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Tli* Pwplt PmiM.| l Hfr—tllr yo+jukb y Job Printing p Exui'UUxl y waJ m ibr OB fcUe rto^i-t Pr«.v BH. voL.xvii. BARNWELL COURT HOUSE, Si C., SEPTEMBER 21,1893. '4. ; ... / S Mo pul>Ui«k>4 uUmbmTi MMon oi nwne ut Mi« I Wv arc hoc na ihe rieaa or csj • t>rrc<|M>n<k*nU. All contract * ; mutt be acttinl for So Adrmtaptnent »M1 V [ hnn^ed ftrwtof tli><aei4C No. 4 r llliunce Department. inniuifactttrin^ , companleH. in the Morrhern Staten, each of which ccti- tt nrtme annwaliy froui 1,IXK1 to 50,<K>ii bale. « Adopted an the County Organ by the Couu- tr Alliance Jul) i>tU, IfWtf. if. J. |*ATK, Aasona.tk Koitor, To whom all Co«*munleaUoU8 ou Alliance Matters nhould lw addrrfvsod. ‘ Jim Goddart’s Premise. ,' Offlefm «r the t .aatr illU.r*. H. If. Crum, President. - J. c. Miller, VkwTmnUeat. \V. 8. Bnrrrtierg, Secretary. A. K. Free, Treasurer. <5. I). Ktuard, Chaplain. T. 8. Woden, County Lecturer. W. A: AH, Steward or Aastat.int lecturer. 1 , W. Ti Harley, Door Keetter. K. li. (Harley, AssUtaut Door Keeper. D.'WJ Uodiford, Sergoiant-at Arms. F. fl. Creech, Ihtalness Agent.' Kxecutive Committee—C. H. Free, W. W. Patrick, W. A. FiSi'sf. Trade Committee^-<3. Nf. Hunter, E. II. Dowlihg, J. M. Ulmer, W. A. All. Committee on tlood of the Order—J. C. Me- Millan, C. M. Edcutleld, W. T. «^re, J. K fnelltng, E. B. (iiiesa. ' , —-Brethren, paatc the fulluwing in yottr b.sthat: iW Maater General "lasell l« .aid to hi^vc told Representative Latimer of tbl* State on Satnrday that he would not ap|M>int ‘‘any AllUnectnau to a Fjitrth Class poat ittaxtershlp^T^rrr Fleecing (he Farmers. The Dcderick Hay, Straw and Grain Reporter has an article telling how the cotton planters are plundered by the Tinu* l*etween them and the consumer: First, the band Iron bale tie rings, rep resented hy.stock companies with mil lions of capital on which they |i*y enor mous dividends. They sell the planter heavy, expensive patent hoop^iron bands when a quarter of the cost would securely bind the cotton with neat steel wire hands.-- ■■ ■_ Then the cotton factor, or second ring, requires that the planter put up his cotton in loose, ungaiulv bales, in order as they say to sample it, but re ally to permit them to steal immense quantities of cotton from the bales, so that some of them sell from $5,000 to 110,000 worth of samples annually;;—— Then the bales go to the repress or . compress ring, which is usually a com bination of factors or other middlemen,' and here theeotton crop pays aunuaUv I about $5,000,0 >0 more, Then the cotton j passes on, maybe, through the hands of another ring, w ho fatten on it, amf' linaTly remdtes the hands of the distrib uting merchant m Daltiiaore, ftew Yprk, feoston or Liverpool, by which | time the bsles are badly soiled by dirt, iiiml -and rain, by reason of their un gainly size, careless handling and sto- | ~ rage^ wnd they wra now not nn f ieqi t e n t- ly treated to a bath by rolling then, through the penetrating thtsh and uiml that usually 1 ouver* tho wharva. of these of 500 pounds woiglit each, and either of which arc as safe as any Southern hank; and if the planters were to send tliclr cotton to either of them, trusti g to their judgment a« to grade, they would bo astonished at the amount the cotton would net over tho amount re ceived a* now iharkeled. The conductors of these cotton mills are tiic most reliable cotton oxi>erts in the country, as they prove their judg ment. by use every lime. Otlmr experts only guess without the proof of test to perfect them. If planters doubt the unerring judgment of these jnill ex perts, then send them samples by midi to grade. Much more hay is baled and marketed at the North than cotton at the South, and yet the hay is neither weather, nl- Icss that soiled nor exposed to the though iU value is so imtch tlMire is not tiie same inducement to care for it as with cotton. Hay is packed at a cost of $1* per ton in small snug bales that will load a grain aacAu its capacity in weight, and always senv direct from CHAPTER I. « “Yes, thev are both down with the fe ver, Jim—lioth father and sweetheart— nml a pretty smart touch of it, too, I, fancy. I met Miss Pert Just now in the street. Sho could sj>cak to me tisfay fast enongli when she wanted something," and Mira Helle Sutton, the buxom barmaid who presided over tho canteen at Ku- randa camp, tossed lier liefnzr.led head defianty; “and she told me so and asked me if there was a doctor iii the camp, and when I told her the nearest doctor was at Cronjo, four hohrs* ride off, she had the cheek to ask mo to tell her of some one who would go to bring him. Fancy that, Jim, and on Christmas eve, of all nights in tiie yearf” 31., "What did you say:" *T laughed at her of course. ‘J don’t tTiThklhe Hoys woumtTnrqruf catpiiTor any one tonight,’ I said, ‘and certainly j come—he could take a hint as well as any one—so he came no more to the shanty, ahd #i on the few liecasiona when ; be met I^ois had passed her with a dis- - eburtpous bow: ! not for people like j’ou, wlio treat every body like the dust under your feet, and are too high and tniglrty and virtuous to associate with any of us poor sinbersr I large dtiea. Frem the wharf the hale, a re carted to some dirty back storage ntrectr -here the^ a^egaD. -dumped ^ the press to the market where.lt Is to he consumed, no matter if across the con tinent, and consigned cither direct to thcconsumer ora rellaUfi commission, merchant wlu^ w ill dispose of it direct P» the consumer at a” eominission <d $1 or less per ton. Now, these are reasons why the fariners at tho North grow rich and richer and the planters at the South poor and poorer. Many cotton' middlemen make from $45,000 to $100,000 net annual protit on simply handling a few thousand bales of cotton. Middlemen in hay North handle ashiauy car loads of hav as hales of cotton to make dimes for the dollars. This is why there arc fifty middlemen in cotton to one in hay, notwithstand ing the hay crop Is greater in bulk^ Tb« Author of “Oulllrer.” 4 Between 1714 and 1720, for a dozen years. Swift remained in Ireland, with out^ intermission, altogether apart from public life. At the latter ditto he went to Load n, probably needing n change of rm:nefler tho shock of Mkw Y:m- liomriga’s death ami tiie grii'vohs sense lie must have had that it W:-s he who hr.d kiilinl her, ami it was then tlu* "GnlUver" was published. The latter portions of it, which the children have rejected, avo are glad to have no space to dwell upon. The bitterness, passion .and misery of them are beyond parallel. One would like to have any ground for lie- Ikvfng that the Ilouyhnhins and tiie rest -ennao into being after Stella's death, but this was not f&Tjdsc." Sfar waii only av woman and was not, after nil, of mrc’.i vital i niiortanco in tliS man’s existence. Witlnlrawnt from t he JiVe be lov confinement in n narrow aphere, fly dfs- appointment of aronlwhich felt itself had her there, eh, Jim?” ^ "Decidedly, my dear. If tu love ypur neighlHirs is a Christian maxim, tu hate your enemies is ono of nn equally meri- t or ions character, lies ides being indefi nitely moro attractive to the carnal mind # and jieoplo who profess to b*‘ lletter than their neightiors are one’s mitural ene- iuh*s,” Jim ffplkd placidly. “Andwliat did Miss—Miss Pert any to t?faty*' "Oh, she lookinl at me out of her great saucer eyes, and tier lip* twitched naif she were going to cry—great baby - then, ‘Do yon really mean that there is no one in all the camp with sufficient humanity to help two sick, perhaps dy ing men n.n<Ua helpless giriy sho said. 'That's just as yon like to put it, my lady,' I says.' ‘You’ve held yourself iloof from us nil and looked down upon us, and now you’ll find you can’t drop and pick ns up again ufld use ns just when yon think fit. Yon haven’t a friend in the camp now.’ She didn’t say any tiling to that—just colored up and tossed Iht head hud walked away. I guess she didn’t like to hear the plain truths. By. the way, Jim. I didn't think of you. You used to be a great friend of theirs at one time." '■‘Aye. 1 was when they first came to the camp," Jim replied in his lazy, re flective voice, “before they knew me in timately. When they thoroughly under stood tho high toned, exalted nature of my character, they were content to ad mire it and me from a distance. Give, me another whisky. Belle." Belle laughed ns she refilled the emp ty - gbttw. She glaumed with' admiring eycs.at Jim It was better so, he told himself. Some times in lier presence he was tempted to forget that ho was what he had made himself; to fprgvt that dark-time of youthful folly, that moment of madness which had six died h1s life anA brought his father's, cqrtb upon his head; to for get all this and (be wild, reckless life to which it hail lieen the prelude. Lois was no fit company for him. Like must mate with like. Let him keep to his own kind. His place was in the liar, with the noisy revelers who crowded there after work ing hours were over to drink and gamble, not under tiie soft starlight by the side ■erf that, dove eVed girl, with her pweet face and her low voice. But though he had tuld this to himself and had determined topnt her altogether out of Ills lifejAbri memory, to go hark tu his old life aui friends ami to"Wcou- tent with Miss Dyile Sutton's society, hi* efforts had not been quite so suceessfffT as he could have wished, and now the unexpected news which Bello had-given him had raised a tumult uf mingled emo tion in his mind. "Well, aren’t yon going down to offer T'-mr services to Miss Pert, Jim 1 Slit'll be ready enough to welcome you now, in spite of tho cold shoulder she’s turned to you lately," she said. Jim looked at her blandly and smiled. "I dare say she w^uld,” he said slowly. “I guess I’ll give her the chance any how,” Jim answered in his cool wire, and then he took up his hat and putting it on turned to the door. "By the way. Belle, haw you any drinkable ‘fizz’ left? ] niohTmean The fiery decoction you *el! to the isivs, but any of that case I brought back with me tho last time 1 went to MuritzbnrgT" | "I believe there are two or three bot tles." - 1 •‘Hand a couple over then." Jim tucked the /champagne under his arm, and with a cureless nod and a mi prcuie disregavfl of Miss Belle’s un.ry looks, whicV exasperated her afro hi went out of the bar and walked quickly down the stryrt till he reached the Clif- ,1 j ton’s shanty. The door stood open, and f. f No paused; mid unseen by the pnlc watcher who sat by her father’s lied sponging his burning hands and brow with cool water And listening to his in-, coherent muttering* looked on for a mo nient in silence, then gently tupped at tiie door. Lois started and turned suddenly round; then n's she recognized the new comer a hot crimson blush flamed into i her pale Hiei k, and into the blue eyes a curious light of hope and relief and con-1 fusion leaped up ns she looked eagerly at him. >‘Mr. GiHldart! Oh, it is really your she Biikl, and at the surprise and delight in her voice-all the Ijjtteniess and hard- Loi* ’ Jim said quickly. "I’ll go myself presmtly, bat first yon must take aglaaa of champagne and someihing to eat, I dare say,” and he looked at Iht inquir ingly, "you haven't had imvihuig Today, ebr “No, I was too anxious snd nnhappy to eat," Lois answered, with A faint fBdlcr ■ ‘rr—-Tr—7 J -r- a. She s»M down to tiro table ami oliedi- ently nte the food Ik' placed before her •ml drank tho wine he pqnkcd ont with a lilwral hnhd, wUil(> he stixid ami loaned *p against the door and watched with quiet satisfaction ns the color eame Iwk to her jwle cheeks and tho strained look died out of her eyvo,'' '' ! . “There, you feel fit now," he said kind ly, "and now I’ll get a horse and go for the doctor at once. Fortunately it will be moonlight. You understand it will l»c some time lieforo the doctor can arrive. ■ It is a good four hours' ride to Cronje, j and that’s the nearest place where I esn get one, so yon must not be anxious or i uneasy if wo are longer than you expect. ! If you’ll promise me that. 111 promise Hve or di«? I promised Net,” and he set bis teeth fiercely, “that you should beak the camp by daybreak. HI keep that promise if—I die foritt So go at on'-*. Yon can tell the boy* where you left me. 1 shall make for the ford. It l doq’t tunt . of refusing to ac **’ ^™ company him. - . ~~ ' t Mi«nt. 1 nay." «n<) then, as the doctor "Very well," he mid rather enlknly, ! '™ l:{ '•slnoe it’s an urgent ease I’ll go." ' | • ,n * rk th,, horse prith hi * ridill « “I Ihonght yon would," Jim raid; suavely; "indeed I have already ordeml | ahorse for you. By the time yon arc i ready,” and he glanced at the doetor’i and order, and since he came to (Tonjo he hail heard too much of the wild, law less ways of the diamond diggers, and especially of Jim Goddart, to regard with much com pi veney the prospect of & mid night ride along with him. But still les* .did h« Hko tho iika -•‘f* and he dress suit and white tie and smihsl grim ly—how many years wna it aince Jijr himself liad worn such a suit?—"it will tie round." Tiie night Was very hot and oppros sive, unusually so Itideeil, Jar in Natal, however hot tiie days may be, the uightt are generally cool. The doctor remarked upon this and wondered what the eansi of the unusual heat and the stifling, op pressive feeling that filled the air might be. Jim, if lie had felt disiioseil, could have told him that the heat was pro lx* tho doctor shall be here before daybreak." j bty ranmed hy-otwrnf the grass fires com "I will do my ln-st,” Lois answered. She followed him outside tho shanty, and as, with a nod and smile and a cheery "that’s right, keep up your heart," he was turning from her cho i»ut her hand gently on h|S Mn. — - "Oh," she said softly, "1 am so yon came, that you fi rgavo me! that How can I thank you?’ across the veldt tlron- started. At the lonrh of (hn«« a g mpn enough in that district during thi hot weather, bnt ho did not deem it prudent to do so. By and by, however when they had ridden through a gmil “bnsh" and emergeil from the trees on to^the-open veldt, tlio heat became stil' glad w more oppressive, and the eanse of it was met roon apparent to tha doctor, for far oil ?c\ntno rolling along great cloud of smoke, lighted hero ami there by darting tongui'S of flame, and behind tho smoko a lurid light, which was not the light of the eoming sunrise glowed in (he eastern sky. The doctor checked his horse With an exclamation of alarm. pointed > Jim, white fingers every nerve in his isxly thriHed with sudden ecstasy ami delight. His strong hand closed tightly over liers as he looked down at her. She wore a loose, white gown, which was tied round Iht slim waist and fell round her in soft, straight folds to the ground; The sun- "Look, look!" ho cried, and shine ►treainod «|Nm her yellow head with his whip across the veldt, and flashed a strange radiance into her I J* 01 noildeil iihperturliahly. bountiful fai*e. Jim’s eyes ftsmeil with } "Yes, bit of a grass lire." he said com fiiTre desire and love as heiooked down poseiily. "Tliey are roiuinoii ciiouj;h in at hef. Again the mad longing to take the dry seasons; Kaffirs, and white men. her in his unna and feel her heart bent- i h* 1 . for that matter, are such careles.- isi Goddart as he leaned agaTiisn ' 11 ” 89 died -Omldenly out of Jim's heart-1- f • ;rost. looking meditatively down He put the champagne carefully on tbi t ..kj,: lug against his heart, the tonch of her lipw against his own, came over him, and this time lie did not as before resist it. "Shall I tell you how to thank me?’bn said In a low, |ms*ii>n*to voice. "Yon don’t think 1 api going for their sake*, do yon? It is for yon—Imcame I love you. because I would give my lift* to serve yon! So—give me one kiss -just one little kiss, Lois!" She started, gave him a quick look. Sho colored painfully, then paled again, and Jim felt the hand on which his own was c1a.si>ed grow suddenly cold and rigidr—She-Uid not shrink from him, or make any remonstrance, or give tho in dignant denial that he had half expect ed. She stood before him as perfectly still and ipottohless as a statue, t ut when, emboldened by her sileuw., l;q bent his head to kiss her, she rais«*d her eyes again and looked at him yrith such an intense reproorh and wonder that hs paused suddenly and drew hack from into the utiVet slush and rolled through it into the store-house,~by which time ' they art ready for the inspector, who now takes each bale in hand, cuts the coverings so that ho can aiuBiln^s pick the soiled*cotton from the .entire out side of the hale until it is as white and i A*lean a« lint from the gin, and goner?.!- j ly pick** deep enough so .that the trim- j mings look nearly as white as the hale. •, TluSe picking* are the inspector*! spoils. The bale i« now resampl'd, which i means another steal of cotton, then ic- weighed, the weight of the covering ami ha.nds detlu jted, and the net weight of the cotton marked on 1% and the con sumer buys at this weight. Now, ail these middlemen, knowing the shrinkages and stealings in Which they share, pay enough less for cotton to cover and kav’e them a profit and get rich, and unquestionably the planter ■ has to pay for tho untold mill'otrs pock eted by theeotton hand ring, |hc com press rjag, mdaHthe favtovs nml mid dlemen, between the quuoii planter anil consume/, by selling at a siUliyiently reduced price to oover all. Political carpet-baggers may have robbed South'? erir States and saddle 1 them with un ju»t debts, the interest on whieli^it is hard to pay; but that is buT a circuni- '- sj-anee cojupared to the loss these cotton leaches are thlTToImg. Shake tbein off, and-wUbtho saving the irotton planter aituiecaii. In a shi rt time, pay Hot only . the interest hut the principal o^tlies'e •Stat * debts, and then, if applied to tin,*' pur|»ose, pay the entire anioiint of Con federate bonds i sued before the bonijs issued by .the treasury department at Washington mature. The Hdn. Edward Atkihron, of Bos ton, Mass, who 1ms carefully stmlml the subject, as U well known in theeot- t m“ Males, confldsntly tleelared that there is a less of ten per cent fn waste Vf cotton, betweeti the planter.and the Consamcr, in the manner of haudUng the cotton crop. Rating the entire cot ton crop at only O.OOO.OJO bales, there Is ■a loss at ten percent of $30,000,0(10. The lots is not only the pndlts and stealings ef these rings, but the unnee -'rossary eosto/atock in bands, loss In la bor in compressing, and loss in soiled ^ cotton, all of which, together- y ith all proflu and atcallngs, might be saved to 'planternif they put the cotton up direct from tiro gin Into small, compact, eco nomical wire bound bales of Miitable size, to be handled and stored ‘without •piling auJ to load • ear to iu capacity fifu^Shlppod direct to the coni inner, or to a reliable cdfolgliidaft-, merchant at some distributing^ Bplnf**Swth, lybo would sell It direct to the consumer in the condition in which it arrived.* There arc a hundred cotvou mills, or high exeitom* nt i of Jiower, bnt mw had nothing to do hnt fight over tho choir with his archbishop and give ooc vsion for a hundreil auerdotes in the DublF* coteries, had matured tho angry passion iu him and ’onred tiro swertheSs of na ture. Few people now. when they take up their ‘•Gulliver,',’ go lieyond Brob- Uuignag.. Tiie rest i tJUce .■tscpcet^lpb of bad dreatus. the confnsed n.i. cries of a fever. To think that in a deanery,*that calm sent of occfesinslienl laxury, with- i:i round of tho cathedral bells and the choristers’ chants, a brr.in so dark r.ml distracted and dreams so terrible should have found shelter!—ilrs. Oliphaut in Century. The hnhj* Llkeit ft. did not like to.tlunk of it; to picture the Tho hopelessness of combating indi vidual stupidity with the most enlight ened sanitary measures whiMi the a:w thorities can provide was evideneeiT the other day’on a Grand street ferryboat. A woman came into the ealitn rnrrringa baby of perliapi ft nmnthx and leading a little toddler of about 51 years. Both ehil- dren, as well as the mothc*. were com fortably clad, but tho children's faces were pasty aud unhealthy unwholesomcf food uml the dixirgrost. looking meditatively tiro straggling row of wimhIcii Pod touts of which tiro camp consisted nsid on which the sunset light was sliin- ing. She laughed and went on with her idle chatter, and Jim answered mechan ically .now and then, bnt lie scarcely heard what she said. He was looking intently toward a ilmpp of trees just outside tiie camp, under which', by the side of a wagon, a tent was pitched. Within that tent he knew tiro two men of whijni Belle had spoken lay stricken by the terrible fever which a few weeks before had wrought fearful havoc in the little camp. They were lying there suf fering perhaps—for he knew th- deadly nature of the fever too-well—dying, ami the girl who was the daughter of one man and promised wife of the other was watching by them alone. Somehow, though Jim tried to harden hi* heart, ho beggars. They thTuk nothing of flingiri;; a lighted match or a firebrand umnngthr grass, and then there’s a flnrenp, as yon see. Come on, man; ikni’t Maud staring ut it," ho added impatiently. Bnt the doctor pulled his horse’s In-ail sharply round. “No; I am going back,” he said. 1‘Nonseiiw, man; there's no danger! We can reach the ford long before that overtakes us. and tho nearer wo gel ti the river the less tiie danger, for tiro ground is sandy, and there’s less for the Haines to fix'd on. Come along." "Not I; I am going back," the doctoi said resolutely. "No, you are not." Jim put his hand on the doctor’* bridle and jerked the horse round again. His face had grown very set and grim. Duder iiisdark brows his blue eyes look ed at his comixvnion full of a cold, re lentless determination. "1 promised her that yoo should be there before daybreak, and yon shall if Slmro that Is the fewafdrfln mferinku we.fcave to rido through tliat hell for it,’ blue eyes which had once smiled so frank ly and sweetly into his own. dimmed with tears, ,aching with long hours of anxious vigil; to imagine that sunny 1 head bowed under t he burden of anxiety. ! He tried to turn his thoughts to other j subjects, but they went buck persistent- , ly to the tiniir when Mr. Clifton and hi* daughter Lois and her lover, Frank Wy- ) verne, first came to the camp. He had ; looking as if t lcn, ^ e !*f"ir acquaintance mnl^hiid been,, ill ventilated ! of 801110 slight service to them on theiirst.! I OR stauteh sleeping quarters were their portion. The fertnor undoubtedly was, for each child was munching a large slice of not" too ripe nor too dean watermelon, Inraght from one of the peildliug fruit .stands which nl round in that locality. Thebabv hi arms kept r.t his piece wiih lii^ tooth- Icss gums until he had six-urc 1 several bits, which In swallowed with gusto. Alartned for r t';e effect uinm Ins tender or at lofi.' t youthful stomach, a passen ger, another Avoman, approaidicll the mother. “Aren't you afraid toTet your baby eat that?’ cnq^isked/pointiii < to t’.io fmit. The woman lirokod up my.stifled. "Uh, ho likes it,” she said. < “Bnt it may make him nick, he is such a young baby," persisted tin* other. ’ _ “Oh. no,” r.tnwered the mother good natumlly. “He’s used to it and peaches." rho added, with nn air of prill** at Ida digestive prowess. And 1 he other woman could only re turn to her cent vanquished, while tho watermelon pnrswetl Its eelicky iray.*- Nbw York Times, evening of their arrival, an*l they, at- traeted by the pleasant, courteous man ner which Jim eouliFawmme nt will v lpid made hi fa ^welcome to their shanty. Mo rtcalloil tho pleasant evening he had i -spirit there, tin* afternoons when lie had returned earlier than usual from work, AXU TCKXEp Sn>Di;M.T ROUND. - ^ >- "Yes. 1 only heard half nil hour ago that you were in trouble." he said kind !* ly. "I cauro to see if l eonlil Iro.of any mro or. do anything for you.’? "Use! Ob; 1 think yon have come jus! in time to save nib from despair," LoiT cried in her sweet, impetuous voice, and she looked up at him with tears of relief and gratitqjje’ in her eyes. “Not fivt minutes ago I was hopeless. I told my self I hadn't a friend in the camp—not a soul to help me—and that they"—ami slro pointed first to her* father and then tc the opiH>site corner of the shanty, wltere Her lovej* lay in a heavy stupor which was inure like niroonseiimsness t’inn M'." she said, with a cold voice that stung Jim keenly, "but re member I give it for their Hikes.” and she ghuiceil hack into tiie shanty; "only for thpirs! Take it, if yon. will, only make haute and—go.” nnilshe rnisixl her fair head and looked straight into his eyes^aniU Keld up a jxile, cold cheek for his kiss. Jhn's color rose, and his eyes fell under that look. All at once he realized how base and degrading was the thing which he had asked; what a poor and contemp tible creature he must seem to her. He dropped her hand suddenly. "I u<*ver took a kiss yet from unwilling Ups—I won't begin now," ho muttereu. and turned away and left Iht. Lois stood and looked after him with a strange expression in her I due eyes, with , a strange tumult of feeling agitating her gentle heart. Anger was there, and pity, j and a strange delight, mid all were min* j gli-d with a vaguo self reproach and , shame. By and by sho heard tho sound of n horde’s feet, mid inovfid by a sadden im pulse sho.went to the door just hs Jim -rodq, past. He did not i^nso, but ti»ok off his hat and bowed low in his saddle. "Keep tip your courage. I promise yon the doctor shall lie here by daylight," he saidgayly, and Lois smiled and waved her hand, and then, feeling eHfcered and cOm/orted by that parting assnranee..she went back and resumed her lonely vjgil. lisdaiH in n,., h» said between hiaetenchwl teertr I won’t, I tell you. Tako your naml . CHAPTER II.'- r Late thongh it was, liglits wero Btill burning, in many of jlie houso*, wlien, shortly Iroforo midnight, Jim Godihtrt sleep—“wonld die bei-ause I roukl not •ml as he passed the Cliftons’shpnty had : fi"? ^ doctor or medicine for them. 1 r v.*nb> •k*t"0 0««»d.wh«O«™, 1 - ji m (llsmoimX'd nt tb- <loor of tho prin- The Moose ms n Pet. A winsome pet is the common brown mouse, an! now I fancy-1 hear the most •vigorous pretests from iny readers, who, thongh they do not shriek and .nke ref uge on chairs and tables like Howells' lingered under the trees wliere Lois gen- ! erally passed tho afternoon with Jior work or book, and spent a peasant time with lW alono. Those quiet tote-n-tetes had bei'ii very sweet to liiui, jxuilously sweet. consiiliTing that Lois was the l»rouiised wife of anotiier man, anil that even if she hod been free she could never 1 bo anything.to hiui--us well exjxrt the inineunimn to come ntlongo and the lion to IkilMru with the Imub us ex])eet Loi* —•h oet, innocent Lois—to mate with one 1 like him, Jim told himself ttavagely. i For a wrofcf.or ten days the .friendship, ; which was so pleasant llo all, but esjro- cniliy so to Lois amt Jim, hadcontima'il, aud Uk*u ono day Mr. CHftop had gone to his daughter aud told her gravely ami dY-dflwiif (bnt it must naiiin* ilmt A m in hr said hastily "Only tell me one tiling, who bore the reputation which Jim Gixl-1 It was not—your own wish? If yoo hnd dart had earned for himself, even tu a ‘ hml your own way, our—friendship of us, and yet at that very moment yon were thinking of me—coming to help me! Ybu of all people! Oh, I don't dc serve it," and then sho took his brown hand in both Iror qwn and looked up at him with such a sweet gratitude and de light in her eyes that only by a great ef fort Jim restrained himself and succeed eil iu crushing back tiro fierce desire 4c tako her iu his arm%and kiss her quiypr ing Hjw which sprang np hi his heart and almost overmastered him. Perhaps Lois rend something of it in tho eiiger eyes which looked down at her, for she Urcniped his band and col on'll vividly. . Jim gave an odd laugh. "Hush! We'll let bygones be bygones, sw«yt ! ’. the doctor cried, uml he struck *t Jim’s hand wildly with his riding “Whip.—~ —: : r^' “And 1 nay yon shall." and then In an .instant Jim's hand had gone to hit pocket, and tho doctor felt tho toneh of rold steel against his fon hcBd. "Take your choice,-man," tiro inexorahk* voice said, “rido on or"— and tiro steel touched his brow again. ', . “I'll go. Take that away," the dix-toi said sullenly, and Jim smiled ami slid tho revoTver into his iiockct again. "Thero’fl no real danger, man. For to nately there’s «-> wind. We sliall reach the ford long before that overtakes ns." he said compsiseilly. "Only don't fool away any morn time hero.” For some time they rode on qnickly and in silence, the doctor casting anxious, perturbed looks toward..lhe clbud oi smoke that came rolling across tho veldt toward them, but Jim’s composed fact i nml jierftxt calmness slightly reassurttl him. Perhajis there was no danger, m real danger, and, us Jim had said, they wonld reach tho ford lx*foro the fire over took them. Jnst as this comforting thought passed through his mind his hors* swerved suddenly, caught its foot in a hole and fell, throwing the doctor to the ground. Hu was not hurt and was on his feet in an instant, hut when, with Jim's assistance, he proceeded to raise the liorsq he found to his alarm and dis may tliat the poor hcasfn leg was lirokeii. He looked down ut Jim, who was pass ing his hand gently down life injured limb, with a wild terror in,his eyes. cijial hotel, and givihg b’s horse Into the cure uf Jlie Kaffir groom ordered twe fresh horses to be saddled| ut once^am}! askeil where the doctor’s rrsiduncjtjvas. He received the, gratifying int^ligence' fhat he was at th»t very moment in tiro hotel, where, so he was fnrtlier informed, a ball in honor of a wedding which hod taken place that morning was being held. -The doctor came into tiie bar. where Jim was leaning against the counter drinking a gloss of brandy and exchang ing compliments with the piretty bjir- mujd. and looked sharjily at him. “Well, what isit?'hesaid impahently. Jim .took off his hat and bowed cqur- teously and explained his errand, and askeil the doctor to neeomnanv him at once to Kornnda. Jilt K*T» HIS HAND OX THE DOCTOR’S nRl- Dt.E AjNl) Jl RKED THE HORSE UofSD. 1 “Carso you, this is ybar fault: J he altogetlicr captivating than the tricks fatliershu reluctantly submitted to tiro! and mannera of this humble resilient stern decree which bgile her regard Jim withiji our walls. ' (wuWart as arranger. She deserted her Onco allay the poor little creature’s wot under the trees, and the next time feara of bin Ijjg. clumsy human i>i*rsecn- they met and he stopped to sjieak to her j place where the standard of morality irim not pitched wndnly high, wits t*> fit Mcud for hhr. f ——. Lots was .too much in awe of her fa ther to rebel or to make any open re monstrance, and when she ventured to speak to her lover on the subjsct and •pfd. "Now tell me—when did the fever found that ho held the same views as her begin? How lonj; have they been ill?" "Father had been ailing for a few days, might have continued?” "X****” ' She colored again and drooped her eyes. “It was not my own wish. 1 was very sorry," she faltered. Jim’s face grew radiant. “That is all 1 wanted to know,” he “To Kuranda!” The little doctor look ed more annoyed and dismayed. “Why, • on—to my deatbr andheshuddered cried savagely. "Yon force4 »o4o : that’s a good four hours' ride from here, he said. “Look hero. I'll give yon some medicine bow and ride over .in the morn-1 ing. An hour or^two can't make much difference. I really can't go now. Jim looked ut him. looked wildly at tho advancing fire. “Cheer np, man. If one of ns two ha* to die, it si mil pot be yon anyhow. Here" —he pointed to bis own horse—"mount at once." “What’s the hse? She won’t carry doable!" the doctor cried despairingly. tors, TTffd' his delightsinuo qualities are apparent. Frisky in niovonjeujs, droll In conceits and eccentric tf action; he is a trorer ending source of entertainment. Moreover, he is as teachable os the rat, absolutely neat in Lis ways and most “I think yon can," 1 he said blandly “1 but we-Fred and f-thd not" firoi rt-ally think Uiat, on second thought, "It will only lx* throwing away two lives ■ * , ♦ i • *i ■ yon will find it advisable t>) reconsider ‘ instead of one.".- alarmed about him until this morning, - ■ and then Fred was too ill hirasi.f to go for a doctor," Lois answered, .“and I did not know what to do.” “You should have sent for me." "I did not like to do so. I saw that girl l t ^ Jim bad looked after her and had first ,n,ni the canteen this morning, atari 1 *i e 0 * „ coward sworn a tleep oath to himself snd then asked her if there waa any one who wonld laughed harshly, but he was not the man 8°* tort 'she had hurried on with a slight lx*nd of her head and flushed sheets and averted eves. you your determination! You are a stranger here, I belie re,-butit is (xissihle you may bare heard my name hientioneil. 1 atu Jim Goddart. at your servioe.” ."Jimr Goddart T The little doctor was naturally aa lit as most of his profession, hot be was fresh from peaceful, law abid ing England, and had not altogether lost j —— — —- —j •—“* ~ ,, r i ,,, v-™ —I-.* 1 ug auiBMan, mum bmu a*** maw mi i suss 'Yon," be said, "yosi? Why. you fool, loving to hia frit nils.-Ui’-rpet . Bazar. | lorce to* prusence where rt was unwel-1 * know ’ NeTCT mi £ d i ?£> eoU ' ne * Us inharitad prqjwdiow in favor of law do you think I care a hang whether yon j*— “No. she won't carry donhie. bnt she’ll carry you safe enough." Jim answered j coolly. "You know the way, don’t yoa? j You said you’d beesi t» the camp before." j "“But 1 have—no right to accept such a * seen flee." the doctor faltered. WkfJ Jim frowned and stared at him then laughed grimly. whip across the flank, and it reared and plunged and broke into a wild gallop. i ‘ Jim looked after him, threw off coat and waistcoat and went off at a steady, swinging pace across the veldt. He had only gone a few paces, however, before a sudden thought struck him. and ha turned and ran Imrk to where the poor horse Uy struggling in pain and terror. *‘A moment more or less can’t make any difference," he said to himself, and them he took unt his revolver and shirt tha horse through tho head. 5 ' The doc tor hoard the report and tnrned, struck by a new terror, expecting be scarcely knew what, and was relieved to see Jim still running. steadily behind. Hu look**! again hirI again as his horse Hew'otTW'iiTiU Inokisl with ever inereaa ing anxiety as the cloud of Hmoke came Bearer iind nearer, and the tall flgnru lie- emme first a si*.i*k and then lost in the dfetaneo, nn*l f ,r away he saw with • thankful heart the moonlight gkssnnng Ou U»e quiet river. . — CHAPTER HL The dawn wns bn a'«ing when the doc tor nxlo into camp. He aroused the inmates of the first shanty he raine to and told his story, and qnickly and si lently honros were saddled, and half • dozen men galloped out of camp in search of their comrade. They found hi in where he hud bade them look fof him. •on the river hankr lying scions below an oreVhangingrock, under which lie had drugged himself h»r shel ter, and rough, kind liatuls raised him and carried him bn-k to ramp. The firs had overtaken him jnst Wore he reached tiro bank It had spared his face, but ho was terribly burned alxint tiro chest and one arin and leg. and when he awoke to consciousness again he awoke also to an agony of pain, lie wu* ennaetona by and by iii tiro* midst of. Iiii torture of the en trance of a tall, white figure, who knelt on the floor by his side and put a cool hnnd on his forehead and lield some cool ing drink to hie parched lips, and with nn effort he forced Ixick a groan and o|x*niil his cyra iy«l smlleil at her. “You see, I heft my promfiro, Loia," bn aoid. ‘ Yes. yes. but at what coetr “Never mind tl>« cost He was . hi time? Your father and Fred will recov er?" he said. ■“Yes, thanks to you," Lois criod. "Ho says that with rare and proper ti rai ment they will recover. They are both asleep now," and then she glanced hur riedly round the shanty. They wfcre alone, for the doctor, fad ing that his presence was not required, had stepped outside and was leaning , •garnet the wooden wall smoking hia -pipe—WHh a stidden impnlse Leta bms over the mattress. Her blue eyes, fml ‘ of » strange, beautiful light, looked , straight into and met Jim’s in a long, solemn gaze. What did each rend there in the other's eye*? What waa the out spoken question that Imped np fiercely and passionately in Jim’s, the unspoken answer which Lois’gave back in return! No word was spoken, yet in that su preme moment of each hfa heart spoke to heart, and each nndfrstood without tiro aid of words the other’s thou hts. For oue lung moment they looked at each other, and then the Utttbee which had dyed Lola’ cheeks faded sway, and a quiet, tieautifnl smile came into heir face. She bent her head lower, lower still, till-. Jim felt her light breath on his cheek, a loosened tress of her hair touch hia brow. “Jim," she said in a low voice full tti inexpressible tenderness and low, "yaa would not take the kies you asked for yesterday because I—was unwilling. 8cc, I give it to you now, dear, willing ly, with all my heart," and she bent her head still lower, and their lips clung to gether in a long, silent kiss. “Doctor, tell me the truth,” Jim mid late. that evening when Lots, who had gone to and from one shanty to the other - all tho day, had said good night and left him to the doctor’s care, “will my arm and leg ever bq any* use to me again? Bh&Il 1 be a cripple nil my life? Come, man," as tiro doctor hesitated; “speak out, I am not a child or a woman. - want to know the-truth." « “It. is imjrossible to tell at present," tho doctor answered evasively, and Jim gave an odd smile. “Ah, I understand," he said. He did not speak again for some time, and the doctor, fancying he was uslei-p ami being worn out with hia long title and want of rest, lay down on the mat tress ia the opposite corner of the shanty. By and by, however, hearing Jim groan ing and tossing restlessly to and fre, he rose again and asked if the pein waa worse. “Aye, almost nnendurablf. Can’t you give mo something to pat me out of this •' torture?" Jim said impatiently. "Hare you not any morphia, or chloral, or any thing that will give me a few hoars’ sleep? I shall go mad before morning it this goes on." Tiro doctor hesitated. _ ^ "I could give you a sleeping draft, hnt I am Afraid to do it," be said. “Tour— nervous system has had a severe shock, . sntl your heart isn't overstrung to start with. It might be dangerous in its pres ent state to givs you anything of thn kind." ‘HHfeH. mix me a draft, anyhow; X won’t take it if 1 can help it," Jim i impatiently, ami the docUur, who- half asleep, did so and placed it un tha box that stood by the bed and served m a table. "Don't/toite R *f joo cto ] it, Goddart," be said. Jim thought of awake through the and hinged foe the flayin' i of \