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THE BARNWELL PEOPLE-SENTINEL, BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA Thursday, june isra, I sumed off to mak’ gur« that no eril thin* had happened beyond what oonldaa be avoided. But whA haa happened, and wbanr la ahe. and that band o*. aknnka7 M Lee told him aa concisely aa pos sible while old. Leboeaf, bfestllng in- ' aide the bouse, brought out some floor and 'bacon that the can* had left be- going to save her now,” he CHAPTER XVIII Lee It Given a Powerful It was dawn in the gorge when Lee opened his eyes. At first his memo ries were confused so that he could carry them no further forward than the moment when he turned away from the log house, leaving Joyce with Bathway. Ha had meant to kill him then—and here he must have fallen asleep in "the forest, for It was daylight. And Joyce had been all - night In Rnth- way’s power! Murder filled his heart; and again everything else was blotted out of his mind but the insensate desire to slay, a primal Instinct that swamped every other part of the man's being. He started up. But—this was not the forest! He was amazed to see the walls of the gorge on either side of him, dwindling away In the dls- stance into open country, with a vista of trees beyond, and flashes of sun shine, Interspersed with long waves of shadow, showing that the sun had already risen. Almost immediately beneath the ledge on which he lay was a cataract, but not deep—a roaring stream of v water rushing among the rocks. And not far away was old L*boeuf, placidly frying bacon in a sklUet over • wood lire. allttTe while the path "grew" wider, the rocky walls fell hack, becoming out lying spurs of gie mountains. The tpar of the cataract grew faint behind them. They continued down a gentle gradient into a level plain. The forest closed about them, Then, when they had been proceed ing for about half an hour, the foreat suddenly came to an end, and to Lee’a amazement, he found himself standing near the hank of the main river which flowed through Slston lake. He could not have been more than Julf a mile f^P the log house. .*ut they heard the sudden throb bing of the motor boat; Lee ground his teeth. In an Instant old J,eboeuf had pulled him down behind the shel ter 1 of a rock. Then they . heard J<*yc<» scream. Again and again her agonized cries rang out. Lee tried to leap to his feet; hp would have flung hlmsplf into the river, hut the Indian’s Inin arms en circled him. And, as he tried to cry ont in answer, a hand closed over his mouth. Next ramute the motor boat shot Into mid stream. Tf—contained Rath- way and his three *nldes; there was something huddled In the bottom of the boat, undoubtedly Joyce; and there was no doubt that they were making for Piston lake. And all the while Joyce screamed, and Lee struggled In the Indian’s grasp, nnd tried to cry out, but he could not move or utter a sound. , “Monsieur! Think of her!” LehoeuC was hissing In his ear. "It Is useless’ to betray yourself. We do-what we can. You understand? You promise?” And suddenly reason' came back to Lee. He nodded and Leboeuf re leased him. Btft the next Instant it was Lee who knocked up Lebouef’s hand as the old man was drawing a htad upon the cities of the white men. Messieurs. “Then my heart becomes hard. Uke a stone. As for her, she hr nothing to me no longer. But some day I find Rathway again, and then I kill him. "Well, ’Messieurs, many years ago I come here. I wtark for my master, -+ Mr. Felly. He trusts me. He tells me the secret that he'bas come here to hide. He shows me the mlne that he has found. And for yeaiwwe work It together, taking out the gold.' He m: Then all the events of the night flashed into Lee's mind. He uttered *n?ry. got ot\ his legs. “Leboeuf J" At Lee’s cry the old Indian turned and came toward h]m, the skillet In HmhmL "Monsieur?” • “We must go hack. Joyce*—" And he began to tell the old man of the events of the night, that Joyce and he were married—hut it was all Inco- ■ begent. and he was not sure that he aucceeded in making Leboeuf under stand. . ; But if Leboeuf did not quite under stand what Lee was trying to tell him, he understood enough to send him Into a flaming fury. He shook hie flats. He danced., His face grew red with blood. He seemed transformed once again Iqto that monstrous, ape like creature with whom Lee had en gaged in that desperate duel In the ' chasm. “We must save her/Leboeuf,” Lee exclaimed. "We mast go at once." "We must go at once, Monsieur. But one cannot return that way. There Is only one way Into thef mlne beneath the stone; No one can breast this river. 11 shall shew yon. But waitr kred within a small cav- mountaln, and reappeared la or two carrying a rifle. Monsieur, there Is no time to shall pick them off one by •at as they come out of the house. Eh, my little Joyce tak the hands of that devil! But my master has shown me in a dream that she shall not. fo 'Still. It was the laat words and Mam'zelle Joyce some bout, now some hundred yards away from them fn the middle of the stream. |what happens to our women In the Leboeuf looked at' him reproachfully. “Monsieur, I could have killed him. I do not err at the mark. Monsieur.” J Again he was about to take atm, but Lee caught the rifle In his hand. “No, no, .Leboeuf. Sh.e must not he left to f the mercy of those three men. So long-as Rathwjfy lives thpre Is a shade of hope for her. Don’t you un derstand?” Comprehension came to the old In dian. He lowered (he rifle. Joyce had ceased to cry out, and in dumb helplessness the two men watched the motor boat shoot past them and disappear around the nirve of the shore. They looked at each other. “If any harm has come to her.” snld Lee. “1 sw^tr that I'll kill Rathway like the InMiliT'yfflfl 1 hlw. is*’—‘ ,1 ‘*flood !” Leboeuf-nodded vigorously. “Some men are like the carcajou, Mon sieur. Yes, he must die. He has done harirt enough for one man, and I think Je bon Dieu. who Is so patient, has grown weary of him. But what win you do now. Monsieur?”^ . . "Oo to Slston lake. Take her away or die there.” t “Very good. Monsieur. That was my own plan also. But iris a Journey of a night and a day; Monsieur, and It Is uecessary to eat, also to take food with us.” Lee was for starting Immediately,, hut Leboeuf persuaded him. They were to return to the log house, to see If any provisions had been left behind. If not, they were to go through the mine and to Leboeufs den In the rocks, which could be reached by fording the edge of the subterran ean stream. It gave access in one way, but not’in the other. And Le* boeufs decision proved a fortunate one, for at the door of the log hooea they met Father McGrath, his rifle acroM bis back. ~- “Thank God Tv* found ye, Ander son !” he cried. “I conldna sleep all the nlcht for troublin' about ye and that pair lassie. Be before the dawn ^ my master spoke to me while he alive, that J should protect her him, sad he has warned me maar times In dreams also. Eh, this way. Lea, feeling recuperated, despite the of his bruised scalp, fol- otd man ahM the narrow UfiHSL Ji * ' ' WANTED. —PosiUon ■ iisK Steno- bookkeeper or general office assis tant—Address BOOKKEEPER, care The People-Sentinel Office, Barnwell, & CL ^ • i y bind, and proceeded to prepare a mekl. Father McGrath listened, uttering sharp expletives which sounded re markably like clipped oaths, deprived of their harmful characteristics by the alteration of an occasional consonant. “Aye, and I’m no Surprised,’’ 1 “”fl%but what I’d have expected. But still, what can ye do, Anderson? The law’s the law, whether of God or mon, an’ that compact ye made wl’ Rathway has pa hlndin’ power.” “I can arrest him for attempted murder,” f* The priest laid s hand on his shoul der. “Ye canna do that, lad,” he an swered. “There’s na court In the land would convict him. In the flrrst place, though ye meant only, to save thd lassie frpm him, there’s na jury would believe It. They’d say that compact by which’^e-' were to get his wife for the mine slinks In the sight o’ heaven. Aye, and they’d say ye arrested him to get the wumman. Aye, and, fur- thermalr, ■ ye canns shame her by biingln’ her intos court as a witness. Na, lad, ye’W e’en ha’ to let It go. “Ye fought a guld light for her, lad, but there’s naethlng more to do. Nor can ye arrest him for hootch-sellln’ v for that wud be uieexln’ up public duty wl’ private vengeance. Ye’ll see It, lad, when yf grow cool.’’ The shrewd, hard, common sense seemed to tuf-n Lee’s heart to stone. He knew Father McGrath was right. There was nothing he could do. He cquld not even attempt the arrest of Pierre and Shorty for the dynamiting without bringing the whole Story. Into publicity. And he knew, well enough that, prima facie, It looked simply like an attempt on his part to- possess himself df the wife of another man. * n. Then there was the discredit that such a case would bring on the police. But as he Stood there, feeling^ his last hopes gone, Leboeuf laid down big skillet and came tdwardjthem. The old man had overheard all that had passed. “Listen, Messieurs,” Leboeuf said, “now I can tell you what I know. I .’mve known Jim Rathway under many other names, since, when he was a young man, he first came into this district tp sell tlrink to my people. “Messieurs, many years have gone by—twenty years—since he came to Lake Mlsquash, where my people had their tepees. He was a friend to us. Hs trapped, and. If he sold a little whisky, that was between ourselves, you understand. Monsieur. And he was my friend. “One day we both start to take -the furs from our trap lines. His line runs east and mine runs west. I leave my woman In my tepeqX A young wife. Messieurs, much younger than myself. In one week I return. My tepee Is empjy. My woman Is gone. So, too, my furs. “Later I learn. She h»s gone with Rathway. He\ keep her six weeks. Then he drive bcr away Into the for est. She dare not return to her own people. So she go south to the cities of the white people. Long I search for her, but I never find her. You know entrance. He' threatened blm~ wltii'~ T /“ his revolver. My master drew his and Ratbwajr fired. My master dropped dead., Rathway Knag his body ov£r the cliff Into the mine not knowing ^ that It .was-the thine; He thought that It would never be found.” Lee turned to Father McGrath — ass exultantly. **1 am authorized to take any necessary action In connection with Felly’s death, and I propose to pot Rathway under arrest and bring him In to Mantstree. Leboeuf, you will swear in court you saw this mur- he said, ^der ?” “I saw it. Monsieur, from the .tun nel, but I Could not have stopped it, and so I hid, lest/Rathway should find the entrance. Afterward I was afraid. I am old now, not like I was when Rathway stole my woman from me. I was afraid of him. Ami nay master comes tbb*e ln dreams and says, ‘Not yet, Leboeu; Lee gripped th«“>ld mare by the arm. “Leboeuf, will you come to Slston lake with me and help me arrest Rath way? We’ll both probably get killed, but I’m going If I have to go alokp/ “I will go with you, Monsieur^” an swered Leboeuf quietly. 'Two of us against six. But—” ‘‘Baud harrd, mon!’’ cried Father McGrath. “Wull I be too old, think ye, to help ye ardest that rascally, murrderous hooch peddler ami, dean oot that nc«t o’ skunks wl’ ye?” “You, Fatherr "Aye, inysel’,”, answered the priest. “Twas surely a lucky Impulse that made me bring this rifle wl’ me. ; I doot ns^Anderson, butjhe three o’. Us can render a guld account o’ om^ selves.” "And see, Monsieur,” said old Le boeuf, stepping toward the house. - He stooped and picked up the rifle Father McGrath had given Lee. Lee Baldodt Picnic Jme 24th. / —— ; *' ; v ~ -Baldock, June 14.—The annual pic nic here will be held on June 24 this year, with barbecue dinnej, day: and night dancing and dll the regular fea tures. 0. L. Jordan, of Allendale, is again in charge. This is one of the features of the season and is a popular picnic In all the countie'k throughout this section. It is held annually at the Baldock pavilion./ . - % Barnesr-Loadholt. . - > Fairfax, June 14.—A marriage that will be of interest to many people throughout the state was solemnized at, the Baptist parsonage, Fairfax, last Sunday evening at 6 o’clock, when Jay T. Loadholf of Fairfax and Miss Helen Barnes of Brunson were mar ried. The Rev. G. Wilson performed the ceremony In fhe^presence of a few friends and relatives. as Can Be”' 1 “I can vfrojk as well as ever, and am as happy aKcan be, my life has ‘been given back to me,” writes J. R. Bryant who says he went to special ists wha told him he had Brights Disease and they could do nothing for him. “He took eight ^bottles of . Hobo Kid- mey and Bladder Remedy and is en tirely satisfied*. “Hobo” is a powerful vivifying -balm—made from an herb that con tains no alcohol, no opiates/no habit forming ‘drugs. • For sale by all durggists. Price $1.25 per bebttle, or k full treatment of six bottles for $6.00. This full treatment is recommended and guar anteed to give entire satisfaction or inoney refunded. Hobo Medicine Co., Beaumont, Texas. FOR OVER 40 YEARS HALL’S CATARRH MEDICI UK baa baen used successfully in the treatment of Catarrh. - , -J ■ ' HALL’S CATARRH MEDICtKB eon- slsta of an Ointment which Quickly Relieves by local application', and the Internal Medicine, a Tonic, which through the Blood on the- Mucous faces, thus reducing the inflam Sold by all druggists. .. — F. J. Cheney A Co., Toledo. Ohio. DR. J. H. YARBOROUGH <’ ' Veterinary Surgeon Office: Peoples Pharmacy, if Day Phone 66 Denmark* - Night 82 - • - S. C. :/ 1/ITCH! one? back witnout que ion HUNT’S GUARANTEED SKIN DISEASE REMEDIES (Hunt’s Salve and Soap), &il in the treatment of Itch. Bcxema, Ringworm, Tetter or other Itch ing ekln dleeaeee. Try this 1 treatment at our risk. . v Mase & Deason Drug Store Barnwell, South Carolina. MONEY TO LOAN Loans made same day ft application received. . No Red Tape HARLEY & BLATT. Attomeys-at-Law BamwelL S. C. DOUGHTY’S | the old reliable DRY CLEANERS AND DYERS since 1695 Phone 6562, Columbia “X~X~X~X-X~X*-X~H-X~X~H*-> KODAKERS! Send yonr films to us for develop- • 1 i mg and printing. One day service. Write for prices. Lollar’s Studio 1423 Main Street.^ ^ COLUMBIA SOUTH CAROLINA W^ sell Eastman Fihns Send Us Your Job Work. T ’ LONG TERM MONEY to LEND I! He Stooped and Pieked Up the Rifle Father McGrath Had Given Lee. had let it fall in the snow the night before when he wqs surprised’ by Estelle. The weapon, nearly hidden In the drift beneath the window, had escaped the notice of the gang. Lee opened the breech and found six rounds in the magazine. “We’ll ha’ six round apiece, and if we re prrudent, we won’t need that many,” said Father McGrath. “Ye ha’ six In yours, Lebpeuf?” t But the Indian had a single-loading rifle, an old Winchester. However, he pulled a handful of cartridges out of his pocket. , » ‘That’s good enough/ said Lee. After packing a little‘food to suf- 6 per cent, interest on large amounts. Private funds for small loans. ~ " ■■ ■■ i ■ BROWN & BUSH LAWYERS BARNWELL. JS0UTH CAROLINA. «► «► 4 I « L <• < » «* 4 • 4* <4 II <► 4 » want me to' take a share, but gold Is floe them on the Journey, they started nothing to me, now that I have thnj along the trail. Some little distance revenge In my heart. It shall be all from the house, however, Leboeuf for him, day showed to Father McGrath and Le® the prints of double horse-tracks, Then Rathway comes. My people 1 going and returning, have caught him doing another such a r Leboeuf wrong, .but my master tells them to forgive, and because they love my master, they do not injure him. So the pence is laid upon me also. “Rut I tell my master what* Rath- way did to my Ionian, and he turns back- in time to save Mam’zelle Joyce from him. He shoots him.through the arm. And Rathway smiles and tells him he has learned the secret that can bring my master to 6\p. _ “After that my master is as his ser vant. And again I say, let me kill him, and agnln ray master says no. And he obeys Rathway In feat only he would never show him thie mine, which Is for Maro’zelle Joyce. "Night after night Rathway follow* na, but always he loses us at the rocking lUna, for he cannot come near enough to discover the secret without bring seen. Then Mam’xelle Joyce goes away to school, and,.after that Rath- way givea my master no peace. And at last he betrays him, thinking that whan my master has been hung for the irarder, the' mine becomes Mam- ’selle Joyce's* and be will marry her and It wilt be hla own. "And so a policeman comes here— that was dnring the war. But my master could not be found, for he was dead already. You see. Messieurs, Rathway thought perhaps he would not Whang after all, since it was no long since my master killed bis enemy, and so the mine would not be hfa; and so—he murders him.” "What’s that?*’ cried Lee, starting toward Leboeuf. _/ "He kills my master. Monsieur.” "Yen saw this?" . *Tss, Uonrieur. It was near the rocking ateua. Rathway had followed )M«i and damanded knowledge of tin poped and examined them. “It is the horS^of Ruthway’s woman, he pronounced. And with that Lee recalled his in terrupted conversation with Estelle the night before. “Yon dpn’t have to commit murder to get her,X she, ha4 said. Bat ’ Joyce’s, appearance had broken off their conversation. \ And .he wondered what It was that. Estelle could have told him, and whaf It was beyond Jealousy of Joyce, that had brought her in Rathway’s wake. -Father McGrath turned to him. “By the way, lad, there’s more than six— there’s nine or ten of that h—l’s crew," be said. (CONTINUED NEXT WEE? ) m I ‘Say It With Flowers* -7 from — ‘V * CLOUD’S GREEN HOUSES “Augusta’s Largest Green Houses” . Prompt Service Day and Night Block North of Children’s Hospital * H 1423 Estes St. - Phone 3314 - Augusta, Ga. BEST PHARMACY* Agents, Barnwell Farm Loans 6 per cent, large amounts. Town prop erty in Barnwell, residential and business, 7 per cent. Loans procured promptly at lowest cost. y, Allendale, Bamberg and Barnwell Counties. THOMAS M. BOULWARE Attorney-at-law - Barnwell, S. C. U-N I V E R 3+1V- OF SOUTH CAROLINA ^ «L-iwJ.*-i.is» Entrance Examinations. n Scholarship and The examination for the award of vacant scholarships in the University for admission of new students will be held at the County Court House Friday, o'clock a. m. Applicants must not be less than 16 years of age. Scholarships are vacant in the ^following 28 counties: South Carolina and ly 10, 1925, at 9 Allendale Barnwell, Beaufort, BcrkelcY, Charleston, Cherokee, Clarendon, ^ Dillon,. Jksper, Laurens, Lexington, Marion, Oconee Richland^ Saluda, Sumter, 1 Union, Williamsburg, York. Dorchester, Fairfield, ‘ Hampton, Horry, Applicants for scholarships should write to President Melton for scholarship application blanks. These should be filed with the President by July 7th. Scholarships arf worth 9100.00, plus free tuition and fees. The next session will open September 16th, 1925. ' y v PRESIDENT W, D. MELTON, ' f University ef South Carotin*,’ ColwnMa, S. C. For further, information write to: