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,r ./ '-V J \ J' ^ * r-f- r PAGE SIX. THE BARNWELL PEOPLE, BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA. JHIRSDAY, MAY 7TH, 1 The Free Traders .By. Uictor Rousseau WNU SKKV1CK were silnned nnd raw, Lee clambered up the cliff and made hid way through the tnnnH. He did not think he would ever want t© visit Felly’s gold mine again. He had suspected all the "While that the mine was h myth, and e'ven now he was not convinced that there whs gold In It. But Joy was In his heart, Joy over flowing,-ior all his troubles were at an end. He was going to Joyce, to make her his wife, to take her away. And his heart thumped at the antic ipation-of that Incredible dream, and he trod the trail toward the log house like a hoy He broke his long fast with a moderate meal and started for the mission; As^he went Tf> the ascent a molt of half breed and In dlan children came pouring out of the I awakened in the forest with < >r have you—hidden something me—out of consideration for Copyright by W. G, Chupmao. , CHAPTER XIII » And on the Day After Tomorrow l>ee slept the clock around, for, when he awoke, refreshed and restored, ex cept for his bruised and blistered hands, the sun was In the same part of the sky as when lie had gone to For a few moments the memory of that grotesque struggle seemed Mta* something that he had rend In a hook. ' Then, hit by bit. It began to become a part of memory's records. Hut It was not until, looking up, he saw the entrance to the tunnel plainly visible In the cliff overhead, that he realized the whole episode had not been a disordered dream," born of Ills frantic, futile struggles. * "And e'en t^ien Lee could not con vince himself until he had gone hack to IVIIy’s skeleton and ascertained that® It was really there, and looked at the Initials on the butt of th© re volver, and stood beside the little grnva. Then, very painfully, for his hand© until you? from me?” ‘‘Why do you ask that, dear?” “Because I—I feel that you have, Lee. I don’t know why. It’s Just an Instinct I have. And If there Is some- '"thing more, I should like to he told, because because I have a feeling that It may help me to recover that part of my life that Is still a blank to me.” Lee felt in a quandary. It was Im possible to wish to ke«*p anything from Joyce; and yet he felt that she ought never to know the Incidents of that day ahd night at Slston lake. “If you don’t want to tell me, dear Joyce went on. Lee had to tell her then, and did. minimizing the affair In all but its essentials. He said nothing about his flirlit with the Free Traders, hut fold her how she had been kidnaped by the two men and taken to Itathway’s camp, and how, in the absence of tbe band, he had restated her. “-And you say I. was unconscious all that time?” asked Joyce. ‘‘I wish I could -nndcrstnnd—ft—jrnrt—f—wish—t 2 For All t m The Family S "We uso Black-Draught in our family of six children and W* find it a good liver and bowel f). regulator,” says Mrs. C. E.- * Nutt, of Mineral Springs, f| Ark. ‘d have taken it my- mm self In the last two or three ^ years for Indigestion. I «& would fool dizzy, have gabT and sour stomach, also feel a tightness In my chest. I’d take a good dose of m to to to m to to BLACK-DRAUGHT S Liver Medicine 5 when I felt that way, and it would relieve ire, and I would feel better for days. "My husband takes It for biliousness. He says he has never found its equal. When he has the tired, heavy feel- ^ lug. he takes Black-Draught toi night and morning for a few days and he doesn’t complain . any more. ©W "I sure do recommend Thcd- ford’s Black-Draught.” „ Your liver is the largest organ in your body. When out of order, it causes many ^ complaints. Put your liver vB In shape by taking Black Draught. Burely vegetable. 1 to to m m to m to m to gripping l.et Tis I hr Iron. 1 hrotlgh ? •{. DU. .1. H. YARBOROUGH X I ! } V * v Veterinary Surgeon Office: Ib-oples I'harmacj, Day Phone f>t> Night.82 a Denmark, ... S. ('. ? I ?i Y Y i i t I I .;..X,.X..X..x~X~XX-c^-X~XX~X~X-> I ! .Mel. M’RIN I). BROOKKR —DENTIST— Office Over 1 J. (.. Moody’s Store Barnwell, —So. t'arirr I Wm. McNAB Representing FIRE, HEALTH AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANIES. Personal attention given all business Office in Harrison Block, Main St BARNWELL. S. C Itch Killed in 30 minutes with And There in the Entrance Joyce Was Standing, Watching Them—and Him, Approaching. pchonlhouse. And there in the- en trance Joyce was standing, waiching thFiii and him. approaching. She looked up at him gravrdv as hr* drew near, and she knew at on e from tin* look r>n his face enough ti* to,ike the breaking of the nows h-s of a stioek to tier But Hie tears rnlled down her eln*eks as hr* told her id" her father’s rlealh. “Jtiyee. datllng, I can t her|i feeling that il’v ilii* best thing--in the end,’" sail! Lee 'At least his siinVnngs are at ©n end "I think so, too. I.ee." slie answered ralmly.- “And n<>" I know ttiat s,.t,.e how- I have always knov'ti m\ fntbor was no longer alive. Th<* bond be tween its was \ er\ close, though I was away front him wYi4i.ii> years."' Lee loid tier about'Vie disco\(*rj of. tin* mine and ids enemintcr with la* boeitf, sliirriiig • over the stor\ of tin* Indian’s attack on him Then Joyce eaitgbt sight of Ins hands, and was all k\ tiipal In anil dismay. ;in<l took him Into a hut and hntlierl them and ban daged them. Father MeHratti had gone to visit an r>ld Imlian in tin* neighborhood., and tin* two talked ■< long iiin»*. alld then ate a simple menl together in the pn*s ence of the chlblrep. who s’jred ;it Lee over their soup dishes mu of their large, black eyes "It is (strange, tin* mine being so near tin* house,” Jo\e»* >>uid. “You know Mother and I were never quite con vlnced that there was a mine We were never quite sure that m.v father hadn't a delusion on that subject, a-nd that 1 .elp-tgnif, who was devoted to him. wasn't humoring him .‘‘ttid I.eboeuf must have been living there for ;t long time He had some grudge against Rathway. voti know He would have killed him oner* if my fatbr-r Inuln'l intervened"’ S*he revr-rted to Iot lather's death, and F«*e was reluetantlv ••ompelled to give Iter the particulars "Hr* ma.v -hiive sufl'dxexf a stroke and have fallr*n over the cliff he ' sairr "\t any rate, his dt'afb >vas insian taneoiis You triay hr* stir** -lit* d!4 not suffer.” It vve.s when he spoke of tits dls covery of her mot.her s grave that Jifvee showed si’gns! of breaking down. “She w is jil siielj a long time.” 'she said. “She was paralyzed, and there was' notliing that 'ould he done for her. When she died my father and Leboeuf carried bet body away info the forest by night. Thev would mjver tell- me where" slu* luttl been buried, jl°“ n opI'oMfe v.i'h and I remember I used to prowl about the house, always hoping to discover her grave. 1 suppose that was a part of my father's madness, in a way. He wad ted her to he near"’Him where he was working.” It was after dinner that l-ee opened tbe subject nearest to hi* heart. -| “Dear, you know what I want to ask.” he said “Will you let me take you son'll with me before the snows? And will you let Father Midi rath mfirry us before we start?”.’ “Oh, Lee- when?” she asked. ' ‘‘Today, deareat.” “Oh. not today. Lee!”. • »-« - "Tomorrow, then? Anri we’ll spend onr■honevtroop in the log house. Just for a day-oh two of happiness together before taking up thy trail 1 know It will always lx* yrtrirTponte. Joyce, and that we shall .Often come back here, now that the unhappiness of the past Is over ” wish ‘ cotiMjffmember. It seems so strange that part «>f my memory should come hark to me, and not all of it. Who were those men anti what did they w ant of, me? Were - they Bathvvay's men? And what did he want?" “I think the explanation is simple. dear.” I.ee answered. "Rathway wants 1 the secret of votn fathetN'-toine. In 1 some way he must have learned ttiat | you were coining hack to the tango. ’ Hr* sent his nun to intercept you. They probably told yon that Rathway had your father In his power, ami that Is why you proposed to accompany them, and why you didn’t want me.” i ‘‘Not want you, I.ee? I wanted yon from j be first minute I «aw you. - I’ll fell you a secret. shall I? Well—I—I fell in love with ymt that cvcnlngJn the hotel, and I’ve been In love with vou ever since. There! * r ■ *} “But why was | iriding jn-Rre range"?" she resumed. "What was it on my niind so terrible that there seems a sort of blackness there? I felt that you could save tile.' She shook her head. ‘ No. there’s more to It than that, my dear. And I don't know perhaps I shall never know I.ee slipped his arm about tier. "Joyce, dear; don't try to think.. It doesn't matter. Nothing ,.s going to' matter any ’note. You iue m> longer the unknown girl, traveling alone through a W ilderio SS, whoso di>:lp pen ranee would arouse su>pM tons t Mice you are my w ife. 'Rathway can pit harm you \nd then yon have Fatbi r MeHratli behind you, and the ’ cliurdi tiiat he repreven'- and the n^s- slonaty societi»*s beitinil that. Rath- ’vvay's. md fool enoutgli f o buck a power ful organization tty any crlhi**-—Ids <‘ii«* is to lie low and - TLall tin* liquor he cull before we pit! him out of busl- jioss. ■ Tell me y ou'll tiiarry me soon." But the tit ne. Lee? '\nd poor Le- bo. uf ?” ■‘We’ll look into tbose matrons dur ing 's'tr little hoimy noon. Tell me that It shall be tomorrow" Joyce hesitated: and while spe hesi fated thev heard the tinkle of bells, and Father Met truth appeared in ids ' horse sleigh, coming up the Id)!. They went to the door. The Jolly I priestwaved his hand and pulled In' | •‘Well, Me*-fair Anderson, and so ye’re bank again'" he cried heartily. wilna do that, and she wilnn obey nor honor me, as she's ©Worn to do, tind I’m no sure slie loves me.’ And it’« ‘Oo, Father, my mon’s got a temper like the de’ll Idsself, and the jealouay o’ the grrand Turk.’ “Then I speak to them verra soft. ’My dear mon, and my dear wuinman,’ I say, ‘ye’re balth catight fast, and what’s done cttnntt he undone. ’Tis what matreemony’s for, to help a mon and a wumtuan to deeseipllne—their natures. "Pis J^rrand deespensation, is matreenmnyT .And, iT'ye’ll baith re member'—I go on, speakin’ wi’ what ye might call a touch-of .unction—T hesitated liefore admitting ye to its i priviUeges, for weel I saw that ye vv ere tvv a ill-assorted natures—‘ ‘Naeth ing o’ the sorrt!’ they burst out indig nantly. And w:-|’’thaf they go *tff, arrm In arrm together.” “I hope you haven’t Miss Belly and myself in mind. Father," said Lee, laughing. I’m willing- to step into your trap tomorrow, and’ I'm mow willing to vfep into It this minute." Father Mod rath looked at them, quizzically. “Weel. we’ll Just say the day irfrpT l * .morrow, Anders.,n.” he said. "For ye ken, Anderson, m vvum- mari wants a leetle time to picture her self a bride In her mind's eye before she becomes on**.' all evlL by a detour round the range, with his worldly goods packed inside it. The journey vyas a glow one, the horse slipping on the frozenjfhow and plunging through the ?fUsts that had formed over the surface. It was even colder than before, and there seemed no doubt that winter had set In at last. All were glad when, the log house came into view. Father McHruth got down, flapping his arms. Lee helped Joyce out. They set down the supplies. "BIJ help you In wt’ those goods," said the priest, "hut 1 wilna come in side. And dlrina ye be coming back to H*e, Mrs. Anderson,”—Joyce looked adorably confused at the address— “and tell me tales aboot your hus band, be. ause—u-U-kthe men an* alike, as ye ha' yet to learrn, and ye're in the trap o’ mntreemony n<*o. the I'air o’ ye—tied fast, and there's nucthing this side o’ .leitii can unfasten the knot for ye,. "Guid-bye and guid luck to ve,” he added, extending a band to each. But In Hit* .middle of that hand clasp lie si11.1.1 -.till listenin'*' His I'acc Lee had know* to Incarnate His face, as he drew near the groop. was twisted In a wry., triumphant smile He looked mockingly at Lee. looked ironically at Father MeGrath, But there was possession antieipatfe^ at Joyce, and side, his arntei ©bout her, standing a ll^ her to protect l»er from Rathway. (CONTINUED NE^T WEEK.) In the hiok he cast drew the .girl to his IRtleJn fn»nt the sight IllFW. lt^ A FOR OVER 40 YEARS II \I.I.’S VTAHKH INK lias bvon ns-d .succiissfully m the treatment of Catarrh. , ;u HAM/S CATAHItll SIKDKTNK con sists of an , Oiri;M,ient which QuickJr Relieves bv local amdication, and to* Internal Medicine a Tonic, whn h acta through the Blood on the Mucous Sur faces, thus reducing the inflammation. Sold by all druggists. F. J OfierTPy-& Co.. Toledo. Ohio. CHAPTER XIV The Best Laid Plans hand with a flsf of tmrrd going wi' Hie horse -now. and I reckon I'll Father McGrath bad insisted that Fee should remain as a guest at th** mission during the two following days, and lie insisted on supplying him with at! mittlt of clothing, lie asked their plans and Fee told him. "The best tiling in the vvurrtd,” he said. "Ye'll he safe at th dinna ha' any i**ar of, those de'il's agents at Siston lake, for they’ll ken all aboot |h*. pair o’ >e long syne, and they dareiia intei feYr^ v, t' ye tlu* noo. But dinna prolong your honeymoon too long, for yo must he not o' the range before the heavy snows begin.” Fee and Fathei MeGriHh lm,d -t long talk together Hiai night. Fee told him Hi** whole story of his i-neoimier with Joy re ill the range, the dynamiting, ami his pursuit of the band ;it Sisp,n lake i.nd l'•'s«•lle of the girl, eulminat ing with heir Might into the fore-i and Joy<e's loss of memory. \t lii-Ni Hie f'atlicr lisit ned and in iernipted, and kiqn giving vant m e\- < , i;iuintions of ania/a'inem ; nd indig'nn ti o; but" us F.ee werit < n with his s'-orv * ti**' f,*! ; ini** "ST+rr ’e. jnfiHnt -vr f is pipe I e-el*' the stove ami looking at Fee Inn-ntly. “ Tis e a/.ii:g ! ,r he said, when ,Fee bird end**d. "! cuhn-n uru; Tstainl it i or. look yo i, And'Ts 1 m. it :*-na as If Hds was a country o’ say ages, vvhaur a base i;i;tii could do what he pleased. Tis true* they sell their .feelIliv iiom*l!, leu tliat's deeferenr fra’ kidnaping women and attempting murrder There s smiwthlng ;it, tie* hack o’ tiiis that we havenn hit upon." Vex: iioniing Lee slept tat** -so late that it was lie* recitations of the sehool childri n across tie* open spare that aroused him. From his bed he could hear .loy<*e'*< voice directing them and he smiled happily at tie* thought of her. The morrow was Ids , marriage •lay. The evening of Hi** morrow they would Ik* together in their log Koine, shut off from all Hie world. It viim a renascence of youth, this | J grew grim. Ivee listened too. And at ftrsi lu* heard only the night wind stir ring among the trees; then something more ominous, yet very faint, com ing oul of the distance. It died away. The two men watched each other's faces with a surmise that dUl not find vent in ’"utterance. Per haps it had h**.*n the wind, the waves hipping the shore but now it cant** again, louder and unmistal.nble. Fee dared not raise his ev* s to meet j Joyce’s questioning gaze, sin* lest should discern the sudden fear For it was the Jiflt'puttingi’df Rath- way’s motorboat. The three might have been figures house, and [ ,vf stone as they stood there, lls'eiilng to the sound of Hu* engine; which grew rapidly louder None of the three uttered a word. „ Then the boat came Into view near ing the bank. It contained four men. One of fliem-vvais Rathway. And even though Joyce was h s Inseparably,* Lee waited for the sensatioQ of an Icy hand clutching his heart. Father McGrath spok** .“'Tis Rath- way. and 1 doot n>>t but he s.-rspnie de’iTs vvttrrk aloot Hi t Itahd steady. Money back without question if hunts guarantee;* I SKIN DISKASK REMEDIES ' (Hunt’s Salvr and Soap),fail.Jh the treatment of Itch. Ecfetnu, . /Ringworm,Tettcror other itrli- ing slvih diseases. i ‘ X t ;; » treatment at our rusk. Mase & Deason Drug Store Barnwell, South Carolina. MONEY TO LOAN Loans made same day application received. No Red Tape HARLEf & BLATT\ Attorneys-at-Law y BarnwelL S.,C. Anders, n dar**- I lls v ui. . The engine, --[1111 off I steppe*) .off wore ci'iair.g TTurT' ii: - 1; of the otber* ders and bi- his i.iok of wilmt dan be wiina * fra I Id off in’o sjb*n*t*. of th**, i .of.irhuat bad b**»*n tatiiwav and bis men bad Thev vv.*re ifstiore. tl>**y Up t" * in the r.v. r toward rhe lead With his hunched slmul- gr» it mtis. ular s;r**ngth. uiaiigtTanf. mocking f.-ro- KODAKERS .Send your lilnrs to us (*tr develop ing and printing. One day service. W rite lor jirjccs. Lollar’s Studio 112.1 Main Street ( OF] M BI A SOI TH ( \ ROFINA Me sell Faslman Films ' if y, seemed the pea'rost tlung, i hat §end Us Your Job Work. . « * •« .* 4 >*«»*•«*• •• *4 e« ♦ > *« < • ••••••••*« •X « ♦ | •i* : Y S ANY V/OMAN’S DRESS * or ,i WOOL COAT CLEANED AND PRESSED FOR $1.00 have t• v—tak' to tin* dogs mighty soon This is wTTHer for sure at last "* lie scniriniztw! the iiair keenly. “Ye hav na m:t(b* ffTnoi byr of your queek elmnges?" )i** inquired. wiHi an absurd affectation of arclm* both laughing "No; I've fill Mite tfurl w ere imposed svvered, and vvbh that set them d Hie conditions on nm.” Fee an Hint narrated Ids i tend* r joy that filled blip. He dressed i and strolled across the interyaWTo the i soliiMiihoiise. “ That was the happiest day of hit* lifo. Joyce, fit his mandate, agre* d Jo a half holiday, and aH that afternoon they strolled through the snow-hound woods, their arms abput each otlier, planning :h**ir life fog* tber. Fee came more and more to see that to Joyce happiness consisted of th** Wilderness. *c)f v Mu* had fmonised to einied men- “Wait, Fee !" Joyea vvas wrinkling her forehead In Vhnt manner that always dlstre©s<*d him so much. “I 'vaiii to ask you something.: Have )ff>u really when 1 had my fall from tbe bora© nd\ enf tires in tii** mine. "Ami Miss ivilv has’ marry tin* tomorrow," h (InHously. "N rjoi tomorrow Fee." said.Joyce | Nn-l F a: lor - .Mi • Jia i h. who iiad il>een listening to Fee’s 'story with many 1 elncfilations, lookod >o s<v\ert* Hint Fee hart a si H h|rn (error that he w<u)ld. r**- : fits** t<> perform Hu* lerenmrty. “The dat after, Hien, Joyce?" l,**e plen iletl. Joy. e Interposed no veto this time, I but was blushing iik** a rose and look ing- adorably confused J "Weel ." began Hi**, father ‘Weel I’m not.in. favor of such queeckness. j Have you two young folks consoedered ‘lb** eonseqm nees of matreemony, the | awful afl'l Inevitable consequ* nees? 1 Have ve thorht *•’ tiie horror o sitting t* »;h*T at the break- | fast tabic mnroin’ after mornin for ' tbe .-<*st o' Jour lives foglther? Have ; ye fh.tcht o' the stunning responsibijl- i ties <tf the married state?" Fee was beginning to grow alarmed. , but of n sudden he discerned >i twinkle ! In the worthy father's eyes. And sud denly Father McGrath tmote Fee vio lenjly upon the hack. ."I’ll do It. tnon!" he sfiotifed. 'I’ll do if Mds the one practical joke that is permeesible to a meenlster. I be lieve Tn matreemony. ’Tis the grrand est o' the <bespensations of Our Ford on airth ' .Mony’s the time I’ve hummed and hawed and pretended nn to he willin' when a young pair's come to jne to marry them, he thinking tie’s got the wurrid's desire by the forelock, and she proud arid happy vv I' her mon, hut by na means quke all that his fond imageehatlon pictures her “And I’v’e Uiughed In my sleeve and rJlprtTTT ‘Ha, ha, ye scullions, 'tis the trap ye’re asking me to spring on ye, and I'm going to shut It fast.' And so I’ve married them And it’ll no h? so valry long, marrk yo, before they’re . ..... * A ©‘Oo, Father, my wlf© does rhi© a*d Sb** would vvilt in a ] endured tlu* period of her medical j training only as a preliminary to re- I turning into the wilds, j They decided that they would make I their homes. tl ere 1 ' Fee resigning from Hie police tin* following spring. They i would take up work under Father Me Gralh. enlarge tbe log house, croate a garden; In time to eonie settlers J would flock m, the whisky traffic would ; g<* they •dreamed‘for hours until the i advent of night—sen: them homeward. N**\i afternoon an old Imlian and his wife werii requisitioned for wit I ju*s*«es ; nnd in the little sehoolroou.^ In tip* pr**senec of th<* entire pujialation ; of the settlement, which consisted of the children, two half-grown girls, and a vwung hoy, with an aged squaw or ! Iwo all legacies of the great snmll- j po\ epidemic of four years before ; which had decimated the region - ! Father McGrath performed the simple | ceremony'that united them, taking the 1 gold ring from his own finger, and ! handing it -to-Fee who put It on his ! bride's. And Fee, looking at Joyce with a new wonder that was almost fear, dis covered the purpose that had sent him Into the range. It was for this, and this alobe. that he might find not only his love, hut that comrade of his heart's desire whom he had sought all the days of his life. And .In Joyce's confused and blush ing face. In her eyes, as she raised them shyly toward his own, he read their mutual happiness. With Joyce’s arm drawn shyly through his own, Yind his shoulders a cl i Ing f*r< in Father McGrath's hand clasp, he left the schdolhouse. Out side. the horse stood harnessed to the sjetgl^ vvTieh was loaded with thepsun* plies. Fee handed Joyce inside and followed her Fat)iei k McGrath took the box sent of the big sleigh, which had originally functioned In the streets of aonie provincial city. Father Mc- Urath had driven it to hi© destination Carolina Dry Cleaning Co. Phone 5590 ——' 1608 Barnwell Street. Columbia, S. C. i ♦> -i X~> -*1* •.**X~I* «X~> «*b I | I Y ? •.••XX»*XX'*X»-VXX*«X«XX»*X^X»»I»»X*»t»*!**X-X-»XX»-X*»XoX-X*-X*»X'*X'*XX-:-> LONG TEKM MOSEY to fEND () percent, interest on large amounts. 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