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1 !!ui b L b ° rn . “ near «»• ma*nc hour of I midnight w he conreniently could man- a«e Jnn had missed the supreme good !>} undue haste, but he had small right to gibe at Fortune for the wav in which ■ *>he used him. CHAPTER X M r». Ilci'crlcy’ii eya blmeil. Nwl Anthony's feelings toward Mrs. Beverley had undergone considerable change during the months that had elapsed since their introduction .‘The barrenness of his nature alternated with very practically tilled fields, anil the only rill of sentiment that had ever trickled through it was his love for tho child whose name Mrs. Beverley bore The soil being adverse, this little stream had been [siwerless to irrigate to any great extent either the barrenness or the cultivation, but it bail never been choked with the refuse of other sentiments, or alisorlasl in any Wronger stream; it had simply trickled on. wearing a channel for a similar bnt mightier current Having, by some process that was more than instinct and certainly less than reason, come to an identification of the dead child with the living woman, An thony liegan to realize that the little rill was rising, increasing in volume and strength, and that the channel it had worn was tilling with a stream whose power he coaid not gauge yet, and only vaguely understood After their meeting in the cemetery bis visits to Mrs Beverley increased in frequency, until there apiteared justice as well as acrimony in Miss Cornelia's complaint that he was in or about the house from the rising of the sun until tiie going down of the same, and after The old lady's position towanl (jer un welcome neighlsir remained unchanged, and apjieared unchangeable save ip one direction, and that was increase of bit terness 'He ml is me all the wrong way." she explained fretfully, when Mary |>omted out that he had changed his tactics and was trying to lie polite to her in a rough and liearish fashion. '‘I dislike his attempts at courtesy ipiite as much as I do his natural rudeness. 1 dislike him altogether He ruhs me the wrong way.” — . In spite of the flagrant injustice of this, Mary wattain, in her soul, to yield assent. She took his jiart from sheer kindness of heart ami Tbve of fair play, and she made excuses for him to herself and othtys, but in tier heart she con fessed candidly that he was a terrible irritant. When he was out of tier sight, she could recall and dwell with pleasure on his really fine qualities—his ambi tion. energy, intensity of will and pur pose. his lack of false pride, his real, if circumscribed, kindness of heart and his liberality. She could ticket them all off on her lingers and give to each good trait its meed of admiration, when their owner was at a distance; hut when he was beside her they faded into the back ground. leaving prominent the conscious ness that he "nibbed her the wrong way" also. It was a pity; for be really was far from being a had, or stupid, ora hmtally offensive man. His genius consisted not in saying and doing wrong things, hut in leaving unsaid and undone right ones. Mary was self convicted of lack of generosity in liking him with reserva tions. and yet deprived, by the very feeling the absence of which she de plored, of the comfort and certainty of her aunt's position. “He is truly insup portable, which is his only defect." that lady announced, with decision, and after that never wavered. “Why do you cumber yourself with those old niggers?” he questioned, sud denly, after he bad told Mary all about the materials which had come for his new house and the plans he had made. There was an architect, a friend of his, coming from New York to undertake the work for him, and no time or trouble or expense was to he spared in making the building perfect. Mrs. Beverley looked across at him. hut made no answer They were alone in the parlor, as Miss Cornelia seldom troubled herself to appear. “He doesn't coma to see me," she said, “and be doesn't want to see me. I wish he didn't come to see yon so often." Ami Mary was be ginning to wish so herself. “You'll have to support 'em, you know," he proceeded "They are too old to work, and they haven't anything to live on, and of course they're going to live on you. You might have known that when the old rascal persuaded you to let him move over here." “I did know it," Mary replied quietly. “1 had then moved over for that pur pose. They are old family servants, and we have supported them always. Their children are dead; am! they have no one else to look to for assistance, and no where else to go." Anthony whistled. "That's all done away with," he said, "and a mighty good thing for the land owners too. Every tub stands on its own bottom now. They are as free as anybody, and ought to look out for themselves. You ain't hound to support them any longer. As to a place to go, there's the poor house, if they can't do any better. We all pay taxes to support that, and it would be unreasonable to expect ns to support the paupers of the community outside too." Mary knew that the feudal feeling, the seiwe of mntnal dependence, which had been so strong a tie between her own class and their humble retainers, in the nature of things was nonexistent in bis class, and possibly beyond his com prehension. She cast about in her mind now to make him understand without reminding him ungenerously of their difference of caste. "These old people are eingularly des titute of friends among their own race on whom they have a claim for support," she explained. “As 1 told you just a moment ago, their children are dead and their grandchildren have shaken them off and moved away.- They are very old and much attached to their home. They wouldn't be comfortable at the poorhoase.” "Oh, yes, they would," he contradict ed understanding her to mean in the material sense. "You're mightily mis taken about that. The paupers are well treated by the county; they have good accommodations and clothing sad tee- An- to adopt and educate him And to leave him all his fortune. He went to Andover first and after ward to Harvard, where he graduated wooa provtueo. ami nanny any worn u> do 1 rode over there myself the other day to tell the overseer.to send a wagon for old Patrick and to make arrange menu about them. I don't like niggers I »fver dul. But I'm not a brute either, and if ! hadn't seen with my own eyes that the darkies were comfortable and cared for, I wouldn’t have moved them *■ "It isn't that," said Mary impatiently; i ^ rontd Scd nderlf^ Z tl,e 1 . c0 " Ilt )' | bro,her “ f his mother's, who had offered ) understand? Its the feeling that I to adont and win,-at,, i,,,„ s...i »„ made Dickens' old .woman nin away from everybody and die on the roadside rather than be taken to the workhouse." . .... But Anthony had never read a line of \ in several courses and took a good de- J" 3 , lf< \ an<1 t,lc l‘“ r “ l| e | | Hi* talent for drawing, modeling which Mrs. Beverley had cleverly drawn and construction was so decided that he rom his own class was utterly thrown ; desired to make architecture his profes- away npou.lnm.. What struck him was sion, hut to this his uncle would in no- the absurdity of suppismg negroes ca;«i j wise consent. He had adopted the boy Die of feelings and aspirations other than that he might have a son to succeed him those relating to physical comfort, of i in his business, he averred, not that the imagining that they cared for anything f son might draw lines on patier The outside of being warmed and housed and fed without undue exertion. This idea j of hers appeared to him so humorous that he threw back his head and laughed uproariously. Mary felt as though she could have struck him. t “Well, well!” he said, as soon as he had got the- better of his mirth, “you are verdant, if yon il excuse me for saying so,‘Mrs. Beverley, To think of the cun- mng old beggar, taking you in like that, and of your believing him! He lied like a thief all around. What he wanted was to stay in my house, and when lie found he couldn’t do that, to spite me by.not falling in with my arrangements for him. It's ii shame that you should bo the victiin, though, and I'll just let my gentleman see that he can't get ahead of me like that, i’ll have the overseer of the poor here after him inside of a week.” Mrs. Beverley’s eyes “blazed. "You will do nothing of the kind." she said shortly. “You are taking a very great liberty in interfering in my affairs in this way. Those old people wore brought here by my orders ami of my own free will, and here they shall remain. They have lived on this plantation for, upward of eighty years, and they shall die pn it. They worked for the Beverleys in their youth, ami the Beverleys profited by their labor; now in their age they look to the Beverleys for protection and sup port, and their trust shall not be be trayed.” Anthony stared at her, a light of ad miration beginning to glow in his eyes. He enjoyed seeing a woman "lire up,’ as he expressed it. and anger bail given to Mrs. Beverley's face a tieauty it did not ordinarily possess—a beauty of flash ing eyes ami scarlet cheeks, a beauty of light and color, such as the man oppo site her could keenly appreciate. Never had she looked so attractive in his eyes as at this moment when he w;t» appear ing utterly odious in hers, i , He drooped his lids according to his custom and watched her color slowly fade, it was a pity it should go. it was so pretty. Ha felt suddenly certain that he loved her. ami that he wanted her for his wife. When that should come about—for even at this early stage he admitted no possibility of failure—she should have her way in all things; should support a regiment of paupers if she liked, and believe all their lies if it pleased her. He would build a barracks for them and issue rations, or any other tomfoolery that she might wish. He could stand it, and such a woman as this was welcome to throw his money about with both hands. It was a shame for her to he imposed on now, as he still felt confident these old negroes were impos ing on her; after awhile, when she had a poebetbook at her hack and some one to keep it phethoric. it would make no difference. What he said Whs: “You'll never make buckle and tongue meet, if you let peo ple ride over you this way. What you need is somebody to look after you who has got the right and the means to do it nronerlv." CHAPTER XI. A small, square sign beside the post of a door in one of the business streets of New York set forth the fact to all whom it might interest that Daniel Stewart, arch itect, had his office on the second floor. Apparently this announcement had been of interest to no one, for it had stared the public blankly in the face for more than twelve months and the public had vouchsafed it no attention. A very different thought had been in Mr. Stewart's mind when he put it there, and his intention had been to be discriminating and a trifle hard to please in his selection of patrons, and just a little difficult in regard to the orders which would inundate him—not enough to dam the tide of prosperity, of course bnt sufficient to increase its impetuosity. A man must not cheapen himself, he must demonstrate that he has full belief in his own ability and consciousness of its worth, so that the .world in its un thinking haste may find this view ready to its hand and adopt it. So thinks every man who is worth, his salt when he embarks on & new Venture; and so he shonld think, for if in yontb he has not belief in himself and hope for the world his case is a sad one, and the sooner he buys himself a .revolver and hies him to a bettfer country the hotter for his comfort- _ . Dan's was a sunny, hopeful nature, and it'look twelve full months of per sistent discouragement to convitice him that a callous public was resolved to give him no opportunity to house it in a style and for a price heretofore un dreamed of, and to make him realize that belief in one’s self, while undoubt edly an excellent thing, is inadequate to force from the world substantial recog nition of one's talents. Honscs he conld build, and that right well, for he had a paper. noblest architeetnre in his eyes was that which constructed fortunes. Blessed with a sunny temperament and the manners which unselfishness and kindliness of heart bestow, Dan was ageneral favorite, pleasingquiteasmuch by his nnaffected enthusiasm and genu ine boyish high spirits as he did by his cleverness and exquisite tact. He was not handsome, and was rather small, and his hair was well nigh scarlet; but nobody minded that—he least of all- and a couple of years passed away very pleasantly in learning the ways of fi nance and flirtation and becoming con verted from a charming student into an equally charming man of the world. Then suddenly the foundations of his prosperity slid from under him. leaving him stunned for awhile and inclined to question his own identity There was a crisis of affairs, a wild panic, followed by a deep hush, in which men looked about stealthily to see who was hurt and who was killed, and fortunes fell like leaves before frost and were whirled away on the winds of ruin; and here and there a pistol shot rang through handsome chambers and there was a quiet, hasty burial at Greenwood. After his uncle's death Dan Stewart was forced to look about him. After the creditors were satisfied there was very little left of what was to have been his inheritance—only a few thousands, but enough for a start Dan thought in some new place. A horror of the hurry ing, heartless city in which his fortunes had suffered shipwreck seized on him for the time, and his home in New Brunswick being broken np he went out west and roved about for several years. Although he failed to add much to his store of material blessings, he contrived to get considerable enjoyment out of life, for the same traits which se cured him popularity in his youth won him affection in his manhood. It was during this portion of his career that he made the acquaintance of Ned Anthony. It was in a saloon in a little mining town in one of the territo ries kept by an Irish bully named O'Hara. A party of roughs were drinking and at a small table in one corner four men playing poker. Dan notic«i one of the players particularly, because of his being t stranger in the place and because of a sertoin rough grad? in the poses of his splendid athletic figure, the beanty of his silky brown heard, and a trick he had of lowering his lids and looking out through half shut eyes. He was won dering who the man could be, when there arose a cry of foul play in the cor ner, and he saw the brown bearded man quick as a flash pin the hand of one of his opponents to the table with a long keen, double edged knife which he had whipped out of the breast of his hunting thirt. in less than a minute, a scene of the wildest confusion was inaugurated, blows were struck, shots fired, and the air surcharged with threats and pro fanity. Dan, whose every instinct was to esponse the weaker side, forced his way to where Ned Anthony stood with his back to the wall, fighting with cool-, ness and science, but at a terrible dis advantage, because of having emp tied the only loaded chamber of his revolver in the beginning of the affray It wonld have gone hard with the pair in a very short tithe, for the roughs were heavily armed and growing dan derous, but for Ifie interference of the Irish proprietor, who with a Donnybrook fair taste for fighting combined a warm regard for his own possessions. In Ian gnage that reeked of brimstone be pro claimed that the iiersotml welfare of the combatknts waa a matter of utter indif ference to him, but that he objected to having his furniture smashed or his saloj^ turned into a slaughter |ien with any of their foolishness, and rushed into the melee, followed by his bartender With the aid of this re-enfoiveiiient our two friends did such effective work that in a comparatively short sijace of time the roughs found themselves thrust in gloriously into the street. The acquaintance, from this stormy beginning, developed- into a queer kind of friendship and some intimacy The men had little in common, save physical conntge and high animal spirits, unless a love of adventure and of the solitude of nature and a mntnal taste for sport be taken into account In character and intellect they were totally dissimilar, although both were strong men. The causes of their attrac tion for each other might have repaid investigation had either man lieen given to analysis or interested in psychological subtleties. Unfortunately, the oppor tunity was thrown away: for Ned s ac quaintance with the word “analysia - waa confined to its appearance in the colmuns of the dictionary and its appli cation to minerals, and Dan s mind was without the twist which leads to morbid research and subtle investigafton. Ho man emotion thrilled and interested him, , i i i T. i.iuuitw.cc->»nt man emotion mrmea ami uiui, „( practical ..in. *b» *«. ««- ~ market for it. Houses there were in • Perhaps this was as well for poor hu- au of his history snonKT pass into uan's possession, even to the tiny vein of pare, tree gold that enriched the ragged quarts and grit The discovery of the existence of this vein was delightful to Dan, who hal all a clean Matured man's reverence for ro mance. It gave his companion a deeper, more individual interest for him, and drew closer the bond between them. The cherishing of an emotion so tender and fragrant touched him. fro.~l. its sharp cioutrust to the rest o f *n r hony's character; it was like findi-,? ' psle, sweet arbutus flower in the cleitaof a granite ciiff "You must make a lot of money. Ned. and go home and marry the young lady," he said, brimming over with en thusiasm "Let me sec it's fifteen years since yon came away—or say four teen and a half, to be strictly accurate. Why. Ned. she's a grown young woman long ago! You must hurry up. old fel low, or somebody will step in and spoil the romance. I couldn't stand that, yon know; it's flat and disconcerting. No; you must marry little Mary yourself. 1 can't possibly play any other way. The curtain must fall upon this idyl to the music of the wedding march." Anthony had laughed aloud, and pre tended to think this scheme utterly vis ionary and his friend a wild enthusiast, hut the idea pleased him immensely. He would recur to it again and again, and all the pnrpoees and ambitions held in solution in his mind began to crystallize. Once he essayed to set before Dan a pic ture of the caste prejudice so strong among Virginians, and to explain to him what a barrier it was likely to prove in snch a matter as the one nnder dis cussion. But Dan would have none of ,it—puffed it airily away with the smoke of his pipe, and relegated it to the limbo of things obsolete with a wave of his shapely hand. Three letters were as nothing, a mere cipher, he maintained, which could he used to demonstrate manly worth as well as to reduce it to confusion. Narrowmindedness must expand under the influence of love, and prejudice must doff its cap to merit All this he delivered with fluency and fer vor, feeling the honest glow of pure de mocracy which oftentimes warms the heart of an aristocrat while arranging affairs for other people. “It isn't as if you were an’jjnnrant fellow, Ned," quoth he; “you’ve edu cated yourself in spite of all sorts of ad verse circumstances, and that's a mighty plucky thing to do—more than 1 could have done, 1 know And you’re a good looking fellow, too. Ned, and popular among men. I've never seen yon with ladies, bnt I'm sure they'd like yon. Women like great broad shouldered men with curly beut<ls like brown silk. Only I’d advise you to o|>en your eyes a little more; a man has need of all the outlook nature can afford him when women are around, and particularly tallies- there's such a lot of things a man must notice if he wants to please them. Yon must make a fortune, though, Neil Yon can t go hack without it. Money is a great leveler, and that face of yonra in a frame of gold wonld hsik attractive even to an F. F. V." Such talk as this was frequent tietweer the men. and it was not without ite in fluence on Ned Anthony. Their inti macy lasted for more than a year ami then the edict of inexorable circtim stances parted them, sending ajiiithony away to the south where fortune aiffl the Prairie Dog mine awaited him and Dan Stewart northward to Eureka And after a while Dan was overtaken bv weariness of a roving life and a longing after the refinements of civilization He wanted a home and belongings of his own; therefore he returned to New York. and finding his place filled up and himself well nigh, if not utterly for gotten. settled himself in an office with in his means and spread his net, and sat him down to dream of whales and come Hnally'lo long for minnows. gratitude Stewart's correspondence was not so extensive as to make the arrival of the mails a weariness to him, and it was with cheerful alacrity that be rose and posaeaSM himself of his letter. The post mark (round, staring and distinct, aa nuburried village postmarks always are) was that of-eome small place in Virginia Thsre is Ores". Excitement LAW CARDS. and the handwriting was bold, heavy ! Rheumatism and is sold for $5 Among Rheumatic sufferers over the new remedy that is be ing put up in New York City. It is clSlmed there has never been a case where it has failed to cure. It is called Dr. Drum-1 Qjfl ce j,, brick building south of mond’s Lightning Remedy for . T wi; * R. W. BOTD. OKO. W. BROWir BOYD &. BROWN. Attorneys and Oonnsolors at Law and intenselyWmvu'iiline. "Uses a stub." ^ t t . i a bottle. The remedy is cer- Dan thought, as he ran the blade of his making f or j t8e lf a world penknife along the edge of the envelope ! wi(1 / re p utati * n r8 the country is full of Rheumatism. The manufacturers sell it on an ab- CHAPTER XII “““ " v ' "T .''.'i:,, nthpT mell trot inanity, for Dan's nature was so sympa- ring or having interi or o her thing ^. tion he wonld to push them while Dan was a little ^ ^ h;lve been a , n bject outside of it all not being even a natne ^ women #nd children confided in born New Yorker. ..... him copiously; to know him was not He had first seen the light of day (or | > to )o J him but ^ , ay bRre the rather of twelve wax cand es^ o t raenta , an ,, moral anatomy to him also, eleven o clock of a pitch dark mgnt) in ^ a c fire jn a lo nely a state- room of “ ^^"Xme and Dan Stewart for a compan- city of St. John. New Brim, vn • ion aIld the reserved man on earth superstition of his honse, banded straigh ^ ^ f t hig caution and turn him- down from a Highland grandda , i n Mde out like a glove drawn from ' manded that to insure good fortune to « f >> s>«^o «,‘iKe^a g an infant he must be ushered into t e ^ ^ ^ surprising, therefore, that world by the aid of candles tweWe in d ri th j l n i ymountain expeditions number, and that, to secure exceptional aumgre i ^ to ^ good fortune, such as | cpmt^ onTimny influence!wd that and the power of winning affection, hp i comuau v “Ukd n ttub.” Pan thought. "What the deace am I going to do? questioned Mr. Stewart of bis inner man as he sat in his empty office and survey ed his empty order Usiks and bis empty table which shonld have groaned nnder a weight of plans, and [Hindered over the general emptiness of time slid cireum stances which surrounded him. Failing to elicit any satisfactory re sponse from the invisible partner of Ins joys and trials, he ran both sha|>ely hands through his sanguine curls, and pulled and twisted them alsuit until his head resembled a caricature of the flam ing torch in the hand of Bartholdis statue. Probably he had some vague notion that if lie conld not coax au idea out he might rub one in: tint the at tempt—if attempt it was—waa abortive Ideas were coy and elusive, slipping away into the waste places of bis mind and concerning themselves with triviaii ties. Dan was fain to expostnlate. "This won't do, you know,” he ruminated re proachfully. “Here have I sat a solid year, booted and spurred, ready for the call of the populace to house its home less millions, and the populace, instead of shouting, 'Stewart to the resene! trots on with its hands in its pockets and doesn't even look on my side of the street. The confession is humiliating but it really appears as thongb the homeless preferred the sky for a shelter to a roof of my construction." A [Muse, filled by the careful trim ming and polishing of a set of nominally handsome nails, almond shaped and pink as a woman's. Dan was serupn lonsly neat, almost fastidions, about his person, and refined in all his habits. “Yon're the child of Destiny, 1 know my boy." he pursued, “and until recent ly she hasn't been altogether a stepdame to yon: but it won’t do to press the old lady too far. it really won't, yc, know She’s getting a little tired of yon and beginning to tnrn her shoulder You must give her a rest and strike oat for yourself before matters grow com pi i cated or yon'U be getting a grand and uninterrupted view of her hack SU» has other children to look aftqr besides yon.” But, at the very moment when be was accusing her of waning interest in bis affairs. Destiny, still mindful of her fa vorite. was coming np the stairs in the guise of a uniformed postman and slip ping through the slit in the door in the form of a thickish. white parallelogram The dear old lady often serves os so; it la one of her way* of convicting us of participation in the nnirersal sin of la- “Whoever can he be? I don't know anybody in Virginia.” This proved to be a mistake, as he fonnd on glancing at the signature, the sight of which elicited an exclamation of pleasure. “Dear Stewart," the letter ran, “l chanced on your advertisement in a stray Nation day before yesterday, and the sight of your name made the memory of the old days crop np throagh the drift pretty strong. 1 want to tie together again. Times have changed with rae since we shook hands last in Chippewa Gulch. I've done some of the things we talked of.” Here followed a concise sketch of his fortunes and brief mention of his pecuniary success. However much boasting Ned might be guilty of orally, nobody could confront him with written orations on the theme. “I’m back in Virginia now," the letter pro ceeded, “and have bought a part of the old place I told you of. where I was born and raised, and where my father lived so king as old Mr. Beverley's overseer. Per haps yon'll remember about it. (jueer how things swop round, isn't it? Any how. I'm here, and I've bought the land, and am going to knock up a decent house and settle down if thiugs go as I want them. There's a shanty that we used to live in on my farm, but uo house? I'm in it now, and there's a room for yon besides, if you will fall in with my scheme. The old homestead is on the other part of the plantation, and the Beverleys own it still. I wanted it, but they wouldn't sell; so, as I say, I've got to build. ,in I I want yon to come down here and put up for a year with me and do up the thing in style. Money is no object, but taste is, and as I have plenty of the one and you of the other, we ought to make a success of my house I see that stone and mortar are in your line now. Come down a nd pay mo a visit anyhow, and as soon as you can. because 1 never was a hog after delay. I'll meet you at oar doghole of a station any day yon name, and we can talk things over and arrange about the business part Bring a gun and fishing tackle, and dancing shoes too, if yon still banker after the petti coats. The old state can show a pretty woman or two yet. and we've got some sport left, in spite of the niggers and the clay bank mongrels." The letter was signed his "faithfully, Ned Anthony," and across the top was scrawled hastily —an evident afterthought—“Wire what day I shall meet you.” Dan returned the letter to its envelope, amused end pleased and interested So old Ned was back in the neighborhood he had left twenty years before a bare footed boy without a second shirt to his hack, in the plumed helmet and golden spurs of a knight of Plutus. He won dered how his former chum had been received in the stately, old fashioned so ciety of a conservative country neigh borhood—whether they were gracious or turned their hacks on him hecanse of his father having worn shabby home spun and superintended another man's ; plantation and slaves and gone down to his grave in ignorance of a written Jan- , gnage. He wondered also whether Ned grated on his neighbors, or whether the original grain of the man had com parted with the growth of years and tie- come susceptible of polish. To him Ned seemed improved, he liked that open reference to his father and his father's catling; it showed an absence of that meanest of all qualities, false pride There was a delicacy about his reference to bis business matters also which did not escape Dan's notice—it was sonnlike | the Anthony of old. Most decidedly, he thonght, his friend had improved The little romance they had disenssed was doubtless in process of completion —was roumling into the circle of a mar riage ring, as lie had .always said it 1 shonld. Tlte cheerful tone of Neil's letter, its hopefulness, this talk of build ing and of settling down "if things go I as I want them,'' all pointed the same way. And Dan, who liked Ned. and j loved romance like a schoolgirl, loosed I the reins of his imagination and took a i breezy canter of conjecture and arrange menu The "things" to be bent to the con i qnering hero's will were, of course, pri raarily Miss Mary Beverley's affections, j and secondarily the aristocratic proelivi- ties of Miss Mary Beverley’s family, i With the young lady the romance of having lived the solitary sentiment and blossomed the solitary flower of a strong man’s nature for twenty years of toil and roughness and struggles and adven ture »<nild, he thonght, tie better vant age ground than most lovers possessed at starting With the family—ah. well, most locks tnrn to keys of gold, and if this one should prove obdurate Ned An thony had strength and skill enough to j pick it. A man who could unhorse Fortune and bind her captive was not likely to let himself he unhorsed by prey udice. He would hie him down to Old Vir- ! ginia. and shake his friend's brown hand, and have a chat alsmt old days; perhaps entice a few James river bass to respond to his soft advances. Then, if things went well with Anthony, he would re main awhile, and build ‘"little Mary’s" house'for her, in his noblest style, and solute guarantee, and offer to refund the money in any case where it does not work a per fect cure. Sent by express pre paid on receipt of price. Drum mond Medicine Co., 48 50 Maid en Lane, New York. Agents wanted. Teacher—Does heat always expand and cold always con tract? Tommy Taddles—Cold expands sometimes. Indeed: What does cold expand? Coal bibs. Oh, What a Cough. Will you heed the warning. The signal perhaps of the sure approach of that more terrible disease Consumption. Ask yourselves if you can afford for the sake of saving 50c., to run the risk and do nothing for it. We know from experience that Shiloh’s Cure will cure your cough. It never fails. This explains why more than a Mil lion Bottles were sold the past year. It relievos croup and whooping cough at once Moth ers, do not be without it. For lame back, side or chest use Shiloh’s Porous Plaster. Sold by Dr. J. A. Boyd. “Do you think,” asked W’illie W r ashington, “that dudes have any value in the world ?” “I don’t know,” replied Belle Pep- perton. “It seems to me that one might make a collection of them and then speculate in them as a vacant lot.” A Leader, Since its first introduction, Electric Bitters has gained rap idly in popular favor, until now it is clearly in th« lead among pure medicinal tonics and al teratives—containing nothing which permits its use as a bev erage or intoxicant, it is recog nized as the best and purest inedicince for all ailments of Stomach, Liver or Kidneys.—It will cure Sick Headache, Indi gestion, Constipation, and drive, Malaria from the system. Sat isfaction guaranteed with each bottle or the mon -y will be re funded. Sold by Willcox &Qo. “What was Helen crying about, Polly ?” asked Polly’s mamma, as the little one came in from the playground. “She dug a great big bole in the gar den, and her mamma wouldn’t let her take it, it to the house with her,” said Polly. Dyspepsia and Liver Complaint. Is it not worth the small price of 75c. to free yourself of every symptom of these distressing complaints, if you think so call at our store and get a bottle of Shiloh’s Vitalize., every bottle has a printed guarantee on it, use accordingly and if it does you no good it will cost you no thing. Sold by Dr. J. A. Bovd. “I can take 100 words a min ute,” said the stenographer. “I often take more than that,” remarked the oth'-r in sorrowful accidents ; “but then I have to, I’m married.” When Baby was sick, we gave her Oustorla. When she was a Child, she criod for Castori*. When she became Miss, sht dung to Castoria. When sho had Children, sh« gave them Ca-Ttoria. First day out or the steamer— A.—Where is D. this morn ing? B.—In his stateroom. A. —How is he? B.—Barely hold ing his own. Private Instruction. a^RlVATK instruction given in La- | tin, Greek, Math unities, English, oranyof other brand es usually-taught at school or colleges, hy the Rev. Ed ward McOrady, A. B , a recent grad uate of the Universit; of the South i have a shot at the partridges, and act An appointment may he made with ‘best man," and all that And then be wonld come back again to the bnstling city and try to pnt in some more effec tive strokes on the canvas of his own future than he had done heretofore. [CONTIN'UED. ] They Have a Bonanza. It seems the owners of Dr. Drummond’s Lightning Reme dy for Rheumatism have a Bo nanza as their remedy has nev ur known to fail in a single case. There is certainly room in the market for a medicine that will do what they claim for this wonderful prepartion. Al though the price i if it does one-half it the price should Mr. McCrady for the purpose of ob tain ing information us to terms, 4c , by applying at Thk DARLINGTON News Office. Sheriffs Sale. STATS OFSOVTiiCAROLINA. County of Darlington. W. A. ( arrigan vs Randle McDanitl. Judgment for Fore closure 4 Sale. Pursuant to an orde ■ of Court made in the above stat< d cause, 1 will sell In front of the Court House of Darlington county on the first Mon day in January nett or the Tues day thereafter the following des- cribed real estate: All that tract or parcel of land ly- the Bank of Darlington. DARLINGTON C. /T, A C. PROMPT PERSONAL ATTENTION TO ALL BUSINESS, a. W. DARQAN. H. T. THOMPSON. DARGAN & THOMPSON, Attorneys at Law, Office, Hewitt building (up stairs) north side of the Public Square. Darlin gton. S. C • T. n. SPAIN. Attorney I aw, DARLINGTON, C. H., S. C- Will practice hi Circuit Courts and Supreme Court of South Carolina Prompt attention given to all busi ness, and special attention given col lections. J. J. WARD. K, O. WOODS. WARD & WOODS. Attorneys k Counselors at Law, 'DARLINGTON, 8. C. Will practice in the State and Federal Courts Special attention paid to all matters pertaining to the buying, selling, renting or leasing of real estate. Any party having business in this line would do well to eall on the firm, who have control of some of the most de sirable property in the town and county. TXARTSVILLE RAILROAD. In effect Oct. 2, 1882. DAILY MIXED TRAIN Leave Hartsville 0.55 a m Jovanu 0.20 a ui Floyd’s 7.10 a in 'Darlington 9 00am Palmetto 9.25 a m Arrive Florence 9.00 a in Leave Florence 2.00 p in Palmetto 2.15 p m Darlington 2.85 p ra Floyd’s 8.25 p in Jnvann 8.45 p u Arrrive Hartsville 4 05 p n J F. DIVINE, Gen. Supt. C HARLESTON, SUMTER AND NORTHERN RAILROAD CHARLES E. KIMBALL Receiver. In Effect Oct. 2, 1892 NORTH. SOUTH. 1 2 AM. A.M. 8.50 Charleston 10.80 8.00 Pregnall's .905 10 15 Sumter 8.54 11.08 Lamar 5.58 11.20 Syracuse 6.44 Darlington 0.80 Mont Clare 5 15 Robin's Neck 5.05 Maudeville 4.50 Hennettsville 4 85 11.34 11.49 12.00 12.15 12.30 1.00 Gibson P. M. 4.05 P. M. Close connection is’made at Gibson for all points reached by or via the I Seaboard Air Line System ; at Hen- nettsville for all points via 0. F, 4 Y. V. R K. J. H. AVERILL, General Manager. c. 4 D. and C. 4 S. RAILROADS. In effect Oct. 2, 1892. J. R. NETTLES. C. 8. NETTLES. Nettles & Nettles, Attorneyi k Counselors at Law, DHrlinglon II., K. Cl. Will practice in all the State and Fed eral Courts. Prompt personal at tention given to the collection of Claims. Manufacturers —UF- Doors, Sash, Blinds, JVEOTJLIDIlSraS —AND - Building Material. ESTABLISHED 1842. CHARLESTON, 8. C. April, 2 0 1889—1 Leave Wadesboro 4 40 a m Bennett's .7 5.01 a m Morven’s . 5.14 a m McFarland . 5 27 a in Cheraw 6 05 a m Cash's 6 17 a m Society Hill Dove’s 6.32 a m 6.50 a m Floyd’s 6.58 a m Darlington 7.12 a m Palmetto .7.22 a 111 Arrive Florence . 7.37 a m Leave Florence 9.(K) p m Palmetto 9.18 p m Darlington 9.23 p m Floyd's Dove's 9.83 p m 9 40 p m Society Hill Cash’s 10.(K) |> m 10.15 p m Cheraw 10.31 p m McFarland 11.04 p m Morven’s 11.16 )> m Bennett’s 11.34 [i m Arrive Wadesboro Freight Train. 11.59 a m lA>ave Florence 7.45 a in Arrive Darlington 8.30 a m Leave Darlington 4.00 [i m Arrive Florence 5.00 |i m A. F. RAVEN EL, President. ORTHEASTERN RAILROAD. La In effect Oct. 2, 1892. SOUTH BOUND. No. 27. Leave Florence 1.85 a m Kingstree 2.82 aim Lanes 2.50 a m Arrive Charleston 5.00 a m No 2.!. Leave Florence . 8.05 a in Kingstree 9.20 a m lames 9.55 a m Arrive Charleston .11.59 a m No 58. Leave Lanes 8.45 [i m Arrive Charleston 10.20 p m Train on C. 4 D. R. R. connects at Florence with No. 23 Train. NORTH BOUND. No. 78. [.cave Charleston lames 8.25a in Kingstree 8 43 a m Arrive Florence 4.45 a m No. 14. I.eave Charleston 5.10 p m Lanes 7.05 p m Kingstree 7.24 [> in Arrive Florence 8.30 [i m No. 52. Leave Charleston 6.50 a m Arrive Lanes Dissolution of Copartnership. N OTICE is hereby given that by the mutual consent of the un dersigned the mercantile copartner ship of Willeford 4 Jowers is this day dissolved. The business heretofore conducted at l^amar, S. C., by them will be conducted at the same stand hy J. R. Jowers. R. F. WILLEFORD, Dec. 21, 1892. J. R. JOWERS. Atiention Mechanics! All persons in need of babbitt metal can purchase it cheap at the Dak lington News office. June 12, '90—tf No. 52 runs through to Columbia via Central R. R. of S. C. Nos. 78 and 14 run solid to Wilming ton, N. C., making close connection with W. 4 W. R. R. for all points North. J. F. DIVINE. Gen. Supt. w ILMINGTON, COLUMBIA AUGUSTA RALROAD. In effect October 2 1892. 4 ( SUQAK COATED) 4 Haydock’s New Liver Pills. > A wonderful and extraordinary combination of concen trated medicine. The Victories of Hciencc—Llectrio Telegraphs, Steam and Printing—revolutionized the whele system of the globe, and made mankind wieer and tntter. So, although there are countless Pills used for disease, and claiming much as to their merit, the re- markable discovery of L>r. Hay dock has eclipsed them NEW MEDICAL SYSTEM. The Doctors, whose vast doses of four or five pills, en noble the etomachand paralyse the bowels, must give way to the man who restores nealth and appetite with or two ot his extra<»rdinary Vegetable PlUs. One or iYDOCK'H NKW LIVER PILLS uxraur .wool ui» two 01 DR. HAY 5 suffices , .."p. h the price is $5 per bottle ing and being in Dt rlington county claimed for Hn, i state aforesaid and containing- be $100 if i seven hon ’red and unety four acree- »y 1 .. , - • . . . ; I more or less and bo mded to a plat the druggist has not got it, the thereof made by J. H. Muldtow, de remedy will be sent to any ad puty Surareyor, on the 13th day of dress by prepaid express on re- December 1857: On the North by ceipt of price. Drummond ilS. n,1 u° f MeSicine A 4M0 J2 t Lane, hew York. Agents ; weet by lands of William Mime and wanted. » ' ) Best Sab Arnica Salve. The Best Salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores. Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and positively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or money refunded. Price 25 cents r box. For sale at Willcox & ’s drugstore. William Plummer ai d William Craw- - ford; on the east by lands of W. I). Powell; being part o. the tract known as the Hodge and Lockhart lands, conveved to J. C. C. Hodge by and from W P. Cole, Sheriff, tiearingdat. with—day of January 1880, and re corded in office of K-gister of Mesne _ Conveyance, Darlington county, Fell- v aw»4S" ruary 19 1881, in Book E, page' jJSSJSfe Terms of Sale, one third cash, with right to purchase to pay all cash if] he desires; purchase o pay for [Miners and balance in one year secured t mortgage of the prei rises. W. P. COLE, 8TIPT0MS OF BILIOISXEHR. 1. The pfttient c<unplains of n fullness of the stemaoh. ' Distension of the bowels by wind. Heartburn. A feeling of wear!uses, sleepiness after meals. A bad taste In tho mouth, and furred tongue. & (kmstipaUon, with an occasional diarrhoea. 7, Headache in front sf bead, t. Depression of spirits and great lassitude. All of the shove symptoms go to show functional it of the Liver: and now comes the great _ of any error made as to the condition of the He should immediately provide himself with a BTIMULANT, the moat common form of which Dally experience shows that this, when the Pill loded properly, is the readiest mode of in<Ring loting tbs action of the Liver, and can be always ‘evoted many years of my Ufa in cone, it wiU act readily and systematically y. I do not believe in great purga- have made a Pill, one of which is a« i dose. 1 have called it tires, and tt active sad thorough dose. Haydock’s New Liver Pill. They are the true grains and essence of health, and the greatest blessing that Soiencehas given to the world. For Mervous Prostration, Weakness, General SOUTH BOUND. No. 23. Leave Wilmington 8 25 p m Marion 9 35 [i in Arrive Florence 10.25 p m No. 50. Leave Florence 8.20 e m Sumter 4.35 a m Arrive Columbia 8.15 a m ' No. 27. Leave'Wilmington 10.10 p m Marion 12.40 a m Arrive Florence 1.20 am No. 52. Leave Sumter 9.43 a m Arrive Columbia 10.55 a m No. 58. Leave Florence 7.57 a m Sumter 9 20 a in Arrive Columbia No. 52 runs through from Charlen- ; ton via Central Railroad; leaving (.•anes 8,32 a m, Manning 9 09 a in. Train on C. and D. Railroad con nects at Florence with No. 58. NORTH BOUND. . No. 51. Leave Columbia 10.45 p m Sumter 12.04 a m Arrive Florence 1.15 a m No. 78. Leave Florence 5.00 a m Marion 5 44 a m Arrive Wilmington 8.55 a m No. 59. Leave Columbia Sumter 7.30 p m Arrive Florence 8.40 p m No. 63. Leave Columbia 6.10 p m Arrive Sumter 7.30 p m No. 14. Leave Florence 8.50 p m Marion 9.85 p m Arrive Wilmington 12.20 a m No 53 runs through to charleston I via central Railroad, arriving Man- - ning 8.00 p m Lanes 8.40 p m, j charleston 10.30 a m. No. 59 connects at Florence with C. 4 D. train from cheraw and Wadee- | boro. Nos. 78 and 14 make close < onnec- . tion at Wilmington with W. 4 W. Railroad for all points North. Trains on Florence Railroad leave Pee Dee daily except Sunday 8 35 a ra, arrive Rowland 11.40 a m. return ing leave Rowland 12 16 p in, arrive Pee Dee 4.00 p m. Trains on Manchester 4 A ignsta Railroad leave Sumter daily except Sunday 10.50 a m, arrive Rimini 11 59 a m. Returning leave Rimini 12.30| ra, arrive Sumter 1.40 p. m. J. F. DIVINE, Gen Supt ■uh Ttal mwUhM Twp.tr PCIl. Pric. Twpnt/Ap. ^ HKVT KIM FRKX 04 ‘*•“^•*“1 UV. I by Dee. 15. > to til. HAYDOCK A CO., NEW TORE. U. A CAUTION 1-DraurOU u. dMb«I to notlM that Uw S.D. O. |AprU U-ly TOBACCO SEED FREE. —AND— All About Growing Tobacco M yon want Id try Mild Honey Making Crop, writ# to— SOUTHERN TOBACCO JOURNAL, Winston, N. C. FOR SALE A Second-hand Sewing Machine; in excellent condition. Apply at The DARUNaroN New* Office.