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CHAPTER Vil-Continued. -10 Kynaston swore and raged impotent 'ly up and down the little room. Ap parently it was not enough that he should sacrifice his life itself; his very reputation. too, was to be torn to shreds. Hour after hour passed. He had a littlo tobacco, but one cannot enjoy -smoking in the dark. So ho sat and thought and thought till the tiny stars came out like forget-me-nots in the wonderful Mexican sky, and the camp 'woke to renewed life in the coolness. Presently he was aroused by theI -Eound of someone fumbling at the; chain that fastened the door on the outside. The door drew open. In the shadow he heard a voice. "Ohe Mio capitan!" It was the voice of the officer who .bad met him. "81-si! What is it?" "if you will come with me it will -perhaps benefit you." Kynaston fumbled in his boot-leg to see if that flat automatic pistol still lay close to his leg. Fortunately, he had not been examined for concealed weapons; the Mexicans had taken for granted that a man s'rendering him. self would not be fool enougt r. arms into a hostile car& Kynaston stppd e:.- Tne oM~cer with two guards c:-wd-! -heir wa-y with their prisor.er th-righ te fast gathering crvwd t the house where the general hv 3- F'e ight of the two glutterr .rdes stuck in empty bottles that ::.ated the dirty in. terior Kyvr. s. seated beside the rebel cca gure that he rec ognized a '.-e blind priest of Trocant: :Es~nn of tehe shrine: The b as 'he first to break i the s.: "I h Naught you here. Senor GrnLg: EE yoU some questiona. This C o:'d man tellE me that you are an AL reano officer. Is it true?" ''A"k him. if he is your source of nlofr1natioL." said ,i'naston in a dis guilse-d voice. lie couud se:-e the priest leun forward in an eager attempt to 1tentify him. "'There has been a story come to ox -the genieral wam i: deady earn e't-''that w e Iear to~ 19: itnto. There was a stone of i i.acu*a e vLalue in the .u't that we meat to Ube to buy arla:, ELd amLmuIlt;tin to help our rca'. t We got it ; he OUr forces wr: a n'.e Way ttimes their iL':. ' ' '-' I:'eu'd by our rcen, t.e thiev': te-:: aA'.'rOt- the lrne arnd// re! i' '~. & A~eiaoln. 'arry:-.. w.7 th i:' n t..e i Lat Lneart Vi r:...:-.* Y', L :rr''.r r~-ja u ja. , La ~a dlta., ' E '9.y ai the r..ffor;,s-y.g Au. ''A y' Ai' 'lr;\ar as! your o~wn iawe '-ardh' dl'- U' E;2t as di'erning " V7t4 120 ',I f.., lpah1.'g lyat:, ggLy "it i the thajj,'' he: .aid '.ygia;ty. "lt in th. 'jff:ir wh' took the V'uwr4'.'' Your lhft:llThe 5itone that theansIJ two hunlid red thrat'.and' LJeVos. agais.o t y'our bite' it 'ao irofit you~ nothing V>k Kyn'aititoni turneii:' hot Iy t//w'ard thej Vrienst. '"Thiou hait ':ai er iny b/hreadi a1d flail ," he staid ijaI: p iesa, ~y ' ~ hiast aslopt ins my ':amje TJho knust right well that i di sot lake the stone; thou)I knsowetu right weoll that thou thynotlft the tho-r. n ts'I hat 1 had parties out 'earsching for thee by meslia andi~ by river W.'hat haist thou to guain, padre', by lying aiwaiy rny Thie, old pritnit turneds gray udgr hin dark nklin. '"My 11on, thin ii niol. flair, Thou~f antyouit that thou didist noct taiko it. Who theisn dlii?'' "Who1? W'.ho but the man who. hans *ought it, ans ihe says, for iso long? 'lhe bilind prinnt of TJroeanito, of cours. Who olise hanu no groat a dlesuirss for it? I could not havey~ taken it, ass toy com-' flandan to-maiijor'--canr prove, for I was with imu from thie mYomenht that he camoe ilt) mly campIJ till the. lbunidl', was uniwrapped, and tho istonri was found mluning." "Was nso one niso In your tent then?" asked the general, "tThou knoudsut therui WaU/ sonorV," The voice of the bind priest rose to nmost breaking tension, "ThOU knowest ther'j were the two ladies-' - where are they, I say?" - "Where *re thi~7? i thal;; . '"'a t ( 0. XFOUL MEN GeogeB. MrIG2i Rscdney "Then, senor," said the general, "there can be but one person who knows about the stone. Either one of the ladies must have seen the stone when it was in your tent, or else which is, of course, unbelievable one of them has taken it-" "No-no!" The voice suddenly rose to a shriek; the Mexican captain raised his hand to guard his leader from the blow that hte thought was coming. Kynaston Iropped his hand. "Someone in your camp must know the matter. Doubtless if any man en tered your tent while the ladies were n your camp they have seen him. A mote to Senor Upton that I will send by an officer will discover the mat. :er. You can tell him with perfect ruth that if the jewel is not restored rour life will pay the forfeit." "Wherever it is found? Do you nean, general. if for instance I should )e abit, to prevail upon this blind riest to restore it that I will be re eased '' "Si-sit But mark. I must have he stone in my hands before safety s promised to Senor Upton." A lieutenant had entered with a 7asty report which he whispered i .he ear of his commander in chief, and .ad handed him a paper. A pleased 'mile stole across Obispo's face as h( read it aloud: I is permitted to announce that tonighi e ga:ant General Villa will make ar tc on the American army. The gal. general will himself lead but a smal re ti. first attack, and will ther iv*&_t re-ernforct ments. Yce" will therefore join the main force .t Palomnas by tomorrow evening. The ;allant General Villa refuses to disclos ,s plans. but says be will be in El Pas< withln two weeks. Kynaston could hardly believe hi ears. Was Villa really to attempt L invasion of the States? What coul< such a move mean but war, the wa he was sacrificing himself to avoid The army must be advised, but how A murmur of approval from thou in the room had greeted the readin 'I He tgo*d the America,. 'f W~e zaeage. Mlter a umomer WAevg tyraed&~' to hm again, "i you wie to Die, grinogo,'' he sail ''ete M i ht Lmy messnge takes !.lear fgomn you to tok.e house of 8en< Cyp~,) this afght." ?Miso waved his thand in dismisse and *Xynaston was escorted biac~k the littIM a4'Abe hiouse where paper an i.ei.s Were bro'ught him, For a fe yjomentsli Kyrnaston sat, tapping h: tkMth wlith his penhoider, thinkin over thes sit uation, r'evolving in h; in4 what he' wanted to tell Upte and how hi- shuld teli it, For he hi a ,inissages to send Upton thait woul never get by his censors if they shout underatend4 it; andri his censors, mor ovyer, would be everyone in camp wi s::iuJd rea4, lie finaliy conciluded not to attem), to tell Jpton of the initended attac by Villa, but to cofinef his efforts intimating ho0W an escape from ti house raight be rnade with the mi chine, After a few meaningiess intri ductory sentences he wrotes I Ism tol4 ?that the arousaiition is5 ma/ Jsinjd ,5 mehat have taken or co. 'ual0s the pricle i. I0mnoraid 15.51 whic we. captursdi when we took the feders ofs y f aOfin fth rI kn w nt to or positive informnatrn f'isgv which wllifndt its resstora&tion, I Au to the repairs to the automobile tha we spoke of I would take the machir uat onEce t4' the UJnitedl States, as no r pts an be rmade here, You must tal the mac54hine at onlce as the delica meohanism will ruin if kept here me than ten-I wish I couidw write hours, you jnf w any ting about th eel tCo Diieui who hs turned up here either hi itnows whoe it is, no vnhavsn on the accurse. t , b o~C 1ors 0e wourn than ObAth. At OirV00all 40 gRve My honor for me if yOb ot. Writ',y s ter at least tha that acoufttion un. true. He clipped fronr the Daier the- ar. ticle which intimated -at: he had stolen the Bell and pinn it with a bit of splinter to his note, to 1e given to the messenger. As 09 9ourier walked off to the great chiAberry tree under which his horse '*as - tied, Kynaston thought cheeresil of *hat the result of the mission must be. The messengor was gone an hour wrhen a sudden flurry at the post of the guard sot the camp alight with ex citement. An aid came hastily to the house, demanding admission. "Your letter was received, senor, by Senor Upton, who declined to read it," said the aid. "He said that he was a caballero of blood and refused to receive messages that were sent him by the hands of a common sol. dier. He demanded that El General Obispo send a commissioned officer to talk with him. Accordingly Major Gutierrez will go up at daylight to arrange matters." Kynaston spent a sleepless night. Early in the morning the camp was awake, the noise and excitement fore. casting a move. An hour later an officer, furious with anger, entered with four men. He seized the Ameri can roughly and tied his hands behind him with a strip of rawhide. "Los perros!" the officer gritted. "To treat with men like that-el gen eral wishes to see you, gringo. "What is it? Well to ask! That thief of the world, Senor Upton bah! He is a ladrone, a picaron, a thief! Done? What has he done? El General Obispo sent this morning to talk with him about you and the jewel, which we need as a thirsty man needs water. His emissaries were el Commandante Major Gutierrez and el Coronel Mayes, who is the chief of our artillery. "They went up under a white flag, senor, and hao a talk with the Ameri can. They could come to no terms, so the two left him and started back. When they reacher the bottom of the hill naturally enough they lowered the white flag-" "Yes, yes! Where are they now?" The blind priest of Trocanto, who had aproached, answered the ques. tion. "They are prisoners in the hands of Senor Upton. He sent word back to el General Obispo that if the sol. diers lay hand on thee he will hang the two officers as high as Haman. boubtless thou canst learn the details! from el general." It was difficult to learn anything r from the general, who, angry at being P outwitted, spat like a cat and was ? equally intelligible. It was from his e first acquaintance that Kynaston g learned what had happened. "Yes, senor, the two went up with a soldado-common soldier-carrying the flag of truce. You can see it is a mile away; between us is the belt of alamos--cottonwoods--low-lying in the valley. "Their talk, senor, came to nothing. We know now that Senor Upton did but talk to gain time. When they left they walked down the hill, and when they reached the valley where the ala mos grew, they dropped their flag of truce, sat down, and lit cigarettes. "It was in that moment, senor, that a gray-headed old pirate stepped from: behind a tree, shoved a great pistol under the nose of the valiant coronel, broke the rifle of the soldier, and told him to go back to-el general will pardon me-to the stealer of horses who commanded here, with the mes sage that the two officers would be hanged if a hair of your head is touched-saints and angels, senores, what is it now?" For another white flag was waving from the house and a shot had been fired to attract their attention. Kynaston looked up eagerly. CHAPTER Viii. The Jewel. 1, There had been jittle rest for any a of the inmates of the Upton house dur ir ing the night. Though they knew right well that the Villistas regarded a ~i night attack with all the dislike of an 4 Apache, so that little was to be feared 4 from that source, no one could sleep. STo begin with, old Upton and John SWilkes sat deep in consultation over gtheir rifle-butts in a corner and would a not be disturbed. The other men sat ,silent except for an occasionaJ mut tered remark. Mrs. Fane was openly Stearful; Dorothy alone was collected d and reserved, unbending and unswerv Sing in her clean-cut resolution that something must be done. "That's all right, daughter, to say t'Something must be done.' The ques tion is: What? Aye, that's the ques ktion! Isn't it, Wilkes?" SWilkes nodded solemnly over a quid 'of plug tobacco that he was just ab Ssorbing. At eleven o'clock the first note came. When the man came up the slope car orying a lantern on the end of a sticac -. Mr. Upton was about to go forward to talk with him when he was stopped by the oautious old ex-deputy sheriff. -"No, yelf don't, sir. They'll git you n out there, an' when the man carryin' ithe lantern has got you in the circle of t light somebody back in the shadder 'il ic shoot you down. Then when a com Splaint is made they'll say it was done uby accident, but that won't help you none, You'll be a deader. Tell him dto tie p to the doorway so he'Ll be in te lghtan' not you." (TO BE CONTINUED.) ' Chile's Debt to the Incas. se Not until the Incas made their pres 'ence felt in Chile was the llama intro duced and made known, not only for its woo), but for ito qualities as abas -at burden ANNOUN First Prim'ary August g9. Canddates' cards inherts Dollars each, inva FOR- CONGRES8. I announce myself a candidate to, Congress from the Third Congression al District of South Carolina, subjeci to the rules of the Democratic party JOHN A. HORTON. I am a candidate for Congress froa the Third Congressional District, sub leot to the rules of the Democratic pri Mary. A. H. DAG-NALL. I announce myself a candidate foi Congress from the Third District. I will abide the rules, regulations apd results of the Democratic primary. HENRY C. TILLMAN. FRED DOMINICK IS A CANDI. DATE FOR CONGRESS SUBJECT TC THE RULES OF THE DEMO. CRATIC PARTY. I respeotfulLy announce myself a candidate for re-election to the Nation. al House of Representatives from the rhird Congressional District of South Carolina, subject to the rules and degu lations of the Democratic primary. WYATT AIKEN. FOR SOLICITOR. I announce my candidacy for Solici. tor of the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit, subject to the rules and results of the Democratic primary election. J. ROBT. MARTIN. I am a candidate for Solicitor of the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit and pledge myself to abide the result of the Demo cratic primary and to support the nom Inees of same. JNO. M. DANIEL. H. H. HARRIS is hereby 'announced as a candidate for Solici-tor of the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit, subject to the rules of the Democratic primary. I announce my candidacy for Solic tor of the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit, subject to the rules of the Democratic primary. J. D. LANFORD. I hereby announce myself a candi late for Solicitor of the Thirteenth fudicial Circuit, subject to the rules f the Democratic party. D. W. SMOAK. FOR REPRESENTATIVE. The many friends of W. CLARENCE iIANN hereby announce him as a can lidate for 'the House of Representa; ives subject to the rules of the Demo ra-tic primary. I hereby announce myself a can lidate for the House of Representa ives from Pickens county, subject to he rules of the Democratic primary. Platform: In favor of the state tak ng guano out of the hands of the specul'ator and placing it in its own tandsq to protect the farmer and itself. Sot in favor of either the child labor aw nor compulsory education. W. H. COX. I hereby announce myself a candi date for 'the House of Representatives from Pickons county, subject to the ru-lcs of 'the Democra-tic party. W. E. FINDLEY. The many friends of J. S. LEOPARD hereby announce him as a candidate for the He~use of Reprcsentativos, sub ject to the rules of the Democratic party. I hereby annotunce myself a candi date for member of Hlouse of Repre sentatives from Pickens county, sub jeot to the rules of the Democratic pri mary. JOHN P. SMITH. W. L. PICKENS is hereby announc ed as a candidate for the House of Representatives from Pickene county, subject 'to the rules of the Democrjti'c party. FOR CLERK OF COURT. 0. 5. STEWART is hereby announe ed as a candidate for the office of Clerk of Court of Pickens county, sub ject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic 'party in -the primary election of 1916. I am a candidate for the office of Clerk of dourt of Pickens county, sub ject to the rules of the Democratic party. . J. L. BOLT, I am a candidatte for Clerk of Court of Pickens county and pledge myself to asbide the result of the Democratic p~rimary and support the nominees of same. B. T. McDANIEL. Being solicited by my friends I here by announce myself a candidate for re-election as Olerk of Court of Pick ens county, subject 'to the rules of the Democratic primary election. Eftfci ency Is my pletform, A. J. BOGGS. POR SH ERIFF. At the solicitation of a few friends [ hereby announce myself a candidate for the office of Sheriff of Pickens county, subject 'to the rules of the Democratic primary. W. ANDERSON LOOPER. I hereby announce myself a candp date for re-election as Mieriff of Pik-~k ens county, subject 'to thle rules of the DemocraAo primar'y. R. R., ROA~IU. SECOND REGIMENT AT CAMPI With Colonel 4Springs Commandlg Troops Reach Columbia on Spe. oial Train an Proceed'to, Camp. Columbia.-Mobilization of the Nav. tional Guard of South Carolina was practically completed with the arrival at 900 pien and officers' of the Second Infantry. Immediately after the. ar. rival the men were put to work erect rng the tents. There are now about 1,600 men at the state mobilization rround. The Charleston battalion, 333 men itrong, arrived at the Columbia union itation at 10:45 o'clock by 'the At. antic Coast IAne, 45 minutes ahead of time. The trip to Columbia was nade without accident. Col. H. B. Springs, commanding he Second regiment, was aboard the qpocial. Companies of .the second in. rantry from Sumter and Timinone. rille i.rrived a few minutes after the Tharleston special. News Writers Join Militia. Camp Moore, Styx.-Among the iewspaper men in camp, not in their )rofessional capacities but as s9oldiers, re: Robert E. Gonzales of The state, machine gun company. Second 'egiment; John Elliott Puckett of The tate, Troop A, calvary (Chraleston aight Dragoons); A. Floyd Little lohn of the Charleston News and Dourier, Troop A, cavalry (sergeant): R. A; Boggs of the Charleston Even ng Post, Washington Light Infantry. second regiment; Clement Hall of the Anderson Intelligencer, machine gun 3ompany, First regiment. All of these ire privates with the exception of Bergtt Littlejohn. Regulationns ex plicitly forbid any member of the mili. tary establishment, whether officer or enlisted man, from acting as % corros pondent. Newspaper men accompany ing the field forces are formally cer tificated, are required to wear olive drab and bear no insignia except a brassard or band of white, having on It the letter C, which is worn around the left arm. They are subject to miili tary regulations and are entitled to the privileges of commissioned offi ters. Conway to Vote on Bonds. Conway.-The city council has call ad a special election to be held here Tuesday, July 26. on the question of voting coupon bonds of the town of Conway to the amount not exceeding $40,000, payable within 40 years with the privilege of redemption 20 years after date of issue. The three items aggregating the sum of $40,000 for which the bonds are to be voted on follow: For purchasing, repairing and improving the town hall of Con way, $10,000; for the purpose of estab lishing, enlarging and extending g sewerage system for the town of Con way, $20,000; for establishing, enlarg ing and extending a waterworks sys. tem for the town of Conway, $10,000. Men of Anderson Respond to Call. Anderson.-The spirit of prepared- i .iess is running high in Anderson I county, and especially in the city of Anderson. Four hundred Anderson I men are in training at Styx. This is the largest number of men to be fur nished by any county in the state. - Announcement was made from An derson by Mayor Godfrey that a new company of infan-try had been form ed. The campaign for the troops was begun late Saturday afternoon. Sun day at noon 65 men had been enlist. ed and was increased to nearly 100 during Sunday afternoon. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS ITEMS. Columbia will celebrate a "Harvest Jubilee" this fall. Two bath houses have just been constructed by the Orr Cotton Mills in Anderson for the employes of that corporation. Each is equipped with five shower baths, ample rest and, .wariting rooms ',and adequate toilet facilities. One is for the men and the other for the women. The contract for the construction of the manual arts school building of the Chester public schools was let to a construction company of Columbia. The contract calls for the completion of the structure by October 1. This building will be a handsome and com modious one, two stories in height, with a basement, and will be of red pressed brick. The brick will be put together with dark *mortar. It will cost $10,000. Gov. Manning was busy at Camp Moore with the troops and did not at. tend the political campaign meeting at Abbeville. The movement of the cantaloupe crop from South Carolina to Northern markets has begun. Heavy shipments are being made from Cave, Kline, Blackville, Barnwell and Springfild. Rumors at Camp Stys says,. and the story is interesting if true, that in the event of a call for volunteers. Col. W. W. Lewis of York, formerly commander of the First regiment, will be invi-ted to form ma volunteer regi ment. There are over 16,000 railway em ployees in South Carolina, 600 of them being engineers. A bolt of lightning struck the barn of Sam W. Gardner, of Lexington county recently and killed a good mule, burned 'the barn, a supply of corn, a large crop of oats and several hogs. The contract for the printing ini the comptroller generail's office was awarded to The State Company by the $oint committee on printing from the general assembly, the oontraot prioe being $3,9'78.50. Thi. was the lowest of the seveala l$4 pae4, CEMENTS - Se-cond Primary Sept. 12. iablythis column for Five Ib II advance. FOR AUDITOR. HENRY A. TOWNES Is hereby an* -nounced as a candidate for Auditor of Plcken$ county, subject to the rules of the Democratic primary. I hereby announce myself a Candt i date for re-election to -the office of Auditor of Pickens County, subject to -the rules of the Democratic primary. N. A. CHRISTOPHER. FOR TREASURER. I am a candidate for Treasurer of Pickens county, subject to 'the rules of the Democratic primary. OLAR T. HINTON. I hereby announce myself a candi date for the office of County Treas urer, subject to the rules of the Dem ocratic primary. BENNETT H. POWERS. I hereby announce myself as a canwn didaite for re-e4eoUon to the off4ce Of Treasurer of Pickens county, -subject to the rules of the Democratic pri. mary election. TAYLOR H. STEWART. FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION. I hereby announce myself a candi date for County Superintendent of Education of Pickens county, subjeot to the rules of the Democmtsc pri-' mary. F. VAN CLAYTON. I hereby announce myself a candi date for Superintendent of Education of Pickens county, subject to the Democratic primary. C. L. CRAIG. W. S. RICHBOURG Is hereby sn nounced as a candidate for the.office of Superintenden't of Education of Pickens county, subject to the rules of the Democratic primary. I hereby announce myself as a can dldtvte for re-election for County Su perln-tendent of Education, subject to the action of the Democratic primary. R. T. HALLUM. Telephone when you, want that next job of Printing You will get first-class work, and you will get it when promised, for having work done when prornised is one of the rules of this office. If you prefer, send the order by inail or bring it to the office in person. Let U. Showe You What We Can Do SavePennies Waste Dollars SSome usern of printing save pennies by ge.. ting inferior work and lose dollars through lack of ad vertising value in the work they get. Printers as a rule charge very reasonable prices, for none of' them get rich althouhnay all of them work hard. MoraL: Give your prInuing .to a good printer and save nmone. Our Printing Is 4 Unexcelled Patronize the rnerchants who acd vtap in this paper. Teywiltreatyogrigki