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ii =yt n n GREEN By GEORGE BAR& McCUTCHEON [A*Sm "CRAUSTARJC." *THB I HOLLOW OF HER HANDTTHE I PRINCE OF GRAUSTARK," ETC. R He1*-* ~ "Now I know yon ore mistaken," cried Barnes, a ware of relief surging over him. "Be has been In this tarera every night?" "Sure he has. Bnt answer ait, did ye ever see him here after eleven In the evening? Ton did not?not until last night, anyhow. In the struggle he had with Nicholas last night he was recognised. That's why poor old Nicholas is lying dead up there at the house now?and will have a decent burial unbeknownst to anybody bat his friends." "Good God, CDowd, you can't mean that he?he killed?" "He stuck a knife In his neck. The (make! And the chief trusted Mm as no crook ever was trusted before. Tn the name of God, Barnes, how did you happen to fall In with the villain ?" Barnes passed his band over liis brow, dazed. "He?he represented himself as a book agent," he mumbled, striving to collect himself. "Jones knew him. Said he had been around here for weeks. I?I?" . "That's the man," said O'Dowd. scowling. "He trotted all over the county, selling books. For the love of It. do ye think? /Not much. He had other fish to fry, you may be sure. Ropnoc if tvo pvpr lnv hands on that friend of yours?well, he won't have to fry in hell. He'll be burnt nlivo. Thank God, my mind's at rest on ont? score. She didn't skip out with him. Tkey all think he did. Not one of them suspects that she came away with you. There is plenty of evidence that she let him in through her window?" "All ready, O'Dcwd," called Lo(l>. "Come along, please." "Coming," said ti>e Irishman. "Don't blame yourself, old man. niTir7T'TO'?*u' : FARM ; pad c? t I ?'\JS\ Ojgf. BKjNDQBOBMn I 401 1-4 ACRES?:J miles t !ing, four temuil housi room ninl i (x'.'O'I'iruiu houses. Fine Pasture, Plenty wood, rue pu; bo I torn land on the pit Price : 155 ACRES?5) miles from two tenant houses; gi out-houses.. Nearly a Stream runs through lands. School 1-i ar Price 293 ACR2S?10 njiles fro level. No-rolling lane (here is White. Rod a Grass. 1-4 mile froi church. Quantities o The place is well wa cultivation. Price . . 40 ACRES?Abullt six Dill provements, all iu wo Price 227 1-2 ACRES?11 mile splendid piece of pro on this place. Price. 100 1-2 ACRES?12 mile? 1 idence and out buildi plenty of wood and til Price 189 1-4 ACRES?10 mile did farm but no imp: acres bottom lands. I Can Arrai R0BER1 I later, Barnes. So Jong J" CHAPTER XVI. The First Wayfarer Visits a Shrine, Confesses, and Takes an Oath. How was he to find the courage to Impart the appalling news to her? He was now convinced beyond all doubt that the so-called Sprouse had made off with the priceless treasure and that only a miracle could bring about its recovery. He realized to what extent he had been shaped into a tool to be used by the master craftsman. He saw through the whole Machiavellian scheme, and he was also now morally certain that Sprouse would have sacrificed him without the slightest hesitation. In the event that anything went wrong with their enterprise, the man would have shot him dead and earned the gratitude and commendation of his associates! He would have been glorified and not crndfied by Mil friends. With a heavy heart he mounted the tairs. At the top he paused to deliberate. Would it not be better to keep her in ignorance? What was to be gained by revealing to her the? But Miss Thackeray was luring him on to | destruction. She stood outside the door I and beckoned. Then she closed the door : from the outside, and Barnes was alone with the cousin of kings and ! queens and princes. I *1 feared you had deserted me,** ! sbe eald, holding out ner nana to nun i as he strode across the room. i "I saw no occasion to disturb your ' rest," he mumbled. j "I have been peeping," she said, : looking at him searchlngly. "Where Is Mr. Loeb going, Mr. Barnes?" j "O'Dowd says he Is to be gone for a few days on business," he equivocated. "He will not return," she said quiet! ly. "He Is a coward at heart. Ob, I know him well," she went on, scorn in i her voice. "Was I wrong In not trying to stop him?" he asked. She pondered this for a moment "No," she said, but he caught the dubious note in her voice. "It is just as well, perhaps, that he should disappear. His flight today spares?but we are more interested in the man Sprouse. Has he returned?" "No, Miss Cameron," said he rue-1 fully. And then, without a sincle reservation, he laid bare the story of t Sprouse's defection. When he inquired if she had heard of the man known as Chester Naismith, slip confirmed his worst fear by describing him as the I guard who watched beneath her win- i dow. lie was known to her as a thief -- - i O?? ? ??W LANDS | VLF I rum Xl>bevii>*;. Ono Dwell- g ?.??1 foni'-room, 2 three-* || i& ?ujiu all necessary out- Pjj 8 ^ a good lot of saw Timber, gi tee is well watered. Fine' 8| ice. Eight horse farm open. . |i $45.00 Per Acre Abbeville, flood residence; n bouse and all necessary S! 11 the place perfectly level. g; place. N>me fine oouom ri id churcl) 2 i-2 miles. $60.00 Per Acre |jj m Abbeville. This place is 1. Fine pas!lire in which md Burr clover, <"ri*o Blue n school. 3 miles from f wood. Some saw limber. lered. About 100 at;res in $50.00 Per Acre c.s from Abbeville, im im- ; od .'ind limber. $25.00 Per Acre s from Abbeville. This is a ' perty. A lot of saw timber $17.50 Per Acre > from Abbeville. Good Resngs. It is well watered and mber. $30.00 Per Acre s from Abbeville. A splen rovements, about 50 or 60 >rice .... $18.00 Per Acre ige Terms : S. LINK i-jf1 '.-1 Ho Wai Known to Her a* a Thief of International Fame. of International fame. "You were no match for Cheater Nalsmlth. Do not look so glom. The shrewdest police officers In Europe have never been able to cope with him. Why should you despair?" He sprang to his feet "By gad, he hasn't got away with it yet," he grated. "I will run this scouftdrel down if I have to devote the remainder of my life to the task." She sighed. "Alas, I fear that I shall have to tell you a little more about this wonderful man you know as Sprouse. Six months ago the i friends and supporters of the legitimate successor to my country's throne consummated a plan whereby the crown Jewels and certain documents of state were surreptitiously removed from the palace vaults. Instead of depositing the treasure in Paris, it was sent to this country in charge of a group of men whose fealty could not he questioned. The man you know as Loeb is in reality my cousin. I have known him all my life. He is the younpest brother of the pretender to the throne, and a cousin of the prince who is held prisoner by the Austrian*. This prince has a brother also, and ir was to hiin that I was supposed to deliver the jewels. I traveled from NewYork, but not alone as you may suspect. I was carefully protected fron: the time I left my hotel there until? well, uniil I arrived in Boston. "While there I received a sefcrer j message from friends in Canada di- j inn tn frn to Snnnish Falls. ! v.hore I would be met anil eonducted by Priuce Sebastian hi-msr!! to the place called Green Fancy, which was near the Canadian border. A safe escort would be provided f<>f us, and we would lie on British soil within a JVvr hours :ifter our meeJintr. 1 Ft is oriiy necessary to add that when I C arrived at ft rem fancy I met Print" ' Cgo?and understood! I had cnrei'ul ;; ly covered nsy tracks after Io;>vi::r- i Boston. My real friends were, aur! jj ill a:*', completely in the dnrl: a? to " ijiov'/ine'ils, ,.so skilfully was thej, [rick nuiiif.giHl. " * " *' "And n-.\y *"tjr Chester Natemith. I: was lit' who. sifting for the misguide, loyalists and recommended by eertnir ; youns aristocrats who by virtue c: , thi-ir .vu dissipations had cone !f i know iiirn as a man of infinite r> 1 sourcefulness and during, planned and carried out tin* pillaging of the palace j vaults. Almost under (lie noses 01 t!>.' i foreign guards he succeeded i:i oh- ' laining *h? jewels. No doubt he could i have made off with them at that time. j b;it ho shrewdly pivrerrci to rav them brought to America by some on" j else. It would h:lve been impossible j for L!ri' lo dispose of them Euro];'.'. i'ou sec bow running he is? "He was do doubt thwarted ia 1 design to waylay mo on the roarl front Spanish Falls by a singular occurrence, In this tavern. lie was attached in his room here, overpowered, l?i>utjd nnd gagged My t;vo men. Ho knew the, men. They wore thieves as clover end ns merciless as himself. They too, were watching for me. I do not know i how those men learned of my Jnteri-, tion to come to Green Taney." "They camc to the Tavern four or five days before yonr arrival a! ' Groen Fancy," Barnes interrupted.! x~1'1 ?" cn. ' "Ejprouse lum lilt; tiiiu mt j ? cret service men from abroad and that f he was working with them. My theory j is this, and 1 think it is justified hy i events: The men were really secret j agents, sent here to watch the move-1 ments of the gang up there. They | came upon Sprouse and recognizedj him. On the day mentioned they over- J powered him and forced him to reveal I certain facts connected with affairs at I Green Fancy. Possibly he led them to | believe that you were one of the conspirators. They waited for your arrival and then risked the hazardous trip to Green Fancy. They were discovered and shot" "I believe you are right," she cried. "Then we have accounted for Mr. Sprouse, and I am no longer interested in the unraveling of the mystery surrounding the deaths of Roon and Paul," said Barnes. "There Is nothing to keeD me here any longer, Miss Cam eron. I suggest that you allow me to escort you at once to your friends, wherever they?" She was opposed to this plan. While there was still a chance that Sprouse might be apprehended In the neighbor hood, or the possibility of his being' . .r .t';' - v ' ' ' . . . caught by the relentless pursuers, she declined to leave. "Then, I shall also stay," said he promptly, and was repaid by the tremulous smile she gave him. He was helplessly In love with this beautiful cousin of kings and queens. And when he thoi^ht of kings and queens he realized that beyond all question his love was hopeless. .,w i. _____ ' * ' > - CHAPTER XVII. r=? The Second Wayfarer It Transformed, O'Dowd returned late In the afternoon. He was In a harry to get back to Green Fancy; there was no mistaking his un^slfless. "For the lore of heaven, Barnes, get her away from here as soon as possible, 'and do It as secretly as yon can,** he said. "I may as well tell yon that she Is In more danger from the government secret service than from anyone up yonder/* "She may prefer to face the music, O'Dowd. If I know her at all, she will refuse to run away." " "Then yell hare to kidnap her* said the Irishman earnestly. "There will be men swarming here from both sides of the border by tomorrow night or next day. If s the gospet truth, and ?Ifs going to be bad for all of us if we're here when they come." "Who Is she, O'Dowd? Han to man, tell me the truth. I want to know Just where I stand." * O'Dowd hesitated, looked around the taproom, and then leaned across the table. "Miss Cameron Is In reality the Countess Therese Mara-Dafanda?fa mlllarly and lovingly known In her own land as the Coon teas Ted. She was visiting In this country when the war broke out If It Is of any us? to you, I'll add that she would be rich if Aladdin could only come to life and restore the splendors of the demolished castle, refill the Chests of gold that have been emptied by the conquerors, and restock the farms that have been pillaged and devastated. In the absence of Aladdin, however, she is almost as poor as the ancient church mouse. So there you ace, me man. Half the royal progeny of Eu-!. rope have been suitors for her hand, and the other half would be if they dl&i't happen to be of the same sex. Good-by. I must be on my way." He arose and held out his hand. "Good-by. and good luck forever." f THE BREWERY INTBKESTS AND POLITICS I (Manufacturers Record, Baltimore.) A dispatch from Austin, Texas, to the Baltimore Sun, referring to the. f;'ct that the liquor element of Texas] r CHEMIS" >1 4 .3# +4 1 i i ^ I ? 1919 STRC'JSE In making his proportion are in perfect balance; otli same ''balancing of things' The chemist of clothes i balancing them perfectly in Hie iu /io<i(rnop? npp. loaders of th we are showing will easily spection. Accept our invii , famous clothes. t ?? * tvfvvin | j. m. mm ? [Chen Pure Ice Manufactured Under . SOFT DRINKS CIGARETTES tobaccos cvm CANDIES V^OIl FRUITS W? ar CIGARS tlM most licit youi Abbeville Cai "wertii Four years experic Let us look over yo MARTIN ar At City ( , t ___ did not make a vigorous anti-prohition light in the recent election, says: "During the past two years the brewery interests have been driven completly from political power in Txas. In fomer times they dominated the elections. Most of the breweries' have been turned into other kinds of industrial plants. The former saloon men have either moved their stocks to Mexico o? gone into other lines, of business in Texas. The masses'of | the people of the State look upon the traffic in intoxicating liquors a? 3 na?t incident.and have readjusted: themselves accordingly." In publishing this dispatch the \ x I*\Y,{ m YvY^si: . 11 I1PW/W& w <T -*ZMkWA~ }*i\Y i %t*SPii 'Li) I ij 1 If tliiiflLt-t ^iM f \ 1 ,?j .: : "T ; i (if rf f S."X rtlPp if P^jf jjft~ I \ I 11* \ IS M ; &. DCSOS.. Inc.. ua'.to u.-y is a chemist is careful to see tli erwise the expected results w< ' applies in designing men's clc s the designer who mixes fabri< i the scales of style. MArtCIOT! LDE BY STROUSE Be BROTHERS, INC., BALTIMORE, V leir craft. 'Their latest spring stand the acid test of careful c ation today to see these exclus SON CO. aon j3l ?^??w^?^ * Cream? 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