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THE WEEKLY STAR. Vol. VH.--NO. 4. John M. Edge, anonrEr at —-^Doxtglais»'<7-i lle ’ * C«. WILL practice In all the courts and promptly attend to all business en tustedtohis care. T. S. BUTLSR Tlovl-feio F’ninter DOUGLASVILLE, - GA WIL Ii make old furniture look ns w H *’] new. Give him atrial in this line. Wil Ulso do house carpentering work, B. G. G HIGGS, A T I 0 R N E Y A T L A W Douglasville, (reorgia. . JP. S. Verdery, Physician and Surgeon. OFFICE at, HUDSON & EDGE’S DRUG STORE, Where he can be found at ail hours except when professionally engaged, pcfial attention given io (ihionicca eb, an< S eecially all eases that have been treated and nncuHM*. jai)l3 AO,ly. Hespeciiufly otter my servic -s as physi „ 1 dan and surgeon, to the people of Doug svilluund vicinity. AU calls will be atten- J d promptly. Can be found at the drtig store Hudson Edge, during the day and at. ght at my ren’ileuce at the bouse recently THOMAS W. 1 ATI!AM, Attorney at law F.RIDIRN, pEOI GIA. Will practice in all the Courts both State anil Federal. Special attention given to suits ii ainst Railroads and other Corpo rations. ill attend regularly the Superior and other courts ol Douglas county. ™ Kw\ ° •«. -f| ” Ms IS W s t- Wll pT OB HO | la w BEST TOMIC. ? Th I* wiefllcino, ownblnlng Iron with pur* V*g*l*hle tonic*, quickly and <x mulctaly C'HTva DvwpcpidtM lnVUil*ati»M, Wenk non*, I Hiwwrei nl*nd, MalariutUMlla wad Fuv*r*, MM* WCICI?*. t It I* an unftdlinff rMiuwly for Dixit*** of th* *jt "< 7 *a*swtblc "for Diwaaoa peculiar to W»n**». a»d all who load sedentary live*. It do* notlnjure th* teeth. catuv hea<laeb*.nr nrodu** tvwttipation— olhtr !rvn mtdmntt ilo. Jt<«sri*h»«*nd purlfl** th*bl<xxl,*tiniutate« Ds**np*trt*. aid* th* mlniltatten of food. r*- H*v<* Heart burn and Balchtug, and stnHigth «4« te« wuscle* Wil Win, For Int*nnlU*ut F*v*ni . Laadtude, leek of Katrgy. *e., it ha* ne equal. iilr Th* K«nnln« ha* above trad* mark and irund red lin*a on wrapper. Take no other. *.< x. «*., FiLTOMma, hk By the nu of TToatetter’s Stomach Ritters the haggard appearance of the oounte* name* and tallovneM of dyspeptic* arc , enpvtaMed by a healthier look, and aa the food ie MahuUaled, the body aequir** *ub •taac*. Appetite Is restored, and the nerv eu* system refreshed with mu oh ue*d*d ilnmko, through th* ua* of this medicine, which in also b«®*fl»l»l to persona of a rh*nmatie tendency, and an Ineaimutblo preventive of saver and ecu*. For hate by *1• Druggists and Dealers generally. A TALE OF TWO CRUTCHES.” A Well Known (itlzeu of Atlanta Lays Down his Cratches. I have only a few words to say, which are to Mate that I have been confined to niy bed flu two months with what w.w called Nervw.i* Rheumatism, or Semites. I was only rmanied to hobble about occasionally by ths u«a of -- - JUJi.I lu thle coiutrtiou I cutntnenoed toe n«e of R B W., four bottles of which cn hhlrd me to dlei ard the use of my crutches and attend to business. I hud prerloue".,' u.«ed i al! well rwmnß.idi.inietlk'itw a wiUiont relief. It has »>eeu over two inontoc aim* «Mbg ( D. It. H., and 1 evttenlet my sell a peuuatitnily > nured tmu>. J. P. DAVIS. Atiauta, G* (WtM Rud ) FRIGHTFUL MASAL CATARRH. ’ <rtk " Pieces cf Gone. **• bv tour years I have liven «flttv*vd with a wy Rmabteeattio cwunh of R»e h« nd. ; WriHe lias its nature bcm that when 1 b -w my lyme small pt< cea*f b,«to* w «i!«l fie. scntti rnatv out >'f my 5 .*« I n w jdihlwjfv wa* oopioim e-ul at ttmea *gy.>ive. Fy M.vxt awe- w imimre that * thy g< octal health was |piv»«Vl*rp»is <l, w<fu ItoW xujwvlv Kh'i wor*» tiMVcwn -r' *” Jbwwcui.u* v»O! *fV*d without eel.f, m»KI I begah th* W 1 ’ B!k R , and j f, -thrvv bottles acted alwax-i- l»k« tMCte- *®ee their use i*>< a <ynp»i-m and 1 Tkil tit evevy way WWte tm H attic* I am«» <<d cURTsst t>! .Mi.iiiia snA c-t-r to ai m>»t any i«m* lo iUa ■< Ku Ar strop*." «-"t ni«We ' parVvC.a A t-‘ 1.. M ... :s’, w -• ■' ■- of my case. • • ? - * *7 Mas Shvat. _ J «»*i:ai v : on a-pt K-a t. *-1i» t»tvw siMc,l mmi wwi nod wwti to - »'»x ttet shdh* | 4tw*sun*e biskv-y et , w tul mH Us*ts-1» *-i. »•>* Mu--a- ’a -a MtattMH* *. <h« uw «d h B *■ sysX'.eM | K»ir«r'»r<-' '*.»■« urip a-. «“ »*< <» *», '-astw*- m tta- £’ ’-.M r*'*»*do» Aiw/yx ■* , } tULM CO. ‘ T MARGERH ROMANCE Uy THOMAS HABDY. CHAPTER XV. I Ssx ng that Jim lived five miles from the Margery was rather surprised, and felt a slight sinking of the heart, when her new acquaintance appeared at her door so soon as the evening of the fol lowing Monday. She asked Marg ry to walk out with her, which the young woman readily did. “I am come at once,” said the widow, breathlessly, as soon as they were in the lane, “for it is so exciting that I cai?.’'; keep it. I must tell it to somebody, if. only to a bird, or a cat, or a garden snail.” “What is it.” as.cel hes companion eagerly. “I’ve pulled grass from my husband’s grave to cure it, vrove the blades into true lover’s-knots, took off my shoes upon the sods but avast! my shipmate.” “Upon the sod—why;” “To feel the damp earth he’s in, an-2 make the sense of it ent -r my soul. But no. It has swelled to a head; he. is going to meet nie at the Yeomanry review. ” “The master lime-burner f” The wi low nodded. “When is it to be?” “To morrow, He looks so lovely in his accoutrements’ He’s such a splendid sol dier; that was the last straw that kindled rny soul to say yes. He s home from Cas terbridge for a night between drills.” con tinued Mrs. Peach. “He goes back to morrow morning forth > review, and tvhen it's over he’s going to meet me. • ’ • But, guide my heart, there he is!” Her exclamation ha I rise in the su Iden appearance of u bridiant red uniform through the trees, and the tramp of a horso < arrying the wearer there >f. In another half-rninuto the military gen lo nian, whoever he might be, would have turned the corner and faced them. “He’d better not see me; he’ll think I know to much,” said Margery, precipitate ly. “I ll go up here.” The widow, wh >se thoughts had evidently been of the same cast, s eui .xl much relieved to see Margery disappear in the plantation, in the midst ot a spring chorus of birds. Once among the trees, Margery turned her head, and before she could see the rider’s person she recognized the horse as Tony, the lightest of three that Jim and his partner owned, for the purpose of carting out limo to their customers. Jim. then, had joined the Yeomanry since his astrungement from Margery. A man who had worn the Queen’s uniform for wpfwpatray'i only could not bo expe.-ted to look ns if it w r» a part o? Ute in the manner of I >ng traine I soldi ri; but hu was a well-formed young fellow, and of an*, age wiieii few p isicions come amiss’* yuo* the capacity to adapt himself to eiri-uimlAnt-wr-j, Meeting tKffb ushing MrsTTeach (whom Margery in her mind sternly denied the right to blush at all , Jim alighted and moved on With her, probhbly at Mrs. Peach’s own suggestion: so that what tiny said, how long they re naine I together, anil how they parted, Margery knew not. She might, have known smn ■ of these things by waiting; but the presence of Jim had bred in her heart a sudden disgust for the wid ow, and a general sen o of discomfiture. She went away in an opposite direction, turning her he id and saying to the uncon scious Jim, “There’s a tine sod in pickle for you. my gentleman, if you carry out that pretty scheme!” Jim s military C9ii;> had decidedly aston islie I her. What he might do next she could not conjecture. The i lea of his doing anything su'liciently brilliant to ar rest her attention would have seemed lu dicrous had not Jim, by entering the Yeomanry, revealed a capacity for daa eling exploits which made it unsafe to predicate any liniitati n t» his powers. Margery was now absolutely excit'd. The sly daring of the wretched Jim tn bursting into scarlet amazed her as much as his doubtful a -qiiaintanoeship with the deiuonstr.-it.ive Mrs. Peach. To go to that review, to wat -h the pair, to eclipse Mrs. Peach in bril.ian y, t > meet and pass them lu withering contempt—4f she only could de it I But. alas! she was & forsaken woman. “»f the Banal were alive, or in Engl.-.nd," she said to herself (for sometimes she thought he might possibly be alive , “and ha were to taxe me to this review, wouldn't I show that forward Mrs. Peach what n lady is like, and k-.-ep am.mg the select company, ana not mix wit,ptMcom mon people at all.” It might at first sig't bethought that the best eourte lor Mnrgv.y at t!;is juncture would h ive lie -n to go to Jim, and uip the intrigue in the bud without further scru ple. But her own de larati >n in after days was that whoever could say that was far from realising her situation It was hard to break su h ice as divided their two lives now, and to attempt it at that moment was • too humiliating proclamation of de feat. The only plan she <x.uid think of— perhaps not a wise o iei i the circumstances —was io go to the rei lew herself, and l»« the gayest there. A metho I of doing this with sonv pro priety sown occurred to her. She dared not ask her futber, who scorn si to « tsco time <u sight-seeing, aud wh<x«« a-tim»i y t->ward Jim knew no abatement; but si.e might call on her ell a :;ni itni-o, Mr. Vine, Jim's partner, who would pro a’dy be going with the res-; «•* the hol dty f !!t. and axk if #he nii;ht aevomptny him in his soring Iran. She had no so >n -r porceivei the feasibility us this than she decid - I to call upon ti e oi l niaii ths next morning. In the meantime Jim and Mrs. I’each had waked slowly along th-- road together, Jim tending the h »rs\uni Mrs. Peieh in forming him that her fa-h-r, the g-ir-leuer, was a* Stick e or-I. and that she hid come tuts way to meet him. Jim. for reasons of fits own, was going to sleep al hi* partners lhal mgbk aa-i tnui S’»»-ir route was the stme The sho<let of eve cineol in upon laem s-s they w * koi, an I by the tune th y rw-i best the hm »-k i i, wb ch it was necee to pass to get to the village, it was dark. Jfea stopped at the kiln, to see if matter* hast pro rew-od rightly lu hte »e«en day's ab-w'Uv v, and iir» hart, who s-.tix’k to h m like a toade, stopped alto, itoymg she woe Id wait for her fatoar there. Him heiil the borto, while be ascended to of the kilo, Thea re joining her. Douglasville. Georgia, Tuesday March 3 1885. is- 1 not quite knowing what to do, uG stood beside her looking at the flames, which to- | night burned up brightly, shining a long way into the dark air, even up to the ram- ( j parts of the earth-work above them, and j ! overhead into the bosoms of the clouds. I It war during this proceeding that a car- I I riage, drawn by a pair of coal-black horsus, , came along the turnpike-road. The light ■ of the kiln caused tha horses to swerve a j little, and the oc upant of the carriage ! looked out. He saw the bluish lightning- 1 like flames from the limestone ri ing from ' the top of the furnace, and hard by the fig- ' ures of Jim Hayward, the widow, and the < horse, standingout w.th spectral distinct- i ness against the mass of night behind. The scene wore the aspect of some unholy as signation in Pandemonium, and it was all the more impressive from the fact that both Jim and the woman were quite unconscious of the striking spectacle the presented. The gentleman in the carriage watched them i till he was borne out of sight. Having seen to the kiln, Jim and the * widow walked on again, and soon Mrs. [ Pea h's father met them, aa 1 relieved Jim | of the lady. Wneit they had parted, Jim, I w.th an expiration no; unlike a breath of i relief, went on to Mr Vine's, and having j put the horse into the stable, entered tne | house. His partner was seated at the I table, sola ing himself aft-.-r the labors of i tae day by luxurious alternations between a long clay pipe and a mug of ale. | | “Well,” said Jim, eagerly, “what's ’ . news.' How does she take it?” vH “.Sit down, sit down.” said Vine. working well; not but that I deservo some- : thing o’ thee for the trouble I’ve h. 1 in I watching her. The soldiering was a fine 1 move; but the woman is a better. Who invented it:” “I myself,” said Jim, molestly. “Well, jealousy is making her rise like e. , thunder storm, and in a day or two you’ll have ner for the asking, my sonny. Wuat’s the next step?” “The widow is gettinr th»r n. weight I upon a feller, worse la -x ” o .a d j im. “seUjteT I must keep it up un il to-morrow, at rate. I have promised t > see her at the re 9 view, and now the great thingis that gery should see we a smiling wbeth -r— --my full dress unifornrand clinkfhg arift war. 'Twill be a good strong sting; will end the business, I hope. C.kJMtoftA you manage to put the boss in andJrßwJfj her there? She’d go il* you were tlfcjt 4 her.” “With all my heart,” said moistening the end of a new pipe “1 can call at her grammar’s for 1 be ail in my way.” CH A PTE; t XVL . 4 Margery duly foil >we 1 up | by arraying herself the next j' - h-r liveliest gu.si, an 1 ke-ping Mi. X i.m vs.. K u ~-tou feeling c<-r'.ai-. -vjir jeession <>Fi-arU» *;t in tfim"d»y. l gmfo »> at a, fkry early hour, mid .-iWn 4iid not see him pass. Her a ticiiiarkx. was verified by the advent of Mr. Vine about eleven o’clock, dre sad to his highest effort: but Margery was surprised to find that, in stead of her having to stop him, he pulled in toward, the gate of his own accord. The invitation planned between Jim and the old man pn the previous night was now promptly given, and, as may be supposed, promptly accepted. Such a strange coin cidence she had never before known. She was quite ready, and they drove onward at once. The review was hold on some high ground a little way out of the town and her conductor suggested that they snoul 1 put up the horse at the inn and walk to the held—a plan which pleased her well, for it was more easy to taxo preliminary observations on toot without being seen herself than waon sitting elevated in a vehicle. They were just in tim» to secure a good place near the front and in a few niniutei after their arrival the reviewing o fleer caiuo on the ground. Margery’s eye had rapidly ran over the troop in which Jim was enrolled, and sue discerned him in one of the ranks, looking remarkably new and bright, both as to uniform and countenance. Indee 1, ' it she bad not worked herself into such a i desperate state of mind she would have fe.t ‘ proud of him then an 1 there. His shapely • u >rxght figure wa< quite noteworthy in the rotund selection ot farmers on his right and left, while his charger Tony expressed by his bearing, even more than Jim, th it he knew nothing ab ut: lime carts wdat- | ever, and everything ab -uc trumpets and i glory. How Jim con'd hive sernbbe 1 t ony to su li shining ola kcess she could not toll, for ti e horse in his natural state ‘ was ingrained witn limo dust, that burned i the color out of his coat as it did out of j Jim’s hair. Now he pranced niarit.illy, au 1 was a war-hoi.se ev. ry in hos h.m. I Having discovertsl Jim. her n -xt search ' was for Mrs. Peach, au 1 by di.it of sma> ' ol li pie glancing Margery indignantly dis- ' covered the win low in the most forward p ace of all, her hea l an I bright fare con- I spicuously advanced; and, what was morn ■ shocking, she had abandun.'-l her mourning fora violet •!.a vn-toniu-c an I a guy spen cer, together with a |>araa»l lu urioudy ■ fringed in n way Marg-r.v a t never before seen. “Where did she get the money:” s i.d Margery, under h r breath. ‘"Aad to forget tout p ><-r -wu or >u» sam!" Tbesu general rv.i«-clioas were precipi tately p'.'Stpoiied by her «iia»:jyering that . Jim sod ths wi 1 »v. were perfectly alive to ea n others whereab.m".a i.l'iii toe active tutorchange of tol. grap i: - sig..s of atx.-e --ti m, which on the latter’s p.trt took the form '»f a playful fluttering of her liaitd k-.-rciuef O’- waving of h«-r parasol. Ri h ard Vine bad plac-d M irg» r. in front of him, to pr’t ’Ct her from lb? crowd, aa h - Ktid, he himself surveying the scene over her bonnet. Margery Would have be?n even m >ce surprised than sho was if sb • had known that Jim was not only aware of Mrs Fetch's pres nee, bit also of her own, the tTeacberoas Mr. Vino having draws out his fiama-eoloriMl handkerchief and waved it to Jim over the young woman’s head a* »>k> as they had taken up iheir position. •‘My partner makes a tidy sjldi.r. ch, Mis# Tucker.” sa J tae totoor lime-burner. M *t te tny belief a> a Chri-Uan that he'* got a parly b-re that has making signs to —that Ivan tso.ae figure o' fan straight over right him.” “i’erbasse »i,***he said, with the utm st in difference on the surface of her face, •‘AaJ its growiiig warm between em, if mpn't Ktbuo-ta,” continued the menAk-js , Vine. 1 Margory was silent, biting her lip; am’ J the troops being now set in motion, al i signaling cea-ied for the present betweeii I soldier Hayward and his pretended sweet i heart. “Hsve yokii piece of paper that I could i make a irei. v .adum on, Mr. Vine?’ asked i Margery. „ « Vine tcok out his.pocket-book and tore a i leaf from it, which’ho handed her, wife a , pencil. I “Don’t mov? from here—l’ll return in a I minut p e continued, with the innoc-m e i of a ...fedn who means mischief. Ami, ! wyfedq^t'i-.ig. herself to the bank, where the clear, she pencilled down the wor is - “JlM’-f Married.” Armed with thisTtocnment she crept into th. throng behind ' the unsuspecting Mrs. the paper into her po set on ' handkerchief, an 1 witadre v < rejoining Mr. Vine with a bear ; ing of "‘io; -/i-iaz/a -T. i t,e troo P' i were i n different ' ordjj’tJim taking a left-hand position a;- ■ mo.-ux’liH; >0 Mrs. Peach.. He bent down ' ami N?.i ! d “w words to her. From her 1 nWw r”' # ..adding fessrnt it was surely Iso ’it fra ig -in -nt about a meeting by-an l | - I ** lls drill was over, and Margery die mere cer.afe of the fact when, tiie ’ 1. review’ having ended, and the people refold tvhere sports wore to take place, Mrs. 1 Peach lifippod away in»tiie direction of thi-ftowm w . fl’ll jn a word ti my partner afore ite goes'<fir the ground; if you’d spare me ■ . suid the. old lime-ourner. “ er ' ,u i3ac ‘ a gai'»- He ' r ’«.' ‘ the front till he reached Jim. I ; • «Js sb Taid the latter. trimming sweat,’ said Mr. Vino, i “ T 'F^Wwgcounsel to ye is to carry this I 1 no further. ’Twill do no good. mW-> ready to make friends wi’ yo as *• 4 / e sn be, and more showing off can ■Miy 1 musff finish off with a spurt,” said ®’im. “ ’-nd this is how I am going to do " l tia\a arranged with Mrs. Peach that j- its as We soldiers have entered the i rowu and have been dismiss© I,l’ll meet her V. Ai’ o. f 4t is really to say good-bye, but she. I .Mn’t know that; and I wanted it to look a .’laufthent to Margery's eyes. When , Fi hite&S,! Mrs. Peach 111 co ne back here ! and iii.iir'fft up -with Margery on the sp it. | Lr.t uofft. say I’m coming, or she may bo j t. throw off again. Just hint to , n t te.&t 1 may be meaning to be off to j Igiodo i with the widow.” o d man still insisted that this was n/?" to far. t|p, it isn't," said Jhn. “I know »' f «. mmiaga her. ’Tw.ll just m How time I come ba 'k. hi a all fail.” "*■ ~ » His senior in an I re turned to Margery. A feiTwti;, wbr.l the Ye .tuna ry band sIT Jim, with the regiment,, followed the town. “Yes, yes; they are going tn irret,” said? Margery to herself, perceiving, that Mrsg Peach had so timed her departure as to be in the town at Jim's “Now we will go amts’® the games,” said Mr. Vine: “they be ireally worth seeing. T-.ere’s greasy poles,*and jumping in sacks, and other trials of the intellect, that no body ought to miss who want to be abreast of his generation.” ' Margery felt so miserable at the appar ent assignation, which seemed about to take place despite her anonymous writing, that she helplessly assented to go anywhere, behind Vine, that he might not see she was crying. Jim followed out his programme with literal exactness. No sooner was the troop dismissed in the town than he sent Tony to stable and jtwnrd Mrs. Peach, who ste > I on tha edge c( the pavement expecting film. But this acquaintance wartoeni; he meant to pt.rt. from her forever and in the q liexest tine, though civilly; for it was important to be with Margery as 'O >n a< possible. Ho had ne ir y completed the I msn euvre to' his satisfaction when, i:i drawing h -r handkerchief from her po :ket I io wipe tha tears from her eyes, Mrs. ! Pea h s hand asped the pap sr, which sue i read at once. “What! is t|at true.'” she said, holding it out to Jim. J im started, and admitted that it was, beginning an elaborate explanation and ! ap logics. But Mrs. I’each was thoroughly rouse 1, and tiicn o eivomo. “He's mar ried, he’s manieil!” she said, and swooned, | or fcigmsl to-* swoon, so that Jim wai oblige l to support her. ‘•He's married, he's married”’ said a boy * hard by, w.m natch.-d the s eue with in* tore t. ; _ “He's inarnfed, he's marre l!” said a ht , ’ariou# gr nqr "’of other tioys near, wj;h j*% ni'.es several inches broad, and shining teeth; and so the exclamation echoed down the street. I Jim csrsed his ill luck; the loss of time feat this dileurua entailed grew soriou*, for Mr-. Peach was n >w m s tch a hysteri cal stat* that he cou d not leive her wife any good grace or feeling, it was no -os . sary tofejko her to a refreshineut roun, la ish torn:ires u t K>n her, and alto gether •t» waste nearly half an h »ur. When sib' bad kept him as long a< she ciiose, sae forgave him: and thus a' last ha go. aw*y> bri< heart swelling with te»ider ne .s toir.:r l Margery. He a: once Lurried up tha street t > effect the r> conciliation wi h iier. 4 Ife* shall I do itf’ he said to himself. 4 Wuy, 1 11 step r.mnd to her side, fish for b«-r hmd draw it through my arm as if I wasa'tkware of it. Then she’ll took in my face, I *hall loo< in hers, and wo sha.l mar huff the field triumphant, tn! tie thing will le done without takings or tears.” He tetoDed the field and went straight as an a:T>*«' to ths piece appointed fur tho rnec.isg It was at the • a .-k of a refresh m -nt te*it outside of th • mass of »pe< tators, and di*i !*i from their riew by ti>c tent ’ itself, He turned the cerner of the canvas, and drt’e beheld Vine at tt»e iudjca.eJ spot. 1 ui M'J er J «- Jt wife him.' \ hte s was thrust ba -k into bis polL His *as p»le U n l h*s usuiuier bewil dered. " Aul.o what s tha matierF «a*d Jim “Where's my Margery’’ - »e carried th garni too far, my vine. w;Ui the a!r of a fru ad who "ha> always tul I you •ut’* ••Yua -ught t > have dropped it several dayste *> •th’ l * >-u* would have evtna to ye l:ke»cumng do.e. Now thu u the end Subscription: „ l'n*rS* Per Annum. i “Hey! whal, my Margery? Has any thing happened, for God’s sakel” “Bhe’s gone.” “Where to?” I “That’s moro than earthly man can tell I I never see such a thing! ’Twas a stroke o’ the black-art—as if she were spirrited away. When we got to the games I said—mind, you told me to—l said, ‘Jim Hayward thinks o’ going off to London with that widow woman’—mind, you told me to! She showed no wondeiment, though a’ seemed very low. Then she said to mo; ‘I don't like standing here in this mean j crowd. I shall fe.l mere at home among | the gentle-people.’ .\nd then she went to where the carriages w- re drawn up, and I near her there was a grand coach, a-blaz- i ■ ing with lions and unicorns, and hauled by I two coal-black horses. I hardly th lught much of it then, and by degrees lost sight of her I ehind it. Presently the other carriages moved off, and I thought still to see her standing there. But, no, she had vanished; and th n I saw the grand coach rolling away, and glimpsed Margery in it, beside a fine dark gentle man with black moustache and a very pale, I rince-like face. As soon as the horse; i got into the hard road they rattled on like h—l-and-skimmer, and went out of sight i in the dust, arfd—that's all. If you'd come I back a little sooner you'd ha’ caught her.” : Jim had turned whiter than his pip?- I clay. “Oh, this is too bad—too bad!” he j cried in anguish, striking his brow. “That ! paper and that fainting woman kept me so long. Who could have done it’ But ’tis my fault. I've stung her too much. I shouldn’t have carried it so far.” “You shouldn't—just what I said,” re- | plied his seakr. “She thinks I’ve gone off with that cus” ■ widow, and to spite me she’s gone off with the man' Do you know who that stranger wi’ the lions and unicorns is? Why, ’tis that foreigner who calls himself a Baron, and took Mount Lodge for six months last year to make mischief—a villain! Oh, my Margery, that it should come to this! Shs’s lost, she’s ruined! Which way fflid they go:” Jim turned to follow in the direction in dicated, when behold, there stood at his back, her father, dairyman Tucker. “Now look here, young man,” said Dairy man Tucker. “I’ve just heard all that wailing, and straightway will ask ye to stop it sharp. ’Tis like your brazen impu dence to teave and wail when you be another woman's husband; yes, faith, I see’d her a faiutifig in yer arms yrhen you wanted to get away from her, anil honest folk a standing round who knew you’d mar ried her, and said so. I heard it, though you didn’t sea me. ‘He’s married!’ says they. Some sly regis rar’s o;Hce business, no doubt; but sly doings wi 1 out. As for Margery—who’s to be called higher titles in these parts hence for'ard—l’m her ~TatbiJr, aiifFTWr-irr ait rtg-nt -«h->» - .pon’t I know by private news, liey? 'iitifrbfi and oiami. tbtir "ow.\ obd i thank God r< Swift- words of explamitfor roje to Jiff's lips, but they paused tOTre^nc 1 died. At that last moment he could not, as Mar gery's husband, announce Margery’s shame and his own, and transform her father’s triumph to wret.hodnoss at a blow. “I—l—must leave here,” he stammered, Going from the place in un opposite course to that of the fugitives, he doubled when out of sight, and in an incredibly short space had entered the town. Here ho made inquiries for the emblazoned car riage, and gained from one r>r two persons i a general idea of its route. It had taken : the highway to London. Saddling poor : Tony before he had half eaten nis corn, Jim galloped along the sume read. CHAPTER XVIL Now Jim wa< quite mistaken ii. suppos ing that by leaving the fiel i in a rotuida- 1 boat manner be hud deceived Dairyman Tucker as to his olne U That, a-tute old >ian immediately divined that Jim was meaning to track the fugitives, in igno rance tas the dairyman supposed) of their lawful relation. He was soon auuro-l of the fact, for creeping to a remote angle of the field, he saw Jim has.ening into the town. Vowing vengeance on the young lime-burner for his mischievous inter fcren -e lietwoen a nobleman and his secretly Wedded wife, the dairyman det :r --m ned to b; Ik him. Tucker bad ridden on to the review ground, so that ther? was no necessity for* him, as there had bean for poor Jim to re enter the town before starting. The dairy man hastily untkd his mare from the ruw of other horses, mounted, and des en led to a bri Ile-pafe which would take bim obl.quely into London road at Winford Hill. The old man’s route being along one side of an equilateral triangle, while Jim’s was along two aides of the some, the for mer was at the point of intersection long before Hayward. Arrived here, the rtairyman pulled up and looked around. W.n-iford Hill was a at which the highway forked; the left arm. the more im>x>rtaut, led on. thrmgb Melci.e ter to Loudon; thg right to JStickM ford, Anglebury, and tne c ast Nothing was visit.e cn the whit ; track to Jxmdbn; tut on the othsr there appeared the hack of a carriage, whi h rapidly ascendol a diManthdlan l vanished under the trees. It was the Baron’a, who, according to the sworn information of the «gardouer at Mount Lodge, had made Margery his wife. The carriage having vanished, th? dairy man gazed in thaoppus.te direction, toward Casterbridge. Here ba behold Jim, in his reginr nUb, laboriously ascending the bill cn Tony's back. t oou he reached the summit, and saw the dairyman by the wayside. But Ji in did not halt. Th'n the dairyman committed the gr?atest vrror of his life. , “Kight along the London road, if you waut to catch am!" he said. 4 -’1 hunk yc, < airy man. thank yef* c*fied Jin. his pale flee light tag up wife grati tude, fur Le believed ti.at Tucker bad learned his mistake from \ iae, au? Lad cuuie tu bis »?s-i»‘.auce. t'Jit-bout drawug rein he diminished down the Lili, along the load uvt taken by the flying pair. The dairyman rubbed his lu.mls with delight, and returned to the Jim pursued his wav through the dust, up hill »a l uuwn hill, but never saw aueod Os htqj tie __ Je of toL“ar fe. TLal . m hide w»s fnsfitng along "5 diverging lane at a distance of many miles from where he rode. Still he sped onward, till Tony showed signs of breaking down; and theii Jim gathered from inquiries he made that he had come the wrong way. Suddenly it burst upon his mind that the dairymaiii still ignorant o: the.truth, had misinformed him. Heavier in his heart than words cart describe, he turned Toby’s drooping bead) and resolved to drag his wdy home; But the horse was now so jaded that it wai impossible to proceed far. Having j gone about half a mile back he came again j to a small roadside hamlet and inn, where he put Up Tony for a fest hud feed. AS ] for himself, there was no fest in him. He tried to sit and eat in the inn, but could hot staff there. He went oiit and paced up an 1 down the foad. This hamlet had Once been a populous village. It bore the natrie 6f Letscombe Cr..ss. In the middle, ifriiere most of tint houses ha I formerly stood, a road from the hills tri- ef<ed the hig'bway at right an gles down io the water nieiads, find at tl»9 intersection rose the remains of the old me i di.vval cross which shared its name with the hamlet; The interesting relic of anti i Renaissance tim s was sadly nibbled by I years and weather, bat it still retained somd ■ of its old ornament, and was often copied ‘ into the pock'tbook of the vagrant artist. ' Jim Hayward was standing in sight of ‘ this object when he beheld, advancing toward it from the opposite direction, thl b'ack horses an.l carr.age he s ught, now gilded and glorious iu the dying fires of I the western siia. i The- why and wherefore of this sudden appearance he did not pause to consider'; His resolve" to irtt -rcept th? carriage was instantaneous. He ran forward to the cross roads, and there, doggedly waiting, barrel the way to th ; advancing opiipage; The Baron's coachman shoute l, but Jiiri stood firm as a ro. k, and on the former at tempting to push past him, Jim drew his sword, resolving to cut the horses dowd ra'fe r than bo displa el. The animals were thrown near'y ba "k on their haunches, and at this juncture a gentleman looke I cut of the widow. It was the llafon him-' self. “Who’s tliere.”’ ho inquire 1. “James Hay Ward," replied the young man, fiercely; “Arid he deniiiiids his wife;” The Baron leaped but ah I told the coach man to drive ba. k otit of sight, and wait for him. “I was hastdrtirtg to firid you," he said to Jim, iu a stern tone. “Your wife is whefj she ought to be, and where you ought to be also, by your own fireside. Where’s t_e other*womanf’ Jim, without replying, looke I in re lu lously into tho carriage as it turned. Margery was certainly ndt there. “The fetb T woman i» nothing to mi,” he said bitterly. '1 ii<s4 her to warm up Mar gery: I hare now ijpne with her. Tha Uuestion I ask, my lord, is, what busine s bad you with Margery to-day F’ “My business was to help ties to fegain the husband she had seemingly lost. 1 saw her; she told me you had eloped by the Anglebury fottd with another. I, who, have—mostly—had her happiness at heart told her I would help her to follow you if she wished. She gladly agreed; we drove after but could hear ne- -*’i'li|igs of you in front of lew* Then I to»>li y uur house- and tn- to iied to send to could do it, and wffe tr eking jreu for tbajp purpose." * ‘ “Then you’ve been a pnroihg a4bhrißo “Yon nnA the widow.” * “An<l I’ve been pursuing after you alid j Margery I . . . My noble lord, your ae ; tiona seejn to »bow that I ought to belie-e you in this; and when you say you’ve her happiness at h'art, I don't forget that you’ve formerly qn-o-ed It to be so» Well, I Heaven (t rnid that I should think 1 fully of you If you don t deserve it! A : mystery to mo you have always been, my i noMe lord, and In this business more than any.” i “I am g’a Lto hear you say no wor <j. In one hour- you'll have proof of my coa duct-good ami bad. Can Ido an} th ng more? Say the word, and I’ll try.” Jim Collected. ‘ Baron,” ho said, ‘ I a-n a p ain man, arid wish only to lea 1 a quiet life with my wi e, as a man should. Yoa have great power over her—power to a iy ext-n", for goooroth rwise. If you com mand h r anything on oartli, rig iteous o& ques'Amiable, t!.a slie'li du. So that, since you ns ; m ’ if you can do niofe for me, Hl answer this, you can promt e never to sis tor again. I mean no harm, my lord; b t your pre cnee can do no go.d; yon wdl bleus. If I return to her, will yort forev r stay awayt" They had met, as has boon ob orved, by the cr s. Nobody was within sight; and t king Jim by the artn, th- Baron mouutwl the four octagonal st-n,. and laid bis Land up n tljp body of the structure. “Hayward,” said the H.lrO “I swear to you by this holy stone that I Will disturb you and your wife by my presence i.o more.” Iu relating this curt us incl-ie:ifc to the pro-ent chronicler Jim u”d to declare that, to his fancy, the ruddy light trf th? setting sun burned with more than earthly fin on tim Harun’s face and cn thy cross as tl rt rblGinn word-- worn spoken: and that th<! ruby flash of his eye in th) same !I.,ht WM what h» never witnessed before nor since in the eye of mor! al man. After th s there was nothing more to door say in that place. Jim accomptni 'd his never to-be forgotten ac inalntan e to the carriage, closed the door after him, waved his nat to him, and from tha: hour be and the Baron met not again on earth. A few words will suflice to explain t’i« fortunes Margery while tie for going events w> r? in a tion el-ewhcre. On Joir ing her compurtimi Vine shq hai gone <lis tractedly among tho carriages, the rather to ex-ape his observation th tn of any set purpu e. Standing te ra she tho ight she heard her uame pronuunce<i. and. turning, saw h«r fr.ea !. wb.m ha I s sp |KM*d to be, if not dead, a th miles off. He beckmie I, anfl -’she close-. “You are atq •<? ; lied, h- said, looking keenly iu ffi .i, ■ «.■ Lcr-i’s your husltenrlF Tq She brie'ly toh! him, h»q' tjii/iippl-i n Baron re? «rted. ani f. , n< , er particular* of her laio Lfe, . TLuafeu sa»d, “You and I mon find him. Gome wish me. ’ At till, word of Mnisani from the Boron »he had entered the csrrHgs a« do cilely a# a child, and isonte 4 Ui U 411; rfS uouu.tu .i j u r |