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~THE PEOPLE'S JOURNAL. VOL. 7.--NO. 6. PICKENS, S. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1897. ONE DOLLAR A YIA& SALLY. (CONTINUIND FItOM LAST WENiC.) CHAPTER IV. The mionth passed, and even Aunt Hannah owned that there was "good stuff'" in that girl. Mattio had her bap tized and oclled her Sarah Hope. Hope Was a name of good augury. She quick ly fitted horsolf to the ways of the house, never forgot any thing, never shirked her Work and only had two outbreaks, but they wore bad ones, and crockery flow about so freely that Aunt Hannah tied her hands behind her back and locked her up till Kenneth returned. Never in Sally's life had she shown what it was to blush, but when he saw those discred itable bonds a flood of shamo and con tritiou dyed her young chooks. This was the last of her outbreaks. When the month was over, she was sent to Nurse Brown and the nearest boarding school. Every Sunday afternoon she went to Bedford Lodge, and soon Aunt Hannah owned that Sally was growing quite a docent looking girl. She was indeed rap idly changing in overything but in what was unchangeable-her fidelity to Kenneth and her love for him. Six men ths after Keinioth's ineinora ble fight there was no little commotion in Cow ,-urt one afternoon, for Biddy annoimcod her intention of "looking up that gult." Out of a dirty receptacle she produced Kenneth's card. It had chang ed to a dull yellow, for whenever the famous talo was told of how tho "young swell licked Tim" the card was handed round to finish off the story. The call was to be mado in style. Soat 8 o'clock a costermonger's barrow with a donkey barnessed to it was drawn up at the on trance to the court. In the barrow was placed an upturned fruit basket, and on to this Biddy was hoisted. The crutch Went, too, as a sign of her temnoral power in Cow court and to be handy to belabor tho donkey with. According to the tradition of the comit, the best fe male headgear was a shawl thrown over the head, and thns attired Biddy drove through the stately streets of the west. As the day woro on sho maintained her seat on the basket with increasing diffi culty, for it becamo necessary for her tc pause at sundry taverns to refresh her self, and when she reached Bedford Lodge her. faqe.was aflame. Many va grants hadstood at that door, but novo a more disreputable figuro than old Bid dy. She did not limit herself in the matter of bell pulling, and her peal rang through the house. "CGo awvayl'" cried the maid, trying to shut tho door. "It's like your impor. enco to come to the front door!" "'No, you don't, my gell!" chuckled Biddy, adroitly slipping in the end o hor crutch. ''I've come to see Mr. Ken (et odn n I dntg ilIv wTas j stnse What C i he iglncs re 18ax(d, and Biddy established hlersolf on the mlat insidoc. rTho mlaid enllod to the cook to keep watch and ran to Aunt Hannah. ''A dreadful woman ini the hall!'" oried she. "I'll see to her. "' And, like a hawk sweeping down en its quarry, she bore down on Biddy. "Be off at once!'' she cried. "Hlow dare you elnte! my house?" "d$tow your jaw 1'' said Biddy, un moved, and thon she produced Kennet h's card andl thrust it aggressively undicer Aunt Hlannah's nose. ''That's his card1, ain't it? Wecll, I've come to son himi and Sally and d1on't budge till I do." ''What have you to do with Sarahi We don't want all the riffraff of Cow court here." "That's just what you will have un1 less I soon the goll,"' replied Biddy, andi thon she seatedl herself on the h ail ohair, took out her pipe and1( anniounced 1hcr do termination to stay till Kenneth caine. To the great disgust of his aunts, Ken neth, when he returned, ushered Biddy into his study and was closeted with her for halt an hour. Biddy explained that a. Tim was dead she considlored herself Sally's guardian, and Cow court entire ly ratified tis view. Before leaving Biddy reminded Kenneth that there w as an ancent and1( land able customi of !r''ik ing onte's host's heatlthI. K nneth ran somied himisel f from this~ oligat ion by a cash payment of half a crown. T1ho aunta neve'r knew what had taken placo at thin interview. He merely said that iBiddy had something to tell him about Sally's (eally life. " Not hing credi table, I'll warranlt,"' said Hanniuah, and he mtado 1no reply. CHIAPTER~ V. Seven years had rolled by'. They had passed lightly over Kenneth, only chang ing the youth of 22 into a man of 29. They had brought a few more gray hairs to Aunt Mattio, a few more angularities to Aunt Hannah, but they had absolute ly transformed Sally. During the first two years Kenneth had staid at home, then ho ha)d acoepted ain appointment in Buenos Ayres, where ho had to stay for fivo years. When ho loft England, Sally was a promising girl of 14, and he was easy about her future, for step by step she had won her way into the housohold, first gaining the hearts of the servants, then Aunt Mattio's and then by slower degrees Aunt Hannah's. Sally a1s a child, girl and woman was unchanged in one thing-the little wild heathen heart had gono out to Kenneth when he fought for her and remained his alwaye. Her love had grown with her growth. Education and refinenent were as sun shino and dew to it, fostering and feed ing. At first it was arranged that she was to be trained for service, but her wonderful development altered their plans. Then she was to be apprenticed to some first rate shop, and, lastly, trained as a teacher. So she was sent to Kensington high school and spent her holidays at Bedford Lodge. She was gardening one June morning soon after Kenneth's departure, and Aunt Hannah watched the tall, lithe figure moving about among the flowers. "Who," sho exclaimed, "would ever have believed that the dirty child Kon neth brought home that memorable evening would ever look like that?" 'She might be Flora amid her own flowers," said Mattie gently. The very sight of the girl seemod to bring glad auss into the hearts of the two old spin ,ters. Aunt Hannah had softened won derfully under Sally's pretty influences, and, as for Mattie, Sally was enshrined in her heart next to her own dear Kon noth. "Sister, ' said Hannah abruptly, leav ing tho window, "we ought to think so riously about Sally. We iovn her dearly, but" "But what?" asked Mattio anxiQusly. "But, of course, she comes out of the gutter. Our first duty is to Kenneth we must lot him run no risk. " "He has no thought of that. Besides, he won't be back for five years." "She must go to a good boarding sohool and be trained as a governess. Bho is pretty now. What will she be when she has outgmwn the awkward age?" "But, Hannah, don't let us lose her altogether. " "Mon always make fools of them Selves over beauty and always will." At this moment Sally came to the open window with two posies in her hand. Her cheeks were flushed with a tender, rosy glow, her eyes sparkled with happy life. "This is for you, " she cried, pinning the posy in Aunt Mattio's dress. "Flowers aro for the young, dear. The old never want them till the end comes. " Nevertheless Mattie tucked then in prettily and glanced at the mirror. Then Sally made a rush at Aunt Hannah, but was repulsed with: "Be off with your tomfoolery, Sallyl Put your flowers in water and go and practice." But Sally coaxed till she gained her point, and the servants stared to see Aunt Hannah's uncompromising left shoulder daintily adorned. After lunch Mattio tried to look stern, though tears stood in her loving old eyes. "Sarah, my dear," sho said (Sally started at the unusual "'Sarah''), ''you are 14 now, and we have determined to send you to a good boarding sohool. '' "What! Leave you all?" cried Sally, turning pale. ''You will spend part of your holi (ays hero perhaps, '' said Aunt Hann ah. "'Remnomber, you have to earn your liv lng. My nephew can't alwvays keep you in idleness. " Sally's dark eyes flashed as she answered : ''Hi has done so much you may trust me to do the rest. They said at school I had a fie voice. If I worked hard, I might'' "You'd have to toil for years to earn oven your bread, but I'll see to it. '" She did so, and1 speedily. The very next day Aunt Hannah walked Sally off to a professor to give his opinion of her singing. Aunt Hannah sat upright, um brella in hand. ''You will understand, professor, my opinion is there's been no real singing slince Malibran died, and I'd have half your modern screeching women gagged. This girl thinks she has a voice, so let her sing to you and have done with it.'' When Sally had finished one verse of a ballad Aunt Hannah ejaculated, "'Goodnmess gracious, bless the girl I" At t lie end of the second the professor said, "'The voie is a real contralto of great beauty, hut it needs training and years of hard studly."' "'It shadll haive both,'' said Aunt Han nab. * * * * * * Five years afterward, when Kenneth returned from Buenos Ayre's, Sally was still at school. Almost t lhe first thing he said( Was: "What have theso years done for my little Sally?'' ''That style of talk won't do,'' said Hannah. " 'When Sally scrubbhed floors, It didn't matter. She is a pre't ty younig lady now, and things are diti'erent." ''There was nothin~g pretty about Sally when I left but her eyes. I shall never forget how frightfully sharp her elbows were. " 'She's the hest and decarest and prot tiest girl in the world,'' saidl Mattie. "1 hoepo she Is unichanged in sono things,'' said lie. If lhe could have looked Into Sally's heart, ho would have seen one thing un changed. It st Ill seemed as right and natural to her to love Kenneth as to love God; bioth hiad been so good to her. Sonmetimnes she recal led ihe dark vision of C~ow court, but eveni that caught a glory fromii t he thought that there Ken neth fir-st found her. These waG ese black memory connected with those days that nothing could brighton, but t hat shEo kept hidden in the depths of her hoart. "Thero's a letter from Sally," cried Kennjeth 1 ono day at breakfast, and then he said: "She has had an offer of mar riage. Her musio master laas proposed to her. Of course she has refused him.' "And why of course?" asked Aunt Hannah sharply. "For the best of all reasons-she doesn't love him." "Fiddlesticki The man's honest, I suppose, and can give her a good home. Sho sprang from the gutter and can't expect to pick and choose. " ''Sho had better go back to the guttor than marry without love," answered Konneth. Sally wroto simply and straightfor wardly. The trouble of it was that there had been so much talk that Miss Addi son thought sho must leave at once and had, subject to Kenneth's approval, ob tained for her the post of pupil teacher in a school at Streatham. Then caie ia pretty little bit in which Sally said she hoped she had acted in a way that Ken neth approved. "She's a brick!" ho said emphatically. 'She must come here for a week be fore going to Streatham," said Mattie. UHAPTER VI. Sally was to come at 5. Kenneth wondered what she was like. le ex pected to find her neat, orderly and well mannered. At 5 he went into the (raw ing room and waited. Five fifteen and no Sally--5:80 and she caic. For ia moment he stared alt her in silence-the years had dono so much. She stood with outstretched hand. Her great, soft eyes sought his. He noticed in a stuno fied way that sho moved with exquisite grace and lightness. He would have liked to kiss her, but that was clearly out of the question, so lie warnly grasp ed her hand in both his. "Why, Sally, dear, my littlo girl grown into a tall young lady!" Deep as any "inmost heart of rose" tho young blood flushed into Sally's cheeks. " Ye, " she answered, "but still the samo Sally." Then Sally took sweet count of him in one quilok, shy glance. Her heart told her that never had she seen anything so goodly as this bright roung Englishman as lie stood before ier with gay, glad eyes. Half playfully, ialf tonderly, he led her to a sofa and laid: "Now, Sally, tell me everything." "Where shall I begin?" "From the moment I left England. Whein I loft, you had high shoulders and wore short frocks and called me 'sir.' " "I must call you 'sir' still. But look it the dear old room. It isn't a bit abanged. I wonder who has dusted it inceo I've been away." Thon she went to seek the aunts. "To think that she came out of Cow yourt, " said Kenneth, watching her 3ross the hall, "and that weeds can grow into such sweet floweral But I won't make a fool of myself." 'And now, Sally, sing to us,'' said Aunt Hannah after dinner. This was the supremto moment Sally had looked forward to for years. She kiew she had a superb voice-know ex notly what her powers were and felt in full possessiol e' them. When she sat down to the piano, a soft flush ('amo to her eheeks and i light to her eyes. She chose an old Scotch ballad, a simple, tenler thing, that neded plerfet style and1( expression. Kenneth started as her first notes fell on the air. Hiers was one of those thrilling, deep contraltos, soft as velvet, rich and rounded, with the strange power to stir and muove thait the good contralto has. The spell of her voice fell upon him ; tears came to his eyes. He mioved forward to see her sweet, impassionedl face as she sang. Ho Saw her soul flashing iln the sweet, dewy eyes, ad a great aweo and love arose in his heart. The song ended in a deep, solemn chord, like the chbo of an amen. Sally turned to Kenneth. "Did you like it? I have labored so hard for your praise." He did not speak at first, hut when she raised her eyes~ to his she sawv there a look so eager, so ardient and sweet, that she almost wished she had not spoken. Hie caught her hand in his. "Amt I pleased? Oh, my~ dear, surely youl knowv. It is too beautiful for praise of mnine." Sally sang no more that night, but felt she was rewarded. That song had changed the world for Kenneth. Could a man's heart be sung out of him in Suhl fashlionl? Were thio days of magic still with his, and had this sweet witch of 19 summhler:: made him forget 1111 pru dence anid wisdlom? Next mnorninag ho was full of comntent, bathed in the brightest mient al sunshine. Jomy was in his heart, love ruled his life. Sally was in the house. Sally was his sure'ly all his. Had1( ho nlot fought and :oniqueared for her. lHe sang as lhe dressed, breaking off to laugh at the contrast of his rough baritone with Sal iy's velvet tones, and it was not till lbe saw his aunts-the very models of fani ihy propriety-that ho realized the difil oulties of his position. But little sleep had come to Sally that night. Lovo las divyne insight, and when their eyes met after her song she knew that ho loved her. But ho should naever marry her. 11cr valiant heart screwedl Itself up to the sticking point and settled that forever. The eonscious ness of his love name on her as a bitter sweet surprise. When, flushed with her song, she lookod into his eyes and1( saw love thore radhiant and enthronedl, h(er difficulties were alt one stroke doubled. When her own heart was her only foe, she had buckled oni her armor and( gonie downI into lie tight, hut now shte had to face another foe, before wh'lom shie felt powerless. Flight wats her only chaaco. At 6l shet rose and pack'd ; at 7 Chec wven t to Aunat Hanhnah~. "1 am11 goIng away,'' she Sid. "' eht no'ven, bo have anne. " Aunt Han. nah's honest oyos seared her faco in * 4 "It -8 too beaulifut for proisc of miaIanc." silence. "I shall never coimo back. It is the only way. I thought I wai s1 s.trlong, and I wis till he wats weak. " Aunt Hannah took her in her aris, kissed her and said: "I h.iintr and ro. spect you, Sally. I saw it all last night. You are at good woman. "A grateful r::, ' . r a your and his kidness, canl I let him run any risk?" "'But it it; terrible for you, my child. "I can bear my own grief. I have loved him f( r so long my heart h1as got used to its a che. It is harder now, but still I can bar it. " At breakfast Aunt Hannah sail Sally had slept ill and could eat no breakfast. All Kiennth's inIuiries got nothing more out of her than that. At 12 Sally went quietly out of the back door, her eyes full (if tears, her heart like lead. At lunch Aunt Hannah said: "Sally has gone, Kenneth-for your good ais well ais her own. She hats saved us a tor rible trouble by acting ro nobly." Then Kenneth lost his head, but Aunt Iainnah presented a front of iron. "It was tho right thing to do, and so you will own in time. 130 patient. My heart is sore for you both, but you are young, and life with its duties is beforo you. At any rate don't lot a girl of 19 beat you in self sacrifice. " But Kenmneth flung family prido to the w inds and said, "You may say what you like, I'll marry her tomorrow if she'll havo me. " After an hour's hot debate he agreed to wait a mouth. CHAPTER VI. Sally wont to Miss Parker's sohool. She had to face all the drudgery of pro paring the girls for their lessons and taking them safoly through the rudi ments. She know what awaited her and did not flinch. During tho last five years she lad learnod how to master her love, to use it as an incentive to hard work, but it was easier to fight tho bat tle alone. To fight at all in Konnuoth's presence was impossiblo. Day by day she plunged with feverish vigor into the work of teaching, plodding on with a pale faco and heavy eyes through the long list of pupils. During tho night watohes she thought it wais a hundred times botter that she should suffer than he; better that the wrench should conio now than that he should marry her and his good name be clouded by her shame ful story. Timtti paissed more quickly for Ken. neth, for at the end of it shone hope. Sally haid none. Whenm the month was over, Kennecth said, "Torday~ I amt going to Sally." ''What! You will let the whiu of ai mmeneit ruin your- life?'' said Hanamnah. "'If I followed your ad1vice, two lives wouldi be ruined." That very daty he went to Streatham. Sally's work had been harder than usual. The overlIasti ng exercises, the never ceasing scales, the persistent wrong notes, tho enormnous di flilties of teaching suburban young Jaidies with out voice or ear to sing, had worn her out. Sudidenlly a pupil exclaimed: ''Oh, there is such a handsome young main comning up the dIrive!'" (Sally was uin moved-ne young main was likely to call on lher-.) "Hle must have come to see .Miss Davison. That's four cousins in three weeksl'" Sally looked uip and( saiw Knneth. Hecr hoart seemed to rush into her muouthI. She dismissed thu girl and1( steadied horisolf. A mirror was ini front of her, and( she saw her own face pale as death, with (dark shiadows round the eyes. She wore a dlingy, old black dress, bait oven that could not conceal the graico of tihe lovely young neck andar the sweeop of thle beautifaul shloulders. And no0w Ke'nneth entered. And whena she sawv his radianat faico, full of strength and fervor, she felt that h)0 looked years yoaunger than she did. That8 sorrowvful, girlish face, full of pathetic endurance, appealed to his heart irresistibly, and, without a moment's thought, ho flung hiR arms rOund her anad kissed 1her. All Sally's 19 yeairs oif life caulminated in thait first unwairrantablo embraco. As 1hcr pretty, flushed face rested for a mo1 ment ona his shouldler her heaart whis pered, ''Why not rest there forever?" Thien) 1h0 wrenlched herself free, atnd her blush ebbed away, leaving her as pale as mnarblo aihnd an5 hardl. "'You might, ait least have spared mue thuis amnd left ine som3( self resplect,"' she said, looking like a young Joanu of Arc. Ho ought to haive been aibashod and( humbled, but lie wasn't. "'Sallyl"' ho whispered so tonderly that she drew back agaain, mistrausting herself and( imn. "Sally, I love you you know I do." Sally tried hard to keep bacle the floodl of joy that welled up from her hieart intoi her eyes. "'Do men03 in your rank of life nct like that andl speak aiterward?"' Looking down into t ho si ieet depthsli of lbon eyes, lhe said: "'Oh, my love, vou ar'' wastinag mao Iments that might be so sweet. We lovn eauh"-- Ero lie could filuish Sally flashed im: "Who told you I loved you? Havo I ever led you to think I loved you?" He gazed at her with such sweet, munly asisurance that sho felt her anger melt ing Away. "Sally, my darling, I se' it in your eyes-I hear it in your voice. Lovo has giveni 1m1e insight. " "Of courso you know it. " And her voice took thoso thrilling tones which had Ioved his heart. so wh(n]) she sang. "I dare say every one does. I havo loved you for years and shall love you always. I 11m not ashaled lo own it. it has been the strength of my life. If you had never spoken, I shotild have gone oi loving you all the smaIne :und1 gonuo down to iy grave single for your sake; but, oh, my love, I shall never wed you-nover he with you.'' Kennelth would once more have flung his arms around her, hut sho composed herself by a great effort ald said - "Wlait just a Ilon'tilt, aid I will tell you all. " "You told me aill wheln you said you loved in1. " "Not all. Let ime spea(k oneo and for. ever. Witt I am you nudo mo. All I '0you gave me, and inI return I 11101111 to guard your gooel name-io guard it frot yournIf and from io." lo inter rupited oher with an impatient, gesture. but sle persisted: "You know what I was wvhien you found me. You think you know all, but no one ever told you that I had been inl prison for theft; that I had lily hair eut short, wre prison dres u and atot prison food, and"-- I ler voice failed her, lher fac,1 grew di'adl y white, her iuingry e-yes s<ar-hied his laco to see if he shrank frtlm h'er. To her joy, thu brightness of his yes iiever clouded for a moment. lIe toik hr hiland , w\1th it S .eet gesture of eim. aid rle ve rk-('l'E''e e, and holding it steadfastly betweel h is own Iho spoko: "Dear, I know it--have known it. for yoar. Biddy came ma toIhl m long ago. And, knowing ill, I still ask you to be lily wife." Sally's blood slowly cameo back to her pa1le cheks, slowly flooded her fair face with its tender rose. Slowly the sweet light mingled with the tears ini her eyos and conquered them. It was so doubly swoot that he should know all alnd yet love oil. Her joy it first was too great for words. She moved a little closer to him; then with swift, sweet abandoii mnut sho flung her arms round his neck and drow his face down to hers. "But, dear,'' she whispered, ''the world will know. " As their lips met he answered: "You are all the world to me." THE EN). A HIDDEN CRIME IS CDONFESSED. MURDElED FOR HIS WATOH AND PISTOL. A Former Citizen olf Greenville it Shot Tirough the Ieal and is Body Thrown hito the Rtiver--His Part ner was t he Assassin. Sicial to A I Iant Ia .1ou rntal. HJARMONY GROvE', Ga., eb. 2>. Grady Iteynolds, a merchant of Bel ton, Ca., was arrested hero yesterday afternoon by the marshal of Belton fot the murder of his busi ness partner, Mri. Ml. C. hunt, a prominent citizen of News has just reached hero that lieynolds has confr'ee and has told the otlerts that they would find H ut's body in the Oconee river', about three mciles from i his place. A larttgo posse of citizens and oicier.s have jest 1l-ft here for the purp~ose (if dragging the river at the point dlesignlated by H.ey nolds in search of the body. lt scoms11 thatt IHunt antd ileynolds wore( parltnersP inl ai store ait hol ton and both left that placo on Mlonday, the litth, on a tr'ading tour. They were in Harmony Grove tirading on last Mlon day and wvent out of town about th re' miles0 and spent the night, near thle Oconeo river'i. That was the last ever~ seen of Mr. Hunt. Roy noldls r'eturncdl to Biol ton with Hulnt's goIld watch and pistol, which ho0 claimed he had bought from him and statedl that IHunt had taken the train at this place for Athens. Reynolds began selling out his goods fot' almost nothing and the people of Boelton became suspiciouls and thro'at ened to abrest him. Ihe hecame fr'ight oned andl camno back to work near the placoe where he hias confessed to have killed Hunt. Hie was arrested there yesterday and carried back to lBolton last night. The affair has created the muost In tense excitement both here atnd at Blton. Th'le search ing party has just return ed from the Oconco r'iver' with the dead body of M. C. hunt, which was found at the exact spot designated In Grady Reynolda' confession. Thae body wast weighted down by heavy r'ocks so as to prevent Its rising. A bullet hole was found back of the right ear, and It is suppiosedl the ball camne out of the mouth, as the tongue was split Open. The posse0 is en roto hero now with the body and an inquest will be held by the cor'oner. l'xcitomont and In dignation are running high at lBolton and ther'e may be a lynching there soon. -Col. Samuol lBoyd, for many years tho head of the cotton press business in thIs country, (lied in New Orleans a few days agoi, aged 72 years. H~e was a native of County Antrim, Ire land. Ile came to this countr; In 1838. lie rose to the ownership of the L~oul siana Cotton Press, and In 1870 was the owner of fIve presses in New Or leans alone, and In practical control of the business. He continued to acquire cotton press5 property rapidly, and by 1875 he was called the Cotton Press King, an'l was said to own more cot ton press property than any man in the world. Col. Bloyd was at one Itime owner of large cotton plantatione, but sold them out to consolidate his attention on the compressin busine. ATTEI "Too Good Hiti-,' IT IS. We propost (4or as soon tbhereatfter as give to the succeessful eml are having live tousand Lie are all given out we will giv grCatst ntumnaber of tickets, trade to the mtil(ou(nl of one d are entit l-d to a tiecket. Its as I he ube cIt pest. Ulderhiuy and undiersell si ol Dr G oods and Notions I Visit uts and get ourl prices true. Yours18 to sa New York I I'l isy, S. C., March 1, 1871. RUNNING Ill. mIfOURAi)iC. An Expericniee of' the W1 ar ICealled By t he Ships at Chaarlestonl. As blockade running is otncet more lrougillt b)efor1e thlae Iulilic Imlind-m--nost notably by the presentce of tbhe Inited States liet aro und Chaleston harbor, it follows that. cXperienaces in) that Very h n .iadou s busines ar r qu it. ei I terest iNg radinag, espeiay wihen the stor' is told by actu al pattacipaits there in It, is one thing to play soldier and atn otlh'er to be soldier u Sure enlough ; anad only the man w ho has heard the w' cik ed " wlhiz " of thiae bulliet aInd tho ide SCribIable shia'ek of a big paaLrrOt slhill can enter into th e great excitement, at tondant on running the blockade. Ini the month of .1une, 1861-, your correspon dont arrived In Wilmington, N. C., to try the ellicacy of Uncle San's block ade, its It was found that It was no asI' making anl elfort from closely guarded Charleston. I was notified that, th steamor " Let Her Bo '" would sail the Iirtit dark, cloudy night, and Captain CJoxetter, her commaander, r'equir'ed everything to be in readiness lot de parture at a moment's notice. Being thus warned, I took stoatmer at Wi mningtona fort a run down Cape PCa. river, and at Smith ville found the fina ebt little steamer I had ever seen all ready for the dangerous effort. Six hundred and fifty Iales of cotton con stituted the cargo, snugly stored undear and above deck, andi a well-ortanized crew were determined to make Nassau, Bahamas, if they could. Fortunately It was a diark night,, one of the darkIest' and not a light wits permitted on the steamer. Very soon I f It from the vibration of the engines that the ship was " 1, undie' Way,'" slowly Ind quietly stezaling down to the broad Atlantic, with only the trilling illped imtlet of ten or twelve well-prelaired United States ships-of-watr to di:plute tho ven tlur--if it was d isctovered. And it was a tiame, too, for serioutas r il ction-tlh night shadows, dark and mur'ky, the little ship with lathered paddIes si v fnitl I) t'If i Ig I aer way, d at k foams mov intg hitLl bural ad L.it ber a, orders given altmost in, a whib-pert and every thing ready itn case (If liscovery to put evetry poundi (If ateamt thtat,ecoutld be car' riedl anid make hertIl 1,broutaigha thbe wa tea'. And juset theta the - hghtts of the blockaders~ catte into view, tao less thant twi lve shipis, atll of themti ready to ponce~a uponit at, atanti'u six haunadred bailes of (lttonca if tey tonly hatd the Cebance . Iu wei v 'i 0t 5 were igularlIy fortunaaate, fort we hadt i almost reaced the litne of the(' last alhip, lad passed'( thae atdtmital's vase, andat alil t~he (othetrs, whenir th1e steamter' 'lonItgom~(tt ery, ' "l di'-coIvered u s, anad upa wenct a r'ocket.-anad ina a tmoment antswer'ing sig nials wvere ona everay handa, iulciuta I hats weelt(L brouth, toa heart otn its : am if you1 eve' saw pladle wheelast go t'rum thtose belonging Lo thae "' I t I ler' le wor'o doing the tbeas t tt can lhe dte compl)1ishted in that Iinte. Now we wer'e paerm'ti ttedl to smotk, and talk, and Ilau gha, and everay Lthi n was dore to prmoto (heer'fulnaess, es peciatlly as wve found Lthat we lad na cause for' alarm, for' if there were an oncmies ahaead( of us t '1osei belt ind1 w wer'o sur aely leaaving. Grtadlually Lthe: gatve utp the chaase, uantil Iwvhaen tha tmorn ing datwnedl t hort' was only otne shi the "' Connecticu t," wichId seeaaad de termtined to continauc to make us do oat best. Thr aoe or fourt shots she tired at us but Ithey fell sot far' a-'stet'n shae coat clutded to wa~ste no mnor'e powder' amat gave upl the chasc. And1 a happ)Jy talt was out' ctatalin, for In the most genuia tmannier ho told stories, sang sonags one of which wvas something atbout "McGinegaw," and we were expeeco to join in the chorus. Well, no doubt, the capl~ta fel greatly relIeved ; he might htave bat an interest in the cargo, tand while the "' Coneticut " sceemedo ta hi gettIng uancoamfortably cloet Lther'e wa:e anythIng but, the assurance of gattng safely Into por't,. But, we dlistantced thema all an d at, 12 o'clock next, dlay there was not one to bo seena. Ti gave .your|' cor'r espondenOt, a itc oe tme to look over thae stctea', becomao ate quiaitnted witha the (enginleors andt( othert oflicers, and to find( outt whlat, a hair'go cargo we had on b)oartd fot' such a shall. True, we wet'e aaot overlIoadeld, espe cily on suach a buasiness as we were boundl, but a deck cargo is, always im the way, aind never' mor'o evident than when chiasedi by a numbaier' of fast, cruitsers, and all thae space Is necessary for quxick m~aoments andt~ prot't, exc cuation of ordaers. 'VT steamer was a naewv vessel bui11Lt oat the Clyde in Scot IandI anid had allI the ap~liances for q1uick ruanninag, and steady movement in a se'a-waty. tVellI, we fouand thatt Inastead of sha 0ir1' our course for Nassau, Bahamas, it would hao safer to bear up fo:' St. George's. Ilormuda. and in all probabil TTION. ['o Be True, oil the flirst day of September, the tickets are taken up) to tomer Ia *75.00 SUlRiY. Wo cets struck off and when they to t ohe customr holding the t he Surrvy. E'very timo you ail in any department, you hall be our aim to Sll as cheap all be our Motto, especially in MpaI) rtmen [t. , ani1d know that what we say is 0 you money, acket Store. CLYDE & NALLY, Props. i .iv we should tind fewer vessels from wihose company it would h) dosirahlo to get WILy. True, we were always on the outlook iaid everything in Sight wis reported, large or small, salling vessel or steaior, and everything was i ways i) read iness for - immediato flight should the necessity arise But while wo had so far imade an excellent trip, and wer on'ly about ai hundred miles froml Bermudta, We Camte very near having to give up our pretty ttner and out' cotton after all by pa''ips bAng too confident that all danger was passed, and that we should none of us see the inside of a northern pison. It happened in this way. The navy department of the United States had just sent out a number of now ships that we o called "doublo-enders," which were full rigged like Sailing vessels, and had a funnel that was something on th telescope ordor, on abling the ship to put It, out of sight entirely when she was not using steatn, so that from ia distance the appearance was a merchant ship going on a peace ful mission. Ono day one of these Ships was seen to windward of us and with all canvas set and a fair- wind was making good headway, and going it) the samo direc tion with us. After awhile the pilot cane to the captain and told him that he did not like the apl)Learance of the strango vessel. "She looks, I know, like a merchant ship, but thero is too great a (I istane between t.ho main and nmz17.eni IImasti. I aml afraid thero IS a funnl thoro somewhero." The captain did not think so, but as a precautionary measure, ordered the helmsman to put the ship off [outr points. This was dono, al(d the apparent "nerchantmrkan"I ' took no notice of -t. " 'ut her off four points more," said our captain, and hardly had tihe ship answored her helmin and hiinge(d her course beforo our " peaceful friend" ran up a funnel sure enough, and in a little while was doing overythinlg possible to catch us. By the use of a good gtIs we could sco the water leaping from her bows, and we were busily holding our own. ilt night s(oon began .o set tle about, us, andl our captain, by skilful muovumontIs, went completely round ho.: in the dark ness, andl cameik oncO imure on the stritfi ht ~ourso50 for Iliermuda11 I. Ablott 4 o'clock the ne'xt morning the nias h from the friendly l ightboutse of St. George's told( us$ tha~t in) aL litto whi l woewould1 he safo in port. A bout 9 o'clock in the moiknt'ig we ainchItored in the harbor (of St,. George's, Iliermudicha, atiid found abhOtit ten blockade ruinners laded 1111d waiting for the daIrk and miair'ky iightt I > mlakle theo rum to Wil infgtotn. W*e inui- not for'ge~t to nmention that at ".. o'clock in thu afternoon the very vesseei thalt hiado chased~( us the daIv beftjri came11 into hiort and1( anchored Oil Iy aL shor )t dhistaineo fro u'i iis. Sho~ was aL bauttifkul ship,, andI 0ne if ther o'ticer sa 51idl thatIt the onl11y ronson they didc nut CatchI us was11 the fi endlly in t; ieveniitin oil(f the night,. If it, was not for that,, lhe sido, wO wo)uld haave bad yourt t shtip, andit 3olr col taon, and( in t II -iprobailtit ay wiould hiavo detaine y11 *ou 'for awile. I". dJONIS. 11t4 ttAi i St':.\i. -" Laura,"' saild Gere itILi anl eager, restless yearn . ig int has naze, timay I ask aL favor of .3you, alt :a ''" TIhe y had sat ,u the diarkened p~arlor fori hourtis, ini Lthe elloent commu~ion Iotf sou aLI w ith Ioul twne needs no ar'ti (uittI sound to give it lnguaigo. IBut, some'tlting impelled George to speak~i. T1he loanginrg that surged up1 fromi his very heart must find expres Ision in words. Thecroifre h10 had spokenl. "What Is It, Geor'go ?" she whiepor "d It may13 Involve some sacrifico, darl ling. Blut hellevo me, Laura, It is for "What Is it, Goorgo ?" she ropoated, int a voice thaat trembihled as5 with a vague foreibod Ing of coming disaster. "You iiI bel ievo meo, dearost," he said, with an agitation becoming every moomenct mnotr uncontrollable, "' when i say thalt I a~m driven to ask it by cir cumastanees over which I have no con tr'ol. that f hatve pondered long over it,, alnd am not acting from hasty im puIso ?" " Yes I Yes !" the beautiful young girl oxolaimoed, with quivor'ing lips. " What is it you ask, George ? What is It ?" "Darling," he said, and the wild, imp)loring look on his face thrillod her t,0 tihe inmost, dlopttbs of her being, " I wish you wouldl sit on the other knoo awhile. This one is getting horribly tired !" --A Phi Ildelphbiai grocer has this sign hbehindl hie counter : " The man who trusts is out."