The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, February 13, 1889, Image 1

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?flEf St)Ik?TEK WATCH5HN, Established April, 1S50. "Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aitas't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's " THE TRUE SOCTBK?y, Established ?Ju a?, 186$ -;-? Consolidated Aug. 2, ISSI.] SUMTER, S. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1889. Sew Series-Yoi. YUL No. 28. Published. 67677 Wednesday, BX N. Gk OSTEEN, SUMTER, S. C. TERMS : Two Dollars per annum-in advance. ADVERTISEMENTS. O?e Square, first insertion.$1 00 ET%ry subsequent insertion.v 50 Coa trac ls for three months, or longer will be made st reduced rates. AU communications which subserve private interests willbecharged for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes cf respect will be charged for. The Favorite Medicine for Throat and Lung Diffi? culties has long been, and still is, Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. It cures Croup, Whoopiag Cough, Bronchitis, and Asthma; soothes irritation of the larynx and Fauces; strengthens the Vocal Organs; allays soreness of the Langs? prevents Consumption, and, even in advanced stages of that disease, relieves Coughing and induces Sleep. There is no other preparation for dis? eases'of the throat and lungs to be com? pared with this remedy. **2&y wife had a distressing cough, with pains in the side and breast. >Ve tried various medicines, but none did her any good until I got a bottle of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, which has cured her. A neighbor, Mrs. Glenn, had the measles, ana the cough was relieved by the use of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. I have no hesitation in recommending this Cough Medicine to everyone afflicted."-Robert Horton, Foreman ?Ieadligld, Morrillton, Ark. "I have been afflicted with asthma for forty years. Last spring I was taken with a viol ent cough, which threatened to terminate my days. Every one pro enounced me in consumption. I deter? mined to try Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, ?ts effects-were magical. I was immedi '-.iteiy relieved and continued to imorove .Until entirely recovered."-Joel Bullard, Chadford, C?onn. ^Six mouths ago I had a severe hem? orrhage of the lungs, brought on by an incessant cough which deprived me of (Sleep and rest. I tried various reme .??Bs, but obtained no relief until I be ?WL to take Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. A j? bottles of this medicine cured me." airs. 35. Coburn, 19 Second st., Lowell, Mass. ^For cbiMren afflicted with colds, coughs, sore throat, cr croup, I do not know of aay remedy which will give more speedy relief than Ayer's Cherry PectoraL 3. have found it, also, invalu? able in cases of "Whooping Cough." - Awn Lovejoy, 1257 Washington street, Boston, Mass. * Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, PREFABED BT Dr. ?J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass. Sold by a? Druggists. Price $1 ; six betties, $5. st in ni ate? 1 ho torpid liver, st r engib? en? tb*?Ii;reai ? ve organs, resrti? ates the bevels* and aro nnequafed as an AMTl-BiLiuUS Eimmi, In malarial ?listriets their virtues are widely recognized, astley posftcxw S?CC xi liar proper ric*- ia freeing tnesj s<ic:n ! from ta at peisen. E?esranHy su^ar coated. Dos'? small. Price. S?cts. Sold Everywhere, Office, 44 Murray St., New York. TAX RETURNS FOR 1888-9. RETURNS 0? PERSONAL PROPERTY | and Polls trill be received at the follow? ing times and place? : TindalFs Store, Tuesday, January 8th. K. I. Manning's, Wednesday, Jan? uary 9?b. Wedgefield, Thursday, January 10th. Stateburg, Friday, January 11th. Gordon's Mill, Friday, Jaouary llih. Johnston's Store, Mor day, Jauuary 14th. Shiloh, Taesday, January 15th. Lynchburg, Wednesday, January ?th. Providence, Wednesday, January 6th. . Magnolia, Thursday, January 17th. Mayesvtlle, Friday. January 13th. Reid's Mill, Monday, January 21st. Bishopville, Tuesday and Wednes? day, January 22d and 23d. Hagood, Wednesday, January 23d. Rembert's Store, Thursday, January 24th. Manville, Thursday, January 24th. Smithville, Friday. January 25rh. Mechanicsville, Saturday, January 36th. AND At the Auditor's Office ?n Sumter, from the 28tb Janaary\to the 20th of February, incln 8?TC Parties robing returns hy mat!, or by another person wfl?please give full first name of Taxpayer and the\ Town?!tir> the property ii in. XW. R DELGAR, Nov. 28 Audr?pr Sumter County. A. WHITE & SON, Insurance \ Agents, Offer io First Class \Compauies. FIRE INSURANCE, > TORNADO INSURANCE, ACCIDENT INSURANCE, LIFE INSURANCE, PLATE GLASS INSURANCE, SURETYSHIP ON riONDS. April 6_ TBESPASS NOTICE. ALL PERSONS ?re requested and warned not to bunt or Ssh-except by line-or io any way trespass upon "Midway," "The Oaks," or "Cane Savannah" W. KATIES REES, SCR EVEN MOORE, M. DEVEATX MOORE, J. SINGLETON M ??ORE. NOT 14-lap. . WIUIA^TKENNEDY' Fashionable Barber. MAIN STREET, ??ext door to Earle & Purdv'3 Law < iffice. SUMTER, S. C. IDESIRE TO INFORM the citizens of Sumter and vicinity that I have opened business on my own account at the above old stand, and that ?iib competent s-? polite ! assistants, ? will bc ?. ?ased to serve them io j ?ny branch of my business io the best style of tbe art. Give me a call. WM. KENNEDY. Oct. 19. + EESURGAM. The Winter morn of cheerless gray Dawns slowly up the eky : And in the cold, bleak light of day The drifting snow wreaths iie. But all green things are lost to sight Beneath a weight ot snow, And down into the cold dark night The Winter day doth go. But 'r:id the gloom of wintry skie3 I see a vision fair Of fresh Spring morns that brightly rise With sweet and balmy air. Even thus, most gracious Lord, amid The gloom of death, we *ee Life everlasting ?af'ely bid And garnered, Lord, in Thee. The dreary grave is but the field Where Hes the hopeful grain, And what with many a tear we yield Shai! be our own again. -J. C. Howden. Samoa in a New Light. Bayard Used as a Tool by the "Wily Bismarck. WASHINGTON', " February 7.-This morning Harold M. Sewall, consul general of the Samoan Islands, re ceived notification from the State department that his resignation would be acceptable, on the ground that his views were not in harmony with those of the Administration. An Associated Press reporter call? ed this afternoon upon Sewali and asked for a statement of the reasons given by the State department in its request that he should tender his res? ignation as consul general to Samoa. Sewall in reply said : 'The reason given in the letter ask? ing my resignation is a disagreement iu my expressed views with the views entertained by the State department in regard to Samoan affairs. This refers, 1 suppose, to the testimony I have given before the Senate com mittee on foreign relations, and which has uot yet been published. No dis? approval of my conduct in Samoa as consul general has ever been ex? pressed by the State department so far as I know, and, indeed, it will ap? pear from the communication 6ent to Congress in regard to the situation of affairs in Samoa that the department wrote me commending my course in the trying and delicate position, as it was styled, in which I was placed during the deposition of Malietoa at the time of the conference of the Powers. .Only two months ago when I re? quested that my leave of absence be extended, the request was denied for the reason as stated, that the situation of affairs in Samoa rendered my pres? ence there advisable, a suggestion, no doubt, even then of my fitness for the place. As is well known, I was on my way to my post when summon? ed to Washington to testify before the" foreign relations committee. La9t Thursday I was discharged by the C( mmittee, and affairs in Samoa being in a most critical condition, 1 immediately made arrangements to return thither. No intimation was given me that I should not be allow? ed to du so until within a few hours of my intended departure, when I was notified to remain here. The purpose was obvious My services were needed immediately if at all Another steamer would not sail until March, and it was the evident inten? tion to detain me until after the in? coming of the next Administration, upon which it is known I have not the slightest claim to political recog? nition.' Referring to his testimony before the Senate committee Mr. Sewall said : '1 was under oath to tell what I knew of Samoan affairs and to with? hold nothing The views I expressed on the situation and the remedy nec? essary were given at the request of the committee, lt was not for me to consider whether those views agreed with Mr. bayard's or not. I do know, however, that my views coin? cide with those of all Americans who have given tue matter any thought, the State department excepted, for which I cannot speak.' 4 What are those views V l\ believe,' said Mr. Sewall, with deliberation, 'that the deposition of Malietoa was determined upon before the conference of the three Powers began, and that it was the German intention to carry out the policy it had decided upon regardless of that conference. The purpose of Ger? man}' is to secure control of Samoa in defiance of solemn and repeated as? surances it has given to our Govern? ment. Furthermore, I believe that Lord Salisbury is a party to tin's scheme, and that the movement against Samoa is only a precursor of au Anglo-German attempt to secure supremacy iu the Hawaiian Islands.' Mr. Sewall expresses the '?pinion that sending Admiral Kin.o-rrly to Samoan waters will accomplish noth? ing, because he has no orders beyond what had previously been given to Commanders Leary and Mullan, who could do nothing but protest. As to what he thought should b" done, Mr. Sewall said : 'I believe with Secretary Whitney that a defi no'te policy should be adopted in Samoa. To send our ships there with only their present instructions is simply to subject their officers and men to humiliation, or as Secretary Whitney (using a polite term out of respect, I suppose to Mr. Bayard,) terms 'irritating conditions,' which from their self-respect makes them re? volt.' Sewall said that v jatever his per? sona! opinion of the attitude of Bay? ard on Samoan affairs may be, he had during his entire term of service loy? ally and implicitly followed the Secre? tary's instructions, notwithstanding they placed him in a false and humil? iating position. 'Said he : 'Asa representative of the Government to which our citizens ! looked for protection, I was forced to see indignities inflicted upon them, i their property seined and their trade j destroyed. 1 had no power whatever to give them redress.' Mr. Sewall said that the Germans bad declared martial law in Samoa previous to the recent occasion, hav- j ing done so without notice to Amer- j icaos, when war was declared against j Malietoa, and at that time groad in- ' suits were offered to Americana 'Were my regret/ said Mr. Sewall 'at the loss of our prestige in the Fa cific by our submission to Germai aggression in Samoa the measure o my humiliating experience there, could await patiently the publicatioi of my testimony and the certain re suits of an aroused and intelligen public opinion. But such is not th? case. To my lasting chagrin am sorrow, misled by secretary Bayarc and acting under his instructions, misled the weak and suffering Samo ans into fresh misfortunes. Upoi Secretary Bayard and myself, as ai innocent instrument obeying his in structions, must rest in large measun a grievous responsibility for the di*6 tresses which now threaten the ver] existence of the Samoan people. 'When I arrived in Samoa the in 8urrection of Tamasese, fostered bj German officials for a purpose nov* made plain, was on the point of disin tegration. Malietoa, who had beet relatedly held back by our repre sentatives from asserting his author? ity, had determined to tolerate thu no longer. At this juncture, the da} after 1 arrived, I received instruc tions of which the purport was that 1 should restrain Malietoa. I did so, giving him to understand-as Bayarc gave me to understand-that neithei lie nor his people would be allowee fco suffer from following the advice 1 gave him in the name of our Gov irnment. Malietoa yielded at my solicitation, and our national houoi was pledged that as a treaty powei we would insist upon our treaty right io the independent existence ol Samoa. As events have shown, I sould not better have served the Ger nan purpose than by this mission ol ?nine to Malietoa. As a matter oi Fact,-public documents before Con? gress show that the instructions in obedience to which I acted of this occasion were sent me at the instance )f the German and British miuisters. [n less than a month German ships arrived. Malietoa and his chiefs were deported, the man whose life I bad saved by my intervention was in? stalled in his place. Pitiless perse? cution began against Samoans sus? pected of friendship for our flag, and berman control was as effectually es? tablished as under open annexation. Having restrained the Samoans when they could have destroyed Tamasese, and with his destruction the basis for German interference, during the re? mainder of my service I urged their submission to the inevitable, trusting that finally, when the truth was known our promises to them would be fulfilled and our own honor saved by the restoration of the status before the conference, when I gave Malietoa such fatal advice. Iii justice to my? self, in the hope of securing it for those people, I speak as I do.7 Sewall said that when preparing recently to return to Samoa, after being released from attendance upon the Senate committee, he sought in? structions f:orn Secretary Bayard, but that all instructions he received was a copy of an apologetic note to the German consul on account of an alleged newspaper interview with me and fresh assurances from Germany. As to the new conference which has been agreed upon, Sewall said : 'I concur with everyone who has studied the question that restoration of the status cpto should be prelimi? nary to any negotiation and that this conference shall be renewed under conditions at least as favorable to us as when it was rudely interrupted by Germany's action.' Haytian Butchery. jar ST MARIK, HA?TI, Jan. 23.-Gen. Hippolyte has just gained a great vic? tory. It is the most important battle which has been fought in the civil war in Hayti. "Battle'' is rather a mis? leading word at the present instance, for when 300 men are caught like rats to a trap, with their retreat intercepted, and they are then surrounded and shot down at leisure with barbarous cruelty, no quarter being shown, no prisoners taken, and every liviug soul put, to death, "butchery" seems to be the proper characterization of the horror. That was the scene witnessed y ..er? da/ at the little seaport town of Grand? e-line, about 20 miles from here, where a detachment of Log mme's army was completely annihilated. About three hundred of Legi ti tn e's soldiers had been seut ashore to hold possession of the town after the shells of the gunboats had reduced it to ruins. Many of the inhabitants of the town Iud been killed and wounded in the attack, but most of the people had fled to the woods when the bombardment began. Aft?r having put thc troops ashore the naval vessels steamed away from Grandseline, leaving the land party without means of retreat and entirely dependent upon their Own resources to bold the town against a f<rce outnumbering Legitime*? troops two to one. Hippolyte'?! mott quietly Hurrounded the town, remaining con? cealed iii! the invaders should feel com? paratively secure at the apparent absence of any foe They poured into the town from all sides. The Legitimist army wa;? take n completely by surprise. The contest was brief, but cruel and bloody No quarter was shown ; uo prisoners were taken, and the forces of Hippolyte had the enemy absolutely at their mercy. After a very brief but brave stand, and after maDy of them had been killed and wounded, the survivors of Legi ti tn e's forces scattered and fled for the sea, io the wild and despairing hope that they might some how escape iu small boats But they were pursued and shot down like rats in the most iuhuman and blood thirstv manner. No one was spared. - - - - - Cards are out announcing the ap? proaching webMtng of Miss ('ora McCord of Augusta, Ga., to Mr J M. Brown, of Atlanta, on Tuesday evening, February 12th, at 8 o'clock at the residence of Mis? McCord's uncle. Mr. Z McCord, on Greene Sr. Mr. Brown is the pas? senger agent of the Western and At? lantic railroad and a son of United States Senator doc Brown, who will he there on that festive day. Mr. Brown will take his bride on a tour to thc Pacific slope, and they will make the trip io a private car. ? Lawyer Cleveland. NEW YORK, Feb. 6.-The firm of which President Cleveland is io become a member, has its office at No. 45, Wil? liam street, and is one of the best known iu its line in this city, and en? joys a very large and lucrative practice. It is composed of Francis Lynde Stet? son, Francis ?3. Bangs, Charles W. Bangs, Charles Edward Tracy. Charles MacVeagh and Wayne MacVeagh, as counsel. It has been understood for some time that President Cleveland was seriously considering the selection of New York city as a permanent residence, and a number of guesses have been made as to the Omi he would join fortunes with Bangs, Stetson, Tracy aod'MacVeagh bas been mentioned as the one most likeiy to obtain bim, but no positive declaration had previously been given, luis now manifest that the president stimulated that nothing should be said until it canje from him. Mr. Francis S. Bangs said to-day to your correspond? ent : "It is true that Mr. Cleveland will become a member of thc firm when his term expires,7 said Mr. Bangs. "We have not said anything about the matter because it concerned the President, and he had the right to publish it when he saw fit. I can say nothing about the time that has elapsed since the nego? tiations began. It is simply enough to have it definitely known that he will be a member of our firm fr-om March 5th. I do not understand that he will en? gage with us in active work on that day. though he can if that is his desire. Naturally, I should prefer that he would take a vacation for a time, though I know absolutely nothing about his intentions. There bas been uo plans as to a chaDge of the firm name and there may be nooe. But that will be a matter to decide later on. It has become the custom, however for old and established law firms in this city to retain the old firm name no matter what changes or additions may take place. Ou and after March 5th Mr. Cleveland will be our associate, aud the finn will contiuue to do busi? ness at the old stand no matter who is president of the United States." Francis Lynde Stetson of the firm is a very warm admirer and close friend of the president, and this probably influ? enced Mr. Cleveland in making his de? cision. A friend of his said last night : "With his new connection Mr. Cleve? land will probably have no worry about the necessary wherewith to buy grocer? ies and pay rent. New York society by the arrangement, will have Mrs. Cleveland, and this will be looked on by all of us as of as much consequence as the presence of the ex-president. In? teresting questions will soon be pro? pounded as to ?'ne position he will oc? cupy in local politics, but the belief is that he will refrain from any activity." Dan Lamont will probably cow soon announce definitely his plans. He is presumed to have picked out New York also as his residence, and rumor credits him with having concluded arrange? ments with the .Mutual Life Insurance company, at a very large salary. Hurrah for "Mrs. Tariff !" Major Hanson's argument that the negroes of the South are solid for the doctrine of protection is not only un? tenable, but amusing. If there is one thing the average col? ored voter does not understand, and docs uot care whether he understands or not, it ia the tariff. There are not the right kind of "provisions' in thc bill to catch the colored attention. This phase of Mr. Hanson's very re? markable .argument may be very well illustrated by no anecdote that is re? lated of the Hon. J. C. Greeley, four years ago the candidate of the Repub? licans for Congress in the famous 2nd district of Florida. Mr. Greeley, who is a Jacksonville banker, and a man of ability and char? acter, with an impes*ive manner and physique, conducted a very active and diligent canvass of his district, and de? livered a number of speeches. These speeches were made under great disad? vantages, as the bulk of Mr. Greeley's audiences were of a rather low order of intelligence and information. It was for this reasou perhaps, that when the Republican candidate reached the heavy Republican counties in the black belt near Deland he confined his remarks principally to a discussion of the personnel of the Republican State and National tickets, and this policy gave rare opportunity for enthusiasm and applause. Whenever the eloquent candidate would ring in the name of one of the nominees there would be shoats of approval. Wheo he men? tioned Blaine the sable audience would rise and shout 'Hurrah for Blaine !' When Logan's name came in, the 'down? trodden' would yell 'Rah for Logan !' Then tho air was rent with 'Hurrah for Pope,' and consecutive and increas? ingly vociferous 'rahs' for ali the can? didates down to thc county constables. When the panel was exhausted and there were no more individuals to eulo? gize. Mr. Greeley, whoso mind WP.S not exhausted, turtled WM h an engaging smile to his audience and remarked : 'And now my friends I wi>li to talk to you a little about our tari!! ' In? stantly a hundred hats rose in rho air and a thousand voices went np in thc shout : 'Hurrah for Mister Tariff !' The Republican candidate turned wi'li a sad and discouraged counte? nance to his hilarious constituents, and said in a reproachful tone : 'Oh, my friends, our tariff is not a man. ' 'She aint, ni ri t she ?' yelled back a hundred voices ; 'Well, hurrah for Mrs Tariff!' And while this is perhaps an extreme instaitce it will very fairly convey to the minds of Major Hanson's Hearers and readers tho average conception of the tariff among t!io colored voters whom he did ires tu ki stlid i:i it* favor. /ionic ( (ht ) Tr ihn ne.. It is said at the New York Elevated Railroad offices that thc road? carried 580,000 passengers cu Saturday last. A bill will be introduced in the Del? aware Legislature to exempt women from puiiishaioat ?* the whipping post, or pillory. CO LONEL OU ARITCIl, V. C. By K EIDER HAGGARD. rcoNTnrcED.l CHAPTER XX?L THE BLOW FALLS. On the following morning, tibout ?0 o'clock, ivhile Edward Cossey was still at breakfast, a dog cart drew up at his dcor and out of it stepped Coi. Quaritch. ''Now for tho row," said he to himself. "I hopo that the governor was right in his tale, that's a IL Perhaps it would have boen wiser to say nothing till I had made mere sure," and he poured out some more tea a littlo ner? vous!;.*, for in the colonel ho had, ho felt, an adversary not to bo despised. Presently the door opened and "Col. Quar? itch" was announced. He roso and bowed a salutation, which the colonel, wbDse face bore a particularly grim expression did not return. "Will you take a chair?" he said, as soon as tho servant had left, and, without speaking, Harold took ono, and p?e--x::itly began the conversation. "Last night. Mr. Cossey, " be said, 4'you thoi ght proper to publicly bring a charge against mc, which, if it were true, would go a long way toward showing that I was not a f?t person to ossociato with those before whom it was brought." "Yes," said Edward, coolly. "Before making any remarks on your con? duct in bringing such a charge, which I give you credit for bel. .-ving to bo true, I propose to show to you that it is a false charge," went on tho colonel, quietly. "The s tor}- is a very simple one, and so sad that nothing short of necessity would force me to tell it. I was, when quito young, engaged to your aunt, Miss Heston, to whom 1 was much at? tached, and who was then 20 years of age, and though 1 had littlo besides my profes? sion, she had some money, and we were going to be married. The circumstances under which tho marriage was broken of? woro as follows: Three days before tho wedding was to take place 1 went unexpectedly i:o tho house, and was told bj tho servant that Miss Heston was up stairs in her sitting room. I went up stairs to the room, which I knew well, knocked and got no answer. Then I walked into the room, and this is what I saw: Your aunt was lying on the sofa in her wed? ding dress (that is, in half of it, for ste had only the skirt on) as I first thought, asleep. I went up to her and saw that by her sid 3 was a brandy bottle half empty. In ber hand also was a glass containing raw brandy. While I was wondering what it could mean she woke up. got off the sofa and begau to stagger round tho room, and I saw that she was iutoxicat-ed." "lt's a lie," said Edward, excitedly. "Be careful what you say, sir," answered the colonel, "and wait to say it till I have done. As soon as I realized what was the matter, I left tho room again, and going down to your grandfathers study, where he was engaged in writing a sermon, I asked him to como upstairs, as I was afraid that his daughter was not well. He came and saw, and the sight threw him off his balance, for he broke out into a torrent of explana? tions and excuses, from which in timo I ex? tracted the following facts: it appeared that ever since she was a child, Miss Heston had been addicted to drinking fits, and that it was on account of this constitutional weak? ness, which was of cour.-J concealed from me, that she lind been allowed to engage her ! self to* a penniless suba!:'.-ra. It appeared, too. that the habit was hereditary, for her mother had di--.1 of the effects of drink and ono of her aunts ha;I become mad from it. I went away and thought the matter over, and came to the conclusion that, under taese circamstanees, it would bo impossible for ? ms. much as 1 was attached to your aunt, to marry her, because, even if I was willing to do so, 1 had no right to run tho risk of bringing children into tho world who might inherit tho curse. Having come to -Iiis determination, which it cost mc much to do, I wrote and communicated it to your grand father, an i the marriage was broken oif.': "i do nor believe it; I do not believe a word of it.*1 sjJd Edward, jumping up. "You jilted 'ncr and drove her mad, and now I you-are- trying to shelter yourself behind a tissue of falsehood." "Aro you acquainted with your grand? father's handwriting?' asked the colonel, truietlv. "Yes." "ls that it f ho wont cn, producing a yel? low looking letter and showing it to him. "I behave so-at least it looks like it." "Then read the letter." Edward obeyed, lt was one written in an ! SW.'T to that of Harold Quaritch to ^is betrothed's father, and admitted in tho clear? est tcri?s th-.- justice of t!:e stop that he had taken. Further, it begged him, for the sako of Julia and the family at large, uever to men; ion che csuseof his defection to any ono outside the family. "Aro you satisfied, Mr. Cossey? I have Other letters if you wish to see them." Edward made uo reply, and the color.el went on: "1 gave thc promiso that your grandfather asked for, and in spite of the remarks that were freely made upon my behavior, I kept it, as it was my duty to do. You, Mr. Cossey, are the first person to whom the story hos been told. And now that you havo thought fit to make accusations against inc which aro without foundation, 1 must ask you to retract them as fully as \'ou made them. I have pre? pared a letter which you will be so gond as t to sign," and ha handed him a note to the squire, lt ran: "D::AR MK. ns LA MOLLS-I bec in the fullest and most ampio manner possible to retract the charges which I made yesterday evening against Col. Quaritch, in tho pres? ence <-f yourself and Miss de la Molle. 1 find that tboso charges were unfounded, and 1 hereby apologize to CoL Quaritch for having made them." "And supposing that I refuse to sign," said Edward, sulkily. "I do not think," answered tho colonel., ?'that you will refuse." Et I?';, ni looked at Col. Quaritch, and tho colonel looked it Edward. "Weil." said thc colonel,"please understand that I mean you should sign that letter, ami indeed, seeing how absolutely you are in tin? wrong, 1 do not think that you can hesitate to do so." Then very slowly and unwillingly Edward Co?s?y took up n pen, affixed his signature ti? thc letter, blotted it rind pushed it from hint Tue colonel folded it up, placed it in nc envelope which he had ready, and put it in bis poekot. "JN'OW, Mr. Cosseyhe said, "I will wish yon good morning. Another cline I should r< eomm< nd you to ito. more careful, both in t!:.- facts n::d the manner of your accusa? tions," and with a slight bow he left the "Cur^o t:;<> fellow," thought Edward to himself :;*?> the front door closed, "he bud iu,- ihero I was forced to sign. Well, I will h.? oven v. it h him about Ma, at any rate. I wi:] proposo to her this very day. Relic < r [Jello, and if ?she won't have mc, I will (-il! thc* money i:: n'\<l smash thc whole thing up.** and his handsome face bore a vcr', evil look as he thought it. Tba: very afternoon ho started, tnaceord arirc with this design, to paya visit at t ho <.:!-;;... Thc squire was out, but Mi<sde la M !v was at honk-; the servant s.iid. om! ac cordmgh he was ushered into the drawing room, where Ida-was working, for it was a w- X and indy :i'.< moon. fcjhe rose to 5- kim coldly enough, mid lie sat dtiwn. 'and : came :i pa use which she did not ?.. . :n inclined : 1 bre ik. Atlast Iii-.--- >ke. "I?;l th" ; ?afro gotrny letti r. Miss :C hi ?.! dh-r he .:*kod. "Yes"?ho anred, rather icily. "CeL Quaritch sent ir in.." "I ?'.m wry sorry," ho added, confusedly, "that ! should have put myself i:i such a false position. I hope that you will give me credit for having believed my accusation when ? mad" ir." "i'uch accusations should not !o lightly made, Mr. Cossey," was ber answer, and, ns though !. . turn thc subject,she rose and rang the bell ?"or t?\-i. It carney and the bustle coane, led with it prevented any further conversation for awhile. At length, however, it subsided, I and once more Edward found himself alone with Ida. Ile looked at her and felt afraid. Tho woman was of a different clay to him? self, and he knew it-he loved her, but he did not Understand her in the least. Howover, if tho thing was to be dono at all it must bo done now; so with a desperate effort he* screwed himself up to thc point. "Miss de la Molle," ho said; and Ida, know? ing full surely what was coming, felt her heart jump within her bosom and then stand still. ''Miss de la Molle," he repeated, "i>er haps you will remember a conversai iou that we had some weeks n;ro in the conservatory P 44Yes," sho said, "I remember-about the money." "About tho monoy and other things," he said, gathering courage. "I hinted to you then that I hoped i:i certain contingencies to be allowed to make ray addresses to you, and I think that you understood me." 44I understood you perfectly," answered Ida, her palo face set liko iee, "and I gave you to understand that in tho event of j-our leading my father tho money, I should hold myself bound to-to listen to what you had to say." "Oh, curso tho money P broke in Edward. "It is not a question of monoy with me, Ida; it is not, indeed. I love you with all my I heart. I havo loved you ever since I saw you. It was because I was jealous of him that I made a fool of myself last night with Col. Qaaritch. I ?hould havo asked you to marry me long ago, only there were obstacles in the way. 1 lovo you, Ida ; there never was a woman liko you-never. Sho listened with the same set face. Obvi? ously he was in earnest, but his earnestness : did not movo her; it scarcely even flattered j ber pride. She disliked tho man intensely, { and nothing that he could sa}'ordo would i lessen that dislike by ono jot-probably, in? deed, it would only intensify it. Presently he stopped and stood besidej:er, his breast heaving and his face broken with emotion, and tried to take her hand, S'ne withdrew it sharply. 4,I do not think that there is any need for all this,** sho said, coldly. "I gaven conditional promise. You have fulfilled your sharo of tho bargain, and I am prepared to fulfill mino iii duo course." So far as her words went, Edward could find no fau.t with their meaning, and yet bc felt moro like a man who bas been abruptly end finally refused than one declared chosen. Ko stood stiii and looked at her. "I think it right to teil you, howe/er," she went on in tho same measured tones, '4that if I marry you it will be from motives of duty, and not from motives of affection. I have no love to give you, and I do not wish for yours. I do not know if you will be satisfied with this. If you aro not, you had better givo up tho idea," and she for the first timo looked up at Lim with more anxiety in her face than sho would have cared to show. But if she hoped that her coldness would repel him, sho was destined to be dis? appointed. On the contrary, like water thrown on burning oil, it only inflamed him the more. "The love will como, Ida," he said, and once moro ho tried to take ber hand. "No, Mr. Cossey," she said, ia a voice that checked him ; "1 am sorry to have to speak so plainly, but till I marry I am my own mis? tress. Prey understand me." "As you like," he said, drawing back from her sulkily. "I am so fond of you that 1 will marry you on ar.y terms, and that is the truth. I have cno thing to ask of you, Ida, and it is that you will keep our engagement secret for the present, and get your father (I suppose 1 must speak to.him) to do tho same. I have reasons," ho went on by way cf ex? planation, "f^r not wishing it to become known." "I do not se- why I should keep it secret," she said; "but it does not mattor to me." "Tho fact is," heexplained, "my father isa very curious man, and I doubt if he would liko my engagement because he thinks I ought to marry a great deal of money." "Oh, indeed," answered Ida. She had be? lieved, as was indeed tho case, that there were other reasons, not unconnected with Mrs. Quest, on account of which ho was anxious to keep the engagement secret. "By tho way," she went on, "I am sorry to have to talk of business, but this is a business mat? ter, is it not? I suppose it is understood that, in tho event of our marriage, tho mortgage you held over this place will not be enforced against my father." "Of coursa not," ho answered, "Look here, Ida, I wid givo you thtoj mortgage bonds as a wedding present, and you can put them in tho fire; and 1 will make a good settlement on you." "Thank you." shs said, "but I do not re? quire any settlement on myself; I had rather nono was made; but I cousent to the engage? ment only on the express condition that tho j mortgages shall bo canceled before marriage, end as the property will ultimately come to me, this is not much to ask. And now ono more thing, Mr. Cossey; I should like to I kuow when you would wish this marriage to take placo; cot at once, I presume."1 "i should wish it to tako placo to-morrow," j ho said, with au attempt at a laugh; "but I suppose that between one thing and another lt can't como o.T at once. Shall wo say thi? timo six mouths, that will be in May?" "Very good," said Ida, "thisday six months I shall Ifo prepared to become your wife. Mr. Cossey. I believe," she added, with a flash of bitter sarcasm, "it is thc time usually al? lowed for the redemption of a mortgage." "You say very hard things," he answered, wincing. "Do I? I dare say. 1 am hard by nature. I wonder that you can wish to marry me." "1 wish it beyond everything in thc worl 1," he answered, earnestly. "You can never know how much. By the way, I know I was foolish about Co!. Quaritch; but, Ida, 1 can::ot bear to see that man near you. I hope yon will drop his acquaintance as much ns possible n? w." Once mon- Ida's face set like a flint. "I am not your wife yet, Mr. Cossey," she said; j "when I am, you will haven right to dictate to rac as ro whom I shall associate with At j presera yeo have no such right, and if it j pleases rae to associate with L'ol Quaritcb, I j shall do so. Ii" you disapprove of ray con? duct, the remedy issimpl?-you'can break oil j the engagement." Ko rose, absolutely crushed, for bia was by far the stronger of the two, and, besides, his . passion ?ave her an unfair advantage over = him. Without attempting any reply, beheld i out his hand, and said good uijht, for be was | afraid to attempt any demonstration-of af- j feet ion, adding lim* he would come to seo her father in the morning. She touched Iiis outstretched baud with her j fingers, and then fearing lest he should change I Lis mind, promptly rang tho bell In another minute tho doer luid closed bc- j hind hun, and she was left alone. CHAPTER XXIII. **Goar>?v, MY OKA ti. Goon DY." When Edward Cossey had gone, Ida rose nod put her kinds to her head. So the blow I had fallen, and ?he deed "".ns done, and she j w.;s engaged to bo married to Edward Cossey. j And Harold Quaritch? Well, there must be j an end to that. It was hard, too-only a { woman could know hon- ha ni Ida was not j a person with long record of love affairs. Once, when she was twenty, she had a pro-| posai which she bad refused, anil that was all. j So it happened that ?hen she became at? tached to Col. Quar'tch, she had found her heart for the first time, ned for a woman, j somewhat hiter.: life. Consequently ker feel? ings wcroall tJ:e more profound, and so in-I din.il was her gri**f at bei og forced not only! r ? put them away, but to give herself to an- I other man w. o was aol agreeable to her. She I v.;:s no: a violent or ?ll regulated woman like . Mrs. Quest. S-;-< looked !.. ts in the fae?, re- \ cognized their meaning, and bowed before j their inexorable hv.ie. It seemed to her \ nimost impossible tba" she could hope to a void I ti::-; marvin ;:.?, and if that proved to be BO she might bc relied upon lo make the best of it. Sea tula 1 would, under any circumstances, j uever lind a ?ord to.say against Ida, for she | was p.oi person who would attempt to con- j Role herself for an unhappy marriage. But it was letter, bitter as gall, to bo thus forced-1 to turn asido from her happiness-for she well j knee/ that with Harold Qaaritch her lifo j would be very happy and fir. ha" shcuidera to this heavy yoke. Weil, she had saved tho' I placo to her father by it, and also to her descendants if she had any, and that was all that could be said for it. She thought and thought, wishing in the bitterness of her heart that she had never been born to come to such a heavy day, till at last she could think no more. The air of the roo:n seemed to sti?e her, though it was ? by no means overheated. She went to the j window and looked out. It was a wild, wet evening, and tho wind was driving the rain before it iu sheets. In the west the lurid light of tbs sinking sun stained the clouds j blood red, and broke in arrows of ominous i light upon thc driving storm. But, bad as the weather was. it attracted j Ida. When the heart is heavy and torn by conflicting passions, it seems to answer to the calling of the storm, and to loug to lose its petty troubling in tho turmoil of the rushing world. Mature has many moods of which j our own are but the echo and reflection, and she can be companionable when ali human sympathy must fail. Ker ino is our mother from whom we come, to whom we go, and her arms are ever open to clasp the children who eau bear her voices. Drawn thereto by an impulse which she could not have ana? lyzed, Ida went upstairs, put on a thick pair of boots, a mackintosh and an old hat, and sallied out into the wind and wet. lt was blowing big guns, and ns the rain whirled down, tho drops struck upon her face like a spray. She crossed th? bridge and went out into tho park land beyond. The air was full of dead leaves, and the grass rustled with them, for this was the first wind sinco the frost. Tho great boughs of the oaks rattled and groaned above her, and high overhead, among tho sullen clouds, a Hight of wind tossed rooks were being blown thia way and that. Ida bent her tall frame against tho rain and gale, and fought her way through it. At first she had no clear idea as to whero she was going, but gradually, perhaps from custom, she took tho path that ran across tho fields to Honham church. It was a beautiful old church, and had originally been founded by the Boissey family, and enlarged (particu? larly as regards tho tower, which had been partially blown down and rebuilt about the time of Charles I, and was one of the finest in the country) by the widow of one of tho De la Molles, whose husband had fallen at Agincourt, as a memorial forever. There, upon the porch, were carved tho "hawks" of tho De la Molles, wreathed round with palms of victory; aud there, too, within tho chancel} hung the warrior's heimet and his dinted shield. 2sor was ho alone, for all around lay tho dust of the illustrious dead, come after the toil and struggle of their stormy lives to rest within the walls of that old church. Some of them had monuments of alabaster, whero they lay in effigy, their heads pillowed upou that of a conquered ?Saracen; some had monuments of oak and brass, and some had no monuments at all, for the Puritans had ruthlessly destroyed them. But they were nearly all there, some twenty generations of the bearers of an ancient name, for even those of them who had perished on tho scaffold had beeu boruo here for buriaL The whole place was eloquent of the dead and of the mournful les? son of mortality. From century to century the bearers of that name had walked in these fields, and lived in yonder castle, and looked upon the familiar swell of yonder ground and the silver flash of yonder river, and now their dust was gathered here, and all the forgotten turmoil of their lives was lost in the silence of their narrow tomb. Ida loved tho spot, hallowed to her not only by the altar of her faith, but also by tho human associations that clung round and clothed it as the ivy clothed its walis. Hero 6he had been christened, and here among her ancestors she hoped to be buried also. Here as a giri she used, with her brother James, to creep in awed silence and look through tho window when the full moon was up, at tue white figures stretched in their silence within. Here, too, she had sat> for Sunday after Sun? day for moro then twenty years, and stared at the quaint Latin inscriptions cut on mar? ble slabs, which recorded the almost super- , human virtues of departed De la Melles of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth centuries, her ?Km immediate ancestors. The place was familiar to her whole life; she had scarcely a ! recollection with which it w is not in some way connected; it was not wonderful, there- j fore, that she loved it, and that in the trouble of her mind her feet shaped their course j toward it. Presently she wss.there in the churchyard, and, taking her staud under the shelter of a lino of Scotch firs, through whicb the gale sobben anil sung, leaned against a side gate and looked. The scene was desolate enough; the rain dropped from tho roof ou to the sod Thc rain dropped frjm thc roof. don graves beneath, and ran in thin sheets down the Hint facing of tho tower; the dead leaves whirled and rattled in and about the empty porch, end over ail shot one red and angry arrow from the sinking sun. She stood in the wind and rain, und gazed at the ola church that had seen the end of so many sorrows more bitter than her own and the wreck of so many summers, till the darkness began to close round her like a pall, while the wind sung the requiem of her hopes. She was not of a desponding or pessimistic char? acter, but in that bitter hour she found it in I her heart to wish, as mast jvople have done at one time or other in their lives, that tho tragedy were over and thc curtain had fallen, and that she lay beneath those dripping sods with*-at sight or hearing, without ho]>e or dread It seemed to her that the hereafter must indced-be terrible if it outweighs the sorrows of the hero. And then, j*>or woman, shs thought of the long years between her and rest, and, leaning her head against the gate p st, bogan to cry bitterly tn the gloom. Presently she stopped crying with a start and looked up, for she felt that she was no [> >uger alona Her instincts had not deceived her, for there, not moro than two paces from her, in the shadow of tho fir trees, was fly figure of a man. Just thoo he took a stop to the left, whicb brought his figure against the sky, and Ida's heart stood still, for now she saw who it was. It was Harold Quaritch, the man over whose loss sh? had bivi? weeping. "It's deuced odd." she beard him say, for she was to leeward of him, "but I could have sworn that I heard somebody sobbing; I sup? pose it was the wind." lila's first idea was flight, and she m^do o movement for that purpose, and in doing so tripped over a stick and nearly felL [na minute he was by her side. She wa* caught, and perhaps she was not oltogr-ther sorry, especially as she had tried to get away. "Who is it? What's the matter?"'sahl the colonel, lighting a fu^o under her nose, j It was ono of those flaming fusees and bumed with a blue light, showing Ida's tall figure and her beautiful face all stained with grief and tears, her wet mackintosh, ami the gate? post against which she had Iwen. Itai^ugr showing everything. "Why, Ida,"*1 be said, in amaze* "what ?PS" you doing here, Crying tocT "? am not crying," she said-, With a sob* "it's the rain has made my face wet." Just then the light bumed out and btf dropped it "What is it, dear, what is itr he said in great distress, for the sight of her alone itt th? wet and dark, i:t tears, moved bim beyond himself, and indeed he would have been no" man if it bad not. She tried to answer, but, poor thing, she could not, and in another minutej to tell the honest truth, sho had exchanged the gate postr for Harold's broad shoulder, and was finish? ing her "cry" there, Now, io see a young and pretty woman weeping (more especially if she happens tobe* weeping on your shoulder) is a very trying thing. It is trying even if you do not happen to be in love with her at ali But if you are in love with her, however little, it is dreadful; whereas, if, as in the present case, you hap? pen to worship her, more perhaps, than it is good to worship any fallible huinan creator?^ then the sight is positively overpowering. And so, indeed, it proved u. the jireseut in? stance. The colonel could uot bear it, but??fc-" ing her head from his shoulder, he kissed her' sweet face again and again. "Sow, nature* has generally a remedy for most ills if only the physician knows where to look for it, and there is no doubt that this sort of treatmenth has before now proved efficacious iu many similar eases. At any rata it answered here? for presently Ida grew quieter. "Don't," she said feebly-a phrase common"" to people in such circumstances, from duches-es to milkmaids, and ono full of ha? man nature, "What is it, darling?" he said; **what is* thc matter?' "Leave go of me. I will tell you," she" answered. Ho obeyed, though with some tra willing ness. She hunted for ber handkerchief and wiped ber eyes, and then at last she spoke: "I am engaged to be married," she said, io a low voice, "to ?lr. Cossey." Then, for about tho first timo in his lifej Haroid Quaritch sworo violently in the pres* euee of a lady. " ?Oh, d-n it all," be said. She took no notice cf the strength of tho" language, perhaps, indeed, she re-echoed it in some feminine equivalent. "It is true," she said, with a sigh. **? knew that it would come, those dreadful things always do-and it was not my fault I am sure that you will always remember that. *i had to do it-he advanced the money' on the express condition, and even if I couldr pay b&ck the money, I suppose that I should: be bound to carry out the bargain. It is no* the money that he wants, but his bond." "Curses him for an infernal Shylock," saief Harold again, ar.d groaned in his bitterness and jealousy. "Is there nothing to be donef* he asked presently in a harsh voice, for tty was very hard hit. "Nothing," ?he answered, sadly. *'l d# not see what can help us unless the maur died," shs said; "and that is not likely. Har? old," she went on, addressing him for the" first time in her hf o by his Christian name? for she felt that af ter crying upon a man's* shoulder it is ridiculous to scruple about call? ing him by his name. "Harold, there is ncf help for it. I did it myself, remember, be-* cause, as I told you, I do not think that any one woman has a right to place her indivi? dual happiness before the welfare of ber family. And I am only sorry," she added? her voice breaking a little, uthat what I have done should bring suffering upon you.* He groaned again, but said nothing. "We must try to forget," she went caf wildly. "Oh, no! no! I know that it is no* possible that we should forget. You won't for? get me. Haroid, will you* And though it musfr be all over between us, and we must neve/ speak like this again-never-you will al? ways knew that I have net forgotten you, will you not, but that I think of you a^ ways*" "There is no fear of my forgetting,1' hfl? said, "and I am selfish enough td hope that you will think of me at times, dear." "Yes, indeed I will We all have our bm? dens to bear-it is a hard world-and wo must bear them And it will be all the same? in the end, in just a few years. I dare say these dead people here have felt the same/ and how quiet they arel and perhaps there may be something beyond, where things are' not sa Who can say? You won't go away1 from this place, Harold, will you? Not un* til I am married, at any rate; perhaps yotf had better go then. Say that you won't go till then, and you will let me see }'ou some? times; it is such a comfort to see you." "1 should have gone, certainly," he saidy "to New Zijaland probably; but if you wish! it I will stop for the present.'' "No, thenk you; and now good-by, my dear, good- hy. No, don't come with me; 1 eau find my own way home. And now, why do you waiti Good-by, good-by forever ?? this way. Yes, kiss me once and swear that you vv iii never forget me. Marry if you wish to, but don't forget me, Harold. Forgive me* for speaking so plainly, but I speak as one about to die to you, and I wish things to ber clear." "I shall never marry, and I shall never" forget you." h6 answered. ".Good-by, my' love, good-Ly." In another minute she bad vanished into . the storm and rain, out of his sight .'.ad out ot his Ufe, but not out of his heart. And he, too, turned and went his way into* the wild and lonely night. An hour afterward Ida came down into the* drawing room dressed for dinner, looking' rather pale, but otherwise quite herself. Presently the old squire arrived. Ho had? been attending a magistrates' meeting, and had only just got homo. "Why, Ida," he said, "I con ld not find yo? anywhere. I met George as I was driving from Boisingham, and ho toid me that he* saw you walking through the park." "Did lief she answered, indi?Terently. "Yes, I have been out. It was so stuffy in? doors. Father," sho went on, with a chauge of tone, "I have something to tell you. 1 alu? enga ged to l>e man ied." He looked at her curiously, and then said,. quietly-tho squire was always quiet in any matter of real emergency: "Indeed, my dear! '? That is a serious matter. However, speaking. off-band, 1 think that notwithstanding the disparity of age, Quaritch'' "No, no," she saul, wincing visibly; "I am' not engaged to CoL Qmiritch; I am engaged-" to Mr. Cossey." "Oh," he said, "oh, indeed! I thought'from' what I saw, that-that" At this moment tho servant announced dinner. "Well, never mind about it now, father.* she said; "1 am tired, and want my dinner. 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