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7nm S'owaway is a typical Tracy story that grips the inter ami with the first chapter and holds it firmly until the last. A conspiracy a;*ainst the safety of a shin, a beautiful girl in dis? tress* a hra ? sailom who aids her and speedily learns to love her. a mysterious island which is the scene >tf a South American revo? lutionary ploi---these are some of he characters and themes utili sed by a master story teller in weaving a romance of life un? der the mystic Southern Cross. CHAFTPK L TOB A 5 DROME DA. ?m jfJARKY Mr Buimer! That fw/fl horrid old man! Uocle. I I what ero 70a sayingV" The girl sprang to her feet as If sbe were some tlrald crea? ture of the wild aroused from sylvan brood In es by kr wledge of Imminent danger. fn her tern r abe upset three akseglessm on the luncheon table. Coo, rose tinted and ornate, crashed to the floor, sod the noise seemed to irritate the owner of Linden House more than his niece's shrill terror. "No oeed to bust up our beet set of 'oc* glasses Just b> ?cause I 'appen to mention owd Dlc.ey H?lm er." be grow I ?d. "I'm sorry.** sbe said and stooped to pick op the fragments scattered over the caroet "Lost* that alone." came the sharp order. Tffl igb time joo an' me 'ad a strrjght talk an* 1 can't do wt' folk bouocln' about like an lnjla rubber boll when I've got things to say to He gulped down some of the wine, darted his tongue several tlmea In and out between his teeth, smacked his lips, replaced his cigar In his mouth sad leaned back lo hia chair until It j creaked. Irls Vorke. accustomed to this rlt etat, found herself even In her pros- ? out trouble wondering how It wsa possible that David Verity cotld be her mother's brother. This uarse mannered man. brother to the iwiet ?ctecd, tender hearted gentlewoman 1 wbosv gracious wraith was left an? dimmer' lo the girl's memory by the i Ispse of years- It would be unbellev ! able If It were not true! But he bad I shown kindness to her In his dorn- | meeting way. Shocked almost at the ' 4tsJ yalty of her thoughts. Iris tried to close the lift that had opened so un aapeotedh T was stupid of me to take you ?seioosty,'* sbe said. ' You cannot real- | ty mean that Mr. Buimer wishes to marry mof* **1 meant It right enough, my lass," mm said, **But. uncle, dear**? ~8top a bit. Listen to me first an' say yoar say when I've finished. Like everybody else, you think I'm a rich man David Verity. Esq., shipowner mt Linden House an' Exchange build It looks sll right, don't It. like of them furrln applea with rosy as' s maggot inside? You're the I've told about the maggot. Fact is. I'm broke. Sblpownlo' is rotten radays unless you've lots of capl I've lost mine. Unless I get help. mm's thumpln' Disc slice of It. my name ?gore* lo the Gazette 1 wsnt ?M).OUO, mm' oo's goto' to give It to me? I put II so owd Dickey yesterday, an' *e said fern couldn't raise money In Liverpool to bu.'d a ferryboat. But *e said imst eis? if you wed 'Ira e makes jmm s partner In the firm of Verity. gesJmer A Co. See? Wot's wrong with that? I've dooe everything for yew op to dote. Now It's your turn. Alinple. Isn't It? P'raps 1 ought to have siplslned things differently, but It didn't occur to roe you'd hobject to beln the wife of s millionaire, eveu if 'o Is s dnddrln' owd Idiot to Ulk of snarrTln' ag'ln -Ob. uncls!" With a wall of despair the girl sank back and covered her face with her hands Now ihst she believed the In croillble ?he could utter no protest The sacrifice demsnded was too gros*. Verity was angry, almost slsrmcd Bsalstsnce. even of this passive sort, raised the savnge In him Hitherto Irls bad been ready to obey his slight oat whim "There's n?. 11 In' 'O \. uncle, an' kick In* up a fuss." he srappcd vl ctously. 'Where woiiM \o,i avs bin. I'd like to know, if It wasn't for me? lo the gutter that's where your pre clous '""I ? f * father left your mother sn* yon You re the best dressed an best h*>kln' an" best eddh-ated ?Irl I' ftootV tc?day - thnnks |0 me When your mother kein 'ere ten venr SgO SfV said bar Ht'rarv gent of a 'USband was dead, neither of you ad nd a s<piar#? sa^wl for weeha?rememlsT thru Will yor?' It Mo t my fault you've got to marry Buimer It's lust s M mi \u LOUIS TRACY ~ Author of the "Pillar of Light." "The Wings of the Morn? ing" and "The Captain of the Kansas." -He Copyright. 1909 by Edward J Clode fernnl bnd luck?tbe same for botb of US, If It comes to that An' win shouldn't you 'ave some of the sours after I've given you all the sweets?" The girl staggered to her feet, **1 will do what you ask." she mur? mured, though there was a pitiful quiv? ering at tbe corners of her month that bespoke an agony beyond the relic' of tears. "But please don't say any in re snd uever ugaln allude to my dear fa? ther In that way or 1 may?1 may for get what 1 owe yat** Tbe door closed nod he was alone. Taking a small LOiebook from his pocket, he Jotted down an array of fig? ures. He was *> absorbed In their' analysis that he did not see Iris walk listlessly across tbe lawo that spread its summer greenery In front of the dining room windows. And that was sn 111 thing for David. The sight of the girl at that Instant meant a great deal to him I "Yes; that's It." he was thinking. "I must wheedle I ickey into the bank to? morrow. A word from 'Im an' they'll all grovel, blast em!" Tbe door opened. "Captain Coke to see yon. sir." said a servant "Send "Im In. Bring 'im in 'ere." The memorandum book disappeared. Verity's hearty greeting was that of a man who bad not s care In the world "Glsd to see you. Jlmmle, my boy sit yourself down. 'Ave a cigar sn's glass o' port I didn't expect you quite so soon, but you're Just as welcome now as later.** Captain Coke placed his hat on top of s ma laces cane and balanced botb against tbe back of a chair. "I'll take a smoke, but no wine, tbaukee. Mr. Verity." said be. "I kem slong now cos I want to be aboard sfore It's dsrk. We're moored in au swkward place." "Poor owd Andromeda! Just 'er usual luck. eh. JlmmleV" "Well, sbe ain't wot you might call one of fortune's fav'rlts. but she's afloat, au' that's raore'n yon can say for a good many daisy cutters I've known." Verity chuckled. "Some ships are worth less afloat than ashore, au' she's one of 'em." be grinned. "You want u match. 'Kre you are!" Coke puffed away Id silence. There was ao awkward pause. For once in bis career Verity regretted his cultivat? ed trick of covering up a significant phrase by quickly adding some com ment on a totally different subject But tbe sailor smoked on, stolidly heedlese of a sudden lapse lu tbe con versatlon. and the shipowner was coin "TOKBB'a HO USK KICSIN' tJP A FUSS." psjlgd to start afresh. He was far too shrewd to go straight back to the topic burked by bis own error. "it's stuffy lu 'ere with the two of us smol In'. Lot's stroll Into the gar den," he said Oaks was- agreeable. "It's the on y bit of green stuff you seem to he f.md of, Mr. Verity," he went on You keep us crool short of Vegetables." David's little eyes twinkled. Hero was another opening. It would not be his fault If It h^l igato up a cul-de-sac. He threw wide the window, aod they crossed the la w n "Vegetables:" he cried "Wish I eould stock you from my place, an' I'd stuff you with em. I can grow 'em 'ere for next to nothln*. hut they cost S heap of money In furritj ports, an your ertsssee wave catcher doeeo'l earn money She eats It." "Kven that's one botter'n her skip per. 'on doesn't do neether." Comment* ed Coke gloomily. "The Andromeda was a good ship In 'er day, but that day is gum*. Von ought to 'eve sum 'er to th?* Dutchmen live years ago. Mr Verity. Times were Itetter then, un' now you'd ave a Hue steel ship Instead of a box of scrap iron 1 They were passing the rhododen? drons, and Verity's qul< k eyes Doted that a summer house neneath Hie shade of two venera hie elms was un occupied. "Drop anchor In 'ere. Coke." sold Verity. "It's cool an' breezy, an' we can 'ave a quiet confab without hein bothered. Now, I reelly sent lor you today to tell von 1 mean to better the supplies this trip. Yes. 'onest Injnn I'm goln' to nung in an exiry undred tomorrow in the way of stores. Fun ny, isn't it?" "Funny! It's a ml racier* Though not altogether gratitled by this whole hearted agreement with his own views. Verity was too anxious to keep his hearer on the present lack to resent any Implied slur on bin earlier efforts as a caterer "It's not hing to wot I'd do If I could afford It," he aided graciously. "But wot chance as an trou ship built twenty years ago a ton agin a steel ^g^^^pP^i twice the cargo jKS5@rffj[ f space an' three f \\f \ feet less draft? J^^ml^f ^ \ We're dished ev- jffa^&^^^i 1 ery way. We cost IjEjiSjf^ \f1 more to run. we II tbe bars, we can't x^Hsw^^A carry 'arf the stuff, tZTisaar \\~ we pay double In- M \&j 8uranee, an we're ^{JtiSsEjl Iffik ten st od tnore'i il^"^-?*?^^ double the eapltal l^^^S?^^^ As you say. .Mm <^5?s*8 mie, wot bloomln' "the andromkda chaust 'ave we?" goes on the t'oki smoked si- Rocks. lently. He bad said none of these things, but when tbe shipowner's glance suddeuly dwelt on him ho nod? ded. "Premium gone up, then?" be In? quired. "She's od a twelvemonth rate. It I runs out in September. If you're lucky j an' All np with nitrate soou you may bo 'ome again. If not. I'll 'area/to j whack up a special quotation. After that there'll be no Insurance. The Andromeda goes for wot she'll fetch." | Another pause. Then Coke broached a new phase. "Meanin' that I lose the ?2.000 I put In 'er to get my berth?" he said bus kily. "An' wot about me? I lose eight times as much. Just think of It! Six- j teeo thousand pouuds would give me j a fair balance to go on wl' 1' these hard times, an' your two thou* would j make the skipper's ,1ob Id my Dew ship j a certaioty " Coke's brick red face darkened. He breathed bard. "Wot new ship?" he demanded. "It's a secret Jimmle. bnt I must stretch a point for a pal's sake. Dickey Buhner's goin' to marry my niece, an' j 'e 'as pledged himself to double tbe j capital of tbe firm. Now I've let tbe j cat out of the bag. I'm sorry, ole man ?pon dip soul. 1 am-but w'eo Dickey's ; name crops up od change you know as j well as me 'ow many captain's tickets will be backed wl* t' brass," Neither man spoke during so long a time that the break seemed to Impose a test of endurance, in such a crisis he who has all at stc'-e will yield rather tban he who only stakes s part. ; "S pose we talk plainly as man to j man?" said Coke thickly at last "I can't talk much plainer," said j Verity. "Y'es. you can. Promise me the com- J mand of your next ship, an' the An- ' dromcdn goes on the rocks this side o' j Montevideo." Verity Jumped as though he had been i stung by an infuriated wasp. "Coke. I'm surprised at you." be grunted, uot without a sharp glance , uround to make sure no other was ; near. "No, you ain't oot n bit surprised. 1 on'y yon don't like to 'ear it Id cold i Eogllsh. That's wot you're drivin* at? ! the Insurance. Wot are you afraid of? 1 take ail the risk an* precious little of the money. Write me a letter"? "Write! Me! Coke, you're loony." | "Not me. Wait till I'm through. Write a letter sayln' yofl're sorry the i Andromeda must be laid up this fall, but promisln' me the next vacancy. ?Ow does that 'urt you?'' Verity's cigar had gone out. lie re lighted it with due deliberation, it could not be denied that his nerve at least was superb. "I'm willln' to do anything in reo sod." he said slowly. "1 don't see where ! can lay 'ands on a better man than you, Jimmle. even if you do talk nonsense at times." "I'll call at your office In tbe mom In' for the letter." said Coke, whoso red face shone like the setting sun seen through a haze. "Yes. yes. I'll 'ave it ready." " "An' yog won't back out of them extry stores? I must sweeten the crew on this run " "I'll supply the best of stuff, enough to last for the round trip Hut don't make any mistake. You must be back afore Kept. .'H) That's the date of the policy I'.y the way. 'oo's the new man you've shipped as second? Watts Is the chief. I know, but 'oo is Mr. Philip Hosier r "Youngster flllln' in sea service to get a ticket au' qualify for the t'u uard." "Thoroughly reliable sort of chap, eh?" "The best Just the right kind of second for the Andromeda's last cruise. Smart as a new pin \ou could trust in 00 the bridge of ? bat? tleship. Now, Watts is a good man, but a tot of rum makes 'Im lair daft." "Ah." purred Verity, "you must keep s tight 'and on Watts 1 like an appe- i tlzer mssslf w'en I'm off dooty, so to speak, but irs no Joke to 'nve n boozer In charge of a tine ship nn' vallyble freight Of course you're responsible as master, but yon can't be ou deck mornin'. noon an' night. Choke W ans off the drink an' you'll 'ave uo trouble. Well, come along Let's lubricate." ? ???*?? The Andromeda sailed on the Hies day ufternoon's tide. She would drop the pilot off llolyhead. and It she fol? lowed the beaten track on her long run to the river Plate?as sailors will persist in miscalling that wondrous Itio de la Plata she mlgbt be signaled from Madeira or the Cape Verde is? lands. Hut shipmasters often prefer to set a course clear of the land till they pick up the coust of South Amer lea. If she wer- not spoken by some passing steamer there was every pos? sibility that the sturdy old vessel would not be heard of again bei ore reaching her destination, a e e s s e e But David Verity heard of her much sooner, and no thunderbolt that ever rent the heavens could have startled bim more than the manner of that hearing. Kesolving to clinch matters with re? gard to Iris and her elderly sister, he Invited "Owd Dickey" to supper ou Sunday evening. The girl eudured the man's presence with a placid dig? nity that amazed her uncle. On the plea of a headache she retired at au early hour, leaving Hulmer to gloat over hi& prospective happiness and primed to the point of dementia. He was quite willing to accompany Verity to the hank next morning. A pleasant spoken manager sighed bis relief wheu the visitors were gone, and be was free to look at the itetij' "bills discounted" on Verity's page in the ledger. More than that, a lawyer was instructed to draw up a partner? ship deed, and the representatives of various shipbuilding firms were asked to supply estimates for two new ves? sels. Altogethet Dickey was complaisant and David enjoyed a busy and suc? cessful day. He dined in town, came home at a iate hour and merely grin* ned wheu a servant told him that Mr. Buimer had called twice, but Miss Iris happened to be out on both occasions. Nevertheless at breakfast on Tues? day he warned his uiece not to keep her admirer dangling at arm's length. *'E's a queer owd codger," explained the philosopher. "Play np to 'lm a bit, an' you'll be able to twist Mm around your little finger. I b'ileve he's goln' dotty, an' you can trust roe to see that the marriage settlement is O. K." "Will you be home to dinner?" wa3 her response. MNo Now that the firm is in smooth water again. I must show myself a bit. Ifs all thanks to you. lass, an' I'll not forget It. Good by r Iris smiled, and Verity was vastly pleased. Ml am sure you will not forget." she said. "Good by!" "There's no understandln* wimmin," mused David as his victoria swept through the gates of Linden House. "Sunday afternoon Dickey might ha' bin a dose of rat poison. Now she's ready to swaller 'im as if 'e was a chocolate drop." Again he returned some few minutes after midnight. Again the servant an? nounced Mr. Buhner's visits, three of them, and again Miss Iris had been absent In fact, she had not yet come home. "Not 'ome!" cried David furiously. "W'y, It's gone 12. Were the?w'ere Is she?" No one knew. She had quitted the house soon after Verity himself and had not been seen since. Storm and rage as he might and did. David could not discover tojs niece's whereabouts. But enlightenment came on Thursday morning A letter arrived by the first post. It was from Iris: My Dear Uncle?Neither you nor Mr. Buimer should have any objection to my passing the few remaining weeks of my liberty In the manner be.?t pleasing to myself. On Sunday evening In your pres? ence Mr. Buimer urged me to fix an early date for our marriage. Tell him that 1 shall marry him when the Andromeda returns to England from South America. You will remember that you promised last year to take me to Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires this summer. 1 have been learning Spanish so as to help our sight? seeing Unfortunately business prevents you from keeping that promise, but there is no reason why I should not go. 1 am on board the Andromeda and will prob? ably be able to explain matters satisfac? torily to Captain Coke. The vessel Is due back at the end of September, 1 believe, ?o Mr. Buimer will not have long to wait. It is more than likely that Captain Coke will not know I am aboard until Thurs? day, and 1 ha\V arranged with a friend that this letter shall reach you about the same time. I Mease cor.\ey my apologies to Mr. Buimer and accept my regret for any anxiety you may have felt owing to my unaccountable absence. Your affec? tionate niece. 1R1S YORKE. David narrowly escaped an apoplec? tic seizure. When he recovered his senses he I i iked U n years older. The <ustiuct of self preservation ulone saved him in ills frenzy from blurting forth the tidings of the girl's flight. Incoherent with fear und passion, he contrived to give orders for his car? riage and was driveu to his ottlce. Thence he dispatched telegrams to ev? ery signaling station at which by the remotest possibility the Andromeda might be intercepted, and the text of every message was, "Andromeda must return to Liverpool instantly." Hut the wretched man realized thnt |6 was doomed. Fate had struck at Ilm mercilessly, Never was ship more eagerly sought thau the Andromeda, yet never was ship more completely engulfed in the mysterious silence of the great sea. The days passed and the weeks, yet nothing was heard of her. Bbe flg? ured in the "overdue" list at Lloyd'a, sharp eyed underwriters did ??specs" in her, woebegone women began to haunt the Liverpool office for new-; of husbands and sons. the lovelorn Dickey wore Verity to a shadow of his former self by s I tern ate pleadings and threats, but tho Andromeda remained mute, and the fanciful letters from Iris became fewer and more fragtnoD tary us David's Imagination failed and > his excuses grew thinner. And the odd thing was that it Da? vid DAd only known it he could have saved hnnselt all this mart Imming, and misery bj look lug through l?u dining room window ou that Honda] afternoon when his pros|h?fts seemed to be .^o rosy. He never thought a! that. He cursed every clrcuinsti ; i n and person Impartially nn<l Qu ? y. but he omitted from the satanic litany the one girlish prank of tree climbing that led Iris to spring out of sight amid the sheltering arms of an elm when tier uncle and Captain t'oke deemed the summer house a suitable plnce for "n plain talk as man to man." CHAPTER 11. WTTEREIN THE ANDROMEDA BEGTNS HEIt voyage. THE second officer of the An? dromeda was [taciug the bridge w Ith the slow alertness of responsibility. He would I walk from port to starboard, glance j forward and aft. peer at the wide j crescent of the starlit sea, stroll back to port and again scan ship and horizon. Sometimes he halted in frout of the binnacle lamp to make certain that the man at the wheel was keep i lng the course, south 15 west, set by I Captain Coke shortly before midnight. His ears listened mechanically to the steady pulse beat of the propeller, but his mind dwelt on something far re j moved from his duties, though, to be sure, every poet who ever scribbled four lines of verse has found rhyme j and reason In comparing women with stars and ships and the sea. If Philip Hozier was no poet, he i was a sailor, and sailors are notorious f ly susceptible to the charms of the ' softer sex. But the only woman he I loved was his mother: the only bride I he could look for during many a year I was a mermaid, though these sprites of the deep waters seem to be fre? quenting undiscovered haunts since mariners ceased to woo the wind. For all that if perforce he was heart whole, there was no just cause or im? pediment why he should not admire a pretty girl when he saw one, and an exceedingly pretty girl had honored biro with her company during a brief minute of the previous day. He was superintending the safe dis? posal of the last batch vf cotton goods in the forward hold when a young lady, accompanied by p dock laborer carrying a leather portmanteau, spoke to him from the quay. ?'Is Captain Ooke on board?" said I ahe. I "No. madam." said he, lifting his cap with one hand. I MI am Mr. Verity's niece, and I wish to send this parcel to Montevideo. May I put it in some place where It will besafe? You are Mr. Hozier, I suppose?" said Iris, gazing w?.:h frank brown eyes into his f r a k blue ones. "Well. I will Just pop the bag Into Captain Coke's stateroom and , leave this note with lt. 1 have explain? ed everything ful? ly. 1 wrote a I'.ne In case he might be absent." All of which was so strictly accurate that It served its "l am mh. verity's purpose admirably, nieck." though the said purpose. It is regretta? ble to state, was the misleading and utter bamboozling of Philip Hozier. Miss Iris Yorke knew quite well that Captain Coke was then closeted with David Verity in Exchange buildings. She knew because she had watched him pass through the big swing doors of her uncle's office. She also knew, having made it her business to find out. that in fifteen minutes or less the crew would muster in the fo'c'sle for their midday meal. Not having beard a word of Hozler's free speech to the gentlemen of various nationalities at tbe bottom of the hold, she wondered why he was blushing. When Hozier was free to glance a second time at the cross rail Iris had vanished. He was annoyed. Evidently she did not wish to encounter any more of the ship's officers that morn? ing. Tbe batches were on and everything was orderly before Coke's squat figure climbed the gangway. Hozier reported the young lady's visit, and the skipper was obviously surprised. As he hoist? ed himself up the steep ladder to the hurricane d"<k the younger man beard him condemning some one under his breath as **a leery old beggar." The phrase was Hardly applicable to Iris, but Coke came out of his cabin with an open lett? r in his hand and bade a steward Itos the portmanteau in some other more hallowed and less Incon? venient place And there the incident ended. The Andromeda hauled down the blue pe? ter for her l< lig run of over U.000 miles to Montevideo, and Hozier had rou? tine work in plenty to occupy his mind during the 'Irsl twenty-four hours at sen without perplexing it with memo? ries of a pre :y face. Soou after Holy head was passed, it Is true, a sailor reported to the second officer that he had seen a ghost between de< K> In the region of the insu rette, u was Men near midnight a quiet hour on board ship, and Hosier told the man sbarpty to go to his bunk and endeavor to Sleep off the effects ot the Pad beer Imbibed earlier In the da> [to be continued. 1 Previous Question. nsked what your inten list evening, (Jeorge. 11?' anything about his own. stou Transcript angry with a man or wo in your mind what you tire - and then don't say It GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONVENES. Mi-mii! b. smith l.h<i?<t Speaker of the Bneise?Appointnun i - la issg, Senate. Columbia. Jan. 10.?Both Houses of tne General Assembly met and or? ganised today. Mendel E. Smith being elected without opposition as Speaker of the Hous?-. Retiring Ekut r;(iv. McLeod, president in the Sen? ate and on behalf of incoming Lieut. Go v. Chas A. Smith, announced these appointments: Journal clerk, O. K. Moore, An? derson; bill clerk, E. A. Parker, Sa luda; secretary to president of senate, J. R. McGhee, Grenville; pages, Frank DesChamps, Florence, Edwin Fuller, Laurens; mail clerk, N. O. Pyles, Columbia; doorkeeper, C. B. ailinsr, Anderson, and EL M. Floyd, Spartanburg; laborers, Albert Nance, Newberry, Calhoun Butler, Abbeville, Eugene McCutchen, Florence. Alva M. Bumpkin, Colmbia, remains aa sitant clerk. Elective officers chosen in Senate are: W. L. Mauldin, Greenville, presi? dent pro tern, M. IL Mann, St. Mai thews, clerk. Fred Sehumpert, New berry; Sergeant-at-arms, W. D. Stokes; reading clerk. In the House Clerk Jas. A. Hoyt of Columbia was reelected over form? er assistant clerk Wilson Gibbes of Columbia by vote of 71 to 46. Bill number one in Senate is that by Westen, of Richland, to increase salaries of State house officials. CHAIRMANSHIP OF t OMMTTTl .FS. Appointment-. , of Chairmanship in the Senate Announced. Columbia, Jan. 10.?Senate chair? manships, as follows: Agriculture, Sullivan, banking and insurance, Weston; education, Huger Sinkler; claims and grievances, Waller; fin? ance, Mauldin; contingent accounts. Summers; engrossed bills, Forrest; fish, games and forestry, Christensen; police regulations, Crosson; penal and charitable institutions, Laney; manu? facturers, Hardin; county officers, Montgomery; enrolled bills, Eawsor; federal relations, Muckenfuss; drain? age and immigration, Croft; incorpor? ations, Bates; penitentiary, Wharton; judiciary, Carlisle; public buildings, Rainsford; military, Johnson; medi? cal affairs, Black; public lands, Ste? wart; retrenchments, Spivey; rules. Bide; roads, bridges, ferries, Hough; legislative library, Epps; mines and mining, Walker; privileges and elec? tions, McGowan; printing, Earl; rail? roads and international improvements, Appelt A Self-Named Man. (From Harper's Weekly.) < The next Speaker's full name is James Beauchamp Clark. When he went out into the world, he discov? ered that Clark was the sixth most common name in America, and that James was nearly as prevalent as John or th< measles. James B. also was curiously numerous, and James B. Clark far from unusual. In the young man's town was a man of that i name who used to get his letters and throw them away. This was very annoying. So the future statesman dropped James and became Beau champ Clark. Beauchamp is a w^ell known name out West. They pro i nounce it Beecham, like that of the j Englishman who makes pills. Now, ! one of the incoming Speaker's hob? bies Is accurate expression, and it ir ; ritated him to be called Beecham, jwlun he should have been called Boehom, with the accent on the shorn. ? Painstaking investigation finally con j vinced him that only a Frenchman ' could say it properly, anyway, so ho J made up his mind to drop one of the syllables, and after, due consideration he picked Beau as the one to go. Since then he has been plain Champ dark, and is so designated almost in ( variably. We hear of Representative Underwood, Congressman Payne, et , aU, but never of Representative or Congressman Clark, it hi always Champ Cltirk, as if hyphenated, with I acci lit on the Clark. I>r. Cook seems genially hopeful that the public will let the matter pass with the understanding that the joke Is on him.?Washington Star. CASTOR IA For Infants an*' Children. The Kind You Hate Always bought Bears the Signature of Piano Tuning. Mr. Edmund R. Murray offers his services to those who need an expert and experienced Piano and Organ tuner and repairer. References fur? nished ami work guaranteed. Address EDMUND R. MURRAY, Sumter. S. C.