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Announcements of marriages ano u eatha, an? notices of a religious character, ara needfully aolicltcd, and wlfi be Inserted gratis -M?^.?..^--------III 111 HIM ram Apjiiivit't J'jnmui. ?WOMlTRffl?ffl. CUAPTEtt V. A very safo and delightful retreat this cave Keeractl to tVem when they found themselves sheltered, within it-notwith standing the facta th? they wore in deep darkness, and wet aioivit to the skin. "Stnna still," said Thurston, releasing Miss Loring's hand for thc first time, "and I will Btrike a nutch." "Is it possible you hive matches with you?" she asked. V "I am an old soldiertand an inveterate Mooker," he answered "I am novel caught without matched and I carry m> case wrapped in loathe*, so that damp ness cannot affect them! Boo here!" . The next instant a feble, short-livec1 blaze lighted up theirplaco of refuge and showed Miss Lin hg a stone, or which she immediately i;.t down. "Wo are nt least sintered from tin rain," said Thurston, :?)the tempor?r} illumination died away, I'and safe fron the electricity, since wateria a non-con 1 ductor. Now, if yoi- c?? possess youi soul in patience for a whin, I hope tha j thc storm will exhaust ttskf, and we ma} go home by moonlight after all." I "I can possess my soul in patient* very easily," she answered; "It is bette to be hero than to bo rifttg along i forest-road in suth a ?torin MUI?H. Hov i Ibo rain pours I I I 'And ligbtningH, as they plnyj Hut show wherorocksourpatli^i..ct..^.iseil Or gild the torrent'? spray.' " "You cannot be very nervous, Mis Loring, or you would not bf able V quote poetry." "I am not at all nervous," sbf repli?e ?"Pray sot your mind at rest on t':at poinf I have always felt that if I wire calle i upon to face death itself-I mein deat r in some sudden and violent form ! should bc as calm and collected as I ai this moment." "You might find yourself rcistakei " Facing death is not such an cns) matu as you think. I, who havo facetlitmaii times, know whereof I speak." "Hut there was always doubt in tha was there not ? If you were absolute, certain that death was before you-sa; for instance, that you wcro on a sinkiu ship iii mid-ocean-you would haye r ifear of losing composure, would rou ?" "I suppose not-the inevitable is sal to have always a sustaining power. Ul der some circumstances, however, I ci imagine that, apart from courage, a mt might shrink from the prospect of lea ing those whom he loved helpless bebit him." "And would that bo your case?" The abrupt question did not sound it would have sounded at auother tin and in auother place. So utterly unco ventionr.l -.vere their surroundings, strange the darkness encompassingthei that tb?. ordinary rules governing soci \ life seamed for tho present laid ask and Thurston replied without a momcn thought : "Not at all. If this stream before wero able to risc and overwhelm us, should have the satisfaction of feeli that I left no human being in the wot worse for my death, and but one pcrs who would feel any active sentiment regret." ?She laughed slightly-not a mirth laugh, by any means. "Then you have an ndvantange o mo in thc possession of that one pere I should leave several human heil better for my death, inasmuch as my 1 tuno would be divided muong them, i not one who would mourn mc beyoni week." The instinct of distrust was so stn in bim with regard to everything wh she Baid or did, that he set this spc down to mere striving after effect, ; answered more lightly than ho wo otherwise have dono : ; "You have surely forgotten all y admirers." "Thank you fo; reminding mo them," she said, but her tone chan from earnestness to mockery. "I won how many ainoug them would mourn a week I Well, we reap as we h sowed, I suppose. People call mo I liant, beautiful, and fascinating, many a commonplace woman is riche love than I am." It was impossible even for Tburstoi doubt the sincerity with which tl words were uttered. Half bitter, wholly sad, tho magnetic voice soutu and ho felt his heart strongly stirred its tones. -A doubt of himself-of own capabilities of resisting this wont. 1?owcr-began for tho first time to c tis mind. Had Mrs. Jennings I right? Was he, after all, playing t fire? "If you are poor in lovo," lie said, is because you havo flung it away I you in csrelessncss or scorn. I li Miss Loring, that devotion thc most sionnte nud truo has been poured like water ut your feet." "Do you know it?" she asked; there wu? not a little skepticism in tone. "Then you aro wiser than I But I confess I have always been inc UIOUB where protestations of passion A involved. Perhaps I did not feel inti enough to put them to any test. Li a riddle to which I have never foin key, and 1 have often thought that not worth searching for." There was something so pathetic the half-weary, half-reckless ring of voice that Thurston said, involuntai "You aro too ycung, and far too orally endowed with over-' good gi Nature, to feel anything like that. ? ly, you cannot seriously do so." Sho did not answer, for aa he sj . > .. . . , . n v ./lil...!_ . II.i ...i/... ili.vi ?MvSU v. .'.,.? i ..?.. ... .1 they had yet Been illuminated the tv wild scene with nu unearthly glare, 1 ing from point to point among tho c while the roar of thc thunder over seemed to shake the solid rocks an them. When darkness again fell, veiling 'bight tho white sheets of rain, tho i ing, whirling torrent, Agatha said : "Can. wo not go farther back ? rain or the spray front the stream is ing over me. _ I? u? ......... V Ill ili... ..V. ...... tu MMtj "Lot me strike a match. Now, giv your hand." In tho farthest corner of the rock-r ho placed hv t and then established self before her so os to shield her os i as possible from the blast and dr snrav which even hero sought tuera " "? nm afraid:you aro very tiocon able," he said. "That Iedgo on v vou are sitting is a tilting perch, ] peet. If you will rest ono hand o shoulder, you may be ablo to s yourself better." "lt is not nccc?B?ry,'' sho ans* "I can steady myself very well -vi troubling you further." 1 hen sho a abruptly : "It is very kind of vou tc ns i?"ich en're of me as if-as if you me, Colonel Thurston. I assuro j appreciate it." i There was ? minute's pauso I Thurston said, in a vole? which soi constrained : "Why should you think that I ri like you, Mis? Loring?" . "Pray do not ask Buch a foolish lion," u?ie nuswerd. "You know as well as or better tbau I do that you do not like ; and you aro very straightforward and thorough, Colonel Thurston-far too much BO to pretend to bo whnt you are not. On that account I liked you from tho first," she added. "Don't be fright ened because I say so-I mean don't think that I am bent on your conquest. I would not add you to thc list of my captives if I could ; but I should like to win you for a friend if such a thing were possible." "It ia not possible," ho answered, hoarsely, "it is absolutely impossible. So far from being your friend, Miss Loring, I have never felt such deep and bitter enmity toward any human creature as I felt toward you before I ever saw your face." Ho saw that face thc next instant, for another vivid lightning-flash showed it turned toward him with an expre&aiou of astonishment on its pale, clear-cut feat ures. "Deep and bitter enmity !" she repeat ed. "Did what you felt go as far as thal ! Enmity is generally associated with the desire to injure-did you wish to injure mc, Colonel Thurston ?" Even in tho darkness Thurston wa? conscious that a flush rose to Ata face. At that moment he felt as if his desire that Bertie's wrong might bo avenged had been a very paltry thing. "If you will allow me to waive that question, Misa Loring-" he bogati, but sue interrupted him impetuously : "I cannot allow it. I would rather much rather-hear the truth, if you will tell it. Dislike is one thing, enmity an other. Why should you have felt enmity toward mc?" Then he told her, with the accompani ment of tho raging storm, in tho obscuri ty which shielded their faces from sight, save when tho fitful glare of thc light ning revealed them for a moment. Who has not observed what strange capabili ties of expression thc voice dovelops in circumstances Uko these ? Is it becauso our attention is not distracted by the play of eye and lip, that tho cadences of tone reveal so much when we ?6ten to them in darkness? Certainly Thurston's revealed a great deal to Agatha Loring. To make her understand hew much more than an ordinary brother Bertie was to him, he touched briefly on the history of his childhood ; be told her how his father's early death left his mother al most destitute of fortuno ; how her sec ond husband had been a wealthy, gen erous man, whoso kindness to him (Thurston) had been unvarying; how ho was killed in battle, and with his dying lips commended Bertie to his step-sou's caro ; how his mother repeated the charge when she died soon after, and how near to his heart the hoy's happiness had al ways been. Simply as tho story was tol?, ail its details were made very clear to the woman who listened. "I was forced to go to Egypt," Thurs ton went on. "A career there was thc only ono which opened to me ; but when I turned my face homeward at last, aftci five years' absence, it was to see Bertie Bertie alone-and renew for a few montln our old association. My thoughts were full of tue Bunny-hearten boy I left, ant] I found instead a man whoso whole u?i ture had been wrecked by passion, !oi whom all tho hopes of life nan turnet-1 t( ashes, and whose reckless misery wat pitiable to witness. He could not endun even my society ; and when I came hen I had just seen him start alone with hil wretchedness to Europe. Considering this, you may judge how charitably I fel toward you, Mi?? Loring, who from be ginning to end had wrought tho work." "So Bertio Egerton ?3 your brother,' she said, slowly, after a moment's pause "No one told me-I had no idea of it Not," she added, "that Bertio Egerton i more to mc than any other man, excep that I knew him t>nd liked him until-' "Until, like Mr. Vitien, bc ceased ti amuse you," said Thurston, bitterly. " am sorry we began to speak on this sub ject. It can do no good, and, howeve cruel and heartless ono may think t woman, one is in courtesy bound not t speak according to ono's thoughts." Silence for a full minute. The Blore by this timo began to abate its violence the lightning grew leas frequent am vivid, tho thunder rolled more remotciv One of tho peiils was dying ?way wit) many distant reverberations, who Agatha spoke : .'You have only heard your brothor1 story, so ? cannot blame you for thinkin, of rac in this way-nor have I any intcn tion of trying to chnnge your opinion, havo never believed in men'8 hearts, as told you once before-so perhaps I hav not treated them very tenderly. You brother seemed to mo a pleasant, impul sive, undisciplined boy. who miatoo fancy for passion, and who troubled m not a little before I dismissed him. am very sorry that I should h?vo cause him ?o much pain, but I could not bel it." "I do not arraign you." said Thurstoi "Your owf conscience may &omo day d that-som] day when even your hear Miss Lorjig, has been wakened to eenso of stucring." "I thouiht you were couvinccd that have no heart?" said sho, quietly, fe "How ein I toll ?" asked he, quickh "Women fee enigmas. God only know what you]are. I only know that yo havo ruinai Bertie's life-and that yo would rub minc if I gave you th chance." He uttered; thc last words impetuoual -uttered them without thought orcalct lation-and, If there had been a flash < light at .that moment, ho might ha\ been surprUcd at their efle.ct uno Agatha. She atartcd and clasped nt hands tighUjr together, while for tho fir failed altogc&er. Sho desired to Bpoa but no fitting ?ords occurred to her, ac so it was ho who went on : "I did not mean to say that, but, sim it has been said, I owe you an explan tion. I am not in love with you Mi Loring, but since. I havo known you have appreciated for tho first timo how man might be fascinated by tho charm such a woman ai vou aro, even while Ho paused, M* 8ho finiah'.-d his se tenco calmly and clearly : "Even while ?0 not respect ht Thank you foi being franU to tho la? Colonel Thurston." "You miaunderuor? J me," he said. 1 did not mean to be so rude aa that. If had completed my scnteuco I shou have said, 'even whiic it would ho ma ness to truat hcP-^^diicaa to stifler on? peace of mind and,; heart to bo wreck in order that a coqocttc might add oi moro victim to her Usl." Silence again, ra\n had cease now, and tho durttat roll of thuntl [?roved that tho clor^? wcre drawing i ike sullen battalion? p]10 f,re ^ they i treat. Agatha's hand involuntarily wc to her heart. It maybe that Bertie a many another wcro avenged in what s suffered at that moment. But woma gride ia equal to most emergencies, a er? steadied her vole? whcn nt lenj she spoke : "It i* as well, no d?ibt, that you i not 'in love' with me \ hardly thinl am tho kind of woman to make a m happy, oven-even if I mfyi him. I nature is not likely to nove a ?oil a which tiie domestic virtues could ever flourish, and a woman without domestic virtues is-what shall I say ?-only nt to live and dio n coquette, for whom admi ration takes thc place of iovo, flattery of respect. Weill'- what a low, soft, hit ter laugh it was she uttered !-"ono must pay a price for all empire, hut you may rest satisfied tbat I nm not a happy woman, Colonel Thurston." Strango to say-considering how ar dently he had desired that she might ?"uffer-this assurance did not satisfy Thurston. Mad though he knew tho impulse to ho, ho would at that moment have given a great deal to make Agatha Loring happy-grsnting that it was in his power to do so. "I ara sorry-" he began, but she in terposed hastily : Do not think that there is any neces sity to express what you cannot possibly feel. Extorted sympathy is not worth much-and I only mentioned tho fact becauso you seemed to desire so much that I should tuffer. Tho feeling is very natural, no doubt, and I do not blamo you. Meanwhile I think it has ceased raining. Can wo not leafo here ?" "I am afraid we shall fiad it very diffi cult to do so," he answered. "Tho stream has probably increased in volume, and if it fills thc gorge-ai it may do we shall b? forced to stay here until it r ms down." "That is a pleasant prospect ; but do ?'ou mean to take it tor granted that it ias filled tho gorge ?" "So far from that"-ho roto as ho spoke-"I mean to go and erploro the passage. I a~ sorry to lcavo you here alone, but there is no help for it. I can not take you until I have ascirtained whether or not it is Baie to do so.' "Oh, pray do not leave me bcuV !" sho pleaded. "Let rae go with ym. I will be very cautious, ai?d surely if it is safe for you it is safe for me." "By no means," ho answered. "To have you on my hands would cmbaTass me greatly, and in case of danger mght bo fatal to us both." "Then do not you go. It is better to stay herc and wait for daylight than to risk anything." Ke put out his hand and touched hit dress. * "I thought so," ho said. "You aro at wet as possible, and yet you talk of stay' ing hero-until daylight. We may be forced to do so, but I shall not think ol such a thing unless it is a matter ol necessity. You have a stout heart, Mis: Loring, 1 know ; but do you think it ii stout enough to stay here in thc darkness alone?" "Yes," she answered. "If you insis upon going without me, I am not afraii to remain ; but I hope you will not bi rash." "I shall certainly endeavor not to bi drowned, since it vouid be very unpieas ant for you to Lo left here in absolut solitude-a feminine Robinson Crusoe i wiii leave somo matches with you, bu I beg you not to venture near the water fall until I return." He gave her tho matches, made bc close her palra over them to preserv them from dampness, then struck on himself, reconnoitred in tho neighbor, hood of tho fall, reported that the strcar did not appear to have risen very muci stepped around thc angle of the rocl and disappeared. A stout heart, as he had said, A gath possessed, but it challenged all i stou ness to keep nervousness at ba? in th position in which she now found hersel Nor was this to be wondered nt. L< any reader 01 moderate imagination fij ure to himself the situation, and he wi bo likely to decide thal it v.as not condi cive to serenity of feeling. Of cours the time of Thurston's absence seemt immeasurably long, and sho had qui decided that he must have been drowne when-by the light of a match struck ; the entrance of thc cave-she saw h figure. "I could manage to take you out, Mi Irring," he said, "but it would bo qui useless to do so since thc horses a gone." "The horses gone?" "Yes. I went to the place where tin wore fastened, and found that tho/ hi evidently broken loose-frightened, presume, by tho thunder-storm. Wi Sans-Souci ten miles distant, can y< BUggest anything helter for us to do thi to stay here ?" "But there arc houses nearer thi Sans-Souci. Wo passed two or three "We did, but tho nearest is four mil distant. Can you walk four miles ?" "I think I can-at feast I can try, ai it will bc better than sitting here in v> clothes." He felt that this was true ; so. lu; vi safely made their way through tho gor -a much moro difficult matter after t late flood than Agatha had at all roc oned upon-they set out upon a foi milo walk. It was a walk which neither of th< was ever likely to forget. The clot had by this time parted, nnd tho mo shone forth sufficiently to guido them their way and prevent their wnnderi from the road-sufficiently, also, to revi thc loneliness and mystery of the for which surrounded them. Every thi above and below was wet as wet coi be ; but they walked on courageous endeavoring tho whilo to sustain th spirits by cheerful conversation. T conversation ranged over a very w field, but it did not again touch in the motest manner on tho personal top discussed in the cave. It was past midnight when they rca' cd their destination. During t he 1 milo Agatha bad not declined Thursto assistance, and fe many along day afl ward ho was haunted by the picture flint moonlit forest-innd. und l?v memory of the lissome figure that" ht in weariness on his arra, of the pale, 1 face on which tho soft light fell throi overshadowing boughs. All things end at last, and this cm when they emerged into an open Bp and saw before them a substantial fa house standing in the moonlight, vi that supreme air of quietude wb houses wear nt night when their inhi tanti are wrappedin slumber. Soded wrapped in slumber were these inhi ?t-_? mi,_.- .t-.1_-i - . luau), vue.* iUuioluu tllUllUClCU Ut ioor until he was .nearly exhausted fore he succeeded in rousing th When once fairly wakcel, however, t were more hospitable than might b been expected under tho circumstan Having heard who the visitors were, farmer volunteered to hitch op his bo sol drive them to Sans-Souci, while ?ons kindled a ?ro and his wife rr sorao coffee. All of these offers \ gladly accepted, and after Agatha somewhat dried herself, and the c* bad been made and drunk, they cut tho obliging farmer's "jersey" and > luven away. Sans-Souci presented no appearanc life ns they approached in thc w moonlight, and Agatha said, smiling "Our friends certainly do not seer bo suffering any anxiety on our count." "I suppose they quieted their tn hy fancying that we took refuge at r wayside house," Thurston artswi "and thc horse* have probably nol rived." A ncr they ?ind alighted at the door and tho worthy farmer had been dis missed with many ??? thanks, Thurston turned to his companion. "Beforo we part, Miss Loring," he Baid, abruptly, "I should like to hear you say that you pardon-that is, if you can honestly do so-tho ninny harsh speeches I havo uttered to you. I had no right whatovcr to utter them, and I should he glad if you would promise to forget tlicm." She looked up with a sort of startled wistfulness on her face and in her oyes. "You IIBYO uttered no harsh speeches that were not honest speeches, Colonel Thurston," she said, simply-"none which I have not already pardoned. Hut ] why do you ask this-now ?" "Because now is my only opportunity," lie answered. "Before you wake to morrow-nay, thit morning-I shall havo left Sans-Souci. I mad? all my arrange ments to do so before wo Btarted on our ?xcuraion." She did not heed thc last words-in fact, she did not hear thom. As he said, 'I shall have loft Sans-Souci," a change ;wift as thought came over her face-an expression et wonder, appeal, and, above ill, pain-which no art on earth could liave simulated, and which, liko a flush sf lightning, laid bare her heart before the man who looked at her. In that instant it was borne to him tvith tho forco of a revelation that his re irengo was more complete than he had iver dreamed of making it. For one r.'ild moment his heart leaped un madly -but it was only for a moment. Ho ?vas one of the men who in an emergency cannot only think but act promptly, ano, :i3 ho was about to speak again, the door suddenly opened, and on the threshold ippearcd Mr. Jennings, arrayed in dress ing-gown, with a lamp in his hand. "By Jove !" ho said. "So you arc liere ! Lucy insisted that sho hetird thc mund of horses' feet. Where on earth nave you been all this timo?" "In the Dovil'a Gorge, where you were kind enough to leave us," Thurston nn ^wercd, dryly. "I will give you an ac count of our adventures, out wo will not letain Miss Loring, who is very much fatigued. Good-night," he added, tak ing the hand of tho latter as they entered tho hall. "I hopo you will feel no ill affects from your drenching and excr 2?80." "Is it gootl-by?" she asked, in a low voice. "It is good-by," bc answered. If his life had depended on tho effort, ht could have said no more, nor did she ut'vr another word. Sho only drew her cot?, slender hand from his clasp, ?md, wita a slight salutation to Mr. Jennings, passed up thc broad staircaso and out of I sighs [CONCLUDED NEXT WEEK.] VilEKE THE MONEY WENT. Tim MvH.ra Q <" lin?? J-J^C J?U " li " Chanjpague, Cigars, Liquors and Sundries- Heavy Prices for Luxuries Furnished to Mouin. Carolina'? States men-Wno ls Responsible f As a specimen of the flush times under carpet-bag reign, we publish t'ne annexed items of expenditure for luxuries fur nished to tae ex-Btatesmen of South Car olina in tbn days of "puffing au? crush ing." It will be seen that there was a large consumption of costly wines, liquors and cigars, ia the items containeu in these hills,' aggregating the sum of | $3,483.75, were consumed in eight days ! Tho bills were "ordered paid," signed "J. W., C.," '.u pencil. It was a mere bagatelle that the honest tax payers wcro furnishing to tho tired and overworked legislators, anq it was not necessary to particularize by whose order such enor mous bills were paid, nor did tho officials require much red tape in arranging for their prompt payraent. The bills were contracted from Varch 4 to March 12, and paymeut was ni ado on March 14. Quick work and large profits was tho motto of tho day. (Tho question which interests tho public, is to" find cut who "ordeied paid these extravagant charges. Did the order como bom the Senate, or was it a committee ? \lf the latter, was it "ordered" by Brick msk, Whittemore, Owens or nny other mau ? Let "dear ! Josephus" tell us all about it, whether tho paymaster was alloyed 20 per cent, and liimself 10 per conti leaving Hardy Solomon "a very moderate profit." Such appears to have been tho custom of tho time, and we would implore "my dear Woodruff" to give a clearer insight to this transaction. There arc other bills OL like import, and not all of them receipted by Hardy Solomon cither, which wo v.- ill give tho readers of tho licjUtcr befcreimauy days, and perhaps open the eyes of an aston ished public to the traffic in\ groceries, liquors and sundries during tao golden da VJ of Radicalism. * , Thc initials used in the last linc of tho second bill are supposed to m tiru "Wm G." for William Gurney, who received SIGO worth of sundries, and "P. S. J." for F. S. Jacobs, the cashier of ^Hardy Solomon's bank, who got $300 in sun dries. Another item, "Sundries for G.," either means Governor or Gurney; again. These things can only be explained by tho initiated. Hero aro tho bills : \ Mn. JOSEPH WOODRUFF Da. 1872. To HARDY HOLOM?N. Mar. 4. To G cases champagne. $240 00 " To 6 cases brandy. 240 lK) " To 5 boxes segare. 100 00 " To 3 galls, sherry wine 30 OD " 5. To 2 galls, whiskey. 14 0? " To 10 boxes eegara. 200 00 To 3 cases brandy. 120 00 " To 4 dos. bots, lager.... 18 00 " To 4 cases champagne. 160 00 " 6. To 3 galls, sherry wino 39 00 " To a calls, whiskey. 21 00 " To 4 doz. bot?, lager... 18 00 " To 6 casca champagne. 240 00 " To 10 boxes cigars. 200 00 $1,631 00 March 14th. Rec'd payment, HARDY SOLOMON, per Macfic. Mit. Jo?Efii WOODRUFF DR. 1872. To HARDY SOLOMON. Mar. 7. To 1 box segare. $20 00 ti m~ i__t...M.JA A/v M.M X OtUJU vuniupnfjMOM. *?v w " To I caso champagne... 40 00 " ' To 1 case brandy. 40 00 " To 1 gal. sherry wine.. 10 00 " To 8 boxes segare. * - 60 00 " To 2 gatts, whisky. 14 00 " 8. To 8 boxes segare. 160 00 " To 6 cases champagne. 240 00 " To 10 boxes segare. 200 00 To Sunds, for li. ??0 00 " S. To 3 doz. lager. 13 50 " To 1 bot. bitters. 2 60 " To crackers. 76, " ll. To 1 box segare. 20 00 j " To 1 gal. brandy. 18 00 " To 2 cases brandy. 80 00 " To I caso champagne.. 40 00 " To 1 case port wino. 40 00 u To 1 cask lager, 12 doz. 64 00 " 12. To 1 box segare. 20 00 " To sundB. fot Wm. G... 100 00 " To minds, for F. S. J... 300 00 $1,852 75 March 14,1872. Rec'd payment. HARDY SOLOMON, per Mactle. at the K xirtTsefiSloa of i*877. . AN ACT to repeal an act to protect tho interest of the Slate whereon the pay* mont of interest now duo remains un paid on bonds issued by any railroad company, and whereon tho .guarantee of thc State is endorsed. Be it enacted by tho Senate nod House of Representatives of tho State of South Carolina, now met and bitting in General Assembly, and by tho authority of tho samo, That an act to protect tho interest of tho State whereon tho paymont of in terest now duo remains unpaid on honda issued by any railroad company, and whereon thc guarantee of tho btato is en dorsed, approved, March 7, 1871, bo, and tho samo is hereby, repealed. Approved May 23, 1877. AN ACT to revivo tho charter and to ex tend tho tim?? for tho commencement of work on tho Anderson.'Aiken; Pori Royal and Charleston Railroad. SECT ION 1. Be it enacted by tho Senate and House of Representatives of tho State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, mid by tho author ity o.r tlie same, That an act entitlcc "An act to charter thc Anderson, Aiker and Port Royal Railroad," approvet February 20, 1873, and an act amendato ry thereto, approved March 14, 1874, ex piring by limitation on the 2tith Febru ary, 1876, be, and tho samo aro hereby renewed and re-enacted, and that thi said charter bo reinvested in John R Cochran and his associates : Provided That thc work on the said railroad shal be commenced within three years fron the passage of this act. SEC. 2. That section 1 of thc act bi amended by striking out thc words "o all railroad corporations of a simila kind, now existing or hereafter to b created in this State," and insert "of th Northeastern Railroad Company by thei original charter." Approved Juno 7, 1877. JOINT RESOLUTION to provide for a rc organization of tho University of Sont! Carolina, and of tho State Norm? School. Whereas experience has demonstrate that the existing mctt.od of conductin tho University of South Carolina and th State Normal School aro impracticabh and unnecessarily expensive, and thi thc results attained under them oro con mens?rate neitbor with tho liberal desig of the Legislature, nor with thc hopes < the people who arc taxed for the main ti naneo of .hese institutions of learning and whereas sound public policy mau festly dictates the expediency ot pincin these and similar institutions, ns far r may bo practicable, upou such a basis i will enable them to afford thc large possible educational advantages to a classes of citizens at au outlay con _i:?_t_ _IL. _-_x.-_ pviuiu 1111,11 vue [MC-CIII. ciiiLmiiaoat condition of tho finances of the State therefore, SECTION 1. Bc it resolved by tho Sena and House of Representatives of tl Stato of Soutli Carolina, uow met at: sitting in General Assembly, and by tl authority of tho same, That his Lxcc lency tho Governor be, and ho is hereb directed to assume control of all tl property, real and personal, of tho Sta University aud Normal Schoi*, now b longing to and used by these !.. titution and to placo tho same in the custody ni under thc management of somo discrc and competent person, who shall ha' tho power, by and with thc advice at consent of the Governor, to rent tl dwelling house* thereof to suitable te ants, and use the proceeds arising fro such rentals in keeping nil the proper in good condition and repair, and in coi pensating himself for his services in tl regard : Provided, That such co m pc nt* tion shall bo determined by the Governt and that nu itemized account of the i ceipts and expenditures herein contei Slated shall be transmitted, through t! lovernor, to tho General Assembly, its next regular session, and annual thereafter until it shall be otherwise t dered by tho Legislature. SEO. 2. That his Excellency thc Gt ernor and the Board of Trustees, v/1 together with thc Chairman of tho Coi mittecs on Education of the Senato a of the House of Representatives, rcspi lively, shall constituto a commission inquire into and devise plau3 for the i ganization and maintenance of one Ul versity or college for the whites, nnd o for tho colored youths of tho State, whi said universities or colleges shall bo ki separato and apart, but shall fore enjoy precicely the sama privileges n advantages with respect to their stt dards of learning, and the amounts revenue to bo appropriated by the Sli for their maintenance. This commissi to report by bill or otherwise, at the ni regular session of thc General Assemb and receive no compensation for thc s vices of its members. SEC. 8. That said commission sb suggest such measures as they may de necessary to secure a more econoroi management of said institutions, and consolidate where practicable thc dill ent departments thereof. Approved Juno 7, 1877. JOINT RESOLUTION to declare valid I recording of certain conveyances corded without thc endorsement of County Auditor. Whereas tho Clerks of Court nnd R ister of Memo Conveyance of each coi ty aro required to havo tho endorsem of tho County Auditor on each and ov deed of conveyance for real property, fore thc same can bo recorded in office ef tbo said Clerks of Court or R iktfr Mr-Jinn nf Con vt! vanen : and whet for somo time past there has been County Auditors in thc several co ties : SECTION 1. Bc it reeolvedby tho Ser and House of Representatives of Str.ce of South Carolina, now met i sitting in General Assembly, and by authority of the samo. That all com anees of real estate which have been corded by tho clerks of Court and Re tor' of Mcsno Conveyance of tho sov counties, nineo tho 14th day of Doceml Afj/iin/iiit nt Auditor of tho county, be, and tho ai are hereby, declared to be as valid binding to all intents and purposes o tho said conveyances had been endo: by tho Auditor of tho couuty, as reqii by la-jr. SEC. 2. That each and 6very Clcrl Court and Register of MesneConvoyi 13. u cit by ieiiovcu fi Oui mi iiatWiii; penalty for tbo recording of such con twees without the endorsement of County Auditors thereon. Approved June 9,1877. AN ACT to dispense with tho recon of certain deeds in the oftico of Secretary of State. Whereas doubts have arisen whe conveyances of land mado to mai women by their husbands, under tho vicions of the constitution of this S and of tho acts to carry tbo samo int feet, which confer upon married wo tho right to tako convoyants of rca tate in their own names, aro man scUl6meJ|^*r^Mnthe meaning of i,>( ? . -.uti iiti.tl? Li.l ?l?iinnn?d ?rt !?" o" rded in tho office of tho eec rot ni y of lie it, therefore, enacted by tho Senate and House of Representatives of tho State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of thc samo, That all deeds and conveyances made since tho Kith day of April, 1868, whereby landa and tene ments, which wcro tho cs'.nto of their husbands, have been conveyed to married women, and which have been duly re corded iu thc office of tho Register of Mcsne Conveyances for tho county in which such lands and touemonts aro sit uato, shnll be deemed good and effectual in the law to all intents nud purposes, as if tho samo had bcon recorded in tho ofiieo of tho Secretary of State within the time prescribed by ?aw, anything in said acts to tho contrary thereof in anywise notwithstanding. Approved June 8, 1877. AN AC to amend an net entitled "Au act to amend 'An act to pr?vido for tho redemption of forfeited land upon certain conditions therein mentioned." lie it enacted by tho bonnie and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by tho authority of tho s une, That an act ontitlod "Au net to amend 'An net to provide for tho redemp tion of forfeited land upon certain con ditions therein mentioned,' " bo, aryi the same is hereby, amended by striking out in sectiop 1 all aftor th? word "follows," and inserting tho following: "That in nil cases where lands have boon forfeited to tho Stato for tho non-payment of taxe?, and the titles thereto be vested in the State from tho 15th of Juno, 1878, the owner? of '.ho ?aid ?p.nd?, or if they bo dead, thoir legal representatives, hoirs at law, or any judgment creditor, mort gagee, or other person interested in said lands, shall have tho right, and thoy aro hereby authorized, to redeem the samo on or beforo tho first day of Janunry, 1878, upon tho payment of all taxes, costs and penalties duo nud owing upon tho same; and tho County Auditors of tho several counties where tho said lands aro situated, upon tho payment of such taxes, costs and penalties within tho timo herein limited, shall report tho snid pay ment to the Comptroller General, and tho property so redeemed shall thcteibre bo dropped fron? thc forfeited loud record and restored to the tax list of tho county where tho land is situated. Approved May 31, 1877. g AN ACT to authorize tho Governor to satisfy judgments entered in favor of tho State. SECTION 1. Bc it enactcd,by thc Senate and Housoof Reprcsenintives of tho Stato cf South Carolina, now met and Bitting in Generr.1 Assembly, and by tho author in any caso whero ho shall deem it to be for tho best interest of tho State, in nny adjustment relating to its finance, to i havo satieficd or discharged of record any ?judgment now entered in favor of tho State in nny suit or action against any individual or corporation, ana direct the Attorney Goncrat to causo an order to ho entered to satisfy or discharge tho same of record. SEC. 2. Upon tho dircctiouof thc Gov ernor to tho Attorney General to cause such satisfaction or dischargo to bo en tered, it shall ho his duty to causo thc snmo to bo dono. SEC. 3. That all actB and parts of acts inconsistent with this act be, nud tho same are hereby, repealed. Approved Juno 0, 1877. Turnips. Thc time is at hand when thc turnip patch should he prepared, and this means a'grcat deal. Farmers who have stock, (cattle and sheep,) and who have penned them nightly since about the middle or last of April, havo now a spot of ground upon which they can gow (drill) turnips with almost a certainty of making a fine crop. These pens should have been ploughed and cross-ploughed after the first rain that put an end to the dry spell in June, and at least once a week ever since. To prepare any other pieco of ground, not stock-pen nea, so as to secure from it a heavy yield of turnips, the land should be, or must yet bc, ploughed sufficiently to thoroughly pulverize tho Boil and free it from every vestige of a weed or tuft of f;ras9. This done, the land should bo nid ofTin thirty inch rows by running a twister back and forth in tho samo fur row, and then partially filling this up by running a subsoil plough in it, and then fill it completely with the best manure on thc premises and throw two furrows on it. Then on this ridge sprinkle from 250 to 100 pounds of superphosphates and with a twister complete the beds. As soon ns the land can bo ploughed after a rain, subsequent to 20th July; or in anticipation of a rain when tho land is dry, which is preferable, open tho beds, driil in tho seed, and cover very lightly with a hand rake. Ono pound of seed tc the acre is said to bo enough.. Wo oftener sow over two pounds ; ii, is easier to thin out than to replant. Some re commend the use of seed drills or bottles with'a quill in tho mouth; we uso our fingert1, and can drill them evenly and as fast as wo cnn walk, never failing to put down enough seed. Sow Rr.?a Bagas first. Follow in their order wi'.h yt ** Abordeon, white Globe, Norfolk, fl jtch aud Seven-top. Any of these .nips will do wei) sown in August, but better if Bown in July. When up about a week, chop out as yon do cotton. Then thin ont by hand, eat ing and reeding away untii a singlo tur nip is loft nt a place. If August and September are favorable months land prepared as above should yield from six hundred to one thousand bushels per aero, worth as food for mun or beast at least ten cents per bushel, and produce next year a balo of cotton without ma nure.-Netos and Courier. hi w tl St ai P1 if tl in fe w tl tr tl nt H nt tl se N iu nt in w m tu et a w tb li Ol Pi BO Cl ht m A is dt b; bj ni ol w b: ai nc bt bi Ol hi it . . L "i ol Ri b: il ci in CiiAniTY.-Surrounded by affluence, how apt aro we to disregerd tho beseech ing pvVC-rty of Our neighbor. Arrayed 111 in our costly raiment, how apt aro wo to ai revolt nt the sight of tho patched and dt scanty covering of another';; body I nt Graciously smiled upon by fortune, how A apt aro we to jibe at the unsuccessful hi struggle of a less favored companion 1 tb Warmly nestled in our beds under richly- lu wrought tapestry, how npv are we to for- Jib get that a feliow-being may ne at tho ni same time striving to obtain life-giving w warmth from tho hard-frozen ground fa under tho cold blue canopy of the hear- fo cns! Mankind was created equal, and m although circumstances, harsh and bitter, tb may dc?l severely with om member of bi thc fami'y, that ono is as much the orea- C lujo o? God, und as important and hoblo w in His sight, aa tho ono whom the world tl hos endowed more abundantly with its u| possessions. -? Theru?bro lot us oxerciso w charity toward tho poor of God's crea- al turca, remembering that ?hey a7o also ju possessed of immortal' ?oula, and wh*~: J* wo render unto them hero will hTv&* *? gloriously coropenaattd for when Ho j* shall make np his Jewels hereafter. pi TUE GENTI?E CHAMBERLAIN. L Graphic Picture of the Virtuous and Hcll'-Macrlllclng Cnrpet-I?agger. it is rcmarkablo what a patiout, sulfer lg sot of men tho Republican olficc olden of tbo last dynasty were. This 'as particular]/ thc case with the North rn gontlomcr of that persuasion who cid office in the South, in undertaking .0 arduous duties forced upon them in li?t section of thc country, they would ave it believed they did so only from a 3180 of duty, puro philnnthrophy, and a rm conviction that if they should ever 0 entitled to receive tho plaudit of well done, good and faithful servant," 1 the next world they must bear tho ross of political servitude in this. Wo ave a fino oxamplo of this devotion to uty-sacrifico of self foi thc good of thors-in tho caso of thc patriot, Dan it H. Chamberlain This estimable untleman, of Northern birth, Christian irtues, nnd a d?sire of bringing tho be ighted brethren of tho South from un er tho curso of Democratic rule, packed is scanty vardrobe into a diminutivo irpct-bag, and wended his way to tho ?gion of bouth Carolina. Hore ho pro used unbounded love for tho negroes, Ithough at his natal homo ho had never vi need tho slightest regard for a brother r sister with a dark skin, and would no iure hold familiar associations with one f thom tbau ho would with a canal-dig ing Irishman, or n lager beer drinking lennon. Hut in tho Palmetto State tho r'tnpathctic Chamberlain took a warm itcrcst in tho emancipated, and aided y tho government at Washington, he ccamo thc Governor of South Caroliun. This tho patriotic Chamberlain pro Mids was a great sacrifice on Iiis part, Ithough it is said that during tho short oriod of his holding cilice in tho South 0 became abundantly rich. This, how vor, was only a proper reward for his xtraordiuary virtues and services, in is own estimation ho was a second Jo )ph, and South Cai ulina another Egypt, li i ch ho was to deliver from tho rulo of franny and save its down-trod'?eu people om famine But unlike toe first Jo pph, who stored up grain, for tho people 1 th J ir timo of need, he plunged them ito deeper poverty than they ever expo ienced bofoiu his advent among thom, lie treasury of tho Stato became deplo :d in tho samo proportion that his own ccamo full. The people, with thc range perversity which ignorance gen rally produces, could not appreciate the ?criticc ho was making in their behalf, nd at tho last election choso ano'.h?i mu as Governor iu his place. Cham orlain, however, knowing that a great listako on their part had been made, as not disposed to give up tho helm ol [Fans-bis paternal feelings for then ould not permit him to do so. Ho sol is arithmeticians, who had charge ol io election returns, to work, and these ft-cr rubbing out a few figures hcr-j inc hiing moro there, reported that a ?na irity of thc votes wero in his favor. Bu1 is opponent, a stubborn fellow namer lampton, said : "No ! neither tho sub ruction or addition of theso experts ii meet. I was elected Governor and an ling to act as such." Chamberlain owover, was not dismayed-tho chief F tho party ho was acting with caret jry little for majorities or tho popula ill-they had the reins of power it icir own hands, and wero accustomed ti do down all opposition. A now PresI mt had been boosted into office, with it being elected to it, and Chambcrlali iturally thought that this gontlcmai ouid sustain his position. But in thi rs was mistaken. Mr. Hayes thought that, though h id won his placo by a falso count, i ould not do to assist others in playinj io samo game. So tho late Governor o juth Carolina had to step down and oui id Mr. Hampton is ably filling hi lace. Now, people would Bupposo tha Chamberlain believed tho majority c io pooplo wero in his favor,'and felt th iterest in thoir welfare which ho prc sscd, he would remain among them ork for them-help them to regain whi tey had lost, and at thc next electio y at the ballot box to turn what he call ie usurpers out of office. No, this ) st thc carpet-bagger's rule cf actio: c had made all ho could out of the ir vant pcoplo ho had deluded ; ho ,kne' tat with them his occupation was gon > ho pulls np stakes and hies to tl: orth to spend tho riches which he mac1 i tho few short years of his holding offii , tho South. Ho never had any fcclini i common with tho Southern per.pl lute or black, and having mido all tl oncy out of them that he could, 1 .med tho cold shoulder to them at tl u l i es t possible momdnt. Yet he is on! fair specimen of thc cormorants wit hich tho Republican party has fdic ic South. At a pow-wow, half religious, haif p tical, held at Woodstock^ Connccticr i the -itu of this month, in a careful repared speech, ho said : "So far as pe mal interests aro concerned, rece: rents have but relieved me of a burdi aavy almost beyond endurance. F yself alono i could bo thankful for il nd proceeds to say that his complai only on behalf of "tho helpless ai verted patriot, tho widow whoso ht ind, tho child whoso father, has fall f tho blow of tho political assassin, ft nbitions aro limited." His. own ch F political leeches aro tho only part; Inch havo fomented strifes at the Soul Y arraying tho blacks against tho whit id then, when kicked ont of office the Ives, leaving their unfortunate dupes :-ar the evils which their eclfishn rought upon them. ChambeuMu hi i to office after ho know ho no lon( nd any claim to it, and only relinquish when he was compelled to do so. A Mic hos thc impudor.'j to say that j os ho is concerned ho has only b( relieved of a burden heavy almost! md endurance." But this ia the ci rall his tribe Tho South will nc tain it? truo position until every carp igger like him is obliged to pack up l-gotten gains and leave it to be g ned by better men who have an inter i its prosperity.-Philadelphia Chroni HAY CROP.-It is estimated that ?y crop of tu? United Statis fa re inualiy over three hundred millions illara, whereas thirty years ago it ? it amount to any appreciable val nd it is thought that there was 1 ly o? the crop of 1876 on hand wi io crop of 1877 began to bo mown tl is been tho caso for several years, tis be so, it lu probabip that North ny wni command a high figuro n inter and spring. Wo urge upon roners, whi aro thus forewarned, rearm themselves. Be careful to s rery blade of fodder or opear of gi tat can bo converted into hay, and i ind it against tho calls of noxt apr! rab grass' makes a delicious hay. i o know from observation and oxpekU lat almost all of the wefldfiSrfr?H? non stubble fieldkJ|?S?Er ?" ill suffice M^u^^f^tdistoTulcr l??^SecFauring tho winter, ^?nwthen. Cut grose and weed* tro them carefully now that thc nial io farm is Over, and provide, as fa Maible, against tho awpKuy of but rovendcr noxl winter arjd opting. LEO AL AD K?? J7S/AT<?.-"Wo are compelled te requin c?h paymeuU to? edrortlaiagorlctt*!"i?y Kxe?utoriT^diwaUtr?lor? and otaw fiduciaries, and herewith append th? ratio for the ordinasy ^^.^??C?. i ?41 Thea the etta t ?n? r t w o Tn M?U?ni" - - . Estate h'o?cc?, threo Ins?/tioni, - . 2.0? Final Settlements, sra tncerUooa ? . - 8-00 TOWBJiJ?W^?f?i-?n^r?er to rcceU? attention, COMHBWH Wtiona ra oil bo aecowpanted bf tho true nanio and addreea of tho writer. JUi Jectedmanuscript* will not he jaunted, unies? the necessary 5UU??.? atv furuiihe? io repay ibo postage therein. JET? We are not responsible (or t ue views and opinions of our correspondents. All communications should bj addressed t:> "Ed Hors Intelligencer." and all checks, drafts, mott?y orders, Ac, should be naide parable to the order of E. D. MUtt\AY A CO., Anderdon, 8. C. - Rosa Bonheur ia conceded by moat - critics to be the finest painter of animais in the known world, living or dead. It ia >.)id of the great Landseer himself that, on seeing ber "Horse Fair" for the first time, he raised his hands in wonder and exclaimed : "Tho rest of us must all go to school to this ono I" - There is nothing moro cruel in tho history of politics than tbo way Grant has gone back on hU sore-head friends at homo. Ju?t as they wore organizing a grand anti-Hayes and pro-Grant party For 1880, ho writes homo from England that ho is a first-class Unye? man, be lieves in his policy and applauds his un dertaking. - Mrs. Hayes, according to a letter writer, when sho expressed her reorrot that her protrait in'Harper's Weekly "made hor look so old," dtd so because she had a couviction of the positive worth of sweetly brilliant smiles and a graceful demeanor, and wishes to be as handsome and popular as possible so as to aid her husband in conciliating folk. - Tho seizure of newspapers in Franco, and tho dismissal of mayors and other public officials not in sympathy with the fovernment, forms tim staple of tho tauch news at present. Among tho latest exploita of the gorernment Ts the solaire of tho European edition of tho Now York Courier des Ettats Unit, which has been quito emphatic in denouncing tho arbitrary policy of tho new McMahon ndminiatration. - A Now York letter says: "Tho re quest of Mr. J. B. Manning, tho most prominent dealer in Southern securities, to havo one of the South Carolina State commissioners como on to thia city and verify tho honda held herc, and thus eave a vaat amount of troublo and riak in for warding them to Columbia, has been de nied. The amount of doubtful bonds is said to bo not over one-twentieth of the whole issue, but they must, nevertheless, go on to Columbia for verification." - Tho want of employment in Now York is shown by tho fact that a iorgo number of men are engaged catching curs of high and low dogreo at thirty cents a head. They appear to be quite willing to run tbo risk of being badly bitten and of contracting the hydropho bia for tho compensation received. At last accounts forty-six dog catchers had been bitten no less than two hundred and forty times, or an arerago of five bites to a man. It will not be surprising if quite a number of cases of hydrophobia arising from theso bites are soon reported. - Tho news-gatherers wita tho Russian army have c hard timo of it. and, accord ing to tho account of a correspondent at Bucharest, if not inquisitive, will never got any information, and, if too curious, stand an exceltont chanco of being shot Tho same correspondent mentione tho caso of a Baron Von Graben, of Hcsso Darmstadt, who was found prowling ? rc M n u .?C cnv.ro..0 c ?uc Co.uj. aw *, *c* csti. He waa interrogated by tho Russian provoBt-raar8ha), ana being un aldo to produce any authority for lib presence, was summarily shot as a spy. - Tho divorce industry coes not pros 6or In thc Western States as it might, ince the 1st instant it ia a punishable crime for lawyers Jin Illinois to advortiso that they will procure divorces, aid the Indiana Supreme Court has ruled that a decree of divorce issued in Utah between persons neither of whom is a resident of the Territory is void and inoperative. A Btatuto of Utah provides that where a fierson applies for a divorce, if the court s satisfied that the applicant ia a resident of the Territory or ''wishes to become ons," tho court may graui a divorce. The ' Supreme Court of Indiana nold that this Btatuto was ultra vires and void, and that 0. court of Utah cannot thus obtain juris diction of ncn-residonts. - The temporary residence fitted up for the accommodation of the Czar at Ploiesti is of tho most unpretending character. It is but ono story high, and there are only eight rooms-a vestibule, an ante-chamber, galon fur tue aides-de camp and officers on duty, a smoking room, a study, a reception-room, a bea ch ameer, and a sallo a manger. Except the reception-roora and tho ante-cham ber they aro all extremely small, but they . aro upholstered v. itu ?V?Cu elegance. In tho smoking-room which is furnished in the Turkish fashion with luxurious otto mans and carpets, them is a portrait in oil of the late Emperor Nicholas and a chromo-lithograph of Prince Charles of Roumania on liorsebnck. Tho Czar Bleeps on an iron camp-bed, which ho always carries with him. Sixteen is the largest numbor that sits at tho dinner table, and that only on gala occasions. There aro no fewor thau four hundred horses-many of thom snporb animals attached to tho ser vico of his Imperial Majesty and his cuite, - A Now Orleans reporter went arourJ to interview Mrs. Gaines upon thc . J al decision in her favor of tho forty-four years' litigation In which she han been engaged, and found ber natu rally ia the bust of spirits. Shu prom ised to be the friend, and not the oppres sor, of the many peopla in New Orleans whose houses and lands aro now adjudged to be her property, and concludes as fol lows: "Mr iteporter, pardon mo for my egotism, bet in closing this interview I deem it proper to say that the history of my life, if ever written, will provo not only to my six, but to others also, what one can do who holds to the right, and trusts to the power of a merciful God. Knowing and believing youraolf to bo right, never despair-persevero, have faith and confidence in that right, and with the assistance of your Heavenly Father, ycu will bo successful in tho end. I havo never despaired, but, como weal or woo, I havo^bad tho fortitudo to bear nient"mid now do ? meekly and humbly thank God for success." - They do say that in tho Princess of Wales' drawing-room, at Malborough House, Gen. Grant pulled out an enor mous cigar, and was going to light it when s'omo ono prevented him. Ho must not bo too harshly judged for this, for when Mr. Soward was herc, twenty ?ea? ago. and was taken by Mr. Dallas > full dress, with ruffled shirtr-to a private concert at Buckingham Palace, fhnttnff hlmftrdf with tho fumes of a hugo Havana just before ho wont in, in spito of a civil hint from Mr. Dallas that the Queen had a strong per sonal repugnance to tho smell of tobacco. Moreover, it ia well known that poor dead Mrs. Thornton, tito excellent housekeeper of Windsor Castle, novcr got over tho abominable conducto-i Victor Emmanuel^ who, v?sit?nir. thc uastie when King (n Sardinia, insisted on smoking aU ? in bcd, and thereby, aa Mrs, usad to B^^p^^^^^^ rcHjm. riot*, boen for tho lusufterahlo way in which he was compelled to dm g tho ..limiter ano tho whom Picrropon? con nection aboui with him wbotev?r nc w#nV He wsw incensed ut this hu >i. and openly expressed, hi* ?aUsfac?ton ?? getting out of Catenwh s?yj?v'-J}**1!' Badeau WM another hob jp ' dentin! kite which fhjpis^.un^l<i^gwpp in people's fae