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fEFskin ?|Pion ed by 1 The negro turned from the road through a gate, and Erskine heard the thud of his horse's hoofs across the meadow turf. He rode on sjowiy, hitched Firefly as close to the edge of the road as was safe, and crept to the edge of the garden, where he could peer through the hedge. The hull door was open and the hallway lighted; so was the dining room; and there were lights In Barbara's room. There were no noises, not even of anl mm life, and no figures moving about or in the house. What could he do* One thing at least, no matter what happened to him?he could nomhet Dane Grey's days and make this nlghl Ms last on earth. It would probably he his own last night, too. Impatiently he crawled back to the edge ol the rond. ?M<>re quickly than he ex peeled, *he saw Ephralm's figure slip ping through the shadows toward him T>ey's Jus' through supper," he re ported. "Ml53 Barbery didn't rat wit 'am. She's up in her rco'ni. Dut ud der or-Jcer been stormln' _ at Marse Grey an' hurryln'" hiiri dp. Mammy been holdln' de llttfe ihi^stis hack' all she can. She say she got U> make like she heppln' her pack." "Bphrnlm," said Ersklne quickly, "go tell Mr. Grey that one of his men wants to see hiin right away at the sundial. When he starts down the path you run around the hedge and he on hand in the bushes." "Yassuh," and the boy showed Ills teeth In a comprehending smile. It was nut long before he saw Grey's tall figure easily emerge from the hall door and stop full In the light. He saw Kphrulm slip around the corner and Grey move to the end of the porch, doubtless In answer to the black boy's whispered summons. For a moment the two figures were motionless arid then Ersklne- began to tingle acutely from Read to foot, urey came swiftly down the great path, which was radiant with moonlight. As Grey neared the dial Ersklne moved toward him, keeping In a dark shadow, but Grey saw him and called In a lo#w tone but sharply; "Well, what is It?" With two paces more Ersklne stepped out into the moonlight with his cocked pistol at Grey's breust. 'Tills," lie said quietly. "Make no noise?and don't move." Grey was startled, but he caught his control inslantly and without fear. "You are a brave man, Mr. Grey, and so, for that matter, Is?Benedict Arnold." "Captain Grey," corrected Grey Insolently. "I do not recognize your rank. To me you are merely Traitor Grey." "You are entitled to unusual free dom of si>eecli?under the circumstances." "I shall grunt you the same freedom," Ersklne replied quickly?"In a moment. Twice you have said that you would fipht me with anything, any time, any place." Grey bowed slightly. "I shall ask you to make those words pood and I shall accordingly choose the weapons." Grey bowed again. "Ephralm!" The hoy stepped from the thicket. "Ah," breathed Grey, "that black devil!" "Aln' you pwlna to shoot him, Marse ErskineV "Ephralm!" said Ersklne, "slip Into the hall v<*ry quietly and bring me the two rapiers on the wall," firsklne addressed Grey. "I know more of your career than you think. "I Know More of Your Career Than You Think, Grey." Orey. You have been u spy as '.veil as a traitor. And now you are crowning yduf Infamy by weaving some spell over lay cousin and trying to qjrrry her away hi tte. absence, of 1m?i e Dale leeijyH Fox,cJ r.^w| RH. Llvi ngston.6^^| father un?f brother, to what unhupiilI hesa fiod only can know. I can hardly ; hope that you appreciate the honor I am dolnp you." "Not as much as I appreciate your cournpe and the rtsk you are taking." W ^.ll.wl fjIMVlIll* AIIIUUU. "The risk is perhaps loss than you think." "You have not boen idle?" "I have learned more of my father's swords than I knew when we used them last." "I am glad?it will he more interesting." Krskine looked toward the house and moved impatiently. "My brother officer has dined too well," noted Grey placidly, "and the rest of my?er?retinue are gambling. We are quite secure." "Ah!" Erskine breathed?he had seen the black boy run down the steps | with something under one arm and presently Ephraim was in the shadow I of the thicket: "Give one to Mr. Grey, Ephrnlm. I nnd the other to me. I believe you ! said on that other occasion that there i was iiO choice of blades?" "Quite right," Grey "answered, skillfully testing his bit of steel. "Keep well out of the way, Ephralm." warned Ersklne, "nnd take this pistol. You may need it, if I am i worsted, to protect yourself." "Indeed, yes," returned Grey, "and kindly instruct him not to use It to j protect you.'.' For answer Ersklne 1 sprang from the shndow?discarding ! formal courtesies. "En garde!" he called sternly. Grey was cautious at first, trying out tils oppwent's increase in skill: j "You have made marked Improve! ment," 'Thank you," smiled Ersklne. I "Ah I A Frenchman taught you ' that." ' " * ? * 1- A nil tka "A x? rencmnan mugiu me uh mc | little I know." "I wonder If he taught you how to ) meet this." ' He dhl," answered Erskinp, parrying easily and with an answering thrust that turned Grey suddenly anxious. Constantly Grey maneuvered ! to keep his buck to the moon, and ; Just as constantly Erskine easily kept | him where the light shone fairly on j both. Grey liegan to breathe heavily. I "I think, too," said Erskine. "that , my wind Is a little better than vburs I ?would yon like a short resting I spell?" i From the shadow Ephrahn chuckled, l and Grey snupjied: "Make that hlnck devil?" "Keep quiet, Ephrahn!" broke In I Erskine sternly. Again Gro.v niuneu ! vered for the moon, to no nvmi, unci ; Erskine Rave warning-: "Try that again and I will put that 1 moon in your eyes and keep it there." Grey was Retting angry now and was i beginning to pant.* "Your wind is short," said Erskine with mock compassion. "I will give you a'little breathing-spell presently." Grey was not wasting ids precious breath now and lie made no airswer. ".Vow!" said Erskine sharply, and Grey's blade Hew from his hand and lay like a streak of silver on the dewy j grass. Grey rushed for it. "I)?n you!" he raged, and wheeled furiously?patience, hmuor, and caution quite gone?and they fought now In deadly silence. Ephraim saw the British ofllcer appear in the hall and walk unsteadily down the stg.s as though lie were coming down the path, hut lie dared not open Ids lips. There was tiie sound of voices, and it was evident that the game had ended in a quarrel and the players were coming 1 up the river bunk toward them. ErI skine heard, but if Grey did lie at ! fli'st gave no sign?he was too much ! concerned with the deatli that faced | him. Suddenly Erskine knew that ! Grev had heard, for the fear in his ! fare gave way to a diabolic frrln of | triumph and lie lashefl suddenly Into : defense?If lie could protect himself j only,a little lougcf! Erskine had delayed the llnishing stroke too Ion? and lie must make it now. (trey gave way step by stop?parrying only. The blades Hashed like tiny bits of lightning. Erskine's fare, prim and Inexorable, brought the slek fear back Into <Irey's, and Krsklne saw his enemy's lips open. He lunged then, his blade went true, sank to the hilt, and Grey's warped soul started on its way with a craven cry for help. IOrsWine sprang buck Into the shadows and snatched his pistol from Epliruim's hand: "Get out of the way now. Tell them | I did It." Once lie looked back. He saw Rari barn at the hall door with old mammy ! behind her. With a running leap lie | vaulted the hedge, and, hidden In the hushes, Ephralm heard Firefly's hoofs heating ever more faintly the sandy road. CHAPTER XVIII Yorktown broke tbo British heart, and General Dale, still weak front woumis. went home to Red Oaks. It ? was not long before, with gentle In-'j o'llry, l]y hud pjece-i juit Xlt? fnll^toy^ nf fT?nutfiT SfJTiT flrskfhe an?T Dane ' (irey, and wisely lie waited Ids chance 1 with each phase of the sltuuflnn. Frankly he told her first of (Jrey's dark treachery, and the girl listened i with horrified silence, for she would I as, soon have distrusted that beloved father as the heavenly Father In her j prayers. She left him when he finished the story and he let her go I wlthottt Another word. All day she was In her room and at sunset she gave hfm her answer, for she came to him dressed In white, knelt hy his chair, and put her head In his lap. And there wns a rose In her hair. I hnve never understood about myself and?and" flint man," she said. J "and I never will." "I do," said the general gently, "and I understand yon through ray sister who was so like you. Ersklne's father wns as Indignant as Harry Is now, and I am trying to act toward you as my father did toward her." The girl pressed her lips to one or his nanus. "I think I'd better tell you the whole story now," suld General Dale, and he told of Ersklne's father, his wlldness and his wanderings, Ids marriage, and the capture of IiIr wife and the little son by the Indians, all or which she knew, and the girl wondered why he should be telling her again. The general paused: ? "You know Ersklne's mother was not killed. He found her." The girl looked up amuzed and Incredulous. "Yes," he went on, "the white woman whom he found In the Indian village was Ids mother." "Father!" She lifted her head quickly, leaned hack with hands caught tight in front of her, looked up Into his face?her own crimsoning and paling as she took in the full meaning of It nil. Her eyes dropped. "Then," she said slowly, "that Ini Jinn nini?Pnrlv ?Is his half. IIUIII felt ft IJ . ? sister. Oil, oh!" A great pity flooded her heart and eyes. "Why didn't Erslcine take them away from the Inditing?" (To be Continued). QUESTIONS ? | I and Bible Answers if If parents will eneouratje children to lookup IS aiHimrmorisetha Bible Aiunen, it will prove ?| a priceless heritage to them in after years, f "T^r-jrmrnT-^l^r^Jtn.-r-.Ti nrmrTTT?ttvt~ - ^ What conditions are required for a genuine revival of religion? ?2 Chron. 7: 14 What does wisdom do when it enterxeth into the heart? ?Prov. 2: 10, 11 What is Clod, and how should we worship him? ?John 4: 24 Whence cometh wisdom and understanding? -Job 28: 20, 28 Who are the sons or uou: ?Romans 8: 14 Where does perfect liberty exist? ?2 Cor. 3: 17 What is necessary before we can lead others into the paths of righteousness? ?Psalm 51: 12, 13 What does Paul call the temple of God, and if we dellle this teuiple, what is the result? ?1 Cor 3: 16, 17 What makes the child of God secure against fear and evil? ?Psalm 91: 6, C, 9, 10 What did Jesus say ubout the light of the >vorld? ?John 8: 12 W hat is the happy end of God's correction? ?Job 6: 17-27 Who will take away hunger and thirst, and wipe away all tears from your eyes? ?Rev. 7: 16. 17 What general exhortations did the Apostle Paul give to the church at Thessalonica? ?1 THess. 5: 14-28 What is the Hebrew benediction? ?Num. 6: 24, 26 When should we sow the seed? ?Ecc. 11: 6 Test for Candidates.?There is a way for the voter to know his man. He can know what kind of life he lias lived. If he has been a good citizen, a progressive builder of his communii ty and county, and has stood for the J best at all times, and is withal a clean man, then tlm. voter cannot go far, wropg in voting for such*a Candidate, j If, on the other hand, the candidate has never done anything to help make j life better in his community and has ! never been hoard of in connection with J progressive movements, a*nd is riot j associated with those agencies tending ' to make life better, cleaner and easier ( I for others, then it is u safe bet that I I such a man will not make a good office holder. A man cannot be made over ip a night, nor can a public .spiritid citizen.be made in a single campaign. You will see much of him during the two or three months ho is hunting for votes, but where has he been for the years before he wanted to get your vote? This, sometimes, is hard to do with state candidates, but in a county it should prove an easy matter. In a state men cannot be known so wi ll all over the state, unless they should have hold office prior to the campaign, but in a county any man can bo found out. So, Air, Voter, or Aladam Voter, if you would vote for the best man for j olficlearn what kind of life he has been living at home, and then vote j for the nearest ideal you can tind j among the candidates. Do not vote for a man to reform him any more than you would marry a man to reform him. ltolh are almost hopeless tasks, and are fratight with grave I dangers.?Waltcrboro Press and Standard. ! it' "You ask me how the tariff hill ! was framed," said a United States I senator to the Washington eorre- j I spondent of the New York Herald. j "The answer is simple. During the j last Months of his life Senator Pen- j rose could give little attention to the j construction of the hill. His techni- J cal advisers prepared tentative sched-I ules. When he died Mac (Senator! McCumber) took over the miss without knowing what it was all about. II*- told some of us we had to produce a tariff hill, lie asked us to i I help. We helped. All the senators he consulted told him to frame seliedules that would help them personally or their friends. Mac did it. That's the way the tariff bill was framed." THE LAND OF PROMISE. Palestine Once More Enjoys Material Prosperity. No one who "knew* Palestine in the j days of the Turkish regime can fail to ! note the great changes that have taken I ' place throughout the country since the close of the war, says a correspondent I of the Associated Press. The Turkish army stripped Pales1 tine of its animals to such n degree that when the American Ited Cross ar- ! j rived in June Of 1318. there were many I villages without a single ploughing an! imnl, and neither sheep nor goats wore j seen on the hillsides. Today it is not I [ uncommon for an automobile to come \ to a standstill on the principal streets ! of Jerusalem to allow a flock of hunj dreds of sheep and goats to pans by, | and out in the country the grey hillsides are covered with thousands of these animals. Italy gets a large amount of her glove material from the kids of Palestine. Whereas much still remains to be clone, a great improvement aireaay nas been made in the character of the work animals. The army left behind it tens of thousands of horses, mules and donkeys, but even better than this the natives seem to have learned valuable lessons in the care and feeding of stock, so that today the horses of the public carriages in Jerusalem are | fnr sleeker and finer than ever they ; were before the war. i Farm produce of all kinds brings a much better price than formerly; hence the villagers arc prosperous and indulge in luxuries undreamed of in pro-war days. The markets of Jerusalem were never before supplied with ruch a wealth and variety of delecta | ble articles, ana venuers 01 lemuuuuc J and ice cream do a thriving business. ! In the dry Roods, clothing and slioe stores the most fastidious can find French and English and to a lesser I degree American goods, for which they did not even look in pre-war days. It is interesting to note the changes in tho villagers. Formerly they nearly nil walked to Jerusalem, even from a distance that took them four and five hours. Now public automobiles run out into the country for ten miles and have largly monopolized transportation. The charge for a ride is 50 cents, I formerly the price of a day's work. The roads are now almost deserted by j pedestrians, but American motor cars I pass frequently. The reed pen and ; ink-horn of the educated villager has ! been scrapped by the modern AmorlI cr.n self-filling fountain pen. Wages for skilled and unskilled laj bor have risen several hundred per cent, and good mechanics now demand j j five dollars a day. The hours of labor j u:<ea to i>e irom sunrise uu sunset-; . hut by the organization of labor unions they now hg.ve in Jaffa an eight hour day. Lack of organization throughout the country is the only thing that retards the change in other places. The quality" of workmanship has not kept pace with the rise in : prices, and whereas in carpentry there j j nrp found some excellent mechanics. most.1 of the trades are carried on bv very mediocre artisans. A prominent educated Syrian Christian recently expressed the view that the Zionist movement was a good thing for the Syrians as it would prove a spur to greater effort and improvement. r -? j- .!*>" According to James Chal'is, gen- ! ! oral counsel for the Atchison, Tcpoki j land Santa Fe Railway, who arrived in I ! New York recently on the Orduna of j the Royal Mail Steam Puekot Line,, the conditioim in Germany are such j that unless the mark is stabilized in j some way "the country will lie riding I to hell in n basket." # iJ(L* iJt ( H } WHAl 1 v I f' ^ V f : : J ( i? fe $?': && . ' I#' ^ V ' l \ pligbllj | I J i ? 4 SHE "SUPPORTS" HER FATHER. mVps Hope Gaston not only hopes Col. William A. Grfston will bo successful in his race for the Democratic nomination for United States Senator from Massachusetts but she will campaign for him to help make it so. She is shown being sworn in at the Boston City Hail, having Just reached legal voting age. c An analysis of the automobile sii-(since the armistice, and that Ameiiuntion in Belgium shows that the 1 can ears in t'no Belgian market SatBelgian motor car industry has not:'isfy a need as to price that is not filled been able to supply the home demand by the local producers. i tthttvi-.kt.vct < >?-> ip> TirnniTniTrne i : UNUfcKWUUi/ i irLVVMiLiw) s x i ? We have made arrangements with the Typej* writer Emporium, (Shipman-Ward Mfg. Co.), of $ | Chicago, for the sale of their Rebuilt Underwood | ? Typewriters in this territory. The Shipman- | $ Ward Mfg. Co., specializes on rebuilding Under- $ $ wood machines, devoting a large building in Chi- $ cago to this work alone. During the past dozen | | years they have rebuilt and sold hundreds of thou- | sands of Underwood Typewriters, every one of J i which is sold under an iron-clad guarantee to be in ;!; | every way equal to NEW, with a Five-Year Guar- ? ? antce. Every machine offered is an up-to-date | machine, in either Xo. 4 or Xo. 5 Models?the Xo. i !j! 4 carries 7f> characters and the Xo. 5 has 84 char- X X actors. Roth have 10 inch carriages. $ 't* A X We will sell you either model for Cash or on in- 4 ;j; stallments as you prefer. The Model Xo. 4 sells | > for* l4?77 r>0 mid the Xo. o for $83.00?nlus the ex- ? I ?> * ' ' t " ' ~ ^ 1 -1 # 1; press charges. The initial payment on install- J ? ments is $.'5.00 cash, and $5.00 per nlonth. j; }- .4 X If you prefer to pay casli on delivery, the price ? is 10 per cent less than tho installment prices? | | plus tlie express charges. | ? The Shipman-YVard Mfg. Co., requires two re- ? % sponsible references as to responsibility of the $ ? buyer on installments. ? V " v V Wo will be pleased to give you any further in- ? X formation you might desire. Sec or address? >; f: L. M. GRIST'S SONS, YORK, S. C. f V y X^"X~X"X"X?X'X?X'X"X'<"X'X.X"X"X"X?X*"XK'X.X?X~X"X~X~-. ir'inis,r' inn vc i S ouL ii id\ 'EVER YOU WANT! ' j c IF you're looking for a "job," or if iu. you have something to sell?to get ? ll results surely and quickly, use the ? II WANT ADS. t ! \ THERE ARE HUNDREDS of people just t wailing to make nil exchange of sonic sort, J j and many of them are just t he ones .with t A whom you want to get in touch. J s / THE WANT ADS 11 AVE PROVEN a ver- j? / ilahic fairv nod-mother to most folks at some A ' 1 time or other, so avail yourself of the same ? / * Opportiinity. s V I j:.^\ Ifc Yorkritt^ Enquirer j c-. Fifteen women athletes who will represent the United States in the international game*} scheduled to begin ! August 20 in the Pershing stadium, near Paris, arrived at Cnerbourg on i the steamship Aquitania. They said I they had an agreeable voyage, during I which they kept u? dally training. ! All were in good health and .spirits, i and expressed confidence that they i would give a good account of themj -nivr-K j forthcoming me?t. Miss ^ Godbold, of South Carolina, is in the I lMinyIt's Here at LastTHE NEW PERFECTION SUPERSMASH RANGE? The Kind That You Have Alway# Wanted?A Revolutionary Invention?the SUPERFEX Burner that Cooks as Fast as Gas, and la Absolutely Reliable. Come in nnd let us show you this Range. You will like it. JUST RECEIVED SHIPMENT OP Baby Carriages and Go-Carts, Baby Swings, Baby Walkers, Porch Gates, Rockers, Etc. GIVE US A CALL AND LET US SHOW 'EM TO YOU. WE'LL BE GLAD TO. PEOPLES FURNITURE ! COMPANY DID YOU KNOW? That We Sell the Two-Year Guaranteed? i|!|plip And that we Recharge and Repair any J make of Battery, using only genuine J Philadelphia Repair Parts and that our work gives entire satisfaction? THAT THE MAN AT HOME J Is the one who has your Interest as V well as the city's welfare at heart? HE 18 1 I? TRY HIM ! i 1 W. W. BARRON I The Plumbing and Electric Shop. TAKE NOTICE * ;< The Sanitary Market Has moved from Congress Street to Madison Street And we are now ready to promptly fill all orders. Just continue to Call No. 6 For your wants in all kinds of meats. SANITARY MARKET ! FWIS ft FFRailSON Mnr. PAINT UPI ?r .. ? YOU WILL FIND ANYTHING YOU WANT IN PAINTS AND VARNISHES AT OUR SHOW ROOM. WE'LL FURNISH THE PAINT AND APPLY IT IF YOU WISH. COME IN AND LET US MAKE AN ESTIMATE FOR YOU. I SELL PAINT. I AKKLlf KAItN 1 . W. L. WALLACE i 7 1 CONTRACTOR AND BUILDING SUPPLIES Offico In Shorcr Building, Opposite Shercr & Quinn's Store. ; KEEP COOL i GET ONE OF OUR REFRIGERATORS OR AN ICE IIOX. 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