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DUBLIN, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 27. 1886.
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THE RIVAL’S LESSON.
Thomas Warner and John Freeton
—two fine looking youug men of
t wen ty-one—were oh ti ms—cioso
friends—until after they became ac
qnainted with Miss Minnie Melton,
a beautiful girl of seventeen
Minnie wus the daughter of a sea
captain, now waiting at Honolulu,
Sandwich Islands, for his ship, the
Triton, which had been on a long
voyage, to be repaired. As soon as
the repairs should be finished, he in
tended to sail for New Kork, accom
panied, by Minnie, who had, for sev
erul years 4 been residing at Honolulu
with her uncle and aunt.
The bright, black eyes, rosy, smil
ing cheeks, a/dvivaeious yet sensible
manners of the young girl had not.
failed to win the admiration of some
of the male residents of the is
land.
Amongst those were the two chums,
Warner and Freeton, clerks.in a ship
ping store.
Minnie was kind to all; but chore
was something so wondrously sweet
atfd pleasant in the smiles she bes
towed on them, that each one
imagined lie was the favored per
son,'
There was a certain’visitor, how
ever, an ex-lieutenant, named Henry
Wharton, with whom she was moie
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I should liko' to know if .Mr.
Wlmrton also has hopes like the rest
of ns,” said Tom Warner to his
churn one day, after the two had
niade'a call yn Minnie's uncle. '
He smiled as he spoke.
‘*TSo,” said John. “Of course
lot. What hopes could ho have,
with his grave face ami so.emu,man
ner? Miss Melton doo3 not cure a
fig for liinj, that’s plain. It is evi
dent he calls only to see her uncle,
who, like himself, was once in the
“I think you aie riglj|. I suppose
you have remarked how civil she al
ways is to mo,” added Tom, with a
conceited stnile.
• “She is no more so to you than
any one else. She* is civil to all,”
answered John, quickly. .
/‘•Wo shall see,” said Tom, straight
eninj himsell. .‘*1 shall win her yet,
if I know myself.”
“You!” cried John, “No, indeed,
I have hopes in that quarter.”
“You!” exclaimed Tom, in the
same tone his companion had used.
“You’ll find yourself left in the
shade.”
•‘Well, we shall see,” replied the
other, reddening with •''anger. “We
will not argue about the affair
yet.”
To this Tom made no reply; but,
from that moment, there was a cool
ness between the two young men.
A fortnight later the Triton was
repaired, and having taken in a
large cargo of goods from the ship
ping store in which Warner and
Freeton were employed, she was
reail’y to sail.
Tom Warner was to go as supercar
go, and us his employer had many
business affairs for him to transact
in New York. John Fieetoa was To
ai'couijftny him as an assistant.
I he vessel sailed on a clour morn-
mg, and in a short Time the white
beach aud tall cocoiinut trees on
the island faded away astern.
Just then tiiu two young uie who
were on deck were surprised to see
Whiarion, the ex-licutemint, come
up from the cabin.
He nodded in his usual grave but
pleasant MiiViiner to the chums, and,
walking over to Captain Melton,
was soon convening with him in a
low, confidential voice.
“1 didn t know he was going
with us.j remarked I'oni to Joint.
“Nor I. fie must have come
aboard ho fore we did. Now I think
of it, I remember hearing him Miy,
Just Monday, that ho would have to
go to New York on business.
Weeks passed.
Both Tom Warner and John Free
ton were ossidoofs in their attentions
to Minnie, while, sofaras thuv could
see, Lieutenant Wharton was seldom
by her side..
They wore quito sure they had no
rivalry to fear from him.
Minnie, as hitherto, conversed
kindly and civilly with the youug
gentlemen; but Tom’s sweat self-con
fidence inspired him with the belief
that she favored him.
“You may as well boat a retreat,”
he said to John, one moonlight even
ing, as the two stood on the quarter
deck, the officers having gono be
low.
“Why? What do yon mean?” in
quired John.
“I mean that I am bound to liavo
Minnie! You must,be blind not to
see that sliu gives mo, the preference
and that von aro only; in the way
“Conceited ape!” cried Johp
I am notso conceljlud as you are!”
retorted Tom
He walked a wav as lie spoke, and
the former .chums now.felt that they
had each o' her.
Just! then Minnie walked-, upon
the deck.
Both yoiuig men were advancing
towards her, when a gust of wind
oat tilling the iittlo straw hut slit
wore, whirled it from her head.
The hat was earrieu diagonally up
ward,-until i t was Stopped by the end
of the foretop gallant yard, aloft.
The full moon shining from, an
unclouded sky revealed it quite phtih-
ly flappibg about as it -was held to
the yard by its ribbon Strings, the
loop of which had caught about the'
spat
In an instant the two rivals War
ner and Freeton, who had seon "the
mislmp, darted forward, and apiaiig
into the fore-rigging.;
Tom was ahead of John, and as
consequently the first to reach the
yard, although both were good
I'climhefs.
By thcirexcitcd manner one would
have supposed they were bound on a
mission of life or death, and not. as
was really tho case, on an pimpd of
gallantry.
John wtffit out on tho foot rope of
the yard so fast t hat he overtook Tom
and, having firmly resolved -that lie,
aud noE his rival, should have the
great pleasure of obtaining Afinnio’s
hat, and of restoring it to her, lie
reached over, and thrust his arm out
beyond his companion, in an at
tempt to seize the strings.
But the moment Tom saw the arm
he grad u pi I v dashed it to one side
with his clinched first.
Then he endeavored to grasp the
hat,’ which ho would have succeeded
in doing, had not John caught him
by the back of hiseoat collar, and
held him.
“You fooi, don’t you know yon
are making us both ridiculous by
8'Vbh actions!” cried Tom. “Let go
o!
»»>
Oh, dear! don’t quarrel about it!”
cried Minnie, from the deck be-
low.
As she spoke, Henry Wlmrton
came tip from tho cabin
“1 am afraid that foolish boys will
quarrel,” the young girl said to
hifif
“They are already quarreling
answered Wlmrton, who, having
followed tho direction of her gaze,
perceived what was going on
aloft.
John refusing to let go of Tom,
the latter turned quickly, thus twist
ing himself from tho other’s grasp,
aud holding to tho yard with out
hand, struck him m the face with
the other. John returned the blow
and, faruloft there, on that topgallant
yard, there was u -light—a desperate
struggle between these two young
men, neither of whom now s. <*ined
able to control himself ,
Lieutenant Wharton, in the nbtirsjj
' . . . . _
between sailors.
Hazardous as such a combat must
be even between n.en trained to going
aloft, and to keeping a foothold in
tho narrowest places, how much
greater was the peril for two youths
who wore unaccustomed to being up
in a vessel’s rigging!
Wlmrton lost not a moment in
throwing a coil of ropo «y*»r his
shoulders, and in leaping into the
shrouds; up ho wont wit.h a rapidity
which to Minnie seemed almost
marvelous.
Mean while Tom, who, * perhaps,
was *tho stronger of the two
oouibatants, had given’his opponent
a blow which almost stunned him,
causing him to let. go his hold of
tho yard. He made a feeble clutch
at it, missed it, and down lie
went.
...U° fell astraddle of the foe trope,
seized it, grasped it, but was unable
loqg tb keep his balance on it. For
a few moments he struggled to keep
upright on the swaying rope, during
which Tom, horrified at tho result
of his blow, made frantic efforts to
throw about tho young man’s form
tho gasket which hung from the cud
>f tho yard, and whioh lie lmd
quickly undone for that pur
pose
Not being a sailor, ho had undone
it in so awkward a manner taut it
was full of small bights and turns,
which greatly impeded him, espe
cially as lie could oulyjiso one hand
for he was obliged to hold 16 the
yard with tho other one. Had John
occupied u more uptight' position
Tom could have simply seized him
and lield him by the collar until as
sistance came, but, as it was, tho
imperiled youth was too far below
him to'be reached in that way.
Suddenly, •entirely losing his tml
anceon t hat swaying footrope, John’s
went over sidoways from it,
headlong, and, as lie’ foil, his. des
pairing cry was blended with that of
of liis late antagonist.
“My God.!” shrieked the !uttor.
I am a murderer! It was my blow
that caused this!”
But John’s body had not descend
ed ten feet when it was hold by tho
guskar, tho turns of which had
caught about his ankles during his
[companion’s efforts to throw tho
[ line about his companions struggling
form.
And so there he hung, head down
ward, by the gasket, swaying ten
feet below the yard and about sixty
feet above tho deck, with the huge
anchor directly under him
“Help! help! quick!” -shouted
Tom.
In fact, it was necessary that help
should be afforded 'quickly, if any
one could be given, or that living
pendulum must bo lost—must suffei
a horrid fate.
To say nothing of his position,
which caused the blood to go surging
and roaring to In's brain, tho slender
line, but loosely secured about his
ankles; would soon slip off 4s ho
quivered and swung, and ho would
in the latter case fall, to be dashed
to pieces upon the anchor so far be
low.
Quick! oh, quick!” continued
Tom. seeing the agile form of Lieu
tenant Wlmrton mounting to the
yard. “Quick!—save my friend,
and save me from being his minder-
of his experience, had witne.-ned
“battles” of this description aloft
A moment later Wlmrtoiv reached
Che yard.
Gan you save him?” cried Torn,
in anguish.
Silence! This is no limo for
words!” came the deep, stern voice
of the young lieutenant. “I will do
my best for you both!”
Quo glance showed Wharton that
John Freeton could not bp hauled
up by the gasket, as ho had hoped
would he the ease.
The turns of the lines about his
ankles had al ready slipped up half
way over his heels, and any addition
al strain caused by pulling it would
result in its sliding entirely off his
feet.
Meanwhile his situation was’iiuleed
a terrible ono.
The rush, of blood to his faco had
swollen it dreadfully; it. was of a
purple color, and his oye balls pro
jected widely from their sockets.
The quivering of his limbs loosened
the turns of the lino more and more,
so that.it soomed every moment ns if
ho would fall clear of it Upon that
heavy iron anchor sixty feet bolow
him.
On tho dock tho spectators, in
breathless suspense, stood gazing np
ward at that apparently doomed man
while now and then there was a
murmur of dismay from Minnie,
who leaned, half fainting, again.si
the rail.
Several nimbleseumcn woro mounted
toward the yard, but it was evident
to all that John must meet his fate
ore anything could bo done to savt
him;
As already stated, Wharton had
taken the precaution to bring with
him a rope ' when ho ascended tin
rigging. ' Ho was now seen to fasten
oiie end of this ropo to tho yard, and
allow the other end to drop
down.
Q ickly descending the rope, he win- -
soon oloso t.i John Freeton, who
mado a frantic cluluh iit him.
“Clasp mo around the neck, and
hold on firmly,” said Wharton, as In
his hands ho lowered himself stil!
farther.
He was no\v opposite John’s head
and the suffering youth, fiinging ou
his arms, threw them about the lieu,
tenant’s neck, and hung on With i>
frenzied grasp.
Don’t bo afraid! Keep cool
and you are safe!” cried Whui
ton.
In this situation the speaker could
do nothing hat cling to tho rope, fo
John’s weight almost dragged bin
from his hold.
IIis arm ached and stiffened will
the strain, but ho hold on bravo
iy*
“Lively there, and haul us up!'
ho said to tho sailors who. woro aj
prouohing tho yard.
Although they mounted quickly,
it seemed to Wharton as if that
would never roach tho spar.
lie feared he could not keep lip
grasp of the rope muoh longer. Tlx
muscles of his arms felt as if tho\
would snap agundor and his lingere
were stiffening.
At lo.igth the sailors /cachod tin
yard. Steadily, yet briskly, assisted
by Tom, they pulled up tho two tip
periled men, und finally, a rousin/'
beer betokened that they were saft
on the yard.;
When they descended from aloft.
Wharton, with Minnie’s hat, wa,
tho last man to roach the dock.
Then tho young girl fell upon hie
breast, sobbing out:
Saved! Saved! My noulb sail
on!”
Tom Warner and John Freotot
exchanged glances, and looked both
ashamed uhd crestfallen.
After their bitter feelings toward^
each other; after their estrangemen
their quarrel, and the Into fearful
ordeal through 'whioh thoy lmd pus
ed, they discovered for tho first time
that Minnie cared for neither of
them—Unit her affections had all
along been placed on noble Liouten
ant Wlmrton.
It was to thorn a wholesome lesson.
It cured them of much of their self-
conceit, and taught them tho folly of
quarreling about a woman.
As to their disappointment, that
was more than counterbalanced by
John Frcetdit’s joy at his late res
cue, and Tom Warner’s intense
gratification ut being saved from
cousiug his former friend to meot
with a horrid death.
The two young men again became
chums. Ever grateful were they to
the gallant .Wlmrton, whom both
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[IHustratctl London News.]
Tho penny post, post cards and
tolegrams huvtW protmblv destroyqd
for ever a fine branch of literature.
Lot tor writing which is now a more
matter of convenience, was ’at one
time a fine art, and tho letters of
Swift Walpole, Cowpor, Byron and
Southey lmve gained a pornmnext
reputation. Pope was so proud of
his correspondence that ho dfigraced
himself eternally by wlmt Swift call
ed hts “sohemes of epistolary famo/*
Hi?letters lack spontaneity, and it
lias been truly said that their case is
labored and tlioir warmth studied.
It is quite otherwise with Swift, Vho
is one of tho most riaturaj' oi writers,
and one of the liveliest. Mr. Stan
ley Lane Poole deserves the thanks
ot readers who liko to take their on-
joyment without trouble for his ad
mirable selection from the great
Dean’s letters and journals, just pub
lished in the “Parchment Library.”
'in all the litoruturo of the last centu
ry there is, perhaps, nothing more
olightful than tho journal to Stolli ;
ml yot wo believe that no cheap and
popular edition of that inituttablo
gossip has hitherto bqon published.
Swift's relations with Vuriim, with
Stella and with Varnessa have per
plexed all his biographers; but to
•Stella, if ho did not know how to act
wisely, ho know how to writo pleas
antly; oven his fooling, of whioh
there is not a little, will afford excel
lent mirth to the sympathetic reader.
Moreover, tho Stella jouriml givos a
ox re vivid picture of tho timo than
wo caii obtain elsewhere/.
The Value ufAtlvertlaiiig.
Evening Call.
That it pays to adveijtise every
wideawake merchant knows, but
hero arc doubtless some merchants*,
iiliefwiso sensible, who cannot get
ut of old tirno ruts. Thoy keop
rmgmficont stocks in boatiliful huild-
ngs, and stop at that. .The general
uiblic Inis no menus of knowing
wlmt is in their stores except by a
porsoiml inspection und prefer, as a
rule, unless they tiro old customers,
'oiiig to a store where they know,
by tho advertisomonl.8, thqv can get
what they are seeking. There are
many £1 ores which do not advertise
who have a regular line of phi custo
mers, but how are tlx»y to get now
mes:
could truly cull their preserver.
Rufus HaU, in N. Y. Lt
Ledger.
The Sun Francisoo Chronicle cites
t case of the value of advertising. A
try goods house in that city took a
full page m tho Chronicle to adver-
liso its wares and the result wus
phenomenal; Early in tho following
morning customers began to pour in,
tho throng increased during the day,
and at 4:45 p. tn. jJte crowd was so
great llmt the doors had to be closed
until the crowd lmd subsided suffi
ciently to admit those waiting on
outsido. That single day’s sales more
than reimbursed tho honso for tho
aitlay, besides attracting hundreds
of now customers.. Although this is'
an extreme case, such examples of
tho value of advertising are by no
means rare,
Tho leading merchants in. nil Dio
cities are tho libornl advertisers. This
is true in every city und town in tho
Union, without exception. It is
necessary, of course', that the mer
chants shall keep fpr side first class
goods at reasonable rntos; but, these
eruditions complied with, there is no
obstacle on the roiid to wealth in tho
way of the man who advertises. For
every dollar expended in advertising
three will fiow in. It is no longer a
theory; ;t in a fact. It i« U n old say
ing that anything cun be made to
sell if it is persistently advertised,
and it is true. Then how much outlet
so whdn first-class articles are offered
for sale should they be brought to
the attention of the public, ' '
strange that this should nut
parent to every business mar
a fact that men wifi see tbei
distance them in tho face wli
have but to stretch fort
to share the prizes.
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