The Darlington news. (Darlington, S.C.) 1875-1909, October 16, 1890, Image 4

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' W: W3s WW' me i&fj ^ariingki Pi uushko Evkry Thursday Morning JieNRY J, Jhompson. PROPH1ETOH. ,w * wuo«w<>4*, i»my nmi iai>-, t ''OH', a-a i.ii. of lit; Muml umt [i t uti'.iry ft!-_ lilt til- luiiiiblu I ftMiiijj^lariy in, iiii o.ui.rbi", Diicdu-ati il «’r.<toni * ,n ‘‘ >• 'losifwl |vrtiu*city in Khu ivjtxU 1 oil ronijiro i(bU e , | daunm^li rri; miso«. A -onsh Kenw of Justicv in u K Kiunity, wliiio lioubtiiijj bcr al iiity to tatg care of tin* «hol« fortune, su/-.:».t«l tlmt tUe 1'KttMrt—|t Per Annuiu lu Advance; ouaiR to be coutaut wiib i.Mflm. nO cents for * month*; 25 cents for , “ ou “ <1 to throw oven thet a nay on nouw 3 months. d rued ifcirik of a man, ntitoorally; hut Advertising Rnt,. H . ^ roe “ ,i ‘ ao "* u to give a Adve t mg Kates, chai) for raakiu , Ler , JliljupRV If. offerin’ One Square, 3n>t insertion $1.00 , » trmpution to russednesa* The only 50 0 I > P OSi »* v <>ic« to thi* counsei came from 90 ; U* 9 sardonic lips of Mr. Jack Hamlin “Sup inserted P T°’” /■“S”' 051 * 1 lL,,t KcnUeman, turning , i i * abruptly on the speaker—“suppose when upon the moat reasonable terms. y ou won gso.OOO of me huT’Frid^ Marriage Notice's and Obituaries, night-suppose that imrtcad of handing not exceeding six lines., inserted free, you over the money as I did-supposo I’d got — v:-'-1 _-—=r_7—r: 1 U P on my hind legs, and said, ‘Look ycr, Bill Wethersbee, you’re a d-d fool If I give ye that twenty thousand, you'll throw it oarneu It mre, Oiyv; n wan no sonuessut the old man,-said the fore V u,n When the jury retired it was felt that she bad cleared her character; when operation chance of seemed to lie some „ PmMiiitiMI Much, doubtless, was ecnter.^1! 0Wln * U> h ” r I* r » cUc »l knowledge of hotel merva um ; VMtWnv Knf u.*.. ..i. •» . One Sqnuro, second insertion. Every subsequent insertion ... Contract advertisements Job Department. Our job department is supplied with aw *3' ln tb9 ( ' r “ t skin game in 'Frisco, and every facility necessary to enable us ““^thalbYt short card sharp you'll ^ . . . ,, m "t. There’s a tliousand—enough for vou to compete both as to price and quali- to f ing . wt y i _ uke lt mid ^ t ,, 8 ^ ty of work, with even those of the ci- what I’d said to you was the frozen truth, ties, and we guarantee satisfaction in and you know'd it, would that have been the every particular or charge nothing square thing to play on your But hero for our work. We ar» always prepar-' ' v ®tbcrsbee quickly pointed out the inofll- ed to (ill orders at short notice for ot tl ' ,, by stating that he Blanks, Bill Heads, letter Heads, ! a* 9 moneyf.lrty with a stake. “And DittiifVP, a t j, c , v Jq vo|1 t imw n A« man .l~A it u_ (’ards, Kami Bills, Posters, Circulars .... muotbimt; wnen they icentered tbs ■ ■ . “ ‘ ■"■w' 1 room with their vordk-t it was known tha* ! I0 ** , * n *' mon 60 her rigid economy and she had been awarded three millions damages l‘i!l ti ^!Ii^ U * t, 7'm Tbfl ; ,, ‘ i i ’ itre “ of millions, for its defamattau. * 11,0 e 00 * 9 ®. washed, waited on tabic, mado the beds and labored like a oaumou menlak \ isftore were attracted by this novel specta cle. The income of the house increased iu their respect for the hostess lessened. ,\o anecdote of her avarice was too extravagant for current belief. It was even alleged that she had been known to carry the luggage of guests to their rooms, that she might antici pate the usual porter's grandly. She denied herself the ordinary necessaries of life. Bhe was poorly clad, slie was ill-fed—but the hotel was making money. A few hinted of insanity; others shook their heads, anil said a cw'se was entailed on the property. It was believed, aLo, from her appearance, that she could not king survive this tax on her energies, and already there was discussion as to the probable tlnol dispo sition of her tuoperty. It was the peculiar fortuuc of Mr. Jack Ilamliu to be able to set the world right on this and other questions regarding her. A stormy December evening hail set in when he chanced to be a guest at the Itook- ville hotel. He hail, during the past week. /►vCl/ i* OoUct She got the money. But those who hod confidently expected to see her squander It were disappointed; m the contrary, it was presently whispered that she was exruadingly penurious ibat admirable woman, Mrs, Stiver, of lied Dog, who accompanied Vamphleia, &c. All job work must be paid for Cash On Delivery. poetry. The Voiceless. We count the broken lyres that rest Where the sweet wailing singers slumber— But o’er their silent singer's breast The wild flowers who will stoop to number ? A few can touch the magic string, And noisy Fame is proud to win them ; Alas for those who never sing, But die with all their music in theml Nav, grieve not for the dead alone, I Whose song has told their hearts’ sad story— Weep for the voiceless, who have known The cross without the crown of glory ! Not where Leucadian breezes sweep O’er Sappho's memory-haunted bil low* Rut where the glittering night dews weep On nameless sorrow's church-yard pillow. 0 hearts that break and give no sign Save whitening lip and fading tress es, Till death pours out his cordial wine Slow-dropped from Misery's crush ing presses— If singing breatli or echoing chord To every hidden pang was given, What endless melodies were poured, As sad as earth, as sweet as heaven. [Oliver Wendell Holmes. AH HEIRESS OF BED DOG. BY BBET HASTE. (Copyrighted by Houghton, HUnin & Co., nud published by arrangement with them.] The first intimation given of the eccentricity of the testator was, I think, in the spring of 1854. He was at that time in | osaeaiiioii of a considerable property, heavily mortgaged to one friend, and a wife of soino attraction, on whose affections another friend held an in cumbering lien. One day it was found that be had secretly dug, or caused to .« dug, a deep trap before the front door of Ms dwell ing, into which a few friends, in the cotirso of tho evening, casually and familiarly dropped. This circumstance, slight in itself, seemed to point to the existence of a certain humor in the man, which might eventually get into literature, although his wife’s lover— a man of quick discernment, whose leg was broken by the fall—took other views. It was some weeks later that, while dining with cer tain other friends of bis wife, ho excused him self from the table to quietly reappear at the front window with a three-quarter inch hy draulic pipe, and a stream of water projected at the assembled company. An attempt was made to take public cognizance of this; but a majority of the citizens of Bed Dog, who were not at dinner, decided that a man bad a right to choose his own methods of diverting his company. Nevertheless, there were some hints of his insanity; bis wife recalled otbei acts clearly attributable to dementia; the crippled lover argued from his own experience that tho integrity of her limbs could only be secured by leaving her husband's house; and the mortgagee, fearing a further damage to his property, foreclosed. But hero the cause of all tills anxiety took matters into his own hands and disappeared. When we next heard from him he had, in some mysterious way, been relieved alike of his wifeond property, and was living aionsat Rockville, fifty miles away, and editing a newspaper. But that originality be hod dis played wlien dealing with the problems of bis own private life, when applied to politics in tho columns of Tho Rockville Vanguard was singularly unsuccessful. An amusing exag geration, purporting to be tn exact account of the manner in which the opposing candi date hail murdered his Chinese laundry .nan, was, I regret to say, answered only by as sault and battery- A gratuitous and purely Imaginative description of a great religious revival in Calaveras, in which the sheriff of the county—a notoriously profane skeptic— was alleged to have baen the chief exhorter, resulted only in the withdrawal of the county advertising from the paper. In the midst of this practical coufusiou he suddenly died. It was then discovered, as a crowning proof of his alisurdity, that he had left a will be queathing his entire effects to a trickle faced maid servant at tho Rockville hotel. But that absurdity became serious when it was also discovered that among these effects were a thousand shares in the Rising Bun Mining company, which a day or two after bis de mise, and while people mcro still laughing at bis grotesque benefaction, euJi’.rnly sprang into opulence and celebrity. Three millions of dollars was roughly estimated as tho value ot the i date thus wantonly sacrificed. For it is only fair to state, as a Just tribute to the enterprise and en ergy of that young and thriving settle ment, that there was not probably a single citizen who did not feci him self better able to control the d e- cetiscd humorist’s property. Borne bail expressed a doubt of their abil ity to support • family; others had felt perhaps too keenly the deep responsibility resting upon I hem when chosen from tho panel as jurors, and had availed their public duties; a few had de- clinod office and low salary; but no one shrank from the possibility of having been ®*Ued upon to assume the functions of Peggy Moffat, the The will was whom It «aiiv j hew do you know,” demanded Hamlin sav : agely, bending his black eyes on the astou- i ished casuist—“how do you know that the gal hezn't put down a stoker The man stam mered an unintelligible reply The gambler laid his white hand on Wethcrsbec’s shoulder. | “Look here, old man.” lie -aid, “every gal | stakes her whole pile— you ciui bet your life on that—whatever’s her little game. If she ; took to keord* instead of her feelings, if she'd put up ‘chips’ instead o’ liody and soul, she’d bust every bank ’twist this and 'Frisco! You hear mef’ Somewhat of this idea was eonvej’ed, I fear not quite as sentimentally, to Peggy Moffat herself. The best legal wisdom of Ban Fran cisco,retained by the widow and relatives,took occasion, in u private Interview with Peggy, to point out that she stood in the quasi-crimi nal attitude of having unlawfully practiced upon the affections of an insane elderly gentle man, with a view of gc«ri».„' posseHsion of his property, and suggested l<* h- r that no vestige of Her moral char a-•ter would remain after the trial, if .she persist's! in forcing her claims to that issue. It is sai l ! hat Peggy, on hear ing this, stop]iod yadting th< plotr die hail in her hands, and, twist ng the towel around her fingers, fixed lier small jiale blue eyes at tha lawyer. “And ez that the kind o’ chirpin these crit ters keep upr “I regret to say, my dear young lady,” re sponded the lawyer, “that the world is cen sorious. I must add,” he continued, with en gaging frankness, “that wo professional law yers are apt to study the opinion of the world, and that such will be the* theory of— our side.” “Then,” said Peggy stoutly, “e* I allow I’ve got to go into court to defend my char acter, I might as well pack in tuem three mil lions too.” There is hearsay ertdeneo that Peg added to this speech a wish and desire to “bust the crust” of her traducers, and, remarking that “that was the kind of hairpin” she was, ' closed the conversation with an unfortunate \ accident to the plate tin. 1 nr. u severe contu- sion on the legal brow of her companion. But this story, popular in tho barrooms and gulches, lacked confirmation in higher circles, i Better authenticated was tho legend related of un interview with her own lawyer. That gentleman had pointed out to her tho ml van tage of being able to show some reasonable ; cause for tho singular goncm iiy of tho tes tator. “Although,” ho continued, “the law does i not go l*ack of the will for reason or cause for , its provisions, it would be u strong point with ! the judge and jury—particularly if tho theory of insanity were set uji—for us to show that the act was logical and natural. Of course you have—I sjieak confidently, | Miss Moffat—certain ideas of your own why the late Mr. Byways was so singularly gen- ' erous to you.” “No, I haven’t,” said Peg decidedly. “Think again. Had ho not expressed to you—you understand that this is confidential ! between us, although I protest, my dear young | lady, that I see no reason why it bhould not | be made public—bad ho not given utterance ; to sentiments of a nature consistent with | some future matrimonial relations?” But hero Miss Peg’s largo mouth, which had been slowly relaxing over her irregular teeth, stopped him. “If you mean he wanted to marry me— • No!” “I see. But were therj any conditions—of j course you know the law takes no cognizance | of any not expressed in the will; but still, for ; tho sake of mere corroboration of the be- j quest—do you know of any conditions on ! which he gave you the property?” “Vou mean did be want anything in re- , turn I* “Exactly, my dear young lady.” Peg*** face on one side turned a deep ma- | genta color, on the other a lighter cherry, ; while her noso was purple and her : forehead an Indian red. To add to the effect , of this awkward and discomposing dramatic ! exhibition of embarrassment, she began to | wipe her hands on her dress, and sat silent “I understand,” raid the lawyer hastily. “No matter—tho con lit ions were fulfilled.” “No!” said Peg nmazedly. “How could they bo until ho was dead?” It was the lawyer’* turn to color and grow embarrassed. He did say something, and make some conditions,” continued Peg, with a certain firmness through her awkwardnex; “but that’s nobody's business but mine and his'n. And it’s no call o’ youre or theirs.” “But, my dear ML* Moffat, if these very conditions were proofs of his right mint], you surely would not object to make them known, if only to enable you to put yourself in a con dition to carry them out.” “But,” said Peg cunningly, Vikh > you and tho court didn’t think ’em mtisfactory? S’pose you thought ’em queer? Eh?” With this helpless 1‘niit.it i» i on the part of tho defense*, the case cain»' to trial. Every body remembers it—bow for six weeks it wa.3 the daily food of Calaveras county; how for six weeks tho intellectual and moral and spir itual competency of Mr. James Byways to dis pose of his property wan discussed wit h learned and formal obscurity in tho court, and with unlettered and independent prejudice by camp fires and in barrooms. At the end of that time, when it was logically estnbli.-ucd that at least nine-tenths of tin population of Calaveras were harmless lunatics, and every body else’s reason seemed to totter on its throne, on exhausted Jury succumbed one day to tho presence of Peg in the court room. It was not a prepossessing presence at any time, but tho excitement ami an injudicious at tempt to ornament hem*If brought her de fects into a glaring relief th^t was almost unreal Every' freckle on her face stood out and asserted iteelf singly; her pale blue eyes, that gave no indication of her force of character, were weak and wandering, or stared blankly at the judge; her over sized bead, brood ot the base, terminating in the scantiest )<N*ible light colored braid in the middle of her narrow shoulders, was as hard and uninteresting os the wooden spheres that topped the railing against which she sat The jury, who for six weeks had had her de scribed to them by the plaintiffs os on arch, wily enchantress, who bad sapped the failing reason of Jim Byways, revolted to a man. There was something so appallingly gratui tous in her plainness, that it was felt that millions was scarcely a compensation for it. “Ef that money was give to her she to® “r.. 10 “T 1 *' he, ‘ m “ k ' U>en 111 Uk> prosectoio!. of Lis noble tagpureimsre, waz ioud m Ler tadifiMtkm. , prof-ion et Red Do S , and Lad, in tLe “SLe cares more for two hiu tLan 1 do for five dollara. BLe wouldn’t buy any thing at the “City of Paris,” tjecause it waa “too exiienrive,” and at last rigged her self out, a perfect guy, at soma cheap dop- sbopa to Market street And alter all the care Jane and me took of her, giving up our time and experience to her, she never so much as made Jane a single preaent" Popu lar opinion, which regarded Mrs. Htiver’s at tention us purely speculative, was not — i—.^.j .-Hssuiau.e, «as not in ms speech. At shocked at this unprofitable denouement; but : about ta retire, he tv)HIM I ’iirr *vx#tia.w1 ...s V • . « when Peg refused to give anything to clear the mortgage off the new l>resbyt*rian church, and even declined to take shares in the Union ditch, considered by many as an and had, in __ graphic language of a coadjutor, “cleared out the town, except his fare in the pockets of tho stage driver.” The Red Dog Standard had bewailed his departure in playful obituary verse, beginning, “Dearest Johnny, thou hast left us,” wherein the rhymes “bereft us” and “deplore” carried a vague allusion to “a thousand dollars more.” A quiet content ment naturally suffused his personality, and he was more than usually lazy ami deliberate in bis speech. At midnight, when be was was a little surprised, however, by a tap on his door, followed by the presence of Mistress Peg Moffat, heiress, and landlady of Rockville hotel. to He 1 Ustc rt 'j*' t9d ber oncamaUMSt; hi, hai.it, of I < ; ° plm0n “ sl “ **»«•“ and life wore all antagonistic to had boon Wore the trial; took a small what he had beard of her niggardliness and house, in winch she lived with an old woman greed As she stood there. in a dirt"-' 9 ^ ZZ * 7 W>rV,lr I t ’ °“ “P* still rodolent with the day's cuisine, paren ly terms of perfect equality, and crimsoc with embarrassment and the recent ooke. nfterhermoiwy. I W„h 1 could say heat of the kitchen range, she certainly was that she ilidthRilwcreeUy; hut the fact is, not an alluring apparition. Happily for the die hlundered. The sun. dogged per- Utenem of the hour, her loimUnc^ and the rM - w , , P ? < ' lai,U 7 g her taMix reputation of tho man before her, she rijit. was vis.b e in her unsuccessful von- was at least a safe one. And I fear the very tures. She sunk ««M>00 in a worn out consciousness of this scarcely relieved her shaft originally projected by the deceased embarrassment testator; she prolonged the miserable exist- . , once of The Rockville Vanguard long after Mr ^ it had ceased to interest even its enemies; “ Ham “ n ' ^ ^.ng an unoffeml she kept the doors of the Rockville hotel 3eBt 011 010 enJ ot portmanteau, “or I open when its custom had deported; she lost tll0uWn ' t ll <‘» intruded. But It'- the only tho co-operation ami favor of a fellow capi- time 1 ( ' ,U1 k '“ t; -d | vou, or you me; for I'm talist through a trifling misunderstanding, in down il1 tlie k ‘tokcu from sunup till now.” which she was derelict and impenitent; she She stopped awkwardly, a* if to listen totbo had three law-suite on her hands that could wind ’ whicl ‘ rattling tho windows, and have been settled for a trifle. I note these ^reading a film of rein against the opaque defects to show that she was by no means a darkue ® without. Then, smoothing her heroine. I quote her affair with Jack Fob wr9 Pl' 91 ' OT9r her knees, she remarked, as if insbee to show she was scarcely the average - opening a desultory conversation: woman. ” “Thar’s a power of rein outside.” That handsome, graceless vagabond had Ml '• Ha nilm'» only response to this mete- struck the outskirts of Red Dog in a cyclone “rological observation was a yawn, and a pro of dissipation, which left him a s randed but liiulnary tug at his coat as ho began to re still rather interesting wreck in a ruinous ! lllove it- cabin not far from Peg Moffat's virgin thought ye couldn’t mind doin’ mo a bower. Pale, crippled from cxccsks, with a fav or," continued Peg, with a hard, awk- voice quite tremuloui from sympathetic w “*d laugh, “partik’iy seein’ez folks allowed emotion, more or less developed by stimu- I V™'’ 1 •ortar bin a friend o’ mine, and hod laute, he lingered languidly, with much time 1 ,t00 ’ 1 U P for ,n9 at times when you hedn’t on his hands and only a few neighbors. In ‘“‘J P«'tiUer call to do it I hevn’t,” she this fascinating kind of general deshabille of rontimied, looking down on her lap, and niorab, dress and the emotions he ap- following with imr Anger and thumb a seam peered before Peg Moffat. More than ot her gown—*! hevn’t so many friends ez that, he oocasioi a’l., limped with slings a kind word for me these times that I her through tho s tt! mint The disremaiuber them." Her under lip quivered critical eye of Red Dog tool: i.i tho singular U P a littl9 h9ro ' *ud, »ft«r vainly hunting pair—Jack, voluble, suticring, apparently ] toT a forgotten handkerchief, she finally overcome by remorse, i on.-ic.-icc/i itopera- ! Iift9d u,< ’ bem ot h9r C own - wiped her snub tionaihl disease; and Peg,..; smi, cm Led high 110,0 u PO“ It, but left the tears still in her colored awkward, yet deligiitis’.: an I the eyes as she raised them to the man. critical -ye of Red Dog, seeing thi-, v. inked I Mr - Hamlin, who had by this time divested meaningly at RockvOlx No mo knew what passcil between them, but all observed that one summer day Jack drove down the main j street of Red Dog in an open buggy, with the heiress of that town beside him. Jack, albeit a trifle shaky, held the reins with something of his old dash; and Mistress Peggy, in an enormous bonnet, with pearl colored ribbons a shade darker than her hair, holding in her short, pink-glovod fingers a bouquet of yellow roses, absolutely glowed crimson in distressful gratification over the dashboard. So these two fared on, out of the busy settlement into the woods, against the rosy sunset. Possibly it was not a pretty picture; nevertheless, as the dim aisles of the solemn pines opened to 1 receive them, miners leaned upon their spades and mechanics stopped in their toil to look after them. The critical eye of Red Dog, perhaps from the sun, perhaps from the fact that it had itself once been young and dissi pated, took on a kindly moisture as it g&aed. Tho moon was high when they returned. Those who had waited to congratulate Jack on this near prospect of a favorable change in his fortunes were chagrined to find that, har ing seen tho lady safe home, he had himself departed from Red Dog. Nothing was to be gleaned from Peg, who, on the next day and ensuing days, kept the even tenor of her way, sunk a thousand or two more in unsuccessful { himself of his coat, stopped unbuttoning his waistcoat, and looked at her. “Like ez not tharTl be high water on tho North Fork, ef this rain keeps on,” said Peg, as if apologetically, looking toward tho win dow. The other rain having ceased, Mr. Hamlin began to unbutton his waistcoat again. “I wanted to ask yo a favor about Mr.— about—Jack Folinsbee,” began Peg again hurriedly. “lie’s ailin’ agin, and is mighty low. And he’s losin’ a heap o’ money here and thar, and mostly to you. You cleaned him out of two thousand dollars last night— all he had.” “Well?” said the gambler coldly. “Well, I thought ez you woz a friend o’ mine, I’d ask ye to let up a little on him,” said Peg with an affected laugh. “You kin do it. Don’t let him play with ya” “Mistress Margaret Moffat,” said Jack with lazy deliberation, taking off his watch and beginning to wind it up, “ef you’re that much stuck after Jack Fol ins bee, you kin keep him off of we much easier than I kin. You’re a rich woman. Give him enough money to break my bank, or break himself for good and all; but don’t keep him furlin’ round mo in ho])es to make a raise. It don’t pay, Mis tress Moffat—it don’t pay !*’ A finer nature than Peg’s would have mis- . . . _. i understood or relented the gambler’s slang sinx-ulation, and made no changt to har habita mUTallle tn , :! . ( , m dcriai.l it of personal economy. Weeks pamed without ! fiut sbe ^p^aled bun hi Mnily, and sat hopelessly silent. “Ef yon’ll take my advice," continued Jack, placing his watch and chain under his pillow custohishand, a » da » 19a ^ j and quietly unloosing; his cravat, “youil quit with indignant emotion. “I don’t ^ tImt ,. bnl , Uldhaml LMrtor VT/I.V «*> rwvrvft “ any apparent sequel to this romantic idyl Nothing was known definitely until Jack, a month later, turned up in Sacramento, with a billiard cue charged mind saying to yon, gentlemen, in confi dence,” said Jack to a circle of sympathising players—“I don’t mind telling you regarding this thing, that I was as toft on that freckled faced, red eyed, tallow haired gal as if she’d been—a—a—an actress. And I don't mind saying, gentlemen, that, as far as I under stand women, she was Jut. as soft on me, You kin laugh; but it’s so. One day I took her out buggy riding—in style, too—and oat on the road I offered to do the square thing, just as if she’d been a lady—offered to marry her then and there. And what did she do I” said Jack, with a hysterical laugh. “Why, blank it oil I offered me *25 a week allowance—pay to be stopped when I wasn’t at home!” The roar of laughter that greeted this frank con fession was broken by a quiet voice asking, “And what did you sayf—“Bay I" screamed j Jack, “I just told her to go to with her money.”—“They say,” continued the quiet "oice, “tnat you asked her for the loan of *250 to get you to Sacramento—and that yon got it"—“Who says sol" roared Jack. “Show me the blank liar.” There was a deoil silence Then the possessor of the quiet voice, Mi Jack Hamlin, languidly readied under the table, took the chalk, and, rubbing tin- end Of his billiard cue, began with gentlegravitr: “It was an old friend of mine in Sacramento, a man wit^ wooden leg, a game eye, three ill fingers on CTs right hand and a ciiiisumptive cough. Being unable, naturally, to back himself, lie leaves things to me. Ho, for the sake of argument” continued Hamlin, sud denly laying down bis cno and fixing bis wicked black eym on the speaker, “say it's me!” I am afraid that this story, whether truth- ; ful or not, did not tend to increase Peg’s pop- j ularity to a community where recklessness j and generosity condoned for the absence of j all the other virtues; and it is possible also that Red Dog was no more free from preju dice than other more civilized bat equally disappointed matchmakers. Likewise, dur ing the following year, she made several more foolish ventures, and lost heavily. In fact, a feverish desire to increase her store at almoet ary risk seemed to poseese her. At lost it was announced that she intended to reopen the tofollx Rockville hotel, ami keep it herself. Wild as this scheme appeared In theory, when put Into practical over to him the money ami the money nmkin' that's killin’ you. IL- 'V. got rid of it noon j enough. I don’t say t.^S Ixx-ause I expect to . git It; for when he's got tliotlunch ot a raise he'll make a break for ’Frisco, and lose it to some first-class sport there. I don't say, ! neither, that you mayn’t be in luck enough | to reform him. I don’t say, neither—and it’a i a domed sight more likely!—thet you mayn't i be luckier yet, and hell up mid die afore ho I Kit' rid of your tuuney. But I do say you’ll ■ make him happy non ; and, ez I reckon you're about ez badly stuck after that chap ez I ever saw any woman, yon won t be hurlin’ your own feeiiu’H either.’’ The blood left Fe^’s face as she looked up. “But that’s ivhy I can’t gWehim the money— and he won’t marry me without it.” Mr. Hamlin’s baud dropjKHl from the last button of his waistcoat “Can’t—^ive—him —the—moneyr he repeated, slowly. “No.” “Why?” “Because—because I tore him.” Mr. Hamlin rebut toned hi* waistcoat and »t down petienlly on tho bed. Peg arose and awkwardly drew the portmanteau a little nearer to him. “When Jim Byway* left me this yor property,” sbe began, looking cautiously around, “lie left it to ir.% on conditions; not conditions ez waz in his written will, but conditions ez waz spoken. A promise I made him in this very room, Mr. Hamlin— this very room, and on that very bed you’re sittin’ on, in which he died.” Like most gamblers, Mr. lluiuiin wa* s'upcr- BtitiouH Uo roao ha ;:?/ from tho bed and took u chair besido the window. TUe wind shook it ns if the discontented spirit of Mr. ' Byways wire with cut, re-enforcing his last injunction. “I don’t know if you remember him,” said Peg, feverishly. “He was a man ez hod suf fered. All that he loved—wife, fammorly, friends—bad gone back on him. Ho tried to make light of it afore folks, but with me, being a poof gal, he let himself out 1 never told anybody this. I do;i\ know why he told mc—I don’t know,” continued Peg, with a i snifihh “why ha wanted to make mo unhappy, too. But he made me pramiao that, if ho left me his fortune. I’d never, never—so help ms God—never rh&re it wi;k any man or woman that / loWtl. 1 didn't think it would be hard to keep that promise thou, Mr. Ilamliu, for I was very poor j.:’, a friend nor a liv- j ing bein’ that via., kind to me but A/m.” “ajuc you vo as goo.i tti brokewyour prom- f Lie* t.‘r. ady.” said ilanih:i. ** You’ve given | Jack us 1 know.” i “On v what l unde jnv-t-if. Listen to mo, j Mr. Lnmlin. WlnuJaek p:\>'a«ed to me, I otr.r. : him about wlnt 1 kale jived I oould earn i::,* ■*.•.■ . \\ li.n l;.' v.\ at «way, u.i'l was rick and i t trcabl**, 1 e:.m • h roand t.»o*; this ) hotel I know that by hard work I could make it pay. Don’t laugh at me, please. I did work hard, and did make it i>ay—without takin’one cent of the fortin'. And all I made, workin’ by night ami day, I gave to him. I did, Mr. Hamlin. I ain’t so hal'd to him as you think, though I might be kinder, I know.” Mr. Hamlin roaic, deliberately resumed bis coat, watch, but and overcoat. When lie was completely dro«cd again he turned to Peg. “Do you mean to say that you’ve been givin’ all the money you made here to this Al first class cherubimf” “Yes; but he didn’t know where I got it. Oh. Mr. Hamlin! he didn’t know that.” “Do I understand you. that he’s bin buck ing ngiu faro with tho money that you raised on hash? And you makiii’ the hash?" “But lie didn't know that. He wouldn’t hev took it if I'd told him.” “No, he'd hev died fust!” naid Mr. Hamlin gravely. “Why, he’s that sensitive—is Jack Foitusbee—that it nearly Lids him to take money even of me. But where does this angel reside when ho isn’t flghtiu’ the tiger, and is, so to speak, visible to the naked eye!" “He—he—stops here,” said Peg, with an awkward blush. “I see. Might I ask the number of his room—or should I bo a—disturbing him in his meditations?” continued Jack Hamlin, with grave politeness. “Oh! then you’ll promise? And you’ll talk to him, and make him promise!” | “Of course,” said Hamlin quietly. “And you’ll remember Le\» sick—very sick! His room’s No. 44, at the end of the hall. Per haps Fd bettor go with you?” “I'll find »V’ “And you won’t be too bard on him ?” “I’ll be a father to him,” said Hamlin de murely, as he opened the door and stepped into tho hall. But he hesitated a moment, and then turned and gravely held out bis hand. Peg took it timidly. He did not seem quite in earnest; ani his black eyes, vainly questioned, indicated nothing. But he shook her hand warmly, and the next moment was gone. He found tb* room with no difficulty. A faint cough from within, and a querulous protest, answered his knock. Mr. Hamlin intered without further ceremony. A sick ening smell of drugs, a palpable ilavor of stale dissipation, and the wasted figure of Jack Fol insbee, half dressed, extended upon | the bed, greeted him. Mr. Hamlin was for an instant startled. There were hollow cir cles round the sick man’s eyes; there was , palsy in his trembling limbs; there was disso lution in his feverish breath. “What’s up?” he asked huskily and nerv ously. “1 am, and I want you to get up too.” ‘*1 can’t, Jack. I’m regularly done up.” He reached his shaking hand toward a glass hall filled with suspicious, pungent smelling liquid; but Mr. Hamlin stayed it. “Do you want to get back that $2,000 you lost f ’ “Yes.” “Well, get up, and marry that woman down stairs.” Folinsbeo laughed half hysterically, half sardonically. “She won’t give it to me.” “No; but I will.” “You!” “Yes.” Folinsbee, with an attempt at a reckless laugh, rose, trembling and with difficulty, to . his swollen feet Hamlin eyed liim narrow- 1 ly, and then bade him lie down again. “To morrow will do,” he said, and then” “If I don’t” | “If you don’t,” responded Hamlin, “why, I’ll just wade in and cut you out!” But on tho morrow Mr. Hamlin was spared that possible act of disloyalty; for, in the night, the already hesitating spirit of Mr. Jack Folinsboe took flight on the wings of the southeast storm. When or how it hap- ; pened, nobody knew'. Whether this last ex citement, and the near prospect of matri- , mony, or whether an overdose of anodyne I had hastened his end, was never known. I only know that when they came to awaken him the next morning the beet that was left of him—a face still beautiful and boy like—looked up coldly at the tearful eyes of Peg Moffat. “It i serves me right, it’s a judgment,” she said in a low whisper to Jack Hamlin; “for God j knew that I’d broken my word, and willed all my property to him.” She did not long survive him. Whether Mr Hamlin ever clothed with action the sug- | gestion in.iirated in his speech to the lamented Jack that night is not of record. He was always her friend, and on her demise became her executor. But tho bulk of her property was left to a distant relation of handsome Jack Folinsbee, and so passed out of the con trol of Itod Dog forever. TUE END. Electric Bitter*. This remedy is becoming so well known and so popular as i ! to need no special mention. All who have used Electric Bitters sing the same song of praise—A purer medicine does not exist and it is guaranteed to do all i that is claimed. Electric Bitters will cure all diseases of the Liv-' er and Kidneys, will remove 1 Pimples, Boils, Salt Rheum and other affections caused by im pure blood. W'ill drive malaria from* the system and prevent as well as cure all malarial fevers. For cure of headache, constipa tion and indigestion try Electric j Bitters—Entire sati sfact ion HotMng Succeeds Like Success! YiJt*qy«st», tadi—iW: Schedule of the HartsviHe R. R. HartsviUbK. 8. C., Dee. 7, m DAILY MIXED TRAIN Dignity of Human Nature. “I do not dream,” said William E. Channing, “when I speak of the divine capacities of human nature. It was a real page in which I read of patriots and martyrs—of Fenelon and Howard, of Hamden and Wash ington.” The dignity of human nature should make us all guar dians of the vivifying spark, ; even if the law of self-preser vation were not strongly im planted in everyone’s breast. This, then, is why, especially in malarial districts, no American home should be without a bottle of Dr. Westmoreland’s Calisaya Tonic. lu its formula are con centrated the revealed remedies that research has discovered to the student world of medicine. To the depressed, enervated and debilitated, and those suffering from chronic ailments and blood affections, it is the boon of the age. It can be had at Dr. Boyd’s drug store. guaranteed, or money refunded. Price 50 cts. and $1 per bottle at Willcox & Co’s, drug store. • -MS* - A Georgia editor gives thk good advice : “Thump y«u:r head, and if, it thumps like a ripe watermelon, keep your mouth shut.”—Exchange. The reason RAD- AM’8 MICROBE KILLER is the most wonderful medicine, is because it has nev er failed In any in stance, no matter what the disease, from LEPROSY to tlie simplest disease known to the human j system. Tlie scientific men of to-day | Leave Floyd’s, claim and prove that every disease is , Leave Jovann. Arrive at HartsviHe, CAUSED BY MICROBES, — AND— Leaves HartsviHe, 6.43 A. M. Leaves .Jovann, 7.20 “ Arrive at Floyd's, 7.43 “ Making connection with the 8011th hound iMNsenger train on the Cheraw & Darlington Railroad. RETURNING. Radam’s Microbe Killer Exterminates tlie Microbes uml drives them out of tlie system, and when that i> done you cannot have an ache or |hi!m. No matter wlint tlie disease, whether a simple case of Malaria Fe- j ver or a combination of diseases, we cure tin 111 all at tlie same time, as we treat all diseases constitutionally. 10.00 A. M. 10.20 “ , . . . 10.50 “ 1 ins train waits two hours, if necessa ry, for the North bound freight train on C. Si, D. R. R. J. L. COKER. President. Galveston, Tex., Mar. 10, 1888. A. Behrends, Agent for Wm. Rodam's Microbe Killer: Dear Sir—I have been suffer ing for years with a complicat ion of diseases which originated dy^ntery i , 8 b^dy fluf h * d Beware of Fraudulent Imitations! Asthma, Consumption; Catarrh, Hron chitis, Rheumatism, Kidney and Liver Disease, Chills and Fever, Fe-, male Troubles, in all its forms, and, 1 in fact, every Disease known to the ' Human Svstem. FOR C. * D. AND C. S f. RAILROADS 1’RIMDKKT’sOrriCK 1 C. A D. ami.C• A 8. RAILROADS, l Charleston, 8. C., May 1,1890. j Jn ami after May 12. the traini un ihese roads will run ss follows (Sunils ex cepted) esery duy: nows TSAI*. and in ternal tumors. I consulted some of the most eminent physi cians in the city and used their medicines for a long time with out getting any relief. I was finally given up to die, when a friend advised me to try the Microbe Killer. As the last re sort I gave it a trial, and the relief it gave me was wonder ful. When I commenced to take the Microbe Killer I only weighed eijfhtly-six pounds; my present weight is one hundred and forty-six pounds, and I am restored to my usual good health, th. John W. Derrick, Sworn to and subscribed be fore me this tenth day of Mar., A. D., 1888, John A. Caplen, Notary Public, Galveston County, Texas. For sale at Dr. Garner’s drug store. “Rastus,” said the judge, ‘that is a serious charge you bring against Mr. Smithers. Will you swear to it ?’’ “Swear to it? Sutt’nly, judge. I’d sw’ar to anything to oblige you, judge.”—Harper’s Bazar. Bee tlmt our Traiie-Murk (Runic an above) appcuni on each jito’. Send for book, “History of tlie Mi crobe Killer,” Riven awav at GARNER’S DRUrt STORE, Darlington, 8. C, Jan 28, 1890 lEave Wadesboro.... liennclts 5.40 Morvcn’* 6.55 McFarland 6.10 icare Cheraw 6 48 Cashs Sooiely Hill... Dove's .... Floyd’* 7.38 Darlington 1’rtlmetto rrivo al Florence... 8 15 nr tsaik. Is Consumption Incurable? Read the following: Mr. C. H. Morris, Newark, Ark., says: “Was down with Abscess of Lungs, and friends and physi cians pronounced me an Incur able Consumptive. Began tak ing Dr. King’s New Discovery for Consumption, am now on my third bottle, and able to oversee the work on my farm. It is the finest medicine ever made.” Jesse Middlewart, Decatur, Ohio, says: “Had it not been for Dr. King’s New Discovery for Consumption I would have died of Lung Troubles. Was given up by doctors. Am now in best of health.” Try it. Sample bottles free at Willcox & Go’s Drugstore. “This bell, said a well-mean ing sexton, when showing the belfry of an interesting village church to a party of visitors, “is only rung in case of a visit from the Lord Bishop of the diocese, a fire, a flood, or’any other such , calamities.”—London Figaro. Young Husband—“What are you crying for, dear?” Young Wife—“Fido, the naughty dog, ate up a cake I made, and—boo, ooh.” Husband — “Well, no matter, darling, we can easily replace Fido.”—Yankee Blade. Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. The best Salve in the world for cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains corns, and all skin eruptions, and pos itively cures piles, or no pay re quired. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by Willcox & Co. “Why don’t you take some thing for your cold ?” “Thanks; don’t care if I do.”—New York Journal. Rock Hill, 8. C., Mar. 24, 1890. Dr. J. B. Johnson, Rock Hill, 8. C.: Dear Sir—I can heartily re commend the Microbe Killer as a blood purifier, having suffered from carbuncles for two long years. I was entirely cured by using this great medicine. Isaiah Simpson, Surgeon Den tist. For sale at Dr. Garner’s drug store. IW Tor* BACK ACBKS, Or foa sn *U won oat, i toC,Uls(SMfmldL . **nwjrt imar mjTtmAm. It will ears 70a, clesnse roar Utst, snd firs a fxri appetite. Jones—“I guess I’ll take a lit tle smile.” Bartender (siting up Jones’ drink)—“Do you call that a smile ?” “Certainly. Why not ?” “Looks more like a horse laugh.’’—Binghampton Leader. Lease Florence 8.10 Pslmetlo 8 23 Darlington 8.85 Floyd’*.. 8,40 Dose’s S.C2 Society Hill 9.12 Cash’s 9 17 LonveChersir 9.48 McFarlto 10.08 Morson’a 10.20 Dennett's 10,85 Lake Waflesboro ...11.00 Freight Train going up. P V P M 'rtwrT u. i im & $o\, Manulacturers —OF— Doors, Sash, Blums, T^EOTTLIDIISrc^S —AND- Building Material. ESTABLISHED 1842. UHAULESTOX, 8. C. April, 20 1889—1 A C. McFall, ' Leave Florence 8 lo a 111 Arrive Darlington 9 06 a m Freight going down Arrive Darlington t 00 p m Leave Darlington 3 3<> p m Arrive Florence A 10 p hi A. F. HAVENEL, Pres. Q II Master Transportation. N ORTHEASTERN railroad. » a-. . 'W. . ,t Ay "icp 011ARLKST0N, 8. C., May 1, 1890 On ami after this date the following schedule will be run i DOING SOUTH. No. 27, Daily. Lease I lorcncc *1 80 » a Lease Kingstree 2 29 a in Arrisc Lanes 2 50 n in ( Lease Lanes 2 50 a in Arrise Charleston 6 00 a m No. 23, Daily. Lease Florence «(, 30 a m Lease Kingstree It 46 a o Arrise Lanes 10 07 n i Leave Lanes 10 07 a i. Arrise Charleston II 59 » m No 63. Lease Lines ' Arrive Charleston Ap-vnt of Manufacturers for tlie sale of Engines, Boilers, Saw Mills, Wrist Mills, Wins. Presses, Threshers, .Shafting, Pulleys, Belting, Circular Saws, and machinery supplies. Par ties who contemplate buying machin ery of any kind will find it to ttieir interest to get prices from me before buying elsewliere. I have for sale at a bargain, a complete Winning outfit, consisting of a00 saw Hall Win, feeder and condenser, a Bass Press, net shaft ing and pulleys, belting, Ac., a 26 corn mill, very little used, and a new 10-Horse Engine and boiler, which will be sold on easy terms at a liar- gain. For prices and terms, call on A. C. McFALL, Darlington Oil Mill. June 26, ’90, Train on C & D K K once with No 23 Train *7 50 P M. 9 30 p in. conn cts at Fior- No, Leave Charleston Arrive Lanes Leave Lanes Leave Kingatrve Arrive Florence Leave Cosrleston Arrive Lanes Leave Lanes Leave Kingstree Arrive Florence GOING NORTH. Daily. No. 14. •I 20 a tu 3 00 a in 3 00 a in 8 *7 a in 4 20 a in *4 30 p ... 5 29 p in (i 29 p in « 46 p in 7 66 p ii. CADTION warranlr baa bis name and | Houston Skoea are —led, and every pair price stamped on bollom. No. 52, Daily. Leave Charleston *7 00 « in Arrive Lanes 8 27 a w * Daily, j- Daily except Sau Nos 62 runs through to LoiuiuUis via Central R R of 8 C. Nus. 78 and 14 run solid lo Wilmington, N. C., making close coudociIou wiib W. \ W K K for all poir.is north. J. R. KKNLY, J. F. Divtss, Supt. Trans. Gen’l Sup't. T. M. Emsessm, Qeu’l Pass. Agl. IILUNGm fOLKBIA i!i» UtlSTA RAILED A May 1, 1890. GOING SOUTH No. 23. Leave Wilmington Leave Marion Arrive Florence W. L. DOUGLAS $3 SHOE FOR GENTLEMEN. Leave Florence Arrive Sumler Leave Sumter Arrive Columbia No. 50. No. 27 *6 15 p m 9 33 p m 10 20 a m 3.20 a u 4. 6 a u 4 36 a in 6. 15 a in Flao Calf and I.aeed Waterproof Crain. Leave Wilmington The escellcnce and wearing qualities of this shoe ! - -- - cannot be better shown than by the iitrong endorse ments of Its thousands of constant wearers. %g".00 Genuine Ilaml-Nowed, an elegant and 9 stylish dress Shoe which commends Itself. %JS .OO llanrf-newed Welt. A fine calf Shoe ■fr uneqiM.lled for style and durability. the standard dress *10.10 p m 12.40 p m 1 20 a m (430 Goodyear Welt Is lb O Shoe, et a popular price. SOoSO Pollreinan'n Hhoc Is especially adapted O for railroad men, farmers, etc. AU made in Congress. Button and Lace. $3&»2 SHOES LA F D°.gs, hare been most favorably received since introduced And the recent improvements make them superior to any shoes sold at three prices. Ask your Dealer, and If he cannot supply you send I direct to factory enclosing advertised price, or a i postal for order blanks. W. 1*. DOUGLAS, Brockton, Mu**. For sale by A. J. Broom, Dar ! lington, 8. C. Feb. 20, 1890. For Malaria, Liver Trou ble, or Indigestion, use BROWN'S IRON BITTERS Leave Marios Arrive Florence No 62 Leave Sumter Arrive Columbia No 58 Leave Florence Arrive Sumler No 62 runs through from Central R R. Leaving Lanes 8 80 A M., Manning 9 10 AM. * Train on C & D K R conneets at Florence with No 68. GOING NORTH. No. 61. f 9 46 a in 10 65 p m f8 25 * n 9 35 * m Cbarleitea vi* HENRY H. SMITH, Real Estate Agent, Florence St., Darlington, S. C. r as THE BEST -LIVER r MEDICINE CONWDERINO QUALITY AND SIZE OF DOSE. rr wxidid Adi*so cxj»jd BILIOUSNESS, DYSPEPSIA, Aim CHBONXO CONSTIPATION. W. J. GARNER. M.D. DRUOaiBT. Darlington, L.eavc Columbia. Arrive Sumter Leave Sumter j Arrive Florence No. 78. Leave Florence, Leave Marion ! Arrive at Wnmiagtoa, { No. 69 Leave Sumter Arrive Florence No. 63, Leave Columbia ; Arrive Sumler *10 86 p n 11 58 p B, 11 68 p m 1 15 am 4 36 a m 6 20am 8 86am f6 37 p m 7 60 p m •6 20 p is 6 32 p m *6 16 p a 8 65 p m 11 46 p lit Caiutf Caase Stricture s. c. reinless to Use. SpecUU attention paid to the baying and Rellingigfre*! estate, collection of rente, to. The ateieteet «tten“on will be paid to ail bualnese entrust- ed tome. March 27,1800-1 y t.iiv.vLCS. Edd by &U Druggists. Scat in *Lia vscfajioia Znbbcr Syriags to SI. DO For sale'bt Dr. John A. Boyd, Dar ington, S. u. No 14 Leave Florence Leave Marion Arrive at Wilmington •Daily. fDaily except Sunday. No 63 runs through ta Charleston, via Central K R, arriving Manning! 04 P >. Lanes 7 42 P M. Charleston 9 30 P M. No 59 conuec's at Florence with CRD train for Cheraw and Wadcsbcro’. Nos 78 and 14 mak* eloss connection at Wilmington with W 3t W R R for nil point North. Train on Florsncs R. R, leave Pea D.s daily sxeept Sunday 4.40 T. M.. arrive Rowland 7.00 P. M. Returniag least Rowland 6.80 A. M., arris* Pec Dae S.50 A.M. Train 0u Manchester fe Augusta R. R leases Sumter daily cnoopt Saaday, 10.60 A.M., arris* Kimini 12.01 F. M. Ri . lurniug leas* Rimini 18.16 P. M , or ris* Sumter l.«0 P, M. JOHN F. DIV1NB. Boa. Bapt. J. R. HENLEY, Amt, deni Ma Off, Gen. ■7® j. IV. XVn...i.r. l, ai T. M. EMMKRSOJ Paa. A