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We Anticipate Then Make the Our one thought in' sel and then meet it as nc Magnetism of Values c are showing that draws ) W ~\\T --.1 1 11X5 IlUt UUiy SIIU>V II1U their Spring needs, but If you want to buy rij money maUe this store ( Special Value: Negligee Shirts, ^ Underwear of all kinds, Fine Pants, Fine Hats, Fine Shoes, Hosiery. Come Our W Vour W. T. BEA ^imil i.- _ By WEATHEBBY OHESNEY and ALIOK MTJNBO. lOavjrlcbt, 1900, by Weatherby Checnay and Allele Munro.] "Likely enough," said I. "You cau't expert the Spaniards to stick like moles la their cave all the time." "Master Topp, that man had a fagot fxia snouiuera." "Wftil. Willie r echoed Willie contemptuous $f. "Cou't you guess what it mean ' Why, they've seed a ship in the distance, on hoping to see another they ready to signal her whenever She heaves in sight." ' Why." said I, glad that there wn^ A chance of getting rid so easily of our troublesome neighbors, but for the present keeping that gladness to myself, "If they want to go we can't stof sn." "We must stop 'em, Master Topp They know we're here. I've seed 'en watching us. An If they gets hold o's *Wp we shall have the whole broot down about our ears in the twlnkllnj a' a handspike. Don Miguel bain'1 ithe build to forget men as has got tc wlnd'ard o' him in a squall. Don't yoi | (believe it?" f The boatswain was right. We couh mot afford to leave the Spaniards ii ?>eace. "I'll come with you and look nt thii hill for myself," said I. "But your wounded leg?" suggeste< Willie doubtfully. "Pooh! A mere gnat bite. The stiff smms is wearing off already." And off we trudged, though truth t< tall I found it no easy matter to llraj Along, and laid ourselves down in tin .scrub grass above in lull view of th< flarger Island. The northern coast was high, green ^ 4/vnn nn<l ti'ulwmi# i'Ai'Ae 1 iai?a nii/1 nil uuu nuiivui tvivouviv tiuu j/u me In mind of the piece between Sear borough nnd Whitby. The harboi showed tide left yellow benches on el ther hand, with clear open water In tb< middle, while right before us, nluios within stone's throw It seemed, luy tlx great hill. The like of It I have never seen be fore or since. It was a forbidding pile of stow tending out boldly In its barren block ness against the rich greenery of tin palms beyond and towering nigh 01 2,000 feet above the fallen wave won rocks that fringed Its base. Nowher could the eye discover a trace of vegt tatlon on its steep and frowning cliff; and from the seaside ut any rate it wn a Citadel that would battle the nlmbles scaler. Its black heights were too dec olate for even the ocean fowl's pcrcl Its hateful orest could well have sbai \/M \\7 <-? I iuui YYauid, ; Price Irresistible. ling is to liiul your want, ) one else can. It is the ou{led with style that we the people to this store, people the very best for put it within their reach. ;ht, if you want to save your trading home. s This Week in Ladies' Waists, Ladies' (Top) Skirts, Ladies' (Under) Skirts, Lawns, Organdies, Piques, Dotted Swiss, Lace Curtains. ay For Spring Goods. iTY x, r.n i i i vjo \j\ji | torcd a glioul or vampire. The very clouds seemed to shudder aud draw In their gauzy bodies as they scurried past its hungry flanks. But after a mere glauce at the mountain's sullen precipices the eye flxed itself immovably upon the summit, for there lay a wonder of the world. That the tldug had been built by hands was plain, for even at our distance we could see the joints and sutures between the stones. But by what manner of hands? Surely of giants or of devils,, for the size of the blocks was such that no human lu\ud could have laid them. Each course was as high again as a tall man, yet there were eight courses. Each stone's length was twice Its height, yet there were 20 of I them in the side that faced us. A flgI ured coning overhung the wall by an arm span, and at the corners were huge carven monoliths representing rnmpaut serpents, whose outstretched , necks aud gaping jaws pointed to the four cardinal points. Gnome's temple, giant's pleasure house or magician's eyrie It had stood , there Jesting the winds through the _ dim ages of the past, an evcilastlug ( monument to its forgotten founders. Aud now. as Willie Trelialiou had said, the Spaniards were laying wood ' for a signal lire upon the uppermost t pinnacle. I could see two lusty fellows I doing the work and a third, ii little , bowlegged man with a bright steel bus[ slnet ou his head, giving directions. I j recognized that our lives hung on the j chance of our being able to drive them away, but I saw no menus of doing It I and said as much to Willie. t "Fight the devil wi* brimstone, Ma> ter Topp. an you'll choke him. The s dous practices witches' craft, say you? Then witches' craft shall be the word. j See that round stout* bo fore 'ee, sir? Well, lienr it speak. It's got n message fcr you." Aud to my honor und amazement the stoue began In a high cracked voice to > bid me send the boatswain across to > the mountain so soou as ever it got J dark and then to trust him to settle ? with the Spaniards. "lie's my very good friend, Is Willie Trehulion," said the stone, "and as such the knave dons I will tumble over one another In their * hurry to escape from liim." r "Now, Master Topp?" asked Willie, with a grin. 5 But I was all In a sweat with fright. t "Avaunt!" I said. "Get thoe behind - me, Snthnnas. Domine In raanus tuns"? And there I stuck, for my Latinity had grown rusty with too long keeping. t? "Ho, ho! Master Topp, smooth your balr again. Willie Trchalion doesn't dabble in the blnck arts. It's naught u but n trick. See, I keep my mouth u closed so an speak from the back o' my p. gullet so. It took me many a day's ' hard practice to learn the trick, but by keeping It secret It has served my put>r s pose a-many times already an mebbo( I will again. Anyway it will keep the/ > Spaniards off that hill as well as would; >; a regiment of arquebnslers." t- "Will It?" said X, pretending to dotibt wneiiu'i' it wouto. ror now .r that was only a trick I was not a little ashamed of my alarm. "Aye. that It will! Sure as it fright .ened you. Master Topp. So. hy your Rood leave. I shall swim across under cover o' the darkness?see. the water i quite smooth; those reefs to seaward break the waves?an stow myself away In some cranny to wait for the fa Rot carriers In the morning." "Hut if they catch you?" "If they catch me." replied Willie carelessly, "there will be dead men ou Cave islnnd. I shall take toy sword." "Four arms are better than two. Willie. though one of those two does carry a hook. I'll come too." "Host not. Master Topp. Your great carcass wot.! 1 take a power o* lihliu, an that hole in your leg will got angrj if it's carried about too uiucli. Besides If the plot fails it Is better that one should be gastados, as they dons call it. than two." "Nevertheless I shall come. Two may succeed where one would fall, and as for my leg It can still deal a kick that most men would he unwilling to suuiii against. And if I'm too big to l>o hidden in tlie building I'll find n covert In the nearest thicket and be ready to make a 'diversion from the rear if you're attacked. So no more objections. I intend to go." We waited with some impatience till nightfall, and then, bidding the other lads tell Alec when lie came all that had befallen, slipped down iuto the water. We had few preparations to make for our swim, as the ouly clothing of which we could boast was a pair of trunks apiece, and those gashed with realcr slashes than a tailor makes. The sea was warm, and, striking out leisurely so as not to tire my wounded leg too much, we crossed over and coasted round the foot of the cliff, seeking a landing place. We found none till we were well beyond sight of Shelter Island, and then, coming to a shingly beach, we landed and lay quiet on the sand for awhile. The night was thick ns a quickset hedge, and so. ns there wnB small dan ger of the Spaniards spying us, we mm wandered somewhat from the straight track ou the chance of finding food, of eu which we were sorely in need, and in sc! this we were wonderfully successful, a for after a little search we caiue across an a rare grove of bananas. Next to the ho discovery of a thicket of roust beef j and October ale no windfall could have lui been more providential, for the Italian- \Y as not only served to 1:11 our empty tw stomachs, but at the same time gave fe< us food which we could carry away for co future needs. So, eaeli bearing a brace tal of the huge yellow clusters, we took a fu Straight path toward the hill. ] The ascent steepened as it rose and va finished In a well defined stair hewn ini from the living rock. At the top a on doorway lay immediately before us. ha We passed its threshold and found our- ha selves within walls as perfect as the thi day they were built, though how the ed courses ha^ been raised to their posi- ch tion unless by magic puzzled me even j to ftucfls. There wn.i no roof nor t;;ite wl of any. The tloor was hare save for wi wind borne rubbish and a great stone tv< table in the middle which looked as tei though It might once liave served as an th( altar in whatever devil worship wont an on here in bygone days. Hut no spot do could we see where a man could hide, ha Save for a slanting footway that ran round two walls and gave access to the summit the whole interior was as austerely plain as the coldest Imagination could make it. After a brief examination of the interior of this puzzle in stoue we weut Ki nloft by the slauting footway to throw ac< the Spaniards' pile of fagots over the <ju cllU and then set about exploring the vit exterior. eu At first the dull light showed us noth- fki Ing but a smooth, almost polished pave- P*1 ment, but ou close scrutiny we found an iuemialltv In the surface near the fE 9<M tail of the great cnrvoc serpent wkleli ^ reared lt3elf at that corner of the lmlld- ^ log which most effectually commanded the approach from below. A little bur- ? rowing discovered a hollow, which turned out to be a narrow alley just wide enough to admit one at a time. I We cleared away the rubbish with J which it was choked and then entered, m It led tip n dark winding stair in the ^ body of the reptile and brought us after a hard climb to a tiny chamber inside the head. The gaping Jaws formed a sentry box, from which we could command the whole of the path from the lower ground, so, eontident in the strength of our eyrie, I lay down to rest for a space while Willie watched." We had not long to wait. Scarcely had I relieved the boatswain and begun thy turn of watching when a couple of men broke out of the bush below and 1 liooran in Miitilk thn otniw nil I ho llllkiflo 9 I motioned to Willie, niul together we watched their advance. Now we should c,e* what Willie's witchcraft could tio. CHAPTER XVIII. Willie allowed the two Spaniards to get half way up the hillside unmolest- | ed, and then he broke out. With a shrill laugh which echoed to and fro in the gullet of the serpent and out through the fanged jaws in a very cataract of discordant sound, he raised a din which startled oven me, though I t( now knew the secret of it. The Spaniards stopped, gazed at one another with Reared faces and looked as though the movement of a leaf would make them turn tall and fly. Their ears told them that the din came from the stone serpent; but, than, who ever heard of a serpent laughing? Not since the days of Mother Eve had sacli a thing been, and so, plucking up the'r courage again, they continued on their way. But at the first step tho serpent J spoke afresh. L) In the best Spanish which Willie Trehalion could muster it called them scurrile knave* ana cowards ana a variety of other choice names, In which I n the boatswain had a true sailor's fty- 1 J t Lyon Manufacturing Dear Sirs: ney complaint which ontriptic niul it < 1 i<i and I went to my dot Vaughn's Lithontripl swollen, have come had dropsy and used Sold by all Druggi Send lis your name and addi Address LYCW cy, an i wneu nicy wore tuorouguiy j treil?as who would uot have been In | like ease??it hade them 'bout ship d run If they wished to live another ur. \.ml that these two doughty Spanrds promptly did. thereby making lllio rub his hook gleefully and I my o hands, for we thought we had cfJtually fiighteueil them and all their uirades to whom they would tell the le into leucine the hill alone for the turc. But there Is a saying, "Never put lue on a ship until you have broken to her treasure rooui." We had reeked without Don Miguel, for scarcely d another two hours passed when a nd of 20 armed men emerged from n hnch hnlntt* Tlin onminii 1?rwl two. Would It rout 20, with the aleniist captaiu to lead them? it the head came Don Migudl, and tii liitii thf bnttriy Ir-prur*.'*) Jittlo oJiJip tli the bright steel bassinet whom ? had seen the day before from Sliel: Island, and a couple of paces behind ese two were the rest of the band, long whom we recognized the two ughty champions whose flying backs d given us a little while before so uch satisfaction. [w a onrrnrom] MeKlnley to tie Invited. Atlanta, April J.?President Mcaley, with the entire party that will company him on a trip to California xiug the month of May, will b? luted to spend one day in Atlanta wh|JLc rente. A resolntion was passed Sy a oounoil instructing the city clerk to spare a proper invitation and send it tne president. The olerk was also in uoted to writ^j the representatives of Is state at Washington asking that ey call on Mr. Mnlf inloy and urge hu septanoe of Atlanta's m vita tie*. 509 / Of'be?t land in ?ale. I offer m VI E N G On exl iEASONABLI The place has an excellent jnant houses and ali the co FOUR Pi One of 140 acres with a lace is four miles east of town etween the Little and Big Bro For term rHE TIMES OFFICE About twc all the hlo by your ki nevs are n< poisonous ness and n once more These syn when youi you have O t* UV, I1V,, i> V^l Bladder, i: color or St and you c; Vaugh Lithor This is a ] ually cure Liver and condition Tvx wmmmmmmmmmmmmnmmmmmmmmmKmmm ?n.Liutt m inty times an 5 od in your body passes lliroi dneys. Think what 111 is nit jt strong and healthy they d<> matter from the blood and t niserv that will remain until brought baek to health}' act iptoms will tel r kidneys need attention ai Backache, Tired Feeling, vousness Pains across the Sleeplessness, Chills. I line :alding t'rine. They mean an't get a better remedy thai in's itriptic purely vegetable preparation Dropsy and Gravel. It ac Kidneys, restoring them to and eradicating all disease. o Neighbors cured of DROPf Tyi.krsvil.li Co. Brooklyn, N. Y. -i iiiii >?-i > i-in s mii ?iii11 11n* >iiiin* nnii nave iii>i>11 resulted in.llropsy. I tnnk twn !mttli>s of your men heap of ^oml. I nuiH nut get any more > tor lint 1h> iliil my iiim> no good. Thou he udvi? :ie again. I luivu taken six liottli-s. and iny leg? own a in I I am now well. .Mr. T. J. Little, of tl Vaughn's Lithontriptie and lie is well now. lies .). w; sts, or on receipt of $i It will be sent to J 'ets nii'l we will seirl von KUKK n sample liottle 4 MFG. CO. 45 South Fifth < ! Women are Like / FlAil/OfC Healthy andstrong ( B IUttCI (hey blossom 1 ( ar.d bloom. Sickly, they wither and , die. Every woman ought to look we!! , 1 and feel well. It's her right and duty, 1 but she might as well try to put out a j fire with oil as to be healthy and at- \ (tractive with disease corroding the < organs that make her a woman. Upon their health depends her health. If there is inflammation or weakening 1 drains or suffering at the monthly 11 period, attend to it at once. Don't , i delay. You're one step nearer the 1 grave every day you put it off. 1, \ Women can stand a great deal, but , I 1 they cannot live forever with disease 1 11 dragging at the most delicate and 1 , vital organs in their body. You may i | i have been deceived in so-called cures. 1 1 We don't see how you could help it? 1 1 there is so much worthless stuu on 1 the market. Hut you won't be dis- 1 1 appointed in Bradfi'cld s Female Reg- 1 ' ulator. We believe i'is ?ho one modi- 1 1 cine on earth for wo- an' '.Is. There is as much differei ce between it and 1 other so-called remedies as there is 1 between rig'.it and wrong. Bradfield's ' Female Regulator soothes the pain, ' 1 stops the drains, promotes regularity, 1 1 strengthens, purities and cleanses. It 1 1 does all this quickly und easily and 1 naturally. Itis for women alone tode- 1 i 1 cide whether they will be healthy or 1 sick. Bradfield's Regulator lies at 1 bund. $1 p.r bottle at drug store. Bead for oar froo booklot. Tiir HRADFIELP REGULATOR CO., Atlanta, Ga. | irorc the county for y PLACE :remeiy 5 -> TERMS. nine room dwelling with eight nveniences of a country home. T OTT TT ) iOl bull and pig tiglit tence. The on the road to Lock hart Shoals, wn's creek, s apply to or to T, K. PALMER iour ijjdi and is filtered jams. If the kidnut extract all the he result is sickthese organs are ivity. 1 you ul assistance: If Dizziness, HeadLoins, or in the of an unnatural Kidney Trouble, 1 ? * 1 i and will eft cells directly on the a normal healthy SY. S. C., < ??-t I'.mmi. trouble) I with ;i kiilYniiglui's LitIioiii>t tli!' Litliout riptic eil nie t<> take your which were liailly lis place (Tylersville) meet fully yours, tRREN bLAKELV. any express office. of Vaughn's Lithoutriptic. Iij i.i tvi H. DIUUMyil, l>. 1 . General News Notes. There will be no negroes in the next Cong' ess, and the north is weeping profusely over the fact. Why doesn't the north elect a few darkies itseif and see how it likes it. ha Grippe Quickly Cured. "Ii J'the winter of 1898 ai d 1899 I was taken down with a severe attack of what is called La Grippe" says F. L. HewetN a pnrairent druggist of Win field, 111. "The only uirdicine I used was two bctth s of CLarube rlain's Cough Remedy. It broke up the cold and a'opjed the coughirg like tragic, and I have never since been troubled with Grippe." Chamberlain's Cough R^nedy run always be depend* d upon to break up a severe add and waid off airy threatened at'ack cf pneumonia. It is pleasant to take, too, which n-akes it the most desirable ard one of the most popular 'preparations in use for these ailments. For sale by F. C. Duke. Even the Republicans are getting somewhat restive under General iw\ _.i? - - * ' > iuu^viuiui a imperial expulsions ot editors who dare to criticise military men, and it is probable that the President v ill call him down. In any event, it is certain that the General's course will only give wider publicity to the scandals which he tried to suppress by this means. How to Cure the Grip. Remain quietly at nome ana taxe Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as directed and a quick recovery is sure to follow. That remedy counteracts any tendency of the grip to result in pneumonia, which is really the only serious danger. Among the tens of thousands who have ueed it for the grip not one case has ever been reported that did not recover. For sale by F. C. Duke. How much have we learned aato the real condition of affairs in the Philippines since Dewey sailed into Manila Bay, Practically nothing except that the official Government reports are unworthy of credence. Pneumonia Can be Pi evented. This disease always results from a cold or an attack of the grip and may ho prevented by the timely uee of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. That remedy was extensively used during the epidemics of La Grippe of the past few years, and not a single case has over been reported that did not recover or that resulted in pneumonia, which shows it to be a certain preventive of that daDgerous disease, Chamberlain's Cough Remedy has gained a world wide reputation for its cures f colds and grip, For sale by F. C. Duke. The impression prevails inWashington that the Supreme Court will decide the colony case on February 11. It is hard to say on what this belietis bated but it is certain that there arc very often important leakages in the secrets of the Supreme Court. Thi& may be one of them. \ . t