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Don’t forget that I am at the same old stand with a fresh
supply of Choice Family
tan, Dri Ms, Kits!
BOOTS AND SHOES,
that 1 nil) prepared to offer you at the very LOWEST PRICES. lam also agent
for the REST BRANDS of
CO JLJLS
and can supplp you as cheap as the cheapest. •
Cumber and Shingles
Thanking you for past favors and soliciting a continuance of your orders, I am
Respectfully,
RICHARD L. JONES
< 1.24-1 y West Main Street, Cartersville, Ga.
The doctor end the letter-carrier are not talking about i
• ca.e of .erloue illueae. They have .Imply etupendcd I
work to discuss the merits of th* r h es. The letter
carrier say 9 the James Means s.‘i Mroe is the best in the
world. The doctor denies it, and says that the James
Means $4 Shoe is better. Couaideriutf tU Uuudj of cuch,
they are both right. I
Full lines of tlie above Sh.oes for sale in
Cartersville by
BCHEUER BROS.
JOHN T. NORRIS,
Real Estate and Fire Insurance,
(UPSTAIRS.)
First Door South, of Howard’s Bank.
leblO-Iy
THE HOWARD BANK,
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA.
Does a General Ranking Business. Deposits received, sul ject to check. Exchange bought and
sold. Collections made in all parts of the United States. Discounts desirable paper. All accom
modations consistent with saieiy extended to its customers.
febl7-ly
THE LIVERY STABLE
CRAWFORD & FIELD
•Always Ready with the Handsomest Turnouts,
Polite
Treatment
Horses and Mules kept on hand for sale, and our accommodations for drovers can
not be surpassed anywhere.
Thankful for the past liberal patronage and asking a continuance of the same, which
we hope to merit by careful and prompt attention to business we are,
Respectfully, CRAWFORD & FIELD,
apl2l-tf East Side Railroad near Court House.
E. H. JONES & SONS’
MANUFACTURING COMPANY,
CAkTERSVILLE. ROME AND STAMP CREEK, GA.
—Manufacturers of and Dealers in—
BUGGIES, CARRIAGES, WAGONS & MATERIAL
Oldest
Carriage
Factory
—IN—
Georgia.
ALL WORK FULLY GUARANTEED.
IgEagf* We can duplicate the work of any first-class manu
factory in the country in Price, Quality and Finish.
We acknowledge no superior in the Carriage Business.
Can build any style of vehicle desired; only the very best
material used. rew-iy
iicmj
Si Over Tea Thousand InaJ jyjr v°t Avoid the imposition of pretentious remo.
Packages mailed to I 1 * 4 " for three trouble*. and oil Quocks,
■ ' tionta a large proportion Aft# JIB aim is tobleed theirvio-
LMXmiE.oi wliointook u full f uToS ° SURE Rskedy tiiutiuj
t-cut ond woro rostorod to health by uso of M T Torum** I s * UttED thouaand*, doe* iA intcrfi 5
PROF. OCiXIILIAI fIAOTII I EC NtVk with uiteuUon to husmees, or eaue poia
Harris* otIWJNAL rAol t Q[} I°'i , .' d ®4
A Rmlical Puro for Ncrvoaa Debility Orranlo medical principle.. By direct
U oaknoH. nrulPi vaicnl I>ocer in Young or U 1? * >at °{^ lsea **J l * 6 P' ,< -' lfl
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Work, ortoo treo Indulgence, wo nek that you Bond lis UADDIQ DPKIIPnV rrt lire f<uru„n 9
four imme with etntumont of your troulilo, uud Bocatw HUKKIS KblnbUT V’vJ., Plr C CHEMISISy
TULA L PACK AO E FREE, with Illut'd Pamphlet .A o. 306* N. Tenth Street, ST.LOUIS, JCO.
RUPTURED PERSONS can have FREE Trial of our Appliance. Ask for Ternisl
J.rt.uch. lb, h ' '
Throughout ita various scenes, Who use the Smith's Bile Beans.
Smith’s BILE BEANS purlf^7h<nhlol7 ,, by acting 1
olrectly and promptly oil the Liver. Skin ami KUI- The original Photograph,
ateys. They consist of a vegetable combination that K* 1 ,,? 12 . 0 ' “L tht J J > J*2 U TJ!
has unequal In medical science. They cure Constlpa- ‘Address 01 *° “
acainJ^BiiV I*’ 1 *’ *“^r 1>y * ,pep . , * l ?J “and are a safeguard i,il,K BEANS,
J?.!* of Fevers, chillis and fever, gall stones, ett. I.ouu, Mo.
£S.j“ rl £ la " ***5 ea *e* Send 4 cents postage for a sum- -*
a “ d *** tt* TRUTH of what we say. Price, 2li cents per bottle,
to any address, postpaid. DOSE ONE BEAN. Xoid by druggists,
w. p. smith: <•> co., proprietors, st. louis, mo.
Button, I.aee nnd Con etc vs Shoos. Ask your retailor for
the JAMES MEANS 84 SHOE or the JAMES
MEANS 58.5 SHOE, according to your needs. Positively
none genuine unless our stamp appears plainly on the soles.
JAMES MEANS
$4 SHOE
Will not weaft so long as the
JAMES MEANS
SS SHOE,
Because it Is made for men whose occupations arc such as
j ail them to call for a lighter and more drossy slo e than
toe JAMES MEANS #3 SHOE. Our $3 Shoe has
< -tabllshid f>r Itself a permanent reputation lor comfort
and durability sin h as no other shoe has ever known in the
history of the trade. Xo competitors are able lo approach
it The James Moans 4 Shoe is lirht and -tyli-h,
and it is as durable as any shoe of its weight ever manu
factured. We confidently assert that in every viml re
spect the .Tames Means 884 Shoe* is eipial to the
1 a ml-sowed shoes which have hitherto been retailed at
s<; or $7. It has a IVcieoUitop and seamless calf vamp.
It bus a perfectly smooth in inside. tits like a
stockin'. ml r‘qnlr' no “ lircsiLing in/ being
pcrfeetlyensy the first tune it is worn.
James Alcans ami Shoes were the in t.ns
country to be extensively advertised. If you have been
disappointed in other advertised Shoes, your experience
ought to teach you that it is safer to buy shoes tua e by
the leaders of a system, ratlier than those made by the
followers. These sho, s are sold by the best retailers
throughout the United States, and we will place them
easily within your reach, in any State or Territory, if you
Will send us a postal c::ril.
James Means & Cos.
41 Lincoln St., Boston, Mass.
BARTOW SHERIFF’S SALES,
lEII.UIU:SOI,DBF,POKE TIIEroUItT HOUSE
I! door In Cartersville, Bartow County, Geor
gia, on the
FIRST TUESDAY IN OCTOBER,
11587,
bet ween the legal hours of sale, to the highest
tiidder, the foliowingr described property, to-wit:
I.ot of land No. 53, lying: and being in 18th dis
trict and third section of Bartow county. Ga.,
levied on and will be sold as the property of W.
S. Huberts tc sati ifv one State and county tax
fi fa for the year of 1886. Said lot containing one
hundred and sixty acres, more or less, I). W.
K. Peacock, transferee. Levy made by F. C.
Watkins, L. C. and returned to me. $2.31.
Also at the same time and (dace the undivided
one-half interest in all that tract or pared of land
situated, lying and being: in the 17th district and
third section of Bartow county, Georgia, and
consisting of whole lots Xos. 185, 186, 247 and 261,
each containing forty acres, more or less: also,
southeast half of lot Xo. 244. twenty acres, more
or less, dividing line running northeast and
southwest; The east half of lot No. 315, 20 acres
more or lees; twenty-three acres, more or less, of
lot No. 246, being: ail that portion of said lot ly
ing north of the Etowah river; thirty acres,
more or less, of lot No. 245, being: all of said lot
north of said river; ten acres, more or less, of lot
No. 260, all north and west of said river; thirty
acres, more or less, of lot No. 316, being: all of
said lot north and west of said river; five
acres, more or less, of lot number 333, all
north and west of said river;" thirteen
acres, more or less, of lot No. 334, the same being
the north part of the east half of said lot. Said
lots and parts of lots containing in the aggre
gate 311 acres, more or less. I.evied on ami will
tie sold as the property of the defendants Pauline
Dent and Stephen T. Dent to satisfy one Bar
tow Superior Court mortgage fi fa in favor of
Gaines 4 Lew is vs. Pauline C. Dent and Stephen
T. Dent. Properly pointed out and described in
said fi fa and in possession of defendants. Said
fi fa proceeding for use of Richmond City Mills,
transferrees. $9.36.
Also, at the same time and place, eleven (11)
acres, more or less, of lot of land No. 762, reserv
ing one-fourth of one acre for burying ground in
the fourth district and third section of Bartow
county, Georgia, being the property occupied by
Mrs. Sarah J. Keys at the time of her death.
Levied on by virtue of one fi fa from the 1234th
district G. M. of Fulton county, Georgia, in
favor of W. C. Edwards vs. F. M. Shaw, admin
istrator of Sarah .1. Heys, and the same will be
sold as the property of Sarah J. Keys, deceased,
in the hands of F. M. Shaw, administrator, to
be administered. Property in possession of Mrs.
Richards. Property pointed out by plaintiff's
attorney. Levy made by F. C. Watkins, L. C.
$4.17.' ,
A. M. FRANKLIN, Sheriff,
J. W. WILLIAMS, Deputy Sheriff.
Receiver’s Sale.
STATE OF GEORGIA— Babtow County :
By virtue of an order from the Superior court
of said county, I will sell, as receiver of the estate
of R. C. Roberts, deceased, between the legal sale
hours, on the first Tuesday in October next, the
following described property, to-wit:
All that tract or parcel of land, consisting of
one hundred and fifty one and one-half (151%)
acres, of lot of land No. twenty (20), and one
hundred and forty-two (142) acres of lot No.
twenty-one (21), and fifty-one (51) acres of lot
No eleven (11); all being in the 16th district and
3d section of Bartow county. State of Georgia,
containing, in all, three hundred and forty-three
and one-half (343%) acres, more or less, with all
the members and appurtenances to said property
in any wise belonging. This farm is situated two
miles front the city of Adairsville, on the head
waters of Gothcaloga creek, and in the Oothca
loga valley, which is famous for its rich farming
lands. There are about 175 acres cleared, the
balance well timbered. The entire place is well
watered, and most admirably located for a fine
stock and dairy farm. The land is all suscepti
ble of a high state of cultivation, and well adapt
ed to growing fine clover, grasses, and all the ce
reals. On one of the uncleared lots is to be found
fine indications of iron ore and manganese. This
lot is not exceeding one half-mile front the IV. &
A. It. It. Improvements consist of a two-story
frame dwelling and all necessary out-buildings, in
fa r repair. There is on the place a large, cold,
freestone spring, and a good brick spring house.
The same will be sold for cash, payable on the
confirmation of the sale by the Superior court.
Douglas Wiki.e,
$9.99 RecT of the estate of It. C. Roberts, dec’d.
Letters of Administration.
GEORGIA —Bartow County.
To all whom it may concern: Mrs. Mary F.
Hardin has in due form applied to the under
signed for permanent letters of administration
on the estate of John F. Hardin, iate of said
county deceased, and I will pass upon said appli
cation on the first Monday in October, 1887.
This 31st August, 1887. J. A. HOWARD,
$219 Ordinary.
Leave to Sell Land.
GEORGIA— Babtow County :
To all whom it may concern : G. H. Headden,
adm’r of William Headden, late of said county,
deceased, has, in due form applied to the under
signed for leave to sell all the lands belonging to
tlie estate of said deceased, and said application
will be heard on the first Monday in October
next. This 29th August, 1887.
$2.26. J. A. HOWARD, Ordinary.
Leave to Sell Land.
GEORGIA Babtow County :
To all whom it may concern ; John H. Walker,
adm’r of John H. Walker, Sr., deceased, has, in
due form, applied to the undersigned for leave to
sell the lands belonging to the estate of said de
ceased, and said application will be heard on the
first Monday in October next. This 29th August,
1887. J. A. HOWARD,
$2.26. Ordinary.
Leave to Sell Land.
GEORGIA— Babtow County :
To all whom it may concern ; Mrs. Marie T.
Giliam, executrix of estate of William A. Gillain,
deceased, lias, in due form, applied to the under
signed for leave to sell a part of the lands belong
ing to the estate of said deceased, and said ap
plication will be heard on the first Monday in
October next. This 29th August, 1887.
$2.26 J. A. HOWARD, Ordinary.
Leave to Sell Land.
GEORGIA— Babtow County :
To all whom it may concern : Joel T. Con
yers, administrator of Thomas K. Sproull, de
ceased, has applied to the undersigned for leave
to sell the lands belonging to the estate of said
deceased, and said application will be heard on
the first Monday in Oetober next. This 29th
August, 1887. J- A. HOWARD,
$2.50. Ordinary.
Careful
Drivers
Fetters of Guardianship.
GEORGIA —Babtow County :
To all whom it may concern : Jj. P. Gaines,
having in due form applied to the undersigned
for the guardianship of the persons and property
of Marv Benson and Mattie Benson, minor chil
dren of John H. Benson, late of said county, de
ceased, notice is hereby given that his applica
tion will be heard at my office on the first Mon
day in October next. Given under my hand and
official signature this 2!ith August, 1887.
S2.(U J. A. HOWARD, Ordinary.
GEORGIA — Bartow County ;
To all whom it may concern: Whereas John,
F. Sproull, executor of Martha Thurmond, de
ceased, represents to the Court in his petition,
July filed and entered on record, that he has ful
ly administered said estate. This is therefore to
cite all persons concerned to show cause, if any
they can, why said executor should not be dis
charged from liis executorship and receive letters
of dismission on the First Monday in October
1887. This sth July, 1887.
J, A. Howard, Ordinary.
Notice to Debtors and Creditors.
GEORGIA — Bartow County.
Notice is hereby given to all persons having
demands against \V. A. Gillum, late of said
1 ounty, deceased, to present them to me properly
made out within the time prescribed by law, so
as to show their character and amount. And all
persons indebted to said deceased are hereby re
quired to make immediate payment to me. This
Ist August, 1887. MARIE T. GII.LAM,
au4-4t f2 40 Executrix of W. A. Giilam, dec’d.
Libel for Divorce.
Jennie Brant 1 I.ibel for divorce in Bartow
vs. | Superior Court, July Term,
Harris Brant / 1887.
It appearing to the court by a return of the
sheriff in the above stated case, that the defend
ant does not reside in said county; and it further
appearing that tie does not reside In the State; it
is, t hereford, ordered by the court, that service
be perfected on tlie defendant by tiie publication
of this order once a month for four months, be
fore tee next term of this court, in tlie Coubant-
AmKitiOAN, a newspaper published in Bartow Cos.,
Georgia,. Shelby Attaway, plaintiff's attorney.
Granted August Ist, 1887.
J. C. FAIN, J. S. C. C. C.
A true extract from the minutes of Bartow
Superior Court.
F. M. Durham, Clerk.
ESTABLISHED
—BY—
R, H. Jones
—IN—
-1853.
GEORGIA— Bartow County.
Whereas, John W. Stubbs, administrator of
Lemuel Dillard, deceased, represents to the Court
in his petition, duly filed and entered on record,
that he has have fully administered said Lemuel
Dillard’s estate. This is therefore to cite all per
sons concerned, kindred and creditors, to show
cause, if any they can, why said administrator
should not be discharged from his administra
tion, and receive letters of dismission on the
first Monday in December, 1887.
seps-3m J. A. HOWARD, Ordinary.
GEORGIA — Bartow County.
Wh. teas. E. E Field, administn tor of
E M. Fihld, deceased, represents i the
Court in his petition, duly tiled and enterec
in r. coni, that he has lully a 1 min stored said
E M. Field’s e-t ite.
This is therefore to cite all persons concerned,
kinured anil creditors, to show c u?e, if any they
ran, whv s lid miminisir tor should not be dis
charged from tiis administration and receive Let
tar- of Dismission on ilie First Monday 111 De
eemb r, 1887. This Sept. 6'ii, 1887.
sepß-3m. J. A. HOWARD.
Ordinary.
GEORGIA—Bartow County.
To all whom it may concern: The commis
sioners appointed to set apart a twelve months
support to Marie T. Giilam, widow of \V. A. Gll
lam, deceased, and her five minor children having
made their report, and the same is now on tile in
my oft ce. All persons are hereby notified that if
no good cause be shown to the contrary, same
will be allowed and made the judgment of the
Court on the first Monday in October, 1887.
This 11th August, 'B7. J. A. HOWARD,
Ordinary.
We are making extra reductions ou
everything iu our line, especially ou
Clocks and Musical Instruments.
Turner & Baker.
NOTICE YOUR DATE.
Our county subscribers have the time to which
hey hare paid up to printed opposite their ad
dress We do this for their convenience, so they
can tell when their subscription expires. We are
next to the Postoffice, anil when in town and is
convenient it is requested that they drop in and
settle their subscriptions. Remember our terms
are cash in advance.
WORTH REPRINTING.
A Aped for Are to the Sextant of the Old
Erick Meetiuouae.
BY A GABPKR.
Tho following lines, which originally ap
peared in the Detroit Trilmt*, were published
over thirty years ago, but the philosophy they
contain is just as gissl and applicable now as
then. While the writer was seemingly rather
a poor speller, he was evidently in earnest
and iKissc-ssed a keen wit:
O sextant of the meetinouse, which sweeps
And dusts, or is supposed too! and makes
tiers.
And iites the gas and sumtiines leaves a screw
in which ease it smells orful —worse thin
lamp le;
And w rings the Bel and toles it when men
dyes
to the grief of survivin pardners, and sweeps
pathos;
And for the servasos g ts sl<Dper annum,
AVich thorn that thiuks deer, lei era try it;
Gettiu up beioarstar-lite in aR we Alters and
Kindlin tires when the wether is as cold
As zero, and like as not greeu wood for kin
dlers:
I wouldn't be hired to do it for no some—
But o sextant! there are 1 kermoddity
Wich's more than gold, wieh doanccost nothin.
Worth more than anything exsep the Solo of
Man
i mean newer Are. sextant, i mean pewer Are!
O it is plenty out o dores, so plenty it doant no
What ou airth to dew with itself, but fiys
about
Seaterin leaves and bloin men’s hatts;
in short, jest “fre as are" out dores.
But o sextant, in our church its scarce as
piety.
scarce as bank bills won agints beg for
mischuns,
Wich some say purty often (taint nothin to
me,
Wat I give aint nothin to nobody) but o sex
tant
u shot 50J mens wimtnen and children,
Speslially the latter, up in a tite place.
Some has bad breths, none uiut 2 swete.
Some is fevery, some is scrofllus, some has
bad teeth,
And some ha.nt none, and some aint over
clean;
But every 1 on om breetlies in & out and out
and in.
Say 50 times a mi nit, or 1 million and a half
breths an hour,
Now how long will a church ful of are last at
that rate,
I ask you, say 15 niinits, and then wats to be
did?
Why then they must brethe it all over ag n.
And then agin, and so ou, till each has took it
i down,
At least 10 times, and !et It up agin, and wats
) more
The same iiulividible don't have the privilege
of brethe n his own are, and no one's else;
Each one mus take whatever comes to him.
O sextant, doant you know our lungs is
bellusses,
To bio the tier of life, and keep it from
goin out; aud how cau bellussos bio without
wind.
And aint wind nret i put It to your conscens.
Are is the same to us as m lk to bab es.
Or water is to fish, or pendlums to clox—
Or roots & airbs unto an injuu Doctor,
Or little pils unto an omepath.
Or boys to gurls. Are is for us to breethe.
Wat signities who preoches if i cant breothe?
Wats Pol? Wats Follus? to sin tiers who are
ded?
Ded for want of breth? why sextant, when we
die
Its onlv coz we cant brethe no more—that’s
all.
And now, O sextant, let me beg of you
~ let a little are into our church.
(Fewer are is sertin proper for the pews)
And do it weak days and Sundays tew—
It aint much trouble—only make a hole
And the are will cum in of itself;
(It luvs to cum in whare it can git warm;)
And o how it will rouse the people up
And sperrit up the {Teacher, and stop garpa,
And yawns and tiggits as eitectooal
As wind ou the dry' Boans the Profit tolls of.
FACE TO FACE.
A Fact Related in Seven- Well
Told Fablea.
Bt It. E. FRANCILLON,
Author or *‘A Great Heiress,” “Quit*
At Last," “ A Heal Queen,” “ Raul s
Dive,” etc., etc.
FABLE THE SEVENTH,— Continued.
Assuredly lie had a right (o triumph,
if ever a man had in this world. Plain,
almost old, awkward, and almost with
out a single grace, ignorant (till quite of
late) of women, and starting tco late,
he had, in no very long time, distanced
a rival who had every advantage in
which he was lacking, and in such wise
that there was no fear of future trouble,
lie was no murderer, and yet near
eno lgh to satisfy his conscience by
being none. As for the rest, everything
is fair in love, war and money. As to
the lirst, the only unfair thing was that
it should have cost him so much to win.
Patience, he hr.d noticed, did not eat
much, aud no doubt he would be able
to make her see the advantages of water
gruol as a diet before long. Nor, so he
noticed, did she care much about new
clothes; she would really be a model
wife, even if he had gone out to choose
one otherwise than by liking. But still
it would take a good long t ine to save
up, in dressmakers’ and butchers’ bills,
his estimated losses by neglecting his
own affairs for a neighbor's, and by
two journeys from home. And then
there would be the foes to the clerk anil
parson to set against the absence of a
wedding-breakfast and all the common
tomfoolery; and then he supposed he
would have to keep Tom Blackthorn in
grog aud tobacco for the rest of his
days. “But I'll cut the old fool dowu
to one pipe and one tumbler, and one
can get brandy cheap at Hunches ter,
if one goes the right way. Or shall
1 let him have as much as he wants,
so that he’ll want no more the sooner?
I'll figure it out as soon as I get home.”
Under all tlic.s ; circumstances, there
fore, Enoch Marrish had intentionally
postponed buying the ring until the
very latest possible moment; for, since
he could hardly give less than a
guinea, three weeks’ interest on twen
ty-one shillings at live per cent is near
ly three farthings; that is to sttv, three
times as much as a man who means to
die rich ever allows himself to lose
without cause. His last journey had
cost him a guinea; and now there was
another to go. “What tomfoolery it
all is, to be sure!” grumbled he, as he
walked towards Huuehester. “As if a
woman couldn't be just as much a
wife without a ring on her finger—or
as if, anyhow, a bit of brass wire
wouldn’t do as we’.l.”
Thus musing, in as near approach to
happiness as his natal stars allowed, he
plodded on, with his eyes just in ad
vance of his toes, when he was caught
by something sparkling just under the
hedgerow.
Nine people out of eleven would not
have seen the gleam; and the tenth
would have passed it by. But between
the rneta’s and Enoch Marrish was a
stale of perfect sympathy. Even old
brass has its uses—it does to add to a
score of scraps, and may serve to make
up a pound. It was really gelling
needful to pick up everything; his
pockets were beginning to bulge with
ends of string, and his coat to bristle
with pins. So he stooped for the piece
of glitter; and lo —a plain gold ring!
“Now, that is mighty queer!” ex
claimed he, glancing round, as pickers
do who mean to be keepers. And so it
was; for people in that parish were not
likely to go about ring-dropping. “And
gold it is—eighteen carat, I shou’d say.
It’s mighty queer I should be going to
speud a guinea on the very thing, and
come across it lying for nothing, under
my very nose. That looks like luck,
somehow; and if it don't lit Faience it
can be made to: though I think it w.ll.
It strikes me if I don’t save the price of
that last journey I shall be a fool. And
save boot-wear, too, and * time. It
wants rubbing up a bit, that’s all; and
that’s easy done. Lucky nobody came
this way before me—it might have srot
stolen.’* 8
It is hardly too much to say that the
winning of Patience Blackthorn had
given him no greater happiness than the
finding of a ring to many her with for
nothing. It appealed to his very in
most soul, to which little else could ex*
( tcnd; and it was the best of omens be*
•ides. Only to Fortune’s choicest f%*
vontes do such chances as these ever
occur. He looked at the ring all oyer
once more, then put it into his waist
coat pocket, and went back whistling,
in the lightness of his heart, some
thing meant to be a tuntx
ii.
It is all very well to plan a quiet wed
ding; but though it is quite as possible
to be as stingy in country as in town, it
is not so easy to insure quietness there
by. Everybody knew Enoch Marrish;
everybody knew Patience Blackthorn;
and, above all, everybody knew old
Tom. It was not a romantic match,
considering the bridegroom's looks and
age; but against its reasonableness no
body could say a word. “Old Enoch’s
money-bags is just the manure for Leys
Croft,” was the universal comment;
and they thought that Patience Black
thorn nad done a decideJly clever
thing.
And so, if marrying for money is as
clever as the world pretends not to
think it, she had done a clever thing. It
is true she would rather have starved
had she been all alone, and considered
herself a widow for the re-t of her days.
As things were, she would not make
any pretenses to hers If or dignify what
she wtts doing with the name of duty.
However, it was hard to go through
the ordeal of the village stares. When,
dressed as plainly as she dared, and
taking her father’s arm (he had taken
hers along the meadow-path) she
reached the corpse-gate of the church
yard, she found quite a crowd to scrape
and oourt 3y in ner honor. It was quite
as if none of them had ever refused to
do a day’s work for them at a pinch—
not that she remembered anything of
that kind then, unless it were as anoth
er incentive tor carrying her task
through. What she eould not forget
was tnat this was the very church where
she was to have become the wife of Ste
phen Harlow, who had tied fr m Ins
wedding 1 ke a coward, to die in Spain
like a decently brave man, Howe er,
she had been schooling herself against
memory ever since she had risen that
morning. There was nothing but the
village stares for which she was unpre
pared; and they were not the hardest
things she had to bear.
Never did bride come to the altar
with a fuller resolve to keep all the vows
she was about to make, save only the
6hief of them. She did honor Enoch
Marrish, with all his faults. The very
fact that he, being what he was, had
never scrupled to give his time, his
Tabor, his money, for friendship’s sake,
showed what a friend he knew how to
be. The very fact that, being what he
was, he was about to marry a penniless
girl, showed that gold was not his
ruling passion, after all. And she would
obey him, not only with a good will,
but with an eager desire; his life should
be hers, and to sweeten it a little
for him ought not to be hard. As
to the love—well, she had warned him
honestly, and he should not miss the
want of more than needs mint be.
Then, as the broken old man leaned
more and more heavily upon her
through the fields, now chatting gayly
and now falling iuto a reverie, she grad
ually rose into than exalted mood
wherein sacrifice becomes always a joy
and self sinks lower and lower beneath
the rising wings till it becomes unseen.
He had nothing left but her —she,
nothing left but him. Could she fail
him at his need? Why, if this were a
marriage of hate instead of a marriage
of duty, still it must be made. And
then, after to-day, she would think of
Stephen—save as one who had been
dear to her and was dead —never again.
In a very different spirit did the
bridegroom prepare for his wedding
morning. He was really in love; though
it is but fair to suspect that love alone
would not have been enough to make
Enoch Marrish marry a girl without a
penny. Where his further interest
might lie. he alone eould tell; but then
he was his own sole confidant, and was
not likely to take another at his time of
day. But, whatever it was, a first
passion had given it a zest, and victory
over a rival a more intense llavor still.
He dressed himself in the suit of clothes
he had had made at Hunchester five
and-twenty years ago to attend the
funeral of an uncle who had made a
will; and, as he had never put them on
since, they' were as good as new, and
their being somewhat out of fashion
was no matter at all. It was true the
moth had attackel them, but tlie mis
chief had not gone fatally far. Then,
feeling himself so tine, he could not
help being the least bt nervous, and
added to his water-giuel as much
brandy as might fill an acorn-cup, to
make it go down. He went round the
house to see that all was ready for the
new mistress’ home-coming, armed
with a duster and a broom.
Some of his thoughts are best not set
down. But business was never far
away from the deepest of them. “No,”
said he to himself, half aloud, according
to the way of men who live too much
alone, “no; that miserable old idiot,
Tom Blackthorn, can’t last long now.
He’ll drink himself to death in no time,
when Bat ence isn’t at his elbow; and
ho shan’t cost much—an old fool like
that must put up with what lean afford.
The only thing to look after is that he
don’t lose the few wits he’s got left be
fore he makes his will—it’ll be rather
awkward if he dies without that, and
the young fool turns up again. Not
that Leys Croft’s worth having—it’ll
co-t more to get in order now than
would pay me back in twenty years.
Still, land’s land, and would sell. And
Patience—bless my soul; eleven o’clock!
I mustn’t keep the bride waiting; that
would never do.”
Nor did he; for he was in the church,
and in full gossip with the sexton, a
good twenty minutes before t e bride
arrived. By and by a few other per
sons strolled in to see the show, instead
of waiting in the churchyard; for, to
many minds, the bridegroom was much
more interesting than the bride. He,
no more than Patience, liked the ordeal
of stares, as if he were an object at a
waxwork or a wild-beast show, if it
were only that stares were meant to lie
paid for by a joyful bridegroom on his
wedding-day. However, he would dis
appoint them there —why, because one
man was married, should other men
want to drink beer? He began to wish
he had settled to be married at Hun-
Chester instead of here. And he felt
certain, too, thaP tho comments being
whispered about him were not compli
ments. But iu this he was wrong. For,
thanks to his mouey, there was scarce a
f man there who would not have stood in
his boots, or woman who would not
gladly have stood in those of his wife
to be.
Then came the parson—not the rec
tor, who lived at Oxford, and edited
Greek plays, and held six other livings,
of which he had once or twice visited
one or two—but a very young and very
nervous lad from Hunchester, whom
nobody knew, and who knew nobody at
Mcrlham. It was a sort of relief to Pa
tience to see a stranger behind the altar
rails. She walked up the aisle, pale,
indeed, but more composed than it is
held fitting for a bride to be. Bride
groom. and even person, were the more
nervous of the three. If the foreign
curate had been more used to his work
he must have seen at once that wliat he
was going to celebrate was no true
marriage at all.
As for old Tom Blackthorn, lie looked
round him proudly, as if he were mas
ter of all, and was already feeling in
his pockets, for half-crowns to give to
the parish at large. Thev were not
there at present, but no doubt, a-i soon
as Patience became Mrs. Marrish, thej
would come.
“Dearly beloved, w* are gathered to
gether here—”
Patience Blackthorn would soon be
Fatieoce Marrish cow; for better for
-worse, for richer for poorer—for richer
and lor worse, for choice out of the two
pair of chances. Nobody answered to
the charge that any iinjsd meat should
be confessed at that eleventh, or, rather,
twelfth hour. Enoch Marrish. so that
everything shouid go smoothly, and
that the clerk should have no claim to
an extra shilling on the score of looking
after him without occasion, got ready
the magic ring from 1 : - waistcoat
pocket while the parson was asking him
whether, forsaking ail other. ho would
keep with Patience Blackthorn as long
as they- both should live. But, if he
wished to dispense with the clerk’s olli
ees, he should nave read up the c lerk’s
duties; and, seeing the bride s finger*
move-for she could not keep them
still —he, naturally- enough for a man
without practice, took this to be the
moment for the ring.
“I will!” said he, and reached out his
hand for hers.
But plain gold rings, from their
shape, material and size, are slipjxiry
things in themselves, though they hold
people so t ghtly. Not for the first
fcime in the history’ of marriage the
ring, as if inspired with an “I will” of
its own, jumped out of his anxious fin
gers and danced merrily over the Hour.
Perhaps a ring bought and paid for
would have be iaved bet!er. But a ring
one picks up by’ the wayside may be ex
pected to have a grain or two of vaga
bond in its gold.
Every’ gem, ewel and piece of metal
work, sueh as a ring, or a horseshoe, or
so forth, and moree pecially every ring,
has its occult spirit, which may be
angel or may be demon. So muc i
every student knows; though how he
knows it would take too long to tell. It
must, however, have been neither angel
nor devil, but an imp of mi chief, that
inspired this particular ring to plague
ami bailie its ovVner for the time being.
The parson, not being used fo such in
terruptions, stopped short at:
“Patience, wilt thou have this
man—”
And the clerk made a dash with his
foot at the dancing imp, which, how
ever, eluded him, and went roll ng on.
“Let’n go,” said the blacksmith's
wife. “I’ve seed that trick afor *. Here,
Master Marrish; 1 11 lend y e mine. ’Tis
a bit biggish; but, Lord, I’ve known
’em properly married with a brass cur
tain-ring be:ore now.”
It seemed the best thing to he done.
Had not Enoch himself wished for bra s
instead of gold? He was, indeed, for
tune’s favorite; his slightest wish
seemed to fu till itse f now. And. of
course, the gold thing would be found
hereafter, withs arching. Not oven a
church-mouse can eat gold, for all it*
poverty.
“And forsaking all other, keep thee
only unto him —”
“By jingo,” cried out a voice from a
dark pew, with too much impulse in it
to respect times and places, “that poor
devil of a sergeant couldn’t have kicked
the bucket after all! Why—it’s Am
ring!”
The nervous curate dropped his book
with a bang. The clerk was petrified
where he stood; Enoch boiled with rage
at this scandalous interruption. Even
Patience started, though she had
schooled herself against any r surprise,
and, in spite of herself, turned round.
The voice she would have known, if
it had not been for her eyes. For what
she saw was not any possible owner of
the voice from the dark pew. It was
in another shadow that she saw a form
dressed in ragged n gimeutals; and be
fore their wearer could avoid her
glance, and shrink farther back into the
shade—
Patience the bride, and Stephen the
corpse, were face to face once more.
He had not been able to return to
Spain without seeing her once more,
though it was only to watch her becom
ing the wife of a villain and a traitor.
So for a whole moment they stood, none
heeding them i’ll the greater scandal.
He read in her face such sudd >n de
spair, she in his such a heartbreak, that
they cou'd hardly bear to see. Ti e
church vanished from their sight; they
were face to face, alone.
pro UK CONTINUED.]
A LOST MINE.
The Romance Which h Religiously Be
lieved ia Napa County, Cal.
Juan Romero, an Indian upward of
uxty years of age, now living in the
upper part of this valley, is a member
of one of the many tribes of aborigines
that in his boyhood days called this
valley their home. At that date many
of the Indians were in the service of
and were well cared for by the Spanish
padres. Romero, then a young boy,
with the older members of his tribe, ac
cording to his story, which he to-day
stoutly asserts to be true, says a gold
mine had been found and opened under
the direction of the pr'ests, iu the range
of hills bordering the valley on the east,
and situated, as uear as lie can recol
lect, about eight or ten miles north and
east of the site of Napa City. He is of
the opinion that it is not far from Soda
Springs canyon, or between that point
and the tall peak to the north. A tun
nel ha I been run into the mountain side
for some distance and good ore fouud
in reasonable quautity. The mine was
worked in a crude way, the manag us
having few of the conveniences used by
the miner of the present day, yet they
prolited by their observations in Old
Spain, where now exist the mines that
were old when the Spaniards built the
first mission in this State. It was a ! x>ut
the year 1820 that the Mexican author
ities, becoming aware that the m'ssio is
in California had acquired a vast
amount of property, decided to tax each
and arf of L em. No levies had been
made upon them up to that time. Not
satisfied with this slow process of ac
quiring the wealth they so much covet
ed, they afterwards contiseatod the mis
sion property bv the wholesale. This
procedure, verified by history, accounts
in great part for the rapid deterioration
of the California missions after 1820-25.
While the Indians were toiling iu tho
gold mines in our Eastern h llsides,
news came that the Mexicans were on
their way to the valley to make repris
als. Romero was then live or six years
of age, a chore boy of the mines. He
says that upon receipt of the news work
was immediately stopped, the mouth of
the drift blocked up and every indica
tion of the existence of a mine left de
stroyed, in order that the M x'eans
should never find the source of the cov
e!od treasures. The seoret of tl e exact
locat on of the mines has been yvell
kept. The ludian minors, frightened
away by the Mexicans, sought for other
localities. They have long s nee | assed
away to their happy hunting places.
Romero has lived in* the valley all the
intervening years, much of his life hav
ing been spent iu tho seivice of the
whites, who long ago came into tl.o
possession of the lands and homes of
his forefathers. In our eastern hillsides
undiscovered mineral wealth awaits the
fortunate prospector. Coal has been
found in several place-, silver lu re and
there, and traces of gold in the beds of
brooks that head in the mountains.
What the Indian atlirms may yet prove
to be a fact; then additional glory will
attach to the far-spread fame of Nupa
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