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A Summer lioinancc
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We
t;t<K>(l in ttu" mooiilittlifH tender
Clow,
Ami 1 thought her the dninteot ({irl
Tlmt ever liad lived and 1 loved her go!
She had net my brain a whirl !
Tor she was eharmincly cay that night
As we stood <m the shore in the soft
moonlight,
And never a soul was nigh.
II.
So I whi«|>eied low, “l love you,-dear.
And you thrill m. through and
throikch !
As 1 look into your eyes in the moon
light here.
It is all that 1 can do
To keep from straining you close to
me now,
And kissing your eyes and lips—1 vow
It's hard to be good,” said 1.
III.
Then she looked up at me with a ro
guish glanee,
And a light was in her eyes
That made my blood leap, and the
whole world dance
In a rapture of sweet surprise.
"1 suppose It f.* hard,” she roguishly
said :
Then—soltly, and turning away her
head—
She added, “What makes you trv?”
[Somerville Journal.
the point, the lighthouse lamp flashed 1 leils<:, y ueiorw--tiia piuugwg nun, rue .
intermittently; asloopdrifted [«ist half a re «|i“S decks, the shattered masts, the care so much
mile out, and thu sound of a banjo wmto leaps and seething of the mad- length, “hut I
tinkled audibly across tlio water
gaio, the black darkness around and pended on y„u and
overhead; and her brother, her own be-
loved brother, staggering forth into this
blind fury of chaos to waft to her the
last message of despair. Sho saw it all
goinj’ back.”
The breeze fell again during the after
noon, and they delayed their starting in
expectation of a change later on The
_ — result justiiied their forecast, for as the
and / an U P °n the moon appeared above the eastern norizon ; —
, , and, if the worst comes to tho the clouds began to gatlicr in the west sell, "1 will accept it as a sign,
learned something last year from havoproc^on, enoughto ^ ^ lho of Uie ^ w;iv0(Jmur ; As sho spoke the boat gave a leap and
, Pauhno replied "and. now that over night. mured. The direction of the wind was was suddenly In smooth water. The sail
FROM TUK DIARY OF INSPECTOR BYRNES.
By JULIAN HAWTHORNE, Author of
“The Great Bank Bobbery," “An
American Penman,” Etc.
[Copyright by O. M. Dunham, and published,
through siKJclal arrangement by the American
Press Association with Cassell & Ox, New York
sad London.)
CUAPTEK XV.
MESSAGE I’ROil THE SKA.
T had been tho
custom with the
Nolens, during
tho summer
mouths, to go to
a seaside resort
known as Squit-
tig Point, on the
Now England
[coast. Theyown-
jed a small cot
tage there, con-
[> slating of a sit-
|k ting room, three
% bedrooms, and a
'kitchen and a
veranda, tho area
of which was
larger than all the rest of the house.
Tho house stood upon a low bluff direct
ly overlooking tho beach. There was a
semi-circular inlet at this point, about
fifty yards across; in this a pier had been
constructed, to tho end of which a cat-
boat was moored.
It was a pretty place, but a very quiet
one. To reach it it was necessary to
drive live or six miles from tho railway
station in tho neighboring town. With
in a radius of a mile there were perhaps
a dozen cottages similar to tho Nolens'
and occupied chiefly by artists. Milk,
eggs, poultry and vegetables were fur
nished by tho farm houses in the vicinity:
fish could bo caught by any on“ with a
fishing lino and a boat; meat *-d gro
ceries must be fetched from Uw town.
It was out of tho line of fashionable
travel; and thoso who knew of '*i -xis-
tencc, and had established themselves
there, were united in a conspiracy to
keep fashion away from it. If they
themselves felt tho need of a little dissi
pation, they could he at Newport in four
or five hours or at Swampscott before
night. But hero they could always be
sure of rest, seclusion, charming scenery
and as much fishing, sailing and bathing
as they wanted. Of course Uiey could
not hope to keep their secret long; soon
er or later somebody would appear and
buili a hotel; but meanwhile they en
joyed it nil the more for feeling that
thoL* exclusive possession of it must be
limited.
Opposite tho point was a lino of low
Islands, seven or eight miles distant,
which served as a natural breakwater
against the violence of the Atlantic’s
waves, and gave to the intervening ex
panse of water the advantages of A bay.
They were also a oharm and attraction
in themselves; for they were constantly
undergoing the moat surprising changes
under the influence of the mirage; and,
being within an easy sail, were often
visited for picnicking purposes by the
sojourners in the cottages. Baskets of
provisions were carried over, and the
materials for a clambake or a chowder
were always obtainable from tho sands
and the sea. The time not occupied in
cooking and eating could be devoted to
picking huckleberries, practicing with
the rifle or shotgun, or,.if the age and
circumstances of the members of the
party permitted, in quiet flirtations along
the beaches or in the woods. The sail
home was made by the red light of sun
set or by tho white luster of the moon.
The winter and spring had passed
away without any news having been ob-
“It’s delicious!” murmured tho judge,
sitting with Mrs. Nolen on one •tidc'of
him and Pauline on the other, and a
cigar between his Ups. "To-morrow
we’ll go out in tho boat and visit thu
island.”
Mrs. Nolen gave a sigh. She was
thinking of her son drowned at roa.
Paulino underxlood what tho sh’h
meant; but she was made of other metal
than her mother. “I mean to learn how
to sail tho boat myself this summer,”she
said. “1 like tho sea; 1 would like to
livo|bcsido it, or on it, always, liow
soft and gentle it is now! But when
tho storms come !”
"I can give you lessons in sailing,” ob
served the judge. "You know, when l
was u I Hiy I spent a year lief ore the
mast.”
“1
Percy, _
ho has become a part of the sea, I shall
feel more at home on it than before."
The next day, accordingly, tho prac
tice of navigation began, aud was con
tinued day by day thereafter. Pauline
allowed herself on apt pupil, and was, in
deed, quicker in an emergency than the
judge himself. Mrs. Nolen at first could
not bo prevailed on to accompany them;
but one warm day they induced her to
venture out, and tho experience was so
pleasant that she repeated it from time to
time.
Meanwhile the judge's afTair was man
ifestly approaching a crisis. Tho con
stant companionship of tho girl he loved
was inexpressibly sweet to him, and he
was unable to repress some manifesta
tion of it; yet ho could not decide
whether or not Paulino cared enough
about him to accept him as her husband.
Tiiat sho esteemed him highly was evi
dent, and that her affection for him was
deep and sincere; but there are many
kinds of affection, and the question was
whether her affection was of a kind ca
pable of being developed into the love of
a wife. The judge wished with all his
heart that ho could do her some immense
service, or make for her Home noble sac
rifice which might servo to draw her
nearer to iiini. But such tilings cannot
be commanded at will, and seldom occur
when they are wanted it socined that
■■mere is no man living ror wnum i !
for you,” she said at
, , - , „ —■» — — length, "but I have never thought of
dened seas, the deafening shriek of the caring for you in tiiat way. 1 have de-
galo, tho black darkness around and pended on joe and trusted in you. but
to be your wife. . . . OH, you must
giro mo time! I do not know what 1
think, or feel. But I shall not he in
, , - - doubt—I will give you an answer soon
anu then, with a long indrawing of the It seems to me that if I could love you
breath, her eyes beheld tho blue surface as you wish it would lie a fortunate thirg
°ilx BU , mmer l,ea, the Wlurm • nd tender f,,r me—fortunate lhal a man like you
sky bending over it, the green shore of should wish to marry such a girl as 1
the island toward which thev were softly am But give me till to-morrow ’
gliding. Her heart melted, and tears “As long as you need." answered the
wet her cheeks tmawares, judge, huskily "It I* my duty and my
1 am rea "T 8**“ I came,” said Mrs. happiness to wait for you and upon you
Nolen, turning round with a smile. “It as long ns 1 live."
lias been a deli~ 1 -"*--' — ” —" ■* » * - 1 — ”
looks so pretty
htful sail, and the island
I hope it will be as nice
. , ell begun is half ended,” said tho
judge, raising the centerboard as the
lx>at c"*— 1 — s-i-A —•
drifted some distance to leeward, so mat
sho was now sailing with tho wind very
nearly behind her and the boom far out;
and although tills involved some danger
of jibing again, it diminished the risk of
taking in water over tho quarter, and
was in so far an advantage. Pauline's
utmost strength wag required to hold tho
tiller, which struggled with her like a
wMId creature fighting to get loose; yet
she was compelled to keep one hand upon
tho sheet likewise, which might at any
moment need hauling in. Tho strain
upon her nerves mid muscles was terri
ble, but she clenched her teeth and held
on; in courage and spirit, at least, she
was equal to the occasion Once in a
while she threw a hasty glance into the
body of the boat. Mrs. Nolen had slip
ped down from her seat and had man
aged to draw the judge’s head and
shoulders ou tier lap.
If 1 save them," said Paulino to her-
Dargan & Lkle.
ul
IIAKUNGTON, S. G.
Purpose conducting an establishment that will be
Darlington County at the stand next door to Dr.
Drug Store.
a credit to
Boyd’s
Schedule of the Hartsville R. R.
Hahtsvillk. 8. C., Dec. ’ ».
DAILY MIXED THAI
Leaves Hartsville, ti.45 A. M.
lyeaves Jovann, 7.20 “
■ Arrive at Floyd's, 7.45 “
Making connection with the 8out)i
bound passenger train on the Cheraw
; 4j Darlington Kailroad.
RETURNING.
Leave Floyd’s, 10.00 A. M.
Leave Jovann. 10.20 “
Arrive at Hartsville, 10.50 “
This train waits two hours, if neeessa-
ry, forthe Nortli hound freight train
on C. &. D. K. R.
J. L. COKER.
President.
lie must trust to wlintcvcr u laidcd merit | ter take me."
CHAPTER XVI.
A STRANGE WOOISO.
HE judge pulled
off his shoes and
stockings and
jumped into tho
e hallo w water,
and, tugging
manfully, pulled
the boat up high
enough to render
it an easy matter
to transport the
adies to the
shore. Mrs. No-
7 ien ho took in Ids
arms and set
down on the
beach; then he
turned to do the like service for Pauline,
and ids heart beat at the thought of
having her for a moment so near him.
But as she stood poising herself in the
bows, light, beautiful and agile, he per
ceived that she meant to make a leap of
it. and. indeed, the distance was proba
bly not beyond her povvorH. She glanced
at (dm at tiiat juncture, and coul^ not
have failed to notice the sudden I altering
of Ills expression from its prei ions joy
ful expectation; she hesitated, and then
with a faint blush, held out her arms,
saying: "After all. perhaps you had la‘t-
lio possessed to win tier heart.
Paulino had always been mature for
her age; hut since tho calamity that had
fallen upon her she had developed
greatly. She was graver nud more taci
turn than before, and her manner was
more thoughtful and controlled. She
seemed already to have outgrown iicr
girlhood and to have attained tho strength
and experience of s woman. Ail this
was in tho judge’s favor; for Ids ago was
the factor in tho matter which lie feared
most. If they could meet on more nearly
equal terms in tldr ro..pect, lie could feel
more confidence in to llio rest. Sho con
versed with him on lus own intellectual
level, and consulted h.m freely and con
fidentially on all maiiers of interest to
herself. No frieudslr > between a man
and woman could ha been more inti
mate and genuine; hu; it was something
more than friendship tiiat tiie judge
longed for; if ho could liave detected a
single glow of passion in her chocks he
would have been a much happier man.
On the ether hand, Paulino was quite
able to veil her feelings; and no young
woman of healthy mind can be expected
to show what emotion may be in her,
or even to acknowledge it to herself,
until she has been fairly challenged
At length, having la-come quite accus
tomed to the management of the boat,
they decided to make the trip to the island.
The lunch liasket was packed ami stowed
amidships; ilsli lines and hooks were
placed in the locker, in case they should
come across a school of blucfish; cush
ions and wraps wero provided for Mrs.
Nolen, and extra ballast was put into the
hold, : n order to keep her steady in case
tho wind should increase. An early
start was made, for the breeze was so
light as scarcely to ruffle the water, and
set nearly in a direction opposite to tiiat
which they wished to go. In order to
get out of the little cove it was necessary
to use the oars; but after tiiat tho wind
gently swelled the sail, and, proceeding
by long tacks, they slowly made their
way toward the island that seemed to
quiver and waver in the heat on the ho
rizon.
About 11 o’clock the breeze freshened
a little, and the boat slipped more
swiftly, but still with an even, gliding
motion, through the water. The judge,
who fancied he detected signs of blue-
fish, now relinquished the helm to Pau
line, and got out ills lines. The squid
was thrown out astern, and cut a tiny
wake through tho waves, while tho
judge, with his finger on the line, watch
ed it like a hawk. For an hour, in spite
of several false alarms, nothing was
caught, but finally there was an unmis
takable tug, and, hauling in with fever
ish rapidity, the judge, in a few mo
ments, had tho pleasure of lifting on
board a tine largo demijoim, tightly
corked, which had been hooked by tho
handle.
After the laugh had subsided the judge
suggested tiiat the demijohn might con
tain something, and he knocked off the
head against the gunwale of the boat.
About a pint of salt water came out and
then a fragment of wood—apparently
part of the lid of a cigar box, on which
something liad been written with a pen-
tained concerning Horace Dupee; If he ( c ji The writing was almost obliterated,
had really been In New York at the time
of tho perpetration of tho robbery he
had entirely disappeared. The only thing
to bo done was to wait patiently until he
came back again, keeping a bright but
undemonstrative lookout for him in the |
meanwhile. As Inspector Byrnes had
the matter in charge, it was not neces
sary that Paulino should remain in New
York; sho could bo communicated with
but two or three words, or portions of
words, still remained.
“See if you con make them out, Pau
line,” said the judge, after scrutinizing
the inscription a few momenta “Your
eyes are better than mine.”
Holding tiie tiller in her left baud
Pauline took the bit of wood in her rigid
and looked at it. “I can make out part
of a name," she said presently, "and
at any time, and it might even hasten tho 1 gome figures—a dote, I suppose. AUl"
result she desired if she were known to |j er ]jpg closed tightly and her eyes
bo out of the city. Accordingly, as sum- dilated. Tiie boat swung round Into the
mer approached, and her mother’s health wind and lay with tiie sail flapping. She
manifestly demanded a change, prepara- had forgotten the tiller,
tions were made to go down to Squittig
Point Judge Keteilo, for reasons which
the reader will perhaps comprehend, ar
ranged to accompany them. He had not
as yet made any avowal to Pauline of
the nature of his sentiments towards her,
“What is itf" asked tho judge in sur
prise.
She met Ids eyes, and then glanced
stealthily toward her mother.
“Nothing,” said sho; and put the helm
over again. The boat resumed its course,
but he had been assiduous in his atten- the water bubbling under the stern. Mrs.
lions; and only the greatness of the prize i Nolen gazing toward the island, wliich
at stake withheld him from putting his
fate to tho touch at once.
They arrived about the middle of June.
The cottage had previously been put in
order for their reception: curtains un
packed and put up; mattings spread on
tiie floors; hammocks swung in the ve
randas; Y netian blinds fastened over
tho windows. The catboat bad been
route 1 out of her winter quarters in the
born, a new oo»t of paint had been given
tier, new sheets and halliards rove, and
her shrunken scams had been soaked till
they were water tight. These she rested
at her moorings as gracefully as a sea
gull Every thing being ready, tho
party, convoyed by tho judge, drove out
trom the town ono fine day and took
(vosseasion. It was sunset by the time
tiie last trunk was moved in. They had
supper, and then sat out on tho veranda
enjoying tho pure salt air and the liquid
outlook over the bay. There waa a faint
breeze; little waves mads a barely audi
ble plash on the shore of the cove. The
boat oourtesied gently off the wd of the
pier, aa if welcoming its owners back to
nature. The
was raattha
was now near at hand, had noticed noth
ing.
After a moment, she leaned toward
him and whispered in his car: “It is the
name of tho steamer in which Percy
sailed, and the date of tho hurricane.
Some one must have thrown it over
board in the storm—perhaps it is his
own writing. Say nothing: mother must
not know.”
Sho thrrst tho bit of wood into tho
front of her dress, while tiie judge drew
back with a grave, concerned face and
folded his anas in silence. It was a
strange event, indeed. That demijohn
had been drifting about on the ocean
currents for months, to bo brought, at
last, to the very hand for whicli it had
been perhaps intended. Paulino did not
doubt that Percy had thrown it over
board at tho moment when all hope
Tlio judge could not Kjx ak; the revul
sion was t(K> sudden She had never be
fore done anything which seemed so sig-
nilicaiit, ami as lie received her on his
sturdy shoulder he experienced a happi
ness more poignant than he liad ever
known The action lasted lint for an in-
stunt, but tiie effect was by no means so
transient; on tiie contrary, it kept glow
ing ami increasing in his soul, and quite
illuminated Ids whole aspect Pauline,
too, was in an unusual mood: she seemed
softer and more accessible Ilian was
usual with her. Tin* tears which she
liad lately shed had brought all tiie
woman in her to the surface. There
were tones in her voice tiiat thrilled to
the judge's heart like exquisite music.
Tho memory of her brother liad done
her lover good service.
A spot was selected under the shade
of a cedar, with clean white sand under
neath. Here Mrs. Nolan was established
witli tier cushions, and the cloth was
spread for lunch. The basket was un
packed, tiie plates and knives and forks
arranged, and the good - things set out.
They liad brought a jug of water, but it
had become so warm as to be unpalat
able; bo the judge proposed tiiat they
should go and find a spring; there was
sure to ho one not far off. Pauline
assented and they started, leaving Mrs
Nolan beneath the cedar.
T did not know whether to be glad or
sorry tiiat I was the means of bringing
that strange message to you,” said tiie
judge, when they were out of earshot
"And yet I could not help thinking that
there must have been some providential
design in the matter, it was as if Percy
had appointed me his messenger to you."
“Oh, lam glad—I am only glad!" re
joined Pauline musingly, with her eyce
downcast. “It puts my doubts at rest.
All this time 1 could not n niize that he
was gone. 1 knew it, of course, but it
liad not been brought home to me. Now
I can feel tiiat all is well with him. 1
am glad it came."
“It seems a pity that so much of tiie
message should bo illegible,” remarked
the judge. "It would have been well to
know for a certainty that it came from
Percy’s own hand.”
"Perhaps it will become more legible
when tlio wood is dried. But I should
not caro if it turned out to liave been
written by some one else. It is from
Percy’s ship—the Amazon—and in that
case it is from him."
"I am a little surprised,” said the
judge, after a pause, "tiiat Mr. Martin
has not written us some of tlio details of
tho affair. He can hardly have failed to
understand that any information, how
ever slight, would have been precious to
you. You have not heard from him,
have you?"
"No, and I think you are right. He
should have written. But I can imagine
why ho lias not. It was ids suggestion
tiiat Percy should leave New York. He
urged him to go witli him. ho took tiiat
responsibility. Tlio least ho could do was
to guard him from harm. When tlmt
storm came he should not have let him
go out of his sight. But, instead, lie let
him bo drowned. I can understand why
lie lias not written to me—lie would not
, dare!"
She said this with a passionate em
phasis. Tho judge was secretly con
scious of a feeling of relief, but his sense
of rectitude compelled him to say: “It
would not be just, 1 think, to charge Mr
Martin with being accountable for Per
cy's death."
"Perhaps it is not logically just; hut
tiiat is the way I feel,” was her reply.
By this time they liad reached tiie
spring, wliich trickled out of asand bluff
a few feet above high water mark, and
filled a barrel tiiat liad been sunk in the
sand below. Tiie judge knelt down and
plunged the jug into the cool water,
which gurgled into it with a refreshing
sound Paulino stood, with her hands
hanging folded, looking down on him.
The blue sea, the sunshine, tiie warmth
wero inexpressibly soothing.
"How pleasant it is here,” sho said.
The judge rose, with tiie jug in his
liand. A moment before lie liad not
meant to speak so soon; but now the
words seemed to break from him invol
untarily.
"Pauline, will you bo my wife?" lie said
Site took a step backward, and their
eyes met. She was startled, and the ex
pression of iter face at first seemed to
indicate refusal. But after a few mo
ments the softer look returned to it.
mingled with sadness.
"Would that be site asked.
"Infinitely best for me. But it is you
who must decide. I liave loved you ever
since you wero a little girl."
"D<x‘s my muliier know of this?"
“Yes, since last year; and sho lias bid
den mo tiadspeed But I do not wish
you to be influenced by that Decide
for yourself alone. I am twice your
years, and more; but in my love for you
I am young, and shall always be."
She stood silent for a while. She was
such that, after leaving the island, they
could make a nearly straight run for
home, keeping thu boom over tiie port
quarter. In setting out a long tongue of
land extending on the southeast broke
the sweep of the wind, and made it seem
much lighter than it really waa. The
water was smooth and tlio impulse just
sufficient to make them glide along rap
idly. But the moment the point of the
cape was passed tho sudden increase in
the violence of the wind fairly startled
them. The judge, who was at the helm,
made the mistake of supposing that it
was a gust or temporary squall only, and
therefore did not put back into the
smooth water and double reef his sail,
as he should have done.
By tho time ho liad discovered that tho
wind had come to stay, they were too far
on their course to make a return advis
able. To have done so would have in
volved beating up almost in tho teeth of
tlio gale, wliich would not only liave
been a long job, but one wliich the height
it tiie waves would have rendered dan
gerous. To keep on, on tiie other hand,
reemed comparatively easy, the wind
being nearly fair, yet not so much so as
to involve tiie peril of jibing; tho dis
tance, moreover, was not very great, and
the boat, thougli heavily laden, was
going fast. Accordingly the judge
grasped tho tiller (Irmly, and kept her
(leaded so as to pass tho lighthouse a
couple of points to tho northwestward.
The three occupants of the little craft
were all seated, of course, close up on
the weather side, the t^fread of sail hav
ing a tendency to bear her down to lee
ward. The judge sat next the stern;
i’aulino was close to 1dm, and Mrs. Nolen
was next to Pauline, her feet being sup
ported against the sheath of tho ccnter-
, board. But as they sped along the waves
ran higher and higher, aad began at
length to dash over the weather gun
wale, wetting Pauline’s back and shoul
ders, and running down into tiie well.
Tlio effect of this, after it had con
tinued for a while, was inevitably to
make the boat sit lower in the wat% and
thus offer less opposition to the inroads
of tho seas; and it was evident that an
effort must bo made to bail her out.
i There was a tin dipper In tho locker
not without difficulty tho judge suc
ceeded in getting this out, and, stooping
down, endeavored to bail with his right
hand, while handling the tiller with his
left. But it was impossible to hold tiie
boat to tier course with ono hand in
such a Boa, and after a minute Pauline
took tiie dipper and intimated that she
would attend to that part of the work.
She bailed rapidly and steadily and
threw out a largo amount of water, but
tiie waves continued to rise and overlap
the gun wale, so that sho was unable to
keep pace with tlio influx, and tho boat
settled so low that ever and anon a wave
would wash in to leeward. This was a
serious matter; it meant that swamping
was not far off; and with the extra
ballast on board sho would go the bottom
like a stone. And if sho did, nothing
was more certain than that they would
be drowned. It would be impossible for
even tlio strongest swimmer to reacli the
shore on such a nigiit.
Mrs. Nolen, after expressing, in the
subdued manner characteristic of her in
all circumstances, her horror and despair
at the situation—the real gravity of
which she was, however, probably far
from recognizing—had relapsed into a
sort of lethargic state, half reclining on
the narrow seat, motionless, and seem
ingly unconscious of the water that was
dashing over her. This passive attitude
was doubtless tiie best for all concerned
that she could possibly have assumed.
The judge perhaps suffered more than
any of the party; for lie felt himself
mainly responsible for the affair, and tho
idea of death stepping between him and
Paulino at such a juncture was almost
more than lie could bear. Paulino, alone,
was apparently perfectly cheerful and
composed. She even felt a pleasant ex
hilaration in tlio face of the imminent
danger. Tho exertion of bailing had put
her in a warm glow from head to foot;
and though she saw that her labor was in
effectual sho maintained it with unfalter
ing resolution. They wero now within a
mile of the light house,and as soon as they
barely swelled to tho breeze. The change
was so sudden tiiat it seemed miraculous.
They had passed under tiie lee of the
lighthouse, but that appeared inadequate
to account for so abrupt and great an
alteration. Indeed, Pauline always be
lieved and declared afterwards tiiat the
gale had actually ceased, without visible
cause, in a moment of time. Tiie boat
slipped sluggishly through tiie water ou
an even keel. There was scarcely air
enough to carry her to her moorings in
tho little cove.
“Well, then, I will lx? his wife,” said
Paulino to herself, as they touched the
pier: "and 1 think 1 love hb i now!"
(To be continued)
C’harlM Lamb's W.'Ulufs.
Tiie writings of Charles Lamb are an
excellent illustration of tiie value of re
serve in literature. Below his quiet, his
quaintness, his humor and what may
seem tlio slightness, tiie occasional or
accidental character of his work, there
lies, as in his life, a genuinely tragic
element. The gloom reflected at its
darkest in those hard shadows of "Rosa
mund Gray’’ is always there, though
not always realized either for himself or
Ids readers, and restrained always in
utterance. It gives to thoso lighter mat
ters on the surface of life and literature
atnoug which he for the most part
moved a wonderful force of expression,
as if at any moment these slight words
and fancies might pierce very far into
the deeper soul of things.
In ids writing, as in his life, tiiat quiet
is not Hie low flying of one from Hie first
drowsy by choice, ami needing the prick
of some strong passion or worldly ambi-
tiim to stiiniiluto 1dm into all tiie energy
of which ho is ■•apablo, but rather the re
action of nature after an escape from
fate, dark and insane as in old Greek
tragedy, following upon which Hie sense
of mere relief becomes a kind of passion,
us with one who, having narrowly es
caped earthquake or shipwreck, finds a
tiling for grateful tears in just sitting
quiet at home, under tlio wall, till the
end of days.—Walter Pater.
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A full line of Stationery and School-
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C. 4* D. and C. & S. RAILROADS
Charleston, S, C., May 1,1890.
0o and after May the trainf on
these roads will run as follows (Sunda / ex
cepted) every day:
DOWN TRAIN.
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Dennetts 5.40
Morven’i 5,55
McFarland 6.10
Leave Cheraw 6.48
Cash’i :7.00
Society Hill 7 l‘d
Dove’s 7.80
Floyd's 7.88
Darlington 7.50
Palmetto & 00
Arrive at Florence 8 15
UP TRAIN.
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Palmetto 8 25
Darlington 8.85
Floyd's 8.46
Dove’s 8.62
Society Bill 9.12
Cash’s 9 17
LeaveCheraw 9.43 P M
McFarlan 10.08
Morten’s 10.20
Bennett’s 10,35
Lake Wadesboro 11.00
Freight Train going up.
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Freight going down
Arrive DnrlinStou
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2.00 p ra
3 30 p m
4.10 p ni
Any book not in stock will be ordered out on tt few day’s notice at
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N
Coimultiuj; Die Stan*.
It is strange tiiat many persons yet ;
confound astronomy wiili astrology, a
result of tho unduo importance which
personal and private interests liave over
scientific principles in the thoughts of
many persons. Not many weeks ago we 1
received a letter from a subscriber who 1
wished to he informed where lie could !
find a text book of astrology.
It is said tiiat tiie astronomer royal, :
who has charge of Greenwich obaerva- j
tory, frequently receives letters asking :
what Ids terms arc for drawing a horo
scope! Tiie writers of these letters often
promise to make known, if necessary, !
tiie true day and hour of their birth.
Such incidents call to mind a story told
of Henchel, tlio astronomer.
During a very rainy season a farmer |
in Ids neighborhood came to ask his
opinion, or rather tiie opinion of the ;
stars, as to the day tiiat would best suit [
for making Ids hay without any fear of I
losing it by showers.
The great astronomer led the man to
a window and pointed with Ids finger to
J a meadow where tiie grass had been |
mowed aud was rotting in the wet.
"You see that field,” said he. "Well,
it is mine. Isn't that enougli to show
i you tiiat as regards raiu and fine weather
I am not a bit more of a conjurer than
any of my neiglibois?’’—Youth’s Com
panion.”
A Steer in the House.
A drove of Texas cattle were being
driven across the railroad tracks near
i the Martell house. Oue of the drove, a
' large steer, became separated from the
others aud ran down the tracks into the
Yandalia yards. Being close pressed by
i William Little, the driver, the steer
mounted the outside stairs of a two story
tenement house situated close to the
round house, and entered tho kitchen
! and took possession. Mrs. A. O. Hen-
I neey.with her baby in her arms, had just
time to escape by a back stairway and
save tlio life of herself aud child. The
. infuriated steer upset tiie kitchen table,
Ever/tliing You Want in the
Stationery Line,
O-A-UST BE BOTJQ-HT -A-T
THE DARLINGTON BOOK STORE.
Terms Cash :
DARGAN & LIDE, Proprietors.
January Id, 1890.
ANOTHER’S^ CRIME!
FROM THE DIARY OF INSPECTOR BYRNES.
A. F. RAVENEL, Pres.
II Master Trnnspnrlation.
ORTIIF. ASTERN RAILROAD
0itahlkston, S. C., May 1, 1880.
BY JULIAN HAWTHORNE,
-AUTHOR or-
“The Great Bank Robbery,” “An American Penman,” Etc.
Copyrighted by O. M. Dunham, and published through special arrangement by
the American Press Association with Cassell A Co.,
New York and London.
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The Darlington News.
On ami after this date the following
schedule will be run :
DOING SOUTH.
No. 27, Daily.
Leave Florence
*1 35 a ni
Leave Kingstrce
2 29 a in
Arrive Lanes
2 50 a in
Leave Lanes
2 50 a m
Arrive (’harleston
5 00 u in
No. 23, Daily.
Leave Florence
*8 30 a in
Leave Kingstree
9 40 a d
Arrive Lanes
10 07 a i
Leave Lanes
10 07 a i.
Arrive Charleston
11 59 n m
No 63.
Leave Lanes
*7 60 P. M.
Arrive Charleston
9 30 p. m.
Train on C & D It It conn
cts at Flor-
enco with No 23 Train
GOING NORTH.
No, 78, Daily.
Leave Charleston
*1 20 a m
Arrive Lancs
3 00 a m
Leave Lanes
3 00 a m
Leave Kingstree
3 17am
Arrive Florence
4 20 a ni
No. 14.
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*4 30 p in
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f» 20 p rn
Leave Lanes
6 20 p tu
Leave Kingstree
0 46 p in
Arrive Florence
7 55 p m
No. 52, Daily.
Leave Charleston
*7 00 a m
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8 # 27 a ni
Read these prices,
Cull at
, , - , , , , i, . smashed the dialies, broke the chairs and
passed under the lee of t they would be lotber lurniturei and OTCrturned tho
comparatively safe. But it_wasaques- etOTe The d rive r mounted the stairs
* Daily, f Daily except Suu
Nos 52 runs through to Columbia
via Central R R of S C.
Nos. 78 ami 14 run solid to Wilmington,
N, C„ making close connection with W. k
W R R for all potols north.
J. R. KENLV, J. F. Divtss,
Supt. Trans. OcuT Sup’t.
T. M. Kmcuson, Qen'l Pass. Agt.
milNCTON COLUBIA AM! ANUTA KAILIIDA
May 1, 1890.
GOING SOUTH
No. 28.
But it
tion whether the boat would hold out so
long, and just then an unforeseen catas
trophe occurred.
As Pauline stooped to fill the bailer,
tho little vessel gave a sudden lurch to
leeward, throwing tlio girl forward on
her knees in tho bottom of tho boat
The judge reached out quickly to save
her from going overboard; in doing so,
the tiller was thrust over; the boat came
directly before the wind, the sail jibed,
Croup, Whooping Cough and
should bedotMk ^The toat lid 'already bronchitis immediately relieved
rtwAF on/i «traa broadside to the I Snilon’s Cur(?. For s&Ib at
i
and, after some difficulty, managed to
get a ring in the animal's nose, but it
broke and was useless. The animal, af
ter having completely wrecked the room,
leisurely descended the stairs and was
| capture! —St. Louis Republic.
•»—— •——
Are you sick ? If so, you can
be restored to perfect health if
.... , , . ; you use Radam’s Microbe Killer.
“roc^STj^TtC headland 14 V™*™ Je blood thoroughly,
knocked him into tho wat£r. At tho an ^ 18 you are a
same moment a wave came over the well man. The success of the
stern and deluged tho seat room. Tho medicine is simply wonderful,
end seemed to bo at hand. For sale at Gamer’s Drug
But Paulino was not a woman to bo Store;
vanquished without a struggle. As she _ , , r
sprang up and seized tho tiller, her
mind was perfectly clear as to what
— boat had already 1
fallen off, and was broadside to the ; by Shiloh’s Cure,
wind; she put down tho helm, and ! Boyd’s,
brought her up in the wind’s eye, rap
idly hauling in the sheet as she did so,
and giving it a turn round tho cleat
Then sho bent her gaze on the dark con
fusion of waters in which tho judge liad
sunk.
It was ten to ono that bo had been car
ried to leeward and out of reach. But
one circumstance, of which Paulino was
not aware, operated In her favor. There
was a strong tido running out against
the wind; and when the judge rose his
head appeared within u foot of where
Pauline sat She stretched ovei toward
him, grasped him by the sleeve of the
coat and drew him toward her. Though
half stunned by the blow he had re
ceived, he managed to get his arm over
the gunwale, and, a wave coming to his
assistance, lie half scrambled, half was
thrown into tho bottom of the boat.
Once there, his remaining strength for-
i »ook him, and lie lay unconscious. Pau
line did not attempt to relieve him; she
bad her liands full of other matters. The
run?
45-inch Henrietta at 50
consisting of Cashmeres,
1,000 yards assorted Worsteds at 10 cts, worth 20 to 40cts
A full line Cashmeres at 12i and 15 cts. We arestill run-
our famous 25 cts. yard wide Cashmere in all shades
more popular than ever this season,
cents. A large line of Black Goods
Henriettas and Imported Reps from 15 to J1 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
We continue to maintain
selling solid goods.
Jim—“Jack, lend me a fiver, Gents’ Furnishing Goods
jplcQs© 9** Jcick — *"Ccrtciiiily *
Lend me the fiver I last loaned Our success in the Gents’ Furnishing Goods Department war-
you and you can have it.”— ran t us in the belief that out Clothing and Hats
Boston Courier.
Men’s, Youths’ and Boys’ suit the people,
both as to quality and price.
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*C 15 p «
Leave Marion
9 33 p in
Arrive Florence
10 20 a ni
No. 60.
Leave Florence
3.20 a u
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4. 6 a ik
Leave Sumler
4 35 a in
Arrive Columbia
C. 15 a m
No. 27
Leave Wilmington
*10.10 p ID
Leave Marion
12.40 p m
Arrive Florence
1 20 a m
No 62
Leave Sumter
f 9 46 a m
Arrive Columbia
10 55 p m
No 58
Leave Florence
f8 25 a »
Arrive Sumter
9 So a in
No 62 rune through from
Chat Usten ria
Central R R.
Leaving Lanee 8 30 A M., Manning 9 10
A M.
Train on C & D R K connects at Florence
with No 58.
GOING NORTH.
No. 61,
the wants of the people,
our reputation for
<,enve Columbia.
Arrive Sumter
Ltare Sumter
Arrive Florence
No. 78.
Leave Florence,
Leave Marion
Arrive at Wilmington,
No. 69
Leave Sumter
Arrive Florence
Malarial Frvkr is caused by!
Microbes. The germs are in the
air you breathe. Take Radam’s . TT , o i
Microbe Killer and that will kill We carry always in stock a full line of Hardware, Crockery,
the germ and you cannot have q’j n Harness, &c.
an ache or pain. ’
For sale at Dr. Garner’s Drug
Store.
Leave Columbia
Arrive Sumter
No. 53
No 14
Leave Florence
Leave Marion
Arrive at Wilmington
*10 85 p n
11 58 p m
II 68 p m
I 15 a m
4 35 a m
5 20 a m
8 35 a m
fC 37 p ix
7 50 p ra
*5 20 p ra
0 32 p nr
*8 16 p ra
8 55 p m
II 45 p m
Sleepless nights, made miser
able by that terrible cough,
Shiloh’s Cure is the Remedy for
you. For sale at Boyd’s. 1
groceries.
The Grocery Department is large and kept well supplied,
Rock-bottom prices.
HARDWARE.
“He’s a pessimist. Verywide-
... -— ... A|
seemed gone, and probably just before
ho himself was swept from tho deck; wMartly touched byto word«.and by
and if so it must have been to her that the ntanly gsostosity ^
ho liad in his heart addressed it.
The incident brought tho picture
the disaster vividly before her
moon rosa late said wfl; It 1 gho had never realized it
from port
She watched her chance heedfully to
; „ . -- . .. come about, for to ship another wave
something was yet wanting to give the ^ the |&st ono might ^ fatiL
o{ final conviction to her he *^' *" *"* ; boat obeyed her helm promptly, and set
la- WM100 truo to ^ erse ^ t° commit herself a p\ un gQ and a roil towards her
|j}« i without it. I ripstinatfrin Dnrina* the nauaa ahnhad
nau uer nanus IUU OI Ollier maiiera. | v >> ‘iThnt’a «trance A
boat was almost in a sinking state, and p » aa ; 8 .
they were still more than half a mile Pessimist ought to be very large-
from nort. blue.”—Pticfr.
Boyc
•Daily. fDaily except Sunday.
No 63 runs through to Charleston, via
Central R R, arriving Manning 7 04 P h.
I Lanes 7 42 P M. Charleston 9 30 P M.
No 59 connects at Florence with C S D
at j train for Cheraw and Wadesboro’.
Nos 78 and 14 make close connection at
Wilmington with W & W R R for ail point:
North.
Train on Florenca R. R, leave Pee Dte
„ t tt tv i - Li dsilj except Sunday 4.40 P. M., arrive
At the Hardware Store, Managed by J. H. Early, is kept Rowland 7.00 p. m. Returning ieav.
u lx- Oi Rowland C.30 A. M., arrive Pee Dee 8.50
Stoves, Sewing Machines, Pumps; Gins, Belting Steam a. m.
Train ou Manchester & Augusta R. ft.
leaves Sumter daily except Sunday, 10.50
A. M., arrive Rinihri 12.01 P. M. ft.-
turning leave Rimini 13.15 P. M , ar
rive Sumter 1.30 P, M.
JOHN P. DIVINE, Gen. Sop’t.
1 J. R. KENLEY, Asst, Gen’l Manager.
IT. M. EMMERSON, Gen. Pas. Agt,
Engines, &c., in fact everything that comes
under the head of machinist’s supplies.
repairing a specialty.
October 31,1889.
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