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^ **■**:+■ -V *•*» ««■» Job Printing Hxecated promptly and In tbe best iytoe on the Peopiji Press I.T. TTOWI 1 %niwell, ». t Mo^rr to lend on l_ _ : Town lot» nnd improted lands for sale. W in M sales of cleamd and Ua<U ami buy school i ty claim*. =a» V0L.X1V. BARNWELL COURT HOUSE, S. C., DECEMBER 18, 1890. No. 16. Dr. J. MANUFACTURING COMPANY, BARNWELL, C, H„ S.C. —Wood Workers and Dealers, and Manufacturers of Doors, Sash, Blinds, Newels, Balusters, Brackets, Scroll-Work. Builders Hardware in Stock. .. — ——' —Manufacturers of— WAGONS BY WHOLESALE. H. E. MILHOUS, Dental Surgeon. Blackville, S. 0.. BORN ECONOMIST. as Will Lav* regular aw^mtuients follows: At Barnwell, V. II from 1st. Monday (or saVes-day) in tfHCh month to Wed nesday evening. Olliee at the ratter- son House. At Sally’s, B. A. & X.* R. R., from 3d*'Monday in each mouth to Wednes day evening. Olliee at Price’s Hotel. Will he at ids homeoHic**at Blackville every Friday and^eiturday from 1st of February to .'lUHi Se,|»teml)er inclusive, and ^rery Thursday, Friday audSatur day, fronj 1st Oetobei to 31st January inclusive. , ^ Will make appointments with pat ients tt> uveet them ub either of, hie ftflUies. at any time. Patients will find it more comfortable to have their work done at the olliee, though if desired will call on them at their residences anyw here within thirty miles of Blackville \ Our little Bees has been brought up In a menage that's modest; Aiul yet she does indulge In flight* - Of fancy just the oddest. Mamma, of course, has taught the tot Ideas economic; But Bass applies them In a way That's pftumea truly comic. One summer eve trhsn Venus shone Whi)c still the daylight dallied, A queen altbo’ the sun’s fierce kiss Had left her slightly pallid. We saw that, tho' the rest all gazed Aloft in admiration, Bess’ dainty Uttlo features wore A look of deprecation. “A penny for your thoughts," said L Then gravely spoke our girly.; "I fink they’re ’stwavagant In heave* To light a lamp so early 1” ! - , —Exchange A MISTEEY. These Wagons are Guaranted to be EQTAL TO ANY MAD-E In the l nited butes, and as to Prices, will be s«dd against all competition. Lumber cf all kinds kept in Stock, or the-Yard. Provisions for the People. Nouelty Weatherboarding a Spacialtg. G. Duncan 6elungei?, - President. J. B. PlMR, General Manager. Wm. McNab, THE COLORED FARMERS’ SO LI ETY purpose# to open and keep on hand a General Stock ol Groceries in the I.inly Robinson -tore in the town of ' Blackville. • We will kc* p mi liand ev- i cry thing needed hyTainiiies ill the Tin© of («roceries. Our g«rods shall lie the ■ very he«.t and «>ur prices the very low- ! est. Wc solicit Jhc'patronagc of all tho public, projjiising them honest weight# StiCrtjfarVr j“’ 4 mcasuresaiui eyerytliinglow down. ' r cheap, for cash. “Did you ever bump up against an in dividual who baffled your curiosity by drawing a veil of secrecy over his past?” queried tho young doctor, when it caino his turn to contribute a story to the gen-, end fund. “1 used to think," he con tinued, “that such characters emanated solely from the fertile brain of the fiction writer. But I was mistaken. Not many years since 1 formed the acquaintance of a man who was harder to make out than the most ingenious creation of a novelist could possibly be. A regular human enigma in short, and he wasn't obliging enough, you know, to clear upAbe m y»- tery before he died either. “It was early in tho Wa." began the dec 11-tf doctor, lighting a cigar, “and I had jnst -fj/i C CiQM S finished my medical studies and was - tryinK t6 l)icU lip a httle practice in a destined to enter the ministry—a work for which "bis taste awl abilities best fitted himT-and immediately ilia , tnarxiage he Was to settle dowri in charge of a ; parish at some distance from his' home. *’ Theresas but one drawback to liapptness. His ^mother, although slm ' consented to tho betrothal, did not seem ,to feel the pleasure in it^that^he could have wished. But ho put it all down to her grief at the prospect of parting with him, and preparations for tho wedding went on in the merriest fashion. “ ‘But one morning there was an alarm. Tho mother was missing—had disappeared in a very unaccountable and mysterious manner. All tho day they searched for her and just nt night my hero, passing through some woods in‘ a secluded part of the grounds, found her lying face downward in a shallow little (tool of water there^.:— ■ ■■■■'■ ^—- v ‘“ “Drowned herself during tempo rary aberration of the mind” was the verdict; and then it was the young man learned that insanity had been'for gen erations back a hereditary trait in his mother's family. Then, also, was he told the real truth about Id:-, father, and hrfound that that father was not dead, but was incarcerated in a private htrepi- tal in America—violently, hopelessly mad. “ ’Well, you can understand how he felt, or, wither, you can’t comprehend it. The girl that he loved \v;w true to him, but how could ho maiTv her knowing what h& did? Even if tho lunacy slum bered in his veins it—would surely Awaken to curse their children Jx> he loft her, and almost crazed with sorrow himself bo sailed-for America where he still remains. A little while ago lie heard that lus betrothed was dead— THE TWO MOTHERS. for fan-bins; ana. warm breast end lifo’z *weet What dost thou to thy mother make n-turn? \ 5oiue msuieap »rii 1 c.in win thiH> fr.o:n' her side, lew tears at best huMt thou above her uro. Only to Ra-th, thy rnothej. a.l thou just;, To her thoit^iveat ull within thy pfifwcr; Thy life, tliy breath, thy self ~n i-incb of dust, To star her Uosoiii with a suittrajr flower. —Epiphiijiius tyUsoa ib Frcemau's JouraaL THE WIDOW’S WAGER. Widow Doapo sat «t the front win- : dow of her little parlor one ihoming busy with some kind of fancy work which ihov. cd oin T p'.i-inj), W4$i &&9S& hands, vfith the vfedding ling sparkling oa her left one, to tho best advantage. She was a very pretty widow, and no t one vras better aware of the fttet tIiaiT she was, lb r snug fitting dress set off as plump and trim a figure ns any iti Downsborough, and nowhere in the meighborhocl eould you fiml-a brighter pair of brown eyes or a more, kissable, charming face. 1 wonder why young widows are al ways pretty and charming? No matter —how pliuu. they nun' be before their hus bands “go the way of all flesh,” straight way after that •event takes place and" they c(>me out in black dresses and the other etceteras of a mourning- toilet they are voted In*witching and bo jirctty! It is ktmugo that such should lx) the case, but-it fecems to Imj the effect which iu that way. Innocent man; he never dreamed that the widow wa# as well aware of his admiring glances a* be vrm* “Oh, our game 6f chess,”’ cried the widow suddenly. “I was very near for* getting all about it. Did you bring thd board, Mr. Fic-Ub?” “1 put them on the eido table,” *»* swored Mr. Fields. The widow fluttered about and got tho chessboard :yjd men, and drew her chair up opposite Mr. Fields. “I promised to beat you,’’ she said, ar ranging the board on a little stand be* tween them. ‘Tm going to do so if I possibly can. Mr. Fields,” wi^h an arch glance into his face. *' — - Mr. FieMs Happened to lie admiring her brown curia as the logked up, and the fiict that rhe detected him in the act so dfoedneorfed him that he knocked over tho chetsamm she liad arrangeefi and then he had to help her set them again, and their hands came in contact on the' board. Bomekow • the touch of the widow's plump, white hand made widowhood has on them. Widow' Deane heard down the mid and 1 steps coming mod out to aee who J.U'uli I’EKI’I.ES BALDWIT&r GARVIN, MAN AO Kit. sop 1*-Tf trying pleasant village in the sonthern part of Wisconsin. Business didn't flourish by any means, but as I had friend* there, gpd \v;is too poor, Heildcsrto 1 think tff 1 JSiPRf'T \ T, II A H’ AV ' TT1 rr rk Horses anJ J . i AfflO 1 lxfnu , »s d a Him* bit of Saddle nne HoRnE'* n!s<. a l«>t t» nice farm and liniiwr Ml’l.Ef* ttiil kup a i id I »t< »v k «>f t*ofll Horse* an-l Mu.o h ififl ibr>ui(b Hie sint*r .md*-pi ing iiuintli* oi i v.Hi ni.d *1)1 • s *0e «.iir *nK - k and get pri<*i*n Ih*- forte pur«*ha»iiig elsioi here. Yours iruly, l’. J. ZEIGI.KK A M)., Aticiuiaie, 8. lb n-v! 1 -tf ^ cbtaWi.diing myself in a Uom uflere*, for vory well “There were several churches in the town, but at the time of which I rpeak the Congregational pulpit was empty. Numerous applications for the position appeared, but none suited until at last one hf the trustees arrived home after a short trip and annonneed that he had found the very jiereon. A Rev. Mr. Ramsay it was whom he had run across quite accidentally, and who, though traveling for his health, had finally con- •' 'thJ thought, 'still aented to come out and preach a trial A 'lar^ -'freet complete a sod Rail .Road Am stock of Hindu are h< # have removed to N’**w Store corner ( Rlaekville, S t’. and can no** show you a# Im* found anywhere. Our atoek coinurise* #!1 kind* of Staple and Fancy flardwafe, I’lH-kej Giutery^ (>i)it», (MttoU ami Amtiiuuitiun, Suues, Ti I aints. Oil and Gins*, i i*u can tiiv»M'\ hv 1*< i ing fron< ii«. tt e also do all kinda of Tinuiiig Ro-diug, Gutterimr and Repairing at I possible prices. *. 4 . % We have constantly,on hand a full line of Stove repairs and can mak* stove a# |f«K>d a# new at small cost . ' o nne, can Having diaco^tiuued the sale of Id- • quor# since the New Year fTi»* lw arc Table and , HariM’«s, Z* DAVIE 3 in: % our il6 Si~m on. IP _ u_x > e Sense > b<‘en busy In selecting and cnl- lei-iiiur a stot*k of GEN ERA I. M KH- ( 11A N iiI»K lti.it will suit the pi-opie by Hi completeness and please their pocket# hv the moderation of Its prices. Tim public generally and ,he ladies particularly are invited to call, ex amine good# and compare prices with tin .•>ince the creation men, and women tie., haw lueti trying »o better dition#. In Mich «toit a\or* thc\ baxe n -orte-i to all * tri* oi nfca is ami Ju»t now a great many people aYc ex- t-ctii.g that la tter times xvill tiielr con ncaturcs m: comi<, from * oi.t Ai m a election sluall have ptncol new pilots in charge of the >hip of State. " ‘ 1, *” I” proper to entertain hope umb-r the most glootux cin unistam cs, xct it * that bdf help is the best help. To men ql'inaiure years ami sober thought it Is-as plain as sunshine that’ there afe^s. quoted elscn here. . And don’t you forget Thai vou may he happy yet If ino buy at REN D.\ V IES Store, Whert* you’ll surely get pmhu (,'oods f<*r your aioni'y than at estaldlsh- mmits that promise a heap and perform nothing worth talking about. BEN DAVIES, Barnwell <\ II.^S. C. fob 13 tf ^nrer, Safer and Shorter Roads to Reform than those controlled by the politicians. Tha prudent do not ptit all their egg?, In one basket not peril their all in one venture It will md d » for wise people to w att lor something to ttfrn up, and if it#loe# not come qni- kh enongh they xxill make the opportunity themselves. o-- * Now in all candor the most InMlng prosperity ?tarfs at home It begins there and grows by practice and cultixatinn. 1 he old sailor reads the signs in tin* skies that have no meaning for the careless andsman and trims his craft to meet and conquer the coming stornir So the \ et- eran merchant, muierst .mling the c.»mlitions of trade ami commerce, makes ready for the extreme-1 Huetuations while the peace of perfect summer is iu the golden skies. In this philosophy , B. A.>MAKIBBEN, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. . RARNWELL C. II., S. 0. Will give prompt attention to all bus-' im-ss. entrusted to bl» care- atpil i-SD * sirvlornt BiiO“w^nsr, ivHI.Ni.Y i 0 l i I) $150-000. ThJrty-one years leader of trade on the South Carolina Railroad, has anticipated AL aRMIIMG IN FRICKS by personally buying in the largest n arkets ofjhe country, the ” ^ M(>s r r mav.nificknt Stock of General Merchandise ever risked by any Carolina merchant outside of emut any description or enumeration would belike uuder- i unaf^ At 9' 2 to 10 per cent. Interest. Onotc live year# time, secured by farm mort- • agts. For further particular*apply to J. O. PAT FRSOV,' Real Estate ami Investing Agent, julyll-tf — Harnwell. 8 0.* come sermon and to remain indefinitely if hi* hearers were pleased. “Well, in,due time Mr. Ramsay ar rived and delivered a discourse which, for eloquence and logic, I have never heard excelled. You may be sure the 'church lobt not a moment in engaging him, and they marveled much at their good luck, wondering that bo talented a man should wish to stay and bury hi* gift* in such a small, obscure town. “The new acquisition speedily aro«e to the place of firat favorite in the ranks of the ministers, llis sermons fairly scintillated with brilliancy, and we eoon found that he certainly possessed a re markably fine education in the bargain. Though he never spoke of the past, his conversation gave evidence of his having traveled extensively in pretty much every country on the face of the globe. Moreover ho was young, and. such a genial, warm hearted fellow that every- IxMly—Uked him at first sight. They couldn't help it. “But, as 1 said, ho never alluded to his former life. For aught- we knew he might have been a bishop or a highway- ! man, an American gambler, or tho son of an English duke, but the church members xverc too proud of the prize thpy had captured to be very cu- riocus about the previous record, -fltid rh^Tou^ oF~my ; sTe~ry'HIhgTjng~To him only rendered him his more at tractive to us. For my part, I thought I the strangest thing concerning him was thgt he seemed never to hold communi cation with anybody outaido the town. A fellow so engaging and companion able must have made friends wherever ho went, and yet so long as wo knew him he didn’t receive one letter or tele gram from abroad—not a single message i of any kind. “At least, that is what the postmaster and the depot agent said, and’ these killed byThe double shock of his disap pearance and his mother's fearful and untimely end. ..„ued Kam- “ ‘Can you bitterness often mingles, half uncon#ciom,ly, with his sorrow for his parents? And i* it stblHgB that he feels almost as if they^had committinl u crime in bringing him into existence, knowing as they did that ho must perforce be dowered with the fatal, inevitable fam ily curse?’ “Thif tale made a strong impression in my mind,” the y^nng doc tor resumed. “AtTirst 1 seriously qudbtioned if Ram say wasn’t himst lf the hero of it, and though hi* apparent gayety led roe to 1 couldn't help feeling that tha event# he'd nar rated had in some way prod need a last ing effect in Ids life. “Well, matters wore quite tranquilly on for a year or so, and Mr. Ram.say grew in the popular favor ull the while, lie was a liberal fellow, and hi* sermons were frequently rather unorthodox, but- his flock worshiped him to such an ex tent that if he had dosed them with atheism they wouldn’t have grumbled a bit. The girls were in lovo with him, everj- ringle one of them, but never did they find the way to hi# heart. He reso lutely declined to be drawn into flirta tion, though he made himself agreeable to all the damsels, taught them German, played tennis and escorted them to pic nics with a guy impartiality very pro voking to the sensibilities of tho poor, anxious young creatures. “One morning as 1 sat in tho drug store talking Ramsay happened in and purchased a package of rat i>oison. He mentioned casually that the mice wi re was going by just as a man came oppo site at her gate*— “Is that you, Mr. Fields?” she call***! put cb**M ilYi - —Go*h! «»"■■■••UCt pleasant •...*»•*, «ft,. r the shower last * ‘ Beaut if ul, ” stammered Mr. Fit-ifi-. ■WfieWrug US iTeiign[-fully a# a wc»inati cculd have done and rppeariug a*Awk- kHn tluill nil over with a delightful sen* nation, hu-1 he wondered, if khc accidental touch of her fingers affected him so de lightfully. what G must be to hold tfiat band in liia. Poor Mr. Fields! lie was very dec ply in love, but ho didn’t dare to say ko. ' At length the board was arranged, and they were ready to open t’uo game. •*QbH cried tho widpwr suddenly, “wouldn't it bo nico to have a wager? It wbuld make the game so much more, Interesting! “Don't you tliink so, Mr. Fields?’ . * Mr. Fields didn’t know but it would. “I'll tell you what!" said tho widow, blushing like a gillyflower pink and loc king every hit as sweet, Mr. Field* thought. .*‘1 read a story cot long ago al>«ut two ptfijon# playing a wager, and • tho stalte was a kiss! Now, 111 agree to I.. » you if you beat, and if I beat you r i''v,^-r n - 1 ^Y;;^ a r' 1 ntiramiercd Mr; Fields, “but— TiuTTnn ward as an ox ergrowu schooll)oy oh his fin-t morning at bchool. • “Won't you como in?” asked the wid ow. cm ding very avveetly^aa^ha brushed b«« k her curls, which would persist ia falling about her rosy fact* in' the mo:;t charming “ebufusion, r.s the leaned out of tho window. “I—I can’t this morning,” stammered Mr. Field#. “I’d like to”— with a look full of bashful admiration into the wid ow's pretty face; “butTm rather in a hurry, you set*” “Como in this evening, then,” urge d the widow, “can't you? It's very lone* some. I wish yon would, now*, reallv, Mr. Fields.” ’ I — I w lil’" Hnsvrererl Mr. Fields, “ni bring tny chess hoard and men along, if you’ve no objections, 51 rs. Deane." “1 ehtmld be delight* 1 ! to seayuh,” nn- swennl tho widow mnilinglyv “I am suro I can Wat yon, Mr. Fields^* “1 shouldn't wonder,” answered Mr. Fields. “I—I'm no match for women,” j he added, with a very rosy fare, and wondering how* ho was ever bold enough to say it. * # “Oh, yon naughty man!” cried tbe widow. “1 shall l**at you just to pay you for that! See if 1 don't!” “1 dare say.” responded Mr. Fields a# he bowed good morning. “What a charming cleat uro she is!” ho thought as he passed on. “T’d be perfectly happy if she was Mrs. Fields." Here ho had to blush at tho idea of ttnry woman’s being but I’m afraid you’ll beat!" “Why, the# you'll have to Iris* m*, that's all,” laughed the widow. “If you UeutTd just a.‘i aeon ki.is you a* not. As likely as not you'll beat me.” an* “Well, I-ni take t/e wag**,” •wered Mr. Fields in desperation. BUPi PVI ■■ L-the likes me, bothering him. and stood a moment gos- ! but I wouldn't dare to ask h* r for any- aping with careless good humor and thing. Every time 1 think of such a then went out. v j thing my heart thump# just like a ham- “That night the deacon with whom he mer against my ribs. 1—I wish the waa boarding came hurriedly to my office women had their rights. Then they'd to summon me. ReV. Mr. Ramsay wa* have to do their share of popj*ing the taken very suddealyr ill. 1 put on my i,que#tion fc andthe like. What if Martha hat and coat and went to him nt once, j Jane or ,,f ^ ‘•Xhat-* whyj wish l'4.got tha gamaL” ftad^meliow Indnrn I'd rea<-be4-4>ri- Vrcri- — cild YnalJs elionld lake it into their heads “What a selfish man!” laughed tl And so the game commenoed. If ever he played to win it was then. There was Munething very fascinating about the idea of Iristdng tho widow, but he didn’t believe he could muster up cour* ago enough to do it if he won the game, lie much preferred that she should kiss him. Be conrdV.t.acY it with considem* Ida fortitude to he kiksed, but to kiss was rather moro than he could think of with composure. lie never had kissed a wo* uiau that he could remember, and bo was sure ho should make sumo awful mistake if ho tiled to. But from the finrt the gams went against him. Hi# pawn# were captured right and left, and then histnaliops were taken from him. Then hi# king got in check, and ho had to sacrifice his queen to get him out, and then, by one master ly move, the widow planted a knight di rectly in front of the king’s place, and left him in check with her castle, and cried out, “Checkmate!” her eye* spark ling with mischief. Something that, was almost a groan broke from Mr. Field’# lips. How wajl he ever going to pay hi# wager? It mads him riiirer to think of it. “1 am waiting for you to pay your debt*,” sai l the widow, emiling bewitch- ingly into the batchelor’a face. “I—I wish Fd it on tho game,” stam mered Mr. Field#, bursting into a ctfid sweat. * „ ‘ “Why, then I'd ImVe to kiss you!" said the widow, coqncttiahly. “I—I know that.” cried Mr. Field*. side it flashed over me that he had swal lowed the poison Lsaw him buy in the morning. The 'moment I entered the room I knexv that it was ro. “He lingered three day#, suffering hor ribly, but not n word woqld he say ;i# to the motive of hj# deed. Before lie died he showed me a photograph he wore upon his bosom—the picture of a young woman and a child, each’very beautiful and very like tbe other. And ho asked that it bo buried with him, and so it was. The church gave him a most im posing funeral and erected a fine roomv* officials keep track of such things in lit- ment over bis grave, and they.have never Charleston. To r.ttein taking to puhli*li an unabridged dictionary iu a country newspaper olliee THE SUBJECT IS TOO VAST But each man anjl every woman can~come. They can bring'their little one* along and a!Mean be suited no matter how wi.My their needs, wishes and means may differ. It i# a proverb of the olden time that ALL ROAUS LEAD TO ROME- and if the people xvill only read and reason they shall soon have' the evidence of their own eye#, hand#, pocket# and person* that they can find BARGAINS Bt.A< KVILLE Secoqd Seasoi). Smalley’s Sale Stables, WIL! I*T« >>», N. C. unapproachable in any interior American market North or .South East or West 1 he range of my Inimetise stock is limited hnly by the ingenuitv and enterprise I- Last xvinter and sp ing I sold large of the human race I be best productions of our own Lnd,~the choicest manu- numbers of the beat nor#es and mules to facture*©! all around the world, everything that roan need# on hi* life journey citizens of Aiken, Barnwell and Or- from th^r^e to the grave are to be found In my emporium. Every implement angeburg, giving complete satisfaction that the farmer Hies, every article that the housekeeper require#, everythin^ for * to every customer, everybody now waiting for the peopl . By gelling the beat goods at the lowe*t I I am back again, better prepared than price* 1 hope to prove a benefactor to all former customer# and all new friend#. ! «\ef to give every buyer the full value By paymgihe very higheat cash prices for cotton and‘all country produce I j of his money, and resolved to run the expect to make mysetf Invincible against any anilall competition. competition. Hem_©m_TDe3?. and tell your neighbor# tOf» that from every nook and corner of Aiken Or^mr,- burgand Barnwell^kll roads lead sooner or later to r ‘ ° 5 in Blackville. I>h not be entfealed trt go a«my from your det^rmfnation to go to Headquarters If you sell your cotton to me and buy your gobd# from m- I pledg** mvself that f»o man can, wUl or shall do better bg you Test me bv the “TRY’ RFEE’’ and when the fall trade campaign is over I have no fear but that I will be the first CHOSEN CANDIDATE «Bd at tire head of the ti<*et a* the * FRIEND OF THE FARMERS- *Ug21 campaign of 1890 on the #ame platform on which I won the first place in last year’s race*. Before buying call on or correspond with me. Smalley is in M e saddle and will push all com no til b H from the. word go under hot spur Y'otirs trulv, - JOHN F. SMALLEY, - .. Wtlllston, S.C. sept25-tf Land For Sale. * A tract of 20<» acres,'good c | av < , ub . soil; 4 miles from Barn well; 100 acres in wood, 60 acres cleared, 40 acres In ham mock. one framed tenant bouse, good well of water. Fart cash. Balance on time Apply to A,T. WOODWARD. tie towns, you had better believe. “Ramsay aud 1 got to be quite inti- mato after a while, and many xvere the walks and talks we enjoyed together. But he wasn’t any more confidential with me than he was with others, and of course I asked no questions. .Only once did he, say something which might be construed as bearing upon the secret 1 xvas con vince<k that he had. It was in this way: “Ramsay had dropped into ray office, and we fell to conversing about heredi tary disease. It grew out of some case# I was treating then. I don’t remember what. Ramsay if^ his brilliant, earnest fashion began to inveigh against people w,ho married and brought into the world children cursed xvith the seeds of some dreadful malady. “ ‘Let me tell yod a story,’ he said, ’and it will show you how many lives may be ruined by one such deed. The facts came to my knowledge years ago. Once there was a boy—never mind hi* name—who, his friends said, showed ex ceeding great promise in his youth. His mother, a widow, seemed utterly wrapped up in him. She traveled with him in foreign lands, sent him to the finest schools and spared neither pains nor ex pense to improve the talents nature had bestowed upon him. He was hopeful and happy, and one thing only troubled him—he used often to wonder about his father, whom he couldn’t remember, and his mother was reticent ~npon that point and replied to all his questions scantily and vaguely. “ ‘They were living in England at the time, having come there from America after the father's death, and being in easy circumstances financially the future looked very bright and glowing indeed. “ ‘In doe time the young fellow grad uated from the university xvith high honors, and soon after became engaged to u beautiful girl ceased, I believe, to mourn their mys terious but dearly beloved minister. For a long while they sought to find out the secret of his life, but tho minutest in quiries failed to reveal a single fact. With characteristic forethought he had destroyed his papers, leaving uothitig that would throw light upon his former history. “I often recall him even now.” added to aid: a .fellow to t have them! And of course they would! Good gracious! I'd never dare lot ell them no, and I’d sooner be in the bottom of the et a than to hax'e any of th? in!” Mr. Fields broke out! in a cold perspi ration all over at the hero idea. “W hat a funny man!” said the pretty widow to herself, xvith a soft little laugh,.as Mr. Field# went ontloxvn the road. “I’m sure he’d like to ask me to be Mrs. Fields, if he dared to, but he hasn't pluck enough. How he does bbishAxdten f look ut him! I Wfl<r vory near laughing in his face, ho looked so confused. 1 like him ever so much, and I don’t think I d answer Jiira ‘Nod if he asked me a certain question; but I don’t believe ho could, muster up courage enough to ask it. I don’t see why he need bo so bashful. Fn* sure Fm not at | all dignified pr distant.'’ The widow looked wyuu^y looked more 5 .chamung r 1* than cveryvvheii the sat in the parlor even now,added-'waiting for Mr. Fields, that evening, the young doctor, “and I can't help won-1 She had on a neat broxvn dress oi just dering if he was not the hero of tfip • the precise shade to show off her clear hie. , And in that j complexion; and tho little knot of blue strange tale ho' told case was he insane when he killed him self, or did he do it because of grief for his betrothed? Who then was the child whose portrait he wore upon hi# breast? “Sometimes I faficy that he had com mitted an offense which made him a fugitive from justjee and led him at last to take his own life in remorse. The re membrance of hi# open face and kindly; sympathetic manner makes this seem impossible, and yet in this strange world, where people are such curious, contra- ribbon at her throat xvas the ..next pretty widow. “I didn't suppose y<Su wero so selfish, Mr. Fields; upou my word, l didn’t!” “I—I ain't-selfish,” cried the poor man, driven to desperation; “but — but I daren't!” “Wiiat an excuse!” cried the widow. “I won't accept k! Yon don^t want to kiss mo. That’# the reason! But I’m going to insist on your paying your debts, Mr. Fields. I should like to knoxv xvhy you're afraid of mat I know bet ter! You’ll have to get up some other excuse before I let you off. I wouldn’t Have been afraid to kiss ybu if you’d xvon the game. I'm sure.” “I—I wish you’d kiss me, and call it quits!” #aid Mr. Fields, feeling that he . was being driven into a corner. “I would if it wasn’t for encouraging you in your selfishness,” answered tho widow, with an ardTsmile into his face which set the blood tingling clear to hi# toe# and made him feel almost bold enough to pay h^s wager. - “I—I'll dare yon!” cried the bachelor. “If you’ll kis^ me, I—I'll kiss you!” “Done!” cried the widow, and kissed* Mr. Fields plump on the mouth before ? color, and th^ white rosebud, which she ho coujd say Jack Robinson. “Now, >» ■ p * , -I , 1 *—“T -J— 1 1 1. ^1-. l - 1 ' fastened over her “pink ear, made her look as youthful as she did the day she married Archie Deane, six year# before. ■She sighed softly when she.looked at. the plain wedding ring upon her finger. Archie had been dead three years and over. A ttep on the path announced that some one xvas coming. Pretty soon‘dome one knocked. She went to tho door and * dictory mixtures pf good and evil, who.: admitted Mr. Fields, can tell?”—Buffalo Express. j “I thought it was you.” she said, tak- *— : — . u ing hi# h«it. “Take that easy chair. Mr. Teaching School in Switzerland. 1 Fields. I'm RO glad you came over. I Gymnastics, by the way, are taught get so lonesome,” and a little sigh gave in every Swiss school, and a proper gym-' emphasis to the xvofds. txfifirtixtv* «vri^K nil I- i. Hf-.* TUT 1.1 • * * you caji’t back out!” cried she, as rosy as tho pinks in the garden again. “I—I won't!” cried Mr. Fields and caught her and kissed her on her cherry lips. . And then, suddenly glowing bold amt courageous, ho kissed her three or four tiflics—for interest, I Buppose, on the debt he had contracted and, somehow, every kiss seemed to give him additional courage, for before ho managed to let her go he contrived to squeeze her hand in a decidedly lover like way, and the widow didn't s^em to object, hot rather returned the gentle pressure. - nasium with all its belonging# i# at- Mn Field# sighed too. He »w *>*4 V* V |v tached to every school house. The Swiss seminaries for the preparation of teach ers are open to both sexes, and some of the best teachers in tho public schools are ladies, though the number engaged is very small, perhaps not 10 per cent. Of the whole. Their pay, too, absurd though it seems, is some 60 per cent, less than that of male teachers. There are no young, inexperienced girls teaching in the schools, and no young men using the school desk while waiting for some thing better to turn up. School teach ing is a serious business there, and the calliag of a lifetime.—8. B. It Byers In Dm had long been 1 Harper’s* . some sOqaetiznes in his bachelor quar ters, but ho xvouldn’t hax*e dared to say so for the world, xvith tho widow's bright eyes looking full into his face. The widow eat down and chatted away in her lively fashion. Mr. Fields kept watching her when he could do so Without her seeing ifim. Oaco she look ed up suddenly and caught hi# eye fixed on her face, and then he turned a# red as the roses in the xviudow, ana just tl^e faintest lingo of carnation cams into her checks, it made her look ever so much prettier, Mr. Field* thought He nlmosl wished she’d look up again and cstch him wat^irg her, if she’d blush ' »> £ ^ • -* - but for some reason Mr. Fields wasn’t so bashful as lie had been. He began to think it best to follow up the advantage he had gained over his timidity; and no A* he by and by, after a good deal of on-* coaragemeut to do tho deed, managed to scare' up bravery enough to kiss the widow again, and she didn’t seem to..bo put out about it, hs thought. And then—Mr. how, for. the life of naked the widow to be feti great wonder, done, how he ask a ami she York