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Mr. Mitcuoi could una no words witu |
which to express his feelings. The ut-1
ter.selfishness of such sophistry, the
greed of the man who would thus!
swindle his poor employees, utterly j
amazed liliu. And the oddest thing'
was that the girl made uo complaint, I
accepting her lot as a matter of course,1
a fact beyond dispute. Yet. observe
ner posmou?biic worsen ion nours per
day .for her slave driving master, earning
enough per week to pay the greedy
landlord for her shelter, the mother
and sisters, by similnr drudgery. And- j
Ing the food and clothing for the family.
"What is the name of your employer?"
he asked presently.
"Herman Polaskl."
"Polaskl? Rut that Is your name.
Is he a relative?"
"Yes, sir; my unelc." .
? Her uncle! Comment seemed superfluous.
Mr. Mltehcl paused to think,
and the girl rambled on.
"Uncle Herman's been very kind to
us. I don't know what we would have
done without his help?starved, I
guess. You see. father was sick a
long, long time, and all the money we
had went to the doctor and for funeral
expenses. Then we liad nothing, so
uncle gave us all work in his shop,
though he said he didn't need any
more bauds and it was just taking
money out of his own pocket to hire
us. We dou't earn much, but anyway
we've lived on our wages for over a
year now."
The girl's gratitude was In strange
contrnst with the greed of her father's
brother, who had not hesitated to benefit
by tlie distress of ids relatives.
Mr. Mltcbel felt a great sympaT.iy for
tills poor family of women and would
gladly bare opened his pockethouk
iu their behalf, but he realised the
magnitude of this problem of aid to
the i>oor. lie had gone into but two
homes. Iu one he had promised assistance,
and in the other lie found
the same need, inviting the same remedy.
But were he to go on and visit
tenement after tenement, home after
home, how soon would his resources
be at an end and how little would he
bavo ocoompltfihoO toward Itiphimtnn
the eufrertng ot* the fften t
He felt the helplessness of the situation
more than he luul ever done when
theorizing about It. and for the moment
lie decided that lie might better
confine himself to his special object.
"I have heard that you saw theHiaby
which was taken from
next door^' |iO-licgMWu riTraMPtotstar
nn, criueutiy Uinwn7WJ_?t -U?s
question. ^
"Tell me about It," lie asked persuasively.
"Tell me nil tliat you
know." V\
Bbe looked nt lilm sadly nn<V*%sug3itfully
and tben, to Ills astonishment,
burst into tears, exclaiming:
"Ob, don't put me In prison! Please
don't take me to prison! Mother*d
starve If you locked me up!"
"My dear girl," said Mr. Mitcbel
soothingly, "what are" you saying?
What linve you done? Why should
you be put In prison?"
She endeavored to control herself,
and dually between her sobs he caught
the words:
"Don't ? don't ? they put ? wit-witnesses?In?In
jail?"
At last he understood. This girl knew
something, hut was not herself guilty
of any wrong. She had witnessed the
crime which had been committed, and
she knew enough of our laws to understand
that she could he held a prisoner
as a witness needed by the state, under
a law which thus works great Injustice
to many.
"There, there!" said lie. "Don't weep.
Tou have nothing to fear. I nm nnt nn
officer, mill you shall not be locked up.
I promise you that. Hut I wish you to
tell me nil that you know. Come,
Won't you trust me?"
"Yes, sir?I'll?trust you." she answered
timidly, wiping away her tears.
Then nfter a few moments she had
composed herself and 'began her story:
"You see, sir, one night last week 1
had some extra work to do, and I
tried hard to finish it, 'cause mother
needed the money for medicine. She's
got a had cough. Hut I was so tired
that I couldn't sew, and about 9 o'clock
1 had to go to bed. But 1 couldn't
sleep very well. Every now and then
I'd hear mother cough, and I'd think of
the work 1 hadn't finished, and I'd try
to get up to go, at it again, but I was
sp dead with sleep, too, that 1 just
couldn't. Hut after a long time I heard
the clock strike 12, and 1 knew that If
1 was going to get the work done I'd
have to get up, sleep or no sleep. So I
made a Jump and landed on the floor In
? heap. I guess I hurt myself a little, I
'onuse it wnkn m?> no rnl
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' I thought I was sulTocating, the room
was so hot ami stifling, ami I went to
the window and stood breathing the
fresh air. That's how I came to see
him." '
v\Vhom did you see?" asked Mr.
Mltehe! eagerly.
"A man. At first 1 couldn't make out ,
what he was doing. lie was walking
about stealthy like, and lie had a bundle
In his arms. lie came pretty close
to tho window, 'cause he was walking
near the wall, but he had his head
down when 1 first saw him, and then i
afterward ho had his back to i,
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was anri;, too, being very cioutiy. wen,
be went a little way out, to the tree
you see there, and he stooped down
and began to fumble with the bundle.
I could see he was unwrapping something.
but I couldn't ma lee out what it
was. cause liu laid it behind the tombstone.
Then he stood up straight for a
minute, and just then the cloud went
away, and the moon shone out bright,
and 1 could see his face Just as plain as
anything."
"Did you know hi in?"
"No, but I'm good at remembering
faces."
"You mean that you would know him
again?"
"Anywhere. I'd pick him cut of a million.
The moon shining on his face
made it look like a ghost, end It's
haunted me ever since. Why, In the
dark of nights, if 1 shut my eyes, I see
that face staring at me. Oh, yes, I'd
know him again!"
| "You say you saw him place the child
' behind a tombstone?"
"No; I didn't see the baby then,
| though I heard a baby cry, but that's
j common round this neighborhood, and
I didn't think aftythlng of It. But I saw
him put something behind the stone,
! and when I saw the baby in the grass
the next (fay 1 felt sure the man had
put it there."
"What did he do after you saw his
face? Did lie see you In the moonlight?"
"No; I don't think he was exactly
I looking my way. though his face wns
! ciiV* 1 rmiilil con if i lo etnnfl
I just n minute. Then he picked up
something from tue grass, and he went
over behind another tombstone, where
I could see him. though, and lie dug a
hole and put whatever he had in it.
j Then he stood up and trampled down
the grass with liis feet. Then he watchI
od his chance, when no one was pasa!
lug. and climbed over the fence, and
that's the last I saw of him."
"And when did you discover that he
had left a baby in the grass?"
"1 sat tip the rest of the morning sewing
till time to go to breakfast. We
had some bread and milk, I remember,
and after eating I went to the window
to scrape the crumbs out of the plates.
whcu.l^Ucababy^cry^ jrUjs thue it
nearly dropped the plate. I was so surprised
and so seared to sec that little
baby, without any clothes on, crawling
about In the grass."
"Hut why were you alarmed?"
"I knew rici>t ",,u 1110 man hail
._? * and I'd seen him do it,
dnd I was afraid it would be fun?
i out ami I would ho am*?-* cause 1
knew about it. Au<j. you sec, we just
barely r?*he enough to live ca now,
n.-Kl what would motJcr do if she
didn't have me to help her?"
"But I heard that you throw food tc
the baby," said Mr. Mltchol.
"I had to. I fretted all that day
thinking about what had happened
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ft H'ds i baby's blip.
nnd wondering if the baby would be
found nnd if the police would come
and nsk nie questions, nnd that seemed
sp likely, 'cause our rooms open right
on the graveyard. And I knew that if
they naked me what I knew I'd just
blurt the whole thing out. nnd then
wITere'd I be? becked up for a certainty
till they found the man and
made nie Identify him. Then I got another
Idea that made my blood freeze
In my veins. Suppose nobody found
the baby. It would die! It would
starve to death! And wouldn't I be
held for that? Wouldn't I have help
on me man to kill the baby by not
telling what I knew? So, you see, it
looked like I'd have to go to prison
anyway, but 1 thought I'd prevent
tho baby from dying, so I Just made
an excuse, and I went to our rooms.
Intending to throw it some food, but
1 couldn't see it anywhere, and when
I thought It bad crawled away where
I couldn't throw food to it it just made
me sick* and weak. I was that scared
I dropped In a Jienp on the floor and
leaned against, the window sill and
cried. Then 1 happened to look up,
and my heart gave a big juiup, for
there was the baby crawling from behind
a tombstone. I called to tlie poor
little dear, and she stopped and iffoked
up nt mo and smiled. She seemed to
know that 1 meant to help her. Then
1 got some bread and soaked it lu
milk, and I dropped It down. You
ought to have seen the little thing
corno right for It, and pretty soon alio
i:u*j it in tier uanos unci was sucking
away for dour 11 to. Then I went back
to njy work more light hearted."
"And you fed the child after that
did you not?"
"Yes, sir. 1 think she Rot to know
nie, 'cause when I'd go to the window
to throw her the bread she'd he wait
ing, and she always looked up au<
smiled like. Oh. dear! I'd have River
my life to go down and bring her ui
stairs, but I didn't dare, I was tha
afraid of the police. But at last I toh
Mrs. (Irililn about my feeding th<
baby, and she told the policeman."
"Two things that you have told m<
are very Important, Miss Polnslti. Yoi
say, in the first place, that you saw tin
man's face and that you would kuov
him again?"
"Auy where. I would know kill
among a milllou."
"Very well; I may ask you to poln
Iihn out to me at some time. The otlie
thing of Importance is that you say th?
man buried something behind one o
the tombstones. I wish you to poln
out as nearly as you can the spot wher
you saw him digging."
She went to the window and hull
cated a headstone which stood in th
kIukIow nP tlin Iron nont* Itr nn#1 fnlrln
the clinucc of being observed from th
street. Mr. Mitcbel stepped upon tli
window sill and dropped to the ground
It was not long before be found wlier
tbe sod bad been overturned and r<
placed. Scratching away the loos
earth, his lingers came upon somethin
which he drew forth and held up b<
fore him. It was n baby's slip, in on
corner of which lie found what li
hoped would he n name. Instead
proved to he a tiuy flower done in en
broidery silk. .
Returning to tl:?? house by elimbiu
through the window, he showed th
to (lie girl and asked:
"What flower do you call that?"
Without hesitation she replied:
"A lily of the volley."
"A lily of the valley." murmured M
Mitcbel. "And the valley was the v.i
icy 01 inc snauow or ucnui, lie imis<
as lie look Ills departure.
CHAPTER IV.
fmppkuy 8am.
Mr. Mitcliol left the tenement lion
with mixed feelings. He believed th
he had made considerable progress
the investigation and thought that
his place Mr. Panics would have be?
proud of himself, yet lie felt depresse
Remembering his own wealth and li
luxurious homo up town, such penur
as lie liad just witnessed made him dl
satisfied with himself.
He went directly t ? a:i midertaki
and gave orders for the burial of Mr
(JTiffin's child, and he ? :it a plentif
supply of groceries to her house. No
ertheless lie could net avoid the thougl
that this was hut 11 trlile '
with what tiie rich might do <
& ?2*I ?? ? ?xoiio haP. ITe
lie thought that he might divert I
> mind, for here it was that young Mo
; claimed to have passed the night <
which ids father was killed. As
mind reverted to the Mora c-,t' M
I Mitehel wondered i" sudiVn inte
est with-'- *c l,n:' b'-hrn in JJie otlu
...ii smiled as he thought of mw litt
Mr. Panics would relish his neglect i
his "crime of the century."
Apollo hall, situated as it in in tl
very heart of the-east side slum
which In the minds of those who h:;\
only read of tlie section nre inevitabl
associated with degradation, dirt an
crime, is a luiprise to the visitor. Tl
building itself Is attractive in Its arch
lecture and Inviting in its general a
pcct. On llio first floor there is a ha
room, from which a- wide stalrca;
lends to flic hall above. This is sp:
clous and prettily decorated with bun
lug. which hangs front the polishc
rafters. The celling Is high and tl
floor waxed smooth for dancing. IIci
take place the weddings, balls, soiree
lectures, indignation meetings, politic;
conclaves and occasional riots that ci
liven the vicinity.
Mr. Mitotic! looked around witli lute
est, and. having read an nnnottueetnet
that a professor of dancing would hi
pin Ids regular season on a stated dat
and that the charge, as usual, won!
ho 10 cents per lesson, lie at last undo
stood why it is that the children of tli
street dance as well to the tunes of i!i
piano organs as do the graduates c
Manvlg at the debutante's hall.
Leaning against the bar. he found
dispenser of drinks, who was easil
Induced to talk, and after a few get
cral remarks by way of introducing hi
topic lie asked;
"Do you know this Mr. Mora wli
has been accused of killing Ids father?
"Never heard of liiui till 1 saw 111
I name In the paper." replied the bai
I keeper, with a coJir^n
"Hut 1st? claimed that lie was in thi
place en that night," persisted Mi
Mltehel.
"Yes; I know he did. lie proved hi
I alihi as neat ns wax. I guess he's tly
that fellow."
"Bat are you not pretty well n<
I qunlntud with the people who com
j here?"
"Well, rather! There don't nohod,
g. t In without my seeing him I keej
i the floor."
| "And if Mr. Morn had been her
would you not have seen hiinV"
The barkeeper, by way of reply
winked one eye knowingly. grinnei
and with a flourish slapped upon tin
, bar the drink which he had been tuix
| lag for his customer.
"Well, then." continued Mr. Mitchel
"perhaps you know the two men win
swore at the Inquest that they sav
Mr. Morn hereV"
"Oil. yes. I knoiv thon? right enough!'
"Are they reliable?"
"r.e-ll-ahle?" repeated the barker per
pronouncing enoh syllable separately
and. accenting the last two with sig
nif.cr.tit emphasis, he laughed at hi.
own wit as he continued his rude joke
"Well, cow, you've Just hit them it
They're liable to lis and to re-Ile. <?
cording to price offered. Why, for i
silver quarter with a hole In It oithci
; one oi tnut i>:iir wouin swear ins moth:
er was a cigar store Indian, so yon see n
what, a beautiful alibi they let that t
duck off on. Oh. 1 tell you this is a
great town for some folks, especially p
them that has the price and pays their
r way." u
"Then you do not believe that Mora ?
I was here V" l
i "Oh. 1 don't go as far as to say what s
) I believe. I'm an unbeliever, 1 nm. All j i
t I say Is it ain't proved that be was
1 here. lie might have been, you know, s
i under some other name, only if lie was
then: fellows told the truth for once iu I
? their lives, and that wot.lt' be queer,
l the both of them honest e name day.
u That would he funny." He chuckled t
f till Ids fat form shock like a bag of I
jelly. * t
i "Still. n3 you ray," pursued Mr.
Mitchcl, "it Is possible, after all, that <
t he was here7" i
r "Oh, yes. it's possible! Anytlilug's 1
i? possible. Today might be Tuesday,
f only it ain't." <
t "Still, on tht? chance that, as you 1
o suggest, he has visited "this hall and Is
known to you under another name, 1 I
I- should like to have an opportunity of <
? see'ng him here. lie claims that he
S Conies here to study the condition of I
? the poor, but I think it more probable
? that If he comes at nil there is some I
' other attraction."
e "In petticoats. eh7" said the bar!*
keeper, with a la up'.?. "Say, you ain't i
10 no fool yourself. Are you a detectS
tve?"
He asked this last question so sud10
denly and looked at Mr. Mltchel so at10
tentively while trying to seem busy
polishing n glass that Mr. Mitehel In-1*
staidly decided that it would he wise
to disabuse his mind of that Idea if he
hoped to retain his friendly aid. There'3
fore h.e said without a moment's hesitation:
"Oh, no! 1 am a reporter."
j "Then you're welcome any time, and
I'm at vour service." A certain brightr.
I .
j cuing r;> or tic ::inv."s c: .iitonunce as[
I surcd Mr. Mitclicl that his answer had
boon a wise ono. The follow continued:
"Say. you've Rot that Mora chap dead
to rights." If ho co'.nos down horo, he
don't give his own name. and you can
hot on that, and ho ain't visiting this
so neighborhood for the good of the
at neighbors. There's a girl in it. or my
i!1 name ain't what it is. Say, I'll tell
you what! The dancing school opens
Saturday night with a swarry. You
jg he down, and I'll do what 1 can to toll
you who's who."
f Mr. Mltehel thanked him for his
s offer and, tossing hint a dollar in paymeat
for his drink, bade him keep the
1 change, which he did, passing the nilver
coins to his pocket with the do.v1,1
teritv of an "expert. Tui-nina to l???vo
v* ohice. m- w,,? attracted
lit rt picture tacked to the wall. It was ^
n crude lithograph in garish colors"
ie and represented the face of a rather
pretty girl, but what most Interested
re him w-s t'10 'act that in the picture
tis lht, girl woie a single blossom of lily
ra tlie valley as a headdress, while
0** printed holow wew? the words, "Miss
f Lilian Vale. 'The Lily of the Valley." "
[' "Who is this girl?" asked Mr.' Mitch''
el. turning again to the bar and point'
lug at the lithograph.
"Say, she's a peach, she Is, the best
in the business!" The barkeeper low
erou ins voice to a confidential wliis10
per. "I'm stuck on the Lily myself, but
there are others, anil I guess 1 ain't in
it." lie shrugged his shoulders as
though expressing, resignation at the
thought of living without her. ' She's
10 a serlo comic and does turns in the
halls on the Bowery. But she's too
s" good for that sort, 'cause she's got a
voice like a bird. She ought to lie on
,e Broadway, she ought. She could sing
right'longslde of Lillian Itussell, and it
N would be a toss up which Lillian got
1,1 the applause. I tell you she's a wonIL>
der."
? "Do you know where she is singing
sj nt present?"
1 "Well, it's summer now, you know,
and as she ain't got called to the roof
gardens up town yet I guess she's out
r" of work. In fact, come to think of It,
11 | It's a long time since she's sung any
i place. See the date on that hill? It's
1 j over a year old. I'onuy I never thought
' | of that before." lie seemed quite tnkr"
j en aback and lost in thought for a few
0 I moments.
j "Do you know her personally?" Mr.
^ | Mitchcl asked. Tlds aroused him at
I once.
^ I "Do I? Well. I guess! Mau.V's the
v | turn I've had with her In the mazy
waltz up stairs."
s "Then she comes hero sometimes?"
"Oil, yes! She's around pretty rcgu"
| Inr. She'll be nt the opening swarry
j sure. You he here, and I'll give you a
s knockdown."
Considering her name and remembering
the emblem worked on flic ha
3 hy's slip, Mr. Mitcliel promised himself
much. Interest In meeting the
young singer and assured the burkcep3
er that he would be present at the
' dance.
lie had walked less than n block after
leaving Apollo hall when a short
man, with an eye that never met the
iiu-s.v ui auoiiier, suddenly appeared bey
side him. leaving a doubt as to whence
I' he had come. In a sepulchral whisper
the newcomer addressed him:
0 "I say. mister, can I see you a minute?"
"Yes. What do you want?" said Mr. '
1 Mltchel. Then, thinking that the man
15 must lie n beggar, lie took out a dime .1
j and offered It to him, but the fellow
I declined it with a grin. . '
j "No. sir." said he; 'Tanks awfully,
3 | but dnt ain't me price. I'm no beggar." 1
"Well, then, what are you?" asked '
t Mr. Mitchel sharply. <
"I'm a crook? just a plain, simple
crook. Slippery Sam's my uumc t
What's yours?" (
The audacity of the man attracted I
; Mr. Mltehel, and. looking upon hint for t
* a moment as a curiosity, lie said: I
I "You are a crook, eh? Then why t
1 might I not liand you over to the I
* i police?"
1 1 "Time wasted au uothiu gained. I
p
me my time tor my last Join an 1'vo |
ived straight ever since. So what couhl
hey hold toe for, oh?"
"How long hav^ you been out of
risen ?"
"Two w?veli3, an I ain't struck uo
nouoy since I reached town, straight
u* crooked. But I seen you give that ,
larkccp your change, an says I to my;elf,
says 1, 'Sain, that man's your
neat.'"
"And what may that elegant cxprest!on
signify?'1
"It signifies that you've got money to ! ]
)urn. an I want sonic of it."
"Lo you mean to get it by robbery?"
"Not unless you force me Into
rime." said Slippery Sam, looking at
dr. Mltchel so quizzically that the later
laughed outright.
The fellow was evidently an original |
diameter, one of those whoso destiny
s to see the humorous side of life.
Such as he would be the light spirit of
i party, whether in clubroom or prison
vll. Continuing the conversation, Mr.
Hltcliel said:
"1 have no wish to make you stenl,
jut hof else do you expect to get mon?y
from me?"
"In exchange for information," was
the quick response.
"What information have you to
clve?"
"None. My Information Is for sale."
"Very good. I'll buy It if It Is worth
anything."
"I knew ycu would. That's why I
followed you. You told the bnrkeep
that you are a lepoMer?"
"1 did."
"Too thin! Not by no means!"
"IIow do you know that 1 am not a
reporter'/"
"Them diamonds Is too white," replied
the crook.
Mr. Mitchcl blushed and thought of
how he would have guyed Mr. Barnes
in such a predicament. That lie should
have made a claim the falsity of which
had been so readily discerned by a j
member of that class whose Intelligence
he had always held to bo so poor
disturbed his vanity. Kvidently It
would he necessary to he more alert If
he should pursue this investigation.
Turning to his companion with more
respect, he said:
"Well, then, if a am not a reporter,
what am 1. since you are so smartV"
"No offense. I'm sure." was the reply.
"1 got on to you: that's all. I ain't very
fly, but I ain't such a chump as that
bnrkeep. Why. he asked if you was a
detective, an anybody with half an
eye could see you didn't belong to that
set. But you ain't no reporter neither.
I'll tell you what you are. You're a
iri'lll ! !'!!! II HJ1M <!|* llin i-ri.il un?? V1-I...1 I
- ? j i
voti'rc it|> !?? i!] t!i!>* ???talo? -
my busliK's* only as 1 can give you tips
in excliaugo for cus'i.
"Yes. but wlint information luive you
to Impart which you think I would
ctiv to buy';"
"Well, the feet Is, 1 guess, if you're
nftcr anything special I ain't In it. Ihit
1 say if you'd like to roe a sight as
tvould make the old man in Mulberry
street open his eyes I'm your guide."
"Speak more plainly."
"Say. would you mind turtiln round
an walkiu the other way? That duck
over there lookin so innocent into that
cigar store is a detoc in plain clothes,
lie ain't seven me yet, an I'd rather
lie wouldn't."
"1 thought you had done nothing to
make you fear the police," said Mr.
Mitehel, turning, however, and retracing
liis steps.
"Neither have I, but then, you see,
by this time tomorrow I might want to l
prove I was in Jersey City today. You
can never tell, an it would be awkward
for that cliap to swear he'd seen
me down here. See? Cut about this
little circus. I s'posc you know that
since the I.cxow committee cleared up
thiugs tliin town's been run like a
Sunday school?all the gnmbliu places
shut up tight, with rooms to let, cli?
Well, s'posc I could take you to a i
place where -there was Just the fan- |
Kiuu nr a myout?raro. poker,
rdulette, everything. IIow would that
strike you?"
"1 would not give 10 cents to visit
sueli a place."
"Wait a minute, mister. There's
more. S'pose I was to tell you that
p) gj, ^T)
"Seven sharp, fool of Jau street. Good
place for a crowd tike ours, ehf"
the place was run on a steamboat; that
\vc do a moonlight excursion down the
[>ay to cover up tracks. How then?"
"If your statement is true, it is interesting,
of course, but I'm not oon- 1
lected with tho police, and the arrest
>f such people Is nothing to me."
"1 guess you're straight enough,"
Mild the crook in an odd tone, and it
luwned upon Mr. Mitchcl that the felo\v
had- been Hounding him for fear
hat, after nil, he might be a detective,
lis replies nail been so honestly made
hut even Slippery Sam was But Is tied,
'or in lower topes he added:
[TO BE CONTINUED.]
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SOUTHERN RAILWAr ^r^
1 rSR- I 1
Condensed iseliwItU In CT?ot
Daeamber lOlli.
stations! fRJobi'7u- iCTl .?
Lv. Charleston 7 IK) ft is
" Sumincrville 7 *1 a a?
" Branehvlllo 8 ?<5 ft n?
" Orangeburg ? 20 a m
" Ktngviiie 13 a in ?
lv: Savannah ^ 12 C5 a ?i?
" Para well 4 00 a m
" lllavkville 4 16 a m
cvroc": ainbla ... if US m
' ProciHjrity 12 10 n'n
" Newberry 12 23 p m ?
" Nluoty-S{*..., 12) p m
" Or ecu wood 7 <0 n in 1 53 p m
Ar. HchUjoh 8(U n m 2 13 p m
Ly. Ablicvlllo 7 2j a in 1 115 p m
Ar. llolton 1....... 8 GG nTiu a 10 p
Lv. Anderson 8 20 a~m i 115 p "A
Af. Greenville 10 10 a in 4 IS p IT
Ar. AtIauta.(Oen.Tiinel ;t 65 p rb ? On p m
STATIONS "fix. blill. CoilV "
Bi AllO^S. No ^ N<> ?
. Greenville ? p ml 10 15 a rm
" Pietlmon* 0 00 j> m lo 40 a m
" Will!:i uiston 0 2.' y nj 10 5.3 a ia '
Ar. Anile rOoti " 7 li p nil 11 40 * in
Lv. Pel ton 0 45 p m 11 16 a in
Ar. Donna Ida 7 15 p ni 11 40 p m
Ar. Abhovillo. 8 10 m 12 26 p tq
Lv. ii .<i-03 7 ?5 ? mi rnrra
Ar. <4 voon wood 8 00 p n> 12 20 p m
Ninoty-Slx 12 55 ? m
? Newberry 3 00 pm
- Prosperity 2 14pm
Columbia flhOom
Ar. Bib ok vi lie S"uT??
Bnrnwell 8 20 a m
bavnnnah _______ (, \t am
Lv. Kingvillo , 4 48 p m
Orangeburg 6 34 D m
Branch vill? 0 17 p m
I? I ?
mm
II OJpj 7 CO u! Lv..Chtirioti.oii.. Ar o Up TWi
lX -^u A f; p ^ttmmorvillo 7 8Dr I Ua
J ?> a 2 *V ?t " BtftUehvillo. ' 0 02 p 4 80 a
1 ^ ai,9 llai 0l:'-n'"h" r g ? 5 84 p 8 40 a
43) a|l ' 15 ft* Kingvtlia " 4 4.1 p I 82 a
i;! |1 Js'iviviinnh A r 6 IR
* W ni I ..Barnwell .. " 8 20 a
J a'., ; I " ?Biackvilla.. " n 3 06 a
S :! n ' Columbia .. " 8 24 i> 4 86 u
0 07:. 1! -Alp . ..Alston.,.. 2 Z AS
|?9tn nutno... " 1 28 a y /(La
IS ~ ?''>l " Union " l 0f>?' 7 80 o
n ??'R H ?-r'i " 12 ??! 8p
J? ~ ?! I'' ....Pnco'et.... ' 12 14 J o 5a
11 n 3 10 p Arypanariburg 1,y 11 45 a' 4 14 a
2 r? ft?K-vaH8van^,r*,Ar11 " !} *{
2 pi i 0) p' Ar...A<l;evllie ...l.r *. 05 al lilfc
"P" p. in. "A" n. m. "17" nlghl.
oaP.aJ1,J,a15' palnco s crpi :jf cars r,n Trains n*a>4
.* , c. ii .'1.8 oa A.nn.lC. division. Dining mbm
on Hi'"- trul-is ?<.we all meals niMiur
i 1ri1in'' Spartanburg, A. & C. dlvislo*.
I ??r'V " it; p. m., ii:l3 p. m.,
(\estil,u.? l.inntofli; - mthbotinil 12:20 a. imj
Jt** '* ^ ^ '** ^ t-siilmlo 14.1111 ted )
Irnins leave Orcouville. A. nn.l C. division.
I Tv* ' ' V>',n V -j*' :t '? ' ' P- ,!J- auJ 5 :22 p. T*.,
| (Vestibule,'. Diuutod); vnuhbouud, 1:80 a. m
I 4:30 p. m., 12:.'b p. m. (Vestibule! Limited) **
1 rains 0 and 10 carry oloer.nt Pullman aleapl
tug cars i Mw.'Uti bavntmufa an ! AnUuviJla o?|
routo daily l >-i\v<>on Jacksonville aud Cb>?ua>
i nut!. A:so ruJlmnn Drawing-room aJ??piuf
I cura V.-t wton Ci'.arlojtoa and Columbia.
FKaNK S.OAX.NO.V, J- M .ClnbSiar.;
| A/.XC Washington, L). O.
W. A. TITUS, B. H.IIAKDWICK,
I Gun. I'asu. Ag't.. As't Uen. I'lisa. Ag't.,
WaMhington, p. C. Atlanta, Pa.
South
an ?w-SiE\,a:J>
Southwest.rn pSg'/rn
*< A CD
1 IN EFFECT NOV En BER5 th, 18 99.
SOUTHBOUND.
No. 4U1 No. 41
f.v. Now York, I'. It. It.. I'lliWaml* 900 |?ni
I.v. Washington, P. It. It | 5 (X) |> in j 4 <10 u m
l.v. It i<-li1111 > 11<I. A. ('. 1.. | ii IX) p iu | 9 95 a ni
l.v. I'ortsm mill, S. A 1, j * .s 45 p m | Jll^0 a in
Ar. Welilon ! II I0|>m 11 43 a ni
Ar. Hornlorsoii I lti5tiam 1115 pan
Ar. llalci&h I itijaml Ui.tlpJV
Ar. fto. 1. hick I 4 27 ant I
at. uninict .... j 5 14 n m j '7(Bfim
i \ . Wilmington, S. A. I. ' iTjwTpTn
Ar. Monrots s. A. i j_* 6118am |j> 9Mjqw
Ar. Ch?rl?tt<u,S. A. L... |* 800a m i *1025 j> m
Ar. ? lu HiT-rTP.'S'. f...,/ f* 8 10 n m I *10.55.?m
Ar. Carlisle i 1MXJ a in |- 11 26 pm
A r. G reenwootl ! 10 45 a m I It U a m
Ar, Athens i 1 24 p in j 04?ii ni
Ar. At unta | 350pm.| 0 15.ii.jii
NORTHBOUND.
No. 402. No. 08
I.v. A? In lit. i, S. A. I j ? 1 00 p in I * 8 501> m
A r. Athens I 0 08 ji m 11 05 |> in
A r. (J reenwonil | 540 pui'| I Kin in
A r. Carlisle I 7 24 |> in L 0 :Ua m
Ar.'Chester | 753(ini I 4 08am
A r. Monroe I 0 00 p in I 5 45 n in
Cv. Clmr otto. .x. A. LT~| * 830~|i m in'otfani
Ar. Ihiinlot, a. A. 1, I 11 10 |i in I * 748a hi
Ar. Vviiininirton. S. A. I.|* |*1205pin
Ar. So. 1'iin s, S. A. L... I *12 02u ni | * 0 00
Ar. Kult'iifh j 2 00a m I IV H. -W
Ar. Metitlerson I 320 a in I 12 45ji...
Ar. W'eldon J 4 55 n ml 2 50pm
Ar. l'''ri."inonth I 7 25h in I 5 20pni
A r. It icli mow I, A. <I,.. | * 8 15a in I * 7 20 p m
A r. Wa-hinirton, I*. K. It | 1201pm | 1120-iim
Ar. Novv_York? ? ! Oil i> in | fl .53 a xn
Dally.
Nos. 403 iiinl 402.?"Tho Atlanta Special.'
solid vcstibulcd T im In of >*ii I) in A n Sleepers
and '<niches between WaahliiRton tinU Atlanta.
?!so I'll 11 nnin Sleepers between'Portsmouth
and charlotte, N. C."
Nob, 41 and 118.- '(he s. A. T#, ExpsA88.ll
Solid Train, fbnc-lies and Piillinnn UltClio:p
b?-t? < en Portst!!-. nth and Atlanta.
Itoth trains niaka imniodi dp oaiyice"ti?n at
Atlanta lor Montgomery, Mobile. New Orleans,
Texan, t ulit'ornia. Mo*ico. tiliat lanootfa,
Nashville, Memphis, M aeon and Florida.
For tickets, Bloopers, etc., apply to
(I. Mel'. 15attK, I. 1'. A.,
33Tryo:i Stroe, l liarlotte, N'.c.
E, .' ! . Jonx, V ico-l're*. and tien't. M'g'r.
It. tv. 1$. (Ii,ovi:?. Tin!lie Manager.
V*. e, McMke, Henoral Snjit.
I. s. ai.i.kn, (len. Pass r. Agent.
(ienoiT.l Olllccs, Portsmouth, Virginia.
Hands Wanted.
50 Loopers JEU&fi
KxcelMor Knitting Mill?, Union; 8.
C5. Work nice in.d easy. t<Qod lupins
enrn
$1.25 to $1.75 Per Day. \
ExC'KI#8IOK lvNlTTlNO Ml LI#, BjT J.
II. Oault, Tre.is. 111 d Manager. ^
8-Hmo I h it
C\ U> A fAr* % / Trjt*1?W8
j 3 U Krnu.diCH. Have cured
Lr S i\/ 8 B mnnj th>na-vnd en ?
called ho;ioh<*a In t?*
itjl at least two-thirds ot nil symptoiOB r?uu??v?d
Te.tlmonm:. ptnd T*3 f?ATS irc?ti?i#-n* free
ox. a. a. ckJtLS'i sobs. &#? t. tiiMiu.ut
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