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ffl'INVfct) r«<>M t hwt wkmi *1 • MNMI ••fTSri | wir t wiWl "tun W»M*t M w ) miV W>| )u«U !!*•*•*, T09 ha« r cMtf |irri»il*«i«>fl to do NO)ttitliC that aucs«*»t« lt%rlf to yutt." * H You'ro critic to hrms«*n It out," ha M \Y«» an* not goinir to do >«n\ihln^ at Mil,” 1 said, "not sooIhk any necaaslty for (loltiR anything. I mljfht merely suggext to yoii^thHt there are legal provisions against hlaokmall.” The q’ulet little man, with his no tions of profit evaporating, suddenly be< •ame savage and desperate. *‘I ean’t be fooled with,” he cried. 4 T know you. You won’t assail me with a blackmail charge, because you do-not dare. I know l am guilty and can he punished unless I have a real hold on this family. I have takeiuthe chance that 1 have a real hold. It wan not certain, but now I know It. It Js not enough of a hold, hut It is enough to keep you from making trou ble for me, and I’ll ***e that *oon It will lie enough to make you listen to me ’ *'Yoti may do any thing yo* want to «V» “ I mid . 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"I don’t know—something Incoher ent, violent; and he took me by the sleeve. 1 was not frightened, but I drew hark suddenly. My sleeve ripped out. We were at the edge of the woods. Three men appeared, strangled Jed be fore he could cry out, picked him up and carried him off.” I spent the evening wjjh Mr. Sidney and told him that Jed was ill. He jyas concerned, and I made the lie a kindly one. "It Is Insignificant." I said. “With Ids habit* he tyust occasionally pay a \ price.- A touch of Indigestion this time." To extemporise a few lies to get through the night was. easy enough;! hut .led was not hark In the morning and Mr. Mhlney had to he de*-etvei| In | noire enduing fashion. V explained to him thot Jed hod lieew ' rglled aooy on on urgent mot ter ; * hh n memed to Mtw iMdwev to yw*ti ' fr bts gadwg ot •sore Mm, flhkBPir* o* IW 9 Wm •• I MmMM I0C## MpI U t • --ha# ill *' | #* W |9 ^ %thA fpAflMMlMlI ImMM §♦ •’ mBP\» 9B9V 99 9B99NN9' IH9a m9MBR99P 9HB 99h9 I 4bMMAdMAA>f ^ 41 99 49 aaMMMMP % MMi ^ U *Mf> pfefei um* m uaaa • * f 4 'MkkMun* * *•* a*u» 144 I fOO*» t mm uweu 1 pwwt af 4|M4 •bw* appu* 1 so* WU* Jmfe «r* •out btm { •wg resmpod hem ohere ho It ooedMl * “Y oo a A* to thing mmomiao " mtd tho low yor **| rwmo ortth your detect I vo homuse t thought that tt laat (hit household was prepared to dm! ret* nmohly with a reasonahle man." "Where, Is Jed?" I asked. "That’ll none of my business.* “It will In* made yours." "Harking dogs—moonshine—things to scare huhies," said the little man. J* McGuire came hack. • "1 guess I ve seen all I want of the grounds.” he said, "and there’s a train hack in half an hour. We’ve our rig waiting.” ^ "I'm not going back,” said the law yer. "I stay at ^Hartley.” “What i* he to do?^ asked McGuire. "Merely leave the house,” I said, and I rang for a maid. “I’ll not he bulldozed," said the lawyer. "Y’ou are not being” I suggested. “The maid will show you out." He wa* at a loss hut had nothing el*** to do but go when the maid mine. ! held McGuire for only a moment and a/k«*d him to have operatives watHi the lawyer constantly, with an him 1 hut Ih* actually would remain 1^, Hart ley. and Im oHitinue ta srnrHi far Jed. Mr. Sidney IswAel and I bad a rimer fwl dtamer that e»mmg tkwrMad aa Mr* Web m «tm Mow |pta fka 4af% af Mm ask gwr%# 1 A MWy If UM mmmi af tarn awflaa af llm aatamsAlla attk a raaraa af act km suggested It rama af tears lung eoteftalned, now present with a threat af Imminent • onsequence., 1 ran for tha stairs, dashing the light, up the ytalrs and to Jed's room. His door was open. As I have said, this wing was not w Ireil for electricity. I turned my light about the room, saw that the fear which had caused me to patrol the house was realized and then hunted for the lamp, which I found and lighted. Jed's room w^as In the disorder in which a hard-working housebreaker, intent on hodlng Jewels he knew the room contained, might have left It. It seemed almost ripped to pieces. On a tabla was a small pearl-inlaid ebony box. The lid was open; the box was empty. Aa I stood In the midst of the dis array of the room, with the empty box the most significant thing In It, the manreloua unreality of Hartley bowse, a smiling dread, seemed to have visible taken The empty box. I thought, bad mined the manuscript which Mr ftldney’a m* rei. Tha hash af vfcMa which I bad seen M tha had laQratad tho method bv which N had dftsop fared Tha twa Agaesa rrwanMg tho lawn M tha monaMght aoea far*he* ladkathwa w ••‘~W I try perm ftp rlrewmstamea, hot all I did ta the afire and, lighting the llghtg* aft there. I was In the extreme dejection af a weakling when the door opened and Isobet came In. "What are you doing. upT* I naked. "I’ll ask the same thing of you. What are you and the whole household doing, awake and moving?" I told her that housebreakers had been surprised at work and had es caped. js • -w “If you hav$ been disturbed," I sug gested, “probably your fa&llMfass, also. You had better go to hla room snd tell him that the servants have Seen flus tered by a burglar scare, and then yog had better go to your mother's room and stay with her until things quiet down." That seemed sound enough adrlca, hut when laobei had gone I was left wondering again what to da next It was out of the question ta notify tho authorities. The fhlovas bad stales something which, from what I knew of It. I preferred ta have la their baa da rather tbaa la the p.«*»oaitea af tha l. 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Ao - i-^r ‘'hgh - bgmth 499 * mam arnst mas a *oaa dsam gaaa ooaif aa mmf sf aa •* as +B~rn O as**S*SS **• ’ <m*m awasw <Mwa aoaw s *wwwa 00a SMMMS *sasM a hams smw a op* a * 000 asm as mo *sma aa oaf ewo ama dka atss**e *aae aao %o* ao sao *omo aa l aa amaaaa dha ama gpghmka om**• s«o adkmtmmnh 9 a tw moo *f aaaaamaaea mo a*m ami - m —t~ Mam «s*db *4 km 4he*sm aa ooma ... .. «o-* *ea*>qmA kgasm seme o» a ago a . og maam aw* mo aaoo A pea gtaafhhM an mi H gpvoaeal I fewtbo* aad I FfHJ* 1 MMfeTaijmthf vw that a% *a*««Mm win . pjaUMf larkev'h* a I# aa r rwio> tk t.-to-r I »tl». hr.*a. foe the pwrpam of determining whether oc not n special school tax »*f *>ix Id) additional mills shall he levied in the r hove district. The said election shall be conducted aa is provided by law for the holding of general elections. The polls will be opened at W. I. Jower’s store and the following trustees have been ap pointed managers of election: H- Jeff Hair, J. JLRay, I. Keoler. v Those favoring the proposed levy shall cast a ballot with the word “Yes" tvritten or yfjrinU'd thereon, and those opposing the proposed levy shall cast a ballot with the word “No" written or printed thereon. HORACE J.. CROUCH, Sec. Co. Board of Education. Barnwell. S. C., Oct. 2, 1920. 10-7-2t. a* v »>» • • * *# *d OMOg mfo amh NOTICE OF ELECTION. A petition having been filed in nr tarda new with aartioa school law af 1912, not ft*mb that aa alartaw • fWwbdv PvM arhi 44 fkkfhf. Qaaahpv imbl ot 4ha gmagaiua 4f AsdovqqpaaaB *# dug a sfaBws' «*k»«o* mm sf gMiMMMM gMflhs aks»l' %a am* n 171*/. gvrverwl not Ira la hvrvby B will be hold in PkBtrart Mu 54 IMA If tjw fur i aar •mv»f0*l kWa rvm •aobcl h»«l f^Mie l« (daitu lr V *€ §*4 m0 l a dift^ sad l ho*i (pr •• i« fdaao. I bad put ni« IhmiX *l«* ii.t knee* a* I •lie iM-gan v*> play. | wa* anHtse<l by perceiving, wl seeing, that somebody wa* near I turned suddenly saw Jed. He was not three feetiml n^v chair. His face revealevl «Jer of mind. “I>o you want a Mil?” he asked. "No," I said. Isobel louched tint of the piano, as a player done wimood may do to express surfeit inclusion. ."Not a mild one'd askedr per sisting. . "Well. then, veryk ” I feald. I took up my liwin and forced myself, a* d lari pi I in read. 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There was an Instant of alienee. I took another step toward th* stair and hit my foot against a chair, almost loaiug my bal- aaco Theco wo* a •carry*of foot sad s j rootttog *of *41f*• ftwNO rbe boM< ! tho tioies wove* 4hr Mr% bo v k# »*..•' • » ... •♦ ** o# • a af 1 *v ' « *v*• • to* *• M M4 ‘*t * fvi'k' a I fatHl til**• * wl » 4* 4H**a ? Ifevvvy l w ApRHMn^ w ^hmbnhb ajv I 99 999999 999 : tf9M9 : 4999H9 9BH999 fll Hm dortor." aold Mm Kidney, tf t boro bod beow aay rbowco of and lag Ik wo abould bav# taken It away from bim. In bla attoeiwa we have score tied bis room frequently." "These people are after tbe tnanu- ! script, ond they are satistted that they . have It." I sold. "I am sure of that, j mi S3 ■south by a very faithful girl who wanted ■ amutb • leave. Ho* anythlug of grout value beeu tabeuf* "Nothing of any tnirtuelr value whatever, Mrs. Aldrich. I Imagine tbe robber* were alarmed before they found aay Jewel* or plate." "That'a a consolation, In any event." said the housekeeper; “but we never shall bmable to take In a new servant again with any ease of mind." The- chauffeur telephoned aa lira. Aldrich went away. The chase in tbe night had been useless, as might be expected, and I told him to return home. Mrs. Aldrich brought me a light breakfast, and one of the gardeners came to aay that the dogs had been found In the woods. They had been fed drugged meat and were tick and even now barely able to stand. I was preparing to go to Mr Sid way's mom wbua the again It wua a call flam the village of Horn Irk forty mltau suet, a pfeaaw af aaaue repute we 41 •• uumAdv wed rkmeucwae uf Mu < ffeume wed **m4kwamou TV* umA <m-m$ uo me# ka oue •*ouw«w»o •■ me bsuwaBqp af *«o# mum* e a* umau *o t* ku r* i - \