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By WOLCOTT LE CLEAR BEABD. {Copyright. 1899, by American Press Asso? ciation.} _. I CHAPTER V. HS WHICH SPIDER RETURNS IN TRIUMPH. I had never seen rain fall as it did then. It seemed to come in streams. It beat through tho heavy canvas of my teat, forming a mist on the inside. The continuous crash of the falling water would have drowned the report of a mortar. It rained and rained and kept on rain? ing. Little brooks formed on the plain, then came together and made larger ones that finally tumbled over the edge of the cliff in a series of cascades. When an hour later the foreman and Spider returned to the camp, there were no signs of a let up. One by one oar disheartened cowboys straggled in and repaired to my tent, where the nearest approach to shelter was to be found. None of them seemed particular? ly surprised when told of the disappear? ance of our cattle. They had expected it all along, they said. "I don't never remember seein rain las' so long as this aroun here, " said Lee as he tried vainly to light a damp match on the sole of his soaked boot in order to ignite the wet tobacco with "which he had filled his pipe. "Tu m fellers must 'a' seen the storm comiu np aa then com9 over a purpose ter stam? pede the herd. Course we can't do noth ?B till it lets up, an then we'll have ter do some nuntin, I reckon. This rain'll have washed out ail the tracks. " "We'll fin' the tracks again without much trouble." replied the foreman. "Tber ain't no dcubt but what we got ter do snntbin. though. Question is. what?" "Looks to me as though we were in something of a scrape." I observed, try? ing hard not to speak despondently. , "None so bad as what it might be.' replied the foreman philosophically. "We got ter make a plan, that's all." We held a disconsolate council with the water drumming over us on the strained canvas so that we bad to raise our voices in order to make them heard. The plan, when finally decided upon; was a very simple one. That the thieves had made a clean sweep was evident, for none of the men who had come in had found any cattle. They had all been driven away. Now, to cover so much ground in so short a time argued that our enemies had a force much larger than ours-one that we could hardly hope, unaided, to defeat Therefore it was decided that as soon as it stopped raining some of the men would scatter over the desert to find, if possible, some trace of the missing cat tie, while we would send a messenger to some ranches that layon the ether side of the river some 30 miles below ns, with instructions to bring back all the men that could be mustered. Cat? tlemen are usually ready to help each other in cases of this kind, fer co one knows when his own turn to require help may come. In this instance, too. the community of cattle thieves had long been a menace to the men on whom we called AU of them probably had suffered frcm this or another raid. The rain ceased as suddenly as it be? gan. The clonds parted and were blown in dark shreds across the sky. The pools that lay in shallow depressions of the plain were like beds of coals as the level rays of the setting sun reddened them. - As we had planned, the foreman sent five men in different directions with orders to search for traces of the miss? ing herd, to let r.3 know at once if any were found, and to report by midnight in any case. Delighted at the prospect of action, the men trooped out of my tent Some of them spread their blan? kets out to dry. Others offered needless help to the men who were preparing to set out. The rest. Spider among them, i lounged about the cook wagon and "joshed" the Ballet Girl, to use their * own phrase, becanse he conld not start his fire. For some minutes the foreman stood in the doer of my tent rubbing his chin thoughtfully Then he called to Spider. "Lcok - here, you kid. " said he. "You heard what we said 'bout sendin down the river ter get more men. Well, I want you ter saddle up a fresh pony an be ready ter start in five minnies. Hear ? The boss. here, he'll write a note ter you ter take. Get a wiggle on, now." The laugh that .Spider brought with bin. faded from his face. This was j business, and without a word he nodded I and strode away. ? "I reckon he's about the bes?me ter i sen'." continued the foreman, turning ! to me. "He'll do what he sets out ter j do every time. Then it ain't likely j ther's any danger down that way, an [ you can't tell whyt'll turn np here. It'll j keep the kid cuter mischief fer awhile. '' j While the foreman was speaking I I had torn a leaf out of an account book j and had written the note. Suddenly I i became aware that the laughter and talk of the men had hushed A second later Spider, his face working with rage, dashed into the tent, caught up a rifle and vanished. "Stop!" roared the foreman, lifting the flap that closed the tent door. Through the opening I could see that Spider had dropped on one knee and was taking careful aim at something ! that was out of my view "What you doin? Come here I" com? manded the foreman sternly. Lowering the rifle. Spider rose slowly to his feet, keeping bis eyes fixed on the point to? ward which he had been aiming. Run? ning to the door. I followed his gaze with my eyes. On a ridge of sand, half a mile away, three men were galloping up and down, waving their hats and firing pistols They were shouting, too. for the faint echoes of their shouts reached us. "Look there!" cried Spider. "See them Tv?n ? Hollis is ene of 'em, an that sreitsvr wini ; >?'-,:.: ;ii ::ie I::?': ;; M I They're givin us the laugh, that's w ! they're doin, "cause we los' our ca' an they got 'eui. Are you fellers" "Come here! Hear me?" comman the foreman again. "Look here, yoi man." he continued as Spider came iuctantly forward. "It ain't good bi ness ?ettin your mad get np so bad 3 lose yer head, net for nc one w works roun horses an cattle. You 1 orders too. Nobody what won't ol orders works in my gang. Ther was no sbootin called for. Besides, " he ai ed as an afterthought, "you'd a-knov if you'd had any senso that you coi not hit nothin at that range." Spic glanced at the foreman, and his fi tell i "That's right. I los' my head clet I know I did. I won't do it again < say, I'm awful sorry, " he said penitei ly. Carefully lowering the hammer, placed the rifle, apparently as a sort token of surrender, in the foreraai hands. Then, without another look the men who were still capering abo on the ridge, he went away to saddlt horse. "The boy's got the bes' eyes of ac body in the outfit, all right enough said the foreman, ' setting down t rifle. "I alwus knowed that, but ye1 [ don't believe he c'n tell who those m ! are, not so far away as that." It certainly seemed impossible th i Spider could distinguish any ene at great a distance. I ran into the tent I get a pair of fieldglasses, but when J returned the men had disappeared. "Jus' give cue yell an then wallop off benin' the ridge thar as you we: i in," said the foreman. "They was le j benin' by the res' er ther gang so's t watch us, I reckon, an see what we' j a-gonter do." j "Well, they won't watch nothin, commented Lee, who had strolled up us. "They're drunk an they'll g drunker, 'specially if Hollis is ther He's ben sober so long now that 1 won't stop soon once he gets started.' "Meekness an sobriety an the rest < it ain't his style enough ter burt, agreed the foreman. "But maybe Ho lis wasn't there. Look a here, you kid, he called as Spider rode up on the bij gest and, next to his own, the ugiie; horse ? Md brought from the ranch, forgo' .x tell yen before that you'j likely ter steer up agains' a heap ? trouble one er these times if you g shootin at men what you don't kno^ 'specially when they're so fur off yo can't hit 'em. It ain't perlite." So earnest was Spider that he faile for the moment to see that tbeforema: was joking. "I did know 'em-two of 'em-Hoi lis an that there greaser," he cried "I saw 'em. 'Deed I did. Honest." "So?" replied the foreman, with as sumed gravity. "Well, if that's th case, jus* you climb down offen tha ther horse an go an get yer supper 'foi*' you start. " "Don't need ter. Got some grub hen in my cerones (saddlebags). The Ball] Girl.give it to me jus' now. Mayn't go?" The foreman waved his hand an< smiled. With an answering grin Spidei galloped away. In view of the distance that must be traveled we hardly expected to se? Spider again before daylight. Making allowance for delays, we hcpeci to gel away cn the following evening. To mo the wait cf 24 hours seemed a fatal waste of time. The cattle would prob? ably be well into Mexico before that. "Prawb'ly they will," agreed the foreman. "Then ali we got ter do is ter get 'em outer Mexico again, that's all." This was delightfully simple in theory. The practice. I feared, would be somewhat difficult. It was obviously impossible for us to move, as we were then situated. Until cur re-enforcement should come we could do nothing but wait. Much sooner than was expected, how? ever, these re-enfercements came. The men were just finishing their supper. In order to guard against a possible though unlikely attempt at surprise, one of their number, posted in a position from which he could watch both the mesa and the river flat, was acting as senti? nel. Suddenly he hailed the camp. "Ther's a gang er men an horses coin in up the river, " he cried. In an in? stant every man was on his feet, had caught up his rifle and was running to the edge of the cliff, sheltering himself behind the rocks that fringed it. Some of the men were ordered to fall back in order to guard us against surprise from the rear. They went, and then for a mo? ment there was silence cn the top of the cliff. A buzz of conversation from the men below could be plainly heard. "Them fellers ain't greasers, any? how." whispered the foreman. "How do you know?" I asked. "Why, greasers talks high up in their heads, like women, er kids. These men talks low in ther chests, like us. Lis? ten. " "Hello the camp.'" hailed someone from brow. "Hello below. Who are you V" roared the foreman in return. "From the X bar X ranch. Ther's more of us comin. How d'yer get up that, anyhow V" "Waiter minute," called the fore? man. While the conversation was go? ing on Lee had laid down his rifle and had been hurriedly gathering the resin? ous branches cf the greasewood shrub that grew about us thickly, and bind? ing them together with a rawhide thong. Lighting the bundle at the fire, he ran back and threw it over the edge of the cliff. Fanned by the draft made by its fall, the resinous wood blazed like a firework of some kind. The horses of the party below shied and capered as the glare struck their eyes, and there was some swearing among their riders. The iight showed half a score of lean, sunburned men. heavily armed and well mounted. Their leader, an elderly man on a silver trimmed saddle, was at once ! recognized as an old acquaintance by j the foreman. j "Glad t' see yer. Hayward. " called j he. "Turn f yer left, thar, an you'll i find a trail what'll bring yer safe up. | Sorry ter sen that flare down, but we had ter be sure you was friends. Come j up." Filing over the rough path that j z*Z7f'rr*\ nu the cliff, the ranchers 1 reached the tableland. "Mighty glad you all's come-didn' expec' yon so roon," said the foreman, shaking hands with Hayward. "How'd yer leave the cattle down your way?" "There aren't any cattle down our way-not so much as a calf left," was the response. "This raid is the biggest thing I ever knew. It has wiped out every brand on the river anywhere along here. The boys are all up. We're the first, but the rest are coming, all that can. Seven cf our men will never stir again. " "Gone cut?" asked the foreman. "Yes : shot by the thieves. I met that boy you sent after us about half an hour ago. He didn't know what to make of us ?aay more than you did, and one of the boys who rode out to see who he was nearly got shot for his pains. We made him understand after awhile that we weren't rustlers, and then he gave us your message. " "Why didn't he come back with you?" I asked. "Don't know. 1 told him he might as well, for we were all up and coming, but he a^ed us to tell you that he'd return , and then he struck over the de? i.. geing south. I don't know where *,e was bound for. " Spider's absence troubled me a good deal, but the foreman and th? ballet Girl took it very calmly ii.?n<*, There wasn't any one who -on-.i nurt him. said they, except pos.' blythe three men th'tc we had seen that morning, and it was not at all likely that he would meet them. The strangers unsaddled their horses and picketed them, then rolled them "Thcrc!" he exclaimed, "i thought i wasn't never gontcr get back." selves in their blankets and went to sleep. Most of our men followed their example. Assisted by Lee and the fore? man the Ballet Girl was breaking pro? visions and utensils out of the cook wagon and arranging them in packs ready to place on the horses. The wagon was to be left where it was for the time. We could not take it with us. It would never have been able to keep up. From time to time men came strag? gling in in knots of four or five or sometimes more. None of them had seen Spider. I asked them all. The night was wearing on. The moon rose, showing the forms of the sleeping men and making the glow cf our dying fire seem redder than ever in contrast ? to the silver light. The Ballet Giri bad nearly finished his preparations, and the camp became more and moro silent. One after another our scouts re? turned, each cue reporting that he had seen the trails of not ono. but several herds of cattle, all of them heading in ene direction with the evident purpose of mpeting at some point farther on. They were bound eastward, too. and not toward tho south, where lay the Mexican line, as we expected they would. I feared that this chaDge of di? rection might have some dangerous sig? nificance, and, as usual, asked the fore? man about it. "So fur as sellin the cattle goes, ther wasn't no use in cuttin across the lin6 right here," said he "They'd 'a' had ter pull down ter Palomas anyhow - Palomas is the neares' town in ol' Mex? ico-an the way they're goin is the shortes' way. It means they think they're strong enough to hoi* us back if we meet up with 'em: that's all. But I don't reckon they think we'll meet up with 'em. I'm a-gonter turn in. Won? der where that kid has got ter?" "There he comes now. " replied the cook. "Where on top er the wciT do you reckon he got them horses? An an, say, what in blazes is that thing what he's got cn his saddle in front of him? I been a lookin at him fer five minutes, but I can't make it out. " "Looks like he'd cut a man in two an was bringin half of him home," ob? served Lee. It did look .something like that. Spider was cantering toward us. leading three horses by their neck ropes Astride of his saddle there hung an ob? ject that seemed to be a pair of short, knobby legs, terminating in a pair of large boots that banged the horse's withers at every step. From the tops of the legs something was sticking out. "Them's his chaps-the kid's chaps. ' said Lee. "He's stopped up the^bottoms er the legs with them boots, held in by the foot straps, an he's got 'em stuffed full er sunthin. Them things what's stickin out are rifles. " As he caught sight of us Spider waved his hand and forced his horse to a faster gait, which made the legs kick wildly "There 1" he exclaimed as he rode up to the cook wagon. "1 thought I wasn't never gonter get back. Them horses, they held back all the way. Couldn't tie 'em to the horn 'cause the line pinched my leg. so I had ter lead 'em. They most pulled my arms out by the roots. " He dismounted while speaking and with great deliberation proceeded to tie the horses to a wheel of the cook wagon Then I saw that, besides the boots which decorated the bottoms of his chaps. Spider had tied three other pairs to the back of his saddle. SOUK; of the men who had not been asleep or who were waked by the stir left their blankets and gathered about us. "What's that you got in yonr chaps there, kid, an where'd you get them boots?" inquired Lee. pider answered never a word. Going to his horse, he unslung with some difficulty the chaps that hung over the saddle. First he pulled forth four rifles that stuck out and laid them carefully on the ground. Then, taking the boots in his hands, he turned the chaps upside down. Four pistols tumbled ont cf the ene leg. From the ether there came three pistols and a knife "Say. where'd you get them guns'an boots an tilings?" queried the Ballet Girl impatiently "Answer when your spoke to. can't yon? Quick, now, else ther'll be a kid somew"ers roun here what gets a' lickin What you been a-doin, eh?" Spider arranged the pistols and knife in an orderly row beside the rifles, then got the boots and added them to the collection. "Them things," he said, looking around at his auditors with a trium? phant grin-"them things belongs that is. they did belong-to Hollis an that greaser what was cavortin roun here yestiddy an to two other men what I don' know. They're my prisoners, all of 'em. an they're back here a ways on the desert now waitin for some one ter come fer 'em. " HE CONTINUED.] Garland and the Virginian. Cleveland's first attorney general. Garland-a specimen of what Lincoln called the plain people-was born in Arkansas and "raised" In blue jeans. One day. at the department of justice, he received a visit from a Virginia gen? tleman of aristocratic manner, who bored him horribly with talk about '.first families." "It seems to me. sun." said the visit? or at last, "that there are Gyarlands in No'th Ca'lina. I once met a gentle? man named Henry Gyarlaud, from that state. May I ask, sub, if he was 2. relative of yours?" "First cousin." replied Mr. Garland shortly. "He was hanged for horse stealing." A look of ill conceived horror and dis? gust came ove:* the visitor's counte? nance. Then, drawing on his gloves, he rose to his feet, took up his hat. and. waving a hand toward the walls of the room, said: "A fine collection of por? traits you have here. Mr. Gyarlaud. Your predecessors in office. I pre? sume?" "Yes," grunted Mr. Garland. The Virginian stalked out, evidently glad to make his escape, and the attorney general, turning to his chief clerk, grinned and remarked: "He'll never bother me any more." Pittsburg Dispatch.. A Good Excuse. "You wish to be relieved from jury duty, but you haven't given a good rea? son," said the judge. "It's public spirit," said the unwill? ing juryman, "on the score of economy. I have dyspepsia, your honor, and 1 never agree with anybody. If I go on this jury, there'll be a disagreement, and the court will have to go to the ex? pense of a new trial." "Excused." said the judge.-Tit-SUa. Re Know? Uer. She was a Washington woman well acquainted in diplomatic circles. Talk? ing about Washington people one day. some one asked lier: "Do you know Senator Blank?" "Do I know Senator Blank?" she re? peated. "Yes. I do know him. and he knows me. He will uever forget me. I've trumped his ace when we were partners at whist."-New York Ti oms. j I" Hi oient Cavalrymen. "Speaking of cavalry," said a veteran officer, "probably tbe hardiest and most effective cavalry forces the world ever saw were some of the Confederate squadrons in the civil war. Why, For? rest's troops harassing Sherman to the sea used up horses at the rate of ll per man in a twelvemonth."-Indian? apolis News. 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He walked along, singing, and the sound ap? proached, as if to meet him, till Anally it sang at his very feet. Glancing down, he saw the shell of a turtle, which had been cast high and dry upon the beach and left there by the receding waves. The little thing had died and dried up so that only the sinews, shriveled tc? strings, and the shell remained. The dried up sinews were tightly stretched across the hol- | low shell, and the wind, as it listed, j touched the strings, causing them to { vibr?t?' over thc shell sounding beard I and give forth ?he swed, sad tones. Enchanted, he hore his treasure home j and from it fa shamed thc viol shell. ? with which he ever after accompanied | Iiis \ and i!:- nymph Eurydice, en- j chanted ty its : ! ?ec:: me his bride, j Cure For Pneumonia. Take six to ten onions, according to size, and chop fine; put in a large spi? der over a hot fire, theu add about the same quantity of rye meal and vinegar enough to make it a thick paste. 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NO crop can growwith= out Potash, Every blade of j Grass, every grain of Corn, all Fruits and Vegetables must have it. If enough is supplied you can count on a full crop if too little, the growth will be " scrubby." Send for our books telling all about composition of fertilizers best adapted for all crops. They co.t you nothing. GERMAN KALI WORKS,93 Nassau St.,NcwYodL Atlantic Coast Line ?ailrsai Coipany of M Carolina. CONDENSED SCHEDULE. Io effect January 14th, 1900. SOUTH. NORTH. No No No No *35 f57 f56 *32 8 02 Lv Darlington Ar 8 05 8 45 Lv Elliott Ar 7 20 9 25 Ar Sumter Lv 6 40 3 46 Lv Somter Ar 6 18 4 43 Ar Creston Lv 5 27 5 45 Lv Creston Ar 3 ?0 9 15 Ar Pregnalls Lv 10 00 5 10 OranpebHrg 5 02 5 48 Denmark 4 28 7 55 A UR asta 2 30 a tn am pm pm *Daiiy. fDaily except Sunday. Traine 32 and 35 carry through Pullman Palace Buffet Sleeping CITS between New York nnd Macon via Augusta. T M EMERSON, B M EMERSON, Traffic Manager. Gen'l Pass. Agt, J R KEN LY, Gen'l Manager. FOR SALE. EXTRA FINE BARRED PLYMOUTHS Also, Eggs for Hatching, 15 for $2 00. Nicely Packed in New Batkett] JOHN A. CULLOM, Ridge Spring, S. C. Jan 21 4m Sontn Carolina anil Georgia Ex? tension B. H. Cl Schedule No. 4-Io effect 12 01 a. m., Sun day, December 24, 1899. Between Camden S. C., and Blacksbnrg, S. C. WEST. EAST. '?ci cl 1st c! 1st cl 2d cl ?35 *33 Eastern time. *32 *34 pm pm STATIONS. pm pm 8 20 12 50 Camden 12 25 5 30 8 50 1 15 Dekalb ll C2 4 50 9 20 1 27 Westville ll 50 4 30 10 50 1 40 Kershaw ll 35 4 10 11 20 2 10 Heart gorings ll 20 3 15 11 35 2 15 Pleasant Hill 11 15 3 0C 12 30 2 35 Lanc86tcr 10 55 2 35 1C0 2 ? 0 Riverside 10 40 1 00 1 20 3 00 Springdell 10 30 12 40 2 30 3 10 Catawba Junction 10 20 12 20 2 ?0 3 20 Leslie 10 ?0 1100 3 10 3 40 Rock Bili 10 00 10 40 4 10 3 55 New Port 9 35 8 20 4 45 4 02 Tirzah 9 30 8 00 5 30 4 20 Yorkville 9 15 7 30 6 00 4 35 Sharon 9 00 6 50 6 25 4 SO Hickory G rora 8 45 6 20 8 35 5 00 Smvrna 8 35 6 00 7 00 5 20 Blacksbarft 8 10 5 30 pm pm a HI am Between Blaoksborg. S. C., and Marion. N. C tv fc>T. EAST. ??a ci ist cl ' let cl 2d cl .li *33 Eastern time. *32 *12 am om STATIONS.. am pm 8 10 5 30 Blacksbnr? 7 48 6 40 8 30 5 45 Earle 7 32 6 20 8 40 5 50 Patterson Spring? 7 25 6 12* 9 20 6 00 Shelby 7 15 6 CO l?OO 45 20 Lattiroore 6 55 4 10 .0 10 6 28 Moorcsboro 6 48 4 40 :0 25 6 38 Henrietta 6 38 4 20 10 50 6 5^ Forest Cit? 6 20 3 50 1115 7 10 Rutherfordton 6 05 3 25 1-35 7 22 Millwood 5 ?5 3 05 11 45 7 35 Golden Valley 5 40 2 60 12 05 7 40 Thermal City 5 37 2 45 12 25 7 *8 Glenwood 5 17 2 20 12 t O 8 15 . Meriou 5 OD 2 00 pmpin 8 m p m West. Gaffney Division. East le: Claes i EASTERN TIME, i 1st CIsss ls j ?3 j STATIONS. } 14 | 16 pm am am pm 1 00 6 00 ! Blacksbnrg 7 50 3 06 1 20 6 20 Cherokee Falls 7 30 2 40 1 40 6 40 [Gaffney 7 10 2 20 praam am pm .Dnily except Sunday Train No 32 leaving Marion, N. C., ai 5 a ui, making close connection at Blacksburg, S <\ with the Southern'* train No 36 for Char? lotte, X C. and all point? East and connecting with the Southern's vestibule going to Atlanta, Ga, nnd all points West, and will receive pas sergers going East from train No 10, on the C k N W R R, at Yorkville, SC, at 8 45 a m. and connects at Camden, S C, with the Southern's train No 78, arriving in Charleston, 8 17 pm, T. ,n No 34 with passenger coach attached leaving Blacksburg at 5 30 a m. and connecting Af Rock Hill with the Southern's Florida train for all pointe South, Train No 33 leaving Camden, S C, at 12 50 p m, after tbe arrival of the Sou'bern's Char? leston tram connects at Lancaster, S C, with the LA C KR, at Catawba Junction with the S A L. going East, at Rock Hill, S C, with the Southern's trai?. No 34. for Charlotte, N (\ and all points East. Ccnnects at York? ville. S C, with train No 9 on the C ? N W R R. for Cheste-, S C. At Blacksburg with ?he Southern'? vestibule going East, and tbe South? ern'.?? train No 35 goidg West, and connecting ?it Marion N C with the Southern both Kasiji&o West. SAMUEL HUNT, President. A. TKIPP, Superintendent. S.B. LUMPKIN, Gen'' Passen^ r Ag*nt.