The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, November 16, 1900, Image 3

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Our Sto We may not have On earth, but wi In bargains we wil Than any Store Our St en Our stock is fine, a In every line coi ^ It's just the stock r Want goods that Our Quali For Quality we rai In Styles and Pr And better Bargaii Than those we o Our Pric Although our Qual We want you all Ours is the cheape: ^ Our Price is alvvt The Time to If you are wise, yoi While bargains s There's Bargains fi Whenever you C' A big lot of Trunks, Val arrived this week. Con W. T. BE F. G. AUST] ^ OOHOO^OO^OOHOOHOOi 1A GIRL |OF GRIT.. _ , $ M-n aajoa AftTIlUtt UB1FF1T]IS> z O CcrpyrighU 1900, by R. F. FennoA Co. |4oo^ooHoo44ooHooHoo< "They thinlc we can't touch the that may he so, but I mean to havt try. What's your idea?" We tnlked It out at pretty consld able length and settled: First.?That we could do noth! much till nightfall, unless they ca out again, which was not to be expt red. We must, of course, watch that, lying handy under easy steam and on. ready If It so fell out to c tlnue the pursuit. Second.?We must rcconuoltcr; so one must snenk ucar enough to spy ) them, and, without being seen, try I get at their game. Third.?If she held her ground, must cut her out some time In night. It was a bold move. T1 might show flcht. and we might Into serious trouble with the Fret authorities, for It would be organ!: war In neutral waters, n grave brei of international law. But the ma lnughod and said he meant to do it the same. "What 1 am most afraid of is tl ^ they should give us the slip?get ash W and run for It." ' "They couldn't take the captain, by force, In broad daylight, and wouldn't be likely to go of his own cord." "True for you, Snuyzer. I'm In k< they'll Just stay where they are, thl ing to weaiy U3 out. However, tl may stay a little too long. Now, ; for. the shore, and I shall tr.ke Joe." The uiujor was away for a good lie and he came back alone. lie had 1 jw on iuu wnicu, wuu one or two i nnls arranged to keep us up to the tl ef day. If the yacht moved her bei he was to wave his cap; If she sen hoot ashore, his handkerchief, and on. "They're not very comfortable board," the major said. "Got a 11 at the masthead on the lookout, an funcy he can see our smoke. Tl fires arc banked. Should not be t prised If they tried to run for It al dark. We must be on the alert, rei Jo give chase, or they may get nv again." "You'll wait to take the boy ofl hope"?" I was anxious about Joe, wishing he should come to harm. "That's all right. He undcrstar If we have to leave In a hurry, he'i make the best of his way back to E land oik his own account. I gave 1 money and explained. No fear of hi r a*" - * ty ik A i ices too, ns there are none, ffer you. re' ity's so high, to know, 1 St piace to buy tys Low. Buy u'll come to-day till abound, or you, any way ome 'round. lises and Dressing Cases just ne to see us ATY &. CO., ECLL, Manager. *li Notice to Trespassers. o All i>ersons are hereby forbidden from j hunting, tishing, walking or riding o through, or in any other manner treso passing on my land. Parties dtsregaidZ ing this warning will be -T p. J. Finciier Harris. o lie got no sign from hun uic wliole o of tlint afternoon and evening. The tX time passed' quickly enough, far the major and 1 talked all the time of = what we thought to do and haw we m; should do It. The boldest p'.nn pleased a a us best, and we meant to row straight for the yacht with all hands, picking ler- up Joe by the way. board her ami trust to luck and bounce for the rest. Ing Night came about 8 o'clock, dark mo and starless. It was best to get to ?et- work right away, and we were to start for about 0. But a little before that we off heard shots and the noise of a rumpus, on. faint, but distinct, in the distant. Something was up. certain sure, and in the mo direction of the hay, for the sounds on came from the yacht, to "Better not poke our uoses Into any row, not till we're driven to It." the wo major said quietly. "The ulght's the young yet. We've got It all before hey us." get so wo waited lialf en liour, and ich were on the point of starting out on &ed an expedition when we heard a sound ich of oars approaching. Jor What could It mean? all Then came n low "Ilello! Jacob Silverton ahoy!" In Joe's voice, and he hat was soon alongside, In a boat that beore longed to the Fleur-de-Lls. He said so, anyway, and we were bound to benot lleve him, although it was a confoundhe edly queer story. ac- While he waited among the rocks he still kept his lookout on the yacht. Alope though It had fallen dark, he could nk- make out her hull on the water plainly; hoy there were lights, too, aboard, with I'm streaks and reflections strong enough to show up parts of her. ?ur, Suddenly he saw a figure dropping out left of the stern into the yacht's dingey, 3ig- which seemed to have been put there nie on purpose, and which, anyway, was "th, quickly cast adrift, for It floated slowt a iy and silently away. The tide was an m nb Inrt I?4a a ? ujuuiu^ iiuu me uuj , a Liu gue IllWMl have been caught on the current, which on carried her inshore. Half way to the inn land the figure, which had no doubt d I been crouching in the bottom, out of leir Hlglit, got up on to the thwarts and mr- began pulling like mad. fter Joe soon made up his mind. He ?dy must know more about this boat and vay the man in it; so he got up on to the top of the rocks, where there was a r, I better surface, and ran all he knew to not the head of the bay. following the sound of the onrs and getting a squint ids. now and again of the black smudge of i to the dingey. He came upon It at last, Ing- high and dry on the shore, tiiin But the man was gone, m." Joe was a smart nipper; he knew trie biggest btore rite it clown, * 1 give you more in town. ;k inci large, and new, nplete, ny friend, if you t can't be beat. X- - what lie uau to <lo, and tlint was to tie saw a figure droppi ng out of the stern , into the yucht's dingey. pass on his news to us. The quickest , way would be to row out in the dingey; bo he ran her back Into the water and | pulled out to the sea. coasting the far , Bide and giving the yacht a wide berth. When almost off it. a tlcrce row broke out aboard. Six shooters were let off, , several shots, pretty quickly followed ^ by yells and curses. Joe saw that the | disturbance was heard on shore; lights t began to dance about In the village, r and the alarm was given. y "They'll soon have the gendarmes on r tlicir backs. Now's our time. We'll take the dingey back; It will be an ex- , cuso for getting on board," said the major. "Sharp's the word, skipper. fl Man the boat, every soul you can n spare, cast loose and give way." A shore boat was already alongside when we got to the yacht; It had B brought the authorities, for when we hailed the answer came in French to g keep off, that the police were in charge, , and If we had anything to say It must , be by daylight. * "Anyway, we'd belter bring the tug ^ fnto the bay and lie close handy against the morning," I suggested, and y the advice was considered good, al- y though the skipper did not much like the Job of entering a strange place la the dead of night. ? There were more difficulties made ^ next day, and it was quite late before the major and I set foot on the Fleur- n de-Ids. Some more big French toads had come off from shore?a magistrate, one or two doctors, and an officer of gendarmes?and they had begun a ^ "verbal process," as it Is called; for there had been wounding and attempt- ^ ed murder, so they said, on board the yacht. The long qud the short of it was ^ that the rogues had fallen out among themselves; with good reason, too, from the point of view of some of them. McQualie, the colonel from Klondike, had fallen nut n-itii t for assisting our captain to escape from the yacht, and loosed off at him directly Wood was missed. lie was a < quick shooter and had pretty well tilled ^ Lawford up with lead, so full that It might go hard with him. ._ nave some talk with " him, in which a little light was thrown ' on recent proceedings. William Wood has been brought thus far In the Flourde-Ids, a close prisoner, but by Lawford's help had broken out and got to shore in the dingey. lie, of course, was the man Joe had seen. Questioned as to the confidential papers, and whether they were on . board, Lawford shook his head. "The duke has stuck to them. 1 There's money in them, a big pile, and ^ he's crossing the pond by tomorrow's ^ mail to sell them to Uncle Sam. Guess you won't overtake him, and if you try to stop him on lauding he'll have the ^ American government on his side. They're hungering for those papers, . you bet" jj "You are positive they are not here?" insisted Thoruhlll. "Don't I tall you? I'm likely to get ^ nothing more from this crowd except my death, and It's to my advantage to j serve the other side. If you want those . papers, you must look for them on the Chattahoochee, and she leaves Southamplon tomorrow (Sunday) morning." n It was now only tlie afternoon of . Saturday, and we might have done It c well starting back full steam ahead at u once. But French police and French _ lawyers are a sight slower and more interfering than the British, and they j. wanted all of us to sign a new "verbal n process" all about ourselves. The for- p malltics were uot completed by Sun v day morning, and by the time we were ready to start for England the Chatta- g( hochee must have already left the p Solent. n We made, therefore, for Weymouth, ^ the nearest point, and landed late that p night. Thence the major and I took ,, the cars for London, neither of us re markably happy, for the whole bloom- t log business was more or less of a ? fizzle. j CHAPTER X. J CAPTAIN WOOD IlESUMES. After an interminable drive, still ^ bound and gagged, I at Inst found my- . self on a narrow bed, probably a cabin . berth. The motion, the noises, the 1 odors around, soon satisfled me that I was on shipboard and at sea. 1 must have been In a state of semi- ^ stupor, the result of ill usage and want of food, for I only roused myself with difficulty on hearing iny name called ^ aloud. I realized then that my bonds had been cast loose; there was no gag f In my mouth; I was so far free that I could I1SP 1UV llmhn nnrl onnok It 1 ^ _ -1 ' " * ----- ? ,,fc * I] choose. I was In a small cabin, only dimly lighted through the closed port; bat It was still daylight, and from the wash against the side I knew that the craft, whatever It might be, wan In . the onen sea. ? f * Three men were in the small cab crowdlug up and filling it complete Two stood over me, one of whom recognized as Lawford, the Americt and when I saw his face 1 realized h< ileep laid was the plot against me. I hind \yas a third, a coffee color negro, who took tio part in the pi ceedings. except to show his wh Lcetli In a truculent grin from time time when reference \vas made to lii The spokesman was a tall, tliiu, hi tern Jawed man, with a goatee bea tud a l?ig slouch lint. His accent w strongly corroborative of the land lull led from. "You'll be mad with us, 1 guess, .\ Wood. for this rough handling," jcgan, slowly revolving an unligbt Mgar between his lips; "but we've g >ur reasons, and they're good?to t inyhow. I may Urst observe tliat yi ire In our power, and that wc can i ivliat we like with you." "Pshaw! The tlrst ship passing, liu >r man-of-war, will set tnc free," rlcd contemptuously. "That's so. if you could coiuiu llcate; but we shall prevent that, cekon, by ltccplug you below, uulo rou swear to do no such tliiug." "What do you want of me? Mono au|;yvsci en?I'll pay anything easou." "Now you're talking. That's tl taper; only I take It we shall prct veil help ourselves. The scheme, i ve've figured it, and 1 don't mind te ng you, is to keep you?right here, his same hooker at sea?while tl est of us dip dowu into your dollai iVe've a better right than you to yo' nisgottcn fortune." "Nouseust What can you do wit mt iny signature?" "We've got it, young squire, or Irst class Imitation of it. That wi aanaged long ago." "There will he a heavy reckoning ft ou all?all, Lawford, you uude tand?" The poor wretch looked down, ht aid nothing. "Gucsa wo can tal are of ourselves; anyway, that's ov usiness. Yours is to consider wlietl r you want to he kept a close prison* own here. It will be mighty unplca nt In a few weeks' time, I calculat layhap you'll think better of it. M Tood, tomorrow or next day. Meai rliile your comfort will not he fo uii^li. iijsunuor ncro is an exccllei alct. Yon will prepare a bath ft tr. Wood"? "Yes, Colonel MeQuahe," replied tl lulatto. "Get him some clean clothes"? "Yes, Colonel MeQuahe." "And Jest wait on him closely, pun tally, d'ye see? Never let him out < our sight unless he Is here in tli ibln under close lock and key." "Yes, Colonel MeQuahe." I found to my surprise a port ma i tau, one of my owu, with shirt, lint We've no wish to keep yon here below tl whole voyage." nd one or two suits of dittoes, ha een put Into my cabin. As I was sti i evening dress, that which I ha 'orn on the night of my capture, as glad enough to change, liefore irew off my clothes I felt In all in ockets and found my watch and 111 urse. Nothing was missing except mall wallet which I always carrit nd In which I had placed the letti rom the New York lawyers announ lg my accession of fortune. No doul haH hoon 11 " * . UMV* wvvu A. UUiU I VU JLV1 OUUiL' UV 11 JJ U osc, part of the general scheme < raud. I could find no fault with the mulatt ysandcr except that lie was too a jntlve. Ills care was that of a keepi r jailer, tempered with the devotic f a persoual body servant. lie shave le very skillfully, helped me into 11 lean clothes, made my bed, tidied n abing and brought me what 1 stoc lost in need of, a hot and sutheiei ical. Save for one ever haunting, former lg uncertainty, I could afford to bit ly time; I might possess my soul atience. fairly confident that the rig rould come right iu the end. But what of Frlda? When should ee her again? To win her and I arted from her all within a few sho ours?it was hard measure, ludee Lnd how would she take my disa ear a nee? Would she be grieved, a eyed, auspicious?what? These last rather anxious specul Ions were broken in ou by the a earance of Lysander, my lacoti ailer, who brought me a cup of li offee, with the brief words?"Brea ast. boss." He was presently followed by Color fcQunhe nu^ Law ford. They bo squired most affectionally after 11 ealtli. Had 1 slept well, was the fo< o my tnste, the boy attentive??all at as thouglrthey were my hosts ai re were the best of friends imagiii le. "Say now, Mr. Wood," went ou M junne, "i dew liope you'll change yo ecision of yesterday. It was ill cc Idered?yes, sir, you runy take tli rom me. See, we've no wish to ke ou hero below 'the whole voyngt nayhap a tarnation long voyage?b re can't let you go on deck unless y irouilse"? "What?" "Jest this. You must promise not ry and communicate with any hook hat may approach us, .neltbar by wa ? *ii'i^i ii i i ?wr. ^ S; | WOMAN "\ j ' lU, IS LIKE A DELICATE }W MUSICAL IfiZTHUMENT Je- In goes condition she is sweet and lovable, oil and : ngs l.fv's sc ? on a joyful harmonious ro- string. Out of c: cr cr utu.'rimg, there is lte discordance and urhapnincss. Jir.t r.s there (u Iscr.c ley note to a'.! music so there isor.ckey note to health. A woman in: ;ht as '.veil try " ' to fly without wings a ; to feci well and look m" well while the organs that make her .. v man l'd are weak cr d'scaacd. She must be healthy as Inr de or she can't be healthy outside. Tb.crc ho arc thousands of women suffering silently all over the country. Mistaken modesty urges I,, the r riicr.ce. While there is nothing more I * adrr.ua' 'e t! an a r.o.'est woman, health is . of th.e f;r.;t irnp'rtr.r.ce. Every other conI side ration shou! 4 ?? ? ?1 ot ' field's Female Regulator is a medicine for ,s? women's ills. It is uu thesafestanaquickilo est way to cure leu- A ccrrhea. falling of Vjff . i\ er thewomb. nervous- ?r?.'i>,i j\ j ness, headache. V-i; ji jn | backache and gen- \ j ll i'l yfdE^t cral weakness. You ' iijtiil lI" will be astonished | , 1 \,a <5* * at the result, es- ,J \rf\^~JT ss pecially if you have been experiment- ' ?'1 A/''ai h y. Ing with other so- ! ;M 1U called remedies. i ^ We are not asking t\|Ul]|^ i you to try anuncer- k " / tainty. Bradfield's ^ Regulatorhasm-.de jl; happy thousands of j ifjl*/ in has done for others he it can do for you. UjllJ / $}: % s. Sold in drug stores WSj b- to all who write to l a mt BaAonun ?3|j|fl u RtMIUIORCO. il fcJLHMBMI Atlanta, Go. )r 1 h? British uce certainly queer, r" eld; lard Salisbury would i;ot haro ?u ... <t. ?- '? ^ vu ocn me iYianjuis <>i i.ansdowne lor -e marked promot on tolho foreign portir fo'io. It is as if Alger ha<i bun li- nominated for President just after the j u* close of the Spanish v.ar. * |' The entry into womanhood is a 1 critical time for a girl. Little menstrual disorders started at that time soon n grow into fatal complications. That female troubles are filling graveyards proves this. Wine of Cardui establishes a painless and natural menstrual flow, when once this important function is started right, a healthy life will usually follow. Many women, young and old, owe their lives to Wine of Cardui. There is nothing like it to give women freedom from pain and to , X2UDg women f?r every duty of life. . 51.00 bottles at druggists. have suffered untold pain at menstrual periods for a long time, was nervous, had no appetite, and lost interest in everything, ' in fact was miserable. I have taken four bottles of Wine of Cardui, with Thedford's lC Black-Draught, when needed, and to-day I am entirely cured. 1 cannot express the id thanks I (eel for what you have done ill for me." id I For ndvloe In oases requiring spools] dtreoUons. uddress, giving symptoms, tbo Ladles' 1 Advisory Department, The Chattanooga MedIctoe Company, Chattanooga, Tenn. Jt r. mg, shouting, or otherwise siguaiing. )f Also, never to speak to any soul on board but our three selves; never to to signal or unake signs to the captain or t- any man jack of the crew?not that It Iv would help you any, for thoy believe tTAII tn ItA CMaI' lYSAntnllf ?? l.HSrttlA m J \J U VU UV OIV. A , it Illll?ltlV h1 with disordered senses, brought to sea iy for his health. We two are the doctors, iy Lysander here is attendant and keeper. >d Will you give us your word of honor nt as a gentleman"? "To gentlemen?" I interjected, and it- the irony was uot lost ou Lawford, ]e whose red l'aee grew redder. In "As man to man," corrected Mclit Quahe. "I calculate tliat's good enough. And don't raise our dander. 1 or you may hurt yourself." L>e "1 will promise," 1 said, "but con nt ditionall.v. I claim to withdraw from il. it when it suits me. 'when and how I p. please." n- "As how?" "If I find that I am fairlv treated. a- it circumstances niter, if"? p. "You see si chance of making jour lie escape! Waal. sir. when that time ot comes we shall take the gloves off, ami k- .vou will feel our lists." . [to bk continued.] .! tel " til ; UV An OverxlKlit. 0ll Sunday School Teacher Why. Willie as Wilson! Fighting again? Didn't last nd Sunday's lesson tench that when j'on in- are struck on one cheek you ought to turn the other to the striker? [c. Willie?Yes'in; hut he liit ine on the ur nose, and I've only got one.?New York ,n- Teleirranh. at TIio Denl lie Wnntrd. ep "i expect a great deal from you," he said, as he looked knowingly at the ut gentleman across the table, on "All right," replied the other. And he dealt him four kings, but had the forethought to deal four aces to to himself.?Baltimore American. " \ nt?MW>oiu.j w?????? general fews notes. It w ,s a whirlwind campaign after all and grew alim fat as lint an that of GO lowan!a the close. The fact that American ci'.i/.MH could he eo much m. curnt it over tticli abstract ieeuee tl-ows that there in plenty ? f the old Puritan virility in us yet. Suite body has discovered that the diundji iv rt ha<r pneeered hy the young man Absalom proves him to | nnve hte i a ppiilist. Anyway, he was a :s itii'y Mhw wLo believtd ia L >; * - - - .. _i>|? iit i th w'gior. .1 Village Iflueksmith Saved Ilia Ultlv Son's Life. Mr. II. II. Black, the well known villwre blackfoiii'lt, at Grahamville, Sullivan Go , N. Y.,8?yv: "Oar little aoD, five years old, hss always been snlject to croup, and s> bad have the attacks been that we have f ared many times that he would die. We have had the doctor and used many medicines, but Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is now our sole reliauio. It eecms to dissolve the tough mucus nud by giving frequcit doses when the croupy 83 mp' 011:8 appear v.o have found that the dread-d crcnp is cured bcloro it gets settled,'' There is no danger iu giving tlis ictnedy for it contains no opium or other injurious drug and may be given rs confidently to a babe as to an adult. For sale by F. C. Duke, Druggist. It is Home what surprising to learn that Ohio and Indiana relatively lag far hbhiod the rest of the country in incrc-a'O < f population bp Rhown by the new census, and almost equally so to find tl at Louisiana and Mississippi and North Carolina mako such de? cided pit ins. Relative gains were expected in certain (dates and relative 'csres iu other?, but many have fallen r ut altogether differently from the way that was expected. To rrnio\ea troublesome corn or h"nun-; First poak the corn or bunion iu warm wa'er to soften it. then riaro it, down r.p closely hp possible without drawing blond and apply Chamberlain's Pain Balm twice daily; rubbing vigorously for live minutes at each application. A corn plaster should be worn for a few days to protect it from the shoe. As a general liniment for sprains, hrwisps. lameness and ilieumatism, Pain Halm is umqua'ed. For sale by F. C. Duke, Druggist. The Sultan is wondering whether that little bill will be extracted fiom 'he pigeonhole and called again to his attention, now that the campaign is over, and the missionary vote doesn't have to be catered to. li >d it to he a great medicine," says Mr. E S. Phipps, of Porteau, Ark. It cured me of bloody flux. I cannot speak too high of it." This remedy always wins the good opinion, if not praise, of thnso who use it. The quick cures which it effects even in the most severe cases make it a favorite everyi where. For sale by F. C. Duke, Druggist. Mrs. AG. Russel Nashville, Tenn., wrote Dr. MofDtt's Tee rn in a (Teething Powd< rs) the greatest blessing to tiethiug children that the world has t-ver kuown. 45-2t. Several amateur Republican Burchards came to light at tho laet moment but none of them came up to !?ir> introl /,f fltoii* rlioti nr?maV>a^ **i?a4a iiiv ?V. (u vr* lieu uioviuguiouv a piWW type, principally because the things they gave away were already well known to the voters and were only denied, by the loaders of their party for form's eake. WOMAN'S TROUBLES AND FEMALB DISEASES CURED BT Johnston's Sarsaparilla QUART BOTTLK8. Painful and Suppressed Menses, Irregularity, Leucorrhaea, Whites, Sterility, Ulceration of the ftterus, change of life, in matron or maid, all find relief, help, benefit and cure in JOHNSTON'S SARSAPARILLA. It is a real panacea for all pain or headaohe about the top or back of the head, 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 pa'.ns, backache, legache, irregular action of the heart, shortness of breath, abnormal discharges, with extrensly painful menstruation, scalding of urine, swelling of feet, soreneBSof the breasts, neuralgia, uterine displacement and catarrh, and all those symptoms and troubles which make the average woman's life so miserable. MIOHIOAJV DBVe CO., IHIralt, Mtsk. I *'0R SALE KY DK F. C. DUKE, UNION, S. C. ?Jlist tell them that vnu saw it in The Times. V . ' * '*