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■ k ^KAp r. g m (WRioJTjim.B/J .p.tlPPI»ltOTI^MP#.Wy A*f PUB! tJnEP Jt SPUlAL A^AA>4aEMEKT V tT*4 -Kirn. ^■--“:i'- , . i -Tr.- 1 "' :■ 111 giM«( •MruiB tiM army or ont of I* —preferably to." It wm roncedad after thto episode that Ellis had a history and the faculty of to the gallery was easy enoogto hot from keeping it to himself. The colonel was there tliere was practically none except ;rl*d to havi> him re-enlist, even while ■>y a leap of fifteen or twenty feet to the | wondering that he shcnld do so. Many ride opea, the shade op, the laoe cnrtains drawn apart If any one had been to the room escape CHAPTER hard ground below. No one had run out, either front or back, for Murphy and the Irish cook werw at the rear on tho east side, the rushing swam of officers at the front If any one had hidden there escape unobserved was well nigh impossible. No one was found—no trace ! of anyone, indeed, when Nita was per- I mitted to talk she vowed that no one I had been there. She herself had left ; the blinds, door and curtains open as she ; came in from the moonlit gallery, had ; turned out her lamp and descended the i stairs. The gallery doorway could not I be seen from where she fell, and as all was darkness in the room itself, how “IFIiOi did l/nu shr.m njt pour beard, terijcantf" Indian summer was over and done with. The soft haze iiad gone. For three days the wind had been blowing hard from the northwest and the air was as clear as an Arizona sky, the dis tant outlines sharp as the tooth of the prairie blast. Colonel Faniuhar had suddenly broken off his shooting trip, and, without saying why, returned to the poet. Captain Rolfe had "cut" the club, once a favorite resort, and was much in Dr. Holden's company—Holden, who was lonely enongh now that his wife and little ones were gone. Through out the garrison there was one leading topic for conversation and conjecture— Miss Guthrie's strange adventure the night of her intended departure and her equally strange conduct thereafter. She had remained senseless but a few mo ments. Gentle hands had raised and borne her to the bed in the room she was evidently just about entering when suddenly halt ed by some mysterions cause. Here, wben restored to consciousness, an al most hysterical attack of laughing and weeping had fallowed upon her prostra tion. She insisted on attempting to rise and go to the train, as original ly planned but this Holden positively forbade He had succeeded in stanching the HoV* of the blood from a jagged cat near the temple, and conld suggest ready theory as to the canse thereof—in falling she had probably struck the edge of the lit tie wooden post at the top of the lialns tors—but beyond this explanation tliere was absolutely nothing. Nita Gnthrie would only account for her sudden ter ror by the half nervous, half laughing statement that she thought she saw a ghost, had played the coward and turned to run. But to the trained physician it was evident she had received a severe shock Despite her pleadings Dr. Holden bad re fused to allow her to attempt the jonr ney until three days had elated, during which time, though she laughed at him and laughed at herself, her condition continued so nervous and excitable that he would not permit visitors to see her This was pretty hard treatment, thought her many lady friends at the post, but he was wise and they could only obey When the evening came for the depar ture a large contingent, ladies and otti cers both, assembled to say farewell, and Nita, Mrs. Holden, each of the children and even the nurse conld have had two or three escorts to the train. But no one had opportunity to say much to the cen tral Hgure of all this sympathetic inter est Only at the last mot lent did she appear, and was ushered almost iustnnt ly to the waiting carriage by Holden who had only summoned her when vtgi lant eyes had reported the headlight of the express visible far up the valley But then down at the dark platform of the station faithful, sad faced Rolfe was waiting, and in the minute or two that intervened before the huge train cnuio glaring, hissing and thundering along side he managed to have a word or two with her. Mrs. Vance, had she been present might have vowed that Nita shrank and clung to Holden's arm. bnt others who were there saw her extend her gloved hand cordially, saw that Rolfe clung to it an instant—charitable others who could only vfave adieu, for the party was hurried aboard, and away went the ex preas, the tail lights of the rear slee[>ei disappearing in the dripping gloom around the bend, for, as though in sym pathy with the mourning of the post, a drizzling rain had hqgun to fall jnst after retreat. Rolfe. gazing after them to the last, wore that look seen on the face of many another man many another time. There can be few sensations more dismal than th^t of watching the disap pearing lighOof tho train that bears away one's best beloved, especially in the eyes of him who stands rejected. “Let me drive yon home. Rolfe," said Bolden kindly. “Two of a kind," was his mental addition. And Rolfe turned slowly away, neither man saying aa other word nntil once more they stood at the gate of the now deserted home. “Come in and have a pipe." “Thanks, not—now, doctor." A long wistful pause, then—“Well.good night.' “Good night, old man. Come when yon will; I'll be lonely now." And the doctor stood and gazed after him long and earnestly as the captain strode into the darkness out over the parade. Within the days that followed, when he had leisure to think it all over, Hoideu felt his perplexities increase. Up to the very last Nita had persisted in her state ment that nothing had happened to war rant the sbeurd exhibition she had made of herself. “1 was overwrought, nerv ons, unstrung,” she said. “I had not been feeling qnito well. 1 had run up to the room for my gloves, which I had left npon the table. I had not reached the door, and it was jnst the waving of those white curtains in the draft from the side window. 1 must have thongbt i saw a ghost, and, Hke a fool, I scream ed and tripped, and—voila tout.” Bnt Holden had known her for six years and felt well assured she was not of the stuff that is easily stricken with terror. With every confidence in her veracity in general he did not in the least believe her now. The more he studied the matter he felt that she was hiding something from them one and all, even from Jennie, whom she dearly loved and whom ordinarily she frankly trusted. It was evident that Jennie too, believed, aa did her bnsband. the doctor, that there was something behind it all. But Jennie was gone, and. except possibly Rolfe, there was no one to aid him in his search after the troth. Kul fe s heart was now so shrouded in its own gloom that any phase of tragedy seemed credible. Rolfe evidently wanted to know Holden’* suspicions or ewmiesa. and again and again led np to the snb- itself in order to seethe gallery at all, and Nita declared, aa lieforc, that she had not reached the door. What ahe fancied waa a ghost, bathed in a pale, cold light, was proliably the white curtains of the rear windows. But the light—whence came that? The possibility of any one having been in the room was not entertained. Prompt and thorough search had been made in every nook and comer of tho tlie upper story. The rooms of the nurse and children were on the westward side of tha hall, and the nurse was in one of them, putting on her hat, at the very moment. The front room on the east was unoccupied. Nita had chosen the other because of that gallery and its ject: but of all men in the garrison, much as be esteemed him. Rolfe seemed hardly the man to make a confidant of now. Was he not Nita's avowed thongli rejected lover? Of course, no time hail been lost in l ,, . » ~ tnakint- , could she have seen any one? uiAKiug iu\estigation on the night of - - the occurrence. Even while the doctor and others were raising the mwonscions girl from the door, half a dozen officers were scouring the premises for signs of intruders and had found absolutely nothing. The toom occupied by Miss Guthrie in the doctor’s house was imme diately to the left at the head of the stairs. The hail was broad, tbe lauding roomy. It was one of the oldest sets of quarters at the post, and an oddity in ita way. Entering the door of the rear room on the east, three windows ap peared, two opening at the back and one at the side. The two at the back looked out over the roof of the rear porch. It was perfectly practicable for any one with a ladder to have clambered to this roof, and, had the blinds been open, peered in the windows at theoccn pant. But there was no ladder. What was more, the blinds were tight shin and bolted on the inside. The shades within were drawn down, and the lace curtains looped over each. Between them stood a long, old fash ioned mirror above the toilet table draped with lace curtains very much as were the windows themselves. No one from without could have been visible to any one within. No one within could have been seen by any one without Moreover, the Holdens’ cook—an indom itable Irishwoman—was on the back porch at the moment of Miss Guthrie’s fright saying good night to Corporal Murphy, who had long been Kathleen's devoted admirer, and both stood ready to swear that nobody was on that roof. The rear windows thus disposed of, the doctor had turned his attention to the window at the side, and here there was possibility of explanation. As has been said, the Holdens’ house was one of the oldest at the old frontier fort, but so solidly ami substantially had it been built ttiat, when others were con demned and ordered replaced along the row, the authorities had decided to re tain “Bayard Hall." It was originally a double set, with hallway in common, intended for the use of four bachelor officers, each to have his two rooms, there being four rooms on the first and four on the second floor, while the kitchen and servants’ rooms were placed in a wooden addition at the rear. The ground fell away rapidly from the front piazza, so that while the first floor front was hut a few steps higher than the walk, the rear porch was a full story above the ground, giving abuitdam space for storerooms, etc., under tha! part of the house, and necessitating a flight of a dozen steps to reach the porch or the kitchen doorway. Around the front and sides of the second story there ran originally a broad gallery, but this was before the days of the war of the re bellion, during which the post was lit tle used, and when, after certain repairs and alterations, the house was declared assignable as family quarters, the old wooden gallery had been condemned and torn down. Nevertheless, the beams which were its support on ttie east were found solid and firm. They projected through the wall of rough hewn stone, and an old time quar termaster, selecting the house for his own use, had thrown a light gallery out npon them. It made such a convenient place for flower pots, shrubs, bathtul*- and things of that description, said he. Furthermore it was a place where he could go iu the warm evenings and smoke and sip his toddy with his chosen associates, and not have every garrison gabbier crowding in to disturb their chat and absorb his precious Mononga- hcla. The gallery had no roof, was only five feet wide and was inaccessible except through this one window, which the un sociable major iiad had cut down level with the floor. “Robbers’ Roost" the disdainful sulialtems used to call it in the days when bluff old Blitz hod occu pied the quarters and barred ont all hut his chums, and by the same tiante was il known when Holden moved in with hi« wife and olive branches and took np his abode there a few years before the open ing of this story. When the Eleventh marched out and the Twelfth came in, Colonel Farquhar. finding the dc>tor in possession, decided that the Holdens sltonld not he disturbed —that there was abundant room for others in the new quarters. The Hol dens entertained a great deal. Pleasant people were visiting them month after month, and everybody in the Twelfth blessed them for the brightness and gay- ety their presence lent to the garrison. A sterling fellow was Holden, one of the best men in one of the very best corps, personally and professionally, in our lit tle army; and as for his wife, an accom plished society woman, a St. Loutslielle, still in the heydey of youthful woman hood, everybody iu the garrison delight ed in her friendship and kindliness. There was no more popular parlor than Holden's, and night after night the young officers gathered there. But “Robbers' Roost" had fallen into disuse. The glass door was generally shut, and the Vene tian blinds with which old Blitz had decorated it were ordinarily closed ex cept when this, one of their two guest chambers, was occupied. Shades and lace curtains similar to those at the rear windows draped it within, so that from the interior this side door presented al most the same appearance as the win dows themselves, and it stood directly opposite the hall door. But Miss Gnthrie had become enthnsi- astic over the lovely view down the Pawnee valley from that side gallery. She was frequently to he seen there. She had gone ont for one farewell look as the valley lay flooded in the light of the fall moon, and this was immediately after changing her dress. She was exclaiming over its beanty as arrayed for her jour ney she came dancing down the stairs to join her hostess and the excited children in the parlor. She suddenly missed her gloves, remembered that she had left them in her room, had scurried np the stabs, had reached tbe landing at die top, bnt never entered her room at all, when there was heard that awfnl shriek of terror and a heavy fall. . Holden at remembered how he had come to them haggard and travel worn three yean be fore and offered himself as a recruit. This was far ont in the moantains. His language and manners were sneb that every one knew it to be a case of a man whom fortune had betrayed, and who “took the shilling,* as many another has done, somewhat as a last resort. Bnt before he had won his first chev rons the men knew well that from some source or other Ellis was beginning to receive a good deal of money. When Sergeant Currie was killed by that tough in the public streets of Sheridan City—a cold blooded and unprovoked mnrder—and Cnrrie's wife and children had not where to lay their beads now AN ESOTERIC CMMAX. WHILE SPIKETOWN COUNTED SIXTY HOKO PREPARED IT. A rrofvsMr uf ths Art «r Legcnlsnsln KsUcktsas a WfcoU Town, at Piny Csets a Head, mi ths Dimrult and Es- aftprratlag Nubjret of Cooking Nobody had ever heard of tho cele bra ted Hoko Effendi. bnt the public curiosity to see him was no less keen on that account In the little western llli nois town on which he had alighted likr a flaming meteor the visit of a professor of magic was an event All that was known of him was that be had made his appearance about the time the stage coach from Shacksville came in, and was supposed to have traveled in that conveyance; that he had procured the OPPOSED TO COLLEGE SOCIETIES. Why Mr. Garrison Regards Harvard Orgaalsatlsas Cnfarorabljr. “Hazing" in college is aa old as college life itself. It grows naturally ont of the fact that many young men are col lected in one institution at an age when : the blood bounds boisterously through ' the body, and they are “wild for fun.’ In most cases It la harmless, and the ' Aa lalsrvsttng Qaesttea. A very Interesting question is before congress and the American Bar associa tion arising ont of the unfortunate mas sacre of the Italians in New Orleans. The relatione between this country and Italy were strained nearly to the point j of war. Diplomatic intorconrse was not discontinued, but Baron Fava, the Ital ian minister, was recalled. The issue in the controversy arose! H artsville railroad. In effect May 31, 1863. DAILY MIXED TRAIN ! variety of it practice.! at Harvard is from the conduct of the mob that broke Arrive Florence ! innnrinnn. Mr. . \_i i uj11 « I rlorcilt*©. Out on the gallery, of course, any one would have been revealed, thanks to the ' that their support was gone, officers and printing of several hundred small bills brilliancy of the full moon, almost as iu men “chipped in" and bought them a at the office of The Blizzard, promising the broad glare of day; but one had to 1 little cottage on the banks of Rapid be at the hall door or in the rquare room run > at the edge of town, Ellis had planked down a five dollar bill as his share on the subscription list, bnt did not Kate Currie, the eldest cliild, toll how he had come all by himself af terward and given her an envelope which he bade her hand to mother from a friend—an envelope which was found to hold a fifty dollar treasury note? Sporting characters in tho regiment who sought to borrow from Ellis met with cold, even curt, refusal. Neither would he ever gamble or bet with them. Neither did he seem to care to go to town at all when first the regiment moved into this itaanost delightful station after years of service on the distant frontier—not nntil the onler was issued permitting merito- rions soldiers to wear civilian dress lovely view. Then tliere was the rear : when on jiass. Then he was almost tho slope of the main roof above the gal- first to appear on the streets of the lery. That! thought Holden, might | bustling county seat in a neat, unobtru- have offered a way of escape, because it 8 ' ve > l’"! remarkably well cut and well was out of sight from the parade. | fitting suit, and, far bettor dressed than But Brewster and Randolph iiad both most of the townspeople. Sergeant Ellis essayed to reach the eaves, and even when standing on the railing could bare ly touch them with the tips of their fingers. Then, again, a sentry walked along the edge of the slojie leading to the river bottom south of the long row of officers’ quarters and close behind the rear fence, but he was at the eventful moment well down the row beyond Haz- lett’s house, whereas Dr. Holden's w T as at the eastern end of the line. The moon shone full against the back fence, said the sentry, and he was sure ho would have seen anybody who ran ont of the gate of the doctor's yard, and the first who appeared were the searching offi cers, Corporal Murphy with them. Sev eral men had then come running from the direction of the laundresses’ quar ters to the west, and after them Ser geant Ellis. Indeed, it was Ellis who first suggested a search of the roof by means of a ladder. He was sergeant in charge of the fire apparatus kept in that long, low building at the east end. and bail the keys of tlie door. It was by his aid that some of the junior officers made a thorough exain- ation of the roof and tlie front porch. No more signs there than had hitherto been found. No, the sentry on tbe south post was confident that no man came out of Holden's yard until he got to the gate, whither he had ran the in stant he heard the cry. He thought it might be a lamp explosion or a fire, and he was watching with eager eyes. He had been on post nearly two hours when the alarm came, and, except Corporal Murphy and tho quartermaster's men who took the trunks, he had not seen or heard a man about the premises. Kath leen, the nursemaid, and the children had l>eeii home all the evening, and they had neither seen nor heard anybody. Captain Rolfe, unable to sleep, and making the rounds on his own account about one o'clock, found tlie sentry of the third relief gazing curiously in at the open back gate, and questioned him as to what excited his attention. “Nothing, sir,” was the prompt reply of the trooper, as he threw his carbine to the position of "arms port." "I was simply wondering how any man conld have ventured in there this bright night and expected to get ont unseen, es pecially early in the evening, when men are passing to and fro all the time.” “What made you think any one had been there?" asked the captain quietly. “Everybody has heard by this time that there was a search made, and that the young lady had seen something to frighten her. Besides, Sergeant Ellis spoke of it to me an hour ago.” “What was the sergeant doing on your post at midnight?" “Why, sir, the captain remembers Sergeant Ellis is in charge of the fire house and sleeps thare. He came ont s little before twelve and said he'd lost his pet pipe while he was hunting around with Lieutenant Brewster after he brought the ladder, and I let him pass in, sir. He said he'd been working there long after tajis, and it would be all right He found the pipe, sir, right at the edge of the wood pile, yonder. He showed it to me as he came out.” Captain Rolfe was silent a moment. Ordinarily n»ne of the enlisted - men had any right to be away from quarters after the “lights ont" signal, bnt this case was nnusual. Furthermore, Ellis was a man superior in intelligence, a sergeant of more than a year's standing, and one who had been selected for this especial duty for the very reason that, holding himself much aloof from the average run of the rank and file, he would be apt to attend strictly to his duties as custodian of the fire house, and no one had ever heard of his abusing his trust. His own little room was a model of neatness when the command ing officer made his monthly inspection of the garrison, and tlie hose carriage, the hook and ladder truck, tlie fire buckets and other apparatus were al ways in perfect order and readiness for service. No one ever inspected Ellis’ quarters at any other\ime. The guard often noticed his light after midnight, and he bad the reputation of being a good deal of a reader and student, tak ing books from tho poet library very often, besides owning quite a number of his own. Obeervant officers who had glanced about wben making the inspection with Colonel Farquhar noted that many of these were texts on mining, mining en gineering, mineralogy and geology, and some had gone so far at to question iae sergeant as to whether he had ever prac tically essayed mining. With perfectly respectful manner Ellis replied to these occasional queries, merely saying, “Yes, sir; but without success.'' Asked where he had made his essay, his reply waa rather vague, “In several western states and territories, sir—mainly Arizona and Colorado." Only once had he displayed anything like annoyance or impatience under such fire. He had served his the instant was in his own room, the i three years’ enlistment, waa entitled to rear room on the oppoeite side of the i his discharge, yet quietly notified his house, and was changing his best uni form into something more suitable for a run down to the railway. This had delayed him a second or two, •o that Brewster and Randolph, two of the most active of the junior officers, were foremost at his heels as he flew up the stairs. His first care was for Nita, bnt the youngsters had hounded into the room and out on the gallery, as though became an occasional visitor, hut no one ever heard of Ids patronizing any other establishments than the bank, the post and express offices and the Issikstores. Captain Flazlett, calling at the post- office one day, was surprised to find Ellis at a lock box, the key of which ho calmly placed in his waistcoat pocket and then os calmly raised his hat in sal utation to ids superior officer. Both were in civilian dress, both on tempor ary leave of a few hours only, both, from the point of view of the correspon dent of a very enterprising paper, occu- to pa) for them the next day. The evening came. The price of ad mission to the entertainment was fifty cents for adults, children half price. The celebrated Hoko Effendi was his own doorkeeper, and the people of Spike- town turned out in large nmiiliers. There were no deadheads except the editor of The Blizzard and the dignified citizen who wore dyed whiskers and n plug hat and announced himself at the door as the mayor. When the audience began to show im patience by the customary stamping and whistling the world renowned master of Egyptian magic accepted the proffered services of a leading citizen as door keeper, and went hack to the other end of the hall, disappearing behind tho cur tain that hid the stage from view. In a few moments he reapiieured in front of it and made a pleasing little speech, requesting close attention to the performances, as many of them were of a nature bordering on the suiieriiatural. and promising an entertainment snch as had never been seen in Spiketown be fore and never would again. After performing some curious tricks with playing cards he announced that the first really difficult feat of the even ing would now be shown—that of baking a cake withont a pan of any kind. “The ladies in the audience,” he said, “when they bake cakes are compelled to use butter, eggs, flour, sugar, fla voring extract, icing, etc., ami put the dough in a hot oven. 1 do nothing of the kind. By the simple manipulate >i generally innoxious. Nevertheless Mr. William Lloyd Garrison has seen fit to protest against a practice that may be said to come under the general definition of "hazing." Some time ago his son was initiated into a secret society known as the “D. K. E.." and part of the initiation con sisted of bnrnir g six little spots on the arm with a cigar. Young Garrison took the scarlet fever soon after and his par ents thonght the initiation aggravated into the New Orleans jail and killed the | Italians who had been arrested for the } mnrder of the chief of police. For' everything done by the people of the j _ ~Arrrive Hai undone by the government and courts J- F, DIVINE, Gen. Supt. of the state of Louisiana, the federal 1 Leave Hartsville a‘ in Jovann a m Floyd’s a in Darlington a 111 Palmetto 925 a in Arrive Florence a m j Leave Florence p m Palmetto p in Darlington p in Floyd’s 3.25 p m Jovann 8.45 p m I Arrrive Hartsville 4.05 p m NORTHERN RAILROAD CHARLES E. KIMBALL Receiver. In Effect March 3, 1892 government was responsible to Italy. CHARLESTON, SUMTER AND The men engaged in the outrage were . NORTHERN acquitted, and this government recog nized its moral responsibility at least by paying a small sum of money to sur- | viving sufferers. The question before congress and the | Bar association's international law com- j mittee is clear. What remedy is there ] for a condition of law, international and j domestic, under which the United States is responsible to a foreign government, I even to the point of war, fot the acts of [ the people and courts of a single state? j It is an interesting and important ques tion and one in which the whole conn- [ try is concerned.—Harper’s Weekly. NORTH. 1 P. M. 5.30 Charleston Pregnall’s Sumter Lamar 7.05 9 20 10.15 10.30 10.45 U 01 11.11 11.26 11.40 P. M. Syracuse Darlington Mont Clare Robin’s Neck Mandeville Beuuettsville A SOUTH. 2 A. M. 11.05 9.50 7.35 6.35 6.20 6.05 5.50 5.39 5.24 6.10 . M. fkesihent euot. it. Later another lud wss initiated and seems to have got burned a little deeper than was necessary; so Mr. Garrison ad dressed an open letter to the president and faculty of Harvard, denouncing the whole secret society business and charg ing that it produced much dissipation and immorality. President Eliot made no formal reply, but to direct questions explained that the faculty lias nothing to do with secret societies and will take no action; that no one is under obligations to join them, that the initiate knows in advance that the ordeal will be severe, and still it is such an honor to be one of the "D. K. E.,” popularly known as “Dickies," that candidates are manv. THE NEW KANSAS SENATOR. pied at the moment the same social 1 of flour, sirup and a hat 1 can produce !!• Has Had Coimlderablo Experlanca aa Judg« ami CotigresMiuan. Hon. Bishop W. Perkins is tho sncces- A Natural Incubator. The-officers and men of the United States cutler Rush relate marvelous tales of wondrous discoveries made by them during their 1890 cruise. They dredged for deep sea oddities in the al most fathomless “sinks'’ of tlie Pacific’., bed. They collected marine algse so delicate in figure that it took the finest microscopes to bring out even the coars est ontlines, leaving the minute fillers as a hazy mist on the vision, and finally outdid themselves by getting a fine photographic view of a creature sport ing in the sand of one of the low lying islands which leads their paleologist to the belief that some of the supposed antediluvian monsters are still in ex istence. But the feat of which they seem proudest was the discovery of a natural | incubator on the sidee of the volcano Bogoslov, where millions of awks, gulls and other sea birds deposit their eggs and leave them to be hatched by vol canic heat. Who says that birds are de void of intelligence?—St. Louis Repub lic. J. H. AVER1LL, General Manager. plane, and his allusions to "the slavish deference demanded by the aristocratic commissioned force of their enlisted but far worthier men" gave rise to some dis cussion at the fort. One or two officers held that Ellis shonld have given tho military salute and no other, but the mass of opinion was in favor of Ellis's action; being entirely in civilian dress himself, the civilian custom shonld pre vail. “Well, damn it,” said Mr. Randolph, “that consists ont here in shoving one's hands deeper into pockets, tilting the cigar higher in the mouth and giving jnst half a nod.” It was finally con ceded, however, that in courteously rais ing his hat Sergeant Ellis had done about the right tiling, and that in as punctili ously raising his own in recognition tin captain had fittingly and scrupulously acknowledged the courtesy, the sneers and lashings of the Spasm City Chimes to the contrary notwithstanding. Still no one supposed that Ellis was going to re-enlist when his time expired. They had already begnn casting about for somebody else to place in charge of the firehouse. Bnt Ellis signed the papers with ready hand, asked for and got a month's furlough, with permission to leave the department, and was back in two weeks ready to resume duty, ids dark face a trifle paler, his heavy beard becomingly trimmed, just three days after Nita Guthrie’s arrival, just three days before she was to have gone home. Rolfe turned from the sentry and gazed away eastward. How many a long mile down that beautiful valley were the lights of the rushing train by this time, and what meant this light so close at hand, shining faintly bnt dear ly through the slowly plashing rain? After one, and the sergeant still np and reading? No, it burned too dimly for a student lamp; neither was it in the ser geant's room. Following his thoughts. Rolfe, wrapped in his mackintosh, moved slowly out to the eastern edge of the bold bluff, passing tlie firehouse on his way. A breast-high wall of rough stone ran diagonally over toward what was left of the old blockhouse, once perched on the brow of the cliff, and, as the captain reached the point of the bluff, he became aware of a dim figure standing silent and motionless between him and the southern face of the an tiquated work. Another man whose thoughts were following the eastward windings of that misty valley, was it not? Another keeping sleepless vigil? “Who’s that?” in low tone, he sudden ly hailed. A start, a quick turn, then prompt advance and answer: “Sergeant Ellis, sir." The deep collar of his overcoat was turned up about his ears, so that the face was well nigh hidden, but the voice was calm and firm. “You keep late hours, sergeant.” “Not without warrant, captain." “Your warrant might suffer, sir, if the colonel knew you had lights at two o’clock.” “It is by his anthority, sir, that one lantern burns all night; that is the one the captain sees.” Rolfe paused, baffled. “Then I believe I will light a cigar at yonr lantern," he finally said, and, tam ing, be moved away toward the low wooden building behind him. Ellis promptly followed, then sprang ahead and opened the door for his superior’s entrance. “Let me offer the captain a match; that is an oil lantern." And striking a incifer on the strip of saudpaiier he held it forth. Rolfe missed the flame with the end of his weed. Light came to him, bnt not to his cigar. Muffled though his face remained in t)ie depths of that cavalry collar. Sergeant Ellis' lips and chin were visible through the opening in the front and in the glare of the little match. “When did you shave off your lieard, sergeant? I should hardly have known yon.” The lips trembled, hut the dark eyes, the deep voice, were steady us ever: “Last evening, sir.” (TO BE CONTINUED.] a cake in five minutes that no lady in this house can equal. 1 will make a cake that a committee, to he selected from the ladies present, will pronounce the best tm?y ever tasted. 1 will do this or forfeit $100. Will some kind gentle man present oblige me with the loan of s high silk hat? Will you kindly lend i» to me? I will take excellent care of it and return it in a few minutes.” Tho mayor demurred. “Your hat will not be injured in the least, sir,” the magician assnred him. “1 will return it to you without spot, blemish or stain. 1 have performed tills feat thousands of times without the slightest injury to the hat." The mayor of Spiketown, thus ap pealed to, relented and handed over his cherished tile. Then the magician produced a pan of flour, which was passed through the audience and unanimously declared to be genuine. He ponred it into the hat. Then a quart measure half filled witli New Orleans molasses was produced ami handed around in like manner, pro nounced the pure, unadulterated stuff, and returned to him. He ponred this into the hat likewise and stirred the mixture witli a long lead pencil. The mayor involuntarily gasped and half rose in his seat, but the wizqrd again as sured him. with a wave of the hand, “Your hat will not be injured in the least, my dear sir,” and he proceeded with the performauoe. “Now, laities and gentlemen,” ho said, we will witness tlie finale, the denoo- mong, as it were, of this unjiaralleled feat of illusion. 1 can hake the cake just as well on a piece of ice aa on a stove; but as there happens to he a good fire in this stove near the stage 1 will bake it on top of that. Again, 1 assure you, Mr. Mayor, that your hat will not suffer the slightest injury." Stepping briskly down, he placed the hat on the stove. “Now. good people," ho said, “keep your eye on that hat till you can count sixty. 1 will retire and prepare the esoteric climax.” He mounted tlie stage and stepped be hind the curtain. In a moment a smoke went up from the hat on the stove, and the odor of something scorching filled the air. The mayor of Spiketown jumped from his seat, and with one bound cleared the distance that lay between him and tlie stove. He lifted his precious hat. The bottom, or rather the top, fell out The sizzing batter spread out over the stove. It hissed and sputtered and flew. And even as the mayor held np the hideous ruin of his once glorious hat and looked throngh it some of the yel lowish mixture trickled on his vest and ran in sad, disconraged, bilious looking streams down his trousers. His honor spoke a few words briefly, but emphatically—through his hat—and broka for the stage, followed by several of the leading citizens of Spiketown. Behind the curtain were several empty barrels and boxes. And the back window was np. Somewhere in this wide, wide world the wizard of the Orient is still wander ing about, happily unaware doubtless that a standing reward of fifty dollars and no questions asked is offered by the mayor of Spiketown, Ills., for informa tion that will lead to the arrest and con viction for the 'Times of grand larceny, malicious injury and obtaining money under false pretenses, of one Hoko Ef- endi, master of Egyptian magic and so called eighth wonder of tbe world.— Chicago Tribune. itcnllj Astonished. Hillings—Most astonishing thing I ever encountered. Here's a black hair In the butter. Mrs. Hashcroft—So you are really sur prised, Mr. Billings? Hillings—1 am, indeed. This butter’s hair ought to be gray.—Indianapolis Jour- Bugnr Better Than Starch. In doing up fine lace do not use an) sor of the late Senator Plumb, of Kansas, itarch. but in the last rinsing water dto by the grace i >f Governor Humphreys and a sort of competitive examination of the friends and supporters of various candi dates. As soon as Senator Plumb's death was announced their respective friends began to urge the apjiointment of ex- Senator Ingalls. Ben F. Simpson, George R. Peck, Major J. K. Hudson, J. W. Ady and others. Governor Humphreys numbered ths candidates in the order that applications were filed for them and gave full hear ing to their supporters in the same o-'dcr. At the end he named Mr. Perkins. The new senator was bom in Rochester, Lo rain county, O., Oct. 18, 1841, attended Knox academy at Galesburg, Ills., for home time, studied law, was admitted to solve a UtUe flue white sugar.—New York Journal. In effect May 31, 1892. Leave Wades boro a m Bennett's . 5.01 a m Morven’s ... 5.14 a in McFarland ... 5 27 a m Cheraw a m Cash's .. 0.17 a in Society Hill . 6.32 a m Dove’s .. 6.50 a m Floyd’s 6.58 a m Darlington 7.12 a in Palmetto a m Arrive Florence a in Leave Florence p m Palmetto p m Darlington 9.23 p m Floyd's 11.33 p in Dove's .. 9 40 p in Society Hill . 10 00 p m Cash’s p m Cheraw p in McFarland 11.04 p in Morven’s 11.16 p m Bennett's . 11.34 p in Arrive Wadesboro . 11.511 a in Freight Train. I Leave Florence ... 7.45 a in 1 Arrive Darlington . 8.30 a m la*ave Darlington p in Arrive Florence . 5.00 p in A. F. RAVENEL, President N ORTHEASTERN RAILROAD. In effect May 31, 1892. SOUTH BOUND. (i. i HMffl & Doors, Manutacturers —OF— Sash M Hlitius, Leave Florence No. 27. Kingstree Lanes Arrive Charleston Leave Florence No. 23. Kingstree l,aues Arrive Charleston Leave Lanes No. 53. 8.45 p m Arrive Charleston troop commander that he proposed to re- enlist. In a somewhat sharp manner that official had whirled about. “Sergeant Ellis,” said he, “if 1 had had yonr experience in mining it seems t» me I’d find something different from staying in the regular army." “Captain Gorham,” was the unex pected reply, "if you had had i The Best Way. “And now,” continued the photographer to his student, "please look pleasant.” “To achieve that desirable er.d suppose you lend me fire dollars.” — Fliegende Blatter. Proof Positive. “Papa,” said a talkative little girl, “am I made of dust?” “No, my child. If you were you would ! dry up ooce la awhile.”—San Francisco , Appropriate. Von Smashkeye—I come next on the pro gramme. What should I play? Pounderowski (glancing through the curtain)—! think you’d better play a march. The people are all going out!— London Tit-Bits. Proof Positive. Tanks—The man who wrote “ Twas Off tbe Blue Canary Isles” had something to go along with that last cigar. Hunks—What makes you think so? Tanks—Did you ever see a blue canary? -Ufa. Appropriate. Mrs. Cloeefist—We are invited to Mr. and Mrs. Bangles silver wedding. What shall we give them? Mr. Cloeefiet—PU make’em a speech silver, you know.—Good News The grain crop for one year of the states west of the Mississippi, including oats, barley, rye, etc., at the lowest esti mate will reach $500,090,00a New investigations have compelled ths reduction of the estimated population of China from something over 400,000,000 to about 150,000,000. BISHOP W. PERKINS, practice and located at Ottawa. His., in 1867. He had in the meantime passed four years iu the Union army, going out as sergeant in the Eighty-third Illinois infantry and serving about two years as captain in the Sixteenth United States colored infantry. He was elected probate jndge of La bette county, Kansas, in 1870 and 1872; became district judge in 1873 and held that office nine years. He was elected to tbe Forty-eighth, Forty-ninth, Fif tieth and Fifty-first congresses as a Re publican, but went under in the “Alli ance deluge" of 1890. He is now pro moted to the senate, and will hold the seat till the legislature meets in 1893. Ha Woo Alter s Hard Fight. The chairman of the London school board has almost arbitrary power over the interests of more than half a million children, and Rev. Joseph R. Higgle Is the man. He got there the other day at the end of a fight which for heat, bitterness and persistence would have amazed a New York Democrat or an Indiana Re publican. Nearly all the teachers were against him be cause he is se vere and favors low salaries. All the dissenting clergy opposed him because of his high church proclivities, and the liquor interests fonght him frantically because he is no torious for radical temperance views. Nevertheless he got there. The Olad- stonian caucus decided in his favor and put all that party’s machinery to work for him. The “economy dodge,” as they call it in England, was “played for all it was worth,” as they say in America, and so the Rev. Diggle won. Now tbe Glad- stouians claim this os a test of their strength for ths approaching general election. Making It Hot for Them. Berlin possesses an exemplary magistrate who is well known tor his persistency in endeavoring to jierauade the partiea appear Ing before him to agree to an amicable act- tlcmeut of the point iu dispute. In onler to attain this object In difficult cases be ashent the opponents into a little room, where tbe office boy is told to keep up a roaring fire. Our magistrate then desires his guests to be seated on a couple of chairs in close proximity to tha fireplace. This little dodge la generally succeaaful The must obdurate have a melting time of it, and in a q uarter of an hour are glad enough to escape being roasted alive by shaking hands with each other before taking their departure. One fine day, however, the magistrate observed that half an hour's endurance of excessive beat bad not the slightest effect oo a certain plaintiff, who rather seemed to enjoy it His worship could stand it no longer. “Don't you think it is dreadfully hot?” be suddenly asked. “No. your worship," waa tha reply; “I am a stoker at Borsig'a" (a Large iron works at Berlin).—La Famllla, Bemembered la His Will. There is grim humor in one clause In the will of the late Soloradh Abrahams, of Bos ton. After making a number of charita ble bequeeta the testator remarks, “1 re member all my cottaim, aunts, uncles and grandfathers, but l give Ufa nothing," IMIOTTLID JUNTOS —AND - Building Material. F.STABL16IIED 1842. CHARLESTON, S. C. April, 20 1889—1 ALL GOODS GUARANTEED. OKO.E.TOALC HENRY OLIVER Geo. E. Toale 4 Co, ■WHITE EinSTE DOORS. SASH, Train on C. & D. K. R. connects at Florence with No. 23 Train. NORTH BOUND. No. 78. Leave Charleston 1.20 a m Istnes 3.25 a m Kingstree 3 43 a m Arrive Florence 4.45 a ru No. 14. Leave Charleston 5.16 p m Lanes 7.05 p m Kingstree 7.24 p in Arrive Florence 8.30 p in No. 52. | Leave Charleston 6.50 a m Arrive Lanes 8.27 a in No. 52 runs through to Columbia via Central R. R. of 8. C. Nos. 78 and 14 run solid to Wilming ton, N.C., making close connection with W. It W. R. R. tor all points North. J. F. DIVINE, Gen. Supt. vv 7ILMINGTON, COLUMBIA t AUGUSTA RALROAD. In effect March 27, 1892. BUNDS, AND OFFICE AND SALESROOMS 10 ami 12 Lluyne Street, UflABLKJTON, - • 8. C fifip S|>ecial Prices Cheerfully Fur nished. SOUTH BOUND. No. 23. Leave Wilmington Marion Arrive Florence 10.25 p m No. 50. Leave Florence .. 3.20 a m Sumter 4.35 a m Arrive Columbia . 6.15 am No. 27. lyfave Wilmington . 10.10 p m Marion 12.40 a m Arrive Florence .. 1.20 am No. 52. Leave Sumter 9.43 am Arrive Columbia . 10.55 am No. 58. Leave Florence Sumter 9 20 a m Howard Fleming, 276 East Bay, CHARLESTON, S. C„ IMPORTER OF English Portland Cement AND DEALER IN LIME, CEMENT, PLASTER, HAIR, <tC., and all RUILL- ING MATERIAL. Lowest Prices. Best Satisfaction. CAR LOAD LOTS A SPECIALTY. Oct. 29—tyr Desirable Lot For Sale. WE oftor for sale the lot of the late Mrs. A. A. Baker iu the Town of Dar lington. PAUL WHIPPLE, J. GREGG McCALL, J. E. NETTLES, Executors Ap 21-tf STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. COUNTY OK DARLINGTON. By T. H. Spain, Esq., Probate Juelye. Whereas, A. M. Watkins hath made suit to me, to grant unto him Letters of Administration of the Estate of ami effects of J. 8. Back well. These are therefore to cite and ad monish all and singular the kindred ami creditors of the said J. 8. Black- well, deceased, that they be and ap* pear, before me, in the Court of Pro bate, to he held at Darlington C. H., on September 7th next, after publica tion hereof, at 11 o’clock in the fore noon, to shew cause, if any they have why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my hand, this 23d day of August, Anno Domini, 1892. T. H. SPAIN, Judge of Probate. Aug 25—4t Aarrive Columbia No. 62 runs through from Charles ton via Central Railroad; leaving Lanes 8.82 a m, Manning 9 09 a m. Train on C. and D. Railroad con- | nects at Florence with No. 58. NORTH BOUND. No. 51. Leave Columbia Sumter Arrive Florence No. 78. Leave Florence 5.00 a m Marion Arrive Wilmington 8.55 a in No. 59. Leave Columbia Sumter Arrive Florence No. 53. Leave Columbia Arrive Sumter 7.25 p m No. 14. Leave Florence Marion Arrive Wilmington No. 53 runs through to charleston via central Railroad, arriving Man ning 8.00 p m, Lanes 8.40 p m, charleston 10.30 a m. No. 59 connects at Florence with C. b D. train irom cheraw and Wailes- boro. Nos. 78 and 14 make close connec tion at Wilmington with W. &i W. Railroad for all points North. Trains on Florence Railroad leave Pee Dee daily except Sunday 8 35 a m, arrive Rowland 11.40 a m. Return ing leave Rowland 12.16 p in, arrive Pee Dee 4.00 p m. Trains on Manchester & Augusta Railroad leave Sumter daily except Sunday 10.50 a m, arrive Rimini 11 59 a m. Returning leave Rimini 12.30p. m, arrive Sumter 1.40 p. m. J. F. DIVINE. Gen Snpt- Attention Mechanics! All persons In need of babbitt metal can purchase it cheap at thb Dar lington Nkws office. June 12, ’90—tf Notice to Creditors. STATE OP SOUTH CAROLINA. County of Darlington. The South Carolina Loan and Trust Company, Trustee, vs. Tlie Darling ton Light, Water aid Power Com pany. Complaint tor Foreclosure and Sale. Pursuant to the order of His Honor, Judged. H. Hudson, of date August 11, 1892, in above stated case, all cred itors of the Darlington Light, Water and Power Company, are required to establish their claims before the un dersigned on or before the 15th day of September, A. D., 1892. ^ W. F. DARGAN. Receiver, D. L., W. & P. Co, ▲tig 19—It.