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yHoldenha Copyright lc:|, by ? CHAPTER VI. Continued. iAincheon over, I sought to create a diversion by reminding my uncle of fcus engagement to examine the Hold cnRurst deeds. He seeraeu very pieaseu with my attention to his wishes, and 4a on<f followed me into the library, my father and the other two guests at^iourning to the drawing-room. It was ihen I learned that uncto Sum had been in the library with my father in the morning, and had looked through :-=ome of tlie deeds. He spent 4 tlie whole of the afternoon in completing his examination of them, talking to me on various subjects meanwhile, and amusing ine greatly with hi* blnnt candor and his unsparing criticism of village communities in Knjdand. His strictures upon the ficv. Mr. Fuller were no less amusing lbajn severe, and niy sides ached so ?ocb from continued laughter that I war* much relieved when at last lie rue*: and said: mv hnr* T 1?qva ilnno Pn. pixcc ihern carefully where you took them from, until I send your father a steel safe worthy to contain them. They are very interesting aud ought to be carefully preserved If only for their historical interest. By-and-bye, yoar father told me just now that he has invited yet another parson to dine here this evening?the Vicar of Eold.* enhnrst Minor. You know him. of course." 1 replied that I knew him very well indeed. "1 would rather be at war with twenty brokers for a year." continued tmrlc Sam, "than talk with a parson for an hour. In a small company it is Impassible to ignore an individual member of It. and I could never listen 'to anything from a parson without replying to it?except iu church; aud I have often been tempted to do so there. I am afraid I shocked your father somewhat at luncheon; though, Goodness knows, I said nothing either wntme or unreasonable. I speak as I think, and hope always to do so. How<erer. I intend to be as reserved as my wtc.ro will permit at dinner to-day." This declaration was a distinct relief to me, though in no case should I hove much feared a meetinc between sny ancle and the Rev. Evan Price, i JTbc Vicar of Holdenhurst Minor was a youthful bachelor, and enjoyed -xa income of 190 a year. There being -?? vicarage in the parish, the reverand l^nUeTmm lodged with a farmer, NwhcsetTro daughters made it the chief bcsicess their lives to please him. Todtvd, the competition among tile fewjeik community of Holdeuhurst Minor wad thereabouts for the smiles of the Xcv. Evan Price was very keen, a condition of affairs to which the reverend gentleman owed mauy substantial KiirHhs.. Probably no man in Eng. tmJ was belter provided with slippers than the Rev. Evan Price: and there '.wnr. a rumor that his name was re"cortlcd in the last will and testament ol at least one wealthy old maid. The small ness of his income was 1 in la need jfcy his popularity, which was based r?p kj his line athletic appearance, his .-affable manner, his skill as a cricketer. w*3 the brevity of his sermons. He .bad a great many friends and no cnom'mz, and on less than a hundred a yrxr contrived to live better than ntanj another man with au income ten ajvucs as jargc. _j~~ CHAPTER VII. f*j ' CONSTANCE MARSH. The- visit of my undo and aunt to Hold en hurst was soon ended. Uncle Ssaj7> tried hard to induce my father ?siti iuc to accompany him to Loudon fart a few weeks, but father would Ttu: consent to such an arrangement. 3kr.ver.aJ farms on the estate had bei u toe a long time without tenants, and wf were working ihein ourselves by t'xtrs aid of a steward. The lirst wed: *il April bad now arrived, and ut.v fad/er did uot feel himself justified in leaving the place. He agreed, how ever, that 1 should go to London with my uncle and aunt and remain theii jjoesi for three weeks, it being further arranged that on the termination o! *?.? slay in town I was to take m 3 faxners place at Moiuennurst. wan br. in bis turn. visited his brother tbot our interests in Suffolk migli j?' be left entirely to the care of do pta-iie ills. The liberality of ituclo Sam astor. everybody with whom ne cam* ictxi contact during his stay in Suf folk, and it would exceed the limit: o. this chapter to recite his benefac t'jixah. but it is essential to the purpos* of '.hose memoirs to refer to a few o rb.v acre remarkable. 3d addition to clearing off the iarg' irvLtrfgage tipon the lloldemiurst os tale he paid to the credit of my fath ?r7'? banking accouut no less a sun lioOOb. "for present use," as h wvv.l. He advocated the laying wase t\1 <-vety farm in both the Holden fcarsts and converting the entire est at in.ro a large park. "That done." sail hnt, "and the hall thoroughly repaired ?js<3 partlj" refurnished, the place wi] Jt? worth living in for six or eigh THP?- ks in each year." To the first of these proposals m fe. lir.ftf-.N iHflltfl .' *L_ vr J A*. A \ A. *: 1 "" li si ggfes' *" ' . " ' U . r.Y ii WALTER BLOOMFIELD L' *T, JV a: 10BKST BOSSEB'S SOK?. faaber declined to agree. whereupon tc uncle Sam remarked that he con-id- v i erod b'm a fool, but the proposal to li ! renovate the hall was accepted. Any rl unfavorable impression which uncle g; I Sam might have created on the miud d; [ of the Rev. Mr. Fuller at their tirst meeting was speedily removed when "I i next they met, and my uncle an- tl : nounccd his intention, if permitted by u his brother, of restoring the church of Iloldenhurst Major, an ancient edi- s! fice much decayed. The necessary C permission being at once given, uncle ct I o ?!.l l... ..1.1 ?(.. r> oain sum lit ?uum iMM- itit uiun u ??j examined by an ecclesiastical archl- hi teot. and order the restoration to be oi made at once. "I don't suppose the tc job will cost more than ?1000 or b ?1500," said he, whereat Mr. Fuller hi dropped his lower jaw ou his white tie, aghast at the presence of a man p who could talk so ariiy of such large w sums of money. si The moment of our departure having arrived our comfortable old carriage, si drawn by a pair of greys, stood ready tri at the door, old John?among whose Si duties was numbered that of a coach- o) man?sitting on the box. As uncle si Sam, aunt Gertrude, my father and I ri I passed through the hall my uncle hes- ai itated and slopped. "Where are the P< ^ servants?" he asked, and being told ts they were In the kitchen he desired di them to be called. Our entire domes- at i tic establishment, consisting of four si women and a boy. responded to the in- ui vitatlon. Hastily giving two sovereigns to each of the women and a half si sovereign to the boy he stayed not to <1 1 hear their thanks, but handed his wife si into the carriage. Uncle Sam and I m followed, the driver cracked his whip p: 1 and the horses walked slowly down >? the path as we waved our hands to tli my father, who stood outside the L house in the porch. la It was some minutes before the hall bl 1 was lost to our view, and to the last at ntomont If onAmo/I f a nnoro rrA mr t' u. P? uiuuirui n orv'iucu iu ijj,* uu* pie*8 attention. ' There. Clertie." said ot he. pointing to the old house from hi which we were now rapidly receding. ni "to think that it was a mere accident kl ?a woman's feeble will?that saved tl< tue from spending my life in that s< place!" m I was surprised and not altogether ?'3 pleased at hearing my home?where he no effort had been spared to make our cj guests comfortable?spoken of in this tb contemptuous manner, but concluded from my uncle's muniticeuce that he pi was an extraordinarily rich man. ac-1 l'< customed to the best of everything : w the world could supply. and eonse- J <V quontly quite out of bis element in a vi Suffolk Tillage. S(1 "Don't you think. Sam. the ant:- g'-' quated appearance of the old hall will to suffer from the repairs you are going j t? :o make:" asked aunt Gertrude. ol "Not a hit in the world. The main lb structure won't he interfered with." vv "l thiuk 1 would prefer it as it is, if hi it were mine." tk "All old places haw to he repaired? su some of them pretty much and often." said uncle Sam. selecting a cigar from j fr his case. "I don't doubt hut (}ueen at Anne would have some difficulty in te recognizing Windsor Castle if that ea lady could come to life again to look h: at it: it is continually being patched, ra As for Westminster Abbey. I question w | if a handful of the original structure ; ni ! remains. A small snuff-box would a' contain the dust of all the Pharaohs, ea Everything substantial is transient in and passes away. Human nature at alone is unaltered and unalterable, kt Consider that parson Fuller. Two days ago he could hardly disguise his lit horror of me: yet when I offered to re- tLi store Holdenhurst Church did you no- at tice how his tongue fell out of his \ n mouth as if If wanted to lick my 1 E 1,/vrt*.. ? ? * Vw? 'J T en nt\<\cA flto rwwvv 111 I UUU13 V> 11 I JLll" J'jiyt t X iuv j?v\'i i iu chap hopes for a commission from the j ? contractor. Well, I'll see that bo's not i th disappointed." cc Sam, Sam, bote you do talk." said ' fo his wife reprovingly: then turning to j S: me as I sai silent with folded arms, | i "1 am afraid, Ernest, it will take you u< some time to understand your unde. v< i He's awfully cynical, hut those who n, know him best like him best." r I forget what answer I made, but ni ' certainly I was not disposed to con- j c< verse much. The novel experiences of ;Ii > the last few days, and speculations as p , to my visit to Loudon engrossed my t.? : thoughts. Though I had more than w { completed nineteen years of life 1 had p. ! seen little or nothing of the world. j Eleven oi' those years had Deen passou ; jr .?j in a school at Bury St. Edmund's. v.-;,h j u - the exception of ihe Interval between e, * Friday night and Monday morning! ^ - each week, which was spent at borne, j i During the school holidays my father u f had been accustomed to take me with j v him to the seaside?Lowestoft. Yar- ,.i j mouth. Aldborough, or some other of j... - the summer resorts on the east coast ! tl - ?and occasionally to London. My ac- j ;s i quaiutance with the world being! j o comprised within these narrow limits. .! e and the preseni being the first oceai sion on which, in the ordinary sense of f l> the phrase. 1 had left home, I was d moved to contemplation. Particularly d did I regret my defective education? II defective because of the idleness of r t my nature and ray love of reading pop- o try and fiction. I had been well and *' y carefully taught, hut was^^^^lc 1 \ > acquire more than a smattering of j <atin, Greek and French, insufficient! 5 enable me to read "vvitli interest a 1 ook in any of those languages. Engsli I had mastered fairly well, and eveloped some facility in its cotnpoition; while for music it was acknowlilgcd that I had more lhan ordinary biliry. I was painfully conscious tat my mental equipment was a very oor one, aud wondered whether my j ucle would keep much company dur- j ig his stay in England, what sort of i eople his fricuds were, and in what J lanner thoy would regard a young pntlcman of such slender attainments 9 mine. Boih my uncle and aum. endeavored > make me talk, but they were not ?ry successful ia their efforts, and ttlc more "was said before our carage passed rapidly through Northate street. Bury St. Edmund's, and ! ashed into the station yard there. I Uncle Sam was the first to alight. See to your aunt and the luggage icre, Ernest." he said, and then ran p the stairs three steps at a time, "lie is always like this when we art on a journey." observed aunt ertrude, is I assisted her out of the irriage. "We have ten or twelve j f.uu.es to spare, and during that time i e will despatch at least that number ' ' telegrams. 1 have never known him > content himself so long without ' usiuess as during his stay at your dusc." The luggage had been labeled and ut into tiie brake, my aunt and I ere comfortably ensconced in oppote corners of the flr?t-class compart- ! leut which had been specially re- ' ?rved for us, and the train began to iove out of the station before uade am emerged from the telegraph lice. But he was equal to the oceaon. Jumping lightly Into the carage he shut the door with a slant. ad seated nimseir as rar irom us as | ussible. Begging liis wife to entertin me as well as she coulil. he pro- ! need a large poeketbook and pencil, j ad at once became engrossed in some j :udy, nor did he again open his lips a til we reached London. The changeful weather?exhilarating | lushine alternating with gloomy ouds from which descended heavy lowers of rain ? greatly interested y aunt, who for my edification comired the climates of England and orth America as our train sped trough the low-lying Essex meadows, ike most Americans who visit Engnd she was uncomfortably affected 7 the chilly dampness of our climate, id visibly shivered, though she was lveloped in a thick wool rug. Though ir acquaintance had been so brief. I id developed a very real regard for y youthful American aunt, whose ndly consideration and uniform gen?ness excited my admiration. As I rutiuized her delicate features I )ted their wistful expression, and tperienced a feeling akin to pity for t?for 1 instinctively felt there could :ist no bond of sympathy between lis gentle lady and her husband. No other part of England is so dressing as the horrid region between omford and Liverpool street through hieli the (treat Eastern Railway nupany conveys its London-bound ciiins. Between those places the uses of sight, hearing and smell are ossiy outraged, and when the 1111rtunate traveler finds hinisell" once ore on terra llruia he staggers like io awakened from a nightmare, lus lbs stiffened by the close packing to iiieb they have been subjected, and s mind and stomach disgusted by e abominations he has seen and iffed. Ir was with great relief we alighted oui the train. A splpnuid carriage vaitcd us. into which we at once cured. our luggage being piled upon a j it which was io follow. Dark ciouus id gathered in all around, and the in descended in '?orients as wo drove est ward out of the city. At a few inuies pas; 5 p. n: ?nearly four hours to- we left lloldeiihurst Hall?our rriage turned out of the main road to l?e Yere Hardens. Kensington, id drew up in iron; of my uncle's )tu-e there. I; was a large house, furnished as ixuriou-ly as possible, illuminated irougiiout by oiectrieity. though here ul there was an oil lamp which shod subdued licbt on the objects around, very thing in the place seemed absotc-ly new?as 1 have no doubt it was and the best of its kind obtainable, ;e evidences of wealth on every hand intrusting strongly with my com* irtable out unpretentious home in iff oik. The footman bad just closed the >or alter admitting us. and I was dojtttly hoping that 1 might neither see jr be seen by my aunt s sister before had had an opportunity of making lyself tolerably presentable?which >uhl certainly not be the ease with ay on-- immediately after a seventyve mile journey on the tlreat Eastn Railway?when the young lady of iioni I was thinking tripped lightly jvn the stairs, and throwing her ??-'l ?> >* nint nmhrgcptl Iter ! ft manner which drove me wild ith envy. The next minute, bowrer. Miss Marsh was herself seized y uncle Sam, who held her gently but 1th an iron grip while he gave her lore kisses than I had presence of nud to count. When at length lie dcistcd. he pointed at liie, saying. There. C? nuie, my pet; I have rouaht you home the husband I prom;cd you. What do you think of him? ,ooks innocent. don't ho. Con?" Then, urniug to Hs wife, "Suffolk boys lake the best husbands in the world, b, Gertrude?" To be eoutiuued. *T am glad." said Willie's mamma iroudly, "to hear that my little hoy i hose to apologize rather than to fight." Sure," replied Willie. "The other felow was a good deal bigger than me." \ TiiE WEATHER CONDITIONS Report Given Out Ey the Section Director. Section Director Bauer's February j report dealing with the progress of j farm work over the Siate and giving j the climatology for the month came in last week. Those reports, which are made out some two weeks after the expiration of the month, are printed in Raleigh and always get to Columbia late. However, the reports always contain some facts of general interest to those whose business is affected by weather conditions. The February report says: "The month was colder than usual, with night temperatures below freezing over the western parts of the State, most of the time, but it was warm enough nearly every day to thaw the ground. This alternate thawing and freezing was detrimental to winter! grains on wet lands. In the central and eastern rounties there wore few ground freezes, and grains were not injured by 'heaving.' The temperature was generally too low for grain crops to make any growth, except along the immediate coast, where a slight growth made an improvement in the appearance of winter oats and in truck, both of which ere in good condition. The precipitation was slightly below normal, but it was very evenly distributed over the State, and the ground was kept moist by frequent rains, especially from the sixth to the eleventh, and from the nineteenth to the twenty-second. Less general rains occurred on the first, the fifteenth and the twenty-seventh. A portion of the precipitation was in the form cf sleet on the tenth and eleventh and on the twenty-first, and some snow fell on these days, but not enough for the protection of winter grains, as the snow generally melted as it fell. "The soil was kept in fairly good condition for ploughing in the eastern parts of the State, where good progress was made in the preparation of lands for spring planting, but it was generally too wet over the wes tern parts, where very little picugning was accomplished, although about the usual area of uplands was pre pared for early planting. Some gardening was done, but the temperature was uniformly too low for the favorabie germination of seeds. "A large acreage of spring oats was sown during the month, and some fields of oats that were winter-killed were re-sown. Tobacco beds were burnt over and seeded, but less attension was given to this work than during the last few years. Peach and plum trees began to bloom in the extreme southeastern counties by the end of the month. Some poach buds were killed by the sleet and ice of the eleventh, bit tb? extent of the damage was apparently slight and limited to early blooming vrieties. Fruit trees were backward, and buds showed no perceptible swelling in the central and western counties. "Temperature?The mean temperature for February, 1904, was 45.2 degrees. which.is 2.3 degrees below normal. The highest local mean was 50.S degrees at Beaufort, the lowest 37.t> degrees at Greenville. The highest maximum was So degrees at Ft or ence on ire mi, me luwcai. ivas 15 degrees at Clerason College on the 2d, making the State ran?? 71 degrees. The greatest local monthly range was 66 degrees at Clemson College. the least was 48 degrees at Charleston and Winnshcro. The mean of the daily maximum temperatures was 54.7 degrees, of the daily minimum temperatures 85.6 degrees, making the average daily range 19.1 degrees. "Precipitation, in Inches?The average precipitation was .8.39 inches which Is 0.91 below normal. The greatest local amount was 5.35 at Walterboro. the least was 1.95 at Allendale. The greatest 24 hour fall was 2.11 inches at Beaufort on the 9th. The average number of days with 0.01. or mere, precipitation, was 9. ranging from 3 at Allendale and Florence to 13 at (jamcien. uueraw *21 and Newberry. Excessive precipitation. none. Famous Case Aloved A<*a!n. The new famous case of the State vs. TL W. McDaniel has been remanded to the circuit cottrt of Lexington county foe a new trial. The case has now become very well known in South Carolina and the opinion of the Supreme Court is quite interesting in this connection. McDaniel killed Lee Ncec?, the town marshal of Swansea, Christmas eve. 1902, and was tried for his life in January, 19C3, before Judge Klugh. The jury found McDaniel guilty of murder, with, however, a recommendation to mercy. The sentence imposed was iife imprisonment. The defendant appealed to the Supreme Court and pending the apepal applied to the Supreme Court for ?eave to move in the Circuit Court for a new trial on ? f?vt me grot mi ui ? denco. This application failed by reason of an enr.al division of opinion among the four justices or' the Supreme Court?though no formal opinion was delivered so as to show how the justices stood on the question. The appeal was then heard In the Supreme Court and the sentence was affirmed?Mr. Justice Jones delivering the opinion and all the other justices concurring. Judge Ernest Gary sat in place of Justice Eugene Gary, who was ill at the time. j Thereupon the prisoner through his counsel moved for a re-hearing in the Supreme Court, on the ground that the i court had overlooked an important j principle of the law, to the defendant's disadvantage. After due deliberation the court granted the re-hearing. The case came up again at the last November term of the Supreme Court, and was then fully argued?with the result that the Judgment of the Circuit Court is set aside and a new trial granted. Will Hold Convention. The Baptist Young People's Union of America will have its fourteenth International Convention in Detroit, Michigan, next July. The Convention is to be held in a hall which will seat four thousand. The armory building has rest rooms, convenience rooms, baggage rooms, committee rooms, etc. The Baptist of Detroit will exert themselves to make the fourteenth Conventfon a notable success. * '.V --... Miss M. Cartledge advice to young girls. ~r 4.U /-?n <-"^r>/-1 r> nrli 1 pli f Ui uiuudauuo vviuv.il j. scr helpful to young arriving at the perio< Lydia ? Pmkham's "Dear Mrs. Pinkham:?I cai Vegetable Compound too highly, tried which cured me. I suffered nn I felt so weak and dizzy at times I the usual interest. My thoughts b backaches and sinking spells; also p In fact, I was sick all over. u Finally, after many other rem vised to get Lvdia E. 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