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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.
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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.
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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.