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The Wingham Times, 1893-03-31, Page 2Afitt-, clE 00ILL.\\ - .8'8^'t' B R 11 A(' U]F'YRIGk% 1892. BYIHE ALITIWR. oes•rae: el, 'uze otrxer passenger shrugged hr t< Shoulders. as they remounted the pie „ form and the train Moved on, It wa not the first time that those two fellow travelers had diifereci, although the mission was a common one, Tho elde Drummond, was the vice president of a, large northern land and mill eompauy which • had bought ex teesive tracts of land in Georgia, and the younger, CoL Courtland, was. the consulting surveyor aud eaineerforthe A:olnpany. Drummond's opinions • were goad deal affected by sectional preju- dice and a self-satisfied and righteous ig- norance of the actual conditions and liIn- itations of the people with whom he was to deal,while the younger man,wbohad ;served through the war with distinc- tion, retained a soldier's respect and ;esteem for his late antagonists, with a conscientious and thoughtful observe - ;tion of their character. Although he ',had resigned from the army, the fact ;that he had previously graduated at eNest Point with high honors had given him preferment in the technical ap- ipointment, and his knowledge of the ?country and its people made him a val- uable counselor. And it was a fact Fthat the country peopl e had preferred /this soldier, with whom they hacl once ' :personally grappled, to the capitalist !they had never seen during the strug- g1e. • The train rolled slowly through the ,woods; so slowly that the fragrant pine ;smoke from the engine still hung round the windows of the cars. Gradually ithe "clearings" became larger; they isaw the distant white wooden colon- inades of some plantet•'s house, looking still opulent and pretentious, although d • the fence of its inelosure had broken ;gaps, and the gate wagged on its single {binge. Dr, Drummond sni'•fi'ecl at this damn - ting record of neglect and indi erence. :"Even if they had' been ruined they ;might still spend a few cents for nails Viand slats to enable them to look decent ,before folks, and n parade their pov- erty before their ilei ;labors," he said. "But that's just w, ere you misunder- stand them, Drums .t nd," said Court- land, smiling, "They have no reason ;to keep up an attitude towards their' ;neighbors, who still know them as :`Squire' so and so, .`Colonel' this and that, and the `judge'. --owners of their vast but crippled estates. They are not a• shamed of being poor, which is an ac - pose to make the old muster our s seer and responsible to us. Fie i t. fool and has already learned tha s more profitabld,to pay,wages to slaves and have,the power of dis it like any other eneployer, thee be o er, under the old sy`eteua of enforce and life servitude, to undergo th of maintaining incompetence an _ ness, The old sentiment of slave lug has disappea'ed before natural mon sense and selfishness., I am lied that by som ' such process as utilizing of the od master and th freedom we wij be better able to vote our Iands thAn by buying up estates, and setting them adrift w little Money in their pockets as a discontented plass; to revive old poli dogmas, and fomeint new issues,or haps set up a dangerous position to "You don't meen to say that infernal niggers would give the ereuee to their old oppressors?" "Dollar for dollar in wages—yes! And why silouidj]'t they? Their old masters understeeld them better and treat them generally better. They know our interest' in them is only an abstitct Sentiment, not a real liking. �1 a show it at every turn. But we nearing Redlands;' and Maj. Reed I have no doubt, corroborate lay pressions. Ile iuists upon our stay at his house, although, the poor old low, 1 imagine, cen ill afford to en Mita company. put ho will be Ogen if we refuse." "He is a friend of yours, then?" asi Jruminond. "I fought against his division at tmny creek," said Courtland, grimly, `lie never tires df talking of it to me, o I suppose I am," HE W IN(xHAM TIMES, MARCH 31, 1 ',9aL strange a�n footsteps, est g es and l� r sill t lr Aldi [ t the brush,broom,cluster or home implements they bad been lazily using, in their fixed hands. ];"rom, the doorway of the de- tached kitchen connected by a gallery to the wing of the mansion, ".tl n t Mat " rho the cook, r e gazed also with a saucepan clasped to her bosom and her revolving band with the scrubbing cloth t In. it apparently "dead center,"pea eptly stopped on a Drummond, whose gorge had risen at these evidences of hopeless ineapaeity and utter shiftlessness, was not relieved by the presence of tars, Reed—a soured, disappointed women of forty, who still earned in her small dark eyes and thin oiler. handsome Pips something of the bitten s noes ness and antagonism of the typical s it fa southern rights woman—nor of, her two his old. languid at abiliousnbas seemed avpart b1art fs ed,. of the mourning they still wore. The d It boy optimistic gallantry ' thee., good fellow ship of the major app ared the more re- el markable by contrast Pith his cypress' shadowed family, and their venomous o m_ possibilities. Perhapo there might have saris- been a vein of southern insincerity in this his good humor, e new' "Paw," said Miss Octavia with gleamy cultf- confidence to Coueeland but with a ;tell -see' pretty curl of the here,ditary lip, 9s about i.th a the only 'reconstructed' one of the en- "" idle, tire family. We slant make 'em Inuatli Meal about yer. But I'd advise yo' friend, per. Mr. Desmond—'if ehe's coming here us." those pref.. are will, im- ing• feI- ter- ded "Yes, Sally , . '"Y'ou say she was belt union,ebut did she have any relations or—ore-friends in the war --ora your side? Any' who— were killed In battle?" "They wereall � , ylli a ;:11 I' ed reckon," elion , rt? - t rind "There �' 1i xSSy. s her cousin, ules ,uffcourt, sbot in the cemetery with her beau—who they say was Sally's, too, there was Chet Brooks and Joyce Masterton, who were both gone on her, and both killed, too; and there was old Capt. Dow* himself, who never lifted his tread again after Rich- mond was taken and dram,; himself to death. it wasn't considered healthy to be Miss Sally's relation in those times, er to be even wautin' to be one," Col, Courtland dict not reply. The face of the dead young officer coming ced dent. "Bat they are working, which is de - 'r "beration," interrupted Drummond. 'They are ashamed to mend their • ences themselves, now that they have o slaves to do it for them." "I doubt very much if some of them •. ow how to drive a, nail, for the mat- er of that," said Cq artland, still good uuzoredly; "but that's the fault of a ystem older than themselves, which he founders of the republic retained. e cannot give • I experience efr new condition in oneclay,eand, in et, Drummond, I am very much afraid at for our purposes --and I honestly elieve for their good—we must help to eep them for the present as they are." "Perhaps," said Drummond, sarcas- call"you would like to reinstate ave o" "No. But I should like to reinstate e master. And not for his sake alone, at for freedom's sake and ours. To be � J. �iL_ L�L►1 UL LI A few moments later the train gl' beside the Redlands platform. As two travelers descended a hand was laid •on Ccztrtland's shoulder, and stout figure in the blackest and shin' of alpaca jackets and the whitest n broadest of Panama hats welcom him. ""Glad to Cee yo', con'nel. I re oned I'd waltz over manning along th boy," poiating tota grizzled negro se ant of sixty who; was bowing befo them, "to tote yo'i things over Inst of using a hack. .I haven't run m on horse flesh since the wah—ha! h what I didn't use, for remounts I reek yo'r commissary !gobbled up with t other live stock, 'eh?" He laugh heartily as if the recollections. we purely humorous, and again Clapp Courtland on the leaele "Let me inteeduce my friend, M Drummond, Mee. Reed," said Cour land, smiling. "Yo' were in the wah, sir?" "No—I—" returned Drummond hes Wing, he knew not why, and angry .his own embarraesinent. Ir. Drummond, the vice presiders he company," ;interposed Courtland dully, "was ngaged in furnishin s the sinews o war." Maj Reed bowed a little more for - y. of us heah, sir, were in ah some time or other, and if you gent will honah me by joining in 'al glass at the hotel across the Pll introduce you to Capt. Prete' Bast, who left, a leg at Fair Oaks." mond would have declined, but a fieant pressure at his arm from 1 tland ehanged his determination,' flowed them to the hotel and into resence of the one -legged warrior, turned out to be the landlord and Aper), to whom Courtland was iously introduced by Maj. Reed as man, sir, who had pounded my ion for three hours at Stony Creek!" . Reed's house was but a few min - walk down the dusty lane,and was tlyheralded by the baying of three r for houndsiand foreshadowed jzt • xded Tun Coon a4zED ALSO. the carpet bagging, not t'o trust too much to paw's `reconstruction.' It tvon't a wash." But when Courtland hastened ]est to assure her that prummond was not a d a "carpet bagger, =was not only free ed from any of the Political intrigue im- ck- plied under that i3`aleful title, but was a e wealthy northern capitalist simply rv- seeking investment, the young lady re was scarcely snore hopefuL "I suppose cad he reckons to pay ,paw for those nig- chugers yo' stole?" she suggested. with al gloomy sarcasm. on ; "No," said Courtland, smiling, "but he what if he reckoned to pay those nig- ed gers for working for your father and re him?" ed ' "If paw le going into the trading business with him.—if Maj. (teed, r� r' so th n gentleman, ' niggers will work when they ain't obliged to. That's been tried over at 1liirancly Dows, nob five miles front here, at and the niggers ace half the time runnin' is going' to keep shop he hain't such a fool as to believe of t chee to u mall y the tv gen a soca way, der Drum sign Cour He fo the p (who barke hilar' "the divisi Maj rtes preset or fon sere takinholiday. She put up t new quarters for 'em and tried to make' 'em eat together 'at a long table like g those low-down folks up north, and did away with their cabins and tlioir melon patches, and allowed it would get 'ern out of lying round tori much and want- NAND wxs LAID ON CO1;IrrLAND'S snout/ne,;t. ire since I have taken up this matter~ the Company, I have satisfied my - from personal observation that the, ro—•even more than hill master—can- handle his new condition. Ile is tsstomed to his old traditions'[ task ter,iand I doubt if he Will work fairly any other ---particularly for thos don't understand him. Don't mis- e: I don'tpropose to go batt to the to that brutal institution, the ir- enelbl 0 overseer, s CCr , to the buying trying and , aft, the separation of the family, go' of the old wronrrs, but I pro- . r...:, s,. TniE USUAL SOIITIiiaRn 1iTANSIOx. by a dilapidated condition of picket fence anal stuccoed gate front. Beyond it stretched the wooden dorfc Columns of the usual southern mansion, dimly seen through the broad leaves of elle horse chestnut trees that shaded it. There ere ryas the usual listless, black had. owe haunting the veranrla and outer offices—former slaves and still attached house servants --.arrested like lizards in breathless attitudes at the epjrrpaeh of s, 1 „Aii....41 'Ufttt+ trj#1- ritrgo-umr- ,4,111R wt. „g4.04 ifittTilf::.44 4r4.104".'". ) w.. 'rhyme vitae elm USUAL LISTLESS IIr,ACR SIIAIJowS, cd 'em to leanl over time and get me' •pay. And the result was that she and her niece Irish and Scotchce , lot of A that;shehad tooor pickup long the river, do till the work. And vs omxan dui ing the mweli �aaan ndliatf union to ell no'tlien tricks and doges and s up ettein' by thein, and yet for all that the thieg won't wo]"k." "But isn't that partly the reason? ; Ant Isn't her failure a great deal due to this ! Ino Iacic of sympathy froth her neighbors? Discontent is easily sown and the s'eera a fs still : t�ei;;llted down by ,iupez ,titian. o f The Fifteenth a]ner dtnent did not er T Ate knock oft all hii ehcins." i "Yes, but that is. nothing to her. :For nor if there ever' was a person in this world line who reckoned she wee just born to Che menage everything and everybody it is roe Sally,Dotvsl" and weI 11 COUnri..axo LCOIi1':b IIP nECOvpnlNG nrs USUAL CAL1llI, •, toward him out of the blue smoke rano as vividly as on that memorable day. The pictures and letters) he had taken from the dead man's breast, which he had retained ever since;; the romantic :arid fruitless quest he had made for the fair original in after days, and the strange and fateful interest in her which had grown up in his heart sfnee then, he now knew had only been lulled to sleep in the 'fiusy preoccupa- tion of the last six attonths, for it all came back to him with°redoubled force. His present mission slid its practical object, his honest zeal in its pursuit and the cautious skill and experlcuco had brought to it, all, seemed to be suddenly displaced by this ro- mantic and unreal 'fantasy. Oddly enough, it appeared now to be. the only reality in his life--the•rest was an inco- herent, purposeless dream. "Is—is—Miss Sally married?" ho asked, collecting him'seif with an a Tort. "Married? Yes, to that faun of her aunt's! 1 reckon. that's the only thing she cares for." <'t Courtland looked up, recovering his usual cheerful calm. "Well, I thiuk that after luncheon I'll pay ray. respects to her husband! From what you have just told me the farm is .certainty an experiment worth seeing. I suppose your father will have no olneetion to giving me a letter to Miss 'Cows," CHAP- P▪ Elt Ii. •t EVERTH eLsss as Col. Court- land rode delib- erately toward "Dogs" Folly" —as the nr%i• l'W periment is a s •locally caped- — , althoughhehad not abated his re' q�' _ .• romantic enthv- ..- '�a4^4.`siasm iti the �`1:t'• least,he wee rot �•- sorry that, he :„.1,was able to inti under a practical pretext. It was rath- er late naw to seek oist Miss Sally Doi, with the avowed iutantion of bringing ' her a letter from eel, t ctniirer who bad been dead three'years, and whose mem, ory she had probablje buried. Nei'thei was it tactful to r'4call a sentiment which might have been a 'weakness oil headed and logicalich she was as Coturtland was in ined. Yet, cleen his ordinary affairs, lei was xteverthelest not entirely free from that peeuliaz superstition ,which surrounds every mans romance. He believed there was something zgore than a mere coinei deuce hi his Unexpectedly finding hint• self in Stich !favorable Conditions for making her ihequaintance. Por the rest --if there `was any rest•—he would simply trust to fate. And so, believing himself a cool; sagacious reatoner, but 'being actually, as far as MISS Dews was Concerned, ash blind, fatuous and un- reasoning as 6ty of her previous ad• Inners, he rode complacently forward 1 SI until he reached the lane that led te o the Doves platttation, Here a better kept roadway end! ho fence, whose careful repair would hovel p delighted Drttnntond, seemed to augur, Mi well for the Hely enterprise. Presently! di even the old.fasiiionled local forts of the ni fence --a elatithiigr zigeeftge-gave way to 1 al the inore direct line of post arid rail, ID the northern fashion, Beyond it, pros. ly appeared'a lobe.? low frontage of cftyra uuilclite s wee& to Cburtlant3'a!` earprlse were entirely naw strueture j +I nd design. There was no t'eminiseence este usual southern poeticocct gable columns and veranda. Yee 't waa not a 'there either, The factory-like out- ea of facade were partly hidden in ttih mime rosin and Jessamine. �! long, i tin fed gallery connected the buildings ex - became n veranda to one. A treed, 1 -rolled grai"el drive led frons the '11, til (I� h4 le se0oD'AT atilt ten W1N 4 . open gate to the eeGvest building Which seemed to be an edifice; a smaller path diverged from it fo rho corner grouse, whiela, despite i ,,every simplicity, had a more residential appearance. Unlike Reed's house there were no lounging servants or bele hands to be seen; they were evidently attending to their re- spective duties. Dismounting, Court- land tied his horse to a post at the office door and . took the smaller path to the corner house. The door was open to the fragrant afternoon breeze wafted through the rose and jessamine. So was a side -door opening from the hall into a long par- lor or sitting -room that ran the whole width of the hot; se. Courtland entered it. It was pretty furnished, but every, thing had the Mr of freshness and of being uncharacf risticaliy new. It was empty, but a 'faint hammering was audible on the rear wall of the house, through the two open French windows at the back, curtained with trailing vines which gazed upon a sunlit court- yard. Courtland walked to the window. Just before it, on the ground, stood a small light" Iadder which he gently put aside to gain a better view of the court- yard. as he stoo4 at the open window. In this attitudo•lte suddenly felt his 1 hat tipped from Ifis head, followed al- most instantaneously by a falling slip- per, and the distinct impression of a very small foot on the crown of his head. An indscribable sensation passed over him. `lI1e hurriedly stepped back in the room, Inst asasnall striped - stockinged foot wds as hastily drawn up above the top of the window with the feminine exclamation: "G•ooc'• gracious ane!" Lingering for an instant, only to as- sure himself that the fair speaker had secured her foothtrld and was inno dan- ger of falling, Courtland snatched up i "IS MISS bows AT sous?" his hat, which had providentially fallen inside the room, once retreated inglori- ously to the other end of the parlor. The voiee came agai�i from the window; it struck him as being singularly sweet and clear. ,< "Sophy, ie that eo F" • Courtland discreetly retired to the, halL To his great relief a voice from the outside answered: "Wear, bliss !Steen?" • "What did you ttnpve the Iadder fare 'You might have trilled mer )( "Vo' Gad, Miss Sally, I didn't move no I ladder!" "Don't tell me, but go down and get n y slipper. And bring up some more C:nnrtiantl waited:silently in the hall. In a foot stew moments lie heard . a heavy his was his pportunityutsicle the �aReenteringow. pthe parlor somewhat ostentatiously, he co>r• fronted a tall negr girl who was pass- ing through the loom .carrying a tiny ipper in her hand, "Demme me," he aid, politely, "bu-t could not find any te to announce tan, Is Miss Doves at i ae?" Tho girl instantl r whpped the slip. n' behind her. s yo'wantfn' !!Mesa randy Dowse" she asked; with grey gef; r, "oali Mix§s Salle Down -lie eeoe Miss Miraddy's bin gone to At- antfl #'ur' aE tvecla;,�s "I Inwe tt tetter for Miss Ifiratida, bili l shell lie reel* glad if Miss Sz111,y Donis will receeien zee," -returned Courtland s.~ncling the lett,or";and hi card to the 1. !? Me received it 'cv� tAi ;1411 greater e. ae- css of dignity + << 1; y' and�I.ari,.orl;r eliberntiti . rt s lean. n gone,•� O miter lei' six' cl tt't>; , sale Ali y' al of ss..• Sally is its de, resump'fa�stt Of ntd'ishouale Itt fee', stilly"she eon- red vvitl]•intertnifleci grttvitee and an �rggeratien of th ogtitfulne+ssi as the ' sounds of Miss Sairy'A.liamtnez%rag'etema 1 shartielessiy: from, he wall, ""i cloaxltlz jcno'w exae'ly of she s... engaged prayiit' de harp, practisiu' de languages or paintin' in oil and svatab calors, fn' audiences to ofiisha1a from the court, house. Itnaight be de le:malt for de one �. or de odder. I;utI . c ll ora. m nn i rot @ wid her, salt, in del budwoh ort that >eppah, #o'." She backed dexterously, so as to, }�(► keep the slipper behind her, but with, no diminution, of dignity, out of a side door. In another moment the hammer, ing ceased, followed by the sound of rapid whispering without; a few tiny. twigs and leavesslowly rustled to the, silence. He venturedthereround, and then � to walas k o the; fateful window again, Presently he heard a faint rustle at, the other end of the room and Vie' turned. A sudden tretnulousnessswept' along his pulses, and then they seemed! to pause, He drew a deep breath that! Ives almost a sigh, and reniained mo- tionless. I, Ile had no preconceived fancy of #au.,` lug in love with Miss Sally atdrstsight,' nor had he dreamed such a thing posse- ble, Even the girlish face teat Ire hada seen in the locket, although it had: stirred him with a singular emotion, had not suggested that, and the idea. he had evolved' from it was never a potent presence. But the ex- quisitely pretty face and figure before( hila, although It might have beery! painted from his own fancy of her, was, still something more and something un- expected. All that had gone before had never prepared him for the'beauti fill girl that now stood there. It was a, poor explanation to say that Miss Sally' was four or five years older than her. picture, and that later experiences, en-, larged capacity, a difierentlife and )now, ambition had impressed her youthful face with a refined nobility; it was a weird fancy to imagine that the blood of those who had died for her had in soma vague, mysterious way imparted' an actual fascination to her, yet it was a fact that even a familiar spectator like Sophy, saw in her young mistress sti very pretty young lady with the softest pink complexion, the silkest hair—that: looked as the floss of the Indian coral might loot; if curled, or golden spider threads, if materialized—and eyes that 111I!I it 4 flee( "nal NOT ntts,i Mira AelP,,e pew#," were in bright gib harmony with bo's`n f that the frock of Indian muslin, albeit homemade, fitted •!hiss Sally's figurer perfectly --from t`ae azure bows on her shoulders to the ribbon around her waist—and that the hem of its billowy skirt showed a foot which everybody' knew was the steeliest foot south of Mason and Dixon's line. But it was something more intangible that this which kept Courtland breathless and silent. (To BE coyTT-se m) Mrs. rifecry .2l, Ctt.Pallon of Piqua, 0., says the IP f,y- alelans aro AStonielred, and.Ioolc at her like ono Raised from the Diad Long and Terrible illness from Blood G:+oisolnia',g Completely 4Citred Li/ Ifoocl'8 t arsapar ala, Ails, Afary l., 4'Iaallon, a very intelligent lady cf Piqua Ohlb; was poisoned tvhlio as. slating physicians at an autopsy d years ago, end 500it tcrriible itlerrs hhrelte etit 05 1101' it'.aa, AMIS. tenors shill tltivsit, Inti' hair tri canto out. Abe weighed but IS lbs., (icl saW tno prospect of petty. At last she begeli to . , take Itood s Sarsaparilla and at oneo iln. proved; Could soot] got out of beet and wale. Site ear: "I became lierfeetiy cure,! be' Coad s Sarsaparilla mutant !tow a Vve11 Womnil, I weigh 128 cat Lyell and do the Vvor'k for a taro family., Mi.' 0e5 ,, 1&Kilc awonderful recover an sainesetturfydna Iniac j. f,,-' n tsb p pet",;° v FiLLs eteZi-1 eiu avaty fatal*.madlaltlinfli.cioa wird, always- prolatmed., 440 (ent.nrcrss itY ilii. meet 44/Pre Goal add Flu)?ts an4 Mal Coil the a tten tion, al th e' aEhotaut, that tta Woman's c .anfad (Tnton,na:t,ta evory &ta st aso •su i rp, tarottahour, In Atlas hiotagi;d daUies alio anallo Wnlcotua We held a, monthly f;ospet ,rage Moutlity of ov aPY i r tt.al a 4 tt, xC 4 E ;advarkdead, to which aueatin,r Mn ,gonoral)v 4a the I3dttor brie AIn 1l- ai erd para, tor oar work, we 5sla Mood `Sand items of lntoroaton ail ;moral *day to ally at our tnoathsra, `Yeinemta" t'li;hts have victory. J3cath Houses o Legislature boyo voted t t ti tililait" lata t+'odtten 'il,iti Onil cat'xlee, IYasltutt;tois hr. •,, where .volae,, have Ow r vette ;tri infatl, ASF. 'n". 'i'ha►`tdn'i(JLfrattlCe paAtiple r IC arsine, ar' fightita;,g'tite.3 with much vigor, Om To luau) keep,•rs were arrest. of Governor Lime ailing art bled bat's (nelson hers)) ar is greatly exteted. Soii;ntifiempetmamen in Canadia'n laaalalie A hydro -headed tnnnstc his ,Rings deep into the re Otte nation. Atone or ness sot,le way, roared the life Of us, He is sewing tl pauperism, iestttaity,, id$o broadest throughout the breadth of our Dominion: our youth into lits city, It dwarfing rho ntiatds, see ris, and p0150111rig th sa b1od or our inn wen t•crlti1 the sinful indulgence of t yet our legislator's hug who is dFstrovin;,ri rncetjitn They rueourago unlet ;r'o,: forsooth, be drops son tier treasury I . U^,+•rod ince weer women r' of hail ecu win de to •thi sites? tWi)r,t elfin nye do cation of our cooutry' " whispered: "Destroy rut depriving hits of what thrives upon --the ign people as to • his Mato rt, young how to evade hie shall slink away; unit presence he no more felt J3ut, that we may , se formai:ea of this more tI task , the campaign ltgaii In, well plrt med. 'The ,p roused frtata, their l the -r of their claimer, end. to 3 the meant, of averting agency of the pulpit, th the prase; die sym path of educators for the ra be gainedatia must be secured mean the universal teaching('