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CHAFTER XIX.
Lonnging in n comfortable armchair
on an old wooden potvh in the witching
lijrht of the August moon, inhaling the
breath of the mountains and speculat
ing dreamily over the illusions of moon
light and mist and evening shadows,
with a pipe and a quiet conscience, and
the friend of your heart beside yon, is a
situation that to most mimla suggests
possibilities of enjoyment, with dis
course, tranquil, grave, congenial, or
better still, the silence of perfect com
panionship and a soft yielding to the
subtle enchantment of moonlight and
tobacco. As the smoke rises from the
bowl or Hoats in tender wreatha from
the lips how limitless become the bonnds
of thought, how infinite grows its power'.
The earth is ours and the fullness there
of. the world and they that dwell there
in, the mystery of eternal darkness, the
effulgence of everlasting light, the
depths of the inferno, the heights of the
empyrean, the illusions of speculalkm
and the glory of revelation. All things
tinite. some things infinite, are ours, amt
we enter upon our heritage nutram
meled save by such limitations of time
ami si«ace as even the divine within n»
the [lower of thought itself, may not al
together lay aside.
How changed is this when, instead of
the friend of our heart, the woman of
onr love is beside usl Tranquillity van
ishes with the smoke in which we mar
not indulge; thought contracts, interna-
ties, individualises; our solution becomes
a crystal. Even the thought of her. nn -
aided by visible presence, is destructive
to that piece of mind and inactivity of
conscience so necessary to the full en
joyment of profound or idle specula
tion. One thought dominates all thought,
and love is the nebula of a new world.
So Dan Stewart sat on the porch of
the small house across the ravine and
thought of Mrs. Beverley, and failed of
appreciation of his evironment and op
portunity. and woefully failed of deriv
ing enjoyment from either. In good
sooth Dan was more than commonly
troubled, and his conscience was as rest
less as a bird whose nest is threatened
His lovewfor Mrs. Beverley (for, like a
straightforward gentleman, tie acknowl
edged to himself that he was in love
with her. and very much in love with
her besides) had been a thing of such
gradual development that it was only
latterly that he had come to full knowl
edge of its existence and its strength.
A word, a glance, the chance touch of
her hand, an infection of her sweet
voice—who knows how such knowledge
comes? Suffice it that it had come; the
scales had fallen and revealed a passion
grown to man's estate—uuperions, insist
ent, powerful.
lie turned hlnutdf so that Ms face was
Upward the opposite side of the ravine.
What should he do about it? Man
hood as well as passion demanded that
no time lie lost in making the disclosure
and in seeking happiness, or at least the
negative comfort of definite conclusion.
Dan had little thought of himself in the
matter or of the downfall of his hopes,
which was quite within the range of
possibility. He thought himself un
worthy of his love, as every man whose
love is a thing of value must, for nobil
ity of love is twin born with humility
and he resolved in an honest, manly
way that should he prosper in his woo
ing he would endeavor in all after life
to decrease that nnworthinees. He
thought also that Mary must be aware
of the state of his mind toward her.
since woman's intuition in such matters
is keener than man’s; but he longed to
give them both the certainty of spoken
words, and to put the issue at once into
her hands, where it belonged. To Dan
the meanness of indefinite giving was
impossible; wbat he conceived in inten
tion he substantiated in deed and abided
the result as a gentleman should.
The trouble therefore was not Mary—
at least not the present trouble. The
element of discord which marred the
harmony of the present and the antici
pations of the future was Ned Anthony.
His friend, who was now his rival, had
never confided to him his later love, nor
even hinted at its existence, but Dan's
nature was too sympathetic not to have
made the discovery speedily for himself
He had not invited Ned's confidence as
on another subject he would have done,
and had it been offered he would have
shrunk from and evaded it. But all the
same he knew of the existence of An
thony's love for Mary Beverley, just as
he suspected at times that Anthony was
beginning to be aware of bis own pas
sion.
Had she been in truth the “little
Mary" of the story he had listened to
and grown tender and sympathetic over
ont in the lonely canyon, with the stars
overhead and the camp fire smoldering
down to a bed of embers, and the walls
of darkness and solitude shutting them
into a sanctuary of confidence, Dan’s
course would have been as plain as
though signboarded at every step. He
most have gene away at once, leaving
the field free to his rival—aye, and have
staid away, holding down all hope with
a strong hand until such time as his
rival's fate should be decided beyond all
question. This he could and would
have done as the natural outcome of
honor and manhood; for it would have
been an ignoble thing, and a cruel and
treacherous one besides, to seek to snatch
the solitary flower of a hard and barren
life before it was clearly proved that the
flower could never deepen its roots and
Vnw and flonrish into larger life.
Bnt this necessity of abnegation bad
not arisen. This woman whom they
noth loved was free for both to strive
for no past tie bound her to one more
than to the other; there was no treach
ery. no theft no breach of confidence
involved They started almost evsn in
the race, moreover, for if Dan had gifts
of mind and manner and position, An-
ami prioni.y ot acquaintance
\ et. because of a feeling that lie had.
that to come to a man's house and i>ar-
Uko of his hospitality and then enter
into rivalry with him for what ^rha.w
he valued most in life, was not exactlv
the thing for an honorable man to do
Dan iletennined to bring his visit to a
close, and to cancel his bnsineKs engage
ment and leave the neigh Ixirhood as
soon as his host should return
Neil’s manner had changed to him of
late—had grown fitful, sometimes al
most surly. He would have a talk with
Ned and explain exactly how matters
stood, what he had done and what he
proposed to do. and how the affair was
beyond his control and innst he submit
ted for decision to a higher power. He
would he quite open ami fair ami frank
with Ned, as liecame gixsl men and true
who hail stood by each other squarely in
time of danger. Then, after all thing*
were made straight with his host, he
would leave the house before he shonld
seek Mrs. Beverley, which of course he
must do before quitting tbe neighbor
hood.
Having arranged all this in his mind.
Dan felt more in harmony with nature,
more lifted to her level, as it were, amt
capable of enjoying her He moved hi*
chair more forward into the moonlight
and opened his cigar case, then he
turned himself so that hi* face was
toward the opposite side of the ravine
and his eyes could rest on a tiny point
of light which streamed in reaiitj”
through the nursery window, bat which
he thought came from Mary's.
He was not very much afraid of An
thony's nvalship, and it hail only heem
the decision in regard to his own con
duct toward his host tnat hail occupied!
his attention Vanity Hint himself aside
he felt very sure that Anthony hail made-
no senons inroads on Mr*. Beverley's,
affections^ She was too considerate
too carefully conrteonis in her treat
ment of Anthouy to admit of the sns
picion of any large or tnrlmient emo
tion. Then, too, Daa bail noticed bow
persistently she had coBtriveil to throw
Ned with her cousin. Ia»w delicately she-
had maneuvered that be shonld lie Ella's,
escort on their little expeditions, should
stand beside her when they sang, walk
beside her when they strolled in the
evenings and be assor inted with her in
timately in the thousand ways which
have the alchieuist’* power of convert-
mg friendship into love Holmil helped
aloug the little comedy, knowing it to
be comedy, und suspecting that Ella
shared hia knowledge although she
played hen part with spirit. He was
amused at Mrs. Beverley’s almoqition in
her scheme, and the ingenuity she dis
played, and the trouble she took to
spread nets and place honey for the bear
who never even saw them, and whose
whole thought was on the hive.
“I think Mr. Anthony^idmires Ella
ren- much,” she remarked one evening
complacently, after watching him give
her pretty kioswotuaii a banjo lesson
which seemed to involve proximity and
some contact of hands. " He pays her
a good deal <4 attention, and she is pret
ty Don't yon ounsider her mieommniily
pretty?"—a little anxiously.
‘Ignite so " ke assented readily. “She
is clever and nvacions. Usi. and I know
she amuses Anthony immensely. He
says that she is ail around the jolliest
girl he knovrs. and has no nonsense about
her.”
Mary did not know exactly what this
comprehensive form of masculine com
mendation meant, and to her ear it
sounded too free and easy to lie specially
complimentary. To Iter mind the phrase
'has no nonsense ab<ait her" implied tbe
absence of some qualities which she
knew very well that men greatly valne.
ami it was not one that she wished to
think representative of Anthony's state
of mind about her cousin It was en
tirely too practical to be suggestive of
much romance. Still, Anthony was an
eminently prairtical umn. and she re
fused to loose her bold on hope, in spite
of a tolerably extensrve acquaintance
with masculine nature.
Anthony's position in the matter was
summed up by himself in a few words
in a subsequent conversation with Stew
art, of which the Henderson girls, and
particularly Ella, were the theine. Both
men agreed that Nan was a lovely little
creature, just the sort of woman most
men—themselves excepted—would de
sire for a wife. Of Ella. Anthouy said;
“She'sa rattling good sort, that's what
she ia. Just the woman for a chum, for
she's up to everything uhat you are and
know* how to give and take—hit you a
good square blow straight from the
shoulder and then shake hands. She’s
r a head for business on her. too, and
as practical and keen as a claim
jumper. Bnt for a wife! Hood Lord,
deliver usl She knows how to look out
for heraelf far too well. She doesn't give
a man a chance."
CHAPTER XX
tw non. a copy or winch naa mm tn
gentleman's possession for many
r**r*. only that Ned did not happen to
know it. nor that the work was an old
one. This last he laid npon tbe table
for presentation when they should have
smoked their pipes out. and discussed
his trip in all its business aspects and
thm should have reported building prog-
t®**- It was a bulky volume and would
not readily accommodate itself to a man'*
A PERPLEXED HOST.
A TURKEY DINNER AT
IRQ TURKEY WAS
WHICH THE
ABSENT.
kiuxI u..... —ox , j sccununouaie iweir to a ma
Pick*! n r 'm 1 - " ,r '- n * th <**“ Pwket. Last of all be took oat
^ nth n P m "' arnjnr< ® With Ne< l oblong package, wrapped in layers of
Anthopy who was carele*, in his talk. soft, white pSper. which M TESrS
Heitor promptly with his supple brown hands and laid
carefully aside, disclosing a beautiful
o, - . * ert*” before blue plush case with dainty clasps and
) appeared npon the »<• me and sum- a look about it that was unmistakable.
and for rejoinder
knocked him down
Things had reached
moned her unruly sons to Jmlgment
With Hector she hail little trouble; his
disposition was like her own. and she
could understand and cope with it He
was fiery of temper and i istant in re
sentment bnt he was aim generous
sympathetic and well balanced There
was rarely any difficulty in making him
comprehend the moral aspects of his con
duct, or in helping him to self govern
ment. which was his mother's aim
But Ran—poor little Ran. over whom
her heart yearned most, lie ause be was
most unlike her-was of a totally differ
ent type With depth of nature and
many endearing tnwts he united per
sistence of will and an unforgiving
temper it was diflicnlt to make Run
abandon a point still more difiicult to
make him express or-worse still—feel
regret for wrongdoing. His actions
were more often the result of deliberate
intention than of impulse -| know it
was wrong. I did it on p ir|x»>e. and I
won't say I'm sorry I'm not sorry,"
he had declared on one occasion And
his disheartened mother knew that the
child was speaking the liteial truth.
Anthony touched the spring, and. lol in
the prosaic lamplight there was a flash
and a sparkle as though myriads of fire
flies had been caught and pinned to the
soft blue satin.
Anthouy turned the case in his hands,
catching the flash of the jewels and ad
miring the play of the light and the
sparkle of the prismatic colors. Dia
monds of the purest water—thousands
of dollars' worth of diamonds—a neck
lace and pendant, a pin and earrings,
bracelets and ornaments for the hair—a
complete set, even to the ring, and val
ued at Tiffany's, from whence they
came, at two hundred thousand dollars.
Anthony's western training bad in no
wise eradicated the instincts of his south
ern blood toward reckless extravagance.
He lifted first one ornament, then an
other, and pleased himself with fancy
ing how their sparkle would light up the
dusky coils of Mary Beverley's hair and
intensify the luster of her eyes. His
thoughts about his love were practical
and material, as was his nature. He had
made up his mind to marry Mary, just
as he had made up his mind to achieve
Mary sat thinking of I er little son fortune, and his methods of compassing
Laying them In her lap.
The girls had been gone two days,
long enough for the edge ot their de
parture to be turned a little on the
granite of daily rontine, bnt not long
enough for the space their going left
vacant to be filled with other matter.
As she sat in her softly lighted, quaint
old parlor, Mrs. Beverley greatly missed
them. She felt miserable and downcast,
too for Ran. although a good child tn
the main, was snbject at times tn fits of
stubbornness that exhausted his mother
and tried her patience and self control
far more than Hector's temper And he
had taken the occasion of the very
hottest day in all the year, in the middle
of the afternoon, when the thermometer
stood at ninety, to get into a tantrum
and to remain in it with a dogged per
sistence which Mary really thought
would be the death of them both before
she could subdue it
The trouble arose ont of a dispute be
tween tbe brothers relative to the proper
time for taking the old drake with the
wen under his chin (numbered among
Ran’s possessions) down to the little
pond in the ravine for his daily swim.
Ran wist xi to take him at once because
Hector, for the wane
somewhat mournfully Every struggle
with him left her weaker, cost tier more
tn vitality and will, and she was owning
sadly to herself that, young ns he was
tbe hoy was getting beyond her power
of management, that he needed, even
now, a stronger hand, a more resolute
will than hers She felt so helpless, so
weary, so powerless to guide aright
either herself or her boy.
It was not Ran alont^Jhal lay heavy
on her mind Business cares oppressed
her—tenants quarrels and mismanage
ment. the knowledge that she was going
behindhand and that the remnant of
property on which they all depended was
decreasing in value in her hands, and
that she was powerless to help it All
this was making the present hard and
the future dark, and when the evening
mail brought her a letter from Mias Cor
nelia announcing her immediate return
and giving manifold directions about
preparations for her recep ion. most of
which Mary knew mnst lie carried out
by her own hands, she felt that her cup
was indeed full to overflowing.
In this mood Dan Stewart found her
He had walked over, partly inflnenefed
by the restlessness which oppresses
lovers ont of sight of the Ik loved, partly
to announce Ned Anthony's return the
following morning and to hint at his
own intended departure in coming
through the garden, whicli was the near
est way. he broke off a brunch of pale
pink rosebuds of a kind rarely seen save
in old fashioned gardens and brought
them in to her. laying them in her lap
with a remark upon their delicacy and
beauty.
He did not try to make ter talk, or to
attract her attention, or to make de
mauds upon her courtesy He said a
few words about her lieing tired, and
not troubling to amuse timi and then he
went over to the old piano in the corner
from whose faded, time w iru keys his
skillful fingers could still coax sweet
music, anil played for her a long time
all the soft mid tender strains he could
remember After awhile he sang to her.
in his sweet, pure tenor a grand old
chant or two—“Come Unto Me.” and “l
Know That My Redeemer Liveth"—and
then a cradle song that w.ts a mother's
crooning over her infant's slumber
Ttie tears came to Mary's eyes, and
overflowed them, falling like bright
drops of dewiqion the roses in her hands
She did not tyy to stanch their flow; they
comforted her He was not looking
only helping her with such tenderness
such delicacy and skill, that somehow
all her Iron Idee seemed to be slipping
away and a dawn of joy and peace to tie
drawing near.
When at last he rose to go. and lean
ing over her chair held both her hands
in his, perhaps her eyes diM-loseil more
than she was aware of. for lie stooped
and kissed the hands he held and
whispered that he won Id come again -
that he had something which he wished
to tell her
CHAPTER XXI.
An alteration of one's plans after defi
nite arrangements have been made can
not always be said to be attended with
success, even when time is saved there
by and inclination or impatience grati
fled
In tbe first place, the haste consequent
on any sndden change is injurious to
that repose of mind and movement
which is the summum botuim of rational
existence; in the second place, it argues
a mutability of purpose which is sub
versive of character and conduct, and in
the third place, it is apt to precipitate
the changefnl person into the very post
tion least wslcoins tohimsslf and olh-
srs. The moral of which short sermon
is; if a plan is definitely made, stick to
it in its entirety, nnless driven from
your stronghold by poet lively over
whelming circumstances.
Ned Anthony telegraphed his friend
that he shonld leave Richmond on the
night train and be with him at Repton
to breakfast the following morning, and
instead of that, finding after the mes
sage had been dispatched that he could
arrange to leave by a much earlier train,
he did so, and at the very time that Dan
was playing to Mrs. Beverley, instead of
being in a Richmond restaurant consum
ing food and iced drinks, he was remov
ing the dust of travel in his own room
across the ravine.
When his onter man was made pre
sentable, Ned opened a small valise
standing on the table and took from it
sundry packages which he -towed in his
various pockets. He had thonght of
them all during his short absents, and
had remembered them all in his prepara
tions for his return. He bought confec
tionery for the young ladies, and two
dangerous knives, with so many blades
and of such wicked keenness that there
was no possibility of Many's allowing
him to carry oat his intention of pre
senting them to her little boys.
Mew a Crowd of Cowatry Lade See*NS a
Moot? Ftaaaod reass Myilertooe Bte-
r—ee od a Boast Tariny — W*
Plight of a Toador Monel.
A gentleman noted for his originality
made the following improvement to the
old saying, ‘'There’s many a slip 'twixt
the enp and the saucer," the ether day
in speaking of a disappointment a friend
of his hsd experienced in losing his din
ner through missing a train—a dinner to
which he had been invited and at which
he had been selected to respond to ono
of the toasts.
The simple missing of the dinner was
mors than set off at the old General
Shields hotel, on the West Chester pike.
A company of twelve Philadelphians in
terested in real relate developments had
gone ont in the country for the purpose
of looking about for profitable invest
ments, and hsd sent word to the proprie
tor of the old hoetelry of their coming
and ordered an old fashioned tarksy din
ner to be ready at • o’clock.
The order pul the proprietor in his best
humor end the satire establishment into
an unusual flurry of exciting prepara
tion. The hostler hurried to tbs nearest
farmhonse, whose he purchased the
finest tnrkey to bo had, and carried it
back to the hotel in triumph. Taking
it into the stable he dispatched end
plucked it in great baste. Everything
was excitement in the large kitchen from
tbe tithe the order was announced until
late in the afternoon, when the last dish
was ready to be carried to the dining
room.
The news of the gentlemen coming
spread through the village, and every
one felt duty bound to go to the hotel
and see them, and none took a greater
interest in the affair than the l> -vs.
They had finished their chores nuus i »l!v
early and were promptly on hand long
before the hour of serving the supper.
Of the entire community none felt his
personal inqiortance more than Dare
Peters, the colored waiter.
Dive was of portly build and prided
himself in bis appearance, and if he had
a hatred for one thing more than any
other, that thing was a claw hammer
coat, which he said belonged to society
gentlemen and not to a waiter, conse
quently he held to the old fsshioned
roundabout jacket Just before the
time foe announcing that dinner
ready a number of the village boys stood
the two ends were precisely similar.
Sheer force of will, steadiness of pur
pose. and absolute disregard of aught
that might stand in his path had tuade
him a millionaire; and unconsciously he
expected the same forces to make him
Mary Beverley's husband. Latterly an
occasional thought of Dan as a probable
rival had kindled a smolder of jealousy,
but he had stamped it out contemptu
ously. What had Dan to offer a woman
like Mary Beverley in comparison with
what be. Ned Anthony, conld show?
When he had enjoyed the richnes.;
and beauty of the gems until the pleasure
palled on him, Anthony removed the
ring, which he slipped into his vest pock
et. and closed the case, infolding it once
more in its layers of soft paper. There
Was in the room a heavy sole leather
trunk with brass clamps and a combi
nation lock Phis Anthony opened and peering through one of the dining room
of the beat, and _
reason, desired to defer the trip until
:: u ““ u ““ “umuer “ uu . tatarintha dav. From som* oaumt-Dm
ttaav had thoe* of porepa and wealth I '*
deposited the case inside, amid a hetero
geneous collection of miner's clothing,
specimens of ore. a bowie knife in a
worn sheath, a lariat in a coil, a broken
rifle, a pair of Mexican spurs and a
couple of revolvers. One was an Eng
lish "bulldog." the other an ordinary
Colt’s navy and both had a look of use
and service. Something in the sight of
them seemed to stir old memories—and
memories of a wild and reckless sort, to
judge from tbe light that came into his
half shnt eyes and the lingering, almost
caressing way in which he raised and
handled them.
When he rose from bis stooping posi
tion the English pistol was still in his
hand, and he held it to the light and
turned it and polished it with his hand
kerchief and examined the chamber* to
see whether they were loaded. He held
it after he had closed and locked the
tnink, and finally, obeying some old in
fluence. he slipped it into the breast
pocket of his coat.
It had been months since be had laid
aside this pistol, which for years he had
worn habitaally. During one of his
visits to Mrs. Beverley in the weeks sub
sequent to hi* return to Virginia he had
allowed little Ran to draw the weapon
from his pocket and was thoughtlessly
beginning to explain its mechanism to
the child and to instruct him in its use,
when Mary, in wild alarm, descended
upon the pair and almost snatched the
revolver from the boy’s hands She en
treated Anthony never to come near her
sons again with a pistol in his pocket, as
there was no telling what ghastly acci
dent might be the result.
He had been amused at her terror,
which he considered superfluous and
foolish, bnt he hail been moved by it to
lay siside his pistol Tonight, however
the old feeling of comradeship for the
weapon, the old liking for the feel of it
against his breast, retnrned with the
memories and associations called np by
the sight of its familiar stock arid barrel
and he slipi>ed it instinctively to its old
place.
Leaving the door of the house on the
latch, as was his custom, he started
briskly across the ravine to the quaint,
pretty pai lor, where he ex|iected to find
the party as he had left it—the girls at
the piano, with Dan and perhaps the
young fellow from Richmond in attend
ance. Mrs. Beverley in her favorite low
chair near the hearthrug and the chil
dren mercnrially revolving a I Knit, as
was their wont before the waning of the
evening dispatched them to the nursery
The air was still oppressive, althongb
little fresher than at nightfall; there
was no breexe stirring, nor any sugges
tion that a breexe might spring np later
The moon, a silver bow, rested on the
topmost branches of the dark old cedars
its power of illnmination feeble still,
bnt on the increase. The silence of na
ture was so profound that extraneons
sounds were intensified and made more
penetrating.
As Anthony leaped lightly across the
brook at the bottom of the ravine the
sound of music stole down to him—soft
slow music, with a tender, hushing ca
dence, as of a mother wooing slumber
to her babe—some one was singing a
cradle song.
Through the garden he went, between
the stiff box borders and past the old
rose trees, bowed down with a weight of
blossoms. He struck at them with his
rane as he passed along, sending the
pink petals and the little buds to the
ground in showers. The gate swung
to softly after him. and he crossed the
yard with his heart as light as a boy’s,
his thonghts busy with anticipations.
As he neared the window through which
he had gaxed that evening in November
nine months before the same impulse
seized him to aiqiroach and look in on
them, himself nnseen: and some boyish
idea of a practical joke, such as striking
suddenly on the window ledge or vault-
in among them, presented itself,
he window wa* wide open and the
long lace curtains hung straight, un
swayed by the motionless air. Anthony
parted them with hia hand and looked
In. The room was still, the light clear
and soft, the music whose sound bad
reached him as be crossed the ravine
was hushed, and instead of the gay party
be had expected to surprise, there were
only two figures in the room—a man and
a woman.
The woman sat in a low chair and the
m»* bent over her; her head was thrown
bock, her eyes raised to other eyes which
gased down into them with a look easily
intern
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and miraculous that benefit is
felt from the first dose, and one
bottle is warranted
a. w. hovd. gko. w. brown
BOYD & BROWN-
Attorneys and Oouaselers at Law
Office iu brick building south of
the Bank of Darlington.
DARLINGTON C. H., & V.
to cure any i Fromm personal attention to
ordinary case, Sold by drug- all business.
for large bot- —
tie, or sent by prepaid express e . w . DARGA3r .
on receipt of price by Drum
mond Medicine
Maiden Lane,
Agents wanted.
Co.,
New
48-50
York.
First O r a ' o r—Everyone
thought you were very happy
in your speech to-night. Second
Orator—Ah! First Orator-
Yes; everybody said you loved
to hear vourself talk.
It Should Be in Every House.
J. B. Wilson, 371 Clay St,
larpsburg, Pa., savs he will
not be without Dr. Ring’s New
Discovery for Consumption,
boughs and Colds, that it cured
his wife who was threatened
with Pneumonia after an at
tack of “La Grippe.” when var
ious other remeaies and several
physicians had done her no good.
Robert Barber, of Cooksport,
Pa., claims Dr. King’s New Dis
covery has done him more good
than anything he ever used for
Lung Trouble. Nothing like it.
Try it. Free Trial Bottles at
Willcox & Co s drug store.
Large bottles, 50c. and fl.00.
“Who won thtit long distance
walking match?” “Spriggins.”
“He did; who wt.s his trainer?”
“His 10-mouth oid baby.”
electric Bitter*.
This remedy is becoming so
H. T. THOMPSON.
DARGAN & THOMPSON,
Attorney! at Law,
Office, Hewitt building (up
stairs) north side of the Public
! Square.
1
Darlington. S. C •
I J. It. NBTTLKS. C. S. NETTLES
Settles & Nettles,
Attorney! k Counselor! at Law,
••BriiiiKiAii C. H., s.
Will practice in all the State ami Fed
eral Court*. Prompt peraoual at
tention iOv® 11 to the collection of
Claim*.
Returns of Property for Taxa
tion.
N OTICE i* hereby Riven that the
Office of the Town Clerk will
be opened on Monday, Jniiuary, 9,
1893, at the Office of the Probate
Judge for the purpose of taking all
the return* of property in the Town
of Darlington, and will continue
open for a period of thirty day*, end
ing February 8, 1898.
Owner* of property are required to
return under oath not only |>er*onal
projK-rty, but al*o all real e*tate,
apeeifying the *ame by *treet and
number wherever possible, and al«o
all investment* in stock*, bonds,
money*, and securities, whether con
trolled a* agent, guardian, adminis
trator, or trustee,^either in the town
or invested out of it. All male j>er-
well known and SO popular ag between the age* of eighteen and
to need no special mention. All
who have used Electric Bitters
window*, watching Dave arrange the
different diehe* on the table and ad
miring tbe display made by the twelve
napkins in a* many cat glam goblet*.
After viewing the effects of the
table with a countenance beaming with
satisfaction, Dave strutted toward the
door and disappeared by descending the
stairs leading to the kitchen, and a few
moments later reappeared, carrying on
a large dish the turkey, done to a lovely
brown and beautifully garnished with
carved roses, sprays of parsley and cel
ery tops. Walking toward the table be
found that no room had been left for the
central and chief adornment of the
table. Taking the situation in at a
glance, Dave saw his mistake, and hur
riedly set the dish down npon the broad
sill of the window through which the
boys were peering, and began rearrang
ing the table to mak* room for the
tnrkey.
No sooner had he turned his book to
the window than one of the boys softly
and quietly raised the sash, while an
other grabbed the turkey from the dish
end fled across the hotel yard toward
the old stable, followed by bis compan
ions. After making room for the large
dish Dave turned around, stepped to the
window, raised the dish and placed it in
its position in tbe center of the table,
never noticing that the bird had flown.
Going to tbe sideboard he picked np the
supper bell and gave it a violent ring,
thus notifying the host that dinner was
ready.
“This way, gentlemen; this way,
please," spoke the proprietor to his
guests; “step this wsy, gentlemen,"
leading them through a narrow passage
from the bar to tbe dining room. No
sooner had he reached the dining room
than his gaxe fell npon the empty plate,
when he exclaimed, “David, where in
the name of General Jacksow is that
tnrkey?"
Poor Dave! Never was a man taken
more by surprise. When for the first
time he noticed the broken platter his
broad smile vanished, in an instant his
jaw fell and his large eyeballs stared
most frightfully, while his whole frame
shook with a terrible tremor. All he
conld say in reply to the abrupt and em
phatic question was, “Don’t know, sir;
it was dar, it was dar," and hurrying to
the kitchen stairs he shouted down,
“Yon, Pheeby, whar in deb’l’edat tur
key'?"
“Go erlong now, yon’s got it np dar
long ergo.” The disappearance was not
only s mystery to the waiter and cook,
bnt to the proprietor as well, who in an
apologetic manner asked the guests to
repair again to ths barroom while a
thorough investigation could be made.
Every one in the house, including the
hostler, was questioned and cross ques
tioned, yet no light conld be thrown on
the mystery. After wasting an hour in
trying to find the missing bird, and after
a consultation with tbe guests, fried ham
and eggs were snbetitnted for the turkey.
It was net till two hours later, when
the guests were about to depart, that the
proprietor learned what had become of
the turkey. One of the boys, more bold
than hie companions, came back to the
hotel to see bow tbe joke worked, and
thinking the story of the bird’s disap
pearance too good to keep, told it to one
of the men that were loitering about the
outside of tbe hotel.
The next morning the picked bones of
the turkey were found scattered about
on the ground back of the stable, where
the boys had, after carving it with their
pocketknives, greedily devoured the
well cooked bird.—Philadelphia Times.
A RrmarkabU Watch.
There is a man in this city who is ex-
hibiflrg a watch to his friends which he
claims has a “crowmalaker balance, is
congested to heat and cold, and has a
criminal confinement."—New buryport
Herald.
Cape Colony is tbe natural habitat of
the largest known species of earthworm.
It is a soft, scaleleai thing between six
and seven feet long, and ranch resembles
onr common angle worm.
ding the same song of praise.—
A purer medicine does not exist
a.id it is guaranteed to do all
that is claimed. Electric Bitters
will cure all diseases of the Liv
er and Kidneys, will remove
Pimples, Boils, Salt Rheum and
o 'her affections caused by im
pure blood.—Will drive Malaria
from the system and prevent as
well as cure all Malarial fevers.
—For cure of Headache, Con
stipation and Indigestion try
Electric Bitters—Entire satis
faction guaranteed, or money
r funded.—Price 50 cts. and
$1.00 per bottle at JFillcox &
C <’b Drugstore.
must make returns for the same. A
penalty of fifty per cent will be ex
acted for all failures to make returns
as above specified.
By order of Town Council,
J. W. EVANS,
Jan 5—4t. Clerk.
TTARTSVILLE RAILROAD.
In effect Jan. 2, 189!. -
DAILY MIXED TRAIN
Leave Hartavlile 5,'X) a m
Jovann 5.20 a m
Floyd’* 5.8& a m
Darlington 5.50 a in
Palmetto 6.02 a m
Arrive Florence 0.15 a m
Leave Florence 9.00 p m
Palmetto 9.15 p m
Darlington 9.30.P m
Floyd’s 9.45 p m
Jovann 1 >.05 p m
Arrrive Harteville 10.25 p m
J F. DIVINE, Gen. Supt.
pHARLESTON, SUMTER AND
NORTHERN RAILROAD
CHARLES E. KIMBALL Receiver.
In Effect Oct. 2, 1892
NORTH. SOUTH.
1 2
A.M. AM
6.50 Charleston 10.30
8.00 Pregnall'* .905
10 15 Sumter 6.54
11.06 Lamar 6.58
11.20 Syracuse 6.44
11.34 Darlington 5.30
11 49 Mont Clare 5 15
12.00 Robin’s Neck 5.05
12.15 M&ndeville 4.50
12 80 Bennettsville 4.35
1.00 Gibson 4.05
P. M. P. M
Close connection is made at Gibson
for all points reached by or via the
Seaboard Air Line System ; at Ben
nettsville for all points via C. F. A Y.
V. R R.
J. H. AVER1LL, General Manager.
C.'
& D. and C. A 8. RAILROADS.
In effect Jan. 2, 1898.
Leave Wadesboro 1.40 pm
Bennett's 2.01 p m
Mr. Verrisopht—I wish to
wed your daughter, sir. Am I
to understand that you give
assent? M r . Heavyrok—No,
sir—not a penny!
SHILOH’S CATARRH REM
EDY. A marvelous cure for
Catarrh, Diphtheria, Canker
mouth, and Headache. With
each bottle there is an ingenious
nasal Injector for the more suc
cessful treatment of these com-
iaints without extra charge,
rice 50c. Sold by Dr. J. A.
Boyd.
t
Ralph—There is one thing I
notice that every girl likes to
have her finger in. Robert—
What is that? Ralph—an en
gagement ring!
Shiloh's Consumption Cure.
This is beyond question the
most successful Cough Medi
cine we have ever sold, a few
doses invariably cure the worst
cases of Cough, Croup and Bron
chitis, while its wonderful sue
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 no other
medicine can stand. If you
have a cough we earnestly ask
you to try it. Price 10c., 50c.
and $1. If your lungs are sore,
chest, or back lame, use Shiloh’s
Porous Plaster. Sold by Dr. J.
A. Bovd.
li. I IIMER & am,,
Manutacturers
—OF—
Doors, Sash, Blmus,
JUEOTTLIDIIISrGS
—AND-
Building Material.
ESTABLISHED 1842.
CHARLESTON, 8. C.
April, 2„ 1889—1
Attention Mechanics!
All persons in need of babbitt metal
can purchase it cheap at THk Da.
lington Nkws office.
June 12. '90—tf
Morven's
McFarland...
2.40 p m
Cheraw
Society Hill..
5.06 p m
Dove's
Floyd’s
Darlington...
I’almetto. ..
Arrive Florence
7.00;p m
Leave Florence
Palmetto
Darlington...
7.80 a in
Floyd’s
(.55 a in
Dove’s
Society Hill..
Cash’s
Cheraw
McFarland...
11.45 p m
Morven’s
12.05 p m
Bennett’s
13.20 p m
Arrive Wadesboro..
Local Freight Train.
Ijeave Florence
Arrive Darlington..
9.45 a m
Leave Darlington...
Arrive Florence
).45 p in
A. F. RAVEN EL, President,
NORTHEASTERN RAILROAD.
In effect Jan. 2, 1811.
SOUTH BOUND.
No. 15
Leave Florence....
6 25 a m
Kingstree...
Ijines
7.55 a m
Arrive Charleston.
I'.o. 27.
Leave Florence
10.50 |m
Kingfttree....
iitiueM
1L18 a m
Arrive Charleston.
>o 23.
l^ave Florence
Kingstree...
Lanes
Arrive Charleston.
2.38 a m
No. 53.
Istave lames
8.45 p in
Arrive Charleston.
Train on C. St D.
R. R. connects at
Florence with No. 15 Train.
NORTH
BOUND.
No. 78.
Leave Charleston..
1.88 a in
Lanes
3.22 a in
Kingstree...
Arrive Florence....
No. 60
Leave Charleston.
5.42 a m
Lanes
7.83 a m
Kingstree...
7-55 a m
Arrive Florence...
9.00 a m
No. 14.
Leave Charleston.
Lanes
Kingstree...
6.17 p m
Arrive Florence ...
7.10 pm
No. 62.
la*ave Charleston
Arrive Lanes
TOBACCO SEED FREE.
—AND—
All About Growing Tobacco.
H MS mnt t* tft> tM* Son., Making Crap,
fg
SOUTHERN TOBACCO JOURNAL,
Winston, N. C.
Stalate—To prove my love,
there is nothing l would not do
for you. Ethel (yawning)—All
right, sir. Wind up the clock
and kiss Fido good night.”
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
Dr. J. A. Boyd.
interpreted. No need to tell b<m who
the w»»—wt
too surely. The know!
she was—who both were; ho knew only
led
Her eves raised to other eyes which gated
down into them.
R* aMo bought a book on
y. The xnowieaxe was burm
into his brain with the fire of that bit
terer knowledge which came to him like
a revelation.
With an oath so savage that it seemed
as though the very air must shudder to
receive it he dropped the curtain back
into its place and turned away.
_ [OOimSTJED.]
Some people say that it is very had
lack Indeed for a baby to see itself in a
mirror before it is a year old, though
why this shonld be so considered It
would be difficult to tolL
Good mncilage may be made of dex
trin two parts, acetic acid one part and
water five pert*. Dissolve all by heat
ing and then add one part of alcohol
A remedy of great value for cat* and
dog* is sweet oil. Put two tahlespoon-
fnls in their milk and they will rarely re-
fuss to take it
Some people prefer to line their stove*
with potters’ clay instead of brick, and
it is said t
by
Lieutenant Thorpe—W ere
you present when Meynell died?
What were his last words? Lieu
tenant Foley—He hadn’t any—
his wife was with him at the
time.
No. 52 runs through to Columbia
via Central R. R. of S. C.
No. 78 runs solid to Wilming
ton, N.C., making close connection
witli W. A W. K. R. for all points
North.
Trains Nos. 14 and 66 run via Wilson
an Fayetteville—Short Line—and
make close connection for all points
North.
J. F. DIVINE, Gen. Supt.
i\
( SUGAR OOATRD)
Haydock’s New Liver Pill*.
4«fal and •xtraordinary combination of opnoea*
medicine. 'Abo Victories of Kcience—klcctrie
8team and Pnntlnc-revolnUoiMxed tha
lobe, and made mankind wiaerand
there are coontleea Pills need for
and claiming much a* to their merit, the re.
rkabTe discovery of I)r. Hajdock haa ooiipaed them
and bee founded a
NEW MEDICAL SYSTEM.
Tb. IVksom. wW T-
*“‘ 1
teobU tha atomaeb aad paralyse the bowels, moat give
wag to the man who restores health and
r BnftSoSFffsraw riy *K b K -
» rtlle. Oee o*
PILLS enffioea
ie piece the memaeh in perfect order, creates ae epDe.
tKe, and renders the spirit light and bnorant. If me
Liver ia affected its functions, are restored, and It the
ervooa System is enfeebled, it ia invigorated sad see.
A Smart Man.
Will not hobblo around on
crutches when he can cure his
Rheumatism with one bottle >•>
Dr. Drummond’s Lightning
Remedy, coatirg only |5, but
worth |100. Enterprising Drug
gist keep it, or it will be sent to
any address on receipt of price,
by the Drummond Medicine Co.,
48-50 Maiden Lane, New York.
Agents wanted.
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve.
The Best Salve in the world
for Cuts, Bruises, Sores. Ulcers,
Salt Rheum, Fever Sore*, Tetter, 1
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
per box. For sale at Willcox &
Go’s drugstore. |
STEFTOXS OF BIUOISUSSS.
Tke PMlMt M-pUlM ol» I jIIom. of tbo
. Dtanutai of U» bomb bj wind.
! ftwftwof WMrtoott, dMpiMMoftor nook.
A bod loot* 1b tbo mooth, oof foirod tospM.
, Offietipatioa, with an occmkmffil diarrbeea.
L CrttoM °f tpIhUiaS snot loooltsdo.
7ILMINGTON, COLUMBIA A
AUGUSTA RALRC AD.
In effect January 2 1893.
SOUTH BOUND.
No. 23.
Leave Wilmington 6.25 p m
Marion 9.41 pm
Arrive Florence 0.25 p in
No. 5“.
Leave Florence 8.20 a m
Sumter 4.35 a m
Arrive Columbia 6. if am
No. 52.
IK-ave Sumter 9.4" a m
Arrive Columbia :o. 5am
No. >8.
Leave Florence 7.5’ a m
Sumter 9 20 a in
Arrive Columbia
No. 52 runs through from Che Hes
ton via Central Railroad; icaring
Lanes 8.32 a m, Manning 9 09 a m.
NORTH BOUND.
No. 31.
Leave Columbia 10.40. p m
Sumter .2.00 a m
Arrive Florence
Leave Florence
Marion
Arrive Wilmington
Leave Colombia
Sumter
Arrive Florence...
1.3( a m
No. 78.
5.10 a m
5.So a m
9.10 a m
No. 59.
p«riano« rtwwsthM tha,
■rijarlr, a th. rMdlrat mode of Molt to,
tho action of tha LWat.and oaa hanlwva
rS^S’E^hScw. IbawooSadU
Haydock’s New Liver PUL
» Ito tra. sralja to-w bajntoMd W*
I'aUl aartalna Taasfv FHto. Frtoa Twaatr-Sca
'^ !! 5-rsi. b irJlS3^pui. BNiTTHm »**■
7.30 p in
8.30 p in
No. 53.
Leave Columbia 6.10 p in
Arrive Snuter 7. 2.>p m
No 53 runs through to cl aihston
via central Railroad, arriving Man
ning 8.00 p m Lanes 8.40 p ni,
charleston 10.80 am.
Trains on Manchester and Augusta
B. R-, leave Sumter daily except '>un-
day, 10-50 a. in., arrive Rimini 11:59 a.
m. Returning leave “Rimini 12-30 p.
m.. arrive Sumter 1:40 p m.
Trains on Harteville R. R. leave
Harts.ille 5:00 a. m., arriving Floyds
5:85 a. m. Returning leave Floyds
9:45 p. in., arriving Hartsvi'l 10:5 p. in.
Daily except Sunday.
Trains on Wilmington, Chadbouru
and Conway Railroad leave Chaa-
bourn 10:30 a. m., arrive at Conway
1:00 p. m„ returning leave Conway at
2 30 p. m . arrive Chadbouru 5:20 p.
in Leave Chadbouru 7:15 a. m. and
5:50 p. m., arrive Hub at 8:00 a. in and
6:25 p. in. Returning leave Huh 9:00
a. in. and 6:45 p. r- , arrive at I had-
bourn 9:45 a. m. and 7:30 p m. Daily
except Sunday.
JOHN F. DIVINE, Gen’l Sup’t.
HAYDOCK
A CO.,
NXW TORN, D. I.
Acvu u-ir
FOR SALE
A Second-hand Sewing Machine: in
exeellent condition. Apply at Ths
Damumtos Maws Office.