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? TM MnCX^B WATCHK AN, ?ttabUshed April, 1850. ?|;?^^??te?. Aug. 2, 1881.1 ' "Be Just and Fear not-Xet all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's" SUMTER, S. C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1888; THE TRUE SOCTHKON, Established Jen*, ISM New Series-Yoi. Yin; Ko. IO; -i- ?- .LV ; _ ?_ - SSS;:??Sfek*4 wary WSsdaasday, .' - ? MT s IS:: <3r. OSTEENV SUMTER, & C. ?sus: ars ]&er annum-in advance. A.ttT*BTlS?MIST8.. irst insertkm.........?.......$} 00 ]|9^:scAs^*ei>? insertion....50 * Cbateacis for three mouths, or longer will rates. s whjch subserve private " for as ad v^r tisemen ta. tributes of respect will be _-DEALER m^-^ iMir&iDiciM, ??Wt?t- SOAPS, PERFUMERY ,;.*' .-V.'' *;.AJ?t> ALL KINDS OF ^SS?&TKKPT I? V FIRST-CLASS DRU8 S ' : . > : STORR? ^?BES SEEDS, &C" Oils, Tarnishes, i^?SS, PUTTY, &c. A ?a JMTE SCUFFS. " v" S^mnasr'sL ^ceoriptions carefully ^^^io?nikd: and ordfcrs answered ??^y?f?jsax? aa? dispatch. = 5 vS*&'^pab??c will find my stock of .?31^ warranted genn ?'?^jS?. and of the best quality. ^t^.a?d gee for yonrselvee. -OF GOB LIVER OIL AND Iffllteife of L?e ??S?L rl J^?epreparation con IA j us sereuty-five per >f$ei?fc..?f P?r?Cod Liver Oil, and one drachm : r?a?h of fte Hf popfccsphi tes of Lime and Soda. nsakicg it-oneof th? most agreeable prepara! iSaas of the kind koo wo to the medical focally. -\. JL ???espooTifo? contains two grains each ^CtfeeBypopbospb?tes. Prepared ooly by SILBERT S. SEALY, * Pharmaceutical Chemist, SUMTER, C. S. Sect H: A. HOYT & BRO-, ld and Silver Watches.. Cgflefrs, Jewelry, Spectacles/ BRITANIA SILVERWARE, &c. REPAIRING A SPECIALTY. " . SPORTING MATERIAL, Snells, Wads and Eyer y thing Pertain ing to Breech-Loading Gnus. Feb 1_ lu W. FOLSOM, ??<?ceii?r to F. H. Folsom & Bro. StfMTER/ S. C. 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OSTEEN, At the Watchman and Southron Office Sumter, S. C. ^2fO ?SB08H E'S ?OJLJLEG.i>* Augusta., G a. One of the moat co m. ?itt? Institution* tn tb* Sou;h. Ke*t roods ; Real JOetltg? Currency. M ??T graduate* ia good paytcvg y irrnni AiRgasxae.^moaiixa. Sea? ?-x axcui?ir. cv. POWDER Absolutely Pure. This powder never vari?e. A marvel cf purity, strength and? wholesomeness. More economical than the ordinary kinds, and can? not be sold in competition with the multitude of low test, short weight, alum or phosphate powders. Sold only *? can's. ROYAL RAE ?ftS POWDER CO., 106 Wall-st., N. Y. ELY'S Cream Bi Cleanses the Nassl Passages, Allays Pain ace INFLAMMATION. SV'* the'Sores.! Restores the S??SBSTOF TAST*1 and Smell. TRY THE ci RE HAY-FEVER CATARES ia a disease of-the mucous membrane, gener? ally originating in tbe nasal passages and maintaining i ts stronghold io the head. From this point it seads forth a poisonous virus into the stomach and f.Tsvjgh the digestive organs, corrupting the oiood and producing other troublesome ana dangerous symptoms. A particle is applied into each nostril and is agreeable. Prie? 50 cents at Druggists ; .by mail, registered, 60 'cents. ELY BROS., , 56 Warren Street, New York. BEST ANI> CHEAPEST. All eOODS GUARANTEED. Estimates furnished-fey return Mail. LARGE STOCK. PROMPT SHIPMENTS. i. iii i co. MANUFACTURERS OF AND WHOLE? SALE DEALERS IN wm Ipi mut, MOULDING, ???.'.''.?. ' ' ' ; " -AND GENERAL BUILDING MATERIAL. Office and Salesrooms, 10 and 12 Hay oe St , CHARLESTON, S. C. Jan 25 o C. 0. ttOff'K & BRO., COLUMBIA* S. C. 3D O O 3rL SASH I BLINDS, LATHS, LIME, CEMENT, PLASTER, AND HAIR. fclasilMs?aiifMofute PAINTS, OILS AND VARNISHES. GARTER WHITE LEAD, The Best in the Market. Special Attention Gicen to Orders bif Mail. ' C. O. BROWN ?? BRO;, Opposite Po?t Office, COLUMBIA, S. C. Oct 5-o G. W. DICE, S. D. S. Office over Bogio's New Store, ENTRANCE ON KAIN STRKET, SUMTER, S. C. Office Hours.-9 to 1:30 ; 2:30 tc 5. Sept 8 D. B. ANDERSON, Attorney at Law. SUMTER, S. C. Will practice in adjoining counties. Collecting made a specialty. SWIFTS SPECIFIC Js entirely a vegetable preparation containing no Mercury, Potash, Arsenic, or other poisonous substances. SWIFT'S SPECIFIC Ha? cured hundreds of cases of Epithelioma or Cancer cf t'.ic. kin,thonaaiid:of cast-*of Eczema, Blood Humors a:.d t kin DiVea?es, ?nd hun? dreds Cf thousands of coses cf Scrofula, Elooci Poison, and Elood Taint. SWIFTS SPECIFIC HasrcMcvcl thousands cf cases of Mercurial Pcisonir;?, Eheamatisn, a;: J Stiffness of the Joints. i WUAT PHYSICIANS :-AT OP rns SWIFT SPECIFIC. Wc thc statement cf a few : J **I have used S. S. S. on patients convalescing from fever end from measles with thc best results .J. CHENEY, M. D. Ellaville, Ga. BEEXBX. GA.-W2I?C Wirte was afflicted with sciciula seven year-. I prescribed S. S. S., and to-day he is a flit ? r >hust boy. C. W. PAEKEK, M. D. R?CHJ?OXD, YA.. E c. J". 13S3.-I have taken three bottles of Swift's Specific, for (secondary blood poison. It ar rs much better than potash or any other remedy I huvc ever used. JJ. P. WINFIELD, M.D. Book cn Contagious Ei^od Poison mailed free. All dru^Ks fc? S. S. S. T is Swirr SPECIFIC Co., Ete&wcx 3, Atlanta, G JU 2f?W York, 756 Eroadway. : LOVE AND THOUGHT. Love and Thought, in genial strife, Offered gifts one day to Life ; Life that murmured low the while, "Prithee, which has fair smile?" Love stood forth and spoke outright : "Oh, my roses,, passing bright I Snn-performed and tropic-dyed, Wear them j they are woman's pride." Trembling Life would fain delay "Gifts like these fadeaway. Sun perfumes and tropic dyes, Are they net a Summer prize?" Quiet Thought looked up and said, "Take my laurel leaves instead: They will bear, with equal shine, Summer's glow and year's decline. Doubtfully, from each to each, Wavered Life with trembling speech. Thine, O Thought the mystic faeej Thine, O Love, the richer grace I Then the Lo fd of Life came down, Oa her forehead laid a crown : "! have worn it," ?aid He r "Lord of Love and Thought and thee." Life went up a quiet way, 'Scenting roses ev'ry day} Every evening too she caught Odors of the laurel, Thought. Till at Length-ab, wand'ring eyes! Life kno wa all her happy prize : Love and Thought together blent, Crown of holy sacrement. ? - Good Word*. Oar State Contemporaries. Salaries to Trial Justices. Abbeville Press asid Banner. If oar Legislators would do the pub? lic a great service tbsy might make Trial Justices and their Constables, sal? aried officers. The system which makes the pay of any Judge contingent upon his own judgment io any particular cas? is wrong iapriociple and subver? sive to public morals-the rights of the citizen aod the public welfare may be subordinated to the fees aod perqu? sites of the officer whose judgment should be without bias. If. the system of paying salaries to the Trial Justices and their Coo stables was adopted, it is to be presumed that fewer trifling cas?s would reach the higher Court. The trial of a very trifling case often involves great cost iu money and mueh time of .the Court, to say nothing of the personal or individ? ual inconvenience io coming to Court. It is in such iustaoces that the great saving would be effected by paying sal? aries to Trial J us tices. The Clemson Bequest. Barnwell Sentinel. There is a decided difference of opin ion io Barnwell County over the accept? ance of the Clemson bequest, but we believe that a majority of our people are in.fa vor of a thorough inquiry into the will and a candid survey of what it promises , for the farmers of our State before it is accepted. The State is not anxious for law suits that entail ex* pense to ber people, nor is she tn a po? sition to donate tux money from which nothing of a beneficial nature can come to those upon whose shoulders the bur? den will fall. If a separate agricultural college is desired by the farmers who pay the balk of the taxes, and the Clem? son will can afford substantial aid in its erection aud sustenance, there are few people who will object to it. This we think is the feeling io all parts of the State where the matter' has been carefully considered. Of course there are some wild enthusiasts who will not panse to consider the implied soundness of the Clemson will-they will earnest? ly advocate the acceptance of the be? quest without counting the cost to the entire State. It is a tnatterin which tbfere should be slow and cautious mov? ing or the people of Sooth Carolina may find something worse than the Colum? bia Canal ever was upon their bands. *A Commendable Move, Darlington News. The Colored Farmer's Alliances are now making a move io the right direc? tion. They will turn their attention to the cause of education. A circular has been issued by the State Superin? tendent, Prof. James H. Carey, of So? ciety Hill, S C., stati?g that oo No vern ber Otb a school will be established at that place for young men and women of the colored race. The school will continue until February 4th, 1889. and will be under the joint supervision of the Alliances in Marlboro, Chesterfield aod Darlington Counties. The tuition charges are small and ample arrange merits will be made to give the young colored people a good English educa? tion. This movement is highly com? mendable and well deserving of the success which the zeal of its promoters seem tc insure. It is hoped that the attendance upon the school will be large. Marion's Grave. Manning Times. It is a sad commentary on the grati? tude of a people to know that the grave of Francis Marion, in Georgetown couuty is ia a dilapidated and tumble? down condition. A broken marble slab ia ali that is left to tell where re? pose the ashes of other days, the 'Swamp Fox' of the Revolution. Others no more renowued have monuments to tell of their deeds, but none for him. Yet, wheo all waa gloomy and the people in despair, it was very largely through his skill, courage, and energy that the death blow was struck to the Tories and British in the low country, and thu* made possible the scries of victories ending at ^forktown.' Williamsburg Record The grav<; of General Francis Mar? ion is in Berkeley county, not far from Pineville, but its Iocatiou does not mat? ter so much as the neglected condition I in which it is let to remain, and we agree with cur cotempnrary that ii is a 'sad commentary on the gratitude of a people,' etc. Tho Third Circuit. Marion Star. The Judicial Convention cf the Third Circuit is in a v?ry peculiar and embarrassing situation. The Conven? tion insists that it was called for the purpose of electing a candidate for the Solicitorsliip and ' has no other powers, while the strength of the rival candi? dates for this office is so evenly divided that there is a dead-lock in the conven? tion which shows no sign of being broken. Under the present circumstances, there seems bat one-alternative. Either the convention mast adjourn and let the matter go back to the people or foolishly remain in session an til after the elec? tion, and thus deprive their circuit of a Solicitor. There, certainly, can be no question as to the right of any body, when it finds that it is unable to effect the purpose for which it was called, to terminate its existence and refer the matter to those who created it in the first instance, who then can call a new convention with fuller powers for the accomplishment of the purpose io view. Another unusual thing in this con? vention is that any one of the candida? tes before it would prove an excellent selection for the office. AU are honor? able and competent men. This is all the greater reason why their respective merits should be passed upon by a pri? mary election. *It is said that the two larger counties of the four composing'this District favor primary. If this be true, and another contention should be called, whjr not submit the matter fo a primary, the result of which will be more satisfactory to the candidates and their friends, and also be without the danger of the recur? rence of another perplexing dead-lock. The Popular Voice. m Newberry Herald. The nomi Dation of Solicitor io the 7th circuit demonstrates the superiority of the primary over the convention. Io a nominating convention Spartan burg would have had 12 votes pledged to Farley ; for the convention that sent delegates to the judicial convention contained a Farley majority. 13ut. io the primary Wilson beat -Farley io Sparenburg 806 votes. Laurens would baye bad 8 votes pledged to Watts, with Farley secood choice. Newberry 8 pledged to Schumpert, and Union 8, probably unpledged. The convention wonld have stood therefore : Farley, 12 Schumpert, 8 Watts, 8 / Doubuful, 8 36 Necessary to a choice, 19. After a few ballots that way, the probabilities are the Laurens delegation would have gone to Farley, and the Union delegation to Schumpert. The convention would then have stood : Farley, 20 Schumpert, 16 " * 36 Farley, who stood third in the pri? mary race, would have got the nomina? tion ; Wilson, who stood second in the primary, would not have got a single vote in the convention ; and Schumpert, who beat Farley in the primary 1.400 votes, would have had no show at all. The primary is troublesome, but it represents the will of the people-and that is pure democracy. Long live the primary. il aril oro Chronicle. The Judicial Convention of the third circuit which met at Kingstree Tuesday of last week, after taking 439 ballots without making a nomination adjourned on Friday morning to meet again at Georgetown on October 4th It is probable a nomination will then be made, in fact it is getting time that something Vite this should be done, and it would be but a just compliment to Clarendon to nominate the candidate from that countv. If we are correct that county has never had the honor, and Johu S. Wilson would wear it with credit, and he should be its next Solic? itor. Spartaniurg Herald. Col. R. W. Simpson, executor of Mr. Clemson, denies the 'statement made by the Augusta Chronicle as to the manner in which be secured the Calhoun property, it did belong to Mrs. Clemson, the daughter of John C Calhoun, and she left it to her hut<band in her will. Under these circumstan? ces, if the college is to be a monument to any individual, it should bear the name of Calhoun and not Clemson. The Sea Serpent in Winyah Bay. The mythical sea serpent, about which so many wild and incredible tales have been told, has emerged from the region of fable and become a living, breathing, tangible and vis? ible reality. Last Friday Captain A. N Springs, of the lug, II. Buck, while towing a vessel down to the bar, descried a strange looking ob? ject off his port bow, near Muddy Bay, and 200 yards distant. His glasses failed to disclose its real char? acter, but when the tug had arrived at a point nearly. opposite to it and not more than 300 feet from it, the mysterious creature (for creature it was) raised his back, exposing sev? era folds of his body, coiled like a snake's, and lifted his head. Then his tail, followed by at least twenty feet of the body, arose from the sur f?ce aiid was waved violently to and fro in the air, while the monster lash? ed the waters around him into foam and slowly swam off towatds My Lady Bush. When last seer, he wan apparently rounding the point of that island. The head of this strange denizen of the desp bore a strong re? semblance to au eagle's, his long hooked snout protruding like the eagle's beak. The body was appar? ently the size of a sugar barrel in di? ameter, and the entire length was es? timated by Captain Springs and by the Captain of the vessel to bo about fifty feet.- Georgetown Enquirer. No Jute For Them, The Farmer's Alliance of Darlington j county held a* meeting at Darlington Tuesday, to consider the advisability of j adopting a substitute for jute bagging for cotton, and finally decided to use a covering made of cotton and pine straw. An order was placed with a New Or? leans mill for a quantity of the cotton bagging that will be used generally by the farmers throughout thc county. - .mt > ? ?TW?? Congress continues to 'hold the fort ' This is tho longest session that has ever tormented the country. Keeping thc Cash. LCOXXXXCED.J bron is three years older when vre meet him next. Yon would say he is fivo or six. Sitting ono day at the samo old desk, his peri between his tooth, his eyes looking out to the street, but seeing things thai happened years ago, the post? man comos in- ?nd lays a. letter on tho desk. Tho address is in a lady's hand which Bren does not know. Ho tears off the end and reads: BRAMMER LIX. Vt., Oct. ll. FRIEND Wi?.L-^About two years ago there carno to livo near this an old man named Gray. Ile had been for many years in a hardware house in your city. His daughter married two years airo, and her husband brought the old gentleman herb* to li vd;, li? is a native of B. They are near neighbors of mino; the old gentle? man and I took a liking for each other. Ho has boon quito ill for some time, though I ara glad to say he is mending now. I was by him bnt? night when he was wandering; in his delirium 1 heard him speak your name. Ho talked of you a great deal. When he got sensible again I asked him about it. You must know what he told me. I think I understand now what puzzled me' gfeatly once. You can't blame me for not seeing- it then; I had no knowledge of tho caso, and you must know you acted very strangely, but I've thought it all over, and I can't saf but that I may have seemed to you un-. ust. And I came to the conclusion that t could d? no harm, at least, and would be a satisfaction to myself, to write and say to you that I never meant you any unkindness. There* are some things I cannot understand, but you and I were too good friends once for me not to wish to be still considered Your friend, E. A. . Bren took a railroad guide from a hook beside his desk and turned it over. Then he turned rbuiid and ?poke to ono of- tho men: **Tell Mr. Traveler, when ho comes in, that I'm going out of town and won't b? back before Friday." . . He got down at Brammer!in station as the dusk was coming on. It was a pleas? ant little town. Ho easily found a person who could direct him. "Arrow? Yes; teacher in Hillside in? stitute*. . tip tho hill, first road to the right-little gray house-najxe, Mrs. Minim." Bren saw a woman's figure coming down tho hill alone in tho dusk. He stood across her path. She looked up sharply ' as she carno near. ??Kate.'* . ."Will." They clasped hands, and each knew In a moment that all was clear between them. They walked together in the twi? light, till tho moon came up and .climbed the eastern sky. They went over it all. By and by they stopped before tho little gray house. "I never cared for Brower, Will," Kate was saying. "But yon were so rndo to him, and so-so jealous. Will, that you mado rae take his side. I was sorry then, but I couldn't help it, Will." "Never mind now, Kate. I know it was my fault. I was a grouty fool But it would havo all como right if I had kept clear of that cursed bill I was afraid of you after that, Kate." "But you did what you could to make lt right; 'and yon and I have paid for it dearly enough, haven't we? And you're not going to bo afraid of me any more are vou. Will?" * "iib. Kate, dear; not again, please God!" God keep thee, little Bron; and keep theo true, and brave, and kind! And so God keep us alli, THE EN"D. CHAN ET. Ey J. % DE F0E23T. (Copyright.] "What a singular odor!" soliloquized Miss Uolcum, snuffing the air with a slight tremor of disgust about her nostrils. She said odor instead of smell, because sho was a teacher of several years' stand? ing in onoof the common schools of Kew York, and had learned in tho exorcis? of her profession to express herself with an elegance of the Johnsonian species. She was accustomed to remark to her scholars: "Before you speak, always consider not only your thoughts, but also the language in which you propose to give them utter? ance." Sho was at this, moment ascending the third staircase of the cheap, plain, and even seedy lodging house in which she had her parlor-bedroom-kitchen, or, in other words, her one room in which she ] studied, slept and did such small cooking as was needed for her tea and breakfast. .In this simple fashion she had lived for years, not morely because her earnings were small, and not at all becauso she was stingy, but mainly because sho was a noble, unselfish woman, who had it at heart to educate a youthful orphan ? cousin. \ "It is burning charcoal," she added after au instant. "Can lt bo that some [ poor mortal is seeking his death ?" School teaching alone had not given her the wisdom to reach this suspicion. She was a reader of novels; she had an imagin? ation and a native longing after the un? usual; she was capable of conceiving a suicido and of conceiving herself aa sav? ing him. Where a practical, common sense man would merely have smelt fire, this fanciful, impulsive woman scented ? a tragedy of the heart. We shall see which of these two characters best suited tho exigency that was DOW agonizing in this bare and musty old lodging house. ! Tho wildest imagination is sometimes the truest common sense. "It may bo that young foreigner,'' thought Janet Uolcum. She ran up an? other flight of stairs, hurried along R 1 musty, dusty passage and stopped before a door marked by dirty fingers. Timor? ous and modest, sho looked at it with hes? itation as well as anxiety; but the char? coal filmes were stronger here, and began to make her sick and faint; she felt that she could not hesitate long. After rap? ping and receiving no answer, sho put her mouth to the keyhole and called, also without effect. "Oh dear! what shall I do?" she groaned, confident now that a tragedy was passing within, and looking about her vainly for help. Sho had already "learned that this fifth story was unoccu? pied except by tho pale, slo** nly, hag? gard young foreigner, whose step she had frequently heard, pacing to and fro for hours, over lier head. As sue remem? bered that he was a mau. and that she had never been introduced to him. she : thought of running down stairs and sum? moning some other mau to save him. But the poisonous air demanded instant j action; she tried tho lock unavailingly, j ami then flung herself desperately against ( the door; thc miserable bolt catch gave j 1 way, and she was within. Unable to j breathe ia thc mcphitic atmosphere of tho room: she rushed across it. opened a window and thrust her head cut. Look ; ing back from this por:ii ion, she saw some? thing which made her shudder. e There was a painter's easel; on the easel was a picture with its faro turned from her; behind the easel, on tiio fioor of < one corner of tho room, was a wretched j bed, and on this, tho chest and head cou- j coaled by the picture, lay the motionless j J form of a man. The moment Janet had j ' drawu one long breath of the out of door j air she hastened to this terrible corner, i 1 No timo to look at the man; no leisure to j ? query whether ho were alivo or dead; she j ' lifted him by the shoulders, dragged him j < to the wiudow and seated him by it in a | i chair, lier only distinct consciousness ! as to his condition was that the temple j ! which dropped against her cheek was not j '. enMrelyrohl. _ . 1 . Urs t?ie appearance ol tue suicide, as she held him up in the chair, was alarm? ing. His face ash colored, his lips blue and contracted, his herd, drooping help? lessly on one shoulder, he seemed to bo already in another world. Sho scarcely noticed that he did not look to be more than 25 years of age; that his long, curl; big yellow hair, although neglected, wes beautiful; that his wasted and ghastly features were classic in outline. Two or three times she cried loudly for assist? ance: "Help! Murder?" ?ut outside there was only a wilderness of roofs; in? side, tho musty old lodging house seemed another desert. She was left alone with her awful question of death or life. She teas left alone xoiih her aicful question cf death or life. Presently her enigma responded. The response was only a sigh,, but it came from tho side" ol' the tomb; it was the triumph of nature over supernatur?, thc hail of a soul returning from the shades. The man was already breathing, and it was not long before lie opened his eyes. Into these eyes Janet 'seat her sweetest and most pitiful smile, seeking thereby to encourage tie sick and sorrow? ful spirit within. Not a word was uttered, for the one was as yet too ill to speak, and tho other felt that here was a misery too profound to bo questioned. . After awhile, seeing that her patient could hold np his head. Janet hastened to the pan of charcoal, which was still burning, ano: deluging ft -rrit?i water from a pitcher, extinguished its poisonous embers. When she returned to tho window the invalid looked in her face with so much intelligence that slio vestured to address hi~T>. "Icu will bo better soon," she paid. "The air cf tho room is becoming purified. It was that charcoal which madc^'ou ill." ''Yes, it was to sharcoai," replied the young man, with a marked German ac cent. "I nope that yon will be moro careful about it in future," she continued, be? lieving that she was talking to a would be suicide, but not quite certain of it. *'f snbbose so," wa? tte weak voiced, indifferent, non-committal answer. She looked anxiously into thc fine face which was now beginning to reassume somewhat of its natural color and beauty. "If you are suffering under any trouble," she said, "I trust and desire that you will tell me of lt. Perhaps I can aid you." .' .T haf but ono drabble," he repli?e "It is lifo." Wicked as the sentiment seemed to her, the man who uttered it did not seem wicked, but only pitiable. In the quiver? ing droop of his lip, and in the fixed but unseeing stare of his bluo eyes, there was a profound anguish aud a calm despera? tion which made her think of the un? sounded, motionless waters of tho Dead sea covering ruined cities. She had never before seen such sorrow; at least she had never before seen sorrow ex? pressed wi til such frankness; and the spectacle impressed her the more terribly because of its novelty. The youth now rose, steadied himself with difficulty, rubbed his forehead and his evos, struck ' his hand repeatedly on tho back of his neck, obviously confused, dizzy and in pain. Janet felt that femi? nine delicacy ordered her to leave him; but she did not dare, lest he should re? kindle his charcoal. Turning away in order to gain time for reflection, she fo^nd her? self neur tho easel, and she examined the picture. It was a landscape representing a scene on the North river which she had visited and which she instantly recog? nized. * Although unfinished, she was so little a judgo of painting that she did not perceive that, as she thought it beauti? fully done. Of a sudden it occurred to her womanly wit and sensibility that here was something whereby she might g-ain a hold upon this victim of despair, and draw him back to a willingness to live. "Did vou do this?" she asked. "Are pu a painter';:" Ills far brightened the merest trifle as he caught her look of interest. "Yes, I am a baiuter," he answered. "Let mc turn it to the light for you." he added, with a courtesy of manner strangely at variance with his coarse and even dirty clothing. "You sec it is not vinished yet." he went on. looking kindly at her, is if he detected her ignorance of crt and pitied her for it. "I know the place," she said, forcing a smile of encouragement. "I have had the pleasure of visiting it. How well you have represented it!" "S<i you hal peen there?" ho replied, with just the faintest possible simile of gratification. "Itjs a pewtiful spot." "Why don't y?*i sell itv", "What! sell it so? It is not vinished.*' "Then why don't you finish it?" she added, trembling with anxiety to make him promise to do so. "I haf not time," he said, his gloom re? turning. "Oh. but you havo time," she urged eagerly. "You shall have time." Ile eyed her meditatively, earnestly and solemnly, ns if querying whether he should tell her his miserable story. While he hesitated this excellent Janet Holcum was praying in her heart that heaven would guide him toward goodness and safety. "Sec here," he said at last. "I will dell you someting. Von haf saved my life. 1 will dell yen why i wanted to die. I had nc monev. I could not get food. I could uot bay tor my room. I had had drubbies nov?le--over in Chcrmany. Und nov.- I had not a cent in my borket. So r.t last 1 tires out. und I gives it up. I lights my sharcoai, ?iud I lies down to sleep it out. That is my shtory." In spite of his strong German accent be was sublime ami terrible and pitiable. The tears rushed into Janet's eyes, and stopping suddenly forward she caught both his hands, as if sho would prevent him bv force from ?gain attempting his i life. * - "1 t'ank vMt.** wa:; thc simple response j af a man whose sensibility and quickness enabled him to understand sympathy which had not boon uttered. "Von must not do this again," she urged as soon as she could speak. "I will see that you have friends. Von skill have time to finish your picture. I will hijp yon sell it. Ji?ivv yon eaten today?" *i haf no abbedidel" She understood that ho had not eaten, und tho tears shone in her eyes again. "Come down lo my room." she said. "You r.?u:^t! You can take .some tea. at any Rite. Come down and sit with me, at least, while I eat." ' I am op?igcd," he answered as he fol? lowed her. "Bat you must excuse my ibbcurance." he added, glancing at his! ragged rio; liing, stained with grease and j daubed with paint "I am not fit fur tho j jouibany cf :i lady:" "I am only a poor school mistress." she j smiled. "And in you i can respect the artist." ! gav?.mm iceairor. agentleman; m spite of his wretched raiment. Arrived in. her little parlor bedroom ? with this strange companion, Janet Hol- f ema's heart fluttered. It was the first ! time that a man had been with her there-1 alone. If visitors should arrive, what I would they think? Of course it would be impossible to explain that here was a gen? tleman whom she had caught trying to commit suicide, and whom she had under? taken to cure of his self destroying pro Sensitics by means bf tea and sympathy, loreovcr, what would this mail himself think of her? She was squeamish about situations (and here we. come to a fact which I have not hitherto dared to men? tion)-well, she was squeamish because she was an old maid. - It is curious, but none the icistf true, that a woman of 33 is usually moro fastidious about appearances r and even about realities, than a girl of 13. En? lightening meditations, perhaps some dangers avoided, perhaps some scandals Innocently incurred, a habit of life which has be como a governing motlrej.are the explanations' of this singular phenome? non, w/elli Janet Holcum,- being SS years of age, blushed and was troubled at the thought of being alone with this handsome mari of ?5; although he might be. looked upon as little more than a ghost returned from beyond the grave. Prcs: cntly her. natural good sens?, strength? ened by a perfect uprightness of heart, came to her support. "Pshaw 1" she thought. "I am old enough to be his aunt; besides, I am sav? ing him from death. Let who will blame mo, I am doing my du- y," Eayincr had lunch that day, she had proposed" to go without dinner, and con- . sequently sho had slight provision for a meal. She might have run but to make purchases, but she was afraid to leave her Tartar to himself for the present, and, moreover, haste seemed to be more im? portant titan plenty. She lighted her gas stove, got her tea to drawing, and set out a store bf graham crackers, butter and cheese. Then followed a moderate repast and a conversation which lasted well into the evening Drawn out by sympathy, the guest told his whole story. Iiis name, he stated, was Ernst Rodolf Hartmann, and ho was the youngest son of an official ia the civil service of Prussia. Carried away by the. liberal ideas" so common among European students, he had attached himself, after leaving tho University of Berlin, to a secret club of republicans, whose object was to substitute democracy for the Hohenzollerns. The club had been fer? reted out by the police;.Ernst and .two or, three other members had been coifd?niSed to a brief imprisonment; nibredver. he had been disinherited and disowned by. his father, a furious loyalist. Worst of ail, a beautiful girl to whom he was be-. ~ trothed had, during his confinement, been driven or coaxed into a marriage with some old baron. This last sorrow, which he related with childlike candor and sim? plicity, made Janet Holcum blush to her ears, oven while her heart throbbed with pity. . . . . When he rose" to return to bis room, he appeared to be at least temporarily recon? ciled to the struggle of life. "I will dry it a leetle longer, if you will gif me* a hand," Ke said, "I will go to bainting* again." "Oh! how can you talk of it so coolly!" she exclaimed with heartfelt solemnity and even with horror. ''Don't you know that what you have don? today Is very wicked? forgive me!" she added in-. stantly, remembering How miserable he < had been, and looking with pity at his wasted face. By the way, she. talked * very little of her Johnsonese to this man; for in the first place, she sup? posed that he, being a foreigner, might not understand it; and secondly, she. had to be so earnest with him that only the simplest words seemed suitable. "What could I dor ho asked. "A gentleman may not pe a peggar. Pe sides, I was not a barnier at home. Mein faders were to make of me a panker. Bainting was merely mv fancy. 1 liad no hope of success in it. What could I do?" "W'll you promise to come to take breakfast with mo?" . "I bromise-upon my honor." "Remember, now-upon your honor! Good night.*' He took her hand, and before she could guess what he meant to do, he kissed it. Notwithstanding thc perfect simplicity of his manner, notwithstanding thai: the action was obviously a mere expression of civility and gratitude. Janet Holcum. who had never before had her hand kissed, blushed again until it seemed to her that her hair was turning scarlet. Without noticing her confusion, this ragged gentleman- said sweetly "Gbod night." and bowed himself out of the room. From this good night forward Janet was burdened and blessed with another labor of love. She had a suicide to re? form; a soul without hope to fill with hope; a man without work to provide with work; a lover of lager to .satisfy with black tea; a brand to snatch from all sorts of burnings. It was not only a heavy load to carry, but a delicate one to handle. Her orphan, as she soon began to call him, must not eat in her room for fear of Mrs. Grundy. She must content herself with tatting him go to cheap res? taurants for his dinner, and with occasion? ally carrying him a cup of tea to wash down the cry bread which she knew was his only supper. As for converse, she firmly invited him to see her every Sunday evening; she sometimes dropped into Iiis den to look at his work and cheer him on with it; oftener still, she took a walk with him in the hall cr an evening promenade In tho streets. She was proud of herself, and yet ashamed of herself. It struck her as al? most indelicate that she should support a man, especially a young and handsome one. Moreover, her labor of love was a fearfu} expense, compsred with her small income. Sae was soon obliged to draw on her sav? ings bank deposit, and that had always been kept In a consumptive state by thc needs of her girl cousin. At first she thought of getting up a subscription for her painter, ot of interesting some rich school committeeman in his behalf; but very shortly she took such a fancy to him that she did not want any ono else to earn a claim to his gratitude; and so she went on paying- out her savings for his necessi? ties. "When winter arrived and fuel must bc natl, she bought it for him. although ho tried to do without. Next came au overcoat and a pair of mittens and some heavy underclothing. because she could uot bear to see him walking the streets with a red nose and fingers. It was In vain for him to refuse; she absolutely forced him to take. Meantime small pmft ; from his brush. The picture which she had thought .per? fect really had but five or six days' work upon it. and needed a month more. And when it was done lt brought only ?25. It was uf no uso for her to scold thc picture dealer for his sharpness, and to endeavor to move his pity by tolling him tho tale of thc German's poverty. Tho man of art replied that it was not a known name; that paintings sold in the American market mainly by force of reputation; that he had his own living to make, and that she might t.ike the money or leave it. "If he fan ?y a figure picture, and do it fir: ? rate," soi.i this rational monster. "I can be ?nore liberal with him. There are so many landscapes! Every American c 1 u>t can make landscapes." Cn this hint Ernst commenced a figure picture, it was his forte; ho had simply tried a landscape because ho had j-r.dged that to be the favorite genre in America; he had known that he could not hepo to excel in it. A beautiful group was soon sketched, representing-ascene from King Philips war. the iuterior of a cabin, j lighted I v its own flames, a beautiful girl ! in the grasp of uampanoag warriors, a father and brother struggling manfully against her captors, and in the near back ground, faintly seen through the shat? tered door, a coming relief of Puritan riders. .Janet Eiiecm, the patriotic New ; l?nglan?er, was aengn tea wim wnat ? tbonght already ? perfect success, mad wanted to sell.the group os it was. "l?o," judged Ernst. "I cannot aword to waste virst impressions. This is tbs most divvicult bart bf the bainting, tliough thc quickest. Bet it will need ? long time to make it go?teaougk tr will need all winter," he conduded, with * piteously apologetical glance at Janet. "Go on." she said, flushing xsf&tf&Sfc noble heart beat cf self sacrifice as sba caught sight of this mute appeal. **Tbls timo I know you will triumph. We etti live till It is done." , "Heaven pless you!" ho replied, taking her hand and kissing it by forc?. /*Yoa^ are the noplcst woman upon tho cart h.** The kiss and the praise brought a deeper blush than one often sees on such a' sallow face as that cf Janet- For w%* coma cow to a weighty secret; wo hu make en avowal which is almost tragfe Not content with dowering this*poor stranger with ber worldly wealth, Janet had already begun to give him tho treas tires which* sho had received direct fracs heaven. All the love which '" lies kiddell in the heart of a good and pitre olbh maid, ' all the vast abyss of sensibility, which ex? ists in a feminine nature that has found no\natural outlet; Ti?i in ber case been stirred .to the profoundest depths by thd penniless, friendless, handsome, clever yonth whom she bad saved from death. Useless to straggle against the infatuation; it had com? menced too insidiously, as .mero human? ity; then it had crept on ioo. slyly, in tao* ' ; guise of mere charity. Oh, now cunning it had been! All at once there was 4 flaming transformation, and she found herself the victim of a first passion, pt . much m. love as if she were a^young giri r Resist? She tried in vam to do sd ' Run away?- Shoeould not give up her por sit ion, lest sho should thereby fail tor complete her cousin's education, and leave him to starve. Once. more, self sacrifice; though all her life had been a self sacri? fice, she must go on with.it; she mus? love and suffer and be silent. And sd th? mischief proceeded at ? terrible r?t?V for every day added to its magnituda Whs* made things worse was that Ernst was ' - nobly conscious of his obligations? sad profuse in thanks, hi praises, in tue most delicate and charming attentions. If bs met her on the street he took ins hst en? tirely off his comely head and saluted bt?r as school ma'ams aro not . always sainted. " If he walked with her ho had the air of escorting a duchess. Ho would leave his beaut i fin labor at any moment to greet her return to the house, with a smile er to rmi oh her errands. IBs whole deport? ment toward her was a continual burning of incense. ': She had never before known such a fin? ished gentleman; more than that, she had - never met a sweeter and- finer nature. ' She comprehended at last that even his" attempted suicide was a, proof of his fiigfc . - self respect and sense of honor, inasmuch, as it was an effort to escape from the degradation of living by incurring debts which he could not discharge. That stoi? cal d?clar?t ion, "If ? could caf bald agf room rent I would haf gone on another month,'*' seemed, to her now. spm-^2 - like a patent of nobility. ?Vi of her own grandeur of character, she. worshiped'his grandeur of character-. Finally, she worshiped- his genius, which had begun to show har the universe of glory that there is in art, and which mi able ta seize ideas scarcely'perceptible te her unpracticed aesthetic vision, and place them before her in the resurrection robe! of drawing and coJor. - : ? T Ah we??! sb.8 was desperately in love with him, and she could not help' admit? ting it to her accusing conscience, an& could not put aside the scornful finger of her sense of womanly shame. But did he know it? As yet she was sufficiently her? self to hope that he did not. Adthoog^, she could not meet him without feeling Ss - blush run through her whole face, a!? . though his praises and the touch of h? hand made her tremble from head to foe*, she trusted that she was keeping her fiery secret. -And so she was: a young maa does not easily suspect that a woman thavv teen years his senior has a passion for* bim; and if Ernst noticed her t"*smors> and changes of color, , he imput?e *-em to' woman delicacy and Puritan shync& While Janet, locked in her own room, waif looking in the glass at her pale face, high cheek bones, square jaws, straight mouth, and incipiqnt wrinkles, while she was wishing with both tears and shame that, all that supportable plainness were beauty* and youth, hov steadily at work, did not think of her at all, or only thought of ber as his "goot vriend.' Eis handsome, countenance, now pink and white in color as well as classic in outline, was not shad? owed by the slightest cloud from tho fires' of love,* unless indeed ho remembered now and then his lost jungfrau in fadcriand. , - About the time that "The Rescue" (SS Janet christened the scene from Philip's war) reached its finishing point. Ernst, encountered an American artist ham?tl Stanley. Stanley was a portrait painter in high fashion, who made $6.000 a yea? and spent it all on himself and some poor relations. Too g?nerons and soft hearted to save money, ne wanted to study in the* galleries of Europe without ever riaV?ng tho first spare dollar for the voyage, and talked of launching into genre pictures or "high art" without ever being able to give sip his pot boiling labor in kit-kats. Thc re? sult cf this existence, acting upon this kindly, spirit, was that while * Stanley? envied thc chances cf more famous art? ists, ho honestly admired their produce tions. Meeting Ernst at the Academy, ho fe? into chance conversation \vith him. liked" his naive and badly pnmounrod but jud?^ cious criticisms, went with Lim to hi/ lodgings and fell in love with "Tho Res? cue." Ills florid face flushed crimson; with enthusiasm a? bc exclaimed: "By. Jove! yoii arc o:i tao road to fame. Yoi?* needn't have apologized for your room. This picture furnishes it like a palace. *. wish I was a poor devil. I wish I rodd, live in thia style and try to do something good. But I "can't, i- trust dress in ? certain way and gc to certain parii*?s antt; live tn a certain quarter. If 1 didn't t should lose my run among certain people. And then," he added, as he thought of mother and aunt, "vben there would bo trouble." Thenceforward Stanley came often to" Ernst's room to watch the progress of "The Rescue" and to tell Inn that it was s-?rc of success. It was not long, either, before lie gave the young German another startling niece of information. "That old girl down stairs is in love with""* " he calci. "that old girl dozen stairs is tu loz& wfilf you.1' "What old cnrir asked" Ernst, staring' with the calm innocenco cf a child. "Miss Holcran." . "I hope yon are misdaken." replied the German, gravely and ahnest soletnuly. as if ho already perceived ?n awful duty be? fore him. "I should think yon might see it." grinned Stanley, "I saw it the first even-^ bag wo called on hex. it was plain enough ' coxxixci.0 ox lOL'aia