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MACON, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 3, 1880.
THE PENNYCOMEQUIGK&r 0 ^'/ ir „
A NOVEL BY
S. BARING GOULD.
, ,,t • Mkhai.au,""OiL'Kr Loyal," “John Hereino,”“TheGaverocks,”etc.
[All Right Reserved.]
•;{ MTLK Xf.lN.— 1 Tktk-a-Tktjs. j aging nil throe unaided, and as Miss
i .• ,i * r„_ Durham dixlimd to accomjiany her «ho
riiiljl’ I insistwi on'Salome lending her aid.
•»» , ’ ru "* d ! balome conwnted. Hcr~ husband
tend. hadleen scanlio.1 in the ! Iul d wlehed that she Humid
' " til l The er“ out ’ »“■' '»> »Ueep and could 1* left
p» made of a sparkling stone—which
found on tho St.
the Val
bottom pro-
joint; his skin
j, ri ,|.h;.t'plate S had h.-ej, masedover . ^ on "
could net sirep, , Ootthard rood, half way down
f : ■ V■7"l * “ .i‘ ' . , I!’:! ! Trenu.ia. and when Mrs. Sidebotl
liat h
of an
t Vmi !»• woke with ft start that sent
.pilot torture through hfautminod
‘.... He c ould not get tho roar of tho
‘, 1 1 ,,f his ears; lie liad curried it
0 rtiih him in his head. Salome, at
’rHiuest, 11 *
ispcll it played tho
, |I|1K t the hallo underneath
, rillI iu, hut that was powerless to dfa-
, i, i;. Then ho sent Ills request to
|i,irliam to sing. PerhajiH her
lVndhl voice might drive away tho do-
, i()Ilf Her answer waa that she had
v. i"'. No voice! He knew that she
,1- die had Imaded to him of it.
■nt'aiiotlier message. Then came buck
I. r ,,,|\ that »lie could not and would
detestable little inatru-
:i . h that in the salle.
:, \t tl;iv I’iiilin was obliged to keep
U-.i. lie was in discomfort and pain,
not' tin 1 best of tenq**r8.
Niieim-." said he, when lit*, wife
1.. I.» him w ith her fresh bright face
nma'.liy and cheering, ••tlumk
,, ngon placing on the nlano
tuning. \Vhllht you played
felef
•nr, but it returned
:at your fingers left the keys,
li st unkind of Miss Durliam
ould not sing."
lilip! don't you laiow that hho
111 tiie high mountain* to Ims-
> ■ (v. and it is possible that to
gr.-at altitude—we are nearly
1 ami feet above the sea—
injury?’
ill die laugh when 1 v
h drawl
lilip, dear, I cannot toll;
, die nor I had any idea of tho
r von had liven in. The ruvine
unph tely blocked up and sheeted
«i;ii snow, and we did not kno
.in,: of the horrible chasm down
i tla- river plunged and through
i it : t uggled. Wo only knew that
|i.i l gone through a crust of snow,
[bat von had to lie drawn out.”
lit did vou not heur the thunder of
did not particularly notice it-
i. nth heard it, but tve- -wej
r I something, but liad no inorb
>v hat there was Imieatli than
i have hod when you slipped
cry unfeeling of her to
t lu re, Philip,” said Salome,
iht- drives vf your coat Inside
live found the*® flowers, ©del-
rash.*
[ I found tliem.”
idered for a moment and thon
Jiliey are for you. Wear them,
• •nr party know that Idid u«»t
tho risks I passed through
(•ringing bock with
hk you, dear Philip;" she stooped
[ and kissed his lips.] “Dinr,
lip. I ninth never part with them.
o*t kind of you and brave, too,
earch of them for me.”
ie," said he, “don’t let Lambert.
• • all Mrs. Sidebottom come and
• to-day. f am in horrible pain,
move, and 1 cannot l*eur to bo
You go down and take a lit -
; do not mind nliout me. I will
> . I had no sleep last night. 1
ng all tlie colors of the rainbow,
> bruised. 1 shall bo right in a
o. No bones are broken, but I
, and cannot endure to Ini
n: let me Is? quiet and a good deal
[ if. I will sleep when 1 can.”
• I -if by you a little?" she asked.
“1 will not spook—only hold
mil.*
And
ok his silence for consent,
•l comfort in her presence; a
feeling crept tm his arm from
■> that cIusjkxI his, und spread
it.
W ,
hat ashamed of himself,
t m ale his expediti m among
and met with his fal! in
<’• >r edelweiss for her, but for
Salome had accepted the
1 cherished it, us if In* hud
hr h. r. nml ho allowed her to
lolu ion. Was this hren-
in accordance with that
on which he plumed him-
le- could not tell her the truth,
wound her too deeply, and—
i'ii -i li too considerably.
> ago Artemisia Durham had
hand on the Ohcratp, besklo
" lien lie extended it to her in
it he would do great things for
now, in redemption of his
i • had tried to get her u hit of
and had tumbled through tho
s efforts. And wlmfc could ho
•" She had not asked f«»r legal
for figured table linen, tho two
could furnish her with with-
It was well that his hand
• t nrutl him right; he had no
•ler what he was unable to |s*r*
"v differently he bad Litas
held Ills hand! Tlieu an in-
currant had H<?t boiling
i> veins, turning libs head, mud-
mi. Now tiio cool iiatul of »Sa-
•S**d I mini to iiisaching joints,
v.as a 1 *ettcr medicine, though
J’»e, ftelf-reproach to iiis con-
his
■ : »o, for the first timo
; tii ills.; Durham, sotnu of his old
'K»/.i,d up through the joints of
Uiiat was Hi# rcatMiii «*f
Thrice it had occurred:
• IihJ. Mtid hoiiiething laugliiugly
■si that odi
creature to an ex-
kiughtcr. Then, onflwOher-
" hail lauglied for no partieu-
* that Philip could see, and luul
lip laugh with her. Ami, lastly,
'••"-lied mockingly, alone, when
1 from the very verge of a
11 ul death.
Jk hut hi* eyes and lay still. Ha-
‘' A by him for an hour, and then,
Vyg be was uslecp, released his
d him (inietly and htole from
Mrs. HTiobotb-m wanted to
ga short walkjTt was tedious in the
I few old aud odd tqI-
‘
ind M»cy wera
to search t or this precious stone, of wliich
they resolved to c<ini|x>*o necklaces for
themselves, orat least bracelets; It would
create (itiito a sensation at ElLeuf; not
one of the girl-, there had seen this beauti
ful stone—not one probably luul heard
tho name of Treuioline, by which it w
called.
There waa another reason why Mrs.
Sidebottom, on this occasion, particu
larly desired tho companionship of Sa
lome. Stic was commissioned to break
11 her tho news that Janet and Lambert
were engaged, and to use her endeavors
to overcome any prejudice Salome might
entertain against the marriage being
solenmizod shortly, at Herne, at tho em
bassy. And Mrs.’ Sidebottom was about
to attack her on this point by represent
ing that she, Salome, was hot the |tersou
to make objections when she lu rself had
married Philip within a very short time
of the supposed death of mine Jeremiah,
who, though he was not her father,
had stood to her much in tho light of a
parent.
tSalomo had ofwervod that Janet and
the cuptuiu took much delight in each
other's society, but she liad not given
their association a serious thought; she
knew that her sister liked lively society,
mid the captain had exhibited, whilst at
Andemialt, an amount of^ vivacity and
humor which she luul not'given him tin-
credit of possessing. They were lioth
interested in things of which she knew
nothing, and naturally, therefore, sought
each other’s society. They were also
connections in a roundabout fashion.
Through Philip, 1 JunL-rt became her
cousin, and as Janet was her sister, ho
must bo borne sort of cousin to Janet.
Quite near enough relation to remove
sturdiness of intercourse and place thorn
on easy terms of cousinly association
that excused a good deal xyhich >vould
ho inadini)«ib!e were they unrelated.
Philip heard tho voices of the |«rty
outside the house, the crisp laughter of
the girls and the sawing tones of Mrs.
Sidebcttoin. and then the sounds became
distant and "< oi*ed. His-meditations
weie mu r/upo-d al*out a quarter <;f an
hour later by three raps against tho wall
by his 111*0(1. The several rooms in t' e
inn were small and divided from each
other an I from the i sis sage by wood—
not very thick deal lioanling, prepared
over, but which in places had waijied
and split the )>a!s-r. Signora Limbardi,
y spring, with a pot of pai?to
sotnu stripa if. p« pwi.
rooms pNisting over tho'rifts, dlsguLing
them and preventing the partitions from
being as diaphanous as tliey were dln-
phoiiou*. (lefman, Swiss and Italian
I>eds ar«? wotxleii boxes, narrow and
short; and in such a bed against such a
wall lay Philip unable to move without
torture.
'Again throe loud rui*.
"VVlio i« ih-oV ho called.
“You are awake, Mr. Pennycome-
quick?” asked tho voicoof Miss Durham,
nlmoflt in hi* ear. •*We nro in adjoining
stalls. 1 want a word with you, l*c-
caiiso I leave this insufferable place to
morrow. I can endure the col.l and
to liiiiu no longer; and before you return upnei
to the netheryvorlil, I may lie away tin- well i
less you descend in a glissade, and shoot
through the roof of the Hotel Iiu|x*rial
u(Min us into the midst of tho table at
dinner.'
Philip felt the partition l*>tween them
shake. She was laughing. She had her
chair against it, ami leaned against it.
T*» sjs?ak to him and to laugh ut him.
•*i must ask your |Minion," she said
prcM'ntly with a twitter in her tonuw
Irom suppressed merriment; “1 did not
realize your dauger, or rutlicr tiio danger
you had escaped, when pulled out of the
snow. Hut my laughter was excutnhlc;
you can have no conception how infin
itely comic im ol»j»vt you pri^sented; mid
tho whole affair was so ridiculous. You
—going aloft aftere del wo is* without the
smallest acquaintance with its habitat,
and with no experience to teach you
op your footing iu Alpine atti
tudes. and shooting down, |K»p! through
n hole into the nether world. And then
—to see tho men ntxnit the hole extract
ing you—i*- was like Esquimaux fishing.”
Philip was not only va»tly offended,
hut he was .also greatly shocked at tho
conduct of the young Chicago lady,
holding a conversation with him through
the wall when he was in bod. To show
hi* sense of tho indelicacy of her course,
1,0 said nothing in return.
She tsppetl again.
“Well, Mr. Pennycotnequick! Have 1
sauidnlizeil you ? We are in the land of
freedom; and 1 am a daughter of the
stars and stripes, and we American girls
are iiot so particular ubout trifles as are
miss*-**. Are you very
much bruised and crumpled?”
“Very,” groaned Philip.
“Do vou good; take home of tho starch
out of vou. You had tho temerity to
browbeat and insult me, wlien first you
came to Audermutt. Now I have curved
you out, and I may tell you this to your
conaolation, that it is n lucky thing for
you that you had your fall ami contu
sions. But for that I would have turned
you inside out, and twisted your silly
head off your shoulders. 1 intended to
do it, for no man offend* ine und «*-
cai»*s stings. I ain content to leave you
as you are black mid blue, and dis
jointed, like a wretch on tho rack."
tyho was stretching hi* mind on tin*
rack and disjointing tluit as well, sitting,
leaning against the wall, and working
trie meeiimiiam. , , .
“Mr. Ptmnycomequick, I bcanl uLmt
you from your wife before you arrived;
how different you proved to the idea l
had formed, you have too much conceit
to imagine. ’ i found a wooden man,
with his lir.itM affixed to hi* trunk by
pegs, N»lili a wooden face, wooden ideas,
wooden maimers — and when tills
wooden figurehead liad the audacity to
n jHlilip exclaimed; “What I said wa*
true. You yourself admitted it* truth
when you told me your story."
My dear dolU” mid Miss Durham, “I
ait it. But who likes to have .the
Rv skewered on a bayorg; . and
imcd down his throat? and bow—
wl ht I say would splutter about liko,
Jaiwirujba fireworka and do no otw aby
[wsrc liiioCtha^ ft is tsne, trine in
• • .A* *»*.
resistible, and very superior,
sho had sucli a towering
opinion of your rectitude, equal to your
own of yourself. That was as much a*
daring m«* to attempt tho conquest; and
your own absurd self-esteem was an
other provocation. When you tlirc
down the glove I accepted tiio chal
lenge, and you know how in an hour or
two I had spun you round liko a teeto
tum.”
Khe stayed talking to laugh. As sho
laughixl sue shook the wall, ami the wall
rattled Philip's bed, and tho rattling bed
rattled Lis aching joint*; hut ho felt
these pains no more in tiio intensity of
the agony of shame that he endured in
his racked mind.
“You were quite fetching!” alio con
tinued. “When you hold out your hand
and offered to bo my stay, I was obliged
to jump up. With all my powers of self-
control I could hardly keep from 1 Mixing
your ears and sending you into the lake
for your Impudence. However, 1 had
no wish that tho transformation scene
should come off so soon. 1 intended to
lead you on through other follies till I
had ruined your reputation and vour
self-resj>ect. But tiio fate** have been
against me; I cannot wait longer here. I
abandon you to yourself and to your
good little wife. I* cannot wasto time
over you. 1 have other matter* to nt-
tend to; lietter gome to pursue tlmu such
a wooden leaping frog a* you.” She
stood up from her chair, and went to tho
window; it commanded a bleak pros-
I>oct. She could not see the returning
party on it. The girls Liliarto had p:?r-
liaps found tho desired minerals and
would not desist from collecting till they
had each enough to form a paruro of
Tromolino.
Artemisia returned to her seat against
tho wall, und said, “As for that romance
I told JJjou al*out myself, believe of it a*
little ;us you please. When you tell your
own story, with your autobiography, tho
little episode of Artemisia Durham will
not L? found in it. We only remenilwr
and write of ourselves as wo would liko
others to know us, not us we are. I* it
not ti
Tlieu suddenly sho broke into a song,
a popular Viennese opera air, which sho.
had turned into rough English verse to
enable her to sing' it at concerts else
where than in Germany. Hho had a
beautiful, u naturally flexible voice, and
every note was liko an articulate crystal
drop.
“A llttL* grain of falsehood
Isold,
l« fjr.i
S'<» iflnn l* what he seeineth.
No woman wlutt n|M» «n.
II ore's falsehood oft in laughter.
And fal*‘hi*>d e'en In tear*,
h fact and lib togel
In cverj’tliitig we suy <i
CHAPTER L—In the llosriCK.
There is a toy, the delight of children,
that consist* in a manikin with his legs
cm led under him, weighted with lead iu
liL clohukir nether curt*, 't his mani
kin, However persistently held down or
violently knocked over, always right*
hiiiiHclf.
And there are human livings similarly
com tinned. With them self-conceit
suppJieH the place of lead. There is no
dixiurbing tln ir equilibrium for more
than a moment. Lay their h•‘.adK in the
lust, and the instant the linger thut do-
gain. nose in air. .Strike them
horsewhip or |xikor nud they shiver in
mute anger, unconscious of humiliation,
and they aro steady again, nose in air.
Bore boll's in them and you cannot let
out their ponderosity and disturb their
equilibrium; set them on tire and you
‘annot melt tho self-conceit out of them,
t oomb out of their (Mires, it distill* from
eye*. it°pouni from tiieir lijw, and yet
lever exhaust* itself any more than tho
•il in the cruse of tho \Y idow of Sarepta.
Kick them ami they travel upright, mse
in air, along the carpet; pitch them out
of the window and they go down head
rmost; sink them in the deepest
nnd they *it, slow./ dnintegrating
at the Littoin, head up.
Philip was not one of them). It wa*
true tiiat in him was a large amount of
■if-esteem—or what religious people
would call hclf-rigmeouaiie**, but it Will)
not an organic iubred quality; it had
liecu developed by bis education, by tho
circumstance^>f hi* early life, and could
therefore l»e erpelled from his system by
sharp medicine. By one o£ those exquis
itely pitiful provision* of nature, which
compensates to tlui nightingale for his
plninne** by giving him a tuneful voice,
slid to the peacock for hi* harsh note* by
surrounding him with u glory «>f gold
nud greoii, men of little acquirement*,
little minds, little presence,are furnlsIuHl
w ith tho hl< ssed gift of bumptiousiuiM,
wiiich make* them unconscious of their
insignificance, which induce* those who
can by no probability be heroes to others
to be heroes to themselves. Juntas the
motft ignorant men are the most itositivo,
so aro tlie most empty men the most
self-contained. They can blow them-
out with tho breatli of tiieir own
nostrils.
Success in life is not necessary to make
a man conceited, nor beauty Ut superin-
duce. vanity iu a woman. Thu uxtrata-
gancc* of conceit are found in those men
who huvo made a liotcii of life, and of
vuuity in those women who havo least
{lorsonal charm*. Every di*appointment,
every rebuff, throws them in on tliem-
selves, and thuy seek in themselves that
approval and appreciation wiiich is do-
nn d them without. Like Nanissus, but
kicking in cxcumo, they full in love with
themselves because no ono i wo will love
them. I* it not nosuiblo that apprecia
tion may J-c an element a* necessary to
tho psychical a* oxygen is decenary to
the physical life, tiiat when it is not
freely given or wrestled from tho w’orld
w ithout we may set to work to engender
it for ourselves within, just os iu Jules
Verne's romance those who voyaged
10,000 league* under tlie sea, being out
of tho element that naturally fed the
lungs, manufactured it for themselves
under water?
Had Philip been constitutionally con
ceited, had bumptiousness been con
genital, like scrofula in tho blood, or
tubercle in the bruin, the overthrow ho
hud met with at the hands of Mia* Dur
ham would not havo seriously affected
on him. He would have sighed and re
signed himself to tho conviction that
Mbs Durham was to bo piliod, not lie,
because au inscrutable Providence, which
dome* to some eyes tho faculty of seeing
color, and to some ears the power to dis
tinguish and enjoy melodies, and to some
noses the capacity to delight in odors,
hud denied to Mi*s Durham tiio ability
to admire and udorc him.
In the classic tale, Achilles was plunged
by hi* mother, Thetis, iu tlw wateis of
Styx, which made htfn invulnerable,
save in the lied by which she lield him.
So our good motho- Nature takes soma
of her children, nel thereto* of brain
skin, every blade used on them has it*
edgo turned, every cudgel break* with
out bruising. What happiness i* theirs?
They aro wholo and unhurt, whereas
their richer endowed brothersore hacked,
and pierced, and heart-broken.
* Tho author had ou6e to do with a
worthy, pious man put in a situation un
der hirn, who was triple-panoplied in tho
hide of self-esteem. As is usual with
such persons, ho wc* not much short of a
each word into duck shot, with wiiich I
penper you—through tho wall.”
It was a wonder that next day Signora
Lomlsirdi did not find tin* sheets of No.
18 singed, so hot did Philip become be
tween them with offended modesty,
witli anger, anguish, and slmmc.
“Tiio game is up, so I do not mind
showing you my hand," cried Artemisia.
She had folded her arms over her breast,
and leaned back, with her head against
the wall, and talked hastily, passion
ately. “That little wife of yours, whe
is a thousand time* too good for vou
and whom I pity, yokod to such fellow
aa yourself, aho told mo that it was not
possible for you to come to lovo mo, Ihv
cjUiso she was your wife. Not, sho
hastened to explain, that sho esteemed
fool, and did very foolish. Inconsiderate
things. When called to task for some
egregious act ho Lor© tho reprimand with
meekness, then retired to his closet,
where he prayed for him who had re
huked him. us for a persecutor. Novel
for ono particle of a moment did it occur
to him that ho himself deserved blame.
And the author knows full well that tho
callous skinned who read these pages
will feel no cut from his words, but
draw up tiieir heels-under them out of
tho way of his scythe.
It has been proved by experiment that
the tortoise can live though deprived of
its brains, but the tortoise is tiio animal
with tho hardest epidermis known. Per
haps tlie converse may Ik* true tiiat those
animals with the largest proportion of
brain may havo tlie moat sensitive skins.
Now Philip was no fool; he had plenty
of sound sense, hut hi* moral faculties
had been warped by tiio circumstance*
of bis early career, and lie had grown up
with great suspicion of others, but sure
confidence in himself. Now, suddenly
his eyes had been opened by a rude
shock': bis moral nature had been sub-
j< clod to a glissade and a jolt almost a*
severe ns tluit which his body had under
gone, and as ho was not tough aud horny-
hided in mind, ho felt the results us
acutely. If ho ached with bruise* and
sprain* in flesh’ and sinew, so did he
ache with bruise and sprain in all tho
tissues and liber* of hi* iuner spiritual
self.
When Salome returned to Philip's
room she found him di ihiclined to talk;
he was still twitching and quivering
from the lushes he luid received, con
scious only of liis present pain, covered
with humiliation. Lie had not been given
time to think of his future conduct, even
to consider the retrospect; tluf present
torturo occupied an 1 made to tingle
With the innate teict which Salome
(tvssosued, she saw at once tiiat he did
not wLI> to lio disturbed; though nhe
>uld not divine that he luid other cause
for suffering than hi* fall, or that other
liuries had been done him than those
nidi made his body black and blue.
Sho knew tiiat he was in coin, nnd that
he sought to disgui^a the fact from
she did uo't harass him with attentions.
She drew a little stool beside hi* bed
and seated herself on it, with mtHlIo-
tvork (or the liaby, und did not look ut
He lay on hislmek, but turned hi* head
and saw her licautiful auburn hair, with
tho evening sun tinging it with orange
fir?, I’or mviw time he looked at it with
out thought oi her, only or nimseir, tits
xhuvic. his jarred self-respect. That jest
of Aiteuiisia alxmt the Esquimaux
watching alioiit a hole in tlie ice to pull
out of it a fish, was present to him; he
saw tlie fish come up (lapping its tail nnd
tossing to Phnqx* the barb; and then
thought of himself lieing hauled out of
tlie hole in the snow* through wiiich he
had plunged. Then ho considered
ln*w that nIio—this malicious woman
—hod hold Mn with a hook
in Id* jaw* and luul played
with him, nnd then how ho hnu been
suddenly plunged out of :i world ofjlight
und Hiurot lines* into an nbyw whore all
wa* darkness and horror. Where was
he? Into what bad ho fallen? Had he
not id must shot over the precipice, and
gone dowu into the utt* • most depths of
degradation? What if this accident luul
not lM*falIen him? What if that woman
had gone on playing with iiim, an l hud
lured him further, as in the LT»lk Tale*
the Nix. * of the waterfall* lure shepherd*
to throw them elves over, with the vain
belief that by so doing they will full into
the urms and !*? received into tlw realm
of the water sprite*?
Hi* ideas Intjuuo confused. At one
moment he wa* a fi.-li caught by a barb,
then he was clinging to a rock, with
drawing from thueuticemuntsof a shun.
Tho sun had vet, or no longer crowned
Salome with Are, she continued her
needlework till dusk closed iu rapidly
aud prevented her *eeing her atitche*.
But aho sal on, upon her little stool, rest
ing her cheek against the bedclothes.
Philip, half dreaming, luul caught a lock
r i .. ..V i i ,i li .
of her hair and twisto.l it around hi* fin
ger, ami held it as if it were something
tiiat wn* so firm, so Mire tiiat if lie clung
to it, if lie would retain it about hi* finger
us a golden hoop, he could not continue
his slide and fail, and so thinking, or
fancying, in a confused condition of
mind, bred of, or fostered by pain and
shame, ho luul fallen asleep. Halome *at
suam*', im) nuu iuiivu u rxMume *ai
on, did not venture to tnovo her head
i«ot sho should disturb his sleep by with
drawing her liair from hi* finger*.
Next morning Mrs. Hidchottom, Bliss
Durluon, Mr*. Bayne* and the Lalxirb
girls, together with the captain, departed
for Andennatt, leaving Suiomof with her
husband in tho Hospice. They did not
leave without an altercation between
Mrs. Sidelottom and tiio hostess relative
to the hill, in which both engaged with
unmatched weajion*, as Mi*. Nidobottoin
could Hjieak no word of Italian, and Sig
nora Lombardi no English. The former
cou'id not Ijo brought to admit tiiat the
hostcfi* was justified in charging some
wluit higlier for provision* 0,800 feet
wine is produced and calve* are reared.
Mr*. Siueliottoin effected no noater re
duction tlum a franc nnd a half which
she insisted on having cx(Hinged as a
charge fora meal she pn»te»teia she had
not eaten. She then attempted to shift
a couple of bottb's of *p:irklmg asti from
her account, to tluit of Miss Durham, and
to transfer sundry egg* for breakfast to
tlie bill of Hr*. Ikij ncrt, who, *lic wa*
cure ordered them, though she admitted
having eaten them on tho urgency of
Janet. Egg* G.800 feet above tlie sea aro
—well, egge Fowls at that elevation are
•luggtfh layer*, and egg* if brought up
from the vs.U*y* run risk*
account. She fought desperately over
ilospico door*,ami fish in tho lakes, easily
procurable, therefore it wa* unreasona
ble that they should ho charged fancy
prices.
Mrs. 8idebottom achieved a great suc
cess in negotiating a bargain with a
driver from Andcrniatt, whereby sho
and tho captain were taken Lack by a
returned carriage that liad di*cliargcd
itsloud a*, the Hospice. Mu- *uccocded
in securing the conveyance at half the
ordinary price. Though sho engaged
tho carriage for herself and son, the cap
tain did not return in it, but tho three
demoiselles Lil»nrte. Janet nnd tho
cuptaia, who had become inseparable
and who reactod on each ot'ier, lie re
viving her be illh, and she evoking life
and wit out of his torpid nature, returned
in a siuailer trap behind the carriage of
Mrs. Hidebottoni. Miss Durham had
mado her own arrangement* und went
off ill a cabriolet by herself. She took
jm almost affectionate farewell of Sa
lome, whom she really liked, though she
despised her. Miss Durham was sure
she had done Salome a good turn in the
way in which she had brought Philip to
his semes, nnd she accordingly patron
ized atid petlcd his simple wife. She
waa pleased with herself for having con
tributed to the happiness of tho young
wife by making a fool of her huslmud,
nnd then telling him what a fool ho had
been made.
Hal mu in her guilelcssness re
proached herself for having for
a lilt I) while felt a suspicion
of her iiu*bjind and her friend, for hav
ing given way to a feeling of jealousy,
fer Iiaving Iweu unhappy becauso Philip
w;i.s ho gi**l nnd obliging ns to ninko an
effort to do what she liad herself urged
him to —make friend* with the lonely
American girl. And Philip? In him
self-reproach grew. It could grow now,
for the soil was ready for it.. Hitherto
it wo* choked with the root* of pride
and self-esteem. These had bean torn
up, and he wa* nblo now to appreciate
himself justly nnd realize the precious-
nes* of Salome. Formerly he hnd looked
on himself as having done a grand and
gracious net in taking her to him. An
injustice luul Ixxmi committed—lu*w he
did cot know- in sc;no mysterious way.
and he hud stooped in the integrity of
his wail to take up Balome, make her hi*
wife, so a* to indemnify her for her his*.
Tlie suspicion he had entertained
against hi* aunt relative to tho will I»-
Tore tlie return of hi* uncle hail been
Ieept nod since lie luul talked tho matter
ivor with Jeremiah. He had now very
little doubt that Mrs. Sidebottom hod
succeeded in getting at the document
unguardedly kept by Salome, nnd tear
ing it way the signature. But though he
was tolerably convinc« d thut this fraudu
lent net had l>eeu committed by her, he
luul not till now considered that by this
act Ills family wumdishonored a* wa* hers
by tlie existence of Schofield. In what
were the Pftmycomoquick* so much
more virtuous than tiie oclioneliW Earie
UchofiHd, her father, wa* u swindler,
and L.uisjt SidcLfftom h id committed
iui act 'hut vviu felony. Ami what was
he, himself? Tie ha*• wounded, driven
from b'lii with reproach and har*hne*s
innocent, singie-lu jirtod of wo
" liiiu aud toiler
«d body,
oil from the i«th of right,
yielded to tho fascination of the
teoiptri ss, which he luid not tho moral
Mtrength to resist, nnd had been carried
by her almost to the verge of committing
*«erious wrong.
T ie nnworthincjs of Schofield could
i>o^ canceled by tho unwortliiness of Mr*.
betweeu them. But wliat was there to
set in the account to balance Ids devia
tion in heart from hi* duty to Salome,
the iujustice and cruelty with wiiich he
hnd treated her at Mergatroyed?
Philip saw all this now clearly, and
felt keen mortification anrt rc|*entnnce.
Salome wa* constantly with him now;
und lie now, from hi* bjd, aud when he
ruse and walked leaning on her, had fiis
eves o|iened to her many merits, to love
the perfect purity an l integrity of her
soul. She wa* u child in heart, with tho
•f a woman. She was not very
clever, hut she hud common sense. She
was well hut not highly educuted; *lie
hud seen very little of tho world, ami
this Imd necessarily given a narrow
sweep to her powers, but her facultic*
were i'innI, and with a widened range,
her mind would rise to toko an interest
in nil that was presented to her view.
Hitherto lie Imd liked Salome, appre
ciated her chiefly because she was a
comfort to himself; now he loved her for
•r own sake.
Moreover, that little llaio-up of jeal
ousy in Salome’s heart, a flare-up for
which she accused herself liefore God on
her knee*—had transformed her regard
for Philip into real love. The caJiu,
lukewarm affection, sprung out of a
n ii-*) of duty, luul been changed by this
spasm into ardent, passionate love.
Tiiat was’a cold and colorless world—
aloft on the summit of the St. (Jotthanl
pass, and yet there tho tioautifiil flower*
of mutual lovo and trust betweeu bus-
band and wifo came into blossom.
into hi* room with a lette r in her hand,
‘•is it not kind of dear Janet? lit re is
another sweet note from her, telling me
how darling liaby is."
My dour, I know what a trial it fa to
you to be (sirted from hiui.”
••Oh, Philip—I am with you.” Then,
opening the letter and allowing it hiui.
“Only fancy!—my: other and Mis* Dur
ham have left the Imperial.”
• ‘ W hat—left Amkruiatt?”
“Yes.”
‘Together?**
“I do not know; Janet doc* not say.
And Philip, she says you arc to mind and
get quickly well, for positively next
ve1 she aud Lambert are to be married
at the Embassy at Berne.”
(To le concluded.) .
,t t .»y) intlJ» wish earth *
»»'• n.-^l> *r l*Al out at me;
he r-aturvs sn- the «me;
„ oh' tls* walle U «ul uf Um-ui,
It yPHOPHOBIA. >
A Bcmarkabls law-II* Fatal
Hnd-
?ug.
From the .Cincinnati fv*iiH**rcDI
A few minutes lief arc 1 o’cks'k yester
day morning EverhartTeuchter breathed
his Luit, oying in Die agonies of hydro*
pliobia. T» uc-litcr l)egan to show symp
tom* of hydrophobia on Thursday,grow
ing very restless nnd developing (narked
insomnia. Ife was unable to cat or drink,
and complained at all times of sickness
of the stomach.
This continued until Friday morning,
when Dr, Be Witt was called in. When
Teuchter was bitten by the dog, five
weeks ago day before yesterday, ho went
to tho homo of hi* son-in-law, Henry
BaimihofT, nt Madison and W ay no strecto,
Corryville, and an effort was made to
dress his wounds, but without succors.
The old mail, who waa 00 years of ago,
then walked to Dr. De Witt’s office, sev
eral squares off, jti’d that physician
treated the wound* asopen Hires. There
were three fiitew, one oudlu* nose, ono on
the upper nnd one on tliedower lip. All
these members wore badiyl u erated, hut
in a week’* time they honied up.
Teuchter, In tho meantime, had liven
nt tho home of hi* non-in-law, where ho
resided, and was not again molested
until List Thursday, when he firat ex
hibited symptoms of hydrophobia.
When Dr. Be Wilt called Friday morn
ing he left strict orders that no ono l*o
allowed to see tho patient excel t his son
John, who war. in constant attendance
on his father. Dr. Do Witt called again
Friday afternoon and found tho patient
worm*, lio administered every possible
remedy known to surgical skill, but
nothing seemed to havo effect on tho
victim, ~
About*7 o’clock Friday owning Dr.
DoWitt called again, and, after a care
ful dingnosi* of the case, came to tho
conclusion that Teuchter wa* beyond tho
aid of earthly hand*, and that his death
wns Imt the mutter of a few hours. Dr.
De Witt rcinnined with Id* patient until
)1 o'clock Friday evening, frequently
administering strong opiates,, but to no
effect. During tho eirfy portion of the
night Teuchter could not be kept quiet,
but (iftcod tho floor constantly. At times
he would act like a dog, trying to hark,
but made no attempt at violence at any
ouo.
Saliva lamed from tho corner* of tho
mouth in large quantities, aud toward
midnight the puke was 180and tempera-1
turo 102. Dr. Do Witt saw that dis
solution would soon set iu. Shortly;
after midnight Teuchter laid down on a
lounge und liecntue quiet for tho first
timo in forty-eight hours. Ho was out
of hi* head and ut time* would utter dis
connected words. Gradually lie quieted
down until 3:."0 o’clock, when he died.
The unfortunate man *eemod to meet an
easy death—at least he waa quiet for. two
horira before the end came. Ilia son-in-
law. two *ons and daughter were in the
room when he died. Dr. De Witt, in
sjieuking of tho case, wild to u reposter
yesterday:
••Teuchter’* wounds healed very rap
idly, and in a wok were Plostd. But M
lived in. apprehension all the time. I
have always been very skeptical on tho
subject of hydrophobia. This cane, how
ever, furnished a good example, and if
there fa any such thing aa hydrophobia
Teuchter luul it But it is very hard to
leu and dcvclo|icd marked insomnia.
Ho was one of.the most powerfnl of
hypnotic*. No imprcfcHjuu could be pro
duced on him whatever. When I left
him last night, after living in attendance
several hours, I knew hi* death was only
a question of time.”
llr. Miiler of Corryville who prod Bom*
attention to the case, Mill yeste rday:
“I remember Living attended Teuchter
several year* ago for lunacy. Ho Wn* in
Lmgviow asylum twice. I don’t know
tho exact phase of tho case, hut from my
knowledge of tho man I think tluit fright
iiu* played u prominent (urliii this case.”
Kbit Will Bribe Lawyer** Fee.
At Atlanta. Tuesday, Judge Clark*,
rendered hi*decision inthccosoof Maioy
vs. Chandler et nl. Tho case fa this:
Chandler nnd thirty-five other workmojt
MUcd J. W. Maioy, tho Cobb c unity mar
ble luun. for work doueou a public rood.
Thut makes thirty-six *c|*irnlo runts, tho
•nmilest suit L'ing for 27 cents nud tho
largest suit for only $0.81. The toted
amount involved did not exceed $S0, nud
it will rcudily lio seen that tho just ice
court cants make an aggregate consider
ably Inrgir than tho debt iu issue. In
fact, the costs are the main consideration
in ail tiio thirty-six canes. So Mr, Maioy
filed-a bill of Injunction, the object at
wiiich wns to coiiiim.>1 the workmen to
combine their suit* iu one *uit fur tho
entire $80, and in this way havu cunta in
only one case to |>uy. J. G, Foster rep
resented Mr. Maioy, aud (lober Ac Alex
ander the workmen. Judge Clarke re
fined to grant tho injunction. This
means that tho suit* are to remain wpa-
rau>—thirty-six suite aggregating $80,
and ono suit, it will be remembered fa
fur37ceut*.
Some Vrry Lira« Board** /
From ttie iSflrolt News,
A lumber pile made of brmrd* each ICO
fiH.t lonir and nix feet in width would bn
an oapreoadytad akriife to tin BB, but
a gentleman recently returned from a
visit to tho coast of tho North Haciflc
ocean* say* that pile* of lumber *uch
a* that are common ut tho mills on 1 bigot
HUind. “Hoards UK) feet long and six
fe *t wide, without a knot hi them" ho
said, “arc common cut* from the gigan
tic fir tret* of tho Puget sound forest*.
Them tree.* grow to tho enormous bight
of 250 fret, and tho forest* nro so vust
tiiat, although tho mill* havo been rip
ping 600,000,010 feet of luinLr out of
them every year for ton years, the
iparetfmadc by them tremendous inroads
•ceui no rnoro than garden pntchei.”
Wonirn uo Uwklcr*.
From the tl*»-t«a t>u*rier.
It fa Mid that tho development of the
passion for gambling I < cou*ing to 1j© ono
With »wrthee
• it i>till: I went
T; mietVluns-n.^ frU.-nJ, and whil t
We i till wan* on the way.
IP r •M.nf'deiv* in waiting love
Uroughl InuA, for lue Ut wtv,
Tie old time I Aw-Hfht of her eye*
That will Dot ntdne for me.
Tv*r tell me money waits for me;
Miry *ay l mfabt have fame.
I uke there ir< wjraw* qnlto oa well
As other* like same.
LK |«are uot for vb*t I bare,
Nor last fo. ghat kkek
Cae tltl.e os ranch as my heart long*
To cat) tb*t lost Ifabt btek.
To cat) tb*t loot light b
Ur'«* irar banished unite, cotnc hack!
of the most Hcriotu evil* of suintnor ro-
inirta. Tim women, in the aUtnro of
tiieir liusband*, make u huuincM of buy-
iug lottery tickets, ami in many case* of
l.vtting and pL»yir)g poker.’ Homo of the
-.lories told loftt w'.uvin of v.o.nih who
hold very dfatingnislied |*xdti(ttui in
society were Dimply astounding. Of
course the managers of the hotels have
absolutely DO means of checking this
evil, uitluugh they »•; p *e it an strongly
a* anybody urn. The re form can only
come from the women tiicniHclvt .s, and,
ut h ast those who thoughtlessly t ike tl.e
first steps should lie warned of the pit
iuto which thuy are likely to fall
An Iwperltlvc Nerr sail y,
Wliat pure air fa to an unhealthy local?,
ity, wliat spring cleaning fa to the neat
housekeeper, so fa Hood’* Sur»aoarilLi to!
everybody, at this M-atxnt. Ti
Mbawokckob six Tl ^ *
Wliy n < licap I»(«uc|l «“ ,f r-p ' 1 1 P **
Olleu of No Esribh
■Her,!
From I ho Now York Math
“Why is it,” oslu
looked timidly over j
big manufacturer, “'
to sliarpon ji le;wl insr
good and it sharpei
^oii get nearer the oil
r metal tip, tiio
“You only find IhatpL r - ,,in ' ,, ? l ' n
ordinary grade, and not in tha w*
cils,” answered the
|mudi more suavely
e.xjiected lie would, , *Tofuul out »h
fa, let us seo just how lea'l p- iH ii .
made. The wood of a pencil, you
is cellar; the 1 ad, ns it is called,freni 1 ' 1
White wood fa sometiB-M uard. but.,
for interior grades. In g«-n. nil.
quality of ttie wood caiii« det
very largely by its fjl§lf
the liuttcr quality; thfl r—m n/w.
iNJore.-r. Our wood cu h to us all fro
Florida—in . labs each actly
length and of *ix pen
chiue makes *ix L
in each of tho skfi
grooves fa the graph
grooved and graphii
ia ‘ ‘
another grooved slab,
lino of joining cannot be mKUi
rto your
just
coiue* in the answer
Tlifacuubiuntion of -^aphllo Ml
must In* cut into six y»-
can l*e done all at onc«or in cix»»rarate
cutting*. Mark tho difference. M L “
machine of six saw Idaijce ia
after tho middle is rusaeu the
is for the part nl ready out
ix-nd to eiltier side. l*ar
Ldow are, in conscqucDpi
pressed, and tie* graphite v
or broken. With tho sir
and America.,
him. Of tiiese, tL
mat., Balk ny, whu,,
ship, tho Eliza 8oot
tho fafaiid* which
which lie almost i
circle, and almost i
Zealand. Balleny i
irthuuH, but ho made
cxfatcnco, and *» after
far to tho wc;,twsyd, ho a
aigne of land, and suspoc
once of much which he
tainly vouch for. Wha
he saw was probably
expedition tmder Dumont u..,*
tually did aeo tho fellow iug year, a
long lines of coast, which mig_
joined to one another, and might .
run on to join Endcrby Land in tho v,
and if so might certainly bo porta of t
A ntartio Continent that, d’Orville v
* anxious to find. Not lose i
tWte Wilkes, the leader of tho U
exploring expe«iition, who, o
3 of tin
r and
in
no aH
i then
all this is avoided,
singlo saw blade, the]
creased. And so in the
cil is tho lead tho bq
through.
“The shaping of the fMGfl!
ing it round or hexagonal, fa
same time the slabs are saw
part*. Tho better grades of
go through an imtnpnae
BuioutSiiiig and /infaiting. *.
is then put on, tho pencil t
by machinery through fixed orurora
with it. Tills particular procs -s fa
peatod several times. The poll si
thereafter is done mainly by hand.”
So saying, tho big manufacturer re
turned to his desk nnd correspondence.
HIDDEN IN THE GLASS.
ha.i seen it since^’ Fo
idoed,. Wilkes doubted
wliat lie beheld were moan
clou<fa, object* which his crew wui
eagerly, to seo if with tho sotting of tho
sun tliey would change.their color. But
after running westward along tjm ed ;o
of the pack for a few ‘days, ho made
sure tiiat he sow saw land, ami some*-
>irtg. forceil
The Ilalnty Form and Mound of a
Ijr
N«w Bit or Table 61si
Fram Ibe Now York Msil an^kfiHtp3pW
To have a hidden mu ical movement
somewhere within a fancy urticio fa ns
old a* tho hill*. Mui al photograph
albums and musical cigar holders nro
very familiar indeed. B it not manjr
pcoplo Ijereuibouts havo
• musical
fascinating of anything In its line.
Tin to fa not u thing unumnu in:
pcarance. To tho oyo k k
tho colil water rcctmtack, *
tho dinner table. But[‘
colored and whito.-^^^^^^H^to
SwitzerLuid, for tho mart
mado of delicately - tint
In point of i
they bold 1
when tho neck Is tippi
tho music comes fort
rtoiro fa n<>t oxtensi 1
re(K'rtoiro is n< »L extensive. Two tunc
I* all that tho little cylinder of ope-inc
diameter i* capaMd of. But they ar
miiriral dcciint
met with iiuio favor ui _
few of tho store* keep it, though it u
said that a goodly numbst of Now York
families liuvo them in their }• <-<ioti.
Tlie musical decanter has found ita great
est use in tho Houllieru iflltea. Down in
thut direction go a good li.my *.f tUmn.
Ami it fa said to l>o (juite the thing Tor
tho wino merchant of thf North t.» h. nd
to hi* cu*te>tnor-vtho a&nlj. ru gcutio-
ruui—an omatuonoof the- . i,m n„
musical decanter hu» its a .Id water u. c.,
likewise. 3
Cariosities or BatrUg*,
Goethe sold ho marrio<Vito obtain ro-
sricclahUity.
Wycheriy, in hi* old age, roaniaa his
bcrvunt girl to suite hfa - **~
Tiio joining of right
time* had tho solemnity
un oath.
There is a story of am
ried because lie inherited
stead.
Giving a ring fa supposfd to in lir-bto
tho eternity of tho union,fefeo ig th.d tt
circle fa emlless.
A man got married bdaiiM Im had
1 .ought a piece of silk cheB> at a solo
wante'd n wify to give it
Under tho Uoiium er
was simply a civil contr
read of men “nutting a
Among tho Jew* tho
maiden to nuirry on tho
widow on the fifth day oi
earlier.
In Jewish marring
on the right, hut througHS
doin her place iu.tho curvugtcny fa ou
left.
In a Roman marriago tha b
purchased by the bridegroOtok
of three pieces of copper -*
parents.
The Russian*have a story of a
who was so inconsolable for'the
her huslNind tluit sho too||
keep her from fretting hen
The custom of putting a
maid before the betrothal was
cobccal her I flushes at the find I
tlui man’s hand and ul the
Kissing the bride tho nu
riugn ceremonial ended, jheDgh i
prescribed by tho rubric of the
churches, formerly was a
act on tho j>art of tho brid<
Tho early marriage cere
tho Anglo-Saxons consist
hand-fastening, or taking
tho hand, and pledging
and affection in tlie pre
and relative*.
An old uila'gc thus lay
days for wedlock:
Wh*MTe Kno'
160
Upomthi
Tho golden
arrived whei
James z Roes
gland in 1840 to fi
>uth magnetic
tiou lie could dl
Before Eoes coul
other ex
after the Frenchman,
degree or two of tho-An can
tho south of New Zealand,
ing land where Balk
seen it before, began to fancy
saw it also where none had stc:
and, ■unfortunately,
has seen it since.
wha
tat inconsequently assumed it f
u that what ho had Seen befor
land also. Tho discovery of an
- T tki continent was announced a
•a* * tainty; a very farre land with a
of ice Lfforoit, and a rango oi
tains upon it was laid down on '
and a copy of tho snap was
tho rash but generous expire
who left Tasmania in tho
autumnonho
aanre year to look for tho msgncfic polo
with tire two sliipe Erehua and Terror,
which nftorwara boro Hlr John Frank-
hfa fate at tho other end of tho
worm. Ro-v/ had so littlo doubt that tho
Antarctic continent was discovered afa
ready tiiat he seems to Have been almost
disappointed when hfa way to
the magnetic polo was barred
by an unknown land.- Yet
this laud, which lay south of the seven*
tietli^arallel and eastward^f lfailtany'g
•M’ou in the world,^ and on it rose moun
tains thousands of feet high, plain and
mountain alike robed in stuinlcss snow,
exce(»t on tiio cliffs by tho shore, where
the black rock camo out. The coast nu
duo nort^and south, and '
iU eastern face
until ho had 1
ofao Weddell’s,
than Jiny befor
Uit landing pit
ctibk d w.lj
ice; ot
▼entq;
few men among ihouaani
a few men among Uimuanils ot scream
ing oiul hiring penguin-. Fred i, moun
tains tjuno constantly into vii-w n.tlu-y
xuovod southward: nt histone in latitude
TX*. over which what *emned
mnr ab? ‘ ‘wuwing; - wav "1HBB " >' ""1
they cam© nearer they, save than
the cloud was . smoko, and gavo
* VffCSm
rhlch
tho name of Moimt Krelua
giant Volcano higher titan Etna,
belches forth smoko luul fixp in i
urlioftn-nll thini'4 m.i Irtw
MVU.IIUI iUIIU MIIVNU tutu IU|) tu U IdllU
where nil thiu« an froMt Befero
Muunt Eret-ui Tijj Oapo Crorji-r, and
ruund Cupo CnKiei Row lioped to,find ■ ,
way to tho westward, (o at to rtach thq
mattnetlopo'
polo liy tho bock of — ,
land he had found. Bat a* they
proochud they saw .trotching ftum
Cro/Jcr “no far u tho ey..cooU dwn.ni
dtn.llhn »
to .tho outwonl,” a ‘low white Uno,”
nature ot which they did uot un>
land till the-cans* deeeenoa^s to
M# the truth with their eyes. It wa. ■
~ of ice ISO feet high, without braih
but ono glittering, le-rpoudicu-
hrougti which, u/lloeTiaid,
a* ecuUy paw u through tho
of Borer. Along thin gUoming
irt Row ran caetwurd for rod miiea,
and in tho succeeding year, lhti, for . 0
n.ike non without coming to iu cad,
on both »f which occwion. ho nnclwd
tiio liigit latitute of 78' eolith, which fan*
lever einco boon •ppru.wlu.d by buy
, , ;■
from hi* wifo becaoM rfhahitnal intern-
country. Tint euch onMHurtuue fiioull
blight to deetruction acocohappy bou.o-
iacwuefortK''
_ . HUthunun
rtlde habit which
»Ut!
Gverytliing which belong! to pure,
healthy blood ie inijjcrtcd by lood't S.u-
eapariUa. A trial will convince
iu merit. f