The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, December 04, 1902, Image 1
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TUB TRUTH AT LAST.
Roo ovelt's Family Did Not Dine
With Booker Washington.
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II.? \If A C ormim urTmtT r itwrnr
ii no ujjxv V JCii; nun LUJXUll
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Iii a i'rlvate lloom mid Was
in No Hciinc a Quest on
Terms of Social
lOnqulity.
The Memphis Commercial-Appeal
publishes t he followi 11^: Hooker Washington
did not dine at the White
Mouse t;il le as the guest of President
lloosevelt and family, as lias been
previously charged, is tlie startling
announcement made by Gen. Marcus
I. Wright, < f the War Department
at Wasiiington, who lias been visiting
in Memphis for a number of days.
This statement was made several
dn\s ago by (Jen. Wright in the otlice
of i well known whole sale grocer
who was a companlon-at-arins with
biid during tlie late war. Seated
around t lie otlice were a number of
\\( 1 known business men, who were
talking with Gen. Marcus Wright
over happenings of I lie past.
The President was in Memphis that
day for 1 lie purpose of doing honor to
(Jen. Luke 10. Wright, and the subject
of the Washington incident, as it always
lias in the South since the announcement
was first sent broadcast
over the land was broached hv a num.
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be of those present.
"That statement was false," replied
(!en. Wright immediately, to the intense
astonishment of those present.
"Now as you all know, 1 am a Democrat.
and have never voted any other
ticket In my life. For the past twenty-three
years, however, I have been a
resident of Washington, and have had
no opportunity of exercising my franchise.
Dot when a man has been so
wofully misunderstood, even if he is
my political opponent, I believe it a
duty to set the matter right before
the people.
"Tito whole truth of the matter is
this. President Itooscvclt had been
anxious for some ti.ne to obtain a
truthful light on the stiuation in lite
Sou til. Finally, at the suggestion of
a number of Southern and Northern
men of both great political parties, he
sent a message to Hooker Washington
asking him to come to the capital for
conference regarding the negro, his
ncedl and his capabilities. Washing- i
ton cainc, and tlie conference, which
was started in t he President's executive
otliee and was changed to his
private olliee because of repeated interruptions,
continued for live hours. |
"in the midst of the conference be- J
tween the President and Washington,
lunch was sent in to the chief execu^
live of the nation. Desiring to con(
Unite the conversation, and rather
than lose the time necessary for Waslif,.r.
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ui^tuii uv/ iu iiuicii, i i('Mucin, 1
Itooscvelt thereupon ordered that
lunch be served to the negro educator
in the same room.
"Now this is all there was to that
story. Washington did not dine at the
White House table, did n?>t break
bread with the President's wife and
daughter, and was in no sense a guest
upon terms of social equality."
Asked as to why the president had
never seen tit, to have this statement
made public, (Jen. Wright replied:
"because he is too great a man. He
believed that it was beneath him to
deny a story so palpably false, and
in time prevail,
that the truti^^^^sp^^i'i'iv.sidont ,,f
It is his ambition to V,!1 <>%.. 1
the whole people of the I nitedSt'lH'::
knowing no section or party, and litvisit
here shows how fond he is of Li
Southern people. He is an aristocrat i
to the linger tips, and for that reason,
aside from the fact that lie is the smi
of a Southern woman would never lie ,
willing to acknowledge the social
equality of the negro. At the same
time he believes, as we all do, that
everything possible should bo done to
assist the members of that race in
their struggle for higher citizenship,
and will be their friend in all then
worthy undertakings.
Their Throats < 'ill.
Lee Wigel and bis wife were found
in their room at a hotel In Texaskana,
Ark., on last Wednesday with their
throats cut. The woman was dead
but Wigel was si ill alive. A bloody
razor lay on the lloor near the bed.
Wigel was taken to a sanitarium 1
where his wounds were dressed. Ilc|
will probably recover. Me is conscious!
but refuses to make any statement. !
About a week ago he went away say- i
ing he was going to get married, lie;
returned Tuesday accompanied by a
young woman whom he Introduced as :
his wife, formerly Miss Marie Quinn I
of Anniston, Ala. The couple took a
room at the Cosmopolitan hotel
Tuesday afternoon and it seem neither
left it again. An inquest is being
held.
Hot Iron Mowch.
A sudden break in a furnace of the
Williamson Iron Company in Birming- j
ham, Ala., Wednesday morning caused ;
a mass of molten Iron to gush forth, j
Thomas .1. Edwards, general manager, j
was /anding near, talking to a group i
of men, and was burned to death. The
Ixsly was covered w 1 tli molten iron
and debris. James F. MoAnallcy, a
stove man, was fatally burned, as was
also Allen Mow, colored, a foundryman.
Chns. Simpson, a son of the
secretary of the company, was also
severely hurt. It is reported two
strangers, who were talking to Edwards
at the time the biTak occurred,
arc missing. They may l>c under the
V / debris. Edwards was very prominent
as an iron manufacturer.
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THE NEGRO GOING.
Colored Hcl|i Is 'Hi'lii" itnpidl) Displaced
ii| WushiiiKton.
Tlio Washington correspondent of
the Chicago Journal says at
one of the intelligence oiliec in
1 lint'. Dli i( \IMIO l/o. I ha *
I/IIU V VM4? I u nuo It'll IIIV'H j
white servants are being brought i
to Washington from New York
and other places in considerable ,
numbers. The small towns of Virgin- ,
ia and North Carolina are being canvassed
for white as well as colored
girls who are willing to come. Noith. ,
It is also declared that the colored
servants are being rapidly displaced
by the white people. The color i . ci
vant Is rapidly declining in favor, c c
many good housekeepers deelaie i it
they will not have that kind to t e
house. They object to them because
they frequently are not clean, because
they live nights in questlonabl1 places,
because they almost universal!) steal
food and carry It home to fa in i ies < !
tlieir own, and because they at n<
the courteous race they once wi e
Whether or not this is a true, jp
against the colored servants in .Washington
as a class, the fact remains1
that they are rapidly falling him disrepute
and being replaced n. the
white race.
People who arc interested in looking
for reasons for such changes are disposed
to attribute it to the education
of the race. The new generation which
has been reared since the war has had
the same educational advantages in
tills city as the whites. They have
their grammar schools and high
c/iVi/oble mo 1 r.t u S r% t ?M?l?lh. - -" >"
OVIlVA/IDi IUU I II U< I I I 11 V I Hi; JMIIJIIV.' '' .\ } M " 11M',
anil they all go, and most of thorn no
with an ambition to become teachers
themselves, or t<f enter some profession.
They readily absorb ideas of
"equality" which is interpreted as superiority
to tile kind of labor performed
by their mothers and fathers, j
Many become superior to work of any
kind, and are supported by hard-working
parents until they get into trouble
and the workhouse. Seventy percent,
of the crime of the District of Columbia
is contributed by the colored population,
though they number but a
third of the city's residents.
There are no training schools where
the rising generation may learn to
cook or sew or to do any of the things
which might enable them to earn a i
comfortable living. They learn to
read, and what they read in the newspapers
of lynchings in the Sout h and
West does not tend to make them any
more contented. The race antipathy 1
is secretly nurt ured, and it manifests I
itself at frequent, intervals, in what
the house mistress calls "imperti- |
nonce." it crops out also in little
rudenesses on street cars and in other ,
public places, and causes elderly pen- '
pie to remark on the change that has
come over the colored people since j {
they were young. People who come
up from the ttout.i are shocked, and (
will dlseant eloquently on the dill'er- j
ence between the Southern and I he j (
Northern "nigger." With dilliculty (
are the "colonels" restrained from i .
violent assaults upon occasion.
WON'T GET IT.
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Orum'ri Color ('miiils Against Him in |
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lt?e <'ollect ni Hliip. (
The Washington Dispatch of the J
Columbia State sa.^s President I loose- i
volt, lias suffered another change of '<
mind in regard to the iippointmenlol '
negroes in the south to federal otlices. j "j
It was today learned that W. I). '
Chum, ihe negro doctor whom he had
'ed foi lite ( iwrl s'on oollector ?'.
ha.?... ^ j,. n(vt ;tjA.A at, the i
s.?ip. Ims !?a ffifvH? ^nrflfp.o* , i
White House, u-a: < the efiarfc '
of political tii'"kery. hut I.is friends'
say because of his c? lor. Crum, who '
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is le w in the it > , has Ik en in con- i
Mdtation with t le pp-si le;u and lias J
been informed his selection is impossl-1
ble. As stated in The State some
weel<s ago. the (Jhnrlosto negro, ac- '
cording to official information, had ,
heen select d to succeed Site late col- (
lector. Waila ;c, before the president's
bear hunt in Mississippi.
Ho is much piqued o\or the action of
the administration and claims lie has 1
been roughly handled in not being
allowed to defend him self before
punishment. It- is stated that at the
national Republican convention of i
1802 in Minne ippolis, Crmn upon his'
arrival alllgned hi nisei with the antiHarrison
delegates and was subsequently
won over to the other side by
tiie promise of federal reward. Afterwards
lie received the appointment of
postmaster at Charleston, but the
senate refusing to confirm him his
name was withdrawn.
The presentation of this charge
against Crutn is in rcsponc to the request
of the president, before leaving
for Mississippi, to the enemies of
Crom to advance reasons why lie
should not lie appointed. The convention
story is the outcome and the
president appears well satislied to relift.VP.
hi mvi?l f *?f ( 'iMiin lktr a/?i?nntiiu?
"j iivw-|iiiiih i
the facts alleged as such. Vital im- j
portance attaches to the downfall of i
Crum in view of Its bearing Oh the I
president's southern policy. It appears
that influence of the Paync-Clarkson
combine, as predicted in Tht State
(Sunday), is on the wane. Crum has
not given up the light but Ids fate is
believed to have been finally deolded.
According to (jaw.
Calvin Elliott, colored, was hanged
at Llncolnlon. Thursday for criminally
assaulting Mrs. Caleb Brown, near
there about two months ago. After
several unsuccessful attempts at
lynching a special term of court was
called and the sentence of deatli passed.
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A BOLD ROBBERY.
The Safe of the Enoree Manufactur
ing Company Dynamited.
POSTOFFICE ALSO ROBBED.
Deeds, Insurance 1'nlicit-N mid Ot lie
Valuable I'lipcrs Also Stolon.
lllootlhotiiMls Sent to the
Scene.
There seems to be ;i groat mnnj
safe robberies In this State of late
and it- would behoove every one to hi
on their guard. 'J'hc Sparlunhur}
.Journal says one of t he boldest rob
beries in this section occurred at at
early hour Wednesday morning whet
unknown robbers dynamited thes.ih
in lhe oillce of the lluoree Manul'ac
taring Company at Knoree, twenty
miles distant from that city, securing
between srJ.nOO and $.'1,000 In cole
cash, hesides a numher of vuluahlt
papers. The postolllce was also roll
bed of about $U00 in stamps am
money.
The first, news of the daring rob
bery was received here early Wcdnes
day morning in the shape of a tele
phone message, bloodhounds havi
been sent for from Laurens and wil
be put upon the trail of the robtiers a?
soon as they arrive. The exact houi
of the robbery is not known but it if
supposed to have taken place alxuit I
o'cloek Wednesday morning, The safe
which was dynamited was located in
the mill oillce. The otliee was closed
and securely lucked as usual last
night, after the money, books and
other valuable papers, bad been securely
put in the safe.
The olliee was found open this
morning and t be doorof 1 he sale blown
oir with dynamite. The door had
been carefully drilled, evidently by
professionals, and a stick of dynamite
inserted in the bole thus made, and
the door blown oil". An examination
tills morning by the mill otllcials revealed
the fact that everything in the
big safe of any value had been carried
oil by t he robbers.
It. L. Walker, superintendent at
the mill, estimates that between $2,000
and $.'1,000 was secured in cold
cash. In addition numerous papers
were stolen including deeds for property,
insurance policies belonging to
Mr. Walker and to 1>. S. Cochramc of
the mill. The door of the mill olliee
was found open Wednesday morning
also the windows were unfastened. It
Is not known, however, by which
jpenlng the robbers secured an entrance.
It is thought that the force
>f the explosion caused the window
fastenings to break.
About $100 worth of stamps were
taken. These were the property of
the government. About $300 belonging
to the postollicc was also secured,
1 he postotllce money and stamps bong
kept in the vault of the mill safe.
Sheriff Vernon of this city also received
a telegram at an early hour Wednesday
morning stating that $2.500of
lie mill's money was secured and $300
iclonging to the postotllce. There is no
due to the robbers. Much excitement
prevailed this morning at the scene of
lie robbery. The lCnoree Manufaeturng
Company lias today olfered a reward
>f $500 for the arrest and conviction
>f the party or parties who robbed tiw
i"i to (if the company Wednesday
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(Marvin lilt- Itcf'oi'iiijp* I
y,<VV.
It seems tlmt Dr. L. ,f, , r
he Democratic jt * *-C. Gaixln,
^tn^.1 ! i... governor-elect of
Rhode tsiafivi, o.is been something of
i Reformer. He was denominated a
rank, and the Republican papers
made fun of Ids bills, but according to
the Courier-Journal be was largely initrumcntal
in overthrowing the landed
property qualification for foreign
voters and in changing the constitution
.as to provide for the elect ion of
state ofllcers by a plurality instead of
n majority, lie also assisted in the
passage of a secret ballot law, a law
creating a bureau of industrial statistics,
a factory inspection law, a tenhour
law, and some others. The final
triumph of Mr. Garvin recalls the
pithy statement of Lady Somerset,
namely, that when one person sees a
thing be is a fanatic; that when a
number see it, he is merely an enthusiast,
and that when all see it he is a
hero.
Prepared for War.
A dispatch from .Laurens to The
State says enquiry reveals a practice
obtaining in a certain densely Inhabited
colored community in that county,
associated with the long ago when
it was necessary; and that is a habit
negro men in this section have lately
taken up of carrying their guns ?shot
L'lins and rifles to church. Thev sav
it/ is a fact and no uncommon thtnp
to see a number of old guns in the
church during service. The same
thing is true with reference to al
their gatherings. But occasionally si
pistol slips in and the work is done tc
a finish.
He Slob- a Fortune.
Lawrence Murphy, formerly tresis
urer of the journeymen Stonecutters
association of New York was arrester
Thursday night charged with the lar
cony of $25,000. There was a cliangi
of officers last week when Murphy wai
asked to turn his funds over to tin
new treasurer. It is alleged that hi
failed to do so and that he then lef
the city. Murphy was supposed t<
have gone to Lngland but Thursda;
night he entered the meeting place o
the association and was arrested.
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AN IMPORTANT WORK
Ilciiiu Ooiiu l?y l*rol*. < ,'liu mlilihs as
State l'bitoniol<>i> i.st.
A spet in 1 from Clemson College to ;
Tito State says l'rof. C. 10. Chutnhliss 1
t.% .wl.lilL.a 4 .. Ufo -l..t L... ?l .1.^ t
Ill UVIMIIIVMI IA? 111^ UUUtS itli I IIC COI"
lcgc Is doing ?i great work lor South
Carolina in Llio capacity of Mate entomologist.
lie has recently inspected i ]
r orchards in many parts of the State
and recommended remedies where
pests have already appeared, and suggested
plans for preventing their appearance..
The croat Importance of
I his work is never realized because i'
| is a work of prevention rather than a
work ot tangible results. If the fruit
1 growers of 11u> Stat<* will give litis
work their cooperation Just as South
i? 11 "a i oil na is beginning to be ft fruit'
, growing Stale, lliey may save tiiem
*! sidvi s i he trouble mid loss incident to
eid t ing down large oreliardK.
I Tlio law as recently established rei
quires nurserymen outside of the
. | Stat doing business in the State to
tile with the Stat 'entomologist a eortilleo
of inspect ion, showing thai
' j their goods are free from all diseases
' and pests. 11 t hey fail to do t his the
II Slate entomologist has a right to
j | seize the goods, inspect* them, release '
- them if found free troin insects and
I i disease, or if diseased, destroy tlieni.
Transportation companies may
know whet .her such goods have been
. inspected or not by the tags which
. all inspected goods must bear, The
> fruit moweis of t lie Stale can elTeeI
tuully assist in this work bv report- '
; ing all violations of the law.
-, Transportation companies may i
{ know whether sucli goods have been ?
\ J Inspected or not by the tags which
> all inspected goods must bear. The
i j fruit growers of the State can ell'e?
tualiy assist In this work i?y report- j
ing all violations ot the law.
I l'rof. ChamhlisH has already seized v
thousands of trees and is holding t hem !
for inspection. Some have been rei
leased, some destroyed. lie has also
inspeeled and fumigated the stock of j
two large nurseries in this State. Nu'r- li
st ryinen in this State cannot ship out o
goods unless they have been personal- i '
ly Inspected by the State entomologist. i
This being the ease others ought not |
to lie allowed to ship in without in- j,
spectlon. ii
Col. M. L. Donaldson, who is chair- <
man of the South Carolina State d
hoard of entomology, is very much in- ^
forested in this matter, and is giving ''
Prof. Chambliss much valuable aid in .
the work. The railroads and ex- /,
press companies are cooperating with
the board. \\
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A BIG FRAUD UNEARTHED.
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Discovery ol'tlio Iteason lor I tic I)ctl
in ii?I lor Cancelled Stumps. U
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Many people in South Carolina as
well as other States have received "an !'
endless chain'' of let tors asking a <|iian- j|
tit,- /,r -ii-i ",1
viijj \m * uiiv vufu rttiiuipN. i iiey were 1 1
also requested to send copies of the
letter to two or three of their friends,
making by t his scheme the return of i
thousands of answers to the one letter' V(
and the receipt of probably hundreds li
of thousands of stamps. j 11
The letter was always one with a t.
tale of woe about some unfortunato(1's<
boy or girl who liad to have an arm q,. 11
leg amputated or was t r> ing to worj{
his or her way through college. A^,| J|
then again the letter might soli^.j,
^iiinrrThr some 7itHYfYUM institution, y
There was always an appeal to one's
sympathies in the subjeet matter. "
Postollicc authorities and detectives *
iiave been trying to locate the person
who started this endless chain of let- f,
tors ?f<?r, like till epistles of that na- M
turc, it is a violation of the postollicc o
laws. c
Tlie postollicc inspector, .1. L. Cor- '(
telyon, and Cnitcd States Marshal "
John (iarside have arrested an old
tnan named Henry Holssea, a French- ()
man, in New York City, lie was an
inmate of the Home of the Utile Sis- j
tors of the Poor. t
In his room was found a tub con- li
taining fully ">0,000 cancelled stamps 1'
soaking In a solution. He could erase 11
the cancel marks, rcgum them and
dispose of them in small quantities for
cash or merchandise. It Is said he
carried on quite a lucrative business, i
People who have wondered what in
time si person could do with.cancelled v
postage stamps now see to what use ?
they wore put. 1
Iv i11?-<I llio I'osl iiiUHlcr, jj
Clint 10. Osborne,assistant pasttnas-1 '
1 tor and proprietor of a general store !,
at Warren, Mich., was sliot early ji
Wednesday morning by one of a gang
' of robbers that entered the Warren \
1 haiil< and blew open tlie safe. The
explosion aroused Osborne, who tele- I
phoned to one of the neighbors that 1
' he. t,bought robbers wore at work in
r either the bank or postolllco. All the }
? telephones in the village are connect- 1
5 ed at night and it is thought that the '
- cracksmen heard the bell ring in the .
' bank and listened to the conversation. 1
1 Osborne then started down tin; street
' and had gone but a short distance .
when one of the robbers, acting as an \
outside guard, shot him in the face i
witli a charge.of buckshot , killing him (
instantly. Without securing anything
j the burglars fled. <
^ KiiKlnnor Killed.
s Northl>ound passenger train No. 4,
> on route from Texarkana to St. Louis '
<i on the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and \
t Southern Itallway was wrecked at ]
> i'resscott, Ark., Thursday. Kngineer
V AnJjilMld was killed. Fireman Hays
f savfft b's life by jumping. None of I
the fjftsengers was Injured.
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IT l.<>\ 10 SI I A lili (OMi:.
I r love should conic,
1 wonder If my restless, troubled
heart.
I 'nkiiid, would hid its visitor depart,
With chill, averted look and pulse
unt lirllled,
because its sanction was already
tilled
Ity colli ambit ion would it still be
dumb
I f love should come?
I f lo\ e should come.
Would all his pleading fall upon my
ca r
I nrecked of, as by one who will not
heat?
Would my lips say, "I do not know
thy rnimt't
I sock the far, cold heights whore i
dwollet h funic,
'In all my life for these there is ho
room,"
1 f love should come?
f love should come,
Against hitu would 1 dare to hitr the
door,
And. unregrct fill, hid him come no
more?
Would stern ambition whisper to
in v heart,
"hove is a weakness hid him I
la nee depart
'or he and I can have no common
home,"
i f love should come?
f love should come,
And I should shut him out and turn
away.
Would what contents me now eontent
me aye?
Would all success the lonely yours
might bring
Snlllee to recompense fur that one!
I hing?
Ut, could my heart he silent, mv lips
dumb,
II love should come?
Tits Trail orpiians.
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AN IIONKST Ii()VK.
We will return to llenriette, who,
Ue tier sister, was living in the hope
f meet ing t he one who had been so
ruolly torn from Iter hy the rude
nndsof unscrupulous men.
She is seated in a poorly furnished
LI ie room engaged at sewing, while
er thoughts wander haeW to the fatal
ighl when, strangers in the great
ity, the two unprotected girls were
oomcd by ;i hard, unyielding fate, to
-under apart, seeking, hut never lind- ;
ig t he ot her.
While she was t bus engaged, a low
nock was heard at the door, and the
li,?V'!ilior d,' \ 'imlfof ....I ......J
... viv * uuxiiv j v uu;n u,
A careless observer would have seen
liat lie was a lover, and that theob*
'el of his adorat ion was before him.
" 1 lenriet te," he said, tenderly, takig
her hands and pressing them to
is lips. " I lave you heard anything?
'on seem agitated."
"I was expecting you, I mean ? I
Itought perhaps you would bring me
ews of Louise," replied the fair girl,
i pret t v confusion.
"Xo, 1 have heard nothing," replied
lie chevalier, regretfully. "Vet you
now I have occupied myself unceas- :
lgly for I he past t hree moot lis in vain
adcavors to ascertain her fate. Hut.
)day, I lenriet.te, I wished to speak to
in of something else of myself."
"I know, monsieur, till that you
on Id say tome," replied llenrictte,
i a low, sweet voice. "I ,"ni?|Vp.vJ1ai"'!
an rescued meat tyfort"7"4'1 your own <
fe, Iroin a f?flr\i,ui peril, and believe
"bJov- ungrateful."
r. .lenriet te, do you feel no other
[Mitimcnt than gratitude? Do you
ot understand my heart? Until yes3
relay, I was bound in honor to iin- <
use silence on my love; circumstances
ave released mo, and today I can,
nrl dare, avow with pride that I love
Oil."
The young man paused for a molent,
as if expect ing t lie young rl to
peak; hut as she. kept silent., he coninucd,
in a deep, manly voice:
" I lenriette, mine is not a trilling,
ilvolous love. I loved you from the
loinent when 1 tirst saw yon courageusly(U
lending your honor with prayrs,
with throats. and with toars. I
)ved you from the moment your inocence
appealed to my manhood, and
swear to you before Heaven, that
his love, horn in an instant, shall end'
nly with iny life."
"Oh, t his is wrong wrong," said
lenriette, as tho great tears of gratl- I
ude came welling up in her eyes. "I
lave known too long all that your |
icart \sas striving to hide from me.
nd I have hcen guilty to allow it to
listractmc from t he only duty I have
n life. You should not compel me to
onfess my weakness."
"1 lenriette!" exclaimed the chevaicr,
reporaehfully.
"Leave me to my sacred task, and
vhen Louise, is restored to my arms, I
hall have earned the right to be hap>y."
"i lenriette. dear I lenriette " hepi
n l>e Yaudrey, but lie was Interupted
hy a knock at the door, and
in instant after, the round, smiling
uid inquisitive face of I'icard was seen
it I he half-opened door.
"I'icard!" exclaimed the chevalier,
n surprise at seeing his valet.
i<*s, monsieur, m is i iearo, only
?icard," said the valet, as he entered
he room.
"What do you want? What brings
i'oii here'/" and l>e Vaudrcy's voice,
istially so soft, was now harsh and
mgry.
"The fellow is my valet ," he added,
n a low tone, to Ilenrlette.
"Yes, mamzelle," said the valet,
,vlth an equivocal bow. "I am I'icird,
the discreet," and he thought to
limself, "this must lie the chamhernaid,
and he is in her room. Oh, lie is
lolng well."
"What brings you here?" asked the
ihevalier, impat lent ly.
"A communication for you. sir, of
lie greatest importance, anwercd
I'lcard, with an important air.
"I must take my work down-stairs,
I hey arc waiting for it," said llenliette,
thinking that the valet had
something of a private nature tosay to
liis master.
"You will return?" asked Vaudrey,
very .anxiously.
"Oil, yes, in a few minutes."
"She will return," said i'lcard, to
/ 1
d.
himself: "well, Illiit Is good. Mistress
below stalls, and a pretty chamlierinaid
up here. This Is the yountf man
who studied philosophy," and a selfsal
islied smile passed over his face as
lie thought that his master was walking
in Hie wav he a<lmired.
"Well, sir," said I)*' Yaudrey, as
soon as flic d(K)r dosed and they were
alone. "we aro alone now. What
nrmgs you nereV
l,l took the lilierly of following you,
monsieur," replied Heard, in a saucy
voice.
'Following mo, you scoundrel!" exclaimed
tlie chevalier, in an angry
lone.
"Scoundrel Is good, very good," said
I'icard.ln a low voice. "NOW lie k
something like a master."
"What do you say?"
I was saying, monsieur, t iiat scoundrel
is not halt st rung enough, part leularlv
when I come to lind out (I tat. nf- :
ter all
"After all! What?"
And I to Y and rev was fast losing Ids
temper; a state in which the valet
seemed most anxious to see him.
"(?ood. he will kick me in a minute."
t hought I'leard, as he said, In an impudent
sort of way:
"You must know, monsieur, that I
had become so disgusted with your
conduct that l begged your undo to
relieve me of serving you any longer,
and if lie had not insisted on my remaining
and watchingyou
"So you have become a spy, Master
Hoard, have yoiiY" Interrupted be
Validrey, in an angry voice.
" Yes. sir. a spy on you. Why, monsieur,
if I had not, how should I have
found out that you was a gallant and
a rue?"
"Itoue!" exclaimed t he chevalier,
who was now regaining ids temper,
and Incoming amused. "Well, now
did you lind t hat out Y"
"l?y obeying the inst met.Ions of y? in
uncle. I followed you to the house of I
your inamorata, and instead of lindiug
you witli that much-honored la ly, I
discover you enjoying the society of
her chamlicdmaid."
"IMiamhermaid!"exclaimed be Van-1
drey.lnot understanding at lirst what
his valet meant.
"( Hi, you have t he fairest of excuses,"
sum i'leaid, In a light lone. "Sin* is
as pre! l y as
"Look you, Master IMcard," ?*rit>(l ,
1 he chevalier, now thoroughly enraged,
"anot her word, and I will throw
you out of I hat window."
"Oh, thai is going further than I
bargained for," said Picard, gelt lug ii '
little alarmed. "Thrown out of a
sixt h story window,"
"Listen tome, sir," said he Vault
roy, sternly.
"I am all ears, monsieur, hut please
rememher that wc are very high up,"
and Picard made a grimace t hat was
inexpressively comical.
"Kot'iirn at once to the count, and
tell him that after having downed my
footsteps day by day, you have at last
found me in the presence of the woman
1 love."
"You mean t he chambermaid of the
woman you love. Same t hin#," said
I'icaid, flippant ly.
"Silence, sir! 1 tell you that you
have seen the woman I love, and you
may inform the count that she Is to
he my wife," and he Vaudrey's voice
rang out loud and clear, while a proud
light in his eyes showed how much of
honor lie felt it would be for him If
the woman of his choice should consent
to marry him.
"Kh, your wife?" exclaimed Picard, !
in surprise.
"Silence, sir, she is coming."
As he spoke, t he dooi; ,p,;. ;po,and .
Ifenriette entered- the room. Her 1
bcii.V.L'i'i,' eyes "we re lilted with tears, <
Tnd her face was expressive of the (
deepest misery. ,
With that abandon which grief imparts,she
threw herself into a chair,
and laying her head on t he table, soli- 1
bed as t hough her heart would break.
"Shame shame! I am sure I do not
deserve, to be so insulted," she. sobbed,
11:1 If to herself
"What is it, llenrietl e? Who litis instilled
you?" asked Do Vawdrcy, while
the lire that flashed from his eyes
Ixxlcd no good for the insnlter.
"1 am ordered to leave the house,"
replied Henriette, still sobbing.
"Ordered to leave t he house? Why?"
and the ohovalier seemed to Ikj in a
perfect whir! of amazement.
"Alas, monsieur, they tell me that a
young girl) living alone, lias not the
right to receive the visits of gentlemen
such .is you."
"Such us I? I who have always I realed
you with the respect due a sister?"
"A moment ago she was his wife,"
said l'ieard, who hod boon eagerly
listening to the dialogue, to himself,
"now she D his sister. < )h, it's all
right."
"The mist less of the house, whp until
now has been so kind to me, sa\H
she cannot permit me to remain, for
she has a good name lo protect , which
my conduct scandalizes," continued
Henriette. in a low, sad voice. "What
could I say? She litis ordered me lo
leave tit once."
" I 'on r thing!" stiid l'ieard, in a sympathizing
voice. "Monsieur, I say ibis
is unjust, this Is is "
"Shameful!" exclaimed I )e*Vaudrey,1
whose indignation at first prevented
him from sneaking.
"Certainty it is shameful," said IMcard,
earnestly. "Mamzclle, I will go to
that woman myself. I'll tell Iter you
are not yet that is, I mean that? that
he?thai l?l don't know what I
mean," and the valet, who, despite his
love for adventures, was really a g(x>dhearted,
honest fellow, turned away to
hide the tears which sprung to his
eyes.
"llenrlctte," said I he chevalier, tenderly,
"dry your tears. Yap shall leave
t Ids house to enter mine.
"That is pretty cool!" exclaimed the
| valet, in surprise, hut in so low a tone
t hat Ills master did not hear him.
Not mine alone," continued De
Vaudrey, "hut yours as well, for you
shall enter it on tlie arm of your husband."
"Your wife!" exclaimed the weeping
girl. "No -no, that is impossible"
" I agree wit h you perfectly,"thought
Heard, whose Ideas as regards birth
and posit ion were very decided,
"Think of the Immeasurable distance
which separates us," continued
Henriottc, in a tlrm voice, "believe
that 1 appreciate the generosity which
inspires you, yet my duty impels mo to
refuse."
"Refuse!" repeated the chevalier, in
great surprise.
"Spoken like a sensible girl," was
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I '
NO. 15) .
MORE ANI) MORE.
The Pension Roll Grows Still. Three
Billion Dollars Expended.
OVER ONE MILLION PENSIONS.
As a llfHiilt ul'tho Wnr Iletwren tho
Sialci. Nearly Talcc as Many
as the <'oil IVtlera I e Motillei'M
N ii mIn-red.
In t.lio course of his annual report
Secretary Hitchcock presents the following
statement as to the bureau of
pensions:
The report j>f the commissioner of
pensions shows t hat the total number
ol pensioners on the roll (hiring the
fiscal year ended .1 une .'10, 1002, was
1,011.087, and the number remaining
on the roll at the close of the year was
OttO, I to, a not ?ain over the previous
year of 1.711, and exceeding In number
of pensioners any former year.
The grains in the rolls during the.
year wore to. 121 new pensioners and
3,8H1 renewals and restorations, a
total if i:t.'.?.")2. The losses to the rolls
during the year by death were 37,1 15,
and from ot her causes 5,000, a total of
12,211, leaving a net Kain of 1,711 for
years.
The number of claims of all classes
adjudicated during the year was 24(1,353,
which number 118, tdl were rejected.
The appropriation for the payment
of pensions for the fiscal year was
*1 11,000,000. In payments to the appropriation
made t lie amount available
for payment of pensions $1 14,004,351.50.
The disbursements for army and
navy |>ctisions during the year including
the amount disbursed by treasur
settlements, were $137,504,207.Ow,
leaving an unexoended tmlnnee to ?>.?
covered ltdo the treasury of $0,500,085.50.
Tin* expenditure f<?r navy
pensions was $5,810,022.21.
The entire cost of the maintenance
of the pensoln system since the
foundation of the government was
nearly $5,000,000,000. < )f the amount
I hat lias heen expended for pensions
since the foundation of the government
$70,000,000 was on account of
I lie war of the revolution; $45,025,207
on account of service in the war of
1812; $5,811,200 on account of service
In the Indian wars (1852-1812); $51,801,557
on account of service in the
Mexican war; $5,275,184 on account of
the war with Spain, and $2,728,878,270
on account of the war of the rebellion.
The commissioner recommends the
passage of a law providing that any
person convicted in court of an infamous
crime shall forfeit his pensioner
his rltfht to one. I fully concur in
the commissioner's recommendation
minis mutter; the pension roll Is a
roll of honor, and its high standard
should he ever maintained.
Information was received atthebu"I'iiii
in c.'. death during tho year of
">o.l2H old soldiers; of thac number,
however, only 27,0 hi were on the pendon
roll. It. is estimated that the
leath rate among the pensioners for
the present year will approximate 40,i)oo,
and the losses to the roll from
Dther causes will probably equal 0,000.
The commissioner expresses the opinion,
however, that owing to new legislation
enacted by Congress the number
on the pension roll at the end of the
present year will exceed 1,000,000.
A llody Found.
A dispatch from Greenville to The
State says a sad case of drowning litis
been discovered in the Knorec river,
two miles tibove the l'elham mills,
where the body of .lell' Moore, a 12year-old
hoy, was found on the banks
of the stream, a short distance from a
foot-log crossing, and it is conjectured
that he had attempted to cross the
river and lost his footing. The boy
was somewhat demented and left his
home several weeks ago, and when
last seen he was on the road to
J'elfaium. Ills parents are Mr. and
Mrs. J. 1). Moore, who live at the
Victor mills, and on the disappearance
of their son the fact was advertised
by circulars and in the newspapers,
but no tiding were received by them
until Mr. L. S. Brown found the body
oi tneir son on i riclay afternoon.
Hoy Killed by Train.
Another fatal railroad accident
happened in Augusta on Wednesday
night by which a lad lost his life. The
victim was a ten year old boy, Willie
Adams. His father and mother arc
dead and he was living with his grandfather
near the King mill on Broad
street. Near his home the C. and W.
C. railroad has a shifting yard, and
U>ys make it a practice of jumping on
and otl the cars, taking rides. With
i other boys young Adams were doing
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i wa?r? i u inii^. I IU r?<K* 11U1IIH llll
a Hat car when in some way he fell
|o!T, the train passing over him, severj
ing liis head from ills body and horril>lv
multilating the upper portion of
j his body. For some time the author!
ties have been trying to break up this
habit among the !>oys and only a few
days ago quite a number \fbro arresti
cd and lined by the recorder.
Volcano llolflANOd n Torrent.
Thursday's eruption of La Soufrlere
occurred at the head of the dry river
! Kabaeci, where huge quantities of volcanic
deposits iiave blocked the water
course since the eruptions last May
in spite of the subsequent heavy rainfall.
After the eruption of Thursday
a raging,steaming torrent flowed irooi
the base of La Soufrlere and swept
down the Kabacol, completing the destruction
of the sugar works there.
Sand at the same time fell on Georgetown
and other places.