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'HAPTEIl XV
I'K'JTLsr iij' TUB
Ihit when Flora came, two days later,
to sav that hhe had promised to marry
Al.nii Ciage'in D.cem'orr, the colonel,
perforce, residue I himself to her el»«.ic.»
with dignified philosophy.
"I had allowed myself to expect a dif
ferent marriage for you, Fl-ra. as you
know." he could i»"t ref.i-.t hay ing, nor
could he fay it ithoul a Mgh hut he did
not say it harshly
It was the first expression he had ever
given to his difcappninted hi
Fl ra, eager to consi.le him.
with the indiscreet enthusiasm of youth:
-Aleck hasn't a fault in the world,
I'ncle J:uspew he will le the tiost of SOUS
to vou, if you will only let him.
eA B«urif^'VVarj-Time Hfoty
S.IZAEETH vfiiO-bAMr
fi'jrher^f "fsur ©ak$ Tsirrle
*eJ°ann&" El"c.
i/if/y it lilt stood
I mioU"
lie bpoien anviy frt'in hrr u
tiiokmy out of till
It was the lull
Tliorne rt'turnod.
him with :i gentle and di.-nilied M'lf re
straint. hum partly of tiim liiv and partly
of her iiotiun nf perfin-t ladvh'Hid, mnl
the rnluiie] I'sjx'eUil nothing mure frmu
hi* iiiiileiuini»U'ative hisicr hut-there was
a [h'i"fiini.-tinnes in Missy's un i-tii.^ tlmt
tiiaiTu liini at last aware of her estraiiKt'
fnent, and strneii a chill to his heart,
lit* had brought t]i« ehild Mimi1 extrava
K»«'t pieces jewelry, but KIK- *\infill
no plea.Hun* in hii u't/ls. iui-1 Inr fallu*r
noted, without eunmu'lll, tilUt hhi.- ieft
thorn lyin^C iho ti.ble.
Octot»er when Col.
Mi.vt Klvira welcomed
Tim nejct tnoriui)^ ho n^h* over to his
fiftier-in-law's phve. ll** hoped toreceiw
from Flora, i\ Nveleome thai should make
fctuend* foir what lie lniv^ed in his own
Ilolll", HOT w w he diH.ippointitl. Hist
pretty niev» met him with an affectioiialfi
dlu.siveness that aluii*-t did away with
tfie eilei itif la* liCtle daughter eoidnesa
but il did not escape his ob^ervatiou
Liter that Ahfk iaire «'«s in the wk
jjrourid, dejtortiui liim.iL'lf with a confi
dent air.
Mrs. Ix'onard talked garrulously of
various tilings of the improvetiK-nts she
wished t'linako, of the saleuf hercultoii,
the im.ebiiuent of b- Mirplu* fumls, the
purchase of inolcH, even of her poultry
but never a word of AU'i-k (la^o.
Tho colonel deemed toi.t reticence. si«
iiificant. and ho rode home vexed. lie
ha«l thought to order his small world ac
cording to his o»'n will and pleasure, and
now he found it fa»t f.lippin- from his
grasp his sou an alien, the niece whom
he had hoped to make his daughter ready
fco marrv ^ine w houi he hail not cluwn,
and iiis own little daughter indifferent to
him.
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Arnuiutmcut with tlw Ucliuni Cooitiuitv. K»-w Vurk.)
MUd :-lr., lierry, when she heard of
the»- great pieoaratiotis. "why doenn't
alie put«in a good word for Nicholas*?
The arrant little coward, hhe kn.nvh very
will that il :ts to save lier finiu I'liihar
rassment, while [j]ID was the Colo iel's
gue^t, that I he boydclaycil his coiife.s
sli.n, and sa made matt worse. The
Coiom is pining for ft n coiieiliation with
his KUII, though lie won't own it, and
Flora miyht do nomelhin^ lo bring it
aitout. As lor uie, I've only meddled to
tflur, HO there's an end of my eilmtji.''
Mia. Thorne was very angry with
Cousin llyrtilla fur this ^pee-h.
"1 don't RCO how you can talk of a tec*
Olieiliution witli Nicholas!" taid ihe. "I
am hurjirised at you! As if we Thorucs
.•ve.r could consurt with a Furnisal!"
To which Mi.s. lierry made the exas
perating retort, that Nick'u wife was
every bit an much a
and
•xclaimi'd.
The colonel did not t«ay that he had.no
desir" to claim Aleck (iage for a son.
lie broke »wav from her abruptly and
«to»d U.king out "f the wirfdow some
little time, struggling for commnnd of
himself. lie was Mill pale when he re
turned but he spoke with a courtly di^
nitv: ...
•1 claim the privilege of giving the
bride away."
••That is ju.st what 1 wanted, cried
Flora, and with a mfrlvn impulse, .of
gratitude, afl.vtion and sympatlj
threw her arms around hit* neck
kissed him ami cried a little.
she
and
The news of Flora's engagement throw
Miss Klvira into a great flutt-T
Sho de-
,-Iir.-«l that it was just what she had al-
in
w i
P. in. UKV.J.M..MciiumiK oftciwt
^utcljnvikrr Hiifl Ji'U'olor,
"V!*1':'- I" «..•••« t.i iV,:e-. S i V
*"'1 badiy repiorrd by :nieiui«*t«'iit
workmen.
W.old jiMtoflWe t-ui'ding
,i that the was never
wavs expected
more surprised in her life, and t.ien she
I looked helplessly at her brother,
i -Flora will be married in her mot tier s
boiiM of cour.M'," said'the colonel "but
Thorn" Uill must honor the «K'ca«ion
I with merry making, and all our friends
m".y,!T
a sigh Of relief. Ilcr l-rother s dis
„vul of the mate would have been
jlirc eiuliarrassnient: »h-en.«f«nmjnt
the colonel wislenl U» give, was a trifle
wiH'ks of tnc^.-'Jtit w. u
Wore
Thorne as Mrs. Lomb
ard her.self.
For all this, however, Mrs. lierry was
lmt iimittiHi in the li*t of im italions.
cither to the wedding or to the merry
liiaking at Thorwe Hill for the colonel
had announced that every connection of
ihe family, far and near, should Ui in
vited to the entertainment he mfantto
give in honor of his niece's marriage.
"Aud ain't Hn Nieiiolas and hi-i wife
kiflfolk-.?" asked Miss with Udd ngniii
Cancu. She did not fear her father, and
yet her poor little heart fluttered wildly'
w hen she put this daring question.
The colonel's only inswer was a dark,
forbidding Prow i. ami Mi- betook her
self to a Tiler.
"J)on'i you fret 'l*'iit »t, homy,"
whispeml Morn 15ee, "now don't you
fur de is guan lie uo tiddlers en' de
dancin'. en' plum cake a-plenty.M
"liiin't want none!" KIHI Missy, who
hadgi*en lierself an indigesUon hy.tho
Burri«ptitious goriiiandizingof raisins
and
citron.
"Iln' lirsides all dat,'' prm'eeded iilory
Aiui lo her overw hehniug elimai, "vou
Kwaii l»e ilressiti t» sj.ruce en' gay y•'
cousins. Mism l.ot^ v en' Miss I{e.*vs. in pink,
en' you in a heheidy blue."
r«Kir lilt I#- Missy, who was fond of
dre.ss. dried her tears and reeonsiderfl
cr d«termin:ition to abstain from tho
wiil.iing lesiivities for her abhent broth
er's (vike.
CI IA IT Kit XVI.
n'\A.NS\ nt:u_\T!tiS.
The rnlnnrl lifted his hat.
A few days after these wedding festiv
ities Miss F.ivlra sent old iill»ert to ci^rry
a basket of cake to some friends four or
live miles distant. Gilbert could easily
hftVO ri,i,|eii
a mule and carried the ba.s-
)(lit
|,
0
„x cart enabled htm to con-
late in
joiirnevei
Mi^Klvira r-ivwlM.
mournful
wa
rabes but those buiden^
bv (Jlorv-Ann an*
Grif
aiid frosting
to be borne
i-ban-y and Dic-y, T- n
Un Jim
"Aud
a favorite,
or w
brtMims and shuck
rev a 'load of 1/irch
mats, for which he hoped to find a mar
ket bv the way. The most.of the day
was consumed in this jaunt, and it was
th« wintry afternoon when ho
homeward.
,\s he turned ihe comer of the brier
field, where the innumerable denuded
stalks of mjinv growths were making a!
rustiing in the evening w ind,
he was surprised to see a woman trudg
ing along in ihe narrow, sandy road that
skirted the wood. She was going in the
same direction as himself, and her back
towards him, but there waasome-:
thing in her tall, gaunt figure, clad in
russet brown, and
wrapped
iri a scant'1
Shawl of red and green plaid, snniethini/
in the determined manner of her gait.
that had a strangely iauijliarj^ ^old
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Gillerl s eyes, lie ur^eii the bluck ui
to an unwilling trot, and presently over
took thi.s holitary v.av farer, who turne.i
her head a-t she bfi'pped aside, and old
Gilbert recognized Iioxanna White.
"Why, tubbe sho!" h" multered to
himself. "Whoa, lhandy!"
(iilU-rt had long ago decided that this
woman wa.s no common "po' liukra."
She cornmatidod his involuntary resjtect
by the subtle magnetism of charaet^ r,
and niortsncr she had the advantage, in
his eyes, of belonging, in a way.
Mttwi* Niek wherefore he felt that it
b'. hooM'd him to do his best maiincr.s.
"TVhy, howilyi, inisii*?" he wiij, w itli
s broal grin, as ho snatched off his hat.
•'Huh you do?"
"I'm middlin' well, thankee," said Miss
White, who was not above disjdaying
proper mariners herself w hen occasion
served. "You're Colonel Thori:u'n man,
iItM-rt. onleast Vmmighty mistaken."
Old (iiibcrt grinned w itli gratified vani
ty,
TUIIIk-
sho!" he answeii d, dipping
with alacrity from his seat on tho oxcart.
"F.f you iiiought l.ik a lift, misiis. en'
w ouldn' mind ridin' in d- vo: ev art, 1
kin waik,''
"I'm oiilecged ter \er," said I
White, promptly, "Jfon't kisr if I do'
hyM. myself for a bit o' the way. 1 ain't I
never one o' the kind to spite ••ccasum.''
The cart was lo\* and Iioxanna was)
active, ho the "hysting" was not diLlicult i
of accomplishment. She sat llat down
in the lmtlom of the cart, and l[tiuiedial*
ly took ujx'ii her.-elf tin* burden of con
versation. while old Gilbert trudged
along U'side the ox.
"I'm bound fur tJol, Thome," she an
noitnced. I'm fair sef to tackl** the
colom 'bout iii»8on Nick, what married
out of hand my cousin 'Mandy 'a ilaugh
ter."
The start with which Gilbert heard
this i^ive a Ji*rk to t:ie r- ins that bruught
old Hrandy to a dead halt. Tho ox stood
still, while ihe old man gaped with
amazement at the woman who would
dan* name the colonel'^ son in the colo
nel's prenence and yet ho It that if
anyone could ventui-.! Mice '^fully upon
such mention it might be Uiis masterful
woman 'iut he gasped out tlie words
Ye ain't —riho'l v/"
"Ain't 1,11
longlh'" retorted MissWhito.
"Tell you what, thar ain tlicit son u'
Adam stalkin'this yclh what I'm loo
I peeked to lo Bfrot in the face an"
i speak my mind Utf. I ain't never
wronged nobody, an" 1 ain't Ruin' to see
liolxxly w r- tiged, ef .-jw-eeh o' mine kill
set 'em sijuar. Tlie L«.rd give me n
tongue, an' it kin wa^. Come, drive up.
oh'man! It won't L» the fu*t time a
woman's tongue ha-s^vagged at n «tiff
neeki-d dinner."
"Gee! llrandy!" nhottted old Gilliert,
and staggered on, drunk.^.o to say. with
"the wine of astonishment."
"Pretty doiti's," conlinueil Miss White.
"Big iot in the little jxit, an' all l«\in
county dariciri' to tin- tunc o* tiddh^ In
the ivilonel's luiuse. an' feastin,' ail' the
colonel's son scuftlin' for brisul vonder
lint ru even the companionship of
dress of I»'i'i'^- Not but what he doex the
U'st he kin. liut Furnival ain't uo
I.ottie 4ini liess, not even th
"helM-nly blue," nor tho sound of tho
music, nor the sight of tlje, mazy dance,
could shut out the memory of Nicholas.
•Oh, Ivottie. ain't them fiddles ju.st
dreadful?" S)K lamented. "They're al
wavs sayiti'. '"Nicholas, Nicholas, whey's
Jlrcr Nicholas?' matter what the
cliune they play."
"Whv. Missy, what a funny child you
are!" said l/uie, with a giggle but
prescntlv Hess decdared tjiat the fiddlesi
did say just what Missy thought and if
the truth w are confess**!, they said very
nearlv the same thing to the colonel and
Mi.is F,l\ira the name that no guest
dared fiiention rang in their ears, no
matter what tune the fiddles played,
mo" in condition to work with the Tallin'
of fj sill onto his backbone laid up hclp
le.-is he is fur the rest o' his dav.s. An
whyo't the colonel do soiiH-thiu fur his
own flesh an' blood, Ix'fo' ihe lsy kills
hissidf try in' to niek a livin"?"
"Is Maw so Nick adin' agin?" old Gil
bert faltered, with a sudden appalling
memory of the vow Missy h:ul exacted,
concerning which he had not felt called
upon to take action as yet.
"Well, he ai:Wl nevingoin* to lc e*try
strong, 1 don't reckon," said Miss White
ooiniosodly. "I/.'asf.vi-e, ho ain't the
kind to git a livin' thoutcu niggers an'
Ian'. Nick lliorno ain't.
"Now mmd you set me down to the
corner, old man,
MI'S
Ikfn git in roun'Wy
the front. I ain't a speck ushamed o'my
errand, an' I ain't the ktini to
go creepin'
in l»y nolsnly's back »io'."
But Mis* Iioxanna White woa saved
tho trouble of "goiu' in round by tho
front for just as they came to the cor
ner where .she had wished to bo "net
down a buggy was seen approaching
ahvig the prirate road that led from Mrs.
Inward Thome's place.
"Deli mawster, now," sai4 old GillnTt,
with mingled satisfaction and uneasiness.
He had a burning curionity to know what
the colonel would say to this Uild inter
ceder for M:iw^e Nick.aml yetlie quaked
in prosjiect of the storm that WJIS likely
to follow. "Hit's mawster, slio's you
live, en' Misslc-viivy. iJo Iwen over ter
de sister-in-law's place."
Hoxnnna White .called a halt, and
Hcrainbled out of liio cart to take her
poshioii by tlx- road side, like an army
draw n up for battle. .She raised her hand
as the buggy drew ar, a signal for it
to stop, and the colonel reined in Ids
horsey.
"GiHid evenin' to you. Col. Thorne,"
eaid she, in the high Jk\v of excitement.
Tin- colonel lifte'd his hat with stately
politem v ami l«»wed, but did not hpeak.
"You don't 'pear to know me. but I
know you." said 5Mss White, th'i un
tcrrilled. "llow do. Miss Thorne?" she
nodded fainiliawy, even a little conde
scendingly, for she regarded Miss Elvira
as "l ulher a po' weakly inimlvd critiur."
Mis Klvira Imwed very riiglitly in re
turn it was riot in her power to adapt
herself to such people
as It ixanna White
lull the colonel made amends by a sec
ond l*w. more gr ioious than tiie firat
for Col. Thorne knew well enough how
to obscure the odi profanum vulguiujwu
.occasion, and ho was inclined to lc vex
ed with himself that he could not re
mcmlH.r hav ing ever met this woman.
"I'll tell you who am," Mis White
prw.eiied sturdily. "My name's Iiox
anna While, second cousin to Auxandy
Jurvis, what !U'.t "."1 JvL Furnival,
y r.i Jjol call.se to mind.
The blood ilhed ta the eoioii, I n^,
ai.d the tu.'Xl instant left u pi! Mian
Klvira gave :4 !'l i h:: ed all s.tid
le rv ously
"l'erhap- we'd bei*i i!ri\e on
Kut the colonel sat rigid, lie deemed
it inconsistent with his dignity to niiini
»»i any s»:iisit iveu-si ai the name of
I'lirnival and Miss While, ignoring Mi~
L.!\ira's stitrgebtioii, jirot'eedi-d
"1 ain't minded lo waste time innl.i
pi v in* of words, colonel. It'.- vo -on
Niek Thorue what I come to tall. a.-«nt
lb vo' own flesh an' blood, an il a
.'uiteiiul question V.'li.-.t
'Oil
oia' to i|..
lo -et ililil Up."
.Mi.'vs White made i.irel
pause, but seeing the roi l!l
take advantage of
l-'el'Ci-p! i.ile
SO SLM'. to
roniptly ii'-
t»
t.i.e
snmed
"I ain't KI\ in' no! bin'
though 1 IIIOII:!,1. I. :i
Nicholas 'I hoi u I'm a 11 It i i
v i doe."
•ut Iosi.I'
ll along of
up of nn
The colom 1 in'e: rnpted Inr: "Who
sent you on till-ell.iliu. he iiMit-d. Coli i I
No one could nave div ined, I'loni voice
or lisdi or mantier. the ho[»e that Mtrug
gjetl in the ilepi liiif his heart the hope
that Nicholas, even through this uncouth
woman, this relative of the girl he had
married, might he iking overtures for
pardon and ri^'onciiiation far. indeed.
was Itoxauna White from suspecting the
rue state of tlie cas*. She vv.xs cifTelld. 1
at the question.
"Who sent in*•?" she eri'd. shrilly.
'•Why, the I/inl A'm.ghty. 1 reckin!
Sint ut*- to warn yod beginst jedgment
dnv. Nick Thorne u arn't raised to git a
livm" oiTten anythin' but land and nig
gers, an' sence you've made him what
he is, all mankiml an'the Lord in heaven
ll hold you bounded to .-i I him up—
somehow."
This w-as tijo intw for t'* t-o'.onei'i
scant patience if he relented towards
his son. it certainly would not lie at, the
dictation of this virago, u tioin he strong
ly SUSTM cUtd of iii-ing instigated to this
demand for property by Job Furnival
ami his daughter.
"You transcend your province, ma
dam, he r-aid, haughtily. "I ha vo noth
ing to say to you lvgardin'g the misguided
young man who married your rvjativu
aial I bid on good evening.''
The ue: thing lloxanna White knew*
the colonel had driven away, ami she
wua.lcfi, defeai"d. And defeat was ver'
bitter to Iioxanna White it was an ex
perience she had never heretofore km»wn',
her strength uf purp' se and her vchctu*
ence of tongue had invariable served
ing of victory a.s in this instance. It had
liecii a grievance that Nicholasand liusiu
dul not confide in iier, hut none the l:«u
did she sy riipaihize with them, and do
sire, unselfishly, to serv,» them. Thi-i
woman, who had missed i he great»bli"us
ing of lovo in her own youth, had still a
soft s^tot in her heart for foolish yoimg
k\ eriT. w heM
once
their folly had become
an accepted fact. T'.iere w as something
exalting in the sufiiciency those Iwo
yotfng j* uple found in each other, ren
dering them Bogayly indifferent to pov
erty ami hardship, and there was Home
thing appalling as well. Iioxanna, who
knew the storms and struggles of life,
trwiiibleij at the prosject before them.
She had followed them to Tampa, when
sho heard of Job l'urnival's accident,and
she had returned to i/mti county of her
own accord, aud without "onsuiUn^ any
one, ful" the express purpose of softening i Dried, 1 resll and Salt
Colonel Thome's heart. Sho had exjiect
cd to find this an undertaking demand
ing all her jowors of jiersmndon, but sho
had not counted upon failure, and she
i-at dow n on the roaduideand c-ried like
achild.witJi rage ivainst the colonel,
and witlrjiity for Nicholas and lkisia
an' fat, an' his son, iJosia's hurband, a
wiijtiti' fur starvation, mobl* I'm got
tor-look after Nick 'I horim an' his wife,
an' I'm goin' back to Tampa."
And Miss White strode away und w-as
lost in the shadow of tho WIMJ«1S.
"Well, tubbe sho," old Gilbert felghed,,
"Maw-se Niok ain't gw an lack help in
tirely, ef she gwari look alter itiiu. J)e
Lawd reward ht-jr!"
((!ontinued next week.|
New Huhisciibers to the HKHAI»I
AHVAM J:ran
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tr* e upon request.
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system is rnMing itself Uiroii} li tlie skill ot
mi I 'in ilies wliii'li n was the legitimati: work
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Tiuit n otlu'i hiooil-piinfirr eau coiuparo
with it, Uious&uds tcsUlj' who have gained
Freedom
from the tyranny ef pravod Mood by the
use of this rneilieinp.
For nine years was nffili-ted witli a skin
disease that did not ylidd to nny remedy
until a frleml ndvised me lotry AVer's Sar*a
parilla. Willi the use of tfiis meii-ilie the
complaint disappeared. It is my belief that
no other t'looil medicine could have effected
so rapid and complete a rtirt-."— Andres
I). areia. Victoria, Tanmulipas, Mexico
"My fiu-e, for years, was covered wiUi.pim
pies and humors, fur which I could find no
remedy till I benan to Like Ayer's Sarsapa
rilla. Three bottles of this great lilond medi
ciue effected a thorough fiire. I confidently
recommend ft to nil sufteriiiK from similai
troubles."—M. l'arker, Concord, VL
Ayer's
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In«iires iior-e», milieu, catfle, «d all
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v{ilu«.« Irom to 12 years old, ami two.
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Foaling and t'nsirniiou uiMirnnto «t
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11 iiit.
Fresh and Salt Fi.-li, Gnine and I'oiiiuy
i ll lieu season
"Duilaw, misti.s! Iltillaw, misU.s!" said
Old Gilbert, with plaintive, iuqsitent
hv inpathy.
"lje.mme 'lone!" crieil Iioxanna, vi
ciously.
'•'Kf you'll git back inte/ doyo* cyart,
mistis," old GilU'rt nevertheless ventured
to suggest, "do beus' ain't dat tied but I
moiight niek out ter drive ye ex fur"—«
"No you don't iiuther!" Sliss Wliite «le
clared. Iiouncing up. "I kin walk, I
tliaukfiil. l»o you s'posen I'm goin' to he 1 Hi /-I 'cin n i
ridin' iti ('ol. Thome's ox cart, drivel* hv iC. J-iitlCKSillJlJUn
hht ole ni"ger, which both on 'em is sleek
NEW BLACKSMITH SHOP
Open
lor Business
-peci .1 atfeniit^) jii-vt^i to Horse Shoeijig
ami Plow Kepan ing
thi^s done on pliort notici
ALL WORK WARRANTED.
FRED RUSSE1.L. Pi op.
F«w^tli A\ enic .North of M. K. Church
II
KNU'/ JlAKKR.
i'leprietor e| the
Milbank Aleut Market.
/til kinds 11
l^i'4'wli ii lid Salt Meals
io th/" cloikert ipiality '.o he obtained, »lw»y
in stiifk. Try in v sansati -l.
i/'Cusli jiaid lor hide!".
Huekleii^a rulrii Rnlvf,
The 1
ti.»Hi Sdve in tho world tor ('uts,
Ili'Jise^. Sores. »"leers, ^«lt Itln-u '.,F«ver
isotes.'l'.'tler, Implied I'IIIIIIM, hilbhtlMS,
i)iiis, Mid all Skin Kruptionr, and posi
lively cure# Pilos. or no tay required. It
is guar intend lo gi\o pcrh-cl satisfaction,
i or mom y icfnudeit. Price J5 c«nt 4 per
box. I"' ,r sa'e by C'lBpar Hulz, of biij
SluUB I it V.