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It stands the highest for its won derful cures of the most distressing cases. If you need a medicine you should have the best. Sold by druggists in 50c. and$l. sizes. You may have a sample bottle of this wonderful discovery and a book that tells more about it, both sent absolutely free by mail, address Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y. Home of Rwamp-Root. When writing men tion reading this generous offer in this paper. Summer is Almost Here and remember our store is the place to t lop and rest while out shopping. Our Fol'NTAlN will beooen with the season, and our Cold Drinks and Ice Cream will be the best to be had. Yours to please, Sparks & Humphries, Phone No. 79. IY CAPTIVE. By JOSEPH A. ALTSHBLER, Author o/ “zl Soldier of Muuhntlnn,” “The Sun o) Saratoga," Ltc. [Copyright, 1800, by Joseph A. AlUbfler.) CHARTRlt VII THE TEMJ'ER OF OLD TUT. My fears foaud ample justification, for the men soon turned their attention to tlio horse, and two rose and approach ed him. I looked upon him us one im- pomided, and he alono was to blame, for he should have known better. One of the men made a wide circuit and came up carefully behind, while the other approached with equal caution from the front, whistling in a soft and coaxing way and holding out his hand. Evidently the men appreciated the value of a good horse, and no doubt they had stolen enough from patriot farmers to have experience. Old Rut never raised his head to look at them, but continued his hunt for blades of grass. He certain ly heard their approacliing footsteps, and I was convinced now that his dotage was really at hand. “I thought you said ho was the most intelligent of us three, ” said the girl ironically, “and here he is, gone to sleep and letting himself be taken, to be used perhaps as a common cart horse. ” Her words were an insult to us both, Old Put and me, but 1 knew no timely reply, and I endured them in silence. The man in front, emboldened by Old Put’s gentleness, approached more rap idly and was soon within 15 feet of the horse. Old Put raised his head, and looking at the inan a moment lowered it and went on nipping the grass. The man holding out his hand stepped forward and seized Old Put by the neck. The horse, with a neigh that was human in its anger, turned and bit deep into his shoulder. A scream, wilder, more fear ful than any I have ever heard before or since, rose from the man’s throat as the horse reared high in the air and smote him to the earth with his fore feet. The girl turned her eyes away in horror as the man was crushed to pulp beneath the fierce beat of the steel shod hoofs, time for but one cry being given to him, but I kept mine at the crevice, though I will confess that the blood was rather a chilly torrent in my veins. The other man, the one behind, faced about and fled when bo saw the death of his comrade, and the one look that 1 Niagara AS GOOD AS T1IK UKST. 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Office hours from 8 :to a. m. to J p. m. every day In the week. .///•" enough to obtain a good hor •, but it: v worn not going to bother about such a trifle aa a dead man. “Do you think they will attack us?’ 1 asked the girl “Well, no; not yot, at least,” I re plied “The advantages of the dt fen sc are too great, and these men arc nc re raiders and robbers. They arc n t : ing into a dangerous venture imb tin chances arc on their side. Pi rl. q s they think wo will become fright, in d and surrender tomorrow. ’’ “You surely will not do th;>t''’' “1 had no such intention, v. rtiili -s rebel as I am, but if you say j u < i !< r I will go out and notify them this min ute. ’’ “You know I meant nothing of the kind. ’’ She spoke rather sharply, and h liv ing the window went back to t o table, which she began to clear awry. She gathered up the scraps and ; utt'.i i back neatly. Then she Rrc.i. i the crumbs oif in her band, f< r 1. ’ cl any thing else, and throw them in r ■ i.re, and having done that pusln.ltl '.bio to one side against the wall. I in: ' no offer to help her, as she did ev i >: hit g with such skill and dispatch, nn 1 I was content to watch her. Nor did a > say anything to mo, but, her w ni di no, took her stool again and sat <1 w n at the corner of tho hearthstone, b ening her head against tho wall of the chimney and gazing into tho dying lire The last log was smoldi l ine on t® heartli and threw but a feeble light I blew out tho caudle, thinking we might need it in case our enemies made any hostile movement, and the darknt ss gathered at once in half the room, only a dim light showing as a fringe to tho fire. “1 think you’d better go to sleep,” I said to the girl. “It is always well to save one’s strength, and now is a chance for rest. 1 ’ “And you?’’ “I don’t need any sleep. I’ll stay at tho window and watch.” “But you need rest as well as I. ” “Why do you bother yourself abQut a villainous rebel who is going to be hanged anyway by bis justly angry king?” “I wish you would stop talking that way.” Her tone was rather plaintive. Un doubtedly she was tired and worn by anxieties, and I obeyed her request. I made her wrap her cloak around her, and, though sho declared stoutly that site would not go to sleep, merely v. ish- mc I would have slept t lie sleep of tha ju*t i r tho tired unjust, which is often as good 1 dnw tho old pine box up to the window and sat on it, resolved to listen, now that 1 was tired of looking. I wou- <1. rod i hut had I < oome of Old Put, ths man slaver, and triid to discover why I bad t * ii mi h a R « I ;.s to distrust him even lor a moment. Tin musing, I discovered that the lo l a 1 g iim out; tl it 1 could se'O noth- i: - in fa I, that the room was pitchy ark , ■''' // ■■ il^ I opened my eyes, remembering tl . !1 thing must be dark to a man with i - eyiM shut, and saw again tho ti.. iii: : lire and tho figure of tho girl I alfj|^' lining in the chimney corner. TlTi would never do. 1 was tho whole iirmy—horse, foot, artillery and baggage v. • ms, commander in chief, colonel, i ..|U:• > s and privates—and wo could i. o r go to sleep all at once. 1 under- t le t i walk briskly around the room in o ' r to stir my sluggish blood into v ' i i'nim .ss, but that would wake tho g l, an I 1 did not want to do such a cruel thing. I stopped in front of her and luck'd at her face attentively. A ! ■ j sho did not look at all tho spit- i i • t bo y i • awake Mingled with her I . v now was a certain wanness, a : tiling that was pathetic, a look that appealed to a man for protection ; isti ngth. After all, sho was but a f iil. and why should I caro for tho bit- t- thin: i she said when probably half th tii:::- hi -aid them she was sorry? I v at back to the w indow and looke# c t i uce more. The besieging army was l iking its comfort. The part which had sin triad itself on tho ground remained b! fetched, and the part which watched sagged more than ever toward the hori- zoLial. it was a lazy army, that was evident, and I resolved that I would set it an cuamplo of sunerioritv Having made these bravo resolutions, I :-;it down on tho stool and leaned my I id once more against tho wall, not bo- caus ■ I was tired and sleepy, but merely that I might reserve my strength for a crisis, (ho most necessary tiling in the world for a soldier, every man of ex- perience knowing that an army fights better if it goes into battle well fed, well clothed and well rested. It was a good argument, that bore extension, and 1 closed my eyes that they, too, might have rest, for they felt weary and clog- gt il Then, do what I would or could, weariness and sleep took charge of me. Tired muscles r so in open and defiant rebellion against mind and will. Tho combat was short and fierce, but matter triumphed over mind, and in five min utes I was in the midst of a sleep that was heavenly with rest, unpeopled by bad dreams, with my head back against tho wall and my breathing long and r gular. Mi anwhile tho bod of coals on •/ I 7/ A-V A\- \ V . tho hearth grow smaller and paler. The | rim of lire narrowed. Coals turned from red to black and then to gray and crum ble! into ashes. The darkness crept up , to tho very edge of the hearthstone and then invaded it Tho girl was complete ly in the shadows, and the paic glimmer of llio lire was but a faint light left in : the room. 1 .' 1 i £ -A* .* t rA- Wb Mi i ^ IvvYvJ m mm r < - *’• .-AVe- - -v- - ’ry* Wv:.-. III#*-. m !f* . IS i 4 - vm. vtmb W ? V V:> m iV m i ■■ \ SHE WAS ASLEEP. WAlLtCE & OTIS, LAWYERS. Offi.-e uv^tairs. between K. A. Jones and Davenport. Phone 87. J. E. WEBSTER, A,tloi'mgv-A-JL^aw> OffireinCourt Ilouae.(ProhateJudKe ■office i Gaffney City, S. C. Practices in all the courts. Collec tions a specialty C. JEFFERIES 4- GAFFNEY, S. C. Uomiuorcml Law. Corporatlou Ij»w lUol Kutate Law. Money to loan ou approved security. JAMES A. WILLIS, ATTOBNKY AT LAW, < » A. v, *-*. t_'. No ary I’uMU- to office. Prompt attention given lo ail bui>lti-*A. Office ovrr It. A. Jone, 6l Co.'h store. D. U.buncati (J. J’.Handers. W.B. iiall.Jr DUSCAH, SUNDERS & HALL, Attorneys-at-Law. Office over J. U. Tolleaon' Co.', Store. had of him showed fright to tho mar row. Tho horse, raising his head, trot ted away over tho hill. Tho moonlight fell upon him there in distorted rays and enlarged him into a gigantic ligurc In tho gray light lie looked liko some phantom horse, a wild creature that brought death. The band, recovering from tho mo mentary paralysis caused by the sudden acquaintance of their comrade with death, suatohed out their pistols and fired at the liorso as they would have fin d at a man in his place, but their aim was wild, -for tho horse gave no sign of a bullet, trotting steadily on, his figure growing larger and more threatening m tho exaggerating rays of the moonlight, until ho disappeared be yond tho swell of the earth. The thing that had been living lay in the dead grass, and 1 was glad that it was bid den almost by yin rocks and the roll of the earth. “He is gone, Julia,” I said, “and 1 don’t think those men will try to taka my horse again. ” 1 laughed a little, with a rather forced gayety, for the infiuouco of the sudden tragedy was still upon mo. Yet I was glad that Old Rut had redeemed him self so conclusively from the charge of incuution and dotage, which I would never again bring against him, even should they come to be true in the course of the years. The girl cuuiqbuck to the crevice, and wu watched the British for some min utes. After the hasty discharge of tho [fl«tols they returned to the lire, making no mqvcmcnt either to pursue Old Rut or to remove tiie body of their dead comrade. They would have liked well ing to~lean'Tier ~ head against the wall The sleeping man and the sleeping and rest, her eyelids drooped and fell, girl were tired, very tired, and they and in two minutes she was as! p. ‘ slept soundly. If they had dreams, they Tho fire sank lower, eating its way were pleasant ones, and no thought of along tho log until only a few inches of ; danger entered into them. The men wood were loft. The girl slept suundly. around the campfire had moved away Tho curve of the chimney into the wall to the other side of the world, and the formed a kind of nook, and In r In ad little '• thin was peaceful for them, in- and shoulders rested easily then like a , ride and outside. Bleeping thus, they picture framed against the rough logs, did not see tho men rise from the camp- which were unplastered and not even lire and approach the hut, now veiled si uiothly hewn. I trusted that she ! in a darkness which made such a move- would sleep tho night through, and ai ni‘ »t safe. They reached the cabin the lire sank lower and lower and tin | without alarm or u sign from tho darkness crept up to the hearth.-tone, , watcher who was not watching, and at almost hiding her figure, tin; stillm s but the leader tried the ghutter of the of midnight came, and I could bear her window, lie pried at it with big knife regular breathing fn the dead sib uce. and moved it a little. Then he put hia I went baek to tho window. The fin • ar to the crack and could hear nothing of the British faced it, and I could set within. Hi placing bis ear v ith his eye, that three of tho men had lain down bo could see the feeble glimmer of the and gone to sleep. Tho oth*r two were lire and nothing more. He was sure that sitting up, weuponaat hnml, and 1 inf r- those whom ho wished to take were red that they had been detailed as M ini- R«|" P, and he exulted, for a fierce anger uels, though their lazy attitudes showed mingled with his other desires to recap- well enough that it was u job they did turo both. He pried again at tho win- got liko. For all I could t. II at tie- dis- dow, and with greater leverage it yiold- tuneo, thebe men, too, might be a h op ed further, and wood scraped against Kitting. wood. He stopped and listened again, I watched them for a half hour or but the inmates of tho cabin never more and grew very tired ot ti l u i blnn d. ness. The brightness of th nu ht Rutting his ear to the wide crack had culminated, and the caitl. 1. irs that now intervened between the shut- silver tint, shading into a daidull ter and the wall, ho listened again and gray. Tho figures of our I i ; r.> gi w beard the sh ady, regular breathing of shadowy and shapeless. It v u a time «ou»> one Inside and below. He knew it fur Sleep, and I felt it in nil n v I on wah the breathing of a sleeping man, A trooper doesn’t ask imu li li 1« jld to ° lo ud »»d strong for a woman, too have taken my blanket and put in ll even for one awake, and bo reached up down on a reasonably smo .la pi ■ of ,ll ‘d pullid the shutter wide open ou its turf under the shade of a In . v. uh iIih ru,1 ° b’^bor hinges. Then he grnsi*eil certainty that no enemy would \ n 4 r< b' of 1 lie window with both hands me, it would Rave been sufiii e ut tor 1 ,tl “ l l ,ll l 1 ‘ d himself up. My sleep grew troubled at lust sad then turned into a nightmare. Some jugw wild beast, after the fashion of beasts in nightmares,.was sitting on my chest and blowing his bruath in my I’ace, while I had no power to move h muscle. I was cold to the marrow and waited for irm to devour me, but in stead he dwindled away and became misty. With one great effort I threw him off my chest and sprang to my feet. My head struck against somebody else’s lead as I sprang up, and that somebody else swore an oath that had the savor neither of a nightmare nor a dream, but of reality. Cold air ai d moonlight rushed in at tho window, but most of the passage was filled up by the shoulders and head of a large man whose face I could not see owing to tho imperfect light. Ho held in his band a pistol which he fired at me, but now the imperfect light was to my advantage and not his, for his bullet, avoiding me, buried itself with a chuck in tho log walls, and the re port confined in tho small room roared like a cannon shot. Moved more by impulse and instinct than by thought, I snatched out my own pistol and fired at the head in the window. The man uttered a deep sigh; the body dropped forward and swayed there; I heard tho light drip, drip of something on tho floor, and then the body fell inside tho room. Tho girl, suddenly awakened by tho terrible sounds and half in amazo, cried out in fright and then began to ask in a high, trembling voice what hail hap pened. “Tho British have attacked us, ”1 said. “One of them was in the shadow, and I threw him back. Standout of the range of the window.” I did not want her to see the thing lying on the floor under the window, and I shoved the ta Lie in front of it. She obeyed, for I spoke the last sen tence very sharply. Tho window was wide open, and expecting to see another face there 1 held my second pistol ready, but none appeared, and I had no doubt that they feared Crowder was dead. Taking tho risk, I reached out an arm, seized tho shutter and slammed it shut, securing it as best I could with the leather strap and nail used as a fastening. Then, with my ear near the crevice, I listened, but could not hear our enemies. I feared at first to look out lest I should receive a bullet, but still hearing nothing 1 applied my eye and saw that the men had gone back to their fire. They were all there—four. I counted them and knew that none was jjiissing. They were deliberating evi dently over the full of their leader and what next to do, and 1 took an immedi ate resolution. “Light the candle,”! said to tho girl. “Hold it to the fire. There’s enough boat left to start the wick to burning. ” Sho did so. and saw that something lay behind tho table. “What is that?” she cried. “The dancer and singer of last night, ” I replied, seeing that 1 would have to tell. “The leader of those desperadoes outside came into our fort, but ho came into his grave.” Sho retreated, shuddering, to tho farthest corner of the room. “Now, you do exactly as I say,” 1 continued. ‘* Remember that you are the rank and file of this army, and 1 am its commander. ” “1 will obey you,” sho said. I quickly reloaded my pistol. Then 1 shoved tho table away again and, overcoming my repulsion, dragged tho dead body to a sitting position. A chill struck into my marrow, but I dragged off tho red British coat and, hav ing thrown off my own, put it ou. Then I gathered up tho wallet of food and Old Put’s bridle and took down tho bar from tho door. “Como,” 1 said; “we are going to leave this place while they are planning by tho fire and their backs are turned to us. ” It was a bold measure, involving many risks, but I believed that it would succeed if wo kept our oouruge and presence of mind. For at least two or three minutes they would think I was Crowder, victorious, and that would be worth much. When I had taken down the bar, I stopped a moment. “Keep by my side, ”1 said. “Re member that wo must become separated by do chance. Here, take this pistol I You can shoot, can’t you?” She said 4 'Yes” and took tho pistol. Then I opened tho door, and we dnsneo out, running with quick and noiseless steps across the open toward the wood, which rose in a dim lino ahead of us. While the window opened toward tho campfire of the besiegers tho door did not, and wo had gone perhaps 50 yards before they saw us. Tin's I know by the surprised shout that came to us, and looking back 1 saw them hesitating, as if in doubt about my id'mity, and at lust running toward theii horses I was glad that they would pursue on horse back, and I had taken ihat probability into eonsidi ration when we mudo our dash from tho house, for even at the distance 1 could see that the dim wood looked dense and a poor place for the use of horses. “Courage, Julia!” I said, taking her hand “In a minute or two wo will be into the woods, and they mean safety ’ i looked hack a second time Tim guerrillas hud reached their horses, mounted them and turned their heads our way, but in doing it tin ii tunc lost was our gain Unless lamed by some unlucky pistol shot wo would surely gain the wood. They fired oner or twice, and 1 hoard the thunder of their horses hoofs, but 1 had little fear 1 still held the girl’s hand in mine, and she ma lfl no effort to draw it aw ay. Hire was run ning w ith a firm, sure’ step, and, though her face was white and her eye ex. ited, she seemed to retain both her courage and presence of mind The wood was not as far as I laid cal culated, and when our pursuer.-; wi re many yards away we dashed into it at sueli headlong haste that I tripped over a vine and fell upon my noi-e, burying it in a pile of soft haves, whh h s.iv> d it from harm. But I was up again, re joicing at the accident, for in a word interlaced with vines horses could make no progress. “I hope you are not hurt?” asked Julia anxiously. “Hurt? Not a bit of it!’’ I replied. “What a blessing these woods are! )hw dark it is in here, and what a blessing that is too!” In fact, the wood was our good luck and our best luck at that, for even we on foot found it difficult to make our way through it. Afar we could hoar the British cursing in profusion and variety as they strove to force their horses through the dense bush. “Hold my hand,“I said to Julia, “for otherwise I might lose you in ail this darkness and density.” But instead of waiting for her to take my hand, which she might not have done, I took hers, and, bidding her again to stop lightly, I led the way, curviiig among the trees and bushes like a brook winding around the hills in search ot a level channel. My object was to leave our pursuers at a loss concerning our course, and wo soon ceased to hear their swearing ortho struggles of their hors< s I dropped into a walk, ami of course tho girl did likewise. “I think we are safe now, “I said “There is not one chance in a hnutlri d to bring them across our path again. What a fine wood! What a glorious wood I There is no such wood as this in England. It grew hero especially h r our safety, Julia. ” “It did grow up in time, ” sho re plied, “but now that you think us safe again you can call me Miss Howard and not Julia. ” “That’s true, and now that we are safe again I must ask you, Miss How ard, as an especial favor to me, to plea e quit holding my hand." “I am not holding your band, Mr Marcel!” she replied indignantly. “It is you who are holding mine, but yi.u shall not do so a moment longer.” Blio tried to jerk her hand away. 1 let her jerk three or four times, am! then I added as an afterthought: “It is very dark here, and there is still danger that we might become separat ed. I think 1 will let you hold it lit tle longer, but 1 shall endure it merely because it is a military ueccs-sity, ” She gave her hand a most violent jerk, and it nearly slipped from me, but I re newed my grip in time. “Simply a military necessity,” I re peated, and, seeing that it was useh ss, sho made no further effort to withdraw her hand. 1 could not see her lace, tho darkness being too great, and therefore had little opportunity to judgo of her state of mind. Wo walked on in silence, winding hero and there through the wood, with an occasional stop to lis ten, though wo heard nothing but tho common noises of a forest—the crackling rustle of dry leaves and twigs, the gen- flo swaying' of aomebld tree its tho wind rocked it and tho soft swish of the bushes as they swung back into place alter wo bad passed lietween '1 Ills story will be continued from wi i k to week in the Friday issue of -edger un‘il concluded. 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Our line of Embroideries, Insertions, All-overs, Tuckings, etc,, you will find complete. It is impos sible to mention all. We will take pleasure in showing you through. Our stock of Spring and Summer Clothing is entirely new in pattern and style. We guarantee fit and workmanship as well as price. In our line of Shoes you will find the very latest styles in ladies and men’s. The Drew-Selby Shoe for women needs no praise, and our L. S. & D. Shoe for men is the latest and best the shoe market can produce. The spring opening day is but once a year. BARGAINDAY IS EVERY DAY. . Don’t forget the Date, March 22nd, 1901. COMPANY STORE. Biggest and cheapest store in Cherokee county.