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THE WRONG OR THE RIGHT? As the numberless grains of silvery sand Form the far out-stretching shore. As the whispering breeze which the flower has fanned Swells out in the tempest's roar, As the murmuring brook is lost in the sea While it adds its contributing mite So the moments of time form eternity, Shall we make it for darkness, or light? As each heart-throb tells us how life flows on, As the pulse-beat measures its space, And each tick of the clock marks a moment gone Of our vanishing, mortal race, As each breath we breathe wafts our bark away Toward the haven beyond our sight, Shall it anchor in joy or go down in dis may? Shall our freight be the wrong, or the right' As showers from glistening raindrops are made When they fall on the famishing plains, As the emerald carpets are formed blade by blade, And the harvest i3 counted in grains, As tiny drops blending make vast ocean's power As t waves and the billows unite. So our deeds make a life as life fills the hour; Shall it be for the wrong, or the right' IWA B~k, - ) on ( Frm Shop to Mansion. rh omint StorY of a Dres -4 Makeres Rise in Life. BYMRs. F. M. HOWARD. . (Corighed, 1889. ___ :e CHAPTER X In the following weeks Isabel had need of all her firmness and presence of mind, for, as Dr. Conroy had said, there was a pro longed struggle for life in the sick room; the first week had been one of delirious raving, and her heart sank within her as she repeatedly heard him muttering. "She does not love me; she does not love me," in such sad tones that it pierced her very heart. She knew her own heart now fully; in those terrible nights of watching, when she had sat beside him, breathless with fear and suspense, the thought had come to her in all its chilling force-of what life would be to her without him, and she knew that she loved him with a deep devotion which would last through eternity. She told him so again and again, as she knelt by his bedside, but he only looked at her with a blank stare, not comrprehending or caring for the intelligence which would bare made him so happy in health. -She kissed his fevered face and~bathed it in tears of contrition as she bemoaned the answer she had given him in that last moment of partial sanity, when he had asked her if she loved him. And yet, how could she have answered him differently, without being sure of her own feelings. Mrs. Montford had brought her skill and experience into the sick-room at once, scorn ing Dr. Conroy's proposition to install a hired nurse there, and had shared the young wife's vigil with unwearied devotion. Gr-acie wandered through the house dis consolately, and even Lottie's unvarying sweetness and care could not console her for the loss of her parents' society. A tele gram had been sent to Mrs. Stanford at the first, and as Isabeliwas sitting one day in the darkened chambers, her hands clasped ever her face in deepest dejection, the door opened and alight step entered the room. A pair of soft arms stole around her neck, and a sweet voice whispered in her ear: "Dear auntie, as mamma was not well, I -have come to help you nurse UIncle Harvey." It was L~illian, and Isabel leaned her head wearily on the young bride's shoulder, and *commenced the acquaintance with aburst of T.i11an had arare fa culty in asick-room; her steps were so noiseless, and she was so far removed from fussiness, and with an excellent memory, she could always be depended on to carry out every direction of the physician. Isabel could rest, so far as her overwhelm ing anxiety would allow her to, with perfect confidence that Mrs. Montford and Lillhan were doing all for him which could be done. The delirium had given way to a heavy stupor, and there must soon be a change for the better or worse, and the change was awaited with breathless interest. "Do not grieve so, dear auntie," said Lillian, gently, when Isabel, overcome by ~the thought that he might die, had given -way to. violent weeping. "Uncle Harvey has such a grand constitution, you know ; why. I am perfectly astonished at him for - being sick at all, it is an unprecedented performance on his part, Ican assure you." Her gentle raillery was better in this case than sympathy, and hope sprung up anew in the wife's heart, and she began to look forward more cheerfully to the expected turn in the disease. It was her night to watch with him, and she took her place by the bedside with a more hopeful spirit than she had cherished since he had been sick. About midnight she noticed that he breathed more naturally, and, going close tohim, she noticed with a heart throbbing with delight that there was a faint sparkle of moisture on his hitherto parched and strained forehead; she took her handker chief and gently wiped It off, fearing she might be mistaken, but no, it was true, and in a few moments it reappeared and she knew he was better. "Oh, God, I thank Thee," she cried, as she sank upon her knees in mute thanksgiving. Perhaps the great emotion of her heart awoke a sympathetic chord in his, for in a few moments he opened his eyes, and, look ing at her with glad recognition, whispered, feebly: 'Isabel." "My love! my darling!" she whispered softly in his ear. He seemed to struggle with memory. "You do love me, then," he whispered, faintly. "Better than my life, dearest love," she said, gently pressing her lips to his. He smiled wearily, like a tired child, and with a look of ineffable content dropped off to sleep again, while she sat by his side in a tumult of joy. "How is ho?" said Mrs. Montford, who came in to relieve her watch. "He is better," she whispered. "He knows me and spoke to me." "-Thank the Lord for His mercies!I" said the good woman, fervently, and, taking Is abel in her arms as if she had been her own child, "now go to bed, dearie, and sleep like a top until morning." The sun was high when the overtaxed wife awoke from her long and dreamless slumber; the slumber of sweet relief after long days and nights of weariness and ag onizing suspense, and she hurriedly dressed herself and went into the sick-room. Lillian was there, and her husband was awake. He greeted her with a smile, In fantile in its weakness, yet full of love and trust, as she bent over him and whispered glad words of love and thankfulness into his ear. "Have I, then, been so very sick?" he asked, feebly, as her tears of joy fell upon his face. "-I think, Uncle Harvey, you deserve a "'" good scolding for giving us such a scare, for niv excellent nursing there's no know- i ing what would have happened to you. e Aunt Isabel and that big-eyed doctor were 1: glowering over you like a couple of lunatics p when I came to the rescue." He was too weak to repi to her lively f sallies, but he pressed his wife's hand with 4 a feeblo energy. a It seemed as if she could not be demon- s strative enough after the long period of cold indecision through which she had c passed; she knew now that she had loved o him for months when she nad imagined t herself grateful only, and she sighed as n she thought how his kind and noble heart must have been wounded by her coldness, s and she strove to make amends by showing o him every phase of tenderness her full E ieart could devise. t: "I think I must go home how," said Lil- b Han, playfully, the next day. "I have res- t' cued one forlorn man from a premature s fate, and I shall have another to drag from h the brink of despair if I do not get back to h Ralph. Mamma says he wanders to and e fro like the disconsolate ghost of Melan- v choly." t "I little thought that your long-talked-of t< visit was to be such a doleful affair as this," said Isabel. "But, indeed, Lillian, you do t not know how much you have helped me." s "I assure you I take full credit to myself d for all I have done," she answered,willfully. e "I do believe Uncle Harvey got up this lit te diversion just for the purpose of testiag c the affection of his friends." 9 "Then I deserved to be disappointed, c didn't II" he said, weakly. He enjoyed her C bright raillery, as it showed him that he C was once more among flesh and blood peo- b ple instead of the dim and ghostly forms among which he had moved during the t weeks when his diseased fancy had distort- r: ed every thing about him into unreal shapes. Isabel was not disappointed in Lillian; the bright, sweet girl was just the gener- n ous, whole-souled little woman she had im- C agined her to be, and a warm affection bad a sprung up between them. "You have forgiven me, then, for marry ing your uncle?" Isabel said, mischievously. as they were waiting in the drawing-room for the earriagewhich was to take Lillian away. "Yes," she replied, promptly. "and have given you my blessing, figuratively speak- M ir.g." Then more thoughtfully: "Your case is only another demonstration of the fact which mamma and I have argued over ever since I went in pinafores, that a person's YO position in life does not necessarily deter mine all his qualities of head and heart." ly, "Well, what do you think of her?" said gr Mrs. Stanford, after Lillian's return, and ye when otipr inquiries had been answered. an "I think Uncle Harvey might have hunt- Pj ed the city over without finding any one so perfectly suited to him as Aunt Isabel," re- te plied Lillian, warmly. he "Even if she was a plebeian shop-girl," bu said Mr. Stanford, with a smile. "I'm afraid the blue blood of the Carring- he tons would boil if they should hear you re speak of their kinswoman under that title," yo and Lillian laughed. "Aunt Isabel told me o that Major Carrington was terribly shocked 0r< when she told him how she had been forced I to earn a living." ha Harvey Falconer's return to health was as rapid as could be expected, considering his he extreme weakness, and he was as y-t but he the pallid ghost of himself as he sat up in tu his easy chair, or laid upon the puffy cush- to ioned lounge in the home room. o It was now long past Christmas and they had received an urgent invitation from Major Carrington to spend the remainder be of the winter at Elm Park, and had decid ed to go as soon as the invalid was strong E enough to travel. Dr. Conroy had advised the change of climate, and Mr. Falconer. be with his blood debilitated and chilled by fri sickness, looked forward to it gratefully. m: Dr. Conroy had been like a brother in this do time of trouble, and the Falconers, who had ho respected and admired him before, were < now bound to him by the ties of affection as s well: e He who comes to us in our hour of co trouble not only makes himself our friend, si but commands affection also, and the ho earnest, faithful physician not only heals ; the sickness by the aid of his skillful knowl- io, edge, but brings his sympathy, his soothing sa word and kindly touch, winning a place for at himself in our hearts which no other can fill. C Dr. Conroy was one of these who brought C his heart with him to the sick chamber. A Many a mother could testify that he had th ministered to her sick babe as tenderly as if it had been his own. It was this element of tenderness in his da nature which had endeared him to Lottie t Ford, and with him affection for go the fair, sweet girl, so gentle and un- he complaining in her suffering, had sprung up spontaneously, and he had made her but an few visits before he became conscious that she was the one woman of all the world g, whom he wshed to call his wife, and as he was a straightforward man, he had lost no sa time in showing her his heart. She was steadily improving under his care, and could now walk with one crutch i with but little pain, and there was every y reason to hope that her recovery was to be complete, and she was preparing for the hE visit at home with great delight- be "Lottie, dear," said Isabel as they sat in st her cheerful room, "you will spend the time with us before your marriage, will you not? ax We shall return in February, and I shall hope to see you soon after we come home." et '-Yes," replied Lottie; "Malcolm wishes a me to remain under treatment for someS time yet. He is thing he can get father - sa MAJOR cARRZXo TON M!ET TItE TRAvELERs. ul better employment here than he has in New York. If it were not for that I should feel as if I must pass mty last months ofgmaiden life with mother." r "Oh, isn't that lovely!" cried Isabel, "ifh you can have the little mother near you: she will have to adopt me, too, for I long fors a mother so," and she gave a sigh for the lost mother in her grave. "Mother's heart is large enough for us both," replied Lottie, smiling, "and I only fear that I shall have occasion to be jealous di of you. They will come in the spring, if hi all works as we expect, and as Dr. Conroy di is almost positive it will." a: "Then I fear I am to be disappointed in cx having the pleasur-e of making a darling lit te wedding for you," said Isabel, a shade Ic coming over her face. "I had anticipated c< having such a quite select affair." ft "Well," replied Lottie, '-you and mother may decide that when the time comes, for a I must confess that with father and mother a: here, your home would seem as much like my home as any place could." "You darling," said Isabel, relieved. "Then I shall coax our mother until she is obliged to consent to be rid of me; of course you will go to housekeeping at once." "Yes, Dr. Conroy is so thoroughly tired of boarding, though upon what scal'e I am sureIhknow not; I have never questioned him." "Not a pinched one, my dear," said Isa bel, nodding her head knowingly. '-The doc tor is far from being a poor man." "- I am glad of that," said Lottie, sweetly. "I had feared so much that I might be a hindrance to him, If he was yet poor, and struggling for success, but if he can afford such an expensive luxury as a weakly wife is liable to be, I shall feel better satisfied, for of course it would be folly for me to ex pect to be as strong as many are." "Yes, my little friend, you might as well i decide that you are never going to bear the world on those siender shoulders of yours, and save yourself some inevitable disap pointment; but you have a mission of sweetness and patience, which no one but you can accomplish, and which the most of n us would fail in. So be comforted, my dear; s it seems to be one of the compensations of pa life that the weakness of the fiesh adds e: strength and grace to the spirit." n ,e station when tiiay ;agated, ana wei :>med them with warm Southern hospital y. Mr. Falconer had borne the journey ven better than he expected, and though guid and pale, was in good spirits, and repared to be pleased with all he saw. A roomy traveling carriage was waiting ,r them, and the burly, colored coachman 'oked curiously, yet respectfully, at Isabel, s she came forward, for the news had pread among the older colored people that Missy Alicia's" long-lost daughter was oming, and this faithful fellow had been a the place ever since he was born, before ie war as a slave, since as a hired serv A ride of a few miles through lovely :enery brought them to the natural park Seims, from which the place was named, ma Park, the carriage winding through w1e, past a miniature lake, and bank after aink of roses and other flowers, which; iough not in bloom, were yet green and iggestive of their summer beauties. The )use was a fine specimen of a Southern Dme, wide verandas on all sides, support I by heavy pillars, around which twined ide-spreading branches of the lovely Bal more Belle, Marechal Niel rose and clus ring clematis. " My dear girl, welcome, thrice welcome > our home," said Mrs. Carrington, a tall, :ately lady, who came out upon the veran a to meet them, tiking her in a warm nbrace. " And here is Caroline, waiting to wel ime her cousin," said the Major, as a tall, raceful girl, and the image of her mother, tine to the door of the hall, while Mrs. arrington gracefully welcomed Mr. Fal mer and Gracie. Caroline grasped Isa al's hand with cousinly warmth, and then troduced her to Adelaide, her sister, also d11 and grace ful, but with more of the Car ngton style of features. Isabel could scarcely control her emotions she entered the house, thoudn she could )t have analyzed her feelings, but Mrs. arrington coming in was quick to observe d assign a reason for her agitation, and indly led her to a small sitting room off te hall, and, summoning a portly colored oman, she gave directions that the guests uld be taxen at once to tho rooms they re to occupy. 'Dinner will be served in about an hour, :hat will give you time to rest," said the jor, as they were ascending the stairs. -Plenty of time," replied Mr. Falconer. L ba h and a five minutes nap will render at least, capable of doing full justice to Pe Lpitality."r -My darling!" said MIr. Falcc-er, tender as Dinah, after stirring the fire in the te, which was, at this season of the ir, necessary even in the sunny South, I showing Isabel where to find clothes -ss and bath rooms, at last disappeared. ie saw that she was on the verge of tr, and drew her to his arms. "I am so -angely happy," she said, as she leaned r head upon his sheltering breast and rst into tears of excitement. 'It is a wonderful experience for you," said, smoothing her hair gently, as he noved her hat, "and you have need of all r fortitude to take you through it with t over-taxing your nerves." She was ,mbling even now like a leaf. 'How selfish I am," she said, after she d become more calm. "I forgot in my 'n thoughts how weak you are still," for was trembling, too, in his sympathy for r. "Forgive me, dear," and she in her rn became the comforter, and forced him lie down upon an easy couch, while she ened trunks, and made preparations for 3 toilet. Chey were large, airy rooms which had en given them, the windows opening out on a delightful prospect, with distant ehmond just appearing in view. 'Oh, how funny," said Gracie, who had en exploring the bedrooms and looking )m the windows. " There's just ever so y little bits of houses out this way; es Major Carrington have tenement ses to rent?" 'Yes, my dear," replied her father, iling at her natural mistake; "but the iants are his own working-people-these ored people you saw about the place 10, with their families, occupy these uses." keanwhile a discussion was going on be v. "She's pure Carrington, isn't she?" d Caroline, as she languidly dropped into :hair. 'The very image of Chester," said Mrs. rrington. ' Her eyes and hair will remind you of icia when you see her again," remarked a Major. "By the way, where i-s Ches 'He is having one of his gloomy fits to y" answered his wife, "and though I d him his daughter was coming, it seemed make no impression upon his mind, and has wandered off." ' He isn't alone?" said the Major, a little xiousy. 'Oh, no. I sent Pompey after him as ual, and he will take care of him." I wonder Mrs. Pembroke is not here," d Adelaide, looking from the window. fear meeting so many of us at once is lg to be very exciting for Cousin Isabel. Lotied her hand trembled in mine when ook it." She is not looking as well as when I saw r," said Major Carrington. "Her hus nd's sickness has, doubtless, been a1 'aln upon her nerves." SMamma, oughtn't wes to send Lizette d Cato to help them dress?" "I hardly know what they have been ac stomed to," replied Mrs. Carrington. People live so differently in the North and 'uth.". SI think, my dear," laughed the Major, hat my niece would consider a dressing id a nuisance." 'Well, I am sure if I were obliged to mb my ow-n hair, I should soon decide to eit cronned close-" said Adelaide, iighingly, g~ing her Eine IId;~ adorned ith heavy braids, a toss. "Still, if you had always been accus med to being your own hair-dresser," re arked Caroline. 'Habits are inexorable things," said s. Carrington, "and, for the present, I .11 send Lizette to inquire if Mrs. Fal-] ner would like her assistance in dress A neat colored girl made her appearance1 answer to the bell, and Mrs. Carrington ee her her directions. Pears like dem Northern ladies ain't st qual'ty no how," was Lizette's dis tisfied comment as she descended the airs, after Isabel had kindly declined her rvices at her toilet. She had never been customed to such assistance, and looked en it as more of a hindrance than a help, cept in exceptional cases. " But, den, I ec's it all in de brungin' up," she con .ded, philosophically. A carriage was at the door as Lizette ached the hall, and Major Carrington was nding Out an old lady with tender re ect. It was Mrs. Pembroke, and she said gerly as she took his offered arm: "a .e comeC" CHAPTER XI. racie tripped lightly down the stairs, essed in a dainty silk of cerulean blue, r foating hair fastened back with a silver gger; Isabel followed her, dressed simply d elegantly in a plain black silk, a flchu of eamy real lace about her neck, in the ecy folds of which shone the diamond ket, her only ornamuent* and Mr. Fal nr, quite rested from his bath, cheer ly brought up the rear. Caroline met them at the foot of the stairs id ushered them iato a spacious drawing om, elegantly furnished; a little, old lady "-Y A-INGGADA as itt n oahrhir Iic\a asits on c seofa her whietepls which wa -es were a deep brown, and her small She, ioo, was dres:d neavy biacL- Sik cut low at tei throat, and filled in with fold on fold of whitest, fleeciest lace, and on her breast giittered a diamond locket, the ex act counterpart of that worn by Isabel. She ar.)c c:,erly as Isabel entered, Gracie hiding shyly in the shadow of her dress, and took a step forward, her small, E white hanus extended. ,Cousin Isabel, this is Mrs. Pembroke," said Caroline, and Isabel stepped forward impulsively, and took tll- quaint, appealing little figure in her strong young arms with a loving caress, as she whispered fondly: "My darling gri amther! 1 am so happy .o have feta:a you at last," as the hanpp Lears rose to h1r eyes. The oli l:idy held her off at arms' length. C md looaed at. her throungh a ndst of tears. i 'You are inre C.aL'r1itonl thani 'm. >roke," she said at last. brokenly, "but I an sec imy Alicia's beautiful hair and her S Lovely eyes." "And I hope, dear grandniamma, you nay find Alicia's ieart also." s Iud L<.bel, yatting the riikled httle fakc lovingly. j "Yes, yes. my child's own loving ways, nurmured the old lady, inure to herself than :o others. r "Let me introduce you to Mr. Falconer, he best husband in the world," resumed sabel, leading Mrs. Pembroke to her hus )and. "Oh, it is well that you found my child >efore I did," said the old lady, with a shiake >f her small head; "for if I had found her irst I should have been loth to have given ier up even to the best husband in the ,vorld," repeating Isabel's words with an rch smile. " I account myself the luckiest of men t hat I was so fortunate, then, madam," h S eplied. " I fear this happy meeting would never t iave been otherwise," said Isabel, "for the ( rain of events which have led to it all a eems to have been developed since my : narriage." Her eyes wandered uneasily s round; there was another meeting which . ;he was looking forward to with a'minglcd c ecling of tender impatience and dread read lest her father's state should be worse 6 han she had anticipated. Major Carrington read her heart intui- d ively, and said, quietly: "My brother is d 2ot at home just at present, but will be in, ' [ think, after dinner." The bell rang at the moment, and they i led out to the large dining-room, Major t Darrington with Mrs. Pembroke upon his .rm, and the rest in their proper order. ['he old lady's bright eyes sought her long ost gra'idchild's face continuaily through he weal, and she seemed to be .living in r ha I ast as she listened to her voice, and . iotlced with quick eyes every motion and estu-c, many of which reminded her ol er btloved daughter. "Yes, like, very ike Alicia," she murmured, as they re urned t,, tie drawing-room. C Isabel and her husband were in the libra y and Major Carrington was showing hiz t Jooks, a subject upon which he was enthu iastic, when a sound of a footstep at the 1. loor caused them to look up. It was a low, uncertain step, and it paused upon the bhreshold. Isabel was standing by a window in the e rull light, and the eyes of the person stand ng there were fixed mildly upon her. It sas an old man, though there were few v wrinkles in his pale face. but his hair was t mowy white, and his blue eyes had a din, d ar-away look, which told at a glance that [] here were lost faculties valled behind their t acantly mild glances. - "Chester," said Major Carrington, lay- t ng down the book of which he had been alking, and going at once to his brother's f ide; Isabel advanced, her face pale and her 0 mnds nervously clasped before her. "You t inow I told you your daughter was coming V -day. She is here, and longs to know and ove yoi." e "Dear father," said Isabel, coming close 'o him and looking up at him with a be seeching glance. "I am so glad to have ound you.'' e "My dau ghterV" he said, slowly, and with i bewildered look. "How should I have a laughter without a wife ? I think there is a C nistake." "No, no, there is no mistake," she cried, t eagerly; " dear father, I am your daughter 1 md Alicia's; don't you remember Alicia, our wife, and can not ycou ?ove me for her 'J ake?" "Alicia?" He out his hand to his head in a r azed way. " I do not remember Alicia, andi ret the name has a homelike sound; did you 2 tay that you were Alicia?" , t "No, father, I am Isabel, 'and Alicia's C laughter and yours: if you can not remem- r 'jer her, won't vou lore me for my own take? " " Why, yes," he answered, slowly, takmng r :he hand which she extended to him, and I coking in her eyes with a troubled expres- c ion. " It is all verv strannge," he said at s ast; "you seem like same onelIhaveknown, a aut I can not tell wao." and he passed his and over his forehead again, as if to brush e uay the vail of forgetfulness which was e iiding the past from him., "Better drop the past and win him in the t resent," suggested the Major in a low t roice. "Yes, the past," feebly echoed Chester e Darigton; "they talk of a past, but I dc lot know what it is, and so we will dro; hat and live to-day alone. You say you are y daughter," and 'he looked again in her yes with that strange, troubled look."Wo :hen, is this?" and he looked inquiringly at Idir. Falconer. "This is my husband, father," and Mr. F'alconer advanced and t ook the soft white C Nard in his. "Will you accept a son also, ~ rather?" he said, with his frank, manly a mile. (I This look had no power to move thE s :louded mind to any effort of remembrance. e ad he took the offered hand in the matter f-fact way in which he greeted all trangers. bJ "A daughter and a son, both in one hour," 1 e said, shaking his head in perplexity, It's a strange world, a t'cry strange a ivorld!" Isabel turned away to hide her tears; it t ivas a bitter disappointment; although she t and told herself so many times how it must o inevitably be, yet she had, in spite of all, t :herished. a hope that it might be better d :han she feared. ri "Then who is this?" he said, gently, as g I'racie came springing in to her father'r 3 tide; her eyes aglow with interest in an riary which Tom, a little colored boy, who aad een detailed to entertain her, had been tlowing her. She stood by is side in blush- d ng confusion, as the stranger's eyes were >ent upon her in min gled surprise and in- a luiry. r "This is my little daughter," said Mr. Fal- r oner, drawing her to him tenderly. "Will d 'ou not go and give the gentleman your a and, my dear?'' he continued, kindly, a She looked at the strange face steadily. c >ut something in the kind eyes, so vague 11 ad yet so inquiring, struck her childish tU [Eaney, and she left her father's side read- b Lly, and held out her little han d to him in d hildish trust. He took it in his and looked it her wistfully. "I never had a Ulie daugh- ' :er," lhe said, pitifully, looking over at isa bel as she stood witha her head turned. away. It was evidently difticult for him to grasp t1 he idea of a grown-up daughter with a f( ramily, and if in his darkened mind he had y' rormed an id ea of what the daughter which s, 1ajor Carrington had told him of would be like, it was that she would be a little chilu tke Gracie. He looked at her tenderly, and sitting C lwn he took her on his knee and kissed a ber. Major Carrington looked at hima in nl urprise, for since his injury he had inever ri oticed a child, and his affectionate nature a mad seemed to be buried in the ginave of the n Graie was a very affectionate child, and n is she saw the sad, puzzled expression on :he face of her new acquaintance, she . 'eached her little arm around his neck. ' aying sweetly: "1 wvill be your little ti laughter, sir, if you wish me to," looking a o her father for his approval. He nodded kindly, and she prattled on, tU ir sweet voice evidently acting on the a louded mind like music, for he listened t: ntently while she told him how Tom hiad wn her the big green parrot who had 'oken her name. and told her solemnly hat Polly wanted a cracker, and how the 3 ncking-bird had sung the same song which d innet sangt at homne,. Isabel had conquered her emotion, and e urnnag viewed the scene with a renewed c tope that the'little child might be the agen- s y through which her father's mind might n nd light, for she could not give up the I: de that in some way there was to be a i] 'ift. in the dark cloud which obscured it. c "Come, Alicia, let us go aiid see the rab- s >its," lhe said to the child, mildly, as he put c cr from his knee and rose to his feet. "But, sir, my name is Gracie," she said, ~ lu tuk lr-r and. ________ NOT AFrER GOVERNORS. TALK ON THE POLITICAL PURPOSES OF THE ALLIANCE. euatorg and Conaressmen Marked for Retirement First-Sherman Sure to Fol low Ingatls-A Presidential Ticket to Be Nominated. Wasm Ix':'r., .'.A: i~. (Il L L bjects and' i Ni-. of ti:: Mi iat. i ' mpi end ing' Srtte eb-tm:. "Our campaign at lres-ni," sail C' l. olk. "is not to elec;. a Pa sid- lt, or !o ecure the Governorship of States. We re striking at the muonopolists in the Tnited States Senate. So far we have inded three. The first was Senator lampton, of South Carolina; then John Ingalls, of Kansas; followed by Gid on C. Moody. of South Dakota. The ex: one to go into retiremt-nt will be olin Stierman, of Ohio. Matt itansan, f North Carolina, will also be retired. 'he fate of these two Seuarors is just as ertainly sealed as that of John J. In alls. MISTAKE NOT TO BE RtEPEATED. "We rmade two mistakes that will not e repeated," continued Col. Polk. With complete control of the North arolina Legislature we allowed Sena or Vance to be re-elected on the trength of his promise that he would e a faithful political servant to the in rest of the people. The election of overnor Gordon, ot Georgia, was also mistake. as lie has shown himself to e far more interested in his own per nal success than that of the Alliance. lereaf ter no promises to the politicians f the old partics will be accepted." *Ilow do you propose to defeat John herman in Ohio?" "We have him defeated. In legislative istricts the Alliance will support candi ates pledged to vote against Sherman. 'he voting strength cf the actual or anization is 40,000. Our members how ver, are doing missionary work among ie farmers generally, and thousands of oters not yet mentioned with the Al ance itself will be rallied against Sher ian. If you would look over the cor spondenCe from Ohio you would be onvinced that it is now an impossibil :y for him to succeed himself." "Is the right being made on McKinley Iso?" "It is not. As I stated, we are now leaning out the United States Senate. lovernorships are not valuable to us at e present time. It would have a good ioral effect to elect State officers, mere r as an evidence of the strength of the rganization, but our primary object is ) secure the balance of power in the egislature, which enacts tne laws, and ect United States Senators. THE FIGHT IN 011I0. "Probably many Alliance members ill support the people's ticket in Ohio, ut there is no movement to have them oso. Consequently the Alliance is not ghting McKinley; but don't infer from bat that I think ne will be elected." "Can Senator Wilscn, of Iowa, be re arned ?" "We are not figuring much on results tom Iowa," replied Col. Polk. "The rganization in that State is weak, aough the popular assumption is that ;e are making a great fight there. That lea is a mistaken-one. Tne most we xpect to get out of the contest in Iowa to determine what strength the move ient is developing there. No steps are xpected. In the -Northwest, however, Le voters seem to be more ready to reak away from the old party than in ther sections of the country." "Will the Alliance undertake to die ite the successor of Senator Quay in "As matters stand now, I think not. 'he State is not-yet sutliciently organ ed. However, the work is progressing pidly. You do not see much about it the newspapers, but about twvo local lances per day are bieing organized in ie State. B~y the time Senator Camer n's term expires we will probably be sady to supply his stuccessor. WHAT NEW YOJ:K WILL 1)0. "In New York State the situation is iuch the same. Nevertheless. Senator iscock will be retired in 1893, though ther causes will operate to that end be ides the spread of the Alliance move 1ent." "The reports from IBaltimore are to the ect that Senator Gorman has captur E the Maryland Alliance." "That is an invention. I was present iroughout the recent convention. If ie Maryland Alliances is true to its rinciples, two Alliance Senators will be ected from that State next winter, and Lrtur 1'. Gorman will not be ore of 2em.'lie is to') much of a straddler on e silver question to suit ouI principles nd is unaccountable in othrr ways. 'he two Alabama Senators must also e retired from further service in the nited States Senate. Mr. Morgan will ome first, then Mr. Pugh. Congress ian Oates, who has openly declared gainst the Alliance, will head the pro ssion of those who go out of public rvice from that State. This fall we ipect to secure complete control of 'irinia." "ou have been mentioned as the pro able Alliance presidential candidate in. 3J2, Col.FPolk, have you not ?" "Well, the newspayers said some time o that I wanted to be Governor of orth Carolina, and when that did not anspire I was announced as desiring >come to the Senate to fill Vance's ld shoes. That statement likewise rned ;out to be incorrect. You can raw your own conclusions about the port no0w going around. Do not for et, though, there will lbe an Alliance rational ticket in the liela next fall." A Wiik1 Day in Chicago. CmiCAGo, Auzust 15.-Wheat is in eelrboommng as well as the crops of s country with a prospectivec short ze in Europe. December. which ached S1 08 on thc regular board to y and sold this afternoon on the curb t 1 10. Later on calls were quoted 5 1 14, sold as highi as $1 i8. 01 >urse these are not market fii.ures. but iey serve to show the frame o1 mind u traders are in. It. was tho~ug~thit' ~okers on the b)oardi of tradc that Fri ay was a busy day. but before today 'as over it had been piassedl. . was one ol the wikiest days ever nown on the Iloor. December touchle( I )8, greatly to the consternation of ie bears. They were piartly prep~ared >r the great boom yesterday. but when bulls took hold this morning ann mt prices up with a frightful rush, the aort element was simply dumibfoundled. 'he bears had said that $1 miust be imbed, now let's jump in the morning ad smash things. Th~ey did make any umber o1 attempl~tS to do this, but the asult was not very encouraging. With 1 sorts of good ar:;umenut the bulis were of to be routed. Such jumps o in tiues as were wit essed today had not been seen simee [utchison's famous September corner l188. It was only for a short time lt the prices maintaine~d themselves t e 08. The bears son rallied and .ith a mighty onslaught bore the price >81 05.. They could not hold there d whetn the sessioni closed at 12 o'clock me Iigures stood1 at *al t'i;. LLuc;n, N. C., Aug. 10-.-W. Rt aughnu, a negrO orator, last night ad ressedl a large audience of rneroes at Metofist church. lie demands that -stves be pensioned. and. saidl in the :urte of his address: "Thie fortnmer .avs are toda~y paying the pension on.y that goe-s to the soldiers and it hih time these ex-slaves were draw ig 'the pensions themselves. 'This iut.try belongs to the negro and the >ldiers but the negro comes first, be ause it was his labor that built up and iade it.' Yaughn is making a tour of ,. ,,,nt-y doin this sort 9f talking. ANTICS OFAN EMPEROR. A Si'ngular Story of the German Empe or's Conduct. IAmis, Aug. 16.-The Paris Eclai wh:h is not given to sensationaisa prints the following story as confirm by anquestioned authority: On the night following the departui of the i-uperial yachIt Hohenzollern fro England the crew was beaten to qua ter' and wn4 supprised to find the qua Lvr ilv.:k brilliantly illumninated. A :1::1.r lkd hen rected on the deck bea i ,!e 0, i .and New T". tarents. at: the XKjser tod b, weariz a whi .:buble n ith a er ir in his haud al Slack aid wi te mitre on his hea lie read the most war'ike passaaes fro the TEstaments and invited the ere t. -:e pond. IHe then preached a lot sermon on the duty ofsovereizns tothe peop e, the whole service lasting fro 11 p. m. to 2 a. m. The crew was th< pijed below. At 5 a. m. the Kaiser appeared the bridge in the uniform of a high a miial lookina extremely ha;;gard, ai addressinur the commander said: "Si retire tO 3 our cabin, I shall take charge. Tle commander replied: "Sir, pern me to observe that we are in a danae ous passage and that it is advisable f your Majestv's safety as well as for th: of the crew that a sauor remaim in coc mand." -The Emperor responded. "Nev mind, God will inspire me." The commander bowed and retire The second officer remaining, the Er peror angrily bade him retire. The o tdeer respectfully protesting, the En pcror.then said: -You resist. wretch( creature. You trouble the spirit of G( w ,ich is in nie. This is the vengeant (if G3od upoi you," dealing- the officer h(avv blow on the cheek. The officer turned er uson, but r mained until the Emperor seized hi hv the throat and tried to throw hi overboard. In the struggle that followm tl.e Emperor fell and broke his kni Cr p. The sailors watched the scene pa alyzed with fear. The occurrence w. one that cannot be forgotten. The Er peror howled with pain. His eyes star ed from their sockets. le foamed the mouth. He swore terribly, and tact dispiayed all the symptoms of ma ness. The officers, after a brief consultatioi carried him into the cabin padded wi mattresses. Nobody was permitte.l enter except the doctor and the EE press. Men were necessary to help restrain him until his leg was bandag< and a straight-jacket was put on hit The crisis lasted three days. The Weather and the Crops. The weekly weather and crop bull tin of the South Carolina weather se vice, in co-operation with the Unit( States Signal Service, for the past we( was issued Saturday afternoon and it as follows, giving much informatic to the farmers in the various sectioi of the State: The rainful for the week appears I have been very unevenly distribute some sections reporting none, whi others report frequent showers, an in a few localities rains have been e: cessive. The temperature for five days was o: pressive, with an average amount < sunshIne, and was beneficial to all crol except in those portions of the Stal where no rains have fallen, and in tho instances the extreme heat has tent to dry the soil and greatly hastened ti droughtto the injury of the cotton cro rhe cotton crop was not injured much as was at first supposed by ti continued rains in the latter part< July, when rust was developed in son localities, but in some places it has yellow cast and has stopped taking ( fruit. Ini the northern and western portic of the State, as a general thing the col dition of the crop is not above sevent; jive per cent., and may fall below thie figure. The eaniy cotton seems noti have taken the usu-d quantity of frul in the southern and western portic the seasons have been more favorab for the full development of the plan and quite a fuil average yield may 1 expected. The late cotton has grow~ rapidly, and the plant is advanced1 yield anything like a full crop. The corn crop is the finest that he been produced f or years, and the farr es are now stripping the blades, at large quantities have been cured in fit condition. The weather was unexceptionally f vorable for the growth of the tobac< plant, and it is unusually fine bothi quantity and quality; about two-thirc of the crop has been harvested. Or farmer reports that the yield is abom 1,500 pounds per acre, and that th class of tobacco sells in the market fro' fifteen to twenty cents per pound; it very superior for wrappers, being bright yellow. The condition of the rice is reporte good; some little complaint is bein made that the stalk does not look vigorous as usual. There have been r freshets or storms to injure the crop far. The early rice will soon be read for harvesting. A Pitiful Story. 5UFFALO,Aug. 13.-A distressir case of destitution was revealed hel yesterday through the medium of petty criminal offense. For weeks ti firm of Adorn, Meldrum & Andersc has been losing small sums of mone sent through the mail. Yesterday decoy letter was dropped into the posi ofice. A young boy named Willia: Iellviegel got the letter. When a rested he confessed he had stolen se, eral other letters. Hie said himself an mather had to support four childre and their grandmother, the latter< whom was lying at the point of deat] and that his mothsr was then in Chici go at the bedside ot a dying relativa Investigation proved the boy's stor true, and the pitiful condition of ti: entire sfamily has aroused the sympi thy of the whole community. The la is only 15 yeurs old, and in extentuatio of his crime cc uld not save his famil from starvation on the pitiful sum four dollars a week, which was all the himself and mother could earn. A Rt ice War in Cleveland. CLEVEL AND, 0., Aug. 16.-The rac war which has been going on betwee t~he factions in St. Ladislas Roma Catholic church broke out again ti] mrning. At 12:30 o'clock the polic were notiiled that a crowd of over 1C lungarians had surrounded the hous of Priest John 31artvony. The polic ionnd the interior of the house in a stat of utmoot confusion. The Iloor wa strewn with stones and bricks, an iearly every pane of glass in the hous was broken ini. The priest said that h was awakened about midnight by zash. and a heavy stone feil directly a his bed. As soon as the first stone wa thrown the air was rent with cries o lKill hiim! Murder the Slay priest !" etc and during the uproar several shot were fired. Sagt. Grillin and a detail of officer were sent out, and as they approache thet house, the mob disperse I in th larkness and qiet was restored. Three .Jockey Thrown. Bush nell, a jockey. died last night fror injuries received while riding the hors Alfred xi., in the last race at Glouceste esterday. Governor Roberts, riddel yV Jockey Merrick, felt at the uppe ezd of the banck stretch and broke hi Ng Thae horses Davis and Alfred E wvere running so close behind Governo Itoberts that they were unable to turi out and both stumbled and fell ove t he fallen horse, falling on their jockeys Eddie Carr and Bushnell. Both th ockeys w~ere badly injured and Bush: nell died in the night. Merrick, whi Thinks Blatne Will Run. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Aug. 13 -Leo ren Fletcher, one of the Repablican leaders in this State and the leatiing candidate for the Rpublican no'mina . tion for Congressin this d:s-ric.t, re ' turned this morniu frota a pilgrimate to Bar Harbor. 'aine. wher.- he sur and had a long talk .ir: Blaine Fletcher is a New Englander :n! is aii e old acquaintance of the Repubiic'an R chieftain. He said this mor!jin' that r- Blaine would live to serve his mutry many years yet. Toumo)!. 1:1)). (.. i'g. 11.--The yacht Nelie C., w!i a litAsure party o foir d youmg i:eni n ix -irds aboard. was caugh. i a sudle :tpiall this evening i on .i\1 run;me bay. I ht- girls crowded iii to the little caidri Io e-cape : wetting. When the squaii struck the hat she capsined. Tnret of the girls were ex ir tricated from the cabit, but the rt 211 maining three-Leua Sanbrrg, Ehlen :n Feeley a n d Clara liowos --were drowned. Drank Horme Liuiment. LOWELL, Mass., AUg. 13--ilenry Ilenealt, Rtoe B~eaulieu, Joseph C11au nette, Strassy St. George andl a mnan named Lacourse yesttrday stole a bot it tle of horse liniment, believing it to be r- whiskey, and drank it between them. )r This morning Beaulieu died, Chaunett it is dying and the others are in a serious i- condition. Themotherof lieaulieu also drank a small quauntity of the l1iniment, er and is not yet out of danger. Rain to Order. 3- CiicAGo, Aug. 11.-A dispatch was 2- received to-day by SenatorFarwell from f- Professor Dyrenfurth. at Midland, Tex., i- where he went several days ago to pro d duce rainfall by firing off dynamite in d balloons sent up for that purpose. The e dispatch says the experiment was tried a yesterday and proved a complete suc cess, rain falling copiously for several hours. A WETHERHORN !e & FISCHER, - -M ANU F ACT 'Erls 3F I- ~ ti it ,h. 10 1-0 k SASH, DOORS, BLUNDS, ETC, is '. 9. 11, and 13 Smith Street. ;o CHARLESTON, S. C. .i, Write for prices and estimates. le Mattress Mf'g Co., ;e e ANUFACTURRS OF ig Rde price lirt, f-or0faittres, ){ Mattresses, -assorted stripe ticking: n No. 1, Straw and Cotton, S2; No. 2, $2.50: 1- No. 3, $2.75. No. 1, Excelsior an d Cott'n, . $3.50; No. 2, $3; No. 3, $3.50. No. 1, Husk t aind Cotton, $3; No. 2, $3.50: No. 3, SI. No. o 1 Cotton Mattress, 40 lbs., $5; No. 2, $7: No. S3, $8. Prices quoted on Wool Mattresses if desired. No. 1, Moss Mattresses, $5; No. 2, L$6; No. 3, $7. No. 1, Hair Mattress, $10;No. t $15; No. 3, $20. Bed Spreads, $1.50 to $3. Comiforts, 95c. to $1.50. Blankets, 90 cents eto $5. Feathers in best ticking at 75 cents per pound, plain or fancy stripe made up. oLounges in imitation walnut, oak, and ma hogany. In raw silk, $4; carpet, S5; mnoquett s plush, $6.50. Upholstered cots, $2 to $3. - Spring beds, $1.50 to $5. Boy direct from d the factory. Send cash by express or postal e note to T. H. McCALL, Gen'i Sup't. SThe Bailey-Lebby is COMPANY. i 213 Meeting St., Opposite Charulestou lIotel, a CHARLESTON, S. C. g Manufacturers'. Agents. MLachinery, Supplies, Oils. Attention mill men ! We are now o fr ing the best and latest improved e --AND -Iron, Steel, Pipe, Nails, Fittin . I it nLacing, and a full 1ine ot P hosphat nd ~ SMill bupplies. State agents for STHE SCIENTIFIC GRINDING MILLS. pPSend for our new illustrated entalo.;ue Sand lowest prices. Agents wvanted in every c ounty. y ------- - ---- iFER TILIZERS! M IDMONT GUANO CO,, t CH1AlLESTOcN, S. C. D[PORiTEi:s, MANUtaT.WT:F.1, a DE1Zti~ N Safest, High Grade, and Guaranteed a Kainit, Blood Acids, Dissolved a L'one, Solubles, and Ammoni e ated Manipulated. 0 Handled by Mr. M. Levi, Manning, S. C. e Get p~rices before buying. 0 WM. BURMESTER &.00. Hay and Grain, SOpp. Kerr's Wharf, and 2du au n t., CHARLESTON, S. C. BOLLMANN BRlOTHERS, SWholesale Grocers, 1.57 and 169, East Bay, rC nAitES vN . C. H A. HOYT U11 t.)t. C-2 7 7 TEx, 710 --C Cvr e sto.c ofr nia wat, the et Iv bes t ie ptte 1 UdS made. 551) l ings on han . i ine of Ciocks. v t wt e . y repairing de part -ent ha 0 ,oiiM':r ii the State. Try - iround first ail gut prices, t,-n come to ie. L. W. FOLSOM, Saecessor to F. H. Fokonm & Bro. S1.71it-IA, S. : DIE.sL1-1R IN WArCHEVlS, CLOCKS J EWELIiY. V, i % -r. -3J. 'I' Tle e1I --lb d oval t. John Sewing Machine. nd inest Razrins iii America, al ways on hand. Renlairing pronptly and nittly X excete bvi sidil e wokmen. Orders by. mail will receive careful atten. tion. SI RE UARE, &c1, I have in stock sone of the most - aritic pieces in this liue ever brought to Suner. T hose looking for Tasty Wedding Presents will do well to inspect my stock. Also on hand a magnilicent line of Clocks, Watches, Chains, Rings, Pins, But tons, Studs, Bracelets, in solid gold silver, and rolled plate. Repairing of all kinds will receive prompt and careful attention. L. E. LEGRAND, UMTER, S. C. EAT AND DRINK! I have opened a tirst-raass lignor saloon in the city of Samnter. in the Solomons bmlding on Liberty str*.:t, where I will keep the. cholecst brands of LiQUOR8, TOBACOO, CIGARS, an all kinds of smokers' arti cles. My sat iloon will be managed by- a lirst-class bar tender, who will prepare all the latest in fan v drinks at the shortest notice. I have also gone to considerable expense in preparing a First-class ReStantant in the rear of my Sioon. Mv tables will be tilled with the very best the inarket affords, and this branch of my business will be un ar the supervision of one who has served as cie cook in ceveral fine restauants. Theu traide of myI Clarendon Friends s reSpecifnily solicited. Come to see moe, ttke ai dgink of something good. and then sit own to at mea~l that will serve as an invi ation to call again. WOLKOVISKIE & Co., Suniter, S. 0. NOTICE Oi RECISTRATION State of Sothc Carolina, COUNTY O' t'LARENDON. I N CCOR~D.\NCE WITflI THE PROVIS ions of an act of the General Assembly ratiied on the 'th da of Febrlary; 1882, 1 will be in the court hous~e in Manning. in. tm otlice of the. clerk of the conrt, the first Monday of each month, for the p:urpose of llowving persons eming of age since the ins ;-n.ral ehlcion t-> r-egister, and to at tnd to anv ot her bsiness pertaining to my :lici:d duties. 8. P. IHOLLADAY, Supervis., Reglitrait ion Clarendon ot. P. 1). .\ddress: P'aoa. 5. C. Stephen ThomasJA & Bro. JEWELRY, Su.VE2 & PL ATED WARE, Spectacla8, Eye GhSS & Fan10 Goods. 'Watcheiis :an JewK::- :aired by ->7 KiIG UTIEET, .. Carrin Q103f, Thormas&Co0, IEWELRY, SILVERWA E ANO FANCY GOOD S CHARLESTON, S. C. James F. Walsh, WHOLESALE UE0 D2EALEfl. [G II GAD E L IQUORS. 1:: :: tin h. i RLi:sTQN, S. C. Manning Shin1ig Parlor. nain' cor"s .iiInALLY EX t .,a g with bes azorst. S3ezla an. ii a to sfampoo n ladle had . I : .e ad considerabl ntr ne - ns. r C re ties, anlo guar til- satsation to yentomeS. Parlor -E. I H.AMULTON.