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/ r- I > ; ' t- THE PEOPLE, BARNWELL, 8. G. The ///, OPTHE f s - S '// -\ ■- //• iPju&ish \\ author or v , THE STRANGE CASE f CAVENDISH ♦ ♦ * Illustrations' v^-WEIL COPVRtGHT, ThC RANDALL PAR.R15H 7 “AH, SENORITA!" I Synopsis —In a New York Jewelry store Philip Severn. United States consular agent, notices a small box which attracts him. He purchases it. Later he discovers in a secret compartment a writing giving a clew to a revolutionary movement in this country ostensibly seeking the overthrow of the Chilean gov ernment. but evidently international in character and in any event threatening the.welfare of the Unit ed States. The writer mentions a rendezvous and Severn, temporarily at leisure, determines to Investi gate on his own account.. CHAPTER I—Continued^ "■ 2— Tht» whole affair looked hopeless. About nil I could do would be to send lilt* torn uote to the proper'authorttles In Washington, with a statement of how it. came Into my possession, and let fieni dispose of the matter in any way they deemed best. I wrote such a leth^r carefully on hotel stationery, and. went down to mail It In the lobby. Before disposing of It in the mailbox 1 encountered-the manager, Burke, and stopped for a word. We were still tatktuiT~wlfeiTH bellboy came up hur riedly with a message. Burke turned. “What is It, George?” '“That Ghns-street party, is on the wire, sir." "t Mi, all right. Excuse me, Severn, bin !’ve been trying to get connection for an hour.” ’ . • liut wait a minute,my veins lin- gling. “I>id he say Guns street? Where is that? There Is no such name In the <•;:> directory.” “ . •'Grins! Why. over in Jersey. Yes, I’m coming." 1 thrust the unmailed letter into my p >cket, and sat down, staring at the crowd in the lobby, hut entirely Indif ferent to their presence. Here at least was an openirig, a chance—Gans street was in Jersey City. Then it was not all a dream. I would at least look over the ground before I gave up in despair, for l hud stumbled upon a way out of the blind alley—Gans street, Jersey City. for the full extent of the blocks until the saloon on the further corner came into view. Its gleaming hospitality In vited me, and I strolled along the op posite walk, ray coat foliar turned up to shut out the drizzle, and finally crossed over to tfhere I could peer In through the dingy windows. The man behind the bar was unmistakably Pol ish, and of no high typ£, and at first I saw no other occupants of the place except two roughly dressed men at a table Just Inside, wbtT’were 1 playing cards silently. The room was clean enough, and quiet, yet I felt no incli nation to enter. Those were not fel lows it would be safe to question, and I would have turned away, but at that instant I perceived the Indistinct fig ure of a young wbman In the further corner, sitting beside a table alone. Her presence stimulated ray curios ity. She appeared to be young, not badly dressed, and her being In such a place unattended rendered her of some Interest. It surely could do no harm If I dropped In for a sandwich and a glass of beer. I crossed to the bar, furtively watchful, but no one except the proprietor apparently paid the slightest attention to my entrance. The two men never glanced up froni their cards, and the girl—for she was scarcely more—merely turned her head and stared at me without interest. I spoke to the barman In English. We ex changed a few words—his own speech CHAPTER II. A Man and a Woman. It was lute In the afternoon, the day dark, with u chilly wipd blowing off the river, when I reached Jersey City. The fii-st policeman encountered gave me all necessary directions, so that I alighted from a street car within a block of my destination. A saloon on tlie upper corner of the block fur nished me the necessary clew, and, using it asyi^ market, I succeeded in tracing back until satisfied I had thus «afel,v located ”876/’. It was an aban doned factory, built of brick, two sto- -rie-v higli,,.evideiitly extending over con siderable ground at the rear, but with a frontage not to exceed forty feet. The .lower windows w l ere hoarded up, ... , , „ ! even as to that, but gained the mpres- a number of those in the second story . .... , ■, . , • — , . , ... * .. ■ i i sion that he shook his head negatively; broken., and the main entrance, large ... ? * ’ t <• ii as though to some mute, question, enough for the passage of .a motor I - M truck, was tightly secured by an im- Unless it might be the intense bru- mense iron bar. A smaller door to the : ne ^ te blackness Of hair and an ex- rig!) alone offered any possibility of trchiel'y clear complexion, there was 'enirance. although if was tightly | n 9^ipg typically bpanish in her ap closed. - To all I Could Peer In Through .the Dingy Window. .very broken—while he prepared the sandwich, and the only thing unusual I noticed was the passage* 1 of a slight signal between him and the woman across the room! I could Aot be sure In? There are German* enough am* herp to stop thatr* . r “Not Germans-—no. But Interna tionals. revolutionaries. . They are more than you think. TIs time for them to strike a great blow." ~~’“You arc I’ollsli. are you not?" “Yuli, from AYiirsaw. I come over six " years.” “Naturalized?" “1 have first papers—Avhy you ask suspiciously. . “I merdly questioned frour^ curios ity.” My eyes ’wanderetr>du*e more to j the girl across the room, and he no- , tired the glance. / “You wonder what she do In here?" I he asked. tell you. She was ray | niece, an^ sit here to wait for a friend i to' wirfk home' with «hei. It is not a j gootj neighborhood, this, for a woman alone iirthe dark.” “Her home is some distance?" “Five—six blocks. It Is a dark, bad way.” Y He moved back toward the bar, ap- i parently satisfied with his examination of- me, as well as his explanation. I wondered grimly why he had taken the trouble to tell me all this, and or dered another glass of beer as an ex cuse to linger there a while longer. What was the party like who was to call for the girl? 'I did not have to linger long to gratify my curiosity. The side door opened silently, and a man Stepped briskly inside, shaking the raindrops from his coat as he greeted the barman cheerily. * . "A dirty night; Jans,” hC said, glanc ing swiftly about, his eyes sweeping over me sharply. “Business not very good, 1 suppose?** “Dead. It’s no good now any’ more, wjth all the factories closing up be cause of the war. Just some salesman drojA In for a beer. That makes me nothings." > The newcomer laughed, evidently put quitl* at ease by this quick expla nation. I was watching him. A rather thick-set fellow with a turned-up mus tache and a disfiguring, scar on one cheek, which gave to hl« eye a peculiar expression. Watching the fellow I must have missed some signal, for he whirh*»I-about suddenly and confront ed the girl, who had already risen to her feet and stood expectantly, one hand yet resting on the table. “Ah, senorlta! You were waiting for me to come,” he exclaimed. “Yet I have not kept you long.” “Oh, no,” she answered quietly In Spanish, her voice so "low the ‘words barley carried to where I sat. “You were delayed?" "A car blockade, at the wharf. No, thank you, Jans, nothing tonight. You would go. senorlta?” “There «*an ^>e nothing to remain longer here for, surely.”' I watched them disappear through the side door, marking his grasp on her arm and her quick glance aside into his face. There had been some thing wrong about this meeting, some thing undeniably awkward and con strained. These two were not what they pretended to be—old-time friends meeting incidentally to walk home to gether. They were strangers, coming together there for the first time by appointment. Neither had previously known the other. I had even detected fear, doubt, in the expression of the girl’s face. Yet I dare not move, or attempt to follow them. I could oqly sit quietly, tny eyes on the window fronting the street. I watched Intently, but no shadows passed that way—the two had not turned down Gans street. My mind worked rapidly as I sat there motionless, afraid to make the slightest move lest It arouse suspicion. Whatever the object of the meeting VET'S IN NI3IDRIC CAMDEN RaMroada of State Have Authorized a Rtductifib In" Rates Over Thir ies to Two Cents a Mile. A-nderson<—The annual reunion of the South Carolina division • of the United Confederate Veterans will be held in C^tudeu May tt-^nd^W: ^Thif railroads of the state have authorized a reduced rate to two cents a mile in each direction to members of the Unit ed • Confederate Veterans, their fam ilies and Sons of Veterans and their families upon presentation of identi fication certificates to ticket agents. Tickets will be sold May 16, 17 and 18 with final limit to May 21. The sponsor for the division is Miss Nancy Lindsay of Camden. Mafds of honor: Miss Katherine Blakeney, Camden.*- and Miss Eleanor J. Mitchell, Greenville. , Matron of honor; Miss H. L. Adams, Anderson. Chaperon: Mrs. Vernon McDowANl, Camden. Hospitality committee:. Mayor Dunn of Camden and Miss Minnie Clyburn of Camden. Maj. Gen- C. A. Reed of Anderson is commander of the South Carolina division, and J. A. Brock is adjutant general and chief of staff. pbil outward appearances .the bad been unoccupied for months, and perhaps years. From the sidewalk Y>|r w i- impossible to gain any glimpse witTrki, Only one discovery served to roiiviuce-'-me that I might be on the right trackYthat I had not been en tirely deceived. A small sign, so cov ered with dust and dirt as to be almost unreadable, was nailed over the smaller dour. In lh9 growing dusk I was obliged to study it Intently to.declpher t'lK* f words, but finally made ffiem out letter by letter: - ’ • / • < B FK’H ALVA MALLEABLE IRON ro.Ul’ANY." Here was a strange coincident, if nothing more, for Gustave Alva had la-eii -one of the names signed on the hotel register. Beyond doubt this old, abandoned iron foundry was his prop erly. and what better spot could be svleeted in which to meet and concoct a sekt-me of orim%? What a place to hide arms for shipment. Whatever _ doubt I pray have felt regarding.ray venture vanished in the- presence of jlhat uiMisuai name.' This was unques- tionabiy the pla<V named in.the letter YYft* 11 rendezvous ; 'here».was where the recipient of that letter was to go and receive instructions pwhere he was to use the mysterious raps, and the coun- tersign^’Gervantes, 7 In order to gain admittance. 'The knowledge that I was actually upon the threshold of such n discovery, brought with it a de termination not to lose the advantage. But what could I do? What further _ stejiK might he safely taken alone? The night was dark, a slight drizzle, in th** air, one abroad except from necessity. No *lgn of life was visible Paying Opt Pension Money. Anderson.—Pension money ‘ waa re ceived in the amount, of $32,500. In Class A there were 70 enrolled in this class last yeai*, but owing to the or ders to put all veterans of 80 years into this class, this year there are 134 which makes the pension less to each veteran or widow than It was last year. This year they will get $96 each. A. M. Robertson, a veteran of near 84 years, came in to get his pen sion. Mr. Robertson is a remarkably young looking man for his age am* has nojie of the infirmities of old age. He can read without glasses. Only a short time ago Mr. Robertson married a woman of 70 years of gae. He says that he served in two wars, therefore gets two pensions. Ton may hare no particular dia- ease, and yet fall far short of en joying teal health. To be actually healthy you must be sturdy, alert, vigorous, a-sparkle with enthus iasm and the joy of living—fairly bubbling over with vitality and energy. Are you thus? If you are well,~yet listless and unambitious, it is because yon lack some quality that would All you with vim and drive, and nine times out of ten the sole cause of this lack is found to be disordered, weak blood. Wholesome blood is the very fountain source of that energy which puts spring into your mus cles, snap into your step and apar* FOR THE BLOOD kle into yonr eyes. If yon want nil this, begin right now in enrich four blood stream. You will find, as thousands of other* have found in toe last fifty years, that S.S.S. is an excellent remedy to do this for you, one that removes the poisonous impurities and helps build your blood into a rich, nourishing supply. SJ3J3. is an herb compound, discovered by the Indians, and still made an they made it. Get S.S.S. from your druggist to day. Start taking, and then if you want expert medical advice free, write in detail about your condition to Chief Medical Advisor, 862 Swift Laboratory, Atlanta, Georgia. Standard for over 50 yean V ... Swift G+i D«yt. Ml, Atlaata, Ga. Mm« Md m SL «r a. r. D.. York.—After selecting Purity Pres byterian church. Chester, as the next place of meeting and electing officers for the ensuing year, a notable meet ing of Bethel Presbyterial auxiliary, with the First Presbyterian church of j York came to a close. Officers chosen were: President, Mrs. I. R. Hayes, Kershaw; vice president, Mrs. E. L. ! Gillespie, York; secretary, Mrs. Fred E. Culvern, Kershaw. The next meet- ing will be held in April, 1922. Greer.—W. W. Burgiss, a prominent business man of Greenville but form ally of Greer has given to the Salva tion Army his orchard and farm which Is one and a- half miles from Green ville on the National highway from Spartanburg to Greenville, The situa tion is an ideal one and the donation IS made with the understanding that the Salvation Army is to build a hos pital, hotel and a modern village. ■OBSX8 COUGHING t COB Spohn’s Distemper Compound to krMk It up aad v*t thorn bock lu condition. Tw—ty uuvna yenra’ um haa made "SPOHN’S" indlipe nanbla lu truutlaa Coughs and Colds. Influensu and Distsmpar with thatr raaulttuc complications, and all dlaaasea of tha throat nous and luuca Acts manraloualy aa preventive; acta equally wall aa ours.' *• rauta and SUM par battla. At all druc stores. gromr mkdical comp ant, oosaanr, nn>. II CHlLLTONlC a Not Spring Fever But pnng re? I Malaria CAUSES THAT LAZY TIRED FEELING. WARDS OFF MALARIA AND RE8TORRS STRENGTH. TRY IT. Fuet aeMby -* * * —“ * **—“ “ “ • ■ — - might be, Jans was more or less. In- i > irtrl i . Chester.—The city of Chester, com pleted installing an additional pump which cost $3,000. It has a pumping capacity of 750 gallons every <0 sec onds. This excellent pump, along with the present one, which has a capacity of 600 gallons a minute, gives Chester unsurpassed municipal water pump ing facilities, ^equalling any city Ha size in the Carolinaa. vblvedr He had signaled to the girl twice, and his words, however Inno cent they may have sounded, must have brought a warning to the man. Beyond doubt he had questioned me with the distinct purpose of thus dis covering why I had drifted Into the place. 1 dismissed utterly his State ment that the young woman was his niece—her very appearance gave that the lie. . Greenville.—Victory of Greensboro over Asheville in the voting to choose the place for the fair convention and the adoption of numerous important resolutions featured the general busi ness session here of the spring meet ing of the Kiwanis organization of the district of the Carolinas. pearance. Indeed she impressed me ns thoroughly American in features, dress and'manner, somewhere-In the twenties I should Judge, with brown eyes, and a face decidedly pleasant to look upon, although with a firmness to it, expressed by mouth and chin, not to be mistaken. I noted these things hurriedly, never venturing to stare at her, though she apparently gave me no attention whatever. Somehow the girl seemed strangely out of place in that dingy saloon—she did not in any sens^ belong. Sh£ was evidently not there seeding company, nor was she drinking; and yet there must surely be some meaning to her presence. The proprietor approached me, lean ing one hand on the tableY \ “There 4s nothing more?" he ask^d. "No, this will hnswer very well.” He lingered, tempted to question me. “You have not beey in before? Per haps you do not live near?” “^‘T do not," I replied frankly. "I travel, out of Boston, and flell lumber. I have been doing some business with the yard down below.” “I see. You are not from New Yqrk, 1 make It?” "No; Boston Ifas always been my home.” . — “Once I live there, too; when I first pome north from Rio. WlnU you think about this war? We lick Germany— hey?” ; \ "Oh, 1 don’t know; she seems to be more than holdihg her own” “Aeh, yes. But now this country go in; what then?” I looked up quickly Into his face, with a swift desire to test his real sentiment. “This country! Why should It go Spartanburg.—The setting up meet- ing for Spartanbufg district was held Something was wrong, .perhaps not i with Bethel Methodist church here. criminal, pelhaps In no way associated .withjjie affair which had brought me into that neighborhood, and yet sus piciously wrong, and I felt inexorably driven to find out what it all meant. I finished my beer slowly, and then selected a cigar from the case and lit it deliberately. Jans leaned over the bar, speaking confidentially, and I had to remain, although I cursed inwardly at the delay. Y>t I broke away at last, assured that I had finally lulled every suspicion to rest and passed out through the front door. (TO BK CONTINUED.) To Remove Grit From Eye. Small foreign bodies which are* not Imbedded in the >y<*!)all may often bo removed by going intd a dark room, looking up toward the lighting, fixture, then turning the light on quickly, w i iies a correspondent. If the lighi Is strong enough, it wfTi cause a vio lent ^yeaction which will cause the particle to.be washed to the corner of the eye. If is then easily removed by means of a clean handkerchief. Judge C. C. Featherstone of Greea- wood, financial director for the Up per South Carolfna conference in the Christian Endeavor movetnent presid ing. " Florence.—A reduction of 31.? per centum in the cotton acreage of this year, compared : with last year, is indi cated in private information local re porters have received from reliable connections and supplied to the cham ber of commerce. . i. Organizing Boys’ Clubs. Sumter. — It is pleasing news to Sumter county that J. Frank Williams, who for a number of years was county farm demonstrator, has again under taken this important work for this county. Mr. Williams, with B. O. William*, assistant state leader of the hoys clubs, visited” several schools and or ganized bbys’ clubs last week. The boys, with Mr. Williams to lead t! ■•'), expect to fearn all they can a r - produciqg corn, raising pigs and sjves. WERE OTHERS IN THE FIELD m \ School Superintendent Learned That He Wae Not Alone in Hie Devotion to Fair One. The superintendent of schools In a small Indiana town recently persuaded the school board to revoke Its ruling to employ only single women as teach ers in the school. At the flftt school at which-he. caHed he tried to Joke the young teachers. “Now you'll all be getting married.’’ he laughed; “Have any of you been getting ^ny proposals since the ruling was passed ?’’ Accidentally his eyes happened to meet those of the young, teacher In whom every one knew he was inter ested. She thought the question was addressed to. her and blushtngly an swered, “Just three others besides yours." Amid the roars of the other teach ers the young superintendent made his exit' from that huildiag. But never since that day has he mentioned the new ruling.—Indianapolis News. Hoary Old Asia. .^Tfie his^ry of Asia goes buck very far. One of the earliest events’re- eorded and regarded as authentic Is the founding of the temple of Bel at Nippur. 6000 B. C. The Accadlan- Sunmerian kingdoms are placed at the head of the ruling powers. When they commenced Is not clear but they con tinued to the year 2*280 B. C. GRAMMAR AS IT IS WRIT Evidently the Third Man Had “Slipped Up" on the Spelling of Some, what Familiar Word. First Sergeant Grizzell of the Spo kane recruiting station vouches for tha following Incident, which occurred when three of the applicants of that station were making an application to the director of the United States Marine Corps institute, Quantico, Va. Two of the applicants had spelled the word grammar as “grammar,” and were busily making corrections when the third applicant came along. He asked: “What are you changing the word grammar for?” “Why, we spelled It wrong." an swered one of the applicants. “Give me that rubber," said the third man. “Darned If I ain't spelled It with two m’s myself.”—Recruiter's Bulletin. Manhattan Losing Its Population. The city of New York Is losing its * population oti account of the high rents demanded. This Is shown by the great' Increase In the number of commuta tion tickets which have been soUf~In the past few months to points on Long Island. Requirements. “It requires dollars to get Into the fast set." “And sense to keep out of It" Vj [_a—a—a-xa—n—«—n—«-H Its So Easy to Make the Change —H There’s no bother and no sacrifice in turning away ^ .• from the ills which some^ times come from tea andcof- fee, when you decide on Postum Cereal —■ '' - Public Utilities Prospect. Charleston.—*P)resident 4 P. H Gads den, of the Consolidated " company, now with headquarters Jn Philadel phia. Is here on business few days He has Just returned froth .an extensive tour of the West in the in terests of public utility corporations with which he is connected, and states that conditions, sp-far as these corpo- the world ls,!l as Mr. Balfour once 1 rations are concerned, are not much Proverb Analyzed. A proverb hopes nothing, fears noth ing that the eyes do'not see, the ears do not hear. It is the doubting Thom as of life, of literature. “A man of neatly epitomized; “ojie who does not believe anyth!i g good of the c.nrhl.” Well, so Us a proverb,—V. H. I'riedlaender, in Country Life. fuproved. and that there must be a •uYtantial redurtifliLin costs of oper ation and raalutrnance before pre-war prosperity tan teturi^ x Tfien you have a rich,full-bodied table beverage which fully satisfies the taste —ana there’s no ingied* - ient to harm nerves or digestion. ' Thousands have changed to Bostum as the better meal-time drink and they don’t turn back. Suppose you try the change for ' ten days and note the result. There s a Reason tor Postum Made by Postum Cereal Co, Inc, Battle GedcJfkiL