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-^1 * 1 ,1 r . . PM PAGE SIX. THE BARNWELL PEOPLE, BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY. APRIL 30TH, 1925. ree .By. Uictor Rousseau WNU KKKVH B Copyright by W. (}. Chapman. Looking uliout him. Ix 1 ** .««\v tliat some two or three hundred vnnls fromi ' liie piftre where he had eim-rxt-d out of (lie face of the cliff, the yor^e made n sliarjt tierd, almost at ri^lit amrle,, and iiere ttie jtround waa ptrewn wit it n inn*K of fallen houlders. riinKinj: from htiKP rocka to siiinl! dcltii^. Above it wap a Kftp in tlie lower sec tion of the < lifT. from whi< h it hud. been detached. I^e made Ills way in this direction. At once tie came to the conclusion that dynamite had boon the cnnM of this co 1 1 apse of part of the surfcce of the granite wall, which, Ktnooih as. a ■tfcol lining, could have been disrupted >*.*.•.ft/I « n . ■ M» J rains Very Severe "I Buffered from womanly troubles which grew' worse and worse as the months went by,” says Mrs. L. H. Cantrell, of R. F. D. 9, Gaines ville. Georgia. "I frequently had very severe pains. These were so bad that I was forced to go to bed and stay there. It seemed to me my back would come in two. * m p» pi » m » m For Female Troubles m « to "I taught school for a PI ft! while, but my health was so ft- had I would have to stay out * m sometimes. This went on till |i jm L got so had I didn't know nw ^ what to do. ^ ^ "One day I rend about the ^ merits of Cajrdul, v .and as I ™ had some friends who had f been helped by it, 1 thought BP 1 would try It. F began to I get better after I had taken H half a bottle. I decided to keep H on and give it a thorough H trial and I did. I took in p Mm ail about 12 bottles and now ml I am perfectly well. I do ^ not suffer any pain and can ^ ^ do all mv housework.” ^ W At All Druggists’ ? DR. J. H. YARBOROUGH^ V ? y. Y > Veterinary Surgeon *;* ? i V Office: Peoples Pharmacy, Y Day Phone <)b Denmark, Night 82 S. C. by no nutuml force such ns grnOfy. And tlteu lie came upon something thut confirmed tiie obvious deduction. It was a rotting wooden cradle. Beside it lay a rusty pick. Not far sway were two huge iron puns, their bottoms eaten out wlfh rust, so that they resembled fretwork In steel. Under them were stilVtbedashes and charred residue of the wood that had been umhFIo thaw out the frozen earth. All about among the fallen rocks were mounds, the residue from the pans after the extraction of the gAld, now covered-with tangles of dead vegetation. There was no longer any doubt that 'this was Polly's gold mine. Before making, further investiga tions here, Leo decided to explore the remainder of the chasm. It ran on l>e- yondithe bend for a quarter of a mile, and rhftn came to an abrupt tenhina- tfon. Without any gradual lessening of the depth it simply reused, tile two walls coming together, in the same way as they did near the rocking stone at the oilier end. The 'chasm was, in fj|ct, simply an elongated ‘crater. Returning. Lee made Ids way to the cave formed by tin* explosi**!!. If pelly was in the district, there waif* hardly any doubt -hut that lie would hi 1 hid ing In that inaceessihle spot, where lie would lie safe against dis o\ery. It was not unlikely that he was in the cine Itself at tlmt moment. Lee tirsl examined the snow about the mouth of the cave for footprints, but he found uo traeks except his own-. Drawing Ins autoniatie, he advanced Into the opening. The sand in the In terior bore the marks .of continued traiiiplinjL', bid there were no imprints with cietir. edges, and it was certain that no dire had been there for a long i . lime. Unfortunately, Lee had brought no candle, hid he advamed some dis- tanee w ithin, the cave, lighting Ids way with matches. However, it was a fore gone conclusion that Pelly was not In there, for the sandy Interior. Ldrc no fresh footprints tis fnr as he went. A faint, distant roaring, ns of a waterfall, came to Lee’s ears, and the air was as - if the cave were con neeicd with some opening in the inoun- tain side. L<*e resolved to exj lore it another day. P.ut it was clear enough that Pelly was riot in the chasm after 1 all. Another tiling that led Lee to ! that conclusion was the fact tint no • mining operations had been carried j on there lor a coiiswlemhie- linw long enough for tin pans to have rusted through. If Pelly had taken refuge within thv gorge, it was Incredible that he would not have resumed operations. And these seemed to have been in temipted unexpectedly.*to judge from the exposure of the pans to \yind and weather. Perplexed and disappointed, Lee turned Ids thoughts toward the .cap ture of the man who had attacked him In the tunnel. He could no doubt throw light on Polly's whereabouts. Perhaps he was the assistant of whom Joyce had spoken. Lee expected that lie would he lurk ing in the tunnel, ready to renew Ids attack, hut this time there should be no such fiasco as before. Lee made ids way back on the oppn Site side of.the gorge. Here there w;is a thick growth of dwarfed scrub laurel, which had taken root in the soil brought down by the little stream, and bordered it, extending back from it toward the cliff In a sort of miniature Jungle. Something protruding out of lids growth arrested Lee's attention. It was a wooden cross carved with the name HELENE PELLY. standing up above a low cairn of boulders. Lee stood and looked, and \aguely mournful thoughts coursed through ribs. 'Hie hones were bleached w hite, Tthe chasm, In which Lee struggled like the flesh hud long since (hsajrp^Hrerf. One bony hand still tightly clutched the handle of a large, old-fashioned revolver. The muzzle was choked with rust; there were rusted cartridges in side. Disengaging It with difficulty from the fingers, Lee saw, on the less rusted portion of the handle which they had protected, tire Initials, C. I*. But he hanllv needed that to know a madman, dust-white, dishevelled, haggard, half-delirious from want of sleep and exhaustion. - lie stopped, tried to collect himself., But to cease meant to yield to des pair. < inly by incessant labor could lie keep up the-pretense that lie was about to tlnd the tunnel. He felt at the end of ids resources. One con clusion was being bo r n^ frTl i j youthful: lie had worked ids wav far lievond the The aim ip open. Leboeuf never Lnd the way out. You fight me ^ I'etiwuPs lip open, and I fight you. You sit down he/**) , *’ to (lrj p, but and I sit down here beside you so. ; 1,1 (1 When you fight I fight, and when you 'never stirred, stop I stop, and so we wait until you I Uec sat * <>w steep. Aji<1 then 'le grand mort’ come.'’ This devilish conception made lA*e's blood run cold. For even now Ids eye lids were drooping—drooping, and the other watched with cunning eyes. He tried to find strength to leap. i that his mission wns-afrirn end, ami ►nplings on either side; he must have the last harrier between himself and rl' llsse,} t,Hf finnol during the night. <ine little orifice unexplored in the obscurity, and ail ids work had "gone for nothing. He would have to go hack to tJieHie- ginning and start over again. But no human —being could go through the test again. I lien* occurred to uim aiLnHeniatlve, bid so fantastic that lie 1 'only played with it as a madman plays with a straw. The tunnel might lie no longer •hen*. it might have disappeared through n rock slide. That seemed Incredible—Lee put the thought from him; its very occurrence nia'ie—him realize that Ids mind was beginning to wander. And. lapping up some water from the stream, and sprinkling himself with it. he began again—at tin* further sapling. The sun rose high. It vfas begin* ning to descend. It ceased to illumi nate the gorge. Lee was nearing the second sapling. He would wnjk on till that was passed, and then—what? And now each step of each ascent was an incredible labor. His hamD were lumps of bruised Ih sh. He was hardly conscious wind he was doing. Joyce overt hrmvn. The problem* so Inscrutable an hmfr before had been Solved. All cause for antagonism between tLiem had come to an end. And Lee was conscious of a quiet i satisfaction. If was the happiest solu* ; tion, and though Joyce would grieve, she Would coine to --ce that it was llift- i best. She would be glad, after the first shock, that her father would not i I have to face* the ordeal w hich tie had i dreaded for so many years. But as Lee looked down at the re mains of the dead man. lie became - aware of a single fact. Nearly every hone on one side of the skeleton was broken—the skull, ribs, arm ami leg hones, and pelvis. Then IVliy hud hot died of a stroke or from a sudden attack of heart fail ure. He had fallen from the summit of the cliff ahoye—perhaps he had been thing down, for the revolver which he had been efutdiing showed that he had either encountered or anticipated an enemy. And, filled witTUtV mixture of emo tions—happiness tor their future, grief for tin* news that he must break to Joyce, Lei made- his why toward the tunnel. Bit: all at ome In* made the singular am! unexpected 'discovery that lit* did riot Knew where tin eniranee was. He must conserve ^ his strength—he started up. He had slept for a indhieHt, and Leboeuf wai. creeping tltward him. The sun blaze over the edge of tin* gorge. Leboeuf squatted down nearer Ler Vratchlng him as a vulture might watci^ ih* irM*u io iiiiu »irt*iiKm mtuh, .1 1 rend 1dm with teeth and nails If Ids u d.\ing anmni , oqt bruised lists ami weakened arms ! A moment later .< "» rons olous failed him. But the other, reading .at Ids side, vet p u,,s mivimr what passed In his mind, crouched, ; of his . haying tnov .*<, " •' re*u)v for him closed „lds eyes.- He got up tvear- I , * . , , " . krt u\ nicked uii a stontv and flung it Into Lee slmt an arrow at a venture. Le- il\, pi< si u ui . . Leboeuf's face, gashing ins cheek. — Leboeuf never moved. Lee looked uj'put him for a larger homin’’ \w sulci softij. The other sturteil. * 4 Kh, se<<*n(l SH|>- CHAPTER XII Freed by a Lock of Hair It seemed to him that it would lie a wimple matter enough to ;i>cend tin* | cliff again, ami In* h id imT^taken the precaution to take mote of laiuUi’.arks. Now, however, lie discovered tlnd til** lower third of tin* granite .wall was ! scored with hundreds ( .f holes and tis- sarcs v\ 1 crc the fri.dde Idncstom* ha,d crumbled away, or had been washed (•lit by the si reams. The entrance to rhe'Ciiff lunncl was - somewhere on itiai s-mte ob ;c«* k-lmsm. some little distance from the bend— lint whoreV l.i*i* steppe*! I*a''k' to tin* brink of the ! Still, in* must reach tin* ling—■ lie passed It. A sort of film de- I Si •ended over Ids consciousness. In tln• declining day die saw Idtns.*!f I siaggering . round tin* gorge. Ms'king for some other egress. Impossible! I or forty foot there were fontliolds in- numeral.le in tiie lower, part of the (Jiffs: above them the hard granite surface bulged inward. There was no handhold for an ape. ^ AnVl lie stag gered from one end of the gorge to tin* oilier, 'round and ’round ant 'round an ape in a cage— He (ITopped upon the ground utterly worn (Hit. Utterly hopelcs.* ,\ Ijule respite, and then he would arise, to you have learn^my name? That makes no dif- ferem-e.” * ■‘\\ liy r|o you wisti to kill me, f.t 4 - hoenf? Is it that you think 1 have come here to seize the mine?’’ “Listen, then. I swore to my master before tie died that no one sliall take the gold away. Therefore, since you have found tin* way Into the tunnel, you shall never leave it.” ‘‘Suppose I am a friend?” ‘‘.No, no friend. You have come for the gold. You came to seize my mas ter. who is- dead, to'4ake Ids gold aw^ty. There tie lies dead and he has come to me in dreams and told me lie must not be buried till Ma'm'zidle Joyce 1ms got the gold. At, yea.shall never have Ids gold.” "Listen. Leboeuf! Miss Joyce and I love each other—” .‘‘No, no, you are lying, and, besides, it would make no difference. Did I not hear her in the house,'telling you, ‘(Jo! Go!', No, you shall never take her gold.” Lee desisted from sheer weariness, I le ■strove desperately in his mind, trying to fipd some way by which he could convince this madman hut Ids _— H stream,and looked up. living to locale the roes dig stone or mpholiths jor a guide, but tin* upper Incline of the cliff hid them from view. s to the task before him. He looked about liim, trying to orientate himself. It wpuj<1 he necessary t<» ascend jo a point about, one-fourth the distance up the cliff in order to discover the in gress. which was no wider than any of numerous cavities in the wall. I’lenly of places along the chasm afforded access, alnl Lee grasoed a projecting rock which seemed familiar, and began to ascend, digging his hands si MU '410 ; i L r ain. a short sh** P — 0 »*<• -pit f* V lie bad slipt. m d tbit ly'qx sen-f ef bi> 11ill! iii>t ;; w al cn.ed Idiii in lin c- - just in time t‘» I Itiei- pfrte- ttt;H T *d .utnw -:*ent.nc d*>wn tire ^ni'L - tOW iird liim. A miss!. e.-'n. gn liiing ih.it leaped forward, snarl- | lea | .(* UK' as Lee Ing, and then struck at it. I.**e .was alert <>11 tiie instant. In that iliing alone lay ids chance of es cape. And, as it vanished infb 'he It was high mum, Lee set lumselt shadows l.ee went Jd-wtde-fd-ng after it * in the Darkness, finding it. losing it. lb* saw, it in every mo Mi-shadow among the rocks. He heard it jeering eyelids closed, and^kstnirieniy, with snarl, Leboeuf was* upon him, his lin gers tvviYiing around his throat. Lee shook himself free. He sprang at idni, the last of Ids waning strength put forth. They clinched, they fought, • Lee's lists beat against the bruised face, drawing fresh blood. Leboeuf released him, hut springing to a dis tance, began hurling si ones at him, cursing him'. Then to* sat down and waded. Lee must stav aw ake till night fall. He would find some wav out of the gorge. He Would cut footsteps in the granite vvith a stone wild and impos slide ihoughjs ran thfoUwdi his mind, lie s’ '■ do to .m! fro ! . - .de . ::.(■ rivet - bank. Some little distance itW;iv Leboeuf st*.t »wat* Idng him. Lee s hatred for that hnbs_ed, impassive face was o!e- He was lying upon Ids hack, and Le boeuf was kneeling on him gripplr.g his throat. He tried to struggle^ The wiry lingers ripped the tatters of hi* shirt away. ! Next moment a cry .broke from Le- * boeufs lips. He-sAvits lingering the coils of Joyce’s hair. He knew them, perhaps by the faint odor of ht>r thut [ clung to them. He fell upon Ids knees. ‘‘Monsieur, it -is hers! Forgive! Forgive! Inin an old fool! So among my people the I maidens give their bair ns tokens of jlove! Alt. Monsieur. Monsieur—se* 1 will show you the entrance, and you j shall take the gold for her. So my : master spoke in 11 dream- but 1 did nof know you!” And, darting from lees side, 1* gcramlded .straig»H~i!P tiie face of th* eliff between tin* saplings. He draggei away 11 stone, fitting so closely into the tunnel’s mouth that Leo had never guessed it had been.placed there.. And. with a mournful cry. Leboeuf disappeared within the tunnel. 1 I.ee staggered to the cliff bene: It, tried to a sc* nd. dropped back, , In a moment was fast usieep upon | bottom of the gorge. ■j* of the (i-nvnxuen next vvkkk.) KODAKERS ! Send >our filmd tii Us for dev elop ing and printing. One day servuv. t il. i(.r prices. LoHar’s Studio • - • —*1 — ’ f2; ' *, , t < 01.1 Mi l \ sot i ll < MxOL’N \ \\ < -cil I aMinan. Fi!m> .!. *:* • • ♦» •< •« »4 * » ( 1 •• •« »4 < at him. T!M>n stones began to tly. < ice grazed his cheek, one struck him in t lie chest. Now the tiling w as in front of him. and when tie rushed, it was not there, and a *diow ( r <*f <iom*s from an une>:pecie<r quarter cut his lip and « him 1 11,11s ♦nriure'l, maddened, Lee was ANY WOMAN’S DRESS, ‘ ' ' ' 1 — or ~ ’ • WOOL COAT CLEANED AND PRESSED FOR $1.00 •x*> *. *A and feet into the iioles, until he found hailed till the sVennd dawn filtered ! A <..;..;,.-..VX-*! , X—!**X—X—X-*X*-X-*X**X—:* - ■» *—: — - 1* - —;- • g McLAl’RIN 1). 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All the while Lee struggle') a'gaiiwt tiie bonds of -deep lie vWiuTd rest, Ids eyes closing for. an instant—it was upon him again, a stone would hurtle past iiitn ; another rtitdi vvotiid follow, anu again tiie tiling was gon# in tiie dark. I lawn daylight—sunifglit. I'rom-hed h**iiin(| a ridge or rock al'ove him. I *-e saw the misshapen figure wiuh the massive shoulders and the Ipug, furred arms. Xml. yielding to the elemental rage that was in him. Lee whipped out Ids HUlomafic and fired two bullets. Tliev ! A Carolina Dry Cleaning Co. Phone 5590 1608 Barnwell Street. Columbia, S. C. 4v.x--:- » ►4 i 44_4 • « *4 « v •v etTippe* side fragments of stone from’be- inntimeraiile ( rev ices, he r< alj/ed that ; side tiie face, u hi< h continued to not only did lie not know at which | watch him unmoved.. That face, il lumined by tiie sunlight in the gorge. -I Bring KN6INH KHPAIRS tn ante fur quick work. LOMBARD IRON WORKS, AUGUSTA, GA. BOEDER FLUES J : MILL CASTINGS AND SUPPLIES I 0 n. Bony Hand Still Tichtl. Clutch.d BELTm . 0 o’oo*,'o K j N .?o A . N ,? t h AC ' Na ,h * H * , ’ dl ' 0 ' * L ‘'«* Old.(a.h,.n«d Revolver. his mind. It was n sad and hmely burying place for Joyce's mother. Its existence there was in itself n testi mony to the , old man's mental con tlliion—that die should have carried his wife's body through the tunnel to that place of his dreams. And yet It was certain that no .prowling thing would ever violate that grave. , Lee tvent on, and! a few steps fur ther, stumbled against something else. It was the skeleton of a in aft, the hones protruding through the rents and tatters of tiie scarecrow clothes. The Jauifti tangle* sprouted betwwon Ui« -Tuffs Pills-i Enable Dyspeptics to eat whatever they wish. Cause food to assimilate. Nourish the body, give appetite. DEVELOP FLESH, lit* mu know nt w point to begin tiie jo*' ! nt. but III did not know how high to climb before tie rciicht d the level of the tunnel en- t lance • . lie looked up ji! tiie huge (Jiff, vvith its inward incline, mid s*'ored with Ps tnvriads of mocking mouths, arid now’ a sot 1 of fur.v took lued id him. Ag-uin and again lie scrambled ijit atnl .1 lung liki* 11 fly to, the elilTs face ; scrambled | down, ballled. tin*) tiTrn bega.n once iui*re. k , It was mnv the middle * f tin* after noon, and. lie was no nearer a .solution. He had accomplished not long, .lie-wan becoming bewildered. It was neccssurv I Jo proceed in a s\sternum,* way. He now i>ro( eedeij to thark off what he considered tin* possible boundaries within which the tunnel lay. by stamp ing down two biri li saplings. And j ! 'again and yet again he essayed his j task, always to recoil, beaten. ; He was only half way from sapling to sapling, and It was beginning to grow dark His hands were bleeding, his nallsv split to tin* quick. Lnt it j was tiie eerie nature of his efforts in j the loneliness of the darkening gorge | that whs the most nerve-racking part of nil. He w as Ilk** some mythical hero of the classic world, tortured by inan imate tliings-rilke Sisyphus, con demned to roll his stone up the hills of Tartarm* forever, only to have it hound down,again before If reached the summit. He had been toiling by moonlight for an infinity of time. He had'cov ered all tiie space between the sap lings. He extended his radius; and novjj. in his desperation, lie attacked the' I'MfT as if it wen* a hnnuln enemy, beating on it with Ids fists in senseless fury. Dawn, cleat** and gray, and bitter cold crept into (lie gorge and fomi'd him still at his labors. The sun rose. 1 Long rays of light streamed down Into appeared so human, so intelligent, so much at variance with the misshapen body, that Lee was shocked nt the s i g 111 o f it It was only a man—but such a man' A gorilla, lill but the human face. ' Lee bad already pulled the trigger a Third time, but there was no third shot. Then lie remembered that he had bad only two cartridges remaining. He Was unarmed. He sprang, and a sfotp* struck him In the chest mnd hurled him backward. Like two baboons they bombarded each other with stones; but at last, as a fortunate shot sent file other staggering, Lee managed.to close with him. ,* The' face, bruised and battered from the encounter In the tunnel, looked Impassively into ids. Lee struck, and quickly discovered that he had not strength enough left to administer a * * Y 2 I.OXG TEK.M MOXEY toI.E.M)#* (i percent, interest on Inrot* nmounts. IVivate funds for smail loans. BROWN tV HUSH ’? y V I J i LAWYERS BARNWELL. 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