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ih Darlington $ftca. PCBUEHKD KVKHV THVRgDAT Mormiko. COPVRIQMT BV AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION. I89l .CHAPTER XL IJSTTKRS. J4enrv J t Jhcmpson, TERMS—|l Per Amiuiu in Adnuice; ‘ ■tjli^nlp'r'tem'.uJ^tCrn'il 1 neort^f I nijjht nir irliich rn!tr» coiiipsnsatc's n q Uute»: f or daytimo snltrineas. SS Sji2S&ir±8 « ""^PWyen n r Every .uleenueiitineert ion W " M “ ,hli .i>" W*' Contract aovertiwitientH iuserted to ^ ' T ° veuce . ,IUI * * ler ^ K, * 1( ' r ‘ ut ' upon the most reasonable terms. taenment for this partienlar region. ' uml while I hurdly feel at liberty to write to her directly. I liave hoped that this method of sending tier a mere sketch of her ancestral country might not be thought impertinent. “Le Chateau Chenier seems to be tin- oldest place in t his immediate neighbor hood, not only on account of its ruined condition, bnt judging from the char acter of its architecture. The landed estate pertaining to the chateau is of considerable extent, and might he made exceedingly remunerative by intelligent management. Yesterday 1 stood upon a sort of ruined tower and looked over the iandscaiKj. If Miss Chenier could have seen it she would have been iu lovemore than ever with the supposed birthplace of her ancestors. It is an old neglected garden of the south.’' Rosalie read and reread the letter, lingering over the descriptivo sentences, and striving to get at what was not ex pressed, the tried to make out from the writer's elusive touches an outline of the chateau and its environs. The efforl w.us futile. Her imagination took light hold of jhe sordid part of this Provencal heritage. It busied itself more vigor ously with the fine poetical romance Rosalie was not Impractical, however, and one of her first thoughts w.u> of send ing this letter, or a copy of certain parts of it, to her father. He would be inter ested if not benefited. Anything con cerning Provence captivated his atten tion at once. In this he was a typical southerner of the highest order. After she had finally done with the letter and had prepared excerpts from it for tier father, Rosalie went about the house for days with sunny visions of Provence blending with sweet memories of the little valley of north (ieorgia. She was preparing for a party her aunt had arranged to give. There were many things to do—mere trifles, of course, but necessary. Between duties she played upm the banjo, and sang the oid simple songs with a power and tenderness of expression that charmed Mr. Roosevelt Colonel Talbot called quite frequently, and bis attentions to Rosalie were a source of trouble to Aunt Marguerite, who could not even remotely contem plate the possibilities suggested without the keenest pangs of selfishness. Rosalie was her treasure, iter life. Of course, as for Colonel Talbot, he was a most honorable man, of high family and ample fortune. The connec tion would be a desirable one in many respects, but the thought of losing Rosa lie was more distasteful than death itself. There is no love so foolishly selfish and strong as the love of the old for the young. mrerarwr tuuy nmu oewmie a cinuer. >qJ adventures losing nothing in the Ibeee lemon groves end vineyards, the*. conr . <, ol fr^ent telling. Be was well old chateanx. these atony hills and aware of his prestige, and very qnietly drowsy va.leys ought to be the f leal [ ;u pursued the advantage it gave him. region for the poet*, but it seems they Ho bud determined to turn his energies conld not stay: the climate tnmh-ilust of . jo strictly legitimateparsnits; but. wltile them by a dreamy process of slow uum-1 ix-e- nully a broker in cotton, his btistion Some of the old picturesque j taoughts were fixed on largo scheme* in / /■/ She kissed her uncle. One day Rosalie's banjo came by ex- pn-sa. This was in response to a request she had emlsidied in a letter to her father after she had striven in vain to make the fine old piano in Mrs. Roose velt's parlor banish her desire for the simpler instrnment. No doubt it was a very fooli >h act to kiss the banjo, but she did it with genuine passion. Had it not been her beloved companion from her childhood? Was it not one of the old mill's inmates throughout her sweet, crude life in the "pocket?” Ought it not to share her happiness in this am pier life at the Roosevelt mansion? She turned its keys, she swept its strings. Its pure, short notes cut through air that never la-fore had palpitated with tmtsic so plebeian. The sounds brought quick tears to her eyes, and her li[>s quivered. It would l»e unjust to say that any fool ish sentiment caused her emotion. A very natural homesickness hud preyed upon her mind at intervals since coming to Savannah, and of course every letter from the “pocket" and every other spe cial reminder of the old mill aggravated the malady, and it was with a feeling of relief that Rosalie tnroed from the banjo to read one addressed to her uncle from Mr. Bdgar Julian. 'Here is something that may interest you," Mr Roosevelt had said, as he handed her this missive jiostmarked at some towu in the south of France. “The latter part of it is really meant for you to read. 1 judge yon will lie charmed with it.'' “Oh. it is from Mr. Julian.'' she ex claimed. almost joyfully, as she glanced at the signature. "He is in the south of France, sure enough. And such a long letter!" She kissed her uncle in thankful antici pation of some news from "le Chateau Chenier," and ran off to the nearest win dow seat to read. Mr Roosevelt stood for a moment contemplating her This was the tii-st time his fascinating adopted daughter had ever kissed him. He was a shrewd old fellow; he snsjiected that kiss as be ing meant to go clear across the Allan tic He thought it not worth while to make any remarks, however, and with a bland smile on his semi-Jewish face he went away to his office. Rosalies hand trembled us she held the letter. Her eyes ran rapidly over the clear, rather small writing, scarcely the half of which had anything to do with Mr Roosevelt’s business. Evi dently Mr. Eilgar Julian had done val iant and valuable work in behalf of the railroad schemes of his employers, for he had sent back the contract of the "Dutch Syndicate" duly approve<l. signed and sealed. A matter so completely fin ished needed very few words of explana tion But turning from railroad diplo macy to something which seemed to in terest him pleasantly, he wrote as fol lows; “1 promised Miss Chenier that I would look up the old estate in Provence to which her father thought he might have some claim." (It may he said here that Rosalie could not remember any snch premise.) "1 have seen le Chateau Che nier—it still bears the name; • most lovely old ruin in the midst of vineyards and fig orchards, and rimmed round with olive crowned hills The chateau itself is not inhabitable, save that one tumble down wing has been kept as a pretense of shelter for a family of peasants, of a very low order, 1 should say; but the place has been a grand one. "If one had lived a few hundred years ago one would have loved such a home, for it was then a fair castle in the center of the world's most charming region. The estate is quite valuable even now, and : its ownership seems in doubt. After all. j Miss Chenier's father may be the right j ftti claimant. If he could establish his | title a few thousand dollars judiciously , expended would make the whole place a garden of Iteanty. This climate is en- l chanting. I should like to settle here ; with a colony of my own picking The wind, and the sunshine, and the fra. grance of things fill one with a sense of the value of merp existence. Bnt the j people are dry and stolid on the one ; hand, or gushing and monstrously in clined to exaggeration on the other. 1 j hold that no country whose laboring ; classes wear sabots is safe to live in. It j has the apisiarunce of decay iu Its last i stage. Sandals, bare feet and wooden shoes are not the accompaniments of progress. Iu walking about among the people and the buildings here I am con stantly reminded of ashes. "Indeed. I am not sure bnt that the fervent sun of this climate has slowly burned cp everything. Snch energy ins we have iu our great west might not he CHAPTER XH. A QKNIC9 VttOil THE CP COCNTRY. In her extreme and somewhat childish solicitmje touching the proper manage ment of Rosalie’s affairs Mrs. Roosevelt 1 found herself in quite a dilemhia. Young Ellis had begun to call at the mansion, and had managed to make a very favora ble impression upon Mr. Roosevelt. To say the truth this dashing, eloquent mountaineer had brought with him from the "up country" just enough of the atmosphere of adventure and daring to have a romantic effect, and he had won friends quite rapidly. His man ners were a shade freer titan the conven tional "low country" aristocrats af fected; but his bearing was proud and his personal apjtearance extremely agreeable; and then his voice—no one ever heard it without feeling its per suasive influence. As a background for all his claims upon Savannah society Mr. Ellis cameof an old .-ind famous family. His ances tors, both paternal and maternal, had distinguished themselves in Colonial times, and in the Floridian, the Mexican and the late wars They had been a race of office holders, rich, powerful, hospitable, renowned Snch antecedents held a magical [tower which would fling wide the social gates of the aristocrats of the low country. The mere matter of his having broken the United States revenue laws was not to be considered against him. especially since the affair had lieen amicably adjusted. His bold ness, cleverness and dashing bravery were se( down to his credit. He was a true example of chivalry. There may have been just a touch of the brigandish in his character, as seen in certain lights and from occasional chance points of view; but this only served to enhance his power by adding the fascination of romance. Given youth, beauty, ancestral grandeur and fine personal address, the one finishing toncti that remains is the subtle gift of defiance of law which is said to he al ways present with genius. The sultry imagination of the south dearly rever- m HokiIU went to meet them. puces such defiance so long as it is not leveled at the old institutions of aristoc racy; and tins imagination particularly relishes antinomiau tendencies in the line of contempt of northern rules, among wh'c-h are counted the revenue laws. In some way Mr. Ellis embodied this irrepressible southern defiance. He look ed it, and his past career had accorded with it. On the other hand, he was gentle, sweet voiced and almost amiable. He had many of the elements of greatness, not the least of which was enthusiasm and perfect self reliance. His operations , in illicit distilling had been on a rather able to resist it thnmgh many genera ^,.,,,,1 scale, and his profits had been cor- Hon*, especially if weslmnld fall into this r I)( j in gi y [ ieavy . but his masterly wine drinking habit. Everywhere one tact nnil Rkill ha< i been shown to b^tad- goes here otic secs »vn>e used like water. valltage („ [,[, settlement of the whole and a great deal of it is a villainous sour muUt ° t h # revenue officials in snch stuff unfit for hogs to drink • • • They tell us that this region was once theceurerof Guriqieiin literary culturs; that here the fragrant dregs of Rmmtn ! civilization, and through the the artistic refinements. a way as to save his fortune and hia lib erty ns well. He had come to Savannah with the reputation of a brilliant fellow. „ , In fact, be waa everywhere privately 1 l ^* clwll, fl ** • l**™’ achievements another channel. Ho saw the broad field that the south offered for railroad build ing. especially southern Georgia and r; i.to which fid 1 Savannah held the key. He began at once to study the situation of all the railroads of Florida, and to gather information relative to certain proposed lines. It was not long till he had mastered snch knowledge os promised to serve his torn. He planned boldly, but with great care. Before Mr. Roosevelt waa aware of any move, the intrepid tyro in his own field had got firm control of three pro- [tosed routes, with land grants attached, in Florida, ami was negotiating with New York capitalists for placing the bonds and procuring money and iron for building. It had been so cleverly ex ecuted that Mr. Roosevelt was compelled to admire and respect the genius of the man who had originated it. But it called for prompt action. A telegram was sent to Mr. Largely requiring him to come to Savannah at once. An oat- hue of the dangerons break in the plan they had made at Chicago, caused by this brilliant conp of Ellis', was em bodied in the dispatch. The answer was short but it meant a good deal: I start today Kdgar Julian will he with me Lauuklt. Mr. Roosevelt saw at once that Ellis had in him the germ of success, and he viewed him as all the more dangerons on account of his youth and inexperience. Genius is often successful where trained rfX[>erience would fail: it U the success of audacity backed by enthusiasm. The telegram from Mr. Largely was the first intimation received at Roose velt Place of Edgar Julian's return to Chicago. In fact he had just arrived from New York, and calling at once on Mr. Largely had found the latter quite excited over the dispatch from Savan uah. To Mr. Largely this opportune re turn of his lawyer and financial adviser was a great relief. It lifted a heavy re sponsibility, and gave a mighty impetus to his energy. Mr. Roosevelt himself felt that a good deal might justly be expected of Jnlian in the sharp struggle which must soon begin, a struggle which would ultimately involve the ownership of the most vulu able railroad in Florida. Sir Edmond Kane, a distinguished English baronet, and the representative of large Loudon capital, had arrived in New York, and would soon be at Jack sonville with a view to capturing a per tion of the system projected by Messrs Roosevelt and Largely. There was no time to be lost. Vigor ous action and comprehensive judgment were called for. There must be a com bination of forces and interests. It s'r ick Mr. Roosevelt suddenly that hia grand schei ;es were liable to burst at any moment. Mr. Frank Ellis went right on. once lie had started iu his railroad operations The newspapers begun to be full of his doings. He was called a Southern Jim Fiske, a young Vanderbilt, and his power and influence increased prodi giously He had gained the confidence and aid of New York capitalists, and his energy seemed without limit. It was as if a mountain storm had struck the stag nant waters of Savannah’s financial circles. The bankers and brokers all looked ont to see what it cunid mean. Rosalie soon became aware of Mr Ellis' brilliant movements, though he never mentioned them to her. She read the newspapers, and Colonel Talbot often spoke in high praise of the “young rail road king from the Cherokee hills." who was revolutionizing internal improve ments in Florida and southern Georgia. She could not help feeling a certain pride in Ellis' success, on the score that he was from the -’pocket." Of course his success as yet consisted of mere movements which pointed out his aims, for there had not been time for anything more. His race bad just begun, but his pace was astonishing. Meantime the ef fect of his rapid operations was immense ly exaggerated by the newspapers^ some accounts went so far as to place him in undisputed control of all the railroads in Florida. Rosalie's imagination found food in the idea of this young mountaineer conquering the low couutry. She was lad to hear Mr. Roosevelt declare that Ellis' operations were all legitimate, and without auy color of fraud or deceit She perfectly understood that the young man had brought down upon himself an amount of public condemuatiou on ac count of his moonshine business, and she felt with pride the immediate value of his present high course. In some in definite way she had a sense of respon sibility for his actions, us if he hud been her brother or other near kinsman. She was not aware that this feeling was an outgrowth of that clannishness which always exists among mountain folk. "1 am proud of yonr success,” she said to him one day. as they sat together in one of the spacious Roosevelt parlors. "1 do hope all your great plans will prove practicable." His dark face flushed a little os he answered; “it is so kind of yon. Miss Chomer, to wish that. If 1 can always counton such a feeling from you 1 shall succeed in spite of all opi>osition." She smiled, and not catching the cov ert or repressed sentiment of his last sen tence, said: “Yon cun do that. The business you are now in has the approval of every body, and" "Oh. well, the other business was in famous, bnt 1 didn't realize it till it was all over." he quickly interrupted. "Yon know the war had demoralized us np there in the mountains." “We were slmt out from a knowledge of what was doing in tbe world," she said. “I did not dream of what a strong current human life can he till 1 went up into the north." “The current might be just as strong here in the sonth if we would make it so. What's the use of all this retrospection and brooding and despair? Our soil is jnst as good as ever it waa; we hare our health, our daylight, our nighttime. Is it the right sort of people we lack?" The rich power of his voice thrilled her as he spoke, and be lifted his head proudly, as if conscious of his strength. In a very tender tone he added; “Miss Chenier, 1 am not going to be a drone and a grumbler. Do you recollect the time 1 met you up in the dark little dell by the spring above the mill?” “Yes.” she simply *ald. He reflected A moment. His face was that of one who ponder* « dear and doubtful proposition. Something Ilk* • pale beat gathered nnder the (kin of his Mark cheeks. He made a slow, sound less, hesitating movement with his lips, as if about to ntter some precious and weighty sentence; bnt be turned and looked through the window and did not speak. “Yon were in an evil mood that day,” she presently added. “Yes, bat I had provocation,” he quick ly replied. “Tboee Yankees were track ing me as a banter tracks a wild beast.” (Since the war all northerners are called Yankees in the sonth.) “Well, they did not hart yon, at least,” she said. Bulling archly. "No, we are quits—they and 1; our ■cores are even.” He smiled also, and picking np her banjo, which chanced to be n.-ar him. began idly thrumming on it* strings After a mownt he passed it to her “Play for me," he said; "it will recall the pastoral sweetness of the ’pocket.' It will drive away those unwelcome recol lections. Bing the little French song yonr father nsed to love." “About Dying away?” ’’Yes.” She immediately struck the prelimi nary notes, and then throwing back her head, as a bird does, began singing. She gave infinite sweetness to the ex pression. and there was a charming dis cord between the light, lingering ca dence of the Frencli measure and the sadden blunt notes of the banjo. Her attitude was careless and graceful, the merest trace of infantile abandon in it. suiting [icrfectly the spirit of the song. Ellis stole a glance at her face, a soft, dreamy light gathering iu bis eyes. Her voice was like a call to him from a high er and purer atmosphere, and be felt as if she had really wandered away, iu her white rolie of innocence, far beyond his reach. ’ Yon have changed a great deal," be suddenly said, interrupting. “Oh. have l?” she exclaimed, with a little flicker of self cc isciousness in her face. “Do I not sing so well as I used toT “You sing better 1 did not mean that. 1 had reference to your—yonr looks." “It's my clothes,” she said, casting a quick, satisfied glance over her simple, but beautiful apparel “Not altogether—not at all." he re sponded. “You have learned » great deal, and you have grown more—more —beautiful.” "Have ir she exclaimed, her eyes re covering their old sincerity, and her voice its childish freedom. “I have always wished to be beautiful.” “You are very, very beautifnl,” he said in a way which seemed to suppress a world of emotion. It was as if he were saying it from a great distance and did not expect her to hear it. Whither their talk might at last have led them, one may s;:y no more than surmise. Just then Mr Roosevelt en tered the hall with some one, and a voice that startled Rosalie reached the parlor. "You shall make my house your home, while you are in Savannah, sir," she heard Mr. Roosevelt say iu his hearty, hospitable way. "When did you say Mr. Largely will arrive?" "Within three days at farthest. He Had to go by way of Boston and New York." replied Edgar Julian. "It is Mr. Julian." she exclaimed in a sort of breathless half whisper. Ellis wondered at her agitation. Her cheeks had almost lost their color, and she was trembling. She had let the banjo fall upon the carpet at her feet, and sat in an expectant attitude, her lips slightly parted and her eyes turned upon the loorway. A few moments later Mr. Roosevelt en tered, followed closely by Elgar Julian. Rosalie went to meet them, holding out her hand to the guest, and smiling radiantly. Mr. Ellis measured with his eyes the form of the stalwart northerner, and rose as Mr. Roosevelt turned to intro duce them. The young men were of about the same stature, save that Ellis was the lither and more graceful. They shook hands; that was about all. Ellis withdrew as soon as lie could with [Kiliteuess, feeling something in the atmosphere which oppressed him pain fully. As he walked to his hotel his mind was full of that strange bitter sw ■ -tness which comes of half form'd love and Half developed jealousy. He shook off the mood, however, ami fell to pondering some details of his railroad schemes. CHAPTER XIH. THE MAin OF THE MISTRAL. j=VL “The MctUl of the Mlitrnl." Edgar Jnlian arrived at Savannah and was installed as a member of the Roose velt household a day or two before the time of Mrs. Roosevelt's party. He im mediately began a searching examina tion of the situation of his employer's affairs, and found it grave. Ellis had done his work well, and precisely in sue!- a way as to close up the very doorway of their success. Julian could not see any immediate escape. Of course the plans of Messrs. Roosevelt and Largely h.-nl been kept profoundly secret, so that Ellis and his New York coadjutors could have had no counterplau in view, bnt then operations had effected quite the same thing as if directed to that end. The fact was that Florida had suddenly attracted the eyes of capitalists and land speett la tors in both Europe and America. Or tain vast draining schemes were begin ning to take shape, and their feature.- and probable results to be bruited about The orange fever, the jnte fever, tin- early vegetable fever, the Le Conte pear fever and the pine and cedar luinlter fever had started a rush of emigration: this advanced the price of land enor monsly: the consequence was that the state authorities offered large grants of the pnblic domain as subsidies to induce the hnilding of canals and railways. Many schemes had been projected; some of them had failed, others had fallen into litigation, and the franchises of □early all of them were of doubtful va lidity. Ont of this sort of chaos Edgar Julian waa expected to bring order. For two days he buried himself in Mr Roose velt's office amid a heap of books, pain phlets and documents, plodding slowly, step by step, through the history of pre vious schemes and litigations. In the meantime lie scarcely more than spoke to Rosalie, who was longing to hear all he conld tell her about Provence and le Chateau Chenier. ' The evening for the party at the Roosevelt mansion arrived; charming weather with a cloudless sky, and thi moon at its full; a breeze from the ocean just cool enough to make opeu windows a luxury. The company was not largo, between fifty and one hundred guests, hat it wa- nn exceptionally brilliant one. Julian passed from room to room in the course of the evening, finding himself once it the conservatory where a wilderness ol tropical plants and trees were, kept in n state of luxuriant confusion. Here h- came upon Ellis and Rosalie Chenier standing under a palm spray by a noisy little fountain. They vm wtweeed in earnest conversation. Be tumca away ■ and left them; but cot bef.-re a swift pang had cut throaf’s his heart. How divinely sweet she looked standing there l>ef:>rv the dark fellow, her rare face np- itin.i-.l to hid Mils wore a dr*s* of s-uae ' ri •!; e’i.,ng Une stuff that followed ..u oa.tiues of her form: there was old lace about her throat, and she wore | fesrU in her pale gold hair: a single i great ruby, the gift of Annt Marguerite. auuue like a big drop of red wine on the fair space at her throat Mrs. Roosevelt was a charming hootess i easy, affable, not seeking homage, as bnsy among her guests, and quite as un assuming. as a bee among Bowers. She took great pains to introduce Julian, and always with some politely elusive suggestion of his distinguished character Few married womA were present, and most of them were of the younger class, stately and reserved, as became southern matrons, but bright and inter esting on occasion Toward the close of the evening Ed gar Julian found Rosalie disengaged and offered her his arm “Won't yon take a turn with me?" he said in a low tone; "all yonr guests seem happily fixed just now, and 1 may not have so good a chance to talk with you again soon. I am off for Florida to morrow." "So soon?" she exclaimed, taking his arm; “but you will not be gone long yon will return" “I cannot speak with certainty I shall have to go to Jacksonville and Tal lahassee. and then away down through the wilderness to Ocala and Tampa. I may be gone a mouth." He enunciated the word month as if it bad been century or asm “1 should think yon would enjoy that trip I have always imagined I should like Florida." she said "But I have been traveling so much ami so rapidly." he replied, carelessly taking from a table, as they passed it. a spray of heliotrope. ‘ And yon have not told me what you saw," she quickly said. "Ido so much want to hear more about our old chateau in Provence I call it ours,” she added looking up and smiling archly, "because 1 am so far away that the true owner cannot be injured by the assumption of title, and then papa has been fasteuing the fancy in my bead ever since my first recollections.” "It ought to lie a very pleasant fancy I was charmed with Provence." he said with something like evasiveness in his tone; “but one would not eare to live there; it is ail so different from what one sees and feels and reveres in America Life in Provence is good for fancy to feed on, and for stuff out of which to build romance; but it is not conducive to earnest thought and worthy effort to ward great achievements." "But what was our old chateau like?’ she demanded, “did you fetch any sou venir from its ruins?" ■Yes," he replied, “1 brought quite a nnmlier You shall examine them some day One in particular will, if 1 mistake not, affect you very strangely when you see it" "Oh. what is it?" she cried, in her ex citement leaning heavily on his arm and gazing eagerly up into his face. "It is something very beautifnl," he responded; “1 don't believe 1 ought to forestall or weaken your surprise by any attempt at description; and besides, 1 wish to see if you will adopt my view when yon have seen the—the—well, let's call it the Chenier Souvenir." "You have set my heart to fluttering,” she naively said, carrying her free hand to her breast. "Mine is disturbed too," he replied. "it’s really exciting, isn't it?" she went on. not dreaming of what his words were meant to convey. "While I think of it," he said, chang ing bis tone, "is Rosalie a name that runs back in your family?" "it was my father's grandmother’s name, it may date much farther up the line," she replied, "papa says it is a Chenier name. But why do you ask?" "The name is common in France 1 heard it often while I was there, and Chenier also 1 met one Chenier who was a baron, and another who was a wooden shod laborer in the vineyards ' 'But the souvenir?" | ‘Ah. yes, I shall show you that when 1 can It is among tuy traps at Chicago 1 did not have time to unpack, you know 1 was rushed off down here with ont even a breathing space. I have written to have a lot of things for warded and the souvenir is included. It must remain a profound and beautiful mystery until it arrives." I can't liear mysteries and waiting,' she exclaimed with real vehemence. “1 shall lose all interest unless yon tell me now " He stopped and looked down into her sweet gray-brown eyes, he thonght he saw repressed tears in them They were wholly the eyes of a child now Her lips were red as cherries. It is a small gold cross with the let ters R. C. on it," he said, with a prompt ness that almost amounted to bluntness, ‘it is very beautifnl." "Oh. and where did yon get it?” she exclaimed. At tbe Chateau Chenier. A peasant who lives there dug it np in the garden 1 paid an enormous price for i' The R C. must stand for Rosalind Cuenijr, you know." How strange!" she murmured in a musing way, with her eyes cast down ‘Papa has the story of that cross in manuscript, written in Provencal. It is a beautiful legend, called ‘The Maid of the Mistral.'" Julian smiled at her simple faith, bnt lie would not have clouded it for the world. A great love for her bad fastened itself upon him; it was struggling for expression, and yet he felt sure he ought uot to speak She seemed too much a child to have the fire of his passion re vealed to her—it might destroy her as a dame would destroy a flower. “Was the ‘Maid of the Mistral' a love story?” he asked “Oh, yes, aud so sweet! Alphonse, the knight, was so brave, aud Rosalie, the Maid of the Mistral, w;is warm and true and good, aud they loved each other so dearly. You know tbe mistral is a wind in Provence, the maid would sit upon the castle wall when the mistral blew and play her lute and sing aud her lovet would hear her. no matter where he was, because the mistral would take her song and the lute chords and bea: them to him. She gave him the cross when he went away to tight for his king snd he wore it on his heart through the ar east W henever he would hear her tnging and playing the Inte he would tins the cross, and when she had finished -he would kiss the ruby ring he had given her I cannot tell yon all his ad ventures, bnt at last he returned, and they were married on the castle wall while the mistral was blowing." "Very sweet." be said, "all those old >M stories are —shall I tell you one?" The blood had suddenly flowed in upon nis heart: his face was pale, and his voice was low and husky She looked np quickly, as if to confirm a thonght and a sudden flash spread • >ver her face, her eyes fell at once His passion had betrayed him. "1 am neglecting my guests.” she tremblingly exclaimed, "see. some of them are going You most excuse me— 1 mast he oolite •' b (To be continued.) Appointments, Supervisor of Registration, Darlington County. I will nttend at the following [daces, on date named below, for the purpose of,regt8terii:g the voters of Darlington County iu accordance with recent Act of the Legislature. All certificates of registration issued must be presented before new ones will be issued, or if certificate* cannot lie produced then an affidavit as to loss is necessary. Darlington C. H.. Feb’y 15, Meli 7, 22, 28, April 4. May 2. MeehanicsvHle Feb’y 16 Levensworth “ 17 Antioch “ 1 Harteville “ 19 and 20, closing 3. P. M. last day, Jasper Feb’y 24 Lisbon “ 25 and 26, closing 3 P. M. last day "’hiladelphia “ 27 Lydia March 2 Stokes Bridge “ 3 and 4. closing 8 P. M. last day Cypress “ 5 Swift ('reck High Hill Society Hill “ ll “ 11 “ 15 and 16 closing 3 P. M. last day J. F. GARNER. Sup. Registration January 28th 1892. Pee Dee Compress Company. A meeting of the stockholders of the Pee Pee Compress Company will be held on Friday, Feb 5, 1892, at 12 o'clock at(the Bank of Darlington, for the purpose of adopting Bylaws for said Company. By order of the Board of Directors W. J. MOORHEAD, 1 sq—2t President. Dress-Making. Having recently moved into the new apartments prepared for me in the Hewitt Building, on the North side of the Public Square, 1 am now prepared to resume n.y work of dress making with better facilities than ever before, and desire to solicit a continuauee of the public's patrouage. All measurements taken by means of the McDowell Garment Drafting Ma chine, and perfect tits guaranteed. MRS. L. E. WILLIAMSON. Mortgagee Sale. I STATS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Darlington County. Tin” IIEUKAS, Manuel Lever of said ; County and State on the 2nd day of April, 1889, executed and delivered a mortgage to J. S. Gar ner, Guardian, of the same County and State, to secure the payment of the bond >f the said Manuel lever to the said J.S. Garner, Guardian, for the sum of Seventeen Hundred Dol- | lars, payable as therein specified, which mortgage was recorded in the ! office of the Register of Mesne Con veyance for said County of Darlington on tbe 2nd day of April, 1889, in Book t No, 8 page 294 and the whole amount i of saiii mortgage debt, less t75 paid I October 15th. lai)n, together with in | terest and costand expenses of collec tion ns fixed therein is now due; and t whereas the said' Manuel Lever on I the Kith day of February 1891 executed I and delivered a mortgage to the said | J. 8. Garner to secure the payment of j the bond of the said Manuel Lever to j the said J. S. Garner for the sum of Eight Hundred and Twenty-one 40- 100 Dollars payable as therein specified which mortgage was recorded in the office aforesaid in Book No. 8, page is.", and the whole amount of said mortgage debt, together with interest and the cost and expenses of collection •is fixed therein is now due and un paid; and whereas default has been made in tbe payment of said bonds, secured by said mortgages, the said mortgages will be foreclosed by sale of the mortgaged lands by virtue of the power contained in the mortgages, which sale will be made by the sub scriber at public auction at Darling ton Court House, in front of the Court House door on the first Monday in February next, during the usual hours of sale. Terms of sale, cash. The following is a description of th" said mortgaged premises: All that tract or parcel of land situate in the County and State aforesaid, contain ing three hundred acres, more or less, known as the McNeese place, and bounded on the north by Jeffries t'reek, east by lands of McCall, south by lands of George E. McCall and Jo seph Norwood and west by lands of W. E Rhodes. J S. GARNER and J. 8. GARNER, Guardian, Mortga gees. Every one should use P. P. P.; nearly every one needs a good medicine to purify, vitalize, and enrich the blood. P. P, P. ( PRICKLYASli Poke Root and Potassium is the greatest blood purifier of the age. It cures all Blood and Skin Diseases, Primary, Sec ondary, and Tertiary Syphilis where all other remedies fail. P. P. P., Prickly Ash and Potassium will cure Rheumatism, Scrofula, Syphilitic matism,Malaria,Old Sores, Blood Poison and Dyspeiwia. If your head aches and vou are out of spirits take P. P. P., Prickly Ash, Poke Root, and lililMO For a Tired Feeling, Impure Blood, Dis tress after Eating, Dyspepsia, Pains in the Back, Headaches and Nervous Pros tration and Debility and Weakness all yield readily to P. P. P. For Sleepless ness, Exhaustion and Malaria use P.P.P. li. 8. HACKER & con, Manulacturers —OF— Doors, Sash, Blums, ivtoxjL-oiisra-s —and - Building Material. E8TABU8HED 1342. CHARLESTON, S. C. April, 20 1889—1 FDR Catarrh and a Shattered Constitution, both male and female, nothing better than P. P. P. THE Town Tax Notice. On and after the second Monday in January, 1892, the office of the (Ilerk of the town of Darlington will be open to receive the returns for both real and personal property in said town, and w ill continue open for said pur pose for the period of thirty days. Every inhabitant of said town, within the t ime limited, must list for taxation the following property, namely; All leal estate an 1 tangible personal property within the corporate limits f said town ewi ed or controlled by him or tier; all tangible personal prop erty owned and controlled by him or her or other resident of the town, and under his or her control, which may be temporarily out of tbe town and intended to be brought into tbe town; all the moneys, credits, investments in bonds, stocks, joint companies, or otherwise, owned and controlled by him or her, either in or out of this State; and all persons owning, con trolling or holding proiterty of what soever kind, either in the fiduciary or an official capacity, shall return the same in such manner as is required by law for county taxes. All persons subject to poll and street taxes shall make a return within tbe time men tioued. By order of the Council. 4t J. W. EVANS. Clerk. ladies whose systems are poisoned and whose blood is in an impure condition, due to Menstrual Irregularities, are peculiarly benefited by the wonderful tonic and Mood-cleansing properties of P. P. P., Prickly Ash, Poke Root, and Potassium, the greatest cure known for all diseases of the ■MM LIPPMAN BROS., Proprietors, | GEO E . TOALE, SAVANNAH, .... GKO KG I A. ' Sold by J. A. Boyd and Willcox & Co. | ’WHITE EI3STE * O y 4 T - -J £ ALL GOODS GUARANTEED. HENRY OLIVER Geo. E. Toale k Co, ’wm 'DOORS, SASH, BLIHDS, AND ial —MANUFACTURED BY— The Wilcox & Gibbs Guano Co. CHARLESTON, S. C„ •>¥cv<f LA.s&Sij^_ jfcrY- Cj lL-OLstCeJ- g- Hill! OFFICE AND SALESROOMS 10 and 12 Hay tie Street, CHARLESTON, . - S. C tejr Special Prices Cheerfully Fur nished. leming, Howard Eli 270 East Bay, CHARLESTON, S. C„ IMPORTER OF English Portland Cement AND DEALER IN LIME, CEMENT, PLASTER, HAIR, AC., and all BUILD ING MATERIAL. Lowest Prices. Best Satisfaction. CAR LOAD LOTS A SPECIALTY. Oct. 29—lyr. WHY IS THE W. L. DOUGLAS S3 SHOE cenVl£men THE BEST SHOE IM THE WORLD FOR THE MONET? It Is a seamless shoe, with no tacks or wax thread to hurt the feet; made of the host line calf, stylish and easy, and because tre make, more shoes of this grade than any other manufacturer, tt equals nam sewed shoos costing from #4.00 to $5.00. CZIZ 00Oennino Hand-sewed, theflnestealf MfnJm shoe ever offered for $5.00; equals French Imported shoe* which cost from $8.00 to #12,00. A 00 Ilnnd-Sewed Welt Hhoe, fine calf, “■ stylish, comfortable and durable. The best shoe ever offered at this price: same (trade as cus tom-made shoes costing from #6.00 to #9.u0. CO «>0 rolire Shoe; Farmers, Kail road Men «|P«k9a and Letter Carriers all wear them; fine calf, seamless, smooth inside heavy three soles, exten sion edge. One pair will wear a year, tt O cnlft no better Hh«>e ever offered at eirdEa this price; one trial will convince who want a shoe for comfort and service. ttO *<£3 mid $‘£.00 Work in it man** shoes yfmis are very strong and durable. Those who have given them a trial will wear no other make. RaUc’ #‘£.00 mid 91 .?5 school shoes aro D VJ 9 worn by the boys every where; they sell on their merits, .is the increasing sales show. I oHiOG *:l.00 finud-sewed shoe, best •■C1U lwS> Dougola, very stylish; equalsFreuca Imported shoes costing from $4.00 to #6.00. *&£ ‘ ‘ ' Cant!, Price urc rfi Imported shoes costing from #4.t Caution.—See that W. L. Douglas' price -* — “ and durable. _ _ . name Mid are stamped on the bottom of each shoe. TAKE NO BUBSTITUTE..*, on local advertised dealers supplying yotr. DOl’ULA*, Brockton, MMTkbMW Ti11^ Aui P ALMETTO RALROADT In effect October 25, 1891. Leave Cheraw 4 30|p. m. Kollock 4 50 Osborne 5.15 Arrive Hamlet 0.40 Leave Hamlet 8.80 a. m. Osborne 8.50 Kollock 9.20 Arrive Cheraw 9.40 WM. MONCURE, Supt. XT A RTS V1LLK RAILROAD. Xi In effect Sept. 20, 1891. DAILY MIXED TRAIN Leave Hartsville 5.55 a m Jovann 6.20 a m Floyd’s 7.10 a ni Darlington 9.00 a iu Palmetto 9.25 a m Arrive Florence 9.50 a m Leave Florence 2.00 p m Palmetto 2.15 p m Darlington 2.35 p m Floyd's 3.10 p in Jovann 3.30 p in Arrrive Hartsville 3.50 p in J F. DIVINE, Gen. Supt. C HARLESTON, SUMTER AM) NORTHERN RAILROAD CO. In Effect January 10, 1892 NORTH. SOUTH. 1 2 A. M. A. M. 6.55 Charleston 10.40 8.10 Pregnall's 9.00 8.48 Eutawville 8.20 10 23 Sumter 6.50 11.12 J^tmar 5.55 11.27 Syracuse 5.42 11.42 Darlington 5.29 11 57 Mont Clare 5 14 12.09 Robin's Neck 4.59 12.24 Mandeville 4.41 12 27 Bennettsville 4.25 P. M. P. M. Trains 1 and 2 have through ears between Charleston and Fayetteville. All trains daily except Sunday. J. H. AVERILL, General Manager. Si D. and C. & S. « In effect Se[ RAILROADS. >t. 20, 1891. l,eave Wadesboro 5.00 a m Bennett’s 5.15 a in Morven’s 5.22 a m McFarland 5.32 a m Cheraw 5.58 a in Cash’s..... Society Hill 6.25 a m Dove's 6.43 a in Floyd’s Darlington 7.05 a m Palmetto Arrive Florence 7.30 a iu Is’ave Florence 8.85 p m Palmetto 8.50 p m Darlington 9.00 p in Floyd’s . 9.11pm Dove’s 9 17 p in Society Hill. 9.37 p hi Cash's 9-52 p in Cheraw McFarland 10.30 p m Morven’s 10.38 p m Bennett’s Arrive Wadesboro 11.00 a m Freight Train. Is'ave Florence Arrive Darlington 7.85 a m Is’ave Darlington Arrive Florence 7.25 p in A. F. RAVEN EL, President. NORTHEASTERN i.* In effect Nov RAILROAD. 15, 1891. No. 27. Leave Florence 1.35 a m Kingetree Lanes 2.50 a in Arrive Charleston 5.00 a m No 23. I^ave Florence 10.35 l) in Kiugstree Ijines 12.15 a m Arrive Charleston 2.40 a m No. 53. Leave Lanes Arrive Charleston No. 78. Istave Charleston Lanes 3.25 a in Kiugstree 3 43 a in Arrive Florence 4.45 a m No. 14. Leave Charleston 7.01 p m Lanes 8.38 p m Kingstree 8.56 p in Arrive Florence 9.55 p m No. 52. ia’ave Charleston 5.50 a m Arrive Lanes 7.25 a in For Sale by A. J, Broom, Darlington, S. C. No 78 stops at Lane's and Kings- tree; No. 14 stops at all stations be tween Ashley Junction and Florence on signal; No. 52 stops at Monck's Corner, St Stephens’* and Lane's. No 27 stops at I-anes's; No. 23stops at all stations between Florence and charleston on signal. No. 58 stops at St. Stephen's and Monck's corner on signal. No. 52 stops at Monck's corner, St. Sterphen s, Lane’s, Greeleyville, For- restou, Wilson’s Mill, Manning, Sum ter aud Wedgefield. No. 58 stops at Sumter, Manning, Wilson’s Mill, Forreston, Greeleyville, bane’s, St. Stephens’ and Monck's Corner on signal. Nos. 52 and 49 connect at Lane's with trains to aud from Georgetown. J. F. DIVINE, Gen. Supt. W 'lLMINGTON, COLUMBIA & AUGUSTA RALROAD. In effect Nov. 15, 1891. Leave Wilmington No. 23. Marion Arrive Florence No. 50. Leave Florence Sumter Arrive Columbia 6.15 am Leave Wilmington No. 27. Marion Arrive Florence Leave Sumter No. 52. 8.40 a in Arrive Columbia 9.50 a m Leave Florence No. 58. 7.40 a m Sumter Aarrive Columbia No. 52 runs through from Charles ton via Central Railroad; leaving Lanes 7-45 a m, Manning 8 21 a m. Train on C. and D. Railroad con nects at Florence with No. 58. No. 51. Leave Columbia Sumter Arrive Florence No. 78. Leave Florence 5.00 a m Marion Arrive Wilmington 8.55 a iu No. 59. Leave Columbia Sumter Arrive Florence No. 53. Leave Columbia Arrive Sumter 10.35 p m No. 14. Leave Florence 10.25 [) m Marion Arrive'Wilinington 1.40 a m In addition to above, train No. 49 leaves Columbia 7 00 a m daily except Sunday, arriving Sumter 8.20 a m. Train No 48 leaves Sumter 8.85 pm, daily except Sunday, arriving Colum bia 10.00 pm. No 58,runs through to charleston via Central Railroad, arriving Man ning 10 39 pm. lames 11.17 p m, Charleston 12.50 a m. No. 59 connects at Florence with C. Si D. train Iron; cheraw and Wades boro- Nos. 78 and 14 make close connec tion at Wilmington with W. & W. Railroad for all point* North. Trains on Florence Railroad leave Pee Dee daily except Sunday 4 40 p m, arrive Rowland 7.00 p m. Return ing leave Rowland 6 30 a m, arrive Pee Dee 8,50 a m. Trains on Manchester & Augusta Railroad leave Sumter daily except Sundav 10.50 a m, arrive Rimini 11 59 a in. Returning leave Rimini 12 80 p I in arrive Sumter 1.40 p. m. I ’ J. F, DIVINE, Gen. SnpV