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JOB OFFICE
Every Kind of Work wil be done
Neatly and Quickly.
^ROFESSIONAI. CARD8?
J.J C. ANDERSON,
Attorney-at-Law,
TlXEWELL C. H., Va.
XVlll practice In the c< u t? of Tazawat)
coiviy, biiJ thp Court .if A'peo'gat Wythe
vl le. fi'llwtiuir a *\ e~'al .y. Lnods to*
tale and land titles examin J.
LIANG,
RNKY AT-LAW,
azewei.l C. H., Va.
? .n the Circuit Court? of Tazs
nty. Va., and in Mercer com ty W.
I! the Courts in Bu?hau*n coun
1,1 AM R MAHTIN WILLIAMS.
A MS BROS.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Bt.ANo C. H., Va.,
practice in all the Courts of Bland,
"Tnzcwoll, Wytho and Giles counties, Vir?
ginia, and Mercor county, West .Virginia,
Court of Appeals at Wythe-ville. Virgiuia,
and the United Stales Court at Abingdon.
Collecting claims n apcinltv.
N. B. ?One of this,firni will nttoud all
County Courts of Tozewell.
A.
j: & a D. MAY,
Attorncys-nt-Lnw,
. TAZKWELL C. If., VIRGINIA,
Pr?eMce In tili Cnn-*? of Ter we'l eountv, I
"nil in the O nrt of Ai |wsls et Wythrvill
Va. Particular at'oeti n paid to thp co;:
l?>ct Ion of claim*. OC1 o opro-lt* now Cour
floURO.
T^j? ^ B. GlbLESPIE,
i?liye*i<?illll und Sr.rjLV^on,
tazkwku. a ii, Virginia.
VSf~OrnCE Cr UTlT-'OCSK PQI'AltK.
J T.COOLdiY,
dentist.
. I t'r. v Jr *}/.\ffstc. r.l iKl :-.y u - -
KtiomB In residence eai-t end of 'own.
c.
A. THOMIISON,
Office West Front Room, Strna building,
ay stairs.
HAVING AND HAIR i UlTING.
s
X , t. n. w^virrev:ts.
xa7.kwku? C, H.. Va.
Raloon E>*r. fn-nf. room. Hfc ns hunM'nfr,
ttprtalr< E'nvai't Clmlr?, Pla'e G as* Mir
roiv, aud bit the modern con vet ioi.ca-.i.
Menae ea.lt
HOTELS.
(?. R rTJRFAl E. JESSE F. WRI IE
CENTRAL HOTEL
SURFACE A'-WHITE, Fiiop'b
ft?y~Hotn-e entirely Rofumisod.
A wel'-snpplied Tab'e, a complete Bat
and good Siahlcs.
Terms moderate.
VIRGINIA HOUSE,
TAZIiUKI.L, (.'. H VA,
L R. DGOO
This large Hotel is entirely refurnished
. and fitted up to suit modern requite,
menui
Special arrangemeiils for comtuercuil
travellers).
Tab!? always Bnpplied with Iii? best,
'I he Bsr Kiipidifil ?tili i iic, flticHi ttfi.i
pnrvst Liquors, ClRuas, An.
UooaI S .,ld,-s Blind.-, Ao. '
GRAHAM H0US3,
' GRAHAM, VA.,
HENRY M. NA3H, Pro'p
A good table, a comfortable room, clean
beds, careful attention, and moderate
P?fiairW -"?? tte* ei> t.
? First door Sonth of the bridge.
Kov.27,'y.
TREWSONT HOUSE
New Riven Depot.
Tins House has recently been thorough?
ly Refurnished, and put in first class con?
dition. 'Terms moderate. Faro equal to
the best. Passengers on tho East River
Bond will have twenty minutes for dinner
esoh.way,.... .
rjlAZEWKLL HIGH SCHOOL.
Tazewei.l 0. H? Va.
Tho noxt session of this School will be?
gin Soptemb.ir 0, 1880, and will continue !
33 weeks.
We have a corps of compotent toachers |
nnd offer to the young peopl. of our coun
tvy, both male nnd female, all the advan?
tages that can be afforded by any tirst class
High School.
For further information, apply to,
E. F. WITTEN, Principal,
Ang.27-6m- Tazewcll C- II., Va.
FLOUR
?ritosi thp.? ' s: j \\ . '
Maiden Spring Milto.
This Floor, which is iixoefiirt in qjjj/lin
by none, is kept constantly on hand 1
J, D. Alexander & Galgen..
,Tniio".tf.
SALEM NURSERY COMPANY,
S?I.EM, HoANUKK CoOHTT, V?.
a "ue collection of, Apple, Pouch,
Ped?^-lum, Cheny, Silver Maple. Ever
<fj trees. Grapes and other Hinull Fruit,
ll ices low, write to us for them or ooin?
auiry-es our stock.
A large lot of Winesap nnd Johnson's
Cue winter will be Hold cheap in largo lota
Long Keeping Winter Apples a specialty.
Agents wasted. ang. U7-3tn.
\tll kinds of Official Blanks at the
Mews office.
Newspaper Laws.
1. Rnhscribus who do. not give ex?
prdas nt.*tce to the O 'Utrary sie eon-id
pr>jd a* wishing to continue their aub
to, ipiioiiB.
2 Ii tnbttorihera order the. dfreon
ti ua-.ce o'. their periodical tb? puhlisl ?
eis may oot.tiuuo to wend them until all
arCMMf^pUt Are paid.
jti. If rubsoribors rpfriae or neglsot to
n to their paper from the office to whioh
tl sy are directed they are held re?|Win?
? tie uo'il they buvo sottled their bill
a. d ordered them diicoutb.ued.
r' :?:'P: "" -? '
VALLEY MUTUAL LIFE
1 INSURANCE COMPANY.
D. B. BALDWTNi
TJZWfciLIi, 0. 0., VIRGINIA.
AGENT
FOP. TAZIVWEt.D COUNTY.
S. U. IIconr.8, Jno. S. HxnBwsoK.
DREWRY & CO.,
(Successor.) to Em.f.tt, Dnewnr A Co.,)
Wholesale
DBY GOODS A?D NOTIONS,
Nos. 8, 10 and IS Twelfth Ktreot,
Richmond, - - ? . - - - Va.
__ _
J. H. OAn\KISS. CifAi. LUNHFOni?.
CABANISS & LUN3F0RD,
Commission Merchants
No. 21 Old Street; Petersburg, Va.
Solicit consignments of Grain. Hay, Hat?
ter, Eggs, Wool, Live and Dressed Ponltry,
&o. Make a specialty of the trade ol South?
west Va,.
'i'h*y approccilt-Uie importance to ship,
pers of Quick id-tum*. ?Ug.lS-fiat
IBAILIE NURSERY.
-1
Fruit Trerts and Grape
Vines.
A large stock of the be*t sorts ol
Apples, Pours, Peaches, Plains nnd
Grapes especially selected lor this
section. Blight proof Pears, KieU'er
nnd Le Centre Wihl grove I'lnms.
Niagara and Empire State Grapes.
All orders promptly filled.
Address, W. B. KELLY,
Abingdoii, V-.i.
P?TEMTS.
Caveats, Reissues and Trade-Marks secur?
ed and nil other pttontcausesintllfl Patent
Office nnd before the Courts promptly and
carefully attended to.
Upon receipt of model or sketch of in?
vention, I make careful examination, and j
advise as to tho patentibillty free, of charge.
- Ffes modernte, aud I make no charge hh- I
less Patent is secured. Inform ition, advice j
and special references s.-ut on application.
J. tt. LITT ELL, Washington, 1). 0.
NearU.a- Patent OlMce.
STEAM SAW_MSLL FOR SALE,
The midei-.igned hiiVo ii ftr'Rt '.;lass|
S tea in haw Mil!, which they desire
to sell Parties desiring to purchase I
will do well to call on or address the |
undersigned ut Snnpp's P. O., Taze
well county. T. & G. Gkoseclo je.
Mar. 2f>, tf.
W. A. S H (IL E R,
Agent for tho
CjtLZBRATF.O SlNOKB BkWINO MACHINE.
Pocahontas, Va.
Can repair any and all kinde of Sewing
Machine* an cheap as any workman in
Southwest Va. I guarantee all my work to
give perfect satisfaction or money will he
refunded. Parties from TftzeWellO. II. and
hiiiroundiug country will do well to give
me a calu liest Oil and Needles for all Ma?
chines .always in stock. Old Machine* of
any make taken in exchange for now Sing?
ers. J will sell you ft now Machine for logo
money than the same Machine lias been
sold anywhere before. Don't fail to give
mo s call. Respectful}- yours,
W. A. SH0Z.ks, Pocahontas. Va.
V. T, WALL,
HOUSE PAjNTER ^
ASIQN WRITER,!
Ta?Qvycll C.H., Va.,
Ii prepared to cxWubi \A kinds <>' Paint-1
in? promptly, and according to th- i???t
exaeting modem taste.
He has a fall ferae of skilled hinds, aud
with his large experience can cxficutc work
at prices within the reach of nil. Ilcfoto
contracting for work, give him shearing.
HBlHIIBH^BWSlSV^1
TAZEWELL C. 1
TBE GI1ELVT DEA?WOOD MYSTERY.
BT BULT HAUT&
iOenyTtehtrd 1SSO, by iiou-Moii, fHC.ln * Co?
aud published by arrangement with thorn.)
"Stanislaus Joe," responded Mr. F.ydcr.
?Is that all I"
"No. Somot lines he's called Joo Stanis?
laus"
Miss Ali?o (satirically)?I suppose- it's th?
ru-.tom licit) to send young ladies out ^villi
gentlemen who hldo their uumes under an
alias I
Mr. Ryder (greatly porplescO)?"VThy, dear
nv?, Miss' Alke, you allrra 'peered to ino as a
gal ns was nblo to tako Uccr
Miss Alico (interrupavng with a wounded,
dove-like timidity)?Oh, never mind, please!
The cabin otTcred but scanty accommoda?
tion to the tourists; which fart, when In?
dignantly presented to Mrs. Rlghlbody, was
explained by tho good-humored Ryder from
tho circumstance that tho usual hotel was
o:ily n slight affair of boards, clot'.i and paper,
put up during tho season, and partly dis?
mantled ill tho fall. "You couldn't bo kc;-t
w?nii cr.oe.gk there," no .added. Novcrthe-.
less Miss Alico noticed that both Mr. Ryder
and Stanislaus Jos retired thero wi;h their
pipes, nftcr having prepared tho ladles'
supper, with tho assist.-inco of an Inillan
woman, who apparently emerged from the
earth at tho coming ot tho party, and dis?
appeared ns mysteriously.
. Tho stars camo out brightly beforo they
rlept; nud tho next morning a clear, unwink
in? pun Learned with ahnest summer power
through tbo sbntterless window of their
cabin, nud ironically disclosed the dotails of
Its rude Interior. Two or three mangy, hnlf
cntcn binTalo robes, a bearskin, some sus?
picious looking blankets, rides and caddies,
deal tables and barrels made up its scant in?
ventory. A strip of fad?) calico hung be?
foro a recess near tho chimney, but co black?
ened by smoko and QffOr that even femiuino
curiosity "respected its secret,
body was in hi;;h spirits, and Informed her
daughter that sho w:is at last 0:1 tho track of
her husband's unknown correspondent. "Sev
euty-four and Seventy-Uvo represent two
members of tho vigilance committee, my
dear, and Mr. Ryder will assist mo to Ibid
them."
"Air. Ryderl" ejaculated Miss Alico, hi
scornful astonishment,
"Allie," said Mrs. Rlghtbcdy, with a sus?
picious assumption uf sudden defence, "you
injure yourself, you injure me, by this exclu?
sive attitude. Mr. Ryder U a friend of your
father's, an exceedingly well informed gofitlc
inan. I have not, of course, imparted to him
the extent of my suspicions. But ho can help
1110 to wuat I must and will know. You
might treat him n litllo more civilly?or, nt
least, a littlo better than you do bis servant,
your guide. Mr. Ryder is a gentleman, and
not a paid courier." ' j:
Miss Alice was niddcmly ot cntlvo. When
sho spoke again, sho asked, "Why do you not
find something about this Sllsblc?who died?
or was hung?or something of that kiadl"
"Child!" said Mrs. Rlghthody, "don't you
seo thero was no LT.sbic, or, if there
was, ho was simply trio coniidant of that?
wo::iau i"
A knock nt the door, announcing tho pres?
ence of Mr. Ryder and Stnnlslau* Joo with
the horses, checked Mi? Rightbbtly'i speech.
As tha animals were being packed, Mrs.
Itightbody for a moment withdrew in contl
dotitinl conversation with Mr. Ryder, and, to
tho young lady's still greater; nnnoyunco, left
her alone with Stanislaus Joo. Msss Alice
was not in good temper, but sho felt it neces?
sary, to say something.
"I hope the hotel oilers l?ttcr quarters for
travelers than this ia suraraor." slip begun. .
"It does."
"Then this does not belong to iti"
"No, ma'am."
"Who liv:s hero, then I"
"I do."
"1 beg your pardon,"stammered Miss Alice,
"I thought you lived where we hired?
whore wo met you?in?in? You mustox
"cu3o me."
"I'm not a regular guide; hut as times were
hard, and I was out of grub, I took tho job."
"(Jut of c.-u'.i!"' "job!" A:id bho was tha
"Job." What would Henry Marvin say} It
would nearly kill bim. Sho began herself to
feel 11 littlo frightened, and walked towards
tho door. ?
?'One moment, miss!"
Tho' young girl hesitated. Tho man's tono
was surly, nud yet indicated a certain kind of
half-pathetic grievance. Jlcr curiosity got
th--' tiettcr of her prudence, and sho turned
..bacir, . , .............j ?,.tt?. r*
'?'-'his morning," ho began hastily, "when
we were coming down tho valley, you picked
mo up twice."
"1 picked yuu up I" repeated the 'astonished
A lice. ?
"Yes, enntiHf'.ieled nin; that's what I
mean; once when you said those rocks were
volcanic, otieo when you said ilia flower you
picked was n poppy. I didn't let on at tho
time, fo:- it wasn't my say; but all tho whilo
yon were tal'.ti.ig I might have laid for
you-"
? "f don't understand you," sold Alice
haughtily.
"I might have entrapped you licforo folks.
But I only want you to know that / m 1 l^ht,
and here nre tho books to show it."
. Ho drew asido tho dingy calico curtain, re?
vealed a small shelf of bulky books, took
down too largo volumes?0:10 of botany, 0:10
of gcphvjy?nervously sought his tc^t, and
put tlier.i in Alice's outstretched bauds.
"I hail 110 intention,'" sho began, half
proudly, half pnbarraasedly,
"Am I riglit, mull" ho interrupted.
"I presume you are, if you say so."
"Thnt-'s all, nia'tun. Thank you I"
MLss Alico felt her speech wns a iotvto con
vcntlonnllsm, but it was all sho could say.
She, however, it/it something. Hitherto It
! had liecn her habit to'systematically reject Iiis
assistance ia mounting to her teat. Now 1 ho'
awaited him. As ho approached cho ssvi'-vd
and put out her littlo foot, lio instantly
cteo;x.'d, idio placed it in hU hand, rqsq ivV.S
a s pring nud for o:m supreme moment C:.v.ii>
! ;;:.; Joo held her unresistingly in hfcf linns.
Tn^'nest ninmcnfcihts was in the sa??jc, but
i-i ;:? d brief interval of sixty scc?f.i'.ithe had
1 n v. lurno In otly.'li) sentence:
1 . . , .1 will forgii'c nwi*
K ;-. ..tei-s-d a reply, ?ml turnotl his fairy
ostio qijU-My cs if t? hide it.
1.1 i -.1 Ajleo cantered forward with a rtnlle,
hut pulled her hat down over her eye? as she
JohfCd her mother. She was blnckinif.
ALL!
FAKT III.
r' - . ,?
*>*5? "TB jUpK, Ryder was ni
Ax3**^u- ^9good as his word.
CS^^-*""? &?w3ai1ii-v?rtwu''iu''
" 0 f SWS IUsMtlwdy1? parlor
~Z/ P W *nt tl,? Clir "'?'oils
i?7 .<??^t^^w* * "*r-hotcl, in StiK'kton,
?ifvV^iT!v?> ? *'u' kiform?.
1 -:V ttoti that )ie lmd
? *\ijV^' seen Iho mysterious
' ceuiki-N ol the dls
mouTnoDY. patch, and that tiny
wero now In tins ofllco. ot the hotel, wait
lag her pleasure, Mr. Ryder further in?
formed her Hint thews gentlemen had only
s'ipulated ihat they should nut reveal their
rani names, nml that they should bo intro?
duced til |tisr simply as tho respective "Seven?
ty-four" and "Seventy-live" who hail signed
the dispatch so:it to the lata Mr. Rlghtbody.
Mrs. Rlghtbody ut Unit demurred to this;
hut, on the assurance from Mr. Uydcr that
this was tho only condition on which an
interview would bo grunted, llnally coa
BOIltod.
" You will Ihul them square men, oven If
they ans n littlo rou.;b, ma'am. Hut, if you'd
like me to iss present, I'll stop; though I
roclio i, If yo\l enh:ilate<l on that, you'll havo
had mo tako care o' your business by proxy,
uiul not como yourself throo thousand miles
to do IU"
Mm. Rlghtbody believed it better to see
Uiem nlouo.
"All right, ma'am. I'll hang round out
here; and cf yoshould happen us bev nil '.:
' Ha' in your throat, and a bad rik>1I o' cougki.i',
I'll drop in, careless like, to ?so if you do..'t
want them dro;>s. Sabo I"
And with nn exceedingly nivk wink, mid a
slight familiar tap on Mrs. RlgUt body's slmd
dec, which mi,:ht have causctl thu late Mr.
Rlghtbody to bur.it bis sepulnhrc, ho wl.U
drew.
A very timid, hesitating tap on Mrs door
was followed by tho outran? of two men,
both of whom, in general siw, s::vir;i!i. und
r*UWBi??nci?, wore ladlcron l> lucbuaUtvut
with tiicTi?djflldcut minoim ?iac:it. Tit y
pro-mled i i laTfryv Ill s tc, the center of i'.io
robmj faced .Mrs. RlglirrsTdy., iickicn .cd;: -l
her tloep courtesy by a strong ?Kalo Of tUcj
lurnd, and, drawing two chairs uppwtto to
her, sat down side li? side,
'?I pre-imiu I havo iho plaasuro of nd-ross
ln;;?" began Mrs. Rlghtbody.
Tho man dirootly opposite Mrs, Ulghtbody
turned to the other inquiringly.
Tho other man nodded hin head, und ro
P'i-d:
"Sevenly-fonr."
"Sevcnty-Ryc,*1 promptly followed tho
other.
Mrs. Rightbody paused, a little confused.
"I have ?.>nt for you," sho bagan ngain,
"to leirn something more of tho elivuui
stancrs under which you gentlemen sent n
dlsnat .'h to my Into husband."
."Tho circumstances," replied Bovonty-four,
quietly, with a blda glaneo at hl? companion,
"panned out nlsout in t!ii:< yer stylo. Wo
hirer n man, named Jo-di Si Mile, down ut
Dondwood for hos< stealm', When I say irr,
I speak for Bovotlty-flvd yer ns i< present,
ns well as represent hi', so to speak; seventy
two other gents as Is scattered. Wo hung
Josh Kilsbieon ?mar1, pretty sqttar', evidence.
Aforo ho was ctrnng up Seventy-five yer
axed him, nccordin' to custom, cf llicr Was
enny thing he had to say, or entry request
that bo allowed to make of ui. II; turns to
Uovenly-flvd yer, nnd-"
Hero bo pausad suddenly, looking nt his
companion.
"He scz, scr. he," brgail !vevcnty-flvc. taking
up the narrative?Kid sex, KZXn I write a
letterf ho:: he. Hex I, 'Mot ir.uch, olo mr.n;
yo'vo rot nnthae.' Hes lie, 'Kin i issnd u dls
pnt-'.i by telo;v:r>hf I sez, 'Heave
Ho 'sei?these it his dlontikal wdriH?'So:;d to
Adam Highthody, Iioston. . Toll him to re?
member his sa-red corapaek with ?ino thirty
years ago.'"
S'lHsiiiCT'd rorivsirl: with rnPl'tJr.y v v.rs
ngo,1" echoed tievc-nty-foui-?"his dloiiti!:.-.!
words."
"WliKl wrjitliocompact?1!-oshcj Mrs. Right
body nnxlortsly.
Hevcntv-ionr looked r.t r^c-nty-livo,' nnd
tli 'M l? t!i uro " nnd rotii-rd to tlio corner of
?fiI parlor, wlierb they engaged Ian slow but
whisTppH drliborntion. Fifsently they re
t.tirne.l end sat dow:i ngain.
V.'" n'loc," said t-Jovetity-fiair, miietly but
? eei'?? :iy, "that you know what that sacred
com;s.vt v/.an."
?'-.. Ili^litlKsly lost, her temper nml her
I : :t'::r;-.I :-j: together. "Of cours"," sho said
Imrrjct'.ly. "I I:how. Iiut do yo.: mean tr> s.-y
: hat yon gave t h? poor emu no further elinuco
!o ttqiktin licforo you iriunlcrcd biinf"
Oventy-fonr axni t5ovonty-livo I o il rose
n:;tii:i slowly and retired. When they re?
turned again und sat down, Scvcnty-flve,
e, ho by this time, through soaio subtle mag?
netism, Mi's. Rlghtbody began to ivco^nixjas
tho superior powor, said p-nvcly:
"Wo wLsh to say, regarding this j'cr mur?
der, Hint Kovcnty-four nail me is ctpia'.ly te
spu:isiblu; that wo ivckoa also to rcpiusent, so
tostr'nk, seventy-two other gCutlcuieil ns is
Si-ottered; tluit v/o pro ready, beventy-four
cud me, to take end holt that. Ksnoiisibllity,
now nnd nt any tlino, aforo oveiy mal! or
men as kin bo fetched ngln an. Wo wi> !i to
say that tbLs yer ciy of oui-s holds goo;l yer
in Californy, or la any rart of tlia|o., United
"Or iu Canady," cuggcsUxl Sovcnty-fomr. (/
"Or in Cauady. Wo wouldn't agree to cross
tho water, or go to f urrin parts, unless alsso
luUdy necessary. Wo leaves tbo ehisc of \vci>
plngs to your principal, ina'nm, or liclng a
lady, ma'am, and interested, to imy ouo you
may fetch to of t for him. An advertisement
in any of the Uaerameiito jsnpers, or a jiluy
enrd or handbill stuck unto a tree near Dead
wood, kayiug that fioyenty-four or Ijeveuty
llvo ivlll eommunicato with Ibis yer princi?
pal or ocelli of yours, will fetch u-.?allcis.'*
Mm Rlghtbody, a littlo alnnneil and des?
perate, saw her.blunder "t mean nothing of
tho kind," sho sal.l luistlly. "I only eSpectetl
?. .ut you might havo somo further details of
: i i.?.te.-vijw with liikblo; that pcrha;w you
i! t ;1 ine''?n liold, bright thim;.iit enured
. :,; .htbody'a mind ? "somct:-.ii:g mors
is wk-m hail uiiuks hei" poiKtru?uii giaxt in j
iANUARY2?8b7
the felt ?ho must not ?10x111 tho men heed
l.?sly.
"Will you inform me towhnt extent Mr.
nightbqdy, uiy lato husUmd, was interested
in her!"
This time it seemed an age to Mrs, Right
body before the men returned from their sol?
emn consultation In tho corner. She eouUl
both hear mid feel that their discussion was
more animated than their previous confer?
ences. Hue was a little inortlll'd, however,
wheti they sat down, to hear Seventy-four
say slowly:
"Wo wish to say that wo don't allow to say
'luif much."
"Will fx'eh im?offers."
"Po you not think that the 'sacred compact'
between Mr. Kightlxxly and Mr. Sllsblo re?
ferred to herl"
"We reckon it do."
Mr.. Rightbody, (In ;h sl and animated,
would have given worlds had herdnughter
been present to bear this undoubted confirm?
ation or her theory. Yet she felt a littlo nerv?
ous nnd uncomforlublo oven on this threshold
of discovery.
"Is sho bore now!"
"Slio's In Tuolunme," said Sc. onty-four.
"A littlo better looked nrtertimu formerly,"
added Sovcnty-llvc.
"I nee. Then Mr. Silsbiu enticed her nwny.'''
"Well, ma'am, it was allowed ns sho runnud
nwuy. Hut it wasn't proved, und It generally
wasn't her style."
Hi**. Rightbody trifled with hir nest qucs
V'Oii. "Sho was pretty, of course I"
The eYPtirrV/^.b. UJjrii. hrii^ji-ji
"She was that;" said SovcJliy^rRr^eni- |
Iihntically.
"It would have done you good to Reo herl"
added Sovoiity-uvo.
Mrs. Rightbody Inwardly doubted It; but,
before she could ask another question, the two
men again retired to tho corner fur concilia?
tion. When they eamo back there was a
shade more of kindliness and confidence in
their manner, and Haventy-four opened bis
mind more freely.
"Wo wish to say, ma'am, looking at the
thing, by nnd large, In n fnr-mludod way,
Hint, ez you hocui Interested, nud cz Mr.
Rightbody was interested, nud was, accord
to nil uecoimts, deceived und 1 -d awuy by
Silsblc, that wo don't mind HsUming to uuy
proposition you might make as a lady?allow- j
in' you waseknlly lutercstod."
"I understand," raid Mrs. Rightbody
quickly. "And you will furnish mo with uuy
papers f"
The tiro men ngnln consulted.
"We ?vln.li to say, uin'om, that wo think
sho's got pa|icrs, but-"
'?I must liavo them, you understand." In?
terrupted Mrs. Highlliudy, "at any price."
"We was alio.it to say ma'am," said Scv
ent y-llvo slowly, "that, ro-.tsldcrln' all thlugs '
?nml you bvlng a lady?you kin hnvo /irr,
paper*, iiedlgrco nnd guarunty, for $1,3X1."
It has b-?n allegol that Mrs. Rightbody
asked only ono qu <tlon more and thou
' fainted. It Is known, howovcr, Dint by tho
next day it wns understood in Dead wood that
Mrs. Rightbody bod confessed to tho vigi?
lance committee that her husband, a cele?
brated Boston millionaire, anxious to gain
po:s?srion of Aimer Springer's well known
Eorrcl mare, had incited the unfortuuntu Josh
Silsble to steal it; and that finally, fulling in
tbi*, the widow of the doeoansd Ucsion mil?
lionaire wa'i now in personal negotiation with
tho owners.
How belt, Miss Alice, returning homo that
afternoon, found her mother wl'.b u violent
hcoilaeho.
"We will leave here by the nont rtcamur,"
said firs. Rightbody languidly. "Mr. Ryder
has promised to accompany us."
"lint, mother-"
"Tho climate, Alice, is overrated. My
nerves are already suffering from it. The as?
sociations ore unfit for you, und Mr. Marvin
is naturally iuipat lent."
Miss Alico colored slightly.
"IJut your quest, mother l"
"I've abandoned it"
"But 1 have not," said Alice, quiotly. "Do
you renienibor my guide nt tho Yosemlte?
Stanislaus Joo! Well, Stan Irl mu Joo Ls? who
do you think f"
"Mrs.'Rightbody was languidly indifferent.
"Well, Stanislaus Joo is tho son of Joshua
Silsble*
Mrs. Rightbody sat upright in a>tontih
trient.
"Yes. Hut, mother, hs knows nothing of
what wo know. Ills father treated bim
shamefully, nnd set him cruelly adrift years
ago; and, when he was bung, tho poor fellow.
In sheer disgrace, changed his name."
"Hut, if ho knows nothing of his father'*
compact, of what Interest ls this:" x
"Oh, nolliiugl Only I thoj^ut it might lead
to something."
Mrs. Rightbody iruspocicd that "some?
thing," and asked sharply, "And pray how
did i/o11 find it out? You did not speak of It
In the valley."
"Oh! I didn't find it out till to-day," said
Miss Alice, walking to tho window. "He
happened to bo here, and?told mo."
PART IV.
F airs. Rightbody**
friends bad been
astounded by her
singular r.nd unex?
pected pilgrimage
to CnllfurnkM
soon cf(er her hus?
band's decease, they
worn still more as?
tounded by the in?
formation, a year
Inter, that she was
engaged to be mar?
rSodtau Mr. Ryder,
. ' -he arant history was known,
1 :;.>;v,ir.:i, cud formsr corre
Sondcnllof her hu band. It was c.n l'.niubl?
Hint the mar? wo? wealthy, and evident!/ no
were adventurer} tt was rumored tlinthe.tras
courageous and manly; hut oven those who
delighted hi hi* odd humor were shocked nt
his grammar and slang. It was said that
Mr. Marvin Imil but ouo interview with his
fiituci-ln-luw elect, and returned so su?
premely disgusted that the mutch was broken
ofT. The horse stealing story, moro or less
garbled, found its way through Hps that pi c
tcaded to dot ry it, yot eagerly repented it.
Only one mem'ier of the ltlghtbtxly family?
and a now one?saved them from utter os?
tracism. It wes young Mr. Uydcr, tho
adopted son of Hto prospective head of tho
bousehol I, \vhoso culture, ninuuers and gen?
eral elegance faeclnatcd mid thrilled Huston
with a new sensed Ion. It seemed to many
t'. Mi ? Alice should, In the vicinity of this
r...ce.{otle, lor,;et her tormcr enthusiasm lor
n professional l.je; but the young man w:u
j..isl by irfjclffy, mid various plans for dl
xvrtlng Mm'from any mcsallluiico with tho
llightbody family wore concocted,
It was u wintry night, and tho noeonii nn
liivcrsaryof Mr. Ulghtbody's death, that u
li?hl was burning in his Horary. Hut the
dend man's chair wo? occupied by young Mr.
Uydcr, adopted son of tho new proprietor of
the mansion: mill betoru him stood Altec,
with her dark i yes fixed on tho t.iblo.
"There mast have been something In It, Ji>>,
believe me. Did you never hear your father
ppvtik of iiiluof"
'?Never.'1
"Hut yctsay ho wasrollogo bred, anil born
a gentleman, ami In Ids youth '"> must have
had many friends."
"Alice," said the young mail gmvidy, ""-hen
1 Imvodonu ttoniothlng to redeem my numo
and wear It ugiiiu liefuru these pcojile, before
]/'?!!, it WOUld ho well to revive till) pie I. lhlt
till then?- "
Hut Alice win not to Is? put down. "I re?
member," she went on, searerly hcctliiu! htm,
'?ihat when I ennui In Unit night puptl was
rending a lettor and suuuicd to bn dlsoon
certeil."
"A let tor I"
"Yes; but," nddud Alli.v, with a sigh, 'when
we found him hero Insensible, them .>?:, in
letter on his ikiivoii. llu mutt have daitl'Oyod
U."
"Did yon over look mining bli papcnl It
found It tulttht Iw a elow."
Tim young niiui glanced toward lluicnbi
liot. Allen reiul his uyes mid answered I
"Oh, dear, mil Tho cabinet contained only
bis paper*, nil iwrfoetly arranged--yon know
how mcthod/eval wore hU habits?and some
i7|.\\invfrr*l?mi prlvutu lettei-s, all einvfullv
put away," snaamMTs**?*^
I, t a-, e 'hein. /pl mft'nn^ii'i'
??;?? -&Bm if
They opened drnw-JHB HP"'1': '''' '
Upqll Uli lot h tli IM III vflBHR |.|ip.-M aceil
niu-ly folded and lllsflHBSs "lv Vl '"
tercd a little cry und picked itpn ipialul Ivory
paper knifti lying nt the bot torn of a drawer.
"It win nils-dug tho next day ami never
rnuld be found; ho must havo uiUlald It here.
Thli Is tho druwer, said Alice eagerly.
Here wus n clow. Hut tho lower part of
the drawer was llllod with old letters not la
holed, yet neatly arranged In lllcs. (suddenly
ho stoppetI und suld, "Put tbuni hack, Alice,
i.t once."
"Why,"
"Homo of the?o lettein in-c in liiyfather's
band writing,"
"The moro reason why / should sou them,"
..aid the girl Imperatively. "Here, you take
pa11 and I'll Utk? purt and we'll get through
qn taker." J
Thero was a certain deei..to:i and Indopond
cncoln her manner which bo had lrameil to
rcsjiect. llu took tho letters und In sllonco
rend them with her. Thoy were old college
letters, so (lllod with boyl h dreams, Muni?
tions, nspirnttons, and Utopian thoorles, that
I fear neither of these young |s.'oplc even
recognized their parent* In tho dead n -In s of
tho past. They were boil, gruvn, until Alice
iilleied u littlo hystorlcul "ry and droii|HKl
her face In her bands. Joo wus InsUnttly bo
hldo hur. \
"It's noLhing; .Toe, nolliin?. ftou't rend it,
please: pleas-, don't. It's ho fur ryl It's so
very queer!"
"If 3 nothing, Joe, nothing. Don't read it."
Hut Jto-had, after a slight, half-playful
struggle, taken the latter from the girl Then
be read aloud tho words written by lila father
thirty years ngo: \
'fyl thank you, dear Mend, for oil you say
about my wife and boy. I tbnuk you for re?
minding mo of our boyish compact. Ho will
bo n ad.i to fulfill it, I know, if ho loves those
Ids father loves, even if you should marry
years hiUr. I am glad for your uiko, for
both our Rakes, that it is a lmy. Heaven
send you a good wife, dear Adams, and a
daughter, to make my son equally happy."
'Jon Bilst.io looked down, took tlio half
laughing, half-tearful face in bis hands, kissed
her forehead, and, with tears in his grove
eyes, said, "Anienl"
? * ? ? * *
I am inclined to think that this sentiment
was echoed heartily by Mrs. Rightbody's
former acquaintances, when, n year later,
Miss Allco was united to a professional gen
tlemuu of honor and renown, yet who was
known to ho- the sen of a convicted horse
thief. A few remembered tho previous Call
fonilnn story* aud found corrolioratlmi there?
for; but a majority behoved it a just reward
to Miss Alice for her conduct to Mr, Mnrvln,
and, as Miss Alteo cheerfully accepted it in
that light, Ida cot see why I may not end
my slcry with krppiness to all concerned.
8MPORT4NT TO PATRON&,
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tili all arrearages ar? polri.
Adicrtiskmcnto are payable am a<Ji*txr?
Unless ipociat terms aro made.
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puhllabad.
AU anbacriptione mo dna with fiat
of paper.
Addrtaa all bnafness eoinmurdeatioc* h>
CuMoa Yaj.se t Neva.
ALLIGATORS IN THE BAHAMA^, i
Drifting; Hundred* of Mlltxi In the Oerast
Cnrreal??C^irloaa Sopemtltlnn?.
Catesby, in hia "Natural History ojfe
Carolina, Florida nnd tho Buhnmrv Isl?
ands," published about a century agflBi
apcaks of having seen alligators on thS
island of Andrea in this gfoon. Ah.;
present there aro none, nnd, with tho ol>-\
ject of ilnding out if there was ufty tra?
dition current Umring upon the subject,
I mtidu inquirioi through tho medium of
Tho Nassau Guardian. In answer to my
questions, I lately received from the rec?
tor of Inngua, nt tho extremo southeast of
the group, a lettor, in which he inon
tions that stories of ollegators having
been drifted on logs of mahogany, and
thrown up on tho shores of tho island,
ore common, hut that ho had not been
nblo to verify them. However, a,,few
days previous to the dato of tho letter,
while on a visit to ono of tho settlements,
Mr. de Glnuville, the rector, was shown
the skin of an alligator olght feet long
from tip to tip, which had been shot on
shore a day or two before by a man
whoso name is given. Many logs of ma?
hogany had boon cast up on the shores
of Inagua about that time; but tho alli?
gator hud not boon obaorved to land,
und hud been seen on shore several times
beforo it was shot.
There seems, however, to bo no rea?
sonable doubt thai tho alligator was
drifted by tho cm imit from tho south?
east to Inngua on a log of mnhogony
from Sim Domingo, tho nearest place in
which alligators-aro found. This means
that it traveled a distance of from 100
to lfiO miles. With regard to the occur?
rence of alligators on Andros, Cotcahy
was a very accurate observer, nnd there
scorns to be no reason for doubting his
statement. These nligutora would ap?
pear to have been carried on driftwood
from tho nortbweat coast of Cuba, a
distance of 1100 miles by tho gulf stream,
nnd cast on tho edgo of tho Great Ba?
hama hank, whence local currents,
aided by tho wind, might have carried
them to tho west coast of Andros. Tho
absence of traditions on tho suhjeut may
1?> owing to tho tact that tho present
iuhahltnutn of Andros am principally
descendant!! of persons who nettled
there at a period subsequent to Cntcsby'n
visit.
While on tho subject of Andros, may
I bo allowed to mention two rather curi?
ous BUporstitlnns current among the in?
habitants of that interesting island? The
'ffiVjdojSjjf tho northern part of the IhW
laud consists bfWjM^nndlnkfkj inter?
spersed with paiolmsS^w.l<Y.jjround on
which the Bnhamh pine (I*. Baliiw?unsjj}_,
grows thickly. The negroes hnvs a.
great dislike to entering these pine
woods alone, or oven in small compa?
nies, for they nay that a peculiar race of
malevolent being, called "littlo people,"'
inhabit the trees. These creatures aro
said to he like tiny men covered with
hair. They ait on the pine boughs, ami
if a man notices them mid points them
out to his companions, ,tl?o wtn?'s ,
party Is rendered immovable for a day1
j und a iuglii; hut, if lire is thrown nt tho
] "little people," they d.o ppear without
', doing any Inn in.
! The other superstition also relntcs to
the pine woods. Creatures'like enor?
mous hairy men, called by the negroes
j "Yayhoos," are said to march about tlto
. wood? in "schools," tho largest coming
first} ami "when dey coteh you dey tear
you." These beings are much mom
dreaded than tho "littlepeople." It looks
ns if their name h.\d boon given by some
travelers familiar with "Gulliver's Trav
els," and struck with tho resemblance
between them and tho terrible creatures
I of Swift's imagination.
Both of these superstitions would np
peor to be tradilionsof tho lund from
which tho negroes originally enmo. The
"littlo people" are probably a recollection
of the small nborenl monkeys, while tho
"Yayhoos" represent tho gorillas of west
Africa.?John Gardiner in Science.
S IT eel PwtatO Of the SllUtll.
I The sweet potato is to tho south about
i What the common potato is to Ireland
or Oormnny. It forms n very large pnrt
j of tl:o food of the negroes and poor
> whites?infact. it frequently'takes the <
I placo of brood to a great extpnt. The
I favorite way of cooking it hero is to
bake it in the oven or in tho ashes,
j The children are fond of burying the
potntoes in tho ashes at night, so that
they may slowly cook nt night. Tho
southern-grown stvcot potntoes are
larger and sweeter thieo thoso grown at
tho north. Those rnlseiN^ Mexico ure
very sweet indeed.?-Chicago TiuIPBT-*-^?
Kleclrlvlty aa a ltotnnily.
Electricity is becoming tho favorite
remedial agency of what might bo called
the invalid sex; treatment by battery
for everything from cancer to muddy
complexions is in vogue now, and when
regular physicians can not be brought to
givo it in tho desired quantity other
people can. A habit, what should it he
called?an electrical habit or nn elec?
tricity habit? Anyway, an injurious1
habitual dissipation on electricity is said
to be quite possible, and in fact to be at
ready in existence in some oases and im?
pending in many more.?New York.
Graphic
Seir-MBtitlnft- Waterfall*.
j Electric lighting in the Black Forest;
I is carried to tho paradox of making tho
j waterfalls light up themselves by night.
The power exerted by tho fall of wafer
generates all the electricity and through
that all the illumination that moonlight,
Bengal lights and Roman candles, in.
olden times, and even yet in other
places, aro depended on to supply. As
a consequence at Triberg and Tartisp, in
the lower Engadine, tbey have moon
tight nights (artificial) all through tho
season.?Chicago Herald.
Little Brother of the Sea.
Crowfoot, the Blackfeot chief, white
on |ils way e&et, asked at tho first sight
of Lake Superior: ''la that tho sea?"
'"No," replied the conductor, "it is noj
the sea, but it is a large water, and it
takes days to cross it. What will j
rail it, oh chief. "You any it is not i.
sear" "No." . "Then." replied.Crowrp
bis face lit by a smile, "1 will cull i
little brother of the sea*"
