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THE MUTINEER.
Synopsis.?Dyck Calhoun, gifted
young Irish Gentleman of the time
of the French and American revolutions,
meets Sheila Llyn, seventeen-year-old
girl visiting In the
neghborhood. They are mutually
attracted. Sheila never knew her
dissipated father, Errls Boyne, her
mother having divorced him. In
Dublin Leonard Mallow and Dyck
fight with swords and Dyck Is victor.
Errls Boyne, secretly In French
employ, gets Dyck drunk and tries
to persuade him to Join In revolt
agaipst England. They quarrel.
.While Dyck 13 overcome with
drugged wine, Boyne's second wlfo
enters the room and stabs her
faithless husband to the heart
Dyck 1b arrested on a charge of
murder. He does not know If he
killed Boyne or not. Sheila begs
her mother to go to Dublin with
t her to help Dyck. Mrs. Llyn opposes
the Idea. A letter from Mrs.
Llyn's wealthy brother in America
decides them to go and live with
him. Dyck refuses to enter any
plea except "No Defense." He
might have escaped by revealing
Boyne's treachery but refuses on
Sheila's account. He Is sent to
prison for eight years. Sheila
writes Dyck, assuring him of her i
belief in his innocence. Released
a.'.'ter serving four years, Dyck finds
h.mself destitute, his father dead.
In London Dyck receives a letter
from Sheila inviting him to come
to America and sending money for
the voyage. He feels he cannot In
honor go to her. Dyck joins the
British navy as an enlisted man.
Bad conditions in the fleet result In
mutiny. Dyck, joining the mutineers,
Is chosen by them to command
the ship, the Ariadne. Dissatisfied
with the conduct of the
other ships' crews, Dyck breaks
with them and sails the Ariadne to
I tho Wast InrilBa He arrives In time
to tu^n the tide of victory In a
battle between the French and
English fleets.
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(CHAPTER XI?Continued.)
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Qn the deck of the Beatitude, Dyck
looked into the eyes of Cntpaln Ivy.
He saluted; but the captain held out
a friendly bund.
"You're a mutineer, Calhoun, but
your ship has given us the victory. I'di
like to shake hands with the man
that's done so good a stroke for England."
A queer smile played itbout Calhoun's
lips.
"I've brought,the Ariadne back to
the fleet. Captain Ivy. The men have
fought as well as men evet did since
Britain had a navy. I've brought her >
back to the king's fleet to be pardoned."
, "But you must be placed under arrest,
Calhoun. Those are the orders??
that wherever the Ariadne should be
found she should be seized, and that
ycu should be tried by court-martial."
Dyck nodded.
"I understand. When did you get
word?"
"..vbout forty-eight hours ago. The
king's mall came bv a fast frigate."
"We took our time, tut we came
straight from the channel to find this
fleet. At the mouth of the Thames we I
were determined to find it, and to fight i
with it?and by good luck so we have \
doue." " v
"Let me take you to the admiral,"
said Captain Ivy.
He walked beside Dyck to the admiral's
cabin.
"You've made a terrible mess of
th'.ngs, Calhoun, but you've put a lot
right today." he said at the entrance to
a v i
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"Mr. D/ck Calhoun of the Ariadne,
Sir."
the cabin. "Toll me one thing honest- [
ly before we part now?did you kill
Ervis lloyne?"
I?yck looked at him long and hard.
"I don't know?on my honor I don't
know ! I don't remember?I was drunk
?.nd drugged."
"Calhoun, I don't believe you did;
but if you did, you've paid the price?
and the price of mutiny, too." in the
ciettr blue eyes of Captain Ivy there i
vr.s a look of friendliness. "I notice
you don't wear uniform, Calhoun,' he I
iddt-d. "1 mean a captain's uniform."
j Dyck smiled.
''1 never have."
The next moment the door of the admiral's
cabin was opened.
"Mr. Dyck Calhoun of the Ariadue,
sir," said Captain Ivy.
CHAPTER XII.
The Admiral Has His Say.
The admiral's face was naturally
vigorous and cheerful, but. as he looked
at Dyck Calhoun, a steely hardness
cauie into it, and gave a cynical twist
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By GILBER'
Author of "The Seats of the M
to the lips. He was a short man, and i
spare, but his hearing had dignity and I
every motion significance. l
He had had his high moment with ]
the French admiral, had given his com- 1
mauds to the fleet and had arranged i
the disposition of the captured French
ships. He was in good spirits, and the ;
wreckage In the fleet seemed not to i
shake his nerve, for he had lost In men .
far less than the enemy, and had cap-' i
tured rnayy ships?a good day's work,
due finally to the man In sailor's 1
clothes standing there with Captain ]
Ivy. The ndmlrul took In the dress of
Calhoun at a glance?the trousers of ]
blue cloth, the sheath-knlfe belt, the !
stockings of white silk, the loose, un- 1
starched collar, the fine black silk !
handkerchief at the throat, the waistcoat
of red kerseymere, the shoes like ]
dancing pumps, and the short, round 1
blue Jacket, with the flat gold buttons 1
?a seaman complete. He smiled broad- i
ly; he liked this mutineer and ex-convict.
I
"Captain Calhtoun, eh!" he remarked i
mockingly. "Well, yoy've played a 1
strong gurae, and you've plunged us
Into great difficulty." 1
Dyck did not lose his opportunity. I
"Happily I've done what I planned to i
do when we left the Thames, admiral," <
he said. "Wo came to get the chance i
of doing what, by favor of fate, we
have accomplished. Now, sir, as I'm i
under arrest, und the ship which I
controlled has done good sen-Ice, may ]
I beg that the Ariadne's personnel shall i
have amnesty, and that 1 alone be i
made to pay?If that must be?for the I
mutiny at the Nore?" 1
The admiral nbdded. "We know of i
your breaking away from the mutinous '
fleet, and of their firing on you as you )
passed, and that is in your favor. I <
can also say this: That bringing the i
ship here was- masterly work, for I i
understand there were no officers on
the Ariadne. She always had the reputation
of being one of thfe best-trained
ships In the navy, and she has splendidly
upheld that reputation. How did
you manage It. Mr. Calhoun?" 1
Dyck briefly told how the lieu- '
tenants were made, and how he him- ]
self had been enormously indebted to l
Greenock, the master or tne snip.
The admiral smiled sourly. "I have
little power until I get instructions
from the admiralty, and that wiJl take
some time. Meanwhile, the Ariadne
shall go on as she is, and as If she
were?and had beeH from the first?a
member of my own squadron."
Dyck bowed, explained what reforms
he had created in the food and
provisions of the Ariadne, and expressed
a hope that nothing should be
altered. He declared the ship had
proved herself, chiefly because of his
reforms.
"Besides, she's been badly hammered.
She's got great numbers of
wounded and deaa, and for many a
day the men will be busy with repnirs."
"For a man without naval experience.
for a mutineer, an ex-convict and
a usurper, you've done quite well, Mr.
Calhoun; but my instructions were, if
you fell Into my hands, to try you and
hang you."
At this point Captain Ivy Intervened.
"Sir," he said, "the instructions you
received were general. They could not
anticipate the special service which
the Ariadne has rendered to the king's
tleet. I have known Mr. Calhoun; I
have visited at his father's house; I
was with him on his journey to Dublin,
which was the beginning of his had
luck. I would beg of you, sir, to give
Mr. Calhoun bis parole on sea and land
until word comes from the admiralty
as to what. In the circumstances, his
fate shall be."
"To be kept on the Beatitude on parole!"
exclaimed the admiral.
"Land or sea, Captain Ivy eaid. I'm
as well born as any man in the king's
fleet,"'declared Dyck. "I've as clean
a record as any otlicer In his majesty's
navy, save for the dark fact that I
was put in prison for killing i man; 1
and I will say here, in the secrecy of 1
an admiral's cabin, that the man I
killed?or was supposed to kill?was a
traitor. If I did kill him, lie deserved
death by whatever hand it came. I
care not what you do with me"?his
hands clenched, his shoulders drew up, 1
ids eyes blackened with the dark fire
of Ids soul?"whether you put me on
parole, or try me by court-martial, or 1
hang me from the yard-arm. I've done
a piece of work of which I'm not
ashamed. I've brought a mutinous ship ,
out of mutiny, sailed her down the
sens for many weeks, disciplined her,
drilled her, trained her, fought her; ]
helped to give the admiral of tie West
Indian squadron bis victory. If I'm '
put ashore tit Jamaica, I'll keep my '
parole; if I stay a prisoner here, I'll 1
^orola If 7'vu rnn
ivcrjl lll%* I'UHMC, AI * m'ln ,1 vu s?v? ?- .
ice, admiral. bo sure of tills, it was
done with clear intent. My object was
to save the men wlm. having mutinied 1
and fled from admiralty control, are
subject to capital punishment."
"Your thinking came late. You
should have thought before you mutinied,"
was the sharp reply.
"As a common sailor I acted on my !
conscience, and what we asked for the
admiralty has granted. Only by mutiny
did the admiralty yield to our tie
mands. What 1 did I would do again!
We took our risks in the Thames
against the guns that were leveled at 1
us; we've taken our risks down here
against the French to help save your 1
squadron, and we've done It. The men '
have done it, because they've been
loyal to the flag, and from first to last 1
set to make the admiralty and the peo- i
pie know they have rights which must
l>e cherished. If all your men were as
faithful to the crown as are.the men i
on'the Ariadne, then they deserve well i
of tlie kintr. Hut will you put for me
011 paper the written word that every
man now aboard the Ariadne shall be :
held guiltless in the eyes of the ad- j
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ighty," "The Right of Way"
i
rniral of this fleet; that the present officers
shall remain officers, that the reforms,
I have made shall become permanent?
For myself, I care not; but
for the men who have fought under
me, I want their amnesty. And I want
Michael Clones to 'be kept with me,
md Greenock, the master, and Ferens,
the purser, to be kept where they are.
Admiral, I think you know my demands
are just. Over there on the
Ariadne are a hundred and fifty
wounded at least, and fifty have been
killed. Let the living not suffer."
There was something so set In
Dyck's voice that the admiral had a
sudden revulsion against him, yet, after
a moment of thought, he made a
sign to Captain Ivy.
Then he dictated the terms wnicn
Dyck had asked, except those concerning
the reforms he had made, which
was not in his power to do, save for
the present.
When the document had been signed
t)y the admiral, Dyck read the contents
aloud. It embodied nearly all
tie had asked.
"Now, I ask permission fot1 one more
thing only, sir?for the new captain of
the Ariadne to go with me to her, and
there I will rbad this paper to the
crew. I will give a copy of It to the
new captain, whoever he may be."
The admiral stood for a moment In
thought. Then he said:
"Ivy, I transfer yoO to the Ariadne.
It's better that some one who understands,
as you do, should be In control
after Calhoun has gone. Within
two days, Mr. Calhoun, you shall be
landed at Jamacia, there to await the
ldmlralty decree. I will say this:
That as the sure victory of our fleet
tins come through you, you shall not
?uflfer In ray report. Fighting is not
in easy trade, and to fight according
to the rules is a very hard trade."
CHAPTER XIII.
A Letter.
With a deep sigh, the planter raised
lis head from the table where he was
writing, and looked out upon the lands
tie had made his own. They lay on
the Thomas river, a few hours' horseiack
traveling fropi Spanish Town, the
capital, and they had the advantage
if a plateau formation, with mountains
In the far distance and ravines
and valleys everywhere.
Now his eyes wandered over the
?p#ce where were the grandilla. with
its blossom like a passion-flower, the
Hack Tahiti plum, with Its bright pink
tassel-blossom, and the fine mango
trees, loaded half with fruit and half
with bud. In the distance, were the
juinea cornfields of brownish hue, the
?otton fields, the long ranges of negro
I 111-- OAffnr.Ad
looses iikc iiiiiiviicu vuungca, inc |jT-u;uin
hedges, with their beautiful red,
jlue, and wliite convolvuluses; the
lime, logwood, and bread-fruit trees,
the nvoeado-pear, the feathery bamboo,
and the jack-fruit tree; and between
the mountains and his own
sugar estates, negro settlements and
pens. He heard the flight of parrots
shattering, he watched the floating
tiummlng-bird.
It was Dyck Calhoun.
With an impatient air he took up
the sheets that he had been reading.
Christmas day was on his nerves. The
ivhole town of Kingston, with its
twenty to thirty thousand inhabitants,
had but one church. If he entered it,
even today, he would have seen no
more than a hundred and fifty to two
hundred people; mostly mulattoes?
'bronze ornaments"?and peasants
In shag trousers, jackets of coarse blue
cloth, and no waistcoats, with one or
two magistrates, a dozen gentlemen or
so, and probably twice that number of
ladies. It was not an island given over
to piety or to religious habits.
But let Dyck tell his own story. The
papers he held were sheets of a letter
lie was writing to one from whom he
had heard nothing since the night he
enlisted In the navy, and that was
nearly three years before.
This was the letter:
"My Dear Friend?
"You will see I address you as you
have done me in the two letters I have
had from you in the past. You will
never read this letter, hut I write it
its if you would. For you must know
1 may never hope for personal Intercourse
with you. I was imprisoned for
killing your father, Errls Boyne. and
that separates us like tin abyss. It ;
(milters Utile whether I killed him or
I ?- ?
not i the law says I did, and the law .
has taken its toll of me. I was in
prison for four years, and when freed
I enlisted in the king's navy, a quota
man, with my servant-friend, Michael
L'lones. That was the beginning of
painful and wonderful days for me. 1
was one of the mutineers of the Nore,
and?"
Here followed a description of the
rlavs he had spent on the Ariadne and i
before, and of all that happened down .
to the time when he was arrested by
the admiral in the West Indian sea.
He told how he was sent over to the j
Ariadne with Captain Ivy to read the
admiral's letter to the seamen, and !
then, by consent of the admiral, to
leave again with Michael Clones for
Jamaica, where lie was set ashore
with twenty pounds in his pocket?
and not on parole, by the admiral's j
demand. Ilere the letter shall again
lake up the story, and be a narrative :
of Dyck Calhoun's life from that time
until this Christmas day.
"What to do was the question. I
knew no one in Jamaica?no one at
nil except the governor. Lord Mallow, ;
and him I had fought with swords In
Phoenix nark live years before. I had
not known he was governor here. I
came to know it when I first saw him
riding over the unpaved street into
Kingston from Spanish Town with h s
suite, ornate with his governorship.
"Lord Mallow did not see me when '
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and Captain Ivy, who told him all ra;
story since I was freed from jail. Thei
he said I should be confined in a nar
row space near to Kingston, am
should have no freedom; but the ad
mlral had his way, and I was glvei
freedom of the whole island till won
should come from the admiralty wha
should be done with me.
"Well, we had?Michael and I?bu
twenty poundf between us; and i
there was not plenty of free food ii
the island, God knows what wouh
have become of us 1 But there it was
fresh in every field, by every wayside
at every doorway. And one day a
Kingston I met a man, one Cassandri
Biatt who had an obsession for ad
venture, and he came and spoke to mi
privately. He said he knew me fron
people's talk, and would I listen t<
him? What was there to do? He wa:
a clean-cut rogue, if ever there wa
one, but a rogue of parts, as hi
proved; and I lent an ear.
"Now, what think you was hii
story? Well, but this?that off th<
coast of Haiti, there was a ship whicl
had been sunk with every man 01
board, and with the ship was treasuri
without counting?Jewels belonging t<
a Spaniard of high place, who was tak
ing them to Paris. There had beei
searching for the ship, but none ha<
found It; but he, Cassandro Biatt, ha<
sure knowledge, got from an obl-man
of the place where it lay. It wouh
not be an expensive business, but
cheap as it was, he had no means o
raising cash for the purpose; while
could, no doubt, raise the needei
money if I set about it. That was hov
he put it to me. Would I do it?
"Why should I tell Biatt the trutl
about myself? He knew it Cassan
dro was an accomplished liar, and i
man of merit of his kind. This obi
man's story I have never believed; ye
Krt.., nania tllntt frn knnw whpro thn
treasure-ship was I do not know now
while I am very rich because of It all
"Yes, out we went through the bar
bor of Kingston, beyond the splendU
defenses of Port Royal and the men
of-war there, past the Pallsadoes an<
Rock fort, and away to the place o:
treasure-trove. We found It?that los
galleon; and we found the treasure
It Was Dyck Calhoun.
box of the captain's cabin. We foun<
gold, too; but the treasure-box wai
the chief thing; and we made It our
after many a hard day.
"How I Induced one of the big' mei
of Jamaica to be banker and sklppe;
for us need not be told; but he Is on<
of whom men have dark sayings?
chiefly, I take it, because he does bold
Incomprehensible things. That busl
ness paid him well, for when the ren
of the ship was met, nnd the few inei
on it paiu?slaves tney were cnieny?
he pocketed ten thousand pounds
while Biatt and I euch pouched fort:
thousand, and Michael two thousand
Aye, to he sure, Michael was in It! Hi
is in all 1 do, and is as good as men o
ten times his girth and history. Mi
cliael will be a rich man one day. Ii
two years his two thousand liavi
grown to four, and he misses n<
chance.
"I'm bound to say this?one of thi
straightest men I ever met, liar with
al, was Cassandro Biatt. He took hi:
jewels and vanished up the seas in i
Houri^h. lie would not even have an
other try at the gold in the bowels o
the ship.
"'I've got plenty to fill my pauneli
and I'll go while I've enough. It's thi
men that don't go in time that get lef
in the end,'?that's what lie said.
"And lie was right; for other met
went after the gold and got some o
it, and were caught by French am
South American pirates and lost al
they hail gained. Still another grou]
went and brought away ten thousam
pounds, and lost it in fighting witl
hnnoo nnnrc Ss<* 1-tln+f- \VQ
right, and went away content, while
stayed here?because I must?am
bought the land and house where
have my great sugar plantation. It 1:
an enterprise of volume, but it is no
beyond my capacity, and all would bi
well if I were normal in mind am
body; but I am not. I have a pas
that stinks to heaven, as Shakespean
says.
"Men do not treat me badly here
for I have property and money,'ant
this is a land where these two thing:
mean more than anywhere else, evei
more than in a republic like flint when
you live. But what can you expec
of a chief justice who need not b<
a lawyer, as this one is not, and hu:
other means of earning income which
though not disloyal, are lowering t<
the status of a chief Justice? Ant
not the chief justice alone. I hav<
i
; seen French officers entertained at Govj
eminent house who were guilty of
j Inhumanities nnd cruelties. The govi
ernor, Lord Mallow, Is much to bluine.
i On him lies the responsibility; to him
: must go the discredit. For myself, 1
j feel his enmity on every hand. 1
: suffer from his suggestive opposition;
I am the victim of his dark moods.
j "If I want a concession from a loi
cal council, his hand is at work against
: me; If I see him in the Street, I get
: a courtesy tossed, as you would toss
i a bone to a dog. If I appear at the
| king's ball, which Is open to all on
the Island who are respectable, I am
treated with such disdain by the vlce1
roy of the king that all the island Is
1 ngog.
*' "He does not spare me In his re1
citals to his friends, who carry his
" speech abroad. His rancor against me
1 Is the greater, I know, because of the
wealth I got in the treasure ship, to
3 prevent which he tried to prohibit my
leaving the Island, through the wlth1
holding of a leave-ticket to me. His
argument to the local authorities was
' that I had no rights, that I am a raur*
derer and a mutineer, and confined to
1 the Island, though not on parole. He
* almost succeeded; but the man to
l* whom I went, the big rich man, In''
tervened successfully?how I know
1 not?and I was let go with ray per3
mlt-tlcket.
"What big things hang on small Is8
sues! If my Lord Mallow had pre1
vented me leaving the Island, 1
3 shouldn't now own a great plantation
' and three hundred negroes. I shouldn't
3 be able to pay my creditors In good
8 gold Portuguese half-Johannes and
Spanish silver, and give no heed to
8 the existence of the bltt, which, as
e you perhaps know, Is equal to flve1
pence In British money, such as you
1 and I used to spend when you were
e queen of Ireland and I was your slave.
3 "Then I worshiped you as few women
have been worshiped In all thq days
3 of the world?oh, cursed spite of life
j and time that I should have been
Jailed for killing your bad father! Aye,
' he was a bad man, and he is better
In his grave than out of It, but It puts
' a gulf between you and me which
: nothing will ever bridge?unless It
should some day be known I did not
kill him, and then, no doubt, It will
v be too late.
"On ray soul, I don't believe I put
1 my sword Into him; but If I did, he
well deserved It, for he was worse
1 than faithless to your mother, he was
" faithless to his country?he was a
traitor! I did not tell that story of
his treachery In court?I did not tell
' It because of you. You did not de'*
serve such infamy, and the truth came
' not out at the trial. I, In my view,
dared not lest It' might Injure you,
j and you had suffered enough?nay,
. more than er.ough?through him,
"I did not go to the United States,
as you asked rae to do. Is it not plain I
could not? My only course was to
avoid you. You see, your mother
knows the truth?knows that I was
Jailed for killing your father and her
divorced husband. Therefore, the only
way to do was as I did. I could not
go where you were. There should be
hid from you the fact that Errls Boyne
was a traitor. This Is your right,
In my mind. Looking back, I feel
sure I could hnve escaped Jail if I
had told what I knew of Errls Boyne;
and perhaps It would have been better,
for I should, no doubt, have been
acquitted. Yet I could not have gone
to you, for I am not sure I did not
kill him.
"It seems strange to me that I am
as near to the United States here in
Jamaica, or almost as near, as one
in London is to one in Dublin; and
yet one might as well be ten thousand
leagues distant for all it means to
her one loves In the United States.
Yes, dear Sheila, I love you, and I
would tear out the heart of the world
for you. I bathe my whole being In
your beauty and your charm. I hunger
for you?to stand beside you, to
listen to your voice, to dip my prison
Angers Into the pure cauldron of your
] soul and feel my own soul expand.
* I wonder why it is that today I feel
s more than I ever felt before the rare
splendor of your person.
1 "For I have always loved you. ah
r ways heard you calling ine, as if from
B- some sacred corner of a perfect world.
- Is It that yesterday's dissipation?yes,
I, I was drunk overnight, drunk in a
- new way. I was drunk with the
t thought of you, the longing for you.
1 1 picked a big handful of roses, and
- in my mind gave thein into your hands,
i, And I thought you smiled and said:
; " 'Well done, good and faithful
servant. Kilter Paradise.'
2 "So I followed you to your homo
f In the Virginian country. It was a
dream, all except the roses, and those
1 I laid in front of the box where I keep
j your letters and a sketch I made of
) you when we were young and glad
?when I was young and glad. For I
2 am an old man, Sheila, in all that
- makes men old. My step is quick
s still, my eye is sharp, and my brain
1 heats fast, but my heart is ancient.
- | I am an ancient of days, without hope
f ! or pleasure, save what pleasure comes
i in thinking of one who must ever
,, be worshiped from afar. I wonder
2 why 1 seem to feel you very near tot
day!
"Here at my window grows a wild
t aloe, and it Is In tlowor. Once only
I in fifty years does this aloe flower,
1 : sitirl I pick its sweet verdure now and
1 offer it to you. There it lies, beside
> tins letter that I am writing. It is
1 typical of myself, for only once lias
i my heart Powered, and it will be ouly
s once in fifty years. The perfume of
1 the flower is like an everlasting bud
I from the last tree of Time. See, my
I Sheila, your drunken, reckless lover
? pulls this sweet offering from his gart
den and offers it to you. He has no
f virtues; and yet he would have been
1 a thousand times worse if you had
t not come into his life. lie had in
2 him the seeds of trouble, the sproutings
of shame, for even in the first
, days of his love there in Dublin he
J would not restrain himself. He drank,
* he played cards, lie fought and went
i with bad company?not women, never
i that; but he kept the company of those
t through whom he came at last to
i punishment for manslaughter,
s "Yet, without you. who cun tell what
, he might have been? He might have
3 fallen so low that not the wealth of
i ten thousand treasure-boxes could give
n him even the appearunce of honesty.
GHAN6E FARMING OPERATIONS
Joint Meeting of Farmers of Saluda
/
And Edgefield Counties Recently
Held to Discuss Dairying.
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Johnston.?Realizing the importance
of making a change in their farming
operations, the farmers of Edgefield,
and Saluda counties held in Johnston
a meeting in tfie Interest of dairying.
Interesting talks were made by B. R.
Tillman of Trenton and W. A. Mobley
of Johnston, both experienced In this
phase of farming and both of whom
were able to create a lot of enthusiasm.
They did not hesitate, however,
to point out the absolute necesity of
growing one's own feed and of doing
one's own work, two things the farm
And now lie offers you what yoa eannot
accept?can never accept?a love
us deep as the life from which he
came; a love that would throttle the
world for you, that would force the
doors of hell to bring you what you
want.
"I look out on a world of summer
beauty and of heat. 1 see the sheep
In hundreds on the far hills of pasturage?sheep
with short hair, small
and sweet as any that ever came from
the South Downs. I see the natives
In their madras handkerchiefs. 1 see
upon the rbad some plunter In his
ketureen?a sort of sedan chair; I see
a negro funeral, with Its strange ceremony
and Its gumbies of African
drums. I see 'yam-fed planters,' on
their horses, making for the burnlpg,
sandy streets of the capital. I see
"For I Have Always Loved You."
the Scots grass growing live and six
feet high, food unsurpassed for horses
?all the foliage, too?beautiful tropical
trees and shrubs, and here and
there a huge breeding farm. Yet 1
know that out beyond my sight there
is the region known as Trelawney and
Trelawney town, the headquarters of
the Maroons, the free negroes?they
who fled after the Spanish had been
conquered and the British came, and
who were later freed and secured by
the Trelawuey treaty. I know that
now they are ready to rise, that they
are working among the slaves; and if
they rise the danger is great to the
white population of the Island, who
are outnumbered ten to one.
"You would not come to
America, so 1 came here,
and?"
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
GREAT PLAYS' "FIRST NIGHTS"
Six Occasions That Stand Out Promlnently
in the Artistic History
of France.
Perhaps the most striking events in
the artistic history of France have
been the first performances of certain
of the great French plays. In a few
cases, also, these occasions have
marked the beginning of new epochs
In the social history of that country.
There have, it appears, been but six
unforgettable first nights since theaters
were established In Paris. The first
occurred in 1637, when (jorneuie s
Cld" took the capital by storm. Foi^ty
years later Racine's "Andromache"
created a similar sensation. On the
eve of the Revolution, In 1794, Beaumarchais'
"Marriage of Figaro" was
received with such delirious enthusiasm
that three persons were stifled
in the rush for seats. In 1830 Victor
Hugo, In spite of the determined opposition
of a large body of reactionaries,
set all Paris in an uproar with
his "Hernani." These names mny be
borne In mind: Corneille, Racine, Beaumarchnls
and Hugo. Three of them,
at least, have no superiors In the
history of French literature. Each has
one amazing dramatic triumph to his
credit. The other two of the six great
'first nights were December 28, 1897,
and Feburnrv 7, 1910. The occasions
were respectively the performances of
"Cyrano de Bergerac" and "Chantecler,"
both by Edmond Rostand.?
Philadelphia Ledger.
FORKS FIRST USED IN 1574
Occasion Was Dinner Given by Henry
III of France?Account Given b^
Royal Guest.
It is hard to believe the sensation
produced when forks first came into
use. It was in 1574. at a dinner given
by Henry III of France. Here is
an account by a royal lady guest, the
Ladles' Home Journal recalls: "The
guests never touched the meat with
their fingers, but with forks, which
they carried fo their mouths, bending
their necks and bodies over their
plates.
"There were several salads. These
they ate with forks, for it Is not concliWnfl
nrnnpr to touch tlie food with
the fingers. However difficult It may
be to manage it, it is thought better
to put the little Instrument in the
mouth than the fingers.
"Then artichokes, asparagus, peas
and beans were brought. It was a
pleasure to watch them try to eat
these with their forks, for some, who
were less adroit than the others,
dropped as many on their plates and
on the way to the mouth as they were
able to get to their mouths.
"Afterward a great silver basin and
a pitcher of water were brought and
the guests washed their hands, though
it seems as if there would not be much
scent of meat and grease on them, for
they had touched their food only with
those forked Instruments."
How to Be Lucky.
"How do you happen to be so inckj
with your rose garden? I've never seen
such beautiful blossoms."
"It's no secret. If you want to have
luck with roses all you have to do i?
I to work night and day in the 7ard."
era ui ouuui turuuaa uave uui umu
doing heretofore.
A number of farmers agreed to form
a co-operative dairy association, the
number Anally reaching 25. For this
purpose another meeting will be held
In Croud's opera house in Johnston
on September 6, at 4 o'clock In the afternoon.
Definite plans will be agreed
upon as to future work of the organization.
Charged With Still Running.
Lancaster.?David Allman, P. W.
Cook and T. H. Munn of the Cotton
mill village are in the Lancaster jail
charged with operating a still, all
three men having been arrested by
Sheriff Hunter and his deputies. One
of the men led the way to the still on
Bear creek, southeast of the city, and
just above the double trestle, where
the outfit was found, the still consist
ing of a large wash pot, etc. The ontflt 1
was brought to the town and is in the
sheriff's office along with several
others. The sheriff h^s about 80 gallons
of the stuff that he will use as
evidence at the next term of court.
Bisbopville.?Work has been started
and Is progressing rapidly on Lee
county's first road to be constructed
under the state highway system, which
is the Camden to Bishopville road.
This road is being constructed under
state highway specifications, having a
40 foot right of way, 32 feet of which
Is sand-clay surface. Reinforced concrete
bridges are being installed over
Scapo swamps and Cedar creek, while
concrete culverts are used at all necessary
points along the roads.
Sumter.?The baseball management
A A. 1-A .UAM
does noi pro post) iu jol juijiici l mniu
play havoc with the gate reclpts but
has taken out Insurance against rain
so when the crowd does not show up
on account of threatening weather the
backers of the team will not be a loser ,
thereby. This form of insurance has
been long known elsewhere but this
is the first time that it has ever been
taken out.ln Sumter.
Spartanburg.?This section is overrun
with tramps. Eight were sent to
the chaingang by a local magistrate
and two by the recorder. Six or eight
are rounded up every day. There is
a, lot of car breaking and petty larceny.
There is hardly a night that
box cars at H yne are not entered,
and small stores on the outskirts of
the city are the prey of the wanderers.
Anderson. ? A phonograph which
^hanges its own needles and records
automatically, and, one after another,
will play any number of records, has
been built and patented by Arthur W.
Wilson, a local b&rber. Not only is
the machine automatic in its changing
of records, but it is selfwinding, and >
will play indefinitely without being
touched by human hands.
' |
Columbia.?L. H. Thomas, secretary
of the state highway commission, went
to Saluda to be present at a magistrate's
hearing of a large number of
cases In which automobile owners
were charged with violating the license
laws, and he said that this was
the first general attempt made to enforce
the law in Saluda county.
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Fort Mill.?The upper front corner
of mill No. 1 of the Fort Mill Manufacturing
company was demolished in
a collision caused by a switching train
of the Southern railway company, a
box car in front of \he engine haying
left the track at a point within a few
feet of the corner wall as the train
was proceeding on the siding to the ?
mill.
Warehouse Fire at Hartsvllle.
Hartsville.?At 12 o'clock at night
fire of an unknown origin broke out
in the warehouse of the Hartsvllle
Warehouse & Compress company, of
which Ernest D. Sumner Is president,
and destroyed 1,000 hales of cotton
valued at between $75,000 and $100,
000. Just how much Insurance was
carried on the cotton is not known. <
The cotton belonged mostly to farmers
of this section.
The fire company did splendid work
and battled for hours trying to control
the flames.
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Road Work Progressing.
Lexington.?Sheriff E. Austin Roof
materially increased the whiskey stock
at the county jail when he brought in
50 gallons, taken on the Augusta road
about four miles from Lexington.
Sheriff Roof was notified that parties
driving a touring car bearing a Georgia
license number had unloaded a
considerable amount of whiskey on
the roadside and when the sheriff ar- A
rived on the scene he found 50 one-gallon
cans. The occupants of the car
had gone when the sheriff arrived and
no arrest were made. 4
Women In Richland Jail.
Lexington. ? On account of the
crowded condition of the Lexington
jail. Sheriff E. Austin Roof carried
Mrs. Marcellus Cook and her daughter,
who arc being held on the charge
of killing Marcellus Cook at Steedman,
to the Richland county Jail to await 4
trial at the next term of court.
At present there are nine prisoners
in the Lexington Jail, and there are
only four cells for whites available,
therefore Sheriff Roof had to take
the two women to the Richland jail
until he can make room. -J