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II 1? WITH THE EMEIGHT, Through a Burning Forest With a Train ffbad of Powder. By FRANK H. SWEET. {.Copyright. 1909. by American Press Asso ciation, j Ty-Iive within sight ami hearing of a railroad, to have a big brother who Is an engineer on thai railroad and to make trips with him whenever he will allow and school does not interfere Ik a state of things calculated to please the average boy. and it did [dense Roy Kinsley, who was rather more than the average. When he could sit on the high seat opposite Hal he felt like a king, and the only thing he needed in order to make him perfectly happy was a chance to run the engine, if only for a few minutes. But that was something which Hal. who was a very careful en gineer, never allowed. yet Roy seldom lacked occupation while on the engine, for if the bell was not; to be rung nor the whistle to be Mown he could always help Jack Dunn to fire. One afternoon Hal came home look ing vexed. "Roy. do you want to go up to Silver ton with me tonight?" he asked as his brother met him at the door. "Here I'm just back from my run and have got orders to take an extra freight up the branch tonight, which means only four hours' sleep, if I gel any. But that isn't the trouble Dunn's sick and not fit to be out of In d. much less at work i can't get another man before morning, so you sei- bow i; is. Will you fire this trip for nie?' "Of course ' will!" exclaimed Roy "it's Just what I want. Hooray!" He rushed about lo cot his cup, over alls and heavy coat. Ha! smiled at the boy's excitement. "You won't be quite so chipper by the tune we get to Silver-ton." said he "It's bard, rough work enough when you have to keep at it steadily even for a strong boy like you. It isn't like tak ing a turn at the shovel win-never you fancy." "Well. I can go and will." declared I'oy. following his brother toward the station, "and when 1 get too tired mid lazy to work my passage 1 want to be put off." A few minutes later the freight train I lulled out of the yard. There were only three cars, and Hal grumbled to himself that It wasn't worth the trou .- ble it caused. This seemed to be the ipiuiou of tlie conductor, who wore a remarkably gloomy countenance and ?Plieared to be much out of humor, al though he said nothing whatever. The Silverton branch ran through au almost uninhabited country to a large mining settlement some thirty miles from the junction. Tbe single track was shut In by thick woods on both sides throughout the greater part of this dlstauce and ?was consequently far from presenting any objects of interest along its way. But Hal Kiirdcy did not Bud fault with it on * at score. He bad uo ^rade crossings, switches nor signals i-? watch, no stray cows nor reckless men to avoid running over and no oth er trains to bother him. "If railroading was always like this." he remarked at tbe end of a few miles, "tbere would be a good many less ac cidents and a ^ro<-.I many more eu glueers dying of old aj;e. Uut still Uiere's always a drawback some where." "I don't see any now," Boy objected betweeu two shovelfuls. "You will, though, before we've gone aiucb farther. Look at all this smoke! "DON'T TOO k.SuW 1SKTTBK I RAN THAI?" It means thai the woods up tb'' line are on fire ami that we shall have to run in a smother so ihi'.-k that we shan't be able to see oar smokestack half the time." Just then a man came scrambling over tbe fender into the cab. It was the conductor. Tom Brainerd, who lo.?ked even more dejected than when they started. "Bad night, isn't it, Kinsley".'" said be. staring through the front windows down the smoky vista made by the r-md. now rapidly glowing dim in the twilight. "That tire was working to ward the line when I came down this morning. We shall run prelly close lo It, I'm thinking, fur it show?, a ilghf au. ucly." He point? d lo a place when*. In the distance, tho darkening sky was stain ed with a dingy red glow which pul sated r-.rj'l flushed as the aurora does a cold winter night. "Well, what if we do?- returned fcr.'.lf. r nt.';- "H ii*n't the Sry< "me Everyone would bo beueflted by taking Foley's Orine Laxative for b-tomach and liver trouble and hubit ual constipation. It sweetens the Btomach and breath, gently stimu lates the liver and regulates the bowels and is much superior to pills aad ordinary laxatives. Why not try Foley's Orine Laxative todaj f 1 bowman Drug Co.; A. C. Dukes. The two persons to whom a wo man's voice can be sweetest are a small baby she loves and a large wo man she bates. we've seen a brush fire. Don't you re member last fail down on the southeru branch when we"? '?Yes. yes; I remember that well enough!" snapped the conductor In au irritated manner. "But there's some difference between then and now, I can tell you. If we get through all right it'll be because"? He stopped short iu what he had been about to say. took another long stare ahead and then, without speak ing again, climbed back over the ten der, swung himself upon the first car and disappeared. "What's jrot into Tom Brainerd to night':" said Hal; "I never saw Ulm this way before. If 1 didn't know he never touches a rK?p I should say he'd been drinking. In. iliar can't be." During the next half hour Brainerd repeatedly appeared on the top of the ear, gazing toward the rapidly increas ing light ahead. The occasional glare from the furnace door showed the same anxious, alarmed expression upon his usually stern face. The cars were so few that he had no brakeman with him. This fact might account for his restlessness, since it obliged him to keep watch of the train. But why did he come here? He could have kept watch as well from his proper posltiou in the lookout on the rear car. "What can be the trouble with him:" Hal asked when Brainerd appeared for the tenth time above them. "He seems to be terribly afraid of that fire, but I can't see why he should be scared." The train, making good time, had half finished its journey. The smoke had become so thick that nothing could be seen a rod away, and through it came the intermittent. Hearing flashes of the great lire. The air grew hot. and Ml tie drifts ol ashes formed against the projecting pans of the locomotive. Sparks and dead cinders rattled against the cab windows. "We are running right Into it." said i Hal. coughing and wiping his inflamed eyes u\mn his coat sleeve without re moving other hand from the machin ery. "And it looks to me as if it was sweeping up on both sides of us," add ed Hoy. "Is there any danger. Hal?" "N-uo," answered the engineer?"thai is, not unless the heat warps the rails, which Isn't probable, for the roadway Is too wide for that. We'll blister our paint a trifle and maybe have to put out a blaze or two on the cars, but that'll be all. I've been in just such places before." A few minutes passed, and then, a? If a curtain had been drawn away, the smoke disappeared and the train plunged Into relatively clear air be tween two lines of flaming trees which sent up great gushes of fire under the hurrying clouds of black vapor that they had rolled into the -iky. As far down the track as one could see. away to the vanishing point where the two burning fronts of the forest seemed to join, it was the sauie. "Whew!" exclaimed Hal. "This is a scorcher.' I'll let her out a bit and make a rush through it." Just then Brainerd leaped into the cab. "What are you doing. Kinsley?" be shouted. "You are not goinsr on?" "Going on?" gasped Hal. utterly amazed. "Of course I'm going on. Pm not afraid of a little fire. 1 hope; but. by George, Tom Brainerd, 1 believe you are." "Reverse quick, man. and back us out!" said Brainerd in a harsh, vehe ment voice, seizing the engineer's arm with both hands "Yes. I'm afraid. Reverse ii?r. I tell you." Hal pushed the conductor aside with a thrust of bis strong elbow. "Don't you know better than that?" cried he angrily. "What's the matter with you. Tom Brainerd? You act like a crazy man." "I'll be a dead one and you and the boy. too. if you don't back out," per sisted Brainerd. "Do you know what we've got for freight?" Hal and Roy looked at him half frightened. He had certainly lost his senses, they thought. "No, and I don't care," said Hal. "Rut what Is it?' "Blasting powder!" screamed the conductor. "What!" cried the brothers together. "Yes, tons of it for the Silverton mines. And the handlers loosened the staves of two or three kegs when they loaded It, so that there's loose powder scattered all about the next car." Kinsley pulled the throttle wide oppn. "Sit down, Tom." he commanded calmly without looking at the con ductor. "We can't go back. The fire's all along that way by this time. We must put her through. Coal up, Roy. but not too much. Quick, boy!" When iu a position of peril a deter mined, strong willed man makes up his mind to a certain course there is something about him which makes all others yield to Ids plans. Brniuerd did not atteirfpt to assert his authority over the train, but sat perfectly still, his fists clinched, his eyes set. Roy. pale faced, but steady, fed the tirebo.\ as if he were a part of the machinery. The engine leu pel and bounded under Hal's hard driving, crashing and rat tling so fiercely that the roaring dailies on either side sent no sound to the ears of those iu the cab. Suddenly Brainerd sprang up, took a spare shovel, some cotton waste and a bucket of water and left the cab. Roy. turning, saw him on top of the freight ear. scraping off the sparks and swab bing out the little tires which started! upon the dry boards <>f the roof. "Tom's :? brave fellow," .said Hal. "It was the worry and dread that made him weaken. You see. be knew where the tire was and knew what he had i got to carry through it If he met It I But he's all right from this on." Hal had momentarily taken his eyes off the tr&e? while snyln* this. When Delay in taking Foloy's Kidney Remedy if you have backache, kid ney or bladder trouble, fastens the disease upon you and makes a cure more difficult. Commence taking : Foley's Kidney Remedy today and you will soon be well. Why risk a serious malady? Lowman Drug Co.; A. C. Dukes. i For mild easy action of the bow else, a single dose of Doan's Regu lete is enough. Treatment cures habitual constipation. 25 cents a bor. Ask your druggist for them. bo turned tliem back he gave a nerv ous start and then, seizing the whistle cord, signaled "Down brakes!" while with tbe other hand be closed tbe throttle. '?Jump, Roy. and put on our brakes back there!" A great burning tree lay across the rails ahead. Even while Roy threw his weight on the brakes he was think big. "What shall we do uow?" and be fore lie bad finished turning the iron wheel be had thought. The drag and jar behind showed that Brainerd. obeying Hal's signal, was letting the car brakes, and soon, the reduced speed allowing It. Hal re versed. The locomotive, sliding and grating along, came slowly to a stand some yards from tbe blazing obstruction. Before the train stopped Roy had opened his knife and cut away the leather curtain which closes the back of every engine cab. Holling up the curtain, he plunged it into the water tank, drew it out dripping wet, threw it ever his shoulders aud. with an ax in his hand, jumped down and ran for ward toward the burning tree. Now he felt the beat as he had not felt it before, when under cover and HE FELT THE TREE TltCXK tWF.'.K. fanned by the current of air made by the speed at which they had moved. The hot atmosphere struck through the soaked leather, aud on his bare bands it was like glowing iron. Roy chopped blindly on, and as be did so he wondered eonfusediy wheth er he could hold out long enough to finish his task and, if he ci.uld, bow the ponderous trunk might be moved off the track. All the time he had in his mind.the terrible coute > of those tin der box cars now standing motionless beneath a shower of sparks. "It's all up with us, I guess," he thought, si ill swinging the ax. A voice came faintly lo him from the rear. It was Hal's. "Come back. Roy!" With one final blow he felt the tree trunk break. Then he somehow man aged to stagger to I he side of the en gine, and his brother lifted him on board. "I can do the rest." said BaL He tumed on the steam, backed some dis, (ce and then ran-full tilt at the divided tree. The pilot caught it. tossed it aside, and it fell end over end into ihn ditcb. Once more the train flew on with wide open throttle. The smoke came down again: the fire receded into the woods; the scorch ing heat diminished. As the train, leaping out of tbe forest into the clear ed land around Silvertou. drew up a* the little station, Roy. who bad lain ex hausted on the footboard ever since his brother had pulied him up. looked up. He saw Tom Bruiuerd coming in black, blistered and without a particle of hair, eyebrows or mustache remain ing. "Well, boys." said he cheerfully, "the fast powder freight's on time." It was ahead of time. too. and in a badly damaged condition. The engine's gay paint and varnish were peeling off in great flakes, and the bright brass work was tarnished and blackened. The seared, charred cars were won ders to look at, especially when one thought what they held. Tom Brainerd must have worked desperately all the time the tram was in the burning forest In order to save them. "Well, I did jump around rather live ly," Tom admitted, "but It was no more than right for me to pay for my scare somehow." Hal was the same as ever. The only praise he gave Roy was contained In one remark, but this remark conveyed the greatest compliment he could be stow. , "You'll make a railroad man some day, sonny," was what he said. Ths Mirrors In the Stores. "Shoplifters will do well to take no tice of the position of mirrors in de partment stores." said a floorwalker. "It Is not just for I he sake of pleasing women customers that store proprie tors put In so many mirrors. They serve a much more important purjiose in helping to deteel thieves. If you were to keep your eye on Hie watchers in some of the big stores you would no tice that they don't watch the patrons directly. They look at their reflections in the mirrors. Naturally their watch ing done that way is much less easily perceived by a shoplifter. The thief glances nl tin- watcher, sees that bis back is toward her. and then she se cretes a pali ? f silk stockings or a b"lt of lace In her shirt waist. The n'-xf moment, however, she may feel an un friendly tap on the shoulder, and the watcher, having detected her by the mirror's aid. requests her to accom pany him to the offico."?Chicago Inter Ocean. A Card. This is to certify that all druggists are authorized to refund your money if Foley's Honey and Tar falls to cure your cough or cold. It stops the cough, heals the lungs and pre vents pneumonia and consumption. Contains no opiates. The genuine Is in the yellow package. Lowman Drug Co., A. C. Dukes. DeWitt's Little Early Risers, the famous little liver pills, small, gen tle and sure. Sold by A. C. Dukes, M. D.,' and A. C. Doyle ft Co. BRUTAL ASSAULT. An Old Lady Attacked in Her Home by a Brutal Fiend. A dispatch to The State rays one I of the most brutal crimes that has happened in Pickens county for some time was committed some days ago I on a resepctable lady, 83 years old, living by herseif, though close to one of her sons. After she had fasten ed the doors and blew out the light a man came to her bed and demanded her money. She said, "I have no money, my son has it." He then as saulted her. He gained admittance by going up a ladder to an upstairs window. The lady does not know positively who it was, as it was dark, but knows it was a negro by his kinky hair. The matter was kept quiet until Friday. Suspicion rested on Sam Vaughn, a negro who was working at the settlement. He begged his employer Friday morning to cancel the contract, and the latter did so. Vaughn made one statement, which, connected with other circumstances, led to suspicions, and he was arrest ed Friday evening and placed in jail Friday night. The people of the eastern part of the county are considerably wrought up over the deed. * The Greatest Southern Story 66 CORNER" BV ZACH M'GHEE "A story that will make any person reading sit still until it is finished." It is a tale of present day back woods life in the piaelands of the South depicted in a delightfully viv id way some of the most picturesque scenes and personalities in American life. The school faker, the ignorant preacher, the pompous statesman are all there, with the appropriation and familiar trappings along with a fasci nating love story. PRICE $1-00 NET Sims Book Store BAT CAVE Jumped From Window. Mrs. Charles D. Bray, of Florence, who. while a patient, at the Hygra Hospital at Richmond, Va., jumped from a second story window on Fri day and injured herself so badly, died Saturday. Mrs. Bray was al>out thirty years of age, and was an ex cellent lady. BAT CAVE, N. C. Located in the finest scenery of Western North Carolina, near Chimney Rock Dome and the Caves, 14 1-2 miles from Hesdersonville. BOARD SEASONALE. PROPRIETOR, BAT CAVE, N. C. Removed by Lydia E. Pink= ham's VegetableCompound Lindley, Jnd. ? " Lydia E. llnk ham's Vegetable Compound removed a cyst tumor of four years'growth, I which three of the best physicians de clared I had. They said that only an operation could help me. I am very glad thatl followed a friend's advice and look Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege table Compound, for it has made me a strong" and well woman, and I shall recommend it aa long as I live." ?31ns. May Fkt, Lindley, lnd. One. of the greatest triumphs of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound is the conquering of woman's dread enemy ? tumor. If you have mysterious pains.inflarnmation, libera tion or displacement, don't wait for time to confirm your fears and go through the horrors of a hospital opera tion, but try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege table Compound at once. For thirty years Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound,made from roots and herbs, hasbeenthestaudard remedy foi- female ills, and such unquestion able testimony as the above proves the value of lliis famous remedy, and shoi?d give confidence and hope to every sick woman. If you would like special advice about your case write a confiden tial letter to 31 rs. I'ink bam, at Lynn, Mass. Her advice is free, and always helpful. A'PIANO OF MERIT Beautiful case, Splendid Tone, Honestly made, Fully guaranteed. I'rice $250.00. TERMS: $10.00 cash, $7.00 monthly. T HEMarchaflt Music Co 53 E ist Russell street, Orangeburg, S. C. Plants for Sale. Rev. D. P. Dantzler, 49 whitman street, has tomato plants at 25c a hundred. Late summer cabbage plants 20c a hundred. The thing a man admires about his wife's swell curtains is when they are packed away for the summer. AWARD OF BIDS MADE JULY 2nd, 1900, BY THE COUNTY DISPENSARY BOARD OF ORANGEBURG COUNTY. To People's Distilling Company, Cincinnatti, Ohio Cost. ' 125 bbls. spirits at.$ 1.45 5 bbls. .Monticello whiskey, Spring, 'O?. at .. 2.14 5 bids Stewart whiskey, Spring, 'O?, at - 2.22 Vi ? bbls. Pikesville whiskey, Spring, 'OS, at ... 2.25 5 bbls. Mt. Vernon whiskey, Spring, '05, at .. 2.25 5 bbls. Grain alcohol. 2.69 20 bbls. pure distilled gin. 1.51% 50 bids, corn whiskey. 1.4 8 3 bbls. Red Star rum .? 1.62 90 days, f. o. b. Orangeburg. Goods to be shipped from meat bonded warehouse. Selling $. 3.4 5 .1.25 3.25 3.25 3.50 2.75 2.50 2.75 Govern To Belroy Distilling Company, Louisville, Ky.? Cost. 5 bbls. Belroy malt whiskey. Spring. '01. at 2.25 5 bbls. Belroy Bourbon whiskey. Spring, '05, at 2.10 75 bbls. Belroy corn whiskey, at. 1.50 90 days. f. o. b. Orangeburg. Goods to be shipped from Govern ment bonded warehouses. Sidling. $ 3.25 3.00 2.50 To E. A. Saunders Sons' Company, Richmond. Ya.? Cost. Soiling. 25 bbls. Va. Mountain corn whiskey, Spring, '05, at.$1.85 $ 2.0? 90 days, f. o. b. Orangeburg, S. ('. Goods to be shipped from Government bonded warehouse. To Anhensor Brewing Association, St. I/>uis Mo.? 3 cars Budweiser beer, qts. and pts.. . . 90 days, f. o. b. Orangeburg, S. C. Ja*. .Schlitz, Milwaukee, Wis.?? i 2 cars Schlitz beer, qts. and pts., at 90 days, f. o. b. Orangeburg. Co?t. .$10.25 10.75 Cost. $ 9.5C Sellin? $18.00 18.00 Selling. $14.40 Consumers' B. B. Ustb., Charleston, S. C.? .1 car Premium Pale beer, pts... . 90 days, f. o. b. Orangeburg, S. C. 9.95 Cost. $ 7.75 18.00 Selling. $12.00 s 50 DOZEN WILSON BROS. SHIRTS The One Dollar Quality While They Last 85c GLOVER'S ORANGEBURG, S. C. The Invincible Schacht Auto Buggy The only reliable hill climber and guaranteed for 'heavy sand roads. At liberty to demonstrate at any time. 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