The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, March 13, 1903, Page 6, Image 6

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The Southerners. | Continued From 3rdTage. 1 ilit' general government by a particular state was a flagrant open deliancu of the authorities at Washington. Unless the action of the governor were immediately disavowed by the people through their representatives it meant war. There was, however, on that account no hesitation anywhere. The approval of the governor's action as soon as it became known was well nigh universal. lie had shrewdly taken stock of public opinion and was entirely sure of his ground before he moved, indeed. l'roni his point of view his action was soundly politic. If there was to be war. the quicker the south got in possession of the implements wherewith i to wage it the better; ami if there was j to be ji<*? war, tlie sooner the valuable f ... . ? auxiliary to tiicsc uo-tensive preparations ? which suiiiv people believed might avert it to be found in the forts and arsenals of the southern states should ho seized, the hetPr. The governor. with the pressure of anxiety atul responsibility hard upon him, withdrew shortly after the passago of the troops, and the rest f< 1lowetl his example in taking their departure. Peyton fortunately had time for a few words with Marv Annan before he left. As tlie assemblage was It alelag up and as his mother and sister were putting on their wraps in the house he found himself al no with her ?>n the haleouy. lie st< oil before her f..r a moment without speaking. Mary Annan's eyes shone like the stars above them. Her white figure molted in the darkness about them. lVrhaps it was that gave her courage. She was a creature of impulse at host. She took her lover's hands in both her own and with an instinctive gesture of passionate self forget fulness pressed them against her heart. "Thank you. thank you'." she murmured, not quite comprehending what she did in her excitement and emotion, "but I knew how it would be. I knew that you would be true to us at last." "To you, dear, to you," interrupted Peyton softly, wholly under the spell of her beauty, drawing nearer to her as he spoke. "IIow handsome he looks!" she thought. Her head sank beneath ill almost tierce Intensity of his gaze. "Mot to me." she urged, still not mistress of herself; "to the south." "You Incarnated that spirit for me tonight. Oh, how beautiful you were? you are!" The words fairly rushed from him. "IIow I loved you! Tell me ?tell me again. Have you no kinder word for me now, now that I am yours, now that I belong to your causeV Ah, sweet, I love you, 1 love you!" She had-released his hands and now stood, silent before him in sweet if helpless confusion. Emboldened by her silence, by the yielding that spoke in lier p .sition. he stole one arm around her waist. She did not withdraw. She did i: t resist. She stood quite still. I tut her heart, oh, low It beat and beat! "Have you no answer?" he whlsIX l-p.l Jlllll !l<5 slrn Ill-lit.-. Ill-, l-nl.lv 11 r> bent ami kisscil her hair falling over her blushing cheeks. "Speak!" he urged. "Almost?you?persuade me," she whispered brokenly, softly. h hey were his own words spoken a moment since. As she lifted her face slowly to speak to him he bent his head further, and this time instead of her hair ho kissed her lips. She yielded herself to his burning caress in a surrender as sweet as it was unexpected. "Ob, what have I done?" she cried wildly a moment later, leaning back from liim and burying lier hot face in her trembling hands. "Made nm the happiest of men, dearest love, if that kiss be forgiven," l'eyton answered, drawing her to him, insistent to pursue his advantage and waiting the longed for admission from lier Hps. lie was steeped in love, forgetful of everything, lie knew not what lie had said or done. All ids thoughts at that moment were upon her. lie had held her in his arms at last, lie had kissel lier. She loved him. What else was there to know or to tliinl: about In the whole wide world? "Jlojd, dear," said liis mother, and it was the first time in his life that lie/ call was not welcome to him, as she came out on the porch at that very moment, "we are waiting for von." "I am coining, mother," ho replied, vnifoiy trying to stifle his disappointment. "I was Just saying good by to Miss Mary hero," lie said, stepping into "the light, where he was followed a minute later by the girl. {'die had to come forward, though she shrank from it. The conventions of her soe'ety required her to speed her parting guests. The keen eye of the older woman saw the slow Jlusli I still mantling Mary Annan's cheek. ! She marked the glisten of tears upon the eyelashes and drew her own infer- ! ence. She was very, very happy. Iter ion, her oldest son, the pride of her life, who had been hesitating as to j his course of action, seemed at last to have made a decision, a decision in accord with her wishes and the wishes ? f her people. And, lo, by it lie seemed to have won tlio dearest wish of his o.vn heart also, if the older woman could look back into the past and recognize oitt of lier own experience the signs of affection. "My dear, my dear," said Mrs. Peyton softly, drawing the gir! to her and pressing a kiss uiwui her check, "1 trust you have had a happy birthday." "Oh, yes, Mrs. IVytoii," answered Mary, and then, "l?o women cry when they are very happy V" she asked. "Tlicy always do, my dear," replied the matron. "I never wanted a mother so much as ue*v.~ wniHpcrra me giri. Shy dropped her head on the elder woman's shoulder and lier slender body shook with solis. "All, my child," said Mrs. Peyton, folding her gently to her breast, "110 one can quite take a mother's place, but you can cry here on my shoulder; for that I'll serve." "Indeed 1 shall not then!" said the capricious girl with a quiek change of "Almost?uou?pcisimile mc," she ulils}>crc<t. mood, raising her head, forcing back her loars nr.d forcing forward her smiles. "I have bad the happiest birthday, and such pood news! Good nipht. I want to c one and see you tomorrow," she continued, "Good nipht, Mr. Fey- ; ton." The drive home of the Peyton family I in the carriage was a quiet one. With 1 womanly tact Mrs. Peyton had can- j uoiuhi uic ? ? i. j?ci against saying anything to Boyd about liia,resolution or about Mary Annan. Only Willis, with liis inexhaustible flow of spirits, kept up the eonvi rsntion. which was more of a soliloquy on his part than anything else. Willis had come down with the carriage expecting to join in the dance, the battery not inning been ordered away, and had concluded to go back with the family. r.eforc they separated for the night the old colonel took his son in his arms, a most unusual action for him, and pressed him to his heart. "My lad," he ^aid, "I am very proud of you. 1 knew it would come right in the end." CHAPTER XIV. THE SIFTING OF PEYTON. but liad things couie right, after all? There are decisions \\ liieli do not decide. Was ItSeE;-.J this one of them? IIow beautiful that girl liad looked, the very incarnation of southern beauty, of the south he loved! Loved? Yes, the word was true. Ho loved it entirely; ho loved the people, their habits and ways; lie loved the land; he loved the water that washed tlie shores, the mountains that lifted their crests into the heaven, the palm tree, the live oak, the magnolia, the flowers that bloomed on them, the mocking birds that sang in them, the cotton Holds?aye, he loveil tlie slaves .that tilleil tlieni. IIo would give his life for tlie south cheerfully; I>111 what was he to do? There are harder things than lil'e to give. He hail sworn allegiance to tlie United States. Certainly there was 110 comparison as to the station of the two in his estimation. His heart cried out for tlie state, for the south, but that something he couhl not define possessed him so powerfully that in the still watches of that long night it nl- j most drove him to despair', lie eouhl not give up his allegiance to thr United States. Vet he had. in fact, done so! lie had been carried away by the enthusiasm of the men at the dinner, whom from his earliest childhood lie laid respected and venerated, whoso opinions lie had prized, whose appro* bation bad been bis highest reward. There were good old Dr. Ilanipncy, holy,'saintly, learned priest, who had indoctrinated him in the mysteries of the religion he professed, and Dr. Venosste. and Judge Annan, and his fiery, noble, soldierlike, distinguished old father; there were the governor of the great state, the mayor of the city, educated at the sister school of his, at West Point, and all tlie others. Could they be wrong? And there was Mary Annan. Oh, what a picture she had made, standing erect and slender, with sparkling eyes and heaving bosom and flushed cheeks, the incarnation of that Ideal of romance and beauty around which tlie chivalry and gallantry of the south j centered! She loved him at last, at I last! i uk- lire ui jmikmuii wmen named in i his own lfkart had communicated its I ltcal to her. This glorious, radiant creature, just budding into woman* hood, with all Hie passionate possihilities of unlimited devotion latent in her being, in her sold, loved him! lie had kissed her. His eyes misted, his head swam as lie thought of it. lie had pressed his own lips upon those ribbons of scarlet that had mocked liini in girlish laughter through many a day and dream. lie had held her for one brief eternity in ids arms tmreslsting. Almost he had persuaded her, she had said. The mighty change that he had prayed for had come over the girl. "Almost persuaded'?his own words! Ootid God, lie had won her by proffer* Uig au allegiance lie Could not l;ecp. I t>y adherence to a cause rrotn which his soul shrank. It was out. Ho could not do It. Something compelled blm to bo true to the uniform that he wore, to the government he had sworn to protect and defend. As between state and nation, with every desire on earth lending him to state, he must choose nation. lie had to do it! His honor demanded it! There was 110 other way. Stop! How could he do it? It would break his mother's heart. lie had been swept away by liis own feelings. No one had forced him, lie had been under 110 restraint, lie had given a public testimony, almost n pledge, of ills own free will. Could he keep it. Could he IiMAn ' W1m? tvmiM l?l U . ?? UUV ? VUIU 1119 lill 11VI. 9?14V if lie diil? lie had folded liim in his arms a few hours since with rare and touching affection. lie had blessed him. It would break his heart, too: yet there could be no blessing unless his own conscience approved of his own action. And Mary Annan? The consequences of his surrender and hers rose before him. lie had been a coward, a craven, a scoundrel. The kiss that he had taken from lier, unresisted, burned in his soul. lie had stolen it. Gratitude had struck at her defenses. The struggle that she had watched with bated breath in his soul, that she had stimulated in every way that woman could, had resulted, as she thought, in victory for her, for her cause, and in the sweet abandonment of the triumph she had yielded. A pilferer, lie, a purloiuer, a common thief, to have stolen upon false pretense the sweetness of a woman's lips who had trusted to his honor! That ho loved her was no excuse. The deeper condemnation there. Honor! Was not his pledged, or was it already lost? Under the spur of this acute indictment he wished, he prayed, that he might die that night, and but for the precepts in which lie had been trained he might have put an end to a life which, in the decision forced upon him, brought misery everywhere, even to himself. Ilis father, his mother, his love! What a dream she had been as she stood iu the light with the blue shawl fluttering over her head like a flag as the soldiers inarched by playing the "Mocking Itird!" He liked licr best, though, as he saw her face shining in the darkness and heard her whisper. "Almost you persuade me." Almost, almost she had Imh'H persuaded, niul by a mistake, by n falsehood! Oh. the deep damnation of his deed! What could ho do? Was not now bis bonor as a gentleman pledged to her? There had been a sacrament of love and union in that sweet meeting of the lips. If ho repudiated her cause, it would be a sacrilege. | Yes, he must keep to the letter of his bond. Satan had bought him with a [ woman's heart, and?oh, the irony of j the association!?the woman was as pure as a child, as lnnoceilt as an angel. Sometimes a gentleman was called upon to sacrifice even his honor to a woman; perhaps tills was such a call. Yes, he would do it. When he bad kissed her, ho had given away the right to change. Ho would be n soldier ot' the south if it killed liiin. Please tied it might. If war came, he should seek death in the front rank and end it all. ? CHAPTER XV. "TO Til INK OWN SEI.F EE TRUE." Elr-VsTjur.KE came to Peyton during I j that long, ghastly night neither sleep ncr dreams, lie rose early in the morning. A.tor his agonizing vacillations lie had iv. Ivod to throw conscience and everything behind him and keep to the so*;th: I:tit lie could not bear tlicir con gr:.t illations and approbation at that t:: a*. lie could not s nr.il them. lie called for his bom\ and in tlio gray dawn galloped down through the sleepi:?;r town and out upon the okl Shell rottd. l?-.e.vn the white track Ij.v tho heaving sea. under the ni'?ss draped lhe oaks, he drove his horse as if in rapid 1110t'.i i he could shake off the demon of ;u : hity which clutched liitr. again. <'.jv!d he never make up his mind? ho i': lit. lie did not know what to do. in every direction seemed destruc ti :i. .M.antinie he could ride. 11sot his teetii hard and drove the spurs into In:; horse as if tho physical effort could displace '.lie mental struggle. On and on he sped. Mil s beyond the end of tho Shell rae.il lie drew rein at last and stared out over the gray waters of tho bay, rolling eolil anil leaden under the lowering sky. IIow diffirent from tho other day! The chill melancholy of the surroundings accorded with ids feelings. I'.ut ho was not cold. The blood ran i:i molten riot In bis veins and Hushed his dark face a dull red color. His gaze turned at last toward Fort Morgan, invisible, of course, 011 account of the distance, yet be could imagine It. Ho bad been there many a time, he had sailed every foot of water la that bay in his own boat, lie knew it as lie knew the shore, and Mary Annan had been with ldin often too. vuuKi iiu iii-ut ijri iivmy i ruin ner/ The old fort, which for forty years hod borno aloft ttio stars and stripes, today was under another banner. The troops of Alabama were in charge. His state, his troops, for he was one of them, ar rayed again, t the I'nitcd State's! [To UK CoNTISl'KI).] Hotter Ont. "What's this sketch?" "Oh, that's a little thing I got out of my own head!" "Great Scott! What a lucky thing you got it out!" The hardest known wood Is said to be cocus wood. It turns the edge of any ?x. however well tempered, so it is claimed. Kir*I American Peernare. It Is recorded In n history of the United States that an Indian chief named Mante, after baptism, was made a peer, receiving the rank of baron and assuming the title of Lord of Konnokc. so far back as tho year 1387. Somewhat later, in 1009, the title of Lord Delaware was granted by James I. to the new governor of Virginia. Later still, in IG33, Charles I., among his coronation honors, conferred the title of Viscount Canada upon Sir William Alexander. The 1'cnropk ou n Itnlny Day. The iwnmpk crlittoHn?? with towel like eyes, has a voice by no menus suited to Its beauty. Its cry is harsh and disagreeable. When the rain Calls, It sits on some high perch uttering Its doleful sounds, with its beautiful tail feathers drawn into the smallest possi blc space. Like a vain creature as it is, it never spreads Its fan unless the sun shines. The Stomach is the Man. A weak stomach weakens the man, because it cannot transform the food ho eats into nourishment. Health and strength cannot be restored to any sick man or weak woman without first restoring health and strength to the stomach. A weak stomach cannot digest enough food to feed the tissues and re- j vivo the tired and run down limbs and j organs of the body. Kodol Dyspepsia I Cure cleanses, purities, sweetens and} strengthens the glands and membranes ' of the stomach, and "cures indigestion, dyspepsia and all stomach troubles. F. C. Duke. Clilncjie Kiifrnsrcmciitn. A Chinese engagement dates its beginning from the exchange of ml cards between the parents of the contracting parties. These cards in many districts are immense document"., almost the 3i7.e of a horse blanket. They are important for the reason that they are used as evidence in case of disagreements in the future. We seldom hear In China of broken engagements. Yet if a nun reel cannot bo sotllod noaoofiil. ly recourse is lgul to the law, mul tho judge usually imposes a line upon tho party who has broken the contract. The chief incident in a Chinese marriage is the arrival of the bride in her bridal clothes before the house of her chosen one. That is a do facto fulfillwent of the contract. The wedding day is determined by tho parents of tho groom. Tho imperial calendar names the lucky days, and 011 such days tho so called red celebrations take place, both in the cities and couutry. A Remarkable Case. One of the most remarkable cases of a oold, deep-seated on the lungs, causing pneumonia, is that of Mrs. Gertrude E. Fenner, Marion, Ind.. who was entirely cured by the use of One Minute Cough Cure, i-die says: "The coughing and straining so weakened me that I run down in weight from 143 to 92 pounds, i tried a number of remedies to no avail until I used" One Minute Cough Cute. Four bojtlcs of this wonderful remedy cured me entirely of the cough, strengthened my lungs and restored me to my normal weight, health and strength." F. C. J)uke. Improving Upon Nature. "What on earth are you doing in here, Tommy?" asked his mother, peering into the darkness of tho lieuliouse, whence had been coming for five minutes or more a series of dismal squawklugs, accompanied by a loud flapping or wings. "I am trying." said Tommy, who seemed to be doing something with a knotted rope, "to fix this rooster so his alarm won't go off before 7 o'clock tomorrow morning."?Current Literature. IIiihIiicmm. Merchant ?Did you find out what that gentleman wanted? New Clerk?No, but I found out what ho didn't want. Merchant?What? IIow dare you? New Clerk?And I sold it to him.? Catholic Standard and Times. What's in a Name? Everything is in the name when it comes to Witch lla/.le Salve. K. C. DeWitt At Co., of Chicago, discovered some years ago, how to make a salve from Witch lla/.le that is a specific for i 1'iles. For blind, bleeding, itching and I protruding 1'iles, eczema, i cuts. burns, ! bruises and all skin diseases, DeWiu's .Salvo has no equal. This has given riso to numerous worthless counterfeits. Ask for DeWitt's?the genuine. F. C. Dulse. I ANIMAL ODDITIES. Dirds never eat fireflies and really loom to shun their vicinity. North American reindeer usually so- | '.eet an old doe for their lender. I The temperature of a swallow's hotly | is extraordinarily high, 110 less than ; 11" degrees F. ..t.rl l.rw .ufo ,.r ........ ?n I ... .inin VI I'll.) ll-UC-fl llll.V I times i?.s much light from their eyes a-. ! human beings. The average lake trout lays 0.000 eggs eaeli season. an<l tlie whitensh a greater number. The female English viper does ur>! lay eggs. She hatches them internally and brings forth l.er young alive. Parrots are usually vegetarians, though the Koa parrots of New Zealand have developed a fondness for sheep. (JarDsh, sunfisli, basking sharks and dolphins all have the habit of swimming with their eyes above the surface of the water. The best pill 'ncath the stars and stripos; It cleanses tho system and never gripes. Little Early Risers of worldly repute? Ask for DeWitt's and take no substitute. A small pill, easv to buy, easy to take and easy to net, Diit. never failing in results. DeWitt's Little Early Risers arouse the secretions and act as a tonic. , F. C. Duko. -****?rDR. I. M! vDENI Crown and Bridge Work a Specialty. < f^&M t. \* ^ ALL COOKS Ui il! >;- SHE ^ *:'\rMLARdftOMPt r(/^f ' \( Oncelried Always ^ A /YlOr^ET^VSA * * N Gives Perfect Satisfi ll')^ FOR INFORMATlbrt ADDRESS ;1 >?. \ The Southern Cotfdn I ^sSsavAnNah, j ?? wm\ TT ti f*^n?mamm?ra??<???? Citation to Kindred and Creditors. Statu of South Carolina, 1 County of Union. J TU' Ti.crv.1 Vf TV? T...1 ~ muwvu ^>1. a^z%l.y a iwimw: j uum', ! Wlion a^, I. Frank Peake, Clerk ol' Court, Union county, liavo made suit to uio to grant him letters of Administration on the estate and effects of Marion M. Sumner, dtceas^d. Ti e-o are, tle.elore, to cite and admonish all and singular the-kmired and creditors of the said Marion M. Sumner, deceased, tlmt they be and appear before rue, in the Conit of Probate, to be bold at Union C. II., South Carolina, 011 the, 20th day of March, next, atterpubh-j cation here )f, at 11 o'clock in Urn forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Administration should not be granted. (liven uuder my hand and seal this 5th day of Feb. Auuo Domini, 1903. Jason M. Gkkfk, Probate Judge. Published on the 0th day of Feb. 1903, in Tiik Union Times. 0 Ot. | Executors, Administrators, Trustees and Guardians. You are hereby notilied that you must make your annual returus to tins court. The law requires you to make returns each and every >ear. If you fail to do so you will l'oi feit jour commission. The law will be stiicily enforced in this particular. Jason M. Gkeeu, Jan. 22, 1903. Probate Judge 1 ;r~ a ?:j?l 1 liic auu muuiuciii insurance. The Aetna Life Insurance writes policies not only for Life Indemnity,'* but also policies that protect you in case of accident or sickness. The only Old Line Company in the United States to do this. Kates are very reasonable. This company is well known and comment is unnecessary. I am representing the above Company and will be pleased to call on any one wishing insurance. Write me at Carlisle, S. C. iG-tf W. F. Kates, Agent. Dr. R. M. Dorsey, | Specialist on diseases of the EVE and EAR --and ? OPTICIAN. Successor to II. It. Gjodell. Alexanders Music Hall, Spartanburg, S. 0. 47-lyr. Valuable Cotton Gin, Saw Mill, Etc., Outfit for Sale. J?y rrder rf the Probate C ?uri herein I < fler f.r st!c, at prua'e n e. ' f <r cash, the fcllr wing personal propcit,?: 0.>e \\"int-liip C .fton P.ew: twoTOSiw C nteri'.ial C >t en Gii s; iwoVOStw Cviieniiial Cotton On Fend or; t*?o <0 S?\v Ccutennial C u ion G'ii Couden er.-; an 1 cfce^airj lixtoriH to all t' e nbovr; one 40 hone nnwer 1.?!???* <> " t>- 1 - ' t ' ' 11ci U Illl rjRglDP; niic S iw M il mi ii , including tw< i Circular liui?in > aud othrr ' cquipn.en'*; on? Crist Mill and outfi'; one Flour Mill and outfi ; H#?l#>ngi?>cr to tl o eata'e of the late William K liny, deceased. All or any of paid pr< pcrty ia offered at private ph'p. and any one wiphinp to purchase will coin muoicate with J. Sawyer, Attorney, Union, S. (' , who ia nuthorzjd ] to pell paiue. It any or all of said property is no' a ?'ii at private 8 Je h> Saluda/in Apri', next, being th'- t sixth day of April, 1905 h ich will he ^ old on 8 id dav ?t the "H irrifl M" 1" in the town of Union, beginning it L o'cVck p m., to the highest bi 1 Jer, at ^ public auction, for cas'i. Mm. C vruir Hay. March 4, iCOtt. Almioia raliuc. 1U 5t . iiair,^ Office Bank Building Union. 8. 0 _ < \'y]] mi Co, S (fi- y ^wM i The Clothes Horse Need not b? brought into re<i bullion by the housewife that pitrouizis The U-Need-A Steam Laundry. All garments, linens, etc., aw thoroughly dried before being bundled for il?livery and cin bo put to iuin?<lL?te use when received without fear nl^lajppnes-i. We '* * and do all well. U-Need-a Steam Laundry. In New Quarters Having moved to my new stand, and got everything in ship shape, I ntn prepared to attend to your needs in the line of watches, jewelry and repairing. Give me a call. 4% OP M r. u. i refzer, Williamson's Old Stand. 41- v Cut Prices..,.. I will sell at these prices one week only. Ann Hammer Soda @ 4c Perline Washing Powder (u) 3c 25c Packages of Grandma Washing Powder @ 15c 25 lbs Rice for $1.00. Good Goods,Cheap Prices AT W. Newell Smith's Store, East Main St., Union, S. C, Phono 120. BRICK! BRiCK!" BRICKI!! For ?ale in any > V|( tClllli . Fhe Rodger Brick Works. for saluchbap One 15 II. P. Boiler nn?l Engine (<!e- m arhftl) ohm lirick Machrtig, *io,U<.'0 laily captivity. Fhe Rodger BrickWorks. v >; !5-tf PeWIW?Kia 8a>v? ^