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RUPERT HUGHES " TWffiUZED IRON .TOE COMEDY Of .THE SAME, k ? V: ? igopYJMw mi itki^nar ca IHhapter I. Lk of the taxlcab. ? woman In the taxieab ?cttcaJiy down the dark ? to the arm of the ypung aa If the were terrt Kwbreaklng, neck-risking I evidently some greater I Lor. for she gasped: ^%| go a Uttle taster?" H go a little faster?" The alongside howled as be V and "boulders through l ? II pin the door. L/ H^reated taxi-gale swept I^K, and the taut chauffeur ^Bur in vain to catch the "^5a| HrJlables. ?that?" he roared. Hu go a little faster?" Kgnant charioteer simply Kot ooo barbed glare of re K>that passenger. He turned l^^^End growled: ? youse went to lose me me H one instant be turned bis H? instant was just enough. l Hided tax leu b seised the op I 9 H bolted from the track, and ?ijt were. Its arms drunkenly I perfectly respectable lamp /Jfl Hiding strictly to its business Hurb. There ensued a oon Hjurth of July. Bparka flew, j^^Hloded, metals ripped, two ?pun in air fluid .one wheel, Hvered at the axle, went reel H the sidewalk .half a block Ht leaned against a tree and , v '? I^H Hen or more miracles coincided | tbe passengers from Injury. Hog man found himself s^nd ? tbe pavement with tbe jxn Hoor Btlll around his neck. The jfl ?*omau'B arms were round his Her head was on his shoulder. ? reposed there often enough, i IB Her before In' the etl*eet under a ?it. The chauffeur found hlm ? the road, walking about on aU Hike a bewildered quadruped. Hently some overpowering need Hed possessed the young worn H even now 'she did not scream, ?d not faint, she, did not mur Hwbere am I?** She simply said: Hat time la It, honey?" H tbe young man, not realising Hefuddled he really was, or how Hand tretabled, fetched out his H and held it under th* glow of Hamppoet, which was now befit ?in a convenient but disreputable Hde. [quarter to ten, sweetheart. By of time for the train." Hut the minister, honey! What Ht the minister?1' He consideration of this riddle was Hfupted by a muffled- hubbub or Hi -whimpers and canjnex hysterics, ?edlately the young woman forgot Bisters, collisions, train-schedules? Hythlng. she showed her first sign HaDlc ?Bnoozleume! Get BnoosieumsT"-^ ?bey groped abouT^h the topsy H>' taxlcab, rummaged among-, a Hblo of BultcaseB, handbags, uin ?Has and minor impedimenta, and Hed out a small dog4>asket with an Verted dog inside. Snodslc?ima waa HJculous in any position, but as he H tall foremost from the wicker ^pket, he resembled nothing so much I a heaP of tangled yarn tumbling ?t of a work-basket. He waa an ta ?gnant skein, and had much to say ?fore he oezufented to snuggle under ?s mistress' chin.. ? About this time the chauffeur came Howling into view. He was too deep ? locked to emit any language of ml i,g?rage' He too ^deeply ?hocked to achieve any comment more ?nuiant than: ? "T^at mess don't look much l<>r* It* ?ver was a taxlcab, does It?" ? The young man shrugged his shoul ders, and stared up and down the ?on* ?treet for another. \ T he young poman looked sorrowfully at the preck, and queried: I t?? y?vU aUllk TOU CV1 m<Mte it go?" The chauffeur glanced her way P0r* '? ?"'* 'or her whole *ex than to ?core for thl. one t ype, u he mum wi3hal? " !!0? lni thk? * lamJlSoIt." *? mWTt* * rn>m ? me young man apologized I "r oughtn't to hate yelled at you." He waa evidently a~Very nice young I man. Not to be outdone In courteay, I the ch%feffeur retorted: I "I tiadnt ought to turned me I The young woman thought, "What hit nice chauffeur !" but ehe gasped: "Great heavens, you're hurt!" . I i "It's nuttln' but a acratch on m [^?2*4 me a clean handkerchief, \ Harty." V'" W?? ??? wtdp^&oot hi* r? wan. But be oould not littl* on a way to mt Itr So be wM nothing. and gjinned sheepishly aa be Mid It. ? The young man named Harry wm wondering how tb#y were U> proceed. He had already studied the region with dlamay. when the girl resolved: < "We'll have to take another taxi, Harry." "Tea, Marjorle, but we can't take ft Hil we get It" "You might wait here sll night with out ketchln' a gllmp' of one," the chauffeur ventured. "I oome this way because you wanted me to take g short cut," "it's the longest short cut I ever mw;" the young man sighed, aa he gated this way and that. The place of their shipwreck was so deserted that not even a crowd had gathered. The racket of the collision had not brought a single poiloewan. They were in a dead world o t granite warehouses, wboleMie stores and fac tories* all locked and forbidding, and full of silent gloom. In the daytime this was a big trad* artery of Chicago, and all day long It was thunderous with trucks and oonv merce. At night it was Pompeii, so utterly abandoned that the night watchmen rarely slept outside, and no footpad found It worth whUe to set up shop. The three castaways stared every which way, and every which way was peace. The ghost of a pedestrian or two hurried by In the far dletanoe. 4 cat or two went furtively in SMrch of warfare or romance. The lamp posts stretched on and on In both di rections In two forevers. In the faraway there was a muf fled rumble and the faint clang of a bell. Somewhere a street car was bumping along its rails. *Onr duly hope," said Harry, "Come along, Marjorle." He banded the chauffeur five dollars as % poultice to his wounds, tucked the girl under one arm and the dog basket under^be other, and set. out, calling back to the chauffeutf: ~ ; "Good night!" "Good night!" the girl called back. "Good night!" the chauffeur echoed. He stood watching them with the t*9* der gaze that even a chauffeur may feel for young < love hastening to a honeymoon. He stood.bMmlng so, till their foot steps died In the silence. Then he turned back to the Chaotic remnants of his machine. He worked at it hope* lessly for some time, before he had reason to look within. There he found the handbags and suitcases, um brellas and other equipment. He ran to the corner to call after the owners. They were as absent Of body as they had been absent of mind. He remembered the' street-number H?mV Mallory and MarjocW Nawton. they hfcd gtrenhim as their d^tUnip tion. He waited till at last a yawning policeman sauntered that way like a lonely beach patrol, and left him In charge while he went to telephone hla garage for a wagon and a wrecking .cwr, --v *S It was dose on midnight before He ing against a. churoh, He rang the bell and finally produced from an up frowsy head. He explained the e?E atlon. and hia nnsstsrion of oertatn CHAPTKR II. < TIn? tarty BNi and the Worm. r Jn the enormous barn oC the ral* ro?d etaOon stood many etrlngs <* cam, as If s gigantic young OuUlnur stabWd Ms toys there sad Invisibly smused himself; now whisking this Oik* sway, now hs^ktng that other in. Borne of tha trains were nobis equip sges. fitted to gHde across the whole map with cargoes of Lilliputian nlV llonelres and their Lilliputian ladlss ^ - ffHtklnr r* M ?*?*?aes and dinar ?n?sr"? ?*cka4 "w Ctaes roll (a or e?it ?*P*ass en deur and ease tk*-* Wltil *rwv perors tk^ They are like em* ! ?moUnTUd *****252 Sw from to ootui. UWU' <"*? "on oo!w?ITL V"- wooa>???M- The ??b woSSSlt, V. yy^gyy Sln ^Lhta W Ui? ttmfUds look like Snt tHH > I overalls. They are ,n i S&JZ^"?Ag?? TSASunzsz?"! ?w?ot^SSS2 " W but they OMhTSr -?U?*ro,1V dala to, ?ilTLgfJy,"- .Tlwlr <li? h*jf-baked chalroars, la expressed u W ** RPOr white trash. ou2L? LW^hftU?bt7 that ?L tSUiJM "* hau*htlest by flu !<** Limited. His wiST trata. to thM jfflLEES ^ln ? the car r* nlJZ^,. "st*ln- His cat the mlkn_ ? hmrn,./y two, thouaand atatS . tSTm **rm 'mpwui Ir%. #"?T that should end ?e|v srSS1^? aPffl rjSUD? t??*th hta" bSU lOUSe, With Its hrsss hllttnna *?mm ?* WOrth j4Jffw?on. but he was SS^tf3^5S? from "Posrrturr- to Pawtah," and he uefelly did ' J! ??e wheo he wa. Z2S <"d, ** what pSww&Jsr risatisr sssif woodertng what hia Chicago WM1X dotorf In^uw Jight days before his return *w Jjff**6 wss wotHlerin* What his fWn ?mm ?*wtn 55t^&pafflS to the flve dam a?noe CwTlTJ^f SSt "SJT1? .Pa" the ti^TC ^ W a^T?6 Pi ^ ??'1??ue of the PorUandt?ew ,n.th# ln'l"?rdr' man? k>ok'r wh?fB a<oo> fruad to ^ J KLfU Snwr" ofomta." ^Z. "J hop# you git him." * hope I dont." Hall work you har^l^Sn^ n?? out, and he w?T CTtt# ^ Much Obl^ad." Wu even a **That'a right. He ain't ^ ?. ^ . to o?ry ST thC enough to fill a van* "?? got The two - porters ?* . ^W?l?i^wJrS24.Mr-Mr *2. ^ ??? 52S.' ?? asked for the Qan Fran SStowir? y Pmuuul port" gllng rel"e? ^ *? "totlwr hi. gur '?fewtm'a heart aant ,e*t"? 'Sort at aelt-pro ^r^iraTlTi P?"nu? eo^notor not P~?? * th. ^ M In*. "**a*o you got yd* ticket r* "or ca^ _ ?*Ootold I see itr "Of cawse not. Too much trouble to fish It Opt" The porter was fading. "Do you iber yo' jaumba?" pause. Take these." Ha begsa to pior things OB the pwrtar-Mke * momnain unloading an aralancha. ^rsrsir'^ifsss down tb? ow, till he m halted wttJh,; a "This wUl do." The Englishman eelected section three (or his own. The porter ven tured: "Are you sbo* thU U 70' num. bar ' "O t c?wm I'm ?haw. How dare you question my--" "I wasn't queetlonla* you, boss, I was Just satin' you." ? --?**- ~~J He resigned himself to the despot, and began to transfer his burdens to the seat But he did nothing to the eatlufectloo of the Englishman. Every thing must be placed otherwise; the catch-all beee, the portmanteau there, the Gladstone ttynre, the goCfsttck* there, the gvsatooet there, the rain* coat there. The porter wee pufflnc like A donkeyeogtne. end mutiny was growing In his heart. His last 00m* mission was the hinging up of th? bowler hat. He stood on the arm of the eeat to reach the high book. Worn here he paused to glare down with an attempt at Irony. "Is they anythluK eleeT" "No. You may get down." The magnificent patronage ot this wilted the porter completely. He re turned to the lower level, and shuf fled along the aisle In a trance. He was quickly recalled by a sharp: "Pawtahr; j "Yassahi" ; . "What time does this bally train eUrt?" - ?Tentbutty, ?*h" "But It's only ten now." "Yassah. Itn be tenthutty a lib tie later," "Do you me*u to tell me that I've got to sit hyah for half an hour? luat wattln'T" * v '? The porter eeeayed another bit oi Irony: ^ ? "Well," he drawled, "I might tsil the oonducta you're ready. And meb* be he*d start the tram. But the tlm* table saya teiHhutty." He watched the effect M his entire* but It fell back unheeded from the granite dome of the Englishman, whose only, comment was: . "Oh, nerer mind. HI wait" The porter oast his eyes uj^in de spair, and turned away, once mors to be recalled. "Oh, pawtah!" "Yassahl" "I think well put on my allppahs." "Will wet" "You might band me that large bag. No, Stupid, the othah one. You might open It No. it's In tbe othah ooe. Ah, that's tt. You may aet It down." Mr. Wedgewood brought forth a soft cap and a pair of red Bllppens. Tbe porter made another effort to eecape, hU thoughts as black aa bla face. Again tbe reientleea recall: "Oh, pawtah, I think we'll unbutton my boota." He waa too weak to murmur "Yae sah." He aimply tell on one knee and* got to work. _ There waa a witness to hie belpleae ragout/" newoother,. tbe American counterpart oC the Englishman In all that makee travel difficult for tbe fel j low travelers. Ira Lathfop waa zeal ous to^sjeeent anything abort of pes? faction, <js*ck and loud of complaint, apparently impossible tp pleacs. v In everything else he waa thcop poslte of the Englishman. He Was burly, middle aged, rough, oareleee In . attire, carets of speOch?ae uncouth and savatfe aa one can well be who la plainly a man of means. ; It waa not enough that a free born Afro-American should be caught kneel ing to an Bngilahpoan. But when he had eecaped thla penanoe, and ad> vanoed hospitably to the newcomer, he must he greeted with a snarl. "Say, are you the porter of thla oar, or that man's nurse?" '?I cant tell yet, What's yo' num ba, pleaee r* The anewer wae the ticket. The porter screwed up hla eyes to read the pencilled scrawl. "Numba ee'm. Heah sh^-ts, boas." r "Right next to a lot of women, I'll bet. Ootildnt you put me in the men's end of th*. carr - - ?lu . "Not ve'y well, auh. I reckon thai cab Is done sold out." With a growl of rage, Ira Lathrop clammed Into the seat hla entire hand baggage, one ancient and rusty valise. The porter gaaed upon htm with in creased depression. The pastfengerj list had opened tnausplcloualy with two of the worst types of travelers the Anglo-Saxon race baa developed. But their anger was not their worst trait In the porter's eyes. He was, in a limited way, an expert In human character. , ? When you meal a stranger you re* veal your own character In what you ask about his. With some, the first queetion Is, "WMo are his people?" With others, "What has be achieved?* With others, "How much la he worth f* Bach gauges bla coadlallty according to his estimate. . Tbe porter #aa tip t curious on any of these point*. showed tdM|. cratlc lndlfferenoe to them? His one Vital inquiry was: "How much will be tip?" HJa -lnapectlon 0f hla first two charges ^promised email returns. He buttoned up his cordiality, and de termined to waste upon theip the ir reducible minimum of attention. It would take at least a bridal couple to rstsore the balanoe. But bridal couples in their first bloojaj rarely feU to the lot of that porter,.#*] what bridal couple wants to lock it-, self in with a crowd of passengers for the firat seventy-two houra of wedded bliss? ; > | Tbe porter banished the hope as a inlty. Little be knew how eagerly and to catch this train. th. mnini>*i?? ?*? *" site,-'Vj| a *?>' 'n v ?? 'h I I say* pawtafcT x#* "WJMt Um? ?*? we due In 8mi ftlA> Ctaoor* "Ban Francisco? Ban Franclsoo? We arc doo U tab Ui even In* of the loth day. This bain' Monday, that ought to bring us in abote Thuaaday areata'." TU Yankee fait called upon to check the foreign usurper. "Porrterrl" MTllMh!N "Don't let that fellow monopolise you. Ha probably won't Up yon at *11." The porter grew ooottdaoUal: MOb, 1 know hla kind. sah. the or (km't tip you for what you doOo, but they're ready latter writers to the fpooperlntendent (or what yon dou* do." "Pier tab! 1 aay, pasrtah!" "Here, pontarr." The porter tried to Imitate the I Hah bird, and be tn two ptaoes at onoe. The American had a ooln in his hand. The porter caught the gleam of tt, and flitted thtther. The Yankee growled: "Don* forget that I'm on the train, and when we get to 'Frisco there may be something more/' The porter b*4 the ooln tn his band. { ft~ % ?r? W-~- ? ' Th? Porttr. Its heft wm light. He sighed: *1 hope ?p." The Englishman wm craning his head around owllshly to ask: t VI say, pawtah, does this train over got wrecked?" ?'Well. It hasnt yet," and he mur mured to the Yankee* "but I baa hopes." The Englishman's rotoe was Queru* ous sgain. **X say, pawtah, open a window, will you 7 The air Is ghastly, abso*lpplng. lutely ghastly." The Yankee growled: "No wonder we bad the Revolution ary war!" Then he took "from his "pocket an envelopes idr Based to Ira Lathrop * Co., anfJM^ the envelope he took a -contract, ana studied it grimly. The envelope bore a Chinese stamp. The porter, as he struggled with an . obstinate window. Wondered what eort of passenger fate would se'ddhlm tiext* (TO BE CONTINUED) J. H. MOORE Contractor and Builder Camden, S. C. Estimates furnished on all ^classes of work* > Wood or Brick. Satisfaction Guaran teed. Don't wait to look- tor a man, but 'Phone 187. roiUflOUOHUKH HAMC. BUte' Of South Carolina, * County of. Kershaw. | lu the Court of Common Pleas. T. Edmund Krumbhols, Plaintiff, A gal US t William Adams Coulter, Bruce Nool Coulter, Verouica May Coulter, Alclda Hanuah Coulter, George V. W. Duryee, as executor of the estate of W. L. Coulter, deceas ed , and George II. Coulter and 'Frederick W. 4 Hall, as Executors of the estate of Violet M. Coulter, deceased, Defendants. foreclosure IMe. Under and by virtu of a Deecree In the above case made by the Hon. T. H. Spain, Judge Presidium in t|Ju Fifth Circuit, of date the 22nd day of March, la 12, 1 will offer for sale in front of the Court House door in the Citjr of Camden, 8. C.. during the legal hours of sule on the first Monday in May, 1912, be ing the 6th day thereof, the follow ing described property : All that piece, parcel or tract of land situated in Kershaw County, State of South Carolina on Hobkirk Hill, ubout one-half mlle< north of City of Camden, containing one mid one-twentieth (1 1-20) acres, ac cording to the plat of Jas. T. Bur den, Surveyor, dated April 9, 1004. bounded North by a road which runs East and Went separating this parcel from premises of H. Cantey, lCuQr., East by the Luucaster and Charleston public road, extension of Broad Street of Camden, South by land of the Country Club, West I by premises of N. W. Kerr, convey ed to W. Li. Coulter by doed of H. Cantey, dated April 14, 1004, re corded in office of Register Mesne Cohveyance Kershaw County, Book "1. f. I1', page 300, plat thereof in Plat Book No. 1, page 7, together with buildings on said parcel and all furnishings and contents* of the said buildings. Any person desiring to bid at said sale shall first deposit with the suid Master the sum of Five Hun dred ? (500.00) Dollars In money or certified check, as a pledge to make good his bid in case, of ac ceptance. Terms of sale cash, purchaser to pay for papers. L. A. Wlttkowsky, Master for Kershaw County. March 25, 1912. 1 1 \|fcr 1IID8 INVITED. Bids will be received for build ing the We?V I'.lo "sclooi house at WeBUille, S. C., up to 2 p. m., Sat urday, May it 1913. Plans and spe (ificattoi's will be on thn at the of fice of the County Superintendent of Education. All bids must be In writing and sent to R. L. Bell, at Westvllle. The trustees reserve the right to reject any or all bids. K. L. Bell, D. O. Fletcher, W. F. 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