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SALLY. By ALBERT FLEMING. [Copyright, 189W, by the Author.) CHAPTER I. It was a hot day in August, one o thoso reeking days that begin to be ho early in the morning and go on gettinE hotter and hotter till nearly midnight. In the year 1870 Cow court and iti unwholesonio cluster of neigh bors stil clung to the skirts of Holborn and fes tored round St. Alban's ohurch, stretoh ing from Gray's fun road to Leatho: lano. Tho flno shops and warehouse that now adorn Gray's Inn road thei only existed in the brain of some oit; architect. Of all those alleys Cow cour carried off the palm for squalor, dir and genoral decay. You had to turn on of Loather lano to get there. The turn ing was flanked on either side by a tav ern, and theso taverns, with their plat glass and gilding, were the only thing that were bright and cheorful in thi region. If you explored farther, yoi saw an arohway on the right, mado b: sweeping away the ground floor of on of the orazy tonomonts. This was th postern gato to Cow court. If any on over got so far as this and retained hi watch and chain, lie always lost thou on approaching this archway. On this August evening a young mau was passing through Leather lano il soarch of Cow court. He was dressed it the Iltest wst end fashion, but evci the hideous chimniiiiy pot hlt, pointe6 shoes and rigid collar could not disguis his comeliness. At a guess lie was thre and twenty. Being of a trusting naturc he allowed his gold chain to disport it self across his waistcoat, and his jon Cled pill remxained in his scarf. Kenneth Gordon was down from Ox ford and had been calling onl on of th clergymen it St. A lban's, who had iskoe him to tako a letter to a dying girl i Cow court. 1io strodo through the ding street, sometimes asking his way of on of the residential ladies of Loather lian and always winning a civil answer b. the force of his genial smile. When I reached Cow court, a pleasant thrill c excitement porvaded that locality. Thi watch and chain had survived Loathe Jane, andl now Ilashod gay!y in the evet iUg light. His pin held its accustome place. Ilis handkerchiof gleamed whit against his coat'. Inquiring of a boy, lie learned thia Polly Turner lived at No. 7, and lie wa escorted th(oro by a crowd of loafers. Th girl was dying. The stuffy room wa: crowded with friends, nearly dark an unspeakably miserable. Kenneth gav her the letter, but had to take it bacl and read it to her. In the presence u that deathly white face ho felt all usua forms of speech to be useless. l heb her han~d for a minute, tried to say I few kind words and then felt that h hIad failed, but the gentle touch a11 words went straight to the girl's heart and there rested until it ceased to beat When Kenneth left No. 7, a child wa lying in a doorway just opposite. Dirt famine and ill usage had effectually ob soured the bloom of youth in her. He face was so dirty that ho could only se two large eyes filishing from ia tangle mass of hair. This was Sally. As si never owned a surniaine it is impossib] to introduce her mocre formally. If h friends wished to idlentify her with p~r clii, they called her Tim's Sail: Timi wa~s her father, and lisa surnan. was itasolhiddoni in obsourity. Samlly he hieardl that a young swell had come ini Cow court and wasll waitinlg to hlave look at himi. On that she reckoned with out her father, for Tim, com1 ing doew thle passage~ bobind her, enforced parei tal discipline by a v'igorouls kick on he shins. When you have kicked ai bod( for ton years, you acquire prec'isioni the art, and Tim planted his kick wit such exactness that the girl fell dlow on the doorstep, and there she lay, te listless to cry out. Now nothing tamer or more monotonous than to was good kicks (il anl irresponsive persil So Timi was1 aggrieved, and followed r his first kick by others, accompanlyi: them with a volb-y of inspiriting oath The last kick miu.t haveocaught Sally a sensitive place, for she gaivo a shai seream of agony. ''What's that?'' cried a woman fro: an inner roolm 'Oh,"' said another, ''it's only Ti: a-waking up his~ gell." As KennethI left No. 7 lie sawv th kick and1( heard S:ihly's screaum. lie ii stantly strode across the court. Tim wi girding himself up for inure kicks. Fo the first time in his life lie found th simple pastimo of his Interfered with. Kenneth faced him sternly. "'Leave the girl alonie, you blac] guard!i How dare you kick a wvomani Not kick a woman! Cow court wvi oonvulsed. Why, women were kick< every day. They expected it, accopth it as a law of nature. Tim and the b; standers p)aused for a moment to gras the full absurdity of the idea, but on for a moment. Then Tim turned on hi: like a wild beast, the veins in his greo bull's neck swvelling like cords. "'Who tile --- are you? Can't a me kick his own goli? Get out of thia, I'll kick you tool'' Then, in mere bri vado, he lifted his foot to give the gi alhother refresher. ''Touch her at your peril 1" eric Kenneth, flushing to the roots of b hair. In ainother moment lie heard ti thud of Tim's feet as it drove lusti] into the girl, and at the seifsame me ment Kenneth's fist crashed into Till face, catching himI on the jaw and som1 ing him re'elinug backward downi tI passage. Then (Cew court perceived till there wvas a joyful prosplect of a Hlomeri comb~at. Inu a few mnomenots a ring wvi formed, and <!I Biddy was whiske aloft in her < ~ ai iln the arms of tw stalwart sup;1 tors. Konneth's bloc was up.) He I ing~ his (cat and1 walis coat to one bystandelrr and1( his hl.t aniothor. (Cow conrt aIcepted thomn n is alalcri ty. T1imu dIivested himself of sni superifiuious rags, banred his staulwai arms and1( irepared to "sma1sh1 the swell. U1iddy surveyecd bIothi cIombatanlts with critical ('ye. She knoew the points of "Uilod'hi tell,' "shlo said oracularly a1 she saw Kennel thI s;traigh lln himself fo the fIght. lie 1had1 boxed at Oxford am was ill fair cond(1it lon, sound1( in wind above alli, temipatoe anid cool. The firs round reveled to him that Tim fough In a very ofl'octivo but utterly unselon tiflo mannor. lie came at his onoml with a furious rush and planted torrifi ehance bloWs, but he left hmself un :h Aunt Mattio Was the very reverse 0i id this. Aunt Hannah always alluded tl At her in her milder moments as "poor it dear Mattio," and in her moro vigoroui 7 ones as "that fool, Matilda," Matildi I- had never been on a board in her life is but if you looked doWn the subsoriptioi LO' lisb of any missionary society you woul be sure to find her modest initials. r "I never put my full name," sIRho sal meekly. "Hannah makes suoh a fuss.' It was to this household that Kennetl i brought Sally. The girl had fallei h1 asleep as they drove along. Konnotl 11s placed her on the scat, but Sally profer 1n red lying on the floor of the cab an d coiled herself up at his feet like a dog. to When they got home, Kenneth oar M ried the tired girl in, and, seeing tha id she was not fit for the drawing room is placed her on the mat in the hull, wher 30. she lay-a little heap of rags, dirt ani 10 tousled hair. As ho entered the draw 10 ing room- he heard Aunt Hannah read It ing in her very emphatic voice the sum 1, mary of a paper she intended to delivo .0 at a charity organization conferoc r- next day. It was entitled "Sixteon Ree r. sons Against the Present System of Oti 1o dloor Parochial Relief." She had got i at far as the tenth. Konneth's entranc id was hailed with joy by the long suffoa ,d ing Mattio. 1i- "Oh, here you are!" she cried. "To: [d o'clock, and you were to be here by 5. o- "I've brought home a girl. " Aunt Hannah dropped the 10 reasoin and ejaculated, "What?" Mattio star rt ed. Those five words might moan s 0- much. With the onlm that precedes ro storm Aunt Hannah took off her glasso 1i. rubbed them slowly and waited, bu Lu further explanation was interrupted b 0- a seroani from Aunt Mattio: t- "Why, Kenneth, you've got a gren m out on your'tomplo, and there is bloo b1, on your collarl" 11b "It's nothing. I've had a fight. 8, brute was kicking a girl, and I licke 30 him and brought the girl home. She' Q- only a child." bs Aunt lanniah put her glasses jut 1o their case with a snap and recovere o- her voice. "Brought her homel Is thi 11) house a casual ward or night rofug: ts Why, heaven bless us, the boy's gon 0? stark, staring mad!" Mattio had forgotten the girl and w.9 1. giving her nir- to sticking plaster. d "I've left her on the nat outside, to fdded Kenneth apologetically. "Sh isn't as clean as she might be." lHai is nah strode to the door. The hall wr rl pretty with fresh flowers, ferns anl to bright tiles. Its prottiness emphasize the incongruity of Sally' appearanot She was lying whore Kennoth had 1I1 her. Hr on shoo was tied on with a I of string; her frock was ragged, but th rents did not show, for her skin was r black as her frock. One frightfully bon arur fell across her knee, and the othe hid her face. Mattie peeped from behind Hannal: Bannah said authoritatively: ''Got up and be off with you!" Sall immediately gavo vent to such a torron f bad languago tliat the two ladic rushed away and shut themselves in th drawing room. Mattio began to cry, bu Hannah seated herself rigidly in hc armchair. "This is too much, Konneth I' "It's getting awfully 1late," said Kei nieth. "Supposo wo don't talk of thi -till tomorrow. I'll get Bridgct to was Sally and make her up a bed . m wlhere. a ''Keep flhat thing in the house and b. >k mturdlered in our beds and have the hous ra:Lcked fromt top to bottt?'" .'You can't turn her into the street or 10 o'clock at niight. Dr; c:a :murol givo Sally seine supper and a blankei hit anad we will leek her in the bac e. The aunts prlotested, but yielded Sally followed Kenneth down stairs lik to a lamb, but fresh ditlenlties arose wit r. Biridget. They increased wvhon Sally a: er niounced that she weuld tear anybod limb from 4imib who teuched her. Bu m when Kenneth said that lhe wished he .to be clean and neat the child changed <0 and1 she informied Bridget that "'sh mnight boil her alive if the beas wishe it done." dCHAPTER IIH. 3o Next morning Kenneth surveyed th is position. Of course lie could send Sail; ro to a workhiouse school or to a refuge, bu mn ho did nlot wanit to let the girl lie ha ii. won b~y his bow and spear dlrift awva r- from him. - His old nurse was now living on l- pensioni, and ho resolved to send Sail ~o to her. This senmed easy while lie wva - diressing, but umuch less easy' wheni b er saw his aunts. Mattic was nervou~s r, Hannah full of repressed vigor. ip "It's a comfort" that we still htav m spoonis to stir our toa with,'' said th or latter. a- "1 have been thinking about Sally, >y he began. "'I an sure, Aunt Hainnal w you will help mue. "' HeI was intoritupte mn by a sound of crashing china--a soufli te accompanied by pieing shrieks antd th~ 5, sound of hurrying feet. Aunt Hanna das made a dash at the bell, exelaimninj ro "Has the devil brokeni loose?'' Th' 1g door was flung open and the servani as dragged in Sally. She resisted violently al kicking, plunging anrd swearing like nt- trooper. Bridget bogant: "Anad I do say at air, it's too bad to go and brihig horn to such Roumri iand expect deCCOnt people ti o- sit with her. She's half killed .Jamtes.' 'h'"Yes,"' cried the housemaid, "'she u a. with a plate and broke it over his head st and lie's a mass of gore in the kitcho: k this mtinute. "' in '"Como here, idally!' c ried Kenneti '( Sleornly. Trhey released her, and( si p- stoodl before himt with flashiing eyes artu id cheeks, flushed with the glowv of comb at i An old dlreas of theo cook's haad been pin ia ed roundi~ her. It was half torn off now It (ir mnat ted hair had been combed ou a andju ril led up. It lay on bor shoulderi nnow ii a hbaiggy manss, anid, as Ann r. Hannaih said, she looked a little demon .But whlien Kennteth took her it hand anri 'b spok(e kindly the flash in her eyes turn "Sadly, what have you been doing o VIow (dare you attack 3Jaries?'' '"What call 'ad lie to lay 'ands on you a boots?" in "What ont earth does she mean?" "Whty, sir, after breakfast Jamnes be 3. gait to oloatn your boots as usual' and id shio flowv at him like a tiger, tore thenr *t out of his hainds, broke a plate over hii head auid Swore she'd kill him. And as y. for ber language"...-. ."If lie touches them agai, I'll out .his liver out,'' initorruptedl Sally. a "'Now, leek here, girl!" Aunt Han. it nzah begani. turning Sally's tea iarr-utiew aeoo ine to light. At his touch the hunted, wild oli beast look passed from her eyes. Thou ] I ho said: "Now, Sally, listen. I want ml you to forgot your savage ways and be a good child. If you use bad language 8i( and frighten and hurt people, you must th 0 go back to Cow court, and I shall be sorry I tried to save you from your fa- ke I thor. I know it will be hard for you at th first, but al good things aro hard. You an must tell James you are sorry you hurt bi hil, and I'll promise that overy day y you are good you shall olean my boots re - yourself." 1 18 S "Blesed if I won't try, and I'll go a this moment and ax his blooming par- ou don." And, so saying, Stilly picked up lo t her trailing garments and rushed out of , the room. fo 0 "A porfect little savage," said Han- tI lnah. "Two years at a reformatory tb - might do good, but I doubt it." "I thought I saw tears In her eyes," - said Mattio. of r "And what handsome oyesi"' said vi Kenneth. '"Now, just answer me this,"' said at Hannah. "What on earth mado you al F bring this vagrant hero? You plunge cc c into some filthy court, got your head out th open and have this creature flung on b( your hands. If it is sentimental rubbish, e) a you are a bigger fool thtan I thought a you. If you flatter yourself it's philan- w thropy, you have begun at the wrong et a end. 'I "It is a little of both. You do your I o philanthropy in a soientific, wholesale t a way. I am beginning mine with a small a Idi N t di a- e l/ (~r( - - . al \ 91 I' - b al - 'T'he servat'ts dr(yyfcd inl Safljy a retail samle. Anid it is sentimnent, too, Ii d for I feel rather like a knight~ who has tl d rescuedl aI miden~C antd is forbidden by 'n '. the laws of chivalry to abandon her."' d ~t "'Then, by the laws of the round ta- e t blo, the knight is bound to wed the 0 maiden, and-I wvishi you joy of your t a bargain." y "WeVll, aunt, let Sally have a month w~ r under your supe(rv'ision, and then we si wvill hold another meeting upon01 her." ''I .The aunts at last reluctantly agreed to A 1di give hr a tial. t (CONCLUDEDn NEXT WEEK.) 0 n I( S LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDIINGS. b r - - s TilE POWEi S AND DU TIES OF MAGIS- c TitATES.. tc The following bill has passed the Ce s House. defining the powers and duties a Sof miagistrates, and declaring their r jurisdiction in this State : ' Section 1. The Governor shall have e authority. by and with the advice and A iconsent of the Senate, to appoint mag isrtsIn each county of the State, e who shall holfd their oflices for the v term of two years, and until their Y successors are appor ted and qualified. i The number of magistrates to be ap k poDinted for each county andI their ter rtorial jurisdiction shall be the same o as heretofore prescribed by law for trial justices In the respecctive counties Iof the State, except as hereinafter I -other wise provided. Such magistrates may be0 suspecnded by the Governor to) Y for incap~acity, misconduct or neglect caI t of duty ; and the Governor sha.' re- so r port any suspension, with the cauase s ,thereof, to the Senate at it-s next ses- th o sion for its approval or disap proval. St S Sec. 2. The Governor shall have au. sh thority, by and with the aidvice and mi consent of the Senate, to fill any va- to' cancy caused by death, removal or an other-wiso of any magistrate for the chi 0 unexpired term. a y Sec. 3. Before entering upon thiedis- be t charge of the duties of his iflce each sit il magistrato must take, in writing, the th oath of ollico prescribedi In the constitu- th Lion, and also the several additional on juatics (cquired to be taken by trial shi jutcsbefore the clerk of the court of th common pleas of the county, or in th Scase there be no such clerk, before any it) 0 one auithor.ized to 12d minister an oath, ct ,and must file the same with the Secro- ch tary of State. orj e Sec. -I. The civil jurisdiction of mag- foa e istrates shall be the same as that pr1 heretofore exercisedl by trial justices. eti ,,They shall have exclusive jurisdiction Cx in all criminal cases ini which the sal '' punishment does not exceed a fine of on ii $100 or imprisonment for 30 datys, cx 0 copt in cases of riot, assault and bat- l'i (e tery, and larceny and carrying con.-t b coated weapons coupled with aii of- rd~ , fense in which such weapon is used. th e lan criminal matters b'yond their juris. sh: a diction to try they shall sit as exam. so] ining courts. and commit (except in aI) ' capital cases) or (1i-'h~arge persons an charged with such . F ws. Mngis. tat 'tr-ates shall have cor.uu. rcan jounaboi a tion only with th'e court of general he a sesion in cases of riot, assault and l b attery and larceny. in counties where sea a they are given separ-ate tand exclusive pei ,territorial jurisdiction, criminal cases for shall be tried in the district where the cem offense was committed, unless the an: place of trial be changed to another an; district in the samo county in the mana nor prescribed by law. IThe drawing of juries amnd thme taking of appeals shall be governed by the satmo 1)ro- tio ccdurc as obt-airaed in trial justices' ta> ,courts. It Sec. 5. M agistrates sh all have all the powers and perform all the duties here- or b inforo vested in and incumbent upon en: trial just Ices. .ow Sec. 6. Ti e ruilesof procedure In clvii sor and criminal eases s4haall be the same or. -in magistrates' courts as in formner shn trial justices' courts. sat Sec. 7. Magistrates, In their discre- 011i Lion, sentencing prisoners to labor on yei the public highways may commit thorm am direotly to thme ofllet ita ' ;u o of per- t'en sons so laboring utpont thto public high- sai ways or- ether pu bhic works. But one Shi coammittal and d isarigc fee shall bo wit charged by anty shmoelff of the State for S sutch prisoners when incarcerated in tie' Ite county jail after sentence. All preC costs and lines collected b)y ma.gistrates sta in criminal cases shaull bo paid over the forthwith to thc coutnty treasurers of bra the resp~ectivoe countieP. thc AMENDING 'r11n PENSION L~AW. vid The Houco committee's hill to amend dier the general pensIon law was called upl) thu andl Mr. Enyton offered an amendment the have township boards consist of fout t soldiers and one physician. dr. Cushman said that the com ttee had thought it best not to havc ysicianq on the township boards, bul ave one on the county board. Phy lans at home would be influenced bl sir patrons. Nir. Leyton said his object was t4 op the old' soldiera from going t< a county seat to be examined. Th< icndment was then tabled and thq L passed in this shape: 3ection 1. That section 943 of the vised statutes of 1893, as amended b act approved the 9th of March )G, relating to pensions, be, and th< me is hereby, amended by striking t said section and inserting the fol. wing, which shall be section 943: "The examining board of pensioni r each township in the several coun 3s of this State shall be composed o roe ox-Con federate so'diers or sailors 2o shall be non-applicants for ren >ns, if available, otherwise to b( mposed of reputable citizens there , to be elected as hereinafter pro dod, to which all application fo, nalons shall be made, whose duty i all be to decide to which class Sal plicant belongs; and in case of an, ntest it shall be referred with al e facts to the county examinin, ard, which shall be composed of fou -Confederato soldiers or sailors, wh all be non-applicants for pensions, t elected as hereinafter provided hose decision shall be final. The sev al township boards shall meet at sue' no and place most convenient befor u first Monday in April, 1897, and o o third Mondays of January of cac ecceding year, for the purpose c insidering applications, and within 1 Lys thereaft r the county examinin >ard shall meet at the several count ats t) settle all disputes and contest shall be the duty of said board I camine each applicant or his applict on under rules and regulations pri ribed by the Secretary of State, th torney general and comptroller ge 'al, who are hereby created a Stat )ard of pensions, giving in detail th ,asons which have influenced thnm i 7anting or rejecting said applicationi .companied by all the evidence upo hich they actid, after first beln ily sworn fairly and impartially t scharge the duties herein prescribe ir them to the best or their ability id after said oaths are duly filed I io ofilco of the clerk of the court th embers of said township boards < nsious shall meet as soon as practi >to for the discharge of the dutie ,rein imposed upon them. In s cting pensioners from among the al cants the board shall have regard t idr physical condition and financit eans, and also to the financial coi tion of their near relatives, allowin ich applicant so selected the sum < i. $4 and $3 per month, as they ma 3 entitled under the provisions c his act. A majority of the member said board shall constitute a quorun ho may determine any matter pri mted by them, subject, however, t ;e right of review by the State boar< s soon as such township and. count >ards completo their list as abov iving the names of the pensioner ir residences and the amount pe onth to which th -y are entitled, the iall certify the same to the Stat >ard of pensions to be reviewed b tem. The Stato board of pensior ia'l thereupou pass upon the name intained in said list, and shall cortif the clerks of the court of the severe unties the lists of the names an nounts approved by them, and th id clerks of court shall record th me in a book, and the said roil s adle up shall ho designated " approv l ensicn roll for 18--," and such pet >n i-oil shall constitute the pensioner ititl-.d to receive the aid herein pre dod for the current year'. That ti emb~ers of the several townshil ar-ds shall serve without compensa >h. Section 2. That setion 951 of the no ted statotuis of 1893 and the act amen tory thereto atpprioved the 9th e irch, 18961, be further- amended, so a: rea~d as follows: " That oni some convenient day prie: April, 189)7, and prior to August 01 ch succeeding year, the surviving Idicrs and sailors who were in the rvice of the Confederate States or o1 Is State in the late war between the ates, residing in the several town ips of the counties of this State shall tet at such pilac. in their several vnships as may be most convenient, d. after organizing and electing a airmaneand secretary shall elect by najor-ity vote of thiree their mee re, who ar-e not applicants for pen ns. to constituto and be known as > township examining board ; that 3 said township~s boards, shall elect 3 of their members chairmen. It ill be the duty of the chairman cf i several township boards to mest at 31i' respectIve county seats within days thereafter and organize by cting (from among their number a sirman and secretary, and when so tan ized shall electby amajorit-y vote ir of their members and a rogular icticing physician, who shall con tute and be known as the county imining hoard 'of pensions. The d county examining board shall meet salesd ay in A pril, 189'7, and on sales y in August~of each succeeding year: ovided, however, That in those v'nships where such survivors fall or use toicomply with the provisions of a act the State board of pensione ill appoint three ex-Confederate (iers or sailors, who shall be non plicants for pensions. w hen availabhle, :I when not, to ap~point three repu 31e citizens of said township as mem -sa' said t >wnship boards, who shall or all apllications." ie. 3. That thie members of the or-al county examining boards of islons shall receive as compensation their sorvices $1 per dlay, and 5 is pe' ilie one way ; said per diem 1mileage not to exceed $8 each in ,one year. L A ND) SOLD) 1OR TAXES. 7he bill to provide for the redemp ni of land sold for the payment of :es was passedi without discussion. 'cads as follows: lection 1. T1hat, whonever' any landls Lionoments shalllhoreaf ten be sold to orce the payment of taxes, the nor, lis heirs or assignet, or any per or corporatIon having a lien upon inteorest in saidi premies so sold, I1 have the right to. redeem the no by p)ayinig to the Sheriff or other ccir making such sale within one er from the date thereof the (till ount, of the purchase money with per cent. penalty thereon, which :1 sum shall be p aid by the said 3riff ori othici oilcoer to the party o p~urchasc'd at such deliinquent sale. cc. 2. Trhat whenever such redemp i shall be effected as hereinbofore vidled the title to said land in otly revests in the former owner reef, subject to all the mrn nces ad liabilities that existed reon at the time of said sale t Pro ed, however, That whenever r'e nlption is made by a person other n the owner', his heirs or assigns, amount so paid fr ..dep.-o Ahall constitute a prior and preferred Ai lien upon the said premansd5 p Sec. 3. That in order to allow for such redemption all SherifT8 o or officers making auch sales hall hold the stplu proceeds thereof if any, for one year from the drt&' of any, sale, and in case no redemption shtll ) be then made, shall pay over the etmn ) as now provided by law. -.Ai SOUTHERN RAILWAY. A n eondoueed Schedule in Effect NOV. 15, 1890. STATIONS. ' o. 1. on re t i................ . 7 1 r l. ia...................... . 11 00 a M ( r ros erity....................... 1211 p in eoworry .................12 2pm inety'%S1................. 25 p m C reenwood................... 1 45 p m Had es... ,.,.,,.,. ..,,,,,._ 225 p rV 3.Ab evill............ .....96pL1 Ar. A on... . . . 7 aro , ...................- " di r .hAr. Greenavhied - X eAtlanta ......... .......... p STATIONS. NO 2. I SGreenvile 10 -30 a m -- Will~anio -10 55 a m Wi3 L niadoren..... it 18 11m U n esn . .......... 11 05Z a1 In nI V. 18 atom - Ar. Donnalds... ....... W a ILv. Abl3OIIae- -______ 45 an - "o Greenwoo'd-------... pm .NinotySi -..... ........... 1 00 P In y Lv. Nowberry '.................1 2' ' n " Prospeity .....---............ 2 27 p in Ar. Columbia ''''''''''''' 1 7 0 m S harleton............... -0. No. STATIONS. No.18NOlg 0 580p T 10a L.... harloston... .Ar 8 1100 t- 180a 1 eW aes ... la . i 0 9 07a 12 p ......Alston....... . 2 45p 8 0 04a '6 e ....ntuo .... 12) 71 20a 2 02p. ......UniOn .... 1051) 7201 n 0 89a 2 .... Jonesville. " 12 2 6 58 - 0 54at 28 " .. Pacolot .... I21p 7 11 2 8 10 Ar.. pnrtanburg.. Lv 11 45a 0 - n 11 45a 88 Lv. partanburg. Ar 112a 0 WT g _40p 7 Ar.... Ashoville.....Lv 820a 80j5 U 'P,"' p. in. "A," a. m. d Trains 9 and 10 carry elegant Pullmai. sleeping cars between 2olumbia and Ashevill n enroute daily between Jacksonville and Cincin asti. Traino leave Spartanbur , A. & 0. division. if orthbound 6 42 a. in., 8:47 p. m., 6:18 p. m .(Vestibule Zmiited); southbound 12:20 a. imn. :15 p. in., 11:117 a. i., (Vestibule Limited.) Trains leave Greenville A and 0. division 3- orthbound, 5:45 a. im., 2,81 p: m. and 5:30 p. n., . estibuled Limited)' southbound 1:20 a. 3m.. o t20 p. m., 12:28 p. in. (Vestibuled Limited). Pullan Service. Pullman palace sleoping cars on Trains 85 and 8. 87 and 88. on A. and 0. division. g W. H. GRflEN, J. M. CULP f Gen. Suiperintendent. Traffln M'g'r yWashin on, D. 0. Washington, . o. yf A. TUR S. H. HAILDNVICK, .f Pass. A g' t. Ai't Gen. Pass. Ag't. 8 ~Jashinnn. D). 0. A tlauta. Ga :a.14.1BrIULED 10 y LIMITED y N DOUBLE DAILY SERVICE is 8 To Atlanta, Charlotte, Augusta, Ath Y ens, Wilmington, Netw Orleans and New York. Boston, Richnond, Wash d ington, Norfolk, Portsmouth.-Sched 0 ule in effect Feb. 7. 1897, C) soUTnn~OUN D. -N o. 403. NXo. 41 -Lv New York..........*11 01mpm 31 00an PhiladeIlija.......... 1 12pm: 12 (05am Ilaltimorec.............. 3 15pm 2 503am W ashmigton ........... 4 10pm 4 30anm 3 Richmond...,..........8 ;6pmli 005am1 Norfolk via 8. A. L.. 835ipm*I)5amii Portsmiouth . .. .. 8 45pm 9 20am13 T Wecldoni..............*1i 281,m11*1 55S1azr l Hlendecrson .............*2156nm *I 30pnm e Ar D~urhami via 8 A L..f 32am33 t I 00pmn Raleigh viaS8A L.... .a *130Ni San ford ................~ l 3am 5*3pm1 8o PhineS.................4 22am 5 55pm Ilamlet................ 5 10am11 0 53pm WVadesboro.............5 5iam 8 11pm ( Monroe ........... G43am 9 12pm i ___harlotte I~ T0m1 5m Chester via S A L,.... 8 10am 10 *l7pmn r Colunia.~ (N&L i~f.~. .- >m . _-- _ .___ 0 ei Clin ton ................I 45am 12 10pm i Greenwood.............13 35a 1 0Samiu I .Abbeville ..............11 Osami 1 40am Elberton .........2 07pm 2 411am Lr A thens ................l15pm 3 4 (1m3 * Av Winder..............1 50pm" 4 30am. i Ar Atlanta S A L......... 250pmi 5 21am No. 38. No. 410: ? Lv Atlantia............*7 50'pm*12 00nn C LV A thiens...............10 42pmi 3 liipm Elberton...............12 :133m .4 15pml A bbeville .............. 140am 51 151pm Greenwood............. 200am 5 41pm Oliniton ................3 13am 6 34pm 1~ Ar Columbia C N & Ll RR.......7 00pmi t Chester-.--.............. 43am 8 13m hy Charlotte via S A 1... 4 2.>m3 .>p Monroe 8 A 1,.........; 'i:amn 9*40pmn hamlet ................ 1am II11333m WE WANT 'TO Or~anj or -Good J Aexander. GREEN VIL 'iWilmington .......... *1230pin I5 80am 30 Pines................ 9 20am 9 15aIn Raleig...... . ........ .1135aml11 35am PDPdrham via 8A17~ . . .~~t 4 OOpin 7ia )nrlian............ t11lnn t5 20pm Weld AL.... .*3 'lin *I 56ain lICic1n1nd ... . . 650pin 8 Iiam Wuashington viaPenn Rit11 10pm 12 31pm Ilaltimoro ...............12 48an I 43pm Ila . e. lin........... 3 45am 3 50pm ew..or _............*6 53ain *0 23pin utortsni...... ... 50pm 730am Norfolk......... ..6 10pin *750ai 1nl.miy 5.8id$ ln londa611da.+Dily1.x Nos. 403 Mill 4(2, "rhe Atlan4 0016peci1," n'i Day Conces htt liittgjsl'otr Sloor .any AO1"l iso p neen Wiashington uind timenth %IOl Ph 11111 sepLots betwoonl ,tsi6 t lil d ,1 4 ( '1166 t 8 Nos. 41 anid 3SI , i -e1 ' rain of Pu llia - A . Ix pres." Sol i et woon' POrtsmlont(1aldA i I t. yCoc For Ticke1t.s, sl p.s a . loi apply to ticket, agen t Ia 13. A. NE-Wr,,\ND) G(wa Ai Ass. Dopt., 6 K itubaill 110IS! 011u GEO. MCP". 13ATvl-: ' Trav Pas i. baviotto, N . U. E. ST. JOHN, Vcice-l'resident lu1d I VI .' V. I41. MCBEEi.. IIeneral Superintetn 3nt. R. W. B. GrovERt, Trallie Mua:'wr. or. J. ANDERSON, 011'l l'atsseing er prent. General Oflices: Portsmouth, \a. SOUTHERN RAILWAY. PIREIMON ' AIR LINE. londeaod Schoduio of ianongor Trains, lot Ei.ie t J.u. 18, 11397. I 1 . I , 6 N .18 Northbonnd. No. 38 No. mpNo.' 'e. 3Iaily. I).iily. DInly Sun. A til nta , C .T . I I ( 5 1, 1 * 0 p 7 5(6 4 :.o5p Atlaon, IC.T 0p1~ 1.! n si 56 535 Noter s ... .. .... a 16 3I i 61 281) l urr.. 41 1014 a 7 Gainesville- 5 n.15 o: 7 -1 p as i'lla ...I. ...47 . II 's a t8 s ) . ,Mt . A ty: :4 it 13 111. l-' c o -I - - i r) ,. ... . * I I Ii i>4 t .. . . W e3n r .. 0 .. Central.--.... 4 y4 65 n 1) y .. Greenville... 5 o a 5 4t n 231 p). 0rnbr.O18 >. 0 4'2 n3 47 p 'o.3 S(4iiffoiev .. ... . ? n 4 'N1)P1N & "3 Bl 0g 08 p7 40 & 447 1 .'s Mit,.... . 8 (1 5 V. f, t : 1. "' Gnaonia.......... 8 27 a by'.~ 1'di y. Charlotte.... 880 p 90 U i 11 46) p) 11u0 Ar. Danville .... 12 00 n 1 0 p 11 2:a p 2 a Ar. Richynond ... 0 00 a 1 40 p ta .... Ar.Washington.. A 42 a 9 40 p ....... ht 4. a litmn'oPItRl. 8 00 ajl 25 p ..II 0S a "Philaudolphila. 10 15 n 1 00 . 1 18p) " New York... 12 43 in 0 _ ,...... 3 5:11) Vcs. list.MI No.31 Southbound. No. 37No. 33N -.11 v. N. Y..P.R.. t 36 y T -'- 16)1) Philadelphia l Mi 5Ilp 8 W a. 2 30 p 1' alni oro... . 1 2 pl 1 41 a ...,... 5 00 1 W ashurgeon.. I 43 p 11 5 ....... 6 20 p Iv. Richiond ... 2 0W a 12 55 U 00 at ..... .v. Danvillo. 5t) i 0 2) p 6 15 1 1 12 a r. Chnrlot te .... I 25 a 11 03 1611 I 10 5 0 i Iv. aInsionia. .... ..... .0......a King's Mt.........5... ....... .. BIllkslrg .. 10 49 n1 82 p 2 (0) p (4.11T I-,v vs..... .......3 II it 2213).1 lar'aniburg . 11 | l7 n|12 :.1 it 15 p . (4 1envillo.... 12 23 p! I .2j a1 4 20 p . enIral....... 1 15 p! 205 a 6 Z)5p) ne( ....... 105 1 2 2o 1 554 westminster .. . . . . L I153 * '. Airy ... . ....... 3 p . ('ornelin---... .... ... ........ 79 p1 ) ~ Wa 1-.......I 3:3 p 4 0) a~ 84 36 (6576a Gainonvilo.. . 3 3J1 i' 4 35 n! 835 ps 720 a l)i:ford 36.. .... .. 07 p~ 7 ' 40 Norros ..- ...... .... 943 p I827 a r. AiIlanta,E1.T4 53 p 6 10 aL 3.) pj 930 a r. A :6nta, C. . 'i;>: p 5, I') ual 9WJ S0 8 30 "A" ni. m. "P" p. m6. ".'" noon2. "N" night. Noa. :73 :N--DnziI1y. Washx ingto0 und Soutih estern Vest jiu6le Limited. lThrough Puxllmnan :e'pin g onrs he,~'t oo Nmork and.( 66 New. Or 'as, via WuashIinglonx. Atlanta and1( Montl gom-~ ry .1 d nSo bet w~ein Now6. York m6ail Ne m phis, 6inWflsh1ington6, AtIlntann 661ll rmin6ghatn66. Pul1l :6n6 sleepinlg 61ars het wro~n Nw Ys. V.rk 6and( Nmw 6ilms1~, 16 c(nnon0tio w(ith thel Illu'n6.t 1.06m ccd" 16r666.s for 86an FraIsco*t5", 16oni6-weekly3, Inv1ing Jorsey City Tuesdam andc iiaturanysvi aturmng16, leavo Now Or0enus V. ednesda16V6 1s a nd nitulrdays. Tisi6 tin11 niS') enarrilici 4hm66o1i,<. .ngu'6sta sleepin16g cars' betwoc~m I)661v13h and1 harlotto. F'i6rst ch66.6s thIorou1gh6far ennehos6~1611 etwveon Washinlgtonl and6 Atllant6a. I)6ning6 6'ars Drve all mlenls ('n r66nto. Nos. 315 and 85-Unoited StateH Fast Mail n161 solid6 bo06w('en1 WaIshingtonx and. New ()r 111n6, vini Sothelrn liailway, A. & W. P. RO. It., nxd L.. & N.. 14., b1eing c'(om)po6s(-1 661 Ungl:n6o nr 1and( (conches0, th1rou1gh wVji 6hout c'6han6.6 for assengers of all ('1a6ssos. P161lla (16h6Aw1ng 6601m 6leep'ing ears betwvoon Jerser ('ity 66666 1owv Orlo11ns, via Atlanta and66 Not 6gomer6)y. *0:avb6ig Wa1sin1gton6 (uaIh66 Saturday, a t'ori'i 14eopm1g (car6 w1'il rn throng betwe16 n WI' ~ ash-i :gton flnd 11an1 Francisc6?o with166ut chan6go1. Nos. 131 andl 32--Now~ York and66 Florida lim ed. vesltibulod tramii between6 Newv York nn1d, t. Augntsuino, via Wr'eshingt 1on, Charlht I e, ('o 1)mb)1n. Saivainhifl nud6 .In1.k1on ' vilo, coist1114 ing fPullunan drawin11g roomi sleing "ars 64it.l1 xan comp13artment, cars, Pulhnan611 (6b6.6n l'nt 166n !irs '6116 dinin1g cars, Ileaving Noew Yot kc nmfl t-. Angustino (te'rminal points5) (nily eLXCept uinday. This t rain) also carries( 1 welvo 0 ect1ion rnwin1)g -room6 buffet4 slee0ping ca6r. betwecu ugusin1 61nd( N(6w York. N os. 2116and(3: --Pn ihnnnll sloopIng enr61S bot woon jchmlond and( Danillo. Thex Air 1Lhi0 hollo t rnin, 1Jon. 17 nnd6( lq, bo-' veeni Atlansta and Cornlia, in., daily ec P. H. GREEN, J. M. 7L F. A. TJURK. 8. H. H A iI1)Wh'lK, G en'I Panss. A g't., Ass'tIGeni'I Pa:1'. Ag't. W~ashington D. . A anta, (da. EXCHANGE ac.hiney Bros. & o. LLSC - una wasted a lot of stren to no purpose. Kenneth quietly biai his time, parried Tim's blows and 1 him exhaust himself. Tim drew fir blood, beating down Kenneth's pari and landing on his temple with consii erable forco. Still Kenneth kept I: tumper, aud the cooler he was the mo: savago grew Tim. The ring cheered hi: on, exhorting him to go in and do f: the swell. Kenneth now began to act on the o fonsivo. Letting drive, he caught Ti full on the mouth with all the strongi of his sturdy loft hand. His knukli out deeply into Tim's lips and sent hi crashing to the ground. Biddy rappi approval with her orutch. She loved see a straight blow well planted. Ti was set on his foot rather giddy at dazed. He was not a pretty sight. I lips were like raw liver and his fai distorted with passion. What litt st6adiness he had lie then threw to tl winds, and Kenneth's next blow caug] him full in the eye. After this he sur moned his strength for one more furil onslaught. I-is blow was partially pa ried, but landed on Kenneth's shoulde In reply Kenneth catight Iim fulI in ti forehead, folling him to the ground as butcher does an ox. After this Tim d not come up to time. Ho was draggi of into somo back region and left Ke noth undisputed master of the field. 0 Biddy took a pull at her pipe, expect rated and said simply: "Ali, blood has told!" When Kenneth pulled down his shi sleeves and turned to the crowd to d mand his coat and waistcoat, they we not forthcoming. They had vanishe Then Kenneth flashed out, called the curs, snoaks and thieves. Cow court b ing acoustomed to language of far gro or pungency, preserved an unbrok: calm. Then Biddy rose in her wrat and, steadying herself on her cruto vowed, with many blood curdling oati that the missing gariments should forthcoming, and that. quickly, co demining en passant the eyes and lim of the thieves to infernal torments. TJ clothes appeared, and it was an enn 1 bling sight to see the old crone staind : and order him to sourch his pocke while she asked categoricaily: "Purs 0 Wipe? Cigar case? Watch? Chain! etc. Each had been honestly replace Kenneth then shook Biddy by the hat r and gave her a sovereign to distribu among her subjects. Just then lie felt something at h1 feet. lie had almost forgotten the gi ho had fought for. Sho had crawled 3 andgesure S Do' leav medere" shsa --ent paued Itwoso of Jy r S ulo ndthowhi cr toABddy Tha'1Is. (2y1 adr. 1 omo1ic and soo h43 h3fe nd hasled ron."Tee"a p"Yota unhavefghtc fdltyi her ow o est'l and wilr 111 worll byor.S thac ~ Kenneth lived(1 i an~. oldi fasig hous hehn Kce(ng, fuleced fom fl oulter wold yw rw trrwees ar o id. I yf'there ndlOt her, had miv cr Iblrt a he iranhd dietd the. Koent thr askedais twy auts to03 liv with h Au;ent Isannhwas all oyndig ous;Yo Auni.aty fagt. for ertand Ha a eah Gordo wilsd well knyw hern tph ~. ahr" cwrd hewsa i moKrnefthied iChat oldgaizaion rouse fact orga ntonwa fere fot. Oueia season belgraowutrees.min fther oor. Then, ake13( livp hperbf . hime andi( tnc (lioed tha inia somllet tirn skeighteing thwornts to ewiha 1th3 Ahut doia war ntall. Exeter hall( kn .emsns; orn tty faitehd enl. Wa -al 331giord i;'a weellordskol theard Ithnfertn world asews ald geti tiehe o remeili Hrit oabiatio w pisotousgaity.i Itas bfre.util is spcit her on thega rakot Neomebi . toi timpofisttoruch obser woke wh the deat. Ihet walco uthvat opaped y 1 le', 1113( tol tho 0niui3(1o that a lr igefrethat he wash the t darli of wl d rawting (( roshe \Vhrien tho Afri hm iin hand hou kitchanged Bolgav h goridil fvor lolloay iseIl nd ast y.301 nohi persuasIioc penienc lon t-he chki t13sho feot ipso, cuncingS upon( gthem Sthem h'igways an bywas an gliiiiaivil a thaemiiin. chaniy I wit y ' alati to routdd (by ta rg of ympathepicla stanrs. ( nElboin h3'13( berv wy throuvh *tholyzeal seedioly zd huib t131dw E pl il ye o te ft, i it ll oon t cula is Leavtor the porlmancdI aonf caried sedh'sfaing at335 then uth?" ohily iand, lie nd bhoildQ thegma comoid out for hilloery atsic13( fitp "You're1(3 right!" she saiidictrumpi morse, not expe, Iacpou aing a tit'i aga~e i Illwrun you3( byw: s31.("vi