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Tin; UKO A fo UNION I1AR] s-cc-c-c-c-csc-ccc ?' Jv'Vi'" "u" vs" *u* ' ' ' '' ' ' " ' * * J Beverly c flGraustar piiiii?fi?s ; mm''-'"m '""m'-"in ''"m""iilf "Is rrluce Dnntau as handsome as they sayjie Is?" slie asked. "It Is entirely a matter of opinion," he replied. "1 for one do not consider him nt nil prepossessing." The day went on, fatiguing, distressing in its length and its happenings. Progress was necessarily slow, the perils of the road increasing as the little cavalcade wound deeper and deeper into the wilderness. There were ! times when the coacli fairlj crawled j along the edge of a precipice, a pro- 1 v ceeding so hazardous that Beverly shuddered as if in a chill. Aunt fanny slept serenely most of the time, mid Baldos took to dreaming with his eyes wide pttcn. Contrary to her expecta- j tiongf^Uie Axplmininns.did not appear,! nuJi VJklxev*-were atObbers In the hills ! J*-" thef^jough* hettiu-ithau to attack the vaforou% l?\)king i>yrty^ It dawned J wWtr traveUng. the one JVcr"Wh* | roftcUing GanYetive doubtless * provided look over the uor i eUCOuntered . tto eneiny ^?ctea. Beverly heforc lJil>l>?t tenrl?B tor tlie soon fount! ,' ineeas a fear which nl safety of the 'uiiost uneudnrable. last l>ecat^?ffoU thev came upon tlir? Near niKu? _ Graustark shepherds and learned uiu Ggnlook could not he reached befor ,The tired, liuugr "7travelers spent the night In a snv little valley througli which a rlvtil hounded onward to the river belo1 The supper was a scant one, the for gers having poor luck in the hunt f food. Daybreak saw them on tin way once more. Hunger and dre had worn down Beverly's supply good spirits: she was having dilHcu in keeping the haggard, distressed h from her face. Iter tender, liopt eyes were not so bold or so merry on the day before: cheerfulness < her an effort, but she managed to 1 ^ It fairly nlive. Iter escort. wret< and lialf starved, never forgot the erence due to their charge, but st steadily on with the dogged lies martyrs. At times she was Impellc disclose her true identity, but dl tlon told her that deception was best safeguard. I,nte la the afternoon of the at day the front axle of the coach ped in two, and n tedious delay o hours ensued. Baldos was strang< lent and subdued. It was not un< t misfortune came that Beverly o ed the flushed condition of his involuntarily and with the eomp of a true woman, she touched hli and brow. They were burnin The wounded man was in a high lie laughed at lier fears and see the prospect of Mood poisoning i hundred other possibilities tin ?i..?? to j,er gested tlieaiMi-i* vo ? i brain. "We are close to Oanlook," with the setting of tlic still. "S I inay be relieved of JfOW t f cheerless company, your hlghr "You are going to n pliyslc) said resolutely, alive and act more, pow that the worst pa Journey was coining to an ei that man to drive la a gailo rest of the way." J I CilAPTElt VIII. BlY fills time they wer (lie queer little huts 1 ed the outskirts cf a - ar; ? J community. These * homes of shepherds, hunter tut era whose vocations relate' ly to the mountains. Earth JM were signs of fanning int Ljgnfl| homes became more mm more pretentious hi appeal rock lined gorge broadened I H tile valley; tlie road was HHa kivc|, A coudillou Which ul! ^ I DWARK CO. \ ? S'C^CC^C'C'C'C'C'C'^ j i: / .:.:;-.-.i: v/.: v"VA-5: :y ?{ %? ?.! j, r Ifi By M !; IT Hi GEORGE BARR Wl ? r 1 i? M'CUTCHEON, M ' kfessS i' ;.^::.;v; * * cow.ight. >?<>? ?? oo?. n iSS ?""-?? ?? 11 :>7.:Z?:?>FV:?;, fl b I to tiio travelers. Ka.o.ie uau o.iee |j j more dressed the wounds Inflicted by ! the lion, but he was unable to provide [ anything to subdue the fever, lhildos ' : was undeniably 111. Beverly, between a her exclamations of Joy and relief at being in si;.dit of Qaulook, was profuse 11 In her expressions of concern for the *\ hero of the Hawk and Haven. The } feverish gleam in his dark eyes and the pain that marked his face touched ?her deeply. Suffering softened hi i lmu, a< sun browned features, obliterating the mocking lines that had impressed h >r .* so unfavorably at the outset. She was 11 saying to herself that he was handsome after a most unusual cast; It was " an unforgettable face. "Your highness," lie said earnestly. ( after she had looked long and anxiouslv at Ills ball' elnsiwl ovoj om n-ltli. ruW'i'J'.i'UL uf W " you to the sentry post 11110*411 ^*^^" the horses to your own men. My " friends and I must leave you at the v end of tho mountain road. We are"? , "Ridiculous!" she cried. "I'll not 1 t ficrmit It! You must go to a hospital." "If I enter the Qanlook urates It will p be the same as entering tho gates of t death." lie protested. ,(, "Nonsense! You have n fever or you wouldn't talk like that. I can promise you absolute security." pt "You do not understand, your high* a-, i ness" , I "Nevertheless, you are going to a or hospital," she firmly said. "You would pjr die out here In the wilds, so what are ,uj the odds either way? Aunt Fanny, will you bo careful? Don't you know that the least movement of those bags hurts 30k >ful "Please do not mind me, your high n ness. I am doing very well," he said cogt smiling. -eep | The coach brought up in front of lied ' rosulsl(le l,m- While some of the ino jef_' were watering the horses others gat' rode Prei^ "kout lts open window. A co s of d to asHloti 3 hand 1\&rs*%i KSVS^at \ "ot' i fever. -~-?s^AI i LIv I imn?,. ffed nt -^-^Jh^iS^V P/V' md the ?' ?- Jte* -L* It Sllg- jr anxious ; he said, \ oon yoy \ Iresome, j \ less." | \ mil," she , * . ? ' ? ?? ive once ? rf of the "Aunt Fanny, ttill you be cure id. "Tell versntlon in a tongue utterly Ino >p nil the hcnslble to Beverly took place b Haldos nud his followers. The l seemed to be disturbed about thing, and there was no nilstali o passing solicitous nlr with which they ?>?,. ! ed their leader. The pseudo ?? nu nossi ll!ll IU1II B 1 habitable was patient as iu..* were the then broke into the discussion, s and otli- "What do they want?" she il especial- hi English, or on tliere "They are asking for instr ;erests; the be answered, lerous and "Instruct them to do as I ranee. The *aid. "Toil them to hurry n 1 Into a fer- get you a doctor; that's all." smooth and Evidently ids "friends wei forded relief sWUUQ opUUou, for of tor a lou^ ? ii which he was obdurate to the lai they left the carriage, and he Ban jack with a groan of dejection. "What Is It?'' she anxiously domain Hi. "They also Insist that I shall go to surgeon," he said hopelessly. Ills ey< >vere moist, and he could not meet Ik t izc. Rlie was full of cxultatloi 'They have advised nic to put niyse mder your protection, shameless c hat may seem to a man. You and yoi lone have the power to protect me 1 pass beyond the walls of tianlook." TV" she cried, all a-tint tor. "I could not thrust iny head Into th< invs of death unless the princess o Irausta.rk were there to stay the! ury. Your royal hand alone can tun side the inevitable. Alas, 1 am help ?ss and know not what to do!" Beverly Calhoun sat very straight am ilent beside the misguided ltaldos ifter all. it was not within her nnwe d protect bim. She was not the prin ess. ami she had absolutely no Influ nee in Ganlook. The authorities then ould not he deceived as had been thesi Lpiorant men of the liills. If she lot ini into the city it was decidedly prob hie that she might he taking him ti is death. She could only petition, no ommnud. Once at Yetivc's side sh< ras confident she could save the tuni rho had done so much for her, bu lanlook was many miles from Edel reiss, and there was no assurance tha dervention could he obtained in time in the other hand, if he went hack to tin ills he was likely to die of the poison us fever. Beverly was in a most tin appy state of mind. If she confessed [> him that she was not the princes: e would refuse to enter the gates ol lanlook, and be perfectly justified ii oing so. "But if I should fall?" she asked a' ist. a shiver rushing over her am ?aving her cold with dread. "You are the only hope, your high ess. You had better say. farewell t< taldos and let hint again seek tin rlcndly valley." said he wearily. "\Y< an go no farther. The soldiers nuts e near, your highness. It means cap are if we go 011. I cannot expose nij fiends to the dangers. Bet me be pu own hero and do you drive on t< afety. I shall fare much better thai on think, for I am young and strom nd"? - - c 'intothe'elityUOTlnlh "Yo' n?1 s?r tliat I win nro/rw ,,lcni KO life nnd honor " 3'?U with "'J olzzbm,n,v?- H? Jotbed bis fears if i,! '' IIcr v?ic? from tl'io XdoTT1 tl,wn 0 men together. DeveHv . , Cn,^d 1 wonder as these ???? 5 ,ookcJ 61 n re well to their leadci- ,netl *"u,( ere weepjm, an?i\,l\ M,,?y of th.-a ls I'and. There J!, "?1"'1" kK;(><1 ?ncos, tear clmi-n 1 broken st?n><1 Ulrica, and the pawn*1*0*' nnxijl'* "Where are tiJS "? Wj?8 over.' vas trembling like n leaf. "Starve?" she whispered. "Have the 10 money?" A "We are penniless," came In muffle tones from the stricken leader. Beverly leaned from the window ai railed to the departing ones. Itavo and one other reluctantly approacht Without a word she opened a Bin ^traveling bag and drew forth a hen i purse. This she pressed into the hn of the student. It was filled \\ Graustark gavvos, for which she 1 ! exchanged American gold In Russi "God be with you!" she fervei cried. lie kissed her hand, nnd two stood aside to let the coach ??*~ ?i?, dusky shadows that i on inn# nrated them from the gates or ? . look, old Franz still driving, the I j one of the company left to servt loader to the very end. ? | "Well, we have left them," inut n 1 Baldos as though to himself. "I I, never see them again?never see M. again. And how true they have I "I shall send for them the m< "1 , I get to (Janlook, and I'll promis ! dons for them all!" she cried ras her compassion. "No." he exclaimed fiercely; "y not to disturb them. Better tha i should starve." Beverly was sutHeieutly sulnlu they drew nearer the city gat \ heart began to fail her. This I life was in her weak, Incapable I | and tho time was nearlng wl J must stand between him and di f "Where are these vaunted sol yours?" he suddenly asked, v ^ Irony In his voice. "My soldiers?" she said fain | "Isn't it rather unusual that s of trouble and uncertainty w j be able to approach within r , one of your most important cl out even so much as seeing of Graustark?" She felt that he was scoffl1 mattered little to her. i "It Is n bit odd, Isn't It?" s' i "Worse than that, your hlj 1 "I shall speak to Dnngloss fulf" she said serenely, and he lo< i new surprise. Truly she UUl|llv etween traordlnnry princess. i latter Fully three-quarters of an t some- beforo tho conch was chc ;lng tlif trly, looking from the wh regard- the lighted windows princess growing closer and close ble and The barking of roadside d< only sound that could be 1 demand- the rattle of the wheels. dark Inside tho coach to i uctious," of tho man beside her, bi , : told her. that he was sta bid," Rho Into tho night, alert and r Jong and responsibility of her posil down upon her like an e of the she thought of what the r were tq Utfag (QJUJ sudden stopping of tho conch and tho sharp commands from tho outside that 'k told her probation was at an end. She could no longer speculate; It was high time to net. "The outpost," came from Baldos, in a strained tones. >s "Perhaps they won't know us?you, I !r mean," she whispered. "Baron Dangloss knows everybody," be replied bitterly. 19 a "What a horrid old busybody lie"-f she started to say, but thought better of it. A couple of lanterns (lashed at the e window, almost blinding her. Aunt f Fanny groaned audibly, but the figure r of Baldos seemed to stiffen with dci flanee. Uniformed men peered into the i- interoir with more rudeness and curiosity than seemed respectful to u priu1 cess, to say the least. They saw a pretty. pleading face, with wide gray eyes r and parted lips, but they did not bow ill lnmihic submission, as Baldos bad - expected. One of the men, evidently in e command, addressed Beverly in rough i? but polite tones. It was a question 1 that lie asked, she knew, but she could not answer him, for she could not un-> I derstand liim. t "What do you want?" she put in ? English, with a creditable display of l dignity. t "He ?!oes i.,t speak English, your highness," volunteered Baldos, iu a i voice so well disguised lhat if startled her. The ollieer was staring blankly at * her. "Every ollieer lu my army should and must learn to speak English," she 1 said, at her wits' end. "1 decline to < lie questioned by the fellow. Will you F talk to hint in my stead?" t "1, your highness?" he cried in dismay. t "Yes. Tell him who we are and ask 1 where the hospital is." she murmured, sinking hack with the air of a queen, but with the inward feeling that nil > was lost. - "Hut I don't speak your language 1 well." he protested. * "You speak it beautifully," she suid. Baldos leaned forward painfully aud >* spoke to the officer in the Uraustarlc 1 tongue. } "Don't you know your princess?" he 1 demanded a tritle harshly. The man s ? eyes Hew t^ide open in an instant and ; his jaw dropped. 1 "The?the princess?" he gasped. "Don't stare like that, sir. Direct us to the main gate at once, or you will have cause to regret your slowuess." "But the princdss was?is coming by 5 the northern pass," mumbled the man. i "The guard lias gone out to meet her 1 , and"? Baldos cut him off shortly with 1 ! the information that the princess, as ? 1 he could see, had come by the lower 1 pass and that she was eager to reach ' , a resting place at once. The couviuc- j ing tone of the speaker and the regal 1 J indifference of the lady had full effect | upon the officer, who hud never seen her highness. lie fell back with a ^v fcywil- J y ! C rdse. P"Wheve are we fiolng now < P.U -- u KI1U "Into the city, your highness," ue uu, swercd. It was beginning to dawn upon him that she was amazingly ig >(1- j norant aud Inconsequential for om wlio enjoyed the right to com mam v.v these common soldiers. Iter old trei md idation returned with this brief in i'li swcr. Something told her that lie wo uad beginning to mistrust her at last. Af 11 or nil, it meant everything to him nr ntly so little to her. t'm When the coach halted before tl roll city gates she was in a dire state 80P' unhappiness. In the darkness s! San- could f0ei the reproachful eyes of < only Aunt Fanny searching for her abt i ills doned conscience. "Ask if Baron Dnngloss is in Gj tered look, and, if he is, command them may take me to him immediately," them whispered to Baldos, u sudden lnsp lean!' tion seizing her. She would lay nuent whole matter liefore the great cliie 0 I)ur" police and trust to fortune. Her h lily in fep impulsively upon his and, to amazement, it was as cold as ou are ?vWhat is the matter?" she crlei it they i uiurm. ' "You trusted me in the Kilds, i highness," he said tensely; "I am t tc her jn}, yQU uow nefore 8ije COuld ^nian s tjie 0tncer jn charge of the Gn ">tK s. ?trta nnneared at the coach wli len she Tlier0 Vf-ere nghts 011 nil siucs. saster. lu>art guuk nke lead. It would idlers of miracie if 8he passed the gate Infinite recognized. ! "I must see Baron Daugloss at tly- she cried In English, utterly dlsd ; In time j,er instructions to Baldos. e should ?The baron la engaged at r i mile of an(1 can ge0 no one," respond ties with- ROO(1 looking young officer In a soldier English. "Where ia he?" she (lemnnde ng, but it 0nsly. | "lie is at the house of Colou< he agreed. tke commandant. What ia yo ;hness." ne8g with him?" about it." ..It j8 witk him, and not w oked up in g|r.? Hi,e gai(ii imperious one iras an ex- ??con(hiCt nio to him lmmedlat "You cannot enter the gat< hour pass- you"? (Cked. llev- j ^insolence!" exclaimed Bal idows, had wnyt gir, in which yo< of cottages prince8sv uuku W iXJ ?v. r together. ..The pr|nCo88!" gasi>ed tl 5g? was the Thou n peculiar smile overs aeard abovo j,ico He Jiad served three y< U was too enstlo guard at Kdelwelss! ' seo the faco a long paU8e, fraught with d it something Beverly. "Yes, perhaps It ring Intently weu that we conduct her inxlous. The pangloss," he said at last, tion swooped meaning In his voice appea avalanche as tt,0 UDhappy girl. "There i icxt few mln- further delay, your hlghues e U wag Ul? A V" ! gates swung op;". * \v passed through. Beverly iiIoik* knew that they were going to Baron Dangloss under heavy guard, virtually as prisoners, T The man knew her to be an impostor S and was doing only his duty. There were smiles of derision on the faces of the soldiers when Beverly 1'' swept proudly between the tiles and up the steps leading to the coinman; dant's door, but there were 110 audible <>t fti remarks. Bahlos followed, walking painfully, hut defiantly, nud Aunt Fan- ,.j i ny came last, with the baud bag. The , T. guards grinned broadly as the corpu- j lent negress wiuldled up the steps. The young ollleor and two men entered the door with the wayfarers, who were ordered to halt in the hallway. "Will your highness come with me?" said the ofileer, returning to the hall Si after a short absence. There was uu-: m mistakablc derision in his voice and " palpable insolence in his manner. Bev- ! crly Hushed angrily. "Baron Dangloss is very curious to see you," lie added, j with a smile. Nevertheless he shrank 1 u l?it beneath the cold gleam In the eyes of the impostor. "You will remain here," she said, (1i turning to Bahlos and the Degress, vo "And you will have nothing whatever to say to this very important young , M" man." The "important young man" l;' actually ehuekled. "Follow me, your most royal high- j m, uess," lie said, preceding her through jy ,7?" "rc ? ?/ ;... or." ;> ? svTisrWJ^-??'' h? the ranks," said and smile iustantlv .(.codod r y' T1,c ! lont hollow's ' face fo ?' U,? iUS0' Wo,,'d of prophwv h? 11 vv;,s n! 'h Somehow he wi i? W;'*V s,'? said Vsuneffui humor 11,1 a lnu^ more were concealing a snniA',0 J!?turucd to j uer was polite, even deferential. Slie | p advanced fearlessly toward him, a I y 1 wayward smile struggling into her ' ^ face. 1 c * "I dare say you know 1 am not the | | princess," she said composedly. Every | " vestige of fear was gone now that she ! 1 had reached the line of battle. The 1 IS doughty baron looked somewhat sur- j j prised at this frank way of opening an 1 Interview. , "1 am quite well aware of it," he , oj, said politely. ^ "They say you know every one, Baron Dangloss," she boldly said. "Pray, who am 1?" The powerful official looked at the m smiling face for a moment, his bushy eyebrows contracting ever so slightly. gj There was a shameless streak of dust Ira ucross her cheek, but there was also a dimple there that appealed to the f of ?r'm ?'1* man. His eyes twinkled as 1 he replied, with line obsequiousness: 1 "You are Miss Beverly Calhoun o ice Washington." * 'n [to be continued.] your I'OHtflKC Stamp TonRUp. rust- "A number of ailments, some of the' reply ( extremely dangerous, are eomprisi ulook under the general head of posta idow. 1 stamp tongue." said n physlelf Her j "Postage stamp tongue, In a word, be a nny disorder contracted from the lie s un- i ing of postage stamps. Three or fc ? w?ck visit me with posts I pcrsuua t? once," stamp tongues. They have a tinuining trouble or a skin disease or a pull nary complaint brought on by the r< >rcsent less habit of stamp licking."?Phlla ed the phla Bulletin, broken . A Fatal Fault. d nerv- ?<i have hero some jokes." ' what?" asked the editor. "I sti ;1 Goaz, have here some Jokes." "Oh. you ur busl- there somo Jokes. What kind of are they?" "New. brand new. I ith you, been used before." "Can't use ;e more, gnld .the editor. "It takes our r< :ely." too long to get used to the new >9 unless Good day."?Milwaukee Sentinel i llOS. "Is Comparative llapplnenn. u address If one only wished to be hap] her." | could be easily accomplished, I \c officer. : wish to be happier than other ipread his and this Is always difficult, for >ars In the i lleve others to be happier thr There was ' are.?Montesquieu, isnster for 1 Is Just as iq France there Is an idea t to Baron fisherman couuts the flsh he hai Tlie deep be will catch no more during t led only to 1 ? shall be no l(]ie rUmor Is always bus si" ho add- nny other kind.?Houston Pos t , l i"? Notice of Election. He it ordained and ordered l>y the own Council of the Town of Union, . C., and by the authority of the line: That an election be held in the Town F Union, S. C., on Tuesday. June oth. 00, for Mayor, four wardens, and 10 Commissioner of Public Works. The voting precincts and managers " each for this election shall be as diows, to wit: Ward One: At Haile Shoe Co. Prenct managers: C. Humphries, J. , Sexton and T. K. Palmer. U ard fwu: At Progress olfiee, side tor. Precinct Managers, (J. B. Sligh, d Hancock, and W. T Powell. Ward Three: At Police lleadquart s. Precinct Managers: C. (i. B. aunts, J. II. Spears, and .1. 10. Fowler. Ward Four: At Court House, Down .airs. Precinct Managers: M. L. Leas ter, Roland Morris and Robert ameg. Polls open at K a, in. and close at 1 in. That th.1 term of office of Mayor and 'aniens is for two years, and Comissioner of Public Works for six ars. That none but duly registered and ik 1 ilied electors shall be eligible to ite in said election. Managers of said election are relired, before opening polls, to take e oath prescribed under the law for me. Upon the close of the polls, the imagers at each precinct will publiccount and declare the vote of the ecinct and then proceed with the rtilicate of the precinct vote to the nuicil Chamber and there tabulate c ward vote of the Town and declare e election. Done and ratified in Council asscmi'd .this, the tkh day of May, A. 1). [)6. Attest: R. 1,. McNam.y, . 1>. Aimien, Mayor. Clerk & Treas. 20-31 moil ?S: Glenn Springs Railroad Company. me Table Effective Aug. 1, 1905. Leave Union 7:30 a. in., 1: hi, i- o id "*<:!0 i>. in. Arrive Buffalo 7:15 a. in.. 1:15, 4:15 (1 *8:25 in. Leave Buffalo 8:15 a. in., 1:15,5:?0 <1 S :30 p. in. Arrive Union 8:30a. in.. 2:00. 5:15 (1 *:45 p. in. Leave Union 9:00a. ni. and 5:25 p. in. ss Neal Shoals 0:50 a.m. and (5:10 in. Arrive Pride 10:15 a. in. and to p. in. Leave Pride 10:35 a. in., and (5:50 >n_ Pass Neal Shoals 11 :<m> a m . d 7:10 p. in. Arrive Union 11:50-i. . and s:( 0 p. ni. 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