The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, October 23, 1912, Image 6
"And I hat* not opposed pan, lit
KJng?*
??Opposed? Not Of course not'"
"Then," more hurriedly, "must you
do something In return for me! 1 do
not went my?the wedding festivities
?marred by anything unpleasant!
Promise thst nothing will bappen to
him. the Black Seigneur, unt|fc after?"
"Impossible!" The suddsn virulence
her unexpected request swoke could
not be concealed.
"Tory well!" Beforo the anger In
his gase, her own ey*.*s flashed like
steel. "In that case, you csn send
the Marquis back! For 1 will not see
hiss?today, tomorrow or sny other
time again!"
Long he looked at her; the white
face; the tightly compressed lips; the
syee that would not flinch! They re?
minded him of another's?were of the
same *}ue?-so like, and yet so differ?
ent! Unlike, In bespeaking a will be
could not break! What he sild. mat
teen sot; his fece wore an ashy shade
She did not answer in words; but ht
fett, with strange bitterness, a revul
sion; she seemed slmost suddenly to
have become hostile to him.
Oay voices sounded without; near?
er; the wslked to a door opposite the
entrance their visitors were approach?
ing. An Instant, and she would hsve
passed out, when the Governor spoke.
But the Marquis, stepping quickly
tn a Tew momenTa later, holed nothing
amiss between them. "Tour Excel?
lency'" With filial respect he greet
ed the Governor. "My Lady!'* Oally,
approvingly, his eye passed over her;
then In that hall dedicated to chiv?
alry* a graceful figure, he sank to his
knee; raised s smsll cold hand, snd
praised it to his lips.
CHAPTER XXV.
The Under World. 4
A coterie of brilliant folk soon fol?
lowed In the wake of my lord, the
Marquis* retinue; holy day banners |
ware succeeded by holiday ribbons; j
the miserere of the multitude r
r~e?iuv of merr'-^it. Hvn?n,
'? ?jWtitl io .? .-i~.,?g the MsCL j rait.
to which circumstances now assigned
her, the Governor's daughter brought
to the task lees energy than she had 1
displayed on tbst other occasion when
visitors had sojourned at the rock.
Her manner was changed?first, luke
warm; then, almost Indifferent; until,
at length, one day she fairly waived 1
the responsibility of planning amuse
ments; laid before them the question
What. now. would they like to do?
"Devtae a play." said one.
"With shepherds ind shepherd- i
The Marquis, however, qualified the '
suggestion. "A masqus! thst is very
good: but. for thin mcrnlog?I hsve
been tslklng with the commandant?
and havw another proposal?"
"Which is*"
"To visit the dungeons."
"The dungeonsf* My lady's face
changed.
"And Incidentally inspect their 1st
eat guest! Some of you heard of him
when we wsre here before?Le Belgn
eur Nolr?the Black Seigneur!"
"La Seigneur Nolr!" They clapped
their hands. "Yes, let us sec him!
Nothing could be better. What do
you say. Wise?"
She started to speak, but for the
lustsnt her lips could frame no an
ewer; with a faint, strained smile, con?
fronted him. when some one antici?
pated her repdy.
"Did she not lenve it to us? It Is
we who decide."
And a inerry party they swept
along, bearing her with them; up the
broad stalrvay. cold, grsy In the
morn; beneath the abbot's bridge?
blsck, spying span!?to the anarch,
snd thence to the isolated spsce l><
fore the guard house to twt d?ng? on
Hers, st the sound of iteir voice*. I
msn. carrying a bunch of keys?bnt
outwsrdly the antithesis to the hum h
back?peered from the entrance.
"Tnl^es 1 ana mistaken, the new
jailer!" With a wave of bis hand
the Marquis Indicated this person.
"The commandant wm telling n . I
Excellency had engaged one?from Bl
cetre. or Fort 1 K wque, I believe?"
'I leetre, my lord!" said th*? man
gravely. "And before that, the Mas
tllle."
"Ah!" laughed the nobleman "T> If
pretty place some of the foollst
people are grumbling about! As if
we could do without prisons any more
tbsn without pali Hn! But wo hn\e
come. Kood fellow, to Insjic* t |fcl
lower world of yours*"
The man's gtgnjfJi passed over lbs
psp? r the Marquis handed him; then
Silently he moved "!de. and nnhwked
the Iron doors.
"Are you gat toning7* At the
threshold ?he Marquis looked b;ok
When first they hud a pp r SJ had 1st
guardhouse. Involuntarily bad the
Qovernor'a daughter drs?n nnide |g
the ramparts, now, with face half
averted, stood gating off.
"Coming?" Surprised, the Marquis
noted her expression; the fixed
brightness of her eyes and her parted
Hps. "Oh. yes!" And turning abrupt?
ly, she hastened past him
Would they have to be locked In??
the half-apprehensive query of one of
the ladles caused the Jailer at flrpt
to hesitate and th~m to answer In the
negative. He would leave the doors
from the outer room open, and him?
self await there the visitors' return
With which reassuring promise, h<
distributed lights; called a guar .
man. familiar with the Intricate un?
derground passages, and consigned
them to his care.
One of the gay procession, the Lndv
Elise stepped slowly forward; the
guide proved a talkative fellow, and
seemed anxious to answer their many
inquiries concerning the place. Tmp
salle de la question? Yes. It exist* r';
but the ancient torture devices for the
"interrogatory ordinary" and the "In?
terrogatory extraordinary" were no
longer pressed into service; the King
bsd ordered them relegated to the
shelves of the museum. The caba
nons, or black holes? Louis XI. built
them; the carceres duri and vade in
pace, however, dated from Saint Mau?
rltlus, fourth abbot of the Mount.
"And the Black Seigneur? How have
you accomodated him?"
"In the petit exll; just to the left!
We are going there now."
"T?am going back!" A hand
to ched t he arm of the Marquis, last
the file of visitors, and. lifting his
-indie, he held It so that the yellow
glimmer played on the face of the
Governor's daughter. Her eyes looked
deeper; full of dread, as If the very
spirit of the subterranean abode had
seised her. He started.
"Surely you, Elise, are not afraid?"
"I prefer the sunlight," she said
hurriedly In a low tone. "It?It Is not
cheerful down here! No; do not call
the guide?or let the others know. I'll
return alone, and?-wait for you at the
guardhouse."
He, nevertheless, Insisted upon ac?
companying her; but, Indicating the
not distant door through which they
had come, she professed to make light
of objections, and when he still clung
to the point, replied with a flash of
spirit, sudden end passionate. It com?
pelled his acquiescence; left him sur?
prised for a second time that day; a
little hurt, too, perhaps, for heretofore
had their Intimi.cy been maintained
on a strictly ethical and charming
plane. But he had no time for analy?
sis; the others were drawing away to
the left, Into a side passage; and, with
a last backward glance toward the
retreating figure, the Marquis reluc?
tantly followed the majority.
Despite, however, her avowed repug?
nance for that under-world, my lady
showed now no haste to quit it; for
scarcely had the others vanished than
ehe stopped; began slowly to retrace
her way In the direction they bad |
taken Whet h ? r-S?*c U the-1
I i*t gfc3 couuected with the main
aisle, a sudden draft of air extin?
guished her light; yet still she went
on, led by the voices, and a glimmer
afar, until reaching a room, low, mas?
sive, as If hewn from the solid rock,
again she paused. Drawing behind a
heavy square pillar, she gased at the ,
lords and ladles assembled in the for- i
bidding place; listened to a voice that ?
ran on. as If discoursing about some ,
anomalous thing. Again was she cog?
nisant of their questions; a jest from
my lord, the Marquis; she saw that
several stole forward; peered, and ,
started back, half afraid.
But, at length, they asked about the
oubliettes, and, chatting gaily, left.
Their garments almost touched the
Governor's daughter; lights played
about the gigantic pillars, and like ,
will-o* the-wlsps whisked away. Now, ?
staring straight ahead toward the
chamber they had vacated, my lady's
attention became fixed by a single dot
of yellow?a candle placed in a niche
by the Jailer's assistant. It seemed
to fascinate; to draw her forward; !
across the portal *?into the room it
self!
How long she stood there In the
faint suggestion of light, she did not
realize; nor when she approached the
Iron-barred aperture, and what she
first said! Something eager, solici?
tous, with odd silences between the
words, until the Impression of a mo- j
tlonless form, and two steady, cynical
eyes fastened on her, brought her to
sn abrupt pause. It was some time
before sho continued, more coherently,
sn explanation about her apprehen?
sion on account of her father, which
"My Father Hates You, and You?"
had entirely left h*?r when she peered
through the window of tho guard
house.
"Vou thought me. then, but a com
mon assasin?" a satirical voice inter?
posed.
i "My father hates you, and you?"
"My Lady has, perhaps, a standard
of her own for judging!"
Unmindful of ironical incredulity,
she related how she had been forced
to take refuge In the wheel house;
how, when Sanchez had seen her,
alarmed she had fled blindly down
the passage; waited, then hearing
them all coming, at a loss what else
to do, had opened the wheel-house
door] run into the store-room! What i
she had seen from there, disconnect?
edly, also she referred to; his res?
cue of the others; his remaining be?
hind to bear the brunt?as brave an
act as she knew of! Her tone became
tremulous.
"Who betrayed me?" His voice,
bold and scoffing, interrupted.
She answered. It was like speaking
to S'Jiue one in a tomb. "The soldier
you bound gave the alarm."
From l.-ehir.d ifce bars came a mock j
lng laugh.
"You don't believe me?" She caught
her breath.
"Believe? Of course."
"You don't!" she said, and clung
tighter to the iron grating. "And I
can't make you!"
"Why should your Ladynbip want
to? What does it matter?"
"But it does matter!" wildly. "When
your servant accused me that day In
tha cloister I did not answer nor
deny; but now?"
"Your Ladyship would deny?"
"That I betrayed you at Casque?
Here? Yes, yes!"
"Or at the wheel-house when you
called to warn the soldiers?"
"You were about to?to throw your?
self over!" she faltered.
"And your Ladyship was apprehen?
sive lest the Black Seigneur should
escape?"
"Escape?" she cried. "It was death."
"And the alternative? My lady pre?
ferred to see the outlaw taken?die
like a felon on the gallows!"
"No; no! It was not that."
"Wrhat then?" His eyes gleamed
bright; her own turned; shrank from
them. A moment she strove to an?
swer; could not. Within the black
recess a faint light from the flicker?
ing candle played up and down. So
complete the stillness, so dead the
very air, the throbbings of her pulses
filled the girl with a suffocating sense
of her own vitality.
"I spoke to my father to try to get
your cell changed," she at last found
herself irrelevantly saying; "but
could do nothing."
"I thank your Ladyship! But your
Ladyship's friends will be far away.
Your Ladyship may miss something
amusing!"
"I did not bring them?did not want
theLa to come!"
"No?"
Her figure straightened.
"P<-^h*Pf?. even, they are not aware
u are here,.'"
"They are not, unless?"
"Elise!" From afar a loud call in?
terrupted; reverberating down the
main passage, was caught up here and
there. "Elise! Elise!" The whole
under-world echoei to the name.
"I promised to meet them at the
guard-house," she explained hurriedly.
And hardly knowing what she did, put
out her hand, through the bars,
toward him. In the darkness a hand
seized hers; she felt herself drawn;
held against the bars. They bruised
her shoulder; hurt her face. The chill
of the Iron sent a shudder through
her; though the pain she did not feel;
she was cognizant only of a closer
view of a figure; the chains from him
to the wall; the bare, damp floor?
then, of a voice lew, tense, that now
was speaking:
"Your Ladyship, indeed, found
means to punish e. presumptuous fel?
low, who dared displease her. But
ma foi! she should have confined her
punishment to the offender. Those
Rtrlpes inflicted on him, my old ser?
vant! Think you I knew not it was
my Lady's answer to the outlaw, who
bad the temerity to speak words that
offended?"
"You dream that! You imagine
that!"
The warmth of his hand seemed to
burn hers; her lingers, so closely Im?
prisoned, to throb with the fierce beat?
ing of his pulses.
"I do not want you to think?I can't
let you think," she began.
"Elise!" The searchers were draw?
ing nearer.
She would have stepped back, but
the fingers tightened on her hand.
"They will be here in a moment?"
Still ho did not relinquish his hold;
the dark faoo was next to hers; the
piercing, relentless eyes studied the
agitated brown ones. The latter
cleared; met his fully an instant. "Be>
lieve!" that imploring wild glance
seemed to say. Did bis waver for a
moment; the harshness and mockery
soften on his face?
"Elise!" From but a short dis?
tance came the voice of the Marquis.
A moment the Black Seigneur's hand
grinned my lady's harder with a
strength he was unaware of. A slight
cry fell from her lips, and at once,
ilmosl roughly, be threw her hand
from him.
"Bali!" again he laughed mockingly.
I "do to your lov< r."
Released thui abruptly the wavered,
straightened, but continued to stand
before the dungeon as if incapable of
further motion.
"Elise! Aro you there?"
"There!" Caverns and caves called
out.
"There!" gibed voices umld a laby
rynth of pillars, and mechanically she
caught up the candle; (k d,
"Here she is!" Coining toward her
qulrkl) out of the darkness, the Mar?
quis uttered a glad exclamation. "We
have been looking for you everywhere.
Hid I DOl say you should not have
Stttmptod to return alone? Mon dleu!
you must have h< en lost!"
CHAPTER XXVI.
A New Arrival.
Thrice had the old nurse, Marie,
assisting her mistress that night for
the banquet, sighed; a number of
times striven to hold my lady's eye
and attention, but in vain. Only when
the adorning process was nearly com?
pleted and the nurse knelt with a
white slipper, did she, by a distinctly
detaining pressure, succeed in arrest?
ing, momentarily, the other's bright
strained glance.
"Is anything the matter?" My lady's
absent tone did not invite confidences.
"My Lady?" the woman hesitated;
yet seemed anxious to speak. "I?my
Lady,' she began again; with sign
of encouragement from the Governor's
daughter, would have gone on; but the
lath r, after waiting a moment, abrupt?
ly wltl Irew the lillson-shoU foot.
The banquet! it is past the hour!"
An instant she stood, not seeing the
other or the expression of disappoint?
ment on the woman's countenance;
t'iieu quickiy waTkeuT? iT. ? Z?Zu, TT? ~
as the Governor's daughter mov? d
down the long corridor, with crimson
lips set hard, was she cognizant of
another face that looked out from one
of the many passages of the palace
after her?the face of a younger wom?
an whose dark, spying eyes glowed
and whose hands closed at sight of
the vanishing figure! l
The sound of gay voices, however,
as she neared the banqueting hall, per?
force recalled my lady to a sense of
her surroundings; at the same time
a figure in full court dress stepped
from the widely opened doors. An
adequate degree of expectancy on his
handsome countenance, my lord, the
Marquis, who had teen waiting, lover
fashion, for the first glimpse of his
mistress that evening, now gallantly
tendered his greetings.
Seldom, perhaps, had the ancient
banqueting hall presented a more fes?
tive appearance. Fruits and flowers
made bright the tables; banners me?
dieval, trophies of many victories,
trailed from the ceiling; a hundred
lights were reflected from ornaments
of crystal and dishes of gold. On ev
Csught the Answer, Which Came in
Tones Deep and Strong.
ery hand an almost barbaric profusion
impressed the gue?ts with the opu?
lence of the Mount; that few could
sit In more state than this pale lord
of the North, or few queens preside
over a scene of greater splendor than
their fair hostess, his daughter!
With feverish semblance of spirit,
she took her place; beneath the keen
eyes of his Excellency responded to
sallies of wit, and only when between 1
courses the music played, did her i
manner relax. Then, leaning on her |
elbow, with cheeks aflame and down
Oast eyes, she professed to listen to
dainty strains?the sighing of the old
troubadours, as imitated by a group
of performers in costume on a balcony
at one end of the hall.
"Charming!" The voice was tho
Marquis'; she looked at him, though 1
her eyes conveyed but a shadowy im?
pression. "You have quite recovered j
from your trip to the dungeons?" \
"Quite!" With a sudden lift of the
head.
? "The dungeons?" His Excellency's
gaze was on them. "I understand," ,
looking at Elise, "you had a Blight ad?
venture?"
Tho glow on her cheek faded. "Yes "
She M-emed to s^oak with difficulty.
"It?was too stupid!"
"To get lost? Say, rather, it was
venturesome to have attempted to re?
turn alone."
"Just what I said to tho Lady Elise!"
broke in the Marqull. "And to have)
left us at a most interesting moment!"
"Interesting?" The Governor's steel
gray eyes regarded the speaker in?
quiringly.
I TO Bit CONTINUED)
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SORDID TALE Or
T. R.'S FUND
-'
Treasurer Sheldon and J. P. Mor?
gan Tell of Millions Sub?
scribed in 1904.
EIG FAVORS IN RETURN
-i
F'rick, Could and Morgan Gave $:C0 000
Each?Corporations Gave 73!/2 Pf
Cent, of Entire Amount Received. {
_ I
John D. Arrhbold's statement that
the Standard Oil company contributed
$100,000 to Mr. Roosevelt's campaign
fund in 1904 was confirmed by George ,
R. Sheldon, who succeeded Cornelius
N. Bliss as treasurer of the Republican
national committee.
Not only did the Standard Oil com?
pany give $100,000 to elect Mr. Roose?
velt president, but J. Pierpont Morgan
& Co. gave $100,000. H. C. Frick gave
$100,000 and George Gould gave anoth?
er $100,000. Mr. Sheldon testified that
73V& per cent of Mr. Roosevelt's total
campaign fund was contributed by cor?
porations.
Naturally these people gave their
money freely to the Roosovelt cam?
paign fund.
Testifying that he had contributed
$150,000 to the Roosevelt campaign
fund in 1904 because he was "especial?
ly interested," Mr. J. P. Morgan added,
"The only interest we had was in the
wellare of the public."
Mr. Morgan emphasized his devotion
to Mr. Roosevelt's political fortunes by
the further statement that J. P. Mor?
gan & Co.s usual contribution to Re?
publican campaign funds was only
$100,000; that he never beard of any
donation by his firm to the Democrats;
that when Mr. Taft was a candidate in
1908 the sum subscribed was $30,000
and that this year neither he nor his
banking house had subscribed a dol?
lar.
How It Was All Done.
To grasp these pregnant facts we
have onl> to i ecall a litils modern his?
tory. In 1904 Mr. Roosevelt had his
bureau of corporations in working or?
der. Mr. Cortelyou, lately In control
of it as secretary of commerce and la?
bor, had been made chairman of the
national Republican committee. He
and Cornelius N. Bliss, treasurer, were
collecting money. As George R. Shel?
don, Mr. Bliss' successor, says, 73 V4
per cent, of the funds received came j
from the menaced corporations.
If we do not find in these disclosures
s sufficient explanation of J. P. Morgan
& Co.'s "especial interest" in Mr.
Roosevelt's election, it is possible that
later events may reveal it.
Mr. Roosevelt never prosecuted J. P.
Morgan & Co.'s steel trust. He em?
phatically stopped the proceedings in?
stituted by others against J. P. Morgan
& Co's harvester trust. When the
panic of 1907 was at its height he turn?
ed the resources of the treasury over
to J. P. Morgan A Co., who used them
and made money and reputation by tho
process. He met Gary and Frick, rep?
resenting J. P. Morgan & Co.'s steel
trust, before breakfast one morning
and licensed them, In violation of law,
to absorb the Tennessee Coal ant. iron
company, thus giving J. P. Morgan &
Co's steel trust a monopoly of high
grade iron ore. He put Mr. Bacon, a
partner of J. P. Morgan & Co., into the
state department and the diplomatic
service. He made Herbert Satterlee,
J. P. Morgan's son tn law, assistant
secretary of the navy. In a letter to
Attorney General Bonaparte he testi?
fied feelingly to the virtues of the
"Morgan interests which have been so
friendly to us." Never before was the
"public welfare" so cheaply protected.
Extent of Morgan's Interests.
The "Morgan interests" are not con?
fined to J. P. Morgan & Co. by any
means. The Morgan Interests compre?
hend life Insurance companies, banks
and trust companies, railroads and
manufacturing enterprises. If the par?
ent house increased its regular Repub?
lican contribution in 1904 because of
its "especial interest" we may easily
imagine that the policy was widely
Imitated by affiliated corporations and
individuals. Perhaps in this almost un?
exampled favor by the Morgan Inter?
ests we shall find an explanation of
the Roosevelt administration hostility
to the Standard Oil Interests, which
have not always agreed with J. P.
Morgan & Co. concerning "the welfare
of the public."
Tt may be that the senate committee
will be able to throw more light on
this point, but it can hardly add any*
thing to the scandal of the Morgan
Roo?evelt allisree It was Mr Roose?
velt who opto., . up to J P. Morgan
& Co the possibilities of government
by big business it wan Mr Roosevelt
who persuaded .1 P. Morgan & Co to
plunge deeply into politics It was Mr.
Roosevelt who, consulting "the public
welfare." registered the decrees of J.
P. Morgan & Co. in the White Houso.
Not until Mr Roosevelt had lout con?
trol of the Republican machinery snd
the law providing for publicity of cam?
paign contributions had gone into ef?
fect did J P Morgan & Co disappear
from the list of regular contributors to
the colospal corruption funds of the
Republican partv Arc .1 P Morgan
A Co now operntlng politically under
cover of their recent pat I ? p George
W. Perkins?- New V. World
mi?ah mm dead.
sMUi.D IN PAHOlM "imi mi
KIHIR' regiment.
Ho Was Honored l?> Hi- Fellow Both
< nrolii 'ana, Being Presented With
Ku'ord.
Charleston, Oct. it.?Maj. Itloah
Jenkino, son of den. Mleah Jenkins of
the Conl derate army, and himself
Ui<- captain ot the famous "Silk
Stocking Troop" of the Rough Riders
in the war with Spain. di< J here
; aoi t.y efter noon in h,s f.Oth year.
Until a few weeks BgO, when the ol
tice was abolished, Maj. Jenkins tres
collector of internal revenue at Co?
lumbia. At the Lime of his death he
v.as deputy collector of internal rev?
enue at Charleston. Maj. Jenkins was
a graduate of West Point and served
with distinction in the Indian wars.
ii?- subsequently resigned from the
army, taking up planting In this State.
When the war with Spain hi
out he joined the Rough Riders and
was made captain of Troop K. known
as the "Silk Stocking Troop" because
of the large number of wealthy men
serving in its ranks. For gallantry at
the battle of San Juan Hill he was
promoted to be a major and was pre?
set ted with a medal by Col. Roosevelt,
the commanding officer. The State
of South Carolina, in recognition of
his gallentry, voted to Maj. Jenkins a
handsome sword. It was presented to
the South Carolinian by President
Rot sevelt, when the latter visited the
Charleston and Wet>t Indian exposi?
tion, then in progress in this city.
Maj. Jenkins will be buried tomor?
row at the old family burying ground
at Young's Island, near Charleston
He is survived by a widow and six
children, and three brothers.
Fortunes In Face?.
There's often much truth in the
saying "her fece is her fortune," but
its never said where pimple?, skin
eruptions, blotches, or other blem?
ishes dlegure It. Impure blood is
back of them all. and shows the need
of Dr. Kind's New Life Pills. They
promote health and beauty. Try
them. 25 cents at Sibert's Drug
Store.
It is rumored that the next Seaboard
extension to be built will be the road
from Florence to Allisons ferry where
connection will be made with the
road from Mullins to Georgetown.
?Mr. Jas V. Churchill. 90 Wall St..
Auburn. N. Y., has been bothered
with serious kidney and bladder trou?
ble evor slntf he left the army, and
?ays: "I decided to try Foley Kidney
Pills as they had cured so many peo?
ple :-nd 1 soon found they were Just
the thing. My KiUney* and bladder
are again in a healthy condition. I
gladly recommend them." Slbert's
Drug Store.
Small lire Thursday Afternoon.
Tie hose wagons and engine were
called out Thursday afternoon about
2 c 'clock to a small lire on the roof
r>f .ie of the Wilson stores occupied
by Sam Franklin, a colored merchant.
The fire did little damage and was
speedily extinguished.
A Log on the Tn^'k
of the fast express means serious
trouble ahead if not removed, so does
lose of appetite. It moans lack of
vitality, loss of strongth and nerve
weaknens. If appetite falls, take
Electric Hitters quickly to overcome
the cause by toning up the stomach
and curing the indigestion. Michael
Heesheimer of Lincoln, Neb., had been
sick over throe years, but six bottles
of Electric Hitters put him right or
his feet again. They have helped
thousands. They give more blood,
strong nervee, good digestion. Only
?? cents at Slbert's Drug Store.
The circus has come and gone and
everybody seemed happy in having it
here. Large crowds attended the per?
formance both afternon and night, al?
though the crowd at night was not
nearly so huge as in the afternoon.
With the departure of Howe' Shows
the second advance ear of the Pawnee
and Buffalo Hill shows made its ap?
pearance in town Friday morning.
Chronic Dyspepsia.
The following unsolicited test!
monlal should certainly be sufficient
to give hope and courage to persons
afflicted with chronic dyspepsia: '"I
have been a chronic dyspeptic for
Veers, and of all the medicine I have
taken. Chamberlain's Tablets have
done me more good than anything
eise." says w. O. Matttso, No. T Sher?
man St., Horusvllle, N. T. Sold by
all dealers
The dance Wednesday night after
the performance of the County Pair
was Well attended and was quite :\
successful affair.
Bated l*>g of Roy.
"it ?eemod thai my 14-year-old boy
would have to lose his leg. on ac?
count of an ugly ulcer, caused by S
had bruise," wrote iv F. Howard,
' A quo no. N C, "All remedies and
loctors treatment failed till ere tried
i Rucklen's Arnica Saho. and cured
blm with one box " <*ure? burns,
bolls, skin eruptions, piles, the ?t
Slbert's 1 ?rug store.
Manning is becoming interested and
th" business men are beginning to
talk about doing tomething to Induce
Mr, lUuisal to put their town on bis
railroad map
Tito) Make Von Feet <;u*xl.
j Tin pleasant purgative effect pro?
I dticed by Chamberlain's Tableta and
I the healthy condition of body and
mind which th< \ create mane one feel
oyfuj For sale b> all dosier?