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ri Marvel crossed the" river; therefore
the things were wet He says he changed
them at ?is boase and threw the bundle
into the river. Did he make the change,
and, if so, did he throw the things into
the river? He had a satchel, and it is
probable that it contained the clothes.
If so, he made the change, but did not
throw them into the river. According to
Weston, he took the satchel with him
when nd started for this house. As this
is his sleeping room, he probably
brought it in here, whatever he maj
have dose later. Alihough cleaner than
theiest of the house, there is still aeon
aidera ble quantity of dust about this
room; jet it is not 'likely that I can
find out, from such a source, where he
laid down his satchel However, if he
took out the wet clothes and laid them
down, the water would have converted
the dust into mud and would have left
a distinct mark on the floor. There is
nothing of the kind about, so he did not
put them on the floor. What did he do
- with them? What would I do under
fipnilar circumstances? Born them per
liaps. But they were saturated with wa?
ter. Still it is always dangerous to con?
ceal such evidence, for some one gener?
ally ?nds the best hidden articles when
a crime is connected with them. There?
fore I should have burned them at
all cost of time or trouble. I should
have burned the satchel with them,
huBcing a large log fire and putting
it with-its contents on to? of the logs.
In this way, by the time the fire had
destroyed the satchel, the clothes would
^ *e dry enough to burn. Then I should
" have raked cut and thrown away the -
ashes, a point which would not strike
> criminal as quickly as a detective-at
least, it seems/ that it seldom does. I
think I may as weil examine the fire?
place."
Beaching this point in bis reasoning,
he went ta the chimney and found sortfe
ashes. He carefully brushed the pile on
to a piece of newspaper, which he took
from his overcoat pocket This done, he
laid the whole on the floor near the
window^ and then, with... a piece of
sticky gradually moved the soft ashes
. from the center to the side. - As he did
this he was carefnl -to examine every
par?ele, searching for anything that
may have escaped combustion. It was
. not Jkmg . before- his patience,was re?
warded, for first a few iron buttons
and then several other pieces of iron or
metal cf some kind were separated from
the debris. The buttons, pf course,
proved that something more than an or- j
diaary fire had been made cn the
hearth, and it was but fair to suppose
that clothing had been burned. The
other things, however, puzzled him
awhile, for,' though not entirely destroy?
ed, he still found it hard to tell exactly
- whttt they wera After .some thought he
concluded that the majority of the met?
al had originally belonged to the frame?
work of the satchel. One piece still re?
gained to be accounted for. This was a
bit of wire. Burrows was almost on the
" point of throwing this away, as unim?
portant; when it suddenly occurred to
*him that it must- be all that was 'eft cf
;the false whiskers.. There YT??.3 nothing
more that he could make out of the ash?
es; still he carefully wrapped all up
and placed the package; in a small
satchel, which he bad brought with
him. Borrows smiled as he thought to
himself: "Marvel lied when he said the
locket was still in his pocket. There is
no trace of it here, so it is evident that
the one found was the came which he
had with him that night " !
Burrows was now. anxious to find the
pistol He recollected that the squire \
4 liad told of the pistol which Marvel had '
left at the house, and as he knew that it
had not been found he deemed it prob?
able that it was the weapon used in the
murder. This was not so readily reason?
ed out as the other matter, for, as a pis?
tol could not foe bumed, it must be hid?
den, and as there was no way of guess?
ing the hiding place there was but one
course open to him-namely, to hunt
This he did as thoroughly as Mr.
Barnes had taught him to do, and when
he went down stairs again he felt al?
most sure that the weapon had not been
concealed above. ' He was just as thor?
ough in going, over the rooms on the
lower floor and finally reached the kitch?
en without having found it He had
not looked long in this place, however,
before he noticed that the tiles in front
of the stove had been disturbed. One of
the stones had been so poorly replaced
that Burrows muttered to himself, 4'He
must have wanted this to be found."
Bemoving it, he disclosed a hole below,
in which was a pistol. He took this out,
and another object attracted his atten?
tion. This proved to be a small piece of
silver plated metal, and a closer scrutiny
revealed the fact that a name was en?
graved thereon. This name was * 'John
Lewis.99
"Better and better," thought the de?
tective. "How nicely the precautions of
a criminal, as usual, serve to convict
him. This is a plate which be wrenched
from the satchel, and the name proves
that he got that at the farm. I am not
surprised any longer that he did not dis?
turb any of his own people that night,
for he did not go home at alL He ob?
tained a change at the house of his vic?
tim. He. is a cool hand, to kill a man
and then wear his clothing away from
the scene of his crime. "
Burrows now turned his attention to
the pistol, and at once noticed that
there were three empty chambers. He
concluded from this that Marvel must
have fired both shots found in the body.
Still looking at the weapon, he noticed
that a name was engraved on the stocki
I He approached the window for more
?ghtand read, "Walter Marvel" At
this moment the door was opened and
Mr. Barnes and Lewis stood - on the
threshold.
CHAPTER XIV.
WQEN DETECTIVES QUARREL-?
When Burrows saw Mr. Barnes in
the doorway, for a moment he was con?
fused, but almost immediately he con?
cluded that it was too late for the older
detective to take any of the glory away
from him. Summoning up his courage,
he said:
"Good morning, Mr. Barnes. You
are just in time to hear the news. I
have discovered the real murderer. ' *
Mr. Barnes looked at him keenly as
he asked:
"Who is it?"
"The man whom I suspected from
the start-Walter Marvel, ' * replied Bur?
rows, with a tinge of exultation in his .
voice.
"And pray how do you prove this?"
asked Mr. Barnes quietly. Burrows was
nettled at the tone of his superior and
answered with considerable aspe rity :
"Oh, there is proof enough. I am
sure of what I say, or I should not
make the assertion. "
"I hope yon are not making any blun?
der, Burrows. Remember, it is a seri?
ous thing for a detective to make a
charge of murder against any one un?
less he can assure a conviction at the
trial"
"I know that; but I tell you there is
no mistake here. I have tracked my
man to and from the scene of tho crime
and can give you incontestable proof of
what I say."
"Goon; lam listening." Mr. Barnes
sat down on a chair near him. Burrows
forthwith entered into a minute and de?
tailed account of the facts from which
he had reached the conclusion which he
had just so positively asserted. Buring
the narration Mr. Barnes made abso?
lutely no comment, and when Burrows
reached the end of his story he was im?
patient to know what would be said.
He already saw that he would not re?
ceive the praise which he considered
was due to his efforts. Mr. Barnes pon?
dered over the situation for a few mo?
ments and then said:
"Do you realize what you have done,
Mr. Burrows?" Burrows did not like to
have Mr. Barnes call him "Mr." Bur?
rows, for he knew at once now that Mr.
Barnes was angry, and, determined as
he had been to pursue this examination
alon^, he had by no means counted on
a quarrel. Therefore in a troubled tone
he answered:
* *Do I realize what I have done? No
harm, I hope?"
" You have been the means of fixing
? terrible imputation on the character
of a girl who is the pride of this conn
<y."
"How so?"
* lt was distinctly your duty to report
to me the conversation which you had
with the station agent I am in charge
*\ETa*e you the letter no wt" 1
of this inquiry, and by your stupidity
and vanity you have caused irreparable
harm."
"? don*t see that!" Burrows was get?
ting angry now. He did not relish being
thus chided before Lewis. But Mr.
Barnes did not appear to notice his ris?
ing temper.
"I suppose not Like all young men,
you do a wrong act and then, instead of
having the manhood to acknowledge
the error and in some way endeavor to
atone therefor, you persist in defending
the course pursued. But yon shall not
make any mere mistakes in this case.
From this moment you may consider
that you have no further connection
With it."
"What do you mean?"
"I mean that you will go back to
Boston and remain there."
"And let you take all the credit for
my work, I suppose? Mr. Barnes, you
are presumptuous. "
"I am in charge of this case, and I j
order you to have no more to do with
it"
"What if I refuse?"
"I will dispatch a message to the
.agency and request your recall."
"Do-so if you wish. Perhaps I shall
send a message also that will place a
different aspect on what you ask them
to da I have discovered the true crim?
inal, and I doubt if I shall be recalled
for so doing."
Mr. Barnes stopped a moment to re?
flect. He did net wish to force Burrows
into any hasty action and preferred, if
possible, still to control him. So, aban?
doning for a moment his tone of com?
mand, he asked:
"Since you have assumed charge of
the affair, will you mind telling me
what you wish to do next?".
t; "I believe that the evidence is all to
be given to the grand jury today. I
should go to Dover at once and relate to
them the facts which I have just told
you."
"In other words, not satisfied with
the trouble which you have already
given to Miss Lewis, you will now go
and obtain the indictment of her lover,
notwithstanding tho fact that he is in?
nocent."
"Innocent!"
"Of course he is innocent. You have
proved it by your work. Only by your
delay you have lost all traces of the real
criminal."
"But how can you say that he is in?
nocent when I have proved that he came
here straight jfrom thc farm; that ho
was recog?lzecF*
"By a man who does not know him. '
"But here in his own house are sign
of bis guilt."
"Burrows, if this were not so seri ou
a case, I would let you have your wa;
and then, at the trial, show you wha
an idiot you are. But as I wish, if pos
sible, to avoid any more mistakes,
will show you how easy it is for me b
overturn your castles in the air. Ac
cording to your latest theory, you mak>
Marvel.oommit murder and leave th?
town on a train which started from Le<
at 10:39 p. m. ??cw, Miss Lewis lef
him across the river, went directly t<
her room and reached there at 10:3<
p. m. Therefore it is plain that Marve
has an easily proved alibi."
Burrows flushed at this, but he wai
not willing to give up his theory with
out one more struggle.
"The only way in which he coul(
' prove that would be by the testimony a
his accomplice, and"
" Stop I For shame. Mr. Burrows
Would you resort to so base a thing ai
slander simply to have the gratificatior
of finding a criminal? To make you:
chain complete, would you implicate t
girl against whom you have not a par
tide of evidence?"
"She" baa confessed her share in th?
crime."
"She is a noble woman and is trying
to shield her lover from the mistakes ol
such detectives as you are proving your?
self to be."
"You ought to go on the stage,"
sneered Burrows. "You would make
quite a heroic actor, Mr. Barnes."
"C?ome," said Mr. Barnes sternly,
"no impertinence I Respect my age and
experience if you do not respect me,
and now, since I cannot turn you from
your folly, which in this case will pos?
sibly be a crime, I must resoft to com?
pulsion, and again, as your superior, I
order you to abandon your project "
"And I refuse," returned Burrows
hotly.
"Very well. I will give you one
more chance. Whatever little ability as
a detective you may have you have im?
bibed most of your best methods from
association with me. Let me tell you
that it you do not obey me in this in?
stance you must never expect anv as?
sistance or advice from me again. More?
over, I swear to find the guilty man and
to right the wrong which you will have
done to two innocent people. Act as
you have said you will, and you will
live to rue the day when you quarreled
with Jack Barnes."
Burrows regretted the turn of events,
but he felt too sure of his position to
give it up. He thought Mr. Barnes
was actuated to some extent by jeal?
ousy, and that he would find it difficult
to accomplish all that he threatened.
He had no pity for Marvel, for he be?
lieved him to be the guilty man, and so
he determined to go at once to Dover
with his new evidence. In reply to Mr.
Baines he said:
"You have made the quarrel, not L
I am doing my duty.**
"What will you do, Mr. Lewis?"
asked the elder detective.
"I shall go on to Dover with Mr.
Burrows and see the thing through. I
don't say that I think ho is right for,
as you say, I should be obliged to ac?
cept the theory that Miss Lewis is
guilty also, and while I thought Mar?
vel the murderer, as I told you before I
started here, I must say that I would
rather think him innocent than believe
that my cousin had a hand in the affair.
Still she may have been mistaken about
the time.' However, I must wait for
j older heads than mino to solve this
I problem."
I "I am glad that you are not as easily
convinced by this array of evidence as
? our young friend thinks the jury will
?be. Asl suppose you want the truth, I
i promise you that I will use all my besti
skill to unravel thi3 mystery. "
! "Do so, Mr. Barnes, and I will give
you $1,000. I havo saved some money,
and although that is a large sum I
will give it cheerfully."
j * "Thank you for your generous offer,
I but I am going to work now as a duty,
i The innocent must not and shall not
suffer if I can prevent it Besides, my
professional pride is aroused in this
! now."
The three men then turned their steps
toward the town and walked along in
silence. Each of the party had much
with which to occupy his thoughts, and,
besides, the recent scene had caused
rather a restraint, at least bat ween two
of them. Just before they reached the ho?
tel, however, Mr. Barnes asked Bur?
rows:
"How many shots were fired from
that pistol?"
"There are three empty shells in it."
"That is to say, it has been used twice
since the shot which Marvel fired at the
birthday party?"
"Evidently."
Mr. Barnes said no more, and a
few minutes later they all were at tho
hotel, whence they went to the depot.
Burrows and Lewis started by train for
Dover, and Mr. Barnes for Boston.
Beaching that city, he went directly to
the agency and reported all that had oc?
curred. Ho was closeted with the chief
for over an hour, but was unable to con?
vince that personage that Burrows was
on a wrong scene. On the contrary, he
seemed to think that tho young man had
shown considerable ability in ferreting
out the truth of thc matter.
"Well," said Mr. Barnes, "you must
choose between me and him. If you re?
fuse to recall him from the case, you
must accept my resignation from the
agency."
"I should be sorry to lose our best
man," responded the chief, "but, real?
ly, your request seems a little unreason?
able to me. Burrows has only done
what we must consider a service, and it
would be manifestly unjust to let him
suffer for it"
"Then you refuse to call him home?"
"Well, I don't see"
"There are no half way measures
which you can adopt. It must be either
Burrows or Barnes. Come, decide at
once! I have no timo to waste!"
"Well, then, since you will have it,
you force me to accept your resignation,
though I regret it very much."
"Sentiment is unnecessary," said Mr.
Barnes dryly. ! 'Good morning !' ' Before
?B? chief could say a wor? ?e was gob
and his superior more than half doubt?
the wisdom of the course which he hi
pursued. But that is only man's n
taro. We often decide quickly, only
regret as soon as the decision is irre
ocable.
Leaving the agency, Mr. Barnes pr
oeeded to a telegraph office and sent
dispatch to the clerk of the court
Dover, asking for news as to the resn
of the examination before the grai
jury. This done, he went to his hon
and dined, after which he waited imp
tiently for a telegram from Dover, b
cause he had decided to do nothing ui
til he should bear from the court office
The. afternoon passed, and the eveninj
till at length he concluded that 1
would not hear till the following da;
and therefore retired to rest Early i
the morning he received the dispato]
which read:
"Marvel indicted for murder."
This was only what he had expecte<
but he could not repress an exclamatic
of disgust at what he still thought wi
the consequence of criminal interf erent
on the part of Burrows. What should ?
donfext?
That was the point to settle, bx
while he ate his breakfast and pondere
over this point a servant announced th;
a lady wished to see him. He at one
repaired to his parlor, whither she ha
been shown, and was astounded to se
Virginia Lewis.
"You are no doubt surprised that
am here. "
"I confess that I am."
"I have been set at liberty, and Mi
Marvel has been indicted by the gran
j*ry."
"I have just received a telegram t
that effect. "
"What will you do next? I went t
the^agency in search of you and learne
that you have severed your connectio;
with the case. Will you tell me wh;
you did so?"
"Because they refuse to recall Mi
Burrows."
"Then you'c?o not think that the evi
dence which he discovered proves tb
guilt of Mri Marvel?"
"Miss Lewis, I must tell you that
did not credit the story which you tol<
implicating yourself, and if I believi
in your innocence I must also believe ?
Mr. Marvel's."
"Why so?"
"Burrows is no doubt right in claim
ing that the murderer is the man wh<
made the trip to Epping that night
but I think he is wrong in his identifi
cation of this man."
"I thought he had that all thorough
ly explained?"
"Miss Lewis, I imagine frc tn you:
coming here that'you wish my aid."
"I have come to you because I fan?
cied that you believe Mr. Marvel inno
cent. I wish you to try to prove it. "
"Precisely. Meanwhile you yourseh
suspect that he is guilty, do you not?"
"I do not say so."
"It is so, nevertheless. But we shal
not get along in this way. You mus?
not fence with me any more. We are or
the same side now, and though Burrowf
has not had 'as much experience as J
have it will take all my skill to destroy
the case which he has made out against
your lover," Mr. Barnes used this word
purposely to arouse her to action.
' 'I trust you, Mr. Barne3, and place
our affair in your hands. Ask me what
you please, and I will reply."
' ' Very good. In the first place tel]
me am I not right in saying that you
have believed that Mr. Marvel is
guilty?"
"Yes. You aro right."
"Very good. That proves your inno?
cence. Now I will demonstrate his, to
your satisfaction at least. " He explain?
ed the discrepancy as to time in tho
theory of the other detective.
"But, then," said Virginia, ."tho real
murderer must have placed the pistol
where it was found, so as to throw sus?
picion on Mr. Marvel?"
"Exactly! You are quick to see
things, quicker than our adversary, Mr.
Burrows. Before we go into that, how?
ever, tell me why you consider Marvel
guilty. You must have more reason for
that opinion than is known to me."
"I have. After we separated across
the river, as you shrewdly discovered,
he returned to the farm. He admitted
to you that he had entered the house,
but ho did not tell you that he had left
a note for me. I found this in the morn?
ing and, as I see now, I misconstrued it.
That was the secret motivo of all my
actions thereafter."
"Have you the letter now?"
" Yes, here it is. " Taking it from her
pocket, she handed it to Mr. Barnes. It
read as follows:
Wien wo parted tonight, you spoko as though
you could not give nie the answer that I wish.
Perhaps when thia reaches you you may see
things differently. By morning what now
seems an obstacle in your judgment may bo
removed, and you may feel free to decide your
own and my fate yourself. Should you decido
against me, write to mo, as agreed, ?md I will
leave you and this country forover.
WALTEK.
Mr. Barnes read this carefully, and
then said:
"Ieee your mistake. In reading it
you placed a comma after the word
'judgment, ' whereas he meant it to be
after the word 'obstacle.' However, this
paper alone will prove the alibi so nec?
essary to Mr. Marvel, and so you may
rest easy, although I shall not until I
have found the man who manufactured
all this evidence against Mr. Marvel.
There is another point which I wish
cleared up. How did you know there
were two wounds in the body and so be
able to arrange your story to meet the
requirements of tho case so well?"
"When Alice fainted, and was brought
out of the room, Harry Lucas came with
her, and. while the doctor was attend?
ing to her, I questioned Lucas."
"Of course. Of course. I was a fool
to let him leave tho room, but then a
man cannot think of everything. You
are a clever woman, Miss Lewis, and it
will be a pleasure for me to serve you.
Now. one thing more. Tell me why you
did not destroy that paper upon winch
your undo, had written Mr. Marvel's
name, accusing him of the crime. That
was a dang? rous bit of evideuce to kn n
if you wished to shield him."
"Yes, I know, but it is just because
it seemed so conclusive that I did keep
it. I thought that Ishouldbe able to
prevent Tts~exlstenceTr?mnr?ing Gisc?v
ered, but in that I was sadly mistaken.
I kept it for this reason. I was willing
to shield Mr. Marvel at any sacrifice,
because-because I love him. But I
should never have received him again
so long as I knew him to' be or thought
that he was a criminal. Suppose th; t
he had gone away, and then should re?
turn after a year or two, never having
been publicly accused? Don't you see
how terrible my position would be? To
be obliged to accuse him of a crime
when I nad no proof?"
' 'Exactly. You were willing to sup?
press the evidence to save him, but you
preserved it to save yourself. Very
proper perhaps, but, you see, very risky,
considering your primary purpose. Of
course that paper will tell against him
now. Then there is the matter of the
locket That certainly looks very bad.
How do you account for that?"
"Why-why-don't you see? That
was my last hope destroyed. When I
heard that Walter-Mr. Marvel-had
taken the locket and remembered that I
had found it tight in my dead uncle's
hand, the whole thing seemed loo terri?
bly certain. But now"
"Ah! You have a theory?"
"Mr. Barnearyou men never quite
understand us women. We love a man
and after that w? cling to him forever.
We hope against reason and manufac?
ture reasons upon which to build hope.
So, ever since the inquest, I have striven
to find an explanation of this locket af?
fair. There is one possibility that has
occurred to me. Mr. Marvel certainly
entered the house after I had retired
and probably while my uncle was yet
alive. May he not have dropped the
locket and may not my uncle, disturbed
by some noise, have searched the house
and accidentally have found the locket?"
"That is very well argued, Miss
Lewis, but I fear that it will not prove
to be true. Unless Mr. Lewis was killed
immediately after he would scarcely
have retained the locket in his hand.
Still, it is a possibility. It would do at
a pinch in trying to confuse a jury; but
unless I be greatly mistaken, nothing of
that sort will be necessary. 1 hope to
discover the whole solution of this sin?
gularly complex affair. "
"Where will you begin?"
" Where Burrows did, only I will go
the other way. He followed the man
away from the scene of the murder and
allowed himself to get on a false scent
I will trace him to the place from which
he came and there discover his identity.
Meanwhile you must go home again.
When ls the funeral?"
"It is-to be this afternoon."
"Then I go back with you. But, first,
there is something that I can find out,
even here in Boston! If you will wait
forme, my housekeeper ?will get you
some breakfast while I do my errand."
Miss Lewis agree*^ and Mr. Barnes
went out He proceeded to the main
office of the Boston and Maine railroad
and asked for the superintendent Be?
ing shown" into the presence of that
official, he at once explained the object
of his visit
"I am tracing a man," said he, "and
know that he reached Lee, N. fi., on
the train which is due there about 9
o'clock. Can you find the ticket which
he gave to the conductor on that train
last Sunday night?"
"Very easily, provided he was the
only passenger for that place."
Calling an attendant, ho gave him
. orders to find the ticket, and a few min?
utes later Mr. Barnes held it in his
hand. It read, " Worcester to Lee. " '
Mr. Barnes was troubled, for he re?
membered that Marvel had testified that
he had been in Worcester, hiding from
the authorities. He examined the ticket
closely and noted that ic was rough on
one edge, as though a portion had been
torn off. He handed it to the superin?
tendent and asked:
"Can you tell me where this ticket
was bought? I see that one or mere
coupons have been torn off. Therefore
the passenger must have started from
some point the other side of Worcester."
The superintendent looked at the tick?
et and replied:
"This was originally sold in New
York, and is .the form used by the Nor?
wich line of steamers. But your man
may have bought this half of the ticket
from a scalper in Worcester."
Mr. Barnes thanked the superintend?
ent and left the office.
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Fire Insurance Agency,
ESTABLISHED 1866.
Represent, among other Companies :
LITERPOOL & LONDON ? GLOBE,
NORTH BRITISH & MERCANTILE
HOME, of New York.
UNDERWRITERS' AGENCY, N. Y.
LANCASTER INSURANCE CO.
Capital represented $75,600,000.
Feb 28
Atlantic Coast Line.
North-Eastern S. E. o? S* C.
TRAINS GOING SOUTH.
Dated Nor
30. 1897.
Le. Florence
41 Kingstree
Ar. Lanes
Le. Lanes
Ar.Cbtrl't'n
so 23
P. H.
7 50
8 57
9 15
9 15
10 55
P. M.
MO. 53
?
P. M.
7 40
9 15
P. M.
TRAINS GOING NORTH.
Le. Charlft'n
Ar. Lanes
Le. Lanes
" Kingstt?e
Ar.. Florence
HO. 78
A IC.
6 33
8 10
8 10
8 29
8 35
A. H.
yo 32
*
P H.
5 17
6 55
6 55
8 115
P M.
HO. 52
.
A. M
7 00
8 26
1. M.
?Daily. "f-D^i?y except fciunday.
Ns. 52 runs throng'h to Columbia Tis Geo
tral R. R. of S. C.
Trains Nos. 78 and 32 rnn via. Wilson and
Fayetteville-Short Line-and make cloee
connection for all points North.
Trains on C. & D. R. R. leave Florence
9 55 a rn, arrive Darlington 10 28 a rn, Che?
raw ll 40 a m, Wadeeboro 2 25 p m. Leave
Florence, daily except Sunday, 8 35 p m, ar?
rive Darlington 9 00 p rn, Bartsville 9 55 p
m, Beonettsville 9 56 p rn, Gibson 10 20 p m.
Leave Florence, Snndty only 9 55 a rn, ar?
rive Darlington 10 27 a m, Hartsville ll 10
a m.
Leave Gibson daily except Sunday 6 15 &
rn, Bennsttsville 6 41am, arrive Darlington
7 40 a m. Leave Hartsville daily except Son
day 6 45 aa, arrive Darlington 7 30 a rn,
leave Darlington 7 45 am, arrive Florence
8 25 a m. Leave Wadesboro, daily except
Sunday 3 00 p m., Cberaw 5 15 pm, Dar?
lington 6 29 p rn, Florence 7 00 p na. Leave
Hartsville, Snoday only 8 20 a m., Darling?
ton 9 05 a m., arrive Florence 9 25 a m.
J R.KENLY, JNO.F. DIVINE
Geni Manager, Gen 1 Sup-1.
T U EMERSON. T ic Manager
Atlantie Coast Line.
WILMINGTON, COLUMBIA AND A?G?S
TA RAILROAD.
CONDENSED SCHEDULE.
TRAINS GOING SOUTH.
Dated Nov. 29, 1897.
Leave Wilmington
Leave Marion
Arrive Florence
Leave Florence
Arrive Sumter
Leave Sumter
A rrive Columbia
No.55.
P.M.
?4 00
6 40
7 20
P.M.
*8 20
9 30
P.M.
9 33
10 50
No.35.
A.M.
?3 30
4 40
Nc.52.
A.*.
.9 35
10 55
No. 52 runs through from Charleston via
Central R. R., leaving Charleston 7 a. m.,
L*npo ?26 a. m.. **?.r nine 9 05 a. m.
TRAINS GOING NORTH
Leave Columbia
Arrive Sumter
Leave Stater
? rrive Florence
Leave Florence
Leave Marios
Arrive Wilmington
No.?t
A. M.
?7 00
8 22
A. M.
8 25
9 35
A M
10 05
10 44
1 25
No.53
P.?
*5 00
6 2*
No 32
P.H .
?6 33
1 46
.nany. fDaily except Sunday.
No. 53 runs through to Charleston, S. C>
?a Central R. R., arriving Mannicg 1 00 p.
m., Lanes 7 38 p m., Charleston 9 15 p. m.
Trains on Conway Branch iaave Ctsd
bourn ll 50 a. m., arrive at Conway
way 2 10 p.m., returning leave Conway at
2 45 p. m., i -ive Cbadbourn 5 15 p. rn*
?eave Cbadbourn 5 45 p m., arrive at Hub at
6 25 p. m., returni. g ieave Hub 8 30 a. m.
arrive at Cbadbourn 9.15 a. m. Dsily ex?
cept Sunday.
fDaily except Sundav.
J. . KEN LY, Gen'i Manager.
T. M. EMERSON, Traffc Manager
H. M. EMERSON, Gen7) Pass. Agent.
S
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In effect January 15tb, 1896.
TRAINS GOING NORTH,
No. 72.?
Leave Wilsons Mill
" Jordon,
?' Davis,
" Summerton,
" M'.lbrd,
" Silver,
Packd ville,
Tindal,
W. ? S. June.
Sumter,
(.
(<
ti
Ar.
9 10 am
9 35 a m
9 45 a m
10 10 a m
10 45 a m
11 10 a c
11-30 p ir
11 55 p rn
12 27 p m
12 30 i? m
TRAINS GOING SOUTH.
Le-ve Sumter.
" W.itS.Jnnc.
" Tindal.
" Packsvilie,
" Silver,
" Millard,
" Summertcr,
Davis,
?c Jordon,
.? r. Wilson Mill,
Nc. 73.?;
2 30 p m
3 33 p rr
2 50 p XS
3 10 p o
3 35 p Ci
3 45 p tn
i 40 p n.
5 30 p rr.
5 50 p m
6 30 i) rr
Traine nrtween Millard and St. Paul leave
Millard 10 ?5 a m and 3 45 p m., arriving
St Paul 10 25 a m und 3 55 p m. Returning
leave St. Paul 10 35 a m and 4 10 p rs, and
ar ?ve Millard 10 45 a m and 4 20 p m. Dai?
ly except Sunday. *
?Daily except Sunday
;THJMAS WILSON
Predsiert