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Why shouldn't It Every other Kirl does.'' "It's Biolul, wicked waste of tlme,,, aid Mrs, Vane, "when the qnjltinj; U no behindhand and there's each a deal of sewiug to be done." "But life in't all for work," plead d Muriel. "And Mr. Clifton ih coining all the way from the city in hiH sliMgti to woe uio. Ob, mothir, pleaBH let me hvn a loaf ot home made cake Hiid norm led apples add real cteam br the c ffee I Junt lor this once I it's only one day in the jear. Do, mother ! "rituff and nonsense said Mrs. Vue, who wan oiiti ot those hggra Viiting women w ho made up their uiiudH on the least juwHible ground and then pride themselves on ad hering to their word. "I've naid no, and I meau no. When I was a young girl, wasn't setting my cap at every fellow that came along.'' "Mother," cried Muriel, in an agx ouy of wounded pride, "do you mean to say that J do tuck a thing." 'You think a deal too much ol the beaux, anyway," said old Mrn. Vane, screwing up her thin lips. "Aud I'm goiug to break up that suit of thing. See it I don'i !" It was with difficulty that Muriel Vana, uaturally a high tempered gul, cheeked the iudinant retort that rose to her bps. Surely, sure ly it was not right that, she, a girl of eighteen, who was earning her own living by teaching in the dis trict school, should be treated like a child of eight ; that her tyrauuical old mother should place no coufis dence whatever iu her 6ence ot right aud delicacy. Up to this time she bad rendered tbe tribute of au unwilling obedience to Mrs. Vaue' behest ; and now she felt that tbe moment for just rebellion had oome. She felt that she could not live any longer iu this cramped, niggardly sort of ay, with the very lumps of su ar for her tea meted out to her, oue by one, and the pip pin apples tor her lunch dealt spar iugly forth, as if each one were molded iu gold. Mrs. Vaue took her lamp avray at nine o'clock every night ; she dictated to poor Muriel as to tbe very color of her dresses and the number of yards which she might purehane lor them; iu fac', the giri c;iicely dated to think tot tier self. Uould who live thus always. she asked hen-elf. Was it nsht that 4he should f 'At all events, mother," waid Mutiel, speiking in alow, deter miutd tone, "L shall receive my irieuds on New Year's Day I It a my privilege, aud 1 claim it 1" "iluoiph 1' was the coutemptuoUN rejoinder, but there was a world of meaning iu it. So . Muriel retrimmed her one blacksilk" drees aud bought a new ribbon sash, aud baked a great, goU deu New Years cake filled with plume, and studded all through with translucent bars of citron, and herself bargained with tbe grocer for two pouuda ol real Java coffee with as little adulteration of liio, Maracaibo aud chicory as he could bring himself to coucoct. "I cau use the china that my grandmother Vaue left me in her will," thought Muriel. "That at least, is mine, although mother would never allow me to unpack it I" She was busy decorating the walls of the little parlor with laurel leaves and long, dark-green trails of princeplne on New Year's Eve, when her mother came into the room. 4Mariel,,? paid she, "I want to send some dressed chickens and a peck of those goldeu pippins to your aunt Dora at the Iighthouse. Jenkins's boy is ready with the boat; but he's such a limb, that I don't for the life of me, dare to trust him with tbe apples aDd the bag of bickoiy nats, I want you to go. LINCOLNTON, tnd ask Aunt Dota for the pattern f the new bedquilt ; tb 'Philadel phia Pavemeut,' you know." Very well, mother,' said Muriel, iu the old submissive way. "But isn't it rather late?M "PshaJV I" said Mrs. Vaue." Why, the sun is an hour high yet. "You'll le back long telore dark ifjeu kins's boy is npry with the oars.7 A urn Dora, Mrn. Vane' only Mis ter, was a worthy scion of the fam ily tree tall, masculine and hard leatured. She had alwaya taken the entiie charge of White Reefs Light house, even although the official ap poiutinent was coulerred upon her husband ; aud when, one day, that public servant departed this life, ihif.gn vent on per isly the same. Mutiel was uot fond of her aunt I) ra ; uii.l her aunt Dora regarded be as a "poor, chicken-hearted cature Vane all over. But Muriel did feel sorry for the tone y old worn-in, and nliei thought, that even a pair ol lowls and a few ap ples this unwonted manifestation of nisteily feeling was worth e.ar ring to Whiie Heels. So she made haste to dou her wadded cloak and little lur-edged hood, and to draw on the scarlet woolen mittens w'lich she hernell had knitted during i hose long, dreary winter eveuings w hen Mie and her mother sat iu si lence opposite each other ; tor Mr p. Vaue never invited any company, aud gave her neighbors but scant welcome when ibey came of their own accord- "Jenkins'ri boy'' was ready with he boat, a small, ferret'oyed young ster, with an intensely freckled face, and a furtive, sidewi.se gUnee.whicli al uriel ahvaje distrusted; and as hey glided out over the water, ab ready dyed with the orange reflect tion of Fuuaet, in the directiou ol White Ileefs Lighthouse, Muiie1 leaned hor chin iu her hands and thought ot Mr. Clifton. What would her mother say it she knew it all that Paul Clifton loved her that he was coming to Hhk for her at the maternal bauds, the very noxt day f "It will be of no use, ''she thought sadly. "Mother will say no. She wants me to marry Squire Sedley, who is bald aud deat and twiee aiy ago, and who only wants me be cause his housekeeder has struck fr higher wages, aud he thinks a w ife would be better economy. But we cau wait, Paul aud I. We will wait!' And theu they ran up alongside the t;H, spectral cylinder of the lighthouse, for the tide was high aud the lauding was comparatively easy ; and Muriel sprang lightly out ot the boat, looking up at the fiery eye in tbe lantern above. "Give me the bag and the basker. Tommy," said she. "Steady with tho boat now ! I'll be back in one minute.'' So the orange glow had burned down into a deep-ied radiance, and the dusk shadows of the New Year's Vjh were creeping over all the glas y surface ot the sea. Aunt Dora was at home. In fact Aunt Dora never was anywhere else. Her own society, little as other people cared for it, was all. sufficient lor herself. "Oh, it's you, isitf' ea'd Aunt Dora, as unconcerned as if he lived ou dry land and was in the habit ot seeing company every hour in the day. tshe wae darning stock ings by her own especial little lamp, and the tea-pot already simmered on tbe hob tor heV lea. "Anything the matter 1 Because I couldu't leave the light, if it was ever 'i "No, nothing is the matter," said Mutiel. "I have i;rougbt you a j note from my mothe;. Something about the pattern of a bedquilt, I believe, Aud some chickens and a bag ot frehh hickory nuts.' J uii t Dira rTad the note once, tice, three times over. Then she rcg-tnled Muriel in a sinister lash ion bom under her thick black bro'As, while the girl plajed an cousciously wjih the cat. "Humph !'' she she. "Yes, I'll go ami get the pattern !'' She was gone some time half an hoar, at least, as it seemed to Mo riel ; and when sfe came back, the girl started up N. C, FRIDAY, JAN. 19. 1894 "It in nearly dark,' tbe aaid. "I ' must make haste home.' "Well, you needn't be iu Huch a flurry,' said Aunt Dora, wi&h a grim chuckle. "I've sent the pat teru by Tommy Jeukins, He's naif way to the shore ty this time." Muriel uttered a little shriek. "And how am I to get home!'' she cried. "You ain't to get home at all,5' s od Aunt Dra. "You're to stay and spend the New Year with me. That's what your mother said iu her note.'' "But 1 have not!" exclaimed Muriel, stamping her foot, vehem ently. "I must go home 1 1 expect company to-morrow." "Sit down and be ey do !' said Aunr Dora, ".lusf is for the king. I'd like to know how on earth you're to get home, with only one lNat at the steps, and that pad locked light, wilb the key snug at tu bottom of my pocket P And Aunt Dora laughed a hard, diHsonaut laugh that was like the croak of a raven. For a moment Muriel gazed wild ly around bko a newly , caged bird ; then she burst iuto tears and sobs. "It is all a stradagem of moth er'ril" she ciied, wringing her hands "I might have kuown it I I might have known it !" Aud that night at the White Reefs Lighthouse, with the melan choly sea lapping tbe foot ot the tower aud the wind whistling ar ound the steady glow of the beacon wan the dreariest that Muriel ever sent in her lite. "You aurt good company to night," said Annt Dora, glanciug at ber niG-e, ever and anon, between the .stitches cf her darning. "Because you have deceived me!' cried Muriel. "You and Mother !" "Humph !" said Annt Dora. ' It i.n .til for yoor owu good. You'b thank us one of these da js. Qirls oughtn't to have their own way.'' But Muriel only wept ou and re fused to be comforted. She went down to the foot of the toer, the next day, and sat there her cloak wrapped about her shoul ders, listlessly gazing out on tbe parkliug floor of tbe deep. "Is that a boat coming V she aked herself. "With one man in it ? It is coming here,' I wouder T" Nearer and nearer came the boat, rocking lightly on tbe surface of the waves ; aud presently Mauriel started up, with a cry of joy. For it was Paul Clifton waviDg his hand to her, as he came ever nearer and nearer, "A happy new year, sweet Mori. H !" he called out as tbe boat touched the stone steps, "I am the enchanted kuight come to rescue you from the prison-tower 1" "How did you know I was here?'' said Muriel, with sparkling eyes and velvety cheeks dyed with crim sou. "Your mother was entirely uon. committal," said Olittou gayly. "I tou)d learn nothing whatever from her except that you were well aud were not receiving company. But I was fortunate enough to meet Tommy Jenkins, who, for the con sideration of a silver quarter, ig Domioiously turned state's evidence And here I am, my sweetheart Will you come with met" "Ofcouise I will, said Muriel, springing lightly into tbe boat. "But where ?" "To be married," said Mr. Paui Chiton. "It is high time that this system ot tyranny was broken up. My little Muriel must be mine and miue alone beuceforward. Do jou not agree with me 7" Aud Muriel answered : "Ye.'' Aunt Dora got to the window just iu time to shriek an ineffectual summons to th pair iu the tHBt-ie-cedmg boat. "it's no use." saiii Aont Dora, drawing a long breath. "When a gill is iu love, hhe is neither to hold ru.r lo bind. I've done thebeft I could. MehitaMe can't bl n.e vie ' Two boors later, Muriel walked iuto the old brown-rooted bouse ou the shore, leaning ou Paul Clifton's arm. Mother,'' said she, to the amazed Mrs. Vane, who fully believed that U wiw "dreeiug ber weird" In the s riitaiy lighthouse tower, "I am married 1 And this is my husband Will you forgive us, please? For I am no very, verr happy to-day that I do uot want a living aool to be at variance with me I" Aud ao Marie! aigned ber decla ration of independence, and be came Paul Clifton wife upon tbig gloriou Hiiinbluy New Year' Day. And Mrs. Vane and Auut Dora were compelled to eoufesa themselves outwitted and lo aerept their de- teat witn as good groe as possible. "Fate is la'e." said Aunt Dora, grimly. "And I watfh my bauds ol the whole oonoeru," said Mrs. Vane. But Pud and Muriel wfre M4rene- ly hnp. And what nmlteieil aught el ? llseaHl Lttve ef olorleiy. Seveial years go, in Wdlshite, England, little boy was taken from his bed lo the nigh, conveyed to au out-house, aud orneilj oiurderetl. Subsequently, his balf-siter, who bad lienouw a in id die aged woinau, was convicted of the crime ou her owu confession. There eeetns to havo been no doubt ofi:her guilt? but nevertheless, as a general rule it in not safe loeouvict ou this kind of tectimouy nnlesa the confession is sustained by corroborative cir cumstances. We frequently iead of persons charging themselves with capital offenses of which they could not possibly have been guilty. There have bceu cases of murder in which hall a dozeu innoceut people have volun arily accused themselves of the crime. In some ins' a noes, the inolive lor uch groundless elf crimination is an inordinate wish to tie couspieuous. Society, more's the pity, liouizes its monster vils lians, and there are tools in the world rash enough to seek the bubs ble Notoriety even At tbe baiter's loop. Persons of a morbidly excite able temperament are sometimes so worked npou by tbe reports of dieadiul homicides that they lose their mental balance altogether, and actually fancy they are tbe guilty parties. In tbe very case to which we have alluded above, a man came forward and proclaimed himself the mur derer, describing with great min uteness tne operation of cutting the child's throat, etc. So plausible was his story, that had he stuck to it, his neck might have been jeopar dy ; but finding tbe m itter was get ting serious, he concluded to prove an alibi, and was discharged from custody. Upou the whole, confessions are opeu to many and manifest objec tions as legal testimony, and when unsupported by corroborative proofs should nyer be considered hs con clusive evidence iu cou't of justice. iV. Y. Ledger, They llaveTlie Klgbt--Jo Ahead. Salisbury Herald: It U talked on tbe streets that tbe eity fathers will follow the example of Charlotte and Qreensboro and place a license tax on cigaretts We have seen no member ot tbe board of commis sioners in regatd to the matter, but learn from a reliable source that tbe question has been np for considera tion and was postponed for further information in regard to the law t earing upou it. Some people ques tion tbe legal light ot tne commis sioners to levy tbe tax, but we have heard no on express an unfavorable opinion concerning its rights from a moral standpoinL IHega! nothing tbt the tnmrd could do would be more generally approved. GUARANTEED CURE. We authorize our advertised druegixtto sell you Dr King's Hew Di-tt very foi consumption, coughs and cold, upu thi- condition. It you are afflicted with L Grippe and will use this remedy accordiae to directions, g'viog it a fair tril. and ex perience no benefit, yu n.ay return Uie bottle and hve your money refunded, we make this offer because of th wonderful success f i r. King New Discovery Cur ing last season's epidemic. Have brd of no ca?e in which b failed. Try i- Trisl bottles fre at J. M. Lawing" drugstore. Larre sue 50c and $1 00. Are yon interested tn Liucoin count t 'Xben take tbe Coubub UliVOLUTIONAUY UK LI OS. SaperlMteudeal Jflxsa tfeatf cw Ullea J'UjuajhftMr'a . . The fodowiag oorrpoa4 ax plains itself: . '- Gxs.lt. iU&alvoM E-teened ttir: I An dellfhud to learp that you bare andarUkau to write a akateb of tha battle ot IUa flour ifiUT send 'you by to-day t mail a package containing two re 1 tea of the battle, which you witj phae place in the mueuai of tha Ueck l ii burg Historical Society. One of them is an onnoa ball. Tht was turned op by a plow on the batttle ground a few years sinoe. Tnera were a half dozea of them together reading me to beiiTH they had been con taiued in a Ku.ib dropped ou the battle field. The other is a vest button found iu lue branch at the foot of the hill ou which the battle Was fought, aud uear the place where tbe hottest part of the battle occurred. On this button Is a crown underneath which are the lstierri "It. P." I think this button was worn by a royalist. ut aiu unable to decide for what tbe initials atabd. Perhaps you can aiplain. ' As your tiooisty is takiug some interest iu this battle, I cheerfully send you these relics of same. Very truly jour, A. Nixon. Lincolnton, N. O., Jan. 8, 1891 A. Nixon, Enq : My dear sir : I desire to thauk you most cordially for the donation you make to our lliHtoncal Society as stated in yours of yesterday. I regiet I can give you no satis factory explanation of tbe military button det-crihed. I agree with you iu thinking it was probably worn by a royalist. But you will recall that in fact there were no regularly organized troops either Euglish or American in tbe fight at Itamsour's Mill. It was wholly a battle betwon the Whigs and Tories of that section hastily gathered together for tbe special emergency, and as suddenly dispersed after the fight was over When however, Cornwallls start ed in pursuit ot Morgan alter the battle at Cowpens, few months later he rested bis army two dais at or near Ramsour's Mill, and also rid himself ot all surplus baggage. Iu this way the button may have got there. But I have coniulted all tbe authorities at hand, and I Mud no command to which tne letters 'lR P. ' would probably apply. But I suggest this as a possible explanation: The British commao deis most always spoke ot the loy alists or Torus as "Provincials.' And just at that time, June, 17S0 atter the fall ot Charlston and tbe capture of nearly all the Soul hero troops, theloyalists every where rose in arms aud orgauiz d. And it so happened that tbe two chief leaders iu organizing the Tryon Tois Col. John Moore and Major Nich olas Welch claimed to belong to the noted provincial regiment ot Col. Hamilton in Halifax county. They came "in rich regimental'' and displayed tome go d in order to entrap tbe credulous loyalists. Tbey may also have drought with them and distributed among their follow, ers Home iuriguia ot rank and loy ally. In this view "R. P r might nell indicate tbe "Royal Provin cials." But I nowhere find exactly that passage. Please allow a word rwrsounl to yourse'f: It adds to the value f this gitt tbat it cornea from one of our county superintendents or pub lic instruction. I ouU wish that moie ot our tecbei aud others in terested in the traiidug aid educa tion of the yoiintf C"iild w k- up to lhe imparlance of North Carolina S a'e hlstoi. It s Midlv n ded Again ihaiikiu ou, 1 aiu s-ti ceie y ouis. Rufus Habeioeb Charlotte, N.C .J-n 9 1894 featijiieVp income TAX. Wa-hitutnn P.-et t-tju.inV tee of the Con.in t C of Wsjs and Mean ot the Houn, 'n cl arg-or tha iiwin e tux feature of tbe taiil . oouferenee ot nrday bid, held a niirht and were in session again! vesterday.The tab-committee has1 UO. 39. a bo at par fac ted taa tAMtai.traUoa faatar ui taa bill a4 ttpaot to takta report &m tftttwtag to tbe Detfotialto ' ttiAKlKta'W U com- sl.fc. A.,aahea fca 4cris4 M4ar vale Ua .grami - aaaa ai tha paaple wha wUlaj aa tnaoma tax will mot b botUerad tjy vk oolleo Uea or flnea. It ,U1 UmiXe" the daty of' U'ja(Tuaa.f its'M ha taiabja iuoaaia &a aaaka tao pro par ratara, aad tftnat ' waa have ouly a non-taxabl Uftona will not b repaired to aaaka aa'returu thexaoB. Qiber ftra cQaueoted with lhe collactiou ta tbu tax have lu partially 'agrai4 aiyua. It may be &eoeaaaTy for km iiaU-oou tuittee to bav S short 'aeaaiaa" (Ufa morn The Comaiisiou'er 'of luteinal lUtwnue baa not beeA aakul for au rail mate of the 'prbbaLle Expense ot colleotlng the luoolu tax, but the sab comfaittea beiieyea that it can be collected rail! for between 2 and 3 pr eut of the toti amoant of the tax. : A. prominent iu tabex of the aUooaiiulttef ex preaaed the beliel thai tha 0;ea of the ueu ? bo decided iu favor of au inaome tax wUL aUa bs oaat iu favor of making tbta faatura a rider on the tariff bill., The i&embertf. of the committee who have voted (or the Income tax' were Messrs'. Moid 1 1 la, Bryau, Turner,' "Whttiug, Tarsney; and By nam. Btlll there is a strong impression that the two bills may be adopted as indVpeu dent measures. i SARI JONES ANI DR. miTCEIARU. Tbey Are at It Afcalu. It was three or four years ago that Sam Jones and Rev. Dr. Prit chard first locked horns. It whs over an article that the Doctor con tribnted to Charity and Children, the paper priuted at the Baptist 0 phanage. Tbey bad a great tune ot it but finally shook hands. No' the war is on again. In Saturday's Atlanta Journal Sm writes: T. 11. Piiichtid, D. D , of North Carolin. iu a contribntiou to "Charity and Cnildren," ot Thomasvilie, N. C, of recent date said : "Soon after the little stir created by scores ou Sum Jones, Bishop Keeuer, the senior officer of toe board of bishop or the M. K. (Jhurch South, said to a friend ' of mine, a prominent Mctbodrat, that be sym pathjaed with my sentiment and that tbe last time Sam Jones bad been at his house be had told bim that if be didn't quit swearing aod telling dirty etoris in the pulpit he never wished him to come to his bouse again. "That these were his views I am prepared to believe irom the follow, mg clipped from the Tenuesiee Methodist, published, I thiok iu Nashville, where there is a Sam Jones Tabernacle that ootft forty thousand dollars." Then be proceeds to quote Bishop Keener on tbe ''Lowered Pulpit.'' I don't know, of course, who the friend of Dr. Pntcbard'a was to whom Bishop Keeuer gars utterance but I do know that I uever was iu Bishop Keener's boot iu my lite. I do know that Bishop Keener never said such a tiling to me in anybody's bouse or out doors or ip the clouds or under tbe earth.. I do regret when I see a preacher tangled up either closely or remotely' with sn infamous ' lie on another preacher. itfnaHai PRICC 80 CENTS rtSBQ QTTLC. i ttstti vuiAur iirnaaf 4t rni. t row aayTa sV!r,'pii 4 Subscribe fotj the &JiXR. lit