The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, June 20, 1900, Image 8
BY JOHN J. a'BECKET.
{Copyright, 1S59. by American Press Asso?
ciation.}
[CONTINUED.]
CHAPTER UL
UNCLE JOSIAH AS A DOUBTING THOMAS.
Miss Rodney made her preparations
for leaving London that evening, and
.aine days later she was in the bosom of
her family. She had been able to learn
nothing abont Guy Stadley in London.
"To think that I should run across
this beast and not be able to find out
-anything about that fine young fellow!
How can two men with the same na?
tures be so antipodally sundered in
character?" she thought with wonder.
Miss Rodney had derived a great
benefit from her outing. She had been
freed from the trials of home life, which
had always oppressed her more heavily
than either her mother or her sister. It
was a satisfaction to feel that she could
meet her uncle with the thing she had
?et out to do an accomplished fact.
She longed for the very palpable reward
of her heroic task which the old man
had promised her in the moment of
softening which had come upon him.
M?3S Rodney had never failed to con?
gratulate herself on having made him
put it in writing and of securing wit?
nesses to the important document.
Mrs. Rodney and Rose had not been
out very much. The death of the
Countess of Carrington had given them
an excuse for being a little less in so?
ciety. Mrs. Rodney had not failed to
make rise of this opportunity. It was
something to be able to practice econ?
omy with a deceased countess as the al?
leged cause of it. She had wanted to go
into mourning, but Uncle Josiah had
.. poohpoobed that with animosity.
"Why, you hadn't heard from Ma?
tilda for five years, and now you want
to spend money in advertising your re?
gret for such a dear, devoted sister. Tell
*em she's dead, and that will do as well
ana cost less."
So Mrs. Rodney had contented her?
self with wearing black rather more
than usual. Whenever there wa? a good
occasion, she managed to convey the
impression that the family was in a
mourning condition over the death of
**my sister, the Countess of Carring?
ton," but she had fired off these shots
when Uncle Josiah was not around.
She knew that she could not count on
any support from her sharp tongued
hrother in this direction.
Miss Rodney had taken an early op?
portunity to talk with her uncle on the
snbject of his promise in case she should
-succeed in the attempt to climb the
Matterhorn.. The old gentleman had
shown no curiosity on the subject. In
fact, he had seemed almost to avoid an
occasion for private talk with her.
But one day Mrs. Rodney and Rose
had gone out for the afternoon, and
I*lorence soon after came in where the
old gentleman was reading. She seated
herself and began :
"Well, uncle, now that I have shown
you that I could do what I said I could,
I suppose you will keep your part of
the agreement. You lost your wager,
you know," she said pleasantly.
"What wager? What agreement?'
he replied snubbily. looking up from
his paper as if he did not wish to be
disturbed.
Uncle Josiah's apparent forgetfulness
concerning the Matterhorn wager fairly
amazed his niece.
"Why. I snppose you know what
this paper is." returned Florence,
drawing the agreement from her
pocket. "You did not think I could get
to the top of the Matterhorn, and you
agreed here that if I did within six
months you would give me money cr
stock or something that would yield me
an income of ?10,000 a year. I have
climbed the Matterhorn and in less
than four months from the date of this
agreement, written by yon and wit?
nessed by Mary and Roberts Now,
.when are you going to do your part?"
"I haven't got the money about me j
new," replied Uncle Josiah sarcastic- j
ally "We'll talk about it some other ?
time. It doesn't say there how soon it J
must be paid, does it?"
"No. Of course, you know, I ara not j
insisting cn your doing it at once. But
it wa* a gracious impulse, I believe,
that led you to promise me this. I only j
want to know what I am to expect. "
"Oh. 1 thought yon said it was put i
down what you had to expect?" said
the old man, looking at her.
"Uncle, there is no use in bandying j
words abont it. - If yon have a spark of i
honor, you know that now you owe me
- this money Your word is concerned.
I have done what I said I would, and I
want to know when you will do your
part." replied his niece firmly.
"How do I know that you climbed
the MatterhornV* said Uncle Josiah
incredulously. j
"1 should think my word was proof j
-enough," retorted Miss Rodney, with j
some spirit. "You never knew me to :
he in your life. "
"I know mighty few girls who !
wouldn't tell a little white fib if they
could get $10.000 a year by it.' |
chuckled Uncle Josiah.
"Well, I anticipated some such sub
terfuge as that, " replied the girl coolly.
"I have the affidavit of each of the
guides that I made the ascent."
"I suppose any of these Swiss guides
would make ont a paper like that for
$50, wouldn't they?"
"I don't know. These didn't.'
"You see there's no actual proof that
you climbed that mountain." said Mr.
Gardner argumentatively. "Yon say
you did, and yon have the papers-. But
you may be mistaken, and, as I say, I
think $?0 would buy that rance hand?
writing from any of them; Was there
anybody along brit yon and the
guides?'
"Not with me-no," replied Mi**
Rodney, trying to keep cool under the
evident desire of her uncle to irritate
her. J'But I.met_a young man on the
very top of tue Matterhorn. He could
testify to iny being there."
"Well, bring him on, and then I'll
knew He would be a credible witness
if his character is good." returned her
j uncle.
j "I can't bring him on. I don't know
j where he is. I only know his name. "
i "What was his name?"
j "Stadler-Guy Stadley. '
"Sounds like a name out of a novel,'
j said Uncle Josiah suspiciously, as if
"How do 1 know that you climbed thc
Matterhorn?' said Uncle Josiah.
any young man with such a name could
not be trusted to any great extent
"Don't you know where he lives?"
"Xo; I thought it was London from
somethings he said," answered Miss
Rodney. "But I do not know his ad?
dress, and no one there could tell me
anything about him."
"Oh ! You tried to find him, did you ?
How long had you known him?"
"From the time I met him on the
Matterhorn until I parted with him on
coming back to the Mont Cervin hotel
at Zermatt. " Miss Rodney replied
coldly.
"He may have been struck with you,
and perhaps he would be willing to tes?
tify to a little thing like this to accom?
modate a lady he liked."
"Ohl Why do you keep up this sort
of thing, uncle?" cried Miss Rodney
impatiently. "Why don't you be just
and do what you promised?"
" 'Tisn't unjust if I wait until I find
out. Get this young man, and if he
seems to be a credible witness I'll be?
lieve him," said Uncle Josiah, with an
air of waiving a point in his niece's fa?
vor. "Then, again, look here! How do
I know but that you'll go and take Car?
rington, after all? You've got six or
seven months to consider that point.
Now, it wouldn't be square for me to
make such a handsome provision for
you if you were to step into your Aunt
Matilda's money. 'Twouldn't be right
to your sister. She wasn't offered tuis
chance. You were yon** aunt's favorite
and came in for Carrington and all the
good things." The old man chuckled at
bis own sense of humor.
Miss Rodney rose to her feet indig?
nantly. She had lost her temper at last
"Don't mention the name of that
miserable creature tome ever again,"
she cried with indignation. "I will
swear to von, if vyu would like it, that
I will never wed the-oh, I cannot
even speak his odious name! I saw him
in London, and he insulted me after?
ward by calling on me. Then he in?
sulted me further by writing a letter,
evidently meaning to disgust me more
than ever with himself. He said he was
willing to marry me if I wanted him.
And you suggest the possibility of such
a vile thing torneas that! Have you
no decency? You may repudiate your
own paper and become a thief, uncle,"
she said violently, "but how is it pos?
sible for you to fall so far as to men?
tion the name of any woman relative
of yours in the same breath with thai
cur?"
Uncle Josiah was having a great deal
of enjoyment over this fiery niece of
his. His taste in enjoying such things
was unquestionably bad, unworthy an
uncle of his years and with a really
charming niece, when she was treated
with any kind of fitness. But he did
enjoy seeing her in a hot. indignant
mood.
"So you didn't take to Carrington,
not even when he said he was willing
to marry you ? He may have wanted to
put himself cn record as being willing,
because if he were to refuse you would
get the money. What did you co to
him?" he asked quickly.
"Told bim 4No' in a way that could
leave no doubt in his mind," replied |
Miss Rodney "Don't talk about it any j
more. The whole sickening business |
has made me hate the very name of
Carrington. But you need not despiie
him so much. After all. he was within
his right, and you are refusing to do !
what justice and your own honor de- I
mand. There is no use of talking about
it any more." she concluded, rising to
go.
"Well, give me time to make the ar?
rangement. " said Uncle Josiah, with a
cajoling air. "You don't expect me to
go right down to the bank and get it
now ! Besides, you ought to bring cn
Strandham, Scanlon-what was his
name?-to prove your statement. You
could advertise for him in the London j
Times. Say he will hear of something j
greatly to yo^r advantage if he comea j
i forward and says that he found you !
j without a chaperon on the Matterhorn. " !
i His niece disdained fnrther remarks, j
! She rose and left the room. The next I
j day Uncle Josiah, who had not doubted
j her word in the least, made arrange
I ments for transferring several blocks of i
: gilt edged stock to her. In his odd way
; he said nothing of this. He rather hated
' to see his plucky niece, whom he secret
I ly admired very much, become abs*)- j
; lut ely independent of him. even though j
. she owed sneh freedom to himself,
j Miss Rodney kept her peace and
; treated her uncle with an unvarying
reserve after this, it tried him more
than sli*- realized. But she felt how
mean and unjust his conduct was, and
could not or wonk! not make any at?
tempt to cajole } j ? r 11 into doing his duty
and redeeming bis promise to ber One
thing s'ae noticed, and Mrs. Rodney .
also remarked it--Uncie Josiah did not
complain and comment as much on ex- j
pend? tures where his niece Florence was j
concerned He seemed to take these |
j more tranquilly than those winch con?
cerned Mrs. Rodney or Rose. Florence
! felt that this showed some sense of
what he owed her on the old man's
part. She concluded to say nothing un?
til the year was up. Then the objection
which her uncle had urged could not
exist, for her aunt's money would go
irretrievably to her dissolute stepson.
CHAPTER IV.
NEWS OF GUY ST ADLET.
The summer had come. Mrs. Rodney
after the usual "time" with her brother
had got money to take herself and Rose
to Narragansett Pier Florence re?
mained with her uncle. He insisted on
one of his two nieces being with him,
and they divided this domestic enjoy?
ment between them. The old man very
much preferred having Florence with
him. and, as if with the desire tc retain
her, showed the pleasantest side of him?
self. When he felt the need of some
outlet for his soul, strained with such
continued sweetness, he would com?
ment in his caustic, sneering, jocular
way on Mrs. Rodney or Rose.
One day, about a month before the
year appointed by the Countess of Car?
rington in her eccentric will was up,
Miss Rodney burst into an exclamation
of surprise and her face lit up with
pleasure. She had just been reading a
letter from Rose.
"What is tbe matter?" inquired Un?
cle Josiah. "Has Rose got some fool to
ask her to marry him?"
"No," said Miss Rodney. "Listen to
this." She read from the letter-.
"There has been such a lovely Eng?
lishman here for a week. No one seems
to know much about him, but I have
heard that he goes with the swellest
people in Newport and brought a lot
of letters with him. Mamma has felt a
little shy about my receiving his at?
tentions, because we know so little
about his means or family. But he was
presented to me at a casino dance, and
he certainly is a perfectly lovely waltz?
er. He seemed to take quite an interest
in me. He wanted tc know if I had any
sisters and then asked if you were
younger or older than I. Then he asked
me if I knew a Miss Florence. He said
laughingly that his principal object in
coming to America was to discover this
Miss Florence. When I wanted to know
why he had such a romantic interest in
a girl of whom he knew so little ap?
parently, he said that last year he met
her on the top of the Matterhorn. He
is so quiet and unenthusiastic you
would never think of his climbing such
an awful mountain. Well, he did, and
on top of the Matterhorn he met this
Miss Florence. He said he was never
more surprised in his life, for it was a
jolly good pull for a mountain prac?
ticed man. Well, I gather that he was'
-Miss Rodney skipped a few lines here
and went on farther down. "When
they got back to the hotel in the little
orv?.
^^^^^^^
"There!" said Miss Rodney. "Do you
itear/ There is Guy Stadley."
town where they started from, he bade
her good night, expecting to see her the
next morning. He didn't, and instead
got a telegram saying that his brother
was dangerously ill aDd could net re?
cover. He had to tear off, but left a
note for Miss Florence with one of the j
men at the hotel, giving his London
address, and why he had to go so sud- !
denly, and begging her to let him know j
when she came to London, as he would \
then have the ring for her"
"Why, was he engaged to the girl ;
already ?" asked Uncle Josiah, inter- j
rupting his niece.
"Wait and you'll see," said Miss i
Rodney. Her cheeks were flushed, and j
she seemed pleasantly excited over her !
sister's letter. She went on reading
from it again :
"This is another romantic thing in j
this story-when they were on top of j
the Matterhorn, this Florence girl ask?
ed him to chip off a piece of rock from i
the very tiptop and said she would
like to have it set in a ring and keep ii
as a souvenir. He knocked off two
pieces and begged her to let him have
them both put into rings, and then she
could have one and he the other. 'She
was such a plucky girl, you know,'
said he, 'that I would be proud to have
such au association with her. She was |
so jolly, and no nonsense about her. I
Of course there couldn't be in a girl
who could climb the Matterhorn. '
"But it seems the girl took no notice
of his letter, which he thought a little
odd. because she had appeared sc niue
and friendly and wanted the ring so
much. But I ouppose the air of the
Matterhorn made her friendly. It is
lonesome enough up there to make the
unexpected sight of another climber a
grateful thing.
"He seemed quite interested in yon
-that is, he wanted to know if you
looked like me and what sort of a girl
you were. Of course nothing very un?
usual, only it was different from an
Englishman. But be is a charming
man. 1 wish you could see him He ?
told me that! looked like thc girl on
the Matterhorn, and when 1 thought?
lessly asked if sb" was pretty ie- said |
quite warmly, 'Oh. mor;' than.' cte." ?
Here Miss Rodney hummed again until ?
ehe strnek something else and went on !
distinctly
"I hope be will be here when yon
come down, but I'm afraid he won't.
He said he had to be in New York for
some time and would have to leave heTe
soon. I forget to say his name is Gny
Stadley."
..There!" said Miss Rodney trium?
phantly to her uncle. "Do yon hear?
There is Guy Stadley!'*
.'He must hi)ve a habit of going np
the Matterhorn. " retorted Uncle Josiah
skeptically. "Yon say he met you np
there, and here is another girl he ran
across on the same old peak. I wonder
if he uses it ?s a place of rendezvous. ''
"Oh. I am Miss Florence!" replied
Miss Rodney, laughing. "I started to
tell him my name and got as far as 'I
am Miss Florence' when the guide in?
terrupted me. I meant to correct, this
later on and forgot it. Then he went
away so sudden ly there was no chance.
I wondered why he left no word, and it
never occurred to me till that moment
that he had, but to Miss Florence.
Now I can get his testimony. I will
write to Rose at once to send his ad?
dress, and then yon can write to him.
You see. there can be no collusion in
this way. Will you do it, uncle?"
The old man's eyes took on their cun?
ning twinkle.
"It looks like a put np job. " he said.
"He has come over here and makes np
to Rose and instantly begins to ask
about a Miss Florence and tells the lit
; tie fool this yarn about the Matterhorn
so innocently, apropos of nothing. Can
the rock in the Matterhorn be known as
such? And, even if it could, he may
have been there. There is nothing im?
possible in that. I believe those fool
Englishmen think they are enjoying
themselves when they risk their lives
climbing. "
"What a villain you seem to think I
am," replied Miss Rodney, letting her
hands fall with a gesture cf despair. "I
shall have to leave you to your own
sense of honor. But I hope I will see
this young man. I want that ring. No
matter what you do. it will be the glory
of my life that I did climb that awful
mountain. I have had nightmares over
it since. I can assure you."
"I think yon want to see the yenng
man fer his own sake, or rather for
your own sake," said Mr. Gardner,
with a chuckle. "He is the kind of man
you would fail in love with. That sort
of mountain gymnastics is mere than
fox hunting, cr tennis playing, or any
other play work. So yon would like to
go to Narragansett Pier to meet him.
would you ?"
"I should like to get the ring, bat 1
would rather go to Newport than to
Narragansett Pier. "
"Well, yuu can go if yen wen't stay
more than a fortnight." raid Uncle
Josiah benignautly. He felt his niece
deserved some reward for her good na?
ture and also for her temper. He had
enjoyed the few ebullitions of temper
which he had succeeded in evoking. So
he packed Miss Rodney err to Newport,
making her promise that she would
write to him twice a week.
[TO BE CONTINUED. 1
The Crnsty Ruskin.
Hero is a true Ruskin story that has
never been published: A certain person
in this country sent a friend of his in
England an American edition of Rus?
kin's works. They were seized by the
customs, of course, and were in peril
of confiscation, when the consignee
learned that if he could procure a let?
ter from Mr. Ruskin allowing the
books to pass into England the cus?
toms would release them. Accordingly
a letter of request was sent to Mr.
Ruskin, who replied promptly and
with characteristic verve as follows:
Sir-1 do not see that vour friend's desire to
pive j ou a prosent at my expense is any apology
for your intrusion upon me. Yours, etc..
JOHN RCSKI.V.
The books came back to America,
but in spite of the very tempting offers
the recipient of Mr. Ruskin's curt re?
ply refuses to part with the autograph.
- -Bookman.
A Savage Publisher.
The late J. Schabelitz, the famous
Zurich publisher and author, was a
shrewd business man, an excellent lin?
guist, a skillful writer and probably
the most savage publisher who ever
lived. When he accepted the famous
memoirs of Count von Arnim, he wrote
on the postal card with the acceptance
the proviso, "i reserve the right to cor?
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To an aspiring poet who had sub?
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postal card: "I refuse to be disgraced
by printing your doggerel I don't re?
turn the copy because you didn't in?
close enough postage. If you will send
it. with the price el* this card. I will
scud it to you. but I don't think the
stuff is worth the expense on your
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One of his portal cards to a novelist
read about as follows: "For heaven's
sake, come and take away the unnam
able mass of paper you left here for
me to look at!"
An ambitious historian was crushed
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correspondence, upon a postal card:
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Lv. Augusta .j 7 00a! 0:>ua! 520p
Ar. Sandersville. 100pl243p S32p
44 Tennille. 130pl25Gp $40?
Lv. Tennille_
44 Sandersville:
Ar. Augusta.
5 40a .'50p! 310p
5 5oa' 4<>0pl 3 23p
?> 00a! 7 lOpj 8 30p
iDailyjDaily!^
Lv. Savannah..
44 Allendale...
44 Barnwell..
44 Blackville.
Ar. Columbia...
12 doa '12 lop .
. 635a
4O0a 4021) 7 25a
4 15a 4 ITp 10 15a
600a 60Upl.
Daily
Ex su
Mix
Ex su
5 05a
6 15a
7 45a
1130a
Lv. Columbia.
Ar. Blackville....
44 Barnwell_
44 Allendale.
** Savannah.
~ ., L. j Mix. Mix. Daily
Daily Daily I Ex su ^LxMo
ll 30a 1 25a 600a.
1 12? 305a 10 15a 4 50p
127p 3 20a ll 30a 840p
_I.I lui'p yi5p
3 2?pl 5 bia'.I.
Atlanta and Boyond.
Lv. ( ?harleston.
Ar. Augusta...
.. Atlanta....
Lv. A lian i a. ..
Ar. CJiattanoos
. : 7 UOa 5 2up.
..'ll 51a I02dp.
.., $20p 5UOa'.
,. Hoop 530a 4 00p
.< 5 45a| 0 45a! 8 40D
Lv. Atlanta.I 5 4Ua? 4 lop
Ar. Birmingham.ll 35al000p
44 Memphis, (via Birmingham)... *05p 7 15a
Ar. Lexington.j 500p 5 00a
44 Cmeinnati... 730p 7 45a
44 Chicago.i 7 15a 5 30p
Ar. Louisville
44 St. Louis .
730p 7 503?
7 0-?a! ?OOp
Ar. Memphis, (via Chattanooga)..I 7 lOpi 7 40a
To Asheville-Cincinnati-Lonisville.
EASTERN TIME.
Lv. Augusta.
44 Batesburg.
Lv. Charleston._.
Lv. Columbia (Union Depot).
Ar. Spartanburg .
44 Asheville .
" Knoxville.
44 Cineinnnati.
** Louisville [via ,Tp]lico>_
:.\ol.?4Nol38
j Dal ly; Daily
:>o<ip| 0 30p
4 45p 12 07a
7 00a ll 00p
ll 40al 7 55a
SlOpill 25a
715p: 250p
415aj 720o
T-SOp 7 45:?
. t) .5. ia
To Washington and the East.
Lv. Augusta. . 300p| 930?
" Bat?sbnrg. 4 45;> 12 o7a
44 C<'lu ml tia (Union Depot). 505p? 2 15a
AT.",Charlotta.. . 910pi 940a
Ar. Danville._.' 1:51al 1 :ssp
Ar. Richmond ?OOa t>25p
Ar. Washington. . 7 :c7?. s?-??
44 BaJtimt?!-?' "a R. K.: 912a 1!25:?
44 Philadelphia.ill.'t?a 258a
_^ Sew York . . ; 2U3p! (M3H
Sleeping ('ar LIM- t>et\v?vn Charleston and
Atlanta, via Angusm. malcing connections at
At lanta f'?r all t>Lini - Non li and Wesl.
Solid Trains between Charleston and Ashe?
ville
Connections -o Columbia with through trnim
for Washington and the Elast; also for Jackson?
ville and ali Kl- -rida i '.-mts.
FRANK S. GANNON. J; M CL'LP.
Thii ii V P ,V <--.! Mgr.. Tra th> Marmor,
Washington. I). C. Washington^D. C
C-JK? rRt?r*: r. A.MJSX-.
Div rax. Act..
v ear?ii. S. C'.
W- A. TURK. S. H. HARDWICK,
Gen. Pass. Agi . Asst. Gen. Pass Agt.,
Washington, D. C. Atlanta. Ga.
Atlantic Coast Line,
WILMINGTON, COLUMBIA AND AV
G?hTA RAILROAD.
Condensed Scbednle.
Datedj May 27, 19G0.
TRAINS GOING SOUTH.
No. 55 No. 35
p. E5.
Leave Wilmiag?on *3 45
Leave Marion 6 29
Arrive Florence 7 ??
p. ta. ft. n?
Leave Florence *7 45 ?3 C6
Arrive Snmter 8 57 4 05
No. 52
Leave Sector 8 57 *9 40
Arrive C?!~mbia 10 20 ll 00
No. 52 runs through from Charleston via
Central R. R , le&viog Charlearos 7 a. m.,
Lines 8 34 a rn, Manning 9 G9 a m
TRAINS GOING NORTH
No. 54 No. 53
a. m. p. m
Leave Columbia *6 40 *4 15
Arrive Sumter 8 05 5 25
No. 32
a. ci. p. m
Leave Sumter 8 05 *6 06
Arrive Florence 0 20 7 20
f-. m
Leave Florence ?0 00
Leave Marion 10 29
Arrive Wilmington 1.20
?Daily. I Daily except Sunday.
No. 53 mea through to Charleston, S. C.
via Central R. R., arriving Manning 5 01 p
m , Lanes 6 43 p m, Charleston 8 3D p m.
Trains on Conway Branch leave Chad boure
5 25 p ru, arrive Conway 7.40 p rn, return?
ing leave Conway 8 15 a ra, arrive Chac
boura 10 35 am, leave Chfidbourn 11.50 a m
irrive Boardman 12.25 p m, returning leave
Board maa 3.00 p m, arrive Chadbcurn 3.35
p rn, Dail except Sunday.
J. R. KENLY, Gen'l Manager.
T. M. EMERSON, Traffic Manager.
Ff. Vi. EMERSON Gen'l Pass. Airen
?ratn Carolina aid Georgia Er
tension 1R Compy.
Schedule No. 4-Io effect 12.01 a. m., Sun?
day, December 24, 1899.
Between
Camden S. C., and Blacksborg, S. O.
WEST. EAST.
2d cl 1st cl 1st cl 2d cl
*35 *33 Eastern time. *32 *34
pm pm STATIONS. pm pm
8 20 12 50 Camden 12 25 5 30
8 50 1 15 Dekalb ll C2 4 50
9 20 1 27 Westville 11 60 4 30
10 50 1 40 Kershaw 11 35 4 10
11 20 2 10 Heath gorings ll 20 3 15
11 35 2 15 Pleasant Hill 11 15 3 00
12 30 2 35 Lancaster 10 55 2 35
1 CO 2 f 0 Riverside 10 40 1 00
1 20 3 00 Springdell 10 30 12 40
2 30 3 10 Catawba Jonction 10 20 12 20
2 50 3 20 Leslie 10 IC 1100
3 10 3 40 Reek Hill 10 00 10 40
4 10 3 55 New Port 9 35 8 20
4 45 4 C2 Tirzah 9 30 8 CO
5 30 4 20 Yorkville 9,15 7 3G
6 00 4 35 Sharon 9 00 6 50
6 25 4 50 Hickory Grove 8 45 6 20
6 35 5 CO Smyrna 8 35 6 00
7 00 5 20 Blacksburg 8 15 5 30
pm pm am a ru
Betweeo
Blacksburg, S. C., and Marion, N. C
WEST. EAST.
2d cl 1st cl 1st cl 2d cl
?ll *33 Eastern time. *32 *12
nm om STATIONS. am pm
8 10 5 30 Blackiburg 7 48 6 40
8 30 5 45 Earls 7 32 6 20
8 40 5 50 Pattereoo Soring? 7 25 b 12
9 20 6 CO Shelby 7 15 6 CO
iO 00 S 20 Lattimore 6 56 4 50
10 10 6 28 Mooresboro 6 48 4 40
iO 25 6 38 Henrietta 6 38 4 20
10 50 6 5?> Forest City 6 20 3 50
1115 7 10 Rutberfordtcn 6 05 3 25
1 1 35 7 22 Miilwcod 5 55 3 05
11 45 7 35 Golden Valley 5 40 2 50
12 05 7 40 Thermal City 5 37 2 45
12 25 7 58 Glenwood 5 17 2 20
12 50 8 15 Marion 5 00 2 00
pm pm ampm
West. Gaffoev Division. East.
lee Ciscs. ; EASTERN TIME. ' 1st Clsss
15 j 13 ? STATIOr- S. j 14 J 16
pm ?rn ampm
1 00 6 CO Blacksburg 7 50 3 00
1 20 6 ^0 Cherokee f-ails 7 30 2 40
1 40 6 40 Gaffney 7 10 2 20
p rn nm ampm
?Daily except Sunday.
Train No 32 leaving Marion, N. C., at 5
a ta. tr.?king close connection :;t Blacksburg, S
with ?he boutbern's train Iso 36 for Char?
iots, N C, snd all points East and connecting
with the Southern's vestibule going to Atlanta,
Ga, and all points West, and will receive pas?
sengers going East from train No 10, on the C &
N W R K, at Yorkville, S G, at S 45 am, and
connects at Camden, S C, with the Southern's
train No 78, arriving in Charleston, S 17 p rn,
Train No 34 with passenger coach attached
leaving Blacksburg at 5 30 a rn, and connecting
ni Rock Hill with the Southern's Florida train
for all points South,
Train iSo 33 leaving Camden, S C, at 12.50
p m. after the arrival of the Southern's Char?
leston train connect* at Lancaster, ?s C, with
the LA C R R, at Catawba Junction with
the S A L. going Eat-t, at Rock Hill, S C, with
the Southern's iraiB, No 34, for Charlotte, N
and all pnints East. C<nnec?i at York?
ville, S C, with train No 9 cn the C ? N W R
R, tor Chester, SC. At Blacksburg with the
Southern's vestibule going East, and the South?
ern's nain No 35 going West, and connecting
at Marion N C with the Southern both East aid
West.
SAMVKL HUNT, President.
A. TRIPP. Superintendent.
S.B. LUMPKIN. ?en'' Passenger Ag*nL
Life and
Fire Insurance.
Call on me, at my ?esidence. Liberty
Street, tor both Life and Fire Insu?
rance. Ooiy reliable Companies rep?
resented. Phone No ISO.
Andreiia Moses.
Oct '25-0.