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BY HUGH CONWAY.
Author of “Colled Back *
CHAPTER III
•*TH* WAGES OF SIN.”
**Oo on, go on! till you see the wages of
sin—”
Morning! No books: no idle, listless hours
for me to-day. Plenty to do, plenty to think
about; all sorts of arrangements to make.
Farewell to my moody, sullen life. Fare
well to my aimless, selfish existence. Hence
forward I should have something worth Hy
ing for—worth dying for, if needs be! Phil
ippa was coming to me to-day: coming in
grief, it is truo; coming as a sister comes to
a brother. Ah! after all the weary, weary
waiting, I shall see her to-day—-to-morrow,
every day! If a man's devotion, homage,
worship and respect can in her own eyes
reinstate my queeu, I shall some day seo the
bloom come back to her cheek, the bright
smile play onco more round her mouth, the
dark eyes again eloquent with happy
thoughts. And then—and then! what
should I care for the world or its sneers? To
whom, save myself, should I be answerable?
Then I mi&Ut whisper in her ear: “Sweet,
let the past vanish from our lives ns a
dream. Let happiness date from to-day.”
Although Philippa would grace my poor
cottage for one night only, 1 had a thousand
preparations to mako for her comfort For
tunately 1 had a spare room, and, moreover,
a furnished one. Not that I should have
troubled, when 1 went into my seclusion,
about such a superfluity as a guest-chamber;
but as it happened I had bought the house
and furniture complete, so could offer my
welcome guest fair accommodation for the
night
1 summoned my solid man. I told him
that my sister was coming on a visit to me;
that she would sleep here to-night, but that
most likely we should go away to-morrow.
He could stay and look after the house until
I returned or sent him instructions what to
do with it William manifeste^no surprise.
Had J told him to make preparations for
the coming of my wife and five children he
would have considered it all a part of the
day's work, and would have dono his best to
meet my requirements.
He set to work in his imperturbable, me
thodical, but handy way to get Philippa's
room in trim. As soon as this was done,
and the neglected chamber made cosy and
warm-looking, I told him to borrow a horse
and cart somewhere, and fetch the luggage
from Mrs. W iIson's. Ho was to mention no
names; simply to say that he had come for
the luggage, and to ask if the lady had any
message to send.
Then I sat down in the room which my
love would occupy and mused upon the
strange but unhappy chance which was
bringing her beneath my roof. I wished
that I had on enchanter's wand to turn the
humblo garniture of the chamber into sur
roundings meet for my queenly Philippa.
1 wished that 1 had, at least, flowers with
which 1 could deck her resting place; for I
remembered how passionately she loved
flowers. Alas! I had not eeen a flower for
months.
Then I drew cut Sir Mervyn Ferrand’s
letter, read it again and again, and cursed
the writer in my hoart.
William was away about two hours; then
bo moxio his appearance with some boxes.
1 was delighted to aee those tangible signs
that Philippa meant to keep her promise.
Till that moment 1 had been troubled by
something like the doubt that after all she
might, upon calm reflection, rescind the
resolution formed in her excitement. Now
her coming soemed to a certainty.
Nevertheless, William brought no mes
sage; so there was nothing for me to do but
wait patiently until she chose to cross my
threshold.
Although my pleasing labors of love were
ended, I was not left idle. There was
another task to be done to-day. I set my
teeth and rat down, thinking quietly as to
the way in which it might be best per*
formed. To-night I meant to stand face to
face with that black-hearted scoundrel
known as Sir Mervyn Ferrand!
1 consulted the time table. His letter
named no particular hour; but I saw that if
be carried out his exprassod intention of
being here to-night, tbero was but one train
by which he could come; there was but one
way from Boding to the house at which
Philippa had been staying He meant to
walk, his letter said; this might be in order
to escape observation. The train was due
at Boding at 7 otdock. The weather was
cold; a man would naturally walk fast
Mrs. Wilson's house most be four miles from
the station. Let mo start from there just
before the train arrives, and I should prob
ably meet him about half way on his jour
ney. It would be dark, but I should know
* him. 1 should know him among a thousand.
There on the open lonely road Sir Mervyn
Ferrand, coming gayly, and in his worldly
cynicism certain of cajoling, buying off, or
in some other way silencing the woman who
had in an evil day trusted to his honor and
love, would meet, not her, but the man who
from the first had sworn that a wrong to
Philippa should be more than a wrong to
himself 1 He would meet this man and be
called to account.
Stern and minister as were my thoughts—
freely end unreservedly aa I record them,
as indeed 1 endeavor in this tale to record
everything—I do not wish to be misjudged.
It is true that In my present mood I was
bent upon avenging Philippa with my own
hand; true that I meant, if possible, to take
at some time or another this man's life; but
at least no thought of taking any advantage
of an unarmed or unsuspecting man entered
Into my schepie of vengeance. 1 designed
so murderous attack. But it was my inten
tion to stop the man on his path; to confront
him and tell him that his villainy was
known to me; that Philippa had fled tome
for aid; that the was now in my custody;
and that 1, who stood in the position of her
brother, demanded the so-called satisfaction
which, by the old-fashioned code of honor,
wae due from the man who had ruthlessly
betrayed a woman. Well I knew that it
was probable he would laugh at me—tell me
that the days of duelling were over, and re
fuse to grant my request. Then I meant to
asa if insults could warm his nobis blood; if
my hand on his cheek could bring about the
result which I desired. If this failed 1
would follow him abroad, cans him and spit
upon him in public pUosa
A wild scheme for these prosaic, law-abid-
, bag days; yet the only one that wae feasible.
It may be said that 1 should have taken
steps to havo caused the recreant to be ar
rested for bigamy. But what proof of his
crime had we aa yet, save hie own, unsigned
qonftesionf Who was to move in the mat
ter—Philippa—mysel f I We did not even
know where this wife of whom be hai
spoken lived, or where she died. There were
a hundred ways In which he might escape
from justice, but whether be was punished
for Ms* tin, or allowed to go scot-free,
Philippa's name and wrongs must be
. bruited about, har shame made public. Ho;
there was but cue course to take, and but
cat person to taka it It rested with me
to avenge the wrongs of the woman I loved
tor the good old-fashioned way of a life
against a life.
Truly, as 1 said, I bad now plenty to live
tori
.1he bourn went by, jet Philippa came not
X grew restless and uneasy ns the dusk be
gan to make the road, up which 1 gated al-
most continually, dim and indistinct When
.the abort winter’s day waa over, and the
long dark night had fairly begun, my rest-
smness turned into foar. I walked out of
, my house and paced xny garden to and fra
i X blotood myself for having yielded eo Ugfat-
I ly to- Philippa's wish—her command, rather,
I —that I should on no account fetch her.
■ But then, whenever did X* resist a wish.
M much leas a command, of here! Oh, that I
B had been firm this onco!
TV* storm of the previous evening
1
thoroughly whiten the worm. *xne a ay nrux
been fine and frosty, bat I knew that the
wind had changed since the sun went down.
It was warmer, a change which I felt sure
presaged a heavy downfall of snow or rain.
There was a moon, a fitful moon; tor clouds
were flying across it, dark clouds, which I
guessed would soon gather coherence and
volume, and veil entirely that bright face,
which now only showed itself at irregular
intervals.
The minutes worn passing away. I grew
nervous and exciter]. Why does she not
come? My hope had brvn to see my poor
*iirl safely housed before ^started to execute
my other task. Why docs she not come?
Time, precious time, is slipping by! In the
hope of meeting her, I walked for some dis
tance up the road. “Why doe*; she delay f
I groaned. Even now I should boon my
way to Boding, or I may miss my proy.
Heavens! can it be that she is waiting to seo
this man once more? Never! never! Perish
the thought!
But, all the same, every fibre in my body
quiverod at the bare supposition of such a
thing.
I could bear the suspense no longer. For
the hundredth time I glanced at my watch.
It wanted but ten minutes to seven o’clock,
and at that hour I had resolved to start from
Mr. Wilson's on ray way to Boding. Yet
now I dared not leave my own house. Any
moment might bring Philippa. What would
she think if I was not there to receive and
welcome her?
Five more precious moments gone! I
stamped in my rage. After all, I can only
do ono-half of my task; the swoot, but not
the stern half. Shall I, indeed, do either?
Tho train must now be close to Boding. In
an hour everything may be lost. The man
will see her 1-oforo she leaves the house. Ho
will persuade her. She will listen to his
words; for did ho not once lovo her? He
muoi havo loved hor! After all, he broke
tho laws for tho soke of possessing hor, and
—cursed thought!—she loved him then; and
she is but a woman!
So I tortured myself until my state of
miud grew unbearable. At all hazards I
must prevent Ferrand from meeting Philip
pa. Oh, why had she not come as she prom
ised! Could it bo sho was dotained against
her will! In spite of her uniti forested man
ner I distrusted the woman I had soon Inst
night. It is now past seven o’clock. Phil
ippa's house, from which I had reckoned my
time, was nearly three miles away. I must
give up ray scheme of vengeance. I must
go in search of Philippa. If I do not meet
her I must call at Mrs. Wilson’s, find out
what detains her, and if needful boar her
away by force.
By this time my stops hod brought me
back to my own house. I called William,
and told him I was going to walk up the
road and meet my expected guest If by nny
chnnco I should miss her he was to welcome
her on my behalf, and toll her the reason for
my absence.
“Best take a lantern, sir,” said William;
“moon’ll bo hidden, and them roods is pre
cious rough.”
“I can’t be bothered with that groat horn
affair,” I said, rather testily.
“Toko the little ono—tho bull's eye—that's
better than nothing,” said William. To hu
mor him I put it into my pocket.
I ran at the top of my speed to the house
at which 1 had last night left Philippa. It
took me nearly half an hour getting there.
I rang the bell impetuously. The door was
opened by a maid servant. I inquired for
Mrs. Farmer, knowing that Philippa had
passed under this name to all except her
hostess. To my surprise I was told that she
had left the house, on foot and alone, some
little while ago. The maid believed sho was
not going to return, as has luggage had that
morning been sent for.
The first effect of this intelligence was to
cause me to blame my haste. 1 must have
missed her* no doubt passed her on the rjed.
No; such a thing was impossible. Tie way
was a narrow one. The moon still gavs
some light. If I bad met Philippa I must
have seen her. She must have seen me, and
would then have stopped me. She could not
have gone the way 1 came,
a, where was she! In what direction
was I to seek her! Arguo the matter as I
would—loath as I was to allow myself to he
convinced, I <^vas bound to decide that sho
must have taken the path to Boding. There
was no other. She had gone, even as I was
going, to meet Ferrand- She may have
started, intending to come to me; but at the
last moment a desire to seo the man onco
more—I fondly hoped for tho purpose of
heaping reproaches on bis head—bad mas
tered her. Yes, whatever her object might
be, she had gone to meet him. And my
heart sank as conviction was carried to it
by the remembrance that coupled with her
refusal to permit me to fetch her was an as
sertion that she had something to do before
she came to me. That, as I now road it,
could be but one thing—to meet this man!
Never again, if I can help it, shall his
voice strike on her ear! Never again shall
their eyes meet! Never again shall the
touch of even his finger contaminate her!
Let me follow, and stand between her and
the scoundrel If they meet he will wound
her to the heart. Her pride will rise; she
will threaten. Then the coward will try
another line. He will plead for mercy; he
will swear he still loves her; he will bait his
hook with promises. She will listen; hesi
tate; perhaps yiold, and find herself once
more deceived. Then she will be lost to me
forever. Now she is, in my eyes, pure as
when first we met Let me haste on, over
take, pass her; meet her betrayer, and, if
needful, strike him to the ground.
As 1 tumod from the house I became
aware that a great* and sudden chango lmd
come over the night. It soemed to mu that,
even in the few minutes which I had spent
in considering what to do, the heavy clouds
had banked and massed together. It was
all but pitch-dark; so dark that I paused,
and drawing from my pocket tho lantern
with which William’s foresight had provid
ed me, managed after several trials to light
It. Then, impatient at the delay, I sped up
the road.
. I was now almost facing the wind. All at
once, sharp and quick, I felt the blinding
snow on my faoe. The wind moaned through
the leafless branches on either side of the
road. The snow flakes whirled madly hero
and there. Even in my excitement 1 was
able to realize the fact that never before
had I seen in England bo fierce a snow
storm, or one which came on so suddenly.
And. like myself, Philippa was abroad, and
exposed to its full fury. Heavens! she
might lose her way, and wander about all
night.
This fear quickened my steps. I forced
my way on through the mad storm. For the
time all thought of Sir Mervyn Ferrand and
vengeance left my heart. All I now wanted
was to find Philippa; to lead her home, and
see her safe beneath my roof. “Surely,” I
said, as I battled along, “she cannot have
gone much further.”
1 kopt a sharp lookout—if, indeed, it can
be called a lookout; for tho whirling snow
made everything, save what was within a
few feet of me, invisible. I strained my
ears to catch the faintest cry or other sound.
I went on, flashing my lantern first on one
and then on the other side of tho road. My
dread was that Philippa, utterly unable to
fight against the white tempest, might be
crouching under ono of the banks, and if so
1 might pass without seeing her or even at
tracting her attention. My doing so on
such a night as this might mean her death.
Ob, why had sho not come as promised !
Why had sho gone to meet tho man who had
so foully wronged her! After what had
happened, she could not, dared not lovo him.
And for a dreary comfort I recalled tho
utter bitterness of her accent last night
when sho turned to me and said. “ Basil, did
you ever hate a man?” No, sho could not
love him!
These thoughts brought my craving for
vengeance back to my mind. Where was
Ferrand? By all my calculations, biking
into account the time wasted at starting, 1
should by now have met him. Perhaps he
had not come, after alL Perhaps the look
of the weather had frightened him, and he
had decided to stay at Boding lor the night
I raged at the thought! If only 1 know that
Philippa was safely housed, nothing, in my
present frame of mind, would have suited
me better than to have met him on this
lonely road, in the midst of this wild storm.
If Philippa were only safe! -
Still no sign of her. I began to waver in
my mind. What if my first supposition,
that I bad passed her on the road, uas cor
rect! She might be now at my cottage,
wondering what had become of me. Should
I go further or turn back! But what would
be my feelings if I did the latter and found
when I arrived home that she had not made
her appearance !
1 halted, irresolute, in the* centre of the
road. Instinctively I beat my hands to
gether to promote circulation. I hod left
my home hurriedly, and bad made no pro
vision for the undergoing of such an ordeal
as this terrible, unprecedented snowstorm
inflicted. In spite of the speed at which I
had traveled, my hands and feet were grow
ing numbed, my face smarted with the cold.
Heaven help me to decide aright* whether to
go on or turn back! __
The decision was not left tome. Suddenly,
dose at hand, I heard a wild peal, a scream
of laughter which made my blood run cold.
Swift from the whirling; tossing, drifting
mow emerged a tall gray fig*— It swept
past me like the wind; but as it passed me 1
knew that my quest was ended—that Philip
pa was found!
She vanished in a second, before the ter
ror which rooted me to the spot had pawed
away. Then I turned and, feat as I could
run, followed her, crying at 1 went, “Phil
ippa! Pl^llppaP* ^
I soon overtook her; but eo dent was the
night that I was almost touching her before
I saw Mr shadowy, ghost-like' form- I threw
■tyt arms round her and held her. Sho strug-
' violently in my grasp, ~
dearest! itisj. Basil* I said,
till yon mo what l* nave ten rteomu ' JST “My sfewi has comer t asked.'
On till you seo the wages of sin—the wages
Mrinl” ‘
Her words came like bullets from a mit
railleuse. Through the night I could eee
her face gleaming whiter than the snow on
her hood. I could eee her great, fixed, dark
syes full of namoless horror.
“Nearest, be calm,” I said, and strove to
take her hands in mine.
As I tried to gain possession of her right
hand something fell from it, and, although
the road was now coated with snow, a me
tallic sound rang out as it touched the
ground. Mechanically I stooped and picked
ip the fallen object.
As I aid so, Philippa, with a wild cry,
wrested herself from the one hand whose
aumbod grasp still sought to retain her, and
with a frenzied reiteration of the words,
“The wages of sinl” fled from me, and was
lost in tho night.
Even as 1 rushed in pursuit I shuddered
ftS the sense of feeling told me what thing it
was I had picked up from the snowy ground.
U was a small pistoll Cold as the touch of
the metal must have been, it seemed to burn
me like a coal of fire. Impulsively, thought
lessly, as I ran I hurled the weapon from me,
far, far away. Why should it have been in
Philippa’s hand this night!
1 ran madly on, but not for long. My
foot caught in a t.tone, and I fell, half stun
ned and quite breathless; to the ground. It
was some minutes before I recovered myself
sufficiently to once more stand erect. Phil;
ippa must have obtained a start which, cou
pled with her frenzied speed, almost pre
cluded tho possibility of my overtaking her.
Moreovfr, a strange uncontrollable im
pulse swayed me., The touch of that deadly
weapon still burned my hand. Philippa’s
words still rang ;n my ears. “Ou, on, on,
up the road yet awhile!” she had cried.
\\ hat did she mean! What had been done
to-ni^ht!
I must retrace my steps. I must see! I
must know! Philippa is flying through the
cold, dark, deadly night; but her frame is
but tho frame of a woman. Sho must soon
grow exhausted, perhaps sink senseless on
tho road. Nevertheless, the dreadful fears
which are growing in my mind must be set
at rest; then I can resume tha pursuit- At
all cost I must know what has happened!
Once more I turned and faced the storm.
Heavens! anythin; might happen on such a
night as this! I went on and on, flashing
my lantern as I went on tho centre and each
side of the road. I went some distance past
that spot where I judged that Philippa had
swept by me. Then suddenly with a cry of
horror I stopped short At my very feet in
tho middle of the highway, illumined by tho
disk of light cast by my lantern, lay a
whitened mass, and ns my eye fell upon it
I knew only too well the meaning of Phil
ippa’s wild exclamation, “Tho wages of sin!
The wages of sinf’
CHAPTER IV.
AT ALL, COST, SLEEP!
Sir Mervyn Ferrand had paid for his sin
with his life!
Dead! Before I kneeled bea5de| him and,
after unbuttoning his coat, laid ray hand on
his breast I know tho man was dead. Be
fore I turned the lantern on his white face I
know who tho man was. Sir Mervyn Fer
rand had paid for his sin with his life! It
needed little professional skill to determine
the cause of his death. A bullet fired, it
seemed to me, at close quarters had passed
absolutely through tho heart Ho must
have fnllon without a moan. Killed. I
kuew, by the hand of the woman he had
wronged.
A sneering sm s le yet lingered on his set
features. I could even imagine the words
which had accompanied it, when swift and
sudden, without one moment’s grace for
repientence or confession, death had been
metod out to him. At ono moment ho stood
erect and full of life, mocking, it may be,
her who had trusted him and had been be
tray oil; at tlio next, before the sentence he
was speaking was complete 1. he lay lifeless
at her feet, with tho snow-flakes beginning
to form his winding-sheet!
Oh. l was vengeance! swift, deadly ven
geance! But why, oh, why had sho wreaked j
it? Philippa, my peerless Philippa, a mur
deress! Oh, it was too fearful, too horrible!
1 must be dreaming. All my own thoughts
of revenge left me. It was for tlie time pity,
sheer pity, I felt for the man, cut off in tho
prime of his life. While I knew he was alive
I couM look forward to and picture tho min
ute when we should stand coolly soeking to
kill one another, but now that he was dead
I hated him no longer. Ah! death is a sacred
thing. Dead! Sir Mervyn Ferrand dead,
and slain by Philippa!
It could not bo true! It should not bo true!
Yet I shuddered as I remembered the passion
she had thrown into those words, “Basil, did
you ever hato a man?’ I gave a low cry of
anguish as I rememt>ered hiw I had hurled
from me the pistol sho hod let fall—the
very weapon which had done tho dreadful
deed.
Killed by Philippa! Not in a sudden bum
of uncontrollable passion, but with deliber
ate intent. She must have gone armed to
meet him. She must liave shot him through
the heart; must have seen him falL Then,
only then, the horrible deed wrkich she bad
wrought mnst have been fully realized!
Then she had turned and fled from the spot
in a frenzy. Ob, my poor girl! my poor
girl! , ,
Utterly bowildered by my anguish I rose
from my knees and stood for a while beside
the corpse. It was in that moment I learned
how much I really loved the woman wrho
had done this thing. Over all my grief and
horror this lovo rose paramount At all
cost I must save her—save her from the
bands of justice; save her from the tierce
elements w hich hor tender frame was even
at this moment braving. And as I recalled
how sho had sought me yesterday with the
talo of her wrong—how she had wildly flod
from me a few minutes ago. madly, blindly
into the night; as I thought of the injuries
she had suffered, and which had led her to
shed this man’*? blood; as I contrasted her
in her present position with what she was
when first I knew her ana loved her, the pity
began to fade from my heart; my thoughts
toward the lifeless form at my feat grew
stem and sombre, and I found myself be
ginning, by the old code of an eye for an
eye, to justify, although I regretted Philip
pa’s fearful act Right or wrong, she was
the woman 1 loved; and I swore I would
save her from the consequences of her
crime, even—Heaven help me!—if the accu
sation, when made, must foil upon my
shoulders.
Yet it was not the beginning of any
scheme to evade justice which induced me
to raise the dead body and bear it to tho
side of the road, where 1 placed it under the
low bank on which the hedge grew. It was
the reverence which one pays to death made
mo do this. I could not leave tho poor
wretch lying in the very middle of the high
way for the first possersby to stumble
against. To-morrow he would, of course,
be found. To-morrow the hue and cry
would be outl To-morrow Philippa, my
Philippa, would . Oh, heavens! never,
never, never!
So I laid what was left of Sir Mervyn
Ferrand reventially by the side of the lonely
road I even tried to close his glassy eyes,
and I covered his face with his own hand
kerchief. Then, wifli heart holding fear
and anguish enough for a lifetime, 1 turned
and went in search of the poor unhappy
girl.
Where should I seek her! Who knew what
her remorse may have urged her to dol
“Yet, sir; about a quarter of an hour aga*
. “We missed each other on the road. What
a night!” I said, throwing off my snow-cov
ered cost. * *Wbere is she now r I asked
“In tbs sitting room, sir.” Then, lowering
his voice, William added: “Sho seemed just
•bout in a tantrum when she found yon
weren’t at home. I expect we shall find her
• Mrd lady to please.”
William, ip spite of his stolidity/occa
sionally ventured upon some liberty when ad
dressing me.
His words greatly surprised me. I forced
myself to make some laughing rejoinder;
then I turned the handle of the door and en
tered the room in which Philippa h»d
refuge.
Oh, how my heart throbbed! What would
«h*»ay to me! What could 1, freah from
that dreadful scene, say to her? Would she
excuse or palliate, would she simply confess
or boldly justify, her crime? Would she
plead her wrongs in extenuation? Would she
assert that in a moment of ungovernable
rage she had done the deed? No matter
what she said; she was still Philippa, and
even at the cost of my own life and honor I
would save her.
Yet as I advanced into the room a shudder
ran through me. Fr*»=h to my mind cams
the remembrance of that white face, that
still form, lying as I had left it, with the
pure white snow falling thickly around it.
Philippa was sitting in front of tho fire.
Her hat was removed, her dark hair dis
heveled and gleaming wot with the snow
which had melted in it She must have
heard n»e enter and close the door, but shs
took no notice. As I approached her she
turned her shoulder upon me in a pettish
way, and as one who by the action means
to signify displeasure. I came to her side
and stood over her, waiting for hor to look
up and speak first. She must speak first!
What can I say, after all that has happened
to-night?
But she kept a stonv silence—kept her
eyes still turned from mine. At last I called
her by her name, and, bending down, looked
Into her face.
Its expression was one of sullen anger,
and moreover, anger which seemed to deepen
as she heard my voice. She made a kind of
contemptuous gesture as if waving me
aside.
“Philippa,” I wild, as sternly as I could,
“speak tome!”
I laid my hand upon her arm. She shook
It off fiercely, and then started to her feet.
“You ask me to sj>«nk to you,” sh« said;
“you who have treated me like this! Oh.
it is shameful! shameful! I come through
storm and snow—come to you, who were to
welcome me as a brother! Whore are you?
Away, your WTetehed servant tel Is ma Why
are you away? I trusted you! Oh, you are
a pretty brother! If you had cared for me
or respected me, you would have been here
to greet mo. No! you are all in a league-
all in a league to ruin me! Now I am here,
what will you do? Poison me, of courso!
kill me. and make away with me, even as
that other doctor killed and made away
with my poor child? Ho did! I say ho did!
Y saw him do it! 'A child of shame,’ he said;
so ho killed it! All, all, all—even you—
you, whom I truste 1—leagued against mol”
She was trembling with excitement Her
wonls ran one into tho other. It was as
much as I could do to follow them; yet the
above is but a brief condensation of what
she said. With unchecked volubility sh^
continued to heap reproaches and accusa
tions, many of which were of the most ex
travagant ami frivolous nature, on my
head. At last she w as silent, and reseated
herself in her former attitude; and the sul
len, discontented, ill-used look again settled
on hor face.
And yet, although I, who loved her above
all the world, was the object of her fierce
reproaches, uo words I had yet listened to
came more sweetly to my ear than these.
A great joy swept through me; a tido of
relief bore me to comjwirative happiness.
Whatever dreadful deed the poor girl had
tnat night accomplished she was morally
innocent. Philippa was not accountable
for hor actions!
As a doctor J. read the truth at once.
The rapid flow of words, the changing
moods, the vehement excitement, the sullen
air. the grmndless suspicions—one and all
carried conviction, and told me what was
wronfc. Mrs. W ilson’s words of yesterday,
which warned me that Philippa’s health
should be inquired into, added absolute cer
tainty.
My professional brethren who may happen
to read this will understand me when I say
that, although it is long since I have prac
ticed as a doctor, I am sorely tempted, a* I
reach this stage of my story, to give in de
tail the particulars which induced me to ar
rive at such a belief. No physician, no sur
geon, lives who does not feel it his duty as
well as his pleasure to give au accurate ac
count of any out-of-the-commou case which
has come under his notice. But I am not
writing these images for the benefit of science;
and having no wish to make my tale assume
the authority of a hospital report, shall re
strain myself, and on technical points be as
brief as possible.
In short, then, Philippa had fallen a vic
tim t > that mania which not uncommonly
shows itself after the birth of a child—that
dread, mysterious disease w hich may, at the
moment when everything set-ms going well,
turn ft house of joy into a house of mourn
ing; a disease the source of which I have no
hesitation in saying has not yet beau prop
erly trao»?d anil investigated. So fur as 1
know, there is no monograph on the subject,
or certainly there was none at that time.
Still, it is admitted by all the authorities
that this species of insanity is not unfro-
quentlj produced by a severe ncsntal shock.
The refreshing coolness vvmuu nmorrei we
operation was so grateful to her that she let
me repeat tho action again and again. A
soft and more contented look settled on her
beautiful face.
1 seized the moment. Once more I pressed
the potion upon hor. This time successfully.
My heart trembled with joy as I saw her
swallow the drug. Now she might be saved!
I still continued the comforting laving of
her temples, and waited until the drug took
its due effect. By and by that moment came.
The large dark eyes closed, the weary head
sank heavily on my shoulder, and I knew
that Philippa had entered upon a term of
merciful oblivion.
I waited until her sleep was sound as the
sleep of death; then I summoned my man.
I had already told him that my sister was
very ill. Between us we bore her to her
room and laid her on her bed. 1 loosened
her dress, cut the wot boots from her cold
feet, did all 1 could to promote warmth aud
such comfort as was possible under the cir-
cuinstances. Then I left her, sleeping that
heavy sleep which I prayed^ might last un
broken for hours, and hours,* and hours.
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An Old Soldier's
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“ Calvert. Tcxm,
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Atiikns, Ga., June 26,1884.
I have been familiar for a number of
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cent examinations made by me of the
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water of "Acid Phosphate of Lime. ‘The
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and flour. When mixed with water, car
bonic acid gas is liberated and a doable
phosphate of litne and soda is formed
and remains in the bread when baked.
In ordinary cream of tartar baking pow
tiers the substance left in the bread alter
"raising” is roclielle salts—a double
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phates are useful mineral substances in
animal nutrition and growth, the tartra
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Ayer's Cherry Pectoral
as a cough remedy.
44 While with Churchill's army, just before
the battle of Vicksburg, 1 contracted a so-
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cough, i found no relief uil on our march
we came to a country store, where, on tukin”
for some remedy, 1 was urged to try Axun'd
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Athens, Ga., June 12,1884.
Gentlemen :
In reply to your inquiry, I may state
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FOR SALE BY ALL GROCERS. Tryit
LEGAL NOTICES-CLARKE COUNTY
'LARKE SI1EKIFF SAI.F_—Will be sold before
j the court house door of Clarke county, in Ath-
or^im, within the legal hours of Rale,
PREPARED BY
Dr.J.C.Ayer&Co., Lowell, Mass.
Sold by all Druecist*.
STOVES
Season of 1884,
The largest stoc. the finest
assortment ever brought
to Athens by any one
use in the
business.
especially when that shock is accumpanie 1
by an overwhelming tense of shame. Sta
tistics show us that utuarried women w he
are mothers, and feel the degradation of
such a position acutely, are peculiarly
liable to he attacked by the mysterious
malady. Esqnirol was, 1 believe, tho first
to notice this fans, and the correctnen, oi dC'Staml tlie Wants of the
Our success in the past
is an evidence that we un-
running along the line of said Johnson and Xicte
olson in a northeasterly direction, until said line
comes u> the land oi A H Hodgson, purchased
from Johnson; thence along line of said Johnson
and Hodgson until it strikes land of M B McGin-
ty; thence in a westerly direction aloug the line
Johnson and McGinty toaPO corner; thonce
in a southerly direction to the big gate on the
road leading to Phinlsy’s, near a spring; thence
along said road until it enters the grove; thence
along the grove to the Jefferson road, and thence
westerly along said road to the beginning corn
er, including the whole of said grove, cooUinkik
one hundred and fifty acres, and said are to be
so run as to make the one hundred and fifty
acres off of the house place of said A R Johnson,
the same being particularly described in a mort
gage from said Johnson to E A Talmadgc. Lev
ied on and to be sold as the property of Allen R
Johnson by virtue of a mortgage fl la,issued from
Clarke Superior Court in favor of E A Talmadge
and against Allen R Johnson. Property pointed
out in said fi fa and by plaintiff's attorneys. No
lice of levy served on tenant in possession.
JOhN W \VIER, Sheriff of Clarke Co.. Ga.
This January 2,1S85.
PLARKE SHERIFF SALE.—Will be sold before
y the court house door in Athens, Clarke coun-
wi , lhl “ **** hours of sale, on the
first Tuesday in February next, the following
tract of land lying in the
Jl9th district. G. M., of said county, containing
1<> acres, more or less, adjoining lands of Brown
Loscheld on the east. Dock Matthews on the
north Sam M. Murray on the west, and Dave
Oglesby on the south; levied on by virtue of an
execution fiorn the Justice Court, 219th district,
tu favor of J.T. Wilkes vs Jerry Moore, and lev-
property of said Jei ry Moore, levy
rned over to me by C. L. Parks, L.
KM IkXA JopM tv u-.ru
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10,000
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9 Approximation Prise* of $ 50
do
$6,750
4,500
9.250,
$266,500
1967 Prize*, amounting to
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G EORGIA, CLARKE COUNTY.-Whereas. Au-
gusta L. Hull, executor of the last will of sa-
tafi E. tsmith. deceased, applies for permission
to sell the real estate belonging to the testatrix,
lying in Clarke county, Ga. TkeK are therefore
to cue and adinonlah all concerned to ,how
cause at the regular term of the court of Onlina-
ry of said county, to be held on the Bret Monday
la t ebrnary next, why said application ihould
not oe granted. Gi.en undermy hand, this Snd
day of January, 1885. ASA M. JACKSON,
Ordinary.
Mndlnc moan to Her oar., i ' (V
The pound of my voio, teamed to calm her,
r I ahould rather gay aha ceased 'to ‘strug-
_ le. *
“Thank heaven,! have fottadyoor 1 leakL
•Let ns get back aa soon aa porelble,!
“Back! No! Go on, go on!” the exclaimed.
“On. on. on, up
yetnwhfle—on
ta*.-
Who knew whither her horror may ha-re
driven hart It needs bat to find Philip)*
lifeless on the road to complete the heaviest
tale of grief which can be exacted from ynte
man in oneahort night! I clinched my teeth
»ml rushed on.
I had the rood all the road to myself. No
one was abroad in such weather. Indeed,
tew parsons were eeen at night la any
weather in this lonely part of the country.
I made straight for my own house. The dis
mal thought came to me that unless Phil
ippa kept to the road she was lost to me
If she strayed to the right or to
the left, how on such a night could I possi
bly find her? My one hope was that she
would go straight to my cottage; to thither
I made the best of my way. If she had hot
arrived. 1 must get what assistance I could
and seek for her in the fields to tho right and
left of the road. It was a dreary comfort
to remember that all the ponds and spaces
of water were frozen six inches thick.
I hesitated a moment when 1 reached bar
late residence. Should I inquire If she had
retv med thither? No: when morning re*
r^Jed the ghastly, event of the night, my
having done so would awake sypicion.
Let me first go home.
Heme at last In a moment I shall know
the worst 1 opened the . slide of my lan
tern, which was still alight, and threw the
rays cn the path which led to toy door. 'My
heart gave a great > bound of thankfulness.
There on tho snow, not yet obliterated by
more recent flaker, were thd prints of a
small foot Philippa,. as I P«yed, hut
scarcely dared to hope she might, had cofne
straight to toy hoosa^*->v;i^
well I had ^
It^
knowledge of Philippa's orri’
toy
1
his view has subsequently been confirmed
by many others.
Such being tha caee, it is small wonder
that Puiiippa, waking yesterday morning
to receive the intelligence that her marriage
with Sir Mervyn Ferrand bad been a farce,
should have been thrown into a state ex
tremely susceptible to the attack of the dis
ease. Her careless exj>osure of herself to
the wintry air, when last night she sought
me and claimed my aid, most probably
hastened the attack of the foe. Mrs. Wilson
had noticed her strange mant.er. I inyself
have remarked upon her rapid changes from
calmness to excitability. It was clear to
me that even when she visited me last night
the mischief had begun to develop itself. I
blamed my blindness bitterly. I ought to
have seen what was wrong. Considering
her agitated state, I ought to have been
warned, and have taken precautions; but I
bad attributed those fitful changes, the
meaning of which was now only too plain
to me, to the natural agitation experienced
by a passionate yet pure-minded woman,
who found herself betrayed and brought to
sbnmc. Oh, had I but guessed the real
cause, or rather the way in which her grief
had affected her, all the dark work of that
night might have beeu lelt undone 1
Although in many ways it added to the
difficulties and dangers which surrounded
us, th« discovery of the truth was an un
speakable relief to me. No right-minded
man could uow call tlie poor girl guilty of
crim**. Tho man’s blood was indeed on her
hands; yet site had shed it, not knowing
what she did. Her frenzy must then have
been at its height. The idea of his coming
that nigh. must in some way have occurred
to her. The desire to seo him must have
driven her to go and meet him. Her wrongs
—perhaps the dread she now felt of him—may
have induced her to arm herself; per •''ape
she carried the weapon for self-protection.
Any way, she was mad when she started;
she was mad when she drew the trigger;
•he was mad when she broke from ray grasp;
she was mod now as she sat by my tire.eyeing
me with morose, suspicious glances. She
was mod—and innocent!
Her manner toward me troubled me but
little. It is a well-known peculiarity of tlie
disease that the patient turns with hatred
from those who were the nearest and dearest
to her. Fits of sullen, stubborn silenc?, al
ternating with fierce outbursts of vitupera
tion, are the most common characteristics
of the mania. Hideous startling as it is to
the change wrought in the sufferer, the
malady is by no means of suoii au alarming
nature as it seems. In fact the majority of
cases are treated with perfect success.
But all this is profession 11 talk. Again {
•qy that the discovery o. Philippa's state of
mind was au iuun/ns; relief to me. My
conscience was rleared of n w^-i ;ht which
pressing upon it. 1 felt braced op to
use every effort, and thoroughly jndlfl -ii iu
folio ting w'aaiev ir course 1 though: b-sst.
Moreover, a ».iw reia kmship was now es
tablished between Philipjaaud uivsdf. For
awhile' fevery feel in; save one must be ban
teued. Wo were now doctor and patient.
After much persuasion iiu JticHl her to
lot us feel h r pula*. As I expected, 1 found
it up nearly to uoj hundred aud twenty.
This did not alarm me much, as in tha course
of my practice I had seen several of these
eases. The preliminary treatment was sim
ple as ABC; a* all cost-sleep must be ob
tained. ,, 1 •• f
Fortunately* I bad a well stocked medi
cine chest. In a few minutes I had pre
pared the sttxmgeist dose of opium which 1
dared to administer. In such a case as ths
present I knew that: no driblets would avail;
so 1 measured out no te* than sixty drops of
l W pdf w pw| Sleep the girl must have. That
poor seething, boiling brain must by artificial
means be forced to rest for hoars. After
that rest I should bsable to ray what chance
there was of saving life and reason.
Bat preparing * dose of medicine and
makings patient Hkethis to take it, are two
differeut things. I tried svsiy art, every
psrsuadon. 1 implored and commanded. I
threatened and insisted. PhiUppa was ob
durate. Poor soul! aba knew I meant to
poison her. On toJ p^rt, 1 knew that onlais
she swallowed that narcotic to-night her
Cara waa oil but
J rested for aw]
terrain wAter, ™ r
offer
people. We shall
goods this season at
Prices W ithin the Reach of
All.
Call and see cur t-tec,
examine the goods, get our
prices, and we will rest the
matter there. . Remember
that we are now located at
NO, 9, BROAD ST.
MADDREY& JONES,
Successors to N. E. Ga. Stove ami
Tinware Deuot.
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G EORGIA. CLAKKS COUN ?Y-Whereaa.Bed-
uey Smith, colored, of said county, applies
io me lor letters of adminiattation on the estate
of Sarah Smith, late of said county, deceased.
1 hese are therefore to cite and admonish all con
cerned to show causs at ihe regular term or the
court of Ordinary of said county to be held on
tne first Monday in February next, why said
** TOWS* Giron undermy
band, this 12th day or December 1884. 1
.... . A. F. HENLEY. C. C. O.
G CLA yf E county .-Whereu H
H. Linton, guardian Of Julia H. and Ann!.
Linton, minora of John 8. Linton, mobiles for
letters dismission from said guardianship. Theso
are therefore to cite and admonish all concerned
to show cause at the regular court of Ordinary of
said county, to be held on the first Monday in
rebruary next, why said letters should not be
granted, teiven under my hand at office, this
13th day of December 1884.
ASA M. JACKSON, Ordinary.
G eorgia, cla kb cou^NTY.-tvbSeis. w.
8. Morris, administrator of the estate of Thos.
a. Burke, deceased, applies in tennsof the law
for a discharge from said administration. These
are therefore to cite and admonish all concerned
to shew cause at the regular term of the court sf
Ordinary of said county, to bo held on the first
Monday in M«y 1885, why said discharge ahould
R®. 1 givntcd. Given undsr my hand at office,
this 17Ui day of December 1884.
rwnub. ASAM JACKSON.Ordinary.
A DMINISTRATOR’S SALE—Agreeable to an
A order from the Court of Ordinary of Clarke
county. Ga., will be sold before the court house
door or said county, on the first Tuesday in Feb-
ruary next, during the legal hours of sale, the
following property to-wit: The real estate of G.
“.Barber deceased, as follows: The Barber
homestead situated in East Athens, containing
322 acres more or less, divided into seven tracts,
lying on the Danielsville and Clarkesville road,
adjoining lands of R. D. Matthews and R. L.
Bloomfield; also one tract of land lying in Madi
son ceuuty, Ga., containing 60 acres, more or
less, bought by said deceased from J aracs T.
Johnson; sold for distribution: terms cash.
J. M. HODGSON. Adm’r.
LEGAL NOTICES—OCONEE COUNTY
I Lowe’s home place,and
&1 M Sheets’ and _ _
running over to the line of C T Evans' land,
near the Appalacbee river, and to strike said line
so as to make tho tract contain fifty acres of land
more or less, adjoining lands of Mr Isaac Lowe
on the southeast; C T Evans on the west; and on
the north by the homo place of John H Lowe,
sr.; two andar half miles west from New High
Shoals, and situated near tho road leading from
the High Shoals to Jug Tavern. Said fifty acres
of land levied on and to be sold as ths property
of John H Lowe, sr., to satisfy an execution, Is
sued from the Superior Court of said county of
Oconee, in favor of John R Crane vs James B
Lowe and John H Lowe.sr. Property pointed out
by John Hfe>we, sr., one of the defendants in
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