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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.
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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-
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: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.
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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.
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8 t > a in
Arrive Darlington
H 0 * a m
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g down
Arrive Darlington
p m
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Arrive Florence
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A. F. RAVENEL, Pre#
II Master Trnnsporlntion.
N
7ORTHHASTfiRN
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Ouaiukston, S. 0., Mny 1, lb' ll
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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.
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The Darlington News.
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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. Sho seemed
to have been lifted beyond their roach',
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A full line Cashmeres at 12i and 15 cts. We arestill run
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more popular than ever this season. 45-inch Henrietta at 50
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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
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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.
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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.