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/■ ': J L ’ THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3i, 1935 Sn chronicle, CLINTbk s. c. “/1 PAG] N’ / r “Where did it come from? How dio Maddo}c—?” “I’ve figured thkrout, too. Mr. Dur ham must have had it in his pocket when Maddox found hitp. 'that would explain everything—dKxw he /na'de your aunt do just what he wahl^ and wh^ Ol\'U' • -(. )'i'A. PAYS YOU BIG DIVIDCHDS ••ch) by a tery-taliar. ftm FINAL INSTALLMENT clear. she didn’t ^are to fire fiiniif’ ‘ “That’s why she said r<d Kave ^to marry him! That’s why—X)h, Ben!” {iBetty rose suddenly and clutched Fur- jiong. “I knew she was a mean, .^clfi.sh jjold thing, but I never ^thought she was so-^wicked./This oil is a cur.se to^)o6r jpeople. I hate it!” I “Why, Betty!” Furlong^ exclaimed. |“Y^’re the wicked one to quarrel-^” What -happened next the observersi “She’s the only kin I’ve got'lejft and Til Mechanically Ben made an effort to Furlong dashed past the speaker and j were never able to agree upon, but thejj t^ied my best to love her. But she ^e, but could not manage it. emerged from the shelter of the'bushes i world dissolved into an inferno of, greedy for quick money that in time to see Maddox gingerly swing [smoke and flame and the” suddenn^^'notjjinjr mattered. Maddox, manage lust have ^ hit on' my head,’ mumbled thickly, and raised groping ^ long,^cylindncal tm over the well fingeS^. Then he sat up. He knew,*"^'^^^ DOW that he had not fallen into a pit. ^ new mamlla rope had been run “Where are they? WTiat’s-hap-^ pened? . too! Ij of it rocked the sk>v._ up heaved thei^^ade beasts of them, j almost wish earth. The two came together with a ^^ver heard of oil.” After a mo- Mtaclysmic roar. Furlong and Betty the speaker continue! with this, he lowered the charge. Betty was^obbing wildly; her hair, yelled at him; he waved his hung in a cascade about her shoulders; Maddox glanced over his shoul- she was clad obJy in her nightdress, then let the line slid^smoothly and it w’as soake^with the water she hands. / had poured over Ben to revive him. 1 “Take my tip an’ don’t go too close,” Be.side the open dW to the hall lay!the engineer shouted. “He ain’t no Durham were to.ssed- headlong, flung dowp like straws. When they scramb led to their feet, dazed, shaken, terri fied, it I was to find themselves en- more quietly: “I lied to yoir last night, was Tiller who came «here.” Furlong’s body stiffened, he breath veloped in a mighty dust cloud. The j^ ri^hiy.foot tower of heavy timberaI,eo. W hy .l,Jn t you tell me?" was gone; in an in.stant it had utter-! AV hat s more, she knew he Was ly a Fry Your Homo 'Fown I'irst Prosootovl hx gone; in an m.stant it had utter-; ••= mv-it., .-mu- iviirv> uo vanished. YVhere it liad stood was|<'o»'iP>F'niey arrangt^d it. She as gtnid shallow, smoking crater. Splint-sent him! That s how he got the m % \ • 11* i* ..A ! IritAKnn ** the wreck of a chair;''two of its legs powder man an’ that wel^s makin’I^^'^j-pYanUing. debris of every'sort, j kitchen kej- gas, utes.’ She blows off exery few.mm- j^^j.^ scatteivd far and wide; jiarticlesl ^ This announcement the man greeted 'of earth and giwvel were raining froml xvith tlie growl of an animal. Heliegan the heaveqs with the sound of a heavy j to pace about the room; his flace l)ad hailstorm; nothing in the neighbor-1grown black and threatening; his fin gers were working as he stonived: were splintered, broken off; Ben real ized more clearly now what it was th»t had crashed down upon his head, j Betty seconded this warning in fran- With an .effort he scrambled dizzily j tic tones of appeal ! ‘Let him go, Ben. U hi* feet. Water was trickKng into,He knows what ho’i^oing. You’ve got!hood of the.well remained excepOhe hiR eyes and blinding him; he brushed no right .stopping him. You'll just!toiler and-engine, and the former lay it away, then di.scovered, to his Ig^reat make trouble—” !' j upon its side. Even the bu.she3 had suiprise, that it was not water atxall, ^ business,” the lat- been whipped out, uprooted .shaved but blood; his own bloody His he^n^j. agreed, impatiently, “but there’sjoff as by a sweeping .scythe, dtd^ something crooked—’” He ceased jhat afternoon Furlong’s friend, the reWd to olli? ^ ^ kmb spiking; then he .seizcnl Betty and ^engineer, came over to the farmhouse ivy K rr • her around with the sharp ^ith a considerable bundle in his arms. Betty s voice came to him as if from vnmniAnd “Run' T-ot ha<«k»’’ .. . . a long distance; she was telling himi ,p, ’ :■ , . j .[ “Ho^^’.s Betty? he inquire<l. something, trying to makv him uudvr-1 They were st,II perha,M a hundred; ..she’s all right, but pretty well stand that they were alone in V™ ‘h-’/'-". F-irlonKSibruised, of eourse." , house and that their assailant hid '"'“‘“TV';'' ')«'! V*; ! “'Veil. I guess there’s nipthin’ mom Fhe (Ihaniber of (Commerce “Wait! Wait till she getsVback >nived: retsVj: here!”' “You can’t lay your hand.s on a wo- • > V, ' q;ian— “Can’t I?' - he breathed. WAN T S EGGS HIGH Feed Spartan Laying Mash RADIOS checked free. Tubes, Parts, |* . . mi u a h .\erial3. Radio Repairing a Special-! will have eggs to sell. C. W. S. Guano Co. Repairing a Special ty. Guaranteed Service. Phone 36. Radio Exchange. . tf HUNDREDS are taking advantage the low prices at Ellison’s Re organization Sale. Buy now — and .■<a\'e, . , • - Itc fled. When this became plain to Fur- c&n do, so we’re'goin’_in to 1 1 4 J _ iThat ropexrom which was susp long, he sat down. It was some time before the succeeded in stanching that flow until Mrs. rope Trom which was suspended town.” .^jjthe heavy ^arge of liquid death no| “Rjjfht: I’ll stay here **^j loiigerhuhgv€Ttically, it no longer ran j Durham gets hack.” blood wound, for she W, iw.reely inlPT J*'* ‘‘•'V''*;' “Here’s all of ’Tiller’s stuff, that we eondition to render help to anyl^y.l'"’'.”'"',7" '*"“« '""T By the time her Usk was completed' Ben had managed to get a pretty clear | " Maddox himself whs alive to 'what FOR RE,NT—Upstairs apartment, 3 ■rooms, bath and kitchenette. Mrs. V. Martin, phone ‘273-.I. — tfc idea of what had happened. She had been awakened .by a sound and had realized that somebody was in her room; she had uttered a frightened challenge, only to feel groping hands upon.her, to find herself in the grasp of 'some unseen person. She retained no very clear recollection of anything after that; the rest was a hideous nightmare. Not until the ’ miscreant had bolted out of the house and she had finally managed somehow to strike a light was he made aware of the reason for his flight. Then she I reckon yoq better look had happened. That which he most greatly feared had comeVpon him, and he also turned to flee. ~^ut the plat form was slippery or else he tripped over the rope and fell. The others heard his cry of terror. He quicklyibe regained his feet, but .to Furlong^it-hu seemed as if his movements thereafter were maddeningly slow and deJibeTate. The engineer’s apprehepsfons been well grounded. Onc^ again had been relea.sed fi^down in th earth, and ^w, like breath forced had stumWed over Ben and realiz^i^*^"^ lungsjpKome tortured giant, peHing 1 that it was his voice she had heaid I calling to her, that it was the sound cartridge of, nitroglycerine ahead of ymg: -of his coming that had interrupted the attack. His plight had done a good deal to bring her -back to herself, but now she threatened to again abandpiF her self-control. ^ Furlong checked this by ^Betty Durham!’ You!ve on but your nightie!” ' Tt was some time l^r when the girl emerged from her,r6om, dressed after a fashion, to find”her deliverer waiting in the kitch^ with a scowl upon his face. » gun ?” he inquired, “Yoqv^t haraMy. ‘1^0, Bon, Why?” “I’m going to kill Maddox.” For a moment Betty stared at the speaker; with shaking fingers »he plucked at her dress; It was'in a thin, ^ .Yi?!?®. “It wasn’t Maddox.” “How do you know?” “Oh, I know! It Wasn’t Maddox.” “Are ydu sure?” ’The girl nodded, and Ben bowed his throbbing head in his hands.' “I’m glad," he groaned. “Providence certainly brought me back. It wouldn’t happen that way once in a thousand times. Whoever it was. I’ll find him.” Both /the man and the girl were in wretched condition. ’The rest of the mght' they sat together, watching the clock and listening for a i>ossible re- , turn of the marauder, waiting for the day to break. ' It was shortly after they liad finish ^ed breakfast that Furlong was sun- prised to discover signs of activity, noovements, goings-on at the well which, catued him to stare fixedly, then to announce incredulously; ‘*Say! I believe Maddox is fixing to shodt the well!” « — Betty took her place at his side. “Why—he can't! He dasseht! ’The powder men won’t be here till to-mor- it as a.iiea is propelled out of a pea- shoot^. It was a phenomenon by qo means uhusual in a well as unstable m its balance of forces as this one. In fact, under like conditions none but a madman would "have dared to risk Maddox’s maneuver. | The latter had not put fifty feet be^ hind_him when up out of the well mouth shot the gleaihing tin cylinder. Directly above and in its path hung the massive forty-fobt steel Sit sus pended from its wire cable. could find, after it.” “Anything besidesdothes ?” “Not much. A few letters an’ things we fouhd in his bunk. Mix' Durham capiteep ’em in case he’s got relatives. There’s one suit of clothes that wbuld fit me. use to throw ’eqr away. Say! It’s funny how scared was of powder. It musta been a hunch.” Shortly after the engineer had left, Ben came to'Betty with a queer light in his eyes. In h& hand'he held a soiled sheet of fool.scap paper. . 1 “Feel strong enough to stand anoth er •explosion?”, he inquired with art effort to suppress his agitatloh. “Well, the queerest thing—! This farm does; not Wlong to your Aunt Mary, after all; it belongs to you!” The girl gasped; she voiceil some breathless query, but Ben ran on: “Your dncle Joe left it to ybu[[ just as he promised. He left everything to you, except a thousand dollars to her. This ia his will and Ma^ldox had it. I guess it’s a good •will, even thoufrh your uncle wrote It himself. Anyhow 1 Us' wit nessed by two people—Maddox and another. FVom the date I figure it must have been signed just a day or so before he was killed.” Betty shook her head; a njoinent, then a new expression slowly, crept into her eyes; her chin s<*t itself firm ly. “No!” she declared. ‘‘But you can lay ’em on her trunk and drag it out here where I can pack it.” “I sui-e can,” Ben agrtn-d. “And'MAN WANTED for Rawleigh route what’s more, \yhen you get it I'ackoxl* of 800 families. Gooxl profits for I can lug it out to the gate where it hustler. We train and help you. Write will be nice ami. handy for her.” As-today. Rawleigh Co., Dept. SCJ-27- he finished speaking his frown disap-jSA2, Richmond, Va. ll-77-5p peared; it wa.s replaced by a grin andi : — he said: “Say, Betty! ^Tiat d'you FOR SALBBeardle.ss Barley, Ful- think? I’m going to marry an heiress,' grum Oats and Wheat. Apply to Phone 62 after aH,” THE END Mrs. George Brown, R.F.D. No. 3, Clinton, S, C. Ip M«i7 • Friend Rccommendi BLACK-DRAUGHT People who have taken Black- Draiq^t naturally are enthusiastic about it because of the refreshing ^Ilef it has brought them. No won der they urge others to try it! ... Mrs. Joe Q. Roberts, of PortersvUle, Ala., writes: “A friend recommended Black-Draught to me a long time kco, and It.haa proved Its worth to me. Black-Draufht le food (or conitlpatlon. I- (tnd that taking Black-Draught prevent* the hllloua haadachaa which I uaed to ... A purely vegetabla mcdlcin* ter relief of CONSTIPATION. BILIOUSNESS RELIABLE MAN WANTED to call on farmers in Laurens county. Make up to $12 a day. No experience or cap ital neede<l. Write McNess Co., Dept. T, Freeport, Illinois. ' Ips FOR SALE—Ijettuce plants, 5c per dozen, 25c per 100. Orphanage Phlegar Farm, phone 273-,!. Ic TT' FOR SALE—Lots of pretty chryean-j themums, all coloT!C^r{i. R. J. Mc-j Crary, phone 360-W. .. Itc lOM **dowii east** to 'farSest west,’* motor* ists are never out of touch with iStna service. Onr 25,000 iCtna agents cover the country. Their job is to stand by i€tna policy holders in every emer* gency. For acarefrec vaca* tion trip—~ ~ HUNDREDS are taking advantage of th« low prices at Ellison’s Re organization Sale. Buy now — and save. Itc 666 Liquid -xTablets Salve - Nose Drops check.s COLDS and FEVER first day HEADACHES in .’10 minutes i^TNA-IZE NOTICE* TO FARMEJl.S —See us for Cole Grain Drills and Repairs. Seed Oats, Wheat, Rye and Barley. J. I. Copeland & Bro., Ilartlware. ItcW FOR RENT -7- Downstairs apartment, I -fuimished or unfurnished, with pri- (Vate bath. Mrs. Sarah Bell Davidson, ' phone 354. Itc S. W. SUMEREL Aetna*izer Next Door to Western Union Phone 80 row. I “All the same, he’s doing something queer. See those cans—those shiny things?” “You couldn’t hire Tiller to touch nitroglycerine. He’s scared of it—?' Ben uttered an oath. “I tell you he’s filling those cartridgee. He’s crazy! You’ve got to stop hhn!” Betty turned white; she shook her head. “I won’t go near the place. It^s —it’s Aunt Mary’s well.” “Thefc ni stop hinai WhY, it’s ten to one he’ll sear the rock, ruin the whole ijob and—Damned if I <io|D’t be lieve he’s trying to do that veiy thing!” . Foriong startad for the door," but Betty clung to, him. Wb» he pushed on past her she f-iHlowed him. To gether they hurried across the field and took the path through the mes- qnite. As ^y went tbs' girl contin- to implore him $K>t*to interfere. Halfway to the dicing camp they met the^ engineer hastening towards Urn faUbhouae, and the latter an- noonoed, breath]easly; *^lleiYs gone p^DDob cdCf Ua ttutl He*a goin* to ahoot Urn w«a himself. IKW IWirTW AWD gTHL OUIITMI ia»» 111—t. haBeJTaMw lar ah mw Duawm-aTna. wmss** V*?* OlOIIIKi 8 - cylinder nDooduiMS, pldc-up and power widi proptd VS economy. $ 510 JSDUP, r. 0. B. 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