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l folded the letter and placed it In my
breast. l wished to keep 1t, that l might
read 1t again and again during the next
twenty-four hours. Long hours they would
be, This letter would aid me To make them
pass. Philippa made no objection to my
keeping ii. She sat inotionless, gazing
gloomily into the fire.
"You knew tho mans right name and
titlef' l asked.
"Yes, from the first. Ali there wrongod
myself, Basil The rank, the riches, perhaps,
tempted me; and-Basil, loved him thenfn
Oh the piteous regret breathed in that
last sentencel | ground my teeth, and felt
that there was a stronger passion than even
love. THAI man and | meet tomorrow /
told myself softly.
= But you spoke OF II childr' / said. turning
TO Philippe.
cit is dead-dead-deadrn she cried, with
a wild laugh. A fortnight ago it died. Deadl
My grief then; my joy to-day Seel l am
In mourning; tomorrow | shall put that
mourning of. Why mourn for what is a
happy EVENT. No black after to- morrow."
Her mood had once more become excited.
As before. her words came with feverish
rapidity. took her hands in mine; they
were now burning.
"Philippa, dearest DO calm. You will see
that man no moref'
, 1884-12-21

ANA1 ANNA A1AAo nc VI ave
bdndY
Four days after my inter view with Phil
ippa l was walking with a friend who knew
every one in town. As we passed the door
of one Of the most exclusive Of tho clubs l
saw, standing on the stops talking to other
men, the man whom l knew was Philippa's
husband. His face was turned from me, so
| was able to direct my friends attention to
him.
who Is that manr' ] asked.
That man with the gardenia in his coat
Is Sir Mervyn Ferrand."
"Who is hel What Is hei What kind of
q man is her
"A baronet. Not very rich. Just about
the usual kind of man you see on those
stops. Very popular with the ladies, they
tell me-"
"Is he marriedr'
"Heaven knowsl l don't. never heard
OF a Lady Ferrand. although there must be
several who ara morally entitled to use the
designation
And this was her husband-Philippas
husbandi
/ clinched my teeth. Why had he mar
ried under a false namel Or II she know
that name by which she introduced him to
me was false, why was it nssumedl Why
had the marriage been clandestinel Not
only Sir Mervyn Ferrand, but the noblest in
! the Land should be proud OF winning Philip
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pal The more ! thought Of the matter the
more wretched / grew. The dread that she
had been in some way deceived almost drove
me mad. The thought OF my proud, beauti-
full queen kome day finding herself humbled
TO the duss by a scoundreIs deceit was an
euish. What could / dol
My first impulse was to demand an expla-
nation. then and there, from Sir Mervyn
Ferrand- Yet l had no right or authority
so to do. What was l to Philippe save an
unsuccessful suitorf Moreover, / felt that
she had revealed her secret to mo in conf
dence. II there were good reasons for the
concealment, l might do her irretrievable
harm by letting this man know that / was
aware Of his true position In society. No, ]
could not call him to account But l must
do something, or In time to come my grief
may be rendered doubly deep by self-re-
proach-
Tn next day l called upon Philippe. She
would at least tell me IL the name under
which the man married her was tho true or
the false one. Alasi l found that she had
left her home the day before-left 1t to re-
turn no morei The landlady had no idea
whittier she had gone, but believed it was
her Intention to leave England.
After this l threw prudence to the winds.
With soma trouble ! found Sir Mervyn Fer
rand town address The mex day / called
on him. He also, l was informed, had just
left England. His destination was also I'M
known
| turned away modify. An chance OF
doing good was at an end. Letthe marriage
be true or false, Philippa had departed, ac-
companied by the man who, for purposes Of
his own, passed under the name Of Farmer,
but who was really Sir Mervyn Ferrand.
l went back to my home, and amid the
wreck OF my LIES happiness murmured a
prayer and registered an oath. 1 prayed
that honor and happiness might be the lot
of her Iloved; | swore that were she wronged
l would with my own hand take vengeance
on the man who wronEed her.
For myself l prayed ~nothing-not even
forgetfulness- Iloved Philippa; l had lost
her foreveri The past, the present, the fu-
ture were all summoned up in these words
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Philippe as I sac her hen Isee her Roto.
Heavensi how fair she wasi How glorious
her rich, dark beauty How different from
the pink-white and yellow dolls whom Ihave
seen exalted as the types Of perfectionl
Warm Southern blood ran through her
veins and tinged her clear brown check
with color. Her mother was m English
woman; but II was Spain that gave her
daughter that exquisite grace, those won
drous dark eyes and long, curlod lashes, that
mass OF soft black hair, that passionate,
impuisive nature, and perhaps that queen
like carriage and dignity. The English
mother ma have given the girl many good
Rifts, but her beauty came from the father,
whom she had never known; the Andalusian.
who, died while she was but n child in arms.
Yet, in spite OF her foreign grace, Philippa
was English. Her Spanish origin was to
her but a tradition. Her foot had never
touched her fathers native land. Its lam
guage was strange to her. She was born
In England, and her father, the nature of
whose occupation l have not been able to
ascertain, seems to have spent most OF his
time in this country.
When did / learn to love herl Ask me,
rather, when did we first meeti Even then,
as my eyes fell upon the girl, l knew, as by
revelation, that for mo life and her love
meant one and the same thing. Till that
moment there was no woman in the world
the sight of whom would nave quickened
my pulse by a beat had read and heard
of such love as this. l had laughed at It.
There seemed no room for such an engross-
ing passion in my busy life. Yet all at once
Iloved as man has never loved before; and
as / sit tonight and gaze into the fire l tell
myself that the objecfless life / am leading
Is the only one possible for the man who
loved but failed to win Philippa.
Our first meeting was brought about In the
most prosaic way. Her mother, who sur
fered from n chronic disease, consulted me
profession ally. My visits, first those OF a
doctor, soon became those OF a friend, and |
was free to WOO the girl to the best of my
ability.
Philippa and her mother lived in a small
house ON the outskirts OF the town. They
were not rich people, but had enough TO keep
the pinch of poverty from their lives. The
mother was a sweet, quiet, ladylike
woman, who bore her sufferings
with resignation. Her health was.
indsed, wretched. The only thing
which seemed likely TO benefit her was a
continual change Of air and scene. After
attending her for about six months, l was
in conscience bound to indorse the opinion
OF her former medical advisers, and tell her
IL would be well for her to try another
change.
My heart was heavy as 1 gave this ad,
vice. II adopted, 1t meant that Philippe
and / must part
But why, during those six months, had
not. passionately in love us l was, won the
young girls hearth Why did she not leavs
me as my aHianced bridel Why did / let
her leave me at ALT
The answer Is short. She loved me not.
Not that she had ever told me SO in words
had never asked her IN words for her love
, 1884-12-21

q historical Dept; Cheyenne, Hyo
, 1884-12-21
DARK DAYS
BY HUGH CONWAY.
author Of Called Back"
CHAPTER /.
A PRAYER AND A VOW.

CaAflEh l.
A A Y AND A vow.
Whom this story OF my life, or Of such por-
tions OF my life as present any out-of-the-
cormon features, is read, 1t will be found
that l have committed errors OF Judgment
that l have sinned not only socially, but also
against the law of the land. In excuse 1 can
plead but two things-the strength OF love,
the weakness Of human nature.
II those carry no weight with you, throw
the book aside. You are too good for me: 1
am too human for you. We cannot be
friends. Read no further.
need say nothing about my childhood
nothing about my boyhood. Let me hurry
on to early mnnhood-to that time when the
wondsrfnl dreams Of youth begin to leave
one; when the impulse which can drive So
Der reason aside must be, indeed, a strong
one; when one has learned to count the cost
OF every rash step; when the transient and
ftful flames OF the boy have settled down to
a steady glowing fire which will burn until
only ashes are left; when the strength, the
nerve, the intellect, is or should be at its
height; when, in short. ones years number
thirty.
Yet. what was I thenl A soured, morose,
disappointed man; without ambition. with
out care for the morrow; without a goal or
objsctin life. Breathing. eating, drinking, as
by instinct Rising in the morning, and
Wishing the day vas over; lying down at
night. and caring little whether the listless
eyes l closed might open again or not
And whyl Ahi to know why you must sit
with me as l sit lonely over my glowing fire
one winter night. You must read my
thoughts; the pictures Of my past must rise
before you as they rise before me. My sor.
row. my hate, my love must be yours. You
must. indeed, be my very self.
You may begin this retrospect with tri-
umph- You may go back to the day when,
after having passed my examination with
high honors, / Basil North, was duly en-
titled to write M. d.. after my name, and sci
to work to win fame and fortune by
doing my best toward relieving the suffer-
ings Of my fellow creatures. You may say,
as l said then, as / say now, "a noble
career; a life full OF interest and useful
nesan
You may see me full OF hope and courage,
and ready for any amount Of hard work
settling down in a large provincial town,
resolved to beat out a practice for myself
You may soc how. after the usual inittatory
struggles, my footing gradually grew
frmer; how my name became familiar; how
at last l seemed TO be In a fair way Of win
ming success.
You may see o for a while a dream
frightened my life; how that dream faded
and left gloom In Its place. You may scs
the woman loved.
No, / am wrong. Her you cannot see
Only l myself can see Philippa as ! Jaw bel
hams / see her now.
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softly, and banding her proud head; shut
there were reasonA--even now / am pledged
to tell no one. Basil, l only show you this
because 1 know you will take no other an.
Ewer.u
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-10-18
Rev. A. II. Coke.

A the memorial services held
by the Tennessee Conference at its
session just closed, the following
remarks were made of the Rev. a.
b. Cooke, who was born and raised
in this county:
Rev. w. A. Leath read an appro-
pirate enlogy on the death of Rev.
A. Ii. Coke, who died November
~, 1888. He was licensed to preach
by Bishop Paine and ordained by
Bishop Capers. HIS life was pure
and upright; there was naught
against him. He was a true Chris
tian. His life was like the sun, it
gave out its light day by day. For
several years he bore supernumery
relations to the Conference.
Rev. WelbOrn Mooney, of College
Grove circuit, said he knew the
deceased well and loved him dearly.
He had bowed with him at the
altar in Franklin when Bishop Ca
pers cOnse Grated him to the office of
elder. |, was joy TO meet Bro,
Coke in his own home. He was
exceedingly pleasant and agreeable.
He made you feel happy in his
presence. No night was so stormy,
or dark, that he would not get out
of his bed to serve a friend. lie
was full of faith and the Holy
Ghost; he was earnest, sincere,
practical and conscientious, and a
most uuSelffSh rSan. He never
spoke evil of any man; he was
slngularly free from the feeling OF
i'll will. He died in the arms of
Jesus, and feel l can almost see
him waiting at the golden gates to
greet Us when we. come
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-10-18
The Morrison-nean nifRenltr.

A difficulty occurred in this city
Tuesday between Frank Morrison
and Sam Dean. which resulted in
the latter getting blow ON his
head with Ratchet, which may re-
suit fatally.
Frank Morrison is the son OF Mr..
w. w. Morrison, one of the CIarks-
vile police force. and a highly re
spected citizen. He is young man
OF good character, and his habits
have never been regarded as other
than peaceable. Dean had been
employed as a Waterman at f. p.
Gracey & Bros warehouse. He is
a clever young man but addicted to
drink.
The difficulty occurred in Sen
sings grocery store, on the corner
of FIRST and Commerce streets. The
young men began by badgering one
another in a friendly sort of way,
but carried il into quarrel. Dean
was drinking and took some excep-
ton to a remark Morrison made
about the disagreeableness OF a
drunken man. Mr.. Sensing took
hold of Dean and started to put him
out of the door. Dean put his hand
in his hip pocket and Morrison
grabbed bar of iron that was lying
near him. Dean removed his hand
from his pocket and said he didn't
have any pistol. He was all the
time in the grasp of Sensing anL
struggling to get loose. Morrison
laid down the bar of iron. After
wards he picked up weight, laid
that down and picked up Ratchet.
About that time Dean swung loose
from Sensing and made a slight adj
vance towards Morrison, when the
latter struck him, infiicting very
severe wound on the head.
Morrison was examined before
Esquire G. ID. Bailey Wednesday
and placed under bond of $1,000 to
appear at the next term of the Grim
inal Court.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-10-18
Tobacco.

During the past week we have
been shown two samples of new
crop tobacco, one raised by Mr..
Pleasant Cncke and the other by
Mr.. s. ID. Tinsley,hoth of the South
side. That OF Mr. Cooke was of II
bright color and was well cured, he
having used Coulter's furnace, and
if handled properly will bring Il
fine price. MIR. Tinsley's was of the
dark GAINESVILLE type and is heavy
and will no doubt command good
price as tobacco of that kind is al
ways in demand in the GAINESVILLE
market. Almost the entire crop has
now been cut and housed and in a
few weeks will he cured and ready
for examination by our factory deal
ers. The crop altogether is not as
heavy as it would have been had it
not been for the drouth, but it is a
good one, in fact, we consider it the
best rrrp we have had for several
years. 1t is less wOrm-eaten, and
is being cured in better color gen
orally, and we think our dealers
will be liberal in their prices.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-10-18

THE Nashville American OF Tues
day in speaking of the different
members of the Tennessee Confer
ence, has this to say of the Rev. 10.
G. Myers, who is well known in
this county:
The most truly original, simple
minded and lOVeable character in
the conference is the Rev. 10.
Myers. He has been preaching
forty years, and has taken into the
church more new cOnverts-the
result of his own laborS-than any
man in the conference, perhaps, and
never turned member out,
upon the principle that the best
way to deal with a hayward MEM
Der was to stay close to him.
He has spent forty years of his
ministry in an honest and sincere
effort to do good He has never
learned to speak evil of anybody.
His words are always kind. He
has great charity for the faults of
his fellow mch, and would under
take to live on faith without any
thing to eat if the Bishop required it..
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-10-18

IT was midnight! the stars shown
down reSplendent on the fair I'M
covered head OF Luselte McNab,
odtyieing in its shivering bright
ness the clear effulgence of the har-
vest moon, that now hung high In
the Heavens. Although the hour
was late, her little hand stillnestled
within the broad palm OF Montague
-DeQuincy -Matt-Sullivan, who gaz-
ed down wistfuIly into the clear
depths OF her sparkling eyes, blue
as the Vaulted dome above, which
returned his look with ii sort OF
Observation-Disclosures go Republi-
can gaze. l
"On one condition oniy, will i
wed you darling" she murmured.
What is the condition only name
it and will comply, even though
my life should pay the forfeit! he
Kissed with bated breath, while q
observation-disclosures yard Con fiagra-
ton flush overspread his bronzed
cheek. r..
"You must,-you must" she Hist
tated, as she raised her ruby lips to
his and whispered in his ear a''sub'
scribe for the GAINESVILLE City Direc-
tory"
The day is set, no cards. y
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-10-18
ADJUSTMENTS.
MISS BELLA MOORE.

The performances Of this young
lady closed too late for due notice
of them in our last weeks paper,
and, as we consider her far above
the average OF our travelling stars,
we are unwilling to pass her over
even at this late day.
The play which is her specially is
entitled ''The Mountain Pink" and
its plot is occupied with events in
the career of the contraband whisky
distillers who, under the title of
sMoonshlners,' infested not long ago
the mountains of North Carolina.
Her part WAS that of a mountain
maiden ignorant Of the world, partly
through the teaching of young
lady settled in the same neighbor-
hood and partly by the more potent
teaching of love, learns delicacy
and refinement of manner foreign
to her homely surroundings, with
out losing the naivete and simpIici-
ty of her native manner. Such Il
character gives admirable play for
the grace, archness and tenderness
which are the leading characteristics
of Miss Moore's acting.
But in the part Of Galatea, In Gill
bert's Pygmalion, she attempted
and succeeded. in a much higher eff
fort this play is the one piece of
Gilbert's composition which treats
fine old Grecian myth, not with
the broad farcial burlesque which is
his ordinary vein, but with an alter
nation of delicate pleasantly and
touching pathos. In embodying
this idea. Miss Moore proved her
self a sterling actress, such as has
very rarely of late gladdened our
eyes; and when she again changed
her mood and threw herself into the
rollicking fun of Nan, in the farce
of good for nothing, all were sat-
isfied that she touched nothing
without adjoining it. IL was unani-
mOusly resolved that the Mountain
Pink is the Pink OF perfection.
Much was added to the zest of
these performances by the comic
farce of the lady and gentleman
who played the old mans and old
woman's parts; we have lost our
programme and forget the name Of
the latter, but the old man was
played by a Mr.. Hanna, whom we
should be glad to see again.
One merit ought to be specially
dwelt upon, that throughout the
two nights performances there was
nothing said or done which trench
ed upon the most fastidiou5 demands
of morality.
Olsi sic omnia.
The far famed Georgia Minstrels,
a troupe of genuine colored artists,
will give an exhibition at Elders
opera house Monday night. They
are noted for their fine plantation
melodies and will furnish good en-
tertainmCnt for the lovers OF fun.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-10-18
PERSONAL.
Mr.. r. l.. Duval, of Dayton, Ohio,
WIS in the CITY "Wednesday.

Mr.. IL. L.. DuVal, OF Dayton, Ohio,
was in the city Wednesday.
Mrs. j. f. Coulter IL visiting
friends in Louisville.
Most of the delegates to the Ten
nessee Conference returned from
Nashville Tuesday night,
Mr.. j. o. Gritty, agent for the
Nashville American, gave us call
Tuesday. ....r
Mr.. w. H. EdmondsOn, of the
lakewood neighborhood, gave US a
substantial call Tuesday.
Miss Carrie Wallace, accompa-
MED by Miss Warfield, of Hopkins
vile, has returned to the city.
Mr.. Paul Wyatt, OF this office,
was in Nashville Monday and Tues
day of this week.
Mr.. Jack Crouch returned from
Hurricane Springs Tuesday eve
ming.
Mr.. w. T. Bentley, of Bennett,
Texas, is on visit to relatives in
New Providence.
Mr.. Carter BrOaddus, of Mem
phis, is visiting his fathers family
in this city.
Mr.. Lee Pickering is In West
Tennessee in the interest of the
hardware house of J. F. Wood.
Mrs. Jennie Smith, who has been
a resident of this city tor several
years, left for New York Wednes-
day evening.
Miss Jennie Chadwick, o. the
Southside, is visiting the family Of
DIR. r. G. Wyatt, OF New -Provi-
deuce.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian Miss
Clemmie Herring, of ClarksYille, is
visiting the family of Mr.. V. M.
Metcalfe.
Mr.. Ed. Warlield, of this city,
left for AbiIine, Texas, Wednesday
evening. lie goes with the inten-
ton of making the Lone Star State
his future home.
Capt. Frank Gracey and wife re-
turned from Hurricane Springs
Tuesday night. We are glad to
state that he is very much improv-
ed in health.
Mr.. John 3. Williams, of Palmy-
ra, called on us Tuesday, and show
ed us sample of his tobacco crop,
which was of heavy, long, dark
GAINESVILLE type.
Bowling Green Gazette: Miss
Whitaker, from near GAINESVILLE,
was in the city yesterday on her
way to Cedar Bluff College, where
she will attend school.
DIR. w. NJ. Finley and wife, of
Lebanon, Tenn, and his daughter,
Mrs. G.. w. Bransford, of Owens
boro, Ky, are the guests of Mr.. S.
F. Beaumont, on Madison street.
Col. w. II. Fessey, one of the
oldest and best teachers in the coun-
ty, will open public school at An
tioch on the Southside next Mon
day.
The last news of Capt. II. Hern-
don is that he was improving slow
ly. His wife left Thursday morn
ing TO join him at Hurricane
Springs. -al 81
Mr.. ]. W. Bedwell, of st. BethIe-
hem, has accepted situation as
clerk i'm the boot and shoe store of
Mr.. John Rick, and would be pleas
ed to see all of his old friends and
customers who may want anything
in his line of business.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-10-18

Mr.. w. S. Gill has resigned as
general agent for the GAINESVILLE
ugagc Company and Mr.. II. L..
Garner has been elected in his place
M. Garner has been Il "hedgeman"
for a number of years and is thor
Oughly familiar with the business.
lie was d successful agent ,Qnder
Mr.. Duvalls' management Of the
Dayton companies business in this
section. Added his experience he
is a gentleman of affabIe manner
and fine address and is possessed of
good business qualities
The Board of Directors upon re-
ceiving the resignation of Mr.. Gill
passed the following resolutions:
Resolved, That we accept the
resignation of w. S. Gill as superin-
tendent of the GAINESVILLE Hedge
Fence Company this day rendered.
Resolved, That we tender the
thanks of the Company to him for
efforts ne has made and the services
he has rendered the Company.