The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, January 29, 1903, Image 2
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' \Ef"32L mcnt which the
greater part of t
j happiness when
''j&jR-1 given to them to
/ // on which it acts,
/ iy component parts
j ft every objection a1
111 well-informed, a
\t{ because of its pie
Syrup of Figs?a
be u?ccl by fathct
Syrup of Fij
naturally withou
system effectuall
fr?m tlie usc ?ft
\?. v ^ which the childre
' V. grow to manhoot
them medicines,
.t'?^ assistance in the
gentle?Syrup of
Its quality is
-5' "-' laxative pnnciph
also to our origin
^ yg the liule ones, dc
dP* ers sometimes ol
bought anywhere
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. ^ Current Event*.
A London dispatch says: "The steam
packet tfpupa, from Cardiff, for Cork
has been missing since last Friday
Wreckage which has been washed ur
oo the roast near Cork leaves 110 doubt
that the vessel foundered during a
jgale. She had a crew of 20 men and
some steerage passengers on board.
She m^as owned in Cork."
John Mitchell, president of the
United Mine Workers, in bidding fare.
well to the Coal Commission before
.going west to tne miners coiivrunou
in Indiana polls, declared that the nonunion
miners had been decoyed into
giving testmony in favor of the opera,
tors.
The Methodist ministers of ludianapolis.
in order to stimulate fresh interest
among their congregations, have
adopted a plan of exchanging pulpits.
The congregations are not told '^at
preachers they are going to have and
this deprives them of the excuse oft?.n
made for not going to church?that
they know just what the sermon is going
to be.
The best ten chapters course of
Bibfe studies, which is being given in
the chapel of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian
church. New York city, oa
Sunday evenings at 7:30 o'clock, is
arousing unusual interest. Three hun4
vdmrd and sixty-five persons were present
for the study of the fourteenth
chapter of John and about the same
nnmber of the third chapter of Joha.
Five of the "best ten" * hapters are
found in John, and the other five
represent five other books of theBible.
The Rev. Dr. P. S. Hcnson. referring
to the agency which is most kecniy
felt in the destruction of the influence
the church of today, says: "It isn't
the higher critics tuat are destroying
the influence of the church?and I
have no more sympathy with the de sdrueifve
cities than you have. The
trouble is not with the higher critics,
but with the lower living of Christians.
The fog erf higher criticism is not to
be dissipated by firing great guns at
it. That only adds to the fog the smoke
?rf the powder. You can dissipate tic
Yog only by the sunbeams of Christian
living. Ill wear myself out preaching
the evidence of Christianity, and some
cross-graiivsd representative of Christianity
in the pews will spoil the whole
inside of tea minutes after I get
through."
lA Cough
I "1 have made a most thorough
m trial of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral and
am prepared to say that for alldis9
eases of the lungs it never disapI
points."
* J. Early Finley, Iror.ton, O.
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|>\yer sv>uciiy rctiuidi
won't cure rheumatism;
we never said it would.
It won't cure dyspepsia;
we never claimed it. But
it will cure coughs and .
J colds of all kinds. We
first said this sixty years
, ago; we've been saying it
ever since. ;
Three tixes: 25c, 50c., SI. All droftiet*.
3 Com alt your doctor, ir he tars talc* it.
then Jo ax he If he telle you not
to take it, then don't tako it. He know*.
Iesre It with him. We are willing. >
.1. C. AVER CO.. Lowell, Maes.
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CHILDREN I
loors and out of the games which they ]
y receive and the efforts which they
hat healthful development which is s<
frown. When a laxative is needed th
O -
cleanse and sweeten ana s'rengthen t
should be such as physicians would sa
are known to be wholesome and the rem<
ble quality. The one remedy which phys
pprove and recommend and which tin
asant flavor, its pontic action and its be
ir.d for the same reason it is the only las
s and mothers.
js is the only remedy which acts geni
t griping, irritating. or nauseating and
y, without producinp that constipated 1
he old-time cathartics and m<?dern imit
xi should be so carefully puarded. If y<
1 and womanhood, strong, healthy and
when medicines are not needed, and i
way of a laxative, pivc them only the si
Fips.
due not only to the excellence of the <
:>s of plants with pleasant aromatic svr
,al method of manufacture and as you
> not accept any of the substitutes which
fTer to increase their profits. The penv
; of all reliable druggists at fifty cents
to remember, the full name c
CALIFORNIA FIG SYR.UP <
the front of every packages
In order to pet its
beneficial effects it is al- _ /
t'-. -
WJT? un-v.ua. J i" W'V ?."* #
the gentiine only.
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> The Seaboard and Its Relation to th<
South's Development.
' J Common Carrier.
In reviewing the industrial develop
I ment attained by the South, it is but
' natural that we turn our eyes upot
: the scene with a view to ascertaining
1 | the part played by the "Common Car
i rier," the railroad. To those who have
I simply listened to the revival of the
South's industrial activity, the follow
| ing figures by the Census Bureau will
. i no doubt be interesting as well as surprising:
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groat deal of this advancement is
i directly attributable, individually and
collectively, to the efforts of the rail
lines traversing tho Southern teriitory.
With the rise of the South came
also the natural expansion of these
railroads, and It Is interesting to note
! the progress in this direction when
we compare the gieat systems of to
; day with tnose we rememner in m?:r
' infancy. In glancing over the situation
' we notice particularly the Seaboard
, Air Line Railway, whose parent stem
; less tnan fifteen years ago tapped only
: Virginia ami North Carolina. At that
i time, lumber and its by-products were
i the principal commodities; and we
i have also watched with interest tne
' progress of this line in escaping from
j its narrow confines and developing
into the wonderful system which it
is today. By building and consolidation
the or.ee small line now pene;
trates almost the entire South, reach
I ing the capitals of Virginia. North
Carolina. Sou'h Carolina. Georgia,
| Florida and Alabama, and from its
limited lumber trade now engages in
' the transportation of almost every
known article oi manufacture, as well
i as the products of agriculture, for
j which the South is noted. The natural
! resource of the South has been in cotton
and while we would not seek to
depreciate the real worth of this
; staple and its value to us; there is
r.o denying the fact that the wealth
of iron ore and coal found in the
South has been ihe important feature.
The Seaboard realized this and
through their newly acquired possesi
sion, the East and West Railroad,
will enter the rich iron deposits auu
coal fields of Alabama in a few months
will make its lin? terminate at the
"Pittsburg of the South." Birmingham.
Through its Industrial Department
j a great deal of development work
I has been accomplished. As monuments
! we might refer to Southern Pines and
T _.y
wB^gagyy.
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make, conies the C\.
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c remedy which is
lie internal organs fV$ '<!'
notion, because its /* / ;?/
?dv itsel f free from V
iciuns and parents, '<? .. .
e little ones enjoy,
neficial effects, is? w' v<?* /jjv
:ative which should 1
tly, pleasantly and ?
which cleanses the '
labit which results <
:ations, and against A 7..'
ni would have them 1
happy, do not give
when nature needs ' I
iinple, pleasant and 1
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;ombination of the
;ir>s and inices, but <
value the health of I
unscrupulous deal- ' i 1
line article may be f* ;rr
per bottle. Please k i
>f the Company? / *
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' i Pinehurst which resorts are noted <
; throughout the Eastern part of the ;
i country. The management has made j
' i the interests of the people along 1U
: line their first consideration and this
1 i in a measure accounts for the agricul- '
: j tural and industrial success which has
' ! been attained. Every encouragement
; j is accorded for the location of manu'
i facturing industries, and their liberal
" j policy toward the agriculturists is
1 | well known. In some instances, when
, the occasion arose, they have assisted
; the growers in the purchase of seeds
, and plants and have also tutored them
I in a line upon which they were, uninifo-mcd;
all of which has not only
' been appreciated by its residents and
j patrons but has had a tendency to
j cement the very close feeling between
j them. The industrial work has been
j broadened until it now reaches the
i entire system and embraces the Genj
eral Industrial Agent and corps of asj
sistants. and we look for increased
I results from this line which has
i served so well its section during the
I past years.
j The tide o; emigration has ever
, been Westward, consequently the
! South has been compelled to rely
j upon its sons for the tillage of Its
j soils. Through various causes, how I
: ever, we fir.d in recent years a small s
| but steady flow of northerners and s
I westerners ?ho have tired of bat- i
1 tling with the long and severe
! winters experienced in this section r
; and have come to dwell within the ?
' land of perpetual sunshine.
' fin/1 o nrniliirtivA
I soil and in addition to their veal ol>l
left the enjoyment of the climate,
i they have realized in excess of their
j expectations: to their success and o
I satisfaction ve attribute their fol- ,1
i lowers and a few years only will st;f- i
fire to have the South reach the ajtrv g
I cultural heights which it deserves,
j There is an impression that the ex!
freme south is :i barren waste and c
1 not capable of production. Were this |
! true, would ihere in; the ever con- r
| stant extension of rail lines which ara
I itoiiiR on ytariv ? The Seaboard is it:t- ?
j bued with faith as is evidenced by f
: its rectnt connection which leads it j
; into the beautiful Manatee section, by j
| this connection they penetrate Mana- _
I tee county. Florida and the wonder- _
| ful results obtained, which are shown
from a compilation of authentic sta- r
' tistics lead us to believe that this .
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|CUII!HIV ?ll. i it: i|iui.nij |>uHuiuwu r
a deserving class of people. It seem3 a
j proper to change Horace Clreely's t
famous remark into an invitation to c
! "Come South" where you will find a
: warm welcome equalled only by iis
1 unsurpassed climate.
J. W. WHITE. 1
Portsmouth, Va.. Dee., 1902. ^
I Mrs. Winrlow"? ^oothingSyrnp for children r
i 1e< thing,sofien the gums, reduces inflamma .,
j lion, allays pain,euros wind oolio.25o. abottl-j
i One thousand five hundred and thirteen
i novels were published in England iu
! 1901. *
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: TITS permanently cu red.Xo fits or nerv ->us!
ness after first day's usu of Dr. Kline's (ireat c
.\ervoIleatorer.if2 trial bottleand treatise free t
' Dr. B.ti.Kline, Ltd., 'j:51 Arch St., Phila., i'a. t
Two men and one woman living .n
Worcestershire. England, state that they e
! are centenarians.
1 ]r y.u want creamery prices do as the '
? : in'-rittS do, Use JUNE TlNT BUTTER I
j COLOlt.
I There arc two women of seventy-five ,
i years and over for every man of that age
i in the borough of Finsbury. England *
x
] 3am sure I'iso's Cure for Consumption saved c
I my life three years ago.?Mas. Thomas Rori
bins. Maple St.. Norwich. N. Y.. Feh. 17,1990.
Dublin Museum now possesses a large
| stuffed elephant, the first mounted speei;
men ever exhibited in Ireland. <
Hon. William J. Bryan will have his
portrait painted by William H Leavitt, <
1 a Newport artist, who will leave for j
! Lincoln, Neb., next month. ,
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'Mynhei
BY ST. QIORQE
Coptbioht 1Wt, Roes
CHAPTER VII.
[Continaed.]
"It wns he who sent me. I have exhjuwtpfl
npnrlv four months in all.
There remain eight more for you to
show up in Philadelphia and prove
four Identity. That done within a'
fear from the date of the old man's
ieath you fail heir to his vast estates."
"Well," with a steady ' puff-puff,"
"suppose 1 fail to show up?what
then?"
"Why. man. there's a cool million at
stake in this matter?think of it,
enough to tic out expeditions to the
North Pole?to the centre of the earth
?money to squander in the most elaborate
efforts to discover what even1
a Livingstone or a Doctor Kane has
failed iu.''
How artfully Mr. Grimes puts this,
appealing to what he knows is the
weak spot in the make-up of his
strange companion. Was ever such a
scene as this known before, when a
man pleads with a fellow human to
appear aud claim a fortune that
awaits his coming?
Mynheer Joe seems to be weighing
the whole affair in the invisible scales
of his mind. When he speaks again it
Is reflectively.
"Eight months, you say. When did
he die?"
"On the 10th of October last."
"Eight months?let me see?from
Cairo I go direct to India?It is impossible
to give that journey up, for oven
now I may be too late to accomplish
what I seek to do. Then, if all goes
T Ln m r* A s\ iin r?iv VYlln/1
wcu nitric* jl uatc iyauc u^> ujj uijuu
to sec something of China in a region
foreigners hare never yet been able
to penetrate, making my way through
to Persia and the Mediterranean.
Eight months are a short time, but
then if everything goes well there is a
,'hance that I may turn up in Philalolphia
before or on next October
10th. It all depeuds on how fortune \
landles ine, you know."
It would be Impossible to portray !
the feellugs that possess Mr. Grimes
tvhlle he listens to these remarkable J
ivortls. He has seen many types of
nen in his life, and looks upon the j
ivhole human race as gold-worshipers, |
pet here is a man who seems to have
m honest scorn for the dross. It. is !
;he most astonishing event .Mr. Grimes j
las ever couie across in all his life.
EIc holds his cigar between linger and
lunnb and surveys Mynheer Joe with
imazemeut.
"You are the first man I ever met
n my range, sir. who would snap his |
ingers at a fortune which he could j
lave by putting out his hand and j
jrasping it." he mutters.
"Perhaps so, Mr. Grimes. I know j
ny own mind best, and as you per- !
laps are aware possess enough means j
'or nil the purposes of my business. |
v liftlo mmipr pops n wav when \
n tiie bush, and I don't travel like
Stanley with from one to five hundred ;
>orters and lighting men. By the way. i
itipposing I fail to turn up by the time !
peclfied, does the property go to char- .
tyr j
Mr. Grimes lias been expecting this. ,
tud yet he twists uneasily in his chair,
is though hardly willing to answer.
"No. It goes to the other side of the j
louse.'' .
"Ah! Tin- Runners?"
"A descendant of theirs, daughter
if the last Miss Bunner She married
ind was lost sight of for a long time.
<ut her family turned up cut Wis;
oinewhere."
"Do you know the name of this heirss.
Mr. Grimes?"
"Well. yes. sir. I have heard i:." he i
cplies.
"Let me have if. please," remarKs j
lynhecr Joe, taking out his note- !
>ook. "A man is bonnrl to feel some I
nterest i t the party who will come j
nto a million or not, according to his !
vliini. If you have seen this party? !
ly the way. is she a spinster or mar- j
ied woman?"
"The former, by all means." with a j
Tin that Mynheer Joe takes note of .
ind presumes is caused by the fact '
hat the party referred to is an anti[uated
old maid, with queer little
urls, blue glasses and a pet cat?oh.
ie can see her in imagination, just ac
le pictured the Hon. Demosthenes
banner?and as truly.
"I trust she'll make good use of the
aoney If through my failure to appear
t falls to her,*' pursues Joe, thoughcully.
"No doubt of that, sir, no doubt of I
hat," says the other, with something |
if a chuckle. "According to my Idea !
- ' V ?. ? ? *- ?~ 1 tr\ <r \ |
n imnKing inui muut'j m uuuuu w ^v
he same way whether you get It or
he other."'
"That's an enigma. Mr. Crimes,
ixplain."
"Well, you see, she's uncommonly ond
of travel?has been up Mount
Blanc, partly scaled the Matterhora,
:rulsed along the whole coast of Aiders,
and has any number of trips in
:ontemplation which will consume
noney and add to the kuow.ed^ge of
geographers. Bless you. sir, she's got
l medal already from the Koyal Geographical
Society tn." Great Britain in
onnection with certain fcatnres con?ernlng
some daring woik sh3 did In
he Alps."
"Phew! A regular female discovertr!
An adventurer Jn petticoats. I've
net a number of such. They're all
dike. And while admiring their grit
er Joe. v
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: pATHBORNE.
jj
:BT BojfNER'a Sox*. J
In darlnp perils in unknown lands I
s a.^ > rM nwimAU fhof
am mt iu wuicw, .ui. uniuw, iuai
I was never struck with their personal
charms. It is a business that only
the most determined characters take
to?women who partake more of the
man in their nature. You've seen 'em
often."
Mr. Grimes is shaking all over with
some emotion. He coughs as though
it is a little tobacco smoke that has
goTten iuto his windpipe and choked
him.
"Of course, my dear fellow. But
you do wrong to condemn the whole
class. I've always found there were
exceptions to every rule."
"Come, don'? think I'm throwing
out inueudoes against female travelers.
I've met several wonderful women
who accompanied their husbands
into danger and threatening death.
I'm only stating n fact that all with
whom I am acquainted are strong
characters, with plain, resolute features.
I presume the life they lead
makes them look so mannish."
"Yet, they, too, may have been lovely
once," murmurs the pseudo silver
king.
"The name, Mr. Grimes?the name?
Ferhnps I have met the lady somewhere."
"And I am sure of it It is now less
than half an hour since you knocked
her dear old governor out in one
roncd."
Mynheer .Too drops book and pencil
*>*>/! nrvtil n/?n 4 /\ !? ** 4- ? a 1C tnn/1 a ^V>a
uuu njuiu^n iu iiist irui .ia u lurtuy iur
recipient of n galvanic shock from
one of the electric eels he Is so fond
of telling about.
' Why. man. you don't mean to tell
me that It is Molly Tanner?" he bursts
out with, whereupon his companion
begs him to remember that others are
not far away, and one scene of an evening
is quite enough.
By this time Mynheer Joe, the erstwhile
cool messenger from Khartoom.
has picked up his book and seats himself
close beside Mr. Grimes, upon
whose arm he fastens a clutch, while
with a voice full of eagerness he asks:
"Tell me the exact truth, my friend.
There is no reason for concealment between
us. You say Molly Tanner will
come in for that million If I fail to
turn up?"
"Thai Is the whole of it, my dear
.loo."
"Of course she knows the nature o?
the will?"
"Word for word."
"I am puzzled." j
"How so?"
"She mot me. heard my name, and
yet did not recognize me as the party
who could step between her and this'
fortune."
"Bah! You forget something. You?
assumed your uncle's name, which. It
scorns, for reasons l?est known to
yourself, you have thrown off again." ;
"True, sir."
"The document speaks of Joseph M.
t.'arriugford as the coming man. How
was she to know Mynheer Joe as that
party?"
"Ah! You arc right, Mr. Grimes,
you are right!"
"This young woman, as I told you.
is an enthusiast in the work of seeing
unknown countries, climbing mountains
that have never yet been sealed,
and, in fact, accomplishing deeds that
you men iovo so dearly."
"I remember she spoke of being j
fond of travel," he mutters thought- |
fully. This surprise has taken his i
breath away, and for the time being
Mynheer .Toe Is not himself.
"Just at present she has an object
in her travel beyond mere adventure
or sight-seeing. She is searching for
a man."
"Ah!"
"By name Joseph M. Cnrringford."
"On deck. "What will she do when
vile fmds this same personageV"
"Endeavor to send him home to
Philadelphia in time to secure his inheritance.
She believes the old man's
will is unjust, and desires to set mailers
right. No one looks for the missing
Carringford more earnestly than
tills girl who would most profit by his
absence."
"Then Molly Tanner is one in n
housand. I knew I could not lie mistaken
in her face. Here is another
peculiar tie that draws us together.
;.Ial:e up your mind. Mr. Grimes." as
he tosses his cigar away and Jumps to)
his feet, "I go to India from here, and
the chance is now one in a thousand
ih.it I turn up in Quakerdom in time
to rccure the conditions of the will."
Mr. Grimes does not rise, bnt puffs'
away at his Havana, brought across
w__l
the water, while ne iooks aitcr ai>uueer
Joe's retreating form.
"Wall," lie says, with a chuckle?
"two and two make four. The mag"
net draws?he goes to meet her. t
may be beaten in one sense, but there
are more ways of accomplishing a
thing than enter into your philosophy,
Horatio. Kismet! It is, indeed, fate!"
CHAPTER VIIL
SA-NDT.
Mynheer Joe enters the nearest room
and finds a few of the guests scattered
about. His eye seeks one form alone
?and finds It not It is uncertain
how Molly will receive him, as he
cannot tell whether her father will
relate the circumstances of the affair
to her or not
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Conscious that a pair of eyes have
fastened upon him, he looks across
tho room to see the small man whom
Grimes designated as the wily baron,
the secret emissary of the Russian ,
Government, smiling and nodding Jrr'-^
a condescending way that is irritating,
to say the least.
Just then Mynheer Joe has a peculiar
sensation sweep over him; he Is
conscious 01 a ueep aisuite rowuru mm
man. He does not attempt to explain
the feeling. Perhaps iUis rivalry
that brings these two together?a
striving after the smiles of & beauti^
ful girl.
Molly Tanner brushes past (he baron
at this moment, having been able to
leave her parent, who is not badly injured
in any way. The Russian pots
out a hand to stay her passage, bnt
she heeds him not, advancing straight
as the home flight of a bee for the
spot where the explorer stands. In
another moment she is at his side.
"How is your father?" he manages
to ask, feeling like a hypocrite; and,
but for the fact of his face being already
tanned, the blood mounting upward
would betray him.
"He feels no effect from bis fall,. but
is full of deep anger," Molly re- '
plies.
"Against?the man who strnck him?!
"No, singularly enough he doesn't
seem to feel that way toward the
wretch. His anger is wholly directed
against the man who threw the banana
skin upon the flags on which he
slipped at the time he was struck."
"Oil!" says Joe, with a gurgling smile,
as he grasps the defeated gladiator's
ruse to excuse his downfall. "Singular
how incidents will happen. I've
had as strange things occur to me at
I iimoL? Pnf \ffaa \fnllr hno fa*If TplfH /
you? If your father does pot~b?a?
malice toward the unlucky offender ' |
Nvho was so rash as to measure Strength
with him, do you also forgive him?"
"Not I?the wretch. It was my dear
old governor he struck. If I had been
present I'm afraid I might have done
something desperate."
And her flashing eyes give Joe an '
idea that this is no mere idle threat
on her part.
He shrugs his shoulders and continues:
"I believe it was a fair, stand-up
business. But we will not discus* U
further, Miss Molly." " ^
"Pardou me, but?" she stammc* a
"What can I do for you?" seeinpjMl
she is about to ask some favor at -J
which she hesitates.
"I don't know why I speak to you
in. this way, since I have known you
for so short a time. I have numerous
friends here?acquaintances^ I should
call them?but you saved my life, and,
somehow I feel that I can say to you
what I should hesitate to speak to
others."
i "Yes," he utters encouragingly, feelling
deeply flattered by her words, and?
j yet conscious of an uneasy sensation,
! lor the baron is glaring at him from
j "across the room, and there is somej
thing baleful in that diplomat's frown,
j "Will you help me?" she asks blunt*
ly.
"I promise you, to the l?est of my
ability," he replies without a second
thought.
"A thousand thanks, I knew I could
depend upon you," she murmurs.
Mynheer Joe does not dream the nature
of the request she Is about to
make.
"What can I do for you," he finally
asks. "D not hesitate. Speak out"
"Yon may think me vindictive, perhaps."
"Never!"
"But when I think of the dear old
governor being so badly used, my
blood fairly bolls."
"Ah!"
"Do you think you could find the
wretch who beat my governor, Myn- .
beer Joe?"
"I am sure of it," stoutly.
i "Will you do this?for me?" 4
I "Assuredly."
"And bring him before me?"
"I will drag him there by the neck
and the heels, though he has the
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isireusiij UJ. u ouuisuu.
Tlifs wonderful speech receives its
reward, of course, in the shape of a
sweet smile; but it is still too early
to tell what the designs of the explorer
may be.
"You are very kind, Mynheer_Joe.
When this "fellow is Detore rae. I am
in doubt what to do?whether to give
him a piece of my mind or nsc a whip
on him, as I have read of energetic
women doing. In some way I must
show him that he cannot beat my
dear governor with Impunity."
Joe almost smiles as he thinks of
having need of such a defender as
tills. But the situation is so extremely
delicate and desperate that he has no
heart to be amused at its ridiculous
side.
"Will you leave the decision with
me?" he asks having a bold idea.
"With pleasure," she replies.
"And abide by the result?"
"Yes, indeed. It will take a load
off my mind to have you decide my;
"Then, if I were you, I would not
think of doing anything with a whip.
In the first place it will get your name
in the papers?news gatherers are so
ready to seize upon a sensation and
make the most of it Thus you woul^
find people turniug to look at you in
the street, not because you had done
anything noble, but because you had
horse-whipped a man who for some
reason was powerless to resist"
"Say no more; I really did not dream
of it"
"Besides." he goes on, quietly, "I
have an idea the poor devil will suffer
worse at words of reproach from your
lips than he would under the tortures
of El Mahdi."
[To be Continued.] j
The custom of throwing rice at weddings
originated in China*