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VOLUME XXXV. LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 1920.NUBR4 \I1 Johns (Continued from Last Week.) Incrledulotuily he istened. I could see that he did not belleve a word I was saying. "You don't look like a dope fiend, either," he observed seathingly. "Look here," I retorted, "It is had enough to have the police take it for granted that I am a criminal and a murderer. but when the counsel the court assigns mie starts out on the same course. we quit right now. I'll get,a lawyer of my own when I need one." "I'll come nround this nflernoon nnd see you igain," ht, said coolly. "A few hours in the Tombs will make you see things differently." A few iuinutes later I foundJ miyself enscoteed in a cell ngain, still confl dent of myi) speedy rleaMse, but some what puzzled as to wiat would be my best meth1od of procedure. I was un' actlinted With any lawyers; iII fact, with any one In'the whole city with whom I could consultL My immediate hfpe !Py in my friend, Detective Gor man. There was nothing for mie to do but to wait until I heard from him. Fortunately I had had the fore thought when the detectives were ar resting me to take from Its hiding place in the hookcase my little hoard I Stood There Astounded. It Was Not Barbara; it Was Her Sister Claire. of Ioniey. Thi is einabled ine to seid out of t prison and have a lunicheconi brouglit in. Making imiyself as coln fortbitle as possible, I sat down to w'i it for Gorman:iv, occupying my mmi iian while with thinkIng of 14arbarn lirad ford. Teit tlin g u1)ppermost iin lily milnd was how to preven t her fromi being in any waiy inivolved. She ihust nieve'r kniow that onily b'y her testirnony would I lie able to prove an alibi,. Sh oubid she ever reailiz'e t his, I knew thaiit her nenlse of Just ice would mal~ke her emnea forward anvd tell the truithi, eveni though it mean1 lt the loss5 of her own reputamtion anid thle sianaiz111 ig of all heri acquainta mees. She mu lst not be peLrmiitted to ldk. She must not <tveni try to see mao while I was in pri son. The one wny-thle only way-I saw by whilcir I could escape froum the law's toils withouiiit 11n111lintinlg her was through t he sp~eedy rouniding tip of thle band of erlinails whlo I was positive were resplonsile for Miss Lutanl's murder as weli as for all our' trouibles. I was relying on (Rorman to do this. A- kieeper's voice itorr upted moy chnin of thiought. "You're wanted do~wn in the cronhsel roon,," hei said. -"There is a visitor for you'." "A visitor," I cried excitedly. '"Whu Is it'?" I thought of course it must be Gormian colme to my rescue. "It's your siater," hie announced. My sister I A thrill shot through me at his announcement. I knew, of couirso it could not be my sister. Iloth of themi were more children far away In the West. It must bo Barbara. Undoubtedly she had resorted to this ruse to make sure of seeing me while at the same tIme concealing -her own Identity.. Overjoyed at her coming, delighted to know that I bad read her heart aright and that my confidence in her trust In me was justified, I hastened .With the keeper to meet hear. .Delighted -as I was at her coming, I -w~.e formulating in my mind host best *t I#9... A1U*Aar.e.h t JtIh. rnnA The his pers amMus'ha4'ofe -if trwmMyers " lo it Oice il tinnt no matter wnn alippi-ied S-he tust keep her lips - los.'td Iout the eVpnts of last night. U;nder ilo !cilittaies wolld I per mit her to snterihlie ieiself to save me. InI the coounsel room at velled flgntre iwalitd ile. I spalnfig forward engor ly toward her. Tiel wotnan stanlding there pit till one lind in a repeillin.g gestire aind then flung hek her veil. I -Atodt tinre astonnded. It was not Barbara. It wis her sister Claire. CHAPTER X. For a full minute Cinire 1radfordI anil I stool t here ols.'rvling eich othl er. Iven btfore n word wa-is spoken I think we hoth i sensedil ito r mi tiil (ist rust. As I stiui'el her. I wns try IiI to cojvtureii . what collid alive been t he tut I ve' so Impellintg thilt sie hi dare1-d to conw! evoen witinl prisonl walls' to s'e fit'. Ifnl inmrhari sent her? I doilbti'il It. I wis sure that iore inji k Iiely her vlsit wifs to llea with me%.1 1 I( to kee 4 v )lenI'lt 11hoult her par. !n wh' ' r Ily* I was cer tiint Sie was goIng to kil me to pldge my word to t-ll ii, one of her seeiil visit to tile astit 1i:n tmet. Yet its I studill her wenk, Itnitiful finee. so like liarbarn's and yet so dif fernit. with Its sensiiotis imouth and rovIng, brilliant eyes. I stIll was won deritig how it was possible for a gIrl of her relliinement nid social Ipositlon to hnve become eutnmeshed witl such common erlinals as the two em ployees of the Orauddeck, Wick and the telephone girl. "To what n i ind'but'd for the honor of thin visit," I asked at length, adding with some sarcasin, "from my sister?" Never for a second had I Imagined that other tlun a selfish motive could havo brought her hit ther, and the con vermation that followed was ill the more surprising to fie on that ac count. "I had to say I wvas your sister," sho answered quickly. "I wanted to be stre of sceing you and I did not wish anyone to recognize me. You know, I belleve, who I am?" "You are IBari a's sister," I re piled. "Tlint's why I came," she cried, "for liarhara's stke. I have come to plead I wIith you for her." "To plead-with me-for her," I celied il nstonlishment. "'esi'" she erled pisslonttately. "She's young. S lttl m uiiore t.a a child. Slit d (ill not realize what she wis doing. Yoii must not let anyone know you (ev('i know her. You must Iever, ntever tell." "Never tell whi?" I answered non commtilttally. She antswveredi wlt.h a convulsIve soh. I Ihiiughit foir ai ltle tha 111t site was: gI ig to breiakI idown ('(toldet ely. IIe innetiir ottd the t'allor of her fate tt ritdi t' att Ieni tion of thle keepi'r who~ wias it thei rooi wIth tis. utel hei 'ct arit il forwatird as if expectIng her to full ii it fint. hltiluely she imlh'd hterself' iigetlher ittt went on in iinlitier t ones. '"Oh. I kniow till abotut It. I know hat Mlii Is comtti iely fuiselntled by youi. I kntow t hat slit hats beent' tiedt lng youi in the pairk. I kntow tht Mite has luniched wIth yotu at the Astor.'' Shte hesitatd andi tl her fate cr1itmone-"'I kno tto:Ihat she has event vlsI ted yoti In your irotonis late at ntight. Oh, plecise, pleasMe, I beg of y'ou, If there Iain n spark of manhtilood !n you,. do not t ake ndynitatge of a Mlly gIrl's wealkness. PlIease heclp me lirolect imy lIttle Mister's namte; prom 15se-you wIll. wont't you ?" "Why should I?" I replIed cnreless. ty, repressling my desIre to lenip at ence to Barbara's defentse and1 expdlin hlowl pttre andti honorablle her conduitct Ihad been anid how lofty the motivo that had governted her aetlons. Temapteid though I was to defenid heor, I realIzed thtat this ight ho nn op portunity to learn something of Claire Bradford's associates, antd I deter mined to make the most of it. How else could she know of all my meet ings with Bharbara unlesa she was In league with the persons who had been having me shadowed? Ho3w the knowledge that Blarbara bad been in my apartment cotuld havo emnsi to her was a mystery beyond me. I would have sworn that thtat was a secret ua. ered to~otr two solves. VListen to me," she .omiknanded, ciy onoy sinter, inocent or the ways of tho world. I must save her frotn herself, and her heedlessness. Never, never, if I can help It. shall01 suffer the agony and -shame and disgrace that I have known. Years ago I, just as she is now, became Infatuated with a nian far below me in the social scale. Ile, too, was a criminal," I snifted Indignantly at the "he, too," but she paid no attention. "I rn away from school and mar ried him and learned too late that he had % NY!Ae and child already. All my life, ever since, that terrible thing hs followed me. It's like a specter ever rising to confront ne. Even If I have to kill you, I am going to save my lit tie sister from following in my ste)s." "Where is Gaston Maurice now?" I asked. "Have you seen him recently?" She gasped and shuddered, looking SI Beginning S We are striped and Evrything and Fancy X cent off. # less than me |Don't Fail to vii our Remnant Cour er. "Net for years--not sJince long oe. fore my father's death-not since the marriage was annulled." "Nor heard from him," I persisted. "No, nor heard from him," she hesi tated, "unless-" "Unless what?" I inslted, as she stopped abruptly. "I can't tell you," she said firmly. "I don't know. They must have come from him, from someone that know the letters." "What lettors? Tell me about them." "I can't tell w'hat I don't know. I haven't the least idea where Gaston Maurice is. I had hoped he was dead in the war. Yet he can't be. I have had anonymous letters threatening me. They must have come from him or from someone whom he told of our marriage? How else could they know?" Ier distress was so real and her manner so convincing that I decided that she must be telling the truth. ".Pe1.'. sold L "ifll on o- #-I' seci4 Lturday, June 1 Shirt Waists ar DRESSE: All new and smart & Crepe de Chine goin sale at $70 Taffeta dresses a $61, Taffeta " $60 "" $30 Foulards " SKIRTS One lot of beautift Satins, Georgettes a] de-Chines to be sold Saturd going to sell a fancy Voiles 54 Sin Satin, Geor oiles to be sold e have a few C nufacturer's pr SDavis-R< "Outfitters for tl1 o Wb' TO hnU tstoafl 1 Ma11rie there is one thing that you can tll Mo." "What is that?" "Vby did you visit my apartment late last night? Why did you put that revolver In my dresser?" "Rlevolver," she queried in a puzzled tone, "what revolver?" "The revolver with which Miss Lu. tan was killed." She eyed mne in shockedI surprise. "Why do you say ths to rne? I never saw the revolver." "You cannot deny t4mt you were in my apartment last niglit."" "But the revolver," she protested. "'Wha't do you umean by that? I know nothing of any revolver." "Last night, a few ininutes after Miss Ljiutan was murdered," I said sternly, '"some man or woman entered my rooms and placed a revolver with one chrmher discharvzed In the' dro4'wr ILI u-1 a 9, on All Dre kd Piece Goods. W. tyles $ $6 Georgettq g in this $ $57.50 $10 Lt 49.00 $12 45.00 We have j 39.50 line of Voile 20.00 sizes to be s< Was I Baronet $6 value wa id Crepe- $7 " " at Cost. $9 ay Only ne Case of B< )c value 35c gette, Crepe-de during this sale oat Suits we vi iCe. C T per Co. h e Whole Family" ufl priuu tnere iwr cine purpose of tlirow Ing suspialon on me, of making me out the murderer. The detectives found it there and arrested me. If you did not enter my apartment to hide the revolver, why then were you there?" "I knew nothing about the murder," she answered irrelevantly, "until this morning-until I read about it in the papers." "What about Wick?" I hurled at her. "Didn't Wick tell you?" "ick," she repeated In a puzzled way. "Oh, Mr. Wick, the superintend ent. No, I have not seen him for sev eral days." "1)1(1 you do nothing yesterday at his direction?" "How absurd! Of course not." "Why, then, did you go Into My 00111S7" She looked at me with a frightened face, and her manner became miore confused. "I really beitevn vuil .- . le1 sses, Skirts, AISTS Crepe waist 4.95 " 6.98 " " 8.85 " 9.98 ust received a full s in all styles and >1d less 20 per cent. h Skirts sh Skirts $4.98 5.98 7.98 sautiful Silk Chine, plain at 15 per rill offer at is Big Sale lasts t One Week end t Sat., Jne 26