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4 V- > ~ * " _ ] The Sf || By REX E Copyright. 1PG3. b "What 've they pot against you an I Dextry?some grudge?" she questioned. "No. no! We're not the only ones in trouble: they've jumped the rest of the food mines and put this McNamara in as receiver on all of them, hut that's small comfort. The Swedes are crazy. They've hired all the lawyers In town ! and are murdering more pood Airer- j lean language than would fill Ik-ring strait. Dex is in favor <?f petting our j friends together and throwing the receiver olf. lie wants to kill somebody, j but we can't do that. They've pot the , soldiers to fall back on. We've been j , warned that the troops are Instructed to enforce the court's action. I don't' , know what the plot is. for I can't be- 1 lieve the old judge is crooked?the girl wouldn't let him." "Girl?" j , Cherry Malotte leaned forward , where the llpht shone on the young , man's worried face. j "Theeirl? What girl? Who Is she?" < Her voice had lost its lazy caress, her j j lips had thinned. Never was a worn- , an's face more eloquent, mused Glenis- j j ter as he noted her. Every thought j . fled to this window to peer forth, fear- j < ful, lustful, hateful, as the case might j , be. He had loved to play with her in the former days, to work upon her pas- 1 Ions and watch the changes, to note ( her features mirror every varying emo- j tlon from tenderness to flippancy, from anger to delight, and at his bidding to ( see the pale cheeks glow with love's Are, the eyes grow heavy, the dainty Hps Invite kisses. Cherry was a per- j feet little spoiled animal, he reflected, and a very dangerons one. "What girt?" she quest.'oned again, and be knew beforehand tae look that went with it "The girl I Intend to marry," he said lowly, looking her between the eyes. He knew he was cruel?he wanted to be. It satisfied the clamor and turmoil within him. while he also felt that the obhe* She knew and the colder it left her thQ.Jitter. He could not note tae effect of the remark on her, however, for as he spoke the door of the box opened, and the head of the Bronco Kid appeared, then retired instantly with apologies. "Wrong stall," he said in his slow olce. "Looking for another party." Nevertheless his eyes had covered every Inch of them?noted the drawo curtains and the breathless poise of the woman, while his ears had caught part of Glenister's speech. "You won't marry her," said Cherry quietly. "I don't know who she Is, but I won't let you marry her." 1 She rose and smoothed her skirts. i "It's time nice-people were going * now." She said It ?with a sneer at ' herself. "Take me out through this ( crowd. I'm Mrftig quietly, and 1 don't want these beasts to fotttrtv me." As they emerged from.tbe theater 1 " the morning air^was cool and quiet. While the sun was 3ust rising. The f Bronco Kid lighted a cigar as they 1 passed, nodding silently at their greet- * lug. Ills eyes followed them, while 1 his hands were so still that the match bnrned through to his fingers; theD J when they had gone his teeth met and 1 ground savagely through the tobacco r o that the cigar fell, while he mut- r ered: 1 w -&> that's the girl you Intend to mar- 1 fy? We'll see, by God!"' . y iy r v r CHAPTER vm. t THE water front had a strong at- ^ traction for Helen Chested "and g rarely did a fair day pass with- ^ out finding her in some quiet t fepot from which she could watch the Shifting life along Its edge, the ships t it anchor and the varied Incidents of . tty surf, r This morning she sat In a dory pulled , high up on the beach, bathed In the bright sunshine and staring at the j tollers, while lines of concentration , wrinkled her brow. The wind had j blown for some days till the ocean beat ( Boatlly across the shallow bar, and , now, as It became quieter, longshore- , men were launching their craft, pre- ( paring to resume their traffic. Not until the previous day bad the j nf her friends' misfortune comej , to ber, and although she had heard do , hint of fraud, she began to realise that j they were Involved In a serious tangle, j To the questions which she anxiously j pot to her uncle he had replied that ] their difficulty arose from a technical- ] ay In the mining laws which another j man had been shrewd enough to profit by. It was a complicated question, be | Mid. and one requiring time to thrash j ?ot to an equitable settlement She ; had undertaken to remind him of the ( Mrvice these men had done her, but. with a smile, he interrupted. He could , not allow such things to influence his j Judicial attitude, and she must not en- | deavor to prejudice him in the discharge of his duty. Recognizing the : Justice of this, she had desisted. < For many days the girl had caught ( scattered talk between the Judge and McXamnrn and between Struve and 1 bis associates, but it all seemed foreign i and dry. and beyond the fact that it bore on the litigation over the Anvil creek mines, she understood nothing and cared less, particularly as a new , interest had but recently come Into her < life, an interest in the form of a man ?McXamara. < He had begun with quiet, half con toilers. . BEACH. y Rex E. Beach. ccaied admiration 01 her. which hud rapidly increased until his attentions had become of a singularly positive and resistless character. Jud.uo Still'tian was openly delight ed, while tl: > c <nrt "f one like Alec McXamara could but flatter any girl. In his presence Helen fell herself rebelling at Ins suit, yet as distance separated thoui she thought ever more kindly of it. This state of mind contrasted oddly with her feelings toward tiie other man she had met, tor in this country there were but two. When Glenister was with h? r she saw his love lying nakedly in Ills eyes, and it exercised some spell which drew her to him in spite of herself, hut when he had gone back came the distrust, the terror of the brute she felt was there behind it all. The one appealed to her while present; the other pleaded strongest while away. Now she was attempting to analyze her feelings and face the future squarely, for she realized that her affairs neared a crisis, and this, too, not a mouth after meeting the men. She wondered if she would come to love her uncle's friend. She did not know. Of the other she was sure?she never could. Busied with these reflections, she noticed the familiar figure of Dextry waniering aimlessly. He was not unkempt, and yet his air gave her the Impression of prolonged sleeplessness. Spying her, he approached and seated "We're in turriblc shape, miss." | llmself in the sand against the boat, vhile at her greeting be broke into .talk is if he was needful only of her friendy presence to stir his confidential hords into active vibration. "We're in turrible shape, tniss," he ;ald. "Our claim's Jumped. Somebody un in and talked the boy out of it vhile I was gone, and now we can't ret 'em off. lie's been tryin' this here lew law game that you all brought In his summer. I've l?een drunk. That's vhat makes me look so ornery." Fie said the last not in the spirit of tpology, for rarely does your frontiersnan consider that his self indulgences equlre palliation, but rather after the nanner of one purveying news of mild nterest, as he would inform you that us surclnele had broken or that he had vltuessed a lyuchlng. "What made them jump your claim?' "I don't know. I don't know nothin' ibout it, because, as I remarked previous, I ain't foliered the totteriu' tootteps of the law none too close. Nor lo I intend to. 1 simply draws out of hv game fer a spell and ' ts the youngitcr have his fling. Then if he can't nake good I'll take the cards and finish , t for him. "It's like the time I was ranchln' crith an Englishman up in Montana. This here party claimed the misfortune of bein' a younger son, whatever :hat is. and is grubstaked to a ranch iy his people back home. Havin' acjulred an intimate knowledge of the west by readic' Bret Harte and havin* issim'lated the secrets of ranchin* by correspondence school, he Is fitted ampie to teach us natives a thing or two, and he does it. I am workin' bis outfit as foreman, and it don't take long to ihow me that he's a good hearted feller in spite of his ridin' bloomers an' [>enuchle eyeglass. He ain't never had ao actual experience, but he's got a Henry Thompson Seton book that tells tiira all about everything from field mice to gorrilly8. "We're troubled a heap with coyotes them days, and finally this party sends home for some Rooshlan wolfhounds. Pm fer pizenin' a sheep carcass, but he says: "'No, no, me deah man; that's not sportsmanlike. We'll hunt 'em?aye, hunt 'em. Only fawncy the sport we'll have ridln' to hounds!' " 'We will not,' says I. *1 ain't goln' to do no Slinon Legree stunts. It ain't man's size. Beln' English, you don't count, but I'm growed up.' "Nothln' would do him but those 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' dogs, however, and he had 'em Imported clean from Berkshire or Sibeery or thereabouts, four of 'em, great big blue ones. They was as handsome and lmposln' as a set of solid gold teeth, but somehow they didn't seem to savvy our play none. One day the cook rolled a rain bar'l downhill from the kitchen, and when them blooded critters saw it comin' tl.v. meir tails and tore I out like rabbits. After that I couldn't : see no good in Vni with n spyglass. " "They ain't cot no grit. What makes you think they can fight? i asked one day. "Tight? says II'Anglish. 'My deal: man. they're full blooded. Cost seven- | ty pun each. They're dreadful crea teres when they're roused. TheyT. I tear a wolf to pieces like a rag. ki!i ' bears, anything. Oh. rally, perfectly dreadful!' "Well, it wasn't a week later that Invent over to the east line with uie t<? i i..en i a barb wire. 1 had my pliers I ;i!!d a iiaichet and some staples. About t a mile ft'>u! the house we jumped up I a lirt'e brown bear that scampered of. ii-ii...i . ........ i.-*t i.?.!?> .1 o r.i.?rr ! " lH pot away, he clime | ? <! d. 11 * An v! i.-!i v.as simply h excitement. jrmne! Xeyther pun n.?r ! " Ti .ick ami talk pretty i I hile you run back i an 1 ; < and %m feroclot: bultu ""^Yolf hounds. s. ;. s n. ><l!p-. nity. full blooded. seventy , They'll rend the poor l>ea.st limb l, limb. 1 hate to do it. but it'll be pood practice for tliem.* "They may lie pood renders.' says I. 'but don't for? i; the pur..' "Weil. 1 Hi rowed sticks at the critter when l.e tvl *.l to unePmb tTie tree till! finally tie* !n?s< pot back with l:is docs. They set no an awful holler when they s -e the bear?first one i they'd ever studied. I nvkon?and j the little feller ?rawlod up in seme \ forks and watched thlnps. cautious, i while they leaped about, bavin' most j fierce and 1?!ck?-1 curdlin*. " How you poln' to pet liirn down':' ! says I. " Til shoot him In the lower jaw.' says the Britisher, 'so he cawn't bite the dogs. It'll give 'em cawnfidence.' "He takes aim at Mr. Bear's chin and misses It three times runnin'. he's that excited. " 'SettJe down, H'AngllBh,' says I. j He nln't got no doable chins. How ! many sDells left In your gun? "When he looks he finds there's only ( One more, for he hadn't %toppeJ to fill' : the magazine, so I cautions him. "You're shootln' too low. Raise j her.' "He raised her all right and caught Mr. Rruin In the snout What followed thereafter was most too quick to notice, for the poor bear let out a bawl, dropped off his limb Into the I midst of them ragln', tur'ble seventy | pun hounds an' hugged 'em to death, one after another, like he was doin' a system of health exercises. He took , 'em to his l>osom as if he'd just got back off a long trip, then, droppln' the , last one, he made at that younger sor nu* put a gold tilling in his leg. Yes, , sir; most chewed it off. H'Anglish let I cut a Siberian wolf holler lilsself. an' I had to step In with the hatchet and kill the brute, though I was most dead from laughln'. , "That's how It is with me an' r.leu t ister." the old man concluded. "When ' lie sots tired experiments' with this i new law same of hisn. I'll step In an' | do business on a common sense basis." J "You talk as If you wouldn't sot fair play," said Helen. "We won't." said ke, with conviction. "I look on all lawyers with suspicion, i even to old bal(Jface ? your uncle, askln' your pardon an' settin' it. bein' as I'm a friend an' be ain't no real relation of yours, anyhow. No. sir They're all crooked." Dextry held the western distrust <. the leva' profession?comprehensive unreason Ins. deep. "Is the old man all the kin you've Sot?" he questioned, when sl:e refuse1 . to discuss the matter. "He is?In a way. I have a vukor or I hope I bafe, somewhere. He ra:: ^ away when we were both little tadR, and I haven't seen him since. I beard | about him. indirectly, at Skagway? | three years ago?during the big rush to the Klondike, but he has never been home. When father died, I went to live with Uncle Arthur?some day, per- * haps, I'll find my brother. He's cruel to hide from me this way, for there are i only we two left, and I've loved him I always." I She spoke sadly and her mood blended well with the gloom of her companion, so they stared 6ilently out over ' the heaving green waters. "It's a good thing me an' the kid had a little piece of money ahead," Dextry resumed later, reverting to the thought that lay uppermost In his mind, " 'cause we'd be up against it right if we hadn't The boy couldn't have amused himself none with these court proceedings, because they come high. I call 'em luxuries, like brandied peaches an' silk undershirts. j "I don't trust these Jim Crow banks no more than I do lawyers, neither. ' No, sirree! I bought a iron safe an' * '?* '* ?minn fiho voiflrhfl niiuieu ii (/hi iw ujv lujuc. ??~.B? 1,800, and we keep our money locked np there. We've got a feller named " Johnson watchln* It now. Steal It? < Well, hardly. They can't bust her open without a stick of 'giant' which would rouse everybody In five miles, an' they can't lug her off bodily?she's too heavy. No. It's safer there than any place I know of. There ain't no abscondin' cashiers an' all -that Tomor- i rer I'm goln' back to live on the claim | an' watch this receiver man till tlie thing's settled." When the girl arose to go, he accompanied her up through the deep sand of the lanelike street to the main muddy thoroughfare of the camp. As yet the | planked and graveled pavements which later threaded the town were unknown, and the Incessant traffic had worn the road Into a quagmire of chocolate col- , ored slush, almost axle deep, with which the store fronts, show windows and awnings were plentifully shot and J spattered from passing teams. Whenever a wagon approached pedestrians fled to the shelter of neighboring doorm [Continued on page 3.] New Train Schedule. The following schedule of the new train from Lane to Florence, which went into effect Monday, December 17, has been furnished us by Mr J P Taylor, the courteous and efficient agent of ('r?n(it T.inp rMilmnrl at Kinjfstree: Nortli Bound Arrives No. SO 7:37 A. >1, *No. 46 11:42 A.M. No. 50 6:3G 1\ Al. .South Bound Arrives No. 89 9:18 P. M *No. 47 5:46 P. M. No. 51 10:52 A.M. * Daidy Except Sunday. Just received, our nice line oi Dress Linen. People's Mercantile Company. 1-30 tf w<>ak "'"nen To weak and ailtnjar wonim. h. t least one way to help. But with that way, reatments, must be combined. One is local. 01. s constitutional. but both are important, bo essential. Dr. Shoop's Night Cure is the Locr Tl. Ol IJtk. J-... tl.n.l Ul. Cliuuy ? IVlWIISUVQi UIC VUIIS UU1IOI. The former?Dr. Shoop's Night Cur -is a topical mucous membrane suppository remeoy. while Dr. Shoop's Restorative is wholly an internal treatment. The Restorative reaches throughout the entire system, seeking the repair of all nerve, j all tissue, and all blood ailments. The "Night Cure", as its name implies, does its work while you sleep. It soothes sore and in flam- 1 ed mucous surfaces, heals local weaknesses and | discharges, while the Restorative, eases nervous excitement, gives renewed vigor apd ambition, builds up wasted tissues, bringing about renewed strength, vigor, and energy. Take Dr. 8boop's Restorative?Tablets or Liquid?as a general tonic to the system. For positive local help, use as well Dr. tShoop's Nig'ht Cure n A AAATT U. Is. OlsU I I . See our new line of Laces and Embroideries. Just to hand. People's Mercantile Co. 1-30-tf The Largest and Most Complete Establishment South. EL 8. HACKER 8 SON, -MANUFACTUB IRS OF I ?ash, Doors,. Blinds Moulding and Building Material, Sash Weights and Cords CHARLESTON, S.C. .? * want am I IV. L. Bass A. C. Hinds BASS & HINDS, Attorneys-at-law KNGSTREE, S. C. >-20-tf. I M nm. B Lake City, S. C :rown and Bridge Work a Specialty. ALL WORK Guaranteed as Represented. W. L. BASS Attorney at Law LAKE CITY, S. C. Dr R J McCabe Dentist. EIN3STSEE, - S. C. d. D. MOUZON'S BARBER SHOP ?in the? Tin Keirei Hotel a equipped with up-to-date appliances. Polite Service, competent (Workmen. 6-8-08. W. P TENNENT A R C H I T E C General Contractor and Builder Solicits vour business. Estimates cheerfully furnished on all : : kinds of work. : : 126 Evans 'Phone 1962 FLORENCE, S. C. Supervisor of construction New School Building and Superintendent of work on U. S. Post Office and of John McSween Co, stores Timmonsville and Beulah and residence at National Cemetery. : : : : : j Desperate Coughs > Dangerous coughs. Extremely perilous coughs. Coughs that !rasp and tear the throat and lungs. Coughs that shake the whole body. You need a regular medicine, a doctor's medi cine, tor sucn a cougn. ask j your doctor about Ayer's j Cherry Pectoral. We publish our formulss /S We banish sleohol JmsM 9^ from our mediolnes / 1 1/PrC We urge you to I A. ?_J consult your Any good doctor will tell you that a medicine like Ayer's Cherry Pectoral cannot do its best work if the bowels are constipated. Ask your doctor if he knows anything better than Ayer's Pills for cor| recting this sluggishness of the liver. ?Made by the 3. C. Ayer Co., Lowell, Mass.?" finiMIV uuilun ?AND THE PR IN TOBi I There will be a number of si Fall and we are ready to serv splendid crop prospect we are r< enlarge our floor space, and rath Queen Stoves and Ranges from \ price 2? Fei We have just received a carl fered at a low price. Remember min Moore & Co's Paint. Also, Cutlery and Razors. The Robes preciate our friends' patronage a tmued confidence, T .a Is a DO-tr 7^ 1 w nx*. V/ W x UJ' JL LAKEJ] "A dollar is a doll; There is no better way t dealing with J>; L. Stuckey, the ol< man. I have a splendid lirteo Bills, fill that in view of the hard times above cost. A nice bunch of HORSES at prices to suit. J. L Stuc bxxA CAR 8 ?** (OFl | Horses < V Nice drivers and V Come in and g Buggies and 8 Harness ir Give us a call * the rest. y Yours to 8 THE WILUAMSBURI XKI^gstree SOreelyvIlle, BANK OFK Kmgstree. So CAPITAL,? 30.000 DIREC Jas F Cooper DC Scott Collections made promptly LOANS, large or small, m i ? \*f' 4 'AwfcBjj 4 rrTarnrn ^ ^ IN CAMP OR FIELD-AT MOUNTAIN OR 8HORE Thare Is always s chine* to enjoy some ihocting TO SHOOT WELL YOU MUST BE EQUIPPED WITH A RELIABLE FIREARM: the onlv kind we have been making for upwards of fifty years. Our Line: RIFLES, PISTOLS, SHOTGUNS, RIFLE TELESCOPES, ETC. Ask your Dealer, and insist on the , STEVENS. "Where not sold by Retailers, we ship direct, exj>ressj>re?ald, upon receipt of Catalog price. Men<l lor ISO fuse illustrated catalog. An indispensable book of A ready reference I'or man nnd boy shooters. Mulled for 4 coots la ; tamps to cover postage. Beautiful . 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