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AT THIRTY-FIVE.
h
The fruitful years have come nnd gone.
The seasons paid their toll
To tiinc, and each has given me
Its good to help the whole;
And I stand here at thirty-five
To sum up all the years,
To count the worth of what they brought—
Joy, sorrow, smiles and tears.
My childhood bours are with me still.
In memory’s golden cup;
And girlhood’s jewels glisten, too;
xVnd womanhood's shine up
Into my eager, searching eyes,
Which see these gems of mine,
In spite of flaws, in spite of wrong,
Or careless cutting, still do shine.
What if I stand midway in life
With j >uth beyond recall?
It has been mine, and from my soul
Its good can no more fall
Than can the growth of yesterday
Prom yonder glowing tree,
That used the transieut, let it go.
And kept its good, you see.
f l 0'
cxplaiiu
Jytfal" k
/h ” (/took from
Ll/pof J'nore.studd
With F toof |,yri «
t Uis eye i
be felt &1-
atgeut of progress and dv-
W* never really understand the
of ciilightmmcnt until We begin to
;gre«idvcly.
paces further on four figures ap-
n the now gathering darkness of the |
p he stranger quickly rcco^uiasd the
n q* of‘Concho, foremost of ths |
quick glance at the faocs of the 1
ied him that while they locked
;ood humor, they certainly did not
i 4n intellect Pedro was a stout
Mumu 1 was a fTlini half-breed and
t of Vi r ^ Carmel, ami
recent butcher of Monterey.
ie benign influtne-es of Concho that
with which the ignorant regard
•i died away, and the whole party ee-
* stmnger—who hatl given his name
Foseph Wiles—to their camp fire. So !
| were they to begin their experiments 1
|en the instincts of hospitality were j
, and it was imt until Mr. Wiles— ;
■own as “Don Joee'’—sharply reminded j
(that be wanted some “grub,” that they !
■ o their senses. When the frugal meal j
f tillas. frijoles, salt pork, and chocolate
pver, an oven was built of the dark red
brought from the ledge before them, and
In hen wars jar, ghused by some peculiar
free nor light that be carried with
neither the brilliant prospects nor the or
of bis late comrades.
(iid not]
! .gestioj
.•Uy, frl
fkr*
[/•ii know tU
[!)• Lusinc*ssl
petallui'gi
ion can sa w
Qall be sib
Ur
see herel'w
ranger tod
lo bags oM*
rather fuj
u.cl
lome hali
fin dark
The coming year? are no “decline.'’
Else I am much to blame;
If I look down instead of up.
If eagerness grows tame.
If inspiration lowers aims
Because I hare grown “wise,”
If sunshine seems a thing less glad,
IT I •('arch not the skies.
Because, indeed, they have not dropj
The star I reached to grasp.
If I am heedless of the gems
Within my hand's loose clasp.
Then, I am much to blame, I say?
For all the years were mine •
To have, to hold, to use, to give,
To make my future shine.
The best of life h is not gone by
It still is mine, 1 hold;
Today, to-morrow, coming days.
Meet surely they enfold
The treasure I have grown unto,
So midway, here I stand
And say: Life is still very good.
With heights on every hand!
contains
io's eyes
ugly at
me some
Icho emptii
ig pan am
Ipped a di
id then let
The w
Fow throw
inger.
>ncho did
d on the
assumed
'onebo crc
d, it is ma
it is chloij
[Not conte
le strangcrj
redden i
f phials,
er, he hej
ation of sill
but
your pc
.ter bottlal
it. to tA stij
le of grasslin tl
all from its tip/
lained unchangj
It in the wot
itly a white
[and presently t
hue.
•If hastily, ‘
liver, you darne 1 !
this cheap ex I
»k Concho's bn f
litmus pa\x'r
itrate,aii.ll co!n i ,U ' toly kno
he simple by resto'ins “f
—Juniata Sta£for J in Chicago T| ljDpim| it j Alt water.
* tie this,” said Con
«
THE STORY OF A
By BRET HABTE.
ICopyrighted, 1886. by Houghton, Miffli
published by arrangement wii
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wj
the stronger;
the salt.”
my friend,” ann
fil'st place this oi
a chip talcen o
and that is worth
ternb. No, sir, a
»uth at Freiburg a
pg to a'away Ids science p
oiikb,. ckiserb&mpf**-’’
t wiil cost—ch—how rnuchr Kddthe
dean eagerly.
Well, I should say it would ta e about|l(X)
s °t (jht o.v^enses to :o—find silver in that
5 once you’ve got it there—you’re all
L »N | y j
or bis ^ 1(JI
^ a ^
Lara joy*
11 oppeare,) that
amrdientp, | Jut
“vem near Ti*»
Ud AaUT
"K Castijja,, title.
] £? dy n<*rJr« un
l * aok “gainst th..
tons of it.”
You shall have it,” said the now exel
xican. “You shall have it of us—lie
djir! You slrnll come to our camp and slb.ll
■It it—and show the silver, and—enoi
line!” and in his feverishness he elute
s e hand of his companion as if to lead hi
bui 'tli at once.
thei ■‘What are you going to do with youl
table uliT' said the stranger,
and tin “True, holy mother—what, indeedf
e marl “Look yer,” said the stranger, w ith a grim
the hot nile, “she won’t stray far, I'll be boued.
made n ve an extra j>ack mule above hero; you <\uj
do on her, mid lead me into camp, and to-
korrow eoms back for your beast,
did not eoi Poor lionest Concho's heart sickened at the
been filled-oepoct ofTiaving liehiud the tired servant
Irishman > had objurgated so strongly a moment bo
under that p ire, but the love of gold was uppermost. “1
, Concho iU 1 erne liack to thee, little one, to-morrow,
bottle, and it rich man. Meanwhile, wait thou here,
for silver f jpracj®, tightly fitted over it, and packed
sods. A fire was speedily built
:ghs continually brought from a
ivine lelow, and in a few
furnace was in full blast
did not participate in tbeee
ttions, except to give oe-
tions between his teeth, which
templatively fixed over a clay pipe
fay comfortably on his back on the i
Whatever enjoyment the rascal
ve had in their useless labors be did
iow it, but it was observed that his left
ten followed the broad figure of the ex- J
>ro, Pedro, and often dwelt on that wor-
beetling brows and half savage face,
ng that baleful glance once, Pedro j
levied out an oath, but could not resist a j
1 > ous fascination that caused him again \
again to seek it.
he scene was weird enough without Wiles’
to add to its wild picturesqueness. Tlie I
uutain towered above—a heavy Rem- I
ndtifeh mass of black shadow—sharply cut J
•e and there against a sky so ineonceivably
note that the world-sick soul must have
-l,aired of ever reaching »> far or of climb-
its steel-blue walls. The dars were large,
•n and brilliant, but cold nnd steadfast
iy did not dance ftor twinkle in their adn-
ntiuc setting. The furnace fli-e painted
faces of the men mi ludhaired, glanced
i. brightly colored blanket aid scrape, bat
(is eventually caught and absorbed in the
wiiting siiiclo>vs of the blapk mountain,
si .trcely twenty feet from thed urnace door.
Ti» low, half-sung, liaf-'d ispirwi foreign
s; cecli of the group, tip ma/Mg of the fur
nace and the quick, shat J yelp of the coyote
on the plum below were ne only sounds tliat
broke the awful silenee oltlic hills.
It was almost dawn w lii it was announced
that the ore had fusedl And it was high
time, for the pot was sloly sinking into the
fast crumbling oven. Cotho uttered a jubi
lant ‘“Bod and Liberty,” It Don Jose Wiies
liade him be silent and l»ig stakes to sup
port the pot. Then Don W bent over the
seething mass. It was fl a moment only.
Dut in that moment this c< impllshed met-
tallurgist, Mr. Joseph V •s, ha.1 quietly
dropped a silver half dollai to the pot!
Then ho charged them to -p up the iii-es
and wcuit to sleep—all but ■ i eye.
Dawn came with dull lx JU (Ires on the
near hill tops, and, far in t east, roses over
ttie Sienau snow. Birds tiering in the
alder fringes a mile below, id the creaking
of wagon wheels—the waj itself a mere
cloud of dust in the distant id—were heard
; distinctly. Then the me g ixit was sol-
| emnly broken by Don Jos nd the glowing
incandescent mass turnesnto the rooii to
cook
| And then the nietallurg dipped a stnall
fragment from the mass i pounded it, and
elii'.ped another smaller e and pounded
that, and then subjected i i acid, and then
treated it to a silt hath bich Ixs-ainc at
once milky—and 'i^t winced a white
something—mirabile ditujtwo cents' voi tli
jf silver I
Concho shouted wil W ithe rest gazed at
each other doubting! I listrustfully;com
pardons in poverty, hegan to diverge
| ^nd suspect each othj prosperity. W iles’
f’
iidel-
I’urly
«S his own cheeks r re-enfoi-eed, Con Adi s!”
ley behind him, fi An'
•red
yellow and fla tiiei it one—Adios!—thou smallest of mules
‘“nied to look at
"hich he bad ciA “ lBoe uoon - 14
**erile Wasp.. I t0n , here and there by
fringes and yj°I meadow land,
(he main dusty /nil forbidding. His
I vested for a „Ait on a low, white ck
I line on the ea/ horizon, but so
f Bn <l unsubstai Jhat it.geemed to come
I £0 as he gazoi,' on, 'bo struck his f
I *nd winked hiyt eyelids. Was it the
I or the cursed ^erican whisky!
Again he re^nmeneed the ascent At tin
I the half.wor/half-Invisible trail became u
/ terly lost inihe bare black out-crop of the’
Imdge, [,nt ijj ^igacious mule soon found it
I again, uabl. Stepping upon a loose bowlder,
I she sli] j and felk In vain Concho tried to
I lift her from out the ruin of camp kettles,
■ prospecting pans and picks; she remained
■ quietly recumbent, occasionally raising her
■ bead as if to contemplatively glance over the
|arid plain below. Then he had recourse to
i blows. Then ho essayed profanity of
J« ■ocular kind, such as “Assassin,” “Thief,”
^*e*»t with a pig’s head,” “food for the Bull’s
” buknfitta no effect
' jje had yetimrse to the curse eccleaiiie-
■ Iscariot! is it thus, renegade
.^vrthou lea vest me, thy master,«
up and supper waiting! Stealer
nt, get upl”
Concho began to feel un-
fore bad a mule of pious line-
ood to this kind of exhorta-
ono more desperate attempt;
Id the altar! lie not there:
seizing the stranger's hand, he clam-
ip tlie rocky ledge until they reached
submit. Then the stranger turned and
ne sweep oi his malevolent eye over
T-
ofore, in after years, when their
as related, with the devotion of true
pioneers, they name™ the mountain
uada de la Vksitacion del Diablo,"
Mi of the Visitation of the Devil,”
being now the boundary linos of
famous Mexican land grants.
left eye glanced ire ly from the one to
the other.
“Here is the fl« i Jose,” said Pedro,
handing the gold t es with a decidedly
brusque intimation the service* and
presence of a strm vere no longer re
quired.
Wiles took the
smile and a wink th t
| his boots, and was t;
from Manuel stoppi
“The pot—the pot is leaked! look! be
hold! see!”
He hail been cleaji
fragments of the
breakfast, and hail
quicksilver!
Wiles started, cafcid glance around
the shining metal.
“Mother of God—
| Horns,”
r
valley, gelation now sparingly bordered
his hand in to the air, extend- 1 the tra lump# of chemisal, an occasional
iddenly. “Behold, fiend! I manzan bu.Ji and one or two dwarfed
CHAPTER II.
WHO FOfND IT.
ONCHO wasso im-!
jiatient to reach the I
camp and deliver
his good news to his
companions that
more than once the
stranger
obliged to command
him to slacken his
pace. “Is it not
enough, you infer
nal Greaser, that
with a gracious
Pedro’s heart into
away when a cry
way the crumbled
to get ready for
•d a shining pool of
that the metal waa
said, quietly;
the group, saw in a
unknown to them
“It is not silver.”
“Pardon, senor, itil still molten.”
Wiles stooped ant s fingers through
it, then!—magicr
“No, only base mi But here, Concho,
emlioldened by Wil -riment, attempted
to seize a handful o istening mass that
instantly broke tins < fingers in a thou
sand tiny spheruk even sent a few
globules up his shir *, until he danced
around iu mingled l childish pleasure.
“And it is not wef taking!” queried
Pedro of Wiles.
Wiles’ right eyibland face were
turned toward the but bis malevo
lent left was glanci •« dull, red brown
ioi k on tlie hillsidt
“No!” and turnifptly away he pi-o-
oeeded to saddle h
Manuel, Miguel «lro, left to them
selves, began taf’arneetly together,
you l4 r our own mule, but you must try
your! on mine! Or am I to put Jinny ^ _
down ug the cxpensesl” he add«l with n Jf u l of Lis cripple.!
# grin a slight lifting of his baleful eye- j nluK nmde lib. "■ to the trail where
Bd ’ ; ho bad left her. was no longer there.
IV he ey had ridden a mile along the Conitallt her i trough boatings and
ridge U|x*gan to descend again toward the j phe „ stand incivility and
' inattention. Th certain qualities of
the sex that bek animated nature.
Inconsolable, and renwracful. Con
j
CHAPTER IIL
WHO CLAIMED IT.
pgHM HE fog bad already
r I \ cloaod in on Monta>
* ■ > rey, and waa now
9 rolling, a white,
^ j| billowy aea above,
n S that soon shut out
•11 tho blue breakers
below. Once or
twice in descend
ing tho mountain
Concho had over-1
hung the cliff and
looked down upon 1
the curving horse
shoe of a bay below him—distant yet many
miles. Earlier in th© afternoon he had seen the
gilt cross on the white-faced Mission flare in the
sunlight, but now all w asjgone. By the time f
lie reached the highway of tlie town it w'as
quite dark, and he plunged in$o tlie first
fonda at the wayside, * d endeavored to
foiget his woes and his weariness in aguar
diente. But Concho’s head aeh(xi, and his
back ached, and he was so generally dis
tressed that he bethought him of a medico—
an American doctor—lately como into town,
who had once treated Concho and his mule
with apparently the same medicine, and after
the same heroic fashion. Concho leas-
oned, not illogieally, that if he were
to lie physicked at all he ought
to get tlie worth of his money. The
grotesque extravagance of life, of fruit
and vegetables in California was inconsistent
with infinitesimal doses. In Concho's pre
vious illness the doctor liad given him a dozen
four-grain quinine powders. The following
day the grateful Mexican walked into the
doctor’s office—cured. The doctor was grati
fied until, on examination, it appeared that,
to save trouble, and liecause his memory was
poor, Concho had taken all the powders in
one dose. The doctor shrugged his shoulders
and—altered his practice.
“Well,” said Dr. Guild, as Concho sank
down exhaustodly in one of the doctor’s two
chairs, “what now#” Have you been sleeping
again in the tule marshes, or are you upset
with commissary whisky? Come, have it out”
But Concho declared that the devil was in
his stomach, that J udas Iscariot had ixissessed
himself of his spine, that imps were in his
forehead, and that his feet had been scourged
by Pontius Pilate. 0
“Tha«. means ‘blue mass,’ ” said the doctor,
and gave it to him—a Imlus jik large jus a mus
ket bail, and as heavy.
Concho took it on the spot, and turned to go.
“I have no money, Senor Mediod.”
“Never mind. It’s only a dollar, the price
of the medicine.”
Concho looked guilty at having gulped
down so much cash. Then be said timidly:
“I have no money, but. I have got here what
is fine and jolly. It is yours.” And he handed
over the contents of the precious tin can be
.liad brought with him.
The doctor took it, looked at the shivering
volatile mass, and said: “Why, this is quick
silver!”
“Concho laughed. “Yes, very quick silver,
so!” and he snapped his fingers to show its
sprightliness.
The doctor'* face grew earnest. “Where
did you get this, Concho?” lie finally asked.
“It ran f rom the pot in the mountains be
yond.”
The doctor looked incredulous. Then Concho
related tlie whole story.
“Could you find the spot again?”
“Ar. they barer
“lUnoel Md Miguel, onlr. The ot her,
are over at Tm Pinoa laUy-gagiiig Roarom-
mou and trying to rope him in to pay off their
whisky bills at his grocery.”
.#
i, Uaauei ami Mis- part of three jugs for indigestion ,
and general debility, and amt
now in my usual health. Used
it wivh my little daughter for
! catarrh of the stomach, and it
has entirely relieved her when
everything else failed.
Verv respee tf u 11 v,
Mrs. W. W. W athen.
For sale at Dr. Garner’s drug
store.
. l ew. Great pay UK for
i. We Mart you. fnrutahtng
KASIU. SVKEMI.l lenrowf.
U»‘8 H;KK. nr one*,
to., i win lam*, maiak.
If that’s so we needn't start before sunrise,
for they’re sure to gvi rearing drunk. ”
And this legitimate successor of the grave
Mexican alcaldes, having thus delivered bis
impartial opinion, rode away.
Meanwhile, Concho the redoubtable, Concho ' VTr o i n ,
the fortunate, spared neither riata nor spur. *\ hat a frightfully decollete
The way was tjark, the trail obscure and at ■ Unimul !’ CXClllimod Mi'tS ]>lld-
times even dangerous, aud Concho, familiar (llngton, US she looked tit t' O
as be was with these mountain fastnesses, giraffe.— Wash in , ion Vox!.
often regretted his sure-footed Francisquita. ....
“Care not, O Concho,” ho would say to him- Another Succumbs,
self, “ tis but a little while, only a littlcVrbilo. v.- i ’ i
and thou shall have another Francisiiuita to Diclllird \ CM t i C .1
bleasthee. Eh, shipjark, there was fine music German poet, has oeen s nt to
an insane asylum ;it(rratz. He
is suffering from brain dise; so
Soutliern Fruit Company,
W. H. MIXON,
Importers and wholesale dealers
in foreign and domestic
fruit and produce,
No. inr East Bay,
CIIAULE TON,
Oct 9 1890—3m
S'**
H AUTSVILLK. 8. C.', Dec. 7, ’8i).
DAILY MIXED TRAIN
Leaves Hartsville, <1.-1 •’i A. M.
leaves Jovuiiii, 7.20 “
Arrive at Floyd’s, 7.45 “
Making connection with the South
bound passenger train on the Chi*raw
& Darlington Railroad.
RETURNING.
Manager. loave Floyd’s, 10.00 A. M.
la'ave Jovann. 10.80 “
Arrive at Hartsville, 10.50 '
This train waits two hours, if necessa
ry, for tlie North bound freight tra in
on C. &. I). R. R.
J. L. COKER.
• President.
S. C.
to thy dancing. A dollar for an ounce—’tis
as good as silver, and merrier. ” Yet for all
his good spirits lie kept a sharp lookout at
certain bends of the mountain trail; not for
assassins or brigands, for Conflio was physi
cally courageous, but for Uie Evil one, who, iu
various forms, was said to lurk in the Santa
Cruz range, to the great disconifort of all true
Catholics. He recalled the incident of Igna- i'YG it. high prCSsUre SCCIUS till
cio, a muleteer of the Franciscan friars, who, j Order of the hour.
stopping at the Angelas to repeat the credo,
iw Luzbel plainly in the likeness of a mon
tlie bane of this mr; -brought
on by over-work. His recovery
is very doubtful. 'Millions of
■ his fellow-creatures are wrecks
I to day from tho same cause. To
e to briefv
on of either
, nnd wl.<s
i.strk>a#lj,
Mtdlai-s a
il«o fiind'h
d-!- FIT r.l'. A.Mr.
4SCO, Ar-uii s,
strous grizzly liear, mocking him by sitting
on his haunches and lifting his |wws, elastxsl
together, as if in prayer. Nevertheless, with
one hand grasping the reins and his rosary
and tlie other clutching his whisky fiask and
revolver, ha fared on so rapidly that lie
reached the summit as tho earlier streaks of
dawn were
(leaks.
Nature has
offered us the remedy. It is at
at our hand. When the system
is enervated or run down to the
lowest ebb of depression, and
the myriads of troubles known ■
as nervous affections threaten
us, like an oasis in the desert
stands Dr. Westmoreland’s Cali
outlining the far-off Horan saya Tonic. As an eradieator
Tethering his horse on a strip of of malarial poisons, for chronic
table land, he descended cautiously afoot un
til he reached the bench, the wall of red rock
ami the crumbled and dismantled furnace. It
was as he had left it that morning; there was
no trace of recent human visitation. Revolver
in hand, Concho examined every cave, gully
and recess, peered behind trees, penetrated
copses of buckeye and manzanita, and listened.
There was no sound but tlie faint soughing
of the wind over the (lines below him. For a
while he jiuced backward and forward with a
vague sense of being a sentinel, but his mer
curial nature soon rebeled against this mo
notony, and soon the fatigues of the day began
to tell upon him. Recourse to his whisky
flask only made him the drowsier, until at
last he was fain to lie down and roll himself
up tightly in his blanket. Tlie next moment
he was sound asleep.
His horse neighed twice from the summit,
but Concho heard him not Then the brash
crackled on the ledge above him, a sinall frag
ment of rock rolled near his feet, but he stirred
not And then two black figures were out
lined on the crags beyond.
“St-t-t!” whispered a voice. “There is one
lying beside the furnace.” The speech was
Spanish, but the voice was Wiles’.
Tho other figure crept cautiously to the
edge of tho crag and looked over. “It is
Concho, the imbecile,” said Pedro, contemptu
ously.
“But if ho should not be alone, or if be
should waken!”
“I will watch and wait. Go you ami affix
the notification.”
Wiles disappeared. Pedro began to creep
down the face of the rocky ledge, supporting
himself by chemisal and brushwood.
The next moment Pedro stool beside the
uncecseious (pan. Then lie looked cautiously
around. The figure of his companion was
lost in the shadow of the rocks above; only a
slight crackle of brash betrayed h!s where
abouts. Suddenly Pedro flung his serape
over the sleeper’s head, and then threw his
powerful frame and tremendous weight full
upon Concho's upturned face, while his strong
nrms eliisjxsl tlie blanket pinioned Unit* of
his victim. There was a momentary up
heaval, a spasm and a struggle; but the
-’fi f 'i p
i -- '1!
te-Ritar ■ | L Mi?
(i. S.
We fumi*h <*
k! tremble*: Look but a lit- j “buckc) rooted their way between the j njtll ,. ne(1 Jp and farnace, three
bostato! I—I—excommuni-1 interstic f the black-gray rock. Now and |
>1
licking up such a devil of
Aid a gruff voice from
Could it be that the
to fly away with his
tup.
I the voice, “yon just
i d— d old G rearer
I her shoulder i”
sat the information,
; to a certain extent
. but had not leather
and 1
pick,
big fianij
bench
of smok
visible 1
H
• toward him.
I a r
... i miles aeroes .
| then, in -sing some dry gully, worn by tlie ! ^ astx) . lLslm:
overflow -.viater torrents from above, the
grayish ; i gloom was relieved by dull red
of color, and almost every
•k bore the mark of a miner’s
. os they rounded the curv-
the mountain, from a rocky
them, a thin ghost like stream
pmedto bo^steadity drawn by in-
inta the invisible other. “It is
the camplsaid Concho, gleefully; “I will
myself fnrard to prepare them for the stran
ger,” nnd r,>re his companion could detain
him ho hi disappeared at a sharp canter
jirveo the trail
Left to U >jf, tho stranger took a more
i, which left him ample time for
ns be was, there wsseome-
Uty of poor Concho
uneasy. Nat that bis moral
touched, but he feared that
Concho’s
idgo. But what was
ring to find tho place
deserted of niaJmwi ca^P equipage.
Concho cnBed iW t lje echoing roebs
grimly answers Was it a trick! Con,
ebo triad to la tr^**—* C 00 *! one—a
joke—no—no- ■ deserted him! And
then poor Coped his bead to the
ground, and f cried s* if bis
honest heart v sk
The tempest > a moment; it was not
Concho’s nati «• long nor to brood
over on injur • ™«ed his bend again
his eye caugl dmmer of tbs quick-
■n..— ii.-i j terry antic metal that
had ^^hgh M hour before. In a
few moment! was again disporting
with it; ciisu e and there, rolling |t
in hjs palm, ting with boylibe glee
at ita clus • and “Ah,
'• thougosst-
; I have thee, Ub
and kb*
“Confcf you find that tpot again T
“Madre de Dios, yiw. I liave a mule there;
may the devil fly away with her!”
“And you say your comrades saw this!”
“Why not?”
“.'.nd you say they afterward left you—de-
strUd youf
“They did, ingrates!”
Tlie doctor arose and shut his office door.
“Hark ye, Concho,” he said, “that bit of med
icine I gave you just now was worth a dollar.
It was worth a dollar because the material of
which it was composed was made from the
stuff you have in that can—quicksilver or
mercury. It is one of the most valuable of
metals, especially in a gold mining country.
My good fellow, if you know where to find
enough of it, your fortune is made.”
Concho rose to his feet
“Tell me, was the rock you built your fur
nace of redr
“Si, Senor.” '
“And brown!”
“Si, Senor.”
“And crumbled under the heat?”
“As to nothing.”
“And did you see much of this red rock!”
“The mountain mother is in travail with it.”
‘ Are you sure that your comrades have not
tal cn possession of the mountain mother C
“.Vs how!”
‘ By claiming its discovery under the min
ing laws, or by pre-emption C
“They shall not”
“But how will you, single handed, fight the ;
four: for I doubt not your scientifio friend
has a hand in it!”
“I will fight.”
“Yes, mj 'oncho, but suppose 1 take the
fight off yo ir hands. Now, here's a propo
sition : I will get half a dozen AmericaTios to
go in witli you. You will have to get money
to work the mine—you will need funds. You
shall share half with them. They will take
the risk, raise the money, and protect you.”
“I see,” said Concho, nodding his bead and
winking his eyes rapidly. Bueno!”
“I will return in ten minutes,” said the
doctor, taking his hat.
He was as good as his word. In ten min
utes he returned with six original locaters, a,
board of directors, a president, secretary, and
a deed of incorporation o£ the “Blue Maze
Quicksilver Mining Co.” This Utter was a
delicate compliment to the doctor, who was
popular. The president added to these neces
sary articles a revolver,
“Take It," be said, handing over the weapon
to Concho. “Take it; my horse b outside;
take that, ride like h 1 and hang on to the
claim until we come!”
In another moment Concho was in the sad
dle. Then the mining director lapsed into
the pbysidan.
“I hardly know,” laid Dr. GnlU, doubt
fully, “If, in your present condition, you
ought to travel You have j'tst taken a pow
erful medicine,” and th* doxior looked hypo-
critically concerned.
laughed Concho, “what b
Is Into that wMchhottf*
a clatter of
nate man like cei'emanti.
There was no noise, no outcry, no sound of
struggle. There was nothing to be seen but
the [leaceful, prostrate figures of the two men
darkly outlined on the ledge. They might
have been sleeping in each other’s arms. In
the black silence the stealthy tread of Wiles
in the bush alxive was distinctly audible.
Gradually the struggles grew fainter. Then
a whisper from the crags:
“I can't see yon. What are you doing!”
‘ Watching!”
1 Sleei* he?”
“He sleeps:”
•Soundly?”
“Soundly.”
“After the manner of the dead f”
“After the fashion of the dead!”
The last tremor had ceased. Pedro rose ax
Wiles descended.
“All is ready,” said Wiles; “you are a wit
ness of my placing the notifications!”
“I am a witness. •
“But of this one?” pointing to Concho.
“Sha” we leave him here!”
“A drunken in il,*—why not V
W iles turned his left eye on the speaker.
They chanced to be standing nearly in the
same attitude they hail stood the preceding
night. Pedro uttered a cry and an impreca
tion, “Carramba! Take your devil’s eye from
me! What see you? Eh—what!”
“Nothing, good Pedro,” said Wiles, turning
his blank right cheek to Pedro. The in
furiated and half frightened ex-vaquero re
turned the long knife he had half drawn from
its sheath, and growled surlily:
headaches, general nervous
prostration, neuralgia of the
face and stomach, impure blood
and chills and fevers, it is the
leader of medicines. It is for sale
at Dr. Boyd's Drug Store.
Teacher.—“Don't you know
it’s wrong to fight ?” Small
hoy—“Yes’rn, when I’m gettin'
licked.”—New York Journal.
• —
A Safe Investment.
Is one which is guaranteed to |
bring you satisfactory results,
or in case of failure a return of y;
purchase price. On this saf<
plan you can buy from our ad-1
vertised Druggist a bottle of Dr.
King’s New Discovery for Con
sumption. It is guaranteed to
bring relief in every case, when ■
used for any affection of Throat,
Lungs or Chest, such as Con
sumption. Inflammation of |
Lungs, Bronchitis, Asthma, |
Whooping Cough, Croup, etc.,:
etc. It i^pleasant and agree-,
able to taste, perfectly safe, and
can always he depended upon.
Trial bottles free at Willcox & |
Co’s Drug Store.
&
Manutacturers
—OF—
Doors, S (1
Dimas,
, ►ttl.MI,
^oxjXziDnsros
—AND-
Building Material,
KSTA R1.1AU III) 1S IC.
ClIMlLYSrOXy-JS. c.
April, 20 i
MONFY
I3«
nn he chitted af oar NEW line cf w.- rk,
'Idly and honorably, by timer of
i f sett, young or old, and in their
n loculi!'• *,wherever they live. Any
> ten do the w ork. Emy to learn,
cry)'ling. Wo ettttt you. No risk. You can devote
niieiii*, or All your time to the work. ThU in an
end,sad brings w onderful •m cess to every worker.
< earning frouj tt!5 to #30 |» r w rek end upward*,
■no room euer a little experience. We ren ftsrnbh you the em-
p vn.cot m ! trarh V"ti I Cl No *, • nto csputii kero. Fall
Lb,. *i n l UL . 'A JU I JI ck. t O., A U Ml, AAlNkie
A C. McFall,
FOR C. & D. AND C. & i. RAILROADS
1’kkmoknt’bOfficr |
C, & D. axhC. & S. RAll.HOADS, [
Charleaiun, 8, U., May 1, Ibin. j
')u an<l after M»J U, the iniinl on
iln-se roaJs will run as follows ^tinil* . ex-
aepted) every <iay: /
DOW S TRAIN.
L^ ivc Wmicaboro 5.2g A
5*40 i
^*55
.V c Faria mi
LeaTe rhernw 48
Society Hill <13
Dove’s "i
Floyd'* 7 7 j2?
Darlmglon «
^Vls
Arrive si Florence B 1D
XTP TRAIN.
' brave Florcacr ii!'* 1 M
I 1 * 1 ™ 6 ", 0 8.86
sf r.4t>
J.' loyd * ^ ^()
Do’e „
( j j^
C! * sh ' s <(,4;! P \l
in 08
20
(0.85
Tienneii . 00
bale
Freight Train going «p. ^ m
I besve Florence ,, a
l Vrrive Dnrlinplon
Fr-'iglo poinp >h>wn
,, , j. „ 8 ( 0 p n>
Arnve Dt.bnaion 3 <{0 p ...
b.svc p.irlniilon () !
! \rnve Horence
A F. KAVENF.L, Pres.
G 11 Mavier TinnsporUiioi*.
iN
0RTI1EA8TEUN HAlbROAD.
OiiABtesTON. S. C., Mny 1. IS'-O-
On and after Ibis dale the fol’owin
! sctiedute will be ruR •
doing south.
Daily.
Agent of Manufacturers for the
sale of Engines, Boilers, Haw Mills,
Grist Mills, Gins, Presses, Threshers,
Mrs. Hopeful—“Is my boy im-, S i, ftfti!|( , ( ]>„||,.ys. Belting, Circular
proving any ?” Professor of ; Saws, nml mueliinery sujq.lieK. P.ir-
penmanship—“He is getting
worse. His writing is now so
bad that no living soul can read
it.”
ling
How lovely ! The dar
He’ll he a great author
some day.”—Go .d Xetrx.
Suicide.
In olden times the burial of a
suicide w’as characterized by
tightly rolled blanket clung to the unfortu •impaling the body with a stake.
Happily nowadays no such hor
rible method of discountenanc-1
ing the act of self-slaughter is;
practiced, though if it were and
the virtual suicides included in
the list with the actual ones,
staked graves would he largely
in the majority. Virtual sui
cides in this connection means
that class of people who diej
rather than save themselves by |
a specific such as Radam’s Mi
crobe Killer, which, according
ties who contemplate Viuying niii.-hin-
] ery of any klml will find it to their
interest to get prices from me before
| buying elsewhere. 1 have for sale at
a bargain, a complete Ginning outfit,
consisting of atiO saw Hull Gin, feeder
and condenser, a Hass Press, net shaft
ing and pulleys, belting, Ac., a 2U
corn mill, very little used, and anew
10-Horse Engine and boiler, which
will be sold on easy terms at a liar
gain. For prices and terms, call on
A. <’. McFALL,
Darlington Oil Mill.
20, ’ifl).
No.
brave Florence
brave Kings!rce
Arrivr ban cn
brave banes
Arrive Charles!on
No. 23, Daily,
brave Florrnce
brave Kingslree
Arrive banes
brave banes
Arrive Charleston
No 63.
beave bine*
Arrive Charleston
*1 35 a m
2 2!) a n.
2 60 a in
2 60 a m
5 <H) a in
«ft 30 a .u
•I 40 a n ‘
10 07 a i
10 07 a l
11 50 a m
June
* Have : <n made at
tin>« l>(f**. Austin,
tana, 'Toledo. Ohio.
•I< >>ff»*wall Why
am - - rfMKMM) h
• ■ ihr w..rk and tlva
inr" unktii.u n aiin.|t|| them.
■i wondriful. I’arth-uiani ftrr.
\ )*«irl liintl, llntite
Train on 0 & D 11 R
“nee with No 23 Train
GOING NORTH
No, 78, Dhi 1 )’.
Leave (’harlefllon
Arrive Lanes
Lcrfve Lanes
Leave Kiugslroe
Arrive Florence
*7 f>0 I
9 30 p. m
conn ct8 at Fior
M.
No. 14.
Leave Onnrleston
Arrive Lines
Leave Lanes
Leave KingMree
trrive Florence
* l 20 a m
,3 00 n in
3 00 a iu
3 <7 a m
4 20 a in
*4 30 p in
0 29 p u«
0 29 p m
0 4 b p in
7 55 p m
No. 62. Daily.
Final Notice.
Notice is hereby given that I have
filed in the office of Probate Judge of
to responsible authorities, will I’arlinton County my limd ret,, n as
cure all aisenses if taken in time. H r ockingtofi, and will on the loth day
Radam’s Microbe Killer testi- „f Jamutry next, npi.ly for letters
monials are well worth reading dismissarv.
and give hope to the afflicted, ZILPHY BROCKINTON.
who will find it to their interest
to send for circulars. For sale!
at Dr. Gamer’s Drug Store.
Dec. 9, 1890.
Administratrix.
dt.
CAUTION
. Ize Dotifflnn Shops are
warraiHo«l» nnd every pair
■aa hit* name nnd price Mumped on botioui.
Thtre icaz a momentary etrugyle.
“Go on, then! But keep thou on that side,
and I will on this.” And so, side by side,
listening, watching, distrustful of all things,
but mainly of each other, they stole bask and
up into thine shallows from which they might,
like evil spirits, have been poetically evoked.
A half hour passed, in which the east
brightened, flashed and again melted into
.gold. And then the sun came up hauglitiiy,
and a fog that had stolen across die summit
in the night arose aad fled up the mountain
side, tearing Its white robes in its guilty haste,
and leaving them fluttering from tree and
crag and scar. A thousand tiny blade*, nest
ling in the crevices at rocks, nurtured in
storms and rocked by the trade winds,
stretched their wan and feeble arms toward
Him; hot Concho the strong, Concho the
brave, Concho the light hearted spake not
nor stirred.
(To ba Continued.)
Prudhomme was accosted in
the street by a venerable beggar
of familiar countenance, who
asked for only a cent “How
is this,” said Prudhomme, “are
you forever hi need? I gave vou
a cent scarcely a fortnight
* jpfoffst-rw#.
A clothing merchant adver
tises a $10 suit for $5. It isn’t a
lawsuit. A $10 lawsuit costs
$20.—Bvffalo Tim s.
* —— ' ■■
Bncklcu’* 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 I
box. For sale by Willcox & Co.
——• »W
“Are you a suitor for Miss
Brown's hand ?” “Yes, hut 1
didn’t.” “Didn’t what?”
“Suitor.”—Munsey's Weekly.
«
w
l3 >0
* r! *H75
Leave Charleslon *7 00 a ni
Arrive Lauea 8 2? a ui
* DtUy. f Daily except Sui.
Nos 52 inns through to (jouimbin
via Central R R of 8 0.
Nos. 78 a»d 14 run solid to Wilmington,
N\ C., making close counection with W. &
W R R for all points north.
J. It. KENLY, J F. Divine,
JSupt. Traus. Gcn’l Sup’t.
T. M. Lmkrson, Gen’l Pass. Agt.
IUl.SI\tT0\ CVLlIBM AND ADCt'STA KAILfi
May 1, 1890.
GOING SOUTH
W. L. DOUGLAS
$3 SHOE
No. 23.
Leave Wilmington
*0 15 p m
Leave Marion
9 33 p m
Arrive Florence
10 20 a di
No. 60.
Leave Florence
3.20 a u
Arrive Sumter
4. 6 a ii
Leave Sumter
4 35 a iu
Arrive Columbia
0. 15 a in
No. *7
Leave Wilmington
*10.10 o m
Leave Marion
12.40 p in
Arrive Florence
1 20 a m
No 62
Leave Sumter
f fl 45 a m
Arrive Columbia
10 56 p m
No 58
Leave Florence
f8 25 a u
Arrive Sumter
9 35 a m
Fine Cnlf ami
FOR
GENTLEMEN.
acefl Waterproof (*rnln.
The excellence and wearing qualities of this shoe
cannot he better shown than ny the strong endorse
ments of its thousands of constant wearers,
Szr.OO fienulne ed. an elegant and
stylish dress Shoe which commends itself.
$ jf.QO iland-ttewcd Welt. A fine calf shoe
•Hr unequa’led f .r style and durability.
S'a.OO Goodyear Welt Is the standard drew
■J shoe, at a popular price.
50 Polleeitinn’ta Hhoe is especially adapted
for railroad mi-n. farmers, etc.
All mode In Congress, Btaton and Lace.
Discovcrv for Consumption, Dr. $3 & $2 SHOES ladIes,
LflHCOVt.rv lur have been most favorab’y received sineo introdu ed
King’s New Life PUto, Bucklen • u„„,
Arnica Salve and Electric ^’’f
Bitters, and have never handled-] .. W k..a.
Merit Wins.
We desire to say to our citi
zens, tliat for years we have
been selling Dr. King's New
No 62 runs through from Charleston via
Central R R.
Leaving Lanes 8 30„A M., Manning 9 10
A M.
Train on C & D U R connects at Flcrencs
with No 68,
GOING NORTH.
No 61.
*3'
i,«avs Columbia.
Arri-'e Sumltr
Leave Similer
Arrive Florence
No. 78.
remedies that sell as well, or For ^ b A j Broom Dar
that have given such universal i iniytAr . s
satisfaction. We do not hesi- „ ’ ’
I Leave Florence,
Leave Marion
t Arrive at Wilmington,
No. 69
; Leave Sumter
Arrive Florence
tate to guarantee them every i
time, and we stand ready to re
fund the purchase price, if
satisfactory results do not fol
low their use. These remedies
have won their great popularity
its V
Feb. 20, 1890.
on their merits
Go’s Druggists.
Willcox
Iff TOVB BACK ACHFK,
Or TOO are all worn out, realty good for noth-
tag, it l« general dobUlir. Try
BUOWK’S 1 HON hITTBHH.
It will curs you, eleanre yonr Uver, and give
a good appetite.
Leave Colombia
; Arrive Sumter
No. 53,
No '4
*10 85 p n
11 68 r n
11 68 p m
1 15 a m
4 85 a m
6 20 a m
8 36 a nt
ffi 37 p m
7 50 p m
p ir
p n
Leave Florence
Leave Marion
Arriv* at Wilmington
*8 16 p a
8 65 p m
l i 46 p m
4
When Baby vnu tick, we gave her Ceetorta.
When ahe was a Child, ehe cried (or Osstoria.
When the became Mize, abe clung to Castorto.
When the had Children, at* gave them Caxlorln
wm
MEDICINE
CHILL CURE.
CHEAPEST KEDICTNE KXOW1V
CONSIDERING QUALITY AND SIZE OF DOSE.
IX WILXx A.XxSO CTTSeS
BILIOUSNESS, DYSPEPSIA,
AKD CHBONIO C?OKSTIPATIOK.
W. J. QABNEB, M.D.
DflUGQIST.
Darlington, S. C.
•rally. jDiiily except Sunday.
No 63 rune through 10 Charleston, na
Oeolrui U K, arriving Manning? 04 P >.
Lanes 7 42 1* M. Charleston 9 30 P M.
No 69 connects at FUrence with CAD
train for Cberaw and Wadcsboro’.
N- - 73 and 14 make close connection at
Wilmington with W & 17 UR for all point!
North.
Train on Florenct R. K, leave Pee Dre
daily except Sunday 4.4U P. M., arrive
Rowland 7.00 P. M. Returning leave
Rowia- d C.30 A. M., arrive Pee Dae 8.50
A.tf. “
Train o,, Manchester A Augusta R. R
leaves Sumter daily except Sunday, 10
A. M., arrive Rimini 12.01 P. M R 1 -
turning leave Rimini 13 16 P. M .ar
rive Sumter l.8u P, At.
JOHN F. DIVINE, lion. Supt
J. R. KEN LEY, Asst Gen’.Matmk'or.
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