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ut / . I 0 < lie Butler Herald. Published By W. N. BENN3. |a weekly DEMOCRATIC NEWSPAPER,DEVOTED to industry and ( Trrna, , ,, CIVILIZATION, j OXIC VOLLAHA YE Alt. ( In Advance- Voi.lMK 3i . " UUtLeR, GEORGIA; TUESDAY; DECEIIIIEK It. 1S7S. WHOLE MMIIEH 10if Advertising Rates. One square one tnsertibn $1 00; each sub sequent insertion 50 oents. One column,one year $100.00 bue column, six months 50 00 One column, three months 35 00 Half column, one year 5000 Half column, six months 30 00 Half column, three months 20 00 Quarter column, one year 30 00 Quarter column, six months 20 00 Quarter column, three months 12 00 Communications of a political character, cl art cles written in a Ivocacy or defense of tae olaims of aspirants for office, 15 cents per lino. Announcement of Candidates $5 00. Legal Advertisements Will be inserted at the following rates jSheriff sales, per square $3 50 Sheriffs mortgage sales 5 00 Application for letters of administration 4 00 Application for letters of guurdit nship. 4 00 Ih'smission from administration 6 00 Dismission from guardianship....\ 6 00 For leave to sell laud 4 00 Application tor homestead 4 00 Notice to debtors and creditors 4 00 hale of real estate by administrators, eiecu- tin and guardians, per square 3 Up Sale of perishable property, ten days.. ..2 ')f Estruy notices, 30 dnvg ;. mi. All bills for advertising m this paper are due on the first appearance of the advertise ment will bf presented when th« money is ueeded. Selections , The Twin Bracelets. THE BUTLER HERALD. \V. N. 1J13NNS. IHditur atxl Publisher. SUBSCRIPTION TuiCK SI.00. PER ANNUM. TUESDAY DECE.UBElt 3rd 1878, “I will not threaten you, Hil- toti. Years ago I tuado my will, and yoti will be my heir. I shall not fcklibrotie line of that document becatish I Will not bribe you td do my will, or even to be an honor able man. You may marry whom you will, may defy my wishes in eVery way, and lose thy love and my respect but the mohey will still * when we came hdme,and what love student, Was emphatically a so- citey man, a successful lawyer, commanding great wealth. Myra was twenty-five superbly hand some, accbmplished and graceful. “I thought she loved me. I thought there was only trust and devotion in the love-light of her large eyes, the varying color upon her cheek, We were married, traveled two years in Europe, and then returned here to this house, arid opened its doors to secity. Our child was nearly a year old HOUSE I COLUMBUS, CAi Lately Thoroughly Renovated. EIGHT NEW AND WELL-FURNISHED ROOMS ADDED to the Hotel and ready tor visitors. Table as good as any in the city. Charges very moderate. Persons visiting the citj are solid ed to give us a call. E. U. HAIFOKI), Pop’r. Oct. 15-if. NATIONAL HOTEL, E. C. C3RB(>rf, Pro. Nearly Opposite Passenger Depot MACON, GEOltGIA. BQr Hoard per Ray $~. OO Single Meals 75 cents. Don’t Fought to Stop at the CANNON HOUSE BUTLER, CA. Located on the South east Corner of Court <Qouse square. This Hotel is the most convenient to the Depot, in the business portion Of the town and does the entire truu- sient'hiisinnsfT. The table is tihvoys supplied with the best the market al- loi-ils. Charges reasonable. MRS. E, W. JETER. MiOlTilET HESS; LANIER HOUSE, B. DUB, Proprieto, MACON, — — — GA. -o- TliIS HOUSE is now provided v?hh‘ rvery necessary convenience tor* theaccoinm'odutiou and comfort of its patrons. The locution is desirable and convenient to the business por tion of the city. The Tables Have the bust th'e market affds. Omni bus toandtrom depot free of charge, bag- RAgo liuudh'd tree or charge. The Bar is supplieu with the best wines mid liquors. Query : “Why will men smoke common tobacco, when they can buy Marburg Bros. \Stai of Sort- Carolina, * 1 at' the surav price ?" be yours,” The quick, indignant flush up on Hilton Grume’s face, the sud den erectness of hid figure, told that hie uncle had well calculated the ofleet ot his words. Ti illy, with his frank, brown eyes, his sensitive mouth, his broad white brow, he looked little like a man to bo bribed; but it was as easy to read that Tie could be ruled by his affections. When ho spoke his voice ‘whs low and his tone plead ing. •‘Do you mean, Uncle George, that l shall lose your love and lea ped it 1 marry Adi Wiilet? * , ‘ Or any other woman who is absolvlely nobody. Whutdoyou know of her ?'* “Only that she is the loveliest, uoblest woman I ever saw. ll you know her you “Yes, yes; but 1 mean, what do you know of her family ?” “Only what she told me hfersfelf, that her mot her died of poverty, after struggling to support lmiself by her needle They Were miser able poof ti r fi long time, and then Mrs. Wiilet began to give wofk to Ada’s mother. When she died, Mrs. Wiilet took Ada to her oWfl home; and, after giving her ovbry advantage her own child could have enjoyed, adopted her/’ “ vVhat was her own flame r ,/ “Smith,'’ “Bah I” said Mr. Hilton, with every expression of de« p disgust. “Well, marry her, f you will. Your present allowance shall be doubled, but you need not bring her herfc} M and with a sudden fierceness, he added, “1 want no woman here, to refuind mfe of a past 1 hoped 1 had forgotten. Never, in all his recolection of his grave, quiet untie had Hilton seen him so moved. His voice was sharp with the pang of some suddeu memory, his eyes flashed, aud his whole frame trembled with emotion. “You are a man flow,’ lie said, with one of those trange impul ses to confidence that often seizes the fnost reserved men, “a man seeking a wife. I will tell youjthe what has neVer before passed rny 1 “Yes, my hoy. I found you, lips to any liviug being. I haven rny litlle namesake, a sobbing boy I could spare from Myra, I gave to Baby Anna. We were very popular being hospitable and gen erous, gathering around us refined people, and both exerting our selves to the utmost for the pleas ure of our guests. But while we were travelling, all in all to each other, there was sleeping in my heart a demon which 8 tit red to life when we returned. Strong as my love I lound my jealoflsy, I was a fool, a mad, jealous fool— fur I stung a sensitive Woman to coutempt of niy opiuion, deflmco of my unworthy suspicions. Now I cau see that Myra was but filling her proper place in society as hos tess or guest; but then, blinded by my jealousy, I grudged any other man a pleasant look or a cherry word. I cau not tell you now of every scene that turned her love for me tp .fear aiy! di>*likc. •She bib'ame pale and miserable, often sullen and defiant, Finally she left me r “Left you ! v “I came horno one afternoon, after conducting ad intricate crim inal case, and found a note on my table, telling me Myra could no longer endure the life of constant quarreling and reproach. She had takeu her child, aud would never return to me." “Did slid not go to relatives ?” “She had but few. Her father died while we weie abroad, and h iving been considered a rich man was found to have left less than his funeral expenses. She had an aunt and Some cousins, to all of whom I went, but who dedied all knowledge of he*. After searching with the eagerness of penitence deep and siucere ami love most, profound, I finally ad vertised, and eVeu employed pri vate police investigation. It was all in vaiu. I never found wife or child.” “Yet. you think they live ?*' “1 cannot tell. 1 remained here for fiv e years, and then, a* you know, went to see my only sister, dying of consumption.” “Aud to become my second fa- wile somewhere, and u child, it may be.” Utter astonishment kept Hilton silent. “It is my own fault,'Mr. Hil ton continued, “that I am a lone ly, miserable man, instead of a happy husbaud and father. Twen ty years ago,When I was past for ty years old, 1 fell in love. Fell in love, ft>r 1 was faiCly irtsaue over Myra Delane, when t had seen her t.hiee times. I courted her with eager attention, rich presents, flattery, every faciiVutiou I could command. I was not an unattiactive man at forty. I* hud ot twelve, heartbroken over your mother's illuess and deSith. You knoW the rest of my life’s history. I retired from the pursuit of my profession,ttrtveled with y6u,nmde \ on my one intciest in life You filled mv empty Infuse aud heart, 1*»r 1 loved you, Hilton, as dearly as 1 luvCit my baby-daughter, whose childhood is a closed, seal ed hook to me.” “But now, Undo George—can nothing be done now?’' “We have been'here throe years, and every inu'nib' there has been aii‘advertisement only Myra would untlbr&tantl iu the leading papers, traveled extensively; iKvirr rnKVi* Itutb mnj Hue Of' an swer. No, my hoy, it is hopeless now ! If in the future you ever know of my wife or child, I trust her to your care and generosity.” ( It. seemed as if, iu the excite-1 nient of his recital,Mr. Hilton hid J forgottbh the conversation that! hid immediately suggested it. lie! rose from his seat, and opening a cabinet in the room, brought, hack a small box. It contained a brace let of hair with an inexpensive clasp, and a locket. “When we were in Paris,” he said, ‘ I had this bracelet made of Myra’s hair and mine woven to gether 1 she has the companion one This tiny coil of gold in clasp was cut from the baby’s head, our lit tle darling, then hut. three months old. It must have been some lin gering love that Myra still keer the bracelet like this which sh wore constantly. What is the matter, Hilton ? Youaie as white as death.” “Nothing. Is your wife’s pict ure in the locket ?” “Yes. You sec how beautiful she was.” “I see more than that !” said Hilton : ‘and yet 1 dare not tell you what I hope.’ Will you give one little hour to see if— “If wl.at?” “Only one hour—I will he back then !” “Stop ! ’ _Mr. Hilton cried, shaking wHTT^xciternont. But his nephew was gone. Hoping, fearing, not knowing what, to hope or fear, Mr. Hilton watched the clock till the hour should be over He walked up and down, he tried to read, he lived over and again the past, whose remorselcMt mem ories had been so vividly recalled. With Myra's picture before Irm. he thought again of the wild fierce love that had been his curse. “Why was I not calm, reason able, as became my years and pos- iton ?” he asked himself, bitterly “Why did I give a hoy’s love to a woman who had lived in so ciety, and respected all its rquire- ments? I lived an* idle life—Myra the actual one around us. Where is Hilton ? What can he know ? What has he discovered ? Only thirty minutes gone, ami it seems a day since he was here !’' But even before the hour was over, Hilton retuned. In his eager ness to question him, Mr. Hilton did not notice that he came through the drawing-room to the library where he waited, leaving tlie door a little open. “Where have you been ?’' Mr. HiTton asked. “To procure this,” Hilton an swered, gravely, placing in his unde’s haud the duplicate of the bracelet ufpbn the table. The same braid of sunny brown hair, with here and there some of raven black streaked with grayjtlie same small clasp with a Wee coll of baby curl under the glass; the same lettering too—Myra aud George twined together with fan tastic scrolls and twists, For sev eral moments there was deep si lence. The did man could not speak, and the young one would not break in upon what he fell to be a sacred emotion. At last,lilt ing his head, George Hilton ask ed, “Does Myia live? Cau she forgive me .” It isyeirs since she died," Hil ton answered, “but smeiy, iu heaYou'alii? Iiab loTgiveu you ! fehe never spoke of you to your child hut in words of respect and affec-. tion, though she always spoke of you as dead.'’ “My child ! Yoii know my child. 1 ' ‘ I know and love her. Did you not guess, Uncle George, where I saw that bracelet whose duplicate l recognized at once, whose face is a living copy of the one in ybiir locket. MustJ tell you that the child Mrs. Wiilet rescued from poverty, and adoted for her oWn, is my enusiu ami your daughter.'' “Ada Smith " “Smith was the name her moth er thought, most probably would best conceal her identity,and A*da was the flame ot Mrs. Willet's only child, who died iu infancy.” ‘But why have you not brought her to me?" asked Mr. Hilton, with almost a sob in his voice. And as he spoke, the door Hilton had left njar opened, and across the thresho Id stepped a tall beau tiful girl, with sunny brown hair, and large blue eyes, who waited timidly until her father came quickly to meet her. “Anna!” he said sb’fliyj Can this ho my baby—my wee daugh ter ? It must, forqt’ is my who has not grown old and gray,’ us I have, but lives in perpetual, vouth. My child, Iouce wronged your raothes, hut I have sorrowed and repunted for thdfc Wrong, Can, you forgive me. The tears were falling fast from* Anna Hilton’s eyes, and her voice was trembting with sobs as she said, “My dear father.” That was all: but as George Hilton folded his child in his* arms, he I!new that he was for given, and for him at last there might he happiness in making' others happy. Good Mrs. Wiilet mourned and rejoiced at once over her otfn loss and her adopted daughter’s gco^f fortune, but consoled herself with the thought that Ada must have left her to he Hilton’s wife, And aftflr all they would still be fleigh- bors. But she would not give her dp until after a most brilliant eddiug, and George Hiltou only welcomed his daughter to her home when he also gave tender greeting.to.Milton’s wife, Mexico and United States. Owing to their warm and delight ful climates, their jnliahit;ints grow sallow from tqrpj(l,L,ivcrs Indigestion and all diseases arising, from a disor dered Stomach and, Bowqls v They should of course at a)I fjitueqkeop the liver activc.anVl to ouf readers we rce- .jtiicml Tabloids Portaline,’or Veg etable Liver Powder'. Taken jn time, will often save mpiV6y and nVuch suf fering. Price 50 conls. .For Sale by WalkerGann, llutler, Ga. Another Ketv Discovery. After seven* 1 years of a very good, natured, loose wav of dfring btftTness l discover, that I owe more pe^sopQ, than I don’t owe, and that my credit 's Rfc signify ing that I must settle. r hunt new friends. And ( ,as ( . r I an •o poor lo move, anti furthcrn.or discover, that I arA brought face t.. are with the fact, “that somethin'.' mist be did,*' 1 therefore rnal^.e ni ppeal to those who owe frio^-espec- allv lo those who have torf several ears remained.ip arrears, f feel ffil greetful for the patronage 6'f tlierfer .• public,and if we cortJd.aJt now s(jua>. ujt,l teel that I should be glad enonkl •o treat all round, and then like r •lever fellow go along 1 and have tin. tun ot the credit business, all over I hope this will not bn taken, as juke, and I intend to so apply myseli » t he subject, ns tiiat no such mis- ikcs will be made. So niter dog-days, and camp-mcet iy> are over, 1 shall have an ear h response, JOHN WAI,I\|£lt“ Sept. 3- 1C