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fv" ' 1 - CHAPTER XII. THE LITRE OF A WOMAN'S LOVE CAROLINA had coroe to find out from Haines, if possible, how her father was going to vote on the naval base and to induce the secretary to persuade him to stand for Altacoola?if there seemed danger that lie would vote for another site. That was her scheme, for Carolina had put $23,000 into Altacoola land, money left by her mother. Norton had persuaded Carolina to invest in the enterprise to defraud the government, promising her $30.<H>0 clear profit. IIow much she could do in Washington society whii mat: The continued uncertainty over her father's final attitude had strained her nerves almost to the brea^jug. f<?r the success of the conspiracy uopended on his vote. Not even the words of Norton. her future husband, could reassure her. Her worry was increased by the knowledge of Randolph's investment of her father's $,"0,000. That Carolina must sacrifice Haines on the altar of her consuming desire for money, for a higher worldly position, was an unimportant consideration. He stood In the way. Any moment he misrlit discover the existence of the Altacoola scheme, he would immediately tell her father, and she knew her father would immediately decide against Altacoola?the bright hopes of her future would turr. to ashes. Norton's money as well was invested in Altacoola. He. too, would be ruined. She was sure that she loved Norton, but she could not marry a penniless man. Carolina resumed the conversation. "It isn't anything so very important. Mr. Haines. It's about father." Haines beamed. "I have the honor to report Miss Langdon," he bowed, "that your father is making the very best kind of a senator." The girl hesitated. "Yes; he might if he had some ambition." "Don't worry! If he comes down to that I have ambition for two. You want him to be a success, don't you? Well, he is the biggest kind of a success." '1 never believed that be would be," confessed the daughter. Haines laughed. "Why, do you realize that today he Is one of the most popular men In public life throughout the country; that What does Langdon think?' has become the watchword of the big body of independents who want honesty and decent government without graft? "I tell you that's a big thing. Miss Langdon. That's success?real success in politics, especially in Washington politics. "Now, If there's anything else you want him to have, I'll see that he gets It I'll try to get It for him"?he paused a moment, then added, with heartfelt meaning In his voice?"and for yon, Miss Langdon." Carolina played coquettishly with the secretary. 'Tor me, Mr. Haines?" she questioned archly, with an effective glance Into his eyes. Bud's pulses began to throb violently?to leap. "Yes," he exclaimed unsteadily, "for you, and you know It. That's the inspiration now, my inspiration? the chance of winning your be- / lief In me, of [Winning some- fCl\ It f thing more, the lA' \\ n/ biggest thing I W\ j i . ever thought to tlv^/ ? ! win ? because, ) * I Miss Langdon? /J / > 1 Carolina?I love / you." He bent lj fl; ^1 \ over and seized f fj( Y the girl's^ hand. II |j'j.v "Ever since the J \l day I first saw / you I"- 31 She shook her w head Indulgently "And for you, Mis* and in a mo- Langdon.'' ment drew her hand from Lis. "Yon mucfn'r so serious tlr. Haines. You don't understand southern girls at all. We are not Just like northern girls. We are used to being made love to from the time we are knee high. Sometimes 1 fear we flirt a little, but we don't mean any harm. All girls flirt?a little." "But somebody wins even the southern girls," declared Haines eagerly. The girl's face became serious, earnest, sincere. "Yes, somebody does, always," she said. "And when a southern girl is won she stays won, Mr. Haines." "And I have a chance to win?" questioned the determined young northerner. Carolina smiled sweetly and expressively. "Who knows? First make my father even a bigger success?that's first. Oh, I wonder if you can realize what all this life means to me! If you can realize what those years of stagnating on the plantation meant to me! No man would have | endured it!" she V/s exclaimed bitterns v\ I' ly. "I am more m ''*k V\ ill / ' ?* a man t^ian a \ tW I' 1 woman in some / - )l i J / waysJ am" / . h H / bitious. From the / I time I was a lltj I tie girl I've wnntI | jj ed the world, ( if power, fa me, 0* money. I want them still. 1 mean to get them 1 want power, fame, somehow, anymoncyr how. If I can't get them myself, some one mast get them for me." "And love?" suggested the man. "You are leaving love out Snppose I get_all these things for yoq?" A Gen From Mi !By THOMA, Sfoxlelizcd From the Flay COPYRIGHT. 1909. BY liiai's |?iUt)(lii!U heart almost Moppe t, i j lie ?*??ui?i scarce! v i::iill lli> keai'i as ! he saw creep into Carolina's eyes what ' ; he believed to be the light of hope for ! 1:1m. the light even of n woman's prom , | ke. "Who knows, Mr. Ilaines? There's no reward guaranteed. There may he ' others trying." she answered. Ilaines laughed?the stroug. hopeful, fighting laugh of.the man who would combat the boss of the senate on ground of the boss' own choosing. "All right!" he cried. "If it's an open '1 i ficht I'll enlist. I'll give thein all a 1 run. What are your orders?" Carolina appealed indifferent. "I don't know tliat 1 have any par-11 tieulnr orders, sir knight, except to i see that tny father does all he can for , the Altacuola naval l?ase." llalnes paused, seized by a sudden |' tremor. [( "The Altaeoola naval base?" he statu- '1 mered. "Well, all 1 cau say Is that the I senator will do what lie thinks right, j 1 That might bring power and fame?a j right decision in this case?but It can't I bring money." . | Carolina shrugged her shoulders. "Money?" She laughed with affected carelessness. "Well, we'll have to let the money take care of Itself for a time. But I do want him to vote for Altacoola, because I believe that will i be the best for him. Ton believe Id ( Altacoola, don't you?" Haines hesitated, then answered: ' "Well, between the two sites merely ] as sites Altacoola seems to me rather better." ] Miss Langdon held out her band lm- < pulslvely. "Then It will be Altacoola!" she cried. "Thank you. Mr. Haines. We are i>art- , nets, then, for Altacoola." i The young man -grasped ber hand earnestly. "I'd like to be your partner for good. ' Carolina!" he cried. They stood there close together, holding each other's hands, looking into each other's eyes, when the door opened and in came Charles Norton. CHAPTER XIII. * Alt OLD FASHIONED FATHER. CONGRESSMAN NORTON was startled visibly at the sight of Carolina and Haines appar- ] ently so wrapped up in each 1 other. Perhaps she was getting inter- 1 ested in the haudsome, interfering sec- ' retary. That a woman sometimes breaks her promise to wed he well knew. Plainly Carolina was carrying ' things too far for a girl who was the promised wife of another. Carolina and Haines showed surprise at Norton's entrance. The congressman advanced and spoke i sneeringly, his demeanor marking him j to be in a dangerous mood. "Do I intrude?" he drawled deliberately. j Carolina drew away her hands from Haines and faced the newcomer. "Intrude!" she exclaimed contemptu- i ously, a tone that,Norton construed as.j in his favor and Haines in his own. j "Intrude!" Haines laughed sarcas- j tically, feeling that now he was leader | in the race for love against this Mis- i sissippi representative, who was, he ' knew, a subservient tool and a taker ; of bribes. "You surely do intrude, j Norton. Wouldn't any man who had interrupted a tete-a-tete another man j was having with Miss Langdon be in- j trading?" "I suppose I can't deny that," he re- | plied. , The secretary smiled again. 'Til match you to see who stays," ! he said. But Norton's turn to defeat his rival I had come. He held out a paper to j Ilaines. "Senator Laugdon gave me this for you. I reckon I don't have to match." The secretary opened the note to read: "Where In thunder does that hydrate come from?South America or Russia? How much off on the tariff on the creature do we want? Come | over to the committee room, where I am, right away. Say it's an urgent ' message and get in with a tip." The secretary looked up, with a 1 i iau?ij. , "You win, Norton. I'm off. Good- < by." And be started ob a run to the i senator's aid. Norton turned angrily on the girl as the door closed. "See here, Carolina," he cried, "what do you mean by letting that fellow i make love to you?" Carolina Langdon would not permit rebuke, even from the man she cared for. She tossed back her head and said coolly: "Why shouldn't I let him make love ; to me if I choose?" "You know why," exclaimed Norton, J his dark face flushing sullenly. "Be- J cause I love you and you love me!" j And he seized her and pressed her to , him. "That Is why!" he cried, and he j kissed her again and again. ' "Yes, 1 love you. Charlie; you know ,1 that," Carolina said simply. She was 1 ] conquered by ihe southerner's master- fulness. "Then why do you stand for that 1 whippersnapper's talk?" asked Norton j perplexedly. < Carolina laughed. j J'Don't you see, Charlie, I have to = " tleman i: Lssissippi ! 5 A. WISE ip hy FredertcK "R. Toombs r ! 1 , THOMAS A. WISE J a ii stand for it? I have to stand for it ; for your sake, for Randolph's sake. , for niv own sake, for all our sakes. ' 1 You know the intluence he has over i ] father. "lie ran make father do anything he ^ wants, and suppose 1 don't lead him on? Where's our project? Let him suspect a thing and let him go to 1 father, and you know what will hap- J pen. Father would turn against that Altacoola scheme in a moment. He'd j 0 beggar himself, if it were necessary, |M rather than let a single one of us make 1 cj a dollar out of a thing he had to de- i cide." * "You're right. I reckon, Carolina," p, said Norton dejectedly. "Your father Is a real type of the southern gentle- (f man. He hasn't seen any real money ci In so long he can't even bear to think | of it Somebody's got to make money out of this, and we should be the ti ones." m "We'd lose frightfully. Charlie, if n they changed to Gulf City, wouldn't j? we?" said the girl apprehensively. |a < "Do I intrude f" I "I'm horribly afrnid sometimes, Char- > lie. That's why I came here today. 1 wanted to Influence Haines, to keep him straight. Is there any danger that c they'll change? You don't think there j is, do you?" * "Of course not, child. Ste* ns has g got his money in, and Peabody. There are only Ave on the committee. It's q bound to go through." T "Then why is father so Important to j, them?" asked Carolina. i "It's past my understanding, Carolina. I don't see how he's done it, but the whole country has come to believe I" whatever your father does is right, and they've got to have him." "And father Is completely under the : domination of this secretary," mur-! mured the girl thoughtfully. ^turiuii uuuum. ^ "We've got to get rid of him, Caro- v Una. That's all there Is to it. He has d to go! When it comes to bossing the s senator and making love to you, too. he's getting too strong." . "How can you do it?" she asked. "You know when father likes any one t he won't believe a thing against him." Norton agreed sorrowfully. "That's right. Seems like the senator's coming to think more of this fellow than he does of his own family. "TFhy shouldn't I let him make love to met* Why, I wouldn't be surprised If he'd even let one of you girls marry him if * he wanted to marry you." "We'd have something to say about that," Carolina laughed amusedly. "Do you think that Hope or I could ever ( care for a man like this fellow? Of y course not. But uo ue careiui, tuar- i o lie. This Altacoola business must go I through right. It would be too eruel S t ot to have It so. And then"? "And then you and I'll be married G at once, Carolina, whether your father T likes it or not," ended Norton for her. > ' With Altacoola safe, we can do as we S please, as between us we'll be rich. What does it matter how we get the noney, as long as we get it." 1 ICONT1NTED NEXT WEEK.] A Night Rider's Raid. The worst night riders are calo- S tnel, croton oil or aloes pills; They " raid your bed to rob you of rest. ? Not so with Dr King's New Life tl Pills. They never distress or incon- c renience, but always cleanse the system, curing Colds, Headache,Conftipation, Malaria, 25c at D C t1 Scott's. Home Print ?s "Patent*'. A town which cannot or will not upport an all home printed paper loes not deserve a newspaper. News>apers should quit using patent outides?that is. quit having a part of heir paper printed out of town.This sewspaper has tried the patent ontide plan, and it was very unsatis actory. Cut your paper down to uilf its size if need be and print it ill at home. These disgusting patent nedicine advertisements which the eady-print houses insert in newspa] >ers should not go into the home.? 1'Ifwiberft Herald. Weak Kidneys taat toon trouble thea any other organ of > body. The funotlon of the kldaeya la to tparate tnorraaie aalt aid water la tee promi of circulation, end to neon theaa aad lelrattendaatpoiaoaafrom the body through >e bladder. Therefore whea the kldaeye mom dlaeaaed aad weak they are naturally aable to perform their work properly, and alaa la the back. Inflammation of the bladder ad urinary dteordere are the recall It la ope retire that a prompt relief be afforded, hlch la lmpoealble ualeu yon ream to the tore. teWiti'a Kidney end Bladder Pi lie romptly eliminate potaona from the eyitedf ad at the same time make the kldaeya well d stronf. Per Week Kidneya. Baokaoh^4c~ animation of the -bladder am Hnary troubles Da Wltt'e Kid., nd Bladder Pllla era unaurpaaaaa A Week'e Treatment for 2Sc. Money beak If ttooy ffcU. For Sale by W L Wallace. Ouerterly Kep?rt KINGSTREE DISPENSARY ^ cotxl'niartor?April 1, 1900, to July 1,1909. Office of County Dlspen^ry Board Williamsburg County. Kingatree, S C\ July 8, 1909. 'ash receipts during quarter $ 8,349 70 took July 1,1909*(Invoice). 2,384 05 Ireakage during quarter (Inv) 18 47 *10,747 22 1 took April 1 and mdse rec'd (luringquarter (Invoice)... 7,048 73 Iross profits *3,098 49 'otal expenses and breakage. 967 76 7et profits $2,130 73 J ,ess samples credited ro Scranton Dispensary 9 20 $2,121 53 liviaed profit?: County $707.17% C?-1 1 "A- 1*2 OCI1UUI IUI.11jj Town of Kingstree 707.17^3 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COl'NTY of WlLMAlfABURG. Personally appeared before me W E nowden, .1 E Brumon and I) J Epps, ho, being each and severally sworn, eposes and says that the foregoing ! tatement is true and correct. i W E Snowden, Chairman. J E Bri nson, Secretary. ! D J Epps. i Sworn to and subscribed before me i his eighth day of July. 1909. ! J B Steele, Notary Public. i Quarterly Report LAKE CITY DISPENSARY j Second quarter? April 1, 19(Mto July 1.1909. j Office of Count} I)isp' dry Board. ? Williamsbi ounty. Kingstr* \July 8. 1909. ] ash receipts durik^ 'ter.$7,318 48 \ treakage during qut^T (Inv) 17 78 ; Itock July 1. 1909 1,977 01 ; $9,313 27 | ;to? k April 1 and mdse rec'd J during quarter (Invoice).. 0,517 02 lioss profits $ 2,7% 25 : 'otal expenses and breakage. 996 58 \ let profits $1,799 07 i fivided profits: County $ 599 89 School. 599 89 J Town of Lake City. 599 89 $1,793 97 ! STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ] County of Williamsburg. Personally appeared before me W E nowden, J E Brunson and D J Epps, : lembersof the Williamsburg County )ispensary Board, who, being each and everally sworn, deposes and says that he foregoing statement is true and orreet. W E Snowdkn. Chairman. .7 E Bruxson, Secretary. DJ Epps. Sworn to and subscribed before me his eighth day of July. 1909. J B Steele, Notary Public. Quarterly Report SCRANTON DISPENSARY ?econ?l quarter?April 1, 19011, to July 1, 1909. Oflice of County Dispensary Board Williamsburg County. Kingstree, S C, July 8. 1909. ash receipts during quarter..$2,271 22 freak age during quarter (Inv) 9 86 took July 1, l!K)9 (Invoice).. 1,649 38 $ 3,930 46 tock April 1 and mdse rec'd during quarter (Invoice).... 2.913 01 iross profits 1,017 45 'otal expenses and breakage.. 342 93 Jet profits | 674 52 ainples from Kingstree Dispensary 9 20 $ 683 72 livided profits: County * $227 90?3 School. 227 9O73 'lown of Scranton.. 227 90^ $ 683 72 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Williamsburg. Personally appeared before me YV E nowdeit, J E Brunson and D J Epps, lembers of the Williamsburg County lispensary Board, who, being each and everally sworn, deposes and says that he foregoing statement is true and orrect. J E BrunsOx, Secretary. D J Epps. Sworn to and subscribed before me his eighth day of July. 1909. J B Steele, Notary Public. 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