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-I? y??????V ; Mynhe: j BY ST. QE0RQ1 j | coptbioht 1ssr, eon Cl? = * CHAPTER XV. [Continued.] The baron does not answer, but if 'looks cau uo deadly execution, then -would our three l'riends drop ou the spot. By this time the surgeon has taken the baron in charge, and leaving open his shirt, which is already saturated with blood, he proceeds to bind up the wound in a business-like way. It will prove painful for some little time, but not dangerous, unless the barons blood is in wretched condiliou. when blood-poisoning may set in. A wound of this sort is of a more serious nature in a Iiot country than if received where the air is bracing. Mynheer Joe quietly resumes the .garments he cast off when preparing for the duel, and in live minutes one would not imagine he has been cn.gaged in any such business. It is time they retu-aed to the river. Sandy, in particular, is anxious to reach Cairo for some reason or other. xJ?st as they are about to bid the others a courteous good morning and withdraw from the scene, the silence that Iroods over the place is suddenly and rudely broken. Shrill cries, filled with anger, ring out, coming from the direction of the river. It sounds as If a dozen men or tiger-cats are endeavoring to see which can make the most noise. "They're coining!" exclaims Sandy, whipping out his revolver, and selecting a good-sized palm as a base of defense. It Hashes tlirnncrh ih? minds of all that the baron has made a threat when lie declared the duel did not e:ii the feud between himself and My.a4ieer Joe. Then again, tncy remember their -<?on versa lion in the cabin of the dahabcah, when the possibility was mentioned, of a conspiracy, to overwhelm them in case the baron lost the fight. When they bear those fearful shouts It comes to the mind of Mynheer Joe as well as Mr. Grimes that the Arabic -crews of the two boats have combined and are rushing upon the scene to slown the enemies of the baron. Perhaps some prearranged signal has been given to let them know the resu.t of the duel, and that it now rests with them. Hence, acting under this belief, the two Americans instantly draw their weapons. They do not stand in their tracks but immediately leap forward to -meet their expected foes. Sandy, seeing the new state of affairs, quits his beloved palm, and follows after them as rapidly as his horter legs will allow. To their surprise the enemy does not show up; their fierce clamor still continues, but it seems to be in the quarter where the boats have both been left. Mr. Grimes is the first to guess the truth." "Biess my soul, I believe they've having a small war among them selves!" he says. "Yes, we're not in it," ga>ps Sandy. Another moment, anil they turn an angle of the rocks that allows them clear view of the battlefield. Sure -enough, the rival crews of the two dahabeahs are at it, hammer ami tongs. How the affair started may never be known, for these rascally -Arabs cannot be hired to tell the truth when there is a chance to lie; nor do the Americans care materially about this point. Mynheer Joe, without a moment's hesitation, bounds away, heading for the boats as though it is his intention to join in the melee, where broken heads will soon be the order of the -day. "He'll be killed!" cries Sandy, hurrying along at the side of Mr. Grimes. "Don't you believe it, my boy. Joe Is used to quelliug such disturbances -among the blacks of the Soudan; and, my word for it, he'll bring this affair to a sudden close. Watch! There he goes now." The explorer has leaped aboard the dahabeah nearer tue shore. It is upon the deck of this all the Arabs are gathered in a noisy crowd, pulling one another's frowsy hair and threatening to make blood flow. Mynheer Joe's voice Is heard like a trumpet above the clamor, which gradually dies down as different members of the mob quail before his eye and terrible appearance. "Back to your boat, all who belong there! Back, or you shall die like' ^ojds!** be shouts in the Arabic tongue, which, in his long service in the Soudan, he has fully mastered. They hear his words, they see his threatening manner, and as the mobs of blacks obeyed the slightest wish 01' the magnetic hero Gordon, so a portion of his reflected light is placed, like Elijah's mantle, on the shoulders of the man who saw him die and avenged his fall. First the old reis jumps across to his own deck, and he is speedily followed by one and another of hi6 crew. The will-power of a single man has ^re now controlled thousands, and Mynheer Joe is possessed of this personal magetisin that draws men to him. and even affects his enemies. v. er Joe.*] E pATHBORNE. eut Eonkst.'s Sons. ' o i Arr. nrimes ana sanny pull up fit tlie rooky landing peace lias fallen upon the crews of the rival river boats. Though they glare at one another and make threatening gestures, they do not longer call out. Some of the Arabs look rather the w^irse for their little tu.-sle. and one in particular seems to he such a wreck that Sandy proceeds to draw his picture for lite great hook which he expects to issue some day, ami which will illustrate all thai a wide-awake war correspondent has seen during Itis travels in times of bellowing cannon and piping peace, the world over. They cast off and are soon beating against the contrary wind. As the current of the river favors their return to Cairo, they make fair progress, and the glittering city, with its mnennoa mid minarets, its ancient buildings and modern quarters, seems to draw closer all the while. Mr. Grimes seems thoughtful, while Sandy can hardly keep quiet, so exuberant are his spirits over the success of his friend. When Mjmheer Joe notices this, he does not hesitate to speak to the pseudo silver king. ' You don't look satisfied. Mr. i Grimes?" "That's a fact." replied the oilier. i "Didn't the affair turn out to suit i you!" "Not exactly." "Ah! You wouldn't have had the j boot on the other leg, my friend?" ! "Never! But that man should just : now be lying there under the palms. They used to say out West, the only good Indian is a dead Indian; and I'm sure the only time the baron will be a gentleman in the true sense of the word, is when lie is laid out." "Well* we needn't worry; we leave ; Cairo before many hours, bound for l India. Let the baron fume and the heathen rage; we'll sail away over i the seas and be happy." i Joe Is thinking of Molly, for lie already knows she and her father are ' to be members of the company 011 board the Alhambra. when the steamer leaves Alexandria for Port Said and the Sues Canal. "Don't count on that, milord," remarks Sandy, looking up from Ills drawing. j "What d' ye mean, old fellow?" asks Joe, while Mr. Grimes, who already j kne^ws, nods his head and looks very 1 wise. "The baron goes to India by th? ! same steamer, the Alhauibra." Mynheer Joe frowns: he sees trouble ahead, knowing as much as he 1 does of the man. "That is too bad. It will spoil all our pleasure on the voyage. I am sure Miss Molly will regret to hear of it," he says. "Like a death's head at a feast," 1 from Sandy. "If Ave could postpone our flitting ! until the next steamer," suggests Mr. ! Grimes "Impossible for me," he says sober!* ... 1 "I've got it?" exclaims Sandy, beginning h war dance on the roof of the cabin, paper in one hand, pencil in : the other. "Yes, I've got ii!" "What! The Nile fever?" demands i Mr. Grimes. "A subject for a dancing dex-visb," J suggests Joe. j "Wrong, both of you, gentlemen. I What I've got concerns us all. It's an I idea!" At this both Mr. Grimes and Joe make out to be dreadfully excited, appealing to Sandy not to let it get away and to be very careful lest his brain should burst. "These sudden ideas are dangerous." declares Grifnes, with great soberness. "They may be for you. but my bread and butter depends on them, you see." ] returns Sandy, not at all annoyed by their joke. "Well, share it, old fellow." "Don't you see we're anxious to hoar all?" But Sandy takes his time. "Jt.. concerns you both, of course, but, most of all, it interests the baron."' "Ah, yes; of course. It does." "The next steamer after the one we take arrives a weeK tuier m awa;iuilria. ft is called the Malwa. What I propose is that the Russia bear shall ' miss the Albambra and be compelled to lie over a week at Alexandria. The others soberly take his hand and squeeze it to show their appreciation of his brilliant idea, which appears to strike them in a favorable light At the present they do not stop for investigation. "How will you do it, Sandy?" asks Joe, his eyes bent upon the wonder j city ahead on the east bank of the ' Nile, the environs of which they have now reached. "I haven't bothered myself about that yet, but this brain of mine can be depended on to bring out the proper thought when the time comes, 'ount upon it as a settled fact. The >aron will remain in Alexandria when he steamer leaves; more than that J do not feel able to promise." it is as well he does not, since he may be unable to fulfill the con<U> tions. Tlieir Attention is now directed in j another quarter, nud the conversation j wheels around to different subjects. Both of Joe's companions have hall their respect for the explorer increased on this moraine, llrst by the brave manner in which he went to meet a jfoe, who, up to this time, has proven invincible, and in the second place by his dexterity in vanquishing that same individual. They have regard:;? him with respect before, but now their feelings are almost like those of a brother. lie is a wonder and a marvel to theru. Other boats sail upon the broad Nile, and the picture is one that the student of nature and peculiar customs never tires of admiring; l'or what with the strange craft, their gaudily dressed passengers and the setting of old Cairo in the background, the scene is one that appeals to all that is romantic. They see nothing of the rival dah- : abeah, but among the scores of similar ! boats in sight she may be nearer than they think. At any rate, the subject , is one of indifference now. A landing is made at the same spot where they embarked. Ere leaving they settled with the old reis for the use of the craft. Different indeed are their feelings now: when going aboard, the near future was dark and forbidding; it was like a lottery from which they had Just drawn a prize. Not one of the trio seems dissatisfied, save Mr. Grimes. That worthy shakes his head seriously a number of times and frowns, as though something weighs heavily on his mind. He can be heard to mutter, too. and the burden of his complaint is always in the same strain: "A great mistake to only wound ! him. A scotched serpent is dieous. We will hear from ! ' CHAPTER XVI THE ROAD TO IM>:'. Once more in Cairo they ] ???-. to look after various duties thai i'oi j 'attention, Mr. Grimes going one way, 1 Sandy to send his long-delayed tele- 1 gram securing passage on the good steamer Alhambra, while Mynheer Joe goes at once to Shepherd's, where lie has, later on, an ajm,QUtfnient^wiUi .several diplomatic represeuiuiives ui , the British Government, who desire I the fullest particulars he can give i concerning the sad event that recently happened at Khartoom. From a window of the hotel a pair of anxious eyes note his coming. A fluttering white handkerchief attracts his attention, and he sees the face of Molly. She waves again and he hows. A tremendous load is taken off her mind. She lias suffered keenly in the suspense that has weighed upon her ever since she beard the voices below in the court and learned from her father that Mynheer Joe had gone to tight a duel with the Russian bar* on. Joe does not see her until evening, and then her look of eager interest teHs him that she is acquainted with all. He flushes with a feeling akin to shame. "You seem to have come out of your ' difficulty with credit. Mynheer .Toe," | she murmu*s, as she walks at hi3 side. "Who told you about It, Miss MoK &r "I heard you leaving, and my father | told me there was about to be some ' sort of an affair of honor, he called it." : "I am sorry you heard of It," he says. "You have the glory of l>eing the victor." There is a slight ting of bitterness ; in her voice which he feels keenly. "It is a glory I never sought. I have not paraded It about Cairo. Being the challenged party XI was compelled to fight, or let that man, whom I despise, believe I feared him." "And what was It all abojt?" "He insulted my flag to my face. I am an American and resented the insuit by tossing a glass of wine in bis face. Then came the challenge. We had It nut with swords under the palms, and I hoi>e it is done with." "But 1 have always heard the baron had no equal as a swordsman," she says quickly. Mynheer Joe smiles. "Still, good fortune attended me, and that sometimes makes up for lack of skill, you know," he replies; but Molly believes he has not told the whole story, and privately makes up her mind to question Sandy at the very earliest opportunity that offers. "I have not seen the baron to-day" ?looking him steadily in the eyes. "You did not kill him, I hope," with a shudder. "Oh, no! Merely a puncture through the shoulder of his sword-arm that will keep him quiet for a few days, perhaps. Mr. Grimes " "Well, what about Mr. Grimes!" seeing that he hesitates to go on. "He declared It would have been better for the whole of us if the baron had gone down in the duel; but I assure you I have no desire to see his blood on my hands. Let us talk of something more agreeable, Miss Molly." "I understand he Intends going t? India on the same steamer with us." "We will fervently hope and pray that something may occur to make him change his mind before wc start," says the traveler, not thinking it good policy to say anything about Sandy's little scheme until they see whether ft turns out to be a success or not. [To be Continued.] "Is Miss Triller an obliging singer?" "Oh, yes; half the time she refuses to sing."?Philadelphia Bulletin. ^ ..'V ~ J IJDEIlSlSlUKSlStlSSllSSiUUI inn GLEANINGS. ? G if. niuor Events of the Week In a %. Brief Form. x Kc???s?i?ak?na??sskiisi A cnamber of commerce has beei organized in Anderson. The Farmers' Institute at Green vllle was largely attended and much good accomplished. Work has been begun on Spartan burg's new First Baptist church. It is to be a very elegant structure. Union county reports heavy dam age from the recent high water and excessive rains. The president Friday ' reappointed Dr. W. D. Crum. colored, collector ol customs dt Charleston. The nomination failed of confirmation at the recent session of the Senate. The supreme court has lately affirm ed a decision of the circuit court in Orangeburg, awarding a verdict ol $6,000 to the plaiiitifT, in the case ol Annie B. Carroll vs. the Charleston and Seashore Railroad Company. The Dillon Herald notes that "two checks for $4,000 each were received by W. M. Hamer from a lady in New York with the request that one check be used in purchasing stock in the Maple Cotton Mill and that the othei be given to Hamer Cotton Mill for the same purpose." The court of general session* met at Florence Monday morning and a large crowd has been in attendance, All interest is concentrated in the twc murder cases for which W. C. King, a white man, is being tried. The whole of Thursday was devoted to the hearing of the case. The preliminary contest to see who was to represent Newberry College in the state oratorical contest at Greenwood was held at the college at Newberry Wednesday night. The speakers were so nearly on a par that the manuscripts will have to be examined before the name of the winner can be announced. The Rabbins trial, in which George D. Kirkland killed Fletcher Bennett, and in which the three Dunbars were also killed, was commenced Tuesday at Barnwell. Two days were spent in the trial. Feeling was high. The best legal talent was obtained. Counsel for the defense so conclusively presented it, that in 1co3 than twenty minutes a verdict of "not guilty" was returned by the jury. A stranger walked Into the bank of Columbia Thursday and in offering a piece or negotiable paper, gave a weuknown Columbia man as reference. The cashier inquired over the 'phone and received the answer, "Yes, if the check is for S100.000 it is good." The stranger is Christian Schenck, of Lebanon, Penn., who with Mrs Schenck, Miss Ramsey and J. H. Schenck is sepnding the winter there. The secretary of State has decided that in the future traffic through the state house grounds in Columbia will be restricted. No heavy drays or wagons without springs will be allowed to use the roadway. Hacks, private carriages. and the express and mail wagons may go through the grounds at a walk. The ambulances, police patrol and fire apparatus are the only vehicles on which absolutely no restrictions have been placed. "Today," says the Keowee Courier, "Oconee county is without a chain gang, j oiuuruaj i .euiug mc iciu* of the last convict in the county expired. and now the 'man with the gun* is without a job. Boland Ellington, who was serving a two months' sentence for petty larceny, was the happy sinner who quit the gang last Saturday. It is also notable that there is but one prisoner in the county jail awaiting trial. C. A. Wood, of Spartanburg, a respectable looking negro about 35 years of age. was picked up on the streets in that city Friday night by Policeman McAbee about 8 o'clock and carlied to the station house. When Ve two reached the yard in front of the station house, the negro became violent and tried to get loose. He gave the officer a rough tussle before he was subdued Wood was found to be a cocaine fiend. The Black Mingo and the Black River Steamboat Company of Georgetown has applied to the secretary Of State for a commission. The purpose for which the company will be organized is to own and operate a steamboat line between the city of Georgetown and Black Mingo bridge both in Georgetown county. The nature of the proposed equipment is to be a sidewheel steamer suitable for freight and passenger transportation. T?l.ffr?nK Cnmnanv Fined. Birmingham. Ala., Special.?E. B. Williams, local manager of the Western Unjon Telegraph Company, was convicted of the violation of a certain section of the State pool selling law and was fined $30 in the first division of the Criminal Court. The defendants was adjudged guilty of the violation of section 2, of an act "to prohibit book-making or pool selling on horse races and other forms of gambling." by allowing alleged bets to have been transmitted by telegraph. Prominent counsel has been secured and it is said the case will be fought in the United States courts. Classified Service Extended. Washington, Special.?Under a revision of the civil service rules, to take effect April 15, and announced the classified service is extended to all positions which are subject to classification under the civil service act. The classified service hereafter will embrace all places which are not mere laborers or workmen or are not subject to confirmation by the Senate. Temporary appointments will be restricted both in number aqd duration. 4 _ ' . v \ LIVE ITEMS OF NEWS. Many Matters of Oeneral Interest la Short Paragraphs. [ The Sunny South. i The convention of the National Wo man's Suffrage Association came to a ^ close Wednesday night in New Orleans. The next convention will be held in Washington. A Charleston. W. Va., dispatch saya: 1 "The grand jury's report on the miners' riot exonerates the United States deputy marshals. The report criticises 1 the newspapers. It is a lengthy document. J Owing to freight congestion it is reported that fires will be put out in 2,000 or more coke ovens in the New [ River field, in West Virginia, as it is ' impossible to secure cars for trans portation of products. Commander Erwin Schaeder, naval attache of the Imperial German em bassy, in Washington, has been orderi ed to Newport News, Va.. to arrange .' f?r the docking of the German warship I Gazelle, which will arrive there In a i few days from Venezuelan waters. It is announced that the Southern ) Railway is to extensively enlarge its 1 shops at Nashville, Tenn., already one - of the largest railroad shops in the : South. The enlargement is presumably ! for the purpose of building locomotives for use on the Southern. No definite ! plans have been given out officially. About 1.000 men are employed in the shops. , Joe Barrett and Herman Miller, light-weights, both of Baltimore, went i on before the Savannah Athletic Club *** * ? -i-Vi ?*Aiin/1a , weanesuay nigui iui memj iuuuuu ( for a decision under straight Queensi bury rules. In the fourth round Barrett fell to the floor in apparent agony and claimed a foul. The referee re1 fused to allow it. and counted him out! Physicians examined Barrett and declared he found no evidence of a | foul blow. At The National Capital. Secretary Hay has delivered to Signor Mayor Desplanez. the Italian amt bas~ador. an order on the United , States Treasury for $5,000, the sum i appropriated by Congress as indem; nity to the heirs of Giovanni and Vin! cenzo Serio, Italian subjects who were killed at Erwln. Miss., July 11, 1901, i and to Salvatore Liberto, who was in, jured at the same time. ; ' The Treasury Department gave notice that on Monday| and Thursdays until further notice offers would be ! received at the bureau of the mint for i the sale to the government of silver million to be used in coining pesos under the Phillippine coinage act api proved March 2. 1903. No offers of less than 5.000 ounces will be entertained. i The Department will purchase $2,000,000 worth of s.lver bullion for coinage into pesos. i _____ At The North. St. Joseph, Mo., Special.?The heaviest snow storm of the year began here Sunday and railway traffic Is greatly impeded. Telegraph and telephone wires are crippled. The temperature has been falling slowly. The snow covers the northern part of the State to a depth of from 6 to 12 inches. The American Tobacco Company has declared the regular quarterly dividend of 2 per cent, on preferred and a dividend of 3 per cent, on its common stock. This is an increase of 1-2 per cent, on the latter issue. From Across The Sea. Tlic- second court of the season was held at Buckingham Palce, London. The anniversary of Louis Kossuth's death was marked by students' riots in Budapest. Senators who will vote on the ratification of the canal treaty were elected in Colombia. ' The North German Gazette, of Berlin. says the Reichstag elections will take place June 16. Joseph Chamberlain, receiving an address rrom me cuy ot jjobuju, spoke of the Boers in a conciliatory manner Th9 Toronto, Ont., opera house was burned Wednesday. The loss Is $150,000. The Are is supposed to have originated from electric wires in the box office. Sullivan, Harris & Woods lost all their scenery and customs. They place their loss at $10,000 to $12,000. < Miscellaneous flatters. New evidence is being unearthed in the Burdick murder case to put the 1 crime on the late Arthur R. Pennell. In a collision between the Fall Rivers steamers Plymouth and City of Taunton on Long Island sound six persons were killed. Ex-Attorney-General John W. Griggs argued for the Northern Securities Company in the anti-merger case in St. Louis. Harrison Wrotten testified at the trial of Elmer Collins, at Laurel, Del., that he beard a man in Collins' nouse threaten murder the night before the crime was committed. The monitor F' irMa ha I a successful trial trip, exceeding her speed requirement of 11 1-2 knots an hour. New breaks in the levees are reported from the lower part of the Mississippi river. George B. White, vice-president of the South Pennsylvania National Bank, of Hyndman, Pa., was arrested in Philadelphia, charged with conspiracy to wreck the bank. Senor Quesada, the Cuban minister, has notified President Palma that Secretary Hay will consent to the use of the cable to expedite the exchange of ratifications cf the treaty if it shall be adopted by the Cuban Senate as amended, and notification reached Washington March 31, that the documents are placed in the mail for trans^ missic-n by that time. I * V . . ' -Wvi-fe?; . >.> -. .. j rt tfTllllrfiMBBiia -fVffiy ' j VICK LOSES HIS JOB Dr. Person Succeeds to the f ilsof* N. C? Postoffice COLORED POSTMASTER GOES OUT: The Vick Cue Has Attracted Much Attention in All Sections of th?' Country. Washington, Special.?What Is regarded as the closing act in Senator Pritchard's fight against "the elements of darkness" as represented by Poet- . ' master Vick, of Wilson, the last of the negro officials of any consequence in North Carolina, took place Tuesday, when the President named Dr. B. T. Person to succeed the colored official. The Vick case attracted attentlqa among all North Carolinians as soon as Pritchard asked for the negro's removal, for the reason that it was realized that it was a contest between the Senator, representing the "lily whites," ou the one hand, and the negro element of the Republican party on the other, but it soon ceased to be a State affair, and took on a national aspect. Correspondents for papers in all parte of the country were soon hot after every detail of the contest and it seemed that Senator Pritchard had the fight of his life on hand, as the President had in other States apparently admincompared with the fact that he is ia whites, and national leaders of the party were siding with Vick. Pritch- . k . aid, however, stood his ground, and the removal of Vick is a distinct vie tory for his policy, as it is realized that he made the fight upon the negro post master primarily because he is black. The charges brought against Vick'g " party fidelity were mere side issues as compared with the fact that he is a negro. The appointment of Dr. Person would doubtless have been made some weeks ago but for the fact that it was charged that he was not a bona fide resident of Wilson. It was, however, established to the satisfaction of the Postoffice Department that he had not moved his residence at the time he was said to be living in another locality _ and his appointment followed. Women Suffragists. New Orleans, Special.?The morning session of the woman suffragists comprised a work conference behind doa- \ ed doors, in which the delegates and members only participated. At the afternoon session reports were presented by Kate M. Gordon, corresponding sec- Jg|| retary; Harriet Taylor Upton, treas- V urer, and Laura Clay and Mrs. J. Coggshall, auditors. The reports discussed . the need for more finances and a large membership. The treasurer's report showed that for the first time there was a surplus in the treasury that $5,000 had been put out at interest, and the foundation laid for a memorial s fund. Susan B. Anthony presided at the night session. Sarah Clay Bennett of Kentucky, spoke on the authority of women to preach the Gospel. Gatt Laughlin of Maine, and Francis Griffin of Alabama and Rachael Foster Avery delivered addresses. Heavy Loss By High Watei. Charleston, S. C., Special.?A special to the News and Courier from Seneca, S. C.. says: The news has Just been received here that the boom situated on the Seneca river, at Calhoun, Oconee county, was washed away by higli water on Monday evening. It was owned by the Benedict Love Company. It is said there were over 4,000 logs that escaped and there will be a loss to the company amounting to about $35,000^ ' Many bridges on the stream were destroyed. which will cost the counties of Pickens and Oconee many dollars to replace. When the boom broke about 50 men on the logs were compelled to jump and swim for their lives. Thero were no lives lost, but several narrow escapes. flarriage of Jlr Vanderbllt. Newport, R. I., Special.?Formal announcement of the date of the wedding of Miss Cathleen Neilsen, daughter of Mrs. Fredrick Neilsen. to Reginald Vanderbllt, was made last Friday. In all probability the event will bo olemnized in St. Joseph's Catholic church, at which Mrs. Neilsen haa been an attendent for many year*. Six Men Drowned. Memphis. Tenn.. Special?J. M. Hood xariirnoH fpnm the flood district of Arkansas and reports that at Garvin, a station on the 'Frisco Railroad, Saturday afternoon a skiff containing four drummers and two negro oarsmen was swept under the track of tho ?railroad in a stiff current. The boat was overturned and all six occupanta were drowned. Mr. Hood does not know the names of the traveling men, but says they had employed the negroes to row them across the submerged territory to Mound City, Ark., where they intended to take a steamboat for Memphis. Wants Heavy Damage* Winchester, Special.?In the Circuit Court, In session In this city, SL H. Braithwaite was given $1,200 damages against Charles E. Mcllwee for alienation of his wife's affections. Mr. Braithwaite asked for $5,000 damages, claiming that Mcllwee had not only ejienated his wife's affections, but had also caused Irer to desert him and his Ave children. All the parties concerned are prominent residents of tha county. Some sensational evidence was introduced during the trial