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j n GREEN 12 A N.T/^V I /lLll V# A By GEORGE BARR McCUTCHEON t Author "GRAUSTARK," THE HOLLOW OF HER HAND," "THE PRINCE OF GRAUSTARK." ETC. Cacvacbt brD?U. Mead udCoapaay. lac. (Continued From Last Friday "There is nothing we can do," said Barnes, "except try to stanch the flow of blood. He is bleeding inwardly, I'm afraid. It's a clean wound, Mr. Jones. Like a rifle shot, I should say." ' "That's Just what it is," said one of the men, a tall woodsman. "The feller -who did It was a dead shot, yon c'n bet on that He got t' other man square through the heart" "Lordy, but this will raise a rumpus," groaned the landlord. "We'll have detectives an'?" ' 1 "I guess they got what was comln' to 'em," said another of the men. "What's that? Why, they was rldln' peaceful as could be to Spanish Falls. What do you mean'by sayin' that Jim Conley? But wait a minute! How does It happen that they were up near your dad's house? That certainly ain't on the road to Span?" "Spanish Falls nothln'! fhey wasn't goln' to Spanish Falls any more*n I am at this mlnnte. They tied their horses tip the road Just above bur house," said young Conley, lowering his voice out of consideration for the feelings of the helpless man, "it was about leven o'clock, I reckon. I was comln' home from singin' school up at Number Ten, an* I passed the hosses hitched to the fence. Naturally I stepped, curious like. There wasn't no one around, fer as I could see, so I thought Fd take a look to see whose hosses they were. J. thought It was derned funny, them hosses beln' there at that,time o' night an' no one around. 'Looked mighty queer to me. Course, thinks L they might belong to somebody vial tin' In there at Gteen Fancy, so I thought Td?" "Green Fancy," said Barnes, starting. "Was It up that far?" demanded Jones. t "They was hitched Jest about a hunFARM FOR & 87 ACRES?12 mil< McCormick Coi of W. D. Morra F . 40 ACRES?About ville, no improv and timber. 79 3-4 ACRES?3 m 9 . I I one settlementon place. Plentj running througl 227 1-2 ACRES?1 ville. This is a s] ; erty. A lot of sa1 F 100 1-2 ACRES?1 I tn'll A n.AA/1 vaoi'/ 1 vine;, uvuu ings. Well ater< and timber. P 189 1-4 ACRES?1 ville. A splend provements, abc torn lands. I 541 ACRES?1-2 it mile from Calh farm beine ope: Lies well, is wel abundance of w Pi Can Arrai ROBERT i dred yards below Mr. Curtis' propity, J on the off side o' the road. I hadn't | any raore'n got to our front gate when I heard some one running in the road ap there behind me. 'Fore I knowed * j what was happenin', bang went a gun. I almost jumped out'n my boots. The ; runnin' had stopped. The horses was ! rarin' an' tearing' so I thought I'd?" "Where'd the shot come from?" demanded Jones. "Up the road some'eres, I couldn't swear just where. Must'a' been up by ' the road that cuts in to Green Fancy. So I thought I'd hustle in an' see if pa was awake, an' git my gun. Jest 1 then pa stuck his head out'n the wfcJ der an' yelled what the hell's the mat! ter. You betcher life I sung out who I was mighty quick, 'cause pa's purty spry with a gun an' I didn't want him takln' me fer burglars sneaking around the house. While we wuz talkln' there one of the hosses started our way llckety-spllt, an' in about two seconds it went by ps. It was purty dark, but we see plain as day that there was a man in the saddle, bendln' low over the hoss' neck and shoutin' to it We waited a couple o' minutes, wonderin' what ft do, an* llstenin' to the hoss glttln' furder and furder away in the direction of the cross-roads. Then 'way down there by the pike we heerd another shot. Right there an' then pa said he'd put on his clothes an' we'd set out to see what it was all about. "Well, pa come out with my gun an' his'n an' we walks up to where I seen the hosses. .Shore 'nough, one of 'em I was still hitched to the fence, an' j t'other was gone. We stood around a minute or two examipin' t^e noss an then. pa says let's go up the road a ways an' see If we c'n see anything. An' by gosh, we hadn't gone moren' fifty feet afore we come plumb on a man layin' in the middle of: the road. Pa shook him an' he didn't let out a sound. He was warm, but deader'n a tombstone. I wua fer leavln' him there till we c'd git the coroner, but pa says no. We'd carry him down to our porch an' lay him there, so's he'd be out o' danger. I jumps on Polly an' lights out fer here, Mr. Jones, to telephone up to Saint Liz fer the sheriff an' the coroner, not givin' a dang what I run < into on the way. Polly shied some- \ thin' terrible Jest afore we got to the , pike an' I come derned near bein' ? throwed. An' right there 'side the rood was this feller, all in a heap. Thinks , I, you poor cuss, you must 'a' tried to stoD that feller on bossback an' he plunked you. That accounted fer the second shot The thing that Worries all ;of us is did the saine man do the 1 shootin', or was there two of 'em, one waitin' down the cross-roada?" "Must have been two," said Jones, thoughtfully. "The same man couldn't , have got down there ahead of him, ~ 1 LANDS UJL. C- . i < . . ' 1 V # ' ,* bs from Abbeville, in mty, adjoining lands i ' /, 1 'rice, $30.00 per acre. 1 A * /; six miles from Abbeements, all in wood Price, $25 per acre. iles from Abbeville? -two horse farm open r wood, and stream 1 place. Price, $2,000.00. 1 miles from Abbeplendid piece of proper timber on this place Wee, $17*50 per acre. 2 miles from Abbeience and out buildid and plenty wood iSO.AO vwir acre. .0 miles from Abbelid farm but no im>ut 50 or 60 acres bot*rice, $18.00 per acre. iile from Hester, one oun Falls. 15 Jiorse rated on the place. 1 watered and has an ood and timber. ice, $40.00 per acre. ___ ige Terms -j ' S. LINK [; Li.ai'a aure. JL>ici anybody go up i Green Fancy to make inquiries?" " 'Twasn't necessary. Mr. Curti: heard the shoot in' an' jest before w? left he sent a man out to s^e what ii was all about- The old skeezieks that'f been drivin' his-car lately come dowth:;lf-dressed. He said nothin' out o the way had happened up at Greer: francy." "It's most mysterious," said Barnes glancing round the circle of awec'. faces. "There piust have been ?eomt one lying in wait for these men, anc> with a very definite, purpose in mind.' "Strikes rae,"^aid Jones, "that these two men were up to some kind of dirt;-' work themselves, else why did thej say they were goin' to Spanish Falls' They were queer actin' mein, I'll have to say that." His eyes met Barnes' and there was a queer light in them. "You don't happen to know anything about this, do you, Mr. Barnes?" he demanded, suddenly. CHAPTER V.' The Farm-Boy Tells a Ghastly Story and an Irishman Enters. \ Barnes stared, "wnat ao ycu mean?" he demanded sharply. "I mean just what I said. What do yon know about this business f "How should I know anything aboui it?" "Well, we don't know who you are, nor what you're doing up here, nor what your real profession Is. That's why I ask the question." "I see," said Barnes/ after a moment. He arasped the situation and be admitted to himself that Jones had cause for his suspicions. "It has occurred to you that I may be a detective or a secret service man,1 isn't that the case? Well, I am* neither. Did you know any more about these two men, Mr. Jones, thin you know about me?" t v " "I don't know anything about 'em." "What was their business?" "Mr. Itoon was lookin' for a place to brii:? his daughter who has consumption. He didn't want to f&ke hej to a reg'lar consumptive community, he said, an' so he was lookin' for a guiet place where she wouldn't be as-' soclatin' with lungers all the time.1 That was his business, Mr. Barnes, au' I guess you'd call It respectable, wouldn't you?" "Perfectly. But why should he be troubled by my presence here If?" Miss Thnckeray put an end to the discussion in a most effectual manner. "Oh, for the Lord's sake, cut it out!; Wait till he's dead, can't you?" she whispered "fiercely. "You've got all the time In the world to talk, and he hasn't more than ten minutes left to breathe unless that rpbe doctor gets bore pretty soon. I think he's going "I Think H** doing Now," 8hs Whlspersd. now. Keep still, all of yon. la he breathing, Mr. Barnes) That awful cough Jnst now seemed to?H Her eyes were fixed on the still face. "Why?why, how tightly he holds my band I I can't get It away?he mnst K? allwa lA Ttopnaa Vhora U thftt Billy doctor*" Barnes unclasped the rigid lingers of the man .called Andrew Paul, and,' shaking his head sadly, drew her away from the Improvised bier, fie and the shivering Mr. DllUngford conducted her to the dining room, where a single kerosene lamp gave out a feeble, rather ghastly light "Would you like a little brandy?" Inquired Barnes, as ahe sat down limply In the ehair he pulled out for her. 1 hare a flask upstairs In my?" 1 "I never touch It," she said. Tm all right My legs wabble a little but? Sit down Mr. Barnefc I've got something to say to you and I'd better say It now hflroimo It mat come In Brett? bandy for you later oa. Dont let those women come In here, Dllly. This afternoon I walked up 1b the woods back of the tavern to go over some Una* In a new piece we are to do later oa^-God knows when!* I could see the how* from where I was sit* ting. Boon's windows were plainly lslblA. I saw Boon standing st a window looking toward the cross-roads with s pair of fleld-siassea. Every one# in awhile he wo?ld tarn to Paul, who stood betide btm with a notebook, tad nj ionethlng to him. Paul wrote It down, then he would look again, twatog.Ite dftuef ftl? way and that Suddenly my eyes almost popped out of my head. Paul had gone awny , from the window. He came back and j he had a couple of revolvers In his hands. They stood there for a few minutes carefully examining the weanons and' reloading them with fresh cartridges. Just as I was about to start down to the house?it was a little after six o'clock, and getting awfully dark and overcast?Roon took up the glasses again. He seemed to be excited and called his companion. Paul grabbed the. glasses and looked down the road. They both became very much Excited, pointing and gesticulating, and taking turn about* with the glasses." ; "About six o'clock, you say?" said Barnes, greatly Interested. t "It toas a quarter after six when I got back to the house. I spoke to Mr. Bacon about what I'd seen and he said he believed they were German spies, up to some kind of palschief along the Canadian border.. Then about half an hour later you came to the tavern.. I " saw Roon sneak out to the head of the stairs and listen to. your, conversation with Joaeq when you registered. That gavfe me an Idea. It was you they were watching the road for." Barnes held up bis band for silence. "Listen," be said in a low voice. *1 will tell yon who they were looking for." As briefly as1 possible he recounted his experience with the strange young woman at the crossroads. "From the beginning I have connected this tragedy with the place .called Green Ifancy. m stake my last , penny that they have been hanging around here waiting for the arrival of that young woman. They knew she was coming and they doubtless knew , what she was bringing with her. What do you know about Green Fancy T' He- was va^Jy excited. His active imagination .was creating all sorts of possibilities and complications, depre-. dations and intrigues. Bacon was the one who answered) "People live up there and since We've been here two or three men visitors have come down from the place to sample our stock of wet goods. I talked with a couple of 'em day before yester day.- Tfiey were out tor a norteoacxi i " ' 4i . .* . . .t ? A . *. /' ^ '; . 4 ? ' 1 C. * f ? M Candida ' - ' >! ' y TO THE VOTERS ^s a candidate f< Saturday, May die 3 _ m m The continued rai county as much as I h your support, person . will appreciate it.Ml .. Having served m; niy WAR RECORD Spanish-American wj was promoted to F ii pany most of the tim Capt. J. L. Perrin wa Com , . ?1 I was compliment and correctness of th which I had entire cl , tion with same. Given ] I When we went to Jones, Manager of t v rieda big stock and d soldiers. I was selec First Lieutenants. j V " 1 After the war wai vice and was HONOI was for several year* careful and painstak when I took up news] Am a brother of of Anderson, and he me win. , v Assuring you of x Saturday, I am, f \ ride and stopped here for a nrag of ale." "Were they foreigners?" Inquired Barnes. i "If you want to call an Irishman a foreigner, I'll havfe to say one of them was. He had a beautiful brogue. Tfte other was an American, I'm sure. Yesterday they rode past here with ^couple of swell-looking Svomen. I saw them turn up the road to Green Fancy." , ?. The arrival of four or five men, who stamped Into the already crowded hailway from the perch outside, claimed the attention of the quartette. Among them was the doct6r who,- they Were soon tg> discover, was also the coroner of the county. A very officious deputy sheriff was also^in the group. Mr. Jones called out from the doori way: "Mr. Barnes, you're wanted In there." To be Continued > SOLDIERS MAY GET ANOTHER BONUS Washington, May ' 20.?Senator Park Thammell of Florida, ^he au thor of the bill which .became lav creating the bonus of $60 - for met serving in the navy, military or ma rine forces of the United States ii the war, today introduced the fol lowing : "That all persons serving in the military or nayal forces of th< United States during\ the war wit! the German Empire whq have sine* Aprif 6th, 1917, resigned or beei *; f , ' SAVE TIRES % , ? - ' V ? lido not ruin tiros if properly re Let us examine and adyisi casings. Tube repairing, 25c. up; ( MARTIN a ' - - i "j-i i ' ; i; -j t i. i .v HOR 'if / -'J . r* $ T ite for II ,T~" ".'/,V7: rxy;;,-;-?? OF ABBEVILLE GO Mr County Treasurer in \ 1st, I respectfully solic in has prevented ; my j ad expected, and if I d< ia,iy, < '<"' ?*???< r WAR RECO , . ' ' i\V; . % ' .) - m y country in time ot wa . I VOLUNTEERED ir, when there was no d rst Lieutenant, and was e. I was in the same j an officer. plimented on \ ed by the Mustering Ofl e Muster?In Rolls c large, and did most of Important A&sij Cuba I was appointed, te Regimental Canteen lid a big business andn ted for the place out of < ' 1 After The War i over I did not care to RABLY DISCHARGE ?in railroad agency w< ing.service in making u; paper work. E. R. Horton, formerly will appreciate anythin ny appreciation of your Your. 5 ' . discharged under honorable condJ tions (or in the case 6f ''reservisfjH been placed on inactive; duty,) ofl who at any tii$0 hereaft^r (but noB later than the termination f ox curreht enlistment or tehh 1- of seifl ! Vice) in the case of . enlisted perso | nel and female nurses, or within sifl months after the termination of Safl war in the case of officers, may ifl sign, or be discharged under hono* able conditions), or in the case<pi*ri seryists, be placed on inactive dnt shall 'be paid, in- ..additional to $ other amounts due them in puri ance of law?af*rther sum of each from 'the appropriation f<wp? of the army &nd pay of .the navy r spectively, and under the:, directioi of the secretary of war and the se )kretary of the navy respectively. ^Ti j act shall not apply ,to persons ' wl were not in the services on- or pri to November 11, 1918, ^>r to pc sons entilted to retired pay, nor the heirs or legal representative# a person who if living would be e titled to said additional compem tion." ? fessS tations at Prttt ahd Banner Co. 3 ' - i r i 11 j ? ; 1 : '1 savf monfy 5 you before throwing away you? I I Dasings, 50c. up. I ad pennal. B 'Giuragc./';:' . V . ( . . Iv^ ' ; H T O Nl J.-* I easurer I UNTY: I the election to be bekl 1 'I, j'm' ' B it your support. flj getting out over the I D not see you, or ask I 1 that I want it and I I v I RD I r, I am right proud of I for service in the I anger of die DRAFT, I in charge of the ComRegiment of which D Vork I Seer for the neatness I f the Company, of j die wprklh cotinec- n I I jnment by our Colonel, Wilie or Store. We par- H lade a profit far the H F IS C&Dtains -mad 12 I I HI i.W BB rt continue in the ser- EH D since which time I BH I ?rk which requires I p reports, which I left I of Lowndesville, now H g you may do to help Hfl rote for Treasurer Hfl Sincerely, . H =1 I