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Ye see, boys, I Cinder thought—that is, I sorter bad an jdec >*1 ]usxln’ llko, you know—that may be ye’d from AndUies." There was an embamuiing men lookol at eaeh nthur, and at the Are. I per jm } w Thar, that's them now.” The There we» a low tap at door. Dkk Eve,, with the appetising hrqiq.Hrt Iwf.we night" to hie th.m It won»d M It they might again fall Old Man woul Citilei! Opened it quickly, nodded “Good i liie boat, and dieaMwaied. The into the desijomhuev of rmaVT"' r' , "“ "°"M !«»• followed him hot for when Uie vdk* of tile (m ‘ I K * J “ “•”"*'>«“>/ Krwqwd his itfiossi i ^ MlU1 ' sk«ve. t ouki Uavc msilr it lifted, emne de|,i>s*atingly , 1Xim ,he kiu-hen: it was small, mwk ami ’ Husbaai have to right What bantl- —AV n , , -w I>ear lias hny*neiHMl?” ‘•Cigars navharono York' Weekly. “Certainly 1 Thet’s so. j,, twirw , th<iv ^ A gang o’ lary, dnmkr n loafer^ anil that ar Dick Bnllen’s the oniariest of alt Ukln't hev no more snhe than to come round yar with sickness in the house and no iworision TIkfa what I sakt. BulJen,’ aez I, -it’, dnmk you are, or a fool,’ sea I, >, think o’ a - ff-UhlhlUE* ‘Staples,’l aez,’be you a ma^, all liko to eomo over to my house to-night ’“ ,(J 10 raise li-l under my msl have a sort of tear round. But I sup- I ,“ u<1 lyin’ round!’ But they Job DeDratment. Our job departiuent is supplied with every facility necessary to enable us to compete Isdli as to price and quali ty (l f work, with even those of the ci ties, ami wc guarantee satisfaction in sup- l»osc, now, you wouldn’t! Don’t feel like it, may lie! ho add'd with anxious sympathy, IMs-ring into the faces of hie companions. “'Vdl, I don’t know,” responded Tom Flyim with some cheerfulness. “Fr’apn we may. Bui, how olmut your wife. Old Man? Whitt does the say to itf” The Old Man hesitated. His conjugal ex perience inul not lieer a happy one, and the very particular or charge nothing fart was known to Biinpsoii’a Bar. His first. for our work. We are always preiiar- eil to (ill orders at short notice for i lilnuks, Bill Heads, letter Heads, Cnnls, Hand Bills, Posters, Circulars. Pamphlets, Ac. All job work must Vie paid for Gash On Delive y. d’oetvy. Christmas Day. ( IKNXVSOS'S IN MKMOBIAM.) With treiubling fingers did we weave The holly round the Christinas hearth; A raiiev cloud i*osscss’d the earth, Ami sadly fell our Christiuas-eve. At our old pastimes in the hall Wc gamboll’d, making vain pretence Of gladness, with an awful sense Of one mute shadow watching all. We paused: the winds were in the beech: We heard them sweep the winter land; And in a c rcle hand-in-hand Sat silent, Rooking each at each. Then echo-like our voices rang; We sung, tho’ every eye was dim, A merry song we sang with him Last year: impetuously we sang: We ceased: a gentler feeling crept I pon us: surely rest is meet: “They rest,’’ we said, “their sleep is sweet,” And silence follow’d, and we wept. Our voices took a higher r ings, Once more we sang: “They do not die Nor lose their mortal sympathy, Nor change to us, although they change: “Rapt from the fickle and the frail With gather’d power vet, the same,! Pierces the keen seraphic flame i From orb to orb, from veil to veil.” Rise, happy morn, rise, huly morn, Draw forth the cheerful day from night, <) Father, touch the east, and" light The light that shone when Hope was born HOT/ SANTA CLADS CAME TO SIMPSON’S BAH. EY .BRET HAUTE. [Copyright -il by Honghton, jlikTlia & Co., and pubiis'iotl by amuigeuu'iit with them.J It ha-l liven raining in the valley of the Sacraiuanta The North Fork had over- flow'ed its hanks and Rattlesnake creek was impassable. Tiki few bowlders that had niarktd the summer ford ot Kimpson’s Cross- ing w.'i'oobli I crated by a vast sheet of water ' gust of wind their tein|>orury torches were stretching to t he foothills. The up stage was extinguished, and only the red brands dane- wife, a delicate, pretty little woman, had suifered keenly and seei-etly from the jealous susplehnis of her husband, until one day he invited the whole Bar to his house to expose her infidelity. On arriving, the jiarty found tho shy, iietite creature quietly engaged in her household duties, and retired abashed and diseomtited. But the sensitive wo man did not easily recover from the extraordinary shock of this outrage. It was with difficulty she regained her equanimity sufficiently to release her lover fi-om the closet in which be was concealed imd escape with him. She left a hoy of 3 years to comfort her bereaved husband. The Old Man’s present wife had been his cook. She was large, loyal and aggressive. Before he could reply, Joe Dimmlck sug gested with groat directness that it was the "Old Man's house,” and that, invoking the divine ;Mover, if the case were his own, he would invite whom he pleased, even if in so doing lie hii|K'riled his salvation. The pow ers of evil, he further remarked, should con tend against him vainly. All tills delivered witli a terseness and vigor lost in this neces sary translation. “In course. Certainly. Thet’s it,” said the Old Man with a sympathetic frown. “Thar's no trouble about f/n f. It’s my ow n house, built every stick on it myself. Don’t you be ofeard o’ her, boys. 8R-«,iay cut up a trifle rough—c* wimmin do—but she'll come round." Secretly the Old Man trusted to tlie exaltation of liquor and tho powm- of courageous example to sustain him in such an emergency. A a yet, Diek Bullen, Hie oracle and leader of Simpson’s liar, hnl not spoken. He now took his pipe from his lijw. “Old Man, how’s that yer Johnny gettiu' on! Seems to mo he didn't look so jicart last time I seed him on the bluff heavin’ rocks at Chinamen. Didn’t seem to take much interest in it. DICK BULLIX. Thar was a gang of ’em by yar yesterday—drownded out up tho river—and I kinder thought o’ Johnny, ami how he’d miss ’em I Maybe now, we’d be in the way ef ho wus sickf” Tlie father, evidently touched not only by this pathetic pi dure of Johnny’s deprivation, but by tlie considerate delicacy of the speaker, hastened to assure him that Johnny was letter and that a '‘little fun might ’liven him up.” Whcrcui-oo T irk arose, shook himself, and saying, ‘Tin ready. Lead tne way, Old Man; hero goes,” hirnsclf led the way with a leap, a characteristic howl, and darted out into tlie night. As h” passed through tho outer room he caught upa blazing brand from the hearth. The action was rejicuteri by the rest of the party, closely following and elbowing eaeh O'het and fiefore the astonished proprietor of Thoni .jkoiTs grocery was aware of the iuteih tion of his guests, the room was deserted. The night was pitchy dark. lu tho first stopped at Orangem; the last mail bnd been abandoned in tlie tides, the rider swimming for his life. “An area,” remarked The Sierra Avalanche, with 1 tensive local pride, “as large ns tho sralo cl Massachusetts is now snider water.” Nor was tlie weather any better in the foot hills. The mud lay deep on tho mountain road; wagons that neither physical force nor moral objurgation could move from the evil nays into which (hey had fallen ctieumlered t!n> track, and the way to tsim|ison's liar was jndieated by broken down teams and hard swearing. And farther on, cut oil and inac cessible, rained upon and bedraggled, smitten hy igh w intis and threatened by high water, jHimpson’s Bar, on the eve of Christmas day, luff.*, clung liko a swallow’s nest to the rocky entablature and splintered capitals of Table mountain, ami shook in the blast. As night shut down on the settlement a few lights gfauned through thamist from the windows of ratlins on cither side of tlie high way now crossed and gullied by lawless ; streams taid swept by marauding winds. Happuy most of the population wei l gath <ercd at Tb -mpson’s store, clustered around a ged hoi ste ve. at which they silently spat in pome accepted sense of social communion Hint, jici Imps, rendered conversation tranec- e-vary. Indeed, most motlnals of diversion liad i mg since been exhausted at Sinijison’s Ihir; high water had suspended tho regular occnpntlnns oil gul' h and on river, and a eon- seque.it lack of money and whisky had taken the zest from Must illegitimate roerentiou. Even hr. Hamlin was fain to leave tho Bur with *a) in bis pocket—the only amount actually realiz'd of tho large sums won b) him in the successful exorcise of his nrduous profession. “Ef I was asked," he remarked somewhat later, “ef I was asked to pint out a party littl* village where a retired sport as didn’t cave for money could exercleo hisself, frequent and lively, I’d say gimpaou’s Bar; hut (or a young man with a large family de pending on his exortlons, it don’t pay>" As Mr. Hamlh:’* family consisted mainly of female aihilts, this reiwk Is quoted rather to show the breadth of his humor than tho exact extent of his re sponsibility. Ilowbeit, the unconscious objects of this satire sal l hat evening in the listless apathy begotten oi idleness and lack of excitement. Even the sudden splashing of hoofs before the door did not arouse them. Pick Bullen alone paused in tho act of scraping out his pipe, and lifted his head, hut no one of the gioqu indicated any interest iu, or racognitiot) of, tlie man who entered. It was a figure familiar enough to the com pany, and known in Slmpeon’s Bar ae “The Old Man.” A man of perbape 50 years’, grizzled and scant of hair, but still fresh and youthful of complexion. A face fall of ready, but not very powerful sympathy, with a cbamelioii like aptitude for taking on the shade and color of contiguous moods and feel ings. He had evidently just left some hilari ous companions, and did not at first notice tho gravity of the group, bat slapped the shoulder of the nearest roan jocularly, and threw himself Into a variant chair. “Jest heard the nest thing out, IssjnM V# know Smiley, over yar—Jim Biniiey—fuq. man in the Barf Weil, Jim wa« jest tolling the rkbeet yam about”—- ' Smiley’s a -— fool," interrupted a gloomy voice. “A particular in sepulchral A silence followed these positive “fatoroente. TV Ok) Man glanced quickly around % group. Then his face slowly changed. “Ttafs so," be said rHUctfraiy, after a pause, •cerUaHva sort of s skunk uxi f«thi» of a ing and flitting in the gloom liko drunken vrilWVthe-wispu indicated their whcrealiOuU. Their way led up Pino Tree canyon, at tho head of which a broad, low, bark thatched cabin burrowed in the mountain side, h wad the home of the Old Man, ami the eiir trance to the tunnel in which he worked when he worked at all Here the crowd paused (or a moment, out of delicate defer ence to their host, who came up panting in the roar. “PVap* ye’d better hold on a second out yer, whilst I go in and see thet things is all right,” said the Old Man, with an indiffer ence ho was far from feeling. The sugges tion was graciously accepted, tho door opened and closed on the host, and the crowd, lean ing their tacks against the wall and cower ing under the eaves, waited and listened. For a few moments there was no sound but the dripping of water from the eaves, and the stir o»d rustle of wrestling boughs ftbov? I them, Then tlie men became uneasy, and ! whispered suggestion and suspicion passed | from the one to the other, “Reckon she’s | caved in his head the first lick!" “Decoyed him inter the tunnel and barred him up, likely.” “(Jot him down and sittin* on him.” “Prob’ly Mlip suthin *o heave on us; stand clear the door, boys!” i^r lust then the latch clicked, the door slowly opened, and a voicosaid, “Come in out o’ the wet.” The voice was neither that of the Old Man nor of his wife. It was the voice of a small boy, its weak treble broken by that preter natural hoammess which only vagabondage and Mjp habit pf premature self asMrtion can give. U was the face of a small boy that looked up at theirs—a face that might have boon pretty and even refined but that it was darkened by evil knowledge from within and dirt and hard experience from without. He hod jt blanket around his shoulders and had evidently just risen from his bed, “Come in,” he repeated, “and don’t make no noise. The Old Man’s in there talking to mar,” he continued, pointing to an adjacent room which seeiued to be a kitchen, from which the Old Man’s voice came li* deprecating accents. Kf/et me ta,” he added, querulously, fo Dick Bullen, who hwl raught film up, blanket and all, and wan affeoting to tore him into the Are, “let go o’ me, you d—<1 old fool, d’ye ye hear?” Thus adjured, Dick Bullen lowered Johnny to the ground with a smothered laugh, while the men, entering quietly, ranged themselves around a Jong table of rough boards which occupied the center of the room, Johnny then gravely pro ceeded to a cuplmerd !»nd brought out several articles which Ip) doposjtad on tb* table- “Thar’s whisky. Awl cocker* And M herons. And chaoM.” Ha took a bite of the latter on bis way to the table. “And sugar.” He scooped up a mouthful en route wltb a small and very dirty hand. "And ter backer. Thar’s dried appllt, too, on the sbelf, but I don’t admire’em. Appils is swelUri. Thar," he concluded, “now wade in, and don’t be afeard. /don’t mind the old woman. She don’t b’kmg to ms. B’long." He bad stepped to the threshold of a small room, scarcely larger than a closet, and hold ing in Its dim recess a small bed. He stood there a mo “•At (oobfilg M tb* company, )>i* bare feet peeping from the blanket, and neddad. “Hello, Johnny! You aint goto’ to turn in agin, are yeP said Dick. skunk,” added another [ “Yre, I are," responded Johnny, decidedly. •Why, wot’s up, old feltowP “Fra sick.” “How|tckP “I’ve got a fevltr. And * *<*■»/. would conic* they would. Thet’s wut you must’spo-t o’such trash as lays round the Bar.” A burnt of hiurhtor from tta men followed this iiiifoi tu«mU exposure. Whether it was overhearl in the kitchen, or whether the Old Alans irate oonqiauioti had just then ex hausts oil other modes of expressing her couteuiptuous indignation I cannot say, but a tack door was suddenly slammed with great violence. A moment later mid the Old Man reappeared, happily unconsc ious of tlie c.iuho of the late hilarious outburst, and smiled blandly. “Tlie old woman thought she’d jest run over to Mrs. McFadden’a for a sociable call,” he explained, with jaunty indifference, as he took a sent at the board. Oddly enough, it iiecdot this untoward in cident to relieve the embarrassment that was beginning to be felt by tbe party, and their natural audacity returned with their host. 1 do not propose to record the convivialities of that evening. The inquisitive reader will ac cept the siatejiieut that tlie conversation waf characterised by the same intellectual exalt* tion, the same cautious reverence, the same fastidious delicacy, the same rhetorical pre cision and the same logical and coherent dis course somewhat later hi the evening which distinguish similar gatherings of the mascu line sex in more civilized localities and under more favorable auspices. No glasses were broken, in tbo absence of any; no liquor was uselessly spilt on floor or table, in the scarcity of that article. It was nearly midnight when t» e festivities were interrupted. “Hush,” said Dick Bullen, holding up his hand. It was the querulous voice of Johnny from his adjacent closet: “O, dad:” The 01»1 Man arose hurriedly and disa|>- peared in eke closet. Presently he reappeared. “His i hf umatiz is coming on agin l>ad,” he expkiued, ‘ and he wants rabbin’.” He lifttxi the demijohn of whisky from the table and »» ook it. It was empty. Dick Bullen put down bis tin cup with an embarrassed laugh. Bo did the others. The Old Man examined their contents and said, hopefully: “I reckon that's enough; he don’t need much. You hold on all o’ you for a spell, and i'll be back;” and vanished in the closet with an old dannel shirt and the whisky. The door closed out imperfectly, and the following dialogue was distinctly audible: “Now , sonny, wbar does she ache worstT “Sometimes over yer and sometimes under yer; but it’s most powerful from yer to yer. Hub yer, dad.” A silence seemed to indicate a brisk rub bing. Then Johnny: “Kevin’ a good time out yer, dad ?” “Yes, sonny.” “To-morrer’s Chrismiss, amt itf” “Yes, sonny. Hotv does she feel now?” “Better. Rub a little furder down. Wot’s Chrismiss, anyway? Wot’s it all about?” “O, it’s a day.” This exhaustive definition was apparently satisfactory, for there was a silent interval of nibbing. Presently Johnny again: “Mar sez that everywhere else but yer everybody gives things to everybody Chris miss, and then she jist waded inter you. She says thar’s a man they call Sandy Claws, not a white man, you know, but a kind o* Chinemin, comes down the ehimbley night afore Chrismiss and gives things to chillem—-boys like me. Puts 'em in their butes. Thet’s what she tried to play upon me. Easy now, pop, wbar ar*! you rubbin’ to?—thet’s a mile from the place. She jest made that up, didn’t she, jest lo sggrewate me and you? Don’t rub thor. * * * Why, dad?” minit “Thar’s a man they cull Sandy Claws." In the great quiet that seemed to have Villen upon tho house tbe sigh of the near pines and the drip of leaves without was very distinct. Johnny’s voice, too, was lowered as he went on, “Don’t you take on now, fur Pin gettin* aJJ rigid Wot’s the boys doin’ out thar ?" Tta Old Man partly opened the door and peered through, His guests q^epo sitting there sociably enough, and there were a few silver coins ami a lean buckskin purse on the table. u Bettin’ on suthin—some little game or ’nother. They’re all right,” he replied to Johnny, and recommenced his rubbing. “Pd liko to take a hand and win some money,” said Johnny, reflectively, after a pause. The Old Man glibly repeated what was evidently a familiar formula, that if Johnny would wait until he struck it rich in the tunnel he’d have lots of money, rtc M etc, “Yes,” said Johnny, “but you don’t. And whether you strike it or l win it, it’s about the same. It’s all luck. But it’s mighty cur’o’s about Chrismiss—ain’t itf Why do they call it Chrismiss?” Perhaps from some instinctive deference to the overhearing of his guests, or from some vague sense of incongruity, the Old Man’s reply was so low os to be inaudible beyond the room. “Yes,” said Johnny, with some slight atate- fpent of interest, “Pye hoerd p' Mm before. Tbw, fhatfll dp, dad 1 I don’t ache upar so bad as I did. Now wrap me tight in this yer blanket. Bo. N ow » r added in a muffled whisper, ‘Wfc down yep by me till I go asleep. ” To assure himself of obedience, he disengaged one hand from the blanket, and, grtsping his father’s sleeve, again composed himself to rest For some moments the Old Man waited patiently. Then the unwonted stillness of the house excited his curiosity, and, without moving from the bed, be cautiously opened the floor wtth Wi direno** 1 «*»»*. *»> looked into tip main roonv T» •qrprire i* waz flarlf and flrfartefl. But WTO tban a •rooWerlfif logon tb* btarfobn**, and by tbe upspriuglng blare he rew tfaa figure of Dick Bullen aitting by tbe dying ambers. “Heitor Dick atartad, row, and came •omewhat un- ateadily toward him. “Whar’a tbe boy,I” Mid the Old Man. “Gone up tbe canyon on n little purer. They’re coming book for me fa) a minit Fm wnitiu* roqqdfor’TO' at, Okl M*i»r he added with a forced lnagl|; “do vou think Fm drnnbf The Old Man might bare breo pardoned «h« auppoaition, for Dickto eyre were humid and hie face flrebed. He lottared and lounged back to tbe chimney, yawned, ibook hlmreif, buttoned up hia coat and laughed. “Llquo, [• ain’t «o plenty re thnb, Otd Man- Kow don’t you git up," he continued, re the Old Man made a movement to retaare bis TOeeve tram Afire naaon^iitMirosaa fro added In! johnny', hand. “Don’t yon . . .r,mamre But per haps because it ic >» small, weak and ema ciutwl tie changed his mind, and. drawing bis chair closer to the lied, rested his head upon It. In tills defenseless attitude tbe po tency of bis earlier potations surprised him. The 1*0001 flickered and faded before his eyes, reappeared, faded again, went out, and left him—asleep. Mcantiyio Dick Bulk-u, closing the floor, confronted his companion*. “Are you readyf’ suki Staph- “Rc-ifly,- said Dick; “what’s the timer “Past Id,” was tbe reply; “canyon make itf—it's nigh on fifty miks, the round trip hither ami yon.” “I reckon,” ruturned Dk k, shortly. “Whar’s tho mare?” “Bill and Jack’s boldin’ her at the crossin’.” “Let ’em hold longer,” said Dick. He turned and re-entered the house softly. By the light of the guttering candle and dy ing fire ho saw that the door of the little room was ojjeii. He stepped toward it on tiptoe and looked in. The Old Mail iuul fallen tack in bis chair, snoring, his helpless feet thrust out In a line with his collapsed shotriderc, and his hat pulled down over his eyfti. Bcsid * him, on a narrow wooden bed stead, lay Johnny, muffled tightly in a blanket that hid ail save a strip of forehead and a few curls damp with i»ei*spiration. Bullen made a step forward, hesitated, and glanced over his shoulder into the deserted room. Everything was quiet. With a sud den resolution he j war ted his huge mustaches with tath hands and stoo()ed over the sleep ing boy. But even as he did so a mischievous blast, lying in ^i«it, swooped down the chim ney, rekindled tlie hearth, and lit up the »ooni with a shameless glow from which Dick fled in bashful terror. His companions were already waiting for him at the crossing. Two of them were struggling in the darkness with some strange misshapen bulk, which as Dick came nearer took the semblance of a great yellow horse. It was the mare. Rhe was not a .pretty picture. From her Homan nose to her rising haunches, from her arched spine, hidden by the stiff mochillas of a Mexican saddle, to her thick, straight, bony legs, there was not a line of equine grace. In her half blind but wholly vicious white ©yes, in her protruding J under lip, in her monstrous color, there was nothing but ugliness and vice. “Now, then,” said Staples, “stand el’ar of her heels, boys, ami up with you. Don’t ini-w your first holt of her mane, and mind ye got your off stirrup quick. Ready!” There wns a leup, a scrambling struggle, a bound, a wild retreat of the crowd, a circle of flying hoofs, two springless leaps that jarred the earth, a rapid play and jingle of spurs, a plunge, and then the voice of Dick somewhere in the darkness, “All right!” “Don't take the lower road back onless you’re hard pushed for time! Don’t hold her in down hill! We’ll be at the ford at 5. G’lang! Hoopa! Mula! Go!” A splash, a spark struck from tlie lodge in the road, a clatter in tho rocky cut beyond, and Dick w'as gone. ♦ ***•* Sing, O Muse, the ride of Richard Bullen! Ring, O Muse, of chivalrous men! the sacred quest, the doughty deed*, the tattery of low churl*, the fearsome ride and grewsome jx-rils of the flower of Simpson’s Bar! Alack! she is dainty, this Muse! She will have none of this bucking brute mid swaggering, ragged rider, and I must fain follow’ him in prose, afoot! It was 1 o'clock, and yet he had only gained Rattlesnake hill For in that time Jovita had rehearsed to him all her imperfections and practised all her vices. Thrice had she stumbled. Twice had she thrown up her Roman nose in a straight line witli the reins, and, resisting bit and spur, struck out madly across country. Twice hod ehe reared, and, rearing, fAlton backward; and twice had the agile Dick, unharmed, regained bis seat before she found her vicious legs again. And a mile beyond them, at the foot of a long hill, wa& Rattlesnake creek. Dick knew that here was the crucial test of his ability to perform his enterprise, set his teeth grimly, put his knees wcil into her flanks, and changed his de fensive tactics to brisk aggression. Bullied and maddeued, Juvlta began the descent of the hill. Here the artful Richard pretended to hold her in with ostentatious objurgation and well-feigned cries of alarm. It is un- nm ssnry to add that Jovita instantly ran away, no) 1 need 1 ptat© the time made in the descent; it is written in the chronicles of Rimpson’s Bar. Enough that in auottar moment, os it seemed to Dick, she wus splashing on the overflowed banks of Rattlesnake creek. As Dick expected, the momentum slie had acquired carried her be yond the point of balking, and, bolding her well together for a mighty leap, they dashed into the middle of the swiftly flowing cur- ivut. A few moments of kicking, wading, ami swimming, ami Dick drew a long breath on the opposite baqlp Tho road from Rattlesnake creek to Red mountain was tolerably level. Either the plunge in Rattlesnake creek bad dampened her baleful fire, or the art which led to it had shown her tbe superior wickedness of her rideri for Jovita no longer wasted her sur plus energy in wanton conceit*. Once she bucked, but it was from force of habit; once she shied, but it was from a new, freshly painted meeting house at the crossing of the country rood. Hollows, ditches, gravely deposits, patches of freshly springing grasses, flew from beneath her rattling hoofs, She began to smell unpleasantly, once or twice nIhj coughed Kligktly, but there was no abate ment of her strength or speed. By 9 o’clock he ha/i passed Red mountain and begun the descent to the plain. Ten minutes later the driver of the fast Pioneer coach was overtak en and passed by a “man on a Pinto boss”—an event sufficiently notable for remark. At 2:30 Dick rose in his stirrups with a great shout. Rtai-s were glittering through the rifted clouds, and beyond him, out of the plain, rose two spires, a flagstaff and a Strag” gUug line of bjacfc object* Jflok jiqgled his Spiu> and swung his riata, Jovita bounded forward, and in another moment they swept into Tuttleville and drew up before the wooden piazza of the Hotel of All Na- tiouk What transpired that night at Tuttleville U not rtrictly a part at this record. Briefly I may s ate, however, that after Jovita bad been handed over to a sleepy hostler, whom she at once kicked into miplnarent uncon sciousness, Dick sallied out with the bar keeper for a tour of the sleeping town. Lights still gleamed from a few saloons and gam bling bouses; but avoiding these, they stopped before sever*! clured shops, w4 by p*r- sjsteut tqppuqj and Judicious outcry roused the proprietors fran} their beds, and made them unbar the doers of their magatines and expose their wares Sometimes they were met by curses, but of toner by interest and some concern in their needs, and tbe inter view was invariably condaded by a drink. It was 3 o’clock before this pleasantry was given over, and with a small waterproof bag of India rubber strapped on bis shoulders Dick returned to the hotel. **t here be was WJ!»W h? Seanty-Besuty opulent in charms, affluent iq dress, persuasive in speech, and Spanish iq accent! In yalq she repeated tbs invitation in “ftxosktar,” happily scorned by all Alpine climbing youth, and rejected by this child ot tbs Sierra*—a rejection softened lathis instance by a laugh and bis lest gold coin. And thm he sprang to the wdJh and dashed town the lonely street and cot into the tooehsr plain, where presently IheUgtiti, tbe black line of houree, the spires and the flagstaff sank into the earth bebtuu him uga’.ii end were Iret in the distant*. The storm had cleared »w»y, the air wa* brisk and cold, (lie oalii-ies of ndj.iocnt land mark* wore distinct, but it was 4:30 licfors Dick resebed the meeting house and themes lug of tlie country rood. To avoid Hie rising grade he had taken a longer and more cir euitous road, in whose viscid mud Jovita sank fetlock deep at every bound. It was a poor preimratiou for a steady ascent of live miles more; but* Jovita, gathering her legs, under her, took it with her usual blind, un reasoning fury, and a half hour lateri reached the long level that led to ilatdesnuty frock. t’XpfjriCIK'fi Another half hour would bring him to tl» thing it IS. It you have ever creek. He threw tbe reins lightly upon the tried it,yeu are one of its staunch neck of the mare. Chirruped to her, and be- friends, because the wonder ful tiling about it is. that when once given a trial. Dr. King's Cithern fruit Company, off.’ Wife—>’r W W. H. MIXOH, - - Manager * Importer|ro^l wUoleSaltvdenler* in fot^pt arul domestic 'v. fruit and produce, ' * No. 217 K ast i Uy friends^JJ^KLEiTON, . . . ’s. and neighbors talking about it vK-’t‘J, 181)0—; J You may yourself be one of tlie, many who know from personal just how good a If you have The New Discovery. You have heard your 'dm C. gan to ^ing. Suddenly Jovita sh&d with a bound that Would have unseat*) a leas praotioed rider. Hanging to her rein was a figure that Imd leaped from the bunk, and at the same time from the road before her arose a shadowy horse and rider.' “Throw np your hands,” New Discovert ever after holds a place in thq, house. If you have never used it and should he afflicted witli a oouglv, coal commanded the second apparition with an ©rally Throat, Lung or Chest oath - ' trouble, secure a buitle at once Dick felt the mare tremble, quiver and and give it a /a'l’ trial. If is apparently smk under him. He knew what guaranteed every time, Ol it .^ma m.d was prepared. monev refunded. 'Trial Hollies Stand aside, Jack Bin,peon, I know you, Fr ,. e at VVil)( , ox &r CVs 1)niff Trxfirts 11**0. ww Jijr> Schedule of the Hartsville R. R. HART8VI1.LK. 8. (J., Dec. 7, ’Sfl. JIAII.Y MIXED TRAIN leaves Hartsville, <>.45 A. M. Leave*'JoVaon, 7.20 “ Arrive nt Floyd's, 7.45 ” Making connection wi.li the South ; bound passenger train on the Clientw A Darlington Railroad. RETURNING. Leave'T'loyd’s, to.00 A. M. Leave Jovann. 10.20 “ Arrive at Hartsville, 10.50 *' . T.'TVi'u ., u 1 '" s ,raln "''Ota two hours, if it £ . i t, u • .i * * . O', for the North lioiiinl freight train hll.l.EK is the most - out’. &. D U. H wonderful medicine, J. L. COKER. President. CNyrvyvyb liU 0 lIUwwL'wCw Like Success! you d—d thief. Let me pass or” i Store. suddenly, did you - raise it He did not finish the sentence. Jovita rose straight in the air with a terrific bound, | **' throwing the figure from her bit with a ” lfe ' waking up single shake of her vicious head and charged fcom sleep)—“Henry with deadly malevolence down on the im pediment before her. An oath, a pistol shot, horse and highwayman rolled over in the road, and the next moment Jovita was a hundred yards away. But the good right arm of her rider, shattered by a bullet, The First Step dropped helplessly at his side. Without slacking bis speed he shifted the Perhfips you are run down, reins to his left hand. But a few moments can’t eat, Can’t sleep, can’t la tor he was obliged to halt and tighten the think. Can’t (lo anything to yOUT sail.lie girths that bad slipped in the onset satisfaction, and you Wonder This, in his crippled condition, took some what ails you. YOU should heed call?’’ Husband (who lAd been spending previous evening, with the hoys)—“No; I'll five.”—Manhattan. time. He had no tear ol pursuit, but look ing up lie saw that the eastern stars were al ready paiing, and that the distant peaks imd lost their ghostly whiteness, and now stood out blackly against a lighter sky. Day was upon him. Than completely absorbed iu a single idea, lie forgot the pain of his wound, and mounting again, dashed on toward Rat tlesnake creek. But now Jovita’s breath came broken by gasps, Dick reeled in his saddle, and brighter and brighter grew the sky. Ride, Richard; run, Jovita; linger, O dayl For the last few rods there was a roaring in his ears. Was it exhaustion from loss of blood, or what? Ho was dazed and giddy os be swept down the hill, and did not recog nize his surroundings. Had he taken the wrong road, or was this Rattlesnake creek 1 It was. But the brawling creek he had swam a few hours before had risen, more than doubled its volume, and now rolled a swift and resistless river between him and Rattlesnake hill. For the fust time that night Richard s heart sank within him. The river, the mountain, the quickening east, swam before his eyes. He shut them to re cover his self coutroi. In that brief interval, by some fantastic mental process, the little room at Simpson’s Bar and the figures of the sleeping father and son rose upon him. He opened his eyes wildly, cast off his coat, pis- tol, boots and saddle, bound bis precious puck j tightly to his shoulders, grasped tho bare flanks of Jovita with his bared knees, and with a shout dashed into the yellow water. A cry arose from the opposite bank as the head of a nmn and horse struggled for a few moments against the battling current, and then were swept away amidst uprooted trees and whirling driftwood. *»***« 7 he old man started and woke. The Are on the hearth was dead, the candle in tlie I outer room flickering in its socket, and some body was rapping nt the door. He opened it, j but fell back with a cry before the dripping, the warning, you are taking the first stej> into Nervous Pros tration. Y r ou need a Nerve Ton ic and in Electric Bitters you will find the exact remedy for restoring your nervous system to its normal, healthy condition. Surprising results follow the use of this great Nerve Tonic and \lterative. Your appetite re turns, good digestion is restored, and the Liver and Kidneys re sume healthy action. Try a bottle. Price 50c. at Willc & Co’s Drug Store. fcox Pleasure is Akin to Pain.— “Got a pain, my puss?” “Yeth, mummy; it hurt like anything when 1 touch it.’ touch it, dear.” I want to thee hurt.”—Jester. “Then, don’t But, mummy, how much it Chattanooga, Tenn., Mar. 21, 1890. Radam’s Microbe Killer Co., Nashville, Tenn.: Gentlemen—I have been handling the Microbe Killer for five months, and I can say that during my twelve years’ exper ience in the drug business I have never sold a preparation that gives such universal satis faction. 1 do not know a single case that has not been greatly benefited when taken according to the directions. Very truly yours, R' J. Miller. For sale at Dr. Garner’s drug is because it has nev er Jailed in any in stance, no mutter what the diseuse, from LKI’RONY to the simplest disease known to tlie hiinmn The seientifle men of to-(t»y elalm and pfovo that every disease is CAUScD BY MICROBES, — AND—- f Radaiu’s Microbe Killer Exterminates the Mierobes and drives them put of the system, and when that is done you cannot have an ache or pain. No matter what the disease, whether a simple ease of Malaria Fe ver or a oomhination of diseases, we cure them all nt the same time, as we treat all diseases constitutionally. Asthma, Consumption, Catarrh, Dron chitis. Rheumatism, Kidney and Liver Disease, Chills and Fever, Fe male Troubles, in all its forms, and, in fact, every Disease known to the Human System. Beware of Fraudulent Imitations! See that our Trade-Mark (same as above) appears on each jug. Send for hook, “History of the Mi crobe Killer,” given away at GARNER’S DRUG STORE, Darlington, S. C. Jan 23, 181)0 FOR C. ■& D. AND C. A f. RAM.ROADS l’»«»u>siiT’sOrrici! C. S’ D. and C. & 8, RAILROADS, Charleston, 8. 0., May 1,181)0. On amt after May 12, the traini on these roads will run ss follows (Snmla ex oeptedj every Jay : DOWN TRAIN. Leave Wadesboro 5.25 A M Bennetts 5.40 .Morten’s 6.55 McFsrlsnd 0 10 Leave Cberaw 0 48 Cash’s -'7.00 Society Hill 7 IS Dove’s 7 30 Floyd's 7.88 Partington Palaelte 6 iRF Arrive at floience 8 lb DF TRAIN. Leave Florence 8.40 1’ M 1’ahnelto 6 25 Darlington ** Floyd’s * ™ Dove s Society Hill 9 12 Cash’s 9,1 t „ 9 -?® V M Mi Parian 1( >' 09 Morven’s i*! Bennett’s Lake Wadesboro 11.00 Freight Train going up. Leave Florence 8 1 ’ * ni Arrive Darlington O.O” a n ’ Freight going down Arrive DarlinSMon P ,h Leave Darlington ^ ^ P ,D Arrive Florence 4.10 pm A F. RAVENEL, Free. G II Matter Ti ■neportMion. • - Bi 0RTHKA8TERN RAILROAD. 1810. (i. I IIMIIR & Manulacturers —OF— Doors, Sash, Dimas, 0 IIABLE8T0N, S. C., M«y 1 On and after this dale the fol’owin schedule will be run : going south. No. 27, Daily. Leave I loreuce Leave Kingstree ]VlOTTI*IDXTsroS —AND- Huilding Material, ESTABLISHED 1842. CHARLESTON, S. C. April, 20 1889—i half naked figure that rolled against the door- store, post. m . _ “® lck J” , , , ! Wilkins—“How about that “Hnshi I* be a wake yeti” bil! you undertook to collect on “Dry up! you old fool! Get me some La Wyer-“YOU Stud whisky quick!” The Old Man flew and re- ^ UOUltt I18>V0 H<llf of it, <ll(ln t turned *ith—an empty bottle! Diek would yGU “Certainly. ‘‘Well, V jtve sworn, but his strength was not equal to ! I’VG Collected DI V lialf. Can’t the occasion. He staggered, caught at the get yours.—N. Y. Weekly. handle of the door, and motioned to the Old —. Man. •Thai’s ru thin' in iny pack yer for Johnny. T.„ke it off. I can't.” The Old Man unstrapped tho pack and laid it before the exhausted man. “Open it, quick!” Arrive Lanes Leave Lanes Arrive Charleston No. 2.3, Leave Florence Leave Kingstree Arrive Lanes Leave Lanes Arrive Charleston No 53. Leave Lines Arrive Charleston Train on C & l) UK ence with No 28 Train. 1 35 a m 2 29 a rn 2 60 a m 2 50 a in 5 00 a »n Daily. *8 30 a m « 4fl a d 10 07 a i 10 07 a i 11 50 a in *7 60 l\ M. 9 80 p in. conn cts at Flur- GOING NORTH. Lebanon, Ky., April 2, 1890. Radam’s Microbe Killer Co., Nashville, Tenn. Gentlemen—I have been try- Jutfirost to get prices from ing the Microbe Killer for in-1 buying elrawhere. i have He 4id so with trembling Angers. It con- digestion for One week only, i consisting of ntitfsaw Hull Git), feeder tained only a few poor toys—cheap and bar- and I feel very much benefitted. and condenser, a Hass Press, net shaft Agent of Manufacturers for the saic of Engines, Hollers, Saw Mills, Grist Mills, Gins, Presses, Threshers, Shafting, Pulleys, Belting, Circular Saws, and machinery supplies. Par ties who contemplate buying machin ery of any kind will find it to their terest to get prices from me before lying elsewhere. I have for sale at a bargain, a complete Ginning outfit, a6#saw Hall No, 78, Daily. Leave Chariest on *1 20 a m Arrive Lanes 8 00 a 04 Leave Laues 8 00 a m Leave Kingstree 3 ’.7 a in Arrive Florence •t 20 a in No. 14. Leave Cnarleston *4 30 P m Arrive Lanes 6 29 P m Leave Lanes M 29 P in Leave Kingstree i; 4o P HI Arrivq, Florence 7 56 P in No. 62, Daily. Leave Charleston *700 a m Arrive Lanes 8 27 a in baric enough, goodness knows, but bright with paint and tinsel One of them was broken; another, 1 fear, was irretrievably Very respectfully, Mrs. R. W. Clark. ruined by water; and on the third-ah me. j F » r 8ale at Dr ’ tamer's drug there was a cruel spot. Store. “It don’t look liko much, that’s a fact,” said Dick, ruefully. * * ♦ “But it’s the host could do. * * * Take ’em, Old ’em in tell The ow Man caught j one w h e n I left the club, but I "Tell him,” said Dick, mus j j iave l os t it when I fell down.”—Munsey’s Weekly. Mrs. Sittup (angrily)—“What j excuse have you For being out Man, and put 'em in his stock- ! SO late, sir?” Husband—“Ex ing and pulleys, belting, &<■., a 26 corn mill, very little used, and a new 10-Horse Engine and boiler, which will be sold.on easy terms at a bar gain. For prices and terms, call on A. C. McFALL, Darlington Oil Mill. June 38, ’90. ing, and tell him- hold me, Old Man—’ at bis sinking figure, with a weak little laugh—“toll him Bandy Claus has come.” him, you know- j C ;i se (hie)—why, 1 had a tip top I CAUTION warrant W. It. Douglaij a* hi* uanu* and price Maniped on bottom. Hhoea ara every pair •f " M° "Tell him Sandy Ciaus has come" And even so, liedraggled, ragged, unshaven and unshorn, with one arm hanging helplessly at his side, Santa Claus came tu Bunpson’s Bar ami fell falnttyg on the first threshold. Tlie Christmas dawn came slowly after, touching the remoter peaks with the rosy warmth of ineffable love. And it looked so tenderly on Simpson's Bar that the w hole mountain, as if raught in a generous action, blushed to the skies. fU *‘l Am Hegd of the Family.’* Sir John Swinburne tells witli much gusto how, whenever he is introduced to anyone, he is asked; “A re you related to the poet Algernon Swinburne?” to which he ipvariubjy replies, “Bless your soul I am head of the Swinburne family, and he is related to me.” Sir John has just here happily bit off the re lationship of Westmoreland's Calisaya Tonic, it is the head of the family; it ranks first, and the superlative merits of » tonic are embodied in it. It is pre eminently the favorite with Bueklen’s A ruin) Salve. The best Salve in the world for cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, tetter, | i chapped hands, chilblains corns, and all skin eruptions, and pos- 1 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. He—“You absolutely refuse, j then, to share my lot in life ?” | She“-Absolutely,” Ho—“There are plenty of fish in the sea.” She—“Wei’, if it’s fish you want don’t let me detain you.” | {—Rochester Post-Express. If you feel weak and all worn out take BROWN'S IRON BITTERS * Daily, f Daily except Suit No* 62 rune through to Luiuuihi* via Central il H ot S C. Nos. 78 and 14 run solid to Wilmington, N. C., making close couneotiou with W. A W R R for all points north. J. R. KENLY, J F. DiviNi. Supt. Trans. Gen’l Sup’t. T. M. Emerson, Gen’l Pass. Agt. IILIIMTO* COLIXBIA AND AMSTA RAILK May 1, 1890. GOING SOUTH No. 23. Leave Wilmington Leave Marion Arrive Florence Leave Florence Arrive Sumter Leave Sum'er Airive Columbia No. 60. No. 27 ! Leave Wilmington ! Leave Marion Arrive Florence Leave Sumter Arrive Columbia No 52 *0 15 p m 9 33 p m 10 20 a m 3. *j0 a ii 4. 5 a it 4 35 a m 6. 15 a hi *IC.10 o re 12.40 p re 1 20 a m f 45 a m 10 55 p it No 68 Leave Florence Arrive Sumter No 52 runs through from Central K R. Leaving Lanes 8 80 A M., | A M. 1 Train on C & D U R conneos at Flcrenct fitvlisli dress Shoe which c.omnieudH ItHelf. with No 58, S j|.00 Hand-sewed Welt. A fine calf Shoe /mivn Nfif)TIt unequalled for *tyle and durability. GOING NCR it!. SO.50 Goodyear Welt t» the Htaudard drew M Hhoe, at a popular price. 11 Ul » Dear* Columbia. I Arrive Sumter ! Lea»e Sunder Arrive Florence W. L. DOUGLAS $3 SHOE CENTLKMEN. Fine Calf and Lured Waterproof Grain. The excellence and wearib* qualities of this shoe cannot be better shown than by the strong endorse ments of Its thousands of constant wearers. * 5 .00 Genuine Kland-newed. an elegant and j SO.SO I'olb euiHii'N Mine Is especially adapted for railroad men, farmer*, etc. All made in Congress, Dutton and I .ace. $3 & $2 SHOES laiPieg < BROWN'S IRON BITTERS Cures Dyspepsia, In- ( digestion & Debility. Who.! Baby was olck, we gate her Caatoria. When »he was a Child, »he cried for Caatoria When she became Mb*, *he clung to Cmforla. When «he bad Children, she gave them Caatoria. G. W. IIMIR t CO. LADIES, have been most favorably received since Introduced and the recent Improvements make them superlot f8 25 a u 9 35 a m CharltsUn via Manning 9 10 *10 36 p n 11 58 p a 11 68 p m 115am virtue* of Pie Calisaya or Cin chona bark and other valuable tonics and alteratives. For in digestion, general debility, dy spepsia, torpid liver, impure blood or malarial poisoning an invaluabe remedy. For sale at Dr. Boyd’s drug store. .Wholewlfi »nd JRotaM Dnaler* In pHOto:*S JpitDQS, M^toOINES, pHEMI C*LS ( puBGICALjjNSTRUMENTS, [ Perfumeries and toilet Articles. —O—O— is Cor. King and Vanderhoret Sts. to any shoes sold at these price*. I Ask your Dealer, and If be eannot supply you send iirect to factory euclo&taf advertised price, or a postal for order blank*. W. lo. DO LG LAN, Dracktoa, Maas. For sale by A. J. Broom, Dar lington, 8, Feb. 20, 1800. W i^THE BEST LIVER ^MEDICINE CONSiDERINQ QUALITY AND SIZE OF DOSE. TV 'WlX.r. S.ZX.O CUB* BILIOUSNESS, DYSPEPSIA, AMD CHXOHIO OOKfTI PATIO*. W. J. GARNER, M.D. No. 78. j Leave Florence, Leave Marion Arrive at Wilmington, No. 69 Leave Sumter Arrive Florence No. 53, Leave Columbia Arrive Sumter 4 35 a m 6 20 a m 8 85 a a f6 37 p ro 7 50 p re *5 20 p m 6 82 p a CHARLESTON, S. C. oct1fi-3m drvqqist. Darlington, S.C. No 14 Lea»e Florence *8 16 p ta Leave Marion 8 65 p m Arrive at Wilmington 11 45 p m •Daily. fDaily except Sunday. No 53 ruin through to Charleston, via i Central R R, arriving Manning 7 04 I* i. Lanes 7 42 P M. Charleston 9 80 I’ M. No 69 connect, at Flan nee with C S D train for Cberaw and Wadesboro’. NcsTS and 14 make close connection at 1 Wilmlngtou with WAV/ R R for all point’ ! Norto. Train oo Florence R. R. leave T’ee D»t i daily vxcept Sunday 4.40 P. M., airive ! Rowland 7.00 P. M. Returning irave 1 Rowland 6.30 A. M., arrive Pee Dee 8.50 i A.M. Train 0u Manchester & Augusta R. R i leaves Stunter daily except Sunday. 10. A. M.. nrrivo Rimini 12.01 P. M. R’- turning leave Rimini 12.15 P. M , ar rive Sumter 1.80 P. M I JOHN F. DIVINE, Gen. Supt. i J. R. KEN LEY, Aset Ueu’jManager. IT. M. KMMERSON. Gen. Fas. A|ft