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I ! - iiiilftEKLY TIMES B00K AND JOB PRINTING r widely circulated paper : - harrus, Richmond; : tn Monlgomery,'. ; Davidson, Randolph,.. Stanly. nson and Union - Counties. j. 4 rrijS MODERATE. -OF iXIi KINDS, Executed in the Best Style AT UYTSQ PBICES. . Our Job- Printing Department,; with every necessary equipment, v is prepared 4to turn out every fa- riety of Printing , in" first-class style. No botch-work turned but from this office. We dupli- cate the prices of any legitimate -establishments v . j 40HJH B. .SHERRILL, Editor. 'BIB ,TTTST -.ISTp PEAE J2STOT.,". SI. 00 a Year, In Advance. Volume XTTT. CONCORD, 1ST. C, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1895. X. Number 26.: itfch Run Down ; - 'Highest of all in Leavening Powers Latest U. S. Gov't Report - v I -LA- - JLL&. V - MistiAiS TO Mi Iff Ni5 3. . ' "I e lite a & L poor anil I wa&qi fJLi me to take Hood 'rlOOd J ,n 5 bottles, 'ana am. Libetter.Iiavo gained' 4 appetite. " miserable. friend arsapaciiia. IbavC gySarsa- parilla c ures Mood's Pills are a ibIU cathartic : - i y 260. Mont EI J NARY J lOUNG -: at Mt. Pleasant, is destined to bp mvwmm L FOB-H IN THE SOUTH; LADIES 3; kAble Faoulty : 5 - - . i 3 iri " ' . 1" oi iNine- ueacners. ihotoully reliabU icliool is the am bition of the iqanagemen't. Idresa, 0. L. T. FISfeR. PrinciDal, aid ; ,:' - Spectacles i I s ait ! ' - - 'In s Jewelry Store, 5 . . Opposite! SPostoffice: CHRISTMAS E;E. Bj AITUi ZATHAEIKB GEEEU, ' Copyright, 1805, by American Free Aaaocia- - won.j . x j It kvas the last house at the . enJ : of Beaqchamp'a row, and it etood several rods away from its nearest neighbor, t was a pretty house ; in the daytime, JmiT o-winjg to! its dep, , eloping roof an small bediamonded windows it had , a mo look at night, notwithstanding the :crimsoQ hall light which shone through the leaves of itsvine oovered doorway. " . ' -- - J"' Ned Chi vers lived in it with his six months married bride, ana as newas both: a busy .fellow and- a gay. one there were' many evenings when'pretty Letty Chi vers sat alone nntilnear midnight She was of an uncomplaining spirit, however, and said little, though there werej times when both the day and even? ing seemed very long sand married life not ltOjgethr the paradise she had ex pected, u'-' ::'-'.'"f :-1r;;; ' ' - ' 6b this evening a memorable even ing fox her, the 24th of December, 1894 she had expected her husband to re main with bcr, for;' it TO not only phrtmaave', butlhe night when, as manager xif a large manufacturing con- cern he brought up from New York the money with which to pay off the men on the: next working day, and,he never eft her when there was any unusual amount of money in the house. Hut from the first glimpse she ; had of him coming up the oaa she knew that s$e Wasio oe aiBappuixiLuu iu uiia uy, imu indignant, ajarmed almogfr, at the pros pecttof a lonesome evening under these eirciimstanoes, she ran hastily down to the sate to meet him, crying : . Dh. Ned. you look so troubled that. I kqow you : have only come home for a hurtied supper. But .you cannot leave iae i tonight, for Tennie" (their, only maid) "has cone for a holidayand 1 sievfer can etav in thie hduae alone with thaV ? ,; She pointed to the small bag he carried, which, as she knew, was filled to bursting with banknotes. He certainly loofizea trouDiea. is hard to resist the entreaty in,, a young bride's uplifted face. ' But this time he could not help himself, and he said : 'MI am dreadful sorry, but I must ride over to Fairbanks tonight Mr. Pierson aa. given me an imperative order Ao feqnolude g matter of tusinpsa therpand t ia yery impOTtaht,'tH4t it should be done, " J' should lose: my position if I neglected the matter, ac B iff lu liasbrouck andinttern Knows mai w keep the money in the house. I have always given out that l mirusicu iy v TTola'a cnfa nvfir niSDtr V - - uu.u " . 1-1. MBut Tcannot stand ifc,H sheperBibi,- ed, You have never ieit meuu iutao nights. That is why 1 let xennie jjw . will spend the evening at The Larches, orL better still, call in Mr. and Mrs. Talcott o keep me company. e - But her husband did not approve of her going out or of her having compa ny. The Larches was too far away, and air for Mr. and Mrs. Talcott, they were meddlesome people, whom ho had nev- she murmured. Tint the words were low, &nd,she was glad he did not hear them, for if jt wad bis duly to obey the orders be had received, 4hen it was her duty to meet "the position in which it 1 left her rs bravely as she could.'- V At suorter she was so natural that his face rapidly brightened, and it was with quite an air of . cheerfulness that ho rose at last to look Tip the house "and make such pieparations , as wore necessary for his dismal Tide over the mountains to Fairbanks.. She had the supper dishes ta wash tip in Tennie's abseuce, and as she was a busy little housewife si e i found herself singing a snatch of song a? she passed back and forth from fining room to himself as he bolted the windows oh the ground floor and examined, the looks of the three lower doors, and when he A m WHO IS THE RE?" ' finally came into the kitchen with his greatcoat on to give her hjs fiaal kiss, he had bn$ ond parting injunction - to mge, ana inat was iuuv. two euuuiu iujs. the front door after him land then for get the whole matter till she heard his double knock fit midnight She smiled and held up her ingenuous face. Bo payefal o yourself, she mur mured. -1 hate this darn nae ior you. and onsuch a night too. " And she ran with him to the door to look out -. "It is certainly very dark," he re sponded,, "but ' I'm ;to have one of Brown's: 1 safest horses. Do not worry about me. J shall do well euoiish, and sa -wU S-oxi, too, bt. you6re.noi the nluDEv .lituawomaa I have - always She laughed, but there was a choking Bound in her voice that made him look at her again. Hut at pigos . f iety she recovered herself, and pointing, to the clouds said earnestly: . V , "It is going to snow. Be careful as you ride by ,the gorge, Ned f-it is very t-hom in a snowstorm, ' - ' But he vowea tnas. it wouiu uun wun fears when she sufldenly heard the same sound at the kitchen door, followed by a muffled knock. . . ' Frightened now in good earnest but still alive to the fact that the intruder was as likely to be a friend as A foe, she stepped to the door, and with her hand - on the, look stooped ;;.nd asked; boldly enough who was there. . But she received no -answer, and more affected by this unexpected silence than by the knock she had heard she recoiled far ther and farther till not only he width; of the kitchen, but the dining room also, lay between her and ; the scene of"ter alarm, when to her!lhiter confusion the noise shifted 'again, to the side of the house, and the door she thought so s ourely fastened swung violently open as If blown in by a fierce gust, and : she saw precipitated ' into the : entry f the burly figure of a man covered with snow and shaking with the shock of a storm that seemed at onoe to fill the honse.': , Her first thought was that it was her husband come ' back, bat before she could clear her eyes from the cloud of snow which had entered with him . he had; thrown off his" outer covering and ghe found herself face to face with a man fn whose powerful frame and cynic al visage etie saw' little to comfort her and much ta surprise and alarm. "Ugh 1" was his coarse and rather familiar greeting. ." A hard night, mis sus I Enough to drive any man indoors. Pardon for the liberty, but I couldn't wait for you toif t the latch ; the wind ""Srae-r-was. not 'tha door locked?'' she feebly asked, thinking he must have itaved it m with his foot, that looked eminently-fitted for the task. ,"Not much," be chuckled. "I s'pose you're too hospitable for that " And his eyes passed from., her face to the com fortable firelight shining through the Bitting room. , ' " - "Is it refuge yon wonk?A. we demand- ed, sppxeficing'aa much as possible all signs or zear. . . . . - - Sure, missus what else ! A man can't live in a gale like that, specially after a tramp of 20 miles or more. Shall I shut the door for you?" ho. ask-. ed, with a mixture cf wavadoand good nature that frightened her more and ' - . A . : ... . . .... .. . more. . - To :; VI wiU shut it' she replied, with a half ' motion of escaping this sinister stranger by flight through the. night : But one glance into the swirling snow storm' deterred her, and making the best of the alarming situation she closed the door, but did not lock it, being more afraid now of what was within the . house than of anything that was now likely to enter from without The man, whose clothes were drip ping Water by this ' time, Watched her with a cynical smile, and then with rmt fnv initiation, entered the" -dining room? crossed 3 a moved towa the titrken fire. TTsrh t Ueh I But it ia www here I" ha cried, hia nostrils dilating" with an animal like enjoyment th"tth itaelf was Pexi5zuant to her womanly aeucacy. Do you know, missus, I shall have to hated pistols before and scolded Ned when he bought this one) she started to her 'feet -and- slid her hand m to the drawer. "But it came back empty.: Ned had taken the weapon away with him. For a moment a surge of the bitterest feeling she had ever experienced, passed over her;' then she called reason to her j a - 'vis 3 i -l 1 J U1U U11U WilS UUJIgliU VU WIKUUVYiBUgO that the act was but ' natural, and that from his standpoint he was much more likely to need it than herself. .-But the disappointment, coming bo soon after hope, unpervod her, and she sank' back in her chair, giving herself up for lost Bow long she sat there with her eyes on the door, where she momentarily ex pected her assailant to reappear, she nev er knew. : She was conscious only of a sort' of apathy that made movement -difficult and eve breathing a task In vain she tried to change her thoughts. In vain she tried to follow her husband in . fancy over the enow covered roads and into the gorge of the mountains. But ' imagination - failed her - at this point : Do what she would, all was misty in her mind's eye, and she could not see that wandering image. There was blanknoss between his form and her, and no life or movement anywhere but here in the scenelpfher terror, - , Her eyeS were oh ar strip of Tug that covered the 'entry. floor, and so strangff was the condition of 'her mind that she found herself" mechanically counting the tassels that finished its edge, grow- ing wroth over 'one that was worn, till she hated that sixth tassel and mentally determined that if she ever outlived this night, she would strip them all off and be donq with them, The Wind had. lessened, but the air The ruse was successful. She was en abled to fling the notes into a mound of snow,' where they would soon beovv ered from sight, and then relieved and, feeling more courageous, now that the money was out of the house, she went slowly back, saying she had made 'a mistake, and that it was the wind eh had heard. ,.:';" r , Che man gave a gruff but knowing guffaw and then resumed his-watch over-iher, following Tier steps as 'she proceeded to set him out a meal with persistency thatieminded her of a tiger. just on the point of . springing. Bat. the inviting look of the viands with which she was rapidly setting the table soon distracted his attention; and allowing himself one grunt of satisfaction' he drew.up a chair and set himself down to what to him was evidently a most savpry repast " ' . . fNo beer ; no ale. Nothing o that sort eh? Don't keep a bar?' 'e growled, as his lips' closed on a huge hunk, of bread. - . " ' - . ; - , She shook Ier head, wishing she had a little cold poison bottled up 'in a tight looking jag. . "Nothing but tea," she smiled, as tonished at her own ease of manner in the presence of this it earf uhguest. - 1 "Then let's have that, ' he grumbled, takJng the bowl( she- handed him, with- an odd look that made her glad to re treat to the other aide of the room. "Jest listen to the howling wind," be W?nt on between the huge mouthfuls of bread and cheese with which he was gorging himself J' "But we're very com fortable, we twbl we don't mind the storm, do we?"i Shocked bv lis famiSantv and. still more moved bjthe' look of mingled, in- I had grown cooler and the snow,.made at the moment of need acted as her pro tector. - , ' -,i '" : " 2 4 She must have fainted, but if so, her tmoensoiousnesa was but- momentary," for when she again recognized her sur roundings . she found . the tramp still standing over her adversary., "I hope you don't mind, ma'am," he said with an air of humbleness she cer-' tainly had not seen in him before,' "but I think the roan's dead. " And he stirred with -his foot the heavy figure before him. - , " Oh, no, no, no J" she cried. - "That would-be too fearfnL He's shooedr stunned: you cannot have killed him. But the tramp was persistent "I'm fraid I have,'? he said. "I done-Jt be fore,. and it's been the same every time. But I couldn't see a man of -. that color PROFESSIONAL CARDS, - , W SU UUT M. 2. . oner their professional services to the citizens of Concord and vicinity All calls promptly attended day or night umoa ana residence on iOaet Ueool Btreet, opposite Presbyterian church. ' Dr.? . C. Honstou, SupoB'-DsiitM CONCORD, Ni C. y nuirv and curisitv with which his eyes now began to viand. wrer the walll 'and cupboard eheltook an anxious stepte- ward the side f the house , looking to ward her; neighbors, and lifting one of the shades, Which had all been religious M -ft . s AMLJI mirftiwn rmtx final Wtoallmht? Can't go out in that emorace n ,ru aMm:; not such a fool." '.Then ward .prown a iverr oijuio, do I feel so 1" she murmured to herself terd flip, School, pensrSept. z. rr i f fori.llA.ny College in thel .State. ' rrt PBACTICAI GSVES THOROUGH, ;BUSS-NSSTRA1NING. Foraunounsomaat or intormation, ad- -I?OLL?D THOMPSON," - j i Concord, N.C. ' twJkWMi. ''dim - s ; , .3 -j r I 3 eHS BEGAN TO KMPTT IT. '- : ir likod; besides Mrs. Talcott was aeu cate, and the night threatened storm. It teemed hard to suD'eci; ner io wiib y1- deal, and he showed that ne muugui. w Hia tnannw. but as circumstanoes U iHresiaemi oi w w . a Liusvi!id CourierIMrnal Company, sayst were, she wouldaiavt to stay.aione, fuw Dr. WiriLeramlth'si Cltill Tonic cured two i , urMkx . ay&cm h6 brave and ","UB B1UU,,""U' To-'bed like a good girl, and think Mr. ii. k. arr. the leading drugglss ot I p . ' t. fha mrinAv. -whiolllhe r.- . . . . . - ' ... - ...... Dai. i Til ii. r 1 1 1 iu auuuu . vv - " i - LKirsMaaie, miss., sayst: .1 uavo a. guuu 1 r- - , . -. . . s tt vtnr . for Dr.Wintersmitli'sJCaUl Tome here, and kaald take care to put away in a.very -I; N. HaldemaiLi .President oi tne great uiary. ''"fl Z " "Vr;"- safe place. - "Our family phyfifekan recommends it high-1 :"Ot,?. said iy. s-ivs miss Anility mjv nrottcu. iujujus. Ark.- . Il l Mv f atnll v nf kIV (Hi!dren eannot live Wlth- -sut it," says Mr. -Geoi W. Kn-by, Fore3t City. WUTERSMITH'S' CHILL TOSIC Bold by ltamseur & Graham, China Grove. fire insurance. of Fire Insurance, write. We repre- .VThori in ne'ecli call un,l son nsJ oi- B..VI. 1 1 V J ? f t r . 't j-ud uuiy ursi-cias xiome anu v.ouip.inies. ! i'-t TUAa frill WOOD liOUSE & HARRIS, t') t)r, Sui jot'aj of Overcoafa and Saits. at right price.-1.. Home to see me. Several truf iroHhy gentlemen or ladies v travel In rtSs (Jarolina for establishedi reliable hon .J f!ilarv 780 and eiDensp. ftf'a'ly ikwI- m. rKnckNM ret uuresea stainrkfjit envelope. The Domin cffii.Tft0 rird 'lQ0 o znit-i he, kissing her downcast. face, "perhaps you wouia-rawier muo it yourself, women always nave cuxi- cms ideas arxras buch uuuko. " Yes, let me hide it, ' ' she murmured. "The money,"! moan, not the bag. J5v erv one knows the bag. - I should.never dare to leave it in that " Aud begging bim to unlock It, she oegan, KMani"u.. with a feverish haste, that rather jalarmr ed him, for he surveyed her anxiously ntd shook his head as if he dreaded the Foreign effects of this excitement upon her, - I i Bat as he saw no way or,- avervvus 1 he confined himself to using such sooth- tUS Y70XQa as were an aho wmnmiwfi then, humoring ner YivuKuv, wi her to arrange the bills in the place she had chosen, and restumng tne Dag yum 'old receipts ttrl . it acquirea iis uruioi dimensions,' be put a f ew billsa top to make the whole look natural; and, laugh ing at her white face, relocisea tne Dag andput the key back uuhis pocket U "There; dear; a notable scheme and e that should relieve , your mind eiK tirely 1" be cried. "If any one snouia attempt burglary in my absence and Should succeed in getting into a house Ws safely locked as this will " be' when I leave it, then trust to their being satis fied when they see . this oooiy, wmcu, x 'fihall hide where I always hide it in ; "And when will you be backr she murmured, trembling in spite of herself 'at those preparations. ' itit -in the room next ice a good line of i . BOYS' CLOTHING, as his steps died out in the distance. I did not know I was such a coward. ' And she paused for a moment, looking ut and down the road, as ll in despite of her.husband's.commana sneunu io desperate idea of running away to some neighbor. ) - But she was too loyal for that, and smothering a sigh she retreated into the house. As she did so the first flakes fell of the storm that was not to have come till mornina.. ,!-.- It took her an hour to get her ki ton en in order, and 9 o'clock struck before she was ready to sit down. She had been so busy she had not noticed how. the -wind had increased or how rapidly the snow was falling. But when she went to the front door for another glance up and down the , road she start ed' back', appalled at the fierceness of iha pal, and at the great pile of enow tr.o hart alreadv accumulated on. the doorstep. - - - - Too delicate to breast such a wind, she saw herself robbed of her last hope of any companionship, : and,; sighing heavily she locked and bolted the door f ot the nieht and went back into her little sitting room, where a great fire was burning Here she - sat down, and determined, now that she must pass the evening alone, tQ do it as cheerfully as Twasihlo. and so began to sew. ' ' Oh, . , .( .1.. tl.n.V.t what" a Uhristmas evei, euo i""B" and a picture of othefhomes rosa be fore her eyes, home3 w which nuspanaa sat by wives and -brothers by sisters, and a great wave of regret poured over her and a ..longing for something, she hardly dared say what, lest her unhap pinesa should acquire a sting tliat would leave traces beyond the passing mo ment V 1, . ' Th rnnm ' in which she sac was uw Only one on the ground floor beside' the dining room and kitchen. It therefore was used both as parlor and sitting room, and held not only her piano, but her husband's desk. . - - - Communicating with -it was the tiny dining room. Between the' two, how ever, was an entry leading to a side en trance. - A lamp was in this entry, and she had left it burning, as we" as me one in the kitchen, that the house might font rhftfirf nl and as if all the ' family were at home. . , - r. . . She was looking toward this entry, and wondering whether it was the rhist made by hev' tears thjit made it look so dismally dark to her when there came a sound from the door at its end so faint that she could not determine its nature and yet so certainly not due to the wind that she felt her heart stand still and her feet grow paralyzed. - ' Knowing that her husband had taken peculiar pains with the lastenings m this door; as it was the one toward the woods, and therefore most accessible to wayfarers,4 she sat where she was, with all .her- faculties strained to listen. But no further sound came from that direc tion, and after a few minutes of silent terror she was allowing, herself to be lievft that afcp had been deceived by her srale aeain: not such a with a sly look at her trembling form and white face he insinuatingly added, "All alone, missus?" - 'V'--'... ;-:'.-. ; The suddenness with which this was put, together with the leer that accom nanied it. made her start Alone? Yes, but should she acknowledge it? "Would it not be better to say that her husband xt na un stairs. The man evidently saw the Rtrnsale eoing on in her mind, for he chuckled to himself and oalled out quite boldly. . . " " ' ' - "Never mind, missus t it's all rjght .TnHt nivo me a bit of ild meat and a cup of tea or somethSig, and we'll be totv comfortable together. You're a slender slip of a woman to be minding brmsa like this. I'll keep you company vem Ann mind, loastwise until the storm lets up a bit, which ain't likely for some hours to come. KanfJS ight, missus, rough pight'i ' ' -' "I ftxnect mv husband home at any time." she hastened to say. And. think- ina fthe saw a chance in the man's coun ten&noa at this she put en quite an air nf BTiAAon ifatisfaction and bounded to- amrA the front of the house, "There I I think- T heriT Mm rio-w.''' she cried. i Her motive was to gain time, and if possible to obtain the opportunity of ahiftiniy the monev from the placewbere aha had first nut it into another T and safer one. "I want to be able," she ihOTiyht. Hot swearing that I have na monev with me in this house. If I can onlv cot it into my apron?! will drop fc nTitBiflo thfl door into the snowbank It will be safer there than In any other bank " And dashing into the sitting room she made a feint of. dragging down 'a shawl from a screen, while she secret- 1 rtrro A. mound of snow lv filled her skirt with the bills which had been nut between some old pam- hViWa An thfl bookshelves. ' . V.K- Ir, Rh pnnirt hearxne man KruuiwuiK the kitchen, but he ?ia not ouow nw front, and taking advantage oi tne mo in ATI A ignite from his none too.encour- 5r.r. nnennra fshft nnDaTTea UIO UUUX and cheerfullv r&'W out her husband' name. -" - ' . - " ABMED WITH A CLUB. . . lvnnlled down, she looked out.. A swirl of snow flakes alone, confronted her. She coul4 neither see her neighbors, nor oxmld she he seen dv mem. abuuu. uuui her to them would not be hearo, one ttaa as comnletelv isolated as if the house stood in the center oi a oesoiare western nlain. v ' T havA no trust but m uoa, sne murmnrbd as she came from the win dow.- And nerved to meet her fate, she went back into the kitchen ; " r r V ? - It was now -half past 10. : iwo hours and a half must elapse before her hus band could possibly arrive. . She set ber teetl? at the thought and walked ;jespiutely back into the kitchen. ' ' xJ3 jUV UUilf 1 - Muuwvi "I am. ma'am." ho leered. "Do you want me to wash the dishes? I kin, and t riii And he actually earned his plate and cup to the sink, where he turned the water upon them with an other J loud guffaw, as if enjoyuig her discomfort ' - V.If only his fancy would taKe him into the pantry," she thought, "I could shut and lock the door upon him and' hold him prisoner till Ned got -back. - But his fancy ended its mgnt at me sink, and before, her. hopes bad fully subsided he was standing on laonretsa old of tha si ttin a room door. - "T ' w ...... it - -. : "It's pretty here," he oxciaimea, al lowing his eye to rove again over every hiding place within eight . "I wonder now" He stopped, uis gianoe nnu fallen on the Cupboard oyer her hus band's desk. - " - 1 "Well?'' shQ asked, anxious to break the thread of his thonghty which was fast calling up a derooniao expression tA bis trannt but nowerful features. , o - ..... ... He - started, dropped his eyes, . ana turning looked at her With a momen tary fierceness: But, as she did not let her own gianceTquail, but continued to look at him with, what she meant ior a smile on her pale lips,Jie subdued this outward inanifestatipn of - passion, anq, chuckling to bide bis embarrassment, began backing into the entry, leering as her with what she felt was a most hor rible smile. Once in the hall he hesitat ed, hesitated as it seemed to her for a long time; then he siowiy went tow arV the garment he had droppea on enier- ing and stooping' down orew irum uu- dorneath its folds a wicjsea ; iuus stick Giving a kick to the coat, which sentit into a remote corner, he bestow ed upon her another smile, and still car rying the stick went siowiy ana reluc tantly away into tne .iiuunu., "Oh. God Almighty, ncip mei thought fche.- But there was nothing ior ner to uu but endure, so throwing hereon into a chair, she tried to calm the beating oi her heart and summon up-conrage for the struggle which shp felt wasjberore her. , That he had come to rob and only waited to take .he off her guara en now felt certain, and . rapidly; running over in her mind "an the expedients of Belt, defense possible to one in her situa tion, she suddenly remembered the pis tol which Ned kept in his desk. Oh, why had she not thought of it before! Why bad she let herself grow mad with terror When here, within reach of her hnT. lav imch a means of self defense? J With a feeling of jqy (she had always sharp sound Where itstruck the panes. She felt it falling, though ' she had cut off all view of it It seemed to her that a pall was settling over the world and that she would soon be smothered under its to!kl : Meanwhile no sound came from, .the kitchen,' only - that dreadful sense of a doom creeping upon her sense that grew in intensity till she- found herself watching for Jtha shadow of that Jilted stic&c on the wau oi . tne entry, and almost imagined she saw the tip of it appearing, when, without any premonition, that fatal side door again blew in and admitted another man at once so ominous ; and soi threatening that "she" succumbed instantly before him and forgot all herformer fears in this new terror. , , - . , . This second intruder was a negro of powerful ; frame and lowering aspect, and as he came forward and stooU in the doorway there -was observable j in his fie and desperate ooiiiitenance no attempt at the,in8inuation of the other, Only a fearful resolution that made her feel like a puppet before him, and drove her, almost without her volition, to her knees.--''tV'iSte y-k:i' "Money, is it moneyyou want? was her desperate greeting. "If .so, here s my purse anq here are my rings and watch. "' Take them and go." But the stolid wretch did not even stretch out bis hands. '; Hia yea went beyond bey, and the mingled anxiety and resolve which he .displayed would have owed a stouter heart than that-of, this poor woman. "Keep.de trash," he growled. "I want de company's money. You've got it $2,000, Show me where it is, that's all, and I won't trouble you long after I close on it" . - v" ' ; "J3ut it's not in the, bouse,he eried. "J swear M n)i in the house. Do you think Mr, Chiyers would leave me here alone witb42rQ00 to guard ?' t But the negro, swearing that she lied; leaped into the room, and tearing open the cupboard above her husband's desk, seized the bag from the corner where, they had put it y::u,-::-.-.' ::" "He brought it this,' be muttered, and' tried to force the bag open, but finding this impossible he took oat a heavy knife and cut a big hole in its side. Instantly there fell out the pile of Mwmw ' - fmmW. mmu M Conssellois at Law ' '' CONCORD, N. C - Is prepared to do all kinds of Deuta work in the most approved manner,. i Ofuce over Johnson s Drus istoro. - , As partners, will practieelawin Cabar- t rus, Btaniy ana adjoining counties,' -I the Superior and Supreme Courts of the State and in the federal uourts, umce v on Depot Street. ' , ' . .- Parties desiring to lend .money can . i leave it'with us or place it in Concord"' - National Bank for us, and we will lend : it on. good real estate security free of . ; charge to the depositor, I Wa make thorough examination of I title - to ilands offered as security for ; loans.' : Mortgages foreclosed without expense i to owners of same." , i 'WATEBr' EHS CRIKD. "BBISG WATEB!" - . frighten a lady like you," heexplained deprecatingly. J'My. supper was too warm in me, ma'am. Shall I throw him outside the house?" - - , ''Yes,"" she said, and then, "No ) let us first be sure there is no life in him. " And, hardly knowing what she did, she stooped down and peered into the glassy eyes of the prostrate man. - Suddenly she turned pale no, not pale, but ghastly, and cowering back shook so that the tramp over whose features a certain refinement had crept since he acted as her proteotor thought that she had discovered hfe in those ae orbs, and was - sjpoping down to maka sure that Ja was right in this surmise, When he saw her suddenly lean forward and impetuously plunge her hand into the negro's throat, tear open the shirt and give one look at his bared breast - It was white. t'O God! O God!" she moaned, and lifting the head in her two hands he gaVe the motionless features; a long and searching look " Water !" she cried. "Brins" water.". -But before the now obedient tramn could respond she had tarn off the woolly wig disfiguring the dead man's head, and seeing the blond curls beneathbad uttered snch , a shriek that it rose above the gale and washeard by her distant neighbors. j It was the head and hair of hex hus band. " " - 1 -: . a r mm . . . i al a i.t.X-VA .iney iouna au siienwu wan m cbntemnlated this theft for months, that each and every precaution possible to a successful issue to this most daring un dertaking had been : made ruse of ; and that but for theVnnexpected presence in the bouse of the tramp be would doubt less ; have not: only-extorted the money from his wife, but have spooveredjup the deed, by a plausible alibi fas to have retained her oonhdanoe ana mat oi nia employers. .-,... " j Whether the tramp killed him out of Sympathy for the defenseless woman or in rage at being disappointed in his own plant has never been determined Mrs. Chivers herself thinks he was ac tuated by a rude sort of gratitude. ' . Ctare For IteadtteUr. As a remedy for all forms of Headache Electrio Bitters has; proved to be the very best. It effects a permanent cure and the moat dreaded -habitual sick headaches yield to its influence. We ail wrio are afflicted to procure a I " - 1 4. A J 1 Knf.MA. and enve tins remedy a laar iruw. habitual constipation Elec- ti i Bitters cures by -riving . the needed tone to the bowels, and few c868 Iong resist the use of this 'medicine. ; lry .it once. Large bottles only Fifty cents at P. B. Fetzer'8 Drug store. ; , 1 M0BBIS0I1.H. CALDWELE :;- Attorney at'Ls w, 'j CONCORD. N. C. ' , . nffino in Morris Imildinff. opposite courthouse. - . - ' Julv4 tf Dr.XtCARTLANli:Deaa . CONCORD, N. C. ) , ""Makes a specialty of filling your tetn without pain. , Gas, ether or chloroform -used when desijed. Sixteen years' experience- Office over Lippards A Bar rier's store. ; -'I'- D. G. CALDWELL, M. D. Offers bjis professional sorvicesto Le people of Concord and vicinity. Ofiice in rear of bank. Night callr should be left at Mrs. Dr. Henderson's, f ' Office Hours. 7 to 8 a. m., 1 to 2, and T to 8 p. m. Telephone call. No. 67. ... Sept 20.'94.lv. . " DR. fi HOLBEI, A v ECLECTIC PHYSICIAN , -' OOJICOBD, N. C., nfterHhia DTofesssonal services to the 'citizens of Concord, and viciuity in the. treatment of acute and cnronio auiie..,; Office over Yorke's jewelry bzoio w oloill ofcAot whArA hn can bo found at all hours day or night, wherj- not rrofee- sionallv engaged. x eo. lii crenftred esbecially for you, which Y have prepared esiecially for you, which we mall free. It treats of tfaa tlraMh disorders worms, etc that every ehild is liable to and for wmca preys t Verm laabeenBuceesaiuuyusaa j' I I lor a nau century. , , ff 1 II-. Oat boUl by mall tot tie. ( S i 3 I j t K. S. FBE Y, Bal tiai-e. E J. lx-J - , t'fHEBB'B THB MONBT." HK HISSED. Old receipts wiah which they hod stuffed it, and seeing these ne srampea wiwi tago, and flinging them in one great hapdfnl at her rushed to the drawer below, emptied them, and, finding noth ing, attacked the bookcase. - '-"The toouey is somewhere nere. xou can't fool me," be yelled. "I saw the spot your eyes lit , on when I first came into the ; room. Is it " behind these books?" he growled, pulling them put and throwing them helter skelter over the floor. "Women is smart in the hid ing business. Is it behind those DooiiS,x They had been, or rather naa oeeu nlnftd between the books, bub she had taken them away, as we know, and he,j lieo-an to realize that his search was bringing him nothing, forleaving the bookcase he'gave the books one kick, ; and seizing her by ..-the army shook her; with a murderous glare on his. straugoi and distorted features. " - - . - L ' - "Where's the money?" he 1 hissed.) 'Tell mo,. or you are a goner." -; s He'raised his heavy fist She crouched, and all seemed over, when, With a rush and cry a figure dashed between them nd he felL struck down bJ the very stick she bad so long teen expeewus iu. Bee' fall upon her own head. . The mail wha had been her terror for hours bad tREGULATOR GnODFOREVERYBODY and everyone needs it at aU times of the year. Malaria- is always about, and the only preventive and relief is to keep fte Liver active. You must help the Liver a bit, and the best helper is the Old Friend, SIM MONS LIVER REGULATOR, tne Ktu Mr. C. Himrod, of Lancaster, Ohio, says: "SIMMONS LiVER REGULATOR KrnWA i-ase of Malarial Fever of three - . years standing tor me, anu ic u.. one bottle did the business. I shaU use it when in need, and recommend it , - . Be sure that you get.it Always look for the RED Z 'on the package. And don t forget the word REGULATOR, t It is SIM MONS LIVER REGULATOR, and there is only one, and every one who takes It is sure to be-benefited. THE BENEFIT IS ALL IN THE REMEDY. Take it also fot Biliousness and Sick, Headache; both art caused by a sluggish Liver. J. B. Zeilia Co-i PMUwlelph ; ; "Watcnes, ; Clocks, Jewelry, y Spectacles,1 Knives .and - ; ..-Forks, ; Tea and Table Spoons, Plated .j Silverware, . Plated ! Novelties, f Sterling : Hoveities,; at A. J. & 3. S'- Yorke's.;" I 'Aadjpwnhlwrs go tojbedat 10, ' t - Is