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THE ADVERTISER. Subscription Price-.12 Months, $1.00 Parable In Advance._ Kates for Advertising.?Ordinary Ad vertisoments, per square, ono inser tion, $1.00; each subsequent Insertion, 60 cents. Liberal reduotlon made for large Advertisements. W. W. Ball, Proprietor. LAUBENS, S. C, Oct. 29, 1002. Mr. Rhett and the Southern. Poe? the Southern Railway discrim inate against Charleston in freight rates on raw cotton? This question is being discussed in the Charleston pa pers and Mr. R. G. Rhett, ono of the foremost young business men of that city .president of a great bank and lead er in numerous public and private en terprises, openly charges that tho road is at war with Charleston's interests.The railway company enters a general and apeoiflc denial and declares that tho fault lies with Charleston cotton buy ers. Meanwhile, Charleston gets a good share of cotton from points along Other lines entering Charleston. The whole state has a financial inter est in this question. One of two pro positions are true. Either tho South ern Railway is at war with tho busi ness of South Carolina or is the victim of a remarkable conspiracy of persecu tors and slanderers. We fail to under stand how men of Mr. Rhett's Intel ligence, breadth and conservative char acter could make the attacks on this company that come from his pen unless he were sure of ins ground. Wo do not believe that he and the Charleston re presentative of the In man firm, Mr. Maybank, are fools or ignoramuses and we fancy that they know enough of business to express a fairly accurnto opinion as to the cause when their busi ness is suffering. When a man is hit, ho knows what hits him If he is not knocked out in tho first round. If tho charge) against the Southern Railway are true, they should be re sented. The Railway can bo brought to torms. Public sentiment can be aroused in such a way that tho Com pany will suffor. It has not yet a monopoly of the lines in South Caro lina. We believe that every newspa per in South Carolina, weekly as well as daily, should examine into this mat ter and if the Southern is tho enemy of the state, let the fact be known and let the people and tbo press stand by their friends. By the way, an incom prehensible position is assumed by the Charleston News and Courier in this dispute. Without squarely defending the Railway, it extends to it aid and sympathy. It is a groat and informed newspaper. If Mr. Rhett is wrong, it ought to be able to say so convincingly. If Mr. Rhett is right it ought to lead the necessary fight against the South ern and lead it with vigor and per tinaoity. If the commercial interests of its city are at stake, as is claimed, the time for dallying is past. The im pression is abroad that the Southern is antagonistic not only to Charleston but to the whole state. Tho impression should be removed or it should bo acted upon. We are of those who be lieve that an aroused poople can always find a method of check-mating the un fair designs of any corporation but tbo people are dependent on newspapers, especially the great daily newspapers, for Information in the first place and advice in the second. The Advertiser, knowing the facilities of Tho News and Courier to go to the bottom of an in rioace question like this, would in somo degree be guided by it but what are we and the people of the state gener ally to think when Charleston's and the state's great morning newspaper practically confesses itself at sea? *#* Tho Farms Helped. During tho past five years three great helps have come to the South Carolina farmers: multiplication of telephone lines, free rural mail delivery and the more general introduction of wire fencing. These helps have, directly and considerably added to the value of farm lands. With telephones and fro quent mails the pleasures of country life have been materially enhanced. The farmers and their families arc in closer touch with the town and city people than they have been. In a fow years trolley lines will be built every where. When that comes to pass dif ferences between town and city life wHl be wiped away, except that the countryman will more than over have the advantage. He has it now In some measure though he doesn't know it and won't believe it. The day is approach ing when a division between town and country in politics will bo impossible and progress in mechanical inventions and inventions is speeding it. With cheap wire fenoing, an important im petus Is given to stock raising. It is now practicable to put an enclosure around a meadow that will stay. Wire feneing makeo goat raising profitable,. Goats can be fed cheaper than any other four-footed animal. They can be easily confined in a wire-fenced pasture and they can be confinod in no other that has been devised. The people of ' South Carolina are independent of tho beef trust and will so remain, because they are independent of beef. Never theless, first-rate beef can be produced in South Carolina. *#* A Wicked Parly. It is now charged that tho Republi can party Instigated tho coal strike in order that Mr. Roosevelt should have the opportunity to bring it to an end, thereby make capital for Roosevelt and the Republican party. We should say that this charge is very silly ex cept that nothing charged against the Republioau party is silly. ?#? Of 18 "Want advertisements" printed In the Charleston News and Courier on October 20th 11 were of washwomen seeking work. /The Charleston "wash ladles" are numerous. t_y_ AMERICA'S FAMOUS BEAUTIES Look with horror on Skin Eruptions, Blotches, Sores, Pimples. .They don't have them, nor will any one who uses Bucklan's Arnica Salve. It glorifies tho lace. Eczema or Salt Rheum van ish before \t? It oures sore lips, chap CHURCHMEN AT WORK IN LAURENS. Services of the Episcopal Convocation. THE BISHOP HERE. Sermon and Confirmation Friday Evening. Parochial Reports Showing Progress of Work in the District?Somo Subjects Discussed. The Greenville Convocation of the Episcopal church which met last week In tho church of the Ephlphany, this city, adjourned on Friday after a ses sion of unusual Interest. Morning and evening sorvlces were held each day at which various clergy - mon preached, including Rovs. Cal lender, McBec, Williams, Porcher, Magrudor, Finley, Johnes and Arch Deacon Mitchell. Wednesday after doon Mr. Porcher preached a special sermon to children which was groatly enjoyed. On Thursday evening a mis sionary service was held and an elo quent address was delivered by Mr. Magruder, who was followed in an earnest appeal for diocosan missions by Mr. Mitchell. Ono person was baptized Thursday evening and on Friday evening Bishop Capers, whose arrival was delayed un til that day, confirmed a class of four young persons. The business sessions of tho Convo cation were well attended and the parochial reports showed that a groat deal of earnest work is being done by tho clergy and others throughout this part of tho diocese of South Carolina. The question of tho Division of the Dioceso caused an interesting discus sion. The Bishop's sermon Friday evening was in tho characteristic mannor of this great and beloved divine,?simple, practical and deeply impressive. On motion of Rev. W. ECallendor re solutions were unanimously adopted ex pressing appreciation for the hospit ality and kindnesses shown tho Convo cation and its members by tho pcop'e of Laurens and the Ohuroh of tho Epi phany. GOES LIKE UOT CAKES. "The fastest selling article I have In my store," writes druggist C- T? Smith, of Davis, Ky., "is Dr. King's New Dis covery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds, because it always cures. In my six years of sales It has never failed, f have known- It to save sufferers from Throat and Lung diseases, who could get no help from doctors or any other remedy." Mothers rely on It, best physicians prescribe it, and The Lau rons Drug Co. and The Palmetto Drug Co. guarantee satisfaction or refund price. Trial bottles free. Regular sizes 50 conts and $1.00. Subscribe with Mr. Clardy. Mr. John M. Clardy is authorized to tako subscriptions and receipt for sub scriptions for The Advertiser. Any Church or parsonage or institution support ed by voluntary contribution will be glveu a liberal quantity of the Long man & Martinez Paints whenever they paint. Note:?This has been our custom for twenty-sevon years; any building not satisfactorily painted, will be re painted at our expense; about one gal ion of Linseed Oil to be added to every gallon of gallon of paint to make ready for use; It's mixed in two minutes, and cost of the paint thereby made less in price than any other. Yearly product over one million gallons. Longman & Martinez. Sole Agents W. L. Boyd, Laurens, S. C; J. C- Hutchinson, Cross Hill, S. C. STATE op SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Laurens. In Court of Probate. Whereas, W. E. Owens and W. B. Ow ens havo mado suit to me to grant them Lotters of Administration, on the Estate and effects of Emma A. Blakeloy, deo'd? These are therefore to cite and admon ish, all and singular, tbe kindred and creditors of said Emma A Blakeley, dee'd that they bo and appoar before me in the Court of Probate, to bo held at Laurens C. H., S. C, on the 1th day of November, 1002, after publication thereof, at 11 o'clock in tho forenoon, to show cause, if any thev have, why tho said administration should not be granted. Given under my Hand this 17th day of Oct., 1002. O. G. THOMPSON, j, p. &, c. Nothing can take the place of.^our county paper. Pot county news Mid for county pride it shouM go Into every hdkne. But for news from the capital ot /our State and every county In ftnyrh CaroUna, served fresh every day; tor dally news from Washington, the tlnltod States and every other onartor of the globe, nothing can tnke the place In South Carolina homes of The Dally State. These are momentous times In his tory. 'Wie are In the midst of warn, strikes and political struggles of groat Importance. The next session of our legbflfvture, with the Inauguration of a hew governor, will have peculiar In terest. Man or, woman, to keep up with the tlmes,#must read the Unify history of the world, and that la re corded In entertaining style In The State. The State will be sent dally for |8 a year, 14 for 6 months, $2 for 3 months, or Just a fraction over the cost of a postage stamp for one tetter a day! Cheap education and Informa tion for a family for 2 1-5 cents a day, Isn't It? Hut If you con't afford that, there la The Semi-Weekly State, Issued Tues days and Fridays, each Issue contain ing the most Important news from all South Carolina and the world at large for that day and the preceding days since the last Issue. And this -may as obtained for $2 a year, $1 for 6 months, ?t Just a fraction over a half cent a day! NO family In South Carolina is too poor to take this pap*r. No money caa be nyent to better advawtag* by a pOOJ" family. It Is a necessity. Subscrrtts NOW?TODAY. Send postal or express money order, registered letter or check to C: THE STATE COMPANY, * .T CMumMa, B. C. MONEY TO LOAN On improved farms. Long time. Easy payments. Small cost. No com mission. Apply to C. D. Barksdat.e, /tty , Lauron*?, S. C. ??????????????????????????????????????????I ft CASE l^r^i Gaboriau ijjjj ??????????????????????????? 113 CHAPTER VI. |DT by tbo time Fanforlot ronch od Montmnrtro street, Where M. Lecoq lived, bis courage bad vanished. Ho pulled bis bnt over bis eyes und hung bis bond, ns If looking for relief among tbo pav ing stones. Ho slowly ascended tbo steps, pausing several times, at last reaching tbo third lloor, and sluuu be fore a door decorated with tbo arms of tbo famous detective?a cock, tbo symbol of vigilance?and bis heart fail ed him so that ho had scarcely tbo courage to ring tbo boll. Jnnoulllo, M. Lecoq's old servant, opened tbo door. "Ah," Bho said, "you como in time for onco In your lifo. Your patron awaits you." Upon this announcement Fnuforlot was seized with a violent desire to beat a retreat. By what chanco could Lecoq Avant anything of him? While ho thus hesitated Jnnoulllo seized him by the arm and pulled hltu In, saying: "Do you want to take root there? Como along. Your patron Is waiting for you." In tho mlddlo of a largo room curi ously furnished, half library pud half greenroom, was seated at a desk tho same person with gold spectacles who bad said to Prosper nt tbo pollco of fice, "Courage." This was M. Lecoq in his official character. Upou Fouferlot's entrance ns ho ad vanced respectfully, bowing, M. Lecoq laid down bis pen nnd said, looking sharply nt him: "Ah, boro you nro, my man. Well, it seems you haven't mado much prog ress In tho Bcrtomy case." "Why," murmured Fanferlot, "you know"? "I kuow that you have mixed every thing until you can't seo your way out, so that you nro ready to glvo up." "But it was not I"? M. Lecoq arose nnd walked up nnd down tho room. Suddenly ho confront ed Fanferlot "What would yon think, Master Squirrel," ho said ironically, "of a man who abuses tho contldenco of those who employ him, who l'evenls Just enough to lead tho prosecution on tho wrong scent, who sacrifices to bis own foolish vanity tbo cause of justice and the liberty of an unfortunnto man?" Fauferlot recoiled'a step. "I should say," ho stammered?"I should say"? "You think, Mr. Squirrel, that this man ought to bo punished and dis missed from his employment, nnd you nro right. Tho less a profession Is honored, tho moro honorable should tboso bo who belong to it. Neverthe less you havo boon l'nlso to yours. Ah, Mr. Squirrel, wo aro ambitious, and wo try to make tho pollco forco serve us. Wo lot justlco go her way. and wo go ours." "But I swear"? "Silence! Do you pretend to say that you did your duty in what you told tho Judgo of instruction? While others wero informing against tho cashier you undertook to inform against tho banker. You spied upon him. You became lntlmnto with his valet." Was M. Lecoq really angry? Fan ferlot, .who knew, him well, was in doubt. Ho did not know what to think of this devil of a man.' "If you wero only skillful," ho con tinued. "But, no; you wish to bo a roaster, nnd you nro not fit to bo n journeyman." "You nro right," said Fanforlot pltc ously, seeing that it was useless to de ny anything. "But how get on with nn affair llko this, whero there was not even n trace or sign to start from?" M. Lecoq shrugged bis shoulders. "Poor fellow! Why, don't you know that on tho very day you were sent for With tho commissary to verify tbo rob bery you held?I do not say certainly, but very probably held?in your great stupid hands tho means of knowing whether the key of the cashier or tho banker had been used when tho rob bery was committed?" "What do you mean?" "You want to know? I will tell ycu. Do you remember the scratch you dis covered on .the safe door? You were so struck by it that you exclaimed nt seeing it. You carefully examined it and wore convinced that it was a jfrosh scratch. You thought, and right ly, too, that this scratch was roado nt the tlmo of tho robbery. Now, with what was it mado? Evidently with a key. That being tho case, you should have demanded tho keys both of tho banker nnd tho cashier. One of them would havo had somo particles of tho bard green point sticking to it." Fanferlot listened with open mouth to this explanation. At tho last words ho violently slapped bis forehead with his hand and cried out: "Imbecile!" "You have spoken correctly," said M. Lecoq. "Imbecile! This proof is bo fore your eyes, nnd you do not seo ltl This scratch Is tho only clew. If I find tbo guilty party, it will bo by means of this scratch, nnd I nm deter mined that I will find him." At n distance Fnnfcrlot was very brave, but in M. Lecoq's presence ho yielded to the Influence which this ex traordinary man exorcised upon nil who approached him. This exact In formation, these minute details of nil his secret movements nnd even thoughts, upset him. How had M. Lecoq obtain ed them? "Hnvo you been long looking up this ense?" ho asked. "Probably. But I nm not infalllblo nnd may have overlooked somo Impor tant ovldence. Tako a seat and tell mo all you know." One could not decelvo M. Lecoq, so Fanferlot told tbo exact truth, a rare thing for him to do. However, ns ho reached the end of bis statement n feel ing of mortified vanity prevented his telling bow ho had been fooled by Gip sy and the stout man. "It seems to mo, Master Squirrel, that you havo forgotten something. How for did you follow tho empty coach?" Fanforlot desplto his nssuranco blush ed and bung bis head. "Oh," ho stammered, "you know nbout that? How did you"? But a sudden Idea entered his brain. Ho stopped short, bounded off his chnlr and cried: "Ob, I know! You were tbo largo man with red whiskers." Fanferlot's surprlso gave so singular an expression to his taop that M. Lecoq could not restrain a srnwo. "Then It was you," continued the be wildered detective. "You oje the large I gentleman nt whom I stalled so as to impress hie appearance up^Lmy mind, ami I never recognized you! What an actor you would make If you would go on tho Btnge! But I was disguised, too ?very well disguised." "Vory poorly disguised. It Is only Just to you that 1 should tell you so. Do you think that a heavy beard and a blouse are uurecognizablo? Tho eye, tho eyo! The art lies In being ablo to change the eye. That is the secret" This explained why tho lynx eyed Lccooj never appeared at tho police of fice without his gold spectacles. "But," said. Fanferlot, following up his Idea, "you have made the little girl confess, which Mine. Alexandra could not do? You know why Bhe leaves the Archangel, why she does not wait for M. do Olameran and why sho bought calico dresses?" "Sho Is following iny advice." "In that case," said tho detective de jectedly, "thero Is nothing left for mo to do but to acknowledge myself nn ass." "No, Squirrel," said M. Lecoq kindly, "you are not an ass. You merely did wrong In undertaking a task "lieyond your capacity. Have you progressed one step since you started In this af fair? No. That shows that, although you nro lucomparablo as a lieutenant, you do not possess tho qualities of a general. I am going to present you with an aphorism. Remember It aud let It bo your guide In the future?'Ono may Bhlnc In tho second rank who would bo totally eclipsed In the llrst.'" Never had Fanferlot seen his patron so talkative aud good natured. Find ing hie deceit discovered, he had ex pected] to bo overwhelmed with a storm, whereas ho had escaped with a littlo shower that had cooled his brain. Lccoq's ongor disappeared liko one of those heavy clouds which threaten in the horizon for a moment and then are suddenly swept away by a gust of wind. But tho husband of Mme. Aloxaudro felt uneasy. IIo was afraid that some thing might bo concealed beneath this affability. "Do you know who tho thief Is?" ho asked. "I know no more than you do, and you seem to have made up your mind, whereas I nra still undecided. You do claro that tho cashier Is Innocent and the banker guilty. I don't know wheth er you are right or wrou'g. I started after you and have only reached my prelim Inasfes. I am certain of but ono thing, and that la that a scratch was on tho safo door. That scratch Is my starting point." As ho spoke M. Lccoq took from his desk and unrolled an immenso shoet of drawing paper. On this paper was photographed tho door of M. Fauvcl's safe. Every detail was given mlnutoly. Ono could sco tho five movable but tons with tho engraved letters and the narrow, projecting brass lock. Tho scratch was Indicated with admirable exactness. "Now," said M. Lecoq, "here Is our scratch. It rung from top to bottom, starting from the hole In the lock, diag onally and, you see, from left to right that la to say, It terminates on the sldo next to the private statrcaso leading to the banker's apartments. Very deep at the lock, It ends off In a scarcely, per ceptlblo mark." . , .> .?' "I Bee." ? Sr-?pJ;-y,:mii?*<-J s>- ? "Naturally you thought that tLIs scrotcli wars made by the person who took the money. Let us see If you were right. I have hero a little Iron box, painted green like M. Fauvcl's safe. Take a key and try to scratch It." Without seeing through his chiefs motive, the detective did as he wns bid, scratching vigorously with tho key. "Tho deuce!" ho said after several attempts. "This paint is awfully hard to move." "Very hard, my friend, and yet that on tho safe is still harder. So, you see, the scratch you discovered could pot have been made by the trembling hand of a thief lotting tho key slip." "I never should have thought Of that. It certallily required great force to make bo deep a scratch." "Yes, but how was It done7 I have been racking my brain for throe days, and only yesterday I camo to a con clusion. Let us examine together and see if our conjectures present enough chances of probability to establish a starting point." M. Lecoq abandoned tho photograph and, walking to the door communicat ing with his bedroom, took tho key from tho lock. "Come here, Fanferlot, and stand by my side. There, very well. Suppose that I want to open this door and you don't want mo to open it. Whon you see me about to put the key in tho lock, what would bo your first Im pulse?" "To put my hands on your arm and draw It toward mo quickly, so as to prevent your Introducing the koy." 'TrcclHoly bo. Now let us try it. Proceed." Fanferlot obeyed, and tho key held by M. Lecoq, pulled aside from tho lock, slipped along the door, making an exact reproduction of tho scratch in the photograph. "Oh, oh, oh!" exclaimed Fanferlot In three different tones ns ho Btood star ing nt the door. "Dp you begin to understand now?" asked *M. Lccoq. "UnderstandI Why, a child could understand It now. Ah, what a man you are! I sco tho scene ns If I had been present. Two persons were at tho safe. Ono wished to tako tho money, tho other wished to prevent its being taken. That Is certain." Accustomed to-triumphs of this sort, M. Lecoq Avas much amused at Fan ferlot's enthusiasm. "There you gooff luilf cocked again," ho said good hunioredly. "You regard ns euro proof a clrcumstnfico which may bo accidental and at tho most only probable." "No, a man liko you could not bo mistaken. Thoro Is no doubt about It." "That being tho ease, what deduc tions would you draw from our discov ery?" "In tho first place, it proves the cashier innocent." "How so?" "Because, at perfect liberty to open tho safo whenever ho wished to do so, ho would not havo broucrht a witness whon ho intonded to commit tho theft." "Well reasoned. But on this suppo sition the banker would also bo inno cent. {Think." F?nferlei reflected, and all of his animation vanjshod. "It Is so," ho said In n despairing tone. "What can he done now?" ?'Find the third rogue, or, rather, tho real rogue?tho ODO who opened the safe and stole the notes and who Is still at Itlfge, while others are suspect ed." "Impossible! M. Fauvel nnd his cashier only had keys, nnd they al ways kept them on their persons," "Pardon inc. On the evening of the robbery the banker left bis key In tho secretary." "Yes. but the key alone was not suf ficient to open the safe. The word also was nocospnry." Mi Lecoq shrugged bis shoulders Im patient ly. "What was the word?" bo asked. "Gipsy." "Which is the name of tho cashier's grisctte. The day you find a man suf ficiently Intimate with Prosper to be aware of all the circumstances con nected with this name, nnd nt tho same time on n footing with tho Fau vel family which would give him tho privilege of entering M. Fauvel's chainlier, then you will discover tho real thief; then the problem will bo solved." Egotistical, like nil groat artists, M. Lecoq had never had n pupil and never wished to have one. lie hated assist ants, wishing to share neither the pleasure of success nor the pain of de feat. Thus Fanferlot, who knew his patron's character, was surprised to hear him giving advice who berctoforo had only given orders. "Chief," ho ventured to say, "you seem to take n great personal Interest In this affair?you have so deeply stud ied it." M. Lecoq started nervously nud re plied, frowning: "Don't bo too curious, Master Squir rel. Do careful that you do not go too far. Do you understand?" Fanferlot began to apologlzo. "That will do," Interrupted M. Lo coq. "If I chooso to lend you n help ing hand, It is becnuso It suits me to do so. It pleases me to bo tho head while you nro tho limbs. Unusslstcd, with your preconceived ideas, you would never havo found tho culprit. If wo two don't find him, my name is not Lecoq." "Wo shall certainly succeed since you nro interested in tho case." "Yes, I nm interested In it, and dur ing the last four days I have discover ed many important facts. But I havo reasons for not appearing In this af fair. No matter what happens, I for bid your mentioning mj* name. If wo succeed, all tbo success must bo at tributed to you. And, above all, don't try to find out too much. Bo satisfied with what explanations I give you." These conditions seemed qulto to suit Fanferlot. "I will be discreet," he sold. "I Bhnll rely upon you. Now, to be gin, you must carry this photograph to the judge of Instruction. I know M. Putrlgont Is much perplexed about this case. Explain to him as If It came from you alone what I have Just shown yoik Repeat what I have dem pustrnbd, nnd I am convinced that lids evidence will determine him to re lease the cashier. Prosper must be ut liberty before I can commence my op erations." "Of course, chief. But must I let him know that I suspect any one be sides tho banker or cashier?" "Certainly. Justice must not be kept in ignorance of your intention of fol lowing up this uffnir. M. Patrlgent will tell you to watch Prosper. You will reply that you will not loso sight of him. I myself will answer for bis being in good bands." "And If be asks mo about Olpsy?" M. Lecoq hesitated a moment. "Tell him," be said, "that you per suaded her, In the interest of Prosper, to live In a house where she can watch some one whom you suspect." Fanferlot rolled up the photograph nnd was joyously picking up his hat to go when M. Lecoq checked him with a gesture. "I have not finished. Do you know how to drive a carriage and manage horses?" "Why can you nsk this of a man who used to bo a rider in tho Bouthor cir cus?" "Very well. As soon ns the judgo dismisses you return home Immediate ly, make yourself a wig and the com plete dress a valet, a/ul, having dressed yourself, l.;ko this letter to the agent on Delormo street." "But"? "There must bo no but, sir. Tho agent will send you to M. Tlo Clnmernn, who is looking for n vnret, his man having loft him yesterday." "Excuse mo if I vonture to suggest that you arc making a mistake. This Clnmernn does not come Into tho mat ter. Ho is not tbo cashier's friend." "r?o what I tell you nnd don't dis turb your mind nbout tho rost. Cla meran Is not a friend of Prosper, I know, but ho is tho friend nnd pro tector of Rnoul do Lngors. Why bo? Whence the intimacy of these two men of such different nges? I must find out. I must nlso find out who this forgo master Is who lives in Paris and never goes to attend to bis furnaces; a high liver, who takes it into bis bead to Hvo at tho Hotel du Louvre in tho midst of a tumultuous, over changing crowd, whore It is hard to watch him. Through you I will have nn eyo upon him, Ho has n carriage. You nro to drlvo it, and you will soon bo able to glvo me an account of bis manner of life nnd of tho sort of peoplo with whom he associates." "You shall be obeyed." "One word more. M. do Clnmernn is irritable and, still more, suspicious. You will be presented to him under tho name of Joseph Dubols. Ho will de mand your certificate of good charac ter. Here are throe which state that you havo lived with the Marquis do Btalrineuse and tho Count do Conunn rln nnd that you have just loft the Baron do Wortseben, who has gono to Germany. Bo careful of your dress nnd manners. Watch tho marquis* movements. Above nil, don't overdo your part. It might nrouso suspicion." "Don't worry ns to that. Where shall 1 report to you?" "I will call on you overy day. Until I change your orders don't step foot In this house. You might bo followed. If anything Important should happen, send a noto to your wife, and sho will inform me. Go nnd be prudent." Tho door closed on Fanferlot ns M. Lecoq passed into bis bedroom. In tho twinkling of nn eyo ho had divested himself of chief of tho secrot service. Ho took off bis stiff cravat and gold spoctncles nnd removed tbe closo wig from his thick blnck hair. Tho ofilclol Lecoq had disappeared, leaving In his place tbo Lecoq whom nobody know?a hnndsomo man with a cloar eyo nnd resoluto bearing. But ho remained only for nn instant. Seat ed before a dressing table, covered With nioro cosmotlcs, paints, perfumes, fslso hair nud othor unmentlonabto ghams than tho totlot tables of a mod ern bello, ho began to undo tho work of nnturo nnd mako -himself a now face. IIo worked slowly, handling his brushes with great <;-ec. But In an hour he had accomplished one. of bis} Jlching Joints In the fingers, toes, arms, and other parts of the body, are joints that aro inflamed and sweii hi by rheumatism? that acid condition of tlio blood which affects the muscles also. Sufferers dread to move, especially after sitting or lying long, and their condition is commonly worse in wet weather. 'It has been a Ion?; time since we have been without Hood's Sarsaparllla. My father thinks he could not do without it. He has been troubled with rheumatism since lie was h imy, and Hoods, Barsapa rilla is tho only lucdlclno be can take that Will enable him to take his place in the Held." Miss Ada Dorr, Bldnoy, Iowa. Hood's Sarsaparilla and Pills Remove the cause of rheumatism?no outward application can. 'Pake them. dally masterpieces. When he had fin ished, ho was no longer Lecoq. Ho was tho largo man with red whiskers whom Funforlot fallod to recognise. "Well," ho said, casting a lust look In tho mirror, "I have forgotten noth ing. I have left nothing to chance. All my plans arc fixed, and I shall make progress, provided tho Squirrel does not waste time." Rut Fanferlot was too happy to waste a minute. Ho did not run, bo flew, toward tho Palais de Justice. At last ho was ablo to convlnco somo one of his wonderful shrowdness. As to acknowledging that ho was about to obtain a triumph with the Ideas of an other man, ho nover thought of It. It is gonerully In perfect good faith thut tho Jackdaw struts In tho peacock's feathers, nis hopes wero realized. If the Judgo was not absolutely convinc ed, he admired tho Ingenuity of tho whole proceeding. "This decides me," ho sold, dlbmlss lng Fanferlot. "I will file a favoinblo report today, and It Is highly probable that the accused will bo released to morrow." He began at once to write out one of those terrible decisions of "Not prov ed" which restores liberty, hut not honor, to the accused man; which says that ho Is not guilty, but does not Bay he is innocent: Whereas there do not exist siifTJelent chorprej ?gninst 1 lie accused, Prosper Bcrtom)', In pur suance of article 12S ol tho Criminal Codo wo hereby decline that we ftuj no grounds for prose cution nsnlut the aforcMld nrls ! r :.! this pres cut lime, and we order that he shall bo released from the prison where he is confined und bet at liberty by the Jailer, etc. When It wns finished, "Well." he said to tho clerk, "here is another of those crimes which justice cannot clear up another file to be stowed away among the archives of the record office." And his own hand wrote on tho COV it of the bundle of papers relating to Prospcr's ease the number of the pack age, "Case 113." Ito bk continued.] State ol' South Carolina, COUNTY OF LAU.RENS. In Court of Common Pleas. ? Tho National Hank of Lauren?. Sout h Carolina, Plaintiff, against Mary Y. Garlington, Defendant. ? Foreclos ure. Pursuant to tho Decree of Foreclos ure atid sale in the above stated case, I will soil at public ou cry, to the high est bidder, at I.aurons C. II. S. C, on Salesday in November next, being Monday, tho 3rd day of tho month, dur ing the legal hours for such sale.-, the foil owing described property, to wit: All that lot or tract of land, embracing the Garlington Homestead, situate within the corporate limits of the city of Laurens, containing Twenty-live acres, more or loss, and bounded by Office Lot, Crawford Lot, Mrs. Kloise Shell, D. P, Goggans, vacant lot next to depot, (now owned by D. P. and S. H. Goggans,) Canning Factory lot (now Standard Oil Company lot), by street leading toward Newberry to new street loading to Oil Mill, (except where lots sold to Kennedy Bros., Hugh S. Ken nedy and Machen & Martin intervene), then along paid new street to lot sold for Church 10 by l!l>, by J. O. C. Flem ing, S. W. Var.ee, (now Dr. Rolfe Hughes), Mrs. Sallic P. Richardson's, (now Mrs. Gilkerson's lot), and Har per Street. Also, ono tract of land, situate in the County and Stato aforesaid, containing Forty-six acres, more or less, bounded by lands of H W. Hall, deceased, Mrs. 10. J. Garlington, tho pub'io road lead ing to Park's Station, lands of Sam F. Garlington, aiul lots of G. W. Wallace, William II. Jornlgan, Jas. S. Adams. Edmund M. Martin,'Laurens .J . Kiddle and others. Also, all that piece, parcel or tract of land, lying, being and situate in the State aforosaid, in the County of Lau rons, and in tho city of Lauren?, con taining Thirty-four acres, more or less, bounded by tho Charleston ?fc Western Carolina Railway, lands of Mrs. Jose phlno Watts, and otbor lands belong ing to the said Mary Y. Garlington and othors. 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