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MACON, C.A., WF.ONKSDA ' MORNING, .TULA' 31, IKS’).
MISADVENTURE,
Ordinal '
By W. E. NORRIS,
fctl.or of ‘*My Friend Jw,” “Major and Minor," “La Belle Amehicalne,”
“Mai bimon y,” etc. , etc. ,
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CHAPTER L—Mil Burnt.
• It/is. all very well,” observed Mr.
p (1 j ,| r< "to say 1 am not responsible; and
s certain sense I am not.
,.W;<,(l ack open tho post, X suppose I
, claim to nave done as much for
A!or’c*ri as most fathers do for their sons,
j tent him to Eton and Oxford; I have
^v, v.i made him aliaudsomeallowance;
nave paid bis dobta for him several
aym with more or less of cheerfulness;
even remember that, when be was a
mv, i whipped him twice—the second
H: • rather severely—for acts of wanton
Ity to animals. Moreovef, he has
p i the full Inmefit of my experience of
[ c and my largo philosophy, while you
lV dear Lowndes, have, 1 know,
,ns-lu*«l your very best sermons, both
(hctrinal and pmctical, at him. If, after
a l! tin-, he bus chosen to go to the deuce,
>tiiucnces should be upon his own
on think. But then comes the
SStT.n of how (ft any of us aro
inerrable for our proclivities, or
ijHit to be p unshod for the natural re
in ft* of them.”
The blanker was a man whom most
■tropic would have pronounced at first
JiRlit to bo nearer seventy than sixty,
heiMUM* hi.riiair and his short beard were
lf white as snow, and because tho clear,
Kile skin of Ids foes was furrowed by
in h do p lines; but closer inspection
conveyol iho idea that he was probably
u ,i. V r than ho looked. Asa matter of
fatt. I •• had at this time only just turned
jit i f y tin«t year. He was*reclining, as
a I day long, in a wheeled chair
cUr to a hay-window, whence ho could
■ y borne j»art of the
I land i which he owned,
.1 Inuld not triad. Long period* of
ivuralgic or rheumatic pun (socalled by
t. ■ diK'tors, who could find neither a
r; . • nor a cure for them) bad cul-
tiii: .t.-d at length in what all the (lectors
sr,-agreed in describing as cretudii:
jsir-.bsLs, and liad changed into a frail
vo.fiout wrick of humanity, one whom
tit-jv middle-aged people could reineiu
hr as a keen iqiortauuin, a find-rate
jad„v of a h< r*e cn 1 a very popular fre
quenter of Lomlon drawing-roc m;. Even
>'.v he had not lost all trace of the good
Us for which 1m had once been
nnnn*. i or had disease, trouble and
Lahimititincnt rubhod his smile of its
j. .l-huiaored kindliness.
Ills friend, Mr. Lowudes, tho rector of
U"Spirt, was his senior by some half*
•jx-ti years or so, and looked callable of
j 1 living him by a quarter of a century
l! !••;.,m. Tall, LiWl-alwultleml and
ItsM). his (hh'k thick hair and wlilk *rs
fcri;i'; only lieto mid there streaked with
. Mr. Lowndes, bad it not been for
clerical garb tiiat he wore, would
tan }, .d a good deal more of tho an-
run* *i of a country squire than tho
id invalid whom he not facing
ii .* liaiid on each kmc. lie said:
LUgh, you nrc going to mount
I your fantastic liebbit*. You
which can’t told water for a
nmicnt. Added to which, you
pering a poor compliment to your
|lwi i.itluTH by iissttniinc that Morton in-
•ted Ills tcmlenciei fn-m them, lie
Utility didn’t g. t tbim from you.”
itimuld he rorry ta lie uucoundi-
t *iry to my fiTcfuliiet*,” Mid air.
i*. with a mile, “hut fur rnytldng 1
* to the contrary, there limy have
u **uni* M**»um!re!s amongst them.
II don’t see anything fnuLudienl or
r 'id in htrting an u*.idoi*iablc fuel,
u luven’t bred a» imiiy horses s« 1
if, till you are not ignorant about
• i 1 icct, and I believe you have bred
You know as well as I do w hat an
■uni | art hemiitarv tendeney
in tli.it inatlcr, and how olten it
u-.i in an individual after lyiug
Lmt for generations.”
k re not talking of horses and
Mtirvid Mr. Lowndes, “we’n*
■ •fa human being, with a w*ul
i tviudciic* ami a free will.. Wo
have our besetting sins, 1 *U|»-
th*•licit I’m hurt* 1 don't know what
• .m lie; but our business is to oon-
ii - in, and if we fail we deserve to
r l*>r our cowardice. Bup|M)*e I
M l.* riud a tendency to some dis-
hm>ut. tor instance—am 1 to shrug
'•* uldcrs ami give in, instuail or
• u., a.ures to counteract U?”
isg by my own «xi>erience, I
‘ 1 1 •• “•* lined to bock the disease,”
• oilier. “And then you must
Mi *, we don’t all start at even
. w> >1. ►aid the rector, a little iiu-
• ; > for he was a little 'exed with
■ f< r having made use of an illus-
1 • wlu* h sounded somewhat feeling
f ♦ i the ciicunutances—“we needn’t
[* **“• Wint. for 1 am sure that wo
d i> illv ditler. Kxcuteq no doubt,
iicule for every body, and let us
• - .t i v. nlually they will be mndo.
Mobile, with our imperfect knowI-
i tinngs, we are obliged to judge
-A is ni parent; and os for Morton
1 u dl only say as I suid before,
i**" u not have him
h-re. lie lias refused score* of
'"ken \*<u have asked him; why
1 you a>cept his proposal now,
j' J - v ' u an- ill and when tho sight of
k idle enough to nuue you
l d. n't think the sight of him
■ lud.ketUat effect upon mo,’*
FU^h quietly.
I * •••. tin n; | Juivc known you too
• u h T dear llli.jh, to be takou in by
r,.-h^ ution or stoicism. In all my
n-^e never met a man who bore
»tVr*.r fell it more. Morton will
1,11 !‘*in every time lie iqiens bis
T, *'i ki our h»» v*UI. Wliav-
J*i'Hr> to give v«hi |wiin.“
of why patients shouldn't, when they
liap|«n to bo aware of it. The real trutli
is alwavs bracing and invigorating,
though 1 admit that it oftcu looks rather
from a distance; and the truth, 1
it, is that Morton is coming became
he has heard that his cousin Archie is
here, atul liecauso that lias very uutur-
ally ularmed liitn,”
Air. Lowndes hail a pair of round, pro
jecting brown eves, which now became
rounder and projected themselves some
what more prominently than usual.
“l)o you mean to sav,” ho began, “that
you really propose— ,r
“Oh, no; 1 don’t think it woald be
right or wise, or in any way desirable.
All the same I wish Archie wore my son.
Even though ho is younger than Morton,
I might perhaps lto juhtitipd in Snaking
an elder son of him in this case; but
nephews, I suppose, must lie regarded
out of the question. What do you think
of him?”
“I think ho is a fine, manly young
fellow; 1 always did think so, and to.
diering has im; roved liitn immensely
Still, as you say, he is only your nephew.
1 should have thought—will you allow
mo to speak my mind plainly to you,
Bligli?”
“Haven’t I just told you that tho un
varnished truth is full of fascination for
me?”
Well, then, I should have thought that
if you considered your son unworthy to
succeed you—which ho most) undoubt
edly is—you could have left this place
to your (laughter. 1 know you can nro-
vido for her afhplv without doing that,
and I know that the managcim nt of a
large property is a heavy burdeu to place
on the shoulders of a young girl. Still,
when ono has to face two evils one can
hut choose tlio smaller; and althougli
Cicely is- inexperienced, and a little
headstrong ut times, her heal t is in the
right place. And then she will marry.
Surely it would Is* better for us nil to
have decent Christian iicople at the
I*riory tlian an avowed atheist.”
“Is Morton an avowed atheist?”
“If ho isn’t ho ought to be. Holding
tho viows that ho does, uml living tho
life that hn lives, ho has no business to
call klnt-elf anything else.”
“Ah, I think’1 rcim inUT that he one©
got rather tho Utter of you in a theolog
ical discussion.”
“No, ho didn't,” returned the rector,
reddening slightly, “ho didn't get the
better of tnc at nP. Of courso ho asked
me questions which I couldn’t answer;
any 8utiday-sch«>ol child could do that—
and indeed they often do. The
thmt I he.vo been U»tlu red with that tire-
sorno old difliculty alwut the rainbow
and its appearance In waterfalls and
fountains! Why, only last week a
wretched littlo wlup^T-snuptinr wanted
me to explain how it was tlmt Balaam
allowed ao littlo surprise when his ass
entered into conversation with him.” ..
I have always felt u gi oi de.il of
“I said that BoloAin waa a pnq4»et;
tlmt lie was accustomed to su|iertuvtuml
manifestations, and tiiat un incident of
that kind wouldn't U* at ull likely to as
tonish him. Then, if you please, my
young gentleman wanted to know
whether the mouth and tongue of an or
dinary doitkny wen* so formed that it
io product
sounds resembling articulate speucli. Ho
didn’t put in tlioso words, but tluit was
the gist of his inquiries. Now, I only
mention this to show you how easy it is
tor a mere child to throw dou)4s' upon
the truth of tho Scripture narrative.'
“I quite sec that it is very cosy in
deed,” replied Mr. llligli, gravely; “hut
we are wandering away from our rival
candidates. Nut tlmt Archie is a con
scious candidate—at least 1 hope ho
isn’t.”
“I am perfectly sure tiiat r.o such
notion has ever entered his head,” cried
the rector warmly.
“There b no occasion to Is? so anro os
all tlmt; such a notion might have en
tered ins head without disgracing either
it or his lu*art. 1 only mean to vay that
I hoped for his sake that he didn't
chcrisli expectations which are so very
unlikely to lie full!lied.”
Tlicre was n pause for a fow moments,
after which Mr. llligli ref*iiin«Hl: • It will
bo rather nmiwing to watch them.”
To watcii whom ?” asked the Rector.
’Archie and Morton, Of course they
will tight; Morton will tako good care
of that. But Morton never Iom*s his tent-
r *r, who reus Archie is Uioidtillv jsqqsTV.
should say tlmt Archie would get the
worst of it.*
“1 don’t see what them will In> amus
ing in tiiat,” grunted Mr. Lowndes, who
was a very straightforward, matter-of-
fact sort of person, mid did not nyini*i-
tliize with all his friend's moods. “I
wish you wouldn’t say^such tilings,
Bligfi, Tlw»y sound—not to me, l*vau»o
1 know you—'but to ^other^pcople they
“Cripples are altrays nmlicious,” raid
Mr. Bligh; “they emit help it. Ho long
as one lives one is tsnmd to get somchnrt
of fun out of existence; and what sort of
fun is there within the reach of a man
w ho has lost the use of his legs, except
studying his fellow-creatures and laugh-
tug lu his rleaves at them ? I lie hem on
my back from morning to night, and
watch you—Cicely uud Archie uni the
servants, and the people who come to
call, and your reverend and rc*i>tcicd
self. You tiavo no idea how funny you
all are.”
“Well, I'tn glad that I'm not tho only
subject of ridicule, at all events,” ob
served Mr. Lowtults, with asomowhat
ILsutLtled look. “What makes us so
joke yourself free from your responsi-
bilitieH, I think you ought tQ bear tiiat
m mind and consider it carefully before
youdccidoto nominate as your succes
sor u umu who will—who will—”
“Who will play tho deuco generally,”
suggested Mr. Bligh. “Wall, HI con
sider it—and him too. lie seems to
have challenge 1 consideration, so ho
can't complain. Nevertheless, I doubt
whether any conceivable arrangement
that 1 could make would be wholly satis
factory.”
Tho rector sighed and went sorrowfully
away. Ho waa very much afraid tiiat
his old friend’s days were numbered.
Ho was pretty sure that IHx old friend
would not set established custom aside
in making his will, and lio was quite
convinced that iniinite harm might lie
done in the parish of Abbots{>ort by such
a wiuiro as Morton Bligh would be.
“It’s all very uufortunatc,” he mut
tered to himself as lie mounted his
brown cob, “very unfortuuuto indeed.”
Whcu ho liad ambled down tho long,
gently sloping apurorch, I (ordered on
either side by rhododendrons, which
wore ono of the chief glories of the
I’riory, and when ho had passed
through an iron gate, which sep
arated shrubberies and flower beds
from the park, he turned his
horse off tho road and cantered across
the grass, until ho reached a |>oint from
w hich ho could look down U|H>n the slate
roofs of Abbutsport and tho blue veil of
smoko which hung motionless over them
on that still afternoon of early spring.
Tiie little Usliing village, overhung by
lofty cluilk clitfs and protected noth
from westerly gales by sheltering
promontories, had been mado addition*
ally safe and snug by a break water, con
structed some years lock at the cx|>enH0
of Mr. llligli. The same munificent
benefactor liad supplied tho inhabitants
with tho solid school lwutc, which Mr.
Low tides could descry, and h id carre 1
out a great many other works of public
utility during his reign. Thero bad
ahvaysbeen Bliglis at tho Priory, and
they bad always owneil the wholo of Ab-
botsnort; but they had been far less pow
erful, because far less wealthy, than tho
present holder of t io estate, who, whilo
still a young man, Imd inherited a largo
fortune from bis mol tier's family. Tlmt
lio had spent his income wisely and well
could not lie denied. 11c hod found A’h
lx>tsport poverty-stricken, dirty and
over-populated, and by dint of judicious
ex(ieiiditure, combined with soino exer
cise of authority, which liadUcn at first
resented, but Htil*e«|Ucntly nequiesed in
(liecutuo improved circumstances always
promoto a spirit of toleration), ho had
converted the community over which lie
ruled Into a preaperous .and contented
one. lie luvl iieeti a benevolent despot,
but l:ke other bcnovolcnt dermis he
labored under the disadvantage of lieing
nuiTtal; so tlmt thcio could lie no cer
tainty of the work which ho had in-
augunit d Iwlng carrii*d on.
‘•Ik s dts, 1 am not sure tlmt he l am't
s ipjied their indeiK‘n«lenco t ” mtiso.i the
fleet ot fishing Hinacks, wliich were
•tailing in lefoio a very lipli*, aoutlu-il/
tries.*, ••rhcyhnvo got too much hito
tho habit of Io* king to tho Priory for
help tho moment that rnything goes
wrong, nnd It’s prcrl>us 1 t’tlo help they
are linely to get from Martin Bligh.
Cicely would t :k * care tl at their wants
were supplied, at any rate, though no
' ^ 1 * be in'jmlklotw, and sho
irrgnutdf ■tth'r’s dislocU-
nation to be f ikled _ l»y sdvke Still, she
would bo sure i» marry before !< ng; and
if she had a liu bunl who was a decent
fellow”—Mr. lAiwndcs patise<l fora mo
ment in his meditation nnd tniqx-d his
lNM>t iH-iisively w-ilb the handle* of his
riding whip. • N w, if C.eoly would
marry her cousin,” he resumed pie*-
tjuiie, •*.ind i strongly Mts|s*et I e.'coiiHili
wouldn’t object to tlio arrung* < inoiit—
Good gracious. An-hi*. bow you made
mo jump! You ought to know better
than to piny such tricks upon nn old
man whom* tent am liany lag loose. It’s
lucky that tiotliing over start I -stho col-."
Tlio young man, w ho hail play fully
thrown a fir-cone at tlio lector’s brood
lock, laughed and said: “Tlio cob’s earn
are quicker than yours, Mr, Isiwmlcs.
Ho knew I was behind you two or three
minute* ago.”
This young man. who wns tall, s|wro
and hruud-sliouUlcrcd. and had a slight,
fair tiiou*Uclio witli an upward twist to
it, U>re tie* marks of his pnifenshin as
plainly as if ho Imd Imvii dressed iu full
cavalry uniform. Without bring ex
actly good-looking, bo possessed tho
beauty whk'h beh ngs to youth mid jdiy-
sical vigor, and lio had a pheasant, smart,
suntqirnt npiwarance; alio his blue eye*
Sfrined tobdooc t«> an bomwt mortal.
“What were you dreaming aboutV he
a.**kiil. “Aliout tho futum fate of tlmt
inteuq orate thick of yours?”
“Well, yes,” answered the rector; “I
was thinking nliout their future, poor
feUowh! Not that that they uru m> very
iiitiiiipcrnte, except now and then, when
they havo had a great catch of flsli, and
oven at such times they are a good deal
t(otter tlian they used to Is*. Novcrthc-
lexs, I sometimes feel anxious als ut
them. I’ve just seen your uncle, nnd lie
tells mo that Morton is expected at tho
Priory this evening.”
“Yes, I believu so; it’s rather a bore. 1
don’t know much aliout him, but I’ve
always understood that ho b uu awful
id. > hr
Tl.
funny, if I may ask?”
“You would have to break your bock
lefore you could understand; and tiutt
i imagine lib object in i*>rlui|i* is rather too long a i»ric j to pay
tI.L» (Lit u quite the reverse for (lie privilege. I’m completely out of
it, don’t you »y; I’m still alive, though
Trn ns imtsl—or OS hod -os iletul* nn.l
tluit gives tile u tine sense of tlietrivmlity
L I* bis object?” inquired tlio rec-
• *.«>atu iiuie auswereit
‘ n .'i*--'tiuu ttuily eiiougli.
’. ‘■'.'-■I' liughed. “After all,” lie
k l, * ftr what you ami 1 should
*• r •inular circumstances. Given
- 1 • I*, r. who luis u>* olule control
’ • duiswal of hb property,
* e think it our duty to seek
ai " 1 ex nn* si to him a sincere re-
, r any little differences which
U tween us and him?**
• answered the rector, stoutly,
r J i nor I would stoop to such
■ you un* not dying.”
I the • » tors are kind enough to
' They say that 1 may live for
i' , , nia ny more years; but they tliink
f a 'ery strange thing if I do.
you. W liat «koi It all inauerr in quite
asliort time she whole general ion of us
will Im wi|s*d out und clean forgotU-n;
isn’t.it a little comical tlmt we should
make so much ado aliout nothing?”
This (as (siseilily it may have been in
tended to do) drew fn»rn the rector nn
eloituent vindication of the seriousness
of life and tlx* far-reaching consequences
of every individual act. Furthermore,
he thought tit to wind up with a final
application of hb remarks. “You liave
no right to say tiiat you are ‘out of it/
Bligh: on the contrary, very great power
for good or for evil remains in jour
lianik Hie temporal, and for aught I
blackguard.
“lie bn't so much tlmt—at least not in
the way that you jirohobly mean.
There’s aluavs hope for tho man whom
you would tall an awful blackguard.”
\Oh! And isn't there any tu>po for
Mortou?”
Tho rector shook lib head. “I'll tell
you what Morton b,” said lie,
thoroughly bad-hearted fellow. You
may lrnvo heard stories akut him. 1
don't want to enter upon them, and in
deed they are stories of a sort which you
young fellows don’t generally mention
before person*-. U ?.v,uld l» very wmug
of me and quite against my duty and my
conscience to make light of sin of npy
kind;yet there b a difference, you know.
A man may be chivalrous in spito of bis
wickedness. It bn’t very long simi* S.r
James Ilannen Aildrosel Morton Bligli
from the b>*tich in won Is which—which,
upon my lienor, 1 think I would rather
liuve l*«en bunged than have heard sd-
dresse<l to me. But 1 don't believe he
canxL”
“tsverytxxty said he brimved tlmmler-
itlg badly,” olMcnc«l tlx* young man. “1
was in India at Uu* time, you know; so
I only heard about it through tlie m*ws-
napera. Was Hint why Uncle Wilfrid
quarreled with him?”
“Oh, there wasn’t any qtiarrri. Your
unde never quarrels; and if he liad
meant to wash hb hands of Morton, as
most fathers would have done, he might
have found ample excuse for that yean
ago. 1 don't mind telling you that that b
what I should btve done. As a general
principle I am opposed to placing women
in positions of authority, but supposing
I bad to choose between eicriy and Mor
ton my choice w ould he very Boon made.”
‘Only Cicely will marry soma day, 1
,r . «.f course, rant tell the real know the eternal welfare of many peo- BB PK li8 ‘ M . „ . . . , , . .
. but there b no reasou that 1 know ♦ pio depends upon you, and you can’t ***» ^ w ^ en ^ oc *» ^ huotond
won’t havo things all hb own w
fortunate frilow—because la* v
very fortunate fellow—may
make up his mind toaoo pt tho
prince-consort.
The rector looked ;mth*r liai
couq>anion, who gazed imp i
ouk to sea, aud then he add. .1,
abruptchucklo: “But tint in >
and smoke it, young nx* . ’
CHAPTER 1L-1!: I'-i.f
Thcvyouug lady whom Mr.Low
quito accurately dcacrilxxl a* i •
a strong will of liar own was. ..t
time when she wavbstox ' c-riii. i
discharging one of tho tluthi:;« iiU;
her station iu life, by visiting the |
There was always plenty of pK>rp«*
in the village of Abliofr port, u bich,
ing hituntxl ut a distance of three "
(and me stly up-hill mik s) from the r
ost railway station, could not dbjs
its flali with tho ease and profit c*nj.-y> d I
by soiiio of its neigliboib on tlio .••utb
coast. However, they wei i. « •
them destitute, nor iu any dan.-, i of ! •. -
coming so, because they bad Mi t |
Bligh, us wMI as har fa*her lo lool. u. r
them. Whenever Mbs Cic ly *v . .. d
down to tho village (; • 1 tint m >
three or four timw a week on u.i
ago) she carried on her arm n 1.»
which was heavy chi lauviug t!.. i ’»• ry
nnd light on its return. I<; i>
she was always a welcome visitor; and
if her instructions and rebukes were
rather more |>eremi>tor} th..:n .• h l!.-.
thought U-coiiiing In one so y ui.g, y. t,
they were magnanimous enough V j•;<r-
don her ill con.sidcratioti of her ; •
faro and her kind heart, and smiled wit i
good-humored toleratkiM. when herUo l:
wasturned, at her mania for cl.. • n ’ i . • - -.
her determination that *w ery i 1.. h! <>uid
go to cliuri h once a w*-k. and ail Ur
other little fads and fsflri.s.
iiiohousmviveHofAbbot.siK.it were u.
tally afraid of her. though they :'!
havo dieil rather than a ! i • lit such n 11
It uinttereil very littlo to Cicely w i;. i
they admitted or denied a einumr-'
of wliich she-was fully awn .-. Hh* k
that she could always carry l.< i : ,
wliutcver it might be, and tin • m!\ t
she regretted was that | • |.l.- ! • »ul I ••
wusto time by arguing with her, w In i»
would havo Ix-cn so mu. it more Mnq le
aud sehbiblo to give in al one* To 1 o
sure she shared the Inestimablo
with whieli AbhoUport at lai •
blessed, of being seldom | i • * d f.»i .
On tlib pirticular af’>nn..a >1 I
gone her rounds an*! I.ad admiid
her cliaritire, together with a i
necessary scoldings, a* usual, and *■ •
she thought she would Mr<dl tlown
tho harUm and seeth* trawl* r-.* oin*; ■
So she made Iter way a . >:
streets to the water si<l —a r.atty. \
proportioned, aud very upright iitil. t*
uro, with her long sable.ism dung I
over her shuuldom and her eiiq*ty !».* i;
swinging.
C.eoly Bligh ha l t '•**• family featur.
wliich were Mich r.s tl*. family hud
r a-onto oomplnin f 11* r ilmc
niightiy nquit.ns: tHlt II «';a M'C'i
diminutive specimrn.d thatda.v* ill
noixidy with the digbt*-r*t s.-*ik.- ..ft
fitneiisof term* -Ul hav. *l..r *1 L*c;
itahook. Her tq;-r lit which "
vety short, h.l .m outward curv
tlio* lower one wns -omowliat fu
her chin wasp it t!y r. nn ted wiMm
U’ing t«-> prouiii.* u . I"T *Ia*rk »
were . trr.i ,! d Uu- a'
■ i 1 Ttl* a pair *.f lau
• ** •
evil-doer* and the in i undoing of
copHbfo young men. She was, beyond
all reach of rivalry, the lieauty of the
county; and how could site help know
ing it when hIio had linn told as much
Hueli a number of times? She d d not,
however, value'herself sO much upon
her eo«i*i looks—wblnh »•<>«* Um Ly
clear right of inheritance, ad therefore
not worth U(anting almut—as npon her
strict integrity of purposo nnd her trtily
remarkable accuracy of judgment. 1V>
these fine qualitii** fclie fla.t?ml herself
tiiat her claim wns undisputed; and no,
in trutli. it wns, liecauso nobody wanted
to dispute U with her. Front tier father
—the • n’y human Udng to whom she
owed or owned ftllogianoo—site met wiU»
little or no opposition, her vL*ws and
tastes Isuiig fortunately very much the
same as his own. Illness had of late »o
iiwu|stellated him tiiat ho hud Uvu corn-
pelted to uianago a gna* pirt of hb
atTairs viearloody, and from bring hb
delegate his daughter lind insensibly be-
come hi* sulmtituto. As for her aunt,
MbsSkipwitli, wiio liad lieen asked to
stny a few weeks at the I’riory coon after
Mr*. Bligh’sdeath and who had remained
there for fifteen years, Cicely bad never
(icon told to regard Hint lady as placed in
authoii.y over her, and hod never
dreamt of doing so. Thueshe was about
as imh p ii«l.*nt a* a young woman can
be; ami |wrha|M rather more so tlian it b
giNMl for aiiy young woman to tie, seeing
tlmt the nlwolute equality of the sexes
has not yet l**n admitted, even ip tlio
m*»-t progressive count rim. r
The trawlers, of which AbboUport
ImkihIisI but four, hiul already entered
the harbor when oho reached it, ami a
knot of more or less interested persons
had collided on tlio pier, to watch them
d s -linrge their load of fish and to help
iu carting it away. This was a some
what lengthy operation—because, as has
l>.**n in. ntiomd, AldsHsport dbdalhml
hurry—but Cicely waited patiently until
it was almost completed, when she
caught sight of a wratiier-beaten, grey-
beat ded man, who touched tl»e brim of
hb sou’- wester to lu r with a slightly de-
prreating air.
“Cot>|iurd,” said site, fixing her eyes
upon him severely, “1 am surprised to
see you going out with the trawlers
among these boy*. 1 should have thought
yen might hare found some better em
ployment than that.”
“You’re right thero Mbs,” answered
the man, “as you mostly are. Come to
my time o’ life, better employment 1
ought to liave, and tluit’s gospel truth.
But food must !s» purviiled for the young
tins some way or other, and times b ter
rible Isid just now.”
“Tinww are h»l with you, you mean,”
Interrupted Cicely, ami no wonder! 1
didn’t seo you at church on Sunday,
Coppord.”
“You did not, Mbs,” replied Mr. Cop-
par*I. with a great slmw of straightfor
ward candor. “You did^not see me, for
very |x>rvly o’ H in lay and compelled ft r
to keep nip bed."
“You couldn't expect to be anything
else aft* r having l*x*n «lbgraceftUly in
toxicated all Satiinlnv.”
What?—me, Mbs/' cried Mr. Coppord
in «»xtreino astonbluiient. “Me *lbgrace-
fully fntox—well I never! Who couhl
liave ben an 1 told you such o thing in
uiy habaonce?”
“The same person who told me that
you luul sold your share in the Rover and
►pent all the money. It really is too bod,
•ad did notioe, I moke no doubt,
p b well known far and wldo for
fttob, and there ain't a six year
l • :did in AbboUport as pays any man-
i to her talk.”
i have seen the n«w gown I
tiiat poor Mrs. Coppord got
you,” observed Mis* Bligli,
1 am afraid it i* useless to
• with you, and certainly it b
less to try and help you. I uui
y now tiiat I asked my father
share in tho Rover for you."
don’t ’eo say that, M| j*. Squire
d for tho best—likewise your-
t a* for getting a living out of
mro in a lioiieit boat, faint to bo
it of, Miss; and what | do 1 do for
of my family, a* should bo
iteful to me.”
ily think there is something in
h s Bligh,” chimod in a gent!o
’ rential voice from tho lack-
“A man must ditch a great
ini* and congers lief ore lio can
to get a fair day's wages for a
y’s work.”
!y whbkcd round sharply, aud was
x>ucht face to faco witli a young
lai-luo sergo suit, who took oil
s gai to her. lio was a voting man of
mt king under middlo bight, square
lit. '.I wn bliaven and fresh complex-
>•■§ Ho was evidently a Bailor as
r« h r*. LI .-Ii was a soldier, and if a little
*»Jyr.art looking than tluit gentleman
uwrtilolj batulvnner, his features
i: 4 put i* classic iu their regularity,
td£»big brown eves almost as ex-
* a.’-*f in a dog’s. Cicely held out tier
•i him with a littlo air of condo-
an*l patronage. “Oh. bow do
i, Bobby?” him said. “Havo you
Jt with tho tr iwlers T*
kt lio has. Miss,” answered Cop-
who |N*rliaps was not unwilling to
shunt a change of subjict; “and
i 1 don’t care to Hatter uo one, I
y there’s not a many olllconi in
ijestj ’« navy as can sail a boat liko
Dare.”
Capt. Daro, suroly,” Bald Cicely,
w you ore no longer a miibhi|>-
JoUiy, but I didn't knew you had
d up quite so high us that.”
h-lieutenant,” answered tlio lndi-
cntitksl to that rank, modestly,
.c a*lil*sl, in nn apologetic tone, • I
« so near blue water without want-
bo ut ion it; so as Hiomi fellows
£ to lake me truwling with them,
jit ! w ould go and mv* what it was
(Wo'vu bail good luck and tino
1 > v 1 ' • I am glad to say; but it must be
. | u Imr life in Has winter time.”
j Be’., > Daro was ono of the many sons
<»f * i i«.orgs Dare, who shared with Mr.
, l iiigjhi p* snthmnre in the southern
eouBv wlwre the properties of both of
. tli* n* Vcro bituateiL Cicely had known
] l tollj alt her life, and waa well aware
i tiiat ‘ • bad humbly adored her from hb
t ; in hi y. She said; “I don’t think I
j -l<ou much care to spend a night on
*. I Iax.I a trawler, llow did you manage
i* : b<<Q ftra*l i ig and drisiing in tho mom-
1 ; )ik*S
"■f.l. I jumped overboard arul had a
■ mj. said Hie young man. “Do I
ii v >k a calm and deliberate sur-
?y. n iruin bead to foot. “Not
might havo been exi«ctod,”
. length. “And so C*qqiurd
- ■ .U>r«aY
ugh to do till!
'”K
, liyi . ..
pard had judiciously effected a move
ment of retreat lto said: “1 confra* tiiat
I have a sneaking affection for that old
rascal. 1 suppose ho got* drunk new
and then, like tlio rest of tlieui, and I
know lie’s an arrant posclier; but for
all tlmt lie’s a fins Million. H» are
r it is
o away
Coppord.'
“So ’tis. Miss; and a great refreshment
it has been to me to get two nights at
tea beyond retch o’ there woman’s
tongue, ’Spent all the money,' soys she!
And her with a new gmrnd to her hack to her."
—as you might ha' noticed o' bumlay, I
If you could kidnap our ILhertncn
they would lie very much throw n away
in the navy, I tliink,” Cicely declared.
“What is tho u*o uf fine svamamliipon
bcanl of those hideous iron hulks tlmt
you call men-of-war? Besides, you
never liave auy fighting to da”
“Ferhsps wo shall, though, one of
tlune days,” returmil Mr. Dare, hope
fully. “Even as it b, wo often havo to
help the fold ier* out ashore.”
“In skirmishes witl% savages you
mean? But bn t that rather poorfttn?
You in, you are quite ceiltin of ls*iug
abb to heat thorn with tlio weapons lliai
you have. If I were s man I w«*ul I
much raUier ho in Uio cavalry, like
Archie,” said Cicely, to provoke him.
But Bobby was of far t**o simple and
mode it a nature to ho irritated by such
malicious attacks.
It is a matter of taste,” said lie. “Wo
can’t ho al! in tho cavalry, and 1
shouldn't liave dono for it even if the
governor could liavo it **! tho ex|s*iiNi*,
because I never could make head or tail
of s horse. But 1 dare say 1 ►ball do my
duty as well os Archie when Hie time*
comes. At least I hope so.”
“Of course you will do it a great detl
better, you dear, stupid old Bobby!" said
Mbs Hl’Mi, who always cbote to talk to
tbb neighlNH* of hers ai though lie lia-l
been much younger Hum Iu tm If. “You
belong to tlie class of which heroes ore
made, and will o.iiatnly cud your ca
reer ss an admiral of the licet arul a G.
C. Ik, if only we give you tho chance of
dwtingubliing yourself by fighting tho
French or the Kusshn* or nouietiody.
Archie bn’t that sort of |M*reonat alL
One can’t fancy him flounslfing a field
mnrehai's baton, and I’m »uro ho d" —
want such a thing.”
A slight flash * f pleasure hid
spread Air. Dare's cheeks when lie heard
himself described as a imtcutial licro,
but lie did not appear to K* nltogetlur
satbfled with Cicely’s critic! ous upon
her cousin.
“You must like him very much, or
you wouldn't run him dow n,” was his
comment upon them.
“ What do vou mean?” asked the girl,
with wondering look.
“Only that I think you often run down
the pooplo whom you caro (or. You
dou't mind giving a little pat on the buck
to the otliers - such ns myself.”
“You arc rather rude, ami rather un-
grateful," (l ady remarked. *i uni not
at all in the lialnt of running uny'IhmIv
d«(wn. except, just ot-caslonally, s few
iio like Archie very much. Havo you
anv objection to my iikiug him?”
|Ld»l»v di*l object very strongly to her
rut* rtaining anything bqyoud a sbtcrly
alb '-tioo for Iwr cou**iu. But In* could
l.aully say so without proceeding b>
further ktateiiients which ho was riot
prc|ared to nutkeon the spur of Hu* mo-
un i t; so lie only rahl. ia‘li<*r destiond-
ingiy, “Archie b the sort of fellow
wrh/rn everybody b loumi to like.”
“Aunt husan doesn't,” nil Holy,
lauphing; “nhecalb 1dm a 'designing
young man.'”
“Ob—Mbs Sklpwith! But then she
harily counts, does she? I mean, of
her,” agreed Cicely, iu ato jicw 1 at grave
voice.
During the n!>ovo converration tl oy
had been moving slowly away from the
quay, and v.crc new sesst&g tU mvp
Htr-s*t which led in tlie direction of the
I’riory. It did not lend toward Inatowe,
whore Sir Georg*.* Dare lived; but per
haps Bobby wo* LO'> eager to tako tiro
shortest way home.
“Why does she call Archie designing?”
lie asked presently.
“Oi, 1 supioseshe thinks that my
fathi r will make him hii heir instead of
Morton. One can’t wonder at her think
ing so. Bly father won’t do it. but it b
what a great many people w* u'd d».”
After this there was silence tor tome
minutes. Then Bobby said: “My li
ters told mo that your bro*lnr was ox-
IKi'ted down here. Is that trit;*?"
“Yu; be wrote to pnqiase it himself,
and he i* to arrive this evening, Fro!c
ably ho tins the same Idea u« Aunt
Susan and thinks it is time for him to
bestir himself.” After a pamo the girl
resumed: “I don't feel us if lto wi re my
brother ut all. I 1 avo only n*c»ii him
twice in my life, nnd I didn’t like liinj.
Is it wrong, l wonder, to dislike one’s
brother when ho b so very di (agree
able?”
It can’t lie wrong, or you wouldn't
do it." answered Bobby, with conspicu
ous imbecility. “Besides.” lie continued,
“I never met anyone who didn't bate
Morton. It is just like him to mal'O up
to poor Mr. llligli at tho last, nftvr turn
ing his baric upon him all there y:are.”
Now this was a perfectly true nnd
justif : a'ile speech, but the effect of it
upon l^iccly was not *.u to what the
s|ieaker could liavo widico. “What do
you menu by *tho hist?’ ” she axel timed,
turning upon him angrily, “it is alsun-
inablo of j'ou to say such things! 1 don’t
mind tho people in the village, twaus * it
b their way of showing sympathy, ~i
when they are in tho least ill they
ways think thoy must Is* going to die;
hut you have no right to l»o w> btupid,
uml ho—so brutal. Y'ou must know
fectlv well that my father b not a
worsa tha t he was a year age. Don’t
you know it?”
Bobby might liavo replied that bo bad
been afloat a year ago, ami consequently
bad not seen Mr. Blij.;h at the time re
ferred to; also, if ho had been dtrictly
honest ho uo.ild luive liu 1 to nay Hint be
Untight Mr. Bligli very ill indeed. But
ho did neither of tlusu things; ho only
stammered out in accents of deep con
trition, “Oh, I leg your pardon; I’m
awfully rorry ; I didn't think of whrt 1
wns saying. I—1 daresay he isn't nearly
as hud us lie lookr.”
“Well,” laid Cicely, more calmly,
you know nothing at all al suit it; that's
ono comfort. Tho truth is that his gen-
eml health Is perfectly good ; ana nj-
tin u rh ho may never bo able to walk
tgaiu’' (here Cicely’s oyeH hu*U1i'I*1v filled
with tears and her voico tumbled)
“there is nothing—nothing at all in his
present condition to make us feeh 1 inneil
authority for raying ho, and 1 su|ip(Mo
you will admit that Bir Peter under-
stands hb business.”
Bobby hastened to declare tlmt he
never for a moment thought of setting
up his opinion against that < f the emi
nent phi s’cinn ln*niMwt!0T. indeed he
was certain lint Bir Peter must Ut right,
Still, of course. Morton might think
•lifT. rent!)'.
Tiii • *-spl.if..d:ai bnMn
aged to ask whrtner i»iu» Uriga wwoWw'fr
like to come oat fishing som«* dnv. Cop-
pard, l.o said, hidawirwl him tint there
was plenty of poll*>ck-i in Hu* Uiy. and
sonudhucM ono «OJld have a 1 »t of fun
with a big conger. “Ami if it’s neces
sary for # you to have a chapen*n.”_h”
—Iimsi i» iiuiu rriucMimiy. ••periiup siiss
tipwitli wc u’d come."
At this Cicely burst out I High ing. “I
really believe Aunt Smsm wo 11 nitlmr
get on the l«u*k of a liorze than trust her-
a *lf in a ImniI,” wild she, “Til go out
Ibhhig with y« u some day, Bobby, and
I daresay I limy bring Archie with m*i if
lie rann to come, I certainly ►han’t r»r
|Uire achancroti to look after m * In tho
coiiqtfuiy of my own cousin and a U»v
liko you. Now 1 have taken you ipiito
far enocg’i out of your way. Good
night.”
Hulvlieutenant Dare, who was two and
twenty yiars of age, did not quite relish
U»ing called a hoy, Imtjt was Msnetliiiig
u.ADsroM. on roiti
The following * \h ;
of Mr. Ghulsto*#’*, di
October, ISH^wlllbt
of tlio growing sdiiUmei
States that an export tr
tial to tlio prosperousr -
muimfacturcs. Mr.
course of bis remarks, w
cat any American Irresjw
afllrimtl it as his “flnaci
couvictlo:i that no govornmci
Gladstone, in tlio
waicli will inter-
eof |>olitics,
xd strongest
:nt that con
utatTnOrwtBrttlSo w111 eillier •»«>"“
late pledge its responsibility to W? P™
posjiIs for restoring grotoctovo m •
Y’ou might ns well attempt
overthrow any institution ° r *Jr
country a* to overthrow the free
legislation. * * * You might as well
attempt to overthrow trial by jury; you
might as well attempt to overthrew U»*
right ot petition or of pulnie meeting,
you might as well attempt to tear out of
our metal and political syntmi any mie
of tho moiit cherished ideas tiiat English
men have inherited from centuries ot
history, m to ovorfcet tho free trade lcgls-
lati* n. ” * * Tho truo idea of com
merce reats and ii founded upon this
principle—that in the operation" of
meroe it is alwolutely impossible for n
country to do good to itself without nt
tin* same tiuio doing good to other pco-
pl Mr. Gladstone conthwted tlio condl-
tion of Eugland before nnd after tlio
adoption of fret* trade. Ho stated that
tho incotuo taxable to tho inoouio-Uix in
1842 was £251,000,000; in 1880 it was
£W3,rOO.OOO. The trade ot’ the country
increased by tho uxporte of British pro
duce, nnd iu this increase of exports tno
working people have a share porhape ns
inqsirtant even ns the capitalist. In
1840 they were £51,002,000; in 1880,
$223,000,000; whilo tho population luul
grown b3 is?r cent., the export trade or
tho ciHintry had grown at tho rate of
JWO per cent. The savings deporitod in
Iniuks, which luul been £21,500,000 iu
1810, were £15,500,000 In 1880.
Bir. Gladstone refuted the old doctrine
of tho balance of trade. “From 1870 to
1880 when the import#—thoao terrible
imports Hist frown upon us and iutimi-
ilato us in every part of tho oountry as if
tliey were all meant for dynamite ex
plosions—these imports liavo boon in ex
cess of £622,000,000 over the exports,
and tho country Is notnlwolutely ruined.
But while those £622,000,C00 have been
imported, snd we have certainlv had to
pay for wliat we havo imported, instead
of losing bullion, tho imports of bullion
havo been slightly In oxco»aof tho ex-
iiortfi. Tho import, of hullion for th«M
live .mrs amounted to £147,000,000 and
tho export, amounted to £144»00 UOO, ao
that beeidea tho 10J3,000,0< 0 of pjxxU
wliich we gut, wro got £3,000,000 in
bullion.
••On the occaiion of *h« repeal of tho
navigation law. tlio wliolo prohctlonUt
mrtv «f tl... nonntr, want into the ilwa-
iwt mourning. They told a. that tba re-
paal of tho navigation law. waa tho do-
■tmetionnf tho wooden walla of old
England, uni incant neithor mom nor
Icm than licr reduction to tho tank of a
tliird-ratti power. T"e tonuage of Great
Britain in 1840 wu 6 ,'07,0iw tout In
IBM) it bad riaen to 41,348,000 torn.
• Now, what i> tho .Uto of nhi|i|iiiigi
,f lnterowt lnryw
intin the United
ill bo csscn-
To cheat the mnnlm* tempter's sift
eyes of light aod beauty.
i IM*. they Ufa
aw.»min*;
jmI so tkM flau «r* would wsteb by <Uy
‘ irs from cto U. mortitag.
is! each hour of daylight tells
Tli»t Htm.' turu white as i*flA^’il«icUe<i ahells
And soDie aro always btuslilu*.
But when the patient stare look down
On ull th^ir lijftit .Hscovor*.
The. trultor s sni#**s. «li« murderer's frown;
Tb« Ups of lyisx lovt-re.
Tt»«*y try to stiut their saddening eyc^
And In the vain endeavor
We see tliem twinkling In the skies,
And so they wiuk forever.
—O. W. Holmes,
There are in the bond vault of the
treasury a lot of diamonds and other
precious articles which havo a singular
history. Indeed, tho facts relating to
some of them seem scarcely to bo knovta
at nil, and whatever is said about them
is largely a matter of tradition. Tho
value of tho collection is
estimated to be from 150,000 up
ward, as high ns you; choose to
go in figures. There is a bottle four or
five inches long that is pretty well filled
with diamonds and other precious stones,
besides there aro a number set in beau
tiful and costly gold ornaments intended
for personal wear. All thera things havo
boon in the custody of the treasury for a
long time—some for more than fifty
years.
Several of tlio most valuable were sent
to President Van Huron in 1832 by tlie
Itnauni of Muscat, a country of Asia,
os a testimonial in recognition of tome
service to that country by tho United
States, just what it was nobody appears
to krow. They were sent as a pereonal
gift to tho President, but lie
could not accept thorn by re«-on
of tho clauso in tbo constitution
which forbids any person connected
with tho government receiving any
present or decoration from any foreign
power or potentate. To return thorn
would liavo been an insult to tho royal
giver, and what to do with them was a
question that puzzled tlio presidential
mind. Thoy were finally turned over to
tlio treasury and there they remain unto
tills day. ’The entire collection has ac
cumulated in a similar way. Other
presents weio sent to government
officials by kings oml princes who bad
not read tho constitution of the United
States, and nothing coukl to done with
them but to stow them away in tho
vault. Tliey do not have any definite
l rr > {.»;■» -heut the ruTTiTr re
lation to the government that unclaimed
packages do to an exprem
company. Tlio treasury peopla
havo long been in a quandary
what disposal to tuako of tliem. Two or
tlireo times in years past Uia attention
of congress has been called to Uio
but "
tlie
) matter.
«i
action lus bueu taki n. as none of
atAant* seemed to know whst to
tbo premises. It would Is
»y to wll them and apt
• U. aivl » (*
'Ih.
to have obtained Cicely'
modest preisHitioii, and it w as something
tii know tlmt Miss Sklpwith mi’.lit be
dispensed with. As for Arobie, |s*rhape
lie wouldn't w ant to come. “And per
haps If lio doc# C4HIIO he will lo sick,”
thought tho young sailor.
It ii thus that love, which is In Itself
pun* and beautiful n M*iitiru«*nt, is
unt to inspire even the most gcuvreus
minds with ignoble dt-. iros.
[To UK CONTINUE!!.]
KI.NT IO MM. MN€».
A LusiMi trw York l.-wjrr MfU
lilts Ueserls.
New Yoke, July 2*.—Lawyer John
R. Dunn was wnt t«» Bing Sing prhon
t«*-day to mt\o «s.t a inTtetice of nine
yean aud ijlx months.
Dunn was found guilty of liaving in
duced Cashier H* **tt of tlie Maiibattan
I tank to steal | 8*».iO l. A* soon us Ihinn
received tho griater pirt of the steal lie
advi.*e*l Bcott to fly tin* country.
Bulweqnently Un* rarhier came hick
and aplwareil as a witness against Dunn.
FiltAlA CANAL HONDN.
The Canspanr cannot Compel the
Holder* io Pay Insiullui. iii*.
Pauis, July 2r — fin* civil tribu:ial lias
dveidisl that tie* PsnnmaCuuil t d.up.-.ny
can not coiiijs I tho holders *>f lottery
bonds to |siy the outstanding iu.-dall-
ments,- hut the holders of tueh bonds
ttro -till liaLIo u*!«called upoo »«> »»•*• U*
prorata payments to tlo extent of u
<|iu nor of tie* Konilmil value of the
Immis. Where Installment! Iia*re Ik***h
paid in advance tbo coi qsmy uu.L re
fund the ttion.’y.
Now Tlicj'll Dr!:u.
flARRIH/'Sst'Rn, Va., July 2d.
inuniciisil election In n* r»*m!Lsl i
I list'd to.SIM) tli* si Is SUN
liners, tho puokria briwos
und Liverpool, which Hi
Hie bulk and the pick of i
tween tho two countries.
iicrior to us In —
tiou that they lutd four-fifths of th<
whole trade bclwis ii the two couutrieo
in their hands, and tiiat four-fifths wan
the last of the trail**. Wliat is tho case
now, wlu*u free trade lias o|icruteil anil
In* applied its stimulus to tlie
intelligence of England, ami when
on the other hand tlio action of
tlie Americans has Iwcn restrained l»y
tbo «nuctincnt, the enhancement, and
the tightening o? tbo protective system?
The scales are exactly reversed, and in*
htcad of Atuei I st doing foiir-fiftlu, nml
that the host, we do four-lifthe of the
business, and that the beet, and the
Americans pick up tbo leavings of tlu
British and transact tbo rewiiluo of Hi*
trade. Not becauso they aro inferior to
us in any tiling; it would Iw a fatal error
l«i suppose it, not liecauso they have lesa
intcllgcnce, or loc.iuso they have less
pena rverunce. Tliey are your descend
ants; they aro your kinsmen, and tliey
ure fully equal lo you in all tiiat goes
to make human energy und rower, hut
they aro laboring under tho delusion
from which you yourselves havo but re-
contly escaped, and in which some mis-
guidod follow-citizens seek again to
entangle you.
“1 am reminded that I waa guilty on
a certain occasion of stating in an arti
cle—not a political article—tiiat. In my
opinicn, it was far from improbable tiiat
a* tho \ ultimo of the future was unroll
ed, America, with its vast population
and its wonderful resources, and not lesa
w Uli that severe educatkm which, from
tlio high price of labor, America is re
ceiving in the strong necessity of resort
ing to every description of labor-eaving
contrivances, and consequent develop
ment, not only on a largo scale, hot dram
to tlio smallest scale of mechanical gen
ius of the country—on that aorount tho
•lay may come when the country may
claim to pi swss the commercial primacy
or tire world. 1 gave sad offense to
many. • • • 4 I at present will
»uy this, that as l**ng aa America
adheres to the protectivo system your
commercial primacy is secure. Nothing
in tlio world can wrest it from you
while America continue* to fetter her
own btrongliand* und arms, and with
thebe flittered arms is content to com-
pete with you, who* are free, in neutral
markets. Andsolosgas America fob
l*»w >2lliodoctrine of protcction.or thetioc*
trines now known ns those of fair trade,
vou are perfectly safe, and you m*e»l uot
allow, any of you, even your slightest
hlumls rs, to In* dbtur'.N.sl by tlie fear that
America wi l take from you your com
mercial primacy.”
I I 1 "
ii.i •. . Tlio man in charge of
the Ismd room told tuo the other day
I tluit lie was going to make another ef
fort to liave congress do something with
thcm. He says thoy ara “A nulssncg,
ana tie n urea ot seeing tncui aruuud,fl|
ekCtion of Woodson, tin* I
ate for in.ivcr. by 13! iiuJ*tut. t>f th
lourtem o ncers etecred.aU exrep: two I MM u«*a«s Wfes Hire at tiSO A. 5f.
are in favor of license. More than it-iul y r .Kn Hh* lie vis* l'nn.*sl«*.
A snsnisn Tried fsr Ills Lite,
Berlin lias just luul a most extraordi
nary sensational trial—curious, indeed
almost without parallel, among tlie rec
ords of crimu. Tiie hangman has been
accused of assMsinntion and tried for his
life. Of course it was a question of
ly. The Berlin executiooer does
hot lead a very moral life.
Ho is a married man with a
family, and ho deserted both, and the
poor w ife soon had u rival. But ho also
deserted the rival in her turn. Tbo dry
statistics of the law courts read Uko the
argument of socuo ingenious jday. Tho
aliandoned mistress longed to recover
)»er supremacy. One would not havo
thought a hangman capable of so much
attraction. Boo tried every menu* to
dn her object, anil ut last in despair
boil recourse to the executioner’s assist
ant and right-hand man, whom aha
knew and whose influence over him waa
great. There wets interviews between
the two hangmen, but matters did not ad
vance. Then thero was an angry inter
view at a restaurant, in tho course uf
which tho chief kicked his aide-de-camp
the stomach. The injury was
more serious than it scetusu, and a
month afterward the |**>r go-between
died. All aorta of evidence was given at
the trial, and the jury were merciful in
iu their verdict. But the criminal
classes of Berlin were greatly ULsip*
p*tinted. It would havo been interesting,
thoy seem to have thought, if the now
hangman had to try hia 'prentice hand
on hie predecessor.
<3«erala ami Her areas#
Orleans 8UU*.
Governor Gordon baa recommend* rt
that the legislature of Georgia provide
a pension for every Confederate soldier
in tlie stato who iamaiiu£d and helpless,
oral also for the widows and orphans of
dead soldiers. Tlio governor furth. r
urges that these pension* be made as li'>-
oral ss possible We believe the people
of Georgia will promptly ai ' • ; i. i iy
rests nd to Urn noblu suggestion of Gov
ernor Gordon. Georgia is a groat aud
rich state, she is growing richer ovary
year, and she should set an example of
generously providing for the now help
less heroes who fought the battles of the
Confederacy, and for Die widow* of th* ■*<#
who have answered th# roll call above.
interest U att;cli *11*» »!:•* «*lccth
the fact tluit Hie city ju«lge und cdy I
council lu<l refust-d to grant any Ikciiie-s
after tlio |N*oplb liad voted in favor'of
granting tliem.
lioml far llrunswlrl:.
Brunswick. July 28.—{.Special.
General M.ui g r limlvm of tbs Ka^t
TeniuMee ressi iis.-*l n mutract with
Jolin Rons last n.'g'it for the traction of
wharves an«l warehousea on tla-ir prop-
erty here to the extent of 0.000.
To Limit Production.
’ a good' old thing and all 1/>ndon, July 26 —Two-third* of the
dy pays much attention total number of cotton spinners liave
| agreed to limit tlirir jaoduction to one-
much attention to 1 lialf the usual amount for one month.
How happy ore tlie Mussulman stu
dents at tlie University of Fes! True*
they liave to rLe at 2:30 a. m. in sum-
nior and at 6 a. in. in winter and their
labors are ffot over till 70)0 p. in.; th«y
liavo but one holiday in the week, and
on tiiat tliey are expected to practice
total abstinence both from studies and
from food. But in revenge they have
no examination*. Each professor knows
how to distinguish thoe of his hearers
whose qualities render them worthy of
a diploma# which diploma b highly
valued, end give* those who possess it t
veritable prestige in the Mussulman
world.
. Fills act like magic on
weak stomach.
If Corporal Tanner keeps ou discover-
rrrr£.
vhy tliey
tlio war, tho ,S..utlu:ra'
lianUy !«>abl ■ to underxtkna
Jidu't win. Tamil;r 1 . doura
at many ncoplo u posible U ■
a par with a KiggMtkm in tlio Vt'omaiV
Jd.irn.il, win li profioMd that th. pit.
eminent pen>h« for lifo evt-ry woman,
rich ot poor, tick or w i ll, who hai ever 1
b«a r mother. Powitlr th. kU. ml^Ut
hav. b«n eitnxW to tndudo th. <b>
w w>UnU ot all who ImlMaolbanU
Powdbly Tanner may ultimately want t.
j. ti-um ril who talked about goiii£ I
till
J'. Liquor mil
, I., July 38.—T!
- d to concur with tlm
;U to thn liquor Ull,
—n. wai w
“tday,