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KEITH OF THE BORDER A TALK OF THE PLAINS a, a i Oa^gsad C NATT tu XXIX. le Uns outer mom of the ? ntut without too ooironndlnga could be beard, through what hare bam a thin per?tloo, the dtetrectlona of tag) stagts mtialo. sanfatng feel, and am ssnjsjjtsajsj mad of tdrt tor with Hawtoy, hat ta w to %m turn out that bar t Mtng ta ovary ttmh fear. starUsi by Would tho Christie by thaj to dee before too ooexlurud op within hor In mi mm hor. has whistle honed. Instantly she 00 Baa? say. hor heart of onooun halte. Christas,- ho sold ta> IS "1 thought I was soriy, and o ten minutes' watt I It so eooa eo you left tao stag* "Oh, 1 saa draas la a Jiffy wata ts say osjoos for hurry." Hot* parmittiag herself to drift ass guldens* "are too damp IT Would yon prefer to oon> wtth nature** ?Ws*X I should say not." drawing aor hand through his arm, and than i gaffing tt with bis own* 1 have oosn Ohout all I care to of nature, hut not of Christie sfedal re ~ J Tuu may learn so fool the same her." Hope anawwrod. afraid tho man, rot eagerly loot the faf) to play oar part "Wot tao slightest danger," Tk ^ hing gatly. sad pressing her arm Lwn Igsoly sgsinst his body "-Jthough I , confess you exhlhlted some tarn pgr when I was late to-night . "lad I not have oocaakjo to? a woman tbouid never hi. kept waiting, sagt i It 11/ If her engagement he la> smulTs' "Oh, I am not finding any fault, you tittle spitfire. 1 like you all the bet? tor because >oo fight. But tao trou? ble wee, Chrlatio. you simply jumped em me without seen asking how It oo? You took tt for granted I was With Terr**, tho Pulled the _ _Tanger. Saas on purpose to spite row "Well, weren't your and tho girt glanced Inquiringly up Into bis face, as they paused out of tho allay tnto the tight of the TYoeadaroe window*. Toe oartalnty acted that way.* '"No. I did not; b?*.t you wouldn't Helen, and bealdee I had no time then to explain. There's a lot happened this afternoon I want to toil yon about Will you give mo time to tidft with >on? "Why. of oourea," surprise* at t*jo itloa, yet full of eageruaaa "Way Id you ask that?" "Because I want you ahme wher? ao one can over bear a nylWola I'm afraid of that damned hXeL Ton newer know who is In the noit ron'n. the slightest *nJsp?r travels from ?od to the ntner That Is one way la which Keith got onto smt d ?d h* had e room r^ext to Wiilouj:ht?y and Scott, and overheard ?hen talking. I'm not going to take any sagyg ehance? Will you go to Sheeny Joe's' with mor She drew back from htm M 'Sheeny Joe't?' You mean the ea loon near the depot f" "Sure; what's the use of being bo squeamish? You ling sod dance to a aatooo crowd, donl you? Oh, I know you're s good girl, Christie, and all that I'm not ranking you with these fly by-nighta around here. But there's no reason that I can see why you should shy so at a aJoou. Besides, you wont see any e*ia Joe has got eome back room where wa can be atone, and bare a dte to eat while we're talking. What do you sayr "Oh, I would rather not," Hope fal? tered, bewildered by this unexpected request already half-tempted to break away and run. "Really I?I don't want to go there." Hawley was evidently surprise at this refusal, naturally supposing from her life that Mit* Maciairea scruples would be easily ovsrcocoe This ob? stinacy of the girl aroused hie anger. "You women beat the devtl." he ejaculated, gruffly, -pretending to be so damn particular. Maybe you'd rather stand oat theo* on the preirte sad talkr with a sweep of his hand around the borlson. "Teak I would," catching desperately at the straw. "I'm not afraid of you; !*m not blaming yon at all, only I?* don't want to go to 'Sheeny Joe's Ha tooted at bar, pussled at her at Qtuda, aad yet somewhat iseaenrsd by bar expression of confidence, Oh, well what was the difference? It might be better to tot her hare her own way, aad the change would not materially Interfere with hie plans. Of course. It would ha ptoasanter sit? ting together at one of Joe's tables, hot he could talk Just as freely ant yonder under the stank Besides, It might be aa trail now to humor the SlrL "AH right, Christie," hie votes re? gaining its ptoaseot tone. "You shall hare your way this tteoe. There Is too much at stake aar aa to quarrel ewer that" Heightened, eat not daring to resist er exhibit the toset reluctance, she stung to has aim, and permitted him to toad her to the right down a dark passage and out Into the open land be? yond Be had to feel bis vw care? fully. end scarcely spoke, yet pro? ceeded ss though the jsssisji was leaaonebty *r?and ha had some definite point fct new. She In iiHwisgjflslitoa, now thoroughly fretful of having perualtted herself to arm Into this peattton, yet not In the toast kgowtng how to sztrloase horse** HawVsy took ossulking far graassd. her eery silence oonvtnclag him of her aosjulsoconco With throbbing putoe, Boso tort the small reoacser bidden within her Cress, undoing a button so that, tn srnorajwncy. she might gmm> It more sjutokly. Hawiay fait the most the tramhllng of her arm Tau are afraid. Just the same," he her to him toeer like, on a "Yes, that and tag hie familiarity. "Do wa need to So any farther* Surety, wa am alone "Only a fww stsgav, the revtne Is yonder, and wo can sit down on the rooks. I want to smoke, and wo will ha entirety out of sieht there," He helped her down the rather sharp dacUrtty untU both ware thor? oughly praxes tod below the prairie torsi Feeding about with his hands ha found the surface of a smooth rock, and seated her upon It Then a match flared, casting on instant's gleam across bis face ss he lighted hie cigar. Blacker than ever the night shut down about them, and he groped for a seat beside her. She could perceive just one star posting through a rift of cloud, and In her nostrils waa the pungent odor of tobacco With a little shiver of disgust she drew slightly away from him, dreading what was to come One thing alone she halt wss In her favor?However *??<>W Haw? ley attempted to be, he was eetdeaUy not ye*, sufficiently eure a! Man Mao mire to hocoms snQreiy utTauatoa She might not base frowned at his tove makliif, but apparently ho heal not yet progiessad sufflateatiy far In her good graces to venture to extreme*. Hope press ad her Use together, de? termined to realst any further ap? proach of the man. How seer, his earliest words were a relief. "1 reckon, Christie." ha said dowry, between puffs on hta cigar, the lighted end of wfc'ch faintly Illumined his face, -you*.-, got the toes I have Drought you oct here to mains tore. Uard knows rd like to wet' enough, but fust now there's more Important mattere on band. Fact is, ray girl, wwYo up against a little back-set, and have gut to make s shift tn our plans ?a mighty quick shift, too," ho added, almost savagely. "I?i dont think I understand" "No, of coarse, you don't. You Im? agine all we've got to do tn s matter of this kind Is to step into the near est court, and draw the money. One trouble K our evidence lent couplets -*wVv? got to find that woman who brought you up ? "Oh!" said Hope, not knowing what else to aay "Yes," he went on, sppsrenUy ? at toCed with her exclamation. *nr course, I know sbe*e dead, or at leant you aay so, hot we haven't got enough proof without her?not The way old Walts promises to fight your claim? and so we've got to hunt for a acb. * tute I>o you happen to know any ok* woman t?l?out 'he right ag*? who would make affidavit for you* fthe nTobabty wouldn't have to go on U>o stand at all Watte will cave tn aa norm uh he knows we've got the evidence " He waited for an BjBgOSf, but ?.be hardfy r ew what to say Then t\Ur> re ?Msoejfed that Keith l unified that M?nn Me -ialre had no conooi 'hai Unit then* waa any fraud tn her claim, "Nf>. I know no one But what do you ruean? 1 thought everything wus straight r That th<rre was no question about my right to Inherit?** "Well, there isn't, Christie," polling fiercely on hie cigar. "But the courts are particular-, they have got to have the whole thing In black and white. 1 thought all along I could settle the en? tire matter with Walte outside, but the old fool won't listen to reason. 1 eaw him twice to-day." "Twice?" surprise wrung the word from her. "Tee; thought I had got him off on s false scant and out of the way, the first time, but he turned up again like a bad penny. What's worse, he's evi? dently stumbled on to a bit of legal Information which makes It safer for us to disappear until we can get the links of our chain forged. He's taken the case Into court already, and the sheriff la here tryln' to find me eo as to serve the papers. I've got to skip out, and so>e you." ir rising to her feet Indignantly. "What have I done to be frightened over?" He laughed, but not pleasantly. "Oh, hell, Christie, can't you under* stand? Old Walte Is after you tho same way he Is me. It'll knock our whore case if ho can get you Into court before our evidence is ready. All you know la what I have told you ?that's straight snough?but we've got to have proof. I can get it in a month, but no's got hold of something which gives him a leverage. I don't know what it la?maybe it's hist a bluff?but the charge Is conspiracy, and he's got warrants out There is nothing for us to do but skip," "But my clothes; my engagement?" she urged, fooling tho Insistent earn? estness of the man, and sparring for delay. "Why, I cannot go Besides, If tho sheriff Is hunting us, tho trains will bo watched. - "Do you suppose I am fool snough to riek the trains?" he exclaimed, roughly, plainly losing patience. "Not much; horses and tho open plains for oa, and a good night the start of them. They will search for mo first, and you 11 never be missed until you fall to show up at the Troadero. Mover mind tho clothes t they can be sent after oa." "To-night!" she cried, awakening to tho Immediate danger, and rising to hor foot "You urge mo to fly with you to-night??now?" "Sure, dont be foolish and kick up a row. Tho horses are here waiting just around the end of tho ravine." She pressed her hoods to her breast, shrinking away from him "No! No! I will not gor she do* dared, indignantly. "Keep back! Dont touch met" Hawley must have expected tho re? el stance, for with a single movement ho greeped her even as she turned to fly, pinning her arme helplessly to her side, holding hor as ta a visa. "Oh, but you will, my beauty," ho growled. "1 thought you might act up and I'm ready. Do you think I am fool enough to leave you here alone to bo pumped dry? It m a big stake I'm playing after, girt, and 1 am not going to lose tt through tho whims of a woman. If you wont go pleasantly, than you'll go by force. Keep still, you tigress! Do you wast me to choke your She struggled to break loose, twist lng and turning, but tho effort was useless. Suddenly ho whistled sharp* ly. There was the sound of feet scrambling down the path, and the frightened woman perceived the dim outlines of several approaching men. She gave one scream, and Haw* ley released his grip on her arms to grasp her throat She jerked sway, halfotumbtmg backward over s rock. The revolver, carried concealed tn her drees, was La hor hand. Mad with terror, scarcoiy knowing what she did, she pulled tho trigger. In the flash she saw one man throw up his hands and go down. Tho next lnataat the others wore upon bar. (To be Continued.) Haalry's i>o? Knows His Route. Now York Herald. Koprosentntlve Stanley, who as chairman of tho Stool Investigating Committee, has opened tho season on predatory wealth and trusts in gen eral, employs a stsnogrsphsr who de lights In describing his pxtremejty human character and general kindii neSS to all in?>n and boasts. "Down in Henderson, Ky., where hs IIv?h. Mr. Stanley has an old dog,' said tho stsnogrsphsr. "Every morn? ing When at horm? Mr. Stanley takes i> g .ilk down town and stops in a lit lle cafe before going to his office. The dog always waits outside for him. And do you know that Mr. Stanley's ahaenoc from home has made the dog so dlaconsolate that rsgttlarly svery morning he goes to the ssme place and waits a little while for Mr. Stan* ley and then trots home." The st ?iy was repeated to Mr. Rtunley and he laughed heartily. MYee, thai darned dog does do that," he admitted, "The brute U disgracing me In Henderson, He nol only goes to one saloon, hut he ipends th< whole dsy visiting every i irroorn in Henderson looking fof I rn?'." The Uaurens class works plant lias been completi d and the f " lory win i.peratlng the flrsi of next month. The plant will gel its mate? rial from s fine bed of stll< i which is to be mined from the Big Knob mountain, loaded near Rarksdale, 1\ miles west of this <it\. a spur track Is to be run from the Qreenvlllo t.'..n ii of the Charleston and West? em C roltna railroad to the moun? tain) the contract for this work h v Ing been given several days aK?'. AI TO DEATH TOLL. Racer Burk und Mechanician u< - eelve Fatal injuries erben Car, Go? ing ut Terrific Hutr, Turns B?rner? KUIllt. Elgin, Aug. 2?.?The 805-mile road i ace today, won by Lon SSengel, in a National, with Harry Grant second, and Hugh Hughes third, was not ac? complished without its toll of deuth and injuries. Dave Buck, the veteran Chicago automobile rarer, and his mechani? cian were killed, aa the result of an J accident to his Pope-Hartford. Ruck had his back broken, but lived until tonight. tSam Jacobs. mechanician, died instantly, his neck being broken, j Buck was within eleven laps of the Anieh, going sixty-four miles an hour, when his right forward wheel threw a tire. The machine turned a com? plete aomersault. MOVING PICTURE TRAGEDY. Punic Caused Death of Twcnty-blx. Canonsburg, Pa. Aug. 27.?Twenty six dead from suffocation; 2b serious? ly hurt and 3u suffering from minor injuries. That is the amount of human toll exacted by an inexcusable panic at a moving picture show in the Canons* burg opera house Saturday night. The moving picture machine developed a slight defect. It sputtered a bit. A small boy shouted "Fire!" at the same time starting for the narrow exit. Hotus Dubrowski, a foreign miner, a galnt in proportions, jumped from his seat and ran wildly for the same exit. In a moment there was a fight? ing, struggling mass after him. At the head of a narrow stairway which led to the street the foreigner trip? ped. As he rolled down the stairs he swept others from their feet who were awaiting their turn to enter the thea? tre, and soon there was an indescrib? able mass of human beings at the foot of the steps battling like mad? men. The bodies clogged the way. The men walked over them and fought for positions of safety until over? whelmed by the heigh of the j moving mass behind, they too were crushed down to death. It was all ended in a few minutes.! Firemen, policemen and coolheaded citizens untangled the human mass. The unhurt and those slightly injured were pulled from the top of the pile. Next came the more seriously hurt. Then the rescuers came to the silent forms of those who had reached the fatal stairway first, one ufter an? other the victime, many of them women and small children, were car? ried to the sidewalk. All had been suffcoated. Manager Ferguson endeavored to stop the panic. Accompanied by his wife he went to the stage. Calling loudly to the frightened people to fol? low, he lead fully 3U? to cafety. Of the 26 dead. 13 were children, seven of them pupils in the public schools. Today it was decided to postpone ft r a week the opening of I the schools. irthur MePeake was passing the building when the bodies began to pile up at the door. The young man rushed to the rescue and was in the act of dragging a body from the pile when a man came shooting down the stairs. He struck MePeake on the back and the young man's neck was broken. Sydney Rittiger wag at the performance with his fiance. Mies LulU Fisher. Refore entering the building they had stopped at a jew? elry store nearby and Itittiger had bought the ring that was to have been used at their wedding. Both were killed. Will I*ine, an employe Of the Canonsburg pottery and a member of the volunteer firemen's organization, hastened to assist firemen working at the pile of bodies at the entrance, when he came upon the lifeless forms of his two children lying beside his unconscious wife. Many other heartrending tragediel were enacted during and following the awful panic. it developed today that there was no iiasi in the operating room of the theatre. Manager Ferguson of the opers house explained that when the Him broke a bright light was thrown on the Bcreen. The frightened boy Imagined i1 was fire and unconscious" ly shouted the death kn? I] of more than a score of people This year Young Men s Christian Associations are likely, it Is said ,to break all records in amount ol money raised for new bulldlnga The success at Philadelphia, when $1,030,000 was secured In twelve days, has given stimulus both to Young Men's and Young Women's Bsnoclationa Added to this was the $2,000,000 campolgn for buildings In foreign capitals. Hrooklyn women, with the aid of ? few men, have net secured $nr?, t. Atlanta men, $600,000; Heading, $217,000; ESIyrla, Ohio, $127,000, where the committee asked for hul vi um nan; Charleston, 8, C, $150, 000; Ralslgh, N. C? $78,0000; Walls Walla, Wash. $48,000, and Ishpem ing. Mich.. $28,800 . RAT*: COMPLAINTS FILED. Greenville Concerne Lodge Protests vmh I. O. Commission. \V:t8hin^ton, Aug. 26.?Alleging that the Southern Railway and Do? minion Stcampshlp Company charg? ed $1.14 per 100 pounds on a ship Rtent of lamp goods from New York to Greenville. S. C, the Gilreath-Dur ham Company, of the latter plan*, to? day filed complaint with the Irit r Btate commerce commission on the ground that the published rate on such goods from New York to Atlanta Is $1.05 per 100 pounds, and that the higher charge to Greenville than to Atlanta is a violation of the long and short haul statute, as Greenville is nearer New York by the foregoing routes than Is Atlanta. The Llpscomb-Ruseell Company, of Greenville, enters a similar com? plaint against the same defendants for eharging 60 cents per 100 pounds on shipments of coffee from New York to Greenville whereas the pub lished rate from New York to At? lanta is 56 cents per 100 pounds. MECHANICS COP SECOND GAME. Rlshopillo Boys Unable to Find Me? chanics Pitcher. Rishopville, Aug. 25.?The second game of the three game series was played today between the Mechanics of Columbia, and the locals, and was lost to the Mechanics by a score of 9 to 1. The pitcher used by the Mechanics appeared to be a professional. At any rate the locals were by no means in his class. The third game will be played tomorrow, beginning at 9:30 a. m. Batteries: Bishopville, Parker and Moore; Mechanics, Hyde and Shealy. The Greenville Piedmont says that, for a wonder, none of the northern papers have claimed that the mob which lynched a negro in Pennsyl? vania last week was composed of Southerners. REV. J. B. WILSON IH ANDERSON. Former Presiding Elder of the An? derson District. Rev. J. B. Wilson, formerly of this city, but now of Sumter, has been spending a while here with the family of Mr. C. F. Jon?*, He is on his vaca? tion, and left yesterday afternoon for Spartanburg for a short visit before returning home. Rev. Mr. Wilson was formerly pre? siding sldsr <>f :ho Methodist chur? h ? s in th** Anderson district, and has I many warm friends here who were glad to SOS him again. He is now pastor of the Second Methodist Church at Sumter.?Anderson Mail. An Anitdote Handy. j The woman was the author of a > cook book that had been published at her request with wide margins and occasional blank pages for notes and additional recipes. Often she had 1 expressed a wish to see an old copy < of the book and find out to what use the blank spaces had been put. One day in a second-hand book store her husband unearthed an old volume. Noticing that it had been annotated freely, he bought it. After a day or two he said: "How about the notes in that cook book? Were they interesting?" "No," she said curtly, "they didn't amount to anything." When he got a chance he looked through the book himself. Every note the book contained was a rem? edy for dyspepsia and stomach trou? ble.?New York T'mes. Whom the S<>ssion Has Helped. Springfield Republican. This session of congress has help? ed the Democrats and exalted the Republican President, whatever may be the effect of it upon the Republi? can party. Yet the party has no oth? er possible chieftain, and the Nebras? ka Republicans hs>trg pointed the way for the Republicans of the entire na? tion in cordially accepting the Presi? dent's leadership. Have You a Boy to Educate ? Have you decided where to send him to school ? Do you wish to place him in a Christian Military In? stitution ? Where his health icill be carefully looked after, his mind thoroughly trained and where he will be taught habits of obedien? c. punctuality, and industry t If so, send him to The South Carolina Co Educational Institute Here the teachers take the place Ol the parents and students are at all times under the direct watch-tart 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 <*f fifteen experienced teachers, and a thorough course ol study. It has been in successful operation un.lcr the saute man? agement for twenty rears Last year students were in attendance from .ill over Smith Carolina and from six other states Write to-day for|catalogue and application blank t?> COL. F. N. K. BAILEY, President, Edgefield,lS.?.C.