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EVERYTHING FOR THE BEST
BY ELLA H. STRATTON.
Much has been told of the horrors of the recent earthquakes, but the following sim- ple story will show even the most skeptical, that an earthquake may be productive of happiness amid its misery and desolation.
Not a hundred miles from the ruined city of Charleston, lives a Frenchman, Pierre La Mont by name. His father came from: France in 1830, bought a plantation, stocked it with more than a thousand neg- roes, and settled down to the luxurious life of a Southern planter of the time.
At his death, which occurred in 1852, Pierre La Mont, although a minor, inherit- ed his property and position. He took his place among the neighboring planters haughtily, as he did everything, but he never became intimate with any of them— he never forgot that the blue blood of the unfortunate Napoleon ran in his veins.
He chose a wife «c last, remembering the scriptural injunction that it is not good for a man to be alone. He condescending- ly overlooked her less noble birth, on ac- count of her beautiful face, but he often re- minded her of her lack of royal blood, and she, foolish, loving, loyal wife, bore it all meekly, and thought her husband almost a demigod.
were born, only to die in infancy, one by one, until, in the first year of the civil war, a baby girl came, with her mother’s sunny ace and loving heart.
‘*’Pears like there warn’t no La Mont to her, ‘cept her name,” said the old colored nurse, who had cared for her mother before her, as she fondly watched the little one’s growth in strength and knowledge.
But with the emancipation proclamation the bulk of Pierre La Mont’s wealth van- ished—in fact, it literally took legs and ran away.
Barely enough remained to keep the family in the necessities of life by using rigid economy. A few of the slaves re- mained, more from force of habit than from any love they bore their master. But the most able and intelligent ones were gone, and the plantation soon began to show signs of neglect and decay.
Unmindful of the horrors of war,Christine
‘| thrived on her plain diet, and when peace
again reigned she blossomed into lovely girlhood.
With her mother’s wondrous beauty,she did not inherit her father’s passionate tem- per, neither did she inherit her mother’s blind faith and love for the haughty man. Although he never treated her harshly he gave her little fatherly affection—indeed, he seemed never to forgive her for being a fair American beauty, instead of a haughty French woman.
If he did not fancy her type of loveliness others certainly did, and many suitors came to woo. but Pierre La Mont turned from them all with utter scorn. None were royal enough for this peerless descendant of Napoleon! Love had not entered into his own marriage, and he did not think it necessary to his daughter’s life-—indeed, he did not think of it at all, until one summer morning when a neighbor’s son asked him for Christine’s hand, assuring him that he had already won her love.
‘**Love ! What is that?’ he asked scorn- fully. ‘‘Love is but a childish malady ! You will soon outgrow it’”
‘‘But your daughter's happiness !” plead- ed the lover. ‘‘You will surely consider that.”’
‘“‘And you think you are necessary to her happiness! Self-conceited fool! The presumption of these Americans is unbear- able ! Be gone !” screomed Pierre La Mont, fairly purple with rage.
‘**But he thinks rightly, father. I can- not live without him,” cried the daughter, amid sobs and blushes; and the mother, as usual when her husband’s commands were given, said nothing, although the suitor was above their own station in everything, save the insignificant item of royal birth.
‘‘Stuffand nonsense! You forget who you are! Enough!’ answered the father grimly, ‘“‘l have said, and you who know me best know that it would take a mighty earthquake to destroy my resolution.”
“Then an earthquake would do it / sneered the lover. ‘‘Then | pray we may have one, and that quickly, even though it destroys our goodly city of Charleston.’
‘‘Ah, yes! When an earthquake de- stroys the City of Charleston then [ll cen- sent—not before,’ retorted Pierre La Mont.
**And we will wait for it,” said Christine, earnestly. ‘‘Remembeg Leon, I will never marry without my father’s consent, but [ will wait for you forever, if need be.”
‘So be it!” answered Pierre La Mont. “T will keep my word, but you will tire of waiting.”
Months passed. A year came and went with its changing seasons, but still Pierre LaMont was inexorable—not even his daughter's wan, wistful face could change his decision.
‘‘Wait till times are a little better,’”’ he would say impatiently. ‘*Then we'll go to sunny France, ah— There we'll find a hus- band waiting for our lovely Christine.” And then Christine would tremble and weep, as hope alinost died in her bosom.
The morning of the last day in August dawned clear and beautiful, as though sum- mer willed that her last day should be her brightest. There were no signs to fore- shadow the terrible scenes that were to mark its closing hours. = I never saw such sultry weather,’ growled Pierre LaMont, as they sat at dark upon the veranda. ‘‘There’s hardly a breath of air. What a cursed country this is! If this thing continues we shall have a cyclone—or something worse.”
‘‘An earthquake, father?’ asked Chris- tine, with a nervous laugh.
‘Bosh!’ answered her father, impa- tiently. ‘‘Do you think of nothing but ear.hquakes? You build your hopes ona
| poor foundation. My word has passed—]
‘shall keep it. Nething on earth—or in
heaven—shall change my imnd—exceptngy
To this strangely wedded pair children
of course, the earthquake which shall des troy Charleston,” he added with grim humor. ‘‘But that is not likely to occur, and | defy——”
Not a sound disturbed the still night air. Pierre LaMont could not have told why he paused so abruptly as he was about to fling a defiance te everybody and everything.
A vague sense of comimg calamity op- pressed him, and Christine drew near her mother, while their faces grew white with an unknown terror. What was the strange evil that threatenad them ?
Suddenly the sky quivered and trembled; the earth shook beneath them; and the unearthly silence was broken by a medley et sounds. The cattle in the yards began a piteous lowing; the horses answered the hideous braying of the mules with shrill siguals of terror; the fowls cackled, crowed, gobbled and quacked in chorus; shouts and prayers mingled confusedly in the servants’ quarters; and the dogs crept near their human protectors with whines and howls of agonized fear.
Pierre Ca Mont sprang to his feet, and seized his wife by the arm, while his swarthy face grew pale, and a superstitious horror overcame his haughty pride.
‘‘Come, child!” he shouted to Christine. **Don’t you see that you have your wish / The earthquake you have prayed for has come! If this don’t destroy the city of Charleston nothing ever will.”
And as she fled from the insecure shelter of her home, she felt the earth vibrate beneath her feet; she heard the crashing of timbers above the medley of sounds, as, one by one, the servants’ huts fell to the ground.
**Yes, the earthquake has come,” said Pierre La Mont doggedly, as the first shock passed. ‘‘But you will purchase your happiness with your wealth, if this thing continues. Love in a cottage is better in fiction than in real life, I think you'll find out.”
**We have escaped serious loss, so far. Let us hope for the best, said his wife hopefully.
*‘De good Lord hab marcy on us all, honey,” sobbed the old colored nurse as she clasped ChristIne close in her arms. De las’ day am come to us, shure !”
‘*The last day has come for many,” said Pierre La Mont solemnly.
A tent was hastily improvised, and all through that night of terror Christine sat with clasped hands, and listened to the strange tumult around her with mingled tears and smiles. Was her happiness to come to her through this chaos of horrible sounds and seenes / Was Leon safe through itall? Or was it to bring her added sorrow too great. to be borne /
At intervals the earth vibrated, and the panic-stricken negroes prayed and sung, thinking that the Judgment day had surely come at last.
The shadows took unearthly shapes, and flitted and quivered at each vibration in a ghostly way; everything was weird and un- real. Afar they could see the lurid glare of fire, and Pierre La Mont declared gloom- ily that Charleston was burning.
‘*Add fire to the earthquake, and the destruction will be complete, I know,” he said grimly. ‘‘Child, child, do you have faith to believe that your prayers have wrought this desolation? Fool? Can your prayers bring back what has been this night loss ?”
But Christine answered not. Like one in a dream she sat and waited! Was the end to bring her peace and happiness ?
The long, dreary night passed away at last ; the gray morning light appeared in the east, and was never more welcome ; the rising sun shone on haggard, despairing faces, and onthe ruins of many a happy home. Strong men wept, for everything in life was lost to them ; women. searched in vain for some loved one whose form was crushed beneath fallen timbers ; and the sunbeams kissed the cold lips of many to whom the Judgment Day had indeed come.
Ruin and mourning reigned in the city by the sea.
In the rosy morning light a horseman came to Pierre La Mont’s home —impa- tiently spurring his panting beast along the dusty road. A grim smile lighted his face as he swung himself from the saddle and approached the group by the canvas tent- for they had not yet ventured to enter the house.
‘*The earthquake came, sir, and Char- leston is in ruins,” he cried, as he threw his arm around Christine. ‘*We cannot help the desolation that it has caused. Our hearts give sympathy to the unfortunate, but—we claim the fulfillment of your pro- mise,”
‘‘Oui! My word is given, I consent. It is useless to fight against fate !” answered Pierre La Mont gloomily. ‘‘It is useless for me to oppose you longer.”
And so everything is for the best to some one.
‘**Tt is an ill wind that blows nobody any good.”
And among the mourning of that stricken city, two hearts, at least, blessed the com- ing of the earthquake. So it is through life. What brings sorrow to one brings joy to another, and through all our maxim holds true: *‘ Everything is for the best.”
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(;rEAT Reduction on Ladie’s Overshoes and Felt Boots, at Dorsey Goff & Ce’s. feb3 tf
Finvinas.—Sole Leather, Calf, Goat, Tops, Pegs, Nails, Thread, &., cheapest at Dorsey, Goi & Co's. feb3 tf
Frour and Tea at retail. Flour $4.60 to $4.75, Buda $5. Try a pound of our Tea, it is choice. Pastry Flour at 3 cents per pound. Codfish at $3 per cwt., warranted. Soap, 3, 34 and 6 cents per bar. Call and examine for yourself. All goods bought here sent home
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