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CHAPTER vi.
At RAY

AT BAY.
During the journey homewaris Flora re-
manned silent. It was in vain that her
father tried to draw her into conversat on.
She remained obiurate, cold and hard as
the granite of her native city.
When they changed horses MacAllister got
out and left her to herself au1 sorrow,
while he mounted and rode the rest of the
Journey with Deempster, who by this time
was savagely drunk. Decidedly, Dan1 was
not pleasant company. Black care sat he
hind him, and fair head. dabbled in blood
when it vas not before him, was beside him
ALWAYS. So the two men rods on in silence
till they reached Aberdeen.
Flora found Jeannie MACPHERSON lowering
'twixt life AMI death. The name Of the per-
petrator OF the outra se was darkly limited
among the servants, but no one dared 10
speak out. or course Flora had her own
suspicious.
1T is an i'll wind that blows nobody
good" and it was well for the girl that her
young mistress had returned, or Mae Allister
would have found that his brutality had be-
trayed him to murder. Poor JelnDie's suf-
ferings somewhat diverted Flora's mind
from her own trouble. Her first duty now
was to her faithful handmailen,s whom she
nursed with assiduous tenderness
Next morning at daybreak, when the fish
erman went out to cast their nets, they
found Curly lying, bathed in blood, where
he had fallen the night before. Save for
some laiAt palsaion Of the heart he was to
all appearance quite dead. MacDiarmid
and three or four of the men carried MIN to
Sandy's cottage, where the good wife APP
pliei fomen Ia tions, and for hours and hours
chafed the frigid limbs till they slowly re-
l.. ~
had wholly left him At last they succeeded
in forcing a spoonful or two of whisky and
milk down his throat, and thus they kept
body and soul together for some days.
At length David Donaldson had got this
better Of his fall, AID was for returning to
the ferry. He had kind heart, had honest
Davie, and when he saw poor Curly in this
woful plight he forgave him his own
crack on the head, which was a singer, aud
remembered oaly that Curly hal given him
nine golden sovereigns. Thea be volun-
TERED to go to Dundee and spring a
guinea for surgeon
Next day be returnel with DR.. Dixon, the
famous theatrical physician. who recog.
nizei Curly instantly, despite his battered
condition.
Good Godr' exclaimed the doctor, ''this
Is an awful business Conclusion of the
brain---compound FRACTURED Who did i'll
It's murder or manslaughter, at the lest
No accident here, but foul blow. Who did
lit Dye hearf'.
MacDiarmid replied:
"DSil o me kens, or any o time chap,
pointing to ths group Of fishermen 1--WE
found the puir ladldie lying af the foot o
the great muckle bill, yestre'en was a week
past.'
That was all the information Dixon could
obtain Doubtless MacDinruid and Davis
had their suspicious as to how the outrage
had occurred, but they kept their own coun-
sci for the present.
Dixon wasted no time in words. He de
cided that his patieut must 10 taken 70
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CHAPTER /.
nnNAIn'a nEnuI

As despair of reproducing Pixies happy
knack Of spinning yarn, | must tell his
tale in my own prosaic way.
Many years ugo Donald Campbell was n
writer to The Signet in Edinbirgh As
for his writing, he did nothing but compose
verses, and very bad ones they were. he
was young, well born, wei bred, Of pleas
ant and engaging manners, very handsome
and very idle. 'He was the only son OF his
mother, and she was widown--left with a
small annuity bequeathed by her husband
/ distinguished officer who fell at Walerioo.
Donald was an assiduous diner-out, great at
halls and parties, plnyei capital game at
billiards. went to the theatre frequently,
and sedulously cultivated the acquaintance
of the players, among whom he posed him
fe.f as a man with expectations. In person
he was young Apollo tall and strnight as
n dart. fair complexioned, a pure Greek
face, straight nose, eyes blue as sapphires
and bright as diamonds, head of sunny
hair which fell in mass of golden curls
about his neck. Yes the hair was very
beautiful, but unfortunately there was not
much worth speaking about under it, His
face and his hair were very much admired
tho latter obtained for him the sobriquet
of Curly cognomen which chung TO him
throughout his life.
This interesting young gentleman gener-
ally began the day by shaking hands with
himself, and admiring his handsome face in
the glass Then he condescended to permit
the poor fond mother 70 worship him during
his breakfast, after which he sallie1 ous for
his morning game of billiards. In the after
noon he summed himself in Princes street,
ito give the girls treat as he modestly
put it. After that an early dinner Gin those
days late dinners were not in vogue), then
The thentro or the dance, whichever pre-
scented the greater attraction.
Usually his poor stupid head had room
only Tor one idea; but at last he managed to
smuRgle In two at ono and the same time.
HIS first idea was, on the strength Of his
handsome face and comely carcass. to make
a wealthy marriage In order to enable
him t.. carry out tins highly laudabIe object.
he managed through his fathers name and
his mothers influence, to get himself nomi-
mated for a cornetcy in the Midlothian vol
unteers; and very pretty figure he made
in his uniform whenever he had chance Of
airing 1t. His seconi, anil it must be con-
fessel most dominant, idea was to go on the
stage and make his fortune Others had
done so, why should not bel
At that period there wero not--at least
not in Curly's set many marriageable
young Indies of large fortune, so he con-
templatei seeking fresh woods and pas
lures new But there was difficulty not
<yholly uncannecied with coin Of the realm,
so he was condemned 10 negotiate in "Auld
Rookie" at least for the present
lie was now hve or six aud twenty, opd
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CHAPTER II.


Upon joining the company at Dundee,
Donald opened in Doricourt and at once
made a great hit Now LANG Willie" was
the tragedian of the company. Although
the stronger and more manly character, he
"cottonedn to Curly at once, and, notwith-
standing bis frivolity and weakness, became
greatly attached to hiT. They occupied
the same apartments, and soon were firm
friends friends at the age when friends
are brothers" Decidedly Master Curly's
lines were cast in pleasant places. Every
body was kind and considerate-for the
young beggar had most ingratiating way
with him--anl despite bis egotisn, which
habitually asserted itself with frank and
perfect self-belief, be was pettel AMI spoiled
by both the men and women in the COM
pany, just as II he had bsen great, hand
some Newfoundland dog. Johnston put
him forward by degrees ursslp him
gradually into an important ling OF business
coached him up in several of his own
parts, spread abroad tho report that he was
a man Of fortune, who had taken TO the
stage as a pastima, made a friend Of
him. and took him into society, where he
became as great success socially as he was
artstically. At Aberdeen he wus even
more popular than in Dun1es The ladies
admired him especially-indeed he was tha
idol of the hour. AT That time, before fhl
RAILWAYS were in existence, the advens OF
the players in country town was an inn-
portant event.
MIR. MacAllister, the factor Of the Duke OF
s., a mnn Of large wealth and consiler-
able local influence hal an only daughter,
who Lesides being great beauty. was IN
heire in her own right, being entitled GU
her majority to an income Of ten or twelve
thousand a year, bequeathei to her ALSO
mtely by her mother. Flora MacAllister wa
hot-blooded. impetuJus and utterly unco1-
ventional She fell in love with Curly al
first sight Every time he acted she occu-
piei conspicuous place in the boxes. Tnt
popular rumors as to his position in society
may probably have increased her infaiua-
ton However that may be, every drop Of
hlo0d in her veins thrilled at the sound Of
his voice; she thought Of him by day; sh,
d camel OF him by night. On his part, h
was attracted by her beauty and her dis
tinsuished demeanor, and toe fipst thing hi
did every night when he came on the stage
was TO look up to her box.
Flora was by no means typical High
land girl-not at least, as we understand
thsm-for she was dark as nigh, with an
abundance of dark brown hair, a beautiful
oval face, wonderful large gray eyes, which
flashed with fire or melted into tears with
| equal facility. Her figure was tall and
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He gainad upon tn I'm. As he reached the
corner of the hill the moon burst forth from
behind the clouds a man on horseback in
tervened as the carriage passed out of sight
Deempster, for it was he, as he rose in the
stirrups, exclaimed:
Five been waiting for this ever since the
night of the BALI Blast you'll Take this
and thisr' And he struck Curly twice
across the face with tbs thong enl Of his
heavy whip, almost biinding him; then, re-
versing his grip, with the butt end, which
was of loaded blaekthorn, he dealt him one
tremendous blow on the head, VIII CHI laid
him on the ground.
For moment the Lair OF Strathmines
smiled upon the fallen man, then be
growled:
That's quittance in flil, my bold play
actor, for all outstand ns accounts 'twixt
you and Dan'l Dsemp5tsrl'
With that he put splrs to his horse and
rode away in triumph, leavin, his rival
stunned, bleeding. senseless-ail but deadl
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Edinburgh A montn after ward they took
leave OF their dear old manager with many
protistatlol, OF gratitu le for past kind
nessss, AMI went On thair way to their re-
spective engagements, travelling as far as
Eiinburgh together
Before tn couch started for London
w HE thrui4 q han lful Of coin upon Curly.
1T was hlli the amount OF The Dundss bsns-
it, The latter obj,ctcl, for he still had a
few pound left, but the other would take
no denial, and 50, with aching hearts an1
fearful eyes, Ore5te3 and Pyiades purteL
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CHATTER x

The morrow's post brought Jameson a
letter from Curly, de rcrb.ng bis i'm res
sions OF London, Of the thsatre. the com
pany, etc. The general tons was elats AMI
confident ard be woani up by stating thai
his debut was fixed for the following Mon.
day, and that he was 70 open a. DoricuurE
At noon Jameson presented himself al
Athol house-one Of those wonderful old
places twelve Or fcurteen Stories high. the
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She then left the ro9m. From that time
forth shs contine herself to her own apart
ments; except for her faithful JEANNE, she
was always alone.
So, after all their scheming, after all their
violence, Il had come to this: Three lives
blighted, two hearSs broken, and the laird
of StrGthmines further of than ever from
the one object ON which he bad conferred his
hopes, in this world and the next.
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Curly seissd the remaining oar and tried
10 SOUL out 10 sea
or three miles wide. II wind AMI tide servei
it was mere nothing; but unfortunately
the lids was going out and the wind deal ia
his teeth. AT first his skill and strength
stood him in good stead The prospect Of
the reward nervel his arm and gave him
added power-on the one side love. life. hap
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1885-12-31
Judge James Z. Stuart.

We transfer to orr columns from the
Page Courier the following merited tri5-
ute 10 the personal and official integrity Of
a gentleman Of the old school, whose life
has reflected tile higher aim Of tie citizen,
the officer and the Chri ian;
The term Of Office ar Judge Stewart. Of
the County Court Of This county, expiring
on December 3lst, he will hold his last
Court on the 18th inst Not being d can
didate for re-eleGti0n lie positively de-
cliued to have his name put in nomination
BY his friends in the General Assembly.
LII leaving the bench. after its occupancy
for twelve years, Judge Stewart may well
take pride in the reflection that he lays
aside his judicial ermine not only white
and UnSpOtted, but with The siucere5t re-
Spect and confidence Of his bar, the officers
OF his Court, and the whole people Of Page
county Fairly and impartially, without
fear, favor or affection, and knowing
neither friend or foe, he has administered
his responsible and difficult Office for all
these years, and his declining years may
well be s0Othed " the consciousness that
even in these days Of bitter partiZanry,
foes, the same high character and gentle
manly bearing which always characterized
him in all the positions he has held, have
protected him against even a breath Of
suspicion, and have won for him the in
creased confidence and esteem of our
whole people.
Altho' twice elected as Judge Of our
Court, and the last time BY the unanimous
vote Of the General Assembly without re-
spect to party, it is Woll kuoWn among his
friends that his elevation came to him rot
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1885-12-31
$4,000 Short.

The sureties ca the official bond Of S. r.
Sterling, Treasurer Of Rockingham coun.
ty have closed the Office, and the county
court g2yc Sterling until yesterday to give
new bond. His failure 10 10 so will
cause the appointment OF a new Treas
urer. Sterling has been sued by the State
Auditor for &37, 600 back taxes, and after
partial Investigation the deficit in the
county funds is placed at $50 GOO, making
a total Of $50 coo to $50, 600 Sterling has
been Treasurer for about fourteen years,
and had the absolute confidence Of the en-
tire community. His friends claim Il at
be is insane. Warren 5. Lurty, Of IEarri.
sonbayg, is not . surety on tie bond cf
Mr.. Sterling, and is not Liable III any way
for any deficiency.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1885-12-31
Virginia manganese.

Inc Plttsourg Dispatch CT recent date,
had the following paragraph ii reference
to Manganese mine in Shenandoah coun-
ty. It is located at PowelI's Fort, in the
Massanutton Valley and lils west OF the
range in Which the noted Crimora Manga
nese Mines, in Augusta county, arc To-
Gated. In the range of She latter mines
are number Of localities where manga
nese is known to exist, bnt where no sy8te-
matte arrangement has been made for de-
yelopmeEt. On the IIiserman property,
about s miles south of Waynesboro, a
Baltimore firm has been prospecting, by
Shaft sinking but with what success we
re not at this writing advised At Mt.
Tory Furnace, the Mes5T8. Whistler, Of
Shenandoah county, are now operating
for Manganese. and have already thrown
out a considerable quantity. On several
properties, not great distance from Mt.
Tory, partial exposures haYe been made,
and OIL the Kennedy Furnace tract favor
able indications are noticeable. Further
south, on q tract, under the control Of DR..
Shelton of this place, there is known to
be large mass Of Manganese, but which
haa never been opened, with a view to
commercial purposes. The Dispatch says :
w. L. Morrow, Of Chambersburg, Pa,
who has been in the city several days eX-
hibiting to various manufacturers samples
Of manganese ores from his neWly-0pened
mine in Shenandoah county, Va, left for
home Thursday. To reporter Mr. Nor
row said Il find that l can sell more of
the ore than | can supply. The samples
have been tested IN number Of the mills
here, and pronounced as fine specimens of
manganese as have ever been mined.
There is considerable manganese in Penn
-~Sy lvania, but there is such high per-
centage of phosphorus and sulphur in the
Gre that it is almost worthless in steel
manufacture. Manganese is largely used
in the manufacture Of steel to throw off
the sulphur and phosphorus in the ore, and
especially Pennsylvania ores. 1t is also
used in glass manufacturing. to overcome
the yellOWish tinge left by traces OF iron.
Experts have told me that no better mines
of this material exist in the United States
than mine. Larger contracts have been
offered me here than l can ell for months.
because the mine is not developed. There
are about 1000 acres in the tract, Of which
[ own One-tenth. 1t is nine miles from q
branch Of the Midland Railroad, but the
ore can be easily transported by wagons to
the railroad. | have received offers from
railroad men connected with the South
Penn road to put in a branch from the
Midland to the mines, and wait for their
pay from the profits. The matter is still
under consideration.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1885-12-31
Suspended Officers

The Washington correspondent. OF the
New York Times, under date Of the nth
of Dec, says:
Justice Miller, of the Supreme Court, IS
represented to have expressed the opinion
that under the Tenure of Office act the
President has no power to remove an Off
cial without the consent Of the Senate,
tsection ,76S.) and that. in ease tie Senate
refuses to confirm nominations made to
succeed suspended officials, the latter are
restored to Office until their successors are
confirmed. Most of the Senators held q
different opinion, but Justice Miller says
that a suspended official whose successor IS
not confirmed can be held responsible fol-
the conduct of his Office from the date on
which the nomination Of his successor is
rejected, and that any court viii so decide
This opinion is based on common sense
view of the subject. 1t requires the con
current action Of the President ard The
Senate to qualify All officer of the govern
ment of the grade Of Presidential ap-
pointment. Without the consent Of the
Senate it amounts to mere temporary
occupancy Of the Office, ard that illCgally,if
such cause as is contemplated 10y the stat
ute does not exist for the suspension. The
person appointed by the President and
confirmed by the Senate remains the only
legally competent officer for the position
in question, until the Senate consents and
advises 10 the qualification of a success
sOr in the confirmation of the appoint
ment Of the President to succeed a sus-
pended officer. No person can he an Of
ficer Of the government, where tile advice
and consent of the Senate are required by
law, until the required advice and consent
are given, and consequently when the SEN
ate declines to give its advice and consent.
the appointment to a vacancy 0ccasi0nCd
| by susp ension, fails, and the only legally
equipped officer resumes his duties. 9th
erwise the consent of the Senate would be
a meaningless requirement. 1t is really
as essential to qualifying an officer as the
appointment of the President and imposes
upon the Senate just as much responsible
ty as the appointment does upon the
President. The President and the Senate
constitute the appointing power, and the
concurrent action of both must be had in
| both appointments and removals.
This view is held by a number of Sena-
tors of both parties, and now it is given
out that Justice Miller. probably the most
conservative and profound Judge on the
Supreme Bench, adds the weight of his
authority to the conclusion stated.
of Office act: there would have been no
| controversy over his appointments ; for all
recognize the policy of appointing politi-
cal sympathizers Of the administration
| where vacancies exist. But to make va
cancies for the accommodation Of partizan
adherents, and generally the most of;en-
sive Of partizans, is not what the law con-
| templates, nor what the Senate ought to
approve.
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That the mills of the gods grind slowly but
surely is about to be illustrated in Ohio
To save some Of the Democratic r0ughs
and ballot-boX suffers from the penitcn-
tiary the Democratic Supreme Court of
that State recently decided that the regis
tration law Of Hamilton county and Gin
cinnati was unconstitutional and c0nse-
quently its violation was no violation Of
law. Subsequently it decided that il Was
competent for Q Democratic clerk to issue
certificates Of election to temperate can
didates for the Legislature, although it
was known at The time that the returns
were fraudulent. This was to secure the
election of four Democratic Senators.
which would control the political com
pleXi0n of the State Senate. To do this
the returns for Supreme Judge were with.
held by the clerk until these decisions were
rendered, as counting them according TO
law, would have displaced q Democratic
Judge and installed a Republican Judge,
giving the Republicans a majority. I'M
mediateIy after these two decisions were
rendereda mandamus was issued to com
pei ting clerl. at Cincinnati TO forward he
returns to Columbus to be counted This
was done and The Republican Judge seated.
Now it is understood that the Supreme
Court. in view of the decision OF the Dem
ocratic Court, that the reg .stration lawsof
Hamilton county and Cincinnati are I'M
constitutional, will delare that the election
held under these laws is null and void, and
all the polls will be thrown out and Q
new election ordered. This will Oust all
the Democratic senators who hold The
fraudulent certificates Of election. and
relegate the whole matter to the people.
for them to determine whether Demo
cratic fraud and raScality are h. constitute
the rule and the law for Hamilton county
and Cincinnati. So the pit the Demo
cratic rascals dug for the Republicans will
receive their own precious carcasses.
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ify the insatiate greed and the insolent
pretension of class of men in the South
who recognize no freedom Of action which
is not prescribed by themselves and no
right to opinion unless it is in slANl n
obedience to their determinations.
The Republicans in the Senate have bnS
one manly, courageous course to pursue,
and that is to reject every appointment TO
take the place of a suspended officer, UNI
less the cause for suspension is such as is
contemplated by law and that pa3lc pol
icy which 10th parties have declared
should be the rule OF official action.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1885-12-31

UnQuestionably the agricultural inter
ests have been made to suffer the most Of
all through the operations Of the present
tariff laWS.-f0rHb aid Home.
In view OF the fact that all OF Tie most
important productions of the farm-Wheat
corn, oats, tobacco, cattle, &c, are pro-
tected by the tariff. and in view Of the
further fact that all the implements used
upon the farm for its cultivation are made
III this country cheaper and better than
they are manufactured in foreign countries
actually exported to other countries-We
should like TO have the facts to justify the
assertion Of our contemporary. The Oper-
alton Of the protective tariff laws has re-
suited in furnishing home market for
more than nine-tenths Of our farm pro-
ducts. Thirty years ago ninety per cent.
of the manufactured commodities, includ-
ing the articles purchased by the farmer,
used in this country, were manufactured
il foreign countries. where our workshops
and consumers were, instead Of living on
our own soil, making a market here and
creating wealth for oar own country. In
the quarter Of q century of protective
tariff operation, tie values Of this country
increased twice as much as III She whole
previous history of the United States. Poll"
cies ought to be judged and measured by
results. That is what all legislation is
primarily intended to effect Look at the
results of the revenue only policy up to
1861, and the condition Of the country
tllen and the results of the protective
policy froB! THAT time to The present, and
She condition Of tie country now. The
public treasury and the pnblic credit con
Stitute the barometer. Compare the
conditions, and see whether not only the
farmer, but every other class of citizens,
have not been benefited more by protec
ton than by approximate free trade.
If the Home and Farm means to labor
for the advancement CT The farmer, it