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BARNWELL COURT HOUSE, S. C., JULY 25, 1889.
SliALD OF FAIL
Bj CHAKLES DWIGHT WILLAED.
N r rer>
lain win
t«T im^rn-
inft. :i fevr
yoarsa-o,
Mr. Clark
UoRor s,
who was
ihp ••Co.’* in tin*
firm of IlarUm-ss,
I.voijj^: (,‘P,. in
fini^iiing tlie dutirs which lie hud left
undone during the day, Rogers was
bending o\C*r tlu* pa]>“r on Ids desk. The
room \yas ligldtHi (limlv by an argnud
g-.ia lamp. When at bst h<? looked up,
he discovered that he was no longeri
| nlono, Uit that a tall man. dressed in a
] shabby suit of black cloth, was standing
near him. Ho had ent**red un nut iced,
J-although l>otli the street and otlice d«H)rs
were closed. II is arms were folded, and'
from under the brim of his black elouch
• hat n pair of great, de<'p set eyes looked
down upon the merchant.
"Hood evening,’’ said i»e. when Rogers
looked up. “my name h C.anjpion.”
“How did you get iu?’'asked Rogers.
whom he believed to bo an impostor
After a few moments of silence he said,
with apparent ltd concern: “It is evident
whoever you are. that you know muck
about Howard Russell and myself, yet 1
am in no wiy atfected by the pretended
messagcB which you deliver. 1 do not
believe in them at all. As to your effort
to eseito my fears by predicting my
death, it will avail nothing. I am in U>e
good health to allow any spirits to be
touched by superstitious dread of such
an event.”
“As to your health, it is by no means
what you l>clieve it to l>e. On the day
after to-morrow, as you sit down at your
desk in the afternoon, you will ex pc-’
rience a sudden Huttering of the heart,
followed by u strange feeling in the
arteries. This will U* rojK'atod it inter
in a ijtartled tone. ,
fime atVeet, 1 “The doors open quietly, and you were
appeared at, the much nU-orbed in your work,” the man
r ^i- . ■.. — otUee wuh a very utisweml. r— VTftsTTTntll VPu are coiTfpelled To consult
’tinusunl eyprepsion on his face. Hark- As it U'eame more evident that Ids n physician. I see you with him now.
rftrdfTgTf vTsTuV'and hTixid.yuid Ho is a short man, wit h lu isiitng cye-
not -siime une3Kt1iTy* l*eing;-Mr. Rogers'
returned. -1-fe mtd-itnietl the
man. I o' a se-.u o[*|v»siteto himself in,front
of the .desk, and. for a minute, looked
intently al his face its the light fell on it
from the gas lamp The medium's feat*
tires wore lat^;e and
\<axv teilent-ss.
neKs, who was an affable, kindly man,"
noticed it, and asked whether he was
rot feeling very much out of sorts “
morning. It did hot escape l.'on. the
practical managing bead of "the linn,
who ventunsj the remark that Rogers
ev^letitirinol. something oji Ids mind
The Iss.k ktv|H'rs, who w(>re Rrcustonu d
to work under Mr Rogers dire«-n<m.
striking^ and of a
-cr*
commented upon it at no«m to one un-
othei.and tleri»led that womething vrry
qi^H-r must lutjio hapi»cncd to affect lu:u
fco dee|H.V
Hie something very queer which had
tl|»S4'l the matteV-o! fnet iMteUpetot t l<«rk
Rogers, anff had bnaiglit the Strained
l»e\\ ildensl IimiI; ujh*p Ids face, was a Ic t-
ter widen the |se.inrm had delivered al
Ids Ux hclor apartment-i that morning
AVith the I' adin.: of that letter u com
pl» te revolution liTTTl taken plmv* in Ids
iimiiiI ''"ror tli** lirst n n«* in Ins I fe of
forty ti\e » em s he was l»ro T ;lil f .u•* , t
face with so'inildux for widen lip could
find m» eniivt i vahle ex plan a t ion Ih re-
tofore no pro!tlem had p\« r f>res»*nteti ii-
►< It to n he !i his |7i.dn common, stmse
w is 04 •sfu.d .* Iking now stiddrnlv
iw.i >iMr on ill >i In, It ho
Rivseiitly, when Mr. Rogers felt his
self control sufficiently ^stalilished to
sp-ak. he said; “Weil. sir. wli.it is your_
business w iih toe?”
“I do not know,” nmsw ( red the man.
♦His uit-lhotl of Ppciking wars quite as
strange as Ids appearance.—lie sjitjke
slow I v, yet each sentence seemed to dome
at n breath
“Ton do not know! Tli.»n what did
you come ror?**
The man passtal his hand wearily over
his (*yos
“Becausn 1 was cotypelled to romc
For several days I have been hunted by a
spirit that wouhl give me no rest until I
had communicated his message to you
Yesterday I wrote voirfrom Imu the
ter. w |»k4» 1 hwwr ytm- receive, and whielr
lets lii-t-M i?i vo-.ir n-.iM.l iLmlnr; -i 1 1 I tin ft 11~
to Iraver't*. the result
very tike n p.cuc. .
»tfan^e tlnn
ter. w Ih* h had come
the m id jmuI 1*0re tl
)KiHtinark of the prcccdm
1
t oil* (i King thLs let-
n gul.irlv thrt*ugh
K.m 4>uih iseo
‘ i v w as
that it came Irorn a tl-ml man. That
Howard Ri^scll w;is dead there eoulil
Ite no tloiiot, for nearlv twenty yeaisls*-
forv'Rogers himself had Jit ljK il to carry
-Ids ls*t|\ to the glaive. 1 hev liad l** , cii
friends during then l**yho»*d and youth
in a th>cnv mg New F.nglantl tow n. On
the i 11 it -I liantl (In :<• m* m* I Ur tie no
jMWpinlf dotiM t!iat this letter was fr*»Mi
How ard Runm It. It was signetl w it h his
name, wa? w iiMen unimstak.iMv in his
hand, and contatbcii references to things
<4 »dn"h nq otu* efw* couHknow-. AfT*.T
ai Rtrainctl effort t** account T**r it all. Mr
Roger* ri ad and rc-rcatl the, h tu»r. ex-
]sTiencing as he tinl *»»» a queer sensation
of mental imjubnc.->s. -Tho letter ran us
Jidlows • * . ♦
Mt t*rj*n (’ij*n«-Veu o'** doutitk*s* nHoolshed
|o nvt-lvt* it K-tUr «» mr ti-ai iuril.n*;. ut.>l n:-*
vainly fii^-ov.tntu- m a. tsuiut n*r u t'<*r msn/
y**«rs 1 Itave (w*-ii « uthin/ a*itl ►ir.v.in ; So cm>£n
imiiu*-ni«* • ith you. amt at l ist I liav«* r<>:in I a
liunt.sa inttliien tlir»»ngli « l »nn re.i* i vou;
Jiu f.snU cin.M U> m. w* * r;, -.■« y»tii ic. I lnsl«> ly
)i*"U1 by-my s*miI can *i«*ak Un- tne*^i^9 1 v» i>h tu
»■«€*<> I I. Hm* iAh«* t* st* Osit »>f the mnTW of
Vsir belief Ia|» r.t-iio* I.** in-v.-f I
j o*i f«»i*t:>ilily nf tltr* ninni or n Iniiiiits miuI
to the etc tit «U« r u.* ti**|*srturt*-rraiu tho IkkU 1
iu>k yon te lieiievt* Botbi3<. tMiiy in Usie'i It Is
lK\-e*^arr that you iiod*-r»i ni l th&t a Ls
ifotTartl lt!i'S« , ll »h*l t»nu*t, i.ns i* , Utfi . iinTef.'ir**,
J trill r»*niln*l yoifof the i 'e-Ige w ik-N I ^ iv<* mm
w ,i^n y vm (.tlktti » e h me al'Nh* u I .•w Iinars ue. n
net tl'Kitti. tli it I *->iiM rsarn to n.tru i<>;i ,f I
I*•rr»o» iiny en..s n. A lo t *t)i lif# I **i!l rt'imud
y • mi. toe*, of 1 ! .0*1 K I* ''ter of ter* .< inti n eesi west rt*ile\l
itHsmyh the w*torS tut t^f****! of 'i..r)
n-* I k- l>Mniil> ogita**! lo r« tnain fneii t# w inchevef
»tf n* she might ai-e*-|>i Is this ■uPicieOl T fan
son luiacme that nay otio eiso t-houil know of
thrse two <Kf|i: |^^ilCe>» __
III** fur the Kike of Y-arv tiist I wish to rom®
'^o to voii. «o T *- • ..f I . ■ ' \t;r. \i
you tMiee Imu* It* i Mi l are Umiul to h^toa ( ta
t oe t-veninx o| Ih® duty when \ on re.:.| Ih.s letter
you will Ond yoiirs. If Uei.irn-d nt Pieolll - * hy
ui fluHheU w.»rk Ttien* will tsime to >I'U n n an
v ho w ill ;rivt»-fcis e.:»iae ns ('an'l|>i >n. .ih I v. i.l i ITj!
to >>|Vuk e.y wonls You sl-all Imeic it^Leu,
team yotii iWt.ii>. un-l aet •pon t lie n lrii*which
h* l••lllle^•U litS t:*K vour tliwIieTief » i Mie |*»>ni
lull, \ of uns t Iiko j oin ears l*> llie inilh With
•jiold jntlgmi'ia for iih* pniaVuU t>ul l. .ten faith
XtJly lo my luesrtegw.
The triRii or IlowAP.n Rrsstix.
Now. had any one of Clark. Rogers'
friends, who were wont to a<lfnirc tho
cool, practical way in winch he ttx»k the
nfTair.sof life, related sitrh :ut occurrence
to him. lie would have bet‘rt at no loss for
nn (‘xplanat ion. “Some enterprising
fewintllcr,” h» would have declared,
“whir happened to have learnod these
facts alxnit you. imitates tho deathman's
hand willing.i.i the Iio[>o of getting you
to for furtherdiscloSUrejj.'' \ cl, now
th.rt the case was of his own experience,
thr* -explanation was dismissed alino.-t
without a hearing - For a time his
thoughts continued tg grope al>out blind-
Jv. striving to grasp anythmg !)>’ which
they could find their way back to light.
There Koomcd to be nothing within reach,
and for once hopeless amazement ruled
in his miud.
As Mr Chirk Rogers had no rcla-
tives, he projHised to leave his proi>-
s'lty b) his sister s son, a young man
of considerable business promise, who
livisl in a city of tho midtile west. Such
a life -was without |>erplrxilies of any
sort, and Apndcd to make harder to l»car
anytlmig strange or uncx|H'ctcd which
.canit* to pass.
For these reasons, therefore, tho face
of Clark Rogers wore the troubled look
You are m> Const it uft*! ns lo.lm unable to
Itelieve what I say, --o 1 ueo>l not trouble
m wlf it* nssiiri-> tui that l dn4 riot even
'•know wh it that IcTTerrnmam.-d. jiM .xs
1 ih* not know now w hat 1 am destined to
s:i\ toy/m, and cannot retell it wlien the
spirit is gone.” 1 .
••.'sts* here." interruptrsl Rogers, sternly.
"I am p'-eparctl to listen Jo what you
have t** eomniunicate to iih*, for in «»ome
in vsterimis wav 'v«u» s«vm to U* hh irkin'!
lor a dead mnn that I once knew. 1 wdl
pay w hatever fee is necessary, but do not
try to in.ike me believe what 1 know to
be false. v» >- ,
The man shook his head.
> “Them will l>«- no fe**.'' sajd he.
“Very well, then,*’ said, the merchant.
T “l jH n ej*«l'e'.l to listen to you.”
There w ore u few minutes ef silci)ex>.
Rogers had pushed his chair luck until
he w as out of the light of the lamp and
several yards distant from lus wsiior
The latter sat motionless a* u statue, his
1 eyes f.utened ujvm a sjiot in the wall.
I're.a’ntly his p dt# features lx*gan to
twitch nervously, hut he did not hjx'ak.
j 1 iih hands were cL-isihs! with an energy
which vleiioletl grt .it uiental strain. His
breath c.imo in tong sighs or m short
^tpiu k gaxpa.
All at once lie turned his at eyes
.u;x>n Rogers nniivbogaq to s|*eak. nnd lit
the lir.st wortl the merchant started as it
he had received a painful Hiock. for he
bean! again tho sound of a voice sldlvd
for many years in deailu
“Ckwk. I net tl not tell you who it F
that s|>*-aL.s to y ou. for you' recognize me
by uiv voice. Itelievo in**, 1 am sorry to
have given you this t-hoek. but*it w.i>
ncode i that you should" know what i-
s(xin 1*1 come to pass.* A calamity is
._ ulxatLia L
brows and a gray mustache."
“My physician hasa lojig Clack beard,^
said Rogers, grimly. 4
“The one you w ill consult has not.
However, your death is not to lx* the re
mit of fflm'.wffnrf can ice ySu a short
time before the <x*ciirrence. and you arc.
Hum fvAtbujt man, a little pale, but in
good licaKlf ” .
“Since you can tell so.mucli,” stiiil tha
merchant, “why do you not reveal it all
to me, how antf when my death is lo
l.ike place'/ - ^— #4
“I will n il you all that 1 can see.” an
swered the clairvoyant. “You arc Ik 1 - - -
fon* my eyes now, with death big a few
""moments away. You stount"in » small
room-whh white wooden vvalls. Ip re
sembles. in s*>im* r t1cgrcv, a stati room in
an ocean sleanier. ki\i* tliat it has a desk '■
.in it. You are looking at - tlie calendar
widt h hangs beside tin* mirror.. It Ih-.u?
the date the twenty-sixth, and two line.-'''
from Sw inburne. w hich you read. Yes. |
it is t*u shijMtoard. for now lh*-re ring**,
an alarm t f lire, and I hear the rushing
oT ninny fict; then the vision fades
iwnv'.- — 1 —*: ; ' I
“The twenty-sixth is very boon, and I
nevt»r go Jo seiu” S
“It will h.ip]*on .T? T narrate. To-mofr-
row woril will come Jo the linn <»f which
you are a niemlH-r. calling for your pres
cnee at Nome dtotant |*tiint. It will U
put off for a Lime, hut one week
day you will leave the city by l_K».it'’
••One week!” critsl out Rogers.starting
up from his chair: “why. you clumsy
blunderer, you stupid humbug! I)otrt
vou see your story does hot hang t(s
get her/”
The stringer sprang up, pressing hi*
thin haiitlt’to his face. Then he shook (
hunsi-li hko a dog suddenly awakened 1
fiom a sound bleep, and stared blankly '
at the merchant.
“One tfex-k from today If the twenty-1
sevpiifh.” exclalpied Rogcis, “atid 1 an;
U> die on the twenty-sixth. Iv. iMheur'
no more, of t^mr nonsenAe. Tli is is a
little more than I can tolerate.”
“I do not understand ^du,” said thr
medium in his ow n voice; “1 cannot ti ll
what l. have been saying to }t»u. 1 dc
ii‘»t even know* w ho spoke through me. I
out I M'cin to remember that it wax yoi^ ,
friend.”
Clark i!ogcrs surveyed his visitor for a
moment with immeasurable contempt, j
The irnut'a. apparent umfusion and hl> •
j alpahlo error luuf snap[x-d the thread by
l which he held Ids listener. Rogers, miiLJ
denly conviiH'Cil that his understanding
had lx>et» h-d into some sort nf nn ambush
ami tin u over|x»wvrcil. turned in fury
ujNMi the agent of (be deceit.
“You may go.” he said, restraining
himself with difficulty; “if your |mri*oM*
was to astonislt 4 me. I admit that you
have t«ucci“eded. If you hnpc»l to make
me beluve that v'mi wore in coinunmi
Diego by boat? It is r pleasant enougb cotmiletelr had he d*lvcn the ghostly ;
trip if yoi nre not seasick.” message from hUilUrnghts that ho did
Rogers darted and said,-rather te^r, not retuendier that this vUil tothethxrto? *
had ln*en pre«lictcd. until he stotxl before j
the door of the office in the duak of tho
evening. ,yS
Then, as ho rang -the bfU. a sudden
tremor seized him, and foe an instant ho
felt sick and faint. A moment later he
regained control of himself, and laughed
carelessly as he remembered 1m*\v ab
surdly the medium had failed in lib
effort to describe the physician’s appear
ance.
* “Is the doctor In?” he asked fJ tho
servant who answered the 1h.II
“Su*p into the office, please, and I will
speiik to him.”
The gas had not l»cen lightetl. and the
office was quite dark. Mr. Rogers seated
himself dirnr one of the windown, and
presently a man enleixil 'at the other
hide of the n*om whom he did not reoog-^
nize, but w ho he saw hy his stature could
not lie Dr. Rotid
“Kxcuse me a moment, until I light
faindiarlv on hia.ear; “Dr Rond is out
of the city, MrnRogers, hut 1 nupi*omu
you would just ax r^xm-consult with nil*.’*
As he bjKjke The light ff.ixfe'd up and
lie stood ro\ealcd, a well known physi
cian and a member of Rogeralmvn club.;
a short man. w ith very bushy eyebrows
and a gray nmstaelm. — —
On the evening of the—next day, a*
Mr. fiarkness was dining alone with his
. wile, he reauarked to her that Rogers
h:ul ci’ccived a bad Mow that momiH]p
“Rogers' heir, you know,” said ho,
“is !fia Kistcr’a son, a )'oung fellow hy tho
naui«i of WotfnlL This morning's |>a-
|hm contaim‘«l a dinjiatch to the efftn't
that ho had committed a serious defalca
tion. and had bolted fr*r Canadx it ixj\
terrible alfnir. an ! I m?ver saw a man su
oom ploUi v otforuoaie ns lingers «r>rs. 11 a
seined unable to control himself, and
has done nothing but brood •ver it all
day. He had some hrtpa that it was.
thought Rogers, “how superstitiou docs CHOKING Ul’ WHU WASTE.
tly: “AVhnt in the world put that into
your head? 1 ha to the water, and have
never i*ccn on an ooeanboat in my life.’*
After soAio lit tlu discussion as to the-
r**mparatiro merits of se tsiekness and
death, the firm liegan to look over the
lettt'rs which the corresponding clerk
had laid out. , ,
One of these was from a traveling
agent of the company, w hose route lay
lathe southern part of tho stalo. It
contained the information that a cmr
tomrr of the firm, who was now utiuid-
ing <*n tlieir-lKHiks for a imuilicr of thou
sands of ars. hadT become badly
involved in land speculations, and, it
was l»eliev(>d, was on the point of bnnk-
ruptcy. If the*case were handled care
fully, the agent considered that most of
the debt conld : be rcaltrgsl, but if the
matter* was neglected there migiit bo a
considerable loss.
“One of u* must go down to Ventura,
immediately and sec what cau be done,”
fciid Ilarkness.
“ YVilhoiit a doub^” said I.yotv; “here
is Rogers' ocean trip all mapjiod out for
him.by fate.” . 1
“l am very busy just now,” said Rog
ers, slowly, and he Ixigan to feel hix
heart Mat with rnyiid A [K*mlorousstrokes.
Tl»ow Hrkm ought I to go?”
Ik:fore liiu answer, came he felt what
it w as to l*o. r-H
••Thereis no-rcry-pressing haste: fniilL
or TT\e days is soon enough; * say the
Iweiity-firili lheJau>!ityliixth. n
“If 1 went 1 should go by land, 1
think.” '
_ ‘^'ou can’t do that very jkcII at tli is
season of the year. I notice by the pa-
jx*rs that tho S anta lTa ,a * s vcrv
ayd tbe stages run quite irregularly.”
— “1 w id—nut go,” s;iid Rogeih. hhmtly:
“that is to say,” he added, in some oou
fusion.'“if cuh**Fof you gentlemen can
manage to go in my stood.”
— l ‘■l5 l .'^^e■^^^v iiutru unm 1 ;** sart TTufiT"
Insult a man w lwn sho has him down.
On the morning of the twenty-seventh a
steamer went out tin* Golden Gate with
Clark Rogers as a passenger. The pfe.
dieted day of hi^ death had come and ;
gone and he was still u semnd man. with
pruMpect of.ittutny years of life ahead.Of
hint. The hij stCrToua coined h*nces had ‘
revealed to' him that strange things |
might ha j-jam. lor which ho could not ac
count. but tltey Itad storied short of
more dangerous groor«d. H«* was now
fret* from tho Ititluenoe of tlu> Kupcrati-i
lion, and would mH»n entirely forget it.
save that at time# lie would p«M-hii|M look
hack u> laugh at his unv-xj>ccicd display
of wi>Mkni*sa. ' r
Ncverthoh*HS. he fourvl himself this
morning subject to a strange Hurt of de- '
pression. for alikTi be could lint account? ’
It se«'meJ lo have no ('onn<*ction w ttb :
the di*(agrccable thoughts *4 the past
fmv days, but wax unique apd tridexci ilx
able. He wandered about 4 he all ip. try
ing ip vain to get away from the dtscom- •
fort of this nt*w sensation. It was th«
reaction, ho told himself, of tlu* strain
through which he had l*een pixxiug. *
Oikv thrown from its tmlanre his mtixt;
vvould have to be for a time at the mercy
of whatever foolish fancies might seize
u|»ou it. * j
As be W»wd against tho rail, n prey
to these m«*o<ty reflections, w.>mc on©
loud us i his arm, and he turned to dis
cover a former U*okkeej>er of the firm,
wearing the enp ami uniform of tho ptfT-,
scr of the ship.
INFORMATION CONCERNING 1
BODY'S DRAINAGE SYSTEM.
Tha rruf»«r Work <4 thm Seven NllltMt
fore* Im th« •r llrsitbjr ;
rmpn-inc — etrrcllvtesvw f# Tatklals ■
Uattia— Haw V* S* ep ta CondlttoM.
The generaHty of people enjoy mucU
5ictlcr health during summer than In
winter. Tliis is unqitestionahly the ruW
with those of Mnlentary occupatH»ns who
«nf denied sufficient exercise. Prohalily
the principal rexson is tluU during tho
tyarut se;ux*n the skin is much the iu<M
active, and sweating U always mors or
less profuse, rerhaiw vt is too much ta
say that thoxe who do po| sweat easily
and often cannot be hcaUlvy; b«t it cer-_
biinly would Ite'bctter for allcoukJ they
by some means—t!»e l*cM !• szerdae—
manage fo work themselves into a per*
spiratiou ©Very day.
Twaarr-rivg mjijm or drai^aof. .
V
It b roughly estimated that there nra
7,(XX).000 porva in the skin wliidi open on
its surface. They are a very large pert
of tho body's sewerage systciu; and
sqm© one with putienl calculation has
rc.iclicil the solution tliat tlifso pores are
sluice gntes for over Cwenty-flve miles
of drainage. it Is very evident tliat
health largely depends upon the good
working condition of this drainage sy»-
iuiUtahIIv;. “1
know the man -well
Leave Ibagei'S W lux-
ul u T‘ k A-LiiAitoL^^batfUAikaviih LbcJm-^i, \oa. hayc^lai
w ;«rning t.jr the sake ol tlie u u Ami if y**u ever ag.im v-ontlin*. by.L
g«xxl
and the place, also.
l»ooke;”—* •
Sb tho conference ended; although.
?\fUT Kogen* had left tho room, tbe other
partners e«*ininented with surpi i.-w* upon
witli which he had
sjKjken. As for R«*gers, lio 'spent some
time tjnder.voring to ootivlnco himself i,
that he would harp uotixl just «s he did. ,
had Uio'(Mirleut of death not U*en luing-
4ng over him. The id* a of :m oeean trip
was, of course, dixlastoful to him. and
under any circumstances he would have
stood out against it. If it were nhsdhiteiy
nccesxnry ho could go, but as Lyon wax
to attend to the matter, he used give it
no further thought
For more than twenty-four hours he I
succeeded so well in this 'purjvosc as to i
quite surprise himself, for he had begun i
to lose confidencs in his |*ower over his
tbou^hta In tho afternoon of the next
day, however, un event occurred which
again Hooded his mind with unwMcorni'
memories. As ho Ktarteil to rixo from lbs
d«.*xk he felt a sudden faintness and a vio- i
lent ffiutering at tlie heart, succeeded, a
moment laU*r, hy a strsiaing througbont
the system and a spasm of pain. He
staggered back IhloTiis ‘x.at, torribly
frightened. The paroxysm waarbvur in ;
an inxUuit. and did not return, but the 1
palenesx had n«*t left hia features a few .
uiimitcs later when tho senior partner
entered the room.
Darkness stopped short on seeing
Rogers’ face. :tud said: “My dear fellow,
vn.i jioxiiively look ill.
IV
“1 am not f(*cling particularly well,”
assented Rogerx, nervously.
' “You itro -over working. You must
ako a r* st. Now, look here. Lyon has
false; but, on iM^grnphitrg for informa
tion, tho ri‘|K>rt wax entirely conflrnexl. ‘
Ry ** ettriema coin* iih'iioe, ho went to **••>
Dr. Griffith last night, win* jvamed hini
tliat t1i«‘re ix Homeijimg tho matter with
hix heart, and that In* had In it see to it
that hiM affair i nr© all m oi.h r. Il«* had
intended to make a new will. and. now
this occurrence ujtscts all his previous
arrangenieiifs.”
“Whom w iff h** leave hix money lo, do
you »upp**<©?” asknt Mr*. 1 Larkih'WX. j
“Ho told me who hix heir would bo,
for the reason that he expects to depend
utx>n me to carry owl the provisions' of
tho u ill in e.i^© he should di-j suddenly, *
but it was undcj promise of secrecy, j
The j^rson L* not relative. U seems
thcro was Home sort of a j guthful roman-!
tic uttachiuent.”
“How (xhl!” cxclalmctl tho lady; “ono
would not suapoci it of u man hke Mr. |
Rogers.”
Tho next (fay the will was drawn and
atti-;t».*d r and a tompomry wnmition of
relief t(H.k jxHst«<sion of the tortured'
min i of Clark Rogers. In spite of re
peated assurances to tho contrary he had
come to accept tho utterance*of the al
leged spirit as true, and had put into the
will the name qf the woman l*e had once
promised to marry. . Ho endeavored tc
make himself belicyelltat h->-vv<*uld hmv«* j
done this just tho sumo had it not Intii I
suggested lolling Ifo had never Mi’n
without a suspicion that he had mix- i
judged Mary, nnd this \v;is nothing but
teni, and*if tkc outlets—the pore*—are
Mr. Rogers, I am as ton U hod nnd U P* matters must bu
lightetl to seo vou. sir,” ho said. Never, ^* r erted info other channel*,
in bis Itfo had the merchant staid more 0,, " T R'enuc* - notably the bowels
in heed of com piny. The cordiality with an ‘^ ^hlnoys have l*ecn provided by ns-
which he rcluhuxl his former clerk's ture for tho discltargo of waste from tlie
greeting quite n*<loni *li*xl that gentlenigty stenTTbut they have sufficient work of
After they had talked u few min tiles. {I ^ r own \o do nniL wdiile tTi*J wbul4
the purser said: “Wou't you coma to my parientt;? ri'Npond for a tim® to any extra
r*N*iu. Mr. Rngrn^ h ta a coEy little l* u|x*»» lh»*m, sooner or later, on-
plnen I niitu-M-xmi nr©.nnl li ■4*L ii*g «r4>iI, IcSti-relic^iai uX-jii© lUmSAUil bMrd*«te» liwiy
It is too chilly fur you here. Is It not?” I
Tlu* room was Himill hut pleasant. Mr.
Rogers occupied a chair by _the desk,
\\ liilo tlu* parser Rat on the e*ig© of the |
best Tlie hitler was a talkative young
man. who experienced ai. unusual degree
of pleasure in meeting ax un equal lu^
old employer, of w bora be had formerly
stood in great awe. While listening to
liis lively prattle, Mr. Rogers’ uneasiness
gradually vanished.
would shows stgrw- of-dwtrrwr, tnid t»-
oo»ne so cripple*! they would no k>ng»*r
lw able to (wrfonu properly even their
own legitimate work. Tlje waotu w hicb
R h«»uld l>o thrown off through tho skin
cunmA bo entirely diverted and spot out
through other channels; much of U must
remain locked up 4n the system. \Vln*n
its natural outlet is Obstructed, some of it
l*enneates the tissues of the body, enters
I the Mood, and is deAributed (dsnit in tho
“This is a sort of a dangerous trip; do Rysjctn, and sq produces diseases of turi-
you know it?” said the purser.
an effort to repair tho wrong. Onco chant, nervously.
\ ' \ N
<* a *>rt of a danrterouu trip. 9
“Why, how Is tliat?" inquired tbe mcr-
givc you
man w hutu A o once fx>tU loved.-
selfixli life that you are leading it is wniuv
years biace you even iTiought of Mary v
You have not eared li* leanl whether ^
rhe is happy or wretched, although at
one time Hie wax to luyre been your \\ ife.
You knew that she wax now a widow,
but how Hip lux maintained hcr. c If and
her children you have not a>£* t In
your narrow and severe way you have
"always Mamed h r for the separation .
which your neglect and coldne.sx forced ’
her to brinx ab»»ut When Mle* married
you dfsmjxsed her fejitu your thoughts j
ax having U*en unworthy of you. Yon
are ns seihsh nnd os unfeeling now ns ,
you were when by your superior strength
of will ypu compelled nitetugiYe her up.
“For years l ha*o wen thd woman 1
loved suffering from -|>overty Atid hard- ]
xhlp. and have longed (t» help hoj-. I
knew that it. was nilo to communicate
with you. for she is t<xi proud'*to ae-Ce^J
the sliglitest Ix'nelrt from you while you
aco still alive. Events huvo at last taken j
a turn which puts it in your power to !
offer her assistance that Hie will not re- j
fuse.
“Clark Rogers. I coma to warn you j
that the day ©f your death is at hand; it
ix not a month -away, it is scarcely more
than a week. The \vill which 3011 had
drawn up three years ago leave* tlie
hulk of your property^ to your nephew.
Within three days you will receive in
formation through the newspapers of
hix. hetmy'al.of the trust imposed in him.
and uf his disgraceful flight. -When you
frame a new testament—and xee that
you do not delay in doing so—remember
the womarT whose life was rendered
miserable by your selfish neglect. The
money which you had intended to leave
to your sister’s unworthy soo will go to
a r '^ L - :s “' v :
" uot teen Sfffh IdfflH 1 ? tfffll 1 MfS.tfbtFffas
In the • or o:h' > rwHC. tii prufane* tturmemorv of
tny friend, l will have yoq hunted down
by the p''lice axn sATliTlRiig scoundrel.”
Tin* stranger wax standing near tin*
door of the cfiiee. Slowly In* raised his
arm and |H»inlcd his bony index finger
at Rogers.
said he.
1 jutit calhxl lif say that he has another.at-
tack of rheumatism, and that it may last
hun a week or two. What in tin* deuce
. uj-o wo to do? Someone mu.-t go down
.to Ventura. 1 can't, tbat is certain. Now,
why don't you go?”
Rogers turned on him aal spol.o with
-i almost savage CinpliasU: “I w ill go.” he
said.and U jiaated it; “I will go; and it
1 shall. Iw on the twenty sixth.” .
| ITarkne.xx eyed him for a moment iu
silence. •
j “ You speak In n strango manner,” he
I said,.“as though something werb trou-
j blmg you."
Rogers drew his hand slowly over his
eyes.
“Several odd tilings have happened to
more he found distraction in his work, 1
1 don t like it at and for a day thrust uwuy tho dread pf
what was to come.
It -was late in tho afternoon of the
fwenty-fifth that the panic again seized
him. and tlie courage with which he had
determined fb meet ami overthrow his
6upergtTtiou.v faadea suddenly eva|»oraf-
cd. The succes-ion of proofs rose l*cfore
him like.thc vi.-.iou of kings to Macbeth.
lint one prj“t 0/ tee m<*s^ago remained
unfulfflled: that he should gq^to sea on
tlie twenty-six * th«*re meet his
death. And he was going to meet fatu |
inKtead of avoiding thechance of itscon- ,
summation. No power coul 1 carry, liim
on Khipbonrd if ho refused to go, ami
there was no reason why ho should not
delay tlie proposed voyage. Tho doctor
ha<l especially warned him to avoid wor
ry and excitement, nnd by deciding to
go on Homo other date hecould save him
self this agitation, foolish it was, to be
sure, iHit.nono tho hxs positive.
Ho caught eagerly at this comforting
subterfuge and was about to go to tho
“We are carrying about nil the gun*
ous kjud*. |
By frcxjuent hathing the pore* ara
kept fairly well ojH iH-d, but it will tie
clear to all that tlie little tubes can only
l*e kept jierfectly free by frequent flusb-
ing. AY hen a pcrjsoQ gets luto a good
sweat the outflow is considerable and
the cl*anm«is are well washed out. If
tliat salutary procos* takes place every
day, and tbe body is duly cleaned by
one or two baths a week, In tliat direc*
tion at lenst aU>ut all U being done
which can bo done to korp tho skiff ac
tive nnd healthy. Daily exercise, to meet
all requirements, should be carried far
enough to produce quite a free pempira-
tion.
It |e undeniably a fact that a very larga
pro|iortiun of tlie ills wliich man suffurs
from are duo to obstruction in tlie ■M**
system of drainaga Tliat fault U almost
always present in those who take cold
caaity and In ttmso who are victitn* to
neuralgia, sleeplessness, dyspepsia, bii-
ionsoese, gout, etc. Arid this class U
largely made np of people who live in
active or sedcutary lives. Y»Vre this
powder and oil nnd such conibuxtibles bahility of tho aystem to cboke up with
that the policy will allow. If wo should i wu *' U0 fwl1 ^ •PPrwiatod by pooplo gen-
cfltch fire now it would not take long to ®ud means to obviate it oonscien-
blow us skyward.” . ! ^takeu,^iaflnltely lees uiciiu iuo
mo (*f laU*. ’ he confe.xse.l; ‘tl cannot cx- senior partner, when that gentleman en-
plain to you whaf they were, but they
liuve tempted itlo to yield to su|>erxritious
fancies, i supqyso such tilings never 1
trouble you.”
“Often, often." raid the senior metn-
l>er, dropping into a scat ; “but 1 had im
agined that' you were altogether too
tried tho room with a newspaper iu his
hand.
“I say, Rogers,” ho said, “wore you j
expecting to go to-morrow?" Then, with
out waiting for an answer, he continued:
“Uecautic you aro iinMo to bo dixap-
Mr Rogers Raid but little, not living by
nature a very companionable man. With
the purser it was different, it was noi
often that be eocured so attentivo a Its* t
tencr ax hw present one. - .
“Aro you going to stop In Venture
very long?" ho inquired. ' n •>
“No." answered tho other.
0 “Well, you ought to," Raid the |Htrser;
“everything Lx bouuliful down there now.
The lulls aro a velvety green and tho
meadows aro fairly carpeted with wild
flower*. Spring liogins a little anrlier
than it does up above, and- it U alrn^dy
Weil umler way.
*. Eor rsln* sn<l min# «rn ovpr. ;
Auii al| thr scasoti of mow* au*J stna
I suppose j’ou do not care much foy
poetry, but I am very fond of it. and try
to commit some to memory everyday;
to use for quotation*, you know. Thot*e
lines are from Hwinburno.”
“Swinburne," rejicatetl Rogers, me
chanically. Then be gave a quick glance
about tho room, and hi* face turned a
would bo ncode<r7t) thft FOtld than is
now
tti* path's tub rnreo.
Where sufficient exerdee cannot be
taken to obviate tho defect, tho nekt best
moans i* the hot air Lull, buch'a bath
con, of course, l»e taken in one’s own.
home, something after the same method
as the ojd fashioned rum sweating pm-
cess. But any domestic arrangement
must bo incomplete'in the absence of tlte
showpr bath, the hand mbbjng, etc. All
• 1 thu essential* are found in the Turkish
r i bath, wliich some physicians have even
gone so for at (0 say is tbe most power
ful and certain, nnd at tho same tune tlie
safest and most agreeable therapeutic
pge*)tx in existence. Ono of them quite
rightly says that a jierson can remove as
much of the ]*oisouous and effete
from the tindy in one houjr in n Tudilsh
bull) as can lio removed by other means
in twenty-four imurs. In this form of
bath, as RrofcMSor Erasmus Wilson says,
“tho skin acquiree color, freshness, firm-
shade |*alo. Here was tho desk, the uessand ckuiticity; iL lose* tbe mud4j>
white pointed walls, and the mirror. j hu^s of ill health anditba.
"lirmembri!" taid he.
-In another instant he was gone. Rog
er* si ized his |K.*n and l*egan to work on
the iHx.ks which were lying before hitu,
noting down the results of hiscalcula-'
tions on a ;-he<'t of jiojicr. Frequently
pointed if you are. - There is a bout to-
matter-of-fact to bo affected by such morrow, but I notice thatuho does not stop
folly. For myself, 1 have boon addicted at Y ea l uri t' From your mentioning tho Swinburne; eo much so that I keep a
to tliat sort of thing so constantly that I twenty^aixth so |>OKitivc*ly, I supposed calendar in my room with a selection for
have, at laxt, formulated a theory on tho you had looked it up.”
8ul»ji*cL Did 1 ever mention it to you? “When do?s my boat go?"
I ludd that a supamition positively ex- 1 “On the twenty-seventh, the day after
ists for you if you belfevo m lt. but it to-morrow. 1 suppoee that will be quits
ypu repudiate it, it is dead. If you have as convenient for you?”
the btrength of will logo deliberately
and d>» what the portent, whatever it
may lie, warns, you against, you arc safe
from its influence. If you dodge the
Rogers burst ittfo an excited laugh.
“What fitrikeiryou as so amusing?” in
quired Ilarkness.
The purser stood up, mterrupting his parched and wrinkled aspect of inftrra-
thought*. jty jjjjJ and it. procarea for the
“^es. he said, “I am very fond of bahitual bather cxerciee, health and
life.” A* (or the effects of tbe Turkish
. hath upon tbe disordered liver pud kid-
oach day of the year. Hy Jove! That neys, they are very marked indeed. Noi.
reminds me! Yesterday I didn’t" ■ ou jy doe* it lift no small pan of their
He placed his hand on a coat which work, and so give thetq a chance to re*
hung over the desk beside tlie mirror, 1 t . U perate, but It draws the blood from
and was about to remove it, when tho them to the surface of tho body, and so
officer of the deck stepped to the door. relieve* congestion, and, hence, obviates
Hall, ho said, "you aro wanted;” t a strong tendenpy to disease.
M
and then added in nn undertone which
ho dashed his p<*n through what he had *e vr, »b course youdodgo the calamity.
“To think,”’ laughed Rogers, “that I Rogers heard quit© plainly, “trouble
which had utrnu ted~ tho notice of his
pwrtfierH and the clerks. The letter |iad
advWd him to swepend judgment imtil
beriM-sihl liave bu tlwir e-vitLuicv^ ami-m- repair ,llig...wfqng, hidi^yayL^jv rovight sto<Hl._^li
!ho effmthis'he years
IffiiiM If unable to keep fus thoiigl.ts uiHjn tbe noblest and truest women who ever
written and began again. He notice©
that Ids hand trembled and that lus fin
gers with difficulty directed the, fen
aright, but this be assured himself whs
the result of intense luigcr. He undcr-
bad fq^ Umejt
ami nau vn-Mcit t
But now, if, Udieving in Jlfo danger eig-
ual. you either accidentally or thought-
Jiavo made all my plans to go,
and ilewr looked to kco about tho boats.
For Kdiue reason or other I bad aa idea
© lost controls
lo w nat neT
lii.“4 work during Hie day. Had he liecn
nlde to offer biniNelf any explanation
w hatever, he might have diinnisaed .the
.((iu*stkni from hi* mind, but in default
/»f that it constantly returned to torment
liim I're^-ntly a curious de>ire to see
0u» ronclusion uf The affair |•o■^*diR-
*iou of him. and he l*egan to w onder
whether the alU-ged “medium” avouIU
put in an apprarajfoa.
A\ .about U o’clock that evening Mr.
lived to educate her children nnd spend
the remainder of her life in peace and
comfort, blessing yuur memory after you
are dead.”
Tlie voice coaxed, but the stranger sat
with parted lips and dilated eyes steadily
gazing at the listener. From the first,
Rogers had nerved himself to meet sotuo
sort of a shock, but tho sound of the dead
TTmis?
knew must l*» superstition, but he was
down below,
The purser *’cnt quickly out. closing
tho screen door behind him. Rogers
loesly do what you aro w arned against, that mine would leave on the twenty- , started up and drew the coat to one side,
then tlie omen holds good, because you Bixth." . Beneath it was tho calendar bearing In
siijl Folicv© in ^t- Do you catch the fTnirouglibul the fafed day Rogers sat at' large red letters the-number tw enty-six whereas a person in poor health Mh|
ia V ; ' ?W . - r . — d «!l^ r bis ledgers. Sevcral.times and the linear - t | lint they> by restoring the srstem to ‘
th:mrl-ho.” answered TTogrrs; ami he stopped, glaneed arrlTgClOCg TUl'T then — 1 *
Tin kish bailie are eQictenl in reducing
weight; therefore, it is held that they
arj contra-indicated for those who ore
thin. But, Btrange os it may seem, they,
act both ways. Where a person is what b
so aptly termed “soft and flabby,” and i*
overloaded w ith fat, they reduce him;
'Aw 4
afu*r Home mors poo versa tion cooeem- at t j ie calendar, and smiled. He
firmly resolved that this should nut hap- • b'o tbe affairs of the firm in \ chtura, quite free.from excitement now, yod
pen again. Thereupon .w^s begun a tlie paitnors sep;irated. tirely Lurhr!)earf1*d. .Tl)e thought of 1
struggle betw'een the will powerTfnd tho
horiual conditidn,- iaert^e^
natural fi*iTings of Clark Rogers, tp:;dly
destructive to hii |H*ac« of minds \
The next day, when the firm irusem*
bled, as was their custom, to talk over
hi*sn unrenism«siwt- > ♦
Id fwvkuuwleJxs ul dssth.- 1 ... n .
TUq wrorda seemwl sosr his erefcolli S L Do<rtuP
, tlr^ly UhrliearfM. .T^ ihouglit of »U(T- | ^ reQ(i h ® staggered l«ck
It may have been tho consolation of doo Jcatb 1 which had flitted through his W^‘ ,n S for hreatli. At that instant lie
■ji?
riuo* phUowphy wUich_ itolo al f^uen, inierr.U duriufi tbo ! I,e 5' 1 ' h V bn ?,‘ ,f ,l,c ’i re !‘ larm Ml “ U ‘* fu, lajii f^on dIs
b twubkJ Uiin.1 of Ifr.-Clark I^Mreok far enounl, away to I* : of H>» *ai or*. «»1 th. rushing of comBar , anciem a^l .H
or ir §,iav Kavo h.a» •— jj e W;ia nioru many people along the deck. Ha •n..ir ana compare anciou uihi mqfwvfty
the 11^
over tho
liogers. or it may have been tliat the
rudden exertion of hi* will power re
voice, the memory of a forgotten love and haggard appearance of Mr. Rogers,
and the reference to his own death de- , “Rogers is w orking too hard, 1 think,”
the morning's mail, the Renior |>artner, * established his confidence in himself; at
Mr. iiarkiicKx, rcuiaflie<l uyion the worn
-'
all events, the |N*rtnrbed condition of
feeling did not‘muni. Twice more tho
_ ^ ^ strange sensations at thedicart were ex-
Rmr»*rs sat alone in hix pi nale office at pnifd him for a time of the self control said Lyon, “bo ought to take a short IRTicnced, but alihough they cmiced him going on an interesting trip'w hich you
'' *' t yi'rotit end of thihuiialngon Kciosonm which BWrcharactertstrcoThtm;--- ^ cati anxiety he wo* not unnerved, ax 1,.* h.M udl enjoy, t bare some friend* among
►treet. T<> Hie rear, hevund the laby-' Gradually, how frer, he recovered him- “That I* the idpa,” said Ilarkness; hr< ' n f b^ attack. IT© officers of the frigate Moliioaii, whi<^
rinth of table* and aIkiwcurcs. were tlie sclf>and dt terinmed tltH wluiterer in- “yon have not hern-away for manv ' bnweiar. to *»*« a pUysitliinimd- -i* H juk-Uh. jp Uie Imy, ami 1 am
Klo** comparffbent* where a few liook- tcmMl mi*gniMg9 might b^t him he monJis. now. Why don't you take a k*ni whether any-immediate diflicul y goittg oat to be shown aU.ut Uie sbipL
xvitt riul at work, luleol ' v u ; dd j n on a I .*M front to this man, * little run d'»wn to Santa Barbara r» San mdkated by lbo*e ^uqitoms. So ,Tbey wdl welcome you, too.”
A U'uomuPs Scrftp Book-
It is quite tbe tiling in aristocraUe^k-
quite amusing. He was more affable | "^7 He Rank tW Y?e*i'
with hi* clerks than they bad known him ‘° U,e J oar ’ hl * li i* I arl ed 10 the effort J Ubtmrr of
to be for years. ' t0 h P 4 ’ ak a na . ,,,e
At 3 o clock Harknesscame into tho ! . ^ben the pur-wr returned, after ad-
office-wearing his hat and overcoat- | justing .the difth hi liy for w liieb had
“Comealong wiUirae,” hosaid; “I am Wn »*e notnxsj the
men putting np the ho*© st tlu* mnclu-
bLhi 4»l Uw* ilMt-AUiU, MU' i
-wnidew ei.H hwff stw-lM Ha j
tlu* floor of tlu* ri*ini hr foim«i
Robert*. hetsUrn te.iTurts Uhtnr
'orted iu *Jvi4li i.sAriUd
4
ftllcd with nothing but. di
The collection luu been
pastime, but it is rcsiij
A careful study of - it
9H1.