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II till ow T * iV You can't expec and - be paid for th ', ? i jay interest whe ook at this, 6 V Merchant's m< In his goods. Can he ... his actual inv IN OTHEF Can you buy on oi more for your goods No you can't. If you worth of cash spent 1 A Straig Ca "**' \ ?k The credit business r in higher prices, or inferio THE BES For the]Io\ prices is o W. T. BEA DRY,GOODS, SHOES I HATS, ETC. i A GIRL I I OF GRIT, f | " BTMAJOR ARTHUR GRIFFITHS. | O Oopyriflfht, iPoo, by It. V. FennoACo. o ooHooHooHooHoo4#oo?t -"I -cm ?*o paid for the dog's ticket, and perhaps you will be good enough to diIFhcn t took htm in hand he displayed the game TC8iics>mc8s. rcct mo to the butcher," I sn^d sharply. "I wish to see that the dog Is made comfortable." "He'll be that, miss, sure enough, If he's peaceably disposed; otherways Sam McKillop has a heavy hand with the rope's end." s Full of misgivings for Roy. whose cross grained nature seemed likely to got him Into trouble, I went In all haste to the far stem, picking rr.y way among all sorts of dirt till some one produced Sam McKillop, a big. burly man, with rough black beard and great, bare, hairy arms. "That's me. Who wants Sam McKillop? Will it be you, mem?" "It's about my dog, Mr. McKillop," I said sweetly. "A golden collie; answers to the name of Roy." "I mind him. But did you say you, mem? I was thinking nnithcr person owned him?him as bracht him to me." "I don't kuow who that could be. But I am In charge of him. and I want you to be kind to him"?I handed over a sovereign?"and to bear with him, for he lias a queer temper sometimes. 1 hope he will give you no trouble." "Ma certle he'll give no trouble. I'm no' fashed for that. He's douce and quiet cneuch, I'm thinking. Cam' here like a wee larnmic trotting at the heels of the clisp that brocht him." "Was It some one who caught him, do you think? I should like to know." "Mayhap. But 1 thocht he owned him, the beast llppened to him so kind am, t to borrow money - - e borrowing. You n You borrow; but oney is locked up afford to loan his goods, rested capital. .. 3 WORDS redit.without paying 5 by way of interest, vish to get the actual )uy at ht ish Store. t nust get it out of you in less quantity r quality. T GOODS vest cash ur motto. TY & CO., i, mz F. G. AUSTELL, IVLanager. Ijr, mm uc luj avnu JUKI at a mm though from nn ohl friend." "Found out his mistake like a sensible creature, 1 suppose, nnd thought It best to settle down till he found me. Will you take me to see him, Mr. McKUlop, please?" "lie's yonder, in the hutch under the bulkhead; snug in his straw, and making the best o't?a lesson to moir contrairy Christians." I followed the Indication, and there was Itoy lying at ease In his rude kennel; his beautiful head rested on his two fore paws, and he looked perfectly contented ami happy. At my approach he barely lifted his large, sleepy eyes, but there was something like a wink of recognition In them, accompanied by a rustle In the straw from the wagging of his ponderous tail. This couinh'te eliaiiso In bis demean or wns a pleasant surprise. 1 did not seek to explain It to myself, but speaking a few words of encouragement, I left klin. More pressing matters called me aft. The steamer was already beyond the shelter of the land, and the sea had risen under a fast freshening summer gale. I was not sorry to get back to my berth, and soon had no further concern with mundane affairs, or the passage of time. My only recollections of the next three days are a confused memory of acute discomfort. We were all wretchedly HI?mother, poor dear! Fanshawe, of course, nnd 1, although hitherto I had liked the sea. My own collapse was, no doubt, the reaction from the keen anxieties that 'had oppressed me before departure. They were as keen as ever now; but when I roused myself from the stupor of seasickness, and crawled up on deck to breathe the magnificent ozonized air of the Atlantic, I felt revived and more fit to face them. Some one helped me to my deck chair. It wns my friend Mr. Rossiter. Some one bud placed it In a sheltered corner?Mr. llosslter. Some one got wraps for me, and a novel, and a deck aton'Q rrf rxrI lit o mm nf InrlrvAen t n r# DVVIIUIU "III* I* VUJ# Wfc iUII^VIttllUg beef tea; this same some one left me in peace to recover health and strength? always Mr. Ilosslter. I blessed the kindly, considerate chivalry of American men. Now, as 1 lounged there lazily, 1 began to look Into things a little more closely, and to consider how far I had advanced matters or served tho cause by this escapade of mine. I had failed in the very first task 1 had set myself, that of keeping a watch upon the conspirators. 1 had seen ? nothing of them for three days. 1 knew no more about them than when I had come on board, and 1 had no clear notion how 1 should act when I arrived In New York, what would be best, or what would come of anything I did. Despair and despondency seized me; I felt utterly helpless, useless, and was full of self reproach. Yet daylight was nearer than I thought. X now saw Mr. Rossltcr approaching utul leading Ro by his chain. "Here's some one you may be glnd t see." be said pleasantly. "1 got leav to give blin a short run." "Your dog? What a handsome crer turer* said a lady seated by my sldt and, turning. 1 saw to my surprise I was the Ducliess of Tlerra Sagrado Roy. who was a lump of conceit, pel fectly understood the compliment. I was one of Ills well behaved days. II sat there, solemn and self satlstlcd, glv lug n paw ami doing all Ills little trick almost without asking, while th duchess petted and made much of hln without the least protest on his part. Then with a quick motion of not un natural curiosity the duchess lookei at his collar. It was no doubt a clvl way of finding out who 1 was, but th. result was something of n shock to ui both. Tor when she started back li surprise that bad terror lu It. I remcm bernl that his collar still bore his mas ter's name and regiment, "Captain W A. Wood, th regiment." "Who are you? What does tlils"she began hurriedly, but recovered her self and said, with great self-control "You know a Captain Wood, then? W< have one on board too. I wonder li they are related. You must allow me t< Introduce you. He Is traveling with us.' Before I could answer n man stooc over us and a harsh voice called her bj name, but In a language 1 did not nn derstand. She got up with promp obedience, that I set down to anxiety t< tell her husband (of course It was th< duke) what she had discovered. But a: they walked nway together he did al the talking, and from the Inflection ] felt sure he was taking her sharply t< task. "Yes, he's rating her soundly," re marked Mr. Rossiter. "Reckon no many American women would stanc that sort of talk from their husbands He's telling her she ought not to liav< taken up with you?that he had ex pressly ordered her to make no chanei acquaintances. It's a queer game about that dog." "What do you know about the dog? I asked, aulte frightened. "Everything, Miss Falrholme. More than you do, I guess," he said, with a little laugh. "Who arc j-ou?" "A friend. But this Is too public a place to talk In. Are you equal to a turn upon the deck? We shall be safe away aft there, and It will be supposed we are exercising the dog." I went readily enough and was greatly comforted by what I heard. This Mr. Rossiter, who had been so attentive, was an ally and agent of Mr. Snuyxer, who had been deputed to take his placo in case lie could not go himself by ojir steamer. "I am one of Snraband's people, too, although not so high In their confidence as Saul J. He is a daisy and has woe He sat there, solemn and self satisfied, ali> ing a paw and doing all his little tricks. his nlace bv manv fln<> onerntlons. 1 am only beginning, but I hope well, Things are moving in the right diree tlon. Before you leave this ship, bo fore many hours pass perhaps, I slial be able to give you some startling sur prises, only you must await the right time." I could not And words to thank hlii and went back to my seat tremuloui with excitement, yet patient and con tented, willing to trust this new and most unexpected ally. CHAPTER IX. IN PURSUIT?Mil. SNUYZER CONTINUE! HIS STATEMENT TO MESSRS. SARA BAND. I left mil street in pretty goo< humor, for Miss Fridn Falrholme gav< me a draft on account which migli have won me from your employment 1 bhe wanted my services. Then I wen home, and, having warned Joe Vlnlli to be in readiness to accompany me, ! waited for my last orders. I had beei told I was to be associated with J British officer, n friend of the captnlnft and that he would Join me right away so we might take tiie cars at once to Plymouth. But my geutleman nova appeared till any hour, and when b> did annear he showed nn n? n lil#k mrm -i' ?' ? -5efalutiu jack-a-daiuly wliom I though no better than a dude. But I wa wrong there, aud I will say at one that 1 cottoned to him some befoa we parted. My instructions came in a letter. I was addressed to me, indorsed "Imms diate," in an envelope marked "On H? Majesty's Sen-ice," which I am not, a you know, and don't want to be, bclnj a freeborn loyal subject of Uncle Sam The letter inside was headed with th royal arms and signed "Charles Col llngham, major general." It was t Inform me that the steam tug Jacol Sllverton had been secured for a pa* tlcular business, .and would be fount same night lying at the Plymouth plei head, with fires banked, ready to go t sea at a moment's notice. The letter went on: - , I undent*nd from Lloyd*, and it baa been ck culated from th* admiralty chart* a* th* ba*la < h*r *p*ed and thy progresa ah* ha* made, thi th* yacht Fl*ur-d*-Li* ahould b* abrtait of tl y J Idzard about dawn or, say, 3:30 to 4 a. m. t morrow. It the tug leaves Plymouth before mli 0 night, she can gain such a position by daybrea |i as to meet the Fleur-de-Lls and cross her cours If you do not sight her at once, you must lie t watting, fee she cannot well have passed. I* When you have intercepted her, as you sure will, she will be boarded by an officer of my d II partment, who will accompany you and who ca ries the necessary authority from the lords of tl ' admiralty to detain and search her. lie is en "" powered to use force if necessary, and a certal I number of police and coast guardsmen will 1 on board the tug. Major Kwcte Tbornhlll, R. A., the bearer < this letter, will travel with you to Plymouth. II d is a friend of Captain Wood's and brother sta 0 officer and will be glad to co-operate in the re cue and render any assistance. I found a tall, military looking gontlt man at the door In a hansom. "Hop In," he cried pleasantly. "Onl, I Just time to catch the 5 express." , 1 preferred to travel with Joe, hut w L Joined forces at Faddlngton, wher rti tr irnnllomnn !? ?-? j j 6vuiicumu uou secured n compart ment, and we started to talk over ou business right away. "Hang that fellow Willie Wood!" he gnu the major. "Wish he was ct tlx bottom of the sea. I was due this vcr; night at a big feed at the Charlatai . club, and I've had to spend It in th * train. Got me a Jnwbatlou, too, frou j the chief, for we were all out at luncl 3 when he came In, and as I was the firs , back 1 had to take the rough edge o I his tongue and came In for this ugl: f Job. Is It all n true bill? Have the: really got Master Willie In a tlgh t place? Mean to make him walk tlx plonk and all that, eh?" ? I told him the whole story from tlx j beginning, at parts of which he laugh I ed and parts looked very grove. I "Always was a garden ass, Willi } Wood, but a good chop?good as the; make 'em. He'd give you the shirt of his back and always ready to do al your work if you'd let him. Now, I'l . do my level best to pull hlra out of till mess If I can. What chance have we " Let's see how It stands." J With that he pulled a small chart ou ~ of his pocket and a pair of dividers We went over the points one by one and he took them all in a clear, quid , way that was beautiful to see. It was lie first time I'd had to work with i ( I rltlsh officer, and If they're all llk? this major they're a spry, smart lot and don't you forgot It. "It's all a question of time," he salt as he marked n cross upon the chnrl and, after running out a few more fig 1 ures, went on: "That's where the Fleur-de-Lls ouglil to be by daylight, three or four miles to the westward, steaming at the rat< ' we know of, not necessarily gaining but possibly with better speed In ham ' If she wants It. Now, where nliall w< be? That will depend upon how oui hooker steams, and for that we mus wait till we get on board." We found her, the Jacob Sllverton ' with her steam up, lying alongside the * wharf In the MUlbay docks, a::d, ai 1 they expected us, we were soon uudei wny. It was then close on 1 a. m Now the major made anxious inquiries as to her speed, nnd we found the bos ahe could do was about nine knots There were no more than three hour! to daylight, and then we should liav< "It'll be'a near ffilhg, Jor. "However, let's get 40 wink! while they crack on all steam am: make her move." I hod not been In bed for a couple o nights and was sound asleep when th< major woke me. "The luck's against us, Snuyzcr," hi began abruptly. "We've Just mlssei the Fleur-de-LIs; saw her plainl; enough, nnd there was no mlstakinj her, about three miles to the westwon and bore down on her straight. I sup pose ahe did not like our looks am turned on full steam ahead. Doubt I we shall catch her now." "Of course we must stick to hei Has she the heel of us?" I asked anx lously. "A little, I'm afraid. Can't say fo certain. What's worse, she's change< 1 her course southerly." "Why worse?" t "Steering for the French coast. Don' you st'L11 it 8uv cuu muse a r reiiei i port or gain French waters, three mile; ? from shore, you understand, she wil - laugh at us. Can't touch her, they'l I say." I was ready to let out a big oath, bu turned out nnd ran up on deck to se the situation for myself. } It was a perfectly splendid morning The sun strong, sky clear, wate smooth as glass. There was our cliasc leaving a long line of coal black smoke * exactly reflected in the sea. s "They're giving her all they can got, t I said to the skipper, as I cllmbe f quickly on to the bridge, where the pc t lice sergeant joined us. "Is she drav s ing away from us?" 1 "Not much, not much. 1 much dout i If she does at all. The next hour wi i settle that." i, "Has she made us out, think you?" "Must have, when she changed he r course." said the sergeant, r "How is she steering?" e "W. S. W. southerly," answered tb i- skipper. "Bring up on the Brittan t coast, I expect, a little short c s Ushant." e "We're some 00 miles from the nea e est land, as we're now steering." sal the innjor, who lmd joined us on tt t bridge, "(" light to strike It this nfte h noon early, anywhere between I-ai r nlon, Itos<:off, or St. Pol, if we keep b straight i.-ourso at the Rame speed." I "What sort of country might it be' u I asked. "Any big cities or scapor handy?" V "Morlalx is the nearest, and Bres 0 tlie great arsenal, is just round tl t> corner." "Will she communicate, think yo\ 1 Hardly suit her, I should say." w "It will depend. She's not the so ? to appeal to the French police, ge daruies, douanlers, or what not. I doubt she will fight shy of the law u p less we force her." 4 "As how?" kt "See here, Mr. Snuyxer; I've *ot * board that yaofct somehow. X tin?a ^woman's ? |' I use.... 1 ^ is hard enough as A ^ it is. It is to her that / Vk we owe our world, / \\ >t and everything le should be made as easy as possible for W/^ I *" , her at tne time of w ^ J\ \ childbirth. This \ s is just what ^ ' 1 y MOTHER'S I FRIEHD ^ will do. It will make \Js>/ ( baby's coming easy ( and painless, and that without takB ing dangerous drugs into the sys- ( ' tem. It is simply to be applied to i II the muscles of the abdomen. It j e penetrates through the skin carry- ( t incr ' '' '* " mwuciu auu ciasuctiy with it. It strengthens the whole system and 1 prevents all of the discomforts of i pregnancy. The mother of a plumb babe in Panama, Mo., says: " I have used Mother's. Friend and can praise it highly." b ? t B Get Mother's Friend ot the t Drug Store, $1 per bottle. ( ? The Bradfield Regulator Co., * ATLANTA, GA. ( 1 Write for our free illustrated book, a " Before Baby is Born." 7 I??????????? f 8TTFF SOIL FOR WHEAT. 1 . i Wheat delights in a comparativr j stiff soil, or one containing enough ^ w clay to give it the proper consistency ] ' If thia soil is fil'cd with small gravel % 3 tho drainage will be gord This if ^ , very important to prevent freezing v out in winter. t urn , fYbui\g Women : 2 f 3 The entry into womanhood is a r critical time tor & girl. Little menstrual disorders started at that time soon grow into fatal complications. That ( * female troubles are tilling graveyards f 1 proves this. Wine of Cardul cstab- j lishes a painless and natural menstrual . 3 flow, when once this important func- ' l tioa is started right, a healthy life will a usually follow* Many women, young n j udmn.' -rifciti*? livM. tp Wine or give women freedom from pain and to th young women for every duty of life. a r $1.00 bottles at druggists. * Miss Delia M. Strayer, Tully, Kaivi "I - have suffered untold pain at menstrual pe| riods for a long time, was nervous, had no * I appetite, and lost Interest in everything. ' In fact was miserable. I have taken four bottles of Wins of Cardul, with Thcdford** 1 1 BUck-Draught, when needed, and to-day f I am entirely cured. I cannot exprsas Km thanks I feel for what you have dons ivi hk? i i For adTloe in oaaet requiring poolgj dime- J Uona, addr?M, gtrlng symptom*. ths Xadtw' I Advisory Depanmont, The Chattanooga Mad- I 1 loloe Company, Chattanooga, Tenn. ; *??*: I overhaul her and search her from stem l to stern by force or stratagem, fair t means *or foul. She's got contraband e on board. But they won't want us, and In the last extremity, to avoid our ( ;. interference, they may seek protection r from the French authorities." i, "She'll soon be in French waters, I i, take it." "That's why I'd like to head her off " and board her in the open sea. But we d haven't the pace. I fear. Wo must >- take our chance and act as opportunity r- offers." We went on deck again to watch and >t wnlt, making out the French coast II about noon, and as wo neared It within a couple of miles we snw the Fleur-deLis bear up suddenly as If In searcli of ?r an opening; some small harbor or haven \fherc she might slip In to lie snug and safe from our pursuit, te "There she goes." cried the major, as y the yacht disappeared between two >f low, roek.v headlands. "Take the bearings of that entrance. We must 8r it r- and mark It down on the chart." d The place proved to lie a little ham i? lot. St. Culguon, on|y a few houses r- standing under n background of slopn log hills at the for end of a small a landlocked hay. Farther back the chart showed a road running nearly ?" parallel to the coast, touching St. Pol ts first and then other villages and at last Morlnlx. f. j''t7 (to b* coxtimtkd.] } I? I Injunction Dissolved, i? Savannah, Oct. 80.?The temporary injunction in the case of Mrs. Anne rt Champion against her son, Charles O. V Champion, was dissolved. Mrs. Cham* s? pion, the widow of the late Franols J. n* Champion, who left quite a large estate, had oharged her son with "d8 amp cement of the property and asked Uu to appoifitmint of a reeefter. to* * mmmmmtmrnrn GENERAL FEWS NOTES. The people of thetoiate have reason to ho pr.?ud of the record for nr-ler tha'. has been made during fair week in Columbia. A Village Illacksinitli Saved Ills J, it tie Solt's I,ife. Mr. IT. II. Black, the well known village blackftmiih, at Grahmnville, Sullivan Co, N. Y., **yn "Our littlo s >n, fivo years old. bv? 1 , uuni subject to croup, iu><l s> had have the attacks been that we have fiarel many times that he would die. Wo have had tho doctor aud used many medicines, hut Cbamberlaiu'e Uough ltcmedy is now our sole reliance. It eccma to dissolve the tough mucus and by giving frequent doses wheu tho croupy mp10.118 appear wo havo found that the ireaded croup is cured helure it gets lett'ed," Thero is no danger in giving this tetuedy tor it contains no i pi una or other injurious drug and may be given is conrileutly to a hahe is to an adult. For sale by F. C. Duke, Druggist. TILLMAN HrtNOS. 8enator Tillman has been maViug lomo hot speeches in Illinois. At loliet tbe other day he said: "I am not here to make any apologies for South Carolina. We are givng to the negro just Buch a share in he government in our State as he is capable of exercising?and that is d ? ittle." To remo\e a troublesome corn or )union: First soak the corn orbnnion n warm water to soften it, than pare t down as closely as possible without Irawing blood and apply Chamberain's Pain Balm twice daily; rubbing rigorously for five minutes at each apdication. A corn plaster should be rorn for a few days to protect it from he shoe. As a general Jiniment for prainp, brnisfs, lameness and rheunatism, Pain Balm is unrqu&led. ?or sale by F. C. Duke, Druggist. Q 'fen Victoria has announced the .ppointmcnt of Lord Salishurry as ircmier and lord privy seal; the Mar|uis of lanedowne as secretarv of state or foreign affairs, Mr. William flt. Tohn Brodick as secretary of state for var, the earl of Salborne as first lord >f the admiralty, and Mr. C. T. Ritchie is secretary of state for home affairs. "I have used Chamberlain's Colic, "Jholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and ind it. to be a great medicine," savs VTr. E S. Phipps, of Portean. Ark. 't cured mo of bloody flux. I cannot peak too high of it." This remedy ilwayti wins the good opinion, if not wc?jse..of.thnao who use it. The quick evere cases make it a favorite every vhere. For sale by F. C. Duke, Druggist. The assignment ot. the powers on he British German agreement is now complete. Aside from It*lv and \ uotria. whose adherence to the ag*ee ? j ?- ? 41 tii-.ii. nno rA irr^iru, nwin^ ?i? iffir rolitical relations with Germany, Tan^n is the only one of the powers which has given unconditional assent to the agreement. Goldwaite & Son, Troy. Ala.,wrote: rKETAiNA's speedy euro of sores and eruptions upon the skiu have been remarkable. Letters from privates in China be zin to find their way into the . ocial Democratic papers showing that the German troops give nc quarter. What were officially announced in Jacksonville to be earthquake shocks developed to have been the concussions caused by heavy blasting on the St. John's river near the city. WOMAN'S TROUBLES AND FEMALB DISEASES CURED BY Johnston's Sarsaparilla QUART BOTTLIt. Painful and Suppressed Menses, Irregularity, Leucorrhoea, Whites, Sterility, Ulceration of the tTterus, change of life, in matron or maid, all And relief, help, benefit and cure in JOHNSTON'S SARSAPARIL.LA. It is a real panacea for all pain or headache about the top or back oi the bead, distressing pain in the left side, a disturbed condition of digestion, palpitation of the heart, cold hands and feet, nervousness and irritation, sleeplessness, muscular weakness, bearing-down pains, backache, legache, irregular action of the heart, shortness of breath, abnormal discharges, with eatress sly painful menstruation, scalding of urine, swelling of feet, soreness of the breasts, neuralgia, uterine displacement and catarrh, and all those symptoms and troubles which make the average woman's life so miserable. MIOUSAK SSUB CO., m>c?I. Mlrt TOR SALE BY DR F. C. DUKE, UNION, S. C. Just tell them that you saw it in The Times. r ^ ?