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For a moment she had bared her soul. With reaction came a sensitive shrinking. Her delicate nature disapproved these sentimental displays. She wanted to box her own ears. With innate taet she took a keen interest in the felling of the tree. >> nat do you want it ror r sue inquired when the sturdy trunk creaked and fell. .Tenks fell better now. "This is a change of diet." he explained. "No: we don't boil the leaves or nibble the bark. When I split this palm open you will find that the interior is full of pith. I will cut It out for you. and then it will be your task to knead it with water after well washing if. pick out all the fiher and finally permit the water to evaporate. In a couple of days the residuum will he < ome a white powder, which, when holied. is sago." "flood gracious 1" said Iris. "The story sounds unconvincing, but I believe I am correct. It is worth a trial." "I should have Imagined tiiat sago grew on a stalk like rice or wheat." "Or Topsyl" 8he laughed. A difficult situation had passed without undue effort. Unhappily the uian reopened It. While using a rrowhar as a wedge he endeavored to put matters on a straightfo-ward footing. ' A little while ago." he said, "you seemed to imply that I bad assumed the name of .Tenks." Tttit Miss I>eane's confidential mood bad gone. "Nothing of the kind," she snld coldly. "I think Jenks Is an ex?client name." She regretted the words even as they fell from her lips. The sailor gave a rnightv wreneh with the bar. splitting the 1 ic to its ?lusterlnir leaves. "You are right." he said. "It is distinctive. brief, dogmatic. I 'ling to it passionately." Soon afterward. leaving Iris to the manufacture of Hugo, he went to the leeward ?i(Je of ihe Island. a sea nil for turtles being his ostensible object. When the trees Jii'l him lie quickened bis pnee erxl turned to the left in order to explore the cavity marked on the tin with a skull and erossbones. To his surprise he bit upon the remnants of a roadway?that Ik, a line through the wood where there were no well grown trees, where the ground bore traces of humanity in the shape of a wrinkled and mildewed pair of Chinese boots, a wooden sandal, even the decayed remains of a palki. or litter. At la<t lie reached the edge of the nit. and the sight that met his eyes held lii in spellbound. The labor of many hands had torn a chasm, n quarry, out of tlie side of the hill. Houghly circular in shape, it had n diameter of perhaps a hundred feet, and at its deepest part, toward the cliff. It run to a depth of forty feet. On the lower side, where the sailor Hood, it descended rapidly for some fifteen feet. Caistcs, shrflb*. plants of every vn% r!?tj, to yrviuiWu . V of food made I t is all nutri- fflf la cracker, and | oda cracker of I really true is III Biscuit I icker scientifically Ri ked. |5? racker effectually g Dtected. I acker ever fresh, OW sp and clean. w) acker good at all jg nes. II dust tight, W\ ture proof package, f|f\ CUIT COMPANY I | steep slopes wherever seeds could liud precarious nurture until a point was readied about ten or eleven feet from tlie bottom. There all vegetation ceased. as if forbidden to cross a magic ' cirdo. l'.elow tiiis belt the place was a cliarnel house. The bones of men and animals mingled in weird confusion. Most were i X 11 ?i . TVif phcc wis n ctuirncl hou*c. mere skeleton*. A few bodies?nine the sailor counted?yet preserved some resemblance of humanity. These latter were scattered unions the older relics. They wore the clothes of Dyaks. Characteristic hats and weapons denoted their nationality. The others, the first hnrvo-t of this n km lorn Colgot ha, might have been Chinese coolies. When the sailor's fascinated vision could register details lie distinguished yokes, baskets, odd looking spades and picks strewn amid the bones. The animals were all of one type?small, lanky, with long pointed skulls At Inst lie si ,lo<1 ;i rvitliererl hoof. They were pigs. Over nil lay a thick coating of fine sand, deposited from the eddying winds that could never reach the silent depths. The place was grewsome, horribly depressing. Jenks broke out into a clammy 1 erspiration. lie seemed to be looking at the secrets of the grave. 1 At last his superior intelligence ns. sorted itself. Ills brain became clearer, recovered its power of analysis. He began to criticise, reflect, and this is the theory be evolved: Some one, long ago, had discovered valuable minerals in the volcanic rock. .Mining operations were in full blast when the extinct volcano took its revenge upon the human ants gnawing nt its vitals and smothered them by a deadly outpouring of carbonic acid gas. the bottled up poison of the ages. A horde of pigs, running wild over the island?placed there no doubt by Chinese fishers had met the same fate while intent on dreadful orgy. Then there came a European who knew how the anhydrate gas, being heavier than the surrounding air. set tied like water in that terrible hollow. He, too. hr.'l striven to wrest the irons* ure from the stone by driving a tunnel iuto the cliff. lie had partly succeeded and had gone away, perhaps to obtain help, after erudely registering his knowledge on the lid of a tin canister. This, again, probably fell into the hands of another man, who, curious but unconvinced, caused himself to he set ashore on this desolate spot with a few Inadequate stores. Possibly lie had arranged to he taken off within a fixed time. Itut a sampan laden with Itynk pirates ennv first, and the intrepid explorer's hones rested near the well, while his head had gone to decorate the hut of some fierce village chief. The murderers, after burying their own dead -for the white man fought hard, witness the empty cartridges searched the jai99& Boujo JUeuh Iguoraotiy ... _ L r-. - i inquisitive, descended into tbo hollow, ma They remained there. The others, ?u- ugi perstitioua barbarians, fled for their not lives, embarking so hastily that they lod took from the cave neither tools nor tee oil, though they would greatly prize I these articles. ter Such was the tragic web he spun, a ter eomi>ound of fact and fancy. It ex- *h< plained all perplexities save one. What the did "32 divided by 1" mean? Was ty there yet another fearsome riddle net awaiting solution? eoi And then his thoughts flew to Iris. an< Happen what might, her bright picture Jee was seldom absent from his brain, of Suppose, egg hunting, slie had ptum- on bled across this valley of death! How pin could be liope to keep It hidden from of her? Was not the ghastly knowledgo yoi better than the horror of a chnnee ram- sta ble thiough the wood and the shock of hoi discovery?nay. indeed, the risk of a *1" catastrophe? He rushed back through the trees until he caught sight of Iris illustrious. ^ i.. tk> ..hi. i.. Tli i%? ixiiviuiiii^ uiv ^ifiu i'II ii 111 uni; ui those most useful dish covers. | n,,< He called to her. led lu?r wondering *'>" to the truck itii*l pointed out the fatal ' quarry, but In such wise that she could l)al not look inside it. ere "You remember that round hole we wa saw from the summit rock?" he said. * "Well, it Is full of carbonic acid gas. to ' breathe which means uuconstlousness : w" and death. It gives no warning to the iro inexperienced. It is^ rather pleasant . 'n than otherwise. Promise me you will ?* never come near this place Again." Now, Iris, too, had been thinking sn' deeply. Robert Jenks bulked large In ' her day dreams, ller nerves were not ari yet quite normal. There was a catch in her throat as she answered: " "I dou't want to die. Of course I " will keep away. What a horrid island H this is! Yet it might be a paradise." She bit her lip to suppress her tears; '>a but. being the Eve in this garden, she i,x continued: u" "How did you find out? Is there auvtliing?nasty?in there?" occ "Yes. the remains of nuimuls and other things. I would not have told V11' you were it not imperative." f "Are vou keeping other secrets from ,fc ' rO me; ter "Oh. quite a number." ^r< He managed to conjure up a siuile. and the ruse was effective. f*lie apon i plied the words to his past history. "I hone thev will not l>e revealed so dramatical I y," she said. Wf "You never can tell." he answered. ^ ; Thrv were in prophetic vein that 'j | morning. They returned in silence to , the envc. au "I wish to go inside with n lamp. 0 May 1V" be asked. j "Mnv I con.e too?" she demanded. an He assented, with an explanation of Qf his design. When the lamp was iB order he held it rlose to the wall, and eonduoted a systematic survey. .The ^ ' geological fault whkli-favnm^ihr rftip -pp struction of the tunnel seemed to dlverge to the loft at the farther end. ki_ The "face" of the rock exhibited the marks of persistent labor. The stone had been hewn away by main .force when the dislocation of strata cpased to be helpful. His knowledge was limited oil tbe subject, yet Jenks. believed that tbe material here was a hard limestone rather than the external basalt. Searching each Inch with the feeble light, he paused once, with an exclamation, "What Is it?" cried Iris. "I cannot be certain." he said doubtfully. "Would you mind holding the lamp while I use a crowbar?" Iii the stone was visible a thin vein, bluish white in color. He managed to break off a fair sized lump containing j a well defined specimen of the foreign j inetal. i They hurried into tli#? open air and examined the fragment with curious eyes. Tlie sailor picked it witli his knife, and the substance in the vein eame off in laminated layers, small, brittle scales. "Is it silver?" Iris was almost excited. "I do not think so. I am no expert, but I have a vague idea?1 have seen"? He wrinkled his brows anil pressed away the furrows with his hand, that physical habit of his when perplexed. "I have it," lie cried. "It Is antimony." Miss Jieane pursed her lips in disdain. Antimony! What was antimony? "So much fuss for nothing," she said. "It is used in alloys and medicines," he explained. "To us it is useless." He threw the piece of rock contemptuously among the hushes. Rut, being thorough in nil thut lie undertook, he returned to the cave and again conducted an inquisition. The silver lined vein liecame more strongly marked at the point where it disappeared downward into a collection of rubble and sand. That was all. Did men give their toll, their lives, for this? So It would appear. Re that as It might, he had more pressing work. If the cave still held a secret It must remain t here. Iris had gone back to her sago kneading. Shouldering the n? he wiilke*! tii the boo'-h. Much debris from the steamer was lying high and dry. It was an easy task for an athletic man to reach the palm tree, yet the an I lor hesitated with almost Imperceptible qualm*. "A halted rat trap," he muttered. Then he quickened Ills pace. With the first active spring from rock to rock his unacknowledged doubts vanished, i He might And stores of priceless utli- ( ity. The reflection inspired him. Jumping and climbing like n cat, in two minutes he was near the tree. lie could now see the true explanation of Its growth In a seemingly impossible place. Here the l>ed of the j sen bulged upward in a small aand 1 cay, which silted round the base of a limestone rock so different In color and formation from the coral reef. Nature, whose engineering contrivances CM (2TCG eprlngp to ftoqatoip top*, ^ . . ^ e-r 4 -S ' jtJ 'm&*' -ll 'A. 'sfci naged to deliver to this isolated fef* tl ? a sufficient supply of water to 1 Uriah the palm, and the root*, firmly god In deep crevices, were well pro- S ted from the waves. letween the sailor and the tree In- S Toned n small etretch of shallow wn landward this submerged saddle J lved steeply Into the lagoon. Al ugh the water In the rove was twen- ** fathoms in depth. Its crystal clearw was remarVnhle. The bottom, M nposed of mnrvelously white sand :1 broken coral, rendered other oh- v> *s conaptcwnm. He conld aee plenty v> flsli, but not a single shark, while M the Inner slope of the reef was U ilnly visible the destroyed fore part IJ the Sirdar, which had struck be- V id tlift tree, relatively to his present W mlpolnt. He had wondered why 110 wj its were CRRt ashore. Now he saw ? reason. Three of them were still *== itened to the davits and carried iv 11 with the hull. lenwnrd the water was not so clear, e waves created patches of fouin, ^ :l long submarine plants swayed gen- 8QV in the uudercurrent. fo reach Palm Tree rock - nuticl- ^ ting its subse<iuent name?be must *au >ss n space of some thirty feet and 'ms ide up to his waist. Ie made the passage with ease. ^ 'itched against the hole of the tree pnc is n long, narrow case, very heavy, 1'?*' n clamped and marked with letters black triangles and the broad arrow H the Rritish government. 111! 'Rifles, by nil the gods!" shouted the lor. H Hie Sirdar carried n consignment of ni0! as and nniinunltion from Hongkong Singapore. Providence had decreed it a practically Inexhaustible store be cartridges should be hurled across K * lagoon to the island. And here iv rifles enough to equip half a com- M ny. He would not risk the precious n* in an attempt to open the case. He mn ist go back for n crowbar. Vhnt else was there In this storeuse thrust by Neptune from the an bed? A chest of tea, seemingly damaged; three barrels of flour, utly ruined; a saloon chair, smashed ^ im its pivot; a battered chronometer. ra0, r the rest, fragments of timber in- ^ Tiilngle<l with pulverized coral and >ken crockery. ^ V little farther on the deep water ^ec Irance to the lagoon curved between us nken rocks. On one of them rested J Pirdar's huge funnel. The north- ^ >st section of the reef was bare. *? ong the wreckage be found n coil enJ stout rope and a pulley. lie instantconceived the idea of constructing aerial line to ferry the chest of tea Uih noss the channel he had forded. T le threaded the pulley with the rope d climbed the tree, adding a touch ^ artistic completeness to the ruin of i trousers by the operation. He had ^i; rtened the pulley high up the trunk 8m fore he realized how much more slni lere It lay and transport its contents ^ small parcels. _ T . . [to be continued.! gin and *' * ary THE PROFITLESS QUEST. f tro ??y\ the Maybe Rme Bf Them arc needing ' * The north pole In their business, r<^ But I can't see VIC Just where It comes in. has If there were somethlnR like ret Forty 'leven thousand the North poles Qe] Standing; where they could be soil , To the lumber trust, ? Or even to a syndicate That makes barrel staves am With which to wallop Pe' Small boys. me There might be some sense In it, ma But standing up there, cle Where the freight rates are so high 0|1{ That a man couldn't afford To ship diamonds In less than carload lots, What's the use? wo Think of the yards and yards Bgc Of climate A That is not fit for decent people to associate with uju That the explorer .. Must go through S Before he gets to where * He can put his arms around, ths ' north pols I And ask It to be his'n. I Think of the money It takes V To fit out an expedition? ^ Money that might be used x To pay life Insurance policies , Or even to buy bread! ? And contemplate the waste energy. ' A man might roll several million cigarettes J Or make yards and yards oit fancy H work C Tn thp tlnip It IsUpi him Ia IaaW i - - -- II something ^ That he never finds. l Let's call It off , And go fishing. UBJ Discovery Is the last thing In the world The north pole 5 Is hankering after. Conservative. rp I want to l?e conservative, And ho would not express Offhanded an opinion That was at best a guess; Bo when 1 see the engines I'pon a building play With four big streams of water Thut shoot out every way, When tongues of flame leap skywar<l And out through every crock, While all around aro falling Hot cinders charred and black, It looks to mo In passing And rubbering as well Just llko n conflagration. Though one can't always tell. Mistakes in Judgment often thus May happen to the pest of us. It's all right to be certain If you arc first dead sure And know that every statement Is truth untrlmmed unit nun but men may 1*> mlHtaicon, B? when 1 boo a horne Wild running, while the people Arc after him In force, With no one In the buggy That reels from side to Hide, Wllh harnoHB In a jumble And half the etrnpe untied, I think that 1 am watchlne A frenzied runaway, But etill, wore you to aek me, I wouldn't like to eny. I I know kt'e all right to be wlee, . Out then can one believe hie cyoeT k L ? . 4 r" ? - s |?I9INH?HIM?NIMNM HAIR 6 DENl Crown, Bridgework and Office over Mutual Dry < \ DR. J. MONR( I " e N 1 5 Crown and Bridge Work a A Specialty. Phone 1 PBRT PARAGRAPHS. nnuury Is the month In which the rdust very perceptibly leaks. woman will gossip about her own. Its. but a man wou't admit that he faults. Itliough two people In a quarrel may h be wrong, very seldom are they h right. : Is foolish to he silly, but sometime* s so gratifying. , r you can't, don't; but sometimes, ?t emphatically, If you can, don't. After me the bill collector" seems to both the motto and the plaint of a at number of people. t appears to be a popular belief, or least a working theory, that might kes money and money makes right. 'o get ahead you not only have to the best you can, but also must do best anybody can. >on't remember how you spent your ney unless you have to, and If yoii re to don't spend It. Ve appreciate a man after he io id, unless he happens to die owing money. Le is an artist Mho known enough wait until he is hungry enough to oy his dinner. f we never felt tlint we ought to do a tig we wouldn't know what to worabout. t'hen a man has nothing but money 1 friends he must keep the former king if he would keep the lutter iling. ix Assessment Notice. 'he time for taking tax returns bes on the 1st day of January, 1906, I expires 011 the 20th day of Febru. All real, as well as personal iperty, must be returned this time, is the instruction from the Compiler-General to positively charge 50 per cent, penalty to any and all sons who neglect to make their tax urns as required by law. My ade would be, that every person who 1 tenants, see that they make their urns, as I will have to comply with requirements of the Comptroller neral, and add 50 per cent, penalty ill who do not make their returns. 111 giving due notice and you have pie time. Therefore, when the laity is charged to you, do not blame , but yourself. All returns not de directly to the auditor or his rk, must be sworn to before some 1 competent to administer an oath, int everybody to put a value on ir lands mid remember land is rth more now than it was four years >. Vill be in the office at Union from ! 1st day of January to the 18th, insive, after which time I will go to ! following places: iuffalo January 15 Vest Springs " 10 tennett's Store, forenoon " 17 larrison's store, afternoon " 17 Vilburn's Store " 18 ledalia. forenoon " 19 Hack ltoek, forenoon... " 31 kdamsburg, forenoon... *' 22 .ookhart " 23 telton " 24 onesville " 25 antuc * " 20 iarlisle " 27 fonarch Mills, forenoon " 28 letna Mills, afternoon.. " 29 'rom the 29th of January to the 20th f of February in office. J. G. Faku, Auditor. 1-Ot Wood's Seeds, j Second Li*op Seed Potatoes go further In planting than other Seed Potatoes, yiela better and more uniform crops, and are in high favor with truckers and potato growers wherever planted. Our stocks are of superior quality, uniform in size, and eent out in fulbsize barrels. Write for prices, and Wood's 1906 8?ed Book* giving full and interesting information about Heed Potatoes. T.W. Wood & Sons, SMdsmen, RIONMOND, . - vmaiNIA. We carry the largest (took of Potato** In ttaa Booth. Main*. Northern. grown and Sooond Crop Bood. Writ* for prtOM. " ;v ( ., - - IKPl'1 K Or.? >? . oWi a ? aJ fc HAIR, I ISTS. | I Regulating a Specialty. I Goods Co., Union, S. C. S ? a II DE WALLACE^ I r i s i Oflloes: Rooms 1 and 2 VA 17. Nicholson Building. Br SOUTHERN RAILWAY THE SOUTH'S GREATEST SYSTEM. Unexcelled Dining Car Service. ^ Through Pullman Sleeplqat Cars on all Through Trains?Co*venlent Schedule on all Local Trains. Winter Tourist Rates are now in effect to all Florida points. For full information n<; tr> rntpQ rnntpc ptr rr>n I VWWW) J VVII suit nearest Southern Railway Ticket Agent or BROOKS MORGAN, R. W. HONT, A. G. P. A., 1). P. A.f Atlanta, Ga. Charleston, S. C. Union & Glenn Springs Railroad Co. Time Table Effective Aug. 1, 1905. Leave Union 7. a. in. 1.00, 4.00 and t 8.10 p. m. ? . Arrive Buffalo 7.15 a. m. 1.15, 4.15 and X 8.25 p. m. Leave Buffalo 8.15 a. m. 1.45, 5.00 and 18.30 p. in. Arrive Union 8.30 a. m. 2.00, 5.15 and X 8.46 p. in. Leave Union 9.00 a. m. and 5.25 p. m. Pass Neal Shoals 9.50 a m. and 0.10 p. m. Arrive Pride 10.15 a. m. and 0.35 p. m. Leave Prido 10.35 a. m. and 0.50 p. ni. 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 daily unless otherwise noted. Week days only. 1 Saturdays and Sundays only. Connection made at Pride With Seaboard Air Line through trains South bound in the morning and North bound in the evening. Interchangeable mileage sold by the Seaboard Air Line will be honored by the U. & G. S. R. R. M. B. SUMMER, Gen. Pass. Agent. | D. A. T0WNSEND BEN I*. T0WNSCND TOWNSEND & TOWNSEND, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Union, S. C. so.lot SCAIFE & HAMBLIN, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. FOSTER BUILDING, UNION, S. C. | F. C. DUKE, Representing the Best and Most Liberal Life, Health and Accident Insurance Companies in the world. OFFICE: Room 4, Nicholson v | Building. 1 J. A. 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