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. i . CRUEL i ' -EZZEHASZ" !2. -J THE GRAVE; t# The Secret of Dunraven 1 A vaouc. i BY ANNIE ASHMORE, J Author of "Faithful Margaret," Etc., Etc ' rnvrrF.n ni continued. She rose, deeply agitated, qtiito unconscious of the beseeching expression of her proud eyes, and only feeling that she might betray Lor thrilling hope anil fear unless she changed her position. ? t-till holding her hand, lie rose with her. and spoke on with imperious urgency. "Speak: do you grant my request, or must 1 take my own?" A stifled sob came from her very heart; sho could not comprehend, blru. "The?tho name?" she stamilercd. "What is it?" "What! joudo not guess?" crial he, with tierco incredulity?then a fcnee of satanic mirth crossed his paie?nxious face. She tore her hand from him In a wild revulsion of shame and wrath Pr "How should I guess the new object of your vagrant fancy?" demanded she, disdainfully. ? "No.no; this Is no fancy," exclaimed Accrington. forgetting every lesser emotion iu his fervor, "this is the best love of my lifo; 1 grew nobler merely by musing on her; she is my peace, my happiness; without her I can nover bo complete?my goldon-trcssod Aurora!" "Iier name?" brcated Mrs. Dellamere with b'ondless lips and dilated oyes, like * * 0110 fascinated by t rror. "Oh, true, 3ou cairn a formal announcement," said Accrington, recover. Ing himself "i iovc your daughter Loveday. dear tiadain, aud c.avo her for my " t wile " 'J he tide of Mrs DcVamer 's feelings reached its higho t joint of hormr. ".ny daughter pur w fel" sho exclaimed, biuer y. w ith a recoiling post* " ure. hall never consent! hucli a union wool i be abhorrent to every nat?* oral instinct!" "You n fuse!" said Accrington with - flash tig eyes. "Is tho past, which I have outlived, so sweet to you that it fj| renders such a union unnatural?" Slim he could not poa i her into consent thus; it was her chi.d's happiness sho was defending she could suiter huinili* t iting taunts lor her sake. ^ ' !i-i- nrnrr ML . "*ll IS IC'.pUSMU.U VL luav iinu Vi.v./ j* ground," sad she, her voice shaken with pas.-iunato repugnance. "Von are a treacherous man; there have been \ falsenesses i:i your life thai even I have seen. You cannot have my daughter. , Also, her heart is engaged." She shook off his grasping hand from her cashmeres, and hastened away. ltut nut far; before sho had taken a half dozen steps he was by her, looking Into her face with a laughing devil in each of his eyes. j* "There can bo but one explanation of this resistance," said he. "You love mo yet!" f i She stood looking up at him, her eyes fashing with fierce scorn: her hands locked together to crush down the wild forces within her which threatened to leap out in some vengeful act "You aro a cravenshe said, with something grating in her sweet tones. ' ? "If my heart could still cling to a mau like you I should tear it from my breast. You aro false, I shrink from you, I despise yon; is that love? She waited a moment, with glowins eyes fastened upon him, for any reply he might venture to make, but as he made none, only gr.awed his lip in sDeechlesshumiliation, s e turned quick ly, and passed from his view with her own silent, sweep ng grace. He returned t> tho fountain and threw himself onco mi re upon tiio stone seat tfith a muttered malediction. He had not believed she could d?fy him; he had not prepared himself for the open exhibition of her scorn, i Conscious of his powers of management. lie had thought to manipulate Mrs. Dollamcre through her wounded pride until she would give him her conr. ?? cent to win Lcve^ay to save hi rse.f from tho ruspieion c f loving him yet. She had laughed him to scorn, and he was vulnerable to tho shamo of being scorned, lie began to fear and * hate her. Many thoughts passed through his busy brain, lie recalled his various loves, and hew sincere each had been in its timo. How much this pr^ud. inipe ial beauty, Laura, had been to him in her day! how sweet and warm had been that early iovo! and how be had suffered when she cast him aside for a Ahl she deserved to suffer in her turn; he should not spare her. - * Then a wiid memory of Engelondo Inchcapo tlew like a red-hot bo t through his soul, her ina ostic purity, her unsullied fidelity, and her bitter ?WL y fate. ' He clenched his hand and drove the ' blighting thought away with a heart-felt >rr V 1 imprccat on. ;th' 'ihi-u ?to!e the imace of I.oveday Del> lamero upon him, tender, softly; no shadow of noriifieati n or remorse biurred that rnera ry; ho mused upon her dawn* like yon Mi and innocence, h.-r . sunny beauty, which rad atod pure .oy. ai d be craved for her w.th passionate intensity as the writ hid cra.e for hapiSwfc P?>e sfTheu he reviewed the resistance just offered to Lis tiesiro, and laughed sardqnictlly. t Tie would brnsh a Ide this opposing ? ^ will as if it wera a cobweb acrosfl his Igi ' J J?th. let who might suffer t CHAFTER VIII. ?ALAS! T HAVE A RIVAI.!*' Was it true that tho dashing: fretch belle, Merrion i:a^, liad fallen in lovu ( witli youna Auberon Crery? The ancient sibyi < arisbrooke said ;c, I but tlu-n sin* said ma :y ooiish tilings, and saw twlc as lar thro 1:5:1 a mill! st r.o as other \ op 0. Wl.cn Acer nvt >1 ietr.r\s to Mm nv re immediate scene of yaycty, l:e lii:ds a date o on the in progression. tho mush'hidden b ii ii.latal leafy screeu. ; a:id fowery I auics Vaiinoin" the ballroom There \v.\s .Vcrriou Kao 'rip in." | throu:h an intricate fpnro with Auberon : j < ro;-y, her passionate, darklin? claneo 1 J and heightened beauty bet rayin? the tri I UIDpii UI IIM' III UIX11 Ilk It# J It" I . anu Jit it; j was Lovedav, s aneing in and out anion? i i tlio dancers unattended her wild an i j brilliant craws fresh as ever, as if to I prove her < aro free independence of I Aubcron's smiles | Toward her Accrinztin wends his way with melancko y sweetness, and, catching her eye, without a word wooes her to him by tho sheer force or his dominant ' ga>o. To see her struggle against him. ' whirl past with defiant glance, cireio j ! round the grassy mead, ar.d lilt back, a | : little nearer each revolution, lured by his ] eyes those deop, dark, mournful eyes ] that seem (o brood over grief and wrong, 1 and to plead for sympathy till at last ; she Is close to him, laughing out a sil- ; very echo of the waltz! bhe sweeps him the "presentation courtesy," and comes < up to ie over with fairy feet pointed, ; and a look of petulant waywardness, t crying: " 1 "Here I am. Co'onel; now speak quickj Ij, for my turn conies next to dance." * -1 did not summon you, Sprite." said ' I AppiMnrrfnn vo re softie, and looking I ' ! deep into her upraised eyes, without a ' smi c. -Hut yes. you did! You " "Looked at you, that was all!" mur- ' ; mured the gentle tones in her ear: 'hut 5 | pe|Jiaps 1 mesmerised you a littio." ( Perhaps he did! ' .Site tried io look at l ira independently, but could not endure, without emo- ' i tion, the earnest beseeching of his ga te. * "I thought mamma had sent for me J i I saw you talking with her," said Love- ' 1 day, turning away, but slow."y. 1 1 "Voirwill give me one waltz?" a-kcu 1 j he. staying h< r in spite of I erself. i Sic hesitated, glancing involuntarily ! at Auberon with a trace of anxiety, ' j which Aecrington instantly divined as ' I the wish to avoid doing anything winch ' ! might not be to Auberon's taste. ! i -it is but a little thing for a careworn man like me to ask from your buoyant J . yout >, that you should give nic back live J ! minutes of my by-pone days of happi- 1 | ne-s!" .-aid lie wistfully. "Shall you ? i dislike it so much?" J "So. ho, no, no," faltered she. abashed; x "I shall waltz with you for my next ' *| partner." And with that h<* let her go. ' In a few minutes Merrion Kae was disengaged, and Accringtou seized the 2 j opportunity. r "Her praco sent ine to amuse you, 1 i Queen of Scots," lie said, airily, leading ; her for a promcnado. 1 "I am quiescent," retarded the lady, 1 absently; "do your best." 1 ; "Fair queen, I beseech your aid!" 2 " "lis yours. Sir Colonel. Speak!" 1 "I Jove a lady." i 1 i "Eh bicnSo do most men. " j "Alas, I have a rival." I ( "Impossible. Who could rival Colonel 1 I Accringtou?" 1 "Sweet demoiselle, you are pleased to 1 laugh at me; yet j am in trouble." 1 "Did you not offer to ainnsc me/" j , "True. Well, you may laugh, yet help ' rac, and I will bo 'Ontent" 1 "1 help you! Is it possible?" 1 j "Are you not as wise a< you arc witty ( ! ?as good as you are pretty? You ccr- f ! tainly can. if you will, do much to oxtri- t I cate ice from a dilemma." I "Ah, now 1 am dying to aid you, your i | flattery is so sweet. Only show me how 1 : I can be of use to you." * 1 I "Suppose a cavalier, much like that 1 ! dark-browed fellow Accrington, loved a sunny tressed Aurora like " "Miss Bellamore, for instance," Interposed Merr on, laughing mischievously, , j as he stopped and looked at her. "Oh. J ; I have not been blind, dvar Colonel, and I wish you every success. " . "Thank you, Lady Merrion; now I , shall tell you the obstacle. Suppose ( this lady was half prom sod, by the pari enfs, to a young man who loves lior"? t j (Mt-rrion siartcd and changed color)? j J "but only with a fraternal love." proI ceedcd Accrlngton, who had not lost s j this ^gn of emotion, "for his whole heart j | is given to another, and that j j otho^^?" ] ?n?? im' hn! (nite a 'Comedv of Er rors,' laughe I Merrion, defiantly meet- ( j iue his significant glance, though her j brilliant face glowed wiih rich blushes. 1 i "And now, what part can I play in all 1 ! this? <)r hav?* you yet to come to that t ; point?" . j "And that other." resumed Accrington, a boldly, "has only to acc pt Lis attentions for a few days, duriug which she I | may be endeavoring to teach her own j j heart to respond to his. 'I bus the first j named lady will lee! nerseu m-u 10 iuvo j i *ao, and all will end we 1." i "Rut by what caprice do you confido i a?< this to me?" demanded the high- i | .-|?J;ited girl, who would rather have i ]ie/?shed tiian permit anyone to guess ] the*tate of her heart toward Aub ron. i well perhaps only to amuse ) youf Let. us talk of something else," s i said r.-o Colone carelessly. AnJc.uto i conviii?*ed that sho understood all that < j was nce-sary, he scon led her back to ) her fricrds. < They ^unecd together, Richard Ac- . crington >od Loveday Dcllamero. ; He slid Ais nervous arm ab ut her waist, his tat hand clasped her linger ! tips do ica'eiy, firmly. 'I hey fioaced | round am ?-g the others, light as shad- j < ows flickering, and upborne by the wild j i ; measure ol a wait. whir.wind. iiis j . warm h ea*-H on her brow, his dark I eyes softly seining down upon her. his gent o strength supporting hers as if one wiil governed the r mot ons A singular sensation gftduaiiy took posses- i sic.n of Loveday, as if she was being < borne out of herself, a feeling as dreamy I and delicious as inexplicab'e. Percoiv- I , lug by the rclaxiug of her self-poise his j growing power o cr her, Acer ngtoii ; softly tightened liis c'asp of. her waist, J iOi ^ stolo a firmer bold or l?cr baud, and, timing his movement to tlio Ions: drawn, longing notes of the next musical bars, he bent lower over her, and allowed his dark eyes. cha:ge:l w.tn unutterably leseoching tendcrntrs, to feed upon li rs. All his soul -,t reamed forth in li;:it enraptured ga e. It could not startle or repel her, it was so \ory lr.inhie and implorinr, and there was ttic Di' si:-, j r. "-..onately w x>iir: h r for 1 im, i hing ot his sorrowful past, of l.is so:itary stra: gerhood in his own native land wooing. wooing her t? believe in l.im and forget her lir.-t repulsion. And Auher n ha;. only loved her a? a sister, while she oh, shame! to yield tr, I.i'.i ,clifi )>->.! no !,,,(? fur I'lir IW ui>:i ? ??W wv. v ? .v. lie:! i.ovoday's maid- n pr:<lo wa> waking vvit!i her ki owicdge that Aeeringlon one. lit he:* out from anions all these iithcr fa.-einntinir ladlos: slur bar! Phi*. .1 forward w.th blind trust to Auberou's return, when h would toll her t' at lie loved her, and c.aiin !i r h art in roiv a rd. ^ He ha I not spoken of low ho had boon just as to dor y fraternal a <f old. ind no more; and <hc hoi home the harp surprise proudly. !. <! her smart tnd waited the future patiently; Lut atoly she hrd become aware of Morrfon tae's r t rati are heightened beauty and ascination whmi in Auberon*s presence, ind with love's jealous quickness, had ruossed h r secret. And to-day, closely watching, she had con Aubcron's interest seemingly quito ibsnrbed in her: lie and she had been ogother so nuich and had been >o briiiantly responsive to each other's sallies ah, foo ish littlo LoveJay, why should die hope any longer? It was a relief to , rn to Col. Accrlngton, and hide her wavy heart by seeming engrossed w.th a i ;n. And if Auberon did not like it well, t was far better to vex him a little, than o show such slavish obedience to his slightest, wish that he must perforce d s over her raiscrat* e and hopeless love or him. On then in the whirling waltz, to the >hrilling music, which spoke to each mending heart in its own language; and low Accrington begins a soft tnurmurng in her ear, delicately impersonal yet perilously interesting, to which slio Mens with Innocent admiration. Well 10 knows how to please; the guileless .oiing creature knows so little oc#vil .hat she is easily pleased: she h;?^ no Mas to suspicion in her sunny nature, 1 *- * ~ i*., i * ^ C a!im>aI Aoofinrr. II1U MI?; l? Kiainm vu VUIWI1VI . kvu <uD on for exerting himself to entertain her. That he loves her does ra t dawn 0:1 Loveday vet; this ignorance leaves her nore freedom to observe and enjoy his nanifold graces. Ho has quite overcome her instinctive iii-trust of him before tliat wonderful u t; is linishod: while he ah! what vould he not give to fold her to hisadorng heart and call her his cwn! As lie cads her from the lawn, aroip'e iro slowiy jiacing before thera, appar n11 y too engrossed with each other to ibs-rvc their approach. i.ovedav s pensive humor flies as she (cogni es Auberon and Merrion Kae, .lid she utters some sparkling nonsense, ind laughs aloud with fro.ic archness; cid as Autcron looks back she flings lira a marry glance which tells h.rn lothing but tliat she is well pleased. His face changes, he seems to turn told from head to foot; all tho dreamy dcasuro with which lie has been listcnng to the clever w.tcherlcs of his co:u anion, fades away. He look haughty ind severe as on y a clcar-cut beautiful roung face cjfcu took. !>.. Ciia frlmrs and blushes JiUl 1UVI1 iwil '?HV . w ?? .? mder Accrington's meaning glances vith a hoiples3 self-consciousness which :onvinces Loveday that there has been :omo very sweet love-making going on jefore she and Aecr'ngton camo in sight A wild desire possessed her to prove to tl! concerned hojv little this affects her, ind she runs up to Merrion, draws down ier head to her own level, and whispers trchly, "There's nothlnz half sr> sweet In life As Love's Y^ung Dream!" "What aoes s!ie say?" asks Aubcron, ittempting to catch her hand, while Mer ioa shakes her linger threateningly at ier, erying, "llu h!" and blushed fu innslv; an 1 Lovedav dances off, hum ning the music of the words sue had just luotcd. Auboron makes no further effort tode-ain her; and Accringtou carries her off i) triumph. "These two understand each other," ays he gravely, when they are out of arshot: "we shall havo the Scotch >eauty for a resident in Salford ere long, [ can see that" "Oh, yes, it is very evident!" says Lovela y airily. Aecrington conveys Miss TVlamere to ;er mother, stays long enough beside icr to impro-s iu-r with t lie conviction hat lie despairs of winning Loveday ind is much depressed in consequence, tnd then discreetly takes his leave. That night Mrs Del amcro lingers over ier lovely child after she has kissed her ind bado her go to sleep. She wants to warn her against Colonel a ?? ?... oka oonnAt rvo t t h i* r\ci:i nix < uu, aiiu oiiu * wiiiivw .MV Aords out That cowardly taunt of liis ankles ir. her mind like a poison?what f Loved ay shou d also suspect that her mother's opposition meant that she oved liim herself? What if he had prepared ihe child s mind for this doubt by confiding to her that her mother and himself were old-time lovers? .She could not be in much danger, suroiy; do >s she not lovo Auberon? Mrs. Deliamerc cannot get one word >ut the memory of her in'crview with Ac r ngton is like a blister; to recall It, stinging p:>in Hie only kissos Lovodr.y again, and eaves her to a eejx And I.o'.o ay lies all night, in the dark iv tii sweet eyes wide ami bu tiing, c ihiring the llrst sorrow ofdi.-r ii;e as she may. cn.\m:it ix. >:v I.ADV'S STOKf. I have borne my s >rrcw patient'y the-9 many years, but time has not brought leiiveranco. Still wo are sundered, my ord and I. He lives a brooding hermit n his English cast e: 1 i ice here in th 9 North rn isht, hidden from the world? ind dio has.not loo. cd npon my face lincc that bitter day when he firove m? ' out of his life, because two villains lltd j away my honor. ! The wild winds moan around cy looeij tower?tins breakers rflar at its feea 1 tm.urn an I pray throughout tho ion?, resound it ? nights, a fever turning forever in m * s eins * i oli, lor deliseranee! Oh, for deliverance! Hut no* t il these two eonfr.es thai they have lied will my ord take me back to his licart: and wlio will wring confessicn from them? Who will be toy j champion. to set m: free from tho sharce ; tuat i* killing ra ; shall 1 cheat Hie maddening hours by ; setting down my miserable ?tory, to 1.3 lead when i am gone by u.y love, who ' may judge m" less harshly then? bureiy tne truth will prevail, if he hears it, a: , it were, from d *ad Kngclonde's gr.ne. ' At iea-t let me wander a wn:le among the remembrances oi that gracious time when we were together, loving an;' trusting i aeli oilier, before the fatal shadow of doubt f-il between us. Kngc'onde ( haiioner, the daughter of an American Seen tor. married at eight' cost I.ord Inchcapo, who was for.y. lie was my lir>t and It my only love; no , other passion lias over toucnad mo. 1 \v. n. to Lim with all the treasures cl ; freshest girlhood untasted but by himi seif. It was himsclf I loted?his noblo lieart, his proud integrity; I gloried in I.is rack and power becaii'O they vera , i ar . ef himself. Kven the disparity in oar r.gcs seemed to me fascinating, beeau ? it se. Jiim on a throne at the foot of which ! eo.vd worship him. II ? transplanted me into a brilliant i circle, he eai'hu aro. ad us a tioop of ' * - - " ' 1 - -i. h/./ilt 1 )>.> U.U * . Mv'U U[;?; i uutuan; iac I rrcii.' of rontut.'. >iis festivity, over which la- hired ic see .r.<* reign. I had two ft lend.-. who soon won my tenderest love; ir.y lasorite was gentle Alice, the wife of honest Squlro Crecy; I the otlier was the beautiful Laura IMlainore, a young widow. They both lived iu the neighborhood, and < amo almost every day to me to assist me in entertaining tiio crow 1 of guests that tilled the castle. At last one came, a fatal guest Ilia i accursed name is Itichard Acerington ' lie camo to us preceded by a brilliant . reputation. In the Indian mutiny lie had distinguished hint-elf gallantly: ' there were many rcc r s of his heroism j and abdity; we welcome I the young &o>1 dier among us with enthu-ia-un. i There w re ot er whl-pers too. It 1 was said that Colonoi Accringt n la l j L on I aura'- li st lo cr?thar she had i l h p;?.lf anil liim pt her ne ilv i father's toiu'nand, o mar.y the wo a thy j c<? i.moner, >11 es Eellamorc, and th.it ho was suing her a^ain in her widowhool to lay his lauro.s at her foot and win her hand at last. It was iny dear lord's evil fate to bring him to OU'1 home to present the brilliant stranger to mo. Let m*? overpass the loathed recollection. Enough to say , that he was base enough to make a blind of Mrs. Pcllamere behind wtih-h to indulge a guilty passion for one who dreamed not of the truth for hapless me. One day .accident disclosed what ho fain would have hidden. The illness of his fa?hor recalled him home; he sought i mo in my privacy in na-*.? u? >uy uuce.t, i and my unsuspicious coldness wrung sudden burning words from him. Mistaking his agitation for grief on Mrs. Detainer's account, unwittingly I goaded him into a full declaration of his dote-teJ passion. I was stupefied, excess of emotion he'd ma dumb. "Your amazement is well a-ted, if it I is acted," mocked he. "If It is sincere, then I am as lost and disgra ed a man as lives to curse himself this day." I faltered Laura's name: his at ten1 tion to her had been open and unqua.i ficd, to retract from them would most cruelly injure her. lie retorted with the utmost derision? quo'cd the o d wrong she had done him ! ?vaunted the completeness of his rej vengo. In suddenly aroused wrath and scorn I drove him from me; as he hurried from my presence in writhing humiliation, my lord met him?marked his agitation as ho passed with a hurried bow. | and entering, saw his guest's agitation ' rctle. ted on the face of his wife. Hiould I have confided ail to hlmV Alasl I I was but a girl?I was ashamed of the baso love I had excited?f trembled for | tho consequences to my belo.ed hus! band should he hear how he had been insulted; I dared not confido tho matter ?' -? - r 1 r !.?? 10 i^uru IIK IK a(;c. I gave a haltiug explanation of my emotion. Colonel Acer;ngton was l< aving us, and by a carel 'ss word which he had dropped it was evident that he had been bet amusing himsolf tho expensa of ray frend. Mrs Do'hmere. I j had not concealed from him ray anger, and he was leaving us forever. My lord accepted the explanation at once; his honorablo mind harbored no i suspicion at tho time; but ho remcmj bered tho episode afterward. I did not see Laura ror many days after that; but my sweet Alice told nio that Colonel Ac-rington had pa:d Laura a flying visit on his way to the ral road station. As she, Mrs. Crecy, drove up to the Pavilion to call for Laura, as she usually d d on n..r vv.iv to the Fosse, she mot Acering ton on his horse. He pa>scd hor with a { sardonic smile and bow?his face looked like a demon's. Lcura denied herself to Iter, sending word that sho was ill that j mo ning and would not leave her room, j "Their fr.'ondsh p has ruptured?I won| der why?" said n.y innocent Alice. ! When Laura once more joined us sho ! was strangely changed toward ma While ' jealously conceal ng her own pain she ' made me comprehend in a thousand J subtle ways that I had fallen in her ! estimation?that she could no longer I admit mo to the inner sanctuary of her affection. What my enemy had said of j tno I know not. Sho taunted me once ' thus: "I had an adieu from < ol. Accringi ton: it was of a high tragedy sort: he raved of a mad 1 ve?of ' J- fatal beauty j of au in-atiate coquet e?I laughed; ho i was amusing." And so I saw sho judged ; me guilty of p'ayiug with her lover's I heart, and scorned mo. Time passed: ; wo heard that Co onel Accringtou had I gon j abroad; wo left Saiford for our j house In London: wo shou d have been happy as the angels but for the memory of 'hat tutefcJ episode. It haunted mo t | ?a secret must invariably corrode la' ! the heart of the guiltless. I began to , question the past with distrust?to doubt [ the tendencies of my own nature?almost u believe myself in a measure guilty of . | levity, if of nothing worse, else how I could that cold-hearted man of the world have ventured to depict W7 Imago to l:Im-elf in warmer colors than those of * formal acquaintanceship. I.aura's disdain oppressed me, too,! and the consciousness of a secret with. | hold f.'om my lord hamiliatcd me. These , disquietudes injured my health; my lord, 1 with love's divining eye, observed the change; ho wooed n:y conlidcncc, he i anxiously strove to discover the , crumpled rose leaf in his darling's life-*-' ; hue I dared not confess it?I did not?I : did not I put him off with shallow pro-1 tens s; he understood that 1 did not care to share my every thought with him; he did not insist, ltot from that honr mv husband changed toward mo, his air of tranquil felic-lty l ed. he became thought' | fu!. moody: he began to call mo "child*, >' oftener than "wife," as if ho remembered regretfully his forty years beside , r.iy eighteen. Tenderly kind to mo as ' ; ' aver. lie was teaching h mself the heart f.cozing lesson that youth and middle age are not fitly joked together. Sweet love, chcy were :hoy were no hapcior wifo ever thanked God than you:3 before the serpent cntcroi our Eden! pro ns coktinttiid. | A Girl's Composition on Goys. Boys is men that have got as big as i their papas, and girls is young women, j I that will be young ladic3 by-and-by., : j Man was made before woman. When i t God looked at Adam he said to him- % i self: "Well, I guess I can do better Ji I . ... .1 . : ? T . ! _ )l A , 1 1 j limit Luau u A uy a^iiiu, uuu weu ho made Eve. God liked Eve so much better than he did Adam that * there has been more women than men in the world ever since. Boys are a trouble. They are very wear-, ins' everything but soap. If I could have my way, half the boys In | the world would be little girls and j the ether bcVf dolls. My papa is so i nics :o me Cv.t I guess he must havo 7 1 j been a girl when he was a little boy.j . i ' "! An e^changt has article on "Why Dees Mck'j li-;aey They make it tp ,ell. ' , M ffiO. S. HUM MANUFACTURED of . DOORS. SASH, BLINDS, MOULDINSS. AND Building Material. Dealers in Sash Weights, JH Cord, Hard ware, Window glas*, | etc. We guarautee our work superior to any sold in this city? all being of our own raanufacture. / \ E.H.HACKER, Proprietor, # CHARLESTON, - S. C. Atlantic Coast Line. I ! I-AI?L " s# Eiilmd Cupu/ ofSwtiCuoij. i Condensed Schedule. < SOUTHBOUND. No.35* No.2S* No.58* No.51* A M P M A V Lv. Florence 2 34 7 45 9 49 I Lv. Kingstree 8 5? ' Ar. Lanes 3 45 913 P M 11 OS | Lv. Lanes 3 40 913 6 46 1103 Vj'i Ar. Charleston 5 04 10 60 8 30 12 46 ' i AM I'M PM PM | NORTHBOUND. Na78 No.32* No.52? No.56. < AM FH AM I'M ! Lv. ( harles'on 6 33 4 49 7 00 4 00 ^ Ar. Lanes 8 08 615 8 33 539 | Lv. Lanes 8 03 615 5 89 Lv. Kir.gstree 8 20 Ar. Florence 9 20 7 25 7 09 ' t ' * i AM PM AM PM Daly, f Daily exo*pt Sunday. No 52 runs through to ColamOia via Ceatral Kail road ot South Carolina. Trains Nos. 78 and 32 run via Wilson and Fayettoville?Short Line?and make close 1 I .? I-. ?l| Knrlli CUIJUCCUUU 1UI can pvyjiiio MUftkMi Trains on C. 4 D. R. B. leave Florence daily except Sunday 9 50 a m, arrive Dar? lington 1015 a m, Hartsvllie 9 15 a m, Che*' tmk | raw 11 30 am, Wadesboro 2 35 pm.' Leave .VsH J Florence daily except Sunday 7 55 p m, or- jp rive Darlington 8 20 p m, Bennettsville 9 17 . v.< j p m, Gibson 9 45 p m. Leave Florence ' Sunday only 9 30 a m. arrive Darlington 10 06 ' a m. Leaves Gibson daily exoept Sunday 6 00 a ra, Bennett8viile 7 00 a m. arrive Darlington 802 a m, leave Darlington 8 50 am, arrive Florence 0 15 a m. Leave Wadesboro daily except Sunday 3 00 p m, Cberaw 4 45 p m, Hartsvllie 1 00 a m, Darlington 6 29 p m, arrive Florence 7 00 p m. Leave Darlingtoa Sunday only 8 50 a m, arrive Florence 9 15 ! u m. . ' > J. R. KENLY. Gen'l Manager, t JNO. i . DIVINE, Gwj'I. Sup'L T. M. EMERSON. Traffic Manager. ! H M. EMLRSON. Otsa'l F??a. Arrest, The Drug Store Kind a rr.-. \ r w ~rr n vtm, ?b&?omao??bp??a -"^1 but pricv the same as ordinary brands. Dnisryfets J buy Anvil Soda in bulk and sell It at five cents an A ouTic-. Grocer* sell it in packages at 10c. a pound . O or 8' ounds for 25c. jfl it is Exactly the Same Soda* 1 To pet the best you must insist on packages pot . * j-i l.-j the manufacturer with the ?| AS3VIL BRAKD TRADEMARK.