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Sl.SOPer Yea CAMDEN* S. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 1908. . A Tale. A nglo-lndicm 1 SecretS*roicm YOUNG MISTLEY 3r? tti-w Hanry..... gSBaiau, CHAPTER XXVL 1? Continued. **Ia It/' he asked, "anything to do K, ^rith Charlie?" Mrs. Wright appeared to be bnrled i- fn thought. She uttered no reply, hut leaning forward over her hus band's shoulder, she plsced her finger on the map, where the red and black lines met beneath the word Bokhara. ; A pitiful silence followed, auch as leaves Its mark upon the hutaan ; heart. "Good God!" whispered the col > onel. Mrs. Wright went toward the win dow. The band that held back the hear? curtain was twisted and some what out of place. Slipping It off the hook, she deftly put It right, and then ahe turned her face slowly toward her husband. "Then you think ? he has. failed?" \ she said In a monotonous volte. The colonel sat at the table with > hi; chin resting on his folded hands. He was staring at the map. "We should have heard from him *Ix months ago," was his reply. Mrs. Wright crossed the room, and aat down on a low chair near the fire. \ For nearly an hour they remained thus, the white-haired old warrior and his comely, gray-haired wife. After twenty-four years of married life they were lovers still; and ss they sat there ? he looking out Into the yellow mist, she watching the change ful flames as they leaped up and fell again ? they were recalling the weary * years of waiting they had passed through. Ignorant of the love that lay hidden in either heart. Presently the door opened, and. with a flood of warm light, Lena en terted. "I verily believe you were both sfund asleep!" she exclaimed, with ' ? cheerfulness which for some reason 9 made her mother wince. "Is it not dreadful ? lamps at eleven o'clock lr the morning!" CHAPTER XXVII. Laurance Lowe's Dinner Party. A month had elapsed since Charles ^listley's return, and as yet he found himself no nearer an elucidation of * Lena's altered manner than he had been on first discovering it. He had merely confirmed his original con fi victlon that such a change existed. During those four weeks he had been l much in the society of Laurance Lowe, as every frequenter of the colonel's house was forced to be, but from him no information had trans pired. True, they had talked togeth er very little, both being silent men. Laurance Lowe was not whst the world is pleased to call a hospitable maq. This arose less, perhaps, from thjlt sense of economy which is the insult of a solitary existence than '? from mental laziness. Charles Mistley was by no means Ignorant of these traits In the char acter of Laurance Lowe, which the world naturally quoted against him with infinite gusto; and wh<3Q, there fore, he received a curtly worded In vitation to dine at a club, he knew that there was some reason for it. The meal was ludicrously charac V teristic of the two men. No word 4} was exchanged, directly, between them. Occasionally a mutual friend lounged to their table with a nod of recognition, and made a remark to which both listened with grave at tention, Charlie replying to it, while Lowe silently acquioscod. The old gentleman did not, however, do badly < as regards the dinner, and the sailor did better ? the waiter did best In the lift cupboard. "Lowe's dinner * party" was a standing joke at that club for some weeks afterward. He smoked meditatively for somo '?foments, then, without looking to ward his companion, he utterod the single word: "Ivcna!" v Charles Mistley examined his cigar critically, and' with much apprecia tion. "Ye-es," he replied, gravely. Then Lowe made a herculean ef Sfort. "I think," ho said, "thcro Is some .1 thing wrong." The young sailor's calm eyes were ^ resting on his host's Immovable face. He might aa woll have attempted to read the features of a sphinx. "I have noticed It," he observed, * conversationally, "ever since I came back." The Ice was broken, the first word was said, and now it surely whs easy \ tnou^h to nroccod, Only Knullshmrn could have failed so lamentably to I take sdvantago of tho situation. They actually continued smoking, tnd presently Charlie took a sip of coffee, which, slight though it may tppear, as a mere incident was inough to make matters worso. "Monsieur Jacobi," said Lowe, sud lenly. "Do you remember him?" "Jteobi!" repeated the sailor, ightfully. "Jacobi! There was oj^that name came one night tually a gleam of life beneath W> ?T*" brows. "That la, the man." "I remember bim. A slippery looking fellow ? toO sleek for my taste." Lowe nodded approval, and then ?aid, quietly: "He 1b In It somewhere." Charlie, completely pawled, wait ed with extraordinary patience till the peculiar old gentleman should be pleased to vouchsafe further Informa tion, At length, after carefully de positing the ash of his cigarette In, the fire, Lowe spoke again: "He came that night ? with the Baroness Nantllle." "Yes, I remember her." "Lena Is now having singing les sons with the baroness." At lsst Charlie lost patience. He threw his cigar Into the lire, and, ris ing from his seat, stood In front ol his host with his "able" arm resting on the mantleplece. "I wish," he said, without raising the level tones of his voice, but speaking rather hurriedly, "that you would tell me what you suspect, what you know, and what you wish to know. If we are to help each other, there must be no reticence between us. Of what has been going on dur? lng the last year I know absolutely nothing. Mrs. Wright's letters have rarely alluded to Lena. The colonel never wrote? Lena herself rarely. My mother has been away In France. You, and you alone, are the only source of Information that I have. I need hardly tell you that I am a? uneasy about this matter as your self. All I know Is that Lena Is dif ferent; all I suspect Is that her mother Is no longer her confidante In everything." Laurance Lowe looked slowly up Into his companion's face, while the hand that held the cigarette shook s little. "Seen that too?" he said. Interroga tively. "All I know is that since she has been taking lessons there has been something wrong. Before that she was anxlouB about your brother. We have all been anxious; but now .It Is something more than anxiety." "And what do you suspect?" "Seems to me that Jacobl has suc ceeded In establishing some Influence over her. The girl Is afraid of him " "Lena goes to this woman's house for the lessons?" asked Charlie. "Yes." "Could we not get thht altered?" suggested the sailor, whose Ideas were quick, though his speech was slow. "Tried It." "You have tried It? And who ob jected?" "Lena ? piano or something." "Did any one make Inquiries about the Baroness de Nantllle before this arrangement was made?" asked Charlie, who now turned and re sumed his seat. "Yes. She had a long and severe Illness. Found, when she got better, that her property, which was all In Russia, had been confiscated, father banished, mother dead. Reduced circumstances, took to giving singing lessons. She sings like an angel her self." "And have you done anything about Jacobl?" "Lives by teaching violin. Has many foreign friends. Eminently respectable; Is supposed to be con nected with several foreign political societies." "Um ? m ? ! In fact, he Is a shady character?" suggested the sailor. "Infernal swindler!" They sat and talked In the same aggravatlngly "unfinished" manner until late into the night. "I think you and I can settle Ja cobl," the old man p-ald, as he shook hands that night with the young sailor. CHAPTER XXVIII. In the , Desert. A grim, silent desert? a great level horizon, lifeless, waterless, hopeless. The sun, a scorching ball of Are, was now almost touching the unbroken line of sand, and yet the heat ho gave forth was so strong, as parching, and terribly merciless as that of thu hot test autumn noon in England. Over the trackless plain a traveler was plodding painfully. One hand held the bridle of a limping horse, and on tho poor brute's back was huddled a hnmen form. This sorry ralravftdn was s'.eering towarrl thp r-.etting nau a littlo to tho northward ol It. . , The man who led the horse was Nightly above the medium height; a brown oval face all caked with sand and dirt; his short pointed beard was dull and dusty. The huge tur ban on his head overshadowed the upper part of his face, and from be neath its shade there locked forth a pair of eyes dark with sullen despair. The man on horseback was of I slighter build. He was all huddled | up on the saddls, while his epin lit jerslly rested o* Ms breast. His tor the tnd of It hnc down over his taeai Both hands grasped the high pommel of the Tartar saddle; his lees swans helplessly with each movement of the horse. 81 nee sunrise they had been on the march, and the horse ? a mere skel eton with flapping ears and ungainly neck ? ehowed fatigue more than the man walking at its side. Every now and then the poor brute stumbled forward as if about to drop from sheer weariness, and on each occa sion the rider would slightly raise his head. For some hours perfect si lence had fallen over the two men; their blackened Hps were so hard and dry as to render articulation nearly impossible. Suddenly the horse gave a great lurcn forward, /and falling to recover himself, col lapsed sideways with a piteous groan. The man at its head dropped the brtdle and with marvellous rapidity slipped his arm round his compan ion'* drooping body. "Look out, Paul!" he exclaimed, hoarsely, in Russian. The rider made no attempt to as slit himself, and as the horse fell, his full weight dime upon Ills com panion, who, however, managed to step back and keep free from the poor brute's dying kicks. The man on horseback had actual ly been asleep, and as his companion laid him gently on the warm sand, he slowly opened his heavy eyes. "Little father," he murmured The corners of his mouth were closed with a deposit of black sand, and his Hps hardly moved. The other put aside the loose end of Jthe turban cloth, and exposed a fair, boyish face with languishing blue eyes, and a Jaw so square as to be almost a deformity. The sun had burned the fair skin in some places, leaving the others pale, the result being a fantastie medley of brown, reds and pinks. "Paul!" "Yes, little father." "You are better for your sleep is that not so?" asked the other, kindly. But the younger man lay still, with his blue eyes half closed. His mouth was so parched that he could scarce ly move his tongue. "We will divide what water there Is left," said the elder man, decisive ly. And he turned toward the pros trate horse. From the saddle he detached a large gourd, which gave forth a ter ribly hollow sound, and after some searching In a loose bag that was suspended from his shoulder he found a small drinking vessel,' cunningly manufactured from half a gourd. He kept his back carefully toward his companion as, kneeling on the ground, he extracted the wooden stopper. Then the young man painfully turned over on his face, and, crawl ing along, stealthily approached. As his companion elevated his arm to raise the gourd he dragged himself forward and watched the yellow water trinkle Into the vessel with eyes devoid of human feeling. They were like the eyes of a wild beast in sight of blood. Slowly and deliberately the man poured all the water Into the little vessel; he appeared to have forgot ten the division of which he had ?poken. f In setting down the gourd he glanced to one side, and caught sight of his companion lying on the ground at his side, with agonising eyes fixed upon the water vessel. Then he turned, and for some sec onds their eyes met; in one face was steady determination, In the other a wavering weakness, rendered terri ble by the brutellke agony of the eyes. "You drink your share first," said the younger man, painfully. "I do not want any. I ? I ? am not thirsty." This with cracking lips and tongue as dry as leather. The younger man ttempted to raise himself, while the contortions of his dlscolorcd face were terrible to look upon. "You drink your share first," he repeated hoarsely. "Will you drink It all?" The elder man gently Incllnod the drink ing cup so that Vne water glistened on the edge. "Will you drink It all?" ho re peated. One precious drop fell on the sand, and the dampness of It vanished -in? stantaneously. "Will you drink ? It ? all?" Then he held the cup to his com panion's Hps, and the water was gone. IIo who did that deed to a dying man ? beneath no gaze but that of his God ? was Winyard Mistley. The young man was his servant. Now ho sat upon the sand and took hlt> servant's head upon his knocn. The cooler air now revived Paul Marltch. He turned hla head to where Mistley lay cn the sand at his side. The Englishman heard iho move ment and crawled closer to him. "Mistley," whispered the dying mj'i, "Yes, Pav.!." "If you live through thls?, never let thom know that I am dead. Let the burden of my existence weigh on his mind. Whllo he thinks I am alive, he will never know a moment's peace. Let this be my legacy to the man vho made me what I am." Winyard Mistley crouched on the sand In silence. He had an English man's awkward shyness of mention ing the name of God in other sense than exclamatory, and yet he shiv ered to think that this man was really dying in hit arms with Mas* tfES. C. LEGISLATURE To Pnldi Graften. m.T^tvflUa2eUI. e?mmitt*1 mad* S^Tty nunority '?port upon ^nator Christensen 's bUl to provide * *or . thc prosecution of thoM wiST1 r,lth ^ftin? ? ??neet? with the State dispensary. h? majority of the committee made ???. !? nP?H while Senator Joh^n submitted a minority report. f, ? foUowiiig bills which passed the house .t the last se?ion ?s?d SSL?*"**.?* WOr* order?<i en roled for ratifieation: ; hm *? "lend ay; j .?/ s?uth ti<? i "' l u I? r*lmr* "?? coun *b?rein re ferred to originate to bear the ex pellee of paying witnesses, y ,ionr^Cb?iKB,'' bU1 *? "??"* ?** ? ?f T? ?">? 1, ?xl. of lawj ?t South Carolina (19#2), relating tri.l?? P?W" of ?"?"?*> in th? trial of causes. Thi'd Beading BIB^ The following senate bilk and re P"^ third reading and wore ordered Mnt to th. bome* M if,? A bUl to flx the amount to b? w_ _ worti,? perform duty in lieTof Mr. Hough-A bill to appropriate ,5T"r county purpose. any fumlB heretofore or hereafter arising from ??.n?rT t,X? levied '? Kershaw ?nd?Vf? P7 ,nt?rert o? railroad bonds of said county in excess <?* such interest. of .lertr'Jn,ithr^ bi" * '?quire the frnn^ fkf?# Hampton county to elerk^m4.!r0mothevPecord8 of the Be/ v / Probate judge's of pZtairi^T Uf?rt,county ?" matters FT^? g ? real estate located in Hampton county, and to provide eompesation therefor. Mr Weston? A bill to authorise He city council of the eity of Colum .nt?^?rUe, COUp?n bonds at ? rate of wnum for tfc* 4 P*r ^nt per ?chX/ng ?iring or to* j" l""i "1"'pt of eity matur" "iff July 1, 3910. Mr. Raysor? A joint resolution au thorize* the State treasurer to il ?ue to George H. Cornclson one 4 1-2 tUfote* re?empti,?n Rrown 8t?<* cer or dctroyed"" CCr'"in b""ds .?'? Appelt? A bill to authorise *nd require the county bonrd of coin T*TUT ,of tendon connt t???_ and 5u"trr ,he PUriW8? of "ecti^ am^furnishing a court house at Man* bil1 to validate cer tain bonds issued in Sumter county Ine purpose of erecting buildup in school district No 8 Mr Mauldin-A bill to make it un lawful to pay dividends on stock in y corporation unless the same aro of SMoh 6arned ?n the c"Pital *ock o' T,h ?mpany or for or such company to make a false Mrmw reRnrd to 8uch c?mpany. Mr. Weston? -A bill to divide the tate into 11 judicial circuits and to arrange the same. Mr. Laney ? A bill to prevent com ZoJarn0r" limi,in5f "?*?? liabUky except upon express notice to passen ger or shippers. * tio^9,n-rli'lrrA bi" 'o ?"??<? ?ec tion 210.1, article S, volumo 1, of the eode of law, of South Carolina, 1902, ? i to cI,?ngc the passenger rato and charge for milcagebook. oi rai roads within the Stute. Mr Christensen? A bill for the protection of game birds and to pro vide far a closcd season. Mr Christensen ? A bill to amend atl Iho *aau "An nct to incorpor ate the Audubon society of South Carolina and to provide for tho ore ZZT^ 'h?,wild no,,T su!?7- h and """"" ot the Jf/'iir?0l6~A bi" ,0 ftmcnd section -? of the present dispensary law re moval 1?, '!"? ?"?Wi-bn,?nT and 11 He. t .i?ct;rranM wi,hin !7for'of".h?~Ai b'" nm,,"d '"'inn 1/W, of tho code, 1002. volume 1 .? ;??.ng to the linili.y of JZln'Z Mr. Bivens (v request) ? A bill to amend ?cclio? 202.1.' ?f tho c?l. ri? .fr"' 'vj""'?'- pro Msions of snuj section. New Bills in Houso. ??'lri,.,.,"i;'lVrr'I"^'> .hil1 Providing ,1 f',,r ??f contracts I'' ? lalM,ror? f ' 110 A lull to amend aection I',;' ' ?;?' "An act to ,1c" regulate f*" l('f('rcn''" ?" nnd to i cguinte the manufacture, sale and iisumption, possession, trannporta or" and h of "leoholic li,,,',. or and hcvcrasca within tho State " i ' >'] "Jati'jfs iron, ennciiug or Falo?nr"r ni'y w",innnp0 against tbe ralo of lunches or meals on Sundays. rnnl # m~TA bi" lo n,ak? all roads traversed by United States ru roid?r?? mn y ^outo,, P"blie Mr. Dixon.? -A bill to regulato thn in Kh' -h COt,?n nMd WOylen mil s doing business in this Statu J^all adjust claims for services or la bor performed by operatives or em thay?l U*!i mi,,# and with whom the relation of employer and amploye hm eeaaed or bmn terminate. Mr. Hydriek ? A bill to confine the establishment and maintenance of dispenssries to tho various county seats of the several counties. Mr. Aull ? A bill to repeal an act entitled "An act to provide high schools for the State." Mr. Aull ? A bill to abolish schol arships in certain. State institutions. Mr. Aull ? A joint resolution to au thorize and require the comptroller to draw his warrant and the State treasurer to pay the same in favor of the public printer. Reference dis pensed with. Mr. Douglas ? A bill to prohibit the sale of seed cotton within the State. Penalty For Lata Trains. The house sent to third reading the bill introduced by Mr. Douglsss, amending the code, so ss to increast the penalty for late trains. The aao tion as amended, should the bill pass the senate, will read as follows: "Section 2170. Whenever any pas senger train on any railroad in this State shsll be more than one-qusrtcr of one hour behind its schedule time it shall b^the duty of such railroad company to keep posted at every tele graph station along its line, when a telegraph operator is on duty at such station, the time such train is be hind its schedule, and shall change such bulletin every quarter-hour un til such train arrives, stating therein the time which, such train is behind and the hour at which it is expected to arrive: Provided, That such bulle tins shall not be required to be post ed at any station until one-quarter hour before the regular schedule time at which such train is to arrive at the station at which such bulletin is required to be kept. "Any railroad company which shall refuse or neglest to comply with the provisions of this section shall forefit and pay the sum of $100 for each and every such refusal or neg lect; said sum to be sued for by the person aggrieved in the county in which such refusal or neglect occurs, one-balf of which sum shall be turn ed over to the county treasurer lor I ordinary county purposes and the sther half retained by the person so aggrieved.' * Third Reading Bills. After some discussion the house recommitted two third reading bills. One of these was from Mr. Hughes, providing for the payment of attor neys' fees in suits for the partition of real, estate out of the general fund. The other was from the senate and amended the code so that the time for speeches of attorneys should be limited to two hours in* civil cases. Mr. A. O. Brico thought this bill in t or f erred with the courts and the present rule sufl|cient for all purpos es. By a division vote of 54 to 6 hi* motion to recommit prevailed. Senator Christensen's bill abolish ing the office of master in Beaufort county, was ordered to be enrolled. The law goes into effect June 1, 190S. Other bills passing a third reading and already mentioned were: Mr. Croft ? A bill to amend article 10, chapter 5, of the eodc of laws, vol. 1, 1902, by adding thereto a sec tion to be known as section 2109a. Mr. VonKolnitz ? A bill to amend subdivision 4 of section 155 of the code of civil procedure, vol. 2, eodo of laws, 1902, relating to the service of summons. Mr. Legnre ? A bill to provide a penalty for larceny of boats. Mr. Legare ? A bill to prevent the adulteration of rice flour. Marriage License Law Fails. Another attempt to pass a marri age license law failed in the House Wednesday after a heated debate lasting about an hour. The bill was favored by members from counties 'having large cotton mill populations, ? where there is rmich marrying, and by Representatives of counties bord ering on North Carolina ami Georgia, especially North Carolina. The bill was killed by a vote of 59 to 47, be ing opposed on the ground that it was a step toward a divorce law. and would complicate proving marriages in civil cases. The House without a dissenting voice passed a very important hill by Mr. Nash, forbidding the employ- I ment of minors without tlie consent of parents or guardians, but allow ing such minors to make contracts for their services independent of par ents or guardians do not provido homes for them. The bill is intend ed to prevent loafing fathers in man ufacturing centers from living off the wages of their children. jsiecnona Are aaaae. The joint assembly elections were devoid of exciting incident. There was no opposition to Associate Jus tice Eugene B. Gary, who was re elected on the monotonous call of the roll of the two houses, the consti tution requiring this whether there is opposition or not. Miss L. H La Borde, State Librarian, was also re elected without opposition. Col. Robert Aldrich, of Barnwell, defeated Capt. Claude E. Sawyer, of Aiken, for judge of the second cir cuit, vice James Aldrich, resigned, by a vote of 82 to 75. D. B. Pnrifoy, of Colleton was re elected director of penitentiary, but Representative B. F. Thomas, of Barnwell defeated ex-Representative J. <). Wingo. of Greenville. Repre sentatives John G. Richands and CL. D. Mann were ehosen trustees fo* Clemson College. Mr. Harden wu , re-elected. The Winthrop College and South Carolina University trus tees were re-elected. The Big Fleet Leaves Bio. Rio Janeiro, By Cable. ? To th? booming of guns and the cheers oi thousands of the accompanyin| pleasure craft#, the American war ships sailed from Rio Jenciro Wed nesday afternoon, bound for Punts Arenas, on the Magellan strait. Tei' days wiil bring the fleet almost mid way on its 14.000 mile cruise to Sat Francisco and the ships and the mei carried with them the Godspeed an< good wishes of the whole Brazialiat nut ion. Gold Coin Missing From New Or leans Sub-Treasury. New Orleans. La., Special. ? An nouncement that a bag containing $830 in under-weiglit gold coin ha< been stolen from the New Orleam eub-treasury was made. The coit disappeared Tuesday and the short age resulting has been made gool by the oftieials who had the gold ii charge. Try to Dynamite Tobacco Factory. Clarksvillc, Tenn., Special. ? 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