Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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1/^ Norm ey?d the great man doubtfully. la the gentleman to you?" " I -else was intefrogafed. / ^^^ beolutely nothing," contemptu t^|^iv'^be minister Inspected his rings. / "He has annoyed mo at various / M;' i-tlmes," continued Nora; "that Is all. And his actions on Friday nlrht warIt' Tsnt every suspicion I have enterSsL ^*'ned ftSminBt him." - The chief of police turned toward / 3 t*16 bandaged chauffeur. "You recog- J I I nlze the gentleman?" I W "No, monsieur, 1 never saw him be- ' I^J^fore. It was an old man who engaged t\ V--~ \ "He saia inai maaemoisene h oia i Fi V^Jtttcher was very inland asked fox aavjrSlsistance. I left mademoiselle at the .^jhouse and drove away. I was hired 'ij* -'from the garage. That is the truth, ^ mf ^^' **ora Bulled disbellevingly. Doubtj?. lese he had been paid well for that > "And yon?" asked the chief of No mSf ts'b chauffeur. ^ r . {"He is certainly the gentleman, moni alenr, who attempted to bribe me." CT'jjKi /** 1b true," said Courtlandt with | calmness. w ' ^fedemoiselle. If Mousieur Court4M landtNwghed, he coul0 accuse you of B m attempting to shoot him." 7 Mr "It waB Ttn accident. His eudden ap'A' pearance i? my apartment frightened me. Besides, I believe a woman who ?v^:V. lives coitaparVtlvely alone has a legal ? : nuu mural i i^ul iv uicti uciocu | WrfJ% from such unwarrantable intrusions. flP-: I him no physical injury, but I determined to be annoyed by him ?' - - ; no longer." J8b?J? The minister's eyes sought Courtlandt'e face obliquely. Stragc young wSgt-A " .'man, he thought. From tht exprcs|. sion of his face he mi^ht have been a Bp.. spectator rather than the person most ( Titally concerned in this little scene. And what a pair they made! "Monsieur Courtlaisdt, you will give Y' your word of hot or not to annoy ) xaBtemoiselle again?" Vi. 7 "Kij)romise never to annoy her f /w For th?-briefest moment the blazing A-Jblue eyes clashed with the calm brown f ^ /r Jones. The latter were first to deviate ' I \ . 7from y \ney It was not agreeable kf % j J to lo%ose w/a pair of eyes buying VL I this h ot one's self. PerfHfeji V th!r~" pi Ahtlon was intensified by* thCU.4bT,' **5. Kaze" M ohiy there to ?ut! ^ShewaT^fl^Wrathfuf to iiuuoj toe quicsemng throb of the veins on his temples. niF/ "Mademoiselle, I\ find no case W / against Monsieur Courtlandt, unless f ft / you wish to appear against him for his , I - Jfpfaible entrance to your apartment." /' shoolt her head. The chief of ) _ fipOlico Bti-oked his mustache to hide fleethng smile. A peculiar case, the like of which had never before come under hie scrutiny! "Circum fPJr / stantial evidence, we know, points to him; but we have also an alibi which ^ft' is' incontestable. We must look elsepj^l where for your abductors. Think; I have you not some enemy? Is there I no one who might wish you _worry B and inconvenience? Are your"" assoI elates all loyal to ^ou? Is there any I Jealousy?" / I . "No, none at all, monsieur," quickly and decidedly. I "In my opinion, then, the whole af . fair ! a hoax, perpetrated to vex and ft . r annoy you. Th^; old man who emA jf- ployed the chauffeur may not have r been old. Ji.hsrVe looked upon all sides V Uv or thtyedHiir, and it begins to look like K. I* * practical joke, mademoiselle." L^ . /V*Ah!" angrily. "And am I to have no H. Aredress? Think of the misery I have gone through, the suspense! My voice js gone. I shall not be able to sing f ~3?i / again for months. Is it your suggee- 1 I l|jk- ' tion that I drop the investigation ?" "Yes, mademoiselle, for it does not |HkM:. look as if we could get anywhere with It If you insist I will hold Monsieur I 1 Courtlandt; but I warn you the maglsH m\ trate would not hesitate to dismiss : the caee instantly. Monsieur Court;V* landt arrived in Marseilles Thursday ( morning; he reached Paris Friday morning. Since arriving in Paris he has fully accounted for his time. It la impossible that he could have ar H7: < ranged for the abduction. Still, if you say, I can hold him for entering your i^H. apartment" f | "That would be but a farce." Nora ^ j rose. "Monsieur, permit mo to wish ^ 1 you good day. For my part, I shall pursue this matter to the end. I bellare this gentleman guilty, and I shall do my best to prove it. I am a \ -woman, and all alone. When a man has powerful friends, it is not difficult , A \ to build an alibi." | "That is a reflection upon my word, mademoiselle," quietly Interposed the minister. "Monsieur has been imposed upon,"1 V Nora walked to the door. "Walt a moment, mademoiselle," r Mid the prefect. "Why do yon insist upon prosecuting him for something of WfelckiULbL guUUees. wfcCP 70ft QOOid ft hare htm held for aotaMhlng of which he is really guilty?" . . [ "The one Is trivial; the other Is a serious outrage. Good morning." The I attendant closed the door behind her. 1 "A very determined young woman," mused the chief of police. "Exceedingly," agreed the minister. Courtlandt got up wearily. But the chief motioned him to be reseated. "I do not say that I dare not pursue my investigations; but now that mademoiselle is safely returned, I prefer not to." SV.tr. .A/.il/.nt ??? ma/ i UQA wiiu luauu iaia tc^ucou asked Courtlandt. "Request? Yes, monsieur, it was a j request not to proceed further." "From where?" ' i "As to that, you will have to consult the head of the state. I am not at liberty to make the disclosure." I The minister leaned forward eager- ( ly. "Then there is a political side to it?" , "There would, be if everything had not turned out eo fortunately." ( "I believe I understand now," said Courtlandt, ' his face hardening. Strange, he had not thought of it before. His skepticism had blinded him to all but one angle. "Your advice to drop the matter is excellent." The chief of police elevated his brows interrogatively. "For I presume," continued Courtlandt, rising, "that mademoiselle's abductor is by this time Bafely across the frontier." To be continued. DON'T MISTAKE THE I'ATSE Many Cheraw People Have Kidney Trouble And I)o Not Know It. Do you have backache? Are you tired and worn out? Feel dizzy, nervous and depressed? Are the kidny secretions irrigular? Highly colored; contain sediment? Dikeiy your kidneys are at fault. Weak kidneys Rive warning of diB' tress. need the warning; don't delay? Use a tested kidney remedy. Read this Darlington testimony. Mrs. J. Q. James, E. Broad St, Darlington, S. C., says: "For a long time I suffered from severe backaches, symptoms of kidney complaints. 1 used two boxes of Doan's Kidney Puis as directed and they not only relieved theaohes ancT pains, ln:t retn? ved the trcuble with the kidney secretions." The above is not an isolated case, ^trs. James Is only one of many in nyiYiclnity ait have gratefully endcHto^DqanVj If your ba t aches I ask fbi a kidnev remedy - asK nTMuiCtly for Doan's Kidnev Pills, ihe same that Mrs. James had. r?Oe. nil. stores. Foster-Milburn Co., Props.. dneqeaseo?LokindBuffalo, X. Y. Buffalo, N. Y. No. 6, ?Advertiseent. How the Dutch Eat. A Dutch meal is always reminiscent VI U f)14 VI V?I| U.->. w I | UL UIUIUC1 j deals out all round the table, and when J that tirst hand is played out she deals , afresh, and so on until the dish is ' empty. 'There is no promiscuous serving. as with us. and the quick feeder (if such a person could exist in leisurely Ilollaudi reaps no advantage, if meals are to be likened to games of raids. orr meals in Dutch eyes miist look like games of "grab."?IjoiuIou Queen. Cause and Effect. "Sn roil >liv> not w-n rtiriu.vrl flint I nr.. I?ose to yon!" exclaimed Baron Fucasb gushfully. "AU. how wonderful is wo tuuu'A Intuition:" "Intuition has nothing to do with the matter." replied the heiress, "i read in yesterday's paper that your creditors had held another meeting."? Washington Star. Malaria. It has been definitely proved that the disease known us "malaria" is caused by the bite of the mosquito of tbe genus called Anopheles claviger. The destruction of the mosquito, therefore. carries along with it tbe destruction of malaria. There is not much doubt that sooner or luter science will Die upon tne ways and means of completely exterminating the pestiferous insect which is responsible for so much loss to humanity.?New York American. Unquestionably the greatest need of the American city today is a hospital service which will not be beyond the mean" of the average citizen who de. dines to be an object of charity and who cannot pay the unreasonable cunrKes [Dai are now imposed for private treatment and accommodations. GIVE IT NOW. Have you any cheering greeting? Tell it out today. \ While ] ou wait the friend* and I ' message ' May have gone away. , \ KE3E?3X&$3&S3tt32CE53? ?) UNCLE'S QUEER WILL: - bi tl Young Legatees Discovered That He Was Not So Very ,? Harrl Hoarfprf " in BY J. ty. PRICE. ei ei Lucy and I loosed at each other b. when the lawyer came to that clause b. In Uncle Jabez's will. We did not look straight but out of the corners h] of our eyes. At least, I saw that Lucy was looking at me, and so I tr infer that she saw that I was look- hi ing at her. Then we each stared hard at the wall-paper. ti "To my nephew, Arthur Bowen, the c] Bum of fourteen thousand dollars and my property on Madison avenue, con- ei Bisting of the apartment house known I as 'The Maple Vine,' on condition that n he shall not marry the said Lucy si Stokes within a period' of twenty T years, the said property and capital o: to be held in trust for him during that r< period and the interest paid to him h quarterly," the ferocious old fellow d had written. '"And to my niece, Lucy Stokes, the sum of thirty thousand a dollars, to be held in trust for her for b iweniy years lorowing my ueaiu, anu a the interest to be paid to the said ii Lucy Stokes quarterly, contingent fj upon her not marrying the said Ar g thur Bowen. And should the aforesaid legatees marry during that period y the capital and property aforementioned shall revert to the person " whose name is in the possession of d my lawyer, Mr. Griffls Coleworth." It did not run exactly in that way, but that was the sum and substance o of it. And the point was that Lrcy and I had never wanted to marry s each other. b "I congratulate you both heartily," a said Mr. Coleworth, when he had finished reading the will. He shook u hands with us. "I presume that the g v I a "Horrlblel" I Agreed. ^ contingency is not likely to press unduly hard upon either of you," he in- 1 quired blandly. . * "No, indeed no," said Lucy haughtily. "I assure you that Mr. Bowen and I have always felt quite an aversion toward each other." a "Ye-es, indeed." I stammered. "The thought of a, union has never entered our minds at all." a "Quite so?quite so," said Mr. Cole- ^ worth, rubbing his hands. And Lucy *turned away and began talking to Mr. Jabez Stokes's housekeeper, who, k attired in deenest mournine. war contentedly meditating upon her own ample legacy of fifteen thousand dol- ' ]%TB. , As I have said, I had never given a thought to Lucy. My revered uncle ?our revered uncle?had been a suspicious old man, and what Is popularly Known as a "killjoy." If he thought he had done us an 111 turn he was grossly self-deceived. ' And ! yet?well, I had never noticed it be-1 fore, strangely enough, but the way Lucy turned her head away was quite fascinating. Her dress became her remarkably, and she was?yes, positively pretty. If only Uncle Jabez had made our marriage conditional uyiiu uur luiieriuug toe iHgacy, wnai would?what would Lucy hay? done? She answered that very question. "Aren't you glad. Arthur, that 1t wasn't the other way round?" she asked. "Suppose he had insisted" upon our being married?why, that would hare been dreadful, would't it?" "Horrible!" I agreed. "And poor Mr. Richardson would bare been Just crasy," said Lucy. "Not that that would hare made any difference, though. I mean so far as we are concerned." J s V / / / r Mr. Richardson! Why* he had bMB ^Dging round Lucy for Ave years at J &8t Then she mnst hare been te> e^tly engaged to him! Her furtlvessi? in not telling me aroused the ttfcrest anger in me. I am afraid tat did not part good friends. It must have been three months ter, ubout the time when I received te first quarterly installment, that I rad tup account of Mr. Richardson's larriagft to Miss Bunting. Oddly lough, ) experienced a sudden lightning of\my emotions. aB though I ad been\ relieved of some dreadful urden. Ana then I understood. Allough I had not been aware of it I ad actually UeeA JerKiis of Mr. Richrdson! Yell Lucy and T were i??t?rly ' icompatioie \ in temperament, as we . ad agreed a .thousand times. We ran across each other at Atlan-1 c City that summer and stopped to bat. " \ "Dear old UnCle Jabez!" said Lucy cstatically. "Do you know, Arthur? J don't mind confessing it to you ow?at one time I positively had a Drt of tender feeling toward you hat was a long time ago, of course, r else I wouldn't have told you. 1 eally believe the keen old man must a ve detected it. Wasn't it- provtential, that clause in his will?" "Yes," I said, and I was thinking j 11 the time that Lucy's eyes were i luer than any eyes I had ever seen, i nd her hair was positively coppery | i the sunlight. I really could have j illen in love with LUcy, if she had iven me the least encouragement! i "When did this feeling possess j ou; i asnea ner. "0, ages ago," she said ^vasively. Long, long before dear Uncje Jabez ied. I wouldn't have told you, only -well, I may be engaged shdjrtly.'* "Who Is he?" I yelled, starting out f my chair. V "You are very impertinent," she an-: wered, and walked away with her ead in the air, looking like a Titian ' ngel. I don't know why it was, but I felt tterly crushed. And presently I \be-: an to realize what was the matter kith me. I was in love?and with mcy! Yes, positively my heart was eating like a boy's when he first xperiences the divide passion,. She ; neant everything in the world to me! t I couldn't wait; I hurried after he:'. ' found her entering her hotel upou he arm of a smart, dark-haired fejow in that sort of suit that is adverised as "a foitvglollar suit for nineeen jQfty/l_a\^bowed to me mid ,n J. nan!, A girl, of Lucy'a taste! v?t | tickened me. At least I hoped tha) he would have shown a little di? | riminatlon in her choice of a matb j nstead of selecting or being select i d by a tailor'B dummy! I wrote hefr" j . letter asking for an appointment text afternoon at three o'clock. I spent a night of torture. I passfd he morning walking up and down oard walk. At three o'clock I waJft icr hotel. Her maid handed me/ & etter. I opened it J "I am sorry, Athur, but I have(*n ngagement with Mr. Clements ifternoon," I read. "Perhaps Jo me ther time will do? I am leaving this vening for?" I dashed the letter upon the floor nd strode out of the room. /I eached the front door of th- suite fhen I heard a voice calling mo- I ooked back. There stood ^ucy at he door, dressed all in w^ite and aoking like a saint "O, Mr. Bowen, I didn't gt out after 11. I had a headache," Bhe said. What was It you wanted to see me bout, Arthur?" I reached her in four ftrides. "Lucy," I. said, making 110 toones bout it, "I have founi out that I jve vou. "Will vou ma-ry me and let Incle Jabez go to?to the deuce?" I was so keyed up that I didn't now what I was saving. But Lucy , Official Seaboard Air L / Atla] ATLAN' / Low Imperial Counc May iuTravel via the /Tickets on sale May 7th until May 20th unless extc and payment of $1.00 wh to June 20th. Low Side Trip Rate " For full information, set or write C. W. -, .,. ,. :J. &?&?: gauged me?imy darling* Locy, wto has nerer failed me in any tiring from that day to thin. She pat her arm* round my neck and laid her head! down on my shoulder and cried: 1 "O, Arthur,** she said, two minuteaL later, "do yon know I hare lored joifV J all the timer* ^ * A "How longr* I asked jealously. 1 M "Always, Arthur. Tell me, when! did you begin to lore me?" ' "Always," I replied. "And as far Uncle' Jabez?" "Well let his money go," she said. J X UUU V WUC, DU IUU5 ?t X U?VC JUU? So we were engaged, and we took the train back to town next day to see Mr. Coleworth. I had my last and" first instalment of the income ready for him. Lucy had spent most of hers, but I was determined to. make it good, even If it meant delaying our marriage for a few months longer. Mr. Coleworth came out of his office at once and led us back into a cozy corner beside & real, old-fashioned fireplace. "So you two young people hare found out that you are in lore with each other?" he asked quizzically. "Yes, and we are going to get married," I answered. an<l. planked down the interest upon the table. "There g\ is my share and Miss Stokes will pay "O, pshaw!** said Mr. Coleworth. W "You don't have to pay that back. It K just has reference to the future, yon r know. I'm afraid?I'm very much afraid that the capital must go to third party now." "Who is the third party?" I demanded savagely. "I'd like to know just out of curiosity, because I'm sure the old scoundrel's money won't do him any good either." Mr. Cole worth turned round. "I cannot allow you to refer to the late Mr. Stokes In that way," he said. "To he frank with you. It was with my connivance that he put that clause is his will. He wanted you to get. married and thought that was the best way to bring It about." "Well, he's had his wish," I answered angrily. "Who gets the money now?" He pulled the will out of a drawer and read: ? "If the said parties shall marry, then I bequeath the said property to the first-born Issue of the said marriage. or be shared among all the issue of the said parties, the principal to be held la trust for the said i . iswUffc. by, {fee- wtiflft afanwiei: ^ I ticned.'" 1 fjK That was the time Lucy loob^ ' v very hard at the wall-paper. (Copyright. HU. by W. G. Chapman. V I A Master Valet's Product. "How well preserved Lord Buwnbast fl Is! Is he not n great swell?" I "Oh, yes!" with a burst of confidence. "Do you know, when he arrived he was obliged to pay duty on himself as a work of art!"?Philadelphia Tress. A Columbus man sues for $25.<NI0 each for four toes lost in an accideut. ?iy. wnai ? oowi mac man tuust nave hh raised every time he stubbed those previous toes on the corner or Che tibrary table in the dark! Route , J^H ntic Coast Line FA, GA. /^H Rates 11 l\^VToC-I .*-? Clk?4e%yv I ii jta y OUV UKUUIV f M 13, 1914 / Official Route to 12th, Rood returning :nded by depositing ticket I en limit mav be extended I to Variou* Points e nearest Seaboard Agent, SMALL, D. P. A., rl I Savannah, Ga.