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SYNOPSIS. -7 Autornobile of Nils )orotity t'ptot atil 'friend, Nirs. l'nne, breal down at Now Miexico border Ltiro vamp. comniailed by Lieutentint Kynaston. The two wtmi ten are Oil waIy to t1n1 of Mlss Upton'.A fatlier, l's'nted a ft-w mil les :ross the Alexiranl hot-der. Kyinastort lv~lves4 wvotaen it hiAt icarip while lit' 1o03 with a detail 'to Itivestigate report of VIlI gilii runners. Villa itroops drive smuall forec of Car ranzt at'ross borier line aiid they surron dier to Kyriastorn. Pbwithy atid Nlrs. Vano still at miinip %lien Kyriaston returns with prisoners. Illind MA x e-an priest appears )n entiiy and eltiins ititerted Mexleans have In the spoils irO1tghit across the line a wonderful ernt rahl hell stolen from a shrine by Zatzpatt anl taken frot lin by Carratiza troops. l'riest is searching for the emerali ii artder to return It to the shrine. Kytnstun fitnis jowel and reports .7o departrnent liettdiitiarters. Major Up lyke appears from headquarters to take charge of valuables captured. Priest :and vinerali be'll disappear. Kynaston slips across border with one inan to aid Uptot family surrounded by Villistas. The water supply runs short. Is the terrible suspense of waiting for death worse than death itself? Does the man con demned to be shot at sunrise suf fer most before led out to execu tion? Consider the feelings of a father when he learns that a mob is going to sack his home, kill the defenders and steal his beautiful daughter. CHAPTER V-Continued. So Upton, laying aside his rifle, went down the hill to meet the pseudo officer, who, with an orderly behind him. was signaling for an interview. "\\'ell, what is it you pirates want?" he asked truculently. "Are you tryin' to make a livin' by your own unaided efforts?" "We have come to collect from the holders of Mexican property a part of their ill-gotten gains in order, senor, that the brave and patrilotic defenders of the republic shall not be hungry." "Well, you've undertaken a grown man's job, then," snarled Upton. "We demand the payment by the Santa Cruz mine of five thousand dol lars in cash and the surrender of all ,the arms, ammunition and powder, in ejuding dynamite, that you have, as - well as the permanent loan of all your able-bodied horses." "l-m! And what do I get out of it?" "You will have our protection and 'our assurances that you will not be bothered or annoyed by any further compulsory loans made to the provi sional republic." Upton fumbled for a moment in his pocket, from which he finally produced two papers. These he handed to his interviewer. "There are two other 'protections' i~iven me last month," he said tersely, '"You will see that one is for two thou 'sand and the other for fifteen hun dred." "W~e wIll guarantee you against any further contributions," said the other ingratiatingly. "Iif your own force isn't strong enough to take my place it certainly isn't strong enough to protect me - a'gainst anything, No, senor, I won't *ay you a single cent-not a son :markee. I've stood all I'm going te --stand from you fellows. Now I'll ap peal to the American consul," The other spat derisively. "iBetter trust to me!" he said vain gloriously. "But if you do not sur render immediately, but compel me to take the place, I tell you frankly, 8er or, I shall show no Quarter-" "Well, I can't help that, can I? 1 'will give you, sir, exactly what you can take--an' it won't strain your back to carry it, either," snapped Upton. "Very well, senor," said the Mexi can. "I give you half an hour to con sult with your companions. If at the end of that time you decide to accept my terms you have only to wave a white flag from your front door. I shall know what it means. "If there is no tlag-then all that follows is your own fault, Adios, * senor. May the saints teach you wis dm!" The Mexican strode off to hir men while Upton picked the best way up the slope to the house, The long half-hour came to an end ~at last. Suddenly down by the leor rals a rifle cracked. A bullet 1heeped through the window wiere ~ynaston etooid. Lodged~ in the heavy window post. At the smack of the impact the . 'youngster sprang back, :Raising his rifle, heo fred at a head - that showed above a stone, The diat, smadiking report and the heavy recoil of the piece steadied him. "Did .you hit him?" asked a soft eua steady voice behing him. He turned to see Dorothy standing near L bIm, "Don't think so. Please get bacit, Els Upton. You might be bit, you know, and then--" is eyes told the rest of it. Dorod thty laughed a little, FOU ;V EIL LA8 MEN ~Capf. know, but it was hard to accustom her self to the idea of death and suffering inflicted under her very eyes. An oath from Upton made Kynas ton turn. He saw John Wilkes, the old engineer, step to the table and,. leicking up the dipper, help himself to a drink of water. The dipper was still immersed in the water when there came another flat, smacking report, followed by a crash as of a stone on a board. The bucket broke into fragments and fell from the table, the water dripping down upon the floor. Mr. Wilkes stood gazing upon the ruin. "What the-" he ejaculated help lessly. "Bullet through the east loophole," said Kyuaston shortly. "The bucket was in the line of fire. Now, you've dene it, Mr. Greaser! That's all the water we had." I-our after hour the defenders sat beside their loopholes watching the slow advance of their besiegers. The Mexicans did not dare advance across the open under the fire of the rifles from the house. They were obviously waiting for night to cover their real approach. Kynaston dreaded What the night would bring, for there was no way to prevent the Mexicans from getting to close range under cover of the darkness. Then, when the be siegers were within striking distance, it would he difficult indeed for the de fenders to reply to the overwhelming intensity of the fire that would be opened upon the house so soon as day light should come. While Kynaston was cudgeling his brains to find some solution to the problem he saw old Wilkes pottering about the house, carefully gathering up all the empty tin cans. These the old man strung on a piece of rawhide The Heavy Recoil Steadied Him. that had been brought to the house t be made into a lariat. Ills curilosit thoroughly aroused, Kynaston asked "What are ypu doing with thai Mr. Wilkes?" "Can't git no mule-bells," said th -old man sententiously; "they're all 1I the stables. So I'm airmin' to strin all these cans on a piece of rope at hang 'em across the front an' bac roads after dark. Anybody stumbilir against 'em 'Il rattle 'em, an' that ' give us warnin'." 'That's wvhat I've been trying t think of!t Now, if we only had som water!" There was no water; and the whol garrison knew it. For hours the d4 fenders, sticking close to the 1001 holes, knew thirst--grimy, dry-eye thirst that froze the smile on the lip and cracked the corners of the mouti A shot from the corral smacke against the rear wall of th9 housi Instinctively the man bel lite cNo post took cover. A moment after thb shot vaB fired a man came forwari from the corral,' displaying a dirt; handkerchief on the end of a stick. Mr. Wilkes spoke excitedly: "Don't you do it! Anybody tha goes out here now ain't got no sense They'li get you Into tile opetn amn shoot you down. Don't pay no attes tioli to 'ejn!" "You jiltiit recognize it," said Ky~ naston. "Come oil, .Upton, we'll set what they want." But little time was given. TherE came a crack trom the right,' and bullet whizzed uncomfortably close t< Kynaston's shoulder, landing with a vicious whit in the mass of clay chink ing that formed the) chimney. Dowi camne the halt-baked stuff with a rattle Mr. Wilkes, thrusting, his rigt through a crack between'two ofrthe logs, fired two shots in'rapid succes sion. "You'll walk home, consaria you, 1 you go at all!".,he growled, Kynaston saw two do toae.Jaorg~ dogn Ii the dust of tlR frrLs "iSee that you _two Atsip ino cover." The old ma . grinned - yev low-tooth'ed grin over his a46uld at the defenders. jparkness fell-over ihe llItttip -i11 With thO coming ,of the night the tears of the little garrison ipe'reased "Just as like as not they'll try to sneak uD and set fO to the house," said Mr. Wilkes. "It s aS dry as. punk. We'd better. keep men watching. all night." So the party was divided into two reliefs: Mr.~ Wilkes, Upton, and a Mexican composed one; Kynaston, No lan, and Wilson the other. It was pitch-black; the hours passed like years. The night was so still, and the stillness so . nerve-racking, that every crackle in the brush, every call of a night bird, every gurgle of the creek, brought the defenders to their loop holes in anticipation of an attack. But the night passed without alarm, though it was not until dim daylight showed the colutmn of smoke from the besiegers' camp fire that the defense relaxed its vigilance. "I wish I dared run out to that creek bed for a bucket of water," growled Kynaston. "Salt bacon isn't any too appetizing. There are ponies in the stables behind; I'm going to try it. Give me the bucket." Before anyone could stop him he he seized a bucket .and dashed into the stable. A moment later they saw him flat upon his pony, c'arrying his rifle low and to the right, galloping down the trail to the creek bottom, *here the water gurgled half-way be. tween the two contending parties. A hundred yards! A shot. Two hundred yards! A storm of bullets from the defense covered his reckless venture. Three hundred yards! His pony, stumbling and slipping down the steep banks, plowed its nose along twelve feet of earth-and the young American found himself lying face down behind a mesquit bush on the banks of the stream, his hand holding the bucket over the edge, trying to haul back forty pounds of dirty water. A bullet wheeped past his ear. The scream of a horse in pain made him turn, spilling half the contents of his bucket. His pony was down, shot through the barrel. He wormed his way back to the shelter of its, body, carrying with him the haif-bucket of dirty water that meant life to the de. fenders of the house. Half-way to the house he got! Then! the fusillade from the attackers made him throw himself to the ground in a wild attempt to seek cover. The an swering roar from the loopholes of the house atop the slope behind him told him the grateful news that the gar rison had seen his predicament. Time after time~ a shot wheeped close to his head. Time after time he carefully pulled that half-filled bucket with its precious contents closer to him so that it should not be spilled. Time after time he sank closer and still more close into the little hollow that sheltered him, biding his oppor. tunity for a final scramble up-hill to the safety of the house. From this vantage-point on the slope, Kynaston could see one rebel after another attempt to take a posi. tion from which he could be outflanked and thus forced to run across the open space of the unsheltered hillside. Bullet after bullet made him hug the ground closer and closer. Presently he heard a shout from the house that sentthe red blood coursing again through his veins. "Oh, Kynaston!" it said, "duck your nut, youngster; duck yout nut! You're right in my line o' fire-l'di comin' down to you." Down went Kynaston's head. He dared not turn to look, for he knew that no man living can turn without a partially rising. Three Mexicans Y' skulked across the road, taking cover ini the thin fringe of mesquit along 'the trail. The leader stopped long enough to fire twice at Kynaston. The American rifle spat out its answer. At Sthe same time Kynaston heard another rifle crack from higher up the hill. Upton, prone in the dirt, was cover ing Kynaston's retreat. - Kyaton heard Upton's shot wheep past him just as his own finger' presseil the trigger. The man in the road be low him staggered, spun around twice ! ianj dropped upon his face. He waltei- no longer, but sprang to e his feet, gripped the lia)9-extiyity wgagr bucket with one hand, and trailing b1iI ' rifle with the other dashed up the nar row trail to the house, where he was a received with hearty congratulations. "Of course, we needed it badly," Ssaid Mrs. Fans as she took the bucket from his hai, %uC Wot sd badly as * that." She pointed to a thin line of a rod that showed above his collar. I Kynaston raised his hand to it and r laughed.. "It can't be -anything. .I pledge you my word I never kniew I was t touched- Oh, I say-" lie broke off suddenly a0 he looked at Dorethy Upton, for her eyes werq full of telltale tears. rwe "T~pre $hey come again" grwe - Wilkes, pointing 'down &Hie hill1. S A group of rebels had gathered about the dead man. Ploen as the Americans watched they came forward slowly up the slope, waving for a flag a shirt that was long past all days of whiteness. "Come on, Wilkes, and hear what they've got to say.' ~Mr. Upton and the old. man walked out to meet the flak of truce. Do you think that Mrs, Pars loves Lieutenant Kynaston and )hat in the event of Dorothy's death he will turn his atfetilon, to the fascinatirig widow? 16, DAYS CAMP FOR MILITIA' Moore Secures Ample Funds.-Now Enlistment Oath RequIred foo' Members of National Ouard. Columbia.-The annual engamipment .jf the National Guard ft' South Caro lina will continue fo . 0_daye, ancord ing to W. W. Moore, ad)utant general, who went to Washington for a confer once with Secretai'y .aker-ielative to the property shortage. "The encampment. will last fo i6 days," sald the Idjutadt' genz.al, "as required by the new army bll1. Every soldier in the- National .Guard must reenlist and take .the ndw oath at once. The necessary funds .for the encampment will be .ftirnished upon requisition. Credit wiH be given to the men under the new oath for pre. vious service. No now commands will be considered at the present time." The adjutant general said that the new rules and regulations for the con trol of the militia were being pre pared by the war. department and would be issued in a few days. The following is the new oath re quired for the members of the Na tional Guard: "I hereby acknowledge to have voluntarily enlisted this day of @ , 19-, as a soldier in the. National Guard of the United States an dot the state of , for the period of three years in service and three years in the reserve, under the conditions prescribed by law, un less sooner discharged by proper au thority. And I do solemnly swear that I will bear true faith and alle gience to the United States of America and to the state of , and that I will serve them honestly and faith fully against all their enemies whom soever, and that I will obey the orders of the president of the United States and of the governor of the state of , and of the officers appointed over me according to law and the rules and articles of war." Short Course in Demonstration. Columbia.-The following agents Are now holding short courses in the home demonstration work of their re spective counties: Miss Nellie Ray, Barnwell county, assisted by Mrs Dora Dee Walker, Mrs. B. W. Faust, Bamberg agent, and Miss Stella Mims, Chesterfield agent; Miss Cora L. D. Conner, Colleton county, assisted by Miss Amanda Edwards;- Williamsburg county, and Miss Jo Yarborough, Chester county; Miss Marguerite Richardson, Beaufort county, assisted by Miss Caroline Bostick, Miss Pearl Napier, Charleston county, and Miss K'atherine Richardson, Clarendon county; Miss Grace Lumpkin, Aiken county, assisted by Miss Bostick, Miss Dorothy Napier, Richland county, and Miss Tda Moore, Marlboro county. To Entertain Firemen. Orangeburg.-The time for the state Firemen's Association meeting to be held in this city is drawing close. This convention will be held in Orangeburg on June 20-21-22. The local committees have everything in readiness for the convention and the big tournament. Best of entertainment will be given the visiting fire laddies. The race course is being put in iest of condi tion. Large grand stands will be erec ted and the races promise to be more largely attended than any in the his tory of the association. Orangeburg ers expect 15,000 visitors on the big dlay of the races. Vice Consul to Rlga. Washington.--Congressman J. W. .tagsdale was notified by the state de Ipartment that T. B. Brooks Alford of Dillon had been appointed vice consul to Riga, Russia, Mr. Alford is an alumnus of the University of South Carolina and has been secretary to Mr. Ragsdale since January 1. Riga is one of the most important seaports ot Russia. Mr. Alford will spend about two weeks with his relatives in South Carolina and then sail from New Yoric 'or Riga, Travelers Select Columbia. Florence.-The United Commercial ITravelers of the Carolinas cloeed their annual gotiveqtion hgre with he 60ee. tion ol Columb1fa as tie meeting pl'a6 for next year. Memorial services were held fNo sevi en members of the order who have died since the last convention. BOUTIM CAROLINA NEWS ITEMS, U. Rt. Brooks, clerk of the South Carolina- supreme court, hg gone to Ne~wport News, where fhe will remain for about 10 days on hi. vacation. Cecil Jean Rogers, the three-year old child of HI. K. Rogers of Ebenezer, was etrigek by a train and liilled with in a few fee~t of Tile honie. . City delivery of mail will be inaug. urdteil at Hlartoville July 1. A clas' o 118 graduates were awarded diplomas at plemeon College iaet week. .. *Eugene M. Hart, aged 72, a Confed erate veteran of Colutnbia died a few days ago. *Forty-one pupils receiyed diplomas fronm the Women's College at Due West. Albert D. Oiiphant, assistant seere tary of the 'state board of charities and -aorrections, spent one day Itt Lexlhug ton pursuitig the duties .of his -offfad. 1*e .said Lexington is building gomeI of the best highIrays to ber to'uwd- in any county in the tat, .At a meeting in Spa tynburg Mon day plans were lard for the orgga15a. tio~ of 4 mutua4 #~ac coinpatIZ (B 0 t e Sunh otrf Bible Ins ?utCie e;, . (topyright by Wn .t r. U LESSON FOR JU. THE PHILIPPIAN JAILER. LIESON TEXT-Aots 16:l640. GOLDEN TEXT-Believe On the Lord Jesus and thou shalt be saved, theu and. thy house.-Acts 16:31. Dean Vaughn has said of this lessn that in it ."we have an epitome of the whole history of the gospel." The tiule. was A. D. 60 or 52 and the place was Philippi, ad important city, as before, suggested. 1. The Damsel Delivered of Demons (vv. 16-18). On their way to the pray Ing place where they had met Lydia, the disciples met this maid who "had a spirit, a Python." Greek soothsayers were supposed to be inspired by Apol lo, who killed a great snake at Mt. Parnassus and left it to .rot. The girl was probably possessed of hysteria and thus spoke strange words, and her condition brought much profit to her masters, who. professed to interpret her words. This evidence of evil pos session awoke a sympatheti .response in Paul's heart. "Her misety and degradation were a symbol of the degradation, as Lydia's sweet and be nevolent Christian character was of the transfiguration of womanhood." Stalker. Her cry after Paul was per haps that they were the slaves of some god, even as she was the slave of Apol lo. The Gadarene (Luke 8:28) used similar language. Paul did not at once atop her (v. 8), perhaps to avoid a con troversy, but his deliberation made more profound the final deliverance wrought. Worn out at last with her cries, but taking no credit himself, Paul spoke the name of Power which had foretold just such acts (Mk.. 16:17; Lk. 9:1; Lk. 10:17). ii. The Disciples In Prison (vv. 19 24.) Of no further commercial value, the slave drivers sought revenge by Inciting a mob to attack Paul and his companions. So today the liquor in terests would seek remuneration for the loss of theh "business," and anathematize their opponents, while the underworld tries to overthrow all who seek to restrain them. Paul 'and Silas were accused of "troubling" the city, for the trade has been interfered with. It, indeed, went hard with them thus to be unjustly set upon and final ly, through the connivance of the spineless authorities, to be incarcer ated in a filthy dungeon. Still, though the majority was against them, yet the mob was not right (compare 17:.5; 18: 12;- 19:28-29), and they had One on their side who was sufficient (Rom. 8:28). Ill. Delive'rance and Salvation (vy. 25-35). Christ before Pilate was ac ctised of sedition, and these flogged dis ciples were likewise innocent suffer ers. (1) Prayer and praise (25-26). Note the circumstances-darkness, torn and bleeding, aching backs and a morrow filled with lackness. There was no sleep for the disciples at that midnight hour, but often strength is better gained in prayer than sleep. "Praying, they sang hymns,"-in the midst of that heterogeneous lot of pris oners they did not, could not, keep si ing by the other prisoners and by a loving Heavenly Father, who shook the place to evidence his interest (v. 26)., (2) The jailed delivered. The place was so shaken that every barred door was opened and the staples of the stocks were so loosened as to liberate every pris'oner. (3) The jailer saved. The brutal one is now the anxious in quirer, and becomes a good type for all to fellow- who are out of Christ. (a) He saw -he was lost. He was subject to the same death as his escaped pris t99p, "Bujgosing" (v. ,27)h~s dark ened many lii and our greatest sor rows -are often imagined. Face to face with death8 (he jailer w'ould plunge into an eternity for which he was not prepared. Paul's clarion call ;nElte jailer to eipresfi j1uxies ly . 9a f4. it was not a trilJiYTor sicp(hr1j renind ' t d v p. De~Jed to Paul. He was brought face to face 'wgit N8 holy inen,-with God and with eternity. Those to whom he came knew the facts, had faith, and. could meet the emergencies of -iife with confidence. . The H..big gaitae (vv. 35-40). 'T'he fa'iler evidehices joy, hose pitality and 3 changed home, whichb ftd'* 'ind have 'itN~ed te' 5a'l6 trates. Their Ofi'1? dogmajd yq tg "let these feilowia go." Paul here rises to his ftul digunity. Beaten open ly, iidemned w1tfouii trial and verr dict, does not allow themn to cover their crime and blunder by stealt'h'. The magistrates were liable to loss of position, goods, and even 'life, and hence willingly did all that Paul re. Till the imprisoiN~iit tuirne out to the h~oo ok the apostle and the glory of God. Nor did Paul hasten at All tn leaving the city. After recovering strength to travel and encouraging the members of the infant church they departed, takfag Timothy (17:14) with them. Thus God gloriously-delivered those who Iabored amidst acre trials, and there was esteb)tshe4 in Philippi a church whipb Was der to Paul and which was as~cal td to Paul, and tor whicht oh4M.t4:of his es ~~-T7 11 w h ~ng.wod ll-"Whlet ao 'irodab the lhaG4 of Lifea uftd with headshesner. vousness bgms of heat, and ;.I ered so muoh I did not know what I w doing at times, $1900 on doce" fi and not one did f a~oo. *One' n (I y house and at. s bad been as siel as I was atonetime, and Lydia E. bink. C un mad ham's Vegetable Comound made berwell,so ItooC it and no* am just s well as I ever'was. I cannot understand why women don't see how.much Pain and sufferin- they would escape by taking our mIcine. - 1 cannot praise it enoug for It saved my life and kept Me -11oi the Insane Hiospital. "-Mrs. E. SNaLDON, 6057 8. Halsted St., Englewood, Ill. Physicians undoubtedly did their best. battled with this case steadily and coul do no more but often the'most scientifl treatmentia a ur~assed by the medicinal proprties of e old fashioned roo and herbs contal ed 'In Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. If any cowmpliation exists I1 Ys to write the LydiaE. Pink bmMedicine Co., LynnIMpi for Opecial free avrice. Her Reply. "We started housekeeping on fifteen dollars a week." "It you were to try that now, ma, you and pa would starve to death be. tore your honeymoon was over." KEEP YOUNG As well be young at 70 as old at 50. Slany elderly people suffer lame, bent, aching backs, and distress ing urinary disorders, when a little help for the kidneys would fix it all up. 'Don't wait for gravel, or Bright's disease. Use Doan's Kid ney Pills. They have helped thousands, young and old, and are recommended by thousands. A North Carolina Case Afrs. C. Al. Wil- ABVEM liams, 29 Central Picow Ave., Asheville, N. 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