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NO. 40
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Au. 7, 1891 ly
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citizens ot Lincolnton and surround
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Jan. 9, 18!)1.
ly.
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surrounding counties.
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LONE LEE.
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HIS MOTHER.
BY AMY RANDOLPH.
The cold-gray shadows of the
wintry twilight had enveloped tree
and meadow and sluggish forest
streams in tbeir uncertain mist, the
factory chimneys flung their fiery
bannery of smoke against the leaden
sky, a basso relievo that would hav9
made Kembrandt himself rejoice,
and tho hum of neverceasiDg ma
chinery In the little town rose above
the rush of tbe river, like the buzz
of a gigantic insect.
Charles Emery, the day fotemau
in the rolling-mills, was just retir
ing to his home, having been reliev
ed by John Elter, the night official,
and as he walked along, his. feet
souuded cripsly on the hard-frozen
earth, he whistled softly to himself,
as light-hearted as a bird.
"You're going with us tonight,
Charley V1 cried a gay voice, and
two or three young men came by.
uDo you mean !''
"I mean to the opera
For upon that especial evening
there was to be an opera in the lit
tle town of Crystalton, a genuine
New York company with a chorus, a
full orchestra and all the parapher
nalia of scenery and costume which
provincial residents so seldom en
joy, and the younger population
were on the qui vive of delighted ex
pectation. "I am going," said Mr. Emery,
slowly ; "but not with you P
"But yoa will change jour mind,
though," said Harrison Vail, "when
you hear that Kate Marcy is to be
of the party. Kate Marcy and the
Miss Hallo wel Is and Fanny Hewitt.
There are eight of us going. We've
kept a seat on purpose for yon !"
"I have engaged myself to anoth
er lady," Emery replied, after a
second or so of hesitation.
Vail laughed.
I "Well, I'm sorry for it," said he,
but Miss Marcy is not a girl who
Deed pine for a chavalier. We'll
'keep the seat for you until a quarter
of eight, in case you should see lit
to change your mind. Only let me
give you a word of warning, old
fellow 1 Kate Marcy is a high-spirited
girl it won't do to trifle tco
much with her I"
Charles Euuery went on bis way
rather graver and more se!f-ab
soibed. He bad asked his mother,
the day betore, to go to see "Tbe
Mascot," and bis mother's eyes had
brightened with genuine delight.-
"Your father used to take me,
Charley,'' she said, "when we were
young people and lived in New
York, But it's twenty years and
; more since I have been to an opera.
i And if you're quite sore, dear, that
(there is no vonnff enrl whom von
would rather take ''
"As if any youug girl in the
world ould be to me what my own
darling little mother is ! ' replied
Eineiy, smiling across tbe table to
her.
"Then I shall be so delighted to
go,'' said Mrs. Euiery.
And her voice and eyes bore
happy witness to tbe troth of her
words.
Bat now that a regular party bad
ben organized, and Kate Marcy
had promised to join it, things look
ed very diffierently to the young
man. For a moment he almost re
gretted that be had engaged him-
self to take his mother.
"She wonld be as well pleased
with any concert,'' he said to him-
self, "aud I should have the oppor
tunity of sitting all tbe evening
next to Kate Marcy. I II ask her to
let me oif this time. She won't
care."
But when he went into the little
sitting-room of their humble domain
and saw his mother, with her silver
gray ha?r rolled into puffs on eiiber
side of her almost unwrmkle brow,
her best black silk donned, and the
one opal brooch which she owned
pianed into the white lace folds at
her bosom, his heart misgave him.
"I have been trimming my bonnet
over with some violet-velvet flow
ers," said she, smiling, "so as to do
you no discredit, Charley; and I
have a new pair of violet kid gloves.
And now you must drink your tea.
Fro made some of your favorite
creamnbiequit, nid the kettle is
nearlv at the boil. Ob, Charley,
you'll laugh at me, I'm afraid, but
I fell exactly like a little girl going
to her first children's party. It's so
seldom, you know, that a bit of
plersure comes in my way!''
And then Charley Emery made
up his mind that his mother was
more to him, in her helpless old age
and sweet, affectionate dependence
than any blooming damsel whose
eyes shone like stars and whose
cheeks rivaled the September
peach.
"Going with some one else 1" said
Kate Marcy; rather surprised and
not exactly pleased.
She was a tall, beautiful maiden,
the belle of Crvstalton, aud rather
an heiress in her own right, with
all the rest; She certainly liked
Charles Emery, and she rather sur
raised that he liked her al30. And
when she had been studying up her
toilet tor the opera, she bad selected
a blue dress, with blue cornsflowers
for her hair and ornaments of turs
quois, because she had once beard
Mr. Emerv say that blue was his
favorite color.
"Going with some oue else !" she
repeated. "Well, of coarse he ha
a right to suit himself."
And she kept within her own soul
the fevered fire of girlish resent
ment, the gnawing panks of jealousy
that disturbed her all the while that
she was sitting waiting for the great
green curtain to draw up.
Until, of a sadden, there was a
slight bustle on tho row of seats
beyond, and Mr. Emery entered
with his mother.
And then Kate's overgloomed
face grew bright again. She drew
a long breath of relief and turned
to the stage ; it was as if the myriad
gas-lights had all of a sodden been
tarned up; as if all the mimic world
of the operafhouse had grown ra
diant. Never was voice sweeter in her
e rs than tbe somewhat thin and
exhausted warble ot MaderooiseUe
Koualie de Vigue, tbe prima-donna ;
never did scenery glow with such
natural tints or footlights shine
more softly. Kate Marcy declared
that the opera was "perfection 1"
"Yes, but," said rert little Nina
Cummings, "do look at Charley
Emery, with that little old woman !
Why couldn't he have come to sit
with as !"
Kate bit her lip. In the crowd
now snrging out of the aisles of the
little operahouse she could scarce-,
ly venture to express her entire
opinion ; but she said, in a low earn
est tone:
"I don't know what you think of
i, Nina, but I, for my part, respect
Mr. Emery a thousand times more
for bis politeness to his mother."
And, almost at the same second,
she found herself looking directly
intoCharle8 Emery's eyes.
For a moraeut only. The crowd
seperated them, almost ere they
could recogn:ze one another; but
Kate kit ture and her cheek
glowed scarlet at tho certaintj
that he had heard her words.
"Charley," said little Mrs. Emery,
looking into her son's face, as they
emerged into the vail of softly fall.
ing snow, which seemed to euwrap
tne whoe outer world in dim, daz
zling mystery, 4iwbo was that girl!"
"What girl, mother T" with a little
pardonable hypocrisy.
"The one, Charley, with the big
blue eyes, and the sweet face, wrap
ped in a white, fleecy sort of hood
the one who said sbo respected
yoa r
"It was Kate Marcy, mother."
"She has a face like an angel,"
sid Mrs. Emery, softly.
Tho next day tbe foreman of tbe
rolling-niills went bold'y to the old
Marcy homestead, whose red-brick
gables, sheeted over with ivy, rose
ap out of the leafless elms and
beeches, just beyontl the noise and
stsr of bosy Crystalton.
"Miss Marcy," he declared, "with
out intending to be an eavesdropp
er, I heard what you said last
night."
"It was not meaut for your ears,
Mr. Emery," said Kate, coloring a
soft rosy pink.
"But," he pursued, looking her
full in tbe face, "I cannot be satis
fied with mere cold respect, Miss
Marcy. I want a warmer, tenderer
feeling toward myself. Jf you could
teach yourself to love me ''
The dimples cam out around
Kate Marcy's coral-red lips, wreaths
iug her smile in wondrous beanty.
"The lesson is already learned,
Mr. Emery," said she. " I Jo love
yoa. 1 have loved you for a long
time."
And the foreman ofiha rolling
mills went home, envying neithe
king nor prince that day.
"Bat I never should have loved
you so dearly,'' his young wife told
him afterward, "if you hadn't been
so good to that dear iittle mother
of yours. In my eyes you never
looked half so handsome as when
you stood bending over her gray
head, in the crowded hall of the
opera-bouse that night,''
"Yoa see," said Emery laughing
at her enthusiasm. "I agreed with
the hero of the old Scotch ballad :
" 'Sweethearts I may get many a
one,
But of raithers ne'er another.' "
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j Government so burdened wiih new
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Way 8 and Means Committee has
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for getting more money out of the
peopie.
And this startling change has
not been brought about by the re
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tbe Fiftyrst Congress multiplied
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Tlie Threatened War With
Cliill mid What About IS,
To the Editor of The Landmark :
The troubles between the United
States and the South American re
public, Chili, are all at ouco awak
ening a wide-spread interest anions
the masses, and tbe question natu
rally arises, "What is all this fna
about, anyway ?'' Give us, Mr. Edi
tor, ia your nrr, issne, a summary
of this difficulty from the beginning.
The origin of the troubles occur el
several months ioce, but, so far as
details are concerned, has to a great
extent passed out of the minds of
the people, and it is not surprising
tliat it bs for but ft"" s-ippoeeil
that we would ever bear of it again;
bat recent developments are arous
ing interest generally in the matter.
It ia to be hoped that tue war c'ond
will soon pass over. A nation ot
05,000,000 don't want, if it cm hon
orably avoid it, to engage in a war
with a sister republic ot only 2,500,
000. The area of Chili is 203,070
square miles, not quite six limes a
large as North Carolina along Ktip
of land ou tho west coast of South
America. In breadth this strip ol
land varies from 40 to 200 miles. Its
area is larger in proportion than its
population.
I am satisfied that an editorial
from your pen giving additional in.
formation in regard to the foregoing
will be appreciated by your readers,
J. A. Stikeleatiier.
Oiin, N. G, Jan. 25, 1892,
Last summer a war broke out in
Chili in the form of a revolution on
the part of the Congressional party
as it was called, against Ii ilmacfda,
the theu President of the repnblic
A vessel of the Congressional party,
the Itata, loaded arms and other
munitions ot war iu the United
States, in violation of the neutrality
laws, and when an United States
deputy marshal went on board the
vesse1, while it was anchored in the
harbor of San Diego, on the Califor
nia coast, to foib:d the proceeding,
the vessel steamed off for Chili with
the officer and arms on board. The
officfr was landed before the arrival
of the vessel home, but meantime
the United States war-ship Chatles.
ton went in pursuit of tbe Itata. The
race between them exci:ed world
wide interest, but the Itata anchor.
ed in Chilian waters before being
overtaken. Subsequently the ves
sel and arms were returned to the
United Spates ; an apology was re
reived and accepted by th?s nation
and the Itata wa released. It may
be fairly said that the present trou
ble grew out of this incident. The
Congressional party was victorious.
Ba'maceda committed suicide and
his wife and four children took ref
use from the Chilian mob in the
American legation at Santiago. On
tbe 15th of October lat the United
States war-ship Baltimore, wh'ch
ban been cruising io Scuthen wat
er, ws anchored in ValDHrint
Club, -viin )pr comrcandinij offi'!-r
Cap. Schley, gai ho-a Iave o
117 fBc rg and sailors Thv sunn
tered about the city, in unforro,
from i-arly in the wfter.Tjon until
evening, when they wer Fet upon
by a mob, variouslv estimated from
1CC0 to 2000, They defeD'ed them
selves as best they could but some
wie killed, some stabbed and nean
ly if not quite all beaten. It is
claimed and not denied that tbe
sailors were Foer and conducting
tUerntelvs iu an order:y and re
spectful manner, and it is alleged by
the United States but denied by
Chili, that tho police authorities cf
Valparaiso encouraged, and a part
of it participated in, tbe assault.
The American government be?d
that tbe assault upon its sailors, in
uniform and on god behavior, was
an outrage upon the government
whose unitorm had been attacked,
and it demanded reparation, the
punishment of the offenders and an
apology for the offence. To thes
demands there was no satisfactory
response, and then ensued a corres
pondence between tbe two govern
ment", which has occupied the peri
od from that time to tho present.
One of tbe incidents ot this corres.
pondence was a demand on the part
of the Chilian government for the
recall of the American minister
Patrick gan,who was charged with
B aimaceda and with having em-
barrassed the Congressional party
as much as possible during the pro
gress of the revolution. The diplo
matic correspondence has presented
a great many inteiesting features
and many nioepoiuts of internation
al law. Tbe American government,
seeing no disposition on the part of
Ohiil to meet the situation iu any
tnanuer becoming what this gov
ernment felt to be its gravity, finally,
last week, put its demands in tbe
form of an ultimatum. Meantime
the Navy Department had put it
self on a war footing and had be
gun fo bead its war-ships, one by
one, toward outliont wa i-rt. j&ion
day President 11 r i - tsausniitted
to Congress all itto coirrcpondence
that has passed between tne two
governments, accompanying it with
;i lengthy message, tM-lligerent in
ton1. Tuesday a reply was received
to the ultimatum submitted by tbo
United States. It in substauce
withdraws the demand for the re
call of Minister Eg an aud proposes
to submit the matter of the atack
upon the Baliioiore's sailors to the
arbitration ol some neutral power
or to the Supremo Court of the
Unitod States. This reply is under
stood to betoken the earl v re-estab-
lis'unent of peaceful relations.
Throughout the controversy the
tone of the American government
has bfen dignified but its spirit ag
gressive. This spirit was suggested
by the President, who has had the
support ot his cabinet in the matter,
expect 1 hat Secretary Blain ban
been disponed all tbe while to bd
peaceful aud conciliatory. It baa
appeared that Congress has sympa
thized with the President in his
purpose to protect the dignity of
tho American name and to assert
the rights of the United States iu
Siuth America, and it is not doubt
ed that the Democratic House wou'd
have readily voted the supplie
necessary to the prosecution of tbo
war bad war been declared. Wo
8p'ak of it in the past, because iis
we understand the situation what"
ever probab:lity of war there may
have once been, has pasea away.
It aas not occurred to us at any
time that there would really he a
war and this libelif-f is what has
made Crpi". Stikelathea's inquiry
neiessa-y The Landmark has
scarcely brought to tbe attention of
its readers a complication which it
has always felt quite sure would
have a peaceful adjustment.
Having said this much, however,
it may be weil enough to add that
the area and population ot Chili
are about as stated by our corrfR
pondent ; that the population is iu
tbe main Spanish-American and
Indian ; that the people ae ot a
nigb degree of civilization, brave
and war-like, and that thev bate
the United Sa' mor, cordially.
The Democrat ic C?tiitlllHle.
In choodntf t ca' d dsi tor the
Prednenc tbi y-r r Dem cr t
ic party will be governed maink oy
it desire to a in in th ? elc'iou.
Though tbe partisan o' individ
ual aspirants may not be able to un.
de stand it, the party in not con,
cerned to exalt il e born of this
man or that. Its purpose is to a
lect tbe candidate who can most
surely be elected.
It wants a good Democrat in tbe
White bouse, and it does not graN
ly care which of many good Demo
cratic policies carried out. It des
s:r'?s to rake tbe Bhortent road to
thsteud. It will select its cndi
daie with reference to his f lection.
Personal considerations and per
sonal "boomV will have secondary
place in the Convention's consider
ation if the Convention tru'y reflects
the attitude and will of the partv.
N. Y. World.
Waiter (insiuuatiuglv) "Have
you forgotten anything, oir Mr.
Pedant (with asperity) "I should
say so. Forgotten more than you
ever knew." New York Press.
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