Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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As You Bowl Along ie road your pleasure will be com pter if you have perfect confidence your horse's harness. People ^ho have bought harness from ns [ave learned by experience that it tn be relied upon even under the ?verest strain. Try a set and you'll Icquire a harness confidence grcAt r than ever before. The Maker of Our Carriages has a reputation for never skimping in either the quantity or quality of his materials. He uses the best and plenty of thom and employs the most skilled craftsmen he can obtain. That's why a carriage bought here runs easily, looks fine and lasts long. That's the kind vou want? Wilson & CanteJou Attention Farmers JP^"I am better supplied than ever before to suit you in wagons, buggies and car riages. We sell the celebrated Studekak er wagons and carry a full line of sizes. We have a large assortment of buggies in Brockway, Summers. Columbus and oth ers. Come in and see what we have. Our harness department is well stocked with sin gle and double wagon and buggy harness. Can suit any purse.. Full stock of Furni ture. We buy in large quantities direct from manufacturers and can make close prices. Full assortment of house furnish ings of all kinds. We carry a full line of stoves. Buy your wife a new stove and make her happy. It will surprise you how cheap we can sell you a good stove. UNDERTAKING DEPARTMENT. In this as in all other departments we can supply amy rea sonable demand. We carry a full line of sizes both in cheap coffins and higher priced cases. Our hearse responds to all calls, either day or night G. P. COBB, Johnston, S. C. mi Pianos and Organs At present we desire to call especial attention to ;ttie Adam Schaff piano, which is used exclusively in the public schools of Chicago. The factory has been established forty years, lt is a strictly high grade standard piano. Prices of uprights are from $300 to $500. Farrand Organs. We have sold over 1,500 Farrand organs and all of them are now giving satisfaction. We also car ry a line of other makes of pianos and organs. Any lof our goods are sold on liberal ti;rms of payment. [Satisfaction guaranteed in every particular, ? Holland Brothers, I tc Greenwood, S. C. ? Bi iiisaBaeBnssniiBiBiiBaiitaasE^aoaiaiisassaBiiESDiBSSBisBiaiiBiBSiiiBasieii's Horses and Mules t Our fifth Car of Stock for This Sea son will Arrive Next Monday Do not fail to see these horses and mules bef of e buy ing. They were purchased in Lexington by Mr. Wilson and can be depended upon in every particular & Notice to Teachers. Send all essays contesting for prizes offered by the Womans Chris tian Temperance Union by Februa ry 20th to Mrs. J. L. Mims, Edge field, S. C. The best on each sub ject will be read at the Tri-Connty Convention at Johnston, March 4th, and prizes awarded them. World Famous Reds Single Comb Beerin now to set hens. You will not be troubled with mites or chick en lice. ??rprs Si.50 per 15. No more stock for sale this season. J. H. P. Roper Edgefield, S. C. R. F. D. 1 I -ight Saw, Lathe and Shin gie Mills, Engines, Boilers, Supplies and repairs, Porta qle , Steam and Gasoline En gines, Saw Teeth, Files, Belts and Pipes. WOOD SAWS and SPLITTERS. Gins and Pre.^s Repairs. Try LOMBARD, AUGUSTA. GA. Schedules Southern Railwa y Premier of the South Effective Dec. 3, 1911. (N. B. Schedule figures shown as information only and are not euarteed.) Arrivals and departures Edgefield, S. C. 1:10 a. m. No. 209 daily for Tren ton, Columbia, Greenville, Spar tanburg, Asheville, Cinciinnati. Arrivals Trenton 8*30 a. m. Co lumbia 10:50 a. m., Greenville 5:5*> p. m., Spartanburg 4:10 p m. Asheville 7:34 p. m. Cincin nati 10:00 a. m. 10:5 a. ra. No. 231, for Trenton, Aiken, Augusta and intermediate points. Arrive Trenton 10:40 a. m. Aiken 11:25 a. m. Augusta 11:35 a. m. 1:30 p m No 229, daily except Sun day for Trenton, Aiken, Charles ton, Columbia, Washington, N. Y. Pullman sleeping car from Trenton dining car service. Ar rive Aiken 3:05 p. m. Charleston 9.15 p m. Columbia 0:40 p m. Washington 8:53 a m. New York 2:31 p m. 6:50 p. m. No 207, daily for Tren ton, Augusta and intermediate points. Arrive Trenton 7:10 p rn. Augusta 8:35 p m. 9:00 a m. No 208 daily, from Au gusta and internediate points. 11:00 a m. No. 208 daily, from Augusta and intermediate points. 11:00 a m. No 230, daily from New York, Washington, Columbia and points East. 1:00 p m. No 210 daily except Sun day, from Aiken and intermedi di?te points. 4:55 p. m. No 232 daily from Ai ken, Augusta and intermediate points. 7:40 p m. No. 200, daily, from Cin cinnati Asheville, Spartanburg, Greenville, Columbia and inter mediate points. For detailed information call on ticket agent, or E. II. Coapman, VP&GM., Washington, D. C. J. L. Meek, AGPA., Atianta, G. F. L. Jenkins, TPA., Augusta, Gi. Supervisor's Notice. The contract for operating the ferry at Shaw's Mill ' will be let to the lowest bidder on Tuesday Feb ruary the 27th at ll a. m. The board reserves the right to reject any and all bids W. G. Wells, Supervisor. Round Trip Excursion Rates Via Augusta, Ga.,-Via Southern Railway-Premier Carrier of the South. Account Aviation Exhibitions, Au gusta, Ga., January 10, 26, Februa ry 14, 23, March 13 and 29, 1912, by the Aviation Schools, the South ern Railway announces low round trip tickets to Augusta on the above dates, good returning the third day from, and inoluding date of sale. For further information, call on ticket agents, or, John L. Meek, AGPA., Atlanta, Ga. Frank L Jenkins, TPA., Augusta, Ga. mxisT ELLSW< ILLDSTRATIONS^BY ELLSWORTE^?DITNG. (^ouiiiiUed from Opposite Page) "Be all means; I cannot say I found the play diverting, despite the skill of your friend's chef. I gather ye wish to get to business1? Well-I'm wait ing." O'Rourke pulled at a cigar, honoring the man with a cat-like at tention. He had no longer to watch the honorable; the latter had wil fully relieved him of the necessity. "You have been then," pursued the vicomte, without further circumlocu tion, "to the palace of Monsieur le Gouverneur-Generale?" "I have-unfortunately a few dayB too late, it seems." "You are satisfied-?" "I'm satisfied that the Pool of Flame has been stolen." "Then you will probably believe me when I declare myself the male factor. 'It was an easy matter: I jpurposely brought up the name of Chainbr^t in conversation with the Governor^nd by him was informed of the exist?SCt^of the packet-which, O'Rourke Whipped Hilt to Chin With Consummate Grace. of course, I had already surmised. Afterward . . . the secretary was absent, the safe open, the name on the packet stared me In the face. What could I do?" "Precisely: I'm convinced that, be ing what ye are, ye did only what ye could." The vicomte bowed, amusement flickering in his glance. "Touched," he admitted. . . . "Well ... I have the jewel, you the information." "And ye have to propose-?" "A plan after your own heart: I do your courage the credit to believe it, monsieur. With another man, whom I had studied less exhaustively, I should propose a combination of forces, a division of profits." O'Rourke made an impatient gesture. "But with you, Colonel O'Rourke, no. I esteem your address and determination to? highly and-pardon me If I speak plainly-I despise and hate you too utterly to become willingly your part ner." "Go on-I begin to like ye better. Ye grow interesting." "That does not interest me. . . The situation, then, is simplified. Es sentially it involves two propositions: first, we cannot combine; second, di vided wo both fail. While both of us live, mon colonel, the Pool of Flame will never eavn its value." " 'Tis meself takes exception to that. Let me once get me hands on the stone, monsieur, and I'll tack me self against a dozen vicomtes-and honorables." "While I live," the Frenchman stat ed, unruffled; "you will not touch the Pool of Flame; while you live, I can not dispose of it to the best ad vantage. It would seem that one or the other of us must die." "I am armed," remarked O'Rourke slowly, "If ye mean ye've brought me here to murder me-" "Monsieur speaks-pardon-crude ly. I asked you, you came of your own will-to fight for the Pool of Flame." O'Rourke started; a glint of understanding danced in his eager eyes. "I see you catch my meaning. What I have to propose is this: you will take pen and paper and write the name of the person who offers the reward, with his address. This you will enclose in an envelope, seal, and place in your pocket. The Pool of Flame-you see I trust you-is here." O'Rourke got upon his feet with an exclamation; the vicomte was play ing a bold hand. Before the Irishman had grasped his intention he had thrown upon the table a ruby as large, or larger, than an egg; an exquisite Jewel, superbly cut and polished. Fascinated, O'Rourke remembered himself and sat down. "You see." The vicomte's cold In cisive tones cut the silence. Slowly he extended a hand and tock up the great ruby, replacing it In his pocket. "There is," he Bald evenly, " a level stretch of grass beyond the veranda. The night, I admit, is dark, but the light from these long windows should be sufficient for us. If you slay me, take the ruby and go in peace: this sot"--with a contemptuous glance at the unconscious honorable-"will nev er hinder you. If you die, I take the note from your pocket. The issue is fair. Will you fight, Irishman?" OTtourke's fist crashed upon the table as he rose. "Fight!" he cried. "Faith, I did not think ye had this in ye. Pistols, shall it be?" "Thank you," said the vicomte, with a courtly bow, "but I am an indiffer ent shot. Had you chosen rapiers at Monte Carlo one of us would never have left the field alive." He went to a side table, returning with a sheet of paper, an envelope, pen and ink. And when O'Rourke had slipped the paper Into his pocket ho saw the vicomte walting for him by one of the windows, two naked ra piers, slender and gleaming and long, beneath his arm. As the Irishman came up, with a bow, the Frenchman presented the hilts of both weapons for his choice. Together and in silence they left the dining-rcom, strode across the ver ' anda and down, a short step, to the lawn. The vicomte stood aside quick ly, bringing his feet together and sa luting in the full glare of light, v. O'Rourke whipped hilt to chin with cfcficumrnate grace, his heart singing. Work~SUCQ as this he loved. The night w?fi/pttcky t>lack, the windows barred it ^X^n^tS5^?r^J^e daric spaces between a man misST^TS^^ blunder and run upen his death. T** . Somewhere in the shadowy shrub bery a night-bird was singing as though its heart would break. There was a sweet smell in the air. His blade touched the vicomte's with a shivering crash, musical as glass. CHAPTER XII. Early In the dull hot dawn a chat ter of winches and a bustle of shadowy figures on the deck of a small trading vessel, which had spent the night between the moles of the harbor of Algiers, announced that the anchor was being weighed. While th?^ was taking place a small harbor boat, manned by two native watermen and carrying a single pas I Benger, ptit out from the steamship quay, the oarsmen rowing with a will that hinted at a premium having been placed upon their speed. The coaster was barely under way, moving slow ly in the water, when the boat ran alongside. A line was thrown from the ship and caught by one cf the watermen, the boat hauled close in, and its passenger taken on deck. An hour later, a pipe between his teeth, O'Rourke stood by the helms man, staring back over the heaving expanse, swiftly widening, that lay be tween the coaster and the Algerian littoral. The world behind was gray and wan, but the skies ahead were golden. "A fair omen!" breathed the adventurer hopefully. The bulk of the great ruby in his pocket brought his thought back in a wide swing to the girl who would be walting for him at Rangoon. "Faith, and I must be getting below and mak ing a dab at writing a letter to her. . . . That was nothing." He nodded with meaning towards the bold profile of Algiers. . , . A.n ill wind it was that blew Colonel O'Rourke ir.to Athens. ... It has blown itself out and been forgotten this many a day, praises be! but thai, once lt had whisked him thither, im mediately lt subsided and stubbornly it refused to lirt again and waft him forth upon his wanderings, in the course of time came to be a matter of grievous concern to the Irishman. All of which ia equivalent to saying that the dropping breeze of his finances died altogether upon his arrival in the capital of Greece, lie disembarked from a coasting steamer in the harbor of the Piraeus encum bered with a hundred francs or so, an invincible optimism, a trunk and a kit-box, and a king's ransom on his person in the shape of the Pool of Flame; which latter was hardly to be esteemed a negotiable asset There after followed days of inaction, while his hopes diminished. Nearly two months had elapsed since he had promised two people himself and one infinitely more dear to him-to be in Rangoon in ninety days. In little mere than a month she'd be waiting for him there. . . And where would he be? Still was he far by many a long and weary mile from the first gateway to the East-Suez; and still he lacked many an aloof and distant dollar the funds to finance him thither. If only he could contrive to get to Alexandria-I Danny was there Danny Mahone, he of the red, red head and the ready fists; Danny, who held the O'Rourke as only second to the Pope In dignity and Importance; who had been O'Rourke's valet in a happier time and of late In his hum bler way an adventurer like his mas ter. He waa there, In Alexandria, half partner In a tobacco Importing house, by virtue of money borrowed from O'Rourke long ?ince, at a time when money was to he had of the man for the asking. . . . And Danny wou ld help. ... ?r j Toa must see O'Rourke revolving^!*, his mind -tblr unhappy predicament^* bis, on tue last o:? tHem?ny*aft?rS?T$? that he spent in Greece. Draw dottro the corners of hie wide, mobile mouth, stir up the devils in his eyes una!, they flicker and flash their resentment, place a pucker between the brows ?G his habitually serene and unwrinkled* forehead; and there you have hfja who sat beside the little table in tqe> purple of the Zappeion, with a heaft bared to the cool of the evening breeze, alternately puffing at a me diocre cigar ar.d sipping black co?te? from the demi-tasse at his e"' >w. Nov/just as the sun wr-s sinking be hind tho mountains and /?.vr?ettus wi) clothing its long slopes In vcguc v:oyt light of mystery and enchantment (fir this view alone O'Rourke took himself to the Zappeion daily) the Irishman** somber meditations were interrupted. "Phew! 'Otter'n the seven brass 'inges of 'ell!" remarked a cheerfsl voice, not two feet from his ear. O'Rourke turned with an imper ceptible start-he was not easily st? tled. "True for ye," he assented, tA ing stock of him who, with his weatk er-wise remark for an introduction, calmly possessed himself of the va cant chair at the other side--of tho table and grinned a rubicund grta across it. He showed himself a man in stature no whit inferior to the Irishman, Se. to height; and perhaps he vas ? stone the heavier of the two. Hta lacked, otherwise, O'Rourke's alert habit, was of a Blower, more stolil and beefy build. The eyes that mst O'Rourke's were gray and bright r.nfl hard, and set in a countenance flang ing red-a color partly natural arJ. partly the result of his stroll through, Athens' heated streets. His dress was rough, and there wq? this and that about him to te? O'Rourke more plainly than words that his profession was something nautical; he was r.iost probably a cas tain, from a certain air of determina tion and command that lurked be neath his free-and-easy manner. ^Therefore, having summed th? strewer xup in a glance, "And wh^ did yeV^et in? captain?" inquir? O'Rourke. . The man j\mDed wltn surprise anfl shot a frlghtSPed-at lea3t a fIueB" tioning-glanceX ?'Rourke' TheB? seeing that he was\milinS in a fneQd" ly fashion, calmed ?Sj continued hs cool his face and hear\?J* blood by fanning himself vteoroaM?7 with a straWphat " '?V the dooce do you knTfiJ? r captain ?" he demanded, with a ly aggrieved manner. "It shouldn't, take a man an bourel guess that, captain-any nore than1 it would to pick ye out for an Eng lishman." The captain stared, gray eyes wid ening. "An" perhaps you'll tell me my nyme next?" he suggested rather truculently. "Divvle a bit. 'Tis no clairvoyant ! am," laughed O'Rourke. "But I caa tell ye me own. 'Tis O'Rourke, and 'tis delighted I am to meet a white man in this heathen country. Sir, yoscr hand!" He put his own across the table asad gripped the captain's heartily. "Mine's 'Ole," the latter informed him. "Ole?" queried O'Rourke. "Ol? what?" "Not Ole nothing," said th? cap tain with some pardonable asperity. "I didn't s'y 'Ole, I s'yd "Ole." "Of course," O'Rourke assented) gravely. "I'm stupid, Captain Hole, and a hit deaf in me off ear." Tli^p, however, was a polite lie. "That explyns ff," agreed the mdHt Ced man. "It's 'Ole, plyn WiH'm 'Oki master of the Pelican, fryghter, jtifi ic from Malta." A light of interest kindled ta O'Rourke's eye3. He reviewed the man with mere respect, r,s d;:e to one wtyo might prove useful. "And bound-!" he insinuated craftily. "Alexandria. . . . I just drepp in. fer a d'y or two to pick up a cf cargo from a chr.p down at Firae:?Si [t's devlish 'ot and I thought as "ow I'd tyke a. run up and see tho flif - "aving ii bit of time free, y'knev/." "Surely," sighed O'Rourke, a '?* away look in his eyes. "For Alexa* dria, eh? Faith, I'd like to be sailiapj with ye." Again tho captain eyed O'Rourto askance. "Wot for?" he demandai directly. ' "The Pelican's a slow on tramp. You can pick up a swifter pas sage on 'arf-a-dozen boats a day." ,. " 'Tis meself that knows that, surei" assented the Irishman. " 'Tis bet s trifling difficulty about ready moa^ He Gripped the Captain's Ham! Heartily. that detains ice;" hts """"" (TO BE CONTINTTED.)