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___________________________________ c The Yellow : Holly By FERGUS HUME. i Author of "The Myatery of t Hansom Cab." Etc. I Copyriohf. /90S. by (7. IT. Dillingham * Coin pan 1/ 1 (Continued fromjlrdjpage.) I < ! ment," protested Train uneasily. * "I know you didn't. Nevertheless If this police Inspector knew what I told 1 yon he might get It into his stupid head 1 that?well"?Brendon broke off abrupt- 1 ly?"I don't know what he mightn't think. However, I shall answer his questions as to my visit here and then 1 go away." "TU go also," said Train, with a shud- ' der. "I can't stop here after what has occurred. It's terrible. To think of Uint poor woman muruereu; now I locked my door last night!" Brendon stopped in his walk and looked sharply at the young man. "Why did you lock your door?" ho asked, surprised. "Well, you see, after Mrs. Jersey cam* Into the sitting room I didn't llko to think of her prowling about. One Is o Wp\wn -whew one la asleep," and Train shuddered. "Did you expect her to murder you?" asked Brendon derisively. "1 didn't expect anything," retorted Leonard, rather nettled. "But * didn't want her to come Into my rooms, so I got out of bed and locked the sitting room door." "Not your bedroom door?" "No, the sitting room door. So both you and I were quite safe from her prying." Brendon looked steadily at Train and gave a short laugh. "Yes. As you locked the sitting room door she could as little enter us you or I could go out Leonard"?he paused and pinched his lip?"I do not think it will be wise for you to tell the Inspector this." "Why not? You und I are innocent." "That goes without the saying," answered George sharply. "Put we Ullv<iufc" better. I suppose we, .in i common with ?v*cr one else nei'e, will be cafied to give evidence at the inquest. Once that Is done nnd Mrs. Jorsev Is safelv burled 1 wash mv bands of tho whole affair." Train shuddered. "So do I," said he. "I am the last man In the world to wish to pursue the subject. But who can be guilty? It must be some one i In the house!" "I suppose so." replied Brendou, "un- ; less Mrs. Jersey had a visitor last night." "She might have had." said Leonard. "When I locked the sitting room door, and thnt was about half past 11, I think, I heard tho closing of tho front "The deuce you did!" "Yes. I put my head out and listened ; to see If all was quiet. I distinctly heard the front door close." "She mxist have had a visitor," said Brendon thoughtfully. "Yet as she alone could have let that visitor out, and aa she must have been alive to 1 do so, the visitor cannot be the assassin." "The visitor might have killed her i and then have rinsed th? dnnr himself " i "Himself? How do you know the 1 rlsltor was a man? It might have j " nmnwt Miss Cull told and that she took the key this morning to open it from Mrs. Jersey's pocket. No, Train, the person who killed Mrs. Jersey is in the house. But were I you I should suy ns little as possible to the inspector about this." Leonard took this advice and when questioned simply stated that he had retired to bed at 11 and had heard nothing. Brandon made a similar statement, and Quex saw no reason to doubt their evidence. He questioned all the hoarders and all the servants, but could learn nothing likely to throw any light on tho darkness which concealed the crime. No one had heard a noise In the night, no one had heard a scream, and It was conclusively proved that every one in the house was in bed by 11 o'clock, the majority, indeed, before that hour. Margery, who saw madnme at the striking of that hour, was the last person to see her alive. Mrs. Jersey went to her own sitting room and there had been struck down. "It was about 12 o'clock that she was stabbed," said the doctor after he had made his examination, "but I can go only by the condition of the body. I should say a little before or after 12. Sho wnn otoWi^i *1? -?* ...UUUCU ? ! IIIC I1WK with a shnn> Instrument." With a knife?" said the Inspector. "No," rejoined the doctor decisively, "It was with n dagger?by a kind of stiletto. It was not by an ordinary knife that the wound was inflicted." ] .. "* CHAPTER IV. ON account of its mystery the ] murder of Mrs. Jersey made < i\ great sensation. The sea- \ son was dull and there was i nothing of Interest In the newspapers, j the /fliysterlons crime was a i godsenfir'fn The reporters. Prom being t a peaceful neighborhood Amelia square became quite lively. f The boarders found all this most un* l pleasant. This rudo awakening from < their sleepy life was too much for them, and the majority mnde preparations to ? leave as soon as the Inquest was over, c Until then they were under surveillance And could not leave the neighbor- o hood, ? restriction which In Itself was sufficiently unpleasant. Brendon found t It particularly so, as he was nnxlous y to get ba?k to .hi* own fpoms at genI ilngton and to his W5HL "Hut even when le told Inspector Quex that he was nerely n visitor and knew nothing ibout the matter that zealous ofilcer >bjected to his going. Perhaps, had Brendon Insisted, he might have gained lis point, but he did not think It was fvorth while to make the fact of his jtny In the Jersey mansion too public and therefore held his peace. He itopped with Leonard as usual, but the two men were not such friends as they iad been. Why Train had changed toward him Brendon could not understand, but ever since Leonard had been submitted to the ordeal of seeing the, corpse he had been an altered man. From being gay lie was now dull; instead of talking volubly, as he usually did, ho was silent for hours at a stretch, and he appeared to shun Brendon's company. Fool as Train was, Brendon liked him sufficiently to resent his altered demeanor. At the inquest nothing was discovered likely to elucidate the mystery. Not one scrap of evidence could be found to show that any one in the house could possibly be guilty. Tho boarders were all old, the servants all ordinary human beings, and no motive could be assigned to any oue person for the committal of so cruel a crime. Moreover, the fact that the instrument used was a stiletto (and the doctor held to that) showed that the crime must have been committed by a .foreigner. Tho jury brought in a verdict of murder against some person or persons unknown, and that was all that could be done toward the elucidation of the Amelia square crime. "There's only one thing that wasn't spoken of," said Quex when ho saw the boarders In the drawing room foi tho last time; "it seems that Mrs. Jersey always put out the light above the door at 11, or when the guests departed. On this occasion it burned all night, and as It shines behind crimsor glass such a red window might be r guldo to any one who did not knon the house, but who had been given thai sign whereby to distinguish it." - 1 can Ifxpiuiu mm, Mini uitiunvi who was present. "When inadnme was bidding farewell to her guests sh< thought that some of them might b< lost IU the fog. jrhra^mu^n^- tb? fi^nTlturn later, so that any might b< able to retraco their steps." "In that case," snld <juex, rising tc take his leave, "thero is nothing mon to be discussed. Who killod Mrs. Jcr sey or why she was killed will proha bly never be known. I.adies and geu tlemcn, good day," and the luspectoi bowed himself stiffly out of the roon with the air of n man who washec his hands of tho whole concern. "When are you going hack to Duk? street?" asked Brendon as ho took hit leave of Train. "This very day," replied the younj man gloomily. "I don't want to stoi a moment longer than I can help ii this awful house." "I expect, maiu.'- m far as I can see, there is no hope 01 learning who killed the woman." "If you had only allowed me to tel Quex about the door being opeued hi niicrht linve trnnert thr> iicuaooln " "1 don't think so." Brendon Hhool his head. "It was a foggy night, an whosoever entered would be able t< slink away without being seen." "All the same I wish I had toh Quex." "Well, then, tell him if you like.' said fleorge, vexed with this perti nacity. "But you asked ine not to." ndv.ip^r i another until the whole of my privat affairs will come to light. I don't wan those to be known at Scotland Yard let alone the chance that I might b< accused of the crime." "Oh, that's ridiculous! You coult not have left the sitting room unless 1 had let you out, and there is no dooi from your bedroom." "That is true enough." answered Brendon, with an Ironical smile, the slg jiitleanee of which was lost on Train "Rut if the whole of my story came tc light you might be accused of helping me to get rid of the woman." "I?" Leonard's hair almost rose on end. "How could I be mixed up in it?" "Well, see here," argued Brendon, who thought it Just as well to make Train's own safety depend upon the discretion of too free a tongue. "I tel! you about this house, and on my recowmandation you come here ' to stop with you and reveal iny reasons for coming. These have to (lo with the possession of n secret by the murdered woman. All that to a policeman would be suspicious. What would be easier than for me to go down the stairs and, when the woman refused to confess as to my legitiinaey, to stab her? Then I could return to my bed, and you could prove an alibi on my behalf bjf your tale of having locked the sitting room door." Train shuddered. "I see how easily we can get into trouble. I shall say nothing. I wish I had not come here. [ shall go abroad until all blows over." "I am going to see Dorothy," said Brendon, "and tell her that there is no ;bance of our marriage. Nor is there, for I cannot see my way to prove my egltimacy. We must pnrt, and I shall irobahlv act ?*? '? ? .... u i?c twmury ior BIX nonths or so to finish inj' novel and :o get rid of my heartache." Train remained silent, looking at the ground. Then he glanced at his friend n a doubtful wny. "What has become ?f your yellow holly?" Brendon produce*? it from bis pocket, 'It withered, so I took it out of iny oat and put It Into this envelope." "Do you know If Miss Ward gave ny one else a piece of yellow holly?" Brendon stared at this strange queslon. "Not to my knowledge. Why do ou ask?" Train shuffled his feet and looked ?????rnmmm HI ar ? down again. "It is an exceptionally rare sort of thing/' he said uneasily, "and Its effect on Mrs. Jersey wai so strange that I wondered If she connected It with any trouble or disaster." "You made the same remark before," said Brendon dryly, "and we could arrive at no conclusion. But, In any case, I don't see that Miss Ward giving me the holly has anything to do with Mrs. Jersey's alarm?If, indeed, she was alarmed." "I think she was," said Train decisively, "and if I were you I would ask Miss Ward why she gave you the holly." "What tkould be the sense in that?" "You might learn why Mrs. Jersey was startled." Brendon laughed and shrugged his shoulders. "Your active brain Is building up a perfect romance," he declared. "There can be no connection between Dorothy and Mrs. Jersey." "Did she know you were coming to stop here on that night?" "Yes. I told her so when I met her in the park in the morning. It was ! then that she asked me to afternoon : tea." "And at the afternoon tea she 4* i you the holly?" "Yes. You seem to think shiMld it on purpose that Mrs. Jersey"? Train Interrupted htm quickly. **lt Is : you who are building tip rtratnc* j ~ ) ? - . 5 The will was short and concise. . | now," ~::id. "I never thought nny. thing o.' tee sort. But I do say tlmt r the coinchtonce is strange?tlmt you j should have in your coat u flower- I j suppose one can call berried holly a flower?which awakens unpleasant recj ollections in Mrs. Jersey's breast." ^ "In n word. Train, you fancy that an j inquiry Into the circumstances of the j 1 yellow holly may lead to a detection of } ( the assassin." I "I don't go so far as that. But I i should not be surprised If something of that sorted id .... ??? ^ 1 Brendou, with a shrug. ['.'However, there 1b nothing more to be anld. My j advice to you Is to hold your tongue u lest we should both get into trouble." The two parted. I.eonhrd to pack up t ; and Brendou to "journey with his bag j : for Kensington. Both men were cona scions of a relief when they toolc leave of each other, j Of course the economy of the mansion was disordered when the crime ? was committed. But. thanks to the firm knndlino. T?..ll 8 u?iuui*iJK vi anw null, WUO now tOOK the reins which had fallen from tho I hands of xnadame, a few days put a i different complexion on affairs. MarI ! ?liiliArn ly>? ""Ijt kept the I money, and Miss Hull nia<U ^verdl of t the boarders behindhand pay up. there was enough money to go on ' and Miss Bnll decided to wait until after the funeral before deciding what j She Intended to do herself. When Mrs. Jersey was buried her lawyer made his Rppearnneo with the will. It was read to Margery, and Miss Hull stopped beside the poor girl as the only friend she had in the world. The will was short and concise, as it seemed that there was very little to leave. The lawyer \ read it and then looked at Margery to hear what she had to say. "You do exactly what you like, dear , Miss Bull," said Margery, rising,.?and then turned to the lawyer. "Let Miss Bull do exactly as she likes. I leave nil in her hands." "The most sensible thing yoi*. cm* do," said the legal advisor under lils breath, niul when Mnrgerjr had left the room he turned to the old maid. "Is she an Idiot?" "By no means. But she la not very clever. I have taken a great interest in her, as, to tell you the truth, Mr. James, she was badly treated by her aunt." "It Is lucky she has such a friend," laid Mr. James. "About this will," said Miss Bull, laying one thin llngej on the document. "Madame leaves to Margery Watson, her niece, the money In the green box In ber sitting room nnd nlso her Jew?ls." "Yea. AIho, If you will recollect, the Rothes of the deceased lady." "Is there nothing else?" asked Miss | Bull, raising her black eyos inquiringly. "What of the lease of this house?" "That Is the property of Lord Derrlngton, and he only let the house to Mrs. Jersey by the year." [to br continued.) An Kn(lt?h Joke. "What people are always sure of finding the biggest fish near their coast?" "Give It up." I "The English, because they can always find Wales." "Oh, pshaw! Wales Isn't whales." "No, you stupid. But don't the English drop their h's?"?Cleveland Plain ' Dealer. ? ? Jk t ; Humor and Philosophy i, s By DUNCAN M. SMITH ti * I I Copyright, 1904. by Duncan M. Smith. NOTHING LIKE THE OLD. * c No matter how long the parade may ' string out, v How brightly the torches may flame; C No matter how loudly the marchers sing f out t Their favorite candidate's name, i And though the puradcrs wear rags that are glad . And Btep to the music with Joy, ' it can't hold a match to parades that 8 they had 1 When Uncle Bill Stiles was a boy. t t He looks down the line with a critical eya And sizes It up In his mind And says the parade Is a mile or two shy fc Of the.regular old fashioned kind. I The torches they carried in that ancient i date t Made lamps of the moderns a toy Compared with the others, he'd beg leave t to state, i When Uncle Bill Stiles was a boy. Oh, yes, the processions they had In those t days ; Were really a soul stirring sightJust think of the miles upon miles of dls- | plays And the long shouting columns of light! The straggling, half hearted parades that wo meet 1 Now serve but to fret and annoy Compared with the masses that moved down the street When Uncle Bill Stiles was a boy. Self Confidence. A certain amount of self confidence Is necessary to success in life. For Instance. If a man thinks he can't ride a broncho lie can't, whereas If he springs Into the saddle with no misgivings he Is liable to remain there all of a minute and a half before Investigating the neighboring cactus plant to see If it Is composed of good material for a sofa pillow. if a man does not think that a girl will marry taiin, slie will not unless It is leap year, and perhaps not then if she has any one else in sight. The intrepid general who burns his bridges behind him, first having made arrangements with the bridge contractor for o rnkeoff, is the one that writes ills name in red ink on the pnges of history. The lesson to the young is this: Believe you can do a thing or a man, and the chances are that you can if he is not looking. If He Thinks So. 8h? cannot bake plea like his dear mother made. But hubby dear does not get sore. i For she can buy better ones down where they trade At the up to date bakery store. One Way of Knowing. , "She takes no interest in politics and hardly knows when an election is being held." , "Doesn't her husbnnd stay downtown nil night to get the returns?" Getting Mixed. "She has been twenty-two now for five seasons tlint I know about." "If she keeps that up much longer she will be posing as her own granddaughter." SUMNMbfci The summer is ended; we shift from Maud Miller To some of the others In stock, For when It Is autumn we then make killer With the frost on the 1-rown fodder shock. Sounded That Way* "What is the matter with the baby ne*t door?" '*As near as I can judge from listening it has swallowed a phonograph." Taking a Chance. "He Is writing for posterity." "Do you thiuk posterity will ever llnd It out?" PERT PARAGRAPHS. Perhaps a horse wants to run away "when he sees an automobile Just to prove that there are other scorchers. Wood's Seeds. VIRQINIA GRAY Winter Oats. Sow Early For dost Results. 1 Our Trade Yart. Brand is the best and cleanest quality that j it is possiblo to procure. ^ Hairy, or Winter Vetch, , Sown with Winter Onto, makes the largest possible yield of the 1 best and most nutritions hay. t Write for price*. ^ WOOD'S DESCRIPTIVE FALL CATALOG c TelH all at>out seeds for fall p soiving. It is the most valuablo and helpful pnblication of the kind issued in America. f Mail ^1 free on roquest. If. % WOOD & SONS, i Seetismen, - Richmond, Vi. j Notice to Taxpayers. The tax books will be opened on the ( 5th day of October and closed on the , 1st of December for the collection of txes for the fiscal year 1904, without enalty. Tnere will be 1 per cent penlty charged on all taxes not paid on or efore the 31st day of December. There rill be another 1 per cent, penalty harged on all taxes not paid on or beore the 31st day of January. There rill be five per cent, penalty more harged on all taxes not z>aid on or beore the last day of FeWuary. After he 15th day of March executiont will >e issued. Will commence to collect commutaion road tax on the 15th day of October ind close on the 1st day of February. 905. Age for paying commutation road ? ax 18 to 50. Age for paying poll tax 21 O 60. 4 When paying your taxes please oblerve the following rules in order to save innecessary executions which is annoyng to the taxpayers, the Treasurer and 1 ee Sheriff: 1st. Be sure that you get the Treas- * irer to look on his book lor your name before you go to the auditor for an adlitional. If you did not make return f tomeono else might have made it for jrou. 2nd. Be 6ure that you call for your taxes by the |same name as that in | which you returned it. 3rd. Be sure that you call for the I same township in which you made your return and not call for the one into 1 you have moved since making your return. 4th. When you come to see about or pay your taxes be sure that you mention the townships in which you own property, as the treasurer is not supposed to know where all your property is located. Will collect taxes at the following places as follows: Union, from Oct. 15tli to Nov. 7th, except will be at Buffalo Nov. 2nd. ,?West Springs, Nov. 9, till 12 o'clock. J^Bennett's store, Nov. 9th, from 1 till 3 o'clock. Cross Keys, Nov. 10. Sedalia, Nov. 11th till 12 o'clock. ^Carlisle, Nov. 14th till 12 o'clock. jfcSantuc, Nov. 16th till 12 o'clock. Jonesville, Nov. 17. Union, Nov. 18 and 19. Adamsburg, Nov. 21 till 12 o'clock. Lockhart, Nov. 22. AKelton, Nov. 23. Union, from Nov. 25, after noon, till book is closed. Tax levy as follows: mills State 5 Constitutional School 3 Ordinary County 4 Interest on R. It. Bonds li Road 1 1'ast Indebtedness 1 Union snenin.1 uilinnl 'i Fish Dam special school 3 Santuc special school :1 Jonesville special school -H West Springs J. H. Barters, 41-3t Treas. U. C. Summons for Relief. (Complaint not Served) State of South Carolina,) Court of CornCounty of Union. ) mon Pleas. J. W. Brown, plaintiff, againt Louis Minnie j^Browh, Dora Brown, Ilix Brown, Lewis Carson, Will Oarsan, Allan Camon and Hettie Carson, defendants. i To the defendants: Louis Brown, Charley Brown, Ella Brown, Minnie Brown, Dora Brown, Hix Brown, Lewis Carson, Will Carson, Allan Carson and Hettie Carson, you I are hereby summoned and required to | answer the complaint in this action which is hiled in the office of the Clerk | of the Court of Common Pleas, for the said County, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on the subscriber at his law office No. 3, law range, Union, 8. C., within twenty days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; ana if you fail to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the complaint. YVM. McOowah, 8. Means Rkatv Ptffa. Atty." Union, 8, C-, Oct. 4, A. D. 1904. I. Frank Pbake, Clerk of Court. Pkb J. W. Grkoory, D. C. 41-6t Executor's Notice. All parties are hereby notified to present their claims against the estate of Mrs. Mary Grant, deceased, properly attested, and parties indebted must make payment at once to the underslsrned. M. W. Culi*, Executor. 30-3t Estate Mrs. Mary Grant, deceased. Big Values in Shoes At The Cash Bargain Store We place before you today one of the biggest, best and strongest lines of Men's, Ladies' Boys' and Misses' Shoes that you have ever seen in Union. The following are some of . the prices: Ladies' Solid Leather Shoes in plain and cap toes from 9ftc to $2.50 the pair. But, as to the medium and 1 lieavy weight shoes, we have ao equal, and we only ask you t X) come and see this line, and ve know if you do you will be ionvinced and buy your winter hoes from us. 1, Men's and Boys' Brogans ti rom 89c the pair to $1.50. 1 Infant Shoes from 25c the * >air up. * * o Irs. D. N. Wilburn ? TO TEXAS ? Via Memphis and^the COTTON BELT ROUTE $8.50 One Way $15 Round,Trip One way colonist tickets will be fold rom Memphis, on Sept. 20th, October th and 18th, at rate of $8.60. Round trip home-eeeker's tickets from Memphis on Sept. 20th and 27tb, Octo>er 4th and 18th at rate of $15. The territory to which abpve rates ipply includes Dallas, Ft. Worth, Waco, Amaiillo, Honston, Galveston, San An- f U)uio, Corpus, Chiisti and intermediate ^ points/ Round trip tickets permit stop overs either way, 21 days return limit. For full particulars and Texas map, iternturc, time tables, etc., write to H. H. SUTTON, D. P. A. Cotton Belt Chattanooga, Tenn. MUST BELIEVE IT. A. When Well Known Union People Tell It So 1| Plainly. When public endorsement is made by a representative citizen of Union the proof is positive. You must believe it, ltead this testimony. Every backache sufferer, every man, woman or child with any kidney trouble will find profit in the reading. H. W. 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Serms subscription blanks, sample cupius, prinieu matter, etc., will'be sent by retarn mail. If you want all the news all the time read The Journal. DAMAGED LUMBER FOR SALE. Three hundred thousand feet of damaged lumber, all heart and perfectly sound saved from the wreck of the Clifton and Pacolet Mills, composed of 3xlt Airing, 0x8 and 8x10 sills, various lengths, column posts of diBeient sizes, and o\er fire hundred floor beams from 14 to 10x22 and 30 feet in length. This lumber can be seen uear Jonesville, S. C. and can be hobght Ht a bargain For particulars, address, C. E. Sparks. Jonesville, 8. 8. J. A. BROWN, dealer in REAL ESTATE, STOCKS AND BONDS. 10USB RENTING AND COLLECTINQ A SPECIALTY. Office on Bachelor 8treet. 10-ly. Trespass Notice. All persons are hereby warned and lotlfied not to trespass npoo the folowing lands, either by riding, walk* ng, driving or hunting: the lands of . Smith Vanghn, R. Beaty Smith ,nd Mrs. C. D. 8mlth. All persons lolatlng this notice will be prosented to the (nil extent of the law. I. B. Vaoohw, : R. B. Smith, | *.?- it Mm, 0 D. Smith, i