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'HE SUsmSR WATCHMAN, Established April, 1850. kBe Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's THE TRUE SOUTHRON, established JUD?. 1*<* Consolidated Aug. 2, 1881.1 SUMTER, S. C., WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 28, 1889. New Scries-Toi. IX. So. 4. Published ?wry Wednesday, ?tt&q BY N. Gr. OSTEEN, SUMTJSK, S. C. TKRMS : Two Dollars per au o um-in advance. A D V B S T I S E M S S TS . Oue Square, first insertion...$1 00 ?^Kvery subsequent insertion. M) " "iSentracts for three moatfcs, or longer will be made at reduced rates. AU communications which subserve private interests will be charged for as advertisements Obituaries and tributes of respect will be charged for. The largest cad siost confide establishment South 6E?, S. HACKER & SON, Manufacturers of Beers, Sai, Blinds, Monlfling Aim suxcsxxre MATERIAL. OFFICE A ST- WA&KEOOXS, A??<jr, opposite Cannon Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. Jan I o BEST AND CHEAPEST. Ali GOODS GUARANTEED. Estimates furnished bj return Mail. lA8fi? STOCK. PROMPT SHIPMENTS. m i nm & co., MANUFACTURERS OF AND WHOLE SALS DEALERS IN DOORS, MSB, BUMS, MOULDING, -AtfD ggSnSRAL B?ILPDTG- MATERIAL Office and Salesrooms, 10 and 12 Hay ne St., CHARLESTON, S. C. Jan 25 O C. 0- BROWN ft COLUMBIA, a C. SASH & BLINDS, LATHS, LIME, CEMENT, PLASTER, AND HAIR. Frei? asi Aoerican Window Glass, PAINTS, OILS AND VARNISHES. CARTER WHITE LEAD, The Best in the Market. Special Attention Given to Orders hy Mail. C. O. BROWN & BRO., Opposite Post Office, COLUMBIA, S. C. Oct 5-o G. WULBEBN & CO., WHOLESALE GROCERS, AND DEALERS IS Pre?Mus, Lipers, Toteo, k 167 and 169 East-Bay, CHARLESTON, S. C. Dec. 2_6_ OHO F. WIETERS, WHOLESALE GROCER And Liquor Dealer. OFFICE AND SALESROOM : 183 East Bay, Charleston, S. C. Nor.'i o_ GM f. STEFFENS & SON, Established 1847. WHOLESALE GROCERS, Auction and Commission Merchants and Liquor Dealers. AGENTS FOR Celebrated Dove Brand Ham. The Philip Best Brewing Co., Milwaukee Beer. Maryland Hom: : * Mill?. Griffiths Bakery Co. Motts Cider and Vinegar. Banner Preset re Work?. Frank Packing Co. 197 EAST BAY ARD 50 AHD 52 STATE STS., (Acction Room State Street,) CHARLESTON, S. C. ?&* Consignments Solicited. Jan. 23. o PATRONIZE HOME TALENT. Life-Size Portraits in Crayon, MADE FROM PHOTOGRAPHS, f SUMTER, S. C. -BY MRS. E. J. DUNNE. Also prepared to teach a class in Drawing and Music 38. POWDER Absolutely Pure. This powder never varies. A marvel of purity, strength and wholesomeness. More economical than the ordinary kinds, and can oot be sold in competition with the multitude of low test, short weight, alum or phosphate powders. Sold only in eons. ROYAL BAK? ING POWDER CO., 106 Wali-st., X. Y. CATARRH Ely's Cream Balm Cleanses the Kasai Passa gos. Al? lays Inflammation. Heals the Sores. Restores the Senses of Taste, Smell and Hearing. A particle ls appl ?rd into radi nostril and Is RRrrrahlp. Price dOc. at Dru CK ?Hf? or by . ELY BROTIIEKS,56 Warien St.,Ncw York. Intelligent Beaders will notice that Ms Pills are not "warranted to eure9* all classes of diseases, trat only such as result from a disordered liver, Tics Vertigo, Headache, Dyspepsia, Fevers, Costiveness, Bilious Colic, Flatulence, etc. For these they are not warranted in? fallible, bat are as nearly so as it is pos? sible to make a remedy. Price, 25c ts* SOLD EVEEYWHEKE. From Dr. W. P. Harrison. NASHVILLE. TENN, y av 2,1:588-1 have used Swift's SpeciHc in my family for some time, and believe it to bc aa excellent remedy for r.li impa? rities of thc blood. In my own case. 1 believe tnat I have warded oil a severe attack of rheu? matism in thc shoulder by a timely report to this efficient remedy. In all cases where a IH.T manent relief is sought tins medicino com? mends itself fora constitutional treatment that thoroughly eradicates rUc sci ds of disease from thc system. YY. P. IIAXUUSOX. . . WACO. TENAS, May 0, Gentlemen: Thc wife of one of my custo mers: was terribly afflicted with a loathsome skin disease; that covered her whole body. She was confined to her bod for several years !<y this affliction, and could not help herself ;.t alt She could not sleep from a violent itching ard sting? ing of thc skin. Thc disca>c baffled thc skill of the physicians who treated it. Her husband besan filially trivium his w?fcSwiit'a Specific, and she commenced t ? improve almost immediately, and in a few weeks she was apparently well. She is now a hearty, fine-looking lady, with INJ trace of the affliction left. Yours very truly, J. E. SCABS, Wholesale Druggist. Austin Avenue. Treatise or. L"ood and Skin Diseases malled free. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.. Drawer 3, Atlanta, ?a. lier York, 75? Droadway. J. F. W. DELORMK Agent? -DEALER IN DUCKS & ?liras, TOILET SOAPS, PERFUMERY AND ALL KINDS OF Druggist's Sundries USUALLY KEPT IN A FIRST-CLASS DRUU STORE. Tobacco, Snuff and Scgars, GARDEN SEEDS, &C, -ALSO Paints, Oils, Varnishes, G J i ASS. PUTTY, Ac. DYK STUFFS. Physician's Prescriptions carefully compounded, and orders answered with care and dispatch. The public will find my stock of iledicines complete, warranted genu ?ne, and of the be6t quality. Call and sec for yourselves. BRONSON HOUSE, Sumter, S. C. RATES-$1 PER DAY. Liberal deduction according to time. Comfortable Rooms. Good Table, Private Parlor for Ladies. J. H. DIXON, No 23. Proprietor. WILLIAM KENNEDY. Fashionable Barber. MAIN STREET, Next door to Earle & Purdy's Law Office. SUMTER, S. C. IDESIRE TO INFORM the citizens ol Sumterand vici?ity that I have opened business on my own account at the above old stand, and that with ccy>?;ctent and polite assistants, I will be plcascj to serve them in any branch of my business in the best style of the art. Give me a call. WM. KENNEDY. Oct. 19. WRIGHT'S HOTEL, COLUMBIA, S. C. -o rpHIS NEW AND ELEGANT HOUSE, JL with all modern improvements, is now ?P?? for the reception of guests. S, L. WEIGHT ? SON, Proprietor?. {CopyriKht by J R Upplncott Company, Phila? delphia, Pa, and published by special arrange ment through the American Press Association.] 1COXTIXCED.] CITAPTER XXL US!! was nearly crushed by the blow. He was proud of tis family name. As far back as he could trace, every Hurlstone had been a man of honor. It re? mained for this generation to blot the escutch? eon-just, too, as he was winning for himself a conspicuous and important place in the metropolis, and (bitterer than all) just as he was trying to make every straw weigh in his favor with Helen Knowlton. It was a cruel blow, and it took all his manhood to rise up under it. His associates at the office of The Dawn showed the best side of their natures. They were kind and consider? ate all through this trying time. Al? though the story of the fraudulent mining company and the suicide and its attend? ing incidents were the sensation of the hour, they printed as little of it as possi? ble, and kept Rush's name out altogether. He liad no sooner returned to New York and settled down to work again than Archie Tillinghast called upon him and by his gentle and manly sympathy sealed their friendship with a seal that nothing could ever break. He also brought kind words from Bessie Archer and her mother and an in? vitation from Mr. Archer to spend the following Sunday with them. Rush was sincerely touched by these ex? pressions of sympathy, for he almost \ felt himself ostracized by the disgrace that had befallen him; and the finding of Uncle Lightfoot Myers' card at his lodgings one day did more towards con? vincing 3>im that there was something worth living for, after all, than anything that had happened since Iiis disgrace, for it showed a kindliness of spirit on the part of a mere acquaintance that ho had no reason to expect A short letter from Aunt Rebecca, who of course had heard nothing of tho tragedy that had cast so deep a shadow over the life of her young friend, an? nounced that she and Helen would sail from Liverpool on the 1st of September, so that they were nearly due in New York at the time Rush received the letter. With what conflicting emotions he read this announcement A few weeks ago it would have thrown him into an ecstasy of delight; now he buried his face in his hands, and his thoughts were not pleas? ant thoughts. Would Helen look upon John's conduct as disgracing his brother? Would she think there was crime in the blood of the family, and turn her back upon him? "I could not blame her," said Rush to himself, "for it would reflect upon her to be seen in the company of the brother of John Hurlstone, tho swindler and sui? cide. n And his strong frame quivered with agony. There was no relief from his thoughts but work. At his desk in The Dawn of? fice Rush could forget the frightful past, and he thanked God for work that must bc done. The 11th of September came, and he knew that the Germanic was to arrive that day. Ile would not go down to meet it, but would wait for Helen to take some steps that would end his sus? pense. What if he never heard from her? He almost believed that he would take his life, as his brother had done. Archie Tillinghast, who divined what was going on in Rush's mind, wont down to the steamer and met Helen and told her what had happened. His heart was with his friend in his trouble, and his recital Ulled Helen with sorrow. Her beautiful brown eyes swam with tears. Ali, if Rush might have seen them! "Poor boy! poor boy!" said she; "I long to see him, to tell him how deeply i I sympathize with him." "Have him round at once, Helen. Poor fellow, we must cheer him up," said Aunt Rebecca, in her hearty voice. "You are awfully kind, I am sure, but I am confident that ho will not come unless you ask him; he feels that he is a disgraced man, and he will not volun? tarily KO before any one, much less you, Miss Knowlton," answered Archie. "I will send him a word at once. Have you a pencil? Thank you; that is just the thing." And, taking a card from her card case, she wrote, "Aunt Rebecca and I were disappointed not to seo you at the steamer. If you will como in the evening at nine we will be alone. II. K." This she gave Archie to deliver, and. and after putting her in her carriage, ho went at once to Rush's lodgings, lie found Rush sipping his cafe au lait in a listless fashion. "Well, Rush, my boy, I havo seen her!" said Archie, throwing himself upon a convenient chair; "and I never thought better of your taste than I did today. She is simply superb. Uer trip lias douo her a world of good. Stick to it, old man; sho is :oo great a prize to lose. I believe I am half in love with her mv self." "I know you mean well, Archie, but your tone does not harmonize with my mood. I can't feel very gay when I know that my chances with Helen Knowlton aro slimmer today than they ever were and that any balanco there may have been on my 6ido of the ledger is now against me. The prospect is not pleasing, and I wish I wero dead." "Nonsense, Rush! I'm ashamed of you. You are not talking like a man. I begin to think you don't deserve so fine a wo? man. Why should you fly to the con? clusion that she will turn her back upon you because you are in trouble? You have no right to do lier so g.*eat an injus? tice, and I believe sho would be hurt to the quick if she knew you thought so poorly of her." "You forget, Archie,"answered Rush, sadly, "that I am not an accepted lover of Holen Knowlton. If I was, I should expect her to stand hy mo through thick : and thin. I am only a friend, a new ! friend at that, andi have my place in her ! regard still to win. Whether I am sue- ! cessful or not depends upon myself. If I can prove myself to ho everything I '? should liko to havo her believe me, well and good; but I have got to fight my j way in'.h by inch, and for many reasons ! my claims are not strong enough to give i me an instant hearing. My success is a : question of time and fortunato circum? stances." i "I suppose what you say is so," said Archie, pacing the room excitedly, "but, by heaven, it is a ?trange law of nature! One would think that any womanwould be proud of the honest love of an hone man. Not a bit of itl Women are que creatures; they don't seem to know wh< the right man comes along." "After all, how are they to know asked Rush. "Every man thinks he the right one. Look at tho men who ha^ loved Helen, for instance. I won't sc she has given thern any encouragemen but they have loved her just as truly a the same. I heard only the other day < a man who loved her with an hones sincero love. He was a lieutenant in tl army. He only met her once, and thc as only one of a dozen who were pr sented to her, but he saw her many timi on the stage of the Academy. He b lieved there was no hope for him, E was stationed at Governor's Island, bi he asked to be sent out on the frontiers that he might run a chance of bein killed. He was transferred as he r< quested, and, whenever there was skirmish with the Indians, put hinise in the front of tho fight. One day h was rewarded; a bullet hit him in a vite part and he died on the field. A frien of mine, an officer in the same regimcm found him dying, and asked him if h had any message he wanted deliverec 'Yes,' said the dying man; *cut a lock c hair from my head and take it to Hele: Knowlton, and tell her that I loved her md with these words upon his lips hi lied. My friend took his penknife an( :ut off the lock of hair and delivered i is requested. Helen was very much af fected by the incident, though she didn' remember the man at all Now, wh< shall say this poor fellow was not th< right man, if only he and she had knowi it? Certainly he loved her with an lion sst love." "True indeed," answered Archie, stil pacing the floor-"true indeed. Th< whole subject seems to be involved ir mystery. I don't know, after all, if an other war maxim is not to be applied t< affairs of the heart: 'To the victor belong the spoils.' But while we are dealing ir glittering generalities I am forgetting the object of my calL Here is a JittW note Helen scratched off for you on th< dock." And Archie handed the card t< Rush, who took it eagerly. "Did she know-did she know every? thing when she wrote this, Archie?" "Yes, old man-everything." "I will go, tlien-God bless her?" It s^-emed an ago to Rush before it wai time to go to Helen's house, and, al? though he was impatient for the hour tc come, his heart beat high with excite? ment and his cheeks were pale witb nervous dread when he rang the front door bell of the little house in West Twentieth street How strangely familiar the drawing room looked! Everything was as it had been the night before she sailed. A faithful servant had kept the place open and in order while she was gone, and it seemed as fresh and bright when she got back as though she had never l>cen away. Rush noticed the delicate odor of violets that hung alx)iii everything that belonged to Helen, and it brought lier as vividly before lus eyes as if she stood there in all her loveliness. He had not long to wait before she did stand be? fore him in her bodily presence. She came towards him with both hands ex? tended. "You must excuso my neglige. Mr. Hurlstone, but I didn't want to keep you waiting, and-I wanted to seo you. Aunt Rebecca will be down in a few mo? ments, but she is so busy with trunks that she can't come at once. Sit right down here on this sofa and tell mo how you are and how you've been." "I needn't ask you how you are," said Rush, at last finding voice to speak. Seating himself beside her, he regarded lier with undisguised admiration. He might well think her lovely; less preju? diced eyes would have agreed with him thoroughly. She had l)een helping Aunt Rebecca with the trunks, and had donned a Joose morning gown of soft white stuff, trimmed down the front and around thc neck and sleeves with dark fur. Tho red upturned point of a gold embroidered Turkish slipper peeped out from beneath her gown and gave thc only bit of color to her costume. lier brown hair was done up in a careless classic knot on the top of her head, and she looked as though she had just stepped out of a frame and it would tako very little to make lier step back again. Nothing could be kinder than lier manner to Rush. Her object seemed to bo to make him forget himself and his troubles, and sho talked about every? thing of interest sho had seen. Rush followed her vaguely, for ho could not shako off tho load upon his heart. Tho more she talked and tho moro beautiful she looked, tho worse ho felt. Among other things, sho asked him if he had seen anything of Uncle Lightfoot Myers while she was away. He replied that lie had not seen him, but that Mr. Myers had left his card at his lodgings. "I wonder if ho is in town now. When was it that he left his card?" Rush ran over in his mind all that aw? ful time, ne remembered his feelings when ho found the old gentleman's card, and tho recollection was moro than ho could bear. "It was only a few days ago," he man? aged to say. "I had just got back from home." And, with this memory fresh in his mind, he buried hisfaco in his hands. His frame shook with suppressed sobs and tho hot tears forced their way through his fingers. If you are inclined to call this an un? manly exhibition, you must remember that his nerves were strung up to a high pitch, that ho had gone through a great deal during tho past few days, and was not master of himself. Helen regarded him with feelings of tho most profound pity. "Poor boy!" she said, softly. And taking his hot head between her cool, soft palms, she kissed him gently on the forehead. CHAPTER XXII. ^jj^v E R II A P S sf^^^which Ili len I ?^?*^JsP/ touched Ku s ?i's /X^v^SW/ brow made him ff xii happy. On the HUZSS^STJ contrary, it made $^===??2r him very unbap Py; f?r he knew that if she had loved lum a** he loved lier she would no moro havo kissed him tuan she would have put her hand in tho lire and burned it off. It was a kiss of friendship-a sisterly kiss-any sort of kiss except tho I kiss of love; ami Rush llurlstone's heart sank into his boots, ile felt more hope- j less at that moment than at any other timo during his courtship. His inter- ; view with Helen, however, did him j good. It at least assured him of her friendship: and friendship, by careful cultivation, might be changed iiito'some- ! thing warmer. West Hastings had not returned from Europe yet, and Rush had the field al- ; most to himself, for it was early in the j season, and the men whom LLylen knew were mostly out of town. He ?i i msc was at her house every day-not exact] as a caller, but more as a brother, was to. bring her a book, to show h< something in the papers she might n< have seen, to try over a piece of mus with her; there was always some goc excuse, rielen was more than glad t have him, partly because sho liked a tention, and partly because she liked bright man with whom she could be c sisterly terms. Rush's hours at Th Dawn office weare such that his time wa his own from noon, when ho got uj until 9 o'clock in the evening, who he was due at his desk, where he n mained until 2 or half past. The opera season would not begin ur til the middle of October, but Helen cor eluded to stay in New York to look aftc some costumes and rehearse some ney roles. Rush began to think that fate wa kind to him at last, for nothing coul have been more delightful than hisaftei noons at Helen's. Though neither Rus nor Helen were sentimental, as the ten: is usually interpreted, they were bot very fond of poetry. Rush had rea more than she had, and it was his de?gh to lead Helen through this path of litei ature. She was devoted to Mrs. Browr ing's sonnets from the Portuguese. Rus had gone through that phase, and le? her on to the sonnets of Shakespeare am of Dante. The latter they read in th original, nelen reading and Rush askin: questions when he did not quite undei stand the Italian. It really was an idea time, and Rush, being uncertain of th future, wished that it might last indefi nitely. But of course this wasn't to b expected. It was soon over, and poetr gave way to contracts, Mr. Maxmann' visits growing mere frequent as Rush' grew more rare. However, Rush found himself at Ilel en's house as often as he could hope t< be there. It really seemed as though lu was necessary to her. His attention were constant, but not .annoying, ant she soon began to realize that he was ii love with her. At first she didn't lik< the idea at all, because she thought i would break a pleasant friendship. Any thing beyond that seemed to her out o tho question. He was entirely too young though he was a dear, good fellow am ?she was very fond of him. When sh< saw that he had apparently no intentior of declaring himself, and that their rela tions remained just as they had been al along, she settled herself down to the ok way. and almost made up her mind thai a touch of such a feeling as Rush's addet a piquancy to friendship. Tilings went on this way all winter but ono day in the early spring Rusl walked in upon her with a telegram ir his hand. He looked excited, but no1 particularly happy. "Here is a dispatch from my chief,' said he, "ordering me to London to re organize The Dawn bureau over there. It is a big thing, sis far as business goes, but I can't say that 1 feel like leaving New York. I shall be guided by youi advice. What shall it be?" Helen hesitated a few moments and then said: "If you wish mc to tell you what I be? lieve would be for your best interest, 1 should say at once, "Obey tho order.' If ? went by my own feelings I should say, 'Stay at home,' for I shall miss you very much." "Then I shall go, !>oth because your judgment in the matter is sound and l>e cause I shall l>e so flattered to have you miss me. Our chief orders by cable and ho expects his orders to bc obeyed almost in the same manner, -i shall have to sail to-morrow." ._ " To-morrow P "So the order says. Well, I suppose I had better let the folks at home know it and make such arrangements as are nec? essary and be oif. I thai! be around in tho morning to say good-by. but this evening 1 shall have t > <!... . .. . lice. There will bea tlvusau ! :_ u . things to attend to. If there is anything I can do for you on tho other sido, com? mand mc. To bc executing your orders, though three thousand miles away, will afford me the greatest delight." And so Rush talked on for half an hour, unable to tear himself away, though well aware that it was high time for him to be eil. The next morning he was at tho house again. Helen was taking her late break? fast when he came in, dressed in her prettiest morning gown, and looking like a bit out of Watteau as she sipped her tea from a Sevres cup and patted the head of her pet greyhound. Helen was not one of those young women who think it \ailgar to eat. She had a healthy appe? tite, and was fond of good eating; but she ate very daintily, and had a way of fixing her food before she l>ogan eating that made it particularly attractive. Thc presence of Rush did ribt in tho least in? terfere with lier appetite. She was very particular about her teas, and she brewed him a cup of what Americans usually call "English breakfast tea," but what Hush called nectar. Arni so over the breakfast table they laughed and talked until it was time for Rush to say good by. He had been very gay, nervously so, up to this point; but now Iiis courage failed him, and Helen, too, showed signs low spirits. She told him she was going to miss him; but she had no idea how much she would miss him when sho spoke. "I must give you something to remem? ber mc by, for if I do not you will forget me over there among those pretty'Eng? lish girls." And sho looked al ?out her for something appropriate, "Ah, here is just the thing." sho said, going to her writing desk. "Watch seals are coming int!? fashion again; hero isa curious old one that belonged to my grandfather; he ? sealed all his love letters to my grand- j mother with it. I don't know whether ? I ought to givo you an heirloom, but then 1 feel as if you wereoneof tho fam? ily-a younger brother, or cousin, or something of that sort. See. isn't ?todd?" And she handed the seal to Rush. Ile examined the curious workman? ship, and then turned the seal to thc light. It was not only old fashioned, it was pretty. Tho stone was sardonyx, j and thc intaglio represented a dove liv- | ing with a letter tied around its neck, j Underneath was tho legend, in French, "From thy true lover." Rush blushed to the roots of his hair as ho read it. Ult Helen, who had forgotten what the in- j seri pt ?on was until she saw him blush, pretended not to notice. Taking the seal carelessly from Iiis hand, t.lio fastened it on his watch chain. "There," she said, "let that be your talisman. See that you don't give it away, and good luck will attend you wear it." "You couldn't have given me any? thing that would please mo more." said Rush, recovering from his embarrass?. mont. "For you to care to givo me any parting gift is of itself flattery enough: but to give mo a thing about which there is such a pretty family sentiniont is be? yond anything I had a right to expect. You may l>c sure that \ will never part from this talisman. I shall get so fond of it that my only fear is that i may use it for bealing oili?e letters. That would bc horrible, wouldn't it? I should like, and he hesitated; "I should like to seal such letters as I may be allowed to send to you with it." And he looked eagerly for lier reply. "Indeed no," she answered him ban? teringly. "What a serape I would find myself in with my French maid ! Be fore two letters were sent yo;? would find paragraphs in the newspapers about it. No, indeed, my friend; no practical jokes at my expenso." Rush felt that his time had not come y t, so'there was nothing left for him to do but to leave a good-by message for Aunt Rebecca, who was at the Academy of Music, harassing Maxmann, say good by to Helen and take himself off. "Well," said he, rising, "the best of friends must part. I little thought when I bade you bon voyage last spring that in a few months I should hear the same words from your lips. I shall be aw? fully homesick, there's no doubt of that; but if you will occasionally drop me a line, if it's only a business letter, I shall be supremely happy." "You know 1 am a poor correspond? ent," answered Helen; "but you can re? lieve your homesickness by writing to mo. I love to get letters, particularly such interesting ones as you will be sure to write; only don't seal them with that seal." And she laughed a merry laugli. "You must tell me everything about your business, for I am very much in? terested in your success." she added, taking bis hand. "Whatever success I have had. or am to have. Miss Knowlton, is due to your encouragement. The kind word:? I have had from you, and the desire I have to make make myself worthy of your kind? ness, are an incentive that few young men have when they begin the work of their lives," said Rush, with a touch of sentiment in his voice. "It's very amiable of you to say so, and I should be very pleased to know that any word of mine had been of help or encouragement to you; but I think you over estimate the encouragement you have received from me. Not that I am not deeply interested in you; both Aunt Rebecca and I liked you the very first day we saw you. You are a [?artic? ular favorite of my aunt's. I won't say what I think of you," she added, with a smile; "it might make you vain." So they said good-by, and in a short time Rush was on board the steamer bound for Liverpool. Archie Tillinghast came down to see him off, and brought a pleasant message from the Archers Bessie and all. They congratulated him on his foreign appointment, and hoped that it was but the stepping stone to bet? ter things at home. And so Rush sailed from New York. He was a good sailor, and enjoyed every hour of the voyaga There were not many people going over, but those who were proved to be agree? able traveling companions. Rush spent a good deal of his time in writing letters to Helen that ho never intended to send, and in sealing them with tho forbidden seal. Tlie amount of comfort he extracted from this imaginary correspondence was really astonishing. CHAPTER XXIII. RRIVED in London, the first thing Rush did af ter engng , ing lodgings was to cali upon his chief. He found Mr. Plum mott in an amiable frame of mind and dis? posed to be very friendly. Rush learned afterwards that his chief's good humor and accessibility on this occasion werf a !::'.' . :. ... . *. At fitter ?:-?.;. ! . '???h* i:? u;r ?ternoon sometning nac? to put him hi a good humor and got the benefit of it. John Gaspar IM un un etc was a peculiar ? man. ile was the .son of a very abie father, and had inherited a fortune and a I newspaper. Asa young man he had been very wild, and at forty he was not tamed to any great extent. His exuberance of spirits showed itself in the conduct of his paper. Ile got up the wildest schemes and generally carried them out with suc? cess, thus making The Dawn the l?est known newspaper in America and tho best known American new-sparer in Eu? rone. Plununett, without hiing hand? some, was very distinguished looking. He had a tall, aristocratic ligure and l>ore himself with a great deal of dignity. It would bo impossible for a stranger to pass him in the street without turning around and saying t?? his companion, if he happened to have one, "Who is that distinguished looking man?'* He was very particular about his dress, and had ; a style of lits own that his friends tried to imitate: but. as few hid <:?:.:., a : ... tlie imitation was not se.?-cess-'a! !.' -o plc who knew i'lum::!*.::! sh;4?:ii; ' .: ?i that his wild schemes were without j method, and that he was a harum-scar? um sort of fellow, who did everything hitor miss, and whose business was at loose ends. On the contrary, lie always knew what he was about, and he had a long head for business. Although he was seldom in New York, he watched his pa per careful ly ami knew who wrote every article in it. He had been looking closely after Rush ever since he came upon the paper, and was very much pleased with his work. When he found that his London o?l?ce was hot managed as he thought it should !?e. be at once made up his mind that Rush was the manto reorganize it. And he proved to he right. In a general way he told Rush what he would like to see done, but he ?lid not give very minute instructions, as he wanted lo see-what the young tuan would do if left to him? self Havtr.g had charge of the foreign J department in New York, Rush knew i.j. shortcomings and had a plan mapped out lor its improvement. This he laid ttefore Mr. Plummclt. It won his instant ap? proval Rush thoroughly disliked the system of "interviewing." carried on as it had been up to this time; but he saw oppor? tunities for making it a great feature. To run after every fifth class actress be? fore she had fairly landed in New York and ask her what she thought of Amer? ica was disgusting to him: but to get a statesman to talk upon an important ^ subject, or to get personal memoirsfrotn/ distinguished men of letters, he belt?jP?xl w as not'?lily interesting, but a legirfuiate branch of journalism. His brightness and sinoeritv of purno<r? n*fid*? *-;;" .? ' great i ...'?.. - ./ men ol' England, nn/iie sc . . getting some importan' interview s out of j them. In the matter of foreign news he j kept The Dawn hours ahead of any oilier New York paper, and everybody inter- ' estcil in newspaper work said that Rush Hurlstone was a journalist of mark. For two years Rush stayed in London Two busy years they were. Ir? all this time he liad not seen Helen, but he had heard from her occasionally. She did not hesitate to tell him that she missed him, but she did not tell him how much she wished that ho was kick in Mew York. If Rusli had planned his abruce as a ruse he could not have planned a more successful one. The man who in? vented the proverb. '.Out of sight, out of mind" didn't know what he was talking about. "Out of sight, never out of mind" would lie nearer the truth. Helen had never thought so much of Rush as during his absence. I can't say that he thought more of her, for I do not see how that would have been possible. Helen's life was a busy one, too: but still she missed Rush almost as much as though she had been an idle woman. He was not a man to be taken out of a young woman's life and not be missed. Rush heard occasionally from Archie Tillinghast, who sometimes spoke of Helen, but moro frequently of I Jessie Archer. Bessie was getting to bo more like her old self, and Archie began to hope, as she now had no crackbrained agitators on her visiting list She had tried wood carving and amateur photography as a pastime, anil now she was amusing her? self by trying to hatch chickens with a patent incubator. Rush was very glad to hear this, for he had feared that Bes? sie, in her craving for something that so? ciety could not give her, might fall again into dangerous company. Ile did not know her. The lesson she had learned lasted her a lifetime. At the end of Rush's two years in lan? don Mr. Plum mott sent for him to come over to Paris, where he w;is li vi?:- in great style. Rash crossed l! and hurried on to Paris to learn a piece of important news. The managing edi? tor of The Dawn was getting too old to do his work satisfactorily, so Mr. Plum mott concluded to retiro him on a pen? sion and offer Rush the vacant chair, with a salary of ten thousand dollars. This tiie young editor was only too well pleased to accept. Armed with his chief's orders, he returned to New York by the first steamer. None of his friends knew of his coming. He hadn't timo to write, and he thought it hardly worth while to cable. The trip home was as uneventful as the trip over had boen, but Hush's sensations were immeasurably different. Before he had been sailing away from Helen, now he was sailing to her: and when tiie vessel reached quarantine he made a rough calculation to see if he would not gain time by swimming ashore. He concluded, however, that he would be taken for a thief or a luna? tic if he gave way to any such impulse, and so remained quietly on board until the vessel arrived, at her dock. Again he had to restrain himself, for he wanted to drive direct to Helen's house from the steamer. Instead, he drove to tho Brc voort, winch was his headquarters for some time to come. New York had never looked so attractive to him as it did on this October morning. He saw plainly enough where it fell short of London's grandeur; but there was a homelike look about the place that was very grateful to a man who had been away for two years. Even the strangers in the streets looked Mice old friends. Rush had learned from a daily paper, brought on board the steamer by the pilot, that tho opera season would rot begin for a fortnight, so he knew that Helen's time would be comparatively un? employed. He also saw by the 6ame paper that "our distinguished prima donna. Miss Helen Knowlton," had ar? rived in town from Saratoga, and was occupying "her charming little house in West Twentieth street." ne first sent a telegram to his motlier, telling her that he had arrived, and then he set about unpacking his trunks and pre^ari^.:'? to f-" ::',::'::? SB divested &fe!? f he appeared at i. a j . older than when he left. The reason for li i is was largely attributable- to the imposing Van? dyke beard and mustache ho had grown during his absence, which not only made him look cider, but were exceedingly be? coming. Arrived in sight of Helen's house. Rush felt his heart beating like a trip hammer; but it almost siood still when he fcOt to within twenty feet of the ?loor, for there, slowly coming down the front steps, was the hated West Hastings. Hastings was so much occupied with his own thoughts that he did not see Rush. The expression cm his face was one of undisguised .surprise. He looked as though it were imj>ossible for him to believe what had hapj>ened: but whether he could not realize his good fortuno or his bad. Rush was unable to decide. Ile ma.de up his mind, however, that he would kr.ow before- he left Helen V. house, and en?'? the suspense he '.:a j i :: :. mg in for tho psst liva-"yesjM. bsd notei, but tho tig!:t of '.Ves! ii aroused all the jealousy in his na? ture and made him fully alive to the fact that he was occupying a very uncertain position. His mind was now fixed, and he rang the door boll with sud* a determined pull that tho lit tlc bell tinkled for several minutes, anc tho old man servant who had l>een so long attached to Helen's service forgot his dignity for once and came running to the <l(K>r. He was as much pleased as surprised to see Rush, and ushered him unannounced into the drawing room, where Helen was standing, apparently lost in thought, before the wood fire that crackled on the hearth. Indeed, she was so absorbed that she did not hear Rush enter the room, and he had tho pleasure of gazing upon her in all her lovely un unconsciousness. A long sigh escaped from her lips, and, as she raised her eyes, sh?* saw Hush advancing iowan: . '?..r \ loo? t?? terror ?-:: <>. .: ?.. r t.e.v. tu . she gave a low cry <>l alarm. "I hope 1 have not frightened you," said Hush, talcing her hand; "but I was so lost in admiration that 1 did not dare to speak and break the diann." When she saw that it w:us Hush, and not an apparition, she blushed to the tips of her shell like ears and said: "1 was thinking of you at that very moment, find when I looked up and saw you standing there before mo my heart stood still, and I actually thought it was n spirit and not real llosh and blood. But how you have changed! You look older by years than you did when you went away." "i am delighted to hear that, for you o-<?! ?.i 5VM*I ure r>*r? v .'. -n ?.? place on tiie !. ari .i ruy "Did I? I am grieved to know that i was ever so rude as to make such per? sonal remarks: but I eau never say any? thing of that sort again, for you certainly look much more than two years older." "I cannot say that of yon." said Rush; "you look ten years younger." "Don't tell me that: people always be? gin telling a womal: hy vj soung she loots when they realize that she is no longer young. It Ls t*he first si;rn that ciel age is creeping on. Bur tell me what this means-why are you nonie? I sun pose your departure from London must have been sudden, or you would have let your friends know cf the treat ia store for them." "Now please don't guy me; Iiis* Knowlton," said Rush. "My departure from the other side was sudden; I didn't; j know until forty eight boa. before I ; sailed that I was to como. Tho chief ! sent for me to meet him in Paris. Thero j he told me ho wanted rae to become j managing editor of The Dawn at oace: so I hurried back to New York by tho first steamer. "Managing editor of Tho Dawn! You take your honors coolly. That is as tine a position as a journalist could have. X congratulate you; but I am not sur? prised. From tho way I heard peopio speak of your work ia London, I wa? prepared for anything." "People were very kind to speak well of my work. If they liad only know? my incentive, however, they would liave wondered why I didn't do better. But enough about me; tell me about yourself; that ?3 a much moro interesting subject. You looked sad as I entered, and you breathed a deep siglL Has anything gone wrong? I wish you would make me your confidant; you must know that I would not oniy share any of your troubles, but take the burden of them upon my own shoulders most cheerfully." A troubled expression passed over .??'i ?. fase, a*n x ret wi?-i? '-i triers *.?? ?- 'i thing amusing i:ad happened, j "I saw Mr. Hastings leaving your door as I entered. Had you said anything to? make him very liappy-or very unhappy? His face wore a most peculiar expres? sion." "I don't know whether he was happy or unhappy in his mind. The only sen? sation lie expressed before me was one of surprise." And she smiled at the thought. "You will forgive mo if I ask you a question point blank. I have a feeling that Mr. Hastings mado a proposal of marriage to you this afternoon. Am ? right?' said Rush, as quietly as a mau could when very much excited. "Mr. Hurlstone," said Helen, rising,, "you forget yourself. Your question isf impertinent" "No, it is not impertinent No mans who loves a woman as I love you would ask her an impertinent question. I must be answered once and for alb Every one says you are engaged .te- Mr. T?ast ? ings. Is it true?" Rush's heart beat so hard and fast that it almost choked him Hts eyes wero fixed intently upon Helen's, as though he would read every thought that passed through her brain. She hesitated a mo? ment before answering him; and thou sho said, slowly, in a low, soft voice: "No, I am not engaged to Mr. Hast? ings. 1 liave never been engaged to? him, and I never shall bc." "Then, Helen," said Rush, taking lier hand, "will you listen to me? I liavc loved you devotedly for five years-ever since my eyes first saw your beautiful face. I have had no thought but of you during all these years. I did not tell you of my love, because I believed that you wero not to be taken by storm-at least not by me, who at that time could be nothing moro to you than a boyish ac? quaintance. But I lived every day of my life with tho one end in view. You are to me life, and love, and everytbin-j that there is in the world. If you will be my wife you will have a lover for a husband to the end of your days. If yoir say no to me, God help mel I am nc'J man enough to bear such a blow quietly. But you will not sav no. n~'er:-"cu , wiio vr ors. ii ?2- 3 vc wi, *" io ; a . my i.^r ^ ou. -? ?:??.*^E a ao : ? carmo*. l*v~e w?.j? ???gsr iii ;ii>: <*ns - viii ...vu be ruy wife?" spoke every word slowly^ zn?. with au intensity that there was no mia taking. Helen stood paie as de^rh befofa him, and in a voicescaieely audible, saia; . "It cannot bel it cannot bei" 'My God, Helen, what do you mean? Do you love another man?" "No, I love no other man; but it can? not be; you would repent in sackcloth j ami ashes before you were 80. Don t I you know I am five years older than you? I would be an old woman while you were a young man." "And would you let such a thing as thaf wreck a man's life? I couldn't love a woman younger than myself. A wo? man is not interesting to me until she i.i 30, though I began to love you when you were 23. Is this question of years the only obstacle in my way, Helen?" "It is insurmountable," said Helen, ir* a whisper, turning her head away. "My darling!" 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