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L Come to us for your Iy And see how cheaper you can buy it here than you have been paying. Miss Olivia Ingra'm who has charge of our MILLINERY DEPARTMENT is too well known to need any commendation. Closing out our stock of Men's Clothing regardless of cost as we expect to discontinue that line. - You can get a BARGAIN. We e posthe LEADERS OF LOW PRICES, and don't you forget it you are always welcome. HO GoRN DRY GOODS CO. Sumter, S. 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M OUZON. . 0 DigettsewhatsU at orithe ure lah Work on Timsi.TR.B.COREA O TORE. 9 O 0 o LAZARR[ o 0 SBy MARY 0 HARTWELL CATHERWOOD 0 0 (Based Upcon thcfMystery Surrounding the 0 o Fate of the DauphinL, Son of Louis o 0 XVI. and Maric AntointUc) . o - 0 o Corigbt. 1901. by the BOiWOMMEt CWMT o 000o.0oooooooooo [CONTINUED.] ace?" "No. I saw one man hurrying past us. But nobody heard of the arrest except Eagle." "How did she get out?" "Out of what?" "The queen's closet." "She was in the garden. She said she went down the private stairway to avoid the gendarme. She must have done it cleverly, for she came in on the arm of Junot, and the matter was not noticed. There stood my emergency, facing me again. You had deserted. What made you imagine you were threatened with arrest?" "Because a gendarme In court dress laid his hand on my shoulder and told me I was to come with him." "Well, you may have drawn the secret police upon you. You had been cutting a pretty figure. It was proba bly wise to drop between walls and get out of France. Do you know why you were arrested?". "I think the groundless charge would have been an attack upon Napoleon." "You never attacked the emperor." "No, but I had every reason to be lieve such a charge would be sworn against me if I ever came to trial." "Perhaps that silly dauphin story leaked out in Paris. The emperor does hate a Bourbon. But I thought you had tricked me. And the old marquis never took his eyes off the main issue. le gave Eagle his arm and was ready to go in and thank the emperor." "You had to tell him?" "I had to tell him." "What did he say?' "Not a word. All the blood seemed to be drawn out of his veins, and his face fell In. Then it burned red hot, and In stead of good friend and benefactor I saw myself a convict. His big, staring blue eyes came out of a film like an owl's and shot me through. I believe he saw everything I ever did In my life and my intentions about Eagle most plainly of all. He bowed and wished me good night and took her out of the Tuileries." "But you saw him again?" "He never let me see him again, or her either. I am certain he forbade her to communicate with us. They did not "W'h-e is Mmc. de Earricr?" Igo -back to Mont-Louis. They left their hotel in Paris. I wrote imploring him to hold the estates. My messages were returned. I don't know how he got money enough to emigrate, but emi grate they did, avoiding CastorLand, where the Saint-Michels, who brought her up. lived in comfort, and might have comforted her, and where I could have made her life easy. lie probably dragged her through depths of poverty before they joined a company bound for the Indiana territory, where the Pigeon Roost settlement was planted. I have seen old Saint-Michel work at clearing, and can imagine the Marqjuis de Ferrier sweating weakly while he chopped trees. It is a satisfaction to know they had Ernestine with them. De Ferrier might have plowed with Eagle" said the count hotly. "He nev er hesitated to make use of her." While I had been living a monk's stu dious, well provided life was she toil lg in the fields? I groaned aloud. De Chaumont dropped his head on his breast. "It hurts me more than Icare to let anybody but you know, Lazarre. If I hadn't received that letter I should have avoided you. I wish you had saved Paul. I would adopt him." "I think not, my dear count." "Nonsense, boy! I wouldn't let you have him." "You have a child." "Ier husband has her. But let us not pitch and toss words. No use quar reling over a dead boy. What right have you to Eagle's child?' "Not your right of faithful, useful friendship, only my own right" "What's that?" "'othing that she ever admitted." "I was afraid of you," said Do Chau mont, "when you flowered out with old Du Plessy like an heir lost in emi' gration and found again. You were a startling fellow, dropping on the Fau bourg, and anything was possible un der the empire. You know I never be lieved the dauphin nonsense, hut a few who remembered said you looked like the king. You were the king to her, above mating with the best of the old nbility. She wouldn't have married you." "Did she ever give you reason to think she would marry you?7" "She never gave me reason to think she would marry anybody. But what's the use of groaning? There's distrac tion abroad. I took the trails to see you when I heard you were with the troops on Champlain. I shall be long in France. What can I do for you, my boy?" "Nothing, count. You have already done much" "She had a foolish interest in you. The dauphin! Too good to' sit at table with us, you raw savage! Had to be waited on by old Jean! And she would have had mec serve you myself!" le laughed, and so did I. We held hands, clinging In fellowship. "I might not have refused your ser' fe, like Marquis de Ferrier." The count's face darkened. "'11 not abuse him, lie's dead." count?"' "A Kickapoo is carrying his scalp. Trust my runners. They have traced him so much for me they know the hair on his stubborn head. I must go where I can have amusement, La. zarre. This country is a young man's country. I'm getting old. Adieu. You're one of the y.oung men." Some changes of light and darkness passed over me, and the great anguish of my wound Increased until there was no rest. However, the next man who risited me stood forth at the side of the stretcher as Bellenger. I thought I dreamed him, being light headed with fever. He was unaccountably weazened, robbed of juices and pow dering to dust on the surface. His mustache had grown again, and he carried it over his ears In the ridicu lous manner afrected when I saw him In the fog. "Where's your potter's wheel?" I in quired. "In the woods by Lake George, sire." "Do you still find clay that suits you?' "Yes, sire." "Have you made that vase yet?" "No, sire. I succeed in nothing." "You succeed in tracking me." He swam before my eyes, and I pointed to the surgeon's camp chair. "Not in your presence, sire' "Have you lost your real dauphin?" I inquired. "I have the honor of standing before the real dauphin." "So you swore at Mittan." "I perjured myself." "Well, what are you doing now?" "Sire, I am a man in failing health. Before the end I have come to tell you the truth." "Do you think you can do it?" "Sire"- said Bellenger. "Your king is Louis XVIII.," I re. minded him. "He is not my king." "Taken your pension away, has he?" "I no longer receive anything from that court." "And your dauphin?" "He was left in Europe." "Look here, Bellerger. Why did you treat me so? Dauphin or no dauphin, what harm was I doing you? "I thought a strong party was, be hind you, and I knew there had been double dealing with me. You repre sented some invisible power tricking me. I was beside myself and faced it out in Mittau. I have been used shamefully and thrown ailde when I am failing. Hiding out in the hills ruined my health." "Let us get to facts, If you have facts. Do you know anything about me, Bellenger?" "Yes, sire." "Who am I?" "Louis XVIL of France." "What proof can you give me?' "First, sire, permit a man who has been made a wretched tool to implore forgiveness of his rightful sovereign and a little help to reach a warmer climate before the rigors of a northern winter begin." "Bellenger, you are entrancing," I said. "Why did I ever take you seri ously? Ste. Pelagie was a grim joke, and tipping in the river merely your playfulness. You had better take your [self off now, and keep on walking until you come to a warmer climate." He wrung his hands with a gesture that touched my natural softness to my enemy. "Talk, then. Talk, man. What have you to say?" "This, first, sire. That was a splen did dash you made Into FranceP" "And what a splendid dash I made out of it again, with a gendarme at my coat tails and you behind the gen darme!" "But It was the wrong time. .If you were there now-the French people are so changeable" "I shall never be there again. His majesty the eighteenth LouIS IS wel come. What the blood stirs inme to know is, have I a right to the throne?' "Sire, the truth as I know it I will tell you. You were the boy taken from the Temple prison." "Who did it?'" "Agents of the rcyalist party whose names would mean nothing to you if I gave them." "I was placed in y7our hands?" "You were placed in my hands to be taken to America." "I was with you In London, where two royalists who knew me recognized me?' ' "The two De Ferriers." "Did a woman named Mine. Tank see me?" Bellenger was startled. . "You were noticed on the ship by a ourt lady of Holland; a very clever courtier. I had trouble in evading her. She susp~ected too much and ask d too many questio'ns, and would have ou to play with her baby on ithe deck. though at that time you noticed noth ng." "But where does the idiot come into my story?" "Sire, you have been unfortunate, but I have been a victim. When we landed in New York I went directly and made myself known to the man who was to act as purveyor of your majesty's pension. He astonished me by declaring that the dauphin was al ready there and had claimed the pen sion for that year. The country and the language were unknown to me. The agent spoke F"rench, it is true, but we hardly understood each other. I sapposed I had nothing to do but pre sent my credentials. Hero was anoth er idiot--I crave your majesty's par don" "Quite right--at the time, Bellenger." -"drawing the annuity intended for the, dauphin. I Inquired Into his rights. The agent showed me papers like my own. I asked who presented- them. H~e knew no more of the man than he did of mc. I demanded to face the man. No such person could be found. I de manded to see the idiot. He was shut in a room and ted by a hired keeper. I sat down and thought much. Clearly it was not the agent's affair. Hle followed Instructions. Good! I would follow in structions also. Months would have been required to ask and receive ex planations from the court of Monsieur. He had assumed the title of Louis XVIII. for the good of the royalist cause, as If there were no prince. I thought I saw what was expected of "And what did you see. yon un speakable scoun'drel?" "I saw there was a dauphin too many, hopelessly idiotic. But if he was the one to be guarded I would guard him." "Who was that idiot?' "Some unknown pauper. No doubt of that." "And what did you do with me?" "A chief of the Iroquois Indians can tell you that" "This is a clumsy story, Bellenger. Try again." "Sire" "If you knew so little of the coun try, how did you find an Iroquois chief?" "I met him in the woods when he was hunting.T [offred to give you to i him. pretending -6yu had' theannuia from Europe. Sire, I do not know why trickery was practiced on me or who practiced it; why such pains were taken to mix the clews wich led to the dauphin. But afterward the same agent had orders to give you two thirds and me only one-third of the yearly sum. I thought the court was in straits-when both Russia and Spain supported It! I was nothing but a court painter. But when you went to France I blocked your way with all the ingenuity I could bring." "I would like to ask you, Bellenger, what a man is called who attempts the life of his king?" "Sire, the tricks of royalists pitted us against each other." "That's enough, Bellenger. I don't believe a word you say excepting that part of your story agreeing with Mme. de Ferrier's. Put your hand under my pillow and find my wallet. Now help yourself, and never let me see you again." He helped himself to everything ex cept a few shillings, weeping because his necessities- were so great But I told him I was used to being robbed and he had done me all the harm he could, so his turn to pluck me natu rally followed. Then I softened, as I always do to ward the claimant of the other part, and added that we were on the same footing-I had been a pensioner my self. "Sire, I thank you," said Bellenger, having shaken the wallet and poked his fingers into the lining where an unheard of gold piece could have lodged. . "It tickles my vanity to be called sire." "You are a true prince," said Bellen ger. "My life would be well spent If I could see you restored to your own." "So I infer from the valuable days you have spent trying to bring that result about." "Your majesty is sure of finding support In France." "The last king liked to tinker with clocks. Perhaps I like to tinker with Indians." "Sire, it is due to your birth" "Never mind my birth," I said. "I'm busy with my life." He bowed himself out of my pres ence without turning. - The third to appear at my tent door was Chief Williams himself. The sur geon told him outside the tent that It was a dangerous wound. H1e had little hope for me, and I had Indifferent hope myself, lying in torpor and find ing it an effort to speak. But after several days of effort I Qid speak. The chief sat beside me, concerned and silent "Father," I said. The chief harkened near to my lips. "Tell me," I begged after resting, "who brought me to you." His dark, sullen face became ten der. "It was a Frenchman," he an swered. "I was hunting and met him on the' lake with two boys. He of fered to give you to me. We had just lost a son." When I had rested again I asked: "Do you know anything else about wne?" The subject was closed between us. [TO BE CONTINUED.] -ENGINE TRANCE. A Sort of Temporary Paralysis That Sometimes Affects Track Men. "The numerous fatal accidents report ed in the newspapers to rail layers that occur every year on the various rail road systems throughout the country are not In every case due, as is gen erally supposed by the public, to neg ligence or carelessness on the part of the workers themselves," said a New York physician and surgeon einployed by the New York Central railroad. "The fact is, the hearing of these men In time becomes affected owing .to the constant stooping position which they are obliged to assume in laying the rails, putting the bolts in, etc., and that renders them often oblivious to approaching trains, notwithstanding the fact that they work in gangs and have lookout men near at hand. An other fact which is accountable in many instances for fatal accidents to rail layers is what Is known among the men themselves as 'engine tri'nce.' This I might describe more clearly as a temporary sort of paralysis which af fects .simultaneously both the '.nind and body. The 'stroke lasts oaly a few seconds, but those few seconds mean life or death when a fast train is approaching. "A rail layer who may be ir perfect physical condition is not proof against the powerful fascination as be gazes along the rails and sees sta engine with Its row of cars coruing toward him at express speed. Aithough he has been warned by the lookout and the shouts of his fellows of the approach ing danger, he will pay no heed, but stand spellbound for an instant. And that instant's delay is generally fatal, or, If not, it results in the amputation of a leg. "There are few rail layers who have not, they will tell you, experienced this peculiar trance at one time or another during their careers on the track. Ani mals are also subject to 'engine trance,' particularly dogs and cats, and that no doubt accounts to some extent for the large number of them as well as other animals that are killed on the railroad." -New York Times. *Home Influence. It was during the reading lesson in One of our public schools that a little lad read in a jerky, expressionless way, "Mamma, see the hawk." The reading was so very poor that the teacher said, "John, you know you would not talk that way to youir moth er." "No'm," replied the lad. "Well, now.," sai the~ teacher in a kindly way. "you read it exactly as you would say it to your mo.:her." And here is his reply: "Look, mom, at that there hawk!"-Philadelphia Ledger. ________ Sailors Are Fond of Sweet Things. Sailors are very fond of sweet things, and to one who knows little about them It la surprising to learn the quantity of candy they consume. In the ship's store are kept buckets of this article, which Is one of the chief commodities in exchange for which a sailor parts with his pocket money. On large ships several thousand pounds of candy are frequently consumed on n bruise.-Gunton's Magazine. Economical In Theory. Hill-I suppose my wife is the most conomical woman that ever stepped. Dale-So? Hill-Yes; she never spends money for anything that she does not say she will save it in something else. Dale-And does she? Hill-Well, you see, we never have got so far as that yet. But It is the principle I was talking about-Boston Valuable Insects. Perhaps there :re few substances contributed by animals to the materia medica of greater value or more ex tensively beneficial than certain species of insects. Of these there are none more highly esteemed for medical pur poses than those beautiful. shining. green colored insects known as blister ing beetles, or cantharides. Their cor. rosive action is so great that they fre quently inflame and excoriate the hands of those who collect them, and on this property their chief medicinal virtue depends. They are generally used in the form of plasters or oint ment, and in cases of violent visceral inflammation their external use can scarcely be supplied by any other medi cine. Could Keep a Semtt. Smith-May I make a confidant of you? Jones-Why,. certainly. Smith-Well, I'm hard up and want ?10. Jones-You can trust me. I am as silent as the grave. I have heard nothing.-Pick-Me-Up. His Thrifty War. Muchmoney-Do you usually order your dinner by the card? Nocash-No; by the price.-Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Clarendon County. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Esther L. Moise, Plaintiff, against Eliza Jones. Alice Taylor, Fannie Jones, Robert Jones, Ellerbe Jones, sometimes called Eddie Jones, Benjamin H. Jones, James Montgomery, Emma Montgom ery, Thomas Montgomery, James Montgomery, Jr., Jesse Mont gomery, Hugh Montgomery, Mary Montgomery, Malvinia Jones, sometimes called Molly Jones, Junius Jones. sometimes called Isaac Jones, Azilee Jones, Sabine Jones, Leila Jones, John Francis, - Isaac Frances, Eliza Francis, Toney Taylor, Eliza Taylor, Mary Alice Taylor, Thomas Taylor, McLeod-Wilkins King Company, Marion Moise, J. W. McLeod, D. W. Alderman & Sons Company, John S. Cole and J. D. Blanding, Defendants. Decree. UNDER AND BY VIRTUE OF A Judgment Order of the Court of Com mon Pleas, in the above stated ae tion. to. me directed, bearing date October 31, 1903, I will sell at publie lie auction, for cash, to the highest bidder, at Clarendon Court House, at Manning, in said county, within the legal hours for judicial sales, on Mon day, the 4th day cf January, 1904, being salesday, the following de scribed real estate: "All that tract of land in Claren don County, in said State, contain ing two hundred and nine acres, more or less, bounded on the north by land of R. M. Montgomery; east, by land of Gordon & Brother, or Paul Gordon; south, by land of Hi ram Seymour, and west, by land of David Shaw. The said land being more fully described in the Deed of Conveyance thereof by E. W. Moise o Isaac Jones." Purchaser to pay for papers. J. ELBERT DAVIS, Sheriff Clarendon County. Manning, S. C., December 7, 1903. The Bank of Clarendohi Begs to announce to the people of Clarendon County that it is now in operation ard respect fully solicits their bank ac count. THE NEW BANK begins its ca reer believing that there is ample room in Clarendon Coun ty for another Sinncial institu tion.. We have spared no money in mak ing our equipment as secure as possible. Depositors have the protection of a fitre-proof vault and a burglar-prc of safe of dhe highest make. Ycu are in hited to call and see fo'- yearselves the protection we a.3rd. The following are our Officers: . J. A. WEINBERG, - - . Pesident. W. E. JENKINSON, Vice Pre&'ient. . LTDE WILSON, - Cashier. Directors: J. A. WETNBERG, W. E. JENKINSON, F. P. ERVIN, M. M. KRASNOFF, S. A. RIGBY. Paid in Capital, $2,OOO.00. The Times DOES NEAT Job Printing. GIVE US A TRIAL. N *r*hw*te**l*H*-.-of . C. aIME TaBLE No. 7. Io effet Sunday, Jan. 15, 1902. lietren Samter and Camden. .Mied-Daily except Sunday. outbond. Northbound No. 60. No. 7i. No 70. No. 68. 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WILSON. Preident. ob-'a CLOSINO OUT e-'a I'AL N WINTER Teseason is drawing to a close and Sgood business methods require no car Srying over of stock. I therefore offer my entire stock of Dry Goods, Shoes, SClothing and Fancy Goods SAt Cost! SFrom now. until the first day of Janu-n - FIL ININE ~ary. W-Come and examine these goods while the opportunity is at hand. There are EPgreat big bargains for you. dW-4ph.01- -Ann 40.-. E From nw Yoursi thefrl y o a I.de And Weorunt Are Rthn.Tereay grat bsefu prens or esblohaun.ramna Our D ros Depatmen op o W i mention Rus Ar _ _ure, _a Robsabl Cloths Towes, Napins, hand someCoator Fr, Kd Glves Fo olyonAnd W ie Ae eaedsya rtsweasfoblen and Val, utsfolte litsfl uses presen1to5 Sis ore e dsibze faroamen2tl There ou manyoreee few ofayplcsi which we yu wnls Clothe owelsple apkinere.nc S sCo'atNorLr Ki Glve, Mufs Belts, or acBo oharockH WHosryNNHHHHHH~H