University of South Carolina Libraries
"A my I peerls?" queried Dr. Addison, curiously. With as much clearness as possible I explained to him what 1 meant by using this admittedly Inaccurate term. "Incredible:" be exclaimed. "Can It be possible that there Is such sn an? aesthetic ae this, end we have never gyen heard of It before?" There can be no doubt about Its existence/' I answered. "I myself have experienced Its effects, though I have never actually seen it put in opera? tion." But It wai Miss Clement who was most convincing. 1 have never seen either it or Its effects. Doctor," she said, "but I am willing to believe eaen more marvel? lous things than that where the Chi? nese are concerned. You must remem? ber that as a race they are most Jea? lous of their knowledge as well as their possessions. Just now, aftee all their many centuries of a civilization greater in some respects than our own, we are beginning to learn some? thing of them snd their ways, and I should not be at all surprised to dis? cover that In chemistry, In medicine even, they have forgotten more than we know. Soy assured me that not only for days, but for weeks, he him? self came and went about Mr. Cam? eron's?or, as he called It, McNlsh's? country place without being either seen or heard, simply by using this ether of Invisibility. It was he who delivered the three letters. It was he who cut the head from the portrat*, and It wae he who broke the mirror; and yet no one saw him on the grounds or in the house, and Indeed there were very few who saw him In the) vicinity. Again and again, he as? sured me, be could have taken his vic? tim's life but that ho was Intent on Inflicting a punishment mere protract? edly horrible than mere sudden death." . "Who wrote the letters?" I asked. "Ifornn." "I thought so. Aud Moran killed the) Chinaman who worked for him." j "No; there you are wrong, Mr. Clyde." I ? "Then who did?" "Boy himself. He learned of how that boy, unsble to control his hatred of the man who hsd slain some one or more of his klnspeople, carried back the bead thst hsd been cut from the portrait, bo "rowed a rifle from Mr. Cameron's own sameketper, end shot the csnvss full of holes. It seemed to Boy, then, that In spite rf all his and Mo-en's careful preparation this would surely Involve trouble, snd that once more their qua*vy would slip through their fingers And to prevent the pos slb?!'*y oc sny more unrestrained fer? vor on the boy's part, Soy beat him to death." 1 "1 know Soy, or Peter Johnson as be called himself, managed the kidnap? ping from the yacht," I said, "but I shall never understand how It wn done Did he speak of that?" ?a!n. It was he Wfci . I of the intention to tske the an Vt Irst they thought they would inge their plans and csrry Ihelf enemy off before he had a change to take to his yacht. But Soy maintained that that would be too crude a method; whereas to let him think th*? he had escaped and was eafo away, and then, at the very mo? ment of bis triumph, to snatch him from seeming security, would be the very refinement of cruelty the avenger so much desired. And so the proper? ties were secured st some fabulous figure?I forgot Just what they paid for that fast power boat?the scene was set, and the great set of the drama, with Soy still the star, was carried to a iQCCCjggfUj climax." "But," I made 'luestlon, "1 don't see bow Soy could ta.te such a risk. If It had been McNIsh instead of Cameron, be> certainly would have recognized him, when he was brought aboard from the disabled dory." "He thought of that, but you must remember that in all those sixteen years M *Nlsh had never once seen Boy. He thought he hud perished with the rest when the Sable I.orcha went down. And so Soy decided that in oilskins, apparently unconscious, in an open boat off the New Kngland coast, ther* was not one chance, in ten thousand that MeNtok would OCOHIOCt him with the cook he hnd left for dead la the South China sea." "Mut McNIsh did recognize him as soon as he laid eyes on him in this houac. I r- i .v t h , ? -Ii \ ?>* If. you know. Miss Clement, He fttssjglsei him and was terror stricken." Miss Cler.ient smiled tolerantly. She was SjffSjMd at all points. "You did not know, I suppose, Mr. Clyde, that that was not their first Tm*etlng." gfcSJ explain* I. "Soy met McNInh on tie nU'lit you found him. It was who iiHsault? I him, souie SJrhtfg ah mt Seventh avenue and Tit" tleth Piro ?, snd would have kill* d blm th^n had not the police at lived at I he moment. 'Hie ttfllCSjn pohabh IhOUght MrNlsh v*.is intoxicated and lt( Mm j go, teeing that he could stand, and so he Btaggsred on to Fifth avenue; and there you discovered him." "No, I did not know that." I admit? ted, a little crestfallen. ' What fol? lowed?" "You remember I told you that Chinatown was In a utate of frenzy, the next day? You can understand now, why. 8oy, of course, reported that McNlsh had escaped from the steamer?" j "What steamer?" I cried, suddenly realizing that the one really vital piece of information we should have ob? tained, had all this whl.e been de? layed. "What rteamer? Did he give you the name of It?" "In Just a moment, Mr. Clyde," she said, with a smile that I confess exas? perated me. "Pardon me," I returned, insistent? ly, "but you do not realize, I fear, what minutes even may mean in this mat? ter." "No," still very calm, "I really don't. The steamer has been at sea now twenty-five days. It Is bound for Hong Kong. If there was a chance of over-] taking it, I?*' "There's every chance of overtaking lt,M I Interrupted once again. "Tomor-i row, or next day, or even today, it may put Into Rio. We must telegraph the United States Consulate at every possible port." And then, for the first time, appar? ently, Miss Clement seemed to appre? ciate there was a real urgency. "The steamer Is the Glamorgan shire," she said, quickly: "A freight? er; a tramp, I suppose; bound for, Hong Kong. She sailed on Wednes? day, the twenty-eighth of last month, and Mr. Cameron was put aboard, half drugged, as one of the crew." CHAPTER XXVII. The Tortoise and the Hare. Although M ss Clement's interesting chapter of disclosures was by no means ended with the name of the Bteamer and Its date of sailing, It thers came, so far as I was concerned, at least, to an abrupt intermission. For, as though the delay and Inaction of the past month but served to swell the flood of my eager energy, the tide, so long checked but now set free, careering like an unleashed spring freshet, overrode all barriers. With scant apology, I sprang to the tele? phone, and If Miss Clement continued her conversation with Dr. Addison, I was deaf to what she said. What I sought, first of all, was cor roboratlon. Did a steamship, named the Glamorganshire, sail for Hor? Kong on October 28th? In less than five minutes, the *acts were mine. Such a steamer had sailed for the east on that date. Her agents were Bartlett Brothers. Their offices were in the Produce Exchange Building. Another minute, and Bartlett Broth? ers were on the wire. No, the Glamor gan shirs did not take the South Amer? ican route. Hsr course was through the Mediterranean and the Suez Canal. She carried no passengers. She was British. She was vary slow. 8h? had called at the Azores and then at Gib? raltar, where she had bean delayed In coaling. Yes, she would make sev? eral Mediterranean ports. If all went well, she would reach Port Said about December 6th. Certainly Lot before that. Probably a day or so later. I dare aay it was exceptional that I secured all this information with so little trouble, and without giving any hint as to why I desired it, but met-dy on the statement that I was Mr. Clyde, of The Week. So far as I could Judge, the Glamor? ganshire would call at Algiers In a few days; and for a w.Mlo I considered the advisability of communicating with the United States Consul at that port, through the State Department at Washington. But a knowledge of the tortuous Involutions of oRlci I deterred me. Af er ai!, I that If Cameron was to be : > i <? -1 from tlM gruelling slavery of sen) Is | on this British freighter, the work must not be Intrusted to the personal? ly disinterested. Thereupon I consulted calendars, steamer schedules, and Continental time-tables. By the fast transatlantic liner sailing on the morrow, I could make Paris in six days. Forty-eight hours later I could be in Brindisi. If good fortune followed, less than four days more would land me at Port Said. It was now Monday, November 23. Twelve days hence would be Decem? ber 5th, and the Glamorganshire, her j'K-* nt* had told me, could not possibly reach there before December 6th. The margin was not wide, but It seemed to me sufficient, and the thought of fur? ther Inaction, now that the trail lay bare, was nothing less than unendur? able torment. Wisdom, I suppoe*?, would havi !! v tated the advisability of securing some badge of authority from my own gov? ernment before setting forth on a mis? sion involving so delicate a point of International maritime law as thai which was here embraced; but tho saving of time was with me, hjst tho paramount consideration, The lost of a day meant the possible missing not only of connections, but of ti,? msln object of my journey; and ho, armed with nothing more potent than good health, strong determination, und n w.M Ailed purse I boarded the Kron? prinz Wilhelm and Started on my diag? onal race to Read off a quarry which already had twenty tlvo days' start of me. Speed being all Important, my wish was ?<? travel along and unencunv be red, but at the last moment I wag persu ???? d to consent lo tiie company of both Evelyn Orayson and Dr. Addi? son. Realltlni the brave, unfaltering asalstan which the young woman had afforded me from the first, l could hardly refuse to gratify h< r wish lo be present at what we both heped would he the victorious end. ItOfCOY? r, the thougnt or absence from her for a month at least, and probably much longer, was far from the most pleas? ant contemplation; my yielding, there? fore, was not altogether unselfish. Dr. Addison's case was different. At the laBt moment he decided to go abroad by the same ship; and, ou the way over, touched by his contrition and his almost pathetic desire to make amends to his quondam friend at the earliest possible minute, I my? self invited him to go with us the rest of the way. Evelyn had proposed that Mrs. Lan? caster should also be included in tho party, but this I would not hear of. If, for propriety's sake, another presence was necessary, her maid, and, ulti? mately, Dr. Addison, afforded all the security the conventions could de? mand. The fever of haste was upon all of us from the start. The time on ship? board, in spite of our common subject of converse dragged eternally. Should we reach Cherbourg in time to connect with the P. &. O. Express at Paris? That was the one constant? ly* recurring question, to be speculated upon with varying degrees of hope and despair. As good fortune -would have It, we made the train with fifteen minutes to spare, and the run to Brindisi was ac? complished without accident or un? seemly delay. Here, however, we were compelled to wait six hours. The steamer was late, owing to some seismic diaturb .tnce off the coast of Malta, and fear of encountering new and necessarily uncharted volcanic islands, which had demanded slow and cautious sailing. | Howe-T? sinister had been the game Fate played with us in the earlier | stages of our quest, tho favor of its | present mood could not be gainsaid. | That we were now reasonably sure of reaching Port Said in advance of tho Glamorganshire was in itself a wel? come relief from trying anxiety; but that was only a small part of tho banquet of good things provided for us. I was still exercised in a meaptire over the steps which must be taken to secure Cameron's release. Without proper introduction to the authorities, It was becoming more and more a question In my mind whether, after all, I should be able to accomplish my end in the brief time to which I was restricted. With this fell possibility of failure dinging in my reflections, I was strid? ing the white deck of the P. and O. steamer, in the early morning follow? ing the night of our departure from Brindisi, when a hand, dropped heavi? ly on my shoulder, spun me round to face a laughing, sun-browned, young Englishman in white flannels. (TO BE CONTINUBP) ?F. E. Walling, a farmer living near Yukon, Mo., strongly recommends Fo ley'r- Honey & Tar Compound and says: "I have been advised by my family doctor to use Foley's Honey & Tar Compound for my children when there was a cough medicine needed. It always gives the best of satisfaction and 1 recommend it to others." Slbert'a Drug Store.?Advt. 3-YEAR-OLD BABES TOIL. Conditions in New York Industrial Establishments Scored in Commis? sion's Rci>ort. Albany, N. Y , Feb. 12.?How chil? dren of tender years slave for hours t In canning sheds with their blistered lingers wrapped In raga and likewise in tenement! making toys, flowers and plumes, and how women toil some? times for mere pittances In industrial establishmenta In this state is graph? ically described In the report of the n? w York state factory investigating commission, which was submitted to the Legislature today. The report says that canners oper? ating 'n tin- rural districts have never obeyed the Btate Child Labor law "because they never have had to." The "employment of more babies," the commission holds, has been the re? sult, and it adds that of 1,259 chil? dren found at work in 33 sheds the oldest was i t years old and the young? est was 3. Many of the earne rs, the report ex? plains, are opposed to the employ? ment of children, and half of them do not resort to it, but as the "can? ning industry is largely devoted to the exploitation of foreigners and parents of the children make them work." ??f women workers the report says: "No woman can work from 16 to 21 i-2 hours a day for weeks, in some cases even months, without per? manent injury to her health. Yet wo? rm t are doing ju^t this tiling in the up-State canneries, In binderies and other factories and In the shops dur? ing the alx-week Christmas rush, in the large cannerle! the work keep up pretty regularly during a season of four or live months, a week of 85.94?-In one case 119 3-4?work? ing hours is not followed by a week of comparative rest, but by anoth. r almost as had. And the pay averages iO cents an hour." Tho commission recommends tho creation of an industrial board with power to make regulations to tit ^ every Indus! ry. ?W, s Skolton, n merchant at Stan l..v. I nd . says he a ouhl nol take 1100.00 for the relief n single bos ol Foley K Idm y Pills p i\ >? buo "I bad ? s. \ ere 11tack ol kidney I rouble with nhai p i ine t hrough my hack and rotild hnrdls 1 Ii lighten up A single box ol Fob \ K Ulm y Pills entln ly rollet ed nn ." s,,m rt's I Mrus; Store. \d\ t. HIST ! EARTH IN CRASH. ASTRONOMER SERVISS SAYS smash WILL COME IN 300,? 000 YEARS. Hie Suu V ill bo in it Also?Discusses Life on Other Planets and Explains Why Venus May Have Inhabitants. Baltimore Sun. A ?luv tragedy to the earth and her Bister plaint* and the sun was pre dicted yesterday by Garrett 1*. Ser? vian, of New York and France, the well known r.stronomor. There will be a collision, he said, unless some change is made In tho direction In which this solar system is traveling at the rate of 300,000 miles a year. The solar system, he said, is speed? ing northward almost directly toward the star Vega, which has a power 1, 000 times greater than the sun. Tin crash, he said, is due in about 300, 000 years. In discussing tho question of wheth? er other planets than the earth are Inhabited by animals similar in na? ture tq human beings, his attention was called to Venus. "We have never been able to see th.- surface of Venus," said Mr. Sor ViVSS, "What we see is simply an atmospheric envelope, much denser than that of the earth, which reflects the light of the sun with remark aide brilliance. Since Wnus (g about 26,000,000 miles nearer the sun than is the earth, it is probable that no beings like ourselves could live there. It would be far too hot. But we of the earth aic so anthropomor? phic that we cannot well conceive of other kinds of human creatures. Why could there not be beim ^ capable of living even under conditions that ex? ist on Venus? It is certainly possible. "For instance, that much nearer the sun there may be visible light rays of which we know only in theory or through scientific experiment?as the ultra violet 3r the infra red. The in fluence of such rays, ??r of other forces of which we know nothing, may tend to foster forms of W*?; of the highest state of development. Mr. Servisa Bmiled, and his eyes twinkled through his glasses. He Is a scientific man with a great imagi? nation, as has been evidenced In his quasi-scientific novels dealing with marvelous adventures of human be? ings in the realms of space. Before he became an astronomer, Mr. Ser viss was a newspaper man, having been night editor and editorial writer on the New York Sun. So, while he says that astronomy, so far as mathe? matics is concerned, Is the most exact of sciences, it is also the one that allows the broadest field f<?r conjec? ture and the untrammeled play of the imagination. His big purpose in life is to popularize astronomy, for he believes In giving to the masses of the people those facts Which ordinar? ily are locked in the minds of sa? vants. "Understand," he continued, "no astronomer can say positively that life exists on Venus or on any other planet except the earth, but neither can they prove the contrary. It is even con? ceivable that life exists on the moon ?if we can imagine creatures who can live without air or water." That brought him to a disc ussion of the discovery by Pro.". Robert W. Wood, of the Johns Hopkins Univer? sity, of large deposits of sulphur on the moon through his experiments with invisible rays of the spectrum. Such a discovery, he said, was of the greatest value to science and might lead to others of a truly revolution? ary nature. When asketl whether he believed that the so-called canals of Mars were the work of the inhabitants of that planet, he smiled and declared that that was one of the enigmas which all science was trying to solve. "One tb.ory, you know," he said, "is that he inhabitants (supposing, of course, that the planet has inhabi? tants) dug those canals to catch the water that gathers In the form of snow and frost In the winters. That is hardly tenable, In my opinion, be? cause the canals must be at b ast 300 mllea wide. A better suggestion, I think, is that they are fertile areas, revealed through the telescope aa black bands, In the mi>ist ol which are the canals, to us Invisible. "Why does Mars appear red. in contrast with other planets. Many p. rsotis have asked that question. 1 think it is due to th< color of the soil on the planet, for the atmosphere is thin and wo can see the surfaee of the planet distinctly." Turning to more exact features of astronomy, Mr. Hervlss gave the opin? ion that the area of stars, nebulae and planets visible from 'be earth generally, r< t'- rred to as the (Imminent had n definite boundary. This theory, he said, was substatnlated by the ?b..bs" that the most powerful tele? scopes revealed, where not the sllght , 11 pa rtlclc of light was \ Islble, even t hat amount a hlch \\ ould bo n fleet - ? ,1 i.\ a gaseous substance lying be t w , on groups of oth< r heave nly bodies. I nt. be said, he belli \ i d that other firmaments existed, far removed from the one visible from the earth, "for we cannot conceive of endless space." Mr. Berviss lectured at the Peabody Institute last night and dealt with popular astronomy. His talk was Il? lustrated with a series of unusual Btereopticon views. He discussed the history of astronomy and traced its development and the strides made in recent years in the perfection of tele copes, spectroscopes and other in? struments used in research work. He will make another address at the institution this evening. While in Baltimore Mr. Berviss is stopping at the Hotel Emerson. SCOTTS DIARIES SAFE. Tena Nova, With Siirvivori Aboard, Reaches New Zealand?.Miraculous Escape of Part of Expedition. London, Feb. 13.?The London Daily Mail's dispatch today from Christchurch, X. Z., states that the Terra Nova arrived at Lyttleton to? day and that the survivors of the Scott expedition all observe extreme reticence when the subject of the dis? aster is broached. Captain Evans re? fused to discuss the matter and has forbidden his fellow ollicers to do so. The bodies, it is said, could have been brought back, according to Com? mander Evans, but all agreed to leave them in their white mantle, where they had worked and died. Pull diaries by Scott and other members of the ill-fated polar party have been recovered intact, most of which have not been opened. These will be forwarded to their relatives and Commander Evans will compile Scott's book with other members of the expedition. Captain Scott kept a daily record until March 14, and spent the last day In writing his mes? sage to the public. The escape of Lieutenants Camp? bell and Merthern is described as miraculous. Their comrades were i>r. Levick, Mr. Priestly, geologist, and Seamen Abbott, Browning and Dickinson. They were landed at Cape Adare in February, 1912, In? tending to make a short sledge jour? ney and return to the Terra Nova before she sailed for New Zcland. Ice prevented the ship's reaching them and they were left to their own re? sources for nine months, until No vember, 1912, with only two months* provisions. Lieutenant Campbell gives a graph? ic description of the party's life in igloo, In which they lived through the long Antarctic winter. Here they existed in absolute darkness except for the faint gleam produced by the seal blubber lamp. Their supply of bis? cuits was soon exhausted and from that time on they lived entirely on seal meat. Extraordinary hardships were endured by all. On the return journey to Cape Evans Browning and Dickinson were ill and the latter was carried on a sledge. Commander Evans declares the public can have no conception of th ? hardships which Lieutenant Campbell and party endured. While going south to bring back the explorers the Terra Nova passed between two immense icebergs in a fos and fine seamanship alone pre? vented the destruction of the ship. Lives of Great Men. I mid lab McNamee, Who rjuit this world when 63? Although his children numbered six Related not their baby tricks. ?Wilmington News. Adonlram Donahue. Who leaped the gap at 92? Never mentioned in his life How he came to get a wife. ?Johnstown Derne erat. Bbeneser Sakesative, Still does chores at 95? Him no one has interviewed On how long he's smoked and chew? ed. ?Detroit Free P-ess. Bbeneser Fiddlesticks, Took the count at ?16, Never made himself a pest Claiming olden times were best. ?st. Louts Post-D*spetch. Heeekiah Conamore Reached the age ?>f si Ere ho told of his renown When he spelled the whole school down. ?Denver Republican. Jen miah Whlpplegate Died, beloved, at 18; Never mourned the world's decline When the household slept till 9. ?New York Evening sun. Jonsinan ('onsadine Passed his check at 99 Never told of what he'd done At the battle of Bull Run. Sumter Dads Item Health Warning. ?Chilled and wet foot result In con? gesting the Internal organs, and Inflam? mation of the kidneys and bladder, with rheumatic twinges and pain in back, generally follow. Use Foley Kidney Pills. Th< \ are the best med leine made for all disorders of the kidneys, for bladder Irregularities and for backache and rheumatism They do not contain habit formtn; drugs, Tonic In action, quick In re suits, Bibert's Drug Store.-?Advt WHOLE CITY' WRAPPED IN < o\ - ERIXG OF ICE FRIDAY MORNING. Considerable Damage Dom- to Tele? phono and Telegraph Line? by Steel and !<??'?Number of Limbs Brok? en down in City. During the night the "Ice King" si? lently entered the city and Friday morning people awoke to find that he had made fast his clutches on every? thing in th<- whole town. Nor was his coming unexpected, for the weath? er man had sent out his warning of the approaching cold wave and those who had heeded him were prepared for the unwelcome visit. Extra blank? ets had been brour.ht out and placed at hand for use during the night and supplies of coal and wood ordered, in order that the cole might not affect their comfort. There was not a great deal of dam? age done by the ice and sleet, a num? ber of telephone and telegraph lines were put out of commission and branches were broken off trees in several parts of the city. Other than this it was only the personal comfort of citizens which was affected. The cold eather did not to any extent de? lay trains passing through here, al? though it possibly to some extent in? terfered with the passenger traffic, I which was noticeably light. Every tree, fence and building had "?been coated in a sheet ?if ice during the night. The rain and sleet of Thursday afternoon and evening had been solidly fr.17.en. although the tem? perature gradually rose during the day and the jee gradually melted off trees and buildings, and fell from the overhead wires in little crystal heaps on the street where it speedily melted. The thermometer did not go down as low as had been predicted, although it fell to two degrees below freeizng at one time. All of the trains COHling Into the passenger station yard during the morning were ice-coated, presenting a very un- * usual spectacle in Sumter. At the Postal Telegraph Company office it was stated that the ice had not injured any of their lines, al? though it had put their call box Ser? vice out of commission for the time being. The Western Union office "had suffered more. The wire to Charles? ton, one to Florence and one to At? lanta by way of Columbia were the only ones in working order, and much difficulty was being experienced in getting messages through. The lines? men had been sent out, but had not yet made any reports. Several poles ?".ere down on the Florence line, the Augusta line was out of commission somewhere between Creeton and Cam? eron and half a dozen wires had been popped off just on the edge of the city. At the Sumter Lighting Com? pany office Mr. Moses reported that he had at 10 o'clock heard of no breaks or damage to the wires. He reported his lines to be in good shape, as far as he knew, and feared only damage from falling branches or loose telephone wires. The Sumter Telephone Company reported six or seven lines to be down as the result of damage from falling branches; The linesmen were out hunting up breaks and making re? pairs sa fast as possible and it would not be long before the system would be put back into its usual service. Throughout the city a number of limbs froi trees were broken off and fell in the streets, while at other places limbs were bending down over the sidewalks and had to be cut off. The evergreen trees, such as the mag? nolia and mock oranges suffered most on account of the freeze, as their fo? liage gave support to a large amount of the frozen moisture. The city force of hands were out at work all day clearing broken limbs off the street and cutting down limbs which obstructed traffic. ?When Burton Holmes recently gave his celebrated travelogue on "Panama" at Orchestrs Hall. Chi? cago, he was seriously interrupted by continual coughing of the audience. No one annoys willingly snd if people with coughs, colds, hoarseness and tickling In throat would use Foley's Honey A Tar Compound, they could quickly cure their coughs and colds and avoid this annoyance. Slbert's Drug Stoic - Advt. REDS \<. \l\ \ ICTORS, (?rcens Defeated in Bowling Tourney Content Thursday Ni^in. In the bowling match at the Y. If. C. A. Thursday night the Reds again proved too strong f? r their opponents, winning th<- contest by a total of 107 pins majority, and defeating the Greens In ail three contests, by l", -7 and 67 pins in ?ach gam.1, respect" ively. The team work was not as good as that n? rally seen in the games although the match was an Interest? ing one. ?Conductor s L v ilb r, Norfolk. Nebr.. i n ttoncsteel division ol C. ?V N. \v. Rj . Co., recommends Foley Kidney Pills * il says: "I have used Ki.in. > Pills with vet*) satii actorj re? sults no.l endorse their ?.!i.> i'M:< ?! with kidney are nil Advt.