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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
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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
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