The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, December 01, 1914, Page 7, Image 7
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CHAPTER XIX. 1
"Qe?tN ha grunted frankly, when
after a toilsome progress from the 1
boat. Rote at length slipped from the
seat formed by the clasped hands of i
the two men. "And it was me who <
suggested this!" ]
The girl responded with a quiet
laugh of the most natural effect lmag*
Inable?until It ended in a sigh, and
without the least warning she crumpled
upon herself, and would have i
fallen heavily, in a dead faint, but fof
Alan's quickness.
"Good Lord!" Parous exJalmed. ae
Alan gently lowered the inert body of
the girl to the sands. "And to think
1 didn't understand she was so nearly
all in?chatting her like that! I'd like
to kick myself!"
"Don't be impatient," Alan advised
grimly; "I'm busy Just at present, bui
. Meantime, you might fotcft
some water to revive her."
It was an order by no means easy]
td flll| Barous had only his cuppe^
hands for a vessel, and little watcq
remained in them by the time he bad
dashed from the shallows back to thd
spot where Rose lay unconscious.
wuiiw me iow arops no did manage
to sprinkle Into her face availed nothing
toward rousing her from tlio
trance-liko slumbers of exhaustiou into
which Bhe passed from her fainting
lit . . .
In the end Alan gave yp the effort.
"She's all right," he reported, releasing
the wrist whose pulse he had been
timing. "She fainted, right enough,
but now she's Just asleep?and needs
it, God knowBl It would be kiuder
to let her rest, at least until 1 see what
sort of a reception that lighthouse is
inclined to offer us."
"You'll go, then?" Karcus inquired.
"I'd Just as lief, myself . . ."
"No; let me," Alan insisted. "It'e
not far?not more than a quarter of a
mile. And she'll be safe enough here,
in jour eare, the little time I'm gone."
Barcus nodded. His face was drawn
and gray In the moon-glare. "Thank
God!" he breathed brokenlj, "you're
able. I'm not."
He sat down suddenly and rested bis
head on his knees. "Don't be longer
than yon can help/' he muttered
thlokly.
He had come to the headland of
the lighthouse Itself before tbe ground
began to shelve more gently to the
beach; and was on tbe point of addressing
himself to the dark and silent
cottage of the lightkeeper when he |
paused, struck by sight of what til*
then had been hidden from him.
The promontory, ho found, formed i
the eastern extremity of a wide-armed
if shallow harbor where rode at moorings
a considerable number o? small
eraft?pleasure vessels assort el about
equally with fishing boats. And barely
an eighth of a mile on, hag-legged
wharves stood knee-deep in the water,
like tentacles flung out from the sleepy
little Ashing village that dotted the
rising ground ?a community of perhape
two hundred dwellings.
Nor was this all?even as Alan hove
in view of the village he hoard a seriee
of staccato snorts, the harsh tolling of
a brazen bell, the rumble of a train
pulling out from a station. And then
lie saw its jewel-string of lights flash
athwart the landscape and vanish as
its noise died away diminuendo.
Where one train ran another must.
He need only now secure something
to revive Rose, help her somehow up
the beach, and in another hour or two,
of a certainty, they would be speeding
northwarde, up the cape, toward
Boston and the land of law and order.
Such thoughts as these, at least,
made up the texture of his hopes; the
outcome proved them somewhat too
presumptuous. lie Jogged down a
quiet village street and into the railroad
station just as the agent was closing
up for the night.
A surly citizen, this agent, ill-pleased
to have his plans disordered by chanceflung
strangers. He gree ted Alan's
breathless query with a grunt of ingrained
churlishness.
"Nah," he averred, "they ain't no
more trains till mornin'. Can't y' see
I'm shuttin' up?"
"Uut surely there must be a telegraph
station?"
"You bet your life they is?right
here in this depot. An' I'm shuttin' It
up, too."
"Has the operator gone for the
night?"
"He's going. I'm the op'rator. No
business transacted after office hours.
Call raound at eight o'clock tomorrow
mornln'. Now if you'll jest atop
out of that door, I'll say g'd-night to
you."
"But I must send a telegram," Alan
protested. "I tell you. 1 must. It's
a matter of life and death."
"Sure, young feller. It always Is?
after business hours."
"Won't you open up again?"
"I tell you, no!"
In desperation Alan rammed a hand
Into hla trousers pocket. "Will a dollar
lnfluenco your better Judgment?"
he suggested shrewdly.
"Let's see yojur dollar," the other rs??1?? ??mmm
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turned with ho leas craft?open incredulity
informing his countenance.
And, surely enough, Alan brought
forth an empty hand.
"MaKe a light," he said sharply. "My
money's in a belt round my waist.
Open your office. You'll get your dollar,
all right."
"All right," he grumbled, reopening
the door of the telegraph booth and
making a second light lusldo. "There's
blanks and a pencil. Write your message.
It ain't often I do thfa?but I'll
make an exception for you.
Alan dolayed long enough only to.
make a few inquiries, drUwing out
the Information that, for one who had
not patience to wait the morning
train northbound, the quickest way
to any city of importance was by boat
across Buzzard's bay to New Bedford.
Boats, it was implied, were plentiful,
readily to be chartered.
A time-table supplied all other needful
advice. Alan wrote his message
swiftly.
Addressed to Digby, his man of
business In New Yorfe U required that
gentlematl to arrange for a ffiotor-cOr
to be held In waiting on the Waterfront
of New Bedford from 3:00 a. m,
until called for in the name of Mi>
Law, as well as for a special train at
Providence, on similar provisions.
ftut now, though he wan all unconscious
of tlie fact, he went no more
alor.e.
His shadow in tho moonlight kept
him company upon the sands; and
above, on the edge of the bluffs, another
shadow moved on parallel
course atia at a pace sedulously patterned
after his.
He found hie sweetheart and his
friend much as he had left them, with
this difference?that Mr. Harcus now
lay flat on his back atid snoring
lustily.
He was wakened quickly enough,
however, by Alan's news.
But when it was the turn of Rose?
they faltered. She lay ao still, betrayed
her exhaustion so patently in
every Una of her unconscious posture,
as well as in the sharp pallor of her
face upturned to the moon, that it
seemed scarcely less than downright
inhumanity to disturb he*
None the less, it had to be done.
Ian hardened his heart with the reminder
of their urgent necessity, and
eventually brought her to with the
aid of a few drops of brandy.
Between them, they helped her up
the beach, past the point, and at length
to the door of the hotel, whe ? reanimated
by the mere promise of food?
It. so disengaged their arms and entered
without more assistance; while
Barcus was deterred from treading
her heels In his own famished eagerness,
by the hand of Alan falling heavily
upon his arm.
"Wait!" the latter admonished in
a. half-whiBper. "Look there!"
Barcus followed the direction of his
gesture?and was transfixed by the
sight of a roeket scaring into the
night-draped sky from a point invis
ibU* beyond the headland of the lighthouse.
The two consulted one another with
startled and fearful eyes.
As with one volet* they murmured
one word: "Judith!" To this Alan
added gravely: "Or some spy of
hers!"
Then rousing, Alan released his
friend, with a smart shove urging him
across the threshold of the hotel.
"do on," ho insisted, "join Itose ami
get your supper. I'll be with you as
soon as 1 can arrange for a boat. Tell
her nothing more than that?that I
thought it unwise to wait until everybody
was abt ! before looking round."
He turned to find his landlord approaching
from the direction of the
hotel barroom. And jfor the time it
seemed that tho wind of their luck
must have veered to a favoring qunrt>
r; for the <;u uion was barely lit
t?r<d before the l. niioid lifted a wiH.
ig voice antf halh d a fellow towns
man idling nearby.
"Hey. Jake?come here!"
Introduced a3 Mr. IJreed, Jake
pleaded guilty to ownership of the
fastest and stanehest power-cruiser
in tjle adjacent waters, which ho was
avariciously keen to charter.
They observed haste religiously;
within ten minutes they stood upon a
float at the foot of a flight of wooden
st<-ps down the side of the town wharf,
while the promised row boat of Mr.
Itreed drew in, at most leisurely pace,
to meet them.
Aboard and away from the w liarf
the burden of Alan s solicitude seemed
to grow lighter with every SQtteal
of the greaseless oarlocks, with every
dip and splash of the blades
which, wielded by a crew of villainous
countenance, Drought mem nparar tn?
handHome moiorboat which Mr. Breed
designated as hla own. It was not
until Alan looked up suddenly to And
Mr. Breed covering him with a revolver
of most vicious character that
he had tho least apprehension of an\
danger nearer than the nfling, wher.
Judith's schooner might bo lurking
waiting for its prey to coma out at .
THF, LANCASTER NEWS
be di>\ ourd.
"I'll take that mouey-belt of yours,
young feller," Mr. Breed announced,
"anil hn nnu-lt ahniif U?not
' ""> .VlftClUI-fi
what's in your trousers pocket!"
In the passion of his indignation
Alan neglected entirely to play the
game by the rules. The indifference ,of
he displayed toward the weapon was , m
positively unprofessional ? for he
knocked It aside as If It had been 1
nothing more dangerous than a straw.
And in the same flutter of an eyelash tli
he launched himself like a wildcat at of
the throat, of Mr. Breed.
Before that one knew what was hap- 1 U|
pening he had gone over the stern :n<
and had involuntarily disarmed him- |111
self as well. g<
The other two men made a sad busl- tl
ness of attempting to overpower Mr.
Marcus. In less than a minute they i cj
were both overboard.
"And Just for this," Alan said before
getting out of earshot?"I'm going to
treat my party to a Joy-ride in your '
pretty powerboat."
He concluded this speech abruptly n
as Barcus brought them up under the
quarter of the power cruiser. g
Within two minutes the motor was n
spinning contentedly, the mooring had tl
been slipped, and the motorboat was s
heading out of the harbor. ' p
Within five minutes she had left It
well astern and was shooting rapidly
westward, making nothing of the buffets
of a very tolerable sea kicked up J:
by the freshening southwesterly wind.
"My friend," observed Alan, "as P
our acquaintance ripens I am more and
more impressed that neither of us o
was born to die a natural death, c
whether abed or at the hands of those 11
who dislike us: but rather to be e
hanged as commou pirates."
"You have the courage of igno- <
ranee," Barcus ?epllod coolly; "if c
you'll take the trouble to glance astern <
I promise you a sight that will move I c
you to suspend Judgment for the time
bjlng." f
At thi. Alan sat up with a start. ^
Back against the loom of the Eliza
brtth islands through which they had '
navigated while lie nodded, shone the
milk-white sails of an able schooner, t
Sheets all taut and every inch of
canvas fat with the beam wind, she t
footed it merrily in their wake?a all- i
ver Jet spouting from her cutwater. | (
TO BE CONTINUED
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"The Drink or the Job" s
Colonel George W. Goethals, canal i
builder, one of the biggest, most ef- I
fective and benevolent bosses in the |c
world, has decided that a large quota
I of his employees must Join the t
'drink or Job brigade." The other c
day he signed an order to the effect 1
that all employes remotely connect- 1
ed with th water transportation department
must go on u strict temper- \
ance basis. The machinery of the i
canal is too expensive to be entrusted 5
to drinking men. The safety of the "
1
ships that use the canal is too pree
ions to he endangered by John Ilaf- I
leyeorn. Therefore. John Barlev- '
I
corn walks the plank, le is again,
a The Constitution Irequet/tly ha
shown, the "drink or the Job" from .
the economic standpoint. j
Civilization is fast crowding ant i
alochol. because alcohol interferes '
? i
. iTIt effectiveness. 'Crohnbly temper- t
anco lias made rtfore 'rides it. tin* J
past - ) years than any si nilar period i
iii the world's history. Becninte of
crusades? No. Hccaud. of legisln
tionV No. Bee>use of the ecoi'mic !
the economic motive. Because, at
the last analysi the world deiicnd*
lieienoy, and if has :it last found
out tliat alcohol is i'.nii'i-etical to ef
! cieney.
In Europe rc.entlj ew chapters (
were written in temper tnce hv the (
Idg war. Russia suspended tie sale ,
of vodka, in which tic* govemnnient ^
had a monopoly. France prohibited ^
alisinthe. Even ling land, with antra
liberal ideas, curtailed the closing f
hours of public houses.
All tliis was done in the nnnu of
ethctewy! Aglfetioi had not.'.einu
I to do with it -.-would probably have
retardei. Its realization The v. !:<:!
thing .. in ply means ? e lave left be
| tend 'lit: era in which ?i.< judge, iii ?
lawyer, .he doctor, ib state, e. u .
< 'en, the preacher, ?o .Id tipple ?it!: (
out ('ending respectaoility. If In
now?
"The drink or the job1'?Atlanta
Const itntion.
KKKI* IT HANDY FOF ltflKI'MA.
TISM
No use to squirf and wince and
try to year out your Uhcunuitism.
It will wear you out instead. Apply (
some of Sloan's Liniment Need not ]
rub It in?just let It penetrate all (
through the affected parts, relieve (
the soreness and draw out the pain
You get ease at once ant' feel so much
Letter you want to go right out and ' i
tell other sufferers about Sloan's. ; j
Get a bottle of Sloan's Liniment for ]
25 cents of any drlgglst and have it
In the house -ngnlnf.t Colds, Sore "
antl Swollen Joints, Lumbago, Sola- '
back if not satisfied, but It does give "
I almost Instant relief. Htiv n hettl,. <
today. ' j
DKClvM HKS? 1. 1?)i4.
\ itnp at the I'nnner
i in pa Tribune.
The Tribune gives >pace on this
ige today to a remarkable letter,
ritten by a prominent business man
Sherman, Tex., who takes the move
ent to help the cotton farmer as
s theme.
This writer assumes the poition
at the farmer is the most fortunate
! Americans in the present crisis.
He pays less for the things he
ies that he ever did, while the rest
' the country pays more; he gets
ore for the things he produces, as a
meral rule, than he ever did, while
le rest of use gets less.
This point is supported by a retal
of some of the Items which
te farmer buys or sells.
So far as the cotton grower is con?rned,
the Texas man is correct
hen he doubts the wisdom of tht
lovement for Govermental relef
le says that it will make the cottor
rower feel dependent upon the
lercy of the government for al
line to come?so that, in times ol
tress, he will always expect the gov
rnment or the general public t<
ume to his relief.
Howver one may feel personale
y about it, the Texas man's lette
i very interesting. He has an am
ile stock of "nerve" If nothing els<
?for it requires "nerve" to conn
nit with a public criticism of tha
lass which we have been taught t<
lonor and revere as the "salt of tin
arth."
In the meantime, it is noted tha
'ongress is considering a bond issu
f $250,000,000 to purchase 5,000,
>00 bales of cotton, about one thiri
if the season's crop.
Practically this same propositioi
or the relief of the cotton situatloi
vas suggested to The Tribune mor
han a month ago by a citizen o
rani pa. J. A. Walters, a former col
on farmer.
We venture to remark, howevei
hat, if the Government is justiliei
n appropriating $2 50,00000^0 to bu;
;otton and thus supply the cottoi
grower's loss of a foreign market
vhy should it not extend its philan
hropy and make a liberal appropri
ition to buy so many tons of phos
>hate and so many1 barrels of tui
lentine and rosin,to relieve the pro
iucers of these / articles, likewis
leprived of a foreign market?
If the Government is going int
he business of buying stuff tlia
annot otherwise be sold, why no
nake It a .general business, and ap
>ly it to Till lines of bome produc
ion sin^larly affected?
The <?otton grower is no uiore eu
,ltled to tills Federal salvation thai
s the phosphate miner, the navn
itores producer or the producer o
N'OTIC'K TO KUIISCltlllKRS.
We nre now engaged in droppiu
'rom our subscription list, the name
>f parties who are in arrears for tit
mi per and to whom we have s?>ti
latements >f tt,? ?
...A II
hem, hut who have failed to pay ti|
[1 costs money to run a newspa;w.
tiid we <animt cairj the nniiirt <
uihscrihers <ontrar> to the rules no
ovulations of the postoflice depart
ueiit. It is possible that in droj
liny; names from our list, some erru
nay oecur. If any subscribe!
herefore, who has paid up, shoul
'ad to get the paper, please notif
is at onee ami the error will be eoi
ected.
LANCASTER COUNTY FAIR
Lancaster, s. t'., December 1111
Reduced fares via Southern
Railway
Reduced fare round trip ticket
Kill be sold December 3rd to 5th in
elusive, limited to December Oth. a
follows:
fanulen $1.4
Westville 9
Kershaw 8
death Springs 5
Catawba Junction .7
Rock Hill 9
rirzah 1.2
Vorkvllle 1.4
Aharon 1.5
Hickory drove 1.7
smyrna 1 "
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Special trains via Southern itail
>vay Kershaw to Lancaster and r<
turn December 4th and 5th on th
ollowing schedules:
jloing,
Leave Kershaw .. .. 8;30 A. M
Leave Heath Springs . . 8 47 A. M
Arrive Lancaster . . . . 9:20 A. M
Returning,
Leave Lancaster .. .. 9:00 P. M
Arrive Heath Springs .. 9:3.1 I'. M
Arrive Kershaw .. .. 9:60 P. M
This special train will be operate
>n datos named In addition to rogu
ar train service for the acoomodu
tion of visitors to the Laneaste
bounty Fair.
W. E. McGee, A. G. P. A.
Columbia. S. C
W. H. Caffey. D. P. A.. rhnrto?t?r
1. C. S. H. McLean, D# P. A. Co
umbla, S C.
nvlgoratlng to the Pale and Slckl;
["he Old Standard general strengthening tonli
3ROVB'8 TASTELESS chill TONIC, driven ot
dalaria.enriches the blood.andbullda uptbe ajn
cm. true tonic. For adulta and cbildrea. 5C
WHEItVEl Yll I
: AGENERALTOI
The Old Standard Grove's 1
Valuable as a General Toni<
Drives Out Malaria, Enric
the Whole System. For C
You know what you are taking when
as the formula is printed on every labe
tonic properties o*. QUININE and IRC
tonic and is in Tasteless Form. It ha:
Weakness, general debility and loss ol
Mothers and Pale, Sickly Children.
Relieves nervous depression and low s
purifies the blood.# A True Tonic and S
Wo family should be without it. Guarat
any other commodity which is de
pendent upon Europe for a market
' If we are to have this sort of deal
^ ! let it be a square deal and let i
I extend its beneficient influences t
( i all sections of the country and to al
- 1 lines of trade.
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Advertised Letters
The following letters are advei
r
_ I tised at tho Lancaster postolhce, fo
b the week ending Nov. 28, 1!>14.
i
0 j Ses Fafr, J. Z. Eraser, Miss Mar
t 0. Barnfts, Miss Annie Cook, Mi
^ Alice Barnes, Deltion Johnson, Mr
Coran McDowell, Miss Dosha 1
t Rush.Wylie Thompson, Miss Ana Ma
\ THE
FIRS'T FAIR
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Don't forgot IVad
L House. Our stock
are hero, and we expect
to have Christmas this
[. I Want every man, wc
,l our store while here tt
votes in the Pony coiit*
~ I settle same and we wil
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, Bennetts.
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e | Tnlesdel, Miss Eunice Foster. Joh
Jt. Hunter. Bessie Stuard, Miss Carr<
1 L. Williams. W. T. Truesdei, W.
a ' Cautlien. Jack Ballara,
P A Test I'or Liver Complaint
t V'fntnlly T'n utp<r,?Physically, l>u
The Liver, sluggish aud inactlv
lirst shows itself in a mental stat
i ?unhappy and critical. Never
y there joy in living, as when the Stoiv
n ach and Liver are doing their v.orl
I Keep you Liver active ami health
by using Dr. King's New Life Pills
h they empty the Bowels freely, ton
. up your Stomach, cure your Constlps
- tion and purify the Blood. 2 58 a
3 Druggist. Bucklen's Arnica Salv
for Piles.
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CeWy?C
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Silver Slio?
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ji J found Cakfe
? Chocolate caw
y Fresh shipment
Edwards
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Get your coal from
turns cold. We sel
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1 New Life in
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me - TAKE GROVE'S
Tasteless chill Tonic is Equally
z because it Acts on the Liver,
1 *U _ Dl 1 1 r> M <
iiv.3 me uiuua ana DUiias up
5rown People and Children.
you take Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic
:1 showing that it contains the well knowq
>N. It is as strong as the strongest bitter
? no equal for Malaria, Chills and Fever,
! appetite. Gives life and vigor to Nursing
Removes Biliousness without purging,
pirits. Arouses the liver to action and
ure Appetizer. A Complete Strengthener.
iteed by your Druggist. We mean it. 50c.
i|| WOODWARD
!| SAYS
We sell the best Lamps
and have an/ elegant
y line o fEleeiric Fixn
| tnres on hind. Also
Plumbing Goods. All
*n work guaranteed and
#| the Under^ rrit^Ee all
ways approve it.
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Standard Plumbing
: & EECTRIC CO.
Iv.
I Located in basement of
> Telephone building.
l: Residence Phone 64.
Office Phone 399.
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'4 Unless We Make
e Good, No Charge."
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ocoanuts
'ranberries
1 each
n) . . . . IOC
twice each week I
& Morton
us before the weather
1 brick and shingles also
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WEEK THIS WEEK. >*
THE SWIM.
quarters near the Court th
complete. Holiday goods K"
Sour customers and friends o
yyar. R"
>mah and child to come in v.
lis week. Buy goods?get ^
ist. 0^11 for your account,
1 see tluV Aeroplane go up.
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fit
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Terrv Co.
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