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'Sf: :> ?^g' ?i"' ' SUMTER "WATCHMAN, Established April, IS50. 'Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends tuon Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's. - Jr,, ' AW 2, 1S81.1 SUMTER, S. C., TUESDAY, OCTOBER. 27, 1885. TBE TUCK SC-UTHR?X, Established Jan*, 186? ^ - . - Xew Series-Toi. T. So. 13. - - ? ??j|? Mrtfohod; ora? Tuesday, gSspIp- " ; . ; BT THK ^^p^jR^dfcnia? and, Soutlaron Publishing - f \:- &%nxpany, . - ; Bipl^?w? Dollars per annum-in advance. Wpfefe ?DTKRT?SSMSNT3 ? . ^^^^.?rSottaie,first insertion.:.$1 00 ||p|||t?i^. 50 li?te ^C?ontracts-^ three montos, or longer will ^^^??tt^nade ?t r?foceo*. rates? C . J ^^^^AILcommanications wbickao^oerve ^private I^^^^M9?f?iaT?e? and tributes of respect will be feE???^edfor-. .-. , ^^c'?rTtaTTiagfi -nfttim-*^ of deaths, pub-. ^^^^g^o^jii^'' work or contracts for advertising I^B^^rjsa^??fe&ma? andi Southron j or apply at ^^fl? Office, to NI 6. OSTEEN, . %:?5 N- " ^Bn?ness Manager. _ ^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^ POWDER ^pAI^Wtelyjpure. . ;4?? This powder never vanes. A marvel of ^i^^^^o?ty. strength andywtolesomeness.., -More ^^^;?ca?onueal than thejbrdinary-kinds, and can P^^^^ot be sold in competition .with the multitude ^^c^?f lbw test, short weight, alum or phosphate ; rawders, So??<m?y in eons. ROYAL BAK SS : .*= <? ? - ; V-. BSP S -V ;.:-'.V m ?? |? ----- "-?.?->? ; -fer: ?ISestntMTriafe of. En?aent Physicians -ofWState-t./ The fc^w?ng aje selected from man j sim? ilar ones : Da- . L. C. KESSEDY, of Spartanburg, writes the Proprietors : "The rem?diai qual? ities or\Gleira.Springs-J. have know.o for over ^forty-years, ?ind ean attest to its value iii {-'Dyspepsia from gastric or functioaui derange? ment of the Liver, General Debility, Dropsical ?;2Sffaszons. Uterine Irregularity and Affections. - iof the Sidneys and Bladder. To the last dis-f ^Ba^TwonToT particularly call attention, as I the waters have shown targe curatiye powers ~in-tliese cozoplaints." DR. O'. B. MATSR, of Newberry, S. . says: "? have sent more than fifty persons : Tsufl?ring- with Jaundice to these Springs, and have never been disappointed'in any case; they all speedily recovered- ? cannot fiad . Vords'toexpress:my*confidence in the Glenn Springs water, as -a remedy for tue Liver, . ^ when functionally deranged. - Dyspepsia, . -Dropsy, certain skin diseases, troubles in the Kidneys and Spleen, if produced by the Liver, - bare, all, .as I know,, disappeared at the Springs." De. JAXES MfcfarrosH; President of the Med ~-ical Association o? South Carolina, in his an? nual, address before that body remarks: *"f*?t^^^nriajrs^ for diseases of the Stomach, Liver and Kidneys, deserves to rank with any other on the continent." ; PRICE OF WATER. - 'fZ &erxs&eof two dozen qnart bottles, securely packed and delivered on the train at Spartan borg, $4.00. t^Pcr gallon, by the barrel, delivered at v Spartanburg, 20 cents. ^ ^Per^rallon, for less than a barrel, 25 cents. Address SIMPSON & SIMPSON, -> r r Glenn Springs. S. C. ANNUAL MEETING missioners, SUMTEB COUNTY. -, , .'? SUMTER, S. C., October 6th. 1885. rres ANNUAL MEETING of theConnty JL Commissioners of Sumter Conntv, will be held on TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3d 1885. All persons holding demands of any kind r'against said County, will deposit same with \ -Clerk of Board on or before the 1st Novem? ber. v .^By order of Board- T. V- WALSH, , i- Clerk Board Co., Commissioners. ? ' Advance Copy. Oct 6-4t The State of South Carolina, . .' COUNTY OT SUMTEIl, By T. V Walsh, Esq., Probate Judge. TTTHBRFAS, MRS. AMANTHIS M. DA V v VIS, of said Conney and State, made - snit to rae to grant ber Letters of Administration of the Estate and effects of MRS. PENELOPE COGHLAN, deceased, with her last Will and Testament annexed de bonis non. These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and credit?-rs of the *aid Penelope Coghlan* dee'd, late of Sumter r County in said State, dee'd. that they be and . appear before me. in the Court of Probate, to be held at Sumter C. II., on October 23tb, .-c .IS85,*-^after' publication 'hereof, at ll o'clock in the forenoon, to shew cause, if any they ... have, why the said Administration should not ,be granted. - Given ander my hand, this 13th day of October, A.D.. 1885. T. V. WALSH, October 14-2t Judge of Probate. State of South Carolina. SUMTES COUNTY, Ii? THE COURT OF COMBON PLEAS. Ex parte Mary S. Hawkins-Petition for Homestead. ^ "VTOT?CE is hereby given that Mary S. JLl Hawkins, widow of John W. Hawkins, has filed her petition with me, praying that a Homestead in his Estate may be assigned and Set off to her as provided bv ?aw. - JOHN S. RICHARDSON, October 5, 1885. 4t Master. BAGGING AND TIES. 400 Sets Bagging and Ties FOH SALE BY TEE Sumter Cotton Mills From 75 to 90 cents per set Cr for one bale. Sept 15 FOR SALE. . : . ; . A VALUABLE PLACE, on the suburbs of * V tie Town of Marion, consisting of 37 aces, ^^i^I^ander cultivation, boase of five rooms and . v ?ritchea attached, out door buildings, and > ^ .., ??eryth^ Farm. Sold ?^Xj. cheap, for cash. For particulars apply at this j ?^4tf::a4^css P. 0. Box 19 Marion S. C. ?AMISTO??'S GUET; M I H I ? - By HTOH CONWAY. Author of "Called Back? "Dark Days* "A Family Affair,17 eta [TOLD BY PEILT? 3RAXD, IL Dt., LOXDOX.] PAKT THE FIKST. CHAPTER UL J&it&e spring; of ?S65 I went down to Bournemouth, to see for ths last timo an old friend who was dying of consumption. Dur ing a great part of the journey down I had fora traveling companion a well-dressed, gentlemanly man of about 40 years of age. JB*je.. were, alone in, the compartment, and ofter interchanging some small civilities, such as the barter of newspapers, slid into conversation. ? . * My fellow traveler seemed to be an intel? lectual man, and well posted up in the doings of the day. He talked fluently and easily on Tarions topics, and, judging by his talk, must have moved in good society. Although I fancied his features bore traces ot hard living and dissipation, he was not unprepos? sessing in appearance. The greatest faults in bis face were the remarkable thinness of his, hps, and his eyes being a shade closer together than' one cares to see. "With a casual acquaintance such peculiarities are of little rSbment, but for my part I should not choose ons who possessed them for a friend without due trial and searching proof. At this time the English public were much interested in an important will case which was noy, beiig., tr-ed^ The reversion; to s Tast sum of money depended, upcr ibejesta tor*s sanity or insanity. Like most o?IiGr people, we daly discussed the matter. I suppose, from some of my remarks, my companion - understood that I was a doctor. He asked me a good many technical ques? tions, andi described several curious cases of- mania which and come under my notice. He seemed greatly interested in .the subject. "You must sometimes find it bard to say where, sanity ends and insanity begins,11 he *ajd, thought?nUy.:"-*^ ft jjh? . '*Yes. The boundary lins is in some in? stances hard to define.. To give in such a dubious case'an opinion which would satisfy myself I should want to have known the pa? tient at the time he was considered quite sane" -?TonaaxkthedmTerencer .... -'Exactly: And to know the bent of the character. For instance; there is a friend cf nnna. He wes perfectly sane when last I saw hfnrr, but for-all I know he may have made great progress the other way in the interval." Then, without mentioning names, dates or places, I described Carriston's peculiar dis? position to my intelligent listener. He heard me with rapt interest. "You predict he will go madr he said '*Certainlynot Unless anything unfore? seen arises he. will probably live and die as sane as you or L" \ "Why d?dy?u fear for bim, then?" >*Tor this rysons. Ithink f?at any sud? den emotion-violent grief, for instance any unexpected and crushing blow, misrht at once disturb the balance of his mind Let his life ranon in an/even groove, and all -will be well with kia?" ? My companion was silent for a few mo? ments. "Did yon mention year friend's nome?" he asked . s ...:< .. I laughed. --Doctors never give names when they quote c^ses." - At the noact station my. companion left the train. Ee bade rae a polite adieu, and tacked me fer .1 uTpleasure my conversation" had given him. After wondering what sta? tion in life he occupied I dismiss? J him from my mind, as one who had crossed my path for a shore time and would probably never cross it again. Although I did not sse Charles "harriston I received several letters from him during the course of tho year. He had not forgot? ten our undertaking to pass my next holiday together. Early in the autumn, just as I w&s beginning to long with a passionate tonging for open air and blue skies, a tetter came from Carrieton. He was DOW, he said, roughing it in the Western Highlands. He reminded me of last year's promise. Could 1 get away from work now? Would I Join bimi If I did not care to visit Scotland, would I suggest some other place where bs could join mei Still, the scenery by which he was now karroun dad was superb, and the accommodation he had semred, if not luxurious, fairly comfortable. He thought w? could nat do better. A postscript to bis letter asked me co address bim as Cecil Onrr, not Charles Caxriston. He hid a rea? son for changing his name-a foolish reason, I should no doubt call it. When we met he would let me know it This letter at once decided meto accept his invitation. In a week's time my ar? rangements for leave of absence were com? plete, and I was speeding northward in tha highest spirits, and well equipped with every thing necessary for my favorite holi? day pursuit. I looked forward with the greatest pleasure to again meeting Carris ton, i found him at Callendar waiting for me. The coach did not follow the route wo were obliged to take in order to reach the somewhat unfreqgnt?d part cf the country in which our tent was pitched, so my friend had secured the services of a primitive vehicle and a strong, shaggy pony to bear Ui the remainder of the journey. So soon as our first hearty greetings wera over, I proceeded to as certain how the last year had treated Carrieton. I was both delighted and astonished at the great changa for the better whi'-h had taken plao in his manner no less than his appearance. He locked far more robust; he seemed happier, brighter-altogether more like ordinary hu? manity. Not only bad hs greeted me with almost boisterous glee, but during our drive j through the wonderful scenery he was in ! the gayest spirits and full of fun and anec? dote. I congratulated him heartily upon tho marked improvement in his health, both mentally and physically. "Yes, I am much better,*' h? said "I fol? lowed a part of your advice-gave up mop? ing, tried constant change of scone, inter? ested myself in many more things. I am quite a different man." "Ko supernatural visitations?" I a<=ked, anxious to learn that hi i cure in that direc? tion was complote. His face fed. He hesitate 1 a second be? fore answering. 4 'Ix 0-not now," he said "I fought against the strange feeling, and X believe have got rid of it-at least I hope so." ? said no more on th? subject Carristoa plunged into a scries of vivid and mimetic descriptions of the varieties of Scotch char? acter which he had met wiih during his stay. He depicted his experiences so amus? ingly that I laughed heartily for many a mile. "But why the change in your name?' I asked, when hs paused for a moment m his merry talk. He blushed and looked rather ashamed "I scarcely hke to tell you; you will think my reason so absurd" "Never mind I don't judge yon by the ; ordinary standard." "Well, the fact is, my cousin is also in 1 Scotland. I feared if I gave my true name ! at the hotel at which 1 stayed on my way j here he might by chance see it, and look m? I up in these wild regions." "Well and what if he didr *'I can't tell you. f hate to know I feel like it But I have always, perhaps without cause, been afraid of him-and this place is horribly lonely." Now that I understood the meaning of his words I thought the boy must be joking; but the grave look on bis fae? showed he was never farther from merriment. "Why, Carriston,'' 1 cried, "you arc posi? tively ridiculous about your cousin. You can't think the man wants to murder you." "I don't know what I think. I am saying things to you which I ou^ht not to say; but every time 1 meet him I feel he hates me, and wishes me out of the world" "Between wishing ard doing there is a great difference. I dare say all this is fancy on your part " "Perhaps so. Anyway Cecil Carr is as good a name up here as Charles Carriston, so please humor my whim and say no mora aboutit." As it made no difference to me by what name he chose to call himself, I dropped the subject. I knew of old that some of bis strange prejudices were proof against any? thing I could do to remove them. At last we reached our temporary abode. It was a substantial, low-built house, owned and inhabited by a thrifty middle-aged widow, who, although well-to-do, so far as the simple ideas of her neighbors went, was nevertheless always willing to add to her re? sources by accommodating such stray tour? ists as wished to bury themselves for a day or two in solitude, or artists who, like our? selves, preferred to enjoy the beauties of Nature undisturbed by the usual ebbing and flowing Stream of sightseers. As C arris ton asserted, the accommodation, if homely, was good enough for two singlo men; the fare was plentiful, and our rooms were tie picture of cleanliness. After a cursory inspection I felt sure that ,1 could for a few weeks make myself very happy in these quarters. I had not been twenty-four hours in the ! house before I found out one reason for tba great change for the better in Charles Car? ris ton1 s demeanor; knew why his step was lighter, his eye brighter, his voice gayer, and his whole bearing altered. Woe therine reason was a subject for congratulation or not I could not as yet say. The boy was in love; ia love as only a pas? sionate, romantic, imaginative nature caa be; and even then only once in a lifetime. Heedless, headstrong, impulsive, and en? tirely his own master, he had given h.s very heart and soul into the keeping of a woman. CHAPTER IV. That a man of Carriston's rank, breeding and refinement should meet his fate within tte walls of a lonely farm-house beyond the Trossachs, seems incredible. One would scarcel - expect to find among such humble surroundings a wife suitable to a man of his stamp. And yet when I saw tbs woman who had won-him, I neither wondered at th9 conquest, nor did I blame him for weakness. I made tho great^discovery on the morning after my arrival ]><ger to taste the fresh? ness of the morning air, I rose betimes and went fer a short strorv I returned, and while standing at the door of the house, was positively startled by the beauty cf a girl who passed me and entered, as if she were a regular inhabitant of the place. Not a rosy Scotch lassie, such as one would expect to find indigenous to the soil; but a slim, graceful girl, with delicate classical features* A girl with a mass of knotted light hair, yet with the apparent anomaly, dark eyes, eyelashes and eyebrows-a combi? nation which, to my mind, makes a style of beauty rare, irresistibly and dangerous above all others. Tb? features which Siled the ex? quisite oval of her face were refined n^d faultless. Her complexion was pale, but ita pallor in no way suggested anything save perfect health. To cut my enthusiastic de? scription short, I may at once say it has never been my good fortune to cast my eyes OD a lovelier creature than this young giri Although her dress was of the plainest and simplest description, no one could have mis? taken her for a servant; and much as I ad? mire the bonny, healthy Scotch coautry las? sies, I felt sure that mountain air had never reared a being o:' this ethereally beautiful . type. As she passed me I raised my hat in? stinctively. She gracefully bent ber golden bead, and bads me a quiet but unembar? rassed good-momiog. My eyes followed her until she vanished at the end of the dark ! passage which led to the back of the house. Even during the brief glimpse I enjoyed j of .this fair unknown a strange idea occurred to me. There was a remarkable likeness be- ! tween her delicate features and those, .carceiy Jess delicate, of Carriston. This re? eemblar.ee may have added, to tba interest the girl's appearance- awoke in my mind. Any way, I entered our sitting-room, and, a , prey to curiosity and perhaps hunger, awaited with much impatience the appearance of Darriston-and breakfast J raised my hat instinctively. The former arrived first. Gan?ra?" y speak? ing, he was afoot long before I wa< but tills morning we had reversed the ssual wier f things. As soon as FES."!? him I cried: "Carriston, tell me at once wbo is tho lovely girl I met outside. An o"gei wi: h dark eyes and golden hair. Is she ?r-aying here, JUke cursives?' A look of pleasure flashed into lus r- e:-a look which pretty well told mo everything. Nevertheless, he answered a--, carelessly a? if such lovely young women were as channon to the mountain sido as rocks and brauib.e^ "I expect you mean M.ss Rowan, a niece of cur worthy landlady. She jives with her." She cannot bo Scotch, with such a face and eyes." "Half and hall Her father was call id an Englishman, but was, I believe, of French extraction. They say the name was origin? ally Rohan." Carriston seemed to have mada close in? quiries as to Miss Rowan's parentage. ''But what brings her here/*' I asked "She has nowhere else to go. Rowan was an artist. He married a sister of our hostess, and bore her away from her nativo land. Some years ago she died, leaving this one daughter. Last year the father died, penni? less, they tell me, so the girl has since lival with her only relative, her aunt." "Well," I said, "as you seem to know all about her, you can introduce meby-and-by." "With the greatest pleasure, if Miss Rowan permit?," said Carriston. I was glad to hear him give the conditional promise with as much respect to the lady's wishes as if sha had been a duchess. Then, with the liberty a close friend may take, I drew toward me a portfolio, full, I presumed, of sketches of surrounding scenery. To my surprise, Carriston jumped up hastily and snatched it from rae. '"They are too bad to look at," he said As I struggled to regain possession sundry strings broke, and lo and behold 1 the floor was filtered, not with de? lineations of rock, lake and torrent, but with images of the fair young girl I had seen a few minutes before. Full face, profile, three-quarter face, five, even seven-eighth 'ace, all were there-each study perfectly executed by Carriston's clever pencil. 1 threwmyseif into a chair and laughed aloud, while the young man, blushing and discom? fited, quickly huddled the portraits between the covers, just as a genuine Scotch laesie bore in thc plentiful and, to mo, very wel? come breakfast Carriston did favor mo with his company during thc whole of that day, but, in spite of my having come to Scotland to enjoy his society, that clay, from easily guessed rea? sons, was the only one in which I had undis? puted possession of my friend Of course, I bantered him a groat deal on tl? portfolio episode. Ho took it in good pait, attempting little or no defense. In? deed, before night he had told me with all a boy's fervor hew he had loved Madeline Rowan at first sight, how in the short spice of timo which had elapsed since that meeting he had wooed her and won her; how good and beautiful she was; how he worshipped her; how happy he felt; how when I went south he should accompany roc. and after making a few necessary arrangements, re? turn at once and bear his bride away. I could only listen to him and congratulate bira, lt was not my place to aci thc eidir, and advise him either for or against the marriage. Carriston had only himself to j please, and if he made a rash s:ep, only him- | seit to blame for the consequences. And ! why should I have dissuaded-I who in two days envied the boy's good fortune? I saw a great deal of Madeline Rowan. How strange and out-of-place her name and face seemed amid our surroundings. If at first somewhat shy and retiring, she soon, if only for Carr?ton's sake, consented to look upon me as a friend, and talked to mo freely and unreservedly. Thea I found that her nature was as sweet as her face. Sucha conquest did she make of me that, save for one chimerical reason, 1 should ?ave felt quite certain that Carriston lind chosen well, and would Le happy in wedding the girl of his choice, needless of her humbie position in the world, and abser.ee cf befit? ting wealth. When once his w?f?, I felt gare that if ha cared for her to win social success her looks and bearing would insure it; and from the great improvement which, as I have already said, I noticed in his health and spirits, I believed that his marriags would make his life longer, happier and bat? ter. Now for my objection, which seems almost & laughable one. I objected on the score of the extraordinary resemblance, which, so far as a man may resemble a woman, ex? isted between Charles Carriston and Made? line Bowan. The more I saw them together, the more I was struck by it. A stranger might well have taken them for twin brother and sister. The same delicate fea? tures, drawn in the same lines; the same soft, dark, dreamy eyes; eveu the same shaped heads. Comparing the two, it needed no phrenologist or physiognomist to tell you where one excelled, the other excelled; where one failed, the other was wanting. Now could I have selected a wife for my friend, I would have chosen one with habits and constitution entirely different from his own. She should have been a bright, bustling woman, with lots of energy and com? mon sense-one who would have rattled him about and kept him going-not a lovely, dark-eyed, dreamy girl, who could for hours at a stretch make herself supremely happy if only sitting at her lover's feet and speak? ing no word. Yet they were a handsome couple, and never have I seen two people so utterly devoted to each other as those two seemed to be during those autumn days which I spent with them. I. soon had a clear proof of the closeness of their mental resemblance. One evening Carriston, Madeline and I were sitting out of doors watching the gray mist deepening in the valley at our feet. Two of the party were, of course, hand in hand, the third seated at a discreet distance-not so far away as to preclude conversation, but far enough off to be able to pretend that he SAW and heard only what was intended for his eyes and ears. How certain topics, which I would have avoided discussing with Carriston, were start ed I hardly ^remember. Probably some strange tale had been passed down from wild? er and even more solitary regions than curs some ridiculous tale of Highlajj^^|r?tit?Gn, no doubt, embellished each one who repeated From bor awed talk I & elino Rowan, pe; Scotch blcod in liever in things ?ture as ever Cha*4<? Can'^^^^ ? mo? ments could be. As s o oil as^wl^^^^pped the talk, and the next day, finiihg the gad for a few minutes alone, told her plainly that subjects cf this kind should be kept as far as possible from her futuro husband's thoughts. She promised obedience, with dreamy eyes which looked as fer away and lull of visions as Carristcn's. "By-the-bj-," I ?aid, "has he ever spoken to ycu about seeing strange things?'' '.Yes; he has hinted at it." "And ycu believe him?' "Cf course I do-he told mo so." This was unanswerable. **A pretty pair they will make!" I muttered, as Madeline slipped from me to welcome her lover, who was approaching. "They wi 1 see ghost; in every "coiner, and goblins behind every cur ! tain." Nevertheless, the young people tad no doubts aleut their coming blis... Every? thing was going smoothly and pl-asantly for them. Carriston ked at once spoken to Madeline's aunt, and obtained the old Scotch woman's leady consent, to their union. I was rather vexed at his still keeping to his absurd whim, and concealing his true name. He ?.aid h9 was afraid of alarming the aunt by telling her he was passing under an alias, while if he gave' Madeline his true reason for so doing she would be miserable. Moreover, I found he Lad formed the ro? mantic plan of marrying her without till? ing her in what an enviable position she would be placed, so far as worldly gear went. A kind of Lord of Burleigh surprise no doubt commended itself to his imagina? tive blain. The last day of my holiday came. I bade a long and sad farewell to lake and moun I tain, and, accompanied by Carriston, started for home. I did not see the parting proper i Letween the young people-that was far too sacred a thing to be in lui. ted upon-but even when that protracted affair was ever I waited many,- many minutes whilo Carris? ton stood hand in hand with Madeline, com? forting himself and her by reiterating, "Only six weeks-six short weeks! And then-and thenF' It was the girl who at last tore herself away,- and then Carriston mounted reluctantly by my side on the rough vehicle. Fi o? Edinburgh wc traveled by the night train. The greater part cf the way we hid tho compartment to ourselves Carriston, rs a lover will, talked cf nothing but coming bliss and his plans fer the futuro. Aft r a while I grew quite weary of the monotony cf the subject, andat last dozed off, and for some little time slepl The shrill whistle which tel 1 us a tunnel was at hand aroused me. My companion was sitth:., opposite to me, and as 1 glanced across at? him my attention was arrested by the saino strange, intense lock which 1 had on a previous occasion at Bettws y Coed noticed iu his eyes-the same fixed stare-the same obliviousness to all that was passing. Remembering his request I shook him, somewhat roughly, back to his senses. He i ega rd ed me for a moment vacantly, then said: "Now I nave found out what was wanting to make the power I told 3-ou cf complete. 1 could see her if I wished." "Of course you can see ber-in your mind's eye. All lovers can do that." "If I tried I could see her bodily-know exactly what she is doing." He spoke with an air of complete convicci?n. "Then I hope, for the sake of modesty. you won't try. It is nov.- nearly 3 o'clock She ought to bo in bed and asleep." I spoke lightly, thinking it better to try and laugh him out of his folly. Ho took no notice of my sorry joke. "No," he said, quietly, "I am not g ving to try. But I know now what was wanting. Love-such love as minc-such lovn as hers makes the connecting link, and enables sight or somo ether sense to cross over space and pass through every material obsta ele." "Look hero, Carrircon," I said, seriously, "you are talking like a madman. I don't want to frighten you, but I ain bound bo?i as a doctor and your sincere friend to toll you that unless you cure yourself of these absurd delusions they will grow upon you, develop fresh forms, and you will probably end your days under restraint. A>k any doctor; he will tel! ycu the same." "Doctors arc a clever race," answered my strange young friend, "but they don't know everything.''' So saying ho closed his eyes and appeared to sloop. We parted upon reaching Louden. Many kind words and wishes pass*! between us, and I gave him somo more weil meant an 1, I hoi eved, needed warnings. Ile was going down to soe his undo, the bar:met. Then bc; had s.''inr* matters to arrange with hU lawyers, and above all had to select a r?si? du ce for himself and 1/is wife: He would no doubt be in London for a sho: t time. If possible ho would como and see me. An? way; Le would write and let me know th-.> exact date of his api?roaching marriage. If I could manage to come to ir, so much the Letter. If 1101, he would try, as they passed through town, to bring his bride to pay mo a flying and friendly visit. He loft nie in the best of spirits, and I went back to my I patients and worked hard to make up lost ground, and counteract whatever errors had been committed by my substitute. Some *eeks afterward, late at night, while I was deep in a new and clever treatise on zyraotics, a man haggard, wild, unshorn and unkempt rushed past my startled servant and entered the room in which I sat. He threw himself info a chair, and I was hom He Virew himself info a chair. fied to recognize in the intruder my clover and brilliant iriend Charles Carriston! CHAPTER V. "The end has come sooner than I expected. " These were the sad words I muttered to myself as, waving my frightened servan!; away, I closed the door and stood alone with tho supposed maniac. Ee rose and wrung nay hand, then without a word sank back in bis chair and buried his face in his hands. A ?ort of nervous trembling seemed to run through his frame. Deeply distressed, I irew his hand; from his face. "Now. Carriston," I said, as firmly as I ?ould, "look up and tell me what all this means. Look up, I say, man, and speak to ma" He raised bis eyes to mine and kept them there, while a ghastly smile-a phantom of humor-flicker el across bis white face. No doubt his native quickness told him what I suspected, so he looked me full and steadily in the face." "No," he said, "not cs you think. Put let there be no mistake. Question me. Talk to me. Put me to any test. Satisfy y curse! f, once ?T all, that I am as sane as ycu are." He spoke so rationally, his eyes met mine so unflinchingly, that I was rejoiced to know that my fears were as yet ungrounded. There was grief, excitement, want of rest in his appearance, tut his general maimer told me he was, as he said, cs sane as 1 was. "Thank heaven yon can speak to me and look at me like this!" I exclaimed. "You are satisfied, then?" he said. "On this point, yes. Now tell me what is wrong?" Now that he had set my doubts at rest, his .agitation and excitement seemed to return. HM^sped my hand convulsively. Pfcinor' he whispered. "Madeline my love-shc""iS"gone." "Gone!" I repeater! "Gone where?" "She is gene, I say-stolen from me by so e black-hearted traitor-perhaps for? ever. Who can te-23" "But, Csniston, surely in so short a>t;me_J her love cannot have been won by another. If so, all I can say is "What!" he shouted. "Ycu who have seen her! You in your wildest dreams to imagine that Madeline Rowan would leave me of her own i ree will! No, sir, she bas been stolen hom mc-entrapped-carried aw av-hidden. Eut I will find her, or I will ]n1\ the blach-hearted villain ivho has clono ^ this." .~^m Ee rose and paced tho roots.JEis face^ was distorted with rage. He clinched and unclinched his long slender hands. He clenched and unclenched his long, slen? der hands. "My dear fellow," I said, "you are talk? ing riddles. Sit dew.i and tell me calmly what has happened. But, first of all, as you look utterly worn out, I will ring for my man to a et you some iced." "No," he said, "I want nothing. Weary I am, for I have been to Scotland and back as fast as man can travel. I reached Lon don a short time ago, and after seeing one man have come straight to you, my old friend, for help~-it may be for protection. But I have eaten and I have drunk, know? ing I must keep my health and strength." However, X insisted upon some wine being brought He drank a glass, and then, with a strange, enforced calm, told mo what had taken place. His tale was this: After we had parte! company on our return from Scotland, Carriston went down to the family seat in Oxfordshire and informed his uncle of tho impending change in his life. The baronet, an extremely old maj, infirm and all but childish, troubled little about rhe matter. Every acre of his large property wes strictly entailed, so his pleasure or dis? pleasure could make but little alteration in his nephew's prospects. Still, he was the head of the lamil;,, and Carriston was in duty bound to make the Lifportant news known to him. Thc young man made no secret of his approaching marriage, so in a very short time every member of the family was aware that the heir and future head was about to ?Hy himself to a nobody. Know? ing not hing cf Madeline Rowan's rare beauty mid sweet nature, Carriston's kinsmen and kinswomen were sparing with their congrat? ulations. Indee.'!, Mr. Ralph Carriston, the cousin whose name was coupled wirb such absurd suspicions, went, so far as to write a bitter, sarcastic letter, full of ironical felici? tation. This and Charles Carriston's haughty reply, did not make the oneciion between the cousins any stronger. IJorcover, short? ly afterward the younger man heard in faquines were being made in thc neighbor hood cf Madeline's home as to her posi? tion and parentage. Feeling sure that only his cousin JRalph could have had tho curios? ity to instituto such inquiries, he wroto trod thanked hun for the keen interest he was manifesting in bis future welfare, but begged that hereafter Mr. Carrieton would api ly to him direct for any information he wanted. The two men were now no lenge< on speaking terms. Charl es Comston, in his present frame cf mind, cami little whether iii? relatives wished tolbiess or forbid the banns, ?ie a pas?ionateiy ht love, and at once set ab. ut making arrangements fe; a. speedy marriage. Although Madehne ?as ttiil ignorant of the exalted portion held by her lover- lihougii she came to him absolutely penniless, lie was re: ol ved in the matter of money to treat ha? as generously as he would Lave treated the most eiigib:e damsel in tho country, 'J. here were several legal questions to bc set at rest coneerning certain properly he wished to settle upon ber. Thee of cours--? causal de a)'. A - soon as they -were adjusted to Us own, cr, rather, to his lawyer's sali .faction, he purposed going to Scotland and carry mr away Iiis beautiful bride. In the meantime he cast about for a residence. Somewhat Dobendan in his nature, Carris? ton had no intention of settling down just yet to live the lite of a? ordinary moneyed Englishman. His impution was to toke Madeline abroad fer some months. He had fixed upon Cannes as a desirable place at which to winter, but having grown some? what tired of hotel life, wished to rent a fuinished house. Ho had recei veri from an agent to whom he had teen adv.sed to apply the refusal of a house, which, from the glow? ing description given, seemed the one above all others he wanted. As an early decision was insisted upon, my impulsive young friend thought nothing of crossing the chan? nel and running down to the south of Fiance to see with his own eyes that the much lauded place was worthy of the fair being who was to be its temporary mistress. He wrote to Madeline and told her he was going from home for a few days. He said he should be traveling tho greatest part of the time, so it would be no uso her writing to him until his return. He did not reveal thc object of his journey. "Were Madeline to know it was to choose a winter residence at Cannes, she would be filled with amaze? ment, and the innocent deception he wai still keeping up would not he carried through to the romantic end which he pic? tured to himself. The day before he started for France, Madeline wrote that her aunt was very unwell, but said nothing as to her malady causing any alarm. Perhaps Carriston thought less about the old Scotch widow than her relationship and kindness to Misa Rowan merited. He started on his travels without any forebodings of evil His journey to Cannes and back was har? ried-he wasted no time .on the road, but was delayed for two days at the place itself .efore he could make final arrangements with the owner and the present occupier of the house. Thinking he was going to start every moment, he did not write to Madeline At the rate at which he meant to return, a letter posted in England would reach her almost as quickly as if posted at Cannes. He reached his home, which for the last few weeks had been Orford, and found two letters waiting for him. The first, dated on the day he left England, was from Madeline. It told him that her aunt's illness had sud? denly taken a fatal turn-that she had died that day, almost without warning. The second letter was anonymous. It was written apparently by a woman, and advised Mr. Carr to look sharply after his lady love, or he would find himself left in the lurch. The writer would not be sur? prised to hear some fine day that she had eloped with a certain gentleman who should be nameless. This precious epistle, probably an emanation of feminine spite, Carriston treated it as it de -erved-he tore it upend threw the pieces to the wind. But the thought of Madeline being alone at that lonely house troubled bim greatly. The dead wemau had no sons cr daughters all the anxiety and responsibility connected with her affairs would fall on the poor girl. The next day he threw himself into tho Scotch express and started for her far-away homo. On arriving there he found it occupied only by the rough farm servants. They seemed in ? state of wonderment, ani vol? ubly questioned Carriston as to the where? abouts of Madeline. The question sent a chill of fear to his heart. He answered their questions by others, and soon learned all they had to communicate. Little enough it was. On the morning after the old woman's funeral Madeline had gone to Callcndar to ask tba advice of an cid friend of her aunt, as to what steps should now be taken. She had neither been to this friend, nor had she returned home. She had, however, sent a message that she must go to London at once, and would write from there. That was the last heard of her -^11 that was known about her. TJpws; hearing this news Carriston became a preylEo^j^acutest terror-an emotion which was quSS?Eglteibie to the honest people, his inXornSM^fche girl had gone, but she had sent woro^B ??she had gone. True, they not ^fl ?^^^L departure, so sud?^^^^^B^^^^KggSgr*" of any descripiiont^^^HHPKET not writ ^M^j^jronrL?ed. ^^^B^Facnibt they vrould WK?ir^SW^mm^K^v. Carriston knew better. Without revealing the extent of his fears he flew back to Callendar. In? quiries at the railway station informed him that she had gone, or had purposed going, to Lcndon, but whether she ever reached it, or whether any trace of har could be found there, was at l^st a matter ot doubt. No good could b9 gained by remaining in Scot? land, so he traveled back at once to town, half distracted, sleepless and racking bis brains to know where to look for her. "She has been decoyed away," he said in conclusion. "She is hidden,1, imprisoned somewhere. And I know, as well as if he told me, who has done this thing. I can trace Ralph Carriston's cursed hand through itali.? I glanced at bim askance. This morbid suspicion of his cousin amounted almost to monomania. Ho had told the tale of Made? line's disappearance clearly and tersely; but when he began to account for it, his theory was a wild and untenable one. However much he suspected Ralph Carriston of long? ing to stand in his shoes, I could see no ob? ject for tba orime of which he accused him that of decoying away Madeline Rowan. "But why should he have done this?" I asked. "To prevent your marriage? You are young; he must have foreseen that you w ould marry soma dav." Carriston leaned toward me, and dropped his voice to a whisper. "This is his reason," he said-"this is why I come to you. Tou are not the only ona who has entirely misread my nature, and seen a strong tendency to insanity in it. Of course I know that you are all wrong, but I know that Ralph Carriston has stolen my love-stolen her because he thinks and hopes that her loss will driva me mad-perhaps drive ms to kill nij'self.- I went straight to bim-I have just come from him. Brand, I tell you, that when I taxed him with the 'crime-when I raved at him-When I threat? ened to tear the life out of him-his cold wicked eyes leapt with joy. I heard him mutter between his teeth, 'Men have been put in strait-waistcoats for less than this.' Then I knew why he had done this. I curbed myself and left him. Mest likely he will try to shut ma up as a lunatic; but I count on your protection-count on your help to fin I my love." That any man could be. guilty of such a subtle rcfinomsnt of crime as that of which he accuse! his cousin, seomed to me, if not impossible, at least improbable. But as at present there was no doubc a lout my friend's -sanitv, I promised my aid readily. '*And now," I said, "my dear boy, I won't hear another word to-night. Nothing can be done until tomorrow; then we will con? sult as to what steps should be taken. Drink this and go to bed-yes, you are as sane as I am, but remember, insomnia soon drives the strongest inaD out of bis senses." I poured cut an opiate. Ho drank it obediently. Before I left him for the night ] I saw him in bed and sleeping a heavy si oap. j ("TO BK CONTINU KD.] Cost of the Imperial Meeting. As to the oxpeuse io the emperor of Austria of lite imperial meeting it must have Leen something awful, lt must, in fact have boen the must costly thirty hours in she whole his? tory of tho court of Vienna. The immense schloss was c?eanei?, re? decorate:] as far as possible, and re? furnished, while the grounds were put in uri!cr am] the vast courtyard was transit-nurd into a garden. Then.? were seul frem Vicuna 500 beds willi heddi mr, 00 court eariiuires; 150 horses, 1,000 pieces of carpet, -?0O pairs of curtains, 300 compl?t? breakfast services, 7,000 sols of sil? ver forks aral spoons, 400 coffee pots, ?00 teapots, 10,0C0 wineglasses, 10,000 plaies, 1,500 bottles of the finest Rhine ?vines, 2,500 bottles of claret, 3,000 hollies of champagne, 300 bottles of liquors, 200 clocks, 200 pounds of coffee, 50 pounds of tea, 300-weight of sug.ir, and 500 pounds of wax canules, ns well as scores of wagou-loads of furniture; pictures; plate, and china The suites and retinues numbered nearly 800 persons. A fire brigade was also dispatched from Vienna, as well as three military bands and thc company of the Vieuna: Imperial theatre:-Lu tulon World. < What Our Editors Say. The Cause of Mob Law Wilmington Star There is not the slightest doubt that the prevalence of mob law iii the South is mainly owing to the immunity from al! danger or prosecution that bas at? tended those who have engaged in un? lawful designs and acts. If in the be? ginning all law abiding citizens had been active in ferreting out the viola? tors of law there would not have been one case of lynching where there has been ten. Thousands of men, other? wise good citizens, have under very great excitement and provocation par? ticipated in mobs who would not have done eo if they had thought that trial; conviction and ten years in the peni? tentiary awaited them.' They would not have taken a hand in killing a fel? low-being if they had even believed that the probabilities of discovery .were against them, and that they stood an equal chance of being severely pun? ished. The country needs a more faithful execution of law. Judge Walter Clark is setting the older Judges a noble ex? ample of firmness, fairness and prompt? ness. There will be no complaint of the law's delay or of partiality for crim ima-ls under his administration of the law. Let the laws be executed prompt? ly, and let a trial be had at once in all cases of a very offensive character. Let the Solicitors discharge their important dnties with decision, zeal and ability, and all law abiding citizens will uphold their hands. Inconsistency. Greenville News. We are not disposed to blame the News and Courier much for the light? ness with which it bas editorially and locally handled the Bellinger case. But decency requires a measure of consis? tency, and we do think' it would have been more dignified and decent and generally better if our Charleston friend had refrained from cemasding the banging of Walsh, the Savannah mur? derer, and the immediate punishment bf the Lanrens men who whipped the ne? groes until the affair in its own city was attended to. Hore Mob Law. Spartanburg Herald. We pnbiish elsewhere an account of the whippiog of six negroes in Laurens and also a card from Messrs. A. C. & W. H. Workman in justification of their conduct. They claim that their act was strictly for the protect?on^o^ their families and themselves. Tj is a difference between self defence such self prj^^^gjbis, gentlci am attacked, the State, autf it. If these negroes' dangerous they should havTbeen a? ed and bound to keep the peace or been imprisoned. If there was danger of in? jury before the law could be put in op? eration, these gentlemen could have called their friends to their assistance, and if attacked, they cou:d justly have defended themselves, even to the kill? ing, if necessaay, of every one of their assailants. But instead of defending themselves these gentlemen proposed to'"protect?' themselves. They unsuip?d th? func? tions of the law, they wei.t on the war path, they hunted their enemies down, even invading their very houses, and they inflicted punishment that was cruel and barbarous. The fellow that cam? here was fearfully lacerated.?.. All over his body the skin'was cut in tezg gash- I es as if with a sharp knife, and Ms ear was cot clean off near the head. He reports that his hands and feet were tied together, that he was stripped start naked and whipped till be was exhaust? ed and could not raise his arm. Such cases as this Strongly exemplify the dangers to which lynch law tends. It would be a fearful state where every persona? injury can be revenged by per? sonal violence, or where men are al? lowed to protect themselves by wagiog an aggressive and cruel war in other. Self defence and such self protection are very different things. That Ticket. Greenville Nicies. The ticket presented to the people of this State from Columbia through the Augusta Chronicle illustrates what the new deal people want. They want to prevent the nomination of just such a ticket. Five of the eight men on it are now in the State House. Two of the other three are senators. It rs the same old line of promotion* and right of su cession just as if we had a royal house, or our rulers inherited their right to rule. There is going to be a new deal. The people want new meo. They are tired of looking at thc same old names and having our affairs run in the same groove by the same close corporation of politicians. ^They want to be fe?tin the nominations ?noHo^pick their?can didatcs themselves. The ~~CoI??n?bia ? ticket may as well be withdrawu forth? with. It is musty already. Anderson Intelligencer. This ticket is composed of excellent gentlemen, and would give the State a good administration ;. but if the gentle? men named have any idea of rtfnoihg for the offices indicated, their friends are not doing them any kindness by hriu-'iug them to the front as a ticket. The sentiment of the State is, we are confident strongly against 'tickets.* Every man ought to be considered on his own merits, and the people should resent anything that looks like a com? bination. We know that some of the men named here, including Col. Rich? ardson, would not consent to go into any combinatioa to control the peoples choice, and tbereJbre wc make the sug? gestion that their friends are not proper-, ly representing them in presenting a ticket- Let every position bc filiad by selecting thc best man for t?ue place, and [ let us have no ticket Qr. combination i men ou the list. j A F?thy Habit. Greenwood Light. Uaw ofieu do we see men who are i the essence of neatness iu their own 1 parlor or sit ritig room, and who look a? _ if they could not do a fi?thy practice, and yet bow often do we nee the samo meo, instead of setting a good example* :C.r;f toothers more uncouth, wheo they go" out, will take their Seat* in church, pa?t out their tobacco and chaw, chaw away as if their very life depended opon it/ and seem to enjoy the luxury mott aa the yellow bot filthy juice is squirted promiscuously ever tbe ne?t and sacred floors. Perhaps it is the catise of many tears being shed over the ruin of men J pretty dresses. We wish the prt?th? could be stopped for it is filthy? Country Shop!? Williamsburg Etroit There is a growing thing in W??* liamsburg, and perhaps the State at large, which assuredly is also an evil under the sun. We refer to the pot? ting up of petty catch-pen ny shops all over the country. They are lifting, their unblushing fronts tb heaven front every practical "stand." One of oW correspondents, a short while ?loca* said he thought the? had better ?b?roi i m ate io bis neighborhood atid form ? ^ Sort of town. - % These * 'stores" are mostly being poi np and ran by negroes witb the trading instinct assisted by a very little "writin? v and figgerin'." Their whole tendency is devilish. A legitimate busioes* eeu^ not be carried on as tbe proprietors o? these establishments ron theta. We may fairly say they are abetting th* robbing of henroosts and. the stealing'of seed cotton, encouraging idleness, ano: engendering rice in varions ways. Owf Legislature need pass no Act to '*reg?> late" the boying of seed cotton, whila these "stores" are let to for the encottf- c agemeot of stealing ii. We are not speaking of the reputable* country stores, which in many pisces" are supplying a need and doing a thriv? ing business. No, we meanI to^attsejr' Vir? tuose dirty little sinks ?nt? wn??b streams of stealing flow, and iramerona ly with doubtful outsides are covering s multitude cf stn against the public pw rity and welfare. *~y. ' I " rf rrmimmmmmmmi ^ > 1 p| The 'Mother Hubbard' Dre* : We do not like the 'Mother li* bard' fright, called ? lady's dre?'It . t might do for tli? old ^n?m?ttoe^|? lo wear them, bat w? th*nkjrrt?ry^| unbecoming for yovtngjM ^?mM especially yoong lajfl themselves in one <M makes ^ and ^^^^^^^^^?u hitit- m^mmmw^ ? ThPQHMfftand tal!, ' >? From "grandma" to the baby,' v They wear them one and all r Women, big as Jambo, And weigh but little fess: \ I Drape themselves serenely '. In the "Mother Hubbard" dressV ?| Women fair and graceful, .v>' With figures trim and ?light, Make all due haste to bide them : In a "Mother rl?hbard''-plight. At church, or etem^g party, I They'll dress in neater style j . , - ^ \ Bat at home, for "pa sad ?rosbaa?.^ ; "It isn't worth the while?' ; :'?^ You baggy "Mother Hubbard," W^M In whose ungraceful fold -' Our pretty maids and matrons- ^ Eternally are rolled, . C Unswathe yo?r preci?os tre**8r??"___. oJ???j And with some passing br?ese, "^"^-^ Innate your flopping flounces : And sail to unknown seat I Then, welcome, good old fashion* .Of dresses trim and tight, vT?th ?rettr waists, encircled '?<? tTah aprons snowy irbKe. Ti^tben we'll try to itand tty ? (Mother HahbarcTs OM b?ltedn,) ^ Ti us tin fu. its ascension Is not oory sure but soon I -Itxinglot: Dispatch. Migration of Squirrel*. MEMPHIS, Tenn., October. ?&-^A phenomenal migration of squirrels is* now in progress from Northwestern'W3&\?0. sissippi in the direction of Arkansas. They are crossing the Mississippi from' ? innumerable points along S line twenty- || five miles in length, extending from Bo'^? Soto Front, Miss., ?boot five miles berO# pl here, southward, to a point twenty-five - miles distant, and are migrating west- M ward through Lee and Crittenden Od?n* j?? ties, Ark. They are tra'reffing itt thousands and the people ho live along; | ?heir line of march are killing tneni; ^ with sticks rn countless numbers. - Kn-" -.'^ terprising men are following them vi J?$?? wagons, slaughtering as tb?y gc, and .> shipping the carcasses to the nearest??3g market. Th?y seem to have lost all fear of man. and rn Some instances bate' r~'M attacked hunters. Dr. Peters, of Lee - ?. County, Ark., killed thirty-eight in hnf ^ wood pile with no better weapon than stick. A similar migration was observ^J?^ ed thirteen years ?go, and is wellre^^^ membered by old citizens. Np <^?^? seems ?ble to assign ? cause for thc mt* gration; b?t the general opini?n seem* ^ io be that the squirrels arc in search of . > better Food tbau Mississippi can f?raiabv . .^ ? -, ~< The W. C.^JJ. The Woman's Christi?n Tem^ranc^-? Union, for the State, at their meeting in Greenville last week elected the fo? ^ ?owrag officers for .the ensuing yeaw ^ President, Mrs. S. F. Chap?n, ?harle^ 1?| ton; general vice-president, Mrs. W*'l:?? V. Gill,.Allendale j corresponding Sec rciary, Mrs. F. A. Walter, Greenville; v treasurer, Mrs. W. K. Blake, Spartan-.^. ;| burg ; recording secretary, Miss. NetUe^jH Farrow, Spartanbnrg. At, ? puWio^v^ m?Cti?g pu Friday night, w^hicj wai^|| largely attended, Dr Grier, of Iftw^|Q West, nia^e an eloqiient apd very. c?ec^/ t-iv.e speech for teuipcrance. an<? JjF?^H^20 timi, and was followed by Sou. H .(3^::^^ Scuddy, of Anderson, who strong and. urgent appeal for gr/>hibv?i^ tion. The meeting shooed tjjat i^ter^^^ est iu the cause of tenipcran.?e is-S^njQ?sAr.^^ ing throughout the State.' '^e* ^*^^H the ladies Gi^peed' i?? ^ promote t his ?r.ea.t rc?>nni. '