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human.
Where homes nro tempi", r.nd (be
sides become altars, this tale b..• in:; rt <1
ends. Its chief characters are a Man and
a Woman, and a little ' hild.
la the cla vs when they who trow lit
tle boasted loudly. V.'h n tore trouble
was upon the land and bitterness was i:i
the hearts of its ablest and brroeut.
When the whole country was bcnir.th a
pall whoso folds were bl< ■-I taint-:!.
When mothers wept in rolitnde, end
lono wives refused to be co-:iSorted.
When sisters bowed their facer, to earth,
stricken by nngtii-h Hcr.piv . idle iu
words. When other dear one.;, not ■
wedded but prom:./ d in nrorriag;-. read
the war bulletins, through hot tears that .
blinded vision, or nt rvoiidlisten I far
footsteps that would never be heard
again save in fitful dreams of a happi
ness that was not to )><’. Winn lov
ing fathers, harkening to duty's
trumpet voice, followed valorous
Boas, tuid, in their comradeship, r .et
death where brother smote brother.
When military blunders were .in.-.v*
frequently debated than victorii-.i .
cheered. Then it was j.l.'M wo • halted
not at tho Wwes’iiold. Gloom was
n nation.'a canopy, while distrust, grim
-s’liaihbcrl’iin of statecraft, frowned
menacingly. It was n time when ware
houses were changed into hospitals, for
wounded and dying heroes wi re many.
A terrible battle had been fought for
three days. Its record, written and ro
written, placed Gettysburg liijdior on the
rpll of soldierly achievement (lain either
Marathon or Waterloo. The I lue and the
gray in “Ono red burial blent.” tl-.eir
number thirty thousand. At nightfall
of Pickett's fateful day (.'apt. John
Robinson was counted with the slain.
CHAPTER I.
On the platform at Elsinore.
This opening scene of Shakespeare’s
grandest tragedy is chosen by its name
only as principal locality of an American
story.
Sweetest are tho syllables of affection
when memory haunts tie? heart, when
tjic brain i.i peopled with living tb.ougl'ta
of tho dead past. So names, like Im,tori
eal episodes, often repent thcinsi he;.
Fond recollection holds dominion over
men everywhere.
At tho head of that narrow, rock
clasped marine passage between lien
mark and .Sweden, by which the turbu
lent waters of western Russia tire carried
into tho North sea, sits time battered Elsi
nore, immortalized in poesy and romance.
Far beyond the snow crest -d billows of
Atlantic':;mighty sweep, half way across
the continent which separate:; thatceean
from tho broader mu it homed exptit, '
dividing Orient r.nd Occident, md'ir.g
amid hills whoso summits almost touch
heaven': cloud wrapped tins-; r tips, <
by- woodland bordered lakes, placid in
purity, is a modern Elsinore, eriled so
bv Danish immigrants in honor i f their
birth home, never forgotten, never to bo
slighted in hearthstone communion.
Yon will scarcely find the plr.ee upon
densely crowded maps of the period. It.
is yet a village, beav.lil'ul in its freshness;
the germ of a bustling, noisy, emulative
town, destined to be noted and much
talked about as one of tho landmr.r'.s in
a new civiiicition.
To this village near tho sky ret! ret ing
lakes had come, in l.ro you'd-., 1-erti-l
Hendrik sen. In tho little co'. :y b.i.i
uncle Osri<: was a beloved leader; wi-e,
pelitic and charitable. Having co chil
dren, he sent for Bertel to.p in hi., house
hold r.nd help to gather a fortvi:.' from
the harvests of bountiful, run ki.ro-d
prairies., l.’ertel was ;m er; ba:'., (h to
tal tor the home end ar: . ,ey<-;;e It > him
it; ..\::..:e”ie.:. the I o r worked l:m I t-i’l
;. .. C 11. dribs; '■ v. .< - .
ITosperou:-. in tb.iir husbandry, • !..rt
smih-d whore the labor hvm’i v.. schecrpv
<• i ~
P.> the peaeefr; year.; pl de ! by. ;
riendrikscn, old ;nd v.vr:>, . :.!■■ i !<>
hands one radiant summer cv; nil-..; a.!
passed the boundary o.'life. It v. .. ■e!
Bert.-l's tin.t sorre.w, 1.-i:t it < :.;■ ■ v ' a
grief makes a deep inip.r-.-sion. : d
mg by the f-rave wb.e:,- kind .
ent neighbors had laid i.i; de. d >
f.'.etor, tlio voung heir ielt t'.: t ■ ■. •■!'
these friends had ever known i‘ ■ ■ ; ..1
wealth of ()>ric Hendriks n's 1 ■ ;
one there might be! As Bertel■;
tho quiet churchyard a mni.b .■< . ltd
eyes met his. Love and sympathy w r?
mingled In the glance. Christ::.o el
den, gentle as beautifv.l. gave I'.''i her
woman's t for siie, likewise ; . or
phan, had learned tt> bless t...' 1?
virtue of him who we.s gore ■ rever.
Bertel lietidrikeen wn ■■ not r,h>: ...
The twcor.d Cliristrms after H t’-.r
Osric's death how merrily the i:». ' - '
in Elsinore. There was a wed.l: ...:
brated, and a new h.rjsekecy . t ::
in the quaint and roomy u..d;? by
Mirror Lake. Sweeter bride or pr r
husband, the villagers all s .id, h:..! -. er
beenseen. Surely, good Osrie ikn ; ■!--
sen’s riches Would, in tho h:r . cf tl.
to whom lie liad I eon more tin ;. p i
ent. be fruitful cf great t’.essir.;-s.
Twenty years inter. Elsie..'re was
much the same in outward
T'-.rut and contentment wer. ii. .ed
everywhere. ISeri l had long !:• . ; i. >
uncle's place in the council. - . 1.1
house had a new pia.~e. and ;■ d. . ;■ e. v
window graced its EcrJ.em c ...
There were two Christine-.r.ow. ‘.k
I wal lover, called them twin cist. .
beveled mantnj gla,-ss ; and a r,: -.1
i piano made the solid mahogany frame,
; horsa hair cushioned furniture in
I the cnmjkiny parlor look rather
' old fashioned; but real stained
gl::r,'., in the bay window and vcs'ibul..
doon-., w;,-; lira. ncndrickscn'Bccimp'.risn-
Ition for whatever tho parlor lacke din
style. Time had been very tender with
th:- beautiful woman. Her second self,
hello cf tho village at 18, was not a bit
displeased when handsome, gay spirited
J;;-.:l: liobinson told her one evening,
among im-.ny other nice thingvv liich ihe
never told anybody, that ho considered
her mother a cjucen. This compliment,
spoken by a true prince, was irorr.. ae
table to the pretty, brown tn ed
■ d.iu-h! r than c from kir lit: I .';',
! whom sb...- had r.ever met : .-1 mg,lit
‘ new.r liave tho nlerusuro of bein'.- i:.-:c-
CU'-c.l to.
Vfhcn Jack llol.lnrc-n eaac t-> Elsim- re
j the railroad brought him. That’s th"
way that, like its f. med and antiqur.t-.-d
. prototype in the drama, our Elsinore g-ct
its platform. Thirty years before, Bertel
’ !I< ndriksen arrived in a farm wagon that
. had no sprit-.,g:). He fairly bounced into
i his p.-itritnmty. Jack Robinson, just ::d- -
1 milted to tho b-arof Richmond, his native j
: city, came to the wild and luxuriant
I northwest to spend n month’s vacation, -
! and catch fish. It was nearly, three |
! months before be returned to his Virginia !
I home. When ho, on the last afternoon,
| was driven hurriedly to the railway :
I station, in a hotel omniln 1 -. and rporlicg
logs, with his umbrella, canes, and tish
i ing r.ppar.-’.tua i.tr.-qqied cuiubrouMy to
: gothcr and a family size leather iie h. 1
completing the l-ipgagc, the Hcndrii;-
sens, father, mother ai-.d dnught-. r,
who nil grcally admired the •
young lawyer, stoed cn the plot
form at 1.i.-inoro to lid him good
by. Tiie ladies charmingly <-xpr. ; i--ed ,
their i;c •tisnent.: of ;st ecm am! the pk-:;: - :
Ime that bis visit had given them a<nd
'cit.’.er . Bertel, now a staid, :- lj|p"’,i-
I taint'.’ man. cf five mid forty. ■ ,Wndy
| griamea-'t'rie 'cir.-y.'irn's hand ;A jr.rting
1 and hoped ho would be their guest the j
: following smniner. He said bo cert.-dnly
■ would. This reply made little < 'hristiuo :
I feel very- happy, and ; lie hardly knew :
i what, cmr-cd tin blood to hei.'.ditcn her
I natural rosy color. As tho train, five '
! nrinutca cfterw.-ird, moved swiftly away i
. she'idssod :i knot of lie.wcrs that had (
i been fastened to her corsage, and won- i
j dvred if she had dropped them coming to |
| th" station.
1 When J n-k Robinson revisited Elsi-
I more he brought no fishing tackle. This
was noticed nt once bv the proprietor of i
: th- Luke Hour.e. lie also observed to tho
I county judge, who ordered tansy mwki
l.itti rs. that forthe lifoof him he couldn't
J sco why a man mi rich as Bertel Hen- .
: drilrseu was took boarders. After a few |
' . weeki: this intelligent landlord had more
Ito marvel at. There were whispers of
I another wedding. Rumor soon became
reality. It w*p in golden September
that Jack Rolanson again said j-ood-l.y
1 I on tho railway platform, but this time ’
it wan to his new f.-tb.er and i lother
only. Little Christine went, with him to .
, Virginia, and on the j.-m-. i y thither Ijo :
' told her how lie thought tho had lost her !
bompict at the very moment sho had I
wen his love.
They worn gladly welcomed nt the
homestead in Richmond, and Jack's
widowed mother, a stately, aristocratic :
, million, congratulated her son on ids I
good fortune.
1 In July a Lattl ‘ was fought close to
tho national capital. The gi. emment
' t ,-<>op - were discomfited. As thi; omin- I
c’.;s news was Hashed over elwtric wires .
1 toall ixirtsof the disrupt'd republic, a
tearful woman traveled night midday
1 I toward Elsinore by tho placid lake. JacK
' h’obi.-iron had cast his lot with the cause
of \ ii- inia-
1 : Chri- iino was so ill when she reached
Chicago that stranger fri-nds insisted
1 : upon a day’s rest, but she longed for tho
' eml rec.- of the parents, v. ho knew
1 nothing of her de-pair. (’nly one train
1 was mi. sed, and then she pus'icd on. It
w.-. : ; late at night when she stepped on
the platform at Elsinore, lleri.aowel
ccniers were tho station master and tele
graph o; .-r;:t. r. Both recognized her,
for they nr.d known tho gentle girl from
1 hi r1: b- hood. No qmrtioua were asked
v. !’-.-: he lia.i th'.’.:,; e-mio back. The sta
tion mast er niede her comfertablo in hiu
m rr-.w '. ra i-., the main room being
cl'-v 1 i : ,H moi::a;.,-. In less tlian ten
1 mi:-: .;-.; lie hud a horse and < i.rriago
rc.-d;.-;:rd dr.-ve ■ <x r, w;.--ried Christine
to her i:;lh\:'s b.oi- e. As ilie stepped
uptho p- r !i. !:■ .- e I : id:
“I ti'i’.lk Col. : ■ :.l:< <".l is writH’-g
iii his I* 1 ”;;?'. . '7b.cvv s;. I i'iml cf light.’*
• f m-dy m : , ;:t t'ds be - hour.” ex
;l 0.l 1 I : -. “but why do
-. e l . : T kirn cob". 1. "
' it .ore the stall - : r-. t r could reply
toper question :i rapid. step was
la -■ in th- hall; t’.'. d. r w;-.. “?ned
wi : Christ-:- . t' . ; ore of p;’g-
ii.'.'.t back of 1 . ! 1 . 1 ; '.ttier,
diva red in tho full i' t: i r::i <: n i ‘;.'i"icn-
t:d cittSEtalcr. Vith •■. ;l:ri- 1; hich
i’.v eke the ■ yl-.-.m . w . .' . . He’ir.son
: ; I'.. .1 -at his feet.
CH-'”7".R IT.
Col. E-rt. I H. n.’ri- rc-Hment.
war. in i :-nv i.-: •■. . V.’hcre
: 1 -y’s p:im ■T . . 'l.d .■ . ' t. end
!■• t shot rl -w . vi.i r v.-; in the
re dm cf \ .id:. ’ i-n i; ■ i, rs ve-e
.'.’.■n hil.-li -h::: ■ . ■ A’ 1 !.inrii;.;:.
-..Pen Lc". I.i :in division;)
: -mhed th.; I rom.ee: '. of l-kxxrr.n-’
Irrlle line. .; lb.' ..1 i eucml cilker in
MeC'Ovids cci, - s'.-:: ,c-i- utwj.- v, -dcu
Tl'.o tidings re. .: ?-. re v. 1:’.:,; three
mm-ti'.sof ti-.1.t sad . ay. «h:-t' news was
1 ought fro;.i <• .ti.-l'aqt tb-t John
liei'inson, o c: •• in ore of the most
t'.cted of Virgik w-,v; i’-y re. “
serving r.s r.i iecn G-. n. i iek. t.'s staff,
was killed :.t tb.e stone wall.
The:;, w; ■■ rkxnn in ce.t'..-.oe r.i ' r-.ar
l i .of : forth 'to ' b\' •!".' .nd
t’e-.v of them v >f.!d ever iet.ii . In
•ho : xvi. - <hl at •
lit do ( ■ ri.-'R-. '.-ir-.-'i. a I '■ i.il ctii-J cf 2
wondered why re.ui.: aa. rdsrod
:nr. cried so ui'ieh. v. ,’ien * .- citer uav
he he. ivl H e1.::.. >i m.t..... he
I '!.; ihotteriiig merriir .n as
th;.tck..l by ths lul.c s-c.C. T-.sn
curse a day whez there was a great ccm
raotion in tho t illage. Two pale r.t.d
thoughtful women cuiilcd through tci i“
licit welled unbidden. A bent and crip
p! 1 man, limping on crutches, had, a
- isted by ctrong armed neighbors, lx-n
propped comfortablv in his leather co.-
ered library chair, in that home win re
his Uncle Osric had died blessing him.
Col. Hcndrikscn’s f urlough war; i:.d"-
fmitely extended. He would ;-it tor
. honru together, muring over th -cvrvts
that, had caused his name to be l:or;<
j bly mentioned with those highest in r A
j itary authority. ViTien the big otic ;..l:
document c;:n:e by mail trom : I.; :-
ton city, announcing his premeti' n i r
i gallr.nt rv u; < n the bold of Chi; ham::;-- a.
hi.; i'-.-i- kinuied with the < Id cr.lhi:.-i:r . :.
On New Yen’s doju-1 Mil. G<m Bct:-1
Ilendrikscn, in bi; new uniform, r.tn. ••
in-; erect v. itho-.it. hi ; crutclas, ami ' i h
only a [--■reeptilJ - halt in lii.i step, r.-
cr-ircd I::; rood n< ighbr-rs in tl:-- ! • .-e
with tho double Lay windows and i- . 1
. stained gin:-.-;.
Months ri-i-d! into years. Cid'.-r
wot;. d.i we: e cm;:. :u with the t
of loving svmp:;',!.- . Waste p’.i-. ■s I -
somed. The :i: Icf - i pr.■
white wi’igs ver ration tried
: and win h L.-.l tphi.ntly bunt t
dour.; of i s i.cetluirr furnace
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Tl-s ro wm: rmo'l ir r; iiro-'.d at IT i- .- .
. and a new and mcg- :]xi:-i< us pin'.- .1.
G<;g. Berti-l I .l iri: -a was pit -iC
I of the company. 1 ■ w::.: r w ;.:i r.
i rib:.-!-, side ;.f liltv, with v.l irnamg i : ir
i and 'beard; yet h; > farm was u:.' cut : y
iacrea: ing his voice ba-.i . >1
' no'io of ii ■ miisir ai cadence.
“Mamma." tr.i-l little t Arie on time-.. r
■ ing of the last, day of the third y< ar ; i-a
\ his father’s death, “wo are going to l ave
i a splendid time to-morrow!”
“Why so?” askedC’liriftine, Icokin.-- up
j from a treasure Lox that lay open in het
1 I; H’-
“Bcoauscit Is New Years. Th mI rm
five years old, griirdpr. sai s, and w< ; : -
j to have a tiptop sleigh ride Ixifore
1 nor.”
“Yon and gramlu.-i,” said l:is mother
; list]; .:siy.
“Allof uh, mamma!” replied Osric. “It
: won’t be any fun if you and gri-n ’i
don’t go. I don't believe you ca.ro toi
New Year' -, one bit.”
“Why, t).-ric!" exclaimed Mrs, R-.’ in-
I son, “h< ,-w can you think :-? It i ' "
I anniversary < f my darling's Lirth, ano to
mo tl/e most precious day of all the \ 1 ir,
i save one.”
-Tlcro she sighed ami gazed intently at
<'a niinit-turc i:i h r hand. It wa.. the
portrait of a handsome, dark feat.red
man, whose eyes wi re wonderfully l;k'.
Osric’s.
“Oh, mamma,” cried the Jx>y, “let :nc
s-o poor papa again!"
Tne picture w.-i., handed to him. -\ftor
kissing it. the little fellow raid:
“Mamma, my grandpa is a good re-n. '
i 110 never blames my dear, dead 1 ipn
I but bo says lie was I rave and tr-a t<
I wluit ho thought was duty. 1 love- my
i grandpa more Hum over now.”
Chr:stinc caught the boy to her lx -m
| and they v1 pt together—the child c:.
. Rvmpathv with hi; mother's gratitude 01 j
> distress, lie couldn’t, tel! which.
Tho day and (he ride were splendid, os
I little Osric bad promised. On rcaei i.iy i
1 the new railway station (lon. llcndri’. ,ei; r
I told Iris driver to stop a few minut. , as i
lie had busim :r, in the company's < . -0.
I While his grandpa was inside tho I; lid i
I ing < t.irie’ b< e.-uue greatly inter, .' ted i.i a '
! tali and distinguished looking num, v. ho, ■
p.T-ing the platform, wrapped in a b vy
fur trimmed top eoat, was evide tly :
waiting for the train. At last the ;.101-
I tieman turneel and looked at tho 1 !• fgb I
' and its passengers. Then ho rest:;.:, <1
his measured walk.
Osrii-climbed i-.ind ly down from his |
I perch beside tho driver and ran tow.-nisi
the stranger.
"Ye n’re my papa, and ycu’ro not d '.ad I
i and never was. ('nine over to mr:-:a ■
1 and grandma. That’s them!” raid the:
little Ixty, pointing to the sleigh.
Tho man l-.esilnte 1 a moment, then
I stixipeil r.nd hel l Osric up in Ids are; .
“Merciful heaven," he cried. all
1 conus back out of (he shadows! My
’ Ion;.';, long d r eam is true! lam Tier .-- nt
: lust, tliauk God!"
The wondrous story flow like prairie lire |
through the villa.-e. ('apt. Jack Rol in-:
son, living, in Ek more was made a s ■ ial
lion. Gen. Hendrik.- en had found - >n
! r.nd bis dear ( hristiue’s wiilowhoe.d was
1 ended. Mrs. Ilendriksen’s l>oy that was
1.-st ba-1 come home again, Osrie’sf.'tJ'.cr |
felt a pan nt's joy. It was, as Jack : ..id, :
i Eie happiest New Year's in all his life. :
What more could a man who had ’-con I
dead three years and a half be oxjk < ted
. to r„-iy?
So the bell- rang, and the story’-.aa
retold with all its changes.
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Opt. John Robin .on had Iwn left f< r
dead cn the ti. 1-1 cf Gettysburg. It was
a nwnele e.f the ;-o< d > nniaritan'.; t; n lvr
nv.r i-.ig in a quiet Pennsylvania farm
I ■ use. ( ne da;, lie was lorn to a new
life, with a drcam that haunted him,
ileopmg or waking. He had gene int Mho
i ;il country t :.d made moray. Still the
dr nm v ..e a shadow, now light, now
dark. He wandered from place to ■ i ce :
a;,'s:-lv. 'il:e vnd cf l-isdronm
■■?..:e Ids 10w..' I vgan- in Eki-.n.r ■. E
I tho placid lakes.
Li-.;’;.-rt:-was his father’s wd.-t end
hero. lie wanted bin-, to go cver.-v. here
apj. let everylc ; !y roe him. They .-ro
i-,::l visiting, although Osrie is ma: : ied
1 I’r l tho soldier, who wouldn’t itay:
kill;'; 1 ., is new called “grandpa.”
••I’ll tell you how I managed it. Bor
, i t< 1," said Osric recently to his own ! -tie
five year o! 1. “1 knew it was my > -pa
; - roon ns I saw his eyes. They w<‘in
1 the picture. So I just stepped up to him
and told tho truth. M in’.ma had a l.v.s
--1 .-.nd and I 11 splendid father, 1- 'ore
! grandma, who got her breath first, could
say 'Jack Robinson!”’
Henry Ct.ay I.t-gv
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PERFECTED.
Touch her <IB heart,
1:13 ro peaceful nov. ■<’ > ill not vreep, bet part
The waves of gold above her face.
And bring her bridal robe of loco
To bo her shroud. Lay lilies on her breast.
Cut in their radiant time, and lest
f-h.‘ stir, touch not the burning ring ?h« kept,
Or that small circle braided in with love and
words—wept
Over as some hand which, held tubers.
31 ight bay ‘•Almee,” and now but blurs
The eyes with tears to i<X)k on. Stay;
Sigh not today
When she sleeps so, and, radiant in her rest,
With all her love confessed,
In that still coldness of rare beauty know
Sne triumphs, breaking from her woe
To wake in that celestial glory, where to be
i.v life perfected—immortality.
—George Ki ingle In Frank Lgslid’s.
“TIIE BITER BIT.”
Maj. Da Laney was sitting at his club
in Char!es street smoking. ’Io was, for
the tiuio being, alone, and not only was
his face serious, but he was drawing at
Lis cigar with a certain fierceness which
denoted anger and annoyance.
“Hello, Do Laney,” cried a well known
voice "What’s up? You look as grave
as an undertaker.”
■■Aii'l you as though you would soon
require my services. I may safely echo
your question! Why, Vane, you are but
the rh’r.dow of the merry lad who joined
not ruiny years a;;-. You’rogoing tho
j tO > fust."
“I I.:now it; but it’s too lato to put tho
“Not a bit of it. It is never too late to
me;; :—turn over a new leaf.”
“I would if I could tear out tho old one,
u 1 ; BiL':;“, but I'm in debt and difficulties,
and euunot extricate myself."
The major continued to pull strongly at
Lin cigar, and silence fell between them.
“Charlie,” bo said, looking up sud
denly. “I’m off homo to-morrow to York-
Tho pnx'rves are good—lots of
young birds, and this is orly the Ist of
i Kept,-mber. 1 should have startedyestcr
<’:ay, you may lx; sure, but for something
which has rat h< r put mo out and detained
me hero against my will. And now, mv
boy. suppose you accompany me; it will
give you plenty of time to confide your
troubles to mo. if you feel inclined. I
■ have asked a few good fellows down, and
my dear old inollicr r.nd pretty little
sister will mr.ko you welcome. They
always come and take caro of mo and my
friend.; at mv little ■ booling box, and de
clare they like it. although it cannot l>o
half so comfortable as their own home.”
"Bnl they haveyour society to make up
for it.”
“Thr.t is what they say. They are
weak < nough to believe in mo completely,”
i lie laughed.
“Not no very wrong, either," returned
Charle:- Vane v. ith a smile, “but am yon
' mi;-.; they wouldn't think mo an awful
bore?"
'•Quite; they extend their welcome to
mv friends, bhall wo start by the after-
I lie :i train?”
“It is awfully good of you."
' Ami you will come?”
“I .-iio-al'l like it ninchly—lt was a
lurky < l a:i'-o for me which kept you in
i t rwi’i It':; an ill wind which brings good
i to no one.”
“Then that I 3 settled. It Is tho first
: time I l avo cer.se-.l to feel savage for tho
past t-vo day.;."
“Thut i« iiot mnch in your line either,
: major. l our circumstances uud disposi
tion reem generally to make life an easy
: matter wi;:i you."
“V.’.-11, I'm a bit o,T the lino now. It is
not pleasant to n celvo a demand from a
man you don't knew, to return him a
I thov.-and pnuids which you have never
j borrowed, now Is It?"
• By Jove, no! Who has been trying 0:1
that :. nne with you?”
“Cheatham. t!:o advertising money
lender of r wiudl-.- street.”
d; i:c.i li" bras! lie's the sharpest
1 old L; -:.r i.i town; Jew to tho baekbono.
I ;:l:.'ecq-h he e".'.; pork like a Christian,
■ ami v ’.i!J pr- diice l-.is baptismal ccrtiti
' < ::to at a f -w licura' r ti. e if you doubted
Ills of his r. li,~; ->us views. There
lis no die;; 'ho is not up to."
• 'A , d. it is a case of tho -biter bit’ this
| tiric; ho has l>eon had. at. last."
“What, old Che-tham? f\l like to shake
1 I-.-'.: ■> ith the i -s.'i who could outwit
■ him."
“1 don’t tbiul: I should.
“I’m ail curiosity, major; do tell mo
j about it."
■‘Well, the day before yesterday I had
I got ray leave, and had made up my mini
I to travel from Plymouth by tho night
: win "i I n ccived a letter from tho
’ I'l.c.'.ey loin! r. telling mo my bill was due,
uii.l requesting immediate payment of the
I s::i;:o. I wired back that there must bo
: ir.imo mistake, r.s 1 had given him no bill.
■ 1 received a return telegram saying
i -Th--ro wi:s no mistake v.-hat'ver.’ Upon
wlii.-h I took t1.:.; strange communication
i over t > tl:o colonel. I'.:'.;! asked bis advice.
1;. was to run up to London at once, and
sift tho 1 latter. Idl l so. and here I am."
“And what about the bill?”
“It 1 rd b given him by some one re
prei-enting hit.self to bo mo, and verv
. : the i-.-.- al did it. Ho called at
■•:•.’•; roll " .-.nd rent ill b.is er.rd,
■ . i.G.- ■-••:’■• Lx»cy. 178th Fusiliers.’
. : hi ■■■■ : :-.ee;■ :ntw -wry; lit;.
"T.: ■ er :, earn to liavo I--.1 a
: ■ f abro-: my .wn age, of i.r: .tar;-
" < ."< : i-.k‘.u\ 7 rot'ho !.ad i:
: pendent means, but that- ho was for tho
ri’t uicroivenlonced for a littio ready
1 • in ero-sequence of soma family
n:at("r . roid tint he had 1. ■ :■•> bis
: ink: I t-.i I '.-row .£I,OOO. but fr- ;-.i ‘wbo
;■ .er I'.e might get it he sla iihi require a
premise of strict secrecy, and ti n sum
should L.) rt-tnrued in three months, but
he woul.! permit no inquiries 1 o be made
<-. nc.-rufag iiim.
“Ho was net iu tho habit of borrowing,
;'.:i ’ it vveu’d civney him greatly if the
tl-.; :'.:uwti<’’i became known.
“Mr. (T eatham promised implicit obe
die’> v. swore never : > betray the major’s
■ al.ro .’. ~:'.i a wiieu t’..e money
v-i-tt-d Le recuired. as he not bo
cole ■ • supply it for a c.-.y < r .
“His < .-.I told him wivi n >nchal&r.ce
that, there was uo hurry whatever —tho
affair -.vas not pressing, a week Fence
would do for him ailmirably, rnd Cheat
ham. unctuously rubbing his hands to
gether. said that "would suit him rometiy;
u; u which the Strang -r tech up Lis hat
a .-.I gloves and turned to tho door, but
Mr. Cheatham was there before him.
bowing him out with his extra best
cringe.
“Os course lie did make inquiries, he
admits the fact, and found that my credit
v as good, and that I was the owner of a
couple of estates, and he was more than
satisfied.
“When the sharper returned, at tho
day and hour appointed, he entered tho
money lender's office in a towering pas
sion.
"Hr know hr.n-ifi.Ti narm-e. find doubtless
had had dealings with other Hr Cheat
hams before Ho was aware tlir.l it was
a dead certainty that the man had made
inquiries, and lie traded on it
“He accused tho wretched Jew of liav
ing broken 1:;< wnivl, an 1 vowed that
: n.Yhing 0:1 earth should induce him to
take a penny of his dirty money,' and
paced the office in a fury
“In vain ( 1.--::’ ■: .m swore by all his
gods that be not inquired, not asked
: one single question
“Tho major would liavo nothing what
ever to do with him, and strode to tho
■ door, but again Cheatham was there first,
and in possession of the handle.
•TIo would not be denied.
“The major must not go; the money
was actually in bis office, no would make
it twice the sum. if he desired it, upon
' his note of band only 110 should bo so
: sorry not to do business with him in con
: sequence cf such an unpleasant mistake.
‘■Ho begged and prayed and implored
till the major’s anger cooled, and to
oblige Cheatham, simply to oblige him. he
at lust croiscnted to tukn the £I.OOO f„r
whicii lie bad bargained, showing H:o
most utter iudi,Terence about it. Tb.e
money lender eagerly counted out the
notes and handed them to him, an J the
major left tho office."
“And did not return to it?"
“No, and never will; ho changed the
notes and started f.r another country,
wlroreiu to begin a new life! It is tho
cicvei-'.st trick I have ever heard of."
“Po r bro. -ir. I hope l-.o’ll reform.”
. said Chiari.'• :-nc; "iinJ. by jov. i I'm
i glad he gave Chroitliam ales-on, be has
I ruined many a good fellow who had got
mro-ciiiasly entangled in lii.; net. Cf
COCT.-<-. you’ro not re; piTmiblo in any
way
“Neither morally nor Ir-cjnlly; lie is too
big a scamp to command n.y : ympathy,
to which ho now wildly op; <
“Rather! and how < i.i that scoundrel
get. vo-tr card?”
“It is not a fac-rimi’ ' of min", lie must
have Lad it printed for :.i. ro. mid is now
! prob'.bly using the re.,t of tl o luiroirvl in
tho United States!"
“N... uo, tho t::nicy o:i<--’ ojtni-.:.' 1. ho
would keep no trace ■ f tiie ::a-: ion. '
“¥<■-. are right,!? inn o -ia-
1 othr: alias before now "
affair has an: ye 1 m■•. it :• r. new
I and . : pleasant experiene:; to b ■ mixed up
v. it 1. .- ..cha man C .■.",• ■: >:i
“1 wish 1‘ «< ,1- r . s’: i.ei; Vano.
“Come, diujwith ric. rot.l to : r-row
wo ivi’im .-th. let • b.itii fotgei our
troubl-
“E. .-ic-r st:id tlis-i <!<>• •'. 1" I nicy. If
: rnin<- . ero no wor ■ ».•>-- I might.
| Lut I ; o tired my govero. 'i and lie
li:u, stopped payment i-. •v u- teda fart
; night of my lea'ro I ■ 1 hare not Lad
. tl: ■ p!n< kto faco L: a ,-.:-.d tell him Hie
; ti :“.li nl’ititriy li.iLilit-; s."
“ 11. sup; "■ -v. .■, him dow-.i, and
: Pit li'. vie, that i. r sister, to wheedle
’ him. Uo wouldn’t !> .- ■■ chanro cga'.nst
her, lean toil yoi Yon always >• ere a
fav: ::toof I :lne in epitoof your faults,
for y. u r.ro bl- v.ith a heart, in Iroi'l
of that ,- r:.:;•;•• r.rticle which doc d- ty
for one !;i most men’s breasts in tin-:.;' de
generate days ’
Ch-irle:, \a- ■ c-.t; I bis hnv.d :vi '
grasped tl:;-. of 1.1, i:i<
r. ; i n’ro a brick," he said with
feeling “i " try n |,,.'tcr fellow, If
only t>i yo-:r »-;d opinion
» « » « » » «
It was actually d.i-k when Maj Do
Laney's <l cart tn--::".l into the gateway
of bi> pretiy little pl,.ev.
“Th -y dua l expect you. Lilt they will
| c pleroxd to seo you. revertln'!"ss," ho
:aid "Stay, there i ■ eno of t'.ia game
ke , ■ c. . Irivti on and I’ll speak to him
and l:e lift r > la a minute." and tho
major j-itt.r -I out.
C'barles \Tu:o alighted before tho bail
door, widen ffimo: t immediately opened,
and in another two soli
were ab 1 .; nee..
“You d< ar. <l< .irel ’. pet." cried a silvery
voice. “I have b ■ n w:; binq for .on f. i
aa ; --. Low l:;;o i i.-- -. and how gta-l I
am to you." r.-.-l s!:onot ro.ly gave Iron
a hug, but a very d. ■:■ -i ; ,
Tii a s’.:o r- i a : ■
“Georg.', i r.ro • . lilt r. :v - y.'- - . ’’- ’ •
cried. .»u 1..e I • '’i ci • t > r:
tacho. 'lt iro- t L I' .-
it was sueb n l-e:-.-.:’-.-
Maj. Do Laney vro er H.e la-.-.;;
and l;'.s f 'listens '-.u .■ b.c-., :; > : .'id
Ho b-ro <! into 1..-, h. facie
i.iro : -.1 ei.l ■ rorotro-.odir,-.-
tii ti of 1..- s 1.-v. lror • : t0..-I t;i ■
groci'i hidden 1- t.. ' ditinu-ss
■■: > V, t •■." s;.i 1 her
br ■; .-. i > <ro’r •-. . - ■ v.i -.-
I’- r l-i.t.i .; 1 : ■'-d.
were, s.; i; i i:nd. . ■ i:< :.: she pi:.- ’.-‘i
Cbf.rh’S \ r. i.v .; a F'r.i.i,’.’
far meh sort
“Yen wretch: r-’ac cried. ;■•. I
through the Itgl.t al 1., i Hi:.- ; rocket
Charles Vano was a long time tro
Rose forgive him for what '• :-.s after :dl
fault'of hi"., bat !•;• < t not fov-r-t
tl;-' t >::r!i of ler tip ■ ii->j i . ;!»<•; ■
c f Le.- lorori I ro ,‘r.t. . lu«
p. ■’;: dp- ;-'l.-t--:it " ith 1: r
Ro l.ked L; r :;!! t ic b. •>.. -. r -:-!r ;. ' :
made up Lis to .• >;<> :• r tl ■■ >"ag
ousttlri-.il wilt, a s’.e i ei Iron ;•. ter H..'
contre t emrs.
V.’J.cm she did fn:--:ro !.:• i !i:
’ , TTO , \
And Maj. De Lauer forgave :.:-i. t.-..
• hen ho confassod thr.t beautiful .
..nd on -nted to bo his v. ii ?
Sir Percy Vano, Charlie’s father. -.va c
, j asked down, and there - as no doubt
; about F.ose’s power to wheedle him. lie
was totally “moshed.”
For h r : -dto l:o paid ofi every penny of
; her fron.debts, and, moreover. ;ro;n
I iseel a liberal allowance to enable tir
, i young tnan to marry. “1 don’t express ;>
; wish, my dor-r." he said, before ho tok
. I his leave, “that yea will make my 1
happy—yroi couldn’t fall to do it—-1 -:t 1
earnestly iropo he will in-'koyou so Hr.;
( ■ gl-.-l •■> think that when . pay the debt of
nature. Char!::-:; will bring such a charm
. I ing mkirrss to tho deai oLi place."
, j “Mai.-.-r! ’ cried ("-atlos. excitedly. ‘T’m
deucctily obliged to that fellow for per
, sonating you. i f ho had not done so 1
I sl.rotbi never have come down with you
. into York: liirro and I should never Lav ■
met Rose.” —J. Side Lloyd in Boston
, I-rCFAxd.
The Clover Seed Crop.
Tho dver seed crop is made from tlx
second crop of the plants, the Erst mow
ing being for Lay. After tho heads of
the second crop have become quite brow::
and fully matured the crop is cut lor
seed. Quite commonly this mowing i
• put into stacks or into the barn to remain
until it is ccr.venietit to hull and clear, it
. tip. The condition of the clover hay crop,
as reported by the department Aug, 1.
averaged high in quality.
A Washington territory man left §2.c9j
for all the delicacies of the season to br
fed to his dog, while his old father
Public Scnooi Notice,
Applicants tor license to teach
public schools can undergo their
examination at the court house in
Summerville the 30th ami 31st
(lays of January, 1889, the same
being the days set by the State
School commissioner for the exam
ination of applicants.
By order of the Board of Educa
tion the public schools of the
I county for the year 1889 may be
gin at anytime from the first Mon
day in January untill the first Mon
day in September. This Jan. 10th.
John I). Taylor,
County S<-ho‘>; Commissioner.
Application for Charter.
GEORGIA.. ( ’!; attoog a County:
To the Superior court of
county: —The petition of J.
Belial;, J. S. ( leghorn, J. ',V. Mad
dox, J- I). Tayior, W. J. Bryant. C.
C. Cleghorn, G. 1). Hollis, S. VJ.
McWhorter, W. M. Henry and W.
M. Rich, all of said county a:; I
( their associates respectfully shows:
1. That they desire for them
selves, their successors and assign
ees, to be incorporated and made a 1
body corporate, under and by the
name of the St v;uervii.ij: Land j
AND M AXCEACri-RINC Covl'ANT, f(T |
a period of twenty years, with the fl
privilege of renewal, at the end of J
: that period with the powers, right) 1
and incidents hereafter set out, with fl
the principal plate of business aj m
’ Summerville, in said county. V
; ■ 2. That the object of their ttsso- J-
eiation and the business they pro- ■
pose to carry or. ate to own, by gift ■
1 or purchase, to sell, lense, rent and "
improve real estate, in said state
; | and county, or elsewhere, emlnue
; ing town and city property as well
’ as farming and mineral lands; to
: mine and sell <>r manufacture into
its various products, any mineral
substance or ore when deemed ex
pedient.
; 3. That the capita) stock of said
corporation is to be ten thousand
dollars, divided into
shares of the par value of one han
dred dollars ($100) ca< b, said stock
' ; to be actually i aid up in money or
sui h property as may accepted in •
; lieu of money—at least, ten per
'cent, to be actually paid in before-B
the company shall begin to
■ the powers and privileges
asked for. I’etition; rs desire lira
1 right of increasing said capital I
) i stock to any amount, not exceeding
one hundred thousand dollars
. IA 1 oti.iiO' j whenever tin- • to: khold
; rs. t:t regular or called meeting, (
; l:a; I, by j-'-ro lutioa cnU-rfd on Lr.ie
aiintit; .- of t!:ec“ir.;':uiy, so provide.
4. That, as-licit corporal ion, t
. desire the right to issue bonds
| such denominations and
'.-m h conditioiis as may ir: deter- \
mined upon and not incon.-islenti '•
■ i.lt law, to an amount nut < xcee l-
::;g the amount of said capital
j stock, at the time of issuing sue] t
' ■ bonds, and secund by mo:t“::gro
; upon said capital stock.
5. That for the purposes and
object.-- hiroia s; tca t, they -ico ,
thatsaid corp :•.' i.-t. sl-.aii have
"tl: ■; :.cd !'.:■ . >
/
- ed and which may !"■ apt roprialb y'
and legal and csp. cittlly all those t
i set out in sections 167C> and 28 >9 of
the Code of Georgia of 1882. M
I 6. That they desire that the of-
. said <: '
• five directors to be elected annually fl
bv the stockholders. Iron; ar:
their number and a pn-sideai.,
vice-president : ro-r' l-.iry :
f -fl
.' treasurer, and such other
and agents as may be deemed
essary by said directors —all tn
elected or appoint-d l>y said
: - tors. Sig
Wherefore petitioners pray
1 granting of suc'.t order by tiie
as will effectuate the purposes and J
objects above set ent. -a
W. ?I. Ilrxitr, J. ? r - B: trt. ■ it.