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"'s9 Entored April 23, 1903 tit Pickens, ., a4 aecoud cluS ma tter, under ia<-' to ugreHH of Macoh 3, 1879. V_OMS, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. MAY, 10, 1007 The Pity of It. There is a great subject for a ser mon in the printed anuounceient that the home of Mrs. William Thaw had been mortgaged for $100,000 to pay the expenses of her son Harry K. Thaw's trial for the killing of Stanford White. It's the old story of mother's love and the sacrilice na ture so frequently demands from the woman. Here was a youth with a great for tune at hand, and a yearly income sufficient to have ennbled him to live in luxury all his life. But he squan dered it. Not satisfied with ordinary luxi ries, be sought for the abnormal satiefection of inordinate cravings. The world was made, at all costs, to pander to his desires, and money bped from his fingers, for has not the adage been preven thousands of times "The fool and his money;" it's the old tale again. Harry Thaw spent all his gigantic income and was forced to rely upon his mother often to get. him out of his debts. Then came the tragedy. His prominence in the world:of wealth and the prominence if the man he Slow, as well as the notoriet. of the woman in the case, 1(manded ihat the trial he out of lhe orrlinnrv. The best, criminal tal ant. in N,w York was arrave(1 against himn. so tlat the continent had to he rakc"d to fio its cgnal. This cost noneyO. T, !nl hrni+t5 likm all highly speeinlim(1 lprelnots are not, to be thtninecl eher.ly\, n1l R(lnll-hod%" has {o po". Y'gnn Thw e,,old not, for s l monwy 'vn (l f 1 p(nded in riot o h WI. I h( e mth,. i11el? it. nmlt'+irs I hat h1(er 110n ,, , her endv fns lId l h1 eenl (Nne(1mld by 1' ' nvwnr1 mniss nnd, as the numnr\ htnd to bo rnise d, 1 b)( palinlil home wt,n rI(,"ws" w1 mort 5 d \V. 1'ipo(s th.t Ilh' (1barrsl smn)i1 is :n1v tonmpornry, hut the fa.t that. here is nv at till i< pthotle. I 111 a1 sorror if 1m!S1t he to 11 mani in th( Tombs... it 1-( i, eanble of the foel. intYR grit1ntc(d to f rdinary humans not nflilinteld with brainstorms-to knowr At. Lis mo)(he'r has been) red(iced1 to hist struit a11)( this embarrassment by his insinst. criminal folly. Poor moothers, what, a lot is often theirs!-[Angusta Chronicle. The Same Old Gag. 1ho' Ti mes-1)emocralt, In disacussing the chances of De mocracy in the next eamraign the Gre' nville News says: "Bryan has drifted away from the true principles (f De'mocracy as they wvere taught and practiced by J<4 ferison." What atre the t rue prin)ciples of Democracy as they were interpreted and p)rac ticed by Jefferson, and wherein do they differ from the Democracy of W. J. Bryan? Will the News please enlighten us. The News g< es onf t'o say that the party has too many false lenders, and it may~ he said to be driftmng aimlesslv. With true Do mecracy nailed to the masthead oif the good o1(1 ship, with a loader at the helm who is willing to turn back inito the old anid tried plath, the Domi ocratic par)ty con11( go oJut and meet0 the enemny and bsecomoi %,e ruling power." 'l his is the samei old gag that we hsav bsIeen hearing sin1ce I 896. P' I apers l ike thle News Seem'I' to lose sight ot t he fact, that thes Domocratic par1ty suifl'red it s grealiteist defeats ins 189-1 when (levehaod was President and in 1 904t whens Parker tr'ied to he~ Pre(sidlent . On both l occasiOos the 50.-called safo anud s o snd IDemnera(~ weein 'bar'go oif thIinugs, an1d -vhait they diud, (or did inot (10, ahon,1t rinited tho party. Under the m'atcless leadeCrsip of Iih-yans thie parIty won a glorious victoriy in 1896, but wa swindled out of it by the Republicans with the aid of such so-called Demo crate as Cleveland and those who aid ed and abetted him. What the Democratic party needs is a readjust. ment. There are many in its ranks who are Republicans, and they should be made to go where they be long. We are sorry to tay that we have some such wishy-washy Demo crate in South Carolina. Oolenoy Items. Mr. Van Jones cele,rated his 86th birthday on the 18th instant. Quite a number of his children and g2aud children and friends enjoyed the day with him Mr. Demas Masters' little child is very sick at this writing. Dr. J. M. Crenshaw is attending it. Little Lloyd Hendricks has been been very sick, but is l.etter at this writing. Misses Lenora and Bert Hendricks have returul boue from North Caro I na where they have been teaching, at, Clyde and Bure,sville respectively. Miss Lila Harris of Greenville, is visiting her sister Mrs. Keith. Mr. Herbert Jones and sister, Missi B3erthnu of G~eormy.'s Crheek, visit d relativ: e and frit uds around Oolenov last. wes k. Mr. and Mrs. J. Welborn visited friends at, Oolenoy Sunday. Quite a munber of the young folks of t)olen:y went on a fish ing (xprdi tion to Rlnda rivOr last Sat la (nv. he' writ'-r n hard who w'e so iluc kv. Th1er'e wasl :In enjoyt\abli danc (' .iv dn dtithe h i,ri of Mr. mnl6. A '. . lF Iels, Sat utrday niglt. Some. of the V'1nn11? )4ople 1 loke a lit tie sleepy Sv.ndayv but, do(n't think thev com, M11r. Col. I:i" (1tn and Mlis.s 1l";,he"r Chtpman were happily miarried last Sunday evening. Mlr. Avery Jo;es pe formed the cereonlny. 'hey have many friends to congratulate them A tomnber of the people aroulld (tolenel," at tended the May meetin r at Griflin 2d Sundav. I'le farmuorm of this 5cetion ar'e aboutt thro,i^h planting Corn), b1,t most of tliem are having ito re;laI their cotton. Blue Eves. i raustark. h'Iere was a dead silence after this theatrical action. "The intere'St oil this loan is not :ill you ask, 1 understand," said Ilal'ont slowly, his black eyes glittering. "You ask something that Gzraustark cannot and will not barter-the hand of Its sovereign1. If you1 are' willing to unike this Ioan, naming a fair rate of in te'rest, withd(rawiug your prop*osai of maurriage, we carn conme to an agree menit." G4abriel's e'yes decadenecd wuithl disap poinitmenlt, huis breast lheaved and his: lingers twitched. "I have the happ4jiness of your sov ('reign1 at heal1rt as much as tn,y OWn,I" he said. "She shall never want for dievotiol; she4 shall1 nlever knlow a 'O11 i (l eterlli1lled, I hell. to n(tdhere to you i' o1iri ilulI pro s 48 i Oll ' ( dela 1)nl "She wuouldthave 111: married1 .4l.on to sav11V 0 ' Ii hilld. to) jroleil. hler p)4'4 e. Aiim 1 114)1 lls good as5 Lor1PIIz'\'hy hut. 'Ive'-- 14e gall Gtilbrieilvi1ouly, hilt Yiet iv4 aro0+4 :4nd(, w~J ih glenaing 4'yes al1d finshin1g ellee(k5, illte4IlT l4ed hilli. "Go! I will not1 141 hear I yon-ot on1e (41 1( : 4.(411.t i 4l1 (1 11he l'o n ith t sI:4 .4 il '.4 11 i:ght :a44 lu I lllV. blme, hor wV h i t4' ('Ill.\i'l'Elt NNIII. 'Il ul 1VI 81TO1 AT1 M iI Nld11'l. Ir4.ed4 444(npants11, ill a dark11. d.li('[4 liiitI'44oollI, (IrelfalI ].or. ry live aul yeair ii. a dhay, I h the nuight 4.' 1he lNh, or, Irathe.r, near the4 break1 4( of: IVw on (414 luth 11, Caphtajin Qulinnmox guided4( hi ll fr4)II tile (dIanger 0145 stree.. 4of IEde4li to4 1114 secrei4t in:issacg(, 1and4 he4 wasI saf fo r t14 hetm bing TIhie 4nIrlnnme( tn o ha 10.451 lug in the wall that inclosed the park. A stone doorway so cleverly construct ed that it defied detection led to a set of steps, which in turn took one to a long, narrow passage. This ended in a stairway fully a quarter of a mile fromn its beginning. Ascending this stairway one caie to a secret panel through. which, by- pressing a spring, the interior of the castle was reached. The location of the panel was in one of the recesses in the wall of the chap el, near the altar. It was in this chap el that Yetive exchanged her male at tire for a loose gown weeks before, and the servant who saw her come from the door at an unearthly hour In the morning believed she had gone there to seek surcease Crow the troubles which oppressed her. Lorry was impatient to rush forth from his place of hiding and to end all suspense, but Quinnox demurred. le begged the eager American to remain in the passage until the night of the 10th, when, all things going well, he might be so fortunate as to reach the princess without being seen. It wa. the secret hope of the guilty captain that his charge could be induced by the princess to return to the monastery to avoid complications. Ht promised to inform her highness of his presence in the underground roolm and to ariange for a meeting. The inlserable fellow could not fiud courage to con festFr his disobedience to his trusting inistress. Many times during the day she latl semn him hovering near, apeprotat:hing and then retreaitig, and had weindered not a little at his l,et"uli:tr un n.r. Antl so it w as tlsat L.orry t'h:ttt"d :ani tritht"tl through a long thy (,f rnI pl't:s1" and agoly. Qii ntnox had brt1g11n 1 the little ro in sonlt ranilet s, foi1tIo ;14 . bedding. but lie utilized winly 1t fo. iter. 'le hurs w?nt by ;nd n -In: t n1S called hin i to lher :;teio. 11\ lh:t was to heonit of hiu': Watwa11 s h0e the tdl of this d1r:1:in:h' \Vh!I:: wouli the nighltt, the n olrrow1 , I1rin about? It was: ;1 u'rlS ck inl thlt, nn w e (J10111t1: I''t ::IINI 111 . : l t 14 Sl a I' t~ '!-. ilat ii rte to lit e l i ttl ;1 in-a. watch t hu tritd Iin: a's-, li::l run inl a ly 1114 -nd( t owNi the ass ;e lie aiotlite t fII relnzye (tIl Ies rit I ionl. "I yu Ini v t l hli':"i ' t h1 tt1 er l, gi ras - 1itt t l f( llt , o"ll rii 11:iii. f 11 1,114 "I h:sr; but, e tfor I ou t;tll totl11 nit tet 1lh l lh r w ttu I hadl yount": Your visit will I,t a stur'Ipr1ise, I fea1r' a shoe!.. "IT'hn ho\do :in I to alie heii': 1ooll: .\m l tro t her d for a har nd" 'I' tvo a t nc"t! ! wt"ill tak yotu to h11r Itmnigh nyi, vitihio . I Tt lnr. oeo IliO IiNA ino'nilL shi,' silns y ayI l t 11i eI ile prv ilt"Is, adtl her instei tions tre tIiat sle is not i boe dist11i :it tonight. N i ht evel wiil she sli th4 ,ountess );tnear after o'clok. it b1rakt the teart to set Ithe sorro Iitl a11o und's in Ih li aalt' tonight. I'd"r . h igyhness inisis ont leing alone. :ll It:issI t. the n'S\w gnur dl, has ordlers to 011(1 no on to hier aprtnni.'l s. Lik, is ill, :and I htave proluisedt that a subt Stitute shtall relieve hiun at 11 o'clot'k. Yon are to be the substitute. litre Is a part of an old unifornt of maine, andl here is a coat thatt belongd to sstn nox, who was1' about y"outr size". 1'leasi exchlange the clothe s you ntow have on for these. 1 alprweht'nd no tr-oubtle in reachig her door, for the hous:ehoild is oo before f'the ahe8partilents of the prin cess. A tall guard stood in front of the boudoir door. "This is your relief, Bassot. You nitay go," said Quinnox, and with a, cureless ghtee it the strange soldier the sick nin, trudged off down the hall, glad to seek his bed. "Is she there?" whispered Lorry, diz Zy and faint with expectancy. "Yes. 'i'lTis inay mean your death and mine, sir, but you would do It. Will you explain to her how I came to play her false?" "She shall know the truth, good friend." "After I have gone twenty paces down the hall do you rap on the door. She may not admit you at first, but do not give up. If she bid you enter or asks your mission, enter quickly and close the door. It is unlocked. She may swoon or scream, and you must prevent either if possible. In an hour I shall return and you must go back to the passage." "Never! I have come to save her and her country, and I intend to do so by surrendering myself this very night." "I had hoped to dissuade you. But, sir, you cannot do so tonight. You for get that this visit compromises her." "True. I had forgotten. Well, I'll o ack with you, but tomorrow I am your prisoner, not your friend." "Be careful," cautioned the captain as he imoved away. Lorry feverishly tapped his knuckles on the panel of the door and waited with motionless heart for the response. It cane not, andl he riatl,cd harder, a strange fear darting into his mind. "Wl''came from within, the voice he adored. Int:l+etutous haste marked his next ::oviei ntn-. le d:tslhcd open the door, -p1:s:g inside and t"Ioscd it quickly. he %'::.s slt.ing before her escritoire, witdIi, alid looked lp, surprised and -anitoycd. "I was not to he disturbed---oh" Sh staggered to her feot and w.as i his ii" bfore the brac:th of her ex i:ttuatin lut+ <itt:tllitld away. (ad he nt.l :<ultlorl+td ht": lhe woulhl have d troppedt Stlie li++r. 1i,1r li:tntisA .er 1:tce. wer' lik. ice, t;t"' brt"::st was puilselss, and lit t" wa hilet. tttrr.tr in hc r " tytartin;g- t\y 41ucc"n!" he c"ric'd l' iona33 ly. c "".\t last 1 ant with you! I i ,tt't lktuL :3i I!' like 11t1 I I is I':tly I---1 iuld iot sta:y 1V:ay - i couli not It rrm:it. Ihis saclri1iv of yutrII Sp. 'ak ito utt" lb) no4+ st:,rc like thlat!" 1 b-"+ u\ ;bb' b+lutt ct' slow\tly -wept+ his :tce. litouts wt"o:itih'r and11i dot)u1 att::lint; in theair <h-plths. ".\ in I a w8 ke':" she ll iuinured, htlclt in': his faic with her Iewilhlertl, ilpies tiuning: h;ancts. "is it truly you ':" A si51k illutni:u nt(d her face, but. her joy w:ts short lived. .\n express'ion of ter ror came t) htcr eyes, aldt there w%"as agonyu, in the fingers that clasped his :irun. "W hy doi t+u t" ::-t," r'? she "riel. "II is niatut:ss: I low and w%"hy tarne ;otl to thti.: rot. : "' lie la':;J,.;i tl il:' : delighted lo y and hastily tt 2 tiratl the ev ts 1 of the past twenty-ft+ur hours, ctnding; with the trick th:t g:v in 33hintrance to her rooiii. "And 111 this to sIe ue':" sie whis pered. "To two you amd to save you. I hear tha33t (;Utb riel ha;s bee amii 3 loyinag youh and3( thatil you1 are to give uip half of the k ingdom33 tomorro3(tw . Tel'l me3 every th ig. It is 3nther it reasoni for my Sittinig 1beside( hin 33on3 the divan i, she 101h1 of3 ibitl'Is visit and1( hiIs (dism3issatl, thwel on'h>k fori the3 ne'xt day, and3( thien Houighit inv33~in,e him (if the ih)ppi. ne'3Ss it afforde her(3 to(3 pr lotect 1313m from an3 tuiilh'-erv' .I dieathi. lie obitin ed for(3: Q uinx the' rotyal pairdoni and( 13(iEd(d hlil to ihe' skies. So riayishming were3' the ruornet' h. No etti Ic thue soni sal tins t ha t p05ssessedI tiihemi, tha it 33el hutn-r thought o(f the' cons3t'3egn3cts If ie gu3ised( as5 one1 of3 i'-' gua:rdsmen'3. lIhE forgt thle rea'l linport'i of his re'tkh-ts visit3 utie glotimannle hiin to stami*l wha manner~\ of' eio;.ier was W lith 3 a 'hingh he. i: pe l3'i' th f'i Sli' sii'1. bifore her '3:ention 33 h '- l '-' a sinomr he eu.< ions .' liirvi sth 33r,3liit l d inlilg ing :ts jji s ,ih whwh dwly clsed as iii'shu' ou 3mpla nI(4331 I 3 :3lu 3t:1 1 333: jIm Iie, 'rfe13 ': sol( i'r." shei sad, "You are a brave soldier, then," she substitu1ted. "It required courage to come to Edelweiss with hundreds of men ready to seIze you at sight, a pack of bloodhounds." "I should have been a miserable cow ard to stay up there while you are so bravely facing disaster alone down here. I carne to hell) you, as I should," "But you can do nothing, dear, and you only make matters worse by com ing to me. I have fought so hard to overcome the desire to be near you, I have struggled against myself for days and days, and I had won the battle when you came to pull my walls of strength down about my ears. Look. On my desk is a letter I was writing to you. No, you shall not read it. No one shall ever know what it contains." She darted to the desk, snatched up the sheets of paper and held them over the waxed taper. He stood in the mid dle of the room, a feeling of intense desolation settling down upon him. How could he lose this woman? "Tomorrow night Quinnox is to take you from the monastery and conduct (,11 11.. e1 f1( r1((I .Ihiicr,'' .-.1 id5u (. You lto a 1li'1:111i (tity. it Il s :Ill een 111:11n'"d. \,)Iur flit-ld., Mo.. AIsh l to 111('(' you inl fil(( bre 1 da s, :111, y(Pu are1' to In1r-y i" .\t1''ri':l by w vay of .\thens. 'i"llis wa : Ili' 1 44I *Vl t). lit it I sadi ni1.1y 1 hings and was tryin., to vriite fa reweil when you c:ul(' tI this rotii. A\("h, wha1:i I,(-ril y.n are inl here! lolu a:r( ii I-.lt, uI n111othli :" ''III)( sI-11't yol. T1'iL' I)Pro(o is !(u) st ri,iLn . .\lizrOx hias foundll1 na rt whO -'wears lie saw y oul ('nt(r Lo1r1'n7's rooi n." "What a latunable lie!" eriod horry lightly. "I was not in-ar hlis rooin:'' "liut you ('an see Wlhalt Inrrns they will adop1t to (onvitt you. You are (100n('d if caught, by Iy 1n1011 or theirs. I cannot "ave yOU again1. Yo1ut know now that I love yo, 1'oVl(1 yo. 0 ot have be0n c("(teI1t with that last good by at the lt:unast('ry? ! It is cruel to both( of1us, to n(' epe(ially, Ihat Aw Ill1st have( thae 10artn; againl." i11 had ;.)lne to1 the divan and( no0w dIrop I ('d lilli)ly :l111 ny- the( (ushtiuns, r('st lug her head on) her hamd. "I was dt('(('ruinied Io s('1' y)u," lie said. 'They shall n(,1 kill mev, nur are y 3ield( to tanbriel"' "Arb: Yu isiultI ine' . lhen you say3 thaut' I y'ilhi(d to Lors)enz bteenuse I tough i it tIun duty and ic'se i dhred notn adi.it to ysel tliat I loved you). 1u Gab 11 ri('l Allh!" she 'ried scorni)fully. "Gren fal Lorr(4'iy, 1 shal1l lInarry' 1no man1). Y ou I lov'e. bunt you I it event as~1 a possibliity3. \Vhe 1 you g'oU frlom 4 traus)tarik tioiorow night, youJ tiake my1 hea:rt, my) lie, my)3 soul, with4 you1. 1 shallI ne ver1 se1 y'ou a1gain--God hl)lp 31n4 to say3 this8 I shailt l never alilow 3'iis ti sie loe a)gain. I tell you1, thei sI iiIngest ofi (s(is eretions is) 14wo 1)1a1)." SIe' started Stalltilyd3, hilt' iis inig. "'Ilii s )i n (on4 544' yin iig4)) to 11)'y r(e(5th \\:: 4)1)1i:Inh N 8iI'4'e'" \We' le'-m-'| I ilitil,. 1t1)t 114) one klQgg ' ll .I '. ti t* if 1 you 4 (1re di ('streg d ovei ''! . lot that1 not1 that. Some0 SpY, 15:s Wi I ie . n II.hIave a strDg l'I tha 'I Y l) i u I . t 1i)') and1 that I In thur. 'Ito till i)' j almo14st goin will 1)5l ivs you 3 n:" he <-ri d )i how1 1 pray) Ihad \it 'a ' to I V-s.h i udst lstz' () . t II Is : htn t 'a (Tlo bo cont inued)