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) ♦o EOIJAL PARTNERS S ^ r, « *5 Sfe By HOWARD FIELDING Copyright, 1901, by Charles W. Hooke. &$$$SSSS$$S§$S$$S$S?$SS8 CHAPTER XVIII. BBEXDA OFFERS A BRIBE AND A CAUTION. LDEN looked in at St. Winifred’s about d o’clock, as was liis cus tom before a ins: to dinner. He bad al ways left word whore he should dine and had never gone far from the hospital. On this occasion he met Mr. Elm?n- tlorf at the head of the stairs by which one ascends from the street level with in the structure. The most unobserv ant ami preoccupied person could not have failed to note that Ehnendorf was possessed by an unusual excitement. Alden's greeting vras simply. *'hnJ*s the matter'.'" and the words were spo ken in great anxiety. “Nothing- nothing a* a!!.” replied El- meudorf. "Miss Miller is better than “ire’H Iji'jln uith A.” ever. She ought to be dead after what ehe’s been through, but she isn’t. She’s line, I assure you.” “What has she been throughV” de manded Alden, and the detective be- | came singularly embarrassed. lie would.| say nothing except that Elsie had had a hard day. “But I’ve struck a little clew in the ! case,” he continued, brightening. “It | looks to me like a sure thing. But don’t j ask what it is Just yet. All I want is the names of all the doctors you know in New York.” “All the doctors I know!” echoed Al den in surprise. “Isn’t that rather a large order? How am I going to re member them all?” “We shan't need absolutely all,” said the detective. "You can skip the old ones and the fat ones and the short ones. In fact. I want a tall, thin, gaunt man, and if you could remember walk ing down Broadway with him awhile ago. perhaps two months”— Alden laughed gently. “I say. Brother Elmeudorf,” said he, “you’re rattled, aren't you?” “Perhaps I am.” the detective admit ted. "This new clew absolutely stands my case on its bead. It seems to prove squarely and fairly that everything 1 had figured on was not only wrong: it was upside down. However, let us not he hasty. Let us think about the doc tors. .I'll take a list of them.” And he produced peucil aud paper for that purpose. “Now,” said he, "we’ll begin with A.” “Tall, thin, young doctor, whose came begins with ’A?’" said Alden. “1 don’t know any; but, passing to B, there’s Blair.” Elinendorf leaned back against the wall and put the peucil and paper into his pockets. “Do you mean to tell me that you knew Dr. A. G. Blair before this case came up?” he asked In a sort of hope less tone almost laughable. “Why. certainly.” replied Alden. “I’d met him.” “You showed no sign of it over at Mrs. Simmons’,” said Elmeudorf. “Didn’t I? Well, the Lord knows what I did there. Blair certainly bow ed to me.” “I was watching you,” said Elmen- «3orf. “However, this simpllties mat ters. You didn’t know Blair well?” “Not Intimately. I'd met him several times, and." he added, with a smile, “I may Lave walked down Broadway with him. but 1 don’t remember.” “It’s only a small matter.” said tbe detective, with a resumption of his usual demeanor. “I want to ask Blair si question: that’s all.” “I’ll go over with you.” said Alden. •‘Walt till I have seen Kendall.” He walked toward the doctor's room and at the iirst turn of the hall encoun tered Brenda. “You were going to see Dr. KendallT* ■he asked. “Please wait in his room.’ She hurried by him and reached the •pot where Alden and the detective had stood, just as the latter was upon the ■talrs, for it had not suited Elmeudorf s purpose to wait for Alden. “I must speak with you privately at once," she said. “Conte." There was a sort of bay window open Jug from one of the corridors, aud she led Elmeudorf there. They were par tially shielded from observation aud could sjteam In guarded tones without much risu of bciug overheard. -air. eamenaorr." sue said, “how could you do this tiling? 1 have a seri ous wisn to know.” "I can do anything.’’ he answered, the picture of shame aud woe. "There’s absolutely uo good in me. What made you think there was?" “Do you remember that you rose when you saw that 1 was not seated.” said she. “iu Elsie’s room that first ter rible day? That's uot much, but your manner was fully that of a gentleman.’’ “1 was trained in a gentleman's home in Massachusetts,” said Eltneiidorf. "So was the gentleman's dog. aud we both remained brutes.” “You arranged a place to listen.” said Brenda, "in that unused room te xt El sie's. The uurse who helped you has confessed to I*!'. Kemlail. it was she ami uot you who overheard the story told this afternoon.” “She aud not i ?” echoed Elmeudorf iu a voice of the dead. “Do you think I ever listened there? Miss Machine, there’s some limit even to what I will do. No, uo; I took the chance; that’s all. This uurse, whom I seem to have got into a lot of trouble, as I always get everybody soouer or later—this uurse listened when her duties would let her. 1 knew Miss Miller would some day tell her story to you.” “Now that you have heard the story, what shall you do?” asked Brenda. "It seems evident,” replied Eltnen dorf. “that Dr. Blair is the physician referred to in that story. He has known her secret from the beginning. That was why she had him here, to plead with him. Well. I’ve no faith in Blair. He’s crooked, or I'm no judge. But he seems to have played a fairly creditable part toward Elsie Miller.” “Dr. Blair!” exclaimed Brenda. “Think of his being called to dress her wound! Think ot ids standing there in that room with Neale ami ourselves and keeping his own counsel so quiet ly! 1 begin to have an admiration for him.” “Well. 1 wouldn’t go so far as that.” said Elmendorf. “He lias had his self ish ends to serve. However, that is neither here nor there now. 1 am going to him and I shall make him tell me who that man is.” “Her husband?” “Yes.” "Then what will you do?” she added. “Find him.” said Elmendorf. “and see that he gets what he deserves. This will afford me many different kinds of satisfaction. Miss Machine. I shall have credit Tor it in the news papers. and tin . ’re the only friends I’ve got. My job will lie safe for an other year at least; I shall beat Joe Neale, whom I hate devoutly, and. lastly. I shall get square with the cow ard who struck down that little girl. I have longed for him ever since I first saw her. It’s a poor thing to do for her. hut it’s all 1 ever can do. I’m afraid.” “It is no service to her.” said Brenda: “far from it. You will reveal her secret.” “Nothing can save that.” he replied. “It is a mere dream to think it can be done.” “It Is not a dream.” rejoined Brenda. “It shall be kept a secret if possible. She Is wise to wish It. though of course she should tell Mr. Aldeu. aud that she will do as soon as her mind gets back to its proper balance after Its long strain with his wretched story. But she Is right iu thinking that pub lication of It will leave a stain upon her and perhaps bring many sorrows to herself and Mr. Alden. It will l»e distorted and redistorted In the telling until the poor girl's name can never be clear of it. And Iu any case 1 have given my word. Mr. Elmeudorf, will money help?” Elmeudorf was silent. “1 think you are uot a man to take a bribe." she began. “Yes. 1 am.” said Elmendorf de cisively. “but uot Just here. If the cir cumstances were different, why. 1 could be bought aud sold like my as sociates. But this isu't the time uor the place.” “You would like to get out of this life into a (letter one.” said Brenda. “I suppose most of us would.” re plied Elmendorf. “except that dying is disagreeable.” Breuda laughed, as one sometimes will at a funeral, from the effect of contrast. s “I didn’t mean that,” she said. “1 uieant that you would like another way of earning your bread. Aud 1 think you might have very high ambi tions in another career. My father will put you in the way of profitable business, hut don't fancy I would tempt you with an empty promise. I am rich in my own right by inheritance from my mother, aud I will he glad to help you. \Ye will give this a color of l*erfectly honorable d<*aling. and It shall be so indeed. Take I.Vj.OlMJ of my money and select whatever busi ness pleases you. and I will he a silent partner, an equal partner, iu the en terprise." “Fifty thousand dollars." said El mendorf. with awe In histones. “Why, Miss Maclane. this is what 1 have prayed for. The idea of a tenth of it is the explanation of my going on tbe force. And to think that It should come at last In a way that i can’t touch tf! ‘Billy F.lmendorf’s luck,’ as the hoys At this moment Kendall, passing through the corridor hastily, glanced iu toward the.window. “Brenda! Come!” he said. "The nurse you left there has sent for me.” Brenda turned as white as paper. “It is I who let her talk and excite herself!” she said huskily. "1 may have killed her.” £be turned and seized Elmendorf’s arm. “One thing more,” she said almost in a whisper. “Remember my promise and also remember this—that Elsie has not said it was her husband who struck the blow. Do not make an error now for your own sake and for—for all of ns.” HIGHWAY BUILDING. This story will be continned in next Friday’s issue of The Ledger. -i — ■- — — Kettrr I lian Pill*, The question has been asked. “In what way are Chamberlian’s Stomach & Liver Tablets superior to pills?” Our answer is: They are easier and more pleasant to take, more mild and gentle in effect and more reliable as they can always be depended up on. Then they cleanse and invigo- I rate tbe stomach and leave the bow els in a natural condition, while pills are more harsh in effect and their use is often followed by constipation j For sale by Cherokee Drug Company. The Ma’-flower, one of the finei^t yachts in the naval service, is to le refitted and may supplant tiie Sylph as the President’s yacht. The Sylph is lacking in accommodations for a long cruise. Her Soii'h I.ife !Sav**<l by Cliauiherlain'M Coin-. Cholera him! Diarrhoea Remedy. “A neighbor ran in with a bottle of Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy when my son was suffering with severe cramps and was given up us beyond hope by my regu lar physician, who stands high in his { profession. After administering three doses of it, my-son regained consciousness and recovered entirely within twenty-four hours,” sayu Mrs. Mary Haller, of Mt. Crawford, Ya. This Remedy is for sale by Cherokee Drug Company. In the Supreme Court of Missouri an opinion has been handed down de claring that Courts of Equity have nc power to enjoin labor organizations from enforcing boycotts on corpora tions. Dreadful \tta< k of (Vliooiiiiic CoukIi. Mrs. Ellen Harliaoo, of HOU Park Ave.. Kansas City. Mo., writes as follows: ‘Our two children had a severe attack of whooping cough, one of them in the paroxysm of coughing would often faint aud ble^d at the nose. We tried every thing we heard of without getting re liet. We then called iu our family doctor who prescribed Foley’s Honey and Tar. With the very first dose they began to improve and we feel that it has saved their lives.” Refuse substitutes. Cherokee Drug Com pany. Tbe loss on cattle in Oklahoma from winter siennas will not exceed three per cent. Want* To Ht-lp Other*. “I bad stomach troubles all my life,” says Edwr. Meh er, propietor of the Union Bottling Works, Erie, Pa , “and tried all kinds of remedies, went to several doctors and spent consid erable money trying to get a mo ment’s peace. Finally I read of Kodoi Dyspepsia Cure and have been taking it to my great satisfaction. I never found its equal for stomach trouble and gladly recommend it in hope that I may help other suffer ers.” Kodoi Dyspepsia Cure cures all stomach troubles. You don’t have to diet, Kodoi Dyspepsia Cure digests what you eat. Cherokee Drug Com pany. Colorado will expend 150.000 on a State exhibit at the St. Louis Exposi tion. Mhot In lit* Deft Leg. For all kind of sores, burns, bruis es, or either wounds DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve is a sure cure. Skin dis eases yield to it at once. Never fails incases of piles. Cooling and healing None genuine but DeWitt’s. Beware of counterfeits “I suffered for many years from a sore caused by a gun shot wound in my left leg.” says A S. Fuller, English. Ind. “It would not heal and gave me much trouble I used all kinds of remedies to no purpose until I tried DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. A few boxes completely cured me.” Cherokee Drug com pany. An Ohio missionary will take a large mechaoical outfit to Africa. SOME POINTERS ON CONSTRUCTING AND MAINTAINING THEM. Trrntment of Snnd nnd flay Rond*. Th«* Importance of Rolling'—Xalue of Reverulhlc Road Machine*—Wide Tire* Good Hondtnnker*. Drainage Is the key to success in making earth roads, and constant watchfulness is the sure means of keep ing them up after they are once well | made, says Maurice O. Eldridge, assist ant director public road inquiries. Wa ter is destructive to any road, especial ly to a dirt road. Therefore drainage that will at cuce carry away rainfall or melting snow is absolutely necessary. Again, little breaks in the road may lie | made by rain or by a heavy load at any time and if not repaired immediately will grow into mudholes. especially in i the winter, and these mudholes easily and rapidly develop into an almost im passable mire. But frequent inspec Saved Many a Time. Don’t neglect coughs and colds even if it is spring. Such cases often result seriously at this season just because people are careless. A dose of One Minute Cough Cure will rf> move all danger. Absolutely safe. Acta at once. 5ure cure for coughs, colds, croup, grip, bronchitis, and other throat and lung troubles. “I have used One Minute Cough Cure several years,” says Postmaster 0. O Dawson. Barr, III. “It is the very best cough medicine on the market “It has saved me many a severe spell of sickness and I warmly recommend it.” Tbe children’s favorite. Chero kee Drug Company, Americana plan a live-hour line from London to Paria. Stop* tli** Cough Work* Off tho mimI Cold. Laxative Bromo-tjuinine Tablets cure a cold in one day. No Cure, do Pay. Price 25 cents. REVERSIBLE HORSE ROLLER. tion and a little work will keep the road in good condition aud with less cost than under ordinary methods. With good drainage established in building the road and frequent inspec tion to keep the drainage efficient and to mend promptly small injuries to the surface, the eunli roads ot' the United States could be maintained in a much higher state of usefulness than at pres ent aud at considerably lower cost. The aim in making a road is to estab lish the easiest, shortest and most ecu nomiea] line of travel. It is therefore desirable that roads should be firm, smooth, comparatively level and fit for use at all seasons of the year, that they should Ik* properly located so that their grades shall be suc-li that loaded vehi cles may be drawn over them without great loss of energy, that they should be properly constructed, the roadbed graded, shaped and rolled, and that they should be surfaced with the best available material suited to their needs. While clay alone never makes a good road except in dry weather, sand alone never makes a good road except when wet. The more the drainage of a sand road is improved the more deplorable becomes its condition. Nothing will ruin one quicker than to dig a ditch on each side and drain all the water away. The best way. therefore, to make such a road firm Is to keep it constantly damp. This can be done by planting shade trees along its side to prevent tbe evaporation of water or In growing upon the surface of such sand roads a thick turf, preferably Bermuda grass. Roads running through loose sand may lie improved by mixing eluj with the sand and slightly crowning the surface. For the temporary improvement of earth or sand roads any strong fibrous substance, especially if it holds mois ture. such as refuse or sugar cane or sorghum, and even common straw, flax, swamp grass or pine needles, will be useful. Spent tanbark is sometimes beneficial, nnd wood fiber In any form is excellent. Enough sand or earth should be thrown over such roads to keep them damp and to protect them from cat chine fire. Earth is composed of small, irregular fragments which touch each other at points, leaving voids between. When the earth is broken up and pulverized, these voids are almost equal In volume to the solid particles, and. as a result, the earth will absorb almost an equal volume of water. In the building or maintaining of earth roads it Is there fore very desirable that these small, irregular particles be pressed and park ed into as small a space as possible iu order that surplus water may uot pass In ; nd destroy the stability of the road. To this end rolling is very beneficial. The work of maintaining dirt roads will be much Increased by lack of care in properly rolling the surface. After the material lias been placed on the surface it should not be left for traffic to. consolidate or for rains to wash off into tbe ditches, but should be carefully surfaced aud then rolled. In making extensive repairs plows or scoops should never be used, for sucli implements break up the compact sur face which age and traffic have made tolerable. Earth roads can be rapidly repaired by a judicious use of road ma chines and road rollers. Tbe road ma chine places the material where ft is most needed, and tbe roller compacts •nd keeps It there. These two labor saving machines are just as effectual aud necessary iu modern roadwork as the mower, self binder and thrasher are in modern farm work. Road ma chines and rollers are the modern in ventions necessary to satisfactory and economical earth road construction and repair. Two good men with two teams can build or repair more road in one day with a roller and road machine than many times that number can with picks, shovels, scoops and plows and do it more uniformly and more thoroughly. By using wide tires on heavy wagons the cost of keeping roads In repair would be greatly reduced. Tbe intro duction In recent years of wide metal tires which can be placed on tbe wheels of any narrow tired vehicle at a noml- i.al cost has removed a very serious objection to tbe proposed substitution of broad tires for tbe narrow ones now In use. TESTS ROAD MATERIAL. Valuable Work of (he Roatlmakera’ I.nborn tory. According to exports, tae cost of building the best sort of macadam road is about $10.0<X> a mile and that of building the poorest is about $8.0)0. The best will last some thirty years with ordinary care; the poorest will cal! for expensive repairs after about two years and will sometimes have to be entirely renewed within five or six years. It all depends on the materials used, says The Saturday Evening Post. Often the better materials are easily available and are even cheaper than the poorer ones and yet are not select ed owing to tbe ignorance of the road- builders. This ignorance, for which the tax payers suffer severely, the government has now set itself to destroy. About a year ago it established in the bureau of chemistry of the agricultural de partment a “road material laboratory,” the sole business of which is to test samples sent it and determine their value for roadbuilding under tbe con ditions of actual use. When samples of all the rocks available in a given locality are sent to it, it will determine which will give the best results under the conditions of rainfall and tempera ture obtaining there. All material sent in is tested for abra sion, cementation and toughness and will be tested for hardness as soon as the proper machines can be built. The accurate determination of hardness, however, is of far less importance than that of the other qualities named. The abrasion test determines to what extent a given material will be worn away by a given amount of rubbing, grinding, shaking together, and so on. It is obtained by placing fragments of uniform size in a cylinder, where they are agitated by machinery at a rate which ordinarily is uot sufficient to break them, and then ascertaining the amount by which they are reduced in size. The cementation test is to dis cover the adhesive power of **-.e dust ground from the substance and ce mented together by rain and by the rolling or trampling of the road. It is obtained by subjecting little cylinders, formed by mixing the dust with dis tilled water, to the continual blows of a weight falling through a fixed dis tance. Some substances will be shat tered at once, but others will sustain as many as 2.0c:> exactly similar blows before falling to pieces. This shows the ability of the material to repair it self when put on a road. Is a perfectly harmless vegeta ble compound. It posit 1 v el y aud permanent ly ell m 1 n at es corpulency and superfluous flesh. It is a CURE ABSOLUTE and as harmless as fresh air. Thousands of patients have used this treatment. Physi cians endorse it. Write to us for FREE TREATMENT Send 4 cents to ertfev postage, | etc. Corre»p6ndence sirici ly i ' confidential. Everything in : plain sealed packaies. We > send you the formulai you can : make “Reducto” atlboine if you desire; you know the in gredients and need Stave no ; fear of evil effects. /4lilr c. GINSENG CHEMICAL'CO., iLel S. Jefferson Ave.. ST. LOUIS, MO. REDUCTO CANDY CATHARTIC Draft lit*. Genuine stamped C. C. C. Never sold in bulk. Beware of the dealer who tries to sell “something just as good.” BURNED HIS BARN. GOOD ROADS ARGUMENTS. How Klla Wheeler WIIoo* Would Improve Our Highway*. It appears that Mrs. Wilcox has be come a good roads convert in earnest, mainly instigated by what she saw in i Bufi'aio in the way of practical modern : methods of road improvement, says ■ Good Roads Magazine. The following j are some of her good roads arguments: “Between a bad road and a good road I feel the same difference that is perceptible between vulgar and refined society. “We think of Napoleon as a great warrior, but one proof of true great ness in the man was his interest in building fine roads and in planting shade trees which he knew he could not live to enjoy. “Before we build great cities it seems | to me we should build good approaches to them. America delights in con structing luxurious railway coaches and ocean ships. Why not expend more time, labor aud money in perfect ing wagon roads? “It is a great pity that the govern ment does not appropriate a large sum of money for the building of roads all over the United States aud give steady work to all the army of the unemploy ed throughout the land. If every pris on marshaled its inmates in line and set them to work even three mouths of each year upon the public highways, what double good would result—good to the traveling public and good to the unfortunate beings to whom sun and fresh air are better and more human like than tracts aud sermons. “Every farmer, merchant, railroad man. vehicle maker, automobile or bi cycle owner, manufacturer or pleasure seeker ought to sign a petition asking congress to take a larger interest in good roads.” Good Road* la Ma«*achaaett*. Massachusetts has a permanent high way commission of three persons which has charge of the expenditure of $GOO.OOO annually for the building and maintenance of what are called state roads, and through this plan more than 300 miles have been built at an average cost of $0,000 per mile. These state roads of Massachusetts are the finest examples of highways in this country, and they are equal to most of tbe best roads iu Europe. The com missioners cannot build more than ten miles of state roads in one county within a period of six years. Tbe roads thus built are eventually turned over to tbe county, and one-fourth of tbe money spent must be paid by tbe county when the highway is finished. General Under on Good Beads. In an address at the interstate good roads convention held in Columbia, C.. recently General Butler strongly ad vocated national appropriations for roadmaking. He believed that If the government could make appropriations for rivers and harbors, build the Nica raguan canal aud give land grants to assist railroads then it was proper and right for it to make appropriations for improving the common highways. Gov ernor Candler of Georgia thoroughly Indorsed the good roads movement. Road improvement, be said, was one matter which did not receive adequate attention. It was a question which was coming to the front aud must be considered. A Mhii at Willie liurn* HI* Hropt-rty While Druuk. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Willie, April 1G.—Pink Wooten, who Jives on A. B. Grace’s place, while in a drunken carousal last Sun day evening, set fire to the bam where he lives and burned it down, togt-ther with a quantity of fodder, for which he is now boarding with ■'hf-riff (lillreaih at Greenville. Mr. Wooten had just finished up a term in the Spartanburg good roads society, a* a r<-suit of drinking too much b'o; kad^ liquor, and the second tierce is worse than the firsr. We regret Mr. Wooten’s having gotten into the difficulty, as he is a hard working and inoffensive man when not und^r the influence of liquor. Mr. Adolpus Burnett had the mis fortune to lose Ids mule last Sunday night. The State constables spent several days in this section last week looking after the blind tig*-r business, but didn’t succeed in trapping any of them. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Johnson spent a few days in P:ck a ns last wetk, visi ting their daughter, Mrs. J. E. At kins. Mr. James Bagwell and Miss Helen Clayton, formally of this section but now of Spartanburg, w^-re joined in the holy bonds of wedlock last Sun day at Spartanburg. Their friends are now wishing for them all the joy and success obtainable in this life. Now, our advice to others who are so inclined, is, “Go ye and do I kewise.” Through the negligence of either the postmaster at Campobeils or the carrier, we are still failing to get our mail. We have bad only two Led gers in three weeks. Octavus. A S'fue Patent Flour. The celebrated “Clifton” flour, made bv the Bransford Mills, Owens boro. Ky , is introduced in this market. The ‘ Clifton” flour is not only one of the finest patent flours made, but every sack is sold under the registered trade mark of the Anti- Adulteration League, which offers a reward of $1000 to any ooe who will discover any adulteration in this fiour. The proprietor says this means more now than ever, as tbe pure food law passed by Congress two years ago is altogether inoperative. As evidence of this, he says the Illinois State Pure Food Commission recently analyzed the fiour of six different mills, located in as many different states, and found a poison ous mineral koown as barytes in the product of every one of them. This mineral is just as white and fine as fiour, aud cannot be detected except by chemical analysis, but its delete rious effects will be felt bv any one who eats bread made from fiour con taining it. Having the League’s guarantee of purity is indeed a strong point in favor of the “Clifton” brand, to say nothing of its superior quality of a high grade patent flour. The ‘Clifton” will be vigorously pushed in this market. For sale by R. M. Wilkins & Co., in Gjiffaey, and Jones &, Duff, in Blacksburg. —Bind Ribbon lemon and vanilla flavoring extract salee are increasing rapidly because they are purest, atroogest, moat delicious. —Take Sure Cure Sarsaparilla for that ruo down feeling. I HELL THE 1*1 AN08 MADE BY D. H. BAt$>WIN & CO., Cincinnati, Ohio. Their received the Gold I*rlx aud Mlxteeii other riK-dul* and award* at tbe Bari* Expo-Itlon of IW)1—an honor never be fore awarded ail American Piano. They make live irrade^jf Piano* and numerou* style*. Will my frlend^peedlna such Instrument* kindly rememlM^Biy home i* amoiiK you aud appllcHtion* fo^Btaloiruo* and price* will be promptly s^^^ed to and satisfaction truaranteed. w^Hohnson, Iffney, S. C. /