The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, August 30, 1911, Image 6
KEITH
Of THE
BORDER
A TALI Of TIB PLAINS U
s> saMMM FAJULBH
mumm iu?x?r
A, 0? MnkBf O Oa, SNa>
KATTIJI KXVin.
The Ctssji Oeee of the TreceOeea.
Hops eloooeorod very Bttle difficulty
to duplicating tho outer garments
Reith reported Miss Maoiaire to w
ton Tho eosoro. Indeed, w?ro oot ea
ertiy tho same, rot this differ -noc wu
mot sufficient to be notloeabla at night
by the eyes of o men woo hod no ree
mtm to suspect deceit The girl ?*as
to o (hitter of oorvoue xcftement te
oho hastened oboot the room. donning
her few retirements of masquerade,
yet Keith noted with appreciation that
Oho became perceptibly cooler to tho
tnornent of departure approached.
With cheeks illiuw aod eye* spark
Hag. yet speaking with o voice re?
reellng 00 falter, ehe pressed bis arm
aad declared herself prepared for the
estiosl The faee uoder the shadow
of tho mantilla woo 00 area aod
piquant, Ketth onuki oot disguise his
sjtetratkss.
Am I Chrhrtle Mecielrer she ashed
iKsjhiogty
"BoJIcteutiy so to fool our friend,"
he returned. Trot I am ready to swoar
that tody eereor looted 00 charming."
"A orennllrnsjsL sod spoken as
though yea reaOy meant It'
"Hare I oot been boo set enough
yen ta tho seat to bo credited
hsoiirj awwr he pretested, a Itt?
els hart by tho balstisg tons,
"Of ooutoo two hawo; I merely tail
to hasp say oonrass) up. 7<
strati I aov"
yea ore truly ao isotrsos, for
of soJoymenL
go, or Rawtoy wtU be
oil our
thsoogh the office
ao one familiar to
I faee par
side of the
than tho
_ Us
we
tho kong habit of freo
to glaooe ba?
ld
sod ho woo thos mada ai
Coat they were being teCkrwed. Oos>
wss stag UghUy, oad wtthoat a word
he alarm the gsrl ha moossod to ob
snavs every sswssjbjsjbjI of the dimly
Agora which eeVeaoed with
timing every motion to Uvdre.
bsforo they orosssd the ??root
the Trooadero he woo oonv'nced
00 mtaish*?the tslkrw.
he aright bo* wae trailing
Chasm. Keith smiled grimly to hlmeelf.
res oivlng that so eooo es he had left
Cht lady he woaM teach the spy a Is**
sot. oot soeo to be forgotten.
They barely entered tim outer circle
of '"ho Trocadcrn Hghis. ?.vrflng a group
Of nen thr waging about the doors, sod
has ring the sound of tho band within, !
saw theo turned ewtftly down the oar
tws dart alleyway leedlng toward the '
Stars entrance. Keith, having been |
Chere before, advanoed roufldei.tly. but
?090, her heart beating wikUy. clung
to his arm, scarcely venturing a word
to reply to has whispered assurances.
Fortunately they encountered no one. I
mm* Keith, feeling cautiously In the |
Saws, saslly succeeded In locating the
aga nlng to the esettbnl* I tstoning '
tntontry ha tmaiM convinced taet no
oos' occupied the ttttlo shod, He hod ,
hstiweed to remain with the girl until
Che time came for her to emerge, but
tho remembranceof that figure dogging
them all the way from tho hotel now j
sensed 0 change of plan Hs bold
her bood sJsjBjsjtf deeped tn hla
"Now, Hope. I am going to Leave
yea." bo whispered, "and your own
wit will have to carry you through. I
you wtll play your part all right.
It wtn be mine to wait tor Carta?
ges* aod give her some sxpiaoation of
why Hawtey failed to meat her as hs
It will never do for her to
until you have rime to learn
I possible Ton are act afrsddr
Tee. I am," clinging to him, "but?
Ol I em going through It Jus* the
"Tho trues* Und of courage, my
girl Now slip inside, but hold the
ajar Hawtey will certainly be
within ten minutes, aod you must
yotn him st once, or else the other
ostght appear. You can fudge as to
too being him even It this darkness,
Good bye*
The Vorging to otsarp bar in his
to speak the language of his
was almost overwhelming, yet
memory of that figure slinking
akmg behind them, aod the brief time
before Haw ley's pri>heOie appearance,
for ho would leave the theater at Lh<i
conclusion of Miss Madeira's set, re
strained all damons^iatiou. This waii
it for action, not for words ot'
ao delay shooid hasard the sue
oess of thslr undertaking. Ha neeWi
tho slight creak of toe door aa the
girl slipped within the oniioeelrnenr.
Of the vestibule, and then he glkiec!
away through the darkness wltli tho
stealthy silence of an Indian. Th?n>
sae no one in the alleyway, which
narrow end easily explored, but
glow from the front wliidows
plainly revealed the shadow of s man
near the eotranoH, and Keith slipped
op toward him, hogging tho 4de of
the building tor SDOceaLment, prepared
to resort to harsh measarea Ah &t>
reached out, gripping the astonished
loiterer by the collar, they eiared at
one another In surprise, and the grip
plng hand aa Instantly fehaaeod its
You. Feirbalnl What Che devil does
this mean? What are you spying on
us for?"
Clearly taken abaci; yet not greatly
disturbed, hla eyee showing pugnaci?
ous and hla jaw set, the Doctor rubbed
his throat where Keith's knuckles had
left a red welt
"Darox /ou, I think rtn the one to
aak for an explanation," he growled.
"She raid she was not going with you.
-Yea, You Can Oat Up. I Reckon
You're Beginning to flee Clearer,
Alnt Your
and now you are around here together
at this hour. I had g right to know
whether I waa being played with like
that"
"Bot man? that was oot Mian Mao
asfre I woo with; ft wog Hope Walto.
Come hack hero under the taut flap
while I explain."
fearful of the occntng of Haw ley
ho fairly dragged the portly figure of
the hwwDauwd Doctor wtth him.
strtvtng, by quickly spoken words, to
make him ccnnprahond the) situation.
Knowing previously aomofhtng of the
taauee tirrorved. It woe not difficult to
moke Fwlrbeln grasp the meonrng of
thia prasset movement, ywt has eyn>
pathlee were at oooo onUetod upon the
aide of Mlae Chrlette. ReM bo damned
tf ho would have any part In such a
echeme?tf ehe had a right to the
money he'd help her got It?tt was a
cowardly trick, and he'd fight tf noo>
eeeery, to gawp her from becoming a
victim. His voice reee, hla arme
brandlahlng violently, his sentences
snapptng like rifle shot* Keith an?
gered, and fearful of g discovery
which would jgghjgj Hope osrpossd, real?
ised the futility of dlacnoaion and
turned to physical force. Qrasptn* the
geedculaitng man with both hands, ho
flung htm backward and dragged aim
Into the empty tont? kneeling on him
ao he throttled him to the earth.
"Now, Doctor, you ttaten to mo" he
said sternly Tm through argulrv 1
hate to treat you ilko thia, tor you are
my friend, but I'll not stand for Inter?
ference hare. Do you get that, you
old fool? Lie still until I get through!
I respect your feelings toward Miss
Maciarre* She Is a good girt, and I
hope jo heaven you got her U you
want her. But you never will if you
permit this affair to go on. Tea, I
know what I am talking about In all
that Hope and I do we are serving you
and Chrtatle~-our only fight is with
Black Bart' Hawley. Stop being a
bullet-headed old fool. Fair bain, and
understand this thing. Lie stIU. I tell
you, and hear me out! ILiwtoy is a
liar, a thief, and a swindler. There
la a swindle tn this thing somewhere,
and he hopes to pull out a big som of
money from tt He la merely usrog
Chrtatle to poll his own chestnuts out
of the fire. She la Innocent; we real?
ise that, hut thia fellow is going to
ruin the girl unless we succeed in ex?
posing him He's not only Involving
her in tue criminal conspiracy, but
he*e making love to her ; he's teaching
her to love him That's part of hla
scheme, no doubt, for then she will bo
so much easier handled I tell you,
MrUin. your only chance to ever
win the Interest of Chrtatle Maolalre
Is to help us down this fellow Haw?
ley. Yes, you con stt up; I reckon
you're beginning to see rieerer, alnt
year
Keith drew esrJde the flap of the
tent to glance without the light fail?
ing on VWrbaln'a face as he etruggied
to a sK?ng posture. He hod had a
new thought driven Into him. yet
failed to entirely grasp Its signin?
"But Jack," ho aakrA stm half
angry, "how about the gfcrt? Haast
she any right to thia money f"
"1 doot know," honestly, "we dont
any of as know, but whatever she bag
the right to she ts going to get You
can bet on that old man. We're buck?
ing Hawley. not Christie Maclatre?
get thrx Into your head. He hasat any
right that's certain, for ho murdered
and fAoie to get the papeio "he gnlet!
Herr? the fellow comas now!"
They peered out together through
'he ormvenVTii tent nap, Pulrb&in
scarcely lees fobareetad than the oth?
er, already dftniy oornpeeheoding that
his truly <W?eroue rival waa the
gambler, and that he could beat serve
the lady by helping to prove to her
the real oharacter of that Individual.
He was stm Mindly groping tn the
hose, yet out of Keith** sharp, sting?
ing words there had couie to him a
guiding light The hUtiw gripped hla
arm in restraint
"Fasy, <dd man? aaejp?od tan
pa*a,"
Hawley tnrnod rnto the et*v write- J
tilng, evidently veil ploawd with the
Situation and anticipating other de
lleuts awaiting bis nomine Th*- glow
hold.
of the Trocedero's lights served, an !
Instant to reveal als face, shaded by
the broad brim of his hat, aod theo
he vanished into the dark. Keith lean?
ing far out, yet keeping weil within
the shadow*, heard the faint creak of
the vestibule door and the soft mur?
mur of distant votcea. Then he drew
back suddenly, his hand again grasp* '
tng Palrbein. Two figures?those of j
a man and woman?emerged into the
dim light, and as quickly disappeared.
Apparently her hand was upon his
arm, and he was bending down so
as to gain a glimpse of the face par?
tially concealed by the folds of the ,
mantilla Only a word or two reached i
them, a little laugh, and the woman1* I
voice:
"Why, of course I hurried! you said '
you had something of euch Importance i
to tell me."
"Fairbaln," spoke Keith, hla Hps ai
m?gt at the ear of the other. "That
was Hope, all right, and she has got I
him going already. Now, man, will
you help us out?"
-It Howr
"Qo back there, and meet Miss
Maelaire. I don't care where you take
her?lunch, anywhere; only keep her
from the hotel as long as possible.
You can do it far better than I, for i
she will not suspect you of any inter- i
est In this affair. Tell her any lie you
can think up on account of Haw ley's j
abeeuoe. Good Ix?rd, old man, can't i
you see this la your chance; go In I
and win."
Fairbain struggled to his feet, still a
bit dated and uncertain, yet tempted
by the opportunity.
Ton Ye perfectly sure, Keith, this
laut anything that will hurt the girl?"
"Sure! Of course I am. It's iust
Hawley I'm gunning after. For God's,
sake, haven't you got that clear yetf
4 reckon Tm an old fool. Jack,"
admitted the Doctor regretfully, "and
when an aid fool Is tn love he hasn't
got any sense left Anyhow m do
what you want mo to now. Where are
you going r*
"To watch those others. There Is
no knowing what play Hawley might
try to pull off, and I want to keep
within gunshot of him. Hurry up,
man, that vestibule door creaked lust
then."
Ho shoved him down the dark alley
and dodged back himoeif across the
front of the tent out Into the street
There was a crowd of men In front of
the Ttoosdero, but the couple ho
sought wore nowhere In eight
(To be Continued.)
SOME RECENT IMPROVEMENTS,
PhUe (ilus8 Fronts on Stores?Ikirbcr
Shop Repaired, Etc.
Quito g number of improvements
are going on on Main street and in
the business section of the city be?
sides the paving of Main street with
vitrified brick and the installation of
the "white way."
Mr. Ifoses Green has made a groat
addition to hill store in putting in
I DOW front and When he has the
H novations Which are now under way
completed, his store, with its plato
glass front ami windows, will bo one
?.f the showiest it? the city. The
domes erected on tin- top of the
building have created much com?
ment on the street I
The renovations are m ob- so that j
the store win be enlarged and pre*]
Is red better for display of merchan
dlSS and will Otherwise In- more con- j
,'enlently arranged both for bis cus
tomers and for Mr. Green himself,
The part of the building not US"<1 as
.1 store win be used for oflfo es,
Another store that is undergoing
extensive repairs end renovations Is
that in Ihe VYinn building which will
be oceupled by i*. Alpert when cum
pletod, Plate glass windows are be?
ing put in and an attractive front
prepared, This store will also be
very much Improved when the pres?
ent work -oi it is completed,
Mr. K. K Brown? the manager of
Ihe Belmonl Barber shop, has re
< ently had ? greal many Improve*
ments put In at his place of busi?
ness. The whop- shop was repaint?
ed in whlh with attractive wail pa?
per borders, All of the furniture of
the estsbllshment u;>s repaired and
painted white and five new sanitary
barber chairs "f i h? > very latest de
HlgiiM and make have b< en installed
lo take the place of the old ones
which have been conelgned to the
lumber room. The barbers in the
? iabllshmenl wear white trousers
and coats and tin- place will be in
condition lo give satisfactory atten?
tion to customers and at the same
lime Will be more sanitary and
cleanly than formerly,
The old wooden building next to
Lei and Molse'a office, formerly used
ai an office by Mr. Harmon D, Ifolse
Is being tutu down and removed and
it hi probable thai s brick building
will take its place.
Opposed i" Exchange,
afemphle, Tenn,( Aug, 24,?Tin
Memphis Cotton Exchange went on
i.ii today as opposed to the pro
posed establishment <>f a clearing
house in New York for the vollda
lion of cotton bills of lading, The sub
stitute plan suggested by the New 0r?
leans Cotton, Exchange was endorsed
Do noi aii<?vr your kidney and bind
der trouble to develop beyond tin
roaoh of medicine. Take Foley Kid
ney imih They give quick resulh
and stop U regularities with surprls
iru: promptneesv Blbert's Drug Store
OVERTURNED UNTIL HE COME
Ezekiel xxi, 25-27?Sept 3
"Depart from ovil and do good; rtAk peoos
and pursue IL"?P*<ilm xxzkc, l\.
HT the giving of the Law God
plainly told the nation of Is?
rael the terms and conditions
upon which they were receiv?
ed as His people. If they would he
obedient to the Divine reqiilrciuents all
things would work well with them.
They would be rich, prosperous, the
blessed nation of the Lord. Hut if, on
the contrary, they should neglect the
Divine Statutes and become idolatrous,
the Lord would oppose them and
would deliver them Into the hands of
their enemies for chastisement; and
"seven times'* should puss over them.
?Leviticus XXvi, is. 21. 24. 28.
New had come the time for the com
pleto overthrow of the national polity,
for a period of "seven times" or seven
year*, as foretold
case, however,
the years must
have been synir
tolie because fre?
quently they bad
captivities of
more than seven
years. Accepting,
then, us a fact
that these seven
years or "times"
were symbolic
years, how long u
period do they In?
dicate?
It is an accepted fact that iu Bible
symbolism each day represents a year;
end the Jewish year bad twelve
months of thirty days each. Thus
each year represented symbolically
three hundred and sixty years; and
the seven years of chastisement repre?
sented 7 times 3GO, or 2,520 years.
When, therefore, we read that the
kingdom would be overturned, over- j
turmnl until Messiah should come, we
are to understand that the period of
the overturned condition, as a whole, i
would be 2,?2? years, beginning with I
the time the crown was taken from
Zedekiah?in 600 B. a (70 years prior
to the proclamation of Cyrus permit?
ting the people to return 686 B. C>.
A Look at the Facts
Tt Is always interesting and profit?
able to students of the Bible to note
the fulfilment of Divine predictions.
It establishes faith, it makes all of
God's promises more real; it assures
us of Divine supervision in respect to
Israel's affairs and thus gives ground
for confidence In the supervision of
the affairs of spiritual Israel?the
Church.
As we look back aloug the aisles of
history we see the fulfilment of the
declaration that the nation of Israel
would be overturned. After Its res?
toration by CyTllS, B. C. 53d, it con?
tinued to have a sort of national ex?
istence for 000 years: yet In all that
time it hud not a king of the line of
David?the line of Divine promise?
and it was ruled over by the various
adjoining nations, as it is written, "Je?
rusalem shall Ik? trodden down of the
Gentiles until the times (yeurs) of the
Gentiles be tilled full***
The Times of the Gentiles
When (;<>d removed the typical king'
dorn of Israel and Ills typical throne
in the world He gave over the earth?
ly dominion to the Gentiles; und this
lease of power, as represented in Dan?
iel's prophecy, was to continue for
"seven times"?2,520 years. In other
wards, dining the same period that
Israel would bo having "seven times"
of tribulation and subjection, the Gen?
tiles would be having "seven times"
of prosperity; and both will terminate
at the same time
-in 2.520 years
from B. C. coo?
October, A. D.
11U4.
(1) The facts
are, so far as the
Gentiles are con?
cerned, a lease of
power for 2,520
years, as fol?
lows:?For (a) Ba?
bylon, the first
Universal Em?
pire; (b) Medo
Vnlvorsul Empire;
(c) Oracla, the third Universal Em?
pire; and (d) Home, the fourth Uni?
versal Empire. According to the
Scriptural view of the matter, thi*
fourth Universal Empire is still rep?
resented In the Papacy and the va?
rious so-called Christian governments I
of the world.
It is well to note particularly tne
dream of Nebuchadnezzar, as recorded
in Daniel li. 31-45, and its interpreta?
tion t>y the Prophet Daniel Daniel
does not here state the time for the
end of these Gentile governments; that
we find elsewhere. But every fore
told circumstance indicates that the
end is nigh, even at the doors. The
stone Cut out of the mountain with?
out hands, which smites and scatters
the Gentile powers, represents the
true Church, the Kingdom of God.
When glorified it will smite and de?
stroy the kingdoms of this world.
Not the people, but the governments
are symbolised by the Image.
(2> The next thing In order, now,
following the expiration of the "seven
times" (2,520 years, to 1015 A. In.
will l??' the establishment of Messiah's
Kingdom and Its recognition by the
children of Israel, :md through them
as God's Instruments and channel, the
blessing of all the families of th^
earth.
Try >u? ad. In the I>illy Hem, and
watch results.
BIRMINGHAM RETURNS TO SA?
LOONS.
Jefferson County VOtef to Back to
Old Style, Declining to Accept Dis?
pensary System,
_
Birmingham, Ala., Aug. 24.^-Jef
ferson county today voted to return
to the legal sale of liquor by li< er ed
saloons by a majority which may go
above 2,000. The roturni b^gan toj
come early and the dispensary show?
ed a small lead in Home of the I uitn*
try precincts, but by the time 20 pre?
cincts had been beard from saloons
were ahead of dispensaries by 100
This ratio was maintained until the
city boxes began to come In, which
rapidly swelled ih : saloon majority.
The voters also passed on th?- ques?
tion wet or dry, but there was ne rcr
any doubt of the county's going wet,
The Issue was really between saloons
and dispensaries.
At 11 o'clock tonight boxes out
of To in the county gave 1,218 wet
majority and 1,596 majority for
saloons over dispensaries. The re
main lug small rural precincts will
probably not affect these majorities.
Jefferson county first voted in the
prohibition question October 1907(
when prohibition carried by a ma?
jority of 1,896.
it is r< ported that church street
and parts of Cslhoun street are be?
ing used by a number of au*omobil
Ists as race tracks, it is impossible
to vouch for the accuracy of this re?
port.
Ix**? of Time Mean* Loss of Pay.
Kidney trouble and the Ills it breeds
means lost time and lost pay to
many a working man. M. Balent,
1214 Little Penna St., ?treator, UL.
WOO SO T*ad from kidney and blad?
der trouble that ho could not work,
but ho SOya: 'T took Foley K'dney
Pilla for only a short time and got
entirely well and was Boon able to
go back to work, and am feeling well
and healthier than before," Foley
Kidney Pills are tonic In action, quick
in results)?-a. good friend to the
working man or woman who suffers
from kidney ilia Slbert'a Dru# Store.
TRUST DEED FILED.
Southern llell 1 or jM>ration to IflMM
|MfOOOtOO0 in Rondo Oo^eres by
This llortgmge.
Atlanta, (la., Aug. IS,?A deed Of
trust covering an authorization of a
$r?0,000,000 bond issue has been filed
by the Southern Bail Telephone com?
pany with the clerk of the superior
court of this (Fultoi.) eounty. it was
announced here today. The deed is
made to the Hankers' Trust company
and John H. Parsons of New York,
as trustees. Ten millions have been
issued to date* A copy of the deed
will be tiled, it was declared, in every
county where the corporation owns
property. It pays taxes in Georgia,
Virginia, West Virginia. North and
South Carolina; Alabama and Flor?
ida.
Hut !h.- majority in Congress was
elected on ft different platform, Mr.
President?New York American.
Night work often causes a
strain CP the eyes. If your
I ayes are not perfect and able
I to stand this strain, see us
and we will prescribe for
you. The proper
glasses guarauteed. Gradu?
ate optician in charge of our
optical parlor.
W. A. Thompson
i Je weir and Opth-an.
6 ?. MAIN STREET PHONE S&S
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Havt you decided where to send him to school ?
Do you wish to place him in a Christian Military In?
stitution ?
Where his healtli will be carefully looked after, his mind
be thoroughly trained and where hi will be taught habits of
obedience, punctuality, and industry f
If so, send him to
The South Carolina Co
Educational Institute
1 lere the teachers take the place ot the parents and
students are at all times under the direct centre/ and watch
care of the faculty from the time they enter school until they
return to their homes.
This institution has splendid brick buildings with mod?
ern equipments, a faculty of fifteen experienced teachers,
and a thorough course ot study.
It has been in successful operation under the same man
ageuteut fcr twenty years.
Last year students were in attendance from all over
South Carolina and from >;x other state-.
Write to-day for catalogue and application blank to
F. N. K. BAILEY, President,
Edgefield, S. C.