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? Romance of the Days When the Lord Redeemed the Children o f Israel From the Bondage of Egypt Elizabeth Milier 1 Copyright. 1904, by the Bobbs-Merrill Company CHAPTER X. _THE MAEGIX OF THE XELE. ^lENEPTAH having come and the IjVij ld regime of life resumed, Memphis subsided into her nor \tmmJ mal stats of dignity. Mentu re mained in his Louse preparing for bis investiture with the office of murket (rojal architect). His hours were spent in study, and the coming and going1 of Kin ken es crossed his consciousness as swiftly as the shadows wavered under his young palms. His son might work for hours near him on mysterious draw ings, but so deep was the great artist in tie writings of the old murkets that he did not think to ask him what he did. It might not have won his attention even bad he seen the young man burn the sheets of papyrus thereafter and l grow restless and dissatisfied. He re- | marked, however, that Kenkenes was I absent curing the noon meal, but when the sundown repast was served and the young man was ia his place Mentu had forgotten that he had not been there at midday. That night in his effort to bring forth the coveted expression in bis drawings of Athor, Kenkenes all but satisfied j-iruself. The nest day. without any apparent cause, he went back to the niche in the desert, stayed v."ithout purpose and de parted when no tangible reason urged him. When the day declined he climb ed down the front of the hill and 'crossed the narrow field toward his boat, which was juried in the rank v g tation" of the water's edge. "At tue ; N e he noted, a little distance up the j river, a familiar figure among the i reeds. For a moment he hesitated and ! then rambled through the riotous j growth m that direction. As he drew ! near Rachel raised herself from a ! search in a thicket of herbs, her arms j full of them and her face a little flushed. . **Id_er!" said Kenkenes. "Not so. I am hunting herbs to make Himples for the sick/' "How goes it with the statue ?' she asked. "Slowly," he answered. ''But it shall hasten to completeness when I once begiD," '.What wilt thou do with it when it is done-destroy it?' \ e shook his head, with a smile. "Leave it there to betray thee to the vengeance of the priesthood one day?' * I have no fear of discovery.'' "Nay, but fear or unfear never yet warded off misfortune," she said gravely. "It is better to entertain causeless concern than unwise confi dence." "Rachel," he began almost helpless ly, "I am beyond extrication in debt to thee, thou golden, thou undecipherable mystery T She flushed to her very brows, and her eyes fell quickly. "I have appealed to all sources from which I might justly expect sympa thy-to men of reason, of power, of mine own kin and to women of heart and not once have I found in them the bvoad and kindly understanding which thou fcc st displayed for me out of the goodness of thy beaut:fui heart." For t_e first time in the history of 4 their ac : uah: rance she laughed, not ; mirthful];/, but low and very happily, I and the fleeting glimpse she gave him j of bor cy si:owed them radiant and ; glac. Ile caught her hands, the bun- j Clo of herbs fell. and. drawing her j near bim. he lifted the pink palms to , his lips ar. 1 pressed them rh^re. "Nay." slie said, recovering herself ; and with rawing her hands, "I am not : an Egyptian, but a Hebrew, unbiased ! by the prejudices of thy nation. It is ] net strange that I caa understand thy ' rebellion, which is hut a rift in thine j Egyptian mak.-np through which rea SOD shows. Any lien could comfort theo as well.'* "And thou hast no more sympathy for me thor: any alien would have?" he '? asked, somewhat piqued. " 3 there any other sympathizing alien with whom I may compare and team?" .she us ked. wit:, a smile. She took up her bundle of herbs ' again a_d seemed to be preparing to J leave him. j ''How dost thou know these things?" ; he asked hurriedly-"all these things- j ee-Jptnre, religion, history?" "I was not bora a slave." she an- 1 swered sim;>:y. "Nay, cast out that word. I would j never hear thee speak lt. Rache!." "Then 1 was born ont of servitude. 2 y great- grandsirc was exempted bj i Beti when Israel went into bondage. His children and all his house were ! given to profit by the covenant, but ! the oarae grew wealthy and powerful ,' to the third generation. My father was j Maal the Coiupasslouate, who loved his ! brethren better than himself. Them he j helped. Rameses the Great forgot his j father's promise when he found he had ! need of my father's treasure"- She j paused and continued as if the recital j hurt her. "There were ten-four of my i mother's rouse, six of my father's. To the mines and the brick fields they were sent, and in a little space I was all that was left" ^Horrified and conscience stricken, \ Kenkenes made as if to'speak, "but she j went on hurriedly. "My mother's nurse. Deborah, who .went with "j? toto servitude, is learned, fcaving bee'j taught by my mother, j snd have beer? her pupil" . ' . _ ! Sc lifted t ic pink palms to his lips. "And there is not one" of thy blood not one guardian kinsman left to thee?" Kenkenes asked slowly. "Not one." Up to this moment, during every in terview with Rachel, Kenkenes had forsworn some little prejudice or sac rificed some of his blithe self esteem. But the tragic narrative swept ail these supports from him and left him soli tary to face the charge of indirect com plicity in murder. With an effort he raised his head and spoke. "Rachel, if my humiliation will satis fy thee even a little as vengeance upon Egypt, do thou shame me into the dust if thou wilt" "I do not understand thee," she said, with dignity. "Believe me, I would help thee in some wise, and, alas, mere is no other way by deed or word that could prove my sorrow." Tears leaped into her eyes. '"Nay! Nay!" she exclaimed. ''Thou dost wrong me, Kenkenes. What wick edness were mine to make the one con trite, guiltless heart In Egypt suffer for all the unrepentant and the wrong doers of the land!" Once again he took her hand and kissed it, because the act was more eloquent than words at that moment "It is near sunset," she said softly. "Give me leave to depart" "Farewell, and the Divine Mother at tend thee." She bowed and left him. That night in the dim workroom Kenkenes brought forth upon papyrus a face of Athor so full of love and yearning that he knew his own heart had given his fingers direction and in spiration. He sought no further. Tomorrow in the niche in the desert he would carve the want of his own soul in the countenance of the god dess. CHAPTER XL THE SON OF THE ROYAL AP.CKITECT. T"?!ARCH and April had passed and (VI I ncnv it *he 1st of May. j JJ Five days before the ceremony ? ( I of installation hud been held j for the inurket and the cupbearer, and j for four days thereafter the new S- i cers passed through initiatory formal- : ities. But on the fifth day the rites j of investiture had been brought to an j end, and Mentu and Xechutes entered i on the routine of service. To Mentu fell the dignified congratu- j intlons of his own world of sedate old j nobles ajcd stately women, but Ne- j chutes was younger and well beloved I by youthful Memphis, PO on the night j of the fifth day the house of Senci was aglow and in h . banquet room there was much youn,, eve! in his honor. Aromatic torches flaring in sconces ' lighted tlie frieze of lotus, the painted ; paneling on the wall and the clustered pillars that upheld the ceiling of tbs chamber. The tables had been removed, the musicians and tumblers common to such occasions were not present, f^r the rout was small and sufficient unto itself for entertainment. Gathered about a central figure, which must needs be the one of high- i est rank-and in this instance it was j iiame.ses, the crown prince-were the 1 young guests. They were noblemen ; and gentlewomen of Memphis, freed for an evening from the restraint of pretentious affairs and spared the awe- ! some repression of potentates and mon itors, j Hotop was host, and tnese were his ' guests. First, there was Rameses, languid, cynical, sumptuous and enthroned in a capacious fauteuil, significantly up holstered tu purple and goid. Close beside him and similarly en throned was Ta-user. She wore a dou ble robe of transparent linen, very fine and clinging in its texture. The overdress was simply a white gauze, striped with narrow lines of green and gold. From the fillet of royalty about her forehead an emerald depended be tween her eyes. Her zone was a broad j braid of golden cords, girdling her be- ! neath the breast, encompassing her again about the hips and fastened at last in front by a diamond shaped buckle of clustered emeralds. Her san dals were mere jeweled straps of white 0cA- X. .it. ?' r- i-H .- . I and ball of 'no fo<>t SL ? yras ss dar ingly dressed as a ;.ssom dancing girl On a taboret at her right was ! the little prince. Although he j nearly sixteen, he looked to be of < tenderer years. In him the charm the Egyptian countenance had bee: I emphasized and its defects so redi that his boyish beauty was unequ; j among his countrymen. At his feet was Io, playing at i with Ta-meri and Nechutes. Ta-r 1 was more than usually brilliant, ' Nechutes, flushed with her favor, . I playing splendidly and rejoicing j yond reason over his gains. I Opposite this group was another, 1 center of which was Masanath. sat in the richest seat in the housi i Senci. It was ivory tricked with g ; but, small and young as the fan b< ! er's daughter was, there was none j thal "assembly who "might queen H j royally as she from its -imperial dep j By her side was the boon compan ! of Rameses. He was Menes, j named "the Bland," captain of the i I al guard, a most amiable soldier chiefly remarkable because of all prince's world he was the only < that could tell the truth to Eames and tell it without offense. On the floor between Masanath Menes was the son of Amon-meses, Prince Siptah. He was a typical < ental, bronze in hue, lean of fra: brilliant of eye, white of teeth, lute] in temperament and fierce in his lo" and hates. Religion comforted _ through his appetites. In his si{ craft was a virtue, intrigue was p itics and love was a fury. His e^ never left Ta-r.ser for long, and '. every word seemed to be inspired some overweening emotion. Aside from these there were others the group. Some were sons and dani ters of royalty, cousins of the Pha; oh's sons and of Ta-user and Sipts many were children of the king's m isters, and all were noble. Senci and Hotep's older sister, t Lady Bertis, a dark eyed matron thirty, presided in duenna-like guai ianship over the rout Tuey sat in diphros apart from the young reveler: Kenkenes was momently expecte For the past two months he had be seen every evening wherever there w high class revel in Memphis. But 1 had. laughed perfunctorily and laps* into preoccupation when none spoke him, and his song had a sorry note it, however happy the theme. these were things apparent only those that saw deeper than the surfac "Where is Kenkenes?" Menes d manded. "Hath he forsworn us?" "I saw him today," Nechutes ve tured, without raising his eye i fro: the game, "when we were fowling c the Nile below the city. He was alon pulling downstream, just this s.'de < Masaarah." Hotep frowned and gare over an hope that Kenkenes would join tl merrymaking that night Bnt at thi moment Ta-meri, who sat facing th entrance to the chamber, poised th dice box in air and drew in a lon breath. .The guests followed her eyes. Kenkenes stood in the doorway, th curtain thrust aside and -ibove hin His voluminous festal robes* were deej l7 edged with gold, but his arms, bar to the shoulder, and his strong brow, neck were without meir usual trar. pings of jewels. The omission seeme Intentional as if the young man hai meant to contrast the ornament o young strength and grace with the gilt j ter and magnificence of the othe guests. He had succeeded well. Perhaps to most of those present th young man's presence was not unusual but Hotep was not blind to a manifes alteration in his manner. There wai cynicism in the corners of his moutl and a hint of hurt or temper was evi j dent in the tension of his nostril anc the brilliance of his eyes. Hotep hat no need of -eers and astrologers, foi his percepton served him in all tangi ble things. He knew something un toward had set Kenkenes to thinkinc about himself, and, guessing where the young artist had gone that evening he surmise- further bow he had boer. received. And, though he was som' in his heart for hi friend's unhappiness, he ! confessed his admiration for Rachel, j "Late!'' cried Hotep, rising, j "Thy pardon. Hotep," Kenkenes re plied, advancing into the chamber. "I had an errand of much importance to Masaarah, and it was fruitless. It shall trouble me no more." Hotep lifted his brows as though he exclaimed tc himself and made no an swer. Kenkenes greeted the guests with a wave of his hand and did obei sance before Rameses. "Thou speakest of Mi.saarah, my Kenkenes." the crown prince com mented after the salutation, "and it suggests an inquiry I would make of thee. Dost thou go on as sculptor, or wilt thou follow thy father into the art of building?" "Since the Pharaoh chose for my fa ther, he shall choose for me also." "Nay, the Pharaoh did not choose," Rameses objected dryly. "It was I." "Of a truth? Then thou shalt choose for me, 'O my generous prince." 1 "Follow thy father. I would have thee for my murket. Nay, it is ever so. I mold the Pharaoh, and he gets the credit" "And thou the blame, when blame accrues from the molding." Menes put in very distinctly, though under his breath. "But be thou of cheer, O son of the sun," Kenkenes added. ''When thou art Pharaoh thou canst retaliate upon thine own heir in the same fashion." "Thou givest him tardy comfort. O son of Mentu." Siptah commented, willi an unpleasant laugh. "He will lose all recollection of the grudge, waiting so long." Rameses turned his heavy eyes to ward the speaker, but Kenkenes baited j any remark the prince might have j made. "Nay, let ?t pass," he said placidly, j dropping into a chair. "All this savors j too much of the future and is out of place fri the happy tmprr.-ridcnre of the present." "L-er. it all pass?" Ta-ustr askc-j "Nay, I would hold the prince to promise he made a moment ago w the choosing of the new murket coi round again." "Do thou so for me, then, when t time comes," Kenkenes interrupted Ta-user laughed very softly, and livered the young artist a level look understanding from her topaz eyes, fear thou art indeed improvident," : continued, "if thou leavest thy fut to others." "Then all the world is improvide since it belongeth to others io sh* every man's future, but Hotep, lawgiver, denies this thing. He ho that every man builds for himself." "Right, Hotep!" Rameses er claim "It was such belief that made a wo conquerer of my grandsire." "Nay, thy pardon, O my prince. I tep's counsel will not always hoi Kenkenes objected. "Give me to know wherein it fi eth," the prince demanded. "Alas, in a thousand things, truth, a man even draws his breath the leave of others." "By the puny god, Harpocrates!" t prince cried, scoffing. "That is t weakest avowal I have heard in moon!" Kenkenes flushed, and Rameses, i covering from his amusement, press his advantage. "Let me give thee a bit of conni from mine own store that thou maye look with braver eyes on life. Take t world by the throat and it will do ti will." "Again I dispute thee, O Rameses "Name thy witness." the prince i sisted. Kenkenes leaned on his elbe toward him. "Canst thou force a woman to Io thee?" he asked simply. Ta-user glanced at the prince a: the sleepy black eyes of the heir na rowed. "Let us get back to the issue." said. "We spoke of others shapii the future of men. You may not for a woman to love yon, but no love < lack of iove of a woman should mi shape the destiny of any man." "That is a matter of difference; : temperament, my prince,"' Ta-user pi in. "It may be, but it is the expressic of mine own ideas," he answer* roughly. The lashes of the princess were smi ten down immediately, and Siptah canine- teeth glittered for a momen one set upon the other. Kenkenes pa ted his sandal impatiently and looke another way. His gaze fell on Io. Sh had lost interest in the game. The co or had receded from her cheeks, an now and again her lips trembl e Kenkeaes looked and saw that SetT eyes were adoring Ta-user, who smile at "him. With a sudden rush of h throug his veins the young artis turned again to Io and watched tl" he caught her eye. With a look h invited her to come to him. She lai< down the dice during the momentan abstraction of her playing mates and murmuring that she was tired, cam and sat at the feet of her champion. "Wherefore dost thou retreat, Io? Ta-user asked. "Art vanquished?" "At one game, aye!" the girl replie* vehemently. Kenkenes laid his hand on her beac and said to her very softly: "If only our pride were spared, swee Io, defeat were not so hard." The girl lifted her face to him wit! some questioning In her eyes. "Knowest thou aught of this garni in truth?" she asked. He smiled and evaded. "I have nol been fairly taught." Ta-meri gathered up the stakes, and Nechutes, collecting the dice, went tc find her a seat. But while he was gone she wr.ndered over to Kenkenes and leaned on the back of his chair. "Let me give thee a truth that seem eth to deny itself in the expression." Io said, turning so that she faced the young artist "Say on," he replied, bending over her. "The more indifferent the teacher m this game of love th-.* sooner you .carn." said Io. Kenkenes took the tiny hand extendt-d toward Lim in empha sis and kissed it. "Sorry trurh:'' he said tenderly. As he leaned bael: in his chair he became conscious of Ta-raeri's presence aim turned his head toward her. lier face was so near to lum that he felt the glow from her warm check. , Iis gaze met hors and for a moment dwelt. Ile took Io's hands, which were clasped across his knee. and. ribing, gave the chair to Ta-meri Ile found ta boret for himself, and as he put it down at her feet.he saw Nechutes fling himself into- a chair and s<-owi black ly at the nom.-rch's daughter. Ken kenes sighed and interested himself ia the babble that went on about him. Tho first -v. ri he distinguished was the name of Liar-hat pronounced in clear tones. Menes, who sat next to Kenkenes, put out his foot and Trod ou the speaker's toes. The man was Sip tah. "Choke before thou utterest thai name again," the captain said in a whisper, "elie thou wilt have Rameses abusing Har-hat S fore his daughter." "What is amis - : ?n the heir and tho fan bearer?' . "shed. "Everything' fairly suffo cates In the . : f the new ad viser. The Ph: - a'ly torn be tween the twah vorships Ram eses, and, b s. how he loves Har-hat! But s time the council chamber wit: therein will fall -the wall the roof up-mark me!" Aga' with offensive em phasis. Si tah': oice was heard dis pute :? oral babble. "Mag fy me :o waralee of the Rebu if but it was Har-hat who j m le aid.'* he was saying. . . es of Ramese3 turned in Urectio] of the tacit challenge. ? : brows knitted at Siptah, ! v Kenkenes came to the rescue. A | temi:-;.i-e instrument of au- j ;Is, was near him. and ha j caught it p, sweeping his fingers strongly across the strings. A momentary silence fell, broken at once by the applause of the peace lov ing, who cried, "Sing for us, Ken kenes!" He shook his head, smiling. 4T did j but iest the harmony of the strings. Harmony is grateful to mine ear." Menes' lips twitched. "If harmony ls here," he said, with meaning, "you will find it in the instrument" Again a voice from the general con ! versation broke in, this time from Ram ! eses. "Kenkenes hath outlasted an army of other s'ngers. I knew him as such j when mine uncles yet lived and my father was many moves from the I throne. It was while we dwelt unroy j ally here in Memphis. They made thee sing, in the temple, Kenkenes. Dost j thou remember?" i "Aye," Ta-user took it up. "They made thee sing in the temple, and it I went sore against thee, Kenkenes. Most of the upper classes in the col lege here were hoarse or treble by turns, and the priests required thee by force from thy tutors because tb<r<j couldst sing. Thou wert a stubborn lad, as pretty as a mimosa and as surly as a caged lion. I can see thee now chant ing, with a voice like a lark, and frown I i/ ing like a very demon from Amenti!" The princess laughed musically at j j her own narration and received the ap- j planse of the others with a serene j countenance. "Art still as reluctant, Kenkenes?" the Lady Senci called to him. The hesitation between Senei's invi tation and his answer was not notice able. He put the instrument out of his reach, tossing it on a cushion a little distance away. "Not so reluctant" he said, turning his face toward the lady, "as unready. ^^^^^^^^ HEYER. ^^^^^^^'^^^^ "Sing for us, Kenkenes ! " I have exhausted my trove of songs for this selfsame company, wherefore they will not listen to reiteration, which is ever insipid." Siptah buried his clinched hand In j a cushion on the floor near him. j "O thou paternal prince." he said, "repeat us a prayer of exorcism as a father should, and rid us of our fears of Moses the Jew." "Mme exorcism of the Hebrew sor cerer Moses will be harsher than for mulas. I shall not beseech the Israel ites, and it will avail them naught to beseech me." "Thou art ominous, light of Egypt" Kenkenes commented quickly. "Wilt thou open the heart further and give us thy meaning?" "Hast lived out of the world, O son of Mentu? The exorcism will begin ere long. In this I give thee the history of Israel for the next few years and close it. I shall not fall heir to )&e Hebrews when I come to wear the crown of Egypt" "Are they to be sent forth?" Kenke nes asked in a low tone. Rameses laughed shortly. "Thou art not versed: in the innuen- I does of court talk, my Kenkenes. Nay, ! they die in Egypt and fertilise tie soil." "It will raise a Set-given uproar, Rameses." Mer. s broke sn, with meek i conviction, "and, as thou hast said, io the king the credit, to his adv.sers the blame." "Nay; the process is longer and more natural." the prince replied carelessly. "It is but rho same method of the mines. Who can call death by hard labor murder?" The full brutality of tho prince's meaning struck home. Kenkenes grip ped the arm of Ta-merfs chair with such power that the sinews stood np rigidi and white above the hack of the brown hand. Luckily all of tho guests were contemplating Rameses with moro or less horror. They did not see the color recede from the young art ist's face or his eyes ignite danger- j ouslv. Masanath sat up very straight and leveled a* pair of eyes shining with ac Eusation at thc prince. "Of a truthr, was thine the fiat?" she demanded. "Even so, thou lovely magistrate." he answered, with an amused smile. "Was it not a masterful one?" Hotep delivered her a warning glance, but she did not heed in Aus- i tere Ma. tho defender of truth, coul l : have been as t asily crushed. "Masterful!" she cried. "Nay! Me- j nos, lend me thy word. Of all Set-giv en, pitiless, atrocious edicts that is the cruelest! Shame on thee!" At her first words Rameses raised himself from his attitude of languor i Into an upright and intensely alert po sition. The company ceased to breathe, but Kenkenes heaved a soundless sigh | of relief. ' Masanath had uttered his ' denunciations for him. Meanwhile the prince's eyes began to j sparkle, a rich stain grew In his cheeks, j and when she made an end he was the picture of animated delight. For the j first time in his life he had been de- j fied and condemned. (TO BK cojm^uxii.l YOUNG LADY KURT IN RUNAWAY Miss Lydia Scarborough Thrown From Carriage at Summerton and Her Knee Injured. Summerton, May 7.-On Suday night an accident which narrowly es caped resulting in death or serious in jury to a party of young people, oc curred here. Mr. Hubert Sublett, driving a carriage ''filled with young ladies, was returning from the coun try at about 9 o'clock and in crossing the Methodist Church grounds, where a new road has been recently made, the horses ran upon a stump, and taking fright, began to run and were soon beyond the control of the young man. As the maddened beasts plung ed at a breakneck speed down the dark streets the occupants of the ve hicle were either unwilling or unable to retain their seats and, it is report ed, everyone of them were thrown to the ground in the runaway. Miss Lyda Scarborough, the popular and accomplished daughter of the Hon. O. C. Scarborough, was the most painfully hurt, having suffered a se vere spraining of the knee. The oth ers were more or less bruised, but otherwise were not injured. The ve hicle was wrecked. January Gets Pardon. Washington. May S.-President Roosevelt has approved the attorney general's recommendation that Wil liam January, alias William Ander son, of'Kansas City. Mo., be pardoned from Fort Leavenworth penitentiary; to take effect July li). Bonaparte's recommendation says he thinks January should servo an appreciable time in prison, indicating as/a matter of strict right he still be longs there but he also thinks the ne riod .'should be approximately short. How's This? We offer $100 reward for any case >f catarrh that cannot be cured by Sail's- Catarrh Cure. F. J. 1 meney & Co., Toledo, O. We, the undersigned, have known P. J. Chene / fer the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business tr;nsaciions and financially able to carry out any obligations made by h:s firm. Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, . Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken in ternally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous* surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent free. Price 75c per bottle. Sold by all druggists. Take Hall's Family PiHs for consti pation. 4-18-lm PLEASURE YACHT LOST. The Yacht Rita Sailed From Miami, Fla., Fot ty-Two Days Ago. .\c\v 'ork, May ll.-All hope has been abandoned for Marion Story's yacht Rita with Capt. Olaf Jacobson and a crew of six men. It is believ ed the yacht has gone to the bottom with all on board. The yacht sailed from Miami, Fla., forty-two days ago for Xew York and since then has not been reported. A. J. McIntosh, Story's agent, said today: "The only chance in the world is that some vessel might have picked up the men. Every possible effort has been made to get a trace of the yacht, but we given up hope." * Kidney complaint kills more peo ple than any other disease. This is due to the d'sease being so insidious :ha: it gets a good hold on the sys l?m before it is recognized. -Foley's \ id ney Cure will prevent the devel opment of fatal disease if taken in time. Sibert's Drug Store. ;ii< >TOUS STRIKERS. . i -lgshoremen invade Steamship Pier and Drive Out Strike Breakers. New York, iiay ll;-Seven hun dred striking longshoremen invaded the piers of the Italian linc on North river, many armed with clubs and bale hooks: and forcibly drove from the cook of the steamer Campania 150 Kalian strike-breakers, who were engaged in loading the vessel. The p.die.- ended the trouble by driving ;he strikers back from the pier. Police - Commissioner ningham made preparations today so the police parade e m proceed despito the strike. Free samples of "Preven tics" and booklet on colds will be gladly mailed you on request, by Dr. Snoop. Racine. Wis., simply to prove merit. Prevehtics ure little Candy Cold Cure tablets. X" quinine, no laxative, noth ing harmful whatever. Preventics prev< ni colds-as the name implies when taken early, or at the "sneeze stage." For a seated cold or la grippe, break it up safely and quickly with Prevent? ss. Sold by Sibert's Drug Store. A PECULIAR DEATH. Negro Breaks Ris Neck in Fall of Twelve Inches. Gr enwTood, May 7.-John Rey nolds, a negro train bend on the Charleston and Western Carolina railway, met a tragic death here yes terday morning in a pecuii ir manner. While asleep in bis bunk in the ca boose of his train, he rolled out of the bunk and striking tho boor had his neck broken. It seemed that he fell on his bead and the weight of his body in some way brought about the broken neck. There were other ne groes in the caboose and they wera awakened the fall, which happen