The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, December 12, 1895, Image 2

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-W**' .>y; ■ ■fr •r : F^ THE WEEKLY LEDGER: GAFFNET, S. C., DECEMBER 13, 1895. :\ '' cSfmatd cfjmfy C ' —5® CuPYKiLMT MSS * v cs .; 1. Mrs. Grindlny!" EHo rod, standing 1 nsido 'it como to the front, (hvy,’' said that lady all “I am dclig 1 !!tod to meet one i 1 have heard so much. Per mit :■ ' to make yon known to my friend Count von Thun.” The haron, who had scarcely condo- scended to fiance at the new acquaint ance and ex nee ting the same provincial heart ines. he had experienced at the hands’of Ir. Woodgrove, held out his hand, when, to Elsie’s horror, Grey, who Had h .lf-advanced his own, drew it h: k. > on ou. and said: “Sir, weh. vc met before!” Had a hoinl' hell exploded, it could not have t : in ,1 greater consternatii ' among the liitie group. The b; -on's face turned livid u ti rage. 1. ;*e, whoso brain was full f due! , pi tiils and all sorts of foreign abominations, fell on tlie point of ! : \11 r y '(r{ \ J‘ '// [ ' ) '-Ids, 1 I ^ . ' I- ; y , , v h ip ^ X .I*M vX •?V f / ■ m v " , . ■i>. A fainting, but Mrs. Grindlay with ex- Quisite tr t, as though having seen nothing oi , oniretemps, IukI her liana on t!. 1 ( o nil's arm and led him away, ■aj vvi laplco mt smile to Elsie: “\ou mu ; > to the children, dear, they arc jr...t w ild to see you.” “In hea u's name, man,” gasped Woodgr.»ve, in xprcssibly shocked, “do you know what 3-011 have done?” “Peril• lly well do 1 know what I have do.ie,” Grey answered gravely but Ikmly. “That man is no more a German 1 n than 1 am. He is—” “Who?” “Herr !-chlo> .inger, the sociali . ; !” The old man was so shocked that for a few mp . nts he could not speak, “Are you sure?” he aske d. “May it not have been a ease of mistaken iden tity?” “Nay. i am certain.” “What is to be done?” “I cannot say. I only know what Elsie and I are going to do; we shall start at once back to the hotel.” “Hut, f ir rion, surely we must not leave Itv in his clutches!” “Por to-night, at least, wo must; for to risk a ecene here would he fright ful.” When morning came Mr. Woodgrove announced his intention of going at once to hi, ni ■■■<:, but meanwhile Prank had been up with the lark and pre pared his batteries before he opened them upon the formidable German, whose hold on the enraptured widow he foreboded would he too tense to be shattered 1>3' any unsub stantiated testimony of his. A tele gram to Col. Gilchrist, the reformer and editor of the Chicago Labor Times, had brought back the sharp response: “SchlPssinger absconded some months ago with funds of our society. Warrant out for his arrest. Has left wife and five children here destitute. Cause po lice to detain him.” Armed with this important missive the two gentlemen made their way to the Fifth avenue mansion. Early as it was, to Mr. Woodgrove’s disgust, ho widow was unapproach able,'and Eehlossinger had been dele gated to receive them. “Herr Schlossinger,” Frank began at once, plunging in median res with a stern resolution to hurry through a disa greeable duty, “I have this day re ceived a communication from Col. Gil christ, of Chicago, concerning 3-00.” “Hah! Gilchrist is one imbecile.” “Charging you with misappropriation of the funds of a society to which 3 r ou belonged. Already the detectives are on 3’our track and—” The agitator’s lip c-urlcd contemptu ously. “You let oft firecrackers and think them bombs,” be sneered. “I scut them the full amount of the discrep ancy two days ago, and have received the treasurer's acknowledgment by telegram.” “Horrowed I suppose,” ,Mr. Wood- grove intervened, “from your unfortu nate victim upstairs.” “That is my business, sir.” “And so,” Gray continued, “you are determined to marry Mrs. Grindlay?” “Most certainly I am, if she will have me.” “Notwithstanding the little incum brance of a wife in Chicago and live helpless children? Is Mrs. Grindlay ex pected to p< union them, or will you take the whole happy family to your an- ce .tral castle in Fatherland?” The poor wret h’s jaw dropped, lie stood :ts thongh turned to stone. “So, you .inau, ymr game is up. You hud heuer throw yourself on the mercy of the court,” Grey said, de- cisively. “You hold Hie Irump cards. I am beaten,” was the spiritless answer, “bo do ,vour worst.” Now it was Mr. Woodgrove’* turn to take a hand in affairs. “Frank,” he sai l, impressively, “wo must not bo too hard on this poor char- latum for he has u grand excuse for hi« rascality in the phenomenal folly ot my niece, who has gone about for years like a silly sheep shaking her gulden fleece ami crying to every adventurer: ‘Come, shear me.’ No, I don’t think we must be too rough on Schlossinger.” So tin end of it was that the German v.vat his way contented with fairly full pockets, and Mrs. Grindlay regis tered n vow that she would neveragain put faith in living man, much to thn tatisfaction of her friends and children. c ,.\i rnn :.vil llOMK. p ■’ wooded recess on the banks . Fie Herwent, in merry old England, He • the little village of Uetherton, slumbering in the noonday sun as it did when we saw it last twent3’ 3’ears ago. Can you not see it? Abroad common, 3'ellow with buttercups, a few farm houses, an ivy-clad parsonage, an an cient Norman church, a dozen resi dences of small gentility, a street with quaint shops, bow window’s with dia mond panes, a rained monastery, a Saxon stone cross and the Hull's Head inn with its big swinging sign, and you have the whole.scene before 3’ou. There is bustle to-da3’about this old hostelry, for there have arrived n>’oung couple from far-off America, whose ad vent has set every tongue a-wagging. “This is reversing Kip Van Winkle’s slumber and waking up hundreds of 3’cars ago,” says the young gentleman, glancing around with honest admira tion at the old-fashioned room with its oaken panels, waxed floor, and an tique furniture. “Hut two weeks ago, Elsie, we were in the New World and now—” “We are in the old—oh, doesn’t it seem like a dream, Frank?” “What a well-groomed country,” Grc3’ cried, going to the window and gazing with all the ecstasy of an American on his first sight of rural England. “One would think they combed the grass and brushed the trees.” Hut her voice with more enthusiasm burst forth in a perfect song of delight: “To me it is a vision of Paradise tinged with the hallowed essence of home.” Then Gregson came and spoiled the picture. lie had traveled in hot haste from London to mec t them at this ren dezvous, and was, if possible, more ob jectionable in dress and manner than ever. Elsie will never f irgct that little drive to Scarsdalc Abbey. She used to de clare that in that short half-mile she had at least a dozen originals of the daintiest r ■y..vF< < that ever graced the pages of the English poet's own paint- ing. At length the park gates were reached and the carriage swept up the broad drive under the elms, startling the deer, and when the old Elizabethan house rose to view, the enchanted girl could not repre , * a cry of pure delight. Servants met the carriage as it dashed under the broad portico and they were ushered into a drawing-room, there to await the ph astire of the old man at whose request they had journeyed so far over land and sea. Nor was their patience tried, for ere long an old servitor entered and re- _^r' “GBANDFATIIEBr ELSIE CRIED. spectfully begged that Mrs. Grey would follow him. “Guess we’re not in it,” sniggered Gregson, “an’ as I’m not wanted to do the introduction, I guess I’ll go back to the Hull’s Head and wait orders. I ain’t achin’ for an interview.” Frank gladly excused him. Meanwhile Elsie Grey stood in the great library facing her grandfather- stood on the same spot where twenty years before her mother’s uncle had made the infamous compact that had ccadc nned her childhood to the care of humble strangers. She looked nervously at the tall, stooping figure before her. How dif ferent he was from the man she had pictured. 11 is face wore so sweet an expression, Ins voice was so low and musical that all fear fled from her on the instant. “My child! my dear, dear child!” ha faltered. “Grandfather!” Elsie cried, with quiv ering lips, as she flew to his arms. Again and again he kissed her, and it was long before the first passion of the meeting had subsided and their nerves were sufficiently under restraint to enable them to sit and converse like rational beings. It seemed a long time to poor Frank, who all deserted sat in the great draw ing-room devoured with anxiety about his girl-wife, who had disappeared alone into the lion’s den. In fact he hud half mmfc up ids mind to rush to the rescue, when the door opened, and Elsie appeared leaning lovingly on tne ann of her grandfather. “And this is my husband, Frank Grey,” she said proudly. “You must be fond of him for my sake.” “Nay, for ids own sake, I am sure,” said Kir Gordon llillhorougli, grasping the young mini's hand warmly. “But,” he added with 11 stare of astonish ment. “1 had been told he was an American.” “And so I am, sir,” Prank declared stoutly. “Yet, really now you look—” “Oh,” cried Elsie, merrily, “I do be lieve grandfather expected to see an American of the stage, with swallow tail coat and nasal drawl, who would seauce mm into ou3rtng wooden nut megs and sawdust hams.” “I am reproved, my dour, but surely this young man is not a type of his countryman, is he, child?” “No, sir,” Frank interrupted, laugh- j ingly, “there are tens of thousands of better men than I am in the land 1 came from.” “There is not onf.,” said Elsie | THE END.] HONEST TIMES. MUSIC AND THE STAGE. A Malay opera troupe is on its wny from Polynesia to Loudon, where it will perform “Rishi Shn Hirzan,” de scribed as a national opera. M. Eugene Ysaye, the violinist, has bought for $5,065 the Stradivurlus violin known as Hercules. It is dated 1732, is one of the most perfect of its family, and is beautifully preserved. Dramatists in France get 12 percent, of the gross receipts of each play, and are allowed tickets to the value of 100 francs for every performance of such plays as they have written. Humperdinck keeps on turning out nursery operas. The latest is “The Bronze Horse,” just brought out with success at Cassel, the words written by the composer’s sister und the plot from “Grimm’s Ta'es.” FROM THE PATENT OFFICES. In the patent office reports of this country CCS different st3 - les and vari eties of pens are described. It is said that 17,000 patents for the inanufaeture of ink have been taken out in Great Britain. Mark Twain has been quite a prolific inventor. In 1871 he took out his first patent for a strap for suspendering trousers. He has also been nn as signee of quite a number of patents, some of v/hich are of recent date. A new gas burner has appeared in Paris. It is formed of platinum wires and fibrous material resembling asbes tos. The fibers become incandescent, and give a light d 25 candle power, with a consumptiftn of 2«/ a cubic feet *f gas per hour. POINTS OF LAW. A partner cannot bind the firm by indorsing a note for the accommoda tion of another person. A representation though false will not vitiate a contract unless it relates to a material fact. When u horse runs away without fault of the driver the person injured thereby cannot recover damages. In the absence of an agreement to the contrary, delivery to a common car rier is delivery to the consignee. Compounding the interest and prom ising to pay by the borrower is valid, if supported b}’ a consideration. The doctrine that the assets of a cor poration are a trust fund for its cred itors applies only to insolvent com panies. Damages for personal injuries should include compensation for medical ex penses, loss of time, pain r.nd perma- ucuiV Ir. *uries. When It W*» an Intuit to Ask for a Re- ectpt for Money. At one time in the Highlands of Scot land to lisle for 11 receipt or promissory note was considered nn insult, and such r* thing as a breach of contract was rnrel3’ heard of, so strictly did the peo ple regard their honor. The Presby terian Witness tells a stor3- of a farmer who had been to the Lowlands and had there acquired worldly wisdom. After returning to his native place lie needed some money, and requested a loan from a gentleman in the neighbor hood. The latter, Mr. Stewart, com plied and counted out the gold, when the farmer immediately wrote a re ceipt. “And what is this, man?” cried Mr. Stewart, on receiving the slip of paper. “That is a receipt, sir, binding me to give ye back your gold at the right time,” replied Donald. “Binding \ e, indeed! Well, nqv man, if ye cnnnn trust yoursel, I’m sure I’ll 11a trust 3c! Such as ye eanna line my gold;” and gathering it up he returned it to his desk und locked it up. “Hut, sir, I might die,” replied the needy Scot, unwilling to surrender his hope of the loan; “and perhaps my sons might refuse it ye, but the bit of paper would compel them.” “Compel them to sustain their dead father’s honor!” cried t lie enraged Celt. “They’ll need compelling to do right, if this is the road 3 e’re leading them. Ye can gang elsewhere for money, I tell ye; but 3'e’il find nanc about here that'll put more faith in a hit of paper 1 ban a neighbor's word of honor and his love of right.” JUPITER’S RED SPOT. Thought to 11c :i I. i':e of t ire Thirty Thoumiml Mile* I.oug. The mind of terrestrial man is not capable of forming an idea of the awful grandeur of a lake of fire thirt3- thou sand miles long mid seven thousand miles wide, 301 such a iiei^v body is ex actly what the ast ronomers believe was within telescopic view on the surface of the planet Jupiter during the year 1893. At about that time Notes for the Cu rious contained an article on “TheMys- terv of Jupiter's Ked Spot,” but no cause for the gigantic “spot” had then been assigned. Since that time the as tronomers have been busily engaged comparing notes and figuring on the matter, and it is now pretty generally conceded by them that the phenomenon was nothing more nor les s than a con vulsive rolling back of the upper or cooler portions of the great planet’s surface, which exposed the red-hot molten matter lying just beneath. Such an idea of t he late ast ronomical enigma may he regarded as somewhat fanciful, hut it seems vciy suggestive in vit w of the probabilit\ that Jupiter is a planet yet in an inters. Iv-heated coi (lit ion. Jupiter’s wonderful roil spot was first discovered in 1S7S and has. hi on in view several times since that date. Some times it is much sm For than atothers, and, whether large or small, may be Been to enlarge and contract, just as such a lake of fire would be apt to do when immense volumes of steam and heat were being forced through a hard ening overlying stratum of a world which may even now properly be said to be in the process of creation. BROKEN HEARTS IN FRANCE. 1 * Held of Leas Account by the Law Than Broken I.r^s* In no instance does the profound dif ference of national character in Eng land and France appear more striking than in the views held on both sides of the channel regarding breach of prom ise. Of course, says the London News, engagements are broken off in France as well as in Ei gland, but it. is onl\’ in England that heavier dam ages are awarded for a broken heart than for a broken leg. The offense is all but unknown in the French law courts, whether it is that Frenchmen are less inclined to it, or that the French girl dislikes bringing her sentimental troubles into court. A y oung French lady who attempted to turn her wounded feelings into cash would be regarded us only a degree less mean than the faithless man. One da3’ recently, however, nn action for breach of promise a 1’Anglaise was brought into the third Paris police court. The lady and her father, as nearest friend, produced bill showing that they were two hundred and fifty dollars out of pocket for the broken engagement. They might have had this but, hadl3’ advised, they’ put on an other item of sixteen hundred and fift3‘ dollars for the moral prejudice. The French judge did not understand this and he dismissed the case. m 11 / BtG PROFITS ON PENNIES. Uovcrnmrut Make* Money on Them—Hard Work lo Supply the Demund. Gold is coined in Philadelphia and San Francisco. Not enough of it comes into the mint at New Orleans to make the coinage of it there worth while. All three mints make ever3 - denomina tion of silver pieces. The minor coins of base metal, cents and nickels, are all minted in Philadelphia, where near ly’ one hundred thousand pennies are turned out annually, says the New York World. Cents, being of small value, are care lessly handled and are lost in such great numbers that the treasury has to work hard to maintain the supplj’. The profit to the government on their manufacture is large, however, inas much as the blanks for them are pur chased for one dollar per one thousand from a firm in Connecticut that pro duces them by contract. Blanks for nickels are obtained In the same wny, costing Uncle Sam only a cent and a half apiece. Gold pieces are the only coins of the United States which are worth their face \alwe intrinsically. A double eagle contains twenty-nine dollars’ worth of gold, without counting the one-tenth part of copper. Palpi cation of f he Heart Shortness of Breath, Swelling of Legs and Feet. “For about • /, ins I was troub led with ; n of the heart,' shortnc -s of ’ :T ; ;ul swelling of the legs and ; \t t lines I would faint. 1 y, ; by the best phy sician-- i n 0 ,)., with no re- hef’ 1 various Spring* without b i .. . aully, I tried Dr.jV . .vrt Cure also his Ncr - n ml Liver Pills. After beginning lo : ... I felt better! I eontimi'-cl t (l;«-m and I am now in bettor 1; :: !i t!r.ri for many year*. Since my 1 ry I F ive gained fifty pounds in v,\' ;ht. 1 hope tills state ment m,:y bo of value to some poor sufferer.” H. B. f L T rc 7, VuyaStation, Gr. Dr. Milr-n 17- <” .-i - .1 on a roelttr® puarann ■! t it,:. -!o vtj Densfik Aili!ni ’-.;i ! . v j 1 ttL-iforffl.or It Will bo ser ret oiph of pines by tho L»r. ih..... V u 1 Co., £iuuut» lad. mumuMC .\r-: Useful and Good. s # NOTHING PRETTIER THAN CARROLL of HOLIDAY GOODS. Everything New and Enough to Supply the Whole Country, Come and See Us Before Buying. T< IX Capes, ■» Cloaks, * Clotliingf * and Dress « Ooods. The acme of low prices has been reached and it will astonish you to know what bargains we will give you in these goods. y t oil & Carpenter, 'The I^eiiderH. E. C. SEIZ. AUSFELD & SEIZ, Al!f !I ITFCTS, Atlanta, G. A. Plans and Specifications for private SB* public buildings. J. E. WEBSTER, AA t orns.‘ v-At- w* Gaffney City, S. C. I’mctlees in ;;!! l' courts. Coll** ions a specialty O. L. SCHUMPE: T 'Hios. b. BUTLRR, Sol. 7th Judicial Cu< U. S. Commiisioser. sci 11 mi*:. • .. j ;t CA'I'TO! !>t • -A T-:,A.\V. u x i ■'. v :, «. c. 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