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The Haurte~ ow'.
3Y "-rriE Konsss.
utho~er of "Moicas" A Po Ma,"V
cHArrz. .
Slowiy and with dittculty they coax
Sir Adrian back to life. Ringwood had
insisted upon telling the old house
keeper at the castle, who has been in
the family for years, the whole story of
her mlaster's rescue, and she, with taars
dropning down her withered cheeks.
has lel'ped Ringwood to remove his
elothes and male him comfortable.
She had also sat beside him while tho
captain, stealing out of thi; houso like
a thief, had galloped down to the vil
lage for the doctor, whom ho had
smuggled Into the house without awak
ing any of the servant.
Tis' caution and secrecy had been
decided upon for one powerful reason.
If Arthur Dynecourt should prove
Suilty of being the author of his cous
n's incarceration, they were quite de
termined he should not escape what
9er punishment the law allowed. But
e mystery could not be quite cleared
up until tir Adrian's return to con
sciousness, when they hoped to have
some light thrown upon the matter
from his own lips.
In the meantime, should Arthur hear
of his cousin's rescue, and know him
self to be guilty of this dastardly at
tempt to murder, would he-not take
steps to escape before the law should
lay its iron grasp upon him? All four
conspirators are too Ignorant of the
power of the law to know whether it
would be justifable in the present cir
cumstances to place him under arrest,
or decide on waiting until Sir Adrian
himself shall be able to pronounce
either his doom or his exculpation.
The doctor stays all *igh;, and ad
ministers to the exhausted man, as
often as he dares, the nourishment and
od things provided by the old house
k ener.
When the morning is far advanced,
Adrien, waking from a short but re
freslung slumber looks anxiouslv
aroun\d htig. Florence, seeing this
steps 'aside. as though to make way for
Dora to go closer to him. But Mrs.
Tal ot, covering her face with her
hands, turns aside and sinks into a
chair.
Florence, much bewildered by this
strange conduct, stands irresolute be
side the bed, hardly knowing what to
do. Again she glances at the prostrate
man, and sees his eyes restmg u u
her with an expression in them tat
makes her heart beat rapidly with
sweet but sad recollections.
Then a faint voice ails uion her ear.
It is so weak that she is obliged to
stoo" over him to catch what he :s try
go say.
Darling, I owe you my life!"
With great feebleness he etters these
words, accompanying them with a
glance of utter devotion. How can she
mistake his glance, so full of love and
rapture? Perplexod in the extreme,
she turns from him, as though to leave
him, but by a gesturo he detains her.
"Do not leave me: Stay 'with me!*
he entreats.
Once ag'i, deeply distressed. she
looks at Dora. Mrs. Talbot, rising.
says distinctly, but with a shamefaced
hb asksyou. Beli.ev me, bj
Uis side Is your proper place. not mine.
Saying this, she glides quickly from
the room, and does not appear again
for hours.
By luncheon-time it oceur- to the
guests that Arthur Dynecourt has not
been seen since last evening.
Bingwood, carrying this news to the
sick-room. the little rescuing party and
their arriliaries, the nurse and doctor,
lay their heads together, and decide
that, doubtless, havmng discovered the
escape of his prisoner, and, dreadinig
arrest:Arthur has qutietly taken hrm
self auff, and so avoided the trial and
punishment whic would otherwise
have fallen upon hun.
Bingwood.is now of opinion that
they hE tdunwisely in concealing
- 'an....he
-the others, they have ~given Dynecourt
the oprtunity of getting away safely,
and Wthout causing suspicion.
"Is it not an almost conclusive proof
of his gilt his running awavim this
coadyfasfion?" says Ethel 'ViHiers.
"1 tink pap a and Lady FitzAlmont
and everybody should be told."
So Ringwood, undertaking the office
of tale-bearer, goes down-stairs, and,
bring~ing together all the peoplestl
-remiang in the house, astounds them'
by his revelation of the discovery and
release of Sir Adrian.
The nearest maistrate is senat for,
and the case being laid before him, co
gether with the still further evidence
genby Sir Adrian himself, who has
tod them in a weak whisper of Ar
thur's bein privy to his intention of
- acing te hauinted, chamber for
<Forence's bangle on that memorable
'dyof his disappearance, the mnagis
*tteissues a warrant for the arrest of
Arthur Dynecourt.
.But It Is all in vain; even though two
of the cleverest dete 've from Scot
land Yard are pressed int the service,
no tidings of Atur Dynecourt come
to1liht A man answenng to his de
scito, but wearing spectacles, had
bentraced as har'ing gone on board a
- 'esel bound for New York the very
day after Sir Adrian was restored to
-the world, and, when search In other
quarters fails, even one falls into the
ready belief that thi spectacled man
was in reality the would-be murderer.
So the days pass on. and it is now
teamonth since Ringwood and
oence cay-ied Sir Adrian's senseless
form from the haunted chamber. and
still Florence holds herself aloof from
the man she loves, and, though quite
as assiduous as the others in her atten
tions to him, seems always eager to get
away from him, and gladf to escape any
chance of a Wct-4a-tete with him. This
she does in defiance of the fact that
Mrs. Talbot never approaches him ex
.capt when absolutely compeilled.
Sir Adrian is still a great invalid.
The shock to his nervous system, the
dragging out of those interminable
hours in the lonely chamber, and the
strain upon his pbhysical powers by the
absence of nutriment for seven loing
days and nights, had all combined to
shatter a constitution once robust. He
is now greatly improved in health, and
has been rocomme~nded by his doctors
to try a winter irn the south of France
Heihows himself, however, strange
lreluctant to quit his home, and,
-whenever the subject is menti-oned, he
Srst turna his eyes questionigy upon
1oence, if .1ze is prescint, and then,
re iving no returning glance frombier
dow'ncast eyes, sighs, and puts the mat
ter from him.
He has so earnestly entreated both
Dora and Miss Delmaine not to desert
,i-i that they ha:re not hail the heart
treruse, ann as ii npo' uso stay
1ng at the se. and Ethel Viliers
as gamene ner rarners cor~sern; ase
main. Mrs. Talbot acting as chaperon,
thev are by no means a dall party.
T'o-dar. the first time for ov a
month. Fkorence,. going to her ea, 1,
draws its cover away from the sketch
thereon, and gazes at her wn:-d. How
1gpg ago it seems shice he sat thus.
LLLVas
thouigh1 its ver - tourbi -1 s her, ad.
rousi! herSof w "bz. r se'f-Co
tem ~from her sentii'ntal reg-rets.
worS -s igoul t he S:ningV f
abore' an our,ti,:w wkre
she tiings heCr buhsao-eg
to themr ngro., ~ s h knwsN
The.re is nobotly hee us ow how
ever, ex ;; Sr dria:.wo I~s looking
rather tiri i and :11:r i Fthlel Vill
iers. The latter,.wn Florence enter,
gladly gati.ers 'u hir work and runs
away to 1ave Ia tun-in tht gardeni with
Capte..n Eingwood.E
Florence, tihouh sorry for this (ee-a
tWe that has bieei r :'-:: her, pits
down c.lmly exnoug, i. taking uo a I
book, pretrirs to re:ai alud z. tt Ad
rian.
But he stops he,. Put Iiz out his I
hand, he quidtly hut. ar;y closes thea
book. and tne! savs: t
"Not to-day, E vrmce: I want to
speak to you inst et
"Anstl-~ you wi.-h." reposis F'ior
enee steauLiy, thout;h1 !er heart is !.Cat
ing hast:ily.
"Are yon sorr that-thau my .unhap
py cOinJ11 prCv Iso t :wori' h
asks3 at la;"t. to":-.'n . y hss' jc
with a good deal n:wuness. He I
can not for"et wha nce she had lovod
this miserale man.
"One must naturally f that
anything Iman '- !Ei 'i
such an'aWfl n n . -tsh rr.'re
gently. but wi-h the ': stnccr.
Sir Adrian vrs Was he msaken
then? Diri sle ee rely care for c
the fellow, or t;s rof what Mrs.
Talbot has i :as lorenc's
"Slye" , he would
nor believe that Vic pusweet, true
face looking so stady into his could
be guity of anything underhand or
base.
"'It was false that you loved him I
then?" he qstions. .1Ilowing out th - I
trati of hist own 'tuht rat her than
the menn of her a'st words.C
"Tha, I lovei 'M7. Dynecourt'" she
re'eats in ac'arnent, e.r eor rsling.
.W m- t an e'x r Iea to cone
Into your head: N: it' arythin!. I cou- c
fess I feit for vour emu'in nothing but
"Then, Fiorenn, wht has come be
treen qsY' he exe'm , eiring her
hrnd. "You o known t IFt., I
lo ed you inyi "'F -1o. Nay, long
before last season : to a close; and'
then I belie-f-o.gig my presum, -
tiont-that Tou too io' mo."
Your be'lief r.':; true qe.' she re
turns ckimiv tears staning ITI her
beautiful eves. -ut- you. v our own
act. sevcrea us."
"I did?"
"Yes. Nav. Sir Adrin. be honest In
your dliNs with meas I am with
you, and confess the truath."
"I don't know what you maear,' de
cla:-es Adrian. in utter bewilderment; I
'you would tell re that .you think it
was some act of mine tht-that ruined
my cha-ice ith you'"
"You knov it was--reproachfully. e
"I know nothing of the kind"-hotly. E
"I only know that I h::e alw.ys loved I
you and only you. and that I shall
never love .nothr.C
"You forgt--Dora Talbov" says
Flre-nce, in a very low tone. I thnKI
Sir AdriT.n. your late ooldnems to her
La. beU neitLer kind nor iust."
'I have never beon either colder or
warmer to Dora Talbot than I have
X42 to any ethaer rdL nSInI
ncs oil mine I ret=rns rian,
with consideraile excitemen. re
is surely a terrible mistake some
where."
"Do von mean to tell me," says Flor
ence, rising in her agitation, "t'hat you
never spoke of love to Pora?"
"CertainIT I spoke of love-of my love
for vou." 'b dclares vehemently.
"Thab ycu shall suppose I ever felt any
thing for Mrs. Tal bot but the most or
dinarv friendship seems incredible to I
me. TJo you, and y ou alone, my heart
has been given niany a day. R{ot the
vaguest tendierness for any other wo- C
man has come bet ween my thoughtsi
and your image since first we met." t
"yet there was your love-letter to H
her-I read 't with my own eyes!" de-(
clares Floren.itly.
"I n r wi~rote Mrs.ahxalb ) li'me in
esays Sir Adrian, more and
more piurzled.
"You will tell mae next I did not see
you kissing her hand in the imne-walk 1
last September?" nursues Florence,
flushing hotiy with shameo and indigna- 1
tion,
"You did not," he declares vehement
ly. "I swear it. Of what else are you
going to acuse me? I never wrote to
her. and I never kissed her hand.''
"I i better for us not to discuss this
matter any longer," sarsMiss D~elmaine,
rising from her 'seat. "And for the
future I can not--will not-read to you
here in'The morning. Let us make an
end of this false friendship now at
once and forever."
She moves toward the door as she
speaks, but he. closely following, over
takes her, and, putting his bacleaainst
the door, so bars her egress.
Hie has been forbidden exertion of
any kind, and now this unusual excite
ment has brought a color to his wan
cheeks and a briliancy to his eyes.
Both these changes in his appearance
however only serve to betray the actu
al 'reakness to which, ever since his
cruel 'mprisonment, he has been a vic
tim.
Miss Delmaine's heart smites her.
She would have reasoned with him, I
and entreated him to go back again to t
his lounge, but he interrupts her.
"Florenice do not leave me like this.
ne pleaus mn an unpassioned tuone.
"You are laboring under a dalusion.
Awane rrcom vos1 aream, i lunplore you, t
and see things as ther' really are."
"Iamnawnke. and ? do se things as 2
the-v are," she ropin sadly.a
"Mvy darling, who can have poisoned
your mind against me'- she sa~s, in I
deep agitatien.
At 'ls moment, finanswer to C
his qusstion the door lead ing into the I
conservatory at the othe~r side of the t
room is pushed open, and Dora Talbot
"Ah. here is Mrs. Talbot," exclaims d
Sir Adrian eaigerly; "she will exonerate t
me."
He speaks with such full assurance I
of being able to bring Dora forward as 8
a witness in his defense that Florence
for the nirst time, feels a strong doubt
thrown upon the'belief she has formedr
of is being a monster of fickleness. C
"What is it Ilcan do for you?" asks a
Dora, in some confusion. Of late she 11
has grown vexr shy of being alone with.
either him or Flore~nce.
"'You will teli M iss D'eimaine," replies o
Adrian quickly. "that I never wrote p
you a letter ~and that I certainly did
not-you wiiforgive my even mention
Ing this extr-aoroinary supposition, I c
hope, Mrs. Tabot-kxi your hand one
dasi In E.eptemiber ithe'lime-walk.'
thora turns first not and then cold, Ic
frst crimson and then deadly pale. So 1:
it is all ouat now, and she is on her a
tial. She feels like the veriest crimi- '
nal brought to the bar of justie. Shall il
she nron~ptly deny everything, or- No. 1
She las had enough of deceit and in- E
trigue. Whatever it costs her, she will e
now be brave and true, and confess all. i~
"I do tell her so," she says, in a low t
tone, but yet firmly. "I never received s
a letter from you, and you never kissed
'Dora"' cries Florence. "What arer
-o aig Have you forgotten ali
"Spre e"'entreata Dora hoarsely.
In an .our, if you yl~li come to my
room, I w!ll explain all, an~d you can
then 's'urn me, anid nut rme outade the I
pae of vornt friendslii if vou will, and
as I well dr-erve. ,uht. for the pres
Lt. acespt my nssurance that no love
passges ever cecurredl between me and .,
Bir Ad~rrin and that I amtf fully per
suaded his heart has been givna to you
alone ever since your Ers meeting.* j
"Florence,. you belieye her?" ues-e
tins Sir Adriajn bcseecThilv. It is
:aru wh~at she has s;'m. T love you
'levot'di'. If vou will not miarry rme.,
no other ~womah shall e-'er b'e ray wife.
Mv b&eloe. take pity on mie:" s
Trust in him, irivo vourself freelY tc~
him withuout fear' uries Dora, with a 11
'"o. "He is altog'-ther worthy of you."
So saying, she escapes from the room.s
r~wi g'oes up tho stoirs to her owr. I
apartment wreni:g hitterlv. f
"Is Eiere anv'hobe for me?" asks Sirs
Adrian cf Fiorenc whenl they are t
again alone. "Darling. answer me, dc
you-an you love me? ,
eno dnco i U 1Qroa voice,i
ut z thought-I feared-oh. howl
nuch I have suffered!"
"Never mind that now." rejioins Sir
kdrian very tenderly. He has placed
tis arm round her, and her head it
'esting in happv contentment uoon hip
ircast. "For ifie future, my dearest.
ou shall know neither fear ior suffer
ng if I can prevent it."
* * * * * *
They are still murmuring tender
vordsof love to each other, though a
:ood half hour has gone by, when a
toise as of coming footsteps m the con
ervatory attracts their attention, and
r sently Captain Ringwood, with hit
rm round Ethel Villiers's waist, comea
lowly into view.
Totally unaware that any one is In
he room besides themselves, they ad
rance. until, happening to lift their
yes, they suddenlv become aware that
heir host and Miss Delmain are re
parding them with mingled gances of
urprise and amusement. .nstantly
hey start asunder.
"It is--that is-you see-Ethel, you
xplain," stammers Captain Ringwood
At thisboth Sir Adrian and Florence
>urst- out laughing so merrily and so
teartilv that all constraint comes to
ir end and, finally Ethel and Ring
ood, joining in the merriment that
ias been raised at their expense, vol
miteer a full explanation.
'I think." says Ethel, after awhile,
ooking keenly at Florence and he"
,est. "you two I . St &S guilty as WO
to. 'Don'tthey, George?"
"They seem very nearly as happy. at
11 events," agrees Rin gwood, who,
ow that he has confessed to his hav
n;- been just accepted by Ethel
illiers "for better for worse," is
gain in his usual gay spirits.
"Nearly? you might say quite," says
ir Adrian iaughing. ",Plorence as we
ave discovered their secret, I think it
ill be only honest of us to tell them
urs."
Florence blushes and glances rather
hyly at Ethel.
"I know it," cries that young lady,
la-ppn-her hands. "You are gomg to
narr Sir Adrian, Florence, and he is
ing to marry -oo'"
At this they all laugh.
"Well, one of those surmises could
tardly come off without the other," ob
erves Rin-wood. with a smile. "So
-our second gues was a pretty safe
ino. If she is right, old man'-turn
ng to Sir Adrian-"I congratulate you
oth with -ll m. heart."
"Yes, she isqcuite right." resnonds
'ir Adrian, directirg a glance full of
rdent love upon Alorence. "What
houild I do with the life she restored to
e unless I devoted it to her service?"
"You see, he i!, riarring me only out
f gratitude," snv 1lorence, smiling
rehly, but large tears of joy and glad
e-ss sparkle in her lovey eyes.
Whon Florence ,Inds her way, at the
piration of the hour. to Dora's room,
he discovers that fair little widow dis
olved in tears, and inded sorely per
lexed and shamed. The sight o? Flor
nce o::17 seems to rendr her grief
note pofgnant. and vhen her cousin,
iting her am reund her, tries to con
ole her, she oniy responds to the caress
)y lingi herself upon her knes, and
rraying her to forgrTe her.
And'then tha whole trvth oemes out.
L1 the e6ty, man. nnderaa w
da all re- l flei, al the oarfl
:pken I enes. all the fals re
yorts are brenrht inte light aad laid
5are to the i-orr-'ied tyee of Tlorence.
D~ora't een&ion is UiCrough and
30tplett inr evsery se. Not 1m any
xa-, does she seek to zbieid herself, or
>allate her own share in the deception
)racticed upon the unconscious girl
ow regarding her with looks of amaze
nent and deep sorrow, but in bitter
ilence.
When the wetche'd stor.y Is at an
md, and Dora, rising to he'r feet. det
iares her intention 'of JewingEngland
orever. Miss D~elmnine s!*.nds like one
urned into stone. and says no word
ither of censure or.rerret.
vora, weepmng violenltly, goes to rtne
loor, but, as her hand is rnied' to coen
r we n'resure unou tne genus near5
f Flor'ence is suidenly removed, and
ni a little ginrg voice she' bids her
'ora r:-mainis qita dti . her eyes
ynit upon~ the Mvr, aiting to h,ear
ir cou.r's w'rds cf just "emldemna
ion:; ex-'-ting oi!y :o hear the ;rath
ng norzs of scorni w'h ntet he br cu
mn will bid her begone friom her sight
or evermaoro. Buit enddnly ehe feels
we soft arms elorse around hecr. and
lorence, burstin iiv nto tea'rs. lays her
uad upon her shou~lder.
-Oh,'Dora, how could ran do it!" she
alters, and that is all. Nevor, either
hen or afterward, does another sen
ence of reproach pass her lips; and
)ora, forgiven anid taken back to her
ousin's friendship, endeavors earnest
y for the future to avoid such untruth
ul paths as had so nearly led her to
ter rin.
Sir Adrian, fromn the hour in which
ts dearest hones were realized, recoy
rs rapidif bosh his health and spirits;
nd soon a double wedding takes p lace,
hat makes pretty Ethel 'Xiliers EtheI
tingwood anid beautifful Florence Lady
)yneourt.
A winter spent abroadt with his
harmnig brido comuplotely restores Sir
tdrian to his former vigorous state,
.nd when spring is crowning all the
nd with hecr fair flowers, ho returns
o the castle with the intention~ of re
Qaining there until the coming season
tean& his presence in town.
And now once r.galn there Is almost
he same party brough't together at
necourt. Oki Lady FitzAlmont and
~idv Gertrude are here again, and so
.re aptain and Mrs, Ringwood, both
he gayest of the gay. Dora Talbot is
ere too. somewhat chstened and sub
ued both in manner and expression, a
han ge so much for the better that she
nds 'her list of lovers to be longer now
han in the days ofyore.
It is an exqu'isi te, 'almy day In April.
he sun is shinuig hotiy wIthout,
.rinking un greedily the gentle shower
bat fell half an hour ago. The guests,
ho with their host and hostess have
en wandering idly tharough tho
rounds, decide to go in-doors.
"It was on a day like this, though in
utum.n, that we first missed Sir Ad
ian," remiarks somue one in a half tone
nfidntia.lly to some one else, but net
o low that the baronet could not hear
"Ys," he says q-vickly, "and it wa
Lst oter there"-poistimg to :a clump
f shrubs near the~ ball door--thatI
arted with that unfortunate cousin of
Lady Dynort shudders. and draws
leosr to hecr husbnd.
"It was 3. marve'ous story," observes
pr.tywomavn whoa. was not at the
estl lst autumrn, when what so near
r proved to be a t'agedy vwas being en
fed; oit ..a rlgend or a miedio
al romiance. ' 'Layv Dynaecourt
nding him a wh a~i hnnv tinish to
;. I 'st sav ' ae alvlas had the
reaiet vencile fi or those haunted
hambers. so s-:Mom to be found now
i any house. Perhaps my regard for
dem is the stronger because I never
"N?" questioningly. "Will you come
nd see ours now. says Sir Adrian
eadily.
Hiswiie clasps his arm, and a pang
ntrcha her brow.
"Yu are not frightened now, sure
/' snyv; Adrin smiling at her very
mderly.
"Yes, I am." she resp rmds promptly.
Te vere name of that ari r'oomuun
erves mn. The*re is somrething ev-il in
I believe. Do no go~ there?.
'T1l block it np f''ever if you wish
declares Sr Adria; "hut, for the
st time Th it eo and shoiw its glhost
i at tLady Laugzhton. 1 cozfess,
nanter all that has hajpcxd. it
ossesse's no' terror for mme; a; only re
u~ndsi me~ of ray unpleasant kinisman."
" wenKr what became of him," re
arts 1jng vood. "Ies at the other
id o the world, I should imogine."
"Out of the world, at all events," says
"Wel, let us5 go,a agrees Florence re
igndiv.
So together they all staurt once more
or the old tower. As they reach the
tone stens Sir Adrian says laughingly
s- Lady t.aughton:
"Now, what do you expect to ee? A
a. - :~ *." a v ersLady Ia4gh,
tou, rern s laugh"; and with
the wo' ev dIoOr is iuseopeu, and
the; ener the r)o9m e. ua ls
- erer r wS - Adrianls 1alost
lifees 1a1 K .!~ iren' immt~i? Its this
Stbrain? What
is tL : . i he. lying in
a ha p-a "h:' . lb liithy heap,
heaor a wir ahi aj s? \And why
dIes tins a . smell infect
their nostriis? T1L-, -:iggr. Even
t strong mmg ~eadfit
for ther e. fe a - :: saunt awful,
Lddy Laugh Uton " 1e!*.- words have
come trula i'- s cp idced
me ets thir ;4trike AI rme.
Airi--.n, bA ' hurriedly asked
one of tM e f 't to remove
Lad- pnr* : 'h frends, he
and C rke-1ed to ex
erhine thei grewome -: it:at ]ies uap
on the o1r t h :e profss
to each oti.cr ttri rnce of what
it can Ie te.r A theirhearts a
Is this 'to b, the ; wi of the 'knystery?
Tnl hr! s-"n 'E- 3Ni mgwood
whenshehori:Maisit: A rthrDyne
court as h-in ra '. h for
i is hi, remai t zy re bendig over,
as a, fewj le s-:t tere:1 Phou* testify
C iaht in 1' lain' -rave he had
dCOY1:ie foC:le i w:'asx Atur.
Drucm~rten tu ni.1)f MrAtlan's
his Z'n ;,T:11 ILI I~ ~~ :rro las Is
coverv, j1ha1 h 'inii:cned im.
Then~fo!!h:w :j s- !-f the1 fatal
lock an~d i-i-,7sn~
On rec1v- ,:m: his "woon, he
had no da * niure trred-fold
more tor'res than ha the iunocent
Sir Adrian, a his conscIence mu-st
hat-e oe nea l 'ycacking and
tearingiim.
And not ton soon c-;r could the
miserable end hav e E panag
he had designed for tm was his.
Not one was spare .? oi ar.d hner
and the ragi feur f h were his,
and withal a h eeess:zssa mor intol
erable thlan mf t e.c-:. homessness
that mrt have gro'wn in strength as
the interminable his went by.
Ard then came death-an awful In
gering death. whilst iho lot',em
rats h1ad anIhed the Yor which star
vation and d-:?th h hweun. anad now
all that remained to Arlun Dynecourt
wast a hf-n p !I',n
'Phey h.sh t 1 a .r up as we6! as
the, ~ca.,4 it 's ma"ny das before
Forence a: r iasha r man' of
their guesfor tereadul hour
in wiach the8 a 'ee- the unsightly
remains uf him '::n i. been ov'ertak
en by a just PaI s!rn retribution.
TH r.ND.
The North Caroli-::Altinne.
It is learned from the ojicfr:c f
the State Farmers' Allia'e of Not -
Carclm that there have be'n issued
ninety-three chartcrs to Com.y A111
arees. and two hnmdreL and seven
Sub-Alliances, of which lat te .Ly
thirty-two have Ae; retuneA
the counties sare AllevUg'iy, Dre
and New Haven have conty organ
zation. Wake leads in 'hs n'um.r
of Sub-Alliances, having fifty-saver,
Chathan covain next with fift-wo.
The gain in memabershir i thi e pa.t
y'ear has beeon over 16,1000. ThSt-t
business agency of th A c is
doing* e-n ieInselw work.
furnished two Sub-lliances tins sea
son 12,000 tons of its special fertih
liner, and its sales of other supiis,
mainly provasions. average $40.000
per month. The State busine:agent
says that the effect of the sale of
special brands of fertilizers maede for
the- Alliance at a special ra~te hasr
sulted in a decline of prices chaarged
for the brands, and he stimiat cs to~
this season alone the business ne e
has saved the farmers over ha]! a mil
lion dollars inithe matter of fertilizers
aone.
Disqwalifed Votert.
At the last sesmton of the Legisl.
tueau Act was passed p.roviding for
a mode of aseertaing the namesc of
registered vot er.,econvicted of di squali
fring crimes. The cPerh: of the court
is required. on er before the tift.:enth
day of October. 1890. ig furnish its
supervisor of registration with a cm
pet~e list of all male persons convict
ed of treason. murder, robbery, or
dueling, from the 10Lh day of Ardl,
1SGS, up to the first day of January,
1883, and of all persons convicted of
treason, murder, burglary, larceny,
perjury: forgery. or any other infs.
mous crime, or duoling, sinlc:e the
first day of January, 1883. All such
reports must be accomapanied by the
certinieate of the clerk. So is every
Trial Justice required to make out
under his hand and seed a cerilied
list of all male persona convicted be
fore him, or such of his prede cessors
whose trial docket is in his possen
sion, of petit larceny, and such re
port must be submitted to the euper
vsor of registration on or before the
ffteenth day of October. In case
any trial justice goes out of office, he
shall furnish such list immediately
upon retiring, up to the date of going
out of ofilee.
GOOD-BYE JTO JUTE.
A Augusta Lawyer Inom Hachineryt4
Make Cotton Btagging; Ont af Cot te Stalks
Auostn Ga., April 2It.-Will ii
E. .Jackson, a well imown lawyer c/h
this city, has solved theC jute' beggitfag
problem that has aagaitated cotton c.' oil
eles for so long, Jackson has perief ii
ed mechanical applianices for umk e
bagging from cottion stalks. anad.'g
has just returned from New iY cc
wthIL a.ol of bag ing.
Expert cotton maen: say that its m
in every respect equa to tctogg- Cn
ging. He will buy the bare p h
from the farms atnd can aftord iUN ca1
abou~ $2 a ton laid dlown. Anr' a d
st"dk ytid will hal~e thre'. ye L'oi- cif
ton crop. The mael'inery co; -s* tnt
heavy -o!rui~ced roller' w'i lia ?? M
runing wa I.r.. carding21, mhang AIt(
baggin:.t looms it is esim I'I h
in nmking bagging' froma eott~l~
two million dolars'~ annuallyi a).3
put into the pockets of fa Ps fom
what is rnow; cleared from ' 'eSa 0..~i
an e..:pense.
Augusta wr~.il be headui
the company 's mill 0.' U
which will exten r~om. o
Texas. Jackson had th
jute baging~ looms of J'
Patersona, N. J., and het tla.M e
ports proua'uL.e it a equ .tae l. -
rival. Cotton at alk lan-' le edS Ct'
inflammable 'and is onha2de ad- 1)o
r than jute. C'otton here aro Ue
ubilant. k
1.l
Southern 7'riy.n
Mr. John C. Calhg who has just
returned to New Y mO a tip
through the Southjs tnere~
tive speculation g on mn r&te
tate at advancng/Cs' cubh
moro money is in South fr- m
sv. To th o p'P
hy are raisin'!" -* "" -
plies at home- 71i4. "yL reeTea
from coticon ~ ' .
ments.
Ihis (k"'GO
Jenkins-- C
thought you4 r wu ta de 'he
omic pa:per '
ied ad .:aea me. r
COL0IX OF E R. XCE.~
C-. "R CP RESENTATIVE
AR;- ZZ A 1-C OL U 10,B 1A
LL~ I 'S
ACL "uws1uO l
n of t~~:
Li' ~AL~f W ''1 ~t~C~b~, LA 111
1a*L *,')I).!.
~)a-, i n, -tt NV.- u
*~~-e \ r: ' lei:
'T I I.
raed itr. -at f~ie5 of sdi,~Ql
e-fOrv j~ooJ! ;.&I. B lInocratic.
f:.es.zhing -no P 9 YI.Vgan
iit,o -e-c.o of (s*7.r SitX1/ V* JQC-I
SirO to -pro-.cj-t tu'~.~ o I'Domi
mnocrfaLc voen~' mi .~ed ask
for this ie.!fIA/. J-.ht'
* connidence placedI
't 1,~ -ce. for was~teful ex
01"e- 1W' CO.-iIII)tion. Our
-! M'C not so'cd?
?1. '~~ (t.L-~tile pQmrtY ClAhn
47'~3r "i~e-~ne ot.fthe
Ior .fiic~ 1 c ot "brilitted their
ofDcc. iD rtic ao;en 1i o n, but u poni
?c? t011jre it s. -'h !oLQrLm f OLr pa rt
~ f~ .;oer"(r ;,. %y Ii1T1d o
:,U C-:.,,, C-.niu.-, cohfllIttee,
Propose to fI Ce ZIl. 10 Cr(11datf? upo-n
tI~cStat ij~ocrt -.Vn~tiOn iu
thczun f mr.h rmors of South
Crh'.in t'us~depirture fom
Urual .1tthoam, m in ~udgment ahoro
iS an imnncv&tihon p'~nat wi;th wr S&t
Udanger wo 4.1ea nr'mad harmony of
th1s Dcmocza ti n y. Consc-lOus" of'
the fact that t]Lit mi &'t vn nert
of our jntitution'.Vpend upon thoa
solidity Of ta.e pa , e iwwith 1
tho grenm.fest tbPPji'en5KO= the doiaarz
tiOES ofA ttbC ruvi sin. which, in our
cpnion. Yiff~tri asrainst Caste
~nddi~din thpii p~plc -Ldan-Ij
LEFT NAKED O THEiR ENEMiES
-re I~r ru i , n;.. ' s ,
fh- t b-w y :4h 4.'.. ~ g .
: LL
'n t
o, ne c.. the pr iA. ive week
Ag a&1 i ^Nu set emi~ oif a car
rjival Ith.abe'.a to-r t* pn-L( an
beatifli-naed en rtinm.ied~
Mr.- and1 4rn. H 1e ,rnished the
emi'aureb GIwIIch hadI th<
auenhtamma'i't in charge.
rill- *. . ~
*( '3 he ''-:1 n.. hom* bfore go.
U-r ni D in l henl thek
et~an: f-]( on te laqt act. he
or-adies ware i~rified when in.
iermed that theyr ce it iske he
cemsfro!': :he bIdn. ra
yr lis w m ed to gc
hei:-s prosttrated the four hun
dred.
M i n o nair Places.
A Cicag man, in repiimng an ol
a. foundi amnon'g olter articles thai
had slipped betee v e ack an
It je ty-eight mat(hes. Thr
(v'--nrY i- not a 'vrynpo tant one
but i- points the morul that if les!
reehs carelessness was used in thi
pro~mineous scatt::,ring of these litti
agents of combustion, there night be
So mAch* monetony about the pbrae
in the daily papers: "The origin o
the fre could not be satiifactorily as
certained."
NEWS FOR NEOROES.
Marrors of the Eigrans Lire in the
i.iissippi Dena-A Footsore Emigrants
Return Jome After Sad TrJaLs.
Thrilling experc-nees fi North
Carolina negro emigrants in Missi:+
sippi which miore than rind the dis
Closure IOf Gergia prisom li by the
New York World, were relzted to a
Chroniele reporter by one of the es
caped captives.
On last Friday afternoon. aive negrc
men arrived in Charlotte foot-sore,
tired. and la-gry. They had wa
all te1v~ by ~ ak.
fway from the Delta of th'
Msssippi River..iust below Jac on,
Mis'itsippi, since Febraary 15tL
without any food save that which they
begged. They said they freruently
went without food for two or three
days. and when thCy arrived in
Charlotte they bad had nothing to
eat for three days At one time tbey
fazted four daym.
Jomep. Frank Pric, George
4h. David Young, and Richard
Ckennons, are the names of th- five
who escaped from the tortures of thu
negro pen of the Delta of the Maisis
1ippi. They aro enigrant who
Iarted romKnonill, Tenn.. on the
9th of last May, and came by Char
lotte and Atlanta, gathering recruiti
111 the way to the latter place. About
ifty went from this; cityadwe
:he train left Atlanta thers we:. nine
~ar loads.
According to Henry Jonecs, one of
he:ecaped piarty, they were carried
.o the Misissippi at a point just be
ow Jackson, by rail, and then arried
tcrecs by steamer. *When landed on
he( other side they were mairched to
saw mill and turpentine farm in the
2c0ta, at a short di.stauce from the
This farm of ab)out 400) acres was
nclosed by a fence 22 feet imb. buut
if slabs from the saw mill. The1 no
roes were marched in.side. and the
rates were locked. They were giveua
day to look around and becom~e ac
tuainted with their uroundings but
.ere told that ihe mius ri*th
ext morning at the sountd of the
ugle. At 4 o'clock the bugle 9oLtLded,
nd every one that did not rise 'i
iediately w as flogged wit h a ow
ide in the hands of the wht over
eers.
According to Henry's story, which
e told in a straightforward niamner.
ith evidenece of truth in hi-, demean
r, the negroes were subjeened to all
tanner of cruelties. The womnen
-eegvnatask of one-hialf an acre
rttplelogs and buru brush. If
:ey failed to complete the~ task they
-rc fogged by the overseer.s. The
ten were given tsks by the half-day.
thediferntoccupatiores connected
ihtesaw ill and distllery; and
they fa'led they wor~e tiogged at
Jon and at night.
Henry says that a num~ber of them
as whipped every d.y. They were
At allowed to it anything about
teir treatment to. any on1e oitide
Spen. They were req.uire'd to work
onm 4 o'clock in the morning until
irk in the c~venng. with ant hour and
half for 'Teiner. Theyv were pro
d~ed with rude hats. furnshed with
id madVe of guano sacks for ticking
"dde ith straw'. They were
d 'r. *earu ma., peas. and cornj
ud nof their wa nts were sup
i out of tie commrissatr. Their
agesi were paid theinil checks which
''re good for anything~ at the comn
iLsary no cash Z beii paid them1
itil the fall, ar0 :then the cheeks
:r.eshed forA married raen o.nl-.
Ucery says nno attention was paid
zUa ::ick. they~ beingleft to the' care
:iIe :smxall children. Medicine
uld b biaht at the commiussary.
it no. physician was provided to ad
inister it. Many of the negroesI
nsequenotly did f ro ~n the lack o-f
-atm en. bmut now ones~ wele co:?
itly enming in. After ona yecar's
prisonmentb in th1e pen they were-~ to
transferrted tc anpother1 farm wherd.
re et wa t~ b. give~n theml.
iInry and fI othe frends. anl ef
iom vLet f33Lm Knxi~l'. could not
Lidt the Ltrean a ye ar. and they
mean~i of a n'otehed' pole.,aa
thran.' who1( was inljuredi byV fail'"I
m~S'Spi the waa acprd 'Th
ier esaped cbEand. p.dd tho
Sa te give irt L35 incek
uheto acros the river Th
dantt. helbe. r~ '~ Il
ea fe w our after birth. and the
-ne ulyexpects to be able shoe. 3 C
Iingled. g ? I
hwrdon a'c'ensim him of vhi I.
aihlav hit or which Wii.T1* '- -J.' i,
sich o aedhs efsi ek.
THE AUD T OA THC CONFEDER
r1 . r i 1e ote
t M lii. I .- w t 1 Or.LI C.
ma oe~ it veyhne t rin eeo
a.i e* d ~e- of ilie Wrcehn.- .Dvs
- uldst d o' oJ
u- J,1 . ny, i gen fi imt
-olg r.
CiCA
-t:n Lnoe oralng im i
w.Sgace '11 to 'll' bein r
vt: b -(t 4a uoeosib t lly ot
ti.- :tj e-.i:, te. Isto plle lut.it
was that:1en..r Wie of o 1ro
urua d ?xsn:dr:1 to e s wh agir tor
-111 *..'a -U 11J.1evo of the Reblh~on.
T e l14,k t i-Dan toa e bt
haalfos ad to wh fforty wth
dorn to b repeatd nere, but t L
etorg f et. insos patage i
co 4) ativc& un~kniown. IH. c~ i
SoT of John isloiamore ae proi
ijeit liguve W, local hi-stur iwd t h.c
.g a l; the Rev. o itsuc J L.
The namtai of t hee R Re. e Ma bl on
f the brit . gweS in tle abolio
sky for he wos the ;whoneer bieh eir*
risonf herso Pt iipla al Lolig
fellow, ind the great wrork of the ah*
litio of slavery. Noi only in the
ktd bStates, but in Europt also,
dtre fight for the abolition etause.
In .-at Bitin nsneially Mr. Ma
le-nured upon ilkiyso, audi.
e 1iCuS After his rohi to S ra
use nL Mthay cotin.ed to be very
zwiof tend prominet in praoitin
~~~n~~~ B Fe~tsaev coi.R oonb~
c fao e fir d wlw t as fei:r
ie--i ~ ~ ~ m Ud .oprmsabotiuo.
ison ~, Emers ondPiilps and ongo
fello -,ine to Pna for protectio
did he fght a or the never came i.
lat u ie asuponlad nny to escane.
'uo- them bcin- the celebratytU
Ja ndprom wise liberation e
ate stcsa ,ensa on. the anniwers
c of kwbi ar wad w-lebrated for &vr
a~l vcars.
As ahe nmr-m-s o the abohtioni.6
Chnad, before the d fclaraon of t
were vioHntly asiled in Boston and
amng themling the meeghre,
loht itHenny, proe aibrio cr
ty of hc mos influebrialeo genter-n
As St e metigshl of thwoltomt
werlyfre t ihioerdeclartsoneo ar
were vrintyasaie inf4ht Bostoand
ea fretl reques r a to pre- h
v:htthlhing of at metng hneti,
letisould i c pokela hi wen
oty of thEeveost ientia toentlehMen
of~v Syracuse. nearl half eofwhtom
wer creiy inform:d. Bhaorganzedo
hoipung o the abliioonventrionr
toneo lthe severe test tol which Mfr.
Slay hadhbired for th~e convention.
and he was: roughly used, the mneet
irg being prevented and Mr. May
was, burned in e'figy in Harnover
square.
It was not long afterward that the
firing upon F~ort Sumter put an end
to suc-h proceedingsin the free States.
It is this mian's grandson who is to
wed the "Daughter of dhe Confeder
acy.
The story of the courtship is most
romantic. Miss Winnie Davis came
North. some four years ago toviaitDr.
Thomas Emory, of the firm of D.
McCarthy & Co., in this city, It was
her tirst visit to this old abolitionist
sitronghold, and she was consequent
ly quite anxions to meet the society
in dyrai~o. At one of the re
eeptions given in her honor she waa
introtdu:edl to Mr. Alfredi Wilkinson.
It will be remembered that Miss
Winie received a very cood ieception
in ene~ or t wo houses here, aud this|
treatment of the "Daughter of the
Conf'-deracy" is said to have brought
her and Mr. ilkinsen in very close
reatien:s. H~e resented the coolness
showa her and gallantly champicned
her causeC. The friendship thus en
gendered between themn blossomed
into love in due time. Miss Winnie
later on vweit to IEurope with a cous
in of hrs, and is still there.
Mr-. Wilkinxson somec t wo months
aigo croQs-edi the ocean to w-oe Mis
Davis, and spent several weeks with
her sightseeing ;n the continent andj
prossing his suit. When he returnedi
tywere betrothed.
Mr. Wilkinson is a bright and
promising yourng lawyer here, abouft
twenty-eight years of age. Hi-s law
partner is Mr. Aloer-t Hey. Thei
v~usine-s is aibiost entirely coniinedi
to Ipabent cases- Their income is
guite fair, buit Wujkinson is not a rich
man1. IL. is a love match. The youicg
mantt how-ever, moves in the very best
society here- and stanids high in th
ast~maitioni of the. connnmunity-.
The aecual? time for thiCe eddinghas
.i-'t- een se.Out it is undetPrs:ood)
:t th dat -:-ill b- im the nxear Pu
ure t is t vaguely Linted that here
s o -r re~e conne'I1Hcia bet-m
: uoen tri and~ the w'edai g
raonss.eau. W htr or not an'ss
>i. it is.eieved that some <- he
it kJ.:-e e st-iL in bis~ul igno.ance
~i theu a':.ir. Among the few eried
>f Mr. Wilkinson ..ore who know tha
be~ wed ding is an c sured fact there
s the retest si. rt-. Thakt the
erae ntative chijPren of' the Nor-th
ad ~e South sheuld iloss. comietoeh
ris. to Q'hi like *Lhe rixted love of
iod, --urpassing alE understandi
--It is pretty well understood that
tomgramantu~ Crisp. of Georgia, will
e 0ee o the House Conmmittee
a ~Rule tu the vacanicy caused by
--Anstin, Texas, has decided to
reet th~ greatest dam in the r
nited states ove-r the Coloradto ri
-. R will co'?t $1l.i0,00 and afford
.000 I.orse-pocwer.
--A CadP.fornian iaised thirtv tons (
ca i'.t on vc acres of land this '*
ITEMS OF INTEREZT.
-The Watin tower. which will be
em.-M . L q::do)n a:;i oVarJ>p th
fromr 2 a d .sh of i.k -t d is quLita
a erisay.
-A n.dL1icai of F.in's phtno.
graph is said to hb.ve ben devised
Vy a painter l' .'-a. i co. and.';
420 wnd tie y: yncr r- repro,1
d.eed7 mirr thegAvano-plaspti.n
process at a cout of ct acn.sei
mng piCe.
-it:tioi 2hYts hr., being ciren
lat-d through the country. dEgrei
or ulti- I t -n to t
b m Ph''iaelpia.
-Of th- 10,000 dimond cutier
at AILs~td ~ Who are il Jews. 7,
000 ark Ftded to be ,ow without
.Vo0" as; the; principal Iam cuI
Ji ..-ihments have C-4dL
eration in consequonce of thc enor
mous rise in the price of raw dia
monds5.
-Mauri( Schcr-r, . well knowt
travelling ma~n represetz itgBez .
Brow.. of BLdtimore. d'eti .a Ford':
Hotel. Richmond. on Monday of over
doses of laIanutm taken to induce
slep, not.with suicidal intent.
-The steamer "i-lboa" fron(:1
Griis-y. April z. fo- .La.dn ha.
been lost In the -t Sea. Fifte--n
-A conference held in Berlin has
decided that in Gem~ny children
shall not be employed uldr 12 y-ars
I of ago, and then only four hours a dsy
up to 14. WIoxmein an.d elildren not
to be employed in mines; and work
ing on Sunday is to be prohibited for
womi'Len and children.
-A etep in a laudable direction
has been taken by M. Krupp of Essen,
the well known gun-maker, who has
given a sum. of -500,000 mark as a
fund out of which advances may .be
made to workmen who are desiroua
of buying dwelling housics. He has
also established a echool house-keep.
ping for the benefit of the daughters
of his workmen.
-A Kansas woman presents the
atrango anomaly of being the legal
wife of two Iuibends. Mrs. Allen of
Onawsto.ie was divorced from her
husband axd raarried a Mr. Ricketta.
Her Iirst husband has had the de
sree of divor'e set aside, and now the
lawyers are trying to settle 'which of
her husbands shall buy her spring
bonnet.
-Pofessor Watson. secretary and
treasurer of the Agricultural College.
at Starkr'lle, Miss., committed sui
cide there on Monday by shooting
himself through the heart. His books
are all correct.
LARD AND PHOSPHATE.
9meno )C.:axrks on tihe cmener Bill am& e a
the 2311 ze Tax :?slhbario Acid.
There is a great commotion raised
about the Conger Lard Bill through.
out the South. That this commotion
is hased upon a mistake can be easily
demonstrated. The Southern far
mer wi.n no: be injured by the Con.
ger bill, on the 'contrary he will bE
1st. By being able to buy Corn
poundLardat islgtmt au
rob-; him of from one to two millons
2nd. By showing the real merit of
his splendid vtearble oil, which sold
under its proper n~ame will compete
with any culinary oil upon its mnerits
and demand a higher price and a
lsrger market.
For futher particulars..see Ntional
Farm and Fireside.
You~r att'ention is also die to
the attempt of the Southern fs i er,
on his ferti]izer supply.
Do what you can to ston this ste.
The oil businesa s s the mnanufao
turers of cotton oul only$10000- he
makes a proit of $5.o00,00, on the
oil, and from one to two millions on
the compound sold.
On the question of fertilizers the
South will lose not less th~an $,000,
000 to $4,000.000 more.
Which is the most imuportant?
In behalf of the farmers, I appea.l
for your aid.
Yours truly,
.Ai.. J. WzDERBURNX,
Chairman Legislative Committee
Va. State Grange.
WILL Th2 BoBBER~Y 07 AGBICULTUBR
N~FvEi C3ASE7
WAiuNGsON, D. C., April 2.-The
new tariff bill provides for a taz of
ono-dourth or one cent a pound
for sulphuric acid, which is $5.00 a
ton, on $2.5 0 a ton on every ton of
dissolved S. C. and Dissolved Bone
used biy the farmers of the eours
try. Or from 82.00- to S2.50 on
every- t'.n of manufactured fertili
zers _.used by the fanners of the
land.
As 2,000,000 tons are use 't means,
a direct steal from the 2 1
of the conr of over $4.000,00 a,
year.
Mr. La Follett and
Mr. Gear have stood by your inter
etndrmrs endorse their action
Telegraph Mr. MJcKinley, and other
ahbers of the Commnitte-e to stop
their outrage.
Acid is now free.
There is no revenue needed.
There is little acid imported.
The manufacturers are making
mvoney. Why rob the farmers of $4,
000.000 a yea -.
To( benetit 40' or 50 mianufacterers,
and about 1.000 workingmnen who will
receive no bater wag~es.
The~re is danger in this robbery.
F ::rmeXrs act. and act at once.
This is no political question; it is
are of aimple business.
The bill will be reported in a few
ihys; act at oncee.
To commit this robbery upon the
Americean fsrmer mneans to rob him
>f ten times- as much as he will be
tuetited by all the so-called protec
ionl acc-ordp'd in the bill.
I sp)eak by the book.
Wire M-. M'-Kinley, Mr. Bayne,
Jr aye an~d Mr.iDingley. Mr. Bur
oughs, Mr. MceKenna. and your own
opresentati-:es
Camyou &. read~iy to pay $2
o $3a tun mo~re for your fertili
Yours for Agriculture,
ALEX. j. MEDDEBBURN.
Chairman Legi.lativ e Committee
a. State Grange.
In States where fertilz-rs are not
sed, remember your brother famrers
rho are compelled to use~ this article.
hey may servo y'u ainother time.
~-The R~ev. Jctia Gass. of Augdsta5
ra.. has eccept:-d the rail to be as
Mau re'-ter of G:race4 Chech, Char-.

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