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By GEORGE BARR
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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
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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
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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,
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LANDS
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bs from Abbeville, in
mty, adjoining lands
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'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.
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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
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Candida
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TO THE VOTERS
^s a candidate f<
Saturday, May die 3
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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.
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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
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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
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SAVE TIRES
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not ruin tiros if properly re
Let us examine and adyisi
casings.
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Mr County Treasurer in \
1st, I respectfully solic
in has prevented ; my j
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rst Lieutenant, and was
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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
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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
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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
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