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®oetry. eupposcu 10 oa Known ujr low or nous outside tho family circle—tliat Valen tine's elder brother, who inherited the Propo al. The violet loves a sunny bank. The cowslip loves the lea, The scarlet creeper loves the elm. But 1 love — thee. Tlie oriole weds his mottled mate, The lily's bride o’ the b e; Heaven's'marriage ring is round the earth,— Shall I wed thee? [Bayard Tayor. “Shouldn't wonder if we had a blow bo- fore night." estate, was subject to a species of fits, told you so!’ At least, you will know I w Inch, though not always Incompatible would hare said it if I could!” with long life, might bring Ids career to “I’ll remember," replied Valentine, a close at any moment In such an "As for presentiments, I believe they do event tho property would descend to como out true, though my theory of ei- \ alentine. Meanwhile, Valentine’s Lon- i.lence assured mo tEey must to coM- done xtravagances were not suspected by dences. I have no presentiment regard- The sunshine kisses mount and vale, 1 l " e G‘ rl , and she believed him to be poe- ing myself, only a business like solici- The stars they kiss these-, scssed of a comfortable fortune of some- ' The west winds kiss the elorer bloom, thing like twenty thousand pounds—a But I kiss — thee. sum not much in excess, to be sure, of what lie would have had, had he invested bis money to advantage and lived within Ids income. pretty nasty up tWe." said he. She was a handsome girl, of about the same ago us Valentine, and with a man ner and temperament exceedingly allur ing to a young fellow wliose blood flows warmly in his veins, and who finds the | interminable leisure of a voyage to the ! antipodes hang very heavy on ids hands. I She permitted him to acquire the convic tion that lie was anything but indifferent to her; in fact, to uso the colloquial phrase, she set her cap at him; and Val- , entine, who spoke of himself without re serve as a poor man, and who was not aware that she disbelieved all his asser tions on that head, and interpreted them as politic attempts to conceal his real wealth and prospects—Valentine was completely fascinated by the charm of her person and conversation, and so far committed himself with her, that by tho time tho voyage was ended he felt that j he could not do less than offer her ”' 1 ” VT'* , ' s “* jwoere minis few minutesshelay witlitlie cloud atlier one, but it is there all the same. So, back, mid her bows pointed towards the comes out true, I •nail say, ‘I I unclouded regions of the northeast. Her propeller still moved, but slowiy; she lf it intense. At length lie ventured forth again. Moment by moment tho wind was decreasing; the change was not so sudden as it had been when tho center of of an enemy and gathering himself up for the struggle. Tlie enemy' was now at liaud. By tide time the central advance had thrown out two long black arms that crept along the , j i - - . horizon to the rigid and left, inclosiug tude that, when I am gone, my dregs the vessel in a deadly embrace. Dark- shall not occasion any avoidable incon- ncs3 fell over them as from an eclipse; Ve ?.!S C .t; -i . I tho unshadowed east, ere it vanished al- Jrtogether from sight, looked like a scene up and nodded to windward. ''Look, viewed '1.rough a tunnel. The moment was one of awful suspense; no human was like a champion awaiting the onset tb° tornado passed over them, and occa- ■' —* " • *■ ■*-— sionally^there was a return of rago and fury. But theso became less and less frequent, and there were great cleavages upwards through tlie clouds, revealing tho romoto sparkle of stars, for tho sun had gone down long since. Ono by on© those of tho ship a company- and passen gers who remainod came on deck and stared about them. Were they on a desert island? A number of square objects, curiously symmetrical In shape, and distributed Barman & M-Mers asi MRiJNtJ'fDN creature could long liave endured it "’kb an appearance of regularity, be- ntOM TUB DUBY OF INSPECTOR BYRNES. By JULIAN HAWTHORNE, Author of “The Great Bank Bobbery," “An American Penman," Etc. [Copyright by O. M. Dunham, and published, thhnigh special arrangement by the American Preen Association with Cassell A Co., New York and London.] CHAPTER XI. AT SEA. ARTIN mar tial ge. She consented, and tho ceremony was r ame P er f° rme d 00 their reaching New Zea- back about 7 lani1 - Lut si 10 stipulated that the mar- o'clock Ho had liag0 was t0 rcraain for tho lime being a secured a state- secret; for slio had come on to visit tome with two re bk‘ vea of hers and was unwilling, for room „ good berths- he reasons satisfactory to herself, that they had paid Percy’s Bhould know anything of tlie hope she bills at tlie trades- P_ riTate ly entertained of becoming Lady men's and at his lodging house, aud from the lat ter place he had brought the trunk containing | tlie young man's j worldly posses sions, which were ; fortunately not numerous, and consisted chiefly of suits of clothes and underwear. They went to a quiet restaurant and had dinner, and then returned to Martin’s, and spent the rest of the evening in pack ing up his effects. Percy said nothing to ids friend about Paulino's unexpected and hurried visit; that evening, not on account of any pre determined purpose, but because tho in- J terviow had affected him too deeply to . make it an easy topic of conversation; J because, knowing Martin's feeliug to- j wards her, lie was uncertain whether it j w ould bo expedient to mentiou Iter at | present; and, further, because lie j doubted whether Martin would approve of his course in admitting Pauline to a knowledge of their plans. In revealing j tlie secret to her, Percy had acted on the spur of the moment; but lie felt tiiat tho | impulse was a wise one, and subsequent [ reflection had not caused him to ro- j gretit They went to bed at midnight thor- Martin. Valentine, on Ids side, offered no objection to this arrangement; he liad his place to make in tlie colony, and the necessity of providing a suitable home for his wife at tho outset would have seriously hampered him. She went to her relatives in Napier, and lie, as lias been already related, cast in his lot with his friend Brown, and visited her in town whenever opportunity sorv,Hk Now that she was his wife, however, she no longer felt any m-cessity of con cealing from him tier real 1 xdief as to the extent of Ins means; she proceeded from veiled intimations to plain speech, and tie became aware for the first time that she bud married him, not for him self, hut for something that he did not possess. Her plain speech led to explana tions on Ids part equally plain, and thus they speedily arrived at a perfectly clear understanding of their mutual attitude. Tlie consequence was a bitter quarrel and recriminations. Tlie woman ap peared in her true colors, which were not engaging; she called 1dm a variety of hard names, and if lie had refrained from retorting in kind it was not liecauso there was any lack of suitable expres sions waiting behind his lips. But they without giving way to some outbreak of intolerable emotion. Tlie blood flowed thick in tho veins; the brain throbbed confusedly; the breath came in difficult siglis. With a sudden but majestic up ward gradation, tlie minor roar swelled CHAPTER XII. THE SUADOW OF DEATH. ARTIN and Per cy looked in the direction indicat- to deafening shrieks of noise; there was ed by the officer, a vision of a white fury of waters astern; It was then about \ a blast as cold as winter swept from tlie S o'clock in the { taffrail to the bowsprit; the dark ness shut down and became ab solute, so that the observer seemed plunged into impalpable pitch; and then with a paralyzing shock the hurricane smote tho vessel, beating her down into ward tho west, j the sea as by the sheer weight of a giant over Cuba and | hand. Tho next instant, with a shudder Hayti, which I and a spring, she leaped forward, stag- were below the | gered, and leaped again. Fragments of horizon, some boiling surge liurtlcdalong her decks, hundredsof miles I striking what they encountered with the away. The tem- of grape shot. The mizzen mast broke perature during 1 off within a yard cf the deck, and, lash ing forward, struck the main mast and brought it down in ruin, though the noise of tho crash was inaudible in the yell of the frenzied gale. The steamer was rushing onward at headlong speed, Purpose conductiiijr a Darlington County at tin afternoon, the sky clear over head, the sea calm, the sun sinking red to- the last few days had been growing warmer and warmer, and they were now near tlie twentieth parallel of north lati tude, and about on the sixty-sixth me ridian west from Greenwich. Since passing between Hattcras and tlie Ber- yet she seemed to bo standing still, so mudas they had had fair weather, with fust did wind and sea fly past her. She light airs between tlie south and cast. But today there had been no breeze whatever, and the heat had been op pressive. Tho surface of the wa looked oily, and lay quite flat, without any per ceptible heave or swell. Masses of drift weed were passed occasionally, strung out in long lengths, as if dru« n by in visible currents Sometimes acocuanutor an orange would float past, silent heralds of the islands near at hand. Tlie course tho steamer was steering was taking her toward tho group of little islands be tween tlie greater and lessor Antilles, of which St. Thomas is one. It was there tliat they were to make their first l.ind- ing. Tlie officer had pointed toward llie southwest, or a few points off tlie star- reeled, staggered, leaped, was burled and rose again, again to bo overwhelmed. It seemed another world, another ago, com pared with tho sunlight and calm of a few minutes previous. Blind, whirling, wel tering chaos had engulfed all things; nothing could be seen, nothing heard, nothing done nor directed; only awful plungings and strainings could be felt, and thunderous Wows and shocks. Only by these signs could it bo known tliat tho vessel was still above the water, still being swept onward. Whither, and to what fate, none could foretell. Tlie sea was at fi 1st beaten flat by the wind, though great pieces of water were stripped from the surface and dashed through tho air; by and by, however, waves began to form, but irregularly, board bow. Percy could seo notliing re some rolling low, some rcacliing aloft markable tiiere; but Valentino, who was j ®nd stalking gigantic. One of these, familiar with the sea, at once fixed liis hurrying tmuu 0 ii the blackness, mounted eyes upon a small dark cloud, low down on tlie water, tlie peouliurily < f which was tliat it changed its shape with great rapidity, and without any apparent cause. Ono moment it looked like a hand, witli tlie fingers extended; then it was like u hut, tlie crown of which grew larger and larger until it presented tlie aspect of a pointed foolscap. Then the were still husband and wife, and tho | ca p suddenly inverted itself, and stood bond between them could not be severed. on jt 8 apex; then tho foolscap divided As their marriage was a secret, however, down the center, and took tho form of a thcro was no difficulty about a separa- huge bird witli wings pointed upwards, lion; and Valentine agreed to wliatever -That is rather odd,” muttered Valen- littb begin oughly tired out; but were up again by , , ts in tlie morning, and had some coffee pecuniary conditions she chose to die- tine, intenily watching the protean liltl '©"•s brouirht to them bv the janitor. tale - In case of liis brother's death she cloud. “1 have seen a hurricane begi aud eggs brought to them by the janitor. “Tlie chances are,” observed Martin, as he cracked his egg in the English style, and put some salt in it, “tliat the authorities, who are pretty wide awake ,, , , . , . , in this country, may liave conceived the ^ n : lat , 10n .' l ?_ h " n ^ 1 would come in for tier share of tlie in- that way. I hope it will give us a wide heritancc; but here he stipulated that berth. This is a bad place to bo caught she should receive tlie money only on : by a tornado, with tliat string of islands condition tliat she forbore to assume the right ahead of us.” idea tliat you contemplate giving them the slip. When I went out yesterday afternoon, I noticed a man amokmg a pipe on the opposite corner of the sheet; and when I returned in the evening I passed the same man under the gas lamp just below. That may have been a coin cidence; but then it may have boon” “A detective?" said Percy. “Something of that sort. At ail events, it is well to be on the safe side. Now what I propose is this. Wo are of tlie same height and build, an<# look not unlike. If we were dressed alike, tlie chief point of distinction between us, to one who did not know us well, would lie the fact tliat you wear a mustache and 1 whiskers. What do you say to a bit of a disguise? You will find a razor in tlie dressing case; shave off your mustache and then put on these.” As he spoke, lie produced from his pocket a small pair of falsiwyhtakers. “All you have to do is heattms inside surface at tlie gas jet, and they will cling to you as if they had grown. Then put on my cap and over coat, and our detective will be a clever fellow if he recognizes you.” “But what will you do?” “I shall remain what I am. You will start an hour before I do; and, by tlie way, you had better turn up town when you leave here, so as to give the impres sion that you are bound anywhere rather than to the United States and Brazil Steamship company’s wharf. After wards you can cross over to Sixth ave nue and take the elevated down. I will meet you on board tlie steamer; the trunks will go by express in my name." “All right,” said Percy, with a sigh, for he was a good looking fellow, and his mustache was not wholly indifferent to him. “And when we are safe at sea we can resume ou*' natural selves.” “As soon os you like,” returned Mar tin, “though perhaps it would do no harm if we exchanged names for a while longer. There is no telling what may happen, or whore some spy may turn up who might find it for his inter est or amusement to gossip about us in the wrong quarter." Breakfast being over, nothing re mained but to label the trunks, which Martin did by writing his name and that of the steamer on tags, and attaching them to the handles; an expressman was then called and tho trunks were removed. Percy sacrificed his mustache and aflixed the whiskers, and finally, attired in his friend's outer garments, left tho house with- it interference and strolled up to the Thirty-third street elevated station. From there it was a twenty minutes’ ride to his destination, and then all he had to do was to go on board and wait for Mar tin. The latter arrived in due course, and at 2 o’clock the steamer moved out into the river and pointed her nose toward the Narrows, much to tho relief of two at least of her passengers. And yet both of them were leaving behind what was dearer than anything they could expect to encounter. But thoso thoughts lay . deep; the more trifling ones only ap- knifwn. She at first demurred to this; l >t on liis offering to hand ovei every thing except tho real estate and lands— an offer extremely advantageous toiler from a pecuniary point of view—she finally consented, probably reflecting that it would ho difficuR or imiiossiblo to make such a contract legally binding,and tliat when tlie time came—it it ever should come—she would bo nble to repu diate it with impunity. “It must bo a couple of hundred miles to the nearest of them," said Percy. “We arc safe enough. This steamer can stand anything. tho steamer's starn and traversed her deck to tbo bows, carrying witli it tiio funnel, tbo remaining mast and every tiling on board that offered resistance. That wave struck tho forecastle witli a report liko tho bursting of a siogo gun, stove through tho oaken planks, and dashed a hundred tons of water through the opening. All therein were drowned and crushed to pieces, and tho bodies of several were whirled out again and car ried like rags off into tho waste of tbo tornado. Heavily tho ship rose from tlie blow; it seemed as if sho could never rise again. But up sho came, and tlie weight of water went booming aft, breaking down partitions and deluging cabins and state rooms. More than fifty men were killed or disabled by tliat sin gle buffet, and the survivors believed tliat tho end of all of them could bo not many minutes distant. But it so happened tliat no catastrophe of equal terror followed. Tho ship drove There comes tho captain." obson ed on. sometimes threatening to broach to, Valentine, without noticing Percy's re mark. In fact tbo captain emerged from bis cabin and mounted the bridge; he cast a glance at tho cloud and then gavo some orders in a low tone. They were fol lowed by an immediate activity on the This affair produced a bad effect ou ( p art c f tho watch on deck. The sailors Valentine; lie became rock loss and in- , moved rapidly nlxiut, and seemed to be different to liis business interests, and til occupied in stowing under batches or fortune attended him. lie welcomed the otherwise making fast various barrels, Maori revolt As an opportunity of ridding caB es and other loose objects that had himself of liis troubles by stopping a bul- hitherto been kept on deck. Meanwhile let; but plough be stopped tlie bullet. Hie the captain had got out r. teleseoiio and pitched liked a maddened bronco. bullet failed to stop liim. and the legacy ■ ■ - - - ■ - ■ -1 **— -u: that lie received changed considerably the complexion of affairs, lie placed half the sum in the bank at Napier for tlie benefit of his wife, and sailed for San Francisco with the rest. Ho had had no settled plan in leaving New Zea land, except to appease his restless desire | crew. There were no sails set on tho yet maintaining her steerage way beyond all expectation, on tho whole; and when some time had passed—liow long, no ono ever knew—tlie hurricane fell faint, aud in a breath or two, as it seemed, died quite away. Tho darkness lightened, and straight overhead appeared a jiatcli of sky half veiled by wheeling shreds of mist. They were in tlie center of tho tornado; and now tho waves leaped up with a rebound so breakneck and astound ing that all sense of vertical and hori zontal was lost, and the vessel reared and This w VACW. AUCIC WCAU uu Dauaocb vuu for change apd excitement. Tlie future steamer; but tho sheets and halliards could hold nothing good for him, be cause, however good hi itself it might bo, it would bo denied by tlie chronic and inevitable necessity of sharing it with tliat wife of ills—for what is the greatest blessing, stimulus and joy, to a man hap pily married, is the dreariest of miseries I to tho man mismated. One mlsfo. tune, however, he did not I look for; one danger hi fid not fear; ! ono emotion of all others lie was con fident ho could not feel. And yet this emotion, this danger, this misfor- j tune were precisely thoso to which he was destined to fall a victim. Ho could was contemplating the cloud through it phase of tho battle between ship and with great earnestness. Presently he storm bade fair to bo more dangerous passed tho glass to tho officer who stood than tho opening experience; but, how- by him on the bridge, and who also took over that might be, it did not last long, a careful observation; then they con- TLo inky cloud shut down again; again roso tho shriek of rushing winds, coming now from tbo opposite point of tho com- | pass, and onco more the dismantled aud | bruised hulk sprang forward on her fear- ' ful race, galvanized, as it were, into pre versed together in an undertone and oc casionally issued a new order to the 1 not foresee the meeting with Pauline Nolen, nor the effect tliat she would pro duce on him. Up to that tlrao his un happiness had been chiefly negative—the ordinary disappointment and dialllusiou; j c i ou( j i) but was of tho hue of tho densest now ho had to deal with a positive pain —the impossibility of being united to the only woman he had ever loved. It were hauled taut and securely belayed, and everything was mad© fast and bat- ternatural activity by a force not her toned down in such a way tliat nothing t>wn - Stripped bare as sho was, and short of a hurricane could dislodge it. weighted by tlie water sho liad taken on "Tho old man understands liis busi- i board, she moved more steadily than at ness,” remarked Valentine, and I fancy flvst. Nor could tho nerves of those he thinks that it may need all he knows who still manned her continue to ve to pull us through. Look at tho cb-ud spond as before to the call of hor- now |” ror. Tho worst was past for them, even Valentino again turned his eyes toward should death itself bo in store. None the southwest. The small cloud had kn®w at that time who were living and suddenly become very much larger, and , who were dead; each hold on to what- was now seen to be connected with a ever support was nearest him and waited mnaa 0 f dark vapor that was rapidly in darkness and uncertainty for what crowding upon that section of tho liori- “'gbt come. The engine fires ha/1 been zon, and of which it was tho pioneer. P u ^ ou ^> ttIld a B the men available were . i^-L.—, v--. fore blue shade that is often seen in storm j G10 wind. Some felt tliat it would bo a relief if the ship would founder and go But she zon, oiui or wiucu iv waa uio pioneer. | . This vapor was of an extraordinary dark- taking turns at tho wheel, in a desper ness, or rather blackness; it liad not tho a » d unequal struggle to keep her befi factory smoke, with yellow and greenish dowp. But she swept on, outstripping streaks upon it here and there. Tho rim death itself. Suddenly one of the pas* came visible in tbo immediate neighbor hood of tho steamer. They were all of nearly tho same height, though in their other dimensions they varied consider ably; their sides were whitish, (ho tops darker. In front of tho vessel, as sho lay, tho land rose upwards in a gcntlo slope, and theso rectangular objects showed themselves thickly in tliat direc tion. “They don’t look unlike houses," re marked tho quartermaster, peering earn estly through Uio gloom. “I don’t know any coast hereabouts tliat lias rocks like that." “If they were houses,” said the second oflieer, who stood near, witli liis arm broken, “we should bo in the midst of a town, and no small town cither.” “Hark! wliat’s that? " All listened. There was tho sound of a halloo, clearly repeated, and in a mo ment it was answered from a further distance. Then in several directions, near and far, were heard calls, cries and lamentations. Tlie listeners uttered mur murs of surprise and perplexity. Just then a great mass of cloud in tho east broke away, and tho full moon shono forlii with surpassing brilliance, shedding over the sccno a light which, in comparison with tho previous dark ness. seemed as bright as day. It re vealed an extraordinary spectacle. Beyond tho stem of tho steamer ex tended tho tossing waters of a largo bay, strewn with wreckage and an indescrib able medley of floating objects. In front and on either side were tho streets and Fin up llnll houses of a half destroyed town. Tho ' steamer had been carried over the sea wall and lay beyond the wharves, be tween the ruins of a hotel and a large warehouse. Alittleway off was what had been a public pleasure garden or casino; it lookcil os if a gigantic roller ha4 been I. A K( ir passed over it. In a terracp higher up a heavy iron gun stuck gut like a half driven bolt; it had Wh whipped oqt of a vessel in tho bay and borne nearly half a mile, passing completely {hrougli a house on tho way. Newly every house left standing was uiHoofed; many were torn from their foundations and thrown topsy turvy. The iron shaft of a street lamp was beqt over and twisted liko a corkscrew. In the center of a small fort to tho west of tho town waa a brig, with ono mast still standing. A floating wharf just outsido tup sea wall was sunk; Hi steamer was on top of It, and on top of tlie steamer, lying cro&Jwiso, were tho remains of a three masted merchant ship. A large provision store had been blown to pieces and tho stores whirled about in all directions over tho town and ad jacent lands. In tho bay, now rap idly becoming calmer, appeared foe masts of a score of sunken vessels, sticking up like reeds in a swamp. 1 Among them floated casks, blocks, spars, boxes, quantities of oranges and cocoauuts, fragments of tree?, Uio rafters and beams of houses; and boobing about everywhere were the drowned and mutilated corpses of hundreds of men and women. But llieso were not to re main long visible. Ever and anon there would be a swirl in tho water, a jerk and a splash, and a shark would glide away with a human arm or leg in his jaws, j Tlie banquet was an unusually rich one, and the banqueters were assembling in thousands. “Well,” said tho quartermaster, as his j eyes rapidly traversed tho scone, “I’vo heard of miracles, but this is tho nearest to one that over I saw. Of all tho things tliat might have happened, this is the uulikeliest; wo get caught in a hurricane, and blown north and south, wo don’t know where, nor whether wo were under water or above it; and here at last wo find ourselves high and dry, in tho port j we were bound for, and within a dozen rods of tho very wharf wo should have lain up tol This is a queer world!” "What place do you say this is?” in quired ono of tho passengers, drawing near. "ThLs is St. Thomas, sir—what there is left of it—and no other place in tlie world. Oh, is tliat you, Mr. Martin? I'm glad to seo you safo and sound; I ex pect a good half of us will never speak again. Where is your friend, sir?” “I don't know,” replied the other; “I liave been looking for him. I haven't seen him since the wind first stopped blowing out at sea.” “It was that big wave that came aboard us, most likely,” said tho quar termaster, gloomily. “That carried off tlie captain and many a good man with him. You may sail tho seas till you’re an old man, sir, and never seo tho liko of tliat storm again.” But his interlocutor had moved away, and was beginning a search through the ship in tho forlorn hope of finding at least tho body of his friend. stabliHhmont that will st:nnl noxt door Drug Store. -o- a credit to Boyd’s Leaves Hartsville, li. 1?) A. Leaves Jovann, “ Arrive at Floyd's, 7.45 “ Making connection witli tlie Houtli bound passenger train on the Cheraw it Darlington Kailroau. RETURNING. I Leave Floyd’s, 10.00 A. M. Ijeave Jovann. 10.20 “ j Arrive at Hartsville, 10.50 “ This train wait* two hours, if necessa ry, for tlie Nortli bound freight train on 0. it. ]). if. K. COKER. President. A full line of Stationeiy and School- Books always on hand. Law Blanks in j>Teat variety This is the place to buy your ledgers and blank books of all kind at the lowest market prices. Sporting Headquarters! t'OU C. A 1). AND C. S 8. RAILROADS I’RKSIDKXT’BOmCK I C. & L). ash C. A S. RAILROADS, f Charleston, 8. C., May 1,1890. j On and aflsr May Id, tho traini on these roads will run us follows (Sundu / ex cepted) every day: DOW* TBAIH. Supplies, ("roquet ks, etc. sots, llitni- UNE OF HANDSOME BOOKS SI FOB PRESENTS. TABLE Lo tto Wa<leaboro 5.25 A M Dennetts 5.40 Morven’* 6.55 McFarUml C.IO Leave Cheruw .6.48 CaflU's :7.00 Society Bill 7 13 Pove’e 7.30 Floyd's 7.38 Dariinglon 7-50 Palmetto » (HI Arrive at Florence 8 15 UP TRAIN. Leave Florence 8.10 P M Palmetto 8 25 Parlinglon 8.85 Floyd's 8.46 Dove’s 8.52 Cash’s 9 17 MoFarlan 10.08 Morven's 10.20 Bennett’s 10.35 Lake Wadesboro 11 00 Freight Train going up. Leave Florence 8 t > a in Arrive Darlington H 0 * a m Freight goin g down Arrive Darlington p m Leave Darlington 3 !|0 p 111 Arrive Florence 4.10 p m An\ r book not in stock will be ordered out on a few day's notice at catalogue prices. Everything You Want in the Stationery Line, O-A-UST J3E BOLTO-HIT -A.T THE DARLINGTON BOOK S' !. Terms Cash : A. F. RAVENEL, Pre# II Master Trnnsporlntion. N 7ORTHHASTfiRN RAILROAD Ouaiukston, S. 0., Mny 1, lb' ll On and after this dale llie following schedule will be run : UOINU SOUTH. No Daily. DARGAN & LIDE, Proprietors. January Hi, 1890. ANOTHER’S CRIME! THOM THE DIARY OP INSPECTOR BYRNES. Leave 1 lonnce * 1 85 a m Leave Kings!reo 2 29 a in Arrive Lanoy 2 50 a in Leave Lanes 2 50 a in Arrive (’barleston 5 00 a in No. 22, D lily. Leave Florence *8 30 a in Leave Kings 1 roe 0 40 a u Arrive Lanes 10 07 a i Leave Lanes 10 07 a i. Arrive Omrleslon No fin. 11 59 a m Leave Lanes *7 50 V M. Arrive Charleston 9 30 p. in. Train on C & D R It ! once with No 23 Train conn ots at Flor- OOING NORTH. BY JULIAN HAWTHORNE, — AUTHOR OF — “The Great Bank Robbery,” “An American Penman,” Etc. Copyrighted by O. M. Dunham, and published through special arrangeme. the American Press Association with Cassell & Co , New York and London. r.y The Darlington News. »v Read these prices Leave Charleslo Arrive Lanes Leave Laucs Leave Kingatret Arrive Florence Leave Cunrlevton Arrive Lancs Leave Lancs Leave Kingstrce Arrive Florence Leave Charles Ion Arrive Lanes f Daily 78. lu No. N. 1 20 <x in 2 00 a m :: 0<> a m 17 a ru 4 20 a m Daily. *4 30 p 0 20 p « 29 p 0 40 p 7 f»r, p *7 00 a tu 8 27 a m * Daily. Nos 52 Cull at 1 Y except Sun Hirougli to Cuhinilii* via Central R R of 8 0. Nos. 78 and 14 run solid io Wiimiuglon, N. C., making close counection with IV. ft IV R R for all poicls north. J. It. KKNLV, J, F. Divins, Supt. Trans. Uen’l Sup’t. T. M. Kmhbsox, OetiT Pass. Agt. : WIUlHTOj mtlBIA AM) AltlSTA KAILKUA May 1, 18i)0. OOING SOUTH No. 23. Leave Wilmington Leave Marion I Arrive Florence No. 60. or upper margin of the oncoming biack- I ness continued to advanco with such as- I tonishing rapidity that after only a few moments it had blotted itself upon all that quarter of tho horizon, and now i seemed to have embodied the forerun ning cloud, or to have incorporated itaelf ‘ with It. Looking more closely at it, its edges and surfoco appeared wildly com- { moted, flakes and shreds of vapor, lika black fleece, being torn off from tho general mass, and whirled around, or i snatched in various directions, so swiftly | that tho eye could scarcely follow their movements. Tho green and yellow streaks were multiplied and other col- was like tantalizing a prisoner for life with scenes of freedom and felicity. “I am talking a lot about myself,” ho remarked ono day to Percy, as they were sitting smoking together on tho deck, “but It isn’t entirely egotism either. I have a motive in it, connected with you.” “What have I to do with it?" "You and Brown are about tho only friends I have in tho world. I want you to know wliat my life has been and what my situation is in order that you may be able to act intelligently in case anything happens to me." “Come, Val, you're not contemplating • premature end, are you?” “Oh, my health is goal, and I am in good shape generally—never better. I am speaking of accidents, which are eastern portions of the sky and sea re liable to happen to the beet regulated j Brained unchanged in their sultry calm, sengers, who had been alternately pray ing and blaspheming in tbo cabin, broke out in a yell of mad laughter, and rusljed up the companion way and out on the deck. Tho hurricane caught him and buried him forward; ho was jammed be tween tbo stump of the mainmast and tlie shaft of one of the anchors, which had somehow been carried there; the wind turned his coat over his head and whipped it into ribbons in a moment; in another moment he was nuked to tho waist; then he was twisted and beaten and lashed about until ho was a shapeless mass of bloody flesh and shattered bones. At length a sudden pitch of the vessel loosened tho anchor, and it aud the ors were represented until tlie ink’ surface assumed an aspect of hideous iri- corpse went overboard together, and the descence. Meanwhile the northern and ! •hip swopt on. (To be continued ) ? — Happiness Aud Contentment. Cannot go hand in hand if we look on the darg side of every little obstacle. Nothing will so darken life and make den as Dyspepsia. Acker's Dys pepsia Tablets will cure the worst form of Dyspepsia, Con- A specially stipation and Indigestion, and make life a happiness and pleas ure. Sold at 25 and 50 cents by Dr. J. A. Boyd’s 1 gentlemen. In case of my sudden tak ing off occurring while I am in your company, I want you to bo competent to act as my agent, representative or execu tor; I want to giv^you my unrestricted power of attorney, in short. Aud to that end,” he added, taking a wallet from his except that, the light of tlie setting sun being cut off, their aspect had a strange feverish ghastliness, unlike tho tints of nature. A hot, faint air drew past the vessel in tho direction of the black can opy, as if it were sucked thither by some malign attraction. Presently the cars of ^Thera'were bulMtew other nasseneers P 00 ^’ h “ T# wrUton ou ‘ a 1^ | H>e observers began to bo conscious of a liierewerebultevotnerpasseng^i hichem werg l0U!j0tlle uuito on the steamer, and thoso not teingpeo-! ‘~ and olgo indicates what 1 pie whew society was sywtoUy attreo- would Iiketoliave dono in caB0 certain other things liappcned. Here's the docu ment; put it in your pocket, and don’t bother yourself to look at it unless cir cumstances should make it necessary.” live, Percy and Valentine passed the greater part of the time in each other's company. Valentine had an almost in exhaustible fund of anecdotes concern ing his past life and adventures on hand, and many hours were spent in narrating those experiences to Percy, until tlie American liad become almost os con versant with tho Englishman’s past career j e _„ u . singular minor sound, somewhat resem bling tliat produced by the wind on a I telegraph wire, only infinitely more hol low, deep and reverberating. It re- , sounded all over the level surface of the pallid sea, and appeared to bo echoed back from the horizon and the vault “If I had anythlng to leave or to man- ! t ( x)TC| ^ if the heavens were a metallic . [^closing dome. It sang and resounded aud roared, but still with an inner sound. It was perhaps an hour after this, and long after tho most sanguine had yielded dumbly to despair, that the steamer rose on a monstrous wave, which mounted and mounted beneath her until it seemed as if it would end by carrying her through the sky; then, with a last furious effort, flung her forward, and slipped back under her keel Tlie great vessel was carried on by tlie impetus of the onset, and fell with an appalling crash, not on i preparations tho sea again, but on foe solid earth, 'ft is a positiv Customer—“That sugar of yours was dreadfully adultera ted.” Grocer—“But, my dear sir, it grew that way—sandy soil you know.”—Pittsburg D i s- patch. age,” said Percy, taking tlie paper which Valentine handed him, “I would retal- as if it liad been his own. The episode elothe9and Hiarcceioi of hi. marriage interested him more than ^ you must nj anything elset . . those whom it may concern that I main- r ^ th ; to to the last that I did not steal Mrs. outward bound steamer from England to ^ Send my love to my Now Zealand. He had previously known I ^ f 3 notliing of her, nor her.id Iter name; but late by appointing you my sole legatee j M |f foat which uttered It were still afar, itor; but all I JpjiseM are ray or walled off by some obstac a tliat it had i_._x uii i.i * not yct OTerc o me , Everything else was deathly still; the plash of the foam against tho vessel's bows and under her stern was the only other sound, lHit that seemed abnormally loud. Tho captain’s voice on tlie bridge broko Her voyage was over, and sho was in port at last Her iron ribe were crushed by the fall, but her frame still held together, and all motion ceased. The wind still shrieked and tho sea bellowed and thundered, but no waves stiuck the ship. 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Gents’ Furnishing Goods Our success in the Gents’ Furnishing Goods Leave Florence Arrive Sumter Leave Kumler Arrive Columbia Leave Wilmington Leave Marion Arrive Florence Leave Sumter Arrive Columbia No. 2” No 62 *6 15 p m f J 33 p in 10 20 a in 3.20 a u 4."S a a 4 35 a in 6. 15 a in "IC.IO p m 12.40 p m 1 30 a m t c i 45 a m 10 65 p in No 58 Leave Florence f8 25 a n Arrive Sumter 9 35 a m No 62 runs through from Charleston via Central R R. Leaving Lanes 8 30 A M., Manning 9 iO A M. Train on C & D It U connects at Florence with No 68, G0INQ NORTH. No- 51. i {.cave Columbia, j Arrive Sumter ; Leave Sumter Arrive Florence No. 78. j Leave Florence, i Leave Marion ( Arrive at Wilmington, Department w ar-, j. eaye g uni t cr rant us in the belief that out Clothing and Hats ArrWe Florenc# No. 53, poisoning. Ulcers, Eruptions and Pimples. It purifies the whole system and thoroughly builds up the constitution. 1 Nephew (with newspaper)— “They’re having a hard time upplied, at clothes and the receipted bills you paid for | mother and Pauline, and, if I die on .r’t^Sd 1 ;<>«* wm: startling distinctness, 11,0^.. .. . y«“s.l'i . .. ... he serious about It, be went on, with alt i . .1—„ 1.:. ,,„nr-v nin-h well acquainted with his family history, a cousin of hen, with whom she corre- sponded.having been engaged as compan ion to Lady Martin during several; ears. She had Abus taowd » fapt that w»3 ho spoke not above liis customary pitch. Ho gavo the order to put the vessel about. Immediately she began to swing of this voyage. Of on i, er course, describing a seml- t? 8*4 *11 nowwm*. circular swoon with hor stem: and in n laugh, “and yet I have had a presenti ment ever since we started that I shall never sse course, but where they were no one know nor tryinK ^ settle the Hungarian could have guessed within a hundred | D f et *,tion.” Aunt-“Why don’t they give him just plain pork and beans //<') - aid. miles. After an interval, tho quarter master, who had been the last man at the wheel, crept to the companionway, and, securing himself by a rope passed round his waist and made fast to the railing below, looked out At first he could distinguish nothing, and tbo null of the wind stifled him; he dragged himself back and waited. He hail not waited long before it appeared to him that the noise of the hurricane uraa ubelinor and the darlcneaa waa taaa Shiloh’s Vitalizer is what you need for Constipation, Loss of Appetite, Dizziness, and all symptoms of Dyspepsia. Price 10 and 7a cents per bottle. For sale at Boyd's. 1 Men’s, Youths’ and Boys’ suit the people, both as to quality and price. We carry always in stock a lull line of Hardware, Tin, Harness, &c- GROCERIES. The Grocery Department is large and kept well Rock-bottom prices. HARDWARE. At the Hardware Store, Managed by J. II. Stoves, Sewing Machines, Pumps; Gins, Belting Steam Engines, &c., in fact everything that comes under the head of machinist’s supplies. REPAIRING A SPECIALTY- October 81,1889. Leave Columbia Arrive Sumter No; 14 I Leave Florence Leave Marion Crockery, Arrivr at Wilmington im •10 35 p n 11 68 p m 11 58 p m I 15 am 4 36 a m 6 20 a m 8 36 a m 16 37 p in 7 50 p m *5 20 p m G 32 p m *8 15 p m 8 56 p m II 46 p m •Daily. (Daily except Sunday. No 53 runt through Io Charleston, via Central R R, arriving Manning 7 04 P it. Lanes 7 42 P M. Charleston 9 30 P M. No 69 conueols at Florence with CAD train for Cheraw and Wadesboro’. Nos 78 and 14 make close connection at Wilmingtou with W ft V/ KR for all paint' North. Train on Florencs R. R, leave Pee Dee daily except Sunday 4.40 P. M„ arrive Eftrly, is kept Rowland 7.00 P. M. Returning leare Rowland 6.30 A. M., arrive Pee Dee 8.50 A.M. Train ou Manchester ft Augusta U. U leaves Sumter daily except Sunday, 10.6C A.M, arrive Rimini 12.01 P. M. U> turning leave Rimini 13.15 P. it., ar rive Sumter 1.80 P, M. JOHN F. DIVINE, (Jen. Sup t. J. R. HENLEY, Asst, (ien’t Manager. T. M. KMMKRSt)>', Oou, l>„s. Agt.