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* \ -. 2 TDATO i A T\ ^ 11 ; A Romance ot ihe 6y RANDALL PAI *?^AllThOR of'rxt LAPY o/Mc WORTH." HAIO CHAPTER XXII!. won 1 The Depth of Despair. eiln> MeCann's manner changed instantly ente with the closing of the door, althongl I h< he indulged in 110 remark, except t- thin order Liverpool to take charge of tin the deck, and permit White to take his bett place at the table, lie passed me 1>\ out without a word or glance, and dis the appeared into his own stateroom, tin Si farther one aft to starboard. 1 waitei had until Dade had assisted Bascom to re no s tire, and then sought my own bertl the to think the whole affair over. Bas cert coin's appearance shocked uie, and I des< felt there was a death look in his face, l?n. but our own perilous position kept nij *uni mind from dwelling long on this tlieiue. There was little?nothing, in fact? atta ithat I could do. I tuust be content to I leave Vera to evolve some means for wel< t.iO final overthrow of these men wlc held us prisoners. Dubois remained T C1 in the cabin on guard, probably with him Instructions to prevent my holding nn> '' private interviews, and the only assistance I could give lay in the juggling of figures, In which I could not be too , cautious. ( j The mala doubt nssalling me had w^f Come from a dim suspicion aroused on . . the deck by MeCnnn's questioning, and onol 0 sly glance exchanged between him Hn)( and Liverpool. Were the fellows really contemplating making a landing e..-e- pu," where on the Newfoundland coast, in stead of at St. Johns? This was not |( j, Impossible, and the fact that it would f(ir take us thoroughly by surprise would t(on appeal to the conspirators. Yet I discovered absolutely nothing on which to base such an assumption. Met'aim was i evidently in no haste to reach the lull- i paV! tude of St. John's, and take to the boats, .for the Indian Chief was pro- in(|j ceeding with greatly reduced speed. p anil, as the afternoon wore slowly mo away, it seemed to me we were scarcely moving, the reverberation of the thoi screw being barely perceptible. To as- prel sure myself that the course I had 11 ev mapped out was still being adhered to, so 1 ventured into the cabin for a glance ren at the telltale compass. We were bee i l?,\ ..f U/.I The niiin Simms was on guard, lolling 'ng against tin* butt of the inizzen mast, w?l with no one else visible. To test bis her She ' il'l'llfl 1: nesi ij'1 I* i Ing "You Are Not to Do That, Sir." ' sen orders, I turned townrd the closed door sp01 of Miss Carrlngton'8 stateroom. In<? 'n,r stoutly he was on his feet to Interfere. K?P "You are rmt to do that, sir." 1?Z| "Not to do what?" S "Spenk nlone with the lady; thos<) ca,) were my orders." ^un > I raised my voice In remonstrance, mai but had scarcely uttered a word, when nn(1 McCann emerged from his stateroom, *?K leaving the door ajar, and crossed the a*e deck to face me. r*e< "What Is the trouble here, Slmms?" nia! he asked, the harshness of his tone dlf- " ' fering greatly from the pleasant con- " versatlon at dinner. wn< "Mr. Ilollts was going to rap on the mft lady's door, sir." "Oh, he was, hey 1 Well, now see nor here, Hollls, you understood that you were to have no communication with ^ any prisoners aboard, didn't you?" "I was not aware that Miss Car- ^r)r, rlngton was considered a prisoner." be(. "Well, whether she Is or not, she Is j no longer to be bothered with your attendons," with no attempt to control f his temper. "I consider that ybu have ^ broken your word. You will go hack to wh, jour stateroom, and stay there." I roo "Supposing I refuse?" i jjc( He grinned, exposing his teeth like a (lpn *reat cat. ta|| "I wouldn't advise you to try that," wo, he sneered, "for there la crew enough bofl on deck to man-handle you tOa a finish. rt<i|| You can go In quietly, or I'll call them down, and have you thrown In. So . gake your choice." I looked at the two of them, eager bof hnough myself to make It a fight. Yet tha what was the nee? Any excuse en- tah Win# htm tn ivtnfln* mi BOft Closely t I.nw. I., ? V1S1?\1 ^orth Ailani PI5H EM ,* ^ort.^3rf,, etc. lil evident conquered niysen, ched, crossed the deck spaci red my stateroom, closing tht ?anl MoCann laugh, and say g to Slmms; then I knew he c cabin, and went up the stair er control myself I thrust m; through the open port, breatl salty freshness of the air. tiddetily I became aware that entered the main cabin. Thei sound of voices; nothing to t purpose of this invasion, yet ain that, at least, a dozen m< ended the steps from the co I stood erect listening; thei bling at my door. Had M nged his mind? Were they at ok me in force? Revolver Ir >ok a step forward, half-ret ?ome any open hostility. Hie first son rut to open that jHod, "will get what's coml here was a mocking laugh r. In which more than one od; then White growled repl; S'o one is a' eotnin' in. inlsto in me, if you're goin' tor get grasped the knob, throwlr ?le weight against the woo iled scarcely half an inch ugh to reveal a stout bar. > I was a prisoner beyond < r had left me no loophole of < why? What had I done t<> w 11 in breaking their plodg*? e that Mct'atin had no furth nte? 110 desire for another oli ? If tills was true, then It in men proposed deserting tin very night, and taking a elm ing ashore in one of those no r. And they had nailed tue like a rat in this hole, whi inn Chief went down, or the instant, as this fer.r g I was dazed and incapal light; helpless to even clearl; tieiid the full horror. 1 do i e it was my own situation completely unmanned me, b leinbrance ol' Vera. What nine of her? She would l>e ul 'ami's power without a hum to whom she could appeal ild be forced into the boat t struggles, laughed at, and m might even he compelled t s the slow sinking of the ship us down into the depths. An hat? The vision 1 conjured i ny, and I sank back upon tin face buried in my hands. is not even yet clear in iiij ' the remaining hours of that n passed. 1 was conscious ti aid, impotent rage. Wild sc lud through my brain, only 'xecutlon. There could lie oil >mi for McCanu's action?det tin- ship, that same night, tineers were really, as pret 'tiding to land their boats bor of St. John's, they wov re my services for at least a yet. No one else on board , nit- vt-nntri Ml me point rd. Their notions, however, ] lenoed that I was no longer r that their plans had been ch ndeed no one held commun h me all that afternoon; oci r I overheard movements I In, but could scarcely peer tl door, and was unable to nsi a were present, while the few tingulshed brought me no f >rmntlon. That some moves ret importance wns going on tried more than probable. I 1 tressed with the conviction thi piles were being conveyed fr irette to the boats and stowed upper wns served early j in, but was evidently nion ch than a meal, no attempl [le at formality. McCann, LI1 I Miss Carrlngton were at th ether, but. while I could dlf! their voices, conversation w 1 on In such low tones, I ke little of It. When they 1 le Vera went to the plan yed and sang all the time 3 eating. My little peekhol a glimpse of McCann, Inst the mlzzen mast, his ey< . No offer of food was mo did I see, or hear Bascom at all It must have been In 1 teroom. Finally the music two exchanging a few app ndly words, before the girl ? self, and returned to her ro< sat down to think again?h< mind on the same treadmill, ild I do? What effort of ml islble* There warn no mei Ich I co^ild escape from th? m; I was like a rat In a tri Conn Intended to leave me t wn. Within an hour, perhaj nly before midnight, those uld desert the ship, nnd take its. Already I was pra id; certainly as helpless to ] i consummation of this Til n as though fathoms benei How deathly still It v ird. Suddenly It occurred it Dade had not even cleai le; at least I had heard no r baa. or any evidence of worl THE LANCASTER NEWS neglect certainly must mean that Mc- J Cnnn's plnn was known to all aboard ' I of his own company. I opened the door ' again, noiselessly, Its scant quarter of an Inch before It was stopped by the bar. and sought to look out. The space ~ gave me no view; there was a light "ll *ir_ i burning, but turned so low us to, leave | so* the cabin In somldnrkness. I waited | me r?r listening, but no movement told of any I dm *** co presence. For the fourth time I tried j wll my knife point on the bar holding roe I to j prisoner. It barely scratched the wood, [ ? )( ! for I could not force the handle I through the narrow opening. I might ' " ^iniisli It by shots from my revolver. . but that would leave me unarmed, and hui age. | create au alarm which would fill the Dr. inds 1 cabin with men; besides the severed he i\ and "iids of the bar would still liohl the ? r. ? door. <l?or secure. h some- | I straightened up, my heart beating rossed I like a triphammer. Something strange, , s. To | unaccountable was occurring in the y face "ubin. I could make nothing of it; not ilng in ' even satisfy tuyself that what I seemed ' 1,1 ih hear was an actual reality?yet < le others there was a sound like a blow, followed t'v e was! by a barely audible groan, and the <f ell me | sliding of a body to the deck. vv ^ I felt (To He Continued.) ll(1 ""'"" GRAVESTONE 200 YEARS OLD "e was cCann Stands Over Burial Place of Col. John (.,n "u Hathornc, One of Judges Who i t Tried the Salem Witches. idy to ! : >? door"I ^ gravestone which Is 200 years old 1 lIlf, to Is one of the things of historic Inter- 1 est which commands the attention of In an- sightseers to Salem, Mass. It Is the en; voice gravestone of Col. John Ilathorne. who net v. died May lo. 1717. and wlio wus buried r; an' In the Charter street hurylng ground in ^ )Ut" Salem. Colonel Hawthorne was an anig tnv cestor of the famous Nathaniel Haw(j tliorne. who is best known as the tin- ' hf hist thor of "The Scarlet Letter." The colo- ? ' This w,,s ?n<> the Judges who tried Mi ioubt* Snh'tn witches, an Incident which \ij scape. Saleinlles are glad to forget, arrant H will be noted that there Is a dif- r?. Could foreiiee in the spelling of the two Haw- ; er use thomes. According to report, Natlia- ^ iserva- nlel. the author. disliked the odium ust be which was brought on the family by a ship reason of the colonel's connection with nee at the witchcraft cases. Thereupon the nc rtliern writer inserted a "\V" in his name to thr in to "take out the sting," as he expressed It. fat ?n the A rather hideous looking skull is j,e, placed at the head of the gravestone, 1|). ripped although the design in Itself is artistic jle of enough.. ; sin y com- .... _ . _ <li. . . Where Cocoanuts Grow. lot be- ? ? . i.: ?. Cocoanuts are one of the largest W llUB . . til iii i iIIt tl - mouey-making crops of the I'hiliiipinc woul'd 'Hhinds. While they will grow in al- ,u>1 one in mnsl ?".v province, there are localities no I ,,r'' especially known for their ha great nut production. There was until (in lespltc recently no system for planting these (j,,| ockcd trees, as plantations were usually sold l(V o wit- a|ier the trees were two a.id three ^ .... years old. The object was to get as cuI r\ mi ? .i, .. many trees on a given area as was pus- 1 d then ., , r,r. . . ,..ii wis to grow, these plantations were 1 stool ''leu sold for so much a tree. When vp( it was seen that the trees would not hoi hear the finality of fruit they should, m "( more pains were taken In the planting ja| a'1 and some definite planting scheme ad- mf ? heivd to. This has greatly increased (, u tin s I|t(( sjZ)> ll(- jju, nut aM(j t|((l qUuuty of to fn? the meat. no ily f?ne ? ? sertlon 15 If ft,,. Heaviest Gold Coin ended, The United States has the dlstlncin the Hon of coining the gold piece having tld re- Hie greatest intrinsic value of any in nother the world. This is the $'20 doublecould eagle. Three coins of other countries olc desig- rank close to this in comparative dit plnlnly worth. These are the Argentine 20teeded, peso piece, worth $10.01; the Colom- nu anged. '?'an 20-peso piece, worth $19.30, and jn, Icatlon Hie French 100-frane pieces, whose . cuslnn- value Is $19.30. The double-eagle is ' ' In the Il?l only intrinsically the most valua- yo hrough ')Ut l*s likewise the heaviest gold '''' certain piece, weighing 33.430 grammes. The Ke words lightest precious metal coin is the 5- or ipedflc rent piece of the Netherlands, weigh- so lent of 'OR but 0.685 grummes. One would m aboard ,,nve to carry nearly 50 of these to ra iccame equal the weight of one double-eagle. food , pr om the Where Queens Really Rule. pf I awny" Walter P. McC'aleb, author of Hap- sfl In the py. The Life of a Bee, said not long ' } of a ag0 (0 onH wj,G questioned him for heing further information about bees, thftt s"' cerpool |1P )ia<j observed a curious fact in ree table gurd to the Individualities of bee colferentl onies. Two hives may be side by side, "' as <*ar- with the same surroundings and the could gnme possibilities for gathering honey, eft the yet one of these colonies will do twice ad o, and the work of the other. In his opinion White this difference Is caused by the person- u, e gave ant|es of the queen bees, some, he leaning fln(j8i being much fiercer and more en's upon grgetic than others. de me, ; if he we lis own Where the Money Goes. ceased, "And you say you don't save any arently nrn,,py?'' asked the diner. fxcused "No. fir," replied the waiter. I >m. "But what do you do with all your ipeless, tips?" J*?' What "Sure. I have to tip the head waltne was er and the boss to hold my jobl** ;sa; ans by -',1 i t state- SCRAWNY CALVES. ba ip, and what makes a calf scrawny?off :ve hereto ,s fer,j? Germs?parasites?In the,w< )8 * cer- 1 devils nte8t:nes. Why not free them oi K< i to the bis trouble? If you will give the Co ctlcslly alf '"no B. A. Thomas rftock Rem- lie prevent dy In Its feed, within a week you kii Inlnous vill see it brighten up and In four tth the ,r flVO weeks you won't know the all ras on Costs you but a few cents and gfl we will refund that if It doesn't do th i. Such I Lancaster Mercantile Co. A< n i', X-.-. I TUESDAY, JAN. 1, 1918. >Y DENTIST IS HELD FOR j p???? MVRDKR OF YOUNG WIFE I Could Ma (Continued from Page 1.) I*????i ' Mr. Wlllla? ? coroner determined Mrs. Jolin-| Ave., Sprlngf 1 died, with the doctor, A state- i And grn i ... ,, . you and tnar int. however, by Miss Mary Jor-i j.una has all n, an intimate friend of the dead have been tr fe. denoted that Dr. Johnson fcave | y?*cs, and It his wife the Capsu'es which she not eat >k, and it was stated that Mrs. | iafaction. hnson confided jn this friend to! "1 have Jus 5 p\ient of lellinir h?>r thnt mo' can eat most relieved of nt sbnnd had nrescribod for his w!f<>.' | |je down I Johnson denied this, stating that least trouble. had never had any cyanide in h's thos? who are tul disease, o r-ession except last September.- . n he obtained a little for use ~ -??? cleaning instruments. Fvon this, report of his added, be threw away, be a use it thr.-- Miss Kn a the wrong kind ??ha? which 1li The physic otogrnphors use. and not I'm pi son r is suing metal. Other acta ind'ea- s'.-e-uhe hi e of the hlgh'y rervoua oha-ai" was neeesaarj lie young man are the atf->m -t lants. ich he made in the hospital h |n t)u> , was confined to |umi hi' of 1 he oorVn"sed rd-story window. Following ' > yy?*,. s.( ving of the war a t. S r f, thp o) ly kept his prisoner under b n eest surveillance. At th e ?' ,hp rlp(.trJc , ' ! times, he stated. Dr. .! <' ? To tl),s iuestcd the detect'vo ?o Ion' c! .f (r,j anv, i safety razor. The tak'vr < b ' bons from his wife's enskef. e e and the appearance of t' : r ' ' led make it appear that he i - FOOD S rvous wreck. Washingtor [! ?as believed by Sergeant Wily. riako-g the it the confession of <h - crime ' V f"od si 11 Id. doubtless, have been mad" by, v ay. the bare prisoner had not his fath r a 1 nounr d. s<l nrel ' arrived In Wilson from mailed to eve ddlesex and closed his month facturer and enis's will dou'11 ess ho intern t more than fai In the case in behalf of the :>e- The snrvoj ed man. as his condition and acts of cor Ite scrutiny of specialists. than 100 difl . Johnson Saw There Has linen turns must sh Insanity in Family. on December Win n talking to pnli -e oHIeo-s and 'ast year wit ivspnpcr men last night. ho stated He* m transit it there had been Insanity in his j and express < nlly; that his grandmother had month. r?n subject to epileptic tits, and it he had brothers who suffered Terms of I'Vr iin the same nervous affliction.! Paris, Dee. d had the same impediment in ( deputies havt dr speech that he has. | , xt ending thV Students who know the youn ' 0nieials in Fi Imately when lie was :n college war. No re last year said that while he was 1 -n meanti t brilliant in his classes, he was a rd worker, and received more in- Deep-seated mary credits than any other stu- binary rented nt in his class, lie was well liked i a, ftnd inter the fellows at the school, but it ^uy n dollar s remarked that "lie seemed to he jjoRRHOUNI In tlie air all the time." Those (wo romodics 10 knew him commented that he j of one Thei >mod always to be open and above|RRI) pfcppR 11 rd in all his student life. jor tjie chest Hefore he was conducted to thft|g0id by all 1 Dr. Johnson wrote a note to the Adv ither of his dead wife. This was) iled and even the detectives were rp ^ t cognizant of its contents. This, is dispatched to the Knight homo, Lpaxeg ,^re 13 North Twenty-second street, by I 15th, mounted officer. j lin'.stcr Denies Marriage to Miss j White A ???aUv Miss Ollie White, a twenty-year-] added for Jni 1 school teacher, from the rural | re,it f?r Fel itrict near Middlesex, is the girl to 'cent for Mart lorn the doctor gave an engage-1 The levies snt ring, and through whom the1 poses are as volvod circumstance, 'which the For State tectives believe prompted the| Constitutions ung husband to make way- with Ordinary C< ? three-month bride arose. Ser- mills. Public ant Wily stated that it was rum- mills, Interee ed about Middlesex that Dr. John- Bonds 1 mil n had married the little school Fund on C. Istress, and pursuant to this he 1 1-4 mills, ] lied on Rev. Mr. Koan. who it was Money 1-2 m id performed the ceremony. The For payme eacher, however, denied having ship Bonds: irformed any ceremony? and ship 3-4 of Med that he had heard that the Township 1 : uple were engaged. l>r. Johnson Creek Towns id that there was no tuth in any Special Sc ______ rloua district IF WOMEN ONIiY KNEW tricts 6 and lint a lleup of Happiness it Would tricts 22 and Bring to laincaater Homes. j ___________ Hard to do housework with an; hing back. f Brings you hours of misery at lei- ^ re or at work. If women only, knew the cause? ^ Tear Ou Backache pains often come from *'ai ak kidneys, 'Twould save much needless woe. Doan's -Kidney Pllle are for weak The ineys. Read what this Lancaster woman ys: Enclo Mrs. H. M. Parks, Market St, package ys: "I ached all over and when Fund" i sat down I got no stiff across my ck I could hardly stoop. It was' I and ry hard for me to do my house- a retail irk. I Anally got a box of poan's wm ^ | dney Pills at the Standard Drug and they brought me lasting re- ' f from the backache and Axed my ^ dneys up in good shape." Price 60c at all dealers. Don't nply ask for a kidney remedy? t? Doan's Kidney Pills?the same at Mrs. Parks had. Foster-Milirn Co., Props., Buffalo, N. Y.? ^ ' i i > jK,-.. . . I Not Eat or Slee de Well By PER n E. Denny, 1023 Park ?f.~ leld, Ohio, writes: V^ctlc* ;at pleasure in writing P--, ' iking you for what Peready done for me. I _ oubled with catarrh for had affected my head, p _ a and stomach, that 1 " nor sleep with any satt taken three bottles. I TT-^ \ anything and am greatly M O Is (rvousness, so that when Cu?:cf, can sleep without the I recommend it to all 1 sufferers of that dread- Those atarrh." cines c? marriage to another district ight. i.7, SO il condition of the district it fnl. lit order to 7 six 1 m for ?h trip here it onc-ha! r to administer st'mu-ilO, 11 31. 32 > f the iourrey here ^ r. > lv with Porte. 1 ive 1 1 1 t' e -ourse of this t <lk : ^ 1 ' 11 fflcer, "What do yci #,o 'o me, send me to''lirps ? ,hair,>" I for ? 'gosint Wily ret)Vied "I ' ?r*.on thine about that." nnc' a' _ ;apes o for a i WAR KMVAUiKSrV except ritVKY I NDKK WAY i. Pep. 31.- ?Plans for n itionwide war enter- " ir\oy are well under an of markets has an-; Publ tedules having beeni*bo bo try food dealer, manu-j Taxes holder of supplies in|^8' rally lots. \ ordered at the last ' lgress, will cover more 1, J, 4, ( erent foods and reiow tlte stocks on hand 31 and the same day li estimates of nuantl- * AAA, t outward by freight >n the last day of this Dlj. * neli Oflieiiils Kxtcndol. * th<e I 31.?The chamber of 1 adopted a resolution 5 terms of all elective ranee until the end of elections will be held q me. [ coughs that resist ories require both external treatment. If you A bottle of BALLARD'S ) SYRUP you get the you need for the price feg DERRICK'S MS It PORIIS PLASTER , free with each bottle. dealers in medicine.? X NOTICE. Payable from Octo1917. to March I jjlr 5th, 1918. ? J of one per cent will be M luary payment, two per 111 Druary, and seven pei HJij ' for the different pur- HIM follows: jjl purposes 8 1-2 mills, W 1 School Tax 3 mills, ffl aunty purposes 4 1-2 lljl Roads and Bridges 6 uio it on Past Indebtedness jWj 1, Interest and Sinking & C. Railroad Bonds W interest on Borrowed H ill. Total 24 3-4 mills. iW nt of interest on Town. nil] In Pleasant Hill Town- Wl 1 mill, in Gill's Creek M 1-2 mills, and in Cane HUB ( hip 1 3-4 mills. | hool Taxes for the va- BS 9 are aa follows: Dls-j M 13 two (2) mills, dls- j I 45 three (3) mills, j Qg DAD UP THE PIPES OF 1'HE t This Coupon, Fill It In and He l Spare to Buy Tobacco for Our Dollar Buys Four Package Editor of The News: Lancaster, S. C. sed find.. to s of tobacco, through "Our 1 for American fighting men In I lerstand that each dollar buys alue of forty-fire cents and th placed a postcard, addressed to i the soldier, will agree to send c Name Address City y. .. . .-a 38S *.*' iJ. 1 ? 1 , ' ?'?" i action who object to liquid mediin prooure Pcruna Tablets. '? m a 1. 3. 4. 5. 9. 2'J, 21. 23, 2G, , 4 7 and 4 8 Tour (4) mills, s 3G five (5) mills, district (6) mills, district 14 six and if ffi 1-2) mills, districts 2, Bd . 12, IB, 17, 18. 19. 24, 26, V . 33, 34. 39, 42, 43, 4G and M lit (8) mills, district 38 ten nills, and district 40 eleven W: . it 7<?ns : < ? '.vci'ii the Am f 2 1 and 55 years are liable H capitation tax of three B ) dollars Tor road purposes, H 1 male citizens between the H f 21 and GO years a re liable 4jBB oil tax of one ($1.00) dollar, j> those exempt by law. T. L. HILTON. County Treasurer. j; TAX NOTICE. I le notice is hereby given that B oks for collection of City will be open from December ^B December 31st, incluusive. E. C. SEC REST, Clerk and Treasurer. (>1 ESSIONAI. CARDS .1. KKECK PCNDKHlintK, / I Dental Surgeon. lours: 8:30 to 13:30 A. M. 2:00 to 6:00 P. M. And by Appointment. Ofllce, .16 0. Residence, 16. )fflce over B. C. Hough. I Churches 1 1 School Houses and other Ul public buildings can be well I lighted at very little cbst by jt DELCO LIGHT 1 I This wonderful electric m lighting plant brings elec- II trie light and power to your U verydooi. Simple,compact, H economical and practically M fool-proof. Over 15,000 II now in use. Make it a point II to see the Delco-Light plant 3 in operation. Hi Homo bight & Power II Company, II CHAitl/OTTE. N O. BOYS IN FRANCE. nd as Much Money as You Fighting Men?Each a of Tobacco. Boys in France Tobacco France. y four packages, each with M at in each of my packages | I me, on which my unknown \ j ne a message of thanks. .. .. Street \