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CHAPTER VL
WHAT BEFELL AT THE (JCEEN'S FLRRT.
"Help, help! Murderr
As soon as we came to the inn Ran
soms led us up the stair to a small
room, with a bed in it, and heated like
an oven by a great fire ol! coal. At a
table hard by the chimney a tall, dark,
sober looking man sat writing. In spite
of the heat of the room he wore a thick
sea jacket, buttoned to the neck, and a
tall, hairy cap drawn down over his
ears, yet I never saw any man, not even
a judge upon the bench, look cooler or
more studious and self possessed than
this ship captain.
He got to his feet at once, and coming
forward offered his large hand to Eben-
ezer. “I am proud to see you, Mr. Bal
four,” said he in a fine deep voice, “and
glad that ye are here in time. The
wind's fair and the tide upon the turn.
We’ll see the old coal bucket burning on
the Isle of May before tonight.”
“Captain Hoseason.” returned my un
cle, “you keep your room unco’ hot.”
“It's a habit I have, Mr. Balfour,”
said the skipper. “I’m a cold rife man
by my nature; I have a cold blood, sir.
There's neither fur, nor flannel—no, sir
—nor hot rum will warm up what they
call the temperature. Sir, it's the same
with most men that have been carbona
doed, as they call it, in the tropic seas.”
“Well, well, captain,” replied my un
cle, “we must all be the way we’re
made.”
But it chanced that this fancy of the
captain’s had a great share in my mis
fortunes. For though I had promised
myself not to let my kinsman out of
sight, I was both so impatient for a
nearer look of the sea and so sickened
by the closeness of the room that when
he told me to "run down stairs and play
myself awhile,” I was fool enough to
take him at his word.
Away 1 went therefore, leaving the
two men sitting down to a bottle and a
great mass of papers; and crossing the
road in front of the inn, walked down
upon the beach.
Ransome soon came out of the inn
and ran to me, crying for a bowl of
punch. I told him I would give him no
such thing, for neither he nor I was of
age for such indulgences. “But a glass
of ale you may have, and welcome,"
said I. He mopped and mowed at me,
and called me names; but he was glad
to get the ale for all that; and presently
we were set down at a table in the front
room of the inn, and both eating and
drinking with a good appetite.
Here it occurred to mo that, as the
landlord was a man of that country, 1
might do well to make a friend of him.
I offered him a share, as was much the
custom in these days; but he was far
too great a man to sit with such poor
customers as Ransome and myself, and
he was leaving the room, when I called
him back to ask if he knew Mr. Ran-
keillor.
“Hoot, aye,” says he, “and a very hon
est man. And oh, by the bye,” says he,
“was it you that came in with Eben-
ezer?” And when I had told him yes,
“Ye’ll be no friend of his?” he asked,
meaning, in the Scotch way, that 1
would be no relative.
I told him no, none.
“I thought not,” said he; “and ye have
a kind of gliff [look] of Mr. Alexander.”
I said it seemed that Ebenezer was ill
seen in the country.
“Nae doubt," said the landlord.
“He’s a wicked auld man, and there’s
many would like to see him girning in a
tow. Jennet Clouston and mony mair
that he has harried out of house and
hame. And yet he was ance a fine young
fellow too. But that was before the
sough gaed abroad about Mr. Alexander;
that was like the death of him.”
“And what was it?” I asked.
“Ou, just that he had killed him,” said
the landlord. “Did ye never hear that?”
“And what did he kill him for?" said I.
“And what for but just to get the
place,” said he.
“The place?” said I. “The Shaws?”
“Nae other place that I ken,” said he.
“Aye, man?” said I. “Is that so? Was
my—was Alexander the eldest son?”
“ 'Deed was he,” said the landlord.
“What else would he have killed him
for?”
And with that he went away, as he
had been impatient to do from the be
ginning.
Of course I had guessed it a long
while ago, but it is one thing to guess,
another to know, and I sat stunned
with my good fortune, and could scarce
grow to believe that the same poor lad
who had trudged in the dust from Ei-
trick forest not two days ago was now
one of the rich of the earth, and had a
house and broad lands, and if he but
knew how to ride might mount his
horse tomorrow. All these pleasant
things, and a thousand others, crowded
into my mind as I out staring before me
out of the inn window and paying no
heed to what I saw; only I remember
that my eye lighted on Captain Hoseason
down on the pier among his seamen and
speaking with some authority. And pres
ently ho came marching back toward the
house, with no mark of a sailor's clumsi
ness, but carrying his fine, tall figure
with a manly bearing, and still with the
same sober, grave expression on his face.
I wondered if it was possible that Ran-
some's stories could be true, and half
disbelieved them; they fitted so ill with
foe man’s looks, gut indeed he was
ueituer so gooa as i supposed mm, nor
quite so bad as Ransome did, for in
fact he was two men, and left the bet
ter one behind him as soon as he set foot
on board his vessel.
The next thing 1 heard my uncle call
ing me and found the pair in the road
together. It was the captain who ad-
w nut, insnr cneer upl me world’s no
done. You've made a bad start of it, I
but you’ll make a better. Have you had
any meat?”
I said 1 could not look at it, and there- '
upon he gave me some brandy and water
in a tin pannikin and left me once more
to myself.
The next time he came to see me I
was lying betwixt sleep and waking, my
eyes wide open in tiro darkness, the sick
ness quite departed, but succeeded by a
boriid giddiness and swimming that
was almost worse to bear.
The glimmer of the lantern as a trap
| opened shone in like the heaven's sbn-
light, and though it only showed me the
strong, dark beams of the ship tliat was
my prison, I could have cried aloud for
gladness. The man with the green eyes
was the first to descend the ladder, and
I noticed that ho came somewhat un
steadily. He was followed by the cajv
tain. Neither said a word, but the first
set to and examined me and dressed my
dressed me, and that with an air (very wound as before, while Hoseason looked
flattering to a young lad) of grave equal- , nie in my face with an odd, black look.
ity.
“Sir,” said he. “Mr. Balfonr tells me
great things of you, and for my own
part 1 like your looks. I wish I was for
longer here that we might make the
better friends, but we'll make the most
of what we have. Ye shall come on
board my brig for half an hour till the
ebb sets and drink a bov/1 with me.”
“Now, sir, you see lor yourself," said
the first; “a high fever, no appetite, no
light, no meat; you see for yourself what
that means.”
“I am no conjurer, Mr. Riacb,” said
the captain.
“Give me leave, sir,” said Riach;
j “you've a good head upon your shoul-
VT d ers 8n( J a good Scotch tongue to ask
Now I longed to see the ms.de of a wlth _ bnt { will leave you uo b u , anner of
” excuse; I want that boy taken out of
ship more than words can tell, but I was
n. t going to put myself in jeopardy, and
this hole and put in the forecastle.”
I told him my uncle and I bad an ap-, . <What want> Bir> i8 a lnatter
pointment with a lawyer I of conccrn \ 0 nobody but youreel',” re-
16 P ass( ’ , l turned the captain, “hut 1 can tell ve
But, ye see, the boat 11 that which i3 to be Here be l% . here he
“Aye, aye,” said ho;
word of that,
set ye ashore at the town pier, and that’s
bnt a penny stoneeast from Rankeillor's
house.” And here he suddenly leaned
down and whispered in my ear: “Take
care of the old tod [foxj; he means mis
chief. Come aboard till I get a word
with ye.” And then passing his arm
through mine he continued aloud as he
set off toward his boat: “But come,
what can I bring ye from the Carolinas?
Any friend of Mr. Balfour's can com
mand. A roll of tobacco, Indian feath-
erwork, a skin of a wild beast, a stone
pir>p, the mocking bird that mews for
ail the world like a cat, the cardinal
bird that is as red as blood? Take your
pick and say your pleasure.”
By this time wo were at the boat side
and ho was handing me in. I did not
dream of hanging back. I thought (the
poor fool!) that 1 had found a good friend
and helper, and I was rejoiced to see the
ship. As soon as we were all set in our
places the boat was thrust off from the
pier and began to move over the waters,
and what with my pleasure in this new
movement, and my surprise at our low
position, and the appearance of the
shores, and the growing bigness of the
brig as we drew near to it, I could hard
ly understand what the captain said,
shall bide."
“Admitting that you have been paid
in a proportion,” said the other, “1 will
crave leave humbly to say that I have
not. Paid 1 am, and none too much to
he the second officer of this old tub, and
you ken very well if I do my best to
earn it. But 1 was paid for nothing
more.”
“If ye could hold back your hand
from the tin pan, Mr. Riach, I would
have no complaint to make of ye,” re
turned the skipper, “and instead of ask-
I ing riddles I make bold to say that ye
would keep your breath to cool your
i porridge. We'll be required on deck,”
he added in a sharper note, and set one
foot upon the ladder.
But Mr. Riach caught him by the
sleeve.
"Admitting that you have been paid
to do a murder”— he began.
Hoseason turned upon him with a
flash.
“What's that?” he cried. “What kind
of talk is that?”
“It seems it is talk that yon can un
derstand,” said Mr. Riach, looking him
steadily in the face.
“Mr. Riach, 1 have sailed with ye
three cruises,” replied the captain. “In
“The North Countrie;”all else had been
blotted out in these years of hardship
and cruelties. He had a strange notion
of the dry land, picked up from sailors'
stories—that it was a place where lads
were put to some kind of slavery called
a trade, am! where apprentices were
continually lashed and cUpped into foul
prisons. In a town, he thought every
second person a decoy, and every third
honse a place in which seamen would be
dragged and murdered.
All this time, you should know, Hie
Covenant was meeting continual head
winds and tumbling up and down against
bead seas, so that the scuttle was almost
constantly shut and the forecastle light
ed only by a swinging lantern on a
beam. There was constant labor for all
hands; the sails had to be made and
shortened every hour; the strain told on
the men’s temper; there was a growl of
quarreling all day long from berth to
berth, and as 1 w;\s never allowed to set
my foot on deck you can picture to your
selves how weary of my life I grew to
bo and how impatient for a change.
And a change 1 was to get, as you
shall hear; but 1 must first tell of a con
versation I had with Mr. Riach, which
put a little heart in me to bear my trou
bles. Getting him in a favorable stage
if drink (for indeed he never looked
near me when he was sober), 1 pledged
him to secrecy and told him my whole
story.
He declared it was like a ballad; that
he would do his Itest to help me; that 1
should have paper, peu and ink, and
write one line to Mr. Campbell and an
other to Mr. Rankeillor. and that if 1
had told the truth ten to one he would
be able, with their help, to pull me
through and set me in my rights.
“And in the meantime," says lie, “keep
your heart up. You're not the only one,
I'll tell you that. There's many a man
hoeing tobacco over seas that should lie
mounting his horse at his cwn door at
home; many and many! And life is all
a variorum at the best. Look at me.
I'm a laird’s eon, and more than half a
doctor, and here I am man Jack to
Hoseason!”
I thought it would be civil to ask him
for his story.
He whistled loud.
“Never had one,” said he. “I liked
fun, that's all.”
And he skipped out of the forecastle.
and must have answered mm at random, j all that time> 8ir ; ye ehor .u have 1 -arned
As soon as we were alongside (where I j t0 know me; I m a stiff man and a doni .
sat fairly gaping at the ships height, malli bllt for what ye say the now _ fy ,
the strong humming of the tide against | fy _ it comeg from a bad heart and a
black conscience. If ye say the lad will
die”
its side and the pleasant cries of the
seamen at their work) Hoseason, de
claring that he and I must bo the first
aboard, ordered a tackle to be sent down
from the main yard. In this 1 was
whipped into the air and set down again
on deck, where the captain stood ready
waiting for me and instantly slipped
back liis arm under mine. There 1 stood
some while, a little dizzy at the un
steadiness of all around me, perhaps a
little afraid, and yet vastly pleased
with these strange sights, the captain
meanwhile pointing out tho strangest
and telling me their names and uses.
“But where is my uncle?” said I sud
denly.
“Aye,” said Hoseason, with a sudden
grimness, “that's the point."
I felt I was lost. With all my strength
I plucked myself clear of him and ran
to the bulwarks. Sure enough, there was
the boat pulling for the town, witli my
uncle sitting in the stem. I gave a
piercing cry—“Help, help! Murder!”—
so that both sides of the anchorage rang
with it, and my uncle turned around
where he was sitting and showed mo a
face full of cruelty and terror.
It was the last I saw. Already strong
hands had been'plucking me back from
the ship's side, and now a thunderbolt
seemed to strike mo. 1 saw a great flash
of fire and fell senseless.
"Aye, will he!” said Mr. Riach.
“Well, sir, is not that enough?” said.
Hoseason. “Flit him where you please!”
Thereupon the captain ascended the
ladder, and l, who had lain silent
throughout this strange conversation,
beheld Mr. Riach turn after him and
bow as low as to his knees in what was
I plainly a spirit of derision. Even in my
then state of sickness 1 perceived two
[ things—that the mate was touched with
J liquor, as tho captain hinted, and that,
drunk or sober, he was like to prove a
valuable friend.
Five minutes afterward my bonds
were cat, 1 was hoisted on a man s back,
carried np to the forecastle and laid in
a bnnk on some sea blankets, where the
first thing 1 did was to lose my senses.
It was a blessed thing indeed to open
my eyes again upon the daylight and to
find myself in the s>x;iety of men. The
forecastle was a roomy place enough,
set all about with berths, in which the
men of the watch below were seated
smoking or lying down asleep. The
day being calm and the wind fair, the
scuttle was open, and not only the good
daylight, but from time to time (as the
ship rolled) a dusty beam of sunlight
shone in and dazzled and delighted mo.
1 had uo sooner moved, moreover, than
one of the men brought me a drink of
something healing which Mr. Riach had
prepared, and bade me lie still and 1
should'soon bo well again. There were
no bones broken, beexclaimed: “Aclour
on the head was naething. Man,” said
he, “it was me that gave it ye!”
Here 1 lay for the space of many days
a close prisoner, and not only got my
health again, but came to know my com
panions. They were a rough lot indeed,
as sailors mostly are, being men rooted
out of all the kindly parts of life, and
condemned to toss together on the rough
seas, with masters no less cruel. There
were some among them that had sailed
with the pirates and seen things it would
be- a shame even to speak of. Some
were men that had run from the king's
skips, and went with a halter round
their necks, of which they made no
secret, and all, as the saying goes, were
“at a word and a blow” with their best
.friends. Yet I had not been many days
•MI hat kind of talk i, thatT sUut up witU thcm ^lore I begkn to be
I came to myself in darkness, in great ashamed of my first judgment,
pain, bound hand and foot, and deafened i Among other good deeds that they did
by many unfamiliar noises. There sound-. t bp y returned my money, which had
CHAPTER VII.
I 00 TO SEA IN THE BHIO COVENANT,
DYSART.
ed in my cars a roaring of water as of a
huge milldam—the thrashing of heavy
sprays, the thundering of the sails and
the shrill cries of seamen. The whole
world now heaved giddily np, and now
rushed giddily downward; and so sick
my money,
been shared among them, and though it
was about a third short I was very glad
to get it, and hoped great good from it
in the land I was going to. The ship
was bound for the Carolinas. and you
must not suppose that 1 was going to
and hnrt was I in body, and my mind so t ba t place merely as an exile. The trade
much confounded, that it took mo a lohg
while chasing my thonghts np and
down, and ever stunned again by a fresh
stab of j>ain, to realize that I must be
lying somewhere bound in the belly of
that unlucky ship, and that the wind
must have strengthened to a gale.
I had no measure in time. Day and
night were alike in that ill smelling
cavern of the ship’s bcwels where I lay,
and the misery of my situation drew
out the hours to double. How long
therefore I lay waiting to hear the ship
split upon some rock, or to feel her reel
head foremost into, the depths of the
sea I have not the means of computa
tion. But sleep at length stole from me
the consciousness of sorrow.
I was wakened by the light of a hand
lantern shining in my face. A small
man of about thirty, with green eyes
and a tangle of fair hair, stood looking
down at me.
“l^ell,” said be, “how goes it?”
I answered by a sob, and my visitor
then felt my pulse and temples, and set
himself to wash and dress the wonnd
upon my scalp.
“Aye," arid he, “a syre (font [stroke!.
was even then much depressed; since
that, and with the rebellion of the colo
nies and the formation of the United
States, it has of course come to au end:
but in these days of my youth white
men were still sold into slavery ou the
plantations, and that was the destiny to
which my wicked uncle had condemned
me.
The cabin boy, Ransome (from whom
J had first heard of these atrocities),
came in at times from the roundhouse,
where he berthed and served, now nurs
ing a bruised limb in silent agony, now
raving against the cruelty of Mr. Shuan.
It made my heart bleed, but the men
had a great respect for the chief mate,
who was, us they said, “the only sea
man of the whole jingbang, and none
such a bad man when he Was sober."
I did my best in the small time al
lowed me to make something like a man,
or rather 1 should say something like a
boy, of the poor creature, Ransome.
But his mind was scarcely truly human.
He could remember notumg of the time
before he came to sea; only that his
father had made clocks, and had a star
ling in the parlor which could whistle
Mr. flinch istarted forward and caught
It away from him.
Ono night, about nine o’clock, a man
of Mr. Riach’s watch (which was on
deck) came down for his jacket, and in
stantly there began to go a whisper
about the forecastle that “S’,man had
done for him at last.” There was no
need for a name—we all knew who was
meant—but we had scare time to get
the idea rightly in our heads, far less to
speak of it, when tho Scuttle was again
flung open and Captain Hoseason came
down the ladder. He looked sharply
around the bunks in the tossing light of
the lantern, and then walking straight
up to me addressed me, to my surprise,
iu tones of kindness.
“My man,” said he, “wo want ye to
serve in the roundhouse. You and Ran
some are to change berths. Run away
aft with ye.”
Even as he spoke two seamen appeared
in the scuttle carrying Ransome in their
arms, and the ship at that moment giv
ing a great sheer into the sea and the
lantern swinging, the light fell direct on
the boy's face. It was as white as wax
and had a look upon it like a dreadful
smile. Tho blood in me ran cold, and I
drew in my breath as if I had been
struck.
“Run away aft. Run away aft with
ye!” cried Hoseason.
And at that I brushed by the sailors
and tho bey (who neither spoke nor
moved) and ran up the ladder on deck.
The brig was sheering swiftly and
giddily through a long, cresting swell.
She was on the starboard tack, and on
the left hand, under the arched foot of
the foresail, I could see the sunset still
quite bright. Thiif at such an hour of
the night surprised me greatly, but 1
was too ignorant to draw the true con
clusion—that we were going north abont
round Scotland and we were now on the
higR sea between the Orkney and the
Shetland islands, having avoided the
dangerous currents of the Pentland firth.
For my part, who had been so long shut
in the dark and knew nothing of head
winds, I thought we might be half way
or more across the Atlantic.
Tho roundhouse, for which I was bound
and where I was now to sleep and serve,
stood some six feet above the decks, and
considering tlie size of the brig, was cf
good dimensions, Inside were a fixed
table and bench and two berths, one for
the captain and the other for the two
mates, turn and turn about. It was all
fitted with lockers from top to bottom,
so as to stow away the officers’ belong
ings and a part of the ship’s stores.
There was a second storeroom under
neath, which you entered by a hatchway
in the middle of the deck. Indeed, all
the best of the meat and drink and the
whole of the powder were collected in
this place, and all the firearms except
the two pieces of brass ordnance were
set in a rack in the aftermost wall of
the roundhouse. The most of the cut
lasses were iu another place.
A small window with a shutter on
each side and a skylight in the roof
gave it light by day, and after dark there
was a lamp always burning. It was
burning when I entered, not brightly,
bnt enough to show Mr. 8(man sitting
at the table, with the brandy bottle and
a tin pannikin in front of him. He was
a tall man, strongly made and very
black, and he stared before him on the
table like one stupid.
He took no notice of my coming in,
nor did he move when the captain fol
lowed and leaned on the berth beside
me, looking darkly at the mate. I stood
in great fear of Hoseason, and had my
reasons for it, but something told me 1
need not be afraid of hfoi just then, and
1 whispered in ins ear, “riow is nut no
shook his head like one t'.iat does not
know and does not wish to think, and
his face was very stern.
Presently Mr. Riach came in. He gave
the captain a glance that meant the boy
was dead as plain as speaking, and took
his place like the rest of us; so that we
all three stood without a word, staring
down at Mr. Shuan, and Mr. Shnan (on
his side) sat without a word, looking
hard ni>on the table.
All of a sudden he put out his hand to
take the bottle; and at that Mr. Riach
started forward and caught it away
from him, rather by surprise than vio
lence, crying out with an oath that
there had been too much of this work
altogether, and that a judgment would
fall upon the ship. And as he spoke (the
weather sliding doors standing open) he
tossed the bottle into the sea.
Mr. Shuan was on his feet in a trice.
He still looked dazed, bnt he meant mur
der. aye, and wonld have done it for
the second time that night had not the
captain stepped in between him and his
victim.
“Sit down!” roars the captain. “Ye
sot and swine, do ye know what ye’ve
done? Ye've murdered the boy!”
Mr. Shnan seemed to understand, for
he sat down again and put up his hand
to his brow.
“Well,” he said, “he brought me a
dirty pannikin.”
At that word tho captain and I and
Mr. Riach all looked at each other for a
second with a kind of frightened look,
and then Hoseason walked up to his
chief officer, took him by the shoulder,
led him across to his bunk and bade him
lie down and go to sleep, as you might
speak to a bad child. The murderer
cried a little, but he took off his sea
hoots and obeyed.
“Ah!” cried Mr. Riach with a dread
ful voice, “ye should have interfered
long syne. It’s too late now.”
“Mr. Riach,” said the captain, “t’ni:
night's work must never be kennt i
Dysart. The boy went overboard, n
that’s what the story is, and I woub.
give five pounds out of my pocket it was
true!” Ho turned to the table. “What
made ye throw the good bottle away?"
he added. “There was nae sense in that
sir. Here, David, draw me another
They’re in the bottom locker,” and he
tossed mo a key. “Ye'll need a glass
yourself, sir,” he added to Riach. “You
was an ugly thing to see."
So the pair sat down and hobnobbed,
; and while they did so the murderer, who
had been lying and whimpering in his
berth, raised himself upon his elbow and
j looked at them and at me.
That was the first night of my new
{ duties, and in the course of the next day
I had got well into the run of them. I
had to serve at the meals which the cap
tain took at regular hours, sitting down
with the officer who waif off duty; all
the day through I would bo running
| with a dram to ono or the other of my
i three masters, and at night I slept on a
| blanket thrown on the deck boards at
the aftermost end of the roundhouse
and right in the draft of the two doors,
j It was a hard and a cold bed, nor was 1
suffered to sleep without interruption,
| for some one would be always coming in
from deck to get a dram, and when a
fresh watch was to be set two and some
times all three would sit down and brew
a bowl together. How they kept their
health I know not, any more than how 1
kept my own.
And yet in other ways it was an easy
servico. There was no cloth to lay; the
meals were either of oatmeal porridge
or salt junk, except twice a week, when
there was duff, and though I was
; clumsy enough, and (not being firm on
my sea legs) sometimes fell with what 1
was bringing them, both Mr. Riach and
the captain were singularly patient. 1
could not but fancy they were making
up leeway with their consciences, and
that they would scarce have been so
good with me if they had not been
worse with Ransome.
I was as well fed as the best of them;
even their pickles, which were the great
dainty, I was allowed my share of, and
| bad I liked 1 might have been drunk
from morning to night, like Mr. Shuan.
I had company, too, and good company
of its sort. Mr. Riach, who had been to
the college, spoke to me like a friend
when he was not sulking, and told me
many curions things, and some that
were informing, and even tho captain,
though he kept me at the stick's end the
most part of the time, wonld sometimes
unbuckle a bit and tell me of the fine
countries ho had visited.
The shadow of poor Ransome, to be
| sure, lay on all four of us, and on jne
and Mr. Shuan in particular most heav
ily. And then I had another trouble of
my own. Here I was, doing dirty work
for three men that I looked down upon,
and one of whom at least should have
hung upon a gallows that was for the
present, and as for the future. I could
only see myself slaving alongside of ne
groes in the tobacco fields. Mr. Riach.
perhaps from caution, wonld never suf
fer me to say another word about my
story; the captain, whom 1 tried to ap
proach, rebuffed me like a dog, and
wonld not hear a word, and as the days
came and went my heart sank lower
and lower till I was even glad of the
work, which kept me from thinking.
[TO BE CONTINUED.]
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Mr. Newcome (kissing his
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Miss Una Ware (with nppai-
ent indignation :) Why, Mr.
Newcome, you forgot yourself !
Mr. Newcome (delightedly :)
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What a blessing! It is Dr
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if the druggist has not got it,
the remedy will be sent to any
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Drummund Medicine Co., 48-50
-Maiden Lane, New York.
Agents wanted,
He: Somethings are awful
ly provoking. The othereven
ing as I was writing a note be
fore going out to a reception I
got an ink spot on my shirt
bosom. My room mate was
fearfully cut up about it.
She: Why should he feel
any worse than you ?
He; It was his shirt.
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Lady—Is that blind woman
really so old ? Why, she hasn’t
a wrinkle.
Asylum Attendant—No, mum.
She’s never been able to see
what fine clothes other women
have.—N. Y. Weekly.
p.HARLESTON, SUMTER AND
NORTHERN RAILROAD
CHARLES E. KIMBALL Receiver.
In Effect Jan. 16, 1893
NORTH. SOUTH.
31 1 2 23
A.M. A.M. A.M. P.M.
. ... 6.50 Charleaton 10.30
8.15 PrettnalT* 9.05J
6 45 8 30 Sumter 13.50 120
8.48 1.00 Lamar 11 31 11.39
9.22 1.20 Syracuse 1111 r 1.0:1
10.40 1.41 DarliuKton 10.46 10.29
11.15 2 05 Mont flare 10 26 9 53
11.40 2.21 Robiu’itNeck 10.10 8.18
12.10 2.41 Mandevi le 9 50 7.53
12.40 3 01 Bennettsville 9.30 7.23
3.50 Hibson 8.40 ‘
4.30 Hamlet 7 50
P.M. P.M P.M. A.M.
Close connection is made at Hamlet
for all pointa reached by or via the
Seaboard Air Line Systi m ; at Ben-
nettsvillo for all points via (3. F. & Y.
V. K R.
No. 2 does not take passengers south
of Sumter.
Nos. 21 and 22 do not run north of
Bexmettsville.
J. H. A VKRILL, General Manager.
A I). and (J. A S. RAILROADS'
Vy. In effect Jan. 2,1893.
When Baby was sick, we pcaTe her Castoria.
When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss, she chin j lo Castoria.
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria.
Private Instruction.
P RIVATE instruction given in La
tin, Greek, Mathematics, English,
oranyof other branches usuallytaught
at school or colleges, by the Rev. Ed
ward McCrady, A. B., a recent grad
uate of the University of the South
An appointment may be made with
Mr. McCrady for the purpose of ob
taining information as to terms, &c.,
by applying at The Darlington
News Office.
Sweet Girl—Is your love fer
me absolutely unselfish ?
Adorer—A bsol utely.
Sweet Girl—Then I wish
you’d go somewhere else to
night. Jack Hansom promised
J to call.—N. Y. Weekly.
Good Evening! Have you us
ed—Ah ! there is no need of my
saying anything further, I am
' sure you will hereafter use noth
ing but the Famous Blush of
| Roses for your complexion.
| Yours with best wishes,
Flora A. Jones,
South Bend, Ind.
P. S. Call this eve please at
Dr. J. A. Boyd’s and learn the
particulars.
Notice of Limited Partnership.
To all who it may concern: Notice
is hereby given that the undereigned
have formed a Limited Partnership ;
that the Name of Firm under which
such 0 artnership is to be conducted
is Edwards A fompany. That the
general nature of the business to be
transacted is a General Merchandise
Business to be carried on at Darling
ton, South Carolina. That C. B. Ed
wards, and H. A. Edwards, who re
side at Darlington, Court House,
South Carolina, are the General Part
ners ; and James L. Coker, who resides
at Hartsvilie, South Carolina, is the
Special Partner; and that the said
James I.. Coker has contributed the
sum of Five Thousand Dollars as cap
ital to the common stock ; and that
said Partnership is to oommeuce on
the 30th. day of January 1893, and is
to terminate on the 1st. day of Janua
ry 1898
Dated this 30th day of January One
Thousand Eight Hundred and Nine
ty Three.
C. B. EDWARDS,
H. A. EDWARDS,
General,
JAS. L. COKER,
Special.
Feb. 2—6t
'.\ty Mat
TJARTSVILLE RAILROAD.
In effect Jan. 2, 1898.
DAILY MIXED TRAIN
Leave Hartsvilie 6.00 a m
Jovann 5.20 a in
Floyd’s 5.35 a m
Darlington 5.50 a in
Palmetto 6.02 a m
Arrive Florence 6.15 a m
Leave Florence 9.00 p m
Palmetto 9.15 p m
Darlington 9.30 p B
Floyd's 9.45 p m
Jovann - 10.05 p is
Arrrive Hartsvilie 10.25 p m
I. F. DIVINE, Gen. Su f t.
Leave Wadenboro
Bennett's
Morven’s
McFarland
Cheraw
4.00 p m
Cash's
Society Hill
Dove's
Floyd’s
Darlington
Palmetto
Arrive Florence
Leave Florence
6.30 a in
Palmetto
Darlington
Floyd's
Dove's
Society Hill
Cash's
Cheraw
McFarland
Morven’s
Bennett’s
Arrive Wadesboro
Local Freight Train.
Leave Florence 9.00 a m
Arrive Darlington 9.45 a m
Leave Darlington 6.00 p m
Arrive Florence 5.45 p m
A. F. RAVEN EL, President.
IV
J ORTH F. A ST ERN R A11.ROAD.
In effect Jan. 2, 1893.
SOUTH BOUN0.
No. 15
Leave Florence 6 25 a m
Klngstree J7.35 a m
Lanes 7.55 a m
Arrive Charleston 9.44 a m
No. 27.
Leave Florence 10.50 p|m
Klngstree 11.50 p m
Lanes 12.18 a m
Arrive Charleston 2.19 am
No. 23.
Leave Florence 11.00 p m
Klngstree 12.14 am
lames 12.32 a in
Arrive Charleston 2.38 a m
No. 53.
Leave Lanes 8.45 p m
Arrive Charleston 10.40 p m
Train on C. A 1). R. R. connects at
Florence with No. 15 Train.
NORTH BOUND.
No. 78.
Leave Charleston 1.38 a m
lames 3.22 am
Klngstree 3 40am
Arrive Florence 4.55 a in
No. 06
Leave Charleston
lames
7.33 a m
K'ngstree
Arrive Florence
No. 14.
I^ave Charleston
Lanes
Klngstree
Arrive Florence
No. 52.
I^ave Charleston
Arrive Lanes
\\
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
with W. &■ W. R. R. for alt 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. Snpt.
7ILM1NGTON, COLUMBIaT*
AUGUSTA RALROAD.
In effect January 2 1893.
SOUTH BOUND.
No. 23.
Leave Wilmington 6-25 p m
Marion 9.41 p m
Arrive Florence 10.25 p m
No. 50.
Leave Florence 3.20 a m
Sumter 4.35 a in
Arrive Columbia 6.15 a m
No. 62.
Leave Sumter 9.43 a m
Arrive Columbia 10.55 a m
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
lames 8.32 a m, Manning 9 09 a m.
NORTH BOUND.
No. 51.
Leave Columbia 10.45 pm
Sumter 12.05 a m
Arrive Florence 1.S0 a m
No. 78.
Leave Florence 5.10 a m
Marion 5.53 a m
Arrive Wilmington 9.10 a m
No. 59.
Leave Colombia
Sumter 7.30 p m
Arrive Florence....- 8.50 p m
No. 53.
Leave Columbia 6.10 pm
Arrive Sumter - 7. 25p m
No. 53 runs through to charleston
via central Railroad, arriving Man
ning 8.00 p m Lanes 8.40 p m,
charleston 10.30 a m.
Trains on Manchester and Augusta
B. R-, leave Sumter daily except Sun
day, 10-50 a. m., arrive Rimini 11:59 a.
m. Returning leave Rimini 12:30 p
m.. arrive Sumter 1:40 p m.
Traius on Hartsvilie R. R. leave
Harts,ille 5:00 a. in., arriving Floyds
5:85 a. m. Returning leave Floyds
9:45 p. in., arriving Hnrtsvill 10:5 p. m.
Daily except Sunday.
Trains on Wilmington, Chadhoum
and 0< nw ,y Railroad leave Chad-
bourn 10:31 a. m., arrive at Conway
1:00 p. m„ returning 1 ave Conway at
2:30 p. iu., arrive < h i Ibourn 5:20 p.
m Leave Chadbouru 7:15 a. m. and
5:50 p. m., arrive Hub at 8:00 a. m and
8:25 p. m. Returning leave Hub 9KK)
a. m. and 6:45 p. in , arrive at ( had-
bourn 9:45 a. m. ai d 7:80 p. m. Daily
except Sunday.
JOHN F. DIVINE. GenT Sup’t.
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