Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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~1 • t UNDER THI£„JMOUNTAIN. Paul Hewlett,. loitering at nighty. tn Madlsonb square, New' Yprk, rt ‘ I t» approtcehed by an Eskimo (tog.. He follows the ring to a gambling house and meets the animal's mistress coming out with a large amount of hioney. She is beautiful and lndllb tress ahd he follows hgr?-^'. protecting .her. from two assailants he tak^s "her ttr charge, and puts hfr.Jin 'his own? rooms for the rest _p(-the night, lie returns a HttW later to find a murdered man In his rooms and Jacqueline dazed, with her jnemory gone. He decides to protect Jacqueline, gets rid of the body and prepares) to take her to | Quebec in a search for her home. Simon Leroux, searching for Jac queline for some unfriendly .pur pose, finds them, but Hewlett evades him. Hewlett calls the girl his sister. In Quebec he learns that shb Is the^'daugHfer of a ?eclifke in the wilds, Charles Duchalne. Pere_. Antoine tells Hewlett Jacqueline Is" married and tries to take her away. Jacqueline is spirited away ^and Hewlett is knocked out, but both escape and arrive at St. Boniface. On their sled Journey to Chateau Dtichalnp their dogs are poisoned and Hewlett goes snowbllnd. Jac queline recovers her memory and leaves Hewlfett. Pere Antoine res cues Hewlett from deaths In the snow. He says Jacquellnfe is the wife of LotrismTEpernay, nephew of Charles Duchalne. ! CHAPTER X—Continued. “M. Duohaine has been n recluse for many years,” be said, “and of late bis mind has become uffetted. It Is said that he was Implicated In the troubles of 1807, and that, fearing arrest, he' -fled-here anti-built-th+s-ebtHettkb+n-4hlH desolate region, where he would be* safe from pursuit. Solitude has made a hermit of him and taken htm out of touch with the world of today*. "I believe that Leroux has dlscov- ered coal on his property, and by nr rest - , has X \ threatening him with gained a complete ascendency ove the weak-minded old Ihnn. However, the fact remnins that his daughter was married by me to M. d’Epernay some .ten or twejve days Jigt> at the chateau. “My duties took me to Quebec. There I learned that Mine. d’Epernny had fled on the night of her marriage, ahd that her husband Was In pursuit of her. Again It was told me thnt she was livlng'fiT'The" Chateau F with another man. It was not for me to question whether she loved her hus band but to do my duty. I appealed to you. You refused to listen to my appeal. You threatened me, mpnsleur. And you denied my priesthood. I shall not help you In the pursuit of her, M. Hewlett, for you are actuated solely by love for the wife of another man.__Is that not so?” he ended, bending over me with a pen etrating look lr> his blue eyes. “Yes," It Is qo. But I shall go to the chateau, I answered- — -Pere Antoine rose up/ -XTYou will find food here,” he said, “and If you wish to take exercise there ftre snowshoes. Try to find the chateau—do what you'please ; but re member that if you lose your way I shfll n-ot be here to snv^e^vou. I shall, 'return from my mission'll* a week and be ready to conduct you to St. Boni face, _ And now, monsieur, since- we understand each other, I shall prepare -the. .supper” •' • J I swallowed a few mouthfuls of foiod and f**ll asleep soon afterward. In the morning when I awoke the cabin was ejnpty. • r L-ofenC the n^'Xt two days recover ing iry strength, and on- the third found myself able to leave,Ihe hut for the impassable lake before - !!, qnd the torrent on either side! i But—how had M. Charles Durhalm gained entrance there? There seemed"* to he no entrance. And yet the chateau stood before my eyes, no dfeam hut very real indeed a Before I reached the hut again 1 had formulated my plan. I would start at dawn, or earlier, and work around these mountains, a^clfcult of perhaps twenty miles, approaching -the chateau by the edge of thfi lake: - I concluded thnt" there must exist 'a ridge of nar row heafh'betVveen the whirlpool and the castle, though It was invisible' from above, and that the entrance would disclose ItselfXo me In the course of my journey. Although the sun was well, above the J^orizon when T -awoke I started Jhe fourth morning eager to achieve the entrance to the chateau. First I plodded back to the two mountains which- guarded the ap proach to 'the valley, then worked round along the fhmfc of the-r$tfge of peaks, searching for an entrance.’ The must have fallen at some time from the top of~fiie arch, und happened to he so poised that at a fdiicb—It-CduTd he swung Into one of..twOr-pfMTtnrrs, alternately discloslTrg—and concealing the tunnel In the cliff wn+L * I stepped yyithin, and, str’kl'hg .s match, perceived that I was Standing Inside a vast cave^—a vauljtetL chamber that ran apparently straight into th< heart of the-mountaha8.' The Interior was corapletely dark At Intervals I struck matches from- the box which I had brought with me hut the road always ran clear and straight ’ ahead, and I could even guId£myself by the nits In the ground. T ndvnneed cautiously until the light grew quite bright; I saw the - tan net end in front of me, and emerged Into an open space in- ihe heart of tb« hills.. I glanced at my watch. It seemed that I had been traveling for an inter" minnble time, but It was barely eleven o’clock, T%feIC drowsy, and somehow, I WffS uware of hnv'futTgW.T further I ^Wgnt, however, the higher and more precipitous became the. mountains. - / There Was no visible entrance to that mountain lake..on-any side, and to descend that sheer, lcXcoated preci pice was an impossibility. It was long after nightfall when I reached the cabin again, exhausted and dispirited. I .awoke fori late on the fifth morn ing, and I was too stiff to make mu^h of a Journey. I climbed to themedge .of the glacier once agninMn/fhe hope of discovering an approach; I exam ined - ^every foot of flre ground wtttr meticulous care. But whereverTn^pronohed the edge the same won of rock ran down ver tically far some three hundred feet, veneeged—wlth Ice' and wrapped In a perpetual blinding spray. I w^s within ^tKree^fiunffred feet, of Jacqueline’s home and yet it's ^ nr away as though leagues divided us. I looked down at the chateau and tvpfnre' aware - of any futTguerj was asleep. . s' It was three o’clock when I nwnkb and nt first, as always since"my Jour ney began, I could not remember where I was. And, as always, it war This time of the year is filled with ■suefivkunphlny days; and even warm ones, that it Is well to - *. • — ■* ■- keep to the lighterToods and simple repaste until the flfst '“chilly days which give the appetite-- a zest "'and vigor. The- oyster ' now has come again. fo Ids own and Is .served — fresh, preferably," though in a x - stew, frjed,- creamed or ^e9tl-U>I>ed wHl always be popular with many. • -— ^ Creamed .Fresh Beef.—Chop one pound of beef, from the roqndy^ut Into a hot pan and stir until all is seared. Add one tnblespoonful of butter and, as soon as it Is melted, dredge the beef with one iahlespobriful of flour; stir untlL the flour is browned. Add one cupful of cream, bofk^fip, season wlt^ salt and pepper and serve on hot'toast. Delmoriico Ha»h.— 1 Take a pound of finely chopped meat from the top of the round, put it into a hot frying pan with two tahlespoonfuls of butter, one small shredded onion and cook unit! the beef Is nicely browned; add one- half cupful of hot water; or, better, soup stock, and eight chopped pota- Tlte iFashbm Show, Which Is -more correctly catted a style promenade, is richness of—this—material, sets fqrth plainly the style but It of the an^ established Institution now. Oar- Luxurious and practical garment. It menta—for all the seasons, spring, tins a wide muffler collar and deep and winter make cuffs of caracul fur and a^narroW- the thoughts JacqUellne that recalls j t0 es, l>rvxU ^\y cooked. Season with meMn mv sorrel,mllmrs. - >'salt, paprika and chopped parsley me' to my surroundings. I-sprang t<< my feet and- made hasty prepurnJJPns to resume my journey. InWfie first cave that I explored 1 foul, d a stock of provisions—flour ami "fanned meats and matches—snuglj stored away safe froixPfhe damp nni snow. '‘Near by were picks and shov els and three very reputable blankets with a miscellany of materials sugge* five 'df’Tfin "Tttmpwig partyfis edt-flt-. I might havp been more surprised Cheese and Olive Canapes.—Cut stalebread into one-quarter-inch slices. Shape with a small oblong cutter with rounded corners.- -t/ream butter and add an equal 1 quantity of soft, rich cheese; season with salt. Spread on summer, autumn and winter make ; cutis or caracul rur and a their dehut at these promenades, when j belt of the velvet that buttons at the practiced and keen eyes pass upon ! sides in the most nonchalant manner. t-bf4r merits and-the acid tests of the i Aside 'from the Interest that centers buyers send them on their way to j In Jne novelty of the material u«ed success—or relegate them to oblivion, in this coat, the wide, bias band of New fabrics, pew silhouettes, new the 'goods which appears. to he but- stvle features have their trmufs at toned around' the fn>nt df It about the bread and garnish with one-quar ts r-liu h horsier of .finely chs>ppesl s*lIves ■ gorning fashions find a piece s>f red ami, green. nciunT^.-^^ these promenades-nnsl the questis>ns, ! eight, inches abovo^the bottom, seized, as to what Is to be prs*sented to t1»e the., attention of spectators and was public, nje settled by those- who seem credited* with being a fine bit of to have ah intuition in the matter of cleverness In designing. Paris tps»k kindly to tailored- suit* TtTf3~frefi^fi-'Jlrtsl. bps rufuisned us \V irtt" than I was, hut my thoughts were ftjl ho warn oentoresl on Jas-quellne, qnsl the ing of the light showed .me that the sun must be well down In the sky. ■f mn»t- go on nt once 'if I were to tfOTh the emitenu that night. As I proceeded I kept looking to the left to endeavor to locate the narrow passage Into which I had strayecX-.hut each'' 11,11 ' 1HI ’* s n 1 “* <,Ilt, ‘ r ° lengenl^conipirrisons at n recent style models that have a <l)VTLnctly F’rench I promenade in New .York, are shown j flavor. They^are. less plain and less Moravian Apple P.e. Cure and pare '-above. They Invite attention to new simple thnn the usual AnverUuin crea- six even-sized apples. Place in a eov- j gfyie feattires that have made a sne ered pan, with a tea spoonful of button ' nn ,i have an assured future. Juice, u Utile of-tIw.yellow rind, a cuje ; Wool ful of sugar and water enough to cover the bottom of the dish. Stew until I tender. Line a deep pastry plate with tlons and CCTtnln Of louF" own design ers have adopted the French-, ideas, velvet, which- goes by several -j But Paris deccee<l tlie very sliort skirt names, with fur for trhyming, is the 1 and America rejected It. and for once .rich pastry; place the apples in it. fill fabric us^d In them and" their lines Jndiofit-e what is acceptable to Ameri can women. At rhe-loft of the picture It must have been the merest opening j the centers with peach marmalade ami there is a fmmfrsoim* top Chat Ih a In the. wall; so small that only a mir- f ,ut strips of pastry over the top. Bake very ' dark gray with cross-bars In Paris changed Its decrye-^- We agree r - my ears. A fine spray, like a garment of filmy silk, obscured my ..clearer vision ; but through and beyond It, be tween two torrents Qiut sailed above like crystal" bows, I saw the chute^u - before me.~»r v —— — - * .» He Neither Heard Nor Saw Me. \ a shor^ tramp. - I found one of the pistols In the hut, and In the pocket of, my fur coaVwere a couple of cartridges which I had overlooked. The rest I had flrpd away In my delirium.’ • - Tho cabin was situated in a valley, nrour.d which high hills clustered. Strapping on the.snowshoeS I set Jo work to climb a lofty peak which' stood qt no great distance. I must have tiirnid off at a slight angle which took me some distance out of my course, for my progress was . suddenly arrested by a mighty wall of "rod?, a sheer precipice that seemed to ‘ descend perpendicularly Into the val ley underneath. Somewhere a torrent was rearing like a miniature Niagnra. I j$oppe«d to at are ,lp ad mi riitjoh. Far below me The narrow valley had widened into a smooth, snow-coated surface of a lake.'- x/ And on a point of land -prolectirig from the bottom ^f that mighty wall skw the chateau I - ^ It could have been nothing else. "-If wa'8_a splendid building—not larger than the house of a country gentle man, perhaps, and minlvef hewn logs; but the rude splendor, of It ugalnst :hnt Icy, rocky background transfixed me with wonder. Qnreadi aide of the chnteau.-a cata- ract -plunged, vetting itself in an opac ity of mist, tinted with all the spec tral hues by the ray* of the westering tun. r , _ n Why, that position w'tM Tfiprej- l Behind It the sheer precipice, not even a Wed could walk; ground my teeth and swore that I would win to her. But all the rest of. thnt day” went In fruitless searching.. This was to he iny^ltfst night in the cabin. I could not return, not tlunlgh I were perishing in the snows. Happily my eyes were'now entirely well, and my hands, though chapped and roughened from . the. frostbites, had suffered no' permanent Injury. So I started out with grim resolution on- the sixth morning, when the dawn waft only a red streak on the horizon and ihe stars still lit roy s way. As I stood, rather weary, balancing myself upon my snowshoes, I heard, a wolf's howl quite nerir to me. Raising my head I saw no wolf but an Eskimo dog—Hie very dog I bad encouptCred. In New York—Jacqueline’s dpgl 1 CHAPTER XI. ■ Under the Mountain*. ”The dog was standing on a rock at the base of the hill immediately before' mo—and calling 1 , 'll almost thought that It. was- calling me. ^ nele of chnnce,h:ul led me Into it, for I saw nothing but the straight .passage before me. • — Presently I began to hear a'miirmur of water in the distance'and "then a faint flicker-of-light. —The thunder of the eatnrnetf> filled In a quick oven and serve with cream. * Russel Sandwiches.—r-Tq.Iji* an equal amount of cold boiled**chicken nnd tongue, a dozen olives and si-x hard- cooked eggs; mix all together7uifl"<Tiop white, which is a In velvet coatings, cannot convey t bo on hmger-skirls, aptf two-third length coats and have a fine exampleof these feat arcs In’the velvet' SiSir’Shown V , , at the right of flic picture. It is at new adventure f least reminiscent, of the, Russian A photograph j blouse, having all the \~rt\e, and style smartness mid ‘ of tbitt--*.per si stent insplnition. a I CHAPTER XII. The Roulette WHdel. . ., 'The building stood fnr hack ho* neath the overhanging ledge __ and seemed to be secured against the liv ing rock. It was evident that there was no other approach except the tun nel through which I had come, for all •nroUfHt'the lahil that turbulent whirl pool. l*hved where the two cataracts contended for the mastery of the wa- as fine, as possiWe. 'Work into a paste by the addition pf mayonnaise dress ing. then seaso'p and spread on but tered bread. w. _ * Fine Feathers Are Back “To Judge,, with candor and speak no wremg. The It-e.hkx. tQ. support against tha strong, '-*•**• To soothe the wretched and tba.,poor, •to. fe.cd Will cover r«3hy an idle, fooIh^jJaed/A THE SEASONABLE WORD; ters. n , „ It was himpst dark now and grow ing bitterly cold. I felt in rttv pocket for my pistol and loaded It wlt^ the two cartridges that alone remHinetKof the lot I had brought with me. Thed I advanced-stealthily until I stood be neath the cataract; and here I found came ^upon e door in the dark wing and*' turning th£ handle nottfclessTy, , , -onions stand i found myself inside the chateau. And I took a few steps tow'ifrd It, and it disappeared imjpediately. as though alarmed—apparently Intp Uie^he art of the mountain. —. When 1"reached the si»ot where il had been It was nowher^ to be seen. % And the pad-prints ran toward a tiny hole no bigger than the entrance to a fox’s lair—and ended there. At this spot a** enornyius"bowlder lay, almost concealing the burrow. I nut my shoulder against It—in . the hope of dislodging It sufficiently to en- fehle me to Into the cavity, To m.v astonishment, at the first touch, it rolled Into a new podtion, disclosing a wide natural tunnel in the inouaTal side, tbrfmgff which a sleigh might C ve passed easily! i . v 1 saw at once the explanation. The' wider vu a rocking atone. at once my ears were filled wjthtyrlh and coarse laughter lfi jnen’s and women’s voices. / • ^ t- As my eyes became accustomed to my surroundings I perceived that 1 was standing near the foot ofLA n w ; n carpeted wooden stairway. There was a dark room with an,opei\ door Pmne- -dlately In front of me, nnd another at the.farther end of the passage, frora- beneath which a gUmmer of light Is " sued, und It was from this room tha> the, sounds of laughter arid ihnsif; Tamer «■ I turned to ithe left, and advancin| I suddenly found myself ,face to fad with Philippe Lacroix.• N He was seated at a table in a room writing, and I came right Upon Tat doot before I was nwafie of it. I -sa w his thin face-with the-Htfle upturned mn.stache t and the cold sheer aboutdhi owlhth; ami I think I ktmnld lnire >ho^ him if he had looked up. But he m»H ther heard nor sjuv me,, but wrot> steadily, and I crept buck from th* __ Hewlett meets Duchalne and Jacqueline and Leroux and learns many thinas. (T0 HE CpNTINL'-ED.) {- , Proverb Refotefi. * *~ “There Is no fool Ilk® an old foot' **I“Tdmi’t know’ There’* the yonnf fool that marfles an cJd fool/ ■kV. Oomnton sens* It, *ftor*lL Is ttt In the autumn, when there is such atf~aFiundnnce -of vegetables, the frugal housewife will pro vide for winter, when Jlfete is, less of a choicer Olive Oil Picklee. —Take IPO—sttmH efieumhers sliced thin, leaving' on the peeling, . three pints of^sjnall onions also sliced thin, three ottnees of -white mustard seed, one j ounce of .celery seed, one ounce of wfike pepjieK" two sciint cupfuls of ol ive oiix Add one and two-thirds cup- 11 d add to the <•tuaunhers; let, fimpd three hours. Let the sliced- Drain well, aim cold water three lnxurs. i mix the qjilons and CUournhers with ti oil and the spices. Put into Jars, nnd good vinegar. Keep i Good in ten days. v the jars wit It a cold place Corn Relish.—Cut corn from twelve ears, ch«tp one snmll head'pf cabbage, spririklc salt over the enhhage, mix well nnd let stand three hours. 'Drttln off the water and put corn ami cab bage together; add one cupful of su-' gar, two, quarts of vinegar, one-half cupful of mustard,, four small red pep pers choppedr— Gook nil until tender, then put Into sterile cans and seal; . Piccalilli.—Take two gallons of green tomatoes chopped fine, eight large on ions also chopped, three quarts of vin egar, six tablespoonfuls of mustard seed,/frOne'tahl**spoonful each of cloves, allspice alvd >nace, one tahlespoonful of celery. svfSTaIBj;:Hj’o pounds of gran- ulated sfrgar. Let the tqniatoes nnd onlonft stand ovgr night, sprinkled with salt; drain In the morning nnd mix with the spices. ao<F bo4L.,U][U,il tender. r^e powers that be in the world of mlllin>«y hvvT.jpade-n league In fa vor of feathers for trimming winter hats. Ha\dpg deetded that the mid winter hat should be characteristic of the midwinter season and bear lit tle resemblance tn Rs-pcedeeessors for fall, the designers hav^ evidently set- tlecTon- feathers as the great feature of the styles. - Ostrich has come back apd endless wings, cockades and fancv'featbTTS are fluttering across ther * * j millinery horizon.— ““ iii two of the hats pictured above, Besides these there are some small .shapes entirely covered with feather* and among them appear turbans In which groups, of tiny wings spring out about the hat like small botiquots of feathers. The hat at the center of the grou has a narrow drooping brim covere with shirred velvet and a coronet of Ihe same across the front. A pair of wings joined by a,breast make an ef< fcctlvV o Ostrich, curled and uncurled, reap- >V velvet eoroH**t anil sweeping-dri grace*., The feather hqqd, * Mint Vtnegir.—But into a ffnart^r | haye banished lt -Yet it was absent enough fresh jnlnf, "rnrefnlly. washed pears to such advantage that we all ; ful ijn.es backward wonder how fashion eould « ever j terminating In wings, In the- hAt b^* low, is used on velvet or feather cov- nnd dried, to fill it loosely, fill up with vinegar and let -stand yell covered for three, weeks. Strain,, bottle and cork, and-the flavored vinegar will keep for yeftSr Tarfagon, chervil or any oth er herb may be used In the same man ner; ■ - 7 ■ ' V ^ Mushrooms rrtnke fine catsup. Ar range- In layers In salt and let stand |Ker night, fhatin ahd cook with spices «• oneVtaste desire*. for several seasons. Soft quills" nnd long sprays of artificial aigrettes sweep and swirl about brims. —There If a great 'fogtre fop-rhaggy, ragged j ef fects, with coque feathers and burnt goose ln turbulFat, unsymmetricnl ar rangement abbufbriins nnd cretehr. Then there, rift single long feathers- 1 and mature women. and wings «,e S^TO- mod hiilllaiU jind precise contradict what seems the ered tprbafis.— In this case the turban is covered with small, spft feather* and the,wing at the left'side Is con siderably larger than “ that at the right. These hats, made of gr trim med with rich feathers, placed In many eccentric wayfe, lire stilled to matron* ti>rising .women qnd glrja rhe tam of velvet, shown at the-left-of the careless placing fif the scraggy feath- ^picture haa a place.In «U represent** era/ It will take a seasop to-tell all the. story of feathers. >. -Most sure of welcome frTfn many qoerters are the yheeutifully made aring* and moQtura* like those show* tive - displays of millinery. —.. .. 4 ^ w; ... .j*_. Efllfl K. ^ % *. . z A,,..,** ^ . *7