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Jf n X J ; Masqu \ By KATHERInV Author of "T Copyright. 10O4. by Eve's warm skin colored more deeper ?y. For a second the Inscrutable underlying expression that puzzled hlin showed In her eyes, then she sank back into a corner of the chair. /'Why do you muke such a point of ?neerlng at. my friends?' she asked quietly. "I overlook It wheu you are? nervous^" 8ho halted slightly on the -word. "But you are not nervous toadKht" Lodu^Jfcdils great hgpiillatlon, redd664nHxt?$)t for au odttislouul outburst^w the part of^fca. Robins, his charwoman, he had not merited a woxnnn'a dlanlpncum fne cno?.a -^^The sneer was unintentional," he Fof'tile first time Eve showed a personal Interest. She looked at him In a puzzled wuy. "If your apology was meant." she said hesitatingly, "I should j t>e glad to accept It." ^ Loder, uncertain of how to take the words, moved back to the desk. He carried an unlighted cigarette between -tils fingers. There was an interval In which neither spoke. Then at last, conscious of its awkwardness. Eve rose. With one liand on the back of her chair she looked at hiin. "Mr. Frnlde thinks It's such a pity that"?she stopped to chooee her words ?"that you should lose hold on thingslose Interest lu things?as you are doing. lie has been thinking a good deal , ?/*" -about you In the last three weeks, ever since the day of your?your Illness In tJhe houso, and it ?oorus to him"?again ?ho broke off. watching nvert ( "I'll think over what you've suUl," he repeated. ?d head?"It seems to him that If you \ made one real effort now, even now, to ' , shako off your restlessness thut your? your health might improve. He thinks that the present crisis would he"?she v fiesitated?'"would give you a tremendous opportunity. Your trade Interests, bound up as tluy are with Persia, would give any opinion you might hold a double weight. Almost unconsciously a touch of warmth crept into her words. "Mr. Fralde talked very seriously about the beginning of your career. He said that If only the spirit of your first days could come back"? Her tone grew quicker, as though she feared ridlcu)^ in Loder's silence. "Ho asked me to use my influence. I know that I have little?none, perhaps?but I couldn't tell him that, and so?so | promised." [ "And have kept the promise?" I/xler spoke at random. Her manner and her words had both affected him. There was a sensation of unreality In his - - . Xn&m "Yes." she answered. "I always WAnt to do?what I can." . . "As she spoke a sudden realization of thq effort she was making struck upon him, and with It his scorn cf Chllcote rose In renewed force. "My inteiftlon"? he began, turning to her. Then the futil^y of any declaration silenced him. "1 shall think over, what you say," he added after a . minute's wait. "I suppose I can't say more than that." / Their eyes met nnd she smiled a lltf tie. ; "I. don't believe I expected as much," she sftld. "I think I'll go now. You 7 ha^e been wonderfully patient." . Again ' ahe smiled slightly, at the same time , extending her hand, The gesture was , ' quite friendly, but In Loder's eyes It held relief as well as friendliness, ui|d -when their bands met lie noticed her fingers barely brushed his. v He picked up^pr<loak and jr?across the room. 'As he held tIMRpf i open he laid It quietly across her arm. "I'll think over whut you've said," he \ repented. Again she glanced at him as If suspecting sarcasm. Then, partly reassured, she paused. "You will alwnys despise your opportunities, nnd I suppose I shall nlwuys envy them," she snld. "That's the way with men and women. Oood night." With another faint smile she pnssed out into the corlldor. At . J I tl i E [( erader : a 'S CECIL THURSTON. '' he Circle." Etc. ;t l c ' Harper &> Brother* ~ " *i ! ii Loder walteil until he heard the outer I door close, then he crossed the room u thoughtfully and dropped Into the s chair she hud vacated. He sat for a c time looking at the hand her fingers I 1 had touched. Then ho lifted his head L with a characteristic movement. j n i"By Jove." he said aloud, "how cor- 1 dlnlly she detests him!" 1 - If . CHAPTElt IX. i I fy'TODEIt slept soundly and dream- ! ' I I J lessly In Chileote's canopied I ^ j I | i>ed. To him the hip room, j ' I with Its severe magnlflceuce, | e i suggested nothing of the gloom and \ 1 i solitude that it held In its osier's | 1 i eyes. The ponderous furniture, the 1 : high celling, the heavy curtalus, un- ! v ; changed since the days of t'hllcote's ! 1 i grandfather, all hinted at a far reaching ownership that stirred him. The ]1 I ownership was mythical in his regard ' and the possessions a mirage, hut they ^ filled the day and surely sufficient for ^ ! the day. * That was his frame of mind as ho opened his eyes ou the following morn- 1 lug and lay appreciative of his com- L fort, of the surrounding space, even of ^ the light that tittered through tlie curtain chinks, suggestive of a world re- * created. With day all things seemed possible to u healthy man. He stretch- s ed Ills arms luxuriously, delighting in 1 the glossy smoothness of the sheets. J What was it t'hilcote had saidV Bet- , x ter live for a day than exist for a life- ) * time. That was true, and life had l>e- j( gun. At thirty-six he was to know It 1 I *'or tha Hr?t tiiiift. j f lie smiled, hut without irony. Man J is at his best at thirty-six. he mused. J He has retained his enthusiasms and 1 ! slied his exuberances; he has learned ^ what to pick up and what to pass by; ' he no longer imagines that to drain a * cup one must taste the dregs. lie 1 closed his eyes and stretched again 1 not his arms only, hut his whole body. ' The pleasure of Ills mental state in- < I slsted on a physical expression. Then. 1 1 sitting up in bed. he pressed the elec- 1 trie bell. Chilcote's new valet responded. "Pull those curtains, ltenwick," he said. "What's the time?" lie had .passed the ordeal of Kenwlck's eyes the night before. The man was slow, even a little stupid. He drew back the curtains carefully. then looked at the small clock on the dressing table. "Eight o'clock, sir. I didn't expect the bell so early, sir." I Loder felt reproved, and a pause foli lowed. | "May I bring your cup of tea. sir?" "No. not just yet. I'll have a bath ilrst." ltenwick showed ponderous uncertainty. "Warm, sir?" lie hazarded. "No, cold." Still perplexed, the man left the j room. Loder smiled to himself. The chances of discovery In that quarter were not large. lie was Inclined to think that f'liilcote had even overstepped nocessl: ty In the matter of his valet's dullness. , lie breakfasted alone, following C'lill- 1 cote's habit, and after breakfast found | Ills way to the study. As lie entered Greening roso with j the same conciliatory haste that he had shown the night before. Loder nodded to him. "Early at work?" he said pleasantly. The little man showed instant, almost ridiculous, relief. "Good morn- | Ing, sir." lie said. "You, too, are early. I T ?... iti frti, n/wl .-/.I i f f I you after I left last night, for I found your letters still unopened this morn- j lng. Hut 1 am Alnd to see j*ou look so i J well." Loder promptly turned Ills back to : tho light. "Oh. last night's letters!" he sa Id. 'To tell you the truth. Green- , Ing.'lhy wife"?his hesitation was very 1 slight?"my wife looked me up after yod left uod.?u? (wniiutrt.. I clean for- j gof the post." Ho smiled TTT i?u nx- t planatory way as he moved to the J desk and picked up the letters. With Greening's eyes upon him there was po time for scruples. With very creditable coolness he began opening the eqvelop'*s one by one. The letters , were unimportant, and he passed thorn ; one after another to the secretary, experiencing a slight thrill of authority as each left his hand. Again the fact 1 that power Is visible In little things : came to his mind. "Give me my engagement book, Greening," he said when the letters I had been disposed of. The book that Greening handed him , was neat In shape and bound, like Chll- ' eote's cigarette ease, In lizard skin. - As Ixxlor took It the gold monogram j *' ,VJ. C." winked at him In the bright , %ofhlug light. The Incident moved his -Tiense of humor. He and the hook were "jci?-operatora In the fraud, It seemed. fiHe felt an inclination to wink hack. : Nevertheless he opened It with i>roj>er gravity and skimmed the pages. The page devoted to the day was almost full. On every other line were jottings lu Chilcote's irregular hand, and twice among the entries appeared a prominent cross In blue penciling. Loder's Interest quickened as his eye caught the mark. It had been agreed between them that qply engagements essential to Chilcote's public life need ; be carried through during his abseuce. ; nd these to snve his confusion were J o he crossed In blue pencil. The rest, ,! or the most part social claims, were !j o be left to circumstance ami I .Oder's | lelinution, Chilcote's erratic memory V Iwqj's accounting for the breaking or ~ rivlnl promises. \ But I.oder In his new energy was t\ nxlous for obligations. The desire for I resli and greater tests grew with in- jV ulgeuce. Lie scanned the two Hues I rlth eagerness. The first was nn In- \ ervlew with Creshnm, one of C'hil- i ^ ote's supporters In Wark; the other nn i ngagement to lunch with Fralde. At t he idea of the former his Interest ' lulckened, but at thought of the latter t qpnlled momentarily. lLad the entry >eeu a royal command it would have iffected him infinitely less. For a pace his assurance faltered. Then by olncldence the recollection of Eve and Cve's words of last night came bilek to ; ilm. and his mind was tilled with a lew sensation. Because of Chllcote he was despised >y Chilcote's wife! There was no detying that In nfl the pleasant exciteneut of the adventure that knowledge tad rankled. It came to him now linkd with roinpmtirtinctt nf tl?? ullifhf uctant touch of her fingers, the faintly vasive dislike underlying her glance, t was u trivial thing, but it toitetad ds pride as a man. That was how he.f^ ut It to himself. It wasn't that he* |" alued this woman's opinion?any wpnan's opinion. It was merely that i* ouehed his pride. lie turned again to he window and gazed out, the en*"?enent book still between his hands. iVhat if lie compelled her respect? iVhat if by his own personality cloakid uniler t'hllooto's identity he forced ler to admit his capability? It was a natter of pride, after all?scarcely even if pride; self respect was a better vord. Satisfied by ids own reasoning, he urned back into the room. "See to those letters. Greening," he , said. "And for the rest of the niornug's work you might go on with your : vliorasan notes. I believe we'll all i ivant every inch of knowledge we eau jet in that quarter before we're much ildcr. I'll see you again later." With ' i reassuring noil lie crossed the room . ind passed through the door. mil afteViVn' ?i* 'wiultV'il ' with him to IVestminster. The walk and lunch vcre both memorable. In that hour he earned uiany things that had been iealed to hi in before. He tasted his irst draft of real elation, his first drop 5f real discomfiture. He saw for the i first time how 11 great man may con- ' Jesceud?how unostentatiously, how ] fully, how delightfully. He felt what j , tact and kliidnbss perfectly combined j may accomplish, and he burned in- 1 wnrdly with a sense of duplicity that ' crushed'and elated him alternately. ,' lie was John Loder, friendless, penni- 1 less, with no present and 110 future, yet he walked down Whitehall hi the runr"? -1 light of day with one of the greatest statesmen England has known. . Some strangers were being shown over the terrace when lie and l-'raide ' reached the house, and. noticing the ' open door, the old man paused. "I never refuse fresh air," he said. I "Shall we take another breath of it ueiore seining uowu t ne took coder's arm ami drew him forward. As they passed through the doorway the i pressure of his .lingers tightened. "I shall reckon today among my pleasautest memories. Chllcote," he said grave- | ly. "I can't explain the feeling, but 1 j seem to have touched Eve's husband. ' the real you, more closely this morning j than I ever did before. It has been a j 1 genuine happiness." He looked up with ' the eyes that through all his years of j action and responsibility had remained so bright. But Loder paled suddenly, and his glance turned to the river?wide, mys terlous, secret. Unconsciously Fraido | had stripped the illusion. It was not : John Loder who walked here; it was ' Chllcote?Chilcote with his position, his constituency-his wife. He half extricated his arm, but Fralde held it. "No," he said. "Don't draw away from me. You have always been too j ready to do that. It is not often I have a pleasant truth to tell. I won't be de- j prlved of the enjoyment." "Can the truth ever be pleasant, sir?" ; Involuntarily Loder echoed Chllcott. Fraide looked up. lie was half a bead shorter than his companion, , though his dignity concealed the fact, j "Chllcote," he said seriously, "give ui cynicism! It Is the trademark of fall ?re. and I do not like It In my-1 friends." Loder snld nothing. The quiet ln4 sight of the reproof, its mitigating kindness, touehed him sharply. id that moment he saw the rails dowr which ho had sent ids little car of ex Isteueo spinning, and the sight dauntet him. The track was steeper, the gauge narrower, than he had guessed; there were curves and sidings upon whlct , he had not reckoned. lie turned hit head and met Fralde's glance. [TO BE CONTI?IC*D.l Re?*on Enoaffh, Benevolent Old Gentleman (rescuing one small hoy from the pummollug tf ' two others)?What are you hurting th} j hoy for? | "Because ho made so many mlstukw In Ids arithmetic this morning." I j "I[ut what busluess was that m! yours?" "Why, he let us copy our anawe from bla." A Correction. "This," said the professor of anate my as he exhiblteel a human Jawbou , "Is the luferlor maxillary." "I heg your parelon, profeasor," snip one of tlie married students, "ht t didn't I understand you to say t? 11 skeleton you have before us bclongid to a feuiule?" "I did." "In that case, then, there Is no inferior maxillary." i FLUE CURING ROASTING IN 'w> y Flu? Curing Develo Found At SCffifaj There are three ways us mers for curing and prepa tobacco for the market; na cured, air cured and flue cu: old and cheap way is called the later discovery and impi is called flue cured. In f J the tobacco is taken frorr and suspended over inte flues in houses especially t tain the heat, and there k '-propter temperature until t process developes in the tc stimulating taste and fragr found ih Schn&ppa-tobacc green coffee is made frai stimulating by the roastin Only choice selection^ 'of juicy flue cured leaf, groi famous Piedmont country, best tobacco grows, an Schnapps and other Reynol of high grade, flue cufed r. j. Reynolds To: calcimo made bv MURALO CO., N. Y. The best Cold Water Wall Finish on Earth. It makes your avails new and bright, and will not rub off. Sure death to germs and insects. In all standard tints and white. Ask for sample card. In five pounds packages and its 40 cents. House Paints, Stains and Varnishes in convenient packages from h pint up. We are Practical Painters and know the goods we sell. They are all right. Wall paper new goods and books coming in. Will have lots to say next week. We are now doing the Picture Framing business of this town. Largest Stock, Lowest Prices, and Good Work did the business. Window glass, all sizes in stock. Putty free. FRED. C. MILLINGS THE PAPER MAN. MOVING AND REPAIRING AND \ PACKING UPHOLSTERING BIG TWO DAYS SALE j The biggest sale of the season will be at Hutchinson and Caughman's SATURDAY and MONDAY, February 23 and 25. 10c Bleaching 14c. the yard. Don't fail to attend this' Cut Price Sale. HUTCHINSON & CAUGHMAN Next to the PALMETTO PRIG CO. : Main St., Union, S. C. .kilo . wikMMJ. 60 YEARS' ^H^HBlg^EXPERIENCE H V J J i L J m. m s l/aI m k I M -?V jSKflz^EMSr Trade Marks ^flMBI^ Designs rPrvT* Copvrights Ac. Anyone Rending a sketch and description mar quickly aaoertalu our opinion fraa whether an Invention Is prohablf patentable. Communications smelly ooiilldontlaT. HANDBOOK on Pateuta aent free. Oldest ngetiey for securing entente. Patents taken through Munn St\lo. receive sprrlnl nofics, without charge, In the Scientific American. A handsomely Illustrated weekly. I.argest circulation of any aelentlllo Journal. Terms, $3 a year: four nionthe, $1. Bold by all newsdealers. MUNN & Co.36'8'"*4-' New Tort Branch omce, CJ5 F Ht? Washington. I).C. g Buggies, Surries and Harness ?? J ' Jjgj *T MANUtSCTUStS'S PUICC r froHv^TTV Guaranteed lor 13 mas.. vJwMMyjBBpBY CV built lor Style, Qnsll-y f ln<1 Dursbii'iy. Wxin ,tve r?? on lhc vi ITIf | )?' pnrchate of 1 Huygy Runabout or Surrey. Our 1 complete calling No. a la Free lor the ifking. ^Johi^aatai^o^P^rMOecatu^^jMlaata^a. IMPROVES T( IPROVES GR ps the SUmiMtM ipr mat Satisfies 1 * ed by far- Hundred tring their on sale tha mely, sun outside of red. The bacco is flu air cured; - $ filled with oved way sweetened lue-curing ?hew of . the field hunger Ipr , , . such tobaci nsely hot Expert , >uilt to re- cured tobai )bacco the and has a ant aroma satisfying < :o, just as kind of to& grant and satisfy, mo g process. expectorati this ripe, and chew yvn in the Schnapp where the ers formerl ' used in to$i.oope Ids' brands at 50c. per tobaccos. 10 and 15 bacco Company, Wj Engraved Cards, Invitations Announcements, Etc. We have a beautiful line of samples, representing ""ill f Vva Ko 4" rv f 4- U/ u 11 tuv i/wst aijiw u i Li I v engraver's art. If you have your plate we will have them made from it or we can have plates and cards made a1 a reasonable price for high class, artistic work. Cal in, inspect our sampUa and get our prices befon placing your orders for an} thing in this line. DIKE DRUG CO. NEW COLLARS AND BELTS Have you seen our new line o Ladies' Neckwear and Belts'j Do you want to see the LA TEST TADS? We have jus received the latest fads ii neckwear and belts, and w< assure you it will be a plea sure to show them to you We guarantee to show yoi the latest things brought ou by New York fashion. Havi you seen the "Loise Belt" the very newest for 25c. Linen Embroidered Collars \l and 25c. A new line of Ores: r l~ i rv r i uuuus ciiiu uxjoras just re ceived. mrs.d7n7wilbirn "The Ladies' Store." WHEN YOU WANT DRUGJ You generally want the best Well, you can certainly ge the best at the Palmetto Druj Co. for we keep the best tha money can buy. We can save you money 01 anything in the drug line be cause we are in a position t< do so. y jjj We keep our stock complete and we are ready to sem?i YOUR WANTS AT ANY TIMC Bring your prescriptions t< the Palmetto Drug Co. wher you can get them fillet promptly. THE PALMETTO DRUG CO )BACCO LIKE EEN COFFEE 1 #roma and lasts' tobacco Hunger L;.. 1 , 1 Is pf imitation brands arc t look like Schnapps; the the imitation plugs of tote cured, but the inside is , cheap, flimsy, heavily ; air cured tobacco; one , hnapps will satisfy tobacco iger than ^two chews of :o. nrnvp tViat thic zco, grown in the famous wholesome, stimulating, effect on chewers. If the j icco you are chewing don't re than the mere habit of 1 ng, stop fooling yourself j Schnapps tobacco, s is like the tobacco chewy bought costing from 75c. r pound; Schnapps is sold pound in 5c. cuts, strictly cent plugs. inston-Salem, N. C. \ Union &^/fe]ehn Springs Railroad Company. Schedule in effect January 13, 1907. fc Between Union and Buffalo. ' I Morning, r No. 1 leaves Union 7:30 a. in., arrive ^ at Buffalo 7:45 a. in. ' No. 2 leaves Union l_':30 p. m., arrives at Buffalo 1.1:45 1>- ui. No. 5 leaves Union 3:45 p. in., ar' rives at Buffalo 4:00 p. 111. J No. 2 leaves Buffato at 8:45 a. m., ? arrives at Union y:oo a. in. Evening. L No. 4 leaves Buffalo at 1:30 p. m., I j arrives at Union 1:45 p. in. . No. 6 leaves Buffalo at 4:45 p. 111.. I, arrives at Union 5:00 p. 111. No. 34 leaves Union a' 9:50: "leaves / 1 -Monarch 9-35; leaves Crawfords 9:40; leaves (Gregory's 9:45: leaves Medors 0:55: leaves Neal Shoals 10:05: leaves Red Point 10:15: arrives at Pride 10:25 a. 111. ' No. 33 leaves Pride 10:55; leaves Red Point 11:05: leaves Neal Shoals ! 11.15: leaves Medor> 11:25: leaves * Gregory s 11:30: leaves Crawfords j leaves Monarch 11:40: arrives at j Union 11:50 a. 111. r1 Evening. No. .",2 leaves Union 5:15: leaves > Monarch 5:20: leaves Crawfords 5:25; j leaves Gregory's 5:30: leaves Medors - 5:40: leaves Neal Shoals 5:50; leaves Red Point 6:00: arrives at Pride 6:10 l p. 111. \*i 1. 11 b?n foe ?. -? ? ~ " " - line- ?;4o: leaves KetP*" Point 6:50; leaves Neal Shoals 7:0o; g leaves Medors 7:10; leaves Gregory's 7:15: leaves Cratvfords 7:20; leaves - Monarch 7:25: arrives at Union 7:35 p. in. T. R. DTCKERT, G. M. pj M. P.. SUMMER, G. P. A. ;JUST RECEIVED ' A box of Fresh Lemons. * They are Extra Fancy. 25c per dozen. Phone me a trial order. . W. Newell Smith LL vl LIGHT SAW MILLS, i Engines, Boilers & Supplies. Gasoline Engines, Wood Saws aud T r* o.i >% . . - ? - spmiers, totton and Saw Mill Machiny ery, Castings and Repairs. Try . . Lombard Iron Works, Augusta, Ga. SOUTHERN RAILWAY ^THE SOOTH'S GREATEST SYSTEM.' " * Unexcelled Dining- Car Servlee. Through Pullman Sleeping Cars $ on all Through Trains?Conf - venlent Schedule on all f LocalJraijfc. i Winter TouristJB^IrittBrtH now effect i- >1 it^fl I j Agent I brooks a.