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f I 1 The Spoilers. By REX E. BEACH. Copyright. 1MB, by Rex & B>?h " ; Continued trom page 2. J ^^T^tieaten into ;i shapeless mass bv the 4 other's euiming blows, while Ulenls\ ter's every bone was wrenched and twisted under his enemy's terrible onsh^rhts. The miner's chief effort. It is true, was to keep his feet and to break the inau's embraces. Never had he encountered one whom he could not beat by sheer strength till he met this great, sncling creature who worried him liiti.er and yon < though In were a child. Time and again K y be. t v.i>oii the mail's face wiiii the blows of a sic Ige. N > u!c? g .vcrue.l this solitary con b it: t!i men were deaf to all but /th<> mnriir. in i .e. ? :? :-s. o.:iu:cn io an hut hair, i: ?-ii -to everything b'lt the hlood mania. Their trampling feet caused tli** I uihlilivr to rumble and shake as though some monster were running uniuek. Meanwhile a bareheaded man rushed out of the store beneath, bumping into n pedestrian who had paused on the sidewalk, and together they scurried up the stairs. The dory which I toy bad seen at sea had shot the breakers, aud now its three passengers were tracking through the wet sand toward Front street, l'.ill Wheaton in the lead. He was followed by two raw boned men who traveled without baggage. The city was awakening with the sun which reared a copper rim out of the sea. Judge Stillman and Yoorliees ?ame down from the hotel aud paused to gaze through the mists at a caravan of mule teams which trotted into the other end of the street with jingle aud clank. The wagons were blue with soldiers. the early golden rays slanting fronr their Krugs, and they were bound for the Midas. Out of the fogs .t ieh clung so % thickly to the tundra there came two other horses, distorted and unreal, on one a girl, on the other a figure of pain and tragedy, a grotesque creature that swayed stilfiy to the motion of its steed, its face writhed into lines of suffering. Its hands clutching eautle aud horn. It was as though fate, with invisible touch, were setting her stage for the last act of this play, assembling the principals close to the golden sands where lirst they had made entrance. The man and the girl came face to face with the judge and marshal, who 7 cried out upon seeing them, but as i they reiued in. out from the stairs heside them a man shot amid clatter and uproar. "tlive me a hand?quirk!** he shouted f Imni "What's up?" inquired the marshal. "It's murder! McNuuiara and (Hen ister!" He dashed back up the steps behind Voorhee.s, the judge following, while mil lib I cries came frout above. The gambler turned toward the three meu who were hurrying from the j *. beach and. recognizing Wheatou, called to him: "I'ntie my feet! Cut the ropes! tjuiek!" "What's tlie trouble?" the lawyer asked, but on hearing (Jlenister's name bounded after the judge, leaving one of his companions to free the rider. They could hear the light now and all crowded toward the door, Helen with ? her brother, iu spite of his warning to stay behind. She never remembered how she climbed those stairs, for she was borne along by that hypnotic power which drags one t" Udiold a catastrophe in spite of his will. Reaching the room, she stood appalled; f<>r the* group she had joined watched two raging tilings x that rushed at each other with inhuman cries, ragged, bleeding, lighting on a carpet of debris Kvei , ; > and breakable thing had been ;:ii t ? splinters as though iiy iron slugs in a whirling cylinder. To this d.". from |>i!\vo"i to the straits. from t ngi ; ? the nr?-ti<\s. n;e i tell of the cicu'iat whoever they f regather at tl cing ?. ?:" r > <>; in di cry bunkhouses. and. : P.'a > r!t > : ?> ? , ,,ut ihe tale, there are others w'c >-nv it and can swear t<? it- trut'i. v sav that the eneounPu* was l-v,. the battle of bull it: the rivtiirg so:; :c:i. though more terrible. averring that * two men like these had hover been known in the land vin e the days r>f Vitus J?er:::g and his crew: for their vaneer had v.tin at reel ot each . othn's !!.- '! they rati rnnd and felt super? "v.'-u strength. It !s trne. at . T.\ !'.i that wlth.-r was < insqious ;.f *; rosin, nor tin- ( ries of the r.i v.' , .?,? vV j t!|o marshal forced | iV w??dged door and . ' ' ' n: sr. which was (Jion .. .t . ... j j j ;.:; n 111 when the v '" <i ' ' i d :<; jirm's lengih. ghi? r _ v. drunken eyes, gasping t' '< l>ae!; Into their hn S . : ef Ids j. 'r; arms the \ yo, . i.ia hailed tiie i'.rm jor aside 'Y? ' i"!et.:!y 'ha? his 1 strn< k the nroi. safe and ho eolhipsed insensible. : hen without apparent notiee of the Interruption. the light went en. It was seen tlnrnig tills respite that MeXani.r :i's mot was running water as thoiigii I." wen* deathly siek. while every retell (nought forth a groan. Ile'en hoard herself crying. "She , th nil S?"p tl nil" lint no one seemed i aj t'de of iiitoi-:"' : ?. SI h.-a'-l !: ?* of'.titer 'as ? < ; g i 'tN i a iny I 1 . i'ty !:' *? t r ti e *' 1 is . , I : ' ! ' ' ' e ? t Judge was ashy. imbecue, uerpi McXamara's distress was patent to his antagonist, who advanced upon hlra with the hunger of pnj^^N vh*tory. but the young mr des ] obeyed his commands s' tys ribs seemed brokeii^/ >a i weak, and ou the \or s the flesh was quiv/ v | together the bos* | hand and caught * burying thumb ae into his cheeks, f? yya^ . ; apart, thrusting L 1 while he centered e of??Anflrf irk fK/i fas ril tl I. , felt the flesh giving way anw ! himself backward to break the holu, ; whereupon the other summoned his : I W95*1?"lerio* and plunged toward | t* here lay the revolver. In- i ed (llenister of treachery, I .it the tnan had sought this e to save himself, and as turn his back and reach t on the youth leaped like a. I ng him about the wn>^*^ gi iiiiara's wrist will rigi "or the lirst time do the v were pot faeo to face. , and ^int Key realized tin ndvam..B~ through the oil; er's iH?rtidy. the wrestler's hold that was u. that tlity. moment of victory The telling takes 1 quickly had these things . the footsteps of the soldi. w* ?oo/?k/v(1 f V?/\ /1AAC tV'lli) j > i caviicu iuv ui?ui ?? nv . ; were locked beside the safe. Of what happened next many gir 1 bled accounts have pone forth, for of ' all those present none but the Uronco Kid knew its significance and ever roi counte<l the truth concerning it. Some j claim that the younger man was sei::ed with a fear of death which mnltiplie 1 I his enormous stre ijC'i. o hers that the : power died in his a?. versary as reward for his treason, but i' w..s not so. No sooner had 11 oy e:i V:.passe:] Me1 Natuara's waist from the rear tlian he ! slid his damaged hand n;> past the nth| er's chest apd around the back of his ne-k. thus bringing his own left arui I close under his enemy's lof* armpit, wedging the receiver's head forward. while with his other hand he grasped the politician's right wrist close to the revolver, thus holding him in a grasp which could not be broken. Now came the test. The two bodies set themselves roeklike and rigid. There was no lunging about. Calling up the final atom of his strength, (Jlenister bore backward with his right arm, and it j became a contest for the weapon. ! which, clutched In the two bauds, ' swayed back and forth or darted up and down, the fury of resistance causing it to trace formless patterns in tiie ' air with Its muzzle. McNamara shook 1 himself, hut he was close against the j safe and could not escape, his head i bowed forward by the lock of the mill ! er's left arm. anil so Uc strained tin me | breath clogged in his throat. I?espite the grievous toil his right hand moved back slightly. Ilia feet shifted a bit. while the blood seemed bursting from ; his eyes, but he found that the long i fingers encircling his wrist were like gyves weighted with the strength of the hills and the irresistible vigor of youth which knew no defeat. Slowly. Inch by inch, the great man's arm was dragged back, down past his side, while the strangling labor of bis breath showed at what awful'cost. The muzzle of the gun descrilnvl a semicircle and the j knotted hands began to travel toward | j the left, more rapidly now, across his j broad back. Still lie struggled and j wrenched, but uselessly. He strove to j I fire the weapon, but his fingers were j woven about it so that the hammer ' , wouid not work. Then the miner be- ! I gan forcing upward. The white skin beneath the men's t strips of clothing was stretched over | jrr**:it knots an 1 ridges which sunk and | j swelled ami quivered. Helen, watching in silent terror, felt her brother sinking his fingers into her shoulder and fce.ml I him panting, his face ablaze with exJ citement. while she became conscious that lie had reiieated time and again: "It's the hammer lock?the hammer i lock." By now McXamara's arm was bent and cratniied upon ids back, and then they saw Hlenistcr's shoulder dip. his I elbow come closer to bis side, and bis ! body heave in one final terrific effort as though pushing a heavy weight. In the silence something snapped like a stick. There came a deafening report and the scream of :i strong nnjn overcome with agony. McXamara went to his knees and sagged forward on to his face as though every lione in his huge bulk had turned to water, while his master reeled back against ' the opposite Avail, his heels dragging in the litter, bringing up with outtlung i anus as though fearful of falling, I swaying. Mind, exhausted, his face J blackened by the explosion of the revolver. yet grim with the light of vic; tory. Judge Stilhuan shouted hysterically: "Arrest that man, quick! Don't let i him go!" It was the miner's first realization that otli( rs were there. Raising his i head he stared at the faces close against the partition, then groaned the words: i near i;:o minor nnu?ai:u?i oiuue him with?my hands!" OHAl'TKIi XXII. SOI.DIEIiS seized tlie youmr man, who in.nlo 110 offer al resistar.'-e. and the room boenuie a noisy riot. Crowds snrsmd up from lel'?w, elainoriii;;. questioning, : till some one at the head of the stairs shouted down: "They've -_r ?t K>y Cloiiister. lie's killed Mi X on ." ;<t whi' h a inurnrtr arose that threatened r. hpt-onie a | i heer. This i ?<'je ii| |!i n\Vj> TS t;!<*tioll ; ealled. "Let's ham,' !d:n. lie killed ten ! of on : an last night." Helen win? ed. 1:v.t a.iii. retired to a sort of ma- ' ceietc f thr< eJi.rvy J . t I / ttei band.' McN from th i from tht distorts* while 1 with p broken Roy n. 1 ? '* I 1 ! i I: ft. j Oil my it. mara?" boss, who .cuiru, glov.eriu;? HI . while Stillman ran u <1 shrilly irascible. "Take hit Vtell you: Tako him to jail!" Hut WheatoiV* X plac e. while j the room cq^ "s tioon him. i . . I tlplllH'O'llOMf I MTIlllllg OUU ? J lie saw it, am ssion to a natural vanity nr instinct, he ' threw buck h stnlTed his [ hands into his coat i while the ,>( crowd waited. lie iri insolently at the jiv's* and the ret This will l>e a day i "?nts and i I disappointments to you. friends. . That hoy won't so to jail >e you ' will wear the shackles yoi ..? you played a shrewd jran with your senators, youi your pulls, but it's our ti we'll make you dance to. 3'ou uutted an 1 the rohlieries yo done and the men you've ruin . Thank heaven, there's one honest coin *, !' fi'i '' j/jL ' 3 g jlL i "H'c'if make you dunce for the mitics j u you gutted.1' c and I happened to find it." lie turned 'f to the strangers who had accompanied i him from the ship, crying. "Serve those ' J warrants," and they stepped forward, t The uproar of the past few minutes ^ had brought men running from every direction tili. finding no room on the h stairs, they had massed in the street i ^ below while the word flew from lip to |, *l.; . , . ..< ll up concerning iui.s i himu^ wtuc u> i their drama, the battle of tbe Midas, r the great fight upstairs and the arrest |, by the {Frisco deputies. Like Siud- . bail's genie, a wondrous tale took shape from the rumors. Men shouldered one ; il another eagerly for a glimpse of the n actors, and when the press streamed | out, greeted it with volleys of qties- 1 tions. They saw the unconscious mar- ! n shal borne forth, followed by the oid (J Judge, now a palsied wretch, slinking beside his captor, a very shell of a man 1' at whom they jeered. When McN'auia- si ra lurched into view, an image of de- j feat and ehagriu, their voices rose menacingly. Tlie pack was turning M and he knew it. but. though racked and crippled, lie bout upon them a l visage so full of defiance and conteuip tuous malignity that they hushed them- i u selves, and their final picture of him | S was that of a big man downed, hut ! ' 11 unbeaten to the last. They began to j cry for flh'Ulster, so that when he, J' loon:e 1 in the doorway, a ragged, he- ; \\ roie figure, his heavy shock low over his ev. s. his unshaven face aggressive I' even in its weariness, liis corded arms 1 tl and ui.*si hare heneath the fluttering f, streamers. t!ie street broke into wild !, cheering. Here was a man of their own. a son of the m>rthl.?ud who labor- a ed and loved and fought in a way they ? understo.nl. and he had come into his due. Hut ltu\. dumb ami ii? le*s, stag-i C: gercd uj> the s.reet. r. fusing liie help ( ^ of everv mau c:< ? ;u Wheat on. lieL. I v heard his < '>:ui :::iii>ii talking, but .] jjraspe 1 only thai !!:.? :ik\v floated i 11 >tii-1 jrioriiMi. "VvY have whipped :1;. i.i. i?ov. We a I have whipped she i at tln ir own -.aiuie. Arrested i.i their very dO"ivards ejted I for ?t <>!' court that's what !* t!;o\ ait1 I Iiey ulsoho.. '<i those oilier ? writs. at d so I iTot th"?u." "I ! re.!. his r.r: i." \ hi tiered the , ntin- s . i n.?\o;? <lo it. I i?h! It was ::u a.'t;i i ? >;11 I-i'i pri?\:? < on- : '' sjt;-. i': ; > ; ? j;-ii f r a ji II't' ' r i!; a:al v e I; e 1 ; \ tli. N > 4 1 I . cher continued" dully, "Just like a hovel hnmlle. I felt It?but he tried o kill me. and I bad to do It." The attorney took Roy to hi* cabin md dressed hfs wounds. talking Incessantly the while, but the boy was Ike h sleep walker, displaying no elatou. no excitement, no Joy of victory. last Wheaton^broke out: rheer up*! Why. man. you act like jeer! Don't you renllze that we've j >n? Don't you understand that the Idas Is yours? And the whole world i th It?" Won?" echoed the inincj. "What! lo .von know about It. Bill? The ilfdas?the world?what uood are they V . k'ou're wrou?. I've lost?yes?I've lost j she taught me. and by j -lined t'*iek of fate she was ? ? me do It. X?>-v. ?0 away;' .0 sleep." sank upon the hod with its tangle 'ankete and wrs unconscious l>e- j lie lawyer h.<l covered him over. I Concluded next week. | lM] m m _ In the Interest of Better Roads. ."MitorCouxTY Record:?Now, nut our road official, Mr Smglctarv, ports fmills available for roads, i r # I o better use con Id be made o( s-.id 11mis tnan id ;?n honest,wvii-uirect[i attempt at improving the sandy jads of the county, at least those pst traveled. South Carolina has done practie|ly nothing with experimental j r#ds and only where citizens have t#en the matter in their own hands i art where lateRy some counties have; taen uj> the work has there been : d ^he State has as varied soils a&| mr other?the soil varying with , rad> geological belt as well as iu ! helt. Herte in the lower pine; [^ijsa.id pre vat is hut black land is , ilmwt as ^npalent, particularly j >n t1^ near slopes of our branches. ; i r rain fall he; *e is very heavy at! jime when the roads are most Id and the black lands and clay xe easily cut into almost imhowever, it is the pur- \ )o ."Jfon'jne attention to i ami Just as too much rain means the j ertain destruction of clay and such' oads, so drought is fatal to sand j hat in more favorable seasons are! >assable. As soon as the rains fall he water permeates the sand Deds ,nd sinks away to under-ground hannels, leaving behiud a loose in oherable, gritty dust. Often this lust becomes six inches deep or mote. Clay scattered to a depth of six nehes ovei such a road-bed has roved very effectual and is now ;enerally employed in such cases, rhe clay possesses exactly the oppoitemechtani.al properties fromthose f sand, the latter having practially no binding force, while the ormer has great binding qualities. 'lit. fnrfhuf iiUri)iiit? nf wnt.cr l'f?- ! " ? ? - - I ention makes clay useful also in 1 icldingthe necessary moisture, thus uaking sand itself incline to cohere. ; 'lay is usually quite abun lant in all [ eahties and may be had by the' oad side, so tljat the question of; aiding is reduced to a minimum.; ? i n some places muck or black earth Day be more convenient and while i ot so efficacious as the clay,owing to ht dificieticy in binding force, it is ! evgr-the-less useful also when mix- ; d with sand and it has been em-1 Joyed very successfully in some! actions Its virtue consists main- | v in its moisture-holding capacity, hicli is second only to that of clay, j After once getting the ciay or J lack earth on the bed, it should then e worked over with a road drag, uck a device, as far as I know, kasj ever entered into the heads of our j eople and certainly of all the roadorking machinery none is so inexensive, simple and indispensable as; heeling. Good roads after t lie; uundation is once made can be and ave been maintained indefinitely t the nominal cast of one dollar per lile per anuni. What has been said of the appliation of clay to good roads applies ith equal force to the application f sand to clay roads. The res It islie same. In the interest of better i oaths ] in. \"erv sincerely. iAt'itKNt'K 11 McCi'hboron. Rose Hill Garden. lay 1-. Ibex. Insist upon DeWitt s \\ itch Hazel a!ve. There are substitutes, hut here is??!n> one original, it is heal* m, soothing cool in ; and is esecially good for piles, ?? Id by r V.*-.' -.r. L . ' N - ?- - 'i'- Xki 9 f 44*444*44 The effect of ma You catch cold down because of th< Strengthen yo Y Emulsion. X It builds new blood a X system. A ALL DRUGGISTS; Winthrop College Scholarship and Entrance Examination. The examination for the award of vacant scholarships in Winthrop College and for the admission ot new students will be held at the county court house on Friday, July 3, at 1) a m. 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