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A"5-" x . (\ A Gen i From M By THOMA S*/o%>elized From the Flay COPYRIGHT. 1909. B |ll Unknown U> both, the door lending from the hall had ojtened to admit Senator Langdon Intu the lower end of the room. Surprised at the sight of the couple. so seriously intent on 1 each other, he made a sudden gesture of auger, then, apparently (hanging his mind, advanced toward them. "I believe you want to see nie. sir." he said to Haines. "I hope you'll be brief. I have very little time to spare from my guests." Hope's bosom fluttered timorously at the Interruption. The man nervously stepped forward. "I shan't take much of your time, Senator Langdou," he said. "There has been a misunderstanding, a terrible mistake. I ntn sure I can convince you." Senator Langdon hesitated doubtfully, half turned toward Carolina, Randolph and Norton, who had followed him, and again faced Haines. Hope pressed her father's arm and looked up into his face entreatingly, Randolph, observing this, quickly stepped close to the senator's side, eaylng, "I can settle with this Mr. Haines for you." Waving his son aside, the senator finally spoke. "I reckon there's been too many attending to my business and settling my affairs, Randolph," he said. "I think for a change I'll settle a few of my own. All of you children go out and leave me here with Mr. Haines." CHAPTER XIX. tKKATOR LAKGDON I.EARN8 TIIK TRUTH. WHEN they were alone Haines faced the senator and spoke determinedly. "They told you I was not running straight." he said. The senator nodded, and the lines about his mouth deepened. "Yes." Bud Haines stiffened at the word. Every muscle in his body seemed to become rigid as he mentally vowed that he would retaliate agalnRt his traducers if it cost him his life to do it. Hope had informed him only too accurately, he now realized. Little did the senator know that what he was ijpw about to hear would give him one of the severest shocks of his life. "They told me you weren't running straight," said Haines Tleliberately. "Now, neither one of us has been crooked, but somebody else has been, acd this was the plan to keep us apart." "Norton told me you were speculating In Altacoola lands," said Langdon. "And Norton told me the same of you," retorted Bad. The senator's face grew very serious. "But my daughter, Miss Carolina Langdon, confirmed Norton's story." Haines here faced the most difficult part of his interview. He hardly knew how to answer. His manhood rebelled against placing any blame on a woman. He revolted at the thought of ruining a father's faith in bis daughter's honesty, especially when that father was the man be most admired, a man for whom he had genuine, deep rooted affection. But it was necessary that the words be spoken. "I hate to tell you, sir," he said in a low, uncertaiu voice, "that it was your daughter Carolina who made me believe this story told abont you and vouched for by your son Randolph." Langdon started back aghast. He stared at Haines and knew that he spoke the truth. Then his white head sank pathetically. Tears welled into the eyes of the planter, and this sturdy old fighting man dropped weakly into a chair, sobbing convulsively, broken in spirit and wearied in body. At length Haines spoke to his stricken chief. "I know it hurts," he said. "It hurt me to have to say it. Don't believe it until you get it ?* Vnrfnn HK* VUl Vi AWA % v W| . but tben you must do some- V ^ -^~N tiling." J Langdon came / Jpv * to his feet, mop- t \M ping his cheeks. But there was no I weakness In him 1/7% p now. Yes, he Jj 1 V^would do 6ome- I J* I sg/UL. thing. He would i^Sl ft*"?jlT/ go after the I p ^Hpjfe thieves that had J A F=z~~Jz turned his own i-j flesh and blood U| against him and ^ root them all out "J toctc W hurt*." ?show them all up. "Oh, I'll do something," he said grimly. "I'm going to make up for lost time. Of couree Norton is speculating. Who's behind him?' "Stevens and Peabody, I'm positive," answered Haines, "and behind them Ls Standard Steel." "What," exclaimed Langdon, "Stevens In a swindle like this! Are you sure? How do you know?" "A Gulf City man who couldn't carry his liquor gave me some clews, and I worked Norton into telling some more." answered the secretary. "Where is Peabody?" "He's here now." "Then he hasn't got mj letter yet 1 sent him u note and signed your name, senator, to the effect tblt t&e. Golf tleman ississippi 3* A. WISE ' by Frederick, "R- Toombt Y THOMAS A. WISE City claims have been brought before , you so strongly that you might vote , for Culf Pity." Lnugdon was amazed. "You seiit that note," he exclaimed, "when you know Aitacoola is the only proper place ami Oulf t'ity is a inud bank V" The newspaper man smiled. "Of course." lie agreed, "but I had j i to get a rise out of Peabody. This J will show where j he stands." j VN "Oh," said fl I V I.angdon. "I unA#\X jlf V\ derstand.l r . 7 ? V Thanks, boy." \ A servant enU " ,J pTI tered with a note, nf ,lff \ iT "For Senator l / I Peabody, sir, 1/1 rill "larked 'Urgent.' / J \l I The messenger's l,e<kU huntinSb,m for some hours." Langdon look^. ft ed shrewdly at LI Hud. then turned to the servant. I "SJunrup at th* (Ad ..you keep that note until I ring j for you, then bring it to Senator Pea- j body. Understand? No matter now urgent It's marked." The man bowed. "Yes. sir." "Now tell Mr. Norton. Miss Langdon and Mr. Randolph to come here." The senator turned back to his secretary. "I expect I'm going to be pretiy busy the rest of the evening, Bud, so In case I forget to mention It again remember to show up at your old desk In the morning." "I will. Thank you. sir." "You sent for us, senator," said Norton, approaching with his two dupes. "You are interested In Altacoola lands," the senator angrily charged. "I am. sir," be said. "And you told Mr. Hatnes that I was Interested in Altacoola lands?" The schemer hesitated, and the senator broke in on him in rage. "Speak out. man! Tell the truth. If you can." "I did." admitted the congressman finally. "Was there any particular reason for your not telling the truth?" demanded the Mississipplan In threatening tone. "I told the truth," replied Norton. "You are interested iu ibem." For an instant Langdon seennd about to step toward him, then he controlled himself. "I didn't know it." he said. "You have several things to learn, senator," declared the congressman. "I tare things to learn ana tningB to teach," he said. "But go on. Why a in I interested?" "You are interested, senator," replied the trickster, making his big play, "through your son Randolph, who invested $50,000 of your money in Altacocla, and also through your daughter, Miss Carolina, who, acting on my advice, has put her own money?$25.000? in Altacoola land also." For a moment langdon was speechless. It was too much at first for the honest old southerner to comprehend. "You mean," he gasped at last, "that you induced a boy to put $50,000 In Altacoola land when you knew I bad to rote on the bill? And you even let my daughter put her money In the same scheme?" "Of course I did. It was a splendid chance, and I let your son in for friendship and your daughter because she has done me the honor to promise to become my wife." "What! You have my daughter's promise to marry you, you"? "She admits it herself." "Tben I reckon here's where I lose a prospective son-in-law," sneered Ijangdon. "Bot that's unimportant. Now, Norton, who's behind you?" "I must decline to answer that" Langdon looked at him sternly. "Very well," he said. "You are too mail to count I'll find out for myself. Now you go to my study and wait there until I send for you. I must be alone with my children." When Norton and Haines had left them, Langdon turned sadly to the two children who had disgraced him. "Can you understand?' he said. "Do you know what you've done to me?' "What father? We've done nothing wrong?' protested Carolina. "They told me it was perfectly legitimate," urged Randolph. "They said everybody?Pea body and Stevens and the rest?were in it, and Pea body Is the boss ol the senate." 'Tes, my boy," assented the old planter, "he's the leader in the senate, and that's the shameful part of all this ?that a man of his high standing should set you so miserable an example." Randolph Langdon was not a vicious lad, not a youth who preferred or chose wrongdoing for the increased rewards it offered. He was at heart a chivalrous, straightforward, trustful southern boy who believed in the splendid ' traditions of his family and loved bis father as a son should a parent having the qualities of the old hero of Crawfordsvilie. Jealous of his honor, he had been a victim of Norton's wiles because of the congressman's position and pnr wytfvMteew, because this companion of ' " -it \ . v ' f.'Tsr r . his young days had won bis confidence and had not hesitated to distort the lad's idea of what was right and what was wrong. j Randolph began an indignant protest against his father's reproof when the senator cut him short. I>on't von see?" said the senator. ( "I can understand there being rascals In the outside world and that they i' should belic-vc your careless, foolish < old father lawful game, but that he . should be thought a tool for dishonest thieving by members of his own fam- ;' : ily is incomprehensible. ! ] "Randolph, iny son, Carolina, my . ' daughter, through all their generations j the I>angdons have been honorable. ' Your mother was a Randolph, and this ] ! from you! Oh,. Carolina! And, you, j Randolph: How could you? How , j could you betray or seek to betray your ! I father, who sees in you the image of i your dear mother, who has gone?" | j [CONTINTKn NEXT WEEK. 1 ! i A Dubious Welcome. \ The good people of Lake City and Scran ton, being disappointed iu their' c euoris 10 get ? new county, now l.iik i very strongly about coming over into J Florence. This is a mighty good j 1 section of country, and mighty good j > people, but did you ever hear of a . \ uew member being adopted in the c household and proving an entering t wedge to break up the family? That ? happens so often that we are inclined r to be a little cautious. We would 1 love to have that member of our t household if we had any assurance t that they would stay with us. Florence is a mighty good county to come into, a good family to be con- i nected with, a family that believes in j respecting the rights of all of its' members and giving them as much ' liberty as is consistent with the family safety. Onr friends dow^q in Williamsburg had betterstay ar6and their own hearth and fireside except when they come up as company,?Florence Times. Tbe September American Magazine. < j "Hill against Harriman?The Story of the^Ten Years' Struggle for the Railroad Supremacy of the West" is the leading feature of the ^ September American Magazine. Its , author, George H Cusbing, says ( "Hill has worked in the tomorrow of ^ things. Harriman today. Hill has won hv nTntvtir.fr an iilea ahead of | him and working up to it. Harriman thinks in present profits and crashes , through opposition with the weight ] of his financial support. Hill's is the success of brain; Harriman's of mon- ^ ey and organization." The- article gives a surprising glimpse into the inside workings of great railroad deals. Ray Stannard Baker writes about "The Faith of the Unchurched" and tells why it is that of the one billion dollars that has been given away by Americans during the past ten years for various philanthropic purposes, comparatively little has gone to the churches. "Woman aud the Occupations," by Prof W I Thomas, shows how women are entering the trades and professions from the top and bottom, and that they are therefore entitled) to equal suffrage. "The Evolution of a Train Rob- i I ber," by Edgar Beecher Bronson, is the story of a good cow-puncher who went wrong, and Walter Pritchard Eaton describes where and how moving pictures are made. High grade fiction is contributed by Inez Haynes Gillmore, Mrs L H Harris, Fielding Bail and James Oppenheim, while intervening reading is offered in "A Servant on the Servant Problem," "Margarita's Soul," "The Pilgrim's Scrip" and "In the Interpreter's House." An important editorial announcement is made in this issue of the American Magazine which will awaken much curiosity and lively interest in the October and succeeding issues Washington's Plague Spots lie in the low,marshy bottoms of the the Potomac, breeding ground of I malaria. trarmH. These frerms cause chills, fever aud ague, biliousness, jaundice, lassitude, weakness and general debility and bring suffering , or death to thousands yearly. But Electric Bitters never fails to de- 1 stroy them and cure malaria troubles. "They are the best all-round tonic and cure for malaria I ever used," j writes R M James of Louellen, S C. < They cure Storrach, Liver Kidney and Blood Tronblea and will preven Typhoid. Try them,50c. Guaranteed 5 by D C Scott. J ELECTION AFTERMATH Is Viewed by Harpers Correspondent? State wide Prohibition the Thing. Harpers, August 23:?The ex siting elections both on the whiskej question and that of the formatior sf Rutledge couuty have passet juietly into history. The peoph )f the county have made their will known at the ballot box and their wishes should prevail. It is reported here that Rosemary precinct, in Georgetown county, will 3C coutested. Georgetown county ?ave the dispensary only SO votes Majority, and ninety-nine votes al ttoseniary were cast for the dis jeusary. If this poll be thrown out t would leave a majority for pro. libition. We note that ail the i4wet" jonnties, except Charleston, have rery small majorities for the diewnsary and we hope that the Legisature at its next session will pa3S i State-wide prohibition law. The vill of the people of 36 counties out >f the 42 has now been expressed anc he remaining six counties s.. ilso be made to come under the law, Those six counties should no) lave the right to sow the seed oi ;he devil; let them be governed bj ,he majority of the counties of the State. If allowed to retain th< lispensary those six counties will ireate almost as much evil in th< State as though every county wai selling rum. I hope our law-makeri vill see the importance of passing a State-wide prohibition bill nex vinter. Let the wishes of the people ule. Subscriber. THE STATE'S FINANCES. Statement from Comptroller Genera Showing Cash on Hand in Counties. Although the State is to J>orrov mother $100,000 next month t meet current expenses, bringing th< total so far borrowed this year up t the statutory limit of half i million, and practically all th counties are more or less heavy bor rowers, a statement issued by tb< comptroller general today as of Juu 30 shows total cash on hand to th State and county treasurers of $1 195,23938. This looks like ba< financing somewhere, but it is ex plained that iu the first place th statement as of datr June 30 show ^uite a different e* e of affairs thai ?statement whi u might be gottei up of conditions existing right now although the State was borrowin, money heavily at the former period The statement of the comptrolle general shows cash balances for tb State treasury of $267,798.10 to th credit of the general fund and $241 116.49 to the credit of special funds a total of $408,914 59, but sine then, it is explained, a seminual in terest bill of $145,000 has been pai< and a number of big items as well. And among the counties it is know that in spite of the fact that seven show large cash balances, many o them have been borrowing to mee current expenses. In tbe case c Clarendon, for instance, which a( cording to the comptroller general' statement had $27,745.05 on June 3( and is now on a strain for cash t such an extent that a few days ag( a claim for less than $5 against th county commissioners was turner down because there was not cas enough on hand to meet such claims The comptroller general's state ment of county ca^h balances o June 30, 1909, shows Williamsbur to have cash on hand $16,260.11, o which amount $659.10 was in th office and $15,601.01 in banks. The Crime ?f Idleness. Idleness means trouble for Jan one. It's the some with a lazy live; It causes constipation, headache jaundice, sallow complexion, pimple and blotches, but Dr King's Ne^ Life Pills soon banish liver trouble and build up your health, 25c at,] 0 Scott's. FOB SALE. Brick in any quantity to 9uit pure ha jr. The Best Dry Press Machine-mad Special shapes made to order. Cor re wndence solicited before placing you >rders. w. R. 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