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PAGE TWO * *' . Dice c ic I I l/irr-n ? UJ /g/Jacksoi ^ On COPYRIGHT (Continued from Last Issue.) SYNOPSIS. i ___ CHATTER I?flenor don Antonio d? In Ouerra, wealthy Spanish ranch owner or the American side of tire Mexican border Is lntormed hy his American attornej that o technical error has been found ir his will. The senor signs a new document without reading it. CHATTER II-Teresa, only grandchild of the senor, f'nds evidence of a struggit In the library and her grandfather nuss lng. The belief is that the senor has beer carried across the border by Mexican rob. els. Hilly Stanway, Teresa's sweetheart takes command of the situation and orders the servants and vayueros to arm themselves. CHATTER III?Bt.mway, with twenty Wen, starts In pursuit of tho rebels. They meet Eduardo ltarnon Torre, kinsman ol TfiPl vn vvlifi l\oa ? ? * , ...... OVUH nwuuut'U) *1* clulms, by tlio escaping rebels. CHAPTER IV?Stanway loses the rebels' trail and returns to the hacienda. Teresa shown him the copy of the new will which nhe has fouml and which leaven all the DroDerty to Torre. CHATTER V?An omlssary from the rebels arrives with the news that the nenor Is well and is being held for $30,<JtK ransom. Torre tries to assume authority ?t.? '>c!r, but Stan way takes command of tne situation. CHAPTER VI?Rompton, the Honor's lawyer, is brought to the hacienda at Ktanway's order and Is accused of havinM received pay from Torre lor altering the renor's win. CHAPTER VII?Torre, who hns been detained undor guard by Stanway, admits that he Is responsible for the sonor's disappearance. He demands I CO,000 to renounce all cluim to the estate and to return the senor unharmed Refusal will mean the Honor's death within 114 hours. CHAPTER VIII?The hacienda 1s attacked In the night on a signal given hv Torre from within. He Is foiled In Ait attempt to escape. CHAPTER IX?In the confusion. Teresa Is abducted and several of her attendant! are found wounded. Torre admits he ll responsible for Teresa's disappearance, and raises his demands to >50.000. Stan way starts In search of Teresa. CHAPTER X?Stanway Is mystified about a key of the senor s which no onr appears to know the use of Ho hellevei It will unlocK the door behind which th< senor vu! Teresa. axe bidden. CHAPTER XI?Stanway finds a secrel passage In the house which he believe! leads to the place where the captives an held. He starts In search of them. CHAPTER XII?The senor nnd Teres! are found unharmed The with Torre, and the latter, finding him eelf beaten, acceptH the aenor'a offer of ( gambler's chance. CHAPTER XIII-The dice box Is hand ed to Torre. If he wins he Is to no free If he loses he Is to ho given a lame hors? with which to cross the border. He loses CHAPTER XIV?The Honor gives his consent to the marriage of Teresa ant 8 tan way. Stimway left tin; room promptly,' re turning almost Immeillatoly with tin r< hel captain tit his heels. Do la titter ra rose, bowed courteously. "Senor capitan," he said, "I an going to wish you a pleasant rldt across the bonier." lie snapped open a drawer of tin table, drew out a packet and tossed II Upon the tattle top. "Will you examine It, senor?" Juarez, frowning, a little suspicious held hack for a moment. Then under the amused eyes of Torre he stepped forward, took up the packet, opened It, stared Ineredaiously, and fell hack with a little gasp. De la (Juerra smiled. "American banknotes," he said easily, "You will find that they amount to the thousand dollars, for your needy countrymen, senor. You see. I have never yet refused?pardon me. senor -alms to a heggnr! Senor Stanway, will you >? kinil enougn 10 snow tiu? captain to the door?" "Now, Senor Torre." resumod the old man when Stanway hud returned, "1 am to Rive you your gambler's chance. I have learned that a month ago you killed a man in San Antonio. Now," leaning forward a Utile, "nre they looking for you along the border? Have you a good chance of getting across without being shot?" Torre's cheeks grew a little pale. He returned l>e la Ouerrn's gaze, however, nnd answered steadily: "I should have, perhaps, one chance in ten thousand!" "Oood ! I thought so!" The old Spaniard slipped Ids hand again Into the table drawer and the thing he brought out this time he handed to Torre. "Here is your chance, senor," he said sternly. It was a dIcebox ! "What do you mean?" snapped Torre. "T mean this: Yon shall shake the dice you love so well, and the stake high enough to satisfy even you! If you win, there is another packet <d banknotes ready for you, and a hor?i to carry you as far and as fast as you can wish to go. If you lose there is u the stable a lame horse which you art to ride across the border!" The dusky red ran hack into Torre'* cheeks. "Wit* whom do I shake?' he asked, a little hoarsely, his lingers growing white about tbc box. fcfr i ?* "? - .. . -safe. n\/; fwf s n 'ma. h Jm r. rv *yf-? 3 -T .} * i? <? ? i i - M son ?m0\z i II.: ! !;'( ! . . . | for r M ;l ! ''! i 1 ; ' Sh" : in &i'mk vi n , t ' IMP "One Throw," He Whispered. vor; my i "WIth the hitterest enemy you have," ceri i retorted the old man with dimiity. "Do ' you know who ii is?" I "Vou?" queried Torre, with snarling i emphasis. "Yourself! You shall rust twice, with n single die. The a.-c is hiRh in this (Rtime, senor. If your tirst throw Is l hiRher than your second, then you no ] free. Will you throw now? I shall he , Rind when you are roup." 'J Torre rose swiftly to his feet, draw- w'hi 1 iUR near the table, his eyes hurniiiR like visi J llaines, his cheeks flushed. For a ino- the i inent he stood with the die ruttlinR in us,.( '.the box. which he shook slowly buck pjn , and forth. t eve i One throw, ho whispered. "One ! Rood throw, and I drink many another ; ? Rood bottle of re?l wine, I kiss many 1 a'' J another pair of red lips. I live on in HO" tny Ray little existence. One Rood adn 1 tlirow. Ah!" to i He had thrown. so ( "It is the nee!" cried Torre with ' | i suddenly up-lluttR head. "My lady of wj| chance is kind to me. senor!" . ( i "You have another throw," I?e In ' fJucrra reminded him. "The ace cannot he I ten ten. hut It may lie tied !" ' Now Torre scooped the die up In his thr< > l?ox and with no moment of hesitation ban turned it out upon the table. ARuin thii Torn? had thrown nti ace! I "Try again." sni<l I la fJuerrn rrlsp- tj,p i l.v. "It is growing Into." ' > With a curse Torre a mi In caught up the die, again it rattled in the hnx. ' n again it rolled half across the table. " I "A four!" he gasped. j 'I "A four Is not had," I>e In fJuerra fair reminded hiin. "It may win. Again, ,Mj_ ; senor." ing A four! If lie turned a tiiree next tj I i time, or a deuce, lie was saved. If the I die showed an are again, a six or a live, ; he was lost! | ' Again he took up the die, again east. ''in This time his hand, holding the dice- Am box, followed close to the rolling cube. ( can "It is the six." said I ?? la fJuerra Ii sternly. " i on were about to touch it, j , ju, unor!" k Torre threw down the box. He had lost?against himself! Hut his head ' tlung proudly tip. "And now," he cried, ; vs ' "where Is my lame horse? It Is late, as 'IX<' you say." j wh; lie bowed and went out Into the pa* ; son tlo. where Caueho and a Inilf dozen of j it iri the cowboys were waiting. I>e la j ors Cuerra sighed. j jiaj "He Is a brave man." lie snld gently, j j "Ah, well, be has one chance In ten oyo thousand. Well, for >i brave man? i men tney heard the galloping of sev* " " erul horses headed toward the border. 1,8 / CHAPTER XIV. fj|n Conclusion. F,ro "Teresa!" railed Htunwny, "Tere- of i alta!" woi It was night ; there was a moon, and ( between It and the stars was the bal? vvp rony- the "Senor Rllly!" The voire floated down fo him softly, *' and between the parted vines a very bright fare looked down upon him. "Your papa grnnde Is In the drawingroom, Teresa," he said swiftly. "I am ron going hark In there?to tell hltn some- nlai thing. May I. Tereslta?" ,.,l "What?" she whispered. "What are ?I1(, yon going to tell him. Senor Hilly?" | ( "Can't you guess?" lie laughed up nt j her. M,,IU She shook her head. Rut her soft J""1 eyes grew softer, her cheeks rosier, arid | aK? her white hands Intertwined tind trern- J ! hied a little. I poo "Will you go with me. Teresa?" he j wit asked bluntly, after the way of Hilly dre j Stan way. "1 think thot T am rather I ^ THE LANCASTER NEWS. L aid to ro nil alone. Tie will be In- n|Ze<j led to be very terrible, won't he?" . . reresa InuRhed, said "Coward!" very ?ns >ttlly. nnd disappeared from the bnl- norn,a' ?y. lie met her, approximately, half ,nan>' I,e 11 finite later In the patio. noticed I 'Teresa!" he cried, his voice shak- ers who ; as lie could not keep Ills hands diers in m slinklnR. Major K 'Don't!" she whispered. slipplnR arinv Ine ay from him. "Papa Rrnnde does not ... . " , p me to come to him with?my hair ' a s ' ssed, Senor Hilly." men* rof Chey came Into the drawing-room to- concentr her. two very young, handsome, thorn, to M?y. ongor poople. Ih? In Ouorra, ten couli hond drooping n little as though he re tired, looked up nt them. llOld> S Teresa!" he said, rising quickly. nor Stan way!" You can guess It, enn't you?" Stnny hlurted out. "We have a notion tend to I.a Panza for Father Ignaeio. there sotne priest you'd prefer, Mince-Mi or?" Misses K O-nli!" gasped Teresa. 11: II0>e la Ouerra bowed gravely. son Senor Stnnway," he said, speaking 1:00-3 wly, his eyes thoughtful, "Teresa* ??.on-4 i told me how mueli you have done ?, , , ..., ... ... Itreads), us. 1 here was something which i did not tell me which I guessed. 4..10-O two you?very much. T owe you rytliing, senor! And," with a quick, 9:00-1 ungely sweet smile, "I am a man 10:00n pays his debts in full." rison. Ie bowed, suddenly caught up Stnn- 11 Slav's hand, and placed It upon the \|> s" ' Misses K 1 owe you everything. And." with ^ mirtly bow to his granddaughter, "I 8 you everything!" 3:00-4 Papa grande!" cried Teresa. "Papa Hrcads), nde!" 4:30-5 Tin* only thine." smiled iho ol<l mnn. ?ho is nil Americano! since HIK/I KS rnnnot change thr> Americanos? 1 will come to im\ my children, In llhrary." In walked ft> Hit' ?|oor. paused. his smiling fact' upon thorn, and led: zenship c I shall not rxpi'i't ymi immediately. "Whor esa, ran you entertain tln> senor for, to them I us say. an hour? You will pardon social ion for that lone, sonor? I shall he | sorv|co n y busy amending certain remarks in Mf ,j)(> ()1 tne;..oirs." ho laughed softly, "Connine the Americanos, sonor!" (THE KMX) proveniei tn can th ST GKIOI AXS AHK the ontir MENTALLY TWISTED W'U ho ? means tl (Continued From Page One.) corning I or such c merely a tthe Leipsig fair. hv^J In nlso mea streets a change (or the worse '>' benefll oh is commented upon now by all he condu tors to Germany. In the hall of that not great fair, which before the war farmer b d to be neat as the proverbial new interests . disorder, and even dirt, are v?lst com rywhere. It is scarcely possible "He it realize the day when at a former ?f each < an Englishman who threw down 's m?st o to scrap of paper was seriously ( to twue tonislied by the policeman on dntv*|a regula tick it up. and on his refusal to do his stf l-nu *i l cantn I 'ovnlnltlltl *"" ' I his incident the Swiss merchant "f '1"' N h whom I have been talking par- cxplainin ila11 y remembers. because ho was ?f same of the Witnesses in the case. Now,' i"'0 ''(t'e* uiys. an airplane flies over the fair "ll,> if wing down advertisements and commissi dbills everywhere, and no one dents of iks that this is a disorderly pro- banke ling, still less of doing anything in torsion i way of tidying up afterward. At agrlcultu fair any one w ho looked well! chamber: used, tidy and healthy was either "at org; ane. a Dutchman or a Swiss. I developn: 'he streets leading to the Dcipsig ,y r,Mtuej were this year lined with wound- "l(' K?ve crippled and blinded soldiers, sell- ani' lo 11 postcards, bootlaces anil all man- wanI ,hi of other trifles, or playing barorgans, with tbeli military caps on Me ,l ground before them for people to ol ?w in anything they could afford. r"t,on n 1 this in a country where inendl- ,oreated ts never used to be tolerated. growing 'ver> Swiss men bant who went to keiehy o ladpsig fair this year was allowed "l"> ,he his government to take with himjm",<,<* iitv two pounds <>l provisions One "'volutin h whom I talked took with hlnii oir,'ani pounds of chocolate, knowing \ foru ai <l it a precious gift it would he to' ('0,l',n a ie of his old acquaintances In vis- lorl ,)OSS g one of the leading inaniifactur- /a,',,n he presented three daughters with ,ay as ,H f a pound each. The girls grasped " i bv the hand, with tears in theii ? - . . unnint irm * we mi von I seen anything like. r>r yours," thoy said. "It will make antl urK< well." I ,hp KOVf Apparently the Hermans attach a' m,S8,onft ry value to chocolate, and this is <1 ??nI halilv all connected with their lack ! hankers' nental balance They expect it to "k wonders. var'< >ne evening this Swiss merchant. Iabove- ,r h two others, was sitting in one of s,a,ft8> Hl best restaurants In f.elpslg. when roso'u*'? d walked around the tables offer- 1 postcards and matches fot sale. the or^al was very sickly looking, and the ,on a8HO? ss merchant put his hand in his ,n,? ofr,! t pocket, took out a block of choc- f,,,e8t" o (about half pound I, and hand ! ' ' > bim. Immediately all the) sfs in the restaurant got up and rounded the lad. gazing with1 rni,,"'r n izement at th? chocolate Home of' r',,H f .... restorntl in asked the Swiss how he man- the futii * to Ket " wrecked .ven in the restaurant, lie said, the nielancht pie who collected around the boy raniludei h the chocolate behaved like chll- Pvpn n. All this points to v\ hat is now masonry ug more and more clearly reoog- flj?"ie "1 ANCASTfiR. S. C. ???? ?????? hat the war and its condi- WVW1 ve caused a more or less abmental Rtate in the case of .11 j rsons. This was particularly >y the Swiss doctors and othhad to do with interned sol? . . ,, , Science aavi Switzerland. For instance, ^?akuned kid dooard Favrc, of the Swiss Thts being ... . , that bv kpcc dical corps, who made a spe- festive orgar y of the condition of interned work1!2*c orde and life prolo ers to the lack of power of Joyed by the ation afflicting many of For over 2 such an extent that they of- 5eSkn2?e?n-a 1 not sit out a "movie." vanclnx yean ^ time home rei I autmm. MUii IIOKT eontSK i Inclosed tn o< I containing aAi lll'.ltK JI NK HI, 17, 18 tbftin as you \ tlnued From Page One.) _ pat and Mustard Pickle, . J <lwards and Parrlslt. ? -1:00?Sewing, Miss Garri:00?Dinner. : 3 0 Making (Quick Miss Garrison. r :30?Growing Peanuts. {1/Jfjjp&Zp Section M. 0;00?Opening exercises. 11:30?Sewing. Miss Gar- JjaW 1:00 ? Making Tomato y Teat and Mustard Pickle, / dwards and Parrlali. / ;00 Dinner. / r30 ? Making (Quick / Miss Garrison. I A :30- -Growing Peanuts. I ,T GOVKltNOK 1 f^~T, TO ( AMI, MKKT1 \G \ Vujj llnued From Page One.) \ >f the South, and. eas, it should bo pointed out that the Ainorlcan Cotton as-' offers a meat field for both ^ nd business, that as a result' ignnizat ion of the American ssociation it means an int-j it in rural eonditions; it will at the living conditions in ? e rural sections of the South . ... . that will nnlv changed for the better: it r?, int present conditions con- restoration nr lliteracy, had toads and oth- direction of J onditions will he removed: it the French hi lis that farming will he vast- first praet ted, that cotton farming will en toward ei icted 011 a profitable basis, ovrr 'be tinv only the Interests of the rbancel. 1 ortt ut the various allied business glass of the < of the South will all receive |ntn?*t and en mercial benefit, therefore, f,?w years her resolved. That the governor ed slate roof if tin1 cotton growing states predicted that a mostly requested and urged recovered not a proclamation setting aside heunty. r day for a public meeting ite. called for the purpose of Do Anil g the objects and purposes' I was await nierican Cotton association, by tb* clatter g the plans and organization " 11,1111 s v"' . . $L'l VW ti ti rltoe .inn airanmim 10 put same ' ' . . press. I '( ( pi i t and force. ! , . blind I saw further resolved. That the r.llhvjiv oners of aKr|. ulture. pros!- th;i, h)s farmers' unions, presidents to a heavily li rs' association, heads of ex- hint iti n zljj leparttnents, presidents of tip the steep t ral colleges, all presidents of windows, lie t of commerce and other situ- or touchiest ' tnizations interested in th<# kept ',f> noSf , 0 . when the mi lent ot the South are earnest . . , horse stopped tted to stun a Join (all with * rnor for such mass ineetiiiK If/rcy ise every effort to push for- fin*,/*,. A / s great work wltn all possl- y L I PP further resolved. That the " ' directors of the American ssoriation and all people in- hi in same in each of the cotton- l/C 1 states of the cotton belt are arnestly requested to const!- P^CilTV ntselves into a special com?r the purpose of having this n carried Into effect and Av/er* 1 for the purpose of pushing IPSCIT the work of the American Aeuctii ssociation and using every ef-i PiDllllVI ihle to complete the organi-j BREVAF their state with as little de- . ? tssibie. LnnCj turther resolved. That the KANtif* ' of the American Cotton as ??? wx3 he. and iH hereby, requeste'l II TATE i !d 10 promptly write eactl ofl ^ ?j mors, ear h of the com ruin-1 ' UDClillll rs of agriculture, each of the1 iMggsri is of the farmers' uni' I associations, agricnltnr.il p ? chambers of commerce and ms other bodies mentioned' i each of the cotton growing' ending them a copy of this 11 and all other Information for a whirlwind campaign for, |\/Af A alzatlon of the American Cot datlon, urging that they put It LAI ct and force the above re- B | SC Reims CathedraT. to be rebuilt, or [ stored, for France has taken bought and decider] that such Is far desirable for re than n splendid structure, by war and left to stand In as a own destruction. 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