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DUBIIN, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 33,1878.
Passing Away.
1 BYT. P. 8.' s • ‘
The fairest flowers that bloom on earth
Musjt jvjthtrt and 3 G
The frost of death the petals toucli
And then ihpy. pass away.
The grandest structure man can rear—
^.Thftiffifle ofihimmn pqwer—
ATCtoAdied bjrfime’s relentlessbaud,
• And erumble in an hour.
And man with all his boasted skill,
Must yield to death’s embrace;
Must find within the narrow grave
A silent resting-place.
That furrowea brow with hoary locks
Must soon be luid (iwny;
No power on earth the stream of life,
Or tottering steps can stay;
That nollt# youth, Whose'bosom swells
With prospeits bright and fair,
Must see those prospects fade away—
For life is ebbing tlicrA
And that sweet maid, with buoyant stqp
With spirit glad and free,
Must, feel the icy hand of death—■
Must cold and lifeless be.
We pass awayl The old—the young
Around in silence fall;
And soou the hour will come when we
Must heed the solemn call.
O friends! slinll we all iqeet again
When earth shall find no prey? •
When all that’s good and pure and sweet
Shall neverp^s8-fnyaj r '?\/ ''
Atlanta, October 9, 1878.
CLIFFORD VANCE.
{By Frank Lee Benedict.]
,sanh*r !• tit'/l '
The letter was gone, but Grace
Ilamygtpn chpncpd to see it in the
hards of the*servant; and with a cu
riosity which was one of her greatest
failings, she road the superscription,
mid the anger that had been smould
ering in her mind for some time past
flamed up at once.
She bad drawn Clifford Vance in
to as flerious a flirtation as slio could
manage'•'ifc^Tftg^abobk- 1 She 01wits
given to such flirtations; and as her
husband never complained, of course,
nobody else had tho right; and, to
toll-—tllO-WllOb»°^wu.tli—till •.!>. -,yop. ,11‘IV
not think her,worse $lian site really
was, her tomli'ruoss never-went be
yond idle talk, in spite of all the
gossip about her.
and say a thousand things I ought
not; but never before did any man
think wrong of me, or darod to
speak a word that—thaM-i-”
She put her hands boforo her eyes,
shivered a little, sobbed a little, and
did it all very prettily; and Virginia
Southwell began tb believe her, and
igaiust; being the'
slave of her caprices; had not exhib
ited hirnself so freely, bound to tho
whfc&s *bf her triumphant chariot as
.she desired;and to complete,the hein-
0 nsnero $ , tmo ofrehbk^fterh the > time
Virginia Southwell dawned upon the
horizon,'he liad neither byes or ears,
except for bet. ~
So the pretty 5 e^bfiaiitress was hor
ribly enraged at her failure, and
longed' to punisii, Vance and Vir
ginia, too,''for the matter; since it
was evident from- this letter that she
had taken the, jibqrjy -.tjp; interfere
with one of Mrs. Harrington’s vic-
tims - .OSE Si
It was not a deep-laid plot on the
little tlfrc&V part—slio wfts not clever
do * .KH'Hii'i
Up stairs she went, knocked at
into the
room. , r
“Ho\lr quiet and comfortable you
look,”* she said; I am coming in to
rest. Oh! how‘tired I am of those
odious wretches.down stairs!”
0%$ WHWW 1lf
stool at Virginia’s feet, and leaned
her graceful head against Virginia’s
kdeej ai)ij fajltefl the prc)ty] fus
ing nonsense in which she excelled,
ihteitefibr&ifi^ her sarcasm about
other people with neatly-expressed
phrases of affection for Mis3 South-
well herself; > -
At Inst she got to Clifford Vance,
sand ' biro 1 became more angry than
ever, because she could pot make
Virginia express her sentiments free
ly In regard to him; and before she
very falfeijMifiiiinee;' thou to excuse
herself she had to libel him still
to feel a storm of wrath rising in her
soul.
“Do yon mean that Mr. Vance
forgot the courtesy duo you as a mar
ried woman?” sho asked, sternly.
“Only that once—just tho day be
fore ho went. Oh, Virgyl I was so
frightened, so ashamed, so angry!”
“What did he say?” demanded
her friend’s severe voice.
“Oh, don’t speak to me like that!
Indeed, I don’t deserve it; you know
I did not mean any harm!”
“I am not blaming yon; only I
hope this may bo a warning. Toll
me what Mi*. Vance said?” -
“It was that afternoon, while he
and I,were in tho garden. Oh, Vir
gyl”
Then, in great haste, she wove a
rather incoherent little melodrama.
Tho amount of it was, Vanco had
got on his knees, and cried out to
her to have pity, for ho loved her.
“Ho swore that he mount to kill
hirnself, Virgy! At first I was
frightened; thou I got' angry, and
gave him a bit of my mind, and got
up and rail into tho house. That
was the real reason lio wont away. I
had threatened to tell my husband.”
It was, unfortunately, in keeping
with stories of Clifford Vance’s past.
Moreover, it uover oceurod to Miss
Southwell that any married woman
would falsely accuse a man of having
made love to her, when the fact that
lie darod do so, showed that at least
s’10 must havo been rash and impru
dent. „ j i
Grace sobbed, and made Virgin ia
promise to love her, and be her good
friend and guardian angel always,
and.help hor keep out of scrapes;
ana M-kj» Southwell boliovod 111 hor
penitence, and liked .lismmttcr *W
she hud ever before done.
“I know you never liked him, or I
would not have told you dear,”
Grace said, anxious, if p633ible, to
find opt That terms Vance stood
with her. “He is nothing to yon?”
“Nothing,” replied Miss Soubli-
woll with quiet scorn; “he is too ut
terly indifferent to mo evbn for con
tempt!”
She got rid of Grace as quickly as
possible, and wont down to seo if
she could recover her lotter—it was
already gone. Wli i lo her anger and
humiliation; were hottest in her
mind, she wrote 0 brief note, and
Sent it after her epistle.
“In n?y letter of this morning I
promised to bo your friend—I asked
you to come back. I havo learned
that the man I beleived you, does
not exist. I have neither anger- or
contempt to bestow—you have p:us
od out of my life foroycr; and re
member that neither explanation or
entreaty can change my resolve. If,
by apy chance, you should read tins
before you do my Jotter, at least
havclsnffioient right feeling either to
burn that or send.it back with the
seal unbroken.”
And.it so happened that both mis
sives reached Clifford Vanco at tho
into temblor, and in turn tho sum
mer gar/ placo to gorgeous autumn.
c of hot faith in him being
riiihed/ Virginia C Soptbwell had
never boon nblo to blot Clifford’s
peniQ'y So utterly from her mind as
I ho had resolved, and had believed.
Wteld bo easy to do. .
ifo had never boon just the same
tte frcslmoss had, worn off it; and
though sho never allowed horsolf to
think how it had gone, sho was forc
ed toyidmit thate it was lost. She
more. .... ^
“I never knew so had a man,” she
said. ^Gh, ¥iife l know I flirt,
same time, and ho chanced to open
the note first.
jWhsatjfha ML.-jWhafc ho, suficy*
vnly the. angels ‘who watched a
ffm-ed,
and
pitied hiepain*.t youltLevor know.
In duo course Virginia Southwell
received this brio! message;
“I did not- read your lotter. Be
quite at rest, I shall never trouble
you again in this world.”
At first those wordB scorned to her
u tacit confession of his guilt. She
said to herself that he perceived by
her note she had loomed his treach
ery, and dared not deny it; and sho
warred- against herself terribly for
her blindness, her stupidity, in be
ing for a time deceived by his spe
cious words, and plausible manner.
Tho months went by-^-wmtor
passed, spring came and deepened
*y'>ithjj6%if because sho
no\ put tins mth bite of her
could not help recalling
and looks; oomparring him to
, and thinking how much
bettor,\nd movd'mmorons he siiowod.
SombtinW tfioujch she boliovod
Grace’s ste’y, slio caught herself
wpnderi ngV some expuiiiation frorn
him mightNhnve been pdsiiblo—if
she hfid nocHvritteh in too Varsli,
nay, oven an unwomanly maiiier.
Then sho woufi ravo against he
for lior idiocy, in thinking such
tilings; despisolhorself heartily; re
sume borrow of resolutely forgetting
him; and just when sho fancied that
she had succeeded, some passago in a
book, sonjo expression in a stranger
anything, nothing—would recall
liis imago, and her work would have
to be done afresh.
She refused to visit Mis. Hamfigr
ton that summer—tho woman had
grown positively distasteful to her:
but whon autumn came, sho received
such pleading messages ^ that slio
could not refuse to go.
Grace was down in her country re
treat, and so ill, that she could not
bo nxovod; if darling Virgy had any
love or pity for her sho would coins).
Virginia went, and found Grace
exceedingly ill, and as it was tho
first time such discipline hod befallen
lier, sho was I'evritityTrigliteficd. Yir
gijiia nursed her for tw6 weeks; and
while slio was at tho worst, and mor
tally afraid of dying, Graco conclu
ded sho might bettor renounce the
world,"the llefii, and tho devil, and
absolutely made open confession that
she had exaggerated about Clifford
Vanco. Come to get at tho bottom
of tho story, which Miss Southwell
did at last, it appeared that ho had
gone on her knoo3, at lior command,
to button lior glove, and tho protes
tations sho had told of had been the
merest sentimental' nonsense, which
it was ovident sho. had forced him to
speak.
Virginia wasted no words—the
creature was then too ill thou to be
scolded; and after she began to got
well, Miss Sonthwoll preferred to lot
the.mattor drop into tho oblivion to
which Grace consigned it with; a
grace and easo that few womon would
have been able to display under the
circumstances.
Mrs. Harrington was nearly re
covered at last, and was able to re
turn to town the doctors said. She
had worked herself up into such ner
vous excitements whop /Virginia'
talked of loaving her, that it had
boon impossible to do so; And; after
all, the little foolish moth was,not
worth being angry with. •
But, ah! in tho solitude of her
chamber—in every lonely moment,
how Clifford Vance’s imago camo
back to the proud girl; and she
Was forced to admit to herself
that life could never be what, it
might lwvo been lmd she believed in
him—had slio even shown him 6rdi-
niiry justice. For she was powerless
now he would never come near her,
and sho could not send for him—she
was a woman. She darofi not even trust
heraelf to write and ask his forgive
ness; lest she should betray her se
cret. Before now he might have
cast her from his thoughts-^-might
lovo another; she could die, but she
could not expose herself to such hu
miliation.
It was tlio evening before they
were to go up to town, and Virginia
went down to the beach for a last
look at the sea, whose coaseless mar
mur had grown to sound in her care
like the requiem of all that was
bright in her youth.
It had been windy all day; but
when tho sun was set, instead of
decreasing it grow more violent, and
presngfid a tempestuous night.
Virginia stood there nud saw the
Sun go down, a groat, red, angry
ball, and tho gorgeous clouds floated
up like triumphal banners; the wind
surged by with a louder shriek, and
the breakers dashqd upon, the shore
"ilb fmntie violence.
Two or ilir’ee old fishom\eiy
near
1)
skiffs, und watch
of the storm. Vir-
n was suddenly, nt-
y their words. She looked
notion in which; they wore
pointing,' ibid saw a-sail-boat round
ing the point, and could just distin
guish there lyas but 0110 single occu
pant/in‘it.^ i iir;^, 1 :! . M i . f
Tlie'ffutebjirqno was boing tossed
to and. fro liko a bubble. Wlfilo
they gazed, they saw tho man liqul,
down bis sail : and tuko to Uis oars,
and a ory of dismay and oomnnser
ution wont up;
Qli 1 can’t you help him?” ox
en i mod Virginia> turning to tho
nun., ■ !
They shook tlioir heads sadly.
“Vo should .only logo our own
lives, Miss,” said tho oldest of the
group.. “Only God Almighty, in
his meroyi can help the ppor fellow
now!”
“But lie may get in. Sep
how he puls! Oh, that wind! if it
would only flop!”
“He ijniM—it’s a chance! Thq
boat is being blown in shore fast
enojigh, but it may go bottom side
up any minute, and no mortal could
live among them breakers.”
They stood there almost in silence,
watching the agonizing scene, and
wore utterly Violpir.oo ami,, t.Wp is
vndrr b;n-r«me .jiiitri limn that ill
all this life's rontid of torturos.
It was very brief! On swept the
boat, dashed from one breaker to
another; uow soomingly almost per
pendicular in tho air, then setting
back, while afresh wavo would,fair
]y submergo it for an instant.
Tfie doomed man had laid down
his oars, lie was near enough now bo
that thoV could see ho was sitting
quite still in the bottom of the boat.
Once they saw him pqt lfia hands,
before his face; they know that lip
was praying, and ft simultaneous
supplication wont up from the white
lips of those who watched.
It was a terrible sight, oven tb tho
men inurod to scones of dangor and
death; bqt it seompd tp Virginia
Southwpll that she must go mad if
she copld not do something; uinst
plunge into tlio water—as if her
weakness could avail; could hot
stand and watch a human being
flung oil to dPtttii before her very
eyes. ^ ‘’ :; -
Nearer and nearer tho boiit was
dashed; louder shHeked tho wind;
fierber and whiter rolled the break
ers; aiid there the group stood, with
strained eyes ahd : hushed breath,
watch ingr-wateh ing.
Another blast—a maudor waVo;
seized tlio boat bn its upward heave,
boro it high in tho air, and dashed
it down, down. When it righted
itself the man had disappeared;
A sebond’s horrible stillness; a cry
from every lip, “There! There!”
They Uadi seen him—be was very
near the shove; the np^t breaker
would dash him almost on the sand.
In silence the fishermen mado their
arrangements; two of the strongest,
with long ropes tied about their
waists,' waded out into the surf.
Virginia saw the hapless wretch
dashed forward; saw tho fishermen
spring toward him; was conscious
tliey bod caught him—wore bring
ing him iii. 8he heard acclumntkn^
from the mon; she could not speak
—could not support horsolf longer.
Sho sank on the Band, perfectly in
possession, of her senses, but too
weak to moyo.
She saw them bringing tho motion
less body np to the beach; they came
close to her on flic way to tho biilh-
ing-lumse. Tho man’s head lay over
the shoulder of his supporters—his
fiat was off; they swept back tho mas
ses of wet hair, and Virginia looked
full in the face of Clifford Vanco—
and it was tho facb of ono dead.
She let them go—-sho could'neith
er cry out or faint. She sat thero
aloilo on tho sands, rigid, cold, try
ing to pray, ttying to roalize what
had happenod—to move, to feel:
anything to break tho horrible nuinb-
uvhh mul rigidity which was crco]
over lior. : ofi i '?■ ■ 1 *• : • = -^ : -
She could not tell if she had sat
there moments or hours; it seemed
Ittf hei‘ as if sho had boon suddenly
filing out of time into.tho pulseless
hush of eternity. Sho could only
feel that ho was doad—dead! and slio
ooiild novor hoar him say that he
forgave her!
Sho was roused by one of the
mon; slio heard him- whisper,
< “Wo’vo done all wo cun; we’ll got
‘him up oil tho cart—it’s Mr; Vanco;'*
I - And Virginia’s wliito lips* parted
to whisper only, “Is I10 dead*”
There's no sign of life—wo’vo tried
brandy. We’ll get liim to tho
hofite. These wore in-■■his vest pook
et. Jhst please take.’em Mias.”
She soKtill and saw tho cart drive
off with its N burdon wrapped in a
blanket. Sho could not move yet
as well wait thore as anywhbro; lie
was dead; she novor could hoar him
say lie forgave her.
Sho glahcod down at the pockot
wrapped in a handkerchief, whi
the man had laid by her; took it lip
wilh a great effort; saw a woe pock
et-book, and a small, thin, metallic
case. Without being conscious of
white the was doing, she nnscrowod
the top os tlio caSo. Within was a
paper. Site drew it out, mid saw
the letter slio hud written—.tlio lottor
wmi vti> flcul uiibvokuiu.. _....
All lier lifo’nfteJ Virginia South-
well know that slio had passed
through woi’sa than tlio tortures of
death, as sho kept her yirgil by the
lonely sea-shore; Imt it was all
strangoly indistinct, in spite of its
agony.
When slio bocamo really conscious,
sho found hovself on tho road homo,
near tlio gate of the hoiiso to which
Vance had boon carried. Slio stop
ped, went tip tho jiatb, entered the
hall—sho must soo his face once
more; porhaps after that sho could
go mad, or dio.
Just then ono of the servants came
into the passago; s]i6 recognized Vir
ginia, and begun to wring hor hands
and sob.
“They say lift must have thought
he’d sail over from Thompson’s
Point,” she moaned; “ho used to
often. Oh; dear! Oh, dear!”
* Virginia could not ask any ques
tion; she know that he was dond.
She went down tho hall, opened
the door, and passed into the dining-;
room. Thero was a group of people
■gathered about the half-undressed
form that lay on the sofa. In the
same blind fusliion Virginia pushed
her way among them and stood close
by tho cpuplij and ns she did so,
Clifford Vanco opened his eyes, and
with the flsst returning conscious
ness'of life he recognized hor, and
tried to . touch hor hand.
Hours after, when ho was out of
danger, in bed, and hud slept, he
could romember and ask for lior,
and eho came and watched beside
him. ;
She could not hoar the pleading of
his eyes; she could not think of her
self; she know that I10 loved ’hor,
She held up tho sealed letter.
“You may read it now,” sho whis
pered. “Oh, Clifford, forgive mo!”
The next instant, she was drawn
close to his heart, and she felt upon
her-cheeks not only liis kissoS but
his tears of tliankfullncss, which he
was not too proud to shed.
80 their littlo romance ended, and
tho hotter, tho higher, holior morn
ing of life had dawned.
CamlUlutcH i‘«*r Congress
erotic and Independent.
i>; . ? > >
1st Dist.—Hon. John C. Nicholls,
of Pierce, Hon. Stephen A. Corker,
of Burko, Independent. ’ d
2d Disk—lion. \V. E. Smith of
_ f Dist. —Hon. Philip Cook, of
Sumpter. r[
4th Dist.—Hon. Henry R. Harris, *
if Meriwether, demooratio,Tndepon-
dont, and Col. Henry. Persons, of,
Talbot, ludopondoiit, clemooraf ‘
5th Dist.—Hon..Nat. <T. t
, ux Fulton, 5 Gteciibackor, 1 and
M. E. Tlioftdn, Independent
grconbackcr. . >
6th Disk—Hon. J. H, Blount, of,
Bibb. ' 1
7th Disk— Hon. Geo. N. Loster; r
of Cobb, HonWnr. H. Felton, of-
Bortow, Independent. ;i :<di . v;k>!
8th Disk—Hon. A. H. Stephens,
of Taliaferro. U
, a * mm
of Morgan, Col. Emory Spoor, of
Clark, rndopoiidont. ■ 1
'
A Horrible Outrage upon a Child,
Aksonia, Conx., Ootohor 4.—A^
nogr6' nahiod Fvoomani kidnapped la'
seven year old* daughter of John Mc-
Orindie beforo'daybreuk yostordny^ 1
and taking hor to a biini, com’mittod>
a hbrnblo assault, lifter whidlt fun
loft hoi* on tho public road. Ilb'was
subsequently arrested, and a orowd
of four hmidred assembled to lynclt
him, and lmd nearly Biiceoeded wh6n)
ho was rescued by a doputy > * sheriff.'
Ho is nertv jailed nt Now HUveh. ofi'l’
-v ,'^r‘r .ftoy/oiv
The Biggest Fool of AJJii.myf*
Pat Donna’s Paper.
....
Tho typical soriptuniV idi'pt wljq
looks for figs on. tlpsHo'bustie^jiJnd
redemption and rbgoimraiio^ from A
party whoso loaders and oxompjars
are Boast Butler, Brick Pomeroy afid
Douniu -Kuuvuoy »
lilffi
Sly Sammy.
Wliltolftw Hold. I i’ • 'I>
Thero is a pretty strong suspicion
hi tho public* niiMtl flint o douiocniGv
victory in Ohio and
very ardently desired in Gramereyi
park. A doteat in Ohio woiild' 1 tHp*
up Mr. Thurman in his vaco for the
nomination in 1880, and a like cii*
cumstanco in Indiana ivould epol t)j9
dcinoCriidy to Mr. Tildoii agaih' as thC
only candidate with whom thoy
could expect success, Mr. Tilde#
scos this and js lying lq,w. i(f)
The Rise ill Central Stock.
OhlougO Tiibiuioi • • ibtstu
Nothing shows tho recuperation*of
the south any more clearly than! the
vapid inorenso in the husinesH of her
railroads, and the conSoqnont appre
ciation of railway wtooks. Thusithe
sharos of the Gentral road in Georgia
have increased twenty loonts <dn* tlw
dollur in two weeks, and tho business
of tho y company for September uis
largely in excess over tho cen'cspbiid-
ingmonth of last year. ' : rr iip
7wr '
7ioft&ffl'tr
"liicago Tribune,
Sliico it turns oiit that JndglD Da
•Sciqiont-skin boots for ladies are
tho latest novelty in Paris.
l id Davis is only worth a million,
tho nationals have gone bnek on it ini.
As a workingman’s candidate ,hp, wi,11
nptdo.. Hip pilp iK too s/mill,
How to Vote in Boston.
Boston Post, it
Vote, follairos, vcfto with caire,
vote in tho, presence of the, insiwc-
tairo, buf m the name qt all that’s
fairo, do not vote for Bdh Biitlairo,
As 1 wnn just Buying.
i ran ■ BlilladelpMnlfjsfl,:, >I r , fU .
my remarks wore interrupted by a
noticeable incident.”/ „i.! fimiol
A gentleman ..,»
some ono peeping through
T8
hole of his oiiice door, investigated
with a syringe full of pepper. snuco,
and went homo to finfi -liis ,wifo
hud been cutting wood, and a chip
lmd hit hor in tho eye: ; , u Tr,f
t **’>vh—' '■* * r rl*: *:Bfh fiiimrru
- Six vears ago two young monifrom.
Pliiladoldhia inherited from ; their
father about $80,090 eaqli, Siuoo
that period one has died p°<ir and
tho other is dnving A fiunituri‘ car
for a living. • i ; ini
>4 “•’*' te fioi mfuAtia .*
■ ‘^ r,< JittM '