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IS IT TRUE!
The poet ant by bis loring wife.
With his baoy nleeptug near,
And penned * soog of s ruined life.
And a wretched heart and drear
“Alone I walk thro* the world forlorn.
And my heart brjjs wild," be tang.
“My love fa) UightedTby cruel scorn.
And my life is one tong pang.”
Hu softly whistled a merry air,
As he trimmed his tearful lay,
Then tenderly kissed his Infant fair.
And said, in accents gay
“Now listen, wife, how my verses go.*'
And he read the sad refrain.
She listens; softly the teardrops flow
Down her tender cheeks like rain.
And as ho finished she turned her head.
Lest his eyes tier grief should note
With choking voice, "Is it true?'* she said,
"Did yon feel it as you wroter"
The poet laughed oa he kissed her cheek.
"Oh, my foolish wife I” said ho,
“Hare you yet to learn that poets speak
Not passion, but fantasiu?
“The man who wrote the Song of a Shirt
Never made a shirt, X ween;
The author of Balaklavk hurt
, By a bullet had never been
“Think you that wrathful Achillea old
Had the time In his cruel rage
To cast his fury in metric mold.
And record it page by pager
“The heavy victim of black despair
Has no heart to tell his woe.
The lover, jilted by cruel fair.
Does not care that the world should know
“The poet's heart is a stiver lake
Unruffled by passion's storm.
Where lights and shadows that o'er it break
Are reflected In lifelike form.
“His vivid fancy and sympathy sweet
Let him read (he world's great heart;
But above Its blighting cold and heat
He dwells In a world apart,
“And sings the happiness others know,
And the griefs that others bear;
The heights and depths that his verses show
Are those that be does not share.
“The mocking bird on the jasmine spray
Sings true to his faithful love,
Though wild or sad be his note or gay.
tike the jay or turtle dove
“Then wipe your jealousy's tears away.
My beloved wife and true,
Though my fancy, heart broken, wall Its lay.
Yet my heart is whole with you.”
-Nelson In New Orleans Picayune.
By WALTEB BESANT.
CHAPTER Vh
THE LETTER AT LAST.
It was strange that, abont tho time
when Ralph’s disappearance was first
heard of, rumors ran about tho town that
perhaps the mill would tnrn out, after all,
to be the property of Mathew Humble;
that these rumors were revived at the ap
proach of Ralph’s 21st birthday, and that
again, when Mathew flmt began his ap
proaches to me, the rumor was again cir
culated. By the help of the fugleman 1
traced these rumors to the barber: and,
still with his help—because every man
most be shaved, and, while being shaved,
must talk—I traced these to none other
than Mathew himself He had, then,
some object to gain; I knew not what at
the time Later op 1 discovered that his
design was to make it appear—should
Ralph ever return—that I had taken him
for a husband when I thought he was the
actual master and owner of all; for I be
lieved he allowed himself no donbt as to
the result of his offers. Doth it not seem
as if the uglier, the older, the less attract
ive a man la, whether in person or in
mind, the more certain he becomes of con
quering a woman’s heart?
The rumor on this occasion was more
certain and distinct than before. It was
now stated that Mr. Embleton was dis
covered to have made & later will, which
had been proved, and was ready to be
produced if necessary; that in this will
the testator, after deploring the badness
of heart manifested by his nephew Ralph,
devised the whole of his property to his
nephew Mathew. Tho barber, for his
part. had no donbt of tho truth of this
report; but those who asked Mathew
whether it was true received mysterious
answers, as that time would show; that
in this world no one should be certain of
anything; that many is the slip between
cup and lip; that should an occasion arise
the trnth of the story would be tested,
such oracles as incline the hearers to be
lieve all that has been said—and more.
Barbara, his sister, for her own part,
showed great willingness to answer any
questions which might be put to her. But
die knew little; her brother, she said,
was a close man, who sat much alone and
spoke little.
And then the fugleman told me a very
strange story Indeed, and one which
■eamed to bode no good to any of us. By
this time I so regarded Mathew that I
could not believe he could do or design
aught but evil This was wrong, but ho
was most certainly a man of very evil dis
position.
His own private business, the fugleman
told me—this waa nothing In the world,
as 1 very well knew, but the snaring of
rabbits, hares, partridges, and other game
on the banks of the river—led him some
times past Morwick Mill, in the evening
or late at night. There was a room in the
mill—the same room in which Mathew
was vanquished and beaten—the window
of which looked out upon the river, which
is here a broad and shallow brook. The
bank rises steep on the other side, and is
clothed with thick hanging woqda in which
no one ever walked except the fugleman,
and ho. for those purposes I have just
mentioned, always alone and after sun
down. Now his eyes were like unto the
eyes of a hawk; they knew no* distance;
they eonld see, quite far off, little things
ae well as great things; and the
fugleman saw, night after night,
that Mathew Humble was sitting looked
up In his room, engaged in writing or
copying something. I believe that if the
fugleman had known how to read, he
would have read the writing even across
the river. Unhappily, he had never
learned that art. Mathew was making a
copy, the fugleman said, of some other
document But what that document was
be eonld not tell. It was something on
large sheets of paper, and in big hand
writing. He wrote very slowly, compar
ing word for word with the papers which
he seemed copying. Once when there waa
a noise as of some one at the d'^r, he hud
dled all the papers together, ami bundled
them away In a corner quickly and with
an affrighted air. He wae therefore doing
something secret, which means something
wicked. What could it bet
•‘Little he thinks,” said the fugleman,
“that Master Ralph is aura to come home
and confound his knavish tricks, and trip
up his heels for him. Ah, I think I see
him now, in lace and raffles and good
broadcloth, walking up tha street with a
fine city madam on his arm.”
I should have been very well Contented
with the lace rufflea and good broadcloth—
Indeed, I wanted nothing better—but I
wanted no fine city madam at the mill.
Later on I learned what this thing waa
which he took eo long to copy, and which
gave him eo much anxiety. But it wae
likes fire ship driven back by the wind
■Bung the vessels of those who sent it
forth. I
One morning when I was busy in the
kitchen with household work, and ^ny
mother waa engaged upon the famlly eew-
lug, Mathew came and begged to have
XSBS flpaieoaUon wjtyjer. He sold that.
am or eu, n« was iun.
her etrcumatances. and the unhappy out
look before ber, when my grandmother
should die and leave ns all without any
Income at all, that, being of a compas
sionate heart, he was strongly minded to
help them; and that the best way. aa well
aa he could judge, would be to make her
daughter Drusilla his wife This done,
he would then see that their later years
would be attended with comfort and the
relief of all anxiety ^
At first my mother did not rep‘y She
had no reason to love Mathew, wtic.-" in-
kindness to his ward was we!! kuovw. to
her Again, she had still some remains
of family pride left—you do act destroy a
woman's pride by taking away her money.
She thought, being the daughter of a well
to do London citizen, that her child should
look higher than a man who had nothing
in the world of his own but thirty acres
of land, although ho lived at the mill and
pretended to be its owner And she very
truly thought that the man was not in per
son likely to attract so young a girl as my
self. But she spoke him fair. She told
him that I was young as yet, too young
to know my own mind, and that perhaps
he had better wait. He replied that he
was not young, for his own part, and that
he would not wait. Then she told him
that she should not, certainly, force tho
inclinations of her daughter, but that aha
would speak to me about him.
She opened tho subject to mo in the
evening. No sooner did I understand
1 that Mathew had spoken for me than I
I throw myself upon my knees to my moth
er. and implored her with many lean
and protestations not to urge me to ao-
; cep-i; his suit. I declared with vehe-
' rncnce, that if there were no other man
| iu the world, I could not accept Mathew
Humble. I reminded her of his behavior
! toward Ralph. I assured ber that I be
iioved him to bo one who sat drinking by
himself, and a plotter of evil, a man with
a hardened heart and a dead conscience.
Well, my mother shed tears with me,
and said that I should not be married
against my will; that Mathew was not a
good man, and that sho would bid him,
not uncourteously, go look elsewhere.
This she did, thanking him for the honor
he had proposed.
For some reason, perhaps because he did
not really wish to marry me, perhaps be
cause ho had not thoroughly laid out the
scheme of marrying me to revenge himself
upon Ralph, Mathew gave me a respite for
the time, though I went in groat terror lest
he might pester my mother or myself. Per
haps. which I think more likely, he trusted
to the Influence of poverty and privation,
and was contented to wait till these should
mako mo submissive to his will
However that may be, he said nothing
more concerning love, and continued his
visits to my father, In whose conversation
he took so great a pleasure. Oh, villain!
Things were in this posture, I being in
the greatest anxiety and fear that some-
ihing terrible was going before long to
happen to us, when a most Joyful and un
expected event happened.
It was in the month of May, seven years
since Ralph’s flight—like the followers of
Mohammed, I reckoned the years from the
flight—that this event happened.
The event was this, that the fugleman
had a letter sent to him—tho first letter
he ever received in his life.
I saw the post boy riding down the
road early in the afternoon; he passed by
the house of Mr. Carnaby, where he some
times stopped, past our cottage, where he
never stopped because there was nobody
who wrote letters to us, and over the
bridge, his horse’s hoofs clattering under
the old gateway I thought he waa going
to the vicarage, but ho left that on his
right and rode straight up the street,
blowing his horn as he wont. I wondered,
but had no time to waste in wonder, who
was going to get a letter in that part of
tho town. The letter, in fact, was for no
other than the fugleman.
Half an hour later the fugleman, who
had been at work in the garden all the
morning, came down the town again, and
asked me—with respect to her ladyship,
my mother—if I would give him five min
utes’ talk. With him was Sailor Nan,
cause the thing was altogether so strange
that he could not avoid telling her about
it, and she came with him, curious as a
woman, though bold and brave os becomes
an old salt
“ Tis a strange thing,” said tho fugle
man, turning tho unopened letter over
and over in his hand; *”tis a strange
thing; here is a letter which tells me I
know not what—comes from I know not
where. 1 have paid three shillings and
eight pence for it. A great sum. I doubt
I was a fool. It may mean money, and it
may mean loss.”
"Hera is ct'Utter.”
“Burn it, and ha’ done,” said Sailor
Nan. “’Tis from some land shark. Burn
the letter."
“I am 60, or mayhap 70 years of age.
Sixty, I must a-bo. Yes; sure and certain,
60. Yet never a letter in all my days
before.”
Now, which is very singular, not the
least suspicion in our minds as to the
writer of the letter.
“Is It,” I asked, “from a cousin or a
brother?”
“Coosin?” he repeated, with the shadow
of a smile across his stiff lips. “Why, I
never bad a father or a mother, to say
nothing of a brother or a cousin. When
I first remember anything I waa running
in the streets with other boys. We stole
our breakfast, we stole our dinner, and
we stole our supper. Where are they all
now,those little rogues and pickpockets,
my companions? Hanged, I donbt not
What but hanging con have come to
them? But aa for me, by the blessing of
the Lord, I waa enlisted in the Fourteenth
lino,- and after a few hundreds taken
mostly by three dozen doses, which now
are neither here nor there, and are the
making of a lad, I yjm flogged into a
good soldier, and so rose as was due to
merit. A hearty three dozen, now and
then, laid on with a will in the eool of the
morning, works miracles. Not ouch a
regiment in the service as the Fourteenth.
And why? Because the colonel knew*hla
duty and did it without fear or favor, and
the men were properly trounced. Good
comrades all, and brave boys. And
where an they? Dead, I take It; beggars,
some; fallen in action, some; broke, some;
in comfortable berths, like me, some. If
all were living, who would there be to
send me a letter, seeing there wasn’t a
man in all the Ngfanent who could writeT
Strange that not one of ns even than
guessed the trnth.
It wae a great letter, thick and earn*
fully sealed, addressed to “Fugleman Fur
long, at his room ha the Chsila of Wark*
wtflb Notitasobskfid. _ Jo
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came irom luretgu pans, auu inw paper
wae not only stained, but had a curious
fragrance.
I broke the seal and tore open the cov
ering of the letter. Within was another
packet. Oh, heavens! It was addressed
to “Drnsilla Hetherington. care of the
fugleman, to be forwarded witbont delay.
Haste—post haste!”
And then I knew without waiting to
open the letter that it wonld be from none
other than Ralph It must be from Ralph.
After all these years, we were to hear once
more from Ralph. I stood polo and tremb
ling, nor oould I for some moments even
speak At last 1 said
“Fugleman—Nan —this letter is ad
dressed to me It is, I verily believe, from
Ralph Embleton. Wait a little, while I
read It."
“Read it—read it!" cried the old man.
Coold 1—ah! merciful heaven—could I
ever forget the rapture, the satisfied
yearning, the blissful content, the grati
tude, with which I read that sweet and
preciona letter? They waited patiently;
even tho rude and coarse old woman re
frained from speech while I read page
after page They said nothing though
they saw tho tears falling down my face,
because they knew that they were tears
of happiness.
After seven long years my Ralph waa
talking to me as hs used to talk. I knew
his voice, I recognized hlA old Imperious
way, I saw that he had not changed. As
if he would ever change!
When I had finished and dried my tears
they begged me to read his letter to them.
•‘My dear, dear Girl”—I told them
that 1 coold not, indeed, read all, bat that
I would road them what I could; and this
was tho beautiful beginning, in order that
I should know at the ontset, so thought
ful he was, and for fear of my being anx
ious on the point, that he loved me still,
and had never forgotten me. “My dear,
dear girl—It is now six years since I bade
you farewell at your garden gate and
started upon my Journey to London.
Your father has doubtless told you how I
presented myself and with what kindnoaif
he received me. I am very sure that yon
have not forgotten me, and I hope that
you will rejoice to hear of my good for
tune.” Hope, Indeed! Coold he not be
sure? “I have no donbt, also, that he
1 hath Informed you of the strange good
fortune which befell me after he left me
at the East India company’s house, of
which I told him by letter and special
messenger, to whom I gave, to insure
speedy and safe delivery, one shilling.”
(But it would appear that this messenger
broke his word, and took the shilling bat
did nothing for it—a common thief, who
deserved to be hanged, like many an
other no more wicked than himself. Oh!
what punishment too great for this breach
of trust, small as It teemed! See, now
what a world of trouble was caused by
that little theft.) “It was truly by special
providence that, while Mr. SUvertop
talked with me, the great captain who
won the Battle of Plossy should have
been standing near and should have over
heard what passed. When I was bidden
go my ways for a foolish boy (because I
did not wish to be a writer) and waste his
time no longer. I was much cast down, for
now I began to fear that I must, like the
most of mankind, take what was assigned
to me by providence rather than what I
should Ilka And I eonld plainly see that
\ there remained only one choice for me;
namely. I must return to the hated, rule
of my cousin who wonld keep me as a
plowboy as long as he could, or I must be
take me to tho task of sweeping out and
serving a shop. And yet, what shop? But
i who would employ me? Therefore I hung
my head and stood irresolute without the
company’s house. Now presently tha
gentleman whom 1 had seen within cgme
forth with another officer, bravo in scar
let. He saw me standing sadly beside the
posts, and inspired by that noble gener
osity which has always distinguished this
great man, he clap^.i his hand' upon my
shoulder.
“ ‘So,’ ho said, ’you are tho lad who
loves a sword better than a pen?'
“ ‘If It please your honor,’ I replied.
“ ‘A sword means peril to life and limb,’
he said sternly; ‘he who goes a-fighting in
India must expect hard fate, rough sleep
ing, rude knocks. He must be ever on
tho watch against treachery. He must
meet duplicity with equal cunning. He
must obey blindly; he must never ask
why; if he is sent to die like a rat in a
hole, he must go without murmur or
question. What! you think—do you?—
that to carry a sword is to flaunt a scarlet
coat before the ladies of St. James?”
“ ‘Nay, sir, with respect. I have read
the lives of soldiers. I would wfflingly
take the danger for the sake of the honor,
But alas! I most stay at home and aweep
a shop.’
" 'What is thy birth, boy?*
“I told him that, and satisfied him on
other points, including the reason of my
flight, in which I trust that I was no more
than truthful Then he said:
“ T am Lord Clive,’ and paused as If to
know whether I had heard of him.
“Yon may be sure I was astonished, but
I quickly doffed my hat and made him my
beat country bred bow.
“ ’My lord,’ I said, ‘we have heard,
even In Northumberland, of Plassy.’
" ‘Good! I went to India as a writer—
a miserable quail driving writer. Think
of that What one man has done another
may do. Now. boy, I sail this day for
India There will bo more fighting, a
great deal more fighting. If yon please
you shall go as a cadet with me. But
there is no time to hesitate; I sail this
day. Choose between the shop sweeping
and the musket. Yon will fight in the
ranks at first, but If yon behave well the
sword will come after. Choose—peace
and money scraping at home like these
smug faced fat citizens,’ he swept his
hand with lordly contempt, ‘or fighting
and poverty, and perhaps death abroad.
Choose.’
“ *1 humbly thank your lordship,’ I
■aid, T will follow you if you will conde-
icend to take me.’ *
“Then he bade me go straight to lime-
house Pool, where I should find the ship
at anchor. I was to take a note to the
purser, who would give me an outfit.
“Thus, my dear Druailla, did I find my
fortune and sail to foreign parts under as
brave and great a captain as this country
will ever sea
“Our voysge lasted eleven months.
There were 800 raw recruits on board,
mostly kidnaped or inveigled under false
pretenses by crimps and the scoundrels of
Wapping. When they were first paraded
they were as beggarly looking a lot as you
would wish to see—ragged, dirty, muti
nous and fool mouthed. Yet in a couple
of months, by daily drill, by good food
and sea air, by moderate rations of rum,
by sound flogging, by the continual dis
cipline of the boatewain’s rope’s end and
the sergeant’s rattan, the regimental sup
plejack and the ship's cat-o’-nine-talls,
they became as promising soldiers as one
wonld wish. As for me, I stood with
them in the drill and did my best. Of
course I ooulif not expert his lordship to
notice so humble a cadet as myself, but
one evening, when we were near the end
of our voyage, he sent for me and gave
me a glass of wine, and kindly bade me
be patient and of good cheer, because, he
said, young gentlemen of merit and cour
age would be sore to find opportunities
for distinction.”
Ralph thm w«nt on to describe the life
of a soldier in India, and to tell me—hut
this I leave out forfoar of being tedious—
how he received hie commission and how
ho got promotion. I|la sufficient to say
that rt tha time he unote, after six yean
af aanriaa. ha /hald the m
cap tala. Nor was that all. Bo had been
| able to render such signal service to a
| certain rajah, that this prince, who was
not ungrateful and hoped, besides, for
more such serviesa, took lira one day into
his treasure house and bade him help him
self to all if he pleased
“My dear." he continued, “1 knew not
| that the world contained so much treas
ure. Yet this rajah is but a potty prince,
and his wealth is as nothing compared
with that of many others. There were
diamonds in bags, uncut, whoso worth I
knew not, and diamonds in rings, sword
haniXes and women's gauds; there were
rubies, emeralds, sapphires, turquoises,
fipais and all kinds of precious stones
strung rudely on common string as if they
were but pebbles. There were also gold
and silver vessels of all kinds, and there
were casks full of gold coins As I took
. out a handful I saw that many of them
were ancient, with Greek characters,^per
haps left in this country by that great
soldier Alexander. When I had surveyed
these wonders I thanked him and said
, that 1 should not presume to take so
i much as & single gold coin from his treas
ure, but that if it should please ids high
ness to offer me a present 1 should accept
it with gratitude, provided it was not too
: costly. He laughed at these words, and
when we came away I was so loaded with
gold that I fancied myself already a rich
man.
i “Since this event it hath pleased Lord
Clive to issue an order which prohibits
I officers from accepting henceforth any
presents at all from the native princes. I
cannot but feel grateful that the order
was not issued before my own good for-
tune. Doubtless his excellency hath good
reasons for this order, which places the
i military service at a disadvantage com
pared with the writers, who have great
opportunities of making fortunes; aiffl I
cannot but think that it is a more noble
thing to win a fortune at the point of the
sword than by such arts as aro daSy prac
ticed by the writers and civil servants of
the company. Thoro are many English
men, and many Frenchmen as well—but
we are driving them out of tho country—
who have becemo rich in the military
service of the Indian princes; yet I shall
not exchange my present masters so long
as the merchants—who think nothing of
glory or of this country, yet a great deal
of their dividends—perceive that it is for
their safety, as weM as for their credit, to
extend their power; and I have a reason
able hope that tho good fortune which
hath hitherto attended me may continue,
so that I may return to my native coun-
, try, if only in my old age, amply pro
vided. As regards the climate. I have as
yet experienced no great inconvenience
from the heat. The natives have learned
to fear an Englishman, rather than to
! love him, which is, methiuks, the thing we
should most desire when wo have to rule
over people as ignorant of tho Christian
virtues, although not barboroua, lilta the
> naked blocks, but a most ingenious, dex
terous and skillful people, and of subtle
; intellect, yet slothful of body, lovers of
rest, deceivers regardless of truth, for
ever scheming plots and contriving sub-
| tlctics, and more cruel to prisoners than
, the Spanish Inquisition. The best among
them are followers of Mohammed, who
make faithful servants and good soldiers.
It is a country where the ambition and
jealousy of princes aro continually causing
i fresh wars to be undertaken, and where a
European may lead a life of adventure to
his heart’s content.”
I was reading, as I have said, this letter
aloud in presence of my two faithful
friends. Now when I spoke of the drill
on board, and tho sergeant’s rattan, and
the regimental supplejack, the fugleman
drew himself upright and shouldered tho
garden spade, because there was no piko
at hand; and when 1 read of the bo’s’n’s
rope’s end, and the ship’s cat-o’-nino-tails,
Sailor Nan cocked her hat and stood with
feet apart and hands upon her hips, and
began, but in a whisper, to murmur
strange sea oaths; and when I read tho
account of the fight in which Ralph’s
courage saved this grateful rajah—it was
a most dreadful battle, in which hundreds
of bravo fellows and treacherous IIind<x>s
wore killed, so that to read it mode one’s
heart cease to beat—tho fugleman, car-
ried beyond himself, executed capers with
it to you at the earliest opportunity, ami
i by a safe hand. Will you, in return, in
form him of my continued esteem and
! friendahip?”
" 'Esteem and friendship,' ” repeated
tho fugleman. “This from a captain!
Was ever such a boy?"
! “And if yon find *u opportunity, tell
Sailer Nan that half her fortune has come
trno.”
She replied that at her time of life it
was odd if sho couldn't tell tho fortune of
a boy, and as for tho present cruise, it
was bound to be a fair weather voyage.
Finally, my bravo lover bogged mo to
write to him and tell him all that luul
happened since his departure, and sub
scribed himself, with much love. Ralph
E: ibleton.
When wo had read tho letter twice,
which took us all tha afternoon, and cost
mo three hours’ sewing wo took counsel
together. First they ere both .for tell
ing it about the town, and having a bon
fire, with tho 'ringing of the church bells
in a triple bob major, but 1 was of opinion
that it would bo best to keep our own
counsel for awhile. Therefore I bound
them both to secrecy and silence. I would
let Mathew alone and watch. He should
not know anything, not even that Ralph
was alive and prosperous; and liad I kept
this resolution, because my two friends
were loyal and secret as tho grave, it
would have been better in the end far us
all, and much bettor for Mathew. But,
as tho^vise man said. “Death and life are
in the now or of the tnnirne ”
(To bo continued.)
Executed capers with the spade.
the spade which signified little to my ig
norant eyes, but which were, I believe,
the movements with which the trained
soldier attacks with tho bayonet, and tho
old sailor with a mop stick cut down her
thousands, mighty curses rolling softly
from her Ups like distant thunder.
If tho beginning of tho letter was de
lightful, judge how beautiful was the
end.
“I hove now, my dear, told you all that
concerns myself. I suppose you have
long since left Warkworth and gone to
live with your .parents, to whom I beg to
convey my respects and best wishes. If,
among your rich friends and the gayeties
of the fashion—the ’gayeties I’—you
have found lovers (as to bo sure you must)
and a husband, or one whom yon have
distinguished with your favor and re
gard, yon will remember that I slmll
ever be to you as a brother; for, lover or
brother, I can never cease to love”
“A good lad!” said the fugleman.
“As ever trod the deck!” said the sailor.
“Go on, Miss Drusy.”
“And I am sure that you have grown up
as tall and as beautiful as an angel.”
“She has,” said the fugleman.
“Taller, ye lubber," said the sailor,
“and more beautiful an angel than over I
clapped eyes on, nor never a Peg nor a
Poll at Sheemess or Deptford or the Com
mon Hard to show a candle alongside of
her. What’s even a frigate In full sail
compared with a lovely woman?”
This enthusiasm for the loveliness of
her own sex (unusnal in old women), I put
down to her naval experiences, and famil
iarity with sailor talk, and went on
quickly; because, If Ralph loved to flatter
me, I ought not to let these people follow
his example. An angel! But men are so.
They cannot give enough; they lavish
their praises, as they lavish the very
fruits of their labors, upon the women
they love. We women measure our gifts
—except to our boys. I pass over, there
fore, the fond words of a lover about blue
eyes and curly hair, and nymphs in cool
grots, and soft smiles and other imaginary
gifts and graces, all of which my listener*
applauded, nodding their Leads. Oh! he
eonld say what hs pleased, he coold imag
ine all the perfections, so that he eon-
tinned to tell me, ae he did in this letter,
how he thought of mo daily, and loved me
always more and more.
“As for the address of this letter.” he
•aid, “I know not where in London or
elsewhere year father may now reside;
therefore I forward it to the care of tho
wlth'zaauaat that ha will eand
KP
Encouragement of Original Research.
If tho scholar is to have his true
E laco in our American life ho muss
ave his true homo. It is too soon for
us to expect that in a world so new
as ours wo can have those cloistered
nooks which in other lands are at
once the retreat of tho student and his
reward. But surely the time has come
when wo may ask ourselves whether
enough has not been spent in planting
institutions of learning, and whether
now something may not well bo de
voted to enriching them. It is easv
to see that in a land like ours, col
leges, both small and great, may each
have their nlace. But wo have sutH-
cieutly multiplied the outlines of in
stitutions of learning, and may well
begin to think about filling them up.
Tho want of our American people to
day is not now institutions, nor more
buildings, nor more free instruction.
Of all these things experience is every
day showing us there is enough and
more than enough.
But wo want space and place for
men, who, whether as fellows or lec
turers, shall, in connection with our
universities, bo free to pursue original
investigation and to give themselves to
profoundstudy, untrammeled by the
petty cares, tho irksome round, the
small anxieties, which are sooner or
later tho death of aspirations and fa
tal obstacles to inspiration. It is with
processes of thought as it is with pro
cesses of nature, crystallization de
mands, we aro told, stillness, equanam-
ity, repose. And so tho great truths
which are to bo tho seed of forces
that shall new-crcato our civilization
must have a chance first of all to re
veal themselves. Some mount of vis
ion there must bo for the scholar, and
those whoso arc the material treasures
out of which camo those wonderful
endowments and foundations which
have lent to England’s universities
some elements of their chiefest glory
—must see that they have this mount
of vision.—Bishop IL C. Potter in
Forum.
Rig Sturgeon and liig Storiei.
The largest sturgeon ever seen in
this part of tho country was sent up
by Otto Peters, of Deer Island, to
Frank C. Barnes. It weighed 650
pounds and was 11 feet 4 inches lonj*.
Tho largest seen hero before this
weighed about 300 pounds. Tho sight
of it, displayed on tho sidewalk at
Third and Morrison streets, attracted
a gi’cat crowd, among whom were
several good single handed fish liars.
Ono told about seeing a sturgeon at
tho Cascades which was 14 feet long
and weighed 900 pounds. But, as
usual, the man who told his story
first stood no show, for another fel
low camo to tho front and told about
a sturgeon lie saw up iu tho Snake
river which was 18 feet long and
weighed 1,500 pounds. And then an
other fellow started in to tell about a
sturgeon ho saw in Alaska, but the
crowd got scared for fear that light
ning would strike them and all
walked away, and tho Alaska liar got
left.—Oregonian.
ncaconsfleld ami the Primrose.
I have tho secret in my possession,
and I now gladly give it “without
money and without price” to your
many readers. Disraeli’s fondness for
the primrose originated from the time
when ho was living in Highbury,
London. Here he was much attached
to a young lady residing in tho same
locality wno was tho daughter of a
f entlenian of good property. At a
all given at this gentleman’s house
tho young lady in question wore a
wreath of primroses. A discussion
arose between Mr. Disraeli and an
other gentleman as to whether the
primroses were real or not. A bet of
a pair of gloves was made, and on the
young lady being consulted and tho
primroses examined tho bet was won
by Mr. Disraeli. Tho primroses were
real primroses, and the young lady
gave two or three of them to tho fu
ture prime minister, which ho put in
his buttonhole and kept and used to
show long afterward.—Cor. London
Spectator.
Tho Clfuugo from BooU to Shoo*.
Considerable attention lias been
called to tho calfskin situation. Of
late years the demand has been falling
off, as other kinds of leather have been
taking its place. Ono of tho principal
causes of this lies in tho fact that long
legged boots have been going out of
favor, shoes taking their place to a
great extent This has had great ef
fect on the consumption of leather, as
on an average it requires about two
and onc-half to three times as much,
stock in the manufacture of boots as
is required in tho making of shoes. In
this way the use of heavy calfskins
has greatly declined. During Uie past
few years the styles have run more
toward “dongola” and “kangaroo”
leather for fine shoes, and this has
been a serious setback for fine light
weight calfskins.—Boston Daily Ad
vertiser.
Tbs Horse Evened Up.
“One of tho funniest incidents that
happened under my observation dur
ing the late war, said Col. Mosby,
“occurred in a cavalry fight in the
Shenandoah valley, along in 1864. In
tho midst of a sharp cavalry engage
ment with Sheridan’s men, In a charge
near Berryville, there camo crushing
like a whirlwind into our lines a Yan
kee soldier on a big black horse. A
score of men tried to stop horse and
rider, but the old blacks blood was
up, and he went on clean through our
lines before ho was under control. The
rider was sent to Libby prison, and wo
mastered tho black charger into the
Confederate service. A few days later
we charged some of Custer's men, and
Til bo darned if that old horse didn't
return the compliment by carrying a
Confederate into tho Federal lines,
and never came back.”—New York
Tribune.
I AM ALL READY FOR
CHRISTMAS,
With choice Citron, Raisins, Currents, Nuts of all kinds, Apples,
Oranges, best Confectionery, Iceing-sugar, Prunes, Evapora- .
ted Apples and Minced Meat for pies ; all kinds of Flavor-
ings, Spices, best Creamery Butter, Pickles by the
bottle and quart, Table Sauces, Hams, Sausages.
ALL WILL BE SOLD AT THE LOWEST MARKET PRICES,
• .A.T
’ HOFFMAN’S VIENNA BAKERY.
November 28, 1880—Cm
Lewenthal & Hennig,
— DEALERS IN THE —
C LEBlrt-A-TED
Farmers’ Alliance Rye Whiskey.
GROCERIES, WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS.
%
Corner Pearle Street and Court House Square,
DARLINGTON, S. C.
December 19, 1889—3m
Schedule of the Hirtsville R. R.
Hartsvillk. 8. C., Dec. 7, ’8».
DAILY MIXED TRAIN,
i Leaves HartrviHe, 7.15 A. M.
Leaves Jovann, 7.40 “
Arrive at Floyd’s, 3.05 “
Making connection with tho Boutli
Iraund passenger train on the Cheraw
& Darlington Railroad.
RETURNING.
! Leave FloydV, 10.00 A. M.
Leave Jovann. 10.20 “
Arrive at Hartsville, 10.50 “
This train waits two hours, if necessa
ry, for the North bound freight train
onC. &. D. R. R.
Extra train every Monday and Sat
urday connects with the North tiouad
passenger train on C. &. D. R. R.
Leave Floyd’s, 9.00 P. M.
Leave Jovann, 9.20 “
Arrive at Hartsville, 9.45 “
J. L. COKER.
President.
FOR C. & D. AND C. & S. RAILROADS
PBKSIDRNT'sOrriCB )
C. & D. andC. & 8. RAILROADS. [
DIAMOND DROPS,
The latast improvement on the celebrated GOLDEN RYE WHIS
KEY DROPS.
Sole Arient.
FIVE BARRELS JUST RECEIVED,
Mr. S. Mamie proposes to sustain to the fullest extent the busi
ness recently conducted by his father, and to the end solicits a
continuance of the patronage which has heretofore been ac
corded tho firm.
Charleston, S.C., May 12, 1889. )
On and after May 12, the traini on
these roads will run as follows (Sunda ex
cepted) every day:
D0WX TRAIN.
Le ive Wadesboro
Dennetts
Morven’a
McFarland
Leave Cheraw
Cash’s
Society Hill....,
Dove’s
Darlington
8.42
Palmetto
8 65
Arrive at Florence....
9 15
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GREAT RUSH TO MANNE’S
-A.TTCmOItT (3-00IDS I
THIRTY PER CENT. LESS THAN ANY HOUSE IN TOWN.
September 12,1889.
(Eljr |hiitli ojf Padiitflitut,
HAS OPENED A
©A.-VX3STOS I3EDPA.R.T3VIE3SrT 1
Aud from and after this dale will receive deposits of One Dollar and
upwards, and pay quarterly interest on the same, at the rate of
five per cent, per annum, under legulations to be made
known at tho Bank. This is a favorable
opportunity for
Farmers, Clerks,
Mechanics, Laborers,
— and —
Factory Operatives,
To save their earnings.
J. L. COKER, 15 KI(i I IT \V1LLL\MS0N,
President. Cashier.
Darlington, S.C., Juno 18, 18S9
III* TRAIN.
Lcaxc Florence 8.10 F M
Palmctlo 8 25
Darlin^loii 8.36
Dove's 8.62
Societyllill 9.12
Cash’s 9 17
LcaveCheraw 9.43 P M
McFarlan 10.08
Morvcn’s 10.20
Bennett's 10,35
Lake tV’a lesboro 11.00
.^Freight Train going up.
Leave Florence 7.CO a m
Arrive Darlington T.45 a m
Freight going 'lown
Arrive Darlin3ton 3.00 pm
Leave Darlington 3 50 p m
Arrive Florence 4.10 pm
A F. RAVENEL, Pres.
G II Master Transportation.
JSTEW SCHEDULE
ORTHEASTERN RAILROAD
JF- IE. IsTORlVnElTT,
FIRE
AC3-E3STT.
REPRESENTS TEN OF THit. LARGEST AND OLDEST COMPA
NIES IN THE WORLD.
Insures all classes of property, including Gin Houses, in any part of
ihe County. Office over DARLINGTON NEWS building.
Decernmber G, 1888.
Read these Prices.
Charleston, 8. C., May 12, 1889.
On and after this date tho following
schedule will bo run :
GOING SOUTH.
No. 27, Daily.
Leave Florence *1 85 a m
Leave Kingstroe 2 29am
Arrive Lanes 2 60am
Leave Lanes 2 50 a m
Arrive Charleston $ 00 a m
No. 23, Daily.
Leave Florence «9 30 „ m
Leave Kingslree 10 55 a «
Arrive Lanes n <jo 4 ,
Leave Lanes 11 90 a 1
trrivc Charleston 1 40 t m
No 63.
Leave Lanes *7 50 p y i
Arrive Charleston , 30 p. w.
Train No. 63 takes No. 63 South of Lanes
Tram ou C & D R R conn ets at fior-
enoo with No 23 Train
GOING NORTH,
No, 78, Daily.
Leave Charleston •tq 05 . m
Arrive Lancs a 45 „ ,,,
Leave Lanes 2 60 a m
Leave Kiugstree 3 50 a m
Arrive Florence 4 >>0 a m
No. 14.
Leave Cnarleslon * | 30 p m
Arrive Lanes 0 28 p m
Leave Lanes 1; 28 p n,
Leave Kiogstrce 6 46 pm
Arrive Florence 7 65 p m
No. 62. Daily.
Leave Charleston 7 0 a n»
Arrive Lanes P ( 0 a m
* Daily, f Daily except .Sul
Train No. 62 t ikes’No. 62 North Lancs.
Train No. 14 connects at Plor with
Train on C & D R R for Choraw ., end
Wadesboro, N. C.
Nos 62 runs through to Columbia
via Central R R of 8 C.
Nos. 78 and 14 run solid to Wilmington,
N, C., making close connection with W. %
W R R for all points north.
J R. KENLY, J. F. Divine,
Supt. Trans. Gcn’l Suf’t.
T. M. Emerson, Gen’l Pass. Agt.
Call at
. li A R
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r . - m - • -'.Agi
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UdM'l ■
1,000 yards assorted Worsteds at 10 cts, worth 20 to 40cts;
A full line Cashmeres at 12J and 15 cts. We arestil I run*
ning our famous 25 cts. yard wide Cashmere in all shades
more popular than ever this season, 45-inch Henrietta at 50
cents. A large line of Black Goods consisting of Cashmeres,
Henriettas and Imported Reps from 15 to $1 per yard.
A well selected stock of Ladies’ and Misses’ Wraps consisting
of Jackets, Modjeskas and New Markets.
A specially large line of Staple Dry Goods, and Notions at
prices that move them rapidly.
SHOES.
Our line of Shoes is large and complete and well adapted to
the wants of the people. We continue to maintain
our reputation for selling solid goods.
Gents* Furnishing Goods,
Our success in the Gents’ Furnishing Goods Depaitmenfc war
rant us in the belief that our Clothing and Hats
Men’s, Youths’ and Boys’ suit the people,
both as to quality and price.
Ye carry always in stock a full line of Hardware, Crockery.
Tin, Harness, &c.
GROCERIES.
The Grocery Department is large and kept well supplied, at
Rock-bottom prices.
. HARDWARE.
At the Hardware Store, Managed by J. H. Early, is kept
Stoves, Sewing Machines, Pumps; Gins, Belting Steam
Engines, Ac., iu fact everything that comes
under the bead of machinist’s supplies.
REPAIRING A SPECIALTY.
October 81,1889.
KILMINCTON COLUMBIA AND AUGUSTA RAILBOAD
May 12, 1889.
GOING SOUTH
No. 28.
Leave Wilmiugtoa
Leave Marion
Arrive Florence
Leave Florence
Arrive Sumter
Leave Sumter
Arrive Columbia
Leave Wilmington
Leave Marion
Arrive Florence
Leave Sumter
Arrive Columbia
Leave Florence
Arrive Sumter
No. 60.
No. z7
No 52
No 68
*6 25 p ■
9 88 p ni
10 of * ut
3.20 a rf
4.40 a ■»
4 40 a a
6. 16 a te
*1C.I0 v *
12.40 p id
I 20 n m
flO 33 a ta
11 55 p ir
f9 20 a a
10 23 a m
No 62 run* through from. Caarleeten via
Central R U.
Leaving Lanes 9 15 A II., Manning 8 53
A M.
Train on C & D R P. connects at Flcrenct
with No 63.
GOING NORTH.
No 51
t.eave Columbia.
Arrive Sumter
Leave Sumter
Arrive Florence
No. 78.
Leave Florence,
Leave Marion
Arrive at Wilmington,
No. 69
Leave Sumter
Arrive Florence
63,
*10 85 p n
M 58 p in
11 58 p m
1 15 a m
4 35 a is
6 20am
8 85 a ie
f6 87 p in
7 50 p m
*5 20 p nt
6 32 p b
*8 16 p ta
8 59 p m
11 50 p m
Leave Columbia
Arrive Sumter
No 14
Leave Florence
Leave Marion *
Arrive at Wilmington
•Daily, f Daily except Sunday.
No 53 run* through ta Charleston, via
Central R R, arriving Manning 7 04 P 11
Lanes 7 42 P M. Charleston 9 80 P M.
No 69 connect* at Fiortnse with CAD
train for Cheraw and Wadesboro’.
No* 78 and 14 make close eonneotien at
Witmingtou with WAV/ R R for all point!
North.
Train on Florence R. R. leave Pee D«e
u»ily except Sttndny 4.40 P. M., arrive
Rowland 7.00 1*. M. Returning leave
Rowland 6.30 A. M., arrive P»# Dee 9,00
A.M.
Train 0u Mnnchester A Augusta R. B
leave* Sumter daily except Sunday, 11.0B
A. M., arrive I’tuewood 12 01 P.M Ri
turning have Pinewoed 13.30 P. M,. AN*
rive SuqMer l-S 1 ! P. M.
JOHN F. DIVINEt Out’ Bui
J. R. KENLY, Sup’t Trane.
T M. EMMKES0N, Gen. Pu i »
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