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BUC& By CYRUS TOW Author of "The Sou of Country/* "The < COPYRIGHT. 1905. BY G. W CHAPTER Y. |EN days after her departure j from Port Royal the Mary Bose was tmnblirig southward before ? gentle breeze through! -gie oloe and languid seas. Mueh'had happened, in the interval. %XL fte Urst place, Morgan had organ- j ?sa? and drilled the ship's crew re Ssa?essly. With the aid of the five .^acipal adventurers, whom he had ?casstiia&e? his lieutenants, he had sruBghi the '. motley crowd which he bsd ?hipped into a state of compara? re <efiiciency and of entire subjection Ins iran wilL The co-operative principle which had been the main? spring ?f action as well as tie Which .produced unity among the brethren of -?se seoast had ceased to be regarded so far as Morgan was concerned. He took care, however, to be upon fairly rideable terms with the officers in <K3Dunand and the veterans, though he !r?ated the rest of the riffraff like the *U?3S they were.? They murmured and Tsged, but did not revolt, although it ' quite possible if he pushed them -too fax and they found a leader they might make trouble. I? accordance with Hornigold's ad -rioe, after d?lib?ration between Mor? gig aiid the leaders, the Mary Rose ??d psst run up to La Yaca island, ?oath of Baspaniola, and the number j of original marauders had been in- j .creased by fifty volunteers, all those, i fcdfeed, who could be reached from the j small pirates who made that delectable ! 2^ot their rendezvous. In addition to ?r ose the crew had also been re^en ??reed largely from those of. the unpaid ?nd discontented seamen and soldiers o? fee frigate who had happened to be shader hatches the night of the cantare. Presented with, the choice of Instant ?SaiBi or adherence to the band, most ?? 1&em had accepted the latter alterna ??F^aUhoagh, to their great credit be iz said, not until one or two of the loyal who had hotly refused to have ?qyara*g%o do with their ruffianly cap ivs* fead been forced to walk the plank as an example^ to the rest should they ; Sirswe recalcitrant Partly through ter- | TH; partly thrljugb discontent, part- ! cz. account of promises of the great iward awaiting;them, speciously urged . f Margan himself, for he could talk 5 we2 as he could fight. ~r.d, mast of : -X because even at tba: date it was j ^dos?dered a;meritorious ,-;-t io attack.'. ^y^painard, some seventy :ast in their J?^^riong the 220 membecs of the het ^^^^KOOUS cr?w so constituted were &k natives of almost. every ^BH^Blft^^ s'^- even including one j^+wfjiP m?L rene^a^os- and it would | l?p??tatives cf the several *??$ Hfssembled on that very j g^yBHpisKce onieers and men who had Sp;:-^BE recruited from Isle La Vaca as (P?PTC1! as the older original members of || lie ^-rew of tbs !Mary Rose, together rith a select few of the remainder, vere mea of approved courage. The s5ce?s, indeed, bore reputations for ; irdihood and daring not to be sur . issedL Most of the rest, however, ere arrant cowards. As a body the jad could not compare except iii lead " -ship with the former bands of buc ? seers. Morgan himself, however, almost ?Sde up for all deficiencies. His eye --as as keen,.his hand as steady, his ?evt as reckless and his skill as high =&s -when he had led the greatest buc <n?*eer fieet that had ever assembled CD. the famous Panama expedition. Ev? erybody on the ship hated him except - jung Teach and the faithful Black Ij-3g. But they all feared him as much artney hated bini, and ttey admired 1 first as much as they feared him. So far as he was concerned, discipline ^aras absolute. No admiral of the fleet *<vas ever served more promptly and re -.ectfuily than he. J Even his nearest tosociates were treated with a certain mightiness, .vhich they bitterly re 21. - ich they would have cali -? 'n er.-;nljbad the situation been iL--; was. Truth to teli. in :aen:-: ?om?gold, they had em ?aBted a mad enterprise, and bey need ?.->.; largan to bring it to a aapc^tuJ lCiUsion. Without him Aa euroli to the rest the slender coherence which already existed would fail and anarchy would be be state upon the ship. So long as tfeey remained together it was certain iii-. Morgan would iead them on some stn ?essful enterprise, and they might get some reward for their risks and ?er?Lies. In his safety lay their safety. T ie ship? however, was a floating , ny of suspicion, treachery and Ila? ire''.. Morgan himself never appeared without being loaded with weapons, not for bravado, but for use should oc? ie ; on rise, and his _back was always fNSEND BRADY, itherners," "For Love Grip of Honor/' Etc '. DILLING H AM COMPANY protectefl by the silent " and gigantic maroon, whom the sailors, catching the title from those who had known him of old, referred to with malignant ha? tred as Black Bog. That was a name, indeed, which the taciturn half breed rather rejoiced in than resented. Mor? gan had been able to awaken love in no i hearts except those of young Teach, I whose feeling was admiration rather than affection, and this half breed ma? roon. Whether it was from his black African mother or from his fierce red Carib father that he inherited the qual? ity of devotion was not apparent De? voted he had been and devoted he re? mained. There was one among the officers Morgan was sure of and upon whom he could depend in an emergency, and that was young Teach. He had flat? tered him by unusual marks of kind? ness, and alone among the officers thia fellow did not seem to cherish the ran? cor and suspicion of the others. He was too young to have experienced a betrayal, as had the rest. This was his first venture in actual piracy, and he found it marvelously pleasant. The officers, too, were all suspicious of one another. As each one nursed his own private ^designs he suspected the others of doing likewise, and with rea? son But there was as yet little out? ward friction among them Raveneau, for instance, was most scrupulously polite to the captain and his associates. Velsers was too stupid in his cups and he was generally in them-to do more than growl, and the Brazilian had all the capacities of his race for subtle concealment Although the necessary orders' for working the ship were obeyed and Morgan - personally imposed implicit obedience and respect for his. com? mands, no duties other than those re? quired wer? performed by the men. Buring the day when not at work or at drill they drank, smoked, gambled, and fought at pleasure, although, as the captain mercilessly exercised them during long hours at the great guns and with small arms, they did not have any too much leisure for play. Buring I the night they kept watch and watch, j of co?ri?, hut in it all they took no i car* of the ship, and filth and "dirt j aboundcc. If they had anticipated a ? ag cr?se things wouid necessarily I ve beer, iff eren t. but as they had f ne far t: the southward now and ; i-:ght make a landfall at any moment j C.--re was'-o necessity for bother ir.? j ??bout mero cleanliness. Morgan had jjnot communicated his ultimate puf I poses to als men as yet but as he was j lae octy navigator on the ship he was perforce allowed to hate his own way. Breakfast had been served -a meager breakfast it was, too, for all hands were on short allowance of everything but spirits, on account of the unprovided state of the ship. For? tunately for their contentment there was plenty of rum on board. The men were congregated forward on the fore? castle or in the waist, wrangling and arguing as usual. The officers gath? ered on the quarter deck, and Mor? gan paced the high raised poop alone, overlooking them, when the lookout suddenly reported three sail in sight. The half drunken sailor who had been sent aloft at daybreak had kept negli j gent watch, for almost as soon as he j had made his report the ships were I observed from the deck of the frigate. The Mary Rose had the wind on her j quarter, her best point of sailing, and . she was covered with canvas from her j trucks to her decks, from her spritsail I yardto her huge mizzen crossjack, a j lateen sail. The wind was light but I she was making rapid progress toward j the approaching strangers, who, with i their larboard tacks aboard, were beat j ing up toward the English, i Attended by the maroon, Morgan, pis? tol In hand, went forward to the fore? castle, kicking his way clear through , the sullen, black browed mass of sailors. He ran a short distance up the weather fore shrouds and took a long took at the strangers. They all flew the yellow flag of Spain. One was a huge galleon, the other two smaller ships, though larger in each instance than the Mary Rose, and all heavily armed. j ~Qne of the plate ships from Porto j Bello was due in this latitude about ? this time, and Morgan instantly sur i mised that the galleon was she and ' that the two others were Spanish frig? ates to give her safe convoy across the ocean. Spain was at peace with all the world at that time, and the two frigates would have been ample to ward off the attack of any of the small piratical craft which had succeeded the buccaneer ships of the Caribbean. The Spaniards had no idea that such a vul? ture as Morgan was afloat; therefore, although they had sighted the Mary Rose long before she had seen them, be? cause they kept better watch, they came on fearlessly and without hesi? tation. It was evident to the experi? ence officers among them that the ves oel was an English frigate, and as Eng? land was a country with which there was profound peace at the time they apprehended nothing. The position of the approaching ships with reference to one another was somewhat peculiar. The first and smaller frigate was perhaps half a mile ahead of her consorts, who were sail? ing side by side, a cable's length apart. Morgan at om-o determined to attack them, He knew that he possessed the bad discovered a way to rester t? other three. Hie two frigates were the most dangerous antagonists. If he could dispose of them the galleon would be at his mercy. Ho did not hesitate to encounter such odds, and even in the minds of the craven part of the crew one English ship was thought to be good for any three Spaniards that ever floated. Presently Morgan sprang down upon the forecastle and faced his men. ..Lads/' he said, --those are Spanish ships." "Aye, aye, sir," came from one an? other as he paused a moment to let the significance of his annoancement sink in. '.And," he continued, raising his voice so that it was audible through.-4 out the ship, "the great one will be one of the plate ships homeward bound -but she'll never get there-from Porto Bello!" A perfect yell of delight drowned his further remarks. The men shrieked and shouted and hurrahed at the joy? ous announcement, as if all they had to do was to go aboard and take the ships. When the hullabaloo had sub? sided. Morgan continued: 'Tm glad to see you take it so brave? ly, for while there is treasure enough j under'her hatches to make us all rich, | yet we'll not get it without a fight, for j yonder are two heavily armed frigates. We'll have to dispose of them before we get at the galleon. It means a | little fighting, but think of the prize!" i he cried, playing skillfully upon the | cupidity of his men. "Some of us will fp%9. the number of our messes perhaps before nightfall but," be continued, making a most singular and effective appeal, "there will be more to divide for each man that is left alive. Are you with me?" '-To the death!" cried young Teach, who had come forward and mingled with the crowd, lifting a naked cutlass as he spoke. His cry was taken up and repeated, first by one and then another, until the whole body was yell? ing frantically to be given a chance to fight the Spanish ships. "That's well," said Morgan grimly. "Master Teach, here, will command forward on the foVsl. Rayeneau and Velsers shall attend to the batteries in the waist I appoint you^ Hornig?ld, to look after the movements of the ship. See that the best hands are at the wheel and have, sail trimmers ready. My Portuguese friend, yon may look to the after guns. Now to your stations. Cast loose and provide! Man the larboard battery! See everything is ready, bnt hold your fire and keep silence under pain of death! Yon frigate over there we'll strike first She'll be unprepared and unsuspecting. One good blow ought to dispose of her." As he spoke the men hurried to their stations. There was no lack of skill on the frigate, and now wa3 seen the value of Morgan's <x>sstant drilling. j The cannon bf the ship were cast topse and loaded, loggerheads and matches lighted, small arms distributed and primed, pikes were served out cutlasses loosened in their sheaths, and such as had armor, still worn in greater or less degree even in that day, donned it and the ship was full of busy preparation. * "We've no flag flying, sir," said Hor nigold as the men settled down to then stations, grim and ready. "Aye," said Morgan, "show the Eng? lish flag. We'll make as much trouble for his gracious majesty King James ?s possible.1' In a short time the glorious colors of England, which had never waved over so despicable a crew before, rip? pled out in the freshening breeze. As they were rapidly approaching the Spanish ship now, Morgan descended from the poop deck to make a personal inspection of his frigate before begin? ning action. He found everything to his taste and passed along the lines of silent men congregated around the guns with words of stern appreciation. The crews of the guns had been con? stituted with great care. The gun cap? tains in each instance were tried and j proved seamen, men as fearless as they j j were capable. The weaker and the ? ? more wretched of the band had been so j placed that opportunity for showing I I cowardice would be greatly circum-^ scribed, and the stern command of j captain that the officers and petty o j fleers should instantly shoot any man j ! who flinched from duty was not with? out effect. He did not hesitate to re? mind the men, either, that they fought with halters around their necks. "Hornigold." said Morgan as he stepped up on the quarter deck again, j . "I want the frigate to pass as close to | j windward of that Spanish ship as you \ . can bring her without touching. Let ; ber not suspect our desire, but whirl i into her as we get abreast. Don't fall foul of her as you value your life!" "Aye, aye, sir," answered that vet? eran, squinting forward along the jib boon with his one eye as if measuring the liStS "T?n ' ' Tf;-*" olrtcr enough foi yon .. aboard und jer on ?3e > r.r>~?.?''."'- >)0 ,v -vvlth a hail? ing distan- \ ??JCV approached each other the . aid see that the other shi; . led with men. Among h- . ? flash of sun? light upon ! enoted that she carried a - soldiers. The Spaniards y unsuspecting. The men ?ad z: to their quar? ters, the guns were still secured-in short, save for the military trappings of the soldiers on board and the tam pioned muzzles of her cannon she was in appearance as peaceful a vessel as sailed the seas. The two ship3 were near enough now to make conversation possible, and the Mary Hose -was hailed by a tall, richly dressed officer in glistening breastplate and polished steel cap standing on the forecastle of the other ship. e "What ship is that?" he cried in bro? ken English. "This is the frigate Mary Bose." The usual answer to such a hail would have been, "This is his Britannic maj? esty's frigate Mary Rose," but the Spaniards suspecter nothing as Mor? gan continued, "carrying Slr Henry Morgan, some time vice governor of the island of Jamaica." "I have the honor to wish the vice governor a very good morning," an? swered the Spaniard, courteously wav? ing his hand in salutation: "Now, Hornigold; now!" said Morgan in a fierce whisper. The old boatswain sprang himself to the wheel. With his powerful hands he revolved it quickly until it was hard up. The frigate answered it instantly. She swung away toward the Spaniard to leeward of her with a suddenness that surprised even her steersman. "And I salute the vice governor," continued the Spanish captain just as the English ship swept down upon him, and then he cried in sudden alarm and excitement: "Ha vu a care, senor! What mean you? You will be aboard of us! Hard np with the helm!" As soon as the Mary Rose had begun to fall off-aye^ even before her motion had been perceptibk^Hor?lg?ld "had reversed the helm. "Flow the head sheets there," he cried, shoving the wheel over spoke by spoke with all the force of his arms. "Flatten in aft a little, here! Steady! We're right abreast now, captain," he said. Almost as quickly as she. had fallen off the nimble frigate, beautifully handled, came to the wind again. She was now almost in touch with the oth? er ship. '*; Hornigold's seamanship and skill had been magnificent He had done all that was asked of him and all that he had promised. "Aye, aye," answered Morgan in tri? umphant commendation. "Handsome? ly done. I could leap aboard!" The Spanish ship was filled with con? fusion. The captain, with his face black with rage, stood on the fore (?flo+io f?h^lriT?'* h's f^t. *TLis Is outrageous, sir!" he shouted. "You have nearly run us down! What ?o you want?' "J want to return your salute." an? swered Morgan suavely. "U:\. lads!" he cried. As the men sprang to their feet he roared out fiercely: "Stand by! Fire! Pour it into them!" The Mary Rose was almost in con? tact with the Spanish ship "when a per? fect tornado of fire burst from her side. Every gun in her broadside, and she was a forty-eight gun frigate, was discharged point blank at the astonish? ed enemy. Not waiting to reload the guns, the crew seized the small arms ready charged to hand and as they slowly swept by poured a withering fire upon the Spaniard's crowded decks. Out of the flame and smoke the Mary Rose burst upon the astonished eyes of the officers and men of the two re? maining ships. The first frigate was a wreck on the water. Some of the pirate guns had been depressed, great holes 'How ?ke you our salute? had been opened by the shot, the masts had been carried away, and the devoted ship was sinking, her deck? covered with dead and dying. "We wish you the compliments of the morning, senor," roared Morgan, facing aft toward the battered and ruined frigate. "How like you our salute?" But the captain of the Spanish vessel lay dead upon his bloody deck, and if any answered the jeering taunt it was drowned by the laughter and cheering of the English crew. They had elimi? nated the first ship from the game. They had diminished their enemies by a third, and full of confidence they swept down upon the other two. CHAPTER VI. gLTHOUGH they could not com? prehend the reason for the vi? cious attack upou their consort by a ship of a supposedly friendly power, it was evident'.to the Spaniards in the two remaining ships that the English frigate was approach? ing them with the most sinister and malevolent purpose. Consequently the ^"^".^ ..... .v, >larv jK0Se couu ; ; ?hr aol of the trumpeters ivo other ships calling their ,orn of success, . . Cutely bore down einv Even the dastards id boon excited by the <.. ;v?:\- -e first treacher ? . . ; .? up courage, be . - ; ain's invincible ^ ?? manship would ?? o - rough the next all, for the breeze was rapidly fres ening, and in what seemed an iucrec b!y short time the English frigate w; close at hand. Though they work< with a desperate energy, they had n entirely completed those prepararlo: required by the shock of battle. ^ usual, Morgan was determined to lo no time. If he could have thrown ii vessel upon them out of the fire ai smoke of the first broadside he wou have gained the victory with scarce less difficulty than he had seized tl first advantage, but that was not to t and it was with considerable anxie that he surveyed the crowded deci of tiie two remaining ships. He had no fear of the armament either one, but if those Spanish s< diers ever got a footing upon his ov deck it was probable they could n be dislodged without a tremendous sa rifice of life, and as he gazed over h motley crew he even questioned the j ability to contend successfully wi i such a mass of veterans. He had hop< . that the remaining frigate would d ! tach herself from the galleon, in whi< 1 event the superior handiness and m j bility of his own ship, to say ncthir j of his probable advantage in the w? in which his batteries would be fougc would enable him to dispose of h< without too much difficulty. Then 1 ' could with ease place the huge ar unwieidly galleon at his mercy. Bi the two Spanish ships stuck close t gether, too close indeed, Morgi thought, for their own safety. Th< were both on the wind, with their la i board tacks aboard, the frigate siigh ly ahead and to windward of the ga : leon-on the side, that is, whence tl j Mary Kose was approaching. So U ! as he could divine it, the Spanish pla ; if they had formulated any in the j hurry, appeared to be for the frigate j engage the Mary Rose, and while si j had the latter ship under her bartel : the galleon would tack across the En; ! tish.vessel's bows or stern, as migl j be, rake her, get her between the tn : ships, run her aboard and thus effe< her ruin. The plan was simple, pra ticab?e and promised easy success, pr? j vided the Englishman did what wa expected of him. j Morgan was not to be caught na] I ping that way. As he rushed dow j upon them there came into his head os ! of the most daring ideas that have ev? ! flashed across a seaman's brain. Ha? tily summoning Braziliano, he bad ; him take a dozen of his men, deseen ! to the after magazine,, procure two o I .three barrels of powder from the gui , ner and stow them in the cabin unde j the poop deck. He charged him to d j it as quietly as possible and take onl; I men for the purpose upon whom h j could depend. While this was' bein. I done young Teach was also summon? I from the forecastle, his place bein: i taken by old Velsers, whosej division h j the battery was placed under the com ? m and of Raveneau. There was a whis pered colloquy between the chieftai: and bis young subordinate, after wa ici I the latter nodded his head, ran belov and concealed bmiself In one of th< staterooms under the quarter deck. Ii : u little space the Portuguese reappear j ed with his men and announced tha j they had completed their task, where I upon they were directed to return tx j their stations. j Meanwhile the crew had been re I charging the battery and reloading thi i small arms. Morgan addressed t< them a few words of hearty approva of their previous actions and predictec an easy victory over the two ships 1 The Spanish captain naturally suppos j ed-and indeed the courses upon whict ; the three ships were sailing if persist I ed in would have brought about th? I result-that the Mary Rose would pass I along.his larboard side and the twe I vessels would engage in the formal : manner of the period, yardarm to yard j arm until the galleon could get inte I action and so settle it in the purposed j way- He intended, of course, if it 1 could be brought about, to throw the I masses of soldiers he was transporting ! home upon the English decks and car I ry the frigate by boarding. I Again Morgan put Hornigold in j charge of the maneuvering of the ship. I and again that old worthy chose to I handle the spokes himself. There was a brief conversation between them, and then the English captain ran forward ? on the forecastle. The ships were veiw j near now. In a ruonient or two they : would pass each other in parallel ! courses, though in opposite directions, and their broadsides would bear. But when the Mary Rose was about a ca? ble's length from the Spanish frigate the astonished don heard a sharp com? mand ring out from the approaching Engiish ship, after which she made a wide sweep and came driving straight at him at a furious speed. The Engiish captain intended to run him down! There was to be no passage along his broadside. The other was upon him! The cutwater of the onrushing ship loomed up before him tremendously. Instantly all was confusion on the Spanish ship. The steersman lost his head and without orders put his helm up sharply. Some one cut the sheet of the after sail on the huge lateen yard, j and the frigate went whirling around ; on her heel like a to" ?r> ? violet and fatal as well as vail t out of the road. It was a most foo" .r, for close at hand on tl f her the galleon came iur. : a io* . Her c- ' had st and h meet ? luder ! hi . stern, s too r ? other . * and v leewai root . His ( .mbersc . ieldy. : . ays w e, w in j ? e helm e and ; toget r errific shock y the of the . -h fell 3ad ya - : ?lleon. ps we; ocked hey s\ ? and he toss d eoun td ." : ; very A tw ?lm, a e brace? ow of txic .tuxilj l.v>?e SWUiig L\J vv ?lxu.\y iU'U. As her batteries bore she hurled their messengers of death into the crowded masses on the Spanish ships. Although dismayed by the collision, the gunners on the frigate made a spirited reply with a discharge which at such close range did much execution. Unfortunately for her, the Mary Roso had rushed so close to the two en? tangled ships that it was impossible for her to escape hitting them. The English captain would have given any? thing if he could have gone free of the mass, for he could have passed under the stern of the two helpless ships, raked thom and probably would have had them in. his mercy, but his dash. at them had been an earnest one, and in orel r to carry out his plan successfully he had been forced to throw his ship right upon them. There? fore, though the helm was shifted and the braces hauled in an effort to get clear, and though the.ship under Mor? gan's conning and Hornigold's steering was handled as few ships have eve:-: been handled, and though it was one of the speediest and most weatherly of vessels, they could not entirely swing her clear. The stern of the frigate crashed against the stern of the nearest Spanish ship drifting fran? tically to leeward. (To Be Conti/iued.) The Bell Buzzard Killed. The belled buzzard, which ?lmcst evRTv one has heard so much about all their lives, or one of bis aliases, has b?en mu down and put to death. A abont once a year for years and years past a buzzard bas been seen in this county with a bell, and has caus? ed a sreat deal of speculation as to where it came from, its history, etc. The buzzard has been seen a num? ber of timpfi lately, and a few days ago it was found that the buzzard roosted on Rocky River some miles from the city, and a citizen living in that vicinity determined to solve the mys? tery. So one night a few days ago when the buzzard came to the ' roost? ing place the said citizen was on hand with his shot gun and to make a long story short he killed the buzzard. To kill a buzzard isa crime against the State of South Carolina, and hence the citizen shall be nameless The bell is a small brass affair abont one aud a half inches io diameter and of excellent quality, and of a pattern not often seen here. It was fastened around the buzzard's neck with a piece of wire about the ?ize of tele? phone* wire, and-seemed to have been put on by some one who knew his business. It did not seem to be much worn, but as a matter of fact as a buzzard flies, except when he makes sudden turns or executes some fancy manoeuvres, he flies as steady as a canal boat going down stream with a j slow current. There is no inscription or anything whatever on the bell to indicate who put it on or when, and the subject is still as much of a mys? tery to those interested in it as it ever was. The citizen who killed the bnz 7.*.T* is sro in?? to bav? a date engr?re?d i OG the bell and next summer put it on I a young buzzsrd getting ready to Sy, i uac thus perpet?ate th?, 'amens cell ! buzzard. The bell buzzard Lias be?,: j in existence too long to par s co rumen place end ic- the r'amo^s bird ~_ _ air, which has had so many varied and interesting stories told oi; and abont him.-Anderson (S. C. Dailv Mail. Greatly in Demand. ?* Nothing is more in demand than a medicine which meets modern re? quirements for a blood and system cleanser, such as Dr. King's New Life Pills. They are just what you need to cure stomach and liver troubles. Try them. At all druggists, 25c, guaran? teed. Sold to Central of Georgia. Augusta, Ga., December 27.-A special to the Chroncile from Savan? nah, Ga., says: A report has reached here thai President George M. Brinson, of the Stillmore Air Line railroad, in which ,he owns the controlling interest, has sold the road, the transfer io be made thc first of January. The Central of Georgiu will take road in hand. The price paid is said to te about $400,000. The St?lmore Ai.* Line runs between Wadley and Collins, a distance of fifty-four miles. It had been planned to extend it to Greenville, S. C., and Brunswick, Ga. Officiais will neither affirm nor deny the report concerning the sale. Spoiled Her Beauty. * Harriet Howard, of W. 34th street, New York, at tine time had her beau? ty spoiled with skin tz-ouble. She" writes: "I had salt^rheum or eczema for years, but nothing would cure it, until I used Bucklen's Arnica Salve." 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