The Barnwell people-sentinel. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1925-current, January 03, 1929, Image 3
THUKSDAY, JANUARY
iMwlnkd iyVetve (.Christy
Ninth InstaUment
WHAT HAPPENED BEFQKE
- Buck Duane, quick on the draw, kills
Cal Blain in self-defense and becomes an
outlaw. After adventures on the road he
goes to Bland’s camp. There lie wounds
a man named Bosomer and becomes «
bosom friend of another named Euchre.
He meets Mrs. Bland and also a girl
Jennie, held prisoner by Bland, whom be
rescues after a series of intrigues in which
he is forced to deceive Mrs. Bland.
This leads to Duane’s killing of Bland,
the outlaw leader, and rushing off with
Jennie, who is lost later. Duane roams
the roads for years as an outlaw, linally
going to meet Captain MacNelly of the
Rangers, who had asked to see him.
MacNelly is kind to him, and offers him
a pardon if he will accept an offer to
become a Ranger and go after Cheseldine’s
gang. MacNelly had become interested in
IJuane after a Miss Lee had spoken in his
behalf. Duane promises MacNelly to do
him any service. Meanwhile MacNelly
gives Duane much welcome news.
Duane goes to visit the Miss Lee who
had intervened for him with MacNelly,
and finds her to be none other but Jennie.
They talk and tell each other of their
love, and when Duane telU Jennie he is
commissioned to capture Cheseldine she
breaks down and begs him to break his
word to MacNelly. _ .
glory. - „
She kissed him—one long endless
kiss—or else a thoisand times. Her
lips, her wet cheeks, her hair, the soft
ness, the fragrance of her, the tender,
moving clasp of her arms, the swell of
her breast—all these enclosed him,
bound him. She whispered and mur
mured broken and incoherent words
words that did not, need to be under- -
stood, so full were they of sweetness
and meaning arhd jL. v , .
He rose and let Jennie sit back
against the cuslifc s* Her fingers
clung weakly to hir - * Her eyes hurt
him.-* While he ffrnbled in his pocket
he handled a steaming pot. Over him
was a roofed shed built against the
wall with two open sides and two sup
porting posts. Duane’s second glance,
not So blinded by the sudden bright
light, made out other men, three in
the shadows, two in the flare, but with
backs to him.
“It’s a smoother trail by long
odds, but ain't so short as this one
right over the mountain,” one out
law was saying.
“What’s eatin’ you, Pan Handle?”
ejaculated another. “Blossom an’ me
rode from Faraway Springs, where
Poggin is with some of the gang.”
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
Duane stared at her, amazed. He
hardly knew what to say. He felt
how little he understood women. His
bvart began-to pound, and thrills ran
over him. The sweetness of this w’6- '
man—that she would go back to out
lawry with him—appealed with strange
power.
“That course wouldn’t be dishonor
able,’’ she continued.
"No. But it’s impossible. I’d die
before I’d drag you into that life. You
ought to remember an outlaws days.”
“I do. I’d rather have them again
than lose you. Besides, we could hide
in some canyon, some valley—and be
happy."
"No—no—no.”
Duane felt the insidious, creeping
twining strength of some hitherto un
known emotion. It came from her
suggestion to be alone with her—to
have her—and he realized that he must
not let the thing stay before his mind.
Jennie came closer to him then, so
close that she almost touched him.
Something about her presence, the look
of her eyes of the heave of her breast,
made that sweet, vague emotion grow.
"Duane, do you love me?” she asked.
“lennie, you’re going to make it
h*»- »«r ' - - •" •
“Love you! I love you at no man ever loved a woman!”
for papers to fetch forth the Gover
nor’s pardon, Jennie watched him; and
when he laid the paper in her hands
she let it drop.
“Give that to mother,” he said huski-
1v. "Tell her—maybe I’ll come back—
there's a dunce.”
"Don’t go! Don’t go!” she cried.
"I must. Dear, good-by. Remember
I loved y<*! Jennie, let me gol”
He pulUd her hands loose from his;
stepp'd back
SJe f
"Tell me,” she insisted.
"l^ove you? I love you as no man
ever loved a woman. Think of my
Jooely, wretched life I What I have
known of women of the sweetness of
one? And now it bursts on me. Jen
nie, don’t ask me that I’m afraid of
myself. 1 can’t understand.”
She came only the closer, until now
she touched him, her slender form
reaching to his shoulders, and she
leaned upon him with her face up
turned. He felt her hands on his, and
they were soft, dinging, strong, like
steel under velvet. He felt the rise
and fall—the warmth of her breast.
A tremor ran over him. He tried
to draw back, and if he succeeded a
little her form swayed with him, press
ing closer. She did not speak. She
held her face up, and he was compelled
I c fcl upon her knees with out-
Str tched trms. .
"Duane 1 Duane'” she wailed.
y murderer he backed away.
* •-••-vT-m
come beck P he whispered.
These last words were falsehood.
He reached the door, gave her one
last piercing gllnce—to fix forever in
memory that wfite face with its dark,
staring, tragic (yes.
“Duane!”
He fled wuhthat moan like thunder,
death, hell, in |is ears.^
Duane had been three months out
of the Nuecef country. At El Paso
he bought tip finest horse he could
find, and. arfsed and otherwise out
fitted ro suit ftini, he had taken to un
known trails.
Leisurely h<- rode from town
town, villajjl to village, ranch
ranch, fitting his talk and his occupa
tion to the Impression he wanted t<
make upon different people whom he
met.
He was ia turn a cowboy, a rancher.
to
to
a-
to
to look. It was wonderful now—white, - ^ furT1 a c c\Ab«»y, a nacnar,
yet glowing, with the red lips parted, * cattleman, a stock-buyer, a boomer
I
the dark eyes alluring. But that was
not all. There was passion, unquench
able spirit, woman’s resolve deep and
mighty as life.
"1 love you, Duane,” she said,
could suffer anything for you. I'm not
selfish in this. It's for you. I know
what your life has been. I can't let
you go back to it. Listen—you don’t
know me. You think you’re with the
old Jennie. But I’m different. I’ve
suffered and I’ve learned in these
years. I believe I’m right in asking
you to give up this ranger service.
Will you?”
b “Jennie, I can’t. How could you
ask i|?” ^
'TIow could you go if you love me ?
*» A
a landhunter; and long before he
reached the wild and inhospitable Ord
he had acted the part of an outlaw
drifting into new territory.
He passed on slowly because he
wanted to learn the lay of the country,
the locatMB of villages and ranches,
the work, habit, gossip, pleasures, and
fears of the people with whom he came
in contact The one subject most im
pelling to him—outlaws—he never
mentioned; but by talking all around
it, sifting the old ranch and cattle
story h* acquired a knowledge calcu
lated to aid him much in his deep-
laid plot In this game time was of no
moment; if necessary he would take
to accomplish his task. \
d i
y'jft 1 . _
- - . Tne stupendous and perilous nature
were a man youd under-_ 0 fjt *0^ m ^ slow> wary prepa _
^ When he heard Fletcher’s
Knell h$ knew he
place
faced
the place he had sought
a hamlet on the fringe of
country, of doubtful hon-
which surely winding trails
into the free and never dis-
paradise of outlaws—the Big
<7 Iif you
stand.”
* '’But I’m a woman. You don’t un
derstand thatl’’ she cried passionately.
1 “Can you expect a man who lives
like a hunted wolf to understand the
finer feelings of a woman ? I am out
side, Jennie—the outcast—the outlaw.
And even so, I’ve kept myself different
from the others. But heaven knows—
««rsc hard inhuman." X, „„ a bright ligbt ^fore he
r„ Hush 1 ’ She put a hand over h., on, the dark outline of the cabin,
hps. I didn t mean to hurt you. I Then he heard voices, a merry whistle
meant Oh, Duane, I’m here ready a course song, and tile clink of iron
for your arms—a starved woman—and cooking utensils. He smelled fra
yon don’t know it.” grant wood-smoke. He saw moving
Duane became suddenly weak, and dark figures cross the light Evi-
when he did take her into his arms he dentiy there was a wide door, or else
scarcely had strength to lift her to a the fire was out in the open.'
seat beside. Him. She seemed more Fortune favored him. There
than dead weight. Her calmness had
fled. She was throbbing, palpitating,
quivering, with hot, wet cheeks and
arms that clung to him Ihre vines. She
lifted her mouth to him, whispering:
“Kiss me!”
Duane bent down, and her arms
went around his neck and drew him
that he had always felt when pursued.
It had no bitterness, no pain, no dread.
close. With his lips on hers, he seemed There was as much danger here, per-
to float away. That * ’ 1 — 1 us ‘ ^ — ^
bushes, an old shed, a wood pile, all
the cover he needed at that corner.
Before he peered between the ro^gh
corner of wall and the bush growing — —w
dote to h Duane paused a moment. * a man h ere to-day, a prominent citizen.
This excitement was different from Now it’s likely some of* his friends
f&haaA laAhjf — a— - ^fa t « ▲ t
“Excuse me, Phil. Shore I didn’t
see you come in, an’ Boldt never said
nothin’.”
“It took you a long time to get
here, but I guess that’s just as well,”
spoke up a smooth, suave voice with
a ring in it
Cheseldine’s voice I
Here they were-—Cheseldine—Phil
Knell — Blossom Kane — Pan Handle
Smith — Boldt — how well Duane
remembered the names 1-r-all here, the
big men of Cheseldine's game, except
the biggest — Poggin.
Duane had h<4ed them, and his
sensations of the moment deadened
sound of what was before
him. He sank down controlled him
self, silenced a mounting exultation,
then, from a less strained position, be
peered forth again.
Th* outlaws were waiting for sup
per. Their conversation might have
been that of cowboys in camp, ranchers
• at a roundup. Duane listened with
eager ears, waiting for the business
talk that he felt would come. All the
time he watched with the eyes of a
wolf upon its quarry.
Blossom Kane was the lean-limbed
messenger who had so angered Flet-
chtcr. Bol<!t was a giant in suture,
dark, beared, silent. Pan Handle
Smith was the red faced cook, merry,
profane, a short, bow legged man re
sembling many rustlers Duane had
known, particularly Luke Stevens.
And Knell, who set there, tall, slim,
like a boy in build, like a boy in years,
with his pale, smooth, expressionless
face and his cold gray eyes.
And Cheseldine, who leaned against
the wall, handsome, with his pointed
face and beard, like an aristocrat,
resembled many a rich Louisana plan
ter Duane had met. The sixth man sat
so much in the shadow that he could
not be plainly discerned, and though
addressed, his name was not mentioned.
Fan Handle Smith carried pots and
pans into the cabin, and cheerfully
called out: "I f you gents air hungry
fer grub don’t look fer me to feed you
with a spoon.”
The outlaws piled inside, made a
great bustle and datted as they sat
to their meal. Like hungry men they
Ulked little.
i Duane waited there a while, then
guardedly got up and crept round
to the other side of the cabin. After
he became used to the dark again he
ventured to steal along the wall to the
crack, and peeped in. The outlaws
were in the first room and could not
be seen. • .
For Duane the twenty-fifth of Oc
tober seemed a whole lifetime in com-<
ing. When that day dawned he left
a lonely tamp in the brush and rode
into Bradford.
He went to the old inn-keeper,
with whom he had made acquaintance,
and leaving his horse in the stable set
off in search of Buell.
Inquiry discovered the night operator
at his boarding-house asleep. Duane
had him awakened. Buell tame in
heavy-eyed, but curious, half-expect
ant/
“Buell, I’m sorry? to disturb you,”
said Duane, “but my business is urgent
You can aid me. I’m going to arrest
kiss closed his
eves, and he could not lift his head
He sat motionless, holding her blir
and helpless, wrapped in a sweet, da*
haps more, yet it was not the same.
Then he looked.
He saw a bright fire, a red faced
man bending o*r it whistling wUJe
—somebody, at any rate—will shove
a gun in your face, or the day
operator's, and qpake you send tele
grams along the line.”
New Year Resolutions
Most people limit their “swear-
ing off’ at the first ot the year, to
tobatco, whisky and lying. How
faithfully we observe our new
pledges, must be left to history to
reveal But, the effort is worthy
always.
Much more pertinent, it seems to
me, would be to assume some sol
emn obligations with regard to our_
habits of eating, since everybody
eats—and many dine to their sor
row. I would like to impress a few
ideas that I have tried to empha
size with the readers of our paper
for the past four years—and, I as
sure you, that they are based on
years of experience, both within
myself, and many patients; I am
sure these thoughts are worth
while;
First, let us pledge ourselves that
we will not over-cat during the
coming year.
Second, we will look out for the
symptoms of over-diet, such as
fullness, sour stomach, nausea, gas,
“heart-burn,” and bringing up par
ticles of food after meals; if such
should occur, we promise to at
once think of the cau«e, and make
no more mistakes of that kind.
Third, let us very firmly decide
not to eat dinner at six o’clock, the
hour when the body should begin
its most important season of rest.
Fourth, that we will begin each
day's work with a body fortified by
a good, intelligent breakfast, taken
deliberately, at an hour when haste
is entirely unnecessary.
Filth, we will try to learn of the
well-ha lanced meal' and temperate
ly adhere thereto, knowing the
need of food in wholesome variety,
to satisfy the requirements of our
bodies only.
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preparing the dish at home.
In addition to' the saving of gas
and the labor of preparing the spa
ghetti and sauce, at these prices the
housewife saves practically the en
tire cost of the ingredients for a
home-made tomato and cheese
<auce.- Furthermore, the canned
spaghetti is invariably more tasty
than the dish prepared at home, for
few cooks have the art, the recipe
or the patience to blend a perfect
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Large canners so jealously pro
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meal.
Spaghetti in Cabbage Nest: Hollow
out the center of a lar-jc cabbage,
and cook cabbage.in boiling salted
water, just until tender. Remove
carefully, and arrange on a serving
platter. Fill center with hot can
ned spaghetti, and garnish the fop
and sides with broiled bacon. Or
the cabbage may be boiled as usual,
drained and put into a serving dish,
and the spaghetti and bacon piled
on top.
TREASURER’S TAX NOTICE
The County Treasurer’s office will be open fer the furpoee of receiving
taxea from October 15th, 1928, to March 15th, 1929.’. A penalty of om per
cent will be added to all unpaid taxes on January 1*1, 1929; two per cent
Febraury lat, 1929, and aeven per cent March 1st, 1929. Tax hooka dad^f
and executions issuing after March 16th, 1929. Taxes are ascertained bp
the valuation multiplied by mills levied. Treasurer’s duplicate as ~'r JL r up
by Auditor lists real estate and does not itemise personal property, "hlth
must be secured from Auditor. When inquiring as te amount of t***— due,
you are required to give each and every tax district you own property In
as a separate tax receipt is issued for each district for real
aonal property. Your tax receipt, giving number of
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Don’t fail to read every installnient of our
New Serial Story-“The Last of the Duanes”
is one of Zane Grey's best stories.
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ADVERTISE in Th«
The commutation road tax of 83.00 must be paid by all male ritisen
between the ages of 21 and 55 years. All male citizens between the age
of 21 and 60 years are liable to poll tax of fl.00.
Annual capitation dog tax of $1.25 per head, payable during moot
of January, on all dogs, male and female, old and youngs except sucklini
pups (See Acts 1924, No. 655, at page 1088.)
It is the duty of each school trustee in each school district to aa
that this tax is collected or aid the Magistrate in the enforcement o
the provisions of this Act.
Checks will not be accepted for taxes under any circumstances a
cept at the risk of the taxpayer,—(The County Treasurer reseives th
right to hold all receipts pakPby check until said checks have been paid.
Tax receipts will be released only upon legal Under, postoffice mono
orders, or certified checks. .
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