Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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5g in 0: .White Continued from fir-st page, this section. IWiiilly she silped oft the rest of lher pa11hinty clothes and with eyes screwed tight shut, groped for the presence, seized it and put it on in two parts. "Oh 1" she gasped in a rage, "that I should have to wear that beast's silk pajamas I" She put out the light, hurled ierself at the cot, curled up like a kitten, drew the sheet over her head, cuddled into the pillow and sobbed, "Poor Andrea I Poor Andrea Pci-Pe---". Brutal, elemental sleep had choked the words in her throat. There is no telling when Andrea would hnve awaked had It not been for Bathtub, who thundered on her door at the scandalously late hour In that clime of eight in the morning. "Bath ready, Missis ! Bath ready, Missis !" he was chanting m:1oto nously. She arose, put on her cloak, opened the door and rubbed her eyes at the shock of a noonday glare. The hoy grinned from ear to ear. "Bath ready !" Ie exclaimnil with a happy tinality and bearing towels and soap led her to the newly constructed little hut in the yard. Ile placed the parapliherialla on i chair set close to a collapsible canvas tub and from a neighboring smoldering fire fetched a big tin of water. "Ilot water !" cried Andrea. "Wlry, I'm Ibolling myself. Bring me cold water." "Cold water no good," afilrmcd Bath tub as lie emptied the tin. "But I wish cold water," said An drea. "Cold water plenty no good for white Missls," reta mnied Bnthtub and withdrew, carefully closing the door behind him. Andrea enjoyed the bath and learned In ten minutes tie souindness of thi tropileal rule that It lard taken sore ol-tituer ten years to evolve: The hot ter the day the hotter the water. Feel Ing refreshed, aMinost cool, sie started back to her room, biut stopped on the veranda, lier eyes held 'by sundry tiings on the table, ia mm's soft shirt, freshly ironed, i roll of' khaki cloth, scissors, a thimble and one of those pepper-pot tins of assorted needles. She stared at them fong and helplessly, her lower lip trembling; then she went in, pul on her things except her frock am] covered its lack with her cloak. Si did her hair last of all, by way 01 change, and just as she finished heat Bithtub's call to breakfast. Neither white man nor black was Ii evidence, but even so the day passe( swiftly, so mauny were the new feature: of the krarl's changing scene. Sbi chose at book at random; had lier ham mock-chair dragged into the shade o the dining tree and stretched out t, her first lesson in lazy content. Grad ually she grew drowsy with the heal but not so sleepy that she failed t hear from away off the far-carryin repnort, six times repeated, of a higi powered rifle. Bathturh, squatted nerar by, hooke up with a beartiice smiile. "Master," h stated. It was twvo hours later w~heni thi inicidlent waus repeated In every dhetri save thrit tire shots crirme fr-om sti farther away ; anid ab~out three houm after, orie miore thre thing harppene Bathtub rolledi his eyes rind huigg( blimself Inn gornirindizhrng antiipatik asB he brerathed the word, "Master !" Aindreai wris vaguely interested uint the sequel to those eighteen slro ririn to rrrrive and1( then she Wi stunnedl viirh horror. Anmid~ thne shiou of mcen andl thne shrill uhululooinig the women thuey began to come I beast rifler beast, each trussed to pole rand brnae by six, sometimes cigl (naked anmd straining blacks. First to rirrive .were five sable ant lope, beautiful even In deaith, the prom sweepl of their glorious hiornis iniverte thick tongiues dIragglug in the du: The bearers did n rot stop wvithnin tl kraial, bunt paussedl through it, chat 'lig wildly as though they were e gagedl in a perverted Bhacchnatli pageant of blooti. WYomien and clh dren streamied after them, rand ev Bathtub looked longingly in thne dirt tion they hind gone. Sgprce~ lard the hullabalg, of tih passing jiIinto the distance Ee new co tingent arrived. "M'suni M'sungo," the one word she kne cropped out from their jabber w the steady recurrence of a haunti fugue. What they bore were s1r wilt beeste, male rind femiale, buffootis the plains, still pitifully groted~ .their horse-like talir trailing like C. couraged funeral plumes. "Oh, W~hilto Mian," gasped Andr covering her eyes, "oh, M'sungo I" .And then it crame again, four lor ~is time, but every one as big ar giorse. Eight men strained under er carcass of eland, largest and gent1 (of all the hundred varieties of am lope that swarm over the length breadth of Africa. Andrea arose, but her knees tr bled so that sine quickly sat down pne of tire wicker chairs, clutching nrms with hands gone white as tho all the blood iun her body had hid in shame. Then came the white a followed by gunbearers, water-boy trackers. His face aind his bare a were streaked with sweat and d fln shirt and trousers clung to hill reat dark blots' f moTtire. Ie it. odded to Andrea as he made straight Ca >r his hut. pa Suddenly her strength came back her. She sprang up and rushed to gI as th - -- -t I Iii zz~zzat in ti g] A til " ' She Sprang Up and Rushed to Cut Him Off. cut 1im off. "You are a murderer," she gasped as she faced him. The man stopped in his tracks and stare( at her. Gradually he took in her ietning. "You think I do It for -for fun?" he excltuimed. "Murlderer," she repeated tensely. The man glanced at his hut and turned his back on it' vith a sigh. "Come with me," he said. "I. shall never go anywhere with you," replied Andrea. The man faced her quickly. "You will come with mue or be carried. Take your choice." Their eyes met and held in one of those struggles that measuro not so much the contending characters as the strength of the opposing purposes. The ian's purpose won out. Andrea dropped her eyes and followed him. Ile passed swiftly through the krnal and along a well-known p'ath that led to the fringe of the forest. Under an enormous mafuta tree the butchers were at work, four to each carcass, skinning, cutting, hacking with prac ticed hands. The meat was being piled in heaps, and at each heap-was sta tioned a black captain. Under his direction a host of helpers were cuttIng the flesh into initute portions. Beyond the limits of the tree's far flung branches squatted a black army -men with assegais in their hands; women and children with queer conical baskets in their laps. Physically these people were, without exception, a joy . to the eye, but beyond them, grouped together under another tree and hope. lessly staring, was a small band that brought sudden tears to Andrea's eyes. 4 Never beforo htad sho seen hnimnan boines anid skin without flesh, live cyes sturling from the skeleton emblem 01 0At last the division of the sangut nary spoil was completed. The well Sfed armny lined up, each and every man Saccomnpaniied bty woman or child as beatst for the small burdeni. Trhese mei swere also providied with individual -braiss checks, which they cast int< (I the batskets at thte feet of the captair nupon receip~t of their portion of meat At the end, to Andrea's amnazeimetl ithe tally waus exact except that it lef 11 the starving group~ out of the count. isThrough it all the wite mant hai ts stod grt'lniy by, uittering not a wvor< Sand leavinmg her to the assIstance o: her own intelligenice. She began ti a~ uinderstand ; thte possessors of the~ burai t1 chtecks haid worked for thtemt. But he eyes llngere'd pitifully ont the star~viny1 e- She turned to the tman with a ges 1( tutro ot' plien'ding-plein~ig for larl' d, for herself, mercy for the silent suff'e it ing. "Whtat about these?'' site n~keu e "They *ill receivo a ratint of mi it let," Ito answVeredl. "Tromorrow th a- me will crawvl to the forests, twice mf week they will get meiat checks. In imonth they andit their families will b ma fat and sleek. We refuse no onte wh C wishes to work." He turned to lead the way back 1 'ir the kraal and, once there, promptl a disappeared into his hut. Nalf an htot 50 later Andrea wvas nervously movii W, about her room, wonderig whethteri th put on her frock or not, when Blathtti ag arrived with a message. Did site wii 1e to dirne alone or with Msungq? 0f "Tell your master," she antswere e * "that I will dine with him with plea s' ure." During the meal, the white mi BS, talked, giving her listlessly certaine planatory information. "Eight montl id ago," he said, "I struck this countr ia It was desolation. In spito of the b ich river, which is quito near by, the who est district was in famine. I pass t- through ruined kraal after ruint nd kraal, and in some of themn dead hod, lay about, too dried out in life cy m- to rot. 'rhe game swarmed as it do in only in dry seasons, and thrived." its Andrea held both htand~s out townr gb him as though to stop htim. "Don't len she eried, "don't think I haven't 1 iah, derstood I" and "Upon my word," remarked the m~ ms dryly, "you're getting sincere" Lst. She sank back in her chat witi ,in look of renroaich. but ho did no: not "'m telling you," he continued, "I me to hunt and recover-" He t tised. Andrea could not keep her eyes from ncing toward the airplane. It was though she had followed his hidden ought. He flushed slightly, changed Al s sentence and finished. "And for iother purpose. But almost on the In iy 'of arrival I made n discovery in 'I o forest. Out of it has grown an L dustry that employs hundreds of na- 1) ves and never refuses a new recruit. di am working absolutely without title - id should you return to civilization, y ruin would be quite within your ,asp." "And that Is why I must stay," said ndrea. "No," said the man reading her face. If I could drop you back tomorrow iere on the beach where I found you, would do it." She felt a definite surge of pleasure, ut of all proportion to the occasion. Thank you." she whispered, and then ushed at a sudden wonder as to the xact nature of a feeling of gladness ver the fact that she was not called ipon then and there to decide whether n her heart she wished to go or stay. "But I can't," continued the man. I can't leave my people or my work or two weeks; I dare not trust you o a native escort." He drew away rem the table that he might cross his cnees, took a cigar and lit it. "You've eaten nothing," sAid Andrea. "I'm too tired to eat just now," he mswered. I'resently she arose. "I'm tired, too, White Man," she lied. "May I leave Ile gave he' an almost grateful zlance, arose and lifted oie side of the net for her to pass. She went to her room to read, lt- anII hour later, whlen She glaniceil out. surprised to see the lights burning under the tree, the White 11111 was still there, blznds dropped 11pon his kies. hei fallen forward, soun*d asleep in his clair. Andrea clasped aind uninspied her hands nervously. "Oh. why doesn't he go to bed?" she said to herself. "lie nn't get lny comfort out of timt sort i ng." Firfally sh stole out and found Dntlhtub. "Wake your imiaster," she coimlanded. "Tell him to go to bed." The darkey grinned up at her' sleepily until he gralsped her recluest, then his face took on a look of mixed fear and mischief. "Blathitub wnke M1'suingo one tiume plenty long ago and never forget. Missis try it." She looked at the lax figure, bone tired, plunged miles deep iln slumber, but even fron those depthis exuding a sense of compelling latent power, and hesitated. Getting up her cour age she coughed twice quite loudly, but ineffectually, and then, feeling almllost relieved that nothing happened, stole away on tiptoe. (To be C(ontinueI.) LIFT OFF CORNS! Apply few drops then lift sore; touchy corns off with fingers IDoesn't hu/rt a bit! Drop a lit fFreezone on an aching corn, instant1 that corn stopls hurting, then you li it right out. Yes, magic! SA tinly 1)0tt1e of F~reezone costs bl a few cents at any drug store, but -sumllcient to remove every hard cor - soft. COrn1, 01' corn betwveen the toe a amnd the calluses, without sorees1C5 -irritation. Freezone is tile sensational disco ~ery of a Cinceinnati geniius. It is .wol d (erful. SYOU WOULDN'T TRY TO TAE A WIOCA M ~r. Dodson Warns Against UI h of Treacherous, Dangerous Calomel. Calomel salivates! It's meren in Calomel acts like dlynamite on a alh x. gish liver. When calomnel comes II conltalct with sour bile it crashmes into causing era mig and nausea. 7If yo feel bil ious, headachly, con1 pated and all knocked out, jumst go leyour rugst aind get ai bottle of D) e~d SOnl's Liver TfonoC for a fewv centsI wh~ ed Is a hlarmless vegetable substitut~e es dangerous calomrel. Trake ai sp1oonlfu m if It dloesn't start your liver I estraighten you up better andi quic es than) na1sty calolmel andl without mak you sick, youl just go back amnd get y 'd money. -," If youl take calomel today you'll in- sick anld nauiseated tomorrowv; bea5 It may salivate yeol, whuile if you t aPodson's 1L1ver Tone youl will wake anfeeling great, full of ambition and rei for work or play. It's harmless, p1 ia ant sand safe to give to children; t ice ik Imt. LAND SALE. ate of South Carolina, County of Laurens~. IN COURTr OPCO.\MION PIlAlAS. S. Bailey & Son, Plaintiff, against idrew Fuller, Defendant. Pursuant to a .ecree of the Court the above stated case, I will sell at iblic outcry to the highest bidder, at xurens C. ll., S. C., on Salesday in ecember next, being Monday the 1st ly of the month, during the legal bB4 Jus 1to Onel arl to it, ti Thema ing Distributo *IHlpFi hti ___________________ honrs for such sales, the following de scribed property, to wit: All that lot, piece or parcel of lan1d being and situate In the tow'n of Clini ton, County and State atoresald, hav ing the following metes ald bounds, -8 feet by 90 feet, and being known as lot from and bounded by lots of Laws.;on Satterwhite, by Alfred larnes and another lot of Andrew Fuller, known as lot No. 13. Terms of Sale: Cash. Purchaser to pay for papers, stamps and recording. 3)l Pit out fc For, with Prince Albert, you'vp goi that cuts you loose from old stur Made by our exclusive patented I from bite and parch and hands you that ever was scheduled in your di Prince Albert is a pippin of a I beats the bandt Get the slant thi man ever longed for in tobacco figure up the sport you've slipp Albert quality flavor and quality sE You'll talk kind words every time Toppy red bag.. tidy red tins, hands dors-and-that classy, practical sponge moltener top that keeps th R. J. Reynolds Tobdcco Cox oad Dorts. oad Reo Cars ai oad Chervolet C r Chervolet in i rity of these ca able to sell a fe of parts for al s for Willard B3 for Miller Tir {OUR GARAGE SMOTOR CA ht Tuberculosis by joining th If the terins of sale are not coiplied with, ile land to be re-sold oil saie or som1e sub1seQ(Iuent Sialesday oil samel1 termlls, at risk of foriiel pu1rehaser. C. A. POW I'1, C. C. C. P. & C. S., IaalIrens, S. C. Dated, this Nov. 7, 1919. 1 i-:t-A T!o Quinino That Does Not Affect the ead jjlkca ;- t- it.. t~jljk niI 1w3iitve effect. LAXNA -.I VI 1 jl)~ t '; i .."N h' l ter 011111i ordinacry 6Qiill.- (111i(10CS not couseIS SICrV011isneSs not illi'ci:' in hotnd. Henle~ith"e ll l10 lutill anid ool for the Si:nature of 14. 'V. GROVE. 30c. -f-;P. Jil coght101 eETobacc* * LY the smokegame with a jimmy )a if you're hankering for a hand or what ails your smokeappetite! : a new listen on the pipe question ig tongue and dry throat worriest process, Prince Albert is scotfree about the biggest lot of smokefun rection! >ipe-pal; rolled into a cigarette it at P. A. is simply everything any I You never will be willing to ed-on once you get that Prince tisfaction into your smokesystem! 7ou get on the firing line! ome pound and half-pound tin hami pound crystal elass humidor with e tobacco in such perfect condition. npany, Winston-Salem, N. 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