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OlA. MINDING THE BABY. Young Kenwick Bradley, who i3 getting to be man enough to wear bis shoes and stockings on Sunday, had a bright idea the night of the Klugh-Garner wedding. In his desire to have everything pass off smoothly, he offerffed to "mind the baby" and took his young cousin, the ivnVitr nf Mr. J. T. Bradlev. for an automobile ride while the interesting ceremony was being performed. Ren wick end the baby got along fifine until they were five miles out f town, when they stuck ui thei mud and stayed "stuck" until eleven 'dock when James Klugh came to the rescue. gDo FvwjivantI ?TO SELL PROPERTY?! S A?K SUTHERLAND I i I certainly will show you how to sell property?that's my business. I'll sell it for you and charge you a small commission that you will be glad to pay. You might get a pointer or two from me anyway, and if you don't hitch up with me in a deal just say "thanks" on your way out and there won't be any hard feelings. 100 ACRE TRACT?Six and one-half miles from Abbeville in Sharon neighborhood; close to school and church. Three-room house and barn. Price per acre $32.50. 82 ACRE TRACT OF LAND? 4 miles south of Abbeville. Tenant house, barn, 8 or 10 acres of fine branch bottoms, 35 acres in cultivation, balance in woods both pine and ash. Rented for this year. Near school house. Price per acre $20.00 LOT?on South side ol town, 150x150 feet. Price, $150.00 156 ACRE TRACT?Located 4 miles Southeast of Abbeville S. C. Six room dwelling, 3room tenant house, barn. About 2-horse farm rented for this year. Good bottom land, plenty ashe wood and timber. Price $4,400. TWO STORY DWELLING?6room, hall, electric lights and sewerage, 5 minutes walk from square. Bargain at $1,250.00 166 ACRES?6 miles from Abbeville. Good dwelling, barn v tenant house, located in Leb\ anon section, closfe to school and church. Price per acre $30.00 5-ROOM .uwtLLinu? un South Main Street, at Cotton Mill. Price, $1,100.00 5-ROOM COTTAGE? Right at High School, on Parker St. Lot 80x198. Price, $1,600.00. 36 ACRE?Tract of land, 3 1-2 miles from Hodges, 8 miles from Abbeville, good dwelling, barn and outhouses. S Price, $1,650.00 43 ACRE TRACT?2 1-2 miles from town, 1-horse farm open, dwelling, barn, good well, good bottom and pasi ture lands. Party that buys gets 2 bales cotton rent. Price, per acre, $35.00 ?i 1SSS5S5I i ; ? | GREEN 12 KT/^V JL By GEORGE BARR McCUTCHEON A*Jm a KjRAUSTARK." THE HOLLOW OF HER HAND.""THE PRINCE OF GRAU5TARK," ETC. T Have some cause for believing that one of those chaps in there Is from Green Fancy. Go to bed at ten o'clock, my friend, and put out your light I don't insist on your taking off your clothes, however. I will rap on your door at eleven o'clock. By the way, don't forget to stick your revolver in your pocket" A few minutes before eleven there came a gentle tapping on Barnes' door. He sprang to his feet and opened it presenting himself "'before Sprouse fully dressed and, as the secret agent said later on, "fit to kill." The night was as black as pitch. Barnes, trusting to the little man's eyes and hanging close upon his coattails, followed blindly but gallantly in the tracks of the leader. It seemed to him that they stumbled along parallel to the road for miles before Sprouse came to a halt. "This Is the short cut \o Green Fancy," he whispered, laying his hand on Barnes' arm. "We save four or five miles, coming this way. Do you know where we are?" "I haven't the remotest idea.'' "About a quarter of a mile below Cortls' house. Are you all richt?" "Fine as a fiddle, except for a barked knee and a skinned elbow, a couple of more or less busted ribs. I've banged Into more trees than?" "Sh!" After a moment of silence, intensified by the ntournful squawk of night birds and the chorus of katydids, Sprouse whispered, "Did you hear that?" Barnes thrilled. This was real melodrama. "Hear what?" he whispered shilly. "Listen!" After a second or two: "There!" -It's a woodpecker hammering on the limb of a?" "Woodpeckers don't hammer at night, my lad. Don't stir! Keep you* ears open." Sprotise dutched his companion's arm and, dropping to his knees in the thick nnderbrunh, pulled the other down after him. Presently heavy footsteps approached. An unseen pedestrian passed within ten yards of th^m. They scarcely breathed until the sounds passed entirely out of hearing. Sprouse put his lips close to Barnes' ear. "Telegraph," he whispered. "It's a! system they have of reporting to each other. There are two men patrolling the grounds near the house. Tou see what we're up against, Barnes. Do you still want to go on with it?" "Til stay by you," replied Barnes sturdily. Several minutes went by. There was not a sound save the restless patter of rain in the tree tops. At last the faraway thud of footsteps came to the ears of the tense listener. They drew nearer, louder, and once more seemed to be approaching the very spot where he crouched. Then came the sound of a dull, heavy blow, a hoarse gasp, a momentary commotion in the shrubb#y, and?again silence. Barnes' blood van cold. He waited for the next footfall of the passing man. It never came. A sharp whisper reached his earsf. "Come here?quick I" He floundered through the brush and almost fell prostrate over the kneeling figure of a man. "Take care! Lend a hand," whispered Sprouse. Dropping to his knees, Barnes felt for and touched wet, coarse garments, and gasped: Tlova tt/ *n mioH liim >" a?J UVUi XXU * C ,JVU (V14IVU "Temporarily," said Sprouse, between his teeth. "Here, unwind the rope I've got around my waist Take the end?here. Got a knife? Cut off a section about three feet long. I'll get the gag Id his mouth while you're doing it. Hangmen always carry tbeU own ropes," he concluded, with grewBome humor. "Got it cut? Well, cut two more sections, same length." With Incredible swiftness the two of them bound the feet, knees and arms of the inert victim. "I came prepared," said Sprouse, so calmly that Barnes marveled at the iron nerve of the man. "By heaven, Sprouse, I?I believe he's dead. We?we haven't any right to kill a?" "Don't be finicky," snapped Sprouse. "It wasn't much of a crack, and it was necessary." Straightening up, with a sigh of satisfaction, he laid his Unpk?1 PaimAa' oKatiMAI* UflUU VU JLMULUCO OUUUllICli f I V f w Just got to go through with it now, Barnes. We'll never get another chance. Putting that fellow out of business queers us forever afterward." He dropped to his knees and began searching over the ground with his hands. "Here it is. You can't see It, ! of course, so I'll tell you what It Is. I A nice little block of sandalwood. I've i already got his nice little hammer, so W?'LLs?? what we can raise In the way of wireless chit-chat." * niei Without the slightest hesitation he He struck a succession of quick, confldent bar blows upon the block of wood. gin "By gad, you'are a wonder!" an(i "Wait till tomorrow before you say the that," replied Sprouse, sententiously. 0WJ "Come along now. Stick to the trail. the We've got to land the other one." ^ Turning sharply to the right, ?ai Sprouse guided his companion through fle< the brush for some distance, and once Ule more came to a halt. Again he stole ^en on ahead, and as before the slow, con- 'bil fldent, even careless progress of a man ceased as abruptly as that of the ^e comrade who lay helpless In the and thicket below. E Barnes laid a firm, detaining hand a 1 on the man's shoulder. "See here, Sprouse," he whispered, ^ou "It's all very well for you, knocking men over like this, but Just what Is your object? What does all this lead *: up to?" ?nd Sprouse broke in, and there was not the slightest trace of emotion In his whisper. ifL "Quite right. You ought to know. n I suppose you thought I was bringing . you up here for a Romeo and Juliet tete-a-tete with the beautiful Miss ^gt Cameron?and for nothing else. Well, i in a way, you are right. But, first of ! all, my business is to recover the gnr i crown Jewels and parchments. I am c^al going into that house and take them g'on away from the man you know as Loeb, TOOO WaS ior an clos "] Her ^ i ^ j MMy God! Have You Killed mmf for ?] If he has them. If he hasn't them my work here Is a failure." ? 1 "Going Into the house?" gasped Barnes. "Why, my God, man, that la Impossible. You would be shot down as an ordinary burglar and?the law would Justify them for killing you. I ?r must Insist?" " "I am not asking you to go Into the ; house, my friend. I shall go alone," said Sprouse coolly. "On the other hand, I came up nere to rescue a helpless?** "Keep cool! It's the only way. Now listen. She has designated her room and the windows that are hers. She is lying awake up there now, take It from me, hoping that you will come tonight. I shall lead you directly to her window. And then comes the only chance we take?the only instance where we gamble. There will not be a light in her window, but that wont make any difference. This nobby cane I'm carrying is in reality a coliapslble fishing rod. First we use it to tap gently on her window ledge or shade or whatever we find. Then you pass up a little note to her. Here Is paper and pencil. Say that you are below her window and?all ready to take her away. Tell her to lower her valuables, some clothes, etc., from the window by means of the rope we'll pass up on the pole. There Is a remote possibility that she may have the jewels in her room. For certain reasons they may haye permitted her to retain them. If such is the case our work Ie easy. If they have taken them away from her she'll say so, some way or another?and she will not leave! Now I've had a good look at the front of that house. It Is covered with a lattice work and huge vines. I can shin up like a squirrel and go through her room to the?" "Are you crazy, Sprouse? You'd take your life In your hands and?" "See here," said Sprouse shortly, "I am not risking my life for the fun of the thing. I am risking It for her, bear that In mind?for her and her people. And If I am killed they won't even say 'Well done, good and faithful servant' So let's not argue the point. Are you going to stand by me or?back out?" Barnes was shamed. 'Til stand by you," he said, and they stole forward There were no lights visible. The house was even darker than the night Itself; It was vaguely outlined by a deeper shade of black. At last they were within a few yards of the entrance and at the efgt? of a small space that had been cleared of shruhbery. Here Sprouse stopped and began to adjust the sections 01 '< bis fishing rod. i "Write," he whispered. "There is r | faint glow of light up there to th right. The third window, did you say? Well, that's about where I should locate it" The tiny metallic tip of the rod, held in the upstretched band of Barnes, much the taller of the two a, barely reacEed the window ledge, tapped gently, persistently on the d surface. Just as they were benlng to think that she was asleep [ that their efforts were In vain [r straining eyes made out a shad7 object projecting slightly beyond sin. .fter a moment or two of suspense nes experienced a peculiar, almost :tric shock. Someone had seized tip of the rod; it stiffened sud* ly, the vibrations due to its flex* ity ceasing. Someone was untying bit of paper he bad fastened to rod, and with fingers that shook [ were clumsy with eagerness, le ba<j wrjtten: "I am outside with Ousted friend, ready to do your ding. Two of the guards are safely ind and out of the way.- Now la chance. We will never have aner. If you are prepared to come b me now write me a word er two I drop it to the ground. I will pass a rope to you and you may lower thing you wish to carry away with . But be exceedingly careful. Take e. Don't hurry a single one of r movements." He signed it with a je "B." < t seemed an hour before their eyes ingulshed the shadowy head above, a matter of fact but a few mina hnri nnsspri DiiHnc f hp wnif ouse had noiselessly removed his t, a proceeding that puzzled Barnes, lething light fell to the ground. It i Sprouse who stooped and searched it In the grass. When he resumed upright posture he put his lips le to Barnes' ear and whispered: [ will put my coat over your head, e is a little electric torch. Don't b it until I am sure the coat is Inged so that you can do so witha gleam of light getting out from er." He pressed the torch and a of closely folded paper in the ;r's hand and carefully draped the t over his head. arnes read: "Thank God!^-I was Jd you would wait until tomorrow it. Then it would have been too . I must get away tonight but I aot leave?I dare not leave without ething that is concealed in an>r part of the house. I do not w how to secure it. My door is ed from the outside. What am I lo? I would rather die than to go y without^t." ? astlly he wrote: "If you do not e at once, we will force our way the house and fight it out with a all. My friend is coming up the s. Let him enter the wiadow. Tell where to go and he will do the . He is a miracle man. Nothing npossible to him. If he does not rn In ten minutes, I shall follow." here v/as no response to this. The 1 rpnnneHreri in the window, but BO d came down. prouse wLispered: "I am going npi y here. If you hear a commotion the house, run for it Don't wait me. I'll probably be done for." HI do just as I please about ran* said Barnes, and there was a p thrill In his whisper. "Good luck. I help you If they catch you." Not even he could help me then, d-by. I'll do what I can to Induce to drop out of ttoe window If anyig goes wrong with me downstairs." moment later he was silently TwHHJ> 14. NEVER was such righ fisted smokejoy as yoi jimmy pipe packed with I That's because P. A. 1 You can't fool your tas can get five aces out of a Prince Albert, coming and earlier just to start stokinj you know you've got the Prince Albert's quality i but when you figure thai patented process that cuts leei UKC geiuijg a UUVA W to express your happy day Toppy rmd bags, tidy red tbu Mwifcui wit that doBty, pi apomge mouttmr top that heet R. J. Reynolds Tobacco scaling the waif of the bouse, feeling his way carefully, testing every precarious foothold, dragging himself painfully upwards by means of the most uncanny, animal-like strength and stealth. Barnes could not recall drawing a single breath from tbe instant the man left his side until the faintly luminous square above his head was obliterated by the black of bis body as It wriggled over the ledge. We will follow Sprouse. When he crawled through the window and stood erect Inside the room, he foqpd himself confronted bj a tall, shadowy figure, standing half-way between him and the door. -* He advanced a step or two and uttered a soft hiss of warning. "Not a sound," he whispered, drawing still nearer. "I haye come foor fii v I : ' ,5 "Not a Sound," He Whispered. thousand miles to help you, countess. This Is not the time or place to explain. We haven't a moment to waste. I need only say that I have been sent from Paris by persons you know to aid you In delivering the crown Jewels into the custody of your country's minister In Paris.' We must act swiftly. Tell me where they are. I will get them." "Who are you?" she whispered tensely. "My name Is Theodore Sprouse. 11 have been loaned to your embassy by my own government I beg of you do not ask questions gpw. Tell me where nHnna alcana hnw T mnv eet to his I IUO |/1UJW 0*VV|?W| .. ? ?w 9 room? " "Yon know that he is the prince?" "And that yon are his cousin." She was silent for a moment. MNot only .la It impossible for yon to enter his room bnt it is equally impossible for you to get out of this one except by the way you entered. If I thought there was the slightest chance for you to?" "Let me be the judge of that, countess. Where is his room]" "The last to. the right as iou legye pp"Pi|;j t-handed-t?ro-^^; x: , | a puff out of a "'if ^rince Albert! ias the quality! te apparatus any more than yo family deck! So, when you hi going, and get up half an hou I your pipe or rolling cigarette! big prize on the end of your line done puts it in a class of its owi h R A. is made by our exclusiv ; out bite and parch?well?yo dictionaries to find enough word s sentiments I i, handsome poand and half-pound til actical pound crystal glass htanidor with 90 the tobacco in each perfect condition. Company, Winston-Salem, N. ( this door?at the extreme end of the corridor. Across the hall from his room yon will see an open door. A. man sits in there all night long, keeplug watch. Ton ' could not approach Prince Ugo's door without being aeen by that watcher. "Yon 6ald in your note to Barnes that the cr something was In QnrtUf study." "Tire prince sleeps In Mr. Cortisr room. The study adjoins it, and can only be entered from the bedroom. There Is no other door. What are yon .. doing?" "I am going to take a peep orer the: transom, first of all. If the ceast 4#j clear, I shall take a little stroll- down the hall. Do not be alnrmwd. I win come back?with the things we both want. Pardon me." He sat down on the edge of the bedand removed his shoes. She watched him as if fascinated while he opened the bosom of his soft shirt and staffed the wet shoes loside. - ..7? Then he said: 'Ton are not dressed for flight. May I suggest that while 1 am outside yon slip on a dark sklit and coat? Ton cannot go far in that dressing gown. It would be in shreds before yon had gone a hundred feet through the brash. If I do not return ' to this room Inside of fifteen minutes, or if yoa hear sounds of a struggle, crawl through the window and go down the vines. Barnes will look oat for yon." "Ton mnst not fall, Theodore Sprouseshe whispered. "I must regain the jewels and the state papers, j I cannotjgo^without?? : ? ; LIFT OFF CORNS! / f ; Apply few drops then lift acri? touchy corns off with fingers Doesn't hart a bit! Drop a little Freezone on an aching corn, instantly that corn stops hurting, then yon lift it right oat. Yes, magic! A tiny bottle of Freezone costs bat a few cents at any drag store* bat is sufficient to remove every hard corn, soft corn, or corn between the toes, and the calluses, without sore* ness or irritation. Freezone is the sensational discovery of a Cincinnati genius. It is wonderful?Adv. ; Trsrrcn pap V,2JL A'w''' ^-XrKfuC-Xv 0 .vyilijHWlfflH |^H ' ^flR^v '^^HBwflil uBP' bh I