The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, June 18, 1891, Image 1
You XIV.
BARNWELL COURT HOUSE, S. 07, JUNE IB, 1891.
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By MARY KYLE DALLAS.
*Mind footing UV' mid the tall girl to Out
“* ; other.
When the train stopped at Corinna
two girls alighted from it. Particularly
tailor made gills, with no frippery abotH
them. There 1 was a enrioos likeness Ih>-
tweon them: not that of relationship,
for their fcatilrcs were unlike, and while
one was tall and dark, the other was
short and fair, but that which come)*
from following the same train of ideas
or being interested in the same pursuit^
the sort of thing thrst makes us say
"That is a teacher,” “That is an artist,”
"That is a clerk in a store somewhere,”
without firing able to define our reasons
for knowing that we are right.
. These two girls, though their travel
ing costumes were utterly correct, had
laot the manner of society women. They
■*vn*n» more otlhand and indejien'lent.
As they stood on the xdatfonu awl
iheKi' nwy rHi>
Uiflt they could take cart* of themselves.
The drive™ of the stages from the differ'
mt kotrls held open the doom of th«*ir
vebicleii.Tmt tlwy took no notice of them.
“Hind foofiug ttr laid the tall girl to
the oth«»r in a careless way.
"I like it,” responded t!»u short <»ne,
with a smile. Th«*o th« y took a firnu*r
grip on two substantial traveling bags
' and two idlk umlirellas, r.|ioke to tin*
haggage master In reg.urd to two stJid
trunks that stood not far away, and
started up the n*ad, leavinj the village
Mud taking tla-ir way country ward.
Hoitn tli**y wen* among gns*n fields,
bounded on ouo side by dvicw wool-
laud, on the other by a river. Mu** on
this bright day as the sky aboVe^ it. v
Then* wen* jdenty of old oak trivs, then*
Were tnyviaiis of haz-1 iHish****; gol*W-n-
n*<i and Nc|»tune*s trident m.*i!e a tfivut
iJa>w along the irregular t>tone walk.
The n*»ts of old fashion'd farmhouses
were visibh*. und la*rt» and tk rv m re<l
bam |«ip(* M «l up, and a long, low brick
building with a U-U tower on its n*of
and without shade of any sort about it
was \isilde irjsm a bill.
“What is that. Belle/” aslnsl the slant
rr nf the two girls of the other, who
seemed to know the place U*st. “Tie*
rcboolhouMe, I Mijipnniv It U w the chis*r-
.JLliL look ono c.%j>ecta ot tlmse institu-
tious."
•|5iit it is not the school, my dear,"
respond'd JWdle. “It is a kinl of com
bination jail and |s«irh..u*s*. They hare
very little crime mid »*ull lo* p»verty
lR»te. TIk’V had two idi< ts, four 'dd
women and a siuall color'd boy who had
stolen a chicken in charge last rear,
nnd felt themselves crowded. There,
Genie, I* our home.” *
“WhereT* asktd <ietiie. li*Ue |:oiut«sl
with her umbrella to a red Kpit lK*rw<s'ii
two largo tret's, and directly u|*ou the
■■riirac l^i^k -ind waliuu
j oung men might have kopt bouso in
much the same style. Shortly they sat
down together over n cup of coffee nnd
Bome mndwichea which h^d made the
ey with them, and then went out
for n walk, arm in arm.
“I never told you why I studied medi
cine, did ir asked Genie softly, grow
ing confidential in the dual solitude.
“Never,” said Belle.
“I am engaged to my cousin, who is a
doctor. He k> in Fmropo just now, and
Wo thought it would* lx> very nice to
work together, to hftvo one object in
life. In the fall we are to bo married.
So many of the students have no interest
in that sort of thing, but I thought you
would, so I tell yon.”
" “It iA a very nice prospect,” said Bello,
with a little sigh. “As for mo, I am all
never marry.”
‘ “Oh, you are so handsome people aro
sure to fall in love with yon,” said
Genie. •
“They have,” Said BeTe quietly; “but
now I will tell you my secret.. I have
l>cen in love; 1 shall never love again; 1
shall never see the man I still love, nnd
I shall never forget him. His face is just
there liefore mo when 1 wake ia the
night, nnd often when 1 am walking in
the 8fre«‘t in the day time, so that I /eel
as if I could put out my hand ami touch
it. I hear his voice. I remeuilxr things
he said to mo. It was on a voyage to
Kurnpe that we hecamc acquainted with
ca< h other. Pa|xi was living thep. He
object •si to «Mir engagement. He told
me he would put an end to it. Ho did.
I never nskisl how. Then I was 1H, i
now I am *J4, but I fo-l just the same. I !
am not foolish abont Carhw, I shall not 1
sigh and pine over it; only it wns sweeter
than anything else can ever be. Iliad :
my happiness. It is over. Now I am a ;
dnct'H with a career ls*fore me. Mbit's
lives often liegln like that* Wliy not a j
woman'iC'"
“Oh. R ile!” said ttontn. “p«*rhaiw you !
will Mi*> t a *ntn after nil.” j
Ik-lUk '*T never said nil that to any one i
else. Tell me «U tlvnit )tmr mm low#
affair vvhenevt*r ymi choose; I shall like
to lWtf*a. I only Wnut*d you to know m11
idwmt mo t>>w that we are to bo eliums
for ths sammer."
“Thank you,” said Genie.
Th‘*y walked on arm in arm. Sudden- (
ly Gf-nie found that R*lh* h;»d hvl her. ;
iiit iware, into the vidnity of tho ugly
brick building.
“Why do yon «*<hiic horef* sh<“ask<^l.
“I want to .-how you Uk* l.wal tu-
! ititntious.” s.tid IV lle. She In «l*l«*d to
■ rwooM wom«*n who sat in twndiUpi-
ialcl nt’king ch.iirs nt the <loor of a
long, low hung room, with U-ocIm'i* s«'t
igainst the walls and on unhint ked
^t-»vc with a long t tuv« pi|M* :-!ill tU.usi
I*:tg iu i? • pi e t . t!i ..Jgli it was bUiiii:i* r
ttiuH*, and jvi*-- ;■ * armuvl tlw botme
, eaine
very
! adori
ing to say. Ho did not seem to expect
that they should, but went on slowly:'
“If Jt wus one of them tramps, like the
one th;*t murdered the jieddler down to
Groton, I could brace up,” be said; “bfit
this is the nicest fellow, n gentleman,
Miss Yolanda. I'm as sure he is inno
cent ns I am that that there baby is. He
couldn't murder nobody: ’tiiint lu him.
My wife' knows it as well ns me. Don't
you, Sarah Jane?’'’ • -
“I feel to know.it, Bijah,” replied the
woman. “Ho says to mo, says he, ‘I
pray you to believe me innocent, 1for I
am.’ So pretty ho spoke, t can't allow
it is right for Dijuh to hev to hang him.
I wish you’d go in and see him, ladies,
and see what you jedge by his looks.
He is fun-in, but he is real nice. He is
a artist.”
“It would be a comfort,” said Mr.
Fenn. ou see lots of folks hi due
city, and you air real smart. You might
get an idea whether or no he done it.
I’d like y(»n should go in."
“Wo will go,” said Belle. “But tell
me, what Royt of murder was it?”
“They is different kinds," said Mrs.
Funn. “Some is j'*st temper, this
wani’t. It was h mean, low down sort, :
for money.” “ ,
“Old Uncle Peter White," said the ,
•lieriff—“u good, kind old man, foolish J
about keepin’ money in the lio : .Js«i in a j
lonesome place. This gentleman is a !
fnrriner. That la lpsaet folks’ jigin him, j
they bein'apr**i»4kH*oiva«-count <h them j
Kyetalians, and while Ire was down here I
a-sketehln’, makiti’ picture, Unrlc? Peter <
boardcxl him. Tom Bond, Smith'a^iiaed :
liamb-ijive tin* wust evideme agin him, j
and 'so the weeks that they had fancied
would be spent in a sort of iierpetual
pinilc began. So the dre;uns of happy
leisure hours, long rows up tho fiver,
long lolls in the hammock .ended, but/
Genie was heart and soul with her
friend, and the feat that she was mis
taken in Carlos gradually died away.
She heard how Belle’s father, a rich
man at the time, had dismissed the
young Spanish artist*—how he had led
him to believe her betrothed to another.
She heard the whole love story now-
such a pitiful thing-and she was a
daily witness of her friend’s fruitless
efforts to move those in power. She
went to t hr governor herself to Ivg a
pardon*or even ft reprieve, but lie had
proclaimed jpurdons too carelessly, had
been blamed for it, and desired to re-
Jld n«*nres mo that they will lx>th bo too
much intoxicated to know what they are
about by tho time that this is necessary.
“My husband will bo placed in a eolIiiL
which the sheriff will bear in ft wagon
*to the cemetery, his little eon leading
the horse. Gwlos will be removed from
the coffin during the journey, nnd when
they arrive it will have been filled with
stones, hidden in tho wagon for tho pur
pose, and so burled. Tho child will load
must have broken down nnd<*r the strain.
At last, however, (ievAe w.«j able to
Stand upon her feet again, mid Carlos
Showed symptoms of improvomeiit, and
one night-s)io felt that it Was safe to al
low herself a good night’s sloop;'real
Bleep, such us slve hail not had since the
ieanied that tho condemned man was
Carlos do la Rosa. Genie had promised
to lie awake and listen f or any hiove-
ment in the r«x-m r.eroe; the pv'/nge.
trievo his errors. Perhaps ho honestly mywdf to you and your cause; you shall
T^lie^r nrfld!rfi~TI15 in Ul» unium itf
was best to banish from tho» earth. ^ *
Isabcile, rueanwhilc. wenttnt luvprisofi
every d;i^-. None knew of her visits
save Fenn nnd his wife and Genie More.
Before long Genie was as thoroughly
convinced that tho young artist was in-
nceent us was her friend.
There, within the prison walls, the
two once more betrothed thems«*l,ves.
and om- day a new surprise awaited
Genie More. On their ariital at the
prison they found aw.uling tlewin mild
old priest, evidently <*f Spanish birth.
“Wo are to bo married. Genie,” Isa
U llo seid. “Carkis and L Howevcrjllir.
may end T am his, an 1 his only. I Wish
Ut be ho in tho f ight of < rod. "di . idc*s, it
will be letter, for many reasons."
They enUTed the t ell together, IVon
the horse away, and once out of sight of j And Istitsdle had Hlulhlx'red tranquilly
for hours, when a coft tf/neh from the
.small hand of her friend arotuied her.
As she Btincd the hand was over; her
month,
“Isabelle,” whispered Genic, “then* is
some stranger in the house. I heard feet
ujxm the steps that lead to the water,
then the di>or was pried open. Tliere-
listen.”
“They mav sumpeet us; they may Ja*
the road Mrs. Fenn will enter the vehicle
alnd drive to the spot. Everything F
prep«aredTo# ns in the curtained room at
home, if oair strength sufiiees ns to reach
it. ' U* liiftie, I am sure, but yours, mj
iwjpr child”- 1 —-
“Mine sluill,” i aid Genie; “will power
will work miracles sometimes. I give
and, to h* sure, his rusor was found on ! and his wife accoinpanying them. Th*
I 1
• oan *rd.* r, whirh ic\i h i a
lidy little p.irhir, its wimlow
i*l by white cm tains and pots »»f
g**raisiiniis, wln*re a woman sat sewing
j with her f«s't ti|siti »bi* rocker of a cnvlle
j -—a youngish' womaa ia a trdy itindin
gown mid a |e at white apr\»M -Wih»Mr.*iM*
and ran# * iM to gr«** t th**in.
They talked f*
“lx* **i*iii** in,
.M. * Yul.mde
,*’ she sa»«l.
tin* hlicnlT ht«KKi t
“1 la-ard y*#|.
w*‘f# cx'tjiiiig
down, and
XI n« Yolando ot
I’m r** il gift l b
> m*«* y*rl m iiu
**
and w:ilk< *1 out <1
‘TUmk 1 gq.
^■saLlkThi.—1!
Tltlu U my
t 1 ^n**w yi‘a *1
tn* , !i*l, Mb-* M
ur**, Kagmiic; t
bt&“*
knew that by y.w
Finn." •
! Mr. Fenn wh.*a
“1 am glad
to make y.*ur
a. quaint
j corner.
the lltn/r near where Uncle Peter was u-
lyiu’with his throat eut. All the Ivun-s
and drawers wus op» n, and bloody water
where gome om* ha«l wasln**l tln*ir hands
in the luvirdir'snxitn, and when thev alt '
reste*l him he had Ukiele IV-tur’s watch-|
iii hi'* prs ket. lie rwore he wus takin'.
it Jo lie re pains!, but th*^- dt-ln’t luliove j
him. Make him talk to you; I want 1
T W'tl’fttrtbWU. 'I A 1 |M
is goo.1 on fWv.i, anyway, and wai’rc
i-\t ry sui.irt:*’ “•
Mr. Fenn bKik a buoch of keys from n
|s*g behind th** «t<x>r.
| “They trleil v* l>lich him when he was
1 fetnh>**1 hen* fijxf and nn l.i'i way to
court,” ho fuhl. “Tlr re ain’t nob -ly
but thinks him guilty only uh. Uf he
; was, I don’t want to liMng n<» m iu, Imt t
fe.*l to know that he never doue it." And
| having come to tIP* corner of the land
ing that was tti<sl f.»r thJ pria m he u:i-
lo'-k**-! the d'sir. As tlmy entered the
sir felt at once clo'e an 1 chilly, and thv*
ndl into which tie-y w»we aduiitto*! was
rails r d irk. At the farther eml a man
sat on a w«sslt*u < hair l***f.»re a deal tabic,
his face lihlim* i*' his nrm.v
“Jienor, I’ve fetclit-,1 Mime cotupauy to
s*x* von la<li«-s % " raw Mr. Feuti. v
Tie* prisoiR-r lifted his head, allowing
>t s:e1 mid l>e.«uuful f.'wV with great,dirk
| eNavc He ks*k*sl from »hh* tot'ae other.
an«l uti*'nsl a h>w cry, and Belle Y*)-
lmde. steppiug U fM.^»
.Mil h'** - ha
jm »k rapidly ia Sjianrih. which Gei*n
did not m. Icr^tand
•r half on hour, while
faring nt tiK’m. Thcii
fered her hand again
f the eeM;
•u’l thin’; In* d*>:»c it. 1
Ix foiv t’u* others, put
1. Tiu'ii tho two Ixigau to
ceremony was p* rfonnwl. *
“Adieu, my aon,” i/dTl t!x* old priest
when he had uttered bin bb using, “ll !
yon die. men luurdtT an iunoceut man, I
and a pure soul takes its flight to heaven.
Ix;t this uphold you and your wife in th* - j
great trial yon may have torndure. 1 ’
It was on that day that Genie learned |
that u plan had lieei), deviseil f*»r tlie ’
—i.Ailoa t llii . .
carefully urrangisl, bnt ttie very niglrt 1
th.rt ft was to Lc caitied into effivt n
watch was put ’upon the prisoner. It
wus plain tha4 the man was ku. picions ;
c f tho sheriff, whose horror ot ofdciaUug |
at the ex»*cutiM*i ho ••jienly riillmVeijr. I
The plan cOnkl n«>t lie caretctl out in con-|
Msjuenco of- his presence. Th’C doom bf
Carl. *s tie U Ujkml was wftlod. But
suddenly u straug** light 1x*gan to gloa ;
\\\ luilxlle’s eye It nlmi«t seetaed s^
tlKmA hope had ri'toraod t*> tier heart, j
On# day sh'* went down into tlk* village !
and wlumi' l with y.irds <f ilark re*l j
rilexis. with which alx* veiled every win
dow of the great empty work rtKirn. BL>
M»w to the fasteniu :. < f its do -rs. Slu •
went to the city au*l came Ikhik* la Irn
wtth psrceW, which .‘h** n t mnfulh ;
oxiiU*. r*he had l«»nq ion%er*-rii.*U '\ritl;
the unhappy xlicritf. Carhis th
no longer h.^>. For w*:*!.* r.i*xm
f<»rlrt«ldeii. Tho waU'lx r Kit at theMoor
*»f the priomaml warn*devery om away.
Geiii** eould not git'* t whut ho’iw woo ju
1 LciNdle’s mind. At l;u»t o:ie day thi.*
I latter taid to her;
[ “Guile, jc-u have U.n a true Lioud
* could
tLwa
to m*
thau)
I shaH »<x*o itsk von to do
seats,” f^ai«l Mrs. Fenn.
mid
more rapidly than she hud done, an
carrying her umbrella over her shoulder,
while Genie followed her with xboru-r
steps, now that they were imt walking
together, and putting her umbrella un
der her arm in rather masculine fashion.
Tlx* house was n tiny building of one
*tc«y and a loft, painted a bright re l. A
narrow entry ran through* the middle,
and on ono fiido was a large room
that looked like a workshop, on the 1 {
other two rooms of equal bi/x*, one fur
nished as a lx*drootn, ono" as a sitting
room. At the end of tho entry was a
door, and when Bello opened this site
Baw that from it steps descended under
a low, rough shed into the water. A
Ixxit was fastened to tho handrail of
.these steps by a rope.
“You’ve got the'boat!” cried Genie.
“Yes," said Belle, “we’ll have many a
good row on .that river, tiiy dear.— The
place belonged to n boat builder once.
You know* that I've hired it for next to’
nothing, and our holiday won't niltl us.
The Imt was more cxpi'nsivo than the
house, bnt wo had to havo n boat.” As
they looked down into ttiopretty thing,
W’hito without, ’green within, neither of
the girls had any idea of tho freight that
th&t bout wouhl ono day contain7T)r
that they had come there to meet nn ex
perience never to bo forgotten while life
remained tOLeitbor. , . ^ _ ,
The little red house seemed the calm
est, quietest, most commonplace struct
ure in the world, and they expected to
spend a restful week or two under its
roof nnd on the river, and to go home in
September to begin lifo in earnest; for
these girls were two now (ledge*! medical
students who had Just received their
diplomas, which on the arrival of their
trunks they hastened to luing upon the
well whitewashed walls of their habita
tion, one on either side of the inantel-
piace. Reading tbeso yon learned that
one, the tall, dark girl, was Dr. Isabelle
Yolando, nud that the other, the small,
fair girl, was Dr. Eugenio More.
Th# honse was already clean; a few
snuff decorations were taken from the
tranks, a little china, some table and
bed linen. But there were no lambre
quins or decorated wall pockets, or-other
pretty things with which most women
mm*
'' ; uh..
on or. tak'* uen*
plucuiC ciwirx.
“Mr. Fenn i*u.h«Ti(f of Corinna
R lie.
“Don’t i*;«eak of it,” raid Mrs. Fonn.
h#lriniclift lewd. • i>>Tt apeakdf it
I \v.»* a t plc;i>***l when he was apjxiint*Hl.
and I «iidii*t mlml his ha' in' to live her*
nor nothin’. The i*o*>r folks didn't give
uo trouble, jrud we ha iu’t nolxxly in the
wueu you’ve Uvn strugglin’ al »*ig lik»*
,v** had. a i**;’far tilery was snthin’t*
r^jice in. But lauds s;ikcs! me an' he
WmIh h we was organ grinders now or
IxKitblacks *ir anything.”
• Dear me! Mrs. Fenn, I'm sorry to
hear that.” said Belle.
•*Y»*f», you’ve come on us in times o!
trouble and tribberlation,” said Mrs.
Faun. “Listen fo that.*’
The tuns) kept silence fv>r ft moment.
Then Rile said in ft shocked voice,
“Who is sobbing so?”
“It’s my poor Bijah,” replied Mrs.
Fenn, putting, her handkerchief to her ]
eyes. “He's Jhe tenderest hearted < rit-
t«*r alive. And jest as good and pious—
nud it’s broke him down to think that
he has got to hang a feller critter Friday
next is a week. I don’t think he’ll live
through it * It is awful!”
The girls shuddered.
“Perhaps he'll come or.t and talk to
you,” said Mrs. Fenn. “Hejised to sot
r Hlmkhi* noud#.” said
they had turn d the
“I Would stake »ti> life on lu- iuoo
ceuc’c!” raid R ile Yohui 1**, taming a
white f ice to war 1 him. f ‘xly life! Yes
my soul! II** shall not die!”
“Maybe nIi** kind » uthiti, ix***!!!’ ln»w
six* fivW th'- i U* rUf is'iid, watching th**
girls out of sight.
>u have yet d<»ti«*
m*t like gir!
from all uuplcas.iut
woni'-n.-liui we are
t\>v> yi
am**. Wc
mu.
stud* nts all th
llie lurv^sef men. Wo h;
tlio trial «f the dis*cting i
«* male i t ailunts. Font g* xj
can l<oi-troi)g .and brave, I knew.
CHAPTER
tuorr |
Y«»u an ! I ar«
iris who have ln.*t*n guaid«xl
tilings; wv* arc
nn*dn il j
di.mld have 1
v»* ••iiduntl I
1 H'lii Si.* Well j
1 objtx t you '
\ »
will do as I tell you and will neilhci j
K-rqum noi* sw'xtu. You are Dr. More, j
remi'Uilxr, as 1 am Dr. Y<*km*le.” Genie
l imply gave l»Vr her hand, arul ho ihey,
Mo*»*l 1 oc ther, hand in h.in*l, and ii-*urd
the prison bi'll begin to Udi, nti'l knew,
i»s well as all rtio place for miles aU»ut
knew at the sa!ne mome.it, that Kherifl
F*nn was about to do his duly, that
-r+r*r*n*r UT i mire
the it-aii’old. ’But J -alvlle Y'ol.ande ut
tere«l no erv, shed no
in-i
' “(Pxl bless you!” sighed Isa belle.
At this miiffieilT wheels
approaching. A wagon was driven from
behind the old \iaru and backed to the
water’s edge. Mm. Fenn jum;>cd from
it to th** ground. S!i<> was ashen pal** to
toe viry lips. Instantly Isabelle tprang
to h<T side. They v/eie b,Pi strong
women. T«)ge1her they lifU'd something
wrapp'd in a blanket from the wagon
and placed it in the boat.
“My God! what a task you havo be
fore yott!” panted Mrs. Fenn. “I’d help
you if I durst, but I must get away front
hero. I thought I Ueen eomobody watchv
in'in ■ from the hill.” 7177* " “j*
“Gvd” said Isftlx*!]*) almost fiercely.
She thn vv a pile of gay vvr.'qw over what
lay in th** U*ttom of tlu* Ixat.
“Now, pull for your life! ’ she cried to
(ienio. Tho Ixxit shot“Ut into tho river.
Just Ik /opd tho Hliodviw of tho willows
they camo upon a rude boat filled with
neiM and tackle, and propelled by an ol*l
fi.dien.iau wham they kr,«*w j*y night.
“Motnink ladle*,” he call* d out. ,
IsaU I)** sumnioaed courage to uixlnnd
Htnih* and reply “Gixxl morning.”
“Reckon that thv.r*> haugin’ »s about
over 4 " Ik* called over !ils Gitudd.-r ax the
TTTU.'j.i.
more they bang of that sort the lictter, 1
hay. G'xxl ricklcnit* tolml rublilsli.” A
little further on two l**ns p.'u!*ll«*il oui
fn*m sbore nnd iiod«llc«l on In am opiM-
site dir«xUio% But after this not an
other living soul was to bo seen upon
tbe riv**r. *
At liv t tli»*y came to the foot of th**!r
• o\ u «t«fK», evaxe 1 rmvihg and ti'xl their
l»**al fast. . #
A terrible inouient ha«l Mrrlv«Hl. The
Ixxly luuxt b-lifi. d fr uu Ciebo.it an*!
Imnw into tbo bonae, mu*! that quickly,
U**.4 tlwy nhouhl lx* oIiwitv***! fMm tb'’
! opposite sbor *. How they tt. io npbsh.-l
’ iho t.w-U th«*> n*‘v« r q lit*) km-w. It
i*i«*iue*l to G.'tuo More tint souic aid
i luoio thau liuti.aii. uiunt have Ui*n ac
eordtsl her. Isabelle h.kl great strength
fur one «*f h« T k»-x, and Cm* fK'wer *>f love
! in mighty. Ritwmi* ulin*Mt d<>|K*riiu*t
j fur sIk* did not yet know whether i; ua*-
a living uuut «*r n dead b*»ly whkh rh*
[ Im-M iu her anus—win iImt hbu wen* nt
| the luollieut wife ot Widow.
At hint tln-ir burden wo.* laid
; ttie tualU'WH, whhdt bad lxs*ti spi
! upon ii.> *.M Work t ibk*.
The bl.ink«*t w;i» tiling buck. an«l I
| strangely revealed fate of fail*a deli
j U*»o.vv;m ivveal'sl. It ri'emed like th*
fac* of death ti( Geftio Mor>
sear* hingT*vrT^ariosT" vvTnspr*t*7 t tl
— “.Tlu 'y pi ay liavo rome to murder hs
as they did that jirtor old man,” said
Genuv “My ld<»*id is curdling in in-
veins!, What shall wo do?”
“It may not lie as you thin!:.” cried
Isabelle, springing t<> li**r feet und has
tily doniiiug a loose wriqjjx-r that lay
across a chair.
“Tin y an*-coming thin \ray!” gasped
Genic. Illneai had unnerved lier. and
sho cowereil down under the counter
pane, trying to hide heraelr, utt**rly.dos-
titnte of li<qx* or courage. IsalKlle
lotiked About for some weapon ns she ad
vane* 1 toward Hi*' door;
jf - • ■> >*3gw^pi8l|
fere III ‘ I killed himt Yon waa innocent,
and they bang you for itl Oh, my Godl
oh, my Godl 1 can’t boar ity” And with
a horrible sliriek his eyes roiled np In
bis bead, his face tamed purple, and be
lost consciousness. Then Isabelle, tak
ing the * pistol into her possession, tore
the crape from the face and revealed th#
feature# of Farmer Smith's hired man, .
Tom Bond, who had sworn away tho
life of Carlo# de La Rosa.
Having bound the fellow hand and
foot with ft siout cofd, ordered the in- t
valid kick to his bed, and fastened the
long room carefully oh tho outside, Isa
belle saw that the day was breaking. And
soon a wagoner appeared, who took
charge of the wretch and conveyed hint
away. Horror had taken possession #f <
him. He repeated his confession, aud all *>
the village knew that an Innocent man
h.a*l l)ec« xixccuted. They still beliov©,
down there fu Corinna, that nisgnoST
appeared to Tom Bond as he wte about
to,cuimnit tv second murder, and it Is a
good story to tell beside tho winter fire
side over a glass of cider.
For tho nake of soft hearted Bheriff
Fenn tho select party who know th#
truth keep it to thomseivest and Isabelle
Yolanda's friends, while they declare
that she certainly has married a Very
pleasant gentleman and cccms very
happy indeed, cannot help feeling tliat
thcro ranat have been “something o»ld”
nliont that Bummer at Corinna.
“But then,” they add. “you alway#
doctor glrlti to do something
queer.”
me cm
r
“It’* hi* in
So litilu thought «>f f*
slieu nlie Mime to t'a* 1>
in Oorirma that hIk*
groaru d.
ar had * lie had
ti*-ly litllo IkiU'X
had l:*)t oih'<
lr«'am*d of pntvhl
t**l. I low j!»«• n-j
inetil! A heavy '
only thing that
*ivo weupi.i. 5:
i »g Iwm-lf with n pis
,fn *U**I it at this mo
r vvmut |)itca*v wan th*
•«T* n d itx**lf us an otfeu
l.*« <1 it by the b in
die, and placed h**mlf U.tween tlie d.*oi
ait*l the bed.
liave onu** for Carl, n the*
ak** him over my dead Imlyf
Lot n..\*-ti!.-d.>*>r ej
pile light of ltt«) I'igfit Imiu
:w a bulky fix ire enter. Alai
ulster was .hiittoeud u'oout it,
rawn do.*11 over it'* * *rs, mu
d
“(Ti; Ts\r>*Tr.v re i.* ii..p-
hop lts-s!" slit* cried.*
“Nytpo,” cuyl tbo ‘ t'.ict.
U », w** are physicians—nurg<
hius Imvu d«*n»* .by other* we
will op-it a v«*iu in ihc ue* k;
iiKo UR* The tnati ttliettd ;i bmti!*li laugti. and j
j t.iiii|»ly grasp-d her bjihe wrlut nnd t*i*il( I
H! ti h i the pmTi» r away Fr*»ni Ii**r. TNidx lhj h;al j
A Ma*lcalljr Iik:1Ii««*I lto*P«it.
For*fiome time past n graml piano in
an Bret End houso has shown rigiw of
indiiqmaiUAa. Certain chord# invariably
tviumlcd dull when struck, »nd U10 l>ril-
liuiicy of tone which hat! been sold at a
\ery bigb figure with the maker’s nam#
laid disappeared Bnt nobody attributed
the decadence of tho instrument to any
thing but a little too much (Me perhap
ju ■ z_
Tla* other night Oh» houaenold niHl A
few gucsta wefe as.x*mbled in the music
room. On# of them, a la*ly of great
ability as a pianist, sat down at the in
strument and K-gan to play. The muf
fl'd »ff«vt was more noticeable than
ever. ’SJomebodjr suggreted that an t»-
qu.vt be lield on the piano. Then cm#
of tlie ladies without more ado lifted th#
cover of tb# piano—and--well, tW#
was a ptuic.
A Ug rat jitmuod out from among th#
j string* and gulbqvd acrore th# muea.
j It »cap*d, of ruorao, fur everybody woe
' too much nutenlshed to attack it There
wen* w reams and a peat leaping upon
j chairs Whet* rw-cr’-dy cooled d*.w«
1 Ik* itni'icvt prooeeded. It was fuimd
that the rat had mod# a romfurtaM#
mwt of |nper nmoog tbo wires. The ml
!um1 cvi'h utly a keen sens'* of the fitnrea
..f tbiiigs as well as a love cf music, for
Its ncr;t was found to be mail# of seleo
Duns from R etboven’s sonatas, with a
few m r:i|N* of Chopin. Titer# wo# not to
t race uf “Annie Rooory" or comic opera
in tin iiemt. How t lie Vat g*»t thore. why
tt staid tliere, and what the effect uf *
musical training upon the rat la likely
to t*> are still unanswered.—Ifittahorff
Dnqialch. _____
“It'*ni«r*n
*»u.s. What
car. d*i. 1
yuti kn*»w
dJiin ration Sift* reui
rewrui i»b
ftlx-llc Yolandc
l*xr. With slow
>ve*l the dre.;* riu*
wbre and Enlistituted her short skwed
rowing c*x?tnine. t«*nit* did the
and follow***! Isabdlo into the
What was to, be done
how to elevate I’m arm# au*l cotupfcRi
tho brt’abt t<» rreoto artificial br* aihiug.
1 wilt give you the thjnil.* C*»*Jlv
ft* thotij
thought
only
were
*f lu r
a
Mir;
.’to*.
0*1 wit.
IsaU-ll*
Ybhuuli* u 11 > work. ThO oth**r girlish
doct**r kept h**r.* if calm enough to dc I
what kuo w ar. b>d*k*u to do.
*L » •!:! Iii# up*
tuozicL*# of hb
The ccrcjnonu van performed.
Mcjjiiwhilc* Rile and Genie walk(d *>n
until a lonely pbvco iu the read was
reached, wdieu Rile suddenly paused,
and sat down upon a rock, leaning heav
/ vr '*» ’ —* • * **► 1 ?
- dota by yxrtr - -He ih*night you w^au-ao-j-ily againtrt' the trunk of a great tree.
smart and lander independent, laruin’
to be a doctor. A’ll I think there had
or ter lx* lady dwtors ,myself. They is
things you can say bolter to u, woman.
But I’ll call Bijah.”
She left the room ns she spoke, and
was heard talking to some one beyond
an inner door. . Then r.ho cumo back.
“Bijah will come ns soon us ht*'s
waslvxl Ids face and put him en a col
lar,” she said. “He’s real glad you've
come. He kinder thinks you might think
of something, though what there is to
think of goodness knows.”
“I am sd sorry for him," sai l Belle.
“Well, that helps •some when you’re
feelin* real desperate," said Mrs. Fenn,.
rocking the baby. A moment mors
Abijah Fenn came into tho room. He
was naturally a pleasant looking man of
forty odd, his light brown hair had a
wave in rt, and his eyes had fnll lids and
long lashes like those of* a woman, but
they were red and swollen just now. He
advanced to Belle aud Held ont his hand.
“Glad to see you and yonr friend, Miss
Yolandc,” he said. “You must think
me a great baby, but wh^it my wife has
told you about lias broke me all up.
There ain’t been a man executed here
“Oh, Genie, Genie!” she cried, “you
cannot tell what I sutler! I must be
strong! I must not break down! I must
do what lean! I Heed all my strength,
but this is almost more than' I can bear!
Tho man there in prison! Tho man
they are going to murder—yes, murder*
for he is utterly innocent—is -the maul
love. - Tho man I told you about up
hour ago. It is thus I meet him again!
Thto man I love, and who loves me-'-my
Carlos. Ho told me all. How ho had
taken the old farmer’s watch with him
to the-village to bo repaired on the very
day when some wretch murdered tho
old inau. The fiend found tho razor on
his dressing case. Ho could prove noth
ing-circumstantial evidence is against
him—oh, what shall I do! What shall I
do, Genie!”
“Oh, Boiler cried Genie, oinking on
her knees at her side, “how do you
know that ho is innoceni-? There hare
been wicked men with handsome faces
before now, and Rqmetimos such men
have "great power over women, aud can
win their hearts. He is only a stranger
whom you met on an ocean voyage, after
all. Belle, darling, it may bo that ho is
guilty.* Yonr father disapproved
of
nost women before for twenty years. I can’t do it;1 him. Prrhaps lie had better reason than
-“rround themselves, A good many j Aud it means out into the world you Itnow.”
“You* speak of
same,
boat.
Genie did not
know, but she vowed, amid th<* wild
fhrobbings of her heart, to stand by
l.-abclie tb the end, whatever that
might be. * '.
Rapidly th*:y rowed down the river,
on whirh there were never many oars
men, and today none. At last Isalxdle
turned tho lx>at and seift it flying into a
miniature bay formed by a Ix tkI of the
crooked mtlo stream, almost wiUiin
call of the prison grounds. This little
nook Was so shaded by greafi willows
that it was invisible from tip) river,
and near it stood a great, dilapidated
barn, nxdb'ss and deserted for years,
which sheltered the spot from those
upon the road. Here for tlie first time
she broke silence. “My g*x>*l, kind
• friend,” she said, “the time has come
when we need all our courage, nnd more
than all our physical strength. I fear.
On the night when our attempt to effect
an escape for my husband failed, I
formed n plan for the success .of wlncb
I have liecn working over since. You
rgmemher the IccturCLWC attended on
tl)0 subject of ‘Death Ui>on tbo Gal
lows,’ and how we once assisted in the
•restoration of a man who had commit
ted Filicide by hanging? I have forgot
ten no particular.” '*’•
“Nor I,” said Genie,
t think you guess my plan.” said
Isabelle. “Unless Abijah J’euu proves
false, I swear, God helping me, that iny
Carlos filial 1 not die. Feau lias proni-
issd that lifo shall not be extinct when
the—tho” t
,dSUo paused and turned pale.
“luodoretaod,” said Geim.*. /‘But, ray
jxxjr Isabelle, you target;* your hope*
may iliudead yon. Tliere must be an
examination by a doctor, aud the man
whu has watched tlw sheriff *u clooely
will still be there."
*‘AU ttoi4 has been thought of," said
Isabelle. “The doc'tur who will make
tlte examinutioti is the om* w1k> mm to
ti
a strange, deep voice,
are'growing r.*d; the
checks move! ’ •
“Ho is bre athing,” replicl Genh*
They continue*! tlu ir unitiipulftti^n with
renewed hope. There was much : till t»
do. R fore nightfall Carlo# do la Rosa
slept ixacefully upon lus pillow, and
(benie, trembling with exhaustion,
sought the repos * t ho no jjreatly n<*oiU‘<l,
vvhile Belle watched beside her husbnnd.
Medical student though sho was, my
reader must net think that I label lo did
not long for tliat “good cry” in which
overwrought women love to indulge.
She Was very womanly indeed when
she thought of her resent'd Carlor,. Bat
she knew that sho. h;td still much to do:
that great caution need stili be exercised
in the matter-; that Hotno onO might have
watched them from the river, or that
suspicion might still fall upon Abijah
Fenn.
Thcr., (00, after tho ordeal he had
parsed through a serious illness might
be before her husband, lie had recog
nized her and lin l pressed her hand, but
his mind was not quite clear. What
was to come b’ic know not.
Meanwhile Genio slept heavily; she
was more exhausted thau. her friend.
Belle’s,frame was strong and her arms
powerful, and still -the effort of lifting
th# inanimate form of Carlos liad taxed
her powers to the utmost. Genie felU
that it was by a miracle that, she jier
formed her part. Every bone ached; her
overstrained muscles were sore to the
touch; in fact, the little doctor had al
most killed herself, and no one knew it
bettor than Isabelle.
1
Uen proto! of h* r strength. Hlo; 1* >%* j
hanicd in »»n*' R tgut h- w utterly help
Ickh th# strongest orliuary woman is IB
the gra).[i«*f a m*xl* rately powerful juatt
Sli«* ixntaeil to strugglu an*l btooil p*r
ftH tlynilk la-that Intieiy #fK»t «»uUr^' ]
would not avail. N<> on** could hear tlu j
loudest sc re.-tun that c<*nll R* uttered at 1
the next hou.-e, nud if i*hu*j one were «»u
the river »ir the roa*l and caiae to lief u»
cifitane.e tbo j*r» , M'tH *) of Carlos'inigUt lx
discoyeitxl and his r**xctai revealed. -
“What do you want?” she a.-kt A Tue
nirirefii«M>fcrirei#Wiiw«'.Miimw<ire#A###i>>#a^
toiik a pistol from his Ix-lt. Having e**v-
end her with this he release 1 h* r wn t.
“What I want," ho sdJ, iu a dull
drawl, ‘is eVerythjng you’ve got. and
all the other young woman has got, too
—your money', your j* we!r/ and any fal-
kills thatTl s**ll for cash. No screeehin’,
aud burn’ up uRut it!”
“Help yourself,’* said Isabelle. “All
wo have is in these two rooms.”
“Bundle them up for me,” said tho
man; “I’ll sort of oversee.”
Ho followed her n’xmt covering her
with Ids pistol as sho obeyed him.
Meanwhile sho noticed his heavy' tread,
his small head, moving from side to side
like that of n tortois**; his rough, red
hands, with stubbod and blunted nails,
striving to remember everything ia or-
dei t i Ixj iibla to idvutify him.
lier watch, Grille’s, a few pins and
rings, the purse that lay in her \v*»rW-
basket, were collected. The traveling
Sitlnllng wttli ll»« Tt###>
TI *• JuiKtiOir fff now* ti #0 grmTit,
mid described as §0 forctblo in Africa
aial Oixwuica. as to have given n## to
a fanciful theory that it had ooco-
sI«*t>**1 thii flatUning of the no#*# of tb#
p cple*. Bat in tbo aecoants of many
of the tribe# of tb# Dark Omttu**nt and
uf tSiu inlander* of New Zealand. ‘Ro-
kmuia, Tahiti, TnngjJItawaii and other
KroiqM, th# eMSentioT action dues not
i#xui to b# that of either pn OMire or
rubbing. Imt of mutual smelling. It i#
true that tho traveler* generally call it
rubbing, but the motion and pressure
Un>»)hMtt4.dafs
-“f*
nii.iigj
■v
tlie uiuzzlt# of two dog* making or c#* .
uieutiug acquaiutaiico. The pre#*ar«
aud rub are seeuudary and empbatio.
Th# juncture mdy means the compli
ment, “You smell very good!”
It is illustrated in ttu> Navigator
group, when tho no#c# of friend# ar#
sainted with a long nnd hearty rub and
tho explanatory words, “Good! very
gotxl; I am happy now!" Tho Calm neks
also go through a suggestivo pantomime
of greeting, in which they creep on tlieir
knees to each other and then join nose#,
as much as jiossiblo like the two dogs
before ineutioned. In the Navigator isl
ands only equals mutnally rub their
noses. Tlie inferior rubs his own bo«o
on and Kinells the superior’s hand.—Gar
rick Mallory in Popular Science Monthly..
Cat* Cans# lllngwornt.
“Tho ringworm ia doing wa ll In thi#
city,” said a prominent phy sician to a
HE
CHAPTBIi III.
When day broke fihe had two invalid#
on her hands. It was a week Rfore
Genio More w’as able to sit up again,
ami meanwhile Carlos liftd been tossing
hi a high foVer. Now knowing IsiRHe
and r]x?akitij^ collectively for a few mo
ments, now fancying himself in heaven,
now once in<#« IwlioVing himself on t!kj
8t*q* of the gallows aud crying out,
“Heaven knows they aro about to mur-
1>a:;s wer.i N iz*.«l upon, aud many things i r*‘porter. “And if this peculiar form of
thrhst into them. ***-. J 5^ disease la not checked and txxqdo
lire not very cautious it will spread rap
idly.”
“Turtr down them pUlers,” saia the
mail. “Yoirke' p most of your.money un
der them if you’ro- iilw other women
folk.”
Isabelle obeyed, tbo man poonccd upon
a largo pockeUxx>k that lay there, and
then tore away the sheets that covered
Genie’s face. “Give ua your rings,”
said ho. “You wear three or four of
’em—here they are.” He seiz'd t
girl’s hand and liegan to teal - them away,
and at this the girl’s courage utterly for
sook her: she uttered a wild shriek, an
other and another.
“Will you?” asked the burglar, with
an oath; “then pay for it.” liin finger
w;w ou the trigger of his pistol, when
suddenly* the door flew open. A figure
draped from head to foot in white stood
there, Rs hollow eyes fixed iq*ou the
burglar, v
It was Carlos de la IhKia. Genio’scries
had/rWclsd him. aud wrapped in a
cuanterpauo lie liad inauagcd to reach
tl»e d*K>r.
A helpless protector indeed, weakened
as Im: was, bat the effect of his appear
ance was ftiti'JiishiU '. Tlie pistol foR
from the burglar's hand, be threw hjm-
i»ok# were ranged upon some shelve# in again for mt* aud my folks if I resign.
MX. . - *- - A mm, V*«• A tut. _ - v *L rnm .mm m
the oorter of the totting room. A di#- Even ^ j Juimo M 1 cou ia gc t off bo-
joiated student's lamp was put together
a little oil stove anauged. Two
one I U>ve. Surely God will rive me
Silence!” said BeR.
fore tht day. I know I coaldn't”— 'lie ' the power to save him. Ii Him I tnj&T.’
paoft*! The girls could thiuk of noth- • Turn tin y went back home tog tlier.
der on innocent m&u!" ,1
!V/.n 1 b* i .Tnd liecame clear again*! self ui*on the floor und groveled there
tlie health of the ix»orh<*afie and the his Udy wa* still w *ak as vhat of an in- hiding his tan
pn*>ur He is au < Id mau of eev**nty, f;»*)t. Li*il*»*Ue could have no help, of
<i**af. weak of si^ht and too>l of driuk .course, under the circnauteocea tatA
Mr. F'*:in has discovered that the buttle ! hail she not b« en of so »j«ud a com-tiui
re al.o a tempUiUun to the man ou guard. Lou and So well trained physicsdly she
^‘It's ghost!” be groaned; “oh, ray
(iod! it’s his gh*»*t! Don't touch me! 1
done you to d.~ith. t*ul d »u l touch mol
Y-e#, y ts, I kdkvl the rid man! Hi con
What la tho cause of this skin affec
tion?”
• “The eat Is the principal promoter of
it. Children love to carry kit Bens around
with them. Tht* former are often cov
ered with certain fungi or parasite#
which, when brought in contact with a
human being’s fikin.act similar to.poison
, although the eruptions are of a dif-
t character.,, 1 have aacertaiaed
that m every primitive case 1 have at
tended there is always a kitten or cat in
the household, and this felino is petted
and fondled not only by the children, bnt
by the adults. Let mo give a bit of ad
vice to young ladies w1k> hold their com
plexions at any value when I say don’t
handle the.cat, whether he be the sweet
est ot kittens or the most valuable Mal
tese.’’—Ban Francisco Examiner.
fie Has Never Ue#4 a nook.
Devoted to and absorbed in
Mr. C. H. Pratt, tho tate i
'uumager, has never sought
recnatRtoS aud avocationa
uteui, repose,
incut invariably found 1
fio beneficial by
character of
th
tlnu he
News,
that
iuspiration and j