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« [OOPTUQHT, IW.J CHAPTER VL “It was the last word I heard from you,” said Ij “you shouted it to mo when your vessel was going away for the last time. It has caused me a world of misery. It may have been followed by others words, but I did not catch them. 1 asked you if you had told her that I loved her and you an swered: ‘Yes, bat—*” Captain Guy slapped his leg. “By George!” he said, “that was enough to put a man on the rack. Mary, you should have told him more than that.” Mary Phillips wrinkled her forehead and gazed steadfastly into her lap. Suddenly she looked up. “I remember it,” she said, “I remem ber exactly what I answered or tried to answer. I said: ‘Yes, but she knew it before.’" I sprang to my feet “What do you mean?” I cried. “Of course she knew it” she cried; “we must both have been very stupid il we naan’t known that. We knew is fore we left New York; and, for my part, I wondered why you diin t tell her. But, as you never mentioned it of course it wasn't for us to bring np the subject.” “Bertha knew I loved her?” I ejacu lated. “And what—and how—what did she say of it? What did she think of it?” “Well,'’sail Mary Phillips, laughing, “I could never see that she dreaded you. I could never seo that she objected to it. In fact, from what she said, and, being just us two, of course she had to say a good many things to me. I think she j was very glad to find out that you knew ] it as well as we lid.” “Mary Phlllipsl" I cried, “where is she? Tell me this moment!” “Look here,” said Captain Guy, “you’re leaving me out of this business altogether. This is Mrs. MaryChesters.” “Mr. Rockwell will be all right when he gets over this flurry," said Mary to her husband. I acknowledged the correction with a nod, for I had no time then for words on the subject. "Don’t get yourself flustered, sir,” said Mary, “you can't go to her yet, it’s too early. You must give the family time to come down and have breakfast. I am not going to be party to a scene before breakfast nor in the middle of a meal. I know the ways and manners of that house and I’ll send you at ex actly the right time.” I sat down. “Mary—Mrs.—” “Don't bother about names just now,” she Interrupted, “I know who you’re speaking to.” "Do you believe,” I continued, look ing steadfastly at her, “that Bertha Nugent loves mo?” “I don’t know,” she said, “that it’s exactly my business to give this infor mation, but under the circumstances 1 take it on myself to say that she most certainly does. And I tell you, and you may tell her if you like, that I would not have said this to you if I hadn't be lieved that this thing ought to be clinched the minute there was a chance to do it It’s been hanging off and on long enough. Love you? Why, bless my soul, sir! She’s been thinking of nothing else for the past two or three days but the coming of the postman, ex pecting a letter from you, not consider ing that you didn’t know where to ad dress her, or that it was rather scant time fora letter to come from La Guayra, where Captain Stearns would take you if he succeeded in picking you up.” “The whole affair had a scanty air about it,” said Captain Guy. “At least that’s the way I look at it” “You’ve never said any thing like that before,” said Mary, rather sharply. “Of course not” replied the captain. “I wanted to keep you as merry and cheerful as I could." "Love you,” continued Mary Phil lips, “I should say so. I should have brought her on deck to wave her hand kerchief to you and kiss her hand—per haps, when you blew the state of your feelings through a trumpet; but she wasn’t strong enough. She was a pretty weak woman in body and mind about that time. But from the moment I told her, and she knew that you not only loved her, but were willing to say so, she began to mend. And how she did talk about you, and how she did long that the two ships might come together again. She kept asking me what I thought about the condition of your ves sel and whether it would bo likely to sink if a storm came on. I couldn’t help thinking that, as far as I knew any thing about ships, you’d be likely to float for weeks after we’d gone down but I didn’t say that to her. And then she began to wonder if you had under stood that she had received your mes sage and was glad to get it- And I told she wrote, but ane must nave sain a good deal, for she took a long time about it. I wrapped it up perfectly water-tight She made the flag herself out of one of hgr own handkerchiefs with her initial in the corner. She said she thought you would like that” “Oh, that it had come to me!” I cried. “I wish from the bottom of my sou’ that it had,” said Mary, compassionate ly. “It would have done you a lot of good on that lonely ship.” “Instead of which,” observed Captain Guy, “some shark probably swallowed it and little good it did him.” “It put a lotof affection and consider ation into him,” said Mary, a little brusquely, “and there are other creat ures connected with the sea who wouldn't be hurt by that sort of thing.” “There's a shot into me!” cried the captain. “Don’t do it again. I cry quarter!” “I must go," T said, rising. “I can wait no longer.” “Well,” said Mary, “you may not be much too soon, if you go slowly.” “But beioie i go, ■ • tell mj this: Why d d she not seui mo some word trom Lisbon? Why dii she not give Captain Stearns a line on a piece of paper or some message?” “A line! a message!” exclaimed Mary. “She sent you a note; she sent you a dozen messages by Captain Steams.” "And I’ll wager a month’s pay," said Captain Guy, “that he never delivered one of them.” “He gave me no note," I cried. "It’s in the pocket of his pea-jacket now,” said Captain Chesters. “He did deliver some messages,” I said, “after I questioned him; but they were such as these: Keep up a good heart; every thing’s bound to be right in the end; the last to get back gets the heartiest welcome. Now, anybody could have sent such words as those.” “Upon my word,” cried Mary Phil lips, “those were the messages I sent. I remember particularly the one about the last one back and the heartiest wel come.’’ “Confound that Steams!” cried Cap tain Guy, “what did he mean by giv ing *11 his attention to you and none to the lady that he was sent for to see?” “Good-bye, Mrs. Chesters,” I said, taking her by the hand. “I can never thank you enough for what yon have snip, wita plans ior meeting agerr. Every thing seemed to have turned out in the best possible way. We had each other and Mary Phillips had some or. j to manage. We should have been grieved if we bad been obliged to leave her without occupation. At the moment of parting I drew her aside. “Mary.” 1 said, “we have had some strange experiences together and I Shall never forget them.” “Nor shall I, sir,” sho answered. “Some of them were so harrowing and :lose-shavod, and such heart breaking disappointments I never had. The worst of all was when you threw that rope clean over our ship without hold ing on to your end cf It. I had been dead sure that the rope was going to bring us all together.” “That was a terrible mishap,” I an- iwered; “what did Bertha think of it?” “Bless my soul!” ejaculated Mary Phillips, “uhe wasn’t on deck and she never knew any thing about it. When I am nursing up a love match I don't mention that sort of thing.” [thx end.] ft Good Story IS •••• IS •••• Always . . Seasonable. This time we have a splendid one —though for that matter our stories are all good. But this one is particu larly so. Its title Is In the iYUdst of Alarms! Bo Robert Barr, better Known bytbe nom tie plume o! Luke Stiarp. If you expect to read It, You will do well to Keep • sharp look out. Will Begii? Soop. THE OCEAN HONEYMOON, her over and over again that you must have heard mo, for 1 screamed my very loudest. I am very glad that I didn’t know that you only oaught those two words." “Dear girl I” I ejaculated. "And did she send mo a message on a life-pro -Aerver?” “You mean to say that you got it?” cried Mary Phillips. “No,” said I; “1JL floated away from me. What was It?” “I got up that little scheme,” said Mary PhlUips, “to quiet her. I told her that a letter might be fl ated to you that way, and that, any way, It would do uo harm to try. I don’t know wha ( UNITED. done for her and for me. But how you could leave her I really do not under stand." “Well,” said Mary, coloring a little, “I can scarcely understand It myself; but that man would have it so and he’s terribly obstinate. But I don’t feel that I've left her. She's in the best of hands and I soe her nearly every day. Here’s her address, and when you see her, Mr. Rockwell, yon il find that In every way I’ve told you truly." I took a hearty leave of Captain Guy. shook Mary by the hand once more, rushed down-stairs, roused the sleeping cabby, and glancing at the card or dered him to gallop to 9 Ravlsdook ter race, I'armley square. I do not remember how I got Into the house, what I said nor what I asked, nor whether the family had had their break fast or not, but the moment my eyes fell upon my beloved Bertha I knew that In every thing Mary Phillips had told me truly. She came Into the room with beaming eyes and both hands extended With outstretched arms I rushed to meet her and folded her to my breast. This time there was no one to object For some moments we were speechless with joyful emotion, but there was no need of our saying any thing, no need of statements nor explanations. Mary Phillips had attended to all that When we had cooled down to the point of speech I was surprised to find that I had been expected, that Bertha knew I was coming. When Mary Phillips had left me that morning to prepare my breakfast she had sent a message to Bertha, and ‘hen she had detained me until she thought it had been received and Bertha was prepared to meet me. "I did not want a:.y slips or misses.” she said, when she exp ained the matter to mo afterwards. “I don’t want to say anyjthlng about your personal appoar- r-nce. Mr. Rockwell, but there are plenty cf servants In London who, if they hadn't had their orders, would shut the front door In the face of a much less wild-eyed person than you wore, sir, that morning.” Bertha and I were married In London, and two weeka afterward we returned to America In the new ship Olancus, com- Mnded by Captain Guy Chesters and tm wife. Our marriage in England instead of America was largely due to the influ ence of Mary Phillips, who thought It would be much safer and more prudent for us to be married before w* again un dertook the risks of a aea voyage. “Nobody knows what may happen on the ocean,"she said, “but If you’re onoe 1 fairly married that much la aocom- ! pllshed, any way." 1 Our choice of a sailing vessel In which 1 to make the passage was duo in great j part to our desire to keep company u i long as possible with Captain Chesters ! and his wife, to whom wo truly believed we owed each other. | When we reached New York and Bertha and I were about to start for the | Catskill mountains, where wo proposed I to spend the rest of the summer, we | took leave of Captain Guy and his wife with the warmest expression* of friend- tlectnc Bitters. This remedy is becoming so well known and so popular as to need no special mention. 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We have beei busy ever since we opened, and we propos to continue to do the business if goo< Goods and low prices count for anything. SLI6H £ RUCKER. Nachman Building. XTART8VILLE RAILROAD. June 8, 1894. MIXED TRAIN Leave Hartsville 4.30 a m Jovauu 4.45 a m Floyd’s 5.05 a m Darlington 5.25 am Palmetto 5.40 a m Arrive Florence 6.00 a m Leave Floret: ce 7.85 p m Palmetto. 7.60 p m Darlington .... 8.20 pm Floyds 8.35 p m Jovaun 8.55 p n. Hartsville 9.10 pm J. F. DIVINE. Gen. Supt, CHARLESTON, SUMTER AND ^ NORTHERN RAILROAD CHARLES E. KIMBALL Receiver. In Effect Jan. 16, 1894 NORTH. SOUTH. 9 8 P.M. P.M. Lv 4.(0 Charleston 2.30 Ar 5.20 Pregnall’s 1.10 7.25 Sumter 11.02 8.37 Darlington 9.60 9 29 Bennettsville 9.00 9.52 Gibson 8.37 Ar 10.20 Hamlet 8.10 Lv P.M A.M No. 9 connects at Hamlet with S. A. L. Vestibule train for Raleigh, Rich mond. Washington. Baltimore, Phil adelphia and New York. No 8 connects with S. A. L. Vesti bule train/rom above named points. Trains run solid to and from Charles ton. C. MILLARD, Superintendent. c. A D. and C. A 8. RAILROADS. In effect June 8, 1894. MIXED TRAIN Leave Wadesboro 2.00 p m Bennett's Morven’s McFarland (be raw Cash's 4 10 p In Society Hill Dove’s Floyd's Darlington Palmetto Arrive Florence Leave Florence Palmetto Darlington Floyd’s Dove’s Society Hill Cash's Cheraw McFarland Morven's Bennett’s Arrive Wadesboro Local Freight. Ix-ave Darlington Palmetto Arrive Florence Leave Florence 8.80 a m Palmetto Arrive Darlington A. F. RAVENEL, President. KJORTHEASTERN RAILROAD. * In effect June 3,1894'. SOUTH BOUND. N j. 85. I.eave Florence . 8.10a m Lanes 4.05 a m Arrive Charleston 0.10 a m No. 23. Jieave Florence Kingstree 9.02 p in Lanes 9.23 p m Arrive Charleston No. 53. Leave Lanes 7 10 p m Arrive Charleston NORTH BOUND. b.40 p m No. 78. Leave Charleston Lanes 5.40 am Kingstree 6 00 a m Arrive Florence 7 10am No. 82. Leave Charleston 3.30 p m Lane* . 5.38 p Kt Kingstree . 5.67 p id Arrive Florence 7.05 p in No. 62. Leave Charleston 7.15 a in Arrive Lanes No. 52 runs through to Columbia via Central R. R. of S. C. Train Nos. 78 and 14 runs via Wilson and Fayetteville—Short Line—and makes close connection for all points North. J. F. DIVINE. Gen. Supt. < i < ( < < < « < • < J Docs This i 1 Hit You? : * > > : • > j ' | The management of the ] ► > | Equitable Life Assurance ; ► < ; Society in the Department of J ► ► < [ the Carolinas, wishes to se- ] ' ► 1 J cure a few Special Resident ; ► < t ; Agents. Those who are fitted \ ► i < | for this work will find this ] ► < < j A Rare Opportunity; ► ► > < J It is aw£, however, and those J ► < < 1 who succeed best in it pqssess J ► > • * [ character, mature judgment, J > ► < < I tact, perseverance, and the | ► ► 1 respect of their community. J » | Think this matter over care- ] * * 1 fully. There’s an unusual J * • ; opening for somebody. 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Leave Florence 7.40 a m Marion 8.23 a m Arrive Wilmington 11.10am No. 58. Leave Columbia 4.20 p m Arrive Sumter 5.50 p m No. 59. Leave Columbia Sumter 5.55 p m Arrive Florence 7.05 p m No. 53 runs thiougu vo cnarleston via central Railroad, arriving Man ning 6.28 p m Lanes 7.06 p m, charleston8-40 pm. Trains on Manchester and Angnsta B. R-, leave Florence daily except Sun day, 3.15 a. m., arrive Denmark 8.17 a. m. Returning leave Denmark S.iiS p. m., arrive Florence 7.06 p. m. Trains on Wilmington, Chadhoum and Copway Railroad leave Chad- bourn at 10.10 a m, arrive at C< nway 12 30 p in, returning leave Conway at 2:00 p. m., arrive Cbadbouru 4:50 p. m. Leave Cbadbouru 8.85 p in arrive at Hub 8 20 p. m. Re turning leave Hub 8.15 a m, arrive at Chadbourn 9.00 a in. Daily exopet Sunday. JOHN F. DIVINE, Genl I