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Like- tbe breath of the rose?, sT?rhi?g
g?2 TV sin ruber against yourjcheefcr-''
Like a heart pulse, softly dying
By passion rendered weale
Like a whisper faintly heard,;'
The recoil of a tiny,word- ;
?? Into the distance tiyinsr
Dearest, I hear you speak :
Forget nie not-forget me not !
? - 'Tis pleas?nt pain to part
When love i$ not forgot ;
ForgK me not-forget me not !
Your words are in my heart :
Forget me ti pt
Kot like an orsran, peatfog
Down the cathedral sis?e,
To the black robed figure, kneeling,
With the more than earthly smile
But an echo that no man knows,
. . That lingers? aod tbrillsj. and goes
Into" the distance stealing
I hear you all the while :
i Forget me not-rforget me bot ?
'Tis pleasant pain to part .
When love is not forgot ;
Forget rn? not-forget rae not !
- Your words are in, my heart:
Forget nie cot!
: Like a hymn of gjadncss;- showing
The strength'of the holy spell
Like the tearful jov outflowing
At the chime of the vesper bell-.
Like a prophecy, told anew,
Butever and ever true
Into the distance going
1 hear your sweet farewell :
Forget me not-forget me not ?
'Tis pleasant pain to part
When love is not forgot ;
"Forget mernot-forget me not I'
Yon-- words are in my heart :
Forget me not !
i ' . Tl S \ -"T-~ ? ?
BY-CHARLES Jr BEL LAM V ?
Copyrighted by the Author, .-md published
by arrangeaient wid t bim.
? ?COXTIXCED.I
* : : CHAPTER XIL '
A NEW GALATEA.
Bertha rose from her chair slowly, like ono
in. a dream, and looked long and earnestly at
Philip as he ?tarso toward her. Thero was p.
red spot on.cirhercheeky^Bd^er%yes c-e?med"
|H???rhatcraHy-.large" and bright. A&firstf
hc.iaaciod it was out of joy at seeing him.
-Tuon she smiled as if she*:hadiK>t tIfcugfc?o??
i?/before,-but with ? s?xah^e^g?ntlekcss -that-11
was intensely pathetic.
"You dont como as often as you used, but
you have always been very good and kind to
ide, Philip," she said vaguely, as if rehears?
-dug the virtues pf the departed.
His heart came7into his- throat, and he
could cot speak. "VRas thisher coming-back
to bim? It was more like a funeraL She
motioned him to sit near her, and then start?
ed and seemed to listen.
"Have I been very cold and hard with yon.
Philip, when you wanted me to love your
She laid her bot fingers on his hand, but her
eyes wandered lmgeringly around the parlor
walis.
"It is nothing; my own sweetheart," -he an?
swered Lor anxiously; "only say you love me
now." . ;
She did not seem to hear . him. "I must
have made you suffer. I did not understand
you know, what it ail meant."
She had taken bis hand, and bent over
toward hint with a troubled look on ber face
Sae rested one hand on bis shoulder, and ber
hps almost touched his forehead.
"Do you forgive mcT she said softly, ana
yet ber voice was as dispassionate as au
angers whisper.
"Why, there is nothing to forgive," Philip
answered, his words of love frozen on his
lip*, there w-as something so tembl? in tho
mysterious mood that was urxm ber. '"But
do you remember," he added with a forced
smile, "what you promised for to-morrow P
"Tomorrow P she drew back from him
fearfully; "to-morrow," she repeated as h
the word had some mystery in it. "Have I
promised you anything for to-morrow r
It was not Bertha Edmgsworth at all. as
be had known ber-it was rather as be
had dreamed she might be. In the common?
est of women are elements of character,
germs of emotions, that in their height and
?fused, together can glorify her to a. creature
of resistless power and dignity, with holy uro
shining in ber face. It is the sleeping god?
dess men worship in women, for worship is
the truest form of love, and when^tbat wor?
ship is lost the part of love for which a man
would make a hero of himself aud rise above
every groveling tai l-l in his nature is lost,
too. A woman may sin and not repent: she
maj* seem as shallow as the surf on the shin?
ing sand just before its ebb. but so long as a
man believes in the goddess in her be waits
on her folly, be strives to gild over ber sin
in ennobling reverence for her possibilities.
"Why, to-morrow was the day you prom?
ised to let me talk of
"I remember." She drew back from bim
and clasped ber while hands for a moment
over her forehead: "and have you been
thinking e. great deal of it?"
"Why ?ot to-night. Bertha?" be begged in
sudden fervor.
But she started to her feet like ono in mor?
tal terror. "Oh no. not to-night!"
Then she came n*-ar bim again, end looked
down with a new sad smile as be held her
hand to his lips. "You don't mind very
much, do you.' I am not very much of a
woman really." she said wistfully, "if it
wasn't for the habit yon have fallen into."
Then she glanced at the clock on the
mantel.
She followed bim to the door.
"How sad the moonlight is. I am afraid
of it," she said as she held out her hand to
him.
Then lie heard a broken-voice coming, it
seemed a lone way to bis ears.
"Ob, Philip, aren't yon going to kiss me
good-good night.'"
Hisj>ass:ou he had thought crushed came
over hun in ? storm. He gathered her yield
ing form in his arms as ff ho never^wouid
lose ber aga i i, and kissed her trembling, an?
swering lips a dozen, times and ber w et, anx?
ious eyes.
"Bertha, I will not go," he whispered hur?
riedly. *? ? cannot leave you so. *'
But she had gently released herself from
Dis embrace. She tried to smilo at bim
through her tears.
"2?o, no, you must go." Still he hesitated
till a strange eagerness carno into tbe bine
eves. "X", no, von mast go. Cioodbv,
Phdip."
As be went down the ^ps and out of tho
gate, the chill of the last expression in lier
eyes hung about his heart Then ho stopped
and looked about. Sne had closed the door,
but something whifco fliitteredon the step!
It was her handkerchief, with tao perfume
she always used in its delicate f.-dfls. lin r-u ?>
ried it to bis face-ic was almost as if be
touched ber. He stood hesitating a morai nt j
-a moment big with issues to them both. ?
?l? remembered her tender words and tho
rare caresses she had had for him; he forgot
tho undertone that had so painfully inter?
preted them. It was as if he had tasted of
some priceless vintage of wino. He would
return in an hour and taste again. Ah, ho
had waited patiently for the montent when .
this woman of stainless marble would turn |
io flesh! And now his foolish heart counted j
all its hard lessons for no; ! (.:g, but boat high
with triumph, "To-morrow." She under?
stood bim, then, but bow modest and timid
she was. To-morrow would bo for them
both the brightest day of their lives. Sbo j
was not startled at herself now, no wonder, j
it the revelation of tho depths of such a ;
heart. She wanted a little time to calm her- ?
self ; to get wonted to the new woman that I
looked out of ber eyes. 1
He had made up his mind, and the. mocoa
went- tinder a black cloud for anger." But it
I was. only for an hour; then he would corney
j back. ."
! ?larket hall was crowded, and Curran was
j speaking at a pitch of impassioned eloquence
; beyond anything Philip had ever heard.
"''What overwhelms you is your own ener?
gies fused into weapons of deadly warfare; it
is their cunning which tums your myriad
hands against yourselves. Where else can
they find tho force to vanquish you? Th?
rich, ere but few. Whose hand? but yours j
? ire strong and numerous enough to carry !
but their plans? The longer you submit tho ?
stronger they entrench themselves with your
flesh and blood. Every week some new trade
Dr profession is invented to rna ko;xcspecta.ble
and steady some new discovered method of
I living out of thc poor; every month some new
law is passed in the interests of the money
power."
s; Ke paused for a moment and" then went on
with more bitterness. "Every month the
upper classes grow more indifferent to the
foundation on which, ihey rest-of throbbing,
agonizing human Cosh. Not satisfied with
tho terribie natural distinction between .
wealth and. poverty, they invent codes of
manners and devise elaborate systems of
what they mincingly call etiquette. Car?
riage with thc poor is inexcusable. Even
familiarity with mferioxs-a great' breach of
"propriety" they call it. T'Aey ask not is a
man honest and true hearted, is he kind? but
is he wealthy or did he ever soil his hands
with work-? Not is a woman beautiful, is _
she modest? these are ol-lit?e gecount; but is?*
she well-that 'is, richly-connected? If her
father cheats others she may be admitted to
their circles; if he is unfortunate enough to S
be cheated, never. Ah, the shame of-it, that ~
makes no account of hundreds of millions of
human creatures of untainted blood, of un?
clouded intellects, except as mere beasts of
burden; to deny them social privileges, and
whip the boldest cf_them back into the dark?
ness of ignorance "and contempt.' All the
lights of knowledge must burn for the
few alone, all the soft influences of culture
and the elevating pleasures from art and
genius are for the few alone." He folded his
arms over his broad chest and threw back
Iiis head in one of his grandest movements,
s "And how have they earned the right to
?x-all themselves mankind, to" drink-alone at
the fountains of knowledge and inspiring
beauty, with never a share for the millions
sweating under the burdens their white
jimds have put upon them? No carpets cr
.rpriceless'web are too Cae' for tb??r io\vly
womenVfeet, rubies are not rare enough for
their jewels. Music beats out its heavenly
harmonies for them alone, with its treasured
meaning of uncounted centuries. Fainting
.lavishes their- eyes alone with the pictured
realms of inspired fancy. Literature scrapes
and cringes before them, with its stores of
wisdom.w"
Therine threw out his arms and came for?
ward to the edge of the platform, for one
last personal appeal. A hundred that could
not .understand all he said, thrilled to vague
r?vo?t'*under his irresistible " magnetic force.
"Your bodies, whose ont,* pleasure is sleep,
,-wkose only gratification is to stiletto daily
"-recurring ' necessary munger, your bodies
could enjoy every luxury and beauty; ah.
and the common Christian comforts would
bc sweetest luxuries to you. which have
palled on the sated senses of the inch. Your
minds and souls could grow fine ar.il broad
- and calm in the education their pampered
condren scoff at. and the world progress
more in a year than in centuries before. An?
you are a thousand to one: the joys and
comforts, the blessed possibilities of a thou?
sand lives a^ainsi/ tho iaserisate ?recd of ow>
mar: tor more, and m<re-i:e ea a- r eat, or
drink, or enjoy. It is his madness that they
do not connue snell as he, who sets the wcr.d
back ten years for one he lives. Bur when
he opens his great vault to-morrow and sica
down to count his ill gotten gains of the yes?
terday, let his heart sink within him: he has
refused his workmen the common rights of
humanity, and they will leave his milla to
rot in idleness."
Ke took his hat from tie table and strobe
down the aisle amid the excited applause of
his audience and went out, not even once
looking back. ; An awkward silence f< dlowed.
but it was several moments before Philip
braced himself to do what, perhaps, was L-?
duty. Every eye was Crted on him a.-; be
made his way forward, not one there but be?
lieved he was their friend. Pla?! he not put
on the lire escup.s'oat of his own money, in
spite of his father? ?.iany a whisper <.>f com?
mendation brought an answer o2 heany good
feeling. Ono or two of the women in the
galleries actually said he was handsome.
**i2y fricnls," be began, but somehow he
did not care to lift his eyes to meet the Jiind
look in the trustful eyes, "I don't think there
is-any occasion, I mean, friends"
What did he mean, he knew . >tter than
they what occasion there was. Ho?? dare he
ask them to wait and hope, for when had a
corporation, a heart fer mercy' lie knew
better than they, that to-morrow would be
the last day when a strike would bo nicely
of any ef?eet. The}- might defeat his father's
scheme if nothing else, a scheme that would
make them servants nb longer of a man, but
of a pi tiless business principie.
He looked about the room at last; ho read
aright the confidence in the eyes of the com?
pany. He believed lie might make them
wait, but had he a right to ask it? Hero
were a thousand souls in the mills, impatie ;
at injustice, as they thought; he could oller
them no hope, not one straw; his hands
would be forever tied af ter to-morrow. Ead
he a right to restrain them?
"Friends, I know not what to advise you,
since I am so weak to help you." He sat
down arid a cheer rang loud and hearty to
the roof, but he felt himself in an agonizing
position. On the great questions at issue be?
tween the employers and the workmen; the
rich and the poor, his mind was slow in com?
ing to a conclusion. He admitted most that
even Curran said, while he listened, but ho**'
to help it was the question beever asked hiiu
self. Surety nobody was profited by flying
in the face of great economical laws. BUD
them what were laws, and'what were falla?
cies? Veli, if he did not know what was
right, could bo not follow his father's urgent
wishes? Was he making a generous return
for tho love his father had lavished on him,
if he should disobey bira now? As ho sat
there his vivid imagination pictured the cor?
poration inoperation. Some lillie injustice
was being done, and lie mentions it to the
overseer. "Thom's orders; vou must
see the suj.^nnteiident'" He could
see it all so plainly. He .knocks at
the superintendent's door and is re?
ceived with the attention due thc chief
stockholders iv:n; hoscos his bland, smiling
face, his sleek, well 'paid smile. Ho speaks
of the rill?; which perhaps works to rob son?
particular set o? hands wholly without their
fault. ~i>i:i 1 have n<> authority to change
it, though it d -s see:n hard; better see the
agent." Philip imagines his discouraged step,
as Ii*- mal?es his way tv the ugeut tv? Ixr re?
ferred to asetof indifferent directors, who
"rcaily know nothing about thc matter, but
I do not feel like running against tho in?
terests of the st....!.: holders."
VlTtdle Phi?ip.sat tryingto:grasp his duty
of that momo nt. he lx?came conscious th ut it j
was verv still and that no ono seemed ?li?, j
posed to follow hirh. Not a few i:n:>at'"en':
faces Were tamed askance toward hin:, li:
rose and crossed-thc..room-.-to go out., but al- j
most r& the door he hesitated. He must sa} :
"PerhapS-it fenn*-all quita-as plain as yoe. j
think. 1 Thy h?-rher wn or shorter h-'-rs j
you made the ? ro?t "ii the mills smaller, arv j
voa not afraH . r nc':- ; woul ! le*?.ve us ho- j
bunk bj : : . I- se;; cheaper, or . ?se'bo j
ca;-ie.i invested go elsewhere, where it cnn j
m?!:-, more ?-I'??J? : >7?JW you got smalt wa ,. S j
Kirdong I:-.-.!-?. bat ;.. tho ollar cases you I
might lose wi rk aiiogeihi r." Then he. J NI
"iliad, ? don't AI y do t or that; ? will no;
ask anything of you. Lut if there is a loss it
will be on you."
When he left tho hall he felt liko.wnlkihg
about a'little while, to calm his mind. Ho
chose lue routs that would lead past tho lit:Io j
tenement- house where the." had fed him with
cold potatoes. It was only a month ago. He ;
looked ia through the windows. The sich j
woman yet lay on the sofa, the some soiled ?
plaid shawl for her coverlet; there was thc ?
same baro deal table, and a pair of dingy I
chairs before it. The desolation made his .
heart sick. Then he looked up at the ?windows
. cf the attic chamber where he had slept that
.other night, Pc was all dark, but he imagined
;the glaring white walls, with the queer little
block of a Jppking glass hanging there, and
tho backless wooden chair that had to
serve for a washstand, and his low bcd,
with the gins shawl for Iiis counterpane.
What great fbi rigs he had dreamed,
that night, he should do for thc new cause
that bad fired his heart, new to bira, but old
as civilization. Ile turned away with a pain
in his heart, a pain for the wrongs of the
millions of the sons of toil who have never
come into their inheritance. He turned tip
the road that led to Ids own home on the hill;
be could see the gleam of bright light from
his fathers study, whore with his smooth
faced lawyer, he was perfecting his plans for
tho morrow. And then ho seemed to bear
his own words and bis own tone as he had
spoken in the meeting echoing oddly in bis
ear. Had he undutifully sacrificed his
father to bis help, and would it be from bis
fault the strike be feared would come to?
morrow? Could his father point bis trem?
bling fingers at bim when the mills should
stop, and the prospective stockholders de?
cline the investment to-morrow and say:
"My own son is to blaine. With one word
be could have prevented it."
Then Philip turned bis back to the lights
that seemed to reproach him intolerably, and
walked slowly down the hill again. Ah!
what fear for capital, it always shifts ita
burden upon labor.
A woman's form came quickly out of a
shadow, and laid a hand on his arm. It was
-Ane Graves, with a shawl over ber head,
Servant girl fashion, but TC; it the ghastly
^effect of moonlight on her face that made it
"'so pale ?
"Wasn't you at 3&ss Ellingsworth s this
evening ?"
"Why, yes," he looked at her in astonish?
ment, "and I was just going there again."
"I didn't know but she might be with you.
I was at my father's, and when I came back.
I couldn't find her, and her lint and shawl
were goxc."
"She has gone out with lier father, per?
haps," suggested Philip, startled more by her
manner than her words.
"But he has been up at 3lr. Breton's ali Ihz
evening. And you Imow she never goes out
alone."
"Sometimes she does." he said, as he went
with the gild. "I met ber quite away frons
homo one night, but she seemed a good deal
frightened."
"When was it?' Jane Graves stopped short,
and when be had told ber a quick, involun?
tary cry escaped her Mps. and after that
])<.* had almost to ran to keep up with bea
- Now and then hrt Vied to laugh at the tc?
rors this foolish servant jtirl had put into bil
mind. Bat could it be Bertha had taken an?
other evening walk? Sbo was too beautiful
ff>r the exposit res of common iife. Was heaven
envious of such happiness as lie had expected
in their reconciliation? Why not strike him,
then, and nether? Why, it might have l>een
she bad tried to overtake him, to call him
back. "Hurry faster." be muttered, catch?
ing the girl's arm roughly.
CT APTER Xni.
CLASS PREJUDICE.
But the hor.se looked so sedate and alto?
gether respectable that yt seemed impossible
but that everything was is usual in-ide. Tho
doorstcod invitingly cpcn; as it .should on such
a balmy summer evening, the light streaming
bountifully out on the walle. A catastrophe
surely would have left some sign, some
mtahmark somewhere to curdle one's blood
from afar. How foolish of this black eyed
malden and him to rush at the top of their
speed in an agony of suspense only io find
Bertha sitting at the parlor table riijjd ey; tl
sud serene as b* had used io know ber: She
. had only sicpi>ed across thc slrect perhaps.
How she would wonder to soe him hurr;.
ing in Lis unreasonable fear into her pres?
ence! But he w<>nld pour into ber ears such
a torrent cf words of love that she-wdulcl
bk . s him a thousand times that be had come
back, and their happiness would date from
to-night! Perhap?! she bad tender confi
d. aces for him, too, of how wonderfully sho
hal grown into th-.: love he bad longed for,
and she would whisper to him that the few
weeks of estrangement had been a.bdessing of
God for lier, and bc nee? 1 never again com?
plain of the coldness of her love. Life ir, not
so serious and tragical an a.Tair as one sorac
tiracs thinks: tilings don't always plunge
into the ruin they are pointed toward.
By the time Imuips?epped into the door,
he had fully discounted his expected relief;
indeed, bad almu>i persuaded himself that he
had nad no misgivbrgs, there, seemed so ?ttle
sense in misgivings. j
But he diii not find the blue eyed woman ho
loved at lier parlor table. He tocked for a
crochet needle or a square of canvas, which
might show the marks of recent work; d ut
tl je round table was'in perfect order. Thc
little book shaped card basket stood near the
bronze base of the drop lamp. A large red
morocco bound volume, called "The Dresden
Gallery," was tilted up a little by a bluo and
gold book of Swinburne's poems, on which it
had been laid. The gracefully carved book- |
rael: was full, al! but one space the volume of !
poems might have fitted into.
"Just as 1 arra-?ged it after tea," said Juno j
Graves, moving tmeosily about. ?
"For heaven's sake be still," ho exclaimed, j
He stepped out into the hall.
"Why, here is her shawl," be said, w$th a j
lightened heart.
"It is ber heavy shawl that is r-one,* thc j
girl looked peculiarly at him when she added
almost under he r breath, "the one she taires
on evening drives."
Philip shot a glance of sudden intelli?
gence at her, and terrible suggestions and j
recollections came crowding their hateful
meanings upon him. The mad blood seemed
congesting about bis heart, and yet his face
blazed like fire. "(WI God'" "be shout'".!
hoarsely, "if you dare to breathe it I will
choke the envious life om, of you." Then he
caught the bell knob at the door and rang it
fiercely, and then again, Ix'fore irs echoes had !
eva -d, and again .-iud again.
"And is there another fire, your honorf" !
Tile ! road faced chambermaid bad come I
up from ?i? kitchen and stood with arms j
akimbo, trying to make jar rich Irish voice :
heard above tue sounding gong.
"Db y(?u ?mow where your mistress is?"
"Xo-a: if fd.e be not inside, indade."
"Didn't sh?* 'fro over tb a neighbors some- I
? i
wheiv?' questioned PhilipMeagerly. -
"Not thai i knows on.* ir."
"Ibis anybody been h?ire? Didn't you tend I
di >. T. y- ninny ! "
"Tb" b. il didn't ring till now, s'r: but lav? '
ne ?hirdc a bf:.** and tho wommrnmlxd ber
bead m-dh* lively.
"Quick," cried Philip, between hope and ?
U nr. ' j
"D 'n't scare ino, sir, OT Ican'tdo m?Uu:d:..""
ile moved bis feet:. rcith^ssJy.on-theil!laid !
ha'." ?loor, and die badbowd Ids la-ad KS if j
stat lying-the artist's design; bu?, i? was for
?'ear ha should cae1! so;"jje terrible signin- !
canee in Jane Graves* bk<ek eyes, lb: could
bear ber ?dress rust??*; he knew she was look
ing at him. --aitiiv^lor b?a to lift bis facet
but be vo?idd not have tn?'thor eyes ;.t that
u. 'merit f- -r ail the world
.. Vi;-, *b.vr<-a. i nnibbti* i<>am come un,
a :.! I '-bought i heyra u niau cona; lo '.he
dareandthin go bhek; bat the bell didn't
ri ?ig. sir,: and I didn't make no Count V.;i ?t.
N-v-dr. ! bevn'? Kearn raissiis mvunn* round
si nso, and I ''.nows she b r ail over the bouse
before,-' j
The crt ai i ir?-'s tongue vas u:do.-..-d aa'.
.:;K3-k?-piOn lalking; bu* " eih:> had I::.:\:.<h : .
v ; > thc br- ?ad stairs and tl ". ?v.-u o; --a I!, j cb-i ?
?>? t:?.' rodea he t-a?light *.* a; Bord ila's.
in another moment, t . . iris biaz-yl rp ! .
lAie cedingand be Stood. \. lid ey^d. i.> .:.;v>: j
froiU Kide to side as if 1 > thought t . J: sd a
heart breaking story written all over tho
gold papered walls. Th- a his eyes became :
fixed <>a the black walnut bureau wita i's !
long mirror cming down t'irougJrthe <vn? ;
ter. On the marble pla.'!? at the foot ..;" thai j
mirrorIto ?aw a satin covered handkerchief !
case, and pinned upon it a piece of papier.
In three steps he had clutched a little per?
fumed note, with u ribbon fastened on it ns \ i
fora signal,a delicate bow of white ribbon, !
?!r. Iii li a ?'.sa. ort h's namo was written cm it. ;
lt was all here, and yet Philip hest-ated a j
moment as a mao would hesitate to cut off a j
maimed and poisoneddimb. And it was al- [
most unconsciously at last that bis ncrvo?H
, fingers tore the note o;.en and let the bit of
. white ribbon Slitter to the Coo]-. Ile seemed
j to read very slowly and tho finsh faded from
i his face and left it very cami. There could
j bc nothi ng very thr A ling written there surely,
j But every line and curve was branded for
? ever on Iiis heart.
"I have gone with Curran. I knew I could
! not stand your reproaches, but I can only bo
j happy with ibo man I love. Society will dis?
own me. Ile is more to me than ali.
"Bzr.TiiA.4'
j LTo crushed thc bit of paper iu his hand,
; and looked up to see Jane Craves standing in
j the doorway, pale as death. Beside her stood
j the red cheeked chambermaid, speechless
! agaia, this time with astonishment to see tho
j young man make so free ia' her mistress'
chamber.
''Gone with Curran; oh yes, it Is all writ?
ten out. Well, that ii a joke; a man who
don't wear cuffs, and Bertha loves him!
Why, I never could dress to suit her." And
he threw himself into a chair and burst into
convulsions of laughter till the tears came.
"Weil, there may bc something else," and
he stepped jauntily up to the bureau again.
"Certainly, a jewel box with my name on
it; oh! to be sure, our engagement ring." Ile
held it up to catch the sparlfie of the solitaire
diamond. "Yes, yes, a very proper and deli?
cate spirit. I wasn't mistaken ia Bertha, she
always had a nice sense of propriety/1
He carne a little unsteadily toward the
two women. Jane Graves was pale axd still
as death, with her two little hands pressed
tightly upon her UOSOZT. Philip wondered
'mpatiently what was t ie matter with the
girl. If he rotild treat the wiic?o wretched
j business J!i:e a Imce joke, what the dence
j was the uv of ??er playing tragedy queen over
J it? Whut c:?iId's play life's solemnest woes
j and failures are after ail a man's dread of
them 1 Il Ls m:~mg up fiesh and bloo?d with
them spoils their grund effects. Mea and
women aro oaly flt for the chcaoose kind of
low eoaiet'y. How it must amuse the im?
mortal gallery gods when a man attempts to
sustain thetragedy pitch in his experiences!
If one can only get the true point of view,
! there is no such thing as a noble situation; a
glorious victory or a desperate dilemma. Tho
dignity of sorrow is a ridiculous misnomer.
Everything is only more or less funny ac
I cording to its pretentiousness-for example,
j the astonishing denouement of his love epi
i sode.
Nov.- Norah., tho chambermaid, with a face
i like a pumpkin and eyes like saucers, was a
? suitable by figure for such an occasion,
j "Why, hore, Norah, this is really a very
! good diamond. I bought it for the besttper
j mit me to present it to you. Bertha, your
i late mistress, I mean, was a large woman;no
j doubt you can wear it over your little finger.
I Consider it as a reminder of this channing
; evening. Ah. let me put it on. you are not
! use;i to jewels-thus. Now, my love, j'ou
> may i-un down stairs and show your pretty
I present"
i He turned his strangely bright eyes to the
wall at the foot of Bertha's bed.
"My picture, too. How the girl's heart
must have glowed night and morning over
ii." IL-took it down and held it l>efore him
a rn- u?en r.
"A foolish face," he muttered between his
teeth, the vvild merriment-fading cut cf his
feature:?. Ile bent and laid the picture gloss
upward 0:1 the floor, then he ground it
viciously beneath the heel of his boot, und
walked uv. ay without deigning to cast an?
other look nt it
Bertha's pure bed. which' her gre.cefrd form
had. presseil so many years-an inscrutable
ave or-.-; r- over him: it teemed impious to
looa: hf fell 0:1 his knees and buried bis bot
fae: - in tie pillow where he fancied her head
had rested.
"Oh, my lost darling, my lost Bertha, you
have taken all thc joy and hope of my life
with you." and his slight frame shook with
tearless sobs, hice the death throesof a break
Then he rose in bitterness of soul to Iiis
feet. Was there no way to drown the deep i
settled v.'uin about his breast? Were there no j
other women in the world? fie had heard
times enough there was no salve for a broken
heai-t-.;o quick ami sure as auother woman's
k::*e;.
Ec? almost stumbled over Jane Graves,
who lay across tue threshhold in a dead
faint. It was hut the work of a moment to
bend ever her and Iii trher in his arms. But
h ? wonk! :i--l let her lie on Bertha's bed; no, I
not to ?ave her life; and he bore her through
thc h al to another chamber. It was a slight
girlish 1. -rm he held, and need not have been
so unpleasant a burden. But ho laid her
do.;-: 'a rhe first resting place ho could find,
end lifted ker feet with delicate geutlenc-JS
on tho bed. Ile removed the high pillows
from a:.der her head, so that she could
brea', he more easily, and, true gentleman
thal h-- wa?, covered her pretty feet anil
ankles v. hh some light wrap.
vi-Vil WrtS
V ? N N\> -OS?. _J
Ile ahnost stumbled over Jone Graves. 1
A green li: ?td cologne boigie stood nearly
and lie bethought himself to dash the cool
contents hito her face, anti felt quite a doc?
tors sur.-rise to ree any good r-wjlt f.-fiowhis j
min?strate:;-:. Thc??ir:::;iiod blood >toIe;sIow- 1
Iv back iuio !:er oUve chi<:l:< ile heat over ?
bor au 1 ?il"tel her shapely lit?lo hands, a?
da int va*; a in*:ncvssV-a:?i* t?.? ?rratigo
the .1 ia ?? graeeCul r;csiti<>u. How j-.rot ty
ciVo v.-- -.- ::' '.. :. l'os were a little fad thai; was I
. . ' - . i
a vcrr ; ardomddetrimt
A UK: mad thought warmed hishody; j
whv wait till she opened her eyes, this
r h {rm':-" lillie girl, and then swear to her
that he l"v-. -.' !;< r? What was love t'aen that j
such a prettv face and fenn as this r ?.oa?d j
notl::iVeit? S?ie was no cold woman; her ?
k!:v; s mai endearments^-bur. his eyes hid j
grown e..) . and laird while he lepke? 1 ot her. !
If r'.jewere a Cleopatra she couid Iv?nothing j
^ h'm.d er kiases woiiluoidy stille bim whh j
her ] r i:er i-;.':- -!:rr s-.;i i?r:e- :d>e!:i his J
] ', ^ ,;.;-<,w vd.:, i i' was to I-??.a*; ?nd no-pretty I
j.'. : 1 ;-'c.: matter'how ?as voluptuous artifices ;
]'.'.; j rake hi- h?t h.oo.1 sarge thr?va h Ids !
v ht;, couii: std for one : .-ea- et the ieirn-T- j
..j ; it <>:iiy inoekeli ."die moved'a ?
little :. . he ?a?; aa?! be started and went -vat >
Thc V-irlU eves caeucd sh m ly ea the rich
j s:,:h;-e-; "a s and tin- rare freshing cf
t V ,- she vagu?.lywonders 1 for one d->
? i'."e ;.i i:e avo?ko :??c rich gen?
tle- i-a's i.'e a..d her old line cf pjvorty n :s .
.h.? - Vv'hv. sh" vv*ai? in?':-, lilli:: :?
-r 'ear was wet,"andthe.-rutiles ?v; her
-.--e .lamp-d w^s col i gte. Thru .? ;
;>. 1 v' erV hing, and ros-? from tv ' :
<-u-k si?" hud tri . iii y preivL
. .-.g the??;:.;:;?? of h-.- form f,Ti tl ..?
a.I..:?;'>..-:. .* mid th?*:? mr- le her v :y
. : The -v.use v.--t< s > slii: lt fri ;h'- 1
/.-Vi' -vasas :f ev. ryl^ly ia la- v."..rid ?
1 while she lay tu her Te;id,. ilre rui'I !
empty, too, f?hd : he ou??n* thva- ;
: l:;e o;-v.??d the pavh-r.h'..;.;:..:. felt as i
.:. fiad Z?rich''uv ?:-i> ease the te.??Jou
nerves;
lui Erd??gsworth sat with ir.; h uid bowed
on hi> hua.--;; be knew it ali: hi.; lioaie w;is
desolate :; Uiy-.pridc^' oatrr.ge?.l. A: the tiO?
be uncovered his ^ for a memeai rad
locikctl wi*, and^th? cruel light frdhug on bas
dir.tresscd tie-; revealed tir- m tr?ts of agc bis
traa -a:: e..a:-.:.M,i li:e ord selfish ord eora
pi a-f-at J.hdo-s??r.'.v bod so long softened ord
coverc'h Ile suv." the gi-aceful figure of las (
ia;dd in a ri etty attitude ot hesitation on b..-;
nook v
remen
ie ! "i a
A; ' . J>.
si::' '* * ;
S' " '! !'
do". ?I :
CT!- 1
}.-. 1 e.
l.?h>W
Si 10 .
ii' -he
of h- r
pleasure. UL- WU* aloue in the world but fur
ber; deserted iii his o".vn bom? only for ber.
"Come here, Jennie." he said in a broken
j voice.
j . She cam?; into the room, and a few steps
j toward bim. Then she stopped. lier face
was almost ar. pale us when she fainted, but
her black eyes shone with unusual feverish
brilliancy.
"Give me your band, dear."
The girl started, and half turned as if to
?cape. Then strange thoughts darted
through ber brain. A warm, red Hush
mounted from lier neck, and spread itself ia
tingling waves of shame to the very roots of
her b|ack hair. Sbo came up to him, and
reached out her little hand. He pressed it
gently, then ho laid it against bis cheek. Her
heart bounded in sudden revolt, but she con?
trolled herself with an effort of sheer will,
and did not move, but her startled eyes
sought the floor. And so thia was her pi-oud
master. But what harm if he wanted to be
foolish and sentimental? it was no matter to
anybody now, no one cared for her unkissed
lips.
"Jeacis," he said at last, "come nearer to
me."
And she kneeled by his chair, in a sudden
impulse she dared not define, not yet. She
put her other hand in his, and lifted ber
dark, wet eyes to his face. Then he bent
down to thc upturned face, that never
flinched, and in another instant he held in
his arms ber form that seemed to shrink only
that he must clasp her the closer.
"Will you be my wife, Jennie? I never
loved a woman as I do you. Will you be
my wife. Jennie;-"
"Yes," whispered the red Ups that never
Once turned away from his thick raining
kisses.
In Bertha I-Hlings worth's own parlor it
was, with ber mothers face looking down
from the painted canvas, in the room where
the daughter of the house had so coldly ea- j
tertained the heir of the Breton mills. Ahl
yes, and where she had taught Curran, tho ;
prophet of the poor,' to leve her, and sbo the
very essence of tho spirit be taught them to
hate. But bow her proud face would wince
now! If she were only here! Hor father,
the haughtiest of men, to everybody in the
great world beneath him cold as an iceborg,
they said, arrogant as any duke of courtly
circle, could it be be praying, with hot
breath, the iove and tho hand of his servant
maid: Could it be be holding her so fondly
in lu's arms, where he might have gathered
co}- dames of the stateliest rank, lavishing
honeyed words and mad endearments on Ina
poor servant girl, whose only nice dress it was
be was crushing so recklessly' Ah: it was
worth the cost, if she had to tear her heart
out, for all that wealth omi buy will be hers.
She nestles her horning face on his shoul?
der a*ad tempts him to new caresses and new
words of folly, that be may not remember
yet what a strange thing it is that he is
doing; that he not think of repenting until
his enthralled senses shall mako him forget
everything else rather than this sw?et hour.
Her wildest dreams are realized. She will be
one of the rich and the great whom the rest
of the world bow down to. She will mako
ber husband's-yes, this man to be hor hus?
band, why should she be ashamed with him
she will make his friends all envy him bis
beautiful wife; and as for their faded, fash?
ionable women, with Ump backs and blood?
less veins, how it will please her to study tho
signs of jealousy on their listless faces. And
Bertha Ellingsworth's proud, false heart will
ache wich shame over the low born woman
whom her father has mado his wife.
"Has the train gone for the west;" asked a
breathless voice at thc Lockout station.
"It's thirty minutes behind its time,"1
growled the ticket agent. It wa? Philip
Breton, who went back to the post to tie his
horse more securely. "Poor Joe, poor cid
boy," the big white horse scorned more like
to fall dead in bis tracks than to try to break
away. "A pretty hard gallop, wasn't it, Joe,
your breath will come easier in a minute, o?d
horse."
His time was precious, but ho lingered in
an uncontrollable- terror cf what bo bad come
so far to seo. Ho bad thought he wanted to
make sure. There might bo some mistake in
the note, or oven uow, if she bad changed her
mind-but it was all foiiy, he saw ii now.
He hail forgotten all reason in one wild long?
ing to see Bertha again. But what was the
uso of harrowing up his soul with new pic?
tures ho would pray God in vam to wipe out
of his memory? But be bad come so far,
perhaps it would do no harm to look at her
once more. He had turned and was
walking along the platform; toward tho
ladies' waiting room. He glanced up
the long stretch, cf straight trttck and
saw ia thc distance the bead light
of the engine, which seemed to bim a
pitiless monster; hastening on to soize bis
darling and bear ber to some koi?e!ess -region
of eternal night. Ho must hurry. Who
knows i it nd gat be fate bad kept her rescue
till this moment, and meant him to save ber.
Ile pushed the waiting room door open. The
seats appeared all vacant and expectant ; a
big russet apple had been dropped on one of
them by some interrupted traveler, and in
another placo thc carpet upholstery was
specked with thc white litter of a cracker
and cheese luncheon. The whole atmosphere
was too commonplace for a pair of runaway
lovers. Philip took two or three steps into
thc room, but it was only as he turned to go
baric that be saw the settees wer?; not cpuitc
deserted.
lt was a group for a painter'-; loftiest
genius, but tue artist must have a faith in
love, which the world bas learned to scoff.
The figure bf thc man may embody strength
and dignity m unconscious perfection; it i?
bent now in c. beautiful protective attitude
toward the woman whose bead rests on bis
shoulder. Her lips aro parted to reveal tho
pearly gleam of her white teeth, but she
does not smile. She has golden hr ir like a [
crown setting well down on the broad fore- j
hen-d. audi there is the tint of red gold in her j
cheeks like a perpetual glow of sunset. Bu" j
: /, rv- rr-1-T?->=~3 Hi f/syt't
SI Iv/,-M-fll
/o' ?: r;- \ Zy&Zi
ll teas a ijrov.p for a painter's loftiest
genius.
What palrder eau catch tao holy tondoraasj
in tho ey. ? ; ?mt drink ut ber unsullied ! -e mly,
the bivattdess w-nsder, tho rapt my sb-rv in
his softened meo: V. I at inspired 1 radi ran
picture * ho ?priver of the long, golden lashes
aga'ms: '.-r cheek, and then ! be dreamy stir
m.. bf the eye* ii te that now open wide, s-?
bis imp-issnmed gaze may thriii tho bijuid
depths i?f ? lue. Let the artist the: i for?
ever fi Le can-the s: rile that ripples afc'as?
ever r biseinatrd fae?-, a smile of (rust too
i*rf:-.t-r--r shame.
V. -...-as thats.rand so diite a human.soli
that M ;: !'.>.'. the I'Vors 'rem each ethers
Wh
.?ard the wind, moan i.ke i bat ' .>
an ? hbarp it w.? ''. But ii rv.iJ
. . v iud, : '/tiny ?verequirealono.
fTO T\-r rWTIVT? 1
William Ii. Orr.}', of;Chicago", who
h:i< been in lilidimond. Ya. . several
:i::ys closing rbe negotiations for thc
purchase of Libby prison for the purpose
of removing it to Chicago, ha? turad
over to f bc real estate a pe nt having thc
property in hand ?0.825. bein*: the
amount of the first payment er ono-four'h
of thc total puchare mopey The deed
of transfer was to be signed Monday.
O?v State Contemporaries.
Fairfield Herold.
We publish iu this issue a call by a
! committee for subscriptions to build a
monument to 'Fighting Dick' Andersen.
General Anderson was undoubtedly ono
of the bravest men in the Confederate
army, and we feel sure that all those
men in Fairfield who served under him
! v. ill respond liberally to the call.
Carolina Spartan.
As the*National Convention meets the
5th of June, delegates will have to be
elected in May-; That will necessitate our
State Convention being called not later
than the 25th of May. The question
that should now bc discussed is this.
Shall we have two State Convenions.' or
shall we make the nominations for the
State ticket at the May Convention?
Oar first thought is that it will bo better
to nominate Slate candidates later in
the year. The peoplo will have more
time to discuss the merits of the dif?
ferent candidates. About the la3t of
August will be time enough to brin?
oat the State ticket.
Talk About Politics.
Netcs aud Courier.
Thus far there bas been no mention
of any candidates for the State offices.
It is generally understood that Solici?
tor David R. Duncan will run against
Congressman Perry.
Capt. Geo. E Prince, of Anderson,
Capt. W. C. McGowan, of Abbeville,
Col. R. A. Child, of Pickens aud the
Hon. M. F. Ansel, of Greenville, are
candidates for solicitor, to succeed Col.
Janies L. Orr.
As solicitor Duncan will cot bc a
candidate for re-election, candidates for
that office are appearing in all coanties
of his circuit. Col li. C. Watts and
N. J. Holmes, of Laurens, Col H. L.
Farley, of Spartanburg, David Johnsou
Jr., of Union, and G. S. Mower, of
Newberry, are spoken of as persons ID
the path of the lightuing.
There are faint rumors of opposition
to Congressman Dargan from Solicitor
?T H. Newton, of Marlboro and Col.
Presslcy Barron, of Clarendon.
The present indications are that Con?
gressmen Cothraa, Dibble, Hem phill
and Elliot will have no opposition in
seeking renominations.
Congrebsman Tillman will have a
hard fight to get back to Washington.
It is said that the Hon. D S. Hender?
son, of Aiken, is anxious to meet him
in a primary election contest.
Rumor bas it that Gen. J. W.
Moore, of Hampton, and Gen. J. F.
izlar will be judges before many years.
Candidates for county offices are ap?
pearing in nearly all of the counties.
Be Up and Z3oicg.
Camden Journal.
During the campaign in 18SC the
! farmers movement gained considerable
headway in our State, aud a good many
Representatives to the Legislature were
elected upon the promises then made by
them as workers for reform and for the
farmers1 interest. But, alas ! the same
old story is repeated. As soon as those
representatives were elected the rncot of
them forgot all their promises and
went over to the side of the politicians,
leaving their fanner constituents to take
care of themselves as best they could.
Such extravagance as was practiced
by our last Legislature was net er before
known uuder the rule of the Democracy,
and even the radical regime itself would
have paused at before passing. Will
the farmers of the State again support
such men for office? They should not;
and if they wiil stop and think for a
moment they will not. When a man
has betrayed the trust reposed in him
he deserves no more consideration at
the hands cf his friends.
Reform in the machinery of oar State
government is necessary, and it can bc
accomplished with ease if the right kind
cf men arc put in office. The time is
at hand a^ain for us to send in new
men, aud as a matter of self-protection
it is our duty to make every candidate
show 'his hand' plainly on all thc im?
portant issues before the election comes
off in erder that we may know what to
expect from him if be is elected. Any
ouc who is too independent to auswer
the questions should be regarded as an
enemv and left at home. I is a rieht
thc people have, and they should de?
mand to know the views of every can?
didate before his name is considered by
them." \
Thc politicians will make a desperate
effort to capture the State government,
and if they succeed no one is to blame
but the farmers and laboring classes
High taxes will prevail as long as thc .
politicians are in power, and no >uch j
word as reform wiil be known to fh em-j
To intelligent men this is sufficient;
warning. Think it over.
Don't Give up the Ship.
President X?rris's Appia! to the Farm- j
ors of iii' ?State.
-- i
To the Farmers of South Carolina :
\ believe that the lively intens-: man- j
ifeMvd by you for the past two years in
the press, m public meetings, in the by?
ways, at home or abroad, and in throe"
^tatc conventions licid in Columbia, a:
teuded with loss of tillie and a consider?
able expendirure of means, which many ;
could iii afford, meant something more j
than a capriciousness of purpose.
The first of these conventions coasiu- j
crod many things.
The second, more clearly perecm?^ ;
our n?cessit?s narrowed ifs delibera- 1
ti obs materiaiiv. specially rec ?rnmend- ?
log a separate agricultural eoitege, the '
establishment of an expertweataj .station f
in connection with rho said college, that |
the beard of agncuituro should be di?
vorced, as far as possible fre?r, pohttcs
and its members ehesen hythe Farmer's ;
Asocial tun., and that the law orgamz- ,
ina* the board sdlocid be so amended as ;
. . .ri-. !
to lcicrc?se ?ts mem ne rs o'om Jive .c ten,
with the power of eiec'iijg its own sec- ,
ndarv. Tho last convention, held after !
the lapse of twenty mouths from the ;
first, ?nd after the recommendations ?
emanating from the second had been I
earnestly discussed both publicly and
privately, unanimously closed its ses?
sion by affirming the above recommen?
dations, although before the vote we*
ordered, an earnest empli?cafion had
been made them of thc plan af:c*~ards
followed by the Legislature. ;
It is for you to say whether or no your
wishes have been met. instead cf one
strong, well-equipped experimental stat?
iion, in connection with the agricultural
coilege, we have three weak enes, afc
which a large per cent of their income
will be annually expended -in 'dopiieat-'
ed* officers, instead of a rea! *>?r?cal
tural college, separate and apart fran*
the influences of the South Carolina Co:
?ege. where it was hoped . boys would
not only be educated and trained in'the
mysteries of successful agriculture and
made acquainted with the powerful le?
vers of progressive farming, out where
the allurements and inspirations of farm
life would be constantly instilled into
their minds and from which we might
hope to have a fair percentage cf theta
return to the. avocation* of their fathers,
we have an enlargement of the annex
only. Instead of a board of agriculture
reorganized on the plan outlined by your
convention, tuc legislature bas enlarged
the present board, denying ir. the power
to elect its own secretary, thus fatally
crippling its eScacy.
Without claiming that ail wisdom ra .
with the farmers, it appears to nie, as I*
feel it must :o you, that in these mat?
ters affecting as and cur interests first
and foremost, cur judgment and wishes
should have been concurred io, not ia
the grudging and half-way manner ia
which we have been recognized, bat ?
cheerfully and beartiiy. The more sa
when the enactment of these measures
into laws would have entailed little or
no additional tas, as their maintenance
would have chicCy come from money
now appropriated by I?w for similar but
unsatisfactory use. Congress b3S given
to the farmers of South Carolina, ia
common with those of other States,
$15,000, and has secured to us besides,
?11,500, both sums to be paid annu?
ally. Besides this tbc farmers of the
State are paying about ?25,000, a
year's inspection fees on fertilizers, to
furnish a fund to be used ia their inter?
est and for their protection.
Who gainsays their right to say bow
this $51,600 should be expended or
who so bold as to deny that it would
not be expended as it should be ? It ts
largely through your labor that the
State has collected its taxes during the
five years immediately following our re?
demption from Radical rule, not count?
ing the above annual tax on fertilizers,
nor the constantly increasing income
from phosphate royalties, the poll tax,
the ordinary and special county taxes,
nor the constitutional two mili school
tax, from which sources many millions
have been extorted from as since 1876.
I repeat, in those years the State has
collected for its ordinary purposes the
enormous sum of ?2.$57.000, and ia
the past five years, (1S87 nor made up)
the increasing sum of ?$,626,500.
These vast sams have been freely givea
Lo every variety of purpose, from ice
tickets to canal digging, from soap and
towels and matches to gilding the State
House, and from extra clerical services
to ?136,000 in salaries.
And yet we are told that the State is
too poor to give the meagre sum of $50
000 to commence to build up this insti?
tution apon which the farmers were be
gicniog to look as to their Mecca. The
advocates of the scheo:e, adopted by the
last Legislature, made no issue with the
justness of the demands made by your
convention, as witness rhe laws eularg
ing the board of agriculture and the an?
nex, and the establishment of experi?
mental stations They diverted the
breeze you have stirred to the sailing of
their beat. You are ca'led upon to say
if the Legislature, which has just ex?
pired, voiced the sentiment of the ma?
jority of the people of the State on these
questions. These measures were not
before tue people when ix was elected,
and as a consequence ii was voted fer
without reference to th* ra Will you,
once disregarding the taunt that farmers
will uot stick together, ut:i:e in your
strength, num?rica dy, fiducially and
politically, and secure to yourselves that
measure of the Skate's fostering care
which your importance deserves ?
If yea decide to rip ht yourselves and
gain that consideration in the councils
of the State to 'which you are entitled
and which is graciously extended to the
farmers in umuy of our sister States,
leaders will be found who are the peers
of any who may oppose you Consider
these matters as settled aud a genera?
tion will live and die without seeing
rheta changed. ? would not ?mpuga
the motives of the friends of the recent
legislation on these matters. They are
South Cared in mt. s. equally interested
with :.ny of a* in the State's prosperity
and advancement, but i deny in toto
f'e r superior wisdom ia dealing with
questions pertaining so nea ny to the
farmers" interest, fer I am persuaded
mzuv, if no: mes: of the supporters ojf
the bills pissed rc! in jr ?o these things
are not cf our profession and necessarily
do not, and cannot, think and feet as
wc do in rederer.ce to them.
I would respectfully ask the press of
;he State to give publicity to this ad
cross, that it may be considered by ail
cf the farmers of thc Scste.
D. K Xonnrs,
President Farmers' Asso'u of S. C,
Hickory Fhd, [Vt; lid.
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Weather for ?larel?.
The Kev Mr. Hiakr, who according
te the Mouthe:m Ca or. is 'lie best
authority on the subj rt. ene whose
predictions two serer Jailed, Las the
foiiowins ?o sav a beat Marcia weather :
'March.' s:.ys Uer. Mr Hicks,
'opens wii'b a February storm about
over, ft Unwed by faiiir-g temperature,
until the 7:h to ?h. About the 8th a
storm rermtf- of marked enerby and
violence wtil begin,dusting amii about
?ho 13:h. :huivy snow ail over the
"yortii, 'yn:i:;? to destructive sleet.
Rato and -vnend tropical storms south?
ward Gold dt*ys- will follow. Abouti
the I ib h prepare for nex t danger per*
io?], lt will las: from tee i9th to the
?Mic or l2?-h. During the vernal
equinoctial period. s-rgraTared by the
grawin sr Jo chm period, unusual activity
may be expected in ai1, meteorological
ph en erne nr. harlht}HG tees s ?re '
Twenty-three Republican and six?
teen Democrat io Senators voted for lb??
Blair bill, and twelve Republicans acl
seventeen Democrats ve-ted a^aiuts it.
Party linos were pretty thoroughly bro?
ken up. Senator [ja m pron voted for and
Sedater Bu??er .-.?ra?cat? it.
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