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T LANT VOL. iLV.N0. 41 PKOfIiSSIONAI- CARDS. ft books. .. :. JTORSKT AT LAV DTJEHAM, S. a .jiftcein Ira bunding, next loor to infai 1 t t . . . kteu otace. i ractrees in Orange and vson ai-d in tao t. 8.. Court. , Aag20 . oll' M- MOKDsQ,' ATTOUXEY AT LAW, DURHAM, N. O., qo "Main Street, 2nd door below ir-n Street. Office - i . , - . always open jnd patronage solicited. itOBEHT C. SXUCLWIOK - jorneys and Cognseli at Law. DUEHAlf, N C. rn tica in the courts of Durlmui Chat ritica in Xi im Alamance, Orange , tei son . d Cas- . ell, Ap '-j If W FULLEK, J! ttorrvv and Counselor itltw ; ' DURHAM, if. 0. JAIEa jj. MASON, Attorney at Law, CHAPEL HILL, N. C. VOHN W. GRAHAM. TH08. B JFFIN. 4 UAHAJI & KUFFIN. ATTORNEEYS-AT-LAW, I k HILLSBORO, N. G. Practice in the connties of Alamance, Cas- fell, Durham, Uuildlord, llockingham. Person ana orange. - iau3u-tr Attorney at Law, . H1LLSBORO, N. 0. ifracticcs in the CotirU of Orange, Person, Alamauce, Chatham, uranville and Wake. Collection of claims a specialty. P. It. IIAliDEE, ? General Practitioner of Medicine. Office1" at Vaughan & Tcnnv's Drug Store. SHAVING SALOONS. WRIGHT &. MERRICK'S HAVING AND HAIR DRESSING SALOON, MAIN ST., DURHAM, N. C. Work done in first-class style. Clean towels tod bay rum for everv customer. The best h ur tonic for sale. Illustrated papers kept or the benefit of customers. mr20-tf Pomona Hill Nurseries ripple, r&cH, 5rt 4 Apricot, Grapevines, Strawberry, Fl3-s; v -c, Sec ' Everytlun;? t f the lad-. lUnc luaall; kept r a first-class InrFerv v Correspondense solicit I. l'eocrivtive Cata Oeue free on aonlioaticu. J. YAN LINDI.KY, Proprietor Orefensboro, N. 0" Sale of Land.' Py virtue of powers 'conrtrrpl in a certain rtpsRe c xscnted by W. 11 Hn-.iJon snd vite, Vircinia Hermlou, to A. O. E li- tt I wUl -iffer for sale at public auction ft.r cash at the courthouse door in Durham, on the, 17th day ui October. 1885, a lot land in the town rf Dur J ani, on Oreen Street, adjoiuinu the lands of "-Airs: Mav VNhitt anV others. Xai.l mortgage : ted is rt cnrited in Register's bo.ik of Uni hsm . mi ty, reference to which is. hereby made fur hiticular description. This Sept , 16th 1883. , Gkkv Babhee, Assignee of Mortgagee. ' w Notice. To my many friends, citizens, and the pub ic of Durham and surrounding county's I ex tend my sincere thanks for your past liberal I atronaVe and hope you will extend the same lo my successor David L. Kaufman who takes t-l arge of the business from this date E. Golusteix. Aug 19 1S35. J. P. C AMPBELL, s. " ' 100T& SHOE MAKER. Tae lo location iatly & Promptly Executed; . i ATolteein band best Louisville Wbiuk jm d Hemlock Sole Leavher for sale. k Next door to Burgess' Bakery, Main St., Durham. X. C NOTICE OF SALE OF LAND, mnst UN LEU EXECUTION. ' By virtue of three seTeral executions now in my hands (I) in favor of 11 P. Bailey and on in fnvor of Si)riis'''ius, Stover, House & Co: (3) in favor of hpraggms bto Rnnsp and Co.. and all against . O. Gates. I will expose for sale at public out-r- vry for cash; at the Court House Door in the town of Durham, ou Tuesday, the 20th day . of October 1885; at .12 M., all the right, nnd interest of the said W . Cr. dates jm VIV aau - -4 .o ,..,rtjiin tract of land in said coun ' i;;;.,t th knds of W. S. Terry and V V BUIUluiuj, - H,.tt.iil of W. G. Crates, on the ' ters of Little Kiver, npon the Melton Road ..i Kv W S. Terrvand wile to Nan- nie E containing 2 4b-ll)U acres more orijasj.o saiisfy said Executions. F. D. MAIiKIIAM, Sheriff. 15 Sept 1885. Sale of Town Property , 'Auction. at TTrt,i unthoritv conferred npon me in i.;.. r trust executed April 16th 1884 and recorded in Book of Mortgages of Durham County in Book 3 on pages 510 au 511 I will offer for Bale at public auction f r cash at the rwirt. House Door in Durham on the 7th day f KOVEMBEB 1885 at 12 o'clock M. thjt valu "u, r,tv on the East side of Mangum .irham. now occupied by L. J. Wal v -l So" and known s "Sill's Bar," frontin ,t r lens, on Manerum btreet ani K.nk ahout 70 feet, adjoining lands of and P. J. Maugum, A. 6. Carrand W. Man jrnm & Son, W. W. FULLER, Trustee BETRAYED BY A BUCKLE. It was a litter disappointment, af ter years of poverty, to find the for tune which I had thought ray own suddenly wrested frooa ma by a stranger. I was ray uncle's lea' heir, for he died cliildleis, assail the world beHeved, and c n. hearing 'of the old man's death X- forgave his Ion neglect, ana wiited'eag'-rly to receive tho welcome ne ws of my go id fort a a To my dismiy, the lawyers wrote roe i that a daughter had appeared, wh se cl 'ini could neither be doubted nor f-et aside; the property was rightful!) hfcrs, and I. was a poor arlist si ill. Ytars ago I tad heirl of my uoHe's marriage," aud the bir.h atd di-atb of a littlfc child; l e himself died sal Jealj aai left no wdl, bat his las words were : i "Be just give n to Cecil," and thofe ahcut Lim believfei that he aitasL.VJe,. ''! this beintiful ap peared, c aiming to be ins child, proving that her name was Cecilia, which gave a new mraning to those last word?, uttered with great' earn estness and evid nt disLivss of mind The girl made out her case atid won it, for I waj tco poor to fight agaius' such odds, and all was settled before I could earn enough to leave Italy for home. I resolved toee this un known cousin before I .relinquished all hope, however, for a hint dropped by my lawyer suggested the possibili ty of yet winting a share at least ol my uncle's handsome fortune. I was young, comely, accomplished and tbe possess 'T of a good name, to which my taletit had already ad led some honor. "AVby cot woo this lon ny coutdD, and sti 1 be macter of the wealth I hal been taught to think my own? - . The romance of tho thiug pleased me, and as soon as my engagements permitted I was in England. Desir ing to judge for my self, after hearing the dry facts irom tbe lawyers, I went down to the hall, unannounced,- mtan- mcr to play the unknown artist till satisfied that it was wise to confess the truth. Armed with a note of introduction from a friend of my uncle's, I presen ted mjself as. one desirous, of copyirg a certain fine Titian in the giaUery. Miss Stan'iope was out, but I was permitted to exaaiine the pictures while awaiting her return. Among the old family nortraits w,ip -a rinlf- UUlBllir 1 j j "-"o mistress, and I examined it with :i, nr , nrio Rvineni. v tiio vonntr A very lovely face, yet something mnrrid its beauty. At first I thought it was my own prejudice; hat setting aside any natural bitterness of fesling aDd regardiug it as a . work ; of art alone, I coul l not escape from tbe odd fancy that those imperious e;,e could flash with a baleful light, that smiling, red mouth might betray with a kiss, and that dimpled hand lea l a man to perdition. The warm 'brown of the luxuriant hair,' the smooth curves of the uncovered neck and arms, and the soft, rich coloring of the dress gave a sumptuous and se ductive graca to the well-painted p'c ture, the charm of which I .felt in spite e f myself. - Quite forgetting the Titian, I lean ing back in the depths of a luxuriant conch, with my eyes fixed on tbe likeness' of my future wife, as I al ready called my cousin, in the reveri to which I surrendered my self. A low laugh startled me to my feet, and made me stare in dumb surprise at the apparition before me. The picture seemed to have stepped from its frame, for there in the arched doorway against a background of soft gloom was Miss Stanhope. . The J r3. WnTfaktr, Jr.. a l'-Viamite oAxoa mil upon i mp, tre rea nps smumg muuij-, ii -i l : i . . . i , ? , oatinff hair, half golden in the streak cTlfht that fell athwart her head and ,pu0iiea me wuiie ouuuiuci, am same dimpled bands, lightly folderl, and tbe sune rosy muslins blowing in the wind, that revealed glimpses of the same delicate foot just outlined in the picture. - I was so startled by her abrupt: ap- pearance, cer Btrange laugm, ju niy own contending emotions; i' at all my wonted composure forsook me, and not one of the smooth speeches prepared for the interview came to my lips.4 Bowing silently, 1 stood like an awkward lout t il she completed my confusion by advancing with out stretched hand, spying, in a delicious lv cordial tone: 'Welcome, ; cousin; your little p!of - i i i was well jaia : dug a womau is hard to deceive, especially, when stich a tell-tale face as yours trie? to put on a mask.'' As she spoke she pointed to a mir ror which reflected both my own fig ure and that of a gay and gallant an cestor, whose handsome face showed the most marked features of our race. I saw the likeness, at once, for my moustache", curling hair, and velvet paletot added to the effect most strikingly. , . Something in the compliment, as IDE MOCRATIO well aaner own frank my 8?r-poflSassion, a.nd, eager to re move all recollections of my1 gaucherie, I joined in her laughter, saying, gayly as 1 kised her hani with the Italiaa devotioa that women like: "A thousand pardons for attempt ing to deceive these bright eyes; but the banished: prince longed to see the new q teen, and so ventured home in disguise." "I forgive the ruse, because you say home in a tone that betrays in you the sane solitude that I feel. It is a Urge, lonely house. .There is room enoah for both, and as we are the l ist of the rac wh? not cease to be strangers and both come home?" Nothing could have been more sweet and simple than, look, voice, and manner as she said this. It touched me, and yet the vagu feeling of distrust born of my scruti ny of both the painting and the Hying t&Tt still 'lingered in, my mind,. and robbed m answer of the warmth it hould have possessed. 'Miss Stanhope forgets that I have lost my rigMU4ke sb. Iter here. But since-I have seen her lay '"- rtou ment is much softened, because for a woman, young and beautiful, it would be harder to work for bread than for a man whose bo3om- friends have been poverty and solitude." She looked at me with a sudden dew in thse proud eye9 of hers, and for a moment stoo 1 6ilent, with the color varying in her cheeks; then, as if obying a generous impulse, she smile J, and looking up at me said, in a tone whose persuasive geatlenes wis irresistable : ' C usin Cecil, promise to st ty one weer, and learn to know me better. I ak' it as a favor; and since" you pos sess the Stanhope pride, you shall make me your debtor by finishing this picture. The artist who began t will not return; for his own sake I forbid it." A dis lainfnl little gesture told the story of the cause of this banishment as plainly as word, and was, perhaps, a warning hint to me. I smiled ft it even while I felt a3 the fisher might have done when the Loralie began to charm-.him. I will stay," I briefly said, and then she asked me about my life in Italy, so pleasantly beguiling confi- lenc after confi lence frm me, that if I had pos vessel a secret it wo ild ..:tu.i.. i., y-i2tc-(er Lcep-, I staid, and day after diy we sat in ,Hhe 1 mgg allery, surroundel by beau ty of all kinds, talking with ever-incroa-ing frankness; while I painted this liv.-ly cousin, wh") bawildered my. sens--s without toacMug my heart. The old lady who pliyeddienna left us free, an 1 little co npany dh turbed the charming solitule that never lost its delight to me. A whim hvl seized Cecelia to change the costume in the portrait from modern to ancient, and as the dress of a beautiful ancestress was -iti'l preserved, she put it on, eakanc ing her beauty four-'old by the rich brocades, the antique je vels, and pricttle,ss?lacd8 of past "days. "This little shoe must have a buck le if it is to be visible, as I beg it may b V I said, as she came rustling in one morning like a jjrdnd dame of the ollen time. "Bring the steel-bound cisket, Ade'e; we may find something there that will suit this masquerade," said Cecelia to the maid who hell her train. Slipping off the coq lettish shoe of white silk wita a scarlet h el, she let mo amuse myself with trying which of many ornaments would suit the best, while she. ftbAit.lv l.arj1 ruumriTrson former "R J T- r. . i unclasped the bracelets upon her round arm. I 'This is in perfect taste, and a pic ture in itself," I preseatly exclaimed, holding up the little shoj ornament ed, with a great buckle of chased sil ver, set here and there with a dia mond, and a true-lover knot formed a double S in the middle. "Tuat is one of the very buckles our gallant ancestors wore. You can see them ia the picture yonder, and the stofy goas thit they were given him by his ladyr:07e," answered Cec-lii, poiating to the portrait of Sir Sidney Stanhope hanging be hind us. This little f ict led me to examine the trinkets with interest, and having put it into the silken shoe, I fell to paintino- it, while my lovely sitter a nused ily. me with leg nda of our fam : The week had lengthened .into three, and I still lingered, for it waB evident that my cousin, with a wo- mm s generosity, was willing to make the only reparition in her pow -r. I felt sure that the idevcame to her the first day, when, with varying color and wet eyes betraying pity, interest, and the dawning affection of a lonely heart quick to feel the ties of family. I tried to love her, and grew feverish in my efforts to discover why, in spite of the fascination of her pres ence, I could not yield my heart DUBHAm' N. EWBDNESDAT. OCTOBER 11. wholly to her -power, wnai cau had I to distrust this beautiful ad generous gh-P "one; and yet I did, so much bo that I found myself watchino- W w;n, a curious persist ence, as if some subtle instinct warn ed me to beware. This habit, r.nl the restlessness which possessed me, led me to roam about the houe and ground by night when nil was quiet. My out-of-door life in Italy made this free dom necessarv to me. and. I indulged my whim so skilfully that no one but the wach-dogs suspected it they knew ae and kept my secret. One even:nnr twilight overtook me at my easel, and the summon to din ner left Cecelia no time to change hr dress. Laughing at the' Strang- contrast between our costiime3, I led her to the table, and as I watched the brilliant gure opposite me, I re solved to know my fate that night, and if I had deceived myself, to bjreak away at once from the spell that was increasing daily. As soon as we were alone again I led her out along the terrace, and as "fil 'there, arm-in-arm, I told rdtr A olmnn , t rf.T dawned in her face as she looked up at me with eyes full of tender melan choly. "I hoped you would tell me this. Do not think it unmiidenly, bat be lieve me I saw no other way of shar ing this good fortune with you," she said, in' a voice curiously calm for such confessions." "But, dear, I will have no sacrifice for me. If you love me, I accept the rst; otherwise not a pennywill I touch," I said, decidedly, for her man ner disturbed me. "If I love you!" she cried; "how could I help it when you are all I h tve in the wide world to keep me from " There she caught back some word that trembled on her lips, and threw i i , uersen mio my arms, weeping pas sionately. Annoyed, yet touched, I soothed her, hoping to receive some explana tion of this 6u3den outburst, which seamed more like remorseful grief than happy love. But quickly recov ering herself, she murmured, bro'ien- "I have been so alone all my life exiled from home, 1 knew not why rent, m sr-orancfl of norents and . friends till all were gotta my youth has been so sad that happiness over comes me." ' ' Here her little maid came to deliver a note, Ct Cilia sterpad into a s ream of light which lay across the terrace from the long, opea window of the drawing-room, read a few lines that seemed scnw'ed on a rough bit of paper, told Adl3 to say she would come to-morrow, and tearing th note to atoms, she r-join?d me, say ing, carelessly: "A message from Elspeth. my old nurs, who is ill and sends for me.'' I thought nothing of the note, but why did her heart beat so fast as I drew her to me again? Why were her eyes so absent, her face so full of mingled anger, fear, and contempt? And why did she shiver as if, to her, the sultry summer night bad sudden ly grown cold? But when I asked her what troubled her, she shily said she wai agitated by happiness alone, and then led me in and sang delight fully till bed-time. As we parted for the night she' fixed her eyea on me with a strangely tragic look, and whispered in her sweetest tone: "Sleep well, CeciL and be sure I love you.'' I went to my room, but did not Jon ll fnr mv flirncrtifa Tpntriorl A. WILKEES0X. me, and as soon as tne nouse was still I stepped out of my window and -. jl V roamed away into the park. A storm was gathering, and black clouds swept across Ihe inoon, making fitful light and shade1; a hot wind blew strongly, and flashes of lightning darted from the gloomy west The unique night suitea my moou, miu wandered on, lost in my own thoughts, till a peal of thunder roused me. Looking about for shelter, as 1 was eov a long way from the hall, I saw learn not far distant from the bot torn of a wild clen, 1 found a little hovel half hidden among the trees. Peering in at the low window be fore I asked admittance, I saw, by the light of one candle, and old crone sitting on the hearth, ber withered face turned attentivtbrtoward another figure which stood nearer the door a woman evidently, though so shrouded in a cloak that age or sex was hard to gu-ss. Her back was turned toward me. her voice fierce and low, her attitude one of com mand. and the words she uttered so peculiar that they arrested my atten tion at once. "If you dare to speak or shew yourself till I give you leave, I will silence you in the surest way. I fear nothing, and having played the peril ous game so far, I will not be robbed of success, when it is dearast, by the threats cf a helpless old woman." graieiui gin; ieeoie, id, and forgot ten as I am, I can c? do what I have done by a word, an1 I will, I swear, if you are notiinde; , ' critd the old woman, in a shrp, aury voice. "You promised I r :ould stay with you, should have ev : y care and com fort, and receive a g aerous share of all you got; Uit u-,w you koep ttp here in this unwhol-jVme r hce, with no one to speal, to bit half-witted Kate; you never coae till I scire you intej obedience, and you give me nothing but a paUn pound now and then. You knov"j' u too lani9 to es cape, and you tlreF n me if I com plain; but hark y:. a, my lady, I set you up, and I caa pull you down whether you murder me or not, for it's all on paper, aie hidden from you, but sure to eontf W light if anything goes wrong wia me.' As the old wot;-in paused, breath lesa -yth vJFkt-9ra exuUatioti, the younger stamps 1 he foot with unccatroliable impatience, and clinch ed tie slender white hand that Was visihe, but her next words were kitier, though bitter contempt lurk- m "You Lay trust rne, crandmother I'll not harm you unless youtrrtrs ' Not so help'ess ea you think, un- i..i .r,i- -ii i f . yOTiTTrase-fiigh'ly the mad temper which I cannot con trol. You know why I do not take you home till my own place is tecure You are old, you forget, and babble of things safer untold. ' Here it can make no trouble for either rf us, but with me surrounded with curious ser vants, mischief would come to both. Can you not wait a little longer, and remember that in undoing me you as surely ruin yourself, since you are the greater criminal?'' "It would go hard with both of us, but my age would serve me better than your beauty, for I can humble mysels but you have thr pride of the devil, and death itself could not unbend it. I'll wait, but I must have money my fare share. 1 like to see and touch it, to make sure of it.- for vou a may deceive me as you do the world, and slip away, leaving me to pay the penalty while you enjoy the pleas- ure. ' "You sba'l have it as soon as I can jjcu i-j nuuuui CAtitiiiy BUBpiLiJli uy the demand An opportunity-- will A. 4 mt soon come, atd 1 will not forget vou. "You mean th's majp: :aer 9" "Yes." "The-y- li-rclf doit vs . ... "I will, for I love him." "Good! that maketi all safe Now go, child, before the storm breaks, but come often, cr I will Vend f or you, and if there is any sign of false play will buy my own sifety byba- traying you." "Agreed. Good-night," and the shrouded figure was gone like a shad ow. I meant to follow it, led by an un c mtrollable impulse, but as I paused to let her gain a sare distance, the movements of the old woman arrested me. Nodding and mumbling with weird intelligence, she lifted one of the flit hearth-stones and drew out a packet of papers, over which she seemed to gloat, muttering, as she peered at the scrawled pages: "I'm old, but I'm wary, and not to be shaken off till I get my share of plunder. She thinks to scare me; but Kate knows where to find my se cret if anything goe s wrong with me I've tutored her, and my 1 idy will be outwitted at last" Chuckling, the old crone put her treasure back, and, rikiDg up the fire, hobbled away to bed. I w uted till her light was oa, resolving to s cure those papers, for I could not divest myself of the conviction tLLf apzl : i,Ju 1-1... cret concerned me. I bad not caught glimpse of the younger woman's ace, the voice was unknown, me ng- ure hidden, and the. wbite hand might have belonged to any lady, yet I felt a strong BUspicTSTT Chat this mysteri ous woman was Ceceiia, and this evil-minded beldame was old Els- peth. The storm broke, but I did not heed it, for my new purpose absorbed me. As soon as all was still I gently forced the low lattice, stepped in, and eTomnff mv wav to the hearth, stir - a red the smoldering embers till a little blaze" shot up, showing me the flit stone, and glittering abo on an ob ject that brought confirmation to, my dark suspicions, for there, where the unknown girl had stood, lay the di ver buckle. I caught it up, examined it by the dim light, and cpald not doubt my own eycsj itw is Sir Sid ney's antique ornament, and that im patient gesture of Cecelia's foot had left it here to betray her. I could readily understand how, in her ea gerness to slip awar, she had hastily changed the brocades for a simpler dres?, forgetting to remove the shoes. Kow I was sure of mv right to seize the papers, and having done so stole noiselessly away. Till dawn the storm raged furious ly, and till dawn I sat in my room reading, thinking, and resolving, for those badly-written pages showed me STANCES. 1885. j tbat tbe futu-e I had pictured to my- r J ?eh n-ver could be mine The charm was broken, the warning instinct jus tified, and an impassable gulf op'ned between my cousin and myself. Ae tbe sun rose ray plan was laid, and making a careful toilet, I tried to re move from my facyiv'so, all trace of that night's experience, but di 1 not n'irely succeed, for the glpss showed me a pale cheek, eves full of a gloomy fir and lips sternly set. I o'tened breakfasted alon", for Cecelia kept luxurious hour?, and we seldom met till noon. That dav I waited impaMenUjj in the ga'lery, where we had agreed to have a laet sittmsf. My -r impatience did me crood s rvice, however, for when at last she camo my paleness was replaced bv a feverish warmth, and the stern lips had been trained to meet her with a smile. ''Good-morning, Ceci'," she said, with an enchanting pdaaae and a con scious blush as she ?, hand. ' V ' I did not kiss it as usuaC but hold ing it loosely I examined the soft lit- 1 aiala tie nngers outstretched in xr 3Jw palm, wondering as x did --.if they could be thesr-x gt night saw so very clinched. "What is it?" she asked, looking uP at me with playful wonder in the eyes now grown so soft. "Perhaps I was thinking of the ring that should be here," I answer ed, feeling a curious desire to test the lbve ot this unhappy girl. 'T never thought I should consent to wear even so small a fetter as a wedding-ring, I love my liberty .so well; but if yOU put it on it will not burden me, for you will be a tender and a genroun master, Cecil," she answered, turning: toward her accus tomed seat to hide the emotion she was too proud to show me. "I have the faults of my race an unbending will, an unforgiving spirit, and 'the pride of a devil,' so beware, cousin." J ' She started as I quoted the old woman's phrase, and shot a quick glance at me, but I was tranquilly preparing my palette,; and she sat down with a relieved, yet weary, air. ' Could you be as unmerciful as old Sir Guy, who cursl his only child for deceiving him?1'' sheasked, liftin g her .eyes to the .portrait of a stern- faced I cavalier hanging next debon ir.s6,?v. ' ! nair ir .rv.! ?y, "I could, f-..r treachery turns my heart to stone." I saw a slight shiver pass over her, and leaning her bed on her band she s-at si'ent while I touched up a jewel bee, a siln fold ther, or addd a brighter pold to her baautiful hair. She looked fair, S'oun, and tender, but, as I hid said,, treachery turned my h?art to stone, and I did not ppire her. "You are trite to-day, s-veetheart; let me amuse you as you have often don9 me by a legend of our family. I lately found it in an old manuscript which I will show you by-an-by." "Thanks; I HVe old stories if they are strong and tragic," she answered, with a smile, as she lay back in the great chair in an attitude of luxuri ous indolence. "Why. you have' forgotten the little shoe. I meant to touch up the brill iant buckle and add a deeper scarlet to the coquettish heel. Shall I bid Adele bring ' it?" I asked, looking from the black satin slipper to the tranq-iil face lying on the purple cushion. "No, it hurt my foot, and I threw it away in a pet," she answered, . with a littlft frown. ioi oUY&i3 and u, an heirloom. "I have it safe, but tbe painted one so well done I will not have it touched. Let my eyes outshine my jewels, as you gallantly averred they did, and tell your tale while you paint, for I am sadly indolent to day." As she added falsehood to false hood, my heart beat indignantly against the traitorous ornament safe ly hidden in my breast, but my face did not betray me, and I obeyed her, glaccing op from lime to time to marlc the eff?ct of my wonlf, not that r my work, for I painted with a col orless brush. "Sir Marmaduke, for whom our uncle was named, I fancy, was a stern man who married lat", and treated his wife so ill that she 1 -ft him, taking with her their little child, for, being a pirl, the old man had no love for it. Bat the poor things ded in a foreign 'and, and Sidney yonder, the comely nenliew. was the lawful heir to the t , estate. The last words of the old man seemed to express his wish that it should be so, and. the nephew was about to claim his own when the daughter reappeared and. proved her riglt to the fortune. You are pale, 10T2 Joes my dull story weary you?" 'No, it is only the, heat Go on, listen,'' and.half hiding the tell-tale cheek with her band she sat with downcast eyes, and a f tee that slowly grew a colorlts3 mask with the effort to subdue emotion. ' The old manuscript is not very clear at this pointy but I gather that th neglected girl's reported death was Only a ruse to shield her frm her cruel father. Her chim was ac cepted, and poor SidDey left to pov erty again. Now conies the romance of the tale He went to see this new found cousin; she was beautiful and gracious, seemed eager to share her prize, and generously offered tbe young man a borne. This touched and vpn him. She soon evidently loved him, and in spite of an inward distrust he fancied he returned the passion.'' As I slightly emphasized a word here and there in that last sentence, a fiery glow spread over the white face from neck to brow, the haughty eyes flashed full upon me, and the red lips trembled as if passionate wordg were with jlifhoulty rest an resentful coolness VJi. COCl X Ut fell , B - -c?o'ay light tone that maae. g- truth doubly bitter and faunting. ' Take the fan that lies in you lap. dearest; this heat Oppresses you. Yes, it was very curious to read how thl' lover was fasinated in spite of him self, and how he fought against his doubts till he tried to put an end to thlm by asking the hand extended to him." The dimpled . hand lying on the arm of he chair was clinehed sud denly, and I saw again the hand of the cloaked woman in the wood, and smiling to myself at this new confir mation, I continued: "But (here begitts the tragedy which you like so welL The cousins were betrothed, and that very night Sidney, who was given to late wan derings, went out to dream lover's dreams, in spite of a gathering storm which drove him for shelter to a little tf age in the wood. Here he over heard a strange conversation be tween ah old creature and a mys-1 terious woman whose face he could not s-je." (How her eyes glittered as she listened! aDd what a loDg breath of relief escaped her at those last words!) "This lively gossip excited Sidney's curiosity, and when the lady j vanished, leavm this traitor behind her," (here I produced the buckle,) "this bold young man, guided by the tiiutieriags of nbe. croue, found oul secured a strange confession of the treachery of both." Here Cecilia rose erect in Lr chair, and from that moment her eyes never left my face as she lis tened, still and colorless as the statue behind her. I think any sign of weakness or remorse would ave touched me even then, but she showed none, . and her indomitable, pride roused mine, making me piti less. Brush and patte lay idle now, and looking straight at the fair, false face before me, I rapidly ended tbe si;ory which I had begun ia thedis guisa of an aDcient legend. "It seems that tbe old woman had been the confidential servant of Sir Marmaduke's wife, and had a grudge of her own against her master. When my lady, and the child died, for die they did, as reported, this woman bided her time, artfully securing let ters, tokens, and other proofs, to use when the hour came. At Sir Mar maduke's death she put forward her grandchild, tbe natural daughter of tbe old man, inheriting both, the beauty and the spirit of her race. Th's girl played her part well; the plot succeeded, and if the sordid na ture of the grand dame had not ir- jW' ' heires3 and kept her in r-cea lj digcoverv. all would have danger of m:rnt.i jr., n. worked ad ise of generosity, soothed der the gui whatever Dan era bi ""morse the girl felt and as she loved iJuey, utm believed that she could expiate the wrong she did him by keeping him happily blind to the treachery of a wife he trusted. A terrible mistake", for when he discovered this deceit, the old distrust turned to contempt, gratitude to wrath, and Jove to loath ing.' "What did he do?" she whispered, with-white lip, as an agony of shame, despair and love looked at me from the tragic eves. PosseEsing something of the chiv alry of his race, he disdained to crush her even by one reproach; but though forced to decline the proposed alli ance, le freely offered her safety and a maintenance, never forgetting that, in spite of deceit, and sin, and shame, she wa3 a woman and his cousin." "Did he think she' would accept?"' she cried, lifting the head that bad sunk lower and lower: as I spoke till all the warm-hued hair swept to her feet T bad risen and looked down at her with an uncontrollable pity softening my stern face. I answered b.iefly: ' "Yes, for where else could she find help but at the hands of her kins man?'' She sprang up, as if my compassion $1.50 PER ANNUM was more bitUr to hear than my Con tempt, the fiery spirit rebelled against me, ard love its if yielded to the pride that ruled her. . "Not e ven the t fiVr of a fevor will I acc-.pt from you, fr I have a kind-, er fri. ml to tly to. Ta' o 3 our right ful plaet, and orj y it if you can, haunted as it must be by the memory, of the t'tain I have brought upon the name you are so proud of." 'She hurried, as if to leave me, but pausing at the eantl, cast a sudden look at tho smiling iminaire cf her self, and as if ausioii.s to leave no -trsce behind, she -caught up my pal-ette-knift', scoi e 1 the cauvas 'upand down till it hung in strips; then with a laugh which echoed long in my ears, she swept slowly down tho long gallery, passed through the wide wirdow at tbe further end to the balcony that overhung the court be low, and standing there with the sun-. llitlfliiroi min cr nvi. oy olo 1--. . T. moment ever. t :i. i . Mr -luhj a urunant picture. there with the light full On ft" ing hair, jeweled arms, rich- robe v. awacij- iuim, au contrasting VJ7 with the wild ami woful face V.v-lng backward with a mute fart- On that instant a terrible forebod ing of her purpose Hashed over me, and I ruehed forward to restrain her; but too late, for with a wave of tho white hand she was gone. Death was the kinder friend to whom she had flown, and when I found her in the court-yard, shatr tered by that cruel fall, she stmiie, the old proud smile, and put aw..y the hand that would have lifted her so tenderly. "Leprae die here; I have no other home," she whispered faintly; then her face softened as s'lui looked up at my pdlid face, and feebly trying to fold her hands, she murmured ten derly: "Forgive me, for I loved you!" These were her last words, and as they pas.-ed her ?ip I saw nothing but a beauti'ul dead .woman lying at my feet, and Sir Sidney i diamond ickle glittering io,the suu, as it fell from my breast to receive a bloodv stain which lingers still ou tha,t relic my unhappy cousia. Frank L2- lie's Laly'a Magazine Lumerton Jfnoesoman: - The wood work on the Methodist parsonage is now completed and ' the .plastering and masonry will, commence iuf a few days. The contractor, Mr. Z. IV Higley , has . coaimencad work on the Presbyterian church. The C. F. & Y. V. li. R.t are running heavy freight trains these days, principally loaded with cottou. - Charlotte Observer: Oae hundred wheelbarrdws passe 1 through the city yesterday for Shelby, to be used in the rail roa 1 work between that place and llutherfor dton. -The total of listed taxables in the city this year amounts to $3,700,0 :10, and the returns show a 'falling off in per soml prop-rty, but an increase in real estate. The personal property returned for taxation is $3S,00(). has th 3n was returned last year, while on the other hand, the real estate is in creased by about $l:r,000. Raleigh Visitor: Mr. II. L. Stevens died at the Cooke Hote1, in this city, at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon, ater a brief illness. Mr. Stevens was from Danville, Vav and was a comparative stranger here. His wife, wh) sur vives him, is qjite sick. -The rev enue collections in this district for the month of September wero.$2f,-800.37.- Mr. M.G. Utley ia a dep on. . still I that moment uty sheriff in Middle Creek township) c "v-vc this county. He had Ueu out s?'- ' - ' 1 Ijnrr papers atidstit Cia way 1 tiaetie an ambush by two negroes, knofkeu in the head, and robbed of all the money he had on his person, about $15, besides several valuable papers. He has no clue as to wao the ne groes were. Sal'sbury Watchman: There is a lemxnd for bkillel curers in this s ction. Many of tin farmers hive in their first crop, and it is j now ready for the most difficult stage that of curing. -The cotton market is ope.niug briskly this 6eason. The tobacco warehouses continue to do a good business. The output r, rn the reliable Hoover Hill, in .anlolpb. county, amounted to 4CJj rounds of cold for Augu t. This is ' oua'. tO aOOUt ll.lOO. xuia io just i , i ' i ah 1', . . . ,,,,4- sow the moit successful mins in the State. y. C. Wade, Esq, reports tbe discovery of . a very rich gold vein hear Troy, in Mont rrornrv county. Tae ore 'is quartz, in country rock of whitish talco slate, and 13 exceeding rich in rea gold At water L Patto'n keep the finest line of heavy and fancy groceries f ver seen in this market. f I t I- l
The Tobacco Plant [1872-1889] (Durham, N.C.)
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