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The Lady y 1 E OF THE i ? ^ I Mount Jfi Bp JFREDERiC S. IS HAM \ ^ "The Strollers'* 'Trnto Thg Rote" M ^^s. t ay Mr CuilWk l'AA * Ik* HvU?HcML Co. ?Then let -them up at on**! Do you hour? At one*!** And an he began lo unlock the door, walked off After that, her Interest In the rock waned; the Mount eeemed bat a prieoa; sh?, herself, desired onlr to eoeape from it "Hare my eaOdl* put on Hauulin." ehe said to Heppo the next dar, toward the end of a long afternoon. "Very well, mr lsdy. Who accom? panies Toer lad? ship?" -No one!** V'lth slight emphas*. "I rtdo alone." Beppo discretely i up pressed hie but prise "Is your lsdy snip going far? If so. I hog to remind that tonight Is the change of t lie moon, and the 'grand.' not the tittle" tide may be coming In." 1 was already aware of It. and snail keep between ? the Mount and the shore. Hare mj homo sent to the up? per gate," she added, and soon after? ward rode down The town was astir, and many looked after hev as she passed; not kindly, but with the earring expres? sions she had oi lets begun to notice* Again was she cognizant of that feel? ing of secret entagonlsm, even from these people whose houses clung to the very foundations of her own ! abode, end her lips set tightly. Why did they hste her? What right had they to hate her? A sensi.tlon, al? most of relief, came over nor, when paaslng through the massive, feudal gate, she found herself on the beach. Still and languorous was ho day; not a breath stirred shore the tiny ripples of the sand; a csln. almost unnatursl, seemed to wrap the world In Its embrace. The girl breathed deeper, feeling the closeness of the sir; her Impatient eyes looked around; scanned the shore; to the left, low end flat?to the right, marked by the dark fringe of a for? est. Which way should she go? ir? resolutely she turned in the direction of the wood. j Saladln, her horse, seemed In un? usually fine fettle, and the distance separating her from the land was soon covered; but still she continued to follow the shore, swinging around and out toward s point some distance seaward. Not until s le bad reac'.ed that extreme project lou of land v. here the wooing green crept out from the forest ss fsr ss It might, did she draw rein. Saladln stopped, albeit with protest, tossing his great head. "You might ss well make an end of that, sir!" said the girl, and, spring? ing from the saddle, deftly secured him. Then trrnlng her back toward the Mount, a shadowy pyramid In the distance, she seated herself In the grsss with her eyes to the woods. Not long, however, did my lady re? main thus: soon rising, she walked toward the shadowy depths. At the ' ?erge she paused her brows grew thoughtful; what was it the woods recalled? Suddenly, she remembered ?a boy she had .net the night she left for school so long ago. had told her he lived In them. 9ho recalled, too. ss s child, how the woman. Marie, who had been maid to her mother, hsd tried to frighten ber about that sequestered domain, with tales of fierce wild animals ard unearthly .creatures, visible end Invisible, that roamed within. She hsd no fear now, though fnlnt rustlings and a pulsation ot sound held her listening. Then, through the leafy Interstice, a gleaming and flash? ing, ss if some one wert' throwing jewels to the earth, lured her on to the cause of the seeming enchant tasnt?a tiny waterwall! The moment passed; still she tts> j gered Around the Mount's high top, her own home, 'nly transcondent si? lence reigned ; h? re was she surround? ed by babbling voices and all manner of merry creatures?lively little squir? rels; winged inswcts, romping in the twilight shade; a portly and well-sat Istied appearing gr*>en monster who regarded her amicably from a niche of green A butterfly, noised and waving Its wings, held her a long time?until she was suddenly aroused by the wood growing darker. Kaising her eyes, she saw through the gTSSg foliage overhead that tbo bright sky hsd become sunless. At the same time e rumbling detonation, faint, far -off, broke In upon th?- whisperings and tlnkllngs of that wood nook (letting up, she stood tor a moment listening; then walked away. Near the verge of the sind, Saladln greeted her with linpatb-ne?., tossing his head toward the darlenlng heav? ens Nor did he wait until she was fairly seated before starting back at a rapid gate along the shoro. Hut the girl offered no protest SOI fUCS showed only enjoyment A IttUs Wild he might be at times, as bocnms Ottl Of rugged an- ? Ty, t.uf vicious, only headstrong' And h1o? didn't mind that? Alread) hud M btgM bg shirk ths1 first thundering SOCS wh?n gOtnOthlng White?a veil, perhaps, dropped from the ci.valcade of lords ano ladles SOSM days Vetane on tho lantl anil wafted to the hearth?fluttered like a livo thing suddenls .'before him. In his tense mood, flakulln, affrighted, sprang to one side; then wheeling outright, madly too* the bit in hie teeth. Per? force bis mistress resigned herself, sitting straight and sure, with little hands harr! and firm at the reins. Saladin was behaving very badly, but ?at least hi was superb, worth con quering, if? A brief thrill of apprehension seized her aa, again drawing near the point of land, he sr. owed no signs of ylel .! Ins* resisted Uli her attempts to turn, to direct him to it. With nostrllu thrust forward and breathing strong, he continued .to choose his ow n course; to wJilt! her on, past the promontory; around Into the great bay beyond?now a vast expanse, or desert of sand, broken only, about half? way across, by the small isVe of Casque. Toward this rocky forma? tion, a pygmy to the great Mount from which it lay eeneealed by the Intervening projection of land, the horse rushed. On. on! Ia vain she still endeavored to stop him; thinking uneasily of Steeles the fishermen told of this neighboring coast; of the sands that often shifted here, setting pitfalls for the unwary. Ahe saw the sky grow yet darker, noted the nearer flashings of llgftxt, and heard the louder rumb lings Chat followed. Then preaontly another danger she had long been con? scious of, on a sudden became real. She saw, or thought she saw, a faint streak, like a silver Hue drawn across the sky where the yellow sani? touched the sombrous horizon. And Saladin seemed to observe it, too; to detect in it cause for wonder; reason for hesitation. At any rate, that head? long speed now showed signs of di? minishing; he clipped and tossed the sand less vigorously, and looked around at his mistress with wild, un- j easy eyes. Again she spoke u> him; j pulled with all her strength at t):o reins, and, at once, he stopped. . None too soon! Great drops of rain had begun to fall, but the girl did not notice them. The white line alone riveted her attention! It seemed to grow broader; to acquire an Intangible movement of its own; at the sams time to give out a sound?a stram low droning that filled the air. Heard for the first time, a stranger at the Mount would have found it inexplic? able; to the Governor's daughter, the menacing cadence left no 100m for doubt as to its origin. i The girl's cheek paled; her gggg swung in the opposite direction, to ward the point of land, how so dis? tant. Could they reach it? She did not believe they could; indeed, the "grand" tide coming up behind on the verge of the storm, faster than any horse could gallop, would overtake ' them midway. And Saladin seemed to know it also; beneath her, he trembled. Yet must they try, she thought, and had. tightened tho rcii.^ to tum, when looking ahead once more, she discerned a break in the forbidding cliffs of the little island of' Casque, and, back of the fissure, a shining spot which marked a tiny 1 cove. A moment she hesitated; what should she dc? Hide toward the isle and the white danger, or toward the point of mainland and from it? Either alternative was a desperate one, but the Isle lay much nearer; and quickly, the brown eyes gleaming with i \ Butterfly, PoUed snd Waving Its Wings, Held Her for a Long Time. sudden courage, sho decided; touched lior horse and pressed him forward. Hut faBt as sho went the "grand" tide came faster; struck with a loud, menacing sound the seaward side of the Isla and swung hungrily around. My lady cast over her shoulder I quick glance; the cove, however, WSJ near; only a line of small rocks, Jut? ting from the sand, separated hoi from It. If they rould but pass, she thought; they had passed, she told beraelf Joyfully, When Of a sudden the bores Stumblsd; fell Thrown f lohnt Iv from his back, a moment was she OOgnlianI Of a deafening roar; a riot? ous advance of foam; above, a hum drsd birds that Mrgamsd distractedly; then all these sounds mingled; dark? ness succeeded, and sho remembered no more. CHAPTER VIII. The Old Watch-Tower. A Wall I A window a prison-like Interior! Am bet eyes opened, the Governor*! daughter strove confusedly to decipher her surroundings. The w ill seemed real; the narrow window, too, higl abotSi framing, against a darkening background, a slant of One rgin! Again she closed her eyes, only to ho conscloui of i gentle languor; a heaviness 11K*; that of half-sleep; of bodily heat, mid also a little bodily pain. For an indefinite period, really a moment or two, she refcigned herself to that dreamy torpor; then, with an effort, lifted hor lashes once more. As she gazed before ler, something bright seemed leaping back and forth; a flame?that pluyed on the wall; re? vealing the joiro-s between the stones of massive masonry; casting shadows, but to wipe them out; paling near a small window, the only aperture ap? parent in the cell-like place. Turning from the flickerings, her glance quick? ly sought their source?a fire in a hearth, before which she lay?or half Bat, propped against a stone. But why? The spot was strange; In her ears sounded t buzzing, like the murmur of a waterfall. She remem? bered now; she harl lingered before one?in the woods:; and Saladin had run away, madly, wriro^ the sanda until?my lady raised her hand to her brow; abruptly let It fall. In the shadow on other side of the hearth some one moved; lOflM one who had been watching her and who now stepped out into the light. "Are you b< uer?" said a .voice. She stared. On the bold, swarthy features of a young man now standing and looking down at her, the light flared and gleamed; the open shirt re? vealed a muscular throat; the down turned black eyes were steady,, eollcit ous. His appearance was unexpected, yet not quite strange; she had aeeu ; him before, but, in the general sur? prise and perplexity of the moment, did not ask herself where. The inter? val between what she last remem? bered on the beach?the rush and swirl of water?and what she woke to, absorbed the hazy workings of her mind. The young man stopped; stirred the <hr%:, and after a pause, apparently to ?rlv? her time to collect her thoughts, repeated his question: "Are you bet? ter, now?" "Oh, yes," she said, with an effort, talf siting up. And then irrelevantly, "At Times?a Hunter." with rathe:- a wild glance about her: "Isn't?isn't it Storming outside?" "A little?not much?" A smile crossed the dark features. "I remember," she added, as if forc? ing herself to speak, "it had just be? gun to on the beach, when it?the 'grand' tid??" The words died away; mechanically she lifted her hand, brufbed back the shining waves of 1 hair. "Why think of it now?" he inter j posed gently. "Hut," uncertainly she smoothed her skirt; it was damp and wann; "I sup pose this is the island of Casque?" "Yes. "And this place?" "The old watch-tower.** "nut how?" Then she noticed that his hands, long, brown and well formed, were cut and bruised; bore many jagged marl's as from a fierce ptruggle. "How did you hurt your hands?" Ho thrust thorn into his pockets. ! "Was it from tho rocks?and the , waves? How did I get here?" ' "Oh, 1 was standing on the cliff," he answered carelessly, "and?saw your 1 horse running away!" "You did? And then?came down?" | "What else was there to do?" he said simply. Her gggg returned to the fire. "Hut ! the tide was rushing in?rushing! it \ was right upon me!" She looked again toward tho pockets into which his hands were thrust; ob? served his shirt, torn at the shoulder; then arose unsteallly. "I know?it was not so easy!" sho said. "It was I brave of you?H "Your ladyship is no coward!" he interrupted, a sparkle in his eyes, "When you turned tho horse toward the tide, I was watching; hoping you would dare, and you did!" About to reply, she became once more aware she was still very dizzy front the fall on the sand; the shapely figure swayed and she put out bet hand with a gesture of helplessness. At the same lime, the man reached I forward quickly and caught her. A moment was she conscious of a firm prasp; h dark, anxloui gaze bent upon I her; then, slid gently back to the stone neat. ] A brief Intervall and gradually she I began to see again more distinctly? a man's face, not far from hers; a faro that drew back as her own look (b ared At a respectful distance he now itood, hin bearing at once erect and buoyant, and more curiously sho regarded him. A distinct type, hero pride and Intelligence stumped them? selves strongly <>n the dark, handsome features; courage and daring were written <>n the bold, self-reliant brow. Anil with this realisation Of something distinctive, compelling, In his person* allty, came another. "I have seen you?spoken with you before! On the beach?the night of the dance!" The young man turned. "Your Ladyship bo far honored me?as to dance with me!" he said, in hie eyes a touch of that brightness that had caused her to regard him imperiously, as he had swung her to the measure of the music, on the occasion in ques? tion. "Started, to!" She corrected him, straightening suddenly at the recollec? tion of that evening, when humility and modesty were virtues conspicu? ously wanting in his demeanor. "Your Ladyship is riglit," be said quWly. "An alarm from the Mount interrupted." She glanced at him quickly. His eyes met hers with a look of uncon? cern. "Are you?o F.iherman?" a - abruptly. "On occasions.' "And when you are not one- .>!i . are you then?" "At times?a hunter." "Ah!" Her eye lingered on some? thing bright on the ledge beneath the window. "And that is the reason you have?pistols?" "Exactly, my Lady!" She continued to regard th< weaponr, of finest workmanship, in laid with a metal that gleamed dully like gold, in the light from the fire His gh'iice followed hers; she wai about to speak, wh* r: quickly he inter rupted. "Has your Ladyship thought hcv she is going to get back to th< Mount ?" J>ly lady'b questioning, along the lim of personal inquiry, ceased; the Gov ernor's daughter looked a little blank "No?that Is, haven't you a boat?" "Not JUere." "Then you walked over?" He neltjier affirmed, nor denied "And the tide will not be out fot hours!" Her looiv showed consterna tion; she glanced toward the opening in the wall. "Isn't it becoming darV now?" "Yes, my Lady." "Of course, it was almost sundowi when? Hut I must return at once! Don't you understand?" Ho regarded her silently; the beau tiful, Impatient eyes; the slim, whitf fingers that tapi>ed restlessly, one again?t another. "I will do what ! can!" he Bald at last slowly. "But what?" she demanded. "Whai can you do?" He did not answer; my lady made gesture. "How ridiculous! A prison er on an island!" "There may be a way," he began. "My horse?" Bhe said quickly. "Wha became of him?" "He was swept away by the tide!" Into the proud eyes came a aoftet Ufc t?of regret, pain. "Your Ladyship should remember 1' might have been worse," he addeu, i: tones Intended to reassure her. "Aftei all, it was only a horse?" "Only a ho: se!" she exclaimed in dlgnantly. "But, I supposo you can' understand?caring for a horse!" "I can understand caring for i ship!" he answered quickly, a flash o amusement, hardly concealed, In hi? bold, dark eyes. ITO Hi-: CONTINUED) The Newspaper Guy. 1 see ;i man pushing ins way through tin- lines Of the cops, where the work of the lire fiend shim s; "The Chief?" 1 inquired, someone scornfully cries "Chief nothin', he's one of these news? paper guys," 1 see a man walk through the door of a show Where the great throngs are blocked by the sign S. It. O. "Is this the star, that no ticket he buys?" "Star nothin', he's one of those news? paper guys." I see ;i man start on the trail of a crook, He scorns 'be police, but he brings \ him to book; I "Sherlock Holmes?" I Inquire, a po? liceman replies "Sherlock H-1 he's just on<i of those newspaper guys." And some day I'll stand by the great gates of gold, And see a. man pass through, un? questioned and bold. "A Saint'.'" I'll inquire, and old Peter'll reply, j "Naw, he carries a pass, he's a news? paper guy." Helen Kcih r. Public Oillclul. ! Keheneetady, \\ Y.. Sept. 1. -An? nouncement is mude Info that Miss i Helen Keller of Wrentham, Mass., the noted blind a ml deaf w oman, will h< nceforth make her home in this i city. Bhe has been a lifelong companion of Mrs. John Mncy, whose husband Is secretary to Mayor George 11. Lunn. On Miss Keller's arrival she will i"> appointed bj Mayor l.aim us a mem? ber of tie- 'mi.nd of public welfare and doubtless to other civic boards, sin is a Socialist and will assist in the ;iif.ius ot that parts hi ,u's vicinity, What We Never t\>rget. according to science, -ire the things associated with our early home life, such as Uucklen's Arnica Salve, that mother or grandmothei used to cure our burns, boils, scalds, sores, skin eruptions, cuts, sprains or bruises. Forty years of cures prove its merit. Unrivaled for piles, corns or cold ?ores, Only 25 cents ;>t Albert's Drug Store. JERRY MOORE IN CHARGE. Will Look After l?g South Carolina Exhibit in < Ilk ago. Columbia, Sept. 5.?The state de pamient of agriculture i.s preparing to bring the agricultural resource* of South Carolinas to the attention of the business men and fanners ??f the North and Bast. An aggressive and yet conservative campaign will be waged. Commissioner Watson said iht*; he had .secured a most diserable space in the ColliSeum in Chicago for the South Carolina exhibit at the nation? al land show to he held beginning OB November I2:>d. The space Is located directly in front of the main t ntrance of the large building. An exhibit showing in a concise manner the agri? cultural resources of the state i? be? ing prepared and will he installed in the space. The exhibit will be In charge of Jerry Moore, the cham? pion boy com grower <>f the world who has given South Carolina much publicity of the kind that pays, be? cause of Iii? big corn yield on one acre. Capt z. j. Drake, the Marl? boro county planter win. holds the world s record for corn production on one acre, has been invited to ac? company Jerry Moore. He will very probably have to decline to attend be? cause of failing health. Literatur.' telling of the advantages offered by this state will be distributed at the booth. The plan for advertising the j state win be conservative yet results will be obtained. In addition to the exhil.it at Chi? cago the state is preparing an exhibit I for the Southern building of the Southern Commercial Congress, which Is located in Washington. The con? gress is advertising the building throughout the North and when visi? tors stop over In Washington on their way South they will be given litera? ture telling of the advantages offer? ed. An expert will be in charge of the South Carolina exhibit in Wash? ington. The space is one of the most desirable in the building and will at? tract the attention of all Visiting the place. In addition to the space at the na? tional land show Commissioner Wat? son has secured permission for lec? tures in the hall at Chicago. Jerry Moore and other agricultural experts will tell of the land values in South Carolina and of the methods of culti? vation. In connection with the campaign lor advertising the State along agri? cultural lines the Southern Railway and the Atlantic Cosat Line Ftailaay Will send out trains this fall. An exhibit is being prepared by the State department of agriculture for these trains. The national com .-how to be held in Columbia during January and February of next year will attract thousands of visitors from all sections of the United states. These exhibits that have been planned by the dep rt ment Of agriculture will give the visit? ors an excellent idea of conditions prevailing In South Carolina and v III create an interest in the lands of this State. " The people Of the country are looking toward the South as they have never looked bef 're." said Com? missioner Watson, 'and the object of this campaign i* to tell all what we have to offer in South Carolina. The agricultural possibilities of the State wll be stressed and 1 am satisfied that results will be obtained at a minimum cost.' We are still hopeful that South Carolina will go Democratic in No? vember.- Greenwood Journal. The Men Who Succeed. as heads of large e nterprises are men of great energy Success, today, de? mands health. To ail is to fall. It's utter folly for a man to endure a weak, run-down, half alive condition when Electric Litters will put him right on bis feet in short order. "Four bottles did me more real good than any other medicine I ever took," writes Chas. i?. Allen, Sylvanla, Ga. "After years of suffering with rheu? matism, liver trouble, stomach disor? ders and deranged kidneys. I ant again, thanks to Electric Bitters, sound and well." Trj them. Only 50 cents at Stbert's Drug store. t oa inc. to a rec ent murder and row? dyism around Wa8hlgton, Pa., the young women of that city are carry? ing revolvers for protection. Where the laws are not enforced it does not take long for conditions to get so bad that it compels even women to make up their minds to shoot. Wilmington Star. Mail) l>rlven Crom Home. Rvery year, In many parts of the country, thousands ate driven from their homes bv coughs and lung dis? eases, Friends and business are left behind for other climates, but this I* costly und not always sure. \ better waj the way of multitudes Is to us,. Dr. King's New Discovery and cute yourself at home. Slay li^ht there, with your friends, and take ' this safe medicine. Throat and lung troubles bud quick relief and health returns, Its help in coughs, cold, utip. croup, whooping i ough and .-ore lungs make it a positive blessing. 50c and > l nil. Trial bottle free. Guar? anteed by Rlbert's Drug Store. Wik on in til*- Campaign. X? w Y<<rk Commercta , Aug. u is with great approval, there can be no doubt, that Judicious people will And their hopes Justified as to Governor Wilson s share in public speaking during the next two months. He will not take the stump, but will Confine himself to some half-a-dozen address, well thought out and for? mulated, of ? sort to exhibit his hue Intellectual gifts and training at their best, and will stand the test of read? ing, as well as hearing, a criterion which some of the world's greatest orators have Called under, such for example as Charles JaiWOS Fox, whose reported speeches were* a woeful dis? appointment to those who had thrill? ed to his masterful genius in viva voce debate. Yet the Democratic can? didate might easily have yielded to the temptation to captivate the pub? lic in his way. He has shown an ad? mirable skill in extemporaneous ut? terances during his gubernatorial ca? reer and need not dread to compete in lucid and captivating power of speech even with such past masters as Mr. Bryan, Wboss genius in this re Spect needs no SUlOgium. Hut com? petent as is the New Jersey gover? nor, when he needs to exercise his power, in the attainments of the stump his liner capacity of measur? ed and deliberated speech ranks him so much higher as a sagacious think? er that it squares his purpose hap? pily with a high self-respect for an exacting candidate. Several of the Wilson speeches, Which have been sehodulod. in the large cities, will be addresses jf oc? casion, devoted to non-political themes so far as polities is of the im? mediately pertinent sort. They will not be specifically campaign speech? es. Buch .is touch the direct issues of the time, we may rest assured, will be conceived on that high pauio of expo? sition and compact lucidity of phrase for which he has won the special es? teem of his opponents, in confining hi nself to this kind of participation in the canvass. Which may place him on the White House thron?, he will have demonstrated one sot of titness to till that seat, the tempera? ment and dignity of the statesman. SI compared With the impulses of the politicians. There can be no ^ues- | lion that the American public will j welcome with extreme interest these I further revelations of the man of his ideals with well grounded anticipation of their Illuminating quality. Con? vincing lucidity and directness of ap? peal have always been characteristic ef the Wilson intellect. In following the declared policy, which has been but too frequently violated and will be smashed Into smithereens by Col Roosevelt, if the latter pursues an an nounceo program of tearing through the country like a cyclone. Governor Wilson embodies the true logic of hi? position. The third term candidate, aside Horn that temperament of the prize ilghter which delights in the "guadls certamlnU," and "battling ? on the plains of windy Troy," has so much Lo explain, that his stump speaking on a big scale is Inevitable. The "intoxi? cation of his own verbosity," as Lord Beaconsfleld said of Gladstone?Heav? en pardon the comparison?may catch in its whirlwind infection not a few recipient and plastic minds, but it win need something far more than this, the baiting with sprats to catch whales, to dominate the greatest clientage of the nation. Yet there is nothing left but this fof the Saga? more of ?\vstoi Hay. Mr. Taft can stand on the lino record of nil ad ministration. Governor Wilson can rest with assurance on his few well digested pronouncements of principle which will certainly augment the ad? miration which his public and acad? emic career has elicited and not less on the dignified resources of that su? pervision which will animate and di? rect tlie strategy of a big battle-tield < Ut of the thick and fury of the fray. l'or ibis reason, in addition to oth? ers, the next two months wil* ripen experience of great interest. Gover? nor Wilson is a tine administrator and executive as well as an expositor of opinion and student of Stave-phil osonby. He will, it is said, manage hin own campaign to an extent which few presidential candidates since Mar? tin Van Buren and Samuel Tilden havi ventured on. The comparative result of tilling such a capacity will e\t ite public curiosity. It may also add to the prestige which would at U nd his entrance into the White ! i. Use. It other of Kigtltcen Children. "i am the mother of eighteen chit" dr. n and have the praise ?f doing more work than any young woman in my town." writes Mrs. C. .1. Martin. Itoone Mill \ a. "l suffered for five years with stomach trouble ami could ma eat as much as a biscuit without suffering. I have taken three bottles of Chnmlwrlntn's Stomach and Liver Tablets rind am now n well woman and a*eigh ISti pounda i can cat anything I want to and a- mu h as i w .iiit and fe. 1 1 ctti r than I h <\ e at an> time in ten years ' refer to any? one in Boom Mill or Vicinity and they will vouch for what i say." Chamber? lain's Tablets arc for ?sale by all dent* elS.