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Mam t ' |r . X ' ' •; ^^ • • r • , ■ •;., - T '.i L -i r ~*' 'XV.' ' ; v • ■ ^ \ fl •. * f" ■ -■ -W THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 3, 1927 TaE CLINTON CHRONICLE. CLINTON, S. C. Vv,-. 1 ,,, 1 , , PAGE SEVEN •1 % Meredith Nicholson « . OOPYPIOHT CHARLES SCRIBNERS SONS - RELEASED THRU PUBLISHERS AUTOCASTER SERVICE *'«» » %* INTRODUCTION Archibald Bennett, wealthy bache lor, travels constantly in the interest of his health. He meets Isabel P,eiTy, who recommends a life of crime, ad venture, romance and excitement as a cure for his nerves. Archie goes to Bailey Harbor to investigate a sum mer house for his sister. A heavy storm forces him to spend the night there. During the night he is awaken ed by footsteps, and in an encounter with the intruder, who sees Archie’s figure reflected in the mirror and shoots. Archie fires in return, wound ing the intruder, who makes his es cape. Archie plans flight to evade publicity. He starts cross-country afbot in the night. At dawn he is stopped on a lonely country road by “The Governor,” master-mind criminal who mistakes him for a fellow criminal. Archie, fleeing, is afraid to tell the truth— falls in with “The Governor,” is whisk ed across country in a stolen car. Sees Story in newspaper of killing at Bai ley Harbor and, frightened, decides to say nothing but stick with his strange friend and await developments. At Cprnford/ N. H., Archie, comes upon Isabel Perry at the hotel desk but she refuses to recognize him. The Gover nor, by a clever plan, switches stolen money for good money. Archie used as decoy—making lovC^to niece of agent sent to meet eccentric Congdon here next day. Now read on. CHAPTER VI When they reached the dining room at ten the next morning they found Seebrook and Walters just'finishing breakfast. Miss Seebrook was having coffee in her room, her father explain ed in response to Archie’s polite in- inquiries. * “We’re hoping to get away this af ternoon,” he continued. “It will take only a few minutes to transact our business when the man I’m waiting for appears; but he’s an uncertain quan tity, and there’s no telling when hell show up. But we’re having a good time and I shan’t mind another day or two. If only you gentlemen would bear us company!” Ah, you are very Governor; “but we must resume cur roused the old gentleman to greater fury. “Can a whole family be obliterated and tro trace left behind ? Is is pos sible that they’ve been murdered in their beds, servants and all, and the police not yet aware of it?” - At the mention of murder Archie began stealthily feeling his way along the cigar counter to a water cooler. There seamed to be no escaping from the Congdoqs and here was the^father of Putney boldly publishing to the whole state of New Hampshire hia fear that his son hod been murdered. The concentration of the hotel staff upon the transfer of Mr. Congdon’s luggage to his room left the Governor and Archie to monage the removal of their own effects to the waiting car. Seebrook and Walters obligingly as sisted, laughing at Congdon’s eccen tricities. Seebrook seized the Governor’s kit bag containing the sixty thousand dollars and carried it out to the car. The sight of it in Seebrook’s hand gave Archie sensations of nausea that were not relieved by the grin he de tected on the Governor’s face. Within an hour or two at the ntqst the sub stitution and robbery would be discov ered and the country would ring with the demand for their detention. But the Governor was carrying off the de parture with his usual gaiety. It was clear that he had made the most fa vorable impression upon Seebrook and Walters; and in the cprdial handshak ing and expression of hope for future meetings Archie joined with the best spirit he could muster. A cheery good-bye caused him to look up. Miss Seebrook with a red rose in her hand waved to him from her window. As he lifted his cap she dropped the! alls, was rose with a graceful sweep of the 1 barn. f arm. “Just run the machine right in,” he concealed the origin of his fall, if, indeed, a man who so jubilantly boast ed of his crimes and seemed to find an infinite^ satia£ac£ion and delight in his turpitude, could be said to have fall en. Having mentioned Brattleboro as the point at which they were to fore gather with Red Leary, the Governor did not refer to the matter again, but chose routes and made detours with out explanation. It was on the second afternoon out of Comford that the Governor sud denly bade Archie, whom he encour aged to drive much of the time, pause at a gate. “We linger here, son. May I sug gest that you take your cue from me ? Bill Walker is an honest dairyman to all intents and purposes, but really an old crook who got tired of dodging sheriffs and bloodhounds and bought this farm. A sober, industrious fam ily man, you will find him, with a wife and one daughter. This is one of the best stations of the underground rail road ; safe as a mother’s arms, and you will never believe you’re not the fa vored guest of a week-end party. Walker’s an old chum of Leary’s They used to cut up in the most rep rehensible fashion out West in old Imres. You'Ve probably wondered what becomes of old crooks. Walker is of course an unusual specimen, fqr he knew when v quitting was good, and having salted away a nice little for tune accumulated in express holdups, he dwells here in peace and passes the hat at the meeting house every Sunday. You may be dead sure that only the aristocracy of our profession have the entrefe at Walkers.” A gray-bearded man with a pro nounced stoop, clad in faded blue over waiting for them at the ernor as though reciting from a rit ual. Leary nodded and gave a hitch to his trousers. “You found the waters. of'Champlain tranquil, and W hawks followed the landward passage?” CITATION FOR LETTERS ADMINISTRATION I, State of South Carolina, County of Laurens. By 0. G. Thompson, Probate Judge: if any they have, why the said admin istration should not be granted. Given under my hand thia^itkrriaj^ of Octbber, A. D., 1927. 0. G. THOMPSON, U-3-2tp r’ J. P. L. C. Whereas'Sallie Richie made suit to! “The robin and the bluebird sang me to grant her Letter of Administra over all the road,” he answered ;then with a glance'at Archie: “You gave no warning of the second pilgrim. tion'of the estate and effects of W. H. Richies These are, therefore, to cite and ad- “The brother is young and innocent,/monish all and singular the .kindred but Lfind'him an apt pupil,” the Gov- an d creditors of the said W. H. Richie, ernor explained. deceased, that they be and appear .be- “The brother will learn first the fore me, in the Court of Probate, to be wisdom of silence, remarked Leary, held at Laurens Court House, Laurens, What DO S, C., on the 8th day of November P. S. JEANES , COMING— “THE BIG PARADE” Nov. 14-15-16 Casino Theatre and then as though by an after thought, he shook Archie warmly by the hand. (Continnued next week.) next, after publication hereof, at 11 o’clock in the forenoon, to show cause, Do? COUNTY TREASURER’S NOTICE ~ . 1927. The books of the County Treasurer will be open for the collection of taxes for the fiscal year, 1927, at the Treasurer’s office from October 15th to December 31, 1927. After Decem ber 31, one per cent will be added. Af ter January 31st, two per cent will be added, and after Feb. 28th, seven per! cent will be added, until the 15th day of March, 1928, when the books will be closed. All persons owning property in more than one township are requested to call for receipts in each of the sev eral townships in which the property is located. This is important, as ad ditional cost and penalty may be at tached. AH able-bodied male citizens be tween the ages of twenty-one (21) and fifty-fivt (55) years of age are liable to pay a poll tax of $1.00, ex cept old soldiers, who are exempt at fifty (50) years of age. Commutation Road Tax $1.50 in lieu of road duty. All able-bodied men between the ages ‘of 21 and 55 are liable to road duty except those in military service, school trustees, school teachers, ministers, and students. Dog Tax $1.25, which must be paid not later than January 31, 1928. Proper attention will be given those WTho wiah to pay their taxes through the mail by check, money order, etc., giving name of township and number of school district. The tax levy is as follows: State Tax T. 5% mills Ordinary County Tax 5*4 mills Road and Bridge 5^ mills Railroad Bond .... 1 mill Jail Bonds % mill “Like the old stage coach days!” cried the Governor, applauding Ar chie’s catch. * He jumped into the machine and kind!’ called. The car disposed of, the Governor introduced Archie as one of his dear est friends, and the hand Archie clasp- Archie scrambled after him. Archie’s j e d was undeniably roughened by toil, last impression of the inn was the blur j Walker mumbled a “glad-to-see-ye,” of a waving handkerchief in Miss See- and lazily looked him over, brook’s ^window. ~ : There was nothing in nhis speech “We are a success, my boy! You {or manner to suggest htat he had ever| n 0i 5, Copeland-Fleming 8 mills bore yourself marvelously well,” said been a road agent. He assisted them No. 6, Oak Grove ... 6 mills said the the Governor, testing the gears. Ah,! in carrying their traps to the house, jsi 0> 7^ Watst Mills .... 8 mills Road Bonds ... 11 mills ► Past Indebtedness 2 mills Statewide School (6-0-1) .. 4 mills Weak and High Schools ^ mill Constitutional School 3 mills Total .... 38 mills | Laurens School Districts No. 1, Trinity Ridge 16Vi mills ! No. 2, Prospect 16 mills No. 3, Barksdale-Narnie .... 16Vi mills! No. 4, Bailey 7 mills* that little touch of the rose was worth ramble toward the Pacific. We are our perils; nothing in my experi- niore or less dated up for little enter- ence was v eer prettier than that! A tainments on the way.” ; lovel y « ir lj y° u mi f ht do^ worse if you Seebrook and Walters lingered in were not already plighted. If she had the office as Archie and the Governor com e down to say good-bye it would paid their account. As they waited ^ ave been much less significant. But for their car to be sent round from the rose > the red, red rose! It wouldn t talking farmer fashion of the weather, crops and the state of the roads. The housp-was connected with the barn in the jisual New England style. In the kitchen a girl sang cheerily and hear ing her the Governor paused and struck an attitude. The girl appeared at a window, rest No. 11, Laurens 22 u No. 12, Ora 11 Za mills Youngs School District No. 2, Friendship 20 mills No. 4, Bethany 16 mills No. 5, Grays .... 17 mills No. 6, Central 10% mills _No. 7, Youngs 17% mills No. 8, Warrior Creek 15 mills No. 10, Lanford 22% mills No. 3B, Fountain Inn 24 mills Dials School Districts garage a machine drew up and dis-|^ e a ^ a ^ *^ ea to s ^ c * < ^ * n an envelope e d her bare arms on the sill and smil- chatred a short, wiry, elderly man in an ^ mail it to the girl you were telling ingly saluted them with a cheery a motor coat that was much too large me ftbeuf the one who sent you forth “Hello, there! for him. He was accompanied by an to shatter kingdoms. I guess that' “Look upon that picture!” exclaim- enormous amount of luggage and would jostle her a little, particularly e d the Governor, seizing Archie’s arm. from the steps of the inn gave orders y° u were to enclose a line telling “In old times upon Olympus she was in a high piping voice as to the man-1 her that it had fallen to your hand ner of its disposal. As the various from a curtained lattice, pieces were hustled into the office he don’t know her address, mum- enumerated them in an audible tone hied Archie, as though inviting the cooperation of all the loungers in making an inven tory of his effects. When this had been concluded Seebrook stepped up and accosted the newcomer. “Mr. Congdon,.! am very glad to sharp corner. ; Archie’s pleasurable sensations in I see y< u. I hope you are not worn out “Don’t you believe that I hadn’t a finding a haven that promised restand by your drive.” care for our safe flight! You must security. Her black hair was swept “Worn out!” snapped the little man. I learn to use your eyes, son. There back smoothly from her forehead and “Do you imagine a run of a hundred; was one of the brotherhood of the ’ there was the glow of perfect health miles would fatigue a man of my con stitution? I assure you that you are - 1 *- —- - KT „ greatly mistaken of you think I »am night. He’s a sneak thief of consid- that made something noteworthy and 'h £ k °m .... mure cup-bearer to the gods, but here she is Sally Walker, and never so charming as when she sits enthroned upon the milking stool. Miss Walker, my old He suggested the dangers of their friend, Mr. Comly, or Achilles, as you situation, thinking that there at last will!” was something that would sober the A very p ret ty picture Miss Walker Governor. But the Governor merely made in the kitchen window, a vivid ^ ! " T X°/ 1 , laughed as he swung the car round a portrait that immediately enhanced ^ 0 ‘ Mt. Bethel >*• Poplar Spi No. 1, Greenpond 8 mills' No. 2, Eden 12% mills No. 3, Shiloh 12 mills No. £, Gray Court-Owings .... 20 mills No. L-3, Barksdale-Narnie 16% mills No. 8, Mema .... 12 mills j No. 3-B, Fountain Inn 24 mills Sullivan School Districts 18 mills '.... 8 mills Springs ....* .... 20 mills road right there in the office when j n her rounded cheeks. Archie noted we left. I gave him instructions last her dimples and the white evn teeth 2, Bethel Grove No. 7, Brewerton .... *. 16 mills No. 17, Hickory Tavern 16 mills Railroad Tax : 3 mills Waterloo School Districts No. 1, Mt. Gallagher . > 12 mills 9 mills feeling my age. Seventy! And I don’t feel a day over fifty, not a day, sir. But I shall rest for a few hours as a precaution, a mere precautionary measure, and be able to meet you for our little business at two-thirty sharp.” „« “That wil suit me perfectly,”- re plied Seebrook. Archie hung about impatiently Waiting for the Governor to make his farewells to the old lady and her granddaughters on whom he had ex pended his social talents at the dance. Mr. Congdon was quarreling with the clerk over the location of the room he had reserved. Having frightened the clerk into readjusting the entire regis tration to accommodate him, he de manded to know whether his son, Mr. Putney Congdon, was stopping in the house. Assured that Mr. Putney Congdon was not in the inn and hadn’t been there within the recollection of the of fice staff, the senior Congdon explod ed violently upon Seebrook and Wal ters. • “Things have come to a pretty pass in this topsy turvy world when a man can’t find his own son! For three days I’ve been wiring his clubs and all other places he could possibly be without re sult. And I have learned that his wife has left Bailey Harbor and the house there is closed. Closed! How dare they x close that house when I was about to pay them a visit,” / Seebrook aijd Walters expressed their sympathy in mild tones that erable intelligence who gave me the memorable of her smile. No. 4, Center Point ^-T4 mills sign as I was pretending to leave for “Well, Mr. Salusbury, I’ve read all ^°- Oakville ...r. 8 mills that call on my old friend. I smuggled those books you sent me, and the can- j*, Mount Pleasant 13 mills him upstairs to keep watch for me and jy wa s the finest I ever tasted. 1 N°- 7, Mt.. Olive 16 mills he prov’ed himself a fellow of decid ed merit. He’ll be hanging around Cornford today and as the absurd po lice will be obliged to make an arrest to save their reputations he will put himself in their way and encourage the idea by the subtle means that he might have been the malefactor who robbed Seebrook’s trunk and left Leary’s bills behind. They will be un- . „ , . „ • „ . . „„„ . _ able to make a case against him but P» rt - He s b * en rovln(! about you for totf’TFVrobably get thirty days for loi tering. Then he’ll walk out and draw a thousand dollars from one of our little private banks further along the road for so chivalrously throwing him self into the breach! I can find you men who wlil do a year’s _t(me to save the men higher up. This satisfies the public as to the zeal of its paid pro jectors and makes it possible for men of genius like you and me to walk in high places unmolested. A lamnable system, Archie, but we learned it from the greedy trust magnates. You take the wheel; it just occurs to me that you said you were a fair driver.” CHAPTER VII r With all his outward candor the Governor had, Archie fffund, reserves that werei quite unaccountable;. He let fall allusions to his past in the most natural fashion, with an incidental air that added to their plausibility, with out ever tearing aside the veil that She remembers! Amid all her do mestic cares, she remembers! My dear lad, the girl is one in a million!” “You’d think Mr. Saulsbury was crazy about me!” she laughed. “But he makes the same speeches to every gill he sees, doesn’t he, Mr. Comly?” “Indeed not,” protested Archie, ral lying bravely to the Governor’s sup- days and my only surprise is that he so completely failed to give me the faintest idet—idea—” - “Of your charm, your ineffable beauty!” the Governor supplied. “You’d better chase yourselves into the house now or pop’ll be peeved at having to wait for you.” On the veranda a tall elderly ml rose from a hammock in which he had been reading a newspaper and stretch ed himself. His tanned face was deep ly lined but he gave the impression of health and vigor. “Leary,” whispered the Governor in an aside and immediately introduced him. )' a»" “The road has been smooth and the sky is high,” said the Governor in re sponse to a quick anxious questioning of Leary’s small, restless eyes. “Did you find peace in the churches by the way?” asked Leary. “In one of the temples we found peace and plenty,” answered the GoV- No. 14, Waterloo .... 8 mills Cross Hill School Districts No. 13, Cross Hill 21% mills Hunter School Districts No. 3, Rock Bridge 6 mills No. 4, Wadsworth 8 mills No. 5, Clinton 22 mills No. 6, Goldville 4 mills No. 6, Goldville 4 milk No. 7, Belfast .... 5 mills No. K-9, Kinards 8 mills No. R-42, Reederville 13 mills No. 16, Mountville 16 mills Jacks School Districts No. 1, No white school 4 mills | No. 2, Shady Grove 11 mills j No. 3, Renno 16 mills No. 4, No white school 3 mills No. 6, Odell’s 8 mills | Garlington 3 mills No. 15, Hurricane 16 mills, 0 •y’ti- * j Scuffletown School Districts No. 1, Long Branch 8 mills No. 2, Musgrove 8 mills No. 3, Langston 3 mills I No. 4, Sandy Springs 4 mills' No. 10, Lanford 22% mills No. 12, Ora 11% mills; Persons sending in lists of'names to be taken off are requested to send them early and give the township and school district of each, •as the Treas urer is very busy during the month of December. ’ ' , ROSS D. 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