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I thonj;l)t it best t.i put a fair fare on i my consent, for 1 saw Alan troubled; i and besides (thinks t to myself) as soon i as my buck- is turned, they will paper ! me, as they call it. whether 1 consent or not. I Thereupon we said farewell, and set out again, bending somewhat eastward, in a fine, mild, dark night and over much I the same broken country as before. CHAPTER XIX. TUli FI.IUUT IN THE tlKATUEK- ROCKS. -THE CHAPTER XVIII. THE HOUSE OP FEAR. A tussle cams out of the house carrying a bundle. Night fell as we were walking and the clouds, which had broken up in the afternoon, settled in and thickened. At last, about half past ten of the clock, we came to the top of a brae and saw lights below us. It seemed a house door stood open and let out a beam of fire and candle light, and all around the honse and steading five or six persons were moving hurriedly about, each car rying a lighted brand. “James must have tint his wits," said Alan. "If this was the soldiers instead of you and me he would be in a bonny mess. But 1 dare say he’ll have a sen try on the road, and he would ken well enough no soldiers wotud find the way that we came.” Hereupon be whistled three times in a particular manner. It was strange to see how, at the first sound of it, all the moving torches came to a stand, as if the hearers were affrighted; and how, at the third, the bustle began again as before. • Having thus set folks' minds at rest, we came down the brae, and were met at the yard gate (for this place was like a well doing farm) by a tall, handsome man of more than fifty, who cried out to Alan in the Gaelic. "James Stewart," said Alan, “1 will ask ye to speak in Scotch, for here is a young gentleman with me that has nane of the other. This is him," he added, putting his arm through mine, “a young gentleman of the lowlands, and a laird in his country, too, but I am thinking it will he the better for his health if we give his name the go by." James of the Glens turned to me for a moment and greeted me courteously enough; the next he had turned to Alan. “This has been a dreadful accident,' he cried. “It will bring trouble on the country.” And he wrung his hands. “Hoots!” said Alan, "ye must take the sour with the sweet, man. Colin Roy is dead, and be thankful for that!" “Aye,” said James, "and by my troth I wish he was alive again^ It's all vert- fine to blow and boast beforehand; but now it’s done, Alan, and who's to bear the wyte [blame] of it? The accident fell opt in Appin—mind ye that, Alan It’s Appin that mnst pay. and I am a man that has a family." While this was going on 1 looked about me at the servants. Some were on ladders, digging in the thatch of the house or the farm buildings, from which they brought ont guns, swords and dif ferent weapons of war. Others carried them away, and by the sound of mattock blows from somewhere farther down the brae 1 supposed they buried them Thongh they were all so busy there pre vailed no kind of order in their efforts Men struggled together for the same gun, and ran into each other with their burning torches, and James was contin nally taming aboat from his talk with Alan to cry out orders which were ap parently never understood. The faces in the torchlight were like those of peo ple overborne with hurry and panic, and though none spoke above his breath their speech sounded both anxions and angry. It was about this time that a lassie came ont of the honse carrying a pack or handle, and it has often made me smile to think how Alan's instinct awoke at the mere sight of it "What's that the lassie has?” he asked “We're jnst setting the honse in order, Alan,” said James in his frightened and somewhat fawning way. “They'll search Appin with candles, and we must have all things straight We’re digging the bit guns and swords into the moss, ye see, and these. I’m thinking, will he vonr ain French clothes.” “Bury my French clothes!” cried Alan “Troth, nol” And he laid hold upon the packet and retired into the barn to shift himself, recommending me in the meanwhile to his kinsman. James carried me accordingly into the kitchen and sat down with me at table, smiling and talking at first in a very hospitable manner. But presently the gloom returned upon him. He sat frowning and biting his fingers, only re membered me from time to time, and then gave me but a word or two and a poor smile, and back into his private terrors. His wife sat by the fire and wept with her face in her hands. His eldest son was crouched upon the floor running over a great mass of papers, and now and again setting one alight and burning it to the bitter end. All the while a servant lass with a red face was rummaging about the room in a blind hnrry of fear and whimpering as she went, and every now and again one of the men would thrnst in his face from the yard and cry for orders. At last Jcmea could keep his seat no longer and begged my permission to be so unmannerly as to walk about. “1 am but poor company altogether, sir,” says he, “but 1 can think of nothing hut this dreadful accident and the trouble it is like to bring upon quite innocent per •ons." A little after he observed his son burn ing a paper, which he thought should have been kept, and at that his excite ment hurst out so that it was painful to witness. He struck the lad repeatedly. “Arc you gone gyte?" [mad] he cried. “Do yon wish to hang your father?" and forgetful of my presence carried on at hiia a long time together in the Gaelic, the yomlg man answering notning, ouiy the wife, at the name of hanging, throw ing her apron over her face and sobbing ont louder than before. This was all wretched for a stranger like myself to hear and see, and I was right glad when Alan returned looking like himself in his fine French clothes, though, to he sure, they were now grown almost too tattered and withered to de serve that name. I was then taken ont in my turn by another of the sons, and given that change of clothing of which 1 had stood so long in need, and a pair of highland brogues made of doer leather, rather strange at first, but after a little practice very easy to the feet. By the time 1 came back Alan must j have told his story, for it seemed under stood that 1 was to fly with him, and they were all busy upon our equipment, j They gav e us each a sword and pistol. ' though I professed my inability to use the former, and with these and some ammunition, a bag of oatmeal, an iron j pan and a bottle of right French brandy wc were ready for the heather. Money indeed was lacking. 1 had abont two guineas left. Alan’s belt having been dispatched by another hand, that trusty j messenger had no more than seventeen pence to bis whole fortune, and as for ! James, it appears he had brought him- i self so low with journeys to Edinburgh i and legal expenses on behalf of the ten ants that he could only scrape together three and tivepence halfpenny, the most of it in coppers. “This'll nae do,” said Alan. “Ye must find a safe bit somewhere near by,” said James, “and get word sent to me. Ye see, ye'll have to get this business prettily off, Alan. This is no time to be staid for a guinea or two. They're sure to get wind of ye, sure to seek ye, and by my way of it sure to lay on yo the wyte of this day’s accident. If it falls on yon, it falls on me that am your near kinsman and harbored ye while ye were in the country. And if it comes on me”— He paused and hit his fingers, with a white face. “It would be a painful thing for onr friends if I was to hang,” said he. “It would be an ill day for Appin," lavs Alan. “It’s a day that sticks in my throat,” said James. “Oh, man, man, man- man, Alan, you and me have spoken ike two fools!” he cried, striking his hand upon the wall so that the house rang again. “Well, and that's true, too,” said Alan, “and iny friend from the lowlands here” (nodding at me) “gave me a good word upon that head, if 1 would only have listened to him.” “But see here,” said James, returning to his former manner, “if th* y lay me by the heels. Alan, it's then that you'll be needing the money. For with all that 1 have said and that yon have said it will look very black against the two of us; do ye mark that? Well, follow me out and ye’ll see that I'll have to get a paper ont against ye mysel’. I'll have to offer a reward for ye; aye, will I? It's a sore thing to do between such near friends, but if I get the dirdnm of this dreadful accident I’ll have to fend for myself, man. Do ye see that?” He spoke with a pleading earnestness, taking Alan by the breast of the coat. “Aye,” said Alan, “I see that.” •‘And yell have to be clear of the country, Alan—aye, and clear of Scot land—yon and your friend from the lowlands, too, for I’ll have to paper your friend from the lowlands. Ye se“ that, Alan—say that ye see that!" I thought Alan flushed a bit. “This is unco hard on me that brought him here, James,” said he, throwing his head back. “It's like making me a trait or f “Now, Alan, man!” cried James, “look things in the face! He'll be pa pered anyway. Mungo Campbell '11 be sure to paper him. What matters if 1 paper him too? And then, Alan, I am a man that has a family.” And then, aft er a little pause on both sides, “And, Alan, it’ll be a jury of Campbells,” said he. "There's one thing," said Alan mus ingly, “that naehody kens his name.” “Nor yet they shall nae, Alan! There's my hand on that,” cried James, for all the world as if ho had really known my name and was foregoing some advan tage. “But jnst the habit he was in, and what he looked like, and his age, and the like? I conldnae well do less.” “I wonder at yonr father’s son,” cried Alan sternly. “Wonld ye sell the lad with a gift? Wonld ye change his clothes and then betray him?” “No, no, Alan," said James. “No, no; | the habit he took off—the habit Mungo saw him in.” But I thought he seemed crestfallen, indeed he was clutching at every straw, and all the time, I dare say. i saw the faces of his hereditary foes on the bench and in the jury box and the ! gallows in the background. “Well, sir," says Alan, taming tome, J "what say ye to that? Ye are here under the safeguard of my honor, and it’s im part to see nothing.done but what shall please you.” ‘.‘I have bnt one word to say,” said I, ' •for to all this dispute I am a perfect * 1 stranger. Bnt the plain, common sense is to set the blame where it belongs, and that is on the man that fired the shot, j Paper him, as you call it—set the hunt on him and let honest, innocent folk show their faces in safety." But at this both Alan and James cried , ont in horror, bidding me hold my tongue, for that was not to be thought of, and asking me “What the Camerons would think” (which again confirmed me -it must have been a Cameron from Mamore that did the act), and if I did not see that the lad might be canght. “Ye havenae surely thought of that?” said they with such innocent earnest ness that my hands dropped at my side, and l despaired of argument. “Very well then,” said 1, "paper me, if yon please, paper Alan, paper King George! We're all three innocent, and that seems to be what's wanted! But at | least, sir,” said 1 to James, recovering ' from my little fit of annoyance, “1 am Alan's friend, and if I can be helpful to friends of his, I will not stumble at the I rUk." So there we stood, side by tide. Sometimes we walked, sometimes ran, and as it drew on to morning walked ever the less and ran the more. Though neon its face that country appeared to be a desert, yet there were huts and houses of the people, of which we must have passed more than twenty, hidden in quiet places of the hills. When we came to one of these Alan would leave me in the way, and go himself aanl rap npon the side of the house, and speak awhile at the window with some sleeper awakened. This was to pass the news, which in that country was so much of a duty that Alan must pause to attend to it even while fleeing for his life, and so well attended to by others that in more than half of the houses where we called they had heard already of the murder. In the others, as well as I could make out (standing back at a distance, and hearing a strange tongne), the news was received with more of consternation than of surprise. For all onr hurry day begr.n to come in while we were still far from shelter. It found us in a prodigious valley, strewn with rocks and where ran a foaming river. Wild mountains stood around it; there grew there neither grass nor trees. The first peep of morning then showed us this horrible place, and I could see Alan knit his brow. “This is no fit place for you and me,” he said. “This is a place they’re bound to watch.” And with that he ran harder than ever down to the water side in a part where the river was split in two among three rocks. It went through with a horrid thundering that made my belly quake, and there hung over the lin a little mist of spray. Alan looked neither to the right nor to the left, bnt jumped clean upon the middle rock and fell there on his hands and knees to check himself, for that rock was small and he might have pitched over on the far side. I had scarce time to measure the distance or to understand the peril before I had fol lowed him, and he canght and stopped me. So there we stood, side by side, upon a small rock slippery with spray, a far broader leap in front of ns, and the river dinning npon all sides. When 1 saw where I was there came on me a deadly sickness of fear, and I put my hand over my eyes. The next minute Alan had set the brandy bottle to my lips and forced me to drink abont a gill, which sent the blood into iny head again. Then put ting his hands to my month and his month to my ear he shouted, "Hang or drown!" and turning his hack npon me leaped over the farther branch of the stream and landed safe. Never a word he said, but set off run ning again for his life, and I mnst stag ger to my feet, jump and run after him. I had been weary before, hut now 1 was sick and bruised, and parily drunken with the brandy. I kept, stum bling as I ran; I had a stitch that came near to overmaster me, and when at last Alan passed under a great rock that stood there among a number of others it was none too soon for David Balfour. A great rock, 1 have said, but by rights it was two rocks leaning together at the top, both some twenty feet high, and at the first sight inaccessible. Even Alan (though yon may say he had as good as fonr hands) failed twice in an attempt to climb them, and it was only at the third trial, and then by standing on my shoulders and leaping up with such force that 1 thought must have broken my collar bone, that he secured a lodgment. Once there, he let down his leathern girdle, and with the aid of that and a pair of shallow footholds in the rock I scrambled ap beside him. Then I saw why we had come there, for the two rocks, both being somewhat hollow on the top and sloping one to the other, made a kind of dish or saucer, where as many as three or four men might have lain hidden. All this while Alan had not said a word, and had run and climbed with such a savage, silent frenzy of hnrry that I knew he was in mortal fear of some miscarriage. Even now we were on the rock he said nothing, nor so much as relaxed the frowning look upo» his face, but clapped flat down, and keep ing only one eye above the edge of our place of shelter scouted all round the compass. The dawn had come qnite clear; we conld see the stony sides of the valley, and its bottom, which was be strewed with rocks, and the river, which went from one side to another and made white falls, bnt nowhere the smoke of a house, nor any living creature but some eagles screaming round a cliff. Then at last Alan smiled. “Aye,” said he, “now we have a chance; gang you to your sleep, lad, and I’ll watch.” Accordingly I lay down to sleep; a lit tle peaty earth hail drifted in between the top of the two rocks, and son bracken grew there, to be a bed to me. The last thing 1 heard was still the cry ing of the eagles. 1 date say it would be nine in the morning when 1 was roughly awakened and found Alan's hand pressed npon my month. “Wheesht!” he whispered. “Yon were snoring." S "Well,” said I, surprised at his anxious and dark face, “and why not?” He peered over the edge of the rock i and eigned to me to do the like. | It was now high dav. cloudless and very hot The valley was as clear a* tn a picture. About half a mile up the water was a camp of redcoats; a big tire blazed in their midst, at which some - were cooking, and neap by, on the top of a rock abont as high as onrs, there stood a sentry, with the snn sparkling on his arms. All the way down along the river side were posted other sentries; here near together, there 'videlier scat tered; some planted like the first, on places of command, some on the ground level, and marching and countermarch ing, so as to meet half way. Higher up the glen, where the ground was mon open, the chain of posts was continued by horse soldiers, whom we could see in the distance riding to and fro. Lower down the infantry continued; bnt as the stream was suddenly swelled by the con fluence of a considerable bum they were more widely set, and only watched the fords and stepping stones. I took but one look at them and ducked again into my place. It was strange indeed to see this valley, which had lain so solitary in the hour of dawn, bristling with arms and dotted with the redcoats and breeches. “Ye see.” said Alan, “this was what I wag afraid of, Davie—that they would watch the humside. They began to J come in about two hours ago, and, man, hut ye’re a grand hand at the sleeping! We’re in a narrow place. If they get up the sides of the hill they conld easy spy us with a glass, but if they'll only keep in the foot of the valley we’ll do yet. The posts are thinner down the water, and come night we’ll try our hand at getting by them.’ “And what are we to do till night?” 1 asked. “Lie here," says he, “and birstle.” That one good Scotch word, birstle, was indeed the most of the story of the day that we had now to pass. You are to remember that we lay on the hare ! top of a rock, like scones upon a griddle; j the sun beat npon us cruelly; the rock | grew so heated a man could scarce en- j dure the touch of it, and the little patch j of earth and fern which kept cooler was \ only large enough for one at a time. All the while we had no water, only | taw brandy for a drink, which was worse than nothing; but we kept the bottle as cool as we could, burying it in the earth, and got some relief by bath ing onr breasts and temples. The soldiers kept stirring all day in the bottom of the valley, now changing guard, now in patrolling parties hunting among the rocks. These lay around in so great a number that to look for men among them was like looking for a needle in a bottle of hay, and being so hopeless a task it was gone about witli the less care. Yet we could see the sol diers pike their bayonets among the heather, which sent a cold thrill into my vitals, and they would sometimes hang aoout onr rock so that we scarce dared to breathe. The tediousness and pain of these hours upon Hie rocks grew only the greater as the day went on, the rock get ting still the hotter and the sun fiercer. At last, about two, it was beyond men’s tearing, and there was now temp tation to resist as well as pain to thole. For the sun being now got a little into the west, there came a patch of shade on the east side of onr rock, which was the side sheltered from the soldiers. “As well one death as another," said Alan, and slipped over the edge and dropped on the ground on the shadowy side. I followed him at once, and instantly fell all my length, so weak was I and so giddy with that long exposure. Here then we lay for an hour or two, aching from head to foot, as weak as water, and lying quite naked to the eye of any soldier who should have strolled that way. None came, however, all passing by on the other side. So we got our selves at once in marching order and began to slip from rock to rock one after the other, now crawling flat on our tel lies in the shade, now making a run for it, heart in month. The soldiers, having searched this side of the valley after a fashion and being, perhaps, somewhat sleepy with the sul triness of the afternoon, had now laid by their vigilance and stood dozing it their posts, or only kept a lookout along the hanks of the river, so that in this way keeping down the valley and at the same time toward the mountains we drew steadily away from the neighbor hood. By sundown we had made some dis tance, even by our slow rate of progress, thongh to be sure the sentry on the rock was still plainly in our view. But now we came on something that put all fears out of season, and that was a deep, rush ing burn that tore down in that part to join the glen river. At the sight of this we cast ourselves on the ground and plunged head and shoulders in the wa ter, and I cannot tell which was the more pleasant, the great shock as the cool stream went over us or the greed with which we drank of it. We lay there (for the banks hid ns), drank again and again bathed orr chests, let our wrists trail iu the run ning water till they ached with the chill, and at last, being wonderfully renewed, we get out the mealbag and made dram- mach in the iron pan. This, thongh it is hut cold water mingled with oatmeal, yet.makes a good enough dish for a hungry man; and where there are no means of making fire or (as in our case) good reason 'or not making one it is the chief stand by of those who have taken to the heather. As soon as the shadow of the night had fallen we set forth again, at first with the same cantion, but presently with more boldness, standing onr full height and stepping ont at a good pace of walk ing. The way was very intricate, lying up the steep sides of mountains and along the brows of cliffs; clouds had come in with the snnset, and the night was dark and cool, so that I walked without much fatigue, but in contiunal fear of falling and rolling down the mountains, and with no guess at our direction. The moon rose at last and found ns still on the road. It was in its last quarter and was long beset with clouds, bnt after awhile shone out and showed me many dark heads of mountains, and was reflected far underneath us on the narrow arm of a sea loch. At this sight we both paused, I struck with wonder to find myself so high and walking, as it seemed to me, upon clonds, Alan to make sure of his direc tion. Seemingly he was well pleased, and he must certainly have judged us ont of earshot of all our enemies, for through out the rest of onr night march he be guiled the way with whistling of many tunes, warlike, merry, plaintive; reel tnnes that made the foot go faster; tune# of Qwn south country that made — me fain to oe notne from my aavcntnres, and all these on the great, dark, desert mountains, making company npon the wav [TO BE CONTINUED.] They Have a Bonanza. It seems the owners of Dr. Drummond’s Lightning Rente dy for Rheumatism have a Bo nanza as their remedy has nev er known to fail in a single case. There is certainly room in the market for a medicine that will do what they claim for this wonderful preparation. Al though the price is *5 per bottle if it does one half claimed for it the price should be $100. If the druggist has not got it, the remedy will be sent to any ad dress by prepaid express on re ceipt of price. Drummond Med icine Co., 48 50 Maiden Lane, New York. Agents wanted. ■ A French Canadian employed to turn a crank in a certain in dustrial establishment asked to be let off one morning. “I hope you’re not going to have rheu matism again,” said his em ployer. “Ido not know,” he answered, “hot mine body, it ees all stomachache.” He was let off.—New York Sun. Strength and Health. If you are not feeling strong and healthy, try Electric Bit ters. If “La Grippe” has left you weak and weary, use Elec tric Bitters. This remedy acts directly on Liver, Stomach and Kidneys, gently aiding those or gans to perform their functions If you are aftlicted with Sick Headache, you v. I’d find speedy and permanent relief by taking Electric Bitters. One trial will convince you that this is the remedy you need. Large bot tles only 50c. at Willcox & Co’s drug store. Fond Mother^-Ethel, did you kiss young Mr. Jones again last night ? Ethel—Yes, mamma, he has just lost an uncle, and l was so sorry for him. Fond Mother—Well, Ethel, let this be the last. I’m afraid if you keep on encouraging him with your sympathy he won’t have a relative left in the world.—Brooklyn Life. When the Heart is Affected, By Rheumatisn or any of i the muscles near that organ it is like tampering with an elec tric wire for death may come at any moment. If life is worth $5, go to the druggist and get Dr. Drummond's Lightning Remedy or send t<> the Drum- mond Medicine Co., 48-50 Maid en Lane, Now Ycrk, and they will sind you a la ge bottle by prepaid express, it is not as. quick as electricity, but it will save your life if you take it in time. Agents wa ited. ALittle Girl’s Experience In a Ligh* House. Mr. and Mrs. Loren Trescot are keepers of the Gov. Light house at Sand Beach, Mich, and are blessed with a daughter, four years old Last April she was taken down with Measles, fol lowed with a dreadful Cough and turning into a fever. Doc tors at home and at Detroit treat ed her, but in vain, she grew worse rapidly, until she was a mere “handful of bones.”—ihen she tried Dr. King’s New Dis covery and after the use of two and a half bottles, was complete ly cured. They say Dr. King’s New Discovery is worth its weight in gold, yet you may get a trial bottle free at Willcox & Co’s Drug store. Gus de Smith—Balloons are very unfortunate pieces of me chanism. McGinnis—How so ? Gus de Smith—They are al ways used up.—Texas Siftings. Private Inst uction. P RIVATE instruction given in La' tin, Greek, Matheinaties, English, oranyof other liranehi s uxuallytaught at school or colleges, >y the Rev. Ed ward McCrady, A. B. a recent grad uate of the Uni versity of tlie South An appointment may be made with Mr. McCrady for the turpoee of ob taining information es to terms, Ac , by applying at Thk Darmnotok News Office. Clerk’s Sale. State of South Carolina, County ol Darlington. In Common Pleas. James M. Seignious vs. Lula P. Pate, et al. Foreclosure. Pursuant to an Order of Court made in the above stated •asc, I will offer for sale in front of tne Court Honse in Darlington Couin y, on the first Monday in April ne\t, the following described real estate: First. A tract containing thiiteen and three fourths acres, more or less, with buildings thereon, and hounded on the north and west by lands of H. J. Du Bose, east by tie public road j leading from Mt Hon to Fields’ Bridge, and south liy lie public road leading from DuBese’s Bridge to Mars Bluff. Second, A tract of 1 ind containing one and one-half acrei, more or less, bounded north by t le public road leading from Bishoiiville to Tira- monsville, south by la id of J. W. Du- Bose, east by land of J. A. DuBose, and west by land of H J. DuBose. Thitd, A tract of I; nd containing fifty acres, more or less, bounded north by land of Rolx rt Rogers, east by land of W. L. Hui ton, south by land of E J. Jeffords and west by laud of Jarrot Pompe; . Fourth, A tract of I nd containing ninety acres, more or less, bounded north by lands of R. L DuBose, east by lands of M. Marco, <outh by lands of H. M. DuBose and the estate of B. S. Josey, and west by he public road from Cartcrsville to M . Eion. Fifth, A tract of h.nd containing fifty-five acres, more o • less, bounded north by lauds of Johi Walters,j east by lands of A. 8. 8tol.es, and south and west by lands of J B. Stokes, and south by J. R Crosswi IPs land. Terms of sale: One-t lird cash, bal ance in one and two years; credit portion seemed by bo id of purchaser and mortgage of the premises sold; purchaser to pay for a'.l necessary pa pers. W. ALBERT \ARROTT, Mchld—8t, C[erk. Do not confuse the Famous Blush of Roses with the many worthless paints, powders, creams, and bleaches which are flooding the market. Get the genuine of yourd”uggist, Dr. J. A. Boyd, 75 cents per bottle and I guarantee it will remove your pimples, freckles, black heads, moth, tan, and sunburn, and give you a lovely complex ion. “To-day was prize day at my school,” said Jimmie. “And did my little boy get anything?” asked papa. “Yep. Got kept in.''—Harp ers Bazar. Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. The Best Salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores. Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and positively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or money refunded. Price 25 cents er box. For sale at Willcox & lo’s drugstore. S “Yes, sir, since he married the heiress he leads the life of a dog.” “That should be a warning to” “Has nothing to do but eat, sleep and be petted.”—New York Press. When Baby wa* sick, we gare her Castorf*. When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria. When she became Miss, she ohm*? to Castoria. When she had Children, ahe gave them Castoria. Customer—Why do you reft r to this folding bed as “she?” Clerk—Because, sir, there is no danger of it s shutting up.— | Detroit Free Press. Desirable Lot For Sale. WE off^r for aale tin lot of tha iatr Mrs. A. A. Baker in tire Town of Dar lington. PAUL V HIPPLE, J. GRE( G MoCALL, J. E. NETTLES, Executors. Ap 21—tf TAX NOTICE. T HE Tax Returns of the Town of Darlington, 8. C., are now on file with the C!-rk and will remain open for it spection until March, 29, 1883. All [ ersons having complaints against tin value of as sessments assigned by the board of assessors must file their protests with the Clerk before the d-iv mentioned. By Order of the Mayor, J. W. EVANS, Clerk. March 9—tf. Every Man A Capitalist. * You can become a capitalist at once by laying by a small part of your yearly income and invest ing it in a Tontine policy of the Equitable Life For $20 you car instantly se cure a capital of $i ,ooo (or for $200 a capital of :5io,ooo), thus acquiring an estate which you may leave to your heirs, or re tain as a fund lor your own support in old aije, if your life be prolonged. Such a step wi‘1 prompt you to save, will stiengthen your credit, will increase your con fidence, will pres rve you from care and will git e you lasting satisfaction. The Plan is Simple. The Security Absolute. It is the perfec development of the life policy. To-day is the right time to get facts and figures. Address W. J. RODDEY, Manager, For the Carol tuu. ROCK HILL, S. C. W.B. McGIRl.ll.D. S., Offers his professiuu ,i sn vices to the people of Darlingto i and vicinity. Office over the store of Edwards, Nor meat & Co. Jan 19,’90—lv /"CHARLESTON, SUMTER AND ^ NORTHERN RAILROAD CHARLES E. KIMBALL Receiver. NORTH. •»*»«. AW, SOUTH. 21 i 2 22 A.M. AM. A.M. P.M, « ... 6.50 Charleston 10.30 8.15 Pregnall’s 9.05 6.45 8.30 Sumter 12.50 1 20 8.48 l.oo Lamur 11 31 11.39 9.22 1.20 Syracuse 11.11 11.03 10.40 1.41 Derlington 10.46 10.29 11.15 2 05 Mont Clare 10 26 9 53 11.40 2.21 Robin’s Neck 10.10 8.18 12.10 2.41 Mandeville 9.50 7.53 12.40 3 01 Bennettsville 9.30 7.23 3.50 Gibson 8.40 4.30 Hamlet 7.50 P.M. P.M P.M. A.M, Close connection is made at Hamlet for all points readied by or via the Seaboard Air Line System ; at Ben- nettsville for all points via C. F. & Y. V. R K. No. 2 does not take passengers south of Sumter. Nos. 21 and 22 do not run north of Bennettsville. J. H. AVER1LL, General Manager. ( 'I & D. and C. A 8. RAILROADS, in effect Jan. 2,1893. Leave Wadesboro 1.40 p m Bennett’s 2.01 p in Morven's 2.25 p m McFarland 2 40pm Cheraw 4.00 p m Cash's 4 80 pm Society Hill 5.05 p m Dove's 5.45 p m Floyd’s ».00 j) m Darlington 0.25 p m Palmetto 0.40 p m Arrive Florence 7.00 p m Leave Florence 0.30 a m Palmetto 0.50 a m Darlington - 7.30 am Floyd’s 7.55 a m Dove's 8 10am Society Hill 8 40am Cash's 9.35 a m Cheraw 10.00 a m McFarland 11.45 p m Morven’s 12.05 p m Bennett's 12.20 p m Arrive Wadesboro 12.45 p m Local Freight Train. Leave Florence 9.00 a m Arrive Darlington 9.45 a m Leave Darlington 5.00 p m Arrive Florence 5.45 p m A. F. RAVEN EL, President. N 1 IV ■il n (.is*i n> •gv last XXARTSVLLLE RAILROAD. In effect, an. 2, 1893. DAILY MIXED TRAIN Leave Hartsville 5.00 a m Jovann 5.20 a m Floyd's 5.36 a m Darlington 5.50 am Palmetto 8 02 a in Arrive Florence 6.15 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 10 05 p m Arrrive Hartsville 10.25 pm #. F. DIVINE, Geo. Supt. ORTHEASTERN RAILROAD. In effect Jan. 2, 1893. SOUTH BOUND. No. 15 Leave Florence tt 25 a m Klngstree 7.35 a m Lanes 7.55 a m Arrive Charleston 9.44 a m No. 27. Leave Florence 10.50 p m Klngstree 11.50pm I Lanes 12.08 a m Arrive Charleston 2.19 am No 23. Leave Florence 11.00 p m Klngstree 12.14 a m Lanes 12.32 am Arrive Charleston 2.38 a m No. 53. Leave Lanes 8.45 p m Arrive Charleston 10.40 pm Train on C. & D. R. R. connects at Florence with No. 15 Train. NORTH BOUND. No. 78. Leave Charleston 1.38 a m I^iues 3.22 a m Klngstree 3 40 a in Arrive Florence 4.55 a m No. 86 Leave Charleston 5.42 a m Lanes 7.38 a m Klngstree 7 55 a m Arrive Florence 9.00 a m No. 14. Leave Charleston 4.12 p m Lanes 6.03 p m Klngstree 8.17 p m Arrive Florence 7.10 p m No. 52. Leave Charleston 6.35 a m Arrive Lanes 8.27 a it No. 62 runs through to Columbia via Central R. R. of 8. C. No. 78 runs solid to Wilming ton, N. C., making close connection with W. & W. K. R. for all points North. Trains Nos. 14 and 66 run via Wilson an Fayetteville—Short Line—and make close connection for ail points North. J. F. DIVINE. Gen. Supt. ILMINGTON, COLUMBIA A 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 m Arrive Columbia 6.15 a m No. 52. Leave Sumter 9.43 a m Arrive Columbia 10.55 a m No. 58. Leave Florence 7.57 a m Snmter 9 20 a m Arrive Columbia No. 52 runs through from Charles ton via Central Railroad; leaving Lanes 8.32 a m, Manning 9 09 a m, NORTH BOUND. No. 51. Leave Columbia 10.45 p m Sumter 12.05 a m Arrive Florence 1.30 a m No. 78. Leave Florence 5.10 a m Marion 5.53 a m Arrive Wilmington 9.10 am No. 59. Leave Columbia Snmter 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 am. Trains on Manchester and Augusta B. R-, leave Sumter daily except Sun day, 10-50 a. m., arrive Rimini 11:59 a. m. Keturning leave Rimini 12:30 p m.. arrive Sumter 1:40 p. m. Trains on Hartsville R. R. leave Harts,ille 5:00 a. m., arriving Floyds 5:85 a. m. Returning leave Floyds 9:45 p. m., arriving Hartsvill 10:5 p. in. Daily except Sunday. Trains on Wilmington, Chadbouru and Conway Railroad leave Chad- bourn 10:80 a. m., arrive at Conway 1:00 p. m,, returning leave Conway at 2:30 p. m.. arrive Chadbourn 5:20 p. m Leave Chadbourn 7:15 a. in. and 5:50 p. m., arrive Hub at 8:00 a. m. and 6:25 p. m. Returning leave Hub 9:00 a. m. and 6:45 p. m., arrive at ( bad- bourn 9:45 a. m. and 7:30 p m. Daily except Sunday. JOHN F. DIVINE, Gen’l Sup’t. Attenion Mechanics! All persons In need of babbitt metal can purchase it cheap at TU Daa - 14*810* N'xws office.