The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-11-30
This opportuno reminder effectually

when she came in with the minister's
wife and ordered it."
Now, the c's the now agent goin'
around town with ethose beautiful BIZ
ble'." resumed MISC Jane dreamily.
There's a head to admired 1 noticed
it the day he came here with his books;
tho Q was benevolence, an sublimity. an
ideality. an vencratitn all standin' out
like little hi1ls-I declare I could hardly
keep my hand Of his head. His perccp-
tive faculties are beautifully developed,
too. He admired mothers old silver
set am aid it was a priceless relic. I
showed him all the old plate an + never
sec n man so charmed. Before no left
he asked if he couldn't come an board
with me; says Widow Browns is too
n lsy, an he wants q sheltered, quiet
place, where he can read and study when
his works done.
Goodness, Jane, you amt goin' to
take him, be you2" exclaimed her friend.
Your house won't be the same place
with a stranger runnin' round it. You
don't think of it. do you?".
Miss Jane really had not quite decided
but the small opposition Instantly dis
PEELED all hesitation, and she firmly re-
spondcd.
eyes, indeed, I do. He can have the
spare room mex to mothers, and he amt
goin' to be any trouble. Miss Brown
says he always pays in advance. M four
dollars amt to be snce ed 1T these
times"
Ilere a diversion was caused by small
Johnny Brown, who, in despair of enter
ing any. other way, had rashly precipi-
tated himself over the garden wall, and
was discovered generously handing
peaches out to his delighted compan-
ions.
Miss Cummings did not forget the con-
versation, however, and repeated it at
several residences on her way home,
therefore, when it was ascertaiucd sew
eral days later that the new agent had
actually taken possession of the ''spare
room" at the Chandler cottage less sur
prise was expressed than might have
been expected.
Nevertheless. when the following Sun
day night, Miss Jane and the agent
walked into the meeting hou e together,
entered the same pew md even gazed
into the same hymn book. the congrega-
ton was SO much excited that Elias
Green sang out of tune twice and Alviny
Brown entered in all the glory of a new
white dress without causing the slightest
comment.
Things having begun in this prop.tious
way. moved on serenely. Every day
Miss Jane discovered new beauties in
their boardcr's head and fresh charms in
his countenance. They walked, talked
and rode together. The Bible business
l,nguishcd, but ~phrcnology fourished.
The village resigned it's If to the state
of affairs and merely looked on with in
terest until suddenly, without a mo-
mcnt's warning, came q local earthquake
that shook Russellville to its very foun-
d~ations. Mr.. George Winburnc, the
new agent, had left town! He was not
there; he had gone; and to assuage the
pangs of parting and rs n memcnto of
that peaceful vale he had taken Miss
james watch and chain! Seventy dol.
lars in cash! J.! Mrs. Chambers solid
silver eet!l!
Later developments showed that
while Miss Jane and her mother wero
quietly reposing in the arms of Nor
~personified the beautiful attributes Of
ideality. veneration and reverence, had
risen from his couch and quietly stolen
away. His perceptive faculties were
certainly developed, There was no
doubt of that.
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Three days later Miss Cummings
called or her friends with the laudablc
intention of explaining that the entire
village had foreseen lust what had &C.
Cured, and could have warned Miss
Jane weeks before it happened. She
rang the bell. but no ono responded; so.
availing herself of the rights OF, an old
friona oho co1n,lu -oJlSol
Through the little dining.room she
passed out into the, kitchen. The room
was empty, but a fire burned in the
stove and on the bright Goals lay a nun
Der of chnrred books, pamphlets, maps,
etc. AS Miss Cummings stepped nearer,
a tongue Of fame shot up in the center
of the doomed volume and one par
ticIlarly bright flash threw ont in bold
relief tie title on a burning page, ''How
to Read Character; A Guide to Human
Intercourse; by"
The door opened and Miss Chandler
entered from the garden. She looked
rather con used at seeing her friend and
glanced hastily at the fire. Reassured
by the bl re, she greeted the visitor
calmly, and entered into an easy discus
sion. Only once did she lose the high
serenity Of her ma:ner-when Miss Cum
mings preached the subject so near her
heart. Then Jane Chandler rose in her
might, and with few w%cll-chosen re-
marks, SO awcd the gentle Martha that
che afterwardt remarked to Widow
Brown: I'D as lieve discuss murder
with a full-fedged lunatic in the State
asylum, as phrenology Nith Jane Chand-
er."-ArkunsaW IruoeIer.
Number Of Farms in the United States.
State. 1880! 1870. 1880.
Alabama .......... 135. 1854 67,3S2 55,125
4 A rlo noou "a 400 xnkO4 on'n0x