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Conyers Weekly SS VOL. XV. ; r j I ri/JzH [C? L" m & 'V’i—i Lrl'tpf JSf ■ v 7 , wE A 5tNT u£**AN Of fRANff [Copyright. 1 1«C1, by Cassell Publishing Co All ' rights reserved, j SYSOISIS. Mary queen of England. Francis Cludde is living with Ids uncle, Sir Anthony, and bDcoussn Fetronilla, Sir Anthony’s daughter, ( ardiner, bish¬ op of Winchester, pays a visit to Sir Antlmriv, and being a f.-atholic is dis liked Protest by Francis, who is at heart a t. CHAPTER H.-Gardi per tells Francis who his father is. that he i- a traitor and informer, and offer s to make the younsf man’s fortune il he will enter his service as a spy Francis as ks for time to reply and runs away, intending to carve out hisown fortune. Ill—He is overtaken b‘ Cl r ue, an agent of Gardiner, agains? whom !’ lie ii - cites the mob by teTin j them me man is a press gang leader and escapes on Clarence’s horse and with Ids dispatches CHAPTER IV. A younger generation has often posed ino finely by asking, -‘What, Sir Francis! Did you not see one bishop burned? Did you not know one of tho martyrs? Did you never come face to face witli Queen Alary?” To nil which questions I have olin answer. No, and I watch smnll eyes grow large with astonishment. But, the truth is a man can only be at one place at a time. And though, in this very month of February, 1555, Prebendary Rogers—a good, kindly man, ns I have heard, who had a wife nnd nine children—was burned in Smith field in London for religion, and tho bishop of Gloucester suffered In his own city, nnd other inoffensive men were burned to death, ami there wns much talk of theso things, nnd in thousands of breasts a smoldering firo was kindled which blazed high enough by and by— why, I was at Coton 1 m> or on the Lon don road, at the time, and learned such things only dimly ami by hearsay. But the rill joins tho river at last and ofttimes suddenly r.ml at a bound, as it were. On this very day, while 1 cantered easily southward with my face set toward St. Albans, Providence was nt work shap¬ ing a niche for mo in tho lives of certain pcoplo who wore nt Cm time ns uneon minus of my existence ns I was of theirs. In a great house in the Bar bican in London there wns much stealthy going and coming on this Keh rutiry afternoon and evening. Behind locked doors, and in fear and trembling mill s were being packed and bags strap peil and fingers almost too delicate for,the task were busy with i:, is and h."turners securing this and elosi (hat. Tho pack ers knew nothing of i nor I of them . Yet hut for me nil that .-eking would have been of no avail, nnd b :t> for them my fate might hate been very ifferent. Still tha sound of tho hammer did not reach my ears, or, doing so, v. s covered by the steady tramp of the Aster, and no vi sicn, so far" as I eve; heard, of a dusty youth riding London wind came between the secret workers ami their task. 1 had mado up my nr id to sleep at St. AH- that night, nnd for this reason, ami for pthors relating to tiio sheriff of Buckinghamshire, in which county Stony Stratford lies, I pushed on briskly. 1 presently found time, I jwcvot, to exam¬ ine the packet of letters of which I had marie spoil. On the outer wrapper I found there was no address, only an exhortation to bo speedy. Off this came, therefore, without ceremony, and was left in the dirt Inside I found two sealed epistles, each countersigned on the wrapper, “Stephen VYinton, ” “Hoi ho!” said I. “I did well to take them." Over tho signature on tho first letter—it seemed to bo written on parchment—were the words, “Haste! haste! haste!” This was the thicker nnd heavier of the two nnd was addressed to Sir Maurice Berke¬ ley, nt St. Mary Overy’x, Southwark, London I turned it over ami over in ray bands and peeped into it, hesitating. Twice I muttered, ‘ All is fnw in lovo and war!” And nt last, with curiosity fully awake and a gianco behind me to mako spin that the net was unobserved, I broke the seal The document proved to be as short and pithy as it was startling. It w., an order commanding Sir Maurice* Berkeley forthwith in tho queen’s name nnd hy tho authority of the council, and so cn, and so on, to arrest Katherine Wil¬ loughby de Kresby, duchess of Suffolk, and to deliver her into the custody of tho licu tenant.of tho Tower. “Thesopresents to he his warranty for tiic tir..< ution of the said Duchess of Suffolk until her grace's pleas¬ ure? in the matter he known.” When it was too late, I trembled to think what I had done. To meddle with matters of state might be more dangerous j a hundred times than stealing horses or : even than ducking the chancellor’s mos- j 6enger! Seeing at this moment a party of travelers approach, I crammed tbo letter ; in; my pocket and rode hy them with a red face and a tonguo that stuttered so j . teeWiy that I could scarcely return their j greetings. When they had gone hy, Ij pulled out tho warrant again, having it itv mind to tear it up without a mo meat’s delay, to tear it into the smallest 1 dangerous. morsels and But so get the rh: g.cat of a red thing seal. most dan j ’ - gliug at the foot of the parchment, caught ?>? eye. and I paused to thiuk. it was so large, so imposing, it seemed a pity ) * to dKroy it. it must sureiy ba good fur soniAliing. I folded up tbo warrant again and put it away in my safest pocket- Yes. j it might be good for something. I took out the ether letter. It lias bound with green ribbon and sealed wirb j extreme care, being directed simply to Mistress Clarence—there was no address. But over Gardiner s signature on the wrapper were the words, “These, on your peril, very privately.” I turned it over and over and raid the CONYERS, GA„ SATURDAY, APRIL 13 , 1895 . same thing about love anil war and even Uprated to myself my old proverb about a sheep and a lamb. But somehow 1 could not do it. The letter was a woman’s let¬ ter; the secret, her secret, and though my fingers itched as (hey hovered about the seals my check tingled too. So at last, with a muttered, “What would Petronilia say?” I put it away unopened in the pocket where the warrant lay. The odds were immense that Mhtress Clarence would never get it, but at least her secret should remain hers, my honor mine! It was dark when I rode, thoroughly jaded, into St. Albans, I was splashed with mud up to tho waist and wetted by a shower and j (joked, I have no doubt, from the effect of my journeying on foot and horseback, ns disreputable a fellow as might he. Tho consciousness, too, that I was without a penny, nn l tho fear lest, oareful as I had been to let no ono outstrip me, the news of tho riot nt Stratford might have arrived, did not.tend to give mo assurance. 1 poked my head timidly into the great room, hoping that 1 might havo it to myself. To lu.v disgust it was full of people. Half a dozen travelers nnd as many townsfolk were sitting round the fire, talking briskly over their draft. Yet I hail no choice. I was hungry, and the thing had to ho done, nnd I swaggered in, something of tho sneak no doubt peeping through my bravado. 1 remarked, as 1 took my seat by the fire and sot to drying myself, that I was greeted by a momen¬ tary silence, and that two or three of the company began to eye me suspiciously. Thera was one man, who sat on the set¬ tle In tho warmest corner of the chimney, who seemed in particular to resent my damp neighborhood. His companions treated him with so much reverence, nnd he snubbed them so regularly, that I won¬ dered who lie was, and presently, listen¬ ing to tho conversation which went on round me. I had my curiosity satisfied. Ho was no less a personage than the Bailiff of St. Albans, and his manner befitted such a man. for it seemed to indicate that he thought himself heir to all tlio powers ot the old abbots under whose broad thumb liis father ami grandfather had groaned. My conscience pricking mo, I felt some misgiving when I saw him, after staring at me and whispering to two or three of his neighbors, beckon t he landlord aside. His big round faoc and Burly figure gave him a general likeness to bluff King Hal, and he appeared to be aware of this him¬ self and to he inclined to ape tho stout king s ways, which, I have heard my un¬ cle say, were ever ways heavy for others’ toes For awhile, however, seeing my supper conio in, I forgot him. Tho bare armed girl who brought it to mo and in whom my draggled condition seemed to provoke feelings of a different nature lug¬ ged up a round table to the lire. On this she laid my lileni, not scrupling to set aside some of tha snug dry townsfolk. Then she set a chair for tno well in the blaze, and folding her arms In her apron stood to watch mo fall to. I did so with a will, and with each mouthful of liccf and draft of n!o spirit and strength enmo back to me. The cits round mo might sneer and shake their heads ami the travelers smile nt my appetite, In five minutes ) cared not a whit. 1 could give thorn buck joke for joke and laugh with the best of them. Indeed I had clean forgotten tho bailiff when he stalked back to his place, Hilt the moment our eyes met 1 guessed there wns trouble a toot The laudiord came with him and stood looking at me, soml ing off the trench with a Uea in her ear. and 1 felt under his eye an uncomfortable consciousness that my purse was empty Two or three late arrivals, to whom I sup pose master bailiff had confided ills suspi cions, took their stand also in a half cir do and scanned me queerly. Altogether it struck me suddenly that 1 was in a tight place and had need of my wits. ■ A licni!” said tho bailiff abruptly, tak¬ ing skillful advantage of a lull In the talk “Wherefrom last, young man?” Hespoke In a deep, choky voice, and if I was not mistaken he winked ono of hts small eyes in the direction of his friends, as though to say, “Now see me pose him!” But 1 only put another morsel In my mouth. For a moment indeed thetempta tion to reply “Towcester," seeing that such a journey over a middling road was something to brag of liefore the highway law came in, almost overcame mo. But in time I bethought mo of Stephen Gar diner’s maxim, “Bo slow to speak!” aud 1 put another morsel in my mouth. The bailiff's face grew red, or rather redder “Come, young man, did you hear me speak?” ho said pompously. “Where from last?” ■From the road, sir.” I replied, turning to him ns if 1 had not heard him before “And a very wet road it was.” A man who sat next me chuckled, being apparently a stranger like niyself. But the bailiff puffed hiiuself into a still more striking likeness to King Henry, and in eluding him in his scowl shouted at me: •Sirrah, don’t bandy words with me Which way did you come along tho road,’ I asked. It was on tho tip of my tonguo to an swor saucily, “Tbo right way!” But I re fleeted that I might be stopped, and to be stopped might mean to he hanged at worst-, an(! smn th:ng very unpleasant at best. So x controlled myself and answered, though tll( . nian ' s arrogance was provoking en0UB ti: “I have come from Stratford, |in j j am going to London. Now you know as much us I do. ” d 0 jy j )C pa ui t with a sneer ar.d a w i nk a t the landlord, “Yes, I think so. ” I answered patiently, ••Weil, 1 don't!' he retorted iu vulgar triumph “I don’t It is my opinion that ljav0 from London. ” you w mie j went- on with my supper, ..i) 0 y ou bear?’ he asked pompously, sticking his arms akimbo and looking rmim l tor sympathy “You will have to pjve H „ socolI!lt 0 f yourself, young man. and U wtiJ haro no penniless rogues A1 . tu ,dy vagabonds wandering shout St. , . . Penni e £ (!n not ao a-horse | i hack, 1 answe^h But it wasjvonderfo. wonderful | bow my sp- >• * , l'T n 'T“ jt WOr 'to raidna rw-ln, his finger i Wait a bit, he Raid, s .id tion to command AN bat nttent is you ^...^ B> < S ^ 8 mad?” .Qh,” l replied. D uttip X down_i-i/ knife nm! looking open scorn nt him, ‘you are nn inquisitor. aro yon?" At which words of rn.no there was a kind of stir • You would burn me ns 1 hear they burned Master Sandars at Coventry last week, would you? They "* were talking alrout it down the road. '• You will come to a bad end. his' young maul’ ho retortod viciously, out stretched finger shaking as if the palsy had seized him. for this time my taunt had gone homo, and more than one of the listeners standing on the outer edge of tho group, nnd so beyond his ken, had mnt tered ‘‘shame.” More than one face had grown dark, “You will come to a laid end,” lie repeated, “If it he not here, then somewhere else. It is my opinion you have come from Londoa and that you have been in trouble. There Is a hue and cry out for a young fellow just your ago, and a cock ot your hackle, I judge, who is wanted for lieresy. A Londoner too. You do uot leave here until you have giv on an account of yourself, Mast* Jack a Dandy!” The party had all risen round me, and some of the hindmost had got on benches to see me tho better. Among these, between two bacon flitches, 1 caught a glimpse of the serving maid’s face as slio peered at me, pale and scared, and a queer Impulse led me to nod toiler__a rcassnr lug little nod. I found myself growing cool and confident, seeing myself so cor nered. ‘ ■ Kasy easy!” get’warmed I said. “Let a man finish his supper and in peace.” ‘Bishop Bonner will warm youl” cried tho bailiff. ‘‘I dare say—as they warm people in Spain!” I sneered. “lie will ho Bishop Burner to you!” shrieked tho bf.iliff, almost, beside himself with rage at being so bearded by a lad. ’•Take care!” I retorted. ‘‘Do not you speak evil of dignitaries, or you will be getting into trouble!” Ho fairly writhed under this rejoinder. ‘ Landlord,” ho spluttered, "I shall hold you responsible! If (Ids person leaves your house and is not, forthcoming when Wanted, you will suffer for it!” The landlord scratched his head, being a good natured fellow, "but a bailiff is a bailiff, especially at St. Albans. And I wns muddy and travel stained, nnd quick of my tongue for one so young, which the middle aged never like, though tho old hear It bettor. He hesitated. ‘‘Do not lie a fool, Master Host!” I said. •‘I havo something h ere”— nnd I touched my pocket, which happened to bo near my sword hilt—‘‘that will mako yon rue it if yon interfere with me!” “Ho! ho!” cried the bailiff in haste and triumph “So that is his cone! Wo have a tavern brawler here, have we? A young swashbuckler! His tongue will not run so fast when he finds his feet in the stocks. Master landlord, eail tho watch! Call the watch nt once, I command you!" “You will do so at your peril!” I said sternly. Then, seeing that my mannor had some effect upon all save tho angry official, 1 gave nay to the icniptntiou t0 | drivo. the matter home and secure my safety by the only means that seemed pos sihio. It is an old story that one deception leads inevitably to another. I solemnly drew out tho white staff I had taken from the, apparitoi. “ 1,0011 here!” I continued, waving it. “Do you see this, you booby? I am traveling in tho queen’s name and •T -r AVM- r« *) & D i TS ■H M \ i Pag y’x* n i/J/J (_ . Jj j im* ■ i i ! j i W i. ' o- r “Bishop Bonner will warm you!" on her scu ioe. By special commission, too, from the chancellor. Is that plain speaking enough for you? And let me tell you, master bailiff,” I added, fixing my eye upon him, “that my business Is pri¬ vate, and that my Lord of Winchester will not ho liest pleased when ho bears how I have had to declare myself. Do you think the queen’s servants go always in cloth of gold, you fcol? Tlje stocks indeed!” 1 laughed out loudly and without effort, for there never was anything so absurd ns the change in the bailiff’s visage, His color fled, his cheeks grew pendulous, his Jip hung iooso. Ho stared at me, gasping like a fish cut of water and seemed unable to move tos or finger. Tho rest enjoyed tho scene, ns people will enjoy a marvelous sudden stroke of fortune. It was as good as a stage pageant t-o them. They could not take their eyes from tho pocket in which I had replaced my wand, nnd con¬ tinued lony after I had returned to my meal to gaze at me in respectful silence. The crestfallen bailiff presently slipped out, and I was left cock of the walk and for tho rest of tho evening enjoyed the fruits of victory. They proved to be more substantial than I had expected, for os I was on my way up stairs to bed, fhc landlord preceding j me beckoned with a light, aside a man mysteriously. accosted me and j me i “The baiiiff is very much annoyed,” he ! said, speaking in a muffled voice behind mine, { j his hand, while his eyes peered into ! “Well, what is that tome?” I replied, looking sternly at him. I wns tired and j j sleepy after my meal. “He should not make such a fool of tut! himself.” You misunderstood j I •‘Tut, tut, tut, me, young sir,’’ the man answered, pluck i ing my siceve as 1 turned away. “He re j grots the annoyance ho has caused you. A I mistake, lie says, a pure mistake, and he | hopes yon will have forgotten it by mom ing ^g ” Then, with a skillful hand which j ^ ^ un|)gcd ^ ^ t!lsk> he b „d two coins into my rmint. 1 looked at them for « moment, ltot perceiving his drift, Tben x foull fl they were two gold angels. ; and I began To understand. “Ahem!” I | said, fingering them uneasily. “Yep look j Well, wefo I will lyok over tt ±I svijd over it. .ell him from nip." I continued, gaining confidence as I proceeded with my new role, ' that ho shall hear no more about it llo is zealous, perhaps over zealous ' That is it, " muttered tho envoy eager ly ‘That is it, my dear sir. Yon see perfectly how it Is Hoiszonlous—zealous In t-ho queen's service." ! ‘To he sure, and so 1 will report him. Tell him that, so I will report him. And here, my good friend, take one of theso for yourself,” I added, magnificently giving him back half my fortune, young donkey that 1 was. ‘ Drink to tlaiqueen’s health, and so good night to you.” He went away, bowing to ti*o very ground, and when t lie landlord likewise had left me I was very merry over this, being in no mood for weighing wonts. The world seemed—to ho sure, the ale was humming in my head, mid 1 was in the landlord’s best room—easy enough to con quer, provided ono possessed a white staff, Tho fact that I had no right to mine only added—be it remembered I was young and foolish—to my enjoyment of its power, I went to bed in all comfort with it under "iy pillow and slept soundly, untroubled by any dream of a mischance. But when did a lie ever help a man in the end? When 1 awoke, which I seemed to do on a sudden, it was still dark. I wondered for a moment where 1 was and what was tho meaning of the shouting and knocking I heard. Then, discerning the faint out lino of the window, 1 remembered tho P'-'ce in which I had gone to bed, and I sat up and listened. Someone—nay, sev oral people—were drumming and kicking against the wooden doors of the inn yard and shouting besides loud enough to raise the dead. In tho next room to mine I caught tho grumh ing voices of persons disturbed, like myself, from sleep. And by and by a window wns opened, nnd I heard tho landlord ask what was the mat for. “In the queen’s name," came tho loml, impatient answer, given in a voice that rose above tho ring of bridles and the stamping of iron hoofs, “open, and that quickiy, Master Host. Tho watch are hero, nnd wo must seurch." I waited to hear no more. I was out of bed and huddling on my clothes and thrusting toy feot into my hoots like one possessed. My heart was heating as fast as if 1 had been running in a raco, and my hands wore shaking with tho shock of the alarm. The lmpationt voice without was AIa»ter Pritchard’s, nnd it rang with nil the vengeful passion which I should iiavo expected that gentleman, doped, ducked nnd robbed, to ho feeling. There would be litt le mercy to bo hail nt his hands. Moreover, my ears, grown ns keon for the moment as the hunted hare's dis¬ tinguished the tramping of at least half a dozen horses, so that it wns clear that lie had come with n forco nt his hack. Re¬ sistance would bo useless. Aly solo chalice lay in flight, if flight should still bo possl bio. Kve „ h(18t0 j ((id not forflrtko the tnllistnai) which had served me so well, b„t staid nn instant to thrust it into my k( . r ThoClml(lc9 j,,,™.! flinr , a hi,oak of keeping cool in emergencies, getting Indeed tho cooler the greater the stress. By this lime tho inn wns thoroughly aroused. Doors were opening and shut ting on all sides of mo. and questions were .being shouted in different tones from room to room. In the midst of tho hub¬ bub I heard t.lio landlord come out, mut¬ tering, am! go down stairs to open the floor. Instantly I unlatched mine, slipped through it stealthily, sneaked a step or two down the passage nnd then came plump ill the dark ngnlnst somo one who moving ns softly as mysoM. The surprise was complete, and I should have cried out nt tho unexpected collision had not tbn unknown laid a cold hand on my mouth and gently pushed mo buck info my room. Herd there was now n faint glimmer of dawn, and by this I sow that my comp nn ion wns tiio serving maid. “Hist!” she said, speaking under her breath. “Is It you they want?” I nodded. “1 thought so,” she muttered. “Then you must get, out through your window. You cannot pass them. They are a dozen offmore and armed. Quick! Knot tills about the liars. It is no great depth to the bottom, and the ground is soft from the rain.” “he tore as twisting she spoke the coverlet from the bed. nnd it into a kind of ro|.« helped me to secure ono corner of it about the window bar. “When you are down,” sho-whispered, “keep along the wall to tiio right until you conio to a bay stack. Turn to the left there—you will have to ford tiio water—and you will soon be clear of tiio town. Look about you then, and you will see a horse track, which leads to Klstreo, running in a line with the London road, hut a mile from it and through the woods. At Klstreo any path to tho left will taka you to Barnet and not two miles lost.” “Heaven bless you!” I said, turning from the gloom, the (lark sky and driving scud without to peer gratefully at her “Heaven bless you for a good woman!” “And God keep you fora bonny boyi” sho whispered. hands—a I kissed her, forcing into her thing tho remembrance of which is very pleasant to me to this day—-my last piece of gold. A moment more, and I stood unhurt, but almost up to my knees In mud, in an alley bounded on both sides as far as I could sec by blind wails. Stopping only to indicate hy a low whistle that I was safe, 1 turned and sped away as fast as 1 could run in the direction which sho had pointed out. There was no one abroad »n<l in a shorter time than I had expected I found myself outside the town, travel ing over a kind of moorland tract boundec in tho distance by woods, Hero 1 picked tip the horse track easily enough, and without stopping, save fore short breathing space, hurried along it to gain tho shelter of the trees. So far ac good. I had reason to he thankful. Bui my case was still an indifferent one. More than onco in getting out of the town J bad slipped and fallen. I was wet through and plastered with dirt owing to the* j mishap*, and my clothes were Jn « woefu j plight. For a rime excitement kept m< I up, however, nnd I made good way, warm cd by the thought that I had again baffle, , the groat bishop. It was only when th l day had come and grown on t o f sow no sign of nny pursuers, that thought got t ho upper hand. Then I began to compare, with some bitterness of feeling, my present condition —wet, dirty and homeless-with that which I had enjoyed only a tvu k before, and it needed all my courage to support mo. Skulking, half famished, between Barnet and Tottenham, often cumixilled to crouch in ditches or behind wails while travelers went by, anti liable each instant to havo to leave the highway and take in my heels, I had leisure to feel, and I did feel, more keenly, l think, that afternoon than at any later time, the bitterness of | fortune. 1 cursed Stephen Gardiner a dozen times and (hired nutlet my thoughts wander to my father. 1 liml said Mint I woijjd luiUd in* house afresh. Well, truly I was building it from tho foundation. It added very much to my misery that It rained all day a cohl, half frozen rain The whole afternoon I spent In hiding, shivering and shaking, In a hole under a ledge near Tottenham, being afraid to go into London before nightfall lest I should be waited for nt the gate mid be captured Chilled and bedraggled ns I was and weak through want of food, which 1 dared net go out to beg, the terrors of capture got hold of my miml and presented to me one by ono every horrible form or humiliation, tho stocks, tho pillory, the cart tail—so that even Master Pritchard, could he have seen me and known my mind, niiglit, have pitied me; so that 1 loathe to this day the hours I spent in that foul hiding place. Between a man's best and worse there Is little but a of food. Tho way this was put an end to 1 well remember An old woman came into tho field where 1 lay hid to drivo home n Cow. I had had my eves on this cow for nt least an hour, having made up my mind to milk it for my own benefit ns soon ns rim dusk fell. In my disappointment at si o Ing it driven off and also out of a desire to learn whether the old diitno might not bo going to milk it In a corner of the pas¬ ture, in which case I might still get nn after taste, I crawled so far out of my hole that, turning suddenly, she caught sight of me. I expected to sec her hurry off, but she did not. rdie took n long look nnd then came hack toward mo, making, how¬ ever, as it seemed to me, as if she did not see mo. When she had come within a few feet of mo, she looked down abruptly, and our eyes met What she saw in mine ! can ouly guess. In lirrs I rend a divine pily. ‘‘Oh, poor Istl!” she murmured. ‘Oh, you poor, poor lad!” and there wore tenrs in her voice I was so weak—It was almost 24 hours tlnco 1 hud tasted food, and I had conic 21 miles 111 (he lime—Hint nt that I broke down ami cited liked a child I learned Inter that the old woman took me for just the same person tor whom ths bai'iff nt St. A limns had mistaken me—a young apprentice named liunti r who had got into trouble about religion and was Ht ibis time hiding tip and down the coun¬ try, Bishop Bonner having dapped ills fa¬ ther into jail until the son should come to hand. But her kind heart knew no dis¬ tinction of creeds. Fhn took me to her cottngo as soon ns night fell and warmed and dried and fed me. She did not dare to keep mo under her roof for longer than an hour or two, neither would I have staid to endanger her. But she sont mo out a new man, with n crust, moreover, In my pocket. A hundred times between Tot¬ tenham nnd Aldersgnte I said “God blesa her!” nnd I say so now. So twice In ono day, nnd that tho gloom¬ iest day of my life, I was succored by a woman. I have never forgotten it. I havo tried to keep It always In mind, remem¬ bering, too, a Raying of my uncle’s, that there is nothing on earth so merciful na i good wom.-r. or 60 pitiless as a had ono. ” 1.10 BS OWTtKCED.J i PEHF clke VOXf foe HEADACHE headache. Ma r. n'fd.v foraHfonuRufHead chn Elecfr.c Bitters has proved to IS.ho very b *t It eflac te * mneut cure a d the inont. (headed ahitual sick headaches yield to its ,flnei.ee. We urge afl who are nf icted t< procure a bofc'l*’, and give ■lie remedy a fair dial Iu m aos of xhifunl eonsipa ion El wine. Bit “> s chips by giving tho nopdvd no to tho bowels, and f< w ( a-cs •ng r.sist >he uso of this iu> dicities by it once Lar<(e l>ott es only Fiftv (cats at Lee * S >n’s Rrugstorc If yonwanttodisplay nnythingat the international exhibition of agricultnr.il machinery in Vienna May 4, 5, (5 awl 7, yen ronst havo it in place by April 30. Tho lists tiro open for entry till April 15. Here is a chance for American manufacturers to mako Europe well ac¬ quainted with tho best agricultural ma¬ chinery in tho world. A good display of our steam reapers, mowers and plows, our steam road rollers and thrashing machines, as voll as of tho admirable mechanical contrivances used in our -real creameries for turning out.bntter ind cheese, will ho millions in the pockets of tho United States. Europe makes u* import her toxfno fabrics and nany other things. Let us make her in turn import our farming and dairy ma diinery. Isst thc.ro he a big show at Vienna. __ Tbo national homo of representatives Will MVU1 vm strange next December Vh. n it opxus wU.iniit either Mr. Sprin , er of Illinois or Mr. Holman of Indi urn in bis scat to answer the roll eail. dr. Holman was first elected to tho Thirty-sixth congress in 1859, and he ,as been a member of every congress ince tben except one, the Thirty-ninth - u,. Jl, when he was probate jnrigu of Dear xirn county He is now 72 years old. Chat is a long time to have boon iu pnb iclifa And this is Mr. Holman’s opin on ci public life nnd offleebolding ‘ ‘There is nothing in it B does not pay, NO. 15. * iyr yj r VC r P r '''N ' “ ' - Svllicn ... the JX'OJile of the South are resenting, is the*effort* of stll ‘ tliem 11 imii.h'nns ynitaUoiw tor '* ,v: rctti oimnjohs Elver lvejzil lator, because lliev make more i |V .i p . _,,A , •? > I, *«••*/ Care lltlie that they , SWindtO . (he people in Selling them an j„f ' jj.,| Tt’s tho en . art e * 1 nirnirv ' ,I1C , .> are Hirer, . ana , tllC people can look out for thcmselvc3. Now (I. jg E •* j, ls ‘ w l, a t thp Jiioj ncnnla it am Going, , . tUKl , merchants . having are a hard time trying to get people to ta |- e ( j, e t | )e _ ie‘ them . , f u <U llliltor—wllicll place Of oioimons LlVer firg is the “ King of Jjiycr Medicines ” because it never » f .. UU8 6,, ru,el ,n 811 * lver troubles. ,, Be sure that JOll get Simmons Liver Bccillalor You . .. , ’, v 16 . tDe ® ■? * 01(1 , stamp of the lull j £ on the p) :[ Xv Sr * package A.' ” j 11 , s vj never Iali ed you, i m aud jKopIt who have hern per* la i lL i 1 f r ,aKt tnmp(h someiltinpj ; n eigcnate „ _ always conic back again to The Q|d Friend, Better not take any- vV ( li i , . . » ^Ef j^ lm LIN S CIS & . out Co., lilac made W «l. XL. AN ELECTION FOH CONYKUs SCHOOL, BONDS. Thirty or more b *nn fide idtlr- 'tis of the eby of Conyci«, hiving petitioned the city council of Conyers, for an el'o* 1’ri for the i-miance of live thousand ’ollsis for Conyers School Bonds, and »n order having bpen ps-g d for*n elec¬ tion therefor to be lirbl on Saturday, April 20, 1895. Now, in purguanre of .sid petit ion and ordey, and «n act to ea rublirh Public Schools tn aid oily, etc., approved September li,l880,an election will he heal on Saiiir av.April 30, 1800 i at the Court House in said oily, to an. :bruize Hie issuing of t nil)ers School Bonds to t e Hiiiuniit of Five Thousand Dollars for the purpose of pur.-l suing suitable lots and erecting sutfnbl build in ;s thereon,an I f irtiishi g and equip ping the same for Public SoliooL of sa d city if Conyers. Said elec ion to l>u held under the same rules and regulation* as prescribed for the election of Sfayi r a id A1 lermeii of said city. Ail of s d Bonds to be payable within twenty years from date of issue, ami to bear in terest at tile rate of six per cent, per an¬ num Iroin that date, and of the denom (nation of fifty dollars each. The said School Bonds to become due and pay: * hie. as follows: The first ten years from date of issue—$200 of the principal ot said Bonds to become due and pays hi eaeli and every year, on the 15 h of De¬ cember of said years, beginning on 1 e ccaiber 13, 18115, and annua Jy theieaf '* T *" the yeRf VM ' ArU,T ,hc ren M frojn (l)lte of j MUe m0ol „ 1# ^ f mU , tondi to b come du Himu.l.y’thereafter t . V ery year from rl , e J ,, Hr 1!r . 6> «„d 7. t ,c An d B , 1 " , ,he cr *' c a " <1 , "" »» <•* ; sail Bonds to be payable on December 15 •’* M ‘ l1 U f - ,, » begin. •ling on Decendier 15, 18 5, nndaniiu l Hmrcaffor »p the• 13th of said month, i'‘H the |iriueq>n! »nd tnterpsl of^ said holds are inti-lied, The t silo's for said e’ectlon shsll hnve vritte.ii, nr printed thereon tilt 1 words, •‘For the ls-ne if 11 “ids” or “ A gainst ' th Ur!IC ,, f ij,,, ,is ” Said eip tint! to lip it-Id in pur-uunceof e-licus 11 and !2 of said act. to c-t b!| hI’uld « School* etc , in the city of ronyors, approved Sepiembpr 1', l‘R9, and Cite Ih«> got* eruirig Bond dei t’Oiis. Bv ord rof Hie city rotii'eil of Con* vers, Ga , this March 11), 18;i5. A.C. MoCam.a, Mayor. it o. T. Tillky, Cleik. MAKVELUU8 liErsU^TS. > 7' u “ , ' y r > » Onwlmn, „ of Diuwnd.1-, , Mtch, u' ^aro p.rin t ed to make 'h,s « tract: “I have nn iiemtHtion in rec ^ 0f . m „? H Sew Di8 . w reBlI were almost warve |, )U8 in the case of my wife, Whj j waJ , pft » lnr „f t |,, Baptist church a Lives Juii -I on she was brought down with Pijoum >tiis sue ! ceediug L*’0'i»'P • Te rihle pir joxisms of coughing- would -ast hour* ! with little interrupt loft and t seem ! ed as if she omld n <t surv,ve tboai. | N A I ieud Hiscoorv, roccotuiueu it ltd (puck Lr Ktng it* a J v Was in 1 worL, nnd high’y *at ; sst'‘!< ,r *‘ Dr. ’n re- W. i -ults.” T -a 1 bottles free at . . T i » T j> •*”' gag' SHOWN’S IRON BITTERS Cnnes IndipartSoo, hlilonun^F*. .i, Ner«UMi»«, *wl GeMwl lability, rttjgk ..aos recommend it. AH dealer* sell it. Q«q«|m U s trade mark %ud crowed red Unct um wt fpm --*-X«