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My Lady of the North TJe LOVE STORY %f A GRAY JACKET By Randall Parrish ^Author 9* ?'WW.WiJ.Wu Wo Usf" ILLUSTRATIONS BY ARTHUR D. WILLIAMSON C?wrtc*>C *>? A C. MXUMt A L?K toncern Captain Warners reputation Is not one to be questioned, either as regards his chivalry toward womeu or Bio bravery tn arms. I pledge you rly meeting with this major." They drank the toast standing, and I road in each face before me a frank, soldierly confidence and comradeship Which caused my heart to glow. CHAPTER XXVI. The Scouting Detail. This premeditated Insult. which Brennen evidently dispatched broad cast in hope that through some un? known channel it might reach me. changed my entire relationship with the man. 1 have never felt that Hi en Ban was at heart a bad man; he was Bard, stern, revengeful, yet I have no doubt under different circumstances I might even have valued him highly as a comrade or a friend. There Is Bo demon like jealousy; and his early distrust of me. fostered by that mad disease had apparently warped his entire nature. Yet not even for love could I consent to leave my honor un? defended, and after those hateful words there could be no rest tor me until our differences were settled by the etern arbitrament of the naked blade All prudence to the winds, no opportunity of meeting him should now to be cast aside. The coming day was barely gray in the east when I was awakened by a hoary pounding upon the door, a emart looking orderly stood without. ? Captain Wayne?" he asked "Tust Is my name What have you. my man?*' "Compliments of Colonel M?itland. ehlef of staff, sir," he. said, heading me a folded paper. "Dear Wayne:" the pilvate note read. "Believing you would be glad to have th?> detail I have Just ar? ranged to send you at once upon some active ser ,e report at these *rter. immediately. *uily equipped fur the fle'.U. -... .. u~ _c very medicine I it needed, and within twenty mln of my receipt of this communi? cation I wee with Maitland, thanking bun warmly for hie tre ^niu'ness. "Not another word. Wayne.' he in eieted. "It is not much, a mere scout ins; de'vll over neutral territory, and will rro/e dull *nough. I only hope It mar hoip to divert yjur mind a trifle. Now Usten?you ire to proceed with twenty pqufllsjd men or the escort went as far as the foot hills, and are . ?cted to note carefully three thi-g.-- First, the condition of for? age f 'he sustenance of a wagon ? \ V what forces of Feder? al U t are aloug the Honey Bi the gathering of all in foi. finable as to the report? ed gm aton of guerillas for pur Boeec ol ?? under between the lines. If time suffice, you might cross over into the velley c( the Cowsktn and learn the condlt'.ou of forage there as well. A guide vtll accompany your party, you are to avoid contact with the may as Iff as possible. Your men carry five day.*' rations. You under stand fully '" "I do, sir; 1 presume I am to start at once?" "Tour squad, under command of Bergeaut Ebers, is already waiting out "Are you all ready, sergeant?" I of the rather heavy weight Oer who stood fronting me, hi* broad, face as Impassive as though carved from stoao. "Ve voe. captain." "Where is the guide*" "Dot Is him, mit der nule. ain't It?" ho answered, pointing with oue huge hand down the road 'Very well, we will pick him up then ss we go." 1 cared so lUtle as to whether or not Be accoiupan ed us at all, that we bad auvaoced sume distance before the thought of him again occurred to me. 1 knew the gentry tstrly well, and had experienced in the past so many evi? dences of their BtBBBtlly, If not actual disloyalty, ss to prefer my own knowl? edge of the country to theirs. My thought. Indeed, for several miles was not at all with the little party of troopers jogging steadily at my heels, nor, in truth, was It grealiy concerned with the fate of the expedition. 1 hat was but service routine, and I rode forward carelessly enumxh. UOVOT dreaming that every hour of pi ?>?!?? * wea bearing 'no toward the Beaut im? portant adventure of my life. It was the itarman sergoant who recalled me to the responsibility* Of < nunand "Captain. ne exrlalmea BBOfOSJi t ically. riding up to my side and wiping his round, perspiring face with greet energy. are riding too bard, ain't ve? Mein OoM hut der horses will give out ontlrely. already " "Is that so*" I asked In surprise at hi* words A single swift glance axouud convinced uie Lu \*as correct. Tor TKe uio??Ts wei^exTe?^nKiy^Bolf, and already looked uearly played cut from our sharp pace. "Very weil, we will halt here." With a sigh of relief he drev back, and as he did so my eyes fell lor the first time upon the guide. As I live. It was Jed Bungay, and when 1 stared at him in suddvii amazement he broke Into a broad grin. "Durn If I didn't begin ter think as how ye'd gone an' clar fergot ms. Cap." ' Not a bit of it, Jed," and I rode up to him and extended my hand. "But how came you here? Are you the guide?" "Sure thing, cap; know this yere kintry like a buk. 'Jaded horsemen from the west, at evening to the castle pressed.' F.y gum, you put Beelzebub an' me through a blamed hurl jolt of It so fur." "Beelzebub?" "Ye bet. ther mule; I reckon as how ye ain't gone an' fergot him, hev ye?" "Bungay. what has become of Ma? ria* The little man's eyes suddenly filled with tears. "I jlst don't know, cap," he answered mournfully. "Whin 1 got hum ther ol' cabin hed bin plum burnt down, nury stick o It left, by gum! an' Ma risr she wu> clean gone. Hain't seed neither hide ner hair o' her since, thet's a fac*. An' I sorter drifted back ter you uus 'cause 1 didn't hev nowhar else ter go." "Did you hunt for her among the old plantations along the valley?" I asked, deeply touched by his evident feeling. "She very likely sought refuge In some of those houses." He looked st me in surprise. "I reckon, cap, as how ye don't know much bout whut's s goln' on in ther valley fer ther las' few months," he said soberly, rubbing down his mule , ss he spoke. "Tell ye what, thar Jlst hain't no plantation houses left thar now, thet's a fac', leastwise not north o' ther lines we uns sorter hoi' onto ylt. Sheridan he played hell with his cavalry raids, an' whut ths blue-bellies left ther durned guerillas an' bush? whackers wiped up as clean es a slate. Dum if a crow wudn't starve ter death In ther valley now. Why, cap, them thar deserters an' sich truck Is or? ganized now till they're mighty nigh an army, an' they don't skeer fer nuth in' les' ner a reg'ment. I see more ner a hundred an' fifty in one bunch Up on ther White Briar two week ago, an* they're worse ner a parce' er pirates. I reckon as how they got Marlar, but I'll bet she glv 'em a hot ol' time afore she done quit" Rumors of this state of affairs to the north and west of our defending lines had already reached me?indeed, the verification had formed part of my instructions; but Bungay's homely yet graphic description made the situation appear terribly real, and my thought went Instantly forth to those I knew who might even then be exposed to this great and unexpected danger. The very conception of Edith Bren nan In such hands as these was a?ony. I felt I could never rest until assured of her safety, and since my o.'der granted me full authority to prolong my Journey, I might ascertain whether or not she yet remained within the valley. "Jed." I asked, my mind finally set? tled, "do you know the old Minor plan? tation?" "Ol' Jedge Minor's place? Sure; It's up on ther south branch of ther Cow skin." "Have those fellows got down that far yet?" "Wal, 1 reckon not. but dum If I know fer sure, cap." "How long would It take us to reach there?" " 'Bout two days, I reckon." I turned and looked at my men In some perplexity. They were scattered along the edge of the road, and only one group had taken the precautiou to build a fire. The sergeant lay flat upon his back on a grassy knoll. "Ebers," I Bald sternly. He arose ponderous, and came for? ward with a decidedly halting gait. "Vos I sent for?" he asked. "Yes," I said; "I want you to have the men get their supper at once, as we shall be obliged to ride a good portion 1 of the night. Qet the men to their ?upper. We shall go on In an hour." How often since have I smiled at the expression upon his solemn round face as he turued ruefully away! CHAPTER XXVII. An Embarrassing Situation. It was well into the third day when we camo down into the fertile valley of the Cowskin. It had proven an un? eventful ride thus far, for we had met with no adventures and had observed little worthy of consideration from a military standpoint. While constantly observant of those points regaiding which 1 had been dis? patched, my one overmastering thought during all those hours waa the possibility of again meeting with Edith Brennan and proving of some assist? ance to her. Her greeting of me in the Federal hospital had been so sweetly gracious, so marked with ten der sympathy, while the memory or her words, and even more of the look which accompanied them, had so re? mained with me in em ouragoment that I longed to encounter her again. God knows what I hoped for. for I know well it must all Inevitably end In despair, yet like the moth I must OOntlnuO lo singe my wings until tho Hann- dovourod me. Now, however, as we actually drew near to where 1 sup pond she might i*?. I felt my earlier courage fast deserting ine Nor was I famished with oven 'be slightest ??<< iiso for pressing on; my orders did but positively compel ms to proceed, aha "noThlng appeared along the way to lead me to suppose that harm of any kind threatened that peaceful val le>. Everything meeting my eyes evi? denced that here, at least, was with Its attendant horrors had not come. Totally without the beaten track of those great armies which had battled so fiercely for the Shenandoah, It had been traversed only by a few scouting and foraging parties, and so short had been their stay that even the rail fences remained undisturbed to guard the fields, and nowhere did I note out? ward signs of devastation. It was Vir? ginia as I recalled it in those old days of peace and plenty, before civil strife had sown the land with dead. What possible excuse, then, had I for going there? In my own heart 1 knew 1 had none, or one so poor and selfish I scarcely durst whisper It even to myself; yet I rode steadily on. Im? pelled by my own weakness, or drawn irresistibly by fate?whichever the real cause I know not?I would at least look upon those walls that had once sheltered her, would learn if pos? sible If she was yet there. Then? well, In the bondage of my passion I hoped for what might happen, as every lover does. It must have been two o'clock; we had baited our horses, I remember, an hour previous; and the Sergeant had enjuyc . his noonday siesta beneath the shade of a great bush bearing pur? ple blossoms. The road wo had been traveling since early morning wound in and out am?.jg great trees, and crossed and recrossed the little stream called the Cowskln until I almost thought we had lost our way. We met with no one in all the long day's rid? ing, not even a stray negro, and in? deed it was some hours since we had passed a house of any kind. Leaving the brook behind us we toiled slowly up a long bill, and at the top Bungay, riding beside me, pointed to the west? ward. "Cap," he said, "thar is ther Minor place." The very sight of it in the distance was a thrill?a groat white house placed well back from the road and almost hidden from sight by fine, large trees an old fashioned, big roomed house it looked to be, built after the colonial type, a wide veranda upon three sides, with fluted columns to support the overhanging roof. "Hain't no signs es fer es I kin see of any trouble havln' 'curred thar," Jed said slowly, his shrewd gray eyes roaming over the peaceful scene. "Somebody ter hum tew, fer ther chimley Is a sraokla'." (TO BE CONTINUED.) OPIUM CXjNFERCNCK PLANS. ? Agrees to Scheme for Putting Anti? drug Convention in Effect Despite Oppoattkm, The Hague, July 8.?The interna? tional opium conference was opened here Julyi, has agreed to the final protocol, which provides that if by December 31, the powers nave not all adhered to the opium convention. thoae who signed shall be invited by the Dutch government to appoint delegates to meet at The Hague to consider the possibility of putting the convention In force in spite of the ah stention ot* the non-adhering states. This convention was drawn up In 1111, LIST or ON Ml NATIONS TIED VI?. Home Senators Refuse to Conllrni Gainesville, Uu., PostmeHter. Washington, July 7.?The refusal of a few senators to allow Mrs. H, W. J. Ham to be confirmed as postmistress at ij:ii iesvLle, (Ja., as tin* successor of Mrs. Helen I?. Longstreet at this time, toduy practically tied up the con? firmation of the big list of nomina? tions now before the Senate. Henator lloke Smith insisted upon immediate Confirmation of Mrs. Ham. Henator Townsend said he would >b Ject to the confirmation until the Sen? ate postofflce committee printed the hearing granted Mrs Longstreet in regard to the efficiency of her admin? istration. Senator Townsend declared the bearings would never be printed If not printed before the confirmation. The Senate sub-committee in charge of the hearings has voted to report to the full committee that Mrs. Long-j str?"l made an efficient and capable I post mist l ess. (OAST LINK STILL llCILDINU. Work on Yard Continues and New Tracks th ing Laid. The work in the A. C, L freight yard Ih still going on, although the force ot hands employed there Is not so large as it was formerly. The turn? table, eoal ?h?te, cinder Pit and oth-j er recently Installed conveniences are all in operation and tend to make the yard one of the best In the state. At pr? sent the tracks leading from the coal chute and turntable are being continued on to Join the other side track* at the upper end ot the yard. Much Improvement has been made and more Is Intended before the year is out Says a Sew Vork paper: "Mary Harden wore an air ot Indifference when she extended her hand to the Interviewer." That is uhoul all Mats generally wears, except when sin lakes a notion to add n disdainful mile. Wilmington Stai i Miss Smith Entertain**. Miss France* Smith entertained a number of her friends Saturday even? ing at her home on Harvin stret. The spac ious piazza and grounds were decorated with flags and Japanese lanterns in red, white and blue. Progressive games of heart dice and hook were played, followed hy a guessing contest. ' The first prize, a box of candy, and a pearl handled knife, were won by Miss Corinne De Lorme and Mr. Bernard Hlddall. The consolation prizes fell to Messrs. Clarence Haynsworth and William Purdy. The color scheme of red, white and blue was carried out also in the re? freshments of cream, cake and mints with fruit punch. A minature silk U. S. tlag was given each guest as a souvenir. A GOLDEN .n iui \ i ; (St. Joseph's Academy. Sumter, S. C.) I. Hall! splendid Palace of the Mind, Where Thought is throned through happy days. Court of the Graces, famed of old, And Muses with their witching lays. Put. high above all classic lore The truth of God is here enshrined, 'Arid radiance from the Kindly Light Illumes this Palace of the Mind. n. Hall! cloistered Garden of the Heart, Hidden from wilting glare and gloom. Tended with prayer and loving (are Here young affections bud-like bloom And grow like lilies pure und rare, From worldly blight and blast apart Scenting the soul t>nd making fair This cloistered Garden of the Heart. 111. Hail! happy Home, our other Home, When from parental hearts apart, Love folded us through fleeting hours And Wisdom sentineled each heart. O, sunny hours, whose afterglow Lights hearts at home or hearts that roam? Remembering hearts that love and bless Youth's happy Home, our other Home. IV. Hail! Sanctuary of the Soul, Hallowed by vowed and virgin hearts. Hail Alma Mater, through the years Thy memory sweet peace imparts. A Golden Cycle girds thy brow And in thy hands a golden scroll,? i A half a hundred golden years. Thine, Sanctuary of the Soul. June 24, 1913. Ilex. avg anaaiAia mwh Banking Institutions Issue $26,000 In Dividends on First. July first was bank dividend day in : the City, the various banking institu? tions on that day issuing dividends' amounting to $2C,:i00. First National Pank issued four per cent dividends on its capital of $100,000, making $4,0i,'> in di\i dends; the City National Pank issued 1 four per cent dividends on its capi- j tal stock of $150,000, making $0,000; The Pank of Sumter issued four per cent dividends on Its capital stock of $200.000. making $8,000; the Farmery Pank and Trust Company issued four per cent dividends on its capital stock of $120,000, making a dividend of $4,800; The Peoples Pank issued divi? dends of four per cent on its capital stock of $60,000, making $2,0t)0 in di? vidends; The Sumter Trust Company Issued dividends of three per cent on its capital steak of $60,000, making $1,600 dividends, thus making a to? tal of $26,300. EXCITEMENT HIGH IN 11A B AN .V Order Is Being Preserved, However,; Despite Tension?Victim Still Llv lug Hut Hopeless. Habana, July S.?While public ex? citement still runs high over the at tack on Gen. Armando lliva, chief of the Cuban national police, by Gov. As bert und his friends, order Is being preserved. Gen. Rlva is still living to? night, but there is no hope for his re covery. Strong forces of police, includ? ing extra squads of mounted men. armed with revolvers and machetes, are on constant patrol duty in Cen? tral park, the Prado and adjacent I streets. All political and gambling clubs remained closed under police guard. Supreme Court Judge Bdelmnn, who was specially appointed to examine into tin- charges against Gov, Vabert, Representative Arias and Senator Vldal Morales, has committed Asberl and Arias to the city prison on the charge of uttempted homicide, assault with dreams and resistance to nu Ihority The charge against Morales has not been determine d. Some Pitcher. She My! Isn't the man who throws tin' hall i"> nur side tust wonderful? He thiow ? it so the) bit it ever) time. Pui l< \LL PHASES OF LOBBY TO BE IN? VESTIGATED. While f,n\vcr Body is Planning Probe, Elder Statesmen Delve into Affairs of Sugar. Wool ami Cotton Inter estS?Some Interesting Infoema tion. Washington, July u.?a lobby in? vestigation of extraordinary scope was authorized by the house today to supplement the senate probe already under way. With the adoption of the Henry investigation resolution, a spe-1 cial committee of seven members was appointed by Speaker Clark, with Representative Garrett of Tennessee as chairman. The committee will meet tomorrow to make plans for the institution of the probe. While the house investigation was prompted largely by the allegations of M. M. Mulhall regarding the leg? islative activities of the National As? sociation of Manufacturers, the reso? lution as finally adopted so enlarged the scope of the inquiry that all efforts to control members of the house or Influence legislation hy any person or organization will be subject to the Inquisitorial power of the committee. The speaker appointed with Chair? man Garrett, Representatives Cline of Indiana, Russell of Missouri, Roden berry of Georgia, Democrats; Willis of Ohio and Stafford of Wisconsin. Republicans, and Representative No-j lan of California, Progressive. Repre? sentatives Cline, Willis and Stafford j are out of town, but probably will re- | turn soon. Chairman Garrett expects to begin hearings on Monday. The special senate committee today continued its Inquiry into the activi? ties of lobbyists concerned with the sugar and wool schedules of the tariff bill. The committee has not begun its probe of the Mulhall charges al? though all of the correspondence and documentary proof has been classified and arranged for use. Many of the witnesses summoned in the Mulhall charges already are in Washington. Among them are several former members of congress and the ollicers of the National Association of I ! M.inuf.- ' turers. The latter have asked Senator Overman to call about 40 furnier and present members of con? gress, among them former Speaker Cannon, former Senator Aldrich, for? mer Representative Watson of In? diana and others mentioned hy Mul? hall. Those witnesses undoubtedly Will he wanted by both the senate and house committees. Printed cop? ies of the Mulhall correspondence have been prepared for the house in? quisitors. The resolution adopted by the house provides that all of the hearings of the committee shall be. open to Ihr public. The fight against the resolution was led by Representative Levy, who op? posed particularly the reinsertion of a provision allowing the committee to employ counsel. This was done by I vote of 102 to 104. In the debate Representative Mo Dermott of Illinois made a state? ment denouncing the use of his name In the Mulhall letters. William Whitman of Poston, former president of the National Association of Wool Manufacturers, was on the stand a part of the day before the senate committee. Mr. Whitman told i about his interest in tariff, beginning in 187.'{. He got only so far as the Dlngley bill In isn7. when the com? mittee adjourned. Whitman said he hail been especially active at the time the Dlngley bill was before the house ways and means committee. Senator Reed tried to make him ad? mit that the duties he wanted appear? ed In the bill. "I never got what I wanted," in? sisted the witness. Whitman said he enjoyed friendly relations with Senators Aldrich. Alli? son and Platt of Connecticut and with Representatives Clifton and Precken rldge of Arkansas. He produced more than n hundred letters and telegrams that passed be? tween himself and S. N. D. North In lS'.oi and lS'.lT, when North was sec? retary of the association and also a clerk for majority members of the senate finance committee. Senator Peed read many of the letters Into the records. These showed North's relations with Whitman while he was working for members of the finance committee. Whitman promised to pro? duce correspondence mentioning oth? er publli men tomorrow. They may i)?> made public. A. IV Baldwin, an attorney of Cleve? land, was the tlrst witness today be? fore the senate lobby investigating committee, He said he was Interest? ed In Hawaiian sugar stock and had spent some time In Washington talk? ing to senators and members of the house about the sugar tariff. He had nothing to do with the literature sent out hy the Hawaiian sugar men. In Washington be said he represented Alexander A Baldwin id New York at a day while here \ s smith ol Tennllle, Oa?, presi? dent of the state branch of the Farm? ers' Union, was the next witness. I i.. i on t in a taillier,'' he told the committee. He was questioned about a meet? ing of a committee of the National V- rmers' union at New Orleans la^t s ig at which a scheme to incmats* the consumption of cotton was to he discussed. 1 Was any action taken in regard to sugar at that meeting?'' asked Benato Overman. "I don't think to. There were some letters written to senators. I wrote to Senator! Bacon and Smith." Smith testified that his expenses at the New Orleans meeting were paid by I. I?. Bowen, president of the Texas hranch of the union, and that I resi? dent Barrett of the national organiza? tion was not present Smith said he heard many argu ments at the meeting of tlK bad ef? fect free sugar would have ? n the cot? ton industry. "I thought I was in the wrong place," said Mr. Smith. "It was more of a manufacturers' meeting than a farmers'?" suggested Senator < nerman. "Yes, sir; so much so that I made a speech about it," said Mr. Smith. Mr. Smith xplamed later that he telegraphed to Senator Bacon not to go into the Democratic caucus until it was assured that a duty would he put on meats and other farm pro? ducts. Mr. Smith said when he got back to Georgia he found he had been "mixed up with a bad crowd." He then learned, he said, that the meet? ing was really called to work against free sugar. His letters to Senators Bacon and Smith were requests that the farmers' interests be looked after. H. H. Mobley of Prairie Grove. Ark., president of the state Farmers' union, said he was at the New Or? leans meeting. Bowen, who called the meeting, he said, had been nam? ed chairman of a "committee on the greater consumption of cotton," nam? ed by the national union at its last annual meeting. He did not go to New Orleans until the meeting was over, he said, but he was told it had been interesting. He got a general idea that "some I quick work was to be done in tar , iff matters to boost cotton prices. He signed a telegram to the Arkansas senators at Bowens' dictation, asking for a hearing for Arkansas cotton in? terests. "There is a suspicion in my mind that things were not just what they ought to have been but I don't know much about it," said Mobley. "T'm slow to make accusations." said Mobley. "But I have come <o know that at all our meetings, State and national, we are surrounded by men who want us to do something for i their interests. "I feel, like Mr. Smith, that there was something wrong at New Or? leans." "You saw no suggestion that indi? cated bad faith on the part of Bow? en?" asked Senator Cummins. "No, sir." Mobley said he thought Bowen paid the expenses of the meeting and that lie would be reimbursed by the Na? tional Farmers' Union. William Whitman of Boston, former president ?f the National Association of Wool Manufacturers, was the first wool man present to take the stand. The output of the Alington mills, of which he is president, he put as be? tween 540.000 and 600,000 pounds of cotton yarn a week and its capacity at 400,000 pounds of wool a week. He said the wool mills had not been run? ning at capacity on account of poor market conditions which he noticed first in 190U. Conditions are worse now, he said, than he had ever known them to he. From 1894 to 1907 the mills had run practically on full time. Whitman said he did not know just how the association raised its funds. Senator Beed read from what pur? ported to be by-laws of the associa? tion, showing a method of levy inj. as? sessments on wages paid mill hands. He could not recollect about such a system of assessments when lie was president and said that the by-laws laid before the committee were adopt? ed after he quit office. Chairman Overman announced that the National Association of Manu? facturers had requested him to sub? poena former Senator Aldrich, former Speaker Cannon and about 40 other men once prominent in congress and official life, to testify on the lobby charges by Martin M. Mulhall. ' We won't issue any suhpoenaee." said Senator Overman, "until we find nut what is proved about the associa? tion." -? ,\ Heal Estate Transfers. Mrs M C. Btnhbs to \V. P. l>u Rant, lot just outside city limits. * 1 <?0. Caldwell c. Cooper to Bltaabeth ft Cooper, lot on Hampton avenue, $l 00 and ?aber consideration Mrs. Margaret C Qregg and Miss Rllsmbeth s. Cooper, to Miss Kmma Schwerts, J^siie Rchwarta and Chart es IV Schwarte, tot on Hampton avenue, *\'.you.