The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, June 15, 1892, Image 1
THE SUMTEX WATCHMAN, Established April, 1850.
"Be Just and Fear not?Let all the Ends thou Aims't at. be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's "
THE llUK SOUTHRON, Established Jane, 1Z?&
Consolidated Au?. 2, 1881.1
STJMTER. S. C, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 1892.
New Series- Yol. XI. No. 46.
j)? Sft?tt jjBias at? ?oa? Jraa
Publis?iad ? Wednesday,
BY
. G-. OSTEEN,
SUMTER, S. C.
terms :
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AD VIRTI81KIHT8.
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charged for.
THE SIMONOS NATIONAL BANK,
Of SUM TER.
STATE, CITY AND COUNTY DEPOSI
TORY, S?MTER, 3. C.
Paid up Capital ? * . ? ; $75,000 00
Sarplus Fund. 10,500 00
Transacts a Genera! Banking Business.
Careful attention given to collections.
SAVINGS DEPARTMENT.^
Deposits of $1 and upwards received. In
terest allowed at the rate of 4 per cent, per
annum. Payable quarterly, on first days of
January, April, July and October.
R. M. WALLACE,
President.
L. S. Carsck,
Aag. 7 Cashier.
TI B1K IIP
S?MTER, S C.
CTTY AND COUNTY DEPOSITORY.
Transacts a general Banking business.
Also has
A Savings Bank Department.
Deposits of $1.00 and upwards received,
interest calculated at the rate of 4 per cent,
per annum, payable quarterly.
W. F. B. HAYNSWORTH,
W. F. Rhams, President.
??hier.
Aug 21.
DR. E. ALYA
DENTIST.
Office
OVER BROWNS & PCRDY'S STORE.
Entrance on Main Street,
Between Browns a Purdy and Durant & Son.
OFFICE HOURS:
9 to 1.30 ; 2 to 5 o'clock.
Somter, S. C , April 23.
G. W. DICE, D. D. S.
Office over Benin's New Store,
INTRANCK ON MAIN ST&SKT
SUMTER, S. C.
Office Honrs.?9 to 1;30 ; 2:30 to 5.
Sept 8_
MACHINE SHOP.
All kinds cf
MACHINS WORK REPAIRS
Can be bad in Sumter, at short notice, and in
the very best class cf work, at the shop re
cently opened by the undersigued on Liberty
Street, near the C. S. & N. Depot.
Boilers Patched, and Hill and Gin
Work a Specialty.
Prompt attention given to work in the
country, and first class workmen sent to at
tend to sanie.
Call at the shop or address through Sumter
Post o?ce
Aag 13 EDGAR SKINNER.
NEW_ LUMBER YARD.
IBEG TO INFORM MY FRIENDS AND
the public generally that my Saw Mill
located on the C. S. & N. R. R., just back of
my residence, is now in ful! operation, and I
am prepared to furnish all grades of Yellow
Pine Lnmber from unbled timber, at prices
according to grades
Yard accessible on North side of residence.
J. B. ROACH.
Feb 18._
L. 0. JOHNSTON,
SUMTER, S. C,
-THE
Practical Carpenter, Contractor
AND BUILDER,
^lirOULD RESPECTFULLY inform the
Vf citizens of Sumter and surrounding
Country that he is prepared to furnish plans,
and estimates brick and wooden buildings
All Work entrusted to him will be done
first class.
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED.
Aug 19 o
Why Rent Land When You Can Buy
S Home on Easy Terms?
FOR SALE.
ATRACT OF GOOD FARMING AND
Timber land, containing 900 acres with
good dwelling and outbuildings, w*I! located
half mile from Reid's station on the Manches
ter and Angosta R. R., 9 miles from Sumter.
Will sell as a whole or in lots to suit pur
chasers.
Terms?One-third cash, baiane; easy pay
ments and low interest. See or address
W. O. CAIN,
Ramsey, P. O., S. C.
OR
E. W. Dabbs, Agt
Ramsey P. O., S. C.
Dec. 30.?tf.
SPECIAL ATTENTION
Given to Compounding Prescriptions
GLENN SPRINGS
MINERAL WATER
A Safe, Pleasant Cure for ail diseases of the
LIVER, KIDNEYS, BLADDER AND
BOWELS.
FOR SALE BY
Dr. A. J. CHINA,
Dr. J. F. W. DkLORME, I
-and- j ?
W. R. DELGAR, Agent.
PAUL SIMPSON. Shipper, j m
Glean Springs, 3. G< i
Xch. 2. i
To The Pub?c.
I AM STILL SELLING
First Class Goods
AT LIVING PRICES.
It takes too much room to
enumerate all the bargains
] have to ciFer, but I must
call jour attention to our
HANDSOME CHAMBER SETS
B )th in China and tin.
BIG DRIVES IN GLASSWARE
SHOES
That are solid and will wear.
A VE YOU TRIED MY
Coffee at 20c. pr. lb
AND
Tea at 25c. pr. lb.?
If Dot, you are missing a genuine bar
gain It hap long been a household
word that you get norhing but
good goods, and full value at
ALTANIONT MOSES'.
Oct. 6.
INSURANCE.
I cover everything in Insu
rance. If it is your life, I
give you a policy in the
Mutual Life Insurance Company,
OF NEW YORK,
The oldest, richest and most liberal
Company in the U- S.
If on your Gin House, Dwelling,
Stores, Barns, Furniture or Produce
in the following companies, any of which
are strong and reliable :
THE NORWICH UNION",
of England.
THE QUEEN, of England.
PHOENIX ASSURANCE,
of England.
THE CONTINENTAL,
of New York.
THE NIAGARA,
of New York.
THE NORTH AMERICAN.
of Philadelphia,
THE GIRARD.
of Philadelphia.
THE MERCHANTS,
of Newark, N. J.
MECHANICS k TRADERS,
Of New Orleans.
My companies are as good and my rates
as low as any one.
ALTAMONT MOSES.
Gunsmith.
THE UNDERSIGNED DESIRES TO
inform the public that be b now pre
pared to repair
GUNS. PISTOLS, LOCKS. KEYS. TRUNKS,
BICYLES. SEWING .MACHINES, &c.
He will make and fit keys to &ny kind of
locks, and is uiso propared 'o do
ELECTRO-PLATING I?M SILVER GOLD, &C.
Which he guarantees to be b<-autifuh. durable
ind at prices within the reach of al!. Speci
mens of his plating cao rie seen at his shop on
South Washington Street, .Second duor South
Df Dr. Mood's residence.
R. S. BRADWELL. JR.
A?eh 16.?3m. *
FIRST CLASS BOARDING
HOUSE.
MRS. M. A. EPPERSON is prepared to
entertain boarders, both regular and
Lmt.si?nt with :he best accommodations.
Persons from the country spending any
iime in the city will be entertained in the best
manner.
Table sopplied with the best the market
affords.
Liberty Street near St. Joseph's Academy.
March 16?o.
Drug Store.
F?LL ASSORTMENT OF
DRUGS, MEDICINES
[-AND
Fancy Articles.
Ml CIGARS A SPECIALTY.
J. S. HUGHSON & CO.,
Mooaghan Block. MAIN STREET,
^Ich. 30. S?MTER, S. C.
BOYT BROTHERS,
MAIN STREET,
SITMTER, S. C*
iold and Silver Watches,
FINE DIAMONDS.
Clocks, Jewelry? Spectacles,
ERIDEN BRI TANI A SILVERWARE, &c.
REPAIRING A SPECIALTY.
?tb 1
Highest of all in Leavening Poti
OF
FREE TONTINE POLIC?ES,
IN TilE
EQUITABLE
LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY,
Of 120 Broadway, New Ycrk.
MATURING LURING THE YEAR
EXAMPLE NO, 1.
KIND OF POLICY,
0:dinarv lyfe "Free Tostine.
NO. of Policy 66,825. Amt. $10.000.
Age at issile 43. Annual premium, $35') 50.
A int. paid to (Jo. during 20 years, $7010.00.
RESULTS.
Twenty years of protection j
to the extent of $10,000 ?pi
ready enjoyed.
Options of Settlement Offerefl in
1891.
1st. Surrender Policy and draw !
the casli value $9,703.30, (a !
return of ?138,40 fur each j
?100 paid to the Cort? ?muy.)
OR
2d. Take out a paid up Policy
(payable at death) for ?15,
000, and pay no more pre-j
miums. j
OR
Bd. Draw the surplus (a cash
dividend of) $5,817.00. (over,
four fifths of the money paid
to the Co ) and continue the
original Policy for ?10.000.
in force by the payment of the
annual premiums ?350.50 !1
less annual dividends.
OR :
Ith. Convert the surplus ?5,- .
817.GO into paid up insurance
payable at death for ?9.230,
and continue the original pol
icy in force by the payment,
of the same annual premiums, j
less annual dividends.
By this last option the holder ;
)f this nolicv can have his in-1 ;
;urance increased to ?19,230
-vithout additional cost.
Certificates and other partie-] :
ilars furnished on application. \ '
The '-Twenty Payment Life" ?
Policies cost a little more, buti
;how much better results
TH0S, E. RiCHARDSQN, ;
Agent.
SUMTEK, S. C
June 17.
for Infanta and Children.
Castcria promotes Digestion, and
overcomes Flatulency, Constipation, Sour
Stomach, Diarrhoea, and FcverLslmess.
Thus tho child is rendered healthy and its
sleep natural. Castoria contains no
Morphine or other narcotic property.
"Castoria is so well adapted to children that
1 recommend it as superior to any prescription
known to me." II. A. Archer, 31. D.,
Ill South Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
"I use Castoria in my practice, and find it
Epecially adapted to affections of cb'Idren."
Alex. Robertson; M. L>..
1057 l?d Ave., New York.
"From personal knowledge and observation
I can say that Castoria is an excellent medicino
for children, acting as a laxative and relieving;
the pent up bowels and general system very
much. Many mothers have told me of its ex
cellent effect upon their children."
Da. (?. C. Osgood,
Lowell, Mass.
CcKTAt n COMPAS*, 77 Murray Street, N. Y.
r fi uv
3 C^;*?
ig
W ?MU
Tot ;irr Constipai l>>n j.'iriri;:^?hc h'?w- '
*ioul'd l>e avoided ; i'~ \. :? ;'.;- :'.-~t :.i \r
?V <>f A. ?autio ?;4? ris jitj
t is only required; ?att's 'liny
?k I'illsar?" prepared With special .
^ views to the permanent cure of %p
COSTlVENcSS and HFADACH?,
Sfe TIi? y aro mild and remain in tire s.vs'-Q
*^teia < *:1 they ;u C (?:? the liver, cause
a natural flow of Mio ru - ? heir tonic ?~
S properties import power i<; tho t>;nv-@
els to remove mtlicalthy accumula
ittiens. Good appetite and di^e^tion.^
3 result from 11:<- use ?ftlieso little y.iiU. ?fg?
Frico, ": >c. Oitice, 39 Park Place, . Y.
MACHINERY FOR SAL?.
One 12-horse entrine nnd boiler.
One ;') Saw Gin :md Condenser.
One [iosa Cotton i'ress.
? *ne 20-inch (h i =t Mill.
Betlinsr, Shafting und Fixtures.
The ihn, Press an.] Mill m re almost
>.d all tu sfuod running u-d?r.
The entire otitfit will be seid cheap.
For particulars apply to
O. M. Best.
11 e
Or at this oSce.
BliCGDOS'S. s c.
Ml
r?f.?Late?t U. S. Gov't Report.
rEftPURE
BUT NOT FORSAKEN."
-bt
BERNARD BIGSBY.
Author of the "Colonel of the Fourth," and
Cther Successful Stories.
CHAPTER .
IX A LAWYER'S OFFICE.*
Miss Baldcrstone did not go to Brigh
ton that day. Next morning she ar
rayed herself in siile attire and made a,
iescent on FurnivaTs inn, where the
great law firm of Colburn & Carsiake
spun their webs to catch the litigious.
"Ah, my dear madam, I am indeed
delighted to see you," Mr. Colburn ex
claimed, with so much effusion that his
manner brought a blush to his visitor's
cheek, though she knew that the rotund
little attorney-was verging on sixty and
had a wife and seven grown daughters
at his Richmond villa.
**I called on you, sir," she said, with
difficulty rescuing her hand from his
ardent grasp, ''to confer with you con
cerning an incident in connection with
the alleged death of Sir Hairy Gr?
bame."
"Sir Harry's 'alleged' death! What
can vou mean, Miss Baldcrstone?" The
lawyers face expressed not only sur
prise but dismay?nay, there was
even a tremor in his voice as he asked
the question.
"I mean that his adopted daughter,
Kate Granarne, has received this letter
from Lim, which you perceive is dated
after the published period of his de
cease. '*
The attorney gave a sigh of relief as
he glanced at the document.
"Gracious! how you startled mei" he
said, nervously. ''You ladies are posi
tively so impressionable?so ready to
jump to conclusions without sufficient
data, that?"
"Then you think that there is noth
ing in it?" Miss Baldcrstone inter
rupted.
"Think! I am sure of it. A mere
blunder of poor Sir Harry's. Why, I
have here the attestations of half a
dozen witnesses, chiefly natives it is
true, but mon in official positions, and
one of his body servants. Aaron Gore, a
man born on his estate, who knew him
from childhood, and was his valet for
the last seven years."
"it is very remarkable, Mr. Colburn."
"Not a bit of it?a mere slip of the
pen; why, I have been guilty of the
same error a hundred times. Yoif sec
he was up in the hills, sick?"
"He does not say so."
"Ah, my dear lady, you never knew
Harry Granarne. He was the last man
in the world to worry others with his
i?Uction, especially one to whom he
was so much attached as he was to this
young lady.""
"There may be something in that,"
Miss Baldcrstone confessed.
"And now that we are upon this sub
ject," Mr. Colburn continued, in a suave
yet determined tone, "may I put you
right on one other matter. You spoke
just now of this young person as Sir
Harry v>rahamc*S adopted daughter.
What do you mean by that? The legal
lefinitkm of the phrase would mean
AM INDEED DELIGHTED TO SEE YOU!**
hat he had by proper process of law
icquircd parental rights ever her. No
uch ceremony ever occurred, therefore
the eyes of the law your friend is no
ore to him than the veriest stranger."
"That may be so, but for nearly
ightoen years he treated her as Iiis
laughter."
"And if for eighteen years he had
reated her as his wife, would that
oake her so? The simile is a coarse
ne, and I beg your pardon, Miss Bald
rstone."
"Then, can you explain to me how it
^ so quickly and certainly determined
hat lie left no will, for am sure lie
liver meant to leave lier unprovided
or?"
"lean. He carried with h?m a will
?roperly drawn up leaving ali of his
lisposablc property to this young lady,
nit he never signed it. On his death*
<ed he deplored this fact to the surgeon
if the Ninth regiment, who had been
ummoned to attend him, and whose,
estimony I hare bore, and 't was
vhile this gentleman was hurrying to
he liou.se of an English missionary to
eeurc his services as a co-witness that
ie breathed Iiis last."
"Ab, the fatal blunder! But, surely.,
Tr. GoD -urn, the spirit, if not the letter,
f this document should l>e regarded,
t seems to nie that his sisters' treat
ment of ! he ?; i ri?"
"Pardon me. Lot us strip the story
f sentiment. Lady Scarborough and
Tiss Or?bame may haveaeted with rc
entment unnecessarily harshly, as
OU and I may think; but l?t us cx
.minc the matter in their light. They
ire neither of them wealthy. Their
?rother is rich. He does not marry,
fbey naturally expect to inherit bis
vealth. Suddenly they are told that
ie. who has no heirs but them, hns
taken a perfect stronger and, With ?r- j
bitrary disregard of their claims, set
her above them. Would not eVe? von,
who are so generous, smart under such
en injustice?"
"You arguo their cause well," Miss
Baldcrstone confessed, "but it is hard
on the unfortunate girl."
"It is. Believe me, my dear lady, my
heart bleeds for her; and even this very j
morniug my wife and I were discussing
a project for furthering her interests. I
had intended communicating with you
to-day, but your opportune arrival obvi
ates that necessity."
"I am sure we shall be grateful for
any suggestions," the schoolmistress J
said, a little stiffly, for no woman likes
to be convinced against ber will-, and
she had been obliged to acknowledge to
herself that her suspicions were utterly
groundless.
"Weih it is this: Of-course Miss
Miss?by the bye, did the yoiirJg lady
adopt Lady Scarborough's suggestion o?
assuming another name?"
"She did not." This very frigidly.
"Well, then, Miss G rah ame?of course"
Miss Kate Grahame?under existing cir
cumstances must turn to profit the
many advantages she has enjoyed under
your roof and accept a position where
her talents wijl lx> appreciated."
"Certainly, though there is no need
of hurry."
"Well, oddly enough, an English lady,
daughter of an old client of mine, is
married and settled in Canada, and last
week my wife received a letter from
her asking her to engage and send out
to her a well-educated young lady to
act in the capacity of companion. The
situation would be a charming one, and
the salary she offers is five hundred
dollars a year, equi valent to about a
hundred guineas."
"I need hardly say that I accept so
tempting an offer," Miss I?alderstone
said gratefully, and went away with the
full belief that Mr. Colburn was several
de.grees too good for this vale of tears.
And that astute gentleman forthwith
telegraphed to George Archer, Hydera
bad, Hindustan: "The small piece of
goods under orders for shipment to Can
ada."
CHAPTER IV.
KATE HAS AN ADVENTFKE.
So Miss Baldcrstone's romance was
crushed in the bud ere it had attained
maturity, and she set out for Brighton
to enjoy her well-earned holiday, but
not before she had seen to the departure
of mademoiselle and her young charg*
for the farmhouse near Chcrtscy on the
Thames.
England boasts no fairer scene than
the banks of this beautiful river, wind
ing among grassy meadows and verdant
woodlands, and Willoughby farmhouse
was just the large- ram Wing, old-fash
ioned, picturesque building in which to
get the most enjoyment out of the love
ly landscape. Moreover, John Barlow*
its yeoman owner, and Dame Deborah,
his wife, seemed to have been especially
fitted by Providence to dispense its hos
pitalities?to say nothingof their brown
armed, blue-eyed daughter Nellie,
whose rustic beauty might have made
her the heroine of a pastoral poem.
To Kate Grahame the quiet retire
ment of this lovely spot was as a heal
ing balm, bringing color to her cheeks
and peace to her mind, though ? must
confess that Mile. Campignon, who re
garded a cow as a wild animal with
chronic designs on her personal safety,
and dreaded even covering the tips
of her toes with the morning dew,
pined for the gay streets and brilliant
boulevards of her adored Paris.
The days flew by with winged speed.
Old Caesar, the house-dog, a lineal de
scendant of the famous mastiffs of the
Belvoir volley, had taken the young
girl osder his especial patronage, and
woe-betide the tramp who should dare
to molest her in their daily scampers j '
down grassy lanes or lonely country- ? '
roads. j .
It was Ccosar, however, Who brought ? ?
her into the vortex of her first adven- j <
ture in this scene of Arcadian simplic- ? ]
[try, where one would think that ! :
a, young lady would be as free from j :
startling incidents as though she were
immured in the walls of a well-regula
ted schoolroom; and it happened in this
Way.
Mademoiselle had a headache ?
which meant that she was anxious to I ?
retire to a hammock under the apple- [
trees in the orchard and feast her soul
:>n the thrilling incidents of a French
hovel, of which she always pictured
herself as the heroine ? and Kate and
1er four-footed friend started on a ram
ble down the river bank. It was a j l
lovely morning for a walk, for, though j
the July .sun shone with unwonted ra- ! t
iiance, a fresh Western breeze fanned I 1
:hc air and made tiny white-caps on the ! 1
rufiled stream. j
Kate stood on a little knoll enjoying
:he pretty landscape, her hand resting ? 2
>n the great dog's head, when?whiff! j t
1 gust of wind swept the dainty straw- j 1
iat from her head, whirled it like a ? I
iite in the air, and dropped it ignomin- | t
lously into the middle of the current,- 1
ivhere the small eddies played around j s
.t and bore it triumphantly to the weir, J t
i hundred yards below, lodging it at ? f
last in a little island of willows just ;
ibovc the miniature Niagara. .' 1
The girl,-with a little moue of comical I?
distress, appealed to the mastiff for t
assistance, but the honest fellow re- j I]
sponded with a mute reproach in his ! *
brown eyes, as much as to say that he , "
was not that kind of a dog at all. a
"Fetch it, Ccesar! Fetch it, sir!" she ' K
sried, impatiently stamping her foot. j -1
He bounded round her and barked, j e
Imt made no effort to recover her lost j v
aeadgcar; but in his gambols he ap- *
proached the /e of the high bank,- ! 0
and Kate, vexed at his stupidity, gave ;
iihn a push which sent him with a great .
splash into the stream. (Yesar was J(
strong and a supevb swimmer, but, like (>
iis Saxon ancestors, was mightily
ifraid of ' cold bath, and instead of c
striking boldly out into the river, made ,
neffect?al attempts tu scale the preci- ;
nee, only succeeding, however^ in pull- SJ
ng dov.. the red clay into the water i
ind exhausting himself in his frantic ?
?fforts. In vain Kate ran to a shal- j
ower spot and called him; her cries
>nly urged him to wilder struggles. '
Then she got frightened* and tears of
listress began to roll down her cheeks,
.vhile the dog gave a piteous howl and
auk back into f he river with hardly
strength enough. left to make way C
igainst the stream. v
It was just .'t this critical moment
hat a young man leaped lightly over a
itile ami ran swiftly up to her. Jler
chol.' mind was concern rat*'. 1 on tue '
Irowning dog, and she hardly vouch- ...
afed liim a glance as she pitifully ap- I
>ealed to him f<?r aid..
"Poor fellow," he said, with provole !
rig calmness; "he is in a had way, I aiu j
ifraid."
"And will von do nothing to save
iim'.'" rlir asked, indignantly, but her
[uestion \v;is superfluous, for before 'n
he sentence was finished he had Hung
ff his coat, waistcoat and shoes. ?ir:d t;
iad plunged iato the river a few yards r>1
/
"WHY, IT WA.3 BIT OF FUN."
above th? spot where the panting' dog
was struggling.
How boldly he struck out to Ctcsar's
side! There was such a power in his :
movement, that Kate never for an in- |
stant feltr a tremor for Iiis safety?she 1
was simply absorbed in a thrilling-ad
miration of his manly courage and
superb strength. Putting his arm j
around the dog's neck he gently forced I
him down the stream to a spot where ?
the bank was lower, and in a couple of j
minutes Cassar was foiling on the grass j
of the meadow, whining his satisfac
tion at his unexpected release from a
watery grave.
The young gentleman did not look
much of a hero, as he stood with drip
ping- garments in the shallow water, I
but in Kate's eyes he was a Bayard, j
and when hc said: "As I cannot get in I
a very much damper condition, per- j
haps I had better fetch your hat," and
plunged once more into the river, she
thought that such an act of gallantry
was worthy of even her idol, Harry
Granarne.
**How can I thank you sufficiently for
the service you have done me?'' she :
Raid, with cheeks aglow, as he stood ?
beside her on the bank again. j
"By saying nothing about it. Why, !
it was a bit of fun, not even worth
menton ing, only I wish I had the ;
mastifFs faculty of throwing the wet
drops from me. See how the old rascal
is rubbing his nose in the grass, and I j
dare say grinning at my moist condi
tion," he replied, with a merry laugh. j
"But you will come at once to the
farmhouse, where I am staying," she .
asked eagerly. "I should never forgive ?
myself if you caught cold. Had you
not better run on at once? I am sure
that Mr. Barlow would be only too
glad to?"
"Ila, ha. ha!" hc roared. "Do I look
like a tender youth, that a dip in a
river on a glorious day like this would
lay on a sick bed?"
His mirth was infectious, and she
Was fain to confess that hc did not.
"Then excuse me if I do not put on
my coat over my wet clothes; and show
me the way tu .your farmhousef for un
less you accompany me, to give an ex
planation of my amphibiousness, I shall
not dare to present myself. Besides,
in your country no one goes anywhere
without an introduction, I understand."
"Then you are not an Englishman?"
ehe demanded, in surprise.
"Xot exactly, though my forefathers
were. I am a Yankee?a pure, unso
phisticated native of the state of wooden
?ratmegs."
"Ah, I have read Sam Slick?you mean
you were born in Connecticut?" Kate
asked, much amused. "And what are
pou doing in England?"
"Loafing; and until to-day ? have not
got much fun out of the experiment."
Kate was a little my stifled by the
term "loafing," which had never pene
trated into the classic precincts of Miss
Balderstone's establishment or the
genteel atmosphere of Miss Ilonoria's
drawing-room, and concluded that it
must be an Americanism for hunting
for loaves or getting one's living. She
forebore making any further inquiries
m so delicate a subject, for of coin-se, it ?
teas no business of hers how the young
nan earned his broad. It only en
lightened her as to the fact that he
was a toiler and had to work for sub
sistence.
Thus, in pleasant chat, just as if they
iad known each other for years, they
talked side by side till the garden-gate
.vas reached, and mademoiselle, g-laric
ng from her French novel, beheld them
;vith inteasc st:rprise. and hurried for
ward to meet them.
"Mme. Canipignou, permit me to in
troduce to you Mr.?, Mr.?" Kate
Droke down with an embarrassed little
augh, for she did not oren know the
lame of her newly found friend.
"Arthur Dun bar," he said, with quiet
Lssurance, making the governess a bow
vhich would have been deemed eredita
rie in one of her own Parisian salons.
hit mademoiselle was not to be propit
iated so easily. Like a hen protecting
1er one chick from the swoop of a hawk,
he ruffled her feathers and received
he young man's advances with the iciest
rirrid?ty.
Not so Dame Barlow; that geni?i
lonsewife no sooner heard the story of
lis brave rescue of her favorite dog
han she set about her preparations foi
ls comfort. First, he must go to bed
or an hour while she dried his clothes
-no. she wouldn't have him parading
round the bouse in any of John's gar
nents, making himself ridiculous? and
e must take a tankard of lier famous
Iderberry wine mulled and piping hot,
rith nutmeg- and a pinch of gri?geriii it.
Of course the ladies occupied a suite'
f apartments to themselves, and,
houpfh they took their meal? at the
time hour as the farmer's family, en
jyed them in state alone' in the great
ak-panelcd parlor. When the dinner
our arrived, then, Kate was in consid
rablc perplexity as to how Mr. Dunbar
ould fare, f>?r she. heard him chat
\ng grayly to the Barlows in the family
tttimj--rooin, and knew that he must be
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heart sank at the prospect of such ap
parent ingratitude. Lut, if the parlor
shut its inhospitable door on the in
truder, the kitchen made up for the de
ficiency, for jovial John Barlow took a
great fancy to the outspoken young1
man and welcomed him to bis hearth
and board with open-handed heartiness.
"Take thy seat, lad, an' help thecsen.
There bean't much of a spread to-day,
for to-night we have a hay-harvest
homing, and the women folk are busy
o'er the big supper; but I reckon thce'll
find enough to sharpen thy teeth upoa."
harvest home! Arthur had read
about such things, and oh, what a
chance was there how for him to see
one, if the big-hearted yeoman would
only give him an invitation. lie was
epared the doubt, for the farmer, after
heaping his plate with a prodigality
that would put Dunbar's appetite to the
tost, added:
"May happen thee never seen & naf
fest homing?don't have such doings ia
thy country, eh? Well, dang my but
tons, if thee shan't stay for ours this
eve, and I won't take no for an answer
-- so there!"
"I shall be only too glad fo accept
your invitation/' Arthur said, delighted*
"but had I not better walk over to the
inn at Chertsey where I am staying and
drive back later m the afternoon, for, if
I have formed a right idea of a harvest
home, I shall hardly care for a mid
night trip of four miles on shanks*
ponies,"
"And dost thee think, lad, that ?
would have thee do it? No, bide where
thee art, and tue naisses ;ull gin thee
? shake-down. To-morrow 's a slack
clay, an' I'll drive thee back nrysen in
the tax-cart."
So that was settled, and Arthur Dun
bar took One step nearer to his fate.
In the parlor, things were not pro
cessing so pleasantly. Mademoiselle
was peevish and Kate was rebellious. It
was perhaps the very spirit of opposi
tion which led the young ?adyr as soon
is the meal was over, to cross the little
?awn in front of the house and join
Dunbarand Nellie Barkjw, who were
fitting on a rustic seat under a giant
Dim tree, with Ccesar stretched la-zily at
their feet.
"Is not this a charming spot, Mr.
Dunbar?" Kate said, as she took her
place by Nellie's side.
"It is, indeed," he responded, heartily;
"it seems to me to be an ideal home?
the realization of what I have read
ibout again and again and never seen
Xifore. I tell you that dip in the riv?r
?vas a godsend for me. I am going to
issist, as your French friend would say,
it a harvest-home to-night?think of
;hat, Miss Grahame! I never saw but
me before, and that was on the stage at
>t. Louis and very far from the real
king, I guess;"
"It is only a hay harvesting," Nellie
Marlow suggested, timidly, "and noth
ng like the grnrid doings we have in
September, when the last load of wheat
:omcs into the stack-yard."
" What! Are you intending to remain
or our rural fete?" Kate asked, in dis
nay, dreading the complications which
fright ensue.
"For the h?rtest home, yes! and ?
hall stay at the farmhouse all night, so
et us make up our minds to be jolly."
Then Kate grew afraid of this young
onn. His familiarity was not at all a
mode of Scarborough house nor cn
cgle with the gilded youths who some
imes called on their sisters at Miss
iaiderstone's, so she resolved to admin
ster the mute reproof of dropping out
rf the conversation, a proceeding Which
>y no means tended to check the flow
if the offender's hilarity, who kept Nel*
ie Barlow entranced with his naive re-'
arks and genial manner. Thisabsorp
ion in self gave Kate a chance to take
ritical observations of the stranger.
Ie was handsome?there could be no
loubt of that. His features were well set;
iis hair was dark auburn and inclined
o curl, and his eyes were as brown as
Cesar's. Then' he wore a moustache
rith no whiskers, and that gave his
?ro?le a clearer cut expression^ But it
ras, after all, his superb physique
fhich was in an artistic sense his chief
ttraction?he had the form of an
Lpollo.
She knew she ought to play propriety
,nd check this young man's freedom of
manner, but when she began to analyze
11 he said and did, she could not but
onfess that the.-c was not a shadow
f impertinence about him?his genial
ly was the spontaneous outflow of e^s:
berant spirits, untrammeled by the
igorons bonds of social intercourse to
rhich she had been accustomed. So
tic allowed his good nature to carry
ic last barrier of her reserve, and in
alf-an-hour they were all chatting as
ayly as if there were no such things as
iritish formality or hypercritical
reach governesses*
[ ? ConTInPKD ]
A Sea of Flame.
Oil City, Fenn , June G ^At
cIock this morning forrj six bodies
td been recovered, but ir is impossible
give sn accurate estimate of the to'al | u
ss of life There has beeu commani- ( 0
.tion between this city aud TitasviHe
v.ce G o'clock last evening. The loss
life is said ro exceed one hundred. A
nk owned by the PeOnsyiivania [tifiti
? Company up ?he Seneca is in duigor
< xplodiog at this writing It contain*
000 bai reis of oil and if it e'atcho
e will wipe out the eutite upper eud
the town.
Few of the specVors who Were watch
g th ? 'odjwheo the expl >sions occurred j tc
d who escaped can cjive a good idea i te
w'iat bapptoed All agree ih.it. there
is a teiri?j explosion and that the air
is fe led with fljo-es. This v?as
tek iy followed by two other explosion*
i-n thought liei! had broken Icos.? tn
i th at d they were not apparently Very
- out of the way. Three gasoline
;iks had explod d almost at the .ame
ne. The oil (iti toe cn ck blazed op,
? gas in {he air burst hi to roaring
me and tdicets of water, Isnd and air
re al! li?erallj abla?o. Sien, women
d children were knocked prostrate
til ? .-huek and many never arose.
M.? In tries Sed mih screams of S ht
^?rish for higher ?round, fu lie lb
-h t; ti? nf the trcsk Were trsmr-ied !
ou :i,.d badly injured. Some wore ! t??
rt by Horses, others r.-v.i irnd leaped ; ?
0 ?!:.? ira ter and were drowned. The \ hi
ms iu the air quickly burned cat, . p<
1 r i : c y left hago vol?mes of black ft
oke across the face of the heavens, j g<
heath which roared the tierce ?re of j C
ruing oi a the warer j I)
Many tubmcrged he Oses and shops ! pi
tlte creek bottom were >odu iu j
it es. and the >i!<nt fi : e of the Naming
was mi ceeded l>y the crackling ?
.. of burning homes. In fiiany of j b
se houses people were cat!fined. 1 ar
.te ccuii cacane foi ti*c kie. J
Within sight of thousands, who beard
then* piteous scresms they burned- tc>
death or leaped into t??e* rfv?r *ud there'
peri-hed by both ?iod and ff-e.
Such a combination scene of deetruff*
tioo by two terrible elements vizs seldom
witnessed upon this earth. It ie
marvelous that from rSis Valley of death
auy were s*ved alive.
It is Grange that out of this miegliog
of ?re and flood anj bosses- weu#
spared.
?B ko wi s ser s es
The story tdd by Harry McYt agF?,
a member of a rescuing party wbicif
?-aved a dozen lives, surpaies i? horror
many of those rehrted by persona who
worked ot\y iu bringing the corpses out
of the reins, a?d his worefe indicate
that he believf-s tnauy of those saved
alive Would be befter with the dead,
they are fO horribly wounded and
burned. Be, Wiib Wade Bufmgs, W.
Couch and Albert Smith, rowed about
f.he creek iu a skiff, after the re had
died off its surface aad reaehrag the
footbridge crossing, at the bead of
Seaeca creek, they foirod Ceti btrroed
persons elmeri"? to anything tbey e?uM
catch hold of iu a last desperate stregj?f
for life.
"Their condition was horrible," eaid
McVeagh. '?I wieh that ? eu?ld close
my eyes and shut out the sight. Their
clothing was burned off t?eir bodies J
their hsir was singed and some of them
had their eyes burned out, yet a f?w of
them, ? believe, will live," and the
brave fellow breathed a sigh as if be
regarded their living as a misfortune
to themselves.
"They clung pheonsly to osas Ufa
took them from the bridge into ouf
boat and the cries they sent up were
the mo-t pitiful that ever reached tnj
ears. There were seven men and fouf
women aod the appearance of the latter
was particularly d i.? t r essiti g. We cared
for them the best we c&uld, bet God
pi?y theni.1" aud McVeagb turned away
and s'ared at a brick wall as if it shot
nut the horrible eight be had witnessed.
SIXTY T?TtLE BOD?gS ?5 TUS ORGUE.
The magnitude of the disaster which
ha-? overtaken this section does net
e^ei with time and a better knowledge
i?t it. Mayor Hunt places the number
of deaths, in Oil City alone, at 159?
Sixty three bodies were gathered in 3
tempora y morgue today Many peo
ple are missing A number of bodies'
Boated away on the flood, and many of
those resetted alive from the water are
<o bjdly burned that dea:h willuodoabt*
?dly claim them.
There as yet, no Way of making
in accurate return of the fatalities.
Between Titusville and Oil City, ft
iistanee of eighteen uiiles, there ar?
?j? :e villages where oil wells have seen
:u:ik. Within this distance, in the
3arrow valley, was, cm Saturday, s
population botweeu forty and forty-five
housand souls, of whom a large frac
iio? were exposed to the fi >od and fire,
tud the entire eighteen miles is a
;on tin nous scene of desolation. In Oil
Jity proper, the ?ery ?ood destroyel
me mile of property aloog the creek on
he west side, riross the creek from
be main portion of the city, not a house
s standing between the creek ani bili,
rid not a Vestige ef life can be seea
xcepttbe many searchers for the dead.
OS? BOtS? SPaRE-P.
AU ?2 the east side, from the mouth*
>f Oil creek, for a distance of three
[Uarters of a mile, every building,
ixcept r?e, ?hag the creek has been
lestroyed. This strange monument te
he death-iadcn fiood is a frame d veiling
louse standing among the ruius. \b
t-is in the mid.-t of tb* ? >od and fife*
i yet it was passed by. The ear*
ains are ou ail the wiadows and the
loon meal stands on the table but the
armer occupants of this lonely house
re among the dead Tbey attempted
o escape, and were caught in a sea o(
ame on the east side.
??tt T?1E F?as STARTED.
There seems to be no doubt that Inf
lod undermined and overturned a tank
f benzine, the contents of which covered
be surfece cf the water. A locomotive
asking ov?.r the bridge dropped some
ive coals in the 3>od, and this started
lie fire.- There is no abatement of the
od, and that bas interfered with the
earch for bodies. ?iie fbod alone
rould have caused serious disaster,
rith'iat its fi^ry accompaniment.,
; arly everybody recovered from the
fater shows the action of the fire*
emoflstrating that tbey had been*
aught in the fi imes and jumped into
- e river to (peach the burning. ?*
f these were in houses suddenly
ir rounded by the fiood boaiing the fire
poa its surface, and they had only the
iioice of m?thode of death?bura ? *
the house, or bum aud drown in the
v*ry fi ?od outside.
Th'C CALL FOR ?IB".
Ilarrisburg, Penn , June ? ?ovef*
or Pattts m has issued procr?maftott
?commcnd?ng to tbc citons o(
WusylVauia prompt action for the
?lief of their fellow citizens, aud
>??ues?ing and directing all 01112300",
>cie fes, committees and agencies/
aid in this woik. lo put tbetoselves
. eeormaefeatieti with tbe aatberities
' Titusviile and Oil City.
TUE Fl!?E ST!I/L * "! EA 0.
Titusv?le, Venn, 6Tune ??fbe*
?ieeu Citv tsf?ftery cf L. ??cebe ? Soo??
is caught ?rc and danger threatens
ie uobornt d:st ?et.
T!?E USATI! M>T S*itEttfse.
t'itt<burg, Kenn., June 6.?Th?
Mowing was received at :
. City. June ? _W C. Coa?e?,
r , Lieutenant Colonel, Aide de Camp,
ittsburg :? a cin report to the
cerner that the logs of life becomes
mrlf n>orc apparent. ?ixty-th.e?
idies bave been reeovered. Severa!
ere seen adrift ta thet?Ver?nd with
e sabs?donce of the i?uod uiany moro'
ill undoubtedly be found. Over one
mdred families are homeless. The"
icuoiary loss is estimated at front
900 OOa to $1 500.000. The utmost
jod order prevails. At my request
idonei" llulrngs. ordered out Company
Sixteenth regiment, last nigbt t
escrve order in case of need.
W. G. H?Nt, Mayor.
Bright people are tbt-q .ickt-st to reco?rni?<
pood thir.jr ?nd buy it. We sell lots ef
a pfopl?* ihe Luti?- Earty Risers. If y^ri*
?? bright ih?*?*' ?*ills ?ili atak* yeifrss'* ^^>?