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CHAPTER I.
1 here in something very unusu
al disturbing the iniud of SirWal
ter Aghner, as he paces restlessly
up and down the garden path.—
3is quick dark eyes wear a puz
zled expression, attd one land
twirls the heavy silky mustache ;
and he »■ muttering aloud in his
vexation : “Have I done right in
keeping him here, or should I have
sent him away before Stella return
ed, and so saved him any tempt a
lion? I wish now, he were gone,
it would be safer, far safer. A
young romantic girl, with all her
mother’s proud indifference to
wealth, and all her fathers adtnjre
tion for a brilliant intellect ? Yes,
yes, I fear I have not been wise in
allowing them to be thrown to
gether. Hut Stella is a good child
and knows what is due from a
daughter of mine, and the future
Lady Aghner, besides Walter will
l>e bare soon. Ah! I will go at
once and have Eugene Thornton
write to him—-and in that way I
can give Eugene a few hints."
Sir Walter enters the house and
goes into the Library where the
young secretaiy sits, engage! in
ooppying the manuscript of Sir
Walter’s great book on the war,
which the Baronet hopes to give
to the world at a not fir distant
day.
Sir Walter approaches the sec
retary and glancing at his work,
says:
“//ow do you get on to-night,
Thornton, do the contractions puz
zle you as much as formerly ?”
“They puzzle me considerably
to night, sir, but I shall get used
to them in time.”
The quiet handsome face of the
young man is raised a few mo
ments from his work, and thosmil
ing blue eyes meets the dark ones,
frankly and fearlessly. Sir Wal
ter turn* away and begins pacing
the floor.
“Thornton,” ho says again, and
this time there is an impatient
sound in hia voice quite unusual,
“Thornton, just write a letter for
me, will you, to ‘Walter Aghner>
Esq. Aghner Chase, Cheshire.—
Say I believe this to be the time
he fixed for his return to England,
and that we ate expecting him on
his promised visit here. Remind
him that my returned
from Italy to-day ; and I think it
high time he come to renew the
intercourse which has been for so
long personally suspended."
“Is that all, sir f I have wvit
ten it.”
The Baronet’s eyes are fixed on
the tire, jet his voice catches some
thing of the pleasant brightness
of the voice which questions him.
“Yes, that is all, Walter will
need no urging when he hiare
that Stella has returned. For the
last three years he has been in As
rica exploring—a wild chimera’
that still as he has wealth and
leisure he may as well indulge his
hobby, whi/e he is free.
“You have grown to be so thor
oughly a part of my household,
Thornton,” he goes on looking
kindly if keenly into the pleasant
face of the young man, “that I may
tell you what is yet only known
to ourselves. For many years
there has been an engagement be
tween my nephew [and namesake]
a young man still, but now the
head of our house, and my daugh
ter, which is to be conaumated as
soon as she is eighteeu, when by
my will she comes of age. By
this unioD, you see, the old estate
which has belonged te our family
for the last five hundred years,
will revert,as it were,to my branch,
without departing from its lawful
inheritor. Then, too, my daugh
ter will share the title which I wen
and of which L am so justly proud”
No answer—Thornton is busily
sealing the letter, gazing intently
it the arms of the Aghner s eiu
bkzoned on the envelop. His eyes
are fixed on the purple emblazon
ed arms, yet he sees them not, for
in their place there looks out at
him the beautiful, bewitching face
of the Barouet’s daughter, who
Lawreneeville Georgia, Tuesday June 10. 1884
has only this day returned from a
foreign boarding school. He has
seeu her but for a few minutes,
when on her arrival she entered
the Library wiih ber hands clasped
around her father's arm, and her
joy at being at homn bursting out
in ber merry laughter filling the
old room wi'li the ’weetest music
it has heard since she left home
eignt years before.
She had detected on her intro
duction :o Thornton, that he was
a dependent in her father s house
and as such, Stella recognized in
stinciively the claims he had on
her courtesy.
What a happy time ilia. Eve at
the “Oaks" had been. And the
secretaries blue eyes shown
their owners admiration for the
Baronets beautiful daughter. And
Sir Waiter, happening to see that
look of admiration and growing
suddenly to doubt bis wisdom in
not sending bis handsome and
gifted young copyist away before
Itis daughter’s arrival, thinks to
put the young man on his guard,
by telling of the engagement ex
isting between Stella and her cous
in, Walter Aghner. For tte Bare
net cannot make up his mino to
send the young secretary away—
even yet, for he has grown to de
pend so entirely on the young man
that his presence is necessary to
the old man's happiness. And
then who els* could make such
headway with his beloved manu
script as Thornton, who is so car*
ful and correct ? So the father
silences his doubts and thinks to
enjoy to the utmost having his be
loved child with him once more.
A few evenings after Stella's re
turn, the Library is again occupi
ed by Sir Walter and the secreia
ry. Sit Walter eitting in his arm
chair by the tire. Thornton busily
engaged on the manuscript.?
“When do you flunk I can prom
ise my manuscript, Thornton, can
it be ready by the first of May ?”
“Hardly, Sir AValter ; I cannot
promise any greater progress than
1 ant making at present, as I de
vote all my time to it It would
be safer for von to say the end of
June.”
“Verry well. Of course I will
be glad when it is finished, alilio’
I shall miss yuo from your post
there. What do you intend to do
when you leave Oaks ?’’
“I shall try for similar employ
ment else wli are, Sir Walter. But
I need not think of that till the
time comes.”
“Well, Thornton, always remem
ber that whatever writing I have
which you can do for me, I shall
like you to do i‘, especially after
Stella has left me again in solitude
The young man thanks him
with a quietude which has a touch
of pride in it. Then goes back to
his coppying, and Sir Walter says
no more.
CHAP. 11.
Two months have passed away
since Stella came home to the
“Oaks,” and she ie out among her
fiowera, singing as she works in
the beautiful morning sunshine.
Sir Walter, going in to his late
breakfast, misses her, and glauc
,ug through the open window seee
her in the flower garden beyond.
“Stella,” he calls from the win
dow, “Come in, pet. I am wait
ing for you to fix my coffee; and
besides, 1 have good news for yon,
he continues as Stella comes in
through the low french window
and takes her seat at the table.
“Here Stella is a letter I have
just received from Walter. He is
iu England now and hopea to see
us soon. But read his letter, for a
more satisfactory one ho could
not Lave written.
Because he continues to hold the
letter toward her, Stella takes it.
her father goes on :
“Yes, Walter may be here any
day no w. I wish my book was
done. Bu* it must be no drawback
to Walter's pleasure, however. If
he has your society, he will not ob
ject to losing mine occasionally.
Stella is bending over her eous
j in’s letter, yet the only words
which are plain to her is the name
at the bottom of the written page.
These teo words, Walter Aghner,
which all her life have seemed
good for her to see or hear until
now. And as she’gazes at them
now, all her brightness seems snd
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deuly to have merged into a quiet
hopelessness. As some far off
sound, she Lears her Father s voice
as he goes on:
“Walter cannot at any rate ar
rive this morning, so we will not
give up our ride, besides, Thora
tou has promised to go with us*
and he so sel lom gives himself au
hours holiday. 1 will tell him
dear, that you will come by the li
brary for him when you are ready.
That will prevent Lis losing any
time.
Stella’s wistful eyes follow her
father's form, as he quits the table
and leaves the room, then they
wanderjon beyond the open win
dow, out among ihe sunlit, leaves
but the brightness there is not
what it was before she saw that
leitev, on which her clasped hands
are lying.
With a start she comes back to
the present, and rising, gees hur
riedly up stairs to don her riding
habit, and a few minuits later,
goes into the shady library to sum
mons Mr Thornton.
“Please to come now, Mr Thorn
ton ; we are ready.’’
Thornton is gtanding by the
high secretary’s desk, one arm
resting on the desk and his head
on his hand. When Stella speaks
he raises bis eyes till they rest en
her face, and says quietly :
“1 ara not going, thank you. I
can take n<> more leisure till my
work is done.”
“Do you mean”—Stella’s face is
whiter than usual, aud her great
dark eyes burn with a restless light
—“that you think we want this
work over which keeps yon with
us. be ’tittse —because my cousin is
coining l"
He is standing very still beside
the desk, and Stella can see a lit
tle of the stern, strong effort he is
making to be halm.
“Yes, Ido think so. Sir Wal
ter is very anxious to be at liber
ty, an l ' you—will feel the relief of
my absence.”
“Never,” she cries while she
held out her hand to him, almost
wistfully. “It will never be the
same after you are gone. There
is such a feeling of lest in the
very thought that you are here.’
“But it is all unrest and misery
to me.”
The hand that she offered him
is clasped iu his firm, white fin
gers close and tight, while the
words rush faorn his lips, but al
most before she can comprehend
lie looses her hand and turns away
that she may net see in his fact
that which it would be treachery
to tell her- At the same moment
Sir Walter call* he>- from the front
steps, “Come dear, Thornton
pleads business, and we must go
aloae.”
Stella leaves tbe room with a
burning blush upon her clieaks,
and all through that long ride is
strangely silent and reticent. Her
thoughts are all back with the two
last meuths, and she kuows at last
why she has felt so happy—con
tented, that she saw no company
but ber father and Thornton.—
She who had shuddered at the
thought of spending the time be
fore her father - * book could be fin
isbed, “hurried in the country,” as
she had laughingly teld one of her
school mates. So the two months
havepassed and the cousin towhich
Stella is betrotheJ can never recall
them.
{To be ( 'ontinueil.)
I<|»>
He was willing to Pay SSO, —
“What is the charge against this
man ?” asked an Arkansas Judge as
tks prisoner was placed before
him.
‘Killing an editor, your Honor.’
‘H’m was the editor a resident of
the State?’
‘Yes, your Honor.’
‘What have you to say, prisoner
concerning this very serious
charge.? Are you guilty are not
guilty?’
‘b’uilly, yea Honcr I murdered
him in cold blood.’
‘Well,’ said the Judge, ‘there is
nothing left for me to do but to
sentence you. The crime of mur
der in this State is become much
too common. You are charged
with killing an Arkansss editor to
which charge you plead guilty?’
‘Yes, your Honor, I do; and I
don’t care il it cost me sso.’
‘Prisoner,’ responded the Judge
solemnly, ‘you are fined S2OO, and
stand committed until the amount
is paid.’
The prisoner then swooned
a wav.—Call.
Hubert l.iu.ulu
The Blaine and Arthur factions
are dividing the Republican
party pretty equally with small
fractions for Logan, Sherman Ed
muns and Hawley. It is hardly
probablethat either of the leading
candidates will the prize.
Some dark horse will brobably be
nominated. Among those mention
ed as likelyto be brought in after
the champious Lave mutually des
troyed each other is Robert Liu
colu, now one of Arthur s cabinet
He is lepesented as possesing one
great and very common quality of
Republican statesman. He is a
narrow, bigoted Later of the South
and of its people. If elected pres
ident it is believed that lie will
do all that his official position
will enable him to do in the way
of annoying Ihe people of the
South. NY* quo'e from a Washing
ton correspondent of the News
and Courier as follows :
It was he who mined Mrs. Pick
ett out of office here because she
was the widow of a Confederate
general, positively declined to re
instate her, despite the earnest
efforts of most prominent mem
bers of both houses of Congress,
including Democrat* and Republi
cans. With his advent ilie blacks
will rear tbeir political heads and
imagine that the day of good
stealing and incendiarism in the
South has returned, and that
“Mars Bob has returned and the
C-ld man's son,’ has risin np to sup
ply the long premised “forty
acie* and imult.' 1 This man
really hates everything Southern,
afid if he had his way would paint
every Soutbernor black and every
darkey white. The only claim he
has of course is ancestry, but
those who know him well say he
is like his father iu nothing beyond
his name. He is perhaps the
most unpopular department ofli
cer in Washington, and would
etand little or nochanceMf his elec
liot depended on bis subordinal
eg. —Piedmont Press
The “Mar Turtle
A leading Boston Mechanical
engineer, connected with the
llinkly Locomotive works in that
city, is at work upon a plan which
when fully matured, revolutionize
the methods of land fighting in
war. He says that he has been
at worl on his machine for ten
years and tbat’it is in the form of a
monster steel turtle, which ia to
crawl over the ground at a rapid
speed. Its traction will be so
great that it will be able to accend
steep hi’ls, and even make its way
thorugh a bushy country, wbiledur
ngiis progress,there could be eject
ed from the bowels of the monster
a shower es shot from machinery
gune that would bring dismay to
the stoutest hearts. No army
could withstand its destruction.
The engineer says his “War Tur
tie” proplled by an engine located
in its interior, and will run on
very large and broad wheels, with
rubber tires. The machine w.ll
be fed with petroleum from tanks.
Its hide or shell, will be of the
best tool steel and of sufficient
strength to resist the finest (held
artillery
The mo aster will be steered by
appara'us placed in the head, to
be controlled by two pilot*, who
will be sheltered fromsharp shoot
ers by a thick hood of steel. In
the tail of the turtle will be a ma
chine for throwing shells of twen
ty five pounds each at the rate of
.twenty a minute. These shells
can be hurled with such force as
to pass out of the range of the
turtle itself, and their effect on an
earthwork battery would be terri
ble. The gentleman who propos
es to construct such a machine ap
pears to be in the full possession
of all his sen es.
A Brookland man who hit wheat
for a few thousand dollars last week
ruaned around and rented a brown
stone front, and then sought the
services of a furniture mover.
“I’ll take it by the job and do
the fair thing by you, replied the
mover.
“Well how fair?”
“I’ll say SSO for the two.”
“What two?”
“Why, moveing this week into
the brownstone and the mo»iog in
about a month, from that intc a
cheap frame houaein the surburbs
I always job the two moves togeth
er in the cause of a grain specula
tor.
- -
His Wants Were Few and Sim
ple.—“ Yes, sir,” said the politician
to the caucus manipulator, “the
office should seek the man, and not
the man the office.”
“Exactly,” answered the c. m.
“But in this case when the offi
ce starts out to seek tho man— u
“Yes. sir.”
•‘/ want you to fix it so that I
! will be the first man th&iit will find
—Summerville Journal.
Tradition*
FUBUSHKD BV REQUEST
1 propose, as ■ promised, to con
j tinue the subject of Traditions a
i little further, ibe Lord being my
helper. 1 classed Sunday Schools
among the Traditions in my first
article upon this subject aud I still
so tnainlfiia, but as there are some
brethren iu this country aud in Eng
land who favor Sunday Schools of
a certain sort, aud as simple Suu
day Schools have never been dis
fellowshipped by us in this coun
try, but the Union Sunday Schools
I deem it proper to briefly explain
our positio* as I mulcts and it on
this subject.
I soy then if the object of the
Sunday School be the teaching of
children 'he elementary principles
of education, no one would object
especially if those children were de
barred from attending every-day
school or if the object of the school
was the teaching of morality espe
daily to orphan and indigent dul
dren deprived of parental control
md instruction none would ob
ject j *o far from it, I would com
mend such efforts. Nor wou/<l
there bo barm t liougt if brethren
should assemble the cbil Iren on
Sunday to read and explain the
scripture* to them, but the idea
because ii is a Sunday--school, it
is therefore a sacred school a
church school, aud means of soul
saving, it is to that I would object
as a dental of faith The religious
character giveu these schools is
the cheif ground of objection, it
is tnen they becoi e traditions.
The washing of hands was practis
ed as means of cleansing the hands
before it was perverted to a rolig
ious act, especially one used a*
means of heart-cleansiug, then
it was to be repudiated as Such
but not that it was to be repudiat
ed as au ret of natural cleansing.
It in our ordinary-day school
reltgin should be (aught we
would object as unu-Ii as we
would to it being done in a sun
day school. Moral schools would
no doubt be benfical in teaching the
using generation of blacks tnori
bility, industry, honesty,and truth
fulness and charity. Society
would be benefited by them, and
Primitive Baptist as members of
society t would conscieni iottsly coop
era 6 with oilier members of socie
ty, let their creed be what it might
or whether they have any relig
ious faith at all or not, in building
up such schools. If we believe
that good morals are essential to
be well being of society, and we
certainly do, we are of course in
terested in their being taught and
enforced ; and so is every mem >er
of society, whether religious or ir
religious, the safety and security
of his life, liberty, and properly
depends npouil; and in such thing
therefore we can all unite, unite as
members of society, as we would
in defense of our homes attd fire
sides against au invading enemy;
or as we would and do uuite in
building up our common schools
with men of all creeds or no creeds
at all, as we do iD rolling logs,
building houses, in vibiting and
sitting up with the sick and bury
ing the dead; in relieving the dis
tressed and in the execution of the
laws. These are our duties as
members of society, and as Chris
tian*; and wo are greatly assisted
in these things by people of other
religion and people of no religion
jiifact without item we would not
be ablo to maintain morality mote
especially if they opposed us in
stead of assisting us in it. These
tli tigs we have got to do as Chris
tians whether the world does or
not and we should be thankful
the world does not oppose morali \
tv, even if wu have to lament,
their puling mor»!ity for clirisd- 1
anitv. It is our du yto do good l
urto all men as we have opportuni |
ty; ucr is it necessary that we j, in
any ca L-l oui d secret sccie v,!
(the catha and secrets being ihej
chief objection) but if otLier men
join such societies, it is uone of
our business at all; nor should we
open our mouths against their do
ing so; but, he their motives what !
they may, they relieve to some ex
tent the distressed, and though
they do not follow u& nor we
them, if they do good, let them
do it; if their object be vain glory
it does not matter to us. Wi/b
us the prompting ; s a seuse of du
ty to Christ; with them to their
society. We should not join them
because of their oaths, secrecy and
semi religious character; but. we
are not to forbid rneu doing good
things because they are not chris
tiaus and members of the church.
Christ did not forbid certain men
casting out uucleau spirits be
cause they were not Christians,
but rather ooinmeuded them; aud
if I should see au irreligious man
relieving the distressed, reproving
the immoral or instructing the ig
norant, I am sore it would not be
a Christian spirit in nte that, would
rebuke him for it; he is doing
what I ought to do as a Christian
and what I zliould be glad for oth
ers to do, even if only for.buinaai
ty’s .take. But if this unbeliever
should offer to be baptized I
should forbid it, unless be has
faith in Christ; nor can we cooper
ate with unbelievers in religions
acts: these things like the sh»w
bread which was for the priest
only, are fnr believars iu Christ ou
If.
Schools of this kind are not ob
jectionable: but when they assume
to be nurseries of the church, or
auxilaiiee of the church, then our
faith forbids our aquiescence and
requires our opposition; because
they then set Christ aside atd
usurp his place. But it is not to
be infsred from any opposition; of
ours to such institutions, that pa
rents are absolved from their duty
to their children, beca tse the pa
rent is the natural instructor of
the child aud the divinely appoint
ed on*. It ia not said to the
church, bring your children up 'in
the nurture and admonition of
the Lord, but to the parent. Ba
rents may feel to lack wisdom,
and if they are wise, they do feel
it, but faith gives access to one
who has promised to give liberally
of wisdom for all necessary pur
lioses. O Lord, help us to do our
luty to our children by impress
ing our hearts with it. Help us to
Jo our duty to one unother, co
our ministers, to society and to all
men! Our duty to our children is
none inability, or because we may
have failed in our object after a
l ull discharge of it. If our child
is a Lad man we can’t help it nor
blame ourselves with it if we have
done our duty. Nor is our duty
the less imperative because we
can't save their souls; that is to
t-ay, that fact should not prevent
our carrying them to meeting and
having meeting at our houses
every opportunity. If Christ
is anywhere in this world he ia
in the church and where believ
ers are assembled in spirit for
his worship.
The following simple precau
tions, if strictly observed, would
prevent a great many destructive
tire*. The rules might be posted
in every store, dwelling and facto
ry with good results.
The leading causes of fire are
kerosene oil, matches and furnaces
1. Always buy the best quality
of oil.
2. Never make a sudden motion
with a lamp, either in lifting or
setting down.
3. Never place a lamp on the
edge of a table or mantel.
4. Never fill a lamp after dark, j
even if you have to go without a
light.
5. See that the lamp wicks are
always cleau and that they work
freely in the tube.
li. Never blow out a lamp from
the lop.
7. Never take a lamp to a closet
where there are clothes. If neces
sary to go to a closet, placo the
light at a distance,
8. Use candles just as much as
possible in going about the diouse
and iu bed-rooms. They are
! cheaper, can’t explode, and for ma
: ny purposes are just as good as
| lamps.
9. Matches should be kept in
earthen jars or lin boxes.
' A Savannah writer says Tcm
! Keene, the tragedian, has a mobile
face It looks to be more of the
j Atlanta type.
1 A sleepy head is often possess
ed of a nod idea. • *
{Vol. XIV.—No 11
Agricultural Hints
This Dienth i* a good time to
pay the interest on your mort
gage aud renew the note* you
gave a year ago. It is also a pret
ty good time to take up the note*
you unwittingly gave the light
ning rod mau last Cbrintmae un
der the impression that you were
signiug a contract.
< >ats thrive best in a crib. A
farmer who bus three thousand
bushels of oats iu a crib need not
worry about the weather.
Look after the bean poles you
bad left over from last year. You
will look a long time before you
find any. They have gone pariial
ly into the insatiate maw of the
all devouring fire place, aud the
neighbors have stolen the rest.
Raise chickens. If you hare a
nice little garden, by all means
raise chickens. Your neighbor*’
liens ar* the best ones to raise.—
You will find them from 5:30 a. m
until fi:3o p. m. on your lettuce,
onion, radish and flower bed*.—
You can raise them higher with a
shot gun than anything else. N.
B. Always eat the hen you raise.
P. S.—Cook the hen before eating.
P. BN. Before eating the lien,
that is.
Crush egg shells and feed them
to your own chickens |if you are
foollish enough to keep any. If
the whites and yolks are removed
from the shells first they will
crush more easily.
If a good horse shows symp
toms of going blind, and is devel
oping a few first class spavins, it
is time to sell him. Sell him out
of the county, if possible. Be -
ware »f the deacon who has a lit
tle blaze-faccst “pacin’ mare” that
he wauls to trade for “just such
a hoas.”
• O, it is just as different as can
be!" said oue of my young friends
“What is it?” I asked.
“Why, being a Christian. Eve'y
thing is so different from what I
expected.” %
“What did you expect?”
“When you used to talk with me
about being a Christian, I used to
say to myself, ‘No I can’t now for
I have to do so many hard things
and I never can do them.”
“What hard things ?’’
“Ob, 1 used to think, ‘Now, if I
become a Christian, I shall have to
walk just so: shall have to go to
church and prayer meeting; shall
have to pray and read the Bible.
It is so different from what I
thought!’
“Why, James, what do yon mean
You go to church and te prayer
meeting; you read the Bible and
pray.”
“O, yes; but then I love to do
them. That makes all the differ
ence. I lore Jesus, and I lovs to
do a! 1 he wishes me to.”
He was driving out of Blaine
field the other day with such a
satisfied look ou his face that an
acquaintance hailed him with;
‘•Well Uncle Billy, what has
happened?’’
“You know them five sous of
mine ?’’
“Oh, ves.”
“Wall they are alius buyiu’ an’
soilin' and speculating, aud not a
day passes but some ore of ’em
don’t asked me to endorse his
note,”
“And of course you do ?”
“No, them boys are rather shaky
you know. But I’m go to after
this. Hang it I’m i heir own fath
er, yon see, and it looks kinder
mean to refuse ’em. I have been
down here and deeded tne farm to
the old woman, put a chattel mort
gage on the stock, and said off
most of the tools, and now if the
boys want my name on their notes
/can sit down and give it to them
like a Spartan father.
“Can you help a poor unforut
nate man to a Title something?”
pleaded a medicant.
“You don’t look as though you
needed cuari ty,” was the reply.
“You are strong and hearty, and
able to do a day’s work.
“Yes sir; but I am a very unfort
unate man. lam strong end my
health is good. Vut / was bora la'
Zy '” •
A man in Texas raises goats for
j their flesh, but when the festive
creatures grow up they raise hun
I just for the fun of the thing.
—••••«■ — -
/lens may be a little backward
on eggs, but they never fail to
come to the scratch where fiower
' beds are concerned.