The Advocate-Democrat. (Crawfordville, Ga.) 1893-current, May 07, 1897, Image 2

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Newspaper Page Text% S w |m ' •.-' a*S f t[..Pi' .«mm. ,,—i yTr-g-yyaw'^^ j, i.jjjULL ——l — / / e a fa j „ vv I (-*7 Z ^ $\ j » r vT3 i w CHAFTKIl XVI rr. con< :luhws. "Too late! Ji j h t ftfi BoatrJee Mercer hurried to¬ ward the houee again the wordfl eman¬ ated from the shrubbery near the pit* and the epeakor etepped Into view. It was Raymond Marshall, but not| the Raymond Marshall of a few d8 previous. Hope, joy, excitement lllu-, ruinated his radiant face; horror, too, shadowed it, a» ho glanced he after the dis-> app-iaring plotter. Then drew into the open space another form. “Hhe meant murder, oh, cruel. cm» l. How can *bo be so heartless.' And i loved her, trusted her as a sister. 1 “('oarage, Kdna, spoke Marshall.' “The faithful Rruno led me here In tinni, it skeins, to rescue you. You be lieve mo now that this woman do celved mo into that marriage, a farce that cannot dim our love, though it may part us in this world' "Oh, Raymond, let ino leave this tor-. riblo pla •«■!” •5. tttko back to . the . ., J will you farnf-hOUM‘. Then to) return and “ iur,i | (lu. meaning of ibis woman being Here. Wail! Homo one else 1* coming. , Ho l' ! “l been led to the spot by the (•lover Bruno not teu minutes previous, had discovered Edna in the pit, had res-J cued her, and now both shrank into tho shrubbery again as two forms crossed tho garden. steward und tho housekeeper, The word4 re turned from the village, their rcaching tie- **ars <»f the Jintening Kay mond Marshall caused him to start vn> lonlly, for they were discussing Beatrice Mercer. Creeping nearer to (hem, within twd mlnutos a bint, a word revealed to Bay mom! Marshall's quick mind a marvel ous suggestion. tho truth Tbld Ho guessed at Beatrice, had now. assumed ; aark schemer, Her Edna Beano's name and place. plots, her sudden wealth, surmise. her strange movements all verified tho For a few moments ho rolleoted. Then, as the two people entered th< souse, he took Edna's arm, and led her *)wards Its open windows front portals. of brightly Through til© a _M|jggSjjjBpMCfflWniira lighted i , i cnalr, and i.j,.,‘T^nmisarhls pretended daughter, B. atrii o Mercer. Without a word of explanation zeal to of thd •hrinkiug F.dna, Ilrod with tho a Bonlldunt discovery, Raymond Marshall snleri>d the house. A wild cry rang from Bentrlco Mer »or's lips, and Mr. Ralston stared won-) lerlugly at tho intruders as Marshall mu) his trembling companion abruptly entered the room. exclaimed the Invalid; “ Allt-o—Kdnal" •who are these Kdna?" people?" repeated Marshall, " Alice? she glvei eagerly. “Is that tho name lei-Milf? Pardon mo, sir, but 1 have ill truded hero because I doom it a duly to unmask that woman yonder." daughter! ex-) ‘ •'That woman my claimed Ralston, indignantly. Boa tried -Sim is not your daughter. Silences Mercer, your plots are known. 1 will tell my story." Beatrice shrank White as marble back as 111 forcible, emphatic words Raymond Marshall, sent, nee by sen (oner, revealed his suspicions. He forced her to asseut to his surmises; In eompelled Kdna to relate ln-r story. With a look of anger at the woman will* "pone.l hiesirm» to.his r .° ^o* 1 m'.fr “ies.yed.lt Is true. >o murmurm. ed “She has her sainted mono r s towi. Oh! how could 1 be so deceived. As to you baffled; -Yes, as to me." cried the Heat rict\~ scornfully. lam unmasked, Bo be It; but 1 still have tho powor to rule I know your secret you, an escaped convict. You will bo glad to S 7 W 5 sr .......- J “ Ralston pok'd and Kliml.lcro.l. At that moment the uoor opi noil, nowoior. emaciated form crossed the room. amazed. -Rodney'" cried Mr. Ralston, it W,v (h.- messenger ho hud sent for , Uopefalo F.dna to the seminary, the man who had seemingly perished at tho broken bridge. replied liodniHb "Ml* - Y,.g it is sciipcd 1,” jft»vere<l raeulousD ■ death, just from inv Illness attending ex, tffcure and inmrv an t til Umc to refute what that impostor says, for I overheard her words Bint your own. Ralston, light has eo i.e at last' The man loi whose crime you suffered inquisoi is dead; and, dying, he h at» con sod all ami cleared ntuv from every V taint of guilt! Oh, thank heaven!“ cried Ralston. fervently. At Ift^t* at lust. A1 lee • Edna, illy darling child, at last l can offer you aj hv'Lored name, u loving home! happy!" sneered Boa *May malevolently.* Vv'u be trire ‘I am baffled, beaten—at Lvinond evorv point except one.it seems Marshall, remember tin* tic law give? me vour iiuiue! You are I! v hu-i-au-1 Thai 1? more to mo daughter or a wealthy heiress. *So be It? spoke Raymond Marshall hus¬ solemuiy. "In name I am your band but Edna Deane or Alice Ralston has my love till death. Fear not; l shall not bring reproach her on her fair name by remaining near until the law annuls a fraudulent marriage. Edna, I must hasten to your friends, the Blakes, and tell them that you are safe. 1 hey are very anxiohs about you. To-morrow I will come to see that you are safe und happy, and then I leave you to battle this woman for my rights.” He passed from the house as ho spoke. His heart was happy, despite the complications that evil plotters had east about his life. "1 say, old fellow!" uttered a maudlin tone, as he neared tho roa 1 outside the mansion grounds. Mar '‘Well, what is it?” demanded 9 nail, regarding curiously the swaying, Shabby form of a half-intoxicated man near the wall. “Can you direct me? Looking for the j nto ^is p] ace> after a—a friend— a j a ,jy friend. You see_ n “Mercy! The minister!” With a start, Raymond Marshall sur veyed the man Yes; before him. Could it be possible? Jrast despite tho vivid con between those two times, the ragged, intoxicated the tramp before sedate- him was certainly welI-dressed, looding clergyman who had performed the marriage ceremony between himself ftn( j ji ea t r f r0 a t the Hopedale hotel, What did it mean? A wild thrill per vadeii his frame at the man’s next words. “You acquainted here? Well, I'm looking Beatrice for a—a girl I've traced here, Mercer. Oh! I’m tsharp, I am! hundred dollars! Humph! a mas can’t 9 ff or j to play minister for a measly hundred dollars! Kho’s rich. I’ve traced hor Bet I get a thousand, to shut iny u pBi or j tel| a „ j know » A11 lin know! within half an Raymond Marshall was in possession of his secret, stupidly blurted out in his maudlin wanderings, T) r Hlmms, unable to secure tho vil (ago clergyman, had hired this adven turer to personalo one. The marriage was a fraud. It was no marriage at all, and the last blow was k | V cn to Beatrice Mercer’s stately fabric 0 ( fraud she had so carefully erected, as the tramp told his story in tho draw Ing-roorn of tho mansion a few moments | ater _ “She loaves my roof at once!” cried tho excited Mr. Ralston, hut Edna, mors merciful, with Insisted that Beatrice bo pro vided sufficient to begin life over again in some romote place, and tear fully bade her go and sin no more, Tho.y never hoard of her again, and when they thoughtoof her it was with a ht-WWW shiobV-v us they realized how 'nearly plottings had ruined all their hopes and the happiness. slatoly mansion and its And beautiful grounds became an earthly paradise to tho two united hearts, whose loyal devotion had brought them, at the last, love's brightest, holiost reward. [the end.} NEWSY GLEANINGS. Ohio claims 7500 doctors. London has a poison factory. low'll boasts of H00 creameries. Kent, England, has 200,000 acres of coal. Alabama colored teachers hold a State convention. There have boon heavy rains in the Mls sourl Valley. The Florida Legislature lias passed a bill the protoctlou of sponges. Flvo million dollars' worth of bananas were consumed in the United States Iasi A delegation mmja is to - l>o sent from Germany to Japan and Chinn to Open up linos ol lrailc, especially in textile products. A poliee census just concluded shows the population of Washington City to be 277. ts», an increase of 73U during the last two years. Creok. Mayor Kenny, of East Newark. N. J., or dered the rejeaso of two girls of falling serving ninety guys in juil on a charge to sup' their mother, In the far Northwest the people are look iu . (o rw»rdto Mi unusually heavy ™ cl salmon duriug the coming season, begin tong early In July. As a gendarme on his way to jail with a prisoner in M- xi-o City wa- about to to-run ^ stat „„ o| r .„ r „ M;lrqu „tt„ will remain th) , N . U ional Capitol, the Wisconsin House having rejected a bill providing foi th „ , u b»tituto ol • statue ol General Fair e hUd or -f General Rusk. jt u said that Miss York, the beautiful Texas girl, who was arrested for running an illicit ilistiUery, has received no leas than tlte.offew of marriage since her bond was igne-i by a chivalrous community, There are now about 903 camp» of the Unit ml to-iufederatc Veterans, and it Is ported that the reunion hi : tl hi gathered at any > d bait’ •tton were rj l! . xt >n in Ot »urity. (i rv> sold April 11 for 5«0.0W). This i- t t rails ctiou from that ‘ecu J>WU j n Georgia i any years. \\*ess Bigg, a Southern Faeifle fireman look two days off and went hunting for gold in w ^ a t kin-’Wii as the I>ry Diggings dis triet of Southern On>gon. In the two days he got $54 worth of gold. $ is worth the Urst day and double the amount the next. General Manager Greene, of the Baltt more A Ohio Railroad, ha? issued on order arssjs ns beheld szss&st strictly Yard masters are to ae ManuM , t lj« penalty for vtolatioa Is rating severe. t f p fe i; I This great remedy is indorsed by <w physicians, and prescribed by them a3I over the world. Positively guaranteed to cure the most stubborn cases. The formula is published {Mainly on every bottle. As a tonic it is l Superior TO ALL SarsapariSlas For. Female Complaints and building up run-down sys¬ tems it acts like magic. Try a bottle and be convinced. READ THE TRUTH extract from book of testimonials. to-daj a 0 Pi!immii>s Feakems, & Hines, Druggist Leading Grocers, Waxahachio, Tez. Indorsed by B. W. •-p p P.,Llppman’s Great Remedy, tiered me of difficult breath ina and palpitation of the heart. Had not slept on either side for U0W 1 BleeP,OUndly “ry M KAMSAY, Be Leon,Tex. M ’* ** aDd 8UbS ° ribe iteMnknT, Notary Public. mit jMSadlw failed toremqve'it^TTr«? Lft tf^ oTp 0 P. L?pp^ ■ _ Savannah, Ga. .. Ld -—---;--—— 5(1 by all druggists. LIP is O ♦ UPPMAN’5 BLOCK- < KANSAS ALL RIGHT. Boston Coi my Will Take Loads on iood Property, The local rsooh of the Boston Loan and Trust wnpany at Kansas City, Mo., has ri lived notice from its head office that ereafter loans may be token on flrs|t elnss properties In North eastern Ka , This is euid to lie one of the flinst orders of the kind at fectlng Kansas property that has bees liven by a lpau company in years. Terrific Earthquake. A dispatch' to the World ftom Kings ton, Jamaica), says: terrifle There earthqmxlie has l>eeu a succession jof shocks in t.hq Leeward Islands, killing many people) and doing great damage to property, i The center of the dis turhance Is at Montserrat, but the area affected extends from St. Kitts to Mar Unique. The'greatest lods of life is at (J ua«leloupc. AS business has been suspended an<J tiie churches have bee® opened for general grayer, At a, wu, t’rivate secretory and stenographer to President Spalding of the defunct Glob . ® j. ** vu .. *8» p ,5attK , - U aililed before o> -«.r tiie S«aiatorui| Invest gating Commit tee In Chicago. Rhe testified that Spalding had given her about fTo.tkXb with the umtorsmiidlng that he- was some time labor to secure a d vorex from 111* tvife and marrv M!» Ervin. __ _____ Notedl Outlaw KiUed. A telegram from Santa Fe, N. M., say s L’aiUHl ti-tes Marshal Grant has received word that ihe outlaw Black Jack was killed last week in Arizona, ihereloe 31.B ntNed ecawi eighteen miles west of Clifton, by a pOSNT of deputy marshals It was at first thought that the man gi . Moofe The body is identlbed as that t of f Black R , k ™ Big reward* otered fw the axrvst of [)Ulck Jac t vrili be paid to the posse. In. Kentucky the water ie subsiding, but the whiskey is all right. CURES DYSPEPSIA CATARRH MALARIA & KIDNEY TROUBLES PIMPLES *) \ BLOTCHES p $ & OLD SORES 1 BLOOD — POISONING RHEUMATISM SCROFULA&t 2 REMEDY,,' UJ for m ®, QQ CYCLING NOTES. It is claimed that there are over 10,000 tandem riders in New York City. Governor Griggs signed the Gledhill bill which forces railroads in New Jersey U •arry bicycles as baggage. A trial of folding safety bicycles, bicy bj clettes pliantcs, is now being conducted the Belgian military authorities. The bicycle vote is gettiug to be some pumpkins lately and the average politician against is apt to be careful how he goes up it. A prominent Dunkirk (N. Y.) physicist bicycle not only prescribes the use of tin? for lady patients, but also teaches them to ride. Last year it is estimated that there were over lo'OOO wheels in use Indianapolis, reach Ind. the This year the total is expected to 20,000 mark. A list of stolon bicycles recently published special¬ by an insurance company making a ty of that kind of business showed 330 dif¬ ferent makes. Over 1000 applications for membership to the League of American Wheelmen were received during a recent week, thus mak¬ ing tiie total membership over 72,000. The number of cycle paths now com¬ ol pleted and the number now in course construction seem wonderful, considering tho fact that three years ago tho cycle path was an unknown thing. Rattan saddles are among tho latest things among cycling accessories, -hey are easy and comfortable and specially discom¬ adapted to riders who experience saddles. fort with the ordinary hard An English physician advances the theory taat low-gear wheels are more dangerous than high-gear machiner. because tin- slow movement of tiie leg on ono is less trying to the heart than the quiek action oil the other. Tilde Anderson the Chisago racer, broke the half-mile woman s record, flying start, rode tho distanco in 02 3-5 seconds, i Her former rceor-i was 53 2-5. Si:-.- was paced by a tandem, The oours i straightaway. It is a singular fact but true that the ma ] jority of cyclists depend principally machine along u nor. ; the ri^iit foot to push ball* the crank axle I In proof of that if the on a arc examined, those on one side will lx found more worn than on the other. That ! IS mnted for by the fact that the great ! strain is on the right sida. Family Exterminated. A message from Bar Mills, Me., an nounees that John L. Lane, wife and child, were found dead at Bony Eagle, five miles from Bar Mills, this morn ing. All had been shot. It is supposed that a double murder and suicide was committed. — ; THE LABOR WORLD. London has CO,000 costermongers. Baris has a school for cab drivers. New York City iias 1300 Uorsesboers. Germany has 371 women blacksmiths, Missoula, Montana, has a labor temple. K. of L. Is credited with 11.000 members' Brooklyn clothing nutters average #20 n week. Brooklyn carpenters get i'3.25 for eight hours. Cummins villa, Ohio, lias a labor ex change. Dublin, Ireland, has a co-operative cork factory. A National Fnion of B.aiiroad Agents ha? been organized. St. Louis (Mo.) carpenters nowget thirty five cents an hour. Denver (Col.) printers pay \% per cent, of their earnings to the union. Pittsburg constables have struck against reiving subpoenas for fifteen cents. Woonsocket (E. I.) weavers returned to work when guaranteed #1.50 a day. A big St. Paul (Minn.) clothing store has been forced to employ union clerks. Minneapolis (Minn.) stonemasons want the nine-hour day adopted tor city work. English tailors threaten to strike for the twelve-hour day and the abolition of over¬ time. The champion shearer of Australia, for the past season, has broken the record by shearing 33,625 sheep, bis earnings being #1090. Two union cooks at Minneapolis, Minn., wore fined #100 each for working with . non-unionists. This union has established an employment bureau. There is a prospect that some of the idle prisoners in the Maryland House of Cor¬ rection will be employed in improving fhe roads of Anne Arundel County. At tho recent New South Wales Political Labor League convention in Sydney wooleD a pro¬ posal for the establishment of State and clothing mills was unanimously car¬ ried. Michigan horseshoers recently fac-ld a State convention. They have twenty-eight bill local branches, with 00 members, A before the Legislature makes a herseshoer's claim for debt a lien on the animal shod. The waiters' societies of New York an agitating for a homo for the disabled and aged of their craft. Ono of the promoter? of the scheme says in support of it: “At forty-eight years’ of age the legs of waiter? are worn out. and the waiters are then dis¬ charged by their employers liecause they cannot wait upon the guests fast enough.” A special dispatch’ from Athens say* that M. Ralll. tire new Greek Premier, aas announced his intention of calling to arms every a hie-bodied man in Sreece.