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Atlanta, Cm \
THE VALLEY OF SILENCE.
BY FATHEB RYAN.
But far ou the deep tb€ire are hillowa.
That never shall break on the beach;
And I have heard aougx in the silence
That never shall float into speech;
And I have li ul dreams in the val!ey }
Too lofty for language to reach.
And I lave seen thoughts in the valley,
Ah, me ! How my spirit ivas stirred;
They wear holy veils on their faces,
Their footsteps can scarcely be beard;
They pass down the valley like virgins,
Too pure for the touch of a word.
Do you ask me the place of this valley ?
To hearts that are borrowed with cure,
It lieth afar berweou mountains,
And God and His angels are there;
And one is the dark mountain of sorrow.
And one the toight menutaiu of prayer.
A liter lit;
on.
Found in a Snow-Drift
CIIAITRB VI.
“When you comeback, papa, you win
I brim: m • a a. t of tea-things, won’t 3*011?"
“Vos, pet, I wftt, because you have been
co rood about the circus."
Ally whs parch'd upon her father’s knee.
Dorotlij tK'Kidc him, and looking up
| at her be snVl:
*T)pra dai 'inr. you must keep to the nurs
| cry white I inn away. Admit no one, and
I never lot Ally out of your sight. 1 have
i reason to ask this. 1 will explain when I re*
i t uns. All you have to do is to trust uie ami
•be Hnnpv. i will write directly 1 reach
I towip ftttfl if Hiivthliig liappans of iiupar
; taiuic, wire to tho Wanderer*’ Ciub, Pal!
I Mall,"
! Little Ally slipped away after* favorite
| doll, and Drift sat looking up at his master
; with his faithful brawn eyes,
"Dear old chop," saM Pierce, patting his
I head; “he shall have a silver collar for find
jug me such a treasure in the snow. Dora,
1 you 100 c sad, what is tlus matter?*
! Dorothy’s bead drooped, and the unhid*
| den lours fell fast, us she said wretchedly
* Oil, I do wish 3'iit were not going away.
1 have a present iment that something will
happen while you are cone. My heart ainks
like lead, and oh, it does seem so hard to
part! I only feel safe by your side.**
“Sweet tittle absurdity, what can harm
you here, if you do as I wish?’
Pierce put hi- arm round her waist and
drew her close,resting his dark head on her
breast.
Sin* pushed the hair from his forehead
with nervous fingers, and pressed her quiv
| erimr is upon ii, whlie he continued:
“1 will return u soon as possible. Is it
likely anyt hin could tempt me from you?
A mi when 1 come b; ek I hope it will be to
and iui my wif.."
; *'S ipjvis • Ibirace Mlddlct >n discovers my
j ItkllnjMdHCc and asMSt la his antljority, must
j I set uni ! uiy w*r<le;ni b ndavre.'"
.MJ.. ,1. Ufa i wrif
fh*t i eas* (4 : Ui ejcc-rcoicv
t you wu t gir e him. I know lit* in * mtomn.
I and better stilt * knight temi-hr; htr dare
} not di-regard my wishes, or wrong >*>u.
* “My the c <U* of honor uiuoiiir us / shall
1 appeal toil*..l as a hiother-nuson to leave
mi in my eti ir :•* till 1 cm >ve him, and lell
ii.m if he and fgtrdft this i alia ii vkpopv Ills
I* f, ts eg 4n*i ti orphan of a brotiier-iu.iaon
at Oraud L rijfe.
"Tin*r<* is **m. th n: Ikmoiul id) • form,
you w H find, dearest, in freemasonry, *f the
P '\v. r is Ido nor four that it will
fall: uni'** he womd have Us evil and -eds
tnsizo id to t le wmld, he dar * not <ll>re
*r*rd i*B wi-hes. Why, 1 don’t know lit it
w • could not make you a w ard inthianccrx .”
*G!u don't do tii.-1! J have heard tiiat
whatever Chancery gets hold of it never
giv*s up again."
Mr. P mfoUl smiled.
*l’ ; liccry would be without appreciation
if it could lot >on go after once liavinu had
the hnppinev* of holding you in I o idiure.”
AMv came buck crying. Him had broken
her <ktr* leg. and nothimr would do but
Unit i' should be set and pioporly splinted—
j a match-box and sune. tape serving for
siir leal purposes.
Peace hel g restored. Mr. Peiifold took a
tender leave of both Dorothy and Ally, and
left them with a light h *art
He afterwards wondered that no warning
voice had whinnered to him that liurm
wouhi come to his dear ones.
I)<*roiliy waudied him away with tear
■iinmicd cy< s, the strange foreboding still
weighing down her heart with a giant’s
hand.
Takii g little Ally’s hand, she went up to
(he nursery, and tried lo busy herself with
Mini** needlework, but the hours dragged
heavily, and huh got nervous and trembled
u 'verj sound.
Now l’.erce had left Ally in her charge,
•he felt unreasonably anxious about the
mild, and w >uld not allow her out of her
sight.
Towards dusk she went to her room with
Aliy in her mms.
As she went along the passage, a woman
u a dark cloak >to and back to le., her pass.
The light was dim. y**t D Totiiy knew the
aoman was a stranger, so she paused aud
sa id:
“Pardon me, you do not belong to the
house, 1 believe. Te l me, which of the ser
vants do you come to s *e?’
"I am a relation of Agnes Garth’s. lam
waiting for her now. How h the little lady?
Give in? n kiss. M.s* Ally.”
Tnc child iooicod closely at the woman
for the fir-t time aiui ntter**d ashriil scream.
“it is the dream- woman, Miss bnow. bend
hrr away.”
The woman, who w;t young and remark
ably hamisome. Klu ank back, her dark eyes
flashing angrily.
Jj troth}* hastened to her room, trying as
•he went to soothe Ally’s terror.
The ciiild was shaking with fear, and. as
if it were contagious, Dorothy trembled tr>o,
and felt afraid of she knew not what. She
wished the night had passed, and decided
to ke* p Aliy up till about nine, and then go
to bed with her.
While she was dressing, she gave the
child her beautiful cross to play with to
qu el her, and old Agnes tapjied at the door.
“Come in.” said Dorothy, pausing, brush
in hand, just as she was about to smooth
Ally’s dark curia.
“I have come, to fetch Miss Ally. Jane
wants to bathe her enrls\as she and a friend
are going to Cardiff to see the circus to
night.”
“I will bathe her and put her to bed,
Agnes.”
“It will be troubling you too much, Miss
Snow. C*>me, AJly, don’t keep Jane wait
ing.”
“No. AU}% you must not go. pardon me,
Agnes, but Ally is In my charge, aud it Is
my pleasure to attend to her."
"Like a nursemaid,” said Agnes a trifle
Indolently.
“Mv and gnity cannot suffer In your master’s
service. I have decided. You need not
wait.”
A goes went away, silent but wrathful.
The woman still waited in the UaII.
“It is no use, my dear, you can’t see the
child toriiight. The governess, as she utyhv
herself, won’t allow the child to leave hern,
secoiul, Master’s orders, like enough,”
“Curse him!”
“Hush, my girl 1 someone will hear you.
Remember curses, like chickens, come home
to rM>st”
The woman looked dreadfully disappoint:
ed, and bit her nails viciously.
“But I go awa early in the iporaiiu:. wp
THOMSON, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 01, 1885.
perform at G’mieesJer in two nays' tune, so
I shall not be able to see Ally again. It is
haul I may not have access to my own
chiid.”
“It is hard, I grant you, Alison; but you
brought the punishment < h yourself."
“I have a good mind to take her away by
force. She is but a baby, I have ft right to
her."
“You forfeited that right when you wrong
ed her father. Surely you would not make
him suffer more than he has done already?
lie dotes on tho child; her loss would drive
him mad.”
*T wish it would. I’d have him writhe iu
torments. I hate him!”
“You cruel woman, jflbwml lie is right
to keep the ehid from you, if he wan is to
m ke a good woman of her.”
"He’ll never do thai.sUe has got toomuoh
of the wild gipsy l food iu her Veins. Slid
Is the very sp.t of father.”
“More’s the pity. What tuy sister, poor
•mil, could h*m* in that man, I can’t make
out."
“Don’t speak against father, mint, or 1
ftliail hate you. lie is good to me, whom nil
the world reviles; lie is proud of his hand
some girl, ns le calls me.”
“Handsome Is ns handsome does, to my
thinking. It is a rough night and bitteriy
cold; .shall I g*t you something before j*ou
venture out?”
“No; I want nothing hut a sight of my
child. Food’or drink under this roof would
choke me.. I’ll g > and sit by the fire, though;
it is cold. It cuts ue to the heart.”
Alison followed Agnes down to a cosy
room, which was called the housekeeper’s
parlor. Alison took off her hat, a showy
arrangement of feathers and velvet, aud re
moved her long seal-kin mantle.
Seen by the bright light, she uNA a grand
creature, a fine anltnni, perfectly formed,
but devoid of soul.
The olive shin flushed into pomegranate
bloom on her cheek; her great black eyes
flashed in liquid light; her hair was thick,
shining like black satin, and hud beautiful
waves in it.
She smoothed it with a plump white hand,
flashing with jewels. A square mirror, In a
black carved frame, hung over the mantel*
pi*c,
She took a flame-colored handkerchief
from her neck and tied it over her head
with a gay Jaiigh, and turned to the old wo
man who was watching, and said:
“T il your fortune, pretty lady, only cross
the poor gipsy’s hand with a bit of silver.
That’* the style, you see, aunt; I’ve not for
gotten the trick*, of the trade!"
“Trust you to forget anything you ought
not to remember. You are, after ail, a true
gipsy, though. Your father did hope to
make a lady of you,by sending you to tmard
iinr-school and keeping you clear of tho
circus.”
“Why should not a gipsy be & lady, I
should like to know?’
“Because they are the vagabonds of the
earth. Yon can no more make gentlefolks
of titem tlmn you can make a black man
white”
“There now. he quiet, or you’ll make me
angry. I can be pretty spiteful when my
temper’s up, I can tell you.”
“1 know it to my sorrow. Have you seen
Jem lately?’
“No; where is lie?”
“He has gone to L mdnn to bring dowu a
new cob the imwter has bought. Master Ik
fast growing a rich man, he knows how to
invest his money.”
’ Yes. lie is shrewd enough; he was only
iwinked ope.*, aud. jbat.. "lyn
' made Alison J, <% A ls-'h Hnnfoht. L rdl
what a <lfe I led him. Iwo ider he keeps
you and Jem on; he must know my mother
w as your si'ter.”
“Yes, he know*; but he is a just man,And
does not vi*it your -in on innocent heads.
II knows Jem and 1 serve him faithfully.”
“1 can twist Jem round my little finger.’’
“Leave Jem ul 0110, you’re no honest man’s
cat He.”
“Keep eivi', * H girl, or the next tlmo you
go so Cardiff Dock to see Jem’s father, you* II
get a ducking : there nre plenty oul there
ready to do my bidding.’’
‘T am not afraid; the Lord will look after
ills own.”
“J> *n’t cant. Y u’ve got piety enough
for a regiment of soldiers.”
A Ison threw herself Into a cmy armchair,
pit 1 ted out a tiny case of cigarettes, lighted
• me, and puffed flic smoke out in a big blue
cloud, longing 30 insolently beautiful that
tho old lady could but admire while she con
demned Iter.
Meanwhile Ally and Dorothy had eaten
their dinner and sat before the fire in a big
chair reading fairy-tide*. Tin* room was
warm and bright, and after a while Ally
coaxed Dorothy to King “Froggy wouJd a
wooiug go,” then, “Ten L ttie Niggers,"
and still the little voicepleaued, “Goon.”
Dorothy sing a Jot of iiurMery-rliymes.and
then, comil g in the end of her resources,
thought of li e Dueness’s mjii£ in “Alice in
Wonderland,” and sang brightly.
S m;one outside the room joined in the
chorus aud Drift roused up and stalked to
the door with a growl.
Dorothy got up and opened the door; she
could hear the swish of silken garments.
None of the maids wore shk. Who could it
be?
“If it were one of the m dds dress *d. up
for an evening out, it was very rude of her
to mimic me,” thought poor perplexed Dor
othy.
She felt decidedly uncomfortable, and
took Ally up in her arm*, and sat down in
her old seat by the lire, thinking to herself:
‘ One would think the house was haunted
by an evil spirit, but it is perfectly idiotic to
feel so fr giitened. 1 am getting quite a
baby.”
But had she known by how evil a spirit
the house was haunted, she would have
found her fear* excusable.
“Will papa e home by the Twelfth Night,
Mis* Snow; if be is not, shall we cat this
Twelfth Cake? It. is so pretty; Agnes frost
ed it over with sugar till it looked like a
snow-ball; it has holly and a fairy doll on
the t'*p. Jane dreused the doll so pretty.”
“Prettily, you should say, dear. Yes, I
hope papa will he homo soon; the house is
lonely without hint, i< it not?"
“Yes; I love papa. Do job love him. Miss
Snow?’
“Ye*. Ido indeed, darling, dearer than
life. You are sleepy. iSlmll I take you to
bed, and let you go to sleep in tny arms?”
Ally nodded drowsily, and Dorothy car
ried her off.
As she went slip had a sensation of being
followed, and hastened mi breathlessly.
When little Ally knelt down to say her
prayers, the door opened quietly as if Dor
othy had not properly secured It.
She noticed, her nerves were at such cruel
tension, every noise, however slight.
“ ‘Gentle Jos us, meek and mild, look up
on a little child,’ ” said Ally in her soft lisp
ing baby language, and Dorothy saw tho
door open a little wider.
, When the prayers were ended, and the
baby lips kissed into silence, and Ally lay
snug and warm in the pretty white bed,
Dorothy went to the door to lock it, and loi
the key was gone*.
Dorothy looked on the floor, ail over the
r* om, in the corridor, and still it was not to
be found.
Then she rang the bell sharply. Old Ag
nes came to answer it a little sulkily; all
the maids were out, and it made her breath
short to mount the stairs.
“I can’t find the key tof my door, has any
one removed it?*
“Why shou and they? The keys In this
house arc rarely touched; we can trust one
another, Ml*s Snow.”
“Yes, of course, but I am nccustome and to
Jock my door, and 1 can’t sleep unless It Is.”
“I’m very sorry, but it U no faultof mine-
Put a chair against the door; no one will in
terfere with you—why should they? I never
looked tny bedroom door in my life. What
should j do in ease of lire?”
• Unlock if and get out if yon value your
life, j *nppqse. | am annoyed. The key
was here this iqorning. Well, I suppose t
must, get to Imkl but 1 dou’t btdtave 1 shall
sleep. T 1 ,
“i don't suppose you will, it Is not teri
o’clock. Shall t bring you a little neju*?^
“Yes, please, I wish you would. 1 feci
tired and nervous.”
OM A ernes went down again, and got the
hot wino-aiid-wuter, gr 11 moling a* slw*. and and
so ahoiU tho loss of the key; it was so 1
strange, she could not account for It, and it |
worried her. J
After seeing Dorothy drink her wine In ;
bed, and turning the ga* down to a fahdt
glimm- r, old Agnes sabt good-night and left
her, closing the door securely behind her,
and went down to wait up for the maids. - |
Dorothy went to sleep after laying awake
soma time; little Ally slept serenely by lu*f
side, but l);rpthjr dreamt someone was
dragging the child away from her to de
stroy.
The dream was horribly realistic, and she
fancied someone was lifting Ally above her
while she sank lower,' overpowered by *
sickening odor that uoem.M to snlfec.ww
her.
Sho made a desperate effort to break this
spell of horror, ami awoke to find herself in
total darkncsti‘except where the moon made
light just where the window gleamed a
glimmering square.
A handkerchief that had covered her face
slip had torn away just in time to see lifrie
Ally lifted from her side by a dull dark
simp* with a plume of feather* <m its head
like a hear** 1 .
Weak, sick, and faint felt Dorothy, but
her promise to protect the child was vivid
In her mind. No one shouid t ike her
while she had power to prevent It.
“Who arc you? What are vrtu doing with
that child?’ cried Dorotny. springing out of
bed. mid pulling at the b. % 11-rupe-Mt only
hung by a thread and gave way at her
touch.
Dorothy scr mined with terror, and -took
hold of Ally to wrench her out of the
strange woman's arm*.
She might ns well have tried to move n
marble column.
“Silence, you fool, or by the Heaven, I’ll
kill, you! I only take mv own. K*o;> off,
or 1 ahull do you deadly harm.”
The low fierce voice never failed, In vain
Dorothy tried to rescue the c.iild, a hand of
Iron grasp *<l her throat.
She tore frantically at -the hand;.the
ai the wrist came away* the silk gave Way tul
1 her maddened grAsp, but lu* eftuld not
loosen the cruel lingers.
With a horrid thud sho was thrown
against the bud-p m: and rolled over, heavi
ly stunned.
Then the woman, spurning the prostrate
form w ith her foot as if she hud been n
loathsome rcpil*e, picked up Dorothy’s fur
lined clonk from the foot of the bed,
wrapped the still -deeping child in it, and
went silently uwavlik.* a nigiit shadow that
many may dread but tew grasp.
CIIAPTJStt VII.
When tlia mauls returned, merry an i
wed satisfied with their evening’s n nuje
n; nt, they found the UouseUepitor timk
n*l-ep, and on llm lmll-1 able, after search
ing everywhere else when asked about jk
they found the mb&ing key cif Dorothy’s
Jane said she would put It In tlm*bed
room-door as she passed, and supposed Miss
Ally had taken it to play wlih.
When Jane reached the door she found It
wide-open, and the juooplH window faced
her. Boeing no light in tbu room ftjafc said
to herself; ■ ?■’ -y v . .
“Miss-Ally will kick up a hultybuloo if
she wakes up hi the dfcrfcv I’liiHglf Jtbo
f ■
.She cautious.y lighted a match, nhd
turned on the gas, amsibie as she did so
that soimiflfing was amiss.
I) roetly the light flamed op she screamed
out lustily.
Mis* Bnow ltty at tho foot of 'he lied in
sensible in a pool of blood, a Ihme-eolorod
handkerchief beside her, and a lot of torn
lac about.
The boil-pull hung ufiohiss, the bed dl
ordetvd and empty.
W:ier we* the child?
Hushing off to call tin* other*. Jnn flew
rather than ran to the iioipnk 'cper’s-rooin.
IJp-'tairs they all hnstoned together,
crowding Into I) Tothy’s room.
All was as June had described, and poor
Dorothy, face downward, lay like on*‘ dead.
'l’hev lifted her and laid her on the bed.
still insensible, purple blood fl iwlng from a
wound on her white forehead.
“She is dead!” said Jape di*trac‘ed'y.
“(tod forbid,” said old Agnes in a
shocked voice, and picking up theflame
colpred handkerchief, exclalmei In a tom?
of horror; “Chloroform! tho sanm Hickim
ing odor 1 smelt on the handkerchief I put
over my face before going to sleep.”
“Who could have stolen the child?” .said
Jane, shocked beyond measure.
“Jlow can we tell?” said the cook, a stout,
apple-cheeked woman witli kind blue eye*.
“Let’s look to the poor girt. What will
master say? One of you g : r'* go for a doc
tor. Nevermind the lonely road, you will
come to no ill while doing an act of charity.
It was two hours lief ore the doctor came.
He looked gr *ve, and said it was a case,
and the police ought to lx* advised at onco
of the whole strange affair.
“Chloroform has cm tain lv been used, and
the whole affair evidently heed planned. I
am sorry this poor girl ha* suffered so. I
fear she will be seriously ID 1 the “book must
have been terrible, and the Injury lo the
head is grave. Where is Mr. Pinfold?”
“In London, sir,” s-rid Jane.
“He must he sent for at once: no one can
act. in Ids stead, and delay is dangerous.”
While he talked he <-tranned up Dorothy’s
wound, bathed her face, and restored her to
co'scionsncs*.
Her fi si word* vr ‘re, “Where is Ally?’
When they did pot answer she grew terri
bly excited, and cried out that Mr. Tenfold
had left her it* her charge, and *ut:d never
forgive her.
The doctor gave her a composing draught
bade old Agrv's watch her, and t i"ii ques
tioned the. maid ns to the sn l night’* work.
Old Agues cried bitterly when she saw
the shreds of lace and silk, which she *<
once r<cognl u ed as be I mqlng b Alison.
Dr. Steel was a nmn of quick common
sense and prompt action, so he drove
straight into Cardiff nut the po ice on the
track of the Lees, and wiled to Mr. Penfold,
who came by express in an agony of
anxiety.
Old Agnes had a *to: my scon© with him.
and when he looked li| for a sesood.at 1) >r
othy, and saw her dearii-liko face, lie turned
faint with horror.
He had left her bright, blooming, happy,
and returned to find her on what might
prove her death-bed.
He got together all the evidence lie couldf
and rode off to gee Dr. Bteel.
They were closeted together a long time,
and when Mr Pen fold came out, Mrfflte
was white and his eyes .haggard, for he had
heard that tlie circus people had left Cardiff
in the middle of the nigiit, and that Aifson
and the child were not with them.
Someone answering to her description had
started by the midnight mail to London.
“Try to console yourself with the thought
that the child will be kindly treated, Mr.
Peiifold. Y'ou are sure to recover lier In
time. Hire good detectives, and advertise,
offering a heavy reward. My opinion is the
lady will soon tire <rf iter charge.' You can
withhold her Income till the child is re
tursed, and have the mother arrested for
kidnapping and the assault on Mbs .Snow.”
“Y'es, I know all that, But look atdhe
disgrace and exposure. Ob, doctor, lTiave
had to pay dourly fyfp boyish Imlisflrotion Y*
“Imb ed you have. I pity you from tuff
sonl, and will help yon all I can.”
“I know that, doctor. 1 rely on your
friendship to keep all I hare told yon seerrt. ■
What would you do nlYoht Dorothy?’
“.Marry her directly shs is well enough to
travel, and chance the consequences, I hop*,
your second venture will lie a happy om*.”
“Oh, i am sure of that! It is only the
money I object to. I biite to be called*’
fort uue-hu liter. Besides, when the poor girl
hefirH of my story, the may bo afraid to
tnntry me after such a deque wjfch terfjF ,
ble woman.” _ . Tr , '
“If she loves you, .she will only think ot I
your happiness. 'Perfect love eastoth out
fear.’ 1 shall see you again. Wire at once
to Scotland Yard; such an uncommon wo- 1
man as Alison Lee must soon be traced. It J
!* reported that the circus folks talked of!
taking a Continental tour. Another report
Is that they go straight to America.
“Try to hope for the best; things must
right in time. Good-bye, old mau. Sec
that they keep our patient quiet.”
Mr. Penfold shut himself up in Ids study
alone. He neither ate nor drank. Old
Agues could hear him pacing the room
jtoavlly, and once she heard him groan.
She wrung her old hands wretchedly, and
'Adping her bleared eyes went up to sit by
Dorothy, who wa> tossing peevishly front
skb* to ride with flushed cheeks and dim
ffyos. y
Presently she heard her master’s foot
ktrps. aud ha entered white and weary,
leave him, he knelt down by
‘OetNluc and pressed his Ups upon the
Gied check of his dear girl-love. She sat
up with a shriek, saying wildly:
“Go away, vott vile monsterl Am I not
fiafe from you m my own bedroom? Oh,
that my mother could rise from her grave to
/jreprorteh you for your broken faith, your
pruelty to her only child. 1 hate you l—oh,
I hide you! I would rather die than marry
such a brute. Go away, or I shall kill you l
1 w;ll raise the house; l will nppo.il to the
law: y*m slmll not frighten me! Coward,
coward, owunl l”
The last word rose to a shriek just as Dr.
fttcel entered. ll* Ivckoncd Mr. Tenfold
ii\vit\. Poor fellow! he was terribly upset
by the scene; he knew Dorothy was con
founding him with liar cruel guardian, and
grieved at the torment. Her words told how
liUH’h she must have suffered—poor ftmo
c *Jt girl!-ere she was driven from koine
by t at man’s monstrous misdeeds.
, “Yu heard wlrnt sho said, doctor? I
won and not give her up to that vile wretch
for the world. 1 would rather see her dead.
He idiuli answer for hi* evil deeds.”
“He must he a very bad man. If lie finds
out that hiR ward Is here, refer him to me;
as her medical attendant I lorhid her to be
moved.”
“1 should like to horsowlilfi him —a
cowardly hound to torture a helpless girl
whom he had promised to defend. I should
never have imagined him sueh n cur. lie
U highly esteemed lor his charity, lie must
he a vile hypocrite.”
“Of bourse lie Is. I know that. I hate
your *Wk, urbane men. When 1 heard him
nddn s* the working-men at the last elec
tion, I hated Ids unctions, self-righteous
mahnor. He is a rabid agitator, uml the
Lord knows what besides. Ho is liberal
enough .with his ward’s money.
“It vf?i boa rod-let ter dav with me when
J see him overthrown. My opinion Is, he
made iove to the mother, am.) when he
could not win her lie turned ids attention to
the dai.|fttei.
"Do you know ho ran after Alison Lee
when *l# performed in L mdoitf He knows
_* j 1
■(SarthLUntl The* -I • ":cr.s*V I’ll br
even witl linn yef/
“I’ll b*’; you up, old rami. We ought to
be erpial to such a small rogue—wo two. 1
ahoii and *v jmnisliing I1I111,” .
“o slyihld 1, doctor. You will come often
when i |h 9way, won’t you, and If there
sltould-blu w* ,
“My deir b#, ilkup ft* -Jaw.* of
fmr as If s>'e uir \M daMliT. IjFdlu Lgj
sltftil otm** ■■twnflkfijaU m Iweri Smt?
f l t,ife^ ir •
t find fr eud of her own sex near her.” /
“iudded it would, and I should feet haf*-
| pier ah nil tier while I am away."
j * >yk> ndo you go?”
‘ ■filial I (IrlVftjT.O ; ,
“•\Vfil, it mtHt v*tihfrtft>u : wmfal.
I’ll just run in ami give a few dir- ctions.”
Mr. Tenfold did as lie said, and tile two
friends drove to the station. a
vi it: • ** '
Three weeks passed, and Dorothy, white
and wati. wax well eqvugh topit up in he<l
add speak to V £jopU lif sti ‘ ■ ’ f•
She fretted a good deni about little Ally,
for there was still no trace of the ehjld.
A long loving loiter from* Mr. Tenfold
came to-say he might bo expected homo at
any moment.
| “Do you think I enn tfot up, Mrs. Steel? I
should like to he able to see Mr. Tenfold
when lie comes home.”
“If you feti slron,; enotufh, dear, 1 don’t'
• nee why you should not. We must ask the
doctor’s leave firs). Hark, I hear his foot
step on the stairs.”
Mrs. Steel, who was a comely little wo
man, with soft brown eyes and hair, of a
cheerful, brigiitdispOsitlon, rose nnd wpened
the door to admit her husband, who took
her rosy faci between his hands and tossed
it affectionately. Then, with a nod and a
smile, he went to wjrm his hands before the
blazing fire before shaking; hands with his
patient,
Dubbing his hands together, he sat down
llfddc the bed, saying:
“Well, you are looking quite bonnie, how
do you feel?’’
“Very much butter, doctor. 1 want you to
let me get lip.”
*i> > you think you could bear it?”
1 am sure 1 could, 1 am tired of the
bed.”
“Then you shall tret up; but you must not
leave your room. You are so delicate now,
and it la Intensely cold; slicro is a hard
frost.”
Dorothy looked towards the window
Where she could see the outside world bright
wid Hear witli frosty sunshine,
r “You must sec this young lady Is well
trapped up. Beanie, my dear, and do not let
her tire herself.”
■: *T will take care of her. i/ook here, Mr.
Penfold has sent a beautiful warm dress
ing-gown for her.”
Tiie little woman opened a box and drew
out a white cashmere dressing-gown, lined
with white satin, and bordered every where
? . Wide white swansdown.
It was long, full, and had a Watteau pleat
behind.
“Dear me, what a grand arrangement! I
understand now why the young Indy is so
eager to get up—she wants to get Into that
drumn of a dress. Oh, vanity, thv name is
woman. I shall run in to see Miss Snow in
Iwr robe of slate; remember you are to keep
a cun of tea for me.
"\ow I must he off. Lie down now, young
woman, and rest. She is not to get no till
she has eaten u good dinner, Bessie, and
had a sleep.”
“All right, dear, I will sec that she obeys
orders, Good-bye, dear.”
When they were alone again Mrs. Stool
said, as she poked the tire fnty a blase:
“Shall I rend to you, dear; 1 have all the
annuals and monthly magazines here? ’
Dorothy readily agreed and listened to the
little woman’s pleasant voice contentedly
for a long time, then the heavy lids drooped
over the tired eyes, nnd Dorothy slept
serenely witli her lover’s letter in her
hands, and a bunch of early violets by her
side, ■
j And |drs. Steel, who, woman-like, loved
the Idea of a wedding, w as mentally arrang
ing everything in a most satisfactory way
as klio sorted her silks and toasted her toes
by the ire.
After a time Dorothy woke up, ate her
dinner, end then said eagerly:
“I can get up now, can’t l. Mrs. Steel?”
“Yes, deas; 1 will he!p you dress, and you
must sit In an easy-elialr, and keep quiet.
Perhaps Mr. Tenfold will return Unlay.”
“I think he will. Do you know, I dreamt
L saw him riding along the high road on
Blanche, and heard the ring of her hoofs on
the frost-bound earth. Somehow the sound
seemed sweetest music to me.”
“I can scarcely hoar, sho murmured,
For iriy heart beat* loud and fast:
But surely in the far, for distance
J can hear a sound at last,
s4ng Mrs. Steel, as she shook out the pretty
White robe, (did placed it ready for Dorothy’s
ne; and theVhining hair \vgs brushed, amt
tic orettv girlish figure wgs gdurned lo the
picture.-que oressm^-gown.
“it is a pleasure only to look st you, dear,
jßgm are so nice.” said good-natured Mrs.
Steel, as she fastened the last satin knot
jqnder Dorothy’s pretty dimpled chin.
W"1 uover thought to be well again, a week
pfgo death seemed so near; yet, tiiough I
have so much 10 live for—love, llle, and
earthly blessings—l was not afaid.”
“Hark l What is that? Someone has com*
Iti; go and see who it Is, there’s a dear llttlfl
woman 1”
Mrs. Steel left her patient to go down
stairs. June took her duster away, and
Dorothy was left alone to listen and long
for the sound of a voice that was the bust
music In the world to
Presently she heard the sound of eager
footsteps, and Pierce—a haggard aud alter
ed Pierce—entered with outstretched arms.
Dorothy saw only tho love-light in his
eyes, tlie smile of welcome ou ills lips, as
he knelt down and put his arms about her,
saying;
“Off, iny beautiful love, how I have long
ed for you l Darling, are you better? You
arc white as tlie snowdrops under your chin,
and your lips look too pula to give mo a ca
ress. I will kiss them red again.
“Put your arms about my neck, dear; you
need comfort me, for my heart is torn with
anxiety, for, Dora darling, I cannot find lit
tle Ally.”
“Ah, but you will, darling! I shall soou
be strong And well again, aud we will go
out in the world to look for her together;
my woman’s wit shall help you, and we will
wander the wild world over till we find our
little treasure. Take comfort, dear heart,
she will be well cared lor and kindly treat
ed, for she is so sweet and loveable no one
could harm her.”
“Do you know who stole her, darling?’
“No; who was it? She was very wicked,
the woman who torn her from me that hor
rible night Oh, Pierce, why did she doyuu
such a crihil wrong—what spite had she
against you?”
“When you arc well enough to hear my
historv, dear, you will understand and pity
me. Now you must think of nothing but
getting well.
“No one has discovered you, dear, that is
good tidings. You could not benr worry
now, my poor pale snowdrop.”
The dusk came upon them as they sat In
tlie bright firelight, chatting happily.
Pierce held Dorothy’s hand, aud he look
ed into her face, listening to her Voice iu a
lull of spirits very pleasant after the rush
ing life he had led of late.
The next day was dull and stormy, and
after luncheon Dorothy wsis taken veryten-
U*rly into the cosy sitting-room that led
front the hail.
Mrs. Steel had gons home to ee her
youngsters, so the lovers were alone, and,
lover-like, said many sweet things to each
other.
Pierce put off tlie unhappy recital of his
history.
“I will wait til! she has had time to rest
and recover herself,"'he thought as he look
ed down lovingly little recumbent
figure on tlmpMty erim*dit satin touch.
" Tito* starryfeAtcs-looked bp fondly at him,
the little hands clasped oyer ii is arm were
white a* the snow-flakes that fell noiseless
ly jutslde.
All Inside w?r warm and cosy, snd out
side was chill and dull.
Fierce, after propping Dorofliy up with
•puid%; hunt and pissed her fair
1 ‘fjSfcjcajf'' i)or *’
. i‘ii the nkriu or to . ( - '
aitongej, to-rtny, don’t you? 1 can see just a
faint rosebioom on your ehoek like the first
flush of dawn iu the sky. Confound it, who
iS that?” * -
Tltis last was calldrl forth by a
, loud impatient knocking at thfc hull door.
From thelittingS’obm see a
enn iuge covered with snow, two steaming
horses and a co&ghman in a fur cape.
• i will bo back dire*tl dsar. Try to get
Pierce paused on the threshold, the keen
air flew past him from tlie open door, fan
ning 1-h j othy’fc cheeln ami making the fire
flauies leap and dance. ;
A well-known voico made the blood cur
dle In Dorodiy’s veins, a smooth dear voice
laying:
“I m Horace Middleton, Mr. Pen fold,
faml | have dome* to reclaim something which
you have'of mine.”
“Unless you wish to take the whole house*
confidence, sir. kindly, let
whatever you liave to ask me wait until we
are alone. Jane, show tills gentleman Into
my study, 1 will Join him directly.”
P erce entered the sitting-room strain, flew
to Dorothy’s side, aud said in a low passion
ate undertone;
“Don’t be frightened, my own darling, all
will be well. Lie still, no one shall disturb
you.”
“Oh. Pierce, you will not let that man
take me away? I shall die If you do.”
“No one shall lake away my promised
wife. Trust to me. 1 would rather die than
lose you.”
In a second he was gone, and Dorothy,
listening nervously, heard the study door
op*n siul close.
She wished she could be invisible for a
wee while and hear what passed between
the man she loved and the man she hated,
herself unheard, unseen.
She became so nervous at last that she
rang the bell, and requested Jane to send
someone for Dr. Steel at once. Thinking
she felt worse, Jane hastened away to com
ply with her request.
• # * • # •
When the two men met face to face In the
utility, where the gas burnt brightly, they
scanned each other curiously.
Pierce Penfold was the first to speak.
“What have you to ;iy to me, Mr. Middle
ton? My time i* precious, please be brief.”
Mr. Middleton, who wan a big fair man
with a tphniy-cut red beard, clever grey
eyea, and the smile of a seraph, said in his
smooth clear way:
“I came here, as the pol Ice reports say,
from ‘information received,’ to demand that
my ward, Miss Gower, of Castle Gower, be
restored to her proper guardian—myself.
She ran away in a fit of childish temper
early in the evening of Christinas Eve. I
hear she sought shelter here, and has re
mained ever sine-'content with the enter
tainment you have afforded her.”
Pierce Penfold’* lips curled scornfully,
tinny ns he was about to reply, Mr. Middle
ton hastily interrupted him, bis suavity
giving place to rage.
“Do not deny the charge of unlawfully
harboring an infant In the sight of the law.
Sir, I demand that my ward be given up at
once to my just authority.”
“And 1 refuse to give her up to one who
lias outraged every tie of honor. I consider
your conduct to that defenceless girl scan
dalous in sn extreme. There is no court in
England that would not release her from so
debasing a guardianship. I would rather
die than give her up to a bondage that dis
honors her sex.”
“How dare you speak so to me, sir? I
will mike yon prove this dastardly accusa
tion. Who with any sense would credit the
vile fabrications of an hysterical girl, who,
in a fit of childish temper, chooses to fling
aside the restraint society puts upon her,
and wanders away from home like a com
mon tramp or a gipsy wench, such as you
once picked out from her native mire?”
“Your immoderate speech betrays your
own base heart; you insult yourself more
than you do me. Your ward was driven
from home by your insults. Your own con
science is the best accuser; I see by your
coward’s eyes you know I speak the truth.
If you are sensible you will go away in al
ienee, and leave your ward where she is.”
“I am not quite an Idiot, Mr. Penfold.
You are a young inan, and may like to play
tile part of a Don Juan, I must protect my
ward from such unfair Influence. Where
is she? I insist upon seeing her. She has
given ms trouble enough, I must assert uiy
authority. You know of course that she Is
under age?”
I know that If she were of gee votwqctfd
not rule s moment at Castle Gower. You
cannot sea her; alia has been very ll], aud is
in no tit state to see anyone. She gave me
a message, which was tuat she will not ea
ter Castle Gower while you are there.”
“11l health laouly a paltry excuse; alia
must snd shall return if I hare to take her
awav By force.”
“You would have to lift her over my dead
body If you earried her away by force.”
"Sir. I have no time to bandy words with
you. Let me see my ward at once. 1 have
authority, and evidently most exert It.”
"I tell yon she is ill—totnlly unfit to be
bothered by you. She is uot a child, aud she
stays here at her own desire.”
"I have only your bare word for that”
The door opened slowly and Dorothy en
tered, a light iu iier eyes Pierce had uever
scan beforo. Site toyed with the jowcled
cross at her neck with the hand that was
adorned by her father's masonic ring.
The two men looked at iter as though she
was a bi ing from another world.
Pierce said entree tlugly:
‘Tor God s sake, go to your room, Dor
othy, aud leave mo to deal witli this man
alone!”
"I will go, Pierce, when 1 have told Mm
that I stsy here of thy own free will. You
saved me from being frozen to death; my
life, my love, are yours. lam your prom li
ed wife, by that dear bond I beg you to pro
tect me from that men’s misttsed power.
He hss tried to make me a shame tomysex,
be has betrayed every tie of truth, aud
friendship.
"To save myself from worse then death I
left my home to wander away I knew not
whither, until yon found me, half-dead in
the snow-drift, when he made me desperate
by the wicked wrong ho would have wrought
me had 1 been a weaker w oman.”
Dorothy looked hardly earthly, as she
stood tike in accusing angel before the men
her dead mother had counted as a king
among his fellows, and his bold eyes droop
ed beueath tlie scornful lire of tiers. His
voire was hoarse se he hissed:
“You must come home with mu; that man
has a wife already."
“ft Is false I Ob, Pierce, my darling, toll
him It is false,” she cr.od in agonised ac
cents as she sank upon her knees before
them.”
Pierce took her hand kindly, and, assist
ing iier to rise, said:
"My dearest, I had a wife, but the law hss
freed me from her for ever, or 1 should not
have dared to sue for this dear hand. Stand
np, my love, and keep a brave heart, uu one
shall harm you.”
“But yourself, I suppose, sir. Don’t listen
to him, Dorothy, he is tolling au untruth. 1
saw Ills wife but a tow days ago.”
"You saw my wife, ns you choose to call
her—you saw Alison Lee? Kor the love of
mercy tell me quickly, had she my little
child with iier? Where Is she?”
Horace Middleton laughed, unpleasantly,
while Dorothy bent forward, her lips apart,
lier hands clasped, as though to add to the
father's entreaty.
“1 knowing nothing of the child. The
mother is a fine woman, with plenty of
spirit in her. She told me where to find my
truant ward. Gome, Dorothy, be quick and
sensible; the carriage is outside, putou your
cloak and eome. I have no time to spare.”
“X will not come—wild horses should not
drag me back to the awful fate you wish to
doom me to.”
“You would rather stay ss this man’s mis
tress, since you cannot be his wife. But I
will not allow you to drag the name your
mother bore withhenflr Into the duLt, Comei
n.' -Ualf eirr;V?ou.’' 5
■%f not. flnerfii her, if ffrtu tiUuWj
your lile, and bar her puninn mi *f>ur knm .j
for thr insult you hare offnrert liar beforo
me. Down, I nay, or I will force you, you
cowardly liar!”
Pierce threw himself upon him. and tried
to force him down on his knees. Blows were
struck, and curses exchanged, when a quiet
To’ce said ealmly:
“Gentlemen, gentlemen, you are really
too old to play at leap-frog, ami befora a
lady too. Come away, my dear.”
Dr. Steel hastily led Dorothy out of the
room, then returned and said, as lie tried to
part the two combatants:
“Colne, gentlemen, you can’t keep ail tlie
fun to yourselres. I like a fight as well as
anybody; go and hare It out iu tlie road, tlie
servants will hold you t hats and enjoy the
lun. It’s greedy to keep all the excitement
buttled up in a bit of a place like this.”
By dint of much struggling and getting a
few blows, the doetor succeeded iu porting
tlie two men, who glared at eacli other like
two hull-doze when their collars are twisted
to elioke them off.
‘‘Gentlemen, I do believe I’re got the
worst ot the battle, the moral of which Is,
’never meddle with what may not concern
yourself.’ Now I lisve a word to say while
you pull yourselves together, and that is
that if this row Is about Miss Gower, ns her
medical man, 1 say she is In no fit state to
he removed. Now can't you brotheMunsons
come to terras 1 ;*”
“I ’would never treat with aucb a scoun
drel,” ssid Pierce.
“My rrmcdv is in the hands of the law,”
said Horace Middleton.
"Then let it remain there; the remedy
may prove worse than Ihe disease. Mr.
Middleton, leave yrnir ward In my hands.
Pierce, dear boy, allow tho gentleman tlie
door.”
"But I refuse to go unless my ward goes
with me.”
"Hefusal Is rldleulous; an Englishman's
house Is his eastie. he can kick you out. Ke
memher Miss Gower's horses are waiting,
don't prove an unjust reward.”
Horace Middleton went white; Dr. Steel
had said the iast words with a strangt sig
nificance that made tlie mau wince.
"What do you mean, air, by your base in
sinuation?”
"I mean that If the cap (Its, wear It.”
"L-uve my house at once, and before you
enter It agsln. remember that discretion is
a valuable weapon to wield. Jane, open tlie
door for this gentleman.”
"I will go now, but 1 will return when you
arc cooler, Mr. Tenfold. ’’
“Which will be all the worse for yon, for
the cooler one keeps the better one is able
to keep one's head out of ehaneery. Are
you going, sir, or shall I asslst.yon?”
"Certainly not, sir, unless you want yonrf
neck broken.”
"I should be more likely to dislocate ro>
ankle; I don’t kick wllh my head.”
"Understand, Mr. Penfold, thatlcoto
appeal against this Illegal detention of my
ward. I will not consent to a vulgar quar
rel, but the law is on my side and I shall in
sist upon having my authority respected.
Hsd not Dr. Steel Informed me it would be
injurious to her health, I should bare com
pelled Miss Gower lo accompany me; As it
Is I shall send for her In the course of a few
days, snd If she still refuses to come, linnst
find means to ensure my authority being
respected. Young girls cannot be allowed
to leave home snd position, and forfeit tho
elr good names just lor a whim; such ca
prices are insufferable.’’
Withs great show of dignity Horace
Middleton went away, while Dr. Steel and
Pierce looked at each other pud smiled.
(T amtinufd.)
Woodlawn High School
—FOB—
BOYS AND GIRLS.
O. L. CLOUD Principal.
Will open for the Spring Term, on Mon
day, -lamiary 12, 18fto.
he course of atudy will he thorough,
and the discipline mild bat firm. Paroioa
and guardians who patronize this school
may rest assured that the best esre and at
tentioiyvill be given to children sent to i
this school, Terms moderate,
O. h. CLOUD. Frio.
McDuffie County, Oa., Jan, 7.
3STO 3.
A Single Fact
laS WORTH a SHIP LOAD of ARGUMENT
Cartersville, Ga,
will certify that two member* of my
immediate family, after having suffered for
many years from menstrual irregv larity,
and,having been treated without benefit by
various medicul c.octor*, were at length
completely cured by ono bottle of Dr. 4.
Brad field’s Femalo Regulator. Its effect on
such cases is wonderful, and well may the
remedy be called ‘‘Woman's Best Friend."
Respectfully,
James W. Strange.
Entire and Absolute Success.
Mej. John C. Whitner, of Atlanta, well
and favorably known nil over the United
State* as a Genelal Insurance Agent, says:
u f used this remedy before the war oa e
large plantation in a great number of oaaefl,
always with absolute success,"
Dr. J. Davia, of Milltown, Ala , write*!
‘‘Have used Bradfield’s Regulator exten
sively in iny practice with entire success.
It’s not a specific, it is in my opinion, tbe
best known remedy for the diseases for
which it bs recommended.”
A lady of Bonhtuu, Texan, writes: “I
bare ben using your Female Regulator for
several weeks and great benefit. My
case in of long standing, and hue baffled
tunny physicians. I hare tried every medi
cine I could bear of, but the Regulator if
the only one that has ever relieved my dis
creasing sufferings.”
Notasulga, Ala.,
Dr. J. Brndfleld’s Female Regulator baa
been thoroughly tested by me in a great
variety of coses, and I am fully convinced
that it is unrivalled for that class of diaeg
sea which it claims to cure.
J. 0. Hubs, M. D„
Treatiaa on the Health and Happiness of
Woman mailed free to applicants.
The Bradfield Regulator Co-,
Box 28, Atlanta, Qa.
WARE’S
Business Institute ,
SHARON, GA
Spring Term Opens Jan
uary 13 tli, 1885.
ADDRESS
N. E. Ware,
Deo. 3, 1884.
NEW STORE !
NEW STORE !
MBS. M. L. BONO,
Notifies the public that she has opened a
New Store on Mam street. Thomson,
Ga., two doors above Dr. Har
rison* Drug Store, where
she will keep in stock
J a select liue of V
Mtliinery Goods 1
Gonslhting of
HATS, BONNETS, PLUMES, HOODS,
•TEWELKY, Ac., Ae. Also CIGARS and
TOBACCO of tbs Rett Brands, aed a com
plete stock of CONFECTIONERIES and
HOLIDAY GOODS. All at tbe LOWEST
CASH PRICES.
She respectfully solicit* a liberal share
of publio patronage.
MRSTeT m, MORRIS.
Milliner & Dressmaker
Main Stiubet,
Thomson, - - Georgia.
Has received and is offering; to tliO
Publio a Large and Beauti
ful stock of
For FALL and WINTER Trade consist
ing in port of
HATS, BONNETS, RIBBONS, Plnme*.
FEATHERS, FLOWERS, PLAIN and
BEADED LACES, SILKS, SATINS,
PLUSH ERS, Ao, Ac.
Sbe is also receiving tbe very LATEST
FASHION Books rod Plates.
Those in need of anything in her line
will consult their own interest by exam
ining her stock before p irohasmg.
Nov.s, 18884.
Pitts’ ri . .
■ Carminative
MOTHER’S FRIEND.
NURSE’S RELIEF,
CHILD’S CURB.
For Infants and Teething Children, In
fanta suffer more or less the first three
mouths of their existence with flatulent
O'dic. The Carminative gives instant re
lief. Iu the procese of Teething the
salivary glands are excited, (leianging the
the stomach and towels, res ltiug in ema
ciation and often death. The Carminative
nutralizes the acid, corrects the disease and
reatoree the ctiild.
Us© P tts' Carminative ana rejoice, there
is snob relief for the suffering dar-lings.
Sold by Dra. A. D. Hill and W. Barton,
''Thomson, Ga., and by druggist elsewhere.
marchers 3jT
Thomson Merchant
MILLS
A Nl> —
COTTON GIN
Having thoroughly repaired my
Grist Mill ami rebuilt my Gin
House, I am now prepaired to
serve the public in better stylo than
ever heretofore. My Grist Mills
produce the beßt Meal and Flour
t' he had in the county. My Gin
is the Gnllett Improved, which ia
the best in nee, and I guarantee en
tire satisfaction in every instanco,
and at bottom prices.
Parties having grain at the depot
in Thomson by leaving orders with
the Railroad Agent or at the Mill
can have it ground, and all meal or
flour from my Mills will be deliver
ed any whore in the corporation
free of charge.
I have taken out insurance aitl
fleient to cover loss hy rtr* of cotton
belonging to my on.towers while it,
my obarge.
Win Johnston.
/Sept, 17, 10*4 Thomsen, tt.