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are here!" she said breathlessly,
feared I should miss rou.**
"Are you alone? How did you cc
here?* returned be. He closed the d
.ad led her Into the sitting room.
"Judge Ketelle told us that you w
staying with Mr. Martin. Is he"1
glanced about the room and hesitated
**He has gone out," said Percy. "1
70U come to see him?"
"I came to see you. Percy. I can une
stand wiiy you kept away from us, bi
wanted to tell you that I am your sis!
2 love you and believe in you, and wi
erer happens you can trust nie, I>et
do something for you!" She spoke w
great emotion, though in a control
Toioe, and he could perceive that a tres
passed through her now and then as 1
stood before him.
A feeling of strong brotherly tend
nees and gratitude came over the you
man; he put his arms round Pauline a
kissed her. "I couldn't do that h
wasn't innocent, my dear," he said.
"Of course 1 know you are innocen
she exclaimed indignantly. "What rm
that woman accuse you? She knowi
" is false. Wiav is she your enemy?"
Percy hesitated. "Appearances w<
against me," he muttered.
"What are appearances to any c
who knows you?" broke out Pauline, i
patiently. **She must have hated y<
Why did she hate you? Women do x
hate unless * * * has she ever lov
you. Percy?** she demanded with
changed voice.
"She-why, shes a married wo mai
he returned, uneasily.
There was a pause. "Yes, I und*
* "stand now!" continued the girl, with
sad laugh, "Oh. my poor brothel
She caught her breath and sobbed on
oar twice. "1 am so sorry it is that," s
said, tremulously.
**I have been a Fool, but nothing woi
than that," said the young man. "The
is no actual sin on ray conscience. Pa
line. It is no thanks to me, bet it fe t
truth. It is all over now, and i thu:
heaven it is over!"
"I thank heaven, too, Percy: f
-whatever you had done I should suppc
you and defend you; and if you we
wicked I should be wicked, too. I s
your sister"-it seemed to give her sat;
faction to repeat this-"we are the san
flesh and blood; if we do not stand I
each other who else will? But wh
shall you do, Percy? You cannot U
that in court."
He took a quick resolution. "I shs
never appear in court," he said.
"Has the case been put aside?" she e:
claimed eagerly.
.*No; I am going away. I am goir
with Martin. He has gone to take ot
passages to the West Indies by to-aio
TOW'S steamer.*'
"Weil, perhaps it is best," she r
turned, with a composure that surprise
Slim. "Your bail has to be paid, luis
Hot? I will do that-I have money."
"Martin has done it already. He wi
'pay everything. I shall leave no debt
thanks to him. I thank you just th
..same, rn* darling sister.*'
"He b a good friend-he is a goo
man." she said thoughtfully. "I can aj
ford to let him do it, for I know he doc
it willingly. So you are going away t<
.getber!" She gave a long sigh. "Wei
?I will take care of mother."
"Poor mother!" ^aid Percy, a grea
.wave of grief and remorse coming ove
?him. ".Tell her tho beet you can of mc
/Pauline.^
**1 can manage her-don't fear! 1
*will come- right at last, '1 know. I wL
?go now, brother." Sho threw her ann
..around him. *4Be good," ate said; "cl
?the best you can. Oh, Percy, Percy!
'she suddenly cried out, with a hear
breaking sob, pressing him -to her witi
passionate energy. "I must go now, o
never," she said, controlling herself b;
.an immense effort; and the next mom en
'he was alone. But the ardor of her las
embrace had something more than shs
terry: it conveyed a message to ono win
was absent.
CHAPTER JJ.
AT SEA.
^1-1 ARTIN cam.
V f\\ kn ck abo urt '
?'V^/^^^PA ^rU??^ containing
ilCtffiSMfcr^ ^OXm^ man'*
dis?-** .**C^ 6ions. which were
fortunately not numerous, and consisted
chiefly of suits of clothes and underwear.
They -went toa quiet restaurant and had
dinner, and then returned to Martin's,
And spent the rest of the evening in pack?
ing up his effects.
Percy said nothing to hi3 friend about
Pauline's unexpected and hurried visit
that evening, not on account of any pre
-determined purpose, but because the in?
terview had affected him too deeply to
ma.ee it an easy topic of conversation;
because, knowing Martin's feeling to?
wards her, he was uncertain whether it
would be expedient to mcntiou her at
rresent; and, further, because he
?ioubted whether Martin would approve
of his course in admitting Pauline to a
knowledge of their plans. In revealing
the secret to her, Percy liad acted on the
spur cf the moment; but he frit that the
impulse vasa wise one, and subsequent
reflection n>d ?ot caused him to re?
gret it.
They went to bed at midnight thor?
oughly tired out; but were up again by
? In the morning, and had some coffee
and eggs brougK* to them by the janitor
"The chances are," observed Martin,
as he cracked his egg in the English
style, and put some salt in it, "that the
authorities, who are pretty wide awake
in this country, may have conceived the
Mea that you contemplate giving them
tile slip. When I went out yesterday
afternoon, I noticed a man smoking a
pipe on the opposite corner of the street,
and when I returned in the evening I
passed the same man under tho gas lamp
just below. That may have been a coin?
cidence; but then it may have been"
**A detective?" said Percy.
"Something of that sort. A t all events,
it Is well to be on the safe side. Now
what I propose is this. We are of the
same height and build, and look not
unlike. If we were dressed alike, the
chief point of distinction between us, to
one who did not know us well, would be
the fact that you wear a mustache and I
whiskers. Wliat do you say to a bit of
a disguise? You will find a razor in the
dressing case; shave oif your mustache
and then put on these." As he spoke, he
produced from his pocket a small pair of
false whiskers. "All you have to clo is
beat this inside surface at the gas jet,
and they will cling to you as if they had
grown. Then put on my cap and 0vet
coat, and our detective will be a clever
fellow if he recognizes you.**
"But what will you do?"
**1 shall remain what I am. You wiD
atari an hour before I do; and, by the
way, you had better turn up town when
yo? leave here, so as to give the impres?
sion that you are bound anywhere rather
than to the United States and Brazil
Steamship company's wharf. After?
wards you can cross over to Sixth a ve?
rane and take the elevated down. I will
apee* yon on board the steamer; the
j trunks will go by express in my n>im<
I "All right," said Percy, willi a si?
I for he was a good looking fellow, ai
j his mustache was not wholly indiff?re
! to him. "And when we are safe at s
I wo can resume our natural selves."
"As soon as you Uko," returned Mi
I tin, "though perhaps it would do ?
I hann if we exchanged names for
j while longer. There is no telling wh
! may happen, cr where some spy mi
! turn up who might find it for his int<
est or amusement to gossip about us
the wrong <? uart er."
Breakfast being over, nothing i
mained but to label the trunks, wini
? Martin did by writing his name and th
of the steamer on tags, and attachh
! them to the handles, an expressman w
then called and tiie trunks were remove
?ercy sacrificed his mustache and affix*
the whiskers, and finally, attired in I:
friend's outer garments, left the hr>u
without interference and strolled up
the Thirty-third street elevated static
From there it v..a twenty minutes' ri<
to his destination, and then all he had
do was to go on board and wait for Ma
tin. The latter arrived in duo cours
and at 2 o'clock the steamer moved 01
into the river and pointed ber nose to wai
the Narrows, much to tho relief of tu
at least of her passengers. And yet bot
of them were leaving behind what \vj
dearer than any tiling they could expe<
to encounter. But those thoughts la
deep; tho more trifling ones only a]
peared on the surface.
There were but few ojher passengei
on the steamer, and those not being pcs
plo whose society was especially attra<
tive, Percy and Valentine passed tl
greater part of tho time in each other
company. Valentine had an almost ii
exhaustible fund of anecdotes concen
ing his past life and ad ventures on han<
and many hours were spent in narratin
those experiences to Percy, until th
American had become almost as co:
versant with the Englishman's past caree
as if it had lxx*n Iiis own. - The episod
of his marriage interested him more tba
anything elso.
? Valentine had met the girl upon th
outward bound steamer from England t
New Zealand. He had previously know
nothing of her, nor heard her name; bu
it afterwards transpired that she wa
well acquainted with his family biston;
a cousin of hers, with whom she corre
sponded.having been engaged as compar
ion to Lady Martin during several yean
She had thus learned a fact that wa
supposed to be known by few or non
outside the family circle-that Valen
tine's elder brother, who inherited th
estate, was subject to a species of fits
which, though not always incompatibl
with long life, might bring in's career U
a close at any moment. In such ai
event, the property would descend t<
Valentine, Meanwhile, Valentine's Lon
done xtravagances were not suspected bj
the girl, and she believed him to be pos
sessed of a comfortable fortune of some
thing like twenty thousand pounds-i
sum not much in excess, to be sure, o:
what he would have had, had he investee
his money to ad vantage and ?VCKI withii
his income.
She was a handsome girl, of about tl?
same age as Valentino, and with a man
nerand temperament exceedingly allur?
ing toa young fellow whose blood flows
warmly in Iiis veins, and who finds thc
interminable leisure of a voyage to the
antipodes hang very heavy on his hands.
She permitttid him to acquire the convic?
tion that he was anything but indifferent
to her; in fact, to use the colloquial
phrase? she set her cup at him; and Val?
entine, v. ho spoke of himself without re?
serve as a poor man, and who was not
aware that she disbelieved all his asser?
tions on that h"ad, and interpreted them
as politic attempts to conceal his real
wealth and prospects- Valentin^ was
completely fascinated by the charm of
her person and conversation, and so far
committed himself with lier, that by tho
time the voyage was ended lie felt that
he could no: do less than oi?er her mar?
riage.
She consented, and the ceremony was
?performed on their reaching New Zea?
land. But she stipulated that tile mar?
riage was to remain for the time being a
secret; for she had come on to visit some
relatives of hers and was unwilling, for
reasons satisfactory to herself, that they
should know anything of the hope she
privately entertained of becoming Lady
Martin. Valentine, on his side, offered
no objection to this arrangement; he had
his place to make in the colony, and tho
necessity of providing a suitable home
for his wife at tho outset would have
seriously hampered him. She went to
her relatives in Napier, and he, as has
been already related, cast in his lot with
his friend Brown, and visited her in town
whenever opportunity served.
Kow that she was his wife, however,
she no longer felt any necessity of con?
cealing from him her real belief as lo
the extent of his moans; she proceeded
from veiled intimations to plain speech,
and he became aware for the first time
that she had married him, not for him?
self, but for something that he did not
possess. Her plain speech led to explana?
tions on his part equally plain, and thus
they speedily arrived at a perfectly clear
understanding of ti]cir mutual altitude.
The consequence was a bitter quarrel
and recriminations. The woman ap?
peared in her true colors, which were
not engaging; she called him a variety of
hard names, and if he had refrained
from retorting in kind it was not because
there was any lack of suitable expres?
sions waiting behind his lips. But they
wero still husband and wife, and tho
bond between them could not bc severed.
As their marriage was a secret, however,
there was no difnculty about a separa?
tion; and Valentino agreed to whatever
pecuniary conditions she choso to dic?
tate. In case of his- brother's death she
would come in for her share of the in?
heritance; but here ho stipulated that
sho should receive tho money only on
condition that sho forbore to assume the
title, or allow her relation to him to bo
j known. She at first demurred to this;
but on hi3 offering to hand over ev ry
j thing except tho real estate and lanes
an offer extremely advantageous to her
from a pecuniary point of view-she
finally consented, probably reflecting
I that it would be difficult or impossible to
' make such a contract legally bimiing.and
! that when tho time carno-if it e:ver
should come-she would be ablo to repu?
diate it with impunity,
j This affair produced a bad effect on
I Valentine; ho became reckless aud in?
different to his business interests, and Ul
! fortuno attended him. He welcomed tho
Max>ri revolt as an opportunity of ridding
I himself of his troubles by stopplig a bul
j let; but though ho stopped the h?llet, tho
bullet failed to stop him, ar/i tho legacy
j that ho received chango4 considerably
i the complexion of affairs. Ho placid
half tho sum in tho tank nt Napier for
the benefit of his wife, and sailed for
San Francisco with, tho rest. Ho had
had no settled pl.??n in leaviag New Zea?
land, except to appease bis restless desire
j for change ivnd excitement. The futuro
j could hold nothing good for him, be
I oayse, however good in itself it might be,
ft.would bo defied by the chronic and
inevitable necessity of sharing it with
that wife of his-for what is the greatest
blessing, stimulus and joy, to a man hap?
pily married, is tho dreariest of miseries
to the man mismated.
One misfortune, however, ho did not
look for; one danger he did not fear;
one emotion of all others he was con?
fident he could not feel. And yet
thia emotion, this danger, this raisf or?
tega were precisely those to which. he
was destined to fall a victim. Ho could
not foresee the meeting with Pauline
Nolen, nor the effect that she would pro?
duce on him. Up to that time his un?
happiness had been ckie?ly negative-the
j ordinary disappointment and disillusion:
j now he had to deal with a positive pain
: -the impossibility of being united to
the only woman he had ever loved. It
j was like tantalizing a prisoner for lif*
'. frith scenes of freedom and felicity,
j "I am talking a lot about myself," ho
remarked ono da., to Percy, as they wero
I sitting smoking together on tho deck,
i "but it isn't entirely egotism either. I
! have a motive m it. connected with you."
i "What have I to do with it?"
"You and 13rown are about the only
I friends I have ia the world. I want you
: to know what my life has been and what
\ my skuatioa is in order that you may bo
I able to act intelligently in caso anything
I happens to me."
j "Come, Val, you're not contemplating
; a premature end, are you?"
I "Oh, my heal'ih is good, and I am in
j good shapo generally-never better. I
j am speaking of accidents, which aro
? liable to happen to the best regulated
! gentlemen. In case of my sudden tak
I ing off occurring while I am in your
I company, I want you to be competent to
1 actas my agent, representativo or eseeu
! tor; I want to gi ve you my unrestricted
! power of attorney, in short. And to that
j end," ho added, taking a wallet from hi?
I pocket, "I have written out a paper
j which empowers you to uso the requisite
authority; t?h? also indicates what I
i would like to have done in case certain
J other things happened. Here's the docu?
ment; put it in your pocket, and don't
bother yourself to look at it unless cir
{ Dumstances should make it necessary."
"If I had anything to leave or to man?
age," said Percy, taking tho paper which
Valentine handed him, "I would retal?
iate by appointing yon, my sole legatee
and executor; but all I possess are my
clothes and the receipted bills 3-ou paid for
mo. However, if I die. you must say
those whom it may concern that I main?
tained to the last that I did not steal Mrs.
Tunstall's money. Send my love to my
mother and Pauline, and, if I die on
shore, get me buried if possible. I can't
be serious about it," ho went on, with a
laugh, "and yet I have had a presenti?
ment ever since wo started that I shall
never eeo tho end of this voyage. Of
course, presentiments aro ali nonsense,
a?id I don't in the least believe in this
one; but it is there all the same. So,
if it comes out true, I shall say, *I
told you so!' At least, you will know I
would have said it if I could!"
?'I'll remember," replied Valentine.
"As for presentiments, I believe they do
como out true, though my thcoiy of ex?
istence assures mo they must be coinci?
dences. I liave no presentiment regard?
ing myself, only a business like solici?
tude that, when I am gone, my dregs
shall not occasion any avoidable incon?
venience."
Just then thc second omcer sauntered
up and nodded to windward. "Looks
pretty nasty up there," said he.
"Shouldn't wonder if we had a blow be?
fore night."
CHA:?TER XII.
THE SHADOW OF DEATH.
ARTEN7 and Per?
cy looked in the
direction indicat?
ed by the onacer.
It was then about
5 o'clock in the
afternoon, the
sky clear over?
head, the sea
calm, the sun
sinking red to?
ward thc wc.it.
, over Cuba and
n3s^ Hayti, which
were below the
j /J^^} horizon, some
C^.<? ^ ?j?t>~ hundrcdsof milos
?^T'^ 1 away. The teni
* pera;ure during
the last few days had been growing
warmer and warmer, and they were now
near tho twentieth parallel cf north lati?
tude, and about on tho sixty-sixth me?
ridian west from Greenwich. Since
passing between Hatteras and tho Ber
mudas they liad had fair weather, with
light airs between the south and cast.
But today there had been no breeze
whatever, and the heat had been op?
pressive. The surface of the sea looked
oily, and lay quite Hat, without any per?
ceptible heave or swell. Masses of drift
weed were passed occasionally, strung
out in long lengths, as if drawn by in?
visible currents. Sometimes a cocoanut or
an orange would float past, silent heralds
of the islands near at hand. Tho course
the steamer was steering was taking her
toward tho group of little islands be?
tween the greater and lesser Antilles, of
which St. Thomas is one. It was there
that they were to make their first land?
ing.
The ofacer bad pointed toward tho
southwest, or a few points off tl 10 star?
board bow. Percy could seo nothing re?
markable there; but Valentine, who was
familiar with the sea, at once fixed his
eyes upon a small dark cloud, low down
on the water, tho peculiarity cf which
was that it changed its shape with great
rapidity, mid without any apparent
cause. One moment it looked like a
hand, with theTmgers extended; then it
was like a haft, tho crown of which grew
larger and larger until it presented the
aspect of a pointed foolscap. Th.cn the
cap suddenly inverted itself, and stood
on its apex; then tho foolscap divided
down the center, and took the form of a
huge bird with wings pointed upwards.
"That is rather odd," muttered Valen?
tine, intently watching the protean little
cloud. "I have seen a hurricane begin
that way. 1 hope it will give us a wide
berth. This is a bad place to bo caught
by a tornado, wjjth that string of islands
right ahead of us."
"It must bc a couple of hundred miles
to the nearest of them," said Percy. *. Vvro
are safe enough. This steamer can stand
anything."
..Thero comes tho captain." obsenca
Valentine, without, noticing Pi rey 0 re?
mark.
In fact tho captain euier?ed from his
cabin and mounted the bli ri ge; lie cast a
j glance at the clcud and then gave some
orders in a low tone. They were fol?
lowed by an immediate activity on tho
part of tho watch on deck. Tho sailors
moveu rapidly about, and seemed to be
occupied iri stowing under hatches or
otherwh-.e milking fast various barrels,
cases end other loose objects that had
I hitherto l<ecrt kept on deck. Meanwhile
j tho captain had yot out a telescope and
I was contemplating the cloud through it
j with groat earnestness. Presently he
j passed tho glass to tho officer who stood
J by him on the bridge, and who also took
j a careful observation; then they con?
versed together in an undertone and oc?
casionally issued a new order to the
crew. There were no saiis set on the
Bteamcr; but tho sheets and halliards
were hauled taut and securely belayed,
and everything was made fast and bat?
tened dou n in such a way that nothing
short of a hurricane could dislodge it.
"The old man understands his busi?
ness." remarked Valentine, and I fancy
ho thinks that it may need ail he knows
to pull us through. Look at the cloud
now!"
Valentino again turned his eyes toward
the southwest. Tho small cloud had
Suddenly becomo very much larger, and
was now seen to bo connected with u
mass of dark vapor that was rapidly
crowding upon that section of the hori?
zon, and of vvhich it was the pioneer.
: This vapor was of an extraordinary dari
I ness, or rather blackness; it liad not th
: bluo 6liade that is often seen in ston
j clouds, but was of tho huo of the denses
! factory smoke, with yellow and greenis
j streaks upon it here and there. The rii
! or upper margin cf the oncoming blacl
! ness continued to advance with such zn
j tonishing rapidity tliat after only a fc^
; moments it bad blotted itself upon a
j that quarter of the horizon, and no^
! seemed to have embodied the forerur
j ning cloud, or to have incorporated itsel
j with it. Looking moro closely at it; it
i ?dges and surface appeared wildly com
i motcd, flakes and shreds of vapor, Uk
I black fleece, being torn off from th
j general mass, and whirled around, c
j snatched in various directions, so swiftl;
that tho eye could scarcely follow thei
j movements. The green and yellov
! streaks were multiplied and other col
I ars wero represented until the ink;
j surface assumed an aspect of hideous iri
! descenco. Meanwhile the northern am
! eastern portions of tho sky and sea rc
? mained unchanged in their sultry calm
I except that, the light of the setting su:
j being cut off, their aspect had a 6trangi
i feverish ghastliness, unlike tho tints o
j nature. A hot, faint air drew past tin
I vessel in tho direction of tho black can
j opy, as if it were sucked thither by som<
j malign attraction. Presently the ears o:
? the observers began to bo conscious of ?
j singular minor sound, somewhat resem
bliug that produced by tho wind on t
telegraph wire, only infinitely moro hoi
; low, deep and reverberating. It re
j founded ali over tho lovel surface of th<
I pallid sea, and appeared to bo echoec
! lock from the horizon and the vaull
j ?Sere, as if the heavens were a metallic
inclosing dome. It sang and resoundec
! and reared, but still with an inner sound
j as if that which uttered it were still afar
j or walled off by scmo obstacle that it hai
! not yet overcome. Everything else was
j deathly still; tho plash of tho .foam:
i against tho vessel's bows and under hei
j stern was the only other sound, but thal
j seemed abnormally loud.
Hie captain's voice on thc bridge broke
out with startling distinctness, though
j he spoke not above his customary pitch,
j Ho gave the order to put the vessel
{ about. Immediately she began to swing
round on her course, describing a semi
! circular sweep with her stern; and in a
! few minutes she lay with the cloud athel
? back, and her bows pointed towards the
j unclouded regions of the northeast. Her
? propeller still moved, but slowly; she
was like a champion awaiting the onset
I of en enemy and gathering himself up
j for the struggle.
I T'ne enemy was now at hand. By this
1 time the central advance had thrown ont
! two long black arms that crept along the
j horizon to the right and left, inclosing
I the vessel in a deadly embrace. Dark*
I ness fell over them as from ?an eclipse;
j the unshadowed east, ere it vanished al
! together from sight, looked like a scene
j viewed through a tunnel. The moment
j was one of awful suspense; no human
? creature could long havo endured it
! without giving way to some outbreak of
? intolerable emotion. The blood flowed
j thick in tho veins; the brain throbed
! confusedlv; the breath came in difficult
! sighs. With a sudden but majestic up
j ward gradation, the minor roar swelled
! to deafening shrieks of noise; there was
, a vision of a white fur}- of watr-rs astern;
a blast as cold as winter swept from the
j taffrail to the bowsprit; the dark
? ness shut down and oceanic ab
i solute, so that the observer seemed
j plunged into impalpable pitch; and then
; witiia paralyzing shock the hurricane
! smote tho vessel, beating her down into
; the sea as by the sheer weight of a giant
j hand. The next instant, with a shudder
? and a spring, she leaped forward, stag
; gored, and leapcJ again. Fragments of
: boiling surge hurtled along her decks,
j striking what they encountered with the
' of grape shct. The mizzen mast broke
off within a yard of the deck, ;md. lash
; ing forward, struck the main mast and
: brought it down in ruin, though the
! noise cf the crash was inaudible in thc
J yell of the frenzied gale. The steamer
' wes rushing onward at headlong speed,
. yet she seemed to be standing still, so
;' fast did wind and sea fly past her. She
? reeled, staggered, leaped, was buried and
1 rose again, again to be overwhelmed, ft
. seemed another-world, anothcrago.com
! pared with the sunlight and calm of a few
I minutes previous. Blind, whirling, wel
; tering chaos had engulfed all things;
j nothing could be seen, nothing heard,
j nothing done nor directed; only awful
i plunging?, and strainings could OG (ch,
j and thunderous blows and shocks. Only
j by these signs could it be known that
j tho vessel was still above the water, still
i being swept onward. Whither, and to
j what fate, none could foretell,
j The sea was at first beaten flat by the
I wind, though great pieces of water wero
! stripped from the surface and dashed
j through tho air; by and by, however,
waves began to form, but irregularly,
i some rolling low, some reaching aloft
j and stalking gigantic. One of thesp,
j hurryingtlirough the blackness, mounted
j the steamer's stern and traversed her
j deck to tho bows, carrying with it tlie
j funnel, the remaining mast and every
j thing on board that offered resistance.
I That wave struck the forecastle with a
I report like thc bursting of a siege gun,
j stove through tl ic oaken planks, and
j dashed a hundred tons of water through
! the opening. All therein were drowned
! and crushed to pieces, and the bodies of
j several wero whirled out again and car
j ried like rags off into tue wasto of tho
j tornado. Heavily the ship rose from tho
j blow; it seemed as if she could never
j riso again. But up sho carnes and the
I weight of water wont booming aft,
j breaking down partitions and deluging
! cabins and state roc?is. More than fifty
I men were killed or disabled by that sin?
glo buffet, ara tho survivors believed
that the eixi cf all of them could be not
many minutes distant.
Put it uo happened that no catastrophe
of cqj;al terror followed. The ship drove
; on, "sometimes threatening to broach to,
1 yet maintaining her steerage way beyond
j all expectation, on tho whole; and when ?
I some time had passed-how long, no one {
j ever knew-the hurricane fell faint, and j
in n breath or two, as it seemed, died I
i quite away. Tho darkness lightened, ?
j and straight overhead npj>cared a patch '
j of sky half veiled by wheeling shreds of ?
; mist. Tiny wero in the center of tho j
I tornado; and now tho waves leaped up ?
! with a rebound so breakneck and astound- i
! ing that all sense of vertical and hon- ,
; zontal was lost, and the vessel reared and {
pitched liked a maddened bronco. Thin j
phase of the battle between ship and ?
sturm bade fair to bo more dangerous I
i than tiio opening experience; but, bow- j
I ever that might bc, it did not l;u>t long. I
The inky cloud shut down again; again
rose the shriek of nish big winds, coming j
j now from tho opposite point of tho com- \
pas.1-, and once more the dismantled and
bruised hulk-sprang faiavard on her fear- j
ful race, galvmiized, as it were, into [ire- j
tcmatural activity by a force not ber ;
own. Stripped bare as she was, and ?
weighted by tho water she had taken on ,
board, she moved inore steadily than at
first. Ncr could the nervis of those
who still manned her continue to re?
spond as before to the cail of hor- j
ror. The worst was past for thom, ?von j
should death itself be in store. Non? :
! knew at that time who were living and
wi?o were dead; each heh! on to wliat- j
ex er i apport was nearest him and waited ;
in darkness and uncertainty for what :
might come. Thc? engine fires bad been j
j jut out, and all the men available wero
j taking turns at the wheel, in a desperate j
' and unequal struggle to keep her before
the wind, borne felt that it would tje
relief if the ship would founder and j
down. lint she swept on, outstrippii
death itself. Suddenly one of the pu
sengcTs, who had been alternately pra
mg and blaspheming in the cabin, brol
out in a yell of mad lu lighter, and rush(
?ip the companion way and out on tl
deck. Tile hurricane caught him ai
hurled him forward, lie was jammed 1
tween the stump of the mainmast SJ
theshaft of one of the anchors whi<
had somehow been carried lhere: ti
wind turned his coat over his head ai
whipped it into riblxms in a moment;
another moment he was naked to tl
waist; then lie was twisted and l>cat'
and lashed about until lie waua sliapelt
mass of bloody ilesh and shattered bom
At length a sudden pitch of the vess
loosened the anchor, and it and tl
corpse went overboard together, and tl
ship swept on.
it was perhaps an hour after this, ai
long after the most sanguine had yield?
dumbly to drspair. that the steamer ro
on a monstrous wave, which mounti
and mounted heneath lier until itseenu
as if it would end by carrying her throng
the sky; then, with a hist furious elTor
flung her forward, and slipped bat
under her keel. The great vessel w:
carried on by %ho impetus of the ouse
and fell with an appalling crash, not c
the sea again, but on the solid cart'.
Uer voyage was over, and she was ir? po
at last
lier ;ron ribs were crushed by the fal
but lier frame still held together, and a
niotic:: ceased. The wind still shriek?
and tho sea bellowed and thundered, bi
uc waves struck the ship. She seemc
to have been lifted beyond tlveir reacl
but where they were no ene knew, n(
could have guessed within a himdre
miles. After an interval, the quarte
master, who had been the last man i
the wheel, crept to the companionway
and, securing himself by a rope passe
round his waist and made fast to th
railing below, looked out.
At first he could distinguish nothing
and the rush of tho wind stifled him; h
dragged himself back and waited. Il
had not waited long before it appeare
to him that the noise of the humean
Was abating, and the darkness was lei
intense. At length ho ventured fort
again. Moment by moment the win
was decreasing; tho chango was not s
sudden as it had been when the center c
the tornado passed over them, and occ^
sionally there was a return of rage an
fury. But these becrune less and les
frequent, and there were great cleavage
upwards through the clouds, revealin;
tho remote sparkle of stars, for the sm
had gone down long since. Oner by on
those of thc ship's company and passen
gera who remained came on deck an<
stared about them. Were they on ;
desert island?
A number of square objects, curiousl;
symmetrical in shape, and distribute?
with an appearance of regularity, be
came visible in thc immediate neighbor
hood of the steamer. They were all o
nearly the same height, though in thei
other dimensions they varied consider
ably; their sides were whitish, the top
darker. In front of tho vessel, as sin
lay, tho Land rose upwards in a gentL
slope, and these rectangular object
showed themselves thickly in that direc
rion.
"They don't look unlike houses," rc
marked the quartermaster, peering earn
estly through the gloom. "I don't knov
anv coast hereabouts that ha3 rocks Uki
that."
"If tliey were houses," said the eocene
officer, who stood near, with his ara
broken, "we should, be in tho midst of ?
town, and no small town either/'
'.Hark! what's that?"
Ail listened. There was thc sound o:
a halloo, clearly repeated, and in a mo
mont it was answered from a further
distance. Then in several directions
near and far, were heard calls, cries ant
lamentations. Tho listeners uttered mur
murs cf surprise and perplexity.
Just then a great mass of cloud in th<
east broke away, and the full moor
shone forth with surpassing brilliance
shedding over tho scene a light which
in comparison with the previous dark
ness, seemed as brig] it as day. It re
vealed an extraordinary spectacle.
Beyond tho stem of the steamer ex?
tended the tossing waters of a large bay.
strewn with wreckage and an indescrib?
able medley of floating objects. In from
and on either side were tho streets and
houses of a half destroyed town. Thc
steamer had been carried over the sea
wall and lay beyond tho wharves, be?
tween the ruins of a hotel and a large
warehouse. A little way oiT was what had
been a public pleasure garden or casino;
it looked as if a gigantic roller had toen
passed over it. In a terrace higher up a
heavy iron gun st'*ck out like a half
driven bolt; it had been whipped out of
a vessel in tho bay and borne nearly half
a mile, passing completely through a
house on the way. Nearly every house
left standing was unroofed; many were
torn from their foundations and thrown
topsy turvy. The iron shaft of a street
lamp was bent over and twisted like a
corkscrew. In the center of a small fort
to tho west of the town was a brig, with
one mast still standing. A floating wharf
just outside tho sea wall was sunk; a
steamer was on top of it, and on top of
tho steamer, lying crosswise, were tho
remains of a three masted merchant sliip.
A large provision store had been blown
to pieces and che stores whirled about in
all directions over, the town and ad?
jacent lands. In the bay, now rap?
idly becoming calmer, appeared tho
masts of a score of sunken vessels,
sticking up like reeds in a swamp.
Among them floated casks, blocks,
spars, boxes, quantities of oranges
and cocoanuts, fragments of trees, the
raf ters and beams of houses; and bobbing
about everywhere were tho drowned and
mutilated corpses of hundreds of men
and women. But these were not to re?
main long visible. Ever and anon there
would be a swirl in tho water, a jerk and
a splash, and a shark would glide away
with a human arm or leg in his jaws.
The banquet was an unusually rich one,
and tho banqueters wero assembling in
thousands.
"Well," said the quartermaster, as his
eyes rapidly traversed tho scene. "I've
heard of miracles, but this is tho nearest
to one that ever I saw. Of ?ll the things
that might have happened, this is tho
imlikeliest; we get caught in a hurricane,
and blown zorth and south, we don't
know where, ?ior whether we were under
wat-er cr ubeve it; and here at last we
lira! ourselves high and dry. in the port
wt> wvre bound for, and within n dozen
rod> of the very wharf we should have
Iain up toi Thia is a queer world!"
"What place do you pay this is?" in?
quired one of tl io passengers, drawing
near.
"This is St Tliomas, sir-what there is
U>ft of it-and no other place ill tho
world. Oil, is that you. Mr. Martin?
I'm glad to see you safo and sound: 1 ex?
pect a good half of us will never speak
again. Where is your friend, sir':"
"I don't know," replied thc other; "I
have been looking for him. I haven't
seen him since the wind first stopped
blowing out at sea."
"it was that bi;; wave that came
aboard us, most likely." said the quar?
termaster, gloomily. "TlKit carried ot!
the captain and many a good man with
him. You may sail the seas till you're
an old man, sir, and never see the like
of that storm again."
But his interlocutor had moved away,
and was beginning a search through the
ship in the forlorn hope of finding at
least the body of his friend, j
? TO BE CO?ITUITEP if
?<J URMETS.
Xii? Tu?tct?e? of Opftrion iv* to t?)e Dishes
That Are Toothsome.
! T?. o story of Paganini and the nr.kay
; was particularly good: but hero is one
! about Brillat-Savarin, which I think is
'?? better: B. S. was a fugitive in this coun
irv three years from (he reign of terror
in France; he was a fine writer and bet?
ter cook, j "I was on s journey from
; Paris to Lyons once," Ire writes, "when
? I stopped at Sens for dinner. I was as
! rabid for food ns a wolf-and you may
' imagine my feelings when, 0:1 ray ask
: ing the host what there was in his larder,
: he answered: 'Little enough.' 'Let's see
about that,' said I, as \ went on to where
! I perceived spits perfuming the air.
j What do you think I saw there? Four
! fat turkeys-actually four-browning to
j a turn! 'Why,' said I, 'they're good
! enough for me-one of 'em, in fact!* But
the host said, No! They were all bespoke
I by ?gentleman up stairs. Perdi! thought
. I: this gentleman up stairs must bea sec
: ond Gargantus! 1 will go up and entreat
! him for a bird. And 1 went. And what
j think you 1 found? Who was the glut?
ton but my own son! 'Father/ said he,'
i 'at home you always devour the pope"*
: nose, the choicest lid bit of all the king |
' of bird's anatomy. I never got one. I 1
! was determined that I would have a
j feast for once, so I ordered four turkeys! {
! Now, as I only want my choice morsel j
I vou mav have the rest of 'em with nleas
! ure.'" "
j One of the maxims of Hernien dc Pon
. sey, the greatest magistrate France ever
1 had, was that the man who discovered a
. new dish is of more importance than the
; astronomer who discovered a new planet,
j for the reason that we have planets
! enough for all practical purposes, while
j tho palate of civilized man is always
. yearning for the things that make lifo
j endurable. Vatel, tho ma?tre d'hotel of
? Conde, was the greatest cook that ever
j donned a chef s cap. His suicide, because
j of the non-arrival of some fish to conx
; plete a great supper he was preparing, is
j charmingly toid by Mme. de Sevignc,
j next to Vate! was Car?me, whose me?
moirs have lately been published. Vatel ?
i Was born in Rouen, in Normandy, as were
j also Bechamel, Robert and Mcrilion,
! whose fame as masters of the culinary j
art is historical,
j A genuine epicure has some peculiar
; fancy of Iiis own as regards cooking,
j Sam Ward in bis day was the mode?
: diner out. and be had his Maryland hams
j boiled with straw around them. An
; Episcopal clergyman in Poughkeepsie
j prefers them boiled in wine. Judge
! Henry Allen considered a mongrel goose
; the greatest tiling in the eating line, and
j Congressman Scott, of Pei?nsylv?inia. al
? ways wants to cook his oysters himself,
j Secretary Bayard is also a line cook, and-,
j in fact, a great many statesmen can pre
! pare certain dishes. Dinners in Wash
! ington are generally delightful affairs, as j
j the public men give much attention to
I them, and most of the diplomats are" j
j good talkers. Thc first maxim of the j
; diplomats is to keep a good table and 1
j cultivate the ladies.
Here in the United States our choice
! is oysters, terrapin, canvas back duck
I and turkey. A Greenlander's great lux
! urv is a half putrid whale's tail or a
: walrus liver; and a trapper in the far
j north has fora relish beaver tail and
j bears paw. They eat their rum and j
j chew their brandy, as everything freezes,
i and an arctic sandwich is a frozen slice
of whisky between two slices cf beer.
Porpoise meat was once a favored dish
j with the English nobility, but now j
j "there's no hale like the Eing?ish hale, j
I and no beef like the Hinglish beef." A j
i delicious morsel to the Australian is
j kangaroo and thc wild dingo. The Ot
; tomacs in South America eat clay as a
j luxury, but with some people (even in
; our own southern states) it is a necessity.
. Baked elephant's trunk, palm worms
: fried in their own fat, roasted spiders
.; and mice aro thc favorite dainties wi* h
j the tribes of Africa; and the nations of
? the West Indies can abide anything but
i a rabbit stew. In China tho diet is
j sharks' fins, bird's nest soup, ducks"
j tongues and the chrysalis of thc silk
j worm after the silk has been wound
j from it. And so on throughout the en
j tiro world, each nation having its par
? ticuiar specialties.-Hartford Times.
! A Dancer Peculiar to Residence In Flats
j Tho Lancet (London) raises its voice
I of warning to apartment house occu- J
! pants, which is worth considering. An
j ordinary householder has access to every
i portion of the building in which he lives,
j and should he suspect a defect, he can
j ascertain how far ids suspicion is correct, ?
j and remedy it. But in tho case of flats,
! while the actual apartments rented may j
,' be freo from all risk of evil, tho tenant j
! is, in point of health, almost entirely at |
I the mercy of his landlord and of tho oc
j cupiers of the basement, in so far as the
! main drainage of tho premises is con
I corned. If this latter bo wrong, the
j whole mansion is apt to be filled with f
! foul air frew below upward. A number 1
I of cases have come under our notice in
! winch very serious ill hcailh has been ?
! thus induced, and in which, tenants have ;
' only been too glad to pay what was de- j
! manded of them in order to get out of ;
?: the premises with the least possible de- \
j lay. While no one should take a resi?
dence without skilled advice as to its ;
sanitary state, this precaution is more \
than ever necessary in the case of flats, .
where tho entire premises, including,
above all things, the basement, should j
bo thoroughlv overhauled.
Home, Street Home.
Tho western farmer, with his hun- j
j dreds of acres of new and fertile soil, j
j looks with contempt upon the small am! j
! often stei ile farms that are to be found j
! in some parts of Now England,
j The owner of a western farm of SCO j
I acres, nearly all of it under cultivation, j
?'who was visiting in Maine, sent a letter j
I homo in which ho expressed his mind ?
I freely as follows:
"Here in this country they call two
; acres of ground, six hens and an old
j rooster a farm, and half the time one .
j acre of the ground is graveyard. Give
! me old Kansas every time."-Youth's ;
: Companion.
MU. BBBOI
iL. W. FOLSOM,
Successor to F. M. Folsom & Uro.
SUMTER. S. C.
Dca UT in
i'WATCHES, CiCCSS, J2W3LET
Fine (joh] iin-1 Silver Watches. PJer'b?g
Silver and Sues! lMa;e<l RrMal Presents.
Rich Jewelry in iiold ami Wate, t'?oeks,
Spectacles n\-.<\ Eye Glasse*, Opera Glasses.
Gold Pens. Machine Needles nrni Oil for ?1!
Marhiues. Fishing Tackle, kc. kc.
Th? celebrated Roy?! St. John S*'win^ MH
' ch i ne nn?i finest Razor ?ti Aavi:<*a always j
. hand. Repairing pronu.dv und. neatly exe- ?
cuted by skilled workmen. :
Orders by wai; will receive careful ai ten-j
? lieu. Sq>t. J 1
Monopoly*
The eloquent Parriup Henry said, I
"vre C?D osly iaugo the future Ly the j
past.'"
Look at. r'iP T'.ait
Wheo Kgypt went down three per
cent of her population owned nicety- j
.?even per cent of the wealth. The i
people Were star Ved to death
When l?ahy?on went dowe, two per
cent of the population owsrey all tv,e j
wealth. Thc people were s:-n-ved to \
death.
When Persis went down one p<r cent !
of the population owned t!:e land.
When Home went down, t.800 men j
owned all the known world.
Fer the past twenry 3ears the United j
State* has rapidly followed ra the steps \
of these old nations. riere are the [
figures: {
in 1800. capitalists owned thirty- j
sevr-n and a half per cent of the nation's j
wealth.
In 1870, they owned sixty-three per |
cent.-Boston Progress.
The N^.vs and Courier proposes the I
name of Grover Ch-ve-aad for Mr. Har- I
rison to ?11 the vacancy on the ?upreme ?
Bench.
? - E>- QUI -
DO NOT S?FFKK ANY LttNGE??.
Knuwmg ihm a cough cnn bs checke-l in y
lay. am: thu Hr?-: stage* ot c<>tiss:np:i"? br?.kcn
ina wreck. We hereby guarantee Dr. Acker's!
Kn^??b )?et!;?:?iyfor e??n*u:? p??on, ?:t:-i re- |
furn! rho money t-? :\\\ wb?i ?>uy, t.-iUif it as per j
direc'it???, and do m?i find uar ?tateme?! crrcct. I
SvW hy.J. F '?V. De L.irme.
BB "m Pl -^PB8-Bt "n -';Tr-TM'7"'.V^- '? " f TB
State of South Carolina* !
SUMTER COUNTY.
j
OFFICE COURT OS COMMON PLEAS. I
TTmiKREAS an inquest of Eacheat hath j
Yf been returned into this o^ke w hereby
ii appeared that J*::u-s A. ?icree late cf
Lynchburg, in Sumter County, who wss bern
near Spring Hil!, ir? the County of Surr.tt-r, '
State of South Carolina, and died on J he 20 ib i
day of June. A. D. 183G, wss seized and pos- J
sessed at the time ot his death of a lot of :?nd
with three buildings thereon situate in the !
town of Lynchburg:, in Shiloh Township, J
Sum'ei County, State aforesaid, bounced on J
the North and East by the Lynches' Crees j
Road an3 on the South and Wes: by lands !
now or formerly of W. K. B. Fraser and ihs
Co'ored Methodist Church lo! ?3 wi'l appear
bv deed of Jaaits A, Graves- dated June 8th,
1803.
Also one Int of aV-oat I ? of an acre with a
store house thereon, situate in the town of
Lynchburg; bounded on the North by
Ly tidies' River Road, on East by-Keels'
lot, South by -Keels' lot, aud on the
West by lands ofLtickey ami Hodge, without
having in bis life-time mttde any disposition
thereof; and without leaving any person who i
can-legally claim thc sanie:
Now, in pursuanre of the directions of the ?
Act of Assembly, in such case made and pro
vided, the Heirs of ?he said James A. Mo:ee ?
or those clniming under bim (if any there be) i
are hereby required to appear and make claim j
within eighteen months from the date hereof.
Witness my hand at 5umter, S. C , this
.9th dav of March, A. D. I SS?. [
J. D. GRAHAM,
Aol. ?.._CJ_?LZ-_*_G _S' _ .
A. WHITE & SON j
I nsurai) ce Agents,
Offer in First Class Companies.
FIRE INSURANCE,
TORNA DO ?NSC RANCE.
A CC ID E N T I NS t* RANCE,
LIKE INSURANCE.
PLATE GLASS INSURANCE,
SURET?S??iP ON BONDS.
April 6 ,_ _
IVe have some beautiful
-IN
Attractive Styles,
A SD
j
j
We have some beautiful
i
Black Silks.!
I
A LOVELY ASSORTMENT OF |
JEIt?EY?,j
I
Handkerchiefs, Uoisery, j
i
SHOES, ETC.
I
Ladies who hwy of us SAVE
money. The store is full
of pretty things.
FOE MEX,
WE HAVE CHOICE GOODS, j
CLOTHING, HATS, j
SHOES, j
NECKWEAR, Etc. ;
ix :
GROCERIES.
-'!
i
RE-MEM'KKli \V~k ALWAYS
KEEP THE BEST. !
i
i
ALiA?u?fii nuoco.i
Sept. 26. . ;
Br. ?. W. BO?SKAKTs j
IVKXTAL SUKUKOX.
( t fit ve over ?ultman & I?ro.'s Shoe Store, j
ENTRANCE ON MAIN STREET.
SUMTER, S. C.
Office Hours-3 lo 1:30 : 2:30 to j.
April IT-o
?t?anti? Coast Line
^^fe^O^li^?-^-sa*"
VYILMINGTON, COLUMBI! ?NB
?COEJSTA K. K.
TRAIS-S 30*LN<i SO??TfT.
"Dated Apr?rill "?s"-:?."j\i>~27\N'... 27!No. 5$
I P. M J P. .V J P. >L
1/re Wilmington. * 6 551*19 K'j
Le*ve Marion. j 2 43 !2 49 3 20
Arrive-?taKbCC-..".vj ll? S?) I 2C 4 25"
rX?> ??1! A M I No ?3
A y. ? j P. M
Lea ve Florence.-j ? 2'|..../.-.M? n Wi
Ar've Sumter. ! 4 **. ..! * 21
L'*cve Purnt-r.
Ar've Cclatubia.
No 52J
4 i-Afl^Z?lf 7 21
6 151 11 ??i 9 ?9
>".>. 52 ru::a through froto Ci;:*.Fl3St<?* v??v
Cet; fr?! t? ?.
Leavhag L3T.C3 3:22" A. M., 5laaa:=? S:f-3
A.M.
Tram on C. & D. II. R. cont ects at Ficrcs&
w:t?> No. '<
TRUSS t? Ol 3 ti S?RTH.
?No. ?;jN<>. ?J#j^?o. 5Z
? P M i A M H?MH
Leave Columbia.[*:0 3?[t 7 4C?* 5 2?
Ar've Sumter..j ll l$t 9 I"; 6 32
I
Leave ?uniter.| ll 5S f * '? ..
Arrive Florence,., ? i i5 io m.
A SI ! *
No. 78 No T4
Leave Fletfeace....i 4 3: f II 15* S 25
Leave Marion.j 5 I? il 591 9 04
A?r. Wilmington.a V.l j 1150
*L>:tiiv. f'O?i?j ez'je^t Suuday.
No. 53 run? through to Char'e*t"n, S C., via
Central K R, ?rrtvu.fi; Marring 7:04 P. M.,
La>.es 7:12 P. M.. Charleston 9:10 P. M. .
No. 50 connecte ut Florence wita C. and X).
train for Cheraw and Wsdesboro.
Nos- 73 and 14 n *ke close connection at
Wilmington with- W. i W. E. E. for al! puk?
Nor; h.
Train on Florence P.. ft. leave? Pee Dee daily
exfpt Sttaday 5 J5 P. M.. arrire Kowlana 735
P. M. Returning leav? Rowland 7 00 A. M.,
arrive Pee Dee 10.C') A.M.
'irain on Manchester ? A agneta R. R. Ieave3
>umrer ?a??y ex-v-t Sumlay. i 0:35 A. M~ ar?
rive Pinewood l!.4d. Returning leave Pin**
wood 12:01. P. M.. arrive Sumter 1:25 P. Yt*
JOHN F. DIVINE, tiecerat Sup'?'
J. R. KEN LY, Superintendent Tr::ns.
T. M. EMERSON, '^e-t. Pawner A?'?.
Atlantic Coast Line.
NORTHEASTERN R. R. OF S. C.
CONDENSED SCHEDULE,
TRAINS GOING SOUTH.
Dated April 14. 1880 ?No. 27jNo. 23?No. 63
" V M. I A.M. I P.J?.
? L
*I 35 *7 301 f6 00
2 29 S 4SI 7 22
2 50| 9 10? 7 45
Leave F To rer.ee..
" Kingstree
Arrive Lanes....
Leave Lanes.j 2 50j 9 20?* 7 50
Ar've Charleston.; 5 Co? ll 30| 9 30
Train No. 63 . ikes No. 53 South of Lanes
Tr^.in on C. & D. R. R. connects at Pier
en ce with No. 61 Train.
TRAINS GOING NORTH.
|No.78rNo. 14I?O. 521X0.66
Leave Charleston.
Arrive Lanes.
I A.M. I P.M. 1 A.M.
*I2 25 * 4 30?* 7 30
! 2 45 6 281 9 10
Leave Lanes. 2 5?
" Kingstree.? 3 10
Arrive Florence. j 4 20
6 28
6 45
8 05
f 9 28
9 51
ll 10
* Daily, f Daily except Sunday.
Train No. 52 takes No. 62 North of Lanes.
Train No. 62 connects at Florence with
train on C. & D. R. R. for Cheraw, S. C ,
and Wadesboro, N. G.
No. 52 runs through to Columbia
via Central R R. of S. C.
Nos. 78 and 14 run solid !o Wilmrnprtcn,
N. C., in?kir;g clo3e connection with W. ? W.
R. R. for ail points north.
J. R. KEN LT, J. F. DIVINE,
Supt. Trans. Gen:lSupft.
T. M. EMERSON, Gee'! Pass. Agent.
South Carolina Railway Co,
^ PASSES G ER DEPARTMENT.
JOINT TIME TABLE, NO. 2.
Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago HaM
rcad, and Camden Branch S. C. Railway. Ia
effect Monday, June 25th, 1838.
EOCTRBOUND.
Nos. 155 157 137
am pm pm
Leave Lancaster 6.30 3 00 4.55
" Pleasant Hill 6 53 3 22 5.3d
" Oakhurst 7 01 3.30 5 42"
" Kershaw 7.11 3 41 5.47
" Westville 7.25 3.59 6 23
.* De Kaib 7.37 4 07 6.54
" Camden 8 00 4.0? 8 00
June. 9 01 5 29 ??.03
Arrire Ktngvl?e 9 31 6.00 11.09
.? (;olumeia 10.15 6.49
" Oranjreburc 6 50
?? Charlestoa 9 10
Augusta 11.30
NORTHWARD.
Nos. 137 153 401
a iu a tn am
L^ftve Augusta 8 15
" CharWtoa 7.00 p rn"
" Orangehucg 8 57 2.09'
Columbia fj 50 3 30
;' Kinjrvil?e 4 45 9.45 4 15"
" Camden Jr.v.C. 5 44 ttl 16 4 46
? j- ::<) M. 15 5.53
I), K.-Th D i?7 ii Tic 6 t$
" Westville M 50 6 23
j. ta
" Kershaw 'J. ..2 li<5 SA.i
" UaKhnrit In (.:> \: 15 *>.:>.?
4i Pira>.-.'-i ts III 10 r> 12 2.< ~S*V
Arrive Lancaster li.t'O ?2 45 7.25*
Trains cn Cant.?en Divtsiea run daily,
Sundays excepted.
Thronjrh trains both wa; s between Lancas?
ter and Colombia.
Through coach hotfe ways between Lancas?
ter ??id Charleston.
Connections n:ade a? Co!arabia tV.r West
and North, at Charleston on Tuesdays and
Fridays with steamers for New York ; at Au?
gusta for the West. Through tickets co sale
ul Camden to all points,
D. C. ALLEN,
General Passenger and Ticket Agent.
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