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fi rk p 1| v/ilflh\J X Tp By ;,cct:i Tarkirgton an:! + Harry L2c:i $ Y/ilson ? ? ? a corvRtcttT. most. bv tj:e Meanwhile Aai ; t ': ! ." m t the portmanteau, wh: :-?> ; a u;? -i a chair as Jivlao i !?-- ! ?i i'. In searc hing f-'M : 1 Men ringer the <**?:: *? > ? ;' :! suit ea< hail been ? !'.!-what di-ua- '. and ii" the methodical Aaron now withdrew a badly i n!i. |0 ' <nnt. intend.ng to fold it neatly t iv r ; !: . '..-.-i it. As he did so a rod r. roo< o b. \ lYd froiu one of the po mes. Aaron. ; !??uf to return it. suddenly started : ?! he!d it under the !i* I t f an ml.' oval lamp, for th" inscription on the I d w'.ii- !i had arrested Lis atic:/i.oi w.s; ".Margaret Randal! to I . ; has! . nd. John Randall." "Marg:ir? t It.ud 11- thai v."as AdoVs mother." he exclaimed in \v>inlcr. "What is that;' as'n-d M. Ye.uidry. entering the r<? :n nd noting the other's interest. ? *1 r fell from Cob u.el Moreau's p<-r!" r toou." roj.:io?I Aar ?n. ?peuing llie 1 'X . u! < ramming iis e,intents. "Vol! so. ;t is t!: ? nii:ii:mire of Adele's mother t! i i gambler won the night he won ;iv plantation." todding to the bale y where Kirby could be heard pacing i ick and forth. "You know lie {rot r\?"t mv poor c< usin's Jewels. This is - -t with diamonds. ' Look?half of theai are gone." "To rlie pawnshop, eh?" ventured M. Veaudry. "Yet you found It In Colonel Moreau's portmanteau? Tt is very strange. ITow has it en urn there?" "No one knows but Colonel Morcau. ? and he can't am wer anything now." said Aaron solemnly. "You better give this box to Tom." Like his older brother, the General has proved an ud Tilling participant In Judge Pleydell's maneuver. The child strongly disapproved of the idea, for be was now summarily hauled out of bed and forced to exchange the known comxorts of that article for the doubtful accommodations of the drawing room sofa. "What for do they make me get up in the middle of the night?" he sleepily demanded as Croup made up the impromptu bed in the now deserted room. "What for do they dress me ; again?' "Yo's gwine to Jedge Pleydell's plan- 1 tation, honey." patiently explained the old servant for the tenth time. "Dey go'n* pack up all yo' liT clothes an' j all dem toys yo' had when yo' was a baby. Dey ain't gwine to 'sturb yo' Ho much hvah." "But I don't want to go to Judge Pleydell's plantation," peevishly protested the child "Aren't we ever ! coming back here to live again?" "No'ua, I don't hardly spect so. liT coarse. Yo' kain't stay no mo' byah. honey, an' ole Croup kain't go nowah wif yo' all's no mo*. Ole niggah got a new marse now. Yo' must sleep, ? honey. I wake yo' when dey ready, 1 11T marse. Hesh. honey, hesh!" And Croup lightly tiptoed from the room ?s the General nodded drowsily and then closed his weary eyes. And thus Kirby found him. As If conscious of the other's gaze, the boy instantly awoke with a start and sat bolt upright, throwing off his impromp- , tu covers. "I've got to have a talk with you," he said gravely. "No; I won't go to sleep, and If you leave I'll get up. I ( want some more light. I'm going to have some things the way 1 want man. Recognizing that flight was useless and that the chill was in deadly earnest, Kirby obediently turned up the lamp. "It strikes me," be said mildly, "you'll come very near getting a good many things the way you want them." "You come and sit here," peremp- : torily ordered the General, pointing to a stool beside the sofa. And again the man obeyed. For a moment the child was silent, gravely contemplating his pseudo hero. "What is a 'd?d low gambler?" he suddenly Inquired. "It's what some people call me," replied Klrby after a pr.use. "I'm sorry they do it before you." "They don't like you any more, do they?specially I>ele? They all hate you, don't they? I know why. It's because you turned out to be the bad prince." said the boy, nodding solemnJy Again the other was 6ilent. "General." he said at length, "there's sometiling your sister never got quite straight in the stories she's read you. j Sometimes the good prince is half bad, and sometimes t';ie bad prince?is half mod." "No; there was never anything like ' that in the books." reflected the Genera], greatly surprised. "And sometimes," added Kirby, "they are both just one man?half good and half bad." "Both just in oDe person?" "Yes. And when that person?half good prince and half bad prince, remember?gets into a mysterious underground passage, say. and the adventure takes him to where the people are good. why. then he tries to be all good i Bilk. t O1* v N#,}V 'V if ^ !7|!|py ?! SI 1II ?1? II M I t.iU' il A 1 fl I & A<:api-d i rar.n C> a\ "V *' jt c ft ti e a'iay ot the 5?.mc ; V ! p< r> fxarRe by v?. t>. r%. Ferguson c j i. ; o AINSLEE MAGAZINE COMPANY ? ov t? ft:? CI too." '! :e child pe- dcrd over tlii< truth, ii:*.' ? >ra prebend ing tlxse str tngre in nus ;;ti ! < : ! " Iti- - ?.f soul. of that dual personality which j !i ?.s }, i ii'.-u older a;d wiser heads ' this. that h :s 1? <1 sauc end s?. i enlist .".like and will Is.Tie them to the etui "f time. "Tia > are you trying not to l<e a 1 d pri: e n??w n t any more at all ever':" lie lir.aiiy asked. "N' t where you ami your sister : re." . said Kirhy, !:is voice trend ling. * Ilr: you'll turn cut bad again wlnn we go away?" sauce.-ted the child, "i d< n't know just wh it will happen " nfrs-sod tl:e man. starircdully at the floor. * ?j'I? !?:?? eatne. Then the ehild s:gbcd. "I'd 'he to know the end ?>f that story." ; The man echoed the sigh. srutlinir wt: y. rut afraal I can't tell yt tt th ; end." i Alt' ciclt no lieraii! ? f intriii<>n had been ..rem. lie was sudden!;. con sejeus r it some oi:e had oi.iovil the r??.ro hef re the General had expressed 1: s wish. Rising he discerned Adele Randall, who now came swiftly f r :d . id. ignoring him. assamed a protecting attitude over th..- child, as if t > !?i.'hl i: from an inimitely contamir. 'iti'- presence. She stppeared the same as <>n the iirst occasion of his meet in? with her?pale. sad. dressed entirely in black, hopelessly emotionless and uncompromisingly hopeless. "Miss Randall." lie ventured at length, ignoring her attitude. "I have something for you. Several times I ! have sent one of the servants to you requesting an interview. I don't want < you to regret all your life the fact that you refused to listen to me." i, Without a word or a glance she !, turned to the General and took him ' by the hand, the child struggling with all his small strength. "Please don't | make me:" he Implored. "Dele, he's ; trying not to be bad like they said, j! And. don't you remember, I promised to be his trusty friend. Can't 1 even talk to him?" i "Miss Randall," quietly interposed | Kirby. "there isn't a slave oh this | plantation you wouldn't listen to If j he asked to be heard before you pun- < ished him. Won't you"? < But she had gone, half carrying the still ineffectually struggling General, i Kirby remained grimly eying a slip of j paper he had withdrawn from bis pocket It was his last card?the deed < to the plantation. Throwing it on the | table, he sank into a chair, a prey to { the most hopeless dejection. i CHAPTER XIV. AT | N that disheartened attitude ' 1 Bunce eventually found KlrSfl by. From the balcony win- ' SCSI dow the fat veteran had witnessed Adele's silent contempt, and J he now laid a sympathetic hand npon i ?u?. i (lis puxuier s buuuiuei. "You see how you stand with her, < don't you?" he said quietly. "I won't ' say she ain't a fine enough woman to make any man act the fool about her. But, Gene, you've got to hold up your ' head and git over it. It's too late for you to start your life again, and you 1 can't drag her into it. Take one good ' look at yourself. Gene Klrby, then take ' another at her. But, say, she wouldn't take you If you was an angel stepped 1 right out of the first front floor of ? heaven. What could you ever be to 1 her? Nothin' but a d??d gambler. 1 I seen the way she treated you." 1 "That's because she doesn't know ' what I'm going to do," replied Kirby, striving to convince himself. "Look at ] that paper." Bunce examined the deed, then turn- 1 ed indignantly upon the signer thereof. "I've seen you give some pore young ( feller his money back after you'd won 1 it, but I never knowed you to do it if the feller slapped you in the face ! first," he said witheringly. "The girl ( won't stay long enough in the same room to wipe her shoes on you. Don't { that hurt you?" ; "it won't hurt so much after this," replied Klrby. Indicating the paper. ! "When the fool maker made you I 1 reckon he quit work. He knowed he'd ! reached his high water mark." com- i meuted Butice, with a despairing shrug. "Now, I'll make her speak to you." Kirby shook his head, his relaxed figure stiffening with sudden resolution. "No," he said quietly. "You and I'll get out of here. I won't see Miss Randall again." But the other, giving no heed to the words, quietly left the room, while Kir- j by remained seated at the table ab- j stractedly toying with the cards, utterly oblivious to surroundings. His fleet- | ing resolution had already vanished, j His grip on the present had relaxed. ' He felt singularly hopeless, heartsick j and utterly alone. | He did not know?nor. knowing, j would greatly have cared?that Judge : Pleydell's plan was about to be exe- 1 cuted. He did not know that Mine. J Davezac. Miss Pleydell and the Gen oral wore already In the carriage waiting to be conveyed to their neighbor's plantation, waiting for the coming of Adele. who had been inexplicably do layed at the last minut" -delayed by Bunco, who was putting f"i;h every porsun.-iw effort. pYn ling. in., threat. .:::g all i': < e 1 rea;:i. i a d? ^ pernto to: Mt to ; ,i :> -r ! ,'; r-> the drawing room. to make 1 grant a la: o\\ ' . rviov. At leu,. 1 . ' . . il?gs. a " :d ' i . tracts! I :. , i. . nd. turn:!;.: . I. or _ i; .u i . id I ley< :. Aaron and M. V*?rtudry ' all seru.inizin. hit i * itoutly v.ith : look t' : a*. w i: * i-a: torpre ioi: 'I hey eousidere i' !: ladi *s safely awa; .atttl the iud i: ?w < when a jilei ;;:'!rder law' : ! . Before a wed ' ' i !' ! age! * Kiriiy fa:! .1 their pur:*.. .?ut u f hint of ognizance was eviui d in his i manner. lie leisurely and wit i t the <! :;, U ;y of i to ll ' roil. ' t tliuii v :li . i:v ia:: 1 >i; t-f .s f i. i lYn h\ :i.or evoa i:ij? svst. An 1 for a spa ?. and i:: sllen e the foi * ' men sr.rveved the ?iir*. i'.i ii your. ' Kaudi'l < >>': untitle >iy m..1. for !:i:i . [ -.villi mli.iiv.M ? ivstrv .'i: -It's pretty ?1 irk outside. Mr. KIrby j too dark t vh.> c s'raiShall v. > I settle ii here? VVc : re going to civ I you a i li.ui'? . ami you'd bciier g- \ yours >!f i to take it 1- . ! \ il qui fi unless you prefer to be shot like f nt." fr "!f you leave it to ;ue." said Kirb 5 iniidiy. "I j refer n >i to lie shot si -De you realize that in giving you j a lair s! -w we do a common gambior an huh tV" let timed tbe hoy, strut giinu ia.a'ust lbs p; ssion. He p seated Kirb - Ni-rei:-1 composure. f.? ag?i it !. tva placed at a Siuuti'.i:* Inyr disaihatiia^e. "1 am .J- . . of your kind noss t.? one < .' toy pr be . a a." oi.sorel tlio "cm.nun ambler." bowing wit:i courteous i i'y . " Yog seem to b jj rnuki: . q tde ' i1 >rate prepar- tiotv-. l gentle: en. but 1 think you're juKtin,. 9 yours ves i it cssary trouble. Mr. ? Randall, you ami your spier"? "Don't yon <?,.: > nier.iion the name p of any lady of my family'." menaced j? Tom. "But tlii* is re e<sary. sir." suave!.- j muriunred : e >:!; r. "because you and your si-icr. Mi>s Adele Randall"? "You wolf!" snarled the boy. and be stru' k with all his mlength. The nl.rt and pacific M. Veaudry ! i-aught the descending arm. at 1 before tb outraged and now :!r p uuhly incensed boy. furious at M.Pay's deliberate repetition of Miss Randall's haoie. could wrest himself free and renew the attack Adele herself had ,3 entered the room, followed by the sue- I .essA;I Bunce. ller presence instant- I? ly* prohibited further hostilities, and I * young Randall sullenly turned away. ? raging against her delayed departure 1 j and unexpected Intrusion. The self , satisfied and beaming glance cast upon j J bini by the portly veteran Bunc-e did . not improve his temper, although in a measure it afforded an explanation ^ i?f Adele's presence. * "1 have yielded to this gentleman's . request." said the girl stonily, waving j ^ in ironic and contemptuous hand to- j ^ ward Bunce, while her eyes looked ac- ^ curately through the top of Kirby's ^ head. "I grant your interview. Wfcat ^ Is it you wish to say? Kindly be as ^ explicit and terse as possible." ^ He handed her the slip of paper ^ which before this he had sought to ^ offer. 4 "1 fear your brother may be too ex- 4 cited to read it," he said indifferently. 4 8be eyed it wonderingly, scanning 4 It twice over and yet again before di- 4 gesting its brief contents. In silence | she handed it to her brother, and he. _ after a long, incredulous stare, exclaimed: " "He gives it back to buy his safety!" je "Read the date." commanded Klrby, addressing the girl. ^ In the same mechanical manner she 1 obeyed, spelling it out as if it were ! ^ written in some strange language with jg which she was but vaguely familiar. N "He wrote that the tirst day the doc- ^ tore let him set up to a taoie aiter > Jack Moreau shot him," sharply explained Bunce. angered at the recep- js tlon accorded what he considered a N sublime act of generosity, forbearance ^ and asinlnlty. V Slowly Adele raised her eyes from ^ the paper and looked steudily at the is 'common gambler." "This was In re- ? morse?for my father?" she whispered. ^ "No." It was said quite simply and emotionlessly, as if the question were " too absurd to seriously consider. He is would have employed the same tone in " refuting the statement that be was a ^ Chinaman. % "That doesn't agree very well with ^ Colonel Moreau's story," sneered young is Randall, loath to credit such an enemy S with one worthy motive. "You bet your bottom dollar it don't," % agreed Bunce. JS "That will do. Larkin." said Klrby is sharply. "There's nothing more to be * said. We're through here." ^ Despite Adele's earnest request to ^ remain and the plea that she bad the (? right to know the meaning of this is strange contradiction of evidence, he S resolutely turned to leave the room, his ^ partner obediently following. ^ But once again M. Veaudry, sinking (? his own interests in those of Justice, is stepped forward and detained his S sometime rival. ^ "Make him speak, Tomr ne cneu. y turning to young Randall. "This min- OS lature of your mother we found in is Colonel Moreau's portmanteau." And ^ he handed the other the red morocco ? hox. y "Bnt?but my father lost lfc to you!" JS exclaimed the bewildered boy, turning ff to Kirby. . * Continued on Page 10. *( ?wi i ... *** i . - ,t , ^ i-i - - - - - - -" ' *For Co a ' rr bK " * c ?i . cds Troubled with a coti; ' - vb ' : chronic Inn:* rio;;': these c:?- ^ ?Ay. : e . .. ;r -A . ? ail ab? v it. .VA; n'** ' r- . . . can e * v . ;;i c itouch vi'h bin*, t v . I No ;. ! /Vyer's i'tl!.. I. ; > \live. <)!K J1 .'i.i' i\ >v . j it! i'. ^ . ^ ?r ? . ^ yr'. iDMnpnf w ! 011 $ iiii I II i I;:' ....^ i m 1 4 " .'Ns A /!, -flaM It fif (u ^. r 'ib i' * *iJ ! i i . . / '" " ' SI : fi C Sr- J-U. Wv\\WN^xvil B % I ' - V1 . \\\\\ \ \\\tl ' 1 Pftlr t- 'yirs'f Room " ' !l >i |5 i !? . -J; 9 , y, st room 'cur visitors feel they have 55; jj JL , ; ' * I ' I t i* 1 . ' ' ! | ? \ iIKi!l?atC I.' ) 3 .i rcilx IHtiniiCI Hi i; I ^ iv. ;t il i - i to b'J i.iVOraok*. * Oil y] I want them to be c!i; vvt with their visit. Therefore ? I' 1 vour ' !< s' room ' . ' i a!st attractive. jjjj r " |ii Sj ; vtormc v * i **;: :*. ture makes a delightful jh: I ( il" 11 a I <!>(. : : -it. vtvy small cost. Come I* b J| j ^ in and li t explain. 3|; i .. . j ( : ' ? !' < t or r.!l - ! '--norn has to p?vet 1 ;il on a comfortable mattress. I \ - .*? ha:: i , . ir quests will enjoy resting their | j J un ' (" < o.i n !!, K>u>.mt, firm Spk.\hvs & Fosri:* , ?r,o ^ fnr: il-.i.- mattress made. Jl > have - .. . '-Q ;j We sell them on a '10 yt ur money back without a murmur if j i..; . i. ai; .ed. CAROLINA FURNITURE COMPANY -L HI?iLU ?M i Choice Beef, Pork} I flK andlMuffon. f | FRtSH HOME-MADE SAUERKRAUT. ? Ft o? ^ Highest Cash Prices paid for Poultry, Eggs, jJ R Hides and Furs. j* H >? S6c People's Market, ^ ? H H. A. MILLER. Proprietor. j* k@::@:?:@:@:@:@:@:@J@?:@'?:@:@:?:@:@:@:?: I Take a Look! ===== 0. - (Hi $ We have in stock one solid car load of the O. ? N (8) ? K. Stoves and Ranges. We handle them be- x N (g) < cause they have "made good" in every im- w | portant feature. If you buy an jgj t 0. K. Stove or Range @ ? ? " - - A' " J 1?? ~~4- ...... mnn_ (Si D you win De sausneu. iuu win get juui ...v..- w j ey's worth. That's the reason we sell and ? Sj guarantee them, because we know they are ? S) O. K. Try one. Remember our policy: Low- ft. & est Prices and Square Dealings to all. ; -~j | Farmers' Supply Co., ? !) KINQSTREE, - - South Carolina @ ij ? ?>:?:@:?:?:?:?:?:?:?:?:?:?:?:?:?:?:?:?:?:?i m i | Professional CardTl ?. scr-.^jaeccarsrsn:? n 111? DR. R, C. McCABE rv . T^v . . wperative ucnust and Fji t Graduate Dentist in Crown, Bridge and Work. * . <>!:: ? J.< ! o il- M I <)\)- s i Oi-iit Coi;ri::"!isu. M. A. WOODS, f i DENTIST. ' ' '? C filer overSinpletary BI d 3. NO. 62.^? LAKE CITY, - S. C , > - W. Leiard Taylor, < DENTIST, < 1:1, .iv i>- W %*)!' . -ton1- Store. * kingstree, - s.c. V 5-21-tf. M. IX Xc&mith DENTIST, LAKH CITY, - - - S. C. W. L, 3ASS, Attcrney=at-Law, LAKE CITY, S. C. kDR. R. J, MCCABE, Dentist. ., : KINGSTP.EE, ' S.C /|j Laurence H. McCullough, Civil Engineer and Surveyor Road and Drainage Engineering Land Surveying and Mapping. Nesmith P 0., S. C. J. D. MOUZON'S BARBER SHOP ?in the? KELLAHAN HOTEL is oquipp d with up-to-date appliances. Polite Service. ompetent Workmen, ft?s-08. FOE SALEPrick in tny quantify to <uit purchus er. Tlie l?e-t Dry Press Machine-made A BRICK. V % Special shape* made ro order. L'orreponileoo .-ulicitod U*fr>re pin -i>ig your order-!. W. II Kf N K. Land for Sale. One tract of 3M? acr> s. .. .. 100 4% ' " " 50 " One 2-horse fa m to let, on shares. For inlormation addre-s J H Chapman. m D, n o i# i_i in. . n ? rffl s-3-ti uuiui>gii vine, \u STEVENSI | Aa Irteraetie-I SUwUni by which tO otters art Mm jWscA HAMMERLESS REPEATING SHOTGUN The Latoot Brovalag Pateat If Six Shots. List Price $17.00 The rtdeet lines kaowa to Shocgna Model*. / ~j Simple to Teke Dowa. ' jr Simpler to Pat Together. Simplest Meckaalea la the World. STEVENS SHOTGUNS, RIFLES, PISTOLS i| mede ia the factory ol precision with an accuracy an pare lie led ia the world. Aak your Dealer. Imht 00 teeing the STEVENS. A . It be baaat f o?U. we will ?emJ J E5L you the run. express prepaid, 00 Ska receipt of LOt Pike, bleu I Your Coapkte Catalog of JWul Samoa Shotgun*. Rifles, PlstoW, AV luft u made la the famous factory ?Ji efpnxMcoU tent /r? the day Jijl, J. STEVENS ^71^ ARMS 4 TOOL Hacker Mfg. Co SI70CK ?RS TO GEO. S. HACKER & SON CHARLESTON, S. C. MBM ftsSmul WE MANUFACTURE ' I Doors. Sash and Blinds; Columns nnd Balusters; Grilles and Gable Ornaments; Screen Doors ?nd Windows. WE DEAL IN Glass, Sash Cord and Weights. 0 ' . --*