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• fU' ■ c 3 * •v .OOFYTRIOHT CHARLES SCRIBNERS SONS ~ RELEASED THRU PUBLISHERS AUTOCA5TER SERVICE INTRODUCTION ! be rlid to help you with .your bags.”; that I go armed and shoot any one who n Isabel P^rry recommends a Kfe of “Ch, thank you! I have a lame crime, adventure, romance -ind ex- shoulder, nearly well now, but it gives citement as a cure for Archibald Ben- me a twinge occasionally.” net’s nerves. Archie goes to Bailey A blast from the locomotive and a Harbor to investigate a house for his 1 t.nming of the rails woke the station sister—and spends the night in the to life. Archie grabbed the larger of empty house. He is awakened by foot- Con goon's bags and led the way to- steps during the night; the intruder " i rd a voice bawling, “Chicago sleep- fires at him and.misses. Archie fires or.” Congdon showed his ticket for m return. He doesn’t know whether JCwer three and climbed in. he has killed or Qnly wounded the man, jA “I’ve got the upper half of the see but fearing the publicity, plans to make his escape. In his flight hp meets “The. Governor”—a master-mind criminal who mistakes him for a fel low criminal. Archie, afraid to tell the truth, falls in with “The Governor.” A series of events lead^him to believe tion,” said Archie, “but I promise not to be a nuisance to you.” The glint of pain in Congdon’s eyes sent a wave of remorse through Ar chie’s soul. Congdon bore his afflic tion manfully. k As he played nervously with his watch chain, he inspected Ar- he has has shot Putney Congdon—the quick, furtive glances owner of the .house. They proceed to J hanged up nerves shot to New York, where they are visited by ppieces,” he said abruptly, turning his Julia, the Governor’s sister. Archie promises her he will stick with the Governor through the strange phase, she, claims he is passing through. | gaze intently upon Archie. “That’s tough. Used to be -troubled a good deal myself.” Congdon chew out his watch, said stepped on my toes. She recited a piece of verse to the, effect that a man fears his fate too much if he won’t put life to the test.” “I was fool enough to believe it. I tried to follow her advice. It ended in my having a row with my father that beat all the other rows I ever had with him and he turhed against my wife—said she was trying to es trange us. And when I ran away to escape from the nasty mess he sent her telegrams in my name threatening to kidnap the children and he did* in fact, kidnap my little daughter. Snatched her away from her mother and carried her out to one of his farms in Ohio. But my wife played a clever trick on the old gentleman and got the child back again and I’m damned glad of it. I got a message that the little girl is up in Michigan, so that’s really where I’m headed for.” Archie had suffered a blow but he was meeting it bravely. Having be- While strolling in the park, Archie, that he had ^eri sleeping badly and;lieved that Isabel had given him the s^ees Mrs. Congdon with her two chil dren, and is witness to the kidnapping of the little girl, Edith. He learns from the Governor that the father-in- law of Mrs. Cortgdon—a very wealthy man—is engaged in the circulation of counterfeit twenty-dollar gold pieces. They go to Rochester, where the Gov ernor receives a letter from Ruth, the giri he loves, in which she tells him he may be able to serve. At a, dance at and they hated to go to bed. He. sat erect and same advice quite spontaneously, if was tried to reach his coat pocke<.. His with a shock that he realized that she face twitcjjed with the pain of the ef- had offered it in similar terms to fort. Congdon. There was no question as to “I had a bottle of dope I’m supposed j the identity of the girl—who had bid tp take to help me sleep; must have den Congdon plant his back to the wall left it In my bag. Will you-poke the and defy the world; no one but Isabel button, please ? n ~ , would ever have done that. “Can’t I get it for you?” Archie asked. _ “You are very kind, ^t’s the small Ruth’s home *Archie'*nM!ets' Isabel j a * M> 'R « » reconciled. Archie »mi J , I™” VA £^2*0 * ^ ■ t i_ - wrrur | the Governor promise to finds Edith , OP™ 1 * ip Congdon's berth Congdon and whisk her away to Isa- An:h,e a ha,ld ,ell u P“ n » Photograph bel’s camp. They secure work on Efi- phalet Congdon’s farm, where Edith has been taken. They learn that Put ney Congdon—the man Archie shot-— that lay on top. The face swam before his eyes and he pitched forward in his agitation, bumping his head.)viciously against the window. It wan*a photo is also there. While Archie is teach-i K ra P h I “ 1 * 1 , He ^“P^ f “ r ing Edit* to ride the Governor kid- bottle and crept back to the smokj naps her. .in* compartment - 1 Congdon, the custodian of a photo- “About your child, up there in Michigan,” said Archie, “it’s wholly possible that your wife sent you the wire as an approach to a reconcilia tion.” V'- s * “Oh, Lord, no! You don’t know my wife, Cpmly. You see I got answers to t^ie telegramy father sent her in my name and she hit right back at me! Don’t think she’s coaxing me to come thing,” eleven ?* • “Not one uf ’em, but a whole paiss- el,” replied Leary, “There’*’a camp o’ city girls across the bay.” “Well, I suppose that’s the trick,” said Congdon as Leafy started up stairs with their bags'.. “Edith has been put in a camp. Not a had idea. All I want to he sure of is that the child’s in good hands.” “Dinner will be at twelve,” said Leary. ' At mealtime, Mrs. Leary entered the dining-room briskly. “Jes’ help yourselves, gents.” “Xh!” ejaculated the Governor, patwing dramatically in)the door and eyeing the newly arrived guests as though their presence filled him with astonishment. In a moment more he had introduced himself to Archie and Congdon. ‘ .r, Rather odd my being here,” he rippled on; “and I need hardly say that it’s a pleasure to meet on this bleak shore two gentlemen of your calibej-. I told a friend of mine that was enormously fed up with cities and the ^general human presence pad wanted to go to the most God-forsaken spot in America. He answered without moment’s Imitation that Huddle ston, Michigan, would satisfy my lofti est ideal of godforsakeness. He’s probably- laughing .himself to death right now thinking how miserable I am. But I refuse to be bored.” When Congdon pleaded weariness, after dinner, Archie put him to bed and then sauntered away, following a dirt road that wound through the tim ber. In a little while he came upon the Governor lying with his back against a tree. Well, you landed him here!” he re marked, seating himself on a log and producing his pipe. ‘iOr did he bring you? One would think you were old chums to see you together. Not a bad fellow, I should say.” 'He’s really a good sort,” said Ar-. chie; “but I’ll tell the whole story.” The Governor listened placidly, in terrupting only when Archie repeated what Congdon had said of Isabel. “A wonderful girl!” he ejaculated. “Makes it her business to tease the world along. But now to get down to irass tacks. What you learned of old Eliphalet Congdon’s meddlesomness jibes exactly with what I know of his character. Let me show you some- (.00 each MUSKRAT, No. 1 _ 7Se OPOSSUM, No. 1 . . Me to 90c SKUNK, Black No. 1 *1.00 to *1.75 each ^WEASEL , 50c to *1.00 each CIVET or POLECAT .. . _ 50c each Phone 96 Phone me and I will call and take up. JACKS MARKET Clinton, S. C. * ► At the same moment Edith jumped * r3 I> h of J s f b « 1 Pe Ty- dentanded a into the Governor’s car, two men ; more careful inspection, and Archie sprang out of the second car ,„d rushed at Archie. One of them flung w “ b ^ ow , " !r a carriage-robe over his head and! “P 0 " a m * rr,e,J m “ n ’ twisted it around hi* thnwt-then i^ n l! don J* 1 “ husmeas. with the gathered him up, heed and heels, and (Autograph and Archie bitterly resent, trnuwd him „v»r th. f.n™. TH. ^ lU presence in the man’i luggage. He jumped when Congdon announced tossed him over the fence. The two cars were enveloped in a cloud of dust when Archie, tearing the blanket from his head rose to confront the screaming woman. She berated him roughly for his stupidity while he at tempted to explain. “I had better run telephone the Tiffin gested. • To his infinite surprise she that he was ready to turn in, followed him to the berth, and helped him to undress. back to l&r. And here’s tjie message I got out there in Ohio that caused me to jump for the train.”" He produced from his pocket a crumpled telegram which read: “Your daughter is In safe hands at Huddle ston, Michigan, proceed to that point with serenity and contemplate the stars with a tranquil spirit.* This was so clearly the Governor’s work that Archie found it difficult to refrain from laughing. “You may think it queer that I set off,” Congdon remarked, “oh the ngth of a message like that. But since that girl told me I oughtn't itate when I heard the bugle I “Whistle if you need anything in'can’t resist the teiriptation to act on the night,” said Archie', and allowed! the spur of the moment. I’m a fool tn tVw» hnna*. anfT ike porter to push him into the up- I suppose. Tell me I’m a fool, Comly f ” nniiro*" ho ano- 1 P 61, berth-—the fTfst he had ever oc-j “1 shall do nothing of the kind, ponce, ne sug-|— 1J 'There’s always the chance that the ‘cupied de-! W ^) en they .were aroused by the girl had sized you up right and gave the Huddlegton sUtion that th 7 y can > clared in alarm that this, must not be. P orter he hel P ed Congdon into his you sound advice. Don t answer if you „ done; she would go herself and tell c ^ 0 |h es > a 5j ean , 8 h‘ rt for him the child’s father what had occurred andlauprhmgiy offered to shave him. and let him deal with the matter 1 “You’re a mighty good fellow! Its don’t want to, but hfive you really done anything you wouldn’t have done if that girl hadn’t told you to step on the world a little harder?” and let him deal with the matter. , , . , , . - “Don’t talk shout this-^io you un- about l,me 1 " as '"‘'’oducing myself, derstand 7 You’re not to sav a word My name 18 Congdon. I live m New; Congdon s free hand worked convul- about it! .I’ll fix the foreman; all you York; just taking a little trip for my;cvvely; he bent closer to Archie ani have get to do is to keep your mouth hea * th - U P mto \ h T e lake *- , | uhl8pered : shut.” ! Cpmlys my name. No particular; Three days in the harvest field P^ ans ®y 8e ^- Just knocking about a! “You murdered a man!” Archie brought Archie to a new respect for kiL" • t , , ,. his daily bread. He found joy in the ** ** tlme Arch ‘ e had made discovery that he had Strength to to,let the y WCTe running mto the Chi- throw into the scale against man’s necessities. He was taking a holiday New Year Not because it is an honored custom but because of the sincerity of our apprecia tion,we take this opportunity to thank you for the part you have played in our busi ness prosperity for the past twelve montMS, and wish you a Happy and Prosperous New Year. - GEO. H. ELLIS Real Estate and Insurance Clinton, S. C/' . “I’ve killed a man!” • “You murdered a gasped. . “Not a question about it, my dear fellow! It was up at my house on the from life itself, and he was content to bide his time until the vacation end ed. He was passing through an ordea] cago station. ; Maine shore. After my father had “Suppose we have breakfast in the dri ' en wif ? awa y 1 went there to station iestaurant?” And see, here,l look at th u e rmn t 8 af hom L e - 1 wa * old man, I don’t want to force myself moonm / through the house when I ran on you, but if a poor neurasthenic ' int ? « hurg'-ar. The scoundrel had —^ and if he emerged alive he would be won’t bote you t#o much I wish you’d j- 0 bed the guest room. I was scared a wiser and better man. Gossip from tjjhe farmhquse reached rim at the back door and he a him at the back'door and he wfs alert for any sign that Putney Congdon meditated leaving. Eliphalet bad not (they returned—this , he got direct from and 1 let me tag you till-my train leaves to night. I hite to be alone.” They not only breakfasted together, to death when I opened the door and spotted him but I thought of that girrs advice and pulled my gun and shot him. As I ran- down the stairway through the parks he took „ 5hotat that , 9 what . g th ' tKw spent an hour at an art institute ’ ^ m - ahoolder . Grubbs, who poured out confidences freely as they smoked together after twilight supper. . ' “I got it through the kitchen that the old man’s son is goin’ to clear apt tonight. Orders was sent to have a machine ready to take him to town at eleven o’clock. Telegram phoned out . this evenin’ made Mm jump out o‘ bed, say, and he’s off for somewhere tonight” Arehie cautiously changed the sub ject, hut he was &lready pbmninfc hi> departure. The Governor had bidden Mm follow Congdon and here were his marching orders. The only thing that reconciled him to the inattractive task was the assurance that Congdoh wquld set out at once for Heait O’ Dr Anns camp, where Isabel pvasnmably was and then 'Archie acted as host to lunch- 'Well, I’d say you’re out of it ehsy. eon. By this time Archie was fully A* v.-i, i.- . a- • . . L/z course you diant Kill nim or he committed to the further journey intoi j d * t h : . t wound Michigan.’ On a bench in Grant park 6 ce ab,e t0 wound “But you see, he didn’t die imme- Congdon swung himself into a confi dential a attitude. “life’s the devil’s own business,* he, said with a sigh, “I’ve got to a place you see, diately, hut &awled off and breathed his lifcjout in some lonely place. It's horrible! The thing will hang over me where T don’t care what happens— till I die! Tf you say fought to go to everything’s black anywhere I look. I Maine and surrender mvself I'll. Maine and surrender myself I’ll do it “Most certainly not!” cried Archie with mournful recollection of his own speculations on the same point in the M. RHS! hours when he believed that he him- fatber s a crank, a genius m his way, was responsible for Holey’s' death, but decidedly eccentric. My mother, v Congdon rose and suggested a walk was happily married; two beautiful children;' non^ finer,—but i'll shorten up my story so you cap see what monkey' fate has made of me.. My died when 1 was a youngster, and fath er tried all sorts of schemes of educat to. freshen them up before train time. I thank God I tog me, whimsical potion., one sfter 1 h . ‘., , gSK , ga£- < *.*.T£.gr .anther. The result Was IVe never got c eeling. .^yst talking to a look ih anywhere; unfitted for ev- _ established. At the first oppor? erything. After 1 married he still tried tumty he left Grubbs, and started;for- to hold the rein on me, wanted to put town. Reaching town with an hour to , his hag from the station ught a ticket He spent half an at a hotel cleaning up and ehang- h« t»d discarded at you has helped me a whole lot” CHABTUR xiii They breathed deep of the tonic air I . h * ted .‘* 9d .J c & | of the North as they lift the twn at meddling with my domestic affairs. All this made weak and irreso^ JIu ? dle 1 8t0n ' » As they approached the hotel a map faggage ig Archie j i lute” •• , •' * “Well, sir,. I was about to'offer roy- self a* exhibit A on a slab in the near- cart morgue,” Congdoq continued, “when I mat a young woman who itfon. He was I met a young woman to understand me,.and right n tea there’s where I made the greatest mis take of my life. She made a fool of me—that’s the short of it. I took het in to dinner at the house of some friends right here in Chicago-and she 0ne °. ther >sed my ease with aurrveloua emerged and crossed the street. Ar chie identified him it once as Red^ Leary* to whom the Govemor )iad de livered the stolen money at Walker’s farm. Leary made no sign of ever having seen Archie before but picked up the luggage and led the way to the hotel. ‘ . ' ^ "We je*’ opened the house last week* He PgAds / finger on She said I faced life with Saulsbury. of p coward; and .«r By the way,’ He walked out upon the gravelly shore and pointed tlmough the wide- filing arms of thq^Mflk “Do you see a little blur of smoke out yonder in the open lake? That’s the Arthur B. Grover. I took up my option and the bloomin’ thing is mine. It’s got a crew of the smartest crooks in all America. And Perky’s on board with old Eliphalet Congdon! But, my dear Archie—” * He refilled his pipe and when he had it going to his satisfaction waved his arm toward the camp'. “There’S a queer business going on over there. That cousin ot Isabel’s is not a myth at all and that money may be buried over there somewhere. The cousin'is laying himself out to annoy the camp in every way possible, even going the length of trying to starve ’em out. There’s a stack of supplies at t move.” “You forget,”, cried Archie excited ly, “that there are laws even in the wilderness! All we’ve got to do is to telephone for the sheriff and land him in jail.” “I grant all that,” said the Gover nor, “but the notoriety of the thing would kill the camp. OnCe it got into the newspapers every fathef- and mother who hus a child would'go right up in the air. It would make a great first page story—buried treasure—a war for hidden gold centered about a jgirls’ camp—the haughty southerner planting his money in safe territory— all that is fruity-stuff for our special- J * correspondent on the spot. No, Archie; ladies like our Ruth and Isabel must be protected from vulgar publicity. It’s up to 1 us to smooth out their troubles without resorting to bother some legal apparatus. The caihp has no telephone; the road round to that peninsular is. all but inaccessible. They have a launch they’re in the habit of using to c.arry stuff across from Huddleston, but Mr. Richard Carey blocks the way. He is camped at the land entrance, with an army of lum berjacks to help him maintain a block ade.” “Then it’s our duty to relieve the be leaguered garrison?” “Well,” the Governor remarked, “it’s far more of a mess than I expected. But this is n& time for weakening! Over there* Archie,’*—he pppinted to ward; Heart O' Dreams—“are the two finest women in the world. We’re go ing -to stand by them no matter whose head get* cracked.” (Continued next week.) FINAL SETTLEMENT Take notice that on the 26 day of January, T928,1 will render a final ac count of my acts and doings as Com mittee of the estate of John F. Thrift, deceased*'fi the office of the Judge of Probate*.of Laurens county, at 11 o’clock, a. m„ and on the same day will apply for a final discharge from my trust as Committee.. Any person indebted to said estate is notified and required to make pay ment on or before tint date; and all persona having claims against said es tate will present them on or before said date, duly proven or be forever barred. 1*27. ::.y thrift!* Committee. 1 * l-12-4te ICE f: From among the thousands of suggestions received the judges of our name contest have selected HEALTHGUARD as entitled to the first prize. No fewer than eight persons submitted this name. Ac-, cording^to^ the^pubHshed conditjms of the contest these people who have e pui first honors rarefied fifty dollars each. We feel that the name-HEALTHGUARD expresses; better than any other name suggested, the most important characteristic that ice ^ possesses—its value as a protector of the health of the family, the 4 * community and the nation. In making their decisions the judges gave due weight to many considerations beside the idea of health. Thifrfact is very evident from * the names that have been chosen for the remaining pmes. So many hundreds of good names were submitted that the task of selection was a difficult one'indeed. We present the complete list of awards below: m. mfh*- - . These Are The PRIZE-WINNERS FIRST PRIZE—$50 EACH i (The prize offered was $100, with the stipulation that this amount would be divided in the event of a tie but that no participant in such sd prize.) a tie would receive less than the value of the second prize.) WINNING NAME—HjEALTHGUARD. FIR3T PRIZE—$50 EACH JANIE BRIGHT, Easley, S. C. E. S. PANT, Pendleton, S. C. EARL M. GREENE, 1840 Greene St., Augusta, Ga. .t-i~. - - Box 39, Ware Shoals, S. C. ARUTHUR HUGHES, R. —— ‘ LOU HERBERT L. MILES, Un MRS. ANNIE L. LO 2, Box 3f LLIS, R. 3, Belton, S- G. _ ngley, S. C. IRENE B. MILLER, 5 Wood lawn Ave., Augusta, Ga. LOUIS SEEL, R. 6, Honea Path, S. C. SECOND PRIZE—$50 ALLIANCE—Mabel Brown Sherard, Belto§, S. C. THIRD PRIZE—$25 # ' FREESIA—Mrs. S. H. Flint, Mt. Airy, Ga. , FOURTH PRIZE—$10 * SUNNYCLIME—Bettie Matthews, Williston t S. C. FIVE PRIZES—EACH $5 CONQUEROR—Mrs^J. A.JGlolden, U06 Pendleton, St. Greenville, S. C. Jt Gi PATE—Ruth Head, Cornelia, GA. 2AN—Mrs. ----- duo-st; HYPERBOREAN—Mrs. E. E. Mitchell, Toccoa. Ga. MORNING GLORY—Fred L. Hayes, Toccoa, Ga. VIKING—Annie Creelman, Clinton, S. Ci TEN PRIZES—EACH $2 BALTIC—Mamie Lou Butler, Phoenix St., Greenwood r 1 cowWui^fe h. £ S S; OLD FAITHFUL—Mrs. J SILENT SERVANT, Willie L. SPA S « G RN HK^KUi. I &ISK SUTHERLAND, M». D. G. ftoterfon, 1561 Fenwicis St, G,. J ► TWENTY PRIZES—EACH $1 ALASKA GEM—J. Tom Norris, R, 3, Abbeville S. C. BEST FRIEND—Mrs. N. L. Wallace, 509 East Main St., Uurens S C CHRYSTO-Mrs. J. W. SimpSon, 190 W. View Ave. Anderson, £ cl CLEARO—Nonie Parkman, 111 Saluda St, Ninety-Six S. C CRYSTOL PRINCE—Fanny Taylor, 89 Pine St., Gainesville Ga. DUPLEX—Mrs. A. J. Hendrix, McCormick, 3. C. ENDURA—R. L. Coe, Adair St., Clinton, S. C. FIRST PRIZE!—Miss Kate Marshall, Abbeville S C * ■ * FROZEN DELIGHT—Eula Mae Seigler, Honea p’ath S C FROZEN FAVORITE—Beth Shell, Uurens, S. C. ‘ ' FRIGID RAY—Mildred Bearden, 101 Broad SL, Westminster S. C, GLORIA—J. H. Breazeale, Brown Aye., Belton, S. C. * t ' GUIDING STAR—Mrs: M. H. Hayes, Toccoa, Ga. HOME JOY—Mrs. George Si Coleman, McCormick, S. C. LAUGHING BOY—Mrs. T. J. Bell, Toxaway Mill, Anderson, 8. C PIEDMONT GEM—Uonard Cinciolo, 33 E. Spring St., Gainesville, Ga. PURENE—Lucille Moss, Empire Collection Agency; Jackson Bldo Gainesville, Ga. , **’ TRIPURE—Carrie Fuller, Clinton, S. C." ‘i ‘ ^ UN IT A—Mrs. W. ,J. Moorhead, Belton, 3. c. WHITESWAN—Mrs. T. E. Gambrel!, R. 2, Westminster, 8. c. * Georgia-Carolin teXIE ICE AND FUEt PLANT CUetiri, 8. C. M ‘ vr ■ ;■ ■ o if* 'W: : M£&