The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, December 13, 1905, Image 2
IR HENRY
BUCCANEER
By CYRUS TOWNSEND BRADY,
Author of "The Southerners,'* "For Love
of Country/* "The Grip of Honor,*' Etc.
COPYRIGHT, 1903. BY G. W. DILLINGHAM COMPANY
: _ CHAPTER L
I YT IS gracious majesty King
i H C^iar^es H- of England, in
I g sportive - and acquisitive -
< 3 mood, had made him a knight;
but, as that merry monarch himself
4iad said of another unworthy subject
"whom he had ennobled-his son, by the
' ?Seft hand-"God Almighty could not
'make him a gentleman!'*
Yet, to the casual inspection* little or
Slothing appeared to be lacking to en
. v^itle him to all the consideration at?
tendant upon that ancient degree. His
attire, for instance, might be a year
..or two behind the fashion of England
s?snd still farther away from that of
3S*rance, then, as now, the standard
Quaker in dress, yet it represented the
-extreme of the mode in his majesty's
tass island of Jamaica. That it was,
?a trifle too vivid in its colors and too
?triking in its contrasts for the best
taste at home possibly might be con?
doned by the richness of the material
Used and the prodigality of trimming
"which decorated it Silk and satin
?rom the orient, lace from Flanders,
Seather from Spain, with jewels from
? everywhere, marked him as a person
^entitled to some consideration at least.
Even more compulsory of attention, if
snot of respect, were his haughty, over?
bearing, satisfied manner, his look of
?command, the expression of authority
?n action he bore. '
Quite in keeping with his gorgeous
^appearance was the richly furnished
%oom in which he sat in autocratic
isolation, plumed hat on head, quaff?
ing, as became a .former brother of
'-the coast and sometime buccaneer,
.?mazing drafts of the fiery spirits of
the island of which he happened to be.
?d mterim, the royal authority.
Bot It was his face which attested the
.acuteness of the sneering observation
%f the unworthy giver of the royal ac?
colade. No gentleman ever bore face
like that. Framed in long, thin, gray
'COris which fell upon his, shoulders
aifter the fashion of the time, it was as
"CrueL as evil, as sensuous, as ruthless,
?s powerful an old lace as had ever
looked over a bulwark at a sinking
ship or viewed with ind inference the
? -Sir Hoiy Morgan I
^iVaging of a devoted town. Courage
S?here -was. capacity in large measure,
not one trace of human kindness. '
Thin, lean, hawk-like, ruthless, cnn
.T*?ng, weather beaten, it was sadly out
^? place in its brave attire in that
^united chamber. It was the face of
<*. man who ruled by terror, who com?
manded by might. It was the face of
i adventurer, too. one never sure of
I s position, but always ready to fight
Sar it and able to fight well. There
.as a watchful, alert, inquiring look
i the fierce blue eyes, an intent, ex
;-ectant expression in the craggy coun
?nance, that told of the uncertainties
his assumptions; yet the lack of as?
surance was compensated for by the
tlrm, repinte lin? of the mouth under
'tiis trifling upturned mustache, with its
.-ps at the same time thin and sensual.
.nd Le was an old man too. Sixty
^?d years of vicious life, glossed over
IL the last two decades by an assump?
tion of respectability, had swept over
' gray hairs, which evoked no rever
:aee.
'There was a heavy frown on his face
a that summer evening in the year
.of ?ur Lord 1SS5. The childless wife
~"5faom he had taken for his betterment
.nd ,v,her worsening some ten years
-ince-in succession to Satan only
-aaew how many nameless, unrecogniz
.? precursors-had died a few moment?
T^efore in the chamber above his head,
fairly bought from a needy father,
b& had been a cloak to lend him a
^ertain respectability when he settled
jfewn, roil with the blood of thousands
vaom he had slain and rich with the
.reasure of cities that he had wasted,
enjoy the evening of his life. Like
s2 who are used for such purposes, she
artew after a little space the man over
Jihom thc mantle of "her reputation had
?en flung. She had rejoiced at the
?ear approach of that death for which
i? had been longing almost since her
sedding day. That she had shrunk
"rom him in the very articles of dis
?Trction when he stood by her bedside
radicated the character of the relation?
ship.
To witness death and to cause it had
seen the habit of this man. He marked
t in her case, as in others, with abso
.fltte Indifference-he cared so little for
1er that he did not even feel relief at
ser going-yet because he was the gov?
ernor or Jamaica (really he was only
ile vice governor, but between the de?
parture of the royal governor and the
arrival of another he held supreme
?wer) he had been forced to te
???ins?n! close oh the "Cay ???s wife ?
by that public opinion to which he 1
indifferent, but which he could not
tirely defy. Consequently he had
been on the strand at Port Royal w
the Mary Rose, frigate, fresh fi
England, had dropped anchor in
harbor after her w-^ary voyage aci
the great sea. He did not even
I know of her arrival, and therefore
incoming governor had not been v
corned by the man who sat tempe
rily, as he had in several preceding
terregnums, in the seats of the migl
However, everybody else on the
land had welcomed him with joy,
of ail men who had' ever held office
Jamaica Sir Henry Morgan, someti
the chief devil of those nefarious bai
who disguised their piracy under i
specious title of buccaneering, was i
most detested. But because of the f
t?nate demise of Lady Morgan, as
turned out; Sir Henry was not pres?
to greet My Lord Carlingford, w
was to supersede him-and more.
The deep potations the old buccan*
had indulged in to all outward inte
passed harmlessly down his lean a
craggy throat. He drank alone-t
more solitary the drinker the mc
dangerous the man-yet the room h
another occupant, a tall, brawl
brown hued, grim faced savage, whe
gaudy livery ill accorded with t
stern and ruthless visage. He stood
the vice governor, watchful, attenti
and silent, imperturbably filling aga
and again the goblet from which
drank.
"More ram," said the master, at la
; breaking the silence while lifting I
j xaU glass toward the man. "Sent!
j me, Black Dog," he added, smilh
i sardonically at the silent maroon wi
j poured again with steady hand, "y<
j are the only soul on this island wi
doesn't fear me. That woman abo
yonder, curse her, shuddered awi
from me as I looked at her dying. Bi
your hand is steady. Yon and old Bi
Hornigold are the only ones who dor
shrink back, hey, Carib? Is it love <
hate?" he mused, as the man made i
answer. "More,^ he cried, again Iii
ing the glass which he had instant:
I drained.
But the maroon, instead of pourin
bent his head toward the windon
listened a moment and then turne
and lifted a warning hand. The so;
breeze of the evening, laden with th
I fragrance of the tropics, swept up froi
! the river and wafted to the vice goi
j ernor's ears the sound of hoof beat
I on the hard, dry road. With sense
keenly alert he also listened. Th er
were a number of them-a troop poi
sibly. They were drawing nearer; the;
were coming toward his house, th
summer house near Spanish Towi
far up on the mountain side, wher
he sought relief from the enervatin;
heats bf the lower land.
"Horsemen!" he cried. "Coming t
the house! Many of them! Ah, the;
dismount! Go to the door, Carib."
But before the maroon could obe;
they heard steps cn the porch. Som?
, ene entered the hall. The door of tn
drawing room was abruptly throw
open and two men in the uniform o
the English army, with the distinguish
ing marks of the governor's guard a
Jamaica, unceremoniously entered th
room. They were fully armed. Om
of them, the second, had drawn hi;
sword and held a cocked pistol in tin
other hand. The first, whose weapon
were still in their sheaths, carried i
long official paper with a portentou.
seal dangling from it. Both were boot
ed and spurred and dusty from riding
and both, contrary to the custom ant
etiquette of the island, kept theil
plumed hats on their heads.
"Sir Henry Morgan"- began thc
bearer of the paper.
"By your leave, gentleman," inter
rapted Morgan, with an imperious
wave of his hand, "Lieutenant Hawx
herst and Ensign Bradley of my guard
I believe. You will uncover at once
and apologize for having entered sc
; : : .. :*erem onlously."
As he spoke the governor rose to his
feet and stood by the. table, his righi
hand unconsciously resting upon thc
i. arr glass flagon of rum. Ile towered
:. K'vo the other two men as he stood
rherc transfixing them with his resent
ful glance, his brow heavy with threat
ami : inger. But the two soldiers made
no movement toward complying with
the admonition of their sometime su
I "D'j-e hear me?" he cried, stepping
j forward, reddening with rage at their
j apparent contumacy. "And bethink
j ye, :;irs, had best address me, who
j stand ic the place of the king's majes?
ty, as your excellency,' or I'll have you
i broke, knaves.''
j "We need no lessons in manners from
you. Slr Henry .Morgan," cried Hawx?
herst, angry in turn to be so brow?
beaten, though yesterday he would
have taken it mildly enough. "And
know by this, sir," lifting the paper,
"that you are no longer governor of
this island and can claim respect from
no one."
"Yv'hat do you mean?"
-The Mary Rose frigate arrived th;,s
morning, bringing Lord Carlingford as
his majesty's new governor and this
order of arrest."
"Arrest? For whom?"
"For one Sir Henry Morgan."
"For what, pray?"
"Well, sir. for murder, theft, treason
I -the catalogue fills the paper. You are
t?> u? dispatched to England to aw
the ting's p?e&?siv- X am sent by "Lora
Carlingford ?c. >-**.>zu yo" tc the jail
at Port Bojw"
"You seeu> 7.? ?nd it a pleasant task."
"By heaven, I do, sir!" cried the sol?
dier fiercely. "I am a gentleman boru,
of the proudest family iu the Old Do?
minion, and have been forced to bow
and scrape and endure your insults and
commands, you bloody villain, but
now"
" 'Tis no part of a soldier's duty, sir,
to insult a prisoner," interrupted Mor?
gan, not without a certain dignity. He
was striving to gain time to digest this
surprising piece of news and thinking
deeply what was to be done in this
entirely unexpected crisis.
"Curse it all, Hawxherst!" Ensign
Bradley burst out. pulling at the sleeve
of his superior. "You go too far, man.
This is unseemly."
Hawxherst passed his baud across
his brow and by an effort somewhat
regained his self control.
"Pathless 'tis in this paper writ that
yon are to go to England a prisoner on
the Mary Rose to await the king's
pleasure," he added savagely.
"His gracious majesty hath laid his
sword upon my shoulder. I am a
knight of his English court, one who
has served him well upon the seas.
His coffers have I enriched by-but let
that pass. I do not believe that King
Charles, God bless him"
"Stop! The Mary Rose brings the
news that King Charles IL is dead,
and there reigns in his stead his gra?
cious majesty King James."
"God rest the soul of the king!" cried
Morgan, lifting his hat from his head.
"He was a merry and a gallant gentle?
man. I know not this James. How if
I do not go with yon?"
"You have ten minutes in which to
decide, sir," answered Hawxherst.
"And then?"
"Then if I don't bring you forth the
men of yonder troop will come in with?
out further order. Eh, Bradley?"
"Quite so, Sir Henry," answered the
younger man. "And every avenue of
escape is guarded. Yield you, sir. Be?
lieve me, there's naught else."
"I have ten minutes then," said the
old man reflectively. "Ten minutes.
Hum!"
"Yon may have," answered the cap?
tain curtly, "if yon choose to take SD
long. And I warn yon," he added,
"that you'd best make use of that time
to bid farewell to Lady Morgan or give
other order for the charge of your af?
fairs, for 'twill be a long time, I take
it, before yon are back here again."
"Lady Morgan is dead, gentlemen, in
the room above."
"~?t this young Bradley removed his
hat, an example which Hawxherst fol?
lowed a moment after. They had al?
ways felt sorry for the unfortunate
wife of the buccaneer.
"As for my affairs, they can wait."
continued Morgan slowly. "The game
is not played out yet, and perchance
I shall have another opportunity to ar?
range them. Meanwhile fetch glasses.
Carib, from yonder buffet."
He nodded toward a huge sideboard
which stood against the wall imme?
diately in the rear of Ensign Bradley
and at the same time shot a swift,
meaning glance at the maroon, which
was not lost upon him as he moved
rapidly and noiselessly in obedience.
"Gentlemen, will you drink with me
to our next merry meeting?" he con?
tinued, turning to them.
"We're honest soldiers, honorable
gentlemen, and we'll drink with no
murderer, no traitor!" cried Hawx?
herst promptly.
"So?" answered Morgan, his eye
sparkling with baleful light, although
he remained otherwise entirely un?
moved.
"And let me remind you." continued
the soldier, "that your time is pass?
ing."
"Well, keep fast the glasses, Carib.
The gentlemen have no fancy for
drinking. I suppose, sirs, that I must
fain yield me. but first let me look at
your order ere I surrender myself
peaceably to you," said the deposed
governor, with surprising meekness.
"Indeed, sir"
" 'Tis my right."
"Well, perchance it may be. There
can be no harm in it, I think. Eh.
Bradley?" queried the captain, catch?
ing for the moment his subaltern's
eye.
Then, as the latter nodded his head,
the former extended the paper to Mor?
gan. At that instant the old bucca?
neer shot one desperate glance at the
maroon, who stood back of the shoul
? Shall I fire?'
der of the officer with the drawn
sword and pistol. As Hawxherst ex?
tended the paper Morgan, with the
quickness of an albatross, grasped his
wrist with his left hand, jerked him
violently forward and struck him a
vicious blow on the temple with the
heavy glass decanter, which shivered
in his hand. Hawxherst pitched down
at the governor's feet covered with
blood and rum. So powerful had been
Morgan's blow that the brains of the
man had almost been beaten out. He
lay shuddering and quivering on the
floor. Quickly as Morgan struck, how?
ever, Carib had been quicker. As the
glass crashed against the templo of
the senior the maroon had wrenched
the pistol from the junior soldier's
hand, and before he realized what had
happened a cold muzzle was pressed
against his forehead,
"Drop that sword!" cried Morgan in?
stantly, and as the weapon fell upon
the floor he continued, smiling: "That
was well .done, Black Dog. Quite old
. - (J.J, <. .. .
"Shai! l fire?" asked Carib, eur:
Lis Hy. A over Li.-, t.e.h in what pas
with him f >r a sin,ie.
"Not yet."
"Your excellency." gasped poor Bi
ley, -I didn't want to come. I ven:
struted with him a moment since.
God's sake'*
'.Silence, sirrah: And how much ti
have I now, I wonder"/" He looked
ins watch as he asked tho quest]
"Three minutes! Three minutes
tween you and instant death. Ens
Bradley, for should one ol* your n
enter the room now you see what }
would have to expect, sir.*'
"Oh, sir, have mercy"
"Unless you do exactly what I s
you will be lying there with that c
riou," cried Morgan, kicking the pr
trate body savagely with his jewei
shoes.
"What do you want me to do? I
God's sake be quick, your excellen
Time is almost up. I hear the m
move."
"You are afraid, sir. There still wa
two minutes"
"Yes, yes, but"
"Go to the window yonder," cr:
the old man contemptuously-whate\
he was he was not afraid-"and spe
to them. Do you, Carib, stand beni:
by the window well concealed. If
hesitate, if he falter, kill him insta]
ly."
"Pistol or knife?"
"The knife. It makes less noisi
cried the buccaneer, chuckling wi
devilish glee. "Only one minute and
half now, eh, Mr. Bradley?"
"They're coming, they're coming
whispered Bradley, gasping for brea!
"Oh, sir"
"We still have a minute," answen
Morgan coolly. "Now, stop them."
"But how?"
"Tell them that you have captur<
me; that my wife is dead; that you ai
Lieutenant Hawxherst will spend tl
night here and fetch me down to Po
Royal in the morning; that I ha-*
yielded myself a prisoner. Bid the
?tay where they are and drink to yoi
health in bottles of rum which shall 1
sent out to them and then to go back i
Port Royal and tell the new governo
And see that your voice does not trer
ble, sir!"
There was a sudden movement ou
side.
"If they get in here," added Morga
quickly, "you are a dead man."
Bradley, with the negro clutching h
arm, ran to the window. With tl
point of his own sword pressed again!
the back of his neck he repeated tl
message which Morgan had given bin
which was received by the little squa<
ron with shouts of approbation. H
turned from the window, pale an
trembling. Moistening his lips li
whispered;
"I stopped them just in time."
"Well for you that you did," sai
Morgan grimly. "Come hither! Fae
that wall! Now stand there! Mov
but a hair's breadth, turn your bea
the thousandth part of a degree, and
nm you through," he added, baring hi
sword. "Rum for the men withou
Carib," he added, "and then tell m
when tiiey are gone."
While the two were left alone i:
the room Morgan amused himself b;
pricking the unfortunate officer wit
the point of the weapon, at the sam
time enforcing immobility and shene
by the most ferocious threats of ?
speedy aud cruel death. The men out
side drank noisily and presently de
parted, and thc half breed came back
"Bind this fool." Morgan cominaudet
briefly. "Then bid the slaves kee]
close in their cabins on pain of m]
displeasure-they know what it is.
T?ien fetch the fastest horse in th<
stable to the f;-ont door. Get my riding
boots and cloak, and before you g(
hand me that little desk yonder. Bi
quick about it. too, for time presses
although I have more of it than these
gentlemen would have allowed me."
As the maroon, after carefully lash'
lng the officer with a seaman's expert?
ness, rushed out to busy himself ir
carrying out these commands, .Morgan
opened the desk which he had Landed
to him and took from it several rou?
leaux of gold and a little bag filled
with the rarest of precious stones. Then
he made a careful examination of the
body on the floor.
"Not quite dead yet," he murmured,
"but there is no use wasting shot or
thrust upon him, he won't survive that
blow. As for you, sir," looking at the
paralyzed ensign lying bound upou the
floor, "you thought you could outwit
the old buccaneer, eh? You shall see.
I dealt with men when you were a
babe in arms, and a babe in arms you
are still. Ho, ho!"
He laughed long and loudly, though
there was neither mirth nor merri?
ment in his sinister tones. The blood
of the poor listener froze in his veins
at thc sound of it. '
The brief preparations which Mor?
gan had indicated as necessary for the
journey were soon made. Ile was al?
ways promptly obeyed hy his own peo?
ple. The slaves fled his presence when
they could as if he had been a pesti?
lence. At a sigu from his taciturn
body servant at the open door that the
horse was ready he rose to his feet.
"Shall I kill this one now?" asked
tho maroon.
Morgan looked at the young man re?
flectively. The tongue of the ensign
clavo to the roof of his mouth: the
sweat stood out on lils forehead: he
could not utter a word from fright,
fie was bound and trussed so tightly
that he could not make a move either.
His eyes, however, spoke volumes.
"Well," said Sir Henry deliberately,
"it would be a pity to kill him"-he
paused-"in a hurry." be added.
"Dead men tell no tales." ,
"Eh, well, we can take care of that.
Just lay him near his friend, lock the
doors when I am gone and set the
place on fire. The people are all out
of the house. See they remuai away.
"Twill make a hot, glorious blaze. You
know the landing opposite Port Roy?
al?"
The half breed nodded.
1 "Meet me then1 as quick as you can.
*' ... . . . AH" ni; Avered thc Caril,
'.V.: ! I,-.. y ?.Corg::n. sib;"
"?.ci I:;r rritl? the other two;
. ~e . . ? ? .???i. y she may like, tue lire.
nNot cv:^ dcr.d yet0
for I am afraid there will bo none
where she has gone. Goodby, Master
Bradley. You allowed me ten min?
utes. I take it that this house TT??]
burn slowly at first so perhaps yon
may count upon-let us say-half an
hour. I'm generous, you see. Harry
Morgan's way! 'Tis a pity you can't
live to take my message to Loni Car?
lingford. The next time be sends any
one for me let him send men. not fools
acd-cowards."
"You villain! You cursed, murder?
ing villain!" gasped Bradley at last.
"To on:- next meeting. air. Bradley,
and muy it be in a cooler place than
you will be in half au hour!"
CHAPTER IL
C'~~~""lLOSE under the towering walls
of the old Spanish fort, now
; for a Quarter of a century
. J dominated by the English flag,
as if seeking protection from its frown?
ing battlements with their tiers of old
fashioned guns, stood the Blue Au ch or
tavern. It had been a famous resort
for thc bold spirits of the evil soit who
had made Port Royal the base of their
operations in many a desperate sea
venture in piracy in the two decades
that had just passed. But times had
changed, even if men had not changed
in them.
The buccaneer had been banished
from the Caribbean, whereupon, with
a circumspect prudence, he had ex?
tended his operations into the south
seas, where he was farther from civili?
zation, consequently harder to get at
and naturally more difficult to control.
Since the sack of Panama, twenty-five
years ago, his fortunes had been rapid?
ly declining. One of the principal
agents in promoting his downfall had
been the most famous rover of them
all. After robbing his companions of
most of their legitimate ; .?portion of
the spoils of Panama Sir Henry had
bought his knighthood at the hands of
the venal Charles, paying for it in
treasure, into the origin of which, with
his usual careless insouciance, his easy?
going majesty had not inquired any
too carefully. And the old pirate had
settled down, if not to live cleanly at
least to keep within the strict letter of
the law. There was thereafter nothing
he abhorred so thoroughly as bucca?
neering and the buccaneer-ostensibly,
that is.
Like many a reformed rake, this gen?
tle child of tlie devil, when the opportu?
nity came to him with the position of
vice governor, endeavored to show the
sincerity of his reformation by his
zealous persecution. He hanged with?
out mercy such of his old companions
in crime as fell into his clutches. They
had already vowed vengeance upon
him, these sometime brethren of the
coast, for his betrayal of their confi?
dence at Panania. They had further
resented his honor of knighthood, his
cloak of respectability, his assumption
of gentility, and now that he hanged
and punished right and left without
mercy their anger and animosity were
raised to the point of fury, and many
of them swore deeply with bitter oaths
that if they ever caught him defense?
less they would make him pay dearly
in torture and torment for these vari?
ous offenses. Ile knew them weli
enough to realize their feelings toward
him, and, blind fate affording him the
opportunity of the upper hand, he
made them rue more bitterly than ever
their wild threats against him.
He had, moreover, so conducted him?
self in his oScial position that every?
body-good, bad and indifferent-on
the island hated him. Why he had not
been assassinated long since was a
mystery. But he was a dangerous man
to attack. Absolutely fearless, prompt,
decisive, resourceful and with the pow?
ers and privileges of the of?oe he held
besides, he had so far escaped all the
dangers and difficulties of his situa?
tion. Charles had constantly befriend?
ed him and had refused to give ear ei?
ther to the reiterated pleas of the is?
landers for his removal or to the em?
phatic representations of the Spanish
court, which in bitter recollection of
what he- had done-and no more cruel
or more successful pirate had ever
swept the Caribbean and ravaged the
Spanish main-were persistently urged
upon his notice. But ?v.-itli the acces?
sion of James the situation was imme?
diately altered. The new monarch had
at once acceded to the demand of the
Spanish ambassador, presented anew
at this opportune time, and a new gov?
ernor of Jamaica was dispatched ov<>
the sea with orders to arrest Morgan
and send him to England. Hawxherst.
who in common with all the officers of
the insular army hated the blooi
stained villain whom fortune bau
placed over them, had solicited Lor?
Carlingford to allow him to execut?
the order, with what success we have
seen.
[TO BE CONTINUED.]
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In the Brice law election held in
Edgefield county Thursday a decisive
majority was registered against the
dispensary.
La Grippe and Pneumonia.
?Pneumonia often follows la grippe
but never follows the use of - Foley's
Honey and Tar. It cures la grippe
coughs and prevents pneumonia and
consumption. Ask for Foley:s Honey
and Tar and refuse any substitute
offered. Mr. G. Vacher, of 157 Os
Good st., Chicago, writes "My
wife had a severe case of la grippe
three years ago, and it left her with a
terrible cough. She tried a bottle of
Foley's Honey and Tar and it gave
immediate relief. A 50 cent bottle
cured her cough entirely." Refuse
substitutes. Durant's Pharmacy.
The little daughter of Mr. Jud Alli?
son, of Cherokee county, was fatally
burned on Wednesday.
Torture of a Preacher.
?The story of the torture of Rev.
O. D. Moore, pastor of the Baptist
church, of. Harpersville, N. Y., will
interest you. He says: "I suffered
agonies, because of a persistent cough
resulting from the grip. 1 had
sleep sitting up ir. bed. I tried mi
remedies, without relief, untii I rook
Dr. Kings's New Dis for con?
sumption, cougl.o o...^. cums, which
?mtirely cured my cough, and saved
me from consumption." A grand
cure for diseased conditions of throat
and lungs. .At all druggists; price 50c.
and $1, guaranteed. Trial bottle free.
Did you ever read anything about
Job having a wife who insisted upon
family reunions?
In Praise of Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy.
t *There is no other medicine manu?
factured that has received so much
praise and so many expressions of
gratitude as Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy. It is effective, and prompt
relief follows its use. Grateful pa?
rents everywhere do not hesitate to
testify to its merits for the benefit of
others. It is a certain cure for croup
and will prevent the atack if given at
the first appearance of the disease. Tt
is especially adapted to children as it
is pleasant to take and contains noth?
ing injurious. Mr. E. A. Humphreys,
a well known resident and clerk in
the store of Mr. E. Lock, of Alice,
Cape Colony, South Africa, says:
"I have used Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy to ward off croup and colds
in my family. I found it to be very
satisfactory and it gives me pleasure
to recommend it." For sale by all
druggists.
TO BEAUTIFY
YOUR COMPLEXION
IN TEN DAYS, USE
NADINOL?
The Unequalled Beautifier.
Formerly advertised and sold as
Satin?la
THE NADiNOU Gt?L
Nadinola is a new discovery, guaran?
teed and money will be refunded in
every case where it fails to remove
freckles, pimples, livor spots, collar
discolorations, black heads, disfig?
uring eruptions, etc.. in 20 days.
Leaves the skin clear, soft, healthy
and restores the beauty of youth.
Sela in each city by all leading
druggists, or by mail. Price C>0cts and
$1.00 Prepared by
National Toilet Co.. Paris. Tenn.
S.>M in Sumter by China's Drug
Store and leading druggists.
Mon-Thurs-Sa t-Wkly.