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Vol. XVI.
BARNWELL COURT HOUSE, S. C., JANUARY 5, 1893.
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morn gallant, lint, this was anythin,;
hut an ordinary affair, and hr didn't ro-
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Qdw Idr. ParEltt'o Sle.k EPoll Wo?
Finally Ctafed.
“No, I mn’t sny I enjoy Cieorpic^s sirW
days at home,” said Mrs. Ihirfitt.. "He'S
Mire to hr (xiltini; into thiriffs and mak-
m}’ himself generally d isaerer ahlr.
Lear hi v! hr it.n't Vliat wny any other
time. I ll warrant you, Ciinny” Mrs.
I’arfitt shot n hranorous (fiance at her
husband's extremely pretty cousin,
who stood, in street attire, waiting for
her "that he won’t want to (five mo
the money for my new jacket to-day at
nil. hut tlnwe's the < arpenters' rece|>
lion Thursday
try it."
And Jurs. Uarfitt
with a valianysmile.
a'yid- VVait for me! I'll
n do wnsttilrs
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one in tlie house that has fri f’utetie
you'.'"
Still no answer, nnd < harlie, er.ihold
pned hv hi-, own words, stepped to thr
y imp' w ‘ unun’s siile and (fently t.s'li
- arm.
nerl her f ree to him and Lice
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id i' • UT t he sta.fr u ,f h a re-
lo st tein if and leadnuf man
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't hod ueCldld, in llarp/er's Maya/ine
MUNbltH PH E H I ST GRIG TIDES.
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t»Ter Two lliinrlml I Hnes as IIIkIi uh at
the 11m**.
At present the moon is ^40.000 miles
awny from our (flohe, hut there was a
time when it was only one-si uth part of
that distanee aw ay or, say, ahont 40,-
000 miles away. That time must of a
IieerRsity have corresponded to sumo
ffreat terrestrial (fenhijfira 1 epoi-h: proli-
ahly it was at the time when the eo/,.ion
lived.
At the present time the average
liei(fht of thy tides th:> World over is
only about three feet. In the faraway
time alluded to (when the moon was
only 40,000 miles away) they were did
times as hiffh as at present, oriiis f,-et
in height. Such a tide as that would
wash St. Louis off the faro of
the earth, throw a flood of sea
TV«.Urr Kixty-one feet lii(j;h on the Chi
cago waterworks tower, and drown out
almiHit every place of importance in the
TJuited States. Three-quarter tide
would leave but a few of the tallest
chimneys and spires in St. Louis abovts
water, nnd a full tide would run Well
up into Lie pineries of Canada. But
this would only last for a few hours at
a time; in less than five hours the
whole of this vast flood would have re
treated. *
Not only would it leave Missouri and
all of the remainder of the hSited
States hi(jh and dry, tint would proba
bly drain the pulf of Mexico and leave
a gravel and shell-paved path from the,
mouth of the Mississippi to Cuba nnd
Jamaica. A few “dry” hours would
pass, and then the whole land would
again be inundated, only to be soon
abandoned.
These mighty tide* are the gift* which
modern astronomers have inude to the
working machinery of the geologist
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report,irial instinct,
sL-.al of a biUi-kinc,
broth, a burglar erne!
She foundjlier husband In the library,
He was young and comely, hut a
strip of' red flannel on his throat, a
shawl hntidilv worn and a gloomy cx-
prcssiofi of countenance did not Im
prove him.
' I'll stay at home, dear," said Mrs,
Turfitt, "if there was anything I could
do for \ on
"There isn't,” said her husband,
shortly. "This beastly cold has got to
\\ ear itself out. "
“('"liny and I are going out for a llt-
t'e shopping, then. And if you can let
me have the money for mv spring
jacket now, Ceorge? Tin a little late
about getting it as it is, you know It's
th" tan one, with a strqie.l sati'i lining
— a\s fully pretty at bright's "
"I don't know anything’ about any
jacket!" < .n age Miapped. "I'm har
assed ein nigh in mind and body, Kate,
without your persecuting me."
“In mind 0 " said Mrs. barfilt, patient-
)y resigning herself.
This was one of Gcorgse’s days at
hi 'nvo
"Yes, In mi ini’" lie threw off Ids
shawl, and sat up and g-lowered at her
' \\ hat il" von think about Hugh I) ud-
ley and t onstaiien, anyhow?''
"Hugh Dudley and < ,-nstanec?*'
Mrs 1’arl'tt stared a little.
“That';, what I said He's coming
here all the time, isu'.t he? What’s he
c .m mg fi ir?" i
M riv Tiirlitt looked into her lap A
smile dawned on her fresh lips.
“1 really, I " she murmured.
“I f'-el respon-nhlc for Constance,”
said Ceorge. scowling impatiently at
everything. "I asked her here, and if
she does anything to disgrace the fam
ily 1 shall f. el t i blame for it. Hugh
Dudley! Would Tnele Joe or Aunt
Agnes want her to marry linph Dudley?
A mrro mere " no lit term present-
c 1 itvolf. "1 don’t like this at all! In
the ciifTi-e l-usinesr! And 1 don't believe
lie knows who his grandfather was!"
Mr. i’arlilt eoneluded warmly.
Mrs. 1'arfUt looked oihily demure..
“Isn’t Lie eeffeo hr.siuess creditable,
C'-orge. dear?" she queried. "And the
De.ilhare a very g-uod family, really,
and ever) I I ikes Hugh."
- 'l don l! Hugh Dudle) 1 — when, with
the slightest encourage incut, Thomas
Dun f.rtii
Mrs. Turfitt murmured,
needn't think that has set ma
Dudley, though. It hasn't. It
■id) that Ti in is a friend oi
Lie ililTi-renee in the two fei
m'.s a brink - a brick Tom Dan
said Mr. 1’arlitt, with un cm-
that amounted to fierceness
>r Con,tan.-a Bergen to drill)
take up with the worse man of
> when she might have the
it galls me! I il never invite her
ii r ;.in nor any 1 midv else !"
lb;n ' bark into his eha 1 r
link tunny w ill perhap . be living
• h hi lienr," los i\ ife re-
dly. She had retreated U
"Ton won't give me Lit
or my jack
einp'ii at ieally.
j-d t he fr mt d
“It s in my head." said Loorge, dlv
nially. 1 hit he smiled his pleasure at
Tom DanforUi's appearance, and
wrung th-- young man's hand and took
his coat ami hut. "Tin glad you came —
glad to se - you! Stay to lunch, won't
you? Have t'uis foot rest. Con-tanee
is home-upstairs,” he said, in a
breath. “Just wait," he added, eager
ly “Tli go and get her."
Rut he came back sulkily.
"She went out with Kate, it seems,”
Vc ex[rtained in an injured manner. "I
diln't know it. They're always gad-
din;; about. Have some maraschino or
aoinrt h mg'. 1 "
“Cordial at this hour of the day?”
Tom protestetl, looking the soul of
reassuring good nature and betraying
no excitement at the fact of Cons.unco's
abiicnco.
He even took up a newspaper.
“Ho doesn’t care," Ceorge mused,
gloomily. “MayIs'he isn't in love with
her after alb"
And he sat and eyed his stalwart
friend, and thought what a good hus
band ho would have made for Con
stance, nnd how blind and contrary and
exasperating they all were, and how
helpless he himself wr. s b> arrange in al
ters as they ought to be arranged. II«
fell into unhappy silence.
“lias the eashierof the Freosborough
bank really gone off with the funis?"
said Tom, with his handsome nose in
the pa.x-r. “There's a rumor to that
effect. Stewart's his na.no. He's
Mvrs 1! T.idAM*.
No Giio Lut IT rno.lf H;k;w Why
iAjovcc! Him.
She doubtless had a woman's reasor
for marry iu-’him. That kind of re a
son may not satisfy other | oop’o, but
it is invariably sufii ieiit for thy f.-mi
nine reasoner. C ,
Sam Toms u i i wluit is ealh 1 "v.'nih
less" 1 w bis Texan m i- hi in s. Cl I Til
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r- in-law , hi in T f not
•r Useful citi.'.lHI, U.v
eps at the crosa-ro;
rich enough anyhow. Il
l>e —”
Tho h»-ll rang again! It
PartitA, looking pretty
checked after the fresh
blithe ti-s though going’ to
tors' reception in her old h
said
• close directly,
himself he was gnul to Ih.’
e ought to
was Mrs.
and pink-
air tin 1 as
the Carjien-
•'rided wrap
were iiir* going to be a horm l ucees-
fcity i
“Oh, you, Tom?" rheeried, cordially.
*T um so g’livl! Poor Ceorge is sc
wretched with that eohl, and you can
cIhmt him up!"
“1 don't nee 1 cheering lip," sakl
Ceorgs-, hinhilliig Ids bhuwl elobi r.
“At here ii, (mst a nee?"
“t onn y?" t.uld Mrs Tarfi't hrh;htly.
“Oh! we met Hugh Dudley In Ids cart
end he took t'imny along with him.
What a stylish turnout he has!"
Mrs. Tartltt unpinned her bonnet.'
“lie did, did hoM
Her husband twitched In his elnilr sc
viohutly that his elbow knocked the
gingur U-u cup the floor. Tom picked
it up.
‘T w onder if that scamp has taken
the money if It will hurst the bank?"
he said. “It's n simian!”
“What hank?” Mrs. Parfltt qtics-
ti< meiV
■ An uni inn tod dfcsetnslon ensued Mrs.
1‘uriitt knew thi- defaulting cashier's
drug-liter; Tom Danforth had known
Id. , hrotlier. Ceorge, w K^Rpiew more
about 1dm than i nher of them, con
tributed nothing to the conversation,
lie leaned back and shut Ids eves. He
confessed to himself that he was en
tirely out of temper; hut he had -cer
tainly he had—ample cause for being
so—ample distracting oe.tiso. He even
began to think about going upstairs to
bed os a tcrnporary escape from Ins af-
flii'tiuns.
"And Tm sorry enough for Sally
Stewart There's tonny!" said Mrs.
Tarfitt "Said :.ho rliouldn’t he ('one
‘ long. '
I oust a nee came sweeping in. Ter
stylish long dre-ss trailed after her
with fine effect. Her light coat was
open and showed tho w hite silk vest id
hi r dress. Her little hat set back
prettily on her fair hair, which wal
blown into many straying tendrils.
Coor.70, thought, with a mental
groan. Lint she had never loTted sc
lovely.
“Uh. Tom, you?” Constance cried,
quite ns Mrs. Tartltt had done.
And then, not at all as Mrs. Tarfitt
had d ne, Lie gave him both her hah'l)
Ij, was a
Bunn, 1.
very e:ii
to - ,t on tin
store and publicly bewail his sad lot i:
having S.nn for a laemCcr of h.-> f imi
)y. Kill had u I’rainalie style of de
livery that v> a •. cry fct-1:mg. (in 1 in*
vari.J iy impr. •.‘.1 d t.lrauger.-i as bciug
very iai;< h in 1 .n ne r t.
lie ivotdT- • it on tin' rteps. silently
chew ing an 1 nortnoits tnou'. liful of t’
haeeo and appiiiently li.tening to Hu
conversnti >n of his co-loafers. If K.unk
name was i.ivutioflcd, he w ir. il g-iia
vi ut to four or live little fak-elti
squeak i, wldeh foiin I egrers throegl
his nose; then he would draw in a )on(i
bre. th, pin'T out Idi fai eheel; 1. purse
his mouth, ;ij>-l give (i heavy win).ton;
sigh; this would le fellow cl hv a lurgi
quantity if bd-aico juice, eai'efr.llv
aimed at sotne ohject in the vicinity
These preliminaries acei mplished, Bil
would rise to Ids feet, thrust one fat,
dirty h..nd into his shirt front, wavi
the other ill a i.WOr
1- -cr'-il his ey is at
sally from side t
himself ; infoundly,
fashion.
“Ah hum! That S
Inriest, mo-.’ shif'iess,
cuss 1 ever seed - an'
M ' . ..yed to ticip 1
tie- supp.-i-, »ud «Iiirin^'
tli • meal h trued that tin t
were of leers trailing a luMT** 1
had stolen'a valuable
"’t" forty mile i east and sold:
Illation, an 1 who was
come tli! 1 w;:yv
As she listened t? tho Coat
sud.le 1 nar.ie ’ftss fear caiqo
maiti.ig in r f -el taint and ill.
as Mtp;H-r was over tdie took hor t
and luirri -.l home.
Soiiuhow sbe was not
, find the diHir open. Lite enter
ly. Mam wis in be 1 rudecp and I
in,; s‘>rbi-i t. ly. 1'e had
| been i! iiikiu r, us hit dothe* tfcro |
tere'd ahont the i'.ior, «ml Mttf,.
t,ut the back door, couIdi.ee
i.t.iaduig pulicutiy where
him. v. aitlt.;' for some ore to.couMfl
feed bun. Mat leaned oToruMI
in'' mnu and klvse l hlxtl
iiig' gesture t.s li<
1 rolled Ids hea<
- ) iih-, and dcnvi 1
ft 1 tin f-How i.in
1 Toms is th
‘'ler'.’, iriliin
err I've ilotli'
eyea full of -love. Then shq <
pick up hi. clothe . and pet (.hem
The trouser* wore hoavr, and
thing j’ngled in one of Whs
Instiiu tiw ly Mat thm:it. ItO? hMMt!
it nnd drew it forth clasping
gold pieces. As *ho did sj her
opened w ide and she stood usif *tf
for a t une, her heart chilled with t
same strangi- f car that had stricken
awhile ago and impelled her to
in itae.
She rttahed to the Iki'1 and .shook _
roughly. "S i n’ Sara! —\va!xo unr*
almost seri'ntaed. - '
'J'he tnan turned over nnd looked
lier st iipiuty. *'H lo, M-.Mut! Ycro,
ye? (iiiuine Litis,” ho said, in ft
tone.
“Not twi ll yo tell tno whar ye
got theHM ye re things!** Mat* a
sounded broken ^ynd sliTill,
'■3*S
got 'bn f’r a son-'n-lawr. 11 m-hm-lmi'.' |
Another w hisLing sigii w ould elim<-thi‘ |
jH-roration, and ol 1 Bill would resume '
Ids seat, still shakutg Ids head sorrow
fully. _ |
And Bill was more, than half right
Nominally, Sam was a cowboy; hut
most of the time he would tell you hi j
was “jes' lay in' o!T 11 npell, t' rest tq i
like." j
lie had always been just so—distin
guished h >r laziness in an easy-g.dji;;
community, and nobody expected biin , j
ever to
people
capable Mattie Bonn accepted 1dm foi j,
•‘rcg'lar i-nnip'ny,” to say nothing oi 1
the sensation created by their we lding.
Mat, as has been surgi-sted, probably
had some reason for marrying Sam:
hut it is quite certain that she never
toll anyone what that reason was.
Sam was tall, and big, and handsome
In his ea ele-.s si mehy way; lie had
always managed, no one knew hdw,
to wear good clothes, Phs
be otherwise; and it \ U/./.lc
immensely when eiicr;’etk\ :
Sain sat up and rubbed his heart, look*
ing at her in drunken won dor. “W”
them them Liar, honey?**
She shook hint fl -reely; and said, ta«
lovvi-i toMe—-a tone r.-f eurncat fureo:
“Tell me, Sam Toma, whar ye <1
g’ot these yei‘.e <S)ilis! (juiclt, now!** ,
Her tone paYtially nolxtred tkd
whose eyes ojicned wider as ho
quenilously: " ' ( -ifSi
“What ye so nll-flreil fH«sy ’liont? 1
hain't done nothin’.” And ho laughed
a a half-drunken, half-nervon* W»y.-
“Sam! trL-.r did ye git ’em?"
He sat durably startng at her. ‘ 't '
These facts
nature nnd
“Sam!" her voice wax full of horror,
“did i/-‘« steal that thar hon-s?**
No an ,wer; but Mat saw by hi* ere*
she had guessed the truth., Blowly "tit*,
coins fell from her hand to tho
slowly her head lent forward until
face touched the pillow. For
she did hot move—not, until 8am,
had been ( taring at her wond
reached out his big huert and laid t
caressingly on her lieruL Tkmpr-
spraug to her foot, her hoteyos |
anT -his p-rcnninl gno-l
Lieu,by ways were the only points in.j /nd her form trembhnff
his favor. Against him were tho points ] ) u , rr(>r She did ny>t speaS, bW
so forcibly taken by his fatuer-in-law, , j 1( , r p nzo ol , f !lre for a few
an 1. also, that he got drunk wlidiever j , lp <U( , n „ t mcei hcr alrl
he i-ould possib.y »do so, an 1 was i jy j-pp turned and runout of th« door
m- rally so weak that anyone could .Sam, almost sober now, called
ea-stly lead him a tray. hor . bllt sh<> jij ni/l
answer. 1I«
How Mat and Sam got along no one • out of i^slowly uml started to
hut Mat knew. Once in a great '* mD, ^ K : .,l c.lraost finislieil, «*
Sam w ould do sotne wor.c and earn n MalK aceompanied by her fatlior
he got home, with it 1 t„ 0 strangers, returned.
s!i)|)ping at the rr.loon, well
few dollars,
w ithout
and good. But, oftener than not, !,»’
would “drai) In jes' f take a nip 'r
^ J,‘T hau he in—an’ tliar’s U>’
sl-.e raid, and pro sed on otlt th*
the back door, without looking at I
such times he would stay, and buy | Tllorc a jail nt tho
Iniiks for everybody present while Ids u was ;l p.imtftve afiair, but solid
money lasted. Then he would come >
home In a maudlin, tearful state of in
toxication, and tpvent some talc to ac-
e Mit.t f >r hi 1 erthdiLoii and Lie ditnp-
penranee of his im.ncy, winding up
with Lie promise never bilet It happen
again. And Mat would preU-nd that
she li -lieV' d him, and Would sVoke his
curl) he.el in;'il he fell asleep. Than
she w ould look at thr" handsom > scamp
a>r ry by tin
.e saw, in
blooming Mrs.
iing ,1 miiiioa
into
< lii.-ago 1 i.spateh.
of C0I1I In Montu.ia.
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able to cap,Dm* hi* man with tin.
out
1 - 11 w as to preserve
(’1 lll'il nis
ized the
L1.1t t he r
but w as
working Ids way
thud i. f
boil)
booh!3 on his person. He .slipped hi*
revolver out of his pocket, trained it *01
the door and an instant afterward the
door swung ojx-a and Charlie was
ready to "throw vp yonr hands," when,
instead of a burglar, a ghost came out.
“It can't be a ghost," lie whispered
in an assuring lone* to l,inr,elf, "for
ghosts dm't unlock doors. They jus!
come right through them. But if it
isn't n ghost, yvhat the deuce is it?"
He bad long to wr.it, for whoever or
whatever it was eiune out into the v-, s-
tibule and down the steps slowly, as ii
mievrlain of its movements, and when
about half-way to the pavement
stopped.
"By gart-y," said the reporter, “it's a
woman, and she’s got Ah a night gown.
" t *’ 1, ) es," he roplicd, ‘it gets ri o ht
sharp here : ■ nnct iine-, ’
“ '\v'e'l.L’ persisted the lady, ‘how cold
ib ie - i t get
" ' IT1.1t 'lepemls,' he answered, evas-
V
1 Vf
:: 11' 1,-rs e
weather
d.av. am
tla-n- an
was rice
'Now, to-d.ay is what we
nl a one-shirt day. When the
gets colder it's a two-shirt
1 wh’-n the blizzards come
three-shirt days.' The lady
h mystified until 1 explained
to her the habit of the miners of put
ting on one or two shirts above an
other, according to the temperature.”
—bt Louis Republic.
Wko can rtpubt that they constituted a
terrific power w^ile aiding in the work
si etR^jflcatkm?—3t Untia iktoublic.. J better tfo and patod an ubter.”
Ilablto of •*
The “gents" have a contempt for the
■'rdinary decenci -s of life. They “cuss,
chaw tcrbaeUer, and drink red licker,”
and they desire that you shall he made
aware of the fact. They were “raised”
t 1 do it. and if you don’t like it you C4in
"lump it—see?*’ They “pay their way,”
and “don’t ask no man no odds." Aa
they see 1dm the gentleman is always a
“dude," the lady ti "high-flyer." They
rush against you, jostle yon, outrage
I’ll have to see aliout this," and with your sense of propriety and rejoice in
his revolver ready in case of accident, the discomfort they cauao you. They
he stepptfVTBut of the shadow and spoke “sport" paste diamonds and “take in
to the ghostly walker * the town," and are not afraid of the
"Good evening,” ho said, nervously, “whole police force." They will have
lie supposed Ciitialnnoo was Upstairs;
but he i- s in tin niuml for talking tp
a r. lb- was out of patience with her.
lie went to the kitehcn a 11 1 asked the
cook to make him sum-- ginger tea lie-
turning he saw fi-oin' the window 11
sight w hich caused him to utter an ex-
asp* rated growl. Hugh Dudley was
driving up briskly in his road cart,
w l ieh cart was shining in Lie rays of
the morning sun, as was also his hand
some face.
George met him at the door before
the maid could answer the bell.
“Is Miss Bergen the caller began,
with a questioning smile, offering to
shake hands.
Mr. Tarfitt ignored his hand.
“.She is not at home," he said, delib
erately, with no trace of his accusing
conscience in his displeased face.
To admit Hugh Dudley and hear him
and Constance chattering and giggling
for two hours in the parlor was toe
much, lie would not have It
The young man’s face fell percepti
bly.
"U hen will she l>o at home?" he fal
tered, embarrassed between his disap-
|>oinlmerii and his awe of Mr. Turlitt's
stern looks.
“1 have not the slightest idea,"
George responded.
Would the fell' w keep him there ut
tering mendaeitias all day! Not but
that the cause was go-xl and suf.icicnt,
but lie was not ucctistcmcd to lying.
“Tm sorry," Hugh Dudley declared.
Be lingered, looking touchingly un-
happy, only Mr. Tarfitt was not
touched. He looked as though he was
waiting to shut tho door, and the vis
itor retreated down tike ste[»> and lute
his cart
Ellen had the ginger tea ready. It
wax not strong enough, and too sweet.
And when Ellen, having been some
what gruffly informed of it, Ivad made
some afresh, Mr. Tarfitt drank it, and
resumed his shawl and his chair and
his uncomfortable reflection*.
The door bell rang again. George
thought ho knew the ring. Eure
enough, it waa Tom Danforth.
“Laid up?" that young man demand
ed, pinning In breezily, big and broad-
shouldered nnd bright-eyed and cheer
ful “Too bad! On your lung..? Have
you tried a capsicum plaster? 1 can
with hci
1 0^1.
tuui
mid -it was un hallucination,
fact- and let him kiss hAr.
the turned up.-n hoi'eousla
blue eyes sweetly dewy.
“Do you like it, Ceorge?" she sai
“Are you glad? 1 know you like 'L
Aren-'fr jr1 c.sed? W, M hav
you*before, hut w-‘ve only been en
gaged a week, and nob'sly biM. Kata
bus Known it so far. ”
“And I thought 1 wouldn't blurt, it
out," sai 1 Tom, standing, llubicd and
beaming “1 thought Td let Coiiny
tell you, you know."
“An* you two engaged?" George
roared, lie sought vainly to get his
wife’s eye. “rhea how about Hugh
Dudley?"
“Mr. Dudley?" said Constance,
vaguely. “Uh, George! You haven't
thought that 11 ugh Dudley vyunted me
or i him? Why, it's all about Grace
(Juinby. They were engaged, you
hnow, and then they 11 art some
ridiculous trouble or other; ano Greed
nnd 1 have Ih-cii so chummy ever since
I've biM-n here that Mr. DmUe? came
right to me with it. He’s Ix'tffi here
two or three times to toll me livings tc
tell her and I've tol l h -r all off them,
for Grace was foolish and ha^fy, and
it really wasn’t Mr. Dudley's/fault at
all, and I've Ikiou anxious fnt^ them to
make it up. And now they have, lbs
came this morning to get frie to go
there, with him, and he met nffc on the
street and wo went. And Grpen began
to cry when she saw him, and 1 catuo
away and—"
Constance was rvtnpatheiital 1 y tear
ful.
“WcTl never quarrel, will we, TiTtn?"
ahe demanded, tenderly.
Tom stroked her hand.
‘ Kate!” cried Mr. Tarfitt, sternly. 1
But his wife, laughing until her pink
cheeks were red, slipped hcr hand
through hix arm.
"You're a dear good boy," sh«
avowed, "and I was a mean, dreadful
girl to do it But, George, yon were
so cross about my jacket that I wanted
so—you’re always a little cross when
you’re nt homo sick, you know—and 1
thought you'd know it so soon, any
how, and it was a temptation, and—-
I’m awfnl sorry,” said Mrs. Tarlitt, I
pleadingly.
* “Where’s my pocketbook?” said
ute
s with
1
unuUi-r- 1
fur a few i.mn
able i;i her eyes—the tired eyes back
nf which were a world of Uia.lied tears.
But she never complained—not the
first word; the liejn-M-t mouth and
weary look might indicate ev’>r so
much, but her lips never expressed it.
An 1 S qa gradually grew more' and
more useless and f.hiftle ,s, trusting to
bib wife's ready wit and fertility of re
source ty cany them both over the bad
place:!.
There were lots of bad p’.acrk, too.
Twice Fu n ran Into debt several dol
lars at the saloon, and Mat found some
means to pay the debts -only heraolf
knew how. But tho second time she
informed the saloon man that he must
trust Sam no more. And. be-ides these
things, to live—how did they do it?
Nobody could 'guess. Perhaps even
MAt herself could not have told; yet
live they efid -or, rather, existed—and,
for the tm st part, kept out of debt.
Sam sometimes worked, hut never
for very long. He always found some
excuse for leaving a place within a few
(jays. lie. could almost always find an
other job easily enough, for lie was an
excellent “hand" when he chore to Ik*
- but he ill 1 not hasten aLiut finding a
new job when he had given one up; not
until they were icdueed to thc^very
la-1 straits could Mat get him to hunt
ing work again.
One day Sam left home for a ranch
about thirty five miles d; ■! int, where
lie had heard they wanted help. Two
days paused—three— four—five—and no
word cum*- from him. Mat was not a
little worried, although Ham had often
Ix'oti away for two weeks at a time
without sending word to her. But this
time it was different; tlicrc tPas no ex
cuse for hnot rending a message, as
the
gone to three times a week. If ’act had
found work there, as he expected, fie
could easily have notifled her. So, lat*
in the afternoon of the fifth day, she
threw her shawl over her head and
went down to her father’^, to find il
they had heard anything of Sum.
The old fellow was standing in the
doorway, talking to a couple v ol
htran^'rs.
"No*/’ be was saying, “they hain’t | with tho
be’n no person ’long yere, las’ few days, yon it exactly
but what b’jongsyero. Mebbe, though, yon
he mont a be’u seed over yere t’ Ba- j
substantial. It wus a dugout in
;.id-hil!, and had a henvy oak door and
great steel binges and logic. It
1 lent;/ strong enough to hold a dozen
men. all anxious to escape—and
Toms did not try to escape. Ho
sat still in the low, dnpvp, dark
rooin and tried t> understand how
had all happened. It must be a drunk*
en dream bat, no, lie was ulRH^t
nolle’-, and knew where ho was end m
Jiow and why he was there. Bnt—h*
could not understand. Had Mat—wa*
it really Mat, who had given hka ftp?
Thera must l>c some mistake.
The big, strong man finally began to
realize it rli. ih* lay down on Um .
bun!; and cried liita^cif to sloop, like ft
child. . -'-.vis
It intr.t invc i)een aliout one o’cloek
in the mofniug when some one aileutl
entered tiie li >uae of lltll
constable. This tome one entered by
the back door, went stealthily Into tho
room where BilF and hia wife
rummaged about a few tniantes,
then emerged from Vhc house. It waH
a woman, aud olio had so moth Lug La
her hand.
Ham Toms was awakened, • Uttlft
after tliis, by a rattling, jarring sound..
lie sprang u;\ j’.Ttt as the big
doors swung back and faveaLocT^too
tigures of a woman and two saJUo-
liorses. ' * ^ a
“I come fr ye. Sant,"tail tho tsoffft*
an, with a r.ob. “I done brung botk
jxinies an’ 011' clo’en. Le’s goi, Nam; wa
c'n git ’crust t!T rival* befo’ tftawuUi**?
Come!" .
He ilasped her in hu arms, end thar '
cliHig t<> each other a little
Then Mat said, i toro «tc*dily:
"t ome, Ham. Le’sgdovali t*-
—an' mebbe wo t’u try’u’ cU
ovuli thar." ft ' D
And Liey rode forth in the'
free in xiniight, down towards the ft
Grande—into a new and Lett
IL L. Ketch gn*. iu Ban Francbvo
nauL *•* ,
——— 4>-a
Tw 1 Pacts AHoat a Itti^
An impressionable young
stage came by the ranch he hail tn.a certain country town
a ebarmiog ffivl
lieeuty took hi * heairt 1
conversing Vrjth hqr ao i
ery which l*c fondly hop
able him to make at
stroke an elegant proof of
wit and hla
Ing at a roc
circled hor fair
"Sweet
r*k.„
*0 ■
“No, exense me, I mean g<xxi morning, you know they are “genU" and priv
11 yott’re going to market, maybe yem’d Degt'd under tho InW to outrage deoen- got j’on ooo la live minuuw if you want 1 Tm goluf
’ ' ' ' “ cy.—Bumioghau* Age-IlerakJ. me to. v " * ' ^ 's f - —
' '* .7, x
' ' ’ er>-h
George. “You shall have that jacket. ,,
I meant you to all the time. Tin over- < ^ >a , K tlmr * * "a-ot, my
joyed and rejuvenated aud cuml. and
)wb to the ohice.”—Yiavar-
boy’s com In’ in ftn thar party soon, an’
lie c’u tell yc.
nuudon.
6e ycntrluitltom."