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2 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 ... ^nSnSS*. | C0 “ M (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™