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YO 'iSSOTED S**MrEEKl^'':' " " l. m. grist's sons, Publisher.. } % damilg $eujsp|)er: <^or the promotion off the foliticat, gociat. ^gricuttupt and Commercial Interests off the geogle. {'"meSpi"" ce^ANCE" established 1855. YQHKYILLE, S. C., FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 1908. NO. 9. LTJc' By ETTA. ' 1 CHAPTER XXX. Peg at the Hail. About the middle of the night a ma rode up to the door of the Inlet Hous< and beat upon it with both fists. "Peg! Peg Patton!" he shoute< "Open, you she-pirate!" But the she-pirate failed to appeal He spurred up and down, and roun about the place: he thundered at th threshold, he banged on the shutter The silence of death reigned. Peg' house was her fortress, and a tolerabl secure one, too. With curses loud an deep, the man cried: . 'is Jetta Ravenel in there. Peg? have married a wife and lost her Come, wake up, woman, and help m in the hunt." The echoes alone replied. His brain was still full of the fume of liquor: he'had been drinking madl; for twenty-four hours. He put hi , horde's head to the nearest shuttei with some vague purpose of spurrim through, when suddenly a hoarse, ster: voice called from within: "You have no wife, you young repro hate! Be off, or I'll put moonligh through you! Is Basil Hawkston dead, that you have taken possession o Tempest Island?" An iron bar, thrust out through th window, struck the horse violently, an< sent him galloping down the fores path, with his drunken rider ciingini about his neck in a state of savage be wilderment. , "Prince Lucifer dead?" he muttered "No; hut. by Heaven! it's time for hin to die! If he comes back to the Tern pest alive, heil make short work o me!" Nothing further occurred to dlsturl the peace of the Inlet House that night When morning dawned, Peg prepare* breakfast ror nerseu ana ner gursi then she said to Jetta Ravenel: "I'm going up to Tempest Hall to se< what that man Is doing there. Dan you stay here alone with the dead till come back?" "It Is not the dead that I fear, but th< ? living. Peggy!" "Well, bar the door after me, an< don't open It again till you hear m: voice outside." With that Peg Patton stepped ou into the day, and set her face griml: toward Tempest Hall. In the great grain fields the harvest era were moving about at their labors sheep and cattle grazed on the tawn: moors; the fishing boats were out?lift seemed to be going on at the island li its usual grooves. With her grim grenadier stride. Peg mounted the slop< to the horseshoe gate and lcoked ove into the garden. A flock of pigeons cooed in the sur about the old dials; in vague dlsquie the dogs whined in the stone porch Not one of the servants was visible Presently she heard a shuffling step it the lane behind her, and turning, sav Joe Derby. He looked terrified and de moralized. "Oh, Lord! Peg Patton," he cried "there's strange things going on hen this morning!. Mr. Vincent has beei out about all night, looking for the gov erness that's run away, and he's a: mad as a March hare. Bless you, he": locked Harris in the granary, and takei all his keys and accounts, and what he'l do next, nobody knows?go off in deli rium tremens, most likely, for om thing, as he's drinking at an awfu rate." "Why did you let him land on th< Tempest?" demanded Peg, sternly "You had your orders from the maste not to receive him here." Joe looked discomfited and shaky He rubbed his sunburnt ear and sighec "Lor', Peg, Mr. Basil was gone, am afore any of us knew it, here he v as rampaging around, ordering us as i we were dirt. And being a Hawkstom nobody but Harris dared say a wore He were always a dare-devil sortwere Mr. Vincent?and at present he' that wild no than can hold him." A..icoril"' ennrtpit "Ppfi" "wh didn't you help Harris." "Lor*." said Joe, in an aggrieve vojce, "women have no logic. Mr. Vin cent walked into Harris with a six shooter. Who was a-going to inter fere then? He said the money and key were his'en?he's got 'em, anyway! resignedly. "And Mrs. Otway, she can move a step, and the servants ar afraid of their lives. He's threatene us all with tire and slaughter if w don't find Mist Ravenel. All last nigf k he was a-tearing round the island look ing for her, and ruining Mr. Basil's bes horses. My advice to that young lad is to make tracks for the mainland a quick as maybe, for the Lord know Vincent Hawkstone is bent on mi? chief." "You coward!?you coward!" r peated Peg, in a passion. "A nice 1< of servants you and your mates art What is Basil Hawkstone going to sa to all this precious deviltry?" "Well, It ain't safe to go a-flying I t he face of Mr. Vincent," he grumbled "for. if anything happens to his oousl ?and who knows where Basil Hawl stone has gone or when's he's coinln hack??young cock-o'-the walk wilier ter into possession here?being the he ?and what then? I was born and rem ed on the Tempest?I ain't a-going I be turned off it at my time of life." "If Basil Hawkstone serves you rlgh when he gets back he'll pitch you net and heels into the sea!" cried Pe "Shame on ye, I say! Where may M Vincent be at the present time?" The dejection on Mr. Derby's count* nance deepened. "Hanged if I know! Somewhere ii side most likely. It won't do for you meddle with him. Peg?he'll knock y< over as quick as he did Harris." "Follow me!" said Peg, shortly. . She stalked through the stone por? into the main hall, opened the libra door and looked in. The grand old room wore a disorde ed appearance. The table was strev with papers, rolls of money, and a count-books. At ?a cabinet stood Vincent Hawkstone, rummaging among his coxlsin's private effects, opening letters, n spying into corners. He was splashed ?, with mud from hard riding?he was red and wild-eyed with hard drinking. 1. He started guiltily as Peg opened the door. His handsome, dissipated face r. grew dark with wrath, d "You she-pirate, what do you want e here?" he cried. i. She gave him a look that made him s quail. y "The last that I heard of you, Vind cent Hawkstone, you had been ordered from this Island?outlawed?forbidden I to set root nere again, now is u mu?. ! you are back, as soon as the master e leaves It, working all sorts of mischief? breaking, entering, assaulting, robbing ?not to mention that marriage busls ness with Miss Ravenel? You traitor, y you thief! You'll be jailed at Whits haven when the master comes back!" r, With an oath, he dashed down his g papers, and caught up a chair, as if to n fell the bold creature. But she was too quick for him. Before he could - comprehend her purpose, she seized t him in a tremendous grip, hurled him e to the floor and planted her knee on his f breast. In the brawny hands of this prodigious woman, Vincent Hawkstone, e man though he was, found himself a 3 pigmy, a mere child, t "Joe Derby!" she called, g Joe looked in at the door, and grew - pale. "Bring me a strong rope!" commandI. ed Peg. a Joe's cowardly old legs fairly bent - under him. but he dared not refuse, f He brought the rope. "Oh, lor". Peg. whatever are you at> going to do?" he quavered. "Bind him. If you had possessed the 3 pluck of a cat you might have done it ; yourself." "By the great horn spoon, this is bold e business. Peg!" groaned Joe. e She kept one hand on Vincent's windI pipe?with the other she held him fiat to the floor, e "Put the rope round his legs, Joe!" Joe obeyed. In a twinkling he was ; I bound hand and foot. Peg drew the i y cords mercilessly tight?he could not move an inch, t He glared up at his captor with furif ous eyes. "Wait till I get free." he said, softly, 1 - "and I will burn the Inlet House over ; your h^ad!" / Peg snapped her fingers in scorn, e "Better save your wind, sir, to make i explanations to Mr. Basil, The rope is i, strong, and here you must lie till your e cousin comes?whether it be for one j r hour or four-and-twenty! I hope to , the Lord he'll shoot you dead when he , 1 hears of your marriage with Jetta Ra- | t venel!" i. She snatched up a bunch of keys , . from the library-table, and went out , i with Joe Derby, and locked the library ( ; door, followed' by a storm of curses ] - from the man on the floor. "Look here, Joe." said Peg, "which ( , of these keys belongs to the granary? , a Go and let old Harris out before the r rats eat him. Tell him to get back his , - master's account hooks and money as , s quick as he can, and let nobody go near , s the library while Vincent Hawkstone is , i there. I've clipped the wings of your 1 bird for you: now keep him?d'ye hear? - ?till Prince Duclfer comes." e "Yes. Peggy?yes. old gal?you be a 1 rum one, sure enough!" quavered Derby, in stupid wonder, e Peg went first to the kitchen, where dire confusion reigned, r "A precious lot you are!" she cried, glowering in at the frightened servants \ from the door: "not one of you worth I. the salt that's put in your porridge, to d stand by, and see such things done s, here, and raise no outcry against the f evil-doer!" She mounted to the chamber where 1. Mrs. Otway, crippled and helpless, lay - bemoaning the fate of her favorite, s Jetta Ravenel. "She's gone, Peggy?nobody knows y where!" cried the unfortunate housekeeper at sight of the brown woman, d "Perhaps she's drowned herself off the T ~ A U'AP/1 tn tliA ntl'KN I mm m .^ciiu ... .... - mainland, but Vincent Hawkstone - would let no person leave the island, s It ail happened under this roof, and yet I was powerless to help her. Peggy 't ?it distracts me to think of it!" 'e 'He calm, ma'am," said Peg, dryly, d "Jetta Ravenel is at my house, safe and e sound, and there she will stay for the 't present. What's become of her brother who was brought to this island by ?t Viftcent Hawkstone?" y "We do not know," answered Mrs. is Otwa.v. "Sarah went to the cedar s chamber last night, and found it emp> ty. Vincent had been drinking himself helpless for hours; but he roused !- up about midnight, and began tearing >t up and down, and ordering us all from ;! our beds to look for Miss Ravenel." y "I've settled him for a space," said Peg. grimly. "He's down now on the n library tioor. bound hand and foot, and I; he's going to stay there till Basil n Hawkstone appears. The servants are t- so demoralized, you must go below, ig Mrs. Otwa.v, and keep them in liand t- till matters mend." lr She snatched the housekeeper up in P- her brawny arms, carried her downto stairs, and put her carefully on a sofa. calling Anne and Sarah to attend her. it. "Hetv you can keep an eye on the k whole household. Mrs. Otway," she g- said. "As for me, I must hurry back r. to the Inlet?it Isn't safe to leave Miss Ravonel there alone. If anything1 fure ther goes wrong. I'll be again to the fore. Hut. please Ood. if it's possible, i- we'll have the master back by sunset." to With that she stalked out of the >u house, and round to the granary. Joe Derby had liberated Harris, and got him home to his cottage, where the old ?h overseer had gone off straightway in ry an apoplectic tit. "He'll never be any good again?see r- if he is!" said Joe. dolefully. "Mr. >n Vincent has finished him." c- Peg at that moment espied Sampson, advancing along the road, and hurried c to meet him. s "Sampson," she said, sternly, "you I were always a trusty man, which Is t more than can be said of some of these c islanders, with a contemptuous look at I Joe. "Be off to Whithaven as fast as i wind and tide will take you, and if a Basil Hawkstone is there, bring him a back in your boat; and if he's gone fur- s ther, telegraph him that he must come r with speed. You know the need, man. r Be lively, now?you haven't a minute to lose!" "Lively it is, Peg!" answered Samp- 1 son, cheerfully. "I'll find the master? f never fear," and down the slope he went to the landing place. t Peg. with a parting injunction to Mr. Derby to mind his eye, and let no liv- r ing creature go near the library, fol- I lowed the old boatman. n Joe, at the horseshoe gate, .gazed after the two till they vanished. s "She's a whole handful?is that e Peg!" he muttered; then he shuffled In- p to the garden, and, led by a fatal curl- h oslty, drew near to the library window, n and peered in at Vincent Hawkstone lying on the oak floor, bound hand and foot?helpless as a fly In a web?van- tl qulshed?made captive by a woman. 11 As Derby's shadow darkened the pane v the prisoner turned his prostrate head, and bis eyes met the Islander's. "Jo?!" he called, In a persuasive voiee. si "Well, sir?" faltered Derby. y "Come in here and cut this rope!" p "Lor', sir?I can't! I'm afraid!" u "Joe Derby, cut this rope, I say, and c< be quick about it, too! I shall be lord t( of Tempest Island some day?then I i will remember you. If you refuse, I'll a snoot you ueuu lilt: niuuinn a Clin u^am CI a free man." "Oh, sir! Lor', sir! you do go on rr dreadful!" h /"Make haste! I've a hundred dollars in my left-hand vest pocket, Joe? h take it, it is yours!" ] Derby's hand clutched the window, ti There was a moment of suspense, then fl| he slowly raised the sash and scrambled through, hanging his head in shame. g) "Out with your jack-knife!" commanded Vincent. h He was frightened beyond measure? y too frightened, perhaps, to fully understand what he was about. d, "Look here, Mr. Vincent," he faltered, "will you behave like a gentleman, sj and go peaceably away from the Tern- p] pest, and leave what doesn't as yet be- h long to you, if I do this thing, which, p( Lor' knows, I oughtn't to do?" r( "Try me and see, Derby, but don't hi keep me waiting! That she-devil drew V( the rope so tight it cuts me like a sword. There! you have your knife rj out?now open the blade, you cowardly blackguard! My wrists?free my wrists C{ first!" fr And. Derby, groaning at his own a weakness, bent down, with knocking _ knees, and severed the cords that held Vincent Hawkstope! hJ ai CHAPTER XXXI. tY The Interview. In a certain secluded street of Whit- g< naven, Denina a njgn wan ana an immensely tall evergreen hedge, stood a lo small, dilapidated cottage, that looked in liked a hermit retired from the world. Somebody had died there under "1 3trange. circumstances a few years pre- tj vious, and from this, or some other cause, the place had fallen to ruinous m neglect and decay. House-hunters g< shunned it, open lots bounded it? tr neighbors were few. The street out-? d< side the shaky wooden gate was little bi traversed?dullness and solitude clung ei to the whole vicinity. Nobody cared ni to peer through the unpruned evergreens, or disturb the reign of moths a; and cobwebs behind the closed shutters ei of the house. And yet, on the night ki which followed the events of the last di chapter, a man came to the shaky pi wooden gate and knocked long and fu- n riously?yea. like one who knew that ej somebody on the other side could give him admittance. di After a while he heard a sound of tc light feet along the mossy flags of the w walk, a hand pushed back the rusty ai bolts that held the gate, and a smart n< French maid in cap and apron con- B fronted the visitor. I "I want to see your mistress, and V immediately: sain ine num. "Allons, monsieur!" And the maid h< shot the bolts into place, and then ran p on before, and ushered him Into a v damp, moldy little parlor, where a fire ' ] was making ineffectual attempts to li warm the chilly atmosphere?a mean, musty parlor, lighted by oil-lamps. Vincent Hawkstone looked around t< with an amused laugh. P "Good Heaven!" he oried, stumbling fi in a hole in the moth-eaten carpet and n barely saving his head from sharp contact with the chimney-piece: "does tl your mistress enjoy the retirement of this charming place, Celende? Does h she really mean to stay here long?" si The maid shrugged her shoulders. "Monsieur, it is barbarous! Rats, V mice, spiders, dust! Madame is a heroine, but tonight will end it all, surely." " Then she went out, and Vincent P Hawkstone began to pace back and n forth across that dangerous carpet, c with the sweat of nervous fear start- n ing out of his forehead. e "I have gone so far that I cannot F turn back now," he muttered, under his breath. "If this woman does not ti help me tonight I am lost!" Th? swish nf a silken train, the tap n of high heels, and Mademoiselle Zephyr v entered. She raised her pretty eyebrows as Vincent rushed to meet her. "By my soul. Zephyr, my fair sybar- ^ ite. you have found a cheerful hidingplace!" he cried. "Prince Lucifer, ^ keen as he is, would never discover you p in this dismal den. Did Dudley bring ( I you my letter?" ^ "Yes," she answered. "He also told me that you were amusing yourself at p ! the island. Merci! how haggard and ^ queer you look!?not at all like the ^ new-made bride-groom, I fear Jetta j Ravenel has not taken kindly to that ^ sudden change of husbands." The sullen blood arose to the roots of r his hair. "Plague take her obstinacy! The ruse that you proposed, mademoiselle, was t successful?she fell into my net, but ( she ordered me out of her presence as c though I had been a dog, and then ran t away altogether from Tempest Hall." t Zephyr sank into the nearest chair, J and broke into a ringing laugh. "How delightful?for you! Ah, I am r luits with that girl, at last! At last he is recompensed for daring to win Basil Hawkstone's heart! But what rings you here tonight, Vincent? You >ught to be pursuing your lost bride. >id you wish to find a sympathetic ear n which to pour your marital grievnce? It is now six o'clock"?glancing t a timepiece on the mantel?"and at even I have an engagement that canlot be delayed. I will give you just ten ninutes in which to unbosom yourself -not a second more." He came close up to her chair, drawng his breath hard. The desperate ear in his face was very unpleasant. "You and I, Zephyr, have entered in- j o an alliance against Prince Lucifer -our common enemy. I come to reninrt von of it. To tell you the truth, am in a deuce of a scrape, and you lust help me out." "You have committed unpardonable ins in Basil's absence?eh?" she smlld. "When he comes back to the Temest, npd finds how matters have gone l his absence, he will show you no lercy?" "Too true!" groaned Vincent. "And ecause he has forgiven me so many lines in the pant, he |s all the more kely now to overwhelm me with the ials of his wrath." < ? !-> V.lm')" oho cn Irl lt'U Ulf UMUIU ut HUM > "Mortally," he acknowledged. "And fear makes cowards of us all," neered Vera. "Well, without doubt, ou will be made to smart for taking ossesslon of Tempest Island ar.d all pon it, before your time had lawfully ume." Again she glanced Impatiently >ward the clock. "Times flies, Vincent, have important business on hand, nd you are keeping me from my toilt." He took a fresh turn across the lotheaten carpet, coming back to her, owever, like the needle to the magnet "Have you forgiven Prince Lucifer is scorn of you?" he said, hoarsely. Have you forgotten that you once en eated him on your knees to love you gain, and he refused?" Her smiling little face changed. "I forget nothing," she ariswered, tartly. "Your heart has not softened toward im? You hate him as much as ever, era ?" "I hate him more than ever! Why a you ask such absurd questions?" "Look here!" cried Vinicent Hawk:one, roughly; "I fancy you have some rivate game of your own afoot, Vera, [owever that may be, one thing is imerative?Prince Lucifer must never ?turn to Tempest Island alive! You ave sworn to help me?now keep your )w!" She looked up at him with soft, deding eyes. "How tragic you grow! I have reilled Basil Hawkstone, you know, om his chase after Bee, and appointed tryst with him tonight in Whithaven -not from caprice, but deep design, ndoubtedly he is on his way from ew York at this very moment; at iiy rate, he will be sure to appear at le time and place na/hed by me." He started nervously. "A tryst!?tonight, Vera??before he aes down to the island?" "Yes. How wild and strange you ok! Do you wish to kill your cousi?" "Yes," replied Vincent, deliberately; [ wish to kill him, for I have no safer but in his destruction!" "Pooh!" she scoffed! "high tragedy iay be fascinating, but it is also dan srous, and after a while it becomes a ifle tiresome. Come, what have you ->ne with that troublesome fellow Garlel? Is he still at the island, whith you carried him to assist at your uptials?" "No, he made off from the Tempest * soon as his wits returned," answer1 Vincent, gloomily. "Heaven only nows where he is at the present ate! No matter?he has served his urpose. I take it you never cared a ash for him?" She lifted her lovely (rebrows. "I have had many admirers in my ay, but never one that I found so Inferable as that boy. What I am to do V. I T nannnt toll " Shp nril?P with n impatient gesture. "Really, I must ot spare you another minute, Vincent! y this time Celende Is quite wild. As said before, your cousin will be in /hithaven tonight. I shall meet him ? another place, but he will follow me ere, to recover his daughter. We shall robably have an Interesting lnterlew," She made an eloquent grimace. I will permit you to be present. If you ke." He grew pale. "Heaven above! Do you think I mean ) risk a personal encounter with rince Lucifer! What! confront him ice to face? Not I! You must put le behind the door!" "You wish to stab him In the dark, icn?" His cowardly eyes would not meet er bright, derisive gaze. He looked traight down at the floor. "You pledged your word to help me, era," Vincent grumbled. "Have I not done so?" she answered. Von could never have married Jetta lavenel but for my aid. My dear ally, take any little arrangement with your on-iience that you like?n'importe. I tiillllnnp fn nKlioro \'A11 At Ill quilt- wining iif ?/wnb\ ... ifeht o'clock, remember, you will find 'asil Hawkstone at this house." He stood for a moment primly mediating. "At eight sharp, I will he here," he ruttered, then took up his hat and it I id re w. To be Continued. POSSIBII.ITV OK ROO3EVBLT.?Some Of <lr. Bryan's friends cherish the deluion that the Republican national conention may nominate a reactionary andidate and that this would make he election of even Mr. Bryai possiile. The Chicago convention will do lothing of the kind. If the reactionary lements in the Republican party suceed in preventing Secretary Taft's lomination, they will get Theodore toosevelt. Let there be no misundertanding about that. No matter how many official statenents Mr. Roosevelt may issue declinng a third term, he will seize the Relubllcan nomination himself rather han permit it to go to any man who loes not represent the Roosevelt polices and who is not in sympathy with he Roosevelt administration. That is he situation which the Democratic >arty must face, and there is nothing o be gained by imagining in the Rejublican party a state of affairs that is lot going to exist.?New York World. ptettUanroitjs fading. TILLMAN AND ROCKEFELLER. Story of a Meeting of Two Distinguished Men on Train. Senator Tillman returned to Washington to-day from the south, but press dispatches recounting a conference he had with John D. Rockefeller on a railroad train In Georgia had preceded him, and therefore, he had an explanation to make. Some of his colleagues charged him with having deserted the common people to hobnob with plutocracy, but he denied this, and declared that he could prove that the "desertion was by Mr. Rockefeller, who sought the Interview." "You know," drawled Mr. Tillman, In his Inimitable way, "a man came to my seat In the Pullman car, and before he had a chance to Introduce himself I was struck with the fact that his face radiated sunshine, and I said to myself, "Here is an optimist, if ever there was one.' " 'I'm Mr. Rockefeller,' the man 'said, and of course I knew him at Dnce. He sat down with me, and we talked until I reached my station, about an hour I should say. Mr. Rockefeller did not mention legislation, the recent panic, nor in any way Irtimate he hfld any more money than I had, and you may be sure I did not ?iy anything about it. I say this just to show that the story sent out about oar meeting did Mr. Rockefeller an Injustice. "But I got in a little talk on my own hook," continued the senator. "Mr. Rockefeller seemed to be interested in the country through which we were passing, and plied me with questions as to the value of the land and the character of the people. That was my opportunity. "I remembered that he had been credited with having given away $35,000,000 for educational purposes last year, and I called attention to the expressions of Andrew Carnegie and philanthropists of that ilk In favor of giving more money to Tuskegee and other schools for the negroes. I told Mr. Rockefeller that there were millions of whites In the south, whites descended from pure English and Irish and Scotch, who were living there poverty stricken and ignorant, poor because of their Ignorance, and that the northern millionaires never thought of helping them. Mr. Rockefeller deemed to be Interested, and I warmed up to the subject, injecting some vitriolic Tlllmanites into the conversation here and there." The senator paused In his story In order to complete a laugh that Interfered with his flow of language. He was exploding like a gasolene motor exhaust as he continued: "You know, Mr. Rockefeller is so used to giving orders that he just exclaimed in an ordinary tone, as if that was all there Wa$ to It: That will have to be remedied. Such a condition must not be.' "Well, sir, it sounded so Itke Theo aore itooseveu mat i couicm i nwin thinking how much I'd like to get them two fellows together. "We went on talking, and I told him how the New York moneyed crowd run our southern railroads. I had a chance to get in a good rap at conditions on the Southern at the junction near Aiken, S. C. The train comes down there with Pullman cars for the millionaires bound for Aiken and day coaches for the poor people going on down the line. The poor people get out and sit around nn old way station while the train carries the millionaires?think I called them 'd?d millionaires' in talking to Mr. Rockefeller ?on to Aiken. Then tho train comes back and picks up the poor people. The train is scheduled to run right through, and the railroad folders do not announce this discrimination in favor of the rich folks. "We talked on. and Mr. Rockefeller seemingly interested, until I reached my station. I got out and that is the last I saw of him. I didn't mention Standard Oil and neither did he." Senator Tillman's colleagues pronounced him vindicated.?Washing! ton special of January 25 to Philadelphia Ledger. HIS TERRIBLE EYES. Senator Cass Could Almost Paralyze a Man With a Look. Giant heads, bodies and brains were Webster and Cass. All the strength of New Hampshire granite was concentrated in those two sons. To look upon them made the ordinary man feel small. Wonderful eyes they possessed, and men have been known to shiver with dread when one or the other allowed his glance to fall upon :hem. Cass could look through a stranger in a way to make his brain burn and his knees knock together. One searching stare seemed to destroy all mentality and fill the victim with paralytic emotions. No man dared take liberties with Cass. In 1846 the proprietor of the National hotel in Washington was a man who so closely resembled the great senator from Michigan that he was often mistaken for him. An old friend, returning from a journey, entered the lobby and, seeing him leaning against the desk, slipped up behind and hit him a terrific whack on the shoulder, saying cheerily and simultaneously: "Hello, old man! Here I am back again. How are you?" Senator Cass straightened up his six feet (three and, turning upon the assailant his terrible, bloodshot eyes, almost annihilated him with a look. Not a word was spoken. That look was ample. The stranger was so "rattled" [ that he could not even apologize, but slunk dejectedly out of the hotel. Later In the day when congress was supposed to be in session the stranger returned to the hotel to shake hands with the proprietor and tell him all about the Cass Incident. Walking bravely up, he laid his hand down on his friend's shoulder and, without waiting for a greeting, surprised him with: "See here, old fellow, you got me in a deuce of a scrape this morning. Why, you know, I took old Cass for you, slapped him on the back, nearly taking off a shoulder, and the old fool looked at me as if he wanted to commit murder. The darned old lunatic, why doesn't he stay out of here? He knows"?Again the great senator from Michigan straightened up his six feet three, again he turned his bloodshot eyes, again he looked and again the victim fled. Two mistakes of that kind in one day! '*/> . >1/ is .\ A s ?v > ANDREW CARNEGIE. RURAL POLICE BILL. An Important Measure That Is Pending Before the General Assembly. "Section 1. - That the office of county constables and that of magistrates' constables, as now existing in this state, shall be, and is hereby, abolished on and after the first day of May, 1908. "Sec. 2. That a system of rural mounted police, to take effect on and after the first day of May, 1908, is hereby established for this state, under the conditions hereinafter set forth. "Sec. 3. That the governor shall, on the recommendation of the senators and members of the house of rep- ( resentatlves of the various counties of this state, * appoint for each of said counties a rural police commls- : ainn nf three discreet citi zens In each county, one of whom shall be the sheriff of said county, who shall be an ex-offlco member of said commission and serve without i compensation other than that now or . hereafter, provided by law. The other J two members of said commission ' shall each receive a per diem of three dollars per day and mileage, when "J actually engaged in the discharge of 1 their duties; provided, the sums receiv- ! ed by any one commissioner during any one year shall not exceed the sum of $60 and 5 cents per mile. Neither 1 one of Said commissioners, except the ; sheriff, shall hold any political office other than that of notary public. , "Sec. 4.' It shall be the duty of said ] police commission in each county, on ' or before.the 15th day of April, 1908, ' to organize by selecting a chairman and secretary, and they shall, on or before the said date, elect a chief of j police fop. their county and a number oftrpral policemen hereinafter provld- , ed for each respective county. Said chief and other policemen shall each ; be selected for a term of eight months | from the first day of May, 1908, and each subsequent election shall be for ( a term of one year from the first day j of January of each succeeding year. ' Said chief and policemen shall be subject to removal for cause by said po- j lice commission at any time. " rni? ~* ?n?ol nnlino "see. o. i no Liiici ui iuiui ^vk.v in each county shall receive a salary ' of 715 dollars per month, and each rural policeman shall receive a salary of 1 $60 per month, to be paid at the end ' of each month out of the ordinary 1 funds of the county upon the order of the chairman of the police commis- J sion of each county. In addition to the said salary, each of the said policemen shall be entitled, to receive the usual fees for serving civil papers 1 as may be placed in his hands by 1 proper authority; but no fees shall be ' charged in any criminal case by any , of said policemen. "Sec. 6. It shall be the duty of said chief of police to take charge of ' the rural policemen for his county, and direct their movements and assign to each a territory or beat for regular patrol. Each of said policemen shall report to his chief, either personally, ' by letter or by wire, at his own expense, at least once in every 24 hours. Each of said policemen, including the chief, shall keep and maintain a horse for his constant use, at his own expense. "Sec. 7. Said policemen shall be vested with all the authority now vested in peace officers of this state. They shall be under the supervision and control of their respective chiefs and shall co-operate with the sheriffs of their respective counties and obey and execute the proper orders relating to the preservation of the public peace and the execution of the laws throughout their counties. It shall be their duty to see that all laws are properly observed and enforced and to see that disorder and crime are suppressed. They shall have authority to arrest any offender without warrant, provided they procure a warrant as soon thereafter as may be convenient. They may swear out any warrant oerore any magistrate and they are hereby given authority to serve the said war? rant themselves. Xo policeman, acting under this act, shall have any other regular business and it shall be his duty to patrol his section regularly. He shall have no regular hours upon which to go on duty, but shall consider himself a conservator of the peace at any and all times. The police commission of any county may or may not. as they deem wise, require the rural mounted police to wear uniforms at their own expense. "Sec. 8. The chief of police shall have his office at the county seat, and wherever convenient shall maintain at his own expense a telephone in same. He shall have power and authority to direct any policeman under his charge to go anywhere in the county for any purpose that may seem to him wise, consistent with this act; and he shall also have the power to mass any number of policemen at any point in his county, when in his judgment it is wise to do so. Any chief or other policeman shall have, authority to call upon the police of an adjoining county to assist in capturing criminals and suppressing lawlessness; and in the discharge of his duties, any policeman shall have the same power and authority in an adjoining county that he has in his own. "Sec. J*. The magistrates of the various counties in this state may turn over for service or execution any papers to any chief or rural mounted policeman and they are hereby required to serve all criminal papers without cost; and they shall be entitled to have taxed up and collect regular fees in all civil cases." tr' So peculiar is the formation of their feet that night and day the Tonquinese can run with perfect security over the most dangerously rough and smooth places. From a narrow heel the feet broaden remarkably toward the toes, of which the great one is so separated from the others as to form with them a wide angle. And from the toes grow nails that can be fixed in the ground like hooks. This peculiarity in the feet of the natives of Tunquin has obtained for them among the Chinese the name of Cao-Ci the people with the crooked toes. PROPOSED NEW LABOR LAW. Another Important Bill la Drawn by Messrs. Carey and Cothran. Greenville News. Columbia, January 28: To many members of the general assembly, especially the farmers in that body, the most Important matter that is to be considered at this session is the enactment of a law which is to take the place and serve the purpose of the labor contract law, which both the federal court and the state supreme court have declared unconstitutional. It Is believed that a bill meeting all the requirements of the situation has been drawn, and the substance of it is herewith given. It follows the lines suggested by Gov. Ansel In his message, making the violation of the contract by either employee or employer a misdemeanor. When the legislature met, Mr. Wade of Aiken called a meeting of the farmers in the general assembly, for the purpose of. discussing the matter of a labor contract law. Several of the ablest lawyers in the assembly * 14 u- rru? wtrrts iiivivcu iu uc picaum. xiic mimers went over the matter carefully and expressed their Ideas of what was needed, from the practical standpoint, leaving It to the lawyers to fit the practical side of It In with the legal requirements of the situation. To Messrs. Carey and Cothran was delegated the duty of drafting the bill, along the lines suggested. It Is a striking tribute to the confidence of all factions?If there ,vbe any factions? that these two gentlemen should be chosen for this duty, Just as they were chosen by a similar meeting to draw the bill abolishing the state dispensary system and Inaugurating the local option system. Meanwhile a resolution had been agreed to In the senate referring It to the judiciary committee of ' both houses to draw a labor contract i law and this resolution was also a- , green 10 in me nouse wnen u reacnea that body. To carry out both plans, the bill drawn by Messrs. Carey and Cothran has been submitted to the two judiciary committees and through the committees presented to each house. Its provisions are as follows: A bill Relating To Contracts for Personal Service and Advances Thereunder, Declaring Certain Offences Connected Therewith Misdemeanors. Regulating Matters of Evidence and Procedure in Such Cases, and Prescribing Punishment Therefor. Section 1. That any person who shall hereafter contract with another or render to him personal services of any kind, and shall thereafter frauduIcnily, or with malicious intent to injure his employer, fail or refuse to render such service as agreed upon, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. Section 3. That any person who shall hereafter contract to receive from another personal service of any kind and to compensate him therefor, and shall thereafter fraudulently or with malicious intent to injure his employee, fail or refuse to receive such service or to'make compensation as agreed upon, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. Section 3. That the failure of either party to such contract to perform the obligations assumed by him thereunder, without sufficient cause arid to the injury of the other, shall be prima facia evidence. In prosecutions under Sections 1 and 2 that he violated such contract fraudulently and with malicious intent to injure the other party. Section 4. That any person who shall hereafter contract with another to render personal service of any kind to him, and shall thereafter fraudulently or with malicious intent to injure the employer, procure advances in money or other things of value rr..ni him. with intent not to fender the service agreed. upon, and who 3hall thereafter with like intent fail or refuse to perform the service agreed upon, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. Proof of the fact that the employee entered into the contract, procured advances and failed or refused to complete the contract, without sufficient cause, to the injury of his employer, shall be prima facia evidence of the offence herein described and declared a misdemeanor. Section 5. That any person who shall hereafter contract with another to receive from him personal services of any kind, to compensate him therefor and to make advances to him and shall thereafter fraudulently or with malicious intent to injure the employee receive the benefit of such service In whole or in part, and with like intent fail or refuse to make the compensation or advances agreed upon, shall be deemed guilty of a misde ? ? Dmaa# A f V? A font that f hft rilfclliwr. r I UUl Ul aavv w I employer entered into the contract, received the benefit of the employee's services, in whole or In part, and fail- ' ed to make the compensation or ad- i vances agreed upon, without sufficient cause, to the injury of the employee, shall be prima facia evidence of the offense herein described and declared < a misdemeanor. ( Section 6. The contracts referred to in this act may be either verbal or in writing; if in writing, they must be executed with the formalities required by Sect. 355, Criminal Code, 1902; If verbal, they must be witnessed by two disinterested witnesses; and the term of service contracted for must be for a definite time, not exceeding one year. Section 7. That upon conviction in a court of competent jurisdiction of 1 any person charged with any violation of this act, the person so convicted shall be punished by a fine of not less than $50 and not exceeding $100 or by imprisonment not less than 20 days i and not exceeding 30 days for each , offense. Section 8. That this act is not intended and shall not be construed to protect any parties to, or punish the ( violation of. any contract or matter connected therewith, where the inducement of consideration of such contract is money or other things of i value advanced to or for the employee prior to the actual commencement of service thereunder. All such contiacts arc hereby prohibited and declared nuu anu voiu, Section 9. That all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act be, and the same are hereby, repealed. Section 10. That this act shall go into effect immediately upon the approval of the governor. It will be noted that the proposed bill prohibits contracts for more than one year at a time, and that under its provisions the employer cannot hold the laborer under a new contract for money ad%-ances during the preceding year under an old contract. Some of the farmers in the general assembly are of the opinion that the proposed bill is even better than the old law and most of them are very well satisfled with its provisions. t-T Certain butterflies have marked odors, some good, some bad. Dr. F. A. Dixey, a British entomologist, mentions a white butterfly of England that has the fragrant scent of lemon verbena, and has noted many species in Africa with such odors as those of chocolate, vanilla and various flowers. The agreeable odors belong to males, being a charm to attract females. The offensive odors, shared by both sexes, are protective, repelling enemies. tr in some parts of France walnuts form a regular article of diet. The peasants eat them with bread that has oftentimes been rubbed with garlic. The hygienic effects are considered good, replacing meat to a large extent. These nuts are also used to make oil. It Is much cheaper and similar In taste to that pressed from olives, and Is employed to adulterate the latter. The prisoners In certain prisons are engaged In cracking walnuts and picking out the kernels, wlhch are pressed Into oil. I TO EXTERMINATE THE RATS. Great Britain Preparing For Scientific War With Rodents. London, January 18.?Although most of the London papers treat more or less humorously the formation of "a national society for the destruction of vermin," under the auspices of Sir Jamos Crlchton-Browne, yet scientific men deem It one of the most Important sanitary' measures of the century, and, If successful, one of the greatest accomplishments of the age. For several years England has been entirely free from maddogs, but the maiTvllncr <\Tvlgvr? unrtar whlnh a oa m - paign against them was begun, were useless until Walter Long had the courage to Impose drastic restrictions upon the Importation of dogs from countries where rabies prevailed. But England, which led the way to ahow."how maddogs might become extinct, has hitherto held aloof from emulating certain Continental countries in their campaign against rats. In course of time, therefore, England has become the greatest exporting country of rats in Europe, and hardly a cargo leaves an English dock that does not bear to some foreign port hundreds of death-dealing rodents. At the meeting held in Whitehall rooms the other day Sir James Crlch- . ton-Browne, in a semi-humorous speech, announced that war to the knife was to be declared on the rodent, which he arraigned as follows: "It is the chief cause of the 1,000,000 deaths from the plague that occurred in Ildia during the first half of 1907; it brings ptomaine poisoning by running over pantry food; it slaughtered a farmer's complete set of ducklings in successive years; it costs a ship's captain a penny a rat a day; it is the gamekeeper's natural foe." He said that in Japan a few years before the war with Russia the rat had become so intolerable a pest that the ministers of agriculture took it up and a small reward was offered by the government for every rat skin. The result ef that policy was that the rat soon became very scarce in Japan?too aearce for those who had been making i good living by selling the skins to the government and they took to importing rat skins from China. During the war, when the cold season mrne, the government Issued to the troops a fine, soft little leather pouch to cover the ears and nose and prevent frost-bite, and It was then discovered that these were made of rat skins. Rat skins, properly treated and pre parid, made a beautiful soft leather, but whether or not their skins were of any jtllity, rats must be exterminated. In i small island like Great Britain, at all svents, he went on to say, it ought not to be impracticable. There was a time when there were no rats in England. They came out of central Asia and sent forth waves of amigration?"westward the star of empire made its way." The first great wave, the black rat, -eached Europe about the beginning of the 16th century; the second wave, the brown rat, lid not reach England until the beginning of the 18th century. It was about 100 years after the first wave that the great plague of London broke out, and it that time London was over-run with rats. The large brown rat had made war on the black with such success that the black rat had almost totally lisappeared from many parts of the country. The plan of campaign against the rodent would later be considered by -an executive committee, but It seemed to sir james xnai an suns ui nuuuc ought to be undertaken?the gun, the trap, the ferret, the terrier should each have a place In their strategy. But of late there had been a new and promising departure In the crusade against rats. A modern St. Patrick or Pled Piper of Hamelin had come to their aid. Sir James then described the preparation which had been produced by Doctor Danyz of the Pasteur Institute, containing the germs of a disease to which only the rat Is susceptible. Rats which ate of the preparation suffered from an Illness which killed them off in eight or ten days, and as they communicated It to other rats an epidemic which was not communicable to man cleared out the rats. Besides these suggestions made by Sir Crlchton-Browne, others were put forward, but the cat came out of the discussion with greatest honors. Commissioner Nicol of the Salvation Army, gave an account of the army's cat farms in India, and the multiplication of cats was regarded by many speakers as better even than poison or virus. Among the active supporters of the new society are the National Poultry nasn^iatlnn fho Pnvsl Horticultural SO ciety, whose secretary said that the increase of poultry meant the increase of rats; Sir Alfred Jones, who wrote an interesting: letter: Sir Henry Roscoe. and a number of experts in rodent pathology. Wants to Khep the Money at Home.?Representative Doar of Georgetown, has introduced a bill looking: to keeping: South Carolina money in South Carolina by requiring: all public printing' in this state to be given to printing establishments in South Carolina. The fact that an amount of printing has been done out of the state in the last few years, for which the taxpayers' money was spent, is the justification for this bill. Its provisions are as follows: Be it enacted by the general assem ' - - M a^..4u r^MAlInn* Diy OI HIP sunt? UI tSUUUi v^aiwiuta. Section 1. That all public officers, both county and state within this state, shall hereafter purchase their office supplies and stationery from dealers within this state, and having: their place of business established within this state, and shall let all contracts for public printing \vhich is paid for from public funds to printers doing business and having their established place of business within this state. Sec. 2. No purchase of stationery nor contract for printing in violation of section 1 of this act shall be a valid obligation against, any county, nor against the state of South Carolina; and no bill for printing or stationery in violation of section 1 of this act shall be paid by any officer having the custody of pubjlc funds. tv" Some rather remarkable fancy work was recently exhibited in London, the work of a woman living In Cape Town, South Africa. Several screens and some exquslte panels were decorated with flowers and figures made entirely of fish scales. The scales were threaded on silver wire and dyed Just the right tints, and the results were quite wonderful in both color and general effect.