Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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TT ljCrGATE A 5TORY Of HY5TCRY. INVOLVING STARTLING COMPLICATIONS tV ADVCNTUf ^ty ANNA KATNCRlNt GRtt wSBB 4?Ave#eJ*OSrf ?* CLOdl ?Who !? her man of businsss?" ?maward Harpor. of ? Wall street" *H*'s y:>ur man. Hall know soon sjr or tat*? whsrs shs Is.** ?Tsm, bat la tar wont do. I most to-night; or, If that la impos to-morrow. Wsrs It not for mmtlnuatlon it would onus* bar I bag rim to pat od all your fores si ths city for this brlds of hours. But suth publicity la too dstsctivs looksd thoughtful. ? problem bad Ks difficult las, ?Are those hsrs?" he asked al last, to ths two trunks bo saw against the wall. "Tos, I had them brought up. In fto bops that shs bad slipped away i notes foolish errand or other and 14 yet come back." "By their heft ! Judge them to bo fsal; bow about her hand-bag?" ?Bao bad only a ?mall bag and an BBsbrslla They are both hers." "Hows thatr ?The colored boy took them at tbo Boar. She wsnt away with nothing In bsr hands. Qorrtdgo glanced at ths bag Mr. Bjgsaom had pointed out Angered It, Bsoa asksd ths young husband to He did fo. Ths usual articles and Bsalspsnssblo adjuncts of a nice worn sm*s toilet mot their ayes. Also a BSShathuok containing considerable saoaey antf ? case holding more than sjas raluable Jewel. Tas syor of ths offlcsr and manager Swat In 111 dlitgulssd alarm. must bars been under the violent sxcltemsut to slip away it ths**'," suggested ths former. ;T? bottor bh at work. Give me two bio parting words to Mr. "By that Urns 111 o ther bo or ts)spoons you. You had bet tsr stay ho*e; shs mi.y return. Though t Boat thltdi that likely," hs muttered SB hs paaisd ths manager. At tas door ho i topped. "You can't SjSB mo the o>lor of that 7sll?" ?Mo." stout ths room, air. There's of coloni In ths furniture and Doat roj sos on* soms taat remind ? you of her veil or of bur dreat?" t%o mlssrnble bridegroom looked UB* from tbo bag into which hs was ?BN staring and. glancing slowly him. Anally lotntsd at a chair d In brown and Impulsively *Tno toU was lfl ? that; I remember ssr. Brown, isnt It? a dark brown?" ?Ys*. And ths drmsr 1 can't toll yen a thing about ths fiut bor r lores?I remember about tietn. Thsy wsrs so jpsjbt they gapsd open at ths wrist mm bauds looksd quits disfigured. I that so sensible a woman buy glovei at lsast two sites small for her I think she was of thsm herself, for the tried %* bids thorn after tiho saw ras look Stsb* "Tbss wis In ti e cab?" ?Tau." ?Wbors you didn't speak a word?" ?Mot a word." ?Though shs sen med so very much JBt UP?" "No. she didn't sssm cut up; only ?How tired?" ?She sat with her hsad pressed It tho slds cf ths cab." "And a little tu nod away?" ?Yos." "As If shs shrank from you?" ?A little so." ?Did sho biightsn when ths car? riage stopped V "She started upighL" ?Did you help her out?" -No. 1 r ad promised not to touch "Bhs Jumped oui after you?" "Y??s." ?And never spots?" ?"Nrt a word." Oorrldgs opened ths door, motioned BsY tas manager to follow, and. once to the hall, remarked to that gentle "I should Hks to too ths toy who took her bag and was with them when oh* (dipped away." CHAPTER II. The Lady in Number 3. [HB boy was soon found and proved to be more observing in matters of dress than Mr. Rarsotn. He described with apparent accuracy both the color and out of ths garments worn by ths lady wko had flitted avay so mysteriously, former was br own, all brown; and latter was of ths tailor made varls? vsry astty ant becoming. -What 1 would calfassll," was the com gt, "If her walk hadn't spoiled ths of It. How shs did walk! Hsr mast bars hurt hsr most un mason. I savor did sss any ons sbhls so." ?How's that? Hb? hobbled, and hsr rssband didn't not es It?" -Ob. bo had hunisd on shsad. Shs ssubohlnd him. and sho walksd llks Tbo pan to mi m* was highly sxpres "That's a point," muttered Gerrldge. Then with a sharp look at the boy: "Where were you that you didn't no? tice her when she slipped off?" "Oil, but I did. sir. I waa waiting tor the dark to give me the key, when I saw bar step back from the gentle? man's tide and. looking quickly round to see If nay one waa noticing her, slide off into the reception-room. I thought she wanted a drink of water out of the pitcher on the center-table, but If she did, aha didn't come back after she had got It None of us ever saw ber again." "Did you follow Mr. Ransom when be walked through those rooms V "No. sir; I stayed in the hall" "Did the lady hobble when she slid thus mysteriously out of sightT" "A little. Not so much as when she came in. But she wasn't at her ease, sir. Her shoes were certainly too small." "I think I will take a peep at those rooms now," Qerridge remarked to the manager. Mr. Loomis bowed, and together they crossed the office to the recep? tion-room door. The diagram of this portion of the hotel will give yju an idea of these connecting rooms. There are three of them, as you will see. all reception-rooms. Mr. Ransom had passed through them all in looking for his wife. In No. 1 he found several ladles sitting and stand? ing, all strangers. He encountered no one in No. 2, and In No. 3 Jmit one pei-son, a lady in street costume evi? dently waiting for some one. To this lady he had addressed himself, ask? ing if she had seen any one pars that way the moment before. Her reply waa a decided "No;" that shu had been waiting in that same room for several minutes and had seen no one. This staggered him. It was as If his wife had dissolved Into thin air. True, she might have eluded him by slipping out into the hall by means of door two at the moment ho entered door one; and alert to this possibility, he hastened back Into the hall to look for her. But she was nowhere visible, nor had she been observed leaving the building by tbe man stationed at entrance A. But there was another exit, that of B. Had she gone/ out that way? Mr. Ransom had taken pains to inquire and had been assured by the man In cMrge that no lady had left by that door during the last tea minutes. This he had Insisted on, and when Mr. Loomis and the detec? tive came in their turn to question him on this point he Insisted on it again. The mystery 6eemed com? plete.?at least to the manager. But the detective was not quite satisfied. He asked the man if at any time that day, before or after Mrs. Ransom's disappearance, he had swing the door open for a lady who walked lame. The answer was decisive. "Yes; one wto walked as if her shoos were tight," "When?" "Oh a little while after tho gentle? man ariked his questions." "Was she dressed in brown?" That he didn't know. He didn't look at ladles' dresses unless they were something special. "Hut she walked lame and she came from Room 3?" Yes. Ho remembered that much. Gerrltigo, with a nod to the man? ager, stepped Into the o;>en compart? ment of the whirling door. "I'm off," said he. "Expect to hoar from me in two hours." At twenty minutes to ten Mr. Ran? som was called up on the telephone. "One question. Mr. \(.< ia<M*V "Hello, who are you?" "Genidge." "All right, go ahead." "Did you see Hit f;? s of ttio woman you spoke to in Rod v??. :i?" "Of course. 8he wa.< lookllf direct? ly at me." "You remember it? Co ild identify It ir you saw It agaiu?" "Yea; that is?" "That's all. good by ? The circuit was cut oft. Another ln?o>rnhlr wait Then tbere enme n knorfc on th? door and Crorridge entered, Ha held a photo? graph In his hand wt.i. b he had evi* dently taken from his neonat on bis way up. "Look at this/' said he. "Do you recognize the face?" "The lady?" "Just so; the one who said she had seen no one come Into No. 3 on the first floor." Mr. Ransom staggered against the table. Mr. Ransom's expression of sur? prised inquiry was sufficient answer. "Well, It's a pity you didn't look at her gloves instead of at her face. You might have had some dim idea of hav? ing seen them before. It was she who rode to the hotel with you; not your wife. The veii was Wound around her face for a far doeper purpose than to ward off rice." Mr. Ransom staggered back against the table before which he had been standing. The blow was an over? whelming one. ? "Who is this woman?" he demand? ed. "She came from Mr. Fulton's house. More than that, from my wife's room. What is her name and what did she mean by such an outrage?" "Her name ll Delia Burton, and she is your wife's confidential maid. As for the meaning of this outrage, it will take more than two hours to ferret out that. I can only give you the ?ingle fact IVe mentioned." "And Mrs. Ransom?" "She left the house at the same moment you did; you and Miss Burton. Only she went by the basement door." "She? She?" "Dressed In her maid's clothes. Oh, you'll have to hear worse things than that before we're out of this muddle. If you won't mind a bit of advice from a man of experience, I would suggest that you take things easy. It's the only way." Shocked into silence by this cold? blooded philosophy, Mr. Ransom con? trolled both his anger and his humili? ation; but he could not control his surprise. "What does It mean?" he murmured to himself. "What does it all mean?" ! CHAPTER III. "He Knows the Worfl." HE next moment the doubt natural to the occasion as? serted itself. "How do you know all this? You state the Impossible. Ex? plain yourself." Gerrldge was only too willing to do so. "I have Just come from Mr. Fulton's house." said he. "Inquiries there elicited the facts which have so startled you. Neither Mr. Fulton nor his wife meant to deceive you. They knew nothing, suspected nothing of what took place, and you have no cause to blame them. It was all a plot between the two women." "But how?why?" ' Vcu see, I had a fact to go upon. You hud noticed that your so-called bride's gloves did not tit her; the boy below, that *-er shoes were so tight she hobbled. That set me thinking A o! Mrs. Ransom's expert ence rxu Jtn'- ^ent would not be apt to make a mistake in two such im I ro^tant particulars; which taken wiih the veil nr.d the promise she exacted-| from you not to address or touch her during your short ride to the hotel, led me to point my inquiries so that I soon found out that your wife had had the assistance of another woman In getting ready for her jouruey and that this woman was her own maid who had been with her for a long time, and had always given evidence of an especial attachment for her. Asking about this girl's height and i general apearance (for the possibility of a substitution was already in my mind). I found that she was of slight figure and good carriage, and that her age was not far removed from that of her yoang mistress. This mado the substitution I have mentioned feasible, and when I was told that she was seen taking her hat and bon? net into the bride's room, and. though not expected to leave till the next morning, had slid away from the house by the basement door at the same moment her mistress appeared on the front steps, my suspicions be? came so confirmed that I asked how this girl looked, in the hope that you wouK. be able to recognize her, througn the description, as the wom? an you had seeu sitting In Reception room No. 3. But to my surprise, Mrs, I Fulton had what was better than any i description, the girl's picture. This has simplified matters very much. By it you have been able to identify the woman who sttempted to mislead you In the reception-room, and 1 the per son who rode here with you from Mr. Fulton's house. Wasn't she dressed In ore"- . ? Didn't you notice a sisal laxity In her appearance to that of the very lady you were then seeking?" "I did not observe. Her face was all I saw. She was looking directly at me as I stepped into the room." "I see. She had taken off her veil and trusted to your attention being caught by her strange features,?as it was. But that dress was brown; I'm sure of It. She was the very woman. Otherwise the mystery is impenetra? ble. A deep plot, Mr. Ransom; one that should prove to you that Mrs. Ransom's motive in leaving you was of a very serious character. Do you wish that motive probed to the bot? tom? I cannot do it without public? ity. Are you willing to incur that publicity?" (To Be Continued.) DEFIANT MISSIONARIES. Georgia Put Them in Prison When They Defied the State Government And Its Laws. The fact that two Presbyterian missionaries in the district of Africa that is governed by King Leopold, of Belguim, are soon to be tried on the ground of libeling the compo y in which the king is interested, and which enjoys the rich rubber conces? sions of a large territory, and that these American missionaries are gen? erally regarded as apt to be sent to jaii, regardless as to their actual guilt or innocence of the charges, indirect? ly recalls the time when the State of Georgia sent a pair of missionaries to the penitentiary and kept them there at harvl labor for two years under the most remarkable circumstances. Tie* story is well worth the retelling, as to many it may have a touch of freshness, or revive memories of oth? er incidents in the stirring early da?s of the commonwealth. Gold was discovered in the Chero? kee country of Georgia in 1829 and there was a usual rush of adventurers from all parts of the country. Foi several years prior to this efforts had been making on the part of the State to secure the removal of the Chero? kee Indians from the State, only to be thwarted by the actions of the fed? eral government. Despite the inimi? cal attitude of the officials at Wash? ington the State had deliberately ex? tended the operation of its laws over all of the Cherokee territory, declared the acts of the so-called Cherokee ^Svernment invalid, and In 1830, tak? ing cognizance of the Inrush of gold hunters, made it unlawful for white persons to reside in the. Cherokee country, without having taken an ~>ath of allegiance to Georgia and without first securing a license from the State authorities. Certain mis? sionaries, some maintained by the American Board, interfering in poli? tics somewhat as the missionaries are occused of having done in Hawaii before the annexation of those is? le nds, protested against the action of the State and refused to comply with these requirements, falling back upon the previous attitude of the federal government as their defense. When the time of grace had elapsed the State government promptly arrested them. Two of the leaders were re? leased by a State Judge on the ground that they were agents of the United States. Only one was such, ho being postmaster at the Indian 'capital. President Andrew Jacksom whose sympathies, unlike his prede? cessor's were with the State, and op? posed to the course of the federal court, promptly removed this man from his office so that the State would feel no embarrassment in handling the case. On their further refusal to leave the State, or comply with Its regulation, the two, Messrs. Worcester and Thompson were ar? rested by the Georgia authorities, tried, found guilty and sentenced to four years. Others associated with them accepted a pardon conditioned on their departure from the State. These two refused and appealed to the United States court. Governor Lumpkin and the legislature prompt? ly expressed their determination not to yield the rights of Georgia or coni prcmlse them by recognizing tne pro? ceedings In the Supreme Court in any way. That court held the acts of the Georgia legislature void and the judgment of the court trying and sen? tencing the two missionaries as like? wise a nullity. Georgia's attitude re? mained one of defiance. Governor Lumpkin announced the State's in? tention of meeting with determined resistance anyv attempt to prostrate the sovereignty of the State In the exercise Of Is constitutional criminal .jurisdiction. President Jackson, none too great an admirer or lover of Chief Justice Marshall, grimly observed When the Supreme Court decree was announced that now that John Marshall had ren? dered his decision he might enforce it. something that was clearly beyond the chief Justice's power to do. "Old Hickory's" stand practically nullified the decision of the Supreme Court {?nd the missionaries labored on in the Georgia penitentiary. Wearying 01* their enforced martyrdom they filially BOght a pardon, and after serv? ing nearly two years they accepted the condition they had refused be? fore were given their freedom and left the State. The Interesting story of the efforts ALCOHOL 3 PER CENT. ?Vegetable rVepartlonfbrAs: s[Mat?T?(teFbod^R^ ting?ieStouiadsandBomof Infants/Children Promotes Dig^taOfdijl ness and RestContains neittvr Opiuni.Morphinc norMiaeraU Not Narcotic. CAST0R1A For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of i^ofouMmJEurnsnt twapKUl otWB JbcSama *? 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Norfolk and Return $8 Stopovers will be allowed at Richmond, going ami returning, by deposit? ing ticket with Ticket Agent on arrival. Train schedules, sleeping car reservations, tickets, eta, may be procured from t M. F. Dukes, A. C. L. Ticket Agent, Sumter, S. C. W. J. Cralg, Pas. Traf. Mgr. T. C. Write, Gen. Pas. Agt. WILMINGTON, N. C. to remove the Indians, of which this Incident formed a dramatic episode, is told In several works, but in none more concisely than in Prof. Ulrich B. Phillip's work on "Georgia and State Right*."?AmaHcUi Times-Re? corder. Sensible men show their sense by saying much In few words.?Frank? lin. Neevr Judge a merchant's cash re? ceipts by the number of lady shop? pers in the store. Mrs. James T. Kilgo, widow of the Rev. James T. Kllgo, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. C. Campbell, at Blenheim, in Marlboro County, Saturday afternoon at four o'clock. Mrs. Kilgo was In her 82nd year, and her death closes a life of Christian virtue and of splendid In? fluence throughout the state. Her distinguished sons, Dr. John C. Kllgo, president of Trinity College; the Rev. Prarce Kllgo and James Kilgo, of the South Carolina Conference, and Mrs. J. C. Campbell are her surviving chil? dren.