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HUERFANO BILL Bj OT WABMAff. [Copyright. ISS^Jby the Author.} CHAPTER ?. 'The roar and rumble of distant thun ?:;ier had/been heard, in the hills all morning, and along about noon a big Kack cloud came creeping np over the meet ot the continent, listed a little, when a peak of ene of the hills canght ?fce'iower corner, ripped it open and let Use water ont It didn*t rain; the wa? ter-;/ simply fell ont of the cloud and went rushisg down the side of the mountain as it rashes off the roof of a houser in a hard April shower. The little fissures were'lfilled first, feen the gorges, gullies and rough ra? vines, and when these emptied into the countless rills that ran away toward ike footof the range every rill became a rosing river. Leaves and brush and Mien trees were borne away on the breast of the flood that grew in volume*; ?od increased in speed alarmingly, all this water came rushing down the main canyon, the song of the .tfeeam that rippled there was hushecL. ?se bed of the creek was filled with big kowlders that had been rolled down by fee flood, and a great river^went rcar v jog down toward the plain. Up through ito narrow, crooked canyon a narrow gauge railroad ran to Silver Cliff. Sil W^G?iff at one time had. 30, OOO people, Iben 8,000, and now not more than 30 people live there unless their business compels them to dp sa It produced ?fleae silver, a sensational murder, one ?dgressman and petered out. v When the fibed had gone a mile in Aesnain canyon and picked upei&bt or fear railroad bridges and all the dead timber in the gulch, it presented a roll? ing front 25 feet high and reached from ?Ltoh?L (Seat spruce trees were uprooted, the i tracks with the crossties still hanging to>the rails, was ripped up and the rails, ^?ending like baling wire, wound about g t?erolling ; debris and clogged the can > JOB. Then the welling flood would fill ?e whole gorge and roll on with such amass of bridge timber and fallen trees, joshed in front of it that you could see mofiigu of water as the flobd bore doT *pon you? but only a tangled mass of rs?s and ties, and twisted trees. A ZpBB^o of prospectors heard the roar of ~3?5sod climbed the, canyon wall just in : lene to save themselves, while the little - taros, with their packs on their backs, ; went down . to a watery grava Next .ame a long string of freight teams fringing lumber down from a little ; 3Bonntain sawmill. The rattle and noise .fthe heavy wagons made it impossible for. the freighters to hear the roar of the flood, and, as they were coming down Hie canyon, they had their backs to it, ???md so were overtaken in a narrow i?aca Some of the men, leaping, from tfceir wagons, scrambled up the steep MU out of the way of the water, while ??iers took tc the tall trees, but when the flood came the Stoutest trees in the galen went down like sunflowers in a ?fcl?ne'f path and the luckless freight ' ?rs mingled with the horses and wagons sud w?reiwrt?hed away. ' , Fortunately for us, we were an hour late leaving the junction that day and Jta? not yet. reached the narrow part of the canyon. The engineer had been watching the black cloud as it came up <?ver the ran^ and knew we-were due to nm into a washout at any moment. The- very winds ?hat came down the Canyon, fresh and^eol, seemed to have waiter in them:^ j?^'cthro d^y coaches ?rere filled with a heterogeneous herd pushing to the cliff, which, like many ??her camps, was then^posing as "a sec ?fiXeadville." Th/?rewere preachers and play actors, miners and merchants, flowboys and confidence men, and here find there gaunt faced girls, with peach How complexion and 'wonderful, im? possible hair, billed for the variety. Up near the engine tbe express mes? senger sat on a little iron safe. Upon either hip he woro ? heavy six shooter The Tifie, sUppbn? from his grasp, shot doun into thc river. and across his lap lay a winchester ri?a He-was as nearly contened and happy as men may reasonably hope to be cn this earth. The refreshing breeze that came to him was sweet with the scent of summer. The hills were green and his heart was gladi But his heart was not in the h?ls. That very Sunday morning he had given it into the keep? ing of the warden's daughter as they walked without the walls of the gray prison down by the junction. Almost within hearing of the townspeople who passed up and down 1 to and from the mineral springs that gushed from the rocks at the entrance to tbe,great canyon he had told her the secret of his heart. The color coming to her face the while she heard the tale told him that she was listening. When they had come to the corner of the wall, one step beyond which would bring them into full view of the warden's residence, he had pressed her for air answer. She could find no voice to answer, but put out her hand as if she would say goodby. He took it, and the touch of it told him all he fished to know. Now he grew so glad, thinking it all over, that he clasped his together as a girl JWvl? do, and r 1 -ir.-rf-?. --. ..._ the rifle/ slipping from iris lap, ehe down into itie river that ran beside th track. The door at his back and ncs the canyon wall was closed and barree The opposite door, overlooking the littl river, was thrown wide open, and to th messenger sitting there came the splas ?? water and the smell of pine. He remembered that the agent, .run nihg alongside of his ear as he wasleaT ing the junction, hed pointed totheiro: safe and said, "Keep your eye on th gun." The little safe held $40,OOO i: paper, and over in one corner of the cai in an old clay stained ore sack, wa $10,000 in gold. We were cutting across a little piec of high ground in the bend of the rive when the awful flood burst forth fron the narrow canyon ,-jast in front of us The engineer's first thought was to bad down and run away from the flood, bu the recollection that a double heade< freight train was following us caus?e him to change his mind. The trainmei hurried the passengers all out, the mes senger carried the mail and expr?s; matter to a'safe place, and every om gazed in wonderment, while the roaring flood went by. The main force of it following the bed of the creek, hugge< the opposite hill, but none of onr par^ was jealous. Broad as the valley wa: here, it was soon filled, and the wate: rose high enough to float the rear coach but the engine, being on higher ground acted as an anchor and held the train. In less: than five minutes the water hue swept around and camed away thc bridge which we had just crossed, anc there we were on about SOO yards oi track, and nothing before or behind us. The freight train, having a eleai track, backed away to the junction, told I the story of our distress, and at mid i night the company agent came to th? top of the canyon with a white light, and, in a little while we were all takes out, and after tramping over a moun? tain trail for a half hour, loaded inte wagons and hauled back to the junction. _ CHA PTES IL "Let's have a drink afore we ga " "Nary drink," said the dark man at the head of the table, and one could see at a glance that wherever he sat would be the head of the table. "You promis .ed me up in the gulch that day that you'd never get drunkagain, and I prom? ise you right now, Skinny, that if you f doyoull never get sober, fori intend to have you shot while yer happy. " Nobody replied to this. The man ad? dressed only glanced across the table, and then, dropping his eyes, brushed the ashes from his cigar with the tip of his little finger. The man at the speak? er's right smiled quietly over at his vis-a-vis, and then there was silence for a moment The freighter and the prospector, leaning on the bar, paid no attention to the four men who sat and smoked by the li ttle pine table in a dark corner of the log saloon. The Lone Spruce, asjtbe place was called, had done a rushing business in the boom days, but lin by Camp was dying, even as Silver Cliff, Gunn ison and dozens of other camps have died since-as Creed e is dying to? day-and business was slow. ? drunken Use reeled in and wanted to play poker, shake dice or shoot with any dog of a white man in the place. When all the rest had put him aside coldly, he came over zo the comer, and the dark man, being deep in thought and not wishing to be disturbed, arose, and picking his way between the two guns which dan? gled from the hips of the noble red man kicked him along down the room and ont into the night. Having done his duty hi removing the red nuisance-for he hated a drunkard -the dark man bade the barkeeper good night and passed out by the back door. ; The three men a i the pine table followed him. All this occurred in tho last- half of the closing hour of the week. Thirty minutes later, when the four mountain? eers rode away from the Black Bear carrel, it was Sunday, but the people of Ruby Camp took no note of time. When the sun came up on that beautiful Sun? day morning, it found the dark man and his companions at the top of the range overlooking the wet mountain valley. Before they had reached the foothills the sun caught the two threads of steel that streich ed away across the park and disappeared at the entrance of the canyon at the foot of the vale. All night they had ridden single file, but now as they entered the broad valley they bunched their horses and corfltersed as they went along. The dark man kept his eyes upon a barren peak that stood at the foot of the valley, where the rail? road track, gliding smoothly over the mesa, seemed to tumble into the canyon as swift Nirgara tumbles over the falls. At that po-nt the little party expected to dismount and take the train fer the Cliff. The leader, who was able terread both print and writing, had noticed a paragraph in the Denver Tribune to the effect th^at the new Custer County bank would open for business at: Silver Cliff July 10. He had been assured by his own banker at Gunn:son that th^ new institution would be perfectly reliable, \<! backed, as it was, by the First National of Denver. Being a man of good judg? ment, he reasoned that the necessary funds for the new bank would in all probability leave Denver Saturday night and go up from the junction by the one daily tram on Sunday. That was why he wished to take the train. When/they hail crossed the valley and entered the wilderness of pine and ce? dar, they began to search for a side can? yon which would lead them down to the main gulch. Having found a proper ravine they watered and grassed their horses and had breakfast. It was not yet noon, and the train, the dark man made oat from the figures upon a time card which he carried, would not leave the junction until 2 p. m. It would probably be Z or 3:15 when it passed the mouth of the little rill upon which they were encamped. Having breakfasted and smoked, the men stretched themselves upon the ground, all save the d:?rk man, and slept like tired children. The leader, leaning against a moss covered spruce tree? watched a black storm that was brewing in the hills to the north. TresenUy lie "heard a sEai clap o? thunder. In a few inmutes the: came the roaring sound of a waterfal and the dark man knew that a clou had given way, but as the raain gait was between him and tho storm 1 gave the matter no serious thought. At last tho hour arrived. The for men, leaving their horses, ?ascended i the main gulch only to find that the: was no railroad there. Skinny, sd smarting from tho effect of the rathe severe temperance lectures he had ri eeived the evening before, looked at ti leader and started to laugh, but ti dark man scowled and crushed hin He knew tho country and knew tht the road had been there, but was nc washed away. A little way np the cai [ yon they came to the torn end of tb track and knew for a surety that n train would come up the gulch that daj The silent leader made no show c disappointment, but quietly dismiss his men and watched them ride awa toward the sunset, with their broa hats tipped sidewise and their ev? ready rifles resting across, their saddles For himself he would have no rife "Only a coward or bungler," he used t say, "will carry a cannon to 'do th work of a .45. " When the others had passed out c sight, the 4Sark man reined his ow: horse down tne canyon, intending sinco he was so near, to visit his wif at the junction. The recent wash or. had left the bed of the gulch almost in passable, and rt was not until af te midnight that the lone traveler carno t* the abandoned train, lying like a liv ing thing that had fallen asleep on it own trail. Finding the express car lock ed, he opened one of the doors with th coal pick which he found on the engine The little iron safe was securely locked Having removed all the explosives fron the car, thia experienced mountaineer quietly blew up the safe with a fev .ticks of dynamite, but there was n< money in it By the light of the engi neer's torch he managed to read a lette that had been left there by the messen ger, and which was addressed to the ex press agent. As the explorer finishec reading it he gave a low, soft whistle o: surprise-not much above a whisper for he was a quiet, undemonstrative man. From the car ho returned to the en gino and with tho clinker hook flshec an old day stained ore sack out of th? tank. When he had cached the sack ir the bed of the river, he hurried awaj in the direction of the junction, urging his horse over the rough ground at thoftgh he were bent upon a new and important mission. CHAPTER UL There was great excitement at the junction When we arrived without the express messenger, who acted as postal clerk as welL When the local express agent learned that the messenger was not with the rescued party, that the conductor had been unable to find him, and that no one could remember having seen him since we stopped and he was seen head? ing for high land with his register pouch and some packages of express matter bearing red seals, he began to wi.*o in all directions. In a little while mounted men were dashing out toward tho hills so as to be ready to take the trail at dawn. f It was plain enough, tho agent ar? gued, that the messenger had taken ad? vantage of the circumstances and clear? ed out with the wealth in his posses? sion. A thousand dollars' reward was offered for the capture of the messenger. A deputy sheriff mado up a posse of four, including himself, and put out fa: the scene of the robbery. They were among tho first toieavetown, and, as they all knew the country, were soon upon the ground where tho open and empty safe left little to be explained. The safe, they argued, had been blown np by the messenger fora blind, but they would not be fooled. The messenger, it would seem, had remained in the vicinity of the washout until tiie train was abandoned, and then set out upon a long tramp through the trackless hills. He knew the packages that were most valuable, and with these he filled his pockets. The gold he must leave, for the journey would be a tire? some one. The country, which was new to him, was extremely rough. At times he found himself at the bottom cf a deep gorge, and again at the top of a steep bluff, and saw before him a black and apparently bottomless abyss. There was no moon, but the friendly stars would guide him. Pike's peak, stand? ing high against the sky, showed him where the east was, while the Green? horn range rose rough and abrupt to the west But when he had been upon his journey less than an hour, a gray cloud hung like a heavy fog on the hills and shut out all the light from the heavens and obscured, the earth. Instead of wait? ing for the aSists to clear away, he kept on going and was soon hopelessly lost, so far as an/y knowledge of the points of the compass was concerned. He might, for what ho knew, be headed for the hills, or he might bo walking in the direction of the junction and tho state's prison. At last having reached what appear? ed to be the summit of a little hill, ho sat down upon a huge rock to rest As he sat there he thought he heard a sound like that produced by horses stepping about ou a stone floor. Presently the cloud rolled away, and although tho valley below was still obscured, the stars were bright abov? and the crags of the main range stood out clean cut against the western sky. Before him he saw Pike's peak and knew that, a little way below him, hid in tho mist, lay the junction. The snerifr" and his posse, lost m tuc j fog, had halted in a small basin and j were waiting for the clouds to clear j away. Tho sheriff insisted that he had ? teard a man cough, and now the little j party were sitting their horses in si- j lenee, which was broken only by thc j nervous tramping of a broncha "What's that?" asked tiie sherill, pointing to the rock above them. "I should say it was a bear sitting on his haunches. " said ono of tiie men. "I'll just tap it with a rartaidge," continued the last, spewer; ont at t?at moment one of the horses gave a snort, and instantly the figure of the big messenger rose from thc rock and stood ont against the dark blue sky. Until now he had been sitting-barehead? ed, and that gave him the bunchy look of a bear, but when he etcod up and clapped his bell topped cap upon his head the sherill recognized him in an instant. "Let's drop him,"said one of tb* men. "There's a thousand in it and ii he ever leaves that rock ho's geno. " "Hold," said the sheriff. "We must give him a show to surrender." When the four men had swung tLeir guns into position, the sheriff command? ed the messenger to throw up his hands. Instead of obeying the man turned as if he intended to bolt, and with thc first move of his body the four rifles cracked almost as one gun, and tho messenger went down. Throwing the bridle reins over the necks of the horses, the sheriff's posse dismounted and hurried up the little hill, but when they reached the spot where the messenger had stood there was no messenger or sign of messenger. Anticipating the rain of lead, he had dropped behind the rocks while the bul? lets passed over his head, and by the time the posse had reached the crest of the hill and recovered from their sur? prise the messenger was far up the side of the mountain, hiding among the crags. "What d' yWsay now, cap?" asked the man who had been anxious to earn the reward. "Do we git 'im nex' time er do we let 'im go?*' "Git 'im," said tho sheriff, and the posse returned to their horses. CHAPTEB IV. The white cloud rolled down the mountain as the fleece rolls from a sheep that te being shorn and lay in a tumbled heap at the foot cf the range. The gray dawn came out of the east and revealed the peaks that were hiding high up in heaven's blue. Upon either hand-before and behind him-the mes? senger, crouching in the crags, beard fie managed to hat the officer's Itorae. the clatter of steel shod feet and knew that he was being surrounded. Delay was dangerous. The coming of dawn meant death. The whispering winds, hurrying away up the hill, reminded him of the approach of day. His only hope was in reaching a point beyond which the horsemen might not ride, and he hurried on up to the narrow gulch. At the exit his trail was blocked by one of the deputies, and immediately both men opened flit;. Now for the first time, since it shot muzzle first into the river, the messenger thought of his ri? fle. He was by no means an expert with a six shooter, but managed to hit the officer's horse with his first bullet, and at the same instant a slug of lead from a winchester crashed through his left shoulder, leaving it shattered and useless. The deputy's horse, having re? ceived his death wound, plunged wildly and made it impossible for his rider to take accurate aim. Dropping hie rifle, the officer began to uso his revolver, but a chance shot from the messenger's .45 pierced his heart. Another plunge of the horse hurled him to the ground, his foot caught in the stirrup, and the messen? ger was horrified to see the crazed broncho bounding away dragging his rider, head down, over the jagged rocks. The maddened animal appeared to be blind with rage. Ho crashed through a low, broad cedar, and a moment later leaped over a precipice and went roll? ing down tho splintered side of a deep gorge, and when the sheriff and his companions came up the gulch they found, where the horse and rider had fallen, one mangled mass of torn and tattered flesh. Made desperate, by /this appalling sight, the three officers were soon hot upon the trail of the fugitive. Finding it impossible to run away from his pur? suers, the messenger cached his treasure, took refuge among some sharp rocks and awaited the coming of the enemy. To his surprise'only two men came out of the gulch ;lhe other* having taken an? other route in or<kr to head the fugitives off, was now far out of range. The officers had the adrantage of being armed with rifles and to hold this ad? vantage fought at long range. The be? sieged, being sheltered by the rocks, was able to stand them off until both of his guns were empty, but the moment he ceased firing tho sheriff and his dep? uty began to advance. The messenger, weak from his wound, worked nervous? ly with his one useful hand and had barely succeeded in refilling one of his pistols when he was surprised by the sound of a gun almost directly behiud him and not ten feet away. He turned his revolver on the newcomer, only to find that the man was aiming at the deputies. Without a word he turned again to the work in hand, and at tho next crack of tho stranger's pistol saw the left arm of tho sheriff fall limp ar, his side, while the winchester it was leveling fell to thc ground "Now, d-n you, light fair!" shouted the stranger, advancing. Fellowing the fear? less example of rbis man who had so unexpectedly re-enforced him, the mes? senger came from shel ter and began to advance upon his assailants. One of the horses was hit by a bullet and became almost unmanageable, so that the i sheriff, finding the brunt cjl.tho fiizht -? - !? ?? ? ?????IWHI ?! r.Dou himself and seeing that messenger had a confederate, was at j to retire when a badly aimed shot fi his companion shattered the ankl the messenger, causing him to fall, an instant he rose to his knees and gan again to use his gun. Tho she] glancing at his companion, saw thai had been hit in the head, for blood ' streaming down his face. The ba had gone against them, and now wounded sheriff and his bleeding c< panion turned their horses and gallo away. The messenger sank to a sitting ] ture, laid his empty, smoking revol upon the ground and gazed at his r found friend. "Are you hit?" asked the latter, a ing toward the young man, and messenger made no reply until he ] given his hand to tho stranger; then answered simply, "Yes." The dark man opened the m essen g< shirt-and he did it as deliberately he had kicked tho Ute from tho L< Spruce saloon-examined the shatte shoulder and then the broken aol and asked, "Isthat all?" "Yes," said the wounded m "Isn't tnat enough?" "Not if they meant to kill yon, they haven't found your vitals. Wha lot of farmers to go shootin a man the foot-guess they wanted you dance. That top scratch wasn't b Reckon yen must have got that in i previous icgagemcnt, eh? The bloo begin to thicken up. I see that fellow boss go over the cliff; gee, he m have fell a mile." The dark man had risen after esa in ing the messenger's wounds, a when the latter looked up to his fric had his own shirt open and was sque ing at a little pink spot just under i right breast. "My God, " cried the messenger, "? you shot there?" "Yes-that wasn't a bad shot, cr on the wrong side!" "But why don't it bleed?" "It's Weedin on the wrong side was the answer, and then the strang closed his shirt, looked steadily at ? companion and asked, "Where's ye dough?" "Behind those two rocks that 2 partly hidden by tho bows of yon ced? Can you bring it to me? There are fi pieces." "Forty thousand, eh?" said the da man as he dumped the five envelcr beside the messenger. "And it ail worth the excitement you've go through. But I like you-there's go 6tuff in you, boy." "Half of it ought to be yours, for y saved mo and the money too. But WJ are you, and how did you happen to here?" asked the messenger eagerly. "I got your note-the one you left the safe" "But that was for the agent. " "Yes, I know. I opened it by* mi take." TO BE CONTINUED. Ti mr? Har? Changed. " "No such times as there used to be, sighed the gray haired but vigorox traveling, man who was enjoying hin self with the usual Saturday nigi crowd. "There was a time when they wei booming those western towns that saved about all my expense money, an that was a mighty big item in flus times." "Give us your recipe, old mas." "It's'of no use now. They're bumj ing along on rock bottom out in ths country. But then money waa no ot ject. When approaching a bown towr I'd discover some resident of the plac aboard the train and casually let dre to him that I was looking for a goo real estate investment That was all and it was worth from $50 to $100 drop. I'd start innocently for a hack knowing as well as I lived I'd neve reaeh it. Some speculator would seia me by the arm, introduce himself, pu me in his private carriage, whirl me t the best hotel, get me ..the best room make a date to drive me over the plac and solemnly inform me that the tow: was mine. "Live high? Higher than a wilt prince. They would take no money a the bar, the hotel clerk never had a bil against me and I couldn't spend a cent It was one constant round, as the boy say. You know my line then. I sold t< one man in a place and only called 01 him once a year. He always stood' in kept mum and shared in the gooc things. I made a pile of money, for ex pense bills ran high those days, but 1 guess it is just as well for me that thc bottom dropped out. A man's stomach won't stand everything. "-Detroit Free Press. Indian Antipathy to Fish. At a meeting in Baltimore of thc American Folklore society Dr. Wash? ington Matthews of Washington read a paper on "Icthyophobia, " which he de? scribed ae an antipathy to fish. Thia aversion is especially strong in the Na? vajo, Apache and other indian tribes of the far southwest, who will not eat fish or have anything to do with articles made in the shape of fish. This "taboo" with the Navajos extends to all things connected with water. A probable rea? son why no more children of these tribes are sent east to be educated, Dr. Matthews thought, was a fear that they might be required to overcome this cher? ished *'taboo" superstition, which is as firmly rooted as any religion. A legend to account for this fish "ta? boo" was given. There was a time when food was scarce, and the mountain Indians had a big powwow with the river Indians. The result was that the rivor Indians agreed to kill no deer, but live entirely on fish, and the mountain Indians agreed to eat no fish, but liva entirely upou deer. This made food plenty for both. In the discussion of the paper it was stated that thc Zuni Indians will nos eat fish because savage tribes in desert lands regard water as sacred because of its scarcity, and this reverence extends to animal life in water. Several mem? bers thought perhaps this idea conveyed the true reason for jthe fish "taboo." Baltimore Sun. I C.A.SNOW&CO.i OPP. PATENT OFFICE, WASHINGTON. D. C. Atlantic Coast Line, MANCHESTER AND AUGUSTA R. R. CoDdeo?ed schedule-Iti effect Jan ?7, 189?. TRAINS GOING SOUTH. LT Darlington, Lv Elliot;, Ar Su?)ter, Lv Som ter, Ar Creston, Lv Creston, Ar Prepoalla, Ar Orangeburg, Ar Denmark, No. ?35 No. f57 a. is. e. ta. 756 84? 9 25 4 29 5 17 5 40 6 12 5 4? 9 lt TRAINS 'GOING NORTH. No. ffl6 No *32 Lr Denmark, Lv Orangeburg. Dr Pregoalls, Ar Creston, Lv Creaton, Ar Sumter, Lv Snmter, Ar Elliott, Ar Darlington, a m. 10 CO 3 50 6 40' 7 25 8 15 p. m. p m. 4 25 ?03 5 30 6 25 p. m. ?Daily, fDaily except Sunday. Trains 32 and 35 carry through Pullman Pa Ieee Bnffet Sleeping Cars between N?w York and Macon ria Angola T. M. Emerson, H. M. Emerson, Traffic Manager, Gen. Pass. Agt J. R. Kenley, Gen'l Manager. . Atlantic Coast Line. WILMINGTON , COLUMBIA AND AUG??S TA RAILROAD. CONDENSED SCHEDULE. TRAINS GOING SOUTH. Dared Dec. 20,1897 beare Wilmington Lea/e Marion Arrive Florene? Leave Florene? Arrive Snmter Leave Snmter Arrire Colombia No.55. P. M. .4 00 8 43 7 25 P. M .8 00 9 10 P.M. 9 13 10 30 Ne.35. A.M. .3 25 4 29 No.52. A.M. ?9 37 10 55} No. 52 nins through from Charleston na Central R. R., loaring Charleston 7 a. oi.% Lanes 8 28 a. m., karain^ S 05 a. m _ i., TRAINS GOING NORTH. ' Leave Columbi? Arrive Santo* Leave Sumter Arrive floren** Leave Florene* ' Leave Marion Arrive Wilmington No.54 A. M ?6 45 8 08 A. M. 8 ll 9 25 A. M. 9 P8 10 36 i 120 No.53. P.M ' ?5 00) 6 20 No.32 P.M. .6 30 7 4? .??uaii?. fi?aily except ?uuday. No. 53 runs through to Charleston, S. C., ria Central R. R., arriving Manning 6 58 p. m., Lanes 7 26 p m., Charleston 9 15 p. m. Trains on Conway Branch isa ve Chad bourn -flt 43 a. ra., arrive ar Conway way 2 0 p.m., returning leave Conway at 245 p. m., . ?re Chadbourn 5 15 p. nr leave Clabburn '> 45 p.m., arrive at Hub at 6 25 p. m., returning leave Hub 8 30 a. m. arrive at Chadbourn 9.15 a. m. Baiiy ex? cept Sunday. - fDaily except Sur, da v. J. . KENLT, Gen'l Manager. T. M . RMRRSON. Trnffc Manager. H-M. EMERSON, Gen'J Pass. Agent. in effect Jan narr 15 tb, 1896.. TRAINS GOING NORTH Lrave Wilson? Mill^ " Jordon, " Davit, v Snmrnerton, ? Millard, " Silver. Packevtlle, " Tindal. " W. & S. Jure, Ar. Sumter, No 72* f9 IC a ac 9 35 a O 9 45 am 10 ?0a m 10 45 a m 11 10 a m ll 30 p m 11 55 p o 12 27 p a 12 30 p m TRAINS GOING SOOTH. No 73.? Ur ve Sumter. 2 30 p m " W.&S.Jnnc. 2 33 pm ., Tindal. 2 50 p ra '" Packsville 3 10pm ,: Silver, 3 36 pm " Millard. 3 40 p ui " Summerun 4 40 p m *? Da vii, 6 20 p m ' Jordoo. 5 50 p m Ar. Wilson Mill, 6 30 p m i Trains terreen Millard and St. FHUI irave Millard 10 15 am and 3*46 p m., arriving St. ?pnl 10 25 a o ond 3 55 o m. Returning* ieave St. Faul 10 35 a m and 4 10 p rn, and' arrive Millard 10 45 a m and 4 20 p m. Bai? ly except Sunday ?Daily except Sundav THJMAS WILSON Predsient