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terloo bridge and throujfh muea oi ’ i •nan aerer i
•treets, until, to my astonishment, we He shrank still farther awu; as I
found ourselaei back in the terrace in spoke, and.I could see on hit face that
which he had boarded. I could not t he thought ! was mad. So I was for
Imagine what his intention was in re-1 the time. The pulses in mj temples
turning there; bnt I went on and beat like sledge-hammers, and I be-
pulled up my cab a hundred yards oi Here 1 would hare had a fit of some
so from the house. He entered it and sort if the blood had not gushed from
mimM
CHAPTER III-<’ommm.;r
CHAPTER VI
A ooimitDiTton or thb aiHimsesNczs or
roan b. watsoh, a o.
Our prisoner's furious resistance did
not apparently indicate any ferocity
in his disposition towarti ourselves, for
on finding himself powerless he smiled
in an aifable manner, and expressed
his hopes that he had not hurt any of
us in the scuffle. "I guess you're go*
ing to take me to the police station,"
he remarked to Sherlock Holmes. “My
cab's at the door. If you’ll loose my
legs I’ll walk down to it. I'm not so
light to lift as I used to be.”
Gregson and Lestrade exchanged
glances as if they thought this propo
sition rather a bold one; but Holmes
at once took the prisoner at his word,
and loosened the towel which he had
bond! round his ankles. He rose and
stret hed his legs, as though to assure
hints If that they were free once mors.
I re timber that I thought to myself,
|ed him, that I had seldom seen
► powerfully built man; and his
Sunburned face bore an expres-
determination and energy
caa as formidable as his person-
fth.
>'s a vacant place for a chief
olice, I reckon you are the man
he said, gazing with undis-
dmiration at my fellow-lodger,
ay you kept on my trail was a
as I
a mi
dark
sion
whlcl
al sti
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of the
for
gnii
“The
cautioi
“Yo
said
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“G
with mi
taken ai
as well si
I asse
scended
no attem|
calmly ii
his, and
mounted
horse, and
time to c
ushered In
a police ii
prisoner’s n
the men wi'
been chargi
white-faced,
went through
ad better acme with me,”
ies to the two detectives,
rive you," said Lestrade.
and Gregson can come inside
You too, doctor; yon have
merest in the case, and may
k to us."
id gladly, and we all de-
ether. Our prisoner made
at escape, but stepped
the cab which had been
followed him. Lestrade
box, whipped up the
ought us in a very short
destination. We were
small chamber, where
ctor noted down our
ne and the names of
whose murder he had
The official was a
emotional man. who
duties in a dull, me-
•The prisoner will be
magistrates in the
ek," he said; “in the
elTerson Hope, have
>u wish to say? I
chanical way.
put before t
course of the
meantime, Mr.
you anything tl
must warn you
taken down
you.
Te got a good deal to say," our
prisoner said slowly. “I want to tell
you gentlemen all about it"
“Hadn’t you better reserve that for
your trial?” asked the inspector.
“1 may never be tried," he answered.
‘‘You needn't look startled. It isn't
suicide I am thinking of. Are you a
doctor?” He turned his fierce, dark eyes
upon me as he asked this last question.
“Yes, I am,” I answered.
“Then put your hand here,” he said,
with a smile, motioning with his
manacled wrists toward his chest
I did so, and became at once con
scious of an extraordinary throbbing
which was going on Inside. The walls
of his chest seemed to thrill and quiver
as a frail building would do inside
which some powerful engine was at
work. In the silence of the room I
could hear a dull humming and buz
zing noise which proceeded from the
same source.
‘•Why,’’ I cried, “you have an aortic
aneurism!”
“That's what they call it” he said,
placidly. “I went to a doctor last
week about it, and he told me that it
was bound to burst before many days
passed. It has been getting worse for
years. I got it from over-exposure
and underfeeding among the Salt lake
monn tains. I've done my work now,
and I don’t care how soon I go, but I
should like to leave some account of
the business behind me. 1 don't want
to be remembered as a common cut
throat”
The inspector and the two detectives
had a harried discussion as to the ad
visability of allowing him to tell his
story.
“Do yon consider, doctor, that there
is immediate danger?” the former
tsked.
"Most certainly there is," I an
swered.
"In that case it is clearly our duty,
in the interests of justice, to take his
statement," said the inspector. “You
are at liberty, «Jr, to give your ac
count, which I again warn you will be
taken down.”
"I’ll sit down, with your leave,” the
prisoner said, sniting the action to the
word. “This aneurism of mine makes
me easily tired, and the tussle we had
half an hour ago has not mended mat
ters. I’m on the brink of thejgrave,
and I am not likely to lie to you.
Every word I say Is the absolute truth,
and how yon use it is a matter of no
consequence to me.”
With these words, Jefferson Hope
leaned back in his chair and began the
foUowing remarkable statement He
spoke in a calm and methodical man
ner, as though the events which he
narrsted were commonplace enough.
I can vouch for the accuracy of the
subjoined account, for I have had ac
cess to Lestrade's note-book, in which
the prisoners words were taken down
exactly as they were uttered.
“It don’t much matty to you why I
hated these men,” he s£id; ‘Jt’senough
that they were guilty of ifle death of
two human beings—a father and a
daughter—and tliat they had, there
fore, forfeited their own lives After
the lapse of time that has passed since
their crime, it was imoossible for me
to secure a conviction against them in
aay court. I knew of their guilt,
though, and ( determined that I should
be judge, jury and executioner fill
rolled into one. You'd have done the
same. If you have any manhood in you.
If you had been in my place.
“That girl that I spoke of was to
her dead finger aud I vowed that ms
dying eyes should rest upon that very
ring and that his last thoughts should
be of the crime for which he was pun
ished. I have carried it about with me
and have followed him and his ac
complice over two continents until I
caught them. They thought to tire
me out, but they could not do It. If I
die to-morrow, as is likely enough, I
die knowing that my work in this
world is done, and well done. They
have perished, and by my hand. There
is nothing left for me to hope for or to
desire.
"They were rich and 1 was poor, so
that it was no easy matter for me to
follow them. When I got to London
my pocket was about empty and I
found that I must turn my hand to
something for my living. Driving and
riding are as natural to me as walk
ing, so I applied at a cab owner's office
and soon got employment. I was to
bring a certain sum a week to the
owner, and whatever was over that I
might keep for myself. There was sel
dom much over, but I managed to
scrape along somehow. The hardest
job was to learn my way about, for I
reckon that of all the mazes that ever
were contrived this city is the most
confusing. I had a map beside me,
though, and when once 1 had spotted
the principal hotels and stations I got
on pretty well.
“It was some time before I fonnd out
where my two gentlemen were living,
but 1 inquired and inquired, until at
last I dropped across them. They were
at a boarding-house at Camberwell,
over on the other side of the river.
When once 1 found them out 1 knew
that I had them at my mercy. I had
grown my beard and there was no
chance of their recognizing me. I
would dog them and follow them until
I saw my opportunity. I was deter
mined that they should not escape me
again.
“They were very near doing it, for
all that. Go where they would about
London I was always at their heels.
Kometimes I followed them on my cab
auu NoajoLimes on root, out tue uirinei
was the best, for then they could not
get away from me. It was only early
in the morning or late at night that I
could learn anything, so that 1 began
to get behindhand with my employer.
I did not mind that, however, as long
as I could lay my hand upon the men
1 wanted.
“They were very
S
un-
have thought that there was
some chance of their being followed,
for they would never go out alone,
and never after nightfall! During two
weeks I drove behind them every day,
and never once saw them separate.
Drebber himself was drunk half the
time, but Stangerson was not to be
caught napping. I watched them late
and early, but never saw the ghost of s
chance; but I was not discouraged, for
something told me that the hour had
almost come. My only fear was that
this thing in my chest might burst
little too soon and leave my work
done.
“At last, one evening I was driving
np and down Torquay terrace, as the
street was called in which they board
ed, when I saw a cab drive up to their
door. Presently some luggage was
brought out, and after a time Drebber
and Stangerson followed it and drove
off. I whipped up my horse and kept
within sight of them, feeling ill at
ease, for I feared that they were going
to shift their quarters. At Euston
station they got out. and I left a
■ boy to hold my horse and followed
i them on to the platform. I heard them
ask for the Liverpool train, and the
guard answer that one had just gone
, and that there would not be another
for some hours. Stangerson seemed to
be put out at that, bnt Drebber was
rather pleased than otherwise. I got
so close to them in the bustle that I
could hear every word that passed be
tween them. Drebber said that he had
a little business of his own to do, and
that if the other would wait for him he
would soon rejoin him. His companion
remonstrated with him, and reminded
him that they had resolved to stick to
gether. Drebber answered that the
matter was a delicate one, and that he
must go alone. I could not catch what
Ktangerson said to that, but the other
burst out swearing, and reminded him
that he was nothing more than his
paid servant, and that he must not pre
sume to dictate to him. On that the
secretary gave it up as a bad job, and
simply bargained with him that if he
missed the last train he should rejoin
him at Halliday's private hotel; to
which Drebber answered that he would
be back on the platform before eleven,
and made his way out of the station.
"The moment for which I had waited
so long had at last come. I had my
enemies within ray power. Together
they could protect each other, but
singly they were at my mercy. I did
not act, however, with undue precip
itation. My plans were already
formed. There Is no satisfaction in
vengeance unless the offender has
time to realize who it is that strikes
him. and why retribution has come up
on him. I had my plans arranged by
which 1 should have the opportunity
of making the man who had wronged
me understand that his old sin had
found him ont. It chanced that some
days before a gentleman who had been
engaged in looking over some houses
in the Hrixton road had dropped the
key of one of them in my cam'sge. It
was claimed that same evening and re
turned; bnt in the interval I had taken
a moulding of it. and had a duplicate
constructed. Ily means of this I had
access to at least one spot in this great
city where I could rely upon being
free from interruption. How to get
the diffi-
his hansom drove away. Give me a
glass of water, if yon please. My
mouth gets dry with the talking.”
I handed him the glass and he drank
it down.
“That’s better,” he said. “Well, I
waited for a quarter of an hour or
more, when suddenly there came a
noise like people struggling inside the 1
house. Next moment the door was
flung open and two men appeared, one
of whom was Drebber, and the other
was a young chap whom I had never
seen before. This fellow had Drebber
by the collar, and when they came to
the head of the steps he gave him a
shove and a kick which sent him half
across the road. ‘You hound!' he cried,
shaking his stick at him; Til teach you
to insult an honest girl!’ He was so
hot that I think he would have
thrashed Drebber with hiscndgel, only
that the cur staggered away down the
road as fast as his legs would carry
him. He ran as far as the corner, and
then, seeing my cab, he hailed me and
jumped in. ‘Drive me to Halliday's
private hotel,' said he.
“When I had him fairly inside my
cab my heart jumped so with joy that
1 feared lest at this last moment my
aneurism might go wrong. I drove
along slowly, weighing in my own mind
what it was best to do. I might take
him right out into the country, and
there in some deserted lane have my
last interview with him. I had almost
decided upon this, when he solved the
problem for me. The craze for drink
had seized him again, and he ordered
me to pull up outside a gin palace. He
went in, leaving word that 1 should
wait for him. There he remained un
til closing-time, and when he came out
he was so far gone that I knew the
game was in my own hands
“Don't imagine that I Intended to
kill him in cold blood. It would only
nave oeen rigid justice it I r>.i;i uouc
so, but I could not bring myself to do
it I had long determined tha' he
should have a show for his life if he
chose to take advantage of it. Among
the many billets which I have filled in
America during my wandering life, I
was once a janitor and swoep-out of
the laboratory at York college. One
day the professor was lecturing on
poisons, and he showed his students
some alkaloid, as he called it, which
he had extracted from some South
American arrow poison, and which
was so powerful that the least grain
meant instant death. I spotted the
bottle in which this preparation was
kept, and when they were all gone I
helped myself to a little of it- I was a
fairly good dispenser, so I worked this
alkaloid into small, soluble pills, and
each pill I put in a box with a similar
pill made without poison. I deter
mined at the time that, when I had my
chance, my gentlemen should each
pnvs n H--i- . >f one terrible ny 1 n-
nv> tnese boxes,
while I ate the pill that remained. It
would be quite as deadly, and a good
deal less noisy than firing across a
handkerchief. From that day I had
always my pill-boxes about with me,
and the time had now come when I
was to use them.
“It was nearer one than twelve, and
a wild, bleak night, blowing hard and
raining in torrents. Dismal as it was
outside, I was glad within—so glad
that I could have shouted out from
pure exaltation. If any of you gentle
men have ever pined for a thing and
longed for it during twenty long years,
and then suddenly found it within
your reach, yon would understand my
feelings. I lit a cigar and puffed at it
to steady my nerves, bnt my hands
were trembling and my temples throb
bing with excitement. As I drove, I
could see old John Ferrier and sweet
Lucy looking at me ont of the dark
ness and smiling at me. just as plain as
1 sec you all in this room. All the way
they were ahead of me, one on each
side of the horse, until I pulled np at
the house in the Brixton road.
“There was not a soul to be seen, nor
a sound to be heard except the drip
ping of the rain. When I looked in at
the window I found Drebber all hud
dled together in a drunken sleep. I
shook him by the arm. ‘It's time to go
out,’ I said.
“ ‘All right, cabby,’ said he.
“I suppose he thought we had come
to the hotel that lie had mentioned, for
he got out without another word and
followed me down the garden. I had
to walk beside him to keep him steady,
for he was still a little top-heavy.
When we came to the door I opened it
and led him into the front room. I
my nose and relieved me.
“ ‘What do you think of Lucy Fei-
rier now?* I cried, locking the door
and shaking the key in his face. ‘Pun
ishment has been slow in coming, bnt
it has overtaken you at last.’ 1 saw
his coward lips tremble as I spoke.
He would have begged for his life, but
he knew well it was useless.
“ ‘Would you murder mef he stam
mered.
“ There is no murder,' I answered.
'Who talks of murdering a mad dog?
What mercy had you upon my poor
darling when you dragged her from
her slaughtered father and bore her
away to your accursed and shameless
harem?*
“ ‘It was not I vMio killed her father,'
he eried.
“ ‘But it was you who broke her In
nocent heart,’ I shrieked, thrusting
the box before him. ‘Let the high
God judge between us. Choose and
eat. There is death in one and life in
the other. I shall take what you
leave. Let us see if there is justice
upon the earth, or if we are ruled by
chance.'
“He cowered away with wild cries
and prayers for mercy, but 1 drew my
knife and held it to his throat until he
had obeyed me. Then I swallowed
the other, and we stood facing each
other in silence for a minute or more,
waiting to sec which was to live and
which was to die. Shell 1 ever forget
the look which came overhis face when
the first warning pangs told him that
the poison was in his system? I
laughed as I saw it, and held Lucy's
marriage ring in front of his eyes. It
was but for a moment, for the action
of the alkaloid is rapid. A spasm of
pain contorted his features; he threw
his hands out in front of him, stag
gered. and then, with a hoarse cry, fell
heavily upon the floor. I turned him
over with my foot and placed my hand
upon his heart- • There was no move
ment. He was dead!
“The blood hail been streaming from
my nose, but I had taken no notice of
it- I don't know what it was that put
it into my head to write upon the wall
with it- Perhaps it was some mis
chievous idea of setting the police upon
a wrong track, for I felt light-hearted
and cheerful. I remembered a Ger-
round, suspecting no bam c no t ._
next thing I knew, this young man
here hud the bracelets on try wrists,
and as neatly shackled as -ver 1 was
in my life. That's the whole story,
gentlemen. You may consider me to
be a murderer; but 1 hold that 1 am
jnst as much an officer of justice as
you are."
So thrilling had the man's narrative
been, and his manner was so Impres
sive, that we hud sat silent and ab
sorbed. Even the professional detec
tives, blase as they were in every de
tail of crime, ap[>eared to be keenly in
terested in the man's story. When he
finished we sat for some minutes in a
stillness which was only broken by
the scratching of Lestrade’s pencil as
he gave the finishing touches to his
shorthand account.
‘There is only one point on which 1
should like a little moi-
Sherlock Holmes said at last “Who
was your accomplice w ho came for the
ring which I advertised?”
The prisoner winked at my friend
Jocosely. “I can tell my own secrets,"
he said, "but I don't get other people
into trouble. 1 saw your advertise
ment, and 1 thought it might be a
plant, or it might be the ring I wanted.
My friend volunteered to go and see. 1
think you'll own he did it smartly."
“Not a doubt of that," said Holmes,
heartily.
“Now. gentlemen,” the inspector re
marked gravely, “the forms of the law
must lie complied with. On Thursday
the prisoner will be brought before the
magistrates, and your attendance will
be required. Until then I will be re
sponsible for him." He rang the bell
as he spoke, and Jefferson Hope was
led off by a couple of warders, while
my friend and I made our way out of
the station and took a cab back to
Baker street.
[TO BE CONTINUED.]
Clerk’s Sales.
8TA TB OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
County of Darlington.
IN COMMON PI.HAS.
G. N. Hart, et al., vs G. H. Mima,
et. ai.
Order of Sale.
H ART8VILLE RAILROAD.
In effect Dec 3,1893.
DAILY MIXED TRAIN
Leave Hartevillc 8.00 a m
Jovann 6.30 a m
Floyd’s 8.35 a m
Pursuant to an Order of Sale “‘il*; ArriveDwfl^'n7.'.V“"™."‘" 7.'20 a m
in the above stated ease, I wilH T)lir , in £ toll fl.sOpm
offer for sale in front of the;
court house in Darlington county,
State aforesaid, on the first Mon-,
day in June next, the following de-
scribed real estate, to wit:
AH that certain piece, parcel or
tract of land situate, lying and being
in the county aud State aforesaid,
containing one hundred aud three
acres, more or less, and bounded as fol
to wit; North by lands of D. W.
Witherspoon, east by SparrowSwamp,
south by lands of George Parnell and
west by lauds formerly owned by .
Madd Harris, once a part of the old ;
Witherspoon tract.
Also all that other tract or lot of
land situate in the town of lamar,
containing one half acres, more or
less, and liouuded north by lands ot
D. Reynolds, east by lands of I. G.
Hutson, south by lands of 1. G. Hut
son and public road from Lamar to
Oartersville and west by lands of D.
G. Reynolds.
Terms of sale, one third cash; bal
ance in one and two years; credit por
tion to be secured by bond of purchas
er and mortgage of the premises sold;
purchaser to pay for all necessary pa
pers.
W. ALBERT PARROTT,
May 14. 1894. Clerk.
Leave Darlington..
Floyd’s 8.00 p in
Jovann 8■ ?' p m
Arrrive Hartsville 8.40 p m
J. F. DIVINE, Gen. Bupt.
OHARLKSTON, SUMTER AND
^ NORTHERN RAILROAD
CHARLES E. KIMBALL Receive
In Effect Jan. 16,
1894.
NORTH.
SOUTH.
1
8
A.M.
P.M.
Ad
Lv 7.80
Charleston
8.45
8.40
Pregnell's
7.27
10.47
Sumter
5.27
12.05
Darlington
4.12
12 56
Bennettsville 3.21
1.20
Gibson
2.M
1.47
Hamlet
2>j
Ar 600
Raleigh
10.15
Lv
P.M.
P.M.
Guaranteed Cure.
We authorize our advertised
druggist to sell Dr. King's New
Discovery for Consumption,
Coughs and Colds, upon this
condition. If you are afflicted
with a Cough. Cold or any
Lung, Throat or Chest trouble,
and will use this remedy as di
rected, giving it a fair trial, and
experience no benefit, you may
return the bottle and have your
money refunded. We could
not make this offer did we not
know that Dr. King’s New Dis
covery could be relied on. It
never disappoints. Trial bot
tles free at Willcox & Co’s drug
store. Larg-e size 60c. and $1.00.
ST A TE OF SOUTH CA ROLINA.
County of Darlington.
IN COMMON PLEAS.
Abram Weinberg, vs. Anna Damp-1
ier, et. al.
Ordei of Sale and Partition.
Pursuant to an Order of Sale and Par
tition made in the nliove stated case,
I will offer for sale in front of the
court house, in Darlington comity,
on the first Monday in June next,
at the risk of the former purchaser,
the following described real estate,
to wit:
No. I connnects with Seaboard
Air Line at Hamlet for Raleigh
Wilmington, Charlotte, Shel
by, Routherfordton ; and at Charlotte
with R. Si D. Vestibule Limited for
Washington and New York. Passen
gers can take sleepers at Charlotte at
8 .89 p. in.
No. 2 passengers by this train have
through Sleepers. New York to Char
lotte, connects with 8. A. L. at Ham
let from Charlotte, Raleigh aud
North, and from Wilmington, con
nects with S. C. Rv. at Pregualls for
Charleston, Columbia, Augusta aud
the West. Dinner at Hamlet.
C. MILLARD, Superintendent.
All that tract of land lying, being
and situate in the county of Darling
ton, State aforesaid, containing one
hundred acres, more or less, and
bounded north by lauds of the estate
of Henry McIntosh, east by Black
Creek, south by Black Creek and west
by lands of the estate of James Sum
ner.
Terms of sale, one-third cash; bal
ance in one and two years; credit por
tion secured by bond of the purchaser
and a mortgage of the premises sold;
purchaser to pay for all necessary pa
pers.
W. ALBERT PARROTT,
May 14, 1894 Clerk
OOWEHED AWAT WITH WILD CRIES
AND PRAYERS FOR MERCY.”
have married ms twenty years ago. , front of roe, and he hailed It
She was forced Into marrying that lowed it no close that the note of my
same Drebber, S"tl broke her heart horse waa within a yard of his drivel
ii j timV narriatre riiur from * t-h* whole wav. We rattled acrosa
'?•, ’■ — - ■ - ■ * ;, ■
“HE GAZED AT MI
DRl-XEES EYES A MOMENT.”
give yon my word that, all the way,
the father and daughter were walking
in front of us.
it’s infernally dark,’ said be,
stamping about.
‘We’U soon have a light.* I said,
striking a match and putting it to a
wax candle which 1 had brought with
me. ‘Now, Enoch Drebber,’ I con
tinued, turning to him, and holding
the light to my own face; ‘Blio am 1?*
“He gazed at me with bleared,
drunken eye* for i moment, and then
I saw a horror spring up iu them and
convulse his whole features, which
showed me that he knew me. He
staggered back with a livid face, and
1 saw the perspiration break out upon
Drebber to that house waa the diffl-1 his brow, while his teeth chattered,
cult problem which 1 had now to aolve. At the sight I leaned my back against
"He walked down the road and went the door and laughed loud and long. (
into one or two Jiqnor-shops, staying had always known that vengeance
for nearly half an hour In the last o| j would be sweet, bnt had never hoped
them. When he came ont he staggered ! for the contentment of son) which now
in hie walk, and was evidently pretty ! possessed me.
well on. There was a hansom Jnst in | “ ’Yon dogP I said; *1 hare hnnted
I fob ; you from Salt Lake City to St. Peters
burg, and you have always escaped
man being fonnd in New York with
’rache' written up above him, and it
was argned at the time in the newspa
pers that the secret societies must have
done iL I guessed that what puzzled
the New Yorkers would puzzle the
Londoners, so I dipped my finger in
my own blood and printed it on a con
venient place on the wall. Then 1
walked down to my cab and found
that there was nolmdy about, and that
the night was still very wild. I had
driven some distance, when I put my
hand into the pocket in which I usual
ly kept Lucy's ring and found that it
was not there. I was thunderstruck
at this, for it was the only memento
that I had of her. Thinking that I
might have dropped it when I stooped
over Drebber's body, I drove back, and,
leaving my cab in a side street, 1 went
boldly np to the house—for 1 was ready
to dare anything rather than lose the
ring! When I arrived there I walked
right into the arms of a police officer
who was coming ont, and only man
aged to disarm his suspicions by pre
tending to be hopelessly drunk.
“That was how Enoch Drebber came
to his end. AH I had to do then waa
to do as much for Stangerson, and so
pay off John Ferrier's debt. I knew
that he was staying at Halliday's pri
vate hotel, and I hung about all day,
bnt he never came out I fancy that
he suspected something when Drebber
failed to pat in an appearance. He
was cunning, was Stangerson, and al
ways on bis guard If he thought he
could keep me off by staving indoors
he waa very much mistaken. I soon
found ont which waa the window of
his bedroom, and early next morning
I took advantage of some ladders
which were lying in the lane behind
the hotel and so made my way into hia
room in the gray of the dawn. I woke
him np and told him that the hoar had
come when he was to answer for the
life he had taken so long before. I de
scribed Drebber’* death to him, and 1
gave him the same choice of the
poisoned pills Instead of grasping at
the chance of safety which that offered
him. he sprang from his bed and flew
at my throat. In self-defense I stabbed
him to the heart It would Lave been
the same in any case, for Providence
would never have allowed his guilty
hand to pick ont anything bnt the
poison.
"I have Uttle more to say. and it's as
well, for I am about done np. I went
on cabbing it for a day or so. intend
ing to keep at it nntil I could rare
enough to take me hack to America. I
was standing in the yard when a
ragged youngster asked if there waa a
cabby there called Jefferson Hope, and
said that his eab was wanted by a gen-
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aids Unattractive?” in the
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The real old maid is like any
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Henri Browne in an intersting
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June Ladies’ Home Journal.
She has faults necessari.
though not those commonly
conceived of. She is often
plump, pretty, amiable, inter
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warm-hearted, benevolent, and
has ardent friends of both sexes
These constantly wonder why
she has not married, for they
feel that she must have had
many opportunities. Some of
them may know why; she may
have made them her confidants.
She usually has a sentimental,
romantic, frequently a sad and
pathetic past, of which she does
not speak, unless in the sacred
ness of intimacy. She is not
dissatisfied, querulous nor en
vious. On the contrary, she is,
for the most part, singularly
content, patient and serene.
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Mrs. Slimson—My little boy
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eye.
The Rev. Dr. Drowsie—So I
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lie—You’d better go home
Wil
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C A D. and C. A 8. RAILROADS.
. In effect Dec 3, 1893.
Through Passenger Train.
Leave Wadesboro 4.30 a m
Bennett’s 4.51 a a-
Morven’s 5.04 a m
McFarland 5 17 a m
Cheraw 6.00 a in
Cash’s 6.12 a iu
Society Hill 6.26 a m
Dove’s 6.44 a m
Floyd’s 6.49 a in
Darlington 7.00 a in
Palmetto 7.11 a m
Arrive Florence 7.25 a in
Leave Florence 7.15 p m
Palmetto 7.28 p in
Darlington - 7.38 p m
Floyd’s 7.50 p in
Dove's 7 56 p m
Society Hill 8 13 p m
Cash’s 8.27 p m
Cheraw 8.50 pm
McFarland 9.13 p m
Morven’s 9.39 p in
Bennett’s 9.54 p m
Arrive Wadesboro 10.15 p in
Freight Train.
Leave Florence 7.30 am
Darlington 8.40 a m
Arrive Chei aw 11.20 a m
Leave Cheraw 1.00 p m
Darlington 4.00 p in
' p /^si^ter v j|r"
Arrive Floic. II!
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The
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The premiums per thousand
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N ortheastern railroad.
In effect Jan. 11, 1894.
SOUTH BOUND.
No. 61
Leave Florence 7.45 a m
Klngstree 9.20 a m
Lanes 9.54 a in
Arrive Charleston 12.10 a in
No. 85.
; Leave Florence 8.10 a m
Lanes 4.20 a m
Arrive Charleston 6.10 a in
No. 23.
Leave Florence 7.45 p m
Klngstree 9.02 p m
lanes 9.23 p u
Arrive Charleston 11.18 p in
No. 58.
Leave Lane* 7.05 p m
Arrive Charleston 8.40 p m
Train on C. A D. K. R. connects at
Florence with No. 61 Train.
NORTH BOUND.
No. 78.
..... 8.35 a m
... 5.40a m
.... 6.00 a in
... 7.10 a m
No. 32.
... 8.30 p m
.... 5.38 p in
.... 5.57 p m
... 7.05 p m
No. 52.
Leave Charleeton 7.00 a m
Arrive lanes 8.35 a c
No. 52 runs through to Columbia
via Central R. R. of S. C.
Train Noe. 78 and 14 runs via Wilson
and Fayetteville—Short Line—aud
makes close connection for all pointe
North.
J. F. DIVINE. Gen. Snpt.
Leave Charleeton
Klngstree....
Arrive Florence.....
Leave Charleeton..
Lanes
Klngstree....
Arrive Florence ....
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ILMINGTON, COLUMBIA *
AUGUSTA RALROAD.
In effect Dec. 3, 1898.
SOUTH BOUND.
No. 55.
Leave Wilmington 3.40 p m
Marion 6 31 p in
7.10 p m
No 50.
7.30 p a
8.45 p m
No. 68.
7.45 a ra
Arrive Florence..
Leave Florence
Sumter
Leave Florence....
Arrive Sumter 9 20 a m
No. 69.
Leave Sumter 9.53 a m
Arrive Columbia 11.00 a m
No. 39 rune through from Charlee
ton via Central Railroad; leaving
Lance 8.40 a m. Manning 9 18 a m.
NORTH BOUND.
„ „ . No. 51.
Leave Columbia 4.80 a m
Sumter 5 57 a m
Arrive Florence 7.13 am
No. 66.
Leave Flore nee— 7.40 a m
Marion 8 28 a m
Arrive Wilmington 11.10am
„ „ . No, 68.
Leave Coinmbla...
Arrive Sumter.—.
4.20 p m
5.45 p m
No. 59.
Leave Columbia..
Sumter 5-iS d m
Arrive Florence.... 7.15 p m
No 53 runs thiougu w <.uarlestou
via central Railroad, arriving Man-
_ 6.22 p m lanes 7.00 p m,
charleston8.40 pm.
Trains on Mauciiester and Augusta
B. R , leave Sumter daily except Sun
day, 10.50 a. m., arrive Rimini 11:50 a.
u Returning leave Rimini 1.00 p.
l. arrive Sumter 2:10 p. m.
Train* on Wiimington, Ohadboura
id Conway Railroad leave Chad-
bourn at 10 10 a m. arrive at Conway
12.90 p m. returningleave Conway at
2 00 p. in, arrive Chad bourn 4;3o p.
Leave Cbadboum 5.35 p m and
5.15 pm, arrive at HubflMpm Re-
l “ ****** babbitt metal CtasIbourn^OO 1 a".Daily except
Sun lay-
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