The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, December 22, 1905, Image 6

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The HolSaday Ca.se A Mystery of Two Continents By BURTON E. STEVENSON CovytigKt. 190by Her.ry Hclt arrl Ccmpiny i ?o plaiu^ l. "that Uils Is a g ?nl quarter, and our rooms are not at all tlu? ordiuar* rooms. oh. 110; tliey are quite sn perior to that, 'l'hey are i:i groat do maud. We have only one vacant at this moment. In fact, I am not certain that it is yet at liberiy. T will call my wife." She was summoned from behind the counter, where she presided at the money drawer, and presented to me as Mnie, Jourdaln. I tilled a glass for lier. "Monsieur, here, is seeking a loilg ing." ho began. *"Is the one on the second tloor back at our disposal yet. I 'n!in V His wife pondered tho question a tnoineut. looking at nie with sharp little eyes. "I do not kuow." she said at last. "We shall have to ask M. Hethuae. I If sal?l lie might again have need of it. He has paid for it until the loth." My heart leaped at the name. I saw that 1 must take the hull h.v the horns ? assume a hold front for if they waited to consult my pursuer I should never gain the information I was seeking. "It was through M. Itethuri" that I secured your address," I said holdiy. "He was taken ill this morning. Ilis heart, you know," and I tapped my chest. They nodded, looking at me. nevertheless, with eyes narrow with sits pieiott. "Yes, monsieur, we k n?w," said Jourdnin. "The authorities at th hospital at once notified us." "It is not the first attack." 1 assorted, with a temerity horn of necessity, "lie has had others, hut none so serious as this." They nodded sympathetically, l'lainfv they had been considerably impressed by their lodger. "So." I continued brazenly, "he knows at last that his condition i; very had, and he wishes to remain at the hospital for some days until he lias quite recovered. In the meantime I ;iin to have the second floor back, which was occupied l?y tlit* ladles." T spoke Hie IjisI word wifli seeming nonchalance. wifliouf (he quiver of a lush. though I was inwardly a-qtiakc, for I was risking everything upon It. ' Then in an instant I breathed more 1 freely, i saw that I had hit (he mark 1 and (hat their suspicions were gradual- 4 ly growing less. s the room. This is the fourteenth. I can take possession tomorrow." They exchanged a glance, and Mine. 0 .Totmlain arose. "Very well, monsieur.' she saiil. ! "Will you have the kindness to eome nnfl look at tire room?" I followed her up the stair, giddy at my good fortune. She opened a door and lighted a gas jet against die wall. ' "I am sure you will like the apart 1 ment, inonsiuer," she said. "Von see, J it is a very large one and most comfort able." It was indeed of good size and well furnished. The bed was in a kind of alcove, and beyond if was a bath un looked for luxury! One thing, however, struck mo as peculiar. The wiudows wore closed by lieavy shutters, which were barred upon the inside, and the bars were secured in place by padlocks. "I shall want to open the windows." 1 remarked. "Do yon always keep them barred?" She hesitated a moment. looking a little embarrassed. "Von see. monsieur, il is this way." she explained at last. "M. Iteihune k ' I "/>o you (ilway* hrc}> them harrril" himself had the loeks put on. for ho feared that liis poor sister would throw herself down Into the eoitrtyard. whieli is paved with stone and where she would certainly have hoon killed. She was very bad some days, poor dear. I 5V was most glad when they took her away, for the thought of her made me nervous, i win in ilie morning open I In* windows nnd nir the room well for you." "That will do nicelj*," I assented as carelessly ns I could. I knew that I changed upon, n uew de.vyjopuicut, 1 though 1 could not In the least guess it: bearing. "Wbat <lo you ask for tb< npnrtmeut?" "Ten dollars tbe week, monsieur," she answered, eying me narrowly. I knew it was not worth so niuel and. remembering my character, re pressed my first inclination to close tin bargain. "That is a good deal," I said hc.siiat Ingly. "Haven't you a cheaper room Mine, .fountain?" "This is iho only oue we have nov vacant, mous'etir," she assured tne. 1 turned back toward the door wltl a little sigh. "I fear 1 can't take it." I .said. "Monsieur does not understand," sir protested. "That price, of course, lu elude; breakfast." "And dinner?" She hesitated, eying me again. 'Tor $1 additional it shall iuclud dinner." "l>one. mtulame!" 1 cried. "I pa; yon lor a week in advance." Ami suited the u< lion to the word. "Only,' I added, "be sure to air the rooui wo] tomorrow. It seems vo'i',v el >se. Still r.eiliune was right to make sure tha 111; Mister eruihl not harm herself." "Ves." she nodded, placing the uioue; carefully in an old purse, with the tru miserly light in her eyes. "Yes; sh broke down uiost sudden. It was th departure of her mother, you know monsieur." I nodded thoughtfully. "When they tirst eauio, six week; ago. she was unite well. Then he mother a position of some sort se cured mul went away. She never let' lier room after that, .lust sat there ant oriel or rattled at the doors and win dows. lier brother was heartbrokei about Iter. No one else would he perinl to attend her. Put I hope that she i wi II now, poor ehild, for she Is agaii wiih her mother." 'lier mother eanie after her?" 1 asked. "Oli, yes; ten days ago, and togetlici they drove away. Ity this time the.i are again in the good France." I pretended to he inspecting a ward robe, for I felt sure my face would betray me. At a flash I saw tlie whole story. There was nothing more Mine, dourdain could tell mo. "Yes." I repeated, steadying my voice, "tlie good France." "M. Belhime has himself been absent for a week." she added, "on affairs of business. He was not certain that he would return, hut he paid us to (lie loth." I nodded. "Yes?tomorrow?I will fake possession then." "Very well, monsieur," she assented. ' i will have it in readiness." For .'in instant I hesitated. Should I ise the nhotocrranhWas it ueeesanrr? low explain my possession of It? Did not already know till that Mmo. .fourlain could tell mo? I turned to the tii ir. "Tf.en I must ho going." I said. "* ~ ilTl*n II I rn ill-range." we went down together. The place was tilling with a motley rowd of diners, hut I paused only to xehange a nod with M. .lonrdain and hen hurried away. The fugitives had akon tlte French line, of course, and I lastened on to the foot of Morton itreet, where the French line pier Is. V slrip was being loaded for the voyige out. and the pier was ^ill open. A lerk directed me to the sailing ached lie. and a glance at it continued my :ue?s. At 10 o'clock on the morning of Thursday. April I.a Savoio had sailMi for Havre. "May I see Lit Savoie's pssseuger ist ?" 1 asked. "Certainly. sir." and he produced it, 1 did not, of course, expect to find Miss ftollnday entered upon it; yet I felt thai a study of it might he repaid, nnd 1 was not mistaken. A Mrs. (J. li. l olsom and two daughters had occupied the cahitte do luxe, kid. -US, MO. On the company's list which had keen given me I saw bracketed after tin1 name of tiie youngest daughter the sin glo word "invalide." "I.a Lorraine sails day after tomorrow, I believe?" I asked. "Yes. sir." "Aml is she full?" "No. sir; it is a little early In (lie seasun yet." And lie g >t down the list of staterooms, showing me which were vacant. I selected an outside double one and deposited half the fare in order to reserve it. There was nothing more to he done that night, for a glance at my wateli siiowon iih' ino lateness of 11 hour. As I emerged from tlio pier I suddenly found myself very wonry nml very hungry, so I called :i cab and was driv1*11 direct to my rooms. A bath and dinner sot mo uj? a pi in, and finally I settled down with my pipe to arrange the events of the day. Certainly i had progressed. I had undoubtedly got on the track of the fugitives; I had found out till that I could reasonably have hoped to lind out. And yet my exultation was short lived. Admitted that ! was on their track, how much nearer success had 1 gotV I knew that they hail sailed for Trance, but for what part of France? They would disembark at Havre. How was I, reaching Havre two weeks later, to discover which direction they had taken? Suppose they had gone to Paris, as seemed most probable, bow could I ever hope to llnd them there? Even If I did llnd them, would I be in time to checkmate Mnrtigny? For a time I paused, appalled at the magnitude of the task that lay before me- in nil France to find three people! But, after all, it might not be so great. Most probably these women were from one of the towns Holladny and Ids wife hrnl visited during tlioir stay in r ranee. "Which towns they wore I, of course, had no moans of knowing, yet I felt certain that some moans of discovering them would present itself. That must be my work for the morrow. A half hour passed, and I sat lost in speculatiou, watching the blue smoke j curling upward, stilviug vainly to per , etrato tlio mrsttry. Kor 1 was as fa as over from a solution of It. Wh were these people? What was thel aim? Ilovimd they managed to wl , Miss Holladay over to their side, t persuade her to accompany thein, t . flee from her friends?abo w nil, fror our Junior partner? had the . caused her change of nttiiude towar hlui? Or had they really abducted her i Was there really danger of foul play k. i danger that she would fall a victim a well as her father? Who was Mai , Slgny? And, above all, what was th plot? What did he hope to gain? Wha was ho striving for? What was thi p groat stake for whleli lie risked s much? i To these questions I could Hud 11 j reasonable answer. 1 was still {tropin aimlessly in the dark, and at last i L> sheer confusion 1 put down my pip? ( turned out the light and went to bed. r . , ! [TO RE CONTINUED.] || ' The Oldest Tale or n Tub. I, The cynics, so called from the Ureal t word for a dog, were a rude, snarlini sect of so called philosophers, who dc y spised riches, the arts and all culture 0 Among these IMogeues was eonsp'cii n 011s. He was born in 412 It. am e wlien a man he dressed In a- coars . robe, which covered him day and niglii i and carried a wooden Isowl and a ba; I for Ills alms and his food. His horn s was a large tub discarded from tli r temple of ('ybole, a huge earthen jar that laid held wine or oil for the serv t ices and sacrifices of the temple 1 Though cracked and patched. It wa: - large enough to hold lilni lying at fill 1 length. The story goes that Alexaiulc: t the (.Ireat eaiuc up to him one day am s asked what he could do for him. "Hon' 1 stand between me and the sain," wa: tla> curt reply, upon which the euiperoi I is said to have exclaimed. '*11' I wen not Alexander I would be IMogencsT' LdgJitiiinu ait a Itock Driller. "Lightning when in tlie mood Jias an ugly liuhit of drilling," writes an Hug lish observer. "It will drill the hard > yst rock, rock which would turn colli steel, and not only drill but vitrify it They have found in Cumberland cliau nels l'rom thirty feet deep and from two to four inches in circumference. The interior was hard and glazed where tlio soli<l substance had boon melted by the slabbing (lashes. Art!llelal experiment lias shown that a powerful shook from a battery will vitrify finely powdered glass. but not foldspar or quartz. The lightning, however, does it in the manner described? not in one place, but in many, showing that before striking the ground it divided into several branches, each strong enough to penetrate and liquefy the solMfrock." v J In h Man'* I'ooUct*. A fairly well equipped gentleman true to his calling and to his friends carries quite a kit of tools. There are a jaekknlfe, a match box. a cigar cutter, a nail file, a corkscrew, a finger nail tool and possibly a cigar holder and some good the centers to give away. And yet women wonder what ho finds to put in his pockets. To facilitate further the business of just hanging around he must have a little money, u handkerchief, hunch of keys, fountain pen, some lead pencils and sharpener eyeglasses, notebook, watch, old letters, papers of more or less supposed value and a card ease." Not one pocket could lie spared unless it is the one on his nightshirt, and that looks so sweet.? clay Center (Kan.) Times. Told by the Watch. To tell the points of the compass by a watch point the hour hand at tin sun; then south is halfway between the hour hand and the figure 12 of the dial, To measure an angle by a watch lay ( two straight edged pieces of paper on 11iv* illicit-, crossing ai rue apex. Holding them where they overlap, lay them oil the face of the watch, with the nliex at the center. Head the angle h.v the minutes of the dial, each minute being six degrees of arc. It Is easy to measure within two or three degrees in tills way. Why IttM Head Didn't Rlnfr. Two Scotsmen turning a corner came into collision. The shock stunned oih of them. lie pulled off his hat and, lay Ing ids hand on his brow, said: "Sic n blow. My lieid's a-ringing again." "Nne wonder," said his companion, "Your lieid was aye empty?that makes It ring. My held disna ring a bit." "IIow could it ring," said the other "seoln' it was aye crack It?"? Scottish American. I.OIIK Word*. The longest words In English are short by comparison with certain monstrosities in other languages. It is common In German to use compounds which, although not Involved or cumbersome in meaning, look ularmlnglv long, and It is said that one Sanskrit word has no less than 152 syllables. The Wine Wife. Mrs. Tom--I wouldn't let my husband have bis own way as yours does. Mrs, Dick?Hoes lie? Mrs. Tom?I beard him say so today. Mrs. Dick (softly)? I'm glad he thinks so. I've been a long nine tenoning nun uiar. Quito Solid. "Let me sec a plain wedding ring." "Solid?" "Yon l?et I'm solid. We've been en gaged niore'n a mouth." Excessive anger against human 8tu pldlty is Itself one of the most provok lng of all forms of stupidity. ? Vor Radowitz. Alius of a higher order, even though they be not fulfilled, are In themselves lnoro valuable than lower ones entirely (uliyicd.-^QcUie. * r* , , r o Ir S We Don \ Quit H t' Some young r ? UP a g?()t' payi g this town pus! " of The Satuf Post in a sy: We want the i ir 5 I who will stick 1 ;; I tell him how i e profitable. ? 0 THIi CURTIS PUBJ !) PH1LADEL 71'7 < hurry Slrwl. 1 i' ? \ j Tlirrc Tombs n t Wo?liiiln?lor, | i Iii the oast wall; of the cloisters at .. Westminster abbey llioro are throe most interest luff graves?those of Thomas Kettertou anil Ills wife, better known as Hess Sa undersoil. ami the ever fascinating Mrs. Bracegirdle. <)f , all the people who lie within these hallowed walls it may safely be said that Iletlerton has the best elaim of all to 1 this privilege. No small inc.mure of praise must be accorded to tltjs gifted actor for the fact that he almost more , than any one else was responsible for the resuscitation of the English dratua I after the stern regime of the Puritans. Mrs. Hraeegirdlo was either adopted by Itet tort on <>r placed under bis care, and she very soon took all hearts in Eondon by storm. She achieved her great- ' est success In acting in I'ougreve's plays. Her artistic career, however, was a comparatively short one. for Mrs. liraeegirdle retired from the ! stage in dudgeon when Anne Oldtield lirsl became her dangerous rival. She 1t?.sv/l i *? Him wii in nunorauie vctireiuoni a lilt beloved by all, high and low, far and near, until the year 17t;>, when she was burled here beside her old friends the Bettertons.?London Mail. How n-oninN Are Wol?licil. An ingenious instrument which demonstrates the el >so connection thai exists between dreams and brain calculation is knoe-n as the "tilt board." A 1 long, shallow tray bivc enough for a man to recline upon is balanced exactly upon a steel blade. A subject is l placed upon it and put to sleep, wherci upon tlie end containing his feet geu. orally falls. But eventually the subject , begins to dream, and then the tray con tabling the sleeper's feet rcascends, the I extent to which it moves varying ac- ' 1 cording to the vividness of the dream. The explanation is that the blood leaves the brain of n sleeper directly the mental activities cease, and, the head as a result becoming lighter, that end of the balance rises. When the 1 sleeper dreams small quantities of * blood are recalled to the brain to supply the dreams, and the balance Is gradually changed. In this way 1 dreams may be weighed. ' Veima Aiiiimiw i lie Inenn. The only planet which the Incas had ' discovered was Venus, which they ' called the hairy or. account of the brightness of Its rays. They said that, 1 being the most brilliant of the stars, the sun would not permit It to be separated from him and obliged it to attorn! his rising as well as his going down, ! just as at llio courts of kings only the ' most distinguished lords and the handsomest ladles were admitted to the cer1 omonious royal risings and retirings. Ii appears nearly certain that the In cas spoke of Venus under two different 1 names, nccordlng as It preceded ov followed the sun. To this day the native ' Peruvians name It In fanciful language ' the eight hour torch and the twilight lamp. As this star served to show the Indians when it was time to prepare the maize for cooking, they also gave it a name Indicative of that act. A chapel In the Temple of the Sun was conse( crated to this planet. Auctioneers In Gnfcluud. The auctioneers of the United Kingdom cannot claim to belong to a very ancient profession so far as that country is concerned. Though auctions were i familiar In nn/ilnht UAmn I ?? """"I the first In the British islands is said to have been held about J 700, when Llisba Yale, governor of Fort George , (Madras), put up for sale his trophies of the east, and, although "auction" was defined In 1078 as "a making n publlck sale and selling of goods by outcry," it does not appear to have been recognized then as a British Institution. The word "auctioneer" dnos not oceur before the eighteenth century. SoiiirtlitnB for Nothing. Visitor?Digging potatoes, eh? Farm1 er's Boy?Yep. Visitor?What do you get for digging potatoes? Farmer's Boy?Nawthin'. But I git somethin' fcr not dlggln' 'em. Visitor?Indeed? Whnt would you get for not digging i them? Farmer's Boy?Licked.?Judge. J Union & Glenn Springs Y Railroad Co. Time Table Effective Aug*. 1, 1905. Leave Union 7. a. in. 1.00, 4.00 and t 8.10 p. in. Arrive Buffalo 7.15 a. m. 1.15, 4.15 it Want iters nan can build ing business in hinor the sales lday Evening stematic way. right man, one to it. We will t can be made .ISHING COMPANY .PH1A, PA. Dclnwnre'* linndrnlx. In tlie days when the Saxons dominated England prior to the coming of William ot' Normandy llio poop:;' wrro fori mil into division* of hundreds. Tills was done mainly for military purposes and the convenience of assembly upon the summons of the powerful earls and barons to whom the people owed allegiance. Those hundreds usually consisted of ten families, eneh family being eomputed at a Minimum of leu persons. In time the families inereased in niembership, but did not lose their individual Identity or eliange the designation of organization. In the natural order of events these hundreds expanded into communities and ultimately Into geographical divisions atul took on geographical designations. Some of the American colonists adopted this form of geographical division, and tints we still have hundreds in Delaware and Virginia, although in the latter state that form of designation is hut seldom used. Hut in Delaware hundred is universally used to describe the divisions of a county and is equivalent to the township in other states. ^ Ifobbes and Geo/netr j-. Hohbes was not yet 11 fteen when he went to Oxford, lie did not much care for logic, yet lie learned it and thought himself n eood disnutnnt. There is no reason to think he learned anything else at Oxford save a strong dislike of academic institutions and methods. He turned from the otlicial studies to amuse himself with geography and voyages. As to mathematics, there was no official recognition of thciu at nil while Ilobhes was at the university, so there Is nothing Improbable in the statement that Ilobbes bad never opened a copy of Euclid until lie was near middle age. The* story Is best told In Aubrey's own wtirds: "lie was forty years old when he looked on geometry, which happened accidentally. Being in a gentleman's library, 'Euclid's Elements' lay open, and it was the forty-seventh proposition Lib. I, so lie read tl.e proposition. 'By George,' says he, 'tills is Impossible!' So be read the demonstration of It, which' referred him back to another, which he also read, 'et sic delneeps,' that at last lie was demonstratively convluced of that truth. This made liiui in love with geometry." Au Ardent Lover. "And you weut straight to her father and demanded Ills daughter's hand?" "I went straight enough, but I?well, I'll admit that I didn't carry out my original purpose." "Seared?" "Seared! No, sir! But we got to talking stocks, and I forgot all about It."?Cleveland Plain Dealer. fie Goen Out. "That's a pretty swell smoking Jacket you've got on," said the caller. "Smoking jacket?" replied Ilenpeek. "Why, tiiis is my house coat." "Well, that's the same thing"? "Well, I guess It isn't the same thing; not In this house. When I want to( smoke I have to put on my overcoat."? Philadelphia Press. \ XT%. SAW, MILLS. ; LIGHT, MEDIUM AND HEAVY WOOD-WORKING MACHINERY [ FOR EVERY KIND Of WORK ENGINES AND BOILERS ;i AND SIZES AND FOR EVERY CLASS OF SERVICE. j ASK POR OUR ESTIMATE BEFORE PLACINO YOUR ORDER. |j ilBBES MACHINERY COMPANY and $ 8.25 p. m. Leave i>u(Tnlo 8.15 a. m. 1.45, 6.00 and X 8.30' p. ni. Arrivo Union 8.30 a. m. 2.00, 6.15 and t 8.45 p. m. Leave Union 9 (X) a. in. and 5.25 p. in. Pass Noal Shoals 9,50 a m. and 6.10 p. ni. Arrive Pride 10.15 n. in, and 6 35 p. m. Leave Pride 10.35 a. m. and 0.60 p. m. Pass Neal Shoals 11.00 a. m. and 7.10 p. in. Arrive Union 11.50 a. m. and 8.00 p. m. All trains d lily unless otherwise noted. Week days only. $ Saturdays and Sundays only. Connection made at Pride with Sea^ hoard Air Line through trains South hound in the morning ahd North bound in the evening. Interchangeable mileage sold by the Seaboard Air Line will be honored by ' lie U. G. S K R f] M. B. SUMMER, (Jen. Prtss. Agent. ^ Low Rates Again to* ^ jj IbAAb 9 Arkansas and tlx* South-west. I jess tlian one-way fare f<?r the round trip l?y Memphis and tlx* Cotton Belt Route. Dates ; are Oetolier 17, N?>v? nil ?-r 7 and 21, December 5 and 19. ^ Piek your date and h y when and I ?where yon wunt ?ojrni-n?< we will irive you full information by i?? mm mail. O T ON n I.T OU'i E. I n Kq 'table l-ldjj., I WALLACE & BARRON ATTORNEYS AT LAW. '. et.ouon WA I.I.ACK. P. T>. 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