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ft rap ■ 'if-' «T'em> k <r o'. >k THURSDAY, AUGUST 11,1927 THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. C. Y: PAGE SEVEN SWAMP MlcKael J. PhilUp* Illixctralrlont by Hstuy |^y L«« Copyright MlcKaoI V. PKillip* Ralaaaed thcu PuAlistvar* AutocMt*r S#r«no* LEADING CHARACTERS: Edison Forbes, a young resident of Scot dale, goes on a little joy ride with another young fellow. Some liquor is consumed. They are stopped suddenly by the sigh of a booze truck driven by Scoots Libbey, a worthless character, who has smashed his_ machine into another car, killing its'lone occupant, a woman. Forbes’ companion and Libbey quit the scene hurriedly, leaving the former alone to face a constable who reasons that Eddie, with the scent of whiskey about him, must be connected in some way with the accident. Accordingly Forbes is arrested. Forbes is brought to trial and con victed on circumstantial evidence. He sentenced to a term in the state is penitentiary. Upon arrival there the warden informs him that the gover nor wishes to see him. The governor proved to be a friend cf Forbes’ father, who viewed the evi dence of the trial from a distance, without local sentiment, and comes to the conclusion that there is truth in Forbes’ story of innocence, and accord ingly pardons him. Patsy Jane,^Eddie’s pretty wife, gone- tie drink won’t do us any harm,” he said aloud with a reckless laugh. “And I guess it’s time to hit home ward then. It f s a long, long ways to little old Tipperary down there by the creek.” “It’s a long, long way to Tipper ary,” he sang, unsteadiness creeping into his footsteps. Darkness had fallen when he slump ed against the door of the cabin. The raincoat had impeded him. Some where back along the trail he had thrown it away. So that it was a drenched figure that toppled to (he door when Patsy Jane lifed the latch. She got him undressed and to bed, somehow, lips compressed, eyes glow ing with resentful inner fires. He was inert as a log. He slept the night through without moving. Really it was more of a stupor than of sleep, for the liquor had the effect on his senses of a shrewdly-swung mallet. He was sick next day with a sense of failure and remorse and worthless ness, but physically ill as well. The exposure in the cold rain itself was a venomous drug. The adulterants which had been added to gjve bite and surprisingly generous. It meant that Sealman considered the place worth practically twice what the average person would ‘pay. Well, if it was worth more than eighteen hundred dollars to Sealman, it must be worth that to them. • “I don’t believe I care to sell,” he said, and Patsy Jane’s eyes telegraph ed approval. 1 CHAPTER X r- volume by the various handlers bor agrees that puWSc sentiment rons toojdered on deadly poisons and they claw high against him. Accordingly instead I ed and tore at his stomach and intes of staying in Scottdale, they migrate tinal linings. . .... up north to some land that has been in It was not until the second morning j That s , positively the family for years. Settled in their after he had eaten breakfast in a Forbes, log cabin, Issaiah Sealman, a neigh-; dressing gown, that Patsy steeled^her- bor pays the Forbes a visit and inti-^etf against the pity which kept well- mates that there are some back taxes, ing up at the sight of his pale face, for the young couple to pay. Sealman; She had tended him uncomplainingly, offers to give Eddie a job after he 1 ignoring his fretful repinings and self- goes down to Long Portage, a nearby ■ 8C ? < , jr gmgs - . „ , t, •, , town, and learns about the taxes. “Now Eddie ’ she Wd gravely, The next day while walking about, across the breakfast-table, Ve’ll have their property they discover a mys- a little talk. I’m not going to say much. Nagging won’t do any good. But we must hav-f an understanding.” She hesitated before going on; “I ANOTHER TRUCK Sealman showed his disappointment. “That’s a good price, Mr. Forbes, a big price. You won’t get another such offer.” “Maybe not.” “You’ve admitted that there’s a chance you can’t raise the taxes. You may lose everything.” , i. “That’s a chance I mean to take,” re turned Eddie, smiling. He felt better that the refusal was behind him. “H’m.” Sealman digested this for a time. “I’m not justified, Mr. Forbes, not justified at all. In fact, I’m prob ably foolish for doing it. But I might raise it to twelve hundred.” “No, thank you.” * Sealman rose. Displeasure was str«§Hjding to show through the sleek ness oihis manner. “Fiftten hundred! the last word, terious mound that contains outcrops similar to salt. At the tax office Forbes learns that the back Dates amount to over eight hundred dollars, don t need to tell you what hquor does and that the certificates are held by a for you You know where it brought Chicago capiUlist who is eager to ob- 1 you-where you d be if it weren t for tain the property. Eddie has five j the governor Eddie, I won t stand it months to pay. A few days later he »ny more. I cant stand any helps a booze truck out of the mud more. I can’t stand any more. This is the last time. If you get drunk and is presented with a bottle of whis- PH " . . f which he hides before walking! He searched the sad, piquant little key over to interview Sealman. CHAPTER IX AN OFFER SeaJrnan was not at home, a woman of middle age who answered his knock told Eddie. He was downtown. She looked at him with the curiosity of people, one who sees few strangers. He could feel her eyes boring into his, back from the small-paned windows after he had turned away and was re tracing his steps. ^ I Now what to do? he thought dis- satisfiedly. There was plenty of wood cut. He didn’t want to coop up and read. There was nothing else, except an expiatory tramp. That was it. He would follow the road north, to find out where the booze truck came from. face. The grey eyes were steady, the tender mouth firm. The finality of her words struck a chill in his heart. “But, Patsy! What would I do if you left me?” he burst forth involuntarily, and then flushed at the childish sel fishness of the remark. “I don’t know, Eddie. It might cure you. I can’t seem to cure you by stay ing.” There was no bitterness in her words; only sadness. He leaned forward to take her hands. “You won’t have to go, Pat,” he 'assured her,, his voice trembling with eagerness. “I’m 'through with booze! Oh, I know I’ve said it before, but this time I mean it. You’ll see. Never another drop as long as I live.” “No, Mr. Sealman. I think I can make it worth that by keeping it.” The rovipl: blue eyes encountered Eddie’s frir an instant. “Anyone else been igaking you an offer?” “No, \ haven’t talked wiht another soul about it. By the way, how about that job? Does it look as though you could take me on as a farm-hand?” Sealman paused at the door and turned, his hand on the latch. “I’ve changed my plans somewhat, Forbes. I don’t see how I can use you. Good- day.” “Why, the old hoptoad!” ejaculated Eddie. “What’s gotten into him? Is he sore because we wouldn’t sell, or what?” “I .don’t know, but I’m sli|td we did n't,” returned Patsy Jane stoutly. ' don’t like him any better than you do, Eddie. I’m glad you’re not to work for him. What did he mean when he ask ed if anyone else tried to buy the place?” “He meant that he’s mighty anx ious to get it. We haven’t heard the last of him, Pet. Well, we’ll have to jump in and pull it out of the fire. If he wants it and Brower vratft§^it, there must be more to - it than we real ized. I can get a job, easy, I know.” His optimism was not justified. Most of the settlers in the vicinity had little good land, and that was illy- cultivated. They preferred hunting and fishing and getting out posts to farming, for which they had neither in the west. Some of the settlers here were failures who had come to the jack-pine country to forget the past. They did not ask too-personal ques tions. Because they would resent such questions from others. « Just after boon, while* he was at the creek for sodden earth, there was a hail from the north road. He recog nized the guard of the liquor truck whom he had assisted when it was mired. “Got a big wrench?” asked the man. “The nut’s worked loose on this axle and one of our hind wheels was about ready to drop off when we noticed. Don’t know what he’s think ing of, but Jake hasn’t a wrench in big tool kit.” “Just a minute,” replied Eddie. He brought the wrench from the cabin and, with a tumultous admixture of feeling accompanied the man up the road to the truck. It was but the work of a few moments to twist the nut home on the jacked-upwheel. When it was done the guard, with a know ing smile, reached for the box under the seat, but Eddie stopped him. “Not for mine,” he said. “The last bottle nearly put me away. I think it had arsenic in it!” “But this is good stuff,” assured Jake, eagerly. “This is a little private stock we keep for ourselves and our friends. We were all out last week.” “All rights kid, it’s up to you,* said the guard,/when Eddie refused again. “She’s clearin’ off. Come on and take a little ride.” Eddie responded to the inritation. He did want to do something besides fight his own thoughts. He would ride a few miles toward town, drop off and walk back through the barrens, which were beginning to exercise a fascina tion for him. Of course, he wouldn’t drink any of their beastly liquor. While the truck went on, to wait for him below the ridge west of the house, he ran in to tell Patsy Jane. “Go ahead; it’ll do you good,” she urged. And then she added: “Who are your friends?” “Oh, a couple of fellows I met awhile ago,” he said evasively, as he kissed her. The booze-runners proved to be en tertaining companions. They took it for granted that he was a kindred spirit, and they spoke freely and with humor of their calling—its dangers, its adventures, its sordid tangle of plot and crossplot. The first time they produced a bot tle and drank from it, he refused their invitation to join; and the second; but the third time he succumbed to their urging to “take just a sip.” Which was only the start. (Continued next week.) Thinfi Yon Should Know inif luit faf John Joseph Gaines, M. D. going to bed at one A. M., and sleep- • ing till nine or ten A. M., then two meals are about all you can get in with r comfort, if you are doing anything ti> make this old wqrid better. But you have no physical right to abuse mid night’s holy hour, and insult the morn ing sunrise in such a manner—this is, something you know, without me tell ing you. Breakfast—the most important meal of the day, so octogenarians tell me— is, at ten A. M., a clammy, belated indifferent meal. You don’t relish it, and only indulge it because you feel compelled to do so. Then you exercise” for the day—till 5 P. M., and proceed to engorge your stomach; the only time at which you have a real appe- >« TWO MEALS A DAY A fad of medium dimension, but tite, you eat more than your sodden, nevertheless a fad. The human body, j weak stomach can reasonably take approximating a perfect sm, is^ care of; and, you console yourself with a poor place for the faddist expert-,the idea that two meals are enough benter, as victims invariably find hut for any human daily ration! In time you are sure to grow irri- in time Some people are so crazy in their desire to do things some other way; they want. to be “new thoughters” whether or not. They like to attract attention by originality—by invention. The law of right living is as old as creation. If you are wedded to the habit of table—you wonder if it isn’t pyor rhea. Perhaps it’s autointoxication^— O, dear! Such lassitude—such lack of ‘pep”! You must “diet” all the hard er, or switch to some other fad. It is such conduct that makes medicine a highly profitable business—especially for the quack faddist. RUPTURE Expert Here He meant it. He was sure of himself, j capital nor equipments The chains were broken. The convic tion that he was his own man shone his eyes. She thrilled with faith She squeezed his m knock at the He stopped at the house to tell Pat, and then thrned into the sinuous dou-;£ nd convictoin. ble track, along which the broad tires ha " ds J<>yf ull y- had left their impress. When he was There was a opposite the point where the li qU or, Sealman the sleek, stood m a baek- was hidden, he turned to the jutting ^ound of brilliant sunshine when Pat- rock and thrust his arm into the hole.jjy **** opened it. \V hats the mat- He withdrew the flask and thrust it! ^ Mr Forbes-sick ? he asked his into his pocket without looking at it.. k een blue eyes roving as he took a He swung northward for a mile with- ch ^ ,r - out pausing. Then he stopped abrupt-! ^frthejveather, re ly, snatching out the bottle, removed ; t^d Eddie, shortly. I was over to the cork with feverish haste and took. see you the other day, but you were a long drink. The liquor was potent. He coughed and shuddered, but the effect of the stimulant was immediate. A genial glow coursed through his veins. He became optimistic. He whjptled light- heartedly as he fell into a distance eating stride that took him due north. Mile after mile was reeled off. Tor he was determined to find the end of out.” “Yes. You have looked up the taxes, I suppose. What did you find?” “Well, I have better than eight hun dred dollars to raise in five months. That job you talked about begins to look pretty good, Mr. Sealman.” Sealman considered his hands fold ed over his rounded stomach, his lips pursed beneath his glossy beard. “Rather a lot of money,” he said, med- When he crossed the creek, howev er, there was a ray of hope. The Dav- enant- ranch, plaything of a wealthy Detroiter, had a resident foreman. He told Eddie that the owner had nnibi- door. tious plans for the year in che way of heavy planting and much clearing. He might need several men. When Mr. Davenant came up in a week or so, and made .final decision, he had better be on hand. Eddie felt that he could not affo~d to wait even a week. He went^uxtown. But Long Portage was overflowing with labor. The married men who had been in the woods all winter were trooping back. Their summer jobs were kept for them. There was no chance for an outsider against their long-established claims. the road. The apil was so poor that there were no settlers, no human hab-; itaflvely. Have you ever considered itetion—nothing but the track, dipping 8e ‘|'?£ • , A „ into the hollow and surmounting the ™ ™ u T lk ® d £ some ? r «' long sandy knolls with sparce jack- j P hed Edd >e- But I don J suppose it pine covering. would bring much more than the tax- He stopped occasionally to drink 69 wktde thing, again. The exercise kept the effects) “It isn’t worth any more,” agreed of the whiskey down. At last, long Sealman. “That is, it isn’t worth any F. H. Seeley, of Chicago and Phila-! delphia, the noted expert, will person ally be at the Oregon hotel, and will remain in Greenwood Thursday only, August 18, from 9 a. m., till 5 p. m. Mr. Seeley says: “The Spermatic Shield will not only retain any case of rupture perfectly, but contracts the opening in 10 days on the average case. 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SEE LEY, Home office, 117 N. Dearborn St., Chicago. past mid-afternoon, Lake Huron, cold and gray, under the assault of the rain, broke on his vision.' The lake filled thb entire horizon ahead. The road ended at a dock which thrust it- Aelf into the shallows. Fretful wave lets broke upon white sand. Pines of more to anyone qxcept possibly my self. I wouldn’t mind owning this quarter-section. It would round out my property nicely. I could run stock on it after it was fenced. You con sider an offer?” Eddie looked at his wife. Her face good size fringed the shores of the | did not reveal her thoughts, but he knew that beneath the surface, she cove. “They lighter it irom out there aways,” was Eddie’s thought. “The steamers shoot right across the lake from the Georgian Bay country. They disapproved. The idea of selling was repugnant. “I’ll ’. sten,” he said, non committally. “Well, the actual value is perhaps a run the booze trucks day and night up thousand dollars. It might bring that here. But as they get down where! jf y 0 u had time to search for a buyer I ‘ there are more towns, they must lay ■ and interest the right party. Not up days.” \ (cent more. And it might take a year He took out the bottle again. His to find your (nan. Suppose I advance potations had reduced thd contents the money to satisfy the taxes, and considerably. The stuff was begin- give you a thousand dollars besides?” ning to take effect. “Well, another lit-] A thousand dhttarts! The offer was The week passed dully. He dug and chopped out pine stumps, for their roots and pitchy knots made excellent firewood. The hard labor of sawing and chopping smothered his homesick ness and drowned in fatigue the crav ing for liquor which was ever near the surface. He filled the woodshed to the eaves and even piled a tier around the in side of the garage, a slab shed with slopping roof. He made three trips to the Davenant ranch. But the owner had not yet arrived. Another rainy day found him chink ing the logs of the cabin with mud from the banks of the creek. It really did not need it. But restlessness was devouring him, and the demand for li quor was rising like a prairie fire. The intensity of the passion frightened him. Back home, in normal surround ings and with a regular occupation, he had been able to keep it somewhat within bounds. Especially as the lit tle town and its uncompromising opin ions imposed restraints upon him. But here, the frontier still, where life was much more open and simple, tfce restraints were fewer. The wilder ness, grim and unfriendly in storm, gay and sparkling in sunshine, invited one to live his own life, uncaring. There Were few to see and to comment. It was, he fancied, like the early days P. S.—Fraud Warning—Beware of transient impostors who imitate and pirate the wording of my ads and oth erwise attempt to impersonate me and deceive the public. 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