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f " * ?. [the ? uerader I felE CECIL THURSTON, i if "The Circle," Etc. by Harper t* Brothers ' at the sudden Isolation, his second a rent thrill ?' nervous apprehension at the weth- I oblivion that lind allowed him to be so I fnleht I cntr?Pl>od. The second feeling out- | S?, _ I W0i<rti?<1 iUn if-> < - ?? I Jl me a-? ?~ "HI". I mem- ^,on paused again, uncertain of him- | [Lou- so'^ filially, with the consciousness L ^j,e ] that inaction was unhenrnble, he ijt rjs. I mow! on once more, his eyes wide uncut [ ?Pen- ol,e hand thrust out as a proteclb an- t'on 11 nt' ttulde. nponj The fog had clbsod In behind litui as nnioil heavily as In front, shutting off all postft,J^fehility of retreat. All about him in ^^Pfie darkness was a confusion of voices ougli ' ?(,'1<>orfu'. dubious, alarmed or angry. jn ' Now and then a sleeve brushed Ills or __ .. a hand touched him tentatively. It i not was a strange moment, a moment of srbi ' possibilities, to which the crunching wheels, the oaths and laughter from nsur- the blocked traffic of the roadway, : ? 'u made a continuous accoinpaiiiment. > the Keeping well to the left Chilcote still l/.ed tient on. There was a persistence In u the his movements that almost amounted to fear?a fear horn of solitude tilled , the with innumerable sounds. For a space rge"s, he groped about him without result, llrcle then his fingers touched the eohl surj into face of a shuttered shop front and a e es- thrill of reassurance passed through aud liiin. With renewed haste and clinging ,ding to his landmark as a blind man might, lnno- lie started forward with fresh impetus, out- For a dozen paces lie moved rapidly I I than ]|flf unevenly, then the natural result; ished oecniYcd. lie collided with a man coin(dual big in the opposite direction. ITIio shock was abrupt. Both men ' swore simultanoously. then both laugh- j cil. The whole thing was casual, hut > <'hilcote was in that state of mliul when even the commonplace becomes i abnormal. The other man's exclamation. the other man's laugh, sfcuck on his nerves. Coming nut. of the darkness. they sounded like a repetition of Nine out of every ten men in London, given the same soeial position and the same education, might reasonably he expected to express annoyance or i amusement in the same manner, possibly in the same tone of voice, and Chilcote remembered this almost at the .moment of his nervous jar. "Beastly fog!" he said aloud. "I'm trying Hrosvenor square, but the chances see in rather small." | ^I'iie oilier IiiiikIiimI uffitiu, ninl npiin i >1 'Tie laugh upset f hilcote. lie wonder- I oij[ uncomfortably if lie was becoming , t JL Ill'OV to illll<il>lls! Illlf llll> I v.I I fsjioke ..before llio question had solved *vi'isj a-fraid they are small," he said. "It would he almost hard to llnd one's w ay to tlie devil 011 a night like this." i'l^ieote made a murmur of amusement and drew back against the shop. f|H^ "Yes. We can see now where the blin 1 man scores in the matter of sal ^PP>s vat.on. This is almost a repetition of Bee the fog of six years ago. Were you ^Hie out in that V** It was a habit of his | Haa- to jump from one sentence to another, jj^Bie a habit that hud grown of late. H'll "No." The stranger had also groped V his way to the shop front. "No. I was ntv- out of Knglnnd six years ago." Big "You were lucky." Chileote turned tjbe up 1 lie collar of his coat. "It was an I han atrocious fog. as black as this, hut B^B more universal. I remember it well. . fl^B]. It yas the night Lexington made his Bed grjBrfsug ir speecii. Some of us were 1 bffse fo^FT* 011 Lambeth bridge at :> in the J inorning. havim? left in?> imiwo 10 ? I'D t'hlleote seldom indulged in reminiseenees, hut this conversation with an unseen companion was mure like a > j soliloquy than a dialogue. lie was almost surprised into an exclamation | pj when the other caught up his words. U "All! The sugar speech!" he said., lr- "Hdd that I should have heen looking I it up only yesterfji..;. What a inagniflcent d?essIns Q*?h dr/RUlijtct It I L. was! ,V. hat a earee it Lexington proui-sl'm those days!" L ( hlleote changed his ]tosltion. L "Von are interested A,, the muddle 1 down ntmWestnilnsfer/* he nsked sarcas(ieall\f / B "IV" 11? as the t fCvn of the stranger B to draw fttck a "Oh. I read my B^ UcwijoapJ witli^^Ue other .">,01 10.000. B*' thatI am an outsider." His B\ voje^^Bmlcd eiirt. The warmth that aclni?B*>ti hud brought into it a mog - liiei'f before had frozen abruptly. i ^B1*' 'An outsider!" t'hileote repealed. , B * "What an enviable word!" | j B" "Possibly, to those who are well In- , ^B" ; side the ring. Hut let us go back to B*1 Lexington. What a pinnacle the man | reached, and what a drop he had! It 1 , has always seemed to ine an extraor^V1' dinary instance of the human leaven : t s running through us all. What was the I , real cause of his collapseV" he asked I , 1 suddenly. "Was it drugs or drink? I , have often wished to get at the truth." ^ Again t'hileote changed his attitude. j Hf- "Is trtitli ever worth getting at?" he ( Bh asked Irrelevantly. , B*1 : "In the case of a public man?yes. B1' | He exchanges his privacy for the interB est of the masses. If he gives the B? masses the details of Ills success, why i not the details of his failure? Rut was 1 B? 1 It drinl^that sucked him under?" BP "Nd|B Chllcote's response came after "Drugs?" j Pf" Again C'hllcote hesitated. And at the moment of his indecision a woman brushed past him laughing boisterously. The sound Jarred him. "Was it drugs?" the stranger went on easily. "I have always had a theory that it was." "Yes. it was morphia." The answer eauie before Cliiieote had realized it. The woman's laugh at the stranger's quiet persistence had contrived to draw it from him. Instantly lie had spoken he looked about him quickly, like one who has for a moment forgoHon a necessary vigilance. There was silence while the stranger thought over the information Just given him. Then he spoke again, with a new touch of vehemence. "So I imagined," he said, "though, ou my soul, I never really credited It. To have en 1 lied so much nn,i in imvn thrown It nway for a cotutnon vice!" lie made an exclamation of disgust. Chllcote gave an unsteady laugh. "You Judge hardly," he said. The other repeated his sound of contempt. "Justly so. No man hns the right to squander what another would give his soul for. It lessens the general respect for power." "You are a believer in power?" The tone was sarcastic, but the sarcasm sounded thin. "Yes. All power is the outcome of individuality. either past or present. I And no sentiment for the man who plays with It." The quiet contempt of (lie tone stung Chllcote. "Do you Imagine that T.exington made no tight?" he asked impulsively. "Can't you picture the man's struggle while the vice that had been slave gradually became master?" He stopped to take breath, and in the cold pause that followed It seemed to him that the other made a murmur of incredulity. "Perhaps you think of morphia as a pleasure?" he added. "Think of It. Instead. ns a tyrant that tortures the mind if held to and the body if cast off." Urged by the darkness and the alienee of Ills companion, the rein of his speech had idosened. In that moment lie was not Cliilcote, the member for Kast Wark, whose moods and silences were pijverbial, hut Cliilcote the man whose mind craved the relief of speech. "You talk as (lie world talks?out of ignorance and self righteousness," lie went 011. "Before you condemn T.o^ ington you should put yourself in his place"- - "As you <lo7" the other laughed. T'nsuspoeting and inoffensive as (he lan*_rlj was il startled I'hileoto. With n sudden alarm ho pulled himself up. "IV" He tried to echo the laugh, but the attempt fell flat. "Oh. I merely speak from?from Do Quincey. Ilut I believe this fog is shifting? I really believe it is shifting, ('an you oblige me with a light? I had almost forgotten that a man may still smoke though he has been deprived of sight." He spoke fast and disjointedly. He was overwhelmed by the idea that he had let himself go and possessed by wish to obliterate the consequences. As he talked he fumbled for his cigarette ease. Ilis liend was bent as he searched for it nervously. Without looking tip he was conscious that the cloud of fog that held him prisoner was lifting, roiling away, closing hack again, prejiar.it ?ry to linal disajqicarninv. Having found the ease, lie pit! a cigarette between his 1 ips and raised his hand at the moment that the stranger drew a mat eh across his box. For a second each stared blankly at the other's face, suddenly made visi' For n second cuch stared lilanklu at the other'* hue. hie by tIk> lifting of ihe fog. The match in the stniuiter's ham', burned lown till it scorch'.-.I his lingers, and, feeling the pain, lie l-'Ughed and let it lrop. "Of all odd things!" he said. Then he j liroke off. The circumstance was too novel for ordinary remark. Ity one of those rare occurrences. hose chances that seem too ^ ild for enl life and yet belong to no other > tphcre, the two faces so strangely hid- j len and strangely revealed were idenleal, feature for feature. It seemed o each man that he looked not at the 'ace of another, but at his own face I eflected in a flawless looking ftjass. I [TO UK COSTINDID.] 1'nprlntnhle. Emma sat at the pl-an-o, striking strl- ' dent strokes, tVhen father, up In the smoking room, | yelled: "Goodness! Holy smokes!" Those weren't the words he really used? Oh, no! Hut still I fear [f I should tell you what they were There'd be a blank space here. ?New York Times. I ' " ? This man out acquaintin of SCHNAPP5 j , qualities that | less expense tl I . > -? SCHNAPPS has ')len ? paper so that eve / che opportunity to ge'; acqu facts and know that dru to produce the cheering the famous Piedmont co tobaccos, and that SCHNi ought to chew. Still th who accept other and c that do not give the same NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR CHARTER Of the South Carolina Public Service Corporation, which if granted, will confer among other things, power to Gondemn lands and other property1 for ail corporate Purposes. NOTICE IS IIEkEHV CIVEX, that under and pursuant to the provision of Article IV.' Chapter XTATII, of Volume i. Code of laws of the State of South Carolina, 1902, and Acts amendatory thereto, the undersigned Hoard of Corporators will on Wednesday, the sixteenth :day of January, A. D. 1907, at 12 o'clock M. of that day. make application to the Secretary of State, of the State of South Carolina, at his office in the City of Columbia, in said State, for a charter tor the S< )I T11 CAROlina public sf.rvicf. corporat i ox'. in pursuance jof the Declaration heretofore J tiled and the commission issued. If the said charter he granted, the said corporation will he authorized and empowered to condemn lands and other property for its proposed Railroad or Railway tracks and stations, and landings for its proposed Steamboat business or system, and for i all other corporate purposes of the said Corporation, as fully jset forth and stated in the said Declaration and Petition, now on file in the said office of Secreta-, ry of State, to which Declaration reference is hereby specially made as a part of this notice, and proposes to condemn lands and J other property for ah of its corporate purposes, if necessary, in the following counties, to wit: Charleston. Berkley. Dorches ter, Orangeburg, Richland. Lexington, Saluda, Greenwood, Abbeville, Anderson, Greenville Spartanburg, Cherokee, York Chester, Fairfield, Union New ! berry, Laurens, Aiken, Colleton and Bamberg, in the State of South Carolina, and Mecklenburg county in the State oS North Carolina; and also in the following Towns and Cities: Charleston, Orangeburg, Lex-j ington,Columbia.Saluda. Green- I wood, Abbeville. Anderson. | Greenville, Gaffney, Yorkville, | Rock Hill, Chester, Union, I.au j reus, Newberry, Aiken and Bamberg, and other Cities and Towns in the counties above , mentioned, and to own,construct, equip and operate a Railway or Railway system for local business, within the said Towns and , Cities. j Joseph J. Timmes, J. C. LaVin. | Joseph A. Bill, v George Fleck, Jr., John P. Bonney, Chas. B. Van Ft ten, bought a supply o: g himself with the c 5 Tobacco, which h gratify his desire tc lan ch'^p tobacco. tt- ' u vertisc^V^y^s " Some day th wer has in Schnapps?tl ainted i?. me theyVe missed gs are nflc used quality 5 lUnd in ^ a^? 1 untry fluiewcujyjd themselves. \PPS is yttiat he , __ ere are -zhewers SCHNAPPS :heaper tv |>accos cent cuts, and pleasure. sure you get th .U John r. Tinimcs. John ( Lott. Joseph A. Craij^. Robert II. Jennings, Lawrence M. Pinckney, Hoard of Corporators. 50-41. NOTICE Of the opening of Books of Subscripiior to the capital stock of,the Soutt Carolina PnbliG Service Corporation. xtrriCE is iierehy civ EX, that by virtue of a Commission issued to the undersigne* Hoard of Corporators by the lion. Jesse T. (iantt. Secretary of State, for the State of Soutl Carolina, and dated the Xincteenth < 1 <>t 11) da\ <>f Xovember, kjo(). Rooks of Subscription t< the capital >tock of the SCH 1 11 CAROLIXA IVRLIC SERVICE C< >R I'ORATIOX will by opened, by the undersigned Cor porators, at the office of s;ii< 1 SOl'Tll CAROI.IXA I'CHLIC SERVICE CORPORATION' Edisto building, in the city ot Orangeburg, State of South C ar oiina. on Wednesday, the nintli day of January. A. I). 1007. at 10 o'clock A. M. of that day. and will he kept open until the whole of the capital stock, as provided in said Commission, or a sufti cient part thereof as required 1>\ law, shall have been subscribed. Joseph J. Titnmcs. |. C. La Yin. Joseph A. Hill. (ieorjge Meek. Jr., John P. Bouncy. ("has. R. YanRttcn, "yof n 1'. Tinnnes John Lotl. Joseph A. Craig, Sol Kohn. Robert 11. Jennings. Lawrence M. Pinckney. Board of Corporators. November 22, 190b. 50-4L CUT PRICES ON PERFUMES We have to make room for an elegant line of holiday perfumes soon to arrive. Until then we make the following prices on our stock now on hand: 25c size for 16c. 50c kind cut to 35c. Bulk goods, 30c an ounce. rhe package is not so bright, but the luality is good as ever You will rind such well*koown manufacturers as colgate. Stearns, Spiehler, Rickseekvr, ;tc., on the list. Jome while you can fiod the odor of your preference. DUKE DRUG CO. I ^ J I f tobacco withlistinctive taste as the cheering ) chew, and at - I ^ flu ey'll^&^aTaste of the real iey'11 realize what enjoyment by not getting SCHNAPPS i they'll feel like kicking j H .. Ill i o ouiu cvciy wnuc 111 J j L 10 and 15 cent plugs. Be ie genuine. HH SUMMONS FOR RELIEF7*^^M Ccf&pla South County. ' I tli ir 1 Tincy Lcc J < >h n i. . agai A.\ Sarah Minnie Gi\ l-?^^^r?s. dorson, Hcs.sie K\ \")u^ctvn _ ,. I tfs. Helton Kstos, \vt^ce ^nd erson, McDulYie S.^vcv^011 ^ Lillian Stovcrson, \ y)eie,v a To the I )efendants aba A,nc^' _ 1 You are hereby sumy.\|^ aV' ^\4 quircl to answer the C?>^yinl ^with , action, of winch a cop>^c uy ~v\A\ch > served upon voti. the orij: :u ? .?u. WCVC ul s;iill Complaint ami Sunm ^ ^ a[ ly tiled in the ofticc of he ' ^n\oU . Court of Comnton Plenfs ,T 0Ourt county. South Carolina, jit ^ ,U ^ ^iohou-r. S. C., on thc^ \jtV\ ^ ^et*e a vetuher, A. 1). 1906,\jttd , p.om*^ __ copy of your nns\vc-M-.vAV|^^j?i oMI A South t h 1 day i c the Dated at Union, South V T., vfl H vemher 15th. 1906. vMM J. A. v^'.er. ' < Plaintiffs' Attorney. 'j I. Prank Peake, Clerk of Court. (Seal.) To the Defendants Robert I.ee Steverson. McDufiie S. Steverson, Loula Sanderson and Lillian Steverson^ Take N otice: That tlu- Complaint in v . ' ?V yd mi> <KUUII, i"m-iinrr wiiii inc tn< >ii.s, of which the foregoing is 3f copy, was duly filed in the office of the) Clerk of Court of Common Picas foe Union county, South Carolina, at Union court house, S. C., on the 15th day jot November. A. D. tood. J. A. Sawyer, Plaintiffs' Attorney. ' rUnion, S. C.. Nov. 15, 1906. ) To the Defendants Ressie F.stes, can F.stes, Helton Kstes, Robert' LjV Steverson, McDuffic S. iteversof* and Lillian Steverson: 4 Take Notice: That unless you p?A dure the appointment of a guardian ad litem to appear and defend this action in your behalf, I will, after twenty days front the date of the service of 1 the Summons, Complaint and this No- 1 tice, in this action, upon you, apply lo j| C. H. Pcake, Esq., Mastex for Union county, at his office, at t/ffion court^ house, for an order appointing some suitable person as giiardfctin ad litem for you, and authorizing and requiring him to appear and defend this action ; in your behalf. J. A. Sawyer, Plaintiffs' Attorney. Union, S. C., Ncr. 15th, 1906. ? \ I * A. XT _ m