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t ?/ VOL. IV. NO. 35. CAMDEN, 8. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1907. Sl.SOPer Year A TaU of Anglo-Indian SecretServic* YOUNG MISTLEY BZz Henry Seton, Merriman , CHAPTER II. 2 ? Continued. should ??? K the B?*"oness; 1 beauUfuT U ,he the way shp h rliiv 8??ethlng about on". 7o aZ' s? ? *b?* "?o. I suppose she Is very lovelv ? ?ni<i u? i. ?mo.???B lier gtov.^ ' mi^ k a beau?^?I woman " re ??? ? .sstrzgr Xv's^r^rn0'?1'1 upon the youn^'anor'! f QU l"K,y continued to smooth her glomes. t? Question obviously posse^d ? Je,? and hi? aVy ?f theni? except Mlstley of n Wa* ?n,y P*?8,nir thought torw uus mau upon the poulble his tory of a beautiful womau ; i ? < \ | CHAPTER III. I Comrades. ' lA?L0.e?^ *"""*? ???PlMldld! '?Wei'" f/om Cologne paper: We le?ru from our London corre^ p ndeut tliat the Mayor of Dover In ?V??r^%TerWr,he%^IeU?f ai,. ^J"?.o0rCM?r? w^'^' "" "* fo deliver? l?r> "r- w">r,r<l Xllatlcy, sraw5 :w?5i a^s^s^rsSsi rn,:?.ttrd??nS d,plomntlc ?*rvlce on flrmiiPBn {rontIer- and their daring -o i and re80,l,te defense of the acknowledged rights of the country in ? ni,d8t of treacherous friends and unscrupulous foes,' etc." v The speaker, or reader, was a tnll wny-balrea man of military nape"" - mustache was almost white and rut rather close to his Hp,. H,s fea ?flirr ?re**ir ot baving ^ a no, but wrinkles and hardships lind changed nil that. His nose was long but ^tqUw,,ne, a trU? ral,ltary future, skin thm?8. PleCUllarly thln; the ?kin, though brown, was transnaront "Ud entirely free from that ?S!5 luddlncss which is somewhat fre quently found upon tho features of thoeGermn,,ltary U,en' He la,d a>ld* tho German newspaper, and looked at companion with a twlnkl? of amusement in his grey eyes, lv no'" Ml(1 llie younger man, gay if " n.wlYn~ et "S bnve u nI1-1 n,<? ?. and lie returned gravely to the dis cussion of a piece of chocolate. Co inn^i ?V??Upu,0us focg'' ?>ntlnned Colonel \\ right, reading from the paper n? it lay, unscrupulous foes'? oh yes here it is-'undoubiediy saved the In' Empire endless trouble and strife JEllS*. fr?""0r; ? *"?? -f P "ns perhaps been averted, and the peace of Europe preserved by the prompt and consistent action of these two soldier-statesmen.' " v2Vinynr,(1 iA,,8l,?y wagged his head y saplently, and, addressing him* M,f to tho pleee of chocolate In hi? hand, he observed: >rR! Hather disappointing for flip Mayor of Dover, eli, colonel?" Hatlier," replied the old soldier. folding tlio newspaper, "You will be pleased to remember tills brilliant Ulcn of dodging tho Mayor of Dover and tho rest of bit klml emanated from ray fertile, brain." Tills remark called for no reply, and for tome time tbe two men were silent, They were seated opposite to eacb other in n first-class railway carriage, mi airy, broad compartment lined with brown linen. A line dust floated In the nir and lny 011 every available space, for the train wan rushing over the bare plains of the Netherlands, Wlnyard Mlstley was an eminently practical young man. He was on adept at mending his own clothcs, e ioUIng his own dinner, and grooming his own horse. Practical people, bow. ever, are not necessarily devoid of sen timent. They bide It - that Is all. What dreaming they may Indulge In Is done in private. Ills wns a striking face, whether In animation or repose, with dark gray eye* of singular penetration; eyes that seldom smiled, despite the readiness of the lips, which smiled perhaps too easily. A great charm about him wns his peculiar unaffoctedness. Whatever he d!d or said was to all appearance perfectly spontaneous and wlthont after thought. Never at a loss In the most trying emergency, no one ever saw a look of embarrassment or self consciousness on Wlnyard Mlstley's face. He was simply without vanity, and therefore wns fortunate enough to be iinaffllcted by jealousy. Coloucl Wright was a diplomatist to one great and Important mutter, if In nothing else. He could, wltii unfailing discrimination, gather round him the men he required. At a ginnce he recog nized the fighting man, a mere thought less creature of courage, whose nrnbl tlon lay In the two letters "V. C.;" whose soft heart wns the most vulner able portion of his anatomy, his bond being the least so when hard knocks were flying. The thinker, also, could the colonel select from the crowded ranks of human workers. He bad no need for, and took but small Interest In, the slow and deliberate thinker of such material as produces essay writers aud Specialists; but he knew full well the value of a brilliant and rapid nmn whose thoughts are almost instinctive ?one who, as a plot unfolds Itself be fore him, can at once and with light touch lay his linger upon the motive and say, "This is what he is leading up to," "That is what he will do next;" and who, like a skillful chess player, can execute a counter move of appar ently trifling importance, which, when the crisis comes, carries everything before It, Of this latter type was Wlnyard Mistley, nnd the colonel was fully aware that the best step he ever took In his life was to persuade that young officer, when fretting under the com mand of a man somewhat his Inferior in many wnys, to leave the army and Join him, since he could not retain his commission and accept the offer. Two years of constant ^Intercourse, of days spent in the performance of a common task and nights passed together in various degrees of discomfort often amounting to danger, will do much to obliterate the barrier that Invariably stands between men bejouging to a dif ferent generation. It had been so with Colonel Wright and Wlnyard Mistley. Two small black boxes, lest "In a chaos of huge trunks somewhere in the v??, Wo?. ?u ,.oll|(1 J||l(1 there was something characteristic even in these small receptacles. Iden tical In form, size and color, they ap peared to cling. as If from long habi tude, to each other. The same labels and euticing hotel placards were to be found on both; ami in particular there wns around each a slight indented mark as if from chafe or friction, such as one sees round a riverside post. This betrayed the hardships they had passed through, one on caeh side of a weary pnekhorse, balancing and sup Ing each other, lashed together, though separated by the body of their bearer. Many of us, methinks, go through our travels like there roadworn trunks, with a mark of friction upon us, show ing that we have come through. A grocer, for Instance, though he be clad In purple and line linen, seems to me to lmvc h slight indentation around tbo centre of his person, where 1 lie apron string was wont to press. It Is his mark, his trade-mark, as It were, worn nnd chafed Into his soul as Into his body. Wlnyard Mistley lay hack in his cor ner, serenely unconscious of his sen ior's steady gnze. Colonel Wright wns absently looking at him, merely be cause, jvrhnps, that clear-cut, intelli gent face was the most Interei tin;; ob ject in sight. At length he sp>ko with the determined air of one who has weighed his words carefully, having something rather difficult to say. "In twenty-four hours," he said In a speculative tone, "our official relation ship censes." "Alas!" observed Mistley, with ready cheerfulness. "I do not wish you, Mislley," con tinued the colonel, gravely, "to go away without knowing how f tillv I nn predate and bav? appreciated nil your unfailing patience, your skill, and your happy power of over Win# cheerful nud good liuuiored under the most try log circumstances. Aa for my own personal feeling! In the matter, I havo never ceased to congratulate myself upon my action two years ago In ask ing you to join me, and I only liope that you will never have cause to re gret It." "For me," replied Mist ley, look ins out of the window, and purposely avoiding the colonel's face, "these two yenrs have simply heen a holiday. That soldiering in India was not the work for ine nt all? there I* ton much unavoidable routine -too little to do, and too much time to do it In. lie sides, there is always the feeling licit the flrst fool who come* alotiK with li is head full of theory could do the work lis well, if not better, than one's k?.*1 f. There Is absolutely no Individuality in the army. We are like so many bras# buttons on a tunic; If two come off they can be put back in reversed onhf, or two new ones can be sewed on. and no one Is the wiser --the tunic Is neither better nor worse. Thanks to you, I am no longer a button. Thanks to you. I Wave got my foot on the ladder which to in? has been the only one worth climbing slnco I was old enough to know that my life was my own. The gratitude should be on my side, 1 think, colonel." This was unsatisfactory, nnd In no manner helped (Joloncl Wright In his little speech. Fo the old gentleman wout straight to the yoiut at ouce, and somewhat surprised hit junior t)r tM unexpected powers of obecrvatloa which his remarks portrsyod. -I think." hs said, "that It Is of aft use mincing matters betwssn u*. Mist> ley. We know Mdi other loo wsll for that. Too hare tot beyond the lower rungs of the ladder, for jou sre half way up It already; and In climbing yoy hare found tlms to giro a helping push to an old slow-coach above you, who bid fair to stick where he was. I am not blind, nor am I ashamed to ac* knowledge that you are s sharper fel* low than L Yon are my superior in the work we hare had to do. together* and there is no reason why It should be concealed. The difference lies. In the fact that you were born to It, and I bad it forced upon me by drcum* stances. * Everything in you points to wbat ? Providence designed you for; with me rests only the honor of finding out the intention of Providence. Your gift of languages points to it, your restless love of travel, your very face even. Why, look at me? I say some thing very diplomatic, and the best I can do lu the way of disguising my feelings Is to look blank and vacant; wliercas you can think on thing and innke your face express the very oppo site!'* Mistley was Intensely relieved at this moment to catch siglit of the distant spires of Flushing, which enabled him to change the subject. Like many of his countrymen, he could not bear be ing thanked. CHAPTER IV. The Favorite Sou. ' ? - Victoria Station Is not a favorite re sort of the fashionable world between the hours of seven and eight In the morning. In fact, that sweetest, fresh est, most entrancing hour is rather apt, in London, to be dull and Bomewhat dismal; therefore best spent In bed. The early porters were busy sweeping up with long brushes the dust shaken from the feet of many a weary trav eler, and sprinkling water in strange circular patterns upon the pavement of tlio station, when the flrst hansom cab of the day made Its appearance with much clatter of hoofs. From It there alighted a brisk little lady who instantly glanced up at the clock. Iler movements were very quick without being in the least fussy. Many a man in passing that girlish form In the street had turned his head, to be met by a pair of calm gray eyes, with a shock of surprise that the pretty, energetic face was surmounted by a ma.?s of silvery lialr. Mrs. Mist ley's white hair was an Inherited pe culiarity. Long, thick and silky, It ... ??-- ?>???1"'" nuCII Bllt' married Major Mistley. It did not change much for two years after that; hut at the end of tlie third year, when slip returned from India, a widow of twenty-two, it was white. She wore It piled up high upon her graceful head, after a fashion which vaguely suggested Madame de Lambelle, or some other, gracious lady of the old French court. Mrs. Mistley walked os far as the platform, and finding no one there, re* turned to the entrance of the station. Presently a small victoria arrived, and from It Mrs. Wright alighted. The two ladles kissed each other warmly, and both remembered later that that form of salutation had not passed between them since the caressingly affectionate days of their girlhood. Mrs., Wright was somewhat pale, but she returned her friend's smile bravely, and they turned toward the plutform Indicated by the porter. Presently they sat down upon a high ly polished seat, and, hidden In the folds of their dresses, their hands met and cln sped each other. "Ho you remember," said Mrs. Mist ley, with a pathetic little smile, "all the nonsense we talked In the old Melun days? IJow we were never go ing to cease corresponding; how, If we married, we were to be constant com panions; how our children were to grow up together as brothers ond sis ters; how? our husbonds were to be friends?" "I am afrnld," replied Mrs. Wright, "that we wore very foolish oiul ro mantic In those da>s!" The brisk little lady stopped short. Slit was at a loss for something to say i ?a very riire occurrence. Mrs. Mistley | had touched upon n pnge of her life which was close to lier friend, Those three yours of lunrrlcd life were ns n snored memory, nnd Mm. Wright thought that tho pngoa were better left unread. ??Who would have thought," laid Mr*, Mlstlpy, presently, "that we should have one day to be waiting here for your husband nnd my son? waiting together for them to arrive together? It almost seems as If Providence had heard our girlish vows; for we have route together again after all these 1 years, and our children will be | friends." "Yes," said Mrs. Wright, absently, j "Yon, our children will be friends." Then they relapsed into silence. It was only natural (hat Mrs. Mlstlcy ; should l><* thinking of her son at that moment, and the thoughts were appar ently p'rasant. for occasionally she jinHvil with a passing irion m of pride In her eyes, llcr two son? appeared to her maternal vision such as any mother ml-Jit ren*onnbly he proud of. tTo bo continued.) TttpJt# Million Candle I'nww, A searchlight, Invented by K. Cue nod. U now being tested by the chief ofllcers of the French and (Sermon arm ies. The experiments In conjunction ? with a twenty-four horse power motor are sold to have provided a light of ; 100,0<)0 candle power, rendering ob- , Jects six Hiid a half miles distant dis tinctly visible. It is anticipated that; the new trials, for which ? forty horio power motor will be used, will gl?e k 12,000,000 caudle power light. MUST m ISLANDS Adii A d Dewey Speaks Abort Our Foreign Possessions ? OUR DUTY TO THE INHABITANTS IhwM tlit United States Give Them Up, He Saji Japan W?uld Acquire Them to tie Dindnttaie of Tkle Country . , t j Washington, 8pedal._ Admiral tk! IT? 8'^"Kly reMnU the Proportion that has been discing in a u>?re ?r P^I. m'? surreudcr th. Philippine, which of all men he * fading factor in bringing under tho Amenean flag. Jn illter>.iew tlle ?dmiral set out clearly the reasons which impel him to ineist npon the retention of the ..lands, ?nough, in view of the fact that the admiral is a nun of war by trade, the rtrong po.?, o( bia arillmcnl i(J ^ b??od n]>on the military or naval im portance of the archipelago, but al most altogether upon the great value present and prospective of the Philiu pmcs to America in the extension of on. trade with the Orient, which he regards as holding out the beat prom lse of commerical expansion. The ad miral says: Abandon the Philippines ! I don t thieve our country will ever do that Certainly ,t should not because it ha* altogether too much at stake It i* Off' ^Plomacy hafT'been directed for a number of years VV? Stir-' Spatn Hold Them. - innte tL i P""' for 200 >'Mrs dom Wt?f7rrilF?h? ^ and naval base Thaf b?? 1 COm^1'.cia, and naval p?rp?scs in Eastern w" England, Franco and 1,1 i?'-. T1'.?"'1' forces of war iinri -li States obtained rightfully nost^\!'7VC,liCai-Cry tho bcst most stragetie posit ion possible civ ' f us RnPcnor naval and commercial wTZso7" ",c ?,u" be for ? mm?n Ronso Woi,Id it e for ?s to give up such a position t . Suppose we should disp \c of the Hon gthe Ih4e to "h"0ttCh aneso islands, here is Formosa which Oriental, ???? COncedes th"t the . . ,s i'1*' future great flolrl j.? woHdPa,wCOnilneiCinI nations of the ?!nf ou,r,,t to be the leaden wc must at least have a share in tlie enterprise nnd in order to do ? ;ve must maintain the T.itfon. we have occupied through forceof <7, cumstnnces in that reirion ( Commercial phase. l am talking now of the n?r?i?, r.r?k t' ^ ""?T'-tion sn'l I trunk it is plmn that we must lmv? 1 b.n'" "t operation such a* Manilla furnishes. And then in or. I J" Pr?t eot our commerce we musl Such n I ? ?' nnfl nt R,lb'> hav ^.Hy'Trfori^ 'RllS '"PrTZrUnn^ bca?edd in Hand ofV tr00,)S 7T Rationed in the land of Luzon ami in cverv wav con bio' "m? ?' Wc7ur''pl"s"i'' bin military operations. ^ tho T'nlted fr','",nllv ??M fh*l i '?tos 'InM assumed respon -IbiHtic, In t|,e Philippine, which? con not pass over to other hands. I not care to discuss this phase of I ive th? T' 0Xr('pt t0 8n-v I he shrink v "(,n,',ni p0,,plc wiU "eve' si ink turn such responsibilities as were assumed for them when the pines l0S <00k ?Vcr tho ,Mli,iP <?:;T#iWn?V'. fo emphasize my belie/ er I lul l ns " Wor,d P?w' n I \\ a\ h have conimcrcinl and diplomatic mfce ls in the Far Knsi aud cau not mainl-iiu iNelf pronerlv ?i tout n bnke of <>|H'iations. The J "itcd Sfafcs can not withdraw frnw s present enle.p.ise in II, e Fast but mist go forward reeking its share of <"? advantaccs and staining U >hare ..f the responsibilities. " Big Fire at Thomaston. Thomnston, (Ja.; Rpeeinl. ? Fire ear? ly Saturday destroyed the vehicl* plnnt of the Atwnter-Nelson Buggy company at this place, musing a losi of $100,000 with insurance of $75,000 The blnze started in the varnish room on the third floor and on necount of the dense snu?kp could not be renched by the firemen. A huge number oi men vill tcmt>?)vprilv V lhr"wn out ol emp! Afoo.ii. KEW8Y GLEANINGS. Ireland Is said to have 300.000 |Ntl Sugar cane prospects In Louisiana are food. One of Georgia's new law* makee It a misdemeanor to fish on Sunday. Schoneburg, Germany, has decided to pat a doable tax on vacant city lots. Former Jadge E. H. Gary said France is afraid of American securi ties. United States ships of the Atlantic fleet ire to be equipped with wireless telephones for the cruise to the Pa cific. Eighty persons were killed and twenty-two were Injured In ninety ac cidents In the Alps during the sum* mer season. BrasH refused to accept the-French plan for the allotment of Judges to the Permanent Arbitration Tribunal at The Hague. President Butler, of Columbia Uni versity, said foreign educators wore showing an Increased appreciation of American methods. Wilhelm Bode, director-general of the Berlin museums, expressed regret that the most notable examples In the Kann collection would be lost to Europe. President Roosevelt's proposal to remit a portion of the Chinese Indem nity has effaced the resentment felt against America because of the ex clusion policy. President Flnley, of the Southern Railway, In an address In Chicago urged railroad men to talk for publi cation on their side of the present antl-rallroad agitation. Representative Theodore E. Bur ton, Republican nominee for Mayor of Cleveland, announced that he would accept no campaign contribu tion from any public service corpora tion. Bishop Van De Vyver Returns. Richmond, Special. ? lit. Rev. Ati gustin Van deVyvery, Catholic Bishop of Richmond who spent tHe summer in Belgium returned to Richmond. Ik will begin his official tour of the State on the lirst pf the coming week. Bishop Van do Vyver lms dispelled the idea that he is to leave Richmond and take up church work in anothei field. He pa ys that he will ussurcdl} remain in this cit.v. EDITORIAL PREROGATIVE. Editor (to caller, who has been air ing bis views) ? Ix>ok here, arc you tb? editor of this paper? Editor ? Very well, then, don't stan<! there and talk like a <ool! ? Tlu Sketch. Late jVefce/j In 'Brief ^ MINOR MATTERS OF INTEREST Joshua Harrison, who was sentenc ed to 20 years imprisonment for kid napping little Kenneth Beasley, shot and killed himself in a hotel at Nor folk, Va., on learning that the North Carolina Supreme Court had refused to grant a new trial in his case. Commutation of the sentence of n Paris murderer from death to impris onment gave rise to large street <le monst rations. A plea for guarding milk at its source was made by l)r. llcnry L. Cor* of Newark at the milk congress in Brussels. Four fresh cases of cholera occur red in St. Petersburg three proving fatal. The Social Democratic Congress opened at Essen, Germany. A new telephone line of GO instru ments will soon bo in operation in the oiihern Neck and will extend from Oak drove and Colonial Beach to Fredericksburg, Va. The new service will include points on both thy Rap pahannock and Potomac rivers. The tomato crop in the section sur rounding Fredericksburg, Va., is the largest and best for many yoai*. Tlio canning factory of Robert Bros., of Baltimore U>cated here is being' work ?d to its full capacity. Cupt. Henry Fitzhugh a conductor t of the Richmond, Fredericksburg and ' Potomac railroad will mo'e to Fred ericksburg, Va. Thomas D. Dix who was injured by fulling beneath a car at the Potomac yards having his right leg mangled ?lied at the Alexandria Hospital as the result of his injuries. He was !)0 years old ami had resided in Al exandria all his life. . A coal mine on Paint creek near Charleston, W. Va., has been burning for 4f> years. The jLoop ami lookout Railroad | w,as incorporated with $100,000 capi tal stock. > . Calvin Parties was found beaten and unconscious in his buggy several hours after having received his month's salary. IV VUt\'lUI *? Ullliill UIV ?. . - - -p overcome by gas and remaining un conscious 180 hours. Separate movements have bfett launched to purchase and preserve the "Jeff" Davis and Lee homes*. Twenty-four lives were lost in a .wreck ou the Boston and Maine near Canuaan, N. II.. due to a mistake in a train dispatcher's office. i The Chicago Tribune's New Eng land straw ballot among Republican* slmws Taft and Hughes overwhelm ingly in the lead. l)r. Harry Friedenwald at a meet ing of Zionists scored n man snppoecii to be Jacob H. Schiff for his antago* nistic attitude toward Zionists. Ex-President Cleveland is reportcJ to be taking daily drives accompanied by a nurse whenever the weather per mits. Furtnan J. Stout who rose from brakeman to general inn linger of the l.ake Shore Electric road in Toledo is dead. The National Association of Man ufacturers has given out a statement denying that its $.">00,000 fund is in tended to crush labor unions. Local option is to bo the chief issutt in the Delowarc election. A movement is on foot in North Carolina to> overthrow the Democratic party. Mrs. Cassie L. Chad wick the woman who obtained a million or more by fraud ami is sorvirg a loi:n in prison became blind during a nervous attack. Mrs. Mary M. Flagler widow of (ten. D. W. Flagler is dead. The linme of the Philadelphia Eagles was destroyed by fire. Serious difficulties are splitting the , Inland Waterways Commission. I According to a decision in the Bos ton Supreme Court, II. II. Kogers of Ihe Standard Oil Company is too ill to appear in the .fo0, 000,000 suit brought against him. On her next westward trip the Lus itania is likely to b? pitted against the French liner La Provence. Philadelphia Baptists have raised more than #100,000 for shurch exten sion and missionary work. Italians fatally wounded a mine boss and his sister in an attack in spired by a grudge and two of the as sailant* were shot dead by the dying man. 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