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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1886-05-01

And In accordance with law, and an order
Of the Board Of Directors, made on the 18th
day Of March, 1886, so many shares OF each
parcel'of such stock as may be necessary, win
be sold at public auction, at the Office of the
Company. Room SO, Nevada Block 300 Mont
gomery street, San Francisco. California. ON
THURSDAY, the Goth day OF MAY, 1886.
at the hour Of one a. o'clock P. NJ of said
day, to pay said delinquent assessment there
on, together with costs OF advertising and
expenses of the sale.
J. j. SCOvILLE, Secretary.
ofice--Room 50 Nevada Block, NO. 400 Mont
gomery street, San Francisco, California.
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CHAPTER III.
ABOUT MISFORTUNE.

II was dark rs father and son drove home,
and PcrcIval was greatly startled when,
almost IT, soon rs the horses began to move,
the rector threw himself upon him, and, sob
bling Ike child called out;
II am ruined man, Percy-a ruined man"
The explanation which followed this an
nounccmcnt was in all its main features new
to Pcrcival who had never known any par
tculars of lis fathers affairs. The facts,
which may he briefly told were these: Brent
senior was the son of father who had mar
ried twice and the rector had now n half
brother II, arly twenty years older than HIM
self This brother, under his mothers mar
riage settlement had inherited all her prop
erty, which was very large The father had
"A life interest in it, hut at his death the whole
passed absolutely to her only child. Rector
Brents father had ever been careless and
imprudent man, who, having married for
tuuately. lived ON his wifes money. After
her death he married again, rs has been said,
and his second wife died in the same month
as himself, hut his reckless and improvidcnt
character was plainly seen 10y the state in
which his affairs were left. He might easily
have saved and saved handsomely, for the
education and maintenance of his second son,
our rector. tut as "A matter of fact he died so
deeply in debt that even his furniture had to
be sold to satisfy his creditors, Young Brent
was then at oxford preparing for the church,
but it SEEM, d ms if his whole future must be
altered At this time his brother came for
ward, and although he had never been kindly
used ly the second Mrs. Brent, he now, with
great generosity, resolved to help his brother;
and he made him an ample allowance for his
university expenses. Under these circum-
stances "A very cordial friendship sprang up
between the two, and this friendship had
hitherto been unhrolen. The elder brother
did not marry, being studious; and If not
woman hater certainly not woman
hunter. As time went ON, and the younger
brothers position and requirements grew,
the elder increased the allowance he
made him. and now for several years he
had been giving the rector fifteen hundred
per annum This, he promised should be
continued to his death, when an ample pro
vision would be made for himself and his son.
This arrangement had gone on for many
years undi,turhed, but n short time before,
to Rector Brents great establishment, his
brother, then over seventy, told him he
meditatcl marriage. The facts were soon
out A strong minded Irish widow, of good
family with IA file Of tall, hungry, pennllesS
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BE- di,agrccable.
Sophia said nothing. She was drying of
her tears with great brisknsss and assiduty.
II is "a pleasant sight to see a pretty Young
woman Wiplng her tears away. and feather
ing herself into Chccriulncss again
Excellent good sense, Sophia. the mother
said, looking at her with great approval II
always knew with your sound judgment,
you would come to this view of the matter;
but was prepared for a little temporary re
luctance and little girlish romance and
was prepared to bear it kindly. dear, and to
wait for the return of good sense. which |
knew would not be delayed long But you
are wise girl, Sophy; nothing like facing
the inevitable boldly, and at once"
But. mamma Sophy said, lit is not such
a great trial Perciyal can work We can
both wait"
so, then have mistaken your exclaimed
the mother Now, Sophy. my dear. YOU
must not be absurd. This marriage j, simply
impossible. Wait as long as you may. the
young man cannot make fortune such as
you should expect and require. You will see
this some day
81 promised him would love him always"
Sophia said, with aItlessness which in an
other woman might have seemed affected;
"and am ! to break my word because my
poor fellow is unfortunate He has done
nothing, Is he to lose his money and-and
me too"
At which dreadful prospect Sophia began
to cry again and worked at her eyes with
her pocket handkerchief, which She had
twisted into sort of ball, as crying women
! do
at is a very nice, kind way of talking,
/ Sophy' the little diplomatist said "and it
does you credit, dear. ! almost think | like
| you better for it, sweet, sweet girl" with q
kiss at each adjective But we must be
prudent, dear Believe me, Sophy, nothing
that is imprudent is ever kind in the long
run. 1t may appear so; it never iS-not
kind even to those it seems most to bene-
fit. In life, dear, everything depends on
prudence
Mamma" Sophia cried, rising from her
chair for the second time, "if you had told
me that Percival had been disgraced. | think
/ ] should have died. If you had told me that
the man who spoke to me rs he spoke had
any secret dishonOr, | think | should have
killed myself in grief and shame. know the
world would never have been the same to me
again But his fortune his moncy--what is
. that Mamma, | promised to love him and
to marry him, and nothing but his own fault
shall make me change. Not if he lost ten
! fortunes 1t would be hard on him. she re-
peated. with another rub Of her eyes, TO lose
his money, and then to lose me-
Mother and daughter, there they sat- The
mother was not angry, scarcely disappointed,
. quiet, confident, fully assured that the VIC
tory would he on her side Mt last. We're not
time and money with her. and WHO with such
auXiliarioe over lost a battle And there sat
+ the DAUGHTER. fearful. flushed. afeDtiOnate,
longing 10 have her P.rciyal beside her to
console him All, sweet Sophia Temple,
some There 'VtrH rs well a, I"rclVu VINO for
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CHAPTER II.
CAROLINE AND sGBYL MARRIED.


And so the third Miss Temple was engaged.
Mamma made no objection. She did, indeed,
when business came to he talked, remark
to Mr.. Brent that her daughters fortune
would not he large, and that she hoped he
would be able to provide handsomely for his
SON At this he waved his hand in a conf
dent way, nodded and said: That shall be
all right" He did not at that time enter
into any particulars, but Mrs Temple from
whet she knew OF him, was quite satisfied
with this assurance and the matter dropped.
1t was soon known to the whole town that
Sophia Temple was engaged to Percival
Brent, and tine announcement little relieved
our disappointment at the mysterious disap-
pearance of the rectors Irritation with the
widow. Indeed, some of us started the
hypothesis that what we superficial investi-
gators had mistaken for Irritation was in
reality nothing more than the settling of the
preliminarios of the present affair We said
it must have been very pleasant for the two
seniors to make the arrange mcntS i'll that
snug way. and thus We explained the little
intimacy between them
Pleasant was the early courtship of this
happy pair. The very skies smiled ON it.
Never, | believe, was there such a February.
Day followed day in the softest beauty.
Mornings crisp with frost, soft, balmy moons,
evenings with red skies and frosty air again.
Their love making was full of satisfaction.
Sophia found him an ingenious young fellow,
with real enthusiasm, full of active resolu-
tions for life True she found it hard 10 be
very warm over geology; but his general no.
ton of living to use and honor delighted her.
| think she would have been better pleased
had he talked of getting into parliament or
entering the church. rather than of achieving
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CHAPTER "


Pcrcivnl Gale rron Sophia that afternoon.
and for some wise reason. Mrs.. Barbara Tenn
pie allowed him to see her alone Indeed the
little woman was never other than kind to
her dau. hterS. and. being sure that Sophia's
madness could not last. she resolved not to
seem tvrannical So She LET the boy and Girl
have it all to themselves.
PercivaI. imnulsive in his wrotchadness.
told Sophia everything in a breath He wns
stout-hcaited enough to hide his criof pretty
well. and he hastily assumed, as kind Of pos
tulate of tho whole conversation. that SOPHIA
would think of nothing but Of giving him M.
Thu, Lc raised in her n lirht sweet prtuIauce.
which caused her to leave his dark illusion
unscattered for a while
II shall go out to Australia again. and be-
gin life bee said with a mauful air
She could not look at him or She would
have leon i'm his arms. SO She stood half
turned from him with downcaSt eyc.. and he.
watching her. felt his heart sink lie had
family hoped for other things.
Yes. shall 20 out 10 Australia AGAIN" he
repeated. 50 sadly that Sophia could hardly
even for au instant hold herself back 1T is
n fine climate" he added. irwin, to seem IN.
concerned again.
"Nou viii meet some girl out there she
answered i'm m. worry, axultotinu of bo, NV
,,oc,.i.,. ,.i ,.c,, I'm ~, b,r ,.., ,,.l
1T Kan ,,',., ~ ai ;,
N,'''" "'''i I'' any ""' "r'lr' Nv S'tid
graNelN ann ms voice grew unsteady at the
last word. only you, he added, IN a Yet
more shaking voice That hit of unsteadi-
ness finished Serbia Off.
~Never do" .he crjed-anevor do I ask
rotbin,, mona If Won. and thon co ror,,J arI
romI b l nmd Sbo aom 1 Go f"u f a
i"ul'u Ii'' "''i''' anu s,'''i ""'' ~ l"''"'
lullN III YOU COME ldCh.
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she tilitI HeT IlOufleT ClDNl were
in the library and Car out for walk. The
little man, with praiseworthy readincss--per-
haps he had got hint acknowledgements
that he would 20 to the library, as he wanted
to speak with Mrs. Temple; and at the word
he hurried from the room, and left our pair
alone. Sophia, CHANGING at Percival noticed
that he carried a small parcel in his hand;
and he, finding himself alone with her, re
solved to finish his broken story. He lost no
time now, having learned n lesson on that
bjeCt already
81 was interrupted the other day when |
telling you about Australia" he re
marked, drawing a chair close beside her.
",Shall finish what | was sayingp
"Don
THAT girl | am in love with so passion
ately, who got my heart out there all this
came out with such tumutuous haste that
she might have known what would follow
shall show you her portratN
81 should like to see it.
II thought you woull. l brought it with
me- he said opening hi, packet with trcm
bling fingers. Only let mo tell you this pic
ture gives you very faint idea of her in
deed. 1t is beautiful but her actual face is
past all likeness and all praise, soft as star
light pure as snow, tender as the spring
love it!'
"She must be happy" Sophia said, with a
delicate sadness that whispered all he wanted
to know, but the excited young fellow did not
mark it. "She must be very happy. Let me
look at the picture"
Almost with a sob she said it,
81 shall show it in moment" he replied,
holding it ready to turn up to the lamplight !;
"ony let me finish my story first 1t was
this picture | fell in love with. | resolved
when | saw the face that is here to live and
die for it. Its heavenly fairness subdued me
in moment and for ever, and all my fear
was lest the true face should not be as lovely
had to wait long time before ! saw the
original-many months All that time wa
true to my picture, and gazed at it morning,
nooI and night till every feature was printed
on my heart. Then the day came when
saw-her At the sight all memory of the
picture vanished quite away. Oh, how |
trembled lest she should be promised to
another, or lest she should not love mel"
WAS she promised To another
"No."
There followed rmy sigh
"And did ,hc--did she-Oh but she must"
Sophia said turning her sad full eyes on his
manly face. Il can finish the story; she said
she would love you"
THE story is not finished yet. - he cried i'm
petuously. But you are right in one thing :
you can finish it, Look, this is the picture of
the girl love-
She bent to look. and as she did 50 a tear
she could not keep back dropped on the card
board. The next instant she uttered "A cry
and started 10 her feet She had seen herself
\ moment she looked at him, and such was
the struggle OF surprise, delight, modesty and
fear in her face that he was now rs far from
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BOOK THREE.
LADY BEATTI1S LOVERS
CHAPTER |.

THE LOVER SAYS "wILL YOU" AND THE
LADY SAYS "YEs.'
One evening in February Rector Brent APP
peared about live o'clock, just rs the lamps
were lighted in the drawing room. Luck had
it this time that Sophia should be sitting
alone nud rs she rose TO welcome her visitors
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"Only don't propose to Miss Sibyl lempie
she's mine, you know"
"Have you asked herr
"No hut | shall tomorrow"
"Henrv. asked her to-day"
"What, for me"
"No, for myself
"You didi'
Z" did
"Now don't begin with any tricks uncle"
the young man said, rising from his chair
with alarm in his face; II hate practical
jokes.
"This H. no joke" the uncle answered with
cahnntas 81 asked Miss Sibyl Temple to-
day ~ marry me, and she said Yes. She is
my afiianced wife, and with her mothers full
consent
Poor Harry Goldmore's face fell as vsibly
during this announcement as if 1t had been n
house mmbliu- down story by story. At the
end-the speech was slowly delivered by his
unce-hc called out in exactly the note in
which an angry boy says, 81 won't play any
more
"Wel it's the shabbiest thing ever heard
of"
"Henry, listen to me, " the uncle said severely.
"You are thoughtless young man, and you
know well your affections We're not engaged
doubt, indeed, if YOU have any affections to
engage. You have been rude and even brutal
in your language to me; ! forgive you; you
have had Il lesson. ! would have provided
for your marriage with Miss Temple, and
still viii provide for it with any young lady
approve of. | am going to my library now,
and you had better think this matter over,
and ask yourself whether you would not be
wise ii you learned good manners am not
harsh with you, and as long as you are rot
immoral | never will be harsh, for your
fathers sake But shall marry Miss Sibyl
Temple and you shall not"
He rose AMI left the room, ma iestic, like
the Tower of Babel walking off with itself;
and the young man. petrified, followed him
with his eyes as he departed, and then sank
speeches into chair,
And thus reader was the second, the beau
tiful Mi Temple engaged to lie married.
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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-10-13
Correspondence Of the Yorkville Enquirer.
LETTER FROM CHESTER.


CHESTER, October 1.-THE Congressional
primary election passed off quietly at this
place. Only 375 ballots were cast at this
precinct, and only 1,216 votes were cast in
the county, being about 400 less than the
number cast in the county primary election
in August. In this county Hemphill has a
majority of 9l2.
Rev. DIR. r. H. Griffith, agent of Furman
University, delivered an excellent address
at the Baptist Church on last Tuesday night
on the subject of higher education, as con-
trolled by religious principles. He took
vhe position and maintained it admirably
lat education, unless so controlled only in
creased q mans power for Wrong-doing.
He gave some striking illustrations in proof
of this position. AS showing the necessity
for higher education he referred to the Con-
gressional primary election held during the
day, and said that the ignorant as we'll as
the educated were called upon to consider
and decide very important questions. He
said that no people ever had graver and
more momentOus issues to meet and decide
than those of this generation, and that there
was no way for them to be met successfully
but by means Of higher education under
the influence of religious truth. In speak
ing of the endowment of Furman Universe
ty he spoke confidently of his ability to
luCIGdSo llle 0lluO" hOlh SAU3OOUj VIC
present amount, to 100000. Mention was
made of the fine advantages afforded by
this institution to the young men of the
State for obtaining good education. Be-
fore closing DR.. Griffith alluded in graceful
terms to the great and self denying services
of DR.. James G. Furman in behalf of Fur
man University.
The Supreme Grand Lodge of the Grand
Union Order of the National Laborers and
Protective Society Of America met at this
place on last Tuesday and was in session
several days. This is a colored organiza-
ton, and is certainly blessed with one adj
vantage-a bountiful supply of name. The
delegates formed in procession on Friday,
and robed in their conspicuous regalia,
marched to the Fair grounds where they
listened to an address from the orator of the
day, Rev. p. +. Martin, of Charlotte, N. G.
The subject of his address was 'organized
and concentrated effort" There were ad-
dresses from other prominent colored men.
Hon. B. R. Tilman and Col. A. Coward
will deliver addresses at the approaching
Chester Fair, and will doubtless be favored
with big audience, as they are known to
be able and eloquent speakers.
Farmers have made good use of the late
beautiful weather. They are rapidly get
ting out their cotton. Unfortunately it has
made no advance during the past week.
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made to mete out justice to the murderer.
A masked mob of about 100 men quietly
gathered around the jail at midnight and
demanded entrance of the jailor. This was
refused and the mob battered down one of
the doors and delegation of their number
was sent to bring out the prisoner while
others were detailed to guard the roads
leading to the scene. Wallace was waken-
ed from his sleep, dragged out to the infuri-
ated mob and was asked if he had any
thing to say. He responded by strongly
protesting his innocence, still adhering to
the story that it was the negro Vaughan,
who was guilty. This angered the mob
more than ever, and with shout they pro.
duced a rope, one end of which they placed
around the murderer's neck. The other
end was thrown over the limb Of tree
standing near the Jail. The prisoner still
protested his Innocence and pleaded for
mercy, but without avail. Strong hands
grasped the rope and Wallace's body swung
in the air. Another chance was not given
him to confess, and in few minutes his
BODY was corpse.
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THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.

There are two Constitutional amendments
to be voted on at the general election the
End of November.
The first is to amend Article TX, Section
II, and reads as follows:
Any debt contracted by the State shall be
by loan on State bonds, or stock, of amounts
not less than $1O0 each, bearing interest
payable semi-annually, and payable within
fifty years after the final passage OF the law
authorizing such debt.
The only change contemplated by this
amendment is to make the bonds mot less
than $780," instead of mot less than $780," as
the law now is; and to change the time with
in which the debt is to be paid from 20 years
to so years. The only objection we can see
to the amendment is, that the long time re-
quired for paying debt might be an in
ducement to the State to incur unnecessary
obligations.
The other proposed amendment is to
Article II and reads as follows:
Section 4. The House of Representatives
shall consist of 124 members, to be appor-
toned among the several counties according
to the number of inhabitants contained ID
each. An enumeration of the inhabitants
for this purpose shall be made in 1891, and
shall be made in the course of every tenth
year thereafter in such manner as shall be
by law directed: Providea, That the Gener-
al Assembly may at any time in its Sliscre-
ton adopt the Immediately preceding
United States census as true and correct
enumeration of the inhabitants of the sew
eral counties, and make the apportionment
and assignment of Representatives among
the several counties according to said emu
meration: Provided, however, This amend
ment shall not prevent the General Assem-.
bly, from providing for an enumeration and
apportionment prior to 1891 in the manner
provided by law.
The object of this amendment is to save
the expense of taking the census by adopt
ing the census of the United States. The
present Constitution provides for census
lin 1875 and every tenth year thereafter" ."
Last year was the time prescribed by the
Constitution for taking the census for the
purpose of eapportiontment; but. as is we'll
known, the Constitution was ruthlessly vio-
lated for the purpose of retaining a larger
representation to some of the lower counties
than they are entitled to. This proposed
amendment does not prevent the taking OF
the census at any time prior to 1891. We
believe the amendment is good one; 1t
would save about $4,000 every tenth year
and we believe it should be voted for
Ne,cberry Observer.