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MTABMfiJIKD ! S’.'f*. ~" n ib0 . Tii#* Tcl*ft r ai*l4 I'rir.UHs to. 1*ublihhm. f THE MACON, GA., WEDNESDAY MOHMNG, DECEMBER 25, 1889 Wool*I> , 81,00 n Vrar. I 't Copy, Five t'ents, f 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