Lebanon Advertiser

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VOL. 45-NO. 34.
LEBANON, LEBANON COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1893.
WHOLE NO.—2160.
Uailtoatis.
I_eave—
Lebanon	
Cornwall	
Mt. Gretna....
Arrive—
Lancaster...
nORNWALL ASS  LIBANUH  _tAI8_>
^   IUAD.
maaor boute roa all points ok ™b
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.
Arraniremenlof Piwenger Train*.
'■ OB ana alter Monday. Deo. 19, 1892, passenger trains will run as follows :
AM   AX   AM J. M rn r*
6:25 10:15 "T:_0 2:00 _:1- B:3*
6:36 10:26 11:81 2:11 8:87 6.47
6:48 10:34 11:41 2:21 3:87 6:67
AB   AV   F> m FM PH
8:10 11:35 12:50 8:45 *:_» 8:40
ri   r if 11 t M r * P*
PhUaflelphta..   10:20  1:25  8:00 6:46 «:6010:55
PM   fl   FM    r M   P M  A. M
NewYerk    12:53   4:00   5:60   9.20  »:86  3.60
H»rrlsbnrK.... WB 1*01 .... 3:10 . .. 7:60
Wllllani-poi*. UilS 8:W .... JsgO .... 1««
Pittsburg.     6 50   D;00  ..»-U*»  ••••  «*
|..VIL. am    AB   AM    AM    PM    PM
Newport.* AS .«WJB ••*• --00
PhUadelDh-ST. 4^80 7*0 8:60 UM .... 4:36
SnoMtOT^V..    6$   9-J1110-JK   2:00   2:50  6:35
Williamsport.. 8:26 ..«.••• •_■•;-*•" 40°
Pittsburg.     SilO  8:30   ....   M»  8*0 ....
Arrive--- A* am r« »B f ■ rn
MtOretM.... 7:52 11:80 12:35 3:20 4:35 8:25
Cornwall ^ 8:02 11:40 12:45 8:30 4:45 H:35
LeSnon....^S    tilt 11:60 12:56   8:40   4:56  8:45
Mt. Gretna Park proved its popularity by
tbe largely Inoreased business of 18-2.
Tbere will be many Improvements for the
season of 1893. ^ D. 8M1TH.
Dec. 21,1892. Oen'l Supt.
EH1LADELPHIA AND BEADING RA1L-
RANGBMENTor PASSKNQEETRAINS.
SOT. 18th, 1892.
TRAINS LEAVE LB BASON.
For ttam To* via Phlladelpbta, Weekdays,
7:07,8:80,10:30 a. m., 2:17,4:40and 6:48 p. m.;
Sunday,7:42a. m..2:49and4:49p. tn.
Por New York via Allentown, Weekdays, 8:50
p.m., 12:56,2:17,4:40 p. m. Sunday, 7:41, 9:43
a. m., and 4:49 p. m.
For Philadelphia, Weekdays, 6*5, 7:07, 8:50,
10:80 a. m., 2:17, 4.40 aad 6:46 p. m.; Bnnday,
7:42 a. m., 2:49,4:49 and 5:51 p. m.
Por Middletown, Weekdays, 6:02, 8:23 a. m,
12:55, Biit, and 11:20 p.m.; 8unday,9:54 and
11:48 a.m.
For Beading*, Weekdays, '6*5, 7:07 (Past Express) 8:50; 10:30 a. m„ 12:56, 2:17,4:40,8:46,8:58
p. m. Sunday, 7:42,9:43a. m., 2:49,4:49,5:51,6:52
For Ailentown, Weekdays, 6:05, 7:07.8:60 4. _».,
12:66,2:17 And 4:40 p. m., Sunday. 7:42, »:43 a.
m., 4:49 p. m.
Por Han-fsburg, Weekdays, 6:02, 8:28, 10:58 a.
HI., 12:55, 2:22, StlB, WT, 8:46 (Fast Brpress),
and l_*-0 p. m.; Sunday, 7:34, 9:54,11:48 a. m.,
5:04.7:C1,11:20 p. m.
For Pinegrove, 8:25 a.m., 1:00,6:15 and 8:55 p.m.
For Gettysburg, 6:02, 10:5-    a.  in.. 2:22 p.m.
Por SWpnensbnrg,'6:02,10:69 a. m., 2:22  p.  m.
IPor Brookslde, 8,3. h. m.. 1.00p. m.
Por Pottsville*vta Tine Grove, 8.25 a. m. and
1.08 p. m.
SBAINS POB LEBANOU.
Leave New York via Allentown, Weekdays,
4*0 and 8*45 a. ni., 1*0, 3:45, and 5:45 p. m.
Sunday, 1:00,6:80 p. m.
Leave New York via Philadelphia, Weekdays,
7:45 a m.. 1:30, 4:00, 5*0 p.m., and 12:18
midnight: Sunday, 11:30 a.m., 5:00 p. m.
Leave Philadelphia, Weekdays, 4:10,8:36,10:00
a. m., 1:40,4:00. 6:00, 7:15 p. m ; Sunday, 6:30
and 9:05 a. ro., and 3:40,7:15 p. m.
Leave Reading, Weekdays, 5:05.7:1_, 10:10,IKOO
a m., 1:27,4.20,6:00,7:67 aud 10:26 p. m. Sundays, 6:30,8:_0.10:48 a. m., 4:00,6:00,10:26 p. m
Leave Allentown. Weekdays, 5:57, 8:40 a. in.,
12:10,4:26,6:40,9:06p.m.; Sunday, 7:25 a.m.,
4:26 aud 8*5 p. m.
Leave Harrisburg, Weekdays, 5:10, 6:25, 7:55,
9*35 a. m., 12:00 noon, 1:25,3:45, 5:50, and 8:05
p. m. Sundays, 6*0,8:50 a. in., 2:00.4*0,5:00
6:10 p. m. ____
Leave Brookslde, 6.30 a. m, 12.15,2.55 p. xa.
Leave Pine Grove, 6.15, 7.30 a. m., 1*0 and
4.40 p.«_.
ATLANTIC CITT _»I*FIMOJ*.
Leave *miadelpkia. Chestnut Street Wharf
and South Street Wharf
FOB ATLANTIC CITY,
Weekday-—Express, 9*0. a. in.. SM, 4.00
6:00 p. *m.   Accommodation, 8:00 a, m., 5.45
aJmm
Sundays— Express, 9:00, a. in. Aocemmo-
datlon,-8:00, a.m., and 4:30 p.m.
Returning leave Atlantio City Depot, Atlantic and Arkansas Avenues, Weekdays,—
7:00,7:46 9:00 a. m., and 4.00 p. m. Aeeommo-
datlO-L, 8.10 a. m., and 4.30 p. m.
Sundays—Express,   4:00, p. m. Aecommo-
datiou^.30 a. m. and 4.80 p. m.
C. G. HANCOCK,
Gen'l I'assenger Agent,
1. A. SWE1GARD.
General Manager.
Apr. »l—tt
SBiNNSYLVANlA BAILROAD.
On emd after Dec. 18, 1861, traim will leave
Lebanmn mm follows, connecting at Conewago
tor allpmints on Ola Pennsylvania Railroad.
Leave Lebanon at 6.25 a. m. Arrive at Cone-
waito 7.06 a. m., Lancaster 8.10 a. m , Philadelphia 10.20 a. m.. New York 1.10 p. m., Harrisburg 7.36 a. m., Altoona 1.45 p -m., Pittsburg
6.50 p. m. This train makes close oonneotlon
at Harrisburg for points oa tbe Northern
Central and Phli.delphla A Erie Railroad.
Leave Lebanon 10.16 a. m. Arrive at Conewago 10.66a. m., Harrisburg 12.01 p. m. Arrive
at Philadelphia 1.26 p.m New York AW p. m.
This train makes close connection at Harrisburg for points onthe Northern Central
and P. *E.B. B.
Leave Lebanon 11.20 a. m. Arrive at Conewago 12.03 p. m., Lancaster 12.60 p. m.,
Philadelphia 3.00 p. m., New York 5.M <p. m.
Leave Lebanon 2.00 p. m., arrive at Conewago 2.43 p. m., Lancaster 3.46 p. m. Phttadel-
hfa6.(5p.m.. Hew Yon 9.20 p. m.. Harrls-
uurg 8.10 p. m., Altoona 7.25 p. m., Pittaburg
11.20 p. m., Baltimore 6.46 p, m., Washington
8.15 p. m.
Leave Lebanon 8.16 p. m. Arrive at Gone
wago 4.00 p. _a* Lancaster, 4.46 p. m., Pfella-
delphia6.50p. m.. New York9.36p.m.
Leave Lebanon_5.35 p. m. Arrive at Ceiio-
wago7.20 p.m., Lancaster8.40 p. m., Philadelphia 10.56 p. m., Kew York 8.60 a. m., Harrisburg 7.60 p.m
CHAS. E. PUGH, J. B. WOOD,
General Manager.        Genl. Passr. Agt.
Jnly l, 1892.
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CORNWALL BAILROAD.
Lebanon & Lancaster Joint-Link.
t_P~Sho_tMt route for Lanoaster and all points east and west.
On and after November l_th, 1892, PHgsenger Trains will be run as follows:
p.m.
lit
728
29
7 36
741
i ta
t 25
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p.m. I
810
8 21.
3 24
».m.
336
8 6M
388
4*6.
492
600
600
p.m.
f>._n.
880
19 48
19 46
12 62
12 66
1 19
166
2 00
p.m.
a.m.
a.m.
il 10
7 is
» 21
787
984
7 3(1
7SS
741
7 6H
836
• u
a.m.
a.m.
a m
680
8 46
6 60
a.m.
Leave. Arrive.
 Lebanon..........
.........Cornwall.........
 Miners' Village	
 .Penryn.........
 Ht. Hope.........
......... Manheim	
..-Una; Street, Lancaster.
 Columbia	
Arrive. Leave.
a.m.
8 11
788
7 86
760
745
733
700
a.m.
a.m.
10 26
10 18
10 10
p.m.
2 03
1S1
1 48 I
1 42
187
1 26
12 35
12 35
p.m.
p.m.
486
4 23
4 20
p.m.
18 30
12 42
18 46
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North and I
Arrive.
a.n_.   [   Leave.       Sundays.
7 66   j ..Lebanon......	
8 10 ......Cornwall......	
8 13   j: Miners' Village	
 • Penryn	
 Mt. Hope	
.............. Manhoim	
 King Street, Lancaster.	
 Oolumbia.•■ ...........
Arrive. Leave.
p.m.
8 27
844
9 20
980
a.m.
a.m.
932
9 17
9 14
p.m.
286
228
220
900
8 45
8 00
8 08
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p.m. p.m.
5 60! 6 40
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5 SO, 8 26
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p.m. p.m.
p m.
5 02
4 51
4 46
435
4 23
3 45
3 45
p.m
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Kallroad to and from Harrisbnrg, Beading, Pottsville, Philadelphia and New York.
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for oolnts between Reading and Columbia.
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COPYRIGHT, fc9fc. 3* W AUTHOR.
Continued from Last Week.
For the first time Miss Sally sa\fr
Courtland's calm blood fly to his cheek
and kindle In his eye. "You surely do
not expect me to tolerate this blind and
insolent Interference?" he said, rising tc
his feet
She lifted her ungloved liand in deprecation. "Sit still, oo'nnle. Yo've been
a soldier and yo' know what doty is.
Well, what's yo' duty to yd company?"
"It neither includes my private affairs nor regulates the beating of my
heart.   I will resign."
"And leave me and Aunt Miranda
and the plantation?"
"Ho. The company will find another
superintendent to look after your aunt's
affairs and carry out oor plans. And
you, Sally—yio will let me flnd you a
home and fortune north. There is work
for me there—there is room for you
among ray people."
She shook her head slowly, with a
sweet bat superior smile. "No, oo'nnle.
I didn't believe in the woh, bnt the
least i eould do was to stand by my
folks, and share the punishment that 1
knew was coming from it. I despise
this foolishness as much as yo', but 1
«an't run away from it. Come, oo'nnle,
I won't ask yo* to forget this, and mo'
—TU believe yo' meant it, but yo'll
orhmise me vo* won't speak of it atrain
as long as yo* are with the con (^i /-and
Aunt Miranda and me! Then, ifiwtn't
be more—there mustn't even seem to be
more—between us."
"But then I may hope!" he said, eagerly, grasping her hand.
"I promise nothing—for you must
not even have that excuse for speaking
of this again, either from anythingol
do, or may seem to do." She stopped,
released her hand, as her eyes were
suddenly fixed on the distance. Then
she said with a slight smile, but without the least embarrassment or Impatience: "There's Mr. Champney
coming here now. I reckon he's looking to see if that wreath is safe."
Conrtland looked up tjuicklv.- VTa
coma see tne n.__,w Hat of the young
Englishman just above the myrtle
bushes in a path intersecting the
avenue.     A 'faint shadow crossed his
"I'VE  LOST MT G_/>VE SOMEWHEBE,"
face. "Let me know one thing more,"
he said, hurriedly. "I know I have no
right to ask the question—but has—
haa—has Sir. Champney anything to
do with your decision?"
She smiled brightly. "To' asked
Jnst now lf yo' eould have the same
chance he and Chet Brooks had. Well,
poor Chet is dead, and Mr. Champney—
well—wait and aaa." She lifted her
voice and oalled: "Mr. Champney."
The young fellow came briskly
towards them; his faoe betrayed a
slight surprise, but no discomfiture, as
he recognized her companion.
"Oh, Mr. Champney," said Miss Sally,
plaintively, "I've lost my glove somewhere near pooh Brooks' tomb ia the
hollow. Wont you go and fetoh it,
and come back here, to take me home?
The co'nnle has got to go and see his
sick niggers in the hospitaL" Champney lifted his hat, nodded genially to
Courtland, and disappeared below the
cypresses on the slope. "To* mustn't be
mad," she said, turning in explanation
to her companion, "hat we have been
here too long already, and it's better
that I ahould be seen coming home
with him than yo*."
"Then this Motional .Interference
does not touoh himT* said Courtland,
bitterly,
"No. He's an Englishman; hia father
wae a known friend ai the confederacy,
and bought their cotton bonds."
She stopped, gazing into Courtland's
face with a pretty,   hat  vague  impatience and a slight pouting of her lip.
"Co'nnler
"Miss Sally."
"To* say yo' had known me for three
years before yo' aaw me. Well, we met
once before wa ever spoke to each
other!"
Courtland looked ln her laughing
eyes with admiring wonder. "When?*
he asked.
"The first day yo' came! Y<f moved
the ladder when I was on the cornice
and I walked on yo' head. And, like a
gentleman, yo' never said a word about
Jj. I reokon I stood on yo* hoad for
five minutes."
"Not as long aa that," said Courtland.
laughing, "if I remember rightly."
"Yes," said Miss Sally, with dancing
eyesw   '%  a so'th'n^ girl, aotij%Uy e§t
my foot on the head of a no'th'n scum
of a co'nnle.   My!"
"Let that satisfy your friends, then."
"No.  /want to apologize.    Sit down,
oo'nnle."
"But, Miss Sally—"
^•Sit down, quickr*
He did so,  seating himself sideways
on the hank-    Miss Sally stood beside
him.
*f-Wake off yo* hat, sir."
tht obeyed,   smilingly.    Miss  Sally
suddenly slipped behind him.   He felt
HE   LEAPED TO  HIS  FEET.
the soft imprint of her little hands on
his shoulders, a warm breath stirred
the roots of his hair, aad then the light
pressure on his scalp of what seemed
the lips of a child)
He leaped to hia feet, yet before he
could turn completely round—a difficulty the young lady had evidently calculated upon—he was too late. The
floating draperies of the artful and
shameless Miss Sally were already disappearing among the tombs in tbe direotion of the hollow!
CHAPTER V.
HE house occupied
by the manager
 fi       .1 a_
mond syndicate
in Redlands—the
former residence
of a local lawyer
and justice of the
peace — was not
large, but had an
imposing portico
of wooden dorio
oolumns whioh
extended to the roof and fronted the
main street. The all-pervading creeper
closely covered it; the sidewalk before
it was shaded by a row o_ bioaioleaved
ailantus. The front room, with French
windows opening on the portico, was
used by Col. Courtland aa a general
office; beyond this a sitting-room and
dining-room overlooked tbe old-fashioned garden with its detached kitchen
and inevitable negro cabin. It waa a
close evening; there were dark clouds
ooming up ia the direction of the turnpike road, bat the leaves of the ailantus
hung heavy and motionless in the hush
of the impending storm. Tbe sparks of
lazily floating fireflies softly expanded
and went oat ia the gloom of the black
foliage, or ia the dark recesses of the
office, whose windows were widely
open, aad whose lights Courtland had
extinguished when he brought his armchair to the portico for coolness. One
of these sparka beyond the fence, although alternately glowing and paling,
waa still so persistent and stationary
that Courtland leaned forward to watoh
it more closely. At whieh it disappeared and a voice from the street said:
"Is that yoo, Courtland?"
"Yes. Come in, won't yon?"
The voice waa Champney's aad the
light waa from hia cigar. Aa he opened
the gate and came slowly up the steps
of the portico tha usual hesitation Of
his manner seemed to have increased.
A loag sigh trilled the limp leaves of
the ailantus and aa quiokly subsided. A
few heavy perpendicular raindrops
crashed aad spattered through the
foliage like molten lead.
"You've just escaped the shower,"
aaid Courtland, pleasantly. He had not
seen Champney since they parted in the
cemetery, six weeks before.
"Tes. I—I—thought I'd like to have
a little talk with yoo, Courtland," said
Champney. He hesitated a moment before the proffered chair, and then added,
with a cautious glance towards tha
street*   "Hadn't we better go inmidef"
"Aa you like. But you'll find it woefully hot. We're quite alone here;
there's nobody la the house and thia
shower will drive aay loungers from
tha atreet." He waa quite frank, although their relations to each other in
regard to Miss Sally were still ao undefined aa to scarcely invite hia confidence.
Bowbeit Champney took the prof-
ferred chair aad the glass of julep
which Courtland brought hfau.
•'TffU remember my speaking to you
Dumont?" ho said, hesitatingly.
"Mips Dowa' French oousin, yon know?
■Well—he's coming here; bete got property hero—those three houses opposite
of
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He's come onftr with a lot of new-fangled
French ideas on the nigger question—
rot about equality and fraternity, don't
you know—and the highest education
and highest offices for them. You know
what the feeling is here already; you
know what happened at the last eleotion at Coolidgeville; how tha whites
wouldn't let the niggers go to the polls
and the jolly row that wpa kicked up
over lt Wall, it looks as if that sort of
thing might happen here, don't you
know, if Miss DOWB takes up these
ideas."
"But Pve reason to suppose—I mean,"
said Courtland, correcting himself with
some deliberation, "that anyone who
knows Miss Dows' opinions knows
these are not her views. Why should
she take them up?"
"Because she takes him up," returned
Champney, hurriedly, "aad even lf she
didn't believe ia them herself, she'd
have to share the responsibility with
him ln the eyes of every unreconstructed rowdy like Tom Higbee and the rest
of them. They'd make short work of
her niggers all the same."
"Sot I don't see why she should he
made responsible for tbe opinions of
her cousin, nor do I exactly Snow what
'taking him up' means,"returned Court-
land, quietly.
Champney moistened his dry lips with
the julep and uttered a nervous laugh.
"Suppose weeay Iter huiband, for that's
what hia coming back here means.
Everybody knows that—you would too,
If you ever talked ^yith her about anything but busintse,"
A bright flash of lightning that lit up
the faces of the two men wonld have
revealed Champney's flushed features
and Courtland's lack of oolor, had they
been looking at each other. But they
were not, and the long reverberating
crash of thunder which followed prevented any audible reply from Court-
land, and oovered his agitation.
For without fully accepting Champney's conclusion he was cruelly shocked
wishes of Miss Sally and had faithfully
—although never hopelessly—hold back
any expression of his own love since
their conversation in the cemetery.
But while his native truthfulness and
sense of honor had overlooked the
seeming insincerity of her attitude towards Champney, he had never justified his own tacit participation in it,
and the concealment of his own pretensions before his possible rival. It
was true that she had forbidden him to
openly enter the lists with her admirers, but Champney's innocent assumption of his indifference to her and his
consequent half confidences added
poignancy to his story. There seemed
to be only one way to extricate himself
and that was by a quarrel. Whether
he did or did aot believe 'Champney's
story, whether it waa only the jealous
exaggeration ofa rival or Miss Sally
waa actually deceiving them both—hia
position had beoome intolerable.
"I must remind yoo, Champney," ha
said, with freeeing deliberation, "that
Miss Miranda Dows and her niece now
represent the Drummond Company
equally with myself, and that yon cannot expect me to listen to aay reflections upon the way they choose to administer their part of its affairs, either
now or to come. Still less do I oare to
discuss the idle gossip whieh can affect
only the private interests of these ladies
—with whieh neither you nor I have
aay right to interfere."
But the rtaiixstte ot the young Eng
lishman was as invincible as Miss Sally's own, and as fatal to Courtland's attitude. "Of oourse I haven't any right,
you know," he said, calmly ignoring
the preamble of hia companion's speech,
"but I say—hang it all—even if a fallow
bus no chance him/telf he don't like to
aaa a girl throw herself and her property away on a man like that."
"One moment, Champney," said
Courtland, under the infection of his
guest's simplicity abandoning his former superior attitude. "You may aay
you have no chance. Do you wish me
to understand that yoa are regularly a
suitor of Miss Dowa?"
T-e-e-s," said the young fellow—but
with the hesitation of conscientiousness
rather thaa evasion. "That is—yoa
know — I was. Bat dont you sea it
couldnt be. It wouldn't do, you know.
If thoae clannish neighbors of hers—
that southern set—suspected that Miss
Sally was courted hy an Englishman,
don't you know—a poacher mi tbeir
preserves—it would be aB np with her
position on the property and her influence over them. I dont mind telling
you that's one reason why I left the
company and took that other plantation. But even that didn't work; they
had their suspicions excited already,"
"Did Miss Dows give that as a reason
for declining your suit?" asked Court-
land, slowly.
"Tes; you know what a straightfoi»*
ward girl §J_e is. She didn't come no
rot about 'not expecting anything ol
tbe kind* or abont 'being aststcr to me,'
ttjpA oU- that, for, by Jove, she's always
*W_9_U__B. m _te_l_R_3  aifitgr, £$& jqn
know, than his girl. Of oourse it was
hard lines for me, bnt I suppose she
waa about right." He stopped and
then added with a kind of gentle persistency: "Tou think she warn about
right—don'* you?"
With what was passing in Courtland's
mind, tbe question seemed so bitterjj
ironical that he leaned balf angrily
forward, with an unconscious move,
ment of attempting to catch the speak.
er*s expression in tbe darkness. "I
should hardly venture to give an
opinion," he said deliberately. "Misa
Dows' relations with her neighbors are
so very peculiar. And from what yoq
tell meal her cousin it would seem that
her desire to placate them is not always
to be depended upoa."
"I'm not finding fault with her, yoq
know," said Champney, hastily. "Pm
not sueh a beastly cod as that; 1
wouldn't have spoken of my a__uira at
all, but you asked, you know. I only
thought if she was going to get herself into trouble on aooount of that
Frenchman you might talk to her;
she'd listen to you because she'd know
you only did it out of business reasons.
And they're really business reasons,
you know. I suppose you don't think
much of my business capacity, oolonel,
and you wouldn't go muoh on vay judgment—especially now—but I've been
here    longer    than    you    and,"   ap
m jmt _,.
LEANED HALF ANGBILY FOJ1WAJBD
lowered his voice Blightly and dragged
his chair nearer Courtland, "I dont
like the looks of things here. There's
some devilment plotting among those
rascals. They're only waiting an opportunity—a single flash would ba
enough to Bet them in a blaze—even if
the flre wasn't lit and smoldering
already like a spark in a bale of ootton. I'd out the whole thing and clear
ont if I didn't thiuk it would ma^ke it
harder for Miaa Dows—who would be
left alone." *■*_■-
"You're a good fellow, Champney,"
■aid Courtland, laying his hand on the
f'oung man's shoulder with a sudden
mpulse, "and I forgive you for overlooking the fact that I could help them.
Indeed!" he added, with an odd seriousness and a half sigh, 'It's not strange
that you should. Bat 1 must remjnd
you that the Dows are strictly tbe
agents and tenants of the company L
represent, and that their rights and
property under that tenancy shall not
be interfered with by others as long aa.
I am here. I have no right, however,"
ba added gravely, "to keep Miss Dows
from imperiling them by her social relations."
Champney rose and shook hands with
him awkwardly. "The shower seems
to be holding up," he said, "and I'll
toddle along before it starts afresh.
Oood night! I say—yoa didn't mind
my coming to you in thia way, did yav.7
By Jove! I thought yoa were a Ifttle
stand-offish at first. But you know
what I meant!"
"Perfectly, and I thank yuu J" They
shook hands again. Champney atepped
from the portico, and' reaching the
gate seemed to vanish and become a
part of the darkness.
The storm waa not yet over; the air
had again become close and suffocating.
Courtland remained brooding in his
chair. Whether he could accept
Champney's news aa true or not, he felt
that he moat end this suspense at onoe.
A half guilty consciousness that he waa
thinking more of it ln reference to hia
own passion than hia duty to the company did not render his meditations less
unpleasant. Yet while he conld aot
reconcile Miss Sally's confidences in
the cemetery in regard to the indifference ot her people to Champney's attentions with what Champney hud just told -
him of the reasons she had given him
for declining them, I am afraid he was
not pained by her peouliar ethics. A
lover seldom finds fault with his mistress for deceiving his rival, and is as
little apt to consider the logical deduction that she could deceive him also, aa
Othello was to accept Brabantio's warning. The masculine sense of honor
which would have resented the friendship of a man capable of such treachery
does not hesitate in acceptifig the love
of a woman under the same . editions.
Perhaps there is aa implied compliment
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