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AFOUI VILU i Cant. Geon 4 v. Continued from Friday. Hour after hour tho defenders sa beside their loopholes watching tin slow advance of their besiegers. Tin Mexicans did not dare advance acrosi the open under tho fire of the rltlei The Heavy Recoil Steadied Him. from the hous. Th y wen obviousl; waiting for ni t cm : their a approach K>: . ..:i dn nled wha the night wo , A . tor t re w 110 way to pi v. .1 tin M< Means getting to 1 '.ni' - rover o tho darkn 'IV siegers were within trilting distance it would bo dtMieult iiul? d for the U fenders to reply to tho o' erwneltuiti; intensity of the lire that would b opened upon the house so soon as da> light should come. While Kynastoti was cudgeling hi brains to find Bomo solution to tIt problem h< saw old Willtcs pottcrini about the house, carefully gatherin; up nil the empty tin < its. These th old man strung on a piece of raw hid that had been brought to the house ti be made into a la. .at. ilis curiosit; thoroughly aroused. Kynaston asked "What are you doing with thai Mr. Wilkes?" "Can't j '.t no mule-hells." said th old man sciitentiously. "they're all i the stables Si I'm aimtn' to trinj all these can - on a piece of ro; an hang 'em acr< :-s the front an" had roads after dark Anybody stunib'.ir against 'em 11 rattle 'em, an' that I give us warnin'." "That's what I've b> en trying ti think of! Now, if we only had s.onr water!" There was no water ; and the \vhol< garrison know it. For hours the dc fenders, sticking close lo the loot holes, knew thirst grimy, dry-eyei thirst that froze the smile on the lip and cracked the corners of the mouth A shot from the corral smaekei against the rear wall of the house Instinctively th" man 1 "hind the dooi post took cover. A nn .nent after th shot was fir-1 a man came forwari from the < : ral. displaying a dirt handkerchief :: the end of a stick. Mr Wilkes spoke "X< itedly: "Don t you ho Anybody tha goes out here r. .w a n t got no sense They'll get you into the open am shoot you down. Don't pay no attei tion to 'em'" "You must recognize it." said K> naston on. Upton, we'll se what they want. But little time was given Ther came a crack from the right, and bullet whizzed uncomfortably close t< Kynaston's shoulder, landing with vj?jiyua vNiiu in me mass or flay flunli Ing that formed the chimney. Dowi came the halt-baked stuff with a ratth Mr. Wilkes, thrusting his rifl through a crack between two of th logs, fired two shots in rapid succei ion. "You'll walk home, consarn you, I jrou go at all!" he growled. Kynaston saw two of their horse down In the dust of the corral. , storm of curses came from the edg of the clearing. "See that you two keen unde cover." The old man grinned a ye low-toothed grin over his shoulder a the defenders. Darkness fell over the little vallej With the coining of the night the fear of the little garrison increased. "Just as like as not they'll try t sneak up and set fire to the house, said Mr. Wilke?. "It's as dry as punl We'd better keep men watching a night." So the party was divided into tw reliefs: Mr. Wilkes, Upton, and Mexican composed one; Kynaston. N< lan, and Wilson the other. It wa pitch-black; the ho irs passed Ilk years. The night was so still, and th stillness so nerve-racking, that ever crackle *.a the brush, every call of night bird, oveiy gurglo of tbo creel brought tho d< nder^ to their loo| Tof v's men w ie B. Rodnev J holes In anticipation o? an attack. Rut ? the night passed without alarm. p though it was not until dim daylight p showed the column of smoke from the hesit gers camp tire that the defense relaxed its vigilance. "1 wish I dared run out to that creek bed for a bl t kot Of water." growled Kynaston. "Salt bacon isn't any too appetizing. There are ponies in the stnhles behind; I'm going to try it. Give me the bucket." Before anyone could stop him be be seized a bucket and dashed into th-- stable. A moment later tbev saw lum flat upon hts pony, carrying bis rille low and to the right, galloping down the trail to the creek bottom, where the water gurgled half-way betwe< n the two contending parties. A hundred yards! A -hot. Two hundred yards' A storm of bullets from the defense covered his reckless venture. Three hundred yards! His pony, stumbling and slipping down the steep bunks, plowed its nose, along twelve feet of earth and the young American found himself lying face down behind a m< nuit bush on the hanks of the stream, his hand holding the bucket over the edge. trying to haul back forty pounds of dirty water. A bullet wheepi ' past his ear. The scream > f a horse n pain made aim .11 r 1 f the contents of his V* hue; et. Mis pony was down, shot ,'.i. nub the b. rr . 1. wormed hut 1 . < k to tii ! r of its body. < -Trying vph him the half-bucket ot j water t at tin a - t life to the defenders of the house. Half w:-; > tin In use he got! Then the fu ii ado iron, the attackers made him throw I. in - It to the ground in a wild attempt to k cover. The an1 swering roar from the loopholes of the hous? it? ; tb.? slope l -hind him told him t:.? ijrnteful n-ws that the gar1l-.it . 'I ll-u n|ifti1lno.*ia?i? Timo aft< r time a shot wheeocd or close to h.s In ;i I. Time after timo lie 1 carefully pulled tl at half-tilled bucket with its ; r< < :s contents closer to him so that it should not be spilled. Time after time ho sank closer and still more < !o . into the little hollow ' that sheltered lr.in billing his oppor" tunity for a Ilnal scramble up-hill to the safety of the house. I'n n this vantn< '-point on tlie Kya. * a ? >t: ! r- one rebel after another ; 11? unit to take a posi; lion from which be con I be outflanked and thus fore t d to run across the open ! ; pace of the uin-.h tered hillside. Bulb' aftor bullet made him hug the gn ttn 1 closer and closer. Pri et tlv lie heard a shout from the house that sent the red blood coursing again through his veins. "Oh, Kyiue ton! ' it said, "duck your nut, votings!, i ; du< k your nut! You're j right in my line o' fire-- I'm comin' down to you " B Down went Kynnston's head. He dared not tnrn to look, for he knew that no man living ran turn without partially rising. Three Mexicans skulked across the road, taking cover in the thin fringe of mesquit along the trail. The leader stopped long > enough to fire twice at Kynaston. The American rifle spat out its answer. At the same time Kynaston heard another t ritle crack from higher up the hill. k. 1 ' ntAn nrnno <r? ?lm ?!*? '* '>?? . ... t.., U..I, ?.?D I" ^ Ing Kvnaston's retreat. l" ; Kynaston heard Upton's shot wheep past him just as his own finger pressed ' i the trigger. The man in the road be0 lew hiin staggered, spun around twice and dropped upon his face, e j Me waiter no longer, but sprang to a his feet, gripped the half eippty water o bucket with one hand, and trailing his a ritle with the other dashed up the nar; row trail to the house, where he was n received with hearty congratulations, "Of course, we needed it badly," e said Mrs. Fane as she took the bucket e : from his hand, "but not so badly as i- that." She pointed to a thin line ol red that showed above his collar, If Kynaston raised his hand to it and I laughed. 8 "It can't he anything. I pledge \ j y<fu my word I never knew I wu t touched? Oh, I say?" He broke off suddenly as he looked r at Dorothy Upton, for her eyea were ]. full of telltale tears. ,t "There they come again!" growled Wilkes, pointing down the hill, r A group of rebels had gathered g | about the dead man. Even aa the j Americans watched they came forward 0 slowly up the slope, waving for a flag > | a shirt that was long past all days ol t ! whltenesB. U "Come on Wilkes, and hear what I they've got to say." 0 Mr. Upton and the old man walked a out to meet the flag of tguee. V I B i CHAPTER VI. e e The Death Game, y The faces of the advancing revoa intionista were grave. Two men had come out of the mcsquit and had laid h the body of the dead man upon a sad THE LANCASTER NEW , die blanket, which they were carrying I slowly toward their own lines. "A little while ago. Senor Upton," shid one of the emissaries, a graybearded old tuan. "we offered you immunity if you would surrender and thus save bloodshed. You refused. "We now come to tell you that wo i now demand more. The man who was Just murdered was Colonel Pest quieia. and 1 demand, in the name of General Villa, our commander in chief, that the man who shot him be surrendered to us He will be accorded treatment as a prisoner of war and will receive a fair trial by court-martial?" Wilkes frankly laughed. "You call his death a murder! What name do yen give the attempt to kill j:*. srm r ' You have brought It on yourselves, senoros: you have no business her*- ;m the sacred soil of Mexico. Hut when , you (iPitDcrntciy Kill a Mexican citizen, yen shall have justice motcd out tc you. "If the man wtio killed Colonel ! Pcsquiera is given up to us, the rest can go uiiliarmcd. !f he is not given up?senores, we have sent for re-enforcemt nts. We know that your supply of water is low. You cannot hold out longer. It is hut a question ol' time. 1 warn you that if we have to : take the place we will show no quarter to anyone.' "Knowing the Mexican manner of making war. 1 am not surprised at that," commented .Mr. i'pton. "Go on.' "It is solely a question of one life against all of yours. The one who i surrenders will receive a fair and impartial trial?" 1 "With a conviction already settled on. Nothing doing in that line, thank you. Come on, Wilkes, if that's all 1 they have to say." I'pton strode angrily off up the hill, with Wilkes'following. The two ox changed not a word until they ou?? more entered the shelter of the house. Then Upton broke th<> silence. "We are in a had fix and there's im deny in-, it, Wilkes. What the dicken can we do? Kynaston, come into the jack room, whore we can talk over privat" matt r without interference." hen they enti.rod ; 1. council chain her I pton lit a pip and strode up and down. I :s brow wrinkled in thought "Look lure, Upton." Kynaston spoke sharply, "1 can't bring thos a 1 n of mine over here even if I coul i get them. It would m? an war There's no question about that. To bring armed forces across the line will ne an war to a certainty. That man we i shot by one of us, I pton I mean by you or me; and 1 can't say which to save my life. "Not that it matters. There can be only on" outcome from the quandary You can't surrender, Upton, even if you kii! 1 him. because you have your daughter to look after. I will go down th? re . .1 tell them that my troop liasorders to come across after mo if I am nut uuuk ny uuyngiu, mm iuayne n tuey are confronted with a bluff likt that it .nay work. What ?lo you say?" "Sav?" growled I'pton. "I say that when you are onco in their hands you won't have any more chance n a s'i whall in Tophet. No my boy. you stay here." "I think 1 can escape from then; even if 1 do surrender. No, Upton, it must bo done as ! say; I will accept their terms and go down there." "You'll do no such fool thing," growled Upton again. "You don't suppose that I tu goin" to prollt that way, do you? No, sir! I'll tell you what wo'll do, Kynaston. We'll play for it? ? game of whisky poker for three chips. Whoever gets three chips first gives himself up in the morning. What do you say?" "Fair enough," said Kynaston. "Slightly higher stakes than I'm used to playing for. though," ho observed , grimly as his host took a pack of cards from the table drawer. "When you . j consider the amount of a lieutenant's pay, you'll realise the size of the stakes. Go on; deal, and 'may God defend the right!'" ij Kynaston picked up his five cards. carefully sorted the aee-high nggrega, j tiou to the left of his hand, considered i tho "widow." JIo threw down the ! hand and picked up tho five card:; from 11 the oenter of the table. Upton stood pat. The show-down showed three i aees in Kynaston s hand as against . kings and sevens. ii ? imin iook a onip. Tlie cards passed to Kynaston. Roth i men became intent upon the game I In the second hand, with Kynaston i dealing. Upton passed, and Kynaston turned up the widow. He noticed that Upton sighed contentedly as he selected a jack from it. When the knock from both men indicated that noither ' had any further hope of bettering his 1 hand the uptlung curds showed a pair of aces in Kynaaton's hand against four jacks in Upton's. 1 The next two hands Droke oven. Thus the end of the fourth deal found each man with two chips to his credit. The sweat was fairly streaming down their faces. Roth bore unmistakable 1 token of mental strain in the tense lines about the corners of the* ' mouths. Once Upton made a misdeal. He wore softly. Just, then the door opened. The two women entered. "Oh, daddy!" it. was Dorothy and her tone was unmistakably relieved. "I was h -ginning to be really a.armtd about ourselves, but affairs cannot ret^lly be serious if y??'i and Mr. Kynaston can sit calmly down to a game ol cards." She perched herself on the arm ol her father's chair TO BE CONTINUED FRIDAY. ' . ,, s MAY 23, 1910. RAILWAY STRIKE WOULD INFLICT STAGGERING LOSS ????? Would Cut Farmers' Prices. Stop Industry And Face Cities With Starvation New York.? On one point reluleil to the demands of the unions of train service employes tor a heavy im reuse i in wages the sentiment of the general public has been expressed in no un I certain terms. That is on the question of a strike. Declarations have come front every quarter that an interruption of transportation will not be tolerated by the Ltllblie llllt will .Mill lYirtli rlf *i . I in ..... tion. The enormous injury u> ihoj country that would result from a natlon-wide strike of train service em-i pioyes is dif:cussed by a writer iu the March National Magii/aiie, froni which the following extract is taken: What such a strike would ineau to the American people cannot la set1 forth in mere facts and figures. It can be dimly imagined by those who | realize what art intimate and vital part railway transportation plays in' every industrial activity of the* eoiiu-1 try. There is scarcely a person in any part of the land who would not bo j immediately affected if the millions of busily turning wheels on our 'nearly three hundred thousand miles of railway were to stop for a single' day. If the tie-up continued for a week, the blow to the industry of I the country would be greater than! thai caused by any panic of recent \ history. To the big cities of the coun? try, and particularly io the cities of the eastern seaboard it would mean a cutting otY of the food sup dies that would place the inhabitants virtually j in a state of siege. In ?he case of mqny food prodtiet these cities do not carry on hand a slock sufficient to f> ed their people for more than a . week, and in the < ^e of some, such j as milk and fresh t eg 'tables, supplies are replenished daily. The stoppage of transportation. therefore, would l mean sufferim i ' ! a.tt t<> these city I dwellers, and >f continued for long would tiirt nen many of them witb , actual tarvation. To ilie far: " f the country a a ii'-ral railroad' ke would be r ' ophe, only > serious." Cut <UY from hi market. ?li?? tanner could! I not move his produce, and the price <>r grain and othei staples would be ! quickly cui In two, which the market value i t" more -visitable articles would disappear entirely. The great t indu: rial plants of the country would soon l>e for?-ed to close down follow-; ing the declaration of a strike hecause tho> could not obtain supplieneeded tor their peratlon, nor could they ship their t'ni hed products to market. Their plant ? would soon be i idle, and millions of men would he thrown out of work. With the income of practically every class of citizens either seriously cut down or suspended entirely, merchants would transact little business, because them would be few put'liasers In short, the industrial n.> tiviti -s of Nte whole country would be virtually painted I*wm>i it-i. I, I.innni ?t>rt ra , uuu. od to operate FOLLY IN DEMAND i FOR SHORT TRAINS MADE BY UNIONS Might Just As Well Ask Country To Return To Sailing Boats And Ox Carts Washington, D. C.?To the public that pays ? very dollar of the railroad bill (and forty-five < cuts of every dollar paid for transportation is for wanes) the leaders of the four brotherhoods of railway employees, who are demanding increased pay, say: "All the railroads have to do to meet our demands for higher wajj is is to shorten their trains, move freight more rapidly, and escape the penalty of overtime wages.'' The fallacy of this statement, which I is the last-ditch argument used in support of the demand for Increased wages, is well shown in the following editorial which appeared In the Washington, D. C. Times of April 19. under the heading "A Mad Freight i Train Idea:" "Kverybody in the ranks of the ; genera) public will agree with the i railway managers that the campaign which the railway workers are was ing, particularly In the west, for short I or fin ins, while at the same time dej manding higher pay and fewer hours of work, is of all possible claims tba most preposterous. Indeed, in econom; ics it is an ideal little short of mad. "The railroads have spent hundreds of mi lions of dollars lowering i grades, eliminating sharp curves, . ballasting roadbeds and putting in \ heavy rails, so that powerful locoI motives, larger cars, and longer trains | rouid be handled in one movement. If this object had not been achieved railway wages never could have been advanced to the point at which they already have arrived and traffic rates i never could have been held down i wlisrp thev are todav without the whole railroad system of Hie United Statee being made, a financial wreck. "Any child can see that if, after the principal railroads of the country nave been reconstructed to haul the heavier tonnage In mass, you cut every freight train In half, the coat of operation must be Increased stupendously, with two locombttvea where one now does, with two engineers where one now does with two , firemen where one iio,w aoes, witk two conductors where one now does, with virtually two whole train crews i where one now does, not to speak of the new equipment and the new terminal facilities ihat would he needed This proposal is not essentially different from urging that ihe world go back from the steamships of today to the sail harks of centuries ago, from the railroads themselves ' to the stage conchas and ox carts of ' the pa't. it Is l'ke suggesting that the farmer himself drive his wagonload of produce In small lots day af 'tor day to the distant markot of 'he cltv Inst.-ad of loading It in bulk Into freight cars and shipping it all at once by rail." />, Your wagons and implements should last longer Kvcry farmer knows his ' vva?onsand machinery will last longer if kept outof the weather. it is equally sfflf important to have them f ' 'MhVfefki J protected from sun and rain ji'i ilx when r" mcvR X T.E.- *.S'.v i -TS-v; w-1 - ^ " I J,; Vy "V! kr. iT*>? Eb#fc:^t l \xj> j;Lj r\ J if-'- w F/pnmco -t$T ts the one protcc\l th r we\aii recommend. Wo guarantee iy;<; give a durable am1 'ling finish. Ordina/ii; a gallon of* it will repaint all the wagons/uid machinery on the average farm. j In additioi/ to living many times its cost even year, this paint wiil keep things looking spic-ami-span. Devoe i arm Wagon Paint is made in green, red, yellow, hlne and hlack. Which color do yon prefer? Lancaster. Mercantile Co. | LANCASTER . SOUTH CAROLINA GUNS CAPTURED FROM T4E VILUSTAS : M ## JJ# &if ~4*? & w 1 : ;;wfSJ^SIEL J?J t t \ v v- * *" i^-\ ''*< \ * vJ'3<m&ri 1 ' -j'liife ' .V?J < K ,;:t||l;! '; y ? J | w. :>i#w < r ^ 1 ? .*4^w- ' ~ >' >?"" - .. - ** ..v.. Machine u ins ami ritlea taken by I nlied Stairs troop* in a recent i encounti r with a hand of Villa's bandits AN "IF1' FOR GIRLS wmthrop c?iieKe SCHOlMltSllll'and ENTRANCE (With A pol< Kit's to Mr. Itudyard KX A MI NATION Kipling.) If you ?an dress to make yourself Th<? examinatlon for the nward of attractivi . vacant scholarships in Winthrop ColY. t not make put's and curls >oui |,lgo and for the adlUj9s,jon ?[ new eltlef delight J students will be held at the County > ? '? ;Wim ""l row- h" stn,n* | Court Mouse on Friday. July 7. at O and active. Jl# ,?t .Applicants must not be less ti t ot tin gentler grace* not Ins. than sixteen years of age. When K11' Scholarships are vacant after July 7 Jf ><ni can ilanee without a craze they will be awarded to those making for dancing, the highest average at this examina Play without giving play too strong tlon. provided they meet the condla hold tions governing the award. Appllnjoy tlte lov>- of trieiids without cants for Scholarships should write romancing, to President Johnson before the excite tor th(. weak, the friendless and amlnatlon for Scholarship examlna'he old ; tlon blanks. It' you can master French and t?reek Scholarships are worth $100 and and Latin. free tuition. The next session will \ik1 not acquire, as well, a priggish open September 20, 1916. For furmien; ther information and catalogue, ad ; ii jou >.in in- .1 ii Him ttuti jinin mi dress Pres. I). It. .Johnson, Rock Hill, satin 3. c. 59-12tp Without despising calico and jean; if yo\i can ply a saw and use a ham- NOTICE OP ELECTION mer, cm, do a man's work when the need Whereag, one-third of the freeoccurs, holders and one-third of the electors I Can sing, when asked, without ex- of the age of 21 years, residing in cuse or stammer Belle Town Consolidated school disjCa., rise above unfriendly snubs and j 1N?- -hav? Petitioned the | j county board of education to order Blurs; an election to determine whether It you can make good bread as well i or not a tax of 4 mills shall be levied as fudges. on a't real and personal property i ? , u ? ? for school purposes. I an sew with skill, and have an e>e; We ht.reby ordef Ba,d electlon ta for dust; be held by the trustees in said If lou can he a friend and hold no Hello Town Consolidated school disgrudges. trlct. No. 21. on Tuesday, May 30, i ii *ii i .a i i at the school house. A girl whom all will love because u wh,ch electlon only 8Uch #,ec_ they must; tors as return real or personal propFit uAn,otin,nu twill nine* ? *'* ' 'kP*,r 1 ? * 1 * * " '* * " * HI OUU.VIIIUVO j.... .->ifwu?i Micci auuioi w ?"? ittAttVIUU iiua t'XIUDll IDOiT lnv? a not her tax receipts and registration certl, ' . , . Hoates shall be allowed to vote. And make a home >vith faitli and .pbe 0peniDg an(j closing houra peace enshrined, shall be the same as in all general And you its soul?a loyal wife and elections. mother? A. Tangle, W B Twit tv You'll work out pretty nearly to rav Jo; R Cony,;orBf mind County Hoard of Education. The plan that's been developed through the ages. Mark Twain "at tha Case." And win the best that life can have Mark Twain's connection with the in store- printing industry is Interestingly daVnu ll be my gir|. a model for the ?crtb?* ln th? "American Printer" from the days when he was an ltiner^agts >nt typesetter (his first Job when his A woman whom the world v. Ill bow wanderlngB broUght blni to New York before. cHyf (? Htated, was in the compos?Elizabeth Lincoln Otis. |nK room of Gray A Green, the pre: I decessor of the William Greon corI he Strong Withstand tha Heat of poration, the present printers of Tho Summur Better iftan the Weak Outlook), to the time when he waa tha Old peopffrwdio arc freble, and younger financial head of the Arm of Charles ^ * c , ng luv.t of aumintn* t.kii.1! r.jol.rly, h>' w?? * ld <? "arn ?" ? ??"' ?l>?? ' Grove'sTtStclessCmill Tanic. It purifies pubilsher his firm paid to Mrs. Grant, and enriches the7blood and builds up. from the profits on General Grant'# the whole systenx 50c. J "Memoirs." |4f?O.OCO.