The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, July 30, 1901, Image 4
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('IAP'EiR III.
One seizet the horse.
I did not m uc14h liko the arranlgeI ent
of Janle's new houlse when 1c'aue to s;ta1y
in it. The way the two bedroon:s, hler,3
and1( min1e, were shut off froml the resrt of
the houso by a door, barred and locked
at nig;ht for fear o' burglars, was, I
Ihought, unpleasanlt, especially as onco
ill my iroomt"ior the in1ight there was no
posAiility of getting out of it, the key
of the duur of tle passage not beilg even
all)Wed to remain in t1ho lock, but retir:
ing with Jane, the canary cago and
other valuables into her own apartient.
I r 1e)nlntrated, but I soon found that
Jano had not remained 1unmarried for
nothing. She Was decided on the point.
The outer door would be locked as usual,
and the key would be deposited under
the pilClslion ill her roon ata usual, and
it was so.
'hli next noring, 115 Jane and I went
out for a stroll beforo luncheon, we had11
to pass th house to which I had driven
by mistake tho day before. To our as
tonislunellt there vas a crowd before
thn door, and a policeman with his back
to it was guarding the entrance. Tho
blinds wero all drawn down. The imago
of the pale, lonely woman sitting by her
little lire, vloml I had disturbed the day
before, camne suddenly back to me with
ia strango (11111111.
"What is it?" I hurriedly asked a
baker's hoy who was staniiing at an
area railing rubbing his chin r::inst the
loaf he wa3 waiting to deliver. Tho boy
grinned.
"It's murder!" he said, with relish.
"Burgilars in tho Iight. I've sutpplied
bet reg'lar these two months. One quar-,
tern best white, one-half quartern brown
every morning, French rolls occasional;
but it's all up now." And Io went off'
" whistling a tune which all bakers' boys
wlistled about 'a time, called "My
Grandfather's Tim(:, .cc," or something
siuilar.
A second policeman came up the street
at this moment, and from him I lerned
all the littl thorn) was to know. Tho'
poor lady had not been murdored, it
scemed, but .ieing subject to heart coln
plaint had died in the night of an acuto
attack, evidently brought on by fright.
The maid, the only other person in the
house, leeping as maids of all vork only
can, hayl hoard nothing, and awoko in
thie morning to find her mistress dead in
her' bed, with the winidow anmd door op.on.
$tthngely enough, tljo policeman ?tdded,
although nothing in the houso had beeh
touched, the lock of an unued b)edr'oomf
hiad beCen forced and the room evidently
sear1ched.
Poor Jane w~as quite overcome. She
seemed convinced that it was only b)y a
special intervention of Providence that
she had changed her house, anid that her
successor had been sacrificed instead of
"It might have been me!" she said over
and over again that afternoon.
Wishing to give a turn to her thoughts
I began to talkc about Sir John's legacy,
in which she had evinced the greatest
interest the night before, and greatly Ii o
her delight showed her the jewels. I had
not looked at them since Sir John had
given them to me, and I was mnyself as
* tonishmed at their magnificence as I sprea d
them out on the taloi under the gas
lamp.
Jane exhausted herself in adhuirat ion,
* but as I was putting them away again,
saying it was time for moc to he dresi-ing;
amid going to meect Car, wh , was t o join
me at tho Criterion, she beed p to onIi
no account to take them with ine, af)1rm
inig that it would be much safer to leave
them ait 1home1. I was firm, but she was
firmer, and in the end I allowved her11 to
leek them upl ini thme tea cadidy, where
her smamill stock of ready money mrposed.
I met Carr as5 w had arraniged amnd
we had ai very lelasant evening. Poor
Carrx, w~ho had seeni the p)apers, hadl
hard'(ly expected that I should turn upl,
knowing the catastropho of the pl'ev ions
night hl1 taken pla1co at the house I was
going to, and wasiI much relieved to hear
that imy sistgr had moived and had thus
been1 spiared all the horror of the event.
'Tle diuamer was good, the p)lay better.
I should lThx ' come home feeling~ that I
had einjoyed miyself thoroughly if it had
not been for a little adlventure wit:h our
cab driver that very nearly prloved seri
ens. We got a hansonm directly we camne
out of the theatre, but instead of taking
'us to the dii.ection we gave him, after
we had dIriven for somio distance I began
to make out that the cabman was going
wrong, and Carr shouted to hinm to stop-;
but thereupon ho lashed up his horse
and awaty lie we.nt like the winds, up one
street and down another, till I had lost
all idea where ivo were. Carr, who was
young and active, did( all he coulIl, but
the cabman, who I am afraid imist
hauvo been initoxicatedl, took not the
slightest inot ice, and coined driving
nmadly, hecavon knows where.
At last, after getting in,to a very dingy
neighborhood, wo turned upi a crookedl
dark street, unilit by any lamp, a street
so narrow that I thought every moment
the cab, wvould 1b0 overturned. Iifani
other maomeint I saw two men rush out
of a doorway. One seized the horse,
which w~as much blowvn by this tine,
and brought it violently to a standstill,
while the ether flow at tihe cab, and
catching Carrn by the collar- proceeded to
tirag hin out by main force. I supposo
Cait d hmi bont but beIn .... 6
A.i rican he certaiiily mtde a very'pooi
fight of it; and whiltt I wa:s layinl" intu
the mant who il:tdl got hohl of him I Iwii:;
r,uAdolnly c'auclht by thel IlgK myrt'lf from
the 1 tlh(r 1+i111 or' thoen ba . 1 turned on
m1y as1o.ailant, saw a Ihevy Stick leveled
att ie, : thit at it, missed it, beheld i
.f'1ie t of lil: '\vI'tric: I,irl woi e tmombii )ed1nothll
1n:1 more.
T fir" t Ibing I11hard on bseg;inniltng
to co11ne' to mtti'll' wV:a:s a serie:l of sul
a1ed lt PVidently heart fthat Ihd, ad
I 1, -:unlo s,''siblc: of an1 airy feeling, unl
o1 e:51>: tin t t ext rem e, proceet tin;
from, :mo oi,l eonditioni of c'oaL and
watoailt,1 1it ti udm n it''dl to ito tiliu of
year. A\. low l rs of 'inullet whi:a;cr
ilg a1s 1g iot trun 1111e. As I
trolned involutalrily" it .,topipcd.
";d c'olig' nn ! a Carr saw a d ty.
"Go04) and fetch siomie ltdivat ." And 1
felt fit1 tu11rned right tilo uipprmolot,
and ily h: nuls we to rtilwl1'bd, hilo Carr,
in a voic, of thilt iratiet axiety, atied
ne heow 1 'elt. was 1s<>n alo to sit
up1 :11;d to betComol awarlo that I luid at
splitting iealache, r r.i1 stritn at a
tallow cit l,ll;0 sIL''!i inl a bottle. fnving
got so All, I got a lit tle f:ithr, and ol
looking. round f'ood m1ys1'lf ree'linling; on
at sac in at corn'1'e of i dlireiltablo loik
in. ro<m, l 1in;y with dirt and faithful
to the mlenunry of' had1 toba.uco.
Then 1i sudtely}" rembeudJl'red wto1ou
had ocurred. Car"r saw% that I did so,
and inst:ntly plouredl fort ht nl ac'colunt
of how wI had been r,"teuedtl 'fin1111 at co
ditionl of gi itt peril by the mnn to w11hni
the hous11t 11 we wverii iln beloged, to vhorti
Sardt:cly kn<--w how to express hlisgriati
tu<de, and who wasi: now golno for somlo
br:idtly for ue. l e told IIImtt a great deal
abl)out it, butt l wat:l lo dizzy that o forgot
mnost of wvhat. he1 said, and it was; not un
iil ourd<hliverer retnurned with thu brandy
;hat ee:aie horoughl aytwaru tif what
wa":s going forwatrd.
1 c'ub1tl not help t hinking ats tlanked
t.he honest f'ellow who hlad cono to our
ito.istan ce, ho1w ,'asily onle m1:ty bo dc
ceivel by apparanes, for a to1101 for
hi<hing looldi f'acii under its fur cap I
never w. That of hi: son, who pres
atly roturned with i four wheelir which
Carr had snt for, wa not ntmlo prepo;
se:ringi. In fact they w,er'O two ats vil
lyinous looking m1 en i as I had ever seen.
A\ft,'r reonlipensing; both witht all our
spare c'ash1 we got ourselves hloi.,ted still,y
into fi, enh, 1n11 Carr good naturedly
insisted ont seeingt me11 home1, though ha.
own.d to feA n;li, ats he put it, "rather
knoced up by hi:; knocking down." \\'e
wero both faru too exhausteld to speak
muilch, unltil Carri gaive at start an1d at gasp
and saido1, "Il3y Joovor'
"Whak" I impi odired.
"They are one!" h0 0 sail ttreulouse y
-"my sapphires. They ar gone! Stolen!
I lout theon il at lg aroiml my neck, as
you told med r. h ymut havo hbe
taklen fr m d1io whon I w;is knocked
down. I aty," he a,ded qunickly, " how
abotlt your:.? Hav -ou1 got tiu all
Loluntarily I raissedl my handl to oy
turoatt. A horrid qualm passed over mie.
"Thank heanven!" I ropliedl with at si h
of relie', "thef.y aro. -afu at homno with
Jane. Whna.t at lercy! I mi-,nh. 1 ha vio
lost them."
"Mlight!" iaid Carr. "You would have
lost them to ai dead certainty; and mino
fr ,o1n!" And he Sauimped ian he lenched
his fits andt lookedl poi1tively furious.
P'oor Ca:rr! I felt for himn. llo took
the lo::s of his stonles r.o to heuart, atnd I
am1 su1ro it was only natural. I parted
from him at 1 own door, and was glad,
on gomng il, to rind Janm had stayed up
the hleroi of a thrilling ad venture, while
her-clover h1umas1 apjplied sticking plaster
all libitumn. Weo were both so fnil of tho
evenmts of the ordnlinlg and the letter
wvhich I ivas to wtito to Trhe Times a1bout
it the next day that it never enitered the
heads of: either of us, on retiring to bed.
to remove Sir John's jowels froim the tea
caLddy into wvhich they had.been tempo
rarily popped in tho afteri w 'on.
(CIIAPTER IV.
". h blc hc f h mu.
I rall thnk dvetreslik misfr
of it(i)IJ(c wonderfulot rete, owning to
.Jano's extraordinary presence of miind.
Sho hatd been unlablo to sleep after myl
thrilling account of thio cab1 accident,
anti had consoled hierself by reading
Baxter's "S~ainit's Rest" bly hler night
light, for the canary became restless and
liable to siutdden hbtrsts of song if acandle
wero lighted. Wilo so engagedi sho boe
camne aware of a subdued grating sound,
wvl~li had continued for some timie be
fore shoe began to speculatte upjoni it.
Whilo she was speculating it ceased, aid
after a sh'ort interval she distinctly
hecard a stelhthy step upon)1 the stair, and
tihe handle of tho p)asago door' before
moneltioned wvas gently, very gently,
turned.
Jane has seome of that quickcness of
perception wvhich has been of such use
to myself thirough lif. In a moent
5110 hiad grasped the situation. St)mo
01n0 was ini the house. In another mo
moent she was .haniging out of her bIed
room winidow, sp)ringing~ the policeman's
rattle wvhich &hio 1had( hadl by her for
years with a view to an emergency of
this kind, and at the same timio-for she
waa'a capable wvoman--blowing ai pie
tng strain 01n a caLbmni' whistle.
To' make a long story short, her extra
ordinary presence of minud was1 the sav
ing of us. With her own eyes she saw
two darIk fhgues fly up our area steps
and disappear round the corner, and
wvheli a policeman appeared on the scene
half att hour later lie confirmed the fact
tat the fhougn had been 1roken It 1G.
howintus how an entr.n1co hal been
elh'eted thron':lh the kitchen windlow.
Thero wa; ,f cou1ro n( 1,1' l((' l for
iS that light, and tilt reminil.lder ot' it
was p)ass>ed b)y Jlane inl exalninting th0
h)ouI o from top) to o)t toi every half
hour or so, owilIg to :a rOoted conviction
on her pa:rt. that a buiglar might still bu
lurkin g; on 1ho premises, cou'ealed inl
the cellare t', or tlhx jmn CUp)board, or
b(Ahind the, drawin'- room curtains.
By that mtorning' post L hoard, as I
exIl ated I shoul( do, from ir (.eorgo
Danvers, but ti c6ontents of tho letter
surprised me. llo wroto Iiost cordially,
thankin; mo for my kindness ill under
taking saclh n'avy responsibility (1 am
sutro I never fell; it to bc) so) for anm ontiro
stran)ger, and enlded by seln'linl; mlto a
pressing illvitationl to co1no dowl to
Stolo Moretont that very day, that io and
his sonl, whoso futuro wife Was also stiy
ing with them, might have the pl asuro
of making the acqutailltaleo of one to
wlom ithey were So inunch indebted. Io
added that his elde:st sonl Charles was a1lo
going (own from London by i% certain
train that day, and that hto had told hin
to 1)0 on the lookout for m0 al. tho sta
tion ill en-so I was ihle to comno at siehl
short notice. I 11a1o up my mind to go,
sent Sir (:eo it telegrall to that eftect
and proceede(t to fish ul) tho jowels out
of the tea caddy.
Jane, who had never ('eensed for ono
instant to conlnelt oil th.o event of tho
night, positively shrieked when sho saw
1110 shaking the bag fre, froi ten leaves.
"Good gracious! tho 1urglars!" she ex
claimed. "Why, they might have taken
thei if they had only known."
Of cour'So they had not known, as '
had been particularly secret about them;;
but I wished all the same thit I had not
left themi there all night, 115 Jano would
insist, an(1 coitilnuo illsistinlg, that they
11(1 been exposed to great; datng'r. I
ar't;ued the matter with her at first, but
womnell, I find, are impervious, as a rule,
to lasculino argument and it is a mis
take to reasonl with theml. It is, inl fact,
putting ttosexes for the momOnt on 111
equality to which the weaker one is un
accustomed and consequently un811ited.
A few hours later I was rolling swiftly
toward Stoke Moreton in a com)ifortallo
tuoking carriage, cly occ.,ied by m11y
self and Mr. Charles Daiiv.r, a hana
SOm11o young fellow with a p'll face, a111(1
that peculiar tired m-ner which
(though, is I soon found, ntatural to himl)
is so oftenll ieted by the young men of
the day.
"And so Ralph has comic inl for a
legacy in diamionds," lie said, lintlessly,
whon we had exchanged tho usual civili
ties and had become to a certain degreo
rcqiaintod. "Dear mei how theso good,
iteady young nei prosper in tho world.
Wheii last I heard from lin ho had pro
vailed upon the on perfect wo (,imin in
the universe to consent to, marry him,
and his ilmlt (by the way, you will meet
her there, too-Lady Mary Cunning
ham) had murmured somnething vagno
but gratifying about te.i:amnentary in
tentions. A week later Providence fills
his brimming cup with a legacy of
jewels, estimated at?"- Chlrl'e io)ene'l
his light, sleepy 03e wide alld looked
iuquiringly at mo. "'Wh:t are they esti
mated at?" ho asked, as I did not an
swor.
I really had no idea, but I slru;gged
my ihoulders and looked v ise.
"'1 iiated at a fabulous 1u;m," ho said,
closing his eyes again. ''Ah! had they
been min with what joyful alacrity
should I have ascortained their exact
money value. And mire they ought to
havo beell if the sacred( la1w of priiio
genitureC (thlat splecial p)rovidenc IOw'hichl
watches over tihe initerests of eldest Boins)
not thle plealsure of mIy atcqiuintance,
but I feari 110 muust hiavo hiearid some re
tioni-respoeting my13 car'eer, whichl in1
duced 1h111 to pass mue over in tis man11
ner1. WVhalt al'o:'! My father and my
Aunt MarIy are0 llways delicatoly' poinit
mlg out tile differ'enco beCtweenC 1Italphl
anld miyself. I wish I were a good young
man11, like Raliph. It seemsl1 to pay best
in the long run; hut I may as8 well in
form1 you, Col. Midldletoni, of theO paiinIfl
f;act that Iami the black sheep of thu
''O1, comle, comie!" I remllarked un1
easily.
"I shoul 11ot havle allluded to the sub
ject if youl werel' not likely to biecomoe
fuli'ly'aware oIf it on y'our arivilal, so I
will b) beLfor'ehland wvith 1my3 relationls. I
w~as brought up~ iln thle way I should1( go,"
lie conItinlued wlithl tIle ultmost uniconl
'cIrn, as: if colhuent.ing. on1 somlethling
that did not all'ect hliml ill the least1, "'hut
I did nt wll'1k ill it, paritly' owing to tile
unconigenijal comnpanionlship thalit it ill
v'olv'ed, e'specially thaIt of my1\ aunlt Mary3,
whio took upj so muchdi r'oom her1solf in3
the narrow path1 thlat shoe (eectually
kept me1 out o,f it, Froml my~ ear'liest
fou1th, also, I toolk extremlo inlterest
inl the parablo (If tile pr1odhigai, and1(
a1s soon1 as it b)ecamol po.aib)lo I
exempIIlified it my13self. I maly even
say3 thatl I aceted thle part1 inl aI mann11er
flulit did credit to a beginner; but the
winId nyl was ruined 113 the lanltalo
iiliity of other1s, wh'lo sha11ltbe name
less, to thrlowV ihemslelves in110toile splirit
of thel lpiere. At v'arious inltervalls," Iho
conltiniued, aIlwa'ys as if speainlg of some1
one else, "'I have retuirnedI hlome, but I
regret to say thlat (11on eh occaisionl mfy
reeption was nout ill any13 waJy whait I
conall have'L wishedI. The1 1lavor1 of a fatffed
catlf is absolut~ely unklnowin to mie; and11
so far, from Imeetinlg 1me 11 h l' way, I
haivo, ml extremol cases, whlen imlptlled
homeward by urg'ent pelcunlliary conseid
erationls, found my13self obliged to w~alk
upl fr'omi the sltationl."
"Dear- me! I hopo it is not far?"' I said.
"A moreie maltter' of three mliles or so
up hlill," ho reCsumled; "nIothlin1g to a
hiealthmy Christian, thou:gh try'ing to thto
tremhlblinlg h~gs of tihe umgodly aifter a
long courso of husks.15 Thlere, nlow I tlhnk
you aro' quito all fait as to our family
history. I always pity a stranger w~ho
colmes to a house ignior'ant of little do
miestic dotails of this kind; hto is aplt to
make mlistakes. Oh, praly don't menOltionl
lt"--as I murm1lfured s01m1 w~ords1 of
thlanks - "no trouble, I assure you;
troubjo is a thing I donl't take, By tile
way, aro you swaro we aro going
straight into a nest of private theCatricals
aut Stock Morotonl? To-night is tile last
rehearsal; perhaps I hand better look
over my part. I took it OnIco years ago,
but I don't remomnber a word of it."
And after mnuchl rummlhaging in a mag..
nificont silver mounted traveling bag
the Pr'odigail p)ulled out a paiper book and
oalossly turnied over the loaves,
.I (1i( not inteorrupt his studies, save by
9.f.wpn!B3ig goininnt5 on t119 Weather,
the state of the countrv and imy own
lelt'., which 1 -it sorV to say is 11t.
what it wa habt :t- 1 unly rec"tivedl
1in1lntsVfhib)i"ilinswer, "w IIa:tl liu mure
cotversatitoll worth mencititnilr, till we
reached Stoke Moretoln.
CtIIAP1'I,I V.
Il l l s & rel.
01
"Dono ICtru111(c i. ui ofrc" p1C"
Stoke. rM.or'eton is a fine old E'lizabethan
house stiuding on rising grounld. As wo
c,.ovo up thile straight, widetpproach he
tween two rows of anicient, 1':tlltastical
ly clippel holliu, I vas illipressed by the
stately dignlity of tho place, which was
not lossened us wodrew": up 1)lbef'oro a great
arched doorway, and were ushered into
a long hall supported by iassive pillars
of i"arved whito stone. A roaring log fire
in the ilntii'uso lir(epiace threw a ruddy
*,!eV over the long trray of arlor and
gle:ain. weapons which lined ihe Wialls,
h1nd made the pale winter twilight out
1'de look bleak indeed. Charles, emnerg
ang, slim and graceful, out of an eX
quisito ulster, siaunitered 1up to the fire
and asked whero Sir George Danvers
was. As h1e stood inside the wide fire
place, leaning against one of the pillars
which supported tlt towering white
stonlo chimney piece covred witl her
add( i designls and coat s of arims, lie looked
a worthier representativo of an ancient
raco than I fear h3 really was.
"S tl.y havo pil the stage at that
mnd, in front of the pillars," he renarkcd,
nodding at a wooden crection1. 'Quito
right. I could not 1;a1vn placed it better
lny elf. What, B'row,vn? ,ir (leorge is
In the drawing rlo1. it he? and te:t, t.i [
p'rcciVe, i; guin:; i at this i,ni nnt.
i'ome, Col. Middlct.n." Al . we ful
towed the butler to the drawing r.
I amll noi- a pur:;u)nt who easaily lecoeus
ronfutsed, but I ln;i; own I did ;et oil
fisetd vith 11hc lar.e party iota the
mllid:;t of v.itii we V:e nw uol 0 red.
50soon mai:dh out Sir C e:orge Danvercls, a
olelicnto but irascil- lo(ki1g ol-1 it 1l
tman, who receivel 1i1m with liguitii1l
cordiality, but returned Charles g'rct
big with a certatil formlnalit m l cold
ne:;:1 which I was paind to s"', f.iaily
tt.(t:0n b)eing; il my10 trp)iolnll ith. cliei
blessin; of a truly hi,pv home. Charles
I nlready knew, ;1l with the -on"coid
son, I,:tlphi, a ruddy, smiliig yun11g
nuan, with any :unl t of white teeth, I
had no dificulty; but after that I be
came ho>pelessly involved.
I w:.; introduced to an c'1derly lady
whom I addressed fur the r(at of the
eveiniug as Lady anv"ers, (mitii Cl;mrles
ensually 1wieitioned that his imtother \v:s
dead, mIl that until the d(:1ceased wife's
.ister bill was passed h did not antici
pate that his Aunt Mar'y would takhe
lupon heri1self thle potsi tionI of ilsepother'
to huei orphaniied nieph'ews. ThIe se"verto
elderly ha ly, then, wvho beam led so
swetetly3' upoin R alph and r'egar~dedl Charles
mmult, Lakdy Mary' Cunningha:u. She
had knowin Sit' John slightly in her
room for me on her sofa, aiil$1.d(X
pressed a very prioper deOgree of. regret at
Inis sudden death, ('onsidering t hat lie
had not beeni a plersounal friendl in any3
wav.
''We all have 01ur faults, CJol. Middle
tonu," said Lady M1ary', witht a ge'ntln
tighi, which (dislodged a littlo colony of
crumilbs from the front of hieir dres,s. '"Sir
John, liko the res.'t oif us, wa~s not ex
emplit, thtough I have no) doubt the soft
oining infiluencc oIf ago wVouldl liv dono1
mluch, sinco I knew himt, to smootah ne(er)
bities of chairactr which wer('ie unifortu
ntcly stirontgly' mariiked li his early life."
She had evidenttly ntot knownt Sir' John
in his later' yearils.
As she conIltinueid to talk in t his .Krain
I enldeavored to maiike (lit wh''lichi of thei
young ladies pr'esenht ws t hie one to whlomi
lbdlph w,as enigaged. I was ulecided
as3 to wh,Inch it was of the two to whomi I
Ildi lrady beent iintn>du tced. i ls atl
wayvs seem1 to me 451 v'ery nmehil al ike, es
lpecialy pret.t y girls, and these weuro
buoth oif thi(mi pretty. I do not mean
that thley' resembahledl each othter in the
least, for' 11e was darik aind onei( wet fair-;
but which wats Miss Auirelia Grnt,
Raulph)'st fiinniee, and which was Miss lEv
elyni Derrick, aL cousin of the( faiyik, I
could ntot Inmko out, uniil later' in'tho
(sVeninlg, wh''ien I dliiinltly~ saw~ lalpht
kiss the fair' onie in iho picture gallery,
and I mist. ait ly Cameit to the~ conellusjin
that she was the oine to whtom ho was
engaiged.
I askled Chasrles if' I were no(t r'ight,. as
wVo stood inl fronlt cof the hall fiire b efor1o
tile lest of t ho paty3 hadi ai:iCmb lled for'
dianner, atnd lie told me thait I hadl indeed
hit thle niail oni the hecad int this instanuco,
though for' his own'i 1part hie never' laid
inuich strecss hlimi'ifS on such anl occur
roncie, haingi' founld it prtove mis'enidinig;
mi thte extr'emie to draw any11' 501 cocision
fr'om it. IIe' fuirther' infCormelCd ma. that
Miss Derrick was the younig ladly with
dark1 hiair' who had pouriied (out Isn, and
wh'lomi hie had fa vored' w,,ith somiO of huis
(coinversantionu after'warld.
whlo 111ha eer seenu his futur'e sister'-in
lawv before. Aurielia Grantlt wasi a charm
ing little cr'eatur'e, with ai (curly htead
and1( a diitple andii ai inkt and white coml
plexion, anhd aL lsspicioni of ani Irish ac
cent when she b)ec'amio excited.
Charles said hto adiredUc lier 'omiple'x
loll most becauso it was so thor'oughly'
wecll (dono and the coloinig was so truno
to niatim'e,
I did niot quito cat ch his meanliing, bumt
it certtakinly waIs a beautiful comiplexioni;
and theon she was so br'ight and lively,
amid shiowed Bitch prectty' little tootht when
aho smtiled! She was quito delightful.
I did not wvonder' at Ralph's bieinmg so
muich in love with bier, and (Chr'les
agreed with me.
."hroi nothting like a good comt
luby note betow oy lIt affecttit on
a'cxut:( w-ma w ithou ," a 1 wimplede, sin
deed! Railph h:s- chosen we.
Now I do nlot ;!r;' with ('hml le.; there,
as I have always osid.'rel tiat a wvo
m at .1oul(1 hayve a eelaint amnount of
m-: ...Iust eniou.,1i, in fae,t ,c o1mule her
to apprvci;tit' a ::up("rior" une. I said as
unmceh to C'harle::, butI he only laughed,
mal said it was a snlject oii which opini
ion had atlwayvs varied.
"11 h>w did he liee t. h'er?" I ilmi(uired.
"( ii the Rti:;i, last suIIIer," said
('harles. "I an thtikinig 1 going thero
nyslf ne::t year. Ltvly orphan sat by
Lady Ma:r\ at tal1+d'hout(. it'adl tracts
pre.entcd by L.ly M'Jary. Mado ac
(i aintaone. Lovt"y op hIan11's traveling
comn lal(n or gt)verneI(s:i discovered to be0
liveu sistUIr of d1("tmutt r1av'elin1 comtpanl
ion or govern:<e:; of ! lly Altry. Result,
wamrinnldiitshiiip. htalpli, like a dutiful
nephew, appeast (nit the scene. Fort
night of Ino wcatietr. Interesting ex
peditions. lIan1:111( tiattachmtent, co
mented by diamond a:ti pearl ring from
liuit c Roskell's. Ihere is I hm whole
story for you."
Evelyn lerrick join el us as the 1uished
spealkilt. Sh c: wit, a tall, graceful girl,
gentle an (old digiii il in mtner, with a
pale, relinled far.-. She was pretty in a
way, but not to c'oli l re to Aurelia.
Evelyn haid att txibt 1l((ok about her,
too. No., I do lntot tplprovo of a girl
looking grave; she ouglt to he: bright
anld happy, w\ith a ..milloe for every one.
It is all very w\ell Itor us mnc', who havo
tho work of the world to do, to look
grave at tiimes, but with wteeli it is dif
ferent; and a woman always looks lei
best when sho smiles-at least I think so.
Then Aurelia cam1 c) down, perfectly
dazzligig ill white satin; then Sir George,
thou Ralphl giving an ari to Lady
Mary, who ullered from rheuiatismn in
her foot. Then ealmo the gong, and
thero was a rustle down of more p^ople,
young anud old, fricind:l of tho family
who had comno to at t or to see their sons
and daughters act. As I never could
get even their nauns right 1 s1hal1l nIt
attenpt to give any account; of them,
especiaily a's they a'e not of intporttatce
in any way.
After dilnner, on entering th drawing
ro), I ftun1d'that great excittemnt pre
vailtl iOreng tie laic:s resp-cling Sir
Johnt' jewve]l:. Aib>ut his id fato and
cc)stly legacy tlt"y all seemled fully in
formlel. Il had tuy:;lf alnost forgotten
the reast(n of' my v'isit in my interest. in
ily new1' Suirroundings, not having evet
s yet given up the jewels to Sir ('or;go
I)anvers li'or Ratlp'!; but at the urgent re"
(uest; of all the ladies at once Italph
begged me to bin(t!( theiti do-wil to be
seon and adm1ired thlien and thero beftire
the rehearsal began.
"''hcy will all y ours, you know,"
Ralph 'said to AIirelia. "You shall w;ear
tltett onl youir \ weldintg day."
"Yon are al\w:y, talking aioult be-ing
married," said Aurelia, with ia little
pouit. "I 'ish you would try and think
of somethiig else t. say. I was quite
looking forward to It myself until I
camno here, and now I i.nt quite, quite
tired of it beforelanld."
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A it1 ic Gutht Line.
Ot tice. ai, of Triennial Con tve
Kn aight , Louisville', V.,., August 27 3,
190t)1. Forn aibove oe 00asson, the follow
ing round trip rah: s to Louisville, KCy.,
will apply
l 'tmn lo Iint sota oi f l'oter.sburg and1(
Not fo'. --- for individuals - otne 1irst
cia-- fare for rouind tirip,
l'or bras- band'i ii in uiformi ten or
mtorei on (*ne tic'ket, fromit Coluiahl)t,
$1f>..'o pe ctapita. Rates fr'om other
poit L will be qumd i on apliication.
Ti ckel.. to bi rohli A ugust 21 th, 25t,h,
2ht It, 2ith antd 2sth, i r'on-cladi signtat ure
formi, liited to contti nuous passage,
w%itht (inal limit September 3rd, 1901l.
liy depos itinig ticket with joint agent
att L4ouisvill bit stwecn August 2Htht and
Septembelsr 2nd,l incl usive, ad ont pay
menttt of ft-e of 1]ifty cents at, Li m' of
dleposit, ain e xtenision of thc finial Iimit
to) Septc;ebe 18th, 1901, will be U
corded,
l"irom I tiChm tond and Pecter'sburig:
For indi1 vidualuts---Onie lirst-class fare for
r'oun~d tri p. No less rate to be miade
for brass bands.
Tickets t.o be~ sold August. 22nd to
25th, inclusive, wit h final limt. Septem
bcr 3rd, 1!5)l. A n ex t rens[on, by deposit,
to Septemnber' .7th, 1901 inclusive, will
be aicco(rdedl un der samto conidition s as
fr'om~ oither t''rrtiory.
Wee~'k I'.nd I ~tte---lEffective Junie 8th
and1'011 .cotning t.o and including Au
gust 24Ut, the following week' end rates
will apply ft o:n Newberry and Pr'os
perity', S. C.:
Tio WVaterlioo, S3. C , Cross Uill, S. C.,
Sp)itar'.nburg, E2 ('. and GJreenvillo,
8. ('.
TJickel sol ;OI aturidays r1id Sundt(ays,
gootd retlturing, leaving deCstinaItion not
lter thanu Al\onday followinig (late of
sa le-:1.
To Giogtn Spirings, S. C.-iTickets des9
LI nat,ion not. later than Monday follow
ing dato of sale--$2.f30.
fron-elad signturcov formt tickets 1lim
til Li toiontinuttouS passago to be used,
I I. N. E merson ,G. P. A.
'T. 11. Emnerson, TI. M1.
I'Te f'irst~ two mibiiils tho man1t'
would take tho baby nip in theo gar
ret and hide it if hto thought his wife
0o' tho tnrso wouldn.'t catch him at it.
DurIng Iast Mlay an infant child of
our nelglhbor was sulTferinrg from cholera
infantum. TVhe doctors had gliven til
'l1101)pe of recoveCry. I took aL botli
of Chaiimberlains's ColIc, Cholera and
IIarrhoea Renmdy to the house, telling
thecm I feltmr(t it would do gfod iftiused
aiccoring to1 dirtiftons. In two days
time the clild hadi fully recovered.
TheI chIld is now vigorotus and heatilthy.
I htave r'eommncded this remedy fro
(quently and hatve never known it to
fall. -- ttS. CUlt'r!. IIA KJR, Book
walt 'r. Ohio. Soatl by W. . ntar..
The liability to dise:ase is greattly
leseIted witl iI the 1)loo(1 is itt good c:on
(lition1, anti lhe circtlatioii livaltliv and
Vigorous. For thenital reftise inmatter
is promnl>tly carried out of the systent ;
otherwise it woultd rapidly accinfttlate
-feriettatiolt wotild take' place, the
bloodl beIcomte porllitted and the e'-nati
tution so weakened that a sitin1)le
Inala<ly intiih iesult seriously.
AI licalthty, active eilenlittiott In(cans
good (ligestiott an<l Stinng, hcalthy
Ilteves.
As a 1)l00 pur fier and tonie S. S. S.
has no e<itial. IL is tlie safet :a1nl best
reinc<ly for old people and chiliite
because it contains no minerals, but is
inade cxclttsi vel v (:f roots andl herbs.
No other reiinedy so tloroulghly and
elTectually clea:e;s the blood of inn
p])uritie;:. AtLtlle
satne tiie it buill
1up the weak a1<l e(1d
b)ilitate<, 1,ndc re(o
\ates the citti re sys
tcli.' It cures perlnanuently all mtanner
of blood and skin troub)les.
Mr. E. E. Kelly, of Urbanai, 0.. writot:
"I hail 1eZeoita on miy i111Ni and faco for
ilvo yoara. it would bronk out in lit.tlo
whito putitultis, crust.s wo(it1 form and
drop off, leaving the Nkin rod anl inlflam
ed. ''ho doctorsti did m1o no good. use,d
ill tho mc<lientot (oalt ancl :an voNtw it hout
b.onolit. 9S. I3. S. (,:l 11111, an<1 Iy ((kill
is t4 oloar anid tlniooth tlas any onc's..
Mry. henry Siegfried, of Cipo May, N.
J., tly. that twent y-ono bottlit of B. S. 8.
ourod her of Cancer of tho brcit.. 1)oc
torN tiand frienid thought her CLIO hope
los.
Richard T. Gardner, Floronce, S. C.,
nmuffered for yo:r:a with Iioils. Two bot
LIea of 8. S. :1. put hi blood in poo.l con
dition and th(o .Ila disappoarcd.
S:nti for our free book, an<l write
or11 physicians a b o u t your case.
lecd;cal a(vice. free.
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