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Vi lBe Just and F?ar-.n?? aH tlie Ends thiy^?Ms^M^^:^J Connor's; t6y God'sr andf Trut?'s; S. C; caa" be 6r J?aaututsrers of ^ y. (. JEim?. opposite Carmo? Street, a.. I COLUMBIA, S. a X> O O !FL JS , ,SH & BLINDS, Cement, plaster, - AND HAIR. ?S?I^Aj?i) tarnkhM WHITE LEAD, , Best io tbe Market. . - " ' ,? ; % Attention Given to *jPjjj * br?* ^'Tb>^ ;^;i?"l??j^ -:* : \ -y -y;. ^h^-??Drgs^c>m never di?. ' ' ^^p?j&?baud stretched forth-to" aid f % $bekiod ! j Word Le grief ?dark&aiv I : > Tbatr p roTee^a friead i?tdk^d.;J ^?^lea.of mercy soft? y breathed ^^^?'When iust?ce:tiare?ieaad b?gb, rite-bear*-?^ bnev?erdie. ' % Tbe meiner? e*;* c?aspiog . tro pT^wre of a k??s, ' c j&?d afiiri?easweetan? fraif, -Tbat^Baie tip life's fire?blisa; :5: ?f witha area,unCbi^BgMth*, !fe?rw?o?a coa'trit^jieart--' Toese^tm^a shail never die, ?Sbfl^wc?^^^bi^wr^:::-. :?ani .*. Wo^ jieelbtitnefer-tei^ "TV?^ nWri"r*i?nlse*?bille ? heart ; Whc? nigh, ; laan?Mii^^ kept? % These things shalln?ve^die. Let nothing "pass^ for' ever, Can Sod some^W^ Lose not a*C*a?ce tcPwal , Be firm end just and! tree ^ So shall a light th&U .Beam on thee from on And angel voices ?aj^to.?iee^ - These i^b?^'^l^^ii^?j^^-r. {po?yrightedd-f Dd?oft-was in- r^Kfy ife" garret, room ex>vering the whole sixth"story : of the warebbnscv The beams overlif?^?he with pens-, oT?tea% t??r. ,^24aa ^ onr *p^y,n ' ^oi*'*?&?i ^^ j*:f*a?shed ?bitnanea st tea o?toates"* nWca ito^T^ -?eSof s??Ate drew.its suppbes of ji?ness every where, bs If there had beei^perhap in the'next hoar would have 1 rjb?^|6e^^n^ry in t?te eyes of religio?*' it eu?*c^ to looking out in theocSwxIox feasheff and ^ Be took off Jhs black- coat eaiefulry, ;&un^?. ifc ;?J>r- ifcretw. bisy-braces loose down hisback, and sat down in his shirt j ?ee^ before^ fat He wished, idoll^^ nere |;rftmnrfring half aloud that if that girl undertook bywrite a leader g- would be bosb, teat- in. every- fiaing else she never failed.; to hit the na? plump on the j aeadu Tb)^ erbc?? in^ih^ w?nd?w^^ c? ^Burgundy sort, 3n? ..J?j^and to the ? . __ ? r ?s?s^e?? a& this o^iestion*fof bfe and : There was^? > ndoor to her^Tittle roonfa^r. ^$j|??ways hqtd. wi??rived to'pay &e triffe of ' ocai after ste ^jbasT'c; He mooni??red tbe^?a^ t^^f?ere fib^r He^ had bad a 2E|^brb^herfather -3e^f^fe' IinSelfj:'r "*Wnen; he .iaajj)?vSf?fcaed up the estate; .shit- of do?tesi, patched; i 3^"il^%*.l9*<>f meerscbAinns; ^ jo^^ftj^^Sffl^ri of 5, just'over the measles. ' ^coc^, Mus? go W^Bi^r :^dj^?l^-a|y^ took her to <4ie J ?i??ct=r?*~ jsuSBj?^^b???s^ every afternoanf he | aougit he^a ^y little suk suit ^t was i flush tiII;?^??h 'hiin. jxts? " then) ; her 3h nis~iseegn. -ber wiote. nightgown, made jtex ipay ovet* b^^prayers again, and then rbek?tand crofted; over her some^ old ditty ^ .velyoci- seen-; "sica at b?b^rds "ar over tlteir stew-s and ale: irben the papers were, cast to ward moraiagr lseSl tomsearii <Hd StaEdish- at thisfiert-of 4 ' - '; - . --^Mycbc^-i n uV^?Se coming tor pe?- >| " anxious advice about 3xwip or rasa, and "Cell into the habit )f1?ying ail sorts ^inexpensive and useless. 'bings f or ^poor/P -j?^*^ l strong smell e?/'ngaxs^??^Ker^s ink in she air- the d^^fSBcSn^ grfaea^ltej^j^t^^ yojanglady^ne learned | ^ ^3^*^6*0, scrapxry, iteaiizingr newspaper "way; but Madelines life was in fact as deanly, and swee:-, and tender amcngsr,he3e-] ma, as it sheted iseen one of *Tijn*y^rosebnd rjarden 'c^^?s^ pa*ap& more so."^r7batover jarnae?t-c* Jies t?* major-chose te-pnt on as~: 3?rn^7ort^^ among o?ier mei?r, fe nev?r woro^lhBto '-the ; ?tid?aft-^ ^Hobody cbnld- crccodot :^o? the . ?Imost pathetio tenderass of bis lov? to the 1 grid. "Iiipa* ntor^?han iseem^d dne for ieer fether-s-?dce, or even her own. Once, however, be bad said tober, "Ton came to.take ?se place of a child thai; I lost.*1 ThaiTOtbe c^y^me?re hinted et the,! secret of bis former life. He iept it hidden aven fr?mi Bcame to bim to-day, and would not be thrust aside". In ? few boors it would be ?a?wn.to a31 t?6 worli *'Johi Proctor wsshiasoiu He remembered well now fiie lasfcday when; he bad called the boy by tiiat name. It ?ras ? dxearyvrainy .season, in JS?ovemb:r,.three c^fonr years before be toc$- Madebne. e He Rrir - by a hotel window withr - Jack ??oi'Vbis knee. Itwasaweek since be ?^con*? from Riehmo^ leaving t&a child's' n^her dead febere. lie, bad" ,speiit" tb?rjeeek going1 from one new^pa|> ^ v?Ec'e to another, vaunting and"vapcrajg, and oMnkfng hard, but with a "rt^cold^co^ieii^e^ the tarnet stand ing by her._ gjaye^<?h--wh^ ^the Ran pat tered, with her child's life left in Sis bands toaV> wdtb it-wbat he would. - - Mary's boy woxidd bav? grownjbatoatrnth p?lGcfk.,??ait?^~. j(B^ a ?gpa?^ ?tandisi, with all his tawdry bra^ginig, watched far; off with, je?kt? awef ^ow-? ; "Virbat jconld he make of ^ii^-^^i^^^iti^^^ bands ht hi^ an^rjpnSed... hnfcj&cser, trying with hi? bbaj?i eyes topenetr-tto the future: Lake father, like son; itvras so alwayA.,; For jhimselfr-whether it was the tainft "tne Sut cber shop or sonie ?aw in his make up he tiid not .know, but be was labeled everywhere ! l^r contempt. Sven here* where- bo" -was. d$ t?raaser* be was marked already, it?saw>aa= itisrepntable, vulgar, a frothy babble of a loan. Ee-was sore and galled by the sanbs fciej^ad met wtth tc<iay. He sat quiet in ?ie 'gandy hotel parlor, folding "faefcdose wb3e ^ '8?-rvants iighte4 ^-?ninps and people cime and went; he looked steadily at the cost o-r what be meant to do* TS take the. weight of your old father off of you, Jack," be-said atf last, stooping to ki?? tliefat, red jiit?e face, u"Qood-by, my son." - Bfe did take it off.. ?te entered^ tbe boy wider tbei jiameof Proctor at a fashionable ! h(ardingtgcfe?l, setting aside the entire snm ! & had se?gLwitb whieh to start a paper in ! P!?ilade^p? ' scratch for mj&3t?>. be/'! said, y .. , .. v .i >> ' -'Let ti? l??bae?^tmrf^ he d hfe gx>v?r?WKfcjBa? ?ay. ^Hi^ fi&cr the best. A 1&g???o*:& m?dam. And teach- him religion. His mbiher^.but he broke down, he*. '. "She's yrmder/7-fce said quietly at last,:glaneingup. * The governess neddeoVanduhderstood-b^ Sc the feint succeeded*-. Of what it' cost fcjfc?self* he said nothixig>|frhad li?ted"the boy aionee, be thought, mtb pure region of |;fnshion, and refinem?a^andsalvatr?^ The ^qriesof the J?roctois,in the eorirseof years, grew and inultiplied read^yin. Ifce inajor's handling; -There were t?mes"?vhen.hebecame, confused himself, so real had Jacfcfs iliostri or^ fani?y. grown. ~ ^Bememher y<fta?father the general, lad !" he would cry, whenUTging F thehoy to madliness-or. courage, 'Noblesse _ jnined if't know whether there was a. i'Genyt Proctor or notpyie wot^ mn^rper \ pished to hin ^afterwari ^ '^: z lia had been played. sn??safn?y for/years,, yet now all Jack's world was to know* it was alia. Sitting by tfoe^flre in ^shii^sleeTes, tapping, his knees:-??^ltf'c?^^-fis^eicsl . "Iftierefe niobbdy who toaewnn?. in Virginia, aadlmb ws my imroe is Richard and: not Eteu, . that can't -teU, ?bout-,the boy.,, He^w.nc*.: w^yof'escaj>a^{ to caH himself my fr lend - was ruin to.^^lad, what will become of him - as my soe.?^- to4ay^. Ja^ck's- fe?? stood in the balance, .as . McMnrray- had said. Agam; and again n?a theo!r?ar^<auix?le. :'r-* ;"On o^sio^fc^^ wealth, aid- the-, woman .he loves; on tho - i'!c^er^5D2?v^ > -3fc?re v w^ .io?nng beyond iftefc Tb-:aight nmste en? itora [-b?ter: ;Th?/3?ru^ Jsldwer^bti .y&li?3me?i? tSi'; her^.^e?^bkx?k ^?^ i&.?? fir?. *Tb? guawinghimger bearing at his flesh made his brain clearer. Ife.-wasto bo hung on his boy like a mill. stone io drag him down, till one or other of to?m ibUed?:;.Whst "if he - were dead. nW^ :' H?reatr^ain wonld fe?ow; and as for ??sb-~ : :3^'TO^ro$?nf?cm^ca?ly; ?be eyes uh Lderl^grjtaly l^ws-growing strangely keen '^4^^-know?iat I'm of" one took stock bf me.?. He with a queer cnnbkle over bis 'amtic-bpdy; vthen g^mced % drawn for months, proudly ?iibmeiit of thegenins .which . biulbeen has birthright. "I never made my mark^.tbbujg^" h? muttered. Hs. repeatedr fcha>%oiaciecr,?wice. . . ^e^c^.was^^en. -, : Ho:Sfc?pd quiet? a inoment* an&theU sopped oiaface .wifehisragged white"nandkerehief, rft^waa^angely composed au?t graved '<??: l we^ to a closet and took down from the-drr !r Jerry snelyes ? bottle fuH \of dark br.pwn } f?qpio% t?pm Which? be gA>^ r. whic?he..placed ready ?n t?te fnwnt?l shelf; .?ben, as?Sb^?gh dp^??ti?g its efficacy,- he took ou*at^;vm^ powder, and hid It ra.ms pocket . Unlocking a desk, he took Dot^^dlcather covered Kblei yellow with ^age, and began teaming over the leaves, to uudtheia^^ ' ' y " an. 31, John,' only chM of Richard l?erea?ifc over, as he had done' et?ry day [ dnc? -he gav? tWibby up. " He fancied .God came' as near to nim m those words as he sbtfld- in any others n> 'that book. It waVthe.ooly page wjncbrhe ever read; She and wr^^ them there. "She knows whether Pve loved hst andT yon, Jack,"stooping to kiss?ie faded wri?r^ "Torn* old father sfaall never oe.a weight on fa?/boy*" He!, opened a fciife andcatl?e i?is?. It was ?oo?? "now;. he. held it in his hand and stooped over the fire irresolute. Ai'ter. all, his real hold on life for a good many years had been through that page; as began ^to criq>, he glanced up quickly at Biegoble^^Q>en o?t otf :.. fiae " square donner window. Lights were beginning tegl?am in ??:iwat8ea .te iky warjnedred as cinnaoar ni th? 'frosty -snn '^T^lnleJw^Bj?bf feaiierysmoke from'sonae $ae?&g si?anier' w?v?reb! axS?bSs' it iFbe worMgavel?ma friendly look?for^?i??ast. flet?uew-tiepaper in the tire, put ont his .ba^^~thegb^Iet--rwhoi ffiere, was a'su? Jenjsoift fim^ be?ipxi hin^and two nervous' little hands were clapped over hi^-eyes: . The aest?nng was a hearty kiss right' on his ?iontia. " '. . ;??Z com^it is?otru??- &ere are so inany gritty girls stea??ng in to kiss, yoi without ' ieave! Oh dear, Tm quite frozen, Uncle fenr . " . ' ^e^fcoked as-if ?h? were; - her chubby, iimpled face was bine, and the rin^r drops ?fax? 1 in her eyes. She perched herself mp on jjaoi^fsr's chjair, beating her hands, in^their ?voolen glbvesrtc^ether. -"If yon'only could fiiic?niy- boots i Mjfeet haven't had a bit k?eohng-for an:honr. Fivemsles did they fetmp. I-didn't want to break the note lor 'jssK- tae^r: ItVthe half yearly pay 4&yr yen ?i^ y^ fumbling in: her ^^.G^&.i^hi nejv note, t4I conldn'-t ?eep -sntil we'd bbth ?ecn. it;'and?gone oalve?r wiiddng-with. both eyes and laugh bg all over in.the most ridiculous, lovable wayv The major had taken oU her shoes, ?nd stood- withr them in his hands down at her. Sfefe was so alive She tows so alite with beauty: warm Wooded and happy! She seemed to some to him like sadden youth or summer in this last- desperate hour. There h?ng abdut her even the faint scent of roses. It seemed so easy V) corns back to sit down beside his little daughter, who loved him with all her honest heart, and be happy and jolly and rKv? as always. ' But he knew what he had to do. "Eow long are yon going tostay, MaVdyP **tJntil tomorrow?tmiess you would rather I woukLgo to-night," quickly. "Yes, I would rather. I have somo busi ness?there w?l be some men here after awhile?it wouldn't be best for you to stay." Very well," Maddy nodded, turning her Stockinged feet about before tho fire. She never asked questions, but she gener ally f?und' out all that she wanted to know without them. "How long can I stay, Uncle Dan?' taking off hor hat "In two hours will be time enough. Let me have you long at I can." "Isn't that a lovely hat?" poising it on her tittle fat fist, and looking over it steadily into his gaunt, changeless fflfce. .The brown plume-is just the shade of my hair. Been hard at work on The Camera lately, dear?" "They've needed nothing for two weeks." "Oh !*" She was quiet a minuta "Just put that hat carcfuBy away in my room, won't .ybu? and brvng me m^plippcrs. , They're ?t the lower drawer^ You have the keys."' Sbo ?at mo?onlesS^?til the door closed behind him, and then like a-flash she was in the pan try cupboard, which was empty, as we know, and bac^again by the fire. She took up the goblet and smelled it. Tho major, coming back, glanced at it jealously, but it stood where ho left it, and Maddy was leaning lazily back in her own low chair. She was pale, and the water stood in her eyes." "You're not welL child r "No. Sit down,by me, Uncle Dan. I'm ?red and I'm hungry, that's all. I ordered a miraculous little supper as I came along: It will be, here presently." She took his, big harid?he sat by her, fingering it over, hbl<V ing-i^?ow and then to her cheek. Some fching^ke than hunger had been at work with him. They were both too old <$oldiers to bo beaten, as fca was today , by ?' little whble jome festi?g. But what was too core? She ?id nt?Jnxrw'waer^^ probe; "TbeyWxaised my salary*- Uncle Dan, did rou notice!" . '*N?V I did not: Vm glad of it, my dar 6ng. Ton can go through the world alone pretty well now,-Maddy?"" She made a grimace. "If one only cares -for hard work and money?yes. But I'm bred of being ?lone; I mean to either come home,-oryounmstconie to me: Tbough.a >aaan ofydur talents would be wasted in a Jersey village like that. They have only one Qowspaper; You could not go there:" "Only onenewspaper,- have -they?" r There was silence, f* Jack is attorney be Slid, at last: Tb^cbee^. against which she had pressed his ftnger?grew/suddenly, fiercely hot. She ^trp'aadvMd! some wood on the grate, sat ipwn leisurely, her face turned from; him. -\ ^ Who* did you say had^n-fe. h^ Tohn Proctor?" . / - \ "Yes, Jack:" Th? v??j name of lie boy ; itabbed him like pam; yet be' could n?t-keep it off bis lips. He did- not- waver in: bis re~. ?lve. "He would put himself out of the way so keep the shameful birth! of his boy a secret. Yet, as.'the -clock tacked away the moments jj )fythisr:iast hour, nature grew'almosf tobv. strong forhini. " He could baye cried out, so", :2iat all the world might bear, for his son?' for hi? "son, whose flesh and blood was the .lam? as hisi'" 'He heard the girl speaking to mnx. as in a dream. -Her voice trembled , in $pif?& herself." ; "Teh: me something about him, Uncle Dan. :?she'm?cn''chang??".w. . .f.. -"?Usee no^ change in him.3' -Hev^ean^fat ;4g^.o/^l^fii^ and through ;all h?'?dufl 'ibscirption^ it. startled, him; it waspso -; ?*caagelyafresh,- and dewy, and young. ' ?**Isn?pose John hasbeensuccessfn?)fi?eni,, jbesaida&lasty with an effort. "He told me >ni*e. h**. would nev^ come back or write 'onti'l-he-cauid do a man's work-and make ail ;iis fe??ds prend of him. He thougbt they' . wouM forget Mm. He need not have been rery much afraid of that" She was talking Ja^tp -herself, stoopmgasr sfe sat en; ber^ jfcoblj her-' "brown%yes fixed onthe fire, W' : Stands pre ed on her . breast "I always fcnew; be. v7c^uM^fm^^some little borne in-fche westj-and JSsn cen? back; I knew he'wc?cb* \ "Yes; ?ncle-^an." "Til tell you about Jack," an .tm natur^yjoux^harsh.Voice: ."He is, a' man Df msxknow?a leader in his sect They've ialled him to* the first church here. His cbra xttnionsarenotyouTsor.inine, and bis ways ire not ours. - Tbey would look upon him as iaintei if he made friends of shiftless Bohem ians . like a&- fiefc in a" -world ?be 4oor of which issh^t'to yon. aM ine. It will" be thp iame way ^rben w??re dead. He will be ru nde, but when I come the door will be sbtrt=r- - -?nt" ;..:>; .., r. " V: . . ;. A\sn<k^.^ ttoough aer face. Dimpled, kissable little face as it was,' there .was a^tent nobility in it,- great ?eadiiiess an^streogth, "I think-youre ?nr just toc ns,' aid to Jack," she said firmly^ : ?tandtng before him. . ^ "I tefl. you the boy is on; the road to sue- " -ess, and ho mast go on," be cried. "No-v 6ody shall stand in bis way to binder him.. I mean to stand out of bis way. It will bo irate-easy for me to do it?quite easyi" ' Some suspicions of yearsago Were cmnfcg fock to Kerir- ;t^think I uMerstandV' she. aid. '*Is Jack willing, that you should give aim upl* "~ "What could it toatfcertojnm? A shabby, DldKaraiid-1*raggari<; as Mc3furray called me. I saw bis" church to^iay, and the bouse whero-Iie wffl:?fV?; So- grandly fmrnsbedV :f^urbhes^ and * furniture!?-.- with a con ?emp^c?s. shrug. ci What aro tfiey to Jackl" "I awthe wonian hclis'to marry.? lcAbl the woman"?~'. . "A daughfer of McMuTray^-a deiiente,. white rosebud of a gai. S? ^hasv'eyerything now the world can give, Jack baa, Tbere^- j but one bar in bis way, ajud that won't be*, ?rerelong." . But Jdadeline bad, tnriKai to" the window, eer^face toward the sun that was going down. Lfc was some time-bed&jr?' dMr/^came' bdet ?^ben sbed^sbestoorTby the rnsntel shelf fooking down at bint- ABoes tho woman tove bim?^ :. "Tthoaght sa Itwas-bcr face." . ilShe o?ily.has^ known bim a little wbileF "Wi?srow told me tbey met last montii in.. (ancngo.. T?je match was arraitged ta?re.^ ' She looked at her hand- Tikere was a*thin goldring on- one'finger-^a-cbeap b^etrffle, such as a school boy would give. It bad'been there so many years that it bound and pained. Ehe wcnienVfuH grown ^finger. It hadWk^?^ so for many years. -^-^T A "One month?" she said ta'nef????egain _ agam: ^40^ . ^1 ' The sun^^was do^g&^at^the relfcctic the snffwi^lte'??bbfs threw apl^|S3^right fiess mto^fne many wmdows^o?e' the clock^ ticked cheerfully the^kf*^m*.of daylight ,|. away. A noise^bd^^^oke the silence mtOv. which they bA^^11- ^ stai^ wrc long and riei'e^^^^ steps could be beard creak-; ^one flight- to the other.-. ^ftk JackP The major ^oke' Iwx^ly, standing rip. Be had bee tbn??femg ?i over , as be, sat!- However false and dis-cepn-l^ble j his course ba4 -been-since be was a than, be a16. least w^is n'gbt/ be tbx>ugbVin: th?^fcrt of it^ ii close. " *Nothing^ in bis life sc^rjecame b-tnr.astbe ending of ity*" he-.quoted tohimiselfl lfBnfr McMurray wookl call it a theatncarltrick.'? t Jack was at the street doer;- in a-few mm ntes itwbt?d: be too. late- *^:thfi|st lbis fingers into bis pocket and secre^-"^I3Se 1 vial in bis palm. He -went -.to the di^/ as if v| "to close it At that moment- !&ddy' cragbjlf ' s?gbtof a yellow bit of writing on t?ebe?rt^ | stooped, picked it up. SLe nodded as she - read it without surprise. "His son? And Jack wanta the old! nian now to deny it? ' Not to stand in bis wajrT | Tbe first hint about that poor white rabbit Clara had tramed" her blocd .to gatt, . She was suddenly bicter and unjust as death to' Jack, : to wbom -she- bad given her whotey?fe of patient, sweet tempered^ trust. ^ The steps came nearer. The poor'oltr- mar: jor backed toward Jtbe inner door, hir>un coutb face white and wet- "Fm not welL I'm going to lie down on your bed.' Take him away with you, Maddy. I can't see either of you to-night." Yet even then it gave him a vague pleasure to bear how light and gay. and resolute the boy's steps were. Maddy came quietly between him and the door. "No, we will both see this Jack, who puts you out of his way." The door opened. There was the oldsbort, stout built Jack! The old sturdy, honest face under the same fur cap, the twitch in the mouth ready to make a joko at anybody or at himself. "Why, Maddy? I did nothopo to see you here, littlo woman," giving her a brotherly shak? ?f the hand, and so figuratively setting her aside. How the dull morbid shadows tbat^had filled tho room crept aside before him.r Madeline felt that her life had been but a passionate dream " Practical, common sense people on the same plane or society saw each-other a month ago in Chicago, and mar ried ratiroally. And why should a prac tical,- rational man encumber himself with this late discovered father, with bis un doubtedly unwholesome fancies and stagey habits? 'Maj. Standish" ? Jack with all hi. hearty manner, was em'.jarrassed?"I came to speak to you on business of importance. You have no secrets from Ma'.lrfy?"' "Dont speak, boy! For Ckxl'ssake! Iaa Kttle while I will set it all right! Wait one minute!" retreating to the door. "But I won't wait." Jack had his hnvls on the major's shoulders and forced him dorrn on A chair. His face flushed as ho spoke, and his voice grew*unsteady. "Look at tins old man, .Madeline. Twenty years ago ho.came hero a healthy, middle aged man, with a comfortable living and a son; a boy that be could have educated plainly and had te work for him and be a companion as be grew old. But what does he do? Puts tho boy wberehe | will be tended like a'- prince, be clothed.in j purple and fine linen, gives up his income to him, white he?look at^ this oockl?ft^'jjyaddyf ; t "Look?:bercF' Ho put'his baud.,on*,the"--c?d; man's bead and drew it through the tbm , white hair. Once or twice he be&an to| but stopped. last he .???^'-^l''. shifts you have made to JiycJ bore; that I might. sleej wannl ' ?It's wcl?. I doO ' Wilt neves want the care of a son again, scr j belpit?Godl" : . 1 ^esVyesj.r knew .you would say that;*' cried tiie major: "B?t of what use was 'it? alii you have'" ruined yourself. I know what I ami Who told you this?" "Amarfwho came from Virginia to finot you." , " V " Wha^does. h? want." "Be . would*ipt tell me." . Procter's- face' clouded The major's quick eyes marked it, "Hehas^ warrant for mo, I suppose?" sul len and dogged. "I done* know; He refused to* give nie anyhintr "There were" several^ littie affiairs-^there'S' no use . in . their stirring up muddy water;, that : I can- : see," peevishly. "But if it's CTiniinA?let* me- alone, Jack, catching theyoung man's sleeve. "You shall hot dragyourself-.down for me. Pli not have ^^r^^^et^tpcted^ fiercely; . J^?answer was to glance around the -| poverty stricken. garret, and *at, his owhv costly, quiet dress. The tears were in his"" eyes. "We're- one now, come what will, father," he said; quietly. '"That is the man at the door." The major, went to-open it. ^Ili-talk them yet," he muttered.- *T11 not drag Jack down." He came back in. a moment, a-buge yellow envelope inhis hand. "He sent it in a letter. A man can't be arrested by letter? It may be"?turning it over; "What's this? God bless my soul, what's this? Why,it's no" arrest I" t_ . .. ;"Thank God for that!" muttered Proctor. ''Bobert?tandish. is dead, Jack," poring and muttering over.a parcmnent sheet. "fehe^sirF indifferently. Jack was stand ing awkwardly alone, for Madeline, whom' he had time"to notice now, was engrossed in. tying up some drawings of hers, which she was going to take away with her. She would not leave one vestige of herself in her old* home,- she. thought. Theoldman would go with his son to the delicate little rosebud of a girl As -for her, what did it matter that she had nohome- nobody on earth but them? that her hfe had held nothing but them?" The diawlirigs looked like nuisterpieces of art to Jack; he had heard ot Maddy's genius. How cold and still she had grown in-these' t^o years! might be' devotion to art and to'aor.warjfc: . She looked j? impassive and abst.*ncted-. as _ if she , had gone into, some height unknown to him,- from whence she would look down on all his fancies and his?: Jack never remained long- ht doubt about anything. / "Maddy P He crossed the hearth i-ugt? the corner where she stood and took up her hand ' ^1^ ring? It'agone." Maddj glanced down carelessly. "Ring? Yes; I-rcmemb?T now. That ring was too small ; I took it off Jong ago." .. Jack's eyes twjbakled; he held heir wrist tight. "How long ago? Within the hour? Seer bow red and bruised the poor little hand is!" itg ,"TIm p^'was-*oo much for. heroic Made!;. .a?<gaveasobybut held the'tears-back infh?r j i*wet^nnj9erab3e^6Si; ^ack-never:knewin=all '"b^hn^ howede^^e'bruise went when that-j rfeg canic>e^" He looked' at her.steadily, closer, closer;-lifted the hurt^ hand tail his breath touched it,-then .kissed it. Just as lie used to kiss herlips long*ago; as no man had fouched them*since; as.they hex?ar- woald be tossed agahL' ' : - She drew \back. "You have no right to pJay wit?rnic in thafway." At<the firsttone* | of herialt?red voice, Jack stoodstartle?I and grave "What do you mean,Madeline? Yotf^j need not feign that youi??d not know Ploved you when I went away two years ?goP ; .*^bttv wore under no inomise to me," qmeldy-r "Ihave no right to reproachyenx" ^o-^rennse. But I loved .fom" ' *L??? nowhttl? Clara has takenmy place," with '. icy .ccmpc?rn*e. '1 do.-not thmkj that, : ?t^ange** ; - : a??$baigppf?^ C^.Mi'de'^ne?*'' than a thousand : * arguments.: - "B?" yotf mean to say-you. tonffc love her, Jack?" catching his ;coat lapels with --both ha?' kana^Sf ^*ve. bceg sch-sq, ..miserable*:, P~-^ . She' dropped^- Her "~;hoad and ; said ho' njore; but 'the^ little Burgundy rose !hao! opened its. heart to* him now with all* ite^ .sweetness and-s?i^p?r?um?'j'and Jack" the'flavor of nVvwdl* ? He'.had'. for it for a gsod many yearjL** .Theysat'tcgether ma^^^00"161*; H^jor wasporin^ light - AfMadeline referred to her >w?edge, Jack; ThougbrsheiSr you say, poor child i" / youj "I'don't' know,** said Mr.' Jack, whose c?i smen^twinged him,wj^ycer^nSn .ftalks in Chi<agpi- Al^f#j&y^fypt??ry. ate???nd kn^ Her' father was'aixious for me toJtake Pifst church h?re;. .But ?^^jc?n???r'u^. ni^. h>ind/ to' thaV n^h^jmem the weet^^y^ti'w^??'^^t^. me*" . " : ?\ .51 always" thought, you'd* cane'-fb^n^f.:. said &ra^Maddy; - ' . - , J The majoir:was Jookmg lat them prer^ias ?p?cte?i^^^ he said; in- anaiiia ' They '&?tog<?h?r in a shn?e^ corner. wSjxt; " Whv, Goxl bless you-, (miMren! Yon ^in p^^'tor yourselves than' I' did for you."'.' " ;. ' Jack laughed and drew his chair' over be-' tvrcea thm.? "It will be hard work to live at first.. Bat wo three are old-comrades,-and knot'v how'to rough it." . "Th^^aduplicate cf *^bcrS* Standish*? will,*' said the major, strivnig^ to be legal and lucifV'and by it-1 find certam-demesnes^, messuages^w?ll, I don't know, to- tell the1 ta-athvif it's a fortune or & mere competency, Jack. But^it's enonghfor us -all tto give Mc Murray and his cursed Camera' the go by for lifa ifte may stai"t a rutaonal magazine-' with it," in bis old bragging ton??. . . "There will bo no moiu' of th?; fbr'-you, then, father," glaucing^arbunjjL '?.*^,;lcre . fioors, and pinched poverty ahd;ths^orn out old man "with his white hair" in the n?idst chafed'Jack angry and sore ccutifruaily. X;. . '"And here ts the supper. At lastl" cned ] Maddy. ."I had really forgotten I-was hungry; but; it-is long past my usual dinner hour,]J. said the major, loftily. ?le rose wrth~ alacrity to help her spread the white cloth and set the hot, dainty-dishes on it, managing,- as" h> lighted the lamp, to empty a half filled goblet into the nsb.es. "Such abominable win*' ?s^ the^o feUoWfunush me now!'"' bo muttered, ; * and then suddenly stopped, locking at Jack,;, a shame^ defeated look cieeping all over^his-^ big b?*ly. Ho went to hiau ".''My son,*?. i#.;. said, humbly, "it would bebetteryou left'mb^] behind, you and Maddy. rm'a miB&rable* faulty old man." "> \ "A?d ? am a faulty young o^^^iu Ja.<^J' hastily. 4 - But there's that bet^pT^ou'.' and me, father,- which God w**^^'?Wft?aof all underneath these we^? hat grow ?b$f," ' Maddy: camo closer tourna two tnen-. ^ ^I.. - think I know what y?U'ffmS^-'?M% t^'v i she said* with mfinito hVv&aitdv v?rir b^# ' grammar,, putting hej6/"hj^Y*8?l?F.' ?ito^ : th?irisC .> - . It Ts jutbprimivijy:7%^ie^: '^^t: -^^ Hon.. Jobo Ci Shv^jfctir, of f^^eWr:| ^ifeir?t't?^^ t^.^^.'i^-mfi fe^?tk inter . tb?.' Ot St?l? Contemporary^; Keep up the Agitat?orf. - ^ '-Prospering. Press\and Reporter. ft is reported tba> a reso?atibo 'op posing candidates: wa o'draok habi? eally to .excess w?i^fost .Ijy s tie vote* in the County. Democratic Convention of Su?-* ter County. A candidate who driaks. 'h?bit?any./to. excesaT is a drankar^, and it does se?m/ that a body composed of repr?sentative men should not have h?d any - hesitancy^ in voting to oppose ftie. election of such an .one to ' oSce. The conviction that business principles must enter into the m&nagemeut of the aflFairs ?f:Governmen6 is gaining. grotind_ and so soon as it becomes strongly fixed in the miads of the people liauor-driuk ing candidates must g% What bnai ne?? man would employ ? person who 'habitually drank to excessT We are glad that attention is-being thus pub licly called'to the whisky drinking and/ treating habit. Onr advice is Keep up the Agit?ttioh. Well Done. Orangeburg Times and Democrat. The Sum ter Watchman^ and South ron says the WedgefieW .and .Taylor Clubs of that County, at a recent meet-: ing adopted resolutions which ought tot be written in. letters of gold' and the good advice contained therein is a wholesome sermon to the -voters not] only of Sumter County but .the entire State and the United Staled, They.) frown down upon the horrible jfract?c? of 'treating to intoxicants by candidates for 0108,' and, it is- declared In > em-1 pbatic terms that no candidate will be endorsed ^rbo is;known to drink to ex cess".' ?f Voters in Orangeburg County and elsewhere woflld.stand right square up to such noble senti m en tB as these it would bo bef.ter for the morals as ^ell as the polkicsi of the County. ^ Tragedjr at Trio. Glarendon^Eiderprise. Dr. LocMeart and Mr. ,W. F. Grif fin, who. boarded with Mr. Gardner, at Trio, got-' into a" serions' difficulty last Friday a^ght. It seems that the two men, roomed together, occupying , ther s&i&Jk??: tfo Friday night last Dr. Leckheart came in intoxicated and .Grifga refused to sleep with him in an inebriate condition. Lock heart became enraged and rushed upon him* vrith a pistot. ' The only shot fired, topi effect in k?e abc omen, rrnd ' jSrr, kiffin;d"fed from the wound Sunday. y Dr. ?oek heart was the physfcian of that section, and Mr. Griffin was a ci*oss#ie dealer of pleasant manners and > inoffensive^be havior. . The : affair is .sadly -deplored, * I^ckhe?rt has fied. : "Saying-jtno Preacher^/5 . Southern: Clpisiiah Advocate. Evangelist Leitch -is^ still at work "saying the, preachers? ~"fn>- tbeJ^C, issue of ,the Way of ^PS^Mt[ the Suinter, meeting, bej$.~ r,kWe|: are greatly helped an&^*^raf>6^ the'Fresidieg Et?s^<>&er Beasley,; who claimed Jf^S*tlie are?riog to be saved thi??^' ^ through; also, the beloT^#^stor of - tbo Baptist Church, :Q. Brown/ . llljhrisdans.ouguVto rejoice in the , j&QQg?* os??-acre especially su??3^^y abound when a minister of tiuf.i ^ospefejs saved. We rejoice: to know, therefore, that the lauors ofMf. Leitch in Sutater resulted" in the sal va twn^*through and tbrough^rof two such e inetit;?ii?i8ter8 as fie v. Sid B?f Beasl?y, Presiding B?der of-3Sam-. ter district, end Bev.-O. &\ Brawtf,. ?a8tW ..ottb? Sum ter Baptist Churc?, :-But.w.bat was the spiritual condition of th?se gentlemen before the coming of Mrv ;i?itchv? : 'Were?t?iey u^d/l?sdcia of;the- W?nd?; yWere tj^ey^stitf ta th? gall of bi?ter?ess^ 4^;itS? ^?u^ of io^ iauity ?- Tho?gh n^niB^rs of salvation to others, .Vrere 'tlpey . unsa^^^u?m selves 1 Or were they only* ^i??sliy saved ? If so, ^we rejoice^ that ' their eyes hive been opened at last, and that the, Lord directed Mr. Lei tob to Stim t?r'fo "kad tuem ifl^-the experieuee o? f ? conscious salyatieu^.* . .- But how about ?^il???s?ey's record of: eighteen years of jaithful and suc cessful ?ong before f Mr. l&itch was ever h?ard ?t in Sooth | Ca?o^ua,- il-r." Beasle^not ouiy pro- | fess?" saltation, but w^laessed it by a hoty zu? c?n${8teQt The same may be said of Mr. Brown. . Are we to suppose that during ail of ttstse years these ge?ile?en ?ere' s%lf-deceiired ?r And w'ere they only aroesed -to their true condition under the preaching of this" new apostle of salivation ? So the language of 3fr. LeHcht would imply. But wffo-believes it ?' Certainly nb'one who knows anything at all of the char acter and record of the gentlemen named. Mr. Leitet is doubtless doing much good by bis ?v^ngelist?; labors. We would not "put a straw :b the way of his doing all the good possible: But we do protest against such statements as the one ouot?d'above. TbCy-ara B??skad ing and untrue, and are calculated to do a' thousand times more damage than Mr. Leitch can hope to undo by a life time of faithful labor. The ministers; of. our-churches are^ffot Sbcouverted,' unsaved men, waiting for the agency of fir. Leitch to bring them to a knowl edge of the truth. JThey arc* as sound in the faith- and have every whit as clean' records as./MK Leitch or any other evaogeitst ^hey .will compare favorably with>hi?Hn every particular, and their -piety and loyalty to the clmrjph-^^ te^"^ oevier vbeeo.^- ^^t?????tv His wor^v'tfcau folly, then, yea, it is a : downright* imp?r^Buencc; for any evart>v geli?t .to go from place to place holding meetings and setting up thcr e^airniof ^saving /be--poachers.' Thank" Ood^. prea?fer^3#re;^?r'ea(if- 8ayed,--a'?d? Oxis L^rrf:^^jvJ-theui d^ily i^^ei tL ^?p?\ f?e$Qf?? i ? dt?afiiQ ns >i t may be ^be^ata" 0euio.or n fcte ,?xe?u t i v e Com - n^tttbe .will b'aye.^efy -Wide>w>ope. Thus fi^iu^d?.o jiw Governor Kichard fc^rab^^'? Govc^or- Mauldin, ^Jc^y;present as: aspa^|fs to renom-{ ^^100vat^ij^^ii]ls-''of the- State-Goo v?otioD, ^^^^rc he?t&prem MV. B. iv. ?^lS to|fe "^;cn of. News ?Qd:^aH^;:fto^,' fe/jbSp f^wards^ sauvais to b% even & - 1 . T?jfi first meeticTg ?? -tKe pr^^?rjr i canvass arranged by the Bemocr?^; State Convention : t?t tb? par??s?^ giymg th? cactiir^ate? &r .n^mi natBftr !>r Governor and Lieu^nant^Gsve?^ ; an opportunity to -give ^tbeirytew&oo" Sitat?p?li tics,, was held at Ho?g?* ?as? : Friday. The day was ? peasantone,"' and between eight hundred and one thousands people, were present. = $??fc| only speakers present weFe-S^w^Eicb ardson, LieutenantGpvern^r Imidin I and Mr._B>R. %illman,/the Jattef hay rug been invited to attea<f"th? meeting by the~ Farmers* club of ?b^eT?Ife" County; Gdv: Kicbardspn spoke first. His speech was aa abt ?ne, and 'ecitr sisted mainly of statistxcsj in whjck.be s bo wed bow the peoplea* money had b??ri ei^nd?id i? maintaining " tie Sf?te government. * H? was ?oi ?ow?d by; -Mr. :'- l??-fS!?l?F^. ' jwho though suffenng.fr?j? an s^ta?kof r?eu?ttatism, made a. very fine ^:<mt^Xes1 speech. Mr. TiHman came, next; an$. for l?ore than two hours freid tb? attention"of the assembly. " Hts' speech" Was about the substance of what he has been writing about- for^fce past three, years, charging the government with extravagance, &v. From the frequent,and hearty applause, Mr. Till man seemed "to have i.he sym pathy of ? J arge portion of the voters present. There was nothing impres sive or striking in his speech' though he covered a great deal of gronnd,*and after listening to him, we came t o tbe J conclusion that he is ? ?rst rafe Agi tator, but that he would never make a safe leader in any ciavementr foclte is too reckless in his* assertions. Gov- { Richardsop holds that if the Clemson f bequest is cleared from legation; the I State maj^ accent it, b?t is not reclined to advise the assumption ?f V' law suit Mr. Mauldin spoke out ro favor of broad 1 'education, and wants to-see the-State | University made stronger, lie thinks if the Cremson legacy turns out as rep resented, it should be accented and ;irital?2ed by tbe State. : An Interesting l^ericfrTaB3iC?^0 . j GruMv?te Noes. v*<^. 5" The ban^? town. whcre^^^;?^ ^p xDawson; ?f tbe ?ws^l^^^^l; '" W0? ^itlman?r?c^^m^s^^ Gala Week^;5SilBg*'^smt?^ias^-^ any otb^^^^"'0' ^e.T%*?S?f tf^t&iYieex' tbese.:tW4>; oratorical ej^?fCKs.'will be enough to drawjm&T Si- ?ne m?gest '^ei^-^?''':'tMiC-^?& bas ever seen.; - ," '.. ; . g ' % 1%, 8b?nid .be ?M?y\ t^er*^^ su?h a disenssion -y juM-nbt be tbe Sews * and Courier or Capt. BaWs?n' against. th? Farmer'sMovement. Y^ Captain \ 3)awsbfr againsi? Mr> filmant per?ooallyMaga?nst 1^^^^% ^???t otterances of. that Miv?iuai aa^n in drviduaii The Faribj^^^oT^'o^laf not ebneerned. It &ng^/ago jgrown beyond Mr. Tiltmsn, wno. lacjed:;tfe executive ability aiad (rapacttj to rstain f a semblance of coiito tSon ^called- isfce life. fegOiBg to? the iront j^A^?f^?^j^^M r^??-^ns^ ent bot hitherto stfent"B^tim??t.;, Tbe-p?blio coub?;'^tb?r?f?r?^o^e^e tbe ccmfe^w^ ?itter^s? stracfc ; a?d-ss a faithful apboldcr of the j Wfe?enBen? y&Si-^bink^werex pjfess> ;l^v8ientimsnt of many btb^r fei?rh f^7^o]??^' '.in/ :sayi?^lwe ^u^ oft ! ??^'^?}?e:0^^g ^lir Ttllm?n woa?d he: lik??y to J-e^^e with- j?ofon?d:^^ ?<|pa nira?yvv Skipped. . j: FloTfiaci Times. '.WSlL-Gr?ber, the man froin Fenn syrvania, who bas been- superintenc?nl^ :o$^3^m^^^i?^^^^ for the past two y>a??i i?ft last wee?r to *?tend the teache^s,^m?eUn^'a^Ti^aB-b?a.' jS:| letter received from him by h? wife] b^ej.jbrBence that Crrub?c was not* m jais' -rigBi riaind. ?fy. & yo?]^, ; ma?of -Marion w^^%"^Bg bii^ traced Gt jibef to Columbia, tb?h?? to Spartan burg, and went" to iLsbev?le, where he had been also^ a^rftb^e iewned (jruber Was st?ir?sr the go^be lasti bein)*f ueardof in K-froxville, 3&S|> The chase. was given up, tbe y?vag man returned to. Marion, and in the meantime Grubers family-, had goncltb their I"Wihern home, leaving a board bill at the Hotel; auioucting to n?ar two hundred dollars, unpaid, and also sun-, dry other amounts due the merchants of Marion. This is the report as enrreut here, and coincides -with the .^tibli>hcd a?coaots of the Professor's doings that appeared in .the Cha ric^on Budget of 6?nday. ?j? Opsa. tetter to Senator & Butler. Mr Dkas jp&r?teax,: In a recent letter bcariD^on the all important ques tion, of the refunding of the cotton tax, and in reply to yours, I say *l will go more into details on some future occa sion,' aud if you will bear with me now I propose doing so partially at least You say you have no hopes of living to see it paid back ; that octr grandchildren, ftc? ?fc. ; that you have tried to get it and failed, &c, &e. I)td you know] Wbjr^cu failed? Did you know that imttfsbse sums of money were employed and l&e best legal talent secured to car r^:thtc biil through, and that it undoubt edly:- :wou?d have been dene ff tbc j partvstf, ; who had imuiGnse pecuniary tnifri^s a' ftr.ke, had not discovered ^^ey;.v?cuid not gobble it up, veered Tt?in^dktfcly rc usd and. opposed the m??Hiii'o ? aud who ktK>#8-how ttiauy %th\, ,bouM have been friends to'that i U?ssure, and dc^jheir .. very best lu j fupJheraucc ofitvtmty have tas^d ofj their money ? For da-y ou not kn?w? ) sir,-tbat a single syndicate ?n t?c.?iiyJ of New York a few- moaihs back heli| tbirfy millions of those very cei^^jte*, 1 uorighteous?y obtaiftod, aDd;.-t&t;?ney| M and ready, to oppose any miasujeoi 'which is likely to pay buck lo, ttr?- poorV defrauded farmers th^e fruits^ t)f their j hard toil, wbich w^%?cl!i?d,frt}^^^^^ ia^iblation of ?&;.?u?*tit^^?^r 4a.w,. ' ' ^ 5 i \ Gcaerai^ SfeS and" with Tbey\areK* M $jj^u Uru exceeding ail t?ut'?rana^ the Atlant* as8^ta?t to'^ the ifew: Orieatis- f \ organized at? is a ex??? ?s^oei ses the|3oath.--Y^G?j^i?^- ^^^^^^^ ?p Baak o?$a?~o^tr?^ of, 10.1 It re?^-?ss^De ' se?u p too was received atSaratDDa?^^, 22, from % dUajr.1 ;^i:j^^tor^^&' cenis a Fatter; te :;'he^ir^jcoti|fiQDa^ ^^?Sil^ ,tocepf thejfnited 'TSC? eoai? Iraye t?s?UJ iseme ytime^si^ i^^^^ss^^ - ; .^F?? House c?^^^ affairs has oaioimoas?y t ably , fco the* ~" appropriate ?2&{$8Qr.lo. miaed or gtzv^ ^^fro?i Flore oce,~S. C v tO-thor p^tb^ tery near that place,> v * - Bon. Daniel W. Voorhc^ of ?adwt?a; ; bas^eecpt?d an invitation jtf:'.b? .prese^l^ at the Farmers' E?campmcot at Spar "taaburg. Hp will come from Washing^ . : ton with Senator Butler, and will s^ea*t\. on August Tth. South Oaiolii^-jp?fc? r give this distiagulsHed etatcscal?r** warn*' ; welcome. ? The Eo?tox of the Sc^sUir has paid^ three dig?rent visits to the State omceSy." 'making injuries into the methods pur* / sued in keeping the accoaute from the levy to the expenditure of the mou?fe.^ He says:'The impression made upou^Dur mind is that the system is sot* cam-* , pleteoec." Another conspiracy of Anarchists has been brought t? light, in From the investigations bs;ore a rial tribunal it is evident t&rt the namiters arc organised &ad tu?^'f?^^; : : to blow U|kJj^rjoads BMaerbood denounce* the j? and disclaim all sympathy to? Tie $ew Orleans Times has. >ntnterrie:w wkhT a~ t&f^dgeNo. 56 elected