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Xiieu Tliey Iidut.
A young man and a girl of about
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terday and looked at something
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gether in low tones. Then she sud
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'Aud tben we won't get
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ft all !'
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'LINCOLNTON, N. C, FRIDAY,
From New York Ledger.
THE SQUIRE'S RE
LATIONS. Moic They Catne, and How
They Weit.
BY AilY RANDOLPH.
IjTfHE breakfastroom at Compt
SJo ton ourt wys, perhaps, the
Ifp prettiest of all the Court's
pretty apartments.
Compton Court waa an old
house made over ; a house full of
deep oriels and damask-cushioned
window.seats ; with fireplaces stud
ded with quaint Dutch tiles, and
floors of daik, waxed wood, that
shone like mirroi s ; and yet it had
not the desolate, dreary air that be
longs to most old houses. Every
room had a cozy, "hved-in'' aspect.
Squire Compton never would let the
shutters be closed, or the dust accu
mulate ; but of all the suite, he most
preferred the breakfast-room, where
the eastern sunshine came iu, and
the hangings of deep-brown velvet
contrasted oddly with the creams
colored walls aud the deep crimson
of the carpet.
Squire Compton was a strange old
man, who lived there all alone the
year around. Some said he had
been disappointed in love j but if bo,
the pangs of heartsickness had not
preyed very deeply on his mind.
Others darkly intimated that he was
a miser and misanthrope ; but here
his daily life contradicted them.
Misers do not feed the hungry and
clothe the naked ; misautbropes do
not surrouud themselves with pet
dogs, rabbits, parrots aud macaws:
and Squire Compton did all thte
things.
Tbe squire's household was not
large. Old Eebecca, an ancient De
gress, presided over the culinary
matters of the ostablishment ; Sally,
her niece, who looked like a bit of
the tropics, in a tall, scarlet turbar,
ebon skin, and immense hoops of
dead gold swinging in her ears, offi
ciated as housemaid ; and Fritz, a
tacitarn Swiss, who had returned
from the Contiueut with Squire
Compton ten years previously, was
valet, groom of the chamber, hostler
and gardener, all in one.
Breakfast had just been brought
in a broiled partridge, cream-toast
and coffee, whose fragrance was like
a dream of Araby and the squire
had barely commenced on his fiist
cup, when Fritz entered, with a
military salute.
"What's the matter, now ?" said
the squire, currly.
"Company, sir,"' said Fritz, stand
ing like a statue.
"How many of 'em V1 said the
squire.
"To, sir."
"?.Iaie or female V demanded
Squire Compton.
"Young ladies, sir, if you please.
Your cousin Douglas's daughters,
from New Orleans-'1
"But I haven't invited 'em here,''
said the squire.
"They are iu the littie blue salon,''1
said Fritz, apparently quite un
moved by his master's consterna
tion. "Tell Becky to make some more
coffee,'' observed the squire, pres
eutly. "Let Sally bring some cups
and saucers? And give 'em my
compliments, Fritz, aud ask 'em iu
here."
Kate and Honor Douglas were
sitting in the little blue salon, with
the 8by,awed look of those to whom
a place is strange. The walls, pa
pered with an antique hanging ol
Mazann blue, spriDkled with tiny
gold stars, were wainscoted with
dark oak full a third of the way up;
a cheerful fire blazed on glittering
brass andirons, in the deep-throated
chimney, and the window-seat was
full of velvet-leaved geraniums,
flecked here and there with trusses
of scarlet bloom.
''Isn't it beautiful V whispered
Kate, under her breath.
"Isn't it homelike?" retorted
Honor, in the same restrained voice-
"Ob, I do hope he will like us,"
murmured Kate.
"But they say he Is very eccen
trie," said Honor.
i They were both tall, pretty girls,
as like as twin loscfa on or.e stem,
except that Honor's hair and eyes
were a shade tbe darker and Kate
ihad dimples iu each cheek. Both
were dressed in the deepest mouriK
io, and both colored scarlet as they
were ushered into the presence ot
Squire Compton.
'Good morning, girl,'" said the
squire, with one of his old-fashioned
bows. ''Take off your shawls and
things. Sit down and have some
breakfast.55
"Cousin Compton' said Honor,
hurriedly, "papa's dead. We have
nothing. We came here because
we didn t know where else to go.
We are quite wil ing to work for our
living, if w6 can find auy employ
ment. We"
"Oh, yes,'' said the sqnire, carving
away at the broiled birds, "Yes, I
understand all that. Sally, pour
ont the coffee ! What is it, now,
eh ?" as Fritz executed a second
military salute in the doorway.
"More company, 3ir,'' said Fritz.
"By the Easthampton stage. A lady.
Name of Westrav !''
"Hello I' said the squire, droppiug
his knife. "My nephew Westray's
widow! Well, ask her in, Fritz."
Mrs. Leon Westray was a beau-
til'ul young creatnre, with great
dark-blue eyes, aud general pink
and white perfection of a Dresden
image. Black crape was becoming
to her, so she wore a great deal of it.
"Dear uncle," said Mrs. Westray,
clasping her perfectly gloved hands
and lifting the blue eyes appealing-
ly, "I have no one to come to but
you. pardon the intrusion. Send
me away if I require too much.
Shelter and a crust are all that I
ask.'
You're welcome," said the
squire, "ait down. Have a cup ot
coffee. Who's that on the threshold?"
"It's I, Cousin Hardurcke," said
a cheery voice, "Harriott Compton.
Came up this way for a little shoot
ing. Heard you had a place in the
neighborhood. Thought I'd just
drop iu upon you I Hope I'm nor
iu the way.''
"Oh!" said the squire; "Harry
Compton'a son. Well, you are wel
come, too,"
Aud in his secret heart, the squire
consigned to eternal perdition the
author of the article on " The An
tiquities of Cotnptoij Court,'' iu a
last week's paper, whicn had dis
covered hirt whereabouts, ami
brought all this rain of relations
down upon him.
"Worse than the frogs of Eg.ypt,'--thought
Squire Compton.
However, he assigned them all
apartmeuts, and set himself to work
to act the genial host as well as
passible. And, iu a manner, Harry
Compton. the Widow Westray and
Allan Douglas's two pretty orphaus
took possession ot tbe Court-
"Queer old codger, isn't he?" said
Harry, with a shrug of the shoulder.
"Very eccentric," murmared Mrs.
VTestray. "But then, wealth has
its privileges."
"Think he'll cut up pretty fat?"
said Mr. Compton. "Iu that case,
I'll send for my dogs aud guns and
stay here altogether.''
"How very peculiar your phraseT
ology is," said Mrs. Westray, with
a little giggle.
So the late summer waned away
aud auttimu set iu, golden-footed
and glorious.
"Fritz,'' said the squire, oue day,
''you're au obser ver of character.
How long do you suppose these
people mean to stay ?"
"I don't ihink they've any idea of
going away at ali, sir," answered
Fritz.
"Eh!" shouted the squire in dismay.
"That's my opinion, sir," said Fritz.
"But they shall go,'' said the
squire. "I've no notion of being
made a convenience of. They don't
one of 'em care two straws about me.
It's the Court they like, aud the
carriages and the croqueNground
land old Becky's cooking ! I'll turn
'em every one out !"
"I dou't think you will, Squire,"
said Fritz.
"Hold your tongue !'' roared the
squire. "What business have you
to think at all on the subject ? I'll
do as I please.''
But the winter came, and still the
JLTLY 4, 1890.
liIHWI i
j squire's relations stayed on. Kate
aua iiouor talked, it is true, of ?o
iug to New York, to some educat
ional bureau, to look for situations
an teachers. .Mrs. Wtstray declared
thf hf-r fri-n ij in f !.;., .. 1 i
. .o ... uM.ai),i uui.i
uever forgive her for neglecting
tnernso; butif did eem so like
borne at dear Uncle Compton'a that,
away. Harriott Compton said noth
ing, but quietly settled down in the
pleasant south rooms, smoked all
over the bouse, and made himself
comfortable for the winter.
"1 know when I'm well off," said
Harriott Compton, jocosely.'
One morning, Fritz came down
into the hreakfast room with a pale
and distorted countenance. His
master was too ill to appear at the
table this morning.
"Eh ?" said Mr. Harry Compton,
helping him3elt to beefsteak. "Hope
it's nothing serious ; eh V
Fritz shook his head. The doctor,
summoned dnriug the night, had
very grave apprehensions.
"How luefcy that we are ail here
to make the place cheerful for him,"
said Mrs. Westray, droppmg an ex
tra lump of sugar into her coffee,
"and to nurse him up. I declare I
love him like a father. A little more
of the omelet, Sally, please."
"Hm !" said Fritz, solemnly. "But
it's a case of small-pos."
"Small-pox!" shrieked Mrs. WesJ
tray, jumping up, and tipping her
cup of coffee into Honor Douglas's
lap.
"Small-pox I'' cried the two sis
ters in chorus, each growing pale.
"SmalI-poo-x !" bellowed Harry
Compton, rushing frantically to the
window aud throwing up a sash, al
though it was snowing fast.
Iu less than three minutes, the
breakfastroom was empty of all
occupants save the griuning Saliy.
Mr. Compton was flingiug his be
longings recklessly m'.o his port
manteau ; Mrs. Westray, never even
staying for the ceremony of packs
ing, was tying on her hat to catch
the teu o'clock train for New York,
when-Honor Douglas tapped at the
door of her room.
"Are you really going, Mrs. Wesi
tray V she asked.
"Going!" in acceuts of shrill
amazement. "Of course I'm fioiug I :
"And Harriott, too f;
"To be sure !"
"But who will nuise Mr. Comp
ton f
"That's no business of miue," aid
Mrs. Westray, hardly. "Let him hire
83inebody. He's rich enough, I'm
sure."
"That's what I say,'1 said Kate,
excitedly. "And Honor is crazy. 1
believe."
"It's my duty, ' said Honor, gently.
"Yes, I shall stay !"
"Then you needn't expect me to
countenance yon," said Kate. ' And
if Airs. Westray will allow me to
travel to New York with her''
"Oh, jes, it you like," said Mrs
Weitray, rather ungraciously.
Aud at noon the house was vacant,
except for Honor Douglas, who
rapped softly at the door of the
squire's loom.
"Fritz, may I come in ? ' I want
to help take care of my poor cousin."
Fritz opened the door with a bo':
thereby revealing the squire himself
in a big, red dressing-gown and
slippers, baskiug before a comfort
able fire, with a newspaper iu his
hard-
"Is it yon, my dear ?" said the
squire. "Come in, come in ! Where
are all the rest ?"'
Honor Douglas stood looking at
him in surprise. She had never
seen a case of smallpox, it is, true,
but somehow she had fancied the
victims of that fell disease to pre-
sent a very different aspect.
"They have all gone," said fhe.
"They were afraid of the small-pox.
But I have been vaccinated, Cousin
Compton, and if you would allow
me to stay here and nurse you, I
would try my very best.5"
The squire held out his hand.
, "Oome here, my dear," said he.
"You've a kiad little heart of your
own. But wbo said I had the
small-pox ?"
"Fritz did."
"I beg mademoiselle's pardon,"
I said Fritz. "I dou't think 1 did say
i so exactly !"
"i haven t got ir. my dear,'' said
the squire, chuckling. ;It was only
a fle alarm. These ieoole were
i - i
jonsy mrtiiing a convenience ot me,
jarul I'm Ud the Ve all routed out.
j Bat y,a would huvv staved with me
j rhiou-i. thick and thin, would von.
' ' ieu- uersntjiittlHouti ? Come here and nive me
a kiss. And if yon choose to stay
at the Court altogether, I 11 make a
daughter of you. Eli P
"But Kate'' hesitated Honor.
"Kale has looked out for heiself,"
said the squire, qniwtlj. "Let her
con ti nne to do so."
Great was th dlamjy of the bevy
of relatives, whrn they discovered
the true state of things They said
the squiie was ''scheming old hy
pociitr ' a ud Honor- a "designing
pus." But they never again suc
ceeded in obtaining a footing at
the Conrt.
And the squire laughs heartily
whenever he thinks how effectually
he routed his relations.
iUDULss ro Tin: people.
By 111 o IlemooralM; Executive
Committee of North Caro
lina Rooms of State Democratic Execu
tive Committee, llaleigh, N. (,
June It, 8y(.
To the 'otcrg oj North Corolin.i .
At "k meeting of the Democratic
State Executive Committee, held iu
this city on the 10th instant, it was
resolved that, the Democratic State
Convention be held iu the city of
Raleigh on Wednesday, the 20th of
Augnst, 1890.
Ir will devolve on this convention
to nominate for vacancies filled by
appointment of the Governor, a
Chief Justice anil one Associate
Justice of the Supreme Court, and
Judges of the Superior Conrt for
the first, fourth, fifth, tiht and
tenth districts, also Judges of the
superior Court for the second, sixth,
seventh and eleventh districts to
succeed the present incumbents,
whose terms expire, and to adopt a
platform ot principles and for sur h
other husiuess as may properly
come before it.
The convention is 4-aiiVd t met
lafei tliriii in 16?vS to Miit the eon
veniciiee .f the great uiasss ot
Deinooratii- voter1, si tit at ; toiler
rv pi r-puration, lrnVeting a moie
gent-iat beiitlineiif, may In; oimji.- I,
and it is very desirable tint the
delegate- hali all attend.
The Democratic party congratu
iates tt- people ol the State upon
the material and moral advance
ment, ma. In under iti henehVenr, ad
iiiiiiisti ji ion of artiii s, and having
redeemed its pledge iu the put,
presents its claim to them I n a com
tinuance of that confidence to which
it is justly entitled, iully assured
that they will be lecognized aud
the iuteiest.i of ali classes thus sub
served. The term tor which Hun. Zcbulon
B. Vanue. has been elected to the
Senate of the United Sutes wdl ex
pire next March, and thw lehda
tur to be chospu tiiii year ill be
called upon to till it. It behooves
us to see to it that no Republican
is elected bom this State
The committee moat earnestly rci
quests a thorough early oigauiza.
tion iu eveiy township and county
iu the State. It is essential that
this preliminary work shall be dt.ne
at once, so tii t we may be ready
for an active, energetic campaign as
soon as the convention adjourns.
It will not do t- asinine that oui
opponents, because they are inactive
now, have no life. They can organ,
ize with celerity, and stand ready
to take advantage ot an apparaut
lethargy on our part, and, if we
I wish to prevent opposition, we must
demonstrate by our organization
aud strength, it-, futility nearly re
sulted in the loss of the State, and
again in 18C from the same cause,
the control of the House of Repies
sentatives of the Stale was lost to
tbe Democrats, and given to our
opponents. Such a result mint be
carefully guarded against this year.
It is important that the varioas
County Conventions be called at
such times as will best suit the
masses of the party, to the end that
NO. 9
a tull and free choice of candidates
for the offices may be had and no
discontent engendered.
The Republican prfy of today i
the same as in the dark days of R6
const! ue'ion, aud only awaits thd
npp.it t unify to inrhct upon our peo-
pin the same disgrace and humilia
tion. Its action in the Federal
Congress indicates too plainly that
it is the patty of force, without re-
-pect tor law or order.
The despotic usurpations of the
j etty tyrant who has been placed
by them in the Speaker's chair only
to dishonor it ; tlui deprivation of
leali elected Democrats of their
se.N hi h:dh brai.cheM of Congress
and Mm siting of It-publicans iu
their re.ol without the least vesN
Ure, of right for putiz.io purposes,
and the effort to perpetuate them
selves in power by the passage ot a
Federal Election Law by which the
cmtiol of Congressional elections
will tie transtrired horn t be State
authorities to the. bauds ot iireepou
Sible agents appointed at the dicta
turn of unscrupulous partisans at
the National Capital, thus striking
a serious blow at our cherished in
stitutions and the rights of the sov
ereign States; the reckless appro
priation of the- public funds forille-
gal and unnecessary purpose, by
which not only is the surplus left in
the Tiesury at the end of .Mr. Cleve
land's benign administration entire"
ly swept away and a large deficit
created, but also the opportunity of
giving relief from the burdens of
taxation is retarded ; all admonish
us that our only safety lies in a re
turn to Democratic rule in the coqu
fry and its contiuuance at home
Should they succeed iu their aims
we might expect Federal Supervis
or backed by Federal bayonets at
the polls and a re-enactment of the
scenes ot 1868 iu our own and our
sister states.
Utteily indifferent to the interests
of the Southern farmer, all its leg.
islation has been at our expense lor
the benefit of other sections, and
the only hope of the agricultural
South to throw off the legislative
shackles that have crippled Our
prosperity and bouud us to pover
ty is to move forward on the lines
of those great principles of relief
which the Democratic party has
steadfastly a h--cared. To attaiu
these ends the co-operation of all
patriotic men who have at heart the
prosperity of our .'iicnltural aud
industrial interests and the materis
al welfare of onr Sou; hern people ia
earnestly asked, and they are urged
to enroll themselves beneath the
Democratic banner.
Let every Democrat realize the
responsibility that rests upon him
and meet. it. There can be no
d'.ubr. of .t raHd victory if we do
our full duty. Um ear-inH vigilance
is the price, which we must pay ijr
success, but when we Consider what;
defeat means to us I he sacrifice i
small. Over cr-tunale, lather, tbau
und-'iesnnnte, the enemy and go
into the tiht determined to wia it.
We mu it. prove equal to the emer
gency, and when the first Tuesday
in No vein Uer liill have parsed vic
tory will be ours, arid white suprem
acy, which in synonymous with
Democratic rule, will be insured to
us for a further terra.
Rv the committee.
Ed. Ch A ii he ii x Smith, G'h'aiu.
R. C. Blck wini, hec'y.
Iti-azir-; CoiiKtltiition.
Rio J.o.lioo, June 23, 1890 The
new constitution was promulgated
today. It recognizes a federal hys
tern based upon that of the United
States. The President a!one is re
sponsible to the nation. The Min
isters are replaced by Secretaries ot
State, who are answerable to tbe
1'resident alone. Parliament will
consist of a House of Represents
fives and a Seriate.
The powers ot these two bodies
will be of a purely legislativfl char
acter, and an adverse vote by eitb
er cuarnher v. ill not eutail a change
of ministry. A new House of Rep
resentatives will be ( leeted trienni
ally, and a new Senate every nine
years. The President's term of of
fice will be fdx years. The first
Presidential election by CoDgresa
is fixed for November.