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CHAPTER XXIII.
I HAVE SPOKEN".
It was a week after N yleptha's visit, when
I Had begun to get about a little in the
middle of the day, that a message came to
me from Sir Henry to say that Sorais would
be brought" before them in the queen's first
antechamber -at mi<*^ay, and requested my
attendance if possible. Accordingly greatly
drawn by curiosity to see this unhappy wo?
man once more, 1 made shift, with the help
of that kind little fellow Alphonse, who is a
perfect treasure to me, and that of another
waiting man. to reach the antechamber 1
got there indeed, before anybody else, excepl
a few of tho great court officials who nae
been bidden to be present, but 1 had scarcely
seated myself before Sorais was brought ir,
by a pam- of guards, looking as beautifuJ
and defiant as ever, but with a worn ex
pression on her proud face. She was, as
usual, dressed in her royal kat emblazoned
with the emblem of the Sun. and m her righi
hand she still held the toy spear of silver A
pang of admiration and pity went througt
m*? as I looked at her and struggling to my
feet I bowed deeply at the same time ex
pressing my sorrow that I was not able
owing to my condition, to remain standing
before her.
She colored a little and then laughed bit
terly "Thou dost forget, Macumazahn,4
she said, i4I am no more a queen, save in
blood I am an outcast and a prisoner, one
whom a'! mea should scorn, and none show
deference to " .
"At least," I replied, "thou art still a lady
and therefore one to whom deference is due.
Also thou art iii an evil case, and therefore il
is doubly due."
"Ah?" she answered, with a little laugh,
"thou dost forget that 1 would have wrapped
thee in a sheet cf gold and hung thee to the
ange l's trumpet at the topmost pinnacle of the
tem pie.'
"?o," I answered. "I assure thee I forgot it
not; indeed I often thought of it when it
seemed to me that the battle of the Poss was
turning against us. but the tnimpet is there,
and I am still here, though perchance not for
long, so why talk of it nowT
"Ah!" she went on, "the battle; the battle)
Oh, would that I were once more a queen; if
wily for one little hour, and I would take such
a vengeance on those accursed jackals whe
deserted me in my need, that it should only
be spoken of in whispers, those women, those
pigeon hearted half breeds who suffered them?
selves to be overcome:" and she choked in her
wrath.
"Ay, and that little coward beside thee,'1 she
went on. pointing at Alphonse with the silver
spear, whereat h? looked very uncomforta?
ble, "he eses ped and betrayed my plans. I
tried to make a general of him, telling the
soldiers it was Bougwan, and to scourge valor
into him" (he.-e Alphonse shivered at some
unhappy recollection), "bat it was of no avail.
Ke hid beneath a banner io my tent and thu3
Dverlieard all my plans. I would that I had
slain Lim, hui, alas: I held my hand. And
thor:, 3iacumaz.ihn, I have heard cf what
Lhou didst; thou art a brave man and hast a
loyal heart. And the black One. too; ah, he
ivas a marc I fain would have seen Lim hurl
Kasta from the stairway."
'.Thou art a strange woman, Sorais." I
said "I pray thee now plead with the Qaeen
Nyieptha, that perchance she may show
mercy unto thee."
She laughed out loud. "I plead for mercy T'
?he said, and at that moment the queen en?
tered, accompanied by Sir Henry and Good,
md took her seat with an impassive face. As
[or poor Good, he looked intensely ill at ease.
"Greeting, Sorais:" said Nyieptha, after a
;hort pause. "Thou hast rent the kingdon: ?
[ike a rag, thou bast put thousands of my
people to the sword, tho-.: hast twice basely
plotted to destroy my life by murder, thou
cast sworn to slay my lord and his compan?
ions and to hurl me from the stairway. Wbat
hast thou to say why thou shouldst net die i
Speak, O Sorais !"
"Methinks my sister, tho queen, hath for?
gotten the chief count of the indictment,"
answered Sorais, in her slow musical tones.
"It runs thus. 'Thou didst strive lo win the
love of my lord Incubu.' It is for this crime
;hat my sister will slay me, not because I
levied war. It is perhaps happy for thee,
Diyleptha, that I fixed my mind upon his love
x>o late.
"Listen," she went on, raising her voico, "I
lave naught to say save that I would I had ,
?von instead of lost. Do thou with me even ,
is thou wilt, O queen, and let my lord the
aug th?re" (pointing to Sir Henry), "for now
?rill ht- bi king, carry out the sentence, as it
s meet he should, for as he is the beginning
>f the evil, let him also be tue end;" and she
irew herself up and shot one angry glance at
nm from her deep fringed ejes, and then be
;an to toy with her spear.
Sir Henry bent toward Nyieptha and whis- ?
wed something that I could not catch, and j
:hen the queen spoke. ?
"Sorais, ever have I been a good sister to ?
,hce. V?'hen our father died, and there was (
iiuc'u talk in the land as to whether thou ?
?ho?ldst sit upon the throne with me, I being j
;he elder, I gave my voice for thee and said, j i
Nay. let her sic. She is twin with me; we ]
vere bom at a birth ; wherefore should the one |
Xi preferred before the other? And so has it ?
?vcr been 'twixt thee and me, my sister. But (
low thcu knowest in what sort thou hast re- j
>aid nie. but I have prevailed, and thy. life <
s forfeit, Sorais. And yet art thou my sis- 1
;er, boru at a birth with me, and we piayed ;
iOgetiier when we were little and loved each
jther much, asid at night we sieptin the sam? ]
;ol with our arms each around the other's
:eck, and therefore evsu nov/ docs my heart ;
jo out to thee, Serais. :
"But not for that would I spare- thy life, <
'or thy c?Tcnsc hrs been too heavy; it doth ?
?rag do ..vu the wide wings of my mercy even <
o the ground. Also, T.Liie thou ?o?t ?ive the ?
and will i.. ver bc ut peace.
"Yet shalt thou not di", Sorais, because ?
ny ?cor lord here bath begged thy life of ma ?
is ri :.<-...'); therefore as a b ?on and as a mar
gift.give x li to kim, to do with even os <
:.. v, iib, knowing that, though thou dost love ]
..-.i, h? loves thee not, Sorais; for ail thy
.c-auty. Nay; though thou art lovely ns the 1
light in ali her stars, O Lady ot the Night, ;
ret is it me bis wife whom he loves, an.l iu>t j
.he."-, nial ti;< rt f ?rc dc, I give thy Ii!'- to him."
Sornis Sashed up to her eyes and said notb- i
r.g. and I do not think that I eyer saw a man
ook inore miserable than ?iii Sir Henry a:
.hat moment. Somehow Nylepthas way of
ratting the thing, though true and forcible
enough, was not altogether pleasant.
"I understood," stammered Cartis, looking j
it Good-"I understood that you were at- ]
ached-eb-attached to-to til? Queen t?o- j
.ais. I am-eh-not aware what the-in j
hort, th?i state of your feelings may be just j ]
?ow; but if they happen to be that way in- <
:ihied, it has struck mo that-in short, n .
night pdt a satisfactory end to an unpleasant ,
rosiness. The lady also has ampi? private ?
.states, where 1 am sure she would be at lib
.rty to liv? unmolested so far as we are cou
x-r.'i'-d, eh, Nyieptha; Of course I only sug 3
-est." ;
-So far as I am concerned," said Good; col?
lingu:>,""I'am. quitovviiiiug to forget thc ?
?as: : and if the Lady of thc Night thinks m 1
.yortb having 1 xviii marry her to-morrow, v. .
vhetishe likes, and try to make Lex a govi
lusbcnd." *
AU eyes.were now turned to Sorais, whe j c
food with that sumo slow smile upon her j (
leautifui face that I had noticed thc Grs! j 1
isne that I ever saw her. She paused a little j *
vhile and cleared her throat, mid then thrice j 1
.be courtesied low, once to Nyieptha, once ? 1
_'urt:s and once to Good, and bvgau to spca1, j t
h measured tones. I 1
"I thank thee, most gracious queen and j *
ister, for the loving kindness thou hast c
?bown me from my youth up, and esix-cialij i
a that thou has been pleased lo grve n j "j i
?erson and my fate J?S a gift to the Lord j (
ncubu-the king that is to bo. May pros- I 1
perrcV, peace and plenty deck the life path
one so merciful and so tender even as flowe
do. Long mayest thou reign, O great ai
glorious queen, and hold thy husband's lo'
in both thy hands, and many be tho sons ai
daughters Cf thy beauty And i thank the
my Loni Incubu-tho king that is to be
thank thee a thousand times iii that thou ha
been pleased to accept that gracious gift, ai
to pass it on to thy comrade in arms and
adventure, the Lord Bougwan. Surely tl
act is worthy of thy greatness, my Lo;
Incubu. And now, lastly 1 thank thee als
my Lord Bougwan. who in thy turn ha
deigned to accept me and my poor l>eauty,
thank thee a thousand times, and I will ar
that thou art a good and honest man, and
put my hand upon my heart and swear tb;
I would that I could say thee.'yea.' Ar
now that I have rendered thanks to all :
turn"-and again she smiled-'T will add 01
short word
"Little can ye understand of me, Nylepti
and my lords, if ye know not that for n
there is no middle path that I scorn your pit
and hate ye for it that I cast off your to
giveness as though it were a serpent's stinj
and that standing here, betrayed, deserte*
insulted and alone, I yet triumph over y
mock ye and defy ye, one and all, and thus
answer ye;" and then of a sudden, befoi
anybody guessed what she intended to do, si
drov.e the little silver spear she carried in k<
hand into ber side with such a strong an
steady aim that the keen point projecte
through her back, and she fell prone upon th
pavement.
Nyleptha shrieked, and poor Good alma
fainted at the sight, while the rest of t
rushed toward her. But Sorais of the Nigt
lifted herself upon ber hand andforamomer
fixed her glorious eyes intently on Curti
face, as though there were some message i
the glance, then dropped her head andsighei
and with a sob her dark yet splendid spir:
passed.
Well, they gave her a royal funeral, an
there was an end of her.
******
It was a month after the last act of the Sc
rais tragedy that there was a great ceremon;
in the Flower Temple, and Curtis was foi
mally declared king consort of Zu-Vendis,
was too ill to go myself, and, indeed, I hat
all that sort of thing; with the crowds an
the trumpet blowing and banner waving; bu
Good, who was there (in his full dress uni
form), came back much impressed, and toll
me that Nyleptha had looked lovely, and Cur
tis had borne himself in a right royal fashion
and had been received with acclamations tba
left no doubt as to bis popularity Also h
told me that when the horse Daylight was le<
along in the procession, the populace ha<
shouted " Macumnzahn, Macumazahn !" til
they wore hoarse, and wouM only be appease<
when he, Good, rose in his chariot and tol(
them that I was too ill to be present
Afterwards, too, Sir Henry, or rather th
king, came to see me, looking very tired, anc
vowing that he had never been so bored ii
bis life; but I dare say that that was a sligh
exaggeration. It is not in human nature tba
a mau should be altogether bored on such ai
extraordinary occasion; and, indeed, as '.
pointed out to kim, it was a marvelous thine
that a man who but little more than one >hori
year before had entered a great countrj- as UT
unknown wanderer should today be marriec
to its beautiful and beloved queen, and lif iee
amid public rejoicings to its throne, and j
even went the length to-exbort him in the fu
ture not to be carried away by the pride anc
pomp of absolute power, but always to striv?
to remember that he was iirst a Cbristiai:
gentleman, and next a public servant, callee
by Providence to a great and almost unpre?
cedented trust. These remarks, which he
might fairly have resented, lie was so good ai
to receive with patience, and even to thank
me for making them.
It was immediately after this ceremony
that I caused myself to be moved to the house
where I am now writing. It is a very pleas?
ant country seat, situated about two miles
from the Frowning City, onto which
it looks. That was five months ago,
during the whole of which time 1
have, being confined to a kind of cough,
employed my leisure ia compiling this history
of our wanderings from my journal aud our
joint memories. It is probable that it will
never be read, but it does not much matter
whether it is or not, at any rate, it lias served
to while away many hours of suffering, for I
have suiTered a deal of pain lately. Thank
God, however, there will not be much more
of it.
******
It is a week since I wrote the above, and
now I take up my pen for the last time, for I
know that the end is at hand. My brain is
still clear and I can manage to write, though
with difficulty. The pani in my lung, which
has been very bad during the last week, lias
suddenly quite left me and been succeeded
by a feeling of numbness of which I cannot
mistake the meaning.
And so this is tho end of it-a brief space
of troubling, a few restless, fevered, anguish?
ed years, and then the arms of that great
angel death if any times have I been near
to them, many and many a comrade have
they embraced even afr my sido, and now it
ts my turn at last, and it is well. Twenty
four hours more and the world will be gone
from me, and with it all its hopes and all its
fears.
Well, it is not a good world-nobody can
say that it is save those who willfully blind
themselves to facts. How can a world be
good in which money is the moving power
and self interest the guiding scar? The won?
der is not that it is so bad, but that there
should be any good left in it.
Still, now that my lifa is over, I am glad
to have lived, glad to nave known the dear
breath of woman's love, and that- true friend?
ship that can even surpass the love of womau;
glad to have heard the laughter of little
children, to have seen the sun and tho moon
and the stars, to have felt the kiss of the salt
sea on my face, and watch tho wild game
trek down to the water in the moonlight.
But I should not wish to live again!
Everything is changing to me. The dark?
ness draws near, and the light departs. And
vet it sX'ins to me that through the darkness
[ can already see thc shining welcome of
many a long lost face. Harry is there, and
Dtkers; one above all, to my mimi the sweet?
est and most perfect woman that ever glad?
dened this gray earth. But of her I have
ilrcady written e?sewbeiv, and at length, so j
why speak of her now.' Why speak of ber
if ter this long silence, now that thc is again ?
;o near to me?
The sinking sun is turning the golden roof
.")f the great temple to a fiery flame, und my
fingers tir
So to ali who have known me, or who cnn j
think one kindly thought of the old hunter, J ?
stretch out my hand from the far o?r shore j
md bid a long farewell.
And now into the hands of Almighty God
?vho sent it, do I commit my spirit.
"I have spoken," as the Zulus say.
CHAPTER XXIV.
?? AXOTUEIl HAND.
A year has elapsed since our most dear j
friend Allan Quat?rmniu wrot e the words "J j
lave spoken' nt the end of. his lveord of om j
id ven tu rcs. Mor should I ba vc venturo I to \
make any additions to that record ha l it n-.t ;
aappened that hy a n:..si strang?} ned ?-n?
chance has arisen,of ?LsV??-ing conve\v?I t?, ?
England. The chance is bnt.alfamt. one, it is 1
rue, but as it is r.<)t probable that another i
.rill arise in our lifetimes, Good and myself ?
bink that we may as well avail ourselves of j
r. sue'1, a* it is. During the last six months !
several frontier commissions have been at j
,vork < ?:: the various boundaries of Zu-Yendis,
.viii: a view of discovering whether there j
;xi-is i~?ssib?o moons vt ingress or ogress :
rom lite country, with the result that a
.hr:n::* l of cor.uuunivai.Ion with the outer ;
vi/rld hitherto ov rlooked luis been disco? i
TC--'.. This channel, apparently the only one :
for I have discovered that it was hy it that ,
?ie native who ultimately reached Mr Mac- j
?..?zie's mission station, and whoso arrival in !
he country, together with the fact of Iiis ex |
?ulsion. for he did arrive about; three years
?fore ourselves, was for reasons of their own !
teni a dead secret by the priests to whom he ?
v;is brought), i> about to be effectually ;
iosed. Bat before this i? done a messenger '
s to be dispatched bearing with him this
nauuseript, and also ono or two letters from
?O..-.1 Lo his' friends, and from myself to my
?rolher George, wlum it deeply grieves mo
to think I shall never see again, informing
them, as our next heirs, that they are wel?
come to our c-i?ects in England, if the court
of probare will allow them to take thom, in?
asmuch as we have made up our minds never
to return to Europe. Indeed it would be im?
possible for ns to leave Zu-Vendis even if we
wished to flo so.
The messenger who is to go, and I wish him
joy of his journey;Ts Alphonse. For a long
while he has been wearied to death of Zu
Vendis and its inhabitants. Oh, oui, c'est
beau," bc says, with an expressive shrug;
"mais je m'ennuie; ce n'est pa chic." Poor
Alphonso 1 wc shall be very SOJTV to part with
him ; but I sincerely trust, for his own sake
and also for the sake of this history, which is,
I think, worth giving to the world, that he
may arrive in safety. If he does, and can
carry the treasure we have provided him
with in the shape of bars of solid gold, he will
be, comparatively speaking, a rich man for
life, anil well able to marry his Annette, if
she Ls still in the land of the living and will?
ing to marry her Alphonse.
Anyhow, on the chance, I may as well add
a word or two to dear old Quartermaine nar?
rative.
Ke died at dawn on the day following that
on which he wrote the last words cn the last
chapter. ??yleptba, Good and myself were
present, and a most touching and yet in its
way beautiful scene it was. An hour before
the daybreak it became apparent to TIS
that he was sinking, and our distress was very
keen. Indeed, Good melted into tears at the
idea-a fact that called forth the last gentle
flicker of humor from our flying friend, for
even at that "hour he could be humorous.
Good's emotion had, by loosening the muscles,
naturally caused his eye glass to fall from its
accustomed place, and Quatermain, who al?
ways observed everything, observed this also.
"Atlast/' be gasped, with an attempt at a
smile, "I have seen Good without his eye?
glass."
After that he said no more till the day
broke, when he asked to be lifted up to watch
the rising of the sun for the last time.
"In a very few minutes," he said, after
gazing earnestly at it, T shall pass through
those golden gates."
Ten minutes afterward he raised himself
and looked us fixedly in the face.
"lam going a stranger journey than any
we have taken together. Think of me some?
times," he murmured. "God bless you all. I
shall wait for you together," and with a sigh
he fell back dead.
And so passed away a character that I con?
sider went as near perfection as any it has
ever been my lot to encounter.
Tender, constant, humorous, and possessing
many of tho qualities that go to make a poet,
he was yet almost unrivaled as a man of
action and a citizen of the world. I never
knew any one so competent to form an accu?
rate judgment of men and their motives. "I
have studied human nature all my life," he
would say, "and I ought to know something
about it," and he -certainly did. He had but
two faults-one was bis excessive modesty,
and the other a slight tendency which he had
to be jealous of anybody on whom he con?
centrated his affections.
Good read the burial service over him in
the presence of jSyleptha and myself, and
then his remains were, in deference to the
popular clamor, accorded a great public
funeral, or rather cremation. I could not <
heip thinking, however, as I marched in that <
long and splendid procession up to the tem- ^
pie, how he would have hated the whole thing
could he have been there to see it. for he had
a horror of ostentation.
And so, a few minutes before sunset, on the
third night after his death, they laid him on
the brazen flooring before the altar, and I ,
waited for the last ray of the setting sun to
fall upon his face. Present?}' it came, and
struck him like a golden arrow, crowning the j
pale brows with glory, and then the trum- c
pets blew, and the flooring revolved, and all '
that remained of our beloved friend fell into J
the furnace below. . (
We shall never see his like again if we live ,
a hundred vears. He was the ablest man, the ?
i
truest gentleman- the firmest friend, the finest .
sportsman, and, I believe?, the best shot in ali 1
Africa t
And so ended the very remarkable and ad- (
venturous life of Hunter Quatermain.
* * s s * a
Since then things have gone very well with k
us. Good hns been, and still is. busily em- >
ployed in the construction of a navy on Lake J
Miiosis and another of the large lakes, by ^
means of which we hope to be able to increase .
trade and commerce, and also to overcome '
some very troublesome and warlike sections 1
of the population who live upon their borders. }
Poor feilow! he is beginning to get over the j
sad death of that misguided but most attrac?
tive woman Som ii. but it is a s::d blow td"
him, for he was really deeply attached to her. *
1 hope, however, that he will in time make a \
suitable marriage, and get that unhappy bus- \
iness out of his head. ??yl?ptha has one ox
two young ladies in view, especially a daugh?
ter of Pasta's (who was a widower), a very
flue imperial looking girl, but with too much
of her father's intriguing., and yet haughty,
spirit to suit my taste.
As for myself, I should scarce!}' know
where to begin if I set to work to describe
my doings, so I had best leave them un?
deserved and content myself with saying
that, on the whole, I am getting on very (
well in roy curious position of king consort- .>
better, indeed, than 1 bed any right to ex- J
peet. But. of course, it is not all plain sail- I
ing. and I find the responsibilities very heavy. (
Still I hope to be able to do some good in my (
time, and I intend to devote myself to two (
great ends, namely, to thc consolidation of
tho various clans which together make up .
the Zu-Vendi people under one strong cen- 1
tra! government, and to the sapping of the ?
power of the priesthood. The first of these j
reforms will, if it cnn l?e carried out. put an
end to the disastrous civil wars that have for *
centuries devastated this country; and tho 2
second, besides removing a source of political *
danger, will pave the road for the intro- t
ductloa of true religion in thc place of this f
.senseless Sun worship. I yet hope to see the
shadow cf the cress of Christ lying on tho
golden dome of the Flouer temple; or, if I !
do not, that my successors may. I
There is ono more thing that I intend to dc- j
vote myself p\ and that is the i-!::: exclusion
of all foreigners from Za-Vendis. Not, in?
deed, that any more arr- ever likely to ge?
hero; but ii" they dc?, I warn them fairly thad
they will bc shown the shortest way out cf j j
the country. I do not say this from any
sense of inhospitality, but because I am con?
vinced of the sacred duty that rests upon ma
of preserving to this, on the whole, upright
?Val generous hearted people the blessings cf
cvmjKirative barbarism. Where would all
in}' brav.- army Iv if some enterprising ra-ca?
were to attack us-.viii: ii. ?.2 guusand Martini- ! ^
lTen:y>i I cannot seo that gunpowder, tel?- i I
graphs, steam, daily newspapers, universal j [
smlYag-, ctr., have made mankind one whit j |
the happier than they used lo bi-, and 1 ant
Certain that they have brought many evils in
thur train. 1 have no fan ev for handing ? ^
, . - ~ i
over tins beat:tua! country to bo torn and ;(
fought for by speculate:-?, tourists, politicians i {
and touchers, whosii"voice is as thc voice of j
Babel, just as those hbiriblo erv atti ivs in tho j
vjihYy of Lise underground river tore r.:ul
flight for the body.uf the swan;.nOr will i
endow ic with the gr.p.1. drunkum ss, how
di-eas. >. gtinp ?w.ler and {?enera! demoraliza?
tion which ehi-Jly mark lise prt.gr.-ss o( riv!!- j 1
ization nnii.ng, unsophisticated p.v.ples. if in ? [
due cours.- it pleases Ptovidenee throw 7.u- j %
Vendis i ; ru to the v.-..rid, that is another j I
inaner; I ut cf myself I will not take tl.-; re- j {
sr^:us;b;i:r.y, and I may add thal ihn.xl en- '
tiiv?y ao,.: ov.-s of my doeisio:-.. F;.r v.v'.L
IiivXUY (.': arts. ?
1 to s.-.y ti.;:t id.<-;:l nu:-? : -
(.'. Iv? s VJ rv v:> il. ? ?
.-anti! s:2 than : {
ever) p:.'S,.?:tH.! me with a- ?. and heir. He
isa regular curly hair,-!, blue rwd yon:::: ?
Englishman in looks, and though he is .ie- '
fined, ii he lives, to inherit the throne of Zu- i
Vendis, ? hope 1 may "u> obie to bniig him up j p
to become what an English gentleman should |
be,Land gesieraiiy fe--which ts to my mind |
even a prouder anda finer thing tl ian bung ? 1
Lom heir apparent to tho great house of the I
St.-ihwav, .-ind. indeed, the hi"hest rr.uk that %
. . ?
aman can reaemunon thisea?-th: Jf C 1
_*_ I C
NOTE BY GEORGE CU UTI.-', ESQ. i r
The 2vlS. of this history, addressed to me in 11
the handwriting of my dear brother, Henry i ti
C
t
D. .? .:.;.< r is, i s -
P. S.- i ,-xit.. fur:
tombs a^ Kylej
? in-y . v. . at nu'y into; t...
miras, wnom we und given up for dead, and [
bearing the Aden postmark, reached me in
safety on December 20, 1-5-, or a little more j
than two years after it left his hands in the
far center of Africa, .md I hasten to give the
astonishing story it contains to the world.
Speaking for myself, I have read it with very
mixed feelings, for though it is a great relief I
to know that he and Good are alive and j
strangely prosperous, I cannot but feel that
for me and for all their friends they might |
as well bo dt adT since we can never hope to !
see them more.
They have cut themselves off from" cid j
England and from their homes and their re- j
lations forever, and perhaps, under the cir?
cumstances, they were right and wise to
do so.
How the MS. came feo be posted I have been
quite unable to discover; but 1 presume, from
the fact of its being posted at all, that the
little Frenchman. Alphonse, accomplished his
hazardous journey in safety. I have, how?
ever, advertised for him and. caused vario?s
inquiries to be made in Marseilles and else?
where with a view of discovering his where?
abouts, but so far without the slightest suc?
cess. Possibly he is dead and the packet was
posted by another hand, or possibly he is now
happily wedded to his Annette but still fears
the vengeance of the law and pr?f?re to re?
main incognito. *I cannot sa}'. I have not
yet abandoned my hopes of finding him, but
I am bound to say that they grow fainter day
by day, and one great obstacle to my search
is that nowhere in the whole history does Mr.
Quaterraain mention bis surname. He is al?
ways spoken of as "Alphonse," and t here are
so many Alphouses! Thc letters which my
brother Henry says he is sending with the
packet of manuscript have never arrived; so
I presume that they are lost or destroyed.
GEORGE CURTIS.
THE 3X?.
Pen Pictures of Prominent
White Ribboners.
Miss Frances E. Willard was born
near Rochester, N. Y., but spent the
greater part of her childhood on a
Wisconsin farm. She gave early
promises of her future literary attain?
ments, and entered the Woman's Col?
lege at Evanston, Ills, where she
not only graduated with high honors,
but was called to the Chair of Natu?
ral Science. From this she was
sailed to various educational posi?
tions o? importance, and her career
is a teacher was a brilliant one. At
the high tide of her intellectual life the
IV. C. T. U. urged her to give up all
1er flattering prospects, and identify
lerself with their cause. The work
die has personally accomplished dur
ng the last ten years is miracu
ous. She has sometimes kept ten
secretaries at work Some years she
las traveled 30,000 miles, writing on
;he cars nearly all her speeches and
irticles for the press. She has visit
id every town in the United States
)f 10,000 population, and most of
.hose with only 5,000, organizing
tranches of the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union. For ten years
die delivered on an average a speech
i day. She is without question the
foremost woman in America.
Mrs. Sallie F. Chap?n of Charles
ion. S. C., as Superintendent of
Southern Work, leads the White
Ribbon forces of the sunny Southland.
3f Huguenot parentage, Mrs. Chap?n
.vas reared in affluence and educated
ii the best schools of her state. By
ntcHect, culture and influence, she is
he peer of any of her temperance
;o-worker8.
There is hardly a distinguished
south Caroliniau^of her epoch willi
vltom she bas not been acquainted.
[1er well known novel, 'Fitzhugh St.
JIair. the Rebel Boy of South Caro*
ina/ is dedicated to the children of
.he Southern Confederacy, and de
roted to a statement of the causes of
.he war.
. Wherever Mrs. Chap?n travels she
ouses the enthusiasm of the people
)y her refreshing humor and great
?earted sympathy. Her presence and
spirit at the National -Conventions
ilways bring the assurance that there
s now
"No North, PO South, no alien name,
Firm in one c?ese we stand ;
Heart melted in the sacred flame,
'For God, and home and Native Land.' "
Miss Mary Allen West, as editor
)f The Union Signai, official organ of
National w. c. T. u., a sixteen-page
japer with a subscription list of 40,
)00, sits in the 'whispering gallery'
if the greatest moral reform of the
?entunes, and directs, warns and in?
spires the white ribbon hosts. She
s President of the Illinois Press As?
sociation, and is possessed of more
han tht* average amount of 'grace,
rrit and gumption.' She was for
rears superintendent of public in?
st ruction ?n Knox count}', and for
hirtv yeais has been a prominent
igure in educational circles in Illi?
nois Miss West has made several ?
contributions to literature. Her last j
jook, 'Childhood : Its Care and Cul-1
.ure/ is one that must commend it- ;
;eli* to every one interested fri tue j
"n tu rc welfare of our country.
Mrs. T. B. Cai se of Chicago, is a j
>oru leader. She has originated and j
iarried to a successful issue more |
?-real financial undertakings than any j
?tiicr woman iii the White Ribbon I
Vrmy. i j
Her husband died in Paris eigh-j
cen years ago., leaving three sons to ?
lie care and training of this bcauti- !
u! and tender mother. Four years j
aler thc youngest was killed bv a j
ipsy Lferrnan. These two over-'
whelming sorrows prepared Mrs. .
Jarse to lay her Hie on the altar of j
he temperance reform. j
She is President of the Central w. j
;. T. t* , ot" Chicago, that training ;
ichool for White Ribboners that has
? i veil more leaders to thc organiza- !
ion than any other union, lt sup- I
>6rts two missions at a cost of about '?
U5,000 a year. Mrs. Carse founded
lie Woman's Tempor?neo Publica- j
ion Association, which has become .
?ne (if thc largest in the Wost
To lier last and greatest enterprise '.
-ihc. erection in Chicago of au
jSOOyOOO Temperance Teni plc- Mrs.
Jarse is, in the itt ?on-day of lier
?rime, devoting heart, head and hand
iiiweariedly That tin's .Temperance
'liaros' will soon i:so in the midst of
d' our rum-cursed Western metropo
is, none who know Mrs. Carse can
loutit. !
Mrs. Carolin* B. Buelf, Corros
lohding Secretary of the National w.
: T. C., is a woman of large i n tol l i -
renee, and is a strong, clear writer
.tid spica ker. Left a widow afc I lie !
,go of? twenty by the fortunes of the
Civil War, she has reared to mau hr
her only child, and now devotes h
self to the work of phiianthro]
She is the daughter of a ?iethod
clergyman, one of the purest a
best Neu* England types, gent
strong aud womanly. ' Mrs. Bu
gives all her' time not demanded
official duties to the cause of teni]
rance upon the platform.
Mrs. Mary A. Woodbridge,
eight years Recording Secretary
the National w c. T. C., was born
Nantucket, is strong, clear-head
and self-reliant. In the Ciusade s
made her first appearance in pub
work. With children grown, a
her husband in hearty sympathy, s
has since then devoted herself to t
cause of temperance, leading t
forces in Ohio through the campai,
of 1833, for the Constitutional Amer
merit, with great ability. M
Woodbridge has a deep, strong voie
and is a perfect secretary. She
a fine speaker, and has had the mc
conservative pulpits opened to h
earnest pleading for 'God and lion
and Native Land."
Pundita Ramabai ia a Hind
woman of high caste who was ed
cated by her father, contrary to <
precedent. She was given a degr
by Pundits of Calcutta Universit
and had been professor of Sanskrit
Cheltenham College, England.
The Pundita came to this count
to raise funds to assist her in tl
work to which she has resolved
devote herself, viz.? the elevation
her sex in her own country, most ?
peciaily the alleviation of the wo?
of the unhappy child widows. H?
traveled and lectured in the Wes
She is the author of a book, 'Tl
High Caste Hindoo Woman," whu
has been extensively reviewed ar
quoted by the public press.
Miss Esther Pugh is one of the 01
ginal Ohio Crusaders. She is
Quaker by birth and training, a finel
educated woman. Almost from ii
formation she has been the Trea9ur<
of the National w. c. T. u?, and hi
kept its complicated accounts wit
marvellous accuracy. Whereve
known her name is "good on change,
and in many financial straits it hi
stood between the National. Union an
bankruptcy. She is a born journal is
inheriting a genius in this directio
from her father, who for many yeai
was proprietor and manager of th
Cincinnati Chronicle.
She is also a logical speaker, evei
word she utters being both wiuge
and weighted. Last spring she mad
an extensive Western trip throug
Colorado, New Mexico. California an
Montana, lecturing and organizing
everywhere leaving the people mor
interested in our work than she foun
them, because more enlighted concert
mg it. She styles herself "the watc
dog of the treasury f? her colleague
styles her, "Esther, our Treasure."
Mrs. Judge E. T. Merrick, of Nev
Orleans, belongs to an old South Care
lina family, and is President of th
Louisiana w. c. T. U. Possessed c
wealth, culture and social prestige
she finds her greatest happiness ii
furthering the work of this gram
moral reform.
Mrs. Elizabeth Wheeler Andrew
Editor of Publications of the Woman'
Temperance Publication Association
was for nearly four years Associati
Editor of The Union Signal, unti
promoted to her present position
She has written much for cen ent liter
atnie, especially for- the religion)
press* She was a teacher for years
and connected with educational tfori
on the Paci?c Coast, Mrs. Andrew
possesses a rare gift of dicriminatior
in the selection and preparation' o?
manuscript.
The Gospel temperance movement
in this land has no leader more
trusty and tried than Hannah Whit
all Sm?th, a "Fiiend indeed'/' by
ancestry and "membership."' In all
meetings of the w. c. T. U., the dove?
like plumage, peaceful face, and sweet
"thee and thou" utterance aro a
constant benediction. Her Bible
readings have a world-wide fame.
The meetings addressed b}' Mrs.
Smith at Brighton and Oxford in
IS:5, each gathered up seven thous?
and persons from all Europe-men
and women of the noblest aims and
culture, anxious to know the way
of God more perfectly. Her "Christ?
ian's Secret of a Happy bife," has
been translated into Russian by a
Countess, into German by a daugh?
ter of the historian, Niebuhr, and
into many other foreign languages.
Mrs. Smith is one of thc wealthiest
women in Pennsylvania, bat her gold
as well as her entire being, T's wholly
consecrated to her Master.
Mrs. L. M. N. Stevens, President
of Maine w. c. T. v., and Assistant
Recording Secretary of the National,
is Neal Dow's chief coadjutor in the
temperance work of that State Mrs.
Slovens is quiet and undemonstra?
tive, but full of enthusiasm and pow?
er in what she undertakes.
Mrs. W.O. Sibley, of Georgia, is
a Southern leader, the daughter of the
distinguished Judge Thomas, of Co?
lumbus, Georgia, and the wife of
W. C. Sibley, President of Sibley
Cotton Mills, with one exception
the largest manufactory in the
South. From her elegant home,
where she is surrounded by her
seven charming sons and daugh?
ters. Mrs. Sibley goes forth with
her husband's hearty indorsement
speaking to her Christian sisters,
"that they go forward."'
Mrs (-lara Hoffman is one of the
bes:- lee tu re rs of the brilliant coterie
that the National Union has given to
thc world. To a clear brain, ready
wit, groat originality ami a fluent j
Command of laiigrrage; she adds a |
heart on fire with lier theme, amt an
ardent lon ci nc to save human lives
ami souls from tire slavery of drink.
Mrs. Hoffman i? President of the .
Missouri w. c. T. F., and has, by un?
ceasing and tireless work, brought up
her State until it now stands in the ?
front ranks of the National Union. j
Miss Lucia Kimball, Superintend-j
eat ot the Sunday School Department, i
was tor several years a leaener m
Chicago, bat resigned hei* fbsit?Qh
that she might join the newly-recruit?
ed "Amy of the White Ribbon," and
ever since has been visiting Sunday
School leaders, petitioning lesson1
publishers, and speaking iu her earn?
est, polished way to audiences from;
Maine to great Salt Lake, with mark
ed success.
Mrs. Zerelda G. Wallace, of Iiidianay
Superintendent of Franchis?, bf the
resources of her miud, the treasures'
of her judgement, the magnanimity of
her hear*, verifies her title io the epi?
thet, often applied to her, "The no--'
blest Roman of them al!.*7 .She has
earned the right to repudiate with*
dignity the aspersions of those who'
sa}' that an interest in public affairs
mars the gentleness of womanhood.
She has cradled tf?re? generations in
in her arms, and earned a true titfe't?"
the mest devoted motherhood. She*,
is thoroughly versed" in .the thought of
the age, critically reading newspapers
representing all the leading questions
of to-day, and regarding "the decent
and dignified press as the great eda*
cater."
A beautiful story is told in connec?
tion with that wonderful book, "Ben
liar," by Gen.. Lew Wallace, her
step-son. lt is said ti??t Mrs. Wal?
lace, in answer to the author's wish,
for her opinion, on the appearance ot
the volume, replied. "0 my son, it
is a none-such of a story f but Kow
did you ever invent that magnificent
character, tlie mother?" "Why, you"
dear simple heart," he answered with
a kiss, "how could you fail to ..know7
that the original of that piefnre is1
yosi own blessed "self?"
Mrs. J. K. Barney, of Providence,*
R. I., was former President of Tier
State w. c. T. rj. . To ber remark?
able executive ability was due, iii a?
large measure, the victory for Con?
stitutional Prohibition, 1886. She ia'
a cultured lady, is Superintendent of
Prison, Jail, Police and Almshouse
work for the National Union, and
one of the best platform' speakers in*
New England.
Mrs. Mary Read Goodale is one of
Four years ago a quiet, fetirjng wo
the surprises cf this" new Crusade,
man, frightened at the sound of ber
own voice when that voice was heard'
by a do2en auditors", so lacking ?n" cou?
rage that when introduced fo the
National Convention at St. Louis,
her husband bad to respond for her/
now going from state to state, a?aV
dressing the largest audiences and
il?rilt?'ng' them through and through.
Next to Mrs. Cr/apin aird Mrs. Mer?
iwether, she is probably toe most
fluent lady speaker the South has'
produced. Nor b?? her public work
detracted one iota from' her sweet
womanliness, as all who hate enjoy?
ed the hospitality of her beautiful
Baton Rogue home can testify. Her
husband is a leading lawyer of that
city, is one with her in that work,
and veiy proud, as well he may.be/
of his beautiful an/l talented wife
ITEMS.
Judge Pressley, at Greenville, has'
ordered that witnesses for the defence'.
be paid-aa important ruling".
The dramatization of Haggard's
*She' bas proved a flat failure, and the
San Francisco man who was backing
the enterprise abandoned his company
at Philadelphia.
When P. T. Barnum was to?d of the
burning of his show at Bridgeport he*
turned over in bcd and went baci to
sleep, saying be would attend to it in
the morning. The loss is $100,000 or
more. Cable messages ordering dupli?
cates of the animals burned were sen*'
off by Barnum before he went placidly
to the breakfast table, where the re-"
porters found bim.
J. Hendricks McLaue has been
spreading himself in the Boston ?&ur-~
nal. He says that an independent
movement is being started"* io South
Carolina, and that the chances for tts"
success next year are very good ; tba*
there are one hundred thousand colored
people and tweuty thousand whites who'
can be counted ou to support it if they
are only well backed by the Northern
Republicans. This tremendous vote/
says Mr. McLaue, would sweep the
State.
The Seneca Free Pref* saysi-f We*
regret to note that seventy-five white*
people from the coefcttes of .Oconee and
Anderson boarded special coaches at'
Westminster on the loth instant, bound
for Jefferson, Texas, intending to make*
it their future home. Bur. we predict"
that a twelve months will show up the
majority of them back at their old*
homes (if they are able to get back)*
again, with the same ol'd' cry of *tob'
sickly.'
Capt. B. R. Tillman publishes the*
statement, which be requests cewspa-'
pers friendly io thc farming interests &*
copy, that delegates to the approaching
Farmers' Convention, which meets in
Columbia on the 1st of December, will'
be passed over several cf the railroads"
at reduced rates. Among the roads'
mentioned is the Richmond sud Dan?
ville and its connections. Ile says the*
Port Royal Railroad refused any re?
duction on the ground that it is a *polit-'
ical convention," which, says the Cap-"
tain, 'is news to many of us.'
The outlook for the cotton factory in'
Marion is now more promising than it'
has ever boen. Some days ago a letter
was received by G. A. "forwood, pres-'
ident of the bank, from a party in the
North offering to furnish the machin-,
cry for the factory to the amount of
?40.000, and to take stock rn the fae
tory for that amount if.they raise cu'
equal amount, 830.000 has already
been subscribed and there is no doubt
that thc balance $10.000 will be raised'
without the slightest trouble. Mr.
Norwood has gooc- North to see the party
who made the offer of the ?40,000.
_wm i ? ~ -
The ATcric-an Magazine for December will '
l c a Christmas oit'tober. its leading article,
\.y Wm. H. Ingersoll, will discuss the pecu?
liarities of the su-tepted likeness of" Christ, ;
rtttd recount the legend of its origin. This
likeness is traceable ia the sacred art of all
Chris?'Jin nations fiom the beginning of our
pp*. N?r. ingersoll will more especial!} des-"
t-rihf theenriexvors of distinguished Amei?ca?."
painters ami sculptors lo reyrcsetil this ideal."