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THE DARLINGTON NEWS, PtnKpHBI* IVWTTHOBBDAT MOBBIMe henry rTTnoMPSON. paOPEIETOB. p* r A.BBia la Adraaee. A tnt inltrtion •••••■••a•••••• $1.00 Snsqiur*,’ BMand iwartio. W frtry iubMqwit insertloii.^ .00 Contraot »dT«rU.em.mU isMrUd upon the ■eat reeaoeeb’.e terse. Kerri.ge Notices eed Obltuerles, not weeding eii line*, ineerted free. DARLINGTON, S. 0, THURSDAY, JANUARY 10. 1889. A SHIP OF ’49. U By BBET HARTB. Nothing. I hare giren yon ell he gem She exhibited blank eheet of (Copyrighted by Hpuxhton, MUBln A Co., and published hr arrenirement with tbem.1 CHATTI.a viil Madrono Cottage lay at the entrance of • little Canada already green with the early winter rains and nestled in a thicket of the harlequin painted trees that gave it a name. The yonng.man was a little re lieved to find that Roeey had gone to the postoffice a mile away and that he would probably overtake her or meet her return ing—alone. The road—little mare than a a tmil—wound along the meet * of the hill looking across the Canada to the long, dark, heavily wooded flank of Mount Ta- stalpais that rodb from the valley a doaen "■nil away. ▲ eeaeatlon of the warm rain, a rift In the aky and the rare specta cle of cloud scenery, combined with a cer- * attain aanae of freedom, restored that light hearted gayety that became him most At e sudden torn of the road he caught sight of Rosey's figure coining toward him and quickened his step with the im pulsiveness of a boy. Bat the suddenly disappeared, and when he again saw her she was on the other Kde of the trail ap- parently picking Km leaves of a man- ■anlta. She had already Been him. * Somehow the frankness of his greeting was checked. She looked np at him with cheeks that retained enough of. their color to suggest why she had hesitated, and aald, “You here, Mr. Renshaw? I thought you were in Sacramento." “And I thought you wore in Petaluma," he retorted, gayly. "I have a letter from your father. The fact is, one of those gentlemen who has been haunting the ship made an entry last night. Who he was and what he came for nobody known. Perhaps your father gives you his suspi cious. " He could riot help looking at her narrowly as he handed her the note. Ex cept that her pretty eyebrows were a)ightly raised in cariosity she seemed un disturbed as she opened the letter. Pres ently she raised her eyes to hie. “is this all father gave you?” ! “AIL" “You're sure you haven't dropped any thing?” “flotl me. “And that is all It la." the missive, a perfectly paper folded like a note. Ren*haw felt the angry blood glow In his cheeks. “This is unpardonable! I os- on re yon, Mies Nott, there must be some mistake. He himself has probably forgot- thn (he Inclosnre," he continued, yet with aa inward conviction that the act was perfectly premeditated on the part of the old man. The young girl held out her hand frankly. “Don’t think any more of It, Mr. Kensbaw. Father is forgetful at times. But tell me about last night." In a few words Mr. Ren*haw briefly hat plainly related the details of the at tempt upon the Pontiac, from the moment that he hod been awakened by Nott to his discovery of the unknown trespasser’s flight b, the open door to the loft When h* had finished, ha hesitated, and then taking Rosey’s hand, said Impulsively, “You will n A be angry with me if I tell you all? Your father firmly believes that the attempt was mode by the old French- man, de Ferrieres, with a view of carry ing you off." A dosen reasons ether than the one her father would have attributed it to might hare called the blood to her face. But only Innocence conld have brought the look of astonished indignation to her eyes aa she answered quickly: that was what yon were laugh ing at?” “Not that, Miss Nott,’’ said the young man eagerly: “thqpgh I wish to God 1 conld accuse myself of nothing more dis loyal. Do not speak, I beg,” he added Impatiently, as Roeey was about to reply. *T have no right to hear yon; I hove no right to even stand in your presence until 1 have coufessed everything. I came to the Pontiac; I made your acquaintance, Miss Nott, through a fraud as wicked ae anything your father charges to de Fer- rieree. I am not a contractor. I never was an honest lodger in the Pontiac. I was simply a spy." “But you didn’t mean to be—it was MOM mistake, wasn’t It?” said Rosey, quite white, but more from sympathy with the offender’s emotion than horror at the offense. “lam afraid I did mean it. But hear with me for a few momenta longer and* you shall know all. It’s a long story. Will you walk on, and—take my arm! You do not shrink from me, Mias Nott. I fBufiiyou. lAcaucely deserve the kind- M10.” Indeed so little did Roeey shrink that ha was conscious of a slight reassuring Mpauww his arm as they moved for- mmithaA for the moment 1 fear th* young man felt like exaggerating his offense for the sake of proportionate sym pathy. “Do yon remember,” he oontin- there must be some etc story—which I migh which I ought to have told y always thought be some etory about the Pon- story of the Pontiac, story—a terrible might have told yon, yon—which ihere. You gbat you 1 bad known the Pentiac before I stepped first on her deck that day. I ‘ *m»'laid his disengaged band across Ugbtly fin Bossy’s, os If to assure himself that Aa waa listening. Ijgl waa at (hat ttme a sailor. I had ICMffftal enough to run away from col lage, thinking it a fine romantic thing to aMp before the mast for a voyage round the world. I was a little disappointed, pwhapa, but I made the beat of it, and in t ueyears I was the second mate of a whnlcr tying in e little harbor of one of thr un civilized islands of the Pacific. While wo were at anchor then a French trading vpNtrl p n m. apparently for water. She bad the dregs of a mixed craw of Lascars and Portuguese, who said they had lost Ihs nit uf their mM by desertion, and ; that the saptatn and mate had been car ried off by fever. There was something so queer in their story that our skipper took the law in his own hands, and put me on board of her with a salvage crew. But that night the French crew mutinied, cut the cables, and would have got to sea If we had not been armed and prepared, and managed to drive them below. When we hod got them under hatches for a few hours they parleyed, and offered to go quietly ashore. As we were short of hands and unable to take them With us, and as we had no evidence against them, we let them go, took the ship to Callao, turned her over to the au thorities, lodged a claim for salvage, and continued our voyage. When we returned : we found the trnth of the story was , known. She had been a French trader from Marseilles, owned by her captain; her crew had mutinied in the Pacific, killed their officers and the only passenger ! —the owner of the cargo. They had made away with the cargo and a treasure of nearly half a million of Spanish gold for trading purposes which belonged to the passenger. In course of time the ship was sold for salvage and pat into the South American trade until the breaking out of the Californian gold excitement, when she was sent with a cargo to San Traneiaeo. That ship was the Pontiac which your father bought.’’ A slight shudder ran through the girl’s frame. “I wish—I wish yon hadn’t told me," she said. “I shall never dose my eyes again comfortably on hoard of her, I know." “I would eay that you hod purified her of all stains of her past—hot them may be one that remains. And that in most peo ple’s eyes would be no detraction. You look pussled, Mis* Nott—but I am com ing to the explanation and the end of my story. A ship of war was sent to the island to punish the mutineers and pirates, for inch they were, but they could not be nnd. A private expedition was sent to >ver the treaAttta^wh ich they were supposed to have burrod, bat in vain. Abont two months ago Mr. Sleight told me one of his shipmasters hod sent him a Lascar sailor who hod to dispose of a valuable secret regarding the Pontiac for a percentage. That secret was that the treasure was never taken by the mutineers out of the Pontiac! They were about to land and bnry It when we boarded them. They took advantage of their imprisonment under hatches to bnry it in the ship. They hid it in the hold so securely and safely that it was never detected by us or the Callao snthorities. I was then asked, as one who hnew the vessel, to undertake a private examination of her, with a view of purchasing her from yoar father with out awakening his suspicions. I assented. You have my confession now, Miss Nott You know my crime. I am at your merry." Rosey’s arm only tightened around his own. Her eyes sought his. “And you didn’t find anything?” she said. The quention sounded so oddly like Sleight’s, that Renshaw returned a little stiffly— "I didn’t look." “Why?” asked Rosey simply. “Because,” stammered Renshaw, with an uneasy consciousness of having exagger ated his sentiment, “it didn’t seem honor able; it didn’t seem fair to you.” “Oh you sillyt you might have looked and told me.” “But,” said Renshaw, “do you think that would have been fair to Sleight?” “As fair to him as to us. For, don’t you see, it wouldn’t belong to any of us. It would belong to the friends or the fam ily of the man who lost it.” “Bot there were no heirs, ” replied Ren shaw. “That was proved by some im postor who pretended to be his brother, and libeled the Pontiac at Callao, but the courts decided he was a lunatic.” “Then it belongs to the poor pirates who risked their own lives for it, rather than to Sleight, who did nothing." She Was silent for a moment, and then re sumed with energy, “I believe he was at the bottom of that attack last night.” “1 have thought so, too,” said Ren shaw. “Then I must go back at once,” she continued, impulsively. “Father mnst not be left alone.” “Nor must you,” said Renshaw, quickly. ‘Jpo let me return with you, and share with you and your father the trouble L have brought upon you. Do not,” he added in a lower tone, “deprive me of the only chance of expiating my offense, of making myself worthy your forgiveness.” “I am sure,” said Roeey, lowering her lids and half withdrawing her arm, “I am sure I have nothing to forgive. You did not believe the treasure lielonged to ns any more than to anybody else until yon knew me” “That is true,” said the young man, at tempting to take her hand. “I mean,” said Rosey, blushing, and showing a distracting row of little tpeth in one of her infrequent laughs, “oh, you know what I mean." She withdrew her arm gently, and became Interested in the selection of certain wayside bay leaves as they passed along. “All the same, I don’t believe in this treasure, ” she said abruptly, as if to change the subject. “I don’t be lieve it ever was hidden inside the Pontiac." “That can easily bo ascertained sow," said Renshaw. “But it’s a pity yon didn’t find it out while you were about it,” said Roeey. “It would have saved so much talk and trouble." “I have told you why I didn’t search the ship,"responded Renshaw, with some bMerness. “But it seems I could only avoid being a great rascal by becoming a great fool.” “You never intsoded to be a rascal," said Rosey, earnestly, “and yon couldn’t be a fool, except in heeding what a silly girl says. I only meant if yon had taken me into your confidence it would have been better.” “Might 1 not say the same to you re garding your friend, the old Frenchman?” returned Renshaw. “What If I were to confess to you that I lately suspected him of knowing the secret and of trying to goiu your assistance?” Instead of indignantly repudiating the suggestion, to the young man’s great dis comfiture, Rosey only knit her pretty brews, nnd remained for some moments sil-jut. Presently she asked timidly— "Du you think It wrong to tell anothee person’s secret for their own good?" “No," said RenshavE, promptly. “Then I’ll tell you Monstohr de Fer rieres'! But only becanse I believe from what yon have Just said that he will turn out to have some right to the treasure." Then with kindling eyes, and a voice eloquent with sympathy, Rosey told the story of her accidental di»cc very of da Ferrieres’ miserable existence In the loft. Clothing it with the unconscious poetry of her fresh, young imagination, sn# lightly passed over his antique gallantry and grotesque weakness, exalting only his lonely sufferiqgs and mysterious wrongs. Renshaw listened, lost between shame for his late suspicions and admira tion for her thoughtful delicacy, until she began to speak of dtf Ferrieres’ strange allusions to the foreign papers in Me portmanteau. “I think some were law papers, and I am almost certain I saw the word Callao printed on one of them.” “It may be so,” said Renshaw, thought- fully. “The old Frenchman hoe always passed for a harmless, wandering eccen tric. I hardly think public curiosity has aver even sought to know his name, much less his history. But had we not bettoi first try to find It there Is any property before we examine his claims to it?” “As yon please,” said Rosey, with a slight pout: “but yon will find it much easier to discover him than his treasure. It’s always easier to find the thing you're not looking for.” “Until yon want it," said Renshaw, with sndden gravity. “How pretty it looks over there,” said Roeey, turning her conscious eyes to the poelte mountain. . “Very." They had reached the top of the hill, and in the near distance the chimney of Madrono Cottage was even now visible. At the expected sight they unconsciously (topped — unconsciously disappointed. Roeey broke the embarrassing silence. “There’s another way home, but it’a a roundabout way," she said timidly. “Let ns take it,” said Renshaw. She hesitated. “The boat goes at 4, and we must return to-night." “The more reason why we should make the most of onr time now," said Renshaw with a faint smile. “To-morrow all things may be changed; to-morrow you may find yourself an heiress, Miss Nott. To-mor row,” ha added, with a slight tremor in his voice, “I may have earned your for giveness, only to say farewell to you for ever. Let me keep this sunshine, this picture, this companionship with yon long enough to say now what perhaps 1 must not say to-morrow." They were silent for a moment, and then by a common instinct turned to gether into a narrow trail, scarce wide enough for two, that diverged from the straight, practical path before them. It was indeed a roundabout way home, so roundabout, lu fact, that aa they wandered on it seemed even to double on its track, occasionally linger ing long and becoming Indistinct under the shadow of madrono and willow; at one time stopping blindly before a fallen A roundabout way homo. tree In the hollow, where they had quite lost it, and had to sit down to recall It; a rough way, often requiring the mutual help of each other’s hands and eyes to trend together In security; an uncertain way, not to be found without whispered consultation and concession, and yet a way eventually bringing them hand in hand, happy and hopeful, to the gate of Madrono Cottage. And if there waa only just time for Roeey to prepare to take the boat, it was due to the devionsness of the way. If a stray curl was lying loose on Rosey’s cheek, and a long hair had caught in Renshaw's button, it was owing to the roughness of the way; and if in the tones of their voices and in the glances of thejj eyes there was a matnrer serious ness, it was due to the dim uncertainty of the path they had traveled, and would hereafter tread together. CHAPTER IX. When Mr. Nott had satisfied himself of Renshaw’s departure he coolly bolted the door at the head of the companion way, thus cutting off any communication with the lower deck. Taking a long rifle from the rack above his berth, he carefully ex amined the hammer and cap and then eautlonaly let himself down through the forehatch to the deck below. After a de liberate survey of the still intact fasten ings of the hatch over the forehold, he pro ceeded quietly to unloose them again with the aid of the tools that atill lay there. When the hatch waa once more free he lifted it, and, withdrawing a few feet from the opening, sat himself down .rifle in hand. A profound silence reigned through out the lower deck. “Ye kin rise up out o’ that," said Nott gently. > There was a stealthy rustle below that teemed to approach the hatch, and then with a sudden bound the Lascar leaped on the deck. But at the same instant Nott covered him with his rifle. A slight shade of disappointment and surprise had crossed the eld man’s faea, and clouded hie small round eyee at the apparition of the Las car, bat Us hand waa none the lees firm upon the trigger aa the frightened prisonei ■ank on Ms knees, with his hands clasped hi the attitude of supplication for mercy. “Ef you're thtukin’ o’ skippin’ afore Poe done with yer,” sold Nott with la bored gentleness, “I oughter warn ya that it’s my style to drop Injins at 200 yards, and this deck ain’t anywhere raore’n fifty. It’s an uncomfortable style, a nasty Style—bat it’s my style. I thought I’d tell yer, so yer coaid take :t easy when yon air. Where’s Ferrers?" Even in the man’s Insane terror, his ut ter bewilderment at the question was evi dent. “Ferrers?” he gasped; “don’t know Mm, I swear to God, boss.” “P’r'aps,” said Nott, with infinite can ning, “yer don’t know the man ez kem into the loft from the alley last night— p’r'aps yer didn't see an airy Frenchman with a dyed mustache, eh? I thought that would fetch ye!” he continued, as the man started at the evidence that his vision of last night was a living man. “P’r'aps yon and him didn't break into this ship last night, Jlst to ran off with my darter Rosey? P'r’aps yer don’t know Roeey, eh? P'r'aps yer don’t know ez Ferrers wants to marry her, and hez been bangin’ round yer ever since he left—eh?" Scarcely believing the evidence of his senses that the old man whoso treasure he had been trying to steal was ntterly ignor ant of his real offense, and yet uncertain of the penalty of the other crime of which he was accused, the Lascar writhed his body and stammered vaguely, “Mercy! Mercy!” “Well," said Nott cautiously, “ez I reckon the Mde of a dead CMnee Mgger ain’t any more vallyble that that of a dead Injin, I don’t care ef I let np on yer— seein’ the ctusftdnese ain’t yonrs. But ef I let yer off this once yon mnst take a message to Ferrers from me.” “Let me off this time, bees, and I ■wear to God I will,” said the Lascar eagerly. “Ye kin say to Ferrers—let me see"— deliberated Nott, leaning on his rifle with cautious reflection. “Ye kin say to Fer rers like this—sea you, ‘Ferrers,’ sex yon, the old man ses that afore yon went away yon ses to him, sea yon, “I take my honor with me,” sez you’—have you got that?” interrupted Nott suddenly. “Yes, boss.” “ T take my honor with me,’ ses yon," repeated Nott slowly. “ ‘Now,’ ses yon —‘the old man sea, ses he—tell Ferrers, ses he, that his honor havin’ ran away agin, he sends it back to him, and ef he ever ketches it around after this he’ll shoot It on sight.’ Hev yer got that!” “Yea," stammered the bewildered cap tive. “Then git!" The Lascar sprang to his feet with the agility of a panther, leaped through the hatch above him, and disappeared over the bow of the ship with an unhesitating directness that showed that every avenue of escape hod been already contemplated by him. Slipping lightly from the cut water to the ground, he continued his flight, only stopping at the private office Of Mr. Sleight. When Mr. Renshaw and Rosey Nott ar rived on board the Pontiac that evening, they were astonished to find the passage before the cabin completely occupied with tranks and boxen, and the bulk of their household goods apparently In the process of removal. Mr. Nott, who was superin tending the work of the two Chinamen, betrayed uot only no surprise at the ap pearance of the young people, but not ths remotest recognition of their own bewil derment at his occupation. “Kalkilatin,” he remarked casualty to his daughter, “you’d rather look arter your flxln’s, Rosey, I’ve left ’em till the last. P’r’aps yer and Mr. Renshaw wouldn’t mind sittln' down on that locker until I’ve strapped this yer box. ’ “But what does It all mean, father?” skid Rosey, taking the old man by the la pel of his pea jacket and slightly empha sizing her question. What in the name of goodness are yon doing?” “Breakin’ camp, Rosey, dear, breakin’ camp, Jlst as we nster,” replied Nott, with cheerful philosophy. “Kinder like ole times, ain’t it? Lord, Rosey," he contin ued, stopping and following np the remi niscence with ths end of the rope in his hand as if it were a clew, “don’t ys mind that day we started outer Livermore pass and seed the hull o’ the Californy coast stretchln’ yonder, eh? Bnt don’t ye be skeered, Rosey, dear,” he added quickly, as If in recognition of the alarm expressed in her face. “I ain’t turning ye outer honse and home; I’ve jlst hired that ’ere Madrono Cottage from the Peters on til we kin look round.” “But you’re not leaving the ship, father,” continued Roeey, impetuously. "Yon haven’t sold It to that man Sleight?" Mr. Nott rose and carefully closed the cabin door. Then drawing a large wallet from his pocket, he said, “It’s sing’lar ya should hev got the name right the first pop, ain’t It, Rosey? bat it’s Sleight, sure enough, all the time. This yer check,” he added, producing a paper from the depths of the wallet, “this yer check for $35,000 Is what he paid for it only two hours ago. ” “Bat,” said Renshaw, springing to his feet furiously, "you’re dnped, swindled— betrayed I” “Young man," said Nott, throwing a certain dignity into Ms habitual gesture of placing his hands on Renshaw’s shoulders, “I bought this yer sMp five years ago jlst es she stood for $8,000. Kalkilatin’ wot she cost ma in repairs and taxes, and wot the brought me in since then, accordin’ to my flggerin’, I don’t call a clear profit of $15,000 much of a swindle." “Tell him all,” said Roeey, quickly, more alarmed at Renshaw’s despairing face than at the news itself ‘‘Tell him everything, Dick—Mr. Renshaw; it may not be too late.” In a voice half choked with passionate indignation Renshaw hurriedly repeated the story of the hidden treasure, and ths plot to rescue it, prompted frequently by Rosey’s tenacious memory, and Moisted by Rosey's deft and tactful explanations. Bnt to their surprise the imperturbable countenance of Abner Nott never altered; a slight moisture of kindly paternal toler ance of their extravagance glistened la Ms little eyes, bnt nothing tocra. “Ef there Was a part o’ this sMp, a plank or aboMta Idont kmow, es Ihevn’t touched with mg own hand, aad looked into with my own eyes, thar might bh suthin' In that etory. I don’t let on to bo a sailor lika you, but as I know the ship ea a boy knows Ms first boos, as a womaa knows her first babby, I reckon thar ain’t no treasure yer, onlese it was brought into the Pontiac last night by them chapa ’’ “Bnt are yau mad? Sleight would not pay three times the value ot the ship today if he were not positive I And that positive knowledge woe gained last night by the villain who broke into the Pontiac —no doubt the Lascar." “Surely," said Nott, meditatively. “The Lascar! There's suthin’ in that. That Lascar I fastened down in the hold last night unbekownst to you, Mr. Renshaw, and let him out again this morning ekally unbeknownst.” “And you let him carry his informa tion to Sleight—without a word!” said Renshaw, with a sickening sense of Nott's utter fatuity. “I sent him back with a message to ths man he kem from,” said Nott, winking both his eyes at Renshaw significantly, and making signs behind his danghter’s bock. Rosey, conscious of her lover’s irrita tion, and more eager to soothe hie im patience than from any faith in her sug gestion, interfered. “Why not examine the place where he was concealed? lie may have left some traces of hi* search.” The two meu looked at each other. "Seein’ ez I’ve turned the Pontiac over to Sleight Jist ez it stand*, I don't know ez it’s 'zartly on the square,” said Nott doubtfully. “You've a light to know at least what you deliver to him," interrupted Renshaw brusquely. “Bring a lantern. ” Followed by Rosey, Renshaw and Nott hurriedly sought the lower deck and ths open hatch of the forehold. Ths two men leaped down first with the lantern, and then assisted Rosey to descend. Ren shaw took a step forward and uttered a cry. The rays of the lantern fell on the ship’s side. The Lascar had, during his forced seclusion, put back the boxes of treasure and replaced the planking, yet not so care fully but that the quick eye of Renshaw had discovered it. The next moment be had stripped away the planking again, and the hurriedly restored box wMch the Lascar had found fell to the deck, scat tering part of 1U ringing contonte. Rosey turned pale; Renshaw’s eyes flashed fire; only Abner Nott remained qaiet and Im passive. “Are you satisfied you have been doped?" said Renshaw passionately. To their surprise Mr. Nott stooped down, and picking up one of the colas handed it gravely to Renshaw. “Would ye mind heftin' that 'are coin in your haad—feelin’ it, bitin' it, scrapin' It with a knife, and kinder seein’ how it com pares with other coins?” “What do you mean?" said Renshaw. “I mean that that yer coin—Shot all the coins in this y«r box, that all the coins in them other boxes—and ther's forty on ’em—is all sud every one of ’em counter- feits!” I The piece dropped unconsciously from Renshaw’s baud, and striking another that lay ou the deck gave out a dull, sus picious ring. “They was counterfeits got np by them Dutch supercargo Mmrps fur dealin’ with the Injine and cannibals and Month sea heathens es bows down to wood and stone. It satisfied them es well es them buttons ye puts in missionary boxes, I reckon, and ’ccptiug ez freight, don’t cost nothin’. 1 found ’em tucked in the ribs o’ the old Pontiac when I bought her, and 1 nailed 'em up in thar leet they should fall Into dishonest hand*. It's a lucky thing, Mr. Renshaw, that they comes Into the honest fingers of a square man Ilka Sleight—ain’t it?” He turned Ms small, guileless eyee upon Renshaw with such cMldllke simplicity ; that it checked the hysterical laugh that was rising to the young man's Ups. “But did any one know of this but yourself? ’ “I reckon not. I once snspldoned that old Cap’en Bowers, who was always fool in’ round the hold yer, mnst hev noticed the bulge in the casin’, bnt when ha took to axin’ questions 1 axed others—ye know my style, Rosey? Come." He led the way grimly back to ths cabin, the young people following; bnt turning suddenly at ths companion way he observed Renshaw's arm around the ; waist of hie daughter. He said nothing until they had reached the cabin, when he closed the door softly, and looking at them both gently, said with infinite can ning: “Ef it isn't too late, Roeey, ye kin teU this yonng man es how 1 forgive Mm for havin’ diskivered The Treasure of the Pontiac. ” e e e • e a It was nearly eighteen months after word* that Mr. Nott one morning entered the room of his son-in-law at Madrono Cottage. Drawing him aside, he said with Ms old air of mystery: “Now ez Rosey’s ailin’ and don’t seem to be so eager to dis kiver wbot’e become of Mr. Ferrers, I dont mind tellin’ ye that over a year ago I heard he died suddenly in Sacramento. Thar was suthin' in the paper about his bein' a lunatic and claimin’ to be a relation to somebody on the Pontiac; bnt Ilkee es not it's only the way those newspaper fellows got hold of the story of Ms wantin' to marry Rosey." TUB BVD. WHOLE NO 730. tireat Jim Duwrm Our jeb department is supplUd with ever facility aeoeMary to aaahU as to compete both as teprice and qaalitj ei work, * iik ever those ef the cities, sad we gaeraetee sstis faction in every perticularer charge nothing for our work. We arc always prepared te fill orders at short aoiiec for bleaks. BU Heeds, Letter Heads. Cards, Haad bills Posters, Circulars, Pamphlets, he. Alljeb work must be paid for Cash on Delivery Beef Porki Fish. I desire toiniorm the people ol Darling. • on that I have gone into the Oukuiier •lusioess, aa J will be found in toe Market House a> tbe first stell o> ine right aa the building ta eatared, where 1 wul h« pre . ar-d ei ell limi-e in fur iaU the very beat {uali') • meal an . fist- Patrouag* re- sptctfuhj sunC|led aeju actiuu guar t teed. Uoous'deliverrt by mr- KOBr NIXON. Rush Man ne’s Cent. 30 Per LESS THAN ANY OTHER House in Town. Sf|>tt-nibei 6, ’88—9tn Campaign Notice, 18 8 8! “POLITICIANS,” MEMBERS < ALLIANCE, ANY ONE, ALL, EVERYBODY! 1*01 BAR'S AIMS ! flOO Cash! SAVED IN BUYING OF THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL HOUSE OF Blackwell Bros. November 8, 1888. ?. EAR Begs to remind the public that he is better prepared than ever before to meet the demands of the present season, which promises to be the most active that Darlington has seen for years. His stock, which embraces every line, almost, one can think of, taken as a whole, is probably the largest ever carried bv any single firm in Dari ngton ; has been carefully selected with a view to meeting the wants of the multitude who favor him with their patronage. Here are a few of the many 33 A. H. Or A. X MT HIS STOKE I FILLED WITH 36 inch Wool Cashmere at 25 cents per yard, worth 36 »’t» 36 inch Henrietta Cloth at 60 cents^er yard, worth 65 cent* A full line of Black Cashmeres from 15 cents to $1 per }nrd A full line of Braided Sets and Velvets at various prices and shades to match the large line of DRESS GOODS. A. FULL LI2J-E OF GENTS’, LVDIE’S, AND CHILDREN’ SHOES. * 12000 yards Plaids, bought below the market, and will he sold- accordingly. 500 suits Men’s, Boys’ and Children's ready-made clothing, at, Sweeping Bargains. Hats and fchirts in proportion. 200 Barrels Flour bought direct from the Mills beibro.ad vance in the market, and being sold at less than t egular prices. All heavy Groceries bought in Car Load quantities, and ar« old ia bulk a t prices that compare favorably with Charlest j Notice- Books of Subficiipiioii ot tbe People's Bunk of I'arnug'oD, will be open to tbe public (ill tbe 15(b , ot January, 1889. bhaies Tweutj • five Dollaie. £. KEITH DARttAN. President. JOHN McSWKEN, Sec’tj pro. tern. Dec. 17,1888 Uur Hardware Department, in charge of Mr. J. H. Early, has in rtock tbe largest, as well as the best, assortment of Stoves and Stov Furniture ever exhabited in Eastern South Carolina. Having bought by Car Load cut rely, we ftfe pre pared to mcke figures that defy competition. In Sewing Machines we handle the White, AtrericAQ- house hold and Hoitfbrd. all strickly first-class ; also machine need les, oils and attachments lor all machines. We.carry a large liue of Engines and Mill suppHefi, such alt Belting, Packing, Lacing, and $11 kind* of t’team Fittings in iron and brass; Lubricating and Cylinder Oila, Tallow, etc. Machine Bolts in every si?c. Agricultural machinery, si*eh aa Colton Gins, Pc Condensers, Presses, Mowers, Horae Rakes, Grain Pi Pomps for driyeu wells, $ specialty. We are agents for several first class Steam JEngn and would be pleased to give bottom figures* to those desiring to purchase a ginning or saw mill outfit. •September 13, 1888, prs and etc. aad Mills i ■onMi H 2 } /