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Hernandez chuckled to himself. MA telegraph Instrument," he Hald to him self. "I thpbfht .no tbftt'p ibo shuck wo passad this morulug. Now," Uu commanded, "conn- out taefe and Hear the track of these obstructions no, you do It/' he commanded the Jlrute, The llrute run from hi# position In thQ car, leaped to the ground, and with u twist or two ot one hand tossed the felled trees from the track. "Now,'/ Mil, Id Hftruftiidez, "run uh down to that s|ied. I don't know what I'm going to do just yet/ hut I'll hnd out then ilu whistUgf softly. A third JIkuio emerged from the forest ? tripped across the rails and entered the hug KUgj^ear. Tills wu? luc/ <?ustro. Hhe pnsseTT on Into the passenger end ot the Couch. Hit*' smiled gently ut An nette. "Ho, my charming friend," she said, "ut lust vow have seen lit to intrust yhyr treasures to Henorlta Inez ('as tro, Hood, my little one," TJiey reached the ancient shed. Over its dosed doorway was un old sign, "Montrada." Hernandez Inoke open the door hy menus of his usual agency- the Brute Hernandez darted to the keys he waa a soldier ot fortune und this learn ing was one ol 1 1 1 h equipments. Mound uh Hhe wum in the car. Annette co.uid hear whut the instrument said, for, slnftulufiy enough. Hernandez, when he lirst called, used the Hpunish tongue; hiler he clicked In Kngiish words, it was clear that I 'On to wub at the other end Of the wire, and some whcrc u cur L.a i'luzu. Whfil newH. good Ponto?" he In quired over the '.toys, "Any danger ot pursuit?" And Ponto answered; "That," ne said,' "1 cannot tell. Hut much activ ity, There is talk or war. There in talk of a detachment coming over land/' "Hy train?" 'fly train, ' said Ponto, telegraph ically speaking. "And the next train?'' "pays off," said Ponto. 'Hood!'' "Wait," ?.V,d Ponto, 'there i* more news I shall call you up again." 'What new a?" "1 do not know. 'There is something going 011. I Khali lind out in aifcVour." CHAPTER XLVII. , The froop Train. foil to 'h information wuh quite cor rect. 11 had to In-, or ho could never have qualified an the. partner of Her nandez. On Neal's return from tho railroad Htatlon at La I'laza ho found an under current of excitement present upon tho cruiser Albany. Hulf an hour utter his return the captain of the cruiser had rpccivbd a wireless from Washington. It \vi?s significant in its tenor. The wifeless operator iuindcd It to him aa it was received. The captain glanced at it. "It looks important,'1 he asijd; "decode it at onco. ' . It wfls decoded. I'h ia is what it said : GENLRAI. ORDERS FROM NAVY DEPARTMENT. Deciphered . From Code "G;" War imminent with Allemania. Keep nil shipo prepared for notion. 1'rana fer nil possible men to Pncific squad rOn. Recommend meritorious warrant officers for promotion to commission. HUTCHINSON. Chief of Staff. An order from Washington is an order. An ord.'r when war is Imminent is a douult) quick order. The captain of the cruiser Albany had been wait ing for doable quick orders he had smelled them in the air. lie had felt them in his hones. In ono hour he nad picked his inch. The lirtU man he summoned was Neal. "N'cal. ' lie said, calling him by name, "I've recommended you lor a commission. Ncal jumped out 01 his shoes al most. "I a commission.'* he gasped; "why ? I thought ? I cant understand r? "Don't think." said the captain sharply; "we've got to act." He handed Neal typewritten instruc tions, "You'll got your commission in due form. My recommendations ?o ? particularly at a timo like this, l ake fifty nicn at one;- and proceed to jotn the battleship Missouri at (Miantilio. That s all." Neal saluted and swung about "Wail." said the captain. Neal waited "1 ju<~t want t.? shake hands, old man." said the captain. "You deserve your luck w ever man did CJood-by." ? An hour afterwards Ncal and his squad were ;it I :t I'laza once more, consulunr the railroad master. "We \\'a:.t a tram, and right away, said Neai. I he road will make its fortune. 1 1 wil; declare ^ dividend. When does .? uo " "Not tor t v. .> (,|- so. -The en gine? the good osie she is be repair." "What can we do? said Neal. . The station tuail.u brightened. Ho ? i.CJiU'.C J aL iiil Lu ?.?,<* H?|Ond ?>f Americanos out ol t-nvn. The\ were rioters - at least so I'onto had in iora^'d him Yes, they mast go. "Ah. senor,' he said. "I have idea. There are oirt train cars- no ennr.e ? but what you call, almost gravity re.nl from here to Chantillo ?all downhill almost all tho way." "Show me." said Neal. i He was shown. "Well," ho said to his men. "what do you say, boys. They'll rock us some, but they're tho best we can do. Is tho road clear?" ."Clear all tho way. senor Tho last train? the little train ? she have ar rived at (hantillo now." "We're ramo," said his men; "come on!" They came on? that is they got on ? tho whole squad. A crowd of native# \ b?w fti^tn off One of thesi- m tlve-J. htd (ion Ironi yiovt by ?)|.< others. ?-#, i sv I under the foremoit mr Rnd did aprrie thing, H? If*wm fi <o til'' itnd did somethingF^-to th* third and did something. What he did no one KW#W< I'owii tho Hj|f? it t the deserted shaek 1h holed "Monlr^iiu," l?e runnde/ caino out from within, with complete sutls ' faction written on his face. Hernandez Hgunterud out and Kluncod up the track, The truck wax strulght aiid downhill all tho way. it wuh like a canyon cut through a mass o t undergrowth and heavy (fees. There was nothing to distract the attention v It wuk a clean cut avenue us far as the eye could reach, lie watched. IJp the track sornowhoro the troop ! train wuk shooting curves with sprlght 1 iy lurches. "Getting tf hit too lively," ?aid Neal; "better apply the brake#," The order wan obeyed ho fur aa the will wuh concerned. Hut the man at the brake* shook bin head, "Brakes won't work." he said. "No mnit< i, ' Hal# Neul, 'we rearh the bottom of this hill three miles out of ('huutillo. Then wo go up. We're bound to Hlucken up some time," One of his men plucked liim by the sleeve. What's thut?" lit: rrled, point ing down through tho canyon, flanked by treeH. "Took ahead." "My George!" ?uld Neul, "a trairl, The brakes every man Jack of you ? the brakes! " The brakes wouldn't work. "Funny," ;;aid Neal; "wo tried before wo started. Funny they won't work." it may or may not have been funny? but it wan the fact. Tho brakos would not work. "We're In for it." said Neal. "Boys, every man juck of you ? you've got to faco this. That junglo is soft stuff It's u velvet lining. We may get scratched, but we can't get hurt. lilvery man of you got ready und when 1 say the word slide off? as eusy as you Can? but slide. Chimb and equipment first ? then yourselves ? when I say the word." Squatted on tho odgo of tho jungle was tho Brute. Ho lookod up tho track, Idly following Hernandez' 'gaze. Sud denly tie lose ? quivering with excite ment "Loo^t ? see," ho said. His glance turned dumbly from tho onrushing troop train to the stationary one. An other man might have rushed to tho latter and warned its occupants or car ried them out. Hut (jidt tho Brute. IIo had a glimmering, lie started off. "Oomo buck," said Hernandez, "you beast." ' 1 The Brute never hoard him. He only heard tho onrushing train. Ho seized a loose rail lying by tho track. 1*1 e thrust it under tho stationary rail ?the nearest him ? he thrust it into the roadbed. Ho Jerked and strovo at U like a demon. Within. Joo Wolchor heard it com ing. llo looked now. He kaivo one gasp, made, one dive, and plunged Into tho safety of the jungle. Hernandez dared not', move. Snfety lay in his remaining up track ? out of | the danger zone below, lie felt that I tho Unite was. doing fruitless work ? that no man. no human agency within a minute's time could raiso that rail. Hp didn't !;now --there was something superhuman within the Brute. He was more than a man-? he was a man driven beast? 'perhaps (Jod-driven. He plied his giant lever like a giant. Neal realized at last what was meant He knew now thut that train was An Leaped Upon the Engine and Held Up the Crew. nette's train His men wore oft ? nil of them lie alone remained, rooted to the spot Mo was powerless to do anything. Suddenly? obeying the in stinct of safely - for he could do noth ing else? -(raining had taught 4iim that a foolish risk of lite was suicide ? -Obeying the instinct of self preserva tion. he leaped, leaped safely. At that instant with one final grunt -- one final heavo ? the Uruto bent his mighty shoulders in one last desper ate thrust ? and sent the rail spinning, loose, detached, uprooted. t<> one sido. The next instant the troop train ? empty as it was? reached the broken track and left it. With the roar of thunder it plunged, plowed through the soft earth and plungOd pell moll through the deserted shed, missing th^ train by a mere hairsbreadth. Kn instant later Hernandez plunged into tlu; jungle. The Drute followed him, as r guilty dog follows tt?* master ? whimpering with fear. (TO HE CONTINUED.) fr ? MASTER'S SALE. M.iir of smith Carolina, ( wltl.lv wl l\ ?'l nl lit W : Court of Common I'leas. Venuai C, Mudhaiu, 1'lalol 111', against ,/. II, Moseley, j. li. Mirk I*' it it < 1 ('Kiu '/'dell I M Vt'Sl {pJllll'll lt\t I )c f C 1 1 ' I < I III ' ' ' ' l.'ilder and by virtue of it dcciw herein of hi* Honor, I}. K. Illce, I *????- j siding .Judge, of little October 'JOth, ! MHf>. I will sell, for cash, ut public j ' oilier), before the Co^rt House door,! in < '.mull ii, county <>f Krttstuny. state] of riuutli Carolina, during the legal j IjmOV of sale, fyt Uie II rnt Monday in JitM-'f'/lih'tTr lhl 6, being 1 1)<* <lth ilit.v ! ihereof, the following described real estaty ; ?& ? . j .All t hut piece, | hi reel or Inn I <?f lanil situated In siihl ( 'otinty of Ker- I shuw and Slate of South Carolina, .eon- j taiuiug "in* hundred and t wen t s live acres, more or lens, and bounded as follow*;. On the worth by land# ! of the i.'state of Kohert. Dick; on t.liw 1 Kttst by lands of J. h, MoseJey ; on the South by lands of Jamex Burroughs ; j and on the Wont by the pub He road leading; from Camden to Sumter, aiul i known as the Itiirrougha road ; said premises beltm the same whereon .1. j <). Moseley I40W resides. All thai tract (ft land In Kershaw 'j County, Slate of South ( 'a rol lint, eon j 1 tabling *?ne hundred ami tJdrteen and <l()-l<iO ( 1 UMiOj acres, more or lens, he- 1 I lug that tract of land derived by \V. i i I). Moyklii, now dcccased, from t|e' {estate of his fatlicr, C. II. lioykin. dc ! ceimed, Said ttraet of land 1m bounded <111 the North by lands formerly of the ; estate of Burwell lioykin, now of S. ! i li. lioykin ; lOast by lands formerly of | the State of Soiith Carolina, now lands! of Jits. Hurroughs ; South hy lands for- 1 inerly of the estate 'of A. H. Boy kin. now oyViied by Mrs. C. 10. lioykin ; 1 West by lurid formerly of the estate of A. II. Hoykiu, deceased, now ow ned ? by A. H. Hoykiu, Also all that. piece, parcel or tract! of land, lying; being and situated in Kershaw County. State aforesrild, con taining two hundred and tlve ('-"?">> aeroK, more rtr le.^: bounded North by; j lands foj'jjierly of \\\ M. Shannon ; j Mast by lands of Isaac Halle and ; Church Haiie; Souih by lands of Mali- i nliijf Reynolds, Kills Croft and others: ami West by the public road from Cani j den to Sumter; excepting, however, from the last described tract, the tract of one hundred and twenty-live ( 1 *J.r) ) acres, more or less, first above desCrih ed herein. ' I.. A WITTKOW8KY. Master Kershaw- County. 1 November dth. l!)1.r>. ftl-.TJ :fh MASTER'S SALE. Stale of South Carnll i m. N ( ouuty (?f Kershaw. Court of Common l'loas The Jefferson Hunk, n corporation or ganized iiikI existing under the laws of the Statu u? South Carollua,. Plaint ill . against Gusslc ItlackWcil, and W. 10. IJIack well, as Administrator of the Instate of I. 10. Hlaekwoll, Defendants. ('nder and b,v virtue of a decrOe In the'above action, of 'his Honor I. W. I Howniau, Presiding Judge of the Fifth Circuit, of date November 18th, 1015. 1 will olVer for sale, to the' highest bid^ der. In front of the Court I louse door, in I lie City of Camden. County of Ker shaw. South Carolina, during the legal hours of sale; on the tirst. Monday In December. 1015, being the Hth day thereof, the following described real estate ; All that certain piece of laud, con-' t .lining seventy-four (74) acres, situate and being In Kershaw County. South Carolina, bounded as follows. to wit : beginning on a stake corner on Little' Moneyhunt branch and run N? 44 1-2 10. 22-48 chains to stake on Camden Koad ; thence with said road 12-10 chains to stake; thence 66 1-2 W. 15-47 chains to stake ; thence S. 24 K. : 1<M>7 chains to the branch aforesaid; thence with said branch to the begin ning corner, said lands being all that part of the James Hlackwell i^tate, that was allotted to said Gussle, Hlackwell by deed from W. 10., J. T., and 3^-E. Hlackwell and others. said tract being more fully described by plat of survey made by Will Clark, surveyor, Septem ber 1st, 1011, and is designated on Plat as lot No. 4. Also all that tract containing sixty live "(05) acres, designated on platjOf survey as lot No. 5. and bounded as follows, to wit: Keginnhig on stake on Monoyhrmt branch adjohdiFg tract No. 8 and run with said branch 46 chains to stake in the fork of the branch; thence S. 7N 1-2 ft. 14-20 chains to pine corner: thence N. 21 W.-?9-06 chains to long poplar on branch afore* -said; theme" up said branch 20 chains to stake Corner on tract No. 4; thence with tracts Nos. 4 and 8 to the begin ning corner. For further reference to this tract, see deed from J. 10. Hlack well to said Gussle Hlackwell, dated November IXth, 1011. Terms of sale ? One-half cash; and the balance payable In one year, se cured by bond of the purchaser ami mortgage of the premises sold. L. A. WITTKOWSKY. ^ , Master Kershaw, County. November isth. 1015. MASTER'S SALE, State of South Carolina. County of Kershaw. Court of Common Pleas. A. .1. Gregory," Administrator of the 4 estate of T. 10. Gregory. deceased, Martha J. On toe, and <>wetj Gregory, l'Taintlflfa, against o. A. Gregory. Sam Gregory. U. 11. ( Jregory, J. W. Ingram, <;. C. Welsh, and 1.. T. Gregory. Defendants. - Fnder and by virtue of a decree In the above stated case, of his Honor C? J. Kamag<v Presiding Judge, of date November 23rd, 1014. 1 will offer for sale, to the highest bidder, In front of the Court House door, In the City of Cnmden, County of Kershaw, State of South Carolina, during the legal hours of sale, on the first Monday in Decem ber. 1915, being the flth day thereof, tin' following dwwrlbfcd real estate: Tract "A." All t hut certain | ?1 *)<?', ) ..? i ? ? I or I fM?*t of hunt idtuatc, lying mill being in the state <of KoiiiJU Duo.-. Una. fu the County of Kershaw. con taining out? hundred nine and one-half j ( 100 V(| ) IK'IW, 'uimI I M ? i i i h I m. follow* :j North by lands of iVUtni Jordan !. South \ by THorii lauds; Kast hy IhjuJs of -John j ll.vatl; i.inl \\ I |)J mIm|M of |{, < I Hciiiii'I ( ; a ntotv complete description , Of H'hll'h I u ? i v Itr hud l)> I t ' It ? 1 1 'I ii ( ? ("O ;i \ I >1 it I uf W. H. TvvUty, Survc.\or. dalcdj \prll. 1010. TfPIIIh of Hill*. ?'||sh. I,. A. WtTTKnWSK V, Mioit'i Koruh&w < 'utility . Nov enihor 1Mb, 1015. MASTER'S SALE. State of .South Carol I mi, ( "(HI Illy I .f K < ? i l)H - Court of < oiiiianii J'liM ? .* ' i K. T. Ivstri.l-c, I'Uilnlill, against Aliah* l-uiijr, M. J. t<ong, Mamie l~#otti?; I.iO.I III Kiddle. Thedocln Hm( rlllKOi Uh-liaiv A. IsOUg, Kunlcc Lillgle? .l< sir Hmlttt; Heulali Williams and Amanda liOiig, DefendiintH. I'udcr and hy virtue of a decree of Ids Honor, I. W. Howman, Presiding JudgG of the Fifth Circuit, of date November IHih, 1 1) in. I will offer for sale, tu the highest bidder. In front of tin* Court House door, la I he City of ( 'a mden, 'County of Kershaw, South ('? roll a It, during the legal hours of sale, 0)1 the llrst Monday in December, llllfi, being t,la? tlth day thereof, the following deserlhed properly.: All thai certain niece, parcel or tract of laad, situated in Kershaw County, State of Soitt.h Carolina, and as shown in plat drawn hy A. It. McLaurln. De cember, 1012. and being more fully de- ! scribed as* follows: hot No. 20 as shown hy the-map to contain twenty-] two (22) acres and hounded as fol-j lows: North hy hinds of W. Z. Pitts; Sout h by lot No. 11) ; Hast by Meck lenburg Itond ; West 1>y lot No. 21. I.ot Xo. 10, <-ontniluiiig t w eidy-live (25? aeres ; 1 1 h t hoillldnd as follow.:: Norfh hy lot No. 20; East hy Meck lenburg Itond: South J?y lot "No? 10;! mid W?<st hy Lot No. 21. Lot No. 17. containing twenty (20) J acres and hounded as follows: North hy lot No. in, belonging to II. li. IIol- 1 den: Mast by lands of J. M. Watty ami It. W. Hammond: South by Lot No. 10; and West hy lot No. 21. Lot No. KK containing lifteen and four-l.ifths (15 4-5) acres and hounded as follows : North by lot No. 17; Kast by lands of It. \\\ Hammond ; South liy lands of Mrs. Sallie Newman; and: West hy lot No. 21. Terms of sale. cash. L. A. WITTKOWNKY, Master Kershaw Count v, Novefhher LSfh. 1015. FINAL DISCHARGE Notice Is hereby given that one month from this date, on Wednesday, I M < .iiiIk'I- (Atll, 1015, I will 1 1 . . 1 1. . I||\ fliiat 1 I'oturn l?> the Probalc i'oum kurdftavv Couiuiy, uh Kieeutor of tba Estate of 1 l*?ii iy Hoykin, deceased, and wo ilic Maine date will ask for a Until discharge from n> \ litis! it. said Kk> c ulor. All parlies having claims aga ins! lie said ICatJLte will presold I hem duly vurtJlcd, it? the undersigned, on <>r i*. foj'o lluil dale ??i' be furoVfit- barred. NOWACi: JKIVKI \ Kxecutor,. ' I 'il llldcll. S. ('. \oV rllltifl K.Uli, 1010, FINAL DISCHARGE. *? Notice 1m hereby given that ope month f r< mi llilsi dille, <at Saturday, l)c cuibci 1Mb. 191ft, I will make f|) I lie Probate Court of Kershaw County my final return as Guardian of ibc otftate of howls Roberts, aud on the same day I will apply to the said Court for h linal discharge from my tC;st as said UlMirdiiUI. C. MASSHY,, < i tl.tt d lit it of l-i'U Is Jtoberts. < 'aimlrn. S. November INlh, 15?jr?. FINAL discharge! Notice Is licit 'by given Unit. oik1 month firoui tli Ik date, ou Saturday! December 1Mb, 1015, I will makit to the Probate Judge of Kershaw County my filial returh iik Adininistratrb ot Ure Estate of .Joint S- Itrown, deceased, and umU from the said Court i-ciicrs Dlsmissory as said Administratrix.. MUS. ISAPIOL BUOWN, , Administratrix. ( 'aniden, S. Nnvi'iiilicr lltli, 11)15. ?' FINAL DISCHARGE. Notice iu hereby given that I have ibis day tiled with tlie Probate Judge of Kershaw Couuty, my petition lor tlnat discharge together with niy Una! ip'counf, and will. on the 20th day oj' Novi mher. 1015, apply to the Probate .fudge* of KersluiNv County for u final discharge as Guardian of the estate of ! I:r/.el Bells. J. U. UKLK, Guardian. Cn m den. S. C., Oct/ 20th, 1015. SUMMONS FOR RELIEF. (Complaint Not Served.) State of South Carolina, County of Kershaw. I Courut of Com nihil Pleas. The Enterprise' Building &. Loan Asso ciation of Canulen, S.. C., Plaintiff, against Daniel Brown Defendant. To the Defendant: ? You" are hereby ' summoned and rt> quiured to answer the complaint in this action, which will hie mod in the office of the Clerk of Court of Com nion Pleas for the said County, and to serve a copy of your answer to the Alpnzo .^angley, a slx-your-oW# of the graded school nt Utu-asterli day while on Ills way to whool,'] run down hy a man on h motortj said to bo Vernon Unlr, and lainfi out and otherwise hurt )>y the mad panning over his liody; It Is said) the uiftn, nfloi- ka(H-liiii? the little lo\y down, did not stop his mad hut went even faster and so far any one seems to know ha* not c< ti> u standstill yet. Mrs. c. K. Case was awarded' 000-? against the Southern railway the. deuth of her husband. H(M killed near King's Mountain, N. O eral month ts ago. PARTITION State pf South t'luollim, County of Kershaw. In the Court of ('onunoii |?| ?I. A. Colt, W. B. I>mton g an? I .Inule K. Cuir, IMalnt ItKUlllMt liUln Morgan. Milan Moak, Uvj(, and l.eslle Monk. IVfeDdta , . ?, , CniUtr and hy virtue of t the above entitled eauw, madobjl Hon. 1. W. Uowinan, lkr?nldlui jJ or date November iKth. l'.nr,. offer for sale In from of House door In the city of CtB on the Jlrst Monday in mHt1j n < ? l . l?*liiK December titli, mi", that, pared or lot of land In tte<Jii ty of Kershaw and State of Kouih( ollna. containing two hundred jurf. (LMrtM acres. moi ?(' ?>r h*A, mid Wm :is follows : Nin th liy lands <,f j Medlln ami Lewis Watts; la mis of Klinoi c Brown; Soutll spears Creek ami West hy UaBl the est tile of William (kg, Anyone desiring to hhl at t&fj Hfle shall first deposit with the derslgned the sum of twenty-five lars In money or certified check pledge to make good his fold in ef M* acceptance. Terms of sale, cash, l'urchawrl pnv for paiiers. - L. A. WITTKO W8}v\V Master for Kershaw Co November lHtht. 1M5,1 To #Q|) coin plaint <.f| ( Camden, Wed. Nov. 24th