The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, January 04, 1900, Image 5
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The Secret of Dunraven
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BY ANNIE ASHMORE,
J Author of "Faithful Margaret," Etc., Etc
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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 ' "!
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AND
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Dealers in Sash Weights, JH
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all being of our own raanufacture.
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CHARLESTON, - S. C.
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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 ?|
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