Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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8 MAGAZINE SECTION PACK EIGHT FRESH By Express Fine Candies \ \ KLEIN’S DRUG STORE Every Thing The Best Cr~ Phone 31 X ■ / \ SfYLE QUALITY IN HOUSE VALUE \' SEE US / / / For anything in the Line of Clothing, Shoes, Hats Etc. y<*Tr T • /x I f We are filling in our stock wi< new, clean Merchandise. A c&.. Will convince you as to price and / / X / X / / / . Colleton Bargain House B. LEVY, Manager 7 /\ xX. \ which wc, the police i(ic*t) for Pence dealt me so violent a blow that ruff was engineering the whole affair; a blind,’' he paid. “I soon caught on to it sent me rolling down the roof into the also the Russian was making no head- that. Also in Amaroffs little bedroom darkness. And as I tumbled headlong way, and he knew that his position was stood his luggage ready packed. He was from the ledge, the whole air seemed to at stake if he faiietl. So he got desper- just off on a journey that was .pla.x hurst into fragmenfs alNiut me—a mighty ate, and took the gafftif kilo his own^SMcolin had said nothing about a jour- concussion that left me, deafened, shaken, hands. He forced Grratmat), to fix a ney, which was in itself suspicious. I bewildered, amongst the broken tiles and irndesvous, brought up his men ami knew the Russian was not the bungler falling fragments on the ground lielow. ' strangled Amaroff in the sanded parlor, he pretended to he, and I admit that I suspected it for a moment. Of enursi. | tmnal squabbles in get jumped upon.” -And they were hidden in the l„j,t - “A very good place, t<»o. With ful packing, they would have g,,t fl| Paris safe enough. The Nero w ,, known work of art. No one would | , n . I was in my most comfortable chair> with old Jpcoh washing the cut on my I lead, and the inspector’s nimble fingers twisting a bandage before I quite real ised that I had escaped that great explo sion. Vaguely, as in a dream, I reipem- bered that two men, presumably Peace i and the sergeant, hail dragged me to my feet, had knotted.* handkerchief rouftri my head, had pushed me over the w'all, and finally lifted me into a passing cab —all with a mad haste as if it were we who had been’the criminals. Aayhofc, I was at home, which was of the first 1m* pnrtancr to me at the moment. “What blew up, inspector?” .1 asked, faintly. -The dynamite hidden in the bust - hut don’t ’ask questions.” “Oh, I’m all right,” I told him. “Do explain tilings.” *TH call tomorrow, and “No, tell me now, or I shall not sleep a wink.” He looked at me a moment, with his head cocked on one side after his quaint fashion. “Very well,” he said at last. -Pll talk, if you’ll promise to keep quiet.” I promised, and he Ix-gan. **lt’s quite a simple story. Nicolin had got word that an attempt was to he made on the ^.V.ar, who is due in Paris the day after tomorrow, and that Aina* It was a smart thing to do, fur no one was likely to sus|tect them, especially as he gwe out that Amaroff tggli one of Ills own officers.” » “But how did you locate the place where the murder occurred?” I asked feebly. '* “It was raining last night—do you re member? “Yes” “When I first arrived at the mortuary, I went over Amaroffs clothing. On the soles of his hoots was a patch of dry sand. Therefore lie could not have walked through the wet streets to the sjiot where he was found. Also the sand must have la-cn on the floor where, lie last stood. On tin 1 hack of his ’eoat was a slimy smear mixed with the scales of mack erel. If my first pm|Misftion was cor rect. he must- have Ix-eri catried from the place with the sanded floor; and the sug gestion was that a fish harrow had been used, a fish harrow such as you may see the London costers pushing before them in their street sales. It was not likely that/tlie men implicated would have risked carrying him further than was necessary. That limited the radius of th«- search. Indeed, we located the club in under three hours." “Of course it seems quite easy,” I told him. “But when did you first sus|»ect that Nicolin was lying?” ‘iUs search of Hie studio was simply X was puxcled. Then you came along and told me of the business with the key. It was plain they were coming hack—hut why? It was to discover it that I left three men to watch the studio while*! kept my apiHiintment with Jackson in Maiden square. From what I learned gratefully. had no Idea that the dynamite was s - < in the hronse till (>reatman grab!>, | • and 1 saw his face. Tl«-n I punched \ ,, in the chest and rolled after you • self.” “You saved my life, anyway,” I from him it was evident that lirratman was a man who knew something; so I tried a bluff on him. It’s quite simple, isn’t it?” “< Hw yes,” I said; "hut how did you know (treat man was going Uy tn(K studio when he ran away?” * “Rather an unnecessary question, Mr. Phillips, isn’t it? Consider a minute. Amaroff was a Nihilist; lie was playing a big gauie-r-which means dynamite with folks of their persuasion. He hail been knocked out of the running, lint the dy namite remained. And where? In the studio whefe Nicolin was returning to search for it; where (ireatman also would go to recover it if he desired to revenge himself on Nicolin by carrying out his friends’ plot himself. Mark you, I do not believe that originally he had any active part in carrying out this assassi nation. But when he heard how Nicolin had fiailcd him, he was anxious to get square by risking all and smuggling the bombs to Paris himself. Moreover, Mr. Phillips, I wanted to locate that dyna mite. It is not well to have bombs float ing alwiut London, ready to the hand of well-bred lunatics. They breed interna- Tut, tut, Mr. Phillips, that’s n,* Another day you may do the n.uii. - me.” “If 1 get a chance,” l told him. !• what will lie done now?” ’^Nothing." * -Nothing?” 1 ’ ^1 dragged you*off to he awa> I t the crowd arrived. There was no ; . in your being found in*the nrighb... and asked questions at the inqnt > what remains of their bodies. | report to Scotland Yard, and S. .t Yard will talk to the Foreign offi,« . the Foreign Office will make^polib resentations to St. Petersburg, and t \. thing will he hushed up. \fti- there’s nobody left to punish anil n to pity, barring (ireatman, who h i makings of a man in him. Aiiiarof' a romantic murderer, and Nicolin i tical one; hut neither of them wen tlie sort of people to encourage, s should advise you to keep quiet. V Phillips, and not talk of your adient Do you agree?” “Certainly,” I said; mid wi 1 hands on it. (The P.nd.) \ 7 7 / v The Pilgrim (Continued from l-age \.) y . Ta”We Iiojh «| tii welcome you to the club table.” cried the Major. “There are only the Major and m> self." lidded the Colonel, with courteous entreat). . \ ,' / "And the other the new (nan," cor rected the Major, with a wry face. “Oh, yes -the had rod. What's his name?” “Liiugliam. \ / saiip the Major, file Lnglish maid came down to con- duet her: mis'fPPss to her rooms; the tu«» gentlemen bowed as their huild |iermit- trd; the/null-terrier . trotted hchind his mistress up the polished stairs. Pres ently n door dosed a hove. XDevilish fine woman," said Major Brent. x Colond Hyssop went to a mirror and examiu'ed himself with close attention. “G<hk1 gad!" he said, irritahl), “how tln/i my hair is!” x /“Thin!" said Major Brent, with an un- /plcas-aiit laugh; “thin as the Mexican poodle." “You infernal ass!" hissed the Colonel, and waddled off to dress for dinner. At the door he paused. “Bdtrr have no hair than a complexion like a violet!” “What’s that.'" cried the Major. The Cblpticl slaiiiuicd the door. Cpstairs the hull-terrier lay on a rug watching Ids mistress with tireless ttfVs. The maid brought tea, bread and but- ter. and trout friend crisp, for her mis tn-ss desired nothing else. hairs on / . Left alone, she leaned buck, sipping tier tea, listening to the million tiny voices of the night. The illness of the night made her nervous after the clat ter of town. Nervous? Was it the trail- quit stillness of the night outside that stirred that growing apprehension in her breast till, of a sudden, her heart began a deadened throbbing? Langham herej? What was lie doing here? He niiist tone arrived this morn ing. So that w us w here lie was going when lie said hr was going north! \fter all, in what did.it concern her? S|»e tiad not run away from town to avoid him, . . V indeed hot, . . . tier pil- grim.ore was tier own affair. And l.artg- liain would very quirklv divine her pious impulse in niming here. . . . \nd he would doubtless respivt tier for it. •. . . Perlmp'. have the subtle tact to pack up his traj»s and leave. / , . But probably Wit. . . . She knew a little about l.ang- liatii, . . . an obstinate and typical man, . . . doulitl«\s selfish to the core, . . . elieerfiillv, naivelv selfish. . . . , X * ' She raised her troubled eves. Over X * tto the ilyor was printed in gilt letters: of the Sagamore Angling dreamed till daybreak of . . V Club, and . Langham. X THK PRKSIDI.MS SI HI.. ' Tears filled her eyes; truly they were kindly and thoughtful, these old friends of Iter husband. \nd all night long she slept in the room of her late husband, the president Langham, clad in tweed* from head to foot, sat on the edge of his bed. He hail been sitting then- since day break, and the i-sprcssion on his orna- mental face had varied between the blank and tin* idiotic. That the only woman in the world Iwid miraculously apiieaml at Sagamore Lodge lie had heard from Colonel Hyssop and Major Brent at din ner the evening before. That she already knew of lii> presence there hr could not doubt. That she did not desire his presence he was fear- soilicly, jH-rsuaded. ' , Clearly he must pi- not at nitre, of course, to leave behind him a possibility for gossip at Ids abrupt departure. From the tongues of infants and well-fed club men, pmd Lord deliver us! He must go. Meanwhile he could easily avoid her. , ■ \nd as he •at there, savoring all the pent-up bitterness poured out for Idm h> destiny, there came a patter of padded feet in the hallway, the scra|ie of nails, a sniff at the door-sill, a w hine, a frantic / “ X X scratching. He leaned forward and opened the door. His Highness landeifton the l*cd with one hysterical y»dp and fell upnn'H.unglwim, paw and niu/.zlc. When their affection had la-en tempo rarilv satiated, tlw <log lay down on the la-d, his eyes riveted on Ids late in i-‘ and tlie man went over to his <l. -k, - a slieet of chib pa|»cr toward Idm, I* a )K*n, and wrote: "Of course it is an unliapp) e.X dciici-, ami I will go when I c.iXil decently- tomorrow morning. Ale mw I shall he away all day fishing tin \\ ■ Branch, apd shall return too lat< at the club table. _X" • “I wish you a happy sojourn hen This he reread and scratched bid. “1 am glad you kept His Hnghn yX f This Ip* also scratched out. After a while he signed his ii.o> the note, seale<| it, and.stepiN-d lift X hallway. / At the farther rtid of tl ie (/♦ns.ii:- door of her room was ajaf"; a s-n scarlet curtain hung insutc. "Come here!” said., I.angham t iiog. /7 His Highness came with a singh ‘‘Take it tX. . . her,” said the i under Ids breath. Then he. t * shartdyX picked up rod and crei descended the stairs. Meanw hile His Highness enlen i mistress’s chamber, with a polite *ei i as a “by your leave!” anil trotted ui her, holding out the note in hb .mouth. She looked at the dog in astonish Then the handwriting on the ear caught her eye. (Continued on 7 \ \ . x X \ / \ A i: I- \ •\ A ts “ErnesdyT’ Plantation For Sale! /s I am otferinj? my “Ernystlyl” riantation, located 3-1 of a mile Ka>t of Wattert»or<>. for sale. This plantation consists of three farm* of 200 acres each, aggregating 600 a*res, 200 acres jh cultivation with stumps removed, thoroughly drained and in a high state of fertility. Tho entire tract is enclosed by wire fence with separate en- , closure around each field. Nine tenant houses and many outbuildings. Public highway runs right through the cen ter of the plantation. Several beautiful sites for homes, and health of place unsurpassed. Soil very productive and place splendidly adapted to stock raisingx^ . ' sell as a whole or in parcels and on sati>{actor\y terms, ('all and lot me show you the property. / W. B. GRUBER x Xr I {' E * / 7 / 4 Migii Virginia Addihoti. ircoont- panied by L^ C. Bcaili Dr. H-.W . Black and Price Padgett, pent Sun day in Beaufort visiting relatives. The trip was made in Miss Add,i- i-on’s uew Buick. ■‘a '/ f -r l'apt. LnVerpe Thomas, accom- ptgiied by L. M, Ayer,and J. J- M.’-ard. of Bamberg, motored over to Walterboro Sunday, Mr. Thout- ;U wjp driving one of bhi new Chov- role*ars. Jl.fitt pei sitting from prize-win ners at Southern Carolina fair. U. L. Fraser. Walterhoro. S. C. FOB SALK—Good Jersey cow with young calf. Will sell for $50.00. Good condition andAell broke. Apply to W. A. Gibsthn Island- ton. S. C. \l-15-”t KOK SALK—One pen Single Comb Ubode Island Bed fowls, consist/ ing of one cock and five young hens. Prize winners :vt South ern Carolina Fair. R. L. Fraser. 11-15-tf. LOST LOST—On road bet w een Walter boro and Cannady’s cross rhads nr near there. Ford brass light rim. Suitable reward for i.’‘turn to W. W. Smoak. Walterboro. l<OST—One white and black spotted hound at Jaeksonboro Now. Sth. Reward if returned to J. F, yjiaRsereaM. EHrhardt. 11-22-tf KOC\D—On mad between Walter- borv> and Drs. Creek chuyfi,Sun day morning, baby's wtW tobog gan mid fur automobile glove. < Owners.can get same by identi fying same and paying for this advertisement. Apply at Tho Press and Standard. BUSINESS LOCALS SKKD WHKAT $2.25 bn.. Abnitxl Rye $3.00, Native Rye $2.00; high grade Fulghum oats, grown by Clemaon College'’graduate,"$1.10, 1iigh grade Appier oats $1.10. Prices F. O. B. Orangeburg. S! C. For reliable seed -of any kind write us. F. Mason Crum & Co. COTTON—PKAKCK A BATTKY, the Savhnnah Cotton Factors, are sub stantial, reliable and energetic. Their extensive warelmuslng fa- Aeilities and superior salesmaiiship are at your cotnmaad. They are abundantly able to finance any quantity of cotton shipped them. Isn’t It to your interest to try , them? Do it now and be con. vlneed. 8-9-6mo. —Cotton ginning days Wednes days and Saturdays. Walterboro Oil Mill. 11-15-21 . 'X Are made in a cleanly way. Just like Hubster’s 0. K. Bread is made. There is a perfect purity and richness about Hubster’s'; Fruit Cakes. / i In 1, 5, 7, and 10 pound containers. > 30c, $1.50, $2.00 and $3,00 each. Have you tried our Golden Sun shine, a real pound cake. HVBSTER’S BAKERY •t y / ' , Pure Fruit Cakes Made in Walterbo ro. Order vours NOW.. 7 A 7 / X / r BUY YOUR BEDROOM FURNISHINGS HERE and SAVE MONEY ND save a goodly sum, too. Test us out. Compare prices, quality for quality, for in comparison lies the true test of values. Such a comparison will answer your question in the namtofthis store—for we can andwill save you mom yon your purchases—many goods you may choose. We want particularly to show you this genuine Simmons Brass Ihd in the “Adam” period as illustrated. The design and ornament are historically correct. And the new bronze finish adds a tone impossible to describe. It is in keeping with our established reputation for Service ; that this charming interior can be duplicated from our stock with hundreds of variations to suit your individual taste, and at most reasonable prices. You are invited to visit our display floors and sec for yourself how the newest thing in Simmons Brass Beds will beautify your home. This Bed at Only BROWN FURNITURE COMPANY THK IIOMK MAKFHS, ' v* r—7A : —— ' NOTH K! All tnVpass'ing. hunting, fishing, etc . is /trictly prohibited on all of that tyact of land known as Bish- olTs Hope Plantation, .and wi|) be punished to the full extent of th** la< • THE TI TI CLUB. li-22-3t. \ WalterbcnV 8. C. X \ Her Son Subject to ('r<»u|>. “My son. Kdwin, is 'subject rroup,” writes, Mrs. E. <K Irwin. New #' Kensington. Pa. “I put *n tuani| sleepless horns at night be- \ fore I learned '’'of ('hamb»-i lain' Uoogh Remedy. Mothers need net fear this disease if they keep a bn; th* of U ha hi he.lam's t'ourji . R ji*' I n Uieet.riocc^ondltB'n cdy In the bouse and use it >77, ^ 1,1 1 ,!Sl 1 reeled. Jt always gave my bn> relief.” Obtainable * v«H>yw ht^re. -A^.. 7 . ——A- Col. .las G fV.dgett and liK 1» v | | | | T" partner. J. M. Mvorer. K attendance upon court at this week. Ridgelan S- FORD X. i. • * o t? FOR SALE Apply to X L. UTSEY \ A WALTERBORO, S. C. / / A / A 'A \ \ * .X X-