The Darlington news. (Darlington, S.C.) 1875-1909, January 05, 1893, Image 3

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mudfl no mote impression man me tall-! ilyP mated Miss Cornells. "Mot t ten mi; of n cinder. Even if ill: pueetl to you, Mar)-Beverley, if yon do you will perp“t rate snch injustice, what pretext jive to repimt it. The man is low bom had she.' lie always behaved in tier end common and odious, and the very mils.' ami in her presence in the most idea of putting*Irim in Hector's plai e is i ifi'iitlemaiiTy manner of which he was c;ioiij;'.i lo make the Ismes of a:l tue COP/R.ICMTE MfCEEt^W- — J SS,‘^nociATlON • 1892 * CHAPTER XIII mjiahlei he wishisl to please her and to stand well with her. and to that end ex* esertisl himself according to his lights. It is not in the power of kings or kaisers to do more She knew very well that he loved her, and that he would ask her to be his wife, it is of no conse quence how she knew, such knowledge is arrived at by women by a process as inscrutable and its difticnlt of explana tion as Some theological dogmas. All the women in the neighborhood, ap- parently, were as wise as she was on the •' .Hr* Iln'erUy, thnl nIU nigger hnttt me u'nrsc limn a niUUgniike." Mrs. Beverley was lieginmng to be op pressed by certain fears and intuitions that made her extremely uncomfortable Of late her intercourse with tier neigh- nor, always frank and friendly, had shifted its ground a little, and do what she would she failed utterly to restore it to its old footing. In her impulsive sym pathy with the glimpse he had given her of a refined and tender side to his hard nature, and her keen anxiety to show him that she understood and ap preciated it. she had put out her hands to him. And after that she had let him talk to her of little Mary, as of a area tnre in whom he hail far more intimate concern than she had—had let him tell all of the little tale, and speak of bis love for the child, and of hers for him and of his plans almiit her. and even of his diaappointiuent and resentment when tie found that she was not little Mary— without a single word to remind him that there hail ever been a social barrier between her class and his When he hail spoken of his old fa ther she hastened to tell him the story of how lie had brought her husband out from the temptest of hostile bullets wounded sorely, but still alive, and of how he hail watched ami tended the son of his old employer until such time at he'could bring him home to his own people. “Poor old father!' Anthony had said 'There wasn’t a mean streak in him when it came to sticking by a man he liked Mr Beverley was a good friend to him. and they set store by each other I'm glad the old chap didn’t funk I’m uncommon glad be was brave and loyal I couldn’t stand having to lie ashamed of the old man." He had no cause to be. she had an swered. and then had gone on to tell him of how the long, slothful, indiffer ent brothers hail redeemed ignoble liv ing by most noble dying She had en larged msin the theme, pleased with the pleasure she gave him in the descrip tion of qualities and conduct he could so thoroughly appreciate and under stand She had not thought of herself at all, only of him. and now she was doubting if she had dom 1 wisely Not that she regret ted her impulse, or even her manner ot showing it but she feared be was not suf ficieutly fine of fiiierto understand what she had done and would simply regard her conduct as a woman s acceptance of a man’s advances. Already he was showing her that he recognized no liarrier between them, nor any reason why he should not come to her as a man comes to the woman he loves Nor.did she wish to set up barriers in his case, highly as she regarded them generally He had lifted himself above his class -more, had elevated his class itself by the strength of his manhood the worthof hiseudeavors. In him were still flavors of the parent stock, ami they were disagreeable to her tint she was not weak and narrow minded enough to think that because nature amt •circum stance had finished her class a little more finely than his, therefore she had a right to exalt herself and abase him. What she desired was no acknowledg ment of superiority but to lie unloved She did not care for him. nor Tor fcny thing he hail and as she was not the kind of woman that craves promiscuous incense burning she objected strongly to Ins caring for her It put her at a disadvantage She was receiving some thing she did not w’ant and could not reciprocate and as yet had no way of ridding herself of, for Anthony had not spoken and appeared in no hurry to speak, although there was no disguise of his intentions She tried to make him understand how very distasteful he was to her in the quiet incisive ways a well bred woman always has at command, but she might as well have saved herself the trouble. Neil’s lack of perceptive ness was great, and his knowledge of ■women—to say nothing of ladies—so small that it would have minimi a powerful lens to enable one to analyze and describe it, and of sensibility lie had not one grain. When little Ran rushed in for the sec ond time within one month and raptur ously told his mother of a great basket of provisions which had been sent to her old pensioners by Mr. Anthony's orders Mary felt as though she would go dis tracted. If he had liked the poor old people, or felt a human, or even a phil anthropic interest in them. Mary could Beverleys for generations tun' in their gravi>s. You may stultify yonrself with what excuses yon please for this man, but I think be hi,s acted most dishonor ably. and I shall take care to let my opinion be known. I wash my hands of yon and of the whole affair I will not remain in this house, either, to see my family disgraced by such an alliance. I will not countenance yon a single mo ment. I shall leave for Richmond to morrow.” Mary bowed ner head in acquiescence in her punishment and endeavored loy ally to hide the look of relief that stole from her heart to her face. She was accustomed to these stormy with- . , drawals of her aunt's countenance, and r.r i . - * “ lss , '■"‘"’nelia meanwhile, enhanced was perfectly aware that within a week reawaken a grndge that | the possession of so sturdy a griev- ; ghe would lie in constant receipt of long anil amicable epistles from her, and also that .as soon as Miss Cornelia should weary of her kindred or should fancy that they were neglectful, she would I return as the ugh nothing had occurred | to mar the Im-mony of their intercourse, j Her threats haring lost all significance. meat auo imporwhce lu uupackmu auu inspecting the tilings, and some vain- . , glorious enjoyment in the distribution subject. of bounty in their turn to'other negroes One thing, however, they did less fortunate: there bait been no un know, and that was that Anthony had pleasant contact with the donor, aod old ■ no * s is>ken yet, and. with Mary’s good age. like childhood, forgets easily. Mary wall, would never speak not forbore to disturb the old man s peace apparently was laid to rest. 1 aiice. and that most fascinating of all But she felt that she had a fine, stal forms of grievance, a new shoot on a wart grndge of her own, and that it was familiar stock, aliandoned herself to its callable of growing. Both his consider fall enjoyment. She had a tiling con ttion for tier and his method of showing cealed about her which gave her superi It annoyed her inexpressibly. ority and a sense of mastery of her sub- j ject. In her pocket was a cartridge CHAPTER XIV. , In a stagnant country neightmrhood where there is little to think about and less to talk about, people concern them selves a great deal with their neighbors „„„ „, IC affaim, and fairly wear them threadbare graceful ins having presumed with excess of handling The hluorn was hardly off the topic of Anthon which was to blow Mary s obstinacy | bad become to Mary but as the crack- and ini|ienetrability into*hundred mor i |i nj r of thorns under a [sit. tifying fragments. "That man ought never to have been allowed to set his foot across this thresh old,’ she averred. "It is absolutely dis- to visit s arrival, his manners, appearance anti probable income before bis attentions to Mrs. Beverley began to excite interest and comment. In a quiet place if a man •o much as looks at a Woman with in tention the very birds of the air all no tice, and twitter and carry the news hither ami thither, near and far. Mrs. Beverley's friends and acquaint ances knew all about Ned Anthony's hopes and intentions long before they forced themselves upon her notice, al most before he realized them hiuiseU. But then it must lie admitted that he conducted himself in a manner highly provocative of gossip, lie was friendly, almost intimate, with the male portion of the community, and saw a good deal of them in the village and about gener ally: but of the female portion he saw next to nothing. He was invited to tliedifferent houses, to be sure, even after Miss Cornelia had spread the report that ihe suspected him of low origin, and he went sometimes, but not very often. Ho was different from them all. he felt, and be did nfct enjoy their society. Ho was of the present, they of the past, and lie had not the talisman which can unite the two They were slothful, lie was energetic, they were conservative, he was progres-s ive; and tiis was not the nature to ap preciate and enjoy the qnaint. reposeful charm of their Old World thoughts aqd ways. Mrs. Beverley formed a kind of bor derland on which he could enter freely Her nature was so large ami tier adapt ability so great that there were few cir cles siio could not touch sympathetic ally. even if but their outer edges. To her, therefore. Anthopy devoted himself with a singleness of purpose which sjK'edily attracted attention .and pro voked comment. V Miss Cornelia's determination to abandon her to her own sinful ways was a special relief to Mary at this partren lar juncture, for the necessity of up- , , , - I holding tlie standard of justice and do m my fathers house, and that he has ^ b;lttle instantly in behalf of the at n a owed to become actually inti- man who loved her ami toward whom mate icre is a thing that is too awful to j 8 i le felt resentment for loving tier, was “They were ail killed daring the war,* replied the jndge cheerfully, “and a mighty good thing for this fellow too. They were a worthless set. and would have hampered him. He need not be ashamed of them now, however, for they all died well, with their faces to the foe, as brave men should. That is the soli tary good feature of war; it can burn away refuse creditably." “1 wonder why he never told ns that he belonged to tlie neighiiorlioodi' ’ mused Mrs. Wilmcr. “I think heshonld have. It doesn't seem altogether fair." “Nobody ever asked him any ques tions that I ever beard of.” replied the jndge. “A man isn't oldiged to go around with a personal history pinned to his back. Yon wouldn't expect it of one of us if we returned to a place after twenty years' absence and found none of our belongings about. Tlie man didn't change his name, or make a big mystery of himself, and he hasn't thrust himself upon us. I can't see that he has done anything amiss in keeping his mouth shut about his own affairs If be had become intimate in any <of our houses it would have lieon different: but lie hasn't bean intimate anywhere ex cept at the Beverleys', and it seems that he did tell A ary.” “Cornelia is terribly afraid that Mary will marry him," observed Mrs. Wilmer “1 was over at Repton the evening before she left, and she was in a miser able stew over it. There had been a scene ofgome kind that morning about him. Cornelia wanted him forbidden f600 Will be Given. For any case of Rheumatism which cannot be cured by Dr. Drummond’s Lightning Reme dy. The proprietors do not hide this offer, but print it in bold LAW CARON. R. W. BOYD. GKO. W. BROWN BOYD & BROWN- Attorneys and Counselors at Law type on all their circulars, wrap-1 Office in brick building south of the Bank of Darlington. "Mary Hivcrlcy, if. you do you will live • to repent It.’’ “Mary." remarked Miss Cornelia with, sharpness one morning liefore breakfast, “every human creature, I do believe, in this neighborhood bas asked me, in some way or other, your intentions in regard to that iiian across the ravine. As if 1 ever was taken into your confidence or given the faintest intonation of your in tentions! 1 am your husband’s aunt, of course, and, one would suppose, the per son most likely to be consulted in all contemplate. I have, opposed it all along, but when has my advice ever ! been taken in this house?" An intense ] pans*', probably for contradiction or j sonic other f> rtn of reply; none came. Miss Cornelia proceeded: "He is a horrid, presuming, pushing creature. 1 and i know he comes of odious, com mon. uneducated people: his whole bear | ing. as well as Ins offensive manners | shows it; and he has no business mixing | with genteel (icople. I don't care for his money. Anybody can make money . —even negroes That's no criterion. I l never encouraged him to come here, or j made the place pleasant for him Bi^ you are so perverse, and think yonrself so much cleverer and more capable of judging than people of twice your age and experience, that there's no doing anything with you. I wonder what Hector would say, if he were alive, of the way you manage your affairs and the serttpes yon get yonrself into I'd write this man a note tnyseff and forbid him the house, except that, as likely as not. you'd turn on me and - say that the house was yours, not mine." Mary's eyes were liegimiing to smol der and her face to pale. Tlie Uni'S about her month hardened, and in her low voice there was a quiver of intense anger. “Aunt Cornelia," she said, “yon are taking a most unwarrantable and nn justifiable lilierty not only in repeating tit me all the idle, impertinent gossip of the neighborhood concerning me ami my affairs, but also in taking part in it yourself. As yon say, this house is mine, and I shall receive in it whom I please and when I please, and treat them always with such courtesy as in me lies, so long as they do nothing to forfeit my esteem. Yon had lietter not intermeddle in my affairs, now or at any time in the future, for I tell yon frankly that I neither can nor will en dure it. As to my husband, yon have no right to bring np his name in connec tion with the wicked gossip of a set of scandalmongers. I can answer to my own conscience for my actions, and I am"accountable to no other tribunal." Miss Cornelia quailed a little, but she had been too long the family tyrant to surrender at the first charge. "The man is of, low birth," she snap ped malignantly. "He isn't a fit associ ate for yon. It’s disgraceful, his .being allowed to visit here. ’ Mary's eyes blazed. "If the man were the son of i^cavanger. bom in a work- beginning to tell upon her—to make her feel hedged in and committed. She had no desire to beoome his cham pion, to espouse his cause or to place herself even mentally by bis side. She wished earnestly to hold herself, her life and her environment se|Kirate and apart fcom him; and yet her nature, tier abhorrence of all narrowness and in justice and meanness, was constantly forcing her into a imsition which dis tressed and annoyed her. and which was, moreover, open to misunderstand ing and misrepresentation. Mary had made no vows of eternal widowhood. She had loved her hus band with all her heart, faithfully and fnlly. When he was taken from tier she monmed loyally. She cherished his ! memory with tender, loving care, but J time had brought the inevitable change. : the inevitable passing onward. Hector was no longer her first thought, her ! first consideration: the past had given place to the present and Hector’s sons reigned in his stead. Wifehood had merged into motherhood, and the om nipotence of now transcended in im portance the retrospective claims of then. in this question of a marriage with Anthony the thing that offended Mrs. Beverley most deeply was not the sug gestion that she was capable of giving lier husband such a successor, lint that she was capable of giving her sons such a stepfather. CHAPTER .Mrs. Wilmt'T ntnhle<l her humfwmte tjrnj, hcml over her ktiitthuj Miss Cornelia pnt her threat of aban doning Mary to her own evil devices into execution the following day; but ; house and roared in tlie streets and had ! before her departure she wrote notes of no taint of crime upon him. I should I treat him like a gentleman if he came to my house, so long us he conducted him- ! self like a gentleman while in it. That is all I have to say on the subject, now- fare well—nn unprecedented tiling—to all her neighborhood friends for the ex press purpose of Jetting them know what a viper they had wanned in their bo soms. She made no overt mention of or at any other time: and as this discus- | her niece's name, for she was a lady in sion is bootless and exceedingly disagree-j most things, despite her dreadful tern able. I must iieg you to drop it. Mrs. Beverley spoke firmly, emphat- i ically: but she reckoned without tier host, or rather without her Cornelia, if matters connected with the family. But gbe coun t e j on „ request to drop the yon have never treated me with proper subject ending the discussion. The old consideration or respect, and I may as wa!) f or a mynient stunned by the well give np expecting it! comprehensive democracy of her niece's Mrs. Beverley was paralyzed by the ^gtatemeiii. but only for a moment; rally- suddenness of this onslaught, its viru- j [n g p,. r forces, she tupk the field pre- lence and the time selected for it. In | p, j 0 list tie for her own way until most natures combativeness is at a low' ahould rout her adversary or wear ebb before breakfast: the system usual- j ou p Mary, knowing by experience ly craves something more sustaining than excitement. Then, too. Miss Cor nelia's habit was to come down late. Nothing less than an overwhelming need to free her mind would rouse her from her slumbers before eight o'clock in the morning. Whenever she made the ex ertion, some member of tlie household might confidently count on having a very bad quarter of an hour. Mary's heart sank like lead when she beheld her relative enter the dining room and seat herself at the table. ' “Intentions?" she repeated vaguely “1 don't think I understand yon. Aunt Neelie.” She was tying on Ban's eat ing apron, carefully moving aside his heavy curls to avoid fastening them with the Strings, and she did not raise her head or glance toward her aunt. “Oh, yes you do!" asserted Miss Cor nelia. “Y’on understand perfectly. You know as well as I do that that man has been paying yon all sorts of compromis ing attentions, and that he is going to address yon. if he hasn't already done so. I know nothing, of course. I am nobody But that is what everybody says." Keeling very sure that a storm of un usual violence was impending; Mary what was coming, settled herself to on dure with what patience she might. For twenty minutes the battle raved and raged and howled, until |ioor Mary was driven to wish herself deaf and dumb and senseless She stood to her guns and defended her position gal lantly; but such contests always ex hausted her, mentally and bodily, and the victories she achieved were as de pressing to her as defeat could have been. In one of the pauses of the engagement Miss Cornelia suddenly brought her heaviest gun, held in re serve till now, to the front. “What do you say to this?" she demanded, produc ing a crumpled envelojie from her pocket and sjireading it out rigid under Mary’s eyes. It bore the New York postmark, and was addressed in a neat, clear hand to “Edward Jackson Anthony. Esq." “1 picked tha; up in the ravine yester day afternoon when 1 was coming home from my walk. It was so near dusk 1 couldn’t see the name without my glasses, so 1 put it ^my pocket and for got all abont it nnti® I < put my dress on this morning. As goon as 1 laid eyes on it 1 remembered that boy's whole name —Edward Jackson Anthony. 1 ought to have remembered it before, because have reconciled herself to both his bounty j q U i et iy directed the servant to take the m y brother Hector named him after an ir.,—'. >„ ijttle boys and their breakfast out to the [ college mate. It was his looking so and old Aunt Kitty's senile pleasure in it. But lie made no secret of his dislike of negroes, and she knew still consid ered her the victim of cunning imposi tion and thought that her pensioners ought to be in the poorhoose. Not hu miliation of bnmil'atious! ho was not doing it for sweet charity's sake nor en tirely for love's sake -although bo wished to please her too—but rather lie- kitchen. Miss Cornelia's tongue was unbridled when her temper was up. and she did not care what site said or who beard her. As soon as the door had closed behind the children Mary turned to her aunt “Who says tlie things you alluded to just now?" she demanded. "Everybody. And they say that you're different from tne rest ana (tilling mm- self Ned that misled me. That yellow fever report was false, it appears, and your line ‘Mr.’ Anthony resolves himself into Jack Anthony, our overseer's son. Will you forbid him the house now?" “No," responded Mai)’ positively. “1 wonder you dare ask me such a thing, when yon know that his father was case he was "better able to stand being ! going to marry him, too, and ask mo with your brother in that awfnl charge gouged than she was.” | about it It’s perfectly disgraceful. It at Shiloh, and that he saved my hus- When she had thanked him after the maul's me furious to think of it; and I've band’s life at the risk of bis own. first donation very prettily in her old denied it until my tongne cleaves to the Those very brothers—the slothful men servants' names, and said that they ap- j roo f 0 f my mouth, ami nobody will lie- yon scorn—died, salier in hand, fighting precis ted his kindness, he had laughed [j eve we . They are notgoing to believe B1 ,i 0 by side with Hector and Archer right out and replied at once: | me, either, as long as you allow him to ! a nd Randolph and Bolling for ns and “No, they don't. They like the things, come here. The only way to put a stop for Virginia." not me. Bless your soul, Mrs. Beverley, ^ the outrageous gossip is to forbid himJ „ “Perhaps you have known of this all that old nigger hates me worse than a the house at once." i along?" sneered Miss Cornelia, almost rattlesnake. He'll eat my Hour and I' Tlie knowledge that we are the sub- foaming with passion. __ haem, though, and my coffee will go i^t of comment ami impertinent con- "j have known it a good while, ac down all right, even if he curses me be- jecture. that our affairs are being dis- knowlodged Mary briefly; "not evei tween swallows. 1 don't blame him; CUSHPt i and canvassed, always comes gmee 1 have known him, for Mr. An- with a kind of shock. That people thony does not thrust his affairs on any should gossip about ns i» revolting, even | one . He waited for a fitting opi>ortu- wben we ourselves are given to gossip n jty, and then he told me. as a gentle- about others; when we are not, it be- | m an should. He isn't ashamed of hi^ comes insulting in addition. Mar) origin, and he has no cause to be. he talked so little of her neighbors’ affairs father was a poor nian and an ignorant that to discover that they talked a great m an, but at the same time be was a good deal of hers made her exceedingly angry. , and respectable man." Miss Cornelia's proposition to gamto | “And 1 suppose it is your intention to j gossip and rob it of subject matter by | introduce the son of this ‘good aad_ re- 1 forbidding Ned Anthonv the house j mectable’ father into mv father • fam- tbe things taste good, and you ought not to have the whole burden on yon. You won't let the county help, you know, so I'll stand in the county's place. I don't mind it, 1 assure you." Mrs. Beverley did; she minded it hor ribly, and wonld fain have had old 1'atriek reject the aid thus given. She found hii i quite content, however; the provisions had been sent by another ■mgro, and there had been some excite- per. But she inveighed at length and with bitterness against the degeneracy and dangerous democracy of the times, which overthrew all class distinctions and allowed the upper and the lower (i *st to come together in the social pud ding without even a thin layer of proper pride to keep them from welding into one sodden mass. Her outraged feelings and a sense of the stupendous importance of her theme gave the foolish old lady a certain elo quence that was touching and almost pathetic in its futility, it was the voice of the [>ast crying out on the present, the voice of conservatism protesting against innovation. The notes made considerable stir in the county, provoking a good deal of comment and—oh, shame!—much laugh ter. The ladies, it is true, were a trifle nettled and somewhat resentful just at first, but more because they hail been kept so long in ignorance of an animat ing bit of gossip than from any feeling of pique at having extended hospitality to a social inferior. In their own minds their position was Uh> well assured ftu any mere external to derogate from it and Anthpny touched their lives in no otjier way. When tlie gentlemen wer>- made aware that they had Ik-ioi fratei nizing with the son of an overseer they appeared to reganl the matter in the light of an exquisite joke, and chuckled over it immensely among themselves 'Like their wives and daughters they were too accustomed to their own posi tion to dwell upon it much, and they hint all along been perfectly aware that Anthony was what is called a self made man—a fact which he had never eithei thrust upon them or concealed The discover) - that he was the son of old Bill Anthony who had lived all his life among them and had been well thought of in a way, served to invest that proc ess of self making, which had been so successful in result, with a personal in stead of an abstract interest for them They were proud of him as apoanty man and a fellow Virginian who hail gone out in the world and done the old state credit. They beheld lihu through the illusive rose color of pronounced suc cess, and bestowed upon him both ad miration and approval. “To think of old Bill Anthony’s boy turning out snch a clever lilade" chuckled Judge Wilmer delightedly “1 remember the old man perfectly—a slouching sort of fellow, always whit tling sticks, with his mouth full of to bacco. Capital overseer he was too- kept the negroes un to the collar and wasn't brutal to them Any of us wonld have snapped him up if we'd hail the chance; but Beverley hung on to him BeAerley thought a great deal of him I remember. He came out well during tlie war too—saved Hector's life at Mai vern Hill. There's good stuff in most Virginians." Mrs. Wilmer let this bit of vainglory pass, while she took up a stitch in her knitting. She was a Virginian also. "Weren't there a good many broth ers?" she questioned. “1 seeiu to re member a quantity of towheaded chil dren —* mTil> *-' 1 the house on account of ids birth and Mary refused to do it. Cornelia was leaving for that reason. She said that Mary had insulted her." “Mary is a wonderful woman not to insnlt her every day she lives. Cornelia Beverley is enough to make a saint ea[>er and blaspheme,” the judge said crossly “Ned Anthony is a good enough fellow but be isn’t the sort of man to captivate a woman like Mary Beverley if she is left to herself. If that is ever a match —and 1, for one, would be sorry in -ii' it'in spite of his money—it win tie oi Cornelia's making.” “How so, my dear?" "Anna, how can yon ask so stupid a question, and yon a woman?" reproved her husband. “Why, by attacking him unjustly for things he can't alter and is not accountable fos, in season and out and forcing her to esjibuse bis cause and make herself his champion. There's a lot of impulsive, generous South Caro lina blood in Mary, and if she thinks a thing unjustly oppressed she'll rally to it without a single glance at the ulti mate cost. If she ends in Anthony's arms it will be Cornelia’s doing." "I wish the man hail been born a gen tleman," remarked the old lady regret fnlly. Her husband laughed. "A gentleman makes himself," quoth he senteutiously “he isn't made by his forbears. Many an arrant snob and rascal lias a pedigree as long as my arm. Race is a mighty good thing, my dear, in men as well as in horses; it helps powerfully in the start, but there are other things that tell at the finish. Old Anthony hail souie traits which, if lie transmitted them to his son, won t disgrace any stock that they are grafted on. He was poor and ignorant, to tie sure, but Ned lias mend ed that. Some of our best and noblest have risen from the ranks, you know Henry was as poor as a broom sedge field, and Clay rode to mill in the Hauo ver slashes in a < costume which was, to say the least, unfinished.” “But they had genius, my dear,” re torted his wife impatiently. “We for give anything to that sort. This man has no genius." “He's made a lot of money,” the judge observed tentatively, “and that's the end that Nineteenth century genius has in view. Judged by tlie commercial standard, which is getting to be the uni versal one, Ned Anthony is abont tlie biggest genius Virginia lias ever pro duced. He’s got millions in his pocket ’ “1 don’t care if he has the United States treasury in his pocket,” asserted Mrs. Wilmer positively. “1 don't want Mary Beverley to marry him.” “Nor do 1. But it isn't because his father was a good overseer instead of a sorry gentleman My objection is to the man himself Anthony's fiber is coarse—good of its kind, you know, but not like Mary's She belongs to a high cr development; and if she makes this unnatural selection in a fit of generous enthusiasm, she will regret it—the more because she is too fine in the grain and too stanch ever to admit, even to her- selt that she hail made a mistake. I'd hate to see a woman like Mary smiling over a heart full of broken idols. She'd better go down to the grave as Hector's widow than s|K)il her life as another man's wife Hector never disappointed ner." Mrs. Wilmer nodded her handsome gray head over her knitting “Mary will never go down to her grave as Hector Beverley's widow," she declared. her heart is too big and her nature too <yiupathetic. She was strongly attached to Hector, and no mother could be more devoted than she is to his children, but her capacity for love is not exhausted yet. and she is young and attractive Her marrying again will be no disloy dty to Hector: she will not love his chi) Iren less nor push his memory out of ner heart. I consider it quite certain that she will marry again." ‘Then I hope she'll get another sort ot nitshand than Ned Anthony.’ said the judge with whom Mary was a favorite [continued. ] A Cure for Twenty Cents. Any remedy sold at one dol lar a bottle which claims to cure Rheumatism, is simply an im position, for when all expenses are deducted it leaves not more than twenty cents to represent the medicine. Dr. Drummond’s Lightning Remedy, which is performing such wonderful cures that it is being prescribed by the medical faculty every where, is compounded at great expense from rare drugs and cannot be sold for less than Five Dollars a bottle. But it always cures. Sent prepaid to any address on receipt of price. Drummond Medicine Co., 48 50 Maiden Lane, New York. Agents wanted. Duelist (to one of the seconds) —You cannot imagine what an guish I feel at the ‘thought of my beloved Emily. Supposing I were killed ! Second—Don’t let that trou ble you, my dear friend. In that case I would marry her straight off.—Intransigeant. pers, printed matter, and through the columns of news papers everywhere. It will DARLINGTON C II, & C. work wonders—one bottle cur- prompt person al attention to ing nearly every case. If the' all business. druggist has not got it, he will order it, or it will ne sent to any address by prepaid express on receipt of price, $5. Drummond Medicine Co. 48-50 Maiden Lane, | New York. Agents wanted. I G. w. PARUAN. have a Hostess—Will you piece of pie, Georgie ? ' Georgie—Yes’m, but please | gq Uare make it double size, because ma 1 ‘ told me not to ask for two pie ces.—Good News. H. T. THOMPSON. DARGAN & THOMPSON, Attorneys at Law, | Office, Hewitt building (up stairs) north side of the Public XXARTSVILLE RAILROAD In effect Oct. 2, 1892. DAILY MIXED TRAIN Floyd’s Darlington Palmetto... v Leave Florence Palmetto 2.15 ]) m Darlington Floyd's Jovann 8.45 p in Arrrive Hartsville 4.05 p m J F. DIVINE, Gen. Supt. Now Try This. It will cost you nothing and will surely do you good, if yot have a Cough, Cold, or anj trouble with Throat, Chest ot Lungs. Dr. King’s New Dis covery forConsu nptioi .Coughs and Colds is guarantee i to give relief, or money will be paid back. Sufferers from 1 aGnppe found it just the thing and un der its use had a speedy and perfect recovery. Try a sample bottle at our expense and learn for yourself just h iw good a thing it is. Trial boi ties free at Willcox & Co’s D ug St ire. Large size 50c. and $1 HJ “Come up to my house to morrow night,” said Henpecque; “1 am going to celebrate my golden wedding.” “Golden wedding! Why, man, you've only been married three years.” “I know it, but it seems like fifty ; so everything is all right.” —Buffalo Express. DarliwHon. S. C • t. w. am Attorney t.t I aw. IURUjYGTON, c. jl, s. c. Will practice in Circuit Courts and Siijircine Court of South Carolina Prompt attention given to all busi ness, and special attention given col lections. OHARLE8TON, SUMTER AND NORTHERN RAILROAD CHARLES E. KIMBALL II ceiver. In Effect Oct. 2, 1898. NORTH. SOUTH. 1 2 A. M. A. M. 6.50 Charleston lO.UO 8.00 Pregnall'g .905 10 15 Sumter 6.54 11.06 Lamar 5.58 11.20 Syracuse 5-44 11.34 Darlington 5.30 1149 Mont Clare 5 15 12.00 Robin's Neck 5.05 12.15 Mandeville 4.50 12.30 Bennettsville 4.35 1.00 Gtbson 4.05 P. M. P. M J. J. WARD. K. O. WOOD3. Close connection is'made at Gibson for all jioints reached by or via tlie Seaboard Air Line System; a; Ben nettsville for all points via (J. U. ti Y. V. R. R. J. H. AVER1LL, General Manager. WARD & WOODS. Attorneys & Counselors at Law, DARLINGTON, 8. C. Will practice in theSt&teand Federal Courts Special attention [laid to all matters pertaining to the buying, selling, renting or leasing of real estate. Any jiarty having business in this line would doavell to call on the firm, who have control of some of the most de sirable property in the town and county. J. K. NKTTLKS. C. S. NKTTLKS. . , . Nettles & Nettles, Shiloh's Consumption Cure. Attorneys k Counselors at Law, This is beyond question the Uarlliiglon C. II., s. c. most successful Cough Medi-1 Will practioe in all the State and Fed- cine we htive ever sold, a few fc e !' al Courts. Prompt iiersnnal at- doses invariably cure the worst * tent,on ''‘^claims.- 0 ' 1 ° f cases of Cough, Croupand Bron chitis, while its wonderful suc cess in the cure of Consumption is without a parallel in the his- toiy of medicine. Since itsfirst discovery it has been sold on a guarantee, a test which noother medicine can stand. If you have a cough we earnestly ask you to try it. Price 10c., 50c. and $1. If your lung.? are sore, chest, or hack lame.useShiloh’s Porous Plaster. Sold by Dr. J. A. Boyd ( N & D. at J, In . and C. A elTevt Oct. S. RAILROADS. 2, 1892. Clara—You certainly must have some courage, Charlie. You were brave enough to pro pose to me when you had only known me three days. Charlie—If 1 had known you longer perhaps I should not have been.—Brooklyn Life. — Answer This Question. Why do so many people we see around us seem to prefer to suffer and be made miserable by Indigestion, Constipation, Dizziness, Loss of Appetite, Coming up of the Food, Yellow Skin, when for 75c. we will sell them Shiloh’s Vitalizer, guar anteed to cure them. Sold by Dr. J. A. Boyd. Leave Wadesboro . 4.40 a m Bennett's 0.01 a in Morven’s a in McFarland ... 5 27 a in Cheraw . 6 05 a m Cash's a in Society Hill Dove's . 6 82 a in a m Floyd’s 6.58 a UI Darlington i.12 a m Palmetto 7 9.9. a in Arrive Florence ... 7 37 a m Leave Florence p in Palmetto .. 9.13 i* m Darlington - 9.28 p m Floyd's 9.33 i* m Dove's .. 9 40 p m Society Hill . hi no p in Cash's ..10.15 i* in Cheraw . 10 31 p m McFarland 11.04 p m Morven’s 11.16 p m Bennett's . 11.34 p in Arrive Wadesboro . 11.59 a ni Freight Train. Leave Florence .. 7.45 a m Arrive Darlington 8.30 a m Leave Darlington 4.00 p in Arrive Florence . 5.00 p m N A. F. RAVEN EL, Presi'leut. CRTHEASTERN RAILRt-AD. In effect Oct. 2, 1892. Chair—Any young women who like to ask friends to the excursions are more than wel come to do so. Bring as many as you like—sisters, cousins and aunts. From the Floor—And broth ers ? Chair—Well—no—b e c a u s e there’s a boycott, you know.— Far and Near. Specimen Cases. S H. Clifford, New Cassel, Wis., was troubled with Neural gia and Rheumatism, his Stom ach was disordered, his Liver was affected to an ala" “ing de gree, appetite fell awa>, and he was terribly reduce 1 ; n Hesh and strength. Thtec bottles of Electric Bitters cureu h n. Ed ward Shepherd, Harrisburg,111 , had a running sore on his leg of eight years’ standing. Used three bottles of Electric Bitters and seven boxes of Bucklen’s Arnica Salve, and his leg is sound and well. John Speaker, Catawba, 0. B had five large Fever sores on his leg, doctors said he was incurable. One bottle Electric Bitters and one box Bucklen’s Arnica Salve cured him entirely. Sold at Willcox & Co's Drug store. “These folks think they’re purty smart.” said the burglar to himself, fishing from its con cealment under the edge of the parlor carpet, back of the piano, a well stuffed pocketbook and slipping it into an opening in his coat. “And they are !” he ejacula ted in deep disgustas he opened it a few hours later and found it to be stuffed with tracts on the sin of stealing.—Chicago Tribune. (I. S. IIACK1R k U .M, Manutacturers —OF— Doors, Sash, Blums, JVE O TJ L r> XIST G s —AND — Building Material. ESTABLISHED 1842. CHARLESTON, 8. C. April, 2„ 1889—1 Dissolution of Copartnership. I^OTIUK is lii'ri'liy given that by ) tlie mutual consent of the un- ilersiKiieil the mercantile copnrtner- shipnf Willeford A Jowers is this Jay disBolveil. The business heretofore conducted at lamar, 8. C„ by them will be conducted at the same stand by .1. 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 thk Daa linuton News office. June 12, ’90—tf N >. 27. Leave Florence 1.85 a m Kiugstree 2.32 u|m Lanes 2 id a in Arrive Charleston 5.00 a m No. 23. liCave Florence 8 05 a m Kingstree 9 .30 a m Lanes 9.55 a m Arrive Charleston .11.59 a tu No. 53. Leave liiines 8 45 p m Arrive Charleston 10 20 m Train on C. & 1). R. R. connects at Florence with No. 23 Train. NORTH BOUND. No. 78. Leave Cha. ieston . 1 00 a m 1 sines 8 25 a m Kiugstree 8 48 a m Arrive Florence 4.45 a m No. 14. I^eave Charleston 5.16 p m I sines 7.05 p m Kiugstree 7.24 p m Arrive Florence 8.,lo p m No. 52. Leave Charleston 6.50 a m Arrive Lanes . 8 27 a nc. No. 52 runs throuKh to Columbia via Central R. R. of 8. C. Nos. 78 anil 14 run solid to W Imlng- ton, N . C., making, close connection with W. & W. R. R. for all points North. J. F. DIVINE. Gen. Bupt. \\ ILMINGTON, COLUMBIA AUGUSTA RALROAD. In effect October 2 1892. Ac SOUTH BOUND. No. 23. Leave Wilmington 6.25 pm Marion 9 35 p m Arrive Florence 10 25 p m No. 50. Leave Florence 3.20 a m Sumter «... 4.35 a m Arrive Columbia 6.15 a m No. 27. Leave Wilmington 10.10 p m Marion 12.40 a u' Arrive Florence 1.20 a m No. 52. Leave Sumter 0.43 a m Arrive Columbia 10.55 am No. 58. Leave Florence 7 57 a m Sumter 9 20 a m Arrive Columbia No. 52 runs through from Charles ton via Central Railroad; leaving lanes 8.32 a ui, Manning 9 09 a in. Train qu C. and D. Railroad con nects at I lorence with No. 58. NORTH BOUND. No. 51. Leave Columbia 10.45 pm Sumter 12.04 a m Arrive Florence !.J5 a m No. 78. ( SUGAR COATED) , Haydock’s New Liver Pills. A wonderful and extraordinary combination of oonoen- « ated medicine. Tho Victories of Science—Electric tdagraphs, Kteam and Printing—revolutionized the whole system of the globe, and made mankind wieer and better. So, although there are countless Pill* used for disease, and claiming much as to their merit, the re- narkabie discovery ox Dr. liaydock has eclipsed the* all, and has founded a NEW MEDICAL SYSTEM. The Doctors, whose vast doses of four or five pills, en- faohle tlie stomach and paralyze the bowels, must give way to the man who restores nealth and appetite with one o- two ot hie extraordinary Vegetable Pills. One or twooi DR. HAYDOTK’H NliVV LIVER PILLS suffices to place the stomach in perfect order, creates an appe tite, and renders the spirit light and buoyant. If the Liver is affeeted its functions are restored, and if the Nervous Bystetc. is enfeebled, it is invigorated and sua. Leave Florence 5.00 a m Marion Arrive Wilmington 8.55 a ni No. 59. Iieave Columbia Sumter Arrive Florence No. 53. Leave Columbia 6 10pm Arrive Sumter 7.80 j) m No. 14. Leave Florence Marion 9 85 p m Arrive Wilmington 12.20 a m Tsteo Pint M W! SYMPTOMS OF BIUOUSHESS. 1. The patient complains of a fullness of the stemach. 2. Distension of tne bowels by wind. 8. Heartburn. 4. A feeling of weariness, sleepiness after meals. I. A bad taste in the mouth, and furred tongue. 6. Constipation, with an occasional diarrhoea. 7. Headache in front of head. & Depression of spirits and great lassitude. All of the above symptome go to show functional derangement of the livor: and now comes the great Lnportanoe of any error made as to the condition of bie )\ticnt. He should un mediately provide himself with a LIVER STIMULANT, the most common form of which Is a Pin. Dailr experience shows that tbia, when ths •odea * " ‘ ‘ * “ 1 patten LIVK la a PUL Daily sxpenen— is oomponndea properly, is the readiest mode of inciting end promoting the action * • ^ - 1 * •* 1 ’ — SHILOH!S CATARRH REM ; EDY. A marvelous cure for i Catarrh, Diphtheria, Canker j mouth, and Headache. With I each bottle there is an ingenious nasal Injector for the more suc cessful treatment of these com plaints without extra charge. Price 50c. Sold by Dr. J. A. Boyd. We are prepared to fill promptly all orders for water proof plant bed cloth. This is the Most " ' Glolh to use. Samples and prices on application. Wm M. Bird & Co , Charleston, S. C. Oils. Faints amt Painters' Material of every description. Dec8 —It j o( th. Llv.r,.n(1 c,d betltari 1311*1 on. 1 Iut. devoted m.nj ol mj Ilf. In com. pounding » Fill, Hut win not mndllv »n,l ./.lem.tlotllj u . Billon, Remeoy. I do n.* Ul ev. in pawn. tivM, nod therefore W. m.de . Fill, on. of edict is u .cUra mi thorough 4dm. Ih»v.«dledlt Haydock’s New Liver Pill. Tin* ire th. tru. trmlni »nd MMno. of h^lth. .nd th. *r»tMt hloalnjt thnl Kci.nce jiM *lr.n to th. wotjd. For Nervon. Print ration. Weft;—, lijoml Unt- ind., Went of Appetit. end SIck Hendtcbe, DrJW' d .ck't N.w Inver F1U. ttU) ha found nn EOecttu.! fiernoT No 53 runs through to charleston via Central Railroad, arrivin,,- Man ning 8.00 i) m lames 8.46 p m, ; charleston 10,30 a m. No. 59 connects at Florence with C. & D. train trom cheraw and \Vades- | boro. Nos. 78 and 14 make close connec- j tion at Wilmington with W. & W. Railroad for all points North. Trains on Florence Railroad leave Pee Dee daily except Sunday 8 35 a I m, arrive Rowland 11.40 a ni. Return- i ing leave Rowland 12 16 p m, arrive j Pee Dee 4.00 p m. Trains on Manchester 4 Augusta Railroad leave Sumter daih except ! Sunday 10-50 a m, arrive Rile id 11 59 i a m. Returning leave Rimin' 12 30p. \ m, arrive Sumter 1.40 p. m. J. F. DIVINE.lien 'upt- lUch’vl.l remt.lr, Twuntr PttlA Price Twenty-five SENT HOC FRl.lt on re ieipt of bis name and address, for a trial. irass&- formation to all. HAYDOCK a CO., NEW YORK. tr. a CAUTION! DruadaU W" da»h<d to node that th. ’pauT nrittAnul April 14—ly* TOBACCO SEED FREE, —AND— All About Growing Tobaoco. If you want to try this Money Makh? Crop, writ# tn— SOUTHERN TOBACCO J0UINAL, Winston, I* C. FOR SALE A Second-hand Sewing Mac .ue; in excellent condition. Apply at Th* DARUNffTOK NXWH OStee.