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k supplement TO I ?ljc ftronta pi OL XXII KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11,1909. NO. 4& 5 % m &he Jfetv Mayor H ImiJ mm G. 1. Imikwtt'i !nwM Klie Man IT The Hour H I B^LBCRT PAYSON TERHUNE. Bj I Copyright, MOT, by Georg* H. BroadhursL f CHAPTER XIV. HE first committee room that lay to the right of Horrigan's office? in the same relation to it as the antechamber to the left usually given over to dry offlusiness, and its musty walls must t have experienced a distinct about this time as Dallas Waint entered from the corridor beShe wa9 accompanied by Perry >y Phelan, who, passing through orridor toward the aldermanic >er, had collided with the brother ister at the committee room door, re's a good sight for sore eyes, Wainwright," the nidenuau was f wtth his best air. "Bat is it ) ask what briugs such a bunch ishine into an old p'iitical shell lis? I'd as soon think of seeing fan at mass as to find you here." ivant to attend the aldermen's i?." exclaimed Dallas. "I have clal reason. So I made Perry me. But at the door they told gallery was so crowded that we ft"? rer you mind the gallery, miss," ipted Phelan. "It isn't meant ie likes of you anyway. You It here a few minutes, an' I'll an attendant somewhere an' him hustle up a couple of good ^ chairs for you on toe mam noor, wnere ^ftycu can pipe everything just like you ^Bvrere in your own op'ra box coppin' off Hi flwad of high C's." "Thank you so much, alderman," re plied Dallas. "I hope we're not put* ting you to too much trouble." T "No trouble at all. An* even if it was rd come a-runnin' to meet it. I'm the original trouble eater. Besides, the ; )>rn-4 p) '*JM ; > ' i | J * r*>~ \.Jt bow'. y > . tings. So long! I'll be right back." /'What a queer chap he is!" mused <??erry, as Phelan hastened away on MnIs mission. ' If I could take a six J weeks' course in slung and hot air 1 Jr from that man I'd Ik? able to sew but s.tons on the whole English language." %--"i don't think you need very much tuition," observed Dallas. "But it was kind of Mr. Phelan to look after us. I j like him be"? "Because he's standing by Bennett Iso pluckily in this tight?" "Mr. Bennett is nothing to me." "No?" asked Perry in innocent amaze. "Then I wasted a lot of good J cigarette money cabling to you about , his campaign when you were across j the big wash last summer. For a who was 'nothing' to you you a str^etook large swads of intelligent inij| terest. Look here, little girl," he went UU, ItTSS uijppiiu ll%. , \>UiiU2? lUV luauci . |j Has anything"? P "No!" sbe broke iu, with a miserable j ' effort at courage. "Nothing's tlie mat- j ter. I'm perfectly happy. Why shouldn't i I be? An engaged girl is always"? "An engaged gr?l!" he shouted in ( high glee. "You don't mean to say ! you an<l Alwyn"? "Of course not. I aiu engaged to j Mr. Gibbs." "Good Lord!" gasped the lad iu honest dismay. "If that's meant for a Joke, it's the punkest ever! Did"? "It isn't a joke, Perry, and it's very | rude of you to talk so. I am engaged : to Mr. Gibbs, and"? "But?how?when did the atrocity come off, and"? "I became engaged to him the night * of the administration ball. I didn't want to tell you yet, because I knew you don't like him. I'm?I'm"? "You're happy?" "Certainly I am!" she retorted de- ! flantly. "So happy that I"? "That you are having a fight to keep J from crying this blessed minute!" he ^ finished. "Say, Dallas, it breaks me W^kn up to have you so miserable. I ' tMnk a whole lot of you. More'n of any one els^Jjut Cynthia. And I want to help you out of this measly mlxup. Won't you?"? "There is nothing any one can do," allA mnrmnrwl ssiIIt "T h?TO phoscn any course and I"? "Cheese it!" -whispered Perry in hurried admonition. "Here comes Bennett, and Phelan's -with him." ^Phe young mayor came in, talking to ^^be alderman as he came. "This room's disengaged," he was IW aaylng. "I'll write It here and give it \ to?oh, I beg your pardon," he broke off, recognizing Dallas and Perry. "I didn't know"? "Tve got two good seats for you," announced Phelan. "Right where you can .see an' hear the whole sbootin' match. An' I guess before the meetin's over It's liable to get as interestin' as m double "Uncle Tom" show in a tent -I'll ihow you the. way as soon as you're ready. There's no rush-Things ain't begun to Bizzle up yet" Bennett had crossed to -where Dallas stood irresolute and. under cover of Phelan's talk with Perry, said to her, with a certain unconscious stiffness: "I fear I was too taken aback by your announcement the other evening to remember to congratulate you, but please believe me when I say I wish you every happiness in the new life you have choseu." "Thank you very much," faltered Dallas. There was an awkward pause; then she said: "You came In here to write something. I'm afraid we are detaining you. You must be busy with your fight against the Borough bill. You are quite determined to continue it to the end?" "To (lie bitter end!" be answered miserably. "Even though that end can hold nothing but bitterness for me." The set anguish in his face moved Dallas more than she dared confess even to herelf. "I am sorry," she said softly. "It is the course I have chosen." he answered, with a shrug, "and if it leads to eternal darkness instead of the sunlight I expected I must follow it none the less." "That is sheer obstinacy," she cried, battling against her own heart's passionate plea. "You have laid out a plan to ruin Mr. (Jibbs. to deprive Perry and me of my own fortune, ? to enrich your^ v self by selling A ^ Borough stock JyT* short and then /u-Vvt vetoing the bill CCt Mi wr I so that the stock /\\ \ JSLa *ou *iave done all this, and yet .r' iowing your 1 T\V abominable ?mp\ \ \ course to the llj U W%] "DaUas," he 'I - Vi said verv ouiet "y?u don't "* * understand, and "Dallas- he said very you refused to quietly, "you don't *(rugt me t0 ex. understand- mn. 80 I can say no more. But one day you may '?v the citi'I mi-'akf you are ma!;"Mistake?" "I don't mean that you are mistaken In choosing Gibbs instead of me, but that you are wrong iu your judgment of what I am doing. I hope you will understand some day. It will be too late to change anything then, but at least I shall be set right in your eyes. And that means more to me than you can ever know. Goodby." He left the room abruptly, and Hallas stared after him, her braiu awbirl with conflicting thoughts. "There's a man in ten million, miss," volunteered t'helan, breaking in on her reverie, "an* from the looks of that bran' new dinky, three-k spark on your linger 1 guess you're wis'' to the fact." "I am engaged to Mr. Gibbs," replied r'alias coldly. "What the"? gasped Pbelan, cheeking himself just in time. 'Tin sure sorry for you, miss," lie went on. with a sincerity that precluded any offense, "for frieu' Gibbs is going to have something so heavy fall on his bank roil bv the time we're through with this Borough bill that he'll be able to use bis wad for a book mark without crinkliu' any of the leaves. Why. he'll"? "Come, I'erry." Interrupted Pallas. "Shall we go to the meeting now?" Confused, she turned to the door leading into Horrigun's room instead of that opening on the corridor anil found herself face to face with her uncle, the boss and Gibbs. "I beg your pardon," she began, surprised. "I didn't know"? "Dallas!" exclaimed Gibbs and Wainwright In the same breath. Horrigau scowled at the interruption as all three ineu rose to their feet. "What brings you to a place like this?" asked Waiuwright ic displeasure. "Perry and I," indicating her brother, who had followed her iuto the room, "are going to attend the meeting of the board of aldermen." "But." protested her uncle disapprovingly, "it is hardly the sort of"? "My fortune and Perry's and that of the man I am to marry are all bound up in the Borough bill," she answered fearlessly. "I have a right to be present when that bill's fate is decided." "Good nerve!" applauded Horrigan. "You're a thorqughbred. If there were more women like you"? "Mr. Horrigan," reported Williams, hurrying in from an antechamber, "the police have come, and"? "All right," answered the boss. "Give the sergeant his orders." "I?I hardly like the responsibility," muttered Williams, "and"? "But you'll take it. I'm backing you. By the way, get seats for Miss Walnwright and her brother. Get them close to the anteroom door, so if there's a row she can come back here. If there are no vacant seats there, clear a couple of people out and make place for"? "Bat we hare seats," protested Dallas as Williams sped on bis errand. "Alderman Phelan"? "Alderman Phelan will have trouble finding a seat in this city when I'm done with him," snarled Horrigan. "Better take the seats I offer, Miss Wainwright. They're safer." "But," protested Wainwright, "if there's to be any danger she mustn't be there. I can't have"? "I will be on hand to help her if there is," Gibbs answered him. "H'rn!" grunted Horrigan in somewhat uncomplimentary doubt. "I "will, too!" spoke up Perry. Horrigan nodded approval, j "You'll be all right then." said he. | "And now"? "You spoke of the police being in the j aldermanfc chamber," said Dallas. "What for?" "To check any ti uble the gallery may make," answered Horrigan. "This i man Bennett's stored the people up j with a lot of his anarchistic reform ideas till they're crazy. Some one's ! liable to get a broken skull, and then j Bennett will have himself to thank, j Maybe when the police have liami mered a little sense into folks' heads j with their nightsticks, victims will I begin to understand ju< t what sort of j a man Alwvn Bennett is. Remember j now, Gibbs, and you, too, young Wain! wright, if there's any sign of a row brine Miss Wainwright back here at once." ! "All right," agreed Perry, a little rue1 ful at the prospect of missing a free I fight. "Let's go in there now. I've | never been to an aldermen's meeting before, but I rau up against a car ' strike riot once, so I guess I'm on to | most of the subtle rules of elegance j that govern such shows. Come ou, people, if you're coming." | "Your niece is a thoroughbred." rej peated Ilorri^au, with rare approbation, as the anteroom door closed beI hind Dallas and her two escorts "So ! she's to marry Gibbs, is she? I'm I oawtt #ni* thotn hAth " OV11 J 1V4 U4VIU wvvu. "Why?' asked Wainwright sharply. "Because it won't take her a year to find out that he's a yellow cur. And when she does she'll either kick him out or lead him around on a chain. Now, the fellow a girl of that sort ought to have married is Bennett. He's an obstinate fool, but he's a man. I you cn! l ouoo he was stock ou tier." "He was. He stiri is." "And she took Gibl?s Instead?" cried Horrlgan, a world of incredulity In his rough voice. "Wouieu are a queer lot! . Why'd she shake Bennett, if it Is a j fair question?" j "I let her see Gibbs was a heroic ; martyr," said WaJnwright, with quiet 1 significance, "and that Jiemiett was"? "Oh, I see!" chuckled Ilorrigan. j "Still, then* might be something made j out of Bennett's love for her even yet." i "What do you mean? i "Tin not quite sure. I'll ha\e to J think it over." ; 'Huberts has come!" exclaimed Wil' lia is. e!?;cri!!g from iho corridor, i "" i' :' a for you. Shall I bring "Ve 1-.Ilorrlgan. "By the v.: " i Yv'aiuwriglit as Willi..Ii;> "!'?! have tu ask you r. }' r :i lew minutes. I've 'z < l: "jis alone. Now for the - . ): (. ? i e ihe whole light;" (COXTINTEI) NEXT WEEK.) I I D. r.TT T AND i J J r 9 vamma i ^y \ I Real Estate Broker, j } KINGSTREE. S. C. } ; i I have on hand a hand- \ j pome list of bargains in ) i j farm and city property.?} > Call and see me. Title < guaranteed. Loans nego-} } tiated at a reasonable fee. J i List your property with > i me for sale. Good prices J { and satisfaction assured. > l 10-29?3m. i Citation NoticeSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. County of Williamsburg, Uxr P M Rrnr*lcintnn /Esn.Prnhatp .InHce ' WHEREAS, S L Jourtney made suit to me, to grant him Letters of Administratiou of the Estate of and effects of W, J. Singletary. THESE ARE THEREFORE to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and Creditors of the said W J Singletary, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of ProDate, to be held at Kingstreeon the 15th day of February next after publication thereof, at 11 o clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Administration should not be granted. GIVEN under my hand, this 2nd day of February, Anno Domini, 1909. Published on the 4th day of February 1909, in the County Record P. M. Brockinton, 2-4-2t Probate Judge. i i Administrator's Notice All persons having claims against the J estate of A E Salters, deceased, will 1 present same, duly attested, to the un\ dersigned, and all persons indebted to i said estate will make payment to J M Brown, Administrator, 2-4-41 Taft, S C. i I Final DischargeTake notice, that on the 20th day of ! February, 1909, I will apply to P M Brockinton, .ludge of Probate of Wili liamsburg county, for a final discharge ; as guardian of Bessie and Willie Lawrence. R P Lawrence, , 1-21-It Guardian. | i Sheriff's Sale under Foreclosure. I State of South Carolina, ( County of Williamsburg. ! M L Boyd and J M Tisdale, executors 1 ot the estate of Daniel Z Martin, deceased. vs Amelia Lesesne et al. Under and by virtue of a decretal j order in the above stated case, made and rendered hy his Honor,Judge John S Wilson, on the 17th day of .June. 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