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*HK SUMTER WATCHMAN, Established April, 1850. Consolidated Ans. 2, 1881.1 kBe Just and Fear not -Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's" THE TRUE SOUTHROK, ErfaBUehed June, 1869, SUMTER, S. C., TUESDAY, JUNE 15, 1886. New Series-Toi. T. No. 46. ~ - Tya^ s^ * -1 nw? rtfTII?MW'fW,<IIHf|W>^ J JMsriex, 3Uwu ?J?: " I k nlosbto tomo ? ?lao whoa*, tonic vu Kgfc.lfafrflfc.lggyOrtmnt.r*,. a fetter? mhovoCt to? in * ess? , ?od X bwurtfx ?a?al it to ri wain * i??fj??_i?{??La ? ?rf ti? ?an?ch , Baakbon? $w*t, _ i Diar Taol Brmrth. - TT-lim flown. HONEY moms -WITH ?ii?sar??BP , S_-?SD li P^^?Bt?f??LKT SOAPS, HAIR AND TOOTH ^^:5^M^8*S^P?KF?MEET AND FANCY jHtejS^ ?*?6?!??gg 3rRTiqSES, Ac:, Ac. ^^g^t??T^^^?C:, TARNISHES AND pj^s^?R- ?ijag?jt- i^es? Garden Seeds. ^l^'-^^c?BbfSmjui i l baggy the; blackest |^^^9?dt joav-erer saw and a handsome gloss ^^-Apitw. ' fe?nUfof!/ Sfc-Taroishing ! .Na gB?pgB y^W*1 caa con tains more than v%B?ogh> to paint a carriage. ||ffj ^"J^^^^J^jwr Om. :^::S?fiil?^^ Ca^r?^?ppr'oy?d Papon ^^S^-?a&KraoBsa TOZBB & DIAL POE WS^&?f?&W. BROWS COTTON GI2?. ^^p1^hw^(e?I?,BOSS COTTON PRESS, and ^^^^Wi?^^ofSHAFTING with.all nse ~?&M?0*fJ:WW sod'Belting to run the same, HBs^^r APSJ tq wc address WS^^ A. D. BICKER, ^^^^?^#;;.-,.;. s**? Sumter, S. C. |? Tiff TEMPERANCE WORKER, ^^g^^^Mpv^jcm^ Paper, <?p??? - :' %jK?^?JKfr^ rangement of ^^^^^^^?nt^?^^''' CTTMI i Jkmthor of ?Vanity Hardtear*;1 >*Gold*n C??? -\ ^Krti,? Et?. ? BOOK FOUR. ; LADY BEAUTY^ CHOICE. CHAPTER VHX TES OR KO. Mottler and daughter sat down, muirme?. ,jB>^^ IfcFby ?orne ?rg la her sadness. The beautiful attire WES not, indeed, vsry sunrising, fer Sophia gave . ?^P?jrtcular attent?oa to eire sa, and was, TsfcdeerWPa^^rist," that I dont sup poi? ii? had an unbec<unin^ ^ in her hw^aaiand dressed herself for rivalry or conquest, she could not have looked more loveryr Just as an accomplished writer when he is tiiinking least of form will InrowoflThis j ? mort ftnfahed piece; so Sophia, who wai a true inistr?? of the art of dress, did this1 evening, when her thoughts were far enough from the toilet, dedr/herself out in a way which most of all displayed her charms. Mrs. Barbara Temple marked her rs she sat. . ' * j ?| ? uWb*n Prend?rgt? cornea* *ba| JpenJ witted woman said to herself (having ar> gjangrd.that he was to appear accidentally after dinner), "when Prendergast comes, and .sees yon, if the sight does not unlock his lips, he is not the man I tuke him for 1" Perceiving Sophia^ melancholy air, the lit- . tte mother assumed the same herself. She was taciturn, thoughtful, sighed, and in everything reflected her daughter's sadness. Thia was supreme high art; it waa saying to , Sophia, "if you are heavy at heart, so am I; I. too, aro. facing a great anxiety." And so eilectually' did she play her part that, to? ward the end of dinner, Sophia, 'rousing her? self by an effort, tried to talk cheerfully. Hrs. Barbara felt a thrill of reasonable pride io this recognition of her power as a success? ful: dissembler. .Instead of feeling low spir? ited, she was, in trash, highly excited in- view of her approaching triumph. Sba felt that Sophia waa m bax hand*. The pensive look, tamtt voice, ana downcast eyes, all told ona story to her: the girl had BO resistance left_ She wsuM accept Prendergast tiat night. . No sooner had they got int? the drawing room than Mrs. Barbara asked Sophia toeing to bec "f -.Tm? mamma,1? Sophia ?dd, looking at her wistfully. Iw?l sing orplay or do any? thing you like.? : 'j This compliant speech meant, and well tibs mother knew it: "If you would only use me for your own pleasure, how happy we both might hep Mrs. Barbara Temple under? stood, but did not regard; sim was bent on marriage. ,. Sophia sat down and began her favorite: ?Oftin the Stilly Night r* and finely she sang: it, the melancholy ditty serving as a vehicle for her own sorrows Her voice was a power? ful- contralto, and, without s.t all exerting herself unduly, she was able so So occupy her mother's ear that Prendergast entered the room unobserved, and wa? standing beside Mrs. Barbara before she knew it The little mother gave him a sprightly nod of silent recognition not to disturb the song, and then, slowly turning her eyes from him to Sophia, . and fixing them on her, she seemed to say: *Is she not a woman worth winningr .>--An& Prendergast met her returning took with a look of his" Own, full of tender adnri znfion?jrti&ea^ and just then Sophia, 'esding11 ber song, sa1? t ?^ps?eiss?fersn[beli^^tej^^fi^iee J anej?me other emotion, sent over .her faa , tbSifcTeH?Bi? ? D?u?hr smj^iyrthat* ever Woman-' j?pret8Jid^" seemedte? spread sntil? heimeck ^waa^to^cSed wjf?h' ?^cc^ous^ueL'* tPren ^ergfctcread it as an .*>men ^thftt at Jastrfie' nadpegun to feel kindry toward h?^'?ndha ijxnid^c^cely^speak to herder thp? pteasurfy he felt : And Mrs.. Barbara Temple", who. never hi ker life made a' mistake waa readjt .te clap her hands. -"She loves bim! she loves him!" the little ; conqueror murmured to herself. "See what management does! O, what a woman I ami* i ? JUrnost before another word was. spoken, Mrs. Temple's maid came into the room, and, advancing to her mistress, sail; "Please, ma'am, is the letter ready 1* ??_ ?What-lstter, Jonesf1 ",; "The letter, ma'am, yon sa id was so very j particular, which must go by to-night's"' poet/ and which we was tobe sure not to f?rg?t to Mfctnttranggot carefully TjJrty besare rtk ?P*fSjPffi ^tf'tn'^\Ww'r Temple, with XapiiA, inj ?gagg niiwmiu fi MW hour. It %jp?T^o?te^*?rs aw* wffl, tak? quite. :that ?hzv?- to ^jj^^^^r^^. withdW^ow. r - '^- '^ *AX? she thought, "now for a pretty teenel O the merry days when we were young!* -ri j 4 When our little mother returned to the ? drawing room she saw- Prendergast standing alone in the center of the floor. His look told her nothing; but as she came toward 4dm, he said very earnestly : "Mia. Temple, your daughter is an angeli" . Victory! The little mother could have' ' skipped on the carpet for triumph; but recol ' fecting that it would not be business-like to reem too much delighted, abe restrained her ' self, and said: "I sea? She has accepted you.* "No, she has not" "Yee, yes; but that is only ag?Tsw?y; virtually she has accepted you, and you know itv "Mira. Temple, she will never marry me." "What do you mean?" The shock was great and Mrs. Temple found it hard to speak. "Simply that your daughter has explained ; to me her position and the shite of her affec ' tiona She has been so kind, so frank, so like all I thought she must be, that I am more in sore with her .than ever. But I know the truth, and will no longer struggle against it' He dropped his head on his breast and said no more, and for nearly a minute the nimble little tongue and versatile little brain of his hostess were at fault But she collected her spirits. "Prendergast," she said kt a tone that was dry and even contemptuous, "that Is not the way to win a woman like Sophia.9 "Perhaps not," be answered; "but it is the emly way I can follow. " Even she was for the moment dumb, and he became silent again, but he roused himself and spoke afresh: 'The fact is, I have been rebuked to-night Ten yeans ago I loved a woman something like, your daughter, and she died before our marriage. Over her grave 1 vowed to Hve for her memory, and that vow I kept until this year; and to-night, as Sophia was speak? ing to me, it seemed as if my own buried dear one came from her abode of happiness and baderne-* ^Prendergast," Mrs. Barbara Temple said, with pointed acrimony, "the bell is near you. Win you ring for tear It wal be admitted by everybody that, from Mrs. Temple's point of view, her situation was decidedly irritating. She was angry with Prendergast, and bitterly angry with Sophia. To a plotting, planning nature like hers noth? ing is so vexatious as a failure such as this, ghe was working for Sophia's good; she had arranged everything so as to insure success; at the last moment Sophia stupidly spoils all ! Wicked was tho look with which she regarded i her daughter, when, after Prendergast a de- | parture, Sophia shyly stole into the room and took her iieaCT^the tea tabla. Mrs. Barbara opened, fire: ?So, Sophia, Prendergast baa" "toye*P'^^ . tore,.'and breaking into ?ob?. "I coaldiSDt, m^miiM:" I could not marry him.9 ^ H ; "Sophia," tile mother said, rising fr<*n ber seat and standing before her daughter, "yon ?rea weak girl. I don't say you have done wrong, but I ray you are a weak girl Weak? ness, of all things, I hate. Sibyl would not have acted ia this way. Caroline would pot Tba have neither sense nor spirit, and it is ?mortifying to me to think that the daughter who is least like myself, and least dutiful, is the one with 'whom I must, I suppose, pass the remainder of my lifo. " This was a most unkind speech; but we J jmust remember how bitterly the little woman 'wis disappointed; and we must remember, too, that she did not 'often lose her temper. Sophia, who might perhaps, at another time have defended herself, was really broken down by the succession ot the day's excite? ment^ .and only sobbed the more. Her mother's last sarcasm had .wounded her in? deed' s^y ?u* *L dont oar? forr crying,^^ on, qnitafof getting her better self and her ?own. maxims of self-possession. "Really, if you are eo determined to have own way, have She courage, too, and;| i*t stand whimpering there. You can dis? obey me. You can fly in the. face pf eyary* body who cares for you. Then do carry it out I had rather see yon in a passion than as you are. Has anybody injured, youl Have you not done as you wish? If you had accepted Prendargastf against your win there would be an excuse for this pettishness and nonsense; bot -hera you have had your own way, and now you must cry over lt lt is all weakness-weakneff) despicable'weak nsss; and weakness Weakness-weakness,' ?be repeated the ward is successive sallies of Rmoyance, "I hat? and despise. * Weak: and strong they certainly looked She with her compact figure braced and erect, her stretch out hand, her declaiming attitude, her cle*-, resolute voice; Sophia bending like a wfllow, her face hidden, and -one low sob following another in reply to her mother's taunts as they fell on her ear. But [ .before the morning dawned lars. Barbara Temple got a lesson which led her to recall her bitter words, and to confess that the -strength was not so entirely her own, nor the "weakness so entirely her daughter's, as she imagined just now, while she was standing mistress in her own 'drawing room. BOOK Fins. I LAD) BEAU TT S SORROW. ! CHAPTER JL SOPHIA HC X WKW CHARACTER. : Three weary hours dragged by that night before tired Sophia feel asleep, and sleep had .no sooner closed her eyelids than *she was . roused. A low intense whisper, which even in the moment of wakening she-felt to be charged with terror, broke her short slumber. "Sophia! Sophia!" she hsard her mother uttering in her ear. Wide awake in an instant and alarmed by the way in which her mother spoke, she sat up in bed. Hrs. Temple was standing beside her in her night dress, and, by the dim light of the lamp which burned in her room, she saw that the-old womans face was almost lifeless from its expression of intense alarm , "Marama.* nptrnmaT" aha crietfout; "What is- the matter f . "Hush! hush!" the mother answered, mo? tioning her not to speak so loud. ."If we are heard we shall be killed" V *nBThat "M the m?tterr Sophia asked again, now almost as terrified as her mother. . "There are robbers in the housed Mrs. I Temple answered, gasping fox utterance. "Come here-softiy." She motioned Sophia to the door, and, step? ping ont on the landing, bid her listen. All was dark and still, and for a moment Sophia either heard or thought she heard her mother's heart thumping against her side. But the house;was perfectly silent "It's.nothing, mammaT Sophia..said .at. last, begmnmg torspeak in her .natural voieeV F "You made a mistake." c ;; ^ S: ?i4?\ ' . ,4;Hushr the mother cried,?a rtiw same ter-;,, --rifled Wisper aa before.- *"J^ear4^em~ io \ r the house?-?I tried? to 3?mg**l* -telVJ??anyj : ' room and I findig wontiwiskir- i^%?qi^ ? \ right yesterday; T?is isjac planned robbery^ \ The servants are* hr it ^<twe ?hall -be^ knifed,. H ; Sophia; murdered*: O, what shaH-Jrdfrf?- fv>i And: 03Ow, indeed, Sophia;steaming her--. ? ears to listen, did hear a strange sound below : stairs, and, bending over the balustrade,;sha - plainly saw one gleam of light hastily vanish : ing, as if a lantern had for an instant been ! turned in the wrong direction. Nearly dead with fe&rshe listened again, and. soon after sounds in the entrance haD, as if a heavy box were being cautiously morod, convinced, her * that her mother was not wrong. She took ? the old woman's shaking hand and led her back to ber own room. ?> -?? "We must try ray beH, mamma; we must ring that The noise will frighten them.* "Try it try it!"- the mother answered She could hardly-articulate, and the words came from between her motionless lips as if she had sajK uttered' fhen? But when Sophia"tHftd h?r owtri^therevf suit was simply that the wires' pulled lightly"! , and no -sound wes made. These; too, had been put out of order.'' & "I knew it? the oid woman gasped "The Servants are in it We snail both be^fcmr JfSlered^here, m thteToom." l * And in truth the petition was frightful enough. Their windows overlooked the : ^garden, and to open these 1 and cry for help a would have been not only vain, but would j have added danger io danger. Mrs, Temple had sunk upon the bed, and in the paralysis [ of terror seemed to be losing- consciousness; " and Sophia, although she tried to keep her '- senses, felt as if she herself would swoon ^away. "There is nothing to be done," the old woman said "We must wait tin they come -and kill us.. O, Sophia, Sophia 1 cant- you j do anything to save mer "v .' ~~ It was surprising to see how utterly pros i trated with fear the active energetic woman I had become in a few moments. And Sophia, the quiet and delicate girl, was even now growing more, collected She remembered that the former owner of the house had erected in one wing a kind of belfry, with a . bell of sonorous tongue hanging in it; for he \ was a nervous householder, dwelling in fear I of thieves. The girls knew this belfry-so ! they called it-well, and had more than once rung the bell in the daytime in sport; and now Sophia thought that if she were only there, she might easily raise such on alarm as would effectually frighten away the rob? bers. But how to reach the belfry! The only way was across the very hall where the rob? bers were now at work. Sophia could not make up her mind to go even a step down the stairs; and as to consulting ber mother in her present paralyzed state, that was altogether useless. She stood irresolute, herself almost losing her senses with fear, but neither mov? ing nor speaking until the old woman called out again: "Sophia, Sophia! cant you do anything to save mei" This appeal had a wholesome effect Nerv? ing herself by an almost superhuman effort, the brave girl replied: "I will try, mamma; but you must stay here." "Not alone, Sophia," she answered "I dare not stay alone. You shall not leave me." "I must mamma," she replied "I must leave you. You can lock your door behind me. I don't think they will come upstairs. Quick; follow me and lock the door." She stole out and her mother rose up and went after her. Just as she was going out the old woman caught her hand again. "Sophia, you must not leave me; I shall die before you come back." "Lock the door," Sophia whispered again. And her mother heard her; for, as she stole into the dark passage, the door was softly shut upon her and the key was turned It was a truly frightful position for the girl. Nearly mad as she was with fear, she yet gathered up courage-how she knew not -to steal a few steps down stairs. And now the noises in the hall were quite audible, and again she was just about to fly back and take her chance in her own room with her mother. Just at tlxfe Juncture a. little bit of courage seemed tb kindle i? her breast, and she waited a moment; and then stole three steps down stairs. Here* at the turning, she saw plainly that there was light in the ball; and somehow the-sense'that she was hr the darkness and the robbers in the light gave ' lier a sensation of retajrning security. Sha listened^ trembled, ?^d*^t?_en"^^H sh limbs( ventured^ ?ir^'s^^ flight. She couii diskette hear tbTebu) talking, and- as* one of^-them gave a brutal laugh she shuddered to think - wretches were near, -i^phia always dec that the next few-stepaehe tooktmconsci< and that she only knew .herself whea found the was peering from the dark-, of the stairs into the balL Three men were there. It was evidenl they had mistaken an old oak chest which E against the wall fora depository of valut and this- they were now trying to force ? They were quite occupied for. the mox and from her dark angle Sophia could pl observe their movements. Tt was cu that now. when fear might altogether overcome her, she began to feel a renew courage. She looked across the dark hs tile passage on thew other side which wished to reach, and she* resolved wh?i ^robbers were-jgtiU. eagaged .apon the che make: a dATtacrcJsaj^Sj^^ waited, until she sav^an.-o^^unity, while the men were trying to io.?pe the o Md, she. flew across the hall,' and was to passage ou theother side.-hiddeu from t But now, as she slowly groped her ?long the passage, a mw terror arose. ^ if the belfry door should be locked? room was never used,-and it-might wei .that the key had been taken The idea so terrified her that she scarce dare? creep to the door, lest her fear should be ' fled. But there was no returning, and next moment she felt the door, and fini the handle she turned it slowly, and td her speakable joy the door opened at her to O, what a rush of relief she felt! Hei sition might still be perilous; but the grec .danger was past. "She crept round the ? feeling her way until her hands touched bed'rope; and then, drawing a breath for effort, she pulled hard and fast, and imrr ately the iron tongue outside began to ans her back in tones that seemed to tell that was once again in communication with honest world outside, and need fear no m Stroke after stroke the bell sent its reset alarm out upon the midnight; and at e note Sophia tugged with fresh energy, the faithful bell above seemed to grow n vehement as she with gathering strength plied to it for help. CHAPTER IL A VERY SHORT CHAPTER. This passage, the only morsel of Sensal in our boudoir story, has been dismissed rapidly as was possible. Indeed, it wc never have been told at all, had it not bee link in the chain of incident on which the i tory depends.--* Of course, all Kettlewell applauded . Sophia. Her midnight descent, her fli across the han, her plucky behavior at ball rope-everything she bad done ?^ praised. Tho burglars fled at the first pi but Sophia kept on ringing until all neighbors were aroused; and then sud congregation of servants and others 1 gathered in the house and grounds ti fear was not to be thought of All of applauded her quickness of thought about belfry; the only person who spoke in anyth like a qualified tone being Egerton, who marked that he was far- from wishing to c any shu* en Sophia, but still he must say ti she would have made a great deal more nc if she bad used the Chinese gong, which ste in the hall. For sounding an alarm, Egexi said, there was nothing like a Chinese gc? Sophia, in the gentlest way, but with lam ter trembling on her hps, pointed out tl the gong stood just where the robbers w< working; upon which Egerton retorted ti he had not said anything about where stood, but only that for sounding an ala: there was nothing like a Chinese gong. Kow, how would you expect the Mt mother to haye acted? To have denied I own abject terror, and attenuated Sophi bravery? She cpd nothing of the kind. "I was dead With fear," she said, in I gay way. "Courage is not one of myV tues. " I could no more have gone down thc stairs anot pas?. those dreadful "men fban nftruld raise Trinf piano, w HWttySmger? . Den T?ake^my heart!w-~sometm3e?f ^^Ih^?ir^-e? *pb?od>, she would let fly an expression of ti Bs?tt-^I ?hought it would^efe? Beat * ag?? a??d Sophia wa? as cool as if sh.e if?f&goh ?&rrifo see a visitor^Sepl?a- ougS? tobe ^Ber5* wife;jhe ori^to^^TcHer hi ,seIL- v,Eew women- would *fia*ve actecTas si ' did that night Really. I would not have t ; feved she had it in her.* : l^One happy result for the poor girl was th h?rf teether's wrath was not so much, a peased as effaced. The whole Prenderga incident was for the time forgotten; ai when Mrs. Barbara Temple's mind revert* to the matter, she admitted to herself that : charging Sophia with weakness she made great mistake. She still deplored the issi of the affair, but she never again reproaohc her daughter, and she even made one or tn indirect apologies for her severity of speed and these we may be sure Sophia was ord too willing to accept -.- And now there began quite an era i Sophias Mfa Her, lover was absent, an I they were;not allowed to communicate* wit eaoh ether, te^thiinototjM? Tjampl .never relaxedly She "wai not lormalry _ei . gaged; indeed, nie was im?erstoodto be ope .to an offer-a fact which her mother, rti .following.ber original pemey, took care 1 publish abroad, Caroline and Sibyl noa fully agreed with Their mother that Sophi - was acting recklessly in allowing the fr esl ness of ber youth ' to pass ?way under th! blighting spell. And all this time, only b; the merest chance, seldom-perhaps never co^ld she hear anything cf Percival Brent H might be untrue; and even then, according t the words of their agreement, she could no .reproach him with incontsancy. It was i trying time for her; but during this perta her character was formed, and she. who oi her fiftieth birthday was with general con sent and delight styled "Lady Beauty" learner her secret of charming, in this period o .anxiety and waiting, when her constancy and her, patience were so severely tried. '. here relate themain incidents of this une vent . ful period, and having at the same time trie< by touches here and there to give you ai .idea of the maturity of charms toward whicl Time was bearing our dear heroine. I sh al be able in my next book to tell you how it al ended; whether Percival was true or false whether or not happiness of the kind she ex peered rewarded tile constancy of her pure glowing, and yet never impatient affection. CHAPTER HI MRS. TEMPLE ECONOMIZES. During the weeks that immetuately fot lowed Sophia observed that her mother ww very often thoughtful, and would talk to her* self, nod her head, shake it frown and make a number of those signs which denote that we areJhinking hard and reasoning with our? selves. She never dropped the smallest al? lusion to Prendergast, and Sophia, glad ol the opportunity, seized the favorable mo? ments, and showered caresses and attentions upon her mother, which the mother for her part received with every mark of satisfac? tion. Thus tho time, which, had it fulfilled Sophia's expectation*, would have been one long scone of reproaches and regrets, did as a matter of fact glide easily and pleasantly by, giving another illustration of that great common truth, that if wo only wait until our troubles actually come they will often turn out no troubles at alb Sophia, however, wondored what the moot case could be that her mother so pondered and argued with her? self. "Sophy," the little woman said one morning at breakfast, "this house is too large for us. I shall give it up, and rent a small one rather nearer the town. Our lease expires iu Sep? tember, and I don't fancy another winter in this lonely place." So this had been the matter of internal d?bate. Sophia was not at all surprised te find that her mother was giving up thf Beeches, for the burglary was a sufficient reason; but when tho old woman began to talk of reasons of economy, she concluded that, ashamed to confess to fear, she was ex? cusing her flight by alleging pecuniary mo? tive?. Sophia, however, soon found that there was more in the matter than she had imagined. - _ UI shall keep one carriage m the fnture, no., more," Mrs- ^en^ileirf^cCa^ fewjdays after% "One ca rr ia??, one horseman d one man^serj vant: Quite enough for us two*" * \ ", ??j "Mamma," Sophia cried, "the . idea of you trotting about in a little brougham with one hoo^.How to - y ?nejfcMftgfeiltMBrMi?L -s bota? H??MI Qu&jetfnafi f<a^M^p#i^li^ ? people, "with a rrqgn carnap for.every day the week-andsuch horses! It s?ixes me'tn whenever a vulgarian make? money and i tires, being of no family hiraself, he resolv to have horses with a pedigree. Ko, n Sophy, we shall not lose anything by li vii quietly. Leave that to me, dear; you nu safely ?eavo that to me." Great was the astonishment of Kettlewe' Kot that we wondered at Mrs. Temple givii up the Beeches; with ns, as with Sophia, tl burglary was a sufficient reason for that B when she chose a small box of a villi, net the entrance of the town, and put down tv of her carriages, dismissed five of her se vants, and in a general way reduced her e: pendi tures by more than one-half, we. wei surprised indeed. Had Sophia been marrie jh^.affaJrtwould have been.,.intelligible, bi .wjo, for Tt&Djfj. mQtiy^. axcept. #.aece atty, ' ever . heard of a^match-making_ iaoth< , k> wearing her mode' of Hying until jail?S daughte?rwere-- settled? There " wart; gre? deal of taft ia Kettlewell, and\a great deal < " whispering. . rHad Mrs^Ternple - be?i livit beyond her means! Had she made some, be speculation! Was this.on?y theprelud?ete. . final crash? - All these questions were ask* freely, and. most of us had some surmised make; but nobody quite agreed with an; body else except in one point-Mrs. Temp wasjiotthe woman to retrench without u gent reason; and after all, the most likel reason was that she had not th??moueyl maintain her original grandeur. One spit fol lady friend congratulated her ironicall behind her back on having married tv? daughters well, at all events, and said thc even if the mother died a bankrupt, des Sophia would always have a comfortabl home with her sisters. Car and Sibyl were as much amazed as th rest and, not daring to inquire of thei mother,' they beset Sophia with questior which she was unable to answer. Sibyl WE especially searching for reasons why, hi husband having directed her mind to th subject in his elephantine way. "It is not for us," he said, pausing as 1 stirred his coffee-for they were at brea! fast^Mit is not for us to ask questions, bi still your mother's conduct ia unaccountabL li you could find out whether she has bee speculating, or if her affairs are involved, might interfere with advantage-to yon mother." Goldmore, as he said this, cleared his throe and shifted his chin between his shirt coila in an imposing way. The chin was ver well shaved, and the shirt collar very whit and stiff, as is invariably the case wit millionaires in the morning. ?I might advise with your mother," th great man added, seeing that his wife <E not speak, "and tender her my aid" Sibyl was really alarmed at this suggestioi from her husband, who, as she well knew 'was neither a meddler nor one who forme? his opinions hastily. She hurried off t Sophia and declared "her misgivings; and al Sophia could say was that there seemed goo ' reason for fearing that something was wrong But, Sophia added, she had already trie; every possible means to find out her mother'; actual position and motives, and had entirely failed "In that case," Archibald Goldmore said when Ins wife reported this result to hm, " shall call upon your mother myself and in trod n ce the subject It is my duty to offe: her my counsel. What can she know abeu business r And he called upon little Mrs. Barbara who received him with her usual cheerful ness. Goldmore was a favorite with lier ii his way. "You know me well enough to be quit sure that I am no 'Paul Pry,' " the millionain said - He seemed to think that there wa magnanimity in his very mention of timi character in connection with himself "'1 hope I dont intrude' is not often on my lips for this simple reason-I know I dont in txvdeJ"*rt> ?^Little Airs. -Tfempse gave him a brisk nod *anjd smile, and. he proceeded,. approaching ,_his subi/3ct with ^low dignity, as if he wea, driringr-the -fend*Mayor's coach re?nd-,* ^ticustoNSbitesjho < ?> i :? z*r&im* ic i r:^^h&m^b?eL^?it?Q spxprisad-Sibyl and myself-at ?he : great cha?ge^jiin* have .made in your?wusehold; aad* knowing, as we 'do, your sound- common -sense, *o mm sun there is a good reason- for it - It is A great change," he added, looking round the small drawing room, "although you have displayed your usual good taste here from-*from-floor to ceiling." "Yes?MTS. Temple replied unconcernedly, "it is a'nice- little house." ' "This aaa been a bad time for inveattnmts," Goldmore remarked, resolved to keep near his real business, "and expenses are very heavy. I have sometimes thought how little I imagined, when I first married, how costly my establishment would be." The old rogue lived to the full a third within his income. "I am sometimes frightened at expenditure, Mrs. Temple." "Are your she remarked "Now, I never Jim!" i?j5? am glad to hear -u\ "-hewans w er od. lb ten vsS^?SSrutlitSl waa trfraidathat i yeo . might have found your own expenses a little In exc???s'Tj?^ponr^?iileu?flt?eiis^ audio be1 tja!te pla tn ?^tiMpUoLeaiae thia^orn?n&to^jHiow Jf there hi any wamess yo^ifwouBF l!Ie to4 talk over with me. I - know, ". Goldmore said, with tile modesty of a monarch, "something about affairs. Now can I be-of any use to you? Can my knowledge of-the money market"-this being a joke he laughed a lit? tle-"be of any use to your "Not any,.Archibald," she said "I always manage my own business." "There is no difficulty I can clear up?" "All my business is straightforward and intelligible." "Then," said the baffled inquirer, "it only remains for me to say that I hope you do not consider my visit and my offer at all impertinent?" "Quite the crmtrary, Archibald," she ?Tied vivaciously. "Kind, most kind. No one in the world I would sooner have consulted if I had wanted advice. But I dont want advice, Archibald" So Archibald Goldmore went home as wise as he came; and when his wife met him in the avenue and asked him if he knew everything, it was with some slight vexation he replied that hs knew nothing. "But I have my fears," he said, "and very grave fears. However," he added, seeing his wife's face fall, "dont be alarmed If any? thing happens we shall see what can be done. " He spoke like a financial pillar ; there could be no dreadful crash in the family so long as he stood unshaken. Egerton and Caroline talked the matter over, too, and Egerton said at once that his mother-in-law was going out of her mind, and deeming it his duty to prepare Sophia fqr the worst "I have noticed this comisgonfor months," ho said to her, while she ceuld scarcely "oak him in tho face for laughter. "There lia va been many symptoms which I havo l^een watching. I would not be frightened, Sophia -being frightened never does any good-but still, if I were you, I should deep with a strait waistcoat under my pillow, and then, if anything sudden happened, you could clap it on. Forewarned is forearmed, Sophia." Thus both within the family circle and outside it tho affairs of Mrs. Templo were dis? cussed, with -great assiduity; but relatives, friends and acquaintances were alike left in the dark. The ordinary set of people talked tte mat ter over, wondered, surmised, and then for? got all about it. But tho family could not so lightly dismiss a doubt which os-ncerned their Own interests; and in tho family the whis? pered* belief was that tho little mother, for all her shrewdness, had run into extrava? gance, and that poverty was now forcing her to retrench. Then came questions: What is her position now? From what source comes her income? What w?l Sophia have when she dies? And these misgivings were the more anxious, because it was already known that a portion of her property, at least, would at her death go to her first husband's heir. CHAPTER IV. jOEvr AifTHOirr BRENT CEASSS TO BE RECTOR. ** "With sn her seriousness Sophia had -?ever been wnatv^caUaireccl?^ Th? modern fashion of church decoration and j ether customs of reverence and taste in re* Bgion,^i^n?^tt^fime fairly "arisen: buff ladies weiro even thea'very active'ila" chufcln fe - % i^^^^^fe^????^ 4 "work. From this Sophia had' always aloof y greatry&'foe surprise of ?ncc? clergymen,-who.had Tnar^djyr* ay like be^eful.in their .r^rishe&.jTo repute* *v^MRdkn7ts'*that she would ' become a/dif .^visitor or Sunday school teacher Sofi?fa always-answered no; abd she had never ? any reason for this refusal o VVnether she liked dancing,' and feared her pleasure might be restricted, or what have V n her reason, I cannot guess. ] when our rector tried t? persuade her to him, her answer was stiU a simple nor could the merry little clergy by any semi-jocose questioning ext from her a syllable more. He tu about and tried gravity and asl remonstrance; but with no better result cordingly Mr. Brent was somewhat prised when, about six months after his i departure. Sophia asked him if she coule ; of any use lo him in the parish or the Sm ( school 5 Of course "he accepted her < gladly ' And a capital teacher and pane Ivisitor^oun?**. JfcfcHr, $*pnt??o1 .*$hat at their various litteT meetings So would ^manage"' to "linger untfl the o Jad?es were gone, then she would talina andi somehow the talk-always veered, al ??QHt settled on Percival, when Sophia w 'ask a few questions and be gone.-: Even 1 I MTV Brent who was not an observer of thi . ?sometimes felt that these two or three 1 . sentences about Percival were with So] the business of the day. At an earlier pe cf his career he would have broken mai jest upon this discovery; but jests were genes with our poor rector. The twi had fallen from Ids eye, and the blithe had sunk out of his tone. A pallor was si mg over his face, and he was fast turi gray. As one of his parishioners who n her living by laundry work said, "He Icc like a gown that had been to the wash;" colors had run; what remained was hin: and not himself And now, disregarding for a moment -small chronology, let me dismiss the rei from this tale, where, indeed, he has li more to da Poor Sophia clung to him more than n of his parishioners and she found a : pleasure in his society, because it seemed be a kind of remote contact with Per ci The bedroom where Percival had slept fi boyhood was in that house. The books bad read were on the shelves. Here he ti to sit at dinner. There was the garden w where he was. wont to saunter with his p She knew the very peg where his hat use< hang. Somehow he did not seem quite so away when she was in the precincts of own home, and the rector's dispirited t had a certain liveliness for-her, because was Percival's father. Occasionally, too, would get a glimpse at her absentlad h se*. For instance, one day!, as they w walking together to the garden gate, rector ?id: "Percy planted that rose." Next week, as they went the same w, Sophia stopped beside tiie rose tree to ph off a few withered leaves and make the ph look trim Hr. Brent stopping with fa said in bis abstracted way: - .T never told you; Percival planted t! rose." He never told her! Why, by that time i knew how many leaves were on it and coi spell its name and knew its prospect of E having become for Percival s sake a perf* horticultural actuary. Then another day the rector said Kstlea -for he never joked with her about hiss< and indeed seemed to have only a faint : membrance of that connection : "I heard from Percy this morning; wot you care to hear his letter!" Sophia, who would have lived on breada water for a week rather than miss one li her darling wrote, said, trying with miserai affectation to imitate the rector's apathel tone: "Yes, if it is not troubling you." "Perhaps," Hr. Brent said, "as you dei seem greatly to care for it, we need not rei this one, but wait for the next* He said this quite innocently, but hep Sophia in a dreadful fiiv With the instin of true generalship, however, she resolved ? recover ber losijxWf on~by arbold stroke, * ' ' "I would cot miss fearing it for the world ' she sa?c? audaciously^ % .*?, do read itf* '9 Anckthe s rector,, -hooking jip withfc jfeh -smile, like a man who remembers somethin, -took the letter outland read it through.' "\ *-* In none of thepe letters did Bsa^HCTtit H0r name, until three years, after his depar ?ur?, when one day the rector read this" lim "If yak ever teeth* girl who was one* m little Sophia, give her my love.'" He read it mechanically, as he did ever] thing now; then, holding the letter wit loose fingers, it slipped from him au skimmed down under the table, and present? he was called from the room. Sophia droppe on her. knees und caught the sheet up, an read the line again: "If you ever tee the giri who tees ones tn little Sophia give her my love." Bless me, how abe kissed that sheet ! It go all the love kisses that had been ripening oi ber Ups for six and thirty months. Had i been the age of transformation, that shee would surely have turned into a lover nude the transmuting powejoftbose kisses. Ant then Miss, SoprdV who hada fWihry tendes ''consc?tfh?te?- of? her- ows^l?oked-?*ehe?l|tSep Kand colored np at a certain suggestion of he* om mind, and wondered would it beverj swing, and would"the^rector ever fmd'tt out and was it verymean or^ber totffrit a? thc /ope thathe would never find iv eat deciding on action, she. nicely tore off the 'finest little morsel of the paper, where on thk last line these precious words were inscribed; and she slipped the shred into her watch case, where she could look at it night and morning. The little girl that was my Sophia. "That isl that shall bel until you hid her ceassd"sbj aid a thousand times, as if that morsel of paper were his living spokesman. Truly, the girl was very much in love, and absence made her heart grow fonder, which is not usual with either male or female hearts, un? less I see the world wrongly altogether. Alxrat this time Sophia-and not Sophia only, but all of us-began to notice that Mr. Brent looked paler than usual, walked with a slight drag of the right foot, and sometimes missed a word out of a sentence without being aware of it Again, be would observe the mistake, and correct it with au appear? ance of irritation. "Brain mischief going on," old Sparker whispered. And he was right; for one Sunday evening, after preach? ing, the rector suddenly became speechless in the vestry, and lost his power of motion. He never spoke asyllablo again; and even when he opened his eyes there was no reason in them. A dreadful storm of wind and rain came on that night and blew the golden cock from off the church steeple, and some of the masomy with it The tempest raged round tho rectory garden, and uprooted two great elm trees, and cast them across tho lawn in gigantic ruin. Meanwhile tho rector lay as quiet as if a summer breeze, was blowing. There was co storm that could roar loud enough to disturb hi* sleep. And in the morning, when we awoke to see what tho wind had done in our gardens and parks, we heard our kind-hearted little rector had de? parted from us forever, just while the storm was uttering its fiercest blast. We said that wo could have better spared a better man, looked grave a moment, re? marked how uncertain life is, and then talked of tho storm, and forgot the rector. But to Sophia bis death was a terrible sor? row. Somehow Percival seemed gone; she would hear no more about him, nor have the remote but still very actual comfort of talk? ing with his father and seeing his old haunts. She had horne trials already, and other trials awaited her; but this was> after all, one of the sorest she ever felt She grew lonely, sad, doubting; began to think Percy would forget her; tried valiantly to battle with her fears; cried many hours when she was alone, then wiped her eyes and went downstairs smilingly; but it was an aching heart that beat in her breast And the body of the rec? tor was laid to sleep in the churchyard, and his successor came. The king was dead, and the cry was, "Long live the king!" for we were all pleased with our new parson. He preached sermons shorter by five minutes than those of Mr. Brent. He kept two curates, good-looking bachelors. He worked the parish welL So we cpnfessecf*every one that the less of poOr^?kent' was gain to us; especMy t?tesVakfffe ifl^ars, we ss3d*s*ben trouble overcame him, and this -braj^jmH chie??-hgjd been ^ stealthily inak?m-jm. way g nearer .to his vitaL^aji. . yeryjaoon^Ene old rector's naine w&Sc^ri^Him day by^?a^? . . k ? % - V^-y 'r y?' ' .". : '. -?v.:..-:>f; and week by week we noticed that over the grave wnere W^nort?r^pW^ fresh dow-0, ?BB we.-aMttrewn? by w^rtende&aftd an?or~? ftrettuic hand. , ~: * a r tr j ,r. g? What Our Editors Say. Gambling bs Base Ball?. Cohimbvk JUeord. iAt seems, from paragraphs in the press, ibat the game of bate ball, which has become so- popular, lately, and has afforded, so m o eb harmless pleasure as well as health-giving- exer? cise to a great many peopte, ba* been taken hold of by the gamblers-peo* pie who wish %omake money without working-and-mada'aw? of to serve their purposes. Judicious to Vers of citize-^iHntglf?! mp4 to?, jfijjfet n^cbeoked^l?c.ta?iMttl?*??r^^P bring this, amusement ?ntQ-.disrepute, I Mfr bas^tiOJ^ " '? mg, f?r^He t?zso?:sW!tf the former is :sO largely<pa^onize<H?y boys and young men who can- easily be tempted to bet on the result of a closely contested game when they see others doing so and thus be led into a habit that will canse their ruin and make a wreck of tbe fond? est hepes and aspirations of their friends. - We are glad to see that the "mat* ter is attracting attention and that interested parties are inquiring for a remedy. Base ball clubs will do well to take up the mat? ter and put a stop to pool sell? ing, and, as far as possible, all spe? cies of gambling in connection with their pr?vate pastime. This can be dose much more easily now than it can after gambling has come tobe looked upon as a-necessary adjunct of base bal!. .?- S. C. Advocate.4! In rome of the towns in this State it is customary for the different denominations to bold stated union services, alternating among the various-churches in the community; In Darlington, the Presbyterians and Methodists hold united services and join communions regularly. In Sum? ter, the Presbyterian, Baptist and Methodist Congregations hold union services once-a month. The Presby-| terian a and Methodists .of Florence do likewise. Other towns and com? munities may and ought to follow the good example of those mentioned. Why may it not become the univer? sal practice throughout the State ? If Methodists, Baptists, Presbyte? rians and Lutherans cannot unite in worship occasionally while on earth, how can they hope to unite in heaven ? We believe the cause of Christ would be largely advanced by more catholic? ity and Christian fraternity among the ministers and members ot oar evangelical chui ches. As a means to this end, we rejoice in these union services and joint communions, and hope to see the practice become general. ? , . ? rr Obscene Language. 1 _ ?ia "a *m1^^orpalnrufr^re?*tei U tfibwmfcit?f T^?-wtrN^ r&klessTw-vfcfete; ?feJdatrsxa&deeea?^ cy as to indulge in obscene language at any time, and especially, in a crowd of respectable and decent' peo? ple. In one of the coaches which conveyed the excursionists to Charles? ton last Wednesday a certain party in it made, himself conspicuous for the obscene language he was using, much io the disgust and displeasure of those around him with the excep? tion probably of a few of his own stamp. The remark was made to us by a email Sunday School scholar, "X do wish those men would quit cursing and drinking so much,". The J party to~whom wVaflnae isi an officer r ?f^the 'peace-Iharg?# *0? to'speak *with tho- keeping ok ?he, | 'rilerals of the, ?qmjnjp jnity^ e-^.Q^ck^ Wp sjiek a. man. ! ; ^s soon ^Jba^p released worn, his* pfilcial^duhes ana gets into* ?^crown^bet becomes' the most obnoxious^cbaracter. We -sin? cerely trust for his sake and for the sake of decency that no lady heard him as he was in the coach in which none'of them went. We regret, how? ever, that a number of small boys were there to listen to the clatter of his vile tongue. No one with the proper regard for the feelings of those around him would be guilty of such ungen? tlemanly conduct. .Such conduct has for its parent fools and black? guards. Beggars and Corrupt Giving.. Abbeville Press and Banner. The season is at hand when candi dates nay be besieged by subscrip? tion papers seeking money for the advancement of worthy objects, or for the benefit of some citizens who may have sustained loss. According to our way of ( h inking lhere is a mis? taken notion as to what is charity. We are not called upon to restore a man's fortune, but if he is, by some unavoidable accident,dn piesent need of something to allay hunger or to protect him from the weather, then it is our duty to divide our bread with him, and to share our shelter with him, but no man has a right to expect a commmunity of citizens to take the place of an insurance com? pany and restore to him the value of that property which he. has lost by fire or other accident. The habit of presenting subscrip? tion papers to men seeking public of? fice is, in our opinion, reprehensible in the highest degree. The candi? date may understand the application to be a demand, the refusal of which .will loee him votes at the approach? ing election. If the surmise is cor? rect, it is a species of petty corrup? tion which should not be encouraged among citizens of culture and Chris? tian civilization. If a candidate seeks the vote ol any congregation by con? tributing five dollars, or any other amount, to the repair of their church building, then be eels a low estimate on tue morals and 'independence of the ^Hfs of trj'?t co4 igregattf ?d The ? gift of mon^^WW* ?ntrete fcwhjcb? ihe^CHn<l?date^basj|tno ?other H^?re?U t^jgfi?Sfeut reason to make. bim??P|f^| opa ip the eye? of the respeetaW*5^ ySbfe?*'1 We bpjpe, tiiereftre, 1?SI?|jg 5?*tfreb budding committee may-ap||S ^<to any candidate for - aid, ajtdj^^ ho?e that iio candidate may make"???-??2 self liable to the charge of. seeking' ??3l| buy bi? way into p&bi ic favor. . S*?^ acts, must bare a tendency, to J?*re->% our morals. Beside? tbis,_ the rkfe?? candidate, if the system of-jb^i^u^.-.^ church votes is to prevail," fr vt?W-M to those candidates who a*e ur&fcletQ* || buy the votes' of such church wem-?|| bera as may be -. willing to sell ia?ife|>^ birth-rigbt for a mess ofjwttage. S||?| It is a sin to eni?oara^e an evi? ?t??^r this, and while ibo **??a->g??l^^^ church members are discaaaiag ;q?*a>f^ ffonable? methods at cburcb lair?, -W-^g bb^^y may not forget the caafc^ date Whg would corrupt the '?ii^^t?' ^embers m 'baying :their ytf&*fi0g%i bouge ofcavor$hip> whi?b %mv&?eB&?&?& dicatedTfe) bo]y. pprpw&j- ^:Skg?ty^ look with suspicion on i?e act of anj? disinterested person who/may ;?^^^S them money. ' No ' candidate ;???M^^S right to bay ibo vates of any COO??T?||: gationby giving a few.dolla? to:fl^|| repair of their church.., . . . ."j^^g Berkeley- Gantt* rs l^rfgj There is little probability tbkG?feg^ Thompson will be nominated- for third term, nor is there any imiw?^M why be should be. Gov. Thorapaoa^ is a good man andabas proved hmse^j^c to be an excellent executive officefe^S During his service as Goyermx o*?i South Carolina he bas administere?v'^ the affairs of his office faithfully a??|3 proficiently. As an official bia recc^^g| is spotless. But there are acorcsof^? other men in South Carolina mh&^0. would fill tlie place with attthe>bt??p??p and integrity that Mr. Thompscoi hm?j?^g and who would no doubt takea dtpTQ light in honoring tbemselrea andtha|p|3|| old Slate as her chief ex^cutr#?0||| officer. And, while lhere ia ntf.^^^g jection to Gov. Thompson* th?rjf||| should be a change. Two \tmt&:iM^M long enough for one man to steep ?a^^ Governor's " seat; Wh??;;-w?>lip^i^^| advocate the clean sweep tbee^^p?e^p think there should be a change State House. If Gov. Th<^paoB^?tti^^ not live without a public <>fficVJo^|pj? around and find himsom?other'&Bk)Sgm Governor- He- would no doibt^^iSr^g credit to any position within tba.j^l^:^ of the State, except as a tbird-te??p^ Governor. ' " ?"'[~'Z0S?? Winmhoro UTtwt azdB*ra& ;': 'T: It would be astounding to Amt a^J?|P pie to know just exactly wb^ ttog^^ are furnished with from Western gca^:^ and meat houses and other ihinj^^ which they might raise at home; "TstoE^p Greenwood correspondent of the: A???^^ beviile Press ^and Banner tells t?*e5i|^ people of that" county what.:ha*.te^^^ bought at that market, and troni tb?3& statement we can approximate1 wbjttj:^ is sold in our county, as Greenvoodr?fgg ia not half the size of our county -ie??-.^? From the first of January to tbe.mioV dJe^Offytfay the following ^statisti^^ snow; what was sold : Fifty-seven car^3g| 16Jfife; of corn," twenty-two carloads bf ^ bac?n,-**,?rjO bushels of meal, ?2j^?&t ?bamelau of flour, ? and 445*. -bariefe .of .molasses. Is it any wonder, cow^^| ering these statistics, that -'w?:jh??feS the cry of "hard 'tfcieaT*- rTK?regi|^ not a single - item rn the Hst :w41$b';3f$ could not have been raised-** 1*efte?.".%j and easily done at that ^"33i^|qQB|r^p? our people realize bow dependen^efcj^ are upon foreign markets ?or th? *???? tuai necessaries of life* ibosooner wiil|p| our country start ou "the grand aua?h?^ of progress and stand among tboje?^^ most States in material prosperfty.. How They Lire TSkm.' ' Camden /oar** %f?SBM ^AnoVthis is about tba"way*:aoa^?| of^?nr exchanges now l?v?r?c?*alaV*^ lag?when advocating the ^fi^^^^^S reliction, of ihejr favorites to>vfSp->:~^? gres?T^lr. Scf i?d ^?Sl?p^ Iced ot?aid asidor lat^e%^^N?ns^g ti ve business or pra?tr(^?.?rieWa^>^ represent - bis const?tuente gress, and gratitude-, if uetb?a?ap?^^ should prompt them to ctKnerjto*-fc^ support and return him to th^ 'Ca^a*--^ tal.'1 We don't believe't^^ lfc^|^ a man in. Congress from So?tk4?a?b^f%s lina whose income at home ia ^ta?i^ to his pay as a Congressman^:a^L^^ we are unable lo see w?i?r^?oTle^^^^ sacrificed anything by g?ing t? (Sri^^;^ gress However, we don't likef^^^ see men make .martyrs of ^heatr^^ selves for so little pay? and wa-:S| think it would be best for all concern*; ed if those martyrs wonJd atay^a?^^ home, and let others who are ea^ia?ly ^ as competent as tbey are, take tbeir> places and perform their duties ; wi^ ^ out grumbling. ' '- WM Greenville Ifari: - " '. .. --sc* Tbev people of tltis State and;ai^<| the whole South love Wade^aja^j^ ton. They love bim for bka\.sat??^^ manhood, his devotion to bisjd?^ |>S? his country and bis State, fe*-b?ffi^^ homespun honesty - and Ifts iSpt??S^^ courage: From; every 'cf South and with peculiar force ftom*.^ South Carolina the .warmest aympar^^ thy goes straight from the"/boi?omJ5f| of the people's hearts to him in tfc?j?^ many and sore troubles : thai ha?a^t^ lately come on bim. He is aisw^|? who loves his people *nd,de^?Siy^^^ feel and sympathise witb .?em? ^? he coutd uuoirstand how mv^n?i^ how wide spread and bow d?ejp- ttw-g^ sympathy for bim ia among attelas? es and everywhere be would taka ^ comfort from it. .r :^^J^^^B ? tramp nanred Garrett was feewf ^? fast asleep in a Newp< rt ceBar a: /2wr%p' morning ago..; That proves tbit1iwa?g^ can be such a thing as a gaT^.'^m-a';,^ cellar. ~. '.>^^ A procession of seminary ini?w?^| was three hours in passing a givwtg^ point last Saturday? but the bo??eti#g in the window were uA?aua^jr^?WB^^ i nd well worthy theit^ #?^^^ ; <M A young man offthm^ciQ^^wfe ly in love with a pretty -??MBatCli|^^ being asked wbaVb?a?nesa^B^?s^?^