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CAMDEN, 8.C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1907.
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CHAPTER XIX. II
Continued.
In the meantime Charlie had read
the telegram; and his face had re
mained inscrutable beneath the quick
gaze of two pairs of undecelvable
eyes. Lena was at his side, and
therefore could not see his face. She
was smiling bravely at some cheer
ful remark of Winyard's. Strange to
say, Charles Mlstley did not raise his
calm eyes to his brother's face after
having read the message; he looked
past the pink paper, sideways, down
at Lena's hand, which tested on the
table close to him. The small, white
wrist was trembling as if from ex
treme cold; and as the sailor saw this
a momentary contraction passed be
foro I1I3 eyes.
The colonel laid down his knife
and fork. One brown hand lay on
the table-cloth in striking contrast to
Its whiteness, with fingers Bllghtly
apart, as if in readiness to grasp
scmethlng. His solemn eyes, beneath
their heavy brows, were fixed upon
his secretary's face with an old man's
deep and silent expectation.
Only when the door had closed be
hind tho servant who bore the un
hesitating answer did Wlnyard speak
of tho telegram.
"You mlghf let the colonel see it,
Charlie." h'i said, coolly.
' "Rusiuess?" Inquired Mrs. Mistley,
with well-suppressed anxiety, as the
folded telegram was passed from*
hand to hand. j
"Yes," answered the younger son,
with his ever-ready smile; "my valu- |
able services are onco more required
hy a grateful country." j
"What!" exclaimed Mrs. Wright,
with sudden indignation, which
might have been partly assumed;
"after a fortnight's holiday? I |
should refuse if I wero you!" The
good little lady was desperately anx
ious to keep tho conversation going,
for she had ssen her husband change
color, and look up gravely at Wln
yard. She also knew that Lena had
seen this, too.
"He that has put his hand to the
plow should not look back, as Shakes
peare or some 0110 has observed,"
said Wlnyard, readily.
"I think," Bald Lena, with a clear,
brave laugh, "that It is in the Bible."
This was precisely what Wlnyard
wanted, and he l:iushed promptly by
way of encouraging others.
"May 1 havo half a cup, mother
only half?" 1-^ Hal. i, presently, hand
ing his cup, but without raising his
eyes fromthe r 1>5 "\
"I suppof ??'?? Colonel Wright,
handing bnc'.i t jo telegram, "that you
said yes?"
"I did," rcp'.Ied the young fellow,
cheerfully.
"And," observed' his mother, pleas
antly, "aro : oh going to tell us where
you are going, what you are going
<o do, and wheu you are going to do
it?"
"Certainly," ho replied, looking at
his chief, whereat the old soldior
smiled, tho meaning of which was
that the elder man's slmplo diplomacy
consisted chiefly of a discreet alienee.;
while, In contention, Wlnyard advo
cated a seemingly rash straightfor
wardness. "Certainly. I am dis
patched to Central Asia on a mission |
of sonio sort; but having no details I
yet, I am specially warned against
disclosing them."
No 0110 spoke, and no one made a
pretense of continuing tho morning
meal for some minutes. Outside, the
rattle of a horso's hoofs on the hard
rood broke tho silence of the quiet
valley. Mrs. Mlstley looked toward
tho window, and listened to the dying
sound. Central Asia ngaln! That
dim, unknown land was destined to
haunt her life. Sho knew only too
well its dangers and manifold hor
rors. Tho sound of tho horse's hoofs
upon tho road seemed to resolve it
self Into a weary repetition of the
words "Central Asia," "Central
Asia," "Central Asia!" until It grad
ually died away In the low hum of the
Broomwater. All at that table were
more or less connocted with the East
? all felt the presence of that lower
ing cloud which grows and subsides
ngaln from time to time, llko the
clouds of heaven; and all knew that
one day it will swell and gather dark
ness until tho storm bursts at last.
Tho meaning of that brave word
"Yes" was patent to them all.
lint Mrs. Mlstley was a brave wo
man; also she was born ? as could be
seen from her soft, Inscrutablo eyes
on tho sunny side of the barren
Cheviots, whero folks do not hold
much by an undue display of feeling.
So she smiled upon her sob, and
asked: "When?"
"I must be In town," he replied,
studiously looking out of the window,
"on Friday afternoon."
Lena It was who broke tho silence
that followed this announcement.
"Then," sho iv.M, v? ry quietly, "wo
must havo the theatricals a day ear
liqr."
This remark, tittered In a most
matter-of-fact, voice, ha<* the effect
desired by its utterer. it relieved the
Hnitiou, unci gave Wlnyard something
to chatter about. Charlie also. In bis
slow way, took advantage of It to
create a diversion wltb tbe toast
rack, wblch terminated in a resump
tion of breakfast. It was rather
strange that, with two clever women
of the world at the table, these
yodng people should thus have to
take matters Into their own hands.
"I have a better Idea than that,"
Wlnyard hastened to say. "We can
not well have the theatricals a day
earlier, now that every one has been
invited. Mother, tell me, is there not
a train from Newcastle at five in the
morning I"
"Yes," replied Mrs. Mlstley.
promptly. She was one of those rare
women who can at a juncture give a
decided opinion as to the time of day.
"Well, then, if the colonel will be
so good as to lend me his horse, we
can manage it beautifully. We have
not an animal in the stable that I
can thoroughly trust. Mine is too
young."
"Do you mean to say," observed
Lena, "that you would ride into New
castle after the theatricals and the
dance, at some unearthly hour In the
morning ? twenty something miles?"
"Certainly. It would bo rather a
Joke."
"Winyard's idea of a Joke," said
the colonel, with some deliberation,
while ho kept his eyes fixed upon his
plate, "has always been peculiar." |
Breakfast over, Charlls accompa- I
nled the ladies out on to the terrace, I
while the colonel followed Wlnyard
to the little study. When the door
was closed, the old soldier looked
suddenly round at his companion
with a characteristic brusqudncss of
manner.
"Why havo you undertaken this
wild expedition to Bokhara?" he
a3ked.
"Because," replied Wlnyard, with
a certain playful pride, "I am about
the only man who has a chance of
getting there unknown."
"And do you believe that any good
will come of it?"
"No."
rt wa9 in such incidents as this
that the young follow occasionally be
trayed his military training, and the
old soldier loved to see it. Blind
obedience to orders, yielded by intel
ligent, thinking men, has been the
making of England.
"How will you go about it?"
"Through Russia. I think, I want
to have another look at Moscow, and
would perhaps havo a chance of pick
ing up some maps there."
"But," said the colonel, "you will
never get into the country now. They
know ypu too well."
For half an hour the two men
talked over the matter calmly and in
detail, seeking to be honorable and
straightforward, as behooves English
men even when in lntercourso with
men who know not the meaning of
such words, and determined to carry
out the mission Intrusted to one of
them at all risks, and in face of every
difficulty, as behooves brave men and
patriots.
Both men fully know the dangers
likely to be incurred, though neither
spoko of them. Both had stepped
over the threshold of that mysterious
land of the Far East, and for them
the half-forgotten names of its cities
had no halo of Arabian Night-like
glory. They took small account of
these, except to denude them of the
untold splendor and lavish wealth be
stowed upon them by travelers' fa
bles, and to reduce thom ruthlessly
to Bqualld townships. The hopeless,
trackless wastes of desert sand and
rounded stones were of much greater
import to the solitary, traveler. To
him thees spoke of months spent in
weary traveling by burning sun and
chilly night; they spoko of a madden
ing monotony ? hunger, parching
thirst, a grewsomo solitfldo and an
unrecorded death.
CHAPTER XX. j
A Lover's Fears.
Presently Wlnyard left the colonel.
The old traveler was poring over a
map, the greater part of which was
occupied by notes of interrogation,
implying doubts on the part of the
geographer. Of course, it was by the
merest chance that Wlnyard should
pass out by the window Instead of the
door, and that ho should cross the
smooth lawn and go straight to the
far cornet of the old wall. It was
that particular corner whence tho sea
was at all times visible far away to
tho east.
Adonis followed at his mastor's
heels. Occasionally ho raised his
rough muzzle and sniffed at tho air.
There had been rain In tbe night, and
from tho valley there ascended ?i
subtle odor of refreshed verdure. All
around was fresh and cool and whole
some. Wlnyard Mlstley crushed up
the telegram wlthlu his Jacket pockui,
so that tho crinkle of tho paper min
gled with tho whlsner of the leaves
above him. Then he looked around
over the green hills and softly whis
tled a popular air in the most mat
ter-of-fact manner.
Dont>tl?M it was owing to the m?r*
eat coincidence that he found Lena at
the corner of the wall when he ap
proached. She was looking the other
way; Indeed, the was leaning side
ways orer the wall to gather some
sprays of woodbine which had
climbed np within reach. The air was
scented with a thousand autumnal
odors, but the breath of the wood
bine penetrated, somehow, through
all, just as lovo Is popularly supposed
to penetrate through stono walls and
the dead thlckncss of accumulated
years.
Then these two foolish young peo
ple deliberately did the worst/ thing
possible under tho circumstances.
They did nothing and said nothing.
He stood beside her and looked away
down the valley to the spot called
Mistley's Gap, where tho line of the
meeting hills cuts the sky. She sat
there, and waited for him to break
the silence, expecting some laughing
suggestion. But for the first time
within the last few days Winyard
was serious In her presence.
It is strange how cruel men can be.
Winyard looked down at Adonis as he
stood on the wall with Lena's whit'.*
arm around him, and, as If speaking
to the dog, said:
"You havo never congratulated
me."
He did not raise his eyes from the
contemplation of tho faithful Adonis
during the little pauso before Lena
spoke.
"I congratulate you," she said, in
differently.
Winyard smiled suddenly. The re
ply and manner of delivering it were
so exactly as he would have done it
himself, that it seemed as if she were
mimicking him.
"I am sorry I have to go at such a
short notice," he said, conventional
ly; but he laid his hand on Adonis'
rough back close to her wrist, which
somehow changed the burden of his
remark.
"Yes, it is a pity," sho replied,
cheerfully, as if ho wero leaving to
keep some pleasant engagement.
"However," he said, stooping to ex
amino the name inscribed on the
dog's collar, which could not have
been very new to him; "however, we
will get tho theatricals in."
"Ye-s, we will get the theatricals
In."
Ho was not'looking at the dog now,
but at her.
Lena rose from their humble seat
upon tho clean, gray stone and moved
toward the house.
"I know," sha said, "that Charlie
Is patiently working away at the scen
ery. Let us bo virtuous and help
him."
And so she led the way into the
house, Adonis and his master meekly
follow ifllg.
Sincn the midnight interview with
Mario Bakovltch and her lover, Win
yard had heard nothing from or of
thoso unsatisfactory foreigners. He
had duly advised Colonel Wright of
their entire proceedings, and they
had Bought in vain somo likely ex
planation of Ivan Meyer's peculiar
conduct, for diplomatists grow sadly
skeptical regarding the disinterested
ness of human motives, Also it isi
difficult for tho practical western
mind to comprehend tho strange
CJuixotlsm of tho Slav nature,
Winyard was 6omowhat uneasy
about the whole afTalr. His own per
sonal risk in tho matter did not ap
pear to him very great, but he wa?
fully aware that ho ran great risk
of misapprehension, or, worse still,
misrepresentation, if the circum
stances of his connection with
Marie Bakovltch should transpire.
A story such as that could so
easily bo twisted and turned
Into something quite different. He
would havo felt still moro apprehen
sive had ho known that his beautiful
enemy had actually been a guest in
Mr. Wright's houso under tho name
of the Baroness do Nantllle, and that
sho was, therefore, personally known
to his mother, Mrs. Wright, Lena, and
his brother Charlie. But Winyard
was spared these additional compli
cations. Ivan Meyer had faithfully
fulfilled his promise of leaving Walso
'with Marie as soon as possible, which,
however, was not beforo tho Wednes
day morning, as Jho girl's condition
was not such as would aljow of a long
Journey. Had Meyer known that the
slight amelioration In tho state of
her physical and mental health was
only a temporary lull, he would have
felt oven greater relief than he did
at. turning hl3 back upon tho peaceful
little town. The girl bore the long
Journey well, but it was written that
a higher hand than Ivan Meyer's wa?
now to guide her troubled steps. A
blessed oblivion came over her tot
tering reason, and whllo t lie mind
wandered, tho body throve and pros
pered.
It was only on tho Thursday morn
ing, In tho midst of preparations for
tho theatricals and ball, that Win
yard lcarn?d of their departure from
Waluo. A groom had been sent Into
the llttlo town to mako some pur
chases, and when, on his return, ho
delivered his parcels to his young
master, ho mentioned that tho "fur
[rlnecrlng folks" had left. It was a
great relief. For althouph Winyard
was not tho man to how down before
ai> ontoward wind ? meeting, rather,
every breeze of heaven as It camo
with watchful ryes and steady lips ?
his was a courage of that type which
can afford to disguise no danger by
dot: sitting from It.
d'o be continued.)
.. . . J
?Co Machinery ITsod.
"Kut.," protested Mrs. Newllwed,
"I don't Bee why you ask twcnty-flvo
cents a half peck (or your beans.
The other roan only wanted flftoon
cents." I
"Yrs'm," replied tho huckster,
"but th^p.e hero heanr o' mlno is all I
hand plckcd." ? Philadelphia Pros*. '
WAS SHOCKING INCIDENT
lady Who Attends Funeral of a I
Young Man, Supposed to Be Son of
a Neighbor, Discovers That the
Corpse is That of Her Own Sou.
Columbiq, S. C., Special. ? A cu
rious sensational sit nation suddenly
developed at a funeral in Camden
when a neighbor, Mrs. Orre, appeared
at the home of a Mrs. Langley to pay
her respects on account of the death
of Wither Lewis Langley, a son of
Mrs. Langley who had been killed by
a live wire while working in Camden
for a carnival company. At least
Mrs. Langley and her children and
relatives and neighbors had been
mourning for the dead boy as her son
for several hours. Mrs. Orre, how
ever, as soon as she went to the cas
ket and glanced at the face of the
dead youth, recognized Lewis Sowell,
her own son by a former marriage.
Mrs. Orre screamed with grief and
terror and the attention of others be
ing drawn more closely to the body
it was recognized that* Mrs. flrro was
correct. A few hours later Mrs.
Orre's discovery was confirmed by
the appearance on the scene of Wil
ber Lewis himself, who returned
home from the country where he had
been at work, surprised to lind him
self being mourned as dead.
Preparations were then had for the
funeral of young Sowell, which was
had at Douglass, near t lie county
seat. Hesides his mother young So
well is survived by two brothers and
a sister. Mrs. B. Lowery and Mr.
Hoy Sowell, of Lancaster, and Mr.
Krnest Sowell, of Orangeburg.
Young Sowell 's death was caused
by a shock he received while attach
ing a globe to an ordinary incandes
cent bulb. He was standing on the
damp ground at the time. There
have been suverH deaths in Colum
bia iu the same manner until a me
thod of rigging up tl-e.se sort of llx
tures was hit upon w.iich obviates
this danger.
November Tobacco Sales.
' Raleigh, Special^- ? The leaf tobac
co warehouse report made up by the
Agriculture Depart mont shows that
(luring November the sales by farm
ers aggregated 20,G29,!)43 pounds,
this being an increase of about two
million pounds over the October sales,
Winston-Salem attain leads in amount
of sales. Wilson continuing to stand
second. Thirty-six places file re
ports. Greenville comes third in
sales, Kinston fourth, Rocky Mount
fifth, Oxford sixth and Durham sev
enth,
Mrs. Longworth 's Operation.
Washington, Special. ? Mrs, Alice
Longworth, wife of Representative
Nicholas Longworth, and daughter of
the President, was operated upon for
appendicitis shortly after 10 o'clock
Thursday. The operation was per
formed at the White House by Dr.
Finney, of Johns Hopkins Hospital,
Baltimore, assited by Dr. Sophie Nor
hoff-Jung and Surgeon General Rixcy,
of the navy.
Calhoun Trial Postponed.
San Francisco, Special. ? The trial
of Patrick Colhoitn, president of the
United Railways, against whom the
grand jury returned 14 indictments
on the charge of offering to bribe su
pervisors to obtain an overhead trol
ley franchiso was postponed until
February 1st in order to give Cal
houn time to get to New York on
business connected with street rail
ways in this city.
Everything Quiet in Alabama.
Birmingham, Ala., Special. ? One
of the Lowe negroes from the vicinity
of Gordo, in Pickens county, where
fears have been held for several days
that a serious clash would take place
between whites and blacks, arrested
at Tuscaloosa late Thursday night,
was taken back to Gordo. Everything
is quite at Gordo. The negroes will
be given a trial as soon as possible.
News in Notes.
General Stoessnl will ho placed on
trial before a court-martial on the
charge of surrendering Port Arthur
when he could have held it.
The wife of Secretary Tuft had
two escapes from injury or death on
reaching Boulogne to board the
steamer, President Grant.
Emperor William has returned to
London and will devote three days to
sightseeing.
Though Mr. Bryan's friends arc in
control of the Democratic. Xatitnoal
Committee the claims of Governor
Johnson are being quietly presented.
Storm Tackles Pensacola.
Pensacola, Fla., Special. ? A storm
which struck Pensacola early Friday
did considerable damage to shipping
here. During the height of the gale,
which attained a velocity of 45 miles
an hour, the Russian ship Avonia,
which was at anchor in the harbor,
dragged her anchors and collided with
the Rritish bark Emma Parker,
damaging that vessel to a consider
able extent.
THE WORK OF CONGRESS
Proceedings is Both Houses of a
Routine Nature Only.
Senator Culberson Tuesday intro
duced a bill to prohibit corporations
from making: contributions in connec
tion with elections and to provide
for the publication of lawful contri
butions in connection with elections.
The bill is in the nature of au
amendment to the law of January
2(>, 1907, prohibiting national banks
and other corporations making con
tributions in connection witli elec
tions and in addition to the law as it
stands he proposes a provision mak
ing it "the duty of every chairman,
campaign manager or treasurer of
any political committee or other per
son who received contributions in
money or other things of value for
or on behalf of such political com
mittee, or in the interest of any can
didate for a political oflice for the
purpose of aiding or promoting the
election or defeat of candidates for
presidential and vice presidential
electors to file with the clerk of the
House of Representatives of the
United States a statement in writing
showing the amount of money or oth
er things of value contributed by
each person, firm, corporation, co
partnership or association, not pro
hibited by law, for the purpose afore
said."
Mr. Culberson stated that the act
of January 2G, 1007, provides that it
shall he unlawful to make money con
tributions for political campaigns,
but he thought the law should go fur
ther and require specific statements,
as otherwise it might be evaded. He
Import that the committee on privil
eges and elections would use his bill
as the basis of an improved measure.
. Congress Doing Little.
It is evident now that Congress will
not do very much before Christmas.
The House of Representatives has
been adjourning from Monday to
Thursday and from Thursday to Mon
day and will keep it up until it ad
journs for the holidays, which will
mean until about the (itli of January.
The Senate is doing a littler better.
The Senate is looking forward to a
light on the money question. Sena
tor Tillman is spoiling for a row with
fhc Republicans, especially represen
tatives of I lie administration, ( lay, of
(Jeorgia, and Culberson, of Texas, are
ready for a debate. Aldrieh. the king
of the Senate, blocked the game of
the Southern Senators the other day
by promising to have the finance com
mittee, of which he is chairman, bring
in the information desired and, make
proper recommendations. But, barr
ing n lively diaenseion, nothing is like
ly to hap|>eii between now and the
Jiy of adjournment.
The Senate was in session a fit tie
more than an hour Monday and at
1:15 o'clock adjourned.
Very little business was transact
ed T>eyond the introduction of bills.
Tho resolutions of Senators Clay
and Culberson calling upon the Sec
retary of tho Treasury for informa
tion concerning the recent bond is
sue of the government came up and
in the absence of Senatory Aldrich
their consideration was postponed
until another day.
Senator Tillman presented resolu
tions instructing the committee on
finance to investigate the recent bond
issues, but the absence of Mr. Aid
rich was urged as a reason why they
should not be acted upon.
A resolution calling upon the Sce
rcctnrv of Agriculture for informa
tion concerning the reclamation of
swamp land in the United States anu
ubroad was adopted.
The House adjourned ? at 12:10
without transacting any business be
yond the introduction of hills. It
was stated authoratively that the
house committees will not he an
nounced this weedv.
Died Frcm His Injuries.
Amcrieus, S|>e? i:?i. ? renjani'
Light foot, the prominent plant;
brained with a ciub in t!:e hands ?>:
Marion Sims, another pianti'r, o!
Desto Saturday, died Sunday nnmi
ing without regaining consciousness
The killing of Mr. Light foot is gen
erally discussed here as result in;,
from a family l'ued between the men
Sims has never been arrested, but i
believed to he in the vicinity of In
borne, near Amcrieus.
Sims Mu:t Go to Trial.
Birmingham, Ala., Sjn>, i tl. ? ,ludg*
(). l{. Hundley owrrulcd all the ?|e
inurrers to the indict ?ner.t bv the tie
t'en e ill J he i ;w of V." . |.. Suns, \v!m
i-? <>:i lii;;l e!:;:me?l vi:h :i s ? ! : an?
si bet ting Ale.\;u*.'cr 1 .* . ii
l!:e e:nb.,::::':vuc,;{ ?if "7. (''!<) fr?? i
the h'irsl Nat: n:."l 1 *:i : i !. . Ti e in:
was eo:>ipict ?? 1 Tucsda. :i *:? I (!?<? !i.
witness will he ir.t: iiu-'d \Wdin
day. Sims v .:.; iV.rrnvi i ?, 1 ?cal span
av.cr of (he hi ?.k ?; i.gi- ho;: v ef (Ii
bcrt it C!av.
It Is a common sayinR, notes the
I.#ondon News, that the modern world
Is too hurried to dream, to picture or
to pray. But. In truth, it is too hue
ried even to think.
FlttHKIXE NEWS NOTES.
'ihp enga^emftlt of Miss Thfoflor*
Shonts to the Due <Ic Chaulnea has
| been announced.
Members of the faculty of Ne<w
York City Normal College r<*fused t*?
allow tl>?y ftirla to form a basketball
teanf. ?
Fran ton Pf.pp. Berlin's first wom
an driver of a taximeter cab. took
130 In fares <Wi the first night of her
new career.
Many of the sailors on the Pacific
cruise will carrv Rlhles. gifts from
Helen Gould, with her name person
ally Inscribed.
Gowns valued at $10 000. the prop
erty of Miss Florence Todd, of New
Orleans, were seized by the customs
officials In New York.
The engaeement was announced In
New York Oltv of Mrs. Paul l,ffices
ter Ford, widow of the novelist, to
marry Dr. L. R. Williams.
The Rev. I-ucy C. McGoe. alf
dressed In white, was ordained as
: rastor of the Church of the Hicher
; T^lfe In Huntington Chambers Kail,
Roston.
Mrs. David Beatty, the late Mar
shall Field's daughter, was robhe-1 of
S2r?.ono worth of jewelry at her
English country house at Melton
Mowbray.
Mrs. William Jennings Rryan and
her younger daughter sailed from
New York City on the steamshln
Fried rich der Grosso. Thev expcct
to make a tour of the Holy l,and.
Mr. Andrew Carnegie placed Mrs.
Ida l>ewi? Wilson, keeper of the
Umcrock light house, near Newport,
' who has saved elglitoen lives, on his
! private pension list at $30 a month.
. Mrs. Ar.etta E. McCrea. the first
woman landscape architect in this
country. Is the official landscape
! nrchitcct for th? St. Paul road, end
j consulting landscane architect for
j other Western roads.
Boston Gees
j P.oston, SpeiuaJ.- In t'li! closest
and harder.t-l'ouaht clc< lion contest
which Host on has known t\?r many
\ oars, ilie city went Ucpuhlii-an by
about '2,000 votes. Postmaster t.iVorq?
A. llihh'M'tl, K'cpuiili" an, defeating
Mayor John F. Kiirtrei'ai.I. I le-no-ial.
j who was a can?ii<lau> fo- iv- -hvtion.
| the revised returns .>!i.nv i iie following
? \ofe cast: John A. < hw:' hf.r >t. hide
j pendent League, l,V-w 1 ; Pil/^eiaid
i Democrat, .' Ili.il."> I ; llihhn:ii, 1C ? ? ; ? I'.i'.i
can, :JS,0G4.
More railroads for the Philippine!
may settle the insurgent question, re
marks the Atlanta Constitution. Give
'? m all free passes; they'll stick the
flag in their caps and rido themselves
t:> death.
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