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CHAPTER T. t GOOD-BT, SWEETHEAP.T, GOOD-BY.* The two married sisters returned from their honeymoons about the same time, Sibyl j looking haughty and discontented, but Caro- j litte cheerful and well pleased. As to the bridegrooms, we could sec no traee ot ehange for better or worse iii Gfo?dmore; but Eger? ton wes decidedly stouter, in excellent spirits, and, from an accession of confidence, more apt to crake a fool of himself in company than ever. The sisters soon met. and Sophia could not complain of any lack of sympathy on the part of her elders. They were both at first in? clined to take prudent mamma's view; but when Sophia told them of her love and his constancy they were touched The world j had not yet got complete mastery over them, ? and they commended Sophia, kissed her, com- I forted her, and said some day she would be ! happy. c j Commander-in-chief Mrs, Brrbara Temple j took care to have an interview with young Brent She was kind and sympathetic, but* she said it was her maternal duty to point out to him that-whatever Sophia might say-be was injuring her prospects if he kept np any understanding with her. "Engagement, of course,ff the little woman said, **is not to be j thought of. But even an arrangement-a | promise that each will secretly wait for j each-would be a pernicious snare, full of danger to Sophia's prospects.'1 "Not," added Mrs. Worldly "Wisewoman, "that these promises are ever kept. Facts are too much even for lovers. I have sees fifty ? of these understandings made in perfect good j faith, and from motives that were quite i pretty, but none ever came to anything. Still. I object to arrangements. ? "Your daughter is as free as if she never saw me,~ Pe?^ival said. "I have made her promise that she will consider that there is not a shred to bind her to me. She is to feel that she may engage herself and marry, and never think that there is any intimation to be sent to me, except through the news? paper." "And may I ask-don't think me rude, Mr. Brent. I am simply doing my duty-if you are as free on vom* side? If you marry, shall she hear of it through the newspaper, too?77 She looked at him sharply, almost humor? ously, as she put this Tienetratiug question. O, we nfRst pay a tribute to our little mother who had a tact that in wider fields of action might have smoothed the feelings of ruffled empires. "Yes, 1 am quite as free as she," he an? swered. ""We promised each other that we should feel so."1 It was quite true. They had promised ex? actly in these terms, only the four Hps that exchanged the treaty were immediately after? ward engaged together sealing quite another sort of bond. "Was this what Hhakesr>ear<i * ? meant ly "plain and holy innocence,*71 won- j der? And yet possibly Mrs. Barbara Temple j guessed the tine state of the case, but she was j satisfied. There being no engagement, she j felt sure that time, fickleness, and her great j a*ty, this present world, would do ail she j wanted. "I regret what has happened," she said grace- | fu-2y. -and I regret ir nor alone on your ac- : count, but cn my own. I should have been ? pleased with the comiection. I hope you will j prosper and be happy, for I am sure you de- j se:*ve it" Egerton Doolittle, having, after careful in- j tellecuui? filtration, so to speak, got thc facts j of the Brents* case fairey deposited in his mindi expressed great commiseration for the ? two men, as he- called thom. Ke told Car j that "we ought all to give our minds to the j tiling." and see what can be done. And after j a long period of cogitation he m?oruied Iiis j wife that he lxad hit on a plan which would restore the fortunes of the Brent*, and-of | rids he made a great point-without" their | undeitaking anything that could not be done "with clean hands.'' "A gentleman undernociraimstmices should soil his bands,'* Egerton said: "and the great j merit of what I propose is .that lt can be done with clean hands." . Cai* at first thought that this implied that the pursuit Egerton had in his mind was one morally defensible, or not felonious; but it, appeared that he referred only to aristocratic notions and traditions. "My plan is this," Egerton said, after three quarters of an hour of preamble which hail nearly fidgeted his wife into a fit "I hear there is a new joint stock o->era comjjany going to be started. Let them take shares in that It witt be a gentlemanly, musical kind of thing, and tie great point- is it can be done with clfean hands.r Caroline, not being able to see the practical value of this suggestion. Egerton resolved to open his scheme to his great brother-in-law, Goidnoore. That elephantine millionaire was , forced, for courtesy's sake, to liston while ? Doolittle, in a speech of extraordinary length j and maddening circumlocution, brought out J his preface; but. vexed as he was. he could j not restrain his laughter when the young j man wound up with the recommendation [ that Brent senior and junior should take I shares in the forthcoming Italian Opera Joint St<x-k company. "My great point is, Goldrnorey" said Eger- 1 ton. "that it is a gentlemanly musical sort of j thing, and one that can be carried on with clean hands. I think a gentleman j should never soil his hands, Goldinore, don't ? ? your" .*The difficulty is," replied the great man, overlooking This question, "where ?re the poor men to get money to buy thcir sharesi" "Get what?" Egerton asked "Money to buy their shares," repeated Goklmore, "Shares are not given away: you have ts? pay for them in hard cash. Now jn j tho present case the difiiculty is that there is j nO eash at all." "Then I suppose you don't npproye of ncr i scheme?" answered Egerton, with some irri- J tation. "Very well One ?tn only suggest, j I withdraw the proposition. Still, I repeat, ? Go?dniore, it is not every day of the week ; you can find a gentlemanly musical under- { taking that eau Le carried out \rith clean . hands." So he took his leave. But his visit ha/1 ! some result, after ali: for that afternoon ! Archibald Goldinore called upon young I Brent, and asked for a little private conver- j sation with him. Goldm< ?re was very kind, i inquirid what his young friend was going to j do, nodded his head approvingly over the t details of the Australian scheme, owl marked j the young fellow out as a man that would rise. '.Let me say one thing to you. Mr. Brent," he said, as he rose to go. -'I am in most re? spects a self-made man. I know the dillicul ties> which even industrious and clever young fellows have to face wh<> start without capi? tal. Now, from what my wife tolls me. you have gained the affections of my sister-in-law ; j and 1 may add that from what I have seen of j *? you I am not surprised at it. As a member* j of the family, I take an interest in all that concerns them. Now. Brent, if a few hun- : dre= Ls will help to-start you lean lend you ' the sum, and 1 shall ivqnire no security but ! war word. You shall pay me"-this he j added pleasantly-"when you are half as ri'.:h | as ' am." Brent colored very red with gratitude and ' pleasure: but for ail that, his reply was not I what the great man expevted. **1 don't know how to thank you?**he said; "it is so kind an offer. But I have already I saved enough to start me. 1 h;id a liberal al- j lowance, and heyer spent it all." "A few hundreds extra will better your ; chance," remarked tho other. "Thank 3'ou a thousand times," the young j fellow replied; **but if I can acc<JmplTsb what j I wish out of my own resources, I iiad rather I do it If I ever marry Miss Temple, I should like to feel that it was my own doing from ? first to last " Goldniore looked at him with admiration. Mr. Brent" he said ? .'Omyrenwmber tmsrlf your capital sbo run shorty write to ineT and you will- find so bad banker when the account has to overdrawn." "Thank you again/ the- young fellow swered. "And that offer Idoacsept "i understand iner don't you? If I can mani without any man's help I should be glad; i rather than fail, I should most gratefv avail myself of yours. I hope j'Ou-don't th me proud to the point of sflliness." "Confound itv* cried Goldmore, "I wish 3 were my son!" And the great man marched away do the street as like the Tower of Babel as ev only in a silk hat and other human fittin But Goldmore is on the right s?de of thin for all his pomp and seeming hardness Little MIN. Barbara Temple showed a tun; lar mixture of astuteness and good feeling her management of the affair from this ti until PcrcivaTs departure. She took care impress on tho lover the fact that all engaj ment, understanding, hope, and whstev else could bind himself and Sophia toge th was utterly at an end. She repeated sevei times that her duty as Sophia's mother w to see that her future was not embarrass by foolish obligations hastily taken up, a perhaps retained from a sense of honor wh inclination would cast them off. She tc Brent that in all human probability Sop! would marry some one else in twelve monti Thus she put herself in the position of bei able, with perfect honesty, to assure Soph at any future day that Percival Brent neith did nor could expect her to wait for hi And having thus made her position goo with rare moderation, or rather far-sighte ness, she did not prevent the young coup meeting occasionally during the few wee that intervened between the breaking of tl engagement and Brent's departure for At tralia. Mrs. Barbarba Temple went yet further the way of good-natured concession. On ti day when Brent came to take his final lea she continued to be out of the way, sendii an apology by Sophia for her absence, was a courageous act, but worldly wise, presume, like all she did. I believe to tl day of ber mother s death Sophia never f 0 got this particular concession. It showt such trust in her daughter, such kind desi] not to deprive her of any secret eomfo which the parting might give. In fa'-t, was an act of womanly generosity and cou age of whieh tow mothers would have IM* capable. Bot have I not said already thi our littie mother was as truly queen < women as Agamemnon was king of men? Sophia tried to be-cheerful that dull Ma afternoon; for she saw that her poor fellovi heart was breaking. Indeed, he could bardi speak one word. She had to tell him of magnificent present which she had made t hun in secret, and which was now waiting f< him in London. This was a set of foreig traveling boxes, furnished with everythin the good little creature could think of as b ing possibly of use to her dear when he w* far away. I wish I could give a catalogu of the articles in leatfcer, glass, steel, silvei how she had slipped into one part a Bible on prayer book; tie little medicine chest, with book, under the guidance of which you ooul heal yourself of any disease; down to needle and thread-"stout thread for buttons -her account of it read like a shopman's cati logue. She grew so interested in her clevei ness and forethought that she half forgot th imj*ending parting. Bless the heart c woman, hov/ it lives in the present, and wi! not realize tho future, be it ever so near Then; blushing, she told him of one partieu lar littie pocket in < ?ne particular little loathe, ease, wliieh he was never to open unless h happened to want money very badly. II might have lost eveiything, and not be abl to get- back to England. In that case let hin open that ]>ocket. He might be very ill, am have nothing to pay the do:-tor. In that eas le: '.lim open th? rocket. Ju any capital an* inextricable difficulty let him o'x>n tha pocket. Poor Sophia! the savings of thrift years, and the better part of her allowanci for I don't know how many mere (mortgagee to Car and Sibyl) had gone into those boxe and that pocket. AU ti) is time, while she chatted on, tryim desperately to be cheerful, he had said litth or nothing. At last he took out his watch and looked at it. gathering strength. * '1 must go now," he said. Then in an instant, like a frail hut swop* away bv a sudden hurricane, all her L'ttw cheerfulness was gone. Her steadiness, hex heroism was worth nothing at alL ?She cast herself on his breast-he was to sustain het now-crying, caressing him, clinging to Mia, as if she could not let lum go. "Percy." was all s,he ?lid-"darling Percy!" And be said nothing. One thing his manli? ness enabled him to do: he kept silence. But not a word could ho utter. "It is tue sea between ns." she said, sobbing. "Such a distance of sea! such a length of timei" He only clasped her to his breast uBut I shall not forgot you; you won't for? get mo: promise it!" No sound-came from hi* lips; bat somehow she understood by bis clasp that, wifh an un? uttered vow, he was binding himself to ber forever. "Promise me agata,r she mtrrmured. Still he did not make any audible reply. "Promise rae once more," she whispered: and still without any speech, she woe satisfied that be replied. There followed a moment of s?Wace, she offering up a prayer for his safetv; and in yvhat shrine so fit could she offer it as there on his manly breast? Then she felt his arms ga thering round her hi an embrace stronger, it seemed, than death. It was as if a giant clas?)cd her; she was like a willow wand, and his were anus of steel. Could such an em? brace ever te unloosed? Yes; in a moment she was standimr. alone on the floor, he wa? passing out of the rooni. she cast herself help? lessly on the sofa-arni they were ported now. A?1 fifi? Ame lie had never sr^env'-But tho mien co of his farewell was more to her . than any language could have been. ' He could not Kp?ak for grief. The intensity of bis vow wa* b? wont I al 1 lamrnage. Sophia often looked haek with a sort of sorrowful pride to that siient farewell, CHAPTER VI. A SI.KFrrjiC, WOMAN* KISSTNi** A PrCTTrtK. And now, the field being clear f >r her op?rations, our little Agamemnon in petti? coats prepared for ber part of thc affair. She was fuily determined to root out of her 'laughter's mind the memory of Percival Brent and to marry Sophia brilliantly l?e forc many months wei-e out No sooner had the young lover departed than she perceived how mtich she had furthered her own ends by her indulgence to her daughter these last few days, especially at the parting hour. Sophia was quite tender with her wh?n they :n??t. kissed her. fondled her, and was all the evening so-affectionate amid h?-r hardly-re? pressed grief, that the J file plotting woman begun to discover a soft place in her own stony h?-nrt. She was gentle with Sophia, and took no direct notice of the poor girl's tear*, which would como once or twice j during the evening, only, as she passed, ! stroked her la-ad softly; intending to signify j that she sympathized with her, whi^h she j really did. To-morrow she would turn over her new Kaf. "Sophy."* she sadd at breakfast "it is ten yeais this month since we were in Paris. I have a fancy to go over tinte liefore the weat her gets too hot. "Would you like it F "Anywhere with you. dear."* Sophy replied, cheerfully. Sh?* was determined not to mope, and td. l*ghi early. "That's pleasant,'" tho mother answered, with a.Warning look. "We?hall start this day week." Dresses hid to he ordered, hotels had to bo chosen, a hundred prcparations had to be Miade, and Mi's. Temple saw with exultation j Slat Sophia entered into all the plans with j great spirit The mother read in this a sign ! that already Percival was fading out of mind, j -J was sure he would," the little woman said lo herself. "Of course he must as time goes or..,; "They stave 1 a month in Paris, and the whole of-the time she managed to keep So- 1 piiia entertained in the most diverting way. ' They had friends there, and the days were ? nasscd in a set of choice little pleasures; and i whatever that inexhaustible purse of Mrs. j Temple's could do to burnish the hours was ; done willi her own taste and tact. m "I shad show Sophia what the world is!" j the worlds worshiper said to herself: "and : the Australian boy will soon vanish from her 1 mind, and love in a cottage with him. Cot tage, indeed : not if you can get a house; and j nota house if you can get a mansion! O, : it is wonderful how slow Sophia is to see the value of life ! But she is beginning, and with ber good sense she wiii soon be able to teach instead of heilig taught" And BOW, to Mrs. Temple's- unspeakable gratification, there appeared on tibe scene a* man who was plainly thinking' of making Sophia an offer. Had the little woman been .choosing a suitor she could not-so she said afterward-have made a more promising selec? tion.. I must not say much about him. He was teu years Sophia's semor, sedate but not glooiay in his manner, his fortune was ample, his birth high, and his appearance was con? sidered prepossessing. He had long been resi? dent ia the neighborhood of KettlewelL but in Paris they were first introduced. He met tho mother and daughter at dinner. Mrs. Barbara Templei hearing of him before, had already wished inly that he might be struck with Sophia. She marked him as he walked into the room, and at sight of him her wishes redoubled. During dinner she watched bim narrowly. For a time lie did not seem to have even noticed Sophia, but at last he looked at her. The little mother saw his ga? arrested in pleasurable surprise, and for the rest of the evening ho managed to look at tho young girl as often as possible. The next day the stranger, whose name was Prendergast, made some excuse for call? ing upon them, and you may be sure he was graciously received. His conversation pleased Sophia, that was plain; and Mrs. Temple, watching him, saw in his manner that which delighted her beyond expression. Next day a fresh invitation came from the friend at whoso house they had first met-Just a hasty party, the note said. "Aha,*' little Mrs. Temple said to herself, "a hasty party! Got up at the instigation of Pi-endergust. I dare swear. Sherwood and he are such f rienits. If Prendergast does not take Sophia down to dinuer, I am much mis? taken." He did. And he proved a genial com? panion, with plenty of talk of the quieter sort. He could interest cultivated women, being artistic and literary, without being a pedant or a bore-that, at least,. was his friends' opinion of hun. "Don't you think Mr. Prendergast very entertaining?'' the mother asked as they drove -home. "Very,** Sophia replied, emphatically. The little woman nearly skipped off her seat for triumph. During these early days Mrs.. Temple could never quite make out whvther or not Sophia perceived that this promising 7?r. Prendergast was in love with her. In love lie clearly was, but his manner was so unobtnisive, and his general conversation so lively, that even Sophia might not have detected what was plain f the watching eyes of her mother. It was a nice point for Mrs. Temple to settle. Sophi*? evidently enjoyed their new friend's society, and as she was no coquette-not a?' much as she ought to bf, her mother used to say-she must either have forgotten one lover or not recognized the other. WMch was the fact Mrs. Temple longed to know. Some? times she thought Sophia was In reality pro occupied, and oidy assumed a vivacity to cover her want of interest At other times, and more frequently, Mrs. Temple felt con? vinced that she was truly pleased with Pren? dergast, and would, after a decent interval, confess her satisfaction. At last an evening came when Prendergast, calling in upon the Temples, found the mother and daughter at home, and, after a ittie conversation. #mnsic happened to be ! mentioned, at which Mrs. Barbara made thu most casual remark about Sophia having sung a particular song the night before. Prendergast asked if lw might hear it, and Sophia, consenting, with a listless air sat down to the piano and sang. Prendergast praised the song, asked for another aud an? other, and Sophia complied in the saine list- j less Tray. She saug well, but her eyes had a j kind of far-off look, very suggestive of j Australia. Tho little- mother, however, ' could not see Sophia's face; Prendergast^ t?he i saw, and it toid her tt great deal. At last I Sophia began, "Oft in the Stilly Night," and j now (110 doubt because tho theme touched j her) she sang with great expression and ten? derness, and her admirer stood over her, radiant with love and admiration. . 4,0, that I could see her!" murmured Mrs. Barbara. She scanned Sophia eagerly when the song was finished, but her expression said neither "yes" nor "no." Shortly after, Prendergast bid them good night, and re? strained, es his manner usually was, he now, either through accident or with design, let Sophia know the ?tate of his heart Mrs. Barbara Temple saw a flush come out on her daughter's pale face as she withdrew her | hand from his. "Now we sholl soe,"* thought the little woman. "Very prettily lie managed it, too I observed nothing." She resolved not to ask Sophia any ques? tion until next morning; birt, after she had retired a little while, curiosity got the lxtfter of her, and in her dainty dressing gown she. crossed over to her daughter's room, and tapping gently at the door stepped in. ' She saw-not what she expected. Sophia was not at her glass, nor chatting to her maid, nor gone to sleep. The poor girl was at her prayers, and had not h?eard her mothar enter. The little woman stood a moment irresolute, then vanished from the room with a kind of hop; she scarcely liked the prospect of confronting the serious face which she knew would rise to greet her from between those up] if ted hands. . "I shall go to bed," ?ho said, when she re? gained her own. room, "and I shall talk to Sophia in the morning." 1 She sat down, however^ and fell into a muse, and a look of unwonted gravity ruled her face and features for a tune. Probably she was recalling past scenes: for two or three times she shook her head with a kind of re? flective sadness, until she was rouseo by the second chime which had sounded since she last sat down. "I wonder if Sophy is up nowf she mur? mured. She can't bc at that so long." And changing her mind she again stopped over, and. finding the door ajar as she left it, she entered the room once more. The lamp was still burning, but Sophia was in beni; and, her silence indicated, sleeping. The mother walked softly across and looked at her danghter. ' She was fast asleep. Tue night was warm, and she had thrown back the quilt a little, and her arm, her brown hair, and a glimpse of h??r white and innocent breast, together with the repose of h<r expression, made up a picture Milich manyan artist would have given a year's income to paint. She looked the very image of purity and peace, and even little Mrs. Barbara, who was shot-proof against most forras of emotion, felt moisture stealing into her eyes a* she gazed. She lxMit a little down, and then she saw that tho face, now so culm, had t>eeu traversed by recent tears. Yes, Sophia had boen crying since she lay down, and she had fallen asleep with wetted cheeks. Something hi her hand caught the mother's eye. and she lopked-closcr still. Her hand was ljeside her face, and the little article she held was placed so that lier sleeping lips just touched it. With great caution and stilluess, Mrs. Barbara Temple lowered her cys. and, stooping and stretching, she managed to see wfiat her daughter was holding, lt was a miniature of Percival Brent. KOOK FOUR. LADY BEA rr y s CHOICE CHAPTER I. "TJIK SPIDKU AXD TI?K FI.V." [In one of thc passages of his narrative, my oldfriend, when speaking of "Prendergast," uttered thc pronoun "I." As this escaped his lips, he trifft to cnteh bark hi* word, nnd red? dened a lKtlo. Tho secret was out, of course; but seeing his confusion, T affected not to hnve noticed anything. This arti flee, how? ever, ?lid not deceive him, and he immediately told me that he was himself the Prendergast of the story, and ah old lover of Sophia Temple. I have thought ii well to inform my reader of this fact; but, for convenience of narration, 1 rdiall continue to d?*scribe "Pren? dergast" as he orij^nallyappeared hi the tale. To introduce him afresh, speaking in the first person singular, would, I find, embarrass both writer and reader.] Greatly was Mrs. Barbara Temple disap? pointed when the day ?Huie for J caving Paris, and still Prendergast had made no further sign. What could it mean.- He was the last man Lu the world to play the coquette mas? culine; and it was plain that he had assumed thc flirtation posture toward Sophia hi his sober sort of way. Why advance sr? far, and then stand still ? Mrs. Barbara Temple pon- j dered. Then cries she to hers. If: "I have hit j it!" Her explanation was this: Sophia had j quietly signified to Prendergast, by one of i those toke?is with which love's intercourse abounds, that she leved him not And he, retiring, and even diffident, had taken the hint submissively. .'Very provoking of Sophy 1" the little woman said. "Very provoking,, indeed! If it would do any good: I should lose my temper with her. Eat it would net do good-not yet Prendergast was just the man for her. I ant angry: but I will keep my temper." And ehe had hor reward, To her great joyv no sooner had they returned to Kettlewell than Prendergast appeared on the scene again, and his attitude toward Sophia had not shifted by a hair's breadth. Evidently, then. Sophia had not repulsed him after ail. "How fortunate I did not get into a pas? sion 1" the ruler of her spirit, remarked to herself. 'It is a good maxim: -Never bo really angry; dont even seem to be angry* often. I should have had Sophy crying, and set lier against Prendergast for life, and ali caa account of my own hasty judgment" Prenderg;st*s coming to Kcttlewell was ip a marked way. He djd not stay xvith anV body, but put up at the hotel; and, when he called on the Temples, he said that he had nm over few a few days, in the hope of in? creasing tho pleasant acquaintance with themselves. Mi-s. Barbara Temple beamed on him ono of her brightest looks. "You speak of your pleasure in renewing the acquaintance,*" she sail. "You say nothing about ours. I can never forget all your attention to us in Paris. And what a pleasant time that was!" "Part of my visit to Paris," he remarked significantly, "I enjoyed mure than anything in my life." MU. PKENTlEKf?AST. He spoke quietly: and Mrs. Temple, glanc? ing at her daughter, saw her IJOIHI over her little morsel of lacework with a crimson cheek. .'She knows now, at all events," the mother said triumphantly. And when Prendergast took bis leave, Mrs. Temple resolved fairly to open her mind to SopbiA.' "I have never. Sophy." she began, "never in my lifo seen a man who more takes my fancy." The door was hardly shut upon him. "At first I thought him rather dull and, well-sanctified." Herc our little vivacious sinner made the smallest and genteelest face of scorn. "But that soon wears off: and I declare that, in spite of my first impression, I find him the most truly lively, entertaining, accomplished mau I have ever mot. What do you think, Sophy?" "He is very agreeable," Sophia said se? riously. "Polite without affectation, witty without coarseness, serious without cant," -Mrs. Tem? ple went on, in true Eighteenth century high style. "He is a specimen of 'moderation in all things; and moderation, Sophia, next to repxse of manner, is the great mark of a gen? tleman. A gentleman should bea little of everything, and not too much of anything. Have you ever met so accomplished a man?? "Yes," Sophia replied, dexterously off-cting not to hear the last part of ber mother's speech, "he is all yon say. I like him greatly." .'I am going to ask him to dinner," Mrs. Temple said "What, mamma!"exclaimed Sophia. ''Com? pany so soon ! Wait a little. " "?ot company, child." the mother answered "AU alone. He will like it better than a po rrj*." "And spoil one of our little snug evenings," Sophia murmurai. "Don't, mamma" "Now what is there in our evenings you so enjoy. Sophia?" "Oh." that dear hypocrite answered, ;'I en? joy the quiet-and-and our music-and and your talk, mamma, and all your funny, lively stories. You arejfho best company in thc world!" She put her hands caressingly round her mother's neck, and the nmother, who always showed horself pleased with every mark of affection from her daughters, drew one round white arm along her lips, giving it a succes? sion of tiny kisses. . "Poor Prendergast will find it terribly dull ot the hotel, S?phy. "Really, it would be quite barbarous to leave him there alone.*" * '.Well, if you must have him, mamma, have .some people to meet him." "I dont tlarok he would care for that9 "If be wants society, it is just what be would caro for mamma. " "Buthe does not want society," the mother replied; "only a little friendly chat and music. Yes," she added, resolved to carry ber point at once, "I shall sit down and write a note to him this moment" Tho note was sent that evening, but no an? swer came. Mrs. Temple began to think she must be altogether out in her surmises. But at twelve o'clock next morning, **fhen Sophia was walking in the town, the name of Mr. Prendergast was announced, and hie stepped into the room with an apology for the early call on his lips, and yet with an air which plainly said: "My business is my excuse." Mrs. Barbara Temple assured her visitor that j his call was not inopportune. J "In fact," she said, with one of her engag? ing laughs, "I am famished for a little scan? dal. Scandal, if you phase!'1 "My call," Prendergast ? remarked quietly, "ie not of that character. The fact is," he continued, opening his business at on<v, "I have been greatly struck by your daughter. I wish to use no flattering language, but I assure you that never, never have I se n any young lady who seemed to posses half her attractions. She is a lovely giri P He stopped, and a slight moisture in his e3*es signified that h-_> was speaking from his heart. Mrs. Temple made a graceful inclina? tion of her head. "It is always agreeable to a motlier to hear her daughter praised." she said. "You have not overrated Sophia, as I. who have watched her from her cradle, can tell yoy." "I came to soe you this morning partly on your account," Prendergast continue*!. UI know the responsibilities and anxieties of a mother, left in sole charge of so attractive a girl I do not wish to add to them, and the least intimation of disapproval of my suit on your part will l?e sufficient to make mo abandon it at one?1, and finally." P. ssibly this grave gentleman, havingeyes in lils head, may have known that the little mother was dying to call him son-in-law; and this noble speech may have had a trace of humbug in it. But Mrs. Barbo rn rever? enced this sort of humbug, it was more spiry than reality. She would not have liked Prendergast for really meaning all this civil consideration: but for pretending to mean it, and for uttering the pretense with an air so perfectly pharisaic, she could have .kissed him there and lh>-n So. lliarisee feminine against Pharisee masculin", she looked nt him with a ^nal\ and pensive sigh. "How few mon show such consideration." '*! came also." said he, "on hiv own ac? count. If Miss Temple ls engaged, or if she is not likely to look with favor upon me, I lind rather know it At least yon might per? haps give mo your-vow-tnlrTc* n Mrs. Tefnp'o liked him bet t?rr'than ever. .Sly fellow." she said to herself, "if hfl if/mees as neatly ns he plays demure he must mike a g?w| ligure at a balL" Aloud sile remarked: "Tn tinsse mattel's ? always like to speak wiili the greatest possihie frankness. We are not driving a bargain across a counter. Y< i r offer is to me, so far as I know yon at present," rh?; defenseless woman inserted this attorney clause with tho sweetest smile, "most gratifying. I believe you wtnild try to make Sophia hap] >y, a nd would succeed." ? It was Prende pg; si's turn to incline his | head now, and he did it. uAa to Sophia," continued the mother, joining the tips of her fingers in a pondcrin sort- ofi way, "that is a much more intricate natter.*1 "She fe mdt engaged, is she'i" the suitor cried hastily.. '.She is n;?t. She is perfectly unfettered. But these has been a sort of attachment; her affectiaras have been-" "I understand,'* Prendergast said with a grave face. "Yon wish to break it gently to me. I can assure you I should never try in the remotest way to take* from another man affections I should so treasure if they were my own." He was speaking his real mind now, and Mrs. Templo looked at him, hovering between admiration aal amusement. She had lived in a world of honor, but not qaite honor of this sort: however, she always made her bow to virtue when, it was well dressed and ex? pressed itself genteelly. "A most high-minded feeling,*' she said. .Must as I should feel myself. But in the presont case such scruples would be out of place. This is only a boy and a girl affair; there is no money, no prospect, no hope. J have said myself-kindly, but firmly-that a marriage, or even an ?ngagefbent, is out of the question.*' "And you do not think Miss Temple's heart Irrevocably given away?" It was a lesson in posture and grimace to see the little worldling's pantomimic answer. She disjoined the finger tips, and ber white hands with upward palm, her gently raised eyebrows, her shoulders quivering with a scarcely perceptible shrug, her quick sig? nificant smile, were each members of an un? broken sentence. The meaning was,. '"Tho female heart-our heart-is seldom given ir? revocably. Try for Yourself." It was per? fectly Parisian. uIn that case," Prendergast said, reading her like print and with rising spirits, *?I am full of hope." "You may be," she answered: "but still my ?laughter is not an ordinary girL There must be great care. Every step must he taken with thought, and with an end in view. In a word, Mr. Prendergast, I think voa bad better be guided by me from first to last." "I shall most thankfully." he said: and then he composed himself to listen to his moni resa. rT0 BE CONTINUE!).] Capt. Tillman's Letter. Tu the Editor of the Neics and Courier : Pressare of farm work since the ad? journment of the *'Farmers' Conven? tion" has left me no time to reply to the fusilade of criticism called io-th by ils action. And, first, let me correct some mis? takes and misapprehensions of your Keporter. The effort to belittle the Convention and elevate me on the ped? estal of the demagogue by saying, "It was Capt. Tillman's Convention all the way through," Ac , will not hort our cause in the least, because it is not true, lt was a representative body of earnest, intelligent men taking counsel for the good of the State, and what lit? tle control I exercised over its actions arose from the fearless manner in which I had attacked existing abuses and the unanswerable arguments adduced to sustain my position. The committee on resolutions, wi*o had full control of all business brought before thc "body, consisted of one from each county, ap? pointed by each county delegation. I had nothing to do with their selection, and T don't oren know half a dozen of the thirty picked men composing that committee. What mee need be said to show that these men went to Columbia with their minds already made up, and had no desire to bear lengthy discus? sion on thc questions I have been agita? ting and others besides. I went into the Convention on Friday anticipating a long and bot debate. I was prepared with facts and arguments to sustain each and every one of my resolutions. The speech made at the opening of the Convention had requir? ed little labor and thought, while to show the justice, the wisdom, the neces sity of the reforms I advocate has been my sole study for months. The Con? vention needed no arguments other than I have already used in the News and Courier to convince it, and I am glad that I was spared the labor of making any. The ?etcs and Courier will if it continues its present bombardment, give me an opportunity to ose much of this ammunition, so I may say it is well to bc prepared even if it was not neces? sary to shoot. But I desire to make a prediction right here, and that is that the farmers of the State will ratify most if not all the acts of the Convention, and time will show whether it was a Farmers' Convention or "Capt. Till? man's Convention 11 I can tell where the shoe pinches. It was a "Farmers' Convention/* and was a thoroughly representative body, and every one knows it, but it nearly kills some peo? ple because it agreed with "Farmer Tillman." The insinuation that the Convention was drunk on Friday evening, as shown by the use of the words "staggered in/* was unworthy the brilliant young gentleman whose full and otherwise accurate record of its proceedings is worthy of all admiration. I hope for his own sake that it was a typographical error, and that ho wrote or-meant "straggled in,'7 for it cannot be shown that there was any drunkenness. N G. G.'* was very mad about the Citaccl being abolished, OD paper, but thia was an ungenerous way to get revenge, and thc accusation only recoils on thc accu? ser, if he so intended it. Une more mistake in thc report of the proceedings and I will pass on to the editorials. I had nothing todo with the appointment of the committee of seven to memorialize Congress I did assist Mr. Tindal in making up the executive com? mittee at Iiis request, as it was to be sup? posed I was better cognizaut of what men were best suited to carry out, this be? cause it is so industriously tried to be shown that the Convention was an as? semblage of puppets iu my hands which is totally untrue. Tire first objection raised by the iYViw and Courier against what it terms' thc .'Tillman plat lorin" is th? appointment of a committee to propose bills and wait on the Legislature next November and urge the passage, so as to change these resolutions into law. The ."modern j Moses" wrote his resolutions to cover j all the points he wished to make, and j gave no thoughts to the "stone tablets of his ancient prototype." If I could j have done this with less than eleven ? resolutions, I would have done so I do not feel tba1: I am ordained to lead the farmers "out of the wilderness," but I sincerely and honestly believe the reforms embodied in these resolutions would go far towards helping to advance our agricultural interest ; so believing T should be less than a man not to bold? ly urge their adoption. This committee, representing the large and respectable body of fa-rme who recently met and authorised it present these Slatters to th* next Leg ?ature, will exercise great io&uenc even if tkafe body sharl be compos of men other than formers. We wi if we can, sead men to the Legislatur to "take it."' But it is surely penni sible to show the justice and exp?die cy of our action. One simple fact w show not only why this is necessar but that the News aud Couriez is ignoratit on many of these questions the members of the General Assen)b are likely to be. lt says : "The proposition to hare the seer tary (coramtssioner): chosen by a boa: of agriculture, which itself shall 1 elected by tb? delegates to a class cm vent'wn, to take the place and aeson the duties of a State o Seer, was a; suredly not well weighed before it wt promulgated and adopted. Such proposition, we are sure, will never fin favor ic a South Carolina Legislator? even though it wera composed catire! of farmers " "Let Dot the shoemaker go beyon his lasto" The News and Courter, tw better stick to "free trade'* and let agr culture alone. The legitimate duth of this officer wooli be the encourage ment, protection and advancement < our agricultural interests. The collet tion of the phosphate royalty should t given to the comptroller genera}, an in all humility I ask, why. may not th farmers of South Carolina be allowe to control that department of the go* em men L which they alone support which is, or ought tobe, devoted en tiri ly to advancing their interests? Thi method of choosing the secretary, c commissioner is not new or unusual A board of agriculture thus chosen and wbc elect their own secretary ba existed in Ohio since 1847. The sam system of agricultural administratio exists in Maine, in Connecticut, io Io diana, io Illinois, ia Iowa and mao; other Northern States. . If the Neies and Courier can tell u why the agricultural societies, free fror political in?uences, cannot select a bet er board than the Legislature, and wo the board thus chosen cannot selec their o wo executive officer and thus se cure a prompt and efficient one, I wooli like to have it do so. Without th ; power to dismiss an incompetent or un ! worthy officer, the -board cao accooi ! plish nothing, and if the Legislatun [cannot trost the farmers to managi I their own department we bad bette abolish it altogether. ! I will next briefly notice the Neic and Couriers book-keeping. Thej say "figures won't lie," but I have al ways thought it all depended on who se down thc figure's, and with what mo? tives. As the News and Courier en ters some "words" from my speech it its column of "promise," and thee charges up ?368,000 increased taxes ic the column of "performance'" alongside, I may well ask permission to show that its figures "lie" if I caD. And, first, let me say that the present value of th? plautoftbe Mississippi College does no! represent its co?t. The original cost ol the buildings and farm was in the-neigh borbood of $100,000. There have been additions in stock and other appliances out of each annual appropriation during the five years since it started, but a large per cent, of its present* valuation is increasing in the value of the farm by a proper system of cultivation and natur? al increase io the large herds of cattle, Rome was not built in a day, and we do not ask or expect that our agricul? tural college shall come, like Minerva from the brow of Jove, armed and equipped for batttle. All we ask is to plant it oe the right foundation and let it grow. An appropriation of ?75, 000 .with the ?25,000 from the tax on the fertilizers, which can be used the first year to build and equip it, is all we want. The board of agriculture already possesses a com p?ete chemical laboratory which would thus Dot have to be bought. Many of the books io the State library caa be j spared for the agricultural" library. Convict labor can be used in excavating the foundations of the buildings aod io making brick, &c, provided they can be spared from that blessed "Columbia ditch," and 1 guarrantee that with these helps and with the money mentioned, the college can be opened OD the 1st of January, 1888. As for the experimeo tal station, if Congress don't give the ?15,000 then the faculty will, as ! they DOW do in Mississippi aod Michi? gan, carryon experiments without it. i My information is that the Hil will pass if it is reached on the Calendar before Congress adjourns. If it is ap? propriated the money becomes available on 1st July prox.,aud if the present trus? tees of the South Carolina College spend it on the agricultural annex at Columbia, the demand next winter for a separation of the agricultural college from the South Caroiioa College would be met by the argument that the ex? perimental station had already been es? tablished at Columbia, and another link would be forged in the chain which now binds the two institutions together. This argument, which I used in the Convention, overthrew all of Col. Dun? can's specious arguments end promises on behalf of thc trustees, and the far? mers passed the resolution because they prefer a whole loaf hereafter to a crumb now. If the legislature grants our wishes in December next, then the ex- ' pcrimental station can be provided for in planning the college. I am satisfied, also, that there is go? ing to be a lively competi?ion among the counties to secure the college, and I hope to enter Edgefield in the race if I 1 can wake her up. This element in the estimated cost will amount to no small item, I imagine: If wo allow the prc : sent appropriation for the* Citadel to j ! keep it un as a school for girls ;\f we j j give the South Carolina College ?5,700 ! in place of the land scrip fund and its j tuition fees, both institutions, it would ! seem, could bc thus bountifully sustain- { cd, so that there would be really no call for any money save the ?5,700. Now, as regards the Constitutional Convention, I cannot see why it should cost exactly ?100,000. Why not say ?1,000.000 Y It would appear that tho] changes needed in cur organic law; could be secured in at least a? short a | time as I he Legislature takes lo make ? t au aniiUal addttiOU of patches to that i already over-patched volume, Hw &* vised Statutes-, which won't stay rev?nmi. and I feel saxe the savings which, tnigh be secured in oar comity government. by a return- to our old way of m anacin jj f?k?se things, say nothing of malty, oih^r leaks which might be stopped^ will amount, many time? ever in ou*. yeaj-, to- what this convention, woujd coi?t. There are many other argentarguJUieaM whyjve should have a. Constitution?" Coaveation, but I will not give them here. I will sum up as- follows :: Additional expenditures pecoiujaeud edi Real Agricultural and J\ie chanieal College $75?,OOO Additional tax on Fertili? zers 25,900 Made ap to South. Carotina. College for Land Scrip 5,7uO Cost of CoBstitatioial Con ventioa 2?.(HJ0 Total SioO.TW There are titos* who. believe a con>tw tutioa ol oar own making k worth Hits much, if for no other reasoa th*? to call it our Constitution. The pre**--** instrument under which, we Ike W M made by negroes,, traitors aad carp*** baggers. It was forced down, w*r throats at the point of the bayonet^ it has provisions, mandatory at tte*, which have not and cannot be-. oVyed. Our legislators scorn and spit upa* it when it suits, and give as excuse that they are obliged to disobey some o* it A provisions, and thus they have lost res? pect for St. If for no other reason wc need a new one and should have it. But let us see whether the ?140.? 000, which is a little less than one will, cannot be gotten without additional tax? ation. The work on the State*BOOM? should be stopped as soon as a good roof is put on and needed repairs made. We need education more than we do a grand State-House. Seventy-five thou? sand dollars can be obtained right here, and without searching for a Legislature anxious to be economical can easily ob? tain the rest and still reduce taxes. If the farmers do their duty in sending men to the next General Assembly there can be many thick-padded places found that will bear slicing. They catt Sud "places to cut" if they want t*. The Farmer's Convention has bee? blamed because they did not go into details. We were not a Legislature and we koew it. We intend to elset one, though, that will carry out oar recom? mendations if we can. I will in another article notice some other things which have been said about the Farinera* Convention and its w,ork. B. B. TILLMAN. Hamburg, May 17, 1886. What Our Editors Say. Marion Star. The Newberry Observer favors a can* vass of candidates in our State for Gov? ernor, like the one now carried on hy Bacon and Gordon in Georgia. We join bands with the Observer not for the gubernatorial chair but for alPoffices, State and County. Candidates that want office should not be men afraid of their record, but they should be good and honest men direct from the people. Carolina Spartan, Tho Blair bill seems to be as *bad off in the bands of the labor Committee a* it was in the committee on education. There is no hope for it this session. Members who will vote thousands of dollars for some river without local habi? tation or name and give millions tor pensions and spend $10,000 on the burial of a $100 Congressman, are very much afraid of "precedent" and con*? tutional restrictions when it comes io educating and elevating the mass of tba people with the nation's money. Edgefizld Advertiser. The News and Courier and Colum? bia Register speak of Gen. Butler's "el? ter to thc Free Trade Association of this State, as if the Senator had been converted to Free Trade views. Sena? tor Butler certainly recognizes thc de? sirability of an absolute free commerce with all the worl J*?ust as he would tho near approach of the millennium, but' at the sarao time be shows the absoluto impossibility of sud* a consummation. On the whole, we do not see much con? solation for free traders in Senator Bal? ler's letter. Gr?enci?e Xacs. In this connection, it may be well to say that the criticisms of Col. J..J. Dargan's speech in the North, wherein he expressed horror of slavery and thankfulness for its abolition, are twen? ty years behind the time. Col. Dargan in that matter expressed the sentiment of practically all the young men and a majority of the elder ones of his State and section. Whatever motive the northern people may have had, wo should continually and most devoutly thank God for permitting them to rid us of slavery. It was the worst politi? cal, moral and commercial evil a peo? ple ever endured, equally harmful to the white man and thc black. Spartanburg Herald, Beferring to the closing proceedings of.the General Conference of the M. K, Church South, the Richmond, (Va..) Disjxitch says : * 'Bishop McTyeire was the recipient of a curious gift. It was a gavel from the tree that grew by th? grave of Stonewall Jackson. Br. Laf? fer ty had the instrument made. lu history is worthy of record. In 1864 a gentleman in Cincinnati sent through the lines a twig of Plmhnia imperoti to Col. J. T. L Preston, of Gen. T. J. Jackson's staff, with the request that it be planted by the tomb of thc Confeder? ate warrior in the cemetery at Lexing? ton. Ya. It made rapid growth, and in years disturbed the modest mound. In 1S84 Mrs. Jackson directed its re? moval. The sexton opened the earth, and the company present found that tho roots had gone directly to t he collyu and embraced, by curious ourves and beud ings, the body of the dcad champion of the South. The gavel was 'made fro? wood nourished by the mighty dead,., and holding, 'in jj* 'fibre* the du^ oTllhr^ .OJ?ttehice* hero.'