The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-05-25
ut in the professions of medicine, law,

Atloiasuic, uluSlC auQ ART.
The costumes were to embrace ever
known covering for the human form. an,
the whole affair was to be an event to b
remembered.
The Douglas and Selby residence
were each surrounded by a large lawn
divided only by an imaginary boundar,
line.
Miss Selby had chosen for the party
simple country girls costume, and vcr,
pretty she looked rs she stood in the par
lor showing herself to her father, who's,
tiresomc, wounded foot, q reminder O
Gettysburg, would not allow him to q
out tonight.
A light calico, with q white apron ant
pink ribbons and bows, and a small has.
ket in her hand, made Kate Selby a.
sweet a picture, la Vatican, as eve
met the gaze of a connoisseur.
Five minutes later, Kate Selby was
standing in a small grove at the side of
the Douglas mansion, Watching the
dancers fitting past the long windows
reaching to the ground.
She could see nearly all over the room
from where she stood.
All were masked, and as they moved
In rhythmical cadence to the music OF
the orchestra, Kate felt that creepy SEN
sation which the sight of twoscorc people
with hidden faces, but piercing eyes, so
often produces.
She turned quickly and-lookcd into
the face of a red-beardcd, dirty-faccd
man, with a black eye and q livid scar
across his cheek, which did not. improve
his naturally repulsive appearance.
The man was intoxicated. Kate saw
that at the first glance.
She stepped to one side, with an in
dignant flash from her gray eyes at the
fellows insolcnce in looking at her at all,
and was about to run toward the side
door, when he placed himself directly in
her path.
emo so fas'-hic-my dear. I wan
shome &c funsh-hic-an' Pm goin' to
danish wiz YOU"
Heavens! there was another ono!
a bundle of rags, whose shining black
face and close wool showed it's Ethiopian
descent, made its appearance from behind
a large tree and grinncd silent approval
Mt the others remark.
Kate could still sec through the trees
the dancers passing the long windows.
She opened her mouth to scream, but
before she could utter a sound the rcd
bearded man put his hand significantly
him MS he said:
"Scrcam an I'll shootsh yer"
This was awful.
The rcd-beardcd man grasped her hand
and pulled her toward him.
Then-she never could tell how it hap
pened-the red-bcarded man fell fiat on
his back.
At the same moment the whole scene
seemed to be pcrvadcd with a mountain
Gus expanse of brown wooden, rope Cir
die, and tight-clinchcd white fist.
"Pax vob;scum!" said q voice she
thought she had heard before, as the
brown wooden, rope girdlc, and white fist
resolved themselves into a Capuchin friar,
standing thrcateningly over the red
man and uttering the pious ben
,diction with n hea,tincss that must have
been very soothing to the drunken rufian
his feet.
The friar's large, pointed hood had
allen back, revealing a bronzcd face,
With q brown beard, and two blue eyca
hat blazcd in the light which fell full
lpon him from the long windows of the
louse.
They recognized each other at tie
same instant.
"You seem to be my protecting ange...r
he said.
GAS is consistent with my sanity char.
he answered, gravely.
"May I take you to Mrs. Douglas and
ret an introduction" asked the friar of
ate.
The introduction resulted in Miss Sell
~ finding that the friar's name was
But she calls him Fred now.
An Effective Prayer.
Some time ago, as the story runs, w.
". Erwin the criminal lawyer, pressed for
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