The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, November 10, 1905, Image 3

Newspaper Page TextI ""JF"- '"'I I WHIT] I STRICTLY I For Sale hi I Augusta Grocei iwwBiiiii??? u.iamniii?B?t? tss msmies of : udolpho, v .1 spri A ROMANCE BY ANN RATCLIFFE J Synopsis Of What's Gone [ torrupteii by t he sound of the carriage llsl' 1 wheels, which were to bear ;uv?y Before. Adhere and Emily. Valancourt start <'d from bis chair and went to the win T i <low: it was indeed the carriage, and vvot 1 hestory opens in (lascGiiy, iuncc, returned to seat without sposii' the date 1654, characters so iar are ''u" 1,1 '"lent was now come when whi . i hey must part. St. Aubert told Val- the At. St. Aubert, his wife and daughter .... , ,, u ' v *u .. anconi, t hat lie hoped he would never the fcmily, Emily is musical and charm- piss L;i Valleewitho.it favouring him ter ing, blue eyes&c. '\. Quesnel is ft. St. with a visit: and Valancoiut, eagerly ^ol1 Aubert's brother-in law. Atadam St. ' hanking l.im. assured hiiu that he oan Aubert dies-St. Aubert and Emily go "eVl'r u"u",: as he saiil which, he tow ? ,, ., . , I ?oked timidly at Kmily, who t ried to P"r to M. Ouesnels meet two Italians si- L smile away the seriousness of her "m: gnors wavig: i and Hontoni-St. Aube- spirits They passed a r.-w minutes in to 1 t's health fails lie is ordered to go to interest ing conversation, and St.. A lib tilU l.anguedoc-Emily and her father start '' '' way lo tin- carriage, 'tS! . ... 'hnily ami Valancourt f? Mowing in shai on the journey get into a very wild ,, ? , h , - - silence I In* latler lingered at the mel country get lost meet a huntsman ,i,,or several mi mites after they were s' named Valancourt a young gentleman seated, and none of lhe partv seemed l*ur St. Aubert shoots Valancourt in mis- to have courage enough to say?Faretake for a highwayman; he is badly wHI" A 1 lc'nh''l>. st. Aubert pronoun l10Cl ced the melancholy word, which Emily l,,(i' wounded in the arm V alancourtagrees v . . r, > K i passed lo valancourt, who returned it 'ee' to occompany St. Aubert on his jour- with a dejected smile, and the carriage rest 11V>. move on. [e" The travellers remained, for some- two yj time, in a state of tranquil pensive- 0,1' ness, which is not utipleasing- St. 'eas 1 n the morning, Valanenurt break- Aubert interrupting it by observing, s0l,t fasted with St. Auhert and 1-mily, "This Is a very promising young man; ba(l neither of whom seemed much re- it is many years since I have been so bop freshed 1<\ sleep. 'J he languor of ill- much pleased with any person, on so Pak' in ss mm h st ill bung over St Aubert, short an acquaintance, lie brings ffie and *.0 Kmily's fears his disorder ap back to my memory the days of my on * pea red to be increasing fast upon youth, when every scene was uew and iln(' him. She watched his looks with an- delightful!" St, Aubert sighed, and ,u>r xiuus affect ion, and their expression sunk again into a reverie; and, as Km- bo>' was always faithfully rell- ctcd in her j|> looked back upon tlie road they in '< own. had passed, Valancourt was seen, at '>etl At the commencement of their thenoor of the little inn, following to N acquaintance. Nalancourt bad made them with his eye*, lie perceived her ^cn known his name and family St. Aub antj w; v d his hand; and she returned ert was not a stranger to either, for the adieu, till the winding road shut 1,10 the family estates, which were now in her from his sight. {tori; t he possession of *nn elder brother ot remember when 1 was about his hesi Valancourt. were little more than aj,P," resumed st. Aubert, "and I beci t wenty miles distant from La Vallee, thought, and felt exactly as be does. a11>' and he bad sometimes met the elder The world was opening uponjne then, >' l( Valancourt on visits in the neighbor- now?it is closing" *he hood. This knowledge had made him "My dear Sir. do not think so gloommore willingly ie -eive his present com jk,' said Kmily. in a t remittitur v??w.? it w panton: r< r. lliouph !iis countenance "I hope you have many, many years 1 *"rv and maone -would li ve won him the to live ?for jour own sake?for my ae<|uaini > c of M Auhert who was sake." rear v. i j apt i ru-t 'o ihe it tellipence of ??,\h, my Kinily!" replied St' Auhert ^cri hi-own eves s\ tli respect to count* n- of0r thv sake! Well?I hope it is so " ,ie ' anees, he would not have aceepli d He wiped away a tear, that was steal- "1(1 t iiese, as sunhdent introductions lo^ j,,^ down his cheek, threw a smile mill that of his daughter. upon his eountananee, and said in a l'0,,! The break fart *<ns almost as silerd 1 cheering\? ice. " I here is some! hinp in r,'0( um t lie suppei o the piecidiiiK mj-ht: j the ardour and ii genuoteness of youth I *on< hut their musing was at length in-> w hieh is particularly plet?.-in? t(? thejhad / / ? Ei OA JL J HIGH GR4 M V I y Millec 11.. . ... Miways V all the Lea Dealer y Company, ntemplation of an old man, if his J soul, whicb spoke M their expres ? 1 in}js liave not been entirely corrod pressed to her menury. and she s by the \VOr!d. It {g Til'' ' "ver the nrtumnriat jif his ntToet.inn viving, like the view of spring to a ?*rr'" '1 AV*-*tr; r.x?j nr :k person: his mind catches some- af? ley air|^or ,.t Perpignan s< lat of the spirit of the season, and ^ r sun"set? where St. Aubert fo s eyes are lighted up with a tran- n> ^ expecte , letters from M. Qi mt sunshine. Valancourt is tnis ' ie contents of which so evide T' . y ana grievously atTected him, t 1 Emily was alarmed, and pressed 1 rally, who pressed her father's as far as her delicacy would permit d alfeotionately, had never before disclose the occasion of his conc< iied with so much pleasure to the but he answered only by tears, ; s-j.s he bestowed; no, not even when immediately began to talk on ot bestowed them on berselr. topics. Kun y. though she forbore bey travelled on, among veneyards, press the quest ion ... > terestinj ids, and pastures, delighted with her was greatly affecteu . .. . h??b romantic beauty of the landsbape, manner, and passed a night oi .. 1 .^1 _ . , . ? II..!. ...1 v-n ' uuunucu, on one side, by less snituuQe grandeur of the Pyrenees, and, on In the morning they pursued tl other, by the ocean; and, snou at- j'?nrney along Llie coast towards L noon, they readied the town of cate, anot her town on the Medit inure, situated on the Mcditerran- rancan. situated or, the borders . Here they dined, and rested till Languodoc and Rousillon. On ards tlie cool of l lie dax, w lien they wa-v- Emily renewed the subject of sued their way along the shores? preceding night, and appeared so d <e enchanting shores! which extend affected by St Aubert's silence ; / mgucdoc. Emily ga/cd with en- dejection, that lie relaxed from siasin on the vastness of the sea. reserve. ' I was unw illing, my d surface varying a> tiio liglits and Emily," said he, to throw a cl lows fell, on its woody banks, over l,ie pleasure you receive fi lowed with autumnal tints. these scenes, and meant, therefore t,. Aubert was impatient to reach conceal, for the present, some circi pignan, where he expected letters stances, with which, however, ; n M. tjuesnel; and it was the ex- must at length have been made tat ion of these letters, that had quuinted. Rut your anxiety had jced him to leave t'olioure, for his 'caled my purpose: you suffer as nil ile frame required iinmediated from tliis, perhaps, as you will . After travelling a few miles, he 'r'mi a knowledge of the facts I hi asleep: and Emily, who had put r? relate. M. Quesnel's visit pro' or three hooks into the carriage an unhappy one to me; lie came eaving La Yallee, had now the tell me a part of the news he has n lire tor looking into them. She contiimod. You may hare heard ;ht for one, in which Yalancourt noention a M. Motteville. of Paris, I lieen reading tlie day before, and y?u (1'(* not know that tlie chief of ed for the pleasure of re-tracing a personal property was invested in 5, over which the eyes of a beloved hands I had great confidence in 1: nd had lately passed, of dwelling and I am yet willing to believe, tl he passages, which he had admir d ue is not wholly unworthy of my of permitting them to speak lo teem. A variety of circumstaiv presence. On searching for the have concurred to ruin him, and <, she could tind it no where, bin im ruined with him. is stead perceived a volume o St. Aubert paused to conceal rarch's poems, that had belong d emotion. 'alancourt, whose name was writ "The letters I have just receiv in it. and from which he had fre from M. Qucsnel,"' resumed he, str ntly read passages to her with al <ling to speak with tirmeess, " pathetic expression, that charac lose others from Motteville, wli fed tlie feelings of tlie author. She -ontirnnd all 1 dreaded, tated in believing, that would have "Must we then quit La \ allot i sufficiently apparent to almost said Emily, after a long pause of other person, that he had purpose- lencc ' t hat is yet uncertain," ft this look, instead of the one died *t. Aubert. "it will depend u{ liad lost and that love had pronip the compromise M ?t tevi 1 le is able the exchange; but, having opened nake with his creditors. My incor itli impatient plear-uie, and oh- ou know, was never large, and n ed the lint sot his pencil drawn t will be reduced to litt le indeed! ig the various passages he had > for you. Emily, for you, mv chl I aloud, and under et hers more de- hat 1 am most afflict ed." His 1 ptiue of delicate tenderness thai vords faltered; Emily smiled tende had dared to trust his voice with, ipon him through her tears, and th conviction came, at length, to her nneavouring to overcome her emoti d. For s? me moments she was- My dear father;" said she, '"do if ions of being I cloved; then, a rrieve for me or for yourself; we i illcction of all the variations oi et he happy;?if T.a Vallee renin I and countenance, with which he for us, we must be 1 appy. We will recited these sonnets, and of the tain only one ervant. and you si 7KO ADVOOAlfA " * U KNOW? uld govern your n ~ r~ our prices are as low as i JTY GrOO SHODDY OR A l< *1 ers offered you and you v lity goo 1 MILL SECONDS AND JJM C URQ, S. C. Mr. Joe Watson, who lives | Tt. F. 1> was in town Sunda iwireless work in noor. Joe dosn't come to tov Mile and St. Mich- as often as he did a while a^o p7 miles. General f'o?fcp?rrt0'11,0 JACKSONVILLE it completed^ a ding s in the' : Augi sion scirccly perceive the change in your and c vept income, Be comforted, my dear Sir; his 4 we shall not feel the want of those shad< ryyrt ati ytir 1??a n- vrl.rh h|s cl Jon TuffivWTfpy ifrrrfiTT ?? and ly. since we never had a taste for was i jes- them: and poverty cannoL deprive us smile n'- of many consolations. It cannot rob achin hat us of the affection we have for each fortui trim other, or degrade us in our own upon, , to opinion, or in that of any person, It ^ ?rn; whose opinion we ought to value. a sma and St Aubert concealed his face with where her his handkerchief, and was unable to but tl ' to speak: but Emily continued to urge beds; T to to iter father the truths, which him- the vi ?r's self had impressed upon her mind. procee "Besidis. my dear Sir, poverty can- ro* not deprive usof intellectual delights. tUrne( U lr In canrMt deprive you of the comfort mec*' ,eu" of affou.ing me examples of fortitude uow a or and benevolence; nor me of the de- there 0 light of consoling a beloved parent. Micha ll,< It com ot deaden our taste for the The 1 IL grand, and the beautiful, or deny us exhibi etT the means of indulging it; for the with t ^ scenes of nature?those sublime spec- n? Ion "s tacles. so infinitely superior to all ar- pleasu c'11" titicial luxuries! are open for the en- mourt ?ud -tnvn^nt . ui me- pi or, as wen as we are oeaut; U"1 not in want of necessaries? Pleasures, bis lai ' ? such as wealth cannot buy, will still he con '* be ours. We retain, then, the sub- perhaj you limer luxuries of nature, and loose on- world *jc~ ly the frivolous ones of art."' mount Klh St- Au,)trt could not reply: he caught. k'azed do Enil,yt^ his bosom, their tears flowed stretc lve together, but?they were not tears luxuri ved of sorrow. After this language of the cheerf i heart, all other would have been ^Iom r ow feeble, and they remained silent for aut' me some time. Then St. Hubert con- n0 lonl oul versed as before: for, if his mind had The my not recovered its natural .tranquility, ecl to 1 jjjs it at least assumed the appearance her fa dm of face, v iat They reached the romantic town of (^er P' es- Leucate early in the day, but St, Aub- from e ees err w;is wearv, and they determined a,,fj ,u ?I to pass the night there. In the eve- must: niug, lie exerted liimself so far as to tectioi jlis walk with his daughter to view the en ^ret ^ viruns that overlook the lake of Leu- remah e(j cate..thc Meditteranean, part of Rou- upden UJr. sillon, with the Pyreness, and wide ex- hishai en. tent of the luxuriant province of Lan- t,ie jcjj guedoc. uow blushing with the ripen- The si ed vintage, which the peasants were the wi beginning tojgather. St. Aubert and the gl Kmily saw tlie busy groups. caught the so re the joyous song that was wafted on appeal Mie hrPP'/P nnrt nnti/>inoto^ morbt TTIVI1 llW* >on . ... . to parent pleasure, their next, day s set air no jouiney over this gay region. He de- evenir ovJ signed, however, still to wind along from t Jt the seashore. J-'o re'urn home im- thegli )() mediately was partly his with, but fresh ii as^ from tliishe was held by a desire sickne rjv to lengthen the pleasure, which the the wi journey gave his daugh er, and to try creasi oi)' the effect of the sea air on his own anxioi ' disorder. journt not ' naj of their prospects, while on their t0 enfl iin;3 riglit. was the ocean and. on their left, lo t,u I re. wide extended plains melting into the milestall olue horizon. St. Aul>ert was pleased 01110,1 I quire , - *' ' \ urchases. % my one can make you DS. ION GOODS./ill be convinced our p D S : > AUCTION GOODS. OMP> ^?? i out on y after>n quite ? i ri- _ ?u~*.?? r erritor usta, Geor conversed much with Emily, yet on the rot heerfulness was sometimes a us j0r the s of melancholy would steal upon the carru ountenatce. and Ijetravmim. This whix> in t * JS,^. '^tZZ soon chased away by Emily's on the ful ; who smiled, however, with an most faim g heart, for she sew that his mis Emily loo ies preyed upon his mind, and dow, and i his enfeebled frame. some littU vas evening when they reached whom the: 11 village of Upper Languedoc, when he v t they meant to Dass thp. nitrio- <>?? * lft place could not atiord them commodat for here, too, it was the time of hat he kne ntage, and they wert obliged to chateau ii :d to the next post. The lang- on the rigl illness and fatigue, which re- lieve it ret J upon St.. Aubert. required im- shew you te repose, and the evening was stranger h far advanced: but from necessity ing to ask was no appeal, and he ordered concerning el to proceed. abruptly p rich plains of Languedoc. which sideration, ted all the glories of the vintage ceed slowh he gaieties of a French festival, | ment now ger awakened St. Aubert to increased 1 ire, whose condition formed a > road. Am lful contrast to the hilarity and, passed. r whicli surrounded him. As chateau in iguid eyes moved over the sceDe < ael. stdered that they would soon. "Thechi 3S, be closed fur ever in tbls claimed th 'Those distant and sublime that with .ains," said he secretly, as he | ' ! don't nn o r*?r ?u- n ? ?v.miu ui me ryrenees mat ! you call it lied towards the west, "these that white ant plains, this blue vault, the* see at a di ul light of tlie day, w ill be shut-; tree*." ny eyes! The song of the poas- j "Yes, tl ne Peering voice of man?will are you, th ?er sound for me." sajd the m intelligent eyes of Emilvseem- st. Aub< ead what passed in the mind of question, ther, and she fixed them on his t,one with vith an expression of such ten- ed cut froi ty, as recalled his thoughts travellers, very desultory object of regret, search of z ; remembered only, that be forthenig eave his daughter w ithout pro- ^? a. This reflection changed re) agony; he sighed deeply, and CHEAK led silent, while she seemed to* fiATl ;tand that sigh, for she pressed KA 1 1 ad affectionately, and turned window to conceal lier tears 0n acc0t in now threw a yellow gleam on- Nl'At ti ives of the Mediterranean, and FA IK AS'. oom of twilight spread fast over } 1 , . . . tickets fro ene, till only a melancholy ray 0f south C red on the western horizon. Ga.. at ra rig the point where the sun had FA HE l'L lid the vapours of an autumnal M0 , _ 1 10th.. incl !g. A cool breeze now came * Charle he shore, and Emily letdown n tb.,wit last but the air, which was re- 190&. ig to health, was as chilling to* Souther ss, and St. Aubert desired that tra coache Indow might be drawn ud. In- 1 leston No^ ng illness made him now mure slve and al js than ever to finish the dry's tageof th ;y. and he stopped the muleteer , do s0 apd juire how far they had yet to go roo,m w?ll n?tp?t. He replied. Nine "I feel I am unable to proceed >1 further,''said St. Aubert, "en- I as you go, ir there is any house. m v>. - . ?< pfBr. Mb*''"%Mj[.' yl$l Jik > B-V I wS?' hu rices on . .^^BBI m>* - ' IB tNY. I VISIT VANMETRES I I gia I | id that would a ceo mm / \ } ; Digut." He sunk \ lire, and Michael cra/rlcir ^>r, y.t 1'g " street" i; 4 r. IT v." .IMHT. ^fiXCSSH^r 1 gallop, till St. Aubert, alting, called to him to stop. ked anxiously from the win- I law a peasant walking at 2 distance on the road, for 7 waited, till he came up, ras asked, if there was any lie neighbourhood that ac I ed travellers He replied, 1 w of none. "There is a A ndeed among those woods 4 it," added he, "but I be- 1 :eives nobody, and I cannot ' the way, for I am almost a ere." St. Aubert was gohim some further questions * v : the chateau, but the man I assed on. After some con- ' he ordered Michael to pro7 to the woods. Every .mcdeepened the twilight, and the difficulty of finding the other peasant soon after Which is the way to the the woods?" cried Michiteau in the woods"' ex e peasant, "Do vou mean the turret yonder?" know as for the turret, as s?id Michael. "T mpon ! piece of building, that we stance there among the iat is the turret; why, who vl at you are going thither?" an witn surprise. jrt, on hearing this odd and observing the peculiar whicn it was delivered, looknthe carriage. "We are " said he, "who are in i house of accommodation ht; is there any hereabout?" f EXCURSION US VIA SOIITHRAILWAY. int CHARLESTON'S ANA 1 , A \V h V U- . Kir, - ' ? (. ?.t.u A?i/ OUARl sOCIATION, NOVEMBER Southern Railway will sell im nil points within State Carolina, including Augusta, te of ONE FIR'sT CLASS ,L'> 2n cents for the round as sold November 4th, to usive and for trains arrivston before noon November h tinal limit November 18th. n Railway will provide ex- 1 8 on all trains into Char- 0 member 5th. to 12th, incJu- B II who wish to take advan- H e exceedingly low rates can B feel assured that plenty of itlonal information call on B :nts, or address, j R. W. Hunt, Division l'asaenger Agent Charleston, ?. C. . at

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