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Dr. R. C. McCABE
Dental Surgeon,
Office in Hirsch building, oyer Kingstree
Drug Co's. 8-28-tf
Dr. R. J. McCABE
?' DENTIST,
( KINGSTREE, ? S. C
N Office in McCabe Building, next to
, Court House.
M.D. NESMITH,
}\ DENTIST,
Lake City, S. C
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DENTIST,
Office oyer DrW V Brock) ogton' Store,
KINGSTREE, - S. C.
S-21-tf.
I860 1914
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SURGEON DENTIST.
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jT dcS. Gffland
Attorney-ai-Eaw
Second Floor Masonic Temple
Florence, S. C
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VETERINARIANS.
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_ first Monday in each month, at HelJ
ler's Stables. 9-28-tf
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ssonth. Visiting brethren are cordially
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in each month for the purpose of
registering any person who is qualified
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the State for two years, and of the
county one year, and of the polling precinct
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months before, any poll tax'then due
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of 1896 submitted to bim by tbe
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all taxes collectible on during the
present year, property in this State
assessed at three hundred dollars or
more. H A Meyer,
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if a man should sacrifice his life for
his country, how much the more should
he not sacrifice his soul for her, and
the woman he loves?
The struggle lasted all night. At
dawn he sent for the priest.
"Muzzur," said Mannering, "prepare i
a proclamation for the people stating
that I have decided to accept the faith
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| The |
I 'Decisive
j cMoment
\ By ALFRED DENNISON \
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(Copyright, 1915, by W. O. Chapman.)
The marvelous loyalty of India to
Great Britain was the most significant
thing in the whole of the great war.
In one quarter only was there dissatisfaction.
That was the little state of
Bundapur, In central India. Bundapur
was the birthplace of the ferocious
worship of the goddess Kali, the murder-goddess.
For centuries this fierce
idolatry had been decaying, but of late
years there had been an effort to revive
It.
Now Bundapur had strong links of
contact with other idolatrous states
of India. If the rajah of Bundapur
took advantage of England's need to
throw off her yoke, he would be joined
by other potentates, and the flame of
revolt would spread all through the
central provinces.
It was Mannering's task to preserve
peace in Bundapur. He was the British
resident there, and the power behind
the throne. There were two other
rulers in the turbulent little state?
the Rajah Ferozeshah, whose ances nra
had hppn Mnslpmn and had be
come idolators in order to retain their
hold upon the kingdom, and Muzzur,
the chief priest, who officiated in the
magnificent temple of the goddeen, to
which votaries came from all pans of
India.
Mannering and old Muzxur were
good friends, for the British government
scrupulously respects all faiths
in its dominions, but when opportunity
comes, friendship goes. And opportunity
had come with the war to
the old king Ferozeshah, who dreanled
of carving out for himself an empire
which was to embrace all central
India.
Mannering was engaged to an English
girl, who was to have come out
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The Old Priest Watched Him With a
Severe Face.
to marry him when the war began.
That postponed matters, and Manner
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ing, CUUUIig UUUCl luc uum;, ?v...
only continue to administer the affairs
of the kingdom, as the representative
of the British raj. He had not
a single white soldier to maintain his
authority, for they had all been withdrawn.
Meanwhile the annual festival
of the goddess Kali was approaching.
Mannering had a shrewd idea of
what was brewing in Bundapur. He
had, in fact, had a frank talk with old
Muzzer. He had shown him what it
was no use showing the old king, be- <
cause the priest's word alone could
decide the issue. He had explained to
him that England's might, temporarily
withdrawn, would fall after the war
with fearful force upon a rebellious
Bundapur. Let Muzzur declare for
England and rich would be his reward.
The old priest smoked and listened,
and, while Mannering was wondering
at his silence, a shower of stones i
came through the windows of the residency,
thrown by the turbulent, fanatical
mob without. The priest rose, i
smiling. "You see," he said. "The de
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people are very much attached to the
faith of Kail, and they want to be
free. Only one thing can keep them
loyal."
"What Is that?" asked Mannering. i
The priest leaned forward confidentially.
"If the sahib will also accept
the faith of Kali, the people will
hear his words," he said.
When he was gone, and the few
native servants had dispersed the
mob, Mannering paced his room, thinking.
He was a sincerely religious
man; he believed that to become an
ldolator would have certain spiritual
consequences; he knew that it meant
the loss of Mary Trevethan, whom
he had loved since he was a boy. But,
of Kali, and that I shall attend at the
temple tomorrow, when the annua!
festival begins, to prostrate myself
before the goddess.'
The old priest watched him with a
serene face. He knew the struggle
that Mannering had gone through;
he knew, too, that the rajah wouid
not be overple&8ed at this dramatio
ending of all his plans for carving out
an idolatrous empire in the heart of
India.
"It shall be done as the sahib says,"
he answered at last, and withdrew.
The news buzzed through Bunda^
pur. Within two hours all the inhabitants
of the state knew that the goddess
Kali, of the many hands, had
conquered. The enthusiasm was indescribable.
A huge mob gathered
outside the residency and cheered
itself hoarse. But inside Mannering
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all night, and none dared disturb him.
At dawn he called the bearers of
his palanquin, and, stepping inside, be
allowed himself to be borne through
the enthusiastic mobs that lined the *
streets toward Kali's temple. Bundapur
was en fete. The opening of the
great annual festival was the occasion
for frenzies of fanatical delight,
and the approaching conversion of
Mannering was the cause of the wildest
excitement Through the street*
rushed fanatics, slashing themselves
with knives. The golden image of the
goddess was borne back from the procession
to the accompaniment of a
band of temple women, who danced
and leaped above-the bodies of the
prostrate devotees.
Mannering, lying in "ftis palanquin,
was aware of all this. Hff-ijaew that
no punishment could expiatev-<t8 offense.
He was giving to his country
that which was Infinitely dearer thafev
life. His love, his soul, his honor
. . . he stared at the photograph
which he was holding. It represented
Mary Trevethan as she had appeared
when he was home four years before.
He would never see her again, but
somehow he felt that, at this crlsl*
where dishonor and honor met, her
spirit stood beside him.
The palanquin stopped. The curtains
were drawn back. Mannering
steppea ouc ana enierea me gruiemjuw
temple, walking on a path strewn witk
flowers. Inside he heard the throbbing
of flutes and the sighs of a vast multitude
of worshipers. Then he was before
the altar, beside old Muzzur, who
held the sacrificial knife, and staring
into his eyes were the cruel eyes of
Kali, the stone image with the many
hands, each dripping with human
blood.
Upon his golden throne lolled the
old rajah. He was calculating what
step he should take when Mannering
had accepted Kali. It upset the plans
that he had built; yet he was shrewd
enough to have others In view. With
Mannering's aid he could yet carve out
his empire.
Mannering, standing beside the
priest, let his eyes roam over the
huge interior of the temple. He saw
the decorated walls, the breathless
crowds, completely silent, waiting for
the moment when he would fall before
Kali's statue, to be anointed with
the blood of the dreadful sacrifice, the
drawn curtains behind which the rajah's
wives were gazing curiously a*
him. ,
And at the last moment, while the
sound of the tom-toms indicated that
the goddess was awaiting the sacrifice,
a new thought took possession of Mannering.
He could not carry out his
plan.
He perceived the hideous pit into
which he had so nearly fallen. The
world would ascribe his complaisance
to fear; it would be said that an Englishman
had accepted Kali to save his
life. Was not the empire built upon
faith and loyalty, and the courage of
her servants? How could he serve tU
better than by remaining true to hie
faith, whatever happened?
It was the moment of judgment,
when, unless he saw his duty clear an
a razor edge before him, incalculable
ills must follow. Mannering saw it
The blood of the sacrifice waa
drenching Kali's altar. Muzzur turned
toward Mannering, motioning to him
to prostrate himself. Mannering waved
him away and called to the crowd.
"I have come here today," he said,
"to testify to the truth. Since England
became your lord, when has she
sought to change your faith *or customs?
Nevertheless, I am here to tell
you now that your faith in Kali is the
faith of the sandpiper that walks
among the marshes before the sand
has set"
He heard a rustle, a sigh, and suddenly
the whole body of worshipers
was upon its feet in terror of the sacrilege
that was being accomplished.
For, snatching from the priest's
hand the hammer with which the vie
tim had been slaughtered, Mannering
brought it down upon the head of the
abominable idol. And Kali, the manyhanded
goddess, fell from her pedestal
and rolled, a hideous thing, alongthe
temple floor.
Then, laying down the hammer,
Mannering awaited death. But since
none dared lay hands on him, he went
out into the street. He walked to the
residency and waited. Twenty minutes
later he heard the moh come
roaring down the bazaar and toward
the veranda on which he awaited them
alone.
He stood there with folded arms, pa
tient, ready for the vengeance of the
fanatical multitude. But, when they
reached him, he found himself standing
above a prostrate crowd of worshipers.
For even black-skinned peoples
grope upward toward the higher,
and by his act the worship of the murder
goddess had been swept away for
ever.
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