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RUPERT HUGflES mmxnD IPOM IRE COMEDY OF TftE SAME flAME. T T T 1IXVST?L/CTEO F?Q>V PnOTCKijRLAPHS OF TU? PLAV AS IV2X>1>UCEI> i | ' irtWvtfmKrk? gfc, M.K.FVV COj lae conductor, like an awkward aehoolboy, grinned sheepishly, and apoke. his bands in the air the while: Xadles and gents, these here par? ties In the black tidies says they wsnt 1 everybody to hold hla or her hands aa high as possible till you git per? mission to lower 'em; they advise you i not to resist, because they hste the I eight of blood, but prefer It to argu? ment." The Impatient robbers, themselves the prey of fearful anxieties, broke in, barking like a pair of coyotes in a Jumble of commands: "Now, line up with your backs that way, and no back talk. These guns shoot awful easy. And remember, as each party hi finished with, tney are to turn round and keep their hands up, on penalty of gtttln' 'em shot off. Llns upl Hands up! Give over there!" Mrs. Jlxnmls Wellington took her time about moving into position, snd her deliberation brought a howl of wrath from the robber: "Got Into that lino, you!** Mrs. Wellington whirled on him: "How dsro you, >ou brute?" And she turned up her noeo st the gun. \JThe anxious conductor Intervened: "Better obey, madame; he'a an ugly lad- , "I don't mind being robbed," aald Mrs, JUnjnle, "but I won't endure rudeness." - " > ! sj Tag robber shook his head in dd** spair, and ho tried to wither her with sarcasm: "Psrdong, mamselly, would you bo so kind and condeacendln' as to step into that there car before 1 blow your husband's gol blame head off." This brought her to terms. She hastened to ber place, but put out a restraining hand on Jlmmle, who need? ed no restraint. "Certainly, to save my dear husband. Don't strike him, Jlmmle!" Then each msn stuck one revolver Into its convenient bolster, and. cov? ering the passengers with the other, proceeded to frisk away valuables with a speed and agility that would have looked prettier If those Impa? tient-looking muzzles had not pointed hero, there and everywhere with auch Tenomons threats And so they worked from each end of the car toward the middle. Their handa ran swiftly over bodies with g loathsome familiarity that could ' aly bo resented, not revenged. " aelr hands dived Into pockets. I, up sleeves, and into women'a ha' . every? where that a Jewel or a bill might be secreted And always a rou&h growl or a awing of the revolver silenced any protest. Their heinous fingers had hardly begun to ply, when the solemn still neas was broken by s chuckle and low hoot of laughter, a darkey'a unctu ona laughter. At SUOg a place It waa more shocking than at a funeral. "What alls you?" waa the nearest robber's demand The porter tried to wipe his scream? ing eyea without lowering his handa, aa he chuckled on: "1?1?just thought of sumpum funny." "Funny!" was the universal groan. "I waa just thinking." the porter anickered, "what mighty poor pick Inga you-all are goln' to git out of me. Whilst If you had 'a' waited till I got to 'Frisco. I'd Jest nachelly been oosin' money.** , The robber relieved him of a few dimes snd quarters and ordered him to turn round, but the black face whirled back as he heard from the other end of the car Wedgewood's In dlgnaat complain*: "I aay, this Is an outrage!" "Ah. close your trap and turn round, or I'll?" The porter's smile died away. "Good Law ' he Signed, "they re goln' to akin Igjtl Mttai lion! And 1 Just wore myself out on him." The far-reaching effect of the whole procedure was Just beginning to dawn on the porter. This little run on the bank meant a period of financial stringency for htm. lie watched the hurrying hands a moment or two. then his wrath rose to terrible propor tloos Ii 'Look here, man." he shouted st the robber, "ain't you all goln' to Wave these passengers nothln' a tall?" "Not on purpose, nigger." "No small change, or nothln'?" "Nsry s red " "Then, passengers," tho porter pro? claimed, while the robber watched i him In amassment. "then, passengers, I want to give you-all fair warnin' heah and now. No tips, no whisk broom''' Perhapa because their hearts were already overflowing with distress, the passengers endured this appalling threat without comment, and when there waa a commotion at the other end of the Hue. all eyes rolled that wm Mr Maumann waa making an ef? fort to take hla leave, with great po? liteness "Excoosc, please. I vant to get by, pleass!" "Get by!" the other robber gasped. "Why, you?" "But I'm not a passenger," Mr. Baumann urged, with a confidential smile, *TTi been going through the train myself." "Much obliged! Hand over!" And a rude hand rummaged his pockets. It was a heart-rending Bight. "Oi oi!" he walled, "don't you allow no courtesies to the profession?" And when the inexorable thief continued to pluck his money, his watch, his scarf-pin, he grew wroth Indeed. "Stop, etop, I refuse to pay. I'll go Into bank, ruptcy foist." But still the larceny continued; fingers even lifted three cigars from his pockets, two for him? self and a good one for a customer. This loss was grievous, hut his wild? est protest was: "Oh, here, my frlent, you don't vant my business carts." "Keep 'em!" growled the thief, and then, gl ancing up, he saw on the ten? der innards of Mr. Baumann's up? held palms two huge glisteuero, which their owner had turned that way in a misguided effort to conceal the stones. The robber reached up for them. "Take 'em. You're velcome!" said Mr. Bavmrnn, with rare presence of mind. "Those Nevada nearlles looks almost like real." "Keep 'em," said the robbe?, as no paesed on, and Mr. Baumann almost swooned with Joy, for, as he whis? pered to Wedgewood a moment later: "They're really real!" Now che eye-chain rolled the other way, for Little Jlmmle Wellington was puffllng with rage. The other robber, having masssged aim thoroughly, but without success, for his pocketbook, noticed that Jlmmio's lelt heel was protruding from his left shoe, and made Jlmmle perform the almost in? credible feat of standing on one foot, while he unshod him and took out the hidden wealth. "There goes our honeymoon, Lu cretla," he moaned. But she whls- j pered proudly: "Never mind, I have j my rings to pawn." "Oh, you have, have you? Well, I'll I be your little uncle," the kneeling roh ber laughed, as he overheard, and he continued blfl outrageous search till ! he found them, knotted In a handker? chief, under her hat. She protested: "You wouldn't leave me in Reno without a diamond, would you?" "I wouldn't, eh?" he grunted. "Do you think I'm In this business for my health?" ! And he snatched off two earrings she had forgotten to remove. Fortu? nately, they were affixed to her lobes with fasteners. i Mrs. Jlmmle was thoroughbred enough not to wince. She simply com? mented: "You brutes are almost as bad as the customs officers at New York." , And now another touch of light re? lieved the gloom. Kathleen was next in line, and she had been forcing her lips Into their moat attractive smile, and keeping her eyes wlnsomely mel? low, for the robber's benefit. Marjorie could not see the smile; she could only see that Kathleen was next. She j whispered to Mailory: "They'll get the bracelet! They'll get the bracelet!" And Mailory could have danced with glee. But Kathleen leaned coquet tlshly toward the masked stranger, and threw all her art into her toco as she murmured: "I'm sure you're too brave to trke my things. I've always admired men with the courage of Claude Duval." The robber was taken a trifle aback, but he growled: "I don't know the par? ty you speak of?but cough up!" "Listen to her," Marjorie whispered In horror; "she's flirting with the train-robber." 'What won't some women flirt with!" Mailory exclaimed. The robber studied Kathleen a lit? tle more attentively, as be whipped off her necklace and her rings. She looked good to blm, and so willing, that he muttered: "Say, lady, If you'll give mo a kiss, I'll give you that dia? mond ring you got on" "All right!" laughed Kathleen, with triumphant compliance. "My Ood!" Mailory groaned, "what won't some women do for a diamond!" The robber bent close, and was Just raising bis mask to collect his ran? som, when his confederate glanced his way, and knowing his susceptible na? ture, foresaw his Intention, and shout? ed: "Stop it, Jake. Yoti 'tend strictly to business, or I'll blow your nose off." "Oh, sll right," grumbled the reluc? tant gallant, ss hs drew the ring from her finger. "Sorry, miss, but I can't make the trade,"' and he added with an unwonted gentleness: "You can turn round now." Kathleen was glad to hide the blush es of defeat, but Marjorie was still more bitterly disappointed. She whis? pered to Mailory: "He didn't get tho bracelet, after all." CHAPTER XXXIX. Wolves in the Fold. Mallory's heart sank to its usual depth, but Marjorie had another of , her inspirations. She startled every- | body by suddenly beckoning and call? ing: "Excuse me, Mr. Robber. Come here, please." The curious gallant edged her way, keeping a sharp watch along the line: "What d'you want?" Marjorie leaned nearer, and spoke In a low tone with an amiable smile: "That lady who wanted to kiss you has a bracelet up her sleeve." The robber stared across his mask, and wondered, but laughed, and grunted: "Much obliged."" Then he went back, and tapped Kathleen on the shoulder. When she turned round, in the hope that he had reconsidered his refusal to make the trade, he In? furiated her by growling: "Excuse me, miss, I overlooked a bet." He ran his hand along her arm, and found her bracelet, and accomplished what Mailory had failed in, its re? moval. "Don't, don't," cried Kathleen, "it's wished on." "I wish it off," the villain laughed, and it joined the growing heap in the feed-bag. Kathleen, doubly enraged, broke out viciously: "You're a common, sneaking?" "Ah, turn round!" the man roared, and she obeyed in silence. Then he explored Mrs. Whltcomb, but with such small reward that he said: "Say, you'd oughter have a pocketbook somewhere. Where's it at?" Mrs. Whltcomb blushed furiously: "None of your business, you low brute." "Perdooce, madame," the scoundrel snorted, "perdooce the purse, or I'll hunt for it myself." Mrs. Whltcomb turned away, and after some management of her skirts, slapped her handbag into the eager palm with a "wrathful: "You're no gen. tie man, sir!" "If I was, I'd be in Wall street," he laughed. "Now you can turn round." And when she turned, he saw a bit of chain depending from her back hair. He tugged, and brought away the locket, and then proceeded to sound Ashton for hidden wealth. And now Mrs. Temple Degan to bod, as she parted with an old-fashioned brooch and two old-fashioned rings that had been her little vanities for the quarter of a century and more. The old clergyman could have wept with her at the vandalism. He turned on the wretch with a heartsick ap? peal: "Can't you spare those? Didn't you ever have a mother?" I The robber started, his tierce eyes 1 softened, his voice choked, and he | gulped hard as he drew the back of his hand across his eyes. | "Aw, hell," he whimpered, "that ain't fair. If you're goin' to remind mo of me poor old mo-mo-mother?" , Bllt the one called Jake?the Claude Duval who had been prevented from a display of human sentiment, did not intend to be cheated. He thundered: "Stop it. Bill. You 'tend strictly to business, or I'll blow your mush-bowl off. You know your Maw died before you was born." ? This reminder sobered tho weeping thief at once, and he went back to work ruthlessly. "Oh, all right, Jake. Sorry, ma'am, hut business il biisi- ; ness." And he dumped Mrs. Temple's trinkets into the satchel. It. was too | much for the little old lady's little old husband. He fairly shrieked: "Young man, you're a damned scoundrel, and the best argument 1 ever saw for hell-fire!" I Mrs. Temple's grief changed to hor? ror at such a holt from the blue: "Walter!" she gasped, "such lan? guage!" ! But her husband answered in self defense: "Even a minister has a right to swear once in his lifetime " Mailory almost dropped in his tracks, and Marjorie keeled over on him, as he gasped: "Good Lord, Dr. j Temple, you are a?a minister?" "Yes, my boy," the old man con? fessed, glad that the robbers had re? lieved him of his guilty secret along with the rest of his private properties. Mailory looked at the collapsing Mar- | jorle and groaned: "Aud he was In the next berth all this time!" The unmasking of the old fraud made a second sensation. Mrs. Fos dick called from far down the aisle: "Dr. Temple, you're not a detective?" Mrs. Temple shouted back furious? ly: "How dare you?" But Mrs. Fosdick was crying to her luscious-eyed mate: "Oh, Arthur, he's not a detective. Embrace me!" And they embraced, while the rob? bers looked on aghast at the sudden oblivion they had fallen into. They fOCUSSed the attention on themselves again, however, with a ferocious: "Here, hands up!" But they did not see Mr. and Mrs. Fosdick steal a klas behind their upraised arms, for the robber to whose lot Mailory fel! was gloating over his well filled wallet. Mailory saw It go with fortitude, but noting a piece of legal paper, he said: "Say, old man, you don't want that marriage license, do you?" Tho robber handled it as if it were hot?as if he had burned his fingers on some such document once before, and he stuffed it back in Mallory's ; pocket. "I should say not. Keep It. Turn round " Meanwhile the other felon turned up another beautiful pile of bills in Dr. Temple's pocket. "Not so worse for a parson," he grinned. "You must be one of them Fifth avenue sky shaffures." And now Mrs. Temple's gentle eyes and voice filled with tears again: "Oh, don't take that. That's the money for his vacation?after thirty long years. Please don't take that." Her appeals seemed always to find the tender spot of this robber's heart, for he hesitated, and called out: "Shall we overlook the parson's wad, podner?" "Take it, and shut up, you molly* coddle!" was the answer he got, and the vacation funds joined the old gew. gaws. And now everybody had been robbed but Marjorie. She happened to be at the center of the line, and both men reached her at the same time: "I seen her first," the first one shouted. "You did not," the other roared. "I tell you I did." "I tell you I did." They glared threateningly at each other, and their revolvers seemed to meet, like two game cocks, beak to beak. The porter voiced tne general hope, when he sighed: "Oh, Lawd, if they'd o:aly shoot each other." This brought the rivals to their evil senses, and they swept the line with those terrifying muzzles and that heart-stopping yelp: "Hands up!" Bill said: "You take the east side of her, and I'll take the west" "All right." And they began to snatch away her side-combs, the little gold chain at her throat, the jeweled pin that Mal Jory had given her as the first token of his love. The young soldier had foreseen this. He had foreseen the wild rage that would unseat his reason when he saw the dirty hands of thieves laid rudely on the sacred body of his beloved. But his soldier-schooling had drilled him to govern his impulses, to play the coward when there was no hope of successful battle, and to strike only when the moment was ripe with per? fect opportunity. (TO BE CONTINUED) Sketches of Anderson County Life. Helton, Aug, 1".?Up in Anderson County, nearly all the land here is red, and can be made very produc? tive. As a rule the farms are small, many containing not over fifty acres. Twenty-live years ago. aye ten, it could have been bought for ten and lit teen dollars, but now it ranges from forty to seventy-live ami eighty dollars. In some communi? ties there are no negroes; they don't want and they almost hate them. Everybody works. And they take to it as a duck to water. In work sea? son they breakfast by candlelight. They are bright, active, Strong, and *are giving attention to the forward movements. They are encouraging education by building good academies centrally located and in this way are placing an education In the reach of ev< ry boy and girl. A great many of the people arc tenants and there la considerable Ignorance among them. They are kind, courteous, hos? pitable, but woe betide the man wim disregards the amenities, All tenants and landlords seem to have plenty, and to live well, and they might, for most undoubtedly it la one of the easiest ami best places on H al's green earth to live, for with lit? tle effort at little expense one can luxuriate in the good things of earth here from year to year. As a rule all the lands are well terraced and cared for, great pains being taken in the work. While the land is quUe rolling you seldom see a gUly or wash. F< w. If any farms are without a meadow, which seems unite Indispensable, it is not a land of pine rooters and razor hacks n hogs or scrubs in cows. Another thing. they scrupulously avoid overstocking themselves. No where in the State are the roads better, and their national high? way, tunning by way of Anderson and Wllliamston, will compare fa? vorably with any in the country, With all these facts before Us we lind Andersen with facilities the equal of any in the land, an undeveloped r< untry, only a'few of its people pay? ing attention to intensive farming. These people have cuatoms peculiar to themselvea, bne of which is the family reunion. Every year at a stated time and place certain old families come together from tar and near to a great feast, it was my privilege a few days ago by Invita? tion to he presenl at one such of the Bryson family, where were gathered about a hundred and fifty people. Another, and one which must '"? unite enjoyable is the annual excur? sion to the mountains, which Hoy make in wagons, several families coming tog? ther for the purpoe. ??Hngood." 'lie hasty offer of a reduction of the pur if duties I 'oks like ;? willing? ness on the pari Of the Administra? tion folks to do anything to save Ihelr wool. Now Vork World. in New York every time a Repub? lican district attorney does his duty the people wanl to run him f<o- Gov? ernor. A man n. xer can tell what is coming to him if he will only k<> ahead and do his level best.?Wil? mington Star. "CHAMPIONS" RETAIN TITLE. Defeat Kn"ek-l>n\viis in All Three Uamea of the Bowling Match. The final match In the bowling tourney between the Champions and tin- Knock-Downs wai rolled off at the Y. M. C. A. Low ling alleys Mon? day night and despite the fact th-it both teams bad been conslderai ly changed by the loss of regular mem? bere and the addition of men in the places of the regular men three go.,,i games were pulled off, the Champion* winning out in all three of them and I thus insuring their right to the title which was chosen for the team liy one of its members early in the for* mation of the team. Tiie highest individual score wa? nu de by Don While who bowled 1 *>; while the highest average was made b) Lord. 168, both of them members of the Champion team. The Champ? ion totalled something over 2,100 pins in the three games, while their opponents only totalled up to 1,800. I As the two teams were (led in number of games previously bowled in the match, the championship goes to the "Champions." The men on this team who bowled last night were: Hal Harby, Don White, Graham Moses, Lord. Walsh. Bryan. On the Knock-Downs were: Humph, Creech, Andrews. Ard and Thees. DIFFICULTY ON THE FRONTIER. Rebels Fire on American Troops, Wounding One. Washington. Aug. 12.?Chasing a party of 'gun runners" down In the l?g Hen country of Texas Saturday night. Major Sedgwlck Rice, of the 3d cavalry, for the first time met with serious resistance, according to reports today to the war department. Mexican rebels fired at the soldiers and one private was slightly wounded. 4'he troops returned fire, kilbng one rebel, and capturing several others with 500,000 rounds of ammunition. Other rebels, the report says, escap? ed across the international line. Gen Steever's report regarding the small rebel bands which raided American territory last week, minimizes the whole affair, which the general says resulted In the stealing of two horses. The character of the country where the raids occurred is such that it is often impossible for a person to tell when he is on one side or the other of the boundary. Therefore, the war department officials are inclined to believe the Mexicans may not have been Intentionally guilty. Gen Btever late today was Inform? ed by telegraph that he could draw upon $1000,000 fund appropriated by Congress for the relief of American refugees from Mexico. MEETING LASTED ALL DAY. Some Disorderllnees at Spartenburg Session Monday. Sparta nburg, Aug. 12.?When Le county campaign opened today at Roebuck, the voteri d< manded of the candidates to know how they intend? ed to vote in the Gubernatorial race. There are two candidates for State Senator, one Bleaselte and one Jones man. < >f the eighteen candidates for the House, there are nine on each side. All Of these candidates told how they steod. However, candidates for other offices refused to tell. Efforts to howl down K. L. Archer, a, Jones candidate for the House, were unsuc? cessful. One. J. T. Hunt, endeavored to strike Henry K. Osborne with his Walking cane. wh< n Mr. Osborne crit? icised sonn? of Ricase's actions. The meeting lasted all day. Tin re are thirty candidates who speak. Civic League Note-. A number of new books ha e been ordered for the Civic League library and will be In soon. Four have cone In advance of ihe others: John Rown, by Emerson Hough. Hilda Lessways, by Arnold Bennett. The Department store, by Margaret l lohme. Over the Pass, by Frederick Palm? er. The library is on West Hampton avenue, in the residence of Mr. Doby Jennings and is open from 5.80 to ?;.o0 every afternoon; rate of sub? scription, $2.00 per year or ."?0 a quarter. An extraordinary condition exists among the city poor this summer in s.? much as there has only been one case of typhoid fever annum them and that very early In the spring. This is no doubt owing In great part t.i the efficiency of the city nurse win. handles 'fever suspects' with ?lieh cure that typhoid has not a chance to develop. When the committee on the chil? dren's garden contest last made its rounds tin' members round thai the children had made ko little progress that it was decided not to give the prises offered until the end of Sep? tember. This will hi'., those chil? dren who have given up the hope time to k< \ to wank and have their gardens make sonn. Kind of show for it. those who have their gardens in good condution would, of course, con? tinue to take < are of them anyhow. I Hl COt'XTV FAIR. Its Advantages ami H a? fit?? DcacafaV ed b] W. \v. Flnley, riisldosd, Soutliern Rnllwa) Company. The President of .. Fair Association In one of the progressive counties traversed by the lines of the South* ern Railway Company has lufgeaied that I nriite an article for newspaper publication on "The Advantages and Benefltf of the County . air." It gives me gr?-at pleasure to com? ply with this suggestion for the rea son, '.hat. in my opinion* the county lair can he made a most important factor in the progross and develop? ment of the loeaiity in which it is held. At the county fair the visitor sees what his own neighbors are doing where the conditions of climate and soils arc similar to those on his own farm. The men who have attained the best results and carried off the premiums are known to him. He can talk with them, visit their farms, and learn just how they have succeeded. A county fair thus becomes a most ef? ficient educational institution. This is especially true where, as at some of the fairs in the Southeastern States, lectures are delivered by experts in different branches of agriculture, hor? ticulture, live stock raising and dairy? ing. While amusement features in connection with a fair aid in increas? ing the attendance, I believe that they should be subordinated and that the primary aim of the managers of county fairs should be to make them of educational value to the farmer in aiding him to solve his practical prob? lems. As a result of the study which I have given to agricultural conditions on the Southeastern States in con? nection with the work for farm im? provement being carried on by the Southern Railway Company, I have become convinced that the most im \ . rtant problem confronting the farmers of our section at this Urne is that of increasing their average yields per acre. This may be said to ?e an all inclusive prorlem for it involves not only cultural methods but questions as to the rotation of crops so as to get the rest results, as to raising live stock for manure as well as for direct profit, and as to the proper use of the right kind of fer? tilizers and the application of lime to soil needing a lime treatment. We have just reached the time in the United States when this problem of increasing average yields per acre is becoming acute. With the growth of population, demand for farm pro? ducts of all kinds is increasing and there are no longer vast areas of pro? ductive lands in the West open to farm settlement. The growing de? mand must be met in larger measure than heretofore by the farmers of the older States, and there is no sec? tion which, by its geographical re? lation to the consuming comers and climatic and soil conditions, is better situated to profit by this condition than the Southeastern States. The county fair can be made a most efficient agency in the solution of the problem of increasing the yields of our Southeastern soils. As a means to this end 1 would suggest to the managers of these fairs that they require exhibitors to attach to their exhibits or post up with them placards giving the most complete in? formation practicable as to the con? ditions under which they were pro? duced. Cor exampe. the educational value (,f a corn exhibit would be mu:h increased if it should be accompanied by a placard statin? the rotation of crops in which the corn had been grown, describing concisely the char? acter of soil and the methods by which it had been prepared, the date and method of planting, the date and methods of cultivation, the amount of barn yard manure used per acre with the time and method of its application, the character and amount of commercial fertilizers used with the time and method of their application, the yield per acre obtain? ed, and any other facts of an instruc? tive nature relative to the production of corn. Similar placards with such chances as might be necessary ?> adapt them to the different ?tChlbitS would add greatly to he practical ed? ucational value of the fair. In a brief article Of this kind it is not practicable to discuss all of the ways iii which :? county faig can be helpful to a community, but I think there can be no question as to its great value and I should be glad to see an annual fair in every county In the Southeastern States. War on Pellagra. Washington, Aug. 12.?War on pellagra is proposed by Representa? tive Byrne, of Tennessee. Democrat, who today Introduced a bill Instruct? ing experts of the public health ser? vice to investigate to discover ItS r a uses ami cure. The "ill would ip proprlate $60,00g. The work on t ie Bank ol Sumter building progressing with rapidity at this time and the structure is show intj up well as the work progresses