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! I t. ! T1 | Masqu By KATHERINE Author of **T H Copyright. 1004. by ic, \ I v ^ "CHAPTER IIL Of ' IE A VI NO bis house, Chllcote I II I wnlked forward quickly and I II aimlessly. With the sting of \M^M the onter air the recollection of last nlgbf s adventure came back upon I him. Since the hour of his waking It j t. A uau uuug qdoui wun vague per* slstence, but now In the clear light of day It seemed to stand out with a fuller peculiarity. The thing was preposterous, nevertheless It was genuine. lie was wearing the overcoat he had worn the night before, and. acting on Impulse, he thrust his hand Into the pocket and drew oat the stranger's card. "Mr. John Loder!" lie read the name over as he walked along, and It mechanically repeated Itself In his brain, falling Into measure with his steps. Who was John Loder? What was he? The questions tantalized him till his i pace unconsciously Increased. The thought that two men so absurdly alike could Inhabit the same city and remain unknown to each other faced him as a problem. It tangled with his personal worries and aggravated them. There seemed to be almost a danger in such an extraordinary likeness. lie began to regret his impetuosity In thrust- ; ing his card upon the man. Then, again, how he had let himself go on the subject of Lexington! How nnr rowly he had escaped compromise! j He turned hot and cold at the recollec- j tlon of what he had said and what he i might linve said. Then for the first time he paused in his walk and looked about him. On leaving Grosvenor square he had turned westward, moving rapidly till ! the Marble arch was reached. There, ; still oblivious to his surroundings, he | had crossed the roadway to the Edg- i ware road, passing along it to the j labyrinth of shabby streets that lie behind Paddlngton. Now. as he glanced | about him, he saw with some surprise bow far he had come. The damp remnants of the fog still hung about the housetops in a filmy velL There were no glimpses of green to break the monotony of tone. All was quiet, dingy, neglected. But to - Chllcote the shabbluess was restful, the subdued atmosphere a satisfaction. Among these sad houses, these passersby, each filled with his own concerns, he experienced a sense of respite and relief. In the fashionable streets that bounded his own horizon if a man paused In his walk to work out an idea no instantly drew a crowd or inquisitive or contemptuous eyes. Ilere If a man linlted for half an hour It was nobody's business but his own. Enjoying this thought, he wandered on for close upon an hour, moving from one street to another with steps that were listless or rapid, as lncllnaHS tlon prompted. Then, still acting with vagrant almlessness, he stopped In his wanderings and entered a small eating house. The place was low ceiled and dirty, the air hot and steaming with the smell of food, but Cliileote passed through the door and moved to one of | the tables with no expression of disgust and with far less furtive watchfulness than he used In his own house. By a curious mental twist he felt greater freedom, Inrger opportunities In drab surroundings such as these than in the broad Issues and weighty responsibilities of his own life. Choosing a corner seat, he called for coffee; and there, protected by shadow and wrapped in cigarette smoke, he set about imagining himself some vngrant i unit who had slipped his moorings and ! was blissfully ndrlft. The Imagination was pleasant while ' It lasted, but with him nothing was permanent. Of late the greater part ; of his sufferings had been comprised : In the Irritable fickleness of all his ! alms?the distaste for and lmposslblll- I ty of sustained effort In any direction. , lie had barely lighted a second clgar^ ette when the okl restlessness fen upon him. He stirred nervously In his seat, and the cigarette was scarcely burned out when he rose, paid his small bill and left the shop. Outside on the pavement he halted, pulled out his watch and saw that two i hours stretched In front before any appointment claimed his attention. He wondered vaguely where he might go to, what he might do, lu those two hours. In the lust few minutes a distaste for solitude bad risen In his Blind, giving the close street a loneliness that had escaped him before. As he stood wavering a cab passed slowly down the street Tho sight of ! a well dressed man roused the cabman. Flicking his whip, he passed s/ Chllcotc close, feigning to pull up. The cab suggested civilization. Chllcote's mind veered suddenly, and hs raised his hand. The vehicle stopped, and he climbed In. "Where, sir?" Tho cabman peered down through the roof door. Chllcoto raised his head. "Oh, anywhere near Pall Mall," he said. Then, as thb horse started forward, he pot np his hand and shook the trapdoor, "Walt!" he called. "I've changed my ' mind. Drive to Oadogan gardens. No. 33." The distance to Cadofan Gardens was covered quickly. Chllcoto bad hardly^ realised that his destination HE ? *? . 1 erader CECIL THURSTON. he Circle," Etc. Harper & Brother* wan reached when the cab pulled up. Jumping out, he paid the fare and walked quickly to the hall door of Na 33. "Is Lady Aatrupp at home?" he naked sharply as the door swung back In answer to his knock. The servant drew back deferentially. "Her ladyship has almost finished lunch, air," ho said. For answer Chilcote stepped through the aoorwuy and walked halfway across the hnll. "All tight" he said. "But don't disturb her on my account I'll wait In the white room till she has finished." And. without taking further notice of the servant he began to mount the stairs. In the room where he had chosen to wait n pleasant wood fire brightened the dull January afternoon and softened the thick white curtains, the gilt furniture and the Venetian vases filled with white roses. Moving straight forward, Chilcote paused by the grate and stretched his hands to the blaze; then, with his usual Instability, he turned and passed to a couch that stood a yard or two away. On the coach, tucked away between a novel and a crystal gazing hall, was ii hue i cisiuu much, iusi asieep. Clillcote picked up the bull ntul held it between his eyes and the fire, then he laughed superciliously, tossed it back into its place mid caught the kitten's tail. The little ntilmnl stirred, stretched itself and began to pur. At the same moment the door of the room opened. C'hllcote turned around. "I particularly said you were uot to be disturbed," he beguu. "Have I merited displeasure?" lie spoke fast, with the uneasy tone that so often underran his words. Lady Astrupp took his hand with a confiding gesture and smiled. "Never displeasure," she said llngerlngly, and aguin she smiled. The smile might have struck a close observer as faintly artitlciul. But what man in Chilcote's frame of mind lins time to be observant where women are concerned? The manner of the smile was very sweet and almost caressing, and thut 8Utllced. "What have you been doing?" she asked after a moment "I thought I was quite forgotten." She moved across to the couch, picked up the kitten and kissed It. "Isn't this sweet?" she added. She looked very graceful as she turn ed. holding the little animal up. She was a woman of twenty-seven, but she looked a girl. The outline of her face was pure, the pale gold of her hair ulinost ethereal, and her tall, slight figure still suggested the suppleness, the possibility of future development, that belong to youth. She wore a lace colored gown that harmonized with the room and with the delicacy of her kin. "Now sit down and rest or walk about the room. I shan't mind which." She nestled into the couch and picked up the crystnl hall. "What Is the toy for?" C'hllcote looked at her from the mantelpiece, against which he was resting. He had never defined the precise attraction that Lillian Astrupp held for him. Her shallowness soothed him; her Inconsequent egotism helped him to forget himself. She never asked him how he was* she never expected Impossibilities. She let him come and go and act as he pleased, never demanding reasons. Like the kitten, she was charming and graceful and easily amused. It was possible that, also like the kitten, she could scratch and be spiteful on occasion, but that did not weigh with him. He sometimes expressed a vague envy of the lute Lord Astrupp, but even had circumstances permitted It Is doubtful whether he would have chosen to be his successor. Lillian as a friend was delightful, but Lillian as a wife would have been n different consideration. I'U'lml la Ihn Inr. hA -"I.A.I IT ?? * ? ?*?V IVJ * VI i WC UOI\IU Again. She looked up slowly. "How cruel of you. Jack! It la my very latest hobby." It was part of her attraction that she was never without a craze. Each new one was us fleeting ns the last, but to each she brought the same delightfully Insincere enthusiasm, the same picturesque devotion. Each was a pose, but she posed so sweetly that nobody lost patience. "You mustn't laugh T' she protested, letting the kitten slip to the ground. "I've had lessons at 5 guineas each from the most fascinating person?a professional?and I'm becoming quits an adept Of course I haven't tieon much beyond the milky appearance 'yet. but the milky appearance is everything. you know. The rest will come. I am trying to persuade Blanche to let me have a pavilion at her party In March and gaze for all you dull political people." And she smiled, Chllcote smiled as well "How is It done?" he asked, momentarily amused. "Oh, the doing Is quite delicious. You It at a table with the ball la .front of you. Then you take the subject's hands, spread them out oO the table and stroke them very softly while you (aae Into the crystal. That gits up ' * '& the sympathy, you know." She-looked up Innocently. "Shall I show yQ*l?' Chllcote moved a smnll table to the couch and spread bis hamm upon It, palms downward. "Like this, eh?" he said. Then a ridiculousness seized him, and he moved away. "Some other day." he said qulclUy. "You can show me some other day. I'm not very tit this afternoon." If Lillian felt any disappointment she showed none. "Poor old thing!" she said softly. "Try to sit here by me and we won't bother about anything." She made a place for him beside her, and as he dropped Into It she took his hand and patted It sympathetically. The touch was soothing, and he bore It patiently enough. After a moment she lifted the hand with a little exclamation of reproof. "Tou degenerate person! You have ceased to manicure. What has become of my excellent tralniag?"* Chllcote laughed. *Rnn to seed." be said lightly. Then his expression and tone changed. "When a man gets to my age," he added, "little social luxuries dont seem worth while. The social necessities are Irksome enough. Personally I envy the beggar In the street?exempt from shaving, exempt from washing"? Lillian raised her delicate eyebrows. The sentiment was beyond her perception. "Rut manicuring." she said reproachfully, "when you have such nice hands. It was vour hands and your eyes, yon 'Other Men'8 Shoe*,' " hr read. know, tliat^flrst appealed to me.' She slghe^. gently, with a touch of sentimental remembrance. "And I thought It so strong-of you not to woar rings. It must be such a temptation." She looked down ut her own fingers, glittering with jewels. But the momentary pleasure of her touch was gone. Chilcote'orew away his hand and oieked up the book that I lay between them. " 'Other Men's Shoes,' " he read. "A novel, of course?" She smiled. "Of course. Such n fantastic story?two mep changing identi- ; ties!" Chllcote rose and walked back, to the mantelpiece. v *'<.. J "Changing identities," he said, with a touch of interest. ^ i "Yes. One man Is an artist, the other a millionaire. One wants at know what fame Is like, the othdrjfflbnts to know how It feels to be really sinfully | rloh. Sn tiiev i>vi>linnco ornorlntinoo for ft month." She laughed. A Chllcote laughed aa^vell. "But Aw?" he asked. ... . '? "Oh, I told you the Ideas was absurd. Fancy two people so much alike that neither their friends nor their servants see any difference! Such ft thing couldn't be, could It?" Chllcote looked down at the Are. "No," he said doubtfully. "No. I. suppose not." "Of course not. There are likenesses, but not freak likenesses like that." Chllcote's head was bent as he spoke, but at the last words he lifted it. "By Jove! I don't know about that!" he said. "Not so very long ago I saw two men so much alike that I? He stopped. : Lillian smiled. lie colored quickly. "You doubt me?" he asked. "M3* dear Jack!" Her voice was delicately reproachful. "Then you think that my?my 1m I agination lias been playing mo tricks?" I "My dear boy! Nothing of the kind. Come back to your place and tell me the whole tnle?" She smiled again, and patted the couch Invitingly. But Chllcote's balance had beto upset For the first time he saw Lillian as one of the watchful, suspecting crowd before which he was constantly ' on guard. Acting on the sensation, he moved suddenly toward the door. "I?I have an appointment at the ' house," he said quickly. "I'll look in another day when?when I'm better company. I know I'm a bear today. My nerves, yon know." He came back to the conch and took her hand. Then he touched her cheek for an Instant with his fingers. "fJoodhv." h<? snld "Tnko nf yourself?and the kitten," he added with forced gayety. as he crossed the room. . [to me cwtwob.] Lady?i yOurjMrtde plotorap npyou phlnt'a j(R?onco In aWhOef" Artist?Ws pautjpl In oU can't paint ? atorxn. I bmo often* outlined ft term on the canvas, but as soon as I begin to spread on theoll colors the Graves subside aild tb*?ehbecomasrsl calm as a <u<^ pond .-^Pundit. ...V ' 9f ;" This man b out acquainting of SCHNAPPS qualities that gr less expense tha i * SCHNAPPS has been adv paper so that every chewe opportunity to get acq u a in facts and know that drugs \ to produce the cheering qu \ the famous Piedmont counl tobaccos, an A that SPHN4D ought to cheW; Still there | who 'accept other and che< ^ , that "do iibt give the- p?*fte pit '' ' . ~ NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR CHARTER p 1 ?***? ff'the South Carolina Public Service Corporation,yWhich if granted, will conier arnung other things, power to condemn lands and other property! I for all corporate Purposes. , r>?" NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that under and pursuant to | die provision of Article IV. Chapter XLVIII, of Volume I. Cod^ of laws of the State of ^ SjuUh Carolina, 1902, and Acts amendatory thereto, the undersigned^.-Board of Corporators will onWednesday, the sixteenth day of January, A. D. 1907, atjE 12 o'clock M. of that day, make p [application to the Secretary of jp State, of the State of South Carolina, at his office in the City ofjp.j Columbia, in said State, for a . ' charter for the SOUTH CARO-] ETNA ""PUBLIC SERVICE , CORPORATION, in pursuance N of the Declaration heretofore yj filed and the commission issued. ( If the said charter be grantecjj the said corporation will he an thorized and empow^d JfaD con- gg dfemn lands and other property p^ fc^r its proposed Railroad or Qr Railway tracks and stations, and 0p landings for its proposed Steam- fja, boat business or system, and for IO" all other corporate purposes of' wjj the said Corporation, as fully |0j set forth and stated in the said m Declaration and Petition, now on cje file in the said office of Secreta- jav rv 01 state. to winch lJcclara- j tion reference is hereby specially' made as a part of this notice, and proposes to condemn lands and other property for all of its cor-1 porate purposes, if necessary, in, the following1 counties, to wit: Charleston, Berkley. Dorchester. Orangeburg, Richland. Lexington, Saluda, Greenwood, Abbeville. Anderson, Greenville Spartanburg. Cherokee, York. Chester, Fairfield. Union Newberry, Laurens, Aiken, Colleton and Bambefll in the State of _0^ South Carolina, arid ^Mecklen- j l burg county in the 3tate of i-?*| North Carolina: and also in the^ following Towns and Cities:! Charleston, Orangeburg, Lex-j^e inir'tnn PnlnmKio Qnltulo Pt-no,, i llllfi wood. Abbeville, Anderson. Unti Greenville. Gaffnev. Yorkville, I pric Rock Hill. Chester, T'nion, Laurens, Newberry. Aiken and Bamberg, and other Cities and Towns in the counties arbove mentioned, and to own.construct, equip and operate a Railway or The Railway system for local busi- q0a n?s, within the said Tonirns and f;n{j Tjo,e^ J. Tinjglf <^ J. C. I-aVin.^pi <*.; 5*1 . Josep^Ajm ft*v-; GJhr/eVPrfcV Jj|T/ \ . John P. BontfeiP ^ ^ Chas. B. VanEttfen, ^ ought a supply of himself with the d Tobacco, which hs atify his desire to .n cheap tobacco. ertised in this Some day the] T has had an Schnapps?the ted with the they.vemlssedl are not used ality found in ^ a^? l^en try flue-cured themselves. PS is what he SCHNAPPS : are chewers SCHNAPPb aper tobaccos cent cuts, and \ stisure. sure you get the Tnhn F Timnips John C. Lott. Joseph A. Craig. Sol Kolin. Robert H. Jennings, Lawrence M. Pinckney, Board of Corporators. 4t. NOTICE the opening of Books ol Subscription to the capital stock of the South Carolina Public Service Corporation., NOTICE IS HEREBY GIV-; C, that by virtue of a Commis-j n issued to the undersigned, ard of Corporators by the >n. Jesse T. Gantt, Secretary, State, for the State of South rolina, and dated the Nine-; nth (19th) day of November.: 36. Books of Subscription to, : capital stock of the SOUTH lROLINA public SERGE CORPORATION will he ened. by the undersigned Cor-j rators, at the office of said >U 1 11 LAKULLNA fUBLll .RVICE COR PO RAT IO X listo building, in the city of angeburg. State of South Carna. on Wednesday, the ninth y of January, A. D. 1907, at o'clock A. M. of that day, and I 1 be kept open until the whole the capital stock, as provided said Commission, or a suffi- j nt part thereof as required by i shall have been subscribed. Joseph J. Timmes, J. C. La Yin. Joseph A. Bill, George fleck, Jr., John P. Bonnev, Chas. R. VanEtten, John F. Timmes, John C. Lott. "t t. \ r*? JU7?C|'II .'A. V^Icll^, Sol Kohn. Robert H. Jennings, Lawrence M. Pincknev, Board of Corporators. ' November 22, iqo6. 4t. | fr prices on perfumes! have to make room for an elegant of holiday perfumes soon to arrive, j il then we make the following :es on our stock now on hand: 11 25c size for 16c. duc Kina cut to jsc. , ilk goods, 30c an ounce. j package is not so bright, bat the 1 lity is geed as ever. Yo? will ! sach welHtaowa manufacturers as , ;ate, Steams. Spiehler. Ricksecker. j , ei the list t le while j?i caa find the Odor of i year preference. UKE DRUG CO.. * V s tobacco with- i istinctive taste II , is the cheering chew, and at II f'll get a taste of the real 1 I y'll realize what enjoyment I >ynot getting SCHNAPPS they'll feel like kicking j is sold evervwhere in 5 II 0 and 15 cent plugs. Be genuine. \/ SUMMONS FOR RELIEF. Complaint Served. State of South Carolina, Union County. Court of Common Pleas. R. Mclvin Estes, Ida Ellen Dickerson, Fannie McHugh, Willie J. Estes, Arthur A. Estes, Iola Thayer, Ellen McQuown, Tiney Moore, Azilee Es- ' ' i tes, Massie Lee '^tes, Sarah Francis Keller, Johnnie Stcverson, Ella May Stcverson and Alice Summer- \ all Plaintiffs, \ against Mary A. Estes, A. J. Hill, W. B. Hill, Sarah Minnie Graham, Loula Sanderson, Bessie Estes, Duncan Estes, Belton Estes, Robert Lee Stcverson, McDuftie S. Stevcrson and Lillian Stevcrson, Defendants. To the Defendants above named: You arc hereby summoned and required to answer the Complaint in this action, of which a copy is herewith served upon you, the original of which said Complaint and Summons were duly tiled in the office of the Clerk of Court of Common Pleas for Union county, South Carolina, at Union court house, S. C., on the 15th day of November, A. D. 1906. and to senre a copy of your answer to said Complaint on the subscriber at his offices at Union, South Carolina, within twenty days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiffs in this action will apply to the Court for for the relief demanded in the Complaint. Dated at Union, South Carolina, November 15th, 1906. J. A. Sawyer, Plaintiffs* Attorney. I. Frank Peake, Clerk of Court. (Seal.) To the Defendants Robert Lee St?verson, McDufiie S. Steverson, Loula Sanderson and Lillian Steverson: Take Notice: That the Complaint in this action, together with the Summons. of which the foregoing is a copy, was duly filed in the office of the Clerk of Court of Common Pleas for Union county. South Carolina, at Union court house. S. C.. on the isth day ~>f November. A. D. 1906. J. A. Sawyer, Plaintiffs' Attorney. Union, S. C., Nov. 15, 1906. I*o the Defendants Bessie Estes, Duncan Estes, Belton Estes, Robert Lee Steverson, McDufiie S. Steverson and Lillian Steverson: Take Notice: That unless you proluce the appointment of a guardian id litem to appear and defend this action in your behalf, I will, after twenty days from the date of the service of the Summons, Complaint and this No- 4 :ice, in this action, upon you, apply to C. H. Peake, Esq., Master for Union :ounty, at his office, at Union court tiouse, for an order appointing some uitable person as guardian ad litem or you, and authorizing and requiring lim to appear and defend this action n your behalf. J. A. Sawyer, Plaintiffs' Attorney. Union, S. C., Nov. 15th, 1906.