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ISSUED SEMI-WEEEL7. l. m. grist & SONS, Publishers, j % ^amiltj fercspaper: cfor (he promotion of (he {political, ^oriat, gLgriruKural, and ffonimerciaf Interests of the {people. { ESTABLISHED 1855. YORKVILLE. S. C., SATURDAY, AXTOUST 24, 19Q1. ISTO. 68. NOT LIKE J By Frederick Van Author of "Tlie Ih-otherhooi of a Sir Copyright, 1901, by Frederic Van Renss CHAPTER IIL HAD BEEN TAUOIIT TO BE A MAN. BURIXCi the remainder of that day Craig Thompson impressed everybody who knew him with the Idea that he was on the point of having one of his dreaded "fits," but If any one of them had studled him closely be would have known better, for the expression of his face was childlike in its gentleness. iBut bis loquacity was gone, for he was thinking. He had volunteered and been accepted as the intermediary between son and father, and his interview with Richard Maxwell had left upon him an Impression which he was endeavoring, without success, to define. Lisle had objected to intermediation, believing the direct way to be the best, but Craig convinced him that his own way was preferable and had dispatched him on a supposedly Important errand to a herdsman who had charge of an outlying bunch of cattle. Richard Maxwell was a natural martinet. Clockwork was not more exact than were the rules of his life, from which he never deviated. His employees liked him, but at the same time fcbey feared bim. The slightest disobedience was regarded as a resignation from bis employ, and Lisle was In tbis respect as subservient to him as they were. Maxwell was a handsome man too. Although his hair and perfectly trained mustache were as white as snow, there was not a line upon his perfect face. His eyes were his most remarkable features, for there was within their depths something so somber. so threatening, so fierce and so re. pellent that strangers instinctively avoided them and then looked again to discover the cause. But It was undiscoverable. The more one looked the more obscure seemed the reason for avoidance, for the surface glance upon them, although searching and deep, had nothing In it of those qualities which at first repelled. His eyes were undeniably large, and they described a perfect oval. If eyes can be intensely black, bis wer.e so. and in hue the long lashes which fringed therfi aoid the' rather heavy brows that shaded them were blacker still. You would not have said that Llsle's eyes were like his father's, but you would have insisted that Richard Maxwell's eyes were like his son's, with the difference that where the glance of the elder man repelled that of the younger nttrncted Lisle Maxwell's training bad been all that the heart of a young man could desire, and his father had been his tutor In everything. Particularly had his Instruction been thorough In every branch of knowledge which prcperly should belong to young manhood, and Lisle could not remember when anybody save his father had waited upon bis wishes?at least until he was old enough to go abroad. After that the cowboys Instructed him In riding and lasso throwing. He could ride like an Apache Indian, rope the wildest steer that ever trod the ranges of Nevada, shoot from the hack of his galloping horse with revolver or ritle Intinlteslraal articles thrown Into the air by his admiring instructors: he could leap froth his horse to the ground and mount again while the creature was upon a mad run and could east his handkerchief or his hat upon the plain and then, dashing past at the topmost speed of his horse, pick it up again; he could catch and mount and successfully ride the wildest and most untamed horse that ever belonged on Crescent and Cross ranch. There was nothing along those ranges that man couhd do tr hir-h hn Imrl nnt hppn tniiclif tn rtn find to do well, better even tlinn bis Instructors, and as a protlelent in every manly sport?In marksmanship, horsemanship and courage?he was known and admired throughout that wide circle which had its yearly rendezvous in the Smoky valley. Richard Maxwell had lived up to the statement lie made to his lawyer 17 years ago. I.isle Maxwell was a boy in every generally accepted sense of the word. He had grown up as a boy and lived as a boy. He had studied as a boy and thought as a boy. and he had no conception of what girls and women were other than that they were something to be religiously avoided. Regarding the question of sex. his father had kept him as profoundly ignorant as a babe, and the words "girl" and "woman" were to him only terms for the expression of a thought, and that thought he had been taught to regard as repugnant. Indian women?squaws ?he had seen frequently, but he had not observed much difference between them and the men except that they were uglier, more brutal and dirtier. Throughout ail his studies, and they were manifold and thorough, books calculated to direct his thoughts into channels which might reveal to him his real identity had been rigorously excluded. and lie had no more idea who and what he really was than lie possessed 17 years ago when sleeping upon his father's arm lie was stolen away from his mother's loving care. That Is whv the masculine nronoun is used now In referring to him. One can understand how such n tnan ns Richard Maxwell might accomplish all this without once making a mistake. Every question asked by the growing child was answered directly, concisely and decisively and with words that bordered so nearly upon the whole truth that they left that part which was uurevealed apparently uu iTHER MEN. i Rensselaer Dey, rl of salience," "Tlie Quality i,*? Etc. elaer Dey. worthy of mention. There was a code of morals on that ranch compared with which the rigid rules of a Shaker settlement would be a travesty, and the cowboy who once forgot or neglected them related his forgetfulness thereafter In the employ of another man than Richard Maxwell. The luterlor of the house where Lisle had passed all these years was lavishly extravagant Nothing was left to be desired. Abyssinia's greatest king could uot have provided a happier valley for a new Itasselas. with the exception that there was no Dinarbis with whom to share Its Joys. The entire place, iuside and outside, presented the spectacle of the abode of a man who had regulated his whole life to the fulfillment of one Idea and had succeeded. Seventeen years had not In a single particular, witnessed the avoidance of one of the multltudiuous cares reuder ed necessary for the fuiQlimene or a theory such as bis. utterly Impracticable lu Its conception and scientifically impossible of completion, and yet Lisle Maxwell had arrived at the age of 18 without ouce Imagining that woman Is a necessary quantity in existence and In the perpetuation of mankind. Nature had in some ways conspired with Richard Maxwell, for she had not hastened her work of development. Neither had she retarded it. but she had doue for Lisle what she rarely does for woman. Muscular development had kept pace with femiuiue growth, so that as yet there was nothing about the figure or Richard Maxwell's son to suggest that he was not what he appeared to be. The sun had browned his naturally olive tinted skin so that the rich, red blood beneath coukl ouly suggest Its presence by liupartiug a deeper tinge, and his coarse, dark hair, through which glistened a faint suggestion of burnished copper, was kept half shorn, so that It fell In wavy and rebellious masses beneath the broad brim of his Texas sombrero. She had given his brilliant eyes a certain boldness of expression which does not belong to women, and there was a poise about bis bead which had nothing suggestive of the feminine about It. The loose garments in which be was costumed were certainly and yet Imperceptibly different from those of his companions, due in every in stance to suggestions from the father, who never forgot nor neglected anything that had to do with his purposes. Lisle's voice was a rich contralto, rather soft for a man. to be sure, but sufficiently strong nevertheless. In a drawing room, issuing from the throat of a society belle. It would not have been out of place. There was really nothing masculine about it, yet it was heavy enough for a youth of 18. Craig Thompson described it perfectly when he said that it was "kiuder cooing, like a girl's." Craig's interview with the ranch owner had been short, and when he came away after It was over he was no better Informed concerning what the outcome of Lisle's disobedience would be than he was before it began. The ouly change that had taken place in the appearance of Itichard Maxwell since that night 17 years ago when he had called upon his lawyer with the baby in his arms can be summed up in the white hair and the bronzed skin which time and exposure had imparted. In all other respects he was the same. He and Thompson were known to each other. During the time that Maxwell had spent in Nevada they had often met. so that no Introduction was necessary. "How are you. Maxwell?" was Thompson's greeting when they met. and they shook hands cordially. "(jllad to see you. Thompsou." was the rejoinder. "The bo.vs are getting the stock iu rather earlier than usual this year, are they not?" "A little. There's more of It to get In. I've got three or four thousand extra. You must have as many." "More. I think." "I see you've brought your kid along with you this time." said Thompson, ramming home a wad of tobacco with which he was replenishing his pipe. "Fine lad that. Maxwell." He did not look up as he made the remark. If he had. he would not have seen the slightest alteration in the expression of his companion. Hut Maxwell did not immediately answer. When he did. it was to ask a question. "He has arrived, then?" he asked quietly. "Yes: about an hour or two ago. 1 met him out on the ridge while I was chasing a steer that would have given me a deuce of a run if it hadn't boon for young Lisle's rope. He said he wasn't coming to the round up. but I had to have some help to get that critter in. so I persuaded liitu to come along. Then he volunteered to ride out to a distant bunch of mine, and that's where he is now, 1 reckon. I wish 1 had a kid like him." "If you see him before I do. will you send him to me?" said Maxwell. "Sure. 1 say. Maxwell, have you messed with anybody yet?" "No. I slmll follow my oiu custom and mess with my own outtit. Tliank you all tlie same." "Humph!" thought Thompson as he moved away from the presence of Lisle's father. "I'll bet a dozen of the best r>-year-olds in my hunch that Dick Maxwell is madder'n a hornet, only he'll he hanged if he'll show it." Then he mounted his horse and dashed away in the direction that Lisle had takes. They met half a mile outside of tbe camp. "Say. Lisle." exclaimed Craig when : they had pulled up their horses and were walking them along side by side, "how does the old ninn look when he's ( mad. eh?" "Was he angry. .Mr. Thompson?" 1 "Uan me V/riug; no ?-?bh-i. mu> ? . what I'm trying to find out. I'll be |g blamed If I know whether he was mad | or pleased. Are you going back If he tells you that you've got to?" "Certainly." o "Well, that's dutiful. I approve of It. But I wouldn't do It!" "You do not know my father." "Correct I don't But I know f Craig Thompson. Craig and me are 11 reasonably well acquainted, and he 11 does lots of things that I don't approve of. That would be ooe of 'em. I " ain't advising you against your father's b authority, not a bit of IL Don't get r any such idea into your head. Say. t there's one thing that you might be t turning over In your noddle while you a are getting ready for the interview. It's n J] ( "Bow arc gnu, Maxwellt" was TVinmp ^ son's greeting this: I managed to give him the lrn- o presslon that yon hadn't any idea of t coming here; that yon were only look- t lug on to the scene over the ridge when v my steer came nlong and that you bad / to help me In; that I asked you to do It See?" f "Thank you; yes." ' q "Well, there he comes. Now you can v work the thing out as you think best, t but if you have a row with the old man <you're welcome In my outfit at any * .nlnntA ? uuijr uiiiiuic. ^ He touched bis spurs to bis barse and T rode on, leaving Lisle to meet bis fa- t ther alone. "Is this tbe beginning of continued t| disregard of my wishes, Lisle?" asked ^ Richard Maxwell as soon as he was g with his sou, but without expressing the least sign of anger. "No. sir." r "You know that I did not wish you to come here, did you not?" "I did." "That Is going against my wishes." "I cannot always be guided by them, sir. The time will come when I will c be obliged to decide for myself. In this one Instance I have anticipated It I have seen tbe camp. I will return 0 home now if you order me to do so." 0 "I wish you to do so. I do not order it." t "Then I will remain. If the surroundings here will contaminate me, it v is better that it should happen In your t presence than in your absence." "Very well, you may remain for a day or two at least, with the under- ^ standing that if at any time I desire you to return you will do so without demur." n "Certainly, sir." p That was all there was of It, and n Craig Thompson, when he heard what R had taken place (for Lisle did not re- 11 gard it out of place to repeat the conversation to him), was delighted. v "Lisle." he said, "vou've got more } force and sand behind that pretty girl face of yours than half of the men out e * -r yonder. If, now, you could only sprout 1 a huir or two on that upper lip of yours. I'd like it. They'll grow, though, e after awhile." TO BE CONTINUED. P Charlotte Observer, Saturday: Dr. ? J. E. Warren, of New York, who inau- " gurated the system of river dredging for gold in this section, went to the ,( works on the Catawba river yesterday, 11 in company with Mr. J. B. Waring, a a hydraulic engineer from New York. It '' is proposed to improve the present systerii of dredging by installing suction e' machinery. The experiment of dredg- n ing of the Catawba has proved success- v fill to such a degree as to warrant mining on a more extensive scale. Dr. Warren and Mr. Waring will go to 81 Morganton today to investigate some e' river properties in that section, with n the view to operating dredges. b t'. The census bureau on Wednesday, j. issued a bulletin giving the mortality s statistics during the census year in the |j states and territories and the princl- rj pal registration cities. The total num- u her of deaths reported for the year was 1.030,094, as against 841,419 for 1900. Perhaps the most important feature of t] the results presented is found In the b decrease of the general death rate in it the registration area of 1.8 per 1,000 of s, population, a decrease of nearly 10 per S( cent. The average age at death in p 1S90 was 31.1 years; in 1900 it was 35.2 ? years. t, *'<" Dr. Louis Knapp, a St. Louis phy- ? sician, has agreed to shut himself up '' in a pest iiouse with a Chinese leper ^ for the purpose of studying the dls- ^ ease. The doctor is 40 years of age, wealthy, and has a wife and children. jH At least five other St. Louis physicians \\ were anxious to undertake the work Dr. Knapp is undertaking; but Knapp prevailed. Dr. Knapp will take his library to the pest house and will ? give the best thoughts of his life to the investigation of this most horrible t! disease. w piscrUancous ^tailing. TILLMAN AS A DEMOCRAT. tiiotntlona From HI* Campniicn Speechen of Other Year*. 'o the Editor of The State: In the course of his comments or lenator McLaurin's letter replying to he resolutions of the State Democratic xecutive committee, Senator Tillman [uoted Lord Bacon as saying: "Liars Ugnt to nave goua memories." ne aisu aid in his Chester speech: "If there las been one man who has been loyal o the organized Democracy, It was limself, and any man who says he has ieen disloyal lies, and knows It." Let Mr. Tillman's record sp^ck for tself. At the Marlboro meeting- in '94 ie said: "We stood by the Democratic iarty when you and I and even half he white people of the state had a hird party nerve up our backs as big s a man's finger." At the Horry rieeting in '94 the governor said to get aore money he was "willing to Join the rest in anything." At the Anderson rieeting in '94, the governor asserted hat if Tom Watson and other southrn leaders will fight right and use udgment the whole south will be ready o go to the west in a body in a short Ime." At the Pickens meeting in '94, e answered questions about leaving he Democratic party by saying he was eady to leave as soon as he saw "light a the west." (Unfortunately for the Jemocratic party the light failed.) At the Greenville meeting in *94, Govrnor Tillman took a hand primary on he following questions: "All you who re willing to follow me into a coalition rlth the west and to fight for more tioney, no matter what the name of he party, hold up your hands." These uotations are taken from Governor MUman's public addresses as published y his own organ. In a letter to Thomas P. Byron dated anuary 8, 1895, Senator Tillman said: I see no hope of relief or of saving ur institutions unless the farmers ol he south quit voting the Democratic icket and the farmers of the west quit oting the Republican ticket. ' l new party seems necessary." At Wichita, Kansas, (see Topeka itate Journal, April, 17, 1896) Senator 'ilman said: "And you Democrat? rho say you Save always voted with he party and will continue to vote it, Sod have mercy on your imbecility. * If we cannot be Democrats traight let us be Lincoln Republicans. pledge myself straight to either icket." In the last State .Democratic convenIon, addressing ?that body, Senat >i 'illman said: "When any stealing is oing on, I want my part of the beef." Respectfully submitted to the public nd especially to the present State )emooratle executive committee. Pro Bono Publico. VENEZUELA AND COLOMBIA. none of the Prenent Trouble and Onr Relation to It. Three American warships have been rdered to the istnmus or ranama.ne of them, the Iowa, being1 a battlehip of the first class. The relations etween the republics of Venezuela nd Colombia have reached a point at ,-hich there is a possibility of war bevveen these countries. President Casro. of Venezuela, in an elaborate statelent cabled from Caracas on Saturay, charges that "the Conservatives f Colombia, probably led by ruinous nd wicked passions, have resolved to rotect and assist in a revolutionary lovement against Venezuela and her overnment." It appears, according to he statement of President Castro, that he frontier of Venezuela has been inaded by revolutionists from Colomia on two occasions recently, but that he invaders were "victoriously expelld by the government of Venezuela." 'resident Castro explains that these ivasions are not regarded by his govrnment "as an international attack by he people of Colombia upon the peole of Venezuela * but as the ork of the Conservative government f Colombia against the majesty of he nation of Venezuela." American warships have been sent > Panama for a double purpose. In he event of war between Venezuela nd Colombia, Americans who have iterests in these countries .and in the sthmus of Panama, which is includd in the republic of Colombia, might eed protection. The presence of our airships would be a guarantee that liese interests would not suffer. A 'rench cruiser has been at Colon for everal days, and was probably orderd there to afford protection to Frenchlen who own property and carry on usiness on the Isthmus. It is not a iolation of the Monroe doctrine for iuropean governments to send warhips to South America to protect the ves of their subjects. Europe has Ights under the practices of internaional law which the United States is ampelled to recognize. If the lives of mericans or their property were hreutened in any European country y the existence of a condition of anrehy or by the acts of revolutionists and warships to care for American in*nn warships to care for American invests. As long as France and Gerlany or any other powers do not in rfere with the political institutions f South America or intervene for urposes of conquest or territorial agftiniiMmont thev have as much ight to send warships to South Amer a as the United States. This fact is s well understood in Washington as it : in Heriln and Paris. The Berlin Post, hich frequently expresses the views f the German government, states that erniany has no political interests in tie Isthmus of Panama to defend, iernian subjects, it adds, have impormt iinancial and business interests 'hich demand adequate protection and this protection the Imperial government will give. Since Germany's ac: tion Is wholly non-political and merely protective of business Interests, the Post believes that the United States 1 government can find nothing objectionable In Germany's course. In intervening for the protection of the lives and property of American ^ citizens, the United States government would exercise a right which it shares in common with every other power J whose subjects have Interests In Colt ombla. By treaty with New Granada, which Is binding upon Colombia, the United States has additional rights | which no other power possesses, in the matter of Drotectlng railroad traf flc on the Isthmus of Panama. That treaty was concluded on December 12, t 1846, and gives to the United States the right to guarantee the perfect neuI trallty of the Isthmus In order that free transit may not be Interrupted. | The people of Colombia may engage | in revolutionary enterprises and change their government as often as | they please. That is no concern of the United States, and It has no right to prevent the Colombians from exercising the inalienable privilege of starting revolutions and upsetting govern| ments. The treaty, however, in the view of American statesmen, imposes upon this government the duty of protecting . the Isthmus from foreign Invasion, In ! order that free transit may not he interrupted. In the event that Colombia, by reason of domestic disturbances, Is not able to keep the route open, the United States is authorized to Intervene with force for that purpose. It | has been alleged that the president of Venezuela intends to make war on Colombia and seize the Isthmus of PanaI ma. Under the treaty with New Gran| ada, the United States government, it Is claimed, would be bound to Intervene to protect the Isthmus from an Invasion by Venezuela. European powers would have no right to intervene If such a contingency should . arise. Interference by these powers with the affairs of South American | states would be viewed with grave , concern by the United States govern| ment and would doubtless be made the subject of vigorous diplomatic representations. [ It seems to be the belief of a large ( number of Americans that the United States ought to exercise a general police power over South America, and that whenever a disturbance occurs in ! that part of the world it is the duty of the Washington government to assert . Its authority. That Is a mischievous Idea. With the domestic affairs of South American countries the United . States has no more to do with than i the affairs of the Balkan states. As long as the lives of American citizens , are not Imperiled, or their property , Interests are not threatened, it Is the duty of the United States to hold aloof. It has no police jurisdiction in South or Central America except such as it may have acquired over the Isthmus of Panama through the treaty with New Granada. It has no privileges with this exception, which European countries do not share In comi mon with this country. The Monroe doctrine gives us no police power. It Is simply a declaration of American 1 policy, In which Europe Is warned that Interference with the political InstlCam V? A marina fAr ni 1 rnAOOQ IU11UI121 U1 UUUL11 Allicuva &VI put of political and territorial aggrandizement would be regarded as a menace to American interests. That doctrine is not now seriously challenged by Eui rope. When it is disputed by any overt act of aggression the United States will doubtless take such action as the circumstances warrant. There is no reason for alarm over the presence of a French cruiser at Colon, or the possibility that a German warship may be sent there. Both countries are acting strictly within their rights.?Baltimore Sun. ENGLAND'S PERIL. The Question of the Intentions of the Ameer of Afghanistan Conies I'p Again. New York Sun. That the British government has for sometime had cause for anxiety regarding the Indian frontier and Indian affairs generally, there is no manner of doubt. For nearly a year past the attitude of the Ameer of Afghanistan has been decidedly dubious, and on several occasions The Sun has published news describing the preparations of one kind and another which he was making against eventualities. The prohibition of the export of horses to British India and of the importation of salt from them, was one instance of growing unfriendliness to the British which was mentioned. Also the forming of supply depots on a large scale in towns tho main rnrwls in pnsfprn a.nrl central parts of his territory, and mobilization of a portion of his army. Large purchases of arms and ammunition were also made in addition to what was turned out of the factory at Kabul, and a camp of observation has been established at a point on the British Indian frontier, while the more important frontier posts in other directions have been re-enforced. Whether all this has been done with a view to offence or defence must be left to time to tell. The most pressing question is as to the relations between Russia and Afghanistan, and there we are somewhat in the dark. It was reported some few months back that a Russian mission was expected at Kabul: but this was contradicted later. About the same time, however, the Ameer suddenly left Kabul for the month and returned after a short absence without the reason for his journey being given. The belief was that it had a political object, and that there was a meeting between the Ameer and some foreign envoy. Thus, whate er the cause, the Ameer has clearly been taking stock in the situa tlon, and making ready for whatever may happen. It is but natural to suppose that he has been kept fully informed of events in South America and China, and may ; think he sees an opportunity to obtain from the British government some of thp concessions for which he valn'y sued at the time of his son's visit to England a few years ago. He may be presumed not to be entirely unacquainted with the condition of things in India, and the recent marriage of ; one of his sons with the daughter of one of the leading Mussulmans of the Punjab has been the occasion of much going to and fro between Kabul and India even as far as Calcutta. Still, the attitude of the Ameer Is not necessarily an aggressive one, even though he has entered Into some agreement with Russia. Should the latter be contemplating action In eastern Persia or In the Persian CJulf that would bring on a conflict with England, the Ameer may be merely preparing to defend his neutrality against a British army trying to march through his territory by way of Kandahar Into eastern Persia. But there Is another view of the situation. It Is known that the Ameer has always resented the arrangements regarding his eastern frontier which were Imposed on him after his accession to the sovereignty and that he is unwillingly neutral In the conflicts between the British and the frontier tribes. At the present moment there Is practically a war on between the former and the Warlrls, and the area of conflict might he almost Indefinitely extended If the Ameer were to give the necessary encouragement in the shape of arms and ammunition. The last Important frontier campaign, that of Tlrah, was carried on over but a small area, yet Sir W. Lockhart had to concentrate twenty-flve thousand men and seventv-flve thousand camels, mules and ponies, and then never got more than fifty miles from his hase to which he was glad to get back after eight weeks' hard fighting, In which he lost heavily In men and transport animals. Since then a very considerable change has come over things In India. British prestige has suffered as a result of the Boer war, famine and plague are responsible for widespread discontent among the Indian people with their rulers, and there Is not on the part of the latter the same confidence there was in the fidelity of the native army. This has been conspicuous in the vacillation of the British government in the matter of the rearmament of the native regiments which at all times have a weapon Inferior to that of the British troops. It is several months back that the Issue of a rifle superior to the Martini to the native troops was decided on: then It was countermanded. Subsequently the new rifles were ordered to he given only to certain regiments: but no final decision has been arrived at for general rearmament. All this has not escaped the native eye, and many are the comments made on the subject. Tf before the Boer war Is over, England should find herself engaged in a war with one more of the greatest powers; the British government would be called on to face a situation more full of danger than any It has met during the past century. AS SEEN IN COLUMBIA. After Investigation, Editor Garlinjfton Writes of the Political Situation. Editor Garllngton, of the Spartanburg Herald, has been In Columbia this week. It quickly became evident to him that Columbia Is the political center of the state, so he kept his eyes open and learned a thing or two. He says the senatorial race is all the talk In Columbia, and "while nobody seems able to tell why the race should begin a year in advance; but since It Is on, speculation Is rife as to the probable fate of the candidates." Cutting down to details, he writes his paper as follows: "It Is generally thought that John J. Hemphill, Esq., will not figure to any great extent In the fight. He has given up his residence so long in this , state that he has lost touch with the people. His career as a lobby lawyer , In Washington is much against him. "It is thought that Col. Wilie Jones will muster the full strength of the Spanish-American survivors; but not much more. He is popular, in a way, all over the state; but in this contest it is realized that mere personal popu- ^ larlty amounts to but little. He is not ( aggressive ana, wiuie ne aianua m iu a certain degree with the powers that be, he is nobody's candidate and will be chagrined at his small vote. "Congressman Latimer and John Gary Evans are supposed to be running neck and neck for Tillman's favor. The general opinion is that at the wind-up neither will have his support. Senator Tillman is pitting his whole strength in this fight and he Is not indulging in any maudlin sympathy. He and Candidate D. S. Henderson are known to be close together. It is thought that there will be an interesting 'understanding' between them and that the second race will be run between McLaurin and Henderson. The Aiken man is clear-headed, clean and has no damaging record in politics. He was formerly a Conservative and all of these elements are recognized by Senator Tillman. He will draw more from McLaurin than any of the other candidates, and it is freely predicted on all sides that he will run the second race with McLaurin. "The opinion seems to prevail that Tillman is merely coquetting with Lat- c imer. He is using the Belton states- r man as a sort of stalking horse, to N throw the public off their guard. He a knows that Latimer has not the ghost 1 of a show for being elected, and by pretending to support him he hopes to J conceal his real condition. That Sen- s ator Tillman will use his fine Italian C hand in the matter no one doubts. "The general opinion seems to be that McLaurin Is exercising good Judgment in staying away from the present summer school of politics. The candidates do no relish the idea of touring the state with their little speeches during dog days, but no one of them is willing to refuse an Invitation, and hence the Union and Chester performances will be repeated at Spartanburg, Greenville, Newberry and Anderson, and perhaps a dozen other points. "I find a considerable sentiment in favor of having a few meetings now at which Tillman and McLaurin will discuss the issues upon which they are divided, and call the campaigning off until the regular canvass begins. "The rumor has been heard from time to time that a new morning1 paper is to be started here in the interest of McLaurln. There is nothing in it. No such scheme has been seriously considered. Senator McLaurln and his friends know that such an enterprise would fall and there is nobody in sight willing to risk the necessary cash. The money could probably be gotten for such an enterprise outside of the state, but that very fact would queer the paper. It would give color to all the charges that are being made, that McLaurln is feeling the pulse of the South on the new issues in the interest of the Republican party. "I found a very observant and intelligent gentleman who attended the Union meeting, who expressed the opinion that if George Johnstone keeps up the pace he set at Union and Chester he will win. This man says that Colonel Johnstone made by odds, the best impression. "I found another man who was cocksure that the cotton mill Interests are behind the .McLaurln fight, and in five minutes still another who claimed to speak with authority when he said that the cotton mill men were not going to have anything to do with it, but strongly disapproved of McLaurln's answer to tlje executive committee. "UOIUlTlDia. is a veniauie (lunntai hotbed. All the schemes and dickers and deals are known here and have strings leading hither. McLaurln's enemies are jubilant over his failure to show up at the preliminary skirmish. They feel sure that Tillman and his underlings are winning as fast as meetings can be pulled oft. They are sure that the aggregation now touring the state are 'bulling' the Tillman market. They predict that ilcLaurin will not make the race. "On the other hand, there Is a quiet complacency and satisfaction depicted on the countenances of the McLaurin people whenever the contest Is mentioned. They are apparently perfectly satisfied with the prominence of Tillman In the fight, and do not hesitate to say that at the general wind up McLaurin Is going to show our "Our Noble Leader" up In his true colors. They are hinting strongly at evidence that will be forthcoming when the fight Is on In earnest. It Is said to be reduced to black and white and Is so plain that he who runs may read. "I do not know how much truth there Is In these reports. The charge of taking rebates from the whisky trust has been rep'eatedly made and the accusation of unusual commissions in the refunding of the bonds, but nothing definite has been brought out." OUTSIDE THE PRISON GATE. ivinu nurui mm vuuuncu tile of a DfNeharRed Convict. The following is the substance of a true story recently told by a gentleman who had been one of the prison commissioners of the state of Connecticut: "Some 30 years ago, when I was passing the state prison at Wethersfleld, 1 noticed the gate open and a man come out. The tears streamed from his eyes as he stood perplexed. " 'Where now, my friend?' I asked cheerfully. " 'I don't know, sir. I don't suppose anyone wants me anywhere.' " 'I am walking to Hartford. Come with me.' "It was a warm day in early May. The poor convict opened his heart to me and told me what ^rought him to the penitentiary. It soon came out that the convict had made shoes in prison. " 'I think I know a man,' said I, 'who will hire you in his factory, and if I were in your place I would not lisp a word about having been in prison.' " 'You have been kind,' said the released prisoner, turning away with quivering lips. 'I must say goodby. I cannot longer live and lie. I promised God last night in my cell that when I came out I would be an uprigh: man xnd take the consequences, and I will keep my word.' "Forgive me for tempting you at the outset, i saia. *jome on. "I saw my friend, the manufacturer, ind told him the whole story. He had i little talk with my man and made a bargain with him. That night just as the shop was about to close we three kvent into the workroom. " 'Here is a poor fellow who was dis.harged from state prison this mornng,' said the proprietor. 'I am going to give him a start in life by taking lim into the shop. He begins work tomorrow.' "There were indignant glances among the men, and one spoke up hastily: " 'I shall leave if he stays. I will not vork with any jailbird.' '"Very well,' said the employer. 'Any >ne who wishes to leave will have a >ill of his time in the morning.' "Only the one man who had objected eft. "Ten years later the 'Jailbird' was the ?wner of that manufactory, and the nati who would not work with him vas one of his journeymen. "That ex-convict is now a state senitor in one of the New England leglsatures. He said to me today: " 'I tremble when I think of what the esult might have been had an evil man nstead of a good friend met me out:ide of the prison door.'"?Youth's Companion.