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i-Ui- ; ■ ■ *S '? /" ' ftf'* « ► Tl« People Presiw. Ir.aXL, Mfh'khtlleCbd mU- •—:—ce41#newu6—:— 4Job Printing I xecdt'eil promi)t;y and in the o*t itylc»uTlUi«i’ l*isoi*le I’rew rrrr YdL. XVt. \ \| the a! niOKt be I Ko iwivr.rtii * tianfird (ifit < BAHNWELL COURT HQUSE, S. C.* .August |rt»§3. ; • Adoptwl an the Count# Orjfan by the Coun- jr Alliance July-Vh, tw.». Ji. J. FATIi, Ashociatk Fl^ttbit, To whom <■!! Communications on Alliance Matters should be addwasciL * OMrrr* ef ike t oanir Alllaara. IT. IT. (’rum, I’msldrnt. , J. C. Mi lrr, Vice I'resi letii. W. 8. Bamberj;, ffccrctify. A. K. Free, Jreoeurer. O. D. Kinard, Chaplain: , T. S. Weeks, County I«ecturc*. W. A. All, Steward or AasisUnt Lectnfcr. W. T. Harley, Iloor Koeih r. R’ K. Harley, Assistant HtHjr Keepet. 1). W. Bodtford, SCrstcant-ai Arms. F. IT. Creech, Business Aijent. F.jtecutlle Conlinlticc—C. b. Free, W. W. J^uHck, (V. A. Faust. Trade Committee—G. M. Hunter, F.. II. .Faa^gMyifflcar.afc Mlllan, C^ at. Edenlield, \\. T. Csyc* «J. K Bnelllng, K ii. Qttesa. — — tiie State AllNtice. m aee that one side of it wan incmated with pasaed to that bouTue whence there la no blood, which was still oozing from a return. By W. B. TYNDALL Sainton is a Welsh mining village Which t oils across the brow of a hill and looks down into a deep valley. The hill forms one of a cluster which fiblds bo- tween its gnarled feet mi 'lblong of level land, broken np l>y svater "courses an 1 mine workings and covered By .numer ous buildings of blackened stone. To Stand a little way out of the High street ; and gaze downward amid the shadows of an autumnal, evening is to get a gWmpee Of the Inferno. / In all directions i ' belosv are darting ont of the misty air broad red tongues of fire which tell of | of smoke 7>f I heir own making. - One such evening iri l»i^e autrimn a il wound near the temple. Ho took out A ' Ms handkerchief ntwl wiptnl away the thickened blood ns host ho could. Then ho bent close to tho wound and exam ined it with an anxious scrutiny. "Wno has done this?” ho f:Sid. "It was down by tho inMie," the wom an answered. "Somebody pushed me, and 1 fell.’' "That is a lie, Elsie. Again 1 ask you, who has done this?" "It was the drink," she answered sim ply- "Elsie, Elsie," tho doctor said, "will yon never have done with these wild ways—this wild and reckless life?" Tho woman stood for a few moments with her chin npon her breast and her , hands clasped in'front of her, makimr no imneys buried in thick shrouds Answer. Then she suddenly raised her *P“> sjzth annual meeting of the State Alliance. w.lti litlld At W!iT!iallt»—^*»- Thursday last.. Col. Donaldson was hot It candidate ^ for re-electi«»n as I'rcsldent The ortl. cho*en f *r the next Alliance yeAr •re: W. I). Evans, Miff boro; Vice President, Jume* l>: Keiti' Newberry;• Secretary, J. Keid, Spartanburg;,Treasurer,K. 1’. Taylor, Chesterfield; State Lecturer^ J. Win. Stokes, Orangeburg: Chaplain, Rev. James Douglass, Fairfield; Steward, E 11. Tyler, Aiken; Doorkeeper, J. W. Kennedy, Williamsburg; Assistant Doorkeeper, f,. K. I'arler, Colletoru Sergeant-at-Arms, J. Eugene Jarne- gan, Marioii Cqunty; Executive Com mittee, one member,. K. K. Walter, Orangeburg; Judicial Committee, one member, 1). K. Norris, Anderson ;-iiii- e.xplred term of Keitt, resigned. J. T. Oaston, Aiken; Delegate-to Supreme Connell, J. W. tjowden,, -Columbia; Alternate, J. R. Jellreys,. Union. The Supreme Council meets at Harrisburg* Fa., February, Ite.U. Tho following preamble and resolu tions were adopted ? r : — Whereas, the legislative demaiids of the Farmers’ Alliy.nce and Industriiil Union represent ihe higliest (levclop- inent in the evolution of our Order and is the essence of reform deiri in led, by the jieople In their effort to overcome plutocratic domination and restore good governmept; and whereas, llie on ly reasonable hope for relief to the far mer* ami laborers of our country re- loyaHy tliere- wtmiaiV parsed out of the turmoil of the valley/and began to climb an abrupt footpath which led up tins hill toward ton. The white dreaa of tho way- 4 The baru plucked his coat out of the ! woman's clutch and looked at her long 1 and earnestly. ^-y'- , “fiwna jrndreeli; Fnrdd DuwP she reiterated. "Bard of 0o<l, try it. It is j my hurt hope." ‘ t j Could lie dare, now that the crisis of , action was upon him, to arrogaito to him self such a iKiwer? The Very attempt at | the niiraek 1 seamed profanity. Would; not some terriblo blow fall Upon Uni, I and for such audacity’ kill him where ho stood? Ho lookial at tho child in its i cradle nixtn tho chnir—the motionless marble face, scarcely contrasting with the white wrappings with which it was swathed, gave him no hope of success. He let his gaze wander from it until his eyes fell uiam tho golden harp with tho black engraving of his triumphs, and an o looked upon it there swept into his heart a keen roihaiiffiTdPatnrtn orttrie- all his former 1 victories by winning a > has gone from me, and 1 shall be no more seen." . . ’ / ■ - But Eglinio'^ was mistaken. In the dark night ontsidc something had hap pened of which lie did hot know. tWKtO room. her midden appearance in that pOMutgv. tie itouii i<»r a Uuu not knowing what td say or do, until I wall of smoke opened abmptly f gaze, straight into the doctor's face. 'Tsit for you to complain?" she said The doctor was silent. Ho bent his contest of which the prize was a hnmun hoa4 lowhf .over the child, while tjic life. Tlio inspiration began to take hold blood rushed into his f.ve, ehlied and of him. If lie succeeded, or if he failed, with the Jfhu’k hillside jj for a moment deathly pale. The it was for her and not for himself that ' dj^P^’o ’M 5 the hill like a wotnan stood looking at liihl half sur- he would have made tfae aUempL—Ho, id it was possible t< While lie idly turned over th<S leaves of his book, tho interview in that rooui of him, and a Agnre.reeled out of iti , Scarce if) years ago catno buck vividly to him. clutched him by ihc arm. ly had tho cold wind of the hill blown Ho thought how differently he and Els- | "Ho U there. Furdit IJuw," a vi igainst The face of tho child than it js’lh hod fared, and whut mercy through 1 said, hlssinff the words Into his i iwoke from its deatliliko swoon, and nt her snfT'jrings had Ins n vouchsafed to "He Is there. ^ Help oncO more." taring a low cry clutched-with w eak I himself. His remorse, which to do him Egliniog hyiked with a idinddqr full, fingers at its mother s Breast. At that justice had for a time caused him real into tjau eyes yf Elspeth Van;,’ban. He unexpected touch Elsjieth Vaughan stag-: ptilTering, now sat lightly ui*oh him and could rfo,t tett.how sheoanm to In thfT>^ gered wnd eamc near to falling, but she ! gave just a tincture of sadness to-bis. r**- with her clntcli njxrn hii arm. Perhaps sho had forei-d lier way into tho first ppich of reseners. or obeying hty«osni prescntiniHit^f danger, bad (teen lurk ing In some {-assage of the ihip^ht the tiope of warning lu>r son. who wps at work in the pit. and wA* beniclf a rof-. rivor of the explosion. Bnt With he* words liis-hesitation went frypi him. It iss'ined as it their Ixisitiopa were 4 quickly recovered and set off at n run fleations. After all. it sis nu-d. to him through the straggling houses upon tie that the woumn’s life, in si>itgof her af- ridgu tdward the main street of the vil- fliction, hhd not I ih u unhappy—hai'pier lag(*. ■ - ■ irhletsl than if the’child had diisl—and On the morning after this strange in- she in tjie first wild prompting of jwvs- trrvicw the bard of Sainton awoke witli j siou bad for her vengeance encompasMs^ a heavy heart. Jlis power W'as gone. In 1 his min. a few hours, lie reflected, ids sin would T A step, sounding,distinctly In thc_ox- lo known. Ho could sees at ready th> terior r.Henre, was ujxni tho gravel patii which cliungo id tho faces of tlie country peo ple as they looked at-him. —Tbeso latter jcflections were cut short by a loud knocking. Had tl)_e time at- [ luidTRi time In nrovor from Ids mirpriw ; [ian<t is>rc h’hoso •h led from the garden gate to.t.h hof ids cottage, and Egliniog knew that Imrriisl fiMitfail was. He ed lier iidow. and It was possible to sis- in tile ghter darts of furnace fire which now d again illumined tho night that sho ofried a bundle in lier arms. 'fhich fiiust liave doubled tho lalioe of the as- 0 f le-rhs. AH the time the child cent. Yet sho Imre hef burdca with P^ frfado.neither sound nor movement. It rowfnlly, ns if sho regrettisl to make use of a power which die knew she iK>s.sest*ed, Hi he sponged the crusted blood from the wound and tied round the little head a sides lii tFieTr Wcnmprn rn isi n g iu supi'irt of these demands: fere, be it " t Resolved, 1st. Tliat tlie Farmers’ Al- liaace of South (ArolIna dodierehy *eU . emnly pleilge it* faitli to the brethren wftihe I'nit-d St-itoathat onr niuinali- tience and care, sometimes pausing to see that it was safe rather than for any rest so short a stay could give Her. At last she reached n place upon the hill where the path grew level fora short tpace across (ho plateau of atv ; vb:iYidop<*d working. . y~~- . ' . "Heaven help mor shocsiod, her voice / shrill and tremulous with anger, "and marr him if— Ko! not yeti TliOf? 'h?" yet rt Hhance. I have still a.hope. Aye! 1 then it lilcssing. not a cnrsc." With n sudden revTilsion of feeling the ! soliiarj- wayfarer bent her head down over the child and broke into a fit of j weeping. The tears seemed to ho the complement of her spasmodic anger, for with their flow her louder cries at Offce j ceased. A closer acquaintance with^Sainton is disappointing. To climb up to it on such a night as this is to find an ill light ed street of rough cobblestones between two straggling rows of squalid houses. In the last of tliesc houses, which stood somewhat withdrawn from its fellows npon tho nonth side of the village, there dwelt a man who wqs at that time well known not only in Sainton, but through all the country aronndrfrom the north to tho south of tho principality. Unlike other* who are held in reputation in their own country this man was a prophet. . That is to say, he was one ef those bards and seers in whom tho Welsu peasant, imbued like nil Celts with a strong nense of - racial purity .doves to see the representative of a ehadowy and hy tradition magnUieent ysasC.—But this man was more than a minstrel and soothsayer. He was counselor ami mod- ieino man. and Ids practice extended limeh farther than the immediate dis ~trk't aionnd Sainton.—iVnpio fr '' n ' far np the Rhondda valley and the vil lages aliout Neath to explain their nil inents to him and to ark his advice. Tonight a liright fhxxl of light stream ed frtmi the bay window of Egliuiog’s house, comfortably contrasting with the dim illumination of the rest of Sainton llo Rat at the table iip his little parloi scanning and correcting the setting of a Welsh song which ho had lieen arrang ing for the harp. Tho instrument itself stood upon a pedestal of honor nt the side of the room. Upon the surface of Z&Udbkd, column was marked in black lettering n record of fho coaleRtsWhich' it had won for Egliniog. Tho task on which Hie bnrrd was em ployed had almost reach<*d its comple tion. uinl he was a’oonl to try the result ni»on tlie harp, when the door was thrown roughly ojien, and a woman rushed into "MV fuuut,- 1 —r-—r—«— •— nfljado peithei did not seem to breathe. Tliere was no dgn tliat the life still lurked within its freinfl. -L- • * .. . - . Tlio doctor Jim his ear fo .the r.mali vyhite lips. The woman watched him in agony^anl glared into his face as he * * " head. , ( lis iho chfidT^ he asketf. It is he." the woman made answer. "Was this put forth his hand toward the instm- ment. nfi&l at the gesture tho woman let her hands fall to her sides. "Fnrdd Duw," she reiterated. "Pnrdd Daw.". He ^understood her meaning. And en tering an inner closet came forth again in the full dignity of Ids bardic robes. Then Elspeth Vaughan rose and placed the carved throne of tfie Imrd at the'fect of the child, who throughout tlu*so fan- fnstit prejiarationa had given qo sign of life. She removed liet'Self t;/ a little dis- tnnee and Btood with her iirm* cross'd npori her breast in un attitmle of .mo- rendy come? Egliniog wa1k«‘<l to the ] door and threw it njxui. Uj*pi) tin threshold stood a breathless messenger, who begged 1dm to come with all sjs ed, A wnmqn and Hdhl liiy very ill fit.^m. of tho lhvrli<*uHes in tTie village U uIT tint immediate aid one or Inith of them must die. The doctor wont hurriedly forth on what Ids dazed mind told him would lie his Inst«Trend of merry, lie’ bad como to the ftetorn dual ion that wdien bis fall was known he would leave-the jdnee where lie b id 1 altered all his life, and in Ids owq liitter words on the previona night bo tio.niore seen. When an hour afterward became forth fr< in the bccrbotirc, his whole ajv • pearnneo was changed. Tlie gloom had passed from his face; he walked with the a m ltirmhg'tTPrTift1f^frnuttc- -gazT*--fr-nn -tbe— tiowbisa^DCsigijation, which her fevered doctor's face tp tljr little n'otioplos* ehoeks. her blazing eyes and the quick bo«ly. -‘'it is lie—flesh of your flesh, rise and fall of her liosoip pbowtsl to Ihi assured step iiriTinitn wholt) the midst . of dan ;er bad found an Unassailable path will Isdieve-. mb Uiey \ve^>l laugh to . —• :— , fk.. * ’ . . when tlio d<xir flung brusquely open, and he saw ETspbth Vaughan atanding befon> him. Bent, hagganl and weather DPaten, with a certain vacancy in her Wild eyes, yef handsome still. Elsjietli tuiinoi; u- sirHiigo c«intrust to the JMtBiU who stoo<I staring nt her altogether, aa- tonikliod and half terrified. With 1dm life had dealt less roughly, hut, advanc ing 1dm along tho road tbwnrd a sleek mid prosperous old nge. ha<i whiteiii’1 his hair and lengthened his beard. "Fnrdd Dnw,” she said. The sound startled him. It was flic first time he had heard her speak f«»r 20 { •ears, and her words carried him.at onco wick 4b that otlier Bceno when he was so nenr f he a 1 ivss, -- "Bard of (fod. fhey must not go down hunorroWv Du vun ti ll them. Yon they assmiusl. Tho doctor, of,' to drop such A title where the (rcatmenf had gone lie- yond the most extravagant quackery, the rolled ba-d, took Ids hnrji and let bis liands wand« r over tho strings in a few preliminary notes. his hand toward a loaded stick which hung ujion the wall, but a look at the int«nb*F-am'«tod_hia gesture half way._ Tho briglit .light* shone upon a fare of nnusnal lieauty. It was very pale now and drijiping with sweat, while the long, black hair,-damp from the fog. hung close aliout it, mid the mouth was. Con torted with laliorcd efforts for breath. Vet for all that this face was remarkable in its loveliness. It was the, face of a Sybil or of Cassandra ns Romney paint ed her, with- her dark locks streaming and her wild eyes full ojien in tho cc stasy of useless prophecy. ComingXtlms out of the' darkness of tho night, this 1 woman 6£emM n fit visitant to tli r> projihet, hut Egliniog looked startled at lier appearance. and holy. A prince's son lay dying. fled *np|>ort slisll lie given to secure the enactment of these demands. 2d. .For the purpose of faithfully carrrlng Into effect the above resolu tion this body hereby notifies the Con gressmen from tlds Htate, ♦lectid- by the Alliance intiuenee, that this JXrdor •rpect* tlrem to opjiosotlie repeal of the Bhermaii S^yer Act, unless tin* repeal ing hill embodies a suits iuue giving free and iiiillniited coin age of silver ii|hin the basis of lb to I. And also • they are-expected to.wvUfik-IWJll, of the 10 percent, tax on State banks. 2d. In order to further protect our demand* andiforoe them as an issue in the political campaign*..the executive committee of this body is hereby in- ffffiicted to submit the latest legislative demand* of the NMtlonat Farmer*’ AIR- -mice and Industrial Union to each can didate for a State office and request a answer-u itliont ambiguity or effuivoeatioii upowtbe foHowiiig ques- tiona: First. “Will you discuss the Alli ance demands In' the mining campaign, particularly those relating to tho finan ce* o’f the country,'and slcfeml them against tfiVi enemies o r our Order?’.’ . ^Second- “VPffl Von pledge loyalty to the demaiid* of the Natbirral, Farmers’ Alliance and Industrial f'b'ion aliove loyalty to party inucua and Vote against any and all candidates who decline to commit themselves to this extent?” 4th That the executive com m Rteos of the District Alliances and County Alli ance* are berehy instructed to carry into effect Resolution^ with res|*ect to all candidates for Office within their re- speettve jurisdictions. nth. That the executive committee* of this Alliance ifliall have printed the above que'stioii<[and answers tlrereto a'nd-have coph rf 'transmitted 1 ' to every sffWyrdinate Alliance in the. State and "TTbeDTslllet find ('onnly—A lliaiicv- iu; « advised and urged to adopt the same course. -——- fitb. That a copy of these resolutions be. sent out by tlie secretary of each Al- liauca'in the State. - 1 ' By a rising vote the.Ailianco adopted the following rcsoh.tion: Resolved by tho South (.'arolina State A lliance in cdlmcil assembled at U al- balla, S. C That we appreciate the services <if Brother >f. !»'. DonahUdn as rre4d«ntof tlii* Aj iauVe > We appreciate hlih fot his*wisdom in ctunOliv for hi* faithfulness' to truth, for hfsf energy In action and for his fldoHty Do bis bretfirefn ——— Whilb we no longer have the Wnefit 6T hia lea(Bjr*bip we-confidcntly ex|*cct valiant servhus from li.im in pbessing fVirwiird to victory with thte lidsls of the l Alliance, and we heg to asirtire hlUi <if ! dtir confidenin liiui a* a brotljet 1 bnt- fbesw-emigs . cling for thertnw iuefess of •Very; true ; swathed. The woman bent down by his Reform. - J • ■ shoulder hatching what he did nntilhe That we reaffihff'onr entlVeconfidenc^ 1 told her hrrsbly to stand away from ill hi* Integrity iamPfnltbfuInra* ii|>(|ic J hint. Then fibe drewoff a few feet Mid, performance of dyery public triist re- > reoiaihed with her hands claspeil togeth- , posed In him and wish foi* him a long ( . r> n pi c tnre of di^resfiful suspense. *nd successful career. •- v. j A* soon a.* Ke I Next year the State meet at Aiken. ••‘l bhxsl of your blood, Egliniog—rit is he! Oh, save him. pave him!" _ “All. Elsi>eUi." lie went on. "AMiVha^e yon broken yonr word? Why have you returned, bringing sorrow to me and to yourself? Two fears age' Von went away promising to bo Been hero no more, - ! gave yon money, and I wnrheil you when yon went tliat it would lie ill f - r yon and for me if over yotf forswore yonr oath end ^amc bark—sorrow and Bliame for n* IsitK My word was truth,. It ia ill for ns—ill for yon and ill for me. Who can tell for which of us tho most?" ' The woman made no answer, but she understood what he paid, and rIui under stood—haw bitterly?—the look which was npon his face. Tlis words seemed to break the power which held lier ppell- bound. Sho threw herself npon her knees by the small chair cradle and burst into a flood of inissiduatu tears, jcUting her.hands ujxin the child's face and cry ing lier lamentations over it until tlrt* eoffnge re-echoed witli Hie t)lian> ized iiohnd of lier voice. * AT T tengttr. tiirough tlie -dark -grief which loro the jK>or woman’s heart, there aecmed to strnm'lo even yet a last glim- mcring hope. Sho left tho ciiild, and i TvfO'.* ms Haup groveling along the ground upon her! hkh ovtn rm: stkings. . knee* put up >H»r liands a'.id took hold i Egliniog was a great Imrjief. _ As lie —: bt'ip'o fn.. «n.'»ri...il l.wrgud of lb<’jrinfn'' iimT to rafetvT worn. , There is dnnia>r. —l-caa.aco.lt. Within the hpiptime fiovrt to which Iv Not a man must go down tomorrow, had been called tlio doctor had found Tell them, Fnrdd Dnw. I lay it upon Elsjieth Vaughan and her child Iving you." ride by side npon n pallet Ik*!. A glanei The thrilling voice ceased, ,tbe door quick liad scare#* muu Mtiu ujMtii ji iiaiivu iR. *4 u* si ............ * -.* ^ hod tohl him that the child bail passed j closed, and ho was alone. Si qn out of tho insoftsibilRy which even to she come and gone thatWconld himeelf had seemed to lx? death. It wui Rleejiing now a calm and healthful sleej*. But with tlie mother it was otherwire* The strain and despair <>f the night had broken her down. Sho lay Hissing in a State of Romiflelirintn, yet ever *1 rivim- wit h a care.' pathetic in tho midst of her own rnfforing, not to touch nor disluth ihe chilit. —- r ___ As ho walked hftmo ncrooa the hill hr pomh'rcd what the end would Ixi of tlie unexpected tangle in which he found him ^elf. An hour ago min seepiod to 1* led .-to safety; If Elsjieth died, ho would jirnvidaXor the child at a distance, and the danger of discovery would never arise, if phe live«l. would sin* rot lie grnti- child which hail Boerped to Ire dead?' lie knew her well enough to I*? fttire. that fier oil* j»* x~ s, oim bptind"to him by a Strong liond of gr (udo for having restonsl to her. tin.' cl Tp<' rptll ioijn ijnlnre would rcganl HU- TUi changed and that the influence which lie hail long ago exercised over, her I uni jK»ssq«| from hiuisclf to her. .^nakiijg off which wap h< hi op^dp stop him, he brushed , 4 nien, and holding for guiitntirc to th^ woinuuV skirt ho disappeared into the diirkiK’n. i , A silence fell upon the mm urho had {yen wjiisjiering togetIn r in groups.', 8cr- ~ "rid would hSvPfireS'ed forwgrd*, hut H Wic n^ehwf t' sactrifice life Ip snch ailea- jKTate attcihjii. (’nr above them they Could hear tjte clunking iWenginet Bounding faintly and the rhsh ami whir, of fjio vmtHating funs. Before long the way might l**oome clearer and possible ^ folloxf.’ At jirereot.-they cpnlij only, wait, hoping for some message troui tlie darkness and lielieving that tbeir hopes were in vain, Yet pn-sently fher^. fell upoq their ears, (aint.at fipt (md sretn-. ingly distant, but grmltmUy coming nearer, the sounds of footstep*. They cquhl fell that whoever was coming »9v Ward them was making slow nml diftf- cult progress. Zjfhif f(sitfall grew faint* Bometlines, and once, nir«t away alto-, gether, bnt gradually tlie sound became more distinct and was accompanied at intenrotl by n horsli. grunting cough, and coutiuually by the noise of • deep. Bobbing breathing. * , In this Mispense twoof tho fnen could restraifl fhettfe^Jvei no longer. They, ly Isdicve that he had seen more than a pliantotu raised liefore his eyes by liin too vivid memory. But nt his feet there . . __ — lay a leaf whicTi had blown through the ) dashed - into tho thick enrtain of-SDn>ko ojk'h d»K>r. He stiKijHil and pickt*) upi.sml rcajijnuircd after an interval, sup- this silent evidence of Elsjieth’* presence and stiKsI tliinktittf wldle he rtillod and enimjiled it betweeu his fingers. The leaf had erumldeil into infinitesimal itnst Vhieh was r.jirinklcd over tho floor i was r.prinlu liefore ho moved. "Nay, eftcr all. whntcan she know?" lie said at length. "A mad woman’s kxikjng in his face. Now-all the roads- word and a jiassing mist. which is the fnofit worth? Why r.hould I delay my journey? We are safe here, and it is in>- portant that I slipuhT go to the meeting *iir * ’ ■ * 1 • i lie tho dnpq of no such / event of the preyious night ns amjrarl initurd jxiwer of tho hem of Egliniog’.* coat. "Gwna yrndreeh. Fnrdd Dnw, Eglin iog," she said in Welsh—"drfffcnt whicli i ia in your power, bard of God. It is my li^t hope, bnt it will not be allowed to | f.wl. Try it, its you loved mo in the time , of which I dare not think, a* yon should love it which has gone, Try it. With good faith ho will lie brought back to me." Tlie bard knew what she meant. It was the last resource of his mysticism which she invoked, and Its j lower wine traditional, legendary, scarcely to be W- lieveil in’ l*»y InmAdf; Ixi-Atiiiiin this final desjHrtpte beseeching was addressed. Back in t :o far years, when everyday life .moved on its way through shadows of nivsterv and wonder, when niagic was an element of existence and faith was the lever of mountains, it was said that the gift whwlr whs how invoked bv this. Egliniog instinetivelyrose and put out+ i nf , t passionate hope, of desjiair’ first came within 1 human jxiwcr through a miracle wrought by a man both great All dead son, • the instrument wailed sjioko in unison, with hia voice like a skillfully jil.i>*ri violin. Never in all the in spirit ingcont eats of the Eisteddfod had he jilayed with such verve iis now in the silent jiresonee of this woihnti and of the child who lav motionless between which ho had inherited. Cut iK lia/hnuT-l ^-ught* ^yH-dmgered in hia he^rt self no r.nch delusion. The ugdhy which bo ’Imd passcil through a few linvi hiin of skam With which In; had sur .rounded hi*dlj«1 ami had givptt Him a gjimjiso of reality/md truth. alread> fad n g away ns ho lK-;gin to regain liis old "tapsuinwipp. fftvfcncw that tbechild ronld only have Is-en in n swoon so deep a* i him and her. With a sudden jiause the | seem to him in that honrof r.uddeti ajpta . . r 4 I . . , 1 , 4 1 . 1 , , , w* rm ‘ . * * % A, X . 1.. Ajt - 2 L . 1 A. — - A. sound of the hnrji and the ringing voice censoil. Tliat solemn indincnt had eumo when the chieftains, gathensl loutside the chamber of tho prince’s con. had heard his voice awakening from itr. •sleep. Tho.harjxrand Elspeth Vaiigliau looked eagerly at the face of tlie child. Egliniog thought that ho saw a momen tary flush of oink jmsuncross its marble whiteness, like a faint shadow of life, but if it were indeed so tho sign came and went like a shadow, leaving no trace behind. With desjiaif in his heart he broke forth iiitoi.hut long of trinniph which told in tho original legend iff -the completion of the miraele and ended hr' a sitccession of falling notes. tomorrow. folly*" ( ’ , ■PQH The morning was bright nnd fresh as Qie bard sit forth ujkmi hia journey, a! wind hud risen b.i tlm night and cawfadi Sriridl ^ reflTnof •iff tlio ilanqi mist which had hung so i v’liuglipn luwl borne tenderly fong about MuiiiTon. Ttm pun* air mid 1 jiorting Egliniog between them. ,, (1 . r Tlie bard lodlnsl very different now froui when, not luoro than two honrs, ago. ho was nmbliryt tranquilly over tbp bills. Hi* whtto naif Anil Imrd worn tnrncd bl:v!; by a coating of soot and grit, bis dress was torn snd smoking, tho bcuTW ina,*k cap hail fallen from bi^ head, nnd bis eyes were jmrtrnding frem their codccta in tin* aoreiity of bis exer tion. Bqt ho still grnjiplrd « bunlen. liieh lie half supported, half drugged, lit seeming unconscionsnees of tbe prw>- [ ence of the two men whid had come te[ . his nseistanco and were bolding Mm on, either r.ide. . That (mnlen wm the samp feneweil sunshine drove away whatevr; ’~ BirHnk>yIoolH»daUhi>adulirnnd ncross | iinlwvjle. its lx nly nt Elsjieth Vaughan. The at- w hen the resou rces of their-simple inwfr— teuqrt bad faihsi—The Dower* which in ciiie were exhausted there had been the shadowy Qaynhad wrought thoas’ou- cnlle«l in the aid of magic. ; ’dor, wa,< flisl 'forever Even while he grew cold in the death some purer heart than that was known* to arts of iliose nn- leurned davs Imd lieen done for him.nu-l in the death rhafuber. while the head womap crtisseil his hands upon his breast and the lesser women knelt around tho bed shrieking thefr keening cries, there had como a ■ man liearing a harp -ujKin his shoulders to the castle gates. „ WJEiew tliey heard his errand, they 1 would have tunnsl him from tho castle with scnflxng. hut that tho prince, boWcd with sorrow and scarcely knowing , whither he went, had chanced to jiass that way and catching in his desjiair nt the wildest waif of hojie bade them lei the strange harper in. He inarched at once to’the death chamber and turning the women out reniHined alone with the corps? of the pri nee's dead son. Soon the listeners without heard the sounds of the hnrji half nmflled hy the closed 1 door which intervened IxUvCben thorn end the niaver. nnd his voice vising imd fall- in g inan^dHlteTowTnclfTorlTirwIlTtTici^ 'cr or Ti3<t j:as*'ed Into si on led her to ncjmrita herself and him hah his. There wa* a from that hninun cdmjianionship from pause. In which the stillness of t,he room *hd of tho sleeping world outside-grew ojijiressive. What would that woman say whom he ,li;ul wronged so bitterly, and who stood there so still with her stricken face? What would she do? It seemed ss if hojie or desjiair I pul changed lier' into stone. At last Elspeth-movod. She advanced, and liending over the chair cradle railed the child and went swiftly toward the door. As bIio lifted thelatch sho turned and looked back at Egliniog. Perhaps, indier eyes, ho made a mean. tion to Iki dentil its*’lf. Nature it wn - who haif recalled tlio little fellow to life. -and not Egliniog. the licrd, with H' ninmraing ndics. hi* twanged liarp end J wild assumption of occult jiowct. F.Irjk tl| Va ugh an did not die. Rao creji* slowly back to life, nnd the diiFiTehc'e from EgHniog's calculation was that, though ehc liveil, she never recovered her reason. . At first it neonied as if she had only escajxxl from death to tho liv- ing grave of an asylum, Imt gradually the more violent symptoms of her mania .p.ti.wd auay. md kW-Adl Into v . fresit gathering of mist, Imt splaying out Ahetic condition which receives from the country jTOjile tho kindly euphuism of innocence. Vet she was not altogether The wordIv practical side of olieying, Elspeth'’* warning. , In' that Cloudless blue sky which made the Iiills eetn low nnd familiar to him thero secined no rixini for danger. Egliniog traveled in jwtriarehnl fashion,' riding^ qjMin a donkby, whilo his Servant, who was his groont at home nnd hi,* honch- inau abroad. Irotl eloso nt his heels with the hurji upliii l,I:i i.houhh rs. Suddenly tho ground all around trem bled with a sudden shock of earthquake, amhn dead, snljen boom rolhsl slowly along the valley .'inf teverlierated among the hills like jirolongetl nnd diftant thunder. Both man pmt master knew what had luipjieneii. The one letting fnM the liarji upon- the stunted heatlwr, the other sliding down from the Iwk of the donkey, they together, Turned qpd looked ’nick toward Sainton. Over the.valley among tho hills there stood rt column of vujior which was neither the smoke of the furnaces nor n cottage at Sainton. Tbe fnan yrbq b»j» senseless at hix fnet had been tbe obflu who btwf lain so mutiotfJoSTaikf scSnxtBif- ly without life, lietween hitnae^^ jietl: when he hpd reyived that« which hs<T keen wrought ! tow concentrated njxm her child. Her delu- deluf son. 118 . H . , ,, Egliniog loosed down upon tbe doatu- likc face, and thero came to him with* bitter pang of remcmlnrance tbe knoxff. edge that never lietween tbi* son of. his find hitniwlf fif fife pf either, had thero jussotl one spoken word of friendly glance. He saw the pale, sef features, the cage come swinging down the sllafft, ami the bpdy of the reecoea man placed in it. He heard the cbeff*, of the crowd ringing around tbe top of tho jiit in clamorous joy at the flretj' evidence of »uccess from below. Then Egliniog turned, nnd with a sadden km^ tty, which I'clxjsjd BToand thedar.®vault, retunnsl again into the darkness. , _ A groan like a sound of anger, ros^ from tho crowd of miners .as they saW BV what hq hnd done and' listened to the. at the t<Yp int > a rotv.di circle hung in noise of his desperate footsteps. Thrii; the clear air like the perjHnal clouil 4 sound grew faint in the distance and at over a volcano. They were two or throe | | mile* from Haintpn. Imt t’.iey could see i nn 'lu-r iic/.iu «•>« onsMr*| iin n untl-wwMitui jionrimr from the cot-I j|^)” 1 *the wild nnd romantic remained ami woe tag*’* in the valley immediately , below Hlowlv tue vdhtilating fan* orereaaw them and mailing along the road toward tin* smoke, driving a portion of it up tbu that overhangingclond. Egliniog lo<)ke,l shaft and dispersing the remainder bf * which slie had suffered so mneh. Sh found a deserteil and lialf ruined hut i npon the hillside. Around this solitary dwelling sho re claimed by her own lalior and afterward, as In* strength grew, by her son’s aid a patch of the hillside large enongh to suji- jily tho vegetables on which they chiefly subsisted. Sometimes she was forced to rtjijiear in the village, find her uncouth surrounded tl yet beautiful iljijx'arance together with | had occurred the affliction which had befallen li<‘r eas-' their ranks wTien down for a moment and then followed their example, running a* Inist be could along the winding jiath across the h 111*7 while his servant went by the side of hi* muster and saved' him more than ouqo when lie was nearly falling.' But the bard was a a old man; and wmi long befpre h^<'Mjgr thp valleytjbelojjylJ^B village arta aji- last abruptly ceased. The men avohlorf each otlier’s eyes in tlie foiut light, omlj no one spoke. This time they waited tin? smoke. shaft and dispersing the reman thin vajKir among the other passages of, the mine. After another hour of anapenae, tho rescuers, were able to penetrate into the iKtssago where the explosion had oc- •curred. They hnd jnsst*! for some way. through,the mirky and' malMorons at-. nbfedou t cIumI the gn mosjiluTc lieforo. they stuinbledou the old man-, and 'tlj.body of a' man, wlipm they lastly recog- 1 |yi*l-wearily intoVJhixed.' Jtfhjg njxm his face, with bw village artd aji- \- nrtus siretrued out in fronfof him. K, ir.vd of {KKiple whic’r \ where the disastot made ft way through they saw Ids tvliihi ily obtained from the charitable what ever sho required. But more often she masquerading figure, sitting thero in his was seen at a distance from Sainton, mumming tobes, and all the violent faith which had been in her heart burned out forever. But he never for got that form, with its burden pressed.! to its breast, silhouetted by the brilliant lights of the room ngaifist the block j -background of the outer darkness, nor j the face'with its lurid beauty and that - wandering atnoug the wildest nnd least frequeued parts of tlie hills or stAndiug with her child clinging to her dress ujioa tlio plateau near her hut, where she hail rested during the ascent to the jirophet’. house. - ' ... ' . Here more than once Egliniog tried to approndf her. hnt sliu wemed to regard rOLINTOQ LOOKED STARTI.ED AT HFR AP- REAR.VNCE. "Elxier he cried. "Elsjx'th Vnnghan! If or heaven’s sake, what is it with yon? Why is it that you have come tp me in fbis way?" ... .. i x' y He took the child from her, and draw ing toward him a Qhair with a hollow, bent rent to servo ns, rt rude cradle, he amLweirdncss they had never heard any , , ... strain before. frown of hatred nnd contempt for him- him with esjiecial. fear and lied ns soon Many times repeated, tho nnusnal hnr- self upon it. which seemed wholly mad as she heard his footstejJS." t ' moay grew and waned in the silence of in its intensity. As tho years had passed the deathroom. nntil nt last, when the The door closed, and he was alone, hojie of the prince had turned to anger The incoming of this woman, of whom and he was for breaking in the door ,10 he had hoped through two yeftrs that sbo put a stop to the unseemly exjieriuient, i had jiussed altogether out of his life, and the music died away in a sudden broken her outgoing^seomed like sortie horrible note of joy, md there were heard sounds vision Svhich, after a few ininntes of wakofnlftess, would bo no more remem- lieretl liear<l ftmt leaver cap,.a rid be was soon at Tho mouth of the shaft. The .clang of tho engine working tlie ventilating fan* at double juressuro cmphitsized tho r,i- lence of the men mi,d women, who ctobd \Fith white faces, pot knowing yet whut to exjicct or how much to Tear. Perbaji i tho explosion had not lieen so veryhje- vere. A party of rescuers- had already made their wui’ down the shaft, and tho -tmifn n-?a jcy|- j.r.,],uri;iir to descend with another Iwtch of, the bravo fellows. Egtifiiog. not know tug why since A\ie strange scene in hi* cottage, no retribu tion outside hi.* own conscience hail come to him. His reputation Imd grown, and j n plan who was just entering the cayr Iris name was kmiwn more widely than and took the dangerous seat himself. b*4-p8|: ; haps bei-anae he wart so nse<l to taking a foremost place awong-bis jieople inSai i- ton, stretclte*! ont his hand to put aside ; behind that darkened threshold which | made the listeners j&se and the heart of th#'prince bonnd m his throat. And 1 in this there wps no wonder, for the j voice which they had heard, the voice which had at last made answer to the Ted. Bnt the robes npon his shoulders, gatherings of peasants Ihyjy had bec< ith their lying emblems of purity and fashionable institutions, srippdTtGd 41. it.- I _i _J.' 41... 4l.i 4_. 1 .—..I. 1 placed the chiiff in it add began to undo long, apjieal of the strange harper, was tWcoveririgs with which it was closely' ^' e vo ' < ’ e *' ie prince s dead son. Alliance- Art soon a.* h> had tincovered the face Of tho* child tho doctor wab#tartled to Egliniog, in the midst of his triumphs of aonnd and song and the adulations of the people around him.lrsd long boasted, as Elsjieth knew, that his was the ances try which had been headed by this shad owy figure who had wrought the most mysterious and divine of miracles, the calling back of the sooi When’ it has strength, the harp at his side, the chair in front of him,, of which the cushion still bore the impression of the' little body that had lain there, told him of the reality throngh which he had passed ^nd the danger which it jiortended. Tho j inspiration hod gone from him. 1 "It is all over with me.” he said. "Why did she come buck and bring my sin npon my bead? I saw the look in her n et. Tliere is no mercy. ^ Tomor row all will know what I atm who set it had been then. Everything ho touched bad been, successful. The Eisteddfods had prosjxired until from lieing mere become _ ter the money of the gentry and even hon ored more than onco by the presence cl muTtions the dangerous His brain was in a whirl - as he descend ed, keeping, like Iris' com pan i Oft*, bin hand over his mouth, through the smoko and flying grit. - .. . ' This was a jilt which had always been easy to work. The shaf t, which was not deep, terminated .In a ch ared circle,. whence foffiated. in all directions pass- nn< j ^. r son _ figes and’ galleries, which jiicrccl the heart of tho hill by easy gradients. This open space was encroached upon now bj* i # i J'' myself above my fellows. My powtr royalty. In these larger co; bard of Sainton had maintained his su premacy over all rivals. 11 seemed when by a succession of Victories he hod won __ the prond position of chief of the bards 1 a blinding and pufigent smoke which is-, that the jiower of the man whoee spirit 1 sued from one of the narrower ami’ he had once-invoked had indeed descend- 1 steeper galleries. It was there that tbe ed upon him. | •xploeiun hod taken place, and Egliniog One night Egliniog oat alone hi the, heard tlie thrilling whisper jam throngh cottage at Sainton. Twenty years had ! tho gathered -crowd of minors that tho gone by sine* Elspeth Vaughan" hod r kool was on dm toward the end of the littjc farther ft woman lay. her head on, her asm as if she hail fallen ( asleep. So lose were they together/ trot tho out- tretched fingers of the. man almost inched tho skirt of tlie woman’s dress.- i t Elspeth could not have known of tile loyal attempt to rescue her, for that stew of suffocation she most diiVl long before Egliniog hod i to her feet. ""is ^ / m. THEY STCMM-ED OJi TWK BODY OTA ; When'rt few days aftenratd the btnriol. of tbe victims of the explosion took - ’— »h the churchyard of Saiptew, had come too late-were grave.’ . But Egliniog, the grander funeral, ami of crowded to it fromj lageFmanv stood the churchyard t each other how j and what a death. • as to the i had lived or why I