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ftiarfe a fresh parcel ox it ana came cmx.
“Croeeing the road a happy Idea oc
curred to me. I thought I would raffle
It At once 1 set to work to find a
house where there might seem to be a
likely lot It cost me three or four
whiskies—for I felt I didn't want any
fCoDTiieht. ISM. br Bschcller. Johnson A BscbeUer.l
He got In at Ipswich with seven dif
ferent weekly papers under his arm. I
noticed that each one Insured its reader
»gainst death or injury by railway ac-
eident He arranged his luggage upon
the rack above him, took off his hat
nnd laid it on the seat beside him,
mopped his bald head with a red silk
handkerchief and then set to work stead
ily to write his name and address
apon each of the seven papers 1 sat
jpposite to him and read Punch. I al
ways take the old humor when travel-
mg. I find it soothing to the nerves.
Passing over the points at Manning-
gee the train gave a lurch, and a
lorseshoe he had carefully placed io
the rack slipped through the netting
ind fell with a musical ring upon hia
head.
He appeared neither surprised nor
angry. Having stanched the wound
with his handkerchief he stooped and
picked it up, glanced at it with, as I
thought, an expression of reproach and
dropped it gently out of the window.
"Did it hurt you?" I asked.
It was a foolish question, I told my
self so the moment 1 had uttered it.
The thing must have weighed three
pounds at the least; it was an excep
tionally large and heavy shoe. The
bump on his head was swelling visibly
before my eyes. Anyone but an idiot
must have seen that he was hurt. I
expected an irritable reply. I should
have given one myself had I been in his
place. Instead, however, he seemed to
regard the inquiry as a natural and
kindly expression of sympathy.
4 “It did, a little," he replied.
“What were you doing with it?” I
asked. It was an odd sort of thing for
a man to be traveling with.
"It was lying in the roadway just
outside the station," he explained; “I
picked it up for luck.”
He refolded his handkerchief so as
to bring a cooler surface in contact
with the swelling, while I murmured
something genial about the inscrut
ability of Providence.
"Yes,” he said; “I’ve had a deal of
luck in my time, but it’s never turned
out well.
“1 was born on a Wednesday," he
continued; "which, as I daresay you
know, Is the luckiest day a man can
he liorn on. My mother was a widow,
and none of my relatives would do
anything for me. They said it would
be like taking coals to Newcastle help
ing a boy born on a Wednesday; and
We sat and smoked In silence, i ten
that the consolations of a stranger
would sound weak.
"i’iebuld horses are lucky, too," he
observed, knocking the ashes from his
pipe against the window sash. “1 had
one of them once."
"What did it do to you?" I inquired.
“Lost me the best crib I ever had in
my life," was the simple rejoinder.
“The governor stood it a good deal
longer than I had any right to expect;
but you can't keep a man who is al
ways drunk. It gives a firm a bod
name.”
"It would," I agreed.
“You see." he went on, “I never had
the head for it To some men it would
not have so much mattered; but the
very first glass was enough to upset
me. I’d never been used to it”
“But why did you take it?” 1 per
sisted. “The horse didn't make you
drink it, did he?”
“Well, it was this way," he explained,
continuing to rub gently the lump
which was now about the size of an
egg; “the animal had belonged to a
gentleman who traveled In the wine
and spirit line, and who had been ac
customed to visit in the way of busi
ness rlmost every public house h« came
to. The result was you couldn't get
that little horse past a puhllc-house—
at least I couldn’t. He sighted them a
quarter of a mile off. and made straight
for the door. I struggled with him at
first, but it was five to ten minutes'
work getting him away, and folks
used to gather round and bet on us. I
think, maybe, I'd have stuck to it, how
ever, if it hadn't been for a temperance
chap who stopped one day and lectured
the crowd about it from the opposite
side of the street lie c tiled me Pil
grim, and said the little horse was Rol-
lin, or some such name, and kept on
shouting out that I was to fight him
for a heavenly crown. After that they
called ns ‘Roily and the Pilgrim,
fighting for the crown.’ It riled me,
that did, and at the very next house at
which he pulled up, I got down and
said I’d come for two of Scotch. That
was the beginning. It took me years
to break myself of the habit.”
“But there,” he continued, “it has
always been the same. I hadn’t been
a fortnight in my first situation before
my employer gave me a goose weighing
eighteen pounds, as a Christmas pres
ent.”
"Well, that couldn't have done you
“I CARRIF.D IT THIS WAT."
more beer, which is a thing which
easily upsets me—but at length I found
just the crowd I wanted—a quiet, do
mestic looking set in a homely little
place off the Uoswell road.
“I explained my views to the land
lord. He said he had no objection; lie
supposed I would stand drinks round
afterwards. I said I should he de
lighted to do so, and showed him the " au expia.n the matter to the
insnector. and I thought so too.
enough already, being, as 1 *m, unac
customed to anything more titan an oc
casional glass of beer. But I felt de
pressed. and I thought it might cheer
me. I think I had gin, which is a thing
I loathe.
“I meant to throw It over Into Oak
ley square, but a policeman had his eye
jn me and followed me twice round
the railings. In Golding road I soughi
to drop it down an area, but was frus
trated in like manner. The whole
night police of London seemed to have
nothing else to do but prevent my get
ting rid of the goose.
"They appeared so anxious about it
that I faneied they might like to have
it. I went up to one in Camden street.
I called him ‘Bobby,’ and asked him if
he wanted a goose.
“ Til tell you what I don’t want,’ he
replied, severely; 'and that is none of
your sauce.’
“Us was verv insulting, and I natur
ally answered him back. nai scvusi-
ly passq|i I forget, but it ended in his
announcing his intention of taking me
in charge.
“I slipped ont of his hand and bolted
down King street. He blew his whistle
and started after me. A man sprang
out from a doorway in College street
and tried to stop me. I tied him up
with a butt iu the stomach and cut
through the Crescent, doubting back
Into the Camden road by Batt street.
“At the canal bridge I looked behind
me and could see no one. I dropped
the goose over the parapet and It fell
wlvh a splash Into the water.
“Heaving a sigh of relief, I turned
and crossed into Randolph street, and
there a constable collared me. I was
arguing with him when the first fool
came up breathless. They told me I
had better explain
u WOODS 4 '*
IT CAUGHT MR IN THX BAC* OF TUB HEAD.
“ ‘It looks a mi puorsy,' as tr vV
was a Devonshire man.
“ ‘Oh, that’s nothing,’ I explained.
T happened to drop it. That will all
wash off.’
“ ‘It smells a bit queer, too,’ he said.
‘“That’s mud,’ I answered; ‘you
know what London mud is. And a
gentleman spilled some gin over it.
You won’t notice that when it’s cooked.’
“ ‘Well,’ he replied, ‘I don’t think I'll
take a hand myself; but if any other
gent likes to, that's his affair.’
“Nobody seemed enthnsiastlc. f
started it at sixpence; I took a ticket
myself. The potman had a free chance j baby.
“The inspector asked me why I had
run away when the constable wanted
to take me in charge. I replied that it
was because I did not desire to spend
my Xmas holidays in the lock-np,
which he evidently regarded as a
singularly weak argument. He asked
me what I had thrown into the canal.
I told him a goose. He asked me why
I had thrown a goose into the canal. I
told him because I was sick and tired
of the animaL
“At this stage a sergeant came in to
say that they had succeeded in picking
up the parcel. They opened it on the
inspector's table- It contained a dead
brother
my uncie, wnen no men
penny of his money to my I
8am. as a slight compensation to him
for having been born on a Friday. All
I ever got was advice upon the duties
and responsibilities of wealth, when it
arrived, and entreaties that I would
not neglect those with claims upon me
when I came to be a rich man.’
Ho paused while folding up his va
rious insurance papers and placing
them in the inside breast-pocket of hi*
coat.
“Then there are bla«k cats,” he went
on; “they’re said to be lucky. Why,
there never was a blacker eat than the
one that followed me Into my rooms in
Bolsover street the very first night 1
took them.”
“Didn't he bring you luck?' I In
quired, finding that he had stopped.
A far-away look came into his sad
eyes.
“Well, of course It all depends," he
answered, dreamily, “maybe wed
never have suited one another; you
MY EMPLOYER GAVE ME A GOOSE.
icit acrj any Harm," 1 remarkeo.
lucky enough."
“So the other clerks said at the time,”
he replied; “the old gentleman had
never *x‘en known to give anything
awny before in his life. ’He s taken a
fancy to you,’ they said;' ‘you are a
lucky beggar!’"
He sighed heavily. I felt there waa
a story attached.
"What did you do with it?” 1 asked.
‘‘That was the trouble,” he returned;
“I did not know what to do with it. It
was ten o’clock on Christmas eve, just
as I was leaving, that he gave it to me
‘Tiddllng Brothers have sent me a
goose, Biggies,' he said to me, as I
helped him on with his great coat
‘Very kind of ’em, but 1 don't want it
myself; yon can have it.'
‘Of course I thanked him, and was
very grateful. He wished me a merry
Xmas and went ont I tied the thing
up in brown paper, and took it under
my arm It was a fine bird, but heavy
••t c-.r-Ud U m this way for some ins
tance, because I was excited and didn t
care how I carried it; but as I cooled, I
began to reflect how ridiculous I must
look. One or two boys evidently no
ticed the same thing. I stopped under
a lamp post and tried to tie it upagain.
I had a bag and an umbrella with me
at the same time, and the first thing I
did was to drop the goose into the gut
ter, which is just what I might have
expected to do, attempting to handle
four separate articles and three yards
of string with one pair of
picked up about a quart of mud with
!, rr.ii the erreater Dart oi
“ALL I EVER BAD WAS ADVICE.
can always look at it that way Still,
I’d like to have tried."
He sat staring out of the window,
and for awhile I did not care to in
trude upon bis evidently painful mem-
"What happened then?" 1 asked
however, at last.
He roused himself from his reverie
“Oh," he said, "nothing extraor
dlnary. She had to leave London for ■
time and gave me her pet canary to
take charge of while she was away."
"But it wasn't yonr fault," I urged.
"No, perhaps not,” he agreed; “bnl
It created a coldness which others
were not slow to take advantage of.
“I offered her the oat, too," he added,
but more to himaeU than to ma.
that goose, and got the greater part
It over my hands and clothes ana a I*it
quantity over the brown paper -~ 4
then it began to rain.
“I bundled everything np into my
arm and made for the nearest pub,
where I thought I would ask for a piece
more string, and make a neat Job
of it . . . .
"The bar waa crowded. I pushed my
way to the counter and flung the goose
down in front of me. The men nearest
stopped talking to look at It; and a
young fellow standing next to me said:
“ • Well, you’ve killed it.’ I dare eay I
did aeem a bit excited.
“1 had Intended making another
effort to sell It here, but they ware
dearly not the right sort. 1 had a
pint of ale—for I was feeling some
what tired and hot-acraped ae modi
of the mud oil th»-fcW.fil.l
for superintending the arrangements,
and succeeded in inducing five other
men, much against their will, to join
ns. I won It myself and paid out three
and twopence for drinks. A solemn-
looking individual who had been snor
ing in a corner suddenly woke up as I
was going out and offered me seven-
pence ha'penny for it—why sevenpence
I have never been able to understand.
He would have taken It away, I should
never have seen it again, and my whole
life might have been different But
fate has always been against me. I re
plied, with perhaps unnecessary'
hauteur, that l wasn't a destitute Xmas
dinner fund, and walked ont
It was getting late, and I had a
long walk home to my lodgings I
was beginning to wish I had never seen
the bird. I estimated its weight by
this time to be thirty-six pounds.
“The idea occurred to me to sell It to
poulterer. I looked for a shop; I
found one In Myddleton street There
wasn't a customer near It, but by the
way the man was shouting ycm might
have thought that he was doing all
the trade of Clerkenwell. 1 took the
goose out of the parcel and laid it on
the shelf before him.
“ ‘What’s this?’
“‘It's a goose,’I said; ’yon can have
it cheap.’
‘He just seized the thing by the neck
and flung it me. I dodged, and it
caught the back of my head. You can
have no idea, If you've never been hit
on the head with a goose, how it hurts.
I picked it up and hit him back with it;
and » nnllceman came uo with the
usnal: ’Now then, what's all this
about?* ,
“I explained the facto. The poul
terer stepped to the edge of the curb
snd apostrophized the universe gen-
^•“^ook at the shop,’ he said; ‘it’s
twenty minutes to twelve, and there’s
seven dozen geese hanging there that
I’m willing to give away, and this fool
asks me if I want to buy another.’
I perceived then that my notion had
been a foolish one, and I followed the
policeman’s advice, and went away
quietly, taking the bird with me.
"Then I said to myself: TT1 give it
sway. I’ll pick out some poor deserving
person, and make them a present of the
d—d thing.' I passed a good many peo
ple, bnt no one who looked deserving
enough. It may have been the time or
it may Aave been the neighborhood, but
those I met seemed to me to be unworthy
of the bird. I offered it to a man in
Judd street, who I thought appeared
hungry. He turned ont to be a drunk
en ruffian. I could not make him un
derstand what I meant, and he fol
lowed me down the road abusing me at
the top of his voice, until, turning s
corner without knowing it, hs plunged
down Tavistock place, shouting after
Ihe wr< ng man- In the Huston road
I stopped a half-starved child and
pressed It upon her. She answered
Not mei* tnd ran away
I pointed out to them that it wasn't
my parcel, and that it wasn’t my baby;
but they hardly took the trouble to
disguise the fact that they did not be
lieve me.
“The inspector said it was too grave
a case for bail, which, seeing that I did
not know a soul in London, was some
what immaterial. I got them to send
a telegram to ray young lady to say
that I was unavoidably detained In
town, and passed as quiet and un
eventful a Xmas day and Boxing day
as I ever wish to spend.
“In the end the evidence against me
was held to be insufficient to justify a
conviction, and I got off on the minor
charge of drunk and disorderly. But I
lost my situation and I lost my young
lady, and I don't care If I never see a
goose again.”
We were nearing Liverpool street.
He collected his luggage, and, taking
op his hat, made an attempt to put it
on his head. But in consequence of
the swelling caused by the horseshoe it
would not go anywhere near him; and
he laid it sadly back upon the seat.
"No," he said, quietly; “I can't say
that I believe very much In luck."
To restore gray hair to its nat
ural color as in youth, cause it
to grow abundant and strong,
there is no better preparation
than Hall’s Hair Renewer.
A man mus’ enva hise’f ef an-
nuddah man kaint do hit fur
him.—Brokin hearts hab some
times bin repaired so dey las’s
a good while longer.—Don’t yo’
jedge a man by de tales ob ene
mies; his friends will admit his
false.—Dar are lots ob lub-mach-
es sed toe be made in heabin,
dat end in de udder place.—Dar
’ould be a gret deal less mis
chief done in de wurl’ ef moar
people stuttered.—Arkansas
ihomas Cat.
Blood purifiers, though gn
al, are radical in their effe
desire to announce to the people
of Darlington County in general,
* •
and to the ladies in particular,
that they are now opening, at
\
their handsome establishment on
the east side of the Public Square,
a large and varied assortment of
Which for STYLE AND
PRICES is not to be excelled
in this section of South Carolina.
Give them a call and examine
their beautiful stock before decid
ing where you will make your
Spring purchases.
THE
rad-
ual, are radical in their effect.
Ayer’s Sarsaparilla is intended
aj a medicine only and not a
stimulant,excitant, or beverage,
Immediate results may not al
ways follow its use; but after s
reasonable time, permanent ben
efit is certain to be realized.
Mother—Why do you pack up
your toys so carefully, Ethel?
Ethel—To keep them for my
children, mamma.
Mother—And suppose you
never have children?
Ethel—Then they’ll do for my
great-children.
— + ^ m
TTART8VILLE RAILROAD.
** June 8, 1894.
MIXED TRAIN.
Leave Hartsville 4.30 a m
Jovann 4.40 a m
Floyd’s S.OS a m
Darlington 0.25 a m
Palmetto 5.40 a m
Arrive Florence 6.00 a m
Leave Florence 9-00 p m
Palmetto 9.15 p m
Darlington 9.25 p m
Floyds 9.45 p m
Jovann 10.00 p a,
Hartsvllle 10.15 pm
J F. DIVINE. Oen. Snpt.
C
A D. and C. A 8. RAILROADS.
, In effect June 8,1894.
MIXED TRAIN
Leave Wadesboro
2.00 p m
Bennett’s
2.25 p m
Morven’s
McFarland
Cheraw
8.45 p m
Cash's
4.10 pm
Society Hill
4.40 p m
Dove’s
. 5.15 pm
Floyd’s
Darlington
5.30 pm
6.05 p m
Palmetto
Arrive Florence
Leave Florence
. 8.15 a m
Palmetto
. 8.40 a m
Darlington -
Floyd’s
9.15 a m
9.40 a m
Dove's
. 9 55 a m
Society Hill
10 35 am
Cash's
Cheraw
11.40 a m
McFarland
12.20 p m
Morven’s
12,35 p m
Hcunett's
12.50 p m
Arrive Wadesboro
1.10 p m
Local Freight.
Leave Darlington
4 30 p m
Palmetto
4.42 p in
Arrive Florence
5.00 p in
Leave Florence
8.15 a m
Palmetto
8.40 am
Arrive Darlington
8 55 a m
A. F. RAVENEL. President.
N
ORTH EASTERN RAILROAD.
In effect Nov. 18, 1894;
SOUTH BOUND.
No. 85.
3.10 a m
Lanes
4.20 a m
G.10 a m
Leave Florence
Kingstree
Irfines
Arrive Charleston
No. 23.
. 7.35 p m
8.46 p m
9.07 p m
.11.18 p m
No. 58.
Leave Lanes
Arrive Charleston
7.05 p m
8.40 p m
NORTH BOUND.
No. 78.
Leave Charleston -
Lanes
Kingstree
Arrive Florence
. 4.12 a m
6.30 a id
6.49 a m
7.50 a m
No. 82.
Leave Charleston
Lanes
Kingstree
Arrive Florence
4.30 p m
6.08 p m
6.23 P m
7.15 p in
.
No. 59.
Leave Charleston
Arrive Lanes
7.00 a m
. 8.35 • tc
No. 52 runs through to Columbia
via Central R. R. of 8. 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. Snpt.
vv
ILMINGTON, COLUMBIA *
AUGUSTA RALROAD.
In effect May 26, 1898.
— * h** 1 ? “ One of my sick headaches,”
calling shrilly after me: ’\t ho stole the hear people frequently
gt “Idroppe<l It In a dark part of 8ey- say. aa . the Complaint was
mourstreet. a man picked it up and hopelessly incurable.^ As a mat-
brought It after me. I was unequal to
any more explanations or arguments. 1
gave him twopence and plodded on
with it once more. The pubs were just
closing, and I went Into one for a final
driek. am a matter of fact I bad had
ter of fact, Ayer's pills not only
relieve sick headache but effect
ually remove the cause of this
Distressing complaint, and so
bring About a permAueat euro.
COMPANY,
whose place of business is at their
new warehouse on Russel Street,
near the C. S. & N. Depot, offer
to the retail trade, as well as to
consumers, in original, unbroken
packages,
FOR SPOT CASH,
a full line of choice family groce
ries, at the very lowest wholesale
prices. Housekeepers are now re
minded that they need not send
off to buy their usual barrel of
sugar or barrel of flour, and the
like, for they can get them just
as cheap at their very doors, and
save freight,
SOUTH BOUND.
No. 65.
Leave Wilmington *8.80 p m
Leave Marion 6.24 p m
Arrive Florence 7.05 p m
Leave Florence *7.30 p m
Arrive Sumter 8.38 p m
Leave Sumter 8.88 p m
Arrive Columbia 10.00 p m
No. 51. 4
Leave Florence *3.15 a m
Arrive Sumter 4 19 a m
No. 62.
Leave Sumter *9.48am
Arrive Columbia 11.06 a m
ton via
Lanes 8-
ngti
Central Railroad; leaving
18 a m, Manning 9 15 a m.
NORTH BOUND.
No. 66.
Leave Columblt *5.20am
Arrive Snmter.... -«• cror<*« • 6.43 a u
Leave Sumter 6.43 a m
Arrive Florence . 8.00 a m
Leave Florence 8.25 a m
Leave Marion 9.06 a m
Arrive Wilmington .....11.50am
No. 68.
Leave Columbia *4.26 p m
Arrive Sumter 5.48 p m
No. 60.
Leave Snmter *6.06 p m
Arrive Florence 7.15 p m
•Daily. tDaily except Sunday.
No. 68 runs thicugu to unarleston
via central Railroad, arriving Man
ning 6.21 p m. Lanes 7.00 p n>
charleston 8.40 p m.
Trains on South and North Caro
lina R. R., leave Elliott 7.02 p. m., ar
rive Blshopville 7.39 p. m., Lucknow
8.10 p. m. Returning, leave Luck
now 6.30 a. in., BUhopville 7.00 a. in.,
arrive Elliott 7.38 a. m. Daily except
Sunday.
Trains on Wilmington A Conway B.
R., leave Chad bourn at 10.20 a m, ar
rive at Conway 12.85 p m, returning
leave Conway 2 80 p m, arrive Chad-
bourn 5-00 p. m., leaveChadbourn6.35
p in, arrive at Hub 6.20 p m. re
turning leave Hob 8.16 a m, arrive at
Chadboum 9.00 a m. Daily exepet
Sac Jay.
Trains leave Pregnalls 8.15 p. m.,
Summerton 4.47 p. m., Sumter 5.50
p. m., Darlington 7.20 p. m., Ben-
aettsville 8.19 p, m., arrive Hamlet
9.15 p. m. Returning, leave Hamlet
6.15 a. in., Beuuettsville 7.11 a. m.,
Darlington 8.11 a. m., Sumter 9.46 a.
m, Summerton 10-40 a. in., arrive
Pregnalls 19.15 p. m. D*|]y sleep
Sunday,