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The Man , i,?, From,,, I Brodnev's fcS By M BARK M'^UTCHtOiM'' Copyright, 1908, by Dodd, Me?d Co. '* - T vS ri ' > )J CHAPTER XIII. MR. BAUNDgM UAS A PLAN*. y. y IT^ISS^PlOAM-i aaa^;Vljh UVll -1'hKirq.r^ sffuuders by|tfiii tlia? 'lip A 'nrnl -Tea^trnJ thib stag? wbm Uf/ observers feel a hesitancy about twitting the parties most concerned. "Miss Pelham ^fpjjL-lever girl, much <leverer than Saunders would be if he were a girl." said Brltt. "She's found out that he e#trus u*tlBm>and tXy^jy just crazy about Loudon, although she doesu't know where Hammersmith is. That shbws discretion She's anxious to we the boats at Putney and talks like an encyclopedia .about Kew gardens. That shows diptoao^Von^.^Dders llv^lB,. Jjrjiage. OTy'tngnrer, wno^qwns a3uycry -^PpWlHlfto fHiWFTlmfm'Ypolias got iWug^ffHf ^iipiVerse I .from a n'lbeteenth gWfFP&lmWiftifay." "She's a very nice'girl." agreed' Bobby Browne. ______ "A very saucy one." added Depplngham. who had come a severe cropper in bis single utteSVBlMiVt*|KJl*r ti a mild flirtation. ppfe' g> ca^Ond J want to ask him"1 bow many difl H are left before our time Is uj^^tue i8land. npmn)(xljnnnvyi| tyy l|nij'| have legal advIc^WftmS ? wib.hoen ^ioca 0dJT <* ?' ,'pilUMUC*x? JJUI v | S$tTae'?rfi^Wi5^d t,%^e" us WtWlP to SEW*** ?< Mng. JOU KlIOW. ^..:,J,.7 ^.,. Deppingham, phlegmatic soul, was forever disturbing Saunders with calls to duty, although Saunders was brutish enough in his British way to maintain?in confidem^^.K-'oursen-tha-t he was in the employ of Lady Deppingham or -59 ope ;HJ.; .Nevertheless he always :fyTed~4in$hr t the shadow of duty. At any moment his lordship . was liable to send for him to ask the time of day or some equally important question. And this brings us to the hour when Saunders unfolded his startling solution to }ho problem that con irontea mem an. Fjrst he jroptided in ; Rritt soberly, sagely and in perfect good faith. Britt was bo wjed-overs lie stared at Saunders aud gasped. Nearly two minutes elapsed before he could iiud words to reply, which proves conclusively that it must have been something of a shock t<r him.^rWhen at last he did express himseJts however, there was nothing that could have been left unsaid?absolutely nothing. lie went so far as to call Saunders a doddering fool and a great many other things I that Saunders hatj.not^n the.least expected. ..??? . The j.Englishman - was stubborn : They had/it lim<k.and forth, from'legal j aud other- points ? f view, aud tinally j iiritt gave tuyto-tmi colleague. rescrv1ng the right to laugh when it was all over. Saunders. .with a determination that surprised even himself, called j for a conference of a 11 parties in ! Wyekholme's srrrrt>-'V>t-4 oVlocU "Now, ,what's..it ajl- about. Satin- | ders?"iTeinandect De'ppingliam, with ! a wide yawn. Saunders looked hurt. "It is high time we were discussing some way out of -our diiliculties." lie said. "IJut live weeks reuntin before our stay is over. Tito, apparent impossibility of niaH'M^'f tot ween Lady Dejy^ngUalit ^j.^ir<>wne naturally throws ^yiie'if'iyijnV^use into jeopardy. There would be no controversy, of course, if the terms of the will could be carried out in that respect. The islanders understand our position and seem secure-ft-lfldli&rtgiif.-O.Theit lnmirine that thev have us beaten on the fa^M^tifT^Kftv.nhe rhfhg'for us to do is to get married." He came to this conclusion with startling abruptness. Four of his hear- I ers stared at Uii|5*jfcH J'Jttprtv flStfutfsty mout. nArnIurt?d first' one. J . inA Mnfl ?/[? [ . ; ' j i xnrwiWKJi iw. .?v - ? - ? , :.\v?oi)o*UUm i:?Pd Brtftfr!? Brltt was grinning.1" ., &?> * - , Sr?T* . '.- ' , , ' . j' "Oh. by Jot*! exclaimed. D.eppingbam.rreOcvfd. "I see. You mean yon eontemfftate getting married. I congratulate you. You pave me quite a sTTock. Saund"? 7 "I don't njean anything of the sort, my lord." said Saunders, petting very red in the face. Miss Pelhnm looked up from her notebook quickly. He winked at her. and her ladyship saw j him do it. "I mean that it is high j time that Lady Deppingham and Mr. i ftrowne were getting married. We ! haven't much time to spare. It"? "Good Lord!" gasped Bobby Browne. "You are crazy, after all." "Open the window and give some air," said Britf coolly. "Sp" hf?re Saunders, what the. devii i la tjie matter with you?" roared Dep- j plugbain. . , My lord. I am here to act as your legal adviser," said Saunders. with dignity. "May 1 be, permitted to proceed?" . . r ... : 'Itather queer legal advice* 'pon uiy j word." Tlease- Jet him .explain." put in Mrs. ' Browne, whose sense of,.humor was strongly attracted by this time. "If j there! is any thing more'to be 'learned Pon^ttdllngrrtntritnoni' I'd like to know it" *' nf *Yes, Mr., Saunders, yoy p,ro,8a*t passing^ .a , liand over ,t^er bpwildere^ eyes. , '""Tfhank you, my lady. AYeil. tygrg V, I is in a nutshell: I ,hav<p not spoken"'of Jtri&eforo." but-, you; and; Mc?, Browne. ea n yitfy i tfflsUy, i coiWfcynW.ltbi tb<e, p r/orfsiopa w,Ui<,j. Ypu. cap./bei tnapriedi.ar .Wj.<t^ne4 lNaWi?^"-nr?i v7- ' ,4;"&nd uthere,<do^goHie;4p?,;/deu}ftDde ed Deppingham sarcasttcaUy?<.v wkj:*., "Yes. and I*' a dei Mrs. Browne. eVWfbrgefJtffe. -M* 8MIMMW lurMde'MrK->rBnritn?w ahftrtdMT Deppingham. "Are we to be aUSA's$ivej !si5W-teli(?ti,geM( j?vrs?"W| W'g!1??CTfl,,i<SH!.tFW8i dousjyi L.... ~"I hear fid'objectlbh"'from the "belrsT" rmttrkBd flkuadtrsi?ea?t^g>y, WberV?7*to<badyhA?fhe?-an4:Bbbbyj<a?e' oflt -tt?lii>:*tuf*>r xtfctfh twis*?.-' tuoH .nitpttsriri ic- burntf *u:in -fMitm ffcMiawiti: s?M % **,; ifcftitf IBB"g feet**# tan Bp*, emitter ' n iBBtb frtVWl. "You"?) >WT^-W:?by -ottering ^U9r:?#fc?t''ym? feaMbt. riMtrurj.' -jitf o' bicu'i"My plan Is very simple," -Vegtfti *<" < ' v.iiuir.r -'^Delrihic^ growled- Deppl^g-' hHtiJ.*V{,': ,>l WW f'-lv- t??t j.i?n-.::i:f;* llvtog'OH rfn:,l6lfthd' Wlttre pdl ygf i nil?'! la1! fiHS o 11 nd'" t (ftPrd fe<fl? Why; can't we^takf^di'iidtApe trf^the ('iistfoni* HH'd belli thb ttiitlvfes lit ffrelr own gattid'f Tbtit's'lhe tleket!" Of bourse thlsl'f^opbsftldn. ifrtiple hff It'soiin'ded.' brought fofr'tK a 'stortia1 of laughter and expostulation, but 'launders field'his ground.1' "Yoh have'duly to entbface Mohalrin?A/l>in(um' ai? no rro n lo ?r? /at* tvhd tot'nr It is. temporarily?Jost long enough to get married arid comply with the terms. Then", I date say; you could resume your Christian doctrine once more, after a few weeks. I'd say. and the case is won." "I pay Lady Deppintfham the coriipliment by saying that it would be most diiiicult for me to become a Christian again," said Browne smoothly, bowing to the dashed Englishwoman. "How very sweet of you!" site said, with a grimace which made Drusilla shiver with annoyance. nnrul t r\ I?t*o r*rroI hnr ni" course,'* floundered Saunders, getting rather beyond his depth. "Well, that's a concession on your part." said Mrs. Browne, a flash In her eye. ^ "I never heard of such an asinine proposition." sputtered Deppingham. Saunders went completely under at that. "On the other hand," he hastened to remark. "I'm sure it would he quite legal if you did live to"? "Stop him, for heaven's sake!" screamed Lady Agnes, bursting into uncontrollable laughter. "Stop him? Why,?" demanded her husband, suddenly seeiug what he reI gardod as a rure joke. "Let's hear him ! out. By Jove, there's more to it than 1 thought, (Jo on. Saunders." "Of course if you awgolug to l?e nasty' I about it"? began Saunders in u hull. "I can't sec anything nasty about it." j s*aid Browne. "I'll admit' that our wife and our husband iuay decide to be stubborn and unreasonable, but it j sounds rather attractive to me." "Bobert!" from his wife. "He's only yoking, Mrs. l'.rowne," vxplained; iJeppingluiui magnanimously. ! "Now. let ine understand you, Saunders. Vou say they can be married according to the customs?which. 1 take it. are tlie laws?of the islanders. Your plan provides Brow no with two Charming wives and gives tne but one. .^There's notbing to compel Mrs. Browne 'to marry; ibu."< 'rlfnc.; troy kxrd," said Saunders. :. "Idoenn't the plan give Lady Deppingham: two; lwsbunds? It's quite a fuir. [division." _ 1 MIt wrvntd main?" "Lord"Deppiugbam my ttusbamjrin-law, I imagiue." said Drusiila quaintly. "I've alwajybfd a horror ol' husba nds-in-law." "And you would be my wlfe-in-law," suppTementetrXady-Agnes. "How TB~' . teresting!''!. , . , "Saunders." said t>epplngham soberly. "1 must oppose your plan. It's quite unfair lo two Innocent and \yilnvolved parties. What have we done that we should be exempt from polygamy?" "You are not exempt!" exclaimed the harassed solicitor. "You are merely not obliged to; that's all. You can do as you choose about it. I'm sure. I'm sorry ray plan causes so much levity. It Is meant for the good of ouf cause. The will doesn't say how many wives Mr. Browne shall have. It simply says that, Agnes Ruthven shall be bis wife. lie lsn t restricted, you know. He can be a polygamlst If he likes." "You're right." said Brltt. "The will doesn't specify. But. my dear Saunders! you are overlooking youf own I client in this plan." "1 don't quite understand. Mr. Brltt," !. "As-1 understand the 'laws, pn this Island?the church laws, at least?a | man can have as many wives as he | likes.' Well.-tbat'sr fill very tfell for Sit. Rtowne Brit Isn't It also a fact that a woman can* hiVe no- rriorie thau ! one .bushapd^Lady^depplngbaip has | ogehustyahd.. Sb<t can't t3j?e, another without first gettl'njj rtfl of 'tljls y'rie." .. "Saunders." aald DeppIngli.Vm. n'rls|pg ao4;UgfeUng. * f *Jga feitc* i"7?u jMMre.&oOfe.-tfletiQ drtft?.J:i.*pp;A'6 lomw jwttb JpjW oYou'v^.gpttmKflage on the brain. I'd advise you to take sftiye one for It." * ? V??De you th?t< f<W*' rile. iCfcrd iDdppingWrm f Jfrtes-'Peffinni hrfftrty^'Fte iriat^d' IrPtJliabiiniT' rtfgn rtnturhed' fieP vtoteb6ok"biK!the'i,tal9t* "You can. josh Mr. Saunders, " hfr-ytfi i can't Josh me.* I'di sfck of this Jpb. 6^t sotlfebody%lse *78 (fci'^yotfr V<5rk after thla^'fVlthfMft.3:; -"Oh!" exclaimed every one.- 1n -a panil,J?rs*?l nebl:iy:f?lianm?Ys to paclfv the niffled stenographer. 4wn.ii dealy insplfii!^** * ?! at "Art tri.ei'^'Arfftat' wodid *t>e ietflri# rfd' !<W 'f,4rii tfred." ri^fjWri^liaiii' Jfridflerifrv She ^awried 'arid'ffttWfirid her rirrii^: 441tys''be&n'Vfcj^eritertilH1Injt. Snutttftfrs.' hut',Y,eA?lyr I tfrfri'k" w^'ft bribtef tir^sri for4 di Wrier. Cbirf'e. Sir. fitowYre. ,l,Shall,;Wlo6k for the 'prttfh'eskV ' "VClth 'pleasiire. If 'ydtrtl 'p'rotrlise to spfire' Deppfhsrhnm's'llf'e." 1 1 : "On condition fh.1t you wifl spare Depplh'phnm's wife" very prettily and alrily.J Mrs. Browne Implied with amazinp pood prarp. hut there was a new expression In her pres. "Youf ladyship." called Sntfhders desperately. "do you approve of my nl'in' Tt'o rvnlv n snhterfufre"? ' "Heartily!" she oxHaimed. with one of her rateftt lanphs. "T1 e only objection that I can see to it Is that it leaves out my husband and Mrs. Browne. They are very nice people. Saunders, and you should lie more considerate of tlieni. Come. Mr. Browne." She took the American's arm and payly danced from the room Lord Deppinpham's eyes plowed with pride in his oharmlnp wife as he followed with the heartsick I'rusilla. "I would have won them over'if Britt had not Interfered." almost ^^ illlill: "y<i . (Uncvm yatity icured hct. lamakcrdtiiCl.[ walled little Sit*.' Saunders.'''his' eye?' glnfced with unWtlficWtiou. " n "I'm getting1 to huce-'tbut ttA,M|ilUd .Miss- Pelliatn TOya 11#And1 'tlie-otte1' / I BIG LAND We have for Immediate sale the f< Magnificent Plantation of 1721 Acres* att Red, chocolate and gray land. Very each; three barns, 30x60 feet; twent each; store, gin house, equipped wit! nearly new; all good condition. Thi carry 90 farms. Plenty of labor. Eleven hundred acres cleared; 1,000 ci One million feet fine saw timber; m Three bold streams; no swamps; higt In well developed section, settled for roads; good neighbors. In triangle between three railroads; s of town of 1,500 ; ten of another of ] This property must be sold at once. year to purchaser, or sell with smal year. Good terms of payment This Is a splendid Investment for rent dividing Into small farms. Forty miles south of Augusta, in Jefft r. automobile roads or railroads. Cor An adjoining place of 1,000 acres sold .? able 50 bales a year for 10 years. ... A big Chesterfield farmer bought plaot Inst December, and i$ greatly pie ; Louisiana, Ajabama, rioriaa ana .sow f&rflaing-.on, and saysthp section we ca found. H-w >, *..> >..);' WE ALSO HA YE; A irate, of 512 acred :acaes, aUrtbreei,adjoining-, io.tfcreg m Also 347 gores (adjoining last three, ... Ing In, large;grove, with bams,?tc., a adjoin two/pf^tbese planes.;. .Rent.V L-iii. n>!'i ' {;.> >i: |' AugustaRealEj L?rit df jit ii:i?? f:';.} irtfc to *.-<) ^<808 BB^AB STREE .jJ'av sa) !; sill ;?o t sd) ol r. \gm xiiiL' 3a'' ~TTT*J-. V.? til | in iWli fr nfii .?i i Umim n<li turn in mi iiii r<]h i-iU;* irt: bvuin Ji jr?i?w " rah t/rbfif ugiv^-iBe, a f?&i!;,rfPoo/t, ; mind Ueaajyomwyw.-deem"/ tolit 30m ,! i<a*ij.;ftepftittgbaintai>i??i?wnn ease* 1 ?peatvOjei.painfftftft.flDitie .Mejpnstedl#, ! &tot, waa?iQ. tfeempfitr, ggMfmilefmiaf i against the staaftuiratiiran<*ij8iFii? ateadUff.d tkrmutou** Jtfdgtotm/M ' the djir*ctioij,ipf!^bpa&owAriQjmi <1*1)1 WMclHid IWhaBniimWt ^sowrrg smU^d^agcu^ A* hefr nip* posed aloofness*frptn,tb^;.wopld-vThe^ snddeply ffiOH?^ by a ,ptrange, impulse, she gently waved-.her, hapdkerebiefj.as Ki ln greetipg, to^npecflne* fay tbe gloamlpg. /Ebe.APtion ^as a.-wja-. ohievoue one, np and it had jits pQn?equence?K-rathe?, pudden and star* tliag, IX. the observers were tp Judge by her subsequent movements. She Inmarori th? ,r|n?jn instnnt-lv ThPr?.TraH rw(?,uivu ?,uv - T7-- v. ! a quick catch iu; her breath, as if a laugh bad been .checked; confusion swept over her, and she drew -back into- the shadows as a guilty child | might 1:have done. They, -distinctly j heard her murmur a?, she crossed the flags and disappeared through the French window without seeing them: "Oh, dear, what a crazy thing to do.'" Genevra. peering through the glasses, had discovered the figure of Chase on the bungalow porch. She was amused to fiud that be, from his distant post, was also regarding the chateau through a pair of glasses. A spirit of adventure, risk, mischief, as uncontrolled as breath itself, impelled her to flaunt her handkerchief. That treacherous spirit deserted her most shamelessly when her startled eyes saw that he was waving a response. She lay awake for a long time that night won- { ^r' ktaJp$ BEWARE OF SUI THAT MAY PR YOU CAN SOO MOST DANGE I ^DRm-K I NEW DIS THE MOST INFALI COUGHS AND C WHO AND ONLY RELIAE THROAT Al ' vV-^WiiE 50 c ; SOLD ANOi.Qui <'Sold by Ladd's Drug Store* Warn ; I BARGAIN Blowing: per Acre. Practically level, productive. Two dwellings, 6 rooms y-four tenant bouses, 2 to 4 ooms i suction outfit Most of buildings rty plows running; 25 families. Can ultlvated; 200 acres orlgina1 forest, uch fresh oak and hickory land, i, dry, healthful section. 75 years. Good automobile public ix miles of town of 2,500; ten miles 1,000; eleven of another of 1,500. Will pay $3,500 rent for balance of 1 payment down, possession end 'of Jpg or propping. Also Ideal /or sag-1 ;rson county, Georgia. Reached by ne and let us take you to it' ' in 1909 for 500 bales Of cotton, pay ; -) /'! 1,100 acres from us in 5 miles of this ' ased.- He had searched ih Texas, h Georgia for land to do big cotton'* irried him to was thfe befst be" bad r !> ! ; v. r *. ' 1 i; one of 2tto aires, arid one of 18#' ilea'bf the Iaree trail* at srime tjface." with large two^etory 8i*Jr6dtii dVwi-: 4 $26 "frer"acre.'School add cTitir& HI W pWd for this year''; '> *? >fii ,tf -.v.* .:ix.->iri 'i-.i.-.-iij' )>>ti eaoii? >. i)it".?" vrir,f7'? ail?i jfggrg itateCorafta^ ?*n 5Sw5?i 55B55S 3B S5Z OBB8 RvHtft W. ? dflfi<Fth**?W,deSred!SB^ '*? * ^^j^^dsu^HJ .tDd WHiiriWl gjwaa , ft r.i; V'li.r i. ff)iTTl^ .TOftt# 10 A g t<ot l^f!^ J wa?fcCTifi | fctilb' it &?/ eiid oT'.th' ra'ptjg? sw"tlte fl afrd sHruifkfe'n,lt?5wV? b$* 1 is djseased, . and, refjp.lteat),prompt M treatmeht if its lbss would'&g aypj^e.d, it the bulb is pirijc and.fijiJi the' bajx i'g healthy.11 . " "', LLr . Vi 'V vV^'?V1>if? - ?!? ue want every one wljoge .h^ir TOr rfuires treatment to' try , Rexafl. ",9$* B Hair Tonic. We "promise that'lit shall riot cost anything (if. it doeg not give B satisfactory results. It is designed, to fl Overcome dandruff, relieve scalp irri- B taition, to stimulate hair roots, tighten the hair already in the' head, grow hair and cure baldness. . r",. \ It is because of what Rexall "93^* Hair Tonic has done and our. sincere faith in its goodness that we want you to try it at our risk. Two si7.es, 50c and $1.00. Sold only at our store ?The Rexall Store. Ladd's Drug Sto: e. Some men are born good, but more ' are made good by their wives.?Farm Journal. ^ I I^B I dden attacks OVE DEADLY. i N REPEL THE A rous with m SNG'S J COVERY M c 01 ' i ifil f niire for OLDS OPING COUGH HE REMEDY FOR ND LUNGS i I MMNTK& BY oakaket ^ 85toT55w5^55^^^^H a v: