The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, January 02, 1889, Image 1

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yATCHMAK^gstabliaHed April, 1850. [l Jlated Aug. 2, $81.] *Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's THE TBUK SO?THKO V, Kstabllsh?ff Ja?*; SUMTER, S. C., WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 2, 1888, New Series-Yoi. VIII. No. 2: BY -j N. GK OSTEEN, / SUMTER, S. C. / , TKRStS I { J^-^ol?ars pe** ancien-in advance. A O T??T18IXSST8 , ? i Square; first insertion...-$1 00 |y subsequent insertion..............;... 50 ^tracts for three niottfcbs, or lop ger ~LH le at red need rates. , ^nimnnic&tioas which subserve private , ft will be charged for as advertisements. ?Ppes^and^uibutes of respe?t will be For Am's apar??a, and be sure *ou get g? you want the best Llofcd-puriSer. "W?th itsfioitj jests of une^funpled cess ii Blood ass can take Ayert ill the lemaud tl preferring if m od? ies, illa fcpop. all ^^d^^aj^^^^^Jtetto ?Tani safe in sayS^that r/y sales of Wt?* Sarsaparilla?tar excrfl those o? l?? 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ME* quaii subj ret .*d to tl I order that a uti itf tenth I5>rember. five s?riai Kirk Mon K Stt?d?i&T'f; K. Mun kit J T. Trow? P. Anstey fairy tale.? Pyle; r,"by Dr. ns." by Child life gsdr; arri? ses, short httifiorous Of illuSr ??*rery \r?-j$t rigid )Z harmful jibing that IS attractive ret ile literati*^}.-?o*to* thing* to thc boys and {ich it vistt?.-2?rx>?/y* saith of p?ete; cr, infor ? ist ian Advocate, N Y. ?PAID, $2 A YEAR. T ember 1, 1888? ?ipt of a i wo-cent )t? each. ie by Post Office ld chance of loss. b'? advertisement . ER A BROTHERS* .OTHERS. New York. ICE. and warned by line-or "Midway," ?RE, LORE. >rac ?k?y The General .Assembly. The folowiog embraces some of the more important action of the two booses, favorabl- and otherwise, upon matters of general interest, daring the last three days of the session : Io the Senate wheo the bili to raise supplies and make appropriations for the Local year commencing November 1, 1888, came np on its second reading sooce discussion ensued oo the amend? ments proposed. Senator Wilson en r^ytvored to strike out the section ap Iropriating $14,000 to enable the militia companies to maintain their organiza? tions, bat the appropriation was sos tai oed by a vote of 26 to 6 -Senator Moise voting in favor of the military. Senator Pope roo vt J *x> reduce the appropriation for the Lunatic Asylum from $98,000 to $90,000, and supprot ed the motion by some remarks. Elis motion was tabled, 22 to 9. On motion of Senator Pope, that portion of the section of the bill appro? priating $2,000 for supplying the Deaf, Damb and Blind Asylum "with water, was stricken out. The section relating to the South Car? olina University was amended by add? ing $2,000 io aid of the Mechanical Department. r Senator McMaster made an earnest effort to secure an appropriation of $1,500 for the establishment of two normal institutes, each to continue two weeks during the year, under the superintendence of thc Stats Superin? tendent of Education. Senators Patter? son, Pope and Hempbill strenuously opposed the propped appropriation, and succeeded io defeating it bj a large majority. - That portion of the bill appropriating $1,000 to pay the cost of providing artificial limbs for the soldiers of this State who lost legs or s rms, or who were permanently disabled in their legs or artus, was stricken out. Senator "Woodward threw himself in the breach and tried to save this pitiful sum for the old disabled veterans, but without avail. Senator Smythe endeavored to strike out that part of the bill appropriating $200 for the purpose of fitting up an office for the Railroad Commissioners in the building of the Agricultural Department, and insert $400 to be spent in fitting op an office for these Commis? sioners. His argument made no im? pression, and that portion of the bill remained unchanged Senator Pope moved to strike out the ?um of $200 to pay the eost of placing upon the Palmetto Monument the names of such members of the Palmetto Regi? ment as have heretofore been omitted through inadvertence or otherwise, and supported his motion by some remark?. Some explanations, however, by Sen? ator McCall induced him to withdraw the motion. The consid?ration of the validating bond bill was again resumed. Senator Wilson made a strong argument in favor of the majority report. He insisted upon giviog the people of the townships involved the right to vote upon the validity of the bonds issued by them Th? C , C & C Railroad Company, be j-o^d misrepresentation and curing subscrip&Lr-s of jstock k had been foisted upon his the aid of negro votes, and raiid debt unless the voters rent townships by their own it. The railroad com , had made the stock aab of the railroad worthless lortgage of $26,000 per road, after steting that be built for $10,000 per mphill made some good >r of the adoption of the rt. The Legislature, be ight to evade the do rain? court. as taken upon the bill to regulate the introduction eral Assembly of measures relating to private iuteresta, which was iiscussed in the morning session. It resulted in a tie, which was decided by ih? President casting his vote in favor >f the recommittal of the bill. A bill to require the County Auditors of the several Counties of ibis State to Sie in the Comptroller General's office zertified copies of the returns of banks ind banking institotioos, to be sub? mitted by him to a State Board of Eqaalijatioo to be -composed of the State Treasurer, Attorney General, Secretary of State and Comptroller Glenerai occasioned some debate. Senator Smythe opposed the bill on ihe ground that it would injure the banking interests of the State. If any invidious distinctions were made against Danks ia the taxation of their property, it would discourage their establishment n the State. Senator Murray favored the bili for :be reason that it was necessary to secure a just assessment of the property >f banks. A vote being taken on the re co m mit? ai of the bill, there was a tie, aod the President gave the casting vote ia favor )f recommittal A Bill to repeal an Act to provide for >eneficiary scholarships in the Winthrop Training School for Teachers at Colum? na, S. Ci. approved December, 25th, \. D. 1897, was continued until next lession. IN THE HOCSE.-The judiciary com nittee submitted an unfavorable report >n the Seo;.te bill to amend Section 95 >f the Codt of Procedure, the purport >f the bill toing to extend the time in vbic^he S ?.le could recover possession >f phosphate grants from twenty to wenty-five years. Messrs. Abney, Raysor, Graydon, McCaw and O'Brien favored the bill, md Messrs. Haskell, Hutson, Benet, blaber and McCrady opposed it, and he debate brought out the history of he phosphate grants and the history of egisiation in regard to the C^de of Procedure and the difference between he State and private parties as to the Statute of Limitations. Judge Maher, o whose legal opinion the House pays nucb deference, clearly and lucidly ex? plained the. position of the State, and txpressed the view that she should ither retu' o to the old time practice of ! I ?lacing herself entirely outside of the all others, viz , twenty year*. Gen. McCrady gave a history of t reasons why the phosphate grants marsh lands had been asked for. 1 showed that the owners of lands ad( cent to marshes had always been i garded as the owners of all marsh I tween high and low water mark ; b at the time of the discovery of t phosphate deposits, as it bad been he by some that the State's ownership e tended over all these marshes, th' bad applied for and had received t! grants, although resisted in their a plication by Corbin, the theo . Attorn< General of the State, the resistan of Corbin proving that the grants we not the result of collusion with tl Radicals, as had been intimated in tl arguments of some of those advocatir. the bill. Mr. Haskell moved to indefinite postpose the bill, and this motioo w: carried by a vote of 78 to 20. The concurrent resolution requirii the University Trustees to report t next session whether it would not 1 practicable to reduce the corps of pr fessors was passed, Cobonel Hutsc remarked that it was a mere brutw. ftdmen and the logical result of the Clea soo College bill, and Mr. Benet retort io that the one matter had nothing wha ever to do with the other. The bill to protect the interests < underwriters in cargoes of vessels loac iog at the ports of the State for foi eign ports was taken up and M McCrady asked its postponement to th next session, and said that he mad the request ic the interest of banket and merchants of Charleston who di not fully understand what effect tb passage of the bill would have oo foi eign exchange, and .wanted fort he opportunity to look toto the matter fully Mr. Tupper regarded the bill as on of great importance, and related io stances of extortionate charges in case of fire on board ships. ?od said tha the existence of such evils made th passage of the bill a necessity. Mr. Haskell bad taken a part in tb matter with great reluctance, as he di< not wish to seem to be interfering it matters which should be submitted t< the Charleston delegation ; but as then had been division in that delegation, h< had been asked to press the bill on th? attention of the House. He then rea< several letters from prominent busines men of Charleston, showing the im portance of the bill, and concluded witl the statement that he had no persona interest in the matter one way or tb< other; nor had he for one moment sup posed that Mr. McCrady bad desired u smother the bill. Mr. McCrady stated again the objec? tions to the bill. It gave the under? writers the powers of owners, and might seriously affect the matter of foreign exchange. Mr. Brawley said that the matter was too serious a one for hasty action, and wilst he was impressed by the fact thal the evils complained of did exist, he wanted a measure which might affect the maritine laws of the world carefully and fully considered. On motion of Mr. Waller, the* bill was then continued to the next rossi on. The following were among the acts ratified : / Act to incorporate the People's Build? ing and Loan Association of Sumter, S C Aet to accept the devise and bequest of Thos. G Clemson, and to establish an agricultural college io connection therewith. Act to validate and confirm township bonds issued in aid of railroads by cer? tain town.-hips in chis State. Act to amend Section 1769, Chapter 7, Title 50, General Statutes, relating to the protection of fish, game, sheep and other animals. Act to provide for the establishment of separate school districts io the seve? ral cities, towns aod villages in this State, to authorise the levy and collec? tion of special taxes in the several school districts now formed or hereafter to be formed outside of cities, incorpo? rated towns and villages. Act to charter the Wilson and Sum? merton Railroad. Act to regulate the liability of and for the protection of keepers of hotels, inns and boarding houses. Act to protect primary elections and to punish frauds in the conduct aod management of same. Act to establish a new Judicial and Election District to be known as Flor? ence County Act tc incorporate the town of Bish opville. Act to recharter the town of Sumter. Act to amend Paragraph 1, Section 997 of the General Statutes, so as to change the time of meeting of the State Board of Examiners. Act to incorporate the Sumter Insti? tute. Act to authorize and direct the Comptroller General to draw his war? rant on the State Treasury in favor of Ann D. Leitner, wiiow of W Z Lcit ner, late Secretary of State, for $1, 4^7.29 and to authorize and direct the State Treasurer to pay the same. Act to make appropriations for the payment of the per diem of members of the General Assembly. A handful of Senators and Repre? sentatives met at the State House shortly after midnight on the 24th, says the Register, and went through the formality of ratifying the remainder of the Acts which had passed both branches of the General Assembly, and then at 4 o'clock io the morning, after the adoption of a well deserved resolu? tion of thanks to their presiding officer, the General Assembly adjourned sine lie, and those members who bad stayed it out to the last weuded their way bomeward. One hundred and seventy-six of the , Aots which were ratified during the , session have received the Governor's j approval and have become laws i The following are some of them : i An Act to amend the law with refer? ence to unexpended school funds re- i uainiog ou hand at the end of any fiscal ( pear. , Act to amend an Act entitled "An 1 A.ct to provide a general railroad law I br the management and regulation of i ailroads in this Stare, and for the ap- j ? ?ototment of a Railroad Commisajpoef 11 hdj^mmmie his powers^?M^fe?J*! t ? ^/ 9th,? Act being incorporated with aod known as Chapter 40 of the General Statutes DF the State, 1832. and therein entitled "of railroad corporations, general rail? road laws." Act to amend an Act entitled ''An Act to amend so Act entitled 'An Act to amend Section 1694, General Stat? utes, relating to game birds/"' ap? proved December 24, 1887. Act to appropriate the fund received from the Uuited States government, for rent and damage of Citadel, to Sooth Carolina Military Academy, to certain LI se 8. Act to amend ao Act entitled "An Act to incorporate the Cheraw and Camden Short Line Railroad Com? pany,'' approved December 24, 1885. Act for the relief of taxpayers from payment of taxes levied to pay interest on township bonds issued in aid of the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chioago Railroad Company by the townships of Catawba, York, Ebenezer, Cherokee ind Broad River, io the County of York, and Conners Township, New? berry County. Act to authorize the County Com? missioners of Greenville, Kershaw, Berkeley, Anderson, Fork, Sumterand Georgetown Counties to borrow money to pay ordinary County expenses, jurors', witnesses' and teachers* claims, ind past due claims against said Cou o ties, including interest on railroad bonds in said Counties. Act to amend Sections 5, 8, 14 and 54 of an Act entitled "An Act to pro ride for the formation of certain corpo? rations under general laws, approved 2d December, 1886." Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act in relation to forfeited lands, delin? quent Uode and collection of taxes." Act to amend Subdivision 4 of Section $ of ''An Act relating to the time of holding Circuit Courts in the Second, Third anti Fifth Circuits," approved December 23, 1884. Act to authorize the Maoehester sod Augusta Railway Company to build a branch of its road to the town of Cam len. Act io provide for the establishment of a new school district in the town of Sumter. Act to amend Sections 1353 and 1357, Chapter, XXXVII of the Gene? ral Statutes, in reference to granting license to take risks or transact any business in the State of South Carolina. Act to make appropriations to meet the ordinary expenses of the State gov? ernment for the fiscal year commencing November 1. 1888. Robbery and Forgery. A Lawyer Attempts R</bbery and Com? mits Forgery-Nobody"s Business Ab- Attempt to Arrest-Allowed to Escape. (Manning Tiroes, December 26.) Oar readers were made aware last week of the breaking into the County Treasurer's office, and the attempt to .ob the iron safe in that office. Suspi rion even then pointed to Benjamin $ Dinkins as the guilty party, but we ??3 not nave, IL in shape_ to give our readers. The robbery was one ofHhe most open-handed and bungling affairs )? record, and Dinkins seems to have gone into it careless of the conse? quences. NO EFFORT TO ARREST IKM. It was generally known, common jtreet talk, after Tuesday night, yet aot an effort was made to arrest him. Ele passed along the street freely and jpeuly. conversed freely with police? men, iutendant, sheriff, and other offi? cers, and although these officers were morally certain he was the guilty party, jet not an effutt was made to arrest nm. Something is wrong ; somebody is at fault ; an ordinary every-day man would never have spent the n?-xt day >ut of jail. But B. S. Dinkins was illowed to walk the streets freely all Jay Monday ; to go to Columbia Tues lay, to argue a case before the Supreme Court; to return that night and quietly lave that night and the next day to irrange his business ; and to go to the iepot Thursday morning as freely as he iver did, to take the train for "parts in known." Comment is unnecessary. This is but a fair sample of South Car? bina law and justice, and the reason ynch law retains such a strong hold on .he people. HISTORY OF THE ROBBERY. But a history of the rubbery Early Sunday uight, while the church bells were calling people to the house of worship. Dinkins went to the Court [louse (as we believe, alone and with )dt confederates or abettors,) and, as tte stated last week, after failing to >reak directly into the treasurer's office, rorced open the clerk of court's office, ind then cut a hole through the back )f the chimney into the treasurer's >ffice. He then crawled through this lole and endeavored to open the large roo safe by manipulating the combina? ron lock, but he failed in rbis project, md gave up the job Thence he went o Henry Weinberg's barroom, between line and ten o'clock, and bought a pin; >f whiskey. Mr. Jesse Hurst the ?lerk of the bar, seeing his dirty condi ion.said: "Great God, mau, what's be matter? You are dirty from th* srowo of your head to the soles of your eet " Mr Hurst, says he wa? full of oot and ashfs, and oue si*.:e of his face *as all blacked up HIS CHIMNEY FELL DoWN ' Dinkins coolly and deliberately glanced at his condition, carelessly duttt- ? ; 'd off some of the dirt, and replied : I i *My chimney fell down this evening ind I have been trying to put it up " - Two or three negroes were present, and me immediately weut out aud notified j i policemen. The policeman and sev- | irai ot her negroes saw Diu kins in his j 1 lirty condition as he went toward?, his mme. Mr Hurst did not conceal the J ? natter at all. but talked freely with a?! lumber of citizeus about it. The following day M' l'irikins was : o have goue to Columbia, to ar^ue a i :ase before the Supreme Jourt, but he lid not go up till Tuesday Tuesday 1 ie freely walked tbe streets of Colum- ! )ia, and uumolested^^urii^^o Mao- , ling that nigiiLX<V^^SHfc^A>w^ .dvice of^^ll I eave for Cr<:<^ym| for ^1 H BIZ o'clock, wheo be left on tbe Augus? ta tram. FORGERY. After be left it was also discovered that he had forged a draft on the Si monds (Sumter) Bank for $450. signing his law partner's name, W. F. B. Haynswortb, and bad got Treasurer Huggins to cash it. This transaction took place as far back as the first of the month. Mr. Diokins was a cotton buyer here last fall and on two occasions got Mr. S. Wolkoviskie to cash drafts for him. These drafts were never paid, and now Mr. Wolkoviskie bolds in lieu of his money two notes for the amount $160 10. NOBODY'S BUSINESS. Who is to blame for Dinkms'e es? cape ? Treasurer Huggins, who has charge of the Treasurer's office, it seems ought to have been interested. It was not only an attempt to rob the county, but, if it had been successful, would have been an assault upon his private char? acter. Yet be says it was no more bis business than that of anybody else's, and consequently be declined to swear out a warrant. Clerk of Court Davis, who has con? trol of the entire Court House building, says there was no trial justice here, aod besides the evidence and information he had was not sufficient on which to base a warrant. The County Commissioners, who have entire charge and oversight of ali public buildings in the county, thought it was not their duty to swear out the warrant. Each of the above officers was asked to swear out a warrant. We never consulted the policemen, but presume they thought they had no right to arrest a person under such sus? picious circumstances. The Intendant, W. K Bell, says he was ready, as trial justice, ex officio, to issue a warrant to any one who would make affidavit, but that where those specialty and directly interested took no interest, he would not take the initia? tive. It was county property, and not town or private property affected, and no one asked bim to issue a warrant. Sheriff Lesesne says he was ready to act, and tried to get a warrant for his arrest, but that no one would give bim the authority to act. Every private citizen, including the editor of the Times, says it was not bis business, any more than that of any other man. FORMER FORGERIES. Nor is this Mr. DinkinsV first of fense. About two years, ago be work? ed into Mrs. Edwards'? con fideo ce and swiodled her out of about a thousand dollars. She recovered three or four hundred dollars but the balance was clear loss. Mrs. Edwards gave him the money to pay ber mercantile bills in Charleston, and be forged receipts to give her. Through the influence of friends he was not prosecuted. Mrs. Edwards talked about it a good deal, and once he went into her store, and threatened to kill her if she did not ?top telling about the forgery. UK CONrESSES. | BeforeDttkins left town he confessed to some of his ffkflda his attempt at robbery, and asked their>advice, seem? ing loath to leave He was^advjsed of three courses ; to kill himself, to ffr-Jto the penitentiary, or leave for parts un- ' known IN CONCLUSION. Mr Dinkins was a young man of ezcelleat parents, and high social standing; pleasing and popular in all his ways ; successful in business ; and bad he not wandered from the path of rectitude would have made a success in life. It is said that gambling and whis? key were the rocks that wrecked him. By E EIDER HAGGARD. 1CO.VTIX?ED.3 CHAPTER VIZ EDWARD COSSET, ESQ. After George had drunk his glass of wine and given his opinion as to the best way to deal with the dangerous pinnacle on the Boisingham church, he took tho note, untied the fat pony and rambled off back to Hon ham, leaving the lawyer alono. As soon ns he was gone Mr. Quest throw himself back in his chair-an old oak ono, by the way, for he had a very pretty taste in antiquities and a positive mania for coll?:cting them-and plunged into a brown study. Presently he loaned forward, unlocked the top drawer of his writing table and extracted from it a lotter addressed to himself, which ho had received that very morning. It was " from the principals of the great banking firm of Cossey & Son, and dated from their head office- in Mincing lane. This letter ran os follows: [Private and confldo-tlal.] "DEAR SIR-We have considered your re? port tis to the extensive mortgages which we hold upon the Honham Castle estates, and havo given due weight to your arguments aa to tbe advisability of allowing Mr. do la Moilo time to give things a chance of right? ing. But we must tell you that we can see no prospect of any such solution of the mat? ter, at any rate for some years to coma All the information that we aro ablo tu gather points to a further decrease in the value of laud rather than to a recovery. Tho interest on the mortgages in question is moreover a year in arrear, probably owing to tho non receipt of rents by Mr. da la Molle. Under these circumstances, much as it grieves us to take artinn against Mr. do la Molle, with whose family wo have had dealings for five generations, wo can seo no alternative but foreclosure, and hereby instruct you to take the necessary preliminary steps to bring it al>out in tho usual manner. We aro, pre? suming that Mr. de la Molle is not in a posi- j ti?? to pay off tho mortgages, quite aware of the risks of a force?! sale, ! and shall not bo astonished if, in j the present unprecedented condition of the j land market, such a salo should n-sult in a j loss, although the sum recoverable docs not amount to half tho valuation of the estates, which was undertaken at our instance about twent} ? ear ago, on tho occasion of tbe first ativ:.:.- l ie only alternative, however, would tw for us to enter into possess-on of the property or t;> buy it in. Bat this would bo a course totally inconsistent with tho usual practice of tho bank, and, what is mon.?, our confidence in thes?Bliflity ovwnded property j is so-trfTeriy"shattered by.??r recent expert- j enees that we can uoi^J^u ourselves by 1 **W? ore, dear sir, your obedient servants, "COSSET & Boa. "W. Quest, Esq. MP. S.- We have thought it better to ad dress jon direct in this matter, oat of course you will communicate the contents of this lette* to Mr. Edward Cossey, and, subject to our instructions, which are final, act in con? sultation with bim." "Weil," said Mr. Quest to himself, as he folded up the sheet of paper, "that is about as straight as it can be put. And this is the time that tho old gentleman chooses to ask for another four thousand. He may ask, but the answer will be more than bo bargains for.'? He rose from the chair and b^gan to walk up and down the room in evident perplexity. "If only,* ho said, "I had twenty-five thou? sand 1 would take up the mortgages myself and foreclose at my leisure, lt would be a good investment at that figure, even as things are, and besides, I should like to have that pL?co. Twenty-five thousand, only twenty thousand, and now when 1 want it 1 have not got it And I should have had it if it had not been for that tiger, that devil Edith. She has had more than that ont of mo in the last ten years, and still she is threatening and crying for more, more, more. Tiger-yes, that is the name for her; her owia name, toa She would coin ono'* vitals into money if she could All Belle's fortune she hos bad, or nearly all, and most of my savings, and now she wants another fivo hun? dred, and she will have it, toa Hero we are," and ho drew a letter from bis pocket written in a bold but somewhat uneducated woman's band. "Dear 3ilP it ran-I've been unlucky again and dropjxxl a pot. Shall want ?500 by the 1st October. Ko shuffling, mind; money dovm; bat I think that you know me too well to play any more larks. When can you tear yourself from the lovely Mrs. Q-, and come and give your E-a look? Bring some tin when you como, and we will havo times. Thine," THBTIOZR." "The Tiger, yes, the Tiger," he gasped, his face working with passion and his gray eyes glinting os he tore the opistle to fragments, and threw 'them down ami stamped on them. "Well, bo careful that I don't one day cut your claws and paint your stripes. By heaven 1 lt ever a man felt like murder I do now. Five hundred more, and I haven't five thousand clear in the world. Truly we pay for the follies of our youth! It makes me mad to think of those fools Cossoy & Son forcing that place into the market just now. There's a fortune iu it at the price. In an? other year or two 1 might have recovered myself that devil of a woman might be dead -and I have several irons in the fire, some of which would be sure to turn up trumps. Surely thero must be a way out of It some? how. There's a way out of everything ex? cept death i f only one thinks enough, but thc thing is to find it," and he stopped in bis walk opposite to the window that looked upon the street and ?mt his hand to his head As be did so he caught sight of tho figura of a tall gentleman strolling idly toward the office door. For a moment ho stared at bim blankly, as a man docs when he is trying to catch the vogue clew to a new idea. Then, as the figure passed out of his view, he brought his fist down heavily upon the sill. "Edward Cossey, by George f be said, aloud. "There's the way of it, If only I can work him, and unless I have made a strange mistake I think I know the way." A couple of minutes afterward a toll, shapely young man of about twenty-four or five years of age, came strolling into the office where Mr. Quest was sitting, to all appear? ance bard aa work at his corresi>ondence. Ho was dark in complexion and decidedly distinguished looking in feature, with large, dark eyes, dark mustaches and a pale, some what Spanish looking skin. Young as the face was, it had, if observed closely, a some? what worn cud worried air, such as one would scarcely expect to seo upon the coun? tenance of a gentleman born to such brilliant fortunes, and so well fitted by nature to do them justice, as was Mr. Edward Cossey. For it is not every young man with dark eyes and a good figure who is destined to be the futuro head of one of the most wealthy pri? vate banks tn England, and to inherit in due course a sum of money in hard cash variously estimated at from half a million to a million sterling. Such, however, was the prospect in life that opened out before Mr. Edward Cossey, who was now supposed by his old and eminently business like father to be in process of acquiring a sound knowledge of tho pro "yipcii? affairs of their house by attending to the working of iheifc^it^^ranches^mthe j eastern counties. ^^~^~^T "How do you do, Quest f said Edward Cos- j sey, nodding somewhat coldly to the lawyer and sitting down. "Any businessr' "Well, yes, Mr. Cossey," answered the law? yer, rising respectfully, "there is some busi? ness, some very serious business." "Indeed," said Edward, indifferently, "what is itf "Well, it ls this: the houso has ordered a foreclosure on the Honham castle estates-at least it comes to that." At the sound of this intelligence Edward Cossey's wholo demeanor underwent the most startling transformation-bis languor van? ished, his eyes brightened, and his form be? came instinct with active life and beauty. "What the deuce," he said, and then paused. "I won't havo it," be went on, jumping up, "I won't have itl I am not particularly fond of old De ia Molle, perhaps because ho is not particularly fond of me," be added, rather drolly; "but it would be an infernal shame to break up that family and soli the house under thom. Why, they would bo mined. And then there's Ida-Miss de la Molle, I mean-what would become of her! And tho old place, too. After l>eing In tho family for all theso centuries, I suppose it would be sold to some confounded counter skipper or somo retired thief of a lawyer. It must be pre? vented at any price-do you hear, QuestP The lawyer winced a little at his chiefs contemptuous allusion, and then remarked, with a smile: "I Lad no idea that you were so sentimental. Mr. Cossey, or that you took a lively interest in Miss de Ia Molle," and he glanced up to observe the effect of his shot. Edward Cossoy colored "1 did not mean that 1 took any particular Interest in Miss do la Molle," ho said; "I was referring to the family." "Oh, quite so, though I am sure I don't know why you shouldn't. Miss de la Molla is one of the mest channing women that I ever met, I think tho most charming, if 1 ex? cept my own wjfo Belle," and ho again looked up suddenly at Edward Cotsey, who, for L:3 part, colored for the second time. "It seoms to me,5' went on tho lawyer, "that a man In your position has a most splendid opportunity of playing knight errant to the lovely dam? sel in distress. Hero is the lady wi.a her aged father nl>out to bo sold up and turned ont of tho estates which havo belonged to her family for generations-why don't you do tho generous and graceful thing, Uko fia hero in a novel, and take up tho mortgages'" Edward Cossey did not reject this Mjggcs tion with tho contempt that might have been expected; on the contrary, he appeared tu be tnruiug the matter over in his mind, for ho drummed a little tune with his knuckles aud ?tared out of tho window. "What is the sum/" said he, presently. "Five-end-twenty thousand, ami bo wants four more, say thirty thousand" "And whero am 1 going to Hud thirty thou? sand pounds to take up a bundle of mort? gages which will probably never pay a furth? ing o? interest/ Why, I have not got thrcs thousand I can come at. Besides." uo added, recollecting himself, "why should I interfere in itf "I do not think," answered Mr. Quest, ig? noring the latter part of the question, "th:st with your proBnects yon would find it diffi? cult to get thirty thousand or twice thirty thousand pounds. I know several who would j consider it an honor to lend tho monev * . a fossey, if only for the sake of tho inti' dne t ion-that is, of course, provided tho secur? ity was of a legal nature." "Let me sec the letter," said Edward. ^f^OuesUiojided him the document c^^ Bnmands Cossey & Son, ?ugh JM Kn saidM Um^ be onc^^tffl "Z?o, I did not say so. but as a matter of fact I am His man, George-a shrewd fel? low, by the way, for one of these bumpkins came with a letter asking me to go up to tbe castle, so I shall get round there to lunch. It is about this fresh loan that the old gentle? man wishes to negotiate. Of course I shall be obliged to tell him that instead of giving & fresh loan we shall have to serve a notice on him." "Don't do that just yet," said Edward, with decision. "Write to the house and say that their instructions shall be attended ta There is no burr}' about the notice, though I don't see bow I am to help in the matter. Indeed there Ls no call upon me." "Very well, Mr. Cossey. And now, by the way, are you going to the castle this after? noon P "V es, I believe so. WhyP "Well, I want to get up there to luncheon, and 1 am in a fix. Belle will want tho trap to go there this afternoon. Can you lend me your dog cart to drive up, and then perhaps you would not mind if she gavo you a l?t this afternoon." "Very well,* answered Edward, "that istf it suits lira. Quest. Perhaps she may object to carting me about the country C "I have not observed any such reluctance on heir part," said the lawyer dryly, "but we can easily settle tho question. 1 must go home to get seme plans before I attend the vestry meeting about that pinnacle. Will you step across with me and we can ask herr "Oh, yes,* bo answered. "I have nothing particular to da" And. accordingly, as soon as Mr. Quest had made some small arrangements and given particular directions to his clerks as to bis whereabouts for the day, they set off to? gether for the lawyer's private bouso. CHAPTER VIII, ats. QUEST'S WIFE, Mr. Quest lived in one of those ugly but comfortably built old red brick houses, which abound in almost every country town, and which give us the clearest possible iden of tho want of taste and love of material comfort that characterized the gross age in which they ware built This house looked out on to the market place, and had a charming old walled garden at the back, famous Cor its nectarines, which, together with the lawn tennis court, was, os Mrs. Quest would say, almost enough to console ber for living tn a town. The front door, however, was only separated by a little flight of steps from the pavement, upon which the bou so abutted. Entering into a large, cool looking hall. Mr. Quest paused, and asked a servant. who was passing where her mistress was. "In the drawing room, sir," said the girl; and followed by Edward Cossey, he made his way d'^n a long paneled passage till he reached a door on the left, which ho opened quickly, and passed through into a charming, modern looking room, handsomely and even luxuriously furnished, and lighted, by French windows opening on to the walled garden. A little lady dressed in some black mate? rial was standing at one of these windows, ber arms crossed behind ber back, and absently gazing ont of it At the sound of tho opening door she turned swiftly, ber whole delicate and lovely face lighting np like a flower in a ray of sunshine, the lips slightly parted, and a deep and happy light shining in ber violet eyes. Then, all in an instant, it was in? structive to observe how Instantaneously her glance fell upon ber husband (for the lady was Mrs. Quest) and her entire expression changed to one of cold aversion, the light fading out of her face ar it does from a November sky, and leaving., cold and bard. Mr. Quest) who was a man who saw every? thing, saw this also, and smiled bitterly. "Don't be alarmed, Belle," be said, in a low voice; "I have brought Mr. Cossey with mo." She flushed up to tba eyes, a great wave of color, and her breast heaved; but before she could answer, Edward Cossey, who bad stopped behind to wipe some mud off his shoes, entered the room, and politely offered his hand to Mrs. Quest, who took it coldly enough. "You are an early visitor. Mr. Cossey," she said, ' Yes," saki ber husband, "but the fault is mine. I nave brought Mr. Cossey over to ask yon if you can give him a lift up to tbe castle this afternoon. I have to go up there to lunch, and have borrowed his dog cart." "Oh, yes, with pleasure. B?t why can't the dog cart come back for Mr. Cossey ?" - "Well, you see," put in Edward, "there is a little difficulty; my groom is sick. But ?here is really no reason why you should be bot??eTS?v^ I have no doubt that a man can bs found to DrfcjJt^ck." "Oh, no," she sw<L7>fcb^bruS. be all right; only you had befcfc^Iunch here, that's all, because I want to starttS?ly, *nd go to an old woman'* at the other end of-iiittU^J ham about some fuchsia cuttings." "I shall be very happy," said he. "Very well, then, that is settled," said Mr. Quest, "and now I must get ?my plans and be off to that vestry meeting. I'm late os lt ia With your permission, Mr. Cossey, I will order the dog cart as I pass your rooms." "Certainly," said Edward, and ia another moment the lawyer was gone, Mrs Quest watched the door close, and then sat down in a low armchair, and resting her head upon the back, looked up with a steady; iuquiring gaza full into Edward Cos sey's faca And he too ?ooked at her, and thought what a beautiful woman she was, in her own way. She was very small, rounded in her figure ulmost to stoutness, and possessed the tiniest cud most beautiful hands and feet But her greatest charm lay in the face, which was almost infantile in its shape, and delicate as a moss rosa She was exquisitely fair in coloring-indeed, the darkest things about her were ber viole* eyes, which in some lights looked almost black in contrast with t er whito forehead and waving auburn hair. Presently sho spoke. "lins my husband gonoP she said. "1 6api>ose sa ' Why do you ask!" "Because, from what I know of his habits, I should thin!1: it very likely that he is listen? ing beb? ad the door," and she laughed faintly. "You seem to have agoot'opinion of him." "I have exactly the opinion of him that he deserves," she said, bitterly; "and my opinion of him is that ho is ono of tho wickedest men in England." "if he is behind tho door ho will enjoy that," raid Edward Cossey. "WWI, if u? a ail this, why did you marry hiuiT "Why did I marry bimnsho answered, with passion "Because 1 vra3 forced into it. bullied into it, starved into it What would .iou do if you were a defenseless, motherless girl of IS, with a drunken father who beat you-yes. heat you with a stick-apologized in tho mast gentleman-like way next morn ing, and then went and got drunk again' An<i what would you do if that father were in the hands of a man like my husband, body and sntu in his hands, and if l>etween them pressure was brought to i>oar and brought to bear until at last- There, what is the good of going on with it, you can guess the rest." "Weil, and what did ho marry yon fer? vour pretty faceT "I don't know, ho said so; it may hive had something to do with it 1 think it was my ?10.000, for once I had a wholo ?:0,0(X) of my own. My r*x>r mother left it me, and it was tied up so that my father could not touch it Well, of course, when I mnr ried my husband would not have any settle? ments ami so he tool; it, every farthing." "And what did he do with \tC "S??nt it ujxHi some other woman in \joa don-most of it I found him out; ho gave her thousands of pounds at onca" "We?. I should not have thought that of him," said he, with a laugh. She paused a moment and covered her face ivith her hand, and then went on: "If you only knew, Edward; if you had the faintest idea ?hat my life was till a year and a half ago, wheu I firs* saw you, you would pity me and understand why 1 am bad, and passion? ate, and jealous, and everything that 1 ought to be. I never had any happiness as a bow could I iu such a homo as oursi then almost before I was a woman I handed over to that man^^| how I and what I it can't hare been verv?Hant" each other now-we don't even speak except in public; that's my price for roy tongue about the lady in London one or two other little things-so what use of talking of it? It was a hon nightmare, but it has gone. And then, went on, fixing her beautiful eyes upon face, "then 1 saw you, Edward, and for first time in my life I learned what love and 1 think that no woman ever loved 1?S that before. Other women have had some? thing to care for in their ii ves; I never had anything till I saw you. It may be wicked, but it's true," He turned slightly away and said nothing. "And yet, dear," she weat on, in a low voice, "I think it hos been one of the hardest things of all-my love for you. For, Ed? ward," and she rose and took his hand and looked into his fat? with her soft eyes full of tears, "1 should hive liked to be a blessing to you and not a carse, and-and-a cause of sin. Oh, Edward, I should have made y euch a good wife, no man could have bad better, and 1 wouid have helped you, too, f I am not such a fool as I seem, and no shall do nothing but bring trouble upon you; I know I shalL And it was my fault, too at least, most cf it. Don't ever think that ? deceive myself, for 1 dont; I lod you on, i know I did, 1 meant theret think me as shameless as you like, I meant to from the first, And no good can come of it, I know that, although 1 would not have it undone. Ko good can ever come of what is wrong. I may be very wicked, but I know that"-and she began to cry outright. This was too much for Edward Cossey, who, as any mau must, had been much touched by this unexpected outburst. "Look here, Belle," ho blurted out on the impulse of tho moment, "I an.* sick and tired of all this sort of thing. For more than a year my lifo bas been nothing hut a living lie, and 1 can*c stand it, and that's a fact. I tell you what it is: I think we ha^bgfiter just take tho train to Paris nnd^? ?pee, or else give it all up, ^^fil koon living in She stoj^l KW^^^^^-i really car? for me j^^^oii hat, Edward f she saul. "Yos^yTV' he said, somewhat impatiently; "you can see I do or I should not make the offer. Say the word and PU do it" She thought for a moment, and then looked up again. "No," abe said, "no, Edward." "Whyf" he asked. "Aro you afraid/" "Af raid I" sho answered, with a gesture of contempt, "what have 1 to be afraid of} Do you suppose that such a woman as I am has any care for consequences? We have got beyond that-that is for ourselves. But wo can still feel a little for others, lt wouid ruin you to do such a thing, socially and in, every other way. You know that you havo often said that your father would cut y ^ out of bis will if you compromised yourself and him like that." "Oh, yes, be would do that, i an* sax? of it He would never forgive t li msw mil ? Tn bas a hatred of tout sort of thies.'But I could get a few thousands ready money, and wo could change oar names and gooff to some colony or something." "It is vory good of you to say so,* said, humbly. "I dont deserve it, and not take advantage of you. You ~ sorry that you made th J offer by to-morrC Ah, yes, 1 know it is only because I cried. Ko, we must go on es we are until the end comes, and then you can discard me; ?for all the blame will follow me, and I shall deserve it, too, for I am older than you, you know, and a woman;* and my husband will maka some money out of you, and then it will all be forgotten, and i shall have had my day and go my own way to oblivion, like thou? sands of other unfortunate women before me, audit will be all the same a hundred years hence, dont you see} But, Edward, remember ono thing. Dont play me any tricks, for I am Dot of the sort to bear it Have patience and wait for the end, for these things cannot last very long, and I shall never be a burden on you. Don't desert me or make me jealous, for I cannot bear it, I cannot Indeed, and **Tetl vie koto you Iii? my new drtzs.9 I do not know what I misbt do-make a scandal, or kill myself or you, I'm suro?i cant say what You nearly sent me wild tho other day when you were carrying on with Miss de la Molle. Ah, yes, 1 saw it alL 1 have suspected you for a long time, and sometimes 1 think that you ero really in love with ber. And now. sir. 1 tell von wbnt^tf la, we have h vi euougb of this meiancn M talk to last me for a month. What did yV come here for at all tin's morning, just wbt^W I wanted to get you out of ray head fur aa hour or two and think about my garden 1 I suppose it was all a trick of Mr Quest's bringing you here. He bas got some fresh scheme on; 1 am sure of it from his face. Well, it cant I? helped, and since you are here. Mr. Edward Cossey, tell me how you like my new dress," and she posed herself and courtesied before him, uBiack, you see, to match my sins and show off my complexion. Doesn't it flt well/" "Charmingly," he said, laughing ia spite of himself, for he felt in no laughing mood, "and now I tell you what it is, Belle: I am not going to stop here all the morning, and lunch and all that sort of tiling. It does not look weil, to say the least of lt The proba? bility is that half the old women in Boising-" ham have got their eyes fixed on the hall door to see how long I stay. I shall go down to the office and come back at half past 2." "A very nice excuse to get rid cf me," she said; "but I dare say you are right and I want to see about the garden. There, good by, and mind you are not late, for 1 want to have a nice drive round to the castle. Kot that there is much need to warn you to be in time wheu you are going to see Miss de la Molle, is there? Good-by, good-by." [TO BE COXTIXrED.l The Farmers7 Alliance recently io session in Columbia, appointed a com? mittee to investigate the fertilizer busi? ness and prices to the farmers. This committee recommended that the farm? ers reduce their purchases, claiming that they had used about twice as much fertilizers on the last crop as was neces? sary. The committee will officially recomtuend to all farmers of the State that they make sparing use of ferti? lizers this year. " As most of tba ferti? lizer companies now h?v, their supplie? for the season and as ?be Aillant expect to decrease the demand farmers accordingly anticipate a tion in price. The Alliance has ed Mr. 3. J Hester, of Spart as their general State agen*, alt arrangements for the Alliant plie--. The Democratic Clubs are jirgl the Executive Committee of i al Association of Democrat i spread the Tariff Refon ! he work thou id be dil ige The people are yet io They need a great deal u\agtu4s Ike.