Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Anwmr nu atfll <n h*a hMff hnt mt times the remorse tad oeotiittott Which ta all noble natures succeed the passionate outbreak. Game like a rising tide, that apoocttfr ers the rush of a river, '-s-v. Staying Its current a while, but mafeing U bitter and brackish. Meanwhile Alden at borne had ballt him a new habitation. Solid, substantial, of timber rongbhewu from the firs of the forest Wooden-barred was the door, and the roof was covered with rushes; Latticed the windows were, and the window-panes were of paper. Oiled to admit the light, while wind and rain were excluded. There, too, be dug a well, and around U planted an orchard: 5HI may be seen to this day some , trace of the well and the orchard. Close to the house was the stall, where, safe and secure from annoyance, Bighorn, the snow-wb*ie steer, thai had fallen to Alden'B allotment In the division of cattle, mi.tht ruminate in the night-time Over the pastures he craped, made f fragrant by sweet pennyroyal Oft when his labor was finished, < with eager feet would the dreamer Follow the pathway that ran through the woods to the house of Prtscllla. Led by Illusions romantic and subtile deceptions of fancy, | While the Impetuous speaker, not i heeding the mischief, continued: "You are the beautiful Bertha, the spinner, the queen of ttelvetla; She whose story I read at a stall tn the streets of Southamj>toa, Who, as she rode on her pslfrey, o'er valley and meadow and mountain. Ever was spanning her thread from a distaff fixed to her saddle. She was so thrifty and good, that her named passed Into a proverb. So shall It be with your own, when the spinning-wheel shall no longer 1 Hbtt tn the house of the farmer, and < / fill Its chambers with nutlo. k Then sheD the mothers, rep rvlng, reB late how ft was in Chefr childV hood, B Praising the good old times, and the r days of Pris&ia, the spfnner!0 Brxlght uprose Trom her wheel the beautiful Puritan maiden, Pleased with the praise of her thrift from htm whose praise vu ue rweetest, Dkerw from Che reel an the table ft snowy ehefn of her Bpfnntng, ITme melting uiwer, QKa&zrvhfie^ to the flattering phraaes of Aldazu Ktan* 700 most not he l<U?t If I em e pattern for housewives, Show ronreetf equally worthy of bo tog the model of hnabando. ?\ IHIihUfc I * Horteiurg uio *ioom ana revealing the warm heart hidden beneath them, : Ajs when aero as the sKy the driving j rack of the ralp-cloud Grows for a moment thin, and he- | treys the sun by Its brightness. Once it bad lifted Its hand. and moved Its lips, hut was silent, its If an Iron will had mastered the fleetlBg Intention. But when were ended the troth and the prayer and the lust beriedlo- 1 tion, Into the room It strode, and the people beheld with amazement j Bodily there in his armor Miles Standlsh, the Captain of Plymouth! Grasping the bridegroom's hand, he , said with emotion, "I"orglve me! j r v?to htfin AJifrrv and hurt.?too long I have I cherished the feeling; f have been cruel and hard, but now, thank God! It la ended. ;tUc? La the same hot blood thai leaped In the veins of Hugh Standlsh, Sensitive, swift to resent but m swift In atoning for error. Never so much us now was Miles, Standlah the frleiul of John Ai- \ den." Thereupon answered the bridegroom: j "Let all be forgotten between us*-All save the dear, old frtendsL'D, and that shall grow older and' dearer!" Then the Captain advanced, and, bo vlag saluted Prlscllla, Gravely. and after the manner of oldfashioned gentry In England, Something of camp and of court, of own and of country, com- j mingled, Wishing her Joy of her wedding, and loudly lauding her husband. Then he said with a emile: "I should have remembered 'he adage,? H you would be well served, you must serve yourself; and moreover. Pto man can gather cherrtee to Kent at the season at Christina*!" Great was the peopKs*S amaaemenl, and greater yet thsJy rejoicing, Thne to behold once more the may " j FOrth from ill* curtain of cicada, ! from the tent of purple and neap- : let. '?coed the eon. th? great High PrLast, to his garments resplendent, Hottnatts unto the Lord, lo betters of j light, on his forehead. Round the hem of his robe the golden belle and porn sgranates. Rlaeslng the worH he came, aad Che bare of vapor beneath him ! , Gleaned like a gn.te of braae. a*d the sea at hi* feel was a l&vor! This was the w?dding monj of Prte- j ( cilia, the Puritan maiden. Friends were assembled together: the j , Elder and hiajflstrate also Graced the scene with thetr presence, i , and stood lit j the Law and the j Gospel, j One with the saictton of earth and one with the blessing of heaven. Simple and brief 'fas the wedding, as that of Ruth imd of Boaz. ( Softly the youth and the maiden repeated the wtrds of betrothal. Taking eecn other for husband and 1 wife hi the M iglstrate's presence. After the Puritan way. and the laud- 1 able custom of Holland Fervently then, and devoutly, the excellent Elder at Plymouth Prayed for the hearth aad the boot* that were founded that day In affection. Speaking of Ufa and of death, and in> l ptartng <Bvtne benefitntftmA < Lo,' whan the earvtce vma a ; form appeared on the Orraahold, ; ' Qad in armor of steal, a somber and 1 sorrowful figure? 1 Why does the bridegroom start and < stare at the strange apparition T ] Why does the bride torn pale, and , hide her fane on hla shoulder? Ea it a phantom of a bodiless, . spectral Illusion? IS it a ghost from the grove, that has come to forbid the betrothal? utd9 had tt stood the#* an seen, a foast ontnrited, onweioomed^ Oav tts deeded eyes there bad BBHMBMKMtiflMttftir Tifn tTil r i TH mm.. 11 wmwmww?wb 'tship 21 rations by ndler Christy ki-MarrCJ Company' lioia tnis skein on your Land a, vU!? I wind It, ready for knitting; Then who knows but hereafter, when fash'one have changed and the manner*. Fathers may trik to their sons of the goon old tlir.ee ot John Aldea!" Thus.. w'F- a J -.<? arn ? laugh, the she .r- o ; L ha^'lr she adjusted, | -iVi ri'h hi? ' hl:> h' la hfCJ. S4?. r. r-:vcf. and ''ind? 1 j >.r. . <v--.i 'n-n Ms fingers. Wrg i ' ? h<a clura&y TLu - o: ho..' "? / :r.,r r t* .iN ' as she ' v *i. <1 t .'y 'u-ia. .? \?m m *..?? yarn. ?ir i waxes - . ? ! . / oo,!l aho L*'p it?? Vtud*i o' V.r;-.ii : rilla through v. v r>er\o in his Lody. ix>: id ;ii? ?n'-*"t of tfc!.-, f**oe, a N*-. cthler ? n.c!fj?eni T entered, rn-.gi- =r !n h?:rr^ ?-.r?d heat the te*? rib;.1 news 'ro-rt the village. Yee; ea ^tanfloh was dead??an led' n had brought them the tiding*,? Plain by a poteoaed arrow, ibot down tu the front of the battle, into an anbueh beguiled, cut off with the whole of hte forces; ilD the town would be burned, and aD the people be murdered! ftacfc were the tMlngs of evil that buret on (he hearts of the bearera. Stout aot st*tae4Tfc? stood PrtacOK her faoe looking backward 8U11 at the face of the weaken, her arms upttfted to horror; DO! /OOO AJUTUA, nywnn w u ua barb of the arrow Ptaadng tha heart of lite friend had struck hte own, and had sundered Obn and faww the bonds <ba* hatd Mm booad aa a laptlie. WW ?tth excess of aaoaaCtea, tha awful detight of Ida freedom^ Mtegisd wtth pain and regret, odookv adooa of what ha wee data* Heaped, almost wtth a groan, tha mortoolese farm of Pvtadll^ Ptaai'M her cka? to hte heart aa tea area tUa own, and eaolalmme: Those whom tha Lord hath nnlWt let no man pot them asunder I* Been aa rtvutets twain, from distant and separate sources, re sang each other afar, as thay beap from tha rocks, and punning Bach one its devious path, but drawing nearer and nearer, Rush together at last, at their trysttng-place to the forest; 6)3 these lives that had ran thus tar In separate channels, Cuming Ln sight of each other, then swerving and flowing asunder, Parted by barriers 6trong, but draw | log nearer and nearer. Rashed together &t last, and one was ' lost In the other. The Wedding Dag i I burnt tec* of thetr Captain, Whom they had mourned M deed; and they fathered and crowded about him. Baser to aee him and hear him, forgetful of bride and af bridegrooav Qneetkmlng, answering, laughing, and each Interrupting the other. Tin the good Captain declared, being qaha overpowered itnd bewildered. Be bed rather by far break Into aa Indtm encampment. Than oome again to a wedding ho w&ch ha had not been Invited. ttsanwtrtle (ha bridegroom went forth and stood with the bride at the doorway, Breathle* the perfumed air of that warm and Deautinu morning. Touched with autumnal dnta, bat lonely and sad tn the eonehtne, Ley extended before them the land of toll and privation; There were the graven of the dead. and the barren weuste or tne see shoes, There the familiar fleMa, Che grovee of pine, and the meadows; Bat to their eyes transfigured, tt seemed as the Garden of Eden. Pilled with the presence of God, whose voice was the sound of the ocean. Soon was their vision disturbed by i the noise and stir of departure. Priends coming forth from the house. and impatient of longer delaying, Each with his plan for the dgg. and the work that wan left uncompleted. Then from a stall near at hand, amid exclamations of wonder, A Idea the thoughtful, the careful, so happy, so proud of Prlacilla, Bought out his snow-white steer. obeying the hand of Its master, Lot by a cord that wns tied to ail Iron ring in Its nostrils, Covered with crimson clottw sad a Pleased with the Image thati passed, lite a dream of lows through Its bosom, r?eroakwB, floating tn atr, oVr the depths at ths mots abysaea. Down through the golden leaves the eon was pouring his splendors, 3toarntpg on purple grapes, that, from branches above them suspended, YETngled their odorous breath with the balm at the pine and the ftrtree, WQd and sweet as the clusters thai grew In the valley c< QshooL LTtos a picture It seemed at the prtmfr Uve, pastoral ages, PVeah with the youth at the world, and recalling Rebecca and Isaac, Odd and yet ever mew, and simple and beautiful always, Lews immortal and young ta the eraV . less succession of lover*. 3d through the Plymouth woods passed onward the bridal prooew frfoo THE END , 4 Father's Yenc&ance would have fallen on any one who attacked the son of Peter Bondy. of South Rockwood, Mich., but he was powerless before attacks of Kidney trouble. "Doctors could not help i him," he wrote, "so at last we gave i him Electric Bitters and he improved wonderfully from taking six , bottles. It's the best Kidney medicine 1 ever saw." Backache, Tired ' feeling, Nervousness, Loss of Appe- < tite, warn of Kidney trouble that may end in dropsy, diabetes or , Bright's disease. Beware: Take Electric Bitters and be safe. Every bottle guaranteed. 50c at M L Allen's. THE TKhiCE-A-WEEK EDITION ] OF THE 5 New York World, i Practical y a Daily altto Price of a Weekly, I N?i nlhn \*'\VH]i;ipei in th< world give* ?o in it*' li .<( <> !iw H iiricr. The gr.at Presidential campaigns will soon begin, and y<?u will want the news accurately end promptly. The World longsince established a record tor impartiality, and anybody can afford its Thricea-Week edition, which comes every other day in the week, except Sunday. It will be of particular value to you now. The Thrice-a-Week World also abounds in other strong features, serial stories, humor, markets.cartoons; in fact,everything that is to be found in a first-class j dailv. THE THRICE-A-WEEK WORLD'S; regular subscription price is only $1.00 ! per year, and this pays for lf>6 papers, j We offer this unequaled newspaper and 1 The County Record together for one year I for ? .7."). ; The regular subscription price of the ' two papers is $2.(Hi. I 1 | Don't Buy a Piano ; |until you have written the great j j house of j: : Chas. M. Stieff. : : j It will only cost you two cents, and you not only save many dollars in a purchase but run no risk of securing a cheap piano. No matter what agent or dealer is trying to sell yoj, write Stieff betore you buy. h' The Stieff 't/ is the only artistic piano sold direct to vou bv its maker. = I Chas. M. Stieff, I Manufacturer of the M Artistic Stieff, Shaw and Stieff ~~ Self-player Pianos. I SOUTHERN mum: 3 West Ttsds Street, Charlatte, - - M. C. C. H. WILMOTH, Menaces We want 25 good working men with families to settle here;can give steady work and good wages. Call to see us or write us and we will give full particulars and information. D. V. ALDERMAN & SONS CO., ll-2-8t Alcolu, S. C. tIC. of jF. Kings tree Lodge Knights of putbias Regular convention* Every j 2nd and tth Wednesday night* j Visiting brethren always welcome, i Jastle Hal! 3rd story tiourdin Building \ J Wesley Cook, CC. > C W Boswell, K of R & S. TIIE G^^^man's w a t c h ^ must combine reliability p with beauty. Discriminating: men { the wo::ld over carry i WALTHAM COLONIAL SERIES. Waltharns of the Colonial Series represent the last word in watch-making. They are made as thin as it is sale to make a reliable watch. They possess i great beauty and will give a life long P service of accurate time-keeping. ^ We are headquarters for fine Wal- ? thara Watches. Ail grades at a wide jjrice range?each grade the best al ^ WATTS & WATTS I THE KIN6STREE JEWELERS S We are now receiving something 5 new in ^ Decorated Art Ware 5 consisting of Floor Stands, Vases, < Hanging Baskets and Japanese J Ooods. < Diamonds, Cut Glass, Wedding J and other presents, all at mode- < rate prices. ^ Also a fine assortment of ^ Watches, Clocks, Silverware,Jew- ^ elry and Fancy Goods. Call and ^ examine our Stock. ^ Clocks, Watches and Jewelry neatly repaired. A Fine line of Ladies' Shopping Bags just received. I Watt# a Watt#, i Oppottt* th* D*p?t. C AAAA HI ^KJKJKJ PL Rust Proof Ofit THE farmer who ph gets best results, and it of every farmer to plai not be a slave to low pr STOP! Think of the corn. So, why not raise Now is the time to starl tion, by planting oats e; best seed oats at Farmers' Si KINGSTRE t 'r Suppose Your t Burn Toi FOI INSUR Of Any K niiAATnrr uioiinftlini MMrtlflEt iwoonflnui LOAN cor I | >T?"IQI^n j WHAT IT I A Bank's J Is the fund along with the Cat ! Profits that protects the dep< fore the larger it is, the gre positor has. This Bank 1 Capital Stock of Surplus Fund of TTnHiviHpd Profits of I ^ Additional Stockholders' I Total This means that this Bank mus of its depositors could lose a ) for you. Do business with never lost a Dollar. The Bank of D. C. Scxyrr, President. J F W. Fairey, Cashier. VVm. W. Bark, >1 IE II i)WWW>WV^ Notice! Notice to On When you want a pi any kind of nice order, si or any kind of meal, ca Prompt and courteous Do not hesitate to brin; guarantee the best of ore our place. When you are warm Ing a cool drink,don't for I will be delighted to ser are enjoying your cool dr electric fans and make it for one and all. - Wfciu In nur nlac* with yOOf ll pr?at her with a box of th? eel P. 5. GOURTNEY, Prep. Coir Seeb I ints his oats eai HjH should be the slogan ^^9 li mure grain auu iced cotton. ) price of hay a) more grain at hom : in the right dir< arly and buying t jppiy Co.'s I Xi 81 C. 1 H v louse Should I 1 night? Ifl ance^M ind See H E REAL ESTATE & M RPANY. lm 'MEANS J Surplus J jital Stock and Undivided 1 >sitors from loss; there- j fl later protection the de- J $30,000.00 " S 20,000.00 I 8,279.77 s 1 Liability 30,000.00 ^ J $88,279.76 2 1 t lose $88,279.76 before one II M cent. This protection is M \ The Bank that has : Kingstree ijjj^P r. A. KEu.EY.Viee Pres || I. D. Lesesne, Asst. Cashier. 11 Jr., Teller. y ir*sao Notice! |fl e and All. , 5 H ate of fine Oysters or ^ ich as Fried Chicken < j^H ill on me for same. service guaranteed. ^ r g the ladies, for we $ ler and politeness in < and feel like enjoy- < get to call on me,and < ve you. While you 5 ink I will turn on the i ; more than pleasant < ady friend don't forget to ^ jebrgted Quth's Chocolatee, ^ toiy'j let Cream Parlor. ? .