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Dlsconnoctedly, the woman launched Into a narration of tha events of tha eight before; my lady listened closely, srltb an Interest and excitement she ?trove to conceal, half turning to that tha other saw no longer her face. "And here," anded Marie, extending a crumpled fragment of paper, "it a pi ana of tha note she dropped on tha ?each. The man torn It up, but In thrusting tha bite of paper Into hit pocket this fall out, and, after ha walked away, I picked It up myself from the sand. I cant read, ae your Ladyship knows, and there lsnt much on It?only a word or two I But It saay tall something.'* My lady's faoa waa now composed; Use hand the extended, steady; for ssreerml momenta aha regaid*d tha fragment. "What doaa It say r* asked tha wom? an anxiously. "Is It?Is It ImportantT** Har mistress did not at once an ?wai; twisting tha bit of paper In her angers, stood as If In thought, and tha alffWrae repeated Tier question*. "This not? might hare been Intend? ed for some tdmlrer!" said, at length, the Governor's daughter slowly. Ha looked more Ilka an old prlva teersman!" murmured the woman. ' "And there may be some plot?some plan!" "Prtvateersman!" The girr? man ner underwent a change; she shrugged har shoulders. "What could they hope to do st the Mount! You are Imagine- : tiro, Marie!" lightly. "Nanette It good looking, and what little It here would eeem to signify a rendezvous. Them may be no great harm In that." "I am sorry, my Lady, to seem to ' think 111 of my own kin/* muttered the tan dejectedly, "but?" i i "Think no more of It! Ton hare your duty. Now leave the mat- 1 tar to me, and?thank you. Marie!" Whan, however, tee old nurse had gone, all pretense < f lightness faded from tha face of the Governor's daugh? ter, and. opening the bit of paper, once more she scrutinised It swiftly. In? tently. "Tomorrow?Monastery 3t Ranu?" | she read. "Tee; It must mean St. Ran ulphe? where we are going. And where Beppo knew we wars going 1 | Beppo. she went down on the besch , with!" Agsln she studied the frag* merit, striving to mske out a word that had been blotted and was almost il? legible. 8he frowned as she endeav? ored to decipher lt. "Lady E." 8be gave an exclamation. "That refers, of course, to?But why?" She kept ask? ing besself the question. "Why r* she repeated, when suddenly ths brown eyes widened?changed; a new light shone In their deptha "It must be they Intend to?what eiset" The sound of horns?signal for the party to gather?broke upon tha air, and. nervously crushing In her palm the piece of the message, she stepped to the table, to the untaated break fast. Like one In a dream, who yet feels tbs need for haste, she poured out the coffee; with unsteady hand raised the cup snd drank; startM to eenre herself again; as if forgetful o\ the impulse, paused. "And It" she said with deeper breath. To ride to the ambush they have so cleverly plannedT Allow my- 1 self to be taken prisoner by these des? perate men? No; no; 1 could net! And yet?" A trampling of bore**' hoofs In the court below Intorruptei "They sre ready to start!'* Uncer talaly aha lifted her head; looked arouud ber; then mechauically stepped forward and left the room. A scene of animation greeted her in 1 the court, sllve with lords and adlee, for the most part already In the saddle and waiting. "Hall to Diana, who will lead us In tha forests!" "Fair nymph, let us away!" and the Marqult extended his hand. With a seemingly merry nod she acknonlodged their greetings; put out a foot, and lightly sprang to her plaoe on th? back of the nervous thorough? bred. Bui ere giving the signal fo ?tart, the girl's glance swung around to a window opposite, whero stood an austere figure. Im pert urbably looking down to watch them raid off. **Au rerolr, anon per*-!" Her rcloe rose ?Ith an odd. unusual thrill. "Au revolr!" she repeated, when a misti? ness In her eyes suddenly blurred sight of him. snd she tightened the, reins. Yet heeMtatlng to pa, her gace cleared, and swerving, was abruptly arrested by another and more Inter eeteo spectator, wno, partly conceal* 1 by flowers and plants, peered with anxious expectancy from her own bal cony. Aa Nanette's eyes met QssSJg of the Governor's gnsslhstf. Ihey wavered half guiltily; sudW\ nly geJCJaM steady, held by sono ? ? i I h of ImjH-i ling Intelligence in UM atlas**! gasrv A moment or two, my lady continued to regard the girl; then touching h? r horse, wheeled sharply, and set a pace downward not easy to follow. At the base of the Mout t they were met by a numerous guard brlaht in holiday trappings, ana, under me care of the commandant, with flourish of horse, the party swept gaily from sands to shore. "A gallant company, Monsieur lo I Commandant!" observed the Marquis to the officer in charge, as they reached the green line st the yellow basin's edge. "Now If we were to meet an enemy?n i "He would find us prepared, my Lord!" the officer declared. 'True!" And the nobleman com? placently touched the jeweled Hit of , hie own blade, accompanying the ac? tion wich a tender glance at the Lady Elise. , I 8he, however, a little ahead, ap pea red not to hear; spoke suddenly to her noise, and, as they ewung from ' the sward, started at a brisk gallop down the road. Laughing, the others ggggg after, lords and ladies first; be- I bind, with tumult and clatter, tho com? mandant and his men. As they ad? vanced, on either side the way thick trunks of moss-grown monarchs up- I lifted their gnarled and hoary branch? es, to meet overhead; through leafy interstices bright flashes of sunlight shot downward, danced on fine gar? ments and accoutrements, and then whisked elflshly away. In dim recesses finches and sparrows sang; beyond, murmured streams and rivulets, while | at the feet of the riders, gay restless flowers nodded, as If In accompanl- j ment to the glad music of the morn. "Small wonder his Excellency should have desired to add this fair principal? ity to his own!" muttered the Marquis, looking around. "Of the seven forests of Brittany, none will compare with this, the Desaurac woods. What think you, Elise?" spurring his horse near his betrothed's. "Are you not taken by its beauties?" She looked at him with a start; since leaving the sands she had not spoken, and now, tugging at the reins, only said abruptly: "My saddle! I believe it is loose." 1 "Loose!" repeated the nobleman. , "Careless lackeys! Let us see!" And ! rnxrptng the bridle of her horse, pulled lu his own, and drew both animals to a standstill at the side of the road. As he dismounted to examine straps and fastenings, the others dashed up; my lady lightly motioned them on. | "We'll soon overtake yout Don't wait!** Unquestioning, they obeyed; though the commandant, to whom a few moments later ehe delivered a similar Injunction, brought hie men to 'a halt and proffered his service*. Whereupon the Marquis repeated the girl's words more sharply; reddening, the officer wheeled and started to ride on. i *I cant find anything wrong here!" ' Puzzled, the Marquis straightened. . But her eyes were directed ahead i and ehe pointed with her whip to a break In the woody barrier to the right j ?a path that, springing from tho 1 roadside, seemed to plunge into the very heart of the labyrinth. "LookI the short cut!?that would bring us half an hour before them to the ruins! Let us take it!" | A light seemed suddenly to break on her companion, and he sprang airily to his saddle. "As my Lady wills!" gal? lantly. ! "Then call to the commandant, and i tell him veeTl meet them there!" The Marquis obeyed, and, without awaiting answer, or demur from the officer In charge of the guard, the girl flicked her horse and sent him over a low bush into the narrow way. Fairly In the path, she rode fast, and pressing hard oehlnd, my lord soon found reason for doubt as to the advisability of that route, and a ', suspicion of regret at his own assent to the departure from the main thor? oughfare. As their surroundings grew wilder and the slender green figure flitted more and more recklessly be? fore ilm. he even ventured to voice his misgivings?advise greater care, j A shake of the fair head was all he received for answer and, regardless of the increasing roughness of the way, she continued to sweep on, now uphill, then down, avoiding by a quick turn one obstacle here, leaping anoth? er there! From a black ambush, a branch like the arm of a Titan reached out to seize, but adroitly she swayed from its grasp and only the twigs and leaves loHcheo! TlgntTyTho nerfl "figure. My lord, however, they struck sharp? ly, and at the sudden smart and a quirk realization of falling behind, frownlngly he drove his horse harder. 1 The tete-a-tete ho had naturally ex? pected from her request to pursue the lonelier way promised now not to mate? rialize; the idea that she was fleeing, ho pursuing, possessed him. The for | est, a tangle of shrubs and strange I creepers, was tho scene of the Idyl; I she, a sprite of tho greenwood, danced I llljsively through tho maze. At length I when my lord had begun to grow I weary of vainly endeavoring to over? take her, fate favored his efforts; brought to a standstill, at the edgo of a torrent, the object of his pur gult. "Are you mad, Elise?" A shadow on his brow, the Marquis rode down. She mado no reply; regarded only the water. "I hops It is not In ycur mind to at? tempt to cross," he went on, a shado of petnlnm ?? in hi* a< oents Pho urg?sl her horse forward; It ?topped. "KU?**! 1 bog of you! It Is danger? ous; better go ba< k, gad around!" Hut the girl set her red Hps, raised h??r whip, and brought It dOWfl hard. The animal sprang Into tho foam; hraaitlag the current, it slipped once or twice, recovered, and, after an ef? fort, managed to reach the bank op? posite. My I>>rd leal blithely than ho had first embarked on the id Veil ture?followed; the cold waters surged around, and be almost expected to be swept away. At length, hOWCVer, chilled by th<? Icy touch of the torrent and somewhat, more out of humor, ho round himself on the other Bide. "Rear the top of the bank, where tho Gov- | ernor's daughter had now the grace to | await him, he rejoined her, disap? proval on his face, reproach In his eyes. Yet still did the girl remain un? conscious of her lover's wounded sen- j slbllltles; her own eyes, like stars be- ! neath the flurry of hair, were turned, ! not to the young man, but away, to- 1 ward a gaunt-looking ruin that had suddenly uplifted itself, as If by magic, through a rift in the forest. But a few hundred yards distant, the black crumbling walls bristled with rough, jagged edges?big, broken teeth that snarled at the rim of the ever-young wood. The very brightness of the day seemed only to emphasize the omin? ous aspect of tho place; to reveal more ; plainly the solitary character of its ! wildness. j tTO BH CONTI NUHD) REV. A. 11. Wooi>so\ RE8IGXE8. IVCtJDJteilen Pustor at Manning Gives I'p Charge to Assume New Work for Missions. Manning, Oct. 28.?At the regular morning service in the Presbyterian church yesterday the Rev. A. K. Wodson tendered his resignation as j pastor, which came as a surprise to j the congregation. The resignation is t0 take effect Jai uiry 1, 11H3. The j Rev. Mr. Woodson had just returned I I a day or two before from the meeting | of synod in Columbia and only a few I had learned that a change in his rela? tions was contemplated. He has been pastor of the church here during the past six years and has been very suc? cessful in getting the church out of debt, besides raising good subscrip? tions for other purposes, notably the $2,000 during the last two weeks raised to aid tho endowment of the church colleges in this State. Mr. Woodson has now been called by the committee of Foreign Missions of the Southern Presbyterian church to as? sist in raising funds for the support of missionaries. The committee is now involved In considerable debt, amount? ing to nearly $175,00s, and it Is hoped that Mr. Wodson will be instrumental in greatly reducing this indebtedness. ()f course, this resignation coming so unexpectedly, there is no one in view now to take his place as pastor of the Manning church. MAN* COMMITTED SUICIDE. lloli\ar Aiken Shot Himself In Pres? ence of Family Karly Monday Morn? ing. Columbia. Oct. 28.?BollVSr Aiken shot himself In the head early yester? day morning with a pistol, dying from the effects of the wound. R. D. Walk ?*r, the coroner, made an investigation af the case, but decided that an in ?inest was unnecessary, MAY WITHDRAW WARRANTS. If Reojaeet for Postponement of Pre* Hnilnas j for Gilreeth, Phiiisp ami Gosneil is Not t3ranted, Greenville, Oct. 29.?If the request which the prosecution mads this af? ternoon for a postponement of the preliminary in the ease against Police Inspector QUreath, Policeman Phil? lips and Constable Gosneil not granted, the warrant.' against these men will be temporarily withdrawn. The attorneye for the defense dec] ire they will oppose Vigorously any post? ponement of the preliminary. It Is understood that the grounds upon which the prosecution will ask contin? uance IS that it has not been able to secure witnesses. Just what the pros? ecution meant by Its statement that it has n??t been able to secure witnesses is somewhat problematical, as it was generally understood here that the warrants were sworn out on the testi? mony of T, U, Vaughan, who is said to claim that these officers assisted him in breaking Jail here In May, and who is now in Columbia under sentenct of death, it is the consensus of "pin? ion locally that the witi drawal of the warrants tomorrow <>r the refusal of the magistrate t<> continue the hear? ing) ill me.m the end of the matter uales; the defendants decide to bring civil and criminal suits against th? men who engineered their arrest. The Need of a Pia> Ground. Florence Times, There Is one great und growing need In Florence just now for an ath bait Heidi It ought to be In the cen ter of the eitv where the hoys ean gather ifom ail sections and be unde good Influences in their plays and h? under some <>ne who can teach them to pluy, W' a 111 need for baseball jaiid football games and for Bnj amusements that will offer to th public. This piece of ground shoul he owned and not leased, as have bee the ?ober athletic Heids that a have had In Florence, and now Is th time to get it before property goi no high In price that it cannot be considered. The commission of \v. B. McBrlde, as rural policeman, has nor yet been ? .of in by tho governor and secre? tary of State, there being some un explainable hold up In the office of toie of these oiih ers. Ml KM K IN LEXINGTON. Lester (?unter Shot and Almo-t In? stant!} Killed by lve\l (.unter. Lexington, Oct. 28.?Lester Ounter a young white man of the Steadman ?action of this county, was shot and almost instantly killed in the public road about dark last night by Lev! (Junter, his third cousin. The tragedy occurred in front of the home of Levi Gunter, and five shots were tired. A ball from ;i US calibre revolver enter? ed the side, ranging upward and lodg? ed about two inches below the nipple causing instant death. From the evidence adduced at the corner's inquest this morning and from what can be learned from the accused, it seems that the trouble had its origin about a week ago, when it is claimed, Lester Gunter and two or three companions went to the home of Ed. Gunter, father of Levi Gunter, and acted in a very ungentlemanly manner in the presence of the sis? ters of Levi Gunter. The trouble wras renewed at the Baptist church at Steadman yesterday and, according to the statement of Le\ i Gunter, he was attacked by seven young men. Levi Gunter says that he ran, being un? armed. Lester Gunter was in the party, all of whom were under the in fiuence of whiskey. Last night Lester Gunter, Glove*- Hall and Clinton Cor ley, in a buggy, drove by the home of Levi Gunter. Glover Hall testified that when they were about in front of Levi Gunter s house Lester Gunter said: "Boys, I believe I will see if he wants to shoot," and gave three yells. At this juncture, Hall said, Levi Gunter, came to the door of his house and lired four or live times. None of the party in the buggy returned the fire; and after driving a short distance Lester Gunter said that he was shot, and he expired a few minutes later. The two companions carried the body oi Lester Gunter to the home of his brother, four miles distant, where the inquest was held this morning. . The testimony of the other young man who was with Letter Gunter at the time of the shooting is substan? tially the same as Hall's. Levi Gunter, according to his statement, did not know that anyone was injured until he reached Lecs ville with his. father this morning, and was apprised of the fact by some friends who had seen Sheriff Miller and Coroner B. I>. Clarke pass through on their w ay to hold the inquest. The young man boarded the first train and came to Lexington and gave himself up at the Jail. He does not hesitate to talk about the crime, although he was very visibly affected. He said that he shot in self-defense; | that the young men in the buggy stopped in front of his home, began to OUrse and make all kinds of threats. He said that they told him he would either have to shoot or be killed. At the time the buggy drove to his home he said that be was sitting around the fireside With his wife nursing his two-year-old child. He said that when he went to the door he believed that he was going to be instantly shot and that In defense of his own life he bagan fire. He heard nothing further ami did not know that he had injured anyone until this morning. MORE DRINKS AND SMOKES. Consumption for 11112 Heaviest in History of Country. Washington, Oct. 28.?The Ameri? can people are drinking more whis? key and beer and smoking more ci? gars and cigarettes than ever before In history, according to tax returns received by Koyal E. Cabell, commis? sioner of internal revenue. Prom July 1 to October 1, 1U12, mor than 8,800,000,000 cigarettes were smoked, an Increase Of one bil? lion over the corresponding period of the previous year, which broke all rec? ords. The nation consumed 33,150,000 gallons of whiskey during July, Aug? ust and September, an increase ,,f 150,000 gallons as compared with that quarter of 1911, while m arly 1,950, 000 cigars were smoked during that time. The cigar consumption prom? ises to establish 8 new record. A total of 19,800,000 barrels of beer were consumed during the three months, which was 320,000 barrels more than in the same period of 1911. This .somewhat surprised revenue of? ficials as beer drlnklg fell off consid? erably durum the fiscal year ending June SO last. ' Thai decrease was partly account? ed for by Commissioner Cabel by the ito teased popularity of buttermilk as a summer drink. The growing consumption of these articles has greatly augmented the Government's revenue, The internal revenue receipts for October, alread) more than 12,000,000 greater than Oc? tober, 1911, will eclipse ail records for anj October, In the judgment of Mr < 'aboil. On account of the cold weather n number of warm winter blankets were hcino, sent out to tho chain gang Tuesd iy for the use of the convicts, Tili: IH I L FIGHT. in u Waj it In Greet but it Im Always Cruel. Across the wide arena then is heard the blaring of trumpets, .wni then comes a magnificent procession ?>f terrors. And the thousand; and thousands applaud the bull fighters. This Immense arena* it Is made to house some 16.000 people. They t.re her?* applauding the toreros? those lighters of the bulls. From all j classes thev Come. Y<ui have the people who work with their hands, and the people who keep the shops. I and the people who do the trading, and the splendid people who do noth- , ing. The desire to see the bull fight links them all together. A glorious spectacle under the > strong shining of the sun of Spain. Some 16,000 applauding people, and the procession around the arena of the bull lighters, and a stirring march from the band. Matadors and pica? dors and banderilleros and chulos step out together around the immense arena. Gallant, sturdy-looking, tine gladitors. And the arena is now just a bare stretch of sand, half in the burning iun and half in the shade. The peo? ple w ho posses most money sit in the ?shade. But all are eager and excited whether sitting in the shade or sun. For a hull right stirs the blood. It is a ipectacle at once glorious and cruel. Just a bare stretch of sand1, this arena. The bull fighters are waiting outside the actual ring in the space between it and the first row of seats where sit the spectators. There is a hush, a tense silence, and suddenly something appears afar off. A door has opened and shut quickly, and behold the chief actor In the trag? edy has appeared. The player that plays but once in the scene has begun his part. This black bull! He is confused with the intense light and the sounds and the strange? ness. For he has been suddenly forced into the arena from out of the dark? ness. And now he is here to ttght for his life. And perhaps U is that he knows it, for he suddenly gives forth a bellow of rage. How splendid an animal?this fine black bull! In him is embodied the fighting instinct. Before him would fly a lion or tiger. And suddenly rage has full posses? sion of him. For the bull lighters have come up swiftly, and he is charging and bellowing?now here, now there. He moves with a wonderful quickness. He goes forth after his foes, roaring with greap h aps and bounds. That this great, black, fighting thing t an move so swiftly seems strange. But his foes are swift?and cun? ning. They mislead him by their cloaks and cloths, they delude him, he is upon them, but they elude him as a flash of light, they shout at him, i and now a barb is suddendly stuck into him. lb- is galloping here and galloping there, and hounding here and bounding there? roaring with rag?*. But always he is outwitted Al? ways he has to ri^ht Hashes of light. No, not always. For now he has got a man. He was just the shade of a second too quick for this human flash of light. And the bull lighter is up in the air. And if you are a spectator, and you have the sporting insunct, you feel pleased. 1 felt very pleased when I saw it My sympathies were with the bull. The bull lighter is lying prom where the great, black bull pitched him. Ami the surrounding thousands of spectators are shouting. Some? thing that is living is being done to death. The primal desire to see kill? ing is awakened and flaring. The bull is bounding toward the prone figure. Death is near to the bull tighter. Hut the cunning of man is too much for the bull. He is misled and deluded. A red cloth Hashes across his face. He follows thai. And here is a man whom lie follows. New rages come upon him. He has for? gotten the enemy he was going to kl!1 ?the enemy that has since been car? ried out of the arena. They are everywhere. They hover around him. He feels again tin- stab of a barb in his neck. Ami he wheels round so suddenly ami unexpectedly that he is on one of them and all but pins him to the ground. The fight is beginning to clear the brain of the bull. He has suddenly become cunning. W ere he to light again in this arena he would know better what to do. Bui he is never to dghl again, lie is doomed, it maters not how bravely or valiantly he lights. The bull lighters now approach him mote warily. They are not s,? i id) to lake chances as they were at tust. This bull has become intelligent. ibuses ;<rc brought in and there Is a .?-. . tie tea to be described 11 Is as bad as the scene that ?>< curs when a fos Is given to the bounds or when a rabbit Is \oin living to death by dogs \ shameful, odious scene that has not in it an ounce of the (dement of sport When men are hurt or killed in thi bull rim: one feels that it is accord Ing to the: stem logic of the game i n. \ ?ome 'o hurt and kill, and I they are hurt or killed they must abide by it. The brave, black hull now be? coming exheauted. He has not the power he had when he first entered the arena He haa been made in a sense to defeat hlmeelf. There are timee when he stands and wait>\ And a hull fighter approaches him with a sword. Tin- hull looks at him, hut doe* not move. And the man stands directly in front of him. He is off hut four or five paces. Ami he wavea a red cloth. The hull Charges at the cloth, aid as he Chargen he steps quickly aside. The hull has followed the waving red cloth and missed him. This man is the matador. He is here to give the hull the thrust that will kill him, and a dead silence comes over the thousands of specta? tors. The climax of th?- fight has come. The matador is a man of middle .size. His figure is alert and power? ful, and his face is hard. He is gaily and fancifully dressed, and his dresn but heightens tin- look of deadlineat he gives out. He stands, sword dashing sharp? ly in the light. His part of the fU ht is the most dangerous of all, for he must kill the bull as the bull charges upon him. He must stand absolutely in front of the bull and kill him with a thrust as he comes thundering upon him. And the thrust must be to the shade of an inch. If it Is above or be? low or to tho side of the exact spot it will be futile. And the spectators will shout out against the matador. Again he waves his red cloth. But the bull does not charge. He waits. And suddenly he charges as the cloth stops waving. Hut the matador was on the watch. He steps in to meet the bull and the blade of the sword flashes. The blade is home! Only the hilt of it is to be seen on the neck of the bull. The thing has happened so i !ickly that the eye does not follow it. The charge of the bull and tho thrust and the stepping aside of the matador are as ono movement. For an instant the bull stands rigid. And then it sinks down to the sand. And the air is rent with the shout? ings of thousands.?Philadelphia Pub? lic Ledger. CONFIDENCE in GDLREATH. Some Declare Charge is Part of Con spiraey. Greenville, Oct. 28.?There was lit .le if any abatement today of the in? tense feeling engendered here Sunday night by the treatment accorded one of Greenville s most highly respect? ed citizens, ex-Sheriff Jeff D. Gilreath, and the other two men, both of whom are men of integrity, when they were arrested on warrants charging them with assisting T. I". Vaughan to escape frer.i the Greenville j.iil last June. The i affair is openly declared by some to he a conspiracy designed to bring about the otlicial decapitation as po? lice inspector of Mr. Gilreath, wan het been making blind tigert and op? erators of gambling dens sweat blood since bis election to that otfice Oc? tober 1. Two of Vaughan's brothers stated today that they did not believe any of the three accused men had any? thing to do with the prisoner's escape. They want further and stated that they had serious doubts as to their condemned brother making a confes? sion implicating the three men. The three defendants will be given a preliminary hearing Wednesday af? ternoon before Magistrate Stradley. A dozen or more of the leading mem? bers of the bar have clamored tor the privilege of representing the de? fendants. BRI nson CONSTABLE TAKES His OWN LIFE. Frank Brown Shoots Blmseif Through the Head?Despondenl for some l>ays. Hampton, Oct. 2S.?Frank Brown, constable of Magistrate .1. C. Dowllng of Brunson, committed sui? cide this morning by shooting him? self through the head with a 3S-cali bre pistol, the muzzle of the pistol having been placed In mouth, from all appearances. No one knows what I the cans.' was. Violated the Sunday Law. in following out recent Instruction! of City Council to the effect that the police must be more active in their efforts to enforce the Sunday laws against tho s:ilo of certain at tides from drug stores and restaurants on Sunday, the pollt t on Sunday succeed oi in malting one arrest tor a viola? tion of the Sunday law. Charlie Macheras, the proprietor of Charlie's Cafe,* a'as the offender. He forfeited bond of |to, which he put up for his appearance for trial In the recorder's court. \u of the trains coming Into town Tuesday morning weit loaded to overflowing with negroes coming to the clrcut