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EHE SUMTER WATCHMAN, Established Apr?, IS50. kBe Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established Jane, 18$$* Consolidated Aug. 2, ISSI.] SUMTER, S. 0., WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 20, 1889. New Series-Yoi. YlIL Ko. 2& Publis?el orery "BTedaesiar, BY N. G-. OSTEEN, SUMTER, S. C. TERMS : Twa Dollars per anuuui-tn advance. ADVERTISEMENTS. One Square, first insertion."....$1 00 JSvery subsequent insertion. 50 ! Contracts for three mouths, or longer will j be triade at reduced rates. Arl communications vhich subserve private j interests will be charged for as advertisements, j Obituaries and tributes of respect will be j charged for. g*:-J---! Tlie Sraalls-EIliott Contest" ; ?eei?ed by a Party Vote llet?pJiUTs Bold Defence of the Sonth and South Carolina.-A Riot on Che Floor* of the House Quelled by the Sergeant at ?rms. WASHINGTON, D: C., Feb. 13.-The { House resumed the consideration of the | Smalls-Elliott contested election case, Hemphiil, of South Carolina, taking the Soor. Hempbiil said be had never seen Re? publicans so delighted as when they bad the privilege of abusing a great section of the country as to the regis? tration law of South Carolina. He de? sired to say that it bad been put upon j the statute books by Republicans and was a fair and just law. Ia oue district where 32,000 colored men were claimed by tbe Republican party, only twenty t?o were refasei registration and not one of them appealed from the decision of the registrar. All this gabble and talk about the unfair registry law of South Carolina was the merest twaddle and was intended to effect results differ? ent from those involved in this ca-e. He denied that the election law was in? tended, as Lad been asserted, to cheat the Republicans out of their rights. He. did not say that they were framed for the purpose of putting .Republicans into power. The people of South Car? olina believed that the white maa was as gocd as the negro. They believed that the negro should have all bis rights bot they did not believe that he should have all his rights and the white man's too and they did not intend that he should have them, (applause ) Some gentlemen worked themselves into a great passion in talking about the sup? pression of votes in Southern States. The gentlemen from Illinois (Mason and Rowell) had delivered phillipics ?garnst the Southern people and had declared the people of South Carolina stood convicted before the pcopje of the ]Jnited States of a great crime ia de? priving the negroes of their right to ?ote. The speech made by the gen? tleman from Illinois (Rowell) and the great passion be had worked himself into was proof that he did not have very much faith ia the strength of his case. He had resorted to thc old plan of abusing the plaintiff when he had noth? ing in the shaz3 of facts to present to Che jury. Referring to the charge that a part of ?he vote in the South had 'been sup- ! pressed. Hemphiil said that in 1*64 | California bad cast 5S 8 per cent, of I ber vote, Alabama 59 per cent. Con- f cecticut had cast 77 4 per cent, and i Florida 97 per cent. Maine, the home j of the greatest living statesmaa in the j opinion of many men, had cast 69 1 ? per cent, and Tennessee 78.G per cent. The Southern States had cast ?2 2 per ? eent. more votes in proportion to their [ population than an equal number cf { States in the N:>rtb. Down in Florida it took 28,2'3S mea ?o elect a member to this House, but in Massachusetts, the laud in which the breezes of heaven did not begin to compare in freedom i with the freedom of her inhabitants, it took 20,440 to send representatives to j Co?*?ress. "How man? does it tate in South I Carolina?'' queried Milliken, of Maine,) ' amid Republican applause. "I will answer that,'7 responded J Hemphiil. '.! do not say we cast so 'many votes in South Carolina, for we j . have about come to that happiest state, j amo^g whiles and blacks alike, that j when the people get a good Democrat j in they let biro stay and make no oppo- j eition to him." (Applause and laugb ter.) ..In Rhode Island, continued Hemp- j hill, it took 5,630 votes to elect a rep- j resentative from the First Di.-tri:: | while it took 15,630 voles to elect a j representative from the Second ]>:.;-; triet. According to Republican logic, ! there was a suppression of votes rome- ; where ab-?ut here. If the people of the j South were doing the same thing, the < gentlemen from Massachusetts ami '> Rhode Island could nut say they were ! doing anything better. If, because the j people of South Carolina did not choose ; to cast their ballots the gentlemen were J going to argue upon the censos that j there had been a suppression of tho voto, let them apply the same rule to their ; own Massaci usetts and Rhode Island, j Ali the t>eople of the South asked was fair treatment. If the colored rona 1 were so de?r to the people of the North (and he was not going to express undue ! affection for thorn) why did not some of j the Northern States elect a colored man j < to Congress and make a living example ? < of bis fitness to make laws for the ' people of the United States. There j i were a number of St?tes in the North ! : which would not have a glim mor of a I i chance of being carried by the il? pub- ; i licans except for the colored race. The j colored people had been full fledged i citizens since IStiS and yet in the ', Northern States which had a colored ; ; vote which could kee p the Republican i party in or turn it out, not a single in? stance had there been of a mr.u electo i : ! to Congress who Lad a tinge of color ic . < ?is blood. i i **Can you name a Northern State,*' i broke in Hopkins, of illinois, * "where : ; the colored v^te is 20 per cent, ol the ; i entire vote ?"' ?I "Oh," replied HemphiH, "theo it j < comes *o this, that unless there arc in a \ \ district enough negro votes to put in a M man of color, he never gets there." (Applause.) "If you want colored \ j men to vote for a white ma?, and if the < colored mao is. as good as the white,!] why does not the white maa occasion- ! ; ally vote for a colored man V (Laugh- j j ter ) 1 >Ir. Hopkins : "Do you kcow ot- a . ? ij-m.u i, i igt nw. ? miMOHMMaaa-i aw^ac Northern State where the colored mai aspires in that direction ? Do you nc know that the white man there take care of the colored man ?" "Ob," cried Hemphiil sarcastically "I kuow that I have never known colored man ia a district io a Northen State who had the assurance or pre sumption to suppose that they wcul? elect him to an office if he did aspire t it." (Applause cn the Dcmocrati side.) This last remark of Hemphiil' aroused the Republicans and Cheadle Funstcn, Owen, Rowell, and other were oa their feet plying Hemphil with questions which neither he, no anybody else was able to bear on ac count of the great confusion in th< House, the mingling of voices and th? persistent demand for "regular order.' Finally Rowell's voice was beard abovi the rest declaring that in Illinois col oreo men had been elected to the Leg' islature. "We elect them to the Legislature ir South Carolina," responded Mr. Hemp hill, "so commonly that I would no! thiuk about mentioning it (Laugh? ter.) We elecv t?em OB the Republi? can ticket aod oa the Democratic ticket, and the first time I was ia the Legis? lature both roy colleagues from mj District and our Senator were colored." 3Ir Johnson, of Indiana, suggested that the county should have elected an? other colored mau at the same time. (Laughter.) "I do not say," continued Hemphiil, "that the colored man in the North does not occasionally creep into the Legislature, but in the South begets in the Legislature al: the time, and I know that since lSGo* there has not been a Legislature in South Carolina that has not contained colored men both Democratic and Republican.'7 Hemphiil said be proposed to show from a Chicago paper published ia 18S7 that the colored man had not as many ?ights in Chicago as in Mobile and New Orleans This brought Adams, of Illi? nois, to his feet with a dem?ud for spec? ifications. Mr Hemphiil replied that be^would specify, and he quoted from tue paper to show that in Chicago a colored boy could not get into a trade union and could not learn to be a mason or a car? penter. Adams-"Neither can any American boy." "If that is so," exclaimed Hemphiil, "Chicago is worse than I thought it was. (Laughter.) lt is "bad enough to treat a poor darkey that way but when you treat every ajan that way it is worse than I thought." (Laughter.) - **I agree wita you,'7 was Adams' coa: ment. Continuing io show the bad treat ment of the negro ia the North, I?emp hiil said he had seen it stated that in Marion, illinois, where some colored mea had recently been employed i? a tobacco warehouse, notice had been served upoa them that if they did not leave iowa in a few days they would receive summary punishment, and no? tice had been served upon their em? ployer that if they were not discharged his factory would burn dov? a. I ri Rhode Island, until recently, if a col? ored man insured his life and died his relatives could not get more than two thirds of the insurance money. (Laugh? ter.) The Legislature, after twenty years, had suddenly become aroused and bad passed laws to prevent the in? surance compauies from swindling col? ored mea out of one third of their money. At Fort Scott, in Kansas, colored children had leen turned cac of white schools. This declaration aroused Funston, of Kansas, v.ho vehemently, amid loud cries for order, denied that assertion. Mr Oem phil]-**I would not yield. It is not worth while to get excited." "From what do you read V shouted Mr. Funston through the din. 1 From the New York Nation," re? plied Mr. Hemphiil. while the Repub? licans indulged in derisive laughter. In the State of Ohio, said Hemphiil, the State of Senator Sherman, they used to have black laws. Recently the Legislature had repealed those laws. One of those laws had kept colored children out of white schools. On their repeal an attempt had been made to put colored children in white schools and at Oxford 400 people had held a meeting to protest agaiu.^t it. This time :t was Williams-, of Ohio, who was brought to his feet, and amid j the confusion which attended his entry ! into the arena of the debate, he was ? heard to declare that Oxford was u town j with 2,400 Democratic majority. (Laughter ) Mr. Hcmphili - "So far as the North j is concerned, the Democrats and Re- ! publicans think the same." Mr Williams-"That portion of Ohio is called South Carolina.77 (Laugh- ! ter ) Mr. Hemphiil "then read the news? paper report of the meeting to ri-ow j that it was composed ol Republicans as I weil as Democrats and that it had ac- j comptished its object in having v. Lite j and colored cbildreu keri-, separate. Galiiuger, of New Hampshire, herc ? took a hand in the discussion by asking j Hemphiil ff be did not know Ohio had 1 elected a negro as a member of thc ; electoral college. Hemphiil replied he knew that a I negro did some time slip into an office . that had co salary connected with ir. ! (Anplause) but rho colored man could j not live on glory any more than the white man. He (??empuill) did nor 1 know any people more interested in having "a free ballot and a fair count" | and some just solution ni the n?gro ! problem than thc people of thc Sou-!;, j i here tho whites and blacks were to i live together Sink or swim, live or j ile, they must go together, out it did ; ?ot ?ie in the mouth? of thc people who ba<: treated this race as the people cf j :he North bad treated theta to give.! them advice on this question and par? ticularly on the question of honesty in i elections until they had done some mis- \ j?onary work among themselves. ( Vp plauso.) Tho debate was cooticued hy La Follett, of Wisconsin ; Lodge cf Massa? chusetts and Rowel!, o? illinois. Re- I publicans, and Tarosey, of Michigan, ?nd Cri-p, Democrats. Crisp, like Bete phill, was frequently interrupted [>y questions from the Republicans. Iohasoa, of Iadiaaa, was of those win? ' endeavored to iuterrupt, but Crisp waved bim off with the remark that the gentleman was imitating the tactics of Smalls in the State where they resorted to "blocks of five." Perhaps they had better look at home before they went abroad. This remark brought the in? diana Republicans to their feet in in? dignant protest, but Crisp declined to permit interruptions and io the midst of t'ne uproar his time expired. Then a scene of tempestuous confu? sion ensued. During the delivery of Crisp's speech the main aisle of the House had become thronged with mem? bers of both parties, who .kept up an in? cessant demand kr "regular order." while Crisp attempted to have his time extended, while the Indiana Republi? cans continued their vociferous but altogether unintelligible demand for an opportunity to reply. Speaker pro tem. McCreary attempted vainly to quell the tumult, which was gradually assuming the proportions of a riot, and he was' obliged to caji upon the Ser geant-at-Arms to assist him in preserv? ing the peace. That official, armed with silver mace of authority, proceed? ed up the main aisle, scattering the members on all sides, but even with his assistance it was macy minutes before the presiding officer, could bring the body to a state of comparative quiet. Then Crisp asked leave to extend his remarks in the Record, but Johnson, of Indiana, objected unless he could be given the same permission io answer, he said, to the fling made agaiust his State by the gentleman from Georgia. At Mr. Rowell's suggestioa, leave was granted Crisp to print. A vote was theu taken on the mi? nority resolution declaring Smalls en? titled to the seat and it was rejected by a party vote of yeas 126, nays 143, with the exception of Wilson, of Min? nesota and Russell, of Massachusetts, who voted with the Republicans. The majority resolution seating Elliott was then agreed to.without division and the House, at six o'clock adjourned. fc - - I Ql?l - Our Militia Force. More than a' Hundred Thousand are now Under Arms. What is Uncle Sam's organized de? fensive strength ? The statistics of the militia of the country, which Gen. Drum has just re? ported in accordance with the law re? quiring him to do so at this time of the year, have a special value just now from the disposition to take accouut of our army boys and bayonets. The organized militia of the states Mid territories consisted at the latest returns, of 8,397 oSeers and 98,109 men, making an aggregate of 100,500. This is a gain of 5.G09 over the aggre gate of last year, which was 100.837. Still the increase is not as great as the previous one. which was 8,103, the ag? gregate for 1887 having been 92,784. That in turo having increased from au aggregate of ??.290. The two prom? inent facts are that a healthy growth is shown, and that since the passage of the act uf congress doubling the annual appropriation to the militia, the gains hnve been greater ia ratio than before. Oar organized militia is now more nu? merous and more carefully equipped than at any preceding time. As for the unorganized militia, that is equivalent, of course, to the remain? der of thc availably male arms-bearing population within the age limit? assum? ed for military service. This is now reckoned at 8,104,028 being a gaiu of 183,200 over last year's estimates, in some cases the estimates are not re? ceived from the S:a?<?s, but are made at. ttie war department ; in some instances ! tiiey show palpable inaccuracies, si ill it is safe to say that 8,000.000 men can bc counted as the maximum militia j foree. Turning again to the organized mili- j tin, 2S*j;v York leads or? as usual with her 13,532, a force exceeding also iu ratio of population Pennsylvania's 8 351 and Ohio's 5.027. These three ?tates are well known to be in the van of organized militia strength, as their populations should make them. Rut it would puzzle most people to name rho fourth, lt is South Carolina, which has 5,305, or only 322 les3 than Ohio, although thc unorganized militia of the two States are 115,000 and 430,000 respectively. Massachusetts comes ii.xi. with 5.1G2, but the sixth State might also ?ead to some random guess^. ing. as it is Georgia, which surpasses Illinois by a few hundred Little New Jersey, always an enthusiastic militar}' Stare, follows, having 4 184 organized mill:ia. against the 4.lill? of Illinois, with Chicago to help. The next State would also prove a puzzler, it bcitig j California ; and perhaps nowhere is a more hearty interest felt in the citizen soldier* than on the Pacific coast. One year California sent a team of militia marksmen across the continent to Creed more, and they made a line recoid at ilia annual tm ii og. Among ttl-.' Stiles notably strong in .... . .5 j orgauizea militia, proportioned in pop? ulation are Connecticut, Florida, Now ! Hampshire and Oregon. On the other j i???id, Arkansas is represented as hav- j !*>g no organized militia at ali. although the trouble may be in the lack nf re? turns from th'.: State authorities. Indi? ana has an organized strength of onlv 2.04o t" 408.985 unorganized, whereas . in Alabama these proportions ar'- 2.244 ? to 150.000; io Maryland, 1.983 to! 125,000 : ir. Iowa 2,543 to 223 344 \ So wc Sod in Tennessee an organized j . , . .- . r i strengt? ol on?y 1 agamst au un or- ! ganized of 202.801 ; whereas Louisiana | has 1,(510 against. an unorganized j strength of 138,439. These discrepancies result hdnta va- i riety of causes, of which three may be i considered tr.e most influential. The i {:. f !- the possession by some States of ' ;n st militia officers, who take great j pri .t in their work and htive great ap'- j ne . fur it This- will account for the ? fae! that two Staten sile by side, of j ab< ut t??.- same population, and having j inhabitants o' about the same general character, will dilfer greatly in the number and excellence of their uni- j form* I militia. The result is precisely ? similar to that which is sceu in non- j military societies and fraternities ex? tending throughout thc Union, and ; flourishing very much more in oue j State tuan in its neighbor. Nest to th J different degreed of zeal ? thus found, which result in a sort of local inheritance of militia enthusiasm or the reverse, comes the influence of competitive drills and public exhibi? tions. To this, in a large measure, must be ascribed the good average showing of militia in the Southern States, where dril tournaments have sustained many excellent companies, even where the regimental tie is not strong. Finally, local needs augment the militia, so that we usually find it active in the States that have great cities, where mob rule would be most destructive and ia those where rniniog and other interest employing great bodies of laborers are extensive. So, too, the present strong militia force in South Carolina and Florida seems to be a revival from the reconstruction days of twenty years ago, while the current needs of protection against Indians enables New Mexico to report an or? ganized militia strength of 1,657, which is grea?er than Kentucky's, The Threo C's Road. LYNCHBURG, VA., Feb. 13-It is an? nounced to-day that a contract for the construction of 250 miles of the Charles ten, Cincinnati and Chicago Railway has been awarded, and work is expected to begin as soon as the weather permits. This new road is locally koowa as the Three C's., and has now in operation 400 miles of railway. It will connect with the Norfolk aod Western, and the proposed extension of the Louisville and Nashville at Big Stone Gap, and when complete will make a direct line from Cbieago to Charleston, South Carolina, 800 miles long, 100 miles shorter than any line between Lake Michigan and the Atlantic seaboartl. The South Carolina Beauty, Mrs. Lawrence M. Keitt and Miss Keitt, of South Carolina, were at the White House reccptioD on Thursday evening, escorted by Representative Hemphiil Miss Keitt wore a Direc? toire costume of white faille and silver brocade, which excited great admira? tion. Her hair was dressed high with pearl ornaments, and at the belt was a cluster cf white lilies. Mrs. Blanchard, whose Southern, beauty and charm of manner is greatly admired, was assisted at her Monday re? ception by a bevy of young girls, who most effectually aided the hostess in entertaining the targe crowd that thronged her drawing room, among them the noted South Carolina, beauty Miss Keitt.- Washington Post, Feb. 3. - II -"Til? The Legislature of Alabama has passed without a dissenting voice a bill which reduces the tax rate from 5 to 4J mills for the year 1891 and-to 4, mills for the tax year next following. - - 11 -ii - USED TO STOP A LEAK. new Peter Johnson Paid dis Passage Over the Atlantic. Old Peter Johnson, a familiar "land mark" of South street, and who, in the memory of the oldest clock hand in this city, has never been known to stir away from his seat on an old box at tho corner of South street and Coonties slip, tells a most remarkable tale of the troubles through winch he had to pass to become an American citizen and to run away from his birthplace in Sweden. It seems that Peter, whose name is not Peter at all, but something in which all the letters of the alphabet are combined, was born in a little hamlet in Sweden. Ever since ho first rend a translation of "Robinson Crusoe," nt the agc of 10, Peter had a violent passion for the sea. One day he heard of America, He asked how far oil' this great land might bc, and Iiis father replied that it was on the other side of the great Irish sea and across tho Atlantic. The next day Peter made up a little bundle of neces? saries and started oil' to find this glori? ous Kldorado, He reached Leis, a small fishing port on the coast of Swe? den. Walking1 along the wharves he saw a bark of about ?00 tons that was ad? vertised to start for New York on that very day. Ile had never heard ol New York, but as he clambered o vor the port rail of the little ship he blindly honed that it was somewhere near his coal. On board he found all deserted. By accident Peter stumbled into the hold of thc ship. Ile secreted himself among a number of barrels, and, as he was very tired, he fell asleep. About tut} hours afterward he was awakened by a peculiar clanking noise. The ship was rolling horribly. lier wooden sides wore being strained to the utmost extent, and Peters heart stood still. "Well, thc end of it was." said the old man last evening to the waiter, "that ? went on deck. I was a mighty sick col loose, i caji tell you. But 1 wasn't too sick to see that something hor'ble had happened. Thc cap'n stood near thc wheel looking hope? lessly toward shore and didn't even notice me. The sea was runnln' high. A heavy gale had caught us to lee? ward and wc lirai sprung a leak. Our ship was pretty fast ami we were put I of sight of land. The leak was a big j one and our ship was Ullin' fast. All tba men were at work at the pumps, bul thc water- was gamin' o:i 'em and they were Insiu' heart and hope. When th;; cap'n saw me hf did didn't ? fire olf and cot tail mc. No; he jest caught me by the shoulder here and j he jest looked un to hcavt a titus way, J and he jest saith, 'Thank God!' sorter happy like. j "Tuen be hurried mo down into the j hold and then he raid somcihm' to ; one i-f the men a-; was : t the pumps, j Tit?- man v. - nt M way. lat ho soon come back an' told thc Cap that all was right. I "Then the Cap'n bc too!; nee down into the bow of th;' old hal!;. That's jvher she'll sprung a leak. Thor was athole 'bout tiio size of your li?niy on the .starboard side. Tho Cap'n, he*ai:d the "man then cot ohed m?- up. an*, mates, would you believe it? they just stuck me in thal hole un ti? my arm? pits, they did, bia; t me if they didn't, j lt was i nigh ty on com fort able to me, j but it stopped the water from (lowin' in. After ?? while tho water was all ! pumped oat. an* then tho carpenter li.?:cu the hole. For m y part t. ? the work the Ci p u gave tue. a free p; ss- j age, and here 1 ; m." ' And then old ?'ct; r Johnson closed j his teeth on an obi clay pipe, nor would bc oj -a ti icm again to sayone word in explanation ol' his strange ad- i venture.-New York Evening Sun. Ho Conquered Her A nw t ion. A Georgia lover, when refused by j his adored, whipped out a razor and ? sliced oil" one of lier ears. After this1 little evidence of direction, she cou-' eluded she would have him. By K ?IDEB HAGGARD. LCOXTECUZD.l CHAPTER XXIV. TEE SQUIRE GIVES HIS CONSENT. Edward Cossey, returning to Boisingham on tho evening of his engagement, at onco wrote and posted a note to the squire, saying that he would call on the following morning about a matter of business. Accordingly, at half past 10 o'clock, he arrived and was shown into the vestibule, where ho found the old gentleman standing with his back to the fire and plunged in reflection. "Well, Air. de la Molle," said Edward, rather nervously so soon as ho had shaken hands, "I do not know if Ida has spoken to you about what took place between us yes? terday." "Yes," he said, "yes, sbo told me some? thing to the effect that sho had accepted a proposal of marriage from you, subject to my consent, of course; but really the whole thing is so sadden that I have hardly had time to consider it." "It is very simple," said Edward; "I am deeply attached to your daughter, and I have been so fortunate as to be accepted by her. Should you give your consent to tho marriage, I may as well say at once that i wish to make the most liberal money ar? rangements in my power. I will make Ida a present of the mortgago bonds that I hold over this property, and she may put them ia the fire. Further, I will covenant on the death of my father, which cannot now be long delayed, to settle two hundred thousand pounds upon her absolutely. Also, I shall be prepared to agree that if wc have a soil, and ho should wish to do so, he should take tho name of De Ia Molle." "I am sure," said the squire, turning round to hide his natural gratification at theso proposals, "your offers on tho subject of settlements are of a most liberal order, and of course, so far as I am concerned, Ida will hare this j-lace, which may ono dn\' be again more valuable than it is now." "I nm giad that they meet with 3-onr ap? proval," said Edward; "and now there is one more thing I want to ask you, Mr. do la Molle, and which 1 hope, if you will give your consent to the marriage, 3-ou will not raiso any objection to. That is, that our en? gagement should not bo announced at pres? ent. The fact is," ho went on, hurriedly, "my father is a very peculiar man, and has a great idea of my marrying somebody with a largo fortune. Also Iiis state of health is so uncertain that there is no possibility of know? ing how he will take anything. Indeed ho is dying: the doctors told me that he might go ofT any day, and that ho cannot last for another three months. If the engagement is announced to him now, at tho best I shall have a great deal of trouble, and at the worst ho might, if ho happened to tako a fancy against it, make me suffer in his will." "Umph," said the squire, "I don't quite like the idea of a projected marriage with my daughter, Miss do la Molle of I Ion ham castle, being hushed up as though there were something discreditable about it, but still there may be peculiar circumstances in tho case that would justify me in consenting to that course. You aro both old enough to know your own minds, and tho match would be as advantageous to you as it could be to us, for even nowadays, family, and I may even say personal appearance, still go for something where matrimony is concerned. I have rea? son to know that your father isa peculiar maa, very peculiar. Yes, on tho whole, though 1 don't liku hole and corner affairs, i shall have no objection to the engagement not being announced for the nest mouth or two." "Thank you for considering me so much," said Edward, with a sigh of relief. "Thea am I to understand that you give your con? sent to our engagement?" The squire reflected for a moment Every thing sec med quite straight, and yet he sus peeled crookedness. His latent distrust of the man, which had not been decreased by tho scene of the two nights before-for ho never could bring himself to like Edward fossey-arose in force and made him hesitate when there was no visible ground for hesita? tion. He had, as has been said, an instinctive insight into character that was almost feminine in its intensity, and it was lifting a warning finger before him now. "1 don't quite know what to say," he re plied at length. "The whole affair is so sud den- a::d to tell you the truth, 1 thought that Ida had bestowed her alf celions in another direction." Edward's face darkened. "I thought so, too,"' Le answered, "until yesterday when I was so hanny as to be undeceived, i'"tight to tell you, by the way," ho weat on, running away from the covert falsehood in his last words as quickly as he could, "how much I regret that I was the cause of that scene with Coi. Qitaritch, more especially as I find that there is an explanation of tho story against I him. The fact is, 1 was foolish enough to be put cut because be beat me out shooting, and also because, well I-I was jealous of him." "Ah, yes," said the squire rather coldly, "a most unfortunate aiTair. Of course, 1 don't know what tho particulars of the mat? ter were, and it is uo business of mine, but, speaking generally, I should say never bring au accusation of that sort against tx man at all unless you are driven to it, and if you do L/ring it, lie quite certain of your ground. How? ever, that is neither here nor shore. Well, about this engagement. Ida is old enough to judge for herself, and seems to have made up her mind, so, ns I know no reason to the con? trary, an?i as thu business arrangements proposed are all that I coull wish, 1 cannot see that 1 have any ground for withholding my consent. So all I can say, sir, is that I Lope you will make my daughter a good hus? band, and that you will both be happy, ida is a high spirited woman, and in some ways a very peculiar woman; but in my opinion ?he is greatly above the average of her sex, as 1 have known ir., and provided you have her affection, ant? dorri attempt to tiri vc her, she will go-through thick and thin for you. Dut 1 iu'.:r? say you would like to see her. Uh, by tiie tray, 1 forgot, she has go: a head? ache this inoraiiipr, U:J<1 is stopping i:i I ?ci It isn't much ki her line, but 1 daresay that she is a little up:???t. Perhaps you would liku io come up t^ dinner to-nigbt?" Tins proposition Edward, knowing full well that Ida's beatiacbe was a device lo rid hers: lt" of the necessity of seeing him, accept? ed with gratitude-and went. As seen as ho was gone Ida herself came doun. "Weil, my dear," said ih'< sqnire, cheer? fully, "I have just had tl:' pleasure of seeing Edward ('......ty, and I have told him* Chut, ns you seemed to wi>h il*' - Here 1 ia ?naden movement of impatience, ba: !.<.:::..:::!'..)?? d herself, ami *ud nothing. "That ns you seemed t?? ?r:>h- Shat things ? should !?e so, 1 hml no j/ronadsof objection 10 I vour engagement. J may as nell toll you thal t!.'> proposals which he makes as regards St lenients are <>?' the most liiict'al nature.'' "Are theyr answered Lia, iudi.Tereatly. "Is Mr. fossey coming hero t > dimieri" "Yes, 1 ;'-!.<-d him. 1 thought than you I weald like to NV him." : "?Veil, then, 1 wish you had not,"shear.- j swerc-d, with animation, "Localise theft; is nothing for dinner encept some cold iwf. I! -all v, f .tl;- r, it "is very thoughtless of you," an?! sh".'"lamped her foot and Went off rn* \:"'~% ;.? j in ; the squirt* full of reflect lon. "I vv?>:ider what it all means F he said to himself. "Ski? '"tn't care a lieut t!:?- man I much or sh- would not make that fus* ?boat ! in's being asked todinner. Shel-n't the sort < f woman ti? be caught by the money, 1 ! should think. Well, I know nothing about : il. i; H a ? afta ir ? f mine, and 1 can only take ; things a> I find them." And then ?ie feil to reflect mg that this ?nar- j ringo would he an extraordinary stroke <>f luck forthefami y. Here they were at the Inst : -p. mortgaged up to tho eyes, ?hen Midden ly fortune, in the shape of a, on the whole, perfectly unobjectionable young man, appears; takes up tho mortgages; proposes seit!? meats to the tune of hundreds of thou? sands, and even tilers to perpetuate thc old family name ia the person el" biaiou. thy<44 I behave one. tin yb a^^:f'? f_'/ I.S. ' - not but be gratifying to any man, however ; unworldly, and the squire vras not altogether unworldly; That is, lie had a keen sense o? the dignity of his social position and his ? family, and it had all his life been hi3 chief i and lauduable desire to be sufficiently pro? vided with the goods of this world to raiso the Do la Molles to tho position which they had occupied in former centuries. Ilitkertc-, howe^er, tho tendency of events had l>een all I the other way; the house was a sinking one, j and but the other day its ancient roof had j nearly fallen abolit their ear's. Kot?, how? ever, as though by magic, the prostet changed. On Ida's marriage a'l tho mort? gages, those heavy accumulations of years ol' growiug expenditure and narrowing means,, would roll off tho back of the estate, and the Do la Molles, of Honham castle, would onc?i more take tho place in the county to which they were undoubtedly entitled. . It is not wonderful that the prospect proved a pleasing one to him, or that his head was filled with visions of splendors to come. As it chanced, on that very morning it was necessary for Mr. Quest to pay the old gen? tleman a visit in order to obtain bis signature to a lease of a bakery in Boisingham, which, together with two or three other houses, be? longed to thc estate. Ii? arrived just as the squire was in the full flow of his meditations, and it would not have needed a roan of Mr. Quest's penetra? tion and powers cf observation to discover that he had something on his mind which hs was longing for an opportunity to talk about. The squire signed the lease without paying the slightest attention to Mr. Quest's explana? tions, and then suddenly asked him when the first interest on the recently effected mort> Cages came due. Tho lawyer mentioned an approaching date. "Ab,'1 said the squire, "then it will have to be met, but it does not matter, it wiU be for the last time;*' Mr. Quest pricked up his ears and looked at him. .'The fact is, Quest," ho went on by way of explanation, "that there are-well-family arrangements pending which will put an end to these embarrassments- ia a natural and a proper way." "indeed, said Mr. Quest, "I am very glad to hear it." "Yes, \ es," said the squire, "unfortunately, I am under some restraints in speaking about thc matter at present, or 1 should like to ask your opinion, for which, as you know, I have a great respect. Really, though, 1 do not know why i should not consult my lawyer on a matter of business; I only consented not to trumpet the thing about." "Lawyers are confidential agents," said Mr. Quest, quietly. "Cf course they are. Cf course, and it Is their business to hold their tongues. I may rely upon your discretion, may 1 i:oCfr "Certainly," said Mr. Quest. "Weil, the matter is this: Mr. Edward Cossey is engaged lo Miss de ia Molle, ile has just lieen he-re to obtain my consent, which, of course, 1 have not withheld, as I know nothing against the young man-noth? ing at alL The only stipulation that he made is, 1 think, a reasonable one under the circumstances, namely, that the engagement is to be kept quiet for a little while on ac? count of the condition of his father's health. He says that be is an unreasonable maa, and that he might take a prejudice against it." During the announcement Mr. Quest had remained perfectly quiet, his face showing no signs of excitement, only his eyes shone with a curious light. "Indeed," he said, "this is very interesting ne wv" . "yes," said the squire. "That is what I meant by saying that there would be no necessity to make any arrangements for the future payment of ihterest, for Cossey has informed me that he proposes to put the mortgage bonds in the fire before his mar? riage." "Indeed," said Mr. Quest; "well, he could hardly do less, could he? Altogether, I think you ought to be congratulated, Mr. de la Molle, lt is not often that a man gets such a chance of clearing the incumiranees off a property. And now I am very sorry, but I must be getting home, as 1 promised my wife to be back for luncheon. As the thing is to be kept quiet, I suppose that it would be premature for me to offer my congratula? tions to Miss de la Molle." "Yes, yes, don't say anything about it at present. Well, good-by." , CHAPTER XXV. KELLS PAYS A VISIT. Mr. Quest get into his dog cart and drove homeward, full of feelings which it would bo difficult to describe. The hour of his revenge was come. He had pla3*ed his cards and he had won the game, aud fortune with it, and his enemy tay in the hollow of his hand. He looked behind him at the proud towers of the castle, reflecting as he dill so that in all probability they would belong to him before another year was over his head. At one time be had earnestly longed...to possess this place, but now this was not so much tho object of his desire. What ho wanted now was tho money. With ?00,000 in his hand he would, together with what lie had, be a rich man, and he had already laid his plans for the future. Of tho Tiger he had heard nothing lately. Sha was cowed, but he well knew that it was only ior awhile. By and by her rapacity weald get the better of her fear, and she wo;rid recom? mence her persecutions. This being so he came toa determination-he would put tho world between thom. Once let him have this money in his hand and he would start hi3 life afresh in so mo new country; ho was not too old for it, and. ho would be a richman, and then perhaps he might get rid of tho cares which had rendered so much of his lifo valueless If lillie would go with him, well and good-if not, he could not help it. If she did go there must be a reconciliation first, tor ho could not any longer tolerate the life they lived. In duo course ho reached Tho j Oaks and wont in. Luncheon was on the j table, at which Belle was sitting. She was, | as usual, dressed in black anti beautiful to j look on; but her round, babyish face was pale and pinched, and there were black lines j beneath her eyes. "} did cot know that you wore coming back to luncheon." she said: "I am afraid ? there is not much to eat." ..Vos,'" lio Ru.isl, "1 ?i-?sliod my business up i at tho castle, so I thought 1 might as well | come home. By tho way, Belle, I have a bit [ of news for \'ou." " VV hat is it f she asked, look mg up sharply, j for something, bi lu's tc-;e attracted beratte? j tica and awoke her fears. "Yoar friend, Edward Cossey, is going to i fee married to Ida de la Molk*." She blanched till she 1 joked like death I itself, and put her hands to her heart as ; though she had been stabbed. "The squire told r-.ie sn himself,'1 he went on, keeping his eyes rcnx.Tsolessly died upon; ! her tace. ? She leaned fonvardy and ho thought that j she,was going to taint, but sim did not. Dy a ! supreme effort she recovered ber*>lfT ano \ drank a glass of sherry which was standing j by her sid.-. "1 expected it," she said, in a low voies, j "You mean that you dreaded it,'*ansterfC?: ! Mr. Quest, quietly, lloroso aral locheel tho door, and then came and stood clo-?? to her ; atal spoke. j '.Lisien, Celle. I know all about yow I iiifair wita Edward Cossey. I have proo?s-?? ; it, but I have forborne to use them, because ' I saw that in to-i end he would weary of you j ami desert you f->r some other wo:nan, and j that would be my best revenge upon you. j Von have all along been nothing but his toy, the tight woman with whom he amused his leisure lion rs." t?ho put tier hands hack over her heart, but s;iid nevera word, and ho went on. "Belle, 1 did wron j t> marry you when you did not want t<> marry me,Lut,'being married, voa have done wrong to be unfaith? ful to your vows. 1 have I't-e.i rewarded by your infidelity, and \our infidelity has been rewarded by desertion, isow I have a pro.- 1 posai to make to 3*011, ami if von uro wiso yon will accept it. Let us sot the ono wrong . against Mie other; let both bo forgotten. ? Forgive mo, and 1 will forgive you,'aud lot ? us make peace-if not now, then in a 11 Lt Io ? while, when your heart is not so sore-and ? go right away from Edward Cassey and bia ! .JJL: ll--- a-i Iloabuai and i*oish*?.' into some new part of the world, wberji %Q caa begin life again, and try to forget tbe past." She looked np at him, and shook her head mournfully, and twice she tried to speak and twice she failed. The third time her words came. "You do not understand me," she said. "You aro very kind, and i am very grateful to you, but you do not understand me. I cannot get over things so easily as i know most women can; what 1 have dane I never can undo. I do not blame him altogether, and it was 23 much or more my fault than his, but having once loved him 1 cannot go back to you or any other man. If you likes I will go on living with you as we live, and I will try to make you comfortable, but I caa say no more." "Think again, Belle," ho said, almost plead? ingly; "I dare say that you have never given mo credit for much tenderness of heart, and 1 know that you have as much against mo as 1 have against you. But I have alwaysdbved you, and 1 love you now, really and truly love you, and I wiil make you a good hus? band if you will let me. "You are very good," she said, "but it can? not ba. Get rid of me if you like and marry somebody else. 1 am ready-to take the pen? alty of what 1 have done." "Unce more, Belle, 1 beg you to consider. Do you know what kind of a man this is for whom you are giving up your life? Not only has he deserted you, but do you know how he has got hold of Ida de la Molle? Ile has, as I know well, bought her. 1 tell you he has bought her as mach as though he had gone into the open market and paid down a price for her. The other day Cossey & Son were going to foreclose upon the Hoaham estates, which would have ruined the old gen? tleman. Well, what did your young man do! He went to the girl-who hates him, by the way, and is in love with CoL Quariteh-and said to her, 4lf you will promise to marry me when I ask you I will find the thirty thousand pounds and take up the mortgages.' And on those terms she agreed to marry him. And now be has got rid of you and he claims her promise. That is the history. 1 wonder that your pride will bear such a thing. By heaven, I would kill the man." She looked up at him curiously. "Would you F she said; "it is not a bad idea, I dare say it is all true. He is worthless. Why does one fall in love with worthless people? Well, there is an end to it, or a beginning of the end. As 1 have sown, so must 1 reap," and she got up, andj.uulocking the door, left the room. "Yes," he said, aloud, when she had gone, "there is a beginning of the end. Upon my Word, what between one thing and another, unlucky devil as I am, 1 had rather stand in my own shoes than in Edward Cossey'a" Belle went to her room and sat thinking, Cr ratuer brooding, sullenly. Thea she put on her bonnet and cloak and started out, taking the road that ran past Honham castle. She had not gone a hundred yards before she found Herself face to face with Edward Cossey himself. Ho was coming out of a gunsmith's shop, where he had been ordering some cartridges. "How do you do, Belle?" he said, coloring and lifting his hat. '4How do you do, Mr. Cossey F she an? swered, coming to a stop and looking him straight in tho face. 14 Where are you goingF he asked, not knowing what to say. "1 can going to walk up to the castle to call on Miss de la Molle." "I don't think that you will find her. She is in bed with a bea'.ache." "Ohl So you have been np there this morningF "Yes, I had to see the squire about some business." "Indeed." Then looking him in the eyes again: "Are you engaged to be married to EdaF Ho colored again, bo could not prevent hi m? If from doing so. "No," he answered; "what makes yon ask such a questionF "I don't know," she said, laughing a little; "feminine curiosity, I suppose. I thought that you might be. Good-by," and she went on, >?aving Edward Cossey to the enjoyment of a ?ery peculiar sot o? sensations. "CooJ-o.1/," and she ice;xt on. "Whata coward.'" said Belle to herself. "He does not sven dare to tell me the truth." Nearly an hour later sho arrived at thc castle, and, asking for Ida, was shown into the drawing room, where she found her sit? ting leading. Ida rose to greet her, not without warmth, for the two women, although they were at thc opposite poles of character, had a friendly feeling for erich other. Ia a way they were both strong, and strength always recognizes end respects strength. "Have you walked up?" asked Lia. ?* Yes, ?carno on thc chanco of finding vos. I wanted to speak to you." "Yes," said Ida, "what is it?" "This. Forgive me, bat aro you engaged to be married to Edward Cossey F Ida looked at her in a slow, stately kind ci way, which seemed to ask by what right sba came to question her. At iea?t SJ Belie read it. "1 know that I have no right to ask such a question," she said, with humility, "aud, of course, von need not answer it, but 1 have a reason for asking:" "Well." sand Ida, "I was requested by Mr. Cossey to 1.ecp the matter secret, but ho ap? pear- tv> have divulged it. Yes, 1 am engaged to be married to hon," Belle's-beautiful face turned a shade paler, if that was [HvtsiUle, and Ker eyes hardened. "Do you wonder why I ask you tliisF she paid. "1 will tell you, though probably when 1 have done so you ? ?11 never speak to mc again. 1 am Edward Cossey's discarded tses1 t:v.cs,"' and she laughed bitterly enough. Ida shrunk n little and colored, as a pure and high minded woman naturally does when sho is for the first time suddenly brought into actual contact with impurity and passion. "1 know," went cn Belle, "that 1 must seem a shameful thing to you; but, ida, good and < old and statt ly us you are; pray God that may never bc thrown into tempta? tion; pray Cod that yon may never be mar? ried by force to a roan whom you? hate, and then suddenly know what a thing it is t i fall in love, and for the first time feel vour ?ne a wake." "Hush," said Ila. gently; "what righi have i to judge-you." "l i e.-ed hun," went on Belle, "I loved him passionately, aud tor a little while it wai as though heaveu had opened its gates, for ho used ; J caro for mo a little, and 1 think he would have taken me away and married me afterward, but 1 would not hoar of it, because 1 knew it would ruin him. ile offered to once, and I refused, and within three hours of that I behove that he was bargaining for you. Weil, and then it was tiie old s;ory, he toll mor* M ?e? moro in love with you, and, ol course. ? had no he! ! una . hi... " j " Ves," ir.id Ida, moving impatiently; *i>at i why do you teri me ali thixi It is very pain i ful, and I had rather act hear iL" I "Why do i tell yea? 1 tell you because I j do net wish you to marry Edward Cossey. I j teil you because 1 wish him to feel a little of Ljsvhat I liave to feel, and because i have said I bc should not marry you." "1 wish that you could prevent it," said' Ida, with a sudden outburst. "I emf sure you are quito welcome to Hr. Cossey, so far as I j am concerned, for I detest him, and I cannot j imagine how any woman could ever hav?5 t done otherwise." j "Thank you," said Belle, "but I have done with Mr. Cossey, and I think I bate hfar ! too. I knew that f did hate him when I met j him in the street just now, and Le told me I that he was net engaged to you. You sav that you detest him; why then do you marry ' him/ You arc a free woman." I "Do you want to knowP said Ida, wheel? ing round and looking her visitor futl in the ? face. "I am going to marry him tor tho " same reason that you say caused you ta? rwarry-because 1 must. I am going to * marry him because he lent us money. Oa ' that condition I promised tc marry him, and ? as I have taken tho money 1 must give him his price, even if it breaks my heart. You think that you are wretched, bow do you** know that I am not fifty times as wretched?; Your lot is to lose your lover; mine is to~ have one forced upon me and endure him ali my life. The worst of your pain is over; all^ mino is to come." ! "Why? why?" broke in Belle. "What is; such a promise as that? He cannot force1 you to marry him, and it is better for ?T woman to ?ie than to have to marry a maa" she bates, especially," she added, meaningly, "if she happens to love another man. Bead vised by me; I know what it is.** "Yes," said Ida, "perhaps it is better to* die* but death is not so easy. As for thd" promise, you do not seem to understand that ? no gentleman or lady can break a promise In consideration of which money has been re? ceived. Whatever he has done, and what? ever he Ls, I must marry Mr. Cossey, so I do* not think that we need discuss thesubjecfc any more." Belle sat silent for a minute or more, an<? thou, rising, said that sha must go. "I have warned you," she added, "although to warn* you I have had to put myself at your mercy. Yet can tell the story and destroy me if you* like. 1 do not much care if you do. Women, such as I, get reckless." "You must understand me very little, Mrs?.; Qust" (it had always been Belle before, anti she winced at the change of name!, "if you"' think me capable cf such conduct. You hav? nothing to fear from me." She held out her hand, but in her humility-' and shame Belle went without taking it, ana through the angry sunset light walked slowly back to Boisingham, and as she walked there was a look upon a.?r face that Edwartf* Cossey would scarcely have eared to see: [TO 2 S CONTINUED ] A REMARKABLE "STORVl A Ulan Said to Be Blown Up by Dynam-" lt? Within Him. The following most remarkable" story is furnished The Hunisville Mer? cury by one of its reliable correspond-*; cuts, and presents a case fiiat wilt puzzle scientists no little: A strange occurrence took place in* Blount county, Ala., yesterday which*. I will not attempt to explain, but give* you the facts as they are. A party of Birmingham capitalists,*, largely interested in the minerals or the region, and some prominent rail-, road officials were here on a tour of inspection, with the view of opening* some beds of iron ore and selecting-* the most practicable route for the ex-? tension of the new railway that leads" up this valley. This, indeed, seems to have been the j true battle grounds of the gods with* ''Pelion piled upon Ossa,"1 or the utter0 confusion of the ?eoiogistSj who can not account for rea iron ore in oneside* of a mountain, brown ou the other* with veins of coal immediately under? lying the top on both sides, so it was* determined to leave tliem out of thor party and carry along a practical man familiar with the formations peculiar"" to this valley for all geological in? formation necessary in making an ap? proximate estimate of the amount o.* solid and loose rock to-be encountered^ on the extension. Accordingly an old? foreman. Mr. Merts, who Itad had' large experience in railroading inr the west, was selected. He was an ii*1 tel?igent, sober and industrious maif^ who regularly once a month sent the* greater part of his earnings to his' wife and children in Kansas, Ke gave his opinions cihly after the most careful examinations, and the* gentlemen had implicit coniidence as" to their accuracv. The party reached a perpendicular "bluff about fifteen feet l??gh. when Mr. Merts elinibed down to a ledge about six feet fror? the top aud with his hammer was in ves'.:-rat? ing the character of stones and theft* probable thickness. The gentlemen' above heard several blows, from his hammer, then apparently a quantity of loose rocks falling and immediately a terrille explosion. They were all considerably shocked, br?? not other" wise hurt, and at once went to tho edge of the precipice, where they de? tected the Strong odor of dynamite,; but to tliciy consternation could see nothing of Mr. Meris. After a careful search some small pieces of hisclothing? were found kinging in a tree about" thirty feet from the ground, but that was alL Thc question for tho scientists to settle is what caused thc explosion. A number of *peo*' pie from Birmingham hare visited-' thc place, but 1 have heard only ono' plaui?! le theory, and that was- ad? vanced by Mr. Schultz, a scientist, it is known positively that Mr. Meris' had no dynamite with him. and Mr.' Schultz says the only possible way to account for the explosion is that he' liad constantly, for a number of years, boen handling dynamite and nitro? glycerine, and tlrnt so much had been taken into his system by absorption that it was only necessary for lum to receive a slight jar to set lt oiT, which was done wircn he struck the ground on falling from the ledge. Whether in's story is true or not I: can** say, but give the facts as they happened, and they can bc substan-4 tiatcd by a. number of citizens in this" vicinity and Birmingham, who wiit? in form you if" there is any more light** on tho subject. A s****> STORY. Tho child coughed. The mother ran. No-* remedv was near, liefere morning tho poof lillie-snffl-rer was dead. M"-a?: Aiwavskeep" Pr A<-kerV Engl'?i Kerned* at hand. " Arpl*" at Dr. J. F. W. DeLorme's Drug Store. 7K2CI*>IJ5*&K. Two-thirds <-f al! deaths in New York City* are from consumption or \ n*uroonia. The* ??.me proportion bolcr* fir a?"St other cities. Dchtys ?re dnfger?us. Dr. .Acker's EnglU** Remedy for consumption ?ill always relievo,* 2nd may sa ve your l?o. Sol.I hy Dr. J. F. WV DoLormc. WHY MOM KN FADE. \V ?!!">;: lose their beauty because colds un dermioe their life Dr. Acker's th* gl ?sh Kein edi:. r Consumption is an absolute cu.? for-* eula.-. S:?ld by Dr. 1 K. W Dcl.??rafe. ADVICE TO MOTHERS. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup should always l*e used for children teething, lt soothes the child, softens the trams, ?llavs H?| , ?i.u v ?-?iri-: wind colic and ?3 the ce*i rem.euy.' foi diarrhoea. 2..c.?.bottle.. _ , .. - . ^.A.J J ?