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MACON, GA., WEDNESDAY MOHMNG, DECEMBER 25, 1889
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MISADVENTURE,
By W: E. NORRIS,
Author of “Mr FRmroJni," “JlAjon akd Minor,” “La Belle Auericaine,'
“M vntlUOJtY.-* ETC., ETC.
fAll Bight* Reserved.]
-HAPTEB XLI.-Ar.CHIE IS Mark to that work would bo found for him he-
Immediately after las arrival in Lon-
Arcbio presented the letters of ta-
rjiuctlcn with vrhlch^ Mark ChcUyodo
fore long.
‘•Work means active service, I pre
sume,” said Archie, who was beginning
to feel somo uneasy doubts as to th
! i u*n kind enough to turplv him,! reality of this mystericus campaign, hut
n'li luctwitha reception which was, Ins colleagues could onlv shrug their
“"‘L !h« whole, a* friendly as bo had shoulders and reply that they hoped so.
ellht to expect. H ho had not been • Their business, for the time being, was
utterly reckless and indifferent, lie might
ivo thought tv.'ice before r lacing huu-
I, .vithout resetre at the disposal of per-
A.whcio appearento and manners were
«uch as to inspire unl.mited
.'.niideuce; hut .lie really did not care
■, ,v 0 least what became of him,
, ‘ n8 he told them, tho more
i m-erous the service upon which
liuy might see flt to emnloyhnn. tho
1 or ho would be pleased. There wero
, good many of them; they were of both
eves and apparently of almost every
1 lid grado; it did not striko him that
..... ,, ere very much in earnest, r.or
, Po greatly impressed by tho intriot-
• ’ At I.id oUtm snu, tno
merely to observe and report upon the
state of public foeling in Greece: the
plana of those in authority wero not
usually revealed to subordinates until
tho moment for action had arrived. At
Constantinople, hoxvover, he would meet
with more influential and better in
formed persons.
To Constantinople, therefore, he went,
and if the persons to whom ho duly pre
sented himself there were more influen
tial than those with wm 1:1 l.i- tad w"
viously had to deal, they were also more
reticent ancTa good d aimort IWtofa fa u •
To what race or races they MMOgH*
Archie did not discover; but ha gathered
tli.'t • 1• ! n< I* '.'ll li.'i ■ ■■■■■ !
would
l vnnv oUds\nitiaUonwasinipr«»ive Lome Buigar*. They could not or w onM ing, when they had drawn rein in the
and they all agreed in assur-1 Rot speak English, and it was in French Sweet V.'ater Valley, and were gazing
to which they laid claim.
ceremony of his Inf-'- 1 *'
';‘"“'Wm nl thnt C3r siiniiVi{‘7IenU "wei-e I -a UngURge“vuth which ho » about
° iIf dan or was what as familiar as tho ordinary Brituhotneer
f, Sid fet, they Avid, there was -that ho had to reply tyi on I
Li” probability of his wishes being 11*-» interrogator^.. Again and
.n before iong. He gatherea licit again no wa» questioned oi to U
‘ .Am. going to be a .iinuitancoua motives, and his reiterated answer that
rJ ... *1 • a tlmh 1m himnlv imt. fnr nrivatn n>A*on3 Ol
“Oli, well,” laughed Theodori, “that is
what a great many young people pay.”
did not reem inclined to pur-uo the
subject: but ho returned to Archie'*
hotel with him, and drank two-thirds of
a bottle of champagne with evident rat-
ibfaction, aud narrated amusingly
enough many of the episodes of an
adventurous lire. Archio liked tho
iiian, who, indeed, had the kind
of fascination which belongs to
recklessness and unscrupulous ness, and
who seemed to understand tho nature of
hi- rase M-eitv well witli* ut : Eii:;;
questions about it. The two became
friends after a fashion. They met every
. and Theodori, after vainly endeav
or to give tho Englishman an insight
into tho menus plaeisirs of Pera, found
for him and took him out for
' Hi' - into the ountrj.
Well, that horse was a great comfort
to poor Archie. He was utterly mtoera-
bh an i vjr „ n{ 1 O 11. : I.-' V. .1 - w dll'
hope and* beyond 'all possibility of cono
eolation; yet, dead though his heart
might be. hto body was still alive, and t
feci a spirited animal under him made
the blood course more quickly through
his in-, w h-ther he w I d » : u .
Theodorl, cantering beside him, used to
throw queer, scrutinizing glances at
him from time to time, much as a doc
tor will scrutinize a patient, and almost
always his examination ended with a
sigh.
My dear Bligh,” ho said, one even-
source of weakness, not strength, ( “you ore aware that I am only an in-
tiie great northern ampin* which i ctruti-ent, like yourself. I know very
was charged with a desire to shift little, and what little 1 know 1 must not
its capital io the shores of the Bospbo- talk id ■out. Only—-1 am sorry"
llooked at tho man s taco, which
t a had sort of face, as faces go,
I which just now expressed nothing
inmisci
kiie.lv
Then
! the k
t afraid
s of o
s sot. 111
t deny that I Lei
answered Archie; *\n
:|'po*e that iitii !• ■ lx
Ifle between mo and n
w, you understand not
t ol the question for me
v. m-Tn Bulgaria and Montenegro, that he simply wished, for private reasons of
. TnVof Scrvia was to bo deposed, his own, to take part in Bonn forlorn
: rVlmt an outbreak in Macedonia hope, wan evidently not found atiaCac-
, \ ht lw counted upon a. certain to fol- lory. As for the raising of that body of
; b“l,i» informants were chary of rregular horse ol which he had heard.
1 1 indoed he suspected that they tho black browed, satuinmo individual
“ Hid not ocsseas very accu- who was most active in crou-examinuig
“I S^Sattan-and ho was somewhat him, seemed to bo faintly amused by
r 'l'v instructed to await orders and ro-I the mention of such o project, but
nerd nous oucstioms merely observed that Mr. Bligh would
rwh^MOmStoglvolm follow con- be told at the proper tiiuewhatwosro-
,ri'itilis n more favorable idea ol him I quaed of him.
l!: ,, Vi;ev had entertained at tho outset The pro(wr tlrao had apparently not
1 ..discovery that ho had floaty of yet come, for the only orders that Archie
1 When it was made clear received were to.attond occasional mect-
r ' m ,n Zt ho w«“repmed not only | lags in a dirty little Wick room in Oalsta.
, mV bU own expenses, but to make a j whore lengthy discussions took place m
.home contribution to tho general »tongue unknown to him, and where
i.il.vhno-etno nuito pleasant and I his presonco wus for tho most part lg-
1 nmoiv? and MM if them even nork The hotel in which he lad token
C,"nt' KSgtiipf »dvlsinghim torcinain up his quarters was close, dirty and evil-
» ,"rc he was for tho present. That wu smelling. It was almost emptv for nt
* , rt ,, . . ‘ w, do and I that season of the year everybody who
.Ulently What they rroiovdtodOjWO , Constantinople had
• i»intcd out that there aremauy m oved to tl.o shores of the Bosphorus,
ivtn r ways wanted “» J •" onler to avoid exciting suspicion,
r. mg for it. Bnt Atchle, who “ i, 0 thought it Iwst to engage a drago-
hiiuie-or at all evento t h . j ^ ^ himself conducted
confessed candidly that^ heJ'*dh£ L su B „ d la7Jir , ot 8ui m-
nation for emo ca I allli j- |lo ,j R hia which it i» the
Tr. tlicr. ami JJ plaS * r tourwU to vUU. It was weary
patched * itho “ t og'. T w work, amt the ilrngoman was annoyed
wldch fighting "•* .'* | M , n f teoause ho could not oven pretend to
inthowayof flghtng y | lok( , an j nter „ t j n anylhuu; that was
Mo use ts »«i. ha raid, tmt l doutit lhown hJ[n fon . llM Wi lhal !lU
pHtbar jwrnhnd me much of footetopaweredsoad; though whether
'.notion In any other respect, ihp I by >n of th^3iee or by up . mi.
,i y isn t in my UM. • I ^ olnU follow -oonapiratora he neithci
It was ft relief to him whan *” knew nor awl 'Bflwwwo v» r> w»-i
l.i* ihnircd marching order* roachea uim. CQaM k an eJf0 opon him, ami if it
Ithottgh thc*o +tro not quite £ P**®****? should aeoiu advhoble to tho latter to
e could havevrUhed. I lmvo him rourderod, ho bad no objec-
O A i hen* anti there await further in- Uon
.it actions. HU ultimata dwtinatlon }Ui( ftt , ength he fc „ la with ono fe j.
v.i'iht po**ibly bo Salonica, low conndrmfor who cheored him up u
C. certain. Atony Tate, mUf# Thi* wo* a certain Theodori, a
it-made to procure for him the oomrnan | Greek or Levantine by birth, but a co*-
l^alKKlyof irregular cavalry. J ® mopolitan by choice and force of cir-
"ever, reminded at^ thn | cuimUuccs and, a* it itecmed. a trusted
shv owUij«tiOS whadt h© -, u |nie m i»er or tho i*.-»n»lavonic Society.
i|K.u himself and wa* l J l ,‘ i “ Tlu-odori wa* a mirtdlestgetl man with a
M wo right to iielect the manner or ni- vc j ar j t comp^^ion, n good-humored
loyment. That wa* a point ror to I beady black eyes, and hair which
■ rtion of hi* *ui)erior*, I w#t raf ,taiy turning gray. He foliowcsl
i'roliably very few people know what l Archie away from one of tho tolomn
-i.air mcsins, and It may be *urmUea l mee ti n g* above mentioned, caught him
di a man who to literally dotpatnng | M p Mt i oddre—d him in excellent Un-
ilmuU always put* an end to himself. K f lBh>
Hhis wo* in point of fact what Archie I ,» A u f« A bore to you. to it not,
intended to do; for he wa* revived not Mr i, e asked.
I to survive his llret battle, and in tnel «|t to a great bore to bo kept hero in
ii'imtinio ho felt that hewn* to all JW* I IdJene**,” answered Archie. “I don’t
t 'tits and purpose* dead already, lie know wlwt t j, e y tre ulking about, and
was not contclou* of being particularly I j don’t know what they mean to do.
I miserable, though ho wan never fre* I Sometimes I doubt whether they mean
irotu a dull jiaiu about the region or the I to ,j 0 anytiiing at nil.”
ieart. lie managed to eat and weep: I ••oh, they mean todo aomething; it to
V. e only itrong emotion tlvat ho ox-1 even that they may succeed in
l«ri«ncea was one of impatience, and I j 0 i nt? jt. Uut they have many difflcul-
i is only dread wa* that ho might t ics to contend against; not the leait of
sev erely wounded without being kU eU wh|cb j^that they have to count with
i bright. Tlio long journey to Brindisi | U pon whom they can’t implicitly
In-minded him overy now and then that I re |jr/'
[Le had traversed tho same ground under •‘•They certainly don’t seem to rely
ury ilitlerent circumstances on hi* l» | upoo nw .” ototerved Archie. “I rather
t .rn from India; but tho memory caused 1 think they lwre put on a spy td watch
lucu very littie pain. The ArchieBUgh I me> »*
I‘k those days seemed to hare been a I ••That U quite possible. Vou see, they
Noth whom be had known once mtjMdonot know much about Englishmen,
[rruUiy, but in whom he no longer felt I y WI are rather a puzzle to thorn. I
Uuch interest. Ho was *>nr for the j ^uppoee I may take it for granted that
h'- r fellow, to wlvom fate liad been *o 1 „ ou care fa {j,e future of Bulgaria ju*t
* <• i.t ioualiy cruel; yot he scarcely Wen* J a4 much a* 1 dt>—which to nothing at
p I himself with that lucklts* being. aU> .-
And when he had taken hi* passage ••They appear to haTC confident in
*•»:» Brindisi on the Austrian Lloyd’* I you.”
learucr. and the snow-capped summits “Well, I have tamed it. Jor many
the Acroceraunian coast came in yeare past 1 have been concerned in
;ht, and later on, when he *at on deck evC ry plot and revolution that has taken
[..ling moodily r\t tho olive grovea and I nlaco in Europe; it to well know n that 1
lizard* and the sunny aopes of the I | iav e no money, except what l receiyo
|i.»run Islands, and later still, when tlio f or service* rendered, and it U thought
I I If of Corinth had been entered and 1 that I have gent-rally earned my ja>-.
|' v ? bare, purple mountain* of tho j u.sidej, I am tree from scruple* of any
• *pounesus rose in jagged outlines i kind. You, on the other hand, hav** vet
nast the southern sky, neither the! to win your spurs; and you mu.t pard-.n
I tt-ry nor the exquisite coloring, nor I these gentlemen if ^they don t feel alto-
|-< Ithe uhsociationa that belong to that 1 getter sure of you.
! n -wned land, availed to rousu him “1 shall bo very happy to show thr-m
•« '*i his apathy. The impertinent little that l can «ght. ft they will give me tho
l«* hrn city upon which t the majestic | chance,” said Archie.
down tlio Goldeu Horn, “doea it not
fomeiiiups occur to you that you aro a
very great fool? Luo to pleasant even
to me, who am poor and friendless and
growing old: what must it not he to
veu, who ere young and rich and havo
nothing the matter with you. except that
have been crossed in love. Oh, I
allow that it hurt* very much to bo
cross* d in love—it to worse even than a
bad toothache—yet one survive* it and
forgot* it, a* ono survive* and forgets
everything. Do you know what I
would do if I were you? I would em
bark on board the very first steamer that
leaves this port for England, and I
would biay in my own country for a
good long tioio to come. Peopto aro
not stabbed in England.”
“You moan that if I threw our friend*
over and remained here, they would
have mo murdered?*
'there is no doubt at all about that.”
Then if tho worst come* to tho worst,
I can throw them over. Yot* don't
know- how 1 ant situated, Theodori;
thereto really nething for me to do but
to die.”
For the sake of some woman, I pro-
•uine?”
“Well, yes; but I am not simply the
love-sick youth that you tase me for. I
can’t tell you my story; only if you
heard if, you would seo that there to
nothing insano in my wishing for
d*a»h.v
“It is n pUy,” said Theodori musingly.
And nfter they lmd put their horse* in
motion again ami had jugged on for
•oino bttlo
S 1508D
rus. Tho infidel, it was true, would ixs
eventually driven out of Europe, that
wa* what every intelligent man must
perceive; but it was dcalrablo for tlio
peace and security of oil the European | 1 j m-.u
nations that a small state, guaranteed anybody,
by the greater ones, should t o placed In you. • tm
a position of euch geographical impor- lor n c as
lance. Well, the Greeks had be<n tried j wen 1 * <
and found wanting; it was now tho turn have In «?i
of the .Slavs; and aiilicugh the establish- S > h«* i<
uicnt of a Slav kingdom might ttill bo I the chain
somewhat distant. England, not less | brotu •>; 1
than tlio other powers, wn» interested in win n he
working toward that solution of tho , had
thorny eastern question. ( rvipt
To all tins Archi.-ns;<Mited with a good i "“-u have been
dod of indjflerence. He could not have poor boy; but you hav
fought against hi* own countrymen, but J urally foolish, and I :i
there was not the slighcat danger of bU placet .into the hai
being colled upon to do that; and ai ho Chctvode-—qui n*
was suro to lw dead an 1 l uried long be- "Oh,
foro a general war could Lioak out, ho j a too.,'
felt justified in dtoregarding considera
tions of high politico. From what par
ticular pattern of riflo tlio bull ', mi^ht
ba discharged which would relieve him
of ail further participation in Oirthly
quarrels did not seem ,to him
to signify very much. Only he
wished that his death-warrant
might be made out with as little detoy
□s roisihle.
One morning, his banker, whom he
hnd beeu obliged to >nform of hi*
whereabouts, forwarded him a bunch of
letters, amongst which was the artless
effusion penned by Bobby Dare. Archie
was greatly touched by It; for ho knew
very well what the sentiments and as
piration* of his corrc&LO.uk nt had once
‘wen, and indoed no secret was made of
these.
“I liave loved Cicely Bligh ever since
I was a small boy,” wrote Bobby, ‘‘and I
LupjKi.sc* 1 may look ujxm myself as nn
unusual example of constancy; lut sho
never took mo seriously and she never
will. That doesn't prevent my loving
her still, and wtohing her to marry the
m n whom I believe she lores. If it to
a race !>otween you nnd Chetwodc, I
know whonxl want to win.”
Other extracts from this letter bavo
already been quoted. Of course Archil
could not be influenced by it; but it
softened his heart, nnd brought the tears
into his eyes, though he judged it best
to return no answer.
“After all, tliero are some really good
fellow* &* well as a lot of consummate
rascals in this wretched world,” lie
thought. “Chetwode may be a rascal,
aud 1 shouldn't he much surprised if he
was; yet 1 don’t seo how he could have
dealt differently with tne. If I had been
in his place, 1 suppose I shouldn’t hare
allowed Cicely to marry the man who
had caused her Lrothcr's death. And if
lie wishes to marry her htm*»ir 1>*» h« n
right to try. 1 don't U lieve she'll take
bun, though. I’d rather think of her tut
married to that honest fellow Bobby.”
But even this prospect, somehow,
could not be contemplated with any op- Why..I
proach to checrfulneos or resignation.
Tim unfortunate man wa* young iim l
full of h.'Hth and strength. 11 to
feelings haift oca dulled by thu t- nihle
RKPOItURRI OR THR W A Ilk* AT fl
They Will Open anOllIro In Usb)iIr&>
ton ami lleatii all InveatlaMlon.
From rhe X. w York HerrM. *
The civil service is going to be inresti-
gated, head, body and hreechcr. X«-t
• liistorv to
ctly
the chisaitied liat. which
ready, during Mr. Cleveland's ndminia-
tiatiin, bem weighed in the realer of
flic- civil service reformer-*, but the un-
clarified a.s well, from fourth-class |io#t*
niastors aud second-«las* c uuuU all tl.o
way up to iiuiubera of the cabinet.
Mr. Benjnmin llarrieon A Co. have
^ i I to stand mul deliver,
tx w nu ii nau | U ., 1TCA ^ «•
that 1 i
!
? could
hav e
.1 finished, Tlieodo
tin hands of a
gCt tO 1 Kbii
i nuttce the
whuse n --mb* rs wove ardent
s ot the llarriroo ticket, but
<h.
it.lent
• l .e U-ai
I Ills c
*11
, ■ I«*&e them. The investigation is to 1 e
\ri m i ! 1 uparti. an nnd courteous awfully co»:r-
1 M 1 | t.ous, in tone, but it is going to l tiro for
“nks^tuthorilrtively.
Ibis veiy inUte tmg and hud 1 '
i taut step was <k-termir.nl »*| •
though 1
,d uiil-
I; et
l ing <
< mi I
tho
“if*, you Rrescir-condejniK-a mevery
sense; your story would never lw* le-
licvod j.rter tho wnv in which y ou bavo
acted. Yet you might very well have lived
..n .in I b«n as happy .. mimiiii m
aiti I 'i ii i.i u 1. ^ i«. talk m this
■ . and, an I h.iid just now*, you may
!«• ■.< iii^ to die tniK time."
It will Ikj no fault of mint if I don't,”
•wered Archie.
Well, you had bettor be j-ropared for
.it all events, and tirat t- what l came
Up beri toby to you. Haw* you any
instructions to give me? Have you
made a w ill?
thought about that," Archie
“I suppose, if I die intestate,
will to my cousin, who
it n: jM.-rliaj*, I might rjiink
con feast
v(uL”
.vould lw)
5 added, > nulmg:
-odori. you hliail
know, am
that you <1
With ul .
able toliv
self, and <
But Tin
out his h i
Not for worh
meritlr. - I «n
think iii.it is a f i
pllUmi pauper t«
that
.ukd tIns prespts t ot old age.
omfortahly amt amuse y<>ur-
P tin.* ci risjuiai y hn-.imss"
ori started bach, liuowmg
< < mmitU-e of the 1'ivfl fievvice hglorm |
l/cague had gathered together in t’la: k< *
at a quiet dinner, nnd alk’r tlmt v .c.
o\m and various matters of ilctail ha'
[ been diKUKM-d tiro reformers fol down
to btisiness with the above riM '«•
Till: r.KFuKMEUB AND TI1E1U W< RK.
( tieorgo Wilhaui Curtis was in tho
< h tie and Wiiliem Pott* wicldei flu*
ciliary’a Fairer with graeo and nine
r»ly. Present besides thena weic Pro-
te >.,r Marricl Wyman, Jr., of ban»-
1-ridge, Ma^s.; Sheimuu l* Ucdgcr-t ft
I hill.do: Prince t haiks J. H»nai>art^ «!
I'aitturore; W i'.buin W. lotilko^of Indi
Conn.; William Cary Sanger of Br<x>k-
)yn; and the following New Yfik Con-
tu.gvnt.— A. 1C Macdouuugh, ex W vvai
< Utlcor Silas W. Burt, Everett P.
Wheeler, Edward Cary, Kusiudl Bturgto.
<'balks W. W a:sou utrd Ira Bureicy.
Kickers all, and prood to own it, they
s.iy, nnd 1 believe tlteiu. Bound :• have
the laws clayed, so far a» they ruler to
. civil sett ice, and if the laws are not
good to have good one* enacted.
BcjKirters were not adm.tted-. to the
festivities and much genial and
s< ino forcible eloquence, judg.ng from
the rounds which ealne out of the room,
l iii* meeting was reported to t l e wh< IIv
wo* 1 w In
about v i
»id. 1
tongue!"
ft™
wliat 1 I.ii
Is!" lie exclaimed vehp-
mldn't toii< h ii! You
iiiiiv thing for an unsrru-
. say But don't you
it is my fault- that it
sell, they qti*stionod me
ml 1 n jh at« d w l ut < < u
li lo ti .d \ had U'.dV.v
all ah
tn.'S.. )..qple l.'ll. v..
try mg to drive into
ig, you huvo done mo
ic** in your |«ower.
to my making
“•nd t
howover. could
i.Iums the lux-
kod Archie quickly,
“That 1 should not be allowed to tell
you if 1 know. But 1 don’t know*. I
merely ftiM*k You nnd I lmvo only to
ot**y orders, with an encouraging cer-
taiiltv of being put to death if w* are
insubordinate. After all that slmpUfini
matters very much and relievea ono of
all senso of raaposuibility."
“Yes," agreed Archie rather heeltat-
ingly; for hto companion's remarks had
suggested an unj i- a-.int idea to hitn.
nUy ho asked: “Would you iuuas-
xinato a man if you were ordered lo do
it, Theodori?”
Why not? In
the lir«t place, I should be compelled to
do it; in the socond pi .ice, the man would
probably deserve it; finally, 1 have no
objection to taking human life in cast*
*s11y. That is a j*uncq.!r win. b
universally admitted, you know*,
miands of live* * *
of altering a front!*
la qulto recent tttm-s that civilized
tlons hate given up executing their
criininaU for theft.”
“btill. I hujijioM) you wouldn't like to
bo an executioner*
“Not for choice," answers l Theodori,
l ni;bing. "However. I have n.-v« r !-- u
ordered to execute anybody, and 1 dare
say I never shall bo.”
Ho put hto hor>c into a gallop, and no
in-to w;n said until tlo-y rnnnd the
street* of Siniaboul. Then ho would
talL at out nothing but the charm* of a
(• itiuii -i:.»' r wliom h*-n.m m-»-u tin*
night be I ore at a cafe ciiantant, a sub
ject. which j*- ro itvlctetA i-
chle. Bui after crossing th» Galata
Bridge, wl.eto they parted, lie said sud
denly:
'I take my advice and shiji
s b’.imiiijc toil-) mn w«n!., ami
this well mo.rut mliisivuat to 1 upon hi.o
l-.ke an irritant, causing all hto wound*
to ache and throb with intolerable pain,
llo could not help asking liiinsrlf
whether U wa* joseible that Cicely really
loved him; he could not help wondering
whether it wa* true that women, when
they love, aro willing to forgive every-,
thin-*. Hn mold fnrtfjv* h*»
lie thought, fcrgetlihg that he hod not
lM*en very ready to forgive her for desir
ing to manage her own property in her
own way.
Upon the summit of the hill of IYra,
near the British embassy, there ba small
public garden, whence it wide view of
the city may be obtained. Thither
Archie wandered, and. aft. r reading hto
letter over again and replacing it in hto
pocket, indulged in dreams which lie
well knew to bo only dn-aiiu. No! he
could not now go back nnd “face Ills
trouble,” as Bobby advised; but there
was no taro fn speculating upon
what might conceivably hapneu if
tuki-n for tho sake ho did go buck. All suts of hapny
: and r Is only ,u. 1 mq i • ii I-- a:, coi.c-.\ it K(-,
harmonhm.i though, and Mr. ‘l'otto said
th .t alt banns without exception were
anxious to have the great queslion set
tled once for all. Does a rlmyg) in the
administration and the consequent
blinking u.» and shuffling our of the
civil hei vico every few years r**dound In
the benefit or harm of Uu^tarvico iucll
and the people whom J^^Bpposed to
nerve? There was itom^HpPjf ditTcri m u
of omnion as to the betMulluKl of .civ.
ing to work to And out, and also a* to'
the extent of the inquiry* bui n was no*
stiflUUnt to dtoturb the liarmotiy in
duced by sparkling wine* and fragrant
1 lax anas, ,
IT..\N.s OF INVKS7104T10N.
At the annual meetin;' of tho Na-
t tonal Dengue, held *i I hi|sd *lol i« on
Oct. "of this p ar, tne t\ ?cutivc
mitfi. was authorize''vt - take
.teja la- k-ug -to tta. L/v‘ ^cni ;
civil iu-:'vire. t.ie expert ul tn t»
A MOUNTAIN OF 001,0.
A Kline Which Fnj■ Over o NItlllosi
Year In Dividends.
From the T^ondoit *» ime*
Such is the title which has 1
given to the great Mount M<
mine, situated in central k*ue« u-
which to paying at the rate « I « ’
million a jodr in dlvhicmU Th.
tc.*y of the mine, tvli.ch h:u «-nly
fully develotiM. during the la i
to a. curfcur. one-. Ti >• «vi
selector of the fr<"hold jort'- n < f
wonderfully rich jcoprn v, con- -ti
010 acres, was on? Dinald ' mu
paid flvo shillings nil aero for it
ized it a* grazing [and f. r h;
correspondent of tho Fuh y
ilerntd who visited the nun- *
ago toh,l tho readcro of ti n: ;on
iiturning from Che mountain, I
ai--‘a way aide inn, where
weather-boa ion. giiz/.kd-!- oi.
took hia horro ton well to diit.
“This was the original hold
freehold, who parted with it <•
> gang. He said he hnd nh\ny.
! : ho moumuiMK to bo of irons
never knew of tlio fortune tl:
long wit nil, hto grasp. In old.
| used to r-ell the pumico-toM
quartz in Kockhnmpton, t"
hearths and doorstej•» of th** !i
Gordon sold tlio freehold to t
Morgan tor XG40, or fl nn ai
dhcovercd g»>ld in 1 ■'*«**, ”!-•! ii
formed a partr.er.sliip, in v.
held half the mine, while M<
flail, W. Hull, \Y. li. I- Ai
Patterson, who aro now I-
piinctpal f<roprietors. Ii--!d i
bulk **TVu> Messro. Morgan c
disposed of thesr share lotto
men for .03,000; nnd in to •
cof^jKtny wa-i formed with .
of which 17s 6d per share is p
leaving Bccklmmpton s<.
o’clock in tho morning, th*- ti.i\> i-r i
deposited nt » roadsiile station at uum
7 o'clock, and a rough hicuktasi i,. t.. i
obtained ut a country inn ln»m win
the coach starts lor Mount Mor/an. \V
were nl*oi.t to enter the prin« q i! inn
which breakb *', was laid out wto
one of the nosuveiv, who was cnn.loy,
at the mine, informed us m an aw
struck vole* that “the dimt.-i
were theio; nnd as tl.<* din-
tors of the Mount Morgan mil
were evidently too great to to- contain
nated by the presence of ordm.iry m->
tala we-betook ourselves to a lnml I-
apnrtmtat, where wo enjoyed p i.»n
hut cheaper fare. We then started in
light four-home coach, In Idmg ■ i.
|KH)plc Iveside* the driver, i’i win* h v
were joluM along the rough'--t ot ro c
through “jiaddiM ks” of over '•'> ooo a* n
with parrot* and rocknb o. slim Uir
among tho branches of the gum tn
thing net quite .so go ,1, and was a iitiio
annoyed to find him such a capital actor;
in abort, I c.\portono d tl.o > unpleasant
things of jealousy that will creep over
us during the momenta win u we. are not
at our ln-.->t though these foehn,'* may
aioimlly produce a g<sx; result. In
l Know, it stirred up the lir.-t great
ambition I remember ever to have felt,
d from'lhat night of plea: lire and ex-
(merit I n solved to equal Owens somo
y, if I could.
to srrru: it oi t of court.
.sir*. ,t, T. Slcnart’x K\<-«-iiioni Agree
Willi tin- Heir*.
Fr<>ni the New Y< rk Sun.
i ho ie|oit;i current sines Juno last
that tli-*)o has been a ucttlernent out of
o-urtof the contest over tho will ot
< - rn-lia if. .stew-art, widow* of A. T.
*b-w ai *. w -ro confirmed y< stonlay when
the couusi‘1 for
-Jude
liinot
II.
ided
uj)
wart’s will. Th
ary Hillmi and
cutors, shall ha
l deliver any :
id by
in tho
s of Mrs.
'•roes that
cut ■
which I
istru-
< >uW ha
..I up.
n.ike tlx
.-ily to-eau
ight to th*
Mrs. Stewart at tlio t
e.-ds then*of
the right lo
■ns codings for revocation of
id not begin:. Tho surrogate
order, IIo ret use* I l->-ay yenter-
the terms agre»‘d upon were,
ul.l be improper lor ino to
■ terms pijliiu . ’ he ..vid, "not
hut U
Nil lr Ihx
i of-
-rih.-non look* down; the
' ft Thcseum, which he could discern
Theodori laughed.
Ah, my dear sir, that is not .
i second
oirself ofl h
Archie shook hix head.
“l’hiii is imno iihle !’* he answ
“Well,' h.tid Theodori for tli
time, it i-, .i pit v. t .....1 night.
HAPTEB XLII.—‘Tiieoooui Declines
A FOBTCint.
probably in consequence of
andtoi*rUap% we can’t do better than
console ourselves by conceiving them bc-
causo they veiy seldom oemo to jwus,
[nor, oven when they do, doe* the reality
often prove a* pleasing as the vision,
[fora time Archie pieiued himself
pained himMilf— which it wo* he hardly
|—by imagining that Cicely 1 * arm*
were round hto neck and her h^ad on
bis shoulder, that she wo* telliug him
siiu did not doubt a word of lito story,
■U asking him how ho could have been
[to crui-l as to fancy tlist she would.
jOli, here you ar*r *aid a voice be-L
hind 1dm. “They t i l roe you had
nro plenty of them! And when you have
w rit:ea - .ni : i -.•••!- - -m,. nt. you had k -«-t t* r
go to your c-inbassy or to your hanker’*
nnd havo your signature attested; for
obvious reasons, it would not ho very
safe tor mo to act as your witness Now
1 liave no more to say nnd 1 am going
away, itii to-night, then.
■ here was another good fellow, in
the skin of an adventurer. In truth this
world, sad ond chaotic as it to, is inhab
ited for most pail by beingi* who nro
nvitlier verv liad nor very good, ond tho
distance which separates" tho best of us
from tho worst to not so great but that
w o can join bauds aero** if. Archie wa*
going to leavo this world and go ho know
not whither; that much was certain nnd
Inevitable; *o tluvt there was no harm In
In* feeling a queer, yearning, brotherly
sort of lovo for tho fellow-sinner* of
whom ho wa* about to tako an eternal
farewell. And possibly it may have been
a half-conscious wUb that somebody at
least should think kiudly of him after ho
w as gone, that made him bequeath all ho
l to Bobby Date, Bobby, at all
walked up in thin direction.'
••Who told vou?'’ at kod Archie, turn-
Inc: round “The man who watches me?”
Theodori laughed,
“You do not like being watched?” ho
iu»keil.**For mv put, 1 am so accustomed
to it that 1 don't mi
lock upon it os a sort of protection.
Well, if you never *lo anything worse
than sit in a garden aud gaze at a hu-
I-orb view, vou will soon ceaso to bo
opted upon."
•*I didn't know* there wa* a view t
toTorxblo report, rectlrod IremTWlnh I an««r«r«l Archto daKtedljr. "Wow
\nhi.-. cli.tnL.tfuJ uuuttn u-carn* 7°° "»“ on '*
friendly with him and assumed a | perb; but I think I would rather bo
less g
rded attitude when he v
the
Jdre
rito.
, hto
of Hid
) ton;;
I
'>m the window of tho railway carriage; I thing to ho able to do. 1 do not wish to
• columns of the fallen Temple of Ju* J depreciate your valor; but l have orv «•.
t-r Olympiu*; and Lycafccttu* and I much fighting in my time that I cannot
ui Hymettus and distant POutelieao j attach any great value to fighting men,
the-o inurestci him no more than physical cowardice m battle to not, be-
r «himneyt of Birmingham or Man-1 Ueve me. a common failing.
• ter would bavo done. To him Athena “All the same,” answered Archie, “1
but a halting place on bto way to an i don't believe vou will meet every day
• -.tabu* g.xtl, and all he desired wa* I with a man who would rather be killed
-t his hull might Lo made brief. 1 than not.”
P, tear—k>k. i . i Theodori stood ettll under a lam;
fSS touted,, cifxr .nd kobd into kU . „n
BSSJrSBFiaiSghssw^wiggs
ubt!.ss in.Uuction:> would reuh , Ei„. i r , „ ,
• in the court, of a day or (wo, i °‘ b t; u n o T “V
I -.iff. McanwUik would ho tadly. half compa-..onateIy for a mo- ' ,I,
• a“touEt J anff“aToid > "!«• h""
t the- ^uuo of Xlgaria to' mitto. if you to*!, to -Th.yh.vo whom.
ffoffyl Tmt wot UrtegTttoy «• not been T«ry cocdul with you. I know;, yoke, an
“>"<1. amooiat rcotff* * ho V . re oat- Lut they are not want!ns ... bum.... , t v. than to
ntion * a££’L£fe£|'23£
u him
with which they appear*-*! to l» some
what better acquainted than he wav
with anv foreign totigu**. arxl through
them he learnt somethin,; ol tt»e
ailegod poiitb.u of affairs in Bulgaria.
; ,.o j - • pi . h* iu. 1* Id. Wt-i't* th< *i --.,* nl•.
t*h> >1 with ti.
ed the inev
tliat he wa.t
sg linii him t
m deferenci
a of certair
, revfluti*jn
n What h
mine
mrsuing; the cU
a man, and it
to the expressed
exalted pcr*magea
a*l I-, .-.-i *i.nn| ,.q
s certain was that
1.1- il XX- ul i ! i-.f
jat yiiu your life.’*
“If so, their kinds
* r |<»ilion meat uncomfortable. Con
huentiy, a laconic behest which they
' ‘»«d from Constantinople, win no “It ro, incr ain ; .
- welcome to theta than U was to mispuc-^h *
ft Ue was to repr rt himself at th*
•tor city, it apt * are^, and it wa* addet
tho very thing l w Anted. ' j
locking down the mouth of a cannon,
i be- Is there to be a meeting to-night
Theodori nodded. He seemed to bo a
little nervous and excited, and a* he
lighted a cigarette, while seating him
self up>n the bench beside hto com
panion, it was noticeable that his linger*
trembled slightly.
“Something ha* been decided!” ex
claimed Archie, upon whem these signs
of agitation were not lost.
“Ob, you fool!” exclaimed Theodori,
“you poor, silly young fool! Do you
know that you are a» white os chalk?
There!—never mind; 1 know you are no
coward. And you miret go oo now—I
can’t save you. Ah, why wouldn’t you
be advised by me while there was still
- — ...J timef*
And fierhap* tt It may have been fancy, but there cer-
etnove any jatriotic tainly seemed to Archie to be a suspicious
,i thu ].. . i -hm n : humility in the eyes ot this tnullle-a^cd
ctetl to feel that' scamp.
. 1.tid upon the perfect I “You have been very kind to roe,
i Hutaia in the matter. I Theodori,” he sakl sinqlr, -and you
• ■red. .u to i i.. . l ii » .'t..-Ut- x - .r- .’ . ;■• ... i
ii.tr.icter of the i aces I It to quite true that de ith i what I asked
ii-i| (i:iin ii,.- I i ft.,0 i ; :■ r. .111*1 *1* ath 1 • tl. ti.iri^-
no gr ater uiistal - ' that anybody can give me.’
as wa x i*. ,i, ■ * did. ! **\\ t il, \ < u c our «.f it safe
that 0*1/ txvuid
limitary coniuoulbuiy
tiniiniile-- a starting f
lotcrminod hret
form shou
havo nt Iciu
between DcceniU-i
vntiul In Iha Hihi*rl
m relative to tU© I
irked conks of • m
ronsnamed by tin*
tho actual co*t of pub
tIonal number* t«* !"•
I* ague, and that tl
t.oint to- requested to
lr.titn of thi-M- i«q • i
those who art not nu
Secondly, it w a* r«
mittxxi <>t itucstUa
Willmir. W, l'oulke
nun; Slierim n S. Kogt-in
Charles J. Bonnpart* of
Richard U. Daim of New
Wayne MacViugit of
should be apjviintt-d
.nxi-.ti^itiou of th*. rail
under the present ndminUtr
events, hnd been hind and renerua* to I wero authorise l to open
him, and Bobby, poor fellow, liad neither
money nor expeciations. It \vnsosg-*od
a way as another of disposing of one'n
caat-oll clothing.
When Archie had executed hto brief
testament nnd had had hto siguaiuro
duly xx itne M*d, he returned to hi* hold,
where he wrote a long letter to Cicelr, in
which lie wrote the whole truth about
himself. However, aft< r he had finuh, d
it he toro it up, for w hat wa* tho use of
distressing her? She would hear that | wi
he bad been killed iu battle, aud thu
w ul l be sorry for a time, and then sho .
would be consoled. That was better |
than that sho shauld remember him in
connecti n with aliag.dy which had
ended in virtual suicide.
That night, os ti e doomed man enteroi
the dingy little room in which he had
spent so many weary hours, ho saw that
ail eyes were turned ujion him, nnd that
in all of them there was an »?xj ressh n
of curiueity and pity. Theodori appeared
uneasy and gave him a quick glance,
which he interpreted to mean tlmt he
must show no sign of being prepared foj
what was in store for him. He accord
ingiv scateit^liiuiself with his a*
uir vt dejection, aud a* soon a*
liminary businea had bx?n d.s, ox*d of
the fat. bald-headed peraormge who
usually presided over tbeaa dalibacation*
Jdn-tued him In slow, laborious English;
“Mr. Bligh, it lias liecn dttcrimned to
give you immediate employment. 1 am
to tell > .ulbal tbuMj* •• ty alia lx*s great
importance to your mtosion and counu
upon your obedience. To-morrow—do
you f> c?—you will take tlie steamer to
V r arna. On arrival you will report your*
self to M. Natcbikoff, whose addrau is
bsrs written out Cor ^ou. From him)
Y
eluding fhe tremendously ,
^ hill ItObwn as the KazoVl u» k, up xvhi.-h
ox’hry'pertide of machinery i- r Mount
Morgan had to he brought. «c r.- .< ’i. .l
the ncwly-loimcd mining tnwirehip.
Scattered atiout among tlx* tn-v.i x\.-r>
lent* of various tle-criptlonv hark lmt«
huU of currug»u><l iron nnd w<^xU*!i
!»• f central position wen
v o hotels, lOfc. lvN'V’V rr general shoim,
• f'urch in pp“ 1* Ft-of #i iihtmction, ;
yhocl, aroV-i 4 . *e n», li«.f •»’ hail.
* 'tr.’.wv'- ''il ir nHlniits nu.f ‘ ; wj-G«nt*rul v Uu-« ll and K.^co' t
to .» conicnI*ibnr«.n am *\**ut .Wl TtvJitj pi NinTniratoTTiWiVAa # lV
ides
I.X Nil.
otlu
' I
Proper
a p -»f<
till..
“Mrs. Stexvart’a will loft nearly half
h( r estate to Charles J. Clinch, her
... olioxv. and \f , .1. I.axctr nc 0 Smith.
Ix i favorit* niece. Half th.* r-siduaiv
estate nan given to Henry Hilton in triiiit
for the caili.-Iral church nt * I'-irden ('ity,
the tru-i rnr»ney to l.e appli-d pietly
point
<*t a tta
tho
vill has
th.
of
cott Hall l - tior. a I..;;ate..,
nnrier. si nr.
I-I untilf, xvit'n lu’r tlir. i
x’di. that liiis
• long. The
Among tho lawyenr engaged xvero
osepli II. ( iionio end Trend w»* 11 H.
loxobud for the* rontcMtauU. cx-Attor-
y-Uenerul v Uu*<v ll and RJ*©.*. t ouk-
* *. . . .. and
looking nft«-r the interest* of th4
thedrul of tlx* 1 o arni'tion an I of Mre.
litli :unl otlx-r •. Th '.at' itant
II pr
bands i
th him
Inch wa
vious custom. ",
S parted at the do.
you will receive further instructions, J
upon which you will act without ttotov. I •’»'
Ai-o lie will tall you what “
that to perltaps not Decenary]
should you fall into the hand* < ■
enemies, you are to die rather than make * |
any com promising revelations* ” I;
Archie said he quite understood hn I l
orders, and iauneuUtelv afu-rward th.
conclave broke uji ‘ J tk ,J
WHAT THE HOME FOLKH TfllVK*
Whrn > prophet ranks high ia the
opinion of hia own people, he to a prupl.et
indeed. You might inquire of every
dr.-'gtot in I*. I*. F’a (prickly ssb, j.L.ke
root ani poUanium) home »ity and p«.*-
, wbiu and rnan.n..,
not a single lufftx of them t .t uul'l
ply I*. I*. Mich i» the local repot
tiiia infallible blood { - r.r and j-■ • »•• >n
ei[«lUnl. Hundred* testify : > iu edu;*cy.
Your nearest driiggist hae it.
U P*
FOR CHILLS AND FEVER
i.- I Take lappman'a Pyrsf i fc e, it cures and
.\' | gives * good appetite, L'idda up the ayatem
ght »nd increases yoor *ci k i.t. It to called
t, lithe wonderful lento aud chill mads*
1 afraid that Lhad hu;n;d to some* * ciue
capturio
r«* | 1 must conf.- a
• -* I gto even inw.ii
... ..... .... j . .I I I txik tu 1 k salt
t gleally reduced I touch of **n-. y that l t
