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LINCOLNTON, N. a, FRIDAY, MAIL 15, 1891.
NO. 43
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Jaa, 9, 1691.
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A MORAL OBLIGATION
BY ELIZABETH C. "WINTER.
BWN THE far, far West, someHfrora vttch Christoi-hor had run
where l n that enchanted
ground known as the "frost
tJ iess of Southern Califor
nia, ayooug man was oueevemng in
late February, seated on the little
lawn in front of his little red-wood
cottage, contemplating his little gar
den, his big rosel tree s, heavy with
roses in full bloosv, his orange-trees
laden with fruit, aud inclosed in a
hedge of Monterey cypress, dotted
here and there with great snowy
calla lilies, and far beyond all the
'.vhile misty tops of th Sierra M.
dre Mad re range of mondraius.
Presently Si S iig approached,
with the noiseless, steps of the
stealthy Mongolian, and placed in
his hand a letter which he had
brought from the nearest post-office.
Christopher Fulton nodded as his
fingers closed on the missive, while
hia gaze continued to absorb the
lovely scone it rested on all un
consciousof the bombshell contained
in that folded piece of paper,
"What a country I What a para
dise !" he exclaimed, and with the
vehemence of his feelings he crush
ed the letter in hia hand ; and being
so reminded of its existence, he care.
lessly tore it open and began to read
it.
It was from his step-mother, and
iu brief words told him how hard a
time she had experienced since his
father's death ; and that she was
even now on her way with Corde
lia, of course to find her dear son ;
and that in about three weeks from
tho arrival of her letter he might
look out for them and Cordelia
sent her love, hopiug he hadn't
quite forgotten her, and Ihe writer
was his 'Ever afl'te mother, S.
JoneFulton.?'
Cnristophf r continued to glare at
the letter long after he had finished
the pe rusal of it.
Suddenly be crumpled it up into
a very tight, hard ball, and hmled
it from him with such force that it
struck an over ripe orange and
brought it to the ground ; and then
he relieved his mind ot a few tam
est words, more forcible than polite,
toward Mrs. Fulton.
uShe shall not come here 1'' he
said, tiually. "It's an outrage
even as a child I had to run away
from her ! It is like her impudence
to follow me here, now that she
knovs I have made a happy home
for myself! Oh, my paradise ! How
she will quickly change nil that
even as the first woman brought de
struction with her to the first Eden!
But I won't have it ! Am I under
any moral obligation to open my
house to her because she is my fath
ers widow ? And Cordelia, too !
ugh 1 What have I done to deserve
such a piece of ill luck? I suppose
I was too happy 1"
With a groan that was rather
comic in its tragic intensity, Chris
topher rose and went toward the
house. At the door he turned and
cst a farewell glance around, but
already the brief twilight had deep
ened into dusk. There was no
moon, and it promised to be a dark
night, but in the purplish black of
t'ie sky glimmered one lone, pale,
silvery star.
Christopher laughed with bitter
merriment.
"A single star is shining," he
said, mockingly- "What does it
indicate, I wonder ? Perhaps Cor
delia poor Dell 1 Uow. does she
look by this time Well, she can't
be more hideous than she. was ;
that's a comforr, anyway. But she
whs tender-hearted and amiable,
poor child ! And homely as she
she had the . sweetest eyes.
Perhaps I am under a moral obliga
jtion to show her some kindness if
lean."
As' the days flew by, they seemed
to Christopher to go more quickly
than ever they bad gone before, for
for each succeeding one brought
neaier the unwelcome figare of his
step-mother ; and though he tried
to think tindly of her companion,
ho knew that the thought of the girl
was almost equally unpleasant to
him. Dell, whose tun name was
Cordelia Jones, was the child of Mrs.
Fulton's brother, deceased, whom
she adopted when a very young
child, aud who had been obliged to
submit to the "forming" process,
iwa.v ; itn'i rue eueci, as exemplified
in her wretched peuou- as he res
membered her, always justified to
Christopher the step he had taken
to avoid a similar fate.
In his memory poor Dell now
loomed up as tho most, wretched lit
Ue waif Im? had ever seen thin to
attenuation, pallid rather than pile,
A-ith a Wild expression that ought
to Lave been pathetic but somehow
wasn't as it always awoke the ridi
cule ot all the boys ia the neighbor
hood, and, in conjunction with a
tangled mass of reddish hair, had
procured tor her the nicknamo of
''Searey-Carrois.'' These nnat
!ractive features were accompanied
by a lank, long, bean-pole style, of
figure ; hands and feet that seemed
unnaturally large, because of the
skiinpinss of skirts and sleeves ; a
large nose, a wide mouth, and the
one suggestion of beauty about her
dreary person large, soft, lustrous
eyes ; sweet, imploring, gentle, and
ith, at times, a strangely quiet,
steadfast gaze that suggested a pure
and strong spirit that now and then
iooked out of them.
When Christopher thought ot her
and ho had done so many tiuie
since reading his step mother's let
ter, he always i erne inhered that
look, and often eaid to hims If :
"Poor Dell ! Yes, she had the
softest, gentlest eyes. I wonder
what she has developed into under
the forming discipline of Mrs. Sara
Jones Fulton."
Sometimes he eveu tried to pics
ture to himBelf what Cordelia now
iooked like, aud he felt quite sure
that he would know her in an inn
stant if he should meet her unex
pectedly in the midst of the Colora
rif Dptip i t. But wbfiu cn day,
about a month after the anival of
Sirs. Fulton's letter, Si Sing ant
nounced "twoa ladees," although
Christopher easily recognized hia
stepmother in the elder of the la
dies, he stared in speechless amaze
ment at the younger one, ami felt
quite sure that-he had never seen
her till that moment.
And, mdeed, perhaps he had no
for Cordelia was a very different
person from the poor, forlorn "Sca-rey-Carrots
;'' and though she
blushed faintly at the uneouscious
compliment of Christopher s aston
ishment and held out her finely
formed tapering hand, he didn't
take it ti l Mrs. Fulton exclaimed, iu
her usual high, strident tones :
"Take her hand, Chris. "It's only
Dell, though they call her the Venus
Miloyo in Boston; an' I s'pose you
may kiss her if you like, seem' 's
you ued to be her brother.''
Christopher did not avail himself
of this privilege; for he remembered,
with an unusual thrill of some deep
emotion, that Cordelia was not his
sister, or anj- kind of rela'ion ; but
he took her extended hand, and the
touch of its sotr, firm, slender fin
gers caused him another thrill such
as he had never before experienced.
"You are very welcome to my
house," he said, still gazing into the
eleep, lustrous eves, that were just
as gentle as before, though ihey
had lost their wild expression and
only looked imploringly during mo
ments of deep feeling. "1 hope you
wiil be comfortable here, though It
is only a little bit of a place, and
you will miss many thing, I'm
afra'd ; for w-'ve never had any
womau about "
"Now that's real kind of you,
Chris," interrupted Mrs. Fulton, ac
ceptiug Christopher's remarks as
addressed more particularly to heiN
self. "I told Dell you would make
us welcooie, but she kind o' thought
you might think us intruders.".
"Ob, how could you ! ' exclaimed
Chiistopher. "Any one my father
cared for! Why, I consider it a
moral obligation "
4Jnst what I told Dell ! But when
you didn't meet us iu San Francis
co didn't evjn send a message to
the steamer it kinder seemed "
"Yes, I know j" said Christopher,
looking at Dell, and getting rather
red, "but I didn't know you didn't !
happen to mention the steamer
and I rather expected a telegram"
"Well, well, it's all light, Chris
Come, Dell, we'll make ourselves to
home, an go all over the Loose at
once 'twoa't take long but, land
iii.:.
rtuve . una seems ro ie a countiy
where people can live all out-doors
if they want to an' as for flowers
well, Dell, yon'l! be happy, anyway!"
and accompanying Ijer words,
which, indeed, generally accompa
nied Mrs Fulton wherever she went,
that energetic being proceeded to
r.insack the place, followed by Dell,
who cast a nhy, tvntle smile toward
Christopher as sho ft him-
"By Jove! exclaimed Christo
pher, gazing after her, "can that be
Scarey-Carrots? To think ot Dell
growing int a beauty hk that !
the 'Venus Mileyo,' and no wonder.
'A daughter of tho gods she seemed
divinely tall and most divinely
fair' already the whole place is
changed. I needn't have beeu
alarmed. : if it is Eden no longer, i;
will certaiuly be Olympus wherever
that stately creatnre lifts her impe
rial head."
And as days went, by, and quickly
melted into weeks and months,
Christopher found his life more and
more changed, but he could not
wish it otherwise; and rather
agaiust bis will, he was obliged to
admit that the presence even of his
step-mother was becoming agreeable
to him for tho New England home
wife can bring an amount of comfort
aud neatness into the home she pre
sides over, quite peculiar to herself.
And Christophtr thought he had
never before tasted such coffee as
Cordelia made ; nor such doughnuts
as Mrs. Fulton pioduced, even un
der the disadvantages of a gasoline
stove, Their "ranch," as theV called
it, was refnote and solitary, and
their nearest neighbors several
miles away.; but retired though it
was, the fame of ; Cordelia's beauty
spread ahrnnYI. and on Snndayrf
many a gallant "ranchman" in all
U . r. UnL ., ,1 .,. r 4... 1.1 ..
u.n u,, H..u n.y uucuui.uiutme hi
his "tviled shirt-lront," that glis
teneel under John Chinaman's best
efforts, rodo by on champing steed,
if, haply, he might catch a glimpse
ot "Venus Mileyo." And occasion
ally his enterprise was rewarded,
and the open admiration of his
glauce had the oflVct of rousing
Christopher to a degree of fury at
which he often marveled. But ti is
Step-mother, who knew something
of the heart of man, and understood
him better than he understood him
self, smiled, ami one day remarked :
"Yon needn't frown, Chris. Dell
never looks at these fellows. And
to be lair an'square with you, Chris
I suspect tuar's a feller back Boston
way that takes up all her thoughts,
though I won't say that the thoughts
are always pieasaut ones.''
Christopher gave a start and
pulled himself together, and then
he looked about, as if some one had
struck him in tho dark. He was
very pale, and a fine, cold moisture
was on his brow aud upper lip, as
comes upon men who suffer keen
pain without a groan. After a few
moments be asked, in a very low
tone but steadily :
"What do you mean? Is she at
taeheri to some one else ?"
"That's it ; she's attached worse
luck ! an' can't break it ; tho' I bei
lieve she would it she could."
"She hasn't married the fellow? '
gasped Christopher
"Lor', no. She ain't attached
that way," Mrs. Fulton said, hastiiy.
"Then why don't she break with
him, if it makes her unhappy?" said
Christopher, eagerly, aud a flush of
excitement chased the pallor from
his face.
"I dunno. Dell's queer. She's
great on duty an' she call's it mor
al obligation."
Christopher caught his breath
and looked keenly at his step.moth-i
er. vas sue laugning ac mm:
There was certainly something that
looked like a smile about her thin
lips, and a suspicious twinkle iu her
keen grav eyes.
" A moral obligation,' " he re.
peated, slowly. "That settle it,
then, for we must all of us bow to
that sort of thing.''
He left the house, whistling, with
a too evident effort at nonchalance,
and Mrs. Fulton looked after him,
no longer repressing the smile he
had suspected.
"i)or Chlis!' ehe murmured,
sottly. "Xow he hates me worse
than ever ! But he-'s one that nev
er'd know he was in love with a
girl till some one threatened to take
her away from him."
Chiistopher bad not gone very
far before he came upon Cordelia
cutting roses. and triming the bush
that was running iiot iu long ten
drils a!: against the house.
How tn-:mtifnl sho was in Iwr
simple frock of coarse white il.inud,
tho sailor-collar dUplaymg n throat
like ivory outlined against tho blue
sill; handkerchief knotted iu a care
less bow. Her tall, slender fignie
hail all the lines of grace that health
alone can give, and her complexion,
that used to be so saliow, was now
as ch'ar and while as the waxen or
ange Uowrrs, and just touched with
ciimso i on the rheei-:s so faint!y,it
might have been a reflection from
tLn glowing lips. The hair thnt was
once called "cariotH' was of the
shade that Titian loved to paint,
and that any modern artist would
go far to look on any day ; it was of
gicat. abundance, with a natural
curl and wave that gave the final
touch of classic perfection to the
heavy coil iu which it was twisted
closo to the head, and low on the
nape ot the neck.
"That man that marries her should
own a gold mine," thought Christo
pher. "She's fit to be a queen I"
Cordelia looked up and smiled at
him.
"This is the lovliest plac in the
world, 1 believe," she said, ss he
came toward her. "I seem not to
really have lived till now."
"O, Dell !"exciairred Christopher.
"Could you be happy to stay here
always ?"
"Always? Ob, yes, Chiis. But,
oh ! I suppose I must go back some
time, unU ofi, orliat - if I nught
biincr Jim here "
Christopher turned cold and drew
back ; then grinding his teeth in
fury, he said, savagely :
"I thought you cared so much for
wild flowers?"
"Why, so I do, Chris ; but you are
so busy I'm afraid they will all he
gone."
"I'm not busy, I'm never busy
when you want me ; and the foot
h lis beyond there are all covered
with poppies and pansies and for-get-mesnots.
Why can't you come
now ?''
"I'll be glad to ; let me get my
hat. I'll be back in a minute," said
Dell, and moved away with the un
conscious grace that belougs to tall
and graceful girlhood.
" 'Jim !' how I hate his detested
name !" muttered Christopher, digg
ing his h el into the ground with a
fury that must be expended on
something. "All my lde long, Irom
mv earliest recollection, I have hat
ed the name of 'Jim,' and now 1
know why. But in spite of Jim
Lucifer I'll have her to myself for
tius one day, at least. 'Gather ye
rosebuds while ye may ' or pop
pies, or rue, perhaps. No matter
what! To day is mine, and for 'to
morrow an earthquake, maybe !
Are you ready Dell ?" for Cordelia
I now appeared, putting on her hat1
and swinging in her had a little bas'
ker, for the wild ilowern,
To the foot-hills was a walk of a
few miles a brief ramble in Cali
fornia ami Cordelia tnought she
had never known Christopher to be
80 silent. Bat for herself she was
strangely talkative ; and, though his
heart telt as if in the grasp of somo
cruel, iron hand, her listener heard
with deli .'lit Ihe turilling tones f
that voice, and "compared her in his
thought with that other Cordelia,
whose "voice was ever low, gentle,
and sweet," for Christopher did a
deal of reading iu those long evtm-
ing w me raia wmiei, wuni nmn
else could ie done, and he now ap
plied every gracious and graceful
expression caught from his books to
the object of his first passion.
The hills, when at last they came
to them, turned out to be pretty tall
mountains, with here and there a
gorge or broken cauiou running be
tween them, aud they were all ablaze
with the bridiant and be intiful flo-
ra of that charmed land; and Con
delia's basket was soon filled to
overflowing, and then Christopher
wove gariandg and hang them about
her neck and on her arm, and the
afternoon begau to wane, and the
sun hurried toward the west.
But still they lingered. It was the
springtime of the year and of their
lives, and each felt that each days
cuujc pchiuiu euougu iu me longest
and happiest existence
SuddenPy, there was a peculiar,
weird, nncanuy sound, and Christo
pher uttered a smothered erv of
honor and despair.
Cordelia stood perfectly still, but
she grew very pale, and looked at
him in terror, while the rattle sound-
ed louder and fiercer.
"Don't move, Dell for God 'n sake,
don't move," whispered Chritto
pher, as he hastened to open the
strongest blade of his pocket-knife.
"1 won't stir, dear," said Ccdelia ;
and in her eyes Nhone that steady
glow that showed the quality of her
spirit when -uo was deeply stirred,
though cold thrills shook every
nerve, and even iier hair seemed to
lift, as she felt Ihe creature writhe
itself beneath her slender foot.
Christopher knelt and cut the
reptile through as close to her foot
as he dared briug the knife, for she
was standing directly on the ser
pents heait. Even then he would
not let her move for some moments,
tut he flung aside the carcass and
removed the rattle as u trophy.
After a miuute or. two he put his
arm about her and raised her quick
ly from the ground, while he tram
pled the severed head into the earth
but I her e was no need. The last
vestige of life and malignant lieuzy,
which sometimes enables the rattle
snake to sting, even in death, was
extinct ; then Christopher's pent up
love hurst forth.
"O, D-dl, my darling! My beau
tiful I'VLii a riall aliil I n.iwt Irticn
ou !'
"But, Ghristopner I am not
hurt!" said Cordelia, faintly ; she
was beginning fo be frightened.
"Why must vou lose me"'
"Don't you belong to another
to " Cordelia began to cry it was
a wa3' she had iu the days when she
had been "Scarey-Carrots ;" and
Christopher never had been able to
bear it, even then now it was not
to be endured.
He caught her in his arms aud
kissed her, as of old.
"Do you mean that you - don't
that is, that you do O, Dell, do
you really love me V
"Of course I do; I never could
love any one else in the world ; but
it is growing dark; Chris, dear, and.
I've had enough of adventures for
tosday. Take mo home, for I
couldn't stand another rattler."
Christopher Rought bis step
mother when they got home and
.asked steam ly :
"Why did you tell rne siie had an
unhappy attachment 1'
"She has to Jim. He's her
brother, and a ne'etsdowell like his
father."
"Her brother!" exclaimed Chris
topher. "Why in thunder ! but no
mrtter I forgive jou, maneuver
ing mother ; aud as for Jim well,
we w'll have him out here, if Dell
says so. The climate of California
ill do anything, and as a cureall
it act on moral being as well as on
tho physical ; and Jim won't be the
first scape grace it has turned into
an honest, prosperous fellow. By
the way, we'er going'to have a wedi
ding here. Jim can be best, mau
and yoa c.in'give the bride away.''
THAT TERRIBLE COUGH
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irisr, raising phl-gm, tjhtnes? in the chest,
quk'kriKl pul-e. chihir.pss in the evnini?
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Dr. Acker's KnilHi Cough lem-dy will
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An Onio woman has named her
twin daughters Gasolene and Kero.
sene.
THK VIRT SYMPTOMS OF DEATH.
Tired feeling, dull headache, pains in
various parts of the body, sinking at the
pit of the stomach, loss ol appetite, fever-
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