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SWEET REVENGE ny Captairj P. A. A\ITCHEU Author of "Chattanooga," "Chlokamauga," Etc Oopyrl?ht, 1807, by Ilorpor ?fc Brothers. CHAPTER XX. A MASQUERADK. WHAT been mo of the others 1 <1I<1 not attempt to discover. I mnde straight for tlie blncksmlth shop and found a smith at Iiis forge. "My good man," I said, "I'm fo'Iowcd .by guerrillas. They'll be In the town 0n a few minutes. Can't you give me your clothes and let me take your place at the forge?" He stood with his hand on the han dle of the bellows looking at me while what I said was slowly making Its way through his skull. ?'Wool, nnn." lie snld at last. "Scotch?I knew It. I'll be tnken be fore I can make him understand." Then to him, "Do you want to save me from death by guerrillas?" "Certain, mon." "Then take oft* that apron and give It to me at once. Not a moment to lose." At this Juncture the desperate posi tion I was In entered his brain, and he worked quickly enough once ho real ized what was wn 'ed. I saw a wool en shirt, well be., med, hnnglng on a nail and, seizing It, put It on. Then I took the smith's apron, rolled up my sleeves, smeared my arms with cinders and looked Into a bit of broken mirror resting against the wooden wall to ob serve the effect. I was disappointed to see that my face belled my calling. "Your razor!" 1 exclaimed to the blacksmith. He went through a door leading from the shop to his dwelling and returned with a razor, soap and hot water. In five minutes I had shorn my beard, leaving a dark stubble; tben, seizing a handful of coke, rubbed out every re fined lineament. Taking another look at myself, I was pleased to sec that my own mother would not know me. Seiz ing the handle of the bellows, I began to blow vigorously. "Wcel, wecl." laughed the black smith, "ye mak' a better lo'kln smith than gceutlemon." "Play your own part well," I replied, "and I have something nice for you at the end of the performance.*' It was fully 15 minutes nfter we reached the hamlet before there were any signs of the guerrillas, and then three or four rode Into the town and asked for our party. Had they seen us? Which way had we gone? and oth er questions, which the few people they met responded to with a grunt or n shake of the head. I put my bend out to see and, recognizing one of them, drew back and began to blow my bel lows as If my life depended on It. And It did. Presently one of the outlaws rode up to the shop. "Hello, ?.har!" he shouted. "Waal," I replied, stili blowing and keeping my face turned from him. "Seen a man, two wonieu, a boy an, a nigger go through the town?" "Hain't seen no one." "Sho'?" "Sho* nuff." He rode off, but I knew the storm had not yet blown over. I went on working the bellows, and It was well I did so, for presently more of the band rode Into town, and one of the horses having lost a shoe, Its rider dismounted In front of the shop and told me to put It on. This was something I bad not count ed on. I knew no more about horse shoeing than about knitting, but I put a bold face on the matter and went to work. "What the-yo' doln?" yelled tho man. "Air yo' goln tor put that shoo on with nary trlmmln?" "Don't yo' s'pose I know my busi ness?" I cried, bristling. "I was only flttln It" With that I seized a knife and began to cut But I was too excited to pare tho hoof even If I had been an expert, and in another moment the man yelled again, "Ef yo' :ut that critter's hoof oft*, I'll brain yo'l" "Here, Sandy," I cried to the black smith within, "come shoo this man's * critter. lie thinks ho knows more'n I do about shocln." Tho blncksmlth finished the job, while I, pretending to be greatly irri tated, was glad to escape into his dwelling house. Going to a froat win dow and dropping a curtain h# *4hat 1 could look Into the road without being seen, I took a view of the attention. The guerrillas were scattered abeVt the town, nome riding around the ftouscs hunting for us, others sitting of* their horses, ouestioning the Inhabitants as to out whereabouts. Captain Mngold was l.i command. A negro bojp was playing "hopscotch" on &e sUKrwnlk. The captain called to him: "To* boy thar, didn't yo' see aajrbody go this way awhile ago?" "Two women an a boy 'bo?| ^lg 's mel" "Tee." "An a white man an a coloret tarn?" "Yea. Which way did they gmT "Dey's gwlne right 'long da?.* And he pointed to a path leading across the road we stward. "Bore, you," cried the captain to two men who were watering their fcorses at a wooden trough In front ?f the shop, "strike out on that path.** The men darted away, leaving the captain alora In the road. A little old woman oamo out of"u house opposite and began to j.vy him in a cracked voice, poking fun at him for not being able to catch a party of women. She talked ?o familiarly with him that I began to suspect sho know him. 1 trembled for fear sho would betray us, "You uns ain't wo'th a persimmon," ?he said. "With them critters' legs urn der yer. yer orter ketch wimmen folks easy." "We'll catch 'em easy enough. They've gone along thnr," pointing to the path his men were Just dashing Into. "Th? didn't go that away." "They didn't? Which way did they go?" L ?d? yer s'pose I glvo fac's fo' noth Wt A cold chill ran down my bnck. She H^*raH going \-> tell for pay. "What do yo' want?" ^^Glmute 'nuff fo' a callker dress, an ? put yer on th' right track." ^^"Tbjs '11 git It as easy." He dr^w n revolver and put It to her face. Sue <1r.?W bnok. Rur fhla mnn. wlio \vn? above his calling, never could persist ta hi treating a woman, and, lowe ^^^HfWpori, be put hl* hangeln his ""That's Mio stuff tor git fnc's with," said the woman. "Now, you uns nit right 'long thar," and she pointed up the road northward. ??That won't do," said the captain. "We Just came from up thnr." Thero was a pause, at the end of which I heard tbo woman Buy in a low tone: "Captain!" The voice was familiar. '? saw the man start, then exclaim, "Grout God!" The old WOUian went ever to him and, taking hold of his bridle rein, be gau to whisper to him earnestly. Pres eutly I heard the captain say: "I can't do It." There was more whispering, and by the woman's attitude I knew she was pleading. Was she pleading for usV If so, who could this good friend he to j take so much interest in us? "I'd do It fo' yo* an yo' friend, but not the other one." She fumbled with the rein, she strok ed his horse's neck, she laid her band on his, all the while talking earnestly and looking up Into his eyes, I fancied beseechingly, though I could not see her face, for her back was toward me, while the man's head was drooping lower and lower. Her bonnet fell back on her neck, and I knew the old wom an was Jaqueline. "Can yo' refuse when I aSK It7" she said loud enough for me to hear. The mnn was silent. The struggle within him was plain In every line of his face. At last he said: "Fo' yo' sake, little one, I'll do it." She took his rough brown hand In her little white one am out her head down upon It, then looking up through tears: "I can give yo' only a trifle In reward, captain, dear. Kiss inc." Bending from his saddle, ho rever ently touched his lips to her forehead. Lost In wonder at the strange sight, I was nevertheless congratulating my j Bolf that she bad secured the man's promise to draw off his force when the whole nd vantage was spoiled through the Insane jealousy of Captain Beaumont. It seems that the captain had disdained to hide with the rest. Indeed he had no occasion to bide. The guerrillas did not know that he was ?with our party, and he was In no more danger from them than any other man would be. lie had, however, yielded to Jack's persuasion to go Into a house and keep out of sight. When the guer rillas rode Into town, he was sitting by n window sipping n glass of Tennessee whisky,, and at the moment Hingold Imprinted the kiss on Jack's forehead, as 111 luck would hove it, he happened to look out of the window. In nnother moment he was lu the road discharging his revolver nt the guerrilla, who, drawlug his own weapon, returned the fire. A ftifillnde followed, Rlngold re ceiving a wound that put him hots do combat. Swaying In his saddle, he fell fainting to the ground. Jaqueline turned upon Beaumont like a fury. I have seen little Jack In many a towering passion, but never anything like this. Her faco wni, livid, her eyes flaming. She tried to speak, but her Ire choked her. At last one word ex pressive of her pout up feelings came out like a pistol shot: "Pig!" Having thus relieved herself to Cap tain Beaumont, she turned to the pros Swaying in his saddle, he jell fainting tc the ground. trato Rlngold, knelt beside him, croon ing over him as If ho had been dearer to her than all the world beside. At this moment a guerrilla, who had doubtless been attracted by the firing, dashed down the road. Beaumont caught sight of him Just as Jack had hurled her opprobrious epithet. With an expression Indicating that ho would prefer death to another such word fron tho girl who bad enthralled him, he started to meet the Invader. Shot* were exchanged, nnd the guerrilla feli from the saddle, llu was followed b. another, who shared tho same fate while * third, perhaps fancying tha he had struck n troop of Confederate soldiers, turned and lied. All this hap pened so quickly that DO one but Beau mont nnd the three bandits bad nn op portunlty to take a baud in the fight, When thero were no more guerrillas for tho captain to kill, he went shyly hack to Jack, who had witnessed Ills feat, looking like n schoolboy who had done Your Hatr "Two years ago my hair was falling out badly. I purchased a bottle of Aycr's Hair Vigor, and toon my hair stopped coming out." Miss Minnie Hoover, Paris, III. Perhaps your mother had thin hair, but that is no reason why you must go through life with half starve w hair. If you want > long, tfci<*? ? iii, feed it | with Ayer*s Hair Vigor, and make it rich, dark, and heavy. $1.00 a bottle. 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Puck had blackened himself for a ne gro, and It was lie who had answered Rlngold's questions. Helen and Ginger had hidden without disguise. The peo ple of the town, one man and eight wo men, besides children, rushed into the road. I knew well that the absence of the guerrillas was but temporary; that they would soon come down on us In a body. "We have no time to lose," I cried. "We must get away at once." "Where?" "Anywhere." Turning to the townspeople, I asked If they could furnish a conveyance. "I've a horse and wagon In my shed," said the smith. "Out with It, quick!" Every one of us took a hand In har nessing the team, and In three minutes by .the clock we had finished. Then we all tumbled In, except Jnck, who declared she would never leave her friend, Captain ltingold. There was no time to handy words, so I took her up and tossed her Into the wagon, where she fell In a heap. Rising on her knees, she shook her clinched list at me and cried to the wounded guer rilla that she would come back to him as f.oon as she could get away. Mean while the blacksmith was driving us down the road, belaboring his horse with the stump of nn old whip. CnAPTER XXI. A BTKRN CHASM. ASTRAIGHT road lay before us to Dechcrd, a few miles dis tant. The place was of too great importance for the guer rillas to dare enter, and If we could reach It before they could cntcb us we should be safe. "How much Is your horse worth?" 1 asked the blacksmith. "A matter o' soxty dollars." "If you kill him by hard driving, I'll give you a hundred, and if you get us to Decherd before the outlaws can catch us I'll make It a hundred more." "Weel, noo. I don't want to be hard on n mon flyln for his life and wlmmen folk too. I'll do the best I can and ask no money." With that he belabored the poor horse's flanks with the stump of his whip and sent him galloping onward. There were no springs to the wagon, but we valued our lives too well to draw rein at rut or stone. At one part of the road I feared that If we did not cheek our pace we would break a wheel and be left with no menus to get on save our legs. I cautioned the driver to slacken his pace; but, hearing or fancying he heard the clattering of horses' hoofs behind, without n word from mo ho applied the Insh. Now we bounded Into the nlr and now we were tossed together like dice in a box. "Git oop. ye critter!" cried the black smith, mlngllug Scotch and Tennessee. "Don't ye know ye're grnggln bonny (eddies flyln for their lives?" And down enmo tho butt of tho whip. It was harrowing to see a horse forced to give his life to save ours, font our situ ation wns too critical to wnrrant any slackening of speed. Jnck, who of all our force was usually most frightened at danger ahead and would tight It most vigorously when face to faco with It, for once acted In reverse at seeing tho poor brute making leaps that were killing him. "Stop beating that horse, you brute," sho cried, "or I'll beat you I" And she sprang forward to seize tho whip. 1 caught her In my arms. Sho looked up Into my face and burst Into tears. Whether It was wholly sympathy or overstrained nerves I did not know; probnbly both. At any rate, I protect ed her from the Jolting by keeping her In my arms, while she hid her face so that she could uot see the suffering horse. "Jnck," said Buck, "you're nothln but a baby." "Shut up. yo" little nlggerl" sho cried. I coidd not repress a smile at the re tort, seeing which, Jnck realized tho absurdity of It all and broke Into a laugh, while the tears continued to run down her cheeks. "Won't yo' let mo support yo' against the Jolting?" nsked Captain Beaumont ruefully, "Yo'?" Do yo' suppose Pd let yo* touch me? Yo' shot my b.Htt frlcud." "Do yo' dislike me fo' shooting?a robber?" asked her admirer sadly. "I bate yo'." Beaumont settled down in a corner of tho wngon In despondency. After awhile Juck slid down besldo him, whereupon he suddenly lighted up and took ns much Interest In our flight as nny one of the party. We were a wild looking load to the few people who passed us. Whenever we saw a farm wagon coming or going we would shout to Its driver to get out of the way. They roust have supposed our horse to bo a runnway, for over.* ono quickly turned aside. There are pictures of that rido which I can see today, so vividly were they stamped on my memory. An old man with hi tlfidjl.QQ. th?iiMUtJtf.l?]lJd9V gapeo through Iron rimmed spectacles, n wo- I uinu In a clmek gown nnd sunbonuet , stopped trimming plants In her gnr- | deu and stood with the shears In bor hand to gape at us as If we were a | party of witches who had lit on the j earth from the inoou und were making '. ready to take to the sky again. Ne groes, children, country lads, faced the road as we passed and stood wonder stricken till we were out of sight. Coming to a rise In the ground where wo could look to our rear for perhaps a mile, we wero terror stricken to see a man shoot around a bend In the road at a gallop. In a moment another follow ed. We could not see If thero were any more, for we passed over the sum mit. Not far below a mllestono told us that It was one mile to Decherd. "One tulle to their two. Can we not do it, driver?" I asked quickly. The only answer was- another "Git oop!" and renewed hammering on tho horse's rump. The eyes of all were strained to the rear, watching to see Just what chance there was from time to time between life and death, while I examined the carbines, which we bad taken care to bring with us, to discov er If they were In good condition. At every rise we could see either one or more men coming like the wind. They Wc could sec cither one or more men com ing like the wind. had evidently eaught sight of us nnd were straining every nerve to catch us before we reached Decherd. I told the blacksmith ' to lay It on hard, well knowing that between us und our pur suers was only the Hfe of his horse. Ho was raising his whip when the horse stumbled nnd fell, pitching most of us out of the wagon, fortunately on soft ground. Getting up and running to the prostrate aulmal, I found him stone dead. We were still n quarter of a mite from the town, and the guerrillas would be on us In a Jiffy. Calling to the others to help, 1 turned the wagon across the road nnd directed nil to take posltlou behind It. Distributing the guns, wc waited the coming of the nd vnnce of our enemies. Three men. pict ty near together, catching sight of us. drew rein and waited for their com indes. Others soon came up. nnd I counted seven men preparing to charge us. I was about to give an order as to the tiring when I heard an exclamation from (JInger: "Bress de Lowdl" Turning, I Raw n troop of cavalry carrying the stars and stripes riding leisurely from the town I fired ? shot to attract their attention. Sudd nly they seemed to take In the situation. I heard the sharp word of command and saw them coming at a gallop. Glancing at the guerrillas, I saw them vanishing In tho distance. "Saved!" I cried. "Do bressed Lnwd be t'anked!" shout ed Ginger. "Gol darn It," said Buck, "of I'd 'a* had a shot I'd 'a' plunked one of 'em!" "By Jove," remarked Beaumont, star ing at tho approaching troopers, "I'm a prisonerl" There was a puff of smoke among the retreating guerrillas, the crack of a carbine, and Jack fell Into Helen's arms. Never was the pleasure of hard earn ed success more cruelly dashed at the moment of triumph. We had fought these fiends off for days, we had es caped from them to a coveted protec tion, and now, at the last moment, they had struck us severely. Jaqueline lay on the grass, her head nnd shoulders resting on Helen's arm, who stanched tho blood which flowed from a wound In her ekle. I bent over her with a gronn. Captain Beaumont for n mo ment seemed Ored to chase the man who had shot her, then Joined those about tho wounded girl, muttering im precations on the guerrillas and In coherently begging us to save his little Jaqueline. ? "A surgeon!" I cried to tho troopers, who were sitting on their horses look ing on. "Some one go for a surgeon." "Ride qulckl" said tho captain In command, turning to tho man nearest him, "and brlug a doctor and a con veyance from the town." Then to an offleer: "Lieutenant, follow those men, nnd don't come buck till you have enp tured every one of them. Take 20 men with tho best horses. With fresh mounts you can run them all down." A man dashed off toward the town and 20 more after the retreating guer rillas. Jack lay with her head on Helen's shoulder, her eyes closed, her face white ns a cloth, we all about her, dreading every moment that the life blood would run out. Presently she opened her eyes, looked about her, then fainted away. "Oh, my Godl" cried Beaumont, "she's gone!" "Keep off," cried Helen, "and give her air." "Jack," cried Buck, terrified at ber ghastly appearance, "wake upl" I, with n soldier's knowledgo of the thirst of a wounded person, dashed away In a hunt for water. I found a well In a yard on tho outskirts of tho town and, drawing tho staplo to the chain that held a tin cup, brought a plentiful supply. Helen was still sup porting her cousin. Buck was striding about nervously, with his hands thrust down into his pockets, while Captain Beaumont was kneeling, his eyes peer ing Into Jnck's as though by his gnzo bo would hold tho life that he dreaded was ebbing away. I sprinkled water In her face, and she opened her eyes, looking about her asjf unable to under (The Wo Cure for The Wo*? i Greatest Cure for Malaria. A For ?11 forms*uf Malarial poison ing take Johniuit'* Chill and Pev? Tonic. A taint of Malarial poison ing In your blood means misery and fall uro. Wood medicines can't euro Malarial poisoning. Tho antidote for It Is JOHNSON'S TONIC. Get a bottle to-dar. glitt 51 giBti jf jt gores. ,,'SpjOAV qsjuq jnoA" ooao oaoi i inoA* oa|8joji? ,,'otn i;(.t')L.[ ?u|Uj(Iwa '.oA* 01 Mid pw| ? uooq oAiiq I? ?A'ipus oowj 8|q oiuj (In po>|oo| oqg ? 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Some of the cavalrymen tossed In their blnn ui i --, a im! i ?iii??tiiOd tliCIii CVC" tili' cushions, making a comparatively com fortable bed. We placed little Jack up on It. Helen got In with her, and, the rest of us walking beside, the cavalry acting as escort, we boru her to the town and lodged her In a room In the main hotel of the place. We found the town agog with news of the llrst day's bnttle at Pittsburg Landing, and I knew that my general would hold himself ready to co-operate. I determined to Join my command at once. Having been assured that Jack's wound would not prove fatal, I ar ranged for the transportation u? the party as soon as she could be moved, then gathered my little force In her room and announced my Intended de parture. "I must now hid farewell," I said, "to my little army, every one of whom bos become dearer to me tbnn life." "Like Genoral George Washington," Bald Buck, "snyln farewell to his ossl fers. There Is a picture of It In my American school history." "Goodby, Buck. Remember to get a book and pencil and break yourself of the habit of saying bad words." "1 will, by thunder!" "Goodby. little girl." I said to Jack, bending down and kissing her on the forehead. "Where yo' going?" "I? Oh, I'm going away." Helen's eyes were gleaming. "Where are you going?" she asked, repeating Jack's question, though In a different tone. I had managed to keep my connection HB**? with the Unlou army Ollis far a secret. Now I kuew thero was uo need to keep It longer. "To the Federal army, where I be long." The mute agony on Helen's face told what my disclosure had cost her. Ex tending my anus, I cried ouo word, "Sweetheart!" "Henegade!" she hissed. "Helen, dear love, hear nie." She turned her back upou mo nnd swept out of the room. "I like yo' of yo* are a Yankee," Jack cried after me. I left the hotel, my brain In a tumult. Coming up the road was a little knot of troopers surrounding the guerrillas whom they had run down and captur ed. 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Arrive Laurens. 12 55pm 1 47pm Parks. 1 05 140 Clinton.1 25 1 25 Goldville.1 37 1 12 Kinards. 1 44 1 05 (lary. 1 4? 1 (0 .lalapa. 1 64 12 55 Newberry. 2 10 12 12 Prosperity. 2 24 12 20 Slighs. 2 34 12 20 Little Mountain. 2 38 1216 l.hapin.2 52 12 03 Hilton . 2 58 1157 White Rock. 3 02 11 51 Hitlcnline. 3 07 11 41) lrmo.3 10 11 40 Leaphart . . 8 22 11 33 Ar Columbia. 8 86 Lv It 20 No. 22 No. 85 Leave. Arrive. Laurent!.? 00am 5 00am Parks..... .... 0 10 4 50 Clinton. 6 40 4 30 Goldville. _ .... ? 53 8 61 Kinards. 7 08 3 40 Gary. 7 17 3 31 Jalaoa. 7 26 3 22 Newberry.8 i>0 3 CO Prosperity. 8 25 2 92 Slighs . 8 42 2 02 Little Mountain . . 8 55 1 50 Ohapln.o 15 189 Hilton . 9 24 1 2!) Whito Rock. 9 29 1 2t Halentino. 9 37 1 16 lrmo. 9 52 1 00 Leaphart.10 02 12 18 Columbia.10 80 12 ;0 A. C. L. Leave ..3 45 ..4 66 .. 8 10 Arrive Columbia.. Hun tor_ unarleeton 11 10 1)40 7 00 tltarris Springe. *J)aily oxcept Sunday. For Katce, Time Tables, or further in formation call on any Agent, or write to T. M. Kmkkson, Trallic M'gr. j. F. Livinoston, Sol. Ag'l, Columbia, B.C. II. M. Kmbhson, Gen. Freight and Pas senger Agt, Wilmington, H. C. Coleman-Wagener Hardware Company. (Successors to C. P. Popponheim), Wholesale and Kctail Doalors In Arms, Ammunition, Agricul tural Implements and W. G. Childs. President. Hardware Of every kind end description. Sond postal for Trices. King Street, Charleston, S. C. EE-M Medicated Cigars AND EE-M Smoking Tobacco For users of Tobacco that suffer with Ca tarrh, Asthma, or Bronchitis. We guaran tee an absolute and permanent oure of Catarrh and it Is the only known remedy for H av Ve; or. If your druggist or grocer does not keep it, write BB-M to., Atlanta, Ot., (or Free Hample Trade supplied by Carpenter Bros'., Greenville, a. 0., or Grutohfield A Tolhson, ?partanburg, ?. C. WEST. Vestibuled trains Double Daily Service CAPITAL CITY ROUTE. Shortest line bet ween nil principal cities North, East, South and West. Unequalled Schedules to Pan-American Exposition at Buffalo. Bciikdulks In Effect8eft. 1, 1001. Nonin nouNn. Lv Savannah, Central T.. Fairfax . Denmark. Columbia, Eastern T... Camdcn. Cheraw. Ar Hamlet . Lv Cadioun Falls. Abbeville. Greenwood. Clinton .. . .... Carlisle. Chester . Catawba Junction. Ar Hamlet. Lv Hamlet. Ar haleigh. Petersburg. Richmond.? Washington. Baltimore. Philadelphia. New York. Portsmouth-Norfolk.. LOCAL ATLANTA TO No. <;<;. ,11 46pm 1 34 am 2 15am 4 40am .i 37am 7 12am 7 40am 1 00pm 1 33pm 2 01pm 2 55 pm 3 4:<pm 4 10pm 4 15pm 7 10pm 8 00am 10 37um 2 46pm 8 28pm 7 05pm 11 25i m 2 ?tiam 6 30am 5 50 pm CLINTON Lv t'alhoun Falls. Abbeville. Greenwood Clinton. No. 3 2 lOprn 8 58pm 4 39pm 7 12pm 8 08pm 9 43pm 10 15pm 4 11am 4 38am 5 01am 5 47am G 33am 7 03am 7 85am 10 10am 10 35pm 1 2-1 am 5 48am G 20am 10 10am 11 25am 1 3Gpm 4 2 mm 7 00am No. 52 11 47am 12 22pm 12 49pm . 1 35 pm SOUTHBOUND. Daily No. 81. Lv Cheraw, Eastern T... 7 48am Camden.9 ..mm Columbia, Central T.. 9 40am Denmark.11 00am Fairfax.11 54am Ar Savannah. 1 47pm Jacksonville.G 10pm Tampa..0 15am Lv Catawba. Eastern T 9 45am Chester .lb 20Am Carlisle.10 47am Clinton.11 37am Greenwood.12 22pm Abbeville .12 48pm Calhoun Falls. 1 15pm Ar Athens. 2 40pm Atlanta. 4 55pm Daily. No. 27. 11 Irfpm 12 53am l-05am 2 27am 3 05am 4 52am 9 15am 5 40pm 1 05am 1 42am 2 05am 2 55am 3 4Gam 4 15am 4 48?m 6 28am 0 00am local clinton to atlanta. NO 63 Lv Clinton. 2 10pm Greenwood.3 0.r>pm Abbeville . . 3 33piu Calhoun Kalle. 4 11pm Ar Athens. 6 48pm Atlanta . g 0?t>m No. tili connects at Washington with the Pennsylvania Railway iiutialo Express, arriving Muffalo 7-35 a m. Columbia. Ncwbcrry & Laurcns Rail* way train No. 62, leaving Columbia, Uidon station, at 11.23 am aally, connects atCiln ton with U A i. Ky No 63, affording short est and quickest mute by several hours to a Um.in, chatiui.ouga, Nashville, 8t. Louis, Chicago and all points Wcet. Close connection at Petersburg, Rich mond, Washington. Portsmouth-Norfolk, Columbia. Havannah, Jacksonville and Atlanta with diver?inir linen. Magniticont vestibulo trains carrying througli ruilman sleeping cars between all principal points. For reduced rates, Pullman reservations, etc, apply to Wm, Uuti.kh, Jr..1). P. A.,8avannah,Qa. J. M. Hakr. Isy. V. P. and Q. m ., It ? L Bunch,OPA,Portsmouth, Va. ....OS'dORNE'S.... . usiness College and School of Shorthand. Actual Business. I Augusta, Oa. Cheap Board. | Situations seoured