The Darlington news. (Darlington, S.C.) 1875-1909, January 15, 1891, Image 3
it ii too late.
property daimed by
by mo, hot It wa« a
ily, “it
clutched the fntrful do.-uinont Not content
with opening It and (kneing at tta tort ami
signature, he took ft to the 'rindow.
“It h the name," he muttered with a sigh of
relief.
“Of course it is," aald Mr. Wood (harply.
So you want
me to go and ring the door-bell
theOte. Oaroia nu. ! WhUe >' OU sit bt ‘ rP an<1 rest:”{
Hagen until at last bo i 50000(1 tramp—“Yes, Clarence ;
you press the button and
the rest.”—America.
1 do
She Held Beauty'* Passport.
Lettves Hartsville,
Jio matter what the typeJ Leaves Jovaun,
~ i A rv»ixm of Ti'lrw/lb
Schedule of the Hartsville R. R,
Hartsviilk. s. C., Dec. 7, '89.
DAILY MIXED TRAIN
rjrAuineni.
Oar job is supplied with
er try f teUily utHu asary to nimble us
to compete ls>tli as to price and quali
ty of work, with even those of the ei-
tiea, and we guarantee satisfaction in
every pa;-tjeu.ar or oharge nothing
for our worlt. We are always prepar
ed to ii.l order* at short notice for
Blanks, Bid Beads, letter Heads,
Cards, Hand Bills, Posters, Circulars
Pamphlets, &e.
Depend upon it then k a great deal more
kindly human sympathy between two openly
confessed scamps than there is in that calm,
respectable recognition that you and I, dear
j reader, exhibit when we happen to
each other with our respective virtues.
• “And ye'll get the appalef
“I will.’’
And he did! And by a singular colncidmce
got the district attorneyship also. And
with a need for one-half of the “Rod
and erected in tbs
“extravagance of the
Kau Francisco
builder's hopes, and
occupied finally in his despair. Intended
originally as the palace of some inchoate
California Aladdin, it usually ended as a
lodging house in which some helpless widow
or hopete i spinster managed to combine re-
0 over-sued, consented and Carmen De Haro could
under-calculated not well refuse..
dwellings conceived The todies found the “Blue Mass" mills very
much as Tliatcher had previously C
it to them, “a trifle rough and
But be made over to thorn the one
reserved for himself and slept with bis men,
or more likely under the trees. At first Mrs.
Hodgitt missed gas and running water, and
these several conveniences of civilisation,
among which 1 fear may lie ment ioned short-
end pillow cases; bat the VuUsam of the
6.45 A. M.
arofcta^. Y>m knew it and I didn’t You “The papers are all there. You're a fool, beauty and aUractYveiieSS of^ a Arrive'ftt Floyd’s, 7.‘45 “
overlooked iflicforo you came, aud I wns too VictorOarcta!” portnin kind oi.ii ncunrnrilv hr. Making connection wbh the South
glad to overlook it after you were here." And so ho was. Aad, for the matter of ,.„i i.„ ,, •' ; bound passenger train on the Clieraw
“Of course," said Carmen pettishly, “I am that, so was Mr. Kaponacnous Wood, of coun- ou * 1 *' , -. womeo through & Darlington Railroad.
set careful attention to details. A returning
Meanwhilo Miss De Haro returned to gan j 11 bright eye, tine j
Prancfsoo and resumod her work. A day or i teeth, well-kept hands, glossy ' ^ loyd 8, 10.00 A.^ M.
two later she was joined by her landlady.! hair, a good carriage and a linn i Arrive atRartsville 10 w " -
Mnv P. has to<» larpe atmture to permit an stop are Certainly passports of Thi* train waits two’hours, if neceaaal
beautv. The more SO since they ! ry, for the North bound freight train
1 VI- , ^ r’ Jtr 11 li
Bock rancho” in hk pocket sent a brother 1 *P e< 'taMUty with the hard task of bread get-' mountain air soothed her neuralgia and her ^ erty.”
the only one to be blamed. It's like you mn!
(M«u. F,he was just fifteen, aid uttered this
awful resume of exjierienoe ji^^vlf it hadn’t
been taught to her in her cradle.J^Sy
Feminine geaeialiries always stmger a
man. Thatcher said nothing. Canuhn be
came more enraged.
“Why did you want to take Uncle Victor’s
property, then r she asked triumphantly.
“I dm t, know that it is your niwle's prep-
Retribuiion
lawyer in court to appear for his client, the
United States, as against himself, Rosoora-1
mon, Garcia, rt al. Wild horses could not!
have tom him from this noble resolution.
There is an indescribable delicacy in the legal
profession which w» literary folk ought to
Imitate.
The United States lost! Which meant ruin
and destruction to the “Blue Mass Company " ;
ting. Thatcher’s landlady wa on© of the temper. As for Carmen, she rioted in the
former class. She had unfortunately sur-; unlimited license of her absolute freedom
vived not only her husband but his property, | from conventional restraint and the indul-
nnd, living fci some* deserted chamber, bad, genee of her child-like Impulses. She scoured
after the fashion of the Italian nobility, lot the ledges far Mid wide alone; she dipped j
out the rest of the ruin. A tendency to j into dark copses and scrambled over the
dwell upon these facts gave her conversation sterile patches erf chemisal, ‘and came back
a peculiar significance upon tho first of each ; laden with the spoil of buckeye blossoms,
month. Thatcher had noticed this with tli^! manzanita berries and laurel. Hut she would
make a sketch of the ‘‘Blue Mass com-
ri „ . ana destruction to tne “Blue Mas* Company " i ~~ 77 *
Though the iniil* of God grind slowly, ’ who had bought from a paternal and benefl- ' * ons,tivOTMBS of “ n Impoverished gentleman, not mai
, r] >' et . tU 7. h'flud exceeding .mall; emt government lands which didn’t belong to ® ut " hen ’ a fow ^ aft< ' r bt ' r lo,1 S cr '- \ P^f*"
Though with patience he stands wait- | it Tho Mexican grant, of course, antedated < en l ’“ a Pf , ' 3arance ’ a not * ,muc fro “ ,1 * m «»rtJili
rt., * . -V — , , vW government lands which didn’t Ulong to; -y-act .ougers sua- panys mills on a Mercators projeetton-
i iiougli with patiemw he stands wait- ‘ it. Tho Mexican grant, of course, ante-ilated 1 < ‘ en ,,lsa PP oarance ' a n0 -'’‘ came from him something that could be afterwards litbo-
, theoccupationof tho mine by Concho, Wiles, < ^-on^inins a <lroft in noble excess of all or- graphed or chromoe.1, with the mills turn-
Pedro, et al., as well as by the “Blue Mass ! real ' s , ftm thar 6 es i th ® widow’s heart was ing out tons of quicksilver through the aner-
Companv,” and tlie solitahy partners, Biggs i Wtol and the rock smitten with the golden gijs of a happy afad pkturesque assemhlagi'
1 ' - I i «... . I. ! t . .. . - i i r.
ing, with exuc ncs grinds he all.
IJjongfeUow.
ti mi of a mi
Ey ESET HABTE,
(Oopyrtghtod, 1SS8, by Houghton. Mifflin * Oo„ and
published by arrangement with them.]
CHAPTER Vila.
r C0C5SCL. KOR IT.
EANWnil.K itos-
commf»ii had wait
ed. Then, in Gar
cia’s name, and
backed by him, he
laid his case before
the land commis
sioner, filing the ap
plication (with
forced indorse-
ments) to Governor
Micbcltorena, and
and Thatcher. More Hum that, it swallowed l
| up their improvements. It made Biggs and
Thatcher responsible to Garda for all the
money tho grand master of avarice had made
out of it. Mr. District Attorney was ap
parently distressed, but resigned. Messrs, i
Biggs and Thatcher wore really distressed and
combative.
And then, to advance a few years in this ,
chronicle, began real litigation with earnest- !
nem, vigor, courage, seal and belief on the
wand gushed beneficence that shone in a new
gown for the widow and a new suit for “John
ny,” her son, a new oilcloth in the hall, better
service to tho lodgers, and, let ns be thank
ful, a kindlier consideration for tho poor little
black-eyed painter from Monterey, then
dreadfully behind iu her room rent For, to
tell the truth, the calls upon Miss
De Haro’s scant purse by her • un
cle had lately been frequent, perjury
having declined
in tho Monterey mar-
part of Biggs anti Thatcher, ami t« hni«U-j krt through axoWvo «,d in jmliciou, repply,
deh^ equivocation aiul a Eeneral ; the hno of demareation toween it and
Fabian-like policy on tho part of Garcia, *
Roscommon, et al. Of all those tedious pro j
cesses I note but one, which for originality 1
and audacity of conception appears to me to [
indicate more clearly tho temper and civiliza-
ROSCOMMO.V.
alleging#that the
And
1L
original grant was destroyed by fire,
why*
It seemed there was a limit to Miss Car
men's imitative talent. Admirable as it was.
»t did not reach to the reproduction of that
official Heal, which would have been a neces
sary appendage to th»governor’s grant. But
there were letters written on stamped paper
by Governor Micheltorena to himself, Gar
cia, and to Miguel, and to Miguels father, all
of which were duly signed by the sign manual
and rubric of Mrs. Governor Micheltorena
Carmen de Haro. And then there was
“parol" evidence, and plenty of it: witnesses
who remembered everything aliout it—
namely, Manuel, Miguel and the all-recollect
ing lie Haro; hero were details, poetical and
suggestive; and Dome Quicklyisb, as when
his lute excellency, sitting not “by a sea-coal
fire,” but with aguardiente and cigarros, had
sworn to him, the ex-wlesiastical JVguel,
that ho should grant, and had granted,
Gama’s request. There were clouds
of witnesses, conversations, letters and
records glib and pat to tho oc
casion. In brief, there was nothing
wanted but the seal of his excellency'. Tho only
copy of that was in the possession of a rival
school of ronaissant art and the restoration of
antiques, then doing business ljofore the land
commission. %
And yet the claim was rejected! Having
lately i worn mended two separate claimant*
to a patent for tho same land the land com
mission became cautious and conservative.
Roscommon was cit first astounded, then
indignant, and then warlike—he was for an
“appale to onst!”
With the reader’s previous knowledge ot
Roscommon’s disposition this may seem
some what inconsistent, but there are certain
natures to whom litigation has all the exeite-
in-nt of gambling, and it should fee home in
mind that this was his first lawsuit. So that
his lawyer, Mr. Saponaceous Wood, found
him in that belligerent mood to which coun
sel ore obliged to hypocritically bring all the
sophi tries of their profession. “Of course yon
have your right toon appeal, but calm your
self, my dear sir, and consider. The case was
presented strongly, th© evidence overwhelm
ing on our sido, but we happened to bo fight
ing previous decisions of the land commission
that had brought them into trouble; so that
if Micheltorena had himself appeared in
court and testified to his giving you the
grant, it would have made no difference—no
Spanish grant had a show then, nor will it
have for the next six months. You see, my
dear sir, the government sent out one of its
lag Washington lawyers to look into this
business, mid he reported frauds, sir, frauds,
in a majority of (he Spanish claims. And
why, sir? why? He was bought, sir, bought
—body and soul—by the ring!”
“And fwhot’s the ring?” asked his client
sharply.
“The ring is—ahem! a combination of im-
principled but wealthy persons to defeat tho
•ends of justice.”
“And sure, fwhot’s tho ring to do wkl mo
grant as that tliaving Mexican gave me os
tho collatherals for tho board he wi>£ owin’
mo! Eh, mind that now!”
“Tho ring, my dear sir, is the other side.
It is—ahem! always tho other side.”
“And why the divcl haven’t we ft ring, too?
And ain’t I payin’ ye five hundred^dollars—
and the divcl of ring ye have, at all, at all:
Fwbot am I payin’ yo fur, chT’
“That a judicious expenditure of money,”
began Mr. Wood, “outside of actual disbursje-
monts, may not be of infinite service tayou
I am not prepared to deny—but# ”
“Look ye, Mr. Bappy Wood, it’s tho ‘appal©’
I want, and tho grant 1*11 have, more betoken
as the old woman’s har-mt and me own is set
on it entoircly. Get me the land and I'll give
yo the half of it—and it's a bargain!”
“But, my dear sir, there are some rules in
tion of the epoch. A Hilxuxlinate officer of
the district court refused to obey the man-
| date ordering a transcript of tho record to be
j sent up to the United States supreme court,
i It is to bo regretted that the name of this \
| Ephesian youth, who thus fired fbo dome of
| our constitutional lilierties, should have
been otherwise so unimportant as to
be confined to tho dusty records of
that doubtful court of which he was
a doubtful servitor, and that his claim
to immortality ceasod with his doubl^foed of t , lu I)k . turo j ^ onler „
absolute verity was so finely drawn that Vic
tor Garcia had remarked that “he might ns
well tell the truth at once and save his soul,
smeo the devil was in the market.”
Mistress Plodgitt, the landlady, could not
resist the desire to acquaint Carmen Do Haro
with her good fortune. “Ho was always a
friend of yours, my dear, and I know him to
lie a gentleman that would never let a poor
widow suffer; and see what he says about pot in to iu
you:” Here she produced Thatcher’s note nnd
| read: "Tell my little neighbor that I shall
come back soon to carry her and her sketching
tools off by force, and I shall not let her re
turn until she has caught the black moun
tains and tho red rocks she used to talk about,
and put tho ‘Blue Mass’ mill in the foreground
of minerr,—even to please her padrone, Don
Royal Thatcher. On the contrary, she made
a study of the ruins of tho crumbled and de
cayed red rock furnace, with the black
mountain al*>vo it, and the light of a dying
camp fire shining upon it, ami tho dull red
excavations in the ledge. But even thin did
not satisfy her until she had made some
alterations, and when she finally brought her
finished study to Don Royal, she looked at
him a little defiantly. Thatcher admired I
honestly, and then criticised a little humor- |
ously and dishonestly. “But couldn't you, |
for a consideration, put up a sign board on j
tliat rock with the inscription, “Road to the •
Bluo Mass company’s new mills to the
right,” and combine business with art? That's j
tho fault of you geniuses. But what's this
blanketed figure doing here, lying before the I figure that had, with menaein;
furnace? You never .saw one of my minors baby fingers, strode to his sid
service. But there still stands ou record a
letter by this young gentleman, arraigning
tho legal wisdom of the land, which is not en
tirely devoid of amusement or even instruc
tion to young men desirous of obtaining pub
licity and capital. Howbeit, tho supreme
court was obliged to protect itself by procur
ing the legislation of his functions out of its
local fingers into the larger palm of its own
attorney.
These various processes of law and equity,
which, when exercised ipractically in the af
fairs of ordinary business, might have occu
pied a few months’ time, dragged, clung, re
trograded, or advanced slowly during a
period of eight or nine years. But the strong
anns of Biggs and Thatcher held possession,
and possibly, by the same tactics employed
on the other sido, arrested or delayed eject
ment, and so mode and sold quicksilver, while
their opponents were spending gold, until-
Biggs, sorely hit in the interlacing of his ar
mor, fell In the lists, his clieek growing
What is this, little one? Surely, Carmen,
thou needst not blush at this, thy first grand
offer. Holy Virgin! is it of a necessity that
thou shouklst stick the wrong end of thy
brush in thy mouth, and then drop it in thy
lap? Or was it taught thee by the good Sis
ters at the convent to stride in that boyish
fashion to the side of thy ciders and snatch
from their hands tho missive thou wouldst
read? More of this wo would know, O Car
men—smallest of brunettes—speak, little one,
even in thine own melodious speech, that I
may commend thee and thy rare discretion to
my own fair country women.
Alas, neither the present chronicler nor
Mistress Plodgitt got any further informa-
tioiHi om the prudent Carmen, and must fain
speculate upon < or tain facts that were already
known.
Mistress Carmen’s little room was opposite
to Thatcher’s, and once or twice, the doors
lieing open, Thatcher hod a glimpse across the
passage of a black-haired and a sturdy, boy-
waxen and his strong arm feeble, anil finding j little figure in a great bluo apron, perched
himself in this sore condition, and passing, ns
it were, made over his bharo in trust to his
comrade ami died. Whereat, from that time
henceforward, Royal Thatcher reignod in bis
stead.
Anil so, having anticipated the legal record,
we will go Imck to the various human in
terests that helped to make it up.
To begin with Roscommon: To
justice to his later conduct and
on a stool l»efore an easel, and on the other
hand, Carmen had often been conscious of the
fumes of a tobacco pipe penetrating her
cloistered seclusion, and had seen across the
passage, vaguely enveloped in the same nico
tine cloud, an American Olympian, in a
rocking chair, with his feet on tho mantel
j shelf. They had once or twice met on tho
do i staircase, oil which occasion Thatcher Lad
ex- i greeted her with u word or two of respectful
pression, it must bo remembered that I yet half humorous courtesy—a courtesy
when he accepted the claim for the i which never really offends a true woman,
“Red Rock rancho,” }'ot unquestioned, from ; although it ofteiv piques her self-aplomb by
tho hands of Garcia, ho was careless, or at j the slight assumption of superiority in the
least unsuspicious of fraud. It was not until | humorist. A woman is quick to recognize
ho had experienced the intoxication of litiga
tion that ho felt, somehow, that he was a
wronged and defrauded man, hut with tho
obstinacy of defrauded mon, preferred to ar
raign some one fact or individual as tho im
pelling cause of his wrong, rather than the
various circumstances that led to it. To this
simple mind it was mode patent that the
“Blue Mass Company” wore making money
out of a mine which he claimed, and which
was not yet adjudged to thorn. Every dollar
they took out was a fresh count in this gen
eral indictment. Every delay towards this
adjustment of rights—although made by his
own lawyer—was a personal wrong. The
ftieitj fact that there never was m r had been
miy quid pro quo for this immense property—
that it had fallen to him for a mere song-
only added zest to his struggle. The possibility
of his losing this mere speculation affected
him more strongly than if ho had already
paid down tho million he expected to get from
tho mine. I don't know that I have indicated
as plainly os I might that universal prefer
ence on tho port of mankind to get something
from nothing, and to acquire the largest re.
turn for the least possible expenditure, but I
question my right to say that Roscommon
was much more reprehensible than his fel-1
lows.
But it told upon him as it did upon
all over whom the spirit of the mur
dered Concho brooded—upon all whom
avarice alternately flattered and tortured.
From his quiet gains in his legitimate
business, from the little capital accumu
lated through industry and economy, he lav
ished thousands on this chimera of his fancy.
He grew grizzled and worn over his self-im
posed delusion; ho no longer jested with his
customers, regardless of quality or station or
importance; ho had cliques to mollify, enemies
to placate, friends to reword. The grocery
suffered; through giving food and lodgment
to eloudsof unimpeachable witnesses before the
kind commission and the district court, '‘Mrs,
our profession- technical though they may found herself losing money. Even the
be-—" tar failed; there was a party of “Blue Mass”
“The divel fly away wkl yor profession. ; im piQjefl who drank at the opposite fonda,
Sure is it tetter nor me own? If I’ve risked | an{ j curse( j the Roscommon claim over the
n^lirovirions a*lme whtoky.ttot cost ™ | ^ raeolMnic «, md.flerenc*.
splld goold in Frisco, on that thafe GarcU’. j ^ ^ KoKommon ^ ,,i 8 cu*
J tomeri w*t gone. The towel wa» no longer
used after its perfcmctory fashion; the
counter remained unwiped; the disks of
countless glosses marked its surface nnd in
dicated other preoccupation on the part of
the proprietor. Tbr keen gray eyes of the
claimant of the “Bed Rock Rancho" wore at
ways on the lookout for friend or enemy,
inborn talent for historic misrepresentation
unpleasantly through a de
fective memory: a year or two after he
the fact that tho gi*eat and more dangerous
passions are always serious, and may be ex
cused if in self-respect she is often induced to
try if there be not somewhere under the skin
of this laughing Mcrcutio the flesh and blood
of a Romeo. Thatcher was hp na
ture a defender and protector; weak
ness, and weakness alone, stirred the
depths of bis tenderness—often, I fear, only
through its half-humorous aspects—and on
this plane he was pleased to place w omen and
children. I mention this fact for the tenefit
of the more youthful members of my species,
and am satisfied that an unconditional 'sur
render and the complete laying down at the
foot of beauty of all strong masculinity is a
cheap Gallicism that is untranslatable to
most women worthy tho winning. For a
woman must always look up to the man she
truly loves—even if she has to go down on her
knees to do it.
Only tho masculine reader w ill infer from
thia that Cannen wos in love with Thatcher;
tho more critical and analytical feminine eye
will see nothing herein that might not have
happened consistently with friendship. For
Thatcher was no sentimentalist; he had hardly
paid a compliment to the girl—even in the
unspoken but most delicate form of attention.
There were days when his room door was
closed; there were days days succeeding these
blanks when he met her as frankly and
naturally as if he had seen her yesterday.
Indeed, on those days following his flight the
simple-minded Carmen, being aware—heaven
knows how—that hp had not opened his door
during that period, and fearing sickness, sud
den death, or perhaps suicide, by her appeals
to tba landlady, assisted unwittingly in dis
covering his flight and defection. As she
was for a few moments os indignant os Mrs.
Plodgitt, it is evident that she ted but little
sympathy with the delinquent. And be-
sides, hitherto she had* known only Concho,
her earliest friend, and was true to his
memory, as agonist all Americanos, whom
she firmly believed to be his murderers
8a she dismissed the offer and the man from
her mind, and went back to her pointing—a
fancy portrait of eke good Padre Junipero
Serra, a groat missionary, who, happily for the
integrity of hj^* banes and character, died
some hundred years before the Americans
took possession of California. The picture
was fair but unsalable, and she began to
think seriously of sign painting, which was
then much more popular and marketable.
An unfinished bead of Ban Juan de Bautista,
artificially framed in clouds, she disposed of
tq a prominent druggist for $G0, where it did
good sendee as exhibiting the effect of four
bottles of “Jones's Frsckl© Ewiicatar,” and fn
D'pleasantand unobtrusive way revived the
Still, she felt weary
nd had a
a Meyicft-n, too, by has scrape. ”
That,” quoth Mistress Carmen, ettolly,” wa* j
up the ibreground—I wanted !
something there to balance the picture.” !
“But,” continuod Thatcher, dropping intoun- j
conscious admiration again, “it’s drawn to
th© life. Tell me, Miss Do Haro, before I ask |
the aid end counsel of Mrs. Plodgitt, who is j
my hated rival, and your lay figure and I
model?" "Oh,” said Carmen, with a little !
sigh, “It’s ouly poor Concho.” “And where ‘
is Concho?” (a little impatiently.) “He’s dead, j
Don Royal.” “Deadr “Of a verity—very 1
dead—murdered by your countrymen.” “I
sec—and you know him?” “He was my '
friend.”
“Oh!”
“Truly.”
“But” (wickedly), “isn't this a rather
ghastly advertisement—outside of an illus- !
trated newspaper—of my property’?”
“Ghastly, Don Royal. Look you, he sleeps. ” j
“Ay” (in Spanish), “as the dead.”
Ourmcn (ej-ossing herself hastily), “After
tho fashion of the dead.”
They were telh feeling uncomfortable.
Carmen was shivering. But, being a woman,
and tactful, she recovered her head first. “It
is a study for myself, Don Royal; I shall
malic you another.”
And she slipped away, as she thought, out
of the subject and his presence.
But she was mistaken; in tho evening he?
renewed tho conversation. Canrn n began to
fence, not froi^ cowardice or deceit, as the
mas. uiine reader would T ad ily infer, but |
frrmsomc wonderful IVmiiiine instinct that
told her to te cautious. But ho {rot from her
the fact, to him before unknown, that she
was the niece of his mean antagonist, and, be
ing a gentleman, so redoubled Ins attentions
and his courtesy that Mrs. Plodgitt made up
her mind that it was a foregone conclusion,
.and seriously reflected as to what she should
wear on the momentous occasion. But that
night poor Carmen cried herself to sleep, re
solving that she would hereafter cast aside
her wicked undo for this good-hearted
Americano, yet nevor one© connected her in
nocent penmanship with the deadly feud be
tween them. Women—the best of them—are
strong as to collateral facts, swift of deduc
tion, but vague as children are to the exact
statement or recognition of premises. It is
hardly necessary to say that Carmen had
never thought of connecting any act oi here
with the claims of her uncle, and tho circum
stance of the signature she had totally for
gotten.
The masculine reader will nour understand
Carmen’s confusion and blushes, and believe
himself an ass to have thought them a Con
fession of original affection. Tho feminine
reader will, by this time, become satisfied
that the deceitful minx’s solo idea was to gain
tlie affections of Thatcher. And really I
don’t know who is right.
Nevertheless, she painted a sketch for
Thntchor—which now adorns tho company’s
office in San Francisco, in which the property |
is laid out in pleasing geometrical lines, and ;
the rosy promise of tho future iiistiuct in !
every touch of th© brash. Then, having :
earned her “wage,” as sho behoved, she be-;
came somewhat cold and shy to Thatcher.
Whereat that gentleman redoubled his atten-!
tions, scefhg only in her presence a certain 1
meprise, which concerned her more than him
self. The niece of his enemy meant nothing
more to him than an interesting girl—to te
protected always—to te feared, Dover. But
even suspicion may be insidiously placed iu
noble minds.
Mistress Plodgitt, thus early estopped of
matchmaking, of course put the blame on her |
' own sex, and went over to tho stronger sido—
tho man’s.
“It's a great pity gals should te so curious;” |
she said, sotto vocc, to Thatcher, when Car-1
men was in one of her sullen moods. “Yet I
s'pose it’s in her blood. Them Spaniards is
always revengeful—like the Eyetalians.”
Thatcher honestly looked his surprise.
“Why, don't you ooe, she's thinking how all (
these lands might have teen her uncle's but |
for you. And instead of trying to be sweet j
and—” here sho stopped to cough.
“Good God!” said Thatcher, iu great con
cern, “I never thought of that.” He stopped |
for ft moment, and then added with decision: j
“I can’t believe it; It isn’t like her.”
Mrs. P. was piqued. She walked away, de
livering, however, this Partuian arrow:
“Well, I hope Hoiking worse.^
Thatcher chuckled, then felt uneasy. When
he next met Carmen she found his gray eyes
fixed oh hers with a curious, telf-inquisi- j
tprial look she had never noticed before. This
only added fuel to tbe fire. Forgetting their
relations of host and guest, she was al**>-
lutely rude. Tliatcher was quiet but watch
ful; got the Plodgitt to bed early, and. under j
cover of showing df
“Lost Chance Mill," decoyCarmen out of {
earshot, as far as the dismantled furnace.
_ “What is the matter, Miss De Haro; have I
“You—don't—know? Have you seen the
application with Governor Micheltorena’s
indorsement? Have you heard tho wit-
neseesf* she said passionately.
‘■Signatures may te forged and witnesses
lie,” said Thatcher quietly.
“What is it you call ‘forged? ”
Thatcher instantly recalled tho fact that
the Spanish language held no synonym for
“forgery.” Tho act was apparently an inven
tion of el Diablo Americano. So he said,
with a slight smile in his kindly eye:
“Anybody wicked enough and dexterous
enough enn imitate another’s liandwriting.
When this te used to ben .fit fraud wo call it
‘forger}'.’ I beg your pardon—Miss Do Haro,
Miss Carmen—what is tho matter?”
8ho had suddenly lapsed against a trre,
quite hclp’ess, nerveless, and with staring
eyes fixed on his. As yet an embryo woman,
ijjffipflrtfinood and ignorant, the sex’s instinct
was potential; she had in one plunge fath
omed all that his reason had lieen years groje
ing for.
Thatcher saw ouly that she was pc hied, that
she was helpless; that was enough. “It is
possible that your un le may tevo been de
ceived,*’ho began; “many lione t men have
teen fooled by clever but deceitful tricksters,
men mid women.
“8top! Madre do Dios! Will you stopr
Tliatcher for an instant recoiled from the
Cashing eyes and white face of the little
and clenched
lie stopped.
anonymous letter, written by her own tend,
to stand between her and her demeanor to her
little lodger. Go she coddled her and flattered
her and depicted in slightly exaggerated
colors tho grief of Don Royal at her sudden
departure. All of which Miss Carmen re
ceived in n demure, fitten-Uke way, but still
kept quietly at her work. In dufe time Don
endure when mere bloom has i 0,1 c - ^ K - K
passed away. W’hile these!
things arc being looked after by !
d ‘ntist, hair-dresser and mani-
c io, it will be well for my lady
«> further pursue her efforts.
J. L. COKER.
President.
FOR C. & D. ANUC. & 3. 1.AlLRO.il g
Royal’s O'-U-r was completed; still she had | Sh ' niUV be troubled with dy-
leisureand Inclination cnouph to add certain s nensi;>’rn iv Rave no nr.rw.Yito I
touches to her gbaatly sketch of the crumb- S I M sla - ni<l > nav « n0 , Appetite |
ling furnace. perhaps is generally debilitated
Nevertheless, es Don Royal did not return,
through cree* of business, Mrs. Plodgitt
turned an honest penny hy letting his room, i ('Ur< 'tl <i foothold, and lends a
temporarily, to two quiet Mexicans, who, but hectic i'udl to the cheek and an
forabeostiyhahitof cigarritoimioiting which j unwonted brilliancy to the eye. !
tainted the whole house, wer. fair enough ; i t w jl] j,,. t ) R , l eull f e
lodge™. If they failed in mating the se. ((/ , /( , T , u> funrtions must ^
quamtance of their fair countrywoman, Miss I . , , ^
Dc Haro, it was through that lady'sprc-orcu- "AlDJ’dk and nature s greatest
patiou in her own work, and not through ! 'ItUKitors are to be found Only
their ostentatious endeavor* jin Dr. \\ estmoreluild s Calisaya
“Miss De Haro is peculiar," explained the 1 Tonic. Ill malarial sections it
politic Mrs. Plodgitttoherguests; “shemakea | is invaluable, and as ait anti-
no acquaintances. which i consider had for periodic lias no equal. For sale !
her business. If it had not been for me, she ! J),. Jtoyd’s drug Store
would not have known Royal Thatcher, tha
’tea |
VDS, l
8! <). j
Pbssiubnt’* Orric*
C. & D. akoC. & 8. HAILIIOAI
Charleston, S. 0., May 1,180
~ j i, . . r - i • . On and after May 10, the traim on
,.1 1 hi ‘ no FPht for ant subject. lB);ae r0 »j 8 will run as follows (Sunday ex-
'Til <1 p incipient fever lias se- ; cepted) every day:
DOWH TRAIN.
benvc Wadesboro 5.25 A 3
Bennett? 5.40
M erven’s 6.55 *
M c F uriand 10
Leave Oheraw 6 ^
Cash’®
Society Hill 7 18
Dove’s ? *d0
Floyd's 7.8*
Darlington 7.00
Palmetto B 00
vrrivo at Florence.
8 15
up train.
“Where u; this application—this forgeryT’ she
asked. “Show it to me!”
Thatcher felt relieve.!, e:id rrrllcd the su
perior smile of oirr sex over feminine ignor
ance. “You could hardly expect *me to te
trusted with your uncle’s vouchers. His pa
per's of course are in the hands of his
counsel ” s*
“And when can I leave this place?” she
asked passionately.
great quicksilver miner—and had his order ,
for a picture of his mine!”
The two foreign gentlemen exchanged
glances. One said, “Ah, God! this is bad,”
and the other, “It is not possible;” and then,
when the landlady’s back was turned, intro- j
duccd themselves with ft skeleton key into tho •
then vacant ted room and studio of their fair i
countrywoman, who was absent sketching.
“Thou observest,” said Mr. Pedro, refugee, to 1
Miguel, ex-ecclesiastic, “that this Americano
is all powerful, and that this Victor, drunkard
ns ho is, is right in his suspicions.”
“Of a verity, yes,” replied Miguel, “thou
dost remember it was Jovita Castro who, for
her Americano lover, betrayed tho Kobriente
claim. It is only with us, my Pedro, that the
Mexican spirit, the real God and liberty, yet
lives!”
They shook bauds nobly and with senti
mental fervor, and then wont to work, i. o.,
tbe rummaging over tho trunks, drawers and
porto-manteaus of tho poor little jminter,
Cannon De Haro, fjid oven ripped up the
mattress of her virginal cot But they found
not what they sought.
“What is that yonder on the easel, covered
with a clothr said Miguel; “it is a trick of
these artists to put their valuables together.”
Pedro strode to the easel and tore away tbe I
muslin curtain that veiled it; then uttered a
shriek that appalled his comrade and brought
i him to his side.
“In the name of God!” said Miguel, hastily,
; “are you trying to alarm the house?”
Tho cx-vaqucro was trembling like a child.
“Look!” he said hoarsely, “look; do you see?
j It is the hand of God!” and fainted on the
! floor.
Miguel looked. It was Carmen's partly fin-
! ishod sketch of the deserted furnace. The fig
! nre of Concho, thrown out strongly by the
j camp fire, occupied the left foreground. But
t to balance her picture sho hail evidently been
| obliged to introduce (mother—the face and
; figure of Pedro, on nil fours, creeping toward
I the sleeping man.
Whea Baby whs sick, we gave her Castor!ft.
When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria.
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria
Many Person* are broken
Jowr from overwork or household cares.
Brown's Iron Bitters nc'intia. the
sy-iem, aliis dk-ertlon, remov . t' ■ -s of tile,
and cures malaria. Gut tho aenuine.
if Ttitrn h ack a< in s.
Or you r.ro ail uvro . t:t, Ton: - , . iraoth-
Ing, it teecneral deblliiv Try
BKOM JWS IKON 111 I t I KS.
It Will cure you, clcauM 1 : our liver, aud gto®
a Hood apjHdite.
,favi Florence
Palmetto
Itarlin ston
Floyd'*
Uove
Society Hill
Cash’s’
hPiiTst'h
M vFarlan
Morven’s
lienneii’*
1 at e Wadesboro....
.. 8.10
..! 8 2j
... 8 8)
. 8.‘Hi
. . 8.C2
... 9.12
... 9 17
9.43
...10.08
...10-0
10.85
...n.oo
1’ ,0
I' \i
8 1’
9.05
Freight Train going up
i.fuve Florence
Vrrivc Darlington
freight going down
arrive Darlington
,.oive D irlinztou
■\rrivs F oronce
A F. RAVENEL, Prea.
C, 1! Master Traneportatiou.
s m
a m
8.00 p >
8 30 p
4.10 [,
X
C. McFall, ^om-iiKAs
'EKN RAILROAD.
•' 'v
V fcgjk
Charlhston, S. 0., 'W 1. } 8!0 ;
On and after this date the follow,n
cheduk* will be run :
UOlNG SOUTH.
No. 27. Diky.
“IT> call it forgery.”
“If you consult my wishes you will sta3 r , if
only long enough forgive me. But if I
have offended you unknowingly, and you are
implacable
“I can go to-morrow at sunrise if I like?”
“As yon will,” returned Thatcher gravely.
“Gracias, Scnor.”
They walked slowly back to the house,
Thatcher with a masculine sense of being un
reasonably afflicted, Carmen with a woman's
instinct .if being hopelessly crushed. Nc
word was spoken until they reached tho door.
(To be Continued.)
Kurkleu'g Arnica S
The Best Salve in the world
for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers,
Salt Kheum, Fever Sores, Tet
ter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains
Corns, and all Skin F.ruptionB,
and positively cures Piles, or no
pay required. It is guaranteed
to give perfect satisfaction, or
nionev refunded. Price 25 cts.
Agent of Manufacturer* for flic
sale of Engines, Boilers, Saw Mills,
Grist Mills, Gins, Presses, Threshers,
Shafting, Pulleys, Belting, Circular
Saws, anil machinery supplies. Par
ties who contemplate buying machin
ery of any kinil will flint it to their
interest to get price* from me before
buying elsewhere. I have for sale at
a bargain, a complete Ginning outfit,
consisting of a60 saw Hall Gin, feeder
and condenser, a Bass Press, net shaft
ing and pulleys, belting, &e., a 20
corn mill, very little used, and anew
10-Horse Engine and boiler, which
will he gold on easy terms at it bar
gain. For price* and terms, call on
A. C. MeFALL.
Darlington Oil Mill.
June 20, '90.
hsnvr t lorauce
kra.r Kiogstree
Vrrive Lattes
Loase Lancs
tr-tsc Charleston
No. 23, Daily.
Leave Florence
Leave Kingslree
Vrrive Lanes
Leave Lanes
Vrrive Charleston
No 53.
I,cave L ittes
Vrrive Charleston
Train on C & D K 11 conn cl* at
snee wilh No 23 Train
GOING NORTH.
No, 78, Dst'y.
Leave Charleston
Vrrive Lanes
Leave Lanes
Leave Kiligstrce
Arrive Floretfte
*1 8 'i a nt
2 29 a in
2 50 it m
2 50 a raj
5 t)0 a m
*8 30 a in
9 U! a n
10 07 a t
10 07 a t.
jl 59 a nt
7 50 r. M.
it 20 p. in.
Flor
No. 14,
Then Carmen suddenly, iu her old, impulsive .
way, and in n chiid-liko treble, sang out. per box. bor sale at V\ illcox
merrily: “Good night, O Don Royal, and 1 & Co S d TUg Store.
plea: ant dreams. Haste manana.” |
Thatcher stood dumb and astoatidod at this ! , , ■ , , . , c ,. ..
carrier,engirt. She saw kb myrtiiication in-! Indignant Maiden-‘‘Sir, if
stoutly, “It is for the old cat!” sho whis- fit t(‘Ill])t to kiSS H1G 1 11 Call i
pered, jerking iter thumb over 1st ahouidei UIV mother. Independent
in the diivetiou of tho sleeping Mrs. P. ! Young Man—“If you Call VOUr
•■Good night—gor [ mother I’ll kiss her, too.” Maid-
Hc went to give orders for a peon toat ; en ( no longer indignant)—“You
tend the ladies and their equipage the next ehv Well, don t you think
day Ho awoke to fnd Mi» Do Haro gone | we can t al( without her?'’
v t Iv/'t" oar'll frttvnrtriu !■.lcv'.Arrtrtrvv Arv/t ; . .. . .. .
with her escort, towards Monterey. And
without the Plodgitt.
He could not conceal his surprise from the j
latter lady. She, left aloue—a not altogether |
unavailable victim to the wiles of our sex— |
was emterrassod. But not so much that she i
-Texan Siftings.
Leave Cnarleston
Arrive Lanes
Leave Lanes
Leave Kingstree
irrive Florence
♦ 1 20 a m
J 10 «» »
5 00 a iu
J 17 a m
4 20 a m
*4 30 p m
6 29 p m
0 29 p ni
(i 40 p m
7 5 > p <n
No. 62, Daily.
Leave Charleston *< 00 a ’n
Vi rive Lanes ? 27 a m
* Daily, f Daily except Sun
Nos 62 runs through to
via On!ri*! R II of S C.
Nos. 78 md 14 run solid to Wilming'OM,
N. C., making close co itiectiou with W\ &
W R R for al! poi’ is north
I R. KENLY. .1 F Divikk,
tiupt Trans. Cen’l Sup’t.
T. M. Emkbson, Cen’l Pass. Agt.
Goiumhia
The
Epoch.
transition
from long, j
could not say to Thatcher: "I told you *o-! lingering and painful sickness j
gouo to her undo * « To toll him oil!» to robust health marks an epoch
-ail D—n it, wiuit can she tcii him!”, *n the life of the individual, lington, S. C.
ronmi Thatcher,stun" out of ins self-control. | Such <iromarkableevent is tr<. a - F^b. 20 1890,
ured in the memory and the;
agency where by the good health j
has been attained is grateful
ly blessed. Hence it is that so |
much is heard in praise of Elec-1
trie Bitters. So many feel they
W. L. DOUGLAS
$3 SHOE
nnd other sneclal-
tlen for Gentlemen,
Ladles, etc., are war
ranted, nnd ro stomped on bottom. Address
\V. L. DOUGLAS, llrocktoii, xllnaa. Sold by
For sale by A. J. Broom, Dar
tVILSl\CTO\ COLCMBIA AND AlISCslA
May 1, 1890.
GOING SOUTH
No. 23.
HAiU
Leave Wilmington
Leave Marion
Arrive Florence
“Nothing, I hope, hat she should not,” said
Mrs. P., and chastely retired.
Sho was right. Miss Carmen posted to
Monterey, running her horse nearly off its
le,^s to do it, and then sent back her beast
and escort, saying she would rejoin Mrs.
Plodgitt by steamer at Ban Francisco. Then
No. 60.
Aiumer uu r>an i rancisco. j. ucn i ~ ^
she went boldly to the law office of Rapo-' tllCir rGSlOFclt 1 011 to llGtlltll,
naceous Wood, district attorney and whilom | the Use of the Groat Alter-
solicitor of her uncle. ative and Tonic. If you aie
With the dtejorily of masculine Monterey troubled with any disease of
Miss Carmen was known and respectfully ni Kidneys, Liver OF Stomach, of
mired, despite.the infelix reputation of her j long OF short Standing yOU will
kimmum. Mr. Wood w M n lad toher,nnd I surely find relief by u8e 0 f E l ec .
j trie Bitters. Sold at 50c. and £11
| per bottle at Willcox & Co's |
Drug Store.
awkwardly gallant. Miss Carmen was cool
and business-like; sho had come from ter
uncle tp “regard” the papers in tho “Red Rock
Rancho” case. They were instantly produced.
Carmen turned to the application for the
grant. Her cheek paled slightly. With her
clear memory rind wonderful fidelity of per
ception sho could not te mistaken. The sig
nature of Micheltorena was in her own hand
writing!
Yet she looked up to the lawyer with a
smile: “May I take these papers for an hour
to my under
Aunt Rosanna—“I took tbe
liberty of instructing your mo
diste to have your ball dresses
cut with regard to the require
ments of what promises to be a
cold winter, my dears.” Clem-
lentine—“We don’t get half a
Even on older and Irttor man than the dis- s ] 10w J 0 we BeSS?”—Jl/dte.
trict attorney could not have resulted those
drooping lids nnd that gentle voice. •
“Certainly." - | The Pulpit and the Stage.
“I will retum them in an hour." ! r> „ nt \r at __
Sho was as good as her word, and within j ^® V ' vf' Shrout, Pastor
the hour dropped the papers nnd «little eour- L nited Brethren Church Blue
teey to ter uncle's legal advocate, andttiat Mound, Kcin.y 8&ys: “I feel it
night took the steamer to Pan Francisco. my duty to tell what Wonders
Tim ncit morning Victor Garda, a little the Dr. King’s New Discovery has |
orse for tho previous nights dissipation, done for me. My Lungs were
reeled into Wotri's office, “i have tairs for badly diseased, and my parish-
my niece carmen She is with Ha .temy," i ioners thought J could li ve only
pindr a few weeks. I took five bottles
UTlt We own awkwaui Ast), a-ividng him of the! of Dr. King’s New Discovery ;
fact that his nitwe was itonght hy the oflemy, 1 and am sound and well, gaming
and cautioning him against her. j 2G lbs. in Weight.”
“impossible," said the lawyer: “it was only j Arthur Love, Manager Love’s
she sent thee «50," ~
’♦"VJRraS
:♦ V^THE
BEST
LIVER
-.^MEDICINE
CFI1LL CURE.
55HEAPE^T MEDICIKE KNOWN
CO^'nERMG QUALITY AND SIZE OF DOSE.
IT WILL ALSO CURE
BILIOUSNESS, DYSPEPSIA,
AND CHBONIO CONSTIPATION.
W. J. GARNER, M.D.
DRUGGIST.
Darlington, S. C.
Leave Florence
Arrive Sumter
Leave Sumier
Arrive Columbia
Leave Wilmington
Leave Marion
I Arrive Florence
Leave Sumter
Arrive Columbia
i Leav * Florence
Vrrive Sumter
4 6 15 p m
9 33 P m
10 20 a m
3.20 ft ii
4. -5 a it
4 36 n m
6. 16 a in
No. 27
No 52
No 68
MC.10 t. m
12.40 p m
1 20 ft m
f f 45 ft in
10 56 p m
fR 25 a fi
9 35 a m
No 52 rnne through from Cbarbsten via
1 Central R U.
Leaving Lanes 8 Zi) A M., Manning 9 10
A M.
Train on C & D R R connects at Florence
with No 5S.
GOING NORTH.
No. 61.
i Funny Folks Combination
’r oitwowt, uovugn ms cusou-1 wr iteg : “After a thorough trial
chocks, tutd madesn impatient gesture | and convincing evidence, I am
added the lawyer co,iiy, “shei^ confident Dr King’s New Dis-
covery for Consumption, beats
all, and cures when every-
ils. The greatest
year t kzmmmw
leitch eny fairly ini(rlli*ent person of either
.»oi, vtliocan rsad and write, and who, 1
Hller in»trucUon,wlll work Industriously,
_ -'howto earn Three Ttteusaud Oollsr* a
Year In rhelrown locaHties,wh« m-er they live.I will also fumirh
the situation or employ mr»t,at wl.uh v.«»cen e«m thet amount.
No money for me unless successful as Above. Kaaffy and quickly
learned. I deeire but one worker from each district or county. I
hart already taught aud provided with employment a I*ire
number, who are making ore? Mt*!© a rearesef,. It s
•"d ftOI. i M. Kull particulars Fit RI'. Address at once,
C. C, AL.RRX. 4SBO, Auguutu, Maine.
ftniftr little fortunes he re been tnedeat
work for us, by Anna P*ge, Austin,
iTeuas, am! Jno. Bonn, Toledo, Ohio,
e* cut. Others arc doing as well. Why
*4 you? Some eam over fWO.Ofl a
ivonth. You ran do the work and live
(at home, wherever you are. Keen be-
r lnncrs arc eeaily eamhig from #4 to
U»a day. All ages. We show you how
and start you. Can work In spare time
or al! the time. Hig money for work-
era. Failure unknown among them.
„ „ NKW ami womierful. Farticiilars free.
II.Hallctt.l- C<>.,ll<>x MwolV.rtIund.Main.
f QMHt.OO a year Is being made by John X.
Goodwin,Tn>y,N. V.,st work h r us. Header
you may not make as much, but we can
.teach you quickly how to eam from t& to
©I© a day at the start, and more aa you go
on. Both sexes, all ages. In an/part of
lAmerira, you can commence at home, giv
ing all your time,, r sfwre moments only to
the work. All is new. Great | ay SLKK fog
every worker. We start you, ftimftMMi
•venrthlug. EA8II.V, SHKilriLV karSeS
rAHI It tLAKS FKKK. rtuea at onca,
HTIXMia * ilk, IDKrUJkll, xaukT
llneofwrrk.
>rablv, by those of
or old, and in their
e*eJar they live. Any
Kaay to learn.
ureve Columbia.
*10 85 p n
Arrive Sumter
11 68 p n,
Leave Sumter
11 58 p m
Arrive Floienee
No. 78.
116am
Leave Florence,
4 35 a m
Leave Marion
6 20 a m
Arrive at Wilmington,
No.59
8 35 a is
Lenve Sumter
fG 37 p ro
7 50 p v
Arrive Florence
No. 53,
Leave Columbia
*6 20 p n-
Arrive Sumter
6 32 p nt
No 14
Leave Florence
*8 15 p m
Leave M irion
8 55 p m
Artivi- al Wilmington
11 45 p m
•Pally, -f D.ily cscept Sunciay.
No 53 runa Ibrou^b te Cbarlpalon, ns
0«nlr»l H R, arriving Manning? P4 I’ .V
bancs 7 42 P M. Cbarleoion 9 30 P M.
No 69 comttnit at Fiert nct -bh G S I>
triin for Chernw ami W.ilesbaro’,
N™ 78 »o<l 14 make close eonaecllon st
Wilmington with W .k VI K R for all point'
Not lb.
Train on Florento R. R. lenve Pee D«»
d.ily except Saml-iy 4 4U P. M., strive
RawlanU 7.00 l’. M. Ktturniiig lenve
R«v» , * n d 6.30 A. M., srrive Pee Dee 8.56
A.M.
Trsla 0m Mnncheslrr A Angurta R. R
leaves Sumter linily except SunJe
A.M..arrive Hitulni 12 (
turning Dave liimiiii- j
rive Sumier 1.3o 1
JOHN:
J. R. KENI
T. M. EMMH