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Feb. 13. ,
Judge Haskell Answers an
Ugly Question.
COLUMBIA, S. C., October, 1890.
Mr. ll. K. Charles, Darlington, S.
C -Dear Sir : Your public letter dated
15th instant, appearing in The News
and Courier of 17th instant, and ad?
dressed to me, propounds a question
and demands ac answer. The answer
has been delayed by brief but severe
?lness. it is not my habit to occupy
an ' equivocal position" on any question
affecting my responsibility, and I shall,
as far as I can, relieve your mind of all
doubt You a-?k : "Do you rest your
prospect of election solely on the white
Democratic vote, or do you and your
friends intend to supplement your
resent following by an appeal to the
Republican or negro vote, and to the
machinery of the eleotion law?''
You then proceed to explain the
status of the election law, and conclude
with saying: ''Now, if you, with the
assistance of the Administration, should
put io operation all this election ma?
chinery, and at the same time appeal,
to, or even tacitly accept, the negro
vote, tfcere is no question but that you
can carry the election against the uine
tenths of the white vote who oppose
you "
Your other remarks are immaterial.
But as you follow your interrogatory by
comments and assertions which are
startling in their nature, f will premise
my answer by one or two remarks, to cor?
rect to some extent the great injustice
you do the State and its government.
The Administration is spoken of as
partisan, and a tool to be handled by
one or the other political faction. This
is cot true, and you should retract it.
You practically say that if a fair elec?
tion is held, the law enforced and fraud
prevented, the Tillman ticket is inevita?
bly defeated. Now you claim that the
'.Tillman'* ts the regular Democratic
ticket ; that ;t is supported by niue
tenths of the white voters of the State
and that if a fair and legal election is
held it will be defeated. Novertheless
you appeal to my partriotism to join the
Tillman party to thc extent of prevent?
ing a fair election, and thus entitle
myself to the gratitude of the white
people of the State. While I do not
admit the truth of your premises, either
that a fair election will unavoidably
defeat the Tillman ticket and elect the
ticket on which my name appears, or
that nine-tenths or anytr ing like that
prooortion of the white voters desire to
elect the Tillmau ticket, I do most
absolutely repudiate your conclusion
that the while people of South Caroliua,
whether for or agaiust Mr. Tillmau,
will appeal to fraud or force to carry
their end. While iu my opposition to
Mr. Tillman and his associates ? have
charged them with dire wrong, I have
never for a montent included in these
charges the large portion of our white
people who will vote for that ticket. The
majority of these voters are honest.
They have beeu imposed upon and mis?
led and are held together by an appeal
to party name and race issue ; but they
do not sustaiu Mr. Tillman iu his threats
of bloodshed, or you in your appeal for
an illegal eiectiou or fraudulent hand?
ling of the ballot box. No, Mr.
Charles, they may be agaiust me, but
mauy are friends and are known tc me,
and however they cast their votes I
shall never pass over iu silence the
imputation that they wish to carry the
tlectiou by fraud or by violence.
Your letter is a black spot on our
record, aud if unanswered would be
circumstantial evidence to sustaiu every
charge made by our bitterest political
opponents. I know you are not aloue and
that a good many minds of "a political
tendency" are on your line of thought
and have been chuckling over what they
confider my dilemma and are couSdeut
that your main questiou will not be
answered. I will answer it presently,
but before doing so will call thc atteu
tion of those gentlemen, however high
may be their political aspirations, to the
fact that a large body of good and true
men have joined together to have a Tree
election aud a fair count, under the law
as it is written, aud if offices are want?
ed they must be won by houest votes.
Now, for your questiou. I auswer
for myself and the gentlemen with
whose names my own has the honor to
appear: **Y?.s, we ask for the vote not
ouly of every white Democrat, but of
every colored Democrat, aud every
white or colored Republican, entitled
under the laws of this State to vote.''
We ask them to vote for us, because we
belive that our ticket is composed of
men who earnestly desire good govern?
ment, and who will to the best ot their
ability administer the Government for
the good of the whole people, io obedi?
ence to the pledges put forth in the
platform and the utterances of the
Democratic party established iu 1870.
On the other hand we advise all citi
ze:;J, without regard to patty or race,
to vote against the Tillman party,
which has repudiated, overthrown and
trampled under foot those solemn
pledges which should bind every Demo?
crat ic this State, aud which are essen
tia? ahke to the welfare and prosperity
of cither and both races
Xow, Mr Charles, having answered
as to whether we will ask or accept the
vote of the colored people, I have to
say-with regard to your insinuation
that the Governor or other State Offi?
cer? will be subject to improper m
I ?uence in the conduct of the election -
i:at the mere suggestion should bo so
;?i>honent to a ri ?/ht minded people that
I any further notice or anything in the
i shape of a denial would be almost as
j offensive as the question.
You have limited ute by your letter
to the single question of the colored
vote. I am not at I.berty here to s'uf'
?he tnanv m O ti: eu tu us causes which have
mused the {?topic of the State to oppose
Mr: Ttl tm a ti ??d hts method;*, but on
the question ot the "uegro vote71 al ?oe
I can show you how absolutely thc '1 ill
TT!:iri party ha* v: l- *?>d the Uws ;.!><i
ledges of the DemocracV; and ti):if no
man who is true to the faith and the ut?
terances of 187<> can vote for Mr. Til'
II !>" I w'll cite the begining of flo:
platform adonted in ls/'?. ;.l the
words of e.ir gieat leader dehveved 'it
your town in IS 7 * i. and endorsed by
cou aud al! the people of Darlington,
then compare them with Mr. Tillman's
.*ords i:? y ,,ir letter
That platform begins;
'.We declare our acceptaoce. ir
feet good faith, of the 13th, 14t
15th amendments to the Federal
stitution. Accepting and sta
up'^n them, we turn from the i
and final past to the great livinj
momentous issues of the presen
the future."
It goes on, and calls upon all
sens, 4 ?respective of race, color or
vious condition, to rally with us
It charges the Republican party
arraying rac against race, and, r
ing that party for its crimes, again
on ali, "irrespective of race cr
party affiliation, to joio with
pledging equal justice to all and
solute security to the rights and pr
ty of all "
Wade Hampton at Darlington, S
2?th September. 1?76 :
"I care not whether they call i
Republican or a Conservative or a .
ocrat. I stand on a broader pia
than that now-a platform s" si
and true and broad that every li
South Carolinian can stand wit!
upon if, if he is honest and wants
I government. Not only those
j herc, white and black, but every
who has come rWe to be a citizen
not to be a thief. * * * We
! to show the colored people that
rights arc fixed and immovable
would uot abridge them if we c<
I do here what I did in the Convei
-I pledge myself solemnly, in
; presence of the people of South (
I lina, and in the presence of my I
that if the Democratic ticket is ele
I shall know uo party nor race io
administration of the law, So sur
the law pronounces a mau guilty
sure shall that man be punished
(?hall know nothing but the law anti
Constitution of South Carolina aud
I United States.
"We recognize the 13th, ?4th.
15th, amendments io the Constitc
of the United Slates, and accept t
in good faith. The colored pe
know that it is under those amendai
that they eoj<?y the rights they
i have We stand upon that platfr
! and not one single right enjoyed by
colored people to-day shall be ta
from them. They shall be the eq
under the law of any mau iu S<
Carolina "
i.* * * T was tjje gr3t maE
the State o? ?oulb Carolina after
war who advised the white people
South Carolina to give the right
voting to the colored people. I u
the proposition at several public m
inga iu Columbia, and I took the gro
:hat they had been made citis
I and that they should not be exclu
I from the right to vote."
! Hampton at Anderson, Septembe
? 1870 :
".Now we ask the honest colored ]
j pie of South Carolina to help
I Chamberlain has done nothing tx:
through the conservative \
of the State. * * * He wac
no strife, no disturbance, no bl<
?shed."
j Hampton' at Newberry, Septem
15,1876:
"If elected he would endeavor to
the office with justice to all, and c
vince the colored people that they w
South Carolinians too, and entitles
all the rights of citizens. We
fighting m?w for reform, and it mati
not by what name the party he ref
sent? is called.''
"If elected he proposed to stand
the platform adopted at Columbia, wh
has accepted the late amendments
the Constitution, sud would carry
those laws fully, being Governor
the whol" people and holding
scales of justice equally.
"He w'shed it distinctly underst?
that he and al! with him in thc ca
paign would, if elected, preserve on
aud carry out all laws of the count
especially protecting tho colored man
his rights and would see that he v
not imposed upon."
Dr. H. V. Redfield, in Cincinn
Commercial-Interview with G<
Hampton, dated Spartanburg, Septe
ber 8, 187C:
"I asked Gen. Hampton if
thought he would be elected
" 'I think the chances are in r
favor, but of course we have uo ct
taiuty of it.'
" 'Upon what do you base yo
hopes ?"
" 'Just this : The whites are arous
as they never have been. The largt
white vote ever polled will come o
j and I calculate upon not less than t
j thousand colored votes '
" . We do not want to deprive tl
j colored people of any of their right
? we agree to and support the constit
j tiena] amendments and turu our bai
j upon the past.
" *]>ut in the South we are not nc
' averse to negro suffrage, whatever mt
j have been our opinions at the outst
j * * * Individually I advocat
j uegro suffrage immediately after tl
: war and was the first man on the soil
I South Carolina to make a speech
j favor of it. What we want now is
j get enough bla?-k.^ to ;;? with us, secui
i the success of our ticket., elect a goo
j Legislature and drive the pl?ndere
i that have so long despoiled us fro
? power. This is ali We are work it
! foi South Carolina now ; I miel
; almost say for existence.! "
? Meeting at Abbeville, September 1<
I 187G :
j * * * Hampton: "Wc want
j show them all that the platform upo
i which wc s " - wide enough an
j strong enough ti? hohl every son (
j Candir?a, be his color what if may, pr<
j vidrd he is an honest man * *
i If I cannot go to the people of th
' State, white and black, and say t
*: 'These are the laws, and yo
] ...-i-i uphold and enforce them if
?ca:.;o>t appeal i'? Carolina's sons to sui
: por? me in thc laws that I am sworn t
j maintain, then cast me out with Seor
' from td '.)]?"? that I dis1.ot)or * *
I |?;el assured tloit if the colored pcopl
of rip- State would come ont and se?: ?ri
i hear for themselves : ? i - * r f wi M be th""i
j sands and tens of thousands, like th
colored mon of Abbeville, that, will joi:
the Democratic party in this St:t?<>
lovf them the word of a man, who nei
ther friend nor fo<> can say ever look
that word, that if I am elected Gover
i nor of South Carolina I shall h.; rh
Governor of thc whole State I sh a I
; reudrr to thc whole people of this Statt
I equal and impartiol justice."
[To the colored people : "We w
j your votes We dont want you to
j deprived of them, aud I can tell you
the colored people continue to join
Democratic ranks as they have bt
doing thus early in the campaign,
will be the last people in the world
curtail their suffrages. * * * ?
only way to bring about prosperity
this State is to bring the two races
friendly relation together. The Den
eratic party iu South Carolina of whi
j I am the exponent, bas promised tl
j every citizen of this State is to be I
j equal of all-he is to have every rig
I given bim by the Constitution of t!
j State and of the United States. T
? Democratic party io South Caroli
! pledged itself to support aud accept t
J 13th, 14th and 15th amendments to t
I United States Constitution, and I pied
j my faith, and I pledge it for those ge
I tlemen who are on the ticket with u
: that if we 3re elected, as far as in t
I lies, we will observe, protect and def*
! the rights of the colored mao as quick
j as any man in South Carolina.
I there is a white mao in this assembl
j because he is a white man or a Den;
erat, belives that when I am elect
Governor, if I should be, that I w
i stand between him and the law,
! grant tc him any privileges or immui
i ties that shall uot be granted to t
j colored man, he is mistaken, aud I t
] him so now, that if that is his reas
for voting for me, not to vote at all.
* * * ?I pledge you, my color
friends, ou my honor, that if elected
! shall give you greater facilities for ed
; cation thau you have now or ever h
j before.
'.We cannot be elected without t
j aid ot the colored people, and we kuo
i tLat we are going to get that aid. *
J I can ouly implore our people, whi
i and black, to come together aud susta
j this cause. It is uot the cause of
! party. It is uot the cause of a cliqu
j It is not a struggle for party supremac
i lt is a struggle tor this grand old hon
i of ours. * * * It is * strugg
I that white and black can strugg
r.uoulder to shoulder to sustain. *
j Aud now, I ask you all, white ai
I black, iu the name of Carolina, in tl
j name of your children, and in the nae
j of your God to staud by aud susta
j this great cause to the last."
I M. W. Gary : "He appealed to tl
? j colored people to try their own wb:
. ! people once. He ..told them that tl
j white people wished to join hands wil
I them in the grand effort to drive tl
i thieves from South Carolina aud gii
I prosperity to all."
Says the News and Courier 21
? September, li'Tti :
j "The rights of the colored people a
j thrice guarded-by the Uuit d Stat
j Constitution, by the State Coostitutio
j aud by the pi dges of Hampton and b
associates. Any one of these would I
j enough : but upoo the personal prou
ise8 of the candidates most stress is tait
because they are known to be uprigi
aud honorable wen, whom no eirena
stauces or interests could induce
j swerve from their plighted word."
I i Those are utterances of the true Di
? j mocracy. What a pad departure
your letter. But this is not said I
? coudemn, but only to beg you to pam
and re?ect.
> Take io contrast with these p1edg<
and doctrines of the white people <
South Carolina, speaking by the pla
form and through our leader, Wad
i Hampton ; take, I say, in contrast th
. provision of the new or Tillman Dea
; j ocratic constitution, which dictates th:
M only white men shall vote for the noa
! ! inaticn of State officers, except that, an
j negro who voted for H*mp'oo in 187i
I aud has voted the Democratic tickt
. continuously since, may be allowed t
. vote.
Take the speeches of Mr. Tilimar
i which have been the doctrine of hi
? party, and take his utterances ever sine
bis nomination :
i "Take my county, Edgefield," h
says: "there the people wili resort t
. any means rather than allow the negr
to vote for this ticket" (meaning th
. Straightout Democratic ticket) **Thi
I is the situation iu many counties; an
I I have grave apprehensions of COUS?
' quences."
? Again, a day or so later he says
? j speaking of the election and victory fo
j his party :
j "Yes, it will be bloodless, if possible
; j but if the victory cannot be gaine*
: j without bloodshed, then we will hav
, j to have it, by that means or any other
j if it is necessary. I tell you whit
: supremacy is what we are fighting fo
; ? now, and white supremacy we must am
. ; will have at. at all hazards''
; I Take, in to addition these exfraordi
j nary but measured statements, the al
. legation in the preamble to the r?solu
i tion by the Irby committee:
"Whereas, it is of vital important
I j to the Democratic party and essentia
, j to the preservation of white supremac
f in this State *;. t the commissioners o
, j election be Democratic," and then pro
, ! coeds to ask the Governor to remov?
, : from office every Democrat or persot
1 of any political proclivity differing froiij
, I the views of the Tillmanitc?-fur o her
, j wife they cannot carry the election ?"
, j Your views unhappily are jusfilied bi
t j '.. - ;r?Is of your leader and those o
i i Tutivt? committee-that a fail
' election means your defeat, ?ind yoi
j claim that you are the Democracy o
^ ' South Carolina, and that you are tin
, I same party that has conducted flit
I j Government si n-re 1S7*> ; that you an
p j fur white sopretn icy. and for ymir owi
i election by fraud and violence,
! Such things-are not true to our party
i j The opposition to ymi i> the trie Demo
i j craey. The true Democracy is foi
i ! whit?; supremacy., i< the white race, by
I toree of property, intelligence and
- numbers, <'i\\ y control of Jiu
? j Government lio! wc r?pudi?t.- ?uprem
i ;tov to bc attained by fnnid and vi??Irin?,-,
and npf C il to ?ie fi!;_r:ii>r ?nsfint?t.-5 ..?
? : nur r?ce Co M*- hove political corr up.
1 rion, than winning by force of mind and
, morals if ho tv j flo Government by
. 1 means which will command the respect
i ?of the whole con uti y and thc loyalty of
i i all ?o?r citizens, black as wi ll n* white
Now. Mr Charl?*??", permit me to a-k
. you a question, an I ? hopi; every honest
hearted man who now intends to vote
3 for Tillman will pon 'er r>v*?r if before
i he casts the ballot. After r idinjj over
3 1 tho pledges you made iu IS7??( ?nd
which the Democracy still claims to be
it? law, and after reading the utterances
of Mr. Tillman and his committee, can
you conscientiously vote for Mr. Till?
man ? That is between you and your
G"d. If you can. with peace of con?
science, claim still to be a Democrat
and vote for Mr. Tillman, I have noth?
ing further to say.
Very respectfully, yours,
A. C. HASKELL.
Aa Interesting Study.
The Congressional apportionment
biil recently introduced has called at?
tention to a very important and inter?
esting subject-the number of mem?
bers of the House of Representatives.
It would be expecting too much of
poor depraved human nature to ever
indulge in the hope that this question
will be considered by the present House
without reference to party politics. It
has been the custom since the first
census, and consequent apportionment,
for the party io power to get all pos?
sible advautage out of the apportion?
ment, and so it will probably be to the
eud of the chapter. To student of our
form of government the apportionment
tables from 1700 to 1880 make a very
interesting study. In 1790 each mem?
ber of thc House represented 33,900
people, and io 1880 151,912 people,
and if the new bill becomes a law he
will represent 180.000 people. Many
of the States have a smaller number of
Representatives now than they had in
1790. For instance, Virginia had 19
where she now has only 10; Connecti?
cut had 7 while she now has only 4;
Maine had 7, but now has just 4:
Massachusetts had 17 while now she
has to cooteut herself with 12; New
Hamphsbire had 4, aud now has 2 ;
Delaware started with one and still has
one, though for the ten years between
1810 and 1820 she had 2; Rhode
Island started with 2 .:. : iras always
had the same camber. Georgia ha?
increased from 3 to 10, and Ncvr ?.o:k
from 6 to 34 ; South Carolina started
with 5 and now has 7, though from
1813 to 1833 she had as many as 9.
Mr. Dunnells' bill will make the
membership of the House 354. which
is about twice as large as it ought to be.
An Egotistic Age This.
"'.'e live in an age of self-importance,
sustained and promoted by methods un?
known to the simple mind of our ances?
tors. The interviewer and the recorder
of social gossip have artfully created a
daily want which they themselvos sup?
ply. If A..1 the millionaire, adds an
that we retain the po .ver, if we ei
! excise if, to rescue her from dangers to j
; wJiiitli we ourselves may inadvertently
ur reekb's.sly subject her "
Natural Gas iu Alabamn
j NASIIVIU.K, TKNN.. Oct. 22-A !
i Florence, Ala., special says: Much .
I excitement prevails over the discovery
j nf ii:.' .I .1 ?ras seven miles from this j
city, by li (). Weller and others. It
j has been known fir months past that |
! ?jas existed it. this section, and several j
surveys have been made for this pur
. ?><.?(; Our company has been at. work )
i fur months cc M iii.?; up options mi land
'ni tins neighborhood. Prominent
geologists and experts have relied
foi ci My on indications foi finding gas,
which has at last been accomplished.
The exr 'lidtturcs for pi usions tor thc
year eliding .lune .">". ns now officially
stated, amounted to ? L09,o57.5o 1 In
thc previous year we [?aid ?S7,l?44,77<.'.
11. wi.il" in the year before that we
paid $8?V288.50S 77. The cost of the
(?< !i>ir;n army, it ui?y be interesting to
note is for this year estimated at ?'.'1.
7:i'> H93 I'?"*id. > pensions o^r
army cost, g?O.OOO.OOO
By Capt. CHAELE3 KING.
|(>opTr{?ht<v? by J. B. LippincottCompany, Phllrv
delphic, arri published throuxb sp?*eiaJ arrange?
ment with ciie Amcricau I'rrss Association.]
SYNOPSIS.
CHAPTER 1.- IM a recruiting ofii'-e in the
"Queen City" Lieut. Fred Lnne, V. S. A.,
receives two 1 t-tter?-O?C informing him of
his promotion ;<? the rank of captain, the
oth^r H brief note from Mabel Vincent.
CHAPTER 2.-Gonion Noel, a lieutenant in !
bane's cavalry regiment, succeeds, through j
wheedling the wife of his colonel, in being !
appointed to the vaeancv caused by Lune's
promotion. He id disliked by bis brother
officers, as he nag in th? past ??vern! times
dodged active service in Indian campaigns.
CHAPTER 3 -Capt. Lune ii desperately in
love with Mabel Vincent. He prepares to
turn the recruiting over lo his successor.
CHAPTER 4.-Lieut Noe! arrived to take
chartfe of the recruiting office. He i? hand?
some and agreeable ?nd succeeds in creating
the impression that he was a very gallant
officer and done brave service on the [dauis.
It is discovered that a clerk named Taintor
has embezzled some of the funds .:f the re?
cruiting office (forcing Lane's name) arid
decamped. Noe! pro'esses an enthusiastic
friendship for Lane.
CHAPTER 5.-Lan? write? to Mahr!';; father
asking permission to pay his addresses to her.
This is granted. Vincent is on the brink of
financial disaster. Lane proffers his services.
CHAPTER 6.-The transfer of the recruiting
office to Noel is made by Lane, who has or?
ders to return to his regiment in the west
Lane makes good the deficit in the accouuts
out of his own pocket.
CHAPTER VII.
Lane was awake -with the sun on Fri?
day morning, and lay fora few moments
listening to the twittering of the spar?
rows about Iiis window sills, and watch?
ing the slanting, rosy red shafts of light
that streamed through the intervals in
the Venetian blinds. "Does it augur
bright fortune? Does it mean victory?
Is it like the 'sun of Austerlitz?" " were
the questions that crowded through his
brain. Today-today she was to "be j
down for a little while in the afternoon," j
and then she "hoped to be able to thank
him. Could she?" Tea thousand times
over and over again she could, if she
would but whisper one little word-Yes
-in answer to his eager question. It
lacked hours yet until that longed for
afternoon could come, it was not 5
o'clock: but more sleep was out of the
question, and hung there in bed intoler?
able. Much to the snrprise of his darky
valet. Lane had had his bath, dressed
and disappeared by the time the former
came to rouse him.
Noel was 1 ???"; m reaching the rendez?
vous. lt was after 10 when he appeared,
explaining that Mrs. Withers was far
from well, and therefore Cousin Amos
would not leave the hou.se until the doc?
tor had been her and made his report.
Lane received his explanation somewhat
:oliUy and suggested that they go right
:o work with their papers, as he had im?
portant engagements. It was high noon
when they finished the matters in hand,
and then the captain hastened to the
club and was handed a telegram with
the information that it had only just
come. It was evidently expected. Lane
quickly read it and carefully stowed it
iw-iy in an inside pocket. In another
moment he was speeding down town, and
by half past 12 was closeted with the
junior partner of the tottering house of
Vincent. Clark & Co. Mr. Clari? was
pale and nervous. Every click of the
"ticker" seemed to make him start. A
clerk stood at the instrument watching
the rapidly dotted quotations.
Her fair hean pillmccd on a ftilkm rush?
ton, reclinen thc lady of hte heart.
"Hr.ve you heard from Mr. Vincent?"
was the first question, and without a
word a telegram was handed to him. It
was in cipher, as he saw at once, and
Clark supplied the transcription:
"Rossiter refuses. V.*-. : eh mai kct close?
ly. See Warden instant touches half.
Er^ak predicted here."
"Twenty minutes more!" groaned
Chirk, as he buried his face in his hands.
"Twenty minutes more of this awful
suspense?"
"What was the last report?" asked
Lane in a low voice.
"Ninety-eight and a quarter. My God!
Think of it! Three-quarters of a cent
between us and beggary! I could beai ?
it, but not Vincent: 'twould kill him.
Even his home is mortgaged."
There came a quick, sharp tap at tho
glazed door; the clerk's head was thrust
in:
' 'Threes dghths, sir."
..lt's time to move, then." said Lane.
..I cannot follow you to tho floor-1
have no ti elect: but ? will be awaiting
year call at the Merchants" Exchange.
Mr. Vincent lins told you Better haw
it in treasury notes one hundred each
had you n- ?:?"
"I'll sec Warden at once. D n him! ;
he would s;dl tis out with no moiv com- !
punctions than lie would shoot :t h.r.vk." j
"You infer that Mr. Vincent lias had ]
no success in raising money in Now J
York?" asked Lane, as th? " hurried from ;
the office.
"X??l atom! He made old Rossiter j
what ho is hauled itu oat of thedoptbs. j
set him <>n his feet, took him m here j
with "him for ten years, sent him cast j
with a fortune that ho leis trebl. .! since j
in Wall stre**t. and now. hy heaven! the j
cold hiv ! brute will v.>r |,?nd him a j
pitiful twenty th u^'ind
At the bank Lan?- found at. unusual
number ?d' men. and there was :m :c.r of !
suppressed excitement. Telegraph boys j
would rush in:every now ?;..?] tl: ?-, with
dispatches f<T various parrie:-, and th.-so j
were eagerly op?-ned an?! rend. ra ps-ot
low, earnest con versa ii on reached him-, as '
he st?a ?d a silent watcher. "Tivy cannot
stand it another day." "They've been
mining whoat ><u tItem from every.cor '
ncr of tis- n<?rth and west. X . gang can i
stand under it." "Ifs l*-?mid to break." j
<-t<\ To an ..t,;< :.-'.l of the bank who knew 1
hun well he showed the telegram he had j
received at th 1 club, and the gentleman 1
looked up it: surpris-. !
w_ JU*.*
"Do you want this now. capt;
Surely you arr not"
"No, I'm not, most emphatically."
plied Lu:;--, with a quiet Laugh. "Y
may have sudden ase for that sum.
telegraphed to my agents at Cheye:
yesterday, '/on. perhaps, ought to v
at once and verify it."
"Those are our bank rules, and I ?
samo it will bedone: though of cor
we know"
"Never mind. I much prefer ;
should, and at once." And. leaving
man <>f business to attend t" the ne<
?arv formality. Lane strolled toa v,
dow and looked down the crowded str
towards the massive building in wh
the desperate grapple 'twixt bull i
loar wasat its height. The day wa* 1:
men rushed by, mopping their feve
brow?; a throng of pe<iple hadgathe
near the broad entrance to the cha
ber, and till its windows were 1<
ered to secure free and fresh current*
air. Lane fancied he could hear
sin mts of the combatants in the pit ei
above the ceaseless roar and rattle
wheels upon thestone pavement. Lil
by little the minute hand was stealing
the vertical, and still no sign from Cia
"Has she touched a ??alf yet?" he he;
ore man eagerly asl; another as: tl
dived into the broker's o?ice lindenlea
"Not yet: but I'm betting she does
side of five minutes and reaches nine;
nine first thing to-morrow."
At last boom went the great bell -
single, solemn stroke. There was a ru
of men for the street, a general sctti
towards the great board of trad" Lui!
ing, a rapidly increasing crowd alo
the curbstones as the members cai
pouring out. and brokers and their ct
tomers hurried away towards nnmberh
little offices all over the neighborho.
Dozens of them passed along under 1
post of observation, some flushed, soi
deathh- pale, and finally Clark hims
appeared and Lane hastened forth
meet him.
"Saved by a mere squeal: so far," w
the almost breathless whisper as Chi
removed his hat and wiped Iiis damn
forehead. "But we know not what
day may bring forth. It's a m'>re ri
pite."
"Can the syndicate carry any mo
weight, thin;: your Prices jumped i
rv7o and three weckr, ago. 2>ow they on
climb a hair's breadth at a time. I he
they are loaded down- that it mt:
break; but Fm no expert in these ni;
ters."
"If you were, you'd l>e wise to Ice
out of it. Who can say whether th
will break or not? It is what evorybot.
confidently predicted when eighty-nil
was touched twelve davs ago: and lo<
at itr
"Do you go back to the of?ce fro
here? Good! I'll join you there in t<
minutes." said Lane, "for I shall n
come down town this afternoon, ai
may not be able to in the morning."
And when Capt. Lane appeared at tl
office of Vincent, Clark & C.-., 1
brought with him a stout little packt
which, afterthe exchange of a few wort
and a scrap or two of paper. Mr. Ch?
carefully stowed in the innermost cor
partment of the big safe. Then he gras
ed Lane's hand in both of his as the ca
tain said tfood-by.
That afternoon, quite late, the captai
rang at the Vincent's door, and it was a
most instantly opened by the smiiin
Abigail, whom he so longed to reward f
her evident sympathy the day before, y<
lacked the courage to proffer a greei
hack. Lane was indeed little versed i
the ways of the world, howsoever we
he might be informed in his profession.
"Miss Vincent is in the library, sir.
you will please to walk that way." w;
her brief communication: and the ca]
tain, trembling despite his best efforts t
control himself, stepped past her into th
broad hall, and there, hurrying down tl:
stairway, came Mrs. Vincent, evident!
to meet him. Silently she held forth ht
hand and led him into the parlor, an
then he saw that lier face was very sa
and pale and that her eyes were red wit
weeping.
"I will only detain you a moment
captain." she murmured, "but 1 felt rh;;
I must see you. Mr. Vincent wrote t
me on the train JUS lie left here, and h
tells me you know-the worst."
"Mr. Vincent has honored me with hi
confidence, dear lady: and I-saw Mi
Clark today."
She looked np eagerly: "What new
had he from New York? Did he tel
you?-about Mr. Rossiter, that isl
knew perfectly well what Mr. Vincent'
hopes and expectations were in going."
"There was a telegram. I fear tba
he was disappointed in Mr. Rossiter: bu
the money was not needed up to th
closing of the hoard at 1 o'clock."
"I am not disappointed. ? thank Got
that tilt-Rossi ters refused him money. I
will open his eyes to their r<-;o charac
ters-father and son. I would rather g?
and live in a hovel than be under obli
garions to either of them." And now tia
tears were raining down her cheeks.
"Do not grieve so, Mrs. Vincent." sah
Lane. "I cannot believe the dang*** i:
s groat. I have listened to theopinioti:
of the strongest men on "change this af
ternoon. A 'break' in this corner was
predicted in. New York at 1! this morn
ing. and that is the universal opiniou
among the best men now."
"Yes, but it may be days away yet.
and Mr. Vincent has confessed to r
that his whole fortune hangs hy a singh
hair-that this wretched speculation ha
swallowed everything -that a rise of a
single penny means beggary to us. for
h" can no longer answer his broker's
calls.
"That may have been so when he
wrote: but Mr. Clark seems to have had
a little better ?nek locally. I infer from
what hi1 told mo that they were safe for
today and could meet the raise of that
critical cent or two; so that, despite the
great loss they have, sustained, there is
not the certainty of ruin that so over?
whelmed Mr. Vincent on Wednesday.'
"Yoi: rive me hope and courage." eried
the poor, anxious hearted woman, as she
seized and pressed, his hand. "And
and yon come to ns m the malst of our
troubles! Mr. Vincent was so t niched
by your writing first to hun; it brought
bark old days, old ll nos. old fashions,
that lie loved to recall -days when tte,
too. was young and brave and full of
hope and cheer."
"And I have your g:>od wishes, too.
Mrs. Vincent? even tr. 'Ugh ! am onh a
soldier and have so little to offer lier be
yor.d bey.-:;.!"-- -
But ii-- e- dd * finish. I! had looked
iuti?hr fa ee-wit o such eacer hope-aud
delight wi;- :i he began, yet broke down
help!, dy wbeu he tri.-.': to speak ol' ins
groat ?? ve !. ria -wet , daughter.'"
"I know what you would say."she an?
swered wu ii quick and ready sympathy
'. .'v:ve seen how d.-ar my child has been
to you almost from the .very first, tn
deed 1 do wish you ha, :>:;:.-?. Mr. Laue;
!.:.; Mr. Vincent t<dd you that we ouco
had other views for Mabel. I: ts only
fair -nd right that you should !;: nv."
?.jn w could it have been otherwise.
Mrs Vincent; ls there any utan quite
worthy of her? ls there any station in
rife too high for one h Re her? I never
dared hope that your conant could have
been so freely given. I do n<>t dare hope
that she can possibly care for rae-yet."
"I will :)<>: keep you longer, then,"
?aid she, smiling through her tears. *'t
will seo voa after u while, perhaps. Ma
bel is in the library. Now I'll 1--aveyon."
With tumultuously throbbing heart,
ho softly entered and quickly glanced
around. Thc- tiers of almost priceless
volumes, the antique furniture, tho cost?
ly Persian rugs and portieres, the pic?
tures, brmzes. bric-a-brac-all were
valueless in lils eager eyes. They sought
one obj.-rt alone, and found it in a deep
bay window across the room. There,
leaning back in a great easy reading
chair, with a magazine in her lap, her
fair head pillowed on * silken cushion?
reclined the lady of his heart smiling &
sweet welcome to bim, while the rosy
color mounted to her brows as he cami?
quickly forward and took h'-rsoft. white
hand. How he was trembling! How
his kind gray eyes were glowing! Shs
could not meet them; she had. to look
away. She had begun some pleasant lit?
tle welcoming speech, some half laugh?
ing allusion t<> the Cowers, but she stop?
ped short in the midst of it. A knot of
half faded roses-his ros??-nestled in
her bosom, contrasting. with the pure
white of ht-r dainty gown: and ow
those treasured, envied Sowers began to
rise and fall, as though rocked on the
bi'lows of some clear lake stirred by a
sudden breeze. What he said, he did
not know; she hardly iieard. though her
eats drank in every word. She only
realized that both his hands were
tightly clasping hers, and that, scorn?
ing to seek a chair and draw it
to her side - perhaps, too. because
he could not bear lo release even for au
instant that slender little hand-perhaps
still more because of the old time chiv?
alry in his nature that had prompted
him to ask parental sanction before tell?
ing her of his deep and tender love
Capt. Lane had dropped on one kneo
close beside, and, bending over her, was
pouring forth in broken, incoherent
words the old, old story, of a lover's
hopes and fears and longings-the sweet
old song that, day after day, year after
year, ay, though sung since God's crea?
tion of the beautiful world we live in,
never, never can be heard or sung except
in rapture. Even though, she be cold to
him as stone, no true women ever lis?
tened to the tale of a man's true love
without a thrill at heart.
Unce, only once, in the lifetime of men
like Lane-yes, and of men not half his
peers in depth of character, in intensity
of feeling-there comes a moment like
this, and, whether, it be in thc glow and
fervor and enthusiasm of youth or the
intensity and strength of maturer years,
it is the climax of a lifetime; it is the
date from which all others, all scenes,
trials, triumphs, take their due appor?
tionment: it is the memory of all others
that lingers to the very last, when alL,
all but this are banished from the dying
brain. Rome, in her pride of place,
made the building of her capitol the cli?
max of mundane history; everything in
her calendar was "ante nrbeni condi
tuin'* or the reverse. The old world
measured from the flood: the new world
-our world-measures from the birth of
him who died upon the cross: and the
lifetime of the man who has once deeply
and devotedly loved has found its climas
in the thrilling moment of the avowaL
"Have you no word to say to me, Ma?
bel?-not one word of hope?-not one?"
he pleaded.
Then she turned her lovely face, look?
ing into his deep eyes through a mist of
tears.
"I do like you," she munirored; "I do
honor you so. Capt. Lane: but that is not
what you deserve. There is no one. be?
lieve me, whom I so regard and esteem;
but-1 do not know-I am not certain of
myself."
"Let me try to win your love. Mabel.
Give me just that right, indeed, indeed
i have not dared to hope that so goon ?
could win ever, your trust and esteem.
You make me so happy when you admit
even tha?."
"It is so little to give in return for
what you have given me," sheanswered,
softly, while her hand still lay firmly
held in the clasp ot his.
"Yet it is so much toma Think,
Mabel, in four days at m<V' I must go
back to my regiment. I ask no pledge
or promise. Only let me write to you.
Univ write to me and let me strive to
arouse at least a little love in your true
heart. Then by and by-six months,
perhaps-ni come again and try my
fate, i know that an old dragoon like
me, with gray hairs sprouting in his
mustache-"
But here she laid her fingers on Lus
lips, and then, seizing both her hands,
he bowed his head over then: and kissed
them passi<?Rtely.
The day of parting came, all too soon.
Duty-tlie mistress to whom he had
never hitherto given undivided alle?
giance-called him to the distant west,
and the last night of his stay found him
bending over lier in the same old win?
dow. [Ie was to take ? late train for
St. Louis, and had said farewell to ail
but her. Ana now the moir, nt ha i ar?
rived. A glance at his watch, had told
him that he had but twenty minutes in
which to reach the station.
She had risen, and was standing, a
lovely picture of graceful womanhood,
her eyes brimming with tears. Both her
hands were now clasped in his; she could
not deny him that at such a time; but
but was there not something throbbing
in her heart that she longed to tell?
..lt is good-by now." he murmured,
his whole seul in his gi ?wing eyes, his in?
finite love lietrayed m those Lips quiver?
ing under the heavy miistaehe.
She glanced up i..l;> his lace.
"Frc??" and then, as though abashed
at her own boldness, the lovely head was
S wed again ahnest on his breast.
"What is it. darling': Tell me." be
whispered, eagerly, a wild, wild hope
thrilling through his tu art.
"Would ii make you happier it -if 1 -
told you that I knew myself;! little bet?
ter?"
"Mabel! Do you mean-do you care
for mc?"
And then she was s;:d<'. ah clasped in
his st ven :, yearning arms and strained
to his breast. Lone. Long afterward ho
used to lift that traveling coat of gray
tweed troc, the trunk in which it was
carefull) stowed away, and wonder if
if it were indi ed true that lier throbbing
ivar: Luid thrill ..": through that senseless
fabric, stirriiig wild joy and rapture to
the v TV d pths o? nts own.
"Would i be sobbing my heart out.**
at la-: sh; murmured, "ii I did not love
you rtud could not b. ar to have you go?*'
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