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T ♦o* ^♦04040#0 >^04040^i-- EQUAL PARTNERS ^ » *» r Cy HOWARD FIELDING Copyright, 1901, by Charles W. Hooke. CHArTER I. AN ITEM OK NEWS. 11E little newslioy hnfl the face of an imp. niul lie must have come up throuffh t!ie floor, as an imp slio-.ihl l»y all the l»est traditions Purely t!ie creature could not ‘ squirmed thrmich thatMiiu^le of 'ft&ianity between Hrenda and the vlc^r of the car. Vet there he was. jJandiug close against her knees and '•c.-’ldnsr straight ui* into her face. Often the eyes of children seem to *»: sil our hearts. It is because they are new in the world and are content with -TT.iertieial views. Adults try to look izi through our eyes, and they tall, and -•»» note the failure: but children do not i; and we. s* cmg them satisfied, trem- for our Inmost secrets. Brenda mIiooI; her head to intimate •1. it slic had no wish to buy the news. :x the boy did not move. lie coutln- : d to hold his papers before her. gaz- ,g over them into her face meanwhile vv.th an unwinking stare. ft was probable that if she bought a .per the bu\ would pass on. so Hre..- ia laid a hand upon her purse. The '.r>nd remained there rigid, and for ome slow seconds the ragged urchin iiinl the smooth product of all the social v/moments were like figures on a can- an. both for fixity «:if pose and for bal ..:izt'c of contrasting expressions, the buhl stiil calmly staring, his utter ig- t.Tiirance counterfeiting wisdom, the wo- : in tense ami eager, her eyes search- r.g and unsatisfied. ‘■‘I will take this paper." she said, speaking with considerable effort, and fehe gave the boy a coin. I*reseutly she stood upon the side- "vaIk of Broadway, gazing across at the JTgfly brick front of the opera house rvlth a confused notion that it could ?.r!ve her important information, but 'wtjs perversely refusing to do so. She merely wished to know where *?£:♦» was, and the familiar scene im pressed her ns if she had not been »ijsere in a long time and had forgotten. Tl'2jen her mind became clear. She paused in deep thought and at its end raised her hand as if to beckon to a cabman; but. changing her purpose, stepped into a doorway and road soTioe ruore the item in the paper that vriw little boy had thrust under her eyes. At tiie first glance one who knew Qrvmda might have said that the story lay outside her world and could not in- Serest her. However, it was what a Journalist might call "good news.” and berefore it was printed with the lines "ncary far apart by way of emphasis, .Ami it bore the marks of haste. Thus 11 ran: Elsie Miller, »n actress living at 14S West Thir- Cp-vighth street, was stabbed by some person un- ^miun in tier room ibis afternoon. It is a lodging house owned and’ occupied by Hr*. Alice Simmons. Miss Miller had lived in the -c!tT room on the first floor for some months. TTae crime was discovered by a servant, who en- .:..rwd the room ami found Miss Miller unconscious ia il.or. Dr. A. G. Ulair of 100 West Thirty- "-.if'.th'street was hastily summoned, and he pro- ou/mced the wound mortal. It is just below the . ollar hone, on the left side, extending sharply itlx«award within the body and undoubtedly pierc- the outer wall of the heart. That Miss Miller uiitxild have survived the wound longer than a few .v»-mds is regarded as miraculous by Dr. Blair ^.iri other physicians, several of whom, including Ncvbulance Surgeon Carrington of St. Winifred's .i -r-ital, were at the house within a few minuies ;r the discovery of the crime, die weapon uu»a hunting knife, having a long 'tijt.ie and a deer’s fool handle. The blade is pe- «, v; lar, being muth thinner than that of the ordi- ^-y hunting lir.ife. It was found on the floor ■ esiile the body. A servant says that she has seen knife in Miss Miller's room within the last r.»ov .Jays. Jo a table In the room was a letter which may •V.bin the whole affair. The police have it and ■ ruse to divulge its contents, but it is kn >wn ‘.jt. the writer is Clarence M. Alden, a broker v ’lb an office on Broad street.? He is the only ton . the late St. Clair AUen, who practically ois- r.. >Mite J him. 'slo.-s Miller is a very beautiful girl, tail and of • brunette type. She is 20 years oi l. She play- ft-<: cne part of Nannie in “The Honeybee,’’ an jccessful comedy produced in this city two irs ago. Since then her work has not been seen Brenda walked down Broadway to ' irty-eigbtb street and turned west- vainI. Immediately she perceived the '.utley crowd wbicb the news of the r Me had brought together, and she levitated. Then, shutting her lips i.'uiy together, she resumed her orlg- t-.:i purpose. aTie iiouse numbered 1-4S had a high .loop aud a yard the size of a dinner .T>le, in which the grass was green and ' il watered, tliougli the neighboring •sr'Js were brown with the heat and . •night of that remarkable mouth of a ie. The house itself had an air of sat ness and the flavor of home, hut .. -* privacy had been Invaded first by vine aud then by nil the train that tul- ves it. The door stood ajar for pry- u, eyes, and the two gigantic pollee- n lounging at the head of the steps ♦. tilled the chief Intruders rather than ; guardians of the place. Brenda, • all that was upon her mind, felt the iSBOcratinu and shuddered at it. THjc policemen, who had been lehuing .•gainst tiie railings, stood erect aud ..t their shoulders together as Brenda -X'nded the steps They seemed to li nil the space mid their heads to tow- r to the house top. But the tiling must gone hrough with now. and Brenda • (thered all her force. * { am a friend of Miss Miller,” she il l. “Please let me go in." -Nobody can go in now,” replied one i J-f the men. A* "Is she dead?" Brenda was framing other questions in her mind, but this one uttered itself. The policemen exchanged a glance. Then one of them replied with a single word, "No.” At this moment there was a stir in the hall. Hearing it. the po licemen began slowly to descend the steps. Brenda retreated before them, and not a word was spoken. She was pressed into the edge of the crowd at the foot qf the stone stairs, and she re mained there while a litter was brought out ou which lay something perfectly still and covered from end to end with a white cloth. It was put into a great Mack vehicle. A brisk young man, wearing a bine cap, and a grave, elderly man with a long white beard climbed in after it, aud then the somber equi page moved away by the power resi dent within it. Aud to Brenda the fa miliar spectacle of a self propelling carriage assumed the aspect of a mira cle. and ail tilings seemed to move or stand by virtue of a new force, silent and resistless. “Could I go in?" she whispered to the policeman who laid stationed him self beside her. "Can I speak with some one who knows?” "Knows what?" he replied. “Whether she will recover, whether she lias spoken." The man looked at her with a pon derous curiosity. "You wait here.” he said. “(Jive me your name, and I’ll see what I can do?" Miss Maciane was affected by a touch of caution. “No one knows me here.” she replied. “My name would mean nothing to them. But you may say that Miss Wil liams would like to speak with the phy sician who was called in—a Dr. Blair. I believe.” The policeman began to ascend the steps, but he paused at sight of two men who appeared above. One of thbrn was of medium stature and very heavy, having the build of an ape. with preposterously long arms, which swung aimlessly when he moved, as if they were artificial. He wore the uniform of a [tolice captain. The other wjts of a conventional type by comparison— Her (jnze mis fired upon the coarse, scar red face of the captain. that is, lie looked like a human being, and Brenda noticed little else about him. Her gaze was fixed upon the coarse, scarred face of the captain, bru tally cynical and smiling without pur pose, like an image hacked out of wood. The policeman saluted his superior and addressed him in a low voice. Without waiting for him to finish the captain turned quickly to tiie man who had come out of the Iiouse with him and asked a question which Breuda did not hear. When this man looked at her. Brenda became aware that lie was tall and thin and that he. wore a loose gray suit. •!' . "I don’t know.” said the rain In gray thoughtfully. “1 can’t be sure.” The captain descended the steps and lifted his cap with the politeness of a trained animal. “Miss Williams?” said he. “Yes. in deed. 1 understand that you are a friend of Miss 'filler, the girl that got hurt, and that you’d like to talk to Dr. Blair. Tliis gentleman is Dr. Blair. So perhaps we’d better all go Into tiie house, where we can talk more conven ient.” Breuda tried to pass him, but she im mediately found herself between the captain and one of the .policemen, by whom she vns escorted into the house, tiie physician walking ahead. Thus they came to a small parlor, opening from the hall, to tiie right. In the presence of Dr. Blair, whose manner was that of tiie world wherein she bad moved. Brenda regained a part of her self possession. Tiie simple ele gance of the room, far lieyond anything that she had exported, helped to put her at her ease, and slip began to feel the sense of personal dominance to which she was accustomed. "Dr Blair." she said. "I ready don't know why I should have come here. I am not a friend of Miss Miller 1 am merely interested in her. Seeing tiie story of tier terrible misfortune in a newspaper by tiie merest accident, I olieyed nn unaccountable Impulse and came to tills Iiouse." "An unaccountable Impulse,” said the captain In a perfectly meaningless voice, as If he had been an echo. "I can tell you very little,” replied Dr. Blair. "No one knows who commit ted the crime nor why it was done”-— "But will she die? Such a young girl, with so much to Impolbr. and they say she was very beautiful!” "She was, poor child!” responded tiie physician. “And that fact may or may not have had something to do with her misfortune. As to her chance of recov ery, I greatly fear—indeed, to be frank with you, 1 doubt whether she is living at this moment.” Brenda was as white as paper, and her hands were twined together. “She lias not spoken”— she began, and it was the captain who replied. "Not it word," said lie. "But we shan’t need anything from Tier. We shall get to the bottom of this affair ui rigln." Brenda turned slowly toward him. “The name of a gentleman.” said she, “an acquaintance of mine, was men tioned in the newspaper account, a Mr. Alden. Of course it Is Impossible that he should have had any connection with this wretched crime, but perhaps he knew the young woman and”— "Yes,” responded the captain, “they were acquainted. And, by tiie way. perhaps you’re familiar with the young gentleman's handwriting. We found a note ou the letter head of his firm. Bet me see, what did I do with it? Oh, here it is. Perhaps you'd like to glance it through." lie extended ids hand, but Brenda did not take the sheet of paper which he offered. "I could not read this,” she said, with a slight shudder. “It was not meant for me.” A faint expression of surprise hu manized the officer’s face for a mo ment. “That don’t make any difference.” lie said. “ItTl have to he published. Every body T1 read It." Brenda glanced at Dr. Blair, who bowed his head. “In that case,” she said, “though it seems an outrageous intrusion”— "There's no help for it,” rejoined tiie captain, with a grin, which lie used in place of a frown. "We’ve got to find tiie person that done this deed, and we’ve got to make use of this note to do it.” Brenda took the paper and read those words: “My Dearest Dear—All goes eo well that I must semi word to you at once. I can't wait till even- inff, when 1 may see you, and, indeed, dear love, there is some doubt whether 1 shall be able to quit work before midnight. At any rate, it bids fair to be so late that I should not ainre scandalize Mrs. Simmons by calling upon you. So I write this and make bold to put a little money into it—five hundreds. Don’t let them frighten you. I remember peifeetly that you weren’t to touch a penny, but 1 rely upon the letter that I wrote last evening to knock all your arguments into smithereens. I thought of a lot of points after leaving you. and I cited the best precedents. If a fellow is rich—as 1 am today, thank heaven—he may help his sweetheart to buy her trousseau. If you don’t believe it, write to your mother, and while you’re waiting for an answer buy the pretty clothes anyhow. Ah, my beloved”— /’ Brenda had come to the end of the first sheet. Her face, that had been so : pale, was flushed, and her voice was ' not quite steady as she said: j-j *T can’t read any more. It is dls- 7 honorable and unnecessary.” “Ah, my beloved,” said the captain, taking the letter and reading the re- tnnindor aloud in a stumbling voice. , with half an eye on Brenda all the time— —“we shall be so happy, youth and love and money and the whole world before us—the sum mer in Norway, tiie fall upon the continent, the winter on whatever Mediterranean shore you like the best, and next June shall find us in Venice and our twelfth honeymoon in the sky. Think of this, sweetest of travelers, whose favorite book has always been the atlas. Think of it as you go shopping tliis afternoon with your pocket full of money. It is all settled; the chains ore broken. We are to be married as soon as your mother can come cast to behold the ceremony. And then away to see the world and the shrines of 20 centuries of lovers. My heart and my faith to you. Clarence.” Id the captain’s mouth these love words had the sound of blasphemies, and Breuda shrank back to tiie limit of the room with Dr. Blair, who seem ed to lie scarcely less affected by the desecration. “The money wasn’t found.” said the officer after a brief, shrewd scrutiny of Breuda. "The note was on the table, but none of those hundred dollar bills that we read about. Come; I’ll show you where we found it.” “I don’t think I want to go in there,” said Breuda faintly. “1 urn going to the hospital to see whether 1 can be of any help to her.” “You’ll have to arrange that through the police,” was the reply, "and it can't be done until l get some word from there. So 1 suggest that we take an other look at the scene of the crime." He stepped back from the door, and Brenda passed out of the room, Intend ing t j leave the house, hut again she found herself between the captain and one of Lis men, and again she obeyed an unspoken order, following one of them while the other followed her. balcony of the length of the room, which was the width of the iiouse. Some crude, familiar pictures hung upon tiie walls. Obviously they ante dated Elsie's coming and expressed Mrs. Simmons’ idea of home decora tion. Elsie’s contribution to the adorn ment of the scene consisted almost en tirely of photographs of men and wom en. One might guess the calling of tiie tenant after a glance at the portraits, for nearly all of these people were ob viously in "tiie profession.” They ap peared singly or in groups formed by fastening the photographs together with dainty hits of ribbon, so that half a dozen might he suspended in the fashion of a banner. Whatever may be said of the artistic value of this decoration, it certainly brightened the room. It was impos sible to be lonely with so much com pany and such vivacious people. Nine in ten of the women were smiling and many wore fancy dress. Tiie men struggled to seem chivalrous and courtly, except tiie comedians, most of whom were in grotesque attire. Two photographs, larger than the average and well placed between the windows, represented young men in CHAPTER II. AMONG TIIE PICTURES. CvLSIE’S room opened lit from the hall, tiie car. There was a sort of vesti bule. with n sliding, glass paneled door at the farther end, and tills space was divid ed lengthwise by a curtain, behind which Brenda saw the gleam of a great white till), an unusual luxury in cheap lodgings. Beyond the vestibule was a room of good height and size, with a shallow alcove on the left, in which stood a pretty brass bedstead. Epon the right was an unused open fireplace beneath an old fashioned marble mantelshelf which was covered with a quaint and picturesque collection of souveidrs. There were two tall window- In the southern wall. The lower misD-'- were hinged at the sides, ipening in >ard. and one might step t > 1 e; n a wooden “She must have hern about here when it happened." the dress of cavaliers with drawn swords in their hands. There they had stood, these friends of hors, thus arm ed, with their eyes upon her when the assassin had struck her down. "From ail 1 can learn.” said the cap tain, "she must have been about here when it happened.” lie took his place beside a couch that was between tiie windows and turned his face to the wall. "The murderer," lie continued, "was behind her. The murderer pulled her head hack and stabbed almost straight down. The girl fell on tiie couch; here’s tiie blood. 7\na tiie murderer, convinced that she was dead, dropped the knife and lied.” He turned to Brenda with a ques tioning leer. She was more calm than $he had been; her mind was more alert. She had noticed his peculiar avoidance of a pronoun, aud she asked him without emotion whether there was any doubt that the assailant was a man. ‘.‘We don’t pretend to know any thing about it,” he replied, "but there are certain circumstances which lead us to suspect that it might have been a woman. A gentleman who was passing the house about the hour when this thing must have been done saw a woman coming out. Now, except for Miss Miller, the lodgers in this house are all men, and we can’t get any trace of this woman. We don’t know how or when she got into the Iiouse nor what she did here. It’s sure that she didn’t ring tiie bell nor make any more noise than she could help. No body let her in, so far as we can learn, and we’ve covered the ground pretty thoroughly.” ‘Terhaps she didn’t come In at all,” said Brenda. “She may only have as cended the steps and then, finding that this was not tiie house that she had supposed it to be”— “Or changing her mind for any rea son,” the captain continued. “Quite right I see your point. But the wo man wore a heavy veil; she seemed t6 be somewhat excited, and she hurried away eastward— 1 think you said eastward. Dr. Blair?” “Toward Broadway,” responded the physician, with embarrassment. “It’s a pity you didn’t notice her more particularly,” said the captain. "I’d give u dollar or two for her de scription just ntw.” “You can’t get it from me.” replied Dr. Blair. “There was no reason why 1 should pay any particular attention to her. She was a well dressed, styl ish looking young woman, and that’s all I know about her.” Brenda looked at him steadily for some seconds. “Dr. Blair." said she, "what did this officer ask you on the steps just be fore I came in?” The doctor blushed aud glanced un easily at the captain. “1 asked him If he could pick that woman out of a crowd,” said the rap- tain. “and he toid me that he didn't know; lie couldn’t be sure.” "1 fancied that it might have been Hometiling of the sort,” rejoined Breuda. “And now, Captain’’— She paused, and the officer supplied the name. "Captain Neale, at your service,” paid lie, with a bow. “Thank you. And now. Captain Neale. 1 wish you would get the mes sage from tiie hospital, for which you are waiting as quickly as you can, for I am Impatient to go there.’’ “I’m expecting it any minute,” he re plied. "Ah, perhaps tliis is it.” A tall young man of a German type of countenance, with wide blue eyes, entered the room and stood by tiie door, as if lie hud no errand, but had simply been impelled by a gentle, hu- norior force. There was silence for half a minute. Then the captain nd- vanced to the young man and led him by the arm into tiie vestibule. “What are you here for, Elmeii* dorf?” he demanded in a low voice. “Headquarters don’t need to mix up In tills ease. 1 can look out for it.” “Orders.’’ replied Elmendorf. “That’s nil I know. The chief wants a re port.” “Well, he'll get one. won’t lie?” asked tiie captain. "Now. see here: don’t take a step till I say so. I know what I’m about.” Elmendorf strolled into tiie room and sat down in a large chair, with a sigh. Then, perceiving that Brenda was standing, lie rose hastily, very much to tiie young lady’s surprise. “By the way,” said the captain, “while we’re waiting 1 want to ask you about Mr. Alden. We’ve sent word to ids office, but he isn’t there. They don’t know where he’s gone. You knew him quite well, didn’t you? I noticed how quick you recognized Ids hand writing.” “Yes,” said Brenda, “I knew him quite well.” “Aud you knew Miss Miller?’* “I never saw her,” replied Brenda after a moment’s hesitation. “Why, Miss Williams,” exclaimed Neale, with a grotesque attempt to speak softly, "1 thought you said you were a friend of hers!” “I hardly knew what to say to the policemen at the door.” replied Brenda calmly. “I was very anxious to get iu. 7Vnd let me add that I am at present very anxious to get out.” “Just one minute,” said the captain. “You knew Mr. Alden. Now, did you happen to know of any young woman that he was particularly sweet ou?” “I have heard,” replied Brenda slow- ly, “that Ijc waa at .«ie time engaged to a girl who had a great deal of money aud some social standing, but I under stand that that lias been broken off. It can have no possible bearing upon this crime, which was plainly the work of a thief.” "You're thinking of the money," said Neale, caressing ids projecting chin with a great, square hand, “tiie money Alden is alleged to have put into tiie letter. It can't be found, and that's a fact” “Is alleged to have pu\ ter!" exclaimed Brenda, says so himself.” “Yes.” responded the captain, “that’s what he says.” An interval of silence followed. Bren da was leaning forward, her right hand resting on the table, tier eyes intent upou the officer’s face. They were gray eyes ordinarily, and their expres sion spoke of the cultivated self re straint by which the natural emotions are held iu check. On this occasion, however, they seemed to be of a dark blue and to emit a light which even Dr. Blair, who saw the lady In profile, did not fail to perceive. Women as Well as Men Are Made Miserable by Kidney Trouble. Kidney trouble preys upon the mind, dis courages and lessens ambition; beauty, vigor and cheerfulness soon disappear when the kid neys are out of order or diseased. Kidney trouble has become so prevalent that it is not uncommon for a child to be born ^ afflicted with weak kid neys. If the child urffT- ates too often, if the urine scalds the flesh or if, when the child reaches an age when it should be able tc control the passage, it is yet afflisted with bed-wetting, depend upon it, the cause of the difficulty is kidney trouble, and the first step should be towards the treatment of these important organs. This unpleasant trouble is due to a diseased condition of the kidneys and bladder and not to a habit as most people suppose. Women as well as men are made mis erable with kidney and bladder trouble, and both need the same great remedy. The mild and the immediate effect of Swamp-Root is soon realized. It is sold by druggists, in fiftj^ cent and one dollar i sizes. You may have a| sample bottle by mail free, also pamphlet tell- Home of s-vamp-Root. ing all about it, including many of the thousands of testimonial letters received from sufferers cured. In writing Dr. Kilmer & Co.. Binghamton, N. Y., be sure and mention this paper. ,e prawruu. • jenuint stamped C. C. C. Never sold In bulk. Beware of the dealer who tries to sell “something just as good.” into the let- “\Yhy, he ThD story will be continned in next Friday’s issue of The Ledger. Old Soldier’* Experience. M. M. Austin, a civil war veteran, of Winchester, Ind., writes: “My wife was sick a long time in spite of good doctor’s treatment, but was wholly cured by Dr. King’s New Life Pills, which worked wonders for her health.” They always do. Try them. Only 2.>c at Cherokee Drug Co. for If a man is afraid to th'nk himself he should get married. Stop* the Coui;Ii ard Work* OtT the Cold Laxative Bromo-Quinioe Tablets cure a cold in one day. No Cure, no Pay. Price '2~) cents. Statistics sometimes liars can figure. prove that “ I Stood in a l>rauK>>t with my coat off and caught this wretched cold,” says the sufferer. He need u>‘t pay a heavy penalty if he follow his act of folly with au act of wisdom. Soak the feet in hot water with a few teaspoousful of Perry Davis’ Pain-Killer in it. Take a te ispoou- ful of Pain Killer in ho* sweetened water at bed time and tie thankful for so simple and speedy a way to breik up a cold. There is l>u‘ one Painkiller, Perry Davis’. The reputation of many a puffed up man ends in smoke. The World’* Greatest Fever Medicine. Johnson's Tonic does in a day what slow Quinine cannot do in ten days. Its splendid cures are in strikiiiK’contrast with the feeble cures made by Quinine. If you are utterly wretched, take a thor ough course of Johnson’s Tonic and drive out every trace of Malarial polsonlnjr. The wise insure their lives and the wiser Insure tiieir health hy usiim Johnson’s ('hill and Fever Tonic. It costs f>n cents If It cures, not one cent if it does not. Flirts laugh at Jove and love laughs at flirts. Dissolution Mice. Tie- tirn, heretofore exist in.: is .1. K.Tolle- son ,v Co. nas dissolved by mutual consent. The liusiiirss will hereafter lie conducted hy .). K. Toileson in tiie l ook ,V Tollesou stand opposite postolhce. and all parties indebted to the lirro are requested to make settlement with hin at onei so that iie may close up the business. J. R. Tolleson, Thus. B. Cole. 1 take tliis method of thanking my friends for the liberal patronage given tiie firm of .1. R. Toileson & Co., and respectfully ask that they will not forget me in my new place of business. J. R. Toli.eson. MOTT’S PENNYROYAL PILLS They overcome Weakneis. Irregu larity ami omisnions.increaRe vigor ami Lanish “ pains of menstrua tion.” They are •• JLlfe Saver*” to girls at womanhood, aiding de velopment of organs and body. No known remedy for women eijual* them. Cannot do harm—life be come* a pleasure. 91 per box by mall. Mold by druKRlat*. MOTT CHEMICAL C0.,ti*«U»d,O. fcS^torsale by Cherokee Drug Co. Opening of Books of Subscription. State op South Carolina, i County of Cherokee, f Pursuant to a commission issued to the undersigned as corporators hy M. It. Cooper, S»eeretary of State, on the 27th day of Jan uary. l'J02. Notice is hereby given that books of sub scription to tiie capital stock of Bristow, McAllister and Peeler w ill be opened at tiie National Bank, in the city of Gaffney, State and County aforsaid, on January dlth, 1U02, at 12 m. The said proposed corporation will have a capital stock of #4.000.00 divided into40shares of tiie par value of $100.00 oa<’h, witli its prln cipal place of business at Gaffney. S. C., and will lie empowered to engage in the business of Retail Clothing and Gents Furnishing. A. A. Bristow, T..I. McAllister, / A. L Peeler. Coruoratops. Summons For Relief. (Complaint Not Served. / Court of Com mon Pleas Plalu- -pencer. Six Million Boxes a Year. In 1895, none; ^n 1900, 6,000,000 boxes; that’s Cascarets Candy Ca thartic’s jump into popularity. The people have cast their verdict. Best medicine for the bowels in the world. All druggists, 10c. —Sure Cure Sarsaparilla, sure cure in name, sure cure iu effect. —Now is the time to take Sure Cure Sarsaparilla, .*>0 cents. KIDNEY BiSEHSES are the most fatal of all dis eases. State op south Carolina, i COUNTY Or CHEROKEE. ' Thomas Spencer aud K. S. tiff*. against Albert Cook, Joe Cook. Ella Petty. Hannah Sparks. Kdward Cook. Hattie Garner. Alice Nance. Nancle McWblrnr, C. A. Spencer, Thomas Black. Lewis Black. .T imes Black, F. ugenc Black. Waddle Black, Susan Black, Robert Black, Mason Black. Humphrey Black. ReN cca Littlejohn. Susan Mason, Frances Burgess, James Spencer. William T. Spencer, Della Barringer, Horace Mo- Ivown. Alice Klmore, Vieni a Hammet, John G. Spencer and Joseph Campbell, Defend ant*. To Albert Cook. Joe Cook. Ella P* tty, Han nah Sparks, Kdward Cook. Hattie Garner, Alice Nance, Nancle McWhtrter. C. A. Spen cer, Thomas Black. Lewis Black. James Black. Eugene Black, Waddle Black. Susan Black, Kobt rt Black. Mason Black. Humphry Black, Rebecca Littlejohn, Susan Mason, Frances Burg< ss. James Spencer. William T. Spencer. Della Barringer. Horace McKown, Alice Elmore. Vienna llaiun.ett. John G. Spencer and Joseph Campbell; Defendant* In t tds action: You are hereby summoned and r*x|Ulredfto answer the -oinplaint in Hits action, which ts tiled in the office of the Clerk of the Court for the Raid county, and to serve a copy of your answer to (he said complaint on the subscriber it Ids office at Gaffney. S. with in twenty days after the service hereof ex clusive of t tie day of such service, and if you fall to answer tie complaint within the time aforesaid the plaintiffs In this action will ap ply to the Court for relief demanded in the l ’onipiaint. (Dated) 27th day of December. A. D. t'.tfl, Gaffney, S. C. J. C. .1EPKEHIES. Plaintiffs' Attorney. FOLEY’S KiD! * EY CI!?E ls> Bcaraatstd Remedy Attest: “ .1. En. Jefferies, Clerk Court of Common Pleas. To the absent defendant* William T Spen- cer. Nancle McWhlrter. Della Barringer and or money refunded. Contains Joseph ( :<mp»ieii: Take notice that the j. J C,„ Summons of which the foregoing Is a copy remedies recognized by emi- ^.^ther wm, u.c com,, amt m this actio,, 1* nent physicians as the oesf for tusday fredinthenffheofthe, utw of the Kidney and Bladder troubles. PRICE 50c. inJ $1.00. : Jan-4-Liwk (It Plaintiffs’ Attorney. V