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| mmitos in poinfnl omtemtihiMna at tbaun- -
1 savurine, * ami filly of tUo antsqmlnr rimilty.
“Diatual wrai:*..-, ain’t i.r he atUed, no*
fully awbarkisl un tho <-urrant at Iirvratliir;
milins’iit. “Mighty rough pnpi'n on tho
1»V», am! no show tor money tills nensou
And 10Miioro)frf ChrisfouuL”
There was a movemenl among the men at
fori u ‘ li “ n " 0 '> f «*“elit, Imt Wbetha of mtlsfae..
tion or ilisgast was hot plain. “Yes," eon-
tinue.1 tho Old Man in th, tagnla-ious tone
lio liad, within the last few moments, uu-
conseiously mloptod—“yes, Christmag, ami
to-night’s (thristmna eve. 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