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\_ |? Beverly m 6raust? ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ CHAPTER XXVI. *?f . JUNT FANNY, what ?s t I A white thing sticking un I #\ ?e 'wiQdow?" demanded ? erly late the next merni -She was sitting with her face to windows while the old negress ores ite? hair. "Looks lak a love letteh. Miss B 'Ty," was the answer as Aunt Fai gingerly placed an envelope In her n tress* hand. Beverly looked at it amazement It was unmistakably letter, addressed to her, which 1 *een left at her window, some time the night Her heart gave a thur ind she went red with anticipa pleasure. With eager fingers she t open the envelope. The first glance the contents brought disappointm? to her face. The missive was fr Count Marlanx, but it was a relief lind that he was very much alive a kicking. As she read on there cam? look of perplexity which was succe ed by burning Indignation. The m in the cloak was preparing to strike. Your secret is mine. I know ali tl happened in the chapel and undergror jpassage. You have betrayed Graustz in aiding this roan to escape. The p ?was cleverly executed, but you coum without the jealous eye of love. You c save yourself and your honor and perta your princess, but the conditions i -mine This time there can be no trifih I want you -to treat me fairly. God ia yon if you refuse. Give me the ansv I want, and your secret is safe. I v shield you with my life. At ll o'clocl shall come to see you. I have in i ?possession a document that will influer ^rou. You will do well to keep a eic mouth until you have seen this paper. This alarming note was all that w needed to restore fire to the laggi] blood of the American girl. Its effe -was decidedly contrary to that whi "Marlanx must have anticipated. 1 3?ead of collapsing, Beverly sprang lier feet with energy and life in eve ??ber. Her eyes were flashing bright] her body quivering with the sensatic: of battle. "That awful old wretch I" she erie to Aunt Fanny's amazement "He the meanest human being In all tl world. But he's making the mistake ? bis life, isn't he, Aunt Fanny? Oh, ? !f course you don't know what lt is, i jiever mind. We've got a surprise f lum. I'll see him at ll o'clock, ax then"- She smiled quite benignly the thought of wLat she was going say to him. Beverly felt very seem in tile shadow of the princess, A clatter of horses' hoofs on the, p rade ground drew her to the balcon; What she saw brought joy to hi heart Lorry and Anguish, muddy an disheveled, were dismounting befoi the castle. ; "Ah, this is joy! Now there are titre good Americans here. I'm not afraid, she said bravely. Aunt Fanny nodde her head in approval, although she di not know what it was all about Cur osity more than alarm made Bevert eager to see the document which ol Marlanx held m reserve for her. Sh determined to meet him at ll. A message from the princess ar nounced the unexpected return of tit two Americans. She said they w^re (n use Harry Anguish's own expression -beastly near starvation" and clamor ed for substantial breakfasts. Beverlj was urged to join them and io heal the latest news from the frontier. Lorry and Anguish were full of thc excitement on which they had lived foi many hours. They had found evidercc .of raids by the Dawsbergen scouts and had even caught sight of a small band of fleeing horsemen. Lorry reluctantly admitted that Gabriel's army seemed loyal to him and that there was small hope of a conflict being averted, as he . had surmised, through the defection of the people. He was surprised, bat not dismayed, when Yetive told him certain portions of the story in regard, to Mar? lanx; and, by no means averse to see? ing the old man relegated to the back? ground, heartily indorsed the step tak? en by his wife. He was fair enough, however, to promise the general a chance to .speak in his own defense if be so desired. He had this in" view when he requested Marlanx to come to the castle at ll o'clock for consulta? tion. "Gabriel is devoting most 01 his ener? gy now to hunting that r-oor .'Mu?an into his grave," said Anguish. "I be? lieve he'd rather kill his hiilf brother than conquer Graustark. Why, the in fcuman monster has set himself to the task of obliterating everything that re? minds him of Dantan. We learned from spies down there that he issued an order for the death of Dantan's sis? ter, a pretty young thing named Can? dace, because he believed she was se? cretly aiding her fugitive brother. She escaped from tho palace in Serres a week ago, and no one knows what has become of her. There's a report that she was actually killed and that the ctory of her flight is a mere blind on the part of Gabriel." "He would do anything!" cried Ye? tive. "Poor child! They say she is like her English mother and is charm? ing." "That would set Gabriel against her, I fancy," went on Anguish. "And, liy the way. Miss Calhoun, we heard some? thing definite about your friend, Prince Dantan. It is pretty well settled that lae isn't Baldos of the guard. Dantan was peen two days ago by Captain D.angios;;* men. TTo wt" in the ]Oaws feergen pass, and they 1 ijked with h..:. fvtgz By S?? 1*1 GEORGE BARR M |f? MXUTCHEON, If k'J:^>C-C Author of "Grtustark" ??v f?S&?> Cowrt?kt. fw. ta Dodd. ??V <^r:> Mead cod tow I* ~.*.^-'^-rl vj. i,*. ?vi Vs . *.... ?Vi y tr*. and his" men. There was "no misl this time. The poor, half starved c confessed to being the prince and 1 ged for food for himself and his lowers." "I tried to find him and, failing that, left word in the pass that ii would but cast his lot with us in trouble we soon would restore bin his throne," said Lorry. "Fie may cept, and we shall have him tun up here some day hungry for revel And now, my dear Beverly, how you progressing with the excel! Baldos, of whom we cannot m ak prince, no matter how hard we try' Beverly, and the princess exchan glances in which consternation was fieult to conceal. It was clear to I orly that Yetive had not told her 1 band of the escape. "I don't know anything about 1 dos," she answered steadily. "I night some one shot at him in park." 'The deuce you say!" "In order to protect him until you turned, Gren, I had him transfer to guard duty inside the castle," plained the princess. "It really se< ed necessary. General Marlanx pee ts to present formal charges agai him ""this morning, so I suppose shall have to put him in irons foi little while. It seems too bad, does it, Gren?" . "Yes. 'He's as straight as a stri: I'll swear." said Lorry emphatically "I'll bet he wishes he were sai out of this place," ventured Angui and two young women busied the selves suddenly with their coffee. "The chance is'he's sorry he &\ . ne into it," said Lorry tantalizing While they were waiting for M ?anx the young Duke of Mizrox w announced. The handsome Axpba ian came with relief and dismay stn gling for mastery in his face. 'Tour highness," he said after 1 greetings, "I am come to inform y that Graustark has one prince less .account for. Axphain has found i fugitive." .'When?" cried the princess and B( erly in one voice and with astonish! eagerness, not unmixed with dismay "Three days ago," was the reply. "Oh," came in deep relief from Bc erly as she sank back into her cha The same fear had lodged in the heai of the two fair conspirators-that th had freed Baldos only to have him ti into the hands of his deadliest foes. "I have a message by courier fro my uncle In Axphain," said Mizro "He says tha't Frederic#was killed ne. Labbot by soldiers, after making a gi ;ant fight, on last Sunday night Tl Princess Volga is rejoicing and hi amply rewarded his slayers. Poi Frederic! He knew hut little hapj ness in this life." There was a full minute of reflectic before any of his hearers expresse the thought that bad framed itself 3 every mind, i "Well since Dan tan and Frederic ai I accounted for, Baldos is absolute] ! obliged to be Christobal," said Anguis resignedly. "He's just Baldos," observed Bev? ! ly; snuffing out the faint hope that* ha j lingered so long. Then she said to hei j self: "And I don't care, either. I onl j wish he were back here again. I'd b a good deal nicer to him." j Messengers flew back and forth, cai j rying orders from the castle to variou j quarters. The ministers were callee j to meet at 12 o'clock. Underneath al ; the bustle there was a tremendous im j pulse of American cunning, energy an< , resourcefulness. Every one caught tin ] fever. Reserved old diplomats wen ; overwhelmed by their own enthusiasm Custom bound soldiers forgot the he reditary caution and fell into the way! ' of the new leaders without a murmur j The city was wild with excitement, foi j all believed that the war was upor j them. There was but one shadow j overhanging the glorious optimism ol ; Graustark-the ugly, menacing attitude of Axphain, Even the Duke of Mizros could' give no assurance that his coun? try would remain neutral. . Colonel Quinnox came to the castle in haste and perturbation. It was he ? who propounded the question that ! Yetive and Beverly were expecting, .Where is Baldos?" Of course the flight of the suspected guard was soon a matter of certainty. A single im? ploring glance from the princess, meant for the faithful Quinnox alone, told him as plainly as words could have said that she had given the man his freedom. And Quinnox would have died a thousand times to protect the secret of his sovereign, for had not twenty generations of Quinnoxes serv? ed the rulers of Graustark with un? flinching loyalty? Baron Dangloss may have suspected the trick, bul he did not so much as blink when the princess instructed him to hunt high and low for the fugitive, j Marlanx came at ll. Under the de? fiant calmness of his bearing there was lurking a mighty fear. His brain was scourged by thoughts of impending dis? grace. The princess had plainly threst ened his degradation. After all these years he was to tremble wi til shaine aud humiliation; he was to cringe where he had always boasted of domi? neering power. And besides all this Marlanx had a bullet wound ia his left shoulder! The world could not have known, for he knew how to conceal He approached the slender, irr ous judge in the council chamber a defiant leer on his face. If he down into the depths he would ?with him the fairest treasure he coveted in all his years of lust desire. "A word with you," he said h aside to Beverly as she came fron council chamber, in which she fell should not sit She stopped and f him. Instinctively she looked to s he bore evidence of a wound. She positive that her bullet had struck the night before and that Marlanx the man with the cloak. "Weil?" she said coldly. He read thoughts and smiled, even as his si der burned with pain. "I will give you the chance to yourself. I love you. I want yoi must have you for my own," he saying. ' "Stop, sir! It may be your ex] ence in life that women kneel to when you command. It may be ; habit to win what you set abou win. But you have a novei way of senting your devoirs, I must say. this the way in which you won five unfortunates whom you want to succeed? Did you scare them submission?" "No, no! I cared nothing for tl You are the only one I ever loved" "Really, Count Marlanx, you most amusing," she interrupted, ^ a laugh that stung him to the qn "You have been unique in your 1< making. I am not used to your m ods. Besides, after having kn< them, ill confess that I don't them in the least You may have i wonderfully successful in the past, you were not dealing with an Am can girl. I haye had enough of y insults. Go in-and face" "Have a care, girl!" he snarled, i have it in my power to crush you." "Pooh!" came scornfully from lips. "If you molest me further I si call Mr. Lorry. Let me pass!" "Just glance at this paper, my be ty. It goes before the eyes of the co eil unless you"- He paused sigi cantly. Beverly took the document and dilated eyes read the revolting char, against her honor. Her cheeks gr white with anger, then flushed a d< crimson. "You fiend Pf she cried, glaring at li BO fiercely that he instinctively shra back, the vicious grin dying in his fa Til show you how much I fear y I shall give this revolting thing to 1 princess. She may read it to the ca net for all I care. No one will belli you. They'll kill you for this.T She turned and flew into the presei of the princess and her ministe Speeding to the side of Yetive, E thrust the paper into her hands. Si prise and expectancy filled the eyes all assembled. "Count Marlanx officially charges i with-with-read it your highness she cried distractedly,, Yetive read it pale faced and co A determined gleam appeared in li eyes as she passed the document, to h husband. "Allode," Lorry said to an attendai after a brief glance at Its revolting cc tents, "ask Count Marlanx to appe here instantly. He is outside the door Lorry's anger was hard to contn He clinched his hands and there was fine suggestion of throttling In the ws he did it Marlanx, entering the rooi saw that he was doomed. He had n expected Beverly to take this appallii step. The girl, tears in her eyes, ros ed to a window, hiding her face fro: the wondering ministers. Her couran suddenly failed her. If the chargi were read aloud before these men seemed to ber that she never could li her eyes again. A mighty longing f< Washington, her father and the bi Calhoun boys rushed to her heart i she stood there and awaited the eras] But Lorry was a true nobleman. "Gentlemen,*' he said quietly, "Cour Marlanx has seen fit to charge Mis Calhoun with complicity in the fligt of Baldos. I will not read the charge to you. They are unworthy of one wb has~held the "highest position In th army of Graustark. He has" "Read this, my husband, before yo proceed further," said Yetive, thrustin; into his hand a line she had writtei with feverish haste. Lorry sniile< gravely before he read aloud the brie: edict which removed General Marian: from the command of the army o: Graustark. "Is this justice?" protested Marians angrily. "Will you not give me a hear ing? I beseech" "Silence!" commanded the princess "What manner of hearing did you ex peet to give Miss Calhoun? It is enough, sir. There shall be no cowards in my army." "Coward?" he faltered. "Have I not proved my courage on the field of bat? tle? Am I to be called a" "Bravery should not end when the soldier quits the field of battle. You have had a hearing, Count Marlanx. I heard the truth about you last night." "From Miss Calhoun?" sneered he viciously. "I must be content to ac l cept this dismissal, your highness. There is nc hope for me. Some day you may pray God to forgive you for the wrong you have dont your most loyal servant There Is no appeal from your decision, but as a subject of Grau ? stark I insist that Miss Calhoun shall ! be punished for aiding in the escape.of this spy and traitor. He is gone, and it was she who led him through the castle to the outer world. She cannot deny this, gentlemen. I defy her to say she j did not accompany Baldos through the ! secret passage last night" "It will do no harm to set herself j right by denying this accusation," sug : gested Count Halfont solemnly. Every j man in the cabinet and army had hated j Marlanx for years. His degradation j was not displeasing to them. They ! would ask no question?. I But Beverly Calhoun stood staring I out of the window, out upon the castle "You fiend i " she cried. answer, for she did not hear the pre? mier's words. Her brain was whirling madly with other thoughts. She was trying to believe her eyes. "The spy is gone," cried Marlanx, see? ing a faint chance to redeem himself at her expense. "She cannot face my charge. Where is your friend, Miss Calhoun?" Beverly faced them with a strange, subdued calmness In her face. Her heart was throbbing wildly in the shel? ter of this splendid disguise. "I don't know what all this commo? tion is about," she said. "I only know that I have been dragged into it shamelessly by that old man over there. If you step to the window you may see Baldos himself. He has not fled. He is on duty!" Baldos was striding steadily across the park in plain view of all. CHAPTER XXVII. OTH Tetive and Beverly experi? enced an amazing sense of re? lief. They did not stop to con? sider why or how ?e had re? turned to the castle grounds. It was sufficient that he was actually there, sound, well and apparently satisfied. "I dare say Count Marlanx will with? draw his infamous charge against our guest," said* Lorry, with deadly direct? ness. Marlanx was mopping his damp forehead? His eyes were fastened up? on the figure of the guard, and there was something like awe lu their steely depths. It seemed to him that the su? pernatural had been enlisted against him. "He left the castle last night," be muttered, half to himself. There " "seems to "be no doubt of that," agreed Gaspon, the grand treas? urer. "Colonel Qulnnox reports his strange disappearance." Clearly the case was a puzzling one. Men looked at one another In wonder and uneasiness. "I think I understand the situation," exclaimed Marlanx, suddenly trium? phant "It bears out all that I have said. Baldos left the castle last night as I have sworn, but not for the pur? pose of escaping. He went forth to carry information to our enemies. Can any one doubt that he is a spy? Has he not returned to carry out .his work? And now, gentlemen, I ask ye :-would he return unless he felt secure of pro? tection here?" It was a facer. Yeti ve and Beverly felt as though a steel trap suddenly had been closed down upon them. Lor? ry and Anguish were undeniably dis? concerted. There was a restless, unde? cided movement among the ministers. "Colonel Qulnnox, will you fetch Bal? dos to the veranda at once?" asked Lorry, his quick American perception telling him that, immediate action was necessary. "Ii is cooler out there." He gave Beverly a look of Inquiry, j She flushed painfully, guiltily, and he was troubled in consequence. "As a mere subject I demand the arrest of this man," Marlanx was say? ing excitedly. "We must go to the bottom of this hellish plot to injure Graustark." "My dear count" said Anguish, standing over him, i4up to this time we have been unable to discern any rea? sons for or signs of the treachery you preach about I don't believe we have been betrayed at all." "But I have absolute proof, sir," grated the count. "I'd advise you to produce it We must have something to work on, you know." "What right have you to give advice, slr? You are not one of us. You are a meddler-an impertinent alien. Your heart is not with Graustark, as mine is. How long must we endure the in? solence of these Americans?" The count was fuming with anger. As might have been expected, the easy going Yankees laughed unreservedly at his taunt. The princess was pale with indignation. "Count Marlanx, you will confine your remarks to the man whom you have charged with treachery," she said. ..You have asked for his arrest and you are to be his accuser. At the prop? er time you will produce the proof. I warn you now that if you do not sus? tain these charges the displeasure of the crown will fall heavily upon you." "I ouly ask your highness to order his arrest" he said, controlling him? self. "He is of the castle guard and can bo seized only on your command." "Baldos is at the castle steps, your highness," said Colonel'Qulnnox from the doorway. The entire party left the council chamber aud passed out to the great stoue porch. It must be con? fessed tl ?at the princess leaned rather heavily upon Lorry's arm. She and Beverly trembled with anxiety as they stood face to face wi til the tali guard who had come back to them so mys? teriously. Baldos stood at the foot cf the stoue steps, a guard on each side of him. . One of these was the shamefaced j the suspected guard purposely avoid? ed that of Beverly Calhoun. He knew that the slightest communication be? tween them would be misunderstood and magnified by the witnesses. "Baldos," said Lorry from the top step, "it has come to our ears that you left the castle surreptitiously last night Is it true that you were aided by * Miss Calhoun?" Baldos looked thankful for this eminently leading question. In a flash it gave him the key to the situation. Secretly he was wondering what emotions possessed the slender accomplice who had said goodby to him not so many hours be? fore at the castle gate. He knew that 8het was amazed, puzzled by his sud? den return. He wondered If she were glad. His quick wits saw that a crisis had arrived. The air was full of it The dread of this very moment was the thing which had drawn him into the castle grounds at early dawn. He had watched for his chance to glide in unobserved and had snatched a few hours' sleep in the shelter of the shrub? bery near the park wall. "It is not true," he said clearly in answer to Lorry's question. Both Bev? erly and Marlanx started as the sharp falsehood fell from his lips. "Who made such an accusation?" he demand? ed. "Count Marlanxis our informant." "'Then Count Marlanx hes," cam coolly from the guard. A snarl of furj burst from the throat of the depose* general. His eyes were red- and his tongue was half palsied by rage. "Dog! Dog!" he shouted, running down the stops. "Infamous dog! I ? swear by my soul that he" "Where is your proof, Count Mar- i lanx ^sternly interrupted Lorry. "You J have made a serious accusation against our honored guest It cannot be over? looked." Marlanx hesitated a moment and then threw his bomb at the feet of the conspirators. "I was in the chapel when she opened the secret panel for him." Not a word was uttered for a full minute. It was Beverly Calhoun who spoke first She was as calm as a spring morning. . "If all this be true,, Count Marlanx, may I ask why you, the head of Grau stark's army, did not intercept the spy when you had the chance?' Marlanx flushed guiltily. The ques- : tion had caught him unprepared. He dared not acknowledge his presence I there with the hired assassins. "I-I was not in a position to restrain him," he mumbled. "You preferred to walt until he was safely gone before making the effort to protect Graustark from his evil de? signs. Is that it? What was your ob? ject in going to the chapel-to pray? Besides, what right had you to enter the castle in the night?" she asked iron? ically. "Your highness, may I be heard?" asked Baldos easily. He was smiling up at Yetive from the bottom of the steps. ' She nodded her head a trifle un? easily. "It is quite true that I left the castle by means of your secret passage last night" "There!" shrieked Marlanx. "He ad? mits that he" "But I wish to add that Count Mar? lanx is in error when he says that Miss Calhoun was my accomplice. His eyes were not keen in the darkness of the sanctuary. Perhaps he is not accus? tomed to the light one finds in a chapel at the hour of 2. Will your highness kindly look in the direction of the southern gate? Your august gaze may fall upon the reclining figure of a boy asleep there in the shadow of the friendly cedar. If Count Marlanx had looked closely enough last night he might have seen that it was a boy who went with me and not" "Fool! Don't you suppose I know a woman's skirts?" cried the Iron Count "Better than most men, I fancy," calmly responded Baldos. "My young friend wore the garment? of a woman, let me add." Lorry came down and grasped Bal? dos by the arm. His eyes were stern and accusing. Above, Yetive and Bev? erly had clasped hands and were look? ing on dumbly. What did Baldos mean? , "Then, you did go through the pas? sage? And you were accompanied by this boy, a stranger? How comes this, sir?" demanded Lorry. Every eye was accusing the guard at this juncture. The men were descending the steps as if to surround him. "It is not the first time that I have gone through the passage, sir," said Baldos, amused by the - looks of con? sternation. "I'd advise y*u to close it Its secret is known to more than one person. It is known, by the way, to Prince Gabriel of Dawsbergen. It is known to every member of the band with which Miss Calhoun found me when she was a princess. Count Mar- j Ianx is quite right when he says that I have gone in and out of the castle grounds from time to time. He is right when he says that I have communicat? ed with men inside and outside of these grounds. But he is wrong when he ac- j cuses Miss Calhoun of being responsi- j ble for or even aware of my reprehen- I si ble conduct She knew nothing of all this, as you may judge by taking a j look at her face at this instant." Beverly's, face was a study in emo? tions. She was looking at him with di? lated eyes. Pain and disappointment were concentrated in their expressive gray depths; indignation was strug? gling to master the love and pity that had lurked in her face all along. It re? quired but a single glance to convince the most skeptical that she was igno? rant of these astounding movements cn the part of her protege. Again every eye was tinned upon the boid, smiling guardsman. Ci O BS OOOTXNUZSv] Mr. R. W. Dean, of Ladies Island, Beafort County, shot and killed him? self on Tuesday. No cause for the suicide has been discovered. He left . ic ? v.. j TIRED MOTHERS. A little elbow leans upon your knee, Your tired knee that has so- much to> bear; A child's dear eyes are looking lov- | ingly From underneath a thatch of tan? gled hair, Perhaps you do not heed the velvet touch Of warm, moist fingers, folding yours so tight; You do not prize this blessing over? much; You are almost too tired to pray to? night. But it is blessedness! A year a30 I did not see it as I do today; We are so dull and thankless, and too slow To catch the sunshine till it slips ^ away; And now it seems surpassing strange to me That, while I wore the badge of motherhood, I did not kiss more oft and tenderly The little child that brought me only. ? good. And if some night, when you sit down to rest. - You miss "the elbow from your .tired knee, This restless, curling head from ol your breast, This lisping tongue that clatters con- * stantly, If from your own the dimpled hands have slipped And ne'er would nestle in your palms again; . * ;r1 If the white feet into their grave had tripped, I could not blame you for your heart? ache then! - .. .... I wonder so that mothers ever fret At little children clinging to their gown, V; Or that the footprints, when the days are wet, Are ever black enough to make them frown, If I could kiss a rosy, restless foot And hear a patter in my home once more; If I could mend a broken cart today, Tomorrow make a kite to reach the sky, There is no woman in God's world could say She was more blissfully content than ? L- . ^i??$0m But ah, the dainty pillow next my own Is never rumple ci by shining head: My singing, birdiing from its nest has flown; The little boy I -.--ed to kiss is dead! No Case on Record. .There is no case on record of a cough or cold resulting in pneumo? nia or consumption after Foley's Hon? ey and Tar has been taken, as it will stop your cough and break up your - cold quickly. Refuse any but the gen? uine Foley's Honey and Tar in a yel? low package. Contains no opiates and is safe and sure. Sibert's Drug Store. THE GILLETTE CASE. The Murderer of Grace Brown Will Remain in Death House Pending Appeal. Herkimer, N. Y., March 9.-It de? veloped today that the appeal in the case of Chester E. Gillette, who was convicted of the1 murder of Grace Brown, will hardly be argued before the State Court ^f Appeals before the fall term. Meanwhile Gillette will remain in the death house at Auburn prison. By filing notice that an ap? peal will be taken Gillette's attorneys secured a stay of execution and are preparing the papers for appeal. Rheumatic Pains Relieved. *B. F, Crocker, Esq., now 84 years of age, and for 20 years Justice of the Peace at Martinsburg, Iowa, says: "I am terribly afflicted with sciatic rheumatism in my left arm and right hip. I have used three bottles of Chamberlain's Pain Balm and it did me lots of good." For sale by De Lorme's Pharmacy. BOTTLING PLANTS LICENSED. Richland's Dispensary BoaYd Accepts Those of Messrs. Narey. Letton and Wa ?is. Columbia, March 8.-The county dispensary board this afternoon de? cided to accept the licenses offered by Charles Narey, J. B. Lettor. and W. H. E. Watts, for $500 each, which means that the bottling plants wil resume business, but will not be allowed to retail beer under the decision of the Attorney General. A claim for a license was also put in by J. F. Grif? fin on the same grounds as those ad? vanced by Mr. Narey. already men? tioned in the News and Courier. The board also drew up the advertisement for the bids calling for supplies, the* bids to be opened on April 9. There are about SOO barr?is called for in ad idtion to case goods. The board has engaged Mr. AV. P. Norfolk, the ex? pert blender at the State dispensary, at a salary of $150 per month for four days in the week ,the other two days being occupied by the Oraneo