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THE DARLINGTON NEWS,
TVWUUOUb *V*RYTHOMDAY MORHIHQ
HENRY f/THOMPSON.
PROPRIETOR.
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OVER THE BALUSTER.
ebaluatar benda a face,
peat and bexuUin*.
nda la caraleaa grae^
A»d walebaa tke picture amUlng.
TV* Ngtit bums dim In tbe ball below,
Robodp aeaa bar aundinc;
flaying good night again, soft and slow,
Rnlf way up to the landtag
flotody. only the eyes of brown.
Tender and full of liieonin^.
That smile on the fairest fane la town,
Oter the halueter leaning
Tired and sleepy, with drooping head,
I wander why ahe lingers.
And when all the good nights am said.
Why eometoody holds her Angora—
HoMn her Angara aod draws her down,
Wmldanly growing bolder.
TO bar loose hair drops its maasea brown
Like a mantle over his shoulder.
Osar the baluster soft hands fair
Brash hla cheeks like a feather;
Bright brown treaaea and dusky hair
Meet and mingle together.
There's n question naked, there's n swift care
flbe has flown like a bird from the hallway;
Bnt osar the baluster drops a Yea
That shall brighten the world for him alway.
MILE. ALBERTINE.
It sms 8:80 o’clock, and in the hall be
low stairs the domestics were finishing
their repost, brought from tbe master’s
table, for the service in the house of M.
and Mme. d’Alojs was very easy and
agreeable.
Young, handsome, almost too rich,
married for two years and more in love
the one with the other than on tbe first
day, these benevolent one* had the bad
taste to srlsh to diffuse their happiness
around them. Rut, stranger still, from
housekeeper to scullery boy, the ser
vants were disixxsed to look upon their
service as pacing in Paradise—with a
few more clothes, of course, and a ser
pent the less.
They talked and laughed gayly, stop
ping only long enough to discuss a cer
tain sweetmeat frozen at the cafe, and
which all united In declaring exquisite.
“But you are not eating, Auguste;
are you not hungry?" demanded the
maitre d'hote!, noticing that one of tbe
valets dr chombre, a handsome fellow,
tall, well made, bail left his friandise in
tact upon bis plate.
“Undoubtedly," responded the ques
tioned. “and I have"
A mocking cough and a voice inter
rupted him. the voice of a woman:
“Dined badly," said she; “and shall I
tall you why? ’ she continued, with a
slightly malicious smile, turning to ad
dress her neighbor.
“Certainly. Rose, why is It?"
“Mile. Aioertine is detained by
madame to coif her for tbe concert. She
la not down, you see—voila tout!"
“Ah, love’s no crime. Augusto has
taste," replied the maitre d’hotel. “We
were in love with the little one ourselves,
only" —
“Well, only" repeated Auguste.
“She puts us in our place again with a
little slap—not too hard, vou Know, but
•till a slap and a flash of her big eyes
that made us comprehend we were ioe-
tag timer
“Then—she is honest."
“Honest, or ambitious, who knows?
At any rate she finds us too low for her.
But Auguste Is such a handsome fellow
be may be luckier than the others."
And the saucy chambermaid shut up her
igi with an air that told you plainly
enough everything t>ho thought about it
at least.
; V“ A compliment to the others,” cried
Ttne coachman, joining the discussion,
“hut no matter. Rose, Auguste's a good
eodl if he is a new ctnuer; we'll pardon
you for his sake. Besides, if he docs
please Mile. Albertine she’!! not come to
him with empty hands. It's two years
now since Mine, la Com tease brought her
from her home in Switzerland. She
thinks tbe world of her and will be gen
erous at the last, as she has been with all
of us."
“True, truer chorused the table,
though Auguste shook bis head with a
disdainful movement os if to say: “Baht
who cares for a dot?” and which clearly
showed how seriously he was touched.
In the boudoir above stairs, a marvel
of luxury and taste. Mile. Albertine put
the last hand to a coiffure that would
have rendered even an ugly woman
charming, and the very pretty Comtesse
d'Aloys, with her Monde hair which she
did not tint, her complexion without a
blemish, her eyes without penciling, her
i supple and sustained, but not tai
led, in a light corset scarcely drawn,
lace robe sowed with jewels above
adeeming satin, was one of the loveliest
women In Paris. So Paris said, and
Paris should know, and also that ahs jus
tified—no, a hundred ttaiee justified—the
love that the husband evinced for his
amiable wife.
Think of Jt for yourselves—a woman
beautiful without being foolish, spirit-
oslla without being wicked. Paris was
»ve it alone, my good Albertine,”
said she presently; “the puff will do as
It is; you will be late for your dinner.”
“Madame need not worry—I have fin
ished," was the calm response.
She who c
At
personage.
occupied the heart of the
Auguste was a very pleasing
Twenty-five years of age,
perhaps,’ and perhaps a trifle too slender
m her dark woolen dress, but with feat
ures clear cut and well shaped, beautiful
tilth, smooth skin and great black eyes,
at Mines lively, at times soft, at times
Arm and resolute. Tbe hair chestnut
BM half concealed under the little na
tional eotf or square that Albertine had
.' been willing to leave off, parted in
middle and combed back in black
bands. A skill of hands truly
extraordinary dexterity
•bent all her duties, a step so discreet
wtff seldom ever heard a sound in her
irtmant, a conduct so regular that in
r two yean’dbrvioe she has never been
t to take one hour’s outing—such
"i qualities that had already at-
> to this incomparable
, very good Indeed! Tell Jean
lap Immediately, My bonnet
s HI pot on for miielf; go to
at oooe, my good girl,’ r and
. throwing off the light dress-
mat protected her toilet,
'* a gorgeous butterfly
and Al-
roan. 8hs had scarcely
i when M. d’Aloys pot his head
_ i the half opened door.
[can enter?" he demanded.
Of course, Henri; coma in.”
He obeyed and pushing to the door be-
him stopped to tbe i tde of his wife,
bvo you found it?" ho quectionad
- , Uy.
iu
do you think of it, my
DARLINGTON
FOR 08 PRINCIPLI 18 PRINC1PLK—RIGHT U RIGHT—YESTERDAY, TO-DAY. TO-MORROW, FOREVER.
VOL XV. NO 9.
“I am disturbed, very much disturbed
by it, indeed. Not so much for (be value
or the trinket, great as it is, but that
cross of opals you gave me on my birth
day—you remember it?”
“And also tbe thanks I received. ”
“Always a lover,” she answered smil
ing. “but it chagrins mo, Henri, to have
it go like this from my own house-
taken by whom?"
“Ah, I know not, and it is the second
time In three inontlis; your diamond
bracelet first, and now the opals!”
“And all my servants were with my
mother, who changed but seldom,
heaven knows”
“The new valet de chambre”
“Was not ta our service when the
bracelet disappeared. I was at Etretat
with Albertineand Depuis, who has since
died."
“True, and this time it was a two days’
absence at the house of your brother-in-
law.”
“With Auguste and Albertine”
“Auguste and the inevitable Albertine
—yee.^
‘‘HenriP cried the comtesse in a re
proachful tone, “you have never been
able to abide that poor girl.”
“Too strong a word, Suzanne; lind it
been as you say, you’d liuvo sacrificed
your cameriste unhesitatingly.”
“Yes, at once; all the same, Henri,
you do not like her. She is, however,
perfection."
“It is the perfection, perhaps, I do not
like."
“She arranges hair so admirably.”
“I know, madame, that your hair. is
the beet coiffed ta Paris, but then—with
hair like yours”—and the young hus-
and fond of his wife,
in the slight fragrance that
came from the cbevelure as if it were
the aroma of a flower. Suzanne shook
her head with an air of determination.
“No,” said she, “your flatteries cannot
make me forget your exactions."
“Exactions, Suzanne?”
“I repeat it, exactions that forbid my
employing a femme de charabre for—oh,
well, a thousand and one cares of the
toilet. Neither Albertine nor Roee,
through your caprice, can enter my
apartments even when I am more
clothed than for a ball. Do you realize,
monsieur, what a crowd of things you
force me to do for myself?”
“I do not wish that others should see
I have particular ideas, very par-
ideas, upon the subject; but see,
dearest, are you not ready? r
“Yes, but we must decide something
regarding this ugly affair. To go on
suspecting everything and everybody in
this way is abominable.”
“Then the only thing to do is tills: To
morrow I will goto the prefect of police,
state the case to him, and have him send
some one to watch our people."
“Our people? Here in our house?
Impossible! They would perceive UP
“No, my child, ta a thousand ways it
could be done—a footman more, say.
He Would send us an agent disguised."
“A la the Vaudeville, the varieties
and the comic feuilletons! Such things
are done, Henri, only In romances.”
“And in life, too. dearest; but come,
we are late; the carriage awaits us."
• • • • ess
“Put the papers there, M. Mcgrc, on
the desk, and leave us. And now, mon
sieur," said the prefect of police, courte
ously addressing M. d’Aloys, who had
iaI v “what can 1
Ir.va nofMr\,
you
DARLINGTON, 8. 0, THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 28. 1889.
comtesse, seated iu tbe boudoir where
we have seen her the uight before, beside
her the inevitable Albertine, putting ta
order the drawer of a chiffonier in which
laces and ribbons were somewhat coo-
fused.
“Madame is very kind,” responded tbs
young woman, “but marriage is not to
my taste.”
“You will, however, sooner or later,
my good Albertine. be compelled to make
a choice. Young girls like you are not
intended for old maids."
A singular smile that Mme. d’Aloys,
who had turned aside, did not see
crossed Aibertine’s tliin lips.
“Auguste is not only a handsome boy,
but has banked his savings, and 1 myself
should do something for you.” pursued
the comtesse.
“Madame Is benevolence itself.”
“Not at all, but content with your
service—sure of your probity, that is s
great deal,” and Mme. d'Aloys recalled
that among ail her domestics Augusto
ihd Albertine were the only ones she
had been unable to suspect “Reflect
and reflect well before you say no."
“I have reflected, madame. 1 ’
“Droll girl! But tell me; you have a
lover, perhaps, or a fiance, over there to
your own country. Do you desire to
return to it?'
The singular smile again crossed the
earner Lite's lips.
“Neither lover nor fiance. As for a
return to my country, I am able to as
sure madame tliat nothing would be less
agreeable.” And Albertine closed the
drawer with a brusqueness so different
from her usual habit that her inistreae
wheeled quickly.
'We will speak of it no more,” mid
she, a trii)e coldly. “You are free; put
tbe bracelets in place again, and—ah, it
is you, Henri!” as the door opened sad
her husband entered the room.
'Yes—I—Suzanne—in a bad humor.’'
•You, Henri?’
‘Yes, and with reason; that con
founded Auguste and his notion for
Masen's Je\x/eli»y Stere
Is the place to get your
wtTciii:*, cr.o; ks a .* b
jeweurn
REPAIRED »nd WARRANTED.
fit-MO A COMPLSTS LINK OF
Waltham Watches,
Selh Thomas Clocks,
CHAINS, CHAKMS, RINGS,
Ac., «t;c. No,
Always on hand;
Call and sea them.
MASON'S JEWELRY STORE, Public Square, Darlington, 8. C.
d A. ta:
GOLDEN DROPS
IS THE NAME OF THE LATEST BRAND OF FIRST QUALITY
OX.T) H75TE WHISKETT,
FOB WHICH
1V£. TV£«,nne>
Haa been appointed sola local agent Tbia brand was brought, out for
•be special purpose of rivalling the celebrated Now York Slock Ex
change Whiskey, tor which M. Maane also baa the sole agency in this
Town.
TJSTT--,.. auickJy GREAT
bat none the less violent, escaped the
placid Albertine.
RUSH
‘He’s stubborn as a donkey, that M
I what
think? persisteln demanding to
ce. He
low; he won't give up, and '
do you
talk to
says he
THIRTY PER CENT. LESS THAN ANY HOUSE IN TOWN.
January 17,1889.
THE
Darlington Milling,
Ginning,
followed his card closely,
do for you?’
“This, M. le Prefect." and he went on
to lay the facts before him. “Our hotel,"
he concluded, “is ta the Rue Monceau,
and somewhat large; our train of ser
vantsasweil. It is tliree months, I think,
during a two days’ absence from home,
since the first trinket disappeared from
my wife’s casket.”
The prefect turned over the papers tbe
employe had laid upon his desk.’'
‘‘Hum—m—yes; and those two days
were passed at Etretat; the trinket* a
bracelet with brilliants and an emerald
::lasp."
The comto started. “Ah! you know
that?”
The prefect smiled.
“Anything else, monsieur? Was that
all?’
“Unhappily, no. Once apain, and dur
ing an absence of forty-eight hours—a
visit to a relative—we lost across valued
by the comtesse very highly.”
“A second theftr and the official’s
tone was leu of surprise than satisfac
tion.
“Describe it, monsieur.”
“A gold cross—the cross of Russia;
twenty-four brilliants at the'top; at tbe
sides opals ta clusters; in the center an
other opal as large again as the eight
others.’
“Was it part of a necklace?”
“Formerly, yes."
“And you suspect no one, M. d'Aloys?"
“No one. Our domestics were all ta
the employ of the com tease's mother”
“Nearly all, not all.’’
“Eh! How!” cried the comte, con
founded.
“I said nearly all, not all.”
“True: but those who have entered our
household at a more recent date accom
panied us In these trips. Naturally, it
was neither of them.”
M. d’Aloys’ “naturally" obtained no
response. The prefect was rummaging
his papers. Presently he laid them aside.
“And you suggest?' said he, question-
agent be introduced into my
house.”
“The ides is excellent.”
“Ah, then"
“So excellent that we have one there
already. Your thief has been under
surveillance for two months past, mon
sieur.”
“Two months past! In my house?’
cried the comte, bewildered.
“Ask me no more." said the prefect,
seriously; “tbe affair is graver than you
suspect. Do not mention even to Mme.
d’Ajoyawhat you have learned here to
day; and another essential recommenda
tion I would make to you, monsieur; let
there be no change in your manner to
those who serve you, neither with those
who are pleasing to you nor with those
who are less agreable. Remain’’—and
the prefect looked his visitor full ta the
face, why d’Aloys could not have told
you, but as tbe piercing eyes met his
own the chestnut bandeaux under their
velvet coif and the big black eyes of
Mila. Albertine seemed to focus Wore
him—“remain, I say, as benevolent as
ever to all your people, and also Mme.
d'Aloys, who, as you have said, exacts
little service from bet femmes de cham*
bre. I have the honor, monsieur, to
■atuto you.”
“Little servicer murmured d’Aloys
aloud, in the street again, hat in hand
and still dumfotmdsd, “ ‘Little service!
(Cannes de chambre! as I said!' but Isold
nothing at all—nothing whatever—to
that devilish manr*
e e e # s
“Then I am to understand that |yoa
to soy to this montage—
i.vtU^o it utterly?" demanded the
il
AND
i z e r
W arehouse
Albertine in our presence,
can persuade her."
‘It's useless, Henri. Albertine will
not hear of It, and, frankly, I myself
have heard enough of it"
“I, too, dearest; but you see I’ve prom
ised, and he’s waiting outside there. Au
guste, Auguste, I say!"
The door opened; two cries resounded
simultaneously—one from the comtesse
as tier husband seized her by the waist
and dragged her to tbe cud of the room;
the other from Albertine, grasped by tbe
strong arms of two agents of the police,
who had entered at the heels of tne am
orous valet de chambre. Yells, curses,
kicks and bites from Albertine. writhing
forms, quick orders, and at last the flaw
of a broad, gleaming blade suddenly
whLiked from Albertine's corsage.
EUi blent in three minutes’ time It'
over, the chestnut bandeaux and velvet
coif lying in the corner, and mademoi
selle the "maid," with the quo*-reel look-
poll shaven like a convict's sad cov-
with a short black down, on her
way through ttio crowd of domestics
clustered about the doorway to the car
riage that waited for her at the porto-
cocnere—a ride taken at the city’s ex
pense.
Meanwhile Auguste, hat in hand, had
returned to make his explanations
soon as Mme. d'Aloys had somewhat re
covered from the shock.
“1 l>cg that Madame will pardon us,"
said he. “We have disturbed you great
ly, but it was unavoidable—there was
no other way to avert suspicion and
secure your jewels at the same time.
Your real jeweb,” he added, smiling s
little ns his eye caught the sparkle of the
S ms in the jewel case that Albertina
d nut had time to close and put in
place again. “They are false,” he re
sponded to the look of astonished in
quiry thrown upon hin- by tbe comte
and comptcsse; “the two years’ work of
the shrewdest rascal, counterfeiter,
forger and murderer who ever for three
years long escaped the hands of justice.
But do not be alarmed, madame la com
tesse,” Auguste continued, “in the
handle of the knife we took from his
bosom, M. Allien's, or Albertine's, as
you know him better, the jeweb will lie
found intact. The delay in relieving
you was occasioned by the necessity of
locating the booty. The jeweb and the
commbsaire are here if madame la com-
tess b ready to identify them. Monsieur
le comte, madame la comtesse, I beg to
salute you.”—Translated from the
French of Georges Grand, by E. C.
Waggoner, for the New York Mercury.
?
Around Edinburgh.
The surroundings and environs of Edin
burgh are os full of Interest and beauty
as the town itself. Roslin Chapel is
situated about seven miles from Edin
burgh on the north bank of the Esk, and
is one of the loveliest of spots. The
Gothic chapel was founded In 1448 by
William St. Clair, Earl of Arbury and
Lord of Roslin. The pillars and arches
display a profusion of ornament, executed
ta a most artistic manner.
Beneath the chapel lie the barons of
Roslin, all of whom, up to tbe time of
James VII, were buried ta complete suits
of armor. It was believed that the night
before the death of any of the barons
of Roslin tbe chapel appeared as If ta
flames, and this Is the legend to which
Sir Walter Soott alludes ta hb beautiful
ballad of “Rosabelle.”
ebase promptly U they.nfeh
and Shakespeare. Tbe former walked
from London to visit Drummond, and
lived for many weeks as hb guest at
Hawthornden. Under the mansion are
some caves, hewn out of the solid rock
with great labor, and communicating
with each other by means of long pas-
Doubtbas these ware usstf aa
places of refuge ta troublous times, whoa
ordinary habitations were unsafe. At a
short distance from Hawthornden is a
cottage where Sir Walter Soott spent
some of the happiest days of his Ufa.
Weeks may be pleasantly and profita-
bly spent ta exploring Edinburgh and
its neighborhood. Few towns are so
full of memories of the past—Cor. Han
Francisco Chronicle.
Lera TssagMs’a Wedded Itllse
It has been said that “of all the great
literary figures who have loomed upon
the latter part of tba Nineteen!'
Lord Tennyson has been ths
famel-n In hif BD
Company
are now prepared to sup*
ply the very best fertilizers
at the lowest market rates,
haying laid in a fine sup
ply before the recent rise,
and l|ie farmers of the
County are urged to pur-
to do so to the best advan<
tage.
I life.”
Sail wood,
ter of a solicitor. Ths yo
lived for the first two yean i
ham. Their first baby diBfi;
there was another a year <
with laughter and babble, —
new wine."—Cassell’s Magazine.
Notice-
OFFICl OF THK MAYOR, \
Daslisotor. 8. C., Feb. 18, ’89 /
The tas-psyen ef the Tows of Darling,
ton are hereby aellflsJ that, for s period
of thirty days frsn this dels, namely,
nstil the 17th day # Marsh, 1889, return*
of Tows proporty for taxation will bo re
ceived at the oftoo ef the Tews Clerk at
bis pises of bestaoss is Bdwsrds k Nor-
■ rat's store. AH wbs bseo sol made
(hair retarbi by tba date tawed wilt have
tbs pesalty added.
Attetik
8, 0. BURCH. Clerk.
JA0. 0. W1LLCOX,
Mayer.
20 Cent! for Cotton.
“Carollss Pride’’ Long 8teple. We
have sold our crop at Ibr above price,
end bate 1000 buahelr of te d far eale at
$1 per bank el emik If yea can affori to
raiee it at that prise eend your orders for
•eedte CKLYABRO.,
Greenville, 8. C.
Feb. 14, '89—2ai
For Sale.
Oaa Saw Mill, with 43 iaek solid tooth
saw. for sale cheap. Mill ean b* eean at
■y plantation 4 ■lies wset sf Darlington.
< J. D. LAV.
Fab. St, 1889.-tf.
WHOLE NO 737.
iti UliHUlH.
Onrjob department i« suppli.d with e«rr
faciliij neoeasary to enable ua i 0 eeti.pett
boih ae loprice and quality ef work, with ever
those ef tbe eilira, asd we guarantee vaiis
fAction in every portion la rer elisrge nothing
lor our work. Wearealwayii prepared to
fill ordcri* at abort notice for Claake, HU
Heads, Letter Heads. Cards, hand biilr
Porters. Circular., Pamphlet*. &o.
All job work must be paid for
Cash on Delivers
TH USUAL FINE STOCK OF
GROCERIES, WINES, LIQUORS, TOPACCO AND CIGARS,
IS TO BB FOUND AT
O. -Awlozszctnclor^s
CORNER OF PEARLE ANJ) GROVE STREETS. *
Large Quantitled o!Goods are b^ing rrreiv.fi ,ln,ly KIK ] „ 1P n:|inj . ^
tonirrs of this wdl known estHMislnn. nt tlirongl ou? Darlington County
««* guaranteed that n continuance ol iheir patron.,go will nj,g n for lheI11
‘•The Best Goods for the Least Money.”
Seplemln r 6. 1888—ly
MULES!
M’ClLLOUfill, BMCKWELL & Oft,
Wow have on sale at their
stables an unusually fine
lot of large mu!es, which
were carefiilly selected by
f"apt Blackwell on a re
cent trip to the West.
Call and make your purchases while you have a Urge lot
from which^to select, and can thus buy to the best advantage.
January 10, 1889,
Begs to remind the public that he is better prepared than ever
belore 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 witL
a view to meeting the wants of the multidude who favor him
with their patronage.
Here are a few of the many
I 3V
HIS STORE I FILLED WITH
III
QA 3 - 6 U C d Wo ° Ca / 8 ^ mere at 2 5 cents per yard, worth 36 ei*
36 inch Henrietta Cloth at 50 cents per yard, worth 65 cenU
A A U J ! n ,® 0 B ack Ca8h m er es from 15 cents to $1 per yard
A full line of Braided Sets and Velvets at various prices and
shades to match the large line of *
DRESS GOODS.
-A- FTT3L.X-. 3-112 TE OF
GENTS’, LADIE'S, AND CHILDREN’ SHOES.
12000 yards Plaids, bought below the market, and will be sold
accordingly.
500 suits Men’s, Boys’ and Children’s ready-made clothine at
Sweeping Bargains. Hats and fchirts in proportion
200 Barrels Flour bought direct from the Mills before ad
vance in the market, and being sold at less than legular price
All heavy Groceries bought in Car Load quantities, and all
in bulk at prices that compare favorably with Charleston
Uur Hardware Department, in charge of Mr. J. H. Early,
has in stock the largest, as well as the best, assortment of
Stoves and Stove Furniture ever exhabited in Eastern South
Carolina. Having bought by Car Load enUrely, we are pre
pared to make figures that defy competition.
In Sewing Machines we handle the White, American, House
hold and Hartford, all strickly first-class ; also machine need
les, oils and attachments tor all machines.
We carry a large line of Engines and Mill supplies, such ae
Belting, Packing, Lacing, and all kinds of Steam Fitting* in
iron and brass; Lubricating and Cylinder Oila, Tallow tte
Machine Bolts in every size.
Agricultural machinery, such as Cotton Gins, Feeders md
Condensers, Presses, Mowers, Horse Rakes, Grain Drills ete.
Pumps for driven wells, a specialty.
We are agents for several first class Steam Engines and mils
and would be pleased to give bottom figures to thoee desiring
to purchase a ginning or saw mill outfit.
September 13, 1888,
M