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*? SUMTER WATCHMAN, K.t.b?shed April. ISSU. "Be Jnst and Fear nOt--Let all the Ends thoa Aims't at.' be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's ? TBE TKCE SOOTHRON, Established June, 16i# Consolidated Au?. 2, 1881.1 SUMTER, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 1890. New Series-Vol. IX. Ko; 4$. Cjjt Minti gnus aub j?ont ??roa. Published e?er7 Wednesday, BT N- GK OSTEEN, SUMTER, S. C. TKKM8: Two Dollars per annum-in advance. ADVERTISEMENTS. O tte Square., firs; insertion...~....S1 00 Every subsequent insertion. 50 Contracts for three mont4i6, or longer will be made at reduced rates. All communications which subserve private interests will be charged for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect will be charged for. C I. HOYT. H A. HOYT 4 C. I. HO?T & BRO.. Sold and Silver Watches, Clocks, Jcsxlry, Spectacles, HERIDK?f BRITANIA SILVERWARE, kc. REPAIRING A SPECIALTY. Feh 1_ Lu E. LEGRAND, WATCHMAKER ANO JEWELER, SUITES, S. C. TIE UNDERSIGNED 2.v?? notice td the citizens of Sumter aud vicinity that ht* ha* open*^ **??in ss in the store on M ?in Street next Karta of S P. Rii-k?r k <'<?.. here he is preimred to do any work uertxin ing to Wa-lrises, Olenka, a tm Jewetrv, mid gnat-ante* Satisfaction in same. Watches de maenfiistd by electricity, and key-winders cJvuntred to stem-winders. A call i;? solicited. L E. LEGRAND. March 5 A ATTENTION ! Citizens of Sumter and Vicinity ! J. M. WINGATE & GO. Have opened a Wai and Wwript Sap. At the old stand of John I Brunsoi . on R? pnMicHn Street, opposite Gr*h>ui*s S'a dt?, guarantee to do 6r-?l class work in evert de? partment of their ou*ioe$sl and a.-k UM* nat roanne of the citizens of Swatter and ?ictnit> G?T<* H? a trial, ('onie Nitd get fi ral cla?? work at iioitum pricer. A. WHITE & SONT Fire Insurance Agency, ESTABLISHED 1806. Represent, among other Companies: LIVERPOOL k CONDON k GLOBS. SORT!,* BRITISH k MERCANTILE. HOME, of New York. UNDERWRITERS' AGENCY, N. Y. LANCASTER INSURANCE CO. Capita) represented, $75,?>0o,000. P?*h. 12 A. 15. STUCKEY. JOHN T. GREEN. STUCKEY & GREEN, Attorneys at Law, SU 31 TE ll, S. C. March 26 J. D. KENNEDY, Attorney at Law, BAM DEN, S. C. Will practice in Kershaw and adja? cent coontie*. M ch. 1 SHAVING DONE BY ELECTRICITY -AT C. G. REDIC'S, Next door to T. C. S??ffe. Jae I GET MONEY FROM YOLK BEES. IP YOU WANT YOUR BEES TO PAY you a i?ro6?, get the new appliances for keeping them. HIVE**, FRAMES, SEC? TIONS, FOUNDATIONS, kc, at bottom prices. Seod for price list to J. P. II BROWN, Augusta, Ga. K. B.-Beeswax taken in exchange for sup? plies. Itch. 5. Dr.TTW; BOOKHART, DENTAL SURGEON. Office o?er Bultman k Bro.'sShoe Store. KNTKAXCK O.V ?AJX STRKKT. SUMTER, S. C. Office Hours-9 to 1:30 ; 2:30 to 5. April 17-o e. w. DICK, D. rx s. Office over Begin's New Store, BXTSAKCK OS MAIN STREST, SUMTER, S. C. Office Hours.-9 to 1.3Q ; 2:30 to 5. Sept 8 1 For the following well-known and reliable FIEE Insurance Companies. I And solicit a share of the i FIRE INSURANCE BUSINESS. Our rates are as low and our policies as liberal as any first class Insurance Companies. THE QUEEN, of England. THE NORWICH UNION, of Englaud. THE NIAGARA, of New York. THE CONTINENTAL, of New York. TilE NORTH AMERICAN, of Philadelphia. THE GIRAUD, of Philadelphia. THK MERCHANTS, of Newark, N. J. ALTAMONT MOSES. I STILL CONTINUE To keep a first class stock of G-SHEB?L MERCHANDISE. -THE BARGAINS are too numerous to enumerate. I invite the attention of close biivol's who desire first class goods. Call special attention to our Butler and Teas. ALTAMONT MOSES. Feb 12. E. CARDARELLI, MANUFACTURER OF TINWARE, ROOFING, GUTTERING, CORNICES, ETC. Sheet Iron, Brass and Cop? per Metal Work. Pumps and Lamps of ever}' de? scription. Only the best of workmen employed, and the bart of material used. Every? thing done under my own supervision, sud all work guaranteed. PRICES THE LOWEST. ICE, ICE, ICE, Kept during the season and will be delivered to holders of tickets. E. CARDARELLI, Corm r Main and Reputdicaii Streets, Sumter, S C. April 30 MACHINERY, W. H. GIBBES, J?., & CO., COLUMBIA, S. C. STATE AGENTS FOR LIDDELL & CO/S Engines, Boilers, Saw Mills, Sec. Deering Harvesting Machinery, ! Thomas Rakes, Wind Mills, ! Ice Plants, Cane Mills and Evaporators, Wood-working Machine ry. lu fact anything, from a Plow Poi ut to a Cotton Seed Oil Mill AT BOTTOM PRICES. A fair price allowed for old engine* ?D exchange for new out6ta W. tl. It EID, Mayesville, S C Agent fur Sumter and Kershaw Co s and Clarendon, East of Ceotral ll ll Muy 7-x_ DRESSMAKING. IADIES' DRESSES CUT AND MADE ^ in the latest sn le. St and work war? ran led and satisfaction guaranteed, by Mias Adeie Osteen, Republican street, opposite Barby Avenue. Prices as reasonable as good ? work eau be JoJe for. Keb NOTHING SUCCEEDS LIKE SUCCESS. Thereon RA DA.M'S MICROBE KILLER is the most wonderful med ici ne, is because it has never failed in anj in? stance, r.o matter what the disease, from LEPRO? SY to the simplest disease known to the Luman system. The scientific men of to-day claim and prove that every disease is CAUSED BY MICROBES, AND RADAM'S MICROBE KILLER Exterminates the Microbes and drives them out of the system, ?nd when that is done you cannot have an ache or pain. No matter what the disease, whether a simple case of Malarial Fever or a combination of diseases, we cure them ul! at the same time, as we treat all diseases constitutionally. Asthma, Consumption, Catarrh, Bronchitis, Rheumatism, Kidney and Liver Disease, Chills and Fever. Fe? male Troubles, in all it? forms, and, io fact, every disease kuowu to the human system. Beware of MM Imitations ? See that our Trade-Mark (same as above) appears on each j-ig. Send for book 1.History of the Microbe Killer,' given away by Dr. A. J. China, Druggist. Syle Agent. J.n 22 COL! U.SA. Elv'S Cream Balm Cleanses the Kasai Passages. Al? lays inflammation. Heals the Sores. Restores the Senses of Taste, Smell and Hearing. A rcri'-?."* ?s applied intconchnos?ri? sad i> c?rei-?ili?i*. T': ?ee-i?0?*. n; iirnjrjrist* or by ssc.il* EL i 3KOTIIK?tS,56 Warren SuNew York. THE Simms NATIONAL BANK, OF SUMTER. STATE, CITY AND COUNTY DEPOSI? TORY, SUMTER, S. C. Paid up Capital.$75.000 00 Surplu? F..nd. 7,500 00 Transacts a G -neral Raking Business. Careful attention givea to collections. SAVINGS DEPARTMENT. Deposits of $: and upwards received. In? terest allowed at the rate of 4 per cent per icnuni PainMe quarterly, on first da)s of Jinuarv, April, Jul? and October. R. M. WALLACE, Vice President. L S .CARSON, An gr 7 Cashier. Tl Bli 01? sunni. SUMTI?R, S G. CITY AND COUNTY DEPOSITORY. Transacts a general Banking business. Also h: 8 A Savings Bank Department, Deposits ot Si 00 and upwards received. Interest calculated at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum, payable quarterly W. F. B. HAYNSWORTH, A. W?IITK. JR , President. Cashier. Aug 21. T.iLBOr r & SUNS, RICHMOND, VA., MANUFACTURERS, Will furnt.^li lowe-t estimates ou all kinds of machinery: ENG INKS AND BO ILK RS, SAW MILLS AND GRIST MILLS, COTTON GINS, PRESSES AND ELEVATORS, BRICK AND TILING MACHINERY PLA N E R S A N D WOO D - W OH K - ING MACHINERY. Write to me for prices before buying. V. C. BADHAM, General Agent, Fd, 10- o Columbia, S. C. C. 0. EBEBHARQT, Merchant Tailor, Opposite thc Opea House, COLUMBIA, S. C , HHS now in stotet*.e finest stock of piece gooiis t-Vt-r i fi-I ? ii by him, which will !.<. made tip to order in th.-1 ??-.-T M_\ und w?th prompt? ness. S i f i -1" . fT if i II i ra n teed. Au IXaUi: nation c?f<t?ck i* invited. March ILL The public arc invited to call and in? spect our new stock of Spring and Summer MILLINERY. Children's a:?d Infants' Lice Caps. FLOWERS, FEATHERS AND RIBBONS, TRIMMED AND UNTRIMMED Hats and Bonnets. z Er n ric s IN ALL COLORS AX!) SHADES. Orders intmsted to our care will receive prompt attention. MRS. WHITE fe MISS MILLER. April [r TI lilli Ey Capt. CHARLES KL??&, U. S. A. A uthor oj' "Dienrttccn Ranch? "The Colo? nel's Daughter? "Marion's Faith? Etc., Eic. [i}-ipyri~lit. hy J ?? Uppinoi-rt O'rpnny, Phila? delphia, aa.l published by sj.>eeia.l uiTa^c-inciit vi; j lunn. J I CONTINUED.! CHAPTEIi V. ..1 Wile (jirl knelt soblnng and terrified. Down in tlic valley south of tho posta broad glare was already shooting up? ward and illuminating tho sky. One among a dozen little shanties and log houses, the homes of the laundresses of the garrison and collectively known as Sudsville, was a mass of flames. There was a ru.- h of officers across tlie parade, i and tho men. answering the alarum of the trumpet and the ?hots and shouts of the sentries came loaring from their quarters .and plunging down tho hil!. Among the Hrst on the spot carno the young men who were of the party at Capt. Hayners, mid Mr. Graham was ahead of them all. It was plain to the most inexperienced eye that there was hardly anything left lo save in or about the burning shanty. All efforts must bo directed towards preventing the spread of tlie flames to those adjoining. Half clad women and children were rushing about, shrieking with fright and excite? ment, and a few men were engaged in dragging household goods and furniture from those tenements not yet reached hy the flames. Tire apparat us there seemed to be none, though squads of mon speed? ily app ared with ladders, axes and buckets, brought from the di ?To rent com? pany quarters, and the arriving officers quickly formed the bucket lines, and water dipped from the iar crook l?ogan j to fly from hand to hand. Before any? thing like this was fairly under way, a scene of semi-tragic, semi-comic inten? sity had been enacted in the presence of a rapidly gathering audience, "it was worth more than the price of admission ti? hear Blake toll it afterwards," said the officers, later. A tall, angular woman, frantic with excitement and terror", was dancing a!x>ut in the broad glare of the barning hut, tearing her hair, making wild rushes at the Hames from time t:> time as though ! intentan dragging out su.a.* prized oh j j ct th::! was being cons ini. J L-eforehcr eyes, and all the lime keeping up a vol ! y of maledictions and abuse in lavish Hibernian, apparently directed at a cow? ering object who sat in limp helplessness upon a little heap of firewood, swaying from side to side and monning stupidly through the scorched and gri ny hands in which his face was hidden. His cloth? ing was still smoking ia places; his hair and l>eard were singed lo the roots: be i was evidently seriously injured, and the j sympathizing soldiers who had gathered ! around him after deluging kim with j snow and water were stri ving to get him i to arise and go with them to the hospiud. A little girl, not ten years old, knelt sob? bing and t< rriliod liv his side. She. too. was scorched and singed, and the sol? diers had thrown rough blankets about her: but it was for her father, not her ! self, she seemed worried to distraction. I .Some of thc women wen; striving to re I assure and comfort her in* their homely fashion, Liddingher cheer up-the father was only stupid from drink, and would IK- all right as soon as "the lifjuor was off of him." Hut thc little one was be? yond consolation so long as he could not or would not speak in answer lo her en? treaties. .Ml this time, never pausing fer breath, shrieking anathemas on her drunken spouse, reproaches on her frightened child, and invocations to all the blessed saints in heaven to reward the gintleman who had saved her hoarded money-a smoking packet that-she hugged to her breast-Mrs. Clancy, ' tlie saynior laun? dress of Company 15," as sho had long styled herself, was prancing up ann ?Iowa through the gathering crowd, her shriil voice overmastering all other clamor. The vigorous effortsof {?ie men, directed by o>o] headed officers, soon hem back the Hames Mint were threaten? ing the neighlioringshanties, and leveled to the ground what remained of Private ( 'laney's home. The lire was extinguished almost a* rapidly as it began, bat the terrent of Mrs. ('laney's eloquence was still unstemmed. Tia.? adjurations of sympathetic si.-ters to **IIowld vcr whist." the authoritative admoa?tio ? of some oi l sergeant to ..Stop your inferna! noise." an 1 the half maudlin yet appeal? ing glances of her suffering 1 -rd were all insu?lic?en! t > check lier. II. wa ; not until the quiet tone.; of the colonel were heard thal -li" began lo cool down: -YV-'v . Icc! enough of this. Mis. Cliney: he still, now. or we'll have to s md yon ; ? the hospil 1 i.i the c cl cart."' 'irs. ( 'laney knew that the colonel was a man of few words, and Iwdievcd him to h.- ?...?.<>f less sentiment. She was a frai 1 of bini, and concluded ir time to cen ?e th rca s and abuse and come down to i he i??. re effect: ive role of wronger! and suffering womanhood -a feat which she an-' .niplishcd vi iib ihe consummate <*.''" e of lon;' pnt'ti "e. for the rows i:i vin* < 'lanej hms ehol i r.eie mat tm - of garri? son t..-t- ri .: -. The ir eon, too, bad come, an I, after ipi , eva ni in;; li, ?ri of Clancy's ?'??I<."it ?on. li iii.v -cte.i bim to be tah-'i a* univ t> the I.? i--pit al:, and thither bi: little (('!!' -il tel' J ? I - f ?'?<] ?>M follf.win? Infi, I -spire the efforts of *Hrtc of the worn -n to detain her and dres's ;. T prop rh. 1U -fore r. ta ruing to bis quarters -he colonel desired Inknmv something of the origin ?f the (ire. There was testimony em ?ugh and to spare, lavery worn.nc in Sud>viile bad .'? lhe??r\ to expres?* aud was r ! . i> . beard al once and lo i !i< .xclusion of all others. 1; was not tm til be had : meiiiarilv ordered them lo y , to their homes an ! no! come near ii in t int th ? colon- I manage i to gel ,i ev ir sin le? nient from SOUK- ot iii . men. drinking as usual, and Mrs. Clancy was searching alxmt Sadsville ns much for sympathy and listeners as for him. Lit? tle Kate, who knew* her falliera haunts, had guided him home and was Striving to get him to his little sleeping corner before her mother's return, when ia his drunken helplessness he fell against the tal de, overturning liie kerosene lamp, and the curtains were all aflame in an instant. It was just after taps-or 10 o'clock-when Kate's shrieks aroused the inmates of Sudsville and started the cry of -'Fire.*' The flimsy structure of pine boards burned like so much tinder, and tlie child and her stupefied father had been dragged forth only in time to save their lives. The little one, after giving the alarm, had rushed again into the house and was tugging at his sense? less form when rescue came for loth none too soon. As for Mrs. Clancy, at the first note of danger she had rushed screaming to the spot, but only in time to seo the whole interior ablaze and to howl frantically for some man to save her money-it was all in the green box under the bed. For husband and child she had for the moment no thought. They were safely out of the lire by the time she got there, and she screamed and fought like a fury against the men who held her back when she would have plunged into the midst of it. It took but a minute for one or two men to burst through the flimsy wall with axes, to rescue the burning box and knock off the lid. It was a sight to soe when the contents were handed to her. She knelt, wept, prayed, counted over bill after bill of smoking, steaming greenbacks, until suddenly recalled to her senses by the eager curiosity and the remarks of some of lier fellow women. That she kept money, and a good deal of it, in her quarters had long l>ecn suspected and as fiercely denied; but no one had dreamed of such a sum as was revealed. In her frenzy she had shrieked that the sa vings of her lifetime were burning -that there was over three thousand dollars in the box; but she hid her treas? ure and gasped and stammered and swore she was talking'-wild like." '"They was nothing but twos and wans," she vowed; yet there were women there who declared that they had seeu tens and twenties as she hurried them through her trembling fingers, and Sudsville gos? siped and talked fur two hours after she was led away, still moaning and shiver? ing, to the bedside of poor Clancy, who was the miserable cause <if itali. The colonel listened to the stories with such patience as could be accorded to wit? nesses who desired to give prominence to their personal exploits in subduing the flames and rescuing life and prop? erty. It was not until he and thc group of officers with him had been engaged some moments in taking testimony that something was elicited which caused a new senation. It was not by the united efforts of Suds? ville that Clancy and Hate had been dragged from the flames, but by the in? dividual dash and determination of a single man; there was no discrepancy hore, for tho ten or a dozen who were wildly rushing about the house made no elTort to burst into it until a young soldier leaped through their midst into the blaz? ing doorway, was seen to throw a blan . kat over some object within, and thc next minute appeared again, dragging a body through tho flames. Thea they had sprung to his aid. and between them LZ.iteitnd "?li?-culd tua::" '.verelifted into the open air. A moment later he had handed .Mrs. Clancy her packet of money, and-they hadn't seen him since. Ile was an officer, said they-a new one. They thought it must be the new lieuten? ant of Company li; and the colonel look? ed quickly around and said a few words lo his adjutant, who started up the hill forthwith. A group of officers and bi? llies were standing at the brow of the plateau east of the guard house, gazing down upon thc scene below, and other ladies, with their escorts, had gathered on a little knoll close by the road that led tr> Prairie avenue. It was past these that the adjutant walked rapidly away, swinging bis hurricane lamp ii his hand'. "Which way now. Hillings?" called one of the cavalry o?Ticers i.i the group. "Over t ) Mr. Mayne's quarters," he shouted back, never stopping at all. A silence fell upon tao gro'tp at men? tion of thc namo. They were the ladies from Capt. Rayner's and a few cf their immediate friends. All eyes followed the twinkling light as it danced away eastward towards the gloomy coal sheds. Then there was sudden and intense inter? est. The lamp had come toa stund still, was dejiosiled on the ground, and by its . lim ray the adjutant could be seen bend? ing over a dark object that was half sit? ting, half reclining at the platform of the shed. Then came a shout, "Come here, some of you." And most of the men ran to the si*>t. Fora moment not one word was spoken in the watching group; then Miss Trav? ers' voice was heard: "Wi?at can it be? Why do they stop theror She felt a sudden hand upon her wrist, and her sister's lips nt, her ear: "Come away. Nollie. I want to go hf :no. Come.'"' "l? :t. Kate. I mu t see what it means." "No; com .! I' s -it's only somer other drunken man probably. Come!" And she si rove i i lead ber. Dut the i?ther ladies were curious too, and all. i iseusible, were edging over to the <*a.st ns though eager to get in sight .A tin- group. The recu:n!?cnt object had be u raised, an I was s -en to be the dar ii ligure ot a man whom the others in'gan slowlv to I.-ad away. One ol" til? group came running back lo them; il was Mr. Foster. '.Colin*, ladies: 1 xv ill escort you borne, as tl - ?tliers are bu ry." "What i; tie iii.if Vcr. Mr. Foster?" .vain ked I?;, half a do/, a volees. "li was Mt. I layne-bad:> burned. ? fear. ?I . vv.e; irvin . t ? ?;.... home after ha\ in-; : a*, ed poor Cianey. . Yo i .'. .n";. say s .! Ci. i eft ta r. s ?niethi i : iv . ea i .1 ..' ( ' ni"j we g ? i 'i i! wa v aa 1 !? * of som . li?e?' * v. i ; t a ' eag> r pet'?I ? ?:i of in ce t'.rtn orv of la ? i !i >. . No-, i: , ,v. Ta y will ha ve I Ire il *e!or in a ntmut .. li lia * n?t inhaled !' iure; ii i .all.external; b:il h . wa-* part-h blie.d vd ?un? could n 'I lind hi ? v. ~y. U ' Viii.-oi la !".>:.:>,sw ie;i he h .ill him : .oaring. I will gel \ o i ail bom - an 1 j rhett go beroi* I ? io II. ('ont !" A id. of- j l eia ig his arni to Mrs. I?ay uer. who was fore? M ?a in tin.1 di feet io i ho wanted to j go -the pal Ii way a? TOSS l!*e' parada- M .*. j Foster led them on. ' ?f r< ?Urse, share j was eager talk and voluble sympathy, j Im; Mrs. rtiyner s|?oke n it a word. The . o?h?rs crowded aronu i him withques- j I ions. ;niil lier silence p:issed unnoted ex- ! cepi by orv. ^ j The mom* M it il ?xv were bvsilo the door ; mid aloin? Miss Travers turne I to her sister: "Kat?-, what was this man's | crime?" ! CXUTER VL "7 mean the injuries at the fire." An unusual state of affairs existed a: the big hospital for several days. Mrs Clancy had refused to leave the bedsid< of her l>eloved Mike, and was permittet to remain. For a woman who was noto rious as a virago and bully, who ha< beaten little Kate from her babyhooi and abused and hammered her Michal until, between her and drink, he was hu the wreck of a stalwart manhood, Mrs Clancy had developed a degree of devo tion that was utterly unexpected. In aj tho dozen years of their marital relation: no such trait could be recalled: and yoi there had boen many an occasion within the past few years when Clancy's condi tion demanded gentle nursing and close attention-and never would have got i but for faithful little Kate. The chile idolized the broken down man, and lovct; him with a tenderness that his weakness seemed but to augment a thousandfold, while it but served toinfuriate her !aoth? er. In former years, when he was .S -rgt. Clancy and a fine soldier, many was, t lio time ho had intervened to save her from an undeserved thrashing; many a time had he seized her in his strong arms ami confronted the furious woman with storr reproof. Between him and tlie chile there had been the tenderest love, foi she was all that was left to him of four. In tho old days Mrs. Clancy had beer tho belle of the soldiers' balls, a fine looking woman, with indomitable pow? ers as a dancer and conversationalist and an envied reputation for outshining all her rivals in dress and adornment. "S!ie would ruin Clancy, that she would," was tlie unanimous opinion of the soldiers' wives, but beseemed to min? ister to her extravagance with unfailing good nature for two or three years. He had boon prudent, careful of his money, was a war soldier with big arrears of bounty and, tradition had it. a consum? mate skill in poker. Ile was the money? ed man among tho sergeants when the dashing relict of a brother non-commis? sioned officer set her widow's cap for him and won. It did not take many years for her to wheedle most of his money away, but there was no cessation to the demand, no apparent limit to the supply. Both wore growing older, and now it be? came evident that Mrs. Clancy was the elder of the two, and that tlie artificial? ity of her charms could not stand the test of frontier life. No longer sought as tho belle of the soldiers* ball rooms, she aspired to leadership among their wives r.r.d families, and was accorded that pre eminence rainer than the fierce battle which was sure to fallow any revolt. Site became avaricious-some said miserly and Clancy miserable. Then began tlie down ward c< >urse. Ile took to drin k soon after his return from a long, laird sum? mer's campaign with tho Indians. Ile lost his sergeant's stripes and went into the ranks. There came a time when the new col? onel forbade his re-enlistment in the cavalry regiment in which he had served so many a long year, ile had been a brave and devoted soldier. Ile had a good friend in the infantry, he said, who wouldn't go back on a jioor fellow who took a drop too much at times, and, to the surprise of many soldiers-officers and men-bc was brought to the recruit? ing officer one dayt sober, soldierly, and trimly dressed, and Capt. Rayner ex? pressed his desire to have him enlisted for his company: and it was done. Mrs. Clancy was accorded the quarters and rations of a laundress, as was then the custom, and for a time-a very short time-Clancy seemed on the road to pro? motion to his ol I grade. The enemy tripped him. aided by tho scoldings and abtue of his wife, and he never rallied. Some work was found for him around like quarlerm.-ister's shops which saved him from guard hwy or the guard boase. The infantry-officers and m"n -seemed to feel for the poor, broken down old fellow, and to lay much ot bis woe to the door of his wife. There was charity for his faults and sympathy for his sorrows, but at last it had come to this. Ile was lying, sorely injured, in the hospital, and there were tim.-s when he was apparently delirious. At such times, said Mrs. Clancy, she alone could manage bim: ami -Hie urged that no other nurse could do more I lian excite or irritate bini. To the unsju-nka ble grief of little Kate she. too. was driven from til'* sufferer's bedside and forimMen to conn* into the room except when brr mother gave i>crmissh>n. Clancy had origina Hy been carried into the genera) ward with the other patients, but the hospital steward two days after? wards told foe surgeon that the patient moaned and cried so'at night that the other "sick men could n<?t sleep, and of? fered to give up a little room in his ow n part of the bail lin;:. The burly doctor looked surprised at this concession ?rn the part "f the steward, who was a mau tenacious of every perquisite and one who hat I mm Ie much complaint alunit the crowded condition of the hospital w.-irds and small nKV,US ever since the frozen soldiers had come in. All the sante the <! : t. r a ked for tm explana? tion, hut gladly availed himself of the steward*.-- offer. Clancy was moved to this little room adjoining the steward's quarters forthwith, an 1 Mrs. Clancy was *at islied. Another thing had happened to excite remark and a-gool deal of it. Nothing short <>f ?'tern.d damnai iori was Mrs. Clancy's frantic seilten -e on the head of her unlucky spouse ihemght of the tire, when SIIH; was thee Mitral ligure of the j pi.-: ni e. and whet: ?madre*ts of witnesses to (?cr words were grouped around. Correspondingly had she called down the blessings ?if tlie l ioly Virgin and all the saints upan the man who rescued and returned to her that precious p icket of monev. KverylHxly heard her. and it was out of the quotion for her lo re? tract. Nevertheless, from within an hour nf ter Clancy's admission to the hospital not another word of the kind escaped ber lips. She was all patience titvl pity with the injured man, and she shunned ail allusion to his preserver and her I lem ?facti ir. The surgeon1 had IxK-n called':oway. al ter doing all in his power to make Clancy comfortable-he was c -eded elsi* where-anti only two or three Soldiers a.td a hospital nurse stilt re *? SUMTER WATCHMAN, K.t.b?shed April. ISSU. "Be Jnst and Fear nOt--Let all the Ends thoa Aims't at.' be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's ? TBE TKCE SOOTHRON, Established June, 16i# Consolidated Au?. 2, 1881.1 SUMTER, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 1890. New Series-Vol. IX. Ko; 4$. *? SUMTER WATCHMAN, K.t.b?shed April. ISSU. "Be Jnst and Fear nOt--Let all the Ends thoa Aims't at.' be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's ? TBE TKCE SOOTHRON, Established June, 16i# Consolidated Au?. 2, 1881.1 SUMTER, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 1890. New Series-Vol. IX. Ko; 4$.