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Practi ?'Vaicbnakers and tewolors, Main-Street, opposite John Heids, SUMTER, S. C*t WALTHAM ?4 fcr* o tri o ? CT* ? ? t??k$tS?verware, Jewelry, Spectacles, Cutlery, Fishing TacTde, Violin \ Stnngs, Machine Needles, Oils, &c. Repairing of Watches, Clocks and Jewelry juromptly. done and satisfaction ? ? ; guaranteed. ? FAUL AFFAIR BY HUGH CONWAY, Author of "Called Back* and "Dark Day*. CHAPTER VL SSATBICX TRI?i?PHANT. Hiss Clauson carried her point. Her suc cess was due toa carious combination of events, as well as to her own persistence and eloquent pleading. She managed to get Un cle Herbert alone?a difficult matter, as the "Tabbies" were akcost always together?and, after sundry argumente and entreaties, If un able to win his consent to "her proposed _ar rangement, exacted a promise from him that he would not object if Horace approved of her keeping the boy. To be sure he had not the faintest idea that Horace would consent. Mr. Mordle, the adviser of the family, and Herbert Talbert thus brought on nor side or rendered neutral, Horace remained the arbiter of the boy's fate, ?x d Hiss Claoson directed all her energies towjtrd making him yield. lake a clever girl , she took care that the young intruder should be no nuisance to any . one, not even to the servants. . When her uncles saw him they saw him at his best. At the first signs of bad behavior Beatrice whip ped him away. As be bad not yet run amuck through, their brio-e -bracTnot demolished a ruby-backed plate, or detruncated a' Chelsea figure, they had no fault to find with his gen eral behavior. " Indeed, they liked to see the Kttie fellow about the place, and the confiding way in which sometimes he climbed upon Horace's knee was quite touching. He was not a bit afraid of these tall, grave men. Children sec further La some ways than grown up people, and no doabt the little boy felt in stinctrrely that many excellent feminine traits were hidden under the broad bosoms of the stalwart <iTabbiea." jjj ; ; They tacitly kft his fate in abeyance for more than a week; then Beatrice, who per haps trembled lest some childish act of mis chief might defeat her ends, and who thought that the boy had v/ell done his part in the af fair by making himself so easily tolerated, at tacked her uncles once more.. True to his promise, Herbert said his brother must decide the matter. . "Do you want the child to atayf asked Horace, turning to the speaker. "I told Beatrice you should decide." This answer assured Horace that Herbert knew' everything that was to he known. "My dear Beat he said, "the thing is quite inmracticable.", _ ? Her mouth quivered. It was clear she had " set her heart on keeping her new pet. . -^Whyis it impracticable? What difference -can a child maire in alfonso like this? He will he my sole care." Uncle Horace looked uneasy. "My dear, you forget it may give rise to scandal." "Scandal! what scat dal Horace grew red. One cant talk plainly to young, innocent girls without feeling how bad mankind in general is. "Hum?ha," he said. "You must remem ber, Beatrice, we are two single men; not el derly men. As soon as it is known that we have kept the child sent here so strangely, we give a handle to suspicion and scandal Do you agree with me, Herbert "I am afraid it wiH be so, Beatrice," said Herbert,-regretfully. Miss Clausen drew herself up proudly. It was an action the Talberts always liked to see in the girl, and which had a great effect on ft^^r*! "Surely." >he said, '"yon of all people are above suspicion and scandal I" They were pleased to think this was the truth. They felt that Beatrice was right What, after all, had scandal todo with them? The domestic virtues and clockwork regula tion of Hazle wood House might defy the breath of the most censorious world. As this great truth cams homo to him Horace seemed to purr with pleasure. Bat he had no intention of yielding. He was for one thing mudi annoyed with Her bert. Herbert evidently wanted the boy to stay. If so he should say so outright, not let Beatrice fight his batties. 60 the most Bea trice conld get him to promise was that the I bey might remain for a few days longer. In those few days something happened. First of all a piece of gossip went round the neighborhood and eventually reached the ears of those who were gossiped aboof??the Talberts. They heard that they wen har boring Lord Hadwyuna eldest son, whose mysterious disappearance had been reported bathe papers. Lord Hadwynn was an utter reprobate, and it was w?Jl - * that his injured wife had amnggfed the child out of Ins way. Lady Hadwynn was ?21 acquaint ance of the Talberts; so that even Horace was for a moment staggered when he heard the theory propounded by his neighbors. Then acme kind creature wrote to the bereft husband, and his lordship rushed down to Dakbury fierce asa consuming name?a flame which resolved itself into smoke when he prasehown the boy, and found him noth ing like his missing son. After this, gossip mould have died a natural death, but It did sot. People who are determined to swallow monstrous tale wQl hck it into the shape ?hey can deal with best. In spite of the Tal xrte' strenuous denials and plain statement as o how the child was thrown apon their sands, everybody would have it that if not Lord Badwynhs son he was someone else's? ueoning some one, a nobleman's probably, rhoee wife had, for private reasons of her )wn, intrusted him to the Talberts. Even the reputation of being a harbor of refuge for a duchess or countess in her dis rese isa nattering thing; and the Talberts, specially Horace, felt pleased while laugh ng at the absurd idea. Perhaps it was for his reason that Horace at last yielded to his uece's solicitations and astonished her one lay by saying: "Beatrice, if yon really mean to keep that fr?M for a while, we wiE engage a nurse arf?." She said nothing, but gave Undo Horace a lost grateful ?ss. She must have grown rondrously foot! of the baby, as her eyes rere full of glad tears. That afternoon she drov? futo Blacktown nd rigged the child out from head to foot in 1 ew and dainty raiment ; nothing was too good ' 1 yr him. Horace and Herbert, who kneWthe rice of lace, lawns and cambrics to a penny yard, wondered how far her whim was go ig to carry her. Perhaps they felt rather ggrieved that their aid had not been asked. 1 hey dearly loved a little shopping, and could i ave chotea a trousseau or a layette with any roman under the sun. : But the affair of the nursemaid was pecu arly their own. the Talberts had one ? ift of housewifery above another, it was < iieir skill in engaging suitable servante. I Their skill in enjoying servants. ' \ ten they called on a lady for a maid's char |-?r, the questions they put were of the most a.*ching and cogent nature. They were not ( itisfied with the broad assertion that the was j ber,'honest and cleanly; they cross-exam- ( ed until they found out a? the weak and rung points in her composition, then engaged - <r or not, as they thought- best Many a ?nfidmg young woman, who ftincied, in going \ into the service of two rich bachelor gentle men, shewas about to have a grand, lazy, datternly time o? it, found herself grossly de ceived. Some even declared they'd rather bave twenty* unstresses than two snch mas ters. Nevertheless it was a'good place, and my girl who had stayed at Hazle wood House s twelvemonth might have had the pick of vacancies in the neighborhood. To have r^ven satisfaction to the Talberts?or so long tras a three-volume character. ! At last, after a number of interviews with ! ssndidates, they found a nurse-girl who came ap to the standard of their requirements. One who had no followers, and who made no ob jection to wearing a cap^-moreover, the cap Df the pattern they had themselves designed. A member of the Church of England, of course, who promised to communicate every two months, and to be contented with Dorset butter during the winter. So the mysterious child was as good as adopted at Hazle wood House. A serions question arose as to whether the infant had ever been christened. Miss Clauson felt sure it had been. The d?ld came to them too well dressed to suppose snch an important rite had been omitted. The Rev. Sylvanus, who was known to be disgracefully lax about such matters, did not urge that assurance should be made doubly sure, so no baptismal ceremony took place. After some consulta tion it was decided that the boy should be known as Henry. "Henry," said Uncle Horace, "is a safe name, thoroughly adaptable to any station in Hfe. So Henry it was. The surname they left in abeyance, trusting- that time or chance might some day reveal it. Every article of do thing worn by the child on its arrival was folded up, and. together with the direction card placed in the big safe. They might hereafter be needed for the pur poses of identification. So Beatrice. Clauson was confirmed In the possession of her toy?her toy I In a month's time little Harry was every one's toy. The Talberts themselves were ashamed to say how ??ad they were that Beatrice's whim had been carriSS out, but it was currently reported that shortif "afterwards, when the boy was suffering from some transient childish ail ment, the two tall brcther?were seen intently poring over that mteresting work, Jr. Bull's "Hints to Mothers But tins, I behove, was BcandaL _ i?*>w CHAPTER VIL THE GREAT JETTE AEE . The wisest sometimes make mistakes. The most careful housekeeper has been known to spoil a pudding by putting salt instead of sugar on it. Let it then be no detraction from ?^ Taiber^. general, adnmimstrative ability that the nurse giri turned out badiy. T-^j had been so successful with cooks, parlor mm***, house maids and kitchen maids that their failure in this one instance must not be considered. The girl's misdeeds need not be detailed, suffice it to say the culmination of them was this: Horace and Herbert driving up the lane one evening saw a young man and woman embracing vigorously, and generally having a happy time of it.* They could not recognise the girl, but felt sure she was one of their household, so the discreet Whittaker was or dered to wait at the side door and send the first arrival to his masters. . Of course, she repelled the accusation. She had indeed stepped out for a minute, to posi a letter to her aged mother, but as for speaks ing to, much less kjesing, a iran?well, she never did! Ala*, for femmine veracity 1 On the back of her print dress was the impres sion of four fingers and a thumb, printed there in good black mold, for it was an under e&rdener who h '?i succumbed to her charma It was Herbert who, while Horace expostu lated, was seated at the table and so saw her back, who drew attention to this damning evidence. This gave rise to impertinence and a month's warning, given in the most dig nified and calm way by her masters. They decided to engage an older and Steider body, and being perhaps rather crestfallen al lowed MLs Clauson to have a voice in the matter. One morning a quiet-looking, pale faced woman waited upon them. She heard that a nurse was wanted and offered her serv ices. Character ehe had none to give, hav ing been out of service for some years; but plenty of people would speak for her respect ability. The Talberts were much taken with her general demeanor; but hummed and hawed when they found she did not come red hot from a place. Horace examined her at* tentively through his eye-glass. "Haven't I seen you before he asked. "Yes, sir. I lived many years ago with Sir. Merton, of Cavendish square. You were often at the house.'* She said her name was Miller, and that she was a widow. She spoke well, and in that re spectful, but not servile, way which the Tal berts liked. If they could bring themselves to get over the absence of credentials, and deny themselves the pleasure cf calling on and cross-examining a former mistress, they thought this woman might do. Beatrice had no doubt about it; and upon such inquiries as could be mpde being an swered satisfactorily, Krs. Miller was in stalled in the place of the frail failure whose escapade with the gardener had lowered the whole moral tone of the establishment. A giddy girl in a bachelor's establishment means destruction. But Mrs. Miller was a very different mat ter. Miss Clauson found her perfection nimble-handed, kind and experienced?more over, quite qualified to fulfill the duties of lady's maid when occasion required. "Whit taker approved of her. She was a coadjutor after Ins own respectable heart. The first one to be considered, the boy, took to her as read ily as he had taken to Beatrice. Horace and Herbert, in spite of the sharp lookout they kept for a while, could find no flaw in her conduct, and when at the end of two months they ascertained that she had used less soap four cakes less than her predecessor had dur ing her short stay, they began to think they had acquired a treasure. "For the child looks as clean as ever," said Herbert to Horace. "I always felt sure that girl left the soap in the hot water and forgot all about it." The last winter months and the spring months passed very quietly at Hazlewood House. The Talberts and their niece dined occasionally with the best families in the neighborhood, and in return the Talberts ?sked the best families to dine with them. The ?ven days* wonder about the boy had almost lied away. Everyone, of aourse, felt sure he was somebody, but no one knew what body. It ti?ere was any scandal the serene brothers leardJtnot. It is true that old Lady Bowker, very important personage, paid them a visit m purpose W> find out all about everything, she had known the Talberts as boys, so felt nititled to ask them point blank for an explan ition. Poople who b?.ye known you as a joy are, as a rule, great nuisances. She told them she wanted to speak to them m private business, so Beatrice left the room. Fhen she turned from one to the other of the jrave, long-faced men: "Now, Horace; now, Herbert, what is* ^ho meaning of this affair? Who is the boy yoU ire making such a fuss about.*" ' "I don't think we ever make fusses," said Herbert in a deprecating way. "Certainly not," said Horace, with decision. 'Well, mysteries then; we all want to know who this child really is?the child who came in the dead of night wrapped up in on anti macassar or something?came by Pickford's van, I am told" "I wish you could tell us, Lady Bowker. We know no more than you do." "That's all nonsense, Horace. I hear you ?jare engaged a nurse, and that the child is to >tay with you. I think you are most incon siderate.-' "We are never inconsiderate," said Horace. "Certainly not," said his brother. "Yes, you ore. You aro inconsiderate in lot letting at least one safe, discreet person into the secret. Some one like myself who X)uld vouch for you." "We don't want to be vouched for." "Yes, you do?I don't see that you are any iretter than other people." Lady Bowker was growing cross at their mild obstinacy. "You are most inconsiderate towards Miss Clauson. Here, a week after sho comes to ?ve with you, this infant makes its appear mce. Of course people say you were only waiting until there was a lady at Hazlewood House to look after him." "They say that, do theyP asked Horace, reflectively. - -? "What else can they say? I don't say so $ but then I have known yon so long. I say that you have some excellent reason for keep ing this child; but you ought to tell one per son at least who he really is." "But we dont know." "Yes, you do. Now tell me, like good men." They repeated their simple statement, add ing that the child was kept by Beatrice's ex press wish; also because they hoped the mystery would one day be solved; and be cause they themselves felt a friendly disposi tion toward the little waif. "I don't believe a word of it," said Lady Bowker rudely, and rising to go. The brothers smiled calmly. "You will only have yourselves to blame for the scandal,*' continued their visitor. Still they smiled. "Dear Lady Bowker," said Horace, soft ly, 'Svili you still ask us to dinner occasion ally f "Of course I shall." "And still honor Hazlewood House with your presence?" "Yes?when you ask me." . "Then," said Horace, "we feel wo can hold our own against the world" Lady Bowker drove away in a thorough bad temper, but feeling more certain than ever that the child was somebody. Indeed, she managed to convey to most people the impression that she was in the secret. "Lady Bowker is a trine vulgar sometimes," said Horace sadly. "She is," assented Herbert. It was a painful thing for them to be com pelled to make such an accusation against a well-known member of the aristocracy; but they were conscientious men, and spoke the truth even when it lacerated their feelings. Then in a quiet, methodical manner they went to work and dusted all the Oriental china in a large cabinet on the first landing. They were fond of Oriental china, which they con sidered the aristocrat of ceramics. It is of course a proud position for a manto hold when he feels he can defy the scandal of a place like Oakbury, but nevertheless Horace Talbert was much annoyed, and as week after week went by this annoyance increased. He thought that Herbert should have spoken to him. He had waived his objections to keep ing the child at Hazlewood House,'and now that the matter was settled Herbert ought to have told him everything. Faithful to hii creed of non-interference he said ?r showed nothing cf his state of mind rint? the great June audit ca?? round. The great Jun6 auu?*was ?bis: We have Been how exactly just the brothers were towards one. anotoer m the izattr of pounds, shillings and pence, so ft w?* be easily understood that too accounts were kepi with the most darkly correctness. Horace "~ was^the^vmaster, and every item of ex penditure was oulyen^SaLjn *n g^nnt^ book?his long, elegant handwriting looking quite out .of place when used for such base purposes. If the accounts were not kept by the Italian system of double entry, they were couchecPin a form which was perfectly intel ligible. After all, there must hav been a strong strain of trading blood in the Talberts. If one of them kept a horse more than the other it was charged to his account. If one was fii, and a doctor's bfll came in cons? quence, he was debited with the amount. Tradesmen's accounts were dissected and charged off to the proper parties, and as soon as possible after the 30th of June Horace pre pared an elaborate statement of affairs, which the two men checked through, signed, and settled up, whatever amount was due from one to the other. Nothing could have been fairer. But this year, when the accounts were sub mitted to his inspection, Herbert Talbert opened bis eyes in astonishment at one item with which he was charged. "I don't under stand this," he said, laying his finger on one amount which stood against him. Horace, without looking, knew what it was. He had weighed the matter carefully before he made that particular entry. "I think I have charged it as low as in jus tice I could," he said "But why is it charged at a asked Her bert, raising his eyebrows. "But xcky was it charged at alii" Now the entry was: Wages of nurse, six months, ?010s. Od ; estimated keep of nurse and child for six months, say ?2710s. Od.; total, ?37 6s. Od. "I thought," said Horace, slowly?"in fact your manner at various times gavo me to un derstand?that it was right and just I should make this entry." Herbert's face grew red. He was as nearly In a rage as he had ever been in his life. Yet be answered not in words. He took a quill pen and drew a thick ink line through the 3ntry, thereby giving Horace a morning's work hire-copying his elaborate statement and altering the totals. Nothing more was said. Herbert's manner of denial was more emphatic than words. His brother knew that he would never have dis puted a sixpence which ho was. justly liable to pay. Horace did not apologize for his sus picion ; he felt that having allowed Herbert to blot and mutilate his fair balance sheet with out a word of protest was more than enough compensation, and no doubt Herbert thought the same, for peace was restored) and the matter never again mentioned. The consequence was that, after the June audit, even Horace was unable to frame any theory to account for the way in which the boy had appeared among them. He felt, moreover, he had been rather taken in?that his consent to the child's remaining had been won under false pretences, or, rather, because he had deceived himself. However, it woe now too late to alter the course of events, and, to tell the truth, Horace Talbert, in his own grave, solemn way, petted the child almost a? much as Beatrice- did. About this time the Rev. Sylvanus Mordle made a great resolve. Months ago he had cometo tho conclusion that Miss Clauson'f gray eyes and classical face had wroughl havoc with his heart The . B. waistcoat, which covered it?"ylvanus was orthodox at least in his attire?might have been of wet tissue paper for tho httle protection it had af fortWhim. He had not until now mot the woman he wished to make his wife, although his single state was in no wise due to any views as to tLe peculiar fitness of celibacy foi the priesthood. Such iniquitous doctrines he scouted, as they deserve to be scouted, by al1 who owe anything to tue fierce, brave, vulgar, coarse and truly human reformer who boldly asserted that comforts of married Ufo were not superfluous luxuries. After Jliss Clauson had been at Hazlewood Houso for monta, tho curate Imew that a crisis in L:s fate" was apxiroacbing. Ko slapped himseif heartily on his broad chest, and told tho Rev. Sylvanus Mordle that hero at lost was tho cno maid foi him. This, so far as it went, was eminently satr isfactory. Unluckily, or luckily, there arc two parties to every bargain, two sides to ovory hedge, and the curato felt that tho hedge between himself and Miss Clauson was a high one. Nevertheless, like a bold man, ho went \r work to climb it or break through it. it was, indeed, hi^h time ho took some action in the matter. Under the present circum stances, he found his enforced habit of ap pearing cheerful to all, even himself, becom ing a great strain upon his resources. There were times when ho felt tempted to seek some secluded corner of his parish and sigh dole fully beneath its famous oaks. Times whan, in hie own words, he felt mclined to go out and bay the moon, or generally do what ia consoling to unsettled loyers. All this and more, for the sake of Beatrice Clausen's gray eyes, brown hair and straight profil?i The Rev. Sylvanus was, indeed, in a bad way, and knew he should not be hie own man again until his love was crowned, or kicked into the gutter. So one Sunday evening he preached a crisp, exhilarating, detonating sermon, in which he showed his parishioners how right it was that man should choose a helpmeet. He preached it really to encourage himself, but its imme diate effect upon his flock was that on the next Sunday the banns of marriage between no less than three couples were called; so it must have been a most convincing discourse. On the Monday he mounted his tricycle, and, after going his parochial round, drove or propelled himself on tremulous wheels to Hazle wood House. Sylvanus on his tricycle was a lovely sight, bufone which,upon its first introduction, filled Oakbury with consternation. To see a clergyman, in a long black coat and broad brimmed hat, working vigorously with mus cular legs, and sending himself along at the rate of ten miles an hour, was an upheaval of all traditions. Only his popularity saved him. Indeed, old Mrs. Fierrepont, a parish ion- r in a chronic state of asgrievednese. wrote to the bishop on the subject She called it a * ''bicycle machine," not exaggerat ing, but diminishing, so far as wheels went The bishop was startled. A curate careering about the country on a couple of wheels did seem out of place. So his lordship wrote to the rector of Oakbury on the subject; and the rector handed the letter to Sylvanus. So faz as he, the rector, was concerned, his curate might have flown about on a broomstick if by so doing he kept the bother of the perish off his superior's hands. Mr. Mor die, who was unable to see that his ordination vows debarred him from using sucha convenient vehicle for getting from one end of the parish to another, did a bold thing. Knowing that the bishop was staying at a country house some twenty-five miles away, he threw himself early one meaning into the saddle or the seat, and used his nether limbs to such purpose that just before lunch time his card was sent in to his lordship, and in ten minutes the bishop was gravely inspecting what Mrs. Pierrepont, when speaking to her friends, called a diabolical machine. For some minutes the bishop stood on the doorsteps, weighing the innocence or guilt of the inanimate creature at his feet, Sylvanus the while pleading its cause with his usual brisk vehemence and jerky dexterity. He expatiated, on the size of his parish, and on the wonderful assistance he derived from this modern invention for getting quickly over *?k ground. He showed his lordihip the con venient- little bag attached to the back, in which he ccrried bis books of devotion, or, when occaaio?- needed, some small creature "comfort for ?hTag?i?clL He explained the action of the rnachineTan^80 r*jfd Jj? ^Pis copal curiosity that an unfife^&^Cr 4hmg occurred. His lordship, gaiters and &?p graxely installed himself in the seat, and*, to the unutterable delight of several ladies and gentlemen who were gazing through the drawing-room windows, in a quiet, dignified, leisurely way, as behooves a bishop, actually propelled bis sacred self down the gravel path and up again, with no further damage than cutting up the edges of his host's lawn and knocking a couple of stones out of a rockery. The tricycle triumphed I Although the bishop did not embody a eulogistic notice of it in his next charge to his clergy, he has been known on several occasione to recommend its use in outlying districts. like many other useful innovations, Syl vanus and his tricycle lived down prejudice, and were able to accompany each other to Hazle wood House this particular afternoon in July. The "Tabbies'1 had driven into Blacktownf" but Miss Clausen was in _th^back garden. Sylvanus pulled his tricycle aside, so that it should be out of the way of other callers, then went to meet what fate had in store for them. Poor fellow, he breathed a prayer as he' crossed the lawn. He had really very little hope; but he felt he must make his confession before he struck his flag altogether. It was a warm July afternoon. Beatrice, in a dainty white dress, looked deliciously cool as she sat reading in the shade of a syca more tree. She smiled pleasantly when she saw her visitor approaching. Sylvanus would : have given all he possessed to have seen her eyes drop shyly?to have noticed a blush rise to her cool, white cheek. Mrs. Millar, the nurse, sat with the little boy on her lap some short distance off. After the first greeting, Sylvanus fetched one of those comfortable, carpet-seated chairs, several of which were scattered about and sat beside Beatrice. They talked for a while on ordinary subjects; then, like a man, the < curate resolved to come to the point. , "I wish to say a few words to you alone, Miss Clausen. Will you walk into the house or the other garden with me She looked surprised, perhaps troubled. 1 "We can speak here," she said, telling the nurse to take the child indoors. She kissed the , little man tenderly as he was led away. "You are very fond of the child," said Syl- 1 vanus. * "Very, very fond of him.'' Then she ? turned her clear gray eyes upon him as one ? who waited for a promised communication. He knew all was lost?or rather nothing had ' been bis to lose. But he went on to the bit- 1 ter end. ? "Miss Clanson?Beatrice," he said. "I j have come to-day to ask you if you could me?if you will be my wifer , "/ have come to-day to ask you if you could lote me?" Sho did not answer. He fancied he heard I her sigh ; yet that sigh gave bim no hope. I "That I love you, I need not say., Ton , must have seen that. In my own clumsy fashion I must bave shown it " 1 "I feared it was so, " said Beatrice, dreamily. < "Yes, it was, always will bo so. Even as I j speak, I speak with little hope; but, at least, you will hear and believe I love you." His voice was so deep and earnest she Bcarcely recognized it. He looked at her. < Her lashes were cast down and tears were 1 forcing their way through them. J "W?l you answer me?" ho said, tenderly, r "I do not insult you by speaking of wealth or rank in the world. If you loved a man i you would care little for that You would ] marry the man you loved in spite of all the \ world." { She shjvcred. Her mouth worked pitcously. For a second a wild, joyful thought rax through the wooer's mind? for a second only. < "Do I judgo you rightly'/" be a<& <1. "I think so?but, oh, Mr. Mordle, I am sc sorry for this." Her accent left no doubt as to the genuine ness of her regret Had she wronged him to * the greatest extent, it could not have been 1 more real. t So like a man he took his answer. rose. ? His face was pale, but then a man's face is, so far as color goes, beyond bis controL But ' his manner and words were his own bond- t servante. t "We can still be friends?" he jerked out in a very good imitation of his usual brisk manner. "If you wish it," said Beatrice, quietly, ( almost humbly. i "Of course I wish it By-the-by, will yon ( wish me a pleasant holiday? I am going away next week. France, Switzerland, the 1 Rhine?all the rest of it. " < Beatrice laid her hand on bis arm. " Don't, i \ . . ,k please, speak like that; you make me miser* able," "Miserabler' \ "Tea Do you think a woman doe* ?krt feel unhappy when she finds she cannot ac cept the love of a good man like yourself 1 Do you think she believes he goes from her side and forgets all that, has happened? I dont think I am to blame, Mr. Mordle, but anyway I feel miserable." He took her hand. "No, you are not to blame. I was a fool Never mind, I au a man also. I really was going away next week, unless?well, never mind what. When I come back, if X am not cured of "ray folly, I can at least promise that even you will not see any symptoms ef disease. Good-bye." He turned and loft her. Even in his deso lation ho had the grain of comfort that he had not borne himself amiss. To Miss Clau son, at least, he must always stand far above his un? ?Honate name. ,?? ' Still he was terribly upset. 80 nuKltso that he walked te the end of the lane without remembering his tricycle, and was compelled to retrece l?s steps in order to recover the artificial means of propulsion. He felt this to be a peculiarly unfortunate incident, forj as he walked up to the house, he caught a glimpse of Beatrice standing in a pensivey thoughtful attitude, gazing out of one of the windows. Nevertheless he mounted his metal steed bravely and sped away. By the unwritten canons of art, it seems to me that a rejected suitor is expected, if a horseman, to dash his spurs into his charger's flanks and gallop away, anywhere, anywhere ; if a pedestrian, he should rush off in a frenzy, stride off with dignity, or lounge away with studied carelessness. The Ber. Sylvanus1 manner of departure was certainly an im pertinent invasion of comedy into the grim realms of tragedy. But in real life the two are always inextricably mingled. Only in romances do we find them kept quite apart This is not a romance. ["to be continued ] South Carolina College. Nearly all of the students of the South Carolina College were gathered in the College chapel at 8 o'clock the eveniog of June 1st, to hear an address by the He Ellison Capere, a member of the board of visitors. Various mem bers of the boards of trustees and of vis itors occupied the platform. When Senator Hampton and Governor Thomp son-came in together they received a very hearty round of. applause. The professors remained without. President McBryde addressed the students, saying that this joint meeting of the board of visitors was the happy thought of the honored chairman of the board, Senator Hampton, whom he had rfjy*ffias?ff*?-gf introducing. Senator ?. Hampton teas warmly appi?u^?Hii-Ji^L advanced to the u?*k and said : ] ? 'After our examination here the oth er day of the condition of the College, and I Deed not say it was a very thorough and exhaustive one, the board of' visi tors were so surprised and gratified at the exhibit made by the College and its students,; that they felt it duo to you and the public to let the facts which they ascertained become known. They . { asked, therefore, the Rev. Dr. Capeisj^ to remain over and state to yon flse re sult of their examiuation^^^irnow that they, will endorse thorongbly what be wHi.say to yon. Formyself I will say that as ?Ong as I have been connected with it and earnest as bave been my hopes for its success, I believe that it bas never been in better condition than it is now. [Applause.] And I must in justice say that very much of the credit of this is duo to yot?, for the president and all the professors, and Mayor Khett endorse the statement and say that never bas a better set of young men been within the walls of the insti tution.' Reminding them of what depended upon their conduct and effort, and ex pressing the hope that each one when he left the College would work earnest* ly and zealously for the success of his alma materi Senator Hampton intro duced the Rev. Dr. Capers, of Green ville*/ - Dr. Capers said that he spoke to give the students the unanimous, sincere and very hearty commendation of the board visitors: Thcj ha tf come prepared to do their duty in looking/closely ih to th?-' condition of the College, and bad had an earnest, burning interest in its wel fare. It therefore gave him th? hearti 281 pleasure to assure the- students that the evidence they had just -heard from' one whose words were so justly revered in South Carolina, was the honest; bearty opinion of the board of visitors: They had invited the professors and tu tors to come before them and freely dis ?US8 all matters affecting the College. The compliance bad been full and in perfect frankness. They had com muned together. He could not express the pleasure felt by the board upon1 learning that the great body-of-'Caroli na's sons in this institution were devo ted to their studies and admirable in their conduct. The evidence given mowed that as the students passed from lower to higher classes they became in creasingly studious, proving the fact that their College life induced studious nabits. At the request of the board a committee of students, elected by their, classmates, had also conferred with them, and the testimony of this commit tec was that the professors were doing heir full duty, and that in selecting such instructors the board of trustees tad done an exculleut thing The joard had uoauitnously concluded that :he professors in this College would compare favorably with the professors )f any institution iu our laud. [Ap plause] Beiug anxious to hear how the stu dents were behaving iu Columbia the joard had applied to the'chief of police or information, and had found that he iad no fault to find with any of them. board were delighted to find by an ?xamitatiou of the class books that 05 )cr cent, of the students had during the ast year been absolutely regular in heir attendance in their studies. Of .he absentees reported for tho last year )uly one-fifth of one per cent, were uarked 'unexcused.' call this,' said Dr. Capers, *a iplendid record. Ought not this to be mough to satisfy the frieudi^of the Col ege ? Allow me to assure you that hey are satisfied. But unhappily there ire among the people of this State some who are your enemies. The opposition ,0 the College is formulated on these wo hypotheses : First, that the Col ego is not in advance of our denomina tional colleges iu its curriculum of stu iics and tho advantages it offers, and ! a a, therefore, not entitled to the support )f the State. Second, that it is the ri rai of its sister institutions in South ! s parolina and injurious to them. As to ! he first charge a careful comparison . t has been made of tbe catalogues of -six teen colleges io the south, iocl??ifi'g* all tbe State institutions and the denomina tional colleges of South Carolina, ac?! itAs been found that the standards of admission and graduation in our College are1 as high as those in the very best Southern college. From this compari* son only Johns Hopkins University is excepted: That is sui generis and commands special, funds. This Is ? broad assertion, but it is tbe simple fact; Your standards ?re just as high at the best of them. As high as the univesities of Virginia, of North Caro lina, of Georgia, or of Alabama. r. As to tbe range of studies cur university offers thirty-four subjects of study and in vestigation.andth is is a greater n umber than is offered by any other Southern college except the University of Arkan sas. As to thoroughness* We have forty-six classes for recitation. Only one other Southern institution has as manjv and that' is the University7 of Georgia, and our list does n?t include the sub-collegiate or the professional classes, and this-work is done by eight professors and four- tutors, ?t ? cost of $'25,000, of which only $17.500 is paid by the State. JTJbiofc ef iti--Could $17,500 be applied to ? nobler1 purpose, a better use, .a more substantial result? The education ef the hearts and minus of two hundred young South Carolin ians. . . ,./ *; ?' " : *We will make a brief comparison be tween this College as it now stands.arid that which graduated these distinguish* ed gentlemen who sit behind me. The old College, our pride and glory, had sixty-four hours of recitation a week against our one bdndred and thirty one and a half. It bad: thirty classes against our forty-six. It bad twenty two subjects of study versus our thirty four. The board of 'trustees have had an eye to progress. If science has ad vanced so has your College advanced, [f literature bas progressed so bas your College progressed. I have proved, ? think, that the first hypothesis is unten able. 'As to the second, a good many good ind true men in this State who love their churches and colleges, believe that this South Carolina College is injurious to her younger sisters, but I am sorry to say that there are people in this State who make the charge flippantly, y?hsnjjrarejor its_troth, or who press t in their demagpgueryr TuCK- jSL, ?ot?ing so potent, so sure to conquer in South Corolina as truth. - When it is srncstly, affectionately, sincerely put Orwaru ft will always triumph in nhis . State. Here is one man who avows ? liinself "a friend of. 'he^eji^fn^ioaalr * alleges, who appreciates the principle's ipon wjiich-tney are founded, who hails heir good work and' honors many of heir instructors whom he knows, but his University can nevera be*brought ; to an injurious rivalry with' ?ny one" s tf these institutions. There is a rivalry which is good for os all. It excites to iffort. It urges us to higher achieve- ? nents? II; elevates and: diffuses a no )ler spirit. It absolutely creates a de nan d for education. Such a rivalry ; nay be engendered by the re-open in g if this old institution, but no other. 'What ar? the facts ? These : Since he rehabilitation of the South Carolina College th?'attendance on the denomi lational colleges?has* increased. I get his fact from ^our president, who bases t o ri a careful examination cf the cata ogoes of these colleges. I can speak nyself for Fur m an University, which :? las in five or six years almost doubled ' t? attendance, and the same may be aid for the college at Due West. Tbe ? ifforts ofthe" fri?hds of tVe denomina- .; ional colleges have since the reopening if this institution positively doubled on iccount of this good rivalry which I ave admitted. It is false' to assume hat all tbe youth of South Carolina '. rould be sent to denominational coll?- ? ;es:if these classic halls were barred gainst them. Some of my friends be- i ieve this assumption, but tbe past his ory of the State proves it to be perfect y false.' Before the opening of our , College two hundred young South Car- i linian? were attending the colleges of - ther States and of Europe. One of the { cost careful and. painstaking members j f your- board has ascertained this'by . ' nvestigation. These two hundred ( oung men and $150,000 a year are ' aved to South Corolina by the reopen ug of this College. 1 'Lastly', wc bold that it is a vast bene- 1 it to South Carolina to gather ber 1 Outh here from all sections, of ail de- * iominatioos, under the aegis of the ' ?t?te, that you from the mountains, ; ou from the seaboard, you from the 1 uiddle country, you from the eastern 1 order and you from the western border * re brought here as brothers of the Pal- | netto State to drink in that spirit which 1 as made your State what it is, and to 1 2arn all that yoa owe to South Carolina. 1 'his was the inspiring thought of its rigin. Let it be .the controlling bought of its perpetuation.. If there is 3 nythiog I deprecate it is the'miserable J pirit' of sectionalism which we some- , inies see in this State. Wc have, " hink, more to fear from this spirit than rom anything else, this feeliug that one ectioa is to be considered above auy . ther section. It breeds unrest and ! ittcrness and it is opposed to all the j caults which we hope to see produced . a tbe roiod?, the hearts and lives of , j ur citizens. 'Fellow citizens of every name ! Fel- < jw-Cbnstians of every faith ! Let us , ?aiotaio one platform in South Caroli- { a, where all may meet as the son and j smother, as the ohild and its God, an- ( a ted by one eeutiment : Do your { uty, men and brothers, to this dear old j tate. [Great applause] j 'There is one rather personal matter f fhi'ch I refer to before I leave you. It 1 oncern* one of your number and it has -t iven me morc pleasure than anything t have hean?. I am sure it will gratify j very friend of the College. It does < ou honor and your State honor. If it ver becomes known it will do more to ? top the mouths and efface the charges y f the enemies of the College than any $ ther thing could. One of your num- j er told me that the man who received I ] s much, if not the most, respect and j onsideration and affeciion from his fel- j < ow students, was one who came here j ] o poor that be had no money tu pay his < ray or boy his books, but was auimated < y a high aud noble purpose. Your students esteemed him because he:was ? mau, and be has cUmBfed up the bigh ?kt places not only in his classi bot in the respect and hotj r of ?ie fel?ow-stu Senti. a ha Ve a ore than the' praise fM?. You havq ?bestm??'?f God arid1 Sb? angele. I could not' have been told ? -ra?V?bont you that coald gire nie mor? ple?M?re than that a m?n is res*' Jtect?d hers" because be isa mat?^a?? tliat the more earnest and Etudions he is the thore be is 1c*Ved by his fellowsv Nothing. I am scfe^'tffteYtruly repr? sents the spirit of the /men w?o in the past have m?d? the name o? South'Car olina a pride and glory all oy?r th? land.* [Great applause.J*' ^' \\:~ Senator Hampton dismissed the audi ence in a few words. "-" ' " ;f Dr. Caper's address is the strongest' argument the College bas ever bad made for U, and it woo the high praise it 8$ thoroughly deserved. The facts he gav? will be a revelation to the young people!" The board* of which be is a member carefully canvassed the work of'the Col lege au? attended* the, senior examina-1 tions'which, were continued through last week. i:'. '"? ?' ? 's-y ~. - Mr. J. Bryson Patton ,*as??of Prnf. Patton, of :tbe South Carolio? *C?Ueg?? and a graduate of the institution,- who1 recently 'received, the ? appointment", of naval cadet fr?m ibis -district, bas sue* cessfally passed the examination at An; tfapolis and bas been admitted" Fifty per cecft. Of the appoint?es failecT.'7":" Special- Cop. News and-Courier. Ee,Had to Cuss Seme? A well-known pl?ct?r'erSout?i ?r* kansaw, a man who has-* exhorted - at' more revivals than aoy worker ?rj ?Hf? State, had trouble last week. ^ While hauling cotton along a muddy road one ofthte steers, 'broke the. yoke, aud ran/ a wfe The old, -fello w s?t on i, *3& said:- ^ J" "'- " ?' v? '? ; . ?. V: vLord, ycu know pretty well wiat t have done for the"church, and how many privations I have stood without a whimper of complaint.- If' you bav? observed me close, you know that I never said a word when my fences were washed away, and eteri when Josh Chandler beat ine in'a law .-Suiti dip! not murmur, but, now, after cotis? tioo, I am compelled to say somet? Damn that steer I I thinkd^VThe circumstances I'am^fl We^V?rjl' fow men would have? Kas much as I ?ave7^?^emtfySL?a| Bre wifelsiri a flout half the time, soi^abmit the' question: Don't you thinktir^s^sm justifiable in the course I have this taken ? Here I am, stuck in thejm Bfjtbe timeX^eX^ajm^ir^-tSu^ $ec boat wilFbY gone,. an d I'll . hare to l??iS; my cotton or! haul "it back borne. If leave it on the bank set?ebody will steal it, and if I take it back hour?,-'?ndft5? son will catch it with a mortgage." So,? yOU see, I am peculiarly situated,'and1 am before any court io the world, or out of it either, justifiable in remarking," ?aniU th?tJ?twt/'?ArJe?nsaw Trav eler* *'.'?**"? vv" >. - j ?.,. The ? Visiting Curd*" ; ? ?, : Bering the , war, when C?l. BoV Crockett'was stationed at Camden, ho" bad a small sign,' *'Colonel Crockett^ Headquarters;" posted' abov?h&%&or. One night a number of boys' having t?V ken down the sign, went out to a farm-' er's hen-house and after taking every chicken they could find, left the-sign.' The next morning ao old fellow entered' Crockett's quarters.aud asked : \ 'Is this*' Col*. Crockett}"; "Yes, sir." "Is tuie; here your visi tin' keyard V taking the sign from under his-coat. "Where did you get that V "Pound it ft is morn-' in'?ri'my henhouse..". "What were' your cnickons worth ?** "F?fteotf dol-* lars in gold." " "Well, old; fellow, yon. break me, but hereV' your imonej?-*' Don't say anything about it" Crockett* afterwards learned that a eroupy 00 rooster and a siechen were the only" fowto'that Vere, taken by the boys.? Arkansaw TfqBcller? , %i The.worst casc;of .absent-mindedness is related by the ?/afayette Courier J Mr. B. F: Wallace, alarmer of T?pp?>: ;ano? county weht to Dayton, a distance two miles from his far?~-to"mail a letter, but when he got back home covered the letter in his pocket. - His' wife was anxious that the letter should: be mailed immediately and ho hurried' to the barn to get bjs ahorse,, when, be found that he had left the horse in Day-4 ton. He footed it back to Dayton at a' 2:40 gait, and visited the postoffice, irhen he was made aware ihat-be b&d^ left the letter on tho dinm?-rbon?"mari-? tie at home. It is not known whether/ be put the bors? io the po-ct?ffice ami' the letter in the'barri; or whether be stamped th? h'ors? and licked the enve opc, of licked the' horse and stamped - he envelope, or whether his wife did til the licking. Frightful accounts of the" opium ? evfl. appear from time to time in the news papers, and it is probable "that the half >as not been" told.'" A writer io a St. Louis paper tells of a bright and beau-1 ful woman who buys twenty dollars ' ?rorth of opium at a time. When her' supply of the drug is out she wakes up the night in the utmost agony, ani ' Vites her arms until they arc torn and J .deeding. A celebrated actress gets fairly wild about 2 o'clock every after-" aoon, when she makes an excuse and", sets by herself for a ? few minutes, ? iVhen she returns she is a- changed"' woman, for a short time-pleasant*and4 alkative, and then she begras to drifts nto a somi-unconscious state.' Her ;yes shine and look it you, through you ind beyond you. Then she will start, jeat a tattoo with her band, stir up her1 jang, brace up for a few minutes and r loat away agaio. This coutioues' for* lours. At a big dinner-She will drift iwuy over her plate, rouse; herself, take fork and separate a portion of -her ood, have another relapsed /and so on hrough a long diuner withoct eating a nouthful. Sometimes she suspends her : iwful habit and adopts as a substitute ? whiskey, tobacco, and other things, but she always returns to the hyperdermie ? ?eedle which has made her legs looh ike a couple of huckleberry puddings. ' :Vll over the country there are thousands jf men aud women leadiDj; just such lives of torture. Without a sudden ? ?hange for the better, the great battle '* 3f the next penerafcioo will be agamstr1 [he opium'evil instead of the driukevil.