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• ■# tJ. im •Anonstk fbvTH CAftouiu * r CEDAR SWAMP. jCUN'l'W 1^H?)M"6TH~PAGE) Ion tcUgHms to find oat exactly what. Hig itory about carting aTsalTTor the stock is all boah. Eddie went oat with his none in swindle me oat of ny place tv*r since The tough t YouVe connived at thjs "SolheQiing in return,” snapped Ed die. “You -wont, be beating up - a drunken squarehead if you try any ny -business with me. Ill leave u a few* marks, anyway. • . “Get off my place,” shouted Dave- rtwrt, more furiously than before. But his advance ceased. Eddie came out to load his possessions in the car, the owner was nowhere to beacon. Bull, the foreman, was, and he was regret ful ajid sympathetic. -‘‘Sorry to lose you, Forbes,” He gtahced over his shoulder as he spoke, toward the i**in hunch house, a oom- modiug two story Fog house, ae though fearful of being overheard. “But you know how it is. The old man’s crazy on the subject of liquor. They say his son drank himself to death a year ago. What in thunder did you wartt to keep that bottle around for? You might a- puresdbia on top.” “What about the other remark of his? < What did he mean by talking shoot three hundred and fifty dollars for the ‘first’ tax 7 titlat? Djidnt 1 get the dope straight from the county treasurer? Guess I’ll get downtown right away and find out Where I’m at.” CHAPTER XX . Wiped Out He drove to the railroad station and sent rway two telegrams. He went to Ihrt nty building and stated his errand to Peter Wimple. That official nodded, as (though confirming something that had long been a mat ter of doubt “You know, Forbes,”' he explain ed, puffing on his pipe, .“I’ve thought a good many times that maybe you didn’t understand me. I suppose you wubvtc <uvuiiu luri xmu iiugut' i knew that a tax-title issues for each have known that nut Millig would | year of back taxes, but that ^you have smell it out.” r . “Oh, I don’t know, I’d forgotten it, more our less,’ replied Eddie. “I’m sorry to have to go. Bull. I like -wortyifng for you. WelJL, if you’ll give me what’s coming—” * The foreman went Itto the ranch house an<i returned, presently, with Eddie’s pay check for wages to the end of the month. He bought Eddie’s pig, which had thrived wonderfully, for eighteen dollars. As the discharged farmhand drove homeward and later, as he was cBapoeing his goods and chattels to the cabin, he had time to ponder on two things which had been crowded to tire back of his mind by more stirring “The address on that sack means ething,” he thought. “ It’s up to squander a' little something me to two years from the date of issue of eachto redeem them. “There are no such plasters against your property. To settle the both would be eight hundred and thir ty-odd dollars. But if you’ll pay the two-year-old one the first of the month you’ll still have a year for the other One.” Eddie swallowed jerkily. “How much is -the first one?” Peter consulted his canvas-jacket ed book. “Three hundred forty-eight seventy-two” he reported. “Seems pretty heavy taxes on poor land, but they built two roads -and widened and deepened Portage 1 creek, all in the same year. Then the penalties are heavy, it makes it pretty binding, even though the improvement coats were spread over three years.” Vickery Bros. Automobile Specialists Garage Service Filling Station ")WE Specialise in remedying automobile ills. No matter what ailment your auto may be suffer ng from we can give it “a clean Dill of health.” EXPERT skill in repairing and thorough knowledge of every part of an automobile qualify us to put your car in perfect run ning order. AN auto that is in good condition H a good, investment. Let •as examine your cars, and save yourself the annoyance of won dering what is wrong. Our rates are reasonable. Our service is yours for the asl^ng. Tires, Gasoline _ Accessories • ~ ~~ and Oils Old wnrifl anAmr hnld its rtioaldere to them *t feet flop. He had Ueked boose and he had saved his home. Now to find Patsy Jane and tell her what pride had forbade his tailing before; The identity of his oompainon the nighfc of the accident. And, also, take her home. For he needed but three hundred and fifty dollars, apd he had more tham that sum in the Long Portage bank. He consulted the stub «f his checkbook. He had about four hundred dollars—a young fortune! And more in his* pocket. Of ouree, he had no job. But he could get one. Of that he felt cer tain. And Hi would begin building up his hand against the day he would crop it and stock it and make it pay good dividends. He went into the bank to deposit the Davenatnt check and the loose cash he was carrying. There were three pdreons behind the cheap partition j? white pine stained to look like hanU wood' and iron grills stained to look like bronze. Gray little Gilman; the cashier; Harold Faunce, the young bookkeeper; and Sealman, slick and rotund, combing his beard with his fingers as he talked esimeetly. “We were just .about to get yito touch with you, Mir. Forhea,” began Gilman nervously, as he swept the currency forward and checked the de posit slip. “Why?" asked Eddie. He felt Seal- man’s bright, bold eyes upon him. ■’ “I wanted to notify you of your overdraft—Mr. Forbes.” The latter exclamation was a flustered remon strance. For Eddie, thrusting an arm through the wicket, seized his deposit and pulled his bankbook from the cashier’s fingers, so that the uneasy pen left a long, black mark down th j page. “N > v tsy that again,” rommandeJ Eddie. .. , i a~» ■f . fy—~i “Your account is eighty-foua dol lars overdrawn,” returned Gilman. He glanced over his shoulder in hunt ed fashion as if to make sure Seal- man were there in support. “You’re crasy,” wa» the brief re tort. “Here are your vouchers. See for yourself,” invited the cashier, defen sively. Eddie leafed them over. They were trtek ttWtle op my funds. But it won’t do you' any good. You’ll oarer put a finger on. a grain of that white sand. You hear?” v • “This is slander, Forbes,” warned the other, hie' combing fingers mov- <mg agitatedly. “I have witnesses.” “Witswaasa be damned,” retorted the angry man. “You daren’t go into court* He turned on his heel and strode out, banging the door violent ly behind him. He had barely reach ed the street when he heard his' name called. Sealman must have moved rapidly, for he was in the tiny vesti bule of the bank. He came hurriedly toward Eddie. “Now Forbes, there s no use in having trouble over this,” he began, placatingly. • “I don’t deny the check wa* for five dollars. I passed it on for a load of huckleMfriee to a strang er. ^ Ho didn’t want to take them to town because it was late. I’ve never seen him since. How was I to know he’d raise the check?” “Well, what else?” demanded Eddie. “I don’t want you to lose your place spud get nothing for it. I want it, Forbes, it goes well with my land. I’ll make you a good offer.” “You will, eh.” “Yes, I’ll give you thirty-five hun dred.” Eddie’s answer was to place the heel of a work-roughened hand a- guinst Sealman’s high-bridged nose and push violently. The bearded man tottered from the edge of the walk into the gutter. Whereat he uttered a venomous oath, quite oat of keeping with his sleek placidity. Eddie went on up the street thinking rapidly. That morning he had had two strings to his bow. One had been snapped. He could not borrow money from Davenant. But the governor re mained. • The postoffice at Long Portage oc cupied a comer of the largest general store. Eddie bought a pencil tablet. He sood at the postoffioe desk and wrote the governor, outlining his sit uation and asking the loan of three hundred doUers. He )Udd of hit battle with liquor, and how he had won, of his plans for the future. He stamped k and affixed a special de livery poetage. He carried it to the station himself, and handed it to the clerk on the south bound train. The !! LONG TERM MONEY to LEND J 6 per cent, interest on large amounts Private funds for small loans. \ BROWN & BUSH LAWYERS BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA. < OB11111It im (j| ijp J NOW— ^ That the Easter rush is over—i s the best time to«get a permanent wave. You will enjoy it through the Spring and Summer months; Phone or write for so appointment. * * * ► 4 y Leonard Building Room N<v 408 Leonard Beauty Shoppe • MRS. A, DBAS, Prop. . 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June 30, July 14, 28, August 11, 25, Sept 8, 22, October 6. - , ' ^ Stopovers permitted on return trip not to exceed ten days within final limit at Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, etc. Call on nearest ticket agent for further information, tions, etc., or address B. H. TODD, D. P. A % W. E. McGEE, D. P. A. Columbia, SC ‘. Columbia, 8. CL am n, HALL & COLE* Inc. 94-102 Faneuil Hall Market ' BOSTON, MASS. Commission Merchants and Distributors of ■- ASPARAGUS. One of the Oldest Commission Houses in the Trade. Send for Shipping Stamp. Two men were busily af work, scraping and shoveling the smelling earth into sacks which they loaded onto the track. all hi order—Hold on, the check to Sealman for the pig hif been raised from five dollars to five hundred. “Loqks to me as though the bank is out four hundred and ninety-five dollars,” he announced. “This check has been raised. Of course you know' that, Gilman. This man has told you it was written for five dollars.” “I haven’t told him anything of the kind,” returned Sealman. ~ « Eddie turned the check over. It was endorsed “L Sealman,” but just below was another signatiutoe in a smooth and flowing script. , “Henry W. Robbins.” Hijp* rWverted to the face of the check again. The forgery had been cleverly dones (though close scrutiny revealed how the “hundred had been cramped because of limited space.” “Any jury would; call that a raised check,” said Eddie, scornfully, showing it balk. “Looks aa though this bank was negligent in taking it.” “Well have to ask a jury to de cide it,’ returned Gilman, “This bank disavows msponsibdfity. You were negligent in drawing it. If they line .after ‘Five had started closer to the ‘e’ and had been drawn clear through, there would have been mo negligence. But you left a space and the forger took advantage of it.” , * v-* So &at was it Maybe Seahnan was not reeonsible for the forgery, but h^had taken advantage of it to tie up hig funds until after the pass age of tax-day, two weeks away. He thrust hi* bead and shoulders through the wicket, so that the flimsy grill creaked older the strain. “Seeknan, you damned crook,” he amid harshly, “you’ve keen trying t* governor would have it early next morning in his office st Lansing. Always there had been with him the thought of Patsy. Now he w* to Attorney Kinnane’s office. The old lawyer was alone. “Where’s my wife, Mr. Kinnane?” he* asked. “Not here just now, Mr. Forbes. She’s ou£ in the country for a few weeks.” ' To Eddie’s look of bewilderment he added: “She conies in quite often If you wish tef reach her a letter In my care will be delivered promptly. (CONTINUED NEXT WEEK.) Awaiting President. LOHC TERM liY TB LEM) Farm Loans 6 par cant, Larga amounts. 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