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the CURSE OF CARNES HOLD.
A TALE OF ADVENTURE,
Gr. -A.-
\ tbor of “Under Drake's Flag,” “With Clive In India,” Etc., Etc.
LALL RIGHTS RESERVED. 1
CHAPTER VI.
RUTH POWLETT.
rif>llt Gulston and his companion bad
to wait to learn the verdict, for in
” fVw minutes the people began t . pour out
/the house, and a constable came out, and,
round, walked up to the heut
*D.!^lr Ralston,” he said, “your presence
be required to-morrow at 11 o’clock at
Vr V ik-V Capt. Mervyn will be brougt
i D there at 11 o’clock to-morrow.”
P .. Ve ry well,” Mr. Gulston replied;
••what verdict have the coroner’s jury
f0 ‘-Ihey have found Capt Mervyn guilty
of willful murder,” the man replied.
Tue next morning the inquiry was heard
before Mr. Volkes and two other magis
trate, and the doctor's evidence, that of
'tr G uston. the gardner, the cook, and of
constable who found the glove, was
,ic-ed sufficient. Mr. Cano was not
'll;”,' ~i and ai hough Kuth Powlett’s
“ me was’culled she did not answer to it
r|„ \nowsniith explaining to the bench
that she was too ill to be present. Capt.
U rvvn was asked if he had any questions
to ask the witness or any statement to make,
w bo simplv said that he should reserve
his defense, nod the case was then ad
journed f u- a week t > see if any further
evidence would bo forthcoming, the magis
trate intimating that unless s >me altogetuer
now light was thrown upon the subject
t m- should commit the prisoner for trial.
Very gravely and silently the men who
composed ih-coroner’s jury walked down
to Carnesford; scarce a word was. spoken
on the way, and a stranger, meeting them,
mi eht have supposed not unnaturally, that
thev were returning from a funeral. The
)i<=ws hRi! arri ed before them, having been
carried down at full speed by one of the
lew villagers who had been present, it had
at first been received with absolute incred
ulity. The idea that Capt. Mervyn shou.d
kill Margaret Carne seemed so wild a propo
sition that the first person to arrive with it
was wholly disbelieved, and even the con
firmation of those who followed him was
also doubted. People, however, moved
toward the foot of too hill to meat the jury,
and a small crowd bad collected by tne
time they catnodo.vn. The jury, upon being
que-tionid, admitted that they had found
Iv nald 11 rvyn guilty, and when the fact
wa> grasped, a sort of awed silence fell
unou their hearers.”
"Why, whatever are you all thinking
of r” one of the men said. “ Why, you mu-t
have teen dowurigut mad. You find that
Capt. Mervyn would murder his own
cousin, and Mr. Carne your own landlord,
too! 1 never heard ted of such a thing.”
The jury, indeed, were regarded almost
to be as culprits; even to them
s.-lves now their verdict seemed
monstrous, though at the time
the evidence had apparo Iso strong that
they had felt themselves unable to resist
the coroner’s expressed opinion that, ui on
the evidence before them, they had no
course open but to return ave. diet of will
ful murder against Ronald Mervyn.
“You will hear about it presently lads,”
Hiram Fowl tr said. “If you had been in
our plane and heard what we have heard,
you would have said the suae. I should
nave no mom believe it myself this morn
ing, if any one Dad 'told me that Capt.
Mervyn had murdered Ills cousin, than I
should if they had told me that the mill
stream was running the wrong way; but
now I see otherwise. There ain’t one of
us hero as wouldu’t have given another
verdict if we could have done .o, but hav
ing heard what we heard there
weren’t no other verdict to be
given. I would Dave given £IOO myself
haveto found any other way, but I couldn’t
go against my conscience; and be ides,
the coroner told us that ;f Capt. Mervyn is
innocent he will have full opportunity of
pr wing ltatt le trial. And now I must be off
home, for I hear Mr. Carne Sfe n 1 down Ru : h,
as soon as sno had giveu her evidence, iu
or.e of his carriages.”
Ruth had so far recovered that she was
sitting on a chair by the fire when her
lather entered. Sue had hoard nohtmg of
" ‘ ;;i - had taken place at the inquest be . ond
her own evidence, and ska looked anxiously
at ner fa her as he slowly took off his coat
and hat and hung them up, and came over
to the hre beside her.
How are you feeling now, Ruth?
ou were looking sadly when you were iu
the conn.”
.... I n b tl ittVe J ou w * d the child lietween
jou, Mrs. Powlett said, testily, as sho en
tered with the dinner. “Anyone can see
( |j . alt an eyo tliat she ain’t fit to be
fiV .,t° re , a f ourt and giving evidence
t/Zhn ' h i ! sh ° c . k sue ’as had. Sue ought
filial en et 1 quiet - If you had half ihe
VO, 1,1 -’ ou > Hiram Powlett,
you wouidu t have let them do it. If I had
•V 0,,.. el "° I Simula have got up and said
can SOB for yoursef as my
3/ e [ 13 “ ore fit to ba ill be <l than to hi
rot ,nH„ aUd - qae ’ t , iont and hele - She ain’t
vou kn/ h ‘ llg t > , f teli >' cu more than vou
found d' - V JU:so f - She just came in and
knowlnt rm ' StI Tn 4deafl ' and that ’ s aH she
Knows about it.’”
Rutter VOrdict did >' ou Sad, father f
i/h/l. aS 3000 ®* har motheg had fin’
Mr/ ‘p dlC i , ! . } Vhab verd 'ot should they And?’
just kn w 1 £ a,d ’ a,) g ril y. “'but that ihev
just knew nothing at all about it.”
P,Jie?t Hiram
table “ 1? u be Bjated himself at the
wa/thini lshtoC>od lc hal been; there
gH er amr^“fi, oUtat the tri al as alto
l adbiM,' fbecase. We found as one
thrf [\f e nin Udrre u 1 K witb Carne and
fomvW, mg wnat bo would do to her. We
ft I foun°d W °l hin * to him had
ealvhav P L C / oSeat ba,ld * where it could
of the murw PU vvP ra * VVUere at time
couldn't tell of' i W ef °und as the person
time aid L T. hero ho had boea at the
to do it l l h '’J leh 11 ware sorely against us
thing in Vn* „ scorned the most unnatural
of wiiif u i m,?’ " e bad to find a verdict
Rath h„.i I ' der a 8 amstl Capt. Mervyn.”
father and rlson from her seas as her
whiter s ? f)ealil!l g, her face had grown
gone to her il„ W , ellt oa ' and 011 hand hail
a ' the back r/’" 11 , 1 , 16 th ° ? lhor cl “tobed
she gave n *„*£? cbalr - As he finished
scrr-arn ,f u au dden start and burst into a
Him,® P,/wi St f. rlCa^ i laughter, so startling
whom wern'l v/b• and . bls wife, neither of
u P* t nis o±° kWg 'J 1 ier ’ tbac tbo former
while the k f/ s ht \ st ' rted to “ i8 *.
in tne set nf dr °pped the plate she was
ForS?* 01 setUn K before him.
through th ft mi h Ut6S tbe "did laughter rang
takentnbp,vi i„T 5 ' H sba bad at once
the chair arn!/ n “iT a - rms and seat'd her in
ute or t/ovtb’i aa i and aftei ; tr y*“g f °r a min-
to soothe her, turned to
for '&ctor d l ari u g l horo - Hiram ; run
with vou/ K What - VOU haVO doUe
y°ur Ver lic f ' e tr ab °, ut y° ur courta and
oul ,of her miu'd.’, ' haV ° i U3t her
vi %' U ' 8 W T* Hiram r , ran up into the
who had - Arrowsraith
the matter tJ/tnm l^ old ' talki “& over
>ng and„ n t K 8 f™ 0 °f ‘‘is neighbors—driv-
IQ to Ruth. “ 1 ’ aud at once fetched him
the d h /to r r Lii d in J iole nt hysterics, Hiram”
‘.Carry her „n'^ Mon as he had enterel.
the bed- I tv P „ Btairi ' and I a 7 her down on
dria k that ying to get her to
in Kin vain t-, rs " P° wle tt was try
*““*he canaot '*ln Ub to take g-j tne brandy
aot “Wallow. Now I will help
you upstairs with her. The great thing is
to get her to lie down.”
It seemed hours to Hiram Powlett, as he
listened to the wild screaming aud laughter
overhead, but in reality it was not many
minutes before the doctor came down
again.
“I am going to drive home an 1 get some
chloroform,” he said. "I shan’t be two
minutes gone;” and before Hiram could
ask a question he hurried out, jumped into
his dogcart, and drove cff.
There was no change until his return, ex
cept that once or twice there was a mo
ment’s cessation in the screaming. Hiram
could not remain in the house, but went out
and walked up and down until the doctor
returned.
“Xo change, I hear,” the latter remarked
as he jumped down from the dogcart, for
Ruth’s cries could be heard down at the
gate of the garden.
Then he hurried on into the house and
upstairs, poured some cblorof irm into a
handkerchief, and waved it in Ruth’s face.
Gradually the screams abated, and in two
or three minutes the girl was lying quiet aud
still.
“Now, lift her head, Mrs. Powlett, while
I pour a few drops of this narcotic between
her lips.
“Cau she swallow, sir?”
“Not consciously, but it will find its way
down her throat. I don’t like doing it, but
we must -end her to sleep. Weak as she is
and shaken by all she has gone through, she
will kill herself if she goes cn witn these
hysterics.”
As soon as-Ruth showed fig s of return
ing consciousness, the doctor again placed
the handkerchief near her fare, keeping his
fingers carefully on her pulse as Undid so.
This was repeated again a id again, and
then the opiate began to take effect.
“I think she will do now,” he said at last;
“it’s a hazardous experiment, but it was
necessary. Now you cau go down to your
husband for a few minutes, and tell him
how she is. I shall remain here fora time.”
“She is off now,” Mrs. Powlett said, as
she came downstairs.
“Asleep?” Hiram asked.
“Well, it’s sleep or chloroform, or lauda
num, or a little of eacu of them.” Mrs,
Powlett said. “Anyhow, she is lying quiet,
and looks as if sho were asleep. Dear,
dear, what things girls are. And to think
that ail these years we have never had a
day’s sickness with her, and now it all
comes one on the top of the other; but, of
course, whe i one’s got a husband who
comes and blurts things out before a girl
that’s that delicate that the wind would
blow her over, w,.at can you expect?”
“I didn’t mean ” Hiram"began, but
Hesba cut him short.
“ i'hat’s the way with men; they never do
mean; they newer use the little sense they
have got. I don’t expect that there’s a
man, woman, or child in Carnesford that
wouldn’t have known better. Here you
had her down here for welt nigh a month as
bad as she could be; then she gets that
terrible shock aud goes off fainting all dav;
then she has to go into com t, aud as if that
wasn’t enough for her, you comes aud
blurts out before her that you found as
Capfc Mervyn murdered his cousin. 1
wouldn’t call myself a man if I was you,
Hiram Powlett. I had a better idea of you
before.”
“What could I have said?”urged Hiram
feebly.
“Said?” Ilesba repeated scornfully. “In
the first place you need not have said any
thing; than, if you couldn’t hold your
tongue, you might have said that, of course,
you had found a verdict of willful murder
against someone or other, which would i e
quite true; but oven if it hadn’t been you
need not have minded that when it comes
to saving your own daughter’s lif \ There,
sit down and hffl’e some food, and go out to
your mill.”
Hiram Powlett had no appetite what
ever. but he meekly sat down, ate a few
mouthfuls of fo id, and then, when Hesba
left the room for a moment, took his cap
from the peg and went out, Mrs. Powlett
a e her meal standing; she had no more
appetite for it than her husband, but she
knew sho should hot have an opportunity
of coming downstairs again wheu once the
doctor had left, so stie conscientiously fo ccd
herself to oat as much as usual, and then,
after clearing away the things, and warn
ing the little servant that she must sot
make the slightest sound, she went into t ie
parlor and sat down until the doctor came
downstairs.
“She is quiet now. I will come back
again when I have nad my dinner. Sit
close by her. and if you see any signs of
change, sprinkle a little water on her face,
and send for me; aud you may pour a few
drops of brandy down her throat. If her
breathing continues regular, and as slo-v ns
it is at present, do nothing u ntil I return,”
For a fortnight Ruth Powlett lay be
tween life and death, then she turned the
corner, and very slowly and gradually b -
gau to rec >ver. Six weeks had passed by,
aud she was about again, a mere sna low of
her former self. N > further evidence of
any kind had been obtainel witn reference
to the murder at the Hold. Mrs. Mervyn
had a detective down from Linden, and "he
had spent days iu calling at all the villages
within twenty miles in the endeavor to find
someone who had heard a horseman pas3
between the hours of 12 and 3 o’clock. Tins
however, ha failed to do: ho had tracked
the course of R maid Mervyn up t- 10
o’clock, but after that hour he could gather
no information. Even a reward of fifty
pounds fade! to bring any tidings of a
horseman after that hour. Ronald Mervyn
had followed a circuitous route, apparently
going quite at random, but wheu heard of
at 10 o’clock he was but thirteen miles
distant, which would have left an ample
margin of time for him to have ridden to
the Hold and carried out his designs.
The de cription of Margaret Carne’s
watch and jewelry had b en circulated by
the police tnroughout England, but so far
mono of it appeared to have bee i offered
for sale at any jeweler’s or pawnbroker’s in
the country. In South Devonshire, people
were divided ioto two parties on the sub
ject of Ronald Mervyn’s guilt or innocence.
No one remained neutral on the subject.
Some were absolutely convinced that in
spito of appearances he was innocent.
Others were equally positive that he wis
guilty. The former insisted that the origi
nal hypothesis as to the murder was the
correct one, a id that it had beau commit
ted by some trsmp. As to the impossibility
of this man having killed Margaret Carne
in her sleep, they declared that there was
nothing in it. Every one knew that tramps
were rough subjects, and this man might
be an especially atrocious one. Anyhow is
was a thousand times more probable that
this was how it came about than that
Ronald Mervyn should have murdered his
cousin.
The otherparty were ready to admit that
it was improbable that a m n should mur
der his cousin, but they fell back up >n the
evidence that showed he and no one else
had done it, and also upon the well-known
curse upon Carne’s Hold, and t! e fact that
Mervyn on his mothei ’seide had the Carne
blood in his veins. Everyone knew, they
argued, that mad people murder their
husbands, wives, or children; why, then,
not a cousin?
There was a similar difference of opinion
on tho subject among the little conclave in
the snuggery at the Carne’s Arms.
Jacob Caryi the landlord and the old
clerk, were all of the opinion that Ronald
Mervyn was guilty, the former basing his
opinion solely upon the evidence, and the
latter upon the curse of the Carnes. The
landloru maintained a diplomatic reserve.
It was not for him to offend either section
THE MORNING NE"WS: SUNDAY. AUGUST 25, 188!).
of his customers by taking a decided side.
Me therefore contented hi nself by siymg: 1
lher- ’s a great deal in what yon s iy” to 1
every argument brought forward in the
oo ,“' ie room, tne tap ro in, or snuggery.
. ‘he Carne’s Arms was doin; a larger
trade than it had ever done before. There
were two de ectives staying in the house,
ai.d every day ciaoaes hr night loads of
visitors from Plymouth; wnile on Saturday
and Monday hundreds of people trainee 1
oyer from the railway station, coming fr in
Plymouth and Exeter to have a view of the
house where the tragedy had taken place.
1 he pressure of business was indeed so great
that tlie landlord had been obliged to take
on two extra hands in the kitchen, an 1 to
hire three girls from the village to attend to
thp customers in the cclfe© room aui tap
room.
Hiram Powlett was Capt. Morvvn’s
champion in the snuggerv. It was true he
had fe.v arguments to adduce in favor of
liis belief, and he allowed the smith and
Reuben Clapburst to do the greater part of
the talking, while he smoked his pipe silant
lently. always winding up the discission by
saying: “Well, neighbors, I can’t do much
in the way of argui g. and I allow that
what you say is right enough, but for ail
that I believe Captain Mervyn to be inno
cent. Mv daughter Ruth won’t hear a
word said ai to his being guilty, and I think
with her.”
Hira n Powlett and his wife had indeed
both done their best to carry out the doc
tor's orders that nothing should bes tid in
Ruth’s hearing of the murder. But the
girl, as soon as she was Rutficieutiy recovered
to talk, was always asking q testions as to
whether any furtner clew had been discov
ered as to the murderer, and she was indeed
so anxious and urgent on the matter
that tho doctor had felt it bettor to with
draw bis interdict, an lto allow her father
to tell her any little scraps of gossip he had
pickial up.
“The idea has evidently got posession of
her mind, Hiram,” the (doctor said. “She
was very attacnedto her mistreis, aad is no
doubt most anxious th it her murderer shall
be brougnt to justice. I have changed my
opinion, and tuiuk now that you had better
not shir.t the subject. She has bo n a good
deal more feverish again the last day or two.
Of course she must stay here now until
after the trial, which will cone off in a
fortnight. W hen that is over, I should
strongly recommend you to tend her away
from here for a ti ne; it doesn’t.matter
where sue goes to, so that she is away from
here. If you have any friends or relations
you cau send her to, let her go to them; if
not, I will see about some homo for
convalescent patients where she would
be taken in. There are several of thorn
about: one at the Isle of Wight, I balieve.
That would suit her very well, as the cli
mate is mild. Anyhow she must not stop
here. I shall be heartily glad myself when
the trial is over. Go wnera I will I hear
nothing else talked about. No one atteias to
his own busiues , and tho am >unt of drunk
enness iu the place has trebled. If I had
my way, I w nfld have a regulation infli :t
--ing a heavy fine upon everyone who after
the conclusion of tho trial ventured to
make any allusion however slight, to it.
it’s disgusting to seo the number of people
who come here every day and go up the hill
to have a look at the house.”
As the day for tho tr al approached. Ruth
Powlett became more and more anxious and
nervous about it. It kept her awake at
nights, ands e brooded ou it during the
day. For hours she would sit with her eyes
fixed upon the firo without opening hor lips,
aud tlie doctor became seriously anxious
lost she should be again laid up befoie it
bicam; neiessary to give her evidence.
Thero was indeed a terrible fight going
on in Ruth’s mind. She knew that Capt.
Mervyn was innocent; sue knew that
George Forester was guilty, and yet the
memory of her past 1 fe was still so strong
iu her tliat she could not bring herself to
denounce him uniois it became absolutely
necessary to do so to save Ronald Mervyn’s
life. Ronald had i suited and threatened
her mistt ess, and had not George Forester
been beforohan i with hi n, he might have
done her some grievous harm, or he might
perhaps have murdered Liout. Gulston, for
whom Ruth felt a strong attractio i, be
cause she hal discerned that Margaret
loved him.
It was right, then, that Ronald Mervyn
should suffer, but it was not right that
he should be hanged. If he could clear him
self without her being obliged to denounce
George Forester, let him do so; but if not,
if he were found guilty, then she had no
other course open to her. She must come
forward and produce the unify and describe
how she had found it, and confess why she
had so long concealed it. All this would
h < very terrible. She pictured to herself
the amazement of the court, the disap
proval with which her conduct would be
received, the way in which she would be
blamed by all who knew her, the need
there would be for going away from home
afterward aud Jiving somewhere where no
one would know her story; but not for this
did she ever wavor in nor determination.
Ronald Mervyn must be saved from hang
ing, for stie would be as bad as a murderess
if she kept silent and suffered him to be
executed for a crime she know that he had
not committed.
Still sho would not do it until the last
thing; not till everything else failed would
she denounce Go >rge Forester as a mur
derer. She loved him no longer; she knew
that had he not been interrupted- he would
perhaps have killed her. It ivas partly the
thought of their boy aud girl life, aud of
the hours they had spent together by tho
side of the Dare, that softened her heart;
this and the thought of the misery of the
kind old man, his father.
“I don’t understand Ruth,” the doctor
said one day to Mrs. Powlett. “Sue ought
to get better faster tnen she does. Of course
she has had a terrible shock, and I quite
understand its affecting her as it did, just
as she was recovering from her former ill
ness ; but she does not mend as she ought
to do. Bho has lost strength instead of
gaining it during the past vveok. She is
flashed and feverish, and iiasa haunted look
abo it her eyes. If Iha i known nothing of
the circumstances of tho case I should have
said that she has something on her mind.”
“There is nothing she can have ou her
mind,” Hesba Powiett replied. “You know
we hal trouble with her ah mt that good
for-nothing George Forester?” The doctor
nodded. It was pretty well known through
out the village aow matters stood.
“Sho gave him up weeks and weeks ago,
j ist at tbe time he went away, when he
was wanted for tue share he had i t that
poachiug business up in the Carne Wo .nis.
She told her father tnat she saw we had been
right, and would have nothing more to say
to him. Toat was a walk or more before
she had that fall on tho hill, and I have
never heard hor mention his name sines. I
feel sure that she is not fretting about him.
Ruth has al ways beea a sensible girl, and
once she has made up her mind she wasu’t
likely to turn back again.”
“No, I should not say that she
was fretting on his account, Mrs. Powlett.
Fretting iu young women shows itself in
lowness of spirit and general depression and
want of tone. 1 i her case it appears to me
to be rather some sort of anxiety, though
abo.it what I cannot guess, if it uad boon
any other girl in the village, I should have
had m v suspicion that she had taken a fancy
in some way to R maid Mervyn, and was
anxious about the trial; but of course that
is out of the question in Ruth’s case. No
doubt sho is anxious about tho trial, and
has a nervous dread of being obliged to
stand up and describe the scene again in
a crowded court, and perhaps be questioned
aud cross-questioned. It’s a trying thing
for anyone, still more so, of course, for a
girl whose nerves havo been shattered, and
who is in a weak and debilitated state of
health. Well, I shall be heartily glad when
it’s all over, and we settle down into our
ordinary ways.”
“What do you think will be the verdict,
sir? Do you think they will find Capt. Mer
vyn guilty V . . „
“I do not like to give an opinion, Mrs.
Powlett It depends so much ou the jury,
and on the way the counsel and judge put
it, but I hardly tiink that the evidence is
sufficient to Hang a man. There are, of
course, grave grounds for susiieion, but I
should doubt whether any jury would find
a man gu.lty upon tnem. It would bo am
ply sufficient if it wore merely a case of rob
bery, but men don’t like to find a verdict
where there is a possibility of their finding
out too late to save a man’s life, that they
have been mistaken. At any rate. Mrs.
Powlet--, do your best too keep Ruth's
thoughts from dwelling on the subject. I
wish it was summer weatiier, and tliat she
could sit out iu the garden. Of course she
is not strong euougu to 1m able to walk,
except for a hundred yards or so, but 1
would got her to take a little turn, if i’s only
once round the garden now and then.”
“I don’t think she would walk if she
could, sir. When I was speaking tie other
day about her getting well enough to go
out for walks, she turned wnite and
shivered, an l said she didn’t want to goout
sido the door ugaiu, not f >r ever so lo ig.
That fall she got seems to have changed
her aitoge her.”
“Well, well, we must get her away, as I
said, Mrs. Powlett. She wants more brac
ing air than you have got here, and to have
the wind either coining straig.it off the sea
or else to be iu some hiby, breezy place.’’
“I am sure I don’t know how it’s to be
mauaged. Sno can’t go bv herself, and I
don’t see how 1 am to leave ILram.”
“You will have to leave Hiram for a day
or two anil take her wherever wo fix upon
as tho best place, and settle her there.
Hiram will get on very wall without you
for a day or two. She is no more fit to
travel alone than a baby. However, I
must be off. Keep up her spirits as well
as you can, and don’t let her brood ovor this
business.”
At last the day when Ronald Mervyn
was to bo tried for murder arrived. Tin
assizes were at Exeter, and never in the
memory of mau had there been such num
erous ap ilications to tho sheriff and other
officials for seats in the court. The interest
in the case hail extended far beyond the
limits of Devonshire. The rank in life of
the victim and the accused, the cold-blooded
nature of the murder, and the nature of
tie evidence, rendered tho affair a cause
celebre, and the pros and cons of the case
wero discussed far and wide.
Thu story of the curse of Carne’s Hold
had been given at full length by the report
ers £ the local papers and copied by all the
journals of tue kingdom, aud the fact that
madness was hereditary m tie family Went
for much iu tne arguments of those who
held that Capt. Mervyn was guilty. Had it
not been for this, the tide of public feeling
would have been distinctly in favor of tbe
accused.
By itself, tho rest of the evidence was in
conclusive. Men who have bean jilte i not
uufrequeutly use strong language, and even
threats, wituout auyihiug coming of it.
The fact of tho gl ve having bee i found
where it was was certainly suspicious, but
after all, that in itself did not count for
much; the glove might have been blown t >
where it uas found or a dog might have
picked it up and carried it there. Ad z:n
explanations, ail possible oven if not proba
ble, could lie given for its presence, and be
fore a man could be form 1 guilty of mur
der upo i circumstantial evidence, there
must be no room whatever left for doubt.
Therefore, tne quarrel, the finding of the
glove, and oven the fact tliat Capt. Mervyn
was unable to prove an alibi, would scarce
ly have earned public opinion to decide
against him had it not been for the fact of
tnat taint of insanity in his blood. Call a dog
ma i and you hang him. Call a man mail
aud the public will easily credit him w.th
the commission of tue mst desperate
crimes; therefore, the feeling of tho ma
jority of thoso wuo assembled at, the court
nouso at Exeter was unfavorable to Ronald
Mervyn.
The attitude of tho prison t did much to
dispel this impression; ho was grave, as one
might well be with such a cnargo hanging
over him, but there was notuiog moody or
somber, sail loss wild, in his expression; he
looked calmly round the court, acknowl
edged the encouraging nods given him by
some of bis fellow officers who hid come
over to b 'ar witness ou the point of charac
ter, and who to a man believed bim to he
innocent. Certainly tnore was nothing to
suggest in the slightest degree the suspicion
of madness in his appearance; and man v of
thoso who had before been impress dby
she story of the family taint, now veered
round und whispered t o their friends that
the story of insanity was all nonsense, and
that Ronald Mervyn looked wholly incapa
ble of such a crime as that of which he was
accused.
Dr. Arrowsmith had brought B,uth over
under his personal charge. As she . came
out, when ho called in ms trap to take her
to the station, he was surprised at the
change which had taken place since ho saw
her the evening before. Tae anxious aid
nervous expression of her faco was gone,
and she looaed cal u aud composed. There
was indeed a certain determined expression
in her face that led the doctor to believe
that sho had by a great effort conquered
her fear of the ordeal to which she was to
be exposed, and hail nerved herself to go
through it unflinchingly. As they journeyed
in tho train she asked him:
“Shall we bo in the court all the time,
doctor ?”
“No Ruth, Ido not think yon will he in
court. I fancy tho w i.nesses rom lin in a
room toget or until they are wanted. I
myself shall he in court, ns the solicitor for
the defetisi is a personal friend of mine, and
will give me a place at his table.”
“Do yon think, sir, that after I havo
given my evidence they would le; me stand
thereuntil it is done?”
“I should ha dly think s>, Ruth, and I
am sure it would be a very bad thing for
you.”
“I have a particular reason for wanting
to be tho e, Dr. Arrowsmith, and to hear it
to the end. A most particular reason. I
can’t toll you what it is, but I must be
th re.”
Tho doctor looked at her in surprise.
“You think you will not feel too suspense
as much if you aro in the court as you
would outside, Kuth? Is that what you
moan ?”
“That’s it. partly, sir. Anyhow, I feel
that I mist be there.”
“Very well, Rath, if you soe it in that
way, I will do what I can fo 'you. I will
ask Capt. H indricki to spa ik to the polico
men in the court and tell tnem to let you
remain there after vou have given your
evidence. There will be a great crowd, you
know, and it will be very close, and alto
gether I think it is foffish aud wrong of
you.”
“I am sorry you think so, sir: but I di
waut to be there, whatever happens to mo
afterward.”
“Of course you can do as you like, Ruth,
but the probaoility is that you wilt flint
before you have been there five minutes.”
“I will try not to sir, and I don’t think I
shall. It is only when I get a sudden shock
t at I faint, and I dou’t tuiuk I can got oao
there.”
[TO BE CONTINUED.]
Angostura Bitters should find a place iu
every household. The best cure for indiges
tion. Manufactured by Dr. J. G. B. Biegert
& Sons. All druggists keep it.
Do you want a good, strong Market Bas
ket? All sizes at Strauss Bros.’, and it will
pay you to price our Groceries before par
chasing elsewhere.
BARGAINS AT SILVA’S.
Spring Clearing Sale of Surplus Stock,
Odd Lots, P.emnants and blightly
Imperfect Goods at Less Than Cost
to Make Room for New Importations.
A large lot of lamps very cheap.
Special prices on dinner sets, tea sets,
chamber sets aud fancy articles.
A splendid opportunity to secure bar
gains.
Am oponing spring stock of fly fans,
water coolers, ice cream freezers, wire dish
covers, and other summer goods, which
will be sold at low figures.
A large lot of lunch, market and other
baskets.
All this and much more at Silva’B,
Don’t fail to attend tbe Basket Bargain
Sale at Strauss Bros.’, at the same time ask
for our special prices on Teas and .Coffees.
THE NSW “KINO OF THE FOPS.”
Something About Thomas Louis I
Onativia, the Successor of E. Berry
Wall—lhe Best Dressed Man in New
York.
(Copyright 18-59.1
New York, Aug. 24. —Swelldom isagain
tranquil, and the great contest which has
been raging in New York with vivid pic
turesqueaosi for over a year is finally sot
tied. It has been a bloodless struggle, and
now that it is all over and the crown abdi
cated by E. Berry Wall has passed into the
hands of his successor, the cine-sucking
and monoeled brigade breathes easier.
Thomas Lulls Onativia, the new idol of
the jeunessc dorer. is about 22 years old,
and stands as the representative iff a class
that is yearly increa-ing in numbers and
influence in tho metropolis. He is the chief
exponent of the pr-ffessiotiof eleg mtleisur,.
Born to wealth and a lifetime of ease, he
has distsnguishe l himself by the invention
of a "method” which prevents time from
hanging heavily upon his hauls, and ho L
in consequence, the envy of his languid
worshipers.
Personally the new ruler of dudedom is
a rattier handsome fellow with a very
little of the fop about him. For the last
three years he hns been in training for the
Cosition ho now tills, and oven a yeir ago
e had acquired the reputation of being tile
dressed man in town. His complexion
is dark with a slightly olive tint, and his
eyes are as soft as those of a girl. Thounper
lip is as yet unvexed by a razir, ami shows
a premonitory mustache. The whole ex
pression is frank in the extreme, and the
hair, which lies close and is kept well
trimmed, disdains tho usual parting in the
middle, and instead describes a pretty cas
cade in the form of a bang which the girls
pronounce “too sweet for anything."
Young Onativia is retiring in his disposi
tion and affects a great exclusiveness. Un
like Berry Wall, he does not care to mix
promiscuously in society nor to wear loud
clothes. His costumes aro invariably of
the finest texture, but they are never showy
in cut or pattern. Met in the pa k or on
the avenue, where he may be seen almo t
daily, riding or driving, lie simply impresses
you as a very well dressed and rather a!-
trac ive young fellow. It is only when you
observe the man more closely that you de
tect tho peculiarities which have won him
the proud position he now holds as the lea 1-
er of the younger generation of profes ion
al swells, for it should bo understood that
tho class of which “Dandy” Marx, the nob
biest man in New York fifty years ago, was
the prototype, is now as generally rec >g
nized as that of the “professional beauties”
who adorn s icie’y and the stage.
Onativia’s modesty is the distinctive
feature wuich stainjia the differe ice be
tween tho new lea ler aud the old. Ho is
not a prominent '‘first nigitier” and is
rarely, if ever, seon in tho front row at the
theater. Ou the roail or taking a stroll ou
the avenue he is to bo remarked by the
quiet perfection of bis garmon s which are
invariably of the finest material. His
summer toggery con lists of a black Cowes
coat, black trousers, no vest, a black silk
“cummerbund” and a white straw hat
with either a white or a pearl gray band.
His tie is either a broad black affair or a
gray silk or satin bow. He displays very
little jewelry und no diamonds. In his
shirt bosom—which is an ample one—aro
two pearl studs. His cane is a light rattan,
carried in the middle or loosely near tho
top and is in mark id contrast with the
bludgeon-like affair worn of late by tne
young swells about town.
Onativia’s weakness is for fine horses. It
is a question which ho values tnore highly,
his elegant wardrobe or his splendidly
matched team of bays, behind winch,
seated high in his yellow cart, he takes a
spin on tee road two or three mornings a
wo'k when he is in town. He is now en
livening Richfield Springs with the splen
dor of his presellee, aud no turnout is to be
seen among the famous drives in tliat
charming neighborhood to compare with
that of the young nabob.
His man—for like every young gentle
man of wealth and fashion, he has a valet—
takes care of his extensive wardrobe, which
consists of a dozen suits. It is the valet’s
duty to see that these are in good condi
tion and ready for service at a moment’s
notice. These suits average SIOO each, and
are all of the host quality iff imported goods,
made either by the leading New York tail
ors or by Paolo of L indon. Thetrousirs
avorago S2O a pair, and the shoes and hats
from $lO to sl3. Bone of the suits cost as
high as $l2O. ihe value of the whole avail
able wardrobe may easily be set
down at from $1,200 to $1,500, and this is
exc usive of canes, pines and je wolry, of
which he has a fine assortment.
Young Onativia is the upostle of a now
style of dre3s, aid his reign marks the de
i line of t e loud, dudish c istumes that have
boon prevalent of la e years. Tho terrible
high collars and the unwoildy canes are not
on his “little list,” and will, in all proba
bility, he soon and. sea riled by his followers.
Moreover, tho new monarch of dudedom
is a very temperate man anil seldom in
dulges in anything stronger than a glasi of
wine. He ignores the dictum oi Berry
Wall, wherein the latter laid down the nils
that vou ig men of Now York begin the
day wit ian “absinthe frappe.” At the St..
Marc, where the new ruler resides when in
the city, thero is no quieter person in the
hotel. It is situated on the topmost peak
of Murray Hill, and in the very center of
wealth and fashion,
G. H. Sandison.
LEMON ELIXIR.
A Pleasant Lemon Drink.
For biliousness aud coiistipation, take
Lemon Elixir.
For indigestion and foul stomach, take
Lemon Elixir.
For sick and nervous headaches, take
Lemon Elixir.
For sleeplessness and nervousness, take
Lemon Elixir.
For loss of appetite and debility, take
Lemon Elixir.
For fevers, chills and malaria, take
Lemon Elixir.
La non Elixir will not fail you in any of
tlie above diseases, all of which ariso from a
torpid or diseased liver, stomach, kidneys,
or bowels.
Prepared only by Dr. H. Mozlev, At
lanta, Ga.
50e. aud $1 per bottle. Sold by all drug
gists.
A Prominent Ministor Writes.
After ten years of great suffering from
indigo.tion, with groat nervous prostration,
biliousness, disordered kidneys and consti
pation, I have been cured by Dr. M zley’s
Lemon Elixir and am now a well man.
Rev. C. C. Davis,
Eld. M. E. Church South, No. 28 Tattnall
Street, Atlanta Ga.
Frcm a Prominent Lady.
I havo not been able in two years to walk
or stand without suffering great pain.
Since taking Dr. Mozioy’s lxumn Elixir I
can walk half a miie without suffering the
least inconvenieice.
Mrs. R. 11. Blood w orth, Griffin, Ga.
Lunch Baskets, Strauss Bros., 22 and 22>£
Barnard street.
Mackerel, Codfish, Smoked Herring, Bas
kets, Swigs and American Cheese, Baskets,
at Strauss Bros.’.
The Great Rochester Beer
Will now be offered to the people of Savan
nah by all grocers and liquor dealers, and
will be sure to become as popular as it has
in all the large cities north —absolutely
pure and unadulterated. Soli by all first
class grocers and bars.
Made only by the Richeeter Brewing
Company of Rochester, N. Y., and sold
onlv in bottles. For sale by John Lyons
& Cos.. J. McGrath, S. W. Branch, W. G.
Cooper, Moehlenbrock Dii-ke and John
Lynch.
MJLUIUAL.
tckj?/
HEALTH AND BEAUTY.
Swift * Specific Inn cured my little niece of
white swelling of the worst type. More than
twenty pieces of lien*’ came out of her leg. Sho
was not al le to walk for eight months, and was
on crutches a yea/. The doctors advised ampu
tation, but I refused, and put her on JS. S. S.
She is now as well and playful a* any child.
Mils. Annie Germ.ino, Columbus, Ga.
Treatiie on Blood and Skin Diaraaes mailed
free.^
Swift Spfcihc Cos.. Drawer 3. Atlanta. Ga.
ARE TOE oldest rumTstimuuL
A Purely Veyewble Compound, without
mercury or other injurious mineral. Safe
and sure always. For sale by all Druggisla.
Full printed directions for using with each
package. Dr. Schenck's new book on Tho
Lungs. Liver and Stomarh sitNT FREE. Ad
dress Dr, J. H.Schenck & Son, Philadelphia.
I.OTTEHV.
UNPRECEDENTED ATTRACTION I
OVER A MILLON DISTRIBUTED.
L.S.L.
Louisiana State Lottery Company.
Incorporated bv tho legislature, for Educa
tional and charitable purposes, und its fran
chise made a part, of tho present State Co'iuti
tution, in 187.'. by au overwhelming popular vote.
It* MAMMOTH I>IIAWI.AUH take place
hull- -Xnniifill v (June and December), and it*
GUAM) MM.L!. \l MUEII DRAWING*
take place In each of tlie other ten month*
of the year, and are all drawn 111 public, at
he Academy of Mutlr, New Orleans, La.
FAMED FOR TWENTY YEARS
For Integrity of Its Drawings and Prompt
Payment of Prizes,
Attested &h follows:
do hereby certify that we supervise the
arrangements for all the Monthly and Semi-
Annual Ihawintjt of The Louisiana State Ijot
tery Company, and in person manage and con
trol the Drawings them*elves , anl that the
same are conducted with honesty , fairness ,
and in good faith toward all parties , and wc
authorize the Company to u e this certificate,
with fac similes of our signatures attac/ud, in
its advertisements .”
i'ammlulonera.
We the Undersigned Hanks and Hankers will
pay all Prizes drawn in The Louisiana Stats
lotteries which may be presented at our coun
ters.
R. M. WALMBLEY, Pres. Lou!!*nn Nat. Ilk.
PIERRE LA.VALX, Free. Btate Natl Ilk.
\. BALDWIN. Pres. New Orleana Nat l Ilk.
CARL KOII.N, Pres. Inlon National Hank.
Grand Monthly Drawing
At the Academy of Miivfc. .New Orleans
Tuesday, Beptembcr 10, 188‘J.
Capital PrizeS3oo,ooo
lno iAn Tlrki-1. at S2O park; llnlvr. SIO;
Hii.rtnr. $3; Tenths $2; Twentieth, tit.
list or piuzzs.
1 PRIZE OF $300,000 is $';00,O0l!
1 PRIZE OF 100,000 is 100,000
1 PRIZE OF 50,000 is 50,000
1 PRIZE OF 25.01*1 is 25,00.)
2 PRIZES OF 10,000 are 20.000
ft PRIZES OF 5,000 are 25.000
2ft PRIZES OF 1,000 ro 25.000
100 PRIZES OF 590 are . 50.000
200 PRIZES OF 800 aro OO.OOfI
500 PRIZES OF 800 aro 100,00 C
APPROXIMATION PRIZES.
100 Prlz-S of fftOOarc $50,000
100 Prizes of 300 are 30.000
10J Prizes of 200 are .... 20,000
TERMINAL PRIZES.
999 Prizes of 100 are 99.900
999 Prizos of 100 are 99,900
3.134 Prizes, amounting to |I,Oft4,HOO
Note.—Tickets drawing Capital Prizesare not
entitled to Terminal Prize..
AGEaNTS WANTED.
§ST* For C l**b Rates, or any further In
formation desired, writa legibly to the under
signed, clearly stating your residence, with
State, County, Btrret and Number. More rapid
return mali delivery will be a*ured by your
enclosing an Envelope lieariug your full address.
IMPORTANT.
Address M. A. DAUPHIN,
Acw Orleans, La.,
or M. A. DAI FIIIN,
’ \\ nnhiiiffton. D. C.
By ordinary letter containing .Money Order
issued by all Express Companies, New York Ex
change, Draft or Postal Note. •
Address Registered Letters Contain
ing Currency to
NEW ORLEANS NATIONAL BANK.
Nf w Orleans, La.
“RKWFMIIEH, that the payment of Prizes
is GUARANTEED lIY FOUR NATIONAL
IIANKB of New Orleans and the Tickets aro
signed by the President of an Institution, whoso
chartered right* are recognized in the highest
Courts; therefore, beware of all imitations or
anonymous schemes.* 4
ONE DOLLAR is the price of the smallest,
part or fraction of a Ticket ISHL’ED BY IIH
in any Drawing. Anything In our name offered
for les than s Dollar a swindle.
TRUNKe.
FOR SALE.
PRIMING PRESS FOR SALE
Y DEGENER “LIBERTY” JOB PRESS
Quarto Medium, 9by 1C laches inside chase, la
fair working order and uow in use in the Moiut
ino News Job Department. Price $l5O, Ad
dress
MORNING NEWS,
savanmah. o-a.
r—v W CENTS A WEEK will have tho
rn 9 T-w MORNING NEWS delivered at
mJ jrour bouse earljr EVERY MORN-
A. fty ALTM AYER A CO. •
ima
Si, 830,000, Oi;
#
Is the total Gold product of
the United States to date.
GOLD
Is what we’ro after.
As we remarked in last
week's ad., it is very neces
sary liiiit our stock should be
reduced at once.
SUCCESS!
“HONEST GOODS” and
“POPULAR PRICES” have
been two of the great step
ping stones to our success.
A Few Tempting Bargains
Will you be prepared to
profit by them?
110 Dozen Lathes' Fancy Border Handker
chiefs, excellent quality and stylish border*,
worth 10c. to 12RjC., down this week to 6*4c.
ALTM AYER'S
Common Sense, Every-Day
Goods at POPULAR
PRICES!
Another’s lot Children’s pood quality Muslin
Drawers, in all sizes, at ; worth 25c.
We want your trade, and,
favored with it, will do our
be3t to make you regular cus
tomers.
inn dozen Ladies’ Muslin Chemise, splendid
quality Muslin, well made and trimmed with
Embroidery and luce, price this week 12c.;
down from 6dc.
100 dozen Indies' Muslin \lght Gowns, ten
different styles, some wit 1 Tucks, some with
Knllles, Homo Trimmed, some I’lain. some with
Lace, some with Embroidery, worth $1 25 and
$1 50, down this week to I JHc.
Selections Suitable for This
Season.
Bn dozen Ladles’ Muslin llndervests. Bunch
Tucks and a nine-inch Kiiillo of Embroidery,
sewing equal to home-made, sold last week at
51. this wuek down to 72c.
Extra fin** quality Boys’ Percale Waists, 25c.;
down from 50c.
Gents’ Fancy Half Hose, 19c.; down from ;isc.
One grand lot Gentlemen’s Negligee Shirts,
very nobby styles. All marked down to the uni
form price of 75c. for a choice; $1 25 is their
value.
ALTM AYER’S
We feel that we can give
you value received, or wo
would not seek your patron
age.
],(KX) boxes “Pelham Toilet Soap," manu
factured by Colgate & Cos . 12 cakes in a box,
price 38c. par box; same soap retails at 10c. por
cake.
1,0.>0 boxes Golegate's “Turkish Bath Soap,”
12 cakes in a box, price 50c.; would bo cheap
at sl.
1,000 cakes Colgate's “Cashmere Bouquet”
Toilet Boap, price 21c.; drug store price iOc.
SHOES!
We yield to no one in point
of quality, and our prices will
speak for themselves.
If you want a pair of those $5 Hand-Sewed
Button Shoos, with Patent Leather' Tips, you
better hurry up; here’s all that’s left:
1 : 3 l i .i "|T 3
b.. n 111 . • 2 miii ii
1212i 3.2 , 2 3JB 8 I 12 1 ttg
D I2|2j3|2|4| 3|4|2 I 4 I 3] lfl | CST
1.1. i. im 111 2 1 2 n 1 1iTTT p-
Kh. j3 2 SI 2 IS|B| >ll lil I 1 |
Ladies’ Low Quarter
Shoes at Cost.
Baby’s ilimple l toes aro creeping
Safely, slmrly into sight—
On the world around theip dawning,
Kosy as the morning light.
On the floor they gleam anil twinkle.
As he runs with laugh aud shout;
And father reaches for his pocket—
Baby's SHOES are all worn outl
lufants’ beautiful Hand-Sewed Button Shoes,
Silk-Worked Buttonholes and Tassle, only 50c.
lufauts’ Shoes in endless variety.
Grents’
Our (Jentlemon’s Calf Shoes at $2 99 are
superior to any shoe at similar price in Savan
nah. Try them. Every pair warranted.
ALTMATERS
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