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s You Bowl Along ie road your pleasure will be com pter if you have perfect confidence your horse's harness. People (ho have bought harness from us ave learned by experience that it in be relied upon even under the ?verest strain. Try a set and you'll ?quire a harness confidence greit than ever before. The Maker of Our Carriage has a reputation for never skimping in either the quantity or quality of his materials. He uses the best and plenty of them and employs the most skilled craftsmen he can obtain. That's why a carriage bought here runs easily, looks fine and lasts long. That's the kind you want? Wilson & Cantelou Attention Farmers *I am better supplied than ever before to suit you in wagons, buggies and car riages. We sell the celebrated Studekak er wagons and carry a full line of sizes. We have a large assortment of buggies in Brockway, Summers. Columbus and oth ers. Come in and see what we have. Our harness department is well stocked with sin gle and double wagon and buggy harness. Can suit any purse.. Full stock of Furni ture. We buy in large quantities direct from manufacturers and can make close prices. Full assortment of house furnish ings of all kinds. We carry a full line of stoves. Buy your wife a new stove and make her happy. It will surprise you how cheap we can sell you a good stove., UNDERTAKING DEPARTMENT. In this as in all other departments we can supply aay rea sonable demand. We carry a foll line of sizes both in cheap coffins and higher priced cases. Our hearse responds to all calls, either day or night G. P. COBB, Johnston, S. C. uti Pianos and Organs At present we desire to call especial attention to ^tfre Adam Schaff piano, which is used exclusively in the public schools of Chicago. The factory has been established forty years, lt is a strictly high grade standard piano. Prices of uprights are from $300 to $500. Farrand Organs. We have sold; over 1,500 Farrand organs and all of them are now gi^g satisfaction. We also car ry a line of other makes of pianos and organs. Any lof our goods are sold on liberal terms of payment. [Satisfaction guaranteed in every particular. Holland Brothers, Greenwood, S. C. lll9iaaBIBBSBIIBIIIIBIIISIBBE?lSS23tS:9a:S( Horses and Mules * Our fifth Car of Stock for This Sea son will Arrive Next Monday Do not fail to see these horses and mules bef of e buy ing. They were purchased in Lexington by Mr. Wilson and can be depended upon in every particular Notice to Teachers. Send all essays contesting for prizes offered by the Womans Chris tian Temperance Union by Febrna ry 20th to Mrs. J. L. Mims, Edge field, S. C. The best on each sub ject will be read at the Tri-County Convention at Johnston, March 4th, and prizes awarded them. World Famous Reds Single Comb Begin now to set hens. You will not be troubled with mites or chick en lice. Eggs $1.50 per 15. No more stock for sale this season. J. H. P. Eoper Edgefield, S. C. R. F. D. 1 Light Saw, Lathe and Shin gie Mills, Engines, Boilers, Supplies and repairs, Porta qle , Steam and Gasoline En gines, Saw Teeth, Files, Belts and Pipes. WOOD SAWS and SPLITTERS. Gins and Press Repairs. Try LOMBARD, AUGUSTA. GA. Schedules Southern Railway Premier of the South Effective Dec. 3, 1911. (N. B. Schedule figures shown as information only and are not guarteed.) Arrivals and departures Edgefield, S. C. 1:10 a. m. No. 209 daily for Tren ton, Columbia, Greenville, Spar tanburg, Asheville, Cinciinnati. Arrivals Trenton 8*30 a. m. Co lumbia 10:50 a. m., Greenville 5:5?3 p. m., Spartanburg 4:10 p m. Asheville 7:34 p. m. Cincin nati 10:00 a. m. 10:5 a. m. No. 231, for Trenton, Aiken, Augusta and intermediate points. Arrive Trenton 10:40 a. m. Aiken 11:25 a. ra. Augusta 11:35 a. ra. 1:30 p m No 229, daily except Sun day for Trenton, Aiken, Charles ton, Columbia, Washington, ?N. Y. Pullman sleeping car from Trenton dining car service. Ar rive Aiken 3:05 p. m. Charleston 9.15 p m. Columbia 6:40 p m. Washington 8:53 a m. New York 2:31 p m. 6:50 p. m. No 207, daily for Tren ton, Augusta and intermediate points. Arrive Trenton 7:10 p m. Augusta 8:35 p m. 9:00 a m. No 208 daily, from Au gusta and internediate points. 11:00 a m. No. 208 daily, from Augusta and intermediate points. 11:00 a m. No 230, daily from New York, Washington, Columbia and points East. 1:00 p m. No 210 daily except Sun day, from Aiken and intermedi il iate points. 4:55 p. m. No 232 daily from Ai ken, Augusta and intermediate points. 7:40 p m. No. 206, daily, from Cin cinnati Asheville, Spartanburg, Greenville, Columbia and inter mediate points. For detailed information call on ticket agent, or E. H. Coapman, VPifeGM., Washington, D. C. J. L. Meek, AGPA., Atianta, G. F. L. Jenkins, TPA., Augusta, Ga. Supervisor's Notice. The contract for operating the ferry at Shaw's Mill ' will be let to the lowest bidder on Tuesday Feb ruary the 27th at ll a. ra. The board reserves the right to reject any and all bids W. G. Wells, Supervisor. Round Trip Excursion Rates Via Augusta, Ga.,-Via Southern Railway-Premier Carrier of the South. Account Aviation Exhibitions, Au gusta, Ga., January 10, 26, Februa ry 14, 23, March 13 and 29, 1912, by the Aviation Schools, the South ern Railway announces low round trip tiokets to Augusta on the above dates, good returning the third day from, and including date of sale. For further information, call on ticket agents, or, John L. Meek, AGPA., Atlanta, Ga. Frank L Jenkins, TPA., Augusta, Ga* by LOUIS JOSEPH VAN HL?STRATIONS^BY CQPrRICHT190<) By iaui^OSSPlTj (C?ij?ijUed from Opposite Page) "Be all means; I cannot say I found the play diverting, despite the skill of your friend's chef. I gather ye wish to get to business1? Well-I'm wait ing." O'Rourke pulled at a cigar, honoring the man with a cat-like at tention. He had no longer to watch the honorable; the latter had wil fully relieved him of the necessity. "You have been then," pursued the vicomte, without further circumlocu tion, "to the palace of Monsieur le Gouverneur-Generale ?" 'I have-unfortunately a few days too late, it seems." "You are satisfied-?" "I'm satisfied that the Pool of Flame has been stolen." "Then you will probably believe me when I declare myself the male factor. 'It waa an easy matter: I purposely brought up the name of CnaftArjet in conversation with the QOVernorS^nd by him was informed of the exlstelK?Pt &e packet-which, O'Rourke Whipped Hilt to Chin With Consummate Grace. of course, I had already surmised. Afterward ... the secretary was absent, the safe open, the name on the packet stared me in the face. What could I do?" "PreciseiyTTm convinced that, be ing what ye are, ye did only what ye could." The vicomte bowed, amusement flickering in his glance. "Touched," he admitted. . . . "Well' ... I have the jewel, you the information." "And ye have to propose-?" "A plan after your own heart: I do your courage the credit to believe it, monsieur. With another man, whom I had studied less exhaustively, I should propose a combination of forces, a division of profits." O'Rourke made an impatient gesture. "But with you, Colonel O'Rourke, no. I esteem your address and determination too highly and-pardon me if I speak plainly-I despise and hate you too utterly to become willingly your part ner." "Go on-I begin to like ye better. Ye grow interesting ' "That does not interest me. . . The situation, then, is simplified. Es sentially it Involves two propositions: first, we cannot combine; second, di vided we both fail. While both of us live, mon colonel, the Pool of Flame will never earn its value." "'Tis meself takes exception to that. Let me once get me hands on the stone, monsieur, and I'll back me Eelf against a dozen vicomtes-and honorables." "While I live," the Frenchman stat ed, unruffled; "you will not touch tho Pool of Flame; while you live, I can not dispose of it to the best ad vantage. It would seem that one or the other of us must die." "I am armed," remarked O'Rourkf slowly, "If ye mean ye've brought me here to murder me-" "Monsieur speaks-pardon-crude ly. I asked you, you came of your own will-to fight for the Pool of Flame." O'Rourke started; a glint of understanding danced In his eager eyes. "I see you catch my meaning. What I have to propose is this: you will take pen and paper and write the name of the person who offers the reward, with his address. This you, will enclose in an envelope, seal, and place in your pocket. The Pool of Flame-you seo I trust you-Is here." O'Rourke got upon his feet with an exclamation; the vicomte was play ing a bold hand. Before the Irishman had grasped his intention he had thrown upon the table a ruby as large, or larger, than an egg; an exquisite, jewel, superbly cut and polished. Fascinated, O'Rourke remembered himself and sat down. "You see." The vlcomte's cold in cisive tones cut the silence. Slowly he extended a hand and took up the great ruby, replacing lt in his pocket. "There 1B," he said evenly, " a level stretch of grass beyond the veranda. The night, I admit, is dark, but the light from these long windows should he sufficient for ns. If you slay me, take the ruby and go in peace: this J sot"--with a contemptuous glance at the unconscious honorable-"will nev er hinder you. If you die, I take the note from your pocket The issue ls fair. Will you fight, Irishman?" OTtourke's fist crashed upon the table as he rose. "Fight!" he cried. "Faith, I did not think ye had this in ye. Pistols, shall it be?" "Thank you," said the vicomte, with a courtly bow, "but I am an indiffer ent shot. Had you chosen rapiers at Monte Carlo one of us would never have left the field alive." He went to a side table, returning with a sheet of paper, an envelope, pen and ink. And when O'Rourke had slipped the paper Into his pocket he saw the vicomte waiting for him by one of the windows, two naked ra piers, slender and gleaming and long, beneath his arm. As the Irishman came up, with a bow, the Frenchman presented the hilts of both weapons for his choice. Together and in silence they left the dining-rcom, strode across the ver anda and down, a short st?p, to the lawn. The vicomte stood aside quick ly, bringing his feet together and sa luting in the full glare of light. V O'Rourke whipped hilt to chin with ^tonmmatp grace, his heart singing. WQ^?k8uch as this he loved. The nicht waSLLpItchy black> the ^IndoW3 , ? , i vr"^|i'<M>n Tn the dark barred It wltn ratlunlJw*^ , " spaces between a man mlgS**^!^ . blunder and run upon his death. r*1 . Somewhere in the shadowy shrub bery a night-bird was singing as though its heart would break. There was a sweet smell in the air. His blade touched the vicomte's with a shivering crash, musical as ?lass. CHAPTER XII. Early In the dull hot dawn a chat ter of winches and a bustle of shadowy figures on the deck of a small trading vessel, which had spent the night between the moles of the harbor of Algiers, announced that the anchor was being weighed. While this was taking place a small harbor boat, manned by two native watermen and carrying a single pas senger, put out from the steamship quay, the oarsmen rowing with a will i that hinted at a premium having been { placed upon their speed. The coaster I was barely under way, moving slow ; ly in the water, when the boat ran I alongside. A line was thrown from j the ship and caught by one cf the watermen, the boat hauled close in, and its passenger taken on deck. An hour later, a pipe between his teeth, O'Rourke stood by the helms man, staring back over the heaving expanse, swiftly widening, that lay be tween the coaster and the Algerian j littoral. The world behind was gray and wan, but the skies ahead were golden. "A fair omen!" breathed the adventurer hopefully. The bulk of the great ruby in his pocket brought his thought back in a wide swing to the girl who would be walting for him at Rangoon. "Faith and I must be getting below and mak lng a dab at writing a letter to her. . . . That was nothing." He nodded with meaning towards the bold profile of Algiers. . . . An ill wind it was that blew Colonel O'Rourke Into Athens. ... It has blown itself out and been forgotten this many a day, praises be! but that once it had whisked him thither, im mediately it subsided and stubbornly It refused to lift again and waft him forth upon his wanderings, in the course of time came to be a matter of grievous concern to the Irishman. All of which is equivalent to saying that the dropping breeze of his finances died altogether upon his arrival in the capital of Greece. He disembarked from a coasting steamer in the harbor of the Piraeus eneum bered with a hundred francs or so, a? invincible optimism, a trunk and a kit-box, and a king's ransom on his person in the shape of the Pool of Flame; which latter was hardly to be esteemed a negotiable asset There after followed days of inaction, while his hopes diminished. Nearly two months had elapsed since he had promised two people himself and one infinitely more dear to him-to be in Rangoon in ninety days. In little more than a month she'd be waiting for him there. . And where would he be? Still was he far by many a long and weary mlle from the first gateway to the East-Suez; and still he lacked many an aloof and distant dollar the funds to finance him thither. If only he could contrive to get to Alexandria-! Danny was there Danny Mahone, he of the red, red head and the ready lists; Danny, who held the O'Rourke as only second to the Pope In dignity and Importance; who had been OHourke's valet in a happier time and of late In his hum bler way an adventurer like his mas ter. He waa there, in Alexandria, half partner in a tobacco importing house, by virtue of money borrowed from O'Rourke lone; sinco, at a time when money was to be had of the man for the asking. . . . And Danny would help. . Ton must see O'Rourke revoh Ms mind .this .unhanpy pr.. . his, on the fast of the mSry atti that he spent In Greece. Draw dotfra the corners ol' his wide, mobile mooth. stir up the devils In his eyes uaw, they flicker and flash their resen?n? place a pucker between the brows his habitually serene and unwrinkl? forehead; and there you have hf who sat hence the little table in purple of the Zappeion, with' a hoa/L bared to the cool of the evenihjg breeze, alternately pufH :g at a me diocre cigar and sipping black cottee from the demi-tasse at his elbow; No1',-justas the sun WAS sicking be hind tho mountains and Hymettus wis clothing i' long slopes in vague vlolst light of mystery and enchantment (fsr this view alone O'Rourke took himself to the Zappeion daily) the Irishman1* somber meditations were interrupted. "Phew! 'Otter'n the seven braBs 'inges of 'ell!" remarked a cheerful voice, not two feet from his ear. O'Rourke turned with an imper ceptible start-he was not easily ste tted. "True for ye," he assented, t* ing stock of him who, with his weath er-wise remark for an introduction, calmly possessed himself of the va cant chair at the other side^of tb? table and grinned a rubicund gr*i across it. He showed himself a man in statine? nj whit Inferior to the Irishman, SB to height; and perhaps he was a stone the heavier of the two. Bte lacked, otherwise, O'Rourke's alert habit, was o? a slower, more stol?i and beefy build. The eyes that mst O'Rourke's were gray and bright arifl hard, and set in a countenance flam ing red-a color partly natural ad. partly the result of his stroll through Athens' heated streets. His dress was rough, and there ^? this and that about him to te* O'Rourke more plainly than word? that his profession was something nautical; he was most probably a cap tain, from a certain air of determin* tion and command that lurked be neath his free-and-easy manner. *^Therefore, having summed th? /Nicer ^up in a glance, "And wha ?i?^Sk-get in, captain?" inquir? did yent O'Rourke.^ surprise anfl The man jit , , , . shot a fright? ORourke. TheB. tioning-g ance^? fr?eBfl. seeing that he was^rd contlnued " ly fashion, calmed -ja dJ00(J cool his face and ^ea^^^jy with a fanning himself vigoroumj strawjiat V)W Tnr*? " 'Ow the dooce do you k^^S^jijrb^, captain?" he demanded, with ast ly aggrieved manner. "It shouldn't take a man an hour i& guess tliat, captain-any more than\ it would to pick ye out for an Eng lishman." The captain stared, gray eyes wid ening. "An' perhaps you'll tell me my nyme next?" he s?ggested rather truculently. "Divvle a bit 'Tis no clairvoyant'-1 am," laughed O'Rourke. "But I can tell ye me own. 'Tis O'Rourke, anfl 'tis delighted I am to meet a white man in this heathen country. Sir, yass hand!" He put his own across the table asa* gripped the captain's heartily. "Mine's 'Ole," the latter inform* him. I . "Ole?" queried O'Rourke. "Ols what?" "Not Ole nothing," said the cap tain with some pardonable asperity. "I didn't s'y 'Ole, I s'yd 'Ole." "Of course," O'Rourke assented gravely. Tm stupid, Captain Hole, and a bit deaf in me off erar." Tfc^p, however, was a polite lie. "That explyns ft," agreed the moUt Ced man. "It's 'Ole, plyn WilI'm 'Ok, master of the Pelican, fryghter, jhfi in from Malta." A light of interest kindled ta O'Rourke's eyes. He reviewed the man wi?h more respect, as due to one whp might provo useful. "And bound-r he insinuated craftily. "Alexandria. ... I just droppcl in. for a d'y or two to pick up a bl of cargo from a chap down at Firacup. It's devlish 'ot and I thought ag 'ow I'd tyke a run up and see tho eli* -'aving a? bit of time free, y'knew." "Surely," sighed O'Rourke, a ftm away look in hi3 eyes. "For Alexa?, aria, eh? Faith, I'd like to be sailiag with ye." Again the captain eyed O'Rourta askance. ' "Wot for?" he demande! directly. * "The Pelican's a slow oil tramp. You can pick up a swifter pa? sage on 'arf-a-dozen boats a day." * " 'Tis meself that knows that, surei" assented the Irishman. '"Tis but ? trifling difficulty about ready mon# He Gripped the Captain's Ham] Heartily. that detains me?" fcc - " (TO BE CONTINUED.)