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. | j n GREEN FANCY By GEORGE DAKK McCUTCHEON Amiho, of "GRAUSTARK." THE HOLLOW OF HER HAND." "THE PRINCE OF GRAUSTARK." ETC. rumynll Ti ll Mnii-f*?r"T V . * r ^Continued irom Page a wo.,/ , * "It isn't the usual course," she saidj joletly, and her face brightened. "You! *re not like most men, Mr. Barnes.'* ; '.."My dear child," said Rushcroft, i *^ou must leave this matter to our friend and me. I fancy I know an i honest man when I see him. My deari fellow, fortune Is but temporarily frowning upon me. In a fjew weeks. k I V shall be on my feet again, zipping! along on the crest of the wave. I dhre i say I can return the money to you in \ a month or six weeks. If?" ' "V?n, iauier: crieu oiisb niaincmj. i v x "We'B make It six months, and I'll : jay any rate of Interest you desire. Six per cent, eight per cent, ten per?" ~ "Six per cent, sir, and we \Vill make tt a year from date." i "Agreed. Get up and dance for us, Dllly! We fihall be In New York te morrowl" "You forget the dictatorial sheriff Mr. Rushcroft," said Barnes. "The varlet!" barked Mr. Rushcroft It was arranged that Dillingford and Bacon \7ere to go to Hornville In 8 hired motor that afternoon, secure th? ' judgment, pay the costs, and attend to the removal of the personal belong tags of the stranded quartette fronr the hotel to Hart's Tavern.' Tht younger actors stoutly refused to ac cept Barnes' offer to pay their board while at the Tavern. That, they de dared, would be charity, and they pre fefred his friendship and his respect to anything of that sort Miss Thack' way, however, was to be immediately \ f -? ' V" JuBsBEfiKiSISfiliilii k -~^ fll PHl.'l;i Call and see our display of Deti We will be glad to demonstrat ' time. v t I STOVES A"D RANI 20-22-24 N. M V relieved of her position as chambermaid. She was to become a paying guest. RushcrofJ took the whole affair witt the most noteworthy complacency. H? seemed to regard it as his due, 01 % *^9^ j .S~J)^ Rushcrof* Took the Whole Affair With the Most Noteworthy Complacency. more properly speaking as if be were doing tfarnes a great iavor in snowing blm tc lend money to a person bis importance. "A thought has just come to me, my dear fellow," he remarked as they arose from table. "With the proper kind of backing I could put over one of the most stupendous things the theater has known in fifty years. I don't mind saying to you?although It's rather sub rosa?that I have written a play?a four-act drama that will puck the biggest house on Broadway to the roof for as many months as we'd care to ?tay. Perhaps you will allow "me to talk it over with you a little later on. You will be Interested, I'm sure. Egad, sir, HI read the play,to you. TU?Wh^t ho, landlord. Have your best Automobile sent around tp the , fE^TF^ JsSwfll 8 mBI A Birthd S the cake ? M her new BaH " sures th K^jjH necessar / for the v ' - Summer ??? stove wi service i roit Vapor Oil Stoves modern any kinc ;e them for you any and imn tensely 1 koHle. gas. 5ES tr HOME OU1 ain St. I t V - t door as quickly as" possible. 2 Couple I 8j of my men are going to Hornville to J t) fetch hither my?*' I t] "Just a minrte," Interrupted Put- fi nam Jones, wholly unimpressed. "A d man Just called you up on the phone, tl Mr. Barnes. I told him you was entertaining royalty at lunch and couldn't be disturbed. So he asked a ><"'? unn /'all him 11 n an snnn M. U1C IV UOTV JVU VM? ?? as you revived. His words, not mine, p Call up Mr. O'Dowd at Green Fancy. ^ Here's the number." ^ The mellow voice of the Irishman n soon responded to Barnes' call. h "I called you up to relieve your w mind regarding the young woman who w came last night," he- said. "You ob- el serve that I say 'came.' She's quite c< nil right, safe and sound, and 110 cause a: for uneasiness. I thought you meant m that she was coming here as a guest, rl nnd so I made the very natural mis- tl take of saying she hadn't come at all2 R< at all. The young woman In question c< is Mrs. Van Dyke's maid. But, bless el me soul, how was I to know she was even In existence, much less expected tl by train or motor or Shanks' mare? Well, she's here, so there's the end of T our mystery." . Barnes was slow in replying. He tl was doubting his own ears. (It was not w conceivable that an ordinary?or even I an extraordinary?^lady's maid could *1 have possessed the exquisite voice and B manner of his chance acquaintance of a' the day before, or the temerity to 1)1 order that sour-faced chauffeur about as if? The chauffeur Iv I ? "But I thought you said th^t Mr. 01 Curtis' chauffeur was moon-faced f1 and-" ? "He is, bedad," broke In Mr. 0I O'Dowd, chuckling. "That's what de-< w celved me entirely, and no wonder. It tl wasn't Peter at all, but the rapscallion b washer who went after her. He was jj instructed t? tell Peter, to meet the ig four o'clock train, and the blockhead m forgot to give the order. Bedad, what l do?s he do but sneak out after her g< himself, scared outv of his boots for al fear of what he was to get from Peter. I had the whole story from Mrs. Van B Dyke." s\ "Well, I'm tremendously relieved," ai said Barnes slowly. tr "And so am I," said O'Dowd with in conviction. "I have seen the heroine nl of our busted romance. She's a good- ~ looking. girl. I'm not surprised that g< i ol ^ til Stt ei J) \ 1^!P^ J V*I'; I / m Jkh M ? fl Vv l| t >f 1/ ROIT VAPOR 5 STOVES . : [8?Light Instantly?-Work | " - j ai , 81 ay isn't .complete without tl r and Mother knows that ^ Detroit Vapor Oil Stove in- le e rapid, thorough baking, >Mi y for a perfect result. hole family appreciates the * ul cooking and baking I of this oil stove without a y t's just the stove you want 81 vhole year round. Winter, , Spring and Fall this oil ^ Ihout a wick gives the same m and convenience as the P1 city gas range. No wicks of 1?simply light the burner 0! lediately you have an in- ai hot blue flame under the p Bakes and cocks as fast as f: s Vi n ub&Ce* ("FITTERS d e Abbeville, S. C. 5 c mMBHBBDBHi b * \ .. .. tie kept her veil down. If you wen j leave it to me, though, I'd say tiat ifs a sin to carry discretion so ar as all that. You see what I mean, ont yo^?" His rich laugh came over tie wire. "Perfectly. Thank jfao fnr letunj Much t| Barnes' surprise?nnfl d!?> ppolntinent?the interior of the house ailed to sustain the bewildering effect rod'jced by the exterior. The enhance hall and the living room into 'hlch he was conducted by the twc len were singularly like others that e had seen. The latter, for example, as of ordinary dimensions, furnished lth a thought for comfort rather than legance ?r even good taste. The ouches and chairs were low and deep nd comfortable, as If intended for : ien only, and they were covered with ch, gay materials; the hangings at le windows were of deep blue and aid; the walls an unobtrusive cream >lor, almost literally ^hatched with tchlngs. The stairs were thickly carpeted. At le top bis guide turned to the left nd led the way down a long corridor, hey passed at least four doors be>re O'Dowd stopped and threw open le fifth on that side of the hall. There ere still t^vo more doors" beyond. "Suggests a hotel, doesn't It?" said ie Irishman, standing aside for arnes to enter. "All of the sleeping partments are on this floor, and*the aths and boudoirs and what not. The arret is above, and that's where we eposit our family skeletons, intern ar grievances, store our stock of pltefulness and hide all the little svils that must come sneaking np om the city with us whether we will. * ?? nH/lfooalno- fho mnn I !1U. l/auoi/u, uuuivuuiu6 J ho had quietly entered the room irough the door behind them, "do Mr. arnes, will ye, and fetch me from [r. Do Soto's room when you've flnhed. I leave you to Dabgfln^s tender ercies. The saints preserve us! ook at the man's boot#!'- Dabson, ?t out y<jur brush and dauber first of 1. He's been floundering In a bog." The Jovial Irishman retired, leaving arnes to he "done" by the silent, vift-nioving valet Dabson was young id vigorous and exceedingly well ained. He made short work of "dog" the visitor;. barely fifteen min:es elapsed before ODowd's return. Presently they went downstairs .to sther. Eamps had been lighted, many ! them, throughout ^he house. A fire Ackled In the cavernous^ fireplace at le end pf the living room and grouped )out Its cheerful, grateful tyaze were te ladles of Green Fancy. The girl of his thoughts was there, anding slightly aloof frdm the ?til's, but evidently amused by the tale 8h?.Was There. X ith which De Soto was regaling lem. She was smiling; Barnes saw ie sapphire lights sparkling in her res and experienced a sensation that as wofully akin to confusion. But everything went off qulje natuilly. He favored Miss Cameron with 1 uneommofily self-possessed smile as ie gave her hand to him, and she In irn responded with one falntiy sug?stive of tolerance, although it certinly would have been recorded by a ss sensitive person than Barnes as ipping In reply to his perfunctory "delight1, I'm sure, etc.," she said quite clear : "Oh, now I remember. I was sure had seen you before, Mr. Barnes, on are the magic gentleman who >rang like a mushroom out of the irth early yesterday afternoon." "And frightened you," he said t (Thereupon you vanished like the inshroom that is gobbled up by the redatory glutton." He had thrilled at the sound of her Dice. It was the low, deliberate voice F the woman of the crossroads, and, s before, he caught the almost imerceptlble accent. The red gleam rom-the blazing logs fell upon her lining hair; it glistened like gold, he wore a simple evening gown of hite, softened over the shoulders and eck with a fall of rare volenciennes tee. There was no jewelry?not even ring on her slender, tapering fingers. Mrs. Collier, t#ie hostess, was an elerly, heavy-featured woman, declddly overdressed. Mrs. Van Dyke, er daughter, was a woman of thirty, all, dnrk and handsome in a bold, " * --?i- TKa loolroHoicl. asmng son ui naj. . al gentleman with the mustache I urned out to be her husband. I To be Continued I OUR NE^ HAS JUST BEEN - EQU1PPE WITH MACHINERY FOR AI KINDS OF MACHINE WOR Weathers c OLSSMOBILE and CHANDL 525 Broad St. -=== REAL E IS A SURE IN Read these listings ca tain many splendid O] as investments. Call, and our representative an appointment to si ?- .. *1 might interest you. V suit you on almost an 8 ROOM RE8IDENCE with Street in City of Abbevi Price . TWO BEAUTIFUL BUILDIR next to Mr. Ernest Che ' . NICE 8 ROOM DWELLING ( lot. All modern conven Mr. J. E. Jones. ..... VERY DE8IRABLE BUILill at back. Ohe hundred the road from Mr. McC< , Price TWO GOOD HOU8E8,1 six \ with vacant lot right ne beville. Desirable prop ' m v ONE NICE FIVE-ROOM HOI all city conveniences ar ' I , * 54 ACRES of land eight mill lie road, fine woo$an< wood; 14 acres in cull cally level. Price . , v. ' 1^6 ACRE8 of land just thre Cormick road.'Two teni 75 acres in cultivation; actas in woodland. Pl< practically level. Only ' Price B7y2 ACRE8 .of land right n? on public road; one-hal wood and water; one tl Going at ... TWO EXT8A GOOD STORE horse gas engine and n . property is rigMT near d . vilje. It is an unusual ONE NICE LOT right nea at; 1... 52 y2 ACRE8 of good land < ville, practically level. 1 Vfc miles to good con; miles to church. 35 acn in nflst.nrft: 5 acres in w one tenant house and 01 550 ACRE8 of good land, 6 i of Henry Stockman pla tion, 100 acres in pastu some saw timber, plent houses, barns, etc., two church. 75 acres practi Price .. . n 247 ACRE8 of'good land, 6 i of Henry Stockman plac 50 acres in pasture, 10C fine saw timber, plent house and born. 3 mil church. Price If you are contemplating i Property?List it with us. Dude Land "We Cut the Earth to N SHOP I D OUT or TOM 0I0EM .L ' GIVEN PROMPT K ATTEITHM \ ' ' ' ' \ . i V ' z Gerrard EC SERVICE STATIC! Augusta, Ga-, STATE v ' . . rf V IVESTMENT refully.^ They conjportunities as well 'phone or write us,. e will gladly make tiow you any tKat Ve can give terms to | iy of this property. ===== l Ys acre lot on N. Main lie, modern conveniences. $3,500.00 v * ,. ' -' :< , ' ' -:V 10 LOTS, on N. Main St., . atham. ~ I ' \ ' )ji N. Main St;, with large fences.- Located opposite \ ........ $3,000.00 1 i \ * ; * 'T . * ' / V Vy' j IM LOT with gpod cabin '; ft. front. Just across ambs on Greenville/street. , $1,060.00 V ' 1 > * i * ' r, i : ' -room and 1 eight-room, ar Southern depot, in Ab- : >erty. Just .. $5,000.00' ' . J8E on Parker street with I id large lot. P/ice $1,600. ' ?s from Abbeville on pub- : . < j, being about 40 acres in .. tivation; 20 acres practi $1,000.00 e miles from townvon Mc- - ' \ ant bouses and 'two barns. v 10 acres in pasture ; 40 snty of w&ter. ,.$0 acres % mile to school. . i.$5,250.00 * . .If . . ' jar Brownlees Cross roads f in cultivation; plenty of .> , \ iree-rooiA tenant house. . . $30.00 Per Acre BUILDINGS, with 12lill.outfit connected. This epot in town of Lowndes- - ( bargain. : v .. %.T.T. ft . \ r depot in Lowndesville 1 .............. $75.00 miles from Lo-^ndesLies on public road just v solidated school and two 58 in cultivation^ 10 acres oodland; plenty of water; le barn. Price. $2,600.00 : I niles from Abbeville, part ce, 300 acres in cultiva ire, 100 acres woodland, y of water, eight tenant miles of good school and cally level land. $18.00 Per Acre * < niles from Abbeville, part 1 v I i >ck 7^ ani*eia in- />nltivflfinn ig? ? kj Uvl vo All vuini t uviv/ii^ f ) acres woodland, lots of y of water, one tenant Les of good school and $22.50 Per Acre Belling your Farm or City ' Company Suit Your Taste." \