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lr - to.. - . . JHE ROBE SONIAN t U rc.,,1 w.-rk l,y a numb).r)f ; h.wM iiiltliH..t ikvI.. of K.)1k..h county .n,i hU,ncM1,l,H,l.,,lMH,ulU,h,;surroc,i;. .....nuti.-. In. lu.lit.K Kb.)!.-. Marion, Marllx. and li.rlliiKtun.tii H..ulh Carolina. Tin Ri 1,1 '" iu 'ty -rlKhtli year and Is" , Io.ik.t an .-zprr.,,,,.,,.. It n,.Ver missel an ilu until tlwoV.th of u Uteownrrand hones tu makr t a future rct.(,i.. Particular atandurd of onc-ell.-nw it han alUined a apur- TPyiirui iih'iii lit' w A. I i m ma M-BMSM-aaBa ESTABLISHED 1870. ONIAN Country, (od and Truth. SINGLE COPIS.5 CENTS. 1 .. V flT . YYTTTTT tlt - SJlm -stiX VIII I XI I 1 -JJ . I" --l-wm . ', - - xjuiviisjuk.tuJn, NORTH CAROLINA WTnTtTroartA-w ' V w XJ.WJiHi 1J. in i i i ' i - : ! -NOTHING SUCCEEDS LIKE SUCCESS. JUDICIOUS ADVERTISING .Ckratks many a new business; Esi.ARCKS many an old business; TBKsnRVKS many a large busines lliTlTBS many a dull business; B.K8CUK8 many a lost business; Sates many a falling business; CUKM success in any business.' To MAMMY'S WuNULRFUL hOLSU. Oh, a wonderful place is mammy's house ml "son- is the king of her cabin home! tt here he rules her heart with a wand of love, And welcomes mamma and papa to come. He's gathered from out of his treasure store A numberless host in the picture line And marvelous tales does she weave for mm While his .big brown eyes with wonder ment shine. SI- .1 A . . uTeruse ludiciouslr n, - uuaaufliAN. IT, Is pub-J She tlla rf 1i t j j- dished in one of the live and Jfi 1 th?. ffy "ding the Moon, towns of North Carolina and circulates .extensively among an intelligent and prosperous people, whose trade is well worth seeking and having. The good woman at the lam vhich supplied his daily pint o1 mlk, told him, with an affable mile, when he paid his month' bill, she was "a scrapin' and r icrewhi' " against the time when' . 1. t . uie Dae was broncrhf. TmnA O-'V VVI.AAV. 1U1 him. One churchwarden, in a It.. A. f 1 UUISl or inajgnation against the peccant Chancellor, patted him on the back. ; : . , i ; vaunted liberality. Sorrow h won writhed at the mere mentio of that testimonial. One person he could not fail t note took no part ir. the proposed oenetaction a principal inhabit nit, too, of Langton Bishops. lady who inhabited Gray's Court childless widow of the late owner o 2 CO LJ a o CO LJ h o u 888888888888 8 8 8 8 8 8 5x88 o u 8 8EJ?r?2S,8 8 8 8 J o u s 7, 3,3 3,3 S B S S rn trt ujvc vo N t O 75 in 8 8 8 8 i?58 8 8 8 0 f lO 0 if) Ui& t 9vio SiS 5,8 5,8 R8 88 O o O w CI 8 0 S3 0 "i 5 8 2 8 8 M is is o s that witch of All saddled and bridled, steed of tl,. ;,. There is the "rabbit" and little "joree" ' And terrible "lion," monster of might. She sings of "moo-cows," "baa-sheepies" so white, And tells of t,he "dog that catches the Tat;" Talks low of the 'nvt-1 the dark, And warns him to shun .the .wing of the -nat." The walls of this cabin corireous thev are And often his brow with worrv is knit T 1 .... io learn wiiv it is that room Isn't made, like more fit. AU5X. W. BEAI.ER. nT-iJ .-. I. 1 "i" .1 ... ., .., vuuu in: iJiiiiinijic I OI T.llis t ha loi.,. i . ii jriiU 'tj,.4 ,, , . I ' '"'6ral -ioperi-y m wit- , ;uu oiiaii t we xnrnea out to starve, sir; we'll see to that!" The other warden flip mamma's own mammy's, for living "Poor Mr. Ferrers." people e told him, with a confi dential nod over the counter, . as lie took the curate's last order for tea, "You may treat yourself to half a pound of three shillin', sir, this week. A little bird pered to me there's something comin' inthat'll pay for it." The maiden sisters, treasurer and secretary of the fund, called on him' to 'ask privately,, "If he would mind the lower classes, cot tagers and SO 6ri. bein ocU H.Jii i i , . , . ' " "0"vu iu uumy nun-, ne naci gone ..v, ... Auuyi-notignttneynad and found her Dest inquire hrst, they had no wish to hurt his feelings." Then they called again to say some of Ho was tall, pale, fair or, rer-lthe ChftPel Row people wished to naps, rat lier grey-haired and fif parish. A quiet, reserved woman some five years younger than him self. Mrs. St, Quentin mixed bu little with the village upper ten lier husband had been something oi a Dear, niggardly and unap proachable. Before his death they uau Deen much . abroad. Now though her help was always ready tor whatever object he asked it the curate only met her rarelv By chance he encountered her vis iting some old servants who' were' devoted to "mistress." Once wiien a laborer at thn Court-. W!a hastily tending the snf C . i , . terer, not tno least like a grand lady, but with a helpful womanli less tnat lie never forgot. Her regular presence in the big pew in iramnent advertisements to be pub lished one month and under, must be paid for in advance. All advertising for sumicr ume man uiree months is con sidered transient advertising. Accounts jenuerai quarterly for all advertisements published for a longer period of time. Local advertisements appearing among reading matter will be charged 10 tents per line for each insertion. Legal advertisements, such as adminis trators' and executors' notices, commis- sioners and trustees' sales, summons to non-residents, etc., will be charged for at IK-gal rates, except when thev exceed a certain limit of space, in which case we reserve the right to fix our own price. " iJUHiness must ne PAID FOR IN advance. The charge is very small and we cannot afford to take risks or wait the pleasure of persons to pay. . I-KOCTOR, JR. S. MCINTVRE. Proctor & McIntyre, attorneys at law, A-umierton, - - N. C. Tractice in all the courts of the Ktaro 'I'rompt and painstaking attention given :u an ic-hi uusinCSS. tl ty. Men of less stature have been dubbed "fine." Of loss pleasantjappearance have been called "good-looking." Of riper years have still racked as ;young." But being onlv a cu rate of " middle age compliments were little wasted on him. Most of the good things said abeut him were said up back streets and bye lanes. He had been "shaft horse," or "pitched to the wall," during most of his career. The excellen ces which earn such positions are not of a showy type. Having lit give something too. "But they the pulpit always made him get must, nnf Itn oll,..J in nl ,i . - b iuiuneu lllUSL T Mfiv ' I rhrniiffh t.xl m. p., . , j-i ,n6.i mo oeiviut) uetier. uie "u,J, 3t.;H, iUr Jerryrs 'hed! refinement of her still fair and though if their advice"-and Mis rather wistful features was agree- - - 0. iigwuuu ocoxt aoie lor tlie eye to rest on. In her ntJ'1 Jrom ima "-terview with the he had always one attentive lis. Curate in rn.1 hpr n. infFr e li tt . . u"l,re U1 lener. xier voice was very sweet . . . . 1 t 1 ' . "'S- generous sue was, and to Then there was a rosy-faced little him invariably kind, but some maid at. the Sunday school fidget- how it worried poor Mr. Ferrers to ing about under his eyes with a think of her in connection with small brown paper parcel. This that terrible testimonial. At the presently bursting, out flew five very back of his thoughts he was halfpence and a farthing, and the constantly wondering wbt.W Br,o curate naving dusted N. A. MCLEAN, .Attorney At Law, LUMBERTON, N. C. . himself knew. tie or no private means he was so- drea"uy by helping to collect the whole bearing business cially that is matrimonially thls bxy. was rewarded in face Mrs. St. Quentin knew of.itcer quite unavailable. The respect f a11 the. S-ggling teachers by, tainly. The church-warden's 'lady his unblemished life commanded "P1ease, sir, would you keep 'em called and explained it all with at Langton Bishops was largely now Tou've got 'em? me and Bob- charming candor : "Poor Mr. mixed with patronising pity, and was a saving of 'em up -for you Ferrers would literally, I do be high and low invariably spoke of 'cos vou was so Poor, sir." Fur- lieve, ma'am, almost starve if we him as "Poor Mr. Ferrers." thermore, Mrs. Clench, the well- didn't do something for him. We Still, eighteen years of plodding tocl malster's wife, beckoned him think he might have put by " devotion in a parish do occasion- ross a muddy road, and' patting "Oh. rv rWt. t. nllw Mn -.j.: , limwii 1 W r.lnmn ttfiu I .. ' i J " mu,lul v.ui, UUIC iCOUSdUlllUI! ; UIlO I I .uuu, KJll, If l, T J '1 M.15I- when the absentee rector died at J 'tgo away without a lit- terrupted Mrs. St Quentin Baden there was a pretty wide- tie something m your pocket, sir, ..PerhapB in your it . npread leeiing that Mr. Ferrers r"aiu nusoana last night, seems imT1nss;h1(3 u ought to step into the living shall be no threepenny piece canTas irW Z7. It was small, only two hundred flection we make for poor Mr. Ubnt oth'erg tMnk he X' a year ; but that was an improve-, ? e"pls- xie snau nave something cm, hmv mnU ment on a hundred and ten and a land9orae- ' daresay he haven't beeu'to bl,infi ve , Z 1 I i li I snx-orl mnnh 1 A-nA ii.: I ' " " 1011 curate s cottage. "" -".uu x euunS turn him off The poor people raised such an ululU80m9 vou snajl llave sir." outcry at the notion of losing their Aliese tilings made the 'curate friend that the next rank conde- wince' but according to his wont he had some gentle, courteous an- i. !1 lir Al 1 J Sniitt 4-... .-. . . .1 nv vere followed by others who "un- lerstood the new rector wanted v iew organ, and they couldn't give ai all directions." Others cooled off from their first liberal inten- rions. -i don't hold with send- i ing the hat round for them thai calls themselves gentlemen," said the butcher, who never by anv chance went to church, and was annoyed by the curate's abste mious habits. His remark was ro. THE ROBESONIAH JOB OFFICE li FULLY EQUIPPED WITH Fast Presses ani Excsllsnt Eactlaery. Everything is new and up to date, having just been received from the factories and foundries. A large stock of all kinds of papqr just received. Your patronage t solicited, " ' ; . ., - j ;ie seemed just in keejiing wni her surroundings. Quite unaffect ed, not handsome, but gracious1 uid winning, dressed in a soft ?rey she. always wore, a 1 uieasmg woman of unconcealed middle age than Mrs. St. Quentin it would have been difficult to find. Poor Mr. Ferrers thought so, ana tne wnrrln t - " .Mu vovjii urn us. wite. Urn Ni ' m., v. oo vi vi " v; , Court'! After that the poopfo repented greatly that they had not. mad the teapot a silver one, and lined -l-rv y-wl It iuitni, ns a capital joke, yon te " i. ii .... ' I io me unfortunate ben,l "Ynnf..,:..;. i .fli. m . , . h ui viouijuniiMi ut course, enttee. is fnml .ii.-i , .. 1 ito r: u "ur own aomcy Mrs. St. w,,.,0 . HS ulu. enmli- yet Quentin said, mnt.!. iiv, . I 7 lilt 111111 llf expectation of receiving it half J chair tnh ! i, i. rvJ. rmrers. tort.ih a mwii Tl , - . v' Wmuiinee quarreled fiercely troubled over tne torm of presentation Sfiftrptlv oil n.ii.f. 1 1 , ., 'vi lj. nciu - uniiiiiiieu at its sparseness. "Though "reallv vnn now, quite sufficient," it looked tfl 111 lllll-i.l Ikn . me uuiaie, ana ner- .-ously tore the envelope which the lady gave him. Til a .lil- l. J , nD. ne urev oui was tor more fully a year's stipend. He eot ur. ..... ii.j . . . - ; xu io a winaow, and looked ai it more liberally. dhj, ui paper again. Keu i-K A 1 .1 . J 1 " too tbtil-t-,ii -i . Pay not the Rev. G. Fer ces in which his Jines are cast to in- ill ft- l l ri l h Ml i-mi m U." certain,, included hU r' Margaret St. Quentin." nJ :'..'V t . i. ox 7 v,uo"' " resists in capitis him as he took her white handi "TT. 1 . . ... . M uiiuniiine evfirvr. lino- urd mn ' ' i O vxv I xuxo, V you rp, . - i '", uuuuujBiraiur v m Hie OIllV lwnmn K.n...l. 1L.1 f troubled month who felt for hini with Him. How his lnrf lf 1.- v . and that is whv 1 I na bo tu ....-xi. . I. kuu me - i " iwv uwib wiiji a m Rt, ho.' hirnn nf 4 . . i: -n . tfl immn in-, J,, f u:- . .. . 1 v' icu nvmwiin Hie my person through thai his wif rrf -k....x i,;J r x .... . .' i-.-n-inoss wun jr in cvorv uo 'for stead of myself calling upon you.'H blessed this I 1aa,i l il ,i Lny niaiiKitu tne curate fell woman. But, nla- fmn, thought-fulness. Com- than from' anvn,, ni ... ,1 -11 xl , . I vuuiu XI C lUJVt; ' 1 1 1 1 ( i i ii.il T.nia nia , . ... 1 i . . rather contemptible ivhen down jimnlv vl-ili nT. , - L T . e' "7 '" ' - niv uuai i LUi v h (iiii fm n fej-t i. .7 i i evuii man tne parish test imnninl he thanked and shine of spring; nd vry speciaRlr rrm-tm ill.. V Rcuuiuua centie-ia iripiui - Mmt D,v...ii 1 saved her coppers for him when he was only "Poor Mr. Ferrers!" best way of concealing its dimensions would be to lay the gift out in some purchase, not to make it in coin. An 1 ? It- iis4- i xwjv-.jwu nits suggesiea: an easy-chair, a time-piece, fish iuuves ana forks all, in turn, were supported, nnntcofo piunged him into. Quietly the curate turned, moved back, and laid the check upon a table by his Hostess. un ii T . iear iaay, i cannot have it tnve me," looking away over her head, large one would be absurd. purchase would have this ge being electro (which was All kind of legal business at tended to anywhere. JR. EUGENE HOLCOMBE, Dentist, Up stairs in New Shaw Building, LUMBERTON, N. C. scendingly took up his cause. What little money Mr. Ferrers had to spend, he always did spend in the parish. With stores and coroporatives hanging over their heads, the tradespeople had no mind to lose even that. So these, in their turn, stirred up the elite on the subiect. Societv heads swer for each. "Saved indeed 1" Ah, people might think he ought to have done so. But he had not, for reasons best known to himself. Nor had he accumulated in that little cot tage of his many worldly goods. If everything it held, barring a J. 8. i!cKACHY, M.D. McGEACHY, R. r.LKWIM. if.D. J)rs. LEWIS Physicians $ Surgeons, Office in Robksoxian Building. LfMBKKTON'. - - K. CL Jr. McGeachy will room in the office, where he can be found. few books, had been sold, enough would no$ have b sn raised for him to live upon, even frugally, for half a year. Somehow, wrongly he could now see, he had so fallen into the groove of this pariih, had found among its fifteen hundred souls Within a week the document 8Uh a plenty to kcep him busT' tnat he had held a private meeting; memori alised the Lord Chancellor, in whose gift the living was, and having secured the name of nigh everyone. who could write in the parish, calmly awaited the result, confident that such a petition could not fail to attain its end T. A. MCNEILL. A. W. MCLEAN. HcHEILL ft HcLEAH. ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Offices in Shaw Building up stairs, North Corner, LXMBIvRTON, . . N C iTractice in State and J cderal Courts. 1 rompt attention j(iveii to all Kgal business. , g. w. mcqueen. TJIE LL'MBEIITOX BAIIBER. M'licti you wish an easy shave, As kikmI as barber ever gave, Just call on me at my saloon, At morning, eve or noon; i nit mill ilressthe hair with grace, " suit the contour of the face. My room is neat and towels clean, hnssors sharp and razors keen, Aii'l everything I think you'll find io vnt the face and please the mind, was answered. But how? By the appointment of a total stranger from the other side of the kingdom. A gentleman who Proposed to enter into residence in a mon.h; who was not rich; who would dispense with a curate altogether; who would be much ooiiged ny the present one quit ting Langton, if possible, weeks from that date. The people of Langton were fu rious 1 As hard words, however, break no bones, the exalted culprit was little affected by this anger; and the excitement of the parish hap pily diverged into another channel. If their wishei were thwarted in one direction, at any rate they -could bo gratified in another. Mr. Ferrers should not leave without never contemplated removal. Twenty j-ears ago (he coloured to think of it now) he had dreamed a ridiculous dream, connected with lovel But the centre of that dream had gazed blandly at him when he mentioned the matter to her. "Care for you, Mr. Ferrees? A curate? How four can yU imaSine 9ucl a thing?" And her family had been so shock ed at his presumption he had shrunk humbly into himself, van ished from his fascinator's path, taken a long time to get over his disappointment (though when he saw her a year back, stout, red, rich, and very vulgar, he mildly rejoiced at his escape,) and set tled in his mind that his place in the world was that of a nobody, or its synonym just a curate. So his kindly nature fastened presentation. A substantial SOm commo hedge-climbing Ify unjust call I'll do for you. J. A. ROWLAND & SON, AT LAW, N. C. ""in kowuKD, ROYLAND ATTORNEYS M'M BlvRTON, lWtire i suite ami IVderal Courts, 'rxmpl attention given to all . '"gal business. T. V. COSTEN. JR.. , 1 LAW, N. C. one. A worthy proof of the re gard in which they held him. A something which should show the Lord Chancellor (to whom they intended sending a tmnor with nr. account of th ritt tht. th t was Wrench himself from these; - x fA .J, .. . .x . Lnnston Binhons knewdiow tn . l" " wwj'.iwtHmjyuuiwimnH 1 ' - IT... - ' - 4L. . At. X 1 x!i? 1 ii . iiwiiD uuiii aitj bo ueauinui, tnough passers-by rarely trouble to think of them on this village, its scenes, its poor, .its sad and troubled folks. ery, very hard now it .much CQftcagi?, tobegiu life again, BHt.to this end he sent for cler- ! ical papers and answered scores of advertisements. He got very few answers. lUderly curates were ATTORNEY KW SI'KINGS, AT quite modest merit tif he didn't. The light of that presentation was not to bo hiddon under a bushel. The good folks wero vast ly proud and nleasod wilh tlmiii. " l ... i , . , , selves for theirgenerosity in think- ". H y runSer ing of It. Oneway and another t prooamy nave the intended recipient heard so to laave La,1Ston h other much about it before the week was POHt waf 80Cured- The pounds his without a farthing in his pocket. Several have prom ised us," running volubly over her subscription list, "and we hope perhaps you would head us with something handsome." But Mrs. St. Quentin did not rise to the occasion. She would add her contribution at the end, she said. There was a little awk wardness in these presentations Perhaps she would send it to Mr. Ferrers privately. And she backed out of any immediate step so firmly, that the industrious collec tor went away disappointed. Mrs. St. Quentin appeared lukewarm on the whole proceeding, or rather to dislike it. The annoyed lady met the object of her charitable exertions as she went out of the Court gates, and told him this. (The curate turned him and went to his little home sorely depressed) Then she went to her afternoon tea committee and told them the same. It seemed to damp every body's fervor. The presentation was to have been fussy and fash ionable. It was dropping into a humdrum affair after , all. Sub scriptions languished, interest waxed faint. "After all, poor Mr. Ferrers has always been paid for what he did here," said one churchwarden's wife. "0h, .dear, yesr! just sp, -little memento of us is all we need offer," said another. "I understand that the people in Chapel Row are offended now at what'Miss Scott said, and won't give a penny," said the doctor's lady. "It's a pity they weren't managed a little more carefully, my liusb&nd:$ays." "Then it's a pity your husband didn't manage them for us him self, ' ' said Miss Scott, tartly. To which j "Oh, of course, we thought it would be cruel to take any labor for poor Mr. Ferrers out of your hands, Miss Scott," retorted the married lady; and Miss Scott turned scarlet (for at one time she had laid lively siege to the un suspecting man) and bridled up, and said if insinuations, and gos sip, and slander were to enter that ining ne murmured about his little place not being fit to receive ladies or friends; and she went on 'I fear there have not been too many at Langton of whom vou could make friends, Mr. Ferrers. I think you have been rather a .1 I U i ii thrown over. At length nwJ nvf m ". ?u l ""u nave useu perhaps; ecision was arrived It over a reZZ a Pure to me to pot. It was to h j " uu oi my uays. That and rather small. He coulZEr lZl f!' you think-kindly of me. ford to entertain, poor man. so a won w. wHi, 7" rr."" A "ZT t ch n. L,i x . . -l iii say gooa-Dye." llTl "earc ; .paving had never seemed "You are not, tn. an to so hnvl na i,; x . ,, . . - & "' w u Will.') lillJIIlr-M 1 T I WON Ml" liV. " -i r M , x.Dwvl8) tsu,M 1UT3. t mv asm oua coocoo in t n x- i really quite good enough), thev much bright..- iT" t7.;T1 , , ' taoe ed .and would have a margin, as much a has been my ho ; 13 IT" " T . iree sovereigns. nrhna whuL... . "i . . Sve me uy retusing this '-' i i' j "ivu i ivjwi i iif 1 1 1 1 1 si li it I rrr.t- r- I I , J I i i could be put in a "i, t, iL. , , "Lllw "owiedgment J- lien. jlui lhutj nnr Tor nth : The people's warden's wife had for man v reasons, T nm m I ' J OVA1 V J very awkward one, which always go." et the money out. She gener- "You ha-v not. n,,mfi ously offered that, and there you post yet?" the lady asked . - Pate and "i can't find one," he answered, to the Rev. G. Ferrers." simply. "But." lW.W MJL es, properly paragraphed for the likely I shall soon. And i. county paper, that would thrill at all mattef-except to me "' Ah, she said, very kindly, "I understand that 'except to me' netxer than you think, Mr. Fer rers. Do you happen to know a place called Higham Grange?" He looked at her startled. "Ye-es; by name only. "Well, rl. was there last month. Its owner is an old friend of mine And she had a a young man. Florida Philosophy. Florida Times-Union. A good listener always has moM friends than a pood tnliVor A mortgage on a home is a sure preventative af happiness. The niaa svit1. eipptv noc-kpts has no business t a church fair. The man who earns a nickel an something smaller, some-! 1 8l,end9 a dolar will never got rich. Ham sandwiches are sometimcj made of almost every thiuff b : ham. Some men never Bee the wall hi the way until they break th3:r heads against it. A woman can look well on a very little while a man . can look ill on a creat dai. Be true to vour friends very careful never to have a confi dential friend. It makes a hen cackl t 'Grieve you!" he said, eaeerlv. IT ii... . . ' " ' wouian t do it for the world Pray believe I shall for ever cher- cloU8ly when Bne laJ8 bigger gS ish remembrance of kindness tnau lier nt nest neighbor. greater tlmn T v. o i- ., x I . " V CICl IIIKI,. I A. ii . kindness that. T . " " rTf " wim 3ou a. tt . .11,1 v im I OX 1 Hl.t.T1l. , I IIHlh. . . " j - l ..t.5 nMiamscs your weakness. uy a me as fortunate in 3 " ,s practically lack of food. Chancellor teapot it J'wctii in Sute and Federal Courts, out, ho began fervently to wish it friends were collecting would as- the better Sner Jjhad never been started. l8llredly be welcome. Yet he bo- This desertion was followed bv the heart of the Lord with shame ; should be. Three ladies drove to Bridge borough and bought it. A depiv tation called at Ivy Cottage and presented it ; and between the ad dress they read and the speeches they made, they left the unhappy recipient more mortified than he had ever suspected himself capa ble of feeling. Pride was a deadly sin the cur ate knew ; but he almost wished he had had enough left in him to give those blundering, heavv- f ooted patrons of his their precious teapot back again, and tell them that remembrance of Langton and of them was all he wished to carry away with him. Pride for Buch a feat of self- assertion had failed him, however, and. the gentle kindliness that would not hurt a worm had prompted courteous words of grat itude. Now, he had practically parted with his parishioners. Next day he would be packing-up ; the day after, he would be gone. Whither, beyond that natural ref uge of all lonely folks London he hardly knew. Sadly he was sitting that February evening, pondering his next move, when a knock at the door brought him a note "From Gray's Court" : "Mrs. St. Quentin would be greatly obliged if Mr. Ferrers would call on her tho following day at three o'clock." -' He had missed her name from the list yonder with an extra sting of pain. Now, was he sum moned to have her benefactions separately bestowed, with more elaborate pity, more "hopes that lie would soon find a livelihood elsewhere?" No ! The curate felt a glow under his rusty waistcoat. This lady of Grays Court would hurt him by no word or deed, he could be positive. IlGr kind wo manly " nature would only heal, not wound him. It was yes, just to himself he might confess it it was a trial, going to say "good bye"-to Mrs. St. Quentin. But the idea of leaving without fare well had been haunting him as even a harder trial. So he would e'en pull himself together and go. And he did. Mrs. St. Quentin was in;pisetty room, all aglow with afternoon Bunshine, as he entered. There were pots of hyacinths on a corner table ; some .sweet early narcissi smiling at 'him from the chimney-piece ; dainty little bunches of snowdrops in all direc tions. Through .halt-, curtained glass t-oorj brilliant -azaleas and fresh green ferns made a delight ful background. ,s the Jadj rose warded the future as" Meeting round the lovely room "as it has been in the past." She shook her head. "By refusing my poor, check, you deprive me of what would have been a very keen joy. "Then, waiting half a minute, she added. slowly, "And of such I have not had too many in my life." An other pause. ' 'You may not have new companion known and it's "all done with1 Such a nice girl j now I married, literally out of and her name can you guess it? the schoolroom. xl I is tne same as vours. And tn a wealthy man double mv atre. Tt. toll tba tiWli HI",. W x . . . " "I " " ""M'l .x uuU1, x,x. x-eiieis, x soon trust, to my family, but," sadly. ; " "as UU1 iece; and r "not to be called fortunate to my nearu now irom the time she lost self. It, is onlv i.toW T w,i u i .n i ,, . . j "wj xiux lai lerana mother something that any good could come of it: iiKenalt your means must have since I have been ablfi to t tu euucaie ner, ana nt her to make my money useful. And now earn ner Jiving as she now does." vou will not -rratifv mft lw lQtt. ni, n u - . i . . .. " . . J J """UR vu, xociiiy, xuary ougnc not" me do that for . oegan tne curate, earnestly ; but Mr. Ferrers looked wildly about X.XX.-,. y. ubuuii, witn a little for his hat. Oh. that, thin fa.r rlM, j I-... I ' '"v" Brailuoi oiimwu mm. womanwnnM bt-It v;jii I . AJO Allllll V 1 And I ought not 1 Perhaps it A oueer throhhimr u-na onin ; is not right of me to let you find his chest, much worse than that mam Know wnat you have kept of a auarter of a t.inr 1i;.ti.. -i . .. . ' j ..isivlcli 0v iux.g your great sell- when Arabella cut him adrift. "v"""' " Drotneny I I can't, tato it i, ,a charitv." k.- :r . " I Ilia Vllll-H I il 1 1 tTl nfr " Xrr11 n ta ort . ......j j juu aio DU The lady's voice was a trifle un steady. The curate, with a shake of the head, would have praise generous. Do let me go!" He held her hand surely it was as nervous as his own I then lift rlpnroiiiifo I ;x x i. i i . , . -i.wi.iv,u cu il lo ills HUH: n.nn in THot m but she went on-r- slant, nf fnron n :..i Dtui, i nope you will excuse thing occurred. TYIO SsnmnfiTMAfi U I uy - ana - py, Another hand came gently on when you are eone von mnv nnt i:. i u , - . j uis ouiuyr, atia lxa , ciear voice ub sorry to renect that one person, said, softlv at any rate, understands and ap- "Mr. Ferrers, if vnn nnA T preciates the unselfishness ot.your ot such very old people, I think xicic. Aim . yju nave iounii u.-a oi.Q x : i V Ml D UUW Villi III III IMS 4L I . I I il 1 1111 fix are life ways to help a lot of the poor, h-nnin .n ; i:.. i. i . T i ' I I I DCCIUQ U1U 111 Ut?- Tfr I lr- r aw ' I Oh, very, very little," said the curate ; but he felt that many a Do you know what I an old pair of lore us. mean?" ; "N-o! I daren't say !" he an swered, keeping her hand, and gazing at her as if not quite sure hfi Wiia n wnl-o "T rli' little expected. This recosnition Lnmotn ,-0n from -this lady gladdened him. "WpII. r,lpftSA C,M xr.a alii more than a thousand ttmiWo -w x- .-xi . i . . . . vneiiiin, witn something between A gasp and a laueh. "I'm not i i . suuperiess nignt, many coat, many a patched boots, were now getting a reward or a thousand pounds. "Whatever that little was, it ashamed I'm verv iwnin1fn was worth a hundred-fold more I think we care for each other. than doles given out of abundance So so " such asferr-mine," said Mrs. St. Quentin, softly. "But," sudden- So instead of going home and ly sitting very upright and assum- packing up his few eooda and ing a severely business-like tone, chattels, the guest, who had come (nrli4- T X: 11 ii.l...... niiiiu x. .mxiiicuiariy wautea to in half-reluctant mood., eta ved on say was, fhatas. aH this liberality through all that Febrnarv ftftor- of youTs-yes, liberality it was," noon (by the way,itjj8.St. Val as he demurred "must have been entine's Eve true wooing And very heavy pull, I hope you wedding-time!), and in the warm. won t resent my taking a small dancing firelight, laid those plans share of the burden. It sis jcay which, a mouth later, fairly elec duty and my pleasure. -I did trified all Langton Bishops. For not put my name on your testimo- the curate's departure was annn nial; I dislike publicity in things followed by that of Mrs, St. Quen- of that sort. But you will take tin on a visit to a relative, this this and use it when you leave, latter, it was understood ;' but Oh," hastily, "you need not open from that visit, one bright March it till you go." evening, came back a thoroughly "Excuse mc I should prefer," contented couple Mr. Ferrers and But you eat tliree meals a day, and ail you can eat at a time. Yes, but do you digest it? Food undigested is not food. It is no nourishment' To lige:st your food take Shaker Diires tive Cordial at meals, After a while von will digest your food without it. Thru- you will get well, and strong and healthy. Jsnaker Digestive Cordial cures indiges tion and all its symptoms, such as nausea headache, eructations, pain in the stom ach, giddiness, loss of appetite, etc. It makes your food nourish you, aud make yea strong and fat and hearty. Druggists sell it. Trial bottle io cents. 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The Robesonian (Lumberton, N.C.)
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Oct. 13, 1897, edition 1
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