The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, December 29, 1927, Image 6
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INTRODUCTION
! be rlid to help you with .your bags.”; that I go armed and shoot any one who
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Isabel P^rry recommends a Kfe of “Ch, thank you! I have a lame
crime, adventure, romance -ind ex- shoulder, nearly well now, but it gives
citement as a cure for Archibald Ben- me a twinge occasionally.”
net’s nerves. Archie goes to Bailey A blast from the locomotive and a
Harbor to investigate a house for his 1 t.nming of the rails woke the station
sister—and spends the night in the to life. Archie grabbed the larger of
empty house. He is awakened by foot- Con goon's bags and led the way to-
steps during the night; the intruder " i rd a voice bawling, “Chicago sleep-
fires at him and.misses. Archie fires or.” Congdon showed his ticket for
m return. He doesn’t know whether JCwer three and climbed in.
he has killed or Qnly wounded the man, jA “I’ve got the upper half of the see
but fearing the publicity, plans to
make his escape. In his flight hp
meets “The. Governor”—a master-mind
criminal who mistakes him for a fel
low criminal. Archie, afraid to tell the
truth, falls in with “The Governor.”
A series of events lead^him to believe
tion,” said Archie, “but I promise not
to be a nuisance to you.”
The glint of pain in Congdon’s eyes
sent a wave of remorse through Ar
chie’s soul. Congdon bore his afflic
tion manfully. k As he played nervously
with his watch chain, he inspected Ar-
he has has shot Putney Congdon—the quick, furtive glances
owner of the .house. They proceed to J hanged up nerves shot to
New York, where they are visited by ppieces,” he said abruptly, turning his
Julia, the Governor’s sister. Archie
promises her he will stick with the
Governor through the strange phase,
she, claims he is passing through. |
gaze intently upon Archie.
“That’s tough. Used to be -troubled
a good deal myself.”
Congdon chew out his watch, said
stepped on my toes. She recited a
piece of verse to the, effect that a man
fears his fate too much if he won’t
put life to the test.”
“I was fool enough to believe it. I
tried to follow her advice. It ended
in my having a row with my father
that beat all the other rows I ever
had with him and he turhed against
my wife—said she was trying to es
trange us. And when I ran away to
escape from the nasty mess he sent
her telegrams in my name threatening
to kidnap the children and he did* in
fact, kidnap my little daughter.
Snatched her away from her mother
and carried her out to one of his farms
in Ohio. But my wife played a clever
trick on the old gentleman and got the
child back again and I’m damned glad
of it. I got a message that the little
girl is up in Michigan, so that’s really
where I’m headed for.”
Archie had suffered a blow but he
was meeting it bravely. Having be-
While strolling in the park, Archie, that he had ^eri sleeping badly and;lieved that Isabel had given him the
s^ees Mrs. Congdon with her two chil
dren, and is witness to the kidnapping
of the little girl, Edith. He learns
from the Governor that the father-in-
law of Mrs. Cortgdon—a very wealthy
man—is engaged in the circulation of
counterfeit twenty-dollar gold pieces.
They go to Rochester, where the Gov
ernor receives a letter from Ruth, the
giri he loves, in which she tells him
he may be able to serve. At a, dance
at
and they
hated to go to bed. He. sat erect and same advice quite spontaneously, if was
tried to reach his coat pocke<.. His with a shock that he realized that she
face twitcjjed with the pain of the ef- had offered it in similar terms to
fort.
Congdon. There was no question as to
“I had a bottle of dope I’m supposed j the identity of the girl—who had bid
tp take to help me sleep; must have den Congdon plant his back to the wall
left it In my bag. Will you-poke the and defy the world; no one but Isabel
button, please ? n ~ , would ever have done that.
“Can’t I get it for you?” Archie
asked.
_ “You are very kind, ^t’s the small
Ruth’s home *Archie'*nM!ets' Isabel j a * M> 'R « »
reconciled. Archie »mi J , I™”
VA £^2*0 * ^ ■ t i_ - wrrur |
the Governor promise to finds Edith , OP™ 1 * ip Congdon's berth
Congdon and whisk her away to Isa- An:h,e a ha,ld ,ell u P“ n » Photograph
bel’s camp. They secure work on Efi-
phalet Congdon’s farm, where Edith
has been taken. They learn that Put
ney Congdon—the man Archie shot-—
that lay on top. The face swam before
his eyes and he pitched forward in his
agitation, bumping his head.)viciously
against the window. It wan*a photo
is also there. While Archie is teach-i K ra P h I “ 1 * 1 , He ^“P^ f “ r
ing Edit* to ride the Governor kid- bottle and crept back to the smokj
naps her. .in* compartment -
1 Congdon, the custodian of a photo-
“About your child, up there in
Michigan,” said Archie, “it’s wholly
possible that your wife sent you the
wire as an approach to a reconcilia
tion.” V'- s
*
“Oh, Lord, no! You don’t know my
wife, Cpmly. You see I got answers
to t^ie telegramy father sent her in my
name and she hit right back at me!
Don’t think she’s coaxing me to come thing,”
eleven ?* •
“Not one uf ’em, but a whole paiss-
el,” replied Leary, “There’*’a camp
o’ city girls across the bay.”
“Well, I suppose that’s the trick,”
said Congdon as Leafy started up
stairs with their bags'.. “Edith has
been put in a camp. Not a had idea.
All I want to he sure of is that the
child’s in good hands.”
“Dinner will be at twelve,” said
Leary. '
At mealtime, Mrs. Leary entered
the dining-room briskly. “Jes’ help
yourselves, gents.”
“Xh!” ejaculated the Governor,
patwing dramatically in)the door and
eyeing the newly arrived guests as
though their presence filled him with
astonishment. In a moment more he
had introduced himself to Archie and
Congdon. ‘ .r,
Rather odd my being here,” he
rippled on; “and I need hardly say
that it’s a pleasure to meet on this
bleak shore two gentlemen of your
calibej-. I told a friend of mine that
was enormously fed up with cities
and the ^general human presence pad
wanted to go to the most God-forsaken
spot in America. He answered without
moment’s Imitation that Huddle
ston, Michigan, would satisfy my lofti
est ideal of godforsakeness. He’s
probably- laughing .himself to death
right now thinking how miserable I
am. But I refuse to be bored.”
When Congdon pleaded weariness,
after dinner, Archie put him to bed
and then sauntered away, following a
dirt road that wound through the tim
ber. In a little while he came upon
the Governor lying with his back
against a tree.
Well, you landed him here!” he re
marked, seating himself on a log and
producing his pipe. ‘iOr did he bring
you? One would think you were old
chums to see you together. Not a bad
fellow, I should say.”
'He’s really a good sort,” said Ar-.
chie; “but I’ll tell the whole
story.”
The Governor listened placidly, in
terrupting only when Archie repeated
what Congdon had said of Isabel.
“A wonderful girl!” he ejaculated.
“Makes it her business to tease the
world along. But now to get down to
irass tacks. What you learned of old
Eliphalet Congdon’s meddlesomness
jibes exactly with what I know of his
character. Let me show you some-
(.00 each
MUSKRAT, No. 1 _ 7Se
OPOSSUM, No. 1 . . Me to 90c
SKUNK, Black No. 1 *1.00 to *1.75 each
^WEASEL , 50c to *1.00 each
CIVET or POLECAT .. . _ 50c each
Phone 96
Phone me and I will call and take up.
JACKS MARKET
Clinton, S. C.
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At the same moment Edith jumped * r3 I> h of J s f b « 1 Pe Ty- dentanded a
into the Governor’s car, two men ; more careful inspection, and Archie
sprang out of the second car ,„d
rushed at Archie. One of them flung w “ b ^ ow , " !r
a carriage-robe over his head and! “P 0 " a m * rr,e,J m “ n ’
twisted it around hi* thnwt-then i^ n l! don J* 1 “ husmeas. with the
gathered him up, heed and heels, and (Autograph and Archie bitterly resent,
trnuwd him „v»r th. f.n™. TH. ^ lU presence in the man’i luggage.
He jumped when Congdon announced
tossed him over the fence. The two
cars were enveloped in a cloud of dust
when Archie, tearing the blanket
from his head rose to confront the
screaming woman. She berated him
roughly for his stupidity while he at
tempted to explain.
“I had better run
telephone the Tiffin
gested. •
To his infinite surprise she
that he was ready to turn in, followed
him to the berth, and helped him to
undress.
back to l&r. And here’s tjie message
I got out there in Ohio that caused me
to jump for the train.”"
He produced from his pocket a
crumpled telegram which read: “Your
daughter is In safe hands at Huddle
ston, Michigan, proceed to that point
with serenity and contemplate the
stars with a tranquil spirit.*
This was so clearly the Governor’s
work that Archie found it difficult to
refrain from laughing.
“You may think it queer that I set
off,” Congdon remarked, “oh the
ngth of a message like that. But
since that girl told me I oughtn't
itate when I heard the bugle I
“Whistle if you need anything in'can’t resist the teiriptation to act on
the night,” said Archie', and allowed! the spur of the moment. I’m a fool
tn tVw» hnna*. anfT ike porter to push him into the up- I suppose. Tell me I’m a fool, Comly f ”
nniiro*" ho ano- 1 P 61, berth-—the fTfst he had ever oc-j “1 shall do nothing of the kind,
ponce, ne sug-|— 1J 'There’s always the chance that the
‘cupied
de-! W ^) en
they .were aroused by the girl had sized you up right and gave the Huddlegton sUtion that th 7 y can >
clared in alarm that this, must not be. P orter he hel P ed Congdon into his you sound advice. Don t answer if you „
done; she would go herself and tell c ^ 0 |h es > a 5j ean , 8 h‘ rt for him
the child’s father what had occurred andlauprhmgiy offered to shave him.
and let him deal with the matter 1 “You’re a mighty good fellow! Its
don’t want to, but hfive you really done
anything you wouldn’t have done if
that girl hadn’t told you to step on the
world a little harder?”
and let him deal with the matter. , , . , , .
- “Don’t talk shout this-^io you un- about l,me 1 " as '"‘'’oducing myself,
derstand 7 You’re not to sav a word My name 18 Congdon. I live m New; Congdon s free hand worked convul-
about it! .I’ll fix the foreman; all you York; just taking a little trip for my;cvvely; he bent closer to Archie ani
have get to do is to keep your mouth hea * th - U P mto \ h T e lake *- , | uhl8pered :
shut.” ! Cpmlys my name. No particular;
Three days in the harvest field P^ ans ®y 8e ^- Just knocking about a! “You murdered a man!” Archie
brought Archie to a new respect for kiL" • t , , ,.
his daily bread. He found joy in the ** ** tlme Arch ‘ e had made
discovery that he had Strength to to,let the y WCTe running mto the Chi-
throw into the scale against man’s
necessities. He was taking a holiday
New Year
Not because it is an honored custom but
because of the sincerity of our apprecia
tion,we take this opportunity to thank you
for the part you have played in our busi
ness prosperity for the past twelve montMS,
and wish you a Happy and Prosperous New
Year. -
GEO. H. ELLIS
Real Estate and Insurance
Clinton, S. C/' .
“I’ve killed a man!”
• “You murdered a
gasped. .
“Not a question about it, my dear
fellow! It was up at my house on the
from life itself, and he was content
to bide his time until the vacation end
ed. He was passing through an ordea]
cago station. ; Maine shore. After my father had
“Suppose we have breakfast in the dri ' en wif ? awa y 1 went there to
station iestaurant?” And see, here,l look at th u e rmn t 8 af hom L e - 1 wa *
old man, I don’t want to force myself moonm / through the house when I ran
on you, but if a poor neurasthenic ' int ? « hurg'-ar. The scoundrel had —^
and if he emerged alive he would be won’t bote you t#o much I wish you’d j- 0 bed the guest room. I was scared
a wiser and better man.
Gossip from tjjhe farmhquse reached
rim at the back door and he a
him at the back'door and he wfs alert
for any sign that Putney Congdon
meditated leaving. Eliphalet bad not (they
returned—this , he got direct from and 1
let me tag you till-my train leaves to
night. I hite to be alone.”
They not only breakfasted together,
to death when I opened the door and
spotted him but I thought of that
girrs advice and pulled my gun and
shot him. As I ran- down the stairway
through the parks he took „ 5hotat that , 9 what . g th '
tKw spent an hour at an art institute ’ ^ m - ahoolder .
Grubbs, who poured out confidences
freely as they smoked together after
twilight supper. . '
“I got it through the kitchen that
the old man’s son is goin’ to clear apt
tonight. Orders was sent to have a
machine ready to take him to town at
eleven o’clock. Telegram phoned out
. this evenin’ made Mm jump out o‘ bed,
say, and he’s off for somewhere
tonight”
Arehie cautiously changed the sub
ject, hut he was &lready pbmninfc hi>
departure. The Governor had bidden
Mm follow Congdon and here were his
marching orders. The only thing that
reconciled him to the inattractive task
was the assurance that Congdoh wquld
set out at once for Heait O’ Dr Anns
camp, where Isabel pvasnmably was
and then 'Archie acted as host to lunch-
'Well, I’d say you’re out of it ehsy.
eon. By this time Archie was fully A* v.-i, i.- .
a- • . . L/z course you diant Kill nim or he
committed to the further journey intoi j d * t h : . t wound
Michigan.’ On a bench in Grant park 6 ce ab,e t0 wound
“But you see, he didn’t die imme-
Congdon swung himself into a confi
dential a
attitude.
“life’s the devil’s own business,* he,
said with a sigh, “I’ve got to a place
you see,
diately, hut &awled off and breathed
his lifcjout in some lonely place. It's
horrible! The thing will hang over me
where T don’t care what happens— till I die! Tf you say fought to go to
everything’s black anywhere I look. I Maine and surrender mvself I'll.
Maine and surrender myself I’ll do it
“Most certainly not!” cried Archie
with mournful recollection of his own
speculations on the same point in the
M. RHS! hours when he believed that he him-
fatber s a crank, a genius m his way, was responsible for Holey’s' death,
but decidedly eccentric. My mother, v Congdon rose and suggested a walk
was happily married; two beautiful
children;' non^ finer,—but i'll shorten
up my story so you cap see what
monkey' fate has made of me.. My
died when 1 was a youngster, and fath
er tried all sorts of schemes of educat
to. freshen them up before train time.
I thank God I
tog me, whimsical potion., one sfter 1 h . ‘., , gSK , ga£- < *.*.T£.gr
.anther. The result Was IVe never got c eeling. .^yst talking to
a look ih anywhere; unfitted for ev-
_ established. At the first oppor? erything. After 1 married he still tried
tumty he left Grubbs, and started;for- to hold the rein on me, wanted to put
town.
Reaching
town with an hour to
, his hag from the station
ught a ticket He spent half an
at a hotel cleaning up and ehang-
h« t»d discarded at
you has helped me a whole lot”
CHABTUR xiii
They breathed deep of the tonic air
I . h * ted .‘* 9d .J c & | of the North as they lift the twn at
meddling with my domestic affairs.
All this made weak and irreso^ JIu ? dle 1 8t0n ' »
As they approached the hotel a map
faggage
ig Archie j
i
lute” •• , •' *
“Well, sir,. I was about to'offer roy-
self a* exhibit A on a slab in the near-
cart morgue,” Congdoq continued,
“when I mat a young woman who
itfon. He was
I met a young woman
to understand me,.and right
n tea
there’s where I made the greatest mis
take of my life. She made a fool of
me—that’s the short of it. I took het
in to dinner at the house of some
friends right here in Chicago-and she 0ne °. ther
>sed my ease with aurrveloua
emerged and crossed the street. Ar
chie identified him it once as Red^
Leary* to whom the Govemor )iad de
livered the stolen money at Walker’s
farm. Leary made no sign of ever
having seen Archie before but picked
up the luggage and led the way to the
hotel. ‘ . ' ^
"We je*’ opened the house last week*
He
PgAds / finger on
She said I faced life with Saulsbury.
of p coward; and
.«r
By the way,’
He walked out upon the gravelly
shore and pointed tlmough the wide-
filing arms of thq^Mflk
“Do you see a little blur of smoke
out yonder in the open lake? That’s
the Arthur B. Grover. I took up my
option and the bloomin’ thing is mine.
It’s got a crew of the smartest crooks
in all America. And Perky’s on board
with old Eliphalet Congdon! But, my
dear Archie—” *
He refilled his pipe and when he
had it going to his satisfaction waved
his arm toward the camp'.
“There’S a queer business going on
over there. That cousin ot Isabel’s is
not a myth at all and that money may
be buried over there somewhere. The
cousin'is laying himself out to annoy
the camp in every way possible, even
going the length of trying to starve
’em out. There’s a stack of supplies at
t
move.”
“You forget,”, cried Archie excited
ly, “that there are laws even in the
wilderness! All we’ve got to do is to
telephone for the sheriff and land him
in jail.”
“I grant all that,” said the Gover
nor, “but the notoriety of the thing
would kill the camp. OnCe it got into
the newspapers every fathef- and
mother who hus a child would'go right
up in the air. It would make a great
first page story—buried treasure—a
war for hidden gold centered about a
jgirls’ camp—the haughty southerner
planting his money in safe territory—
all that is fruity-stuff for our special- J *
correspondent on the spot. No, Archie;
ladies like our Ruth and Isabel must
be protected from vulgar publicity.
It’s up to 1 us to smooth out their
troubles without resorting to bother
some legal apparatus. The caihp has
no telephone; the road round to that
peninsular is. all but inaccessible. They
have a launch they’re in the habit of
using to c.arry stuff across from
Huddleston, but Mr. Richard Carey
blocks the way. He is camped at the
land entrance, with an army of lum
berjacks to help him maintain a block
ade.”
“Then it’s our duty to relieve the be
leaguered garrison?”
“Well,” the Governor remarked, “it’s
far more of a mess than I expected.
But this is n& time for weakening!
Over there* Archie,’*—he pppinted to
ward; Heart O' Dreams—“are the two
finest women in the world. We’re go
ing -to stand by them no matter whose
head get* cracked.”
(Continued next week.)
FINAL SETTLEMENT
Take notice that on the 26 day of
January, T928,1 will render a final ac
count of my acts and doings as Com
mittee of the estate of John F. Thrift,
deceased*'fi the office of the Judge of
Probate*.of Laurens county, at 11
o’clock, a. m„ and on the same day will
apply for a final discharge from my
trust as Committee..
Any person indebted to said estate
is notified and required to make pay
ment on or before tint date; and all
persona having claims against said es
tate will present them on or before
said date, duly proven or be forever
barred.
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thrift!*
Committee. 1 *
l-12-4te
ICE
f:
From among the thousands of suggestions received the judges of
our name contest have selected HEALTHGUARD as entitled to the
first prize. No fewer than eight persons submitted this name. Ac-,
cording^to^ the^pubHshed conditjms of the contest these people who
have
e pui
first
honors rarefied fifty dollars each.
We feel that the name-HEALTHGUARD expresses; better than
any other name suggested, the most important characteristic that ice ^
possesses—its value as a protector of the health of the family, the 4 *
community and the nation.
In making their decisions the judges gave due weight to many
considerations beside the idea of health. Thifrfact is very evident from *
the names that have been chosen for the remaining pmes. So many
hundreds of good names were submitted that the task of selection
was a difficult one'indeed. We present the complete list of awards
below:
m.
mfh*- -
. These Are The
PRIZE-WINNERS
FIRST PRIZE—$50 EACH
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(The prize offered was $100, with the stipulation that this amount
would be divided in the event of a tie but that no participant in such
sd prize.)
a tie would receive less than the value of the second prize.)
WINNING NAME—HjEALTHGUARD.
FIR3T PRIZE—$50 EACH
JANIE BRIGHT, Easley, S. C.
E. S. PANT, Pendleton, S. C.
EARL M. GREENE, 1840 Greene St., Augusta, Ga.
.t-i~. - - Box 39, Ware Shoals, S. C.
ARUTHUR HUGHES, R.
—— ‘ LOU
HERBERT L. MILES, Un
MRS. ANNIE L. LO
2, Box 3f
LLIS, R.
3, Belton, S- G.
_ ngley, S. C.
IRENE B. MILLER, 5 Wood lawn Ave., Augusta, Ga.
LOUIS SEEL, R. 6, Honea Path, S. C.
SECOND PRIZE—$50
ALLIANCE—Mabel Brown Sherard, Belto§, S. C.
THIRD PRIZE—$25
# ' FREESIA—Mrs. S. H. Flint, Mt. Airy, Ga. ,
FOURTH PRIZE—$10 *
SUNNYCLIME—Bettie Matthews, Williston t S. C.
FIVE PRIZES—EACH $5
CONQUEROR—Mrs^J. A.JGlolden, U06 Pendleton, St. Greenville, S. C.
Jt Gi
PATE—Ruth Head, Cornelia, GA.
2AN—Mrs. -----
duo-st;
HYPERBOREAN—Mrs. E. E. Mitchell, Toccoa. Ga.
MORNING GLORY—Fred L. Hayes, Toccoa, Ga.
VIKING—Annie Creelman, Clinton, S. Ci
TEN PRIZES—EACH $2
BALTIC—Mamie Lou Butler, Phoenix St., Greenwood r 1
cowWui^fe h. £ S S;
OLD FAITHFUL—Mrs. J
SILENT SERVANT, Willie L.
SPA S « G RN HK^KUi. I &ISK
SUTHERLAND, M». D. G. ftoterfon, 1561 Fenwicis St, G,.
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TWENTY PRIZES—EACH $1
ALASKA GEM—J. Tom Norris, R, 3, Abbeville S. C.
BEST FRIEND—Mrs. N. L. Wallace, 509 East Main St., Uurens S C
CHRYSTO-Mrs. J. W. SimpSon, 190 W. View Ave. Anderson, £ cl
CLEARO—Nonie Parkman, 111 Saluda St, Ninety-Six S. C
CRYSTOL PRINCE—Fanny Taylor, 89 Pine St., Gainesville Ga.
DUPLEX—Mrs. A. J. Hendrix, McCormick, 3. C.
ENDURA—R. L. Coe, Adair St., Clinton, S. C.
FIRST PRIZE!—Miss Kate Marshall, Abbeville S C * ■
* FROZEN DELIGHT—Eula Mae Seigler, Honea p’ath S C
FROZEN FAVORITE—Beth Shell, Uurens, S. C. ‘ '
FRIGID RAY—Mildred Bearden, 101 Broad SL, Westminster S. C,
GLORIA—J. H. Breazeale, Brown Aye., Belton, S. C. * t '
GUIDING STAR—Mrs: M. H. Hayes, Toccoa, Ga.
HOME JOY—Mrs. George Si Coleman, McCormick, S. C.
LAUGHING BOY—Mrs. T. J. Bell, Toxaway Mill, Anderson, 8. C
PIEDMONT GEM—Uonard Cinciolo, 33 E. Spring St., Gainesville, Ga.
PURENE—Lucille Moss, Empire Collection Agency; Jackson Bldo
Gainesville, Ga. , **’
TRIPURE—Carrie Fuller, Clinton, S. C." ‘i ‘ ^
UN IT A—Mrs. W. ,J. Moorhead, Belton, 3. c.
WHITESWAN—Mrs. T. E. Gambrel!, R. 2, Westminster, 8. c.
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