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PAGE TWO THE CUNTON CHRONICLE, CUNTON, S.-C. THURSDAY. JANUARY 4, I the two revolvej^ belted”^pund his [foot lay, in the warm dust-at a safe' pAit* hips with an air of vexation—revol-jdistance and watched with alert eyes.! ^OllQ o m ftlr vers were only good at close quarters, t A few yards from ^e bam, old Don t He'wanted the rifle. He would need it j Francisco and Alfredo were ^ laying! lUa ^JlTCali IvaO^l' badly when a ppssee took his trail. |pipes across a long pit, in prepara He soon gayie up callihg Ann andItion for tomorrow’s barbecue. Just be-j when Birch, the famous magician. hastily finished packing the buckskin • yond them, under the shade of the big aw>ears at the Florida Street school j horse. The last thing he tied on was n^^squite, Magda sat on a rawhide- Wedne5iday afternoon and evening, ^ a half saA of rolled barley he had covered chair. The small bundle lying j January 13, he will present not only just brought from the bamu He would so comfortably in her arms stared, ^-.^jtrtling feats of spectacular magic, Uook after his horses always., iwuth great brown eyes into the lacy tut also brings a sparkling program With the lead rope of the fkack horse ^oli»ge above. jthat is varied with several distinct in his hand, he swung himself into the j On the porch of the ranch house features. saddle. And •» he mounted, his eyes! Ruth, Will, and Old Charley sat | Heading the Birch ‘Staff of assisting ! came to rest on the "ebuntry he was to i around a small table littered with pa- ‘ artists is Mabel Sperry, brilliant jride. Slowly the man’s eyes dropped jpcrs. The old man laid aside his pen,'young musical star and danseuse. This " until they rested oft ,the trail Which i scrutir^ized the last of three signa- j charming young lady comes here Ji- w PINAL INSTALL.MENT ^ ^ ■■w <w ^ -w whispered Ruth “Mama’sicouldn’t see no fence whichever a-way P**RC<* o'®*" hill,^ sudden tense-[tures on a legal document, blotted it,.rect from her appearance as xylo- Ann groaned and the joints of her Koing to trust you Hn a.s «he savsJl looked. I boueht this ranch. I could'ness came into his face; his lips fell; and removed his spectacle.s. “Now”— phone soloist with the 100-piece ma entw’ined fingers cracked but she ^'^^y shook her head. “I jest cain’t go fer Mania 11 be baA pretty doin’ nothin’ ’gains’ Mr. Snavely. You , With the revolver rimba band at the Century of Progress at Chicago. Her special built marimba-xylo- Ruth’s room. ITie girl followed. “These In the kitche^-.,Suavely i enough' n'i p..tv “T vm.M >,«4+or ^ umph of tone and tuning, but an ar- here ready- asked Ann. pomting to -cca-sed to upbraid Ann. and the ^ts Jt Jr seJ VTt J t two cWks-* achievement as well. two .uitoa,«s,.Roth nodded, ami the,thumped aeroa.'tha porch. "By God.‘X “ -t r"*‘u ?!^r " ' ' J « tKom T’11 ‘ was wi Tight. Then your trail, the nfle to her shoul-;one for three-quarters and the other cy woman left the room « Ih them.|III show her .hoje- t brother hou*ht thit num out an'comd | der. “You cain’t hurt them peopled for one quarter. Then I’ll have my Dully. Ruth continued packing. She As quickly as she could move Kuthi^^^ aimeji to y^u gqi to take the other trail to share and Snavely’s heir will have would try again after Ann was off the flung open, the door and stepped out,the ranch. Good God a’migh-, Mexico.” hers. I’m going to buy an annuity for lanch ami on the main road. But Ruth the revolver, fully cocked, pointing atjtyj felt eerta.n that .^nn would do ex- Snavely’s hrea.sU hiSj „j ^ aetly as Snavely had ordered. .. The hands went up. Kulh quietly 'I"’"* | voice, then, v as not his only hold on I the door behind her. .■\nn; there was a bigger thing. “Ann!” Ruth’s vo;ce was sharp, me-i In a short tiiiie the paAing was fin- lallic. “Go into the living room.” i ihhed and the bucklroard loaded. Ruth wait*‘d until she rieard Ann’s looked about for David; he was not in footsteps. “Now you march in!” Tfsight.mri^ijii tei^mswer-rher eaWr^ihe Hnavely lulmed wtThb^T~a'W?>rd~imd had not up Snavely slowly rose and Ruth back- Miss Sperry is known in the con cert and radio world as an artist of unusual ability, and critics hail her as the w’orld’s greatest girl xylophonist. Her artistry coupled with her spark- i the Snavely held his hands away from j with her share; Judge nersonalitv makes her a favorite e yun/.t hi, hips; . mask of stony 1 that was the best thing I “uWi hatred settled over his face. He said ward,’ Ruth smiled nothing. j “How is your ward?” asked WilJ. “Ride down to th’bam—you kin go j “Juj,t fine. One of the Sisters i.s ed away. At that moment his eyes' afterwhile. But wait at th’ barn. I bringing her out for the fiesta toinor- looked past her shoulder and his head doan want you here where you kin | row, Martha’s a dear.” WANTS nodded ever so slightly. Before Ruth; talk at me.’ '^ufd mbve^great 8f?ottg"~irSSs ( FOR RENT—Two connecting rooms, asked Old | adjoining bath, suitable for light- “Now w’here are we? Martin atnne ix-ltVi Kin Hrw-iimpnt . ... - ■ - ‘ ' Martin along with his documenta- ^ . itoffg mh^m^t the imm^^ooked suddenly rt alizeJ that she ha not before her. 'holding her in a vise, a big hand took j at the woman above him; his face set, seen him .-^inw returning from the “sit down you too, Ann.” The girl ^^e gun. Ann’s voice.his eyes narrowed. Then he slowly ^^is legal business comes too fast for - FOR SALE—Charleston - Wakefield mail box., ^hc toward the chairs ity the table.' niuttered close to her ear, “I’se sorry.” reined his horse about, rode to thejnjf^ As far as I can see, Ruth hasn’t I cabbage plants, 20c per 100. T. L. mildly disturbed — tie -py,,. veoman and the pale-eyed j gun!” Snavely dart- buckskin, and gathering up the leadjj^ot a mite of interest left in the Cooper, North B^oad Street. Itp 't‘d toward Ann as the giantess releas- continued on to the barn. j ranch.” l.een only mildly disturbed — the makes were gone this time of year. Then Rv.th’s heart stopped; a few feet fifun the b<»ard fence around the' old well lay a box. It was as though , r. ha«l placed on end agairnsL the , fence; in imagination, Ruth saw her | • on standing on tiptoe, leaning over , :ne fence, hitching himself farther i over to see better, lo.sing His lialance, ‘ the box falling away as his feet left its top. With a cry of angui.sh .she ran to the box. stood it up, and mounting, 'oAiied o.e** the fence—“I>avid!” The i 'uime rang hollowly and died away, j “'Da-vid ” With a moan, Ruth slip-; [K'd from the box. . . . The next in- htant It seemed to her, .Ann was heip-, • ng h» I to her feet. “.Ann' Ro|>es! brings rope.'- quick!" Ruth struggled to free herself from i ?ttirfne"goT’OTl? (kmI, don’t let David he in there “\’(»w wait. Mis.s Ruth wait you j doan knov\ he fell in, diK*.- you?” “.\'o no — hut vvhi’ie Hse is he - where els« —Ruth was diz/.y; she fought to keep her sen.ses. ‘‘.’Ann ” ( .Ann left her and ran into the house. ; Kulh'cliii»l-e*l upon the l>ox again, but; she could not look down. ' The giantess lifted her fixmi the! led the girl. Ann backed away shaking!^ As soon as he was beyond the point | “Not a particle,” smiled the girl. .MEN WANTED for Rawleigh routes of 800 families in cities of Clinton, Union, Laurens and Greenwood, Re- her head. Snavely stopped. f where he would dare try to use hi.s,“Mr. W'ill Tlvane is at this moment in Ann spoke swiftly to Ruth. “Git'settled herself on a ranch. I have received the value of my | {'[able ’ hustler can .start earning |25 weekly and increase every month l yo’re little boy and ride away quick * *n<i the rifle jentlre pos.session of the Dead Lantern -hurry, Miss Ruth. Tore he makes interest and Martha, hers. But look give him the gun." I was trembling. , u .u I Rwth hatl been gone half an hour, - Aun. ^Ip me-y«u h.v, the *un, ,,, hvl|. n.e to Uke him over to Th.ne »0.rkne,« wa.s eomin* fart. ' Ann looked dow'n at the rifle, then at My:the man by the trough. He would need, “Yeah? That's nice,” replied the old Gawd, git away like I to’ you!” |thi.s gun. Ann again looked at the man dubiously. place,” begged Ruth. I The giantess roared at her. at this — ” Ruth .solemnly tore her check in two pieces. “Hey!” shouted Old Charley. Will smiled. “That’s all right. Dad. Ruth’s just .simplifying matters.” Write immediately, Rawleigh Co., Richmond, Va., Deiit. .SC.ll-S. ll-2p A Laxative costs onty h i or less a dose Neither Snavely nor Ann moved un til the sounds of Ruth’s horse and Da vid’s questioning voice had died away. rifle. Quickly she ro.*e, and running | “Sure”—^Will pulled another docu- with her body bent low, she reached iment from his pocket—all .she has to the trail Snavely would .soon pass.do Is to .sign this and she comes^in Snavely, ^hite with raji^, .spoke | over. She placed the rifle across the I with us for the value of her orngihal •K!— .u_* path and returned, a slow smile on her [interest in the Dead I.antern.” face. , “Oh ye^r^-Ohf^'hafTewTa ’scathingly. ^‘Now give me that gun, Tyou black—!” j^“Oh’ ye^~-Otd^'ha>*!ey ~la[ ThcLieiin. in , Ann^s hami» watered qn< herself she saw that: thought. rtainly. “Jes* a minute^’^ she ^fal-^Hnavely had already started; the tipj “Now there’svanother thing,” said , tered. “Give it here!” of his hat l>obbed along over the cor-1 Will. “.Since the ranches are combined ral wall. She leaned forward, chin on we ought to decide on a brand for all Ann cringed, turned the revolver palm, one huge leg ihru.st across the'the stock. As it is, part of them ai-e NEXT TIME you noed medirino to act on the bowels, try Thed- ford’s Black-Drauuht. It britiTB quick relief and Is jirlced within reach ^ ot 4Ul ^ mack-Draaght 4# one of the least exiienslve laxa- -^tfres that yoti fan fmd.“ A-2& ctThT* package contains 2a or more dosea. Ilefreghing relief from constipa tion troubles for only a cent or less a dose—that’s why 'thousanda of men and women prefer, Thed* ford’s Black-Draught butt forward and held it out. trail. Again she smiled slowly—he’d carrying the Dead I^antern iron and Snavely snatched the wea)H)n, and be right pleased when he come on that i th»' rest have ours. We ought to have t raised the muzzle to. Ann’s face. Then rifle. the paused, and lowered the gun. “Git Sugarfoot came to the back screen Slowly her head dropped, the great my horses, damn you! 'njey’ll come door of the ranch house and scratched, body crumpled. j hack—the Thanes’ll come an' git me! > Ann grinned—it was supper time and • —iThey’lI coop me up! Hurry along— nobody could fool that dog. “Here I a new deal all around. Don't you think .HO, Dad?” “Eh? Oh, sure. Yes, everything ought to be under a new brand." Three pencils began making fanciful scrawls on as n[jnny pieces of paper. At last Ruth pushed a design to the be warn’t down there! Snatching the mirror from the tkox. “You .stand down. I’ll look with seated themselveii. Snavely grad-ilf*^ Buck an* throw a pack saddle on in. Sugar—come up an’ set a spell.’’ this- you couldn’t see nothin’ with no ually lowered his arms. _him. Run, damn your black hide!” , a rifle cracked from the direction lantern on a rope." ) “I’ve got nothing against you, Ann- Ann ran out of the house. Snavely of the trail to the west. Ann’s hand [center of the table. Wouldn’t that .Ann held a mirror in her hands, —fg^j. from it. But if you won’t help (hurried into the kitchen and hegkn|f]ew to her side. She .sat very straight |do?” she asked. .She caught the light of the .sun and you'll have to go with this mur-;f^'veri.shly filling a gunny aack with for a moment, an expression of be- The tw'o men regarded it for a mo- turned it into the well. Ruth .saw her I provisions. I* ive minutes later his out- wilderment on her face. Slowly her meht. “It would,” said Old^ Charley, smile broadly. “There. I done tol “Wha — what’s that —” Snavely piled by the kitchen door;.bead drooped, the great body crum-.Ruth had drawn the outline of a lan- gasped and his eyes stared wildly. three sacks, his bed rool, a frying pan, !p]^^ slid from the rock and fell across j tern, identical with the Dead Lantern Ruth spoke to Ann, without turning leaning against the house, a the trail. Sugarfoot whined and licked except that in the center she had plac- ground where the giantess had diop-'ber head: “Ann, will you help me j30-30 rifle in a saddle sheath urith four ‘ the big open hand. jed a small half moon with down- fied It. .she cliinbed upon the box just ^ This man murdered Harry Grey, cartons of cartridges beside the butt.. It was long after dark when Old turned horns. as the luw.et limb of the sun touched bis partner. You must help me tie him Ann was comii^ from U»e barn,,Charley, Will and Ruth crossed thej “It’s lit,” said W|ll.. ^‘Ruth has the western mountain range. The light that we can take hmi to the au- ^®®‘^*''lf ^^e buckskin horse with a pkck among the lower Irom the mirror struck downwai'd, tborities . . . Well? Are you on myl***^*^^* hack. foothills on the Dead Lantern ranch, wavered, and came to rest on the cloth jjjjg qi- his?” j hnavely passed' her on the run, old <!harley rode first, his ancient •hanging from a nail part way down Ann’s face was a study. For a mo-1^^Fouti^, “F»ck my stuff! She had|forty.five on his hip and a Winchester the well. Ruth stared at the cloth ment .she regarded Snavely, then Ruth. Fis riding horse -at the saddle | in a sheath under his left stirrup. •Jie light slowly faded. «4‘fore it wa.H, j,p<>be. !»Fe.d, and now Snavely hurried into|iiuth followed, then Will. David had entirely gone she knew what that cloth “Well, Ann!” ' Ithe shed, returning with saddle and , been left behind with old Juan and wa.s Once she had sent Harry, her' •• 'pore Gawd, Miiw Ruth—I doan brother, a present-'^ red silk hand, jj^ow—1 doan hnow—” .Ann wrung brFlle. .Juana. At the house Ann set about packing* The riders were coming down the kerchief with an odd design of large ber hands and rose to her feet.'the horse. When she saw Snavely gel-j 1^,1 hill when Old Charley suddenly lite hol^eKhoes. “Please, Miss Ruth -I cain’t he’p youjf't^g into his chaps, she paused and |baited. Hi's revolver sprung into hi David j then came trudging up -j^ains’ him.” Ann walked to the door,t"*t<?h©d him for a moment. Then her band, and he leaned forward, peerini lighted the Dead Lantern.” “She sure did,” observed Old Char ley, thoughtfully. He teetered back on the logs of his chair and fell to stuf fing his pipe. With only half a mind he listened to the voices ,of the young folk; his eyes wandered over the dis tant valley. The voices faded from his thoughts. After a time he awoke from his dreaming; David was plodding to- N automobile acd* A"" •AX dent may put your cu on iht shelf FOR KEEPS unless you .€TNA-IZE peering ging a wobbling contraption on wire j wheels behind him. From the boy hisj eyes dropped to the bent heads of the from th. gulch.-He couldn’t t»nder- besilated, returned a few .stecs, thenj<’yf!< turned toward the trail to Old'^t tbe ground. “It’s Ann!” ^tan.l all t).e concern about’'His ab- back and stood near the Win- f barleys. It would not be dark for, SugarfiHit stood guiird, growling .•wnc*'. — ^ — dow, in an agony of indecision. ^some time-—Miss Ruth rautd not have fi«*rcely. He would allow no one to ap-}youn;.‘ people: “—greatest idea in the Koih —the, box, took “All right, Ann, think it over." Ruth Kone fpr. troip the top of the first lit- pi-oach but Ruth, w'ho did not heed himjworli., Will; we can move the so'Jthl Duvid HC the hand and led him into close to the man in the chair.hill one could see a long way along but drup|>ed tt* her knees beside the* paste e fence half a mile east—”* her room, .vfiej locking the door, she H^r voice was clear and sharp. “You the trail; and the nfle would shmit a giantess. “She’s alive, I think—Ann!,“Fine; then with the old line' fence; took WilJ’-. jcvolv.*! .from the trunk niurderer!” mile. , , .Ann!” btta folky ia of your Huauriil 1 akiinudMIiiy ia overy acatt iu cho Uaioo ao4 bo wrictoa to covot ouacy jb- ■oaocioo riak. S. W. SUMEREL JACOBS BUILDING CLINTON, S. C. COUGHS and -at down on the bed beside her Snavely shrunk back in his chair. ''DO. j “Say it!” commanded Ruth. “—tell The handkerchief . . . Harry always what you are!” wore it, O.d ( Harley had said. If her , SiLavely’a lijis moved si^ntly. and just a bit of new fence we’ll have^ As Snavely mounted his hoi-se-at "Yes, little white girl," .Ann whis- a wonderful holding pasture.” i ; pered faintly. “I been wailin’fer you.”j There was a shrewd light in thej “l.,et’s get her to the house,” said : old man’s eyes as he' regaj'ded the stu- ' druggist ia authoraed lo refund your money _ WilL^ Dad—=** vounir faces. Risiair.- he saun-1 9® Jhe iTOt JT jwr w ff mm A MV brother was alive, how did it get half-. “Louder!” she cried, thrusting the} way dow n the well on the Dead Fan-• yf the gun almost against his I tern Ranch ”* If he , were not, then, ac- f^^e. cording t«» the .Mexican who had re-1 “I nlone it—My God, let me bi‘— IMirteit h > |p;ith.^ihe,,handkerchief was ' lookin’ at me! I had to do it, I b^ied tw.i huTi.lreil “miles below the you!” ^Me^Sen line. The Mexican had ac-j “i^n’t move! Now tell us ,why you tually mentione.* the handkerchief. Asl jijT’jt Rptb^^ righrYmit"" for- Ruih sat on the l**d. holding the small yvard, her smooth young face set rig- band of her silent, wondering son, her; j^jjy “Bogin!” ‘I—I shot him. mind luice.l: that first iWghl when Snavely had.thr.rwn a bundle into thej old well; H.- had not been expecting any one to come on the ranch and had left things about which must lie got " rid of “Why?” “Becau.se I hated him!” “Why?” “I don’t know—he come here. He the bundle o|>ened as it fell bought his interest from the, man who and the h^ht silk handkerchief float- pv^med it an’ he come here. He wantwl ed alone, and came to rest on a nail'^„ pardners—I signed. I couldn’t I in the tin- »er, where it stayed,^ . . . it_da,nn him!” i Snvvely’s feverish desire that she “What did he do to you?” ■hould not ask questions ,about the “1 don’t know—let me be, can’t you ? well, that she should not go near it. here an’ I wasn’t by myseT . . . The well haunted him; wasn’t he more—I couldn’t git him to go.” always looking toward it ^ j “You didn’t have to murder him!” Without any cut and dried i-eason- ..j bated him, I tell you! He done ing. without weighing, rejecting and ^bat all people do—1 hated him like sorting evkiente, Ruth found herself , j bate all the rest I got to be by mjr- with a clear, convincing picture of the j been alone since I was -horn, whole plot She knew, as plainly as Every man I ever knowod tried to git Wait,” cried Ruth Ann was whis- tered over to meet David, the gray ' (adf.> peri ng; the girl bent her head lower, j smoke from his pipe drifting in the “Don’t'move me—I ain’t got but a air. minute, little white girl. I jes’ want! While down in the-gulch a soft .Ari- to tell you—Mr. Snavely an’ me was tog^her long ago in Texas—he’s my zona breeze stirred to flute a harmony of peace and happiness in the cavern man—we ain’t married. We got a lit-}of whispering rock, tie girl -at Saint Mary’s convent in THE END .town, she i.s—Martha -Jackson—” i Ann rested for a moment. “Will you! I look after my little Martha ? She—uOUlGo don’t know—her folks is^^—thinks good people. Don’t tell her—no differ ent. Mr. Snavely don’t want nobody to know—but 4>een (laying fer her a [ Friends in the city of Miss Ella little—1 tol’ hiH» I’d tell if he didn’t—”' Adair and Mrs. -Ethel Weir, who were In Auto Wreck Again the whisper died away for a | in fin automobile accident near Colpm- [ moment. - jbia last Sunday night, were glad to I “Ann,” .said Ruth. “I primi^ to al- learn that they were uninjured in spite ways look after your little girl as long of the fact that Miss Adair’s car was • as she needs ine." (thrown agpinat a bank when the crash Ann sighed. jnme with a^car traveling in the oppo- I “Was that where you went, dear,(site direction. Latest Novels Including “Back To Glor>’.” and “Anthony Adver.se.” New York Times World Almanac. Office Supplies. Stationery. Popular Sheet iMusic. THE BOOK STORE “We euglit to luive m aronniL Dmi*! ymm thtok «• Dad?” dwivrli a hundred investigators had * gop^^thin’ off me. Every storekeeper •ompilvd proofs for a hundred days tried to cheait me. Every rancher tried tibnt the lettnr was a lie; that it was Saavaljr** final effort to get rid of bar. ^arry—Harry was dead. His body lay under a pile of rubbish at the bottom of tha wall . . . that was why flaavaly*a pala oyvs strayed there ao often. 6he haard tevely’s voice shouting ai«rily f< Ua buota than the thump of ha antarad the house. to fence off part of ray land—every time ;I got a ^good thing somebody tried to get it away for his own 8e*f. those times you used to go away from the ranch?” “Yes—that was it. I seen her with deal all the other girls — sometimes I could. I But she never know’d nothih’" ’bout jrae—don’t tell her no different -she the bam. Ann suddenly ran to the | thinks I was good—” rifle, snatched it up, and disappeared j Ruth was sofabiag. “I won’t.” around tha southern side Gt the housf-l ’’Then—if-^-^-you’ll kinda look after From there gully, and, stoapusf The Clinton ladies were on their return from Camden when the acci dent occurred. According to a report from the Columbia papers, the left front wheels of the Adair car and a machine driven by Said Albert, trav eling man of Columbia, collided. The Albert car overturned, Mr. Albert be ing killed instantly, while the second INSURANCE We offer expert service and protection. Agent for some of the strongest Fire Insurance Companies in America. v^-ljhu aqiall Sugarfoot — where is you. Sugar?” I occupant of his car, a young lady, was ‘ iidr' Ruth pulled the lit^e dog’s head down | unhurt. That’s all humaaa do! Their wholeway to'^the-t'faul aud hid behun a large to Ann’a cheek. T^re was a moment lives is-Just spent trying to get some thing somubody else has got!” “Well?” demanded Ruth. “When I come here there was twen- bowlder. I of silence, then a faint sigh. Snavely missed the rifle almost as he dismoipited at the hovati. He called * It was just after the fall round-up. Ann in • a fnriuus voiee. He looked David was dowa by the saddle sh^ ty thousand aerea of thM ranch an’ the | about, ran •cursing into the house and patting the finishing touches {to a rae- the nllilll nf it Tjnnt again. Seyerul tisaee he shMWgl^boestiqg_fonr wire wheel^ ^^ptr- Friends of Miss Adair and Mrs. Weir, upon heating of the accident, were delighted to know that they es caped without injury. SUBSCRIBE TO 'TOE CHRONICLE Bv^ybody Reade* REAL ESTATE Town and country prop- erty. Prices attractive. Clintmi Realty & Insurance Co. B. H. BOYD. Aitcnt SUBSCRIBE TO THis CHRONICLE ThelPaper Evi^ybbdy Reads’* r- s Don’t let tham get a ttrsneU hold. Fl^ germs quickly. 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