The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, January 08, 1891, Image 1
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.gf- Having di^contiiijp the sale of Ll-
' , quors since the New Year
BEN DAVIES
'4? ' ''••'■> '•''' • i --
TJAS men busy in selecting ami ebl-
n ie^ina: a stock of GE N E1LV L MEK-
CHA will suit, the peoifle
'■ by it completeness' and please their
pocke s by the moderation of its prices.
The »ubite general 1 y and ihb' ladies
particularly are invited to call, ex-
Hm:n - go«T«is and coirfparflf prices witb
those quoted cdsewhere.'
And don’t you forget
Tha- '>oii Mtav b>* bappv vet.
. If you buy at BEN DAVIES Store,
Where you’llliurely get more
Goods for yo. r motiov tban^at estabtish-
inents thvt p»> niUe a heap and perform
nothing worth i^kiug about.
1 ,? BENDA VIES, ;
** Bar»»well C. 11., S. C.
feb 13 tf
ONLY TEN YEARS.
RE
HafeMM
Only ten yonra of joys and tears—
Itseema Doy very Mag—
Only ten years of hop-w and fears
Tbat to my memory Uiron^;
Anii na you are standing a^aiu at nir sld<\
S5o fair aful s.> young:,, my beany bride,
Now breaks Irons liiy beast this song:
Only ten years of joys and tears, _ ?
Of mtTrjr a’sl cloddy weather,
Hjiyo blooded our lives together, my lova,
Ifave welded our hearts together.
So we'll <Jream once again of the happy day*
when «.
tVo timidly stood In the morning
With hearts full of love, with the blue akiof
above, ^ .
And ro^cs our garden adorning.
And now you are standing again at my side,
fco fair and $o young, my bonny bride,
W ith s oses our pathway adorning.' '
Only ten years of joy's and tears.
, And the tear* Into pdarja are turning: _ _
On Jy ten yrexr? of hopes - an d fcgraT'"
■Andosow u sweet-incense is burping
On the altar of Love, whose dut-.h'Ui
Now shimmers anti glistens with many a gem
Of aanctirtcd sorrow and yearning.
There
stair.
<lownfl
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which
far as
It ted thill
course to
in tba^roor
h*1
PT
were unde.* ’
Are f he sweet UockcJb
who lavadw
wi^ia, . ; r - -/
JM .
adventure?
oseoaA take who West
i yodtal.a tae by surprba .
i Ups Til «tUl bare eyea ’ •
Wahid apeak in censor*: v
i tboM bo so unktod?
i np, for “Love is biindiW
' i BOtnMe^tr:
.'VJtfWto know,
ffi^aaTow m**
k some one, 1 trowj
hers do. air.
[ get rosy
SE, JANUARY 8, 1891
Land Lor Sale,
A tract o r 20 »iferes, good' chtv wib-
aoll, 4 mile> r rom Rarnwell. lOo acrcsiu
wood, 00 clcan-d, 40 acre* in ham-
muck, one f amed tenai t bouse, good
well Of wat r.
Part cash. Balance on time Apply
T. WUOhWAf tr.
Only ten. years of joys and te^rs,
m meny end ideody weather,
Il tvo blendetl our lives togetber, my love.
Have welded eur hearts together.
On!/ten year, of hopes and fcar*t ,
Their pissing wAj fleet.
But taeir living wa.< sweet
In merry and cloudy weather, my love,
As wo’/o journeyed along together.
- Boston Globa.
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MON i Y 10 BET*
$150-000.
At^’^ to 10 per cent. Interest. 0®c to
five years tim *, sccuml by faruLJlimt-
tag*H. For further particulavs apply U~
.(. O. PAT i.hs<»\.
Real Estate and lnvo^tatg Agnit.
July 11 - tf K»f uwell. SC.
Horses aqd Mulor
THE CLERK'S STORY.
£
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T| UST Ar*4vu4-ab«t of hi>-
*| llacnoks H >KSKs r u,;,«.<> a_lol <
fiice farm a nl limber Mil■I'C
tVUl.keep a fu i *‘t"ck of both iri*t *.*r
and Mules on ha *d ihr -uc.ii 'h»* w ini.
and spring mont ^ 1*^4) and ’IH
See' imr awl gel prh e* Ih^-
•lore purchasing wUowhenv
Yours truly,
P. J. ZE1ULEB & CO,,
Atlciidttle, S. <’
novll-tf _ ,
Dr.J. E E. MllillUl S.
Dental Surgeon.
Rlackviile, S. C.
Will have regular ap|H)iutm«‘iiii> as
follow s :
At Uarnwell, C. II from 1st. Mondax
<ur salos-day j in ea» b month to \\ ed-
nesday evening. Ullice at the Paitcr-
•on House.
At .Sally’s, B. A. it X. K U., frm';
3d Monday in eaob m oith to >V«'di * s-
day evening. Oltice a! Price’*. Hotel.
Will lx* at tils honu*otlie**at Biackville
every Friday and Satuniay fr«*m l»t ol
February to 30th September inelnsive.
and every Thursday, Friday andS.Hft.r-
day, from Ut Octubei to 3Kt January
inclusive..,
S Will make appointments with patient*
k meet them at either of his oflices at
<tny time.
• Patients will find It im>re comfortable
have their work done at the ofHve,
ough If devlre«l will call on - them at
Adr rei*iden«*es anywhere within tbirtv
lies of Blaekville .
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Secoqd Se^ioq.,
,)malley’sSale Stables
In the fall of IBoi} 1 wag employed as a
clerk in a general gfcore yt a cro* !i roads
m«onth< rn Indian#; The store, a church
and a blackspulh shop, with two resi
dence?, made up the buildings, and the,
families of the inerchimt ttttd thrr blacir* -
smith were tlio only residents. The
country about was t hie Ely eettled,how-’
ever, and tiad*> vras always good. 13c-
fore the inc-rciaait me he an-
nqpneed that I would have to sleep i;t
the store o’ nights, and that unless 1 had
pluck enonch Pol' .'.-e i :be i
marauders he did noi want mo at any
price:
lie showed rnc a rhotgnn. .a revolver
and a spring gun. which were used, or
on hand to bon-Wl, to*defend the place,
and tlu* whidowB wt re fvffitccted with
stout b.'.nls ani th ; du'TH by double
locks. Tim close of the war had drifted
a bad population ijifh Indiana. The
Icghway.s were full prTramps, and there
were hundreds of' men who had deter
mined to make a living Vy rome other
means than labor. In vcrcl attempts
■had Ik’cu mado toTo’TJho store, and it
had come to that pass that no clerk
wanted u> sleep there alone.
The m< recant SHli-fbsl vcith
answers 1 fr;«c niiivhnd on a certain*
Monday ir.crning 1 went to v.v.xk. The
same ni^ht a store alitmt four miles
away war. broken into and robbed end
the clerk f-eiiously v.up tided. Tw«
nights later three In ares were.stolen in
our neighl>f>rIiOod. At the end of a
v. ho was on his way
tore was robbed on the
a foot. Hid
on hands and
opening I set
There waa a
> That settled t!
• in the djpre.
whisi^rlKy#
then a ceijfcra
I intruders $o a-
saf>' in thedTcmt
: I drew
down the
candle and turd of t"
the iv-tfe, and I could
tion being worked,
was to drop my bund do
in their direction, but I rem
we h;ul so many article*,
no bullet had. a cbanc® tif
men. I was wondering W
I b.eard one of the men whi^peri'
‘■Jt s ml d ——d non enso.lf We
work hero a week and hoLhit it.'l
‘•Cut l to] 1 you to bring the
yen wouldn’t,” protested another.
I moot ion.
icoasu:nmat« *K
! ot tup tieart
fgdevounnr
»ki*\ then tlirw, fo«M>>
WQUlipave stolen mor*
Wh*.’* 1 ■;
i myT&tart; 14 inuat; .
were road* for you4
tetlierqpWue ,v,-
1 consenting. *
NfeitVerk JBKcaStt
grovruig letter * phyGicallyf
way i»p?wi«gp mtuLdly.
might 1 could tpt. recall n{£me*. f ro-
;; iraem\)ered my home, Edieua, Cyril Ruy-
■ thorno, evefythin^f but I could uot
speak the. uamo of u singloplaco or per-
t son. aHhou'gli scores of timea I soouiod
on the i>9int of doing so. '
Finally, I had. so far recovered that 1
wasdlifrumod that on the following day
tM^fbbo'digcMfg^Wbm tub iiospitaL ~
The last night of my stay in the hospital
arrived, and at a very early hour 1
sdnglit igy couch and was soon fast
asleep.
’ I am not naturally a dreamer, but am
a very sound sleeper. It did not seem
that I dreamed that night, but suddenly
1 found myself m a familiar epot. It -
night, atid ^thunderstorm was rap-
j^ffiy -eeming on. The black heaven* wem:
T Boamed with lire, and deep thtmdor
roared lilco an emaged monster. I was :^h they had been fighting for two.
standing on. the oldt^drlgo whidli span- j days r.iUlluvl. paiiied thv prcceding;iiigat.
wl
-a.** ”
OF %
1 bjteii'fit fl<lream nf-lr. Ir>«t nljhr— . .
Tlu. Avar o!'Cf jc<k ilitf ia,tiaEt , rayRsei eye*, v
tli.. well known iitliug la th j light .
la lh«? oRJ chair—anuJi « ! uofcprpi fco. -/
Nay, bill my ; onl wpiif. Out In r.neem-.t cry -e
01-w ltd reji -ieing ty hchoiUbiTrt tttant **■
Ami at bm ft*, it an'ilt e-gr. uLm-i/,
T uxiiUCil Eia hatiRs, Atul Lu* soft era;,'
hair. g
‘Tftth/ir, flear tktWSf , l» ft nittliy /buT ”
* f-py^lt, can-' ilu> daulc tGat at my. ueart doth
* ache— 1
Bay That Gimhour b iBcrei/ul atyI ini?,
AU.i lii-. i t & ; ... i^i •> „ r.ii
One Mtcaiaat,—juat t»»e ntom<n>t U» l It wwa 1 **. -g
It* KUiiledi tipen awe: them n:y boy? ^ ua o'er.'
Batsoh, thunk 12>«1: |t ,jjsiy in n iji.,afU J».
I Uure bebeki my Uf? a Lv -t fri<aiU utwj^aif.ro.
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A LOST RATTLE . .
the sky and a fcclio^r report
M i 5*Uorv pancsrattl'S. Tho.
and looked af each other uncaaly. Tho
r t. iml alone Uad seen nothing, hgd
notb’mg. *Jk5vt over tio billiard
Wile he W4s ooltiblning ti mAgniCprtji
draw were bis »
But acothea came, then another.
TIic (gisgidh j^wrta imdtiplwtB .
p aius-de-camp-ran to txu> wiadow^,.; Wor*
r th^lPrrifgiansgoiug to attack? ' * 4 , . 1
I “Well, b-t thorn attackr inid tb*
marahah chalking his cue. ‘liVor tom
to play, cup Inin.” •'
The ttniT Euttcred with admiration.
Turonao n/.oop u.?>ott a gun carriage was
nothing compi-reddotbMmirshul,stand*
ing *o calmly be!^r#ilfe Idllfard table nil
the Tory momentjof action. Meanwhile^
1 lie unroar rcdoubletl. With tl»» caimort
the
■.;«S
j boyhood, honie. Buddenly a-, flush of uPath tho drenching
li^tning shotted mm EaiomrUurrying - wore exhausted. N-evctjhti
•leng the bridgb. ♦
V Startled, and amazed that rf|| jhonld,
be there at such a time, I wal about to
make my presence fruown, when an-
otfier flagb showed *a necond person on
Plainly
for three
mortal hours they bad Ihocn kept Wiiil-
iug, with grounueil arms, iu the pud-
dlej of tun UighwAye and the mud of tho
eonked fields.
j Mrots - wero lait cdod. the roar, of tha*
; miiTaillceifSb and the roll of the platoorf
mmifeatry. A red emoite, black at the
edgi^. mounted from tho extremity 'of
-• AB the lower part of
ram, tho feulUicjs V-- : Tho fright«5cd
pi acocke « hcHPlpt clamored in #o
1 uvutry; Tho Avaa^hbrse a, scentiag ti^>
[ powder, pranced iu tho stables. Thq
headquarters commenced to grow ex
cited. Dispatch followed difpntch. Con-
Ovtrcorno with fatigue jiud loss of
the tfridgft Plainly I saw his dark, ’'sleep, thrjr unJoruts heavy with water,
Mustachod, evilly handsome f.teo, and'j- ihey budiBnd m
pla^ily 1 heard Edieua’s cry of surprise | sustain themselves. Tbero wef** Lome
and fear as ho confronted her midway j who rlept a* they stood leaning 'on their
.... . « the trestle. Thei* through the dark-
writc the storj of tho neg8 q, ; gttd Ui* Jjiumphant cxclama-
BJioni* XTvldmcr,. I hw
T fkt?*? V J2 yon now* Twico } taw a.,UJ yoa to
nr ebook t .e.r l.i.ids, ^ m w: f !t nn tv t 0 >t „■:!4 r -fa i]
tedas if tkey thought. \r_ A ■ ■ *-* \
ited. Tlmre is one,
neighbor's knap
privation wcip
unbent fact s
sAcke, and wc-annv. b.g.'.d
‘‘Oh, dry up!” pn. in a third vc
“What we want to do is to go uj
Wang that counter hopper
.AtkoMmo^utUe'rai.- -
TTH g;ve t he cussed thing a few
trials,” sai l the tirrt m.tn, and I
him working away again. My
could not have toll mo tho number of
rubbers, but my d'.ra had. Tuero were
three of them, and they woro no doubt
desperate and determined men. They
•spoke of bringing me down to open tho l^wij
4jflW| as if no it ii lance was anticipated / “
t»r taken into account. Indeed, they
might xvt’l reason that they had mo at'
their iu rev. Too rain was now falUng,-
th*
now Kitting near the tu-
writlng that believes
ly^ Indeed Edionnr
dfe. knows full well that
■*w I am about to write is
and sdbrn. To-night I ilwean yon shall j
| consent to marry me, or >uu, meet fBur
| death in tho waters of Crookpd river!”
| Then came another flash of light that i.
‘ showed my darting struggling in his
j vile Hasp. To my ears came a cry that
| stirred every drop of-jMpbd in ifty veins:
UM pictured on those
abandoned to slumber.
Rain, mud, no firm no soup, a M.a koiiMl
thp uteoiug sky, aiid tho enemy, cn all
sides. It was wn hrhel.
What worc-tboy lioing-thcrc? What
was taking place?
The cannon, their xutuzles pointed to
ward tho wood.*, h .1 the .nr of v.'TfcTTicg
sumctiling. The nKr krd imti,aill;u.-.e*
ttarH lixediy fit the horizo i. Every
thing seemed ready fur arfuita: k. \\ hv
ners arrived in hot haste.- They de-
ipaudcd the marshal."
" The nmnimt was inaccessible. Nothing
could prevent him trom finishing 'tho
game. x
“Your turn to j lay, captain.*”''V
But the captain’s mind was elsewhere.*
So'much for being young! lie bccamo
confUfed, forgot bis caution, and ’made
two shots which nearly gave his oppo 5
re nt the game. This tim*; the marshal
grew furious. Surprp;© and indignation
burst forth on his m.mly viitffiiJufc
at tjiis,moment q.hbm tero into tho' 1
Lpmt yard it ait rttblo paceaudfilrop^d
tfead. And aid-de-camp covered v/itU
mnd fVcc.l tlio guard ami leaped »]) tha
step- at a huu!i 1, ■“Alarfthal! ..jlajcshalfl
— m l HI! — !■
!■ . am-q Olid: did l
to
Bbildrou
shot
nigiit was vary d irk, and a pistol--
ii iT- s' >r.‘ cor, 11 not have been -
\ftfk
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Last winter and spring l ->UI larg»
bumbers of the best liorses an iinij< > t«
bltlzens of Aiken, Barnwell ttul Or
angeburg, giving complete »a -lactb i,
U^every customer. *e-
I am back again, better prep fed than
lar to give everwbnyer the fu | value
his money, an^resolved to run the
campaign of dS!>0on the sapie piatfurnT
, <m Which I won the first place in la^t
gear’s races. Before buying oa I on or
atorrospond with me.*, Smalley <dn ih**
saddle and will push all com etition
from the word go under hot spu
► . Yours trulv,
JOHN F. SMaLLE r, _
WilU^ton, >. C.
4 ^ sept 25-tf
\ pr. ]£. L, Harley
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DENTAL SURGEON,
BARNWELL, S. C.
Oflfera his professional services to the
t T eillaens of Barnwell and the, surro mti-
tlftk country Will attend calls in tins
.JCCtion of the »tate.
, References:—The Faculty of the
, DentaLDepartment of the Univer*ity
"‘Maryland.
“fflee at the Brown House.
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6. M. GREEN, -
ABTORNEY-AT-LAW,
M A*N WKLL. C. II.. H. C,
Will practice in the State and Unite l
JCourt* and give prompt it‘eli
te oil business entrusted to his care
16-ljr
a farni'-r
home fnan our
highway. .
If I 1;.. 1 not Ix^n a light sleeper teem
habit tiie-e oecrirn nc •» SvnuM have
tenue 1 to prevent t-s* lengthy dreams a.-i
I by in my little bedrr>om at tls* front
of thy secun<l story, Th 'revolver, was
always placed un*h r my pillow, nud the
shotgun stiMid within reach. The spring
gun was ret alxeat midway of tho lower
Hour. It waa a double barreled shot am.
each barrel cuntaining a big e bayg... of
buckshot, and the man who kicked tie*
string and disr luifgcd tin* weajHm would
never k:u>w what hurt Uia.
It «'.id not seem pofible that any one
could break into the store without arous
ing me. Tin re was no dour to i.ny room,
an<l after the people in 111e te;igliliorhood
had gone t.» bed I could hear the slight
est n» i-o iu the f tore. I had looked the
place oyer for a weak tpot iui l f'md
y-teited to find iKJmt rffyrrwn cmitiitnTfc
came near proving my destructiou. 1
sliould # have told you in describing the 1
store that just ovi-r tii(> spot where we
set the spring gun waa an opening*
through which we hoisted and lowered
such goods as were stored f..r a time on
tlte second fioor. When not in nso thi^
opening was coyeretl |.y a trap door.
Toward evening dii the tenth day ot
ray clerkship I hoRted up a lot of pails
and tubs, and had just- finished when
i trade became lo Vri. k that I \\ as called
to wait upon customers. Later on I saw
that I had!left the t rap do< r open, end. I
Ulid to myseU' that I would 1< I d go nn-
-til I went to Ih i].. The f-tore had the
only' burglar proof safe *for mile's
around, and it was customary for the
farmer who bad a hundred dollars or so
to leave it with us. He received an en
velope in which to enclose it, and ho
could t'nko out or put in as he liked. On
this evening four or live fanners came
in to deposit, and as I afterward figured
up we had about §U!>00 in the safe. i
There were two strange facets in the
crowd tbat evening. One belonged to a
roughly dressed, evil .eyed man, who ;m-
riounced hinisilf ;as a drover,'and the
other us a professional tramp. I gave
the latter a piece T>f tolvmro aind some
crackers and cheese, and he soon went
away, and we were so busy np to 9
o'clock that I did Hot give the drover
much attention. When we came to sli ut.
up the store he had gone from my nfind
altogether. We counted up the cash.,
made some charge? in the day l>ook, and
it was about ID O'clock when the mer
chant left. I was tired, and I took a
csUidle and made the cireuit of the store,
set the spring gun and went to bed. I
had to pass with in, six feet of tho trap
clour as I weht to my room, but I did not
see it. It wai a rather chilly night in
October, and we had no fires yet, and as
I got under the blankets the warmth
was so grateful that I soon fell asleep.
It was the first night I had gone to bed
without thinking of robbers and won
dering how I should act in case they !
came in. I did not know when d fell
asleep. I suddenly found inystif lialf
upright in bed, ondjlbere was an echo in
the store, as if tHo fall of
aroused me. It was
heard ia either of the dwellings.
If t-uy had r T*. to l that I might be
.•miiuil wauld iiave o.Tiat it with
th.: fact that I waa a boy of IB, with a
girl’s face an 1 prohaldy a/rfiTs nenre.
T don’t deny that I was a bit rattled, and
that my lip would quiver iu rpite of me.
but I was at the same tiuio fully de-
lennk'. d to protect the stora iT tt eoSt
me my life.. How to g^it at the follows
was what bothered me, bat that trouble
was soon solved.
“There.” whispered the man at tho
combination as he let g* .of ic, “I won’t
fu d here another mi:mte. That kid
knows tho combination, anl we can
make him work it. Come on.
They were coming up ctairs. The tiest
place for me would boat the hea l of tho
stairway. The hi lira ha 1 a half t urn in
them, and I would fire upon tho first
man who came within range. I heard
the men coming back to the stairway
and my nerve gave way.. It wasn’t from
cowafJire, but the kno wledge that I was
to kill a human being upset me. I de
cile 1 to r tre. tt t nny rodai. aad if they
[%*►!.!-d in coming that fir I would
Sabot. The trio ha 1 rubbers on their
tv,-t, but they c u:n J^l Ltuirs without
trying very hard to prevtu
no
©n
long
thorne, ]
tffiBtr
left
ther.
ajmiJ? at Hu; same time ; t
t dealt him a terrifi* Wow. taat wilt him 1
/eeliug against-thf- rfn^g o/ ilie liridge. *
Tho rOtteu guard Wl fiingimq
op his arms, with the Irpk of raiuttera-i
n© norror on hia face jlainiy revealed'!
by tiro vivid ghn*e, lio uttered one wild 1
•ry and plunged downward into tho'
dark w&tur. Ediena utte^d one joyful
crys ,
, ; •‘Jasper! JasperU *> A** -
* Then she /-ink un*onaepor.s at ray feet.
From that moment 1 k»*y no mor© un
til I awoke in thoniomiagAp find my
self in the hospital. And Urthv tnorning
my memory was fnlly r^tor d to it
natural condition., i Rand
*iny &vni naihe sad Fan i
*fi1end». That day I hit
k I resnajae l la the cit# a \*S'k t anf
during ihe entlr:) 4fcbe* .ihy whsum©
dream—if drqam it wa -trarrlbil ine
w 1. ^ . j constant 1/. Wa* .Edjena, in Rouble?
b n r)iJ tl|0 nwMl my proteetlun^
As a final result, ontniglrt % hoarded
a swifHrain, and tn theynyrning 1 blood
st re-
m to-
older tvs seemed
Even^theu sha
Irps havo told,
joys nml^KT-
tber. As happy,
yre romiied and
tim# wo mingled
gridf* Aatbe >;ears
affection forarh other
find iW;*;r.
fair add poro- as
! nnder tje I
r tbeu, bnt I was
Choughl of marringB
moid-
a ig ad-
who
aristocratic masr 1
Utet U
they w
aiflhgt
:JUUL
te—n
1 U'
m3
n g wii
T!v*.>
r were wat
ting f
*.r or.'
' *ra.
an 1
the
ti
ie t
HC© the
•
hoadqnarteri did
not ft
nd t!
iCUi.
V
ind<
.w, hia
latbar*.
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ia
i t?
Ifthei
re nrt sc
clvatea
a i« Eio ; t
vh* 0
f Lu’
[U3 ^
;iii.
V.ii*w 1
• IJcr, mar-
-hal’tec:
red tori
cha of wifi
oil, V.
h :
by t
he r
ain.l
•n,
try r<>
>1 - r
giiftm
ed on | lie 1
fiifeidi
e mnu
ingtl
ictr
CCS. |
Await
my out
to.-!”
It wa» trulv a
l>rin'M
Tw d
wclb
.Ttgi
«ud I
Ate*
V he clu
• ed the
wrll v.
orthy of t
leariii
ruio
lam
ru r <
*f •
J
them ii
.'xm u
maribi
d of Franc
V. Li
‘hintl
agio
atd
itch i
Tilt
■y were
doing
h rage
bal ar
hud purple la
•mxt at tha
1 cue in bis liand. ,
terr belaid/ “What
iitlr.cl on duty?"
reeectlr. Let them
Lb or**cr6,
that, the
poor
which
■vay
KHOr. U xo ;
d that 1 knew .
niycB of my i
Ldtqiifiil.
and a ftone raiiii’g
them fn.ta tho bigli
raifetraigliL in* to the atejia of
shte, c\cu ai d green, and t
vasoa U flower*.
Ou-thc other side, the private sido of
l lijll nlli the l cd;,o wna full of luml-
] The wind «lrov»* the rain and *h otfoUfe
the man
ned with
his wealthy
18t)»>|i iprew jeai-
fawping and flatter-
Cyrlb Stay thorne in
nl young Igdies
.dined to be flirts.
>no ixceptioa. \
as 4tUy m
Bud
Of
the atttmtiori'be-
who* h
making a
noise.
i he bno who came fir t had the candle.
J'J'jJ ijiSi liKpiiji:tt 1 1 1-0. I wli 1S I
saw a'knii'e hi l.'n other hand. They
made tv> delay i-i e[>]iroa*.iifi!g lay room,
and with a j ri'ut c.'fert, I braced myrelf
for wbat.J raw mu:t liappvn. They
n udd not ivo m# until within three or
four f> ct of the doer, and their first inti
mation that I was out of led was when
thev Ja a: ! i:.f» cali untj
‘‘Stop, » r 1 il slioot I”
Cft bad li.ti.i cow n d with the Weapon,
ai.d i‘>r fift» cn vcccnfis there was a dead
sllenfro. Then they g. t a plan. TIic;
man with tlio cun.ije dashed it on tlu.,
lioor, and, I seppeso they meant' to rush !
in on mo in the dark, but l ( lu ckmated
it t.y rpenfng fir -. T l?y then either ■
meant to retreat down stairs or toward
the rear of the iVor, for I saw' tho three i
together moviifg off. and tire d at tiui. !
dim figures. Tim e seconds later there !
was a great shout of horror, followed by
cus
ing
\ artic
are nat
f an 1 Ed
Not but that
dual ly as
serious ^
for a time
stow ed upon her
Niniileu i»y her
, sweetness. 9
I was iwor, a carpenter's *on, and this]
fact alone iu th© eye* erf her parent* dis-
i qualified me ms a eon-iudaw. Our
Saviour was a carpenter’s bob. but tins
fact lias not caused the calling to be
deemed more lofty than it was nineteen
hundred years ago. Buienaki parents
! were on tho outlook for h “good match”
| for their daughter and they looked wjth
favor upon CVril Staythem©. '* THey
I were too Bri o to com© out fqiopjy and
request Ediena to havo - no thing furtlmr r
to do with tho poor carpenter’s km, bat*
in divers ways they slid everyth ing’they
rcould to separate us and to install Stay-
■thonie in her favor. \
I r hall never forgot the fueling of rage
by my dailing’s bedtridc. *fiko r.;«irjusFf* nothin
recovering fc -0111 a burrofvere RL
neg*. Ah she clung to ray hand srid
shod tears of ioy ‘slu; sobb^fl reproach-
fully; A 1 * J tUoaneft flowers uf tb«
“OH, JasfWf Way did you leave ino'j it was something' ii p
jeroon tluit bridge after rresuing me
nous gajH; tl.e pond
were swimming ►fr* r<
mvtijoi-; nnd torn alh tht
rextf of an in mu n>
!• brill i'rits i:Jo tli
golden phoosauiM
suredd Ibcir fails.’
* Ah li^gah'tluj j .i
th* ro iyu:
tn
n
l
[mL
da
swans
a
ibnpi'd
uviary, r ‘riding forth
■Tc. a :gc, | aci A* and-
bottt their tv iu:> and
their f.K:s. V* hole battalion* were .ex
terminated, whilo others t-tood csclcss,
their wesqm* ia Di. ir bands, unable to
cotnjirehvnd the rwo!i«-ft liciiinuctivitV,
There was notiuasi for io«ui to do. They
wv r«' »Y.*ai Lag urehas. But us one can
ULo without orders, the men fell dead by
i 1
ad'
rted.
meters
l I ho ieek leyaucss,
Jbo ovcrwlnhuing dt dilation of wai-.
'TUo yrffiamme of the Hvicf of tho srmp
*04*1 l>fco**rvcd everything, e ven lu fb<-
’«» and
ive to find so
hundrod**, _ behind the . bushes, in lb#
ditches, be loro the eileat ^r.\nd chateau.
Jiven whoa fallen shot tore thorn 'sttM,
.and Item their gaping u....n h* t-x* j n-
erou# W-kh1 of Franco flowed ntuseloself a
Ab^vO in th ? bfiliard hull lkings wen*
coming to terribly close quarters, also.
Th
marshal had resumed lii* advance.
t;at >he oaptaiu d>4rudfid himself like a
4ieu.
. near Hi* 1 ' field of battle the opulent calm
’yrii SMgttornostumd jJ’ "* j nets which art * , from ordt ily urrungu*
'Wkat do! p><i moan?” I hoarsely im-nt.-, tre.m nir itht icv, - '. of tr. t i .md
gapped, scarcely able to credit my ears, j from the sib nt depth of nvuiu
i
and despair that Beizod mo as ono day I
saw Ediena seated in Cyril Staythorne’s
hand some carriage, with Stayfkorne
himself by her side. I cannot desarihe
our next meeting. Dow much I wsw to
blame for what followed I now knew,
but I then thought I had just cause for
what I did. Hot words were uttered,
and for tho fust time wo parted in
unv-vr. * <A;- ‘ '' ''j
l ho iiekt day I left the quiet New
England town wj^ere twenty-one years
>f my lifo had L'een spent, A passenger
‘hml witnessed and taken
dream. Bbe^hliy said:
“I was over to Mabel Gray’s, whe re k|
intended to tqwmd th^ night, wl-Mn Hh- !
thunder stornMiaiac up. I doa’i kSyvy
why I did it, but I resolved to return
homo, aud I started out despite the pro
tests of both MnU l ami her mother. I
met Staythdkns on thq britlge. He seflpd
me in jig vilo a^d I called for
from IlSk haoa:-, ct the sanui-lime hurling
lii*u quxhe bridge. 1 caug/it one gUmpoe
of )6vr face a* it was revealed by the
lightning, and thefl I fainted. When 1
recovered* consciousness U was taining
and I was alone ou th© bridge.”:
“And Cyril 9t:iythorne?” 1 asked.
^Was found tho following day float
ing a corpse on Crooked river.”
My story ends here. I havo already
told you that Ediena is my wife. I can
not explain tho mystery of my dream. 1
can oply write the question that I have
asked myself a thousand titrute:
Was it a dreniiu?—William % Patten
Yankee Blade. . a
htg’
d
2 way*
away Cut into the world,
y where that
no op©.
. , . , , train bore mb away
Lie treineadous report of the double bar- [ \ va s going anywhere that I might get
ivied^Fprmggan, aud then tucrc was ate [ awa j- f rt , m the hateful spot thi^t I had
tolute olcncci : alwavs known ns home, where-
I think I stood in rTe TteTiTT<hflldTig tik>7 n
a l'*af for fully thrw minutes before the j f roin whom I thought fate had separat- > twalft;
,ed me forever. .
I sought ami obtained employment in
a great city, the crowded streets and
hurrying rush of which scorned
strange and unnatural to me. I
forget my old homo and Ediena, but 1
soon found it impossible to do so. Strive
as I might to tear her image from my
bosom her fair, sweet face waa almbst
always Iwfore me. Sternly I t
imey-at-Iaw-
BARSWEI.L, C. H . 8. 0.
oven post oltiee . 1 _
silence was broken by a groan. Then it
rame to me that the robbers had fallen
through tiiy ojk-u door r v % i the cord
leading to the gun. I struck a match,
lighted my - own candle, and going to
the openiui? Saw three Ijodies lying te*-
low, ’ Rhnuiog Wck te the bedroom to
recharge my revolver, I thou went dowu
stairs to investigate. '
It was as 4 suspected. Tho three had
piteked down together. The top of one's
head had been blown off, >by tho shot, a
second had a hole in his chest os lug os
your fist, while the third, w^p was re
sponsible for the groans, was severely
wounded in both legs. It was three
months Ixrfore he could be put on trial,
and he then got foiar years in prison.
The whole thing was a put up job. The
“drover” was a Chicago burglar called
“Clawhammer Dick,” and he had hidden
himself in Ifie store that night, and then
let his pals in by the back door. They
had u horse and wagon in the rear of
the builtLpg; aud the plan was to rob
the store ref goods as well as to get at the
money in the sagp. A Ut of carelessness
on my part not only saved th<r.ftere and
U of Bornt tbingtad ■°y iife.41ut y. iptf out a tary
1 o'clock, and I Dad e^S-- *tetou Ctamauul
Then sho describe*] a sc*no just as 1 ; The rain, which Ini d fhd
part iu m>j with such wretched mud And plowed
such deep furrows, was there but an eh
gunt, aristocratic shower, brighteniH
tho red bricks and tho green <-f the gro.
plats, milling glo*s to tho leaves of th-
orang^ trees and tho white plumago uf j
the ewans.* Lven thing shoa •—every- ;
lldng was s'iil. Verily, without the fi;’ « '
which w'as flying fruni tbo peak of the
i*oof, without tho two f-ol'dihra on guardd
anrfwnatehed m«mh-4rrf^rc tter t** :yt Tn-'^.'TteygFy^tbbri-g!' huTe- -
Hev entcen? ei^hleer.! ^tlnsteop!”
Scarcely had tlvey tim© to mark th#
p« lut#. Th© pcfoo of tha iKdile ramo
n<* ar* r. Tive marslial had bnt on© mor#
to uiuk$k Already bombs had reached
thoji&rk. On© exnli led ovsr the p<rad.-
Tho mirrorlike suifMco was convulsed,
mid n terrified tw an bwoiu about la
whirlpool of bloody featfiers.
tile lust *hct<
Tlif 11 no i>ppT«sdT8 silence. Not
lling upon the hedges, a
t the be h© of th© hilluek'
aid ou tho soaked lijghv/ay* soaiethin^
41 0 patter of a hurriod flock of
kuo as ay wu-i u> fail flight, bnt
Won hi* gjuac.—Air
Ul IU *
It
JotlSr*
v but,the rain f
1 confuted roll
f ~
the
ph<
,e IE
cep.,
im
rshul lu‘.>
1 uiolb *
-Vvhite
Origin of Ltfftl Sjeasero,
Our measures'ct length Originated in
th© dawn of civilization, 4fefl ce,x5 to us
through tho Anglo-Saxons. The yaVd
was qriginally -tho length of a king s
arm?“tho foot, the length 0$ bfehgcdul
extremities. Th© word Inch is derived
from the Liftfer- nncia, A twelfth ^1,
but why the foot was divided into
AeJTeved i the miririsry headrpaart
The h'»i“n:a wero reposing in tho stables.
Hire und there onj met grcOrns, or- !
| derlic , iu mulrerv uniform lounging ih j
i the vkiidiy of tl«o w kitehens, or some gar- ■
j d^ntr in red pantaloon';tranquilly draw-
! ing bio rako through tho graval of the
j pi in {final, walk 3.
j Tlio diping Hall, tho vylndowa cf which ,
. opened uj»n ther.teps, displaying n table ,
I half *i r.rrvl away, uncorked l^tv's,
l soiled mad empty drinking vr.-seL», lo*rk-
Ing-Wan cn
fag cud of
rests. In 1
board the l of
of rolling billiard fc
ts. Tho marshal was
end that was w hy t he
ing orders. When the mar.-ha! ha J price !
commencod lite game the heavens might *
fall, but nothing on eatth could prevent J
him from finishing it.
Billiards! L
irwft .c
ILamt
iL f Gregor- b *
4t is in the
■—mfr
.cdUaye. -at Is tn tire sum©
r. >\v ns it was when Hront.
rnittir© kton<ls tn th©
a «.
tho rumpled cloth—all
1 in nr r dererted LCy
joining 7tppftrrf»nt
ve’
IK
t y*
I
tra 1
the
laughter,
of ’'j’
i’t-uying uci game,
army was await-
. ua>,
■J 1
instead of tenths or elevenths,
ims to be wise enough to tell.
h suggested that probably the
^ inch waa^origi||sUy the length of tho
second joftat of the forefinger, and that
twelve of these obd#t equal .the»lemct h of
the fOr©vm, a rerages about ono
tootinlengtb^Sgi?^.. * •
The in<^i heed Wbe' dkided into three
• ‘baiieye»rtsB,’ >> whieH Wfb simply tjfir
pg^^-Ldength ofthe gnuu or “06m” of tho bar
ley. Th© “mil^Was
paces, as its name
rived from th# flrat w
phrase millm
paces.” The
doubtful—4^.
Tiio game waas tliifl great ■warrior’s
weakness. lie Flood there, as grave a*
m batt’o, in full uniform, bis breusicov
ered w ith decorations, Ids eyes spuridjug
‘•:.l Ui* eyeballs indamte by ri o dinner,
ihe game and his ])Qtatioli8. Ilis aids-
tho. G
cc.ndiitaa
died The fcj
xauu* pl.-u i h. Mruftho talknv candle half
burned down to the/oeketestetnds ou the
tab! *, !>©. r ai •« the two tn'iut urmebaira*
in whiefi he bfeath**d away his last
hours. Piece© of his l.vt writing, con*
bisiir.g of slips from his j»ad. are idsowti.
and ther^ is a tall, fine looking soldier iu
nnifonn whir^hjee;* in the cottage and
takes care of t!ic re!it a There are, on
tho. average, almit ” bfloO visitors a year
iv. jynl many pathetic inpldenfs occur.
Hr eyrry nn© thr.t come* wants to
takeaway -tmm memc-ntoof the pladE
and many.pick up tlm grave!of the walk
around tho bo us©, Riipporiijg tteu they
arc carrying off Ktouea trudileu by the
f«xit oMLrant.
The inrtb is that this grafltilhi* to be
renewwJ ©very month oi^ ncrmuit of
thc.-e relic huntete, and the Btoqg» they
(Oirry away have never Been (Irani Mr.
Arkell, who owns the mountain, tells
me he was offered i.to.OCK) for the cot*
tag©, and t hat the men who oflered this
wore wosteni men. who said they wanted
to cut up the cottage mid s*U it for relics.
The probability is that they would hav©
sptjctiul.' ufteriiig' exclamatToiM of ad- Chicago afid «hown it thermit
miration at each of bis shot©. *When the 1 rition. in the skiuc way that Libby pri.son
marshal made a point they all prccipi-1 i* to be showii.—Cor. Cincinnati Tun©#*
tated themoelvea toward the marker. 1 Jt -
decamp surrounded him, eager and ns- : . tukf'n it to pi<c*s, have cabled it off to
it the expo-
, been asleep aliaqgt three liours. Leaning^T
* j’©a my elbow I Pained my ears to catch ;
4 th© slightest bound, and after a minute J
I heard a movement down stain*. While
The Ban I’lavrr.
Bobby—Do you like your nev^bonse?
Little Jwtianie—Yes. It has a vacant
t I^QOflld aut ly nhaTit; was, a sortof M-. tot next Cue#*—i^ach.
T *f
againft the power that seemed to be
drawing mo back to her. Many a night
dkl I awaken and pit bolt upright in the,
darkness of my little room, with her
plaintive cry founding in my cars.
“Oh, Jasper, come back to me!'*
It always seemed very real, but I rea-
soned^nyself into thinking that if was
all Imagination. I now know that many,
many times she uttered that very cry.
One day na accident happened to me.
I ygm passing along beneath tho spot
whWe repairs were beinj* mad© on a
building when a^ falling Goard struck
me senseless. 1 was piclreri'up and car*
ried to a hospital, but when I recovered
coheeloaihexs *1 did not CK?>w-my-ewn
name. My mind did iM^cern tlerauged.
I could remember events ^ud people, but
I couldjhot recalltfSFYHm^iff h hingl©
person whom I knew. They told mo
that I ha*l been 1 ov* rely injured and itifcfxod from*
that doubtless as I improved my n^piory tree was 120 f >et toj
v.1 servo m • better. ’ f^-t f»#m th*
* Fur tcvend days I Lay there, gradually Ledger,
- Fresfto
front and
est large
era, it is a
in tha
aina, tv©|
Meadows,
by almost
that the hun
buibknito and
at 1,000
te do- ‘
Latin
’•*%' tliorusand
fho “red” is
biia
If
of tho 44
Hunt^
ie Sierras, 1
the mount-
tacky
l nriie
When the iaarelial was thirsty they uU}
wished to prepare Ids grog. ’Twas a j
ush of epaulets and plumes, a clash of
crosses and metal tipped shoulder knots,
and tho isight of ail the agreeable hiuilt.s,'
the fawning, com-tb r like teverencce (J
so much enibroidery and so many new ^
tusiforins in k tmttlofty oak wainscoted
hall, looking on(, ujjou parks u;i# courts
of honor, recalled the #Mtuiara of Com*
aid contracted RtraBgel#withtlie
weather stained overcoats Vaiulywaiting
along the highways and foruilnftesuch
sipmb#B#p’©niiB beneath the
ho*ate'
The '^ftrslial’aopyoucnt W j
ju tlj^pilitulT, Halted. Viiit
doubt the
bated breath.
captain
Lair
and light colqfed gloves, whiTWts $n
rspall© wHIHII
f^ni-bing aD th- rt mr.i*alicto iu the w.>.i i l r ^4
bt V.e fBa/0'hvW id Letpait a
dlffnace f ‘ow Tiiz chie.lr aiiA^ildle he
^.•txcTe not fa^in endeavoreJncc to
‘■bttiten too e#niy.
an 001
He was. .as th« y ca
M<pfflcer * “Jifl 4 * tut • mute
truTy an in foresting ^am©.
KuRkpcd, lris> ed and, crossed their col
Cuddonl-v stcteiiueii flesh
js
rt ac
|Jt»pr*'rfatf«»n In the Krlee of Gnfx.
Aiming the art treasures which used *
tdNidurn He. drawing room in his niUrbl©
now <K‘cn]Mtd by the Man button
club. A~ T. Stewart cherished a block of
Mexican <niyx twelve inches square and
about F<*v©n-«‘!ghths of an fuch thick. Ha
gave^qo for it. and it Was considered
an unusually big, rare pifyo of irfcat waa
•then a precireus stone. So rapidly teargfcfrv
t^e onyx <tepesfTs of Mexico .ksan
vedoped since theyln.ofthe'ljftjttan
[T-.n'-e. , T lllr.L kwlfor of Q&ta tho —
ram© sue as the <4kdDbi greAPTrad^r
<1 so highly be purclm
Jm * foratoon t $5. or for a
1 deal lesksfliHa one-hnndredth fiart a
' r”' ur.ee he paid^ Blocks of ^myx of <
•et are uo\? ^hipped her©. <*ut a_
cc:pmerai?{l siae in Brooklyn aud sent to
the K#w Cngb nd iactoriMe to be potLshjpd.
or tutor or decoration onyx black Airt-
rUe. so ionu end ahurtst exclu
sively. Hah I h** n r.hn(W KUjx*raeded‘ !
lh«- motibvf Htcue now found in
on cur ewa contmvut.-
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