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By paying ba Herald for thh This offer exp Cc; A novelization of the photo play the Chicago Tribune in -a $1O,C00 pri:i tion cam from many sections in tho tours took part. CHAPTER XVl. _An Idol Adorned and Depciled. UOYED by the hupe that renew ed "ssOciation u ith her gypsy tribe migt ten( I resLore Hagar to reason. Esther de parted that night with HX-aar Lrom She was accumpanied by Quabba. now. her faithfu] attendant, and the aulenly insistem Lule iovel:. it was a sad return of their strieken q uoen to the grieving !ZoLany people. Hagar re2ogidzed the gypsies as gyp sles; but she. clled on the name--4 of long-departed, including the unme hisbaud. Matt Harding. enGy 4eemed w-as , Live ixFor gun she xvas in grin revolt eIditionzs. ?)ba slept with his at the thresl!d of bside Es'ther had 'sink A Iuber on her cot beside *dreain affieted Hagar." Quab number -was broken- ,y the of peble be'neath a heavy foot Qabba omed and drew his feuid the nenaeing f re of Luke Lve mk back: fror e 'sative moonligt into OWs nd was s een no mor .;ha,tnjg.;A ne LOU, Arthi'u $tanly. 4, f erer, a ~trange w/re d Y his smolderri I-E stern d ;&.-i thaw r Ee saw the *her and na Lov el. witn ds stretched as crush her easant things in a t;rton Rondol~Qph returned from N .ai'tag to find he~r fr iends in an attitude of. delighted conunisera tion toward her. She confided to he' deaie4$ friends that: her' life seemed fated /to1be one of thrni and tragedy. But intead of fin.ling herself pitied ai societyi in rsiehmond Mrs. R~andolph foundi herself enviea as a scial hero ne in these delightfuity dreadful af So as thebeautiful wistaria was em purp1ing her house and grounds Mrs. - Enrtont Rand'olph announced a wista ria fete, and all Rtichmond society wvas nervo.usly e.<ectant of more delight unly dreadfurl occurrences! et But, although the wistaria feewas a woadrously brilliant affair, a;-cord ing to the society coltimu-a of the~ E.C mond -papers, no untoward event cc curred-to, mar the pleasure of the day, somewhai to the disappointikent of so ecety. ~Bair Stanley, with plenty of money, but keeping sedulously away from Mr. Abe Bloom's temple of chance. turned up -in Righmond in pursuit of Vivian Marston. with, whom he was sill in fatuated. He knew the risk he took. for it was evident some one in Rhih --mond had secured from Abe Bloomn the check that,' besides being w~orthless. had the fatal print of his thumb upon it. For the photograph of this check and thumb print, together with photo graphs of his thumdb prints taken from *Dr, Lees study, had been in the pos session of Hagar Harding when he h-ad struck her down. But such was his fierce passion for h1e luxurious and beautiful Vivian Marston that Blair walked in the shad ow of death for her sake.. He intimated as much to her when he had led her aside beneath th'e 'ow -- -4me * a a r == == = JBSCRIP :k dues to Jan i year at $1.0( Pires March Ist Br ROY J )y.right. 7915. by 'Roy L. McCar selected as the best in over 19,000 subn contest during December and Januar United States and Canada. Authors a "I have gone to the foot of the gallows for you, Vivian!" er of the purple blossoms at his cor.s in's wistaria fete. "I have gone to the foot of the gallows for you, Vivian!" he whisnered to her. For he realized that this beautiful, langorous woman was one to Woml1 an unserupulous and desperate deed would appeal. He felt that she. too. had a past and that in wickedness they were well matched, and for that the desper ate Blair loved her all the more. For herself. Vivian Marston had lin gered in Richmond, leading an exist .ence that was puritanical and galling to her in the vapid restraints. as she deemed them. of conventional southern social restrictions. Her one strong, ea ger, compelling desire, a desire that held her in frovincial Richmond, was her desire for a star-her desire for the diamond.from the sky. OLce in all its bmazing magnificence, it had shon6 upu -her b:- .-.t. ' Vivian Marston longed to agai hold and pps sess the diam-noud. Her thoughts were upon it by day. and. at night her reams were heigbt like gold and red like blood. She had heard its- story and kne that, after Arthur, Blair was next In claim for its possession. Vivian sank- her.head upon Blair's breast beneath the wistaria bough. She tempted him with 1anguorous,glance n4u aurIng lips. -*Get aad give me the diamond and T rilT be yours she Aple th'arISav oteBn Over Nero LId hwhiprd n li,mc sh a logdfrteblfu iwlhmef no1ogd1oefrthswmn "Ishl nee (ettllIgtio yo! /e ele firey.Adh wol 4aek.sdhrt eltecn trc./tsedewhreffo i .rs,ad.eknw.hte caese eeol ob'uease byth da note den Bupon tve ote ie des hperaed. Anlrt ofair mover ae hadeur loe her the afu eel ime. f She onsled thee bustisslikan 1hally eer rtes tillm To gtheo ay ouhe rpd brcely. anIa she ouldd he romnti hertor of' the dia trnact utshe doraion hesef itsogreat irtrsie alue, wc he netha hearede ero lyi tley ir'and thwe din "Thd,e theamrnd f the ky,amonde :lis saplpeore onr cmn,tr frmurtkb the 'hxros n iandos ofian uns eend uponf the romnti, dIrs.a forpher ball. said t her desire.tegm b!r.She cues te ausnead t n'~yeageri stllrddontherism.T then . mThe reaame enoug toaa se ume.( :II twile tuorn up.o f tsgra "Itiii i 'hienough,tohmake ad arnedt from Bir haith wind ohtheryil inh t airte Pix.rBgDimnt wThe exie.and excimtdhe sk,as they eard t.hisperedmanihmod,tornf h ladfromornck the and is ofice. But especally daid itbe eoom,te gin "itr shan't thalip thrug m hnddto gneit is tilie hildden int,"hie tdded. Iwouedn'tolen it to want moen on Chpin." And wil tur up. thsh gv ieis broth's doady frien fromNew i'ok,as hie an called he' as men veihrd t - r .ai hitr. o h N BA uary 916 yoi ). Ntw subsc . M CMDELL dell 2itted to the sceario department of y. The manuscr;is in this competi f note as well asthousands of ama "Let bygoneq be bygonesr' Abe Bloom snarled '" his brother. "VI didn't lose it on e. I have tele phoned for 1ke, whom I con sider the s a detective- in this country. 1ae does 'what you pay him to do and 'eep, his mouth shut. If the diamond is iei}ichmond Blake will find it" In a few mom e suave and ret icent31r. Blake ed. Placed in pos session of all the Blooms and Viyian could him, he remarked that he would best, and the first and last- mee the syndicate to fmd the dia. -Arom the. sky broke up and the det t1- edeparted. He was fol.o , shortly. afterward by Miss Marst oz ,%ew York, whose Richmond so e lends would have been shocked .expression did .they know she .a1 an occasional. se cret visit tO i6estabUshment of Abe Bloom. Meanwhile is the diamond from the sliy .not a pearl to be east .before nor is it' fated to remain the t-nS dJ g of a negr lad who is a he of.s*1ne. In the- y dress su&! all the dite ail stain~s, Mr Strap icGe AcrOss country cursing his 16dss -by a Tpig pen to play, intensely prac tical joke b by bent ovei barrel tav to flie 'per son of tlie a Then Mr the boy,ki suddiPpain' -s dropp& And it ]ook -Mrt McGee, an he flees with A t speed, fol bwedbfa sh oreks from the cob o fti te sparkii thing he .found Iaois nest. RichmondA away, and. Mr Strap McGee aomeloose chang4 he won-at gaui.ntejail. He pro eeds to imbe bdibis.,time to dis pose of.the bab b iIn his rags. But when he 4i's into the curi shop, opium den ~ 3$"iUe maintained by Chinese -acqa,tne, his tips3 vanity impels Iniu'how the bauble to the crafty .~D'LI priest, der keeper and tonged It is a fatal-Tin4 do, for luck has been bad withiEn iand his friends The police- hav eodtheir gambling joint and shu do n oopiuin smok ing. Hung LA be rvs that tee god oJ the sky, the ~g0t god Lung, needs Bropitiating, ani 'heahe will brini back good lueln i iiity. Has word from.the diamond fron the sky traveled. t (hilna and back' Theeffigyopf the great-god Lung is in its sanctuary . the zit- room, andl Lung isi the god o tesky. The body of a-strangled trmp Is dropped througi a trap door, and the dianmond from the sky is hungiaboutdlie neck of the great god Lung. This night Mrs. 'Burton Randolpi: would a slumming go. Blair and Miss Mfarston are all the little party, and Tom Blake, the detective, is to be their guide. A significant glance-off caution and silence passes between the de tective and Miss Marston when they meet again. The Chinese quarter, with its joss house, is the Iirst place they visit. The wily Hung Li wishes no visitors to the inner sanctuary of his joss, the great god Lung, but Blake will not be de nied. He says his friends have come espe ially to, burn incenlse for good luck~ before the great god Lung. And so they enter the sanctuary and behold on the breast of Lung the diamond from the sky! Detective as he is. and, possessing~ great and evil powers in the eyes o1 Hung i Blake and his friends are forced trom the place. The ladies, Mrs. Randlolph again in a "state of nerves." - are sent 'home, and Blake from the nearest telephone summons Abe Bloom and his' brother. Meanwhile an English lawyer has ar rived at the Randolph house seeking Blair Stanley. Deter'mined upon, his quest, the lawyer gets directions and arrives at the joss house. Hung Li and his confreres wIll have none of the London iiwyer. But the exasperated Marmaduke Smythe will not be denied. He says he knows the persons he is searching for are inside this beastly Chinese place. Here now he is, re-enforced by the excited and money proffering Abraham and Isaac Bloom and the equally ur gent but more self controlled private detective, Tonm Blake. The investing allies, English, Irish aind Hebrew. surge- in upon the in trenched C'ainese: The struggle of the invaders to gain the sa'nctuary, and get for memy or by ' force the diamond from the sky is now at its fiercest.. But all the while a desperate man is climbing the fire escape at the back of the Chinee den He has noted a RGAIN ( i can get Thi .riptions taken t V -'0 ... IX. Hung Li Ex2mines the Diamond From the Sky. otiff:ain-tJra'yea~ WInIa ow eIN, th Ie t)od. Ak erash -of glas.q is heard within. The frenzied H1ung Li breaks from the -Invaders, :md rushes into the sanc tuary, followed by the'othrCiee the two Bloomis, the detective and the bewildered Englishman. A haud through the broken glass be -, hind the idol has toru the ,diamond fromt the sky froma the n,e(-k and breast of the great god Lun:-. With a demo-! nfac scream the frenzied Hung LU seizes, a keen Chinese sword at the foot ofl the Idol anDd aims a s;wift bl,ow nt the di.rappearing. hand. W a ind bad Iuck forever for the un ortunate Hung Li! The blow has missed the despoilin white hand and has severed the head of the great god untgr A naother slash in excited frenzy nd tdown fomloed thunn ltr Chineht, an te f loms, tunhing ofetee anc-h thayind the hole adn tel ~damea frori t e kyfo trenekadbat o t Wat godi Lprng With aBemo-s Butc Sea the efgrehnd Thuat L Hezsa you forgotese abord tat brhe oof the ioln;dt tat ao itended attedig- toedring hantd?. hrei Wot i plent ofc fever forc thein-s butwle Hunwie t ehem whait mnile the spiingruho witk hansn ad hurrydth eall f the mrathiner Acomethsl it. Reederehe "sttc don men s the unigoltar rainyhday Ifour ovraulinge boeen itmplementsa an shapeg of lblds .Whyn Wait Until Sorn Ratsh areginsdy toBut -befe pitngf outn That bin-e andeints tatre i Goo Cnewdiecen toabe oergoTen aou tht boka ee ost wol or luable tim ond one ofteo aewie impaensthtyuitientyd atendig sevra durin ofwine wTher,I still plentylo. tie foruhde thpigs bt iuhtiyo will findie o e thmt oth trer the sringe rush ofrders beandth and urrals forneh machinero co htme w t it.seteyor teuiet and spu ningyur lades.rncesr eepin a mahine well otarepared toncd weforled punt ouyorasesder eicy and fininngatthre isfe,nbutpalso tosen he de necsay cotou apr atwee ot. oo aubetm n f ter youspaectingtan impatienty thrghng usevra daysofwine weathen iatis, andk spning thtranwll baes, cat fc atime, shoul feaind. tt will arevn thdrnrmrsing lieie h anc tuer aood frushe deaihorg and the ro long' the ie tof inipleentu eperal yars. put inir.g order for nothingr bettrtha ed ndlnedol andweloieAgrtonmy Dincesis ecemson Aegit ral lfe ge. als leTen coteroeakro oeesar toraper-he Botny Divnsping an Clmpleet, -rcommends sapaying dull Bladeau, a coature. pnt shouldexj applied I will prevent tohse in ar rsring. Mae woo secondeapcain adsoonaso lothe lve unfol and aithirdens sveral as. efri iti Atere tis, wethng contions tanrd theaan severity ol. applestins. rdinomiy, Ditvisdion - ablesonra evericuturlwoegeuni Toiopreablsero of grapes inSothCrlea BoFn ivina oischaemo -~lge reoticens serbyin wtha Bodeau. mir. Apy McKnsr,deucestas e a Make da mad application aspon asfo ah finave discharge asauc exthir; son ta the fr5th,s day. ftebruarys, 19eater 10ocock A.M., aut seiy ofie a te] aoildeerme the rnumber sai piations. Odnrl,i sas Jan. fru 1912.s to rie. Hlackro TnAersao' E11.utor, of:,.estat e of. )FFER . News and1l at same rate. ILLING M NEDS Of THE SITTING HEN low to Use Hatching Pen and Nest Boxes and How to Manage The Fowls. The care of sitting hens is made asier and successful hatches more ertain when the sitters are confined a a pen away from the layers.. The toor of this hatching pen should be arth, dug up and 'moistened. Nest ioxes should be placed about the kes. There can be from 25 to 30 sit ing hens in a pen. For the nest a box'\ .2 to 15 inches square and about the ame in height is suitable. Remove he top, front, and bottom of the box. .over the top with a burlap sack to rovide ventilation and nail a wooden trip 4 inches wide across the front Lt the bottom. Have a wide board o lean against the open front and a )rick to keep it in place when it is iecessary to confine the hen. A Fill the bottom of the box level with the top of the 4-inch board with noist garden soil and hollow the soil ike a saucer, so that the eggs will not roll away from the hen and become chilled. The surface of the earth hould be smooth and hard to allow the eggs to roll. Cover the earth with , very little straw and put in a few ommon eggs. Reov.E NEST ft SITTING hE.h Remove the sitting hen to the new nest at night. Dust her with yellow insect powder or grease a small space on the skin below her vent with a piece of 33 per cent. mercurial oint i for lice prevention. Place the hen quietly on the nest arid shut herin The next evening, when it is growing dark, dishes of whole grain and water should be placed in front of the nest and the hen removed to feed. Leave her alone and do not return until night. If the hen is then on her nest and conten,ted, she may be given the sitting of eggs you have selected for her. Feed sitting hens at the same hour every day. Give them whole grain (whole corn is best) in a dish,-letting them eat all they desire. Even un det the most favorable feeding cond tions, a hen. will lose about three fourths of a pound in weight during the three weeks of incubation. If there are many sitters in the pen, it is best to feed seven or eight together, re moving any that do not leave their nests. Replace the hens. after 20 minutes. The doors of the nests are closed except at feeding time. Ex amine the nests while the hens are feeding and if any eggs are broken wash the other eggs in warm water and clean the nest. Moisten the earth about the nest frequently. On the eighteenth day of incubation, in merse the eggs for two minutes in warm water (106 degrees F.) This softens the, membranes inside the shell and results in the hatching of a greater percentage of chicks. FRANK C. HARE, Extension Poultry Husbandmnan, Clemson Agricultural College. To build up the dairy herd, use a purebred bull and save the best helfex calves. Citation *Notice. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF FAIRFIELD, By W. L. Holley, Probate Jpdge. Whereas. Mrs. A. S. Hedgepath nade suit to ine, to grant her ~etters of Administration of the estate md effects of Henry D. Hedgepath. These are therefore, to cite and ad nonish all and singular the kindred and reditors of the said Henry D. Hedge ath, deceased, that they be and ap >ear before me, in the Court of Probate, o be held at Winnsboro on the 12th of February next, after publication hereof, t 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show anse, if any they have, why the said, dministration should not be granted. Given under my hand this 27th day if February A. D. 191W. W. L. Holley. Judge of Probate. .For Sale. Lumber at the mill 90 centL >er 100 feet. Pure Berkshire pigs $2.50 at' bhree months old. W. J. Young, Winnsboro, S. C. OR SALE-One Smith Premier' Typewriter in good condition and at a bargain. Winnsboroi TInserne & Realty Co. Live Stock W. H. 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