The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, June 09, 1916, Page 6, Image 6
AFOUL
VILLA
B
Capt. Georg
(Continued from Tuesday)
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"What la It? Well to ask! That
thief of the world, Senor Upton?
bah! He Is a ladrone, a picaron, a
thief! Done? What has he done?
El General Obispo sent this morning
to talk with him oKnnt wr?ll anil thn
Jewel, which we need as a thirsty man
needs water. His emissaries were el
Commandante Major Gutierrez and el
Coronel Mayez, who is the chief of
our artillery.
"'They went up under a white flag,
senor, and had a talk with the American.
They could come to no terms, so
the two left him and started back.
When they readier the bottom of the
hill naturally enough they lowered the
white flag?"
"Yes, yes! Where are they now?" |
The blind priest of Trocanto, who i
had aproached, answered the question.
"They are prisoners in the hands
of Senor Upton. He sent word back
to el General Obispo that if the soldiers
lay hand on thee ho will hang
the two oflicers as high as liaman. j
Doubtless thou canst learn the details
from el general."
It was (litlicult to learn anything
from the general, who, angry at being ;
outwitted, spat like a cat and was
P equally intelligible. It was fr >ni his
p first acquaintance that Kynaston
L learned what had happened.
"Yes. senor. the two went tip with
i. a soldado?common soldier carrying
the flag of truce. You can see it is
14 a mile away; between us is the belt
JR. of alamos?cottonwoods?low-lvine in
1 the valley.
"Their tulk. scnor. camo to nothing,
ft'e know now that Senor T'pton did
but talk to gain time. When they left
they walked down the hill, and when |
L they reached the valley where the alai
mos grew, they dropped their flag of
I truce, sat down, and lit cigarettes.
B "It was in that moment, senor, that
e a gray-headed old pirate stepped from
5 behind a tree, shoved a great pistol
V under the nose of the valiant eoronel.
r broke the rifle of the soldier, and told
( him to go back to?el general will
pardon me?to the stealer of horses
kwho commanded here, with the mes,
'sage that the two officers would be
V | He Seized the American.
k touched?saints and angels, senores,
is it now ?"
For another white flag was waving
c (torn the house and a shot had been
I fired to attract their attention.
'Kynaston looked up eagerly.
CHAPTER VIII.
t 5 I* - ~ , J
The Jewel.
There had been little rest for any
. or the inmates of the Upton house dur- I
,hig the night. Though they knew
jr|ght well that the Villistas regarded a
^.aigbt attack with all the dislike of an
v Apiche. so that little was to ho feared
1 from that source, no one could sleep.
1 To begin with, old Upton and John
I: Wll^ca sat deep in consultation over i
?jpieir rifle-butts in a corner and would
Fflofc be disturbed. The other jnen sat
Ifluilent except for an oceasiona; niuty\Vrod
remark. Mrs. Pnnc was openly '
fteitrffll; 4)orothy alone was collected
and reserved" nnhending and unswerv '
Inf In her clean-cut resolution that j
something must be done,
t "That's ail right, daughter, to r,ay
''Seynothlng must be done.' The ques/
tlA is: What? Aye, that's the ques
: rh&T- Tan't it, W ilkes?"
Wilkes -nodded solemnly over a quid '
' * |of ptvg tobacco that ho was just ah
\t jrtovono'cloft til'.: first noto came
the msn came up the slope carvUV'J.
ing m lantorn on the end ot a stick
Vfritjpton was about to go forward to
?l$Wlth him when he was stopped
iy jfahO cautious old ex-deputy sheriff.
I you don't, sir. They'll git yon
?t>t ttere. an' when the man carryin'
lie MBtern has got you in a circle of
"of
l'S men
Y
e B. Rodney
light somebody~back~in~the Bbadder "11
shoot you down. Then when a complaint
is made they'll say It was done
by accident, but that won't help you
none. You'll be a deader. Tell him
to come up to the doorway so he'll be
in the light an' not you."
Mr. Upton did so. The man came
forward unhesitatingly and delivered
his message.
ask uim wno ne is, prompted me
old man.
The soldier came forward, explaining
haltingly In Spanish that he was
the hearer of a note. Mr. Wilkes bent
forward excitedly.
"Give 'em a dose of their own medi !
cine!" he said bitinglv "Ev'ry mln- |
u.e that you can delay their proceeding ;
is so much gain. Ask him what he !
come fer. but don't take his note?
see?"
Mr T'pton did not "see. ' but he did
as he was bid. Presently the man with
some ditficulty explained that he had
come as bearer of a note to open negotiations
the nature oi which he did not
uhderstand. He held out the note.
Mi t'pton was about to 'ake it when
a word dropped by Dorothy made
Wilkes jump as if a line of biting
white ants had crawled up his leg.
"Wouldn t it be line," said the girl,
"it we could only make a couple of
their officers prisonets and then ex
change them for Mr. Kvnaston!"
Wilkes patted her shoulder.
"And they tell me that woman ain't
fit to voi-1,'' lie said scathingly. "Don't
take his note, t'pton! Not on no consideration.
What excuse? Oh, I don't
know, t'pton. Yes. 1 do, too.
"Tell 'em that you are a cahaliero
of blood and that it stands not with
yer honor to receive messages at the
hand of a common soldier. He must
have rome on an important message.
Tell him that you will not receive the
note except at the hand of an otlicer?
see?'
"Yes, I see. And then what?"
"Why, then he'll go on down the
hill. They'll let him come because
they've just passed him out through
their lines. An' when he goes down
I'll follow him with Manuel here, an'
%-hen we reach the line of eottonwoods
we ran bide in 'em till daylight. When
iik-v r>i-iiu iiu umcer up 10 see you at
daylight we can grab 'em as they come
buck.
"Of course they'll holler about bom
under a white llag. but they won't be
no such thing, 'cause they 11 drop thoi?*
white flag as soon as they are out of
range couiin' back- : on?"
Taken aback at the refusal to receive
the note, the poldado stumbled
off down the hill, his lantern botfhing
along among the mesquit brush like a
lightning bug in summer. No sooner
had Ins shadow in died away in the
du.'k than Mr w ill. and Manuel, the
Mexican "horse-wrai.gler," left the
house. They followed the soldiei
stealthily down ti e slope to the line of
cot Ion w > ids. which stood out. a lowlying
blot, against the dusk of the val
ley.
"We'll wait here. Manuel," said the
, old ex-deputy sheriff tersely. "We'll
wait here till the next outfit sees fit
to ask f'pton to pow wow; it ought to
he just ahout daylight. Wake mo up
when the light first shows."
The hours of the night passed with
leaden feet. The eyes of the watchers
were strained with looking for the
dawn to break over the eastern ranges.
After putting his papers in order all
night long. Upton found relief?or at
least surcease from worry?by working
over his machine, tinkering here
and there till be had built up a species
of iron-clad automobile that would
have sickened the soul of the maker.
He was called from his work by the
insistent voice of Dorothy calling him
to breakfast. While he was eating, a
sandwich in one hand, his rifle in the
other, a lniil from Hillside Ihn Imnan
brought him to hl3 loophole. Three
men stood within easy rifle range of
tho house, a dirty white cloth proclaiming
them to be messengers from
the rebels.
Hastily he laid his rifle against the
house and-motioning the Mexicans to
lay aside tin ir arms, he signaled them
to come forward. Then, with a caution
to Nolan anil Lewis to shoot on
the first sign of treachery, ho strode
forward to meet them.
There was no discussion. The senior
officer. Colonel Mayez, simply handed
him a bulky envelope, which Upton
thrust into his shirt, and, saluting
stitfly faced about and walked quick
1y down toward the free.s in the hollo'.".
Upton stood watching them and
the movement among the trees where
Wi'lces and Manuel lay concealed.
A shot from ( over- and a very long
range shot It was warned him that aii
dealings with him were over until lie
was ready to give his reply to the not
So. sighing, he turned quickly back
Into the house, opening the note as he
did so. The clipping from the news
paper took first attention. Again, and
yet again ho stared at the headlines, as
if they were unbelievable.
Walking like, a man. in a trance, be
TI1K LANCASTER XKW
strode across tne great main room. Ho
opened the office door and entered?to
face Dorothy, seated in a chair, a pile
of ore samples in her lap' as she held
them one by one to her eyes. Galena,
copper sulphates. gold and silver she
passed them over with & casual look.
A piece of brilliant azurite caught her
fancy; she leaned forward to pick it
up.
Upton grasped her roughly by the
shonldor
"What are you doing in here?" ho
Uetuunded curtly, it was tin first
harsh word she had ever received from I
uer father.
"Oh! Let go. father; you are hurt |
lug me. 1 saw the door was open and
1 came in?"
"The door is still open. You can go 1
out?go!"
Tears came to her eyes, for the girl
loved her father very dear'y. She Rath j
ered up the Bamples that she had taken
from the safe and replaced them carefllllv
In ?V. ~
iu me ivnesi vuiupanmeni. as
she rose to her feet her hand knocked
from the shelf in the safe a little pasteboard
box that fell to the floor, and.
striking on a corner, rolled out into }
the room, opening as It did so.
Upton sprang forward to pick it up.'
dropping the open note from his outstretched
hand. He seized the box.
which he thrust roughly into the bo-]1
som of his shirt, and turned to find
lilts
Unconsciousness Mercifully Came.
Dorothy facing him, the newspaper
clipping in her hand.
"Oh! Oh!" she cried, and again.
"Oh!"
She gulped.
"And they accused him of that! It
cannot?must not?be! I will not have
it! An American paper accuses him
of that! Is there 110 justice in the
world? Is all charity dead? Couldn't
they wait to hear his side of it?' What
is it. father? What is it?"
There had come a hurst of firinar
from outside tlio house. I'pton hu<l
staggered back from the table, a
stream of telltale blood from bis slfoul
der showing bow one at least the
hostile bullets was accounted Uw
Reeling, be sat down suddojf in a
chair, tlm supine body, the look
upon bis face, the sud?'yn w/ite about
the nose and the corners of bis mouth
showing that be had succumbed to
the shock of a high-power bullet tired
from long range.
Dorothy sprang to aid him. laid
him down upon the floor with a pile < '
papers und< r his bend, and tore fran
tieally at the collar of the brown thin
nel shirt that seemed to cut off h
breathing Spee? bless, bo resisted n< t
every effort to assist him. It was not
till uneonseiousness mercifully came
to shut off the pain that she got n view
ot the wound. It was not as bad atshe
had feared?simply a shot-hole in
the shoulder at a spot where a ban
dage could be readily applied.
Hastily she called to Miranda to get
I her what little water remained In the
bucket. Meanwhile she tore hastil>
some strips of linen for the bandages
The pasteboard box interfering with
j her work, she laid it upon the table
The old, brown Mexican woman ran
quickly back to the room and seized
the roll of linen from the girl's hands
"See, now! It Is not so bad. So!
There is no hone broken, thanks be to
j the saints! It Is but a clean shot-hole ,
| and will heal In a fortnight. The
fainting? Saints and angels! it la hut
the shock of a wound on a man who
has no food in his helly."
So she gabbled on. oblivious to all
save the man who lay upon the floor
Dorothy picked up the note anil road
it carefully, drawing her breath hard
I So that was it! Ilia life was to bo
bartered for a stone?a green stone
a mere emerald! In that moment she
knew that his life was more to her
.ban the wealth of oil the Indies .ui
.hat he had lonnd it out too late!
It ho were spared if he could he
spared, she would show htm, if no. d
be she would tell him frankly. She
would ask Marian.
She remembered now how V1a< Ian
had Jested In the cavalry onmn with
her over this very question?and sh?
dropped her head upon her arms. A
j sharp corner of the pasteboard box
I struck her forehead. She gave it an
impatient push and it dropped to the
floor, making a sharp, tinkling noise
I as It landed. Dorothy glanced down
| casually at It. only to rise and stand
as one petrified, her eyes upon the
open box and its contents, now come to
view.
For there, In the mlddln of the of- j
flee floor, released from its wrappings? !
there lay at her feet, staring at her
with green, unwinking eyes?the Emerald
Dell!
TO BE CONTINUED TUESDAY '
I
I
S JTXK 9, 1916.
MUFFLER NEEDS CARE
DRIVER MUST NEVER NEGLECT
THAT PART OF AUTO.
Cut Out," Almost Universally Forbid
den by Law, Really Is Absolutely
Unnecessary on Machine.
L?et us consider the case of the mufflor,
too often neglected. The exhaust
valve opens while the burned gas is
still under a pressure of from twentyAve
to thirty pounds per square inch.
If this were exhausted directly into the
air the resulting noise would stifle
conversation In the car. annoy everybody
along the street and very quickly
get the driver Into difficulty with the
police. The muffler prevents all this.
It provides a chamber In which these
exhausted gases may Expand and cool
somewhat and at tbo same time breaks
up the pressure by allowing It to leak
out slowly through a number of very
small holes Instead of letting It loose
In one "big noise."
In the early history of the automo
bile mufflers were not used and everybody
for blocks around knew when an
auto was coming. As the automobiles
increased in number this became a
nuisance and was stopped by law.
Then they sought?indeed had been
seeking a means of stifling the sound
In the early muffler there was trouble
because the gns would hack up in the
cylinder and decrease the power of the
motor. It was thought there was no
way to decreaso the sound without decreasing
the power; therefore the automobile
manufacturers devised a
valve to "cut out" tho muffler on- the
enr whenever extra power was desired.
Sometimes tho back pressure was so
great as to interfero when driving
through heavy roads or up hills. The
"cut out" let the gas exhaust directly
into the air instead of going through
the muffler. At the present time near
ly every city has a law prohibiting the
use of muffler "cut outs."
As a matter of fact, those well posted
on uutomobile engines understand to
day that tho "cut out" is absolutely
unnecessary if tho muffler is kept in
proper condition. Muffler manufacturers
have been able to produce a design
with which there is no back pressure
at all.
The average driver, however, does
not know that his muffler needs us
careful attention as any other part of
the mechanism and so ho neglects it.
In these days of noiseless cars It requires
a great number of very small
openings inside the muffler. These become
clogged with soot or carbon from
the exhaust The deposit collects very
rapidly, especially when the grade of
the oil Is poor or too much oil is used
It also results when the carburetor Is
adjusted to give, too rich a mixture.
When theso small openings become
clogged the exhaust gas cannot escape
readily and naturally tho cylinder of
the engine is not clean at the exhaust
stroke. Result. It is impossible to
ly ing in a full cylinder of new gas on
t^e next intake stroke. Thero is not a
furl charge to explode and this means
a loss of power to the engine.
IMPARTING POWER TO TIRES
Diagram Shows How Each Explosion
in the Cylinders Does the Work
Arranged for It.
This group of circles Is published by
Arteraus Ward, Jr., president of one
of the leading motor car companies, to
demonstrate how tho power Impulses
generated by each explosion in the
cylinders is imparted in a power tug
to the tires. Tho accuracy of tho diagrams,
which aro self-explanatory, Is
vouched for by Mr. Ward. The tug on
tho tire, as shown in the four-cylindor
diagram, shows a pull growing
stronger to the high-power point of
Eight Cylinder.
Four Cylinder. Six Cylinder.
tho explosion, then dying away. These
i arly overlap on tho six-cylinder ear
and do overlap on the eight. No diann
was sent to illustrate how a
twelve would distribute its tug.
Cleans Windshields.
\ small quantity of glycorin applied
( the windshield with a pleeo of clean
will help to kci p the glass rloan
?-n driving in tho rain. Tho water
ill not stick to the glass ho readily,
d u clearer vision wiil ho obtained.
ioo tr. it oh glycerin is used, the aft
will bo worse.
Jumped 100 Per Cent.
In Wloconnin the number of 11.cases
issued to owners of automobiles
In January showed an Increase
of 100 per cent over the same month
last year. A factor was the number of
tanners that bought care.
WEEKLY BULLE
BUREAU
News to Publish "Wan
Benefit of Many
(Address all communications re!j.
Watson. State Agricultural Com- 1
latlve to this department to Hon. E.
mlssioner, Columbia, S. C.)
This week the variety of wants |
/and offers through the service of th->
11 Bureau of Marketing ranges all the f
way from a herd of cattle to road |
[ carts, reels for automatic pianos,
motor boats, corn shredders, and
empty ginger ale bottles, and simultaneous
with this wide variety of
i offers and wants come many letters| 1
telling of successful1 and satisfactory]
transactions made by people residing 1
in the far rural districts.
There have been a great many of- ;
fers and purchases and calls for cow! j
pea: seed indicating that a very large |
crop of cow peas will he planted i*i |
the Stat,, ttiis year, and incident with! i
this securing of eowpca seed the Do-, t
partment itself is receiving numerous
orders for cow pea inoculation ,
from all parts of the state from thou-;
sands who have heard of the won- [ ^
derful results obtained by the farmers
who used row pea inoculation last
year. Almost every day voluntary
letters now come to the Department '
, certifying to the splendid results obtained
from grain crops planted on'
hind that carried inoculated cowpeas
in 1 ! !"?. The inoculation can be oh-,
taincd from 'he department at 40
cents an acre, post charges prepaid
to any point in the State and fresh [
cultures are always sent.
Again the Bureau would admonish
all making use of its services that
it is absolutely necessary to have all
wants and offerings intended for the
Tuesday morning bulletin in the
hands of the Bureau by mid-day of
th,? Saturday preceding. Hereafter:
this requirement will of necessity be
insisted upon.
i The following is the summary of
the weeks Wants and Offers.
WANTS
Hy Clemson graduate, specialized
in horticulture for one year, position
as overseer either on farm or in Horticultual
gardens.
, A good second hand road or break
cart.
A few sheep for breeding.
Some White Plymouth and White
Leghorns in exchange for pigs or|
or hogs.
Some rye, UalTer corn, sorghum,
i mill seed for quick feed.
or 5ft head of fairly well bred
heifers and cows acclimated to the
ci'mate of the low country. One
young Hereford hull.
\nv number of hall pint ginger
ale bottles.
^ Mtr. Iced n itt.on type ram. South
Sn or orselt preferred.
Position eit'i r as manager of far i
or country store. Pull) equipped for
cither position.
A machine for separating oats
from \ tch. either new or second
hand.
OITKItS
Hrabham peas, clean and sound,
$1.50 per bushel.
Iron peas, $1.15 per bushel In ten
bushel lots f. o. b. Windsor.
Hrabham peas, $1.25 per bushel in
lft bushel lots.
Some cotton patch peas at $2.00
per bushel.
Some Taylor peas, $1.75 per
bushel.
GETTING CONVENTION
isigl' M
TIN
OF MARKETING
ts" and "Offers" for
Farmer Friends
Some Krubham peas $1.60 per
>ush?l.
Some mixed peas, $1.35 per bus.
Conch or Seminole peas 20 cents
>er lb.
200 bushel cowpeas, clay color
tound well cleaned, sacked. $1.10 per
>u.
About 3 1-2 bushels well cleaned
?peckled peas, $1.25 per bushel.
i?u ousneis KulKhum oats, $1.00
jer bushel f. o. b. Olar.
30 bufchels Abruzzi rye, $2.50 per
bushel. Fresh and pure.
To exchange 90 Day Speckle beans,
I bushel for 1 1-2 bus. cotton patch
peas; 2 1-2 bushels beans for 3
aushels Lookout Mountain Irish potatoes
500 bus. S. C. Grown Velvet
beans. 90 ay, $2.25 per bushel of
\bruzzl. Rye.
Five bushels Burr Clover Seed in
the Burr, 80c per bushel.
About 3 bushels specially select,
land picked Spanish peanut seed,
$1.25 per bushel.
25.00(1 genuine Nancy Hall potato
plants. $1.50 per thousand post paid.
200 bushels Lookout Mountain
Irish potatoes. $1.75 per bugljijf|?ft^
10 bushel lots.
25 bushelrf Lookout MoinitaTn
Irish potatoes. $1.60 per bushel.
A ca * <?r more of good fodder
nicely cured, about 2 lbs. to bundle,
$2.00 per hundred bundles, f. o. h.
iilairs. Would like to sell in car lot.
Two Duroc-.Iorsey hogs. 13 and 14
months old, male and female, $65 for
I he pair.
Five half Berkshire gilts, about 40
lbs. each. $3.50 each.
Five nice Berkshire pigs. 6 weeks
old, very fine, $3 each for quick sale.
Big Bone, growthy type, Duroc
pigs either sex, registered each $10,
3 for $25, sired by "Illustrator Lad."
One registered Aberdeen Angus
bull, 16 months old, $100.00 f. o. b.
Three Tamworth hoars. 4 months
old. $ 12.50 each.
50 P. C. hogs and pigs, hogs registered.
pigs subject to registration,
will sell at sacrifice. Make offer.
A beautiful young horse registered,
5 1-2 years old. gentle, fast,
sound, $300.00. One very handsome
registered horse, unbroken,
$200.00.
One Angora buck, 14 months old
sir. no
White African guinea eggs. $1.25
per setting delivered.
One D. \\\ Young's Strain S. C.
White Leghorn cock, 2 yrs. old. $5,
African White guinea eggs for
hatching, 15 for $1.25.
One tine White Holland turkey
loin $5.00. f
One pure 1). W. young S. C. White
Leghorn cock. 2 yr old. "Worth
$25.on will take $10.00."
Huff Leghorn hens, laying. $1.00 ,
each. Leghorn roosters, $1.25.
lo White Indian ltunner ducks,
7 5c each, or will exchange for same
number Barred Rock year old hens.
2 00 single comb White Leghorn
hens, one and two years old. "my
breeders past season," $1.00 each.
Thompson's Pure Imperial Ringlet
Barred Rock pullets, "guaranteed
to please." 75c each. Would exchange
few for young's pure S. 0.
White Leghorns.
(Continued on page 7)
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