The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, September 01, 1885, Image 1

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W?S?&^$?^:: p??| ll ;* V '.-P ?'?j'. &&&& 3H?SA??, Estab?Ahea April? "Be Just and Fear ?ot-Let* all the Ends thou Aims't at,; tte -thy Country's; thy God's and Trntfc% SUMTER, S. C., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1885. .?on...._.....-;5Q sn$ Bot?ces^Meata^'ptrD "WTmTT---M?"Mmrnii * -q3fc.itnp. - ? ? ,^--r~- -- -:- - ^'.-; ' 1| Business.Manager. ,.r. t? ~4?naT~wb^ ^ Mo?e, ; .?e?^??flxyiiadsi anadean-; ? conT*pef?r??*i?'lrtt1? tte" multitude' ^?bort weighty alum or phosphate fr?ter BAE 3&8r -WsSHt^-iiT Y. TRADX.AIM?K--5. ROISTERED. ??t?&r t~J>u*p?v*?, ?aiarid?\ Bea*!ac7ie*,-J)el>?i-. j Chronic and ?ph?o^s^?sor)der?. ?J.Jy. f^.:\^2S ^?&BJke . : ?? ^^^^^^^?^^odersigued, bavin* received great ?-?^^">??^*e?Beati)?neat fron the use of "COM ^^^^-^^?^^^SX^SSj*:1prepared and ad minis of Philadel-: ^^^^^^?and^betag satisfied that it is a new: -.dis-* '*U thatiis ^^^:?^t?foril:.??^er ita duty which we ^j^^^^^^:??waa?y-tbx>usands who are suffering |||p|??^^ rrited^tKsn^le' dis^ ?asea tado all that we can to make its virtues *g^^.;^-;4enc?;:.- - * JT^. - ^^^j^ppffe bave: personal knowledge of Drs. Star lip: 5 *:"-?W*"BaTen.r. They ar/,editM^rW^4^geet^ |p^\Tf?^^ will not, ^^^^jiOClcnow.?.belieTe to be troc, nor pnb ^Z^- < - ?baoy testimoni?is or reports of cases whicb ^^^-/???aictiennioie.'-''' : . - WM. D. KELLY,:v - ./ W&rM ' ?:? . : ' T. S. ABTHBSp -. JI^. r Editor and Pvblistier "Arthur"'s 22&JW . ??8^?"'X. -K?for 0/ "Lutheren Observer?. W^iB^^:':"^ Philadelphia. ^^^^P^AOiaTOgA^Pi^y JUKE 1, 1882. ^^^^^|^K?r^ferto?^a natural Jnquiry in re iag, and to g?WB???^^ou?d?nce h .oar* ?gy?gl^^ of .our-testis ?^^??^ji^^i?^i^?tls of>??se?/iW>"pr?nt? fae" * ??voT?card from'gentlemee weil and widely -.^V- 7 IT IdiowD- arid of toe highest personal ?S?ricterT fip?j^^ Compound Oxygen," con-' Sage . -??t?ning-i history ori|ie^wg??q?y tad mode of action of .^"^""'ffcmaiB'f^^ ^^"^-^?geot^ andra-^fcge record of surprising cures ^g^ffi? yOT?s^pt^KjCaterrbj Neuralgia, Bronchi-, ; $^ of Cur??-V -^^^B^gr^^i, PmMpnxa.^Pa. ^^Irat?^-Wa^ltmi?riers and Jewelers, ^ ^^^^^^?^re^/appc^ite : ?7oA? Reid?*, ^0:0jj^^$9 Silverware, Jewelry, Spectacles, ^^^^^f^??ry^Fishing Tackle, Violin Strings, Machine Needles, ^^^^J^?^^?f;Wat^tes, -Clocks and--Jewelry r%"^^*?.-: - gaaraoteed. -, - . - ? jj SINS, SAWS, BRUSHES, ? ? ?SI^'Tf ?FI^EB- my ?errices. to the farmers of i^~-^nifer;'??^."sb^ Counties in ^^p^a.g|gjGrjjp^ .Jam': SHARPENING ^^^^S??gjKS?J '.l>CO>.. ine- a card at Somier, S. C., |^^^??t|P??31*'lra^^ any time and place. ^^^^Frices"moderate And;satisfaction guaranteed. ^^^?^^?^<-w^^ CHANDLER. ^^^^^^^^ Author of%tCalUd Badland "Dark Days.1' J .. . CHAPTERS?;IX. U-i , 'tstB M?J50KXA Dr TEMPL Beatrices letter, after having been pa? :rnst>d and', commend ?.from Herbert:w^as" Jn^se^^si?b- it""jj ?-You ["wte^^lia-wrb?i^^ as \ imsatisfactory as its predecessors. ? Ii gives ( s^absc?nt^y^nodniorma?ion as to where she. \^i^a^>?Vrl?ft: t-u&ZV'??ow" t?baV -we aie j Juif ?Tm"!igigw^^ "leafing abon^ her prolonged and led abseacr^paore than regret-if _ serions, ?ontyance. We find it quite a sixain to answer inquiries abbat hex .without contradicting one another." ?v ^a^nradly the envelope which bore Her? bert's handwriting was:, the first:-opeaed' by ^airntK^-'aoiof^ fetter before hexcad Herbert's. He searched -the-'foHBer'ia y?tt? for bis own name, little I ffoTnfrfag tow the writer had sat^fbr a long ! time before- sha-coald- bring> Herself to seal j i^'^jett?r-V?too?t sending bim Vern mb of fo^a^Lr^^^^^ead'RerbQTffs commen ^tary aaasmSed. faintly as he dre wa radierons. . piclsii^^ J?Otaco -adod -Herbert naalong coun?e^s&^ra?nts - tiy: their . friends. He mused a while, holding Beatrice's letter in h?T ba^ri. Her fingers had touched that aheefc^fr??pen-ao he actually pressed it. to ^nis'fip^?n? m domg sp* caught a faint l?t gering odor of.what he remembered was her favorite perfume. It was clear that Mr. CnrrntharR* disease was as rampant as ever. ; ? ^and by^e tnrnedto see what else "Fate had brought him. Nowadays Fate: shoots j manyof ;her:arrows from the general' jx>st ofiice. Carruthers found ameug ..other l?t> ? t?rs bhead'cVress^?n a" woman's haucwrit :ingi;it ibad-been-s?nt-to-- Oxford- and- at Oxford redirected to London^ HfrOpeBedifcj '?c*are"??M*?-T^^ ? ?she?tstricte paper,-o^ ?*Bamember, yqur promisa Wait, oh, be )pafWt^andwaitF,>- ' i g Carruthers threw'?t ,a^c^ " witbr a bitter g?ite? He weflkn^w -whq was the vvrrfcer., *Wai$? ""Whifrwas there* te.j?vait for! How? ever, the sight of those words brought back tdie memory of that strange^octurjoal^vi^|t; ~cX"ag?--wan^^ ^impassioned appeal to him^ to --wait five, , teni t^'eirry years fdiL?eione Ji?.?oved.1 -iWiy^shou?d she write now and repeat t^e appeal? She who knew eveiytbing; she v. no had accom? panied Beatrice and who was probably* with her now. -j-so- x v. V:' He co|t?f|^?p|\get^th^ of that strans^creature w?f?x ner ?lreaTy oelici:, yet uzK-wejrving faith as own fuinire, from nis inhad-; At the time the woman's earnest ? n essTha&lmpressed him more than he cared ::^^M|??M^Der^trtion is a quality to the *^^no^an of our time is wi?ling.Tto^wTr"-^^ Yet .i?if?im?a^ I (SBror^eri^toIi' bimself t^t'sncnihi^ as toh^'gath?T^.from.;]n>sC ltfin?r*s wc "wrbng^L It"was^??'^w^ ^soiut^a^rti?nr ?i^?jredlwith jme?xass?ouate " inspiration ot a.prophetess-of old, thathappi ne^'inithis worhl swaitecUhim and Beatrice, which had been of aid to -him in his troubla " If fsitn can move stubborn mountains, why not a heart which is willing enough to move in a particular direct'on? And now this woman, repeated her mes? sage, and; as Carrtithers read the letter, told him' his case was, no more hopeless than it : was mohthb ago. 7 - . . He took the note which he Imd crcmpled no land ..tossed away; he spread it out and read'it again. He found, moreover, that it:. ?jjgagjgoaena^B^p Beatrica, and upon" terning it over he saw : ron??i^Ji?rk a fe^^wp^ds-^ pencil. They ' f^aypgen so f^feUthjth? had to carryi taenqte to a strong light in order to de The words were --Madonna di Tempi," and to tho best of his . belief, as experte say when giving evidence, the handwriting was ? Beatrice's. * i;."!;;: rf What did the words mean, and how far would they aid him in; findmg. Beatrice? He soon settled in his mind that ''Madonna j di Tempi" must be the name of a picture. ! But what picture? Where was it to be found? -'" Of course, it did not follow that supposing he could^ascertain all about this picture, -tiHnch'~might or might not be a world famed one, that he would find Beatrice near yecvertbeless, the clew w?s worth fel? lowing. He would have followed a finer rcfew than this tO'^t^-eud^of the world on (TIM '"illdJNrtiifV'iTin'??V 'Ti nu f Beatrice, HS?? he-at ou^e set iltot the task of getting -mltarni?tioii,-if rm^orr???sijon could be got, rebpecting a picture callear? "Madonna di rJ7Kmpi;rr-He hoped, but his n^uc^ were not ^verystrong. indeed, he conldSnot help words. Yet she was better off than" be was. , She at lea^JhadJha narn^of a plflfe.for-one ?^ ner talismanic wordsr. He, had the name^ c^vvhathe supposed, i jo? be "a picture; noth-j Hr. Carruthers was" no* one-of the inner circle of.art worshippers. ..His sallet, his sturm und drang, his ?notional days, were well over bef ore 'che era of blue and white china. He had no rhapsodies, written or spoken, to arise hereafter and prick his con? science. He had not bowed his knee to. the intense,'nor sacrificed cn the altar of the in? comprehensible. Ho was fond bf pictures as picrtares, and, was boldf enough ..to say he liked what he did like and' that he'disliked what he did djalii a? Hence it w?l be at once seen that, his opiaion was worth nothing to gav one except himself. ?avmg lound the^ knowledge riot indis? pensable, he" could'Eot^' lfke many men^-check off o? bis; imgers the principal' ^productions of tl? grand old masters and marne the spot of earth on which each one could be" found. But like - tho- man- -who, when challenged -to fi^t^^lieo^^ato't.flgnt nryJselff bot it have alittle friend who. can,!? .and, forthwith struck dc wo-his^challenger -with -a-'short, stoat poker, Mr. Carruthers, if be -did not know these-things hirasetf, had a friend who knew. .;. . ... , ?? "ii* This 'friend* was a Mr.' B?h??fct, ?xecog . nized art authority. '-' Frank found Mr. Burnett at his rooms, wr?ting--crit?ques on tdi?'recently: opened exhibitions most likely. "Do you know any picture called the 'Ma? donna, di Tempil ? asked Garruthers. "A picture c?lledlibe 'Madonna di Tempi* Ah, ye&f The -Madonna-di Tempi.* Painted by Raphael "^STou have heard Of Raphael, Carruthers?"" "Where is it?" asked Frank quickly. "It is in the Old Ptnakothek.n "In the what?' wMy dear Carruthers, how ignorant you i are. I thought you studied Greek at Ox* "ford-Pmakothek is derived from a Greek word-fl "I know all that, but where is itr "Your igr?raace is deplorable. The old Pinakothek is in Munich. Munich, you may know, is the capital of-V Frank jumped up. "Thank yon,*' he said, "I am so much obliged" 'l?ot going, Carruthers! Oh, sit down and have a chat. Tell me all about your book. You mr-3t be dying to tell me all." "No, Pm not. I must go now. Good-bya" "But where are you gxaiag?" "The words you read have fired me. I am going to Munich to seo the 'Madonna di Tempi*'" And before Mr. Barnett could get ?ut another question Carruthers waa gone. - The smallest slips ruin l;he most cleverly devised schemes: The omission or the addi? tion ona b?l of exchange of a simple mark called ? "tide,**" sent Messrs. Bidwell & Co. into retirement at the country's ex? pense, instead of en-joying. the fat of ? for eign land at the cost of' ~4?he~ old lady of Threadneedle street. An actjjf Beatrice's, ; that of pe-rtcilmg-?wifc^^ i^Uc?e^inoment ^It?t?tfoof apictur? which had' struck her "fancy, brought' Mr. Carnttbefs in hot hast? ^[?^ ]i^^ |?acW' 'P^tx> is turned by a . teftttert... ? . ^ ~-w . . , , .*Ike words you read have' fired me. lam, ' - g?ingrt? Muh?cK"^ ; i ?1 v^-';?HITflT>TTra.-: V X X.' ' ?**VF . ..? '- j.i : V-?' .THB.TBUIH AX-XAST.,; .j? L t. : J\J i. .^i?^.. - -' ..- ? * ... Carruthers reached Munich: late 'at night. He wffl^straight to^?.ha?^ comfortable Jhotel *N*f t-Ff^l ^-j^11-^ "ari(^\^tee0ng? tbat the tour T^'toojjat^ researches, ?.snpr^ and went to-bei ./iurSpite of~his ex ! -cftea??nt a* ?th? thbugnt.?f^ag inifne'saine 'towri as 'B?atrice, hei sl?prsxicndV^.- Maa is but mortal, and af traveling as fast as is possible from- London tb Muaich,'?fc takes a great deal to spo? u;night,s rest. Sb Tn the j morning (^j*?t"H?fs^ ar?se refreshed and j eager to begin tbe-que?t..- ..1 .?. '1 . -^t^-how^t? feggfh^it?; ?He .was not even sure that its object was in Munich. Because i she had/written.down, the nama of a picture it did not folio w.she was near that work 'of art. She might only hate paid Munich a flying visita-might now be miles and miles ' away. ~ He grew very despondent as he realizad the slender, fragile nature of the clew which he had so-impetupusly. taken np and followed. Nevertheless, he .-vowed ha would not leave Mnnicb nndl.he^felt sure, it TJfd^dt'b^bob t?bi?, ?^i?ve&jfi?^jj. | * I-j -^*^-s^pec'. ttoough* the swang^gdoorsof his hoteVandr stood* *in>th? broad Maxi? -.nrilha?^Strasse.-' He' hesitated;- Tincertah:. . what todo,; which-wayto turn. ?"'So far as .jhe: could see; - his only chance of finding . BeatriceIi.i-^vas- .. meeting lier ? - in- the publier bi??eetsi'-hfe" only -plan was to ?walk "'about: those* streets until --he met i- her.. ^Atanyiute'he would' do nothing but this for- tho next few days._ If ansuccessful he^wonld^Bie?. Fnink^whether* ?e'could'apply tb su?r^ersons as might be abl?"to "fell; him w^rnt strangers were living-'in Munich. - .Heturned to the right, went-across the Plat^ and jato; the fair Lndwig-Strasse. He waited.^ with palaces on either handuntil became -tr} the'gate of victory; Preoccupied ?sT?r, Carruthers was, the number of mag? nificent - huildings he passed, greatly im? pressed him. .However,.hedeferred his ad? miration' until-happier times.- ' . -Akind cf superstition made him think it well tp%oe ^e-?piettnre; which- had brought him so-far. HeHn?raired the way to the Old Pinakothek, and upon arriving there sought ^l?cansebe sorn?ch admired it as in the hope that^a^ might bring .Beatrice to his side. She^d .?>?&OTme^p he bade'the "Madonna" adieu, abd^flH|viug run quickly through the largejcfoinl?na cabinets in the hope of encountering Beatrice,; he left the building wishing that Ift^liying. masterpiece he sought was" as ''oisy^o ? find as that or the dead artist; - : Keeping to.what oer?ad the-prmdpalnud most populous, streets liefco^dumselrono njorcin front of his hotel. ^Hes^ried off in an opposite direction, .went down the 'br cad Mammill in ns-Strasse. More palaces, more statues, but. ho Beatrice;. -At last he stood on the stone bridge which spans the shallow but -rapid Isar. Ho. stopped and looked at the curions artificial bed of smooth planks .owr- : which- ifcoo ; river,- Jrims; . . and then he looked- down into- the. Ettie triangular pleas* -ure^arden which lies between the two arms .o* the stream, . . ?'. v.; Ia. the garden, on one of the seats, intent, ly^gaged .with s -book, sat ~ Beatrice. Her little .boy was playing near-her. It needed not the sight of the boy to assure Carruthers ne-;-was not mistaken. Like ali lovers, he toM,.himself he. would " have known that graceful head, that perfect form at least a mile away. Yes? tfrere'was, Beatrice! The ''Madonna"liad .riot led him astray. Had Caxruther*i3)efln^-Bbman Catholic he might He sfaxxtfOTYtfmlTt?rh? watclnjig'Beatrice Now .that. he^E-id found? her Tie trembled at his ?w? cot '{'d&^embled^at the thought pf wfiatfie"nao!"tos?y^f?er^ what she had to say to him.- He conaforted himself by tba* assurance* that, he had only, sought her. broken thr.'Hagh her' concealment;, ?<TT the I take of giving, or at least offering, snob help. ; a?i^f) ri ) y ;i j ; I ?'Aft oribis "ho walked slowly .down, to the ; gai den said stood^ in front of her. ?>he raised . her eyes and know. him. , Hex book fell tx>: j the ground^ Sh^?pr?nz-tb bbr feet and mV : ter ed a little cry, a cry that sounded very sweet to/3fr. : Carruthers, as it waW unmis? takably one of pleasure* ; At the unexpected ' appearance ?if the man she > loved, for a mo ^menirf?erejr?as no thought in her heart save that .of joy*. fS&$7?tt8?eite "Frank! TrankP she cne? "You here?5^ ' "Frank! Fran?;!" she cried. " You heret" He took her hands in his and regar?ess of bystandars gazed into her gray eyes. For a moment he could hot speak. The sight of Beatrice, the touch of her hand sent the blood rushiag through his veins. Days, weeks, months, he had pictured this meet? ing, and now it had come to pass !. She. was fairer than ever-fairer than ever! The pure classical features seemed even more perfect, the clear pale face more beautiful* fhe dark gray eyes more wonder? ful than of old. And, as she had given that little cry of joy, something had leapt into her eyes which Carruthers had never before seen there, or never before seen so clearly and undisguisedly. The surorise of seeing him had swept away caution, and for the space of two second*, Frank was able to read tho very secret of her soul. ??o'wonder he held her hands and gazed silently in her face. "What had he to say what could he say? The certainty that she loved bim made his task no easier-the task of telling her that he knew her secret, or at least a great part of is-the task of asking her to confide in him and let him help her. So Ife remained silent xtnt? she gently drew her hands from hR The light bad faded from Beatrice's face. She also, after a moment of forgetfulness, was coming hack to her own world and its troubles. Her eyes dropped and her face clouded. - ' . - - * - "How did you I find me?' she asked in taxrabled.fcmesv.-> "By a strange chance. I will tell yon how some day." "Tell me now." Frank shook his head._ _ "Notn9W,'\ nes^cl. ; **Let it suffice t "I have found yciu" : . . , VBut,,rsaid .Beatrice with agitation,. ;pth^ tnow-^can; others find me? If- 3 learned.'it why not. anotherf . \ -_:?, r ^ He^^thB-.di?play-of^feaia,.and h?stei . toieasd^re .her.. \ ?'No one save myself y ?^^^^m^^.f?^iytpj,. Yo?r retrea She sighed her relief. "There was awkward panser- Frank was the first break?t.' . i. - - ' "Beatrice," he said, "I have conje'a, lc way to" soe you-- . I have much'to say-y may have mach to say tome.'- Oan'wo^go seine iliaca where'we canlalfcH : "Yes^ we can gotomyhome." Beatr called her boy\ and F^an^;'glad ofanythi to break the awkwardness of the.mom? greeted the -little fellow' and::made 'frier with him to such purpose that "he insist upon 31r. 'Carruthers holding ? his chub hand and walkin? with hinv^ : : ;J ?'' ' . > '"What' - a. :pity- t?-'c?t- rthat 'jbrfeht han said- Frankto Beatrice. -; ' ' 'r v " '. * . - -'.-?Ikwas more tfian pfty^twas cruel, h it was crael neoess^rty," she saM sadly.., - '-Be?trico lea the-way tq tte. bouse m whi she lived. She-walked .wittrher . head ^bei Jand as one m deop thought:*' She could r make up ?CP; rnind*'*whether to be glad sorry at -Frank's coming. She saw, ho ever, that it put an end to her present mo of/life;* -That it: meant confession, reveaUj of everything. ,r That it meant rerunn England and to such friends as wouldst . be boyfriends. That if it meant shaine ai sorrow,"it also meant safety and. im muni from persecution. She began to regret th she had yielded to Sarah's wish to go to Ea land and see Hervey. ' But" that was not" ?much consequence. She felt sure that soon as Carruthers learned her history h affairs w??ld pass into hands moro comp tent to deal with them than the hands of t v weak women. So on the whole herfeelinj .were those of relief.. -: "; ? ' ' 'And'yet for som9, for one reason, Frat was the last person she would have chos( to whom to reveal her secrets. . Slieshr?r ; from having to show the man she loved th her life for years had been one of decei , Kow. that tba deceit had to be confessed i hirn, it seemed to lose all the innocent n; ture which she had hitherto flattered horse ^it. possessed.,. In short, JLf-snch^ athing-oa Jbe^^magined; Beatrice ; felt, as Carntffie; once felt" her to" be, as an idol would ie -when just upon the point of being hurl? d?wn fr?ni-its pedestal^ ; -' Carruthers, who had his own thoughts '1 ?trouble hun,- and:to whom it'seemeuVthi any conventional remarks would afc'thepre eut juncture be mockery, respected hi meditations, so that, save for the lispin prattle of the boy, silence reigned nut Beatrice r found. herself in her room wit Frank sitting near her. It struck Jier as s strange that he of ailothers. should bejherj -thatf?ven' now*sue wondered iff ''sliejwi ^aVetfnnngr ''"She' shunned. ms"ey?3^ fearing t read reproach in them. - . "How are-theyall. at: home??tsbp. askezi ''How.are ?j. uncles; ind- -dear^old Hazh woodr Her. eyes filled with tears; . He emotion. did not escape Carruthers.'' ' "They are alT well," he said. ^1 hear fromtp?rbert a; fewdaj^agb.? ite^sent m your letter."' "Will they ever forgive *m?r* said Bee trice. "Will they ever speak to me I again? "I hops so," said Frank gravely/ "The, were, ot course, much vexed and upset." ?Beatrice glanced at him nervously. Eve; he had but held out a hope; of'forgivencss anoV he^oyedier.; ^She wishad he.- had no come ta^Jumeh. * -r:- ; * r*- * v5 "Do they^Kjw my reason for leavin: Englsndj"*she a&tSdv-anjidly. ? ? '?+>, . >5Td. ;0iey.hayeba2^(ledk^ "bntiiot-?ne has been ?ear the tru5fe?^_ She started at his answer ThelrTlth Did he -know the truth? If so, how had? learned it? -, -J "Bo ycu know why I left?' she asked, m A look of pain settled on Carruth^rs3 f^i 4 Yes," he said, softly. "Chance ha* given me y oar story. Bui to me-only ts me." . ' _ . "Do you know all-all that I have dene, all that I haye suffered?^ ... ' He'ios?? Thsre was strange '. agitation ir . his maimer and voice. "" "Alli" he exclaimed. " **Beatricei Bea? trice I how can I find words to.tell you whal I know? Beatrio. did I not just now heal that ckild call you motherf "Yes; he is my son," she said, calmly. - "Alli", continued Carruthers, excitedly. *?]??eed I know all? Need I ba racked by bealing; the one I love tell me all? Need 1 pain her by forcing her to hear me? Have I not heard enough? Why should I ' seek to knowmore?" "Let me tell you my story, Frank," she saiaVbeseechingly._ , : tc?6f He spok* in that imperious tone which she bad once before, in a slighter de? gree, noticed. "Nol Listen to me. Bea? trice, ^believe me, I have longed t? find you. I have sighed for this moment. If I have surprised your secrets it was not for my own ends. 3eatricd, when chance showed me whore you were I caine to you with but one object. . This morning-even when, at last, I saw y ou, 1 had but ona.thought. It was to coin? .to you, tb say I have sought you because'you are in distress, because you want help. Such help as I'Can give is yours. Without question, without the hope of reward, it is yours.", Again she strove to. interrupt him. Ho checked her. ' "Listen! I have more, much more, to say.;',I. havel se?a^.y-?tt--agamj!ijhis voice changed to one of supreme tenderness, "I have held your hands. I have looked into your face-the same sweet face of my dreams. Beatrice, all is changed with me," he knelt beside her and took her hands. "If once I. wLhed to know all, now I say, tell me nothing. What is the past to me? Hide it away, forget it, scorn it. Our life begins to-day. '? I love you. Bend down and tell me you w?l be my "wife.'* She forcibly drew her hands from his, cov? ered her eyes and sobbed. "You love me," he went on, passionately. "Is it for my sake y on will not do this thing? Look at me-read in my eyes what my heart desires-know that you have the power of making'or marring a, man's life. Beatrice! My Tove, my only love, answer me!" Once more he tried to take her hands. She tore them away with a cry bf anguish, and her cearful ey?s rested on his troubled, up? turned face. "Frank," she said, ''you are killing me. Spare me and let rue speak." He waited in anxious silence until her sobs died away and sustained spe?ch was a possibility. "Frank, Frank!"' sho said. "You have been misled. You have beard but half the truth. You love me, yet dare to think that if what you have heard is truo I would D3 your wife. I cannot blame you for believ? ing. I have no right to blame. My actions have helped that b3lief. Yet ia believing it, you, Frank, have given me the sharpest pain of all that I have known." Carruthers bent his head and prayed she wcuM forgive him. "I have nothing to forgive From whom did you think I ihd-from what danger? Frank, I fl?? from the man who is ray hus? band-tho man who more than five years ago tock advantage cf a girl's folly, married her and made her lifo a miseiy." Carruthers rose from his knees. His face was white as a shoot, fie wa* the picture of despair. A legion of Mrs. Millers would not now have caused hope to throw up the tiniest shoot. Her husband! Tho room seemed to swim around him. When ho recovered himself ho saw Beatrice with the tears falling down her cbee'.cs. Tho sight was a bitter reprpach to hiux How bad he kept his vow? Instead of giving ber comfort and aid ho was tuc adding to her trouble. Moreover, a kcr-u sense of shaine came home to him instead of joy he felt fresh misery when Beatrice's words told him that her secret was not une of such nature as be had been lcd to believe. That his first thought upon hearing the truth should have been one of sorrow showed him that he had reached a depth of selfishness end degradation which no love could excuse or condone. He blushed for himself, and for the sake of his manhood strove until he regained composure. There was a strange calm on his face' wheo once more, he drew near Beatrice1. * - . ' ? "Tell me all," he said, in a quiet voice. "No, don't fear for me." She glanced at him haquiringly. _4'Tell ma all; ? caa bear it. I . can neip you." She'to?d him all ToH lum without self excuse, without even exaggerating her hus? band's sins . against. the world and. against her. She told him without claiming. mercy J on account of what she had suffered; , but there "was a pathos id'her voice; an utter hopelessness in her. manner which told her listener more than words could have told. Has heart ached as he thought of her; his blood boiled as he thought of the villain who had wrought this misery. He heard her to the very end in silence. Throughout her tale she had not spoken of 'her husband'by- any name; but from the" first: Carruthers, guessed who' he was. As she finished speaking' ha turned his pale face, to her. "The man's name is- Hervey," he said . : . : .."Yes. Do you know Inna?'' !:':44I have seen him twice." As he spoke , Carruthers involuntarily clenched, his hands. There was a kind of savage satisfaction in thinking under what, conditions he last saw .'the?rogue.Re. wished he .had struck even, harder. He frowned, and his mouth grew hard and stern. Beatrice saw the facial change., -v .,..- .-.,- - :s. .\"Doyou Hame" me too. much to forgive me, Frank?'' she asked, anxiously.' He looked at her with eyes as soft and tender as. a woman's. '...?.'...'._ "Blame youl Who am I to blame you? What have Irte forgive*; ;You have all my .pity-all my sympathy. Again I offer you such , help as I ^??n give-such help as a brother can- giv? a "sister. You will take I this from me,- Beatrice?" She.placed her hand in bis. -: "Yes, I will . take it.. It. is. more than I deserve. Ah, me! why should my trouble enter into your : His fingers tightened on hers. His eyes r ?ought hers. "Beatrice," ; he said, . "I did not live unifciLi kne w yon... You haye a. right to. claim all I can give. Yet there is some? thing T must esk-something I must know. You have told me much-will you tell ine ear . . . ,. . . .... .... ? " "Ihave told you aH.": . "Ne, not alL; . Beatrice, life promises to be but a sorry affair for me. " Let me have such cold consolation'as it can give. Bea trico, let me hear you say with your own-Hps that had things been othervise you could have doved'merr-wouid.have teen my. wife." She met bis eyes- braveha.. "Yes, Frank,*' she said softly. "I w?l say. that. I will say more. I .Tlove youmow. Ah, Frank, re? proach me, blame mev when I tell you that although I 4mew" it-meant unhappiness f r. you it was a sweet moment to me when fin t I knew that.you loved me." - After this avowal there was silence for a minute. Then ? Carruthers leaned forward. "Beatrice, ?my love," he said hoarsely, "kiss anio once. I only ask it once." She flushed to the xoots^of her hair, yet she made no resistance. Carruthers drew her to him and for the firs", and, for all .Ixe: knew, the last time their lips met Ha . took, she gave, the -one kiss. When it wai .aver Carruthers released her from .his em? ;,brace aud the.two drew apart. : Ber-.\ no doubt, Mr. Carruthers will . sink immensely in' public esteem, ile acted as a hero is never'-supposed to act, br at least in fiction. He lostraa opportonfty."Every one who has studied the natara of true love as depicted by the modern passionate writers and skilled an aly sis ts of the human neart must feel that Mr. Carruthers should have then and there clasped Beatrice to his heart and have sworn that love overruled every? thing. He should have followed that one modest kiss by thousands. . He should have said, "What is the marriage tie when two souls are in such ecstatic communion as .yours and mine?' He should have said, "There are other lands. Lands where ao_J one knows us, where life may te a perpetual^ -dream of love. Let us fly there and /-be fessed." In the mad whirl of his passionfsuch ?pies as she, for appearance^sake, urged ive Taeeu^Pwtpt? ??wy J"and, married haihould have home her off, bis forever aWLveverl Ye?, he lost such an .opportunity thaj hiVconducc must be apolo^ gized fori 44 Beat rica, my lover," Tie said, hoarsely; . He did none of these wild, passionate things simply because he.was an English gentle? man, who wished the woman he loved to be bis wife and the lawful mol her of his chil? dren.- True, that his love had carried him away, sufficiently to make him willing to blot out an imaginary past. It was great enough to raise and restore tho woman he loved, but it was not great enough, or shall we say too great, to dream of degrading her? _ CHAPTER xxvr A WOMAN WITH A MISSION. Inspiration, as a rule, soars above the pet? tiness of detail, and of all inspiration that ene whose wings are worked by religion flies the highest and freest from trammels of custom and caution. A man or a woman inspired with an ethical mission to hu? manity feels fully convinced that, provided the eyes are kept steadfastly on the glorious result, the brambles which have for ages choked the path leading to the great goal will in some mysterious manner get cleared out of the way: without faith of this kind inspiration sinks to the dull level of wisdom. Sarah Miller was a woman with a mission; a mission, however, of a personal, not of a general nature. Her mission, as she read it, was to insure the worldly happiness of her beloved mistress, and her faith La the in? spiration which prompted the task was such as to make her believe that she would suc? ceed. Everything in this woman's li"e turned on her devotion to Beatrice. Her mind wa*, like a dark, sunle;s ruin, in tl$> canterof which springs ono pure white marble colurnn, and that column her love for her mistress. The wild words she once usod when 1^lin Frank Carruthers what she cpuld for Beatrice's sake, if anything, fell.'! truth. It is absurd to suppose that any' is entitled to such adoration iroi creature. Very probably David h: not deserve Jonathan's unparall? tion any more than B?atrice dese of Mrs. Miller. Nevertheless, affection woro doled out into the si personal merit most of us wouli tremsly ill in this world. Simpi liko pure republicanism, and m\ indisputably correct thing?, workt theory than ia practice. Mrs. Mille: worship of Beatrico must ba iou; causes other than the girl's mei her servant's gratitude. This thou was the emissary forth on behalf of Boacric.\ this, of the flag of truce between her Hervey. A strange iniermedi sessing some valuable qualification office, insomuch as she was dev own side, hated the foe, and, abo full of tho belief that in some she would be .guided so as to ena! bring the negotiation to a satisfac] She listened with apparent ai Beatrice's many and clear instru? her thoughts were in reality for this matter she believed she was to act more the part of a principa! of an agent Beatrice, who was know how Hervey was to be fou rest satisfied with the assura] Idler would experience np ithe )W S lt tracing- bimr^r?vMed^'ltot Hervey was still fir London -her assurance was jr is tiffed, for as his tint?^h-ric??t-of-?oave had not, yet expired, his address could no doubt be. obtained upon application - ih tho. proper quarter. ..." .. . " Tbiswas abc^t the ?n?y detail-Sarah bad? as yet-stopped to consider. ? She bad notyet thought how her end was to. be gained, whether by threats or by'?uti?a&ei' She felt that all she had to do. waa tb inset-tho man face to face, and thou she would And herself giiided to act for the best. ' Bea erice, who had some misgivings on the score of aUowing har faithful servant to make so long a journey unprotected, bad carefuEydooked uprou'.es.and trains; She fancied that Sarah would travel in greater ease and safety if she went to England via Paris >by the j great through express train which rims across Europe from. Constan? tinople to Paris, stopping ondytwo or three - times, in each country which, it; traverses. So"Mrs!. Miller traveled in such luxury. as. a railway train can offer.r' - : " ... She-reached London without any mishap, Here she "went to a friend's, the one to whose care Beatrice's correspondence had been in? trusted. .After a night's rest had dispelled the fatigue of the journey she bogan the first part of her n?ssio5?--that of finding Maurice . Hervey.... .. . . [ ..... J )The task was a admple one. She inquired ; -until she ascertained" where the register cf ticket-of-leave men . resident in London was kept; then, upon applying at the proper office and satisfying the author!tics-that she * soughtrthe man for no'evll purpose, the ad? dress was given her. She took a cab and drover straight to ifc . Eervey, who; had py effluxion of means been thrown from the lap of luxury onto tho hard floor of l are existence, was housed in what was little more than a garret. In? deed the money which Mr. Field paid him on behalf of Frank Carruthers was the one plank between him and starvation. He had parted with bia rings and other valuables. Ail-that ho rcsld call his own was a decent suit of clothes. This he had clung to tena? ciously, knowing that if it ceases to tog? ging, a fairly dressed man ha* a latte* chance of awakening sympathy cru? OOM who is in Tags and tatters. The contrast between decent broadcloth and empty pock? ets is so painful- that when asked one feels compelled to do something to tone it down. He. was sitting ih, his cheerless, sordid room, smoking his short.pipe and working "out schemsifofvengeance and plunder much as he had. worked them out in .his secluded state in Portland prison. He was-carsing his own clumsiness and want of foresight, as indeed h i cursed them at least a hundred times a day., He wa? unwashed and un? shorn, and his right arm, although nearly mended, was still in one of those shiny black slings. Altogether the mam was in a condition of body and mind far from envi? able. pro BR CONTINUED ] What Our Editors Say. . We Wonder. . '= Columbia Becord. r The following paragraph is clipped from the News arid Courier of the 17tb inst: V"A little iconoclasm is now,yarder in South Carolina. It is time for ptH?ic offices the men who lately ?t^cL those pla JCS, and gard absoluteste notion that the ConfederateVarmy, or the bar, or a long) pedigree ears or therfeabojii^san all suf _ any post of hon? or or tr M\ Kve the best men fdr the places^H ?? That is the only question. . JlHRers:4iot a jot whether they spell thei^name ope. way or anoth? er, or whether their Dame has a flavor of France^ or of .England ;-or whether they have or have not ac grand-fatjier \hi, signed .the Declaration of Indepen? dence, cr who would have signed it if he had had the opportunity71 . We wonder what ; turn our esteemed contemporary will take next 1 The tone of the paragraph is so unlike the News and Courier ..that-we would almost be willing to, believe the. article was print? ed by mistake. Does the News and< Courier, really mean that the people shall have a chance ? If the- editor is in earnest, then . truly .has'a'change come over the spirit of nb: dream; l?e has really raised bis voice^for. the peo? ple. . Not those "that 4well apia the steeple,!' but the common,toiling, hon? est, working people-who are worthy ! The people will say ia return,.;*4Well done, good , bat; tardy 'servant !" t:But what arc the brigadiers and those who.-| have ;a "long;?pedigree of a hundred years" going to say ? We will wait in suspense for an. answer. ' . But, putting all levity:aside, the lan? guage in the passage quoted expresses our sentiments, and we have no doubt will moet with - the bearty approval of all fair-minded persons. Ther war has been over now for more than twenty years,_and it - is about time that thoee who held position in the Confederate army should have as much rights as anybody else-but no more. Certainly South Carolina has not been ungrate? ful, and if there is an ex-Cod federate of high rank within her borders who has not held one or more positions, let him speak. Our word for it, the people will rally under his standard-;and elect him to. office, provided he' prove himself ca? pable and worthy. But the people of this State are not given to idolary, and should not be expected to indulge ia hero-worship any more than they should be expected to bow down before the iron representation of^jie palmetto in'i the State House^rounds. \VVi'?lregrahj'\ to those of "lp/hg pedigree," wo believe " that the^oavc also as much right to the suffrages of the people as anybody else, but/object to the fossilized potion that tViey have thc divine right to rule, dimply because they can trace back tb a "noble ancestry/* Unfortunately for oome of this class they fire like the po? tato vine-the best part being under ground. Those who prove themselves capable and worthy should be nomina? ted and elected To office, not because of "noble aucestry." "but to show that we are guided by the teachings of the American Constitution, which makes no difference between lordly patrician and and lowly plebeian. Let us be careful that we select only those who are capa? ble and worthy, and there will be no necessity for looking up genealogical records lo discover whether they are of high or low degree. The Blight of Standing Armies. Ketc'i and Courier. The enormous burdens imposed upon the people of Europe by gigantic stand lug armies and modern navies is indica in thc estimate of Mr. Louis Apple? tbat the total cost is nearly a thou d million dollars a year. Of thia fully a fourth is credited to Rus while France*and England follow $168,000,000 and ?155,000.000, tively. Germany comes fourth e?p?nSrtuf?i of only ne^f the reasons; for the cnor cost $5,000 a gua, and DOW some of thee cost half a million dollars a gan. Two of tjbe\I.taifab/lrpoeladfl":'obst,^4t 200,000 each, and five others will cost over $20,000,000. " Is it surprising t?jat ^now and again the rulers of the European Governments should be tempted-to east about for sonic way "of diminishing tie drain upon the resources of the peopled It must be remembered that : the expenditure for . these immense armies and Davies is un? productive. The money, tu other words,; which i's earbeo* bj the,. people : pf the different countries is consumed, ID large measure, in paying[fdr^"idle soidiers and sailors a nd th ei r equ ip m e a10:, Th'e-sol diers and sailors not ou ly ^produce nothing themsel v^s,~but help.to consom?hat is produced by others. > The; day ia evi? dently approaching, when there must be a reduction of armaments, or -there will be a wholesale emigration from Europe to the United States. Peace, with.these European nations, is as costly as war. ,, Troublesome Silver; ... Nap York Sun?, j %:; . It is.not in the United S.tatesfTaIone that silver money is causing trouble. Belgium, just now, is- wrestling .'with the embarrassment produced by her at? tempt. JD conj unction-with:;France and the other coup tries of . the Latin Union, to maintain-the circulation of both gold and "silver afc the ratio of 15 J to 1. _. In 1864 the Union was compelled by thef fall in market price of silver bullion to restrict.the coinage of unlimited legal tender: silver to $24^000^000 a .year, and in 1877 to stop it altogether. Now, as a condition of renewing the Union for another term bf years, France in? sists that Belgium shall agree to redeem all ber own ^ilvet coins in:goldV;-- '' Since,: however, Belgiumrbast465? 000,000 francs of silver circulating in France;, w?ire'&erc is only about 190, 000,O00r^fr?bcs of French silver cjreuta tiog in Belgium, the Belgian Mfnistry hesitate, to . comply with ; thia-demand. France threatens, in case.Belgiam final? ly refuses, to send home all the Belgian J silver now circulating in Fra?c?.'oui V*\ would swam p. the currency of -'0;n;gat country like Belgium, with be/: jo ?tm OOO pf popuratibn, and, itj(\\; pmoA would bring on a- financial crisis , mere. To yield to the demand xi France would, however) only postpone the evil day, and the_jfeeigiau Ministry seem disposed to it is pro mately hav< and cease ti the suspension oj payments in 1862, and tbereafter Business - will ' proceed as usual. The kind of currency. that a country employ s is much less important than is common? ly supposed. We" got on very well with, greenbacks, and Belgium can get on equally well with silver. The'Tower of the Minor Post? masters. i: ' IV. Y.Sun. .' Every :time: Coi. Vii as appoints a fresh iuatall?n?nt of fourth-class Post? masters a w,aii'of grief or: a bowl of ; ia* digoation bursts.from the throats of the: Republican managers. This looks rath' er ridiculous to those rank and file polir tic ia ns who only know that tb?S?T minor places yield very small salaries', often amounting, to less , than ?$100 tor even ?50 a.year. They think, top, that inas? much as these crossroads offices havc.been monopolized by- the Republicana\ ht about-a quarter of a century, they migbfc now, afford to let the Democrats hare; a taste of them, if only to let them enjoy ere they die. the novel .sensation ofJ thrusting their noses iuto the Federal crib. This .is a superficial new of the ease', aa the experts on betksides-well know: The .Postmasters of .this class are an| important element in.the working mecb- j anism of the.^par^y. Jn?.pojter. Their number ia great,- : an d\ their selection rests solely with the President and the Postmaster-General. They 'are found at every village in the nation. .Their; snuggeries in the hamlets are the.ren? dezvous where' the home caucuses are held and views interchanged and news? papers distributed; and plans laid for thc campaigns in the towns and coun? ties. These little Post Offices haye a great deal of influence in thc politics of their neighborhoods, in selecting the. delegates to the primary convocations whence originate those larger conven? tions wnich nominate the most impor? tant officers; and on election days, when-J p?T?rn^togetber, they exert a mighty power in determining results. Knowing ;ibe great advantages they have derived from these offices during the past, twentyodd years, it is no won? der that the. Republican bosses lift up their voices lu sorrow and anger as they 'sev ???? c^Hng toto thc hands of their oppcue>-a- "\ ^YeVer^fiLj^ the Demo? crats won them, and npwj^&e^n go right ahead and take possession as,r?l?4 as they can. The Cause of Temperance. Pee Dee Index. It is a matter of gratification to ns whenever we see the cause of temper? ance succeeding in any portion of the State aud a matter of regret whenever we notice its failure, Along this line wc were pleased to notice in the Herald of last week that the New. Council of L?ureos arc enforcing the law in that town. From our observation of the werkiug of the local option law in this State, we have reached the opinion that the law has not failed where it bas been enforced. The trouble in Winnsboro, Sumter, Orangeburg and other towns where the local optiou law has failed has been because the law was paralyzed by unfriendly municipal government. The citizens cf any town make a grave mis? take to expect that opponents of the law will carry out its provisions simply because they are sicom officers ; they* mast be m sympathy with the law. Had Marion made the mistake of other towns in this particular her . fate would have been similar to thcrrsV Bat the view was taken that the no-license ele? ment of tha: town' was r?ponsibt? for ] the adpptio? pf ihre |^w^^l|^|pn$^^i|i oe responsible 1 for ' it? "enforccmOn^. hence ^uce the^la^ ^?s^^ councils''Keen^elected', who bave^ carried out thflta^wtthout ?o^WBH^eiff^ ample oC^te$^|te?^^ prohibit I/l^^ipjeixbc^.ete tile ^?^^p^M^^^^^^^^ precaution,, aod.BteefrJeleic^MtiD^^ temperance aod far distant ?etK ^e^^ wilt not\be tolerated ?ffa' S>w?j>?^yip nttfe&ate>. ^f^y^s?^?^ key is prohibited, by Inirli^#^b%??CM?^^ H^riboro, Marjon a^go^^^- / Wm. Preston Johnsoa^an^?^tWita^ Qu Wedne^ay^^ the beginning of thfi\et^.eap^:.Jw^r'^^k morning of that .day he ih?^ka^S?^^fi usual; wrtb offitfal wbrf?M^|fe^^H assistance of which. ne ^sometime* ?fis* ...:i$i|? ed himself ;:?nd ra =th?< afenboa tended a vestry meeting of Qtt?%&-?*?? copa? Church.' He'^ted^aec??^^ and enlivened the meeting '^^il?^t^^^M fal conversation trod inWestf|ij^:^ee^^^ dote?; - The; we?tfe'wa^'^?l^?^^^g damp, the room not m*miij???Mii?. v?|? Lee safe with his military- ojoii^?e^Hia?^^^ arouod'bis shoulders. B\a last ???l^f^M act was eminent^ cha^^ question under discttsston wa? 't?'^Tee^^^ tor's. salary, and when tiie>%?Wk^r^$^^ tioDS were handed >in it;we?\Um??k?^^m a deficit of $55 still ^mw^iM^e^S^^? marked^?retly, "I w?t^tiejj^im^^^| -and the 'congony; t^n^^SkW^SM dreaming tl|^ member w^^Qcver.j?io-tbe? *?%e^?#>^ Returninjgple,; i^..p^:^itjjhkt?t??k. SSjji an.d ju^r4mg^^^^^^^P^:^^^ be stood "up to ?^^^??y^^'-?^UM^^M refused ^?pe^lM^l^aS^^^^ out showing any 'J,?iSlf^^^\H^??^^?0??^ though the expreseiotfefc t?^??^^^^^ plainly. ; enorigh^that. hW^eljp^^^^^g thc. dumb :iips meant., . ,Phw??B?af?^?J^^ promptly summoned ano ne WM laid ?o>^?^ the bed fromSrfficfit?^^ The.mew^>tr?^^ congestion pf; ^??^f.'^j??^M^^M no paralysis of. rnption.or sonsa4ipn?au?^|||| only ., slightly .impaired coDsclousne??^ A fatal terfuination was not anticipa?? 1 nrtany - ooe except the- patieirif LO ruj ed to feel from - the>"4r?t -f?M buald-npt recover^ ?od a?nI?u? I Jc^lightest-rdemr&.todo??o?Jil SOD, Cuatis, spoke of j?traJ ao??\ fie &ook bia^befl I ward^^^^^rsiajB ' .?otura C^rn ? j?apta?n ^?pSijpi^^^^^P c??y yest?rdaj ?o<F 'ex^?it?8^pK^^^S bead of the ce!ebre^d^?o^m^^a:?: ^ ooe of Brown D???fc^i^ were perfectly mainred. them from his large..grpwmWii?r????^^ the fori^Rich^ planted in KarcnV S?^?xo?^?^^i^?^^? ed seeff-of ttitf br?^ Donl^?r^^ir^^^^^ cr?p:4ie ple^8^^:J?!^I^S^^ npwr breast high. vH*??ig^ stalks from which these ta?^uw?^^j^i^^? are.cut .w?l Jnatnre rapo^hef^elrc?pJ'?t:'-^fli September, loua ~gh??ht ra?^??S?::'?|j-v;7--^ grain-in the season.- - , . cab ^madi^pro^^ 0^^^I^^^^? bushels^seed "|j?r??cWr oesldesV&?Bh'>^&? f?Tajgtf/^wnicW^?B Hii??fe?: a^^re^?^ gards it the most valuable -accession tb^ ?2^g the foTage"'crops; 'w&c^:?i?^n^fMe%^^^ irrtroduc?d into thia ^t^-^jn^g?^?V^p .-*But*'you' ^a^^rrweeSeV^ Wuy-don^fou -bei?*^;irlti^^^K^J^g men t^^ou go-'roun^ and prek *nfr*:'-a3?| wiak; low>' e^^6titli^^^p?^^g| Charca. aBdla^^?w^ tbe?.call4)?tv *)^:*?^;'l)Oy??J^^:?^ big- as he is. -Don't . :yeo;JaW"?nam~^; long,' And you ?tretet--:ycuraejf :ou*;|J^|| and pnff yourself up afld: nia?|?^greai^;J^S to. do because yodar?- aS;g?e^awj big: aa 4?e*;pW;^}tt??^^ member. Way down-by the side of tfstroi^ ^igOr^^ healthy, pure Clirbtian^i^^miei^^^^^ wkhhim4 -because L^^^^?w^at'^^^ yon would look like? t??S?^jr'?t^l^^ side of an c)epbaD.t.'*^S^i<^eat Maxwell, who;ie:?harged with roor^^S dering:C. Act?wpire?ec::?iliS&'^wua?||^^ some months ago and made i4iia}'^c?ji?^^^ to i?ew ^ealand^where be.w??>^r?Bted^;k|^ bas arrived at.Sfts.?oiiia:iii^?^j^-o#?il^^^^ .official. ; He talk? l?t^le^4b^^1w^^P says that io.due: time ~4ro.-'jrtH'-pro^treS^||^ Preller aliv? and" well and inw whoredv " ~^?M he got, the, body found' in?' 'the"'tranlK^?^S MaxwelLassert8 that the t?pdj^^tna??^g truok was bought by himself w?^i&?^^^ 1er and le|t;in j^he .hotel ihr ";the:^rpoae;; of procuring the insuraooe money upott^ r Preller'a life.Since, nftx^r^ to iSt. Louis, ; Charlee Biegervwa^:trunk-G?^^ maker recognized - him- as-.the ?ian to^??^J whom he sold.the trunk tn which f ret?^^gf ^p\body wa? found, and ? :.^ter':??? *?^^ the S?l?tlijf11 Hotel recoghixed. him aas having b^e5^gai?8'^ &^?.ttta?:?;1k??Jff^.?:??^ April last;. ^-N^y^^ - In bis Arbor Day proel Governor of Kansas said tt which the pioneers found tifl?e^?4 desert, now bears upon its fertile" ?more thaik^00?;0?fr frnH^rees more than 200,000 acres of forest treea^^ all planted by our own iiands.' Governor ?Iso eaysr *That there1 been sn increase in the rainfall of Kau?? sas is fully proved by tjbe a?^detiea our oldest meteorologist' Despite complaint at his slow ^ro? gress the Presideut bk s uow considered all cases of presidential postmastera which have beea nwde ready uudpre-j sen ted to his attention. He- has mada] 467 appointments, of which 274 wera] to vancancie? ?ansed - by expiration \J term or; resignations, and l$3;4n pl?cfl of suspended ofiiccrs. A.large uuut?l of solicited removals were refused, fl l? said, beckise' hV did oo^ consider^iS pT0ofa8Och1aa wmm???i???m pt st is spreadin^^Bfl|^^^|jq^? ci?;' ;CU^Na^4n^MHMlHyM