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CHARLES E. R. DRAYTON, Manaser. AIKEN S. C., TUESDAY, MAY 4, 18S6. VOLUME 5.—NUMBER 21). Save Your Monevand Shop By Mail l\ F^fetdonaiAdyertiaemente. I A.N ACTOR’S STORY. Then b* walked taring: bade to Aberdeen, mat* M«T*?»grag2r*!kag-i | ^| D. 8. Hexpeksox. E. P. Hexdersox. Henderson Brothers, Attormeys at Law, Aikex, S. C. Will practice in the State and REPAIRING A SPECIALTY 207 KING STRKT, CHARLESTON, 8. C-, :0 • - (Opposite Masonic Temple. Great Special Sale! — :0: 5,000 Pieces of Rogers A. A. Silver Plated. Flatware. &c., &c. : O: 5,000 pieces of Rogers A. A. SILVER-PLATED FLATWARE, bought an immense reduction from regular prices, to close u it certain pattern which they are not going to make again, and which 1 am selling at the following prices; at My Regular My Regular 'Price. Price. ^ ' Price. Price. r l sets Teaspoons $1 2o $2 00 100 Crumb Scrapers 2 00 4 5<» (sets Tablespoons 2 50 4 00 oO sets Table Forks 2 50 4 00 75 “ Dessert Forks 2 25 3 75 75 •* Dessert Spoons 2 25 3 75 100 Soup Ladles, ea^h 2 00 4 00 100 Oyster Ladle? 1 50 3 00 100 Gravy Ladles 90 2 00 100 Fish Knives 2 00 4 00 100 Cake Knives 2 00 4 00 100 Pie Knives 2 00 4 00, The above Goods are the very best quality of Silver, plated on Nickle Silver and are perfect in every respect, and only sold at these Low Prices in order to close the entire lot out quickly. Every piece is warranted to wear from live to ten years constant use in any family, if properly u.-e 1. C§r8end for Catalogue, giving prices of Watches, Jewelry and othei .Silverware, and buy where you get the best value for the Cash Money. My Price. 100 Crumb Scrapers 2 (X) 1250 Sugar Shells 45 '500 Butter Knives 45 100 Pickle Forks 45 100 Oyster Forks 45 250 Salt Spoons 25 •250 Mustard Spoons 35 500 Nut Picks 1$ 500 Fruit Knives 25 50doz t’ble k.’ve.s.doz 3 50 150 do/. T’ble K’ve: 2 00 United States Courts for South Caro lina. Prompt attention given to col lections. John Gary Evans, Attorn ey-at-Law. Will praelice in the Counties Aiken, Edgefield and Barnwell. of John A. Mette, Attorn ey and Counse llor at Law, Practices in. all Courts of South Carolina, Aiken, S C. James Aldrich. Walter Ashley. Aldrich & Ashley, Attorneys at Law, Aiken, S. C. Practice in the State and United 'tales Court? for South Carolina. Related by JOHN COLEMAN. W. Quitman Davis, Attorney at Law, Aiken, S. C. Will practice in the Courts of this Circuit. Specia attention given to •ollcctions. 0. C. Jordan, Attorney at Law, Aiken, S. C. jtf. B. Woodward, Attorney at Law, Aiken, at Will practice his State. in C. the Courts o JIMO. IWcELREE, Propri otor. Bondurant, Jopling & Co, Edw. J. Dickerson, Aiken, S. all the Courts — Attorney-at Law, C AVill practice in this State -Manufacturers or- ALL KINDS OF BtfiCKS! « Proprietors of the Old and Popular—— DeLAIGLE AND AUGUSTA BRICK YARDS, establish 1 in 1820! Esti mated production since then 250,000,000 Brick! Quality and color unsur passed N.oriJi or South. Large stock always on hand. For information address BONDURANT, JOPLING & CO., Augusta, Ga. Dr. Z. A. Smith, PRACTICING PH YSICIAN, VAUCLUSE, - - - S. C. C^POflice near Depot. Dr. W B Courtney, Dentist -Ol’l’ICE —- lichland Avenue, Aiken, S 0. Next door to HeiTry Busch & Co. IN RIBS! GIN RIBS ! T. B. II.Teague, Denii -office on- HAVE secured Patterus and propose to furnish RIBS for all makes Gins at reasonable prices. CASTINGS of all kinds in Iron an Brass at short Special attention given to Repairs. Satisfaction nonce, guaranteed! Eichland Avnue, Aiken, S. Dr. J. If. Burnett, Denti r\ t s* TiiEY^EHDLETOiiYlOUNCRY^aNoY SaSiii.iEjr'WORK.H -OFFICE AT- Nos. 615, 617 and 319, Koi.rock St. CHAS. F. LOMBARD, Proprietor. UG1 <; A ji’aniteville, Aiken County, , ( Dr. J. B. Smith, Dentist. -OFFICE AT- WM PUN DLETON, Sup’t. ALFRED BAKER, President. THE AUGUSTA SAVi OF AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.— F. BE.vX, Cashier.* S. i ***% F 5 , a 'a • J? f 5 ? B ' - * A 13 Cash Assets Surplus - /nterest on Deposits of Five to Two Thousand Dollars and Upward Received. -O- ^. >00,000 OO r>o,ooo.oo : ums of One Dollla u Directum—James A. Loiliu, E. O’Donnell, 7 Baker, E. R. Schneider, W. B. Young, William Jules Rival, Joseph S. Beam, J. Henry Bredenburg. one J. O'Cormier, Alfrc; -i. ii't eigert, Edgcr R. Dcrn JOSEPH MERMAN, MERCHANT TAILOR, ^ CIS Broad street, Augusta, Georgia,,' AV r ould respectfully anounce to liis friends and the public that he has now on hand and is daily receiving, a select stock of Spring and Summer Styles, Consisting of Si lTINGS and TROUSERINGS, etc., •h he will up in the Latest particular. Style at Lowest Prices. Satisfaction guaranteed in niakt ever\ t ii j: BARRETT MAMUFAC IS NOW PREPARED TO FURNISH NEWSPAPERS \VTlJf FINE NEWS PAPER! When taken in quantities of fifty reams, or over, we v/i-l deliver oui I taper free to any point in South Carolina at (> cents jier potmd. Tin Iecordeh is printed on paper manufactured at Bath, S. C. We are also pre pared to furnish the tu&de with BOOK, MANILLA and WRAPiTAG PaPER! PATRONIZE HOME ENTERPRISE! T. G. BARRETT, Pesident, - - - Williston, Barnwell County, S. C .27“ Will attend calls to the country Edwin B. Cunningham, 541 Broad St.. - - Auousta, Ga. Commissioner of Deeds for South Carolina, New York, Florida, Texas Louisiana, Rhode Island, District . ; alumbia, and Notary Public “with -eal.” Drawing of and Probating Papers “a specialty.” Goo.” IV. Williams, HOUSE, S/OX AX/J FHE SCO PAINTER! Graining and Marbling a specialty. ■ )ld Furniture polished and made ie mod as new. t3^“Olilee Up-stairs over Beckman’s Bank. Orders solicited. J. A. Wright, —BOOT AND SHOE MAKER, t wo Doors from Laurens Street on Richland Avenue. The best of material used, and any tyle of boot or shoe made to order. 0. P. Doolittle, ELDER AXD PICTURE FRAME Manuiacurer, 26 Jackson St - - Augusta, Ga. I’icturs Frames Made to Order at kort Notice. XE IF MOULD/XOS C OX ST A XT- L Y EEC El VIXO. Regilding a •qiial to Hew. 'peeialty. Old Frames AUGUSTA, ga. the a B. M (Opposite the Ashley House,) - - * AIKEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, JamesA.Stothart, GRANITEYILLE, - S. C. DEARER IN DRUGS, CHEMICALS PERFUM ERIES, TOILET SOAPS, HAIR BRUSHED AND CIGA.tS. fhe Stock is frequently replenishei; so that they arc: always fresh. Out •rices are reasonable, and we will b> glad not only to serve our friends <>l Graniteville, but of the entire sur- rou uding Country. James A. StoBiart. TiiA^cDSXilJ r I^<) buy your Tinware, Crockery, A Glassware, Lamps, Jewelry, Spoons, Knives, &c.. Forks, Combs, Brushes, Buckets, Spectacles, Pins, Needles, t and every Taps, Baskets, Doll other thing, is at T HESE Wagons like'man nor. Improved Axle Cutting Machine fVj are made of first-class material, ami in the most workman 'taking up lost motion without the cost of new axles. Buggies made to o/cler at short notice, or ordered at Manufacturers Prices from the best makers. Repairing and Paint ing promptly attended to. Satisfaction guaranteed. MARKET A OWN TOWN GRcl FAMILIES WITH FIRST-CLASS VEGETABLES. THAT IS: ,1 Til FUN CABBAGES, TURNIPS,' BEETS, CARROTS. ONIONS. TATOES, APPLES, BANANAS, ORANGES, LEMONS, COCOANUTS, NUTS, RAISINS, CITRON, CURRANTS, Ac. ALSO SELECTED GROCERIES IX GREAT VARIETY! pods Delivered at the House. Call at the 5, lO and 15 Cents Store, No. 516 Broad Street, AUGUSTA, GA., Headquarters for TOYS of all kinds. CHAPTER XIV. ‘ * MAS TO MAX. • I The relations came down like a horde of locusts at the funeral They were all Pres byterians, and Flora was a Roman Catholic, so they left the cortege at the gate of the burial ground. The chief mourners were the doctor, Jeannie, and Willie. When they approached the grave there stood beside it a gigantic man, whom Willie instantly recognized from Elspeth Mac-, Diarmid's description. There was no mis take about the “corbie’s beak and the evil een,” now blood-shotteu and inflamed. The very sight of this loathsome creature set Jamieson’s blood on Are, and he had the greatest difficulty in restraining himself from taking the law into his own hands there and then. A hugs white horse, a vicious-looking beast, with a tremendous Roman nose, stood tied np without the gate,’ champing fretfully at the bit. As soon as the coffin was lowered, with an impatient gesture Deempster turned away, leaped on the horse, gave him the spur, and was cut of gi?ht in a moment. ’ “After all,” mutterel Willie, between his teeth, “it is bast it should be so. I can wait, I can wait j” On returning to Gairloch house after the funeral he and the doctor found the rela tives in solemn conclave in the- dining-room, and paying their respects to'the “funeral baked meats.” The general buzz of conversation ceased as Janiie.’Oi| eut^r »d. Without ceremony Dr. Miller proceeded to read the will. With the exception of certain legacies, such as five bundled pounds to tho doctor’s daughter, five hundred pounds to tho lawyer, two hun dred a year to Jeannie, and venous smaller sums to the servants, the whole of the es tate, real and personal, money invested in stock, etc., amounting in the aggregate to something like twelve thousand pounds a year was bequeathed to Jamieson in trust for Curly (if he should lie alive) failing this Willie was to inherit everything absolutely, without let, hindrance, or Control, being constitute ! residuary legatee add joint ex ecutor with Dr. Miller. W hen the will was l ead a dead sijence en sued. Evidently the family circle had been al ready prepare.! for this intelligence, and their plan of action had been arranged. Every one turned rouui and lookerl' at the lawyer, who rose, and clearing his throat with a glass of sherry,‘Sah.: ‘ ' “Ahem, my friends, I am already ac quainted with your views, and it only rb- mains for me to carry out my instructions. Ahem! Dr. Miller* I beg to inform you and yonder young man that my clients here assembled will resist to the uttermost the carrying out of this will, and, in fact, legal proceedings have this day been commenced, praying the court not to grant probate on the grounds of insanity on the part of the testatrix and undue influence on the part of the residuary legatee. Acting under ad vice, the seal of the procurator fiscal has been placed upon all documents, valuables, 3tc., .belonging to the estate, and as we are de facto m po-session (which, as you are doubtless aware, is nine points. of the law) on beha.r of the next of kin, nothing re mains for me but to request the so- called executors and the woman Jeannie MacPherson to quit this house with as little delay as possible. As we do not wish to be have ungenerously, we will allow you half an hour to clear out. We have left nothing to accident, and the police are hero should it be lound necesiary to have recourse to them in aid of the process of ejectment.” Here was a deadlock. 1 h‘ doctor and Jamieson tool: stock of the situation, found the enemv held every card except the will, and, desirous of avoiding scandal, left the hou'o immediately without a word. Not so poor Jeanme. She gave' the enemy a hot lime of it, but in theeai even she had to succumb to the rough logic of facts. Jamieson accompanied tho doctor to hi; solicitor, and gave instructions for tha de fense ot their rights under the will, and so commenced the litigation in tha fauiou. ca>e of “Jamieson au i Mi'lor against Mac- Alli-itor and others.” Fortunately for Jeannie, the doctor, whe was a widower, wanted a housekeeper to took after ids daughter Maggie, mid he in stalled Jeacnie at once. Jamieson had an engagement offered him for Glasgow, and there was nothing to de tain him fnr* her, except to “have it out" with Mr. Deempster. S.rathminos is about six miles from Aberdeen, but that was nothing lo Will: 9, so he walked over one fine morning after breakfast On arriving at the lodge he in quired if tho laird was about? The lodge- keeper replied: “He is gone oat to have a wee bit rabbit shooting. You’ll find hiui in the glen yon der, about a mile and a bittock awa’.” A mile and a bittock means two good English miles or more. Still it was ail in the day’s walk. At length Willie reached the glen. As he entered at one end Deeipp- ster appeare I at tho other, with his gun ani his dog, a pretty black pointer. As the two men approached each other the dog came bounding forward, and licked Jamieson’s hand. The laird pulled himself up stiffly, and growled out: “Now, then, what do you want?” “I want you, Daniel' Deempster. Do yon know me?” “Oh, aye, I ken y<>u well enough. You’re the play-actor fellow that was at the funeral the other day; but you’re no’ in the kirk- yard the uoo, you’re trespassing on my grounds, so you'd better make yourself scarce.” “Not till I have settled my account with you.” “Me? Is the follow madf’ “Take care that you keep a civil tongue in your bead, Mr. De mpster, or it will l>e the worse for you. I’ve waited for this two years or more, but now the time has come.” ell, now that it has come, once more J ask—What do you want with m f ’ ' ‘ “I want to tell you that when you gave Donald Campbell that foul blow, out below j the hill by Du I hoi>e Ferry, you murdered j two lives, aud because the law can take no j cognizance ot your crime you think you can ! escape'with impunityl” “Impunity!” roared Deempster; “is it j impunity to have that baby-faced block- i head, with his great glittering eyes, his white face, anl fair hair streaked with .blood, standing by rny bed and board by day and night! But there-^-ckar on", or jfll riddle your hide w.th buckshot! You won’t/ Then, by—” and with this word he lifted liis gun and let fly at Willie. Fortunately, his eye was quicker than the Other’s hand, and ho east himself full length on the grass as the charge jiew- harmlessly over him. The next instant he wak'c.t his would-be assassin’s throat, had snatche 1 the rifle from him, smashed the stock and bar rel over his knee, and hurled it a hundred paces away. The oointer stool still and trembled. Then the tragedian said, in a stern, quiet voice: “I don’t wish to have blood on my soul— not even the blood of such a skunk as you are. But I am going to thrash you as long as I can stand over you. So put up your hands, and don’t let me take you at a disad vantage.” “You take me at a disadvantage—you?” “Don’t talk, but put up your hands, I tell He lay on bit back, beaten within an tncA of his life. “My poor friend! That’s ouo slight in- atalmjnt on your account anyhow." ; - CHAPTER XV. ONLY A TRAMP. Night was falling at the Gaiiloch Head when a conveyance drove up and stopped Ut the hall door. The driver got down and began to bring forth sundry boxes and to load the cart with them. By aud by a woman came ont of the house and got into the wagon. Then they turned'towards the city. Suddenly the horse came to a full stop. It was now quite dark, and tbc- carter, who Lad a “drappio in his ee,” en deavored to urge the animal onward, but ill vain. The sagacious brute trembled vio lently, whinnied loudly, reared back on'his haunches, and finally concluded not to budge another foot. Obviously there was nothing for it but for Duncan MacTavish to get down and s ie what was the matter. In getting down he smashed his lantern, and the light went out. See, he ccnMu’t—feel, he did. In a moment ho called out to the woman in the cart: “Ej, Jeannie! Hero’s a mon b eing a’ but deed. No wonder Jock wouldrta budge. He was aye a gey, ’cut > beast. Come down and gi’e a bond, woman. We'll na leave a Curkteu to dee while thei.e’s a wee bit squeak for his life.” They lifted tho man into tho cart, and Jeannie supports l the poor creature's- £ead on her lap, little dreaming for whom sheGJid that Christian office, bat when tho light' fell on his pallid face at Dr. Miller’s door, and she saw who it was all the blood in her heart stood still, but she didn’t come of a faint ing race—besides, she had something else to do just then. “What, what f’ she exclaimed, “the mis tress was aye richt? Ho isua deal after a*—the puir, bouuie la Idie. Doctor, doc tor! come butt the 1100!” shi screamed like a mad woman. AVhen she told Miller who the broken-down wayfarer was he instantly ijfld poor Curly brought in and put in the best bed in the house. Restoratives were employed, but it was long before conscious- Ue-srsuperveu;? J. On his return from Strathmines "Wilke found ; a message from the doc‘or, request ing him to call immediately at Bronda.bsue terrace. Jeannie came rushing to the door to meet him, crying bitterly, and exclaim ing: - - J “We hae fun’ htm—we hae fun’ him! but, oh, puir 1 add 10, how changed! Thank God, my bonnie dearie didna live to see it! It \vould hae broken tho hoirt o’ her—n- ic has mine!" ■ Before Willie had time to speak she h.al urged him forward into an adjacent bed room, where his poor friend lay shivering in a fitful, fevered sleep. Great hollows were in bis cheeks and beneath his close ! eyes. A profusion of long, curly snow- white hairi streained over his brow and round his thin, worii neck. Good Heaven! Could it be possible that this faded wreck was all that was left of the once bright, winsome Curly? Long afterwards Jamieson learned that a soon as Donald left' t ho asylum at Ksw the poor fellow set forth on foot for the north. Drenched with rain, and half starving, he fell down fainting in the streets of Bir mingham. He was tak;n up by the police, and > barged with being drunk. Fortu wtatedy, the inspector was an intelligent man, who immediately sent for a doctor, on whos? certificate Curly was removed to the pauper lunatic asylum. - ‘ A' ter a sojourn of some monihs he wa; discharged. Thanks to his kind physician, he was assisted oil by the mail as far a: Nowcastle-ou-Tyno. From thence the man ager of tho theatre sent him by coach to Edinburgh. On inquiry there he found that Willie had gone to Aberdeen weeks before. Not a human being in his native city recog nized in the shabby, broken-down, prema turely old man the dormer spruce cornet in the Midlothian Volunteers. Ho was aim wb "lad that it was so, and ho slu ik out o Edinburgh as daylight fell, resuming his weary march northwards; nor did he hal; till he found a resting p^ace in a friendly barn by tho waysi’e, which shalterei him until daybreak. He had some two or throe shillings still left, which kept him from ab solute starvation. Fortunately the weather was fine, so by night he slept in barns, under bavricks, or, indeed, wherever he could find shelter. At length hi rcachot Aberdeen. When ho inquired at tho theatre for Willie he was told that ho was staying at Gairloch house. •‘Gairloch house!” he exclaimed. “Tha: is where she lives. On, no! It can’t be— that’s impossible.” He re waived to write to Jamieson at once, but his impatience would not allow him to wait. He woull go hn me I lately. Then his pr.de steppe ! in—lie did not wish her to see him thus changed and worn—thus ragged and wretched. There could be no harm anyhow in going near the place—in looking upon the spot which ensuriucl all be held most dear, so he walked towards th * Gairloch Head. There stood the house and the garden, exactly as ho had left them two years ago— nothing seem changed except himself. Y'es —she must be changed too, else she would not have sent hi:n that cruel reminder of his weakness and degradation. Yet, per haps, oil the oth*r ban 1, she meant to re lease him from the shameful conqiact into which he ha l been coerced—perhaps she — “but alas!.’ he thought, “she doubtieis' remains young and beautiful as ever, while I ■” At this moment a tall, spare man left the uouse, and came ropi Uy to the spot where Curly sat. The poor wretch could I contain his impatience no longer, so he ' accosted the stranger. • i neg pardon, sir,” sajd he, “but is Mr. Jamieiou sail slaying at the house yonder? ’ “Mr. Jamieson is not staying at the house,'' replied Mr. MaeCrawley Gittem, for it was he, “nor has he stayed there since the day of the funeraL” “The funeral! What funeral? Whose funeral ?” "Miss Flora MacAllister’s.” “Flora MacAllisterl" “Ay—sh; was buried three days ago.” And so the limb of the law passed on. fishes? And tL6 stoca debt? Aud do we still delight the lieges with {Ur El w ard Mor timer, and Pisarro, and tho Baillie, and Caleb BalJerstou? And get glorious as of yore on the mountain dew, fresh from Gleq- nvatf' Then, in aa altered tone, and with a touch of sadness in his voice, “Of all things else, avoid that,- young gentleman.' Remember, ‘There’s death in the pot.’ Only begin with that, and 'Facilis descensus A vend.’ All the rest is easy; slap, bang, he put "spurs” to his hor .o and j you go through tho primrose path till violently, ana curly, witn a wild scream, ejaculate 1: “Liok! look! at Death on the pele Lorsel” Turning round, he saw Deempster riding down the street, his eyes bloodshot and his face aflame. Whether he came to seek Wil lie with murderous intent, or whether the devil got the better of him at the sight of the man who had beaten tump can never be known till the day of doom. Certain it is, however, that the moment he saw the two young men rode furiously at Jamieson. With his heavy riding whip he struck him a tremendous blow on the head, which brought him to his knee, and would most certainly have split his skull open had it not been for his tall chimney-pot hat. Reversing his grip, and passing his hauJ like lightning through the thong, Deempster sent tho heavy buck thorn head, with its cruel fangs, hurtling through the air. Had that blow reached its aim tiiore would have been an end at once of Willie Jamieson, and consequently this story would never have been written. At that very moment, however. Curly, with something of his old alertness, at the immi nent peril of his own life, sprang upon the bridle of tho horse and backed it. As the huge brute reared in the air the tremendous impetus of the blow flung Deempster for- wsrd, and ho foil head foremost on the curb of the granite pavement, with a sound that was heard ut the other end of tho street. As he fell one foot remained inextricably en tangled in the stirrup iron, and tho horse galloped madly round tha corner to the right, dragging tho body of the dead man after him. And thus it O&me to £iiss that Curly was avenged, and that, by hi* And thus it came to pass that Curly was avenged. own hand and dood, the Daird of Strath- mines iulfilled Elspeth MaciTiarmid’a weirdl Curly stood looking at" his retreating figure till it faded altogether into the mist of evening; then, without a sigh or sou nil, be dropped like a stone on tho highway, where Duncan MacTavish and JeiunD Mae- Pherson found him lying seme- li&urs later. VIENNA BAKEEV AND CONFECTIONERY ! W. T. HOFFMAN. AVi.NlK, - - - r - - AIKEX. s. r. H. F. Warneks, ! Baker and Confectioner { AND DEALER IA GROCERIES TOBACCO and CIGARS, j TOYS, FIRE-WORKS, Etc. AIIUyN, - - - S. C ‘ you.'’ And the two men went at it hammer and tongs. Deempster had met his match for the first time in his life, and in a quarter <J on hour he lav on his back, beaten with La an inch of his life. j The poor little pointe- ^rceivod “a divided duly." Ida came and snarled at tha victor as if going to bite him, then appar- j ently he altered his mind, and licked his ■ hand. After that be went over to his mas- ; ter and lickod the beaten giant’s face. W it hunt another word Jamieson turned ’ his bock au£ strode over to the lodge. Whi’n he got there he said to the woman: “Yoor in-v-gcr has been badly b-*ateu, and wan s assistance. You will find him lying ip tboglc-fv CHAPTER XVI. ELSPETH'8 WEIRD. As far as care aud k indue vs could allevi. ote Curly’s sufferings I hey were all* viate 1, aud grad pall v he cam3 to himself By do creee he resumed his old relations with Willi#, and at last he was enabled to got about, leaning on the ether’s strong arm. Several weeks elapsed, and Jamieeca’s slender resources were running short, but fortunately the time for the commence ment of his engagemeftt at Glasgow was drawing near. Dr. Miller wished Curly to stay with him, but he pleaded so piteously not to be left behind that Jamieson could not find it in his heart to say him nsy. 80 after ar ranging to send half his salary every month towards the exists of the lawsuit. Williods- cided to leave Abealeen for Glasgow on the following day. His wardrobe had been stored at the theatre, and at about 12 on the mo; ning of h s departure he was standin g ai the stage door in Marist-bul street, giv ng th- necessary d.reeUons for hi.< uggag» to b • forwarded wh t) ho felt hi-: arm dntchoJ CHAPTER XVIL FACE TO FACE. Jamieson’s engagement in Glasgow ex tended, on and off, for some pears, (hiring which bis modest income was ntortgagedfor law expenses; so that ho was able to save little or nothing. Curly’s acting' days were over, but he wrote a beautiful haul, and employed himself in copying parts, MSS., etc., for tho theatre. Of course he didii’t make much by this; but Lecontribi lied some small portion toward the household ex- (xnuses, always hoarding up a little treasure for an especial purpose. Year afti r year, as regularly as the 12 th of May appr cached, he disappeared. Generally he re turned about a mouth afterwards, aud resun led his place without a word. Willie g gessed preity well where he had been; bnvV they quite understood each other, aud no word ever passed between them on the subjo ct. They grew older, aud tho world grew grayer and gloomier for both, and the case of “Jamieson an l Miller vs. MacAli sler aud othere" continued to impoverish tho poor player. Mr. MaeCrawley Gittens, having exhau ft- ed every artifice that pettifogging and c! u- canery could suggest, was at length brougl l£ to bay, and the ' final bearing came on, wLdch resulted in a verdict for tho defend- - ant. The very next day Jamieson gave notice of appeal Then commenced affidavits in- terlocutories, and I don’t know what alL Anyhow the whole tiling had to begin anew. Of course, tho lawyers, as usual, took their time over it. But there is one comfort, you can have a good deal of law for a little money in Scotland—L e M compared with the cost of the article in England. While this precious lawsuit dragged its slow length along, Jamieson was acting in Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham, Shef field, the York circuit, etc. Wherever he went Curly accompanied him. At last en gagements were difficult to obtain in Eng land, so the friends returned to the Laud o’ Cakes. But-, alas! ‘/a new generation had arisen, which knew not Willie,” Younger min hid stepped into his shoos, aud poor Ji.mi -son had to retire and take a back seat, until he sank' to be, as we had s on him the nig.it before, leading man at the Theatre Ruyal, Paisley: ’ Aid now comes the remarkable coinci dence to which I have before referred. As Piko got to this portion of Ids narra tive we reach the summit of a hill, at the bottom of which, some ‘ two mde.s off, lav Stuart town, through which aye had to pass during almost fhe last stage of our journey. As we paused to contemplate the prosjiect, and indeed to takj breath, for we were both a little blown, our attention was attracted to a solitary foot passenger, about three or four hundred yards in front, who came walking • along briskly ’toward ns. Despite his shabby doilies, he had the air and man ner of si gcniljuian. 'His'figure seemed wiry and el .stie; -his hair fell about bis neck in a profusion of Snow-white silky curls; the col lar oi his shirt' was turned down over a fra.ve 1 black sdk handkerchief, revealing a singularly beautiful neck; he carried his hea l ercci; liis O'es'scorned fixed on vacancy, and hi' whole manner’-ivas so engrossed and preoccupied thit In scarcely observed us until within a stone's- throw, when, to my astonishment. Pike gave a long, low whistle, as he ex iaiined: “Well, I novel! Who’d have thought it? Tidk o’ tin de’it! An how’s aw’ wi’ ye, Curiy?” Mr. Campbell—for it was he—drew him self up for a moment, collly; thou, re cover.ng hi 111 self, replied, with a pleasant smiic: “W. at. Pike! Still on the road, old man? Don’t you begin to feel tired of it, and wish it were all over? Sometimes I’m ol Antony’s mood, after Actium, and feel dis posed to cry— Unarm, Eros, the long day’s task is done. But no, no. I suppose Pvo not coura;e enough to take off my own ana or. Anil,* after all, we’ve only got to wait a little longer for ‘the good time coming’ at the end of the journey; and then, you know «a Cato puts it ‘My bane and antidote an both before me.’ But ‘what a rogue aud peasant slave am I to go wool-gathering thus I Who's the boyf’ Pike introduced me to Mr. Campbell as “the juvenile hero of the company, the Com ing man, the future Romeo.” etc. Tlie old gentleman said, with a sweet smile: “Excuse me, sir, old men will still be talk ing; it’s the privilege of aga You are young and sanguhje Ah! I was young end sanguine once myself. I hope you will have better fortune than betel me. You have an open brow and a frank eye. You can look a man in the face; I’m sure you’re not afraid. It’' a bad thing to lie afraid. Ona moment of fear blighted the life of a man I know as well us I know myself. Cleanli ness, they say, is next to godliness, but man liness is above everything. If a man insults you get to the abyss at the bottom." At this moment Pike cut in with: “We saw Ising Willie last night at Paisley.” “Didyou?” responded the other; “then yon saw one for whom “ Nature might stand up * And say to all the world—Thii was a innnl’ ” After a moment’s pause he began to hum “Annie Laurie” half aloud aud half to him self. At last Pike whispered him, then he changed altogether, and said: “You’re a good fellow, Pike. What is it the Baillie says to Rob Roy? ‘You’re a sort of a kind of honest rogue.’ but as to money, ‘Keep yonr trash, Baillie; keep your trash.’ Bee, although wo have got to our last Roberto, yet,”—a»d ho sent a bright new shilling spinning in the air and caught it deftly—“what is it Cleopatra’s mailed Bacchus says? ’Yet have we a brain that nourishes our nerves,’ no*, by the by, that he could have had much brains to spare when he made such an ass of himself for the sake of that promiscuously amorous and de cidedly dissolute old gipsy. Good bye, good bye; good luck to you at Kilmarnock. May your shadow never grow less; may your stock debt never increase; tQ&y you never share less than half a crown a night, and candles to boot. Ta, ta. ‘We pray heaven tb have you in its holy keeping!’” And sd, throwing his head aloft, he walked rapidly down the hill, singing os he passed out of sight the song of Autolycus Jog on, jog on,' the footpath way, Aud merrily bent-the stile a— A merry heart goes all the way; Your sad tires in a mile a That was how I made Curly’s acquaint ance; and, indeed, that was the first and last and only time I eyek saw Donald Campbell until—but I must not anticipate. With reference to the remainder of our journey—— As in a theatre, the eyes ot men. After a well-graced actor leaves the stage, Are idly bent on him that enters next, Thinking his prattle to be te lions; Even so would the reader regar I our ad- ventuj-es at Kilmarnock as tedious and ir relevant, so I pass them by, and leave the record for another time a id place. In tlie next chapter I will take up tho thread of Curly’s aud Willie’s story as n came dlmosn under my own personal cog nizance. many a long day after poor old Pike au 1 I bdd parted company forever. CHAPTER XVI1L END OF THE JOURNEY. Nearly five yours had elajisod since the the day Curly and I met and ported on Queen’s highway. I had eilierged from tha “crowd," and was “starring” at the Theatre Royal, Glas gow, from whence 1 had to go to Aber teen for six nights. I closed in Glasgow on Sat urday, aud had to open in Aberdeen on Monday. Rail w^ys were now, more or le:s, alb over Scotlaiul, butt through soma preju dice,' derived from the Dark Ages, there was still no commuiucation between Glas gow and Edinburgh on Sunday. Soro<y exercised in my mind as to how I was to get 'through in time to ppen at Alwr deen, d strolled down Ai^gyle street on Sun day, morning toward tSe railway station, when I perceived in fye crowd in tho op|x>- sito direction, and o’ertoopiug every one around, a stately, wluto-be.irdei man, with tlie head “and front of Jove himself." Altlmugh 1 had never seen him since the I night we met in Paislev I con Id not be mis taken L-it was “Lang Willia.” Foryears I had pondered on the nobility, Rie beauty, the self-sacrifice of that manly nature uthe misfortunes of his nuliappy . friend. 1- knew the prolonged struggles 1 bey had Leu countered with jxrverty, and I w xs really delighted at the thought that tlie pr. osperity of- the poor lad whom he had heljPcd in adversity niig.it enable mo now, perl hips, to befriend him, sp I made my way tows ids Mr. Jairdeson ami, sau' ceremouie, rendu tied him of: the cireumSvRUce? of our slight acquaintance five years back. “Go Ni heavens,” Iweaid, “you don’t mean to say y ‘on are that -slip of a lad who was with hid Pike h> Paisley five years ago? Well, I should - hover- bare thought it.” Then he t *11 me be had been to the'theatre, had seen my Hamlet, aud he said some civil things about it.- , It was getting nigh dinner time, and 1 persuaded hi m to come to the hotel: mid dine with me. Ai’ter dinner the conversation turned on my ^Viurney to Aberdeen-, and the difficulty I anticipated iii getting. through to Edinburgh. To my astonishment delight, he said: *< “Well, this meeting is 4s fortunate as it Ls pleasant Not an hour before I mdt you I received the welcome news that'the final decision in the case of Jamieson and Miller vs. MacAJlister and others bad been given m our favor. I am only awaiting a telegram to enable me to start for Aberdeen, and take possession of the estate at once. - I’ll toll you what I’ll do. I’ll c(fll for you here at 12 o’clock to-night with a coach and pair, and we’ll di-ire to Edinburgh together, and catih the express for Aberdeen in tho morn ing.’’ At 12 o’clock he came according to prom ise. We caught the mail at Edinburgh aud arrived at Aberdeen at about 12 on bund ay night. Although we were fatigued, tbi journey had been a pleasant one for me. Before we parted for the night Mr. Jamie son said: “Of course you know my px>r friend’s sad story. To-morrow ii the ana> v -rsary of the great misfortune of his liu*. Every year he regularly disappear! at 1 his lime for a month or more, and as year suc ceeds year ho seems more aiid more broken down, and I’m getting very anifions aloiit h m. For two years I have lx? *11 out of 'an engagement, and we have hal very bard times, and now that brighter days are in store, poor fellow, it would bo hard if he con’d not share this good fortun-?, an I I hope I am not selfish when I say it would b - hard for me, too, to be left alone in my old age wiMiout a friend.” I was up early, having a 10 o’clock re hearsal. As I had on’y my semes to itin through in “The Lady of Lyons,” and as both Pauline and tho widow had playol their parts uilh mo before, I had finished by 12 o’clock, when Jamieson called for me to accompany him to the house ol his 0 executor. Dr. Miller. The two old friends met with effusive con gratulations as to the final result of the pro tracted law suit. It was quite touching to see the tearful delig’iic of Jeannie MacPher son at the sigh: of Willie, but more touching still it was to see tha welcome accorded him by tho doctor's only daughter, a lovely, /air- haired girl of IK. I thought then, and I think still. t!»at Maggie Miller 1# altogether ne gang, 100, ana snow yva m where to find m p«iF weal eneueb—I saw bkfij accompany Qs. As we were leaving the house, Jeannie came Into the h»H, equipped for walking, and said: “Doctor, let me gang, too, and *how yon the way. I ken lad lie. I ksn thrice yestreen." ; “Saw whomf said the doctor; “why did yw not tell m then,-ye d»ft old gowk?" v “Because 1 1 hoped my dre*ra would na hold, but it’ll be ower true, Pm gay sure: but—there—step out and sea for roareeH" Bo saying, she stepped* rapidly before na. The doctor and Willie walked side by sale, talking to ecch other in anxious undertones; and my—I maun Miss Miller aud 1 brought up the rear. 1 * * i - ‘ • ■' It w as a lovely day; the sun shone bright ly, melting the snow on the tree top* which stood forth green and bright,.the glowing beauties of the chestnut blossoms ooiitrust- ing vividly >vith the grtou leaves and tb? sparkling white of thj crisply-froaeu snow which lay upon the ground, and wbfch aa yet dofie 1 the sun. The birds were singing, a hare and half a doaan rabbits crossed the road before us, and, turning round, coo- froutel us fearlessly. A squirrel gamboled about in a tree over our heads; then we heard a squeaking noise, and the coney* scurried away, just in tlma • to e»capa u hideous'beast of a weasel, which slid aeng* the road and rapidly wriggled tnrongh tbi covert in full pursuit At length' we had reached a little moun tain ohapel on tha hillside. Jeannie lei tha way through the gate) we followed Ipr rapidly. As we turned the corner to the left a man lay at full length amid the snow upon the grave where Flora MacAllister ley sleep- mg. He was sleeping, too. His right arm was twined round the slender cross at the head of the grave, his hands were clasped to gether. and his hea 1 lay in profile resting on his. shoulder. Ris face .was fair and beautiful as in-his'youth; his silvbr curls glittered in tlie sunshine, and formed wn argentine glory round his white brow} his eyee were dosed smile wan on hiu lip*. • He had readied the end of the journey. The end of the Journey. where ftho was waiting for him. So, For him no more trouble now—no more wearineHs—-no more 1: mien tations—only radi L’ENVOt. f THE two pictures. Six years and more have pakhed. ’ ~ We .have move l from Aberdeen to tha neighborhood of Richmond. It is a i’ooI summer evening. We are in » large drawing-room with French wind opening on u lawii, which slopes do tlie river. Tho room is fui’iii',iS«| mnd adorned with adj that taste can suggest and moderate wealth can supply. Our pictures an? admired, but it is needless to ma.rd air .uventory. of tbea^ I oul\ nesire to call attention' fo tvrp which stand out from the .tost. They ‘are com panion portraits. The oue is h handsome, fair-haired young nlHli in ? cornot’s uniform, the other is a beautiful dfc’fk-baired girl in white. They are placed exactly opposite 3ach other. Now I have not.'cad that, as a rule, portraits painted by meii of genius, from Holbein to Millais down war.? <and tins young lady is one of Millais’ bast), have a peculiarity—the eyes have the pow’er fo fot- Icav you all over the room wherever you ga These pictures of purs have a fet more re markable peculiarity—their eye* (US flxad only on each other, with a tendernasa a£ touching, socxpressivQ and so infinite . at night, when the housahokVfe at rest, when (cor I am always • late- bird)-1 hava been sitting reading my book or study my lost new part, 1 bava often sat watched and wondered, and bavj almas? expected to hear them speak to each other. Tills fancy has perhaps scarcely ever affected me so strongly as at this very moment. I have just finished reading this story ta a small family circle, consisting of two vehw era bln gentlemen and jwo Women, one of them young and fair, the otbor grown ekl te loving, faithful servitude. For a little while we are silent. I think %v® are alldooking at the pictures —I'm sure I am. Is it a phantasy or am f dreaming by daylight? The eyes hava moved. Instead of looking as usual at f eh other, they are both looking straight at met Yes, I couki swear it! I—— Hark! isn’t tbat a pool of chil.lto. joy. aim laughter! Yes, and see! xwo youug- ators with fair fa06^, bright eyes, sunny hair and sturdy legs (inherited from taoir father) fill the air witli life and motion as they come boun ling Into tin room from the lawn. No two children of my acquaintance are so spoiled aad petto! as this young lady nisi gentleman. Their present apjtearnue* is most iuopportunlienee mamma iudu -e* iheitt for a moment to confine thair atten tions to-a di'h of frcsli strawberriei smotb- ervd iu Cypam. But the spoil is l.mkan—Uia Uiini' liaVe brought tu back to earth. Then, on?- dear oil man woke, op and says: • • i~ “The story G o’er 1 ru •, Jack, but you Imvo inn lu on i 1 of tho characters too like King Arthur, ami you’ve u-A dona justice to the others.” 1 * • • Little pitchers ha ,6 long ears, end our little listeners,- bavliig polished off their strawberries, crtxmi and all, demand to know: “Who is K>ng Arthur?” Tlie other old goutlenian replies: “Oil, he’s tho Ki »g of Kingdom Comet" 1 Tin* youngster*return to the mar re w ithr “Oh, that’ll no do. grandpa. Kingdom C- irfte is in the clouds.” ' “Just so. my bonnie bairns,” replies the doctor, “and Arthur is the great King uf CiUudlnnJ, but he's coming back to airth to make the dark licht and . the «rang richt tome day.”' ' '* '■ Although this answer posas the children, it doesn’t semi to satisfy them, and they clamor to kn^w: “Who are the others.’” Mamma repli31 totbe girl In h »r soft sweet voice, “Oh, oui was a beautiful lady, whom you are cilled after, Flora.” Then Bran I j>a Willie, patting the boy’ j gulden iurN; says tondai lyonl gravely. ““And the-other, iny»'mawnc, tn-., otber was a friend, a very nuir aijd dear friend of mine, and a na mu.sake ot your’s, my' little* Curly.” THE ENDt ) John Hull and His 1 mtwlwrfty. liisufArity is iu some respects a happy condition, hut it fosters a strange blind- ties* toward some very important political truths. I not now spriik merely of its narrowing tffi!notice. We must all be more or less of this. We must be ,, . . aware that we lire in a kind of seclusion, c onre? V h jSr* gU ‘ Iel i eS8 » kind of half ignorance that other nal cicature I had ever ree-i in my life Acci- ^ reaUy exi8t * thot other binguagea you, if he is as hi; as Goliath, don’t wait to talk, hit him first; bit him if your heavt is quaking, if your nerve-: are shaking; hit him if be kills you after! A brave man can only die but once; but the coward! Ah! God help the poor miserable coward, for he dies every day, every hour he lives P He paused, aud looked strangely round as bo took off his hat, passed his hand throu ,h bis beautiful bair; then he stopped, took up a handful of snow and rubbed it on his blow, mopjxM it dry, aud said with a low despond ing moan: “Ob, God! I could be bounded in a uut- sboli, and count myself a king of infinite srace, were it not that I hav? had Lai dreams.” Then h - ? ootilin'ied: "Ife-.r/m will tlv'ik iu-? ratUor e.“cmtr;c. and c> i am; but 1 was not nlwavs thus, was I, P k ? * i was—wiuit vus I? I'm -mol tor ,e. We.i, au . low is Madame ia B ko. -mi l fh • young my dent—sheer accident—bad lei mo to my fate. If I hadn't gon? to Paisley with Bike I shouldn't have known Willie Jamieson— jierhaps 1 should have known’nothing abont Curly, most certainly I should rever have known Maggie 'Miller. Ah, my darlih r! 1 loved you from that moment, and— But I am becoming personal, anti tha interest of this story centers in its unfortunate hero, not upon a mere fly on the wheel. Presently Willie inquired of the doctor if he had roen Curly, for he was due that very day. For years be had never failed to pre sent himself at Breadalbaue terrace by noon 6n this sad anniversary. We waited until about 2o , clock, th-jn everytody got anxious. Although it was in the “merrie month of May”—by one of those strange freaks of the ‘ clerk of the weather,” W no means unusual in Scotland—snow had fallen heavily over night. Jam eson feared that his poor friend nii dit have bx?n ove-takon bv tlie anow- Btorm. At !a< h> c-,nl! «•> fare th» sUBpoa-M 1i '• toil -er, so h. ;H*0)>.<ae I to go cut a id -too if -hov oouU obtain any n • wi. The doctor told Majgij to slip_o_i her hat and cloak and are spoken. When a nation thus secluded arrives at great wealth‘and power thte narrowness blends with self-satisfaction, and the compound which results is that peculiar character which foreign politi cians know by the pains of John Bull. They think him very conceited, very self- satisfied, and they are astonished at bis ignorance of all the affairs which seem to (hem most important. “It is prodigious,- said Prince Kannttc a century ago, “what these Englishmen do not know.” If with all this ignorance* the English prosper and grow rich, and keep an inviolate soil, when almost every conn- dry ia trodden at times by foreign armies, these foreigners can not help respecting so 'much success; but yet they do not admit the explanation ot it which commends it self to us; they do not think ws are pros perous simply because we are wise and virtuous, for they hold to their opinion that we are ignorant, but they think that onr insularity, the cause of our ignorance. Is also the principal cause of our pros perity, since U keeps off enemies ininiahes the dlfflciilttes of forris r \