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WILDJFORK;
A Study of Western Life.
up yonder—have
thinking of the
mountains and longing to see them
‘The mountains, or the maid of the moun
tarns ? -‘The girl I left behind me?' 1 'qSed
the Judge, playfully. ‘But really, Omar? honor
brght, how do you like our folks hate 1
‘Better than they like me, I am afraid I
have two or three good friends here, but the
others most of them are civil, but when I
come where they are, they seem to freeze up as
BY' MARY E. BRIAN.
[It is not claimed that all the minor incidents
of this stoiy are true, or that events occurred
exactly in the order of time they are here given,
but that the narrative outlines the actual his
tory of a noted career, and that the secret of the
culminating catastrophe (a political tragedy) is
true as here given.]
The slant afternoon sun was shining upon the
httie river siue town of Cohatchie, over the
white cottages with bright green blinds, thenew
brick stores, side by side with wooden shanties !
that ; ranged parallel with the river, marked the
business part of town, and glittering upon the
cupola of the really handsome courthouse—the
pride of the place. The town had the smart ir-
regimr appearance that marks a new place, and
the bales of cotton piled before'the warehouse
and the amount ot freight in boxes and barrels
in^ had Trial ?/;!’, l’ l * u iantly puffing at the land- . * cuuumc me policy ot your party tows
W’« d t 1S u ga i nl °J th6ir rightH - But come; don’t
let s talk about any such crabbed things as pol-
ltlCS this lnufllir T 1- . i. " *
aassion. If you knew his earlier
hwouhl understand him better.
3? died-fifteen years ago, our m-
c b him, and a large helpless fam^
Ijon my brother s hands. .
& of any use; the others were girls
min valid. It was a heavy hirlen
fdjalders. How nobly Mar sal bore
it.ked, economized, sacrificed, how
hel temptation to self in 8
-» persona! ambition and J
steamboat or go
to the city), Zoe was left pretty
saw him fairly
much to the in^hte^rms, 1 across the gang-way
CaI m 1D Wt when one did come along. Such
the tellow had; yet, he was Mender
as you are. one "V" v b " dran k no more that
!«.« l.a,a trimmed, and he only
them and his dear Southern P e °P d h i m .
eontmatot .11 this whenever rip^ ^ b
Witchell regarded him wi Yent had
was troubled what to do with^^ would be a
had glimpses behind t he wa8 no t to oe
dangerous en«»’ v - As an ai y . . .-witnr.
relied upon.
There was »otl>mg 'Us capable _ot re
if I carried an arctic atmosphere along with me.
They look at me as if they expected me at any
moment^to develop some sinister aspect.’
bly - horDS and hoofs of Old One proba-
‘That hurts me, you know. I don’t like to be
looked upon with suspicion. I feel very friendly
towards the people here. They seem so pleas-
ant and social with each other; all the more I
hate being left out in the cold. But I hope I
may sucoeed in making them like me yet.’
i r t n* D | £ yon They have thawed won- servs given a post here,
derfully to you. They have been badly treated ~ ‘ ‘ '
and no doubt about It, and still have
grounds for grievance. I have run
trip;. be _ h ^ th hl 0 8 CC asionally, Vincent had lost
let slip an
money to
him at poker the day before, and he
b it back and more beside. We all
and
„ 4p» S i»u =".;mptcd him more X to MU.
^^thehopeofUom^ddom^ I ^.rged,.!;. wm..r oot totell whe^ J
Cerberus, and this <
qniring a good many sop. . in t he west;
4 The sunset colors *® r . b _ ive f went home to
manv of the loiterers by the n > „ U est,
S£? supper, Col. Alveir-medoff g * ^
Miss Vincent, Floyd Reese say^ folloW
they need not wait tor her, , lking t, 0 Omar
in a moment. Still she^.^^ half curled hair,
I prriiis BiaterT'aad' brotlrer—alP the.
i wolong story if I should tell 7
Whie, he had succeeded m makmg
; us e. He went as a private soldier,
aftes bravery raised him r ^
ranht us regularly nearly e\ > b j 8
ef hhe war closed; as a reward for his
rvs given a post her
H.essful and made money.
in the l» d j* ] He had got into a
f or one IRtle 8 bdned and rea lly gentl
coat, and wore i an ded at her brother s
I s » - iQstaDt -
^ ? looking after his freight and asked
,.; n + 0 r nff the boat. I went up to
Then
Sickness
deep
vour
L UlclUD * 1
and fortunes had brought -
distnue. He »» JX
ly look.
Vm ?o e tl7hte^terofftheboat
she smiled.
‘Yonder is your
brother the Captain’ she said
What a splendid figure
he is on horse-
wlio
but the Texan was there. He sweetly, ‘
glared at me, as if he wouM Kke to g £ al {jj®° b 7d Omar turned and saw Captain 'IVitc^
l e if d ; ^Lok C d n i Pleased- as I expected had just returned 1™m ^ of the poorer
Captain Witchell s scheme in this direction
had succeeded. 1 lie new parish had been crea
ted, the new court house erected, the new town
built up rapidly around it, drawing the produce
and trade of the rich alluvial region above and
below it and the thrifty ‘Hills’ lyingat its back.
Witchell s town bid fair to become of considera
ble importance. His plantation was two miles
above it and on the opposite side of the river—
an ample, old fashioned house in a grove of
trees with broad fields lying back of it and
stretching along the river on either hand. Hav
ing perfect control of the negroes, he could,
through their labor, make these level, fertile
acres yield the splendid returns of cotton that
had brought their owner a princely income in
slavery days.
Various industries that had sprung up about
the place under Captain Witchell’s management
bore evidence to his New England activity and
enterprise A mill with the most improved ma-
chmery turned out lumber and ground the
plenhful gram of the neighborhood, a well stock
ed store house furnished customers, mostly the
party ticket, Omar, partly because I had bitter I bon/made it possible for my sisters to
need of the income the office would bring, for marmof their choice. At length he
mj children s sake, but more because I hoped ■ has bs all here, where he feels our ^
to do some good by restraining on one hand beingmsonsibilty upon him. ° a °
l ° n l , he ° ther: but for a)1 ,hai - ! woniVmade money-getting something
don t endorse the policy of your party towards of a r It had A>een a binding duty
HiV conntrv Tt*c Innn,J ^ z — < * .. | Q'llcl b6C01HG SGOOlHl
forced his thoughts and
itics this lovely afternoon. I hope all will come .-vu 10 ve.-
things would right I has nut last-
long,* strange it should become second
naturimstances forced his tboug •
feeliu that one channel, soi b>
now, iking it minister to bis am •
‘ An lo°e.—That’s a sweet woman he
de-
‘ AdVke is the tenderest, the most de
voted t. I ever saw. I ^liom^ ^
Marshimet such a woman — pi k r .
w her as a girl -Judge Fictier
themselves slowly here in this district if there
wasn t a secret disturbing influence beginning
to work just now. Something is brewing; mark
mj words. And disappointed avarice^ is the earlier tnew
leaven of the ftruient. Some men that have ! son wieav—light hearted?
been loudest in denouncing Captain Witchell’s ‘ Shelrrv enough. There was always a
b caleB 8 ’ ^ % 6y ary “ ad a « Lucifer , touch ^dlgn^ about her and a sha^
because they can t get las chance.’ 0 f romSust enough to give a depth a
IV hat has my brother done to make the— 1 «iio is changed. Is
denounce him so strongly, Judge Pickenson V
tinr. i D0 , m ° re th ^ D 0tbers in the sa me posi- ana pre
outthr^ 0nea A daredoi ^ bas carried 1 society. .. -p vpn
out the policy of hm party with regard to up- ‘ She o Marshall must insist on it. Even
oimnVJn n ) e?r °’ aD - d Le has made use of tfe when thtto New Orleans, he says she is al-
bS" p °““ ,<,n •• «ri.h;«. .r» «•?*»
‘Legitimate opportunities, of course?’ ‘ ’ * erw ’ “ 1 " u
udge Pickenson evaded the younej man’s
questioning eye, and went on.
right here are precious anxious to
she'would.. I heard afterwards he was a
desperado.’ hut that little ad- ;
»o‘ — I
She b«; M«r!
thought of him eince. Omar you are as torn
ti0 ‘£“,&e i» looking at ue; shall we go up
«\tK.n S * JKS
gol WsTouse’to-night; and I know Captain
gS-i,r yon have spo-
‘You 11 change | ifi beckoning to
k e„ to Hiss Floyd. G rhe,e. ^
“ 0t6d ' ‘ctflnf o°f“^om° e wS: STgrateM
shade
and
sweetnemr nature. She is changed ,
her last. She is pale and 1°°^
same posi- and prec.ed. She ought to go
more into
Sa " for you here.’ Pickenson’s eyes j flowers to give j en --
,i S w 0 .7hirw°fh& A.ewd,h»lf kindly I ^“^S’^'got them aw»_y_from you
isgavtw- suppor
ters. Noticing Miss Reese, by the merest nod,
be ‘What°dfyo “Joii oHhat young woman’ he
ahb Only that she is a governess in Col. Alv« ®
family, and that she formerly g Miss
Vincent’s, and seems good friends
Z °‘She has not always been a governs*. I bap^
pen to know an episode in her history.^^.^
StlrVofberShttenot so angelicas she
I seems.’
Omer looked his surprise. d > ke said
•Very well. I will be on my guard,
at last. ‘How is AJc lle ?' r _ mindg me to be
I ‘Sheisnotsowell,aod that Q r dbe bftck ly •
* *ig out tor
had some
you; dear, devotetl """when*you should
flowers to give you for her, wnen j
followed him
expression
fellow,’ he
negroe. belonging to the pf.oilnd toTe'i&o,! I **
hood plantations, with provisions and other spoils
merchandise suited to their wants; various offi m - — U u FJS ,
ces and outbuildings gave a village look to the i AW^h 8 ^ tbey P1 '!^ en< ? to be - You know Col.
*o Wal wt e ! AI Z’ l£L*°*SS*!£ ”L“" r . .
same opportunities, or even to go
in what they are pleased to call-the
spoils—Democrats and leaders of the oopnsi-
i in him. - n he is away, she watches for bis
| coming, aer color rises as soon as sh
i sight of h Poor girl! her parents will have
nothing tewith her, her brother trea
like a strai; she has given them a P
Marshall. , e ems to me. if I wore be, I could
never show; appreciation of her eno .
loves her I)w; he is kind too. But J ...
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(XO BE CONTIXEED.)
ters of a neighboring baVou, and""to^turn °in^n n 'f 16 , see ° ls P°lite and even suave of late,
cloth the fleecy- etn ± E “ nd o to turn lnto ! But-I can’t explain it_there’s.something about
the man I cannot bring myself to like. There
?n h nflV D< ! nStrieS , circI ' n 8 more immediately just
3una his home, were carried on nf th o-, ^ i xt -i •
L“°Y ith °" tside enterprises of a broader s^- ware!’’ 18 Dature ' s warnin 8- » tells you to be-
‘By the way, I have an invitation to
part}- at his house to-night.’
‘So have I; and it’s fnnnv.
cloth the fleecy staple as it came from the whir
ring steam gin, and a printing nress nl I ” U V“8 “J'O’ii co nae. There
most in the very yard absorbed the nul lic nHnt ® 8 eTe 7, now and then a false ring in his
ing, and turned into CapteinWitcheH s° hand^s Ini? bl f , hard ‘ steely blue eye!
the public money appropriated therefor ' 1 thteSrtrf f r blS fnei ] dl y speeches. But all
These industries, circling more immediately ? rt 1 leelm 8 be unfounded and
around his home, were carried on at the same
time with outside enterprises of a broader" sig-
n ncance. Contracts for the erection of public
buildings in the new country site he had created •
the improvement and sale of lots therein-
the buying in and turning to good account of
real estate sold for taxes or for debts; the extern
sion ot his influence with the people of the sec
tion and with his party at large, these schemes
S y ft? l "“ e f nd brain of the ener-
*orrune. He confided his plans to“no "one not
even to Adelle, devoted wife as she was, making
him her loving but painful study-the world of
her thought, as well as of her love; nor yet to
the members of his own family, whom he had
gathered around him and made sharers in his
prosperity and strengthened of his position
Two of these were his brothers-in-law-young
men, full of hope and activity, eager to make
their fortunes, but fully under the control of
Witchell, whose experience and firm will gave
him perfect mastery over them. He had obtain
ed an oihee for each of these. Mark Hollin was
appointed supervisor of registration and settled
with his pretty fair-haired wife upon a planta
tion below Cohatchie that Witchell had bought
ior him. Wallace, the husband of another sis
ter, was made a magistrate and given also the
supervision of the numerous interests on Witch-
ell s estate.
i luves irer i >w, ne i» . . * i wian
: he is oocup with other things, his a
1 and his busss activity have grown sostrong_
He hasn’t ti to love that sweet wife of to «
! she deservesThis is all between oursel - ■
' know. I cal not discuss Marshalls a
j with anyoneit his friend—his true frien
‘You are rit, I am Capt. W itchell s _
or I should it have associated mjs
him. He hadone some things I have not ap
proved of, an I have told him so as
But simple-hearted
u ^,'ity for him to lit
here. I hope he ^^lUna what results the i
11
“ H 8 .”a7r»o t T c«
sun had set, and. t pickenson soon hail - f
He | precedence
a viopular man in spite of his
only Southerner onhe par 1 shr t . -o n their , elec .
But
I see. Take care s
ant from you
: b Tge K t7notbingmoreimport-
- You are coming to
Adelle told
Good-bye.
Once more
Bonnets and Hats.
the bonnet seems to be taking
. .1 rfins occasions.
occasions.
r":;; nf his position, as the 1 There are no new’styles for hate^ but
111 SP - - whose name had j ^jtul^on of new shag material am
trimmme* l0 f i^f »me'of the mote showy
f „„ntem»tet„.l. but r|) . |ver The P»-
bonnets are '
upon
courage forced re P ^ „antn.in in anoted
friend to
courage w - He r ha dbeen captain in anotea
from detractors. U done good service in
cavalry regiment, and bad done go degcend
I the Confederate cause. He did n that
1 to defend his present jmsihon.
he
vailing shape seems to be bouue t. N early
theme of the close littleco eitber f 0 l lo w-
allarequitesmall L ^ith a downward s i op e of
, . He hates me like
| j because I succeeded in getting the office
i ^ bold, he hates Witchell, and has until lately
openly abused him. Awhile back, he would
not speak to any member of the Radical party
JkQK.hflp.nxjji dfi ‘W-yrmrwoftm want Fhe II on’s'
share. He would cheat, expose, trample on
every one else in any association that was fool
enough to admit him. He i 8 a tyrant by na
little ' i CAVTccd him too-hut ho rnaue, I H?tho« B T ioc
' <>.«-W 4*. “ d ZSISZJS. i -} ‘7d“r ““he people of bl P«;
mg the same backward a ° . or "" e lse raised
the very slightly flaring ' g xiie loriiaa is
somewhat in the Normandy sd},, enong h
defend his present, vyrt'"" r ~ onntr v that 1 short and flaring from me setting closely
V*;.0 S ko»;,«“«ri,TS
‘ears,
may be able tcride into the port beiaspires aftej, , P @ ! might be of service l ” ^^^"p'ensities* of
on the presentiigh tide of fortune, anil the rocks ish iu restraining the grasping p „ iot nn .
and quick san.s I see ahead, may do “ I his fellow wn-uo-— *
harm. No mortof that now. Lock up j our b ° T °“®’ j port unity developed. He
get vour aat ar.l come with me lor a waik Eet s He knQW human nature
iiAflV^t a h-, ‘-‘Pitr off the Mane Louise. ;
1* “ rfie if-j;.oi,omint» Alvar s |
been jumVofes- tr.o |v a ter—a, French Count,
with a pats el of quaking tenants under his'
tnurnb, or an Austrian officer, with a lot of flesh j
ave
0 ffice.hold e ,s-P»p»sUi« a th,t M OP d
and he had a
for its weakness. He saw the
♦no miffs of hair without any
ffhrim ^ »»«8“ ,«>«” \ n t J“ppea,.h»
which, however, do no^ g placed on the
when the bonnet is proper behind . As
18 more*, the cape, find
in years ago, so n0 .. c hin, are the distinct
ot,;™* to tie beneath the cnin,„ ther9 h a pei
with brim
strings to tie l)C " e “‘“ J uu There are other shapes
features of a bonnet._^er« ng; ^ brim
of silken
ture. Selfish and hard to the core, for all his ! and blood automata to obey every wave of his
bland way, and his gracious, insinuating man- I arQJ - Even these would revoltat his imperious
ners. The position he had as head of a regiment ! tem ?er. All the diplomacy he tries to practice
in the late war, pampered this tyrannical dispo- can ’t bide that haughty temper.’
snion this love of ruling men and overriding i , *Ls that his wife holding a little girl by the
by tbese -PF—o.
1-ttB how easily these combined feelings could i l ' are specially
grow into a passion. k j becoming, and who cling to them on that ac-
‘I am afraid of catching it myself,’ he would 1 ^ ronnd bat of Tuscan braid is trimmed
say half-seriously. ‘I have hail to have 'Deliver tb ^af-colored satin, olive
, „ — overriding , 0 fil
them. Ihen he come here, when this little 'band, who has just come up to him
town first began to grow. He put np a store- ‘ fciI 3' rogue! you know it isn’t. Y,
and went into business. He aimed to monopo- ‘ ‘
lize all the trade—to make himself the big man
of the town—the Great Mogul. The “
most, was his only brother m Y'ouni? ” 7 7 CCt Vt 6 Coiart . Honse on tbe i r portion ■ aa ^11 confide another. Iam engaged to
hell was not socially brilliant.^nnr 8 wo „ It was built there the warehouse d ® ar ldt e 8 irl at bome-another school-ma’rm,
andl shall marry her soon. We have waited five
years; now, thanks lo Marshall’s goodness, I am
Both were geniai, prepossessing young men
calcuia ed to make friends for themselves and
Witchell, and to wear off gradually the edge of
aversion with which the Radical Ring was re
garded. But the one upon whom Witchell
lied most, was his only brother. Young 0_
Witchdl was notsociaHy briliiant, nor was he
bold and masterful like his elder brother but
there was a rare magnetism about him. Reserved
m general society, though to his friends he talk
ed with a candid almost childish earnestness
and simplicity, quiet in manner and grave of
face except when he smiled; tall, dark, deliber
ate of speech and action, impressing you with
the idea of a kindly unsuspicious, simple, loyal
nature this was Omar Witchell; as unlike the
ordinary type of New Englander as one can im-
Srtln dlr - ect °PFosite of his brother,
7 ^ • 181Ve eye ’ 8an 8«i°e color, taw
ny beani, thin lips, and firm chin, seemed born
b. circnmstaneeH »ot to
quiet young Drother, 11119
selfiRh gratification in hav-
Brothers also put np a store at the other end o f
the town; they were genial fellows, and generous
enough to customers in the way of advances.
Their real cleverness drew better than Alver’s
surface politeness. Trade flowed chiefly to the
Lisson end of the town. When Witchell was
ready to build the dow court house, each
rival party put in a bid to get it built at his
,, - •• — — -• -on are very
well aware that it is Miss Reed—the fair Floyd
1 saw her at a window as I passed Captain All
vers, posing as if for a picture—her magnifi
cent arm and hand shown to advantage. She’s
not the usual style of school-ma’rm at all, at all
Alore like a stage queen. Alver shows
in temale looks, in choosing a governess,
I fancy he appreciates her excellence
line more Fian his wife does,
care, I believe you are
‘So far as to think
me from temptation’ in big capitals framed and
hung over my bed.’
garland
feather,
of rose-leaves
velvet, a half-
, . .. , and shaded ostrich
. T — . . A del blue crepe bonnet, with diadem
Nevertheless they all knew that he would not ; 18 ^ iped ^' 1 , th satm . trimmed with crepe
accept a bribe or render an unjust verdict, how- : !n i7 ’ , ged Wlth peftrl beads > bows of satin
ever much it might benefit him. j ribbon and a crown garland of forget-me-nots
There was one man of the Radical Ring with i^ P / 1 “ r ° ? .T ^P ei, J e ^o\ored chip is trimmed
whom Judge Pickenson would not affiliate This ! M . ltb re 'ersible satin ribbon, inside bandeau of
was Yent He was now sheriff of the parish— j fhidnwlT? and . tdf ‘ of h J' dran g ea and giUpin,
an office that at this time was a highly impor- ! 8 ^? d ° f d by , a ciel blue ostr ich tip set on the
tant cne—was made to embrace unusual func- 1 v i to . ? od over the front. A hat of white
tions and to shelter wide license in the way of j ch e , hip has a shirred satin brim, covered
his teste i perquisites and stealage. He was more popular th i ^t® 1186 , S arland of bllies-of-the-vallev
s, though with the negroes than even Witchell, for he un- th , e 19 a . PH^g of pearl beads on
fbat I derstood them better. He knew how tn , Ieft ! lde °. f the brim, where turned bank
end of the town. The bids were in lots; Messrs. ! some woman, with fascinating
Lisson out bid Alver in the number anil desira
bility of lots they offered Witchell as induce-
also put there; and a friendly relation, some say
a business understanding, was established be
tween the Lissons and Witchell. This drew the
negro trade—an important item here, where dar
keys handle so much money—to Lisson’s store
—the quarter that Captain Witchell seemed to
favor. There grew up two factions, and it was
‘under whioh flag Bezonian; speak or die!’ Al
ver and his clique were hot against Lisson and
his friends—the Radical Ring as they called
them. The Lissons shrugged their shoulders
ing secured a helpful and trustworthy assistant
Omar to his new he Una Jjq f 0lded Y h elC0miD S
fellow in bis arms the i the /oung
psssfeslgs
trii°jo7 U L’„p, d o ™ f odt » »« you, I can
belie,, y„n iTorTshoKL 1 !.!“ »« 11 here. I
c.^,1 rinatyo, ».y neTer £
andTtS‘«S:"yXSrt d , T .“ 5 OoUecte
at Cohatchie. The breezein office
window and stirred the dark locks In ‘hte °t ?eU
pies, and freshened the two or thrpnfln 18
bl n 0 o ° n med ^ a “‘tie glass beside bim on hffi desf
upon which he leaned his elbows, while h e St
ed h.s chin in the hollow of 1 is hJL7 1 l *
brown study. He did not hear the ran of** *“ &
on the threshold of his open door, and looked
up in some confusion as a finely formed ha^
some man, with a keen eye, but a look ofbenev'
th,“ boS'r. ‘ M “ hi “ »Po»
'} bo 8 your pardon, Judge Pickenson
not see you.
able to marry her, aid give her the rest ’ from
wort:, that she has so well earned. She is not
as handsome as Mist Reese, but a dear, clever
brl fir,\ 1 , itt , le .^ 0nian! and "'Ll make a noble wife.’
‘Well .'sue 11 have a good husband, Omar I
hoped you might have married one of’our
Southern girls, as your brother did—not Miss
Reese, though; she’s fine to look at, but when
one trunks of her as a wife, there comes a dash
, There is every reason to believe that the short
hensive knowledge, for, though uneducated^he ! ^j aIk * n g skirtswdlbe in vogue with the ration-
was never known to confess I al P? rtlon of the fashionable world.
never known to confess ignorance udoii anv i u u °A. 6 tasnionable world. Nothing
matter, and his impudence, his ready knack ,-U ^ d tllaI ! tbe Breton overskirt and
rolling out words, Jtoodhim in good7Sand I
made him seem a marvel of wisdom and learn
ing^ to his ignorant worshippers.
Nor were the negroes the only ones that Yent
bliudod. He imposed upon well informed white
people. His self-confidence was so assuring,
his tongue so ready with promise, or boast
am sure. I hope that Easter will not find us
still dragging our clotihes in the mire If we
could only have less absolute fashion and more
taste, how lovely it would be, and what beauti
fu pictures we should see grouped all around
^ 19 11 tbat ^ orth is the great despot of fash-
in good-natured contempt. You saw plenty of | of cold water on his enthusiasm. Stick to your
all this Omar after you came. Lately, you must ! liu le Y'ankeegirl; bring her down here and nut
have remarked a change. Alver has altered his b er in that pretty little house you are having
tactics. He has grown mild, almost affectionate. ‘ built - We’ll adopt her as one of us. Hi' there
The secret is that next year there will be an 1 T —- -
election, and Alver means to make a desperate
effort to get into the Ring he pretends to scorn.
He has made numerous friendly advances to
goes the Louise’s whistle. What lady is that'
who has just got off the boat and is coming no
the bank? Why, its Miss Zoe Vincent. She
has come up to tlie party at Alver’s to-nffiht I
imagine. She lives three miles below here with
I did
TTaS7 y0n , r o th0 x- ght9 were off wool-gathering
How tar, eh ? No farther I imagine than a cer
atThe°iffi 8 fl onice r ' VhereI 9aw somebody sitting
at wmdow as I came along.’ ®
‘Oh, a good deal farther, sir. ‘Over the hills
f° dfarawa y* It’s not often I get home-sick
^mav be o y r l th l Dg 7 t u 6 8Cent of these lowers,’
r may be, or the look of the white clouds piled
Witchell in private, now he comes out openly
and ext ends the hand of amity. He wants to ! ber brother. A clever Fellow he is too. Do vou
receive something beside good will in return. ! know her?’ ’ a
l'ou will see him drop the sheep skin and show ‘ Yes - she is Adelle’s friend. She came to see
the true wolf when he is refused admittance in- ! ber not long ago. I have never seen Adelle
to the Radical fold; as ho is sure to be, for 1 sb ow so much pleasure it meeting any one She
Witchell understands him. He will take no man 1 seemed quite glad and girlish for a while. Miss
into association with him—'overbearing and 1 ^ mcent is beantiiul' suffi a glorious black eye
treacherous as he knows this one to be. When \ sucb a rich brunette :ompIexion, and such a
Alver finds out there is no use to knock any prond poise to her litte head. You needn’t
longer at this door, look out for a change of i iook at me in tb at quizzical way, Judge. She is
strategy. He will return to his old position and ! engaged as well as I am;Adelle told me so ’
be a more bitter opponent than ever. He will ; ‘ Yes, so I heard thre<
be more cunning and cool though, and work first came here,
with more system. He will try to undermine:
he will set secret wheels to work; he will not
rest until he has wrought mischief. He is just
that restless, persistent sort of man; half crazy
too to rule. Lisson’s success and Captain W'itch-
ells prosperity act as perpetual irritants. It
makes him chafe to see other men, wielding su
perior influence and raking in money, when he
Cannot take a chief part in it.’
Omar looked down on the floor: his face was
clouded.
‘The game does not amuse or even interest
me lie said, ‘It seems wrong and mean. I trust
no harm will come to Marshall. I am sure my
brother’s aims are good. He looks forward. He
means to do what ho can to restore the people
o prosperity. He will spend the money he has
made right here in enterprises for the public
8 °t i II° W be made the money, I have not
as -ed him. I don’t understand the mysteries
nance or politics. I don’t comprehend the
secrete of trading and speculating; Marshall
♦ if e8 ’i, i bas a bead for all these things; and
l en . , , a s a heart—you do not know what a
art be has. Even his enemies own ho is gen
erous and helpful to the poor, but they, and
even his friends—even you—think that money-
icauy ivau promise, or boast or inn ? «i m „i r oi iasn-
assertion, backed by his big phisique, anil his 1 if becaU9e he 1S a 8 rea t natural artist,
eye that looked you unflinchingly in the face 1 fcmalo fnrrvTt 16 ! ? 0t - eD S a 8 ed 111 draping the
no matter what lie his mouth was uttering, that ! J 0 me aml^he a tf ryiD u l ° make , the Q gly band-
many were duped into believing in his capacity I S7 graceful - be would be
and trusting in his sincerity. Planters who 1 f or forms on Salvia? bIendin 8 C °1°M
were embarrassed, widows who could not man- 1 immorteli™ bim that would Iaat lorever and
age their estates, and were worried to death over !
free labor, thought themselves fortunate to se- ! THE ^baited beocse-waist,
cure the valuable advice and assistance of the . is popularly revived in the r
burly and genial sherifl, who ended by man-| dresses. It is just such a waist a- bn’ f ncb
aging things in toto, stocking the farms with j made tor commonest cambric dresses' 5 with
ters of narrow plaits both in front and back
years ago, when she
1° aouxi young lawyer in New
Orleans, and they were :o marrv right awav
said Madame Rumor. Old. no match has come
off yet. To a girl lik< her it must be awful
lonesome down there oi her brother’s planta
tion. Bat I think she lives a great deal in
‘dreams and stately-steiping fancies.’ She is
not like the average gtl; has more soul and
plenty of nerve, too. saw that tested two
years ago. I was with her on the steamer
Wright, when it burnec np, just above Baton
Rouge, and when most <f the passengers she
among them—would ha'e been lost it'it hadn’t
been for the coolness ail daring of one fellow
a long-haired, lithe Texsn, quick as a cat and
sinewy as a buffalo. He got a lot of. us safely
off in a boat and on a krrel raft together; but
somehow Zoe was left jehind, and he swam
ashore with her. She hada chill after she reach
ed the bank, and you 0U|ht to Lave seen the
Texan taking care of herrespectful and delicate
as if he had been agen'eman instead of the
rowdy, gambling, dare-evil he was. We had
to stay on the bank unil twelve o’clock that
night before a boat cam along to take us up,
and as Yincenfc, Zoes tother, was drinning
(the fault of many of ouifellows here; moat of j
them will take too much ,vhen they get on a
hands, shipping the cotton, pocketing the pro
ceeds, and giving such plausible reasons for so
doing and such off-hand, condescending ac
counts of the trouble he had had, that his de
luded victims thought themselves under obli
gations to him for fleecing them, and admired
his urbanity when, with a wave of his plump
hand, he deprecated their thanks, and declared
himself always willing to serve them.
It is likely that the moral sense was omitted
in Yent's composition. He did a rascally deed
in such a self-approving way. He took bribes
and levied black mail and absorbed other peo
ple s incomes with such a pleasantly pompous
air ot doing the perfectly right and proper
thing.
He got money in plenty, but he saved none.
He spent it as his caprices or his appetites dic
tated. ""
' in from ^he sides, and extending far
below the belt which confines them. It is an
: odd freak that this style of waist should be
| used in rich dresses, but so it is—and it cer
tainly is very becoming to most ladies-to all
except those who are fleshy. The belt which
confines the waist in the dress just described
I coasts of a piece of the dress material laid in
up-turning folds, and it droops to a point far
! bac V n tbe side - "'here it is caught by a
longdooped ribbon There is a black silk dress
oo exquisitely handsome to be passed unuo-
ticed It is, of course, a princess, the back of
the skirt being laid in flat plaits, turning in
and with a long oval plaited fan train The
pecuhar feature of the dress is a long sca rf
tb ! f, lgh ' 9b ouliler, and extending
Often he gave orient it recklessly. He diagonally across the breast, under the left am
kept a luxurious table, had the best wines and and across the back of the skirt, confining ti
brandies, dressed his wife—to whom he was no- j plaits in place. This scarf is flat and snfiii i
! to the form as not to wrinkle a'particle- it it
edged with deep whalebone and jet fringe and
has flat jet ornaments its entire length. ° ’ nd
— The McDuffie Journal says, in speaking nf
Lincoln county: The Sale gold mffie, in this
county, whicli is operated by Messrs
son Chenault&Co., has proved so far to be a
(Tomb/ 1 * 6 M ^ V0tin o element 7- the negroes. One | 7ting has been^veryTmMnndee? 1 *^^ s f t ° per '
could not be sure ot his principles, or his inten- son informed ns a few days since’tW^ r b bteven '
tions, or of anything concerning him. Even his | expense was $115 per month and^the^ 6 gWS3
toriously unfaithful—splendidly, and lavished
sums of money on his mistress, though he
scrupled not to rob her in return, and appro
priated the proceeds of her cotton crops with
his usual insouciance.
This sanguine, tjoastful, brazen adventurer
was somewhat of an interloper in the Radical
camp. He had won his way into it by suave as
surance and persistence and by his popularity
anything concerning
nationality was questionable. He seemed
have lived everywhe're'f^knocked about in aU 1 m onth' 1 ’ Iffie^frequen'tl 7 5 CleaF prollt pa *
£* Qd of ° dd corners and followed every avoca- I sizable siz?IX
tion. Sometimes, he claimed to be a strong
. 1 • _ - - _ °
iderable size and the superintendent actuallv
panned out” $JoO in three hours u.:l , y
The
southern sympathizer, to have fought iu the week. The superintend«n?°^ rS ° Ue day last
Coniederate Army, and to have united himself followed the minim/ bn ino- • f 1S k man ' vbo
with tue carpet-baggers for the purpose of i in California and ha ty * Slx Y ears
thwarting Jheir repacity and standing bet ween ] any vein there to equal this one'' in^khnesV™