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j; j ||f| Mint :::: ?:: mm I Ifttt THE Princess Virginia By C. N. and A. M. WILLIAMSON, Authors ot"BA* Lltfhtnln* Conductor." "Rose mary In Search of a father," Etc. J? J? COPYRIGHT. McCLURE. PHILLIPS (V CO. -m T Is those In tin* thick of r^y^M^ battle who can nfter ward toll least about It, >?f ? and to tlio princess thoso ?J y?r I live mlnutea ? moments ^-tf ^? (ho most tremendous, I lie most vital of her lifo?wer? after ward In memory like a dream. She had seen that a man was ghast ly palo; she had caught a gleam of fear In his eye; she had felt a tigerish qulvor run through his frame as the crowd pressed him ngnlnst her. In stinct ami love -had told her tho rest nnd lam hi her how to set. Vaguely she recalled later that she had thrown herself forward and struck 1 up the knife. An Impression of that knife as the light gleamed on It alone was clear. Sickening, she had thought of the dull sound it would make in falling, of the blood that would spout from a rent in the white coat among tho Jeweled orders. SIlO had thought, as one thinks In dying, of existence In a world empty of Leopold, and she had known that unless ho could bo saved her one wish was to go out of the world with htm. More than this she had not thought Ol" known. What she did was done scarcely hy her owu volition, and sho j seemed to wake with a start at last, ? to hear herself BObblUg and to feel tho j throb, throb, of a hot pain in her arm. A hundred hands?not quick enough ' to save, yet quick enough to follow the : lead given by hor?had fought to seize j the man in gray and stop a second blow. They had homo htm away, while, as for Virginia, her work done, she forgot everything and every one but Leopold. Reviving, she had heard him speak to the crowd ami told herself dreamily that were she dying his voleo could liring her back If he called. She even listened to each word that rang out like a cathedral boll above tho babel. < Still lie held her, and when the cheers caino hIio scarcely understood that they were for her as well os for Leo polo, tho emperor. Afterward, the ne cessity for public action ovor, ho bent bis head close enough to whisper, "Thank you," and then for Virginia every syllable was clear. "You are the bravest woman alive," ho said. "I had to ke p them from killing the ruffian, bin now I can speak to you alone. I thank you for what you did with my wholo heart, and I pray heaven you're not seriously hurt." "No, not hurt nnd very happy," the prim-ess answered, hardly knowing what she said. She felt like a soul re leased from Its body, floating In blue ei her. What could It matter If that body ached or bled? Leopold was safe, and she had saved him. Ho pointed to her sleeve. "The knife Struck you. Your arm's bleeding, ?nd the wound must lie seen immediately j Vy my own Burgeon. Would tnnt I could j go with you myself, but duty keeps j mo here. You understand that. Baron von Lyndal and his wife will at once ! take you home, wherever you mi* bo, staying. They"? "But I would rather stop and see I the rest," said Virginia. "I'm quite well now, not even weak, and I can go down to my friend"? "If you're able Ho stop, it must bo hero with me," answered Leopold. "After the servlco you have done for mo and for tlte country it Is your place." The ladles of the court, who, with their husbands, had beon waiting to congratulate Leopold, crowded round tho girl as the emperor turned to them With a look and gesture of invitation. A seat wns given hor, nnd tho arm In its blood stained sleeve was hastily bound up. She was the heroine of the day, dividing honors with Its hero. There was scarcely a grande dame nmong the brilliant assemblage on the emperor's platform to whom Lady Mowbniy and her daughter had not a letter of Introduction from their Inval uable friend. Hut no one knew at this moment of any tltlo to their recog nition possessed by the girl other than the right she had earned by her splen did deed. All smiled on her through grateful tears, though there were sonio who would have given their ten an gers to have stepped into her place. Thus Virginia sat through ttie cere monies, careless that thousands of eyes wero on her face, thinking only of one pair of eyes, which spared a glance for her now and then, hardly seeing the statue of Khnctln, whose glorious mar ble womanhood unveiled roused a storm of enthusiasm from the crowd, hearing only the short, sMrrlng speech made by Leopold. When everything was over and tho people had no excuse to linger savo to see the emperor ride away and the great personages disperse, Ix*opold turned again to Virginia. ' All tho world was listening, of course; all the world was watching, too, and, no matter wiiat his Inclina tion might have l>cen, his words could be but few. Once more he thanked and praised her for her courage, her presence of mind; thanked her for remaining as If 8ho had been granting a favor to him ond asked her' where' she woa staying in Kronburg, as ho promised himself tho honor of sending to Inquire for her health Ihnt evening. His desiro would ho to call at once in Iktsoh, he added; but, owing to the programme arranged for this'day and several days to follow, not only each hour, but each moment, would be of lictuiiy occupied. These birthday fes tivities were troublesome, but duty must be done, and then, Leopold re pented, when lie had Miss Mowbray's name and address, the court surgeon HUd physician would be commanded to attend upon her without delay. With those words and a chivalrous courtesy at parting, the emperor was gone, llarou von Lynda), grand master of ceremonies, ami ids baroness having been told off to take care of Miss Mow bruy. In another mood it would have prick ed Virginia's sense of humor to see BaroneM von I,yndnl's almost shocked surprise at discovering her to be the daughter of that Lady Mowbray whom she was asked to meet. Luckily all tho letters of introduction had reached their destinations, it merely remaining, according to the etiquette In Uhaetla. for Lady Mowbray to announce her ar rival In Kronburg by sending cards to tho recipients. Hut Virginia had no heart for laughter now. She had been on the point of forget ting until reminded by a dig from tho spur of necessity that she was only a mnsqucrader acting her borrowed part In a pageant. For the first time since she had hopefully taken it up that part became detestable She would have given almost anything to throw It off and bo herself, for nothing less than clear sincerity seemed worthy of this day and the event which crowned It. Nevertheless, in the vulgar language of proverb which no well brought up princess should ever stoop to use, she had m?de her own I>od, and she must lie In it. It would not do for her sud doidy to give out to the world of Kronburg that she was not, after all, Miss Mowbray, but Princess Virginia of Uauruenburg-Drlppo. That would not l>e fair to tho grand duchess, who had yielded to her wishes, nor fair to her own plans. Abovo all, it would not bo fair to tho emperor, handicap ped as ho now was by a debt of grati tude. No; Miss Mowbray she was, and Miss Mowbray she must for the pros ent remain. Naturally the grand duchess fainted when her daughter was brought back The arm in it* blood stained sleeve was hastily bound np. with ominous red stains upon the gray background of her traveling dress. But the wound was neither deep nor dan gerous. Tho court surgeon was as consoling as ho was complimentary, and by the time that messengers from tho palace had arrived with Inquiries from the emperor and invitations to the emperor's ball tho mother of the herolno could dlspenso witli her sal volatile. Sho had fortunately much to think of. There was the important question of dross for tho ball tomorrow night; there was tho still moro pressing ques tion of the newspapers, Wbicb must not be allowed to publish tho borrow ed name of Mowbray lest complica tions should arise, and thero wero the questions to be asked of Virginia: How had she felt? How had she dared? How hod tho emperor looked, nnd what had the omperor said? If it had l)ccn natural for tho grand duchess to faint it was equally natural tha,t she should not faint twice. She t>egan to believe, after all. that Provi dence smiled npon Virginia and hor adventure, and sho wondered whether tho princess' white satin embroidered with seed pearls or tho silver Spangled blue tullo would be more becoming to wear to tho bnll. Next day the Hhaetlnn newspapers devoted columns to tho attack upon tho emperor by nn anarchist from a certain provlnco (onco Italian), who had disguised himself as an ofllclal in the employ of tho burgomaster. There wero long paragraphs in pralso of the lady who, with marvelous courage and presence of mind, had sprung between tho emperor nnd the assassin, receiv ing on the arm with which she had shielded Unser I,eo n glancing blow from tho wenpou aimed at the Im portal breast; but, thanks to a few oar ncstly imploring worfln written by Lady Mow bray to Huron von I.yndal, commands lmpro.sscd upon tho land lord of tho hotel and tho fact that Rhnetlan editors aro not as modern as Americans In their methods, the lady was not named. She was a /ureigner and a stranger to the capital of Hhae tln. She was, according to the papers, "as yet unknown." * (Continued.) 11 * 4 4 ?.*?* 4444 * * ?? # The Last Raid on Upper South ?| Carolina, Confederate War. w. I), s. * 4 444* 4 4 4 H i * 44 4 14 4444 4f K 44-k-4 May the first, 1865, was the winding up of the Confederate war in South Carolina. General Stoneman'a com mand was pursuing President Davis through Spartanburg and I.aureus coun ties and they went into camp the first day of May, at Samuel Holt's, on Rabun creek, in Laureus county, S. C. They took possession of his farm, tore out the end of his corn crib and scat tered three hundred bushels of corn (over the horse lot and surrounding ,'oods to feed their horses. What the horses did not eat was tramped into the mud and /asted. The officers made their headquarters in his dwelling house, took his meat out of the smoke house, tilled his chickens, brought in his cook to get their supper, put the food on his table and then invited him to sit down and eat with them. This made him so mad that he said it would have choked rim to have eaten one morsel with them. On that night news was brought in that General Johnson's army had surrendered in North Carolina, the war was over and hostilities to cease. Afterward* meeting Mr. Holt I asked him how the Yankees treated him. I was sorry that I mentioned the subject. I could al most feel the steam of the expletives as he rolled them from his mouth. Tin* incident and his imprisonment in Ku Klux times were two things it was best not to mention in his presence. Next morning the Union men were swarming all over this section stealing every mule and horse they could lay their hands on and taking negro men to lead their slock. About daylight I heard some one halloing get up there. Wife that is a Yankee's voice. On opening the door there stood a tile of men with their muskets cocked on me. We want you as a guide to Cooley's bridge. Iam not going. You can get a negro out thcr in the cabin. I put on my clothes and walked out and by that time they had my horses out and were trotting dow the road. One of them called out w are borrowing your horses and willgiv them back by the guide from Cooley' bridge. Tho thunder you will! I was letting some warm words come out This was a squad of couriers (with [Charley Simpson piloting them Cooley's) carrying the news that Gen >ral Johnson's army had surrendered and the war was over, still they wer stealing our horses. The marsh pony they carried off was put in the posses sion of their commanding officer, wh said that he was going to carry it home for his wife to ride. It was the pretti est pony that he ever saw. These were the words that my negro man brought back when he mdo up with Charley Simpson on an old crippled mare. The Yankees forgot to return my stock 01 pay for them until this day. The Union men were trailing Presi dent Davis, who had passed through a few days ahead of them just like a hound dog would follow a rabbit's track. They went right on the trail by Boyd's bridge, then towards Kasor's bridge on Saluda. Wheeler's men had fired this bridge and the column turned Up to Erwin*S bridge and out towards Honen Path and Anderson o. H. Gen ;ral Leo's men were coming through jvery day on their way home. Often they would call me out and ask for something to drink. I had a jug of whiskey made out of sorghum skim mings that a neighbor had given me for dting his mule back from one of Mor gan's men. I would fill a glass and hand to them and they would turn it up and drink. I never had a man to drink a glass or ask for more. Talk about your one X dispensary. This stuff was about the meanest that ever run out of a still. Two weeks after this a Confederate soldier rode up to the lot gate and asked directions to Darlington. He was dressed in a roundabout coat. After asking him about his command and re [cciving no favorable answer he saw that he had me non plussed. He told me ho was General Samuel Ferguson who commanded President Davis' e1 cort. He went into camp at Washing ton, Ga., and drew rations for 1,1500 men. That evening news came up on the Georgia road from Augusta, Ga., that Gen. Johnson had surrendered. His men commenced saddling up and [going ofi* in squads during the night. Next morning about 100 were in camp. He reported to the president for orders; pay oil" your men and dismiss them. He then called upon General Breckin ridgo, who was sitting on his horse in the public road. A scout dashed up and said the Yankees aro coming. The gen eral rode olf towards Macon and Gon al Ferguson up the river to Hart county. 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Proposals will be received, to be opened at 2 o'clock p. m. .July Kith, 1908, for the side or donation to the United States of a suitable site, cen trally located for the Federal building to be erected in Laurons, South Caro lina, A corner lot of (approximately) 120x130 feet is required. Eachprojx il must give the price, the ?character of the foundations obtainable, the prox imity to street cars, sewer, gas, and water mains etc., and must, be accom panied by a diagram indicating th< principal street, the north point, the dimensions and grades of land, tla widths and paving of adjacent streets and alleys, whether alleys are public or private and whether or not the city, owns land occupied by sidewalks. The vendor must pay all expenses connected with furnishing evidences of title and deeds of conveyance. Improvement, on the property must be reserved by the vendor, but pending the commence ment of the F?deral building they may remain upon the land upon payment, of a reasonable ground rent. The grantor must, however, remove all improve ments on thirty days' notice so to do. The right to reject any proposal i*; reserved. Each proposal must ho sealed, marked "Proposal for Federal building sitp at 1,aureus, South Caro lina," and mailed to the secretary of the treasury (supervising architect), Washington, D. C. No special form of proposal is required or provided. CF.o. B, COHTRLYOU, 45*8t Secretary. The Man Who Receives $12 a Week : : : : HR I mi for his services may not be able to get a raise in salary just at present, but he can make an effort to save a little from his weekly pay. ( >ue Dollar will open an account'at this bank and additional sums may be deposited from lime to time. This plan has started many wage earners on the road to a cotllpe tance. Why not you ? iil 1 ;bank3^laui % L. 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