The silence
of the maid, the acquiescence
of mademoiselle, and the refusal of
this old man to confirm or deny, prove
it beyond a doubt There is no exit
from this or the other chamber, if I
| remember the castle, save by the door
through which we came. The man
or woman must be there. Let us
search. Honor your servant for his ancient
fidelity, de Chabot. He would
not betray a woman. There is some
one here?some one in the room of
the woman I love, the woman who is
this night plighted to me. Let us
search. That door, yonder? What room
is that?"
"Monsieur," cried Anne, stepping
across to the door, her face aflame,
_l"tis my bed-chamber. You may not
pass within it but over my body.*
She had not remembered de Vltre,
but she was on fire to protect Grafton.
Yet it was a desperate, a hopeless situation.
No matter, she would fight
for him to the end?they should not
harm him.
"Mademoiselle, assure me op the
honor of a de Rohan that there is no
one there and I withdraw."
She endeavored to speak, vainly
moistening her dry lips, but she could
not, so she stood silent and determined
between him and the door behind
which Grafton, his sword out, his blood
up, was in readiness to make a dash
for liberty. But his time was not
yet.
"Enough, de Kersaint," exclaimed
the marquis, "yovl may not enter those
sacred precincts, but I, an old man,
grandfather to this wayward child,
may go anywhere. Stand aside, Anne?
cr "
"Mercy! mercy!" cried the girl,
dropping to her knees before the door.
"Mere de Dieu! Help me, have pity
upon me!"
"Oh, he is in there, then? A moment,
de Kersaint, and you shall have
him before your sword," cried the marquis
springing forward.
Grafton thought his hour was come.
But no, not yet!
"Search no farther," exclaimed a
sharp voice from the other side of the
room, as de Vitre, pale as death, threw
down the screen and revealed himself.
He had heard all, divined all. Anne
loved him not. He would sacrifice
I Klmonlf fni? Kor fnr hor Invor nfiv ho
some of the debt he owed to Grafton.
"Oh, thank God, thank God!" cried
Anne, rising to her feet and shrinking
back against the door-frame.
"Monsieur de Vitre!" the marquis
called out, in great surprise.
"Capt. de Vttre, by heaven, what do
you here," demanded de Kersaint,
springing forward threateningly.
"Messieurs, I came here as the rightful
betrothed of Mademoiselle Rohan,
as the man who had received her troth
in New France. Resolved to make one
more appeal to her, I left the banquet
hall to throw myself at her feet."
"Did you come by the Invitation of
mademoiselle?" asked de Kersaint
"No, monsieur. I came unannounced."
"You love this man, mademoiselle?"
"Alas! no, Monsieur de Kersaint,"
answered Anne. "I esteem him. He
sought my hand under peculiar circumstances
in New France. I consented,
subject to the acquiescence of
Monsieur le Marquis, and when I told
him of it he laughed at me."
'"Twas but a boy and girl afTatr, de
Kersaint, not worth mentioning," answered
the marquis.
"But he came here?"
"Yes, yes, monsieur," cried Anne.
"But without an Invitation, and, indeed,
unwelCOitoe. The mystery is now
over. Retire, gentlemen, I beg of you
This has been too much for me."
The marquis started to speak, when
something caught his eye and he
stopped as if petrified. Resisting his
first impulse to cry out, he slipped
around to the table near the screen,
and covering it with Mb person remained
silent, his gaze fixed in cold
suspicion upon?Dig- granddaughter.
As for de Kersaint, he would let him
j fight his own battle; afterward he had
| other plans. De Kersaint stopped and
thought a moment.
1 "You came," he said at last to de
Vitre, who stood pale and haggard with
folded arms before him, ''without invitation?"
"I have said so."
"Unwelcome?"
"Alas! yes."
"Mademoiselle did beg him to retire,"
broke in Jean-Renaud. "I heard
her."
"And monsieur would not go away,"
added Josettc, who had regained her
voice.
"Your attentions were not pleasing
to mademoiselle, then?"
"No, monsieur, I fear not."
"By God, sir!" cried the Frenchman
in sudden passion, "you are my exec-"
utive officer, my trusted subordinate,
but if I were not about to sail I would
challenge you so that I might pass
my sword through you! As it Is, sir,
you shall be dismissed the ship. I'll
not sail with you, you disgrace your
uniform!"
In his anger and surprise de Kersaint
had forgotten about the cloak
and the spy, it seemed.
"Monsieur," cried de Vitre, desperately,
at this threat, "think a moment.
I was mad with love for mademoiselle.
She was my promised bride. Never
had she permitted me a greater privilege
than to touch my lips to her
hand. No one would consider me. |
I saw happiness slipping from me.
Her beauty crazed me. I forgot myself.
But 'tis all over now. She does
I not love me. She has rejected me.
Oh, monsieur, for God's sake, crush
not a broken man! I ask no forgiveness,
only an opportunity. We sail
to-night Give me my place upon the
ship. Perchance some fortunate bullet
may find my heavy heart Monsieur,
you were a young man once.
If you love mademoiselle now, think
what I have felt and find some excuse.
?Mademoiselle," he continued, turning
to Anne with a meaning glance, "you
will not have me, it seems. All the
dreams I have cherished are broken
and shattered. My heart is dust and
fashes within me. There is left me
but one desire, one hope: since I
may not live and love you, I wish to
die in France. I have done you some
slight service, perhaps, in days gone
by," he went on pleadingly, "will you
not intercede for me with Monsieur
de Kersaint?"
"Monsieur de Kersaint," cried' the
girl, touched by the plea, realizing
that he had given himself up to save
her and her lover, sorry for his misery,
"will you not heed the request
erf Monsieur de Vitre? You were ever
generous, kind. Oh, monsieur, may
not that which has moved you?to
want?me"?she stretched out her
arms toward him?"plead with you
to excuse him?"
"Mademoiselle," said the count,
looking at her with eyes full of admiration,
"I can refuse you nothing.
I can not forget this, but I can forgive
Monsieur de Vitre. You are excuse
enough for anything. By heaven, your
beauty would make any man mad!
Rejoin your ship, Capt de Vitre.
Perhaps there may be no more friendship
between us, but at least you may
do your duty."
"Thank you, Monsieur de Kersaint.
Monsieur le Marquis, Mademoiselle de
Rohan, farewell!"
"Nay, Monsieur de Vitre, I can not
part from an old friend thus lightly!"
exclaimed the girl, stretching out her
arm. He seized her hand, dropped on
his knees before her, and rested his
forehead upon it.
"This for life and honor," he whispered,
so that none but she could hear.
"Think of me sometimes. Farewell!"
"Go, monsieur," she said, "and may
God bless you! You have the gratitude,
the eternal remembrance," she whispered,
"of Anne de Rohan."
"Farewell, mademoiselle," said Kersaint,
approaching in his turn, "may
God speed the day when I may come
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En avant, de Vltre."
"Jean-Renaud, attend Monsieur de
Kersaint," cried the marquis again
as they passed out. "Baslle, withdraw
the servants and wait for me at
the end of the passage-way by the
staircase."
CHAPTER XXVI.
GRAFTON WINS AND LOSES.
AS the three men and the
servants left the room,
with an expression of relief
so great that she could
not describe it, Anne sank down in
the chair by the table. She thought
her lover extricated at last from his
precarious position. Her emotions
during the last few moments, when she
feared that the marquis would discover
his presence, and then when de
Vitre had so nobly Interfered in his
behalf, had been almost more than
she could bear. She forgot for the
moment that the marquis bad not gone
with the others. She had not remarked
his suspicious sileuce, his strange
movement, in the excitement of the
passing moments.
"Now, Modemoiselle de Rohan," he
said harshly, "since this play has been
played out and the actors in the little
comedy have departed, will you be
good enough to explain the situation?
Will you tell me who it was that wore
.Tosette's cloak; who listened in the
armory; whom you have entertained
in this room, whom you conceal in
vour chamber?"
"What mean you, monsieur?" she
faltered, all her terror coming back
again. "Monsieur de Vitre "
"De Vitre is a fool," exclaimed the
marquis angrily, "and yet I admire the
man. He took it all upon himself like
a gallant gentleman."
"Monuieur de Vitre told nothing but
the truth, monsieur."
"Quite so," answered the marquis,
with difficulty restraining himself. He
was in deadly earnest, with the suppressed
fury of his most dangerous
moment. "Quite so. I have no doubt
he told the truth. It spoke in his eyes.
But did he tell it all? You answer not.
But what need? Did Monsieur de
Vitre leave this hat on the table? I
have seen hats like that, mademoiselle,
but upon English heads."
"Monsieur," stammered the girl.
"No more faltering!" continued the
marquis, pacing back and forth before
her. "He is here. A lover in your
room, an Englishman, and you have
Deirayea me,ueunjeu yoai noBort
you " he used a harsh word from
the camps. "Stand aside!"
He laid his hand roughly on her
arm. She struggled to bar the way,
moaning faintly. The door was thrown
open, the hangings dashed apart, and
Grafton, sword in hand, sprang into
the room. At last!
"Monsieur le Marquis!" he cried,
"release mademoiselle! By heaven,
no man lays a hand upon her when I
am by, not even though he be her
father!"
"Captain Grafton!" exclaimed the
marquis involuntarily letting go his
granddaughter's wrist and falling
back in great surprise, "you here, sir?"
"Why not? I love the Countess de
Rohan, and, presumptuous as I may
seem, I dare to affirm that she loves
me as well. Indeed, sir, since the moment
I held her In my arms five years
ago in this very chamber at midnight,
and kissed away her tears, I have loved
her. The fortune of war brought me
wounded to her feet in Canada, sir,
and there I found I loved her still;
and, what was more, I learned that
she had not forgotten me. She left
me behind wounded and ill, but I followed
her here. Sir, I have come to
claim her."
"My God!" faltered the marquis, as
if dazed by this sudden development
of the situation, "and I trusted her to
your honor!" He looked years older
at that instant, his face blanched and
working. Grafton pitied him.
"Monsieur, I pledge you that honor
that I left her as sweet and innocent
a child as when I first knew her."
"And yet. you came from her bed
cnamDcr ercu uuw, uiu jruu &imiu uu
at midDlght?"
'"Twas five years since, sir."
"Do you love this man, Anne?"
"More than heaven Itself!" she answered,
stepping to his side.
"And you came to take her away,
sir, like a thief in the night?" sneered
the marquis, his color coming back as
he mastered his surprise and regained
a portion of his self-command.
"We had gone, sir, a moment since,"
broke in Grafton ruthlessly, Irritated
by the sneer, "had we not been interrupted."
"Mon Dieu, 'tis impossible you can
love this Englishman, Anne!"
"An American, sir "
"Peace! 'Tis all one. This officer,
this enemy of France, this commoner!"
"Yes," murmured the girl.
"You love him more than family,
than country, than rank, than fetation,
than honor?"
"More than all the world, monsieur."
"And you were here alone with him
at midnight in this tower? He kissed
you?"
"Yes, monsieur, but I was only a
child."
"You nursed him in sickness in Canada?"
"Yes, monsieur."
"Were you about to fly with him this
evening, as he says?"
"Yes."
"And he came from your bed-chamber!
Oh, mon Dieu, mon Dieu!"
screamed the old man, passion, despair,
wounded pride, quenched ambition,
frantic rage in his voice. "The
deep dishonor of it! This from my
granddaughter, this from a child of
my ancient house! An innocence
gone, a reputation blasted, a character
compromised!" ' '
"S'death, sir!" burst out Grafton.
"Speak you thus to your own? Uhe
is as pure as an angel from heaven!
As I live, were you not her grandsire,
and an old man, I'd strike you
down!"
"Ana l tnougnt ner, ragea me oia
man, contemptuously disregarding
him, "like Caesar's wife, above suspicion.
Monsieur, you have betrayed
my trust, you have violated my sacred
hospitality, you have compromised
my grandchild in the eyes of the
world, you have well-nigh ruined my
house. You belong to a race I have
loathed and hated. This old arm, withered
as you see, has used up its
strength in striking blows upon your
people. I would fain have your life,
monsieur," he continued sternly. "Nay,
I shall hare it presently; but before
you die you must cover your actions
before God and man, with the sanction,
the poor sanction of your dishonorable
name."
"Monsieur," cried Grafton in amazement,
"what mean you?"
"Grandfather," interrupted Anne, "I
am innocent of everything except loving
Monsieur Grafton. That I cannot
help. I swear to you that I am?as I
was?when you first took me in your
arms?except for love."
"By heaven, sir," exclaimed Grafton,
"are you mad? Can you not see?"
"Silence!" said the old man. "Therer
must be a wedding here to-night
Things are permitted a husband which
are denied a lover?wedlock covers
all. Mademoiselle de Rohan, you must
marry this man."
"'Tis the dearest wish of my heart,
sir," cried Anne.
"Monsieur le Marquis," said Philip,
bewildered, "what mean you? Do ycm
consent to my suit, then? Heavens!
'Tis impossible!"
"Consent? No, monsieur, I demand
of you, nay, I order, I command you,
if there is a vestige of honor in you,
that you marry this misguided
girl, that you rehabilitate her in the
eyes of the world."
"The world knows nothing, and thera
is nothing to know, sir."
"In my eyes, then."
It was a puzzling situation. Philip
longed for nothing so much as to call
Anne de Rohan his wife, yet apparently
consenting to this ceremony he
would be putting some sort of stigma
upon her honor or her reputation.
"I can not, monsieur, upon tWs compulsion,"
he faltered hesitatingly.
"Philip!" cried Anne, who saw nothing
of what was passing in his mind
and who heard only his refusal, hia
denial of her. "You refuse me? You
betray my heart? Ah, that woman in
the locket! Oh, mon Dieu, mon grandpere,
kill me, hill me! He loves me
not, I am rejected!"
She nearly fainted with the shock
and the agony of the moment
"Monsieur," said the old marquis
his eyes gleaming with anger and determination,
"will you marry this girl?
Think well before you refuse, sir. The
hand of a de Rohan has been offered
twice to no one before. Say No, and
I kill her before your eyes, and you
shall follow her to death. We may
wash out the stain upon our honor in
blood, perhaps, if not in marriage."
"Enough!" cried Philip, thinking
swiftly to be and. putting
everything else aside. "I take her
gladly, Joyfully, thankfully; not from
any Ihreat of yours, old man, but because
I love her, and by giving her ray
name I will have the right to protect
her from further Insult even from
you."
"Without, there!" called the marquis,
stepping to the hall. "Ask Monseigneur
the Archbishop of "Vannes to
come hither instantly. He hns not yet
"WITHOUT, THERE!"
left the castle. Speak to your prospective
wife, monsieur, if you will while
we wait I can promise you no further
opportunities after you are married,"
continued the old man, turning to the
door.
It was the one touch of human kind
ness tie Qaa exniDiiea in ujw wuuic interview.
"Why did you hesitate, Philip?"
whispered the girl reproachfully, aa
she looked fondly at him. "You refused
me. You almost broke my heart
To lose you now would kill me."
"Only because I seemed to be putting
a stigma upon you by consenting," he
said softly In reply. "Your grandfather
thinks that your houor?forgive
my saying It?demands our marriage."
"What matter his thoughts? We
know."
"Yes, and I was a fool. You will be
my wife, my own, In one moment
You can go away with me with a
clear conscience then. And when you
are mine let me see the man who will
dare question aught!"
"0 Philip, I am so happy! 'Tig like
life from death. I thought you lost,
and now "
The archbishop at that moment appeared
in the doorway attended by
Jean-Renaud.
"You sent for me, my dear marquis?"
he said blandly, but in great
surprise.
"I did, monselgneur."
"And for what purpose, pray?"
"I want you to solemnize a marriage,
that of my granddaughter and this?
this?gentleman."
"What, monsieur!"
"And now, too!"
"But, Monsieur le Marquis, did you
not say she was betrothed to the Count
ae KereamiT
"Monselgneur," answered the marquis
haughtily, "here is a strange mischance.
I can not tell the tale, but
the honor of my house requires a marriage,
now and instantly, between this
young and the Countess Anne
de Rohan. I Jest not, monselgneur.
Morbleu! do I look like a man who
trifles? You have known me of old,
most reverend sir, I mean what I say.
The marriage must take place!"
"But Monsieur de Kersaint?"
"God help him when he knows the
truth!" said the marquis. "Will you
proceed, monselgneur?"
"The young man is of our faith?"
"No, monselgneur," answered Grafton.
"I am a Protestant"
"But you can dispense with that
yourself, monselgneur," interrupted the
marquis promptly. "I tell you nothing
shall prevent this."
"If the young man consents to
Will you bring up the children of this
union, should any be'born to you, in
the faith of the Holy Roman Catholic
church, monsieur?" asked the prelate.
"I will, so help me God," answered
Philip promptly.
"There will be no children." interrupted
the marquis grimly. "Wiil you
now proceed?"
"But we lack an altar, vestments,
lights, attendants, witnesses, marquis?"
"No altar is needed here, and as for
witnesses, I am one, Josette is another,
and if you want a third, here is JeanRenaud?people
upon whom I can
rely."
"Mademoiselle," said the perplexed
archbishop, turning to Anne, "do you
wish to marry this man?"
"Yes, monselgneur."
"Do you love him?"
"With all my heart."
"And you, monsieur?" he continued,
looking at Grafton.
"My love and desire, most reverend
sir, more than match her own, yet I
must say, I protest that this hasty marriage
implies no doubt upon the honor
of the lady who takes my name."
"Hell and furies!" cried the marquis
Inconsistently, "who dares to imply
such a thing! Monselgneur, will you
proceed, or shall I kill this man before
your eyes?"
TO BE CONTINUED.
LIVING UP TO CHRISTIANITY.
More Genuine Christianity the Need of
the World Today.
It Is more and not less Christianity
that the world needs as between peoples
and between people, in diplomacy,
In public and private business, In
all affairs of the state, the family, and
the Individual. Unselfish kindness
helpfulness, courtesy, gentlemanllness,
honorable dealings among men?these
are all practical versions of the Golden
Rule and genuine products of the
sermon on the mount.
In the secret soul there are apprehensions
and appreciations of the hidden
truth, the deep humanity, of even
the dogmas which are so often spoken
of, nowadays, with scornful and superior
criticism by those who have not
studied their philosophical significance
or felt their meaning In spiritual experience.
The doctrine of atonement,
by so many deemed outworn?how
many souls It has helped to cast off
an impairing and degrading past, some
encumbering sin of the Inherited flesh!
How many. In dashing aside the shell
of form and tradition, despoil themselves
of some Inner treasure, fit and
needful for the spirit's food.
More and not less, of genuine Christianity
Is the need of this world. Every
Intelligent religion may have something
to Impart to those born to Christianity:
but those so born and the nations
thus cradled, will arrive at nobler
destinies In the Increasing endeavor
to follow the spirit of the teachings
of the world's one inimitable prophet.
?Editorial in the Century.
DOWN WITH
THE DISPENSARY
Baptist Convention Denounces
State Whisky Business.
THE BRICE BILL IS ENDORSED.
State of 8outh Carolina Waa Deceived
Into the Liquor Business and the
People Must Now Fight For Their
Civilization?God Fearing Citizens
Urged to Persevere In Their Efforts
Until the Last Dispensary Has Been
Abolished. .
The temperance report adopted by
the State . Baptist convention at its
recent session In Chester, makes interesting
reading. The full text of it
follows:
The supreme issue with our South
Carolina people today Is the maintenance
of law as against lawlessness. In
this struggle to maintain the majesty
of the law, the best moral elements In
every community find themselves allied
with those that are on principle
opposed to the manufacture and sale
of intoxicating liquors.
There has been for many years a
strong under-current of Prohibition
sentiment In the commonwealth. When
this sentiment had triumphantly vindicated
Itself at the polls by a demand
for the abolition of the liquor saloon, a
measure was proposed so plausible
that it won the advocacy of many of
the most consistent ana active temperance
men In the state.
That measure was the dispensary
system. Some of the seeming merits
that won for It favor among the advocates
of total abstinence were as
follows:
1. The closing of every liquor saloon
In South Carolina. 2. The state's assuming
control of the harmful' traffic
with a view to restricting- It within the
narrowest possible limits. 3. The establishment
of state dispensaries
where there had been liquor saloons,
and elsewhere only when demanded by
a majority vote of the people. 4. The
restriction of dispensary sales to daytime,
and to sealed packages not to be
opened on the premises. 5. The establishment
of a state constabulary to
prevent illegal traffic in liquors. But
the real Inducement that brought
many temperance people Into acquiescence,
was the prospect of securing
practical Prohibition by keeping the
dispensary at a safe distance from
their own communities.
The best people everywhere have regarded
the presence of a dispensary as
a menace and curse to the neighborhood.
So strongly has this sentiment
Impressed Itself, that any suggestion
to Introduce a dispensary where It
does not exist, has been received with
horror and alarm.
The deadliest blow that has been
struck at moral freedom was aimed
by that clause In the statute law which
says that a dispensary when once established,
can never be removed until
the heavens fall, unless It falls to pay
I financially. This places the sober and
law-abiding element at the mercy of
the lawless and the inebriate.
We file the following claims against
the present management of the dispensary
system:
1. It has not only failed to steadily
decrease the sales of spirituous 11(quors
In the state, but it has awakened
the suspicion that it was trying
In various ways to Increase them. This
suspicion Js strengthened by the recent
refusal of the management to remove
dispensaries where an overwhelming
public sentiment has dernanrtoH
aitnh ?mnv?l It is also
strengthened by charges recently made
in leading, daily papers of South Carolina?which
charges have not yet been
denied?namely: That there was
thought of placing dispensary liquors
when desired, in large grocery establishments,
to be sold by them as agencies
for the benefit of the state. Such
an act would reverse the wheels of
progress and would put us back, in
practice, to the nineteenth century,
when almost every grocery had its
whisky barrel. This suspicion is further
strengthened by the locating of
so-called beer dispensaries in many
places?establishments which persons
high in authority have characterized as
illegal.
2. Our second claim is that many
advocates of the dispensary have
sought to strengthen its grasp upon
the masses of the people by large appropriations
from its revenues for the
maintenance of the public schools?an
attempt to secure popular support for
an Institution that cannot stand upon
its own merits. With strong arms and
trustful hearts, we do not need this
blood money to help us educate the
children whom God has given us.
3. We claim that many recent dispensary
advocates have sought to discourage
the appeal to local option by
enacting a law which withholds the
special school fund from counties that
vote out dispensaries?a virtual bid for
votes to keep whisky in the counties
where it is now sold, with a view to
reducing taxes.
The heroic independence of Cherokee
county challenges our admiration. By
a decisive vote of four to one, it has
closed its three dispensaries, and has
relinquished nine and one half thousand
dollars' profits from them in defence
of a great principle, standing
ready to assume the additional taxation
for the maintenance' of its
"chools. Let this noble example be fol
| lowed by county after county from the
mountains to the seaboard, till every
legalized place for the sale of intoxicating
liquors shall have been closed
by the will of a sober and God-fearing
people.
With this object in view, we, as a
convention, heartily endorse the Temperance
Law and Order League of
South Carolina, and bid it God speed In
its important work.
We put ourselves on record as
strongly favoring and urging such legislation
as will give to every county
and community in the state, the unqualified
right of voting out local dispensaries.
Nothing less than prohibition of the
liquor traffic, whether conducted by Individual
or by the state, will satisfy
the rising Christian sentiment of our
people.
But this is not enough. We must not
use intoxicants ourselves. It is of the
utmost importance that our own membership
should throw their personal
Influence in the right direction. The
so-called moderate use of intoxicating
beverages by Christian people is answerable
for much of the drunkenness
In the land. We should not touch the
unclean thing.
We, therefore, also heartily commend
the noble efforts of the Women's
Christian Temperance Workers to inculcate
total-abstinence sentiment
among the children of the state.
With charity for all and malice toward
none, we resolve to stand, both
by precept and example, for the great
principle of total abstinence as the only
safe one for "a Christian.
We would solemnly emphasize the
importance of so Instructing our children
as to make the rising generation
uncompromising foes to the use of intoxicating
liquors.
With such a sentiment widely
spread, it will not be difficult to keep
the dread evil of drinking away from
our homes and our communities, without
such a moral sentiment, all the
laws that may be enacted will fail to
redeem us as a people from the curse
of drink.
How often one hears the expression
"She Just got married because she
wanted to nave Mrs. put on ner lomostone."
Now, this seems a very natural
statement to the average listener,
' but as a matter of fact there are few
tombstones in any part of the world
that have Mrs. on them, says the Philadelphia
Record. Certainly there are
none in Philadelphia, as very recent
interviews with grave diggers and
sextons have demonstrated, so the woman
who intends plunging into matrimony
with the idea that she is going
to be known as Mrs. Jackson or Mrs.
Blankson after death had better hesitate
before she takes any desperate
step. Even after death a married
woman is only considered part of her
husband's property, for out of several
hundred tombstones investigated none
had the appellation Mrs., while every
one had "Sarah, wife of," or "Jane,
wife of."
THE CHADWICK 8EN8ATION.
Banker Beckwith Tries to Tell How
He Was Duped.
Seated in the office of the U. 8. district
attorney in Cinca- nati, Ohio, last
Monday afternoon. President C. T.
Beckwith, of the failed 0111x608* National
Bank, of Oberlin, made a confession
regarding the bank's transactions
with Mrs. Cassie L. Chad wick
Mr. Beckwith said:
1 "I am either an awful dupe or a terrible
fool. I guess there is no doubt
about my being a fool. I know I have
done wrong, and although crushed to
the earth myself I do not propose to be
made a scrapegoat to shield the sins of
others. The truth is that others also
must be called to the bar to answer for
their part In this terrible affair, and
one of these whose answer must be
had is Mrs. Cassie L. Chad wick."
The banker spoke in broken sentences
and tears were streaming from
his eyes. His acquaintance with Mrs.
Chadwick began three years ago.
The attorneys for Herbert D. Newton,
the Brooklyne, Mass., banker, have
stated that their client loaned Mrs.
Chadwick money only after a note
signed "Andrew Carnegie" had been
endorsed by the president and cashier
of a national bank. The men who endorsed
the note were President Beckwith
and Cashier Spear of the Citizens'
National bank, of Oberlin, O.
Relating this matter, Banker Beckwith
continued his story of the bank's
transactions with Mrs. Chadwick as
follows:
"Yes, we endorsed the note in addition
to one other note for $500,000, but
never for the purpose for which they
were used."
"Do you mean to say that there aie
two $500,000 notes in addition to the
note for $250,000?" was asked Mr.
Beckwith.
"Yes, notes aggregating $1,250,000"
"It has not been generally understood
that there were two notes for
$600,000," was suggested.
"I know it, I know It, but the notes
?*?? tK? aoma " an Iri Mr. Beck
with. "One of them is in the hand*
of the receiver and the other Ougtt
to be in the hands of Mrs. ChadwicJi.
If she ha* disposed of it -she has don#
something which she swore she would
not do. So please make it plain that a
solemn oath was taken that the notes
which bear our endorsement were
never to be used by Mrs. Chadwick for
the purpose of raising money and she
knew it."
"Mr. Beckwlth, to correct any wrong
Impression would it not be wise for you
to state how Mrs. Chadwick Induced
you to place your signature upon the
notes?"
"My God, I would like to if I thought
It would make it clear. To tell the
story would be to tell the taie of torture
and transactions covering a period
of over one year. I cannot tell
the story before I go on the witness
stand. I must seek advice."
"Did you have the slightest suspicion
that the notes carrying the name
of Andrew Carnegie were not genuine
r
"In heaven's name, how could we
have had suspicion? Mrs. Chadwick
swore to both of us and one or more
witnesses that she personally saw Mr.
Carnegie sign his name to the notes
she placed before us. But we said that
we must be sure. How are we to
know? The answer came In less than
two days when a New York attorney
appeared In Oberlln who said he was
the attorney of Mr. Carnegie?his spsUa
vnnahiu) fnr the correctness
of the claims made by Mrs. Chadwick.
In every way we attempted to make
certain that we were engaged In a legitimate
business transaction."
"How about the attest held by Ira
Reynolds; did you see him?" Mr Beckwith
was asked.
"Yes, many times, and what did we
understand? We understood by every)
word that everything was all right and
that genuine securities were locked up
In the vaults of the Wade Park Bank.
I don't know how. Why don't somebody
find out; that is the question;
why don't somebody find out?"
"Just now I can see back to the first
time I came to know Mrs. Chadwick in
a business way. It was something over
a year ago that I learned that W. S.
Fay and Henry Wurst, of Elyrla, had
had some dealings with Mrs. Chadwick.
They were known as shrewd
business men. I began to inquire, for
as a business man I wanted to exert
every effort to turn an honest dollar.
I guess my Inquiries reached the ears
of Mrs. Chadwick. At any rate, she
came to Oberlin, and it was there the
thing began. I began looking for legitimate
business. Mrs Chadwick? Well,
you must Judge for yourself. A second
interview and I made a small loan.
It was promptly met. In addition we
secured considerable splendid business.
Frem thereon the story leads into a
maze, the end of which I wish to God
could now see."
Moaning aloud and stopping to mop
the sweat from his brow the countenance
of the banker suddenly lighted
up. "Man, do you think that woman
may have' executed the name of Andrew
Carnegie upon these notes? She
may have done so, but if so she is
gifted with far more than ordinary
cunning. How could we suspect anything
wrong. She would sign statements
almost without reading them.
And through it all she appeared almost
like a child.
"I remember one statement she signed
particularly. It was a statement to
the effect that no person had any
claim upon the securities she claimed
to possess. We wanted a written
statement.
" 'Anything to make you perfectly
assured,' she said as she signed the
paper."
New York, December 5.?Dr. Leroy
S. Chadwick, has cabled a lawyer in
New York telling him to call upon him
for any settlement that may be needed
for the pressing claims against his
wife.
OUR P08TAL AFFAIR8.
Rural Delivery Has Knocked Out 5,587
- Postofflces.
Extension of the rural free delivery
service baa resulted in an increase, of
1,126 In the number of postofflces discontinued
during the fiscal year ended
June 20, 1904, according to the annual
report of J. L. Brlstow, fourth assistant
postmaster general, made public
yesterday. During the year there were
2,648 postofflces established and 6,687
discontinued. There was a decrease of
168 In the number of offices established.
The principal cause of the Increase
in discontinuances has been the extension
of the rural free delivery ser
vice, ine wuii numoer 01 discontinuance!;
was 1,760 postofflcee, with saving
In salaries of postmasters aggregating
6171,111. At the close of the
fiscal year there were 71,161 postofflcee
In the United States?266 first-class,
1,204 second-class, 3,896 third-class,
and 6ft,766 fourth-class.
Operation of rural mall delivery and
the extension of private Interests of
rural telephone service have created
a demand from the patrons of rural
routes for the delivery of small packages
or merchandise on an order to local
merchants by postal card, telephone,
or otherwise. The value of
such packages is small, and the present
rate of 1 cent per ounce, the report
taya b practically prohibitive.
Mr. B:*istow recommends that congress
fix a rate of 3 cents per pound,
or any fractional part thereof, on ,
packages not exceeding five pounds,
mailed at the distributing postofflce
of any rural free delivery route. If
this special Tate were established,
Mr. Br stow says. It would be a great
convenience to patrons and become
a source of revenue to the department.
It is estimated that 8600,000 will
be needed by the department to continue
the establishment of rural routes
as fast as they are favorably reported
and approved for the remainder
of the carrent fiscal year. It is
likely that 1400 routes will be reported
wit his the next two months,
and at this, rate the appropriation
available will be exhausted about January
lli, 1906.
An appropriation of 13,000,000 tor
the establishment of new route* will
be asked by the department for the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1006. Of
the needs for the service Mr. Bristow
says: 4
"There are now In operation 28,073
routes. It Is estimated that approximately
3,000 additional route*
can be established out of the appropriation
nosfr available, making 30,073
which 1H11 be In operation or
ordered established by January 15,
1906. To maintain service on these
routes luring the fiscal year from
July 1, .905, to June 30, 1906, will rerequire
131,349,000. If congress should
make a supplemental appropriation of
8606,900 forttte current fiscal year,
as suggest 09, additional routes can
be established, bringing the number
In opera tion<Jun~ 30, 1905, up to approximately
;; 32,600. In that event
about |i!3,12^,000 will be required to
maintain the service during the next
fiscal year. Slaking a total appropriation
of 321^120,000 for the maintenance
and Installation of the service
for the nex^ fiscal year."
Appointments of postmasters for
tha Ham l vsar numbered 13.812. a
decrease of v 1,249 as compared with
the precodinf year, due to there having
beer a smaller number of expirations
of oMnmlssione of presidential
postmasters and. to the policy of
the department In discouraging changes
In fc urtl-class postmasters except
for cause.
Mr. Brtstpw recommends to congress
that the interstate commerce
law be amended so as to prohibit
common carriers, to wit, telegraph '
and express companies, or any of
their employes, from aiding or abetting
in green goods or lottery swindles
or any other scheme carried on
partly by mail and partly by common
carriers and which is In violation
of the postal laws.
The report shows that during the
year 1,59J postofflces were robbed;
there were sixty depredations on
railway postofflces, star routes, rural
free delivery routes and screen wagon
service. Ttyre were 940 robberies of
street and rural free delivery letter
boxes. Sixty-six postal cars were
burned and wrecked and 560 postofflces
were burned. There were
2,397 mail pouches lost, damaged, or
rifled.
The above figures show a decrease
in the number of postofflces and a decrease
In the number of postal cars
burned and wrecked, as compared
with the previous year, also a decrease
in the number of robberies relating
to railway postofflce service,
star routes, rural free delivery routes
and screen wagon service, and an increase
in the number of postofflces
burned and the number of letter boxes
robbed. This increase in the number
of letter boxes robbed is due to
the growth of the rural free delivery
service, these boxes being placed
upon the public highway and more
subject t? depredation than city
boxes.
WITH GOOD SUPPORT.
Richland t^Jatillary Stock Will Con*
:inue Gilt Edged.
"Numerically the Baptist denomination
leads all others in South Carolina,"
says The News and Courier.
"If the action of the Baptist state
convention In Chester, composed of
ministers and laymen, was representative
of Baptist sentiment, 'hard
limes and a heap of trouble' are Just
ahead for the dispensary cohorts."
The next largest denomination in
this state is the Methodist, and last
year both he Baptist convention and
the Metho* 1st conference passed resolutions
condemnatory of the dispensary,
similar to the resolutions recently
adopted by the Baptists at Chester.
But does this augur anything ominous
for the dispensary? There has
not been a time since the dispensary's
establishment that the two great denomination!!.
could not have destroyed
that Institution by throwing their influence
and Votes against it, and
while the responsibility is no more.
theirs than it is upon the other denominations,
it is theirs in an equal
degree.
There is a lot of difference between
resolutions at state conventions and
votes at t>e ballot box. Whenever
the Bapltf'k?and Methodists, the
Episcopalian*, Presbyterians, Lutherans
and Catholics of this state want
South Caralina to stop selling whisky
in order to raise money to educate
their child**1" they can do it, and do
it very qdjt'kly at that. The fact is
that the dispensary has lived upon
the support of the membership of
these denijailnatlons?the practical as
well as tlw political support?and it
is in no dirger until that support is
withdrawn^--Columbia State, Tuesday.
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