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T SENTINELJ OURNAt. Eutered April 23, 1903 at Pickens, B. 0., as seoond class matter, 1under not of Congress of March 8, 1879. VOL- XXXVIL. PICIESS, SQUTH CAOLINA, THURSDAY, FEDRU&Y 13 1908 0, 4L. DNEVERLY OF GRAUVSTA RKH Ey GEORGE DAR" M'CUTCHE&ON, Au (64w of ":wt 'm;rblJet. 1'. I, I rn'. .u1eml a n l tinl pa n y Tu'ni: r~ thea !'i'; 1a l:- t.roairuo 1blxte, .'e st i'o w'I- :i: abu to sual 1'.:1 (' :1p1:1 .) !: I 'llh . 1":; adti, he r f an e I 1'r.1. sih ai shckglit 1r of same t h e r T .,exst nota:t t.) ]'I ahe ,Ind owl :':e cove hsl er eye4 w!h er haud1. t. "Oh, wht a1 f.11 you've0 been!" sh<f !!:!f sobbedofl . l n' fromn the mir11rol 4i If It Wore f :1aens.her. .Shie, prepared fr be w!ndh frantIc wnas. Juet as Weo wote aOnt to scram bl 1:1liked thi e n her face ite bl th siocin100 thou Came to her. Th nxt initant seo wI at th e Ninows :ul the olat.4werts '.m:sd witr a ratth like n volley of fiream.Us. Then sh<( junto bed. l She wondored If th wiindows wer nlked. Out he pran again like i ssho rrd her little bar feet surried neross the foom lrst tc the winidows d then to the door. "Now I reckon I'm safe," sh e mur. mored sn moent later, again gettifu into bed. "I love to go to slep wit the rain pattering outsher io that ,Oh, dear, I'm so sorry he has to walk all night in ths rail. Poor fellow! I wonder whre he is now. Goodess It's raining cats and doghs" But in spite of-the rain sho could noi go to Bleep. Vagbe fears began to tak posseslo of her. Somethig dreadfu told her that Count Marianx was 01 the balcony and ao t her window, not wN11itandhig the ralpour. The fla: beccame oppressive, mauddenig. Shi felt the man's1* preseneco almos0-t ni strongly ia if he were In pla view Ire was there; sho kne i ht. The little revolver that had sered le r+- vallanitly at the(? inn of the Hawl '1ad Hiaven lay uponi. a stool near thi 1;echSide every igh-t. Consumied by thi *iall that tile idlow might Open slow ly lit iay mctom!e it shep reached fortl :wtI clutchied the weaponi. Then' Ali back in the bed, her eyes fixei 'pan lite black amee acros.s; the. roomi 111 hu 54 she shivered ad Ialt'd fo: b04 w1111low to open, dli:ing way tim< .:Ide a:twill. o hl t. .oe 1back to wvake inells.i withl a, Start. Thr- next ihe confete-l tIf -. ! (':fthat lit-.- he: fe r: h1 1 heen hill y turi first act aer bem'kfw'teng ahm n!I her rool olone ,ut ': ol c I :initx, 1'connul f the (31a1.stowuihi d. ~c In her ::am -:'i w:: Iat iel ovel Vie f't of Ithi hoh I' o the i bore. TIer" w 1110 . ( t e:~ lof (in I her facea <I vent in her h-art a- h rse 1)l gr111'lam1l. Vaahnad thorgh %hI :ne hlo the : vetle('o: ere r!: h1 fwlhod. )I(, beittefr jo : innt to k teat >:i. An ; he iu to tid ' ir4 kni ght. of the r!li!, yet ie u ihlo rnly. resist.':l al the ag ino's that h1e r.e0 11m f10th. 'a lon'el Qu:m : 3lesa t, . n)1 y o n re3' r:1 ti Ba(Ia'. in114 *Ji t i. IOUPul r~ ii ie.'.1 th he migh0 f *t:1lllmoet he fasced t> ohmilg 13111t ie nnuml the hooe ryegrtfll. '':-ato. niahlgn''hh notai, exwth he )'Ie whaeh nwh obta!.n;L io Heverl Sa %Vi. distellig oone mund mlred det frreAIh!jlous. a inutd het ewa m "I thougit the troops w-,-ere ising thila miio:'itiag." i-he said co'Ily. 'Don't youi iuass too' 'here Is time enough for that, my ear. I camli to have a talk with you in private."I he said meanigly. "It L, sulfleiently prIvate here, CQuilt 3Marinax. What have you to Say to ille7" "I want to talk about last night. You w'%ere very reckless to (o what you dhl (." "Oh. you were playing the spy, the" she asked scornfully. "All Iivoulary observer, believe me -.1iud a Jealous one. I h:d hoped to wVin (!he ntf'ections of al ithmoueit girl. Whatt I saiw hat night shoked 11ne be yond .;pres.-Ioil." ''Wel, you shldn't 11avt' looked,' sheX re: >rted, t :.3 4aar' 1 cIn, and the r;.1 . atthin h" hat boblel anigily. "1 a n surphal' that one I.-s elever as y.a are ul ha( V enrriedI oil n mne 1' 5) n:;nt'a s i y." he said bIlan:1,3-. "What '. ytfi eanlia?" "I Ileal that I swN everytiiug that ociurred." "Well, I'm1 not ashiamled of It," ob.tl nat ely. "Goooby, Couint Marlanx." "One moiment. please. I cannot let you oif so easily. What right had you to tike that ian into your rooin, a place sacred in the palace of (riau stark? Answer me, MIss Calhoun." Beverly drew back In horror and be w!iderient. "Into imy room?" she gasped. "Let us waste no time in subter fu;e. I saw him come from your win dow, and I saw all that passed between you in the balcony. Love's eyes are keen. What occurred in your chaniber I can only" "Stop! How dare you say such a thing to me?" she fiercely erled. "You uti.ierable coward! You know he was not i my room. Take It back-take back every word of that lie!" Sho was white with passion, cold with ter ror. "Eih! This is -childish. I am not the only one who saw him, my dear. Ile was In your room--you were in his arms. It's useless to deny It. And to think that I have spared bim from deIatlh to have It come to this You need not look so horrified. Your so e eret Is safe with me. I come to make terilig ith you. My SlIlence inl ox .1an-e for your beauty. It's worth it to you. One word from me, you 1are d1si.--rae(d and Bahlon dies. Com. m y faMir huly, grive nile you'r promise. It's a goo-d hNargn ini for both." This phas of his vilain1y had not oc et'rrd to her. She was like a bI-d tr ll-g to avoid the charmed eye of lh *h. you---yOu mi:oernhi!e wr'.:&i!' "iWia. "What a cur you :r,! You knlow. y'ou vre not Cpakn.th trulth. Io:em yon S:1.y uc th:- 'o ':" I hve!merwromged you". h *.wa air~estin ear, upotenlt witt l~n "It has be'na pretty ;:-:,n!e of iv f o u vt .1!1t !he. - r0 !!. 'A , . . .:: a lautyolu most. Wa il1: . shep s::y whel :'i:h le.i in:9 w!m was lm)Ai es4 to :1 vo;::mi1on r nt:tIIia t inht:Ici hm~r? t is ne omr :n c ;-mi loolk teri:!i -1. It is for yon Io .say whet her shema is t - know or n ot. -aenn xv' you ihi !-< sta'l, :i:ul t~w * w~or-ld n'eer shall !:nowv the tiruith. Youi I lo 1e hi.! e now nad tohereiO la bt on: ) me. :you stIll :a sk mae to Ibe' you- wife. What khuml of' a man anre you?'' she (de3 mniia~iled, se'a'celyI~ abl:e to s~ni:a. '"y wvife?"' he sauhl ha~rshlyv. ''Oh, 1n0. Yomiuare not the wilfe of' P'.:uhos."' hie ialedi siliinl iat ly. I ''vens''u-!" aslsed lleiery, cr'ush 3ed by:. the brutality o' It nil. "'I wou.ld1 soon)ier (die. Woublt to h1'een my13 fa n a lhe w1oiuhl ai dog! Oh. how I loa ith you! Don't y'ou tiry to sto1) me! I' i-haill go ( to the prncless myse-l' '' She shnll know what manner of b~~st you are." She wasacnuptespfama wit aner ndshame. *"ltemlemlbeir, I enn prove what I hav e IahlIt. Ilewar'e whait yo)-u dli. I love y'ou -so mluch thiit I now~ ask yo0u to become nay wife. T1hiink well ovecr It. Your h Ionor nnd1( Ils life! It rests with you," hei ('ried( eaig(rly, following hier' to the Y 'ou dIsgustinug 01(l fool." she hissed, dturiniig upon01 him1 as she pulled the big brass knio~Cker on the (1001. g "I imust havi e liy :inswer tonuighit or oc you knuow~ what will hlappen," he snar'l n1 ed, but het felt in his heai't that he had lost thrnough his eagernes. - Sie flew to Yetive's boudoir. conium. ed by rage ind mortIflcntioni. lwtver sobs and feminine Imaledictions shu poured the whole story, in all its ugil. ness. Into the'ears of the princess. "Now, Yetive, you have to st.:end iIy ma in this," ainounced the niarrator conclus!Ively. her eye)+1 beallintg hIopeC. fully through her tears. - "1 cannot prevent General MarlaaN from preforring serious ebar:es a::m.i!i IaIdos. denr. I know he was not il your room last night. You did nol have to tell me1 that. becaume I san you both at the ba!cony rall." Bever. ly's Face tookc on such a radiait look ol rejoicki; that Yeti ve was amiply paid for the surprisi:t4 and gra':fying ae knowledgment of a --ecoud period of eavesdropping. "You imay depend up,) on me to protect you frome Marlanx He can make it very unpleasant for B.ldo.;. but he shall pay deatrly for this insult to you. Ha has goue too far." "( don't think h has any proof ..last Untidon," said Bleverly, thni .:1- only of the guardiia. "But it is so easy to manufturz~.se ev. itleiep, my denr. The l Iron Count ha.a set his lieart Upon having you, and he is iot the man to be turned aside eas. fly." "Ie senms to think he can get wives as easily its he gets rid of tlem., I o). serve. I was going back to Washln, ton soon, Yetive, but I'll stay on nN and see this thing to the end. Ile can't earo a Calhoun; no sr-ee! I'll tele. graph for my brother Dan to e-i.>e ovei here and punch lis head to pIeces." "Now, now. don't be so high an mighty, dear. Let us see how rational wve can he," s 1d the pr;lees.4 genttly wherelIon the hot healded girl fron Dixie suspended hostilities and beenme a very deinuro young woman. Ilefor long she was confessing timidly. the: holdly, Uat she4? loved Baldos bettei than anythlug in all the world. "I can't Imilp it. Yetive. I huow oughtn't to, but what is there to 01 when one cant't help it? There wouli be an awful row at home it I marrlet him. Of course lie hasni'lt asked m< Maybe lie won't. In fact. In' sure I won't. I shan1't ive)' 111111 a ehmn-<T But i Ie does aisk m14e I'll Just kee plttig 11111 off. I've done it hofor you know. You see, for a lo:g., lon time I fancled lie might he a prin but he lsn't at all. I've lid lh:; wori for It. I ie's Just an ordinary lur like -- li: - wel, ike I 11111 . o1ly 11 doesn't look so orlintary. 1:i1n't Ie haind Some. Yetive? ..\nd, de'ar, me. he i., s implsi-e! I he had aked 11C. di .lmpover Ill i haleony raiil withl hil: Mari:nx'" IB-verlyV gave ' a :ner: ; (lar'2:'h.t he ru:le s of~l( the' saar.l::Im ee1 t I Nway ndt M' ou. :vr '1'it ::'i of :r i: :n o Yet I t ' > -k ::n "Yt : n t o nyt In f! o:1 :s' -II very." s - Io:thn 1d. -)t o r I -I yo It 1 ' p:11.c v o ria:( :m a i vait'2. l';o:i af0 < 1 have'l!3 donl t le wr1an Yl ou h Ia oe :t > nce hfh. awl'Ii l .1 ',1-0:!. wi.h twilltbe ensii,-. Itwia' yvtu. e'':Te'l. was real cols -n er (b :1 r ;, I o l !t -i t, )i]y l sh S ie.41'1 air io. "Now let1' talk abtg ea. 1:.ranxp won' te anythoSn; uto worryian zg ar't:"11(Xt'lil the::bWil (Irllugt2 enda tareanx he from th koege :a otid lthle gates. Clii fert wd to .,tever.4 ro that e at tiptek toer aith tne Fvi he pptl a wtere githat sh daidu notx wnstonse .'~ AY t 7 sU d Pogiting to he door. III wilch naldos haIId hen seei talking to a strange old m.an lnside the grounds, and professNed to hiave1 proof tha~t hie a had ;one so far as8 to steal away by e night to meet men beyond the city W-illS. IIe was now ready to seIze the C g-iard, but would not -1o so until ie r had conferred with his sovereign. C "Mli Calhoun tells ine that you have C :nade certnil proposals to her, Count t Marhinx." said Yetive coldly, her eyes tipon his hawkish fnce. "I have isked her to be my wife. your higiess." "You have thrieatened her, Count $ Marianx." i "She has expool herself to you? I would not have told what I saw last nlght." "Would it Interest you to know that I maw everything that passed on the balcony last night? You will allow I tue to say. general, that you have b I I-nved in1 a most uutrage)us inanner In .InpprO:ching my gue t with such fool propos'alf. Soip, f;ir! k3he has told ine everything, andl I helieve her. I be. lieve my own eyes. There ia no need to dislcuiss; th.. ialter fuiltIe::. You have Jost t30 ight t. h' called a I' -1. For tIe !wa.-:eat I li:Ne u::iy to :iv that I you h!Iall be rel:e.ved ( r the tatn n of n :y :r!.: . Tl)e t:mi:x who I:itk wa*:I onl Woti), e is nti fit to 2:-rV'.<,.e . As for Bahdo.--. yoxi ::,o mtllry l Itro:'er the ho -e. le salh v fair 1ril, ro t us . - ou ht!;:hn'':s. h Ur nie." hi';:1.:- t - ~VIIQ't 1'' M1ri x, w i ii r I l ! e : ::tyo .v o 7 vonr i %h2s . .:.h u . e: :. i Ihlly (2ty I I I 1 W I'h yo r p r:2..in I r ': : *- t e r i tle rrs ofllss . 'tI f:vd 'r ]'.I,( it 2ny:2 duyt i: ::'ti 1irt.. 24!.' le tri- la 1 Ih rh1a w sp oi-: h ': instn:. 42 rit'e e a in'.sage froit he hichom e c o -.:0: (n:.- to s t2"* h 21 toth 2:::! ." said tou:nox, whh ni:t "Tvhe devil! Whnt feelishnesst'* (is' '. t(1:t9-:" Fi idthe u Iroo't 2Il 12 t ~2- 2 r"gl rv 21 enry Oi . 22: -.2 1 yO ninno:.: st if 1ly1. "It h'a f tel rine y':io sent."e "Nvevr'h~ els~. l he gesti the a ens-':: Slie tir21. iT :s no3(1I11te y IH a 2) to dts- i "1;! ;11kI rear an(~('y it)n J~), you.' heunyd T-;ive a untilii furth:i' 021'!34 a." velope telln hhniU tt itt wn:20 fr a The *. n 41 s .an thit h atro repaiglg - atoc t1 the (lasrte. no then tet et te han~witin . an hh fac lI u a ncnmend to a, hmir',r hhe .pss - nlte VIron I('nt with1)0 n 124nostll hen It Dicin-t Come Natural. "I have he:ird that man tell the 'uth once or twice," said one Wall treet man talking of another. "'He i tell the truth. I admit, but It does t comie natural to him. Ile remind# ic of the Itusslau moujik. "A ItUissian ioujik sat one day ia in anteroom of the military commis M'er of his town. There was an lixious frown on his face. A friend pi urnd imd said: "'What is tho matter, Pilotr?' "'I am worried.' Plotr answered, Jhout My son. I (1o't know1 What to iy when i he cotumissioner asks me bout ii.q a e. You see. If I make him oungl' than be is he will be sent aIck to school, and if I make him out Ier they'll stick him in the army. haI t the deice m1111 1 to do?' "'Io1w would it (o.' said the friend toughtfuiiy, 'if you told the commis oner his exnet age?' "Plotr slapped his leg and laughed elightedly. "'The very thing!' he cried. 'I n r thought of that!'" Pay of Army Officers. When a young man becomes a cadet t West Point, lie enters upon a gov rument allowance of $609.50 a year. On graduation the West Pointer Is emnmissioned at second lientenant and aceives a salary of $1.40 if unmount dt or $1.500 if mounted. Increases at Fich five year period bring the paty at 4e end of twenty years up to $1,000 I the one case and $2,100 in the ther. The pay of first lieutenants begins at 1,500 and $1,600; captains, $1.800 and 2,000; majors, $2.500; lieutenant colo els, $3,000; colonels, $3,500. Each ofl er attains a 40 per cent maximum in rease in twenty years. On the average the salary of the rmny oilcer is higher than that of the ollege professor, the minister or the ,raded elvil service employee. The of icer has allowances for residence and iersonal attendance. Ile may buy iousehold supplies from a government 'ommissary at' cost. - Detroit News L'ribune. Could Wo Live on Mari? The physical comdiltlon.s on Mars are n1 Imanhy wn1'ys inteIrmmiediate between hei fotmid uponi the erthi ) and the Ioon, -Ind It seems plausible that the lIet exisling upon() it shouild similarly >a of' it h10Ighe typ~e than that fouind onl lie In2oon and of a lower typet thani ha' 61umnd at preselit fin the surface of 10 enlih. Evei It tie phy!ini cond1 on.; as we1, u1dersuint l thel, were inniYly avrle~L wVith thiu(' onl the :1 r i, elil--:a tion wouhl 1:. no meanls U necesar 1 *y coni. 1*% I ' seflU cl!e. 111d it of he:'n s(ttled by E :'1e1t3 the n ie ;i iiit .would itil le a wilder 3.0on" nw lS ' (' ouhl vd h! aSten I i r (.:v il I ollon to t I re'Is ah' Ilowi' f st Ihlug c) olor hhd 11t ;:e kow hltl plac !tht or -I. ere ransorted tL re oursle [. I''li.'7 1 g.~ iii wler' Magainre.l ill. Hetought ill of tryin a1 mirrorw . .1reele flower. of striIngl, color edrrong or and id it beforo rnight to t he real Ilower,~ and11 not n. t::e onie api proniched t he ytectlon in t mi jr1).-- outh i'~ ('omp~ianion. Joining the Great. An Ox ford untdergrautate w~as recit uga inmor~(Iizedl orntilon ini 0ne or the In:ntwts inl pubilk spun0k lug. After the rst two senitenices hist memory failed,, n:I1tia look ofi blank desp91air' came over is face. I1(e began as8 follows: "ItLdi anld Gientlemnen-P'Itt is dead. OX is decad. Glaidstoneo is dead" lien, forgetting, lhe heaitated for a mmen'1t and1( !onltinuhed, "And-I--I-I mt 1Egilnin~g to feel pretty 'sick' my 31f."-Lloyd's Weekly. Theo Poet's Son. "Whyi F'reddly, how dlirty you are, nd onily yes5terday youi wrote a verse' '1r palpa'1 birthday, pr'omiisiing always Swash youri hanids clean." "Wieli. mnaimma, thait was only a oc'tle lilens."--Fllegende Blatter. Assorting Himself. IIe--Will you bei my wife? She-The lea! D)on't be ridiculous. IIe-Yes, I inw it sounds ridiculous; but, then, 'm not so pa:rtieuiar as some mn are. Nothing is impossible to the man rho enin and wvll.-*Mirabeau. Fiirst T1urtle--Gra~unda is nearly 40X) ean ohildand uns. lost aili her tAth. econd( Turitl-Wel.~~l, then, she na~ a oft nunn.--Lifn.