The Florence daily times. [volume] (Florence, S.C.) 1894-1925, February 09, 1898, Image 2
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THE FAITHFUL COUPLE.
Son »re still a youth to mo, John,
You uruiulll my bonny boim ;
Him »amo ns when \tn pii^btod troth
IAiJJ II Uy y«ur» n/io !
Ttw sumo as wbon our wedding bells
Kang out so glnd and r»y.”
An<l here the good wife breathed n sigh
And shook her locks ol gray.
M Jt seometh strange to me, John,
Who married you for ave.
Who holds the rkig you gave me as
The apple of my eye,
To see the youngsters ne’er content
To give their hearts and hands,
•A***-did in the good old times,
Without the scrip and lauds!
“1 didn't bring yon much. John,
And you bad little more;
But we had health in place of wealth,
And plenteous Joys In store.
And through the joy nnd strife, desr,
We each one did our part;
And now we’ve one another still,
As wo had ut tUe start.
“The times have sadly changed, John,
_ Since you and If ere young ;
ihe marriage lie iWightlv held
And many a heart is wrung.
And yet you’re young to me, John,
And still my bonny beau ;
The same as when we plighted troth
bull tlfty years ago I’'
-Mrs. M. A. Kidder, iu Now York
| nlar, nnd in
agreeable if
of one reject
“And jon
Mn ia Torrin
ne<s that wout
bad I not know
“Yes,” I saidptfly,“asked, you
frequently.”
Ledger.
AVWA JW.A.AA.
i The Wrong: Note.
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When -
I left the train at Elmwood
And found that no one was there to
meet mo I was surprised. Twice I
i walked around the station vainly peer-
'ing into the githering darkness in
March of the Torrington trap. I was
.nonplussed, for I saw nothing but a
nokely public hack, with a ri ketv
were out of
the sanll
the shining
jliorne and a rickey driver importuning
nia to become his fare. Loath to be
lieve my eyes, I sought the station
agent.,
, VVasn t Mr. Forrington’s carriage
boro to meet this train?” I asked.
I The man shook his head. “It was
down for the Ji o’clock.” ha
“Took a gentleman
replied.
ofl.”
Ibis announcement served to in-
jerraso my perplexity. Here I, hav
ing been lornially asked to spend Snn-
^oay at a house and having formally
t accepted, was compelled to make my
iway thither in a public conveyance,
; whilo another had been met at the
station and carried off in comfort.
Over this unusual condition of affairs
I puzzled my brain on the drive out
to loniugtou’s. The discomfort of
^y position was heightened by the in
creasing darkness, for the rickety
Jhorse made no very good speed, and I
.realised that the dinner hour was rap
idly approaching. Butat length we rat
tled through the nates and up the
--—through the gates
drive to the house.
I’ Torrington greeted me on the
Ijerauda, which was so illy lighted
;tbat I could hardly see her face; yet
■it struck me that there was confusion
in her tone.
■nbl 1 gla<1 . to flee You,’’she
■aul. It s a surprise, indeed. ”
I “Surprise?” I said. “Y ou knew I
Was coming.”
t" h !, raurmureJ . hesitat
ingly. But it a so late we’d given
you up. You must hurry for dinner.
'Hobson, show Mr. Bottomley his
Here a tall figure loomed out of the
idariuiess 1 aWAhe ^hVegronnit,~ffnd be-
Jfore I could follow the servant who
'had taken my bag my hand w as seized
and a heavy voice said: “Hello! old
man; glad to see yon.”
I i “Why» hello, Bi ooks!" I exclaimed.
•'I’m glad to see you.”
“Qlad to see you—glad to see you,”
;I repeated, as I followed Hobsou into
the ball aud up the stairs to my room.
(»> Glad to see Dick Brooks! Glad to
see the man with whom I had been
racing for two years for the fair prize
below. When the servants had gone
and I was alone I stamped the finer
vigorously aud tore open my hag with
lunch violence as to send the coutents
scattering in every direction. This
filing was getting nupleasaut. I could
overlook the lack of hospitality iu al
lowing me to make my own way to
the house; I could forget her evident
surprise at my coining after I had been
formally invited by her mother and
had as formally accepted: but I could
not forgive her asking Dick Brooks
and myself at the same time and driv-
|ing him home in triumph, as it were.
t I was angry—so angry that I erura-
ipled three ties iu dressing and started
down to dinner with tun shoes on,and
when I finally entered the drawing
room to find the family awaiting me.
family,” I said, once we
hea-ing of tlu mother,
brother, the father aud
rival.
1 tnink we had cause to he sur-
i prised,” she sai l, coldly.
Caise! J cried. “I received a
not i from your mother on Thursday
askmg me down for Sunday. I ac-
'copied.”
You declined,” she said, in a tone
that brooked no contradiction, “and so
I telegraphed to Dick to come down.
‘ e!) » position you placed me in.
I couldu t let him know he was second
fiddle.”
We had stopped walking, and she
stood facing me in the lignt of a win
dow. Her glance was oua of deep
ieproach. “We are always glad to
have you, as y.,u know, hiit this time
it just a little embarrassing.”
“But I accepted,” I maintained
stoutly.
“Your note said plainly, T
that another engagement
my »>
“Jove! ” I broke into a laugh.
What are you swearing about? I
don t see anything particularly amus
ing.”
How stupid I had been from the
first.
Why Maria,” I said, “it was my
unit, and until this minute it never
occurred to Ine - 1 ff ,jt your mother’s
note on Thursday. I had an engage
ment to meet a lawyer late this after
noon to try and settle a case I am con
cerned in. As I couldn’t attend to
the business and catch the last train
out I determined to try and postpone
the mat er. So I wrote two notes—
one accepting, the other declining the
invitation. I took them both down
town next day, and as the attorney
consented to my postponing the meet
ing I mailed the nr>cAr>fai>s.o >>
is not so
the position
so asked me,”
t on, with a cool-
astounded me
"1 like yon
said, fixing
was still fumbi
leaves.
It hardly seei
look so kindly
her eyes back
yon choose be
“Xo,” she
very much,” she
on Brooks, who
stick among the
lir that she should
r rival, so I called
by asking, “Can’t
us?”
d, after a moment
of thoughtful sre, “I’ve tried very
hard to, hut Ip. A plan of choos
ing was suggefto me by your un
expected comic
“Wo are bah go away aud stay
away?” growlprouks.
bark. ”
rted eagerly tow-
ised her hand in
“One may
“I?” Bro
ard her. Shi
warning.
“I don’t
“There is an
riage being a;
increase the
sent I shall
scheme that
and careful
“Are we ti
“No. Tb
two notes,o
a refusal,
envelopes,
mailed. T
the refusal
“Commit
Brooks
which,” she said,
saying about mar-
tery. I propose to
ces. If you two con-
ry out at once the
ve got up after long
sing”
s a penny?” I asked,
ifteiuoon I s^iall wri o
i acceptance,the other
vtill he put iu plain
ed up, directed and
le of you who receives
never haio an opportunity to gloat
over me. f would go abroad. I would
exile myself rather than witness one
minute of his triumph. I would take
the very next steamer—no! After all
it would but add to the satisfaction of
my rival to have me eating my heart
out in some foreign city. Fa\’ better
to s!av right here in New York; to
work and become famous, to bring
home to the girl a full sense of what
she had lost by her foolish lottery.
But why should I waste my life in dull
office drudgery? Why should I, with
a solid income inherited from indus
trious forefathers,throw away the good
things of this life for an empty bauble,
for the sake of a petty revenge on a
silly woman. Hilly woman? A bold
woman who had repaid my homage by
gaming with me. Would a true
hearted girl, a girl worth having, have
played with a man’s love as she had
done? She was a flirt—-an infernal
flirt. How lucky was I in getting the
wrong note—how fortunate! I sprang
from my chair and danced around the
room, singing a snatch of a seng. A
bag, half packed for tho jcuruey,
canght my eye, and in a frenzy of joy
I kicked it and sent the coutents flying
over tho flo r.
A knock at the door interrupted the
celebration of my good fortune. It
was the hallboy with a telegram.
I opened the despatch and read:
“Dreadful mistake. Letters got
mixed. Sent you wrong note. Come.
Maria.”—New York Sun.
Smith Ca clinsand Georgia
Saiiread Chapaiy- ,
“Tuh ChabxiE.stov Line.”
EAST DAILY,
tv Augusta 6 20 a
ar Aiken 7 08 a
ar Kingviile 10 10 a
ar i.'oluinbla 10 55 a
ar Charleston 11 00 a
regret
prevents
Z^^I mailed the acceptance.
“ You mean you got them mixed and
sent the wrong one,” she said. A hal
jl remembered that I had forgotten to
brush my hair and was conscious that
'it was all standing out at tho hack. It
.seemed that, flustered and dishevelled,
I was making a very poor showing in
comparison with the immaculate
'Brooks.
h “I »m very glad to see yon,” said
iMrs. Torrington, cordially. “It’s a
special pleasure, as we understood
yon weren’t ” Maria glanced
sharply at her mother, and the kindly
woman stopped, flushed, aud added:
(“As we were afraid you weren’t com
ing. The train must have been late.
'But come.”
t I shall never forget the dinner that
followed. It seemed as though there
|was a pall over the little company, or,
irather, over all hut Brooks. He is a
.clever fellow, I admit, and, seeming
to realize that the rest of us were em-
j^Mirassed and hampered by some se
cret which could not be his, he pro
ceeded to make the best of things and
to hear the brunt of the conversation.
I Bat at length it was over, and Mr.
Torrington cornered my clever rival
over coffee and cigars, while I slipped
•way aud, though it was late in Octo-
her and a stiff breeze was blowing from
fthe sea across the bleak meadows,
.crackling cheerlessly throngh the dy-
: iug leaves of the trees, I succeeded in
‘inducing Maria to take a walk on the
veranda.
I “Now, tell me why there is all this
£ajpriM os the part of you and yoar
omUM. Ugw. a
to give place to a settled Iook of dis-
pleasure. “And I wired to Dick
Brooks.”
I laughed quietly.
“What are you laughiug at?” she
asked.
“Brooks must be puzzled over yon
having us down here together.”
She resented this inference as to
onr mutual relations by turning
sharply and, carrying herself witlrex-
aggerated erectness, entered the
house, with me followiug crestfallen
at her heels.
Brooks was puzzled; so extremely
puzzled that he hardly said a word ut
breakfast, hut was quiet aud thought
ful, an unusual mood for him. I could
see that he had an important piece of
engineering on hand and trie 1 to block
his schemes, but despite my subtle
moves ho succeeded in inducing Maria
to take him out to the pond and show
him the trout. For a time I chafed
in the library under Mrs.Torrington’s
verbose recital of the difficulties of se
eming funds for a certain deserving
hospital, and ut leugih,unable to bear
the rest: aiut longer, rather abruptly
excused mvself to take a stroll about
the place. My steps camel me in the
direction of the pond, down the drive,
over a stretch of lawn, through a
grove, till I was halted at the sight of
two hats protruding over the top of a
bush u few yards away.
“Maria,” 1 heard Brooks say in a
more earnest tone than I had deemed
him capable of assuming, “I have
waited now for a year for an answer.
Sometimes my hopes have been raised
—raised only to see yon shower kind
ness on that fellow ”
I whistled to the collie that had
been bounding along near by, and
when Maria Torrington and her com
panion stopped hurriedly into view I
cried “Hello!”
Brooks looked foolish and replied
“Hollo!” Then he began stirring the
dead leaves with his stick.
For a moment all of us must have
looked foolish,as Maria,her face crim
son, stared blankly at a distant tree-
top, while I leaned over and fell to
patting the shaggy dog.
The silence was broken by the girl.
She had completely recovered her
composure, aud, fixing her eyes on
me, said: “Harry, as you have doubt
less heard, Dick—Mr. Brooks—has
just asked me to marry him.”
“Asked for the thousaudth time,
muttered Brooks. His clean-shaven
face was turning red from the tip of
his chin to where the hair divided. A
man seldom objects to having it known
that he is attentive to a woman, bat to
have her blazon it forth to all the
world, and to his worst rival in partic-
cide.”
glnny countenance gave
credence to aisplcioa that in event of
his receivingio wrong note he would
resort to sjdestrnotion. Tho girl,
however,spe-ily crushed all hopes of
such escape om suffering.
“You shaJ*nof!” she cried. “If
you do I shs never speak to either
of you again’
There wan long silence, and then
Maria lookeifrom one to the othei of
us and said,!arnestly; “You’ll agree
to my plan, .on’t you?”
“There isnothing else that we can
do,” said I.
“Nothing.'’ repeated Brooks.
Iu fact tlj scheme rather appealed
to me, for q late things had not been
going so snuothly as 1 could have de
sired. It Yad seemed at times as
though Books was drawing away
from me it the race. Now a chance
had been offered. Once for all the
question would be settled. Then, my
luck was usually good. The plan was
not so agreeable to my rival. Doubt
less he Self, that he had the advantage
of me and iu entering into such a game
was gambling to obtain what was al
ready alniosi his own. He had no
blit ti) t thon^h.
“It sedna hard, ” he said to Maria,
“but y (m J will it, and I obey. ”
“It is qgroed, then,” said she.
Brooks* aud I bowed. The throe of
us walked back to the house.
I was up early next morning at my
rooms in town. • I had calculated
everything to a nicety. The postman
would reach the house at 8.10 o’clock.
The train for Elmwood left at 9
o’clock. Provided the contents of
the note that I expected were satisfac
tory, I would just have time to break
fast and reach the ferry. Should the
note prove to be the wrong one, I cer
tainly would not need any breakfast
aud much jeas to catch a train. I had
beenawakA at dawu; excitement had
driven sletpp from my eyes, and the
dragging Utmrs gave me more than
ample oppe rtunity to figure out my
chances. revolved over and over
again in u y mind the history of my
acquaintan e with Maria Tom igton.
I review*™ my own life and picked
out incideu s in it in which luck had
played a pi t, and I found such a bal
ance in m favor that I was almost
convinced iat it was useless for me
to worry ov r the outcome of the game
of chance 1 was playing. Having
brought mj elf to a state of compara
tive confid ace, I begun to pack a
couple of hi 5s full of clothes, for I had
made up in mind to make a long stay
at the Torrigton house while I was
about it. .4 I stuffed my golf things
into a pm tnknteau I pictured Maria
nnd myself Bodding over the links to
gether. Asal folded up my riding
clothes I tfttnght of the gallops we
were to Uavl and I broke into song,
and as I saul I forgot all about the
note that wl then on its way to me
and workedjwayas cheerily as though
it were hnt Be matter of an hour till
I was speellg to her. But a loud
knock at thadoor called me back to
realities, an! when the hallboy held
toward me a nuare envelope addressed
in a small, jugular hand, I realized
that, perhA, after all my joy had
been pretnaire. Decidedly prema
ture! The ibto was brief, so brief
that in an inant I comprehended its
conteuts,saul into a chair and, tossing
the paper fnn me, repeated the fate
ful words: Bliss Torrington regrets
that, owing V another engagement,
she cannot ftcept Mr. Blank’s kind
invitation toiecome his wife.”
Why had lever consented to risk
all on a mei throw of dice? Why
had I tried win by a gamble what
other men w ked, waited and .suffered
for years to >btain? It wonld not
have been so ad had Harkinson, who
had been oat f the game a year, won
her. Bqt tha mob Brooks! He wonld
EAST DAILY,
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CAMDEN BKANlH,
NOKTH
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Iv Kiugvillo COOa
nr Cumdea 8 25 a
xisr daily.
iv ' I'-vlcstuu 710 a
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lvK!uR»ii| a
ar Aiken 1103 a
ar Augu 1151 n
wrsToAii/r
Iv CharlHMuu f. SO p
Iv Coiumbia 4 0# p
Iv Kiugvilte 4 44 p
ur Aiken 0 57 p
ar Augu.-ta 10 45 p
daily except Banday.
SOUTH.
Iv Charleston 8 45 a
nr Kingviile 10 05 a
Iv Cumdea 2 25 p
ar Kingviile 4 35 p
AIKEN ACCOMMODATION.
Dally except Sunday.
Iv Augusta 6 40 p in Iv Aiken . ..4 15 p m
ar Aiken 7 30 p m nr Augusta 0 07 p m
via Denmark.
North and South
sleepers to nnd from New York.
Through.
Iv Augusta .. .3 05 pm
ar fUchmond. 3 40 pm
a - Washington 7 00 am
ur New York . .1 23 pm
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ly Hiehm’nd 7 31 am
ur Augusta.. 810 am
TWO CALVES IN THREE MONTHS.
Iti innrkable Performance of u Cow in
South Carolina.
W. McC. Venning of Mount Pleas
ant is the proud possessor of a coyv
that has given birth to two calves
within the last three months. In June
she became ihe mother of a healthy
calf. Since then she has been a steady
milker, nnd n few nights ago aston
ished the little village by having an
other offspring. The second calf is a
stout, well-built young animal, and is
sporting around to the amusement of
the villagers. The first one is almost
large enough to eat hay, and is dis
posed to fight its younger brother for
the mother’s ull'ectign. The cow is
still furnishing milk to her people,
aud does not seem to think het feat
near so strange as the citizens of
Mount Pleasant do. For a time Al
hambra Hall is forgotten, and from all
sides of tho town the children have
swarmed to see “de cow wot have two
ealfs in free mouths. ” ,
But there is no fake about fhis cow.
If the story is doubted it viill he au
easy matter to get bundles* of proof
and affidavits from Mr. Vending and
others. The oldest Charlestonian
cannot recall an instance of a cow hav
ing made such a record. It is
birtn TO tw
Connections at < Imrleston with New York
steamers, also with steamers for Jacksonville
Fla , on sailing dates, and at Augusta with
Georgia Road to and from all points West
an 1 South;also at Biacksvllle with the Caro
lina Midland Railroad to aud from Barnwell.
Connections with Southern Railway nt Co
lumbia to all points lu upper South and
North Carolina.
E. 8. Bowen, L. A. Emersom,
General Manager. Traffic Manager.
LIMITED
Drains*
DOUBLE DAILY
SERVICE
To Atlanta, Charlotte, Athens, Wllmingtoa,
New Orlea^ai, Chattanooga au * New Yoik,
Philadelphia, Washington, Norfolk na«
Blcbmond.
Schedule In effect May 30, 1397.
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cow cul-
of the
M it was
I od men,
nen who
•uth, are
cow will
to come
HIA. The e
ble, and adds a new phase
ture, whatever that may b<
Many persons who hei
Mount Pleasant prodigy
all bosh. But it isn’t,
and honorable men, nnd
know how to vouch for its
prepared to prove it. Thi
go down in history. In yea
she will rival the one iu Chu^igo that
kicked over the kerosene lamp, or
even the famous hull of the crockery
store. Mount Pleasant feels a local
pride iu the animal, and it is probable
that some official recognition will be
taken of her patriotic service. It has
been suggested that a jolification meet
ing ho held and souvenirs iu the shape
of milk-shakes be presented to the
guests.—Charleston (S. C.) News ami
Courier.
Certainly Complimentary.
“John,” said Mrs. Harkins, “I
heard a nice compliment for you to
day.”
Mr. Harkins put his paper down,
twisted up the ends of his moustache,
looked pleased, and said:
“Well, that’snothing so remarkable.
. I receive compliments nearly every
'day.”
Mrs. Harkins went on sipping her
tea, and her husband waited for her
to resume. Finally, he said:
“Well, why don’t yon tell me what
it was? Who was it that compli
mented me?”
“Oh, you couldn’t guess in a
week.”
“Mrs. Deering?” he ventured.
“No.”
“Not Bessie Fallington?” he rather
eagerly suggested.
“No.”
“Oh, well, of course, if there’s any
secret about it, I don’t care to hear
what it is or who said it.”
“There isn’t auy secret about it,”
Mrs. Harkins sweetly replied. “Mr.
Hannaford told me that every time he
and I met he became more thoroughly
convinced that you were a man of ex
cellent taste. ”
John Harkins then shoved his hands
down in his pockets and walked out-
aide to think it over.
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There are in Vienna 1263 old build
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eighteen years’ freedom from taxation
if they will tear them down and put
new structures in their places. Last
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Bicycles are used for smuggling on
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