Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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|^7 . -dttinued from First Pa&t. 'fTpm?k josd?ted their forecast, for as | JBBOOn appeared above the eastern hoi IxJQ? cioods began to gather in the v \ fB*d the tops ?f ^the trees waved and i Bwred. Tlie direction of the wind -arch that? after leaving the island, 'could make a nearby straight mr ; acme, keeping the boom over the - ^parter, in setting out a long tongi il-?&id extends*^ on the southeast b V* t?? ?veep of the wind, and maxie ?t s . J&mch >??hter than it really waa. ^watei was smooth and the impulse ^stifikaemvto make chem glide along .- ?4?iy. -But the moment tlie point of *c*pe waa passed the sadden increas violence of the wind fairly sta: f: ?em. Th? judge, ??-ho was at the h a?ade the mistake of supposing thc |"; Jw* a gust or temporary squall only, ?: j&erefore did not put back into Samooth water and double reef his : ? ^?? be should have done. - kr*^ tne x^me ^e had discovered that |--^fod had come to stay, they were toe {Mttheir course to make ? -return ad ?file. To have done sowotjdd have **oived beating up almost ?vthe teet rtftgtj. >h which would not only r, been along job," but one which the'he: - cf the waves- wo?ld hare rendered < ferons.. To koop on, on the other hs tamed -corn^aratively easy, the w r belng^nesfiy fair, yet-not so much s< i.v to involve the peril of jibing; the lance, moreover, was not very great,1 ?: Jhe boat, though heavily laden, S^fjtfog fast Accordingly the ju grasped the tiller firmly, and kept .?headed 00 as to, pass tho lighthouse * couple of points to the northwestwan j The three occupants of ? tho little ci .jwereall seated, of course, close up i l^the weather side, the spreatf of sail h -mg si tendency to bear tier down to '. ?:^wa*d. The judge sat . next the st? i Pauline was close to him< aid Mrs. Nc waa next to Pauline, her feet being s : vested against the sheath of the cent * ward. But as they sped along the wa ?V; >aa higher and > higher, and began length to dash over the weather gi - '{wads, wetting- PauIrneVback and she ;-i> ders, and running down into the well t*4Hee effect of this, after it had o :t?nued for a while, was inevitably . vjaake the boatsitdower in the water a thoa offer-less opposition to the inro ct tho seas; and it was evident that effort must be made to bail her o jThere was a tin dipper in tho lock Ji-aot without difficulty the judge si ceeded in getting this out, and, stoopi x -down, endeavored to bail with his ri^ ligand, while liandling the tiller with ! lieft But it was impossible to hold 1 -Tbo?t to her course with one hand .ooh a sea, and after a minute Pauli took the dipper and intimated that s would attend to that part of the-wo: 8be bailed rapidly and steadily ai " threw out a large amount of water, b jfiSthe waves continued to rise and overL *th? gm i wale, so tliat she was unable tfceep pace with the influx, and the bc settled so low that ever and anon a wa ?would wash in to leeward. This wai ^serious matten it meant that swam pi] v:wa? not far off; and with the ext ballast on board she would go the botte Bke a stone. And if she did, nothii .was more certain than that they .wou be drowned. It would be impossible f & oven the strongest swimmer to .reach tl jp^ehorc on such alight. . ?t Mrs. Ji?ten, after expressing, in tl aubdae? manner characteristic of her afllcczrcumstances, her horror and dospa ' -at the situation-the real gravity . vwhich she was, however, probably fi ?rom recognizing-had relapsed into -?ort of lethargic state, half reclining c She narrow seat, motionless, and sees ?ugly unconscious of the water that .w; dashing over her. This passive attituc : Was doubtless tlie best for all concerne ?bat she could possibly have assuma jibe judge .perhaps suffered -.more tba may of Ihe jparty: fur he licit himsc mainly responsible fontheaffair, and tl: Jdea of dealh stepping > between him an ^fcu?ne at such a juncture -was almof ipaore than he could bear. Pauline. alon< ?tis apparently perfectly -cheerful um ^composed. She oven felt a pleasant ci ?fiaration in the face of the .hu miner ?Jangar. The exertion of bailing liad pi jter in a warm glow, from head to fool ^ And though she saw that her Liber was ir ^effectual she maintained iUwith unfaliei ?ng resolution. T?iey were now within ; , ?nile oft he light house;and as soon as the. -fe??sed under the lee of it they would b * ^comparatively safa ?it it was a quos tion whether the ?boat would hold out s longhand just then an unforeseen catas krophe occurred. I As.Pauline stooped to fill the bailer the.little vessel gave a sudden lurch t loan JJ d,? throwing the girl forward 01 ?ber -knees in the bottom of the boat ffhe judge reached out quickly to sav ier from going overboard; in doing so She tiller was thrust over; the boat cam? ^directly before tlie wind, tho sail jibed amd the boom, as it swung to starboard ifatrnck the judge on tlie head, a nc knocked him into tho water. At th< te? moment a wave came over th< Q and deluged tho scat room. Tin end seemed to Ix? at hand, j But Pauline was not a woman to tn .vanquished without a struggle. As sh< sprang up and seized the tiller, hoi mind was perfectly clear as to wha ?bould bo done, Tlie boat had airead} fallen off, and was broadside to th< {wind: sho put down tho helm, Anc Drought her up ia the wind's eye, rap Idly hauling in tho shet& as she did so. ?nd giving it a turo round trie cleat ^fhea she bent lier gaze on the dark con? fusion of waters in which the judge Kac sunk. it was ten to one that he had l>een car? ried to leeward and out of reach. But one circumstance, of which Paulino was Bot aware, operated in her favor. There .waa a strong tide running out against the wind; and when the judge rose his head appeared within a foot of where Pauline sat. She stretched over toward * him, grasped him by the sleeve of the coat and drew him toward her. Though half stunned by the blow he had re? ceived, he managed to get his arm over ?he gunwale, and, a wave coming to bia ?Minimini, he half scrambled, half was thrown into the bottom of the * boat. Once there, his remaining strength for? sook him, and he lay unconscious. Pau? line did not attempt to relieve him; she had hex hands full of other matters. The boat was almost in a sinking state, and they were still moro than half a mile from port. She watched her chance heedfully to come about, for to ship another wave like the last one might he fatal. The boat obeyed her helm promptly, and set <off with a plunge and a roll towards lier destination. During the pause she hau drifted some distance to leeward, so that the was now sailing with tho wind very nearly behind her and the bootu far out; and although this involved some danger of jibing again, it diminished the risk of jtaking In water over the o'.arter, and waa in so far an advantage. Pauline's utmost strength was required to hold the tiller, which struggled with her like a wild creature lighting to get loose; yet .he was compelled to keep one baud upon the sheet likewise, which might at any moment need hauling in. Tlie strain Upon her nerves and muscles was terri? ble? but she clenched her teeth and held on; in courage and spirit, at least, she . WM equal to the occasion. Once in a white (pe threw a hasty glance into the hoity of the boat. Mrs. IN olen had slip? ped down from her seat and had man- ! egad to draw the judge's bead and "If 1 ?ave them," said Pauline to se?f, **I will accept it as a sign." As sl\e spoke'the boat gave a:leap was soddenly in smooth water. Th< barely swelled to the breeze. The ch; was sosudderr that'it seemed rriiracul They had passed under the lee of lighthouse, but that appeared inadeq to account for so abrupt and great alteration. Indeed, Pauline always lieved and declared afterwards thal gale liad actually ceased, without vi cause, in a moment of tune. The slipped sluggishly through the wat?; an even kool. There was scarcely enough to carry her to her mooring 4he little cove. "Well, then, I will be his wife," Pauline to herself, as they touched pier; "and 1 think I love him now!" CHAPTER XTU A HUS TEE'S YARN. N a warm e> J?rZ? W iog in October \?? steamship ^^^r^i^''j ai tho forn X*. ' ral t^jy p'Laceun^ was li li^a st<rat but acth ^?"^' X^m iaade rr.an, .? the gangway from below, and stood n the door of the saloon. Ile had j taken a cigar from his waistcoat pool and was In the act of cutting off the < of it with his penknife, when a tall p sonage with bony icatures and a ti neck-came un through ? thc dodr and o fronted him. He was about to .pass ?< but. at a second glance, stoppedand sa as if to himself: "Henry Clifton." The -red:haired man turned sharp "Bob Stapleton, by jingo!" ho exclaim They shook hands, evidently plea* attho:cncounter, eyeing each oilier over, as if -to make sure that no part either was missing. "Well, and what'have you been doi with yourself these three years pas inquired he of tho red hair, who ? swered to the name of Clifton. "Lc sec; it was in Liverpool I saw you la wasn't it? You were after that forgi gang." "Yes. and I got 'em," responded t other, who had been addressed as B Stapleton. "It was a good job; I've h nothing better since. But what brin you over here?" "Oh, a private affair-something pi ticularly choice." replied Clifton, stick! his cigar in his mouth. "Ail expens paid and twqnty pounds month." "Hullo! That's not bad. A hunde dollars and expenses. What is it? Scotland Yard after the Fenians agair. "So, ?o. I-don't belong to the Ya any more; doing business now on n own feet. Pm engaged on a caso invol lng a hundred and fifty thousand poun -seven hundred and fiftv t liousand four money." "Great Scott! A robbery?" "No; no such common business. A lc heir!" "A lost heir? That sounds good.' Com we've got the eveaing before us; supp? you spin the yarn." "Hunaph! I'm not so sure about that returned Clifton, .scratching his wliiske thoughtfully. "This isn't tho sort < jtory that one tells to .every body. Ho\ ?ver," he added, "you're not evcrybod; though I suppose you consider yoursc somebody; at all events, if you promi to-.keep it dark, i fascy I can trust yo; But let's go into some quiet corner-; it's a warm evening, suppose we sit ou side, where we can smoke. I have cigai enough, and this yarn will probably Ia out more than one of them." As they passed out' of the door, gentleman who had been sitting in cliair not far off, with his hat araw down over his nose, and who liad seen ingly been asleep, rose quietly from h; seat and proceeded to thc door of a stat room a little way forward of the pad di box. He entered the room and locke the door after him; then he breathed sigh of relief. He took off his hat an looked at his reflection in the mirro] ?t showed the countenance of a man bc tween 20 and 30 years of age-perhap nearer the latter age than the former the lower part of which was thickfr covered with a brown beard, creppe? short at the sides and round the throat but allowed to grow to a point on th chin. Thc forehead, cheeks and nos were deeply bronzed by the sun, givin; a peculiar appearance to a pair of hand come blue eyes. The hair was cut short any one would have taken the head fo that of a Frenchman. This idea wouh have Jbeen confirmed when the gentle man put across his nose a pair of tinte< eyeglasses, mounted in gold. He re garded himself critically. ^Yes." he muttered, in the undertom which people use when conversing witi themselves, "it's a good get up, consider ing the simplicity of the materials. N< one can say I am disguising myself; an< yet I doubt if my own mother-Gen Mess her!--would recognize me at th first glance, though my sister might, must have boen Intended by nature fo an actor; my features lend themselvess< readily to a disguise. At one time I an an American; then an Englishman; no? a Frenchman: to-morrow I may attemp a Turk or a Russian. But what an ex traordinary piece of bad luck that tha fellow Clifton should be on this steamer Does he know that I am on board Hardly. And yet, what is ho here for It must be on that same business; anc in that business I am concerned, how ever unwillingly. Perhaps lie has corni to look up ray record. Confound him why can't he let me alone! I shall hav< a hard enough time of it without him Of course he will go straight tolnspecto I Byrnes, and when the inspector finds ou tliat I am not-what's that?" In order to answer this question, i I must be observed that the state roon: occupied by the bearded gentleman wai an "outside" one; its window opened or the water, or rather on a narrow Btrij of deck which intervened between tl? rail and the wall of the state room itself This strip of deck was just wide enougl: to admit of a person sitting there wit! his shoulders against the wall and hi? feet on the rail-an attitude said to be c favorite one with Americans, and which any person who lias studied the circula ; tion of the blood and its action on the brain will gladly put himself into. The i window, it should be added, was pro I teeted by a wooden blind with fine slat3, not noticeable from without. The noise which had caused the ; bearded gentleman to break oif so ab j raptly in his monologue had been caused J by the advent of two persons with camp stools to the apparently secure retreat which the narrow strip of deck already alluded to afforded. Having established themselves there to their satisfaction, and lit their cigars, they began to talk in a low tone. But although the blind of the bearded gentleman's stateroom was shut, the window itself was open; and as he liad reason to suppose that the con? versation was goimr to be of particular importance to himself ho took care to leave the window as it was, and even to sit down beside it. As the reader will already have surmised, the speakers were the two gentlemen to whom we haveal - \ * *? _ j ready been . introduced-Henry Gnf ! and Bob Stapleton. "You went first to New Zealand, e j Stapleton was saying. ''How happei your man-Valentine do you call him to be therer "He was the second son, don't you E and consequently, after he'd run throti tho money his father gave him, he 5r only himself to fall back on. So started for New Zealand to mako his fe une ?t sheep farming. When I j there he had been gone the better p of a year or more. The aheep farmi liad not turned out ver}* well, but had got a sum of money somehow, a had gone off to enjoy it; whether would come back again, and where had gone, no one could tell me. Y may be sure that if he had known tl his elder brother was going to die, a let him into full possession of an est worth three-quarters of a million of d lars, he would lia ve left his address." "It's a most curious thing," observ Mr. Stapleton, philosophically, "h< 6ome men will ran after a good thing their lives and never catch it, and s other man will ran awsy from a go thing all his life, and neverdet it cat him." "Well, as I was saying,'" Mr. Clift continued, "thi3 Mr. Valentine-as Ic him-liad left for .parts unknown, a my business was to find out where ti j was. I thought it all over, and made i my mind tliat America was about t most likely place, for ho wouldn't likely to go back to England, and, bei: of a roving disposition, and never ha .ing visited tho States, that was natural the first place he'd think of. And wh a man goes to America he's pretty ce iain sooner or later to fetch up in Ne York. So it was in New York that figured I should find him. But'before 3tarted I thought it would be as well make the thing certain by sending on sable message, addressed to certain pa ties in New York that you may ha heard of, asking whether my man w there. Sending telegrams half rom the earth costs money. Bob; but it doest cost quite as much as to go yourself, 1 alone'the time and the wear and tear." "However, expenses being paid," sa Bob. "That's all very well, but parties er ploying ono like to have a good accom of their money; anda good recommend tion is sometimes worth more than cai in hand. Well, I didn't look for an a: swer inside of a week Qr ten days; bi forty-eight hours after I had sent off tl dispatch the landlord of my hotel can: up to me and told me that he believed was looking for Mr. Valentine, and tin a man had just arrived from Panam who had met a party going by that nan: in Mexico some six weeks before, and 1: thought likely he'd be there yet. I toi him to bring the man .around, and 1: I came and I had a talk with him. "He had seen Valentine, sure enougl I made up my mind as to that. He d( scribed him as near as could bc; fe though I had never seen him myself had all the points about him from thoa who had, and a photograph taken fou or five years before. Tho fellow said tba Valentine had come to Mexico from Ne\ York, after being wrecked in a big gal at St Thomas, and a friend -of his-Pl call him Percy-was drowned in th same storm." "Yat call him Percy, do you?" in terposed Mr. Stapleton, "and he wa drowned in thc St Thomas hurricano And what mi^ht his other name be?" i Tm not giving names; Pm telling yot A story," returned Mr. Clifton curtly. ."That's all right; something OCCUTTCK to my mind, that's all; and a might] I good story it is you're telling," rejoinee the other affably. "So Mr. Valentin? went over to Mexico, did he? And wha j did he do there?" "Well, he'd brought some letters, so i seems, introducing him to the presiden and-some other swells: and he bandee 'em in, and was received in good style ! He gave 'em to understand that he'< j come to settle, and grow uj with tb< ! country, so to ?peak. I "One thing ?ed to another, and at las I they got talking about mines; and wit! j that the president gave him a guide, anc sent him off up to a place called Padra ca, about sixty or seventy miles north o: the city. Ile moused al>out there-}? knew something of mining, it ap pears-and examined the mines tba1 were working, and some others that hac been given up: and at last he fixed on z bit of ground where there wasn't an\ mine at all; but he took a fancy to ii ?br all that, and went back to Mexico te see about getting possession of it. He I managed things very cleverly, and gol j the swells interested, and made out thal j h? wanted to let them into a good thing. ! and would bo satisfied with a very smal.' share himself, and would take all the trouble of looking after the business oil their hands into tho bargain. So what did he do but raise a company, and the company raised a capital-you know how those things are worked-and they filed their claim to the land, and ap? pointed him manager, and the first teste he made showed a bigger percentage of silver than had been known in that neighborhood for a hundred years. "That was the news ray informant j brought me: he said all Mexico was talk i ing of it, and that Mr. Valentine's pick j ings, though they might be small, .com? j paratively speaking, were likely to stand j him in a cool hundred thousand dollare I a year, which is enough to keep a man ! off the parish." "Y'es. I should think it might," Mr. Stapleton assented. "And that's tho way it is in this world. Henry Clifton; luck goes dead against a man for years and years, and no let up. and then all of a sudden, for no reason that ever anybody can find out, his brother dies and leaves him a million in England, and ho goes to Mexico and collars a mino worth a hundred thousand a year. Tho million ain't enough, and tho mino ain't enough; he must have 'em both; that's the way of the world every time!" Mr. Clifton accepted this statement without commept and went on with his j story. "As you may suppose. I lost no time ! in packing my grip for Mexico, and I got j there in due season and without accident, i I put up at tiio b?4st hotel, ns is always my way, for it costs no more in tho end, and gives a man a good standing at the first send off. I made my inquiries, in a quiet, off hand way; and I had no dilli culty at all in hearing all I wanted. Mr. Valentino was there; nobody could speak i too well of him; he was hand in glove j with the president, and ho was at that . moment out in Pachuca, superintending I tho putting up of tho new macldnery in j the new minc. If 1 had any business i with him, that was where I would dind him. So the next morning, at ? o'clock, I took the train at Buena Vista station to Otneltusco, and then by diligence and j horse car to Pachuca, which I reached at j euudown, dead tired, and chock full of ! dust, and a precious cold, disagreeable, ! shabby hole Pachuca is, and 1 don't care ! who knows it! J "But I was on business, and when I j learned that Mr. Valentine was camping J out about fivo miles above I hired a mulo j then and there, and a black fellow to ! show me tho way; and by nightfall 1 i had him!" ? CHAPTER XVIII. A DILE3IMA. ft_J ^F'l' N D so you hand ?' ed him over the ^M^W*" deeds of Iiis es W?X tate, and that's XX" JL the end of the r_'_a?to <* story?" said Mr. ItSS?? ^ Stapleton interco ^^^^^^^"^ After chasing man half round the world, and a lit more, you don't expect to get throu your business with him in live minut When 1 first saw him he was smokin; cigar by a fire that was built outside one of them adobe huts, and drinkinj stulT they call pulque, which is thone; est they 'Can got to whisky in that-coi try, and pretty poor stulf it is. Well stepped up to him and says I, 'Gc evening. Mr. --' (giving him his nan you understand) 'for I am told that y aro that gentleman.' lie looked up .mc, and 1 said to myself that 1 had ma no mistake. lie had on -a Mexic serape and a wide brimmed hat; but-1 figure and face answered well enough my description of him, though inste of-side whiskers he had a mustache a: chin beard, as if he meant to be a -Me: can'through and through. "'Yes,' says he, looking up at 'rt 'and have you any business with me? '* .Well.' says I. 'I think 1 may sa; have, sir.ee I've come some fifteen 'tho sand miles to find you.' Ile stopped bit and then said, 'From Englan Oh?' 'You are right, sir,' said 'but before I go further, and to I sure there's no mistake, I mu ask you to ;be kind enough to gi1 mc an account of yourself-your Tami and so forth-so ?that I may know ye are thc man i'm sent to see, and i other.' 'And what if I refuse?* said :h .Then.'said I, 'all I'll'have to do is to ? back where I came from; though I ma tell you that if you are the gentleman i question it wil; be. your -loss, ;and a fci loss, too, not to let me know it." " 'As to thac.' he says, *1 don't kno' that you can give me anything I care t have, whatever you may have brough but if you want to know my history always cany my papers about with nu and I've no objection to your lookin them over.' And with that he took wallet out of his pocket, and handed to me. I opened it and examined th papers one after the other. 'They seet all right, sir,' I said, 'and I suppose may as well take it that everything i correct and regular;' so til en ? went o and told him what had happened, hoi his brother was dead, and he the heir c the property. Ile heard it all with sort of strange look on his face; an when I got through at first he sai nothing at ail. He got up and took .turn up and down, smcking .his cigru but at last he comes back, and says he 'Who's tho next heir after me?' "I didn't see just what that had to d with it: but I said 1 supposed it would b his cousin or whatever relative was ncai est his own blood. 'Well,' says he, chuck ing away his cigar, 'whoever he is, h may have it. I'm very well satisfied a I am, and I won't have anything to d< with it.' Those were his very words, an< you may suppose I was a bit surprised 'You won't have anything to do with ? hundred and fifty thousand pounds; says L 'Not with that hundred an< fifty thousand, at any rate,' said he 'But what are you going to d< about it?* says I; 'the property i yours, and it's entailed, and you can' get rid of it.' 'Oh, don't ?trouble yoursel about that,' said he, with a laugh. '1 won't be buried in the ground. And i the worst comes to the worst how d< you know ?that I am the right man zSte all? I liare got the papers and I an caiied by that name; but you yoursel said that you never saw me before; an< you could not swear that 1 am not 60?ie body else, I should have to go to Eng land is any case to provo my identity But 1 prefer to stay here, and that's th< end of it!' "It was the queerest case ever I hean of, and I didn't know what to make o it. 1 sat there and talked and argu?e with him for an hour and more, l>u nothing I could say made a bit of dif ference. Ile wouldn't have the property at any price, and he!didn't care wha came of it. I gave it over, at last, foi tho time being, and passed the night ir the hut; the next morning I tried hin: again, but he was as obstinate as ever Well, I didn't believe yet that he mean: all he said, so 1 made up my mind t< give him a bit more rope. I told him ] was going to stay in Mexico a week oi two, and let him understand that if lu wanted to change his mind he'd have ar opportunity; and then I said good da\ and rode of. I went back to Mexico and put up at the hotel, and thought il all over: but the moro I tliought about it the less I could make it out. If he was tho right man (and everything aboul him showed he was) it didn't seem ir. human nature to refuse the property: and if he was an impostor, who had somehow managed to get hold of the right man's papers, and to personate hin: -why, tlien, what on earth could his object be if not to get the property? If anything, that would be the strangest caso of the two. '.I had been back from Pachuca just a week when I was told that there was a lady in the ltouse-an English lady-that wanted to see me. Thinks 1, 'Now,what does this mean?' I brushed myself up a bit and went down to find out. She was sitting at a table iii the patio, with a cup of tea in front of her. Sho was a good looking woman, and as I judged might be something under 20 years old. "I made my bow, and 6he asked me to be seated. After a littlo taik, says 6he, 'I hear you have been inquiring after Mr. Valentine'-giving his full name, you understand. I told her that 1 had. 'Did you find him?" asked she. 'I did,' said L She 6eemed a bit excited or anxious, and I began to have my own ideas; but I wasn't prepared for what 6ho said next. 'I wish you to know that I am his wife,' she said, 'and whatever is his business ?9 mine also.' 'I am bound to inform you, madam.' I said at la*t, 'that his family has no knowledge of his marriage; they believe him to ho a bachelor.' 'I am aware of that/said she, 'hut fortunately I am in a position to prove what I sa*;," and with that nhe took her maniao?cer? tificate out of lier pocket and showed it to me; it was as rotular *s the multipli? cation table; she vvCis married to him ; three or four yours ugo, in New Zealand. ' I hadn't a v. ord to say. 'I understand lie has como into his property,' said she. 'W'jii, as to that, madam,' said I, 'so he has; but he has refused point blank to have anything to do with it..' Slir turned white and looked at me very sharp, 'What do you mean?" she cried ?Mit. 'Just j what I fell you,'said I, and then 1 went ! on and gave her storv-of mv visit to j 1dm. "Well, that seemed to floor her, at j first; sh" kept making exclamations, and ! saying things half t<> herself, and biting [ her lips; it was plain she didn't know I what to make of it any more than i did. 'I must seo him!' K!K- cried out at last, jumping up from the table; 'i must see him, and'- 'Speak of an angel, madam.' i says i; 'hero he is!' and sure enough, hy j tho funniest chanco in the world, in ? walked Mr. Valentine into the patio at ! that moment. I don't th ink he was o ver ! pleased at tho meeting: but it was too ? late to pet out of it, so ho came up; and j I noticed lie only glanced at thc lady, if she was some ono ho had never seen I before; then he gave mo good day, and ; took my hand, lt was a hit awkward, ! I said, '1 pappose you will wish to con verso with your wife alone, sir; I witt leav? ly ou.' 'My wifef says he; 'I was not aware there was such a person!' 'Is not this lady your wife?' cried I. Ile stared at her like a man astonished, and then at me. 'I never saw her till this moment,' said he. 'Come, sir,' said I, *I have just seen the certificate of her mar? riage with you.' 'Oh, it's al! a mistake/ put in tho lady. 'I was never married to this gentleman; I never saw him; ? am the wife of Mr. Valentine.' 'Well, and this gentleman is Mr. Valentine,' said L 'Ile may lia ve the same name, but he is another person altogether,' said elie. * As to that,' said 1, 'you must settle it "between yo::; Mr. Valentine's "pupers are all correct, and there is only Ohe estate'ir. England with the name that his bears.' 'But I have proved.' cried the lady, 'that 1 am the wife of the heir of that estate; and if this gentleman says he is the heir, I denounce him as an im? postor!' "At that, I looked at Mr. Valentine. He had kept his eyes on the !ady a*! tho while, with a sort of perplexed expr?s-' sion; but now he smiled very quietly, j and said he, 'I think -I have heard of this Lady before. I wish to say nothing against her. She seems to bo in a dilem? ma from which there is no way of extri? cating her. If she wishes to lay a ciaim to the estates, slie Can do iso only oy ac? knowledging me as her 'husband. But you have just heard us l>oth declare that j we lia ve never 6eon each'othcr before, j .But she also declares me an impostor. Suppose I am: she must'find the'real man j before she can profit by the inheritance. If lam not ho, where is he? G rant, on the oilier hand, that 1 am he, and this lady is my wife; I still decline to touch a penny of the hundred and fifty thousand p linds; and what I will not accept she cannot share. That ls logic and law 'both, I believe? " "Upon my word, Henry Clifton," ejac elated Mr. Bob Stapleton at this junct- ! ure, "this is abeut as peculiar a yarn as j ever I listened tc! k's as good :as a -play .and better too. When you get to New York, do you go straight to a manager and offer to sell it to lum; -and if he don't give you a good price for it Tm a Dutchman!" "Good or bad," returned Mr. Clifton, "it happened just as I tell ft yoi!. When Mr. Valentine said thal, tba lady seemed i staggered for a moment; and then all at j once she called ont: 'I see how it is! You two have arranged this thing between | you! You aro in a conspiracy to cheat I mel You have plotted to get hold of j thi3 property and ?hare it between you, j and keep ?no out! But I will have J my rights in spite of you! I will ? denounce both of you to the au- ! thorities. For all I know, you may have I murdered my husband and taken his I .papers. But you will not succeed; I will j expose you, and you shall be punished!' j "We?, that .made me a little angry, j and I told her that if she wanted to i charge me with conspiracy she luid bet- i ter set about it at once, and the sooner j the bettor, for I knew who would get , the worst of it. As for Mr. Valentine, j he didn't lose his temper, but he said ! very quietly, "I am not a murderer, ma- j dam, and you will only waste your time j in trying to prove me such. But I can assure you that, if i am not your hus- j band-and 1 certainly am not-no such j person exists in the world. Neither can ! you sustain the charge that I am aiming -either in combination with Mr. Clifton or alone-to keep you out of this prop- i erty. I told him a week ago. before you arrived in Mexico, that I would have nothing to do with it, and to that deter? mination I shall adhere. The utmost you can attempt to do is to show that I am not Mr. Valentine, and that you are wel? come io attempt. But I warn you before? hand that all the evidence is on my side, ? and that you will fail. I advise you to go back whence you came, and to give up any idea of ever becoming a great English lady. Meanwhile, I have the honor to wish you good morning!' "He bowed to her as polite and cool as ' you please, and walked out of tho patio and I followed him. 'What in the name of wonder does all this mean?* I asked lum. " .Really "Mr. Clifton,' said he, 'I can give you no explanation. You have heard the whole conversation, and you must draw your own conclusions from it, as I do minc. If you believe that that lady is the wife, or tko widow, of the Mr. Valentine who has inherited the es? tate, you are at liberty to act in accord? ance with your conviction. The most difficult thing will probably bo to make other people believe as you do.' " 'Thats all right. Mr. Valentine.' said I, 'but there is one thing you can tell me. You said just now that yon had heard speak of that lady U-fore, and tho inference was that what you had heard was not to her credit. Now what did you mean by that?* " 'Well, Mr. Clifton,' said he, 'perhaps I may have heard of her Inifore, or per? haps I may be mistaken in thinking I had; but I don't seo why tho inference to be drawn is necessarily a bad one. At all evnets, she has never done me any harm, and I don't believe she ever will, or can; and I have no present intention of harm? ing her, either by word or deed. As I said before, you must follow your own judgment; as for me, what I have said I stick to, and nothing will change me.' By that time wo had got to the door of the ofiice of the secretary of the interior, who was a friend of his, and lie went in and left me in the street, to do my own thinking." "Well, and what was the upshot of it all?" inquired Mr. Stapleton. "It isn't ended yet," Mr. Clifton re? plied: "but from facts that sul>sequently came to mv knowledge I came to the conclusion that 1 might learn something by coming on to New York." "Now that 1 think of it, it's growing a little chilly, too," rejoined Mr. Stapleton, "andas the governor of South Carolina once remarked to the governor of North Carolina, 'it's a long time boreen drinks.' 1 have some acquaint**.nee \i nh th % h.'ad steward on board lina beat; sup pore we go down stair.; ' Apparently Mr. Cl if' jn accepted this suggestion j for a few minutes later, tho beaded gentleman pushed open his blina, tho two camp stools wera vacant, CHAPTER XIX. is A CARRIAGE. CDGE ?CETKU LE and his young w i f e took up their abode in a house not far from tho south? ern boundary of Central l'ark. taking Mrs. No len io live with them. The wed? ding aroused con? siderable interest in New York city, the beauty Rhd accomplishments of tho la ide being almost as well known as the forensic and judicial ability of li?vr husband. Tho newly married couple did not entertain, however, owing to the recent domestic misfortunes which had overtaken Mr3. Hotel Io's family; they received a few friends very quietly and informally, and made scarcely any calla Tho judge had not ticen on tho bench for some years previous to his marriage; but ho had a largo and important pratice as a barris? ter, and ho now devoted himself to this with more assiduity than ever. Report had it that ho and his wifo were very happy together, and though some peoplo admired the judge's intrepidity in ven? turing to appropriate a l^dy so beautiful and so much Ins junior, lhere was noth ih'g'hrtheir relations to indicate that Iiis choies had not been as prudent as it cer? tainly was enviable. The wedding had taken place about the first ot' October, on the return of the Nolens and Judge-Ketone from the sea? side; and after a shi?f? lonneymoon they settled in their new dwelling early in November. The judge attended to busi? ness down town every day; his wife spent her mornings at home, and in the 'afternoons "was fond of driving out in :-the park 'in her brougham, occasionally accompanied hy her mother, but more 'often alono. Tho weather was cold but very fin?, and the "hue of tire autumn leaves was unusually beautiful. But i those who happened to see the face of the young wife ut the window of her ! brougham forgot all about the autumnal j foliage and had their thoughts filled ? with the memory of another kind of loveliness. One afternoon, while passing the chil- ! dren's play ground. Mrs. Keteile caused the coachman to stop Ins horses in order J 'that she-might watch the little creatures j at their 'games, for nothing pleased her more thar, the 'spectacle of children hav- j mg a good time. After remaining a few minutes, she was about to give the order to move cn, when her attention was attracted to a ! gentleman who was standing with his | back partly turned towards her in a foot- ! path tliat here approached the carriage ! way. Ho was :ta!l and well made; he j wore a thin cape ulster of dark tweed I ;anci a black felt hat with a ctirved brim ? -a sort of fashionable modification Of 1 the picturesque Tyrolese headgear. Of his face she could seo only tho outline Cf the cheek and brow; he hat! a mustache and a short, closely cut beard. Why was it that the sight of this marj produced so strange and powerful an impression upon her? She asked herself this question, but could give-no satisfac? tory answer. Surely he was not an ac? quaintance of hers! And yet there was j something about him tliat not only ar? rested her gaze but sent a thrill to her heart, -as if particles of icc and fire were j being driven through it. Her hands be? came cold and her teeth chattered, and yet her cheeks were burning and drops stood on her forehead. The gentleman turned slowly to re- j sume his walk. As his face carnemore j fully into view Mrs. -Keteile caught her I breath with a slKirp sound, and her fin- j gers grasped the frame of the dcor con- I vulsivcly. She could not cry out; her j lips wero parched and her tongue dry. j But her whole soul went out to him through her eyes. Was it a dream? Was he a phantom? Could she be deceived by some marvelous resemblance? Oh, would Le pass on without seeing her and vanish I forever! Ho had, in fact, walked cn several I paces, and in another minute ho would j ??eout of reach. But either accidenter j -cne-ec" those mysterious mental impres Etona which murry persons have experi? enced in some epoch of their lives caused him suddenly to pause, tum about, and look directly at the face ?in tho carriage window. Their eyes met for a moment; then the woman covered her face with her hands, and sank back in her seat with a breathless cry of terror, bewilder? ment and intolerable joy. The gentleman, who also seemed pale and agitated, came over to the road and ?aid his hand on the carriage door. "Drive on!" he said to tho coachman, ind with tho words he entered tho car? riage and ciosed tho door after him. Then he pulled down the shades over tho ! windows. Tho coachman spoke to his horses, and they moved on. I This episode had taken place in a ! short 6pace of time, and with very little j visible manifestation of feeling or? either ! 6ide. Nevertheless, it had not entirely ! escaped observation. Two men had j ?>een sauntering along the path side by Bide, apparently whiling away tho hour ! or two that separated them from dinner. One of them was a tall, slender, graceful ; fellow, with sharp but well molded feat? ures, black hair and mustache, and a pair of restless Wack eyes. Ho was I dressed quietly, in dark colors, and yet ! there was a certain jauntiness tn his ap? pearance that suggested the sporting man or tho sharper, nis companion I waa a considerably older man, and his ' face was of a much coarser cast; his I clothes were new, but fitted him ill, and i he wore a ilash'y necktie and watch j chain, nis small gray eyes had noted ! the little occurrence above described, i and as the carriage rolled away he I nudged his friend with his elbow, i "Well, what now?'" said the latter. ! "Did you see thal'.'" ! "What?" j j ..Well, your wi:s are wool gathering, j lit seems. Dill you tec that fellow get j i into that carriage.'" !. "What carriage?" ! "That carriage that was standing hero j just now with the lady in it. Why, j what's got into you, Horrie? Don't you j know who sho was?" "No, 1 don't. How should I?" ! "Well, you might find it money in ? \ your pocket some day, that's ali. Swell j j women like that don't drive out alone in ? the park for nothing, I reckon! And may be. rather than have their husbands know what they re after, they might seo their way to paying an obliging person ! a consideration to keep his mouth shut." "Oh, stuiTI That business is played ! out. The swells are cu to it, and tho i first word that's said they ring tho bell ; for th?; police, I don't want any of that i in mine, thank you! And if you want any one to believe you know all the ladies i that drive in the park in their own ! brougham;:, you must find some greener I hand than I am.*' "1 know v)io sho was, just tho same," ! retorted the other. "She's tho girl that 1 married that fellow Keteile, a month ? 1 ago." j "She?-the sister of that"'- Ho stop- j I ped. j "Tlio sister of Jerrold Nolen! \ ou rc ; member him, if 1 ain't mistaken," said j the short man. with a chuckle, j "Yes, I remember him; and when tho j accounts are evened up I'll remember I you too. Jack Grush, and don't you for ? get it!" exclaimed thc black haired man, ? with a sullen fierceness. The fellow he j liad called Grush laughed but made no I reply. "So that was his sister, was it?" [ tho other went on, muttering to himself: : "and she's married to the judge a month i ago, and taking fellows to drive in her I brougham!" He twisted the ends of his ? mustache, and switched thc toe cf his I Ix H >t, as he s?un temi along, with the ! light cane he carried, j Let us follow Mrs. Kctelle's carriage. I After the-first few minutes of speoch ? kw an?! wild emotion were passed, Pau ; line relinquished lier brother's hand.and I shrank away from him lo her-side of the ? carriage. A reaction of feeling had j come over her. She felt a sort of indig ! nation that site should have been all ; these months grieving for a calamity ? that had never happened. "Why did yoii never let us know that you were alive?" she demanded. "I put it off from dav to day." he said. "I had not decided, at first, what to do. I thought of coming home: then I thought that since I had boen reported dead it was better to let it be believed so for a time, until the truth about the rol> bery should be discovered. Besides, I knew that detectives would l>e after nie, and I feared that a tetter addressed to you or to the judge might betray me. At last when I found something lo do I decided to wait until I war certain of success before communicating with you. 1 And finally, ci reu instan ces lcd to my coming back here unexpectedly myself." "Hut Valentino iHQjh? have written, if you cct?ld'not. " " Valentino! VThy, Pauline, don't you know-don't you see-it was Valentine who was drowned!" "Valentine! Oh, God forgive me! how I have wronged him!" She turned aside and rested her face against the side cf tho carriage and sobbed for a few mo? ments passionately. But she was never one to be long mastered by emotion. She forced back her tears, and said: "Tell me, tell me ail!" f TO 38 CONTINT KD J A N^ROIV EM7APK. Col. W. K. Nelson, of Brooklyn, cere home or.? ?rvcriing. feeling ;i peculiar rtghrneft* in ihe fliest. Udor? retiring. v tried to draw n l?nj( l?r?urti hut found u ?' t i ia po.?-i ??Ia. ile differed lourd:ivs from pnet > . nia. and the ?Joe rorjt gave him np. Dr. Acker** Knglfcti Hemt>ly tor Consumption >:ive l him ami h* ie well io Way. .Sold U J. F. VV. hel-oni e. TEKRIBL15 FORK W A It X INGS. Cmigit in tte morning, hurried i?r difficult brea i ht tig, rai.?ir:<r phlegm, li^htnev^ in the chest. ??:ir?o?;c't pul?, ciiil?ne-s in the evening or Mflffit* iit tiight, nh or ?ny ol rhe.?e t-?ing? ure th? fi.> I ?t:ige* ol consumption. l)r. Ackes-'* . ngiv.*h Uemedy fur Consumption tn'H cure the?? ????>r'u! sv a; pr o :;:..?, :in? i." ?<>\<\ under ? : pltnititn guarantee by J. F. W. DeL?irtue. Mrs. W. C. Iw, will clean kid and siik {richea and felt hats in first das-? order at reas?aahls '.-aree. Orders from the country promptly attended to. R?sidence at Mrs. \V. H. Bunsen's, Liberty Street. I ii i i . C?TT?B SEED HEAL To close out season's stock we are offering special prices for prompt shipment during April. Address, SOUTHERN COTTON KL Cfc, COLUMBIA, S. C. April 17-at GLENN SPRINGS MINERAL WATER, A "Sirte, Pleasant ano. Effective Remedy FOR ALL DISEASES Of the Kidneys, Liver, STOMACH AND SKIN. It Acts on the Bowels, Cleanses the System, -AND Regulates thc Liver, And is a speci?c for most FEMALE DISORDERS. For sale by Dr. A. J. China, Dr. G. S. Sealy and'Dr. J. F. \V. BeLorme. SIMPSON & SIMPSON, Pr^s, GLENN SPRINGS, S. C. April 10. j We have some beautiful DRESS GOODS -IN Attractive Styles, AND We have some beautiful Black Silks. A LOVELY ASSORTMENT OF JERSEYS, Handkerchiefs, Iloiscry, SHOKS, ETC. Ladies who buy of us SAVE money. Thc store is full of pretty things. FOE MEN, WE HAVE CHOICE GOODS. CLOTHING, HATS, SHOES, NECKWEAR, Etc. IN GROCERIES, REMEMBER WE ALWAYS KEEP THE BEST. ALTAMONT EROSES. Sept. 26. Dr. T. W. BOOKHART, DENTAL SURGEON. Office Bul trna ii 4 Bro. 's Shoe Store. ENTR.VNCK ON MAIN STREET. SUMTER, S. C. Oflhv Honrs-3 to 1.30 . 2.Si lo ?. A pH*; ll.-*' Att?fftate Coast Line ?^SSl^50E3g ^r\?-tssr) WILMINGTON, O?T^rWlA ANt) A?GCT5T2I jHvHv# CONDENSE^ >v?I?-:i5t ?^. TRAINS GOING SOUTH, "bitted April U, ISSy.jX^^sf?"*- 27 j No. 58 " ?~p. M i v.'? i P. af. L've Wilmington. * 2sl*10 ?Oj Lenvc Marion. j 43} 52 4?>[ "* 20 Arrive 7?<?rei.re. ..\ IO 30j I 2<?f 4 25 . No iir; A Ai ' No 58 ; A M j j ?. M. Leave Florence.J li ?t%.jf 8 00 Ar've Sumter. ? 4 4<>? .'.* 7 2*1 Loavc S::mt?r. /.i've Columbia. . 4 4i fi 15 fl? 3.. f 7 2! 11 oil 9 ?? XV?. 52 runs through tro;o Charleston vi* Central R it. Leaving Ldtiss 2:22 A. M.. Manning B:*5?T A.M. f i Train on C. & D. T.. T-'-r^nnecta at Florene? with No. 5S. TRAINS GOiO*G NORTH. Le>-Ve Columbia. A'"?ve Suaiter. ?jVo. 5!,a?. 59jW 53 j 5? yi~, A M , p"lc |3??"3*?lt 7 4oj* 5 2* ll ??| 9 J-i 6 SS 9 15 10 40 Leave Sumter.I 'll 58| Arrive Florence.,. ] 15 ! A M ?No. 78? j No Tl Leave Finretsce.. v.I 4 3-Vjf II ?5?* 8 23 Leave Marion.j 5 :7? il 591 9 04 Arr. Wilmington. 1 S 35] | 1160 *Daily. f Da tl j except Sunday. No. 53 runs through to Charlton, S *".t vi? Central R R , arriving Manning 7:04 P. M., Lai.ex 7:4-2 P. M.. Charlton 9:10 P. M. No. 59 connects at Fl.?renee with C. aud D. train for Cher.iw ami Wadeshoro. No?. 7S and 14 an?ie close connection iii Wilmingron with W. & W. R. R.To'r all pon& North. Train rn Florence R. Tr. leaves Pee Dc? daily exe'tpt T-'umiay 5 ? P. M., arrive Rowland 7-3? P. M. Returi.in^ lenv* Rowland 7 00 A. M., arrias ?^'-? Dee Itl.OO A.M. Train on Manchester*; Augusta R. R. leaves Sumter <i.?ily exve??t Sunday, 1 0:35 A. M. ar? rive Pf?ctr?od I7.4&. i?eturn?ng le:ive Pine? wood 12:01, P. M.. arrive Sumter ?r2? P. M. JOHN F. DIVINE, tieneral Sup't. J. R KEN LY, Superintendent Trans. T. M. EMERSON. Gen. Passenger Ag't. Atlantis Coast Line. NORTIi-EASTEUX fx. R. OF S. C. CONDENSED SCHEDULE, _TRAINS GOING SOUTH. _Dated April 14, 1889 ?No. 27jN<>. 23?No/63 A. iL L^ftve Florence.. " Kin ?st ree Arrive Lanes.... Leave Lares. Ar've Charleston. *1 35 O 'Xi 2 ?0 2 50 5 00 A.M. *7 30 8 48 9 1*. P.M. fe oa 7 2i 7 45 9 20l* 7 50 ll 30 9 30 Train No. 63 takes No. 53 South of Lanes.r Train on C. & D. R. R. connects at Flor? ence with No. 61 Train. TRAINS GOING NORTH. ?No. 78?No. 14j.\o. 52?No.6< . ~7X~MT| P.M. A.M-. .Leave Charleston. *12 25 * 4 30 * 7 30"' Arrive Lanes. ! 2 45| 6 "23 9 l6 ? Leave Lanes.! 2 50i 6 28 | 9 2# " Kit.gstree. j 3 10 6 45 9 5$ Arrive Florence. 4 20 8 05 ll Itf * Daily, j Daily except S^rrday. Train No. 52 takes Ko. 62 North of Lanes. Train No. 62 connects at Florence witlj train on C. k D. R. R. for Cber?w, S. C , and Wadesboro. N. C. No. 52 runs through to Columbia via Central R "R. of S. C. Nos. 78 and 14 run solid to Wilmington, N\ C., making close connection with W. A W. R. R. for all points north. J. R. KEN LY, J. F. DIVIDE, . Supt. Trans. Geti'l Sapft. T. M. EMERSON, Gen'l PASS. Ageht. South Carolina Railway Co, PASSENGER DEPARTMENT. JD i NT TIME TABLE, NO. 2. Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Rail? road, anti Camden Branch S. C. Railway. I? effect Monday, -June 25th, 1888-. rOUTHBOCNO-. Nos. 155 a ra Leave Lancaster 6.30 " Pleasant Hill 6 53 " Oakhurst 7 01 " Kershaw 7.11 " Westville 7.25 " De Kalb 7 37 " Camden 8 00 " il June. 9 0-1 Arrive Kingville 9 31 .4 (columbia 10.15 '* Orangeburg 14 Charleston Augusta NORTHWARD. Nos. 137 a m Leave Augusta " Charleston " Clr.i!tgeV?urg ..' ('ol umina " Kingville " Camden June. DeKalb Westville 4 45 5 44 s :-:o 9 ?7 y 28 i 57 D ra 3 00 3.22 3 30 3 41 3 56 4.07 4.07 5 29 6.00 G.49 6 53 9 10 11.30 153 a m 7.09 8 57 8.50 9.45 10 16 1115 i i 37 fl 50 t> m 12 05 12 ?5 i 2 2 li i 2 45 13t p uv 4.55 5.30 5.42 5.47 6 28 6.54 8 00 io. or? li.oo 401 a ra 8. li.' p av; 2.C9 3.30. 4 15. 4 46 5.rc, 6 18s 6 2S 9."?2 l<t i<9 10 22 11 ru Division rua daily, 6.43 6.53 7.01 7 25 " Ker?h. w " Oakhurst .? Pie:if?::t iiiil Arri vj- Lancaster Trains cn Camden Sunday ? excepted. Through tralr-.s both ways between Lancas? ter and Columbi*. Through, coach both wa;, s between Lancas? ter and Charleston. Connections rr.a.'e at Co?i:m? ia for Wext and North, at Ch.nrW'nn ow Tuesda^s an<d Fridavs with steamers *vr NVw York : at Au?* gusta for the West. Through til ket? ou ?ale at Camden to all points. D. C. ALLEN. G?nerai Passenger and T:<-k"' Ac^rtt. SUMTER MARBLE ?0RKSl ESTABLISHED IN 1869. -BV W? P. SMITH. WHO IS STILL PREPARED WITH Improved Facilities, TO FURNISH MONUMENTS, HEADSTONES, -AND All 2?2.&S of Cemetery TSTorfc, In First Class Workmanship. Pee. 21._ . BRONSON HOUSE, Sumter, S. C. RATHS -Si PER DAY Liberal deduction according to time. Corafortabk Sontas. Good Ta^li. private Parlor for Ladies. J. H. DIXON", Nov. 28. Proprietor, RUBBER STAMPS NAME SUMPS FOR MALKiNG CLOTHING with indelible ink, cr for printing visiting, cards, and STA 31 PS OF ANY KI KR for stamping Bl SINKSS CARDS, ENVEL? OPES or anything else. Specimens of varioo*. styles on h?n?i. which will tic shown with pleas? ure. The LOWEST PRICES possible, ao<^ orders filled promptly. Call on C. P. OSTERN. At the Watchman and Sojtbron Ofi-C?^