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Ill """ IT I" j Masqu | By KATHERINE < i Author of "Tli J Copyright, 1904. by After the dimness of the pavilion the -conservatory seemed comparative y H bright, but without waiting to gro\* .accustomed to the altered light he moved onward with deliberate baste. The long green alley was speedily trnversed. In his eyes It no longer : possessed greenness, no longer suggest- j ed freshness or repose. It was simply n means to the end upon which his I mind was set. As he passed up the flight of stops he drew his rings froiu his pocket and slipped them on again. Then he step- | pod into the glare of the thronged corridor. Some one hulled hiui as he passed through the crowd, hut with < 'hileote's most absorbed manner'he hurried on. Through the door of the supper room be caught sight of Blessing! on and Eve, and then for the tirst time his expression changed, and he turned dl- 1 rectij toward them. ^ "Eve," he said, "will you excuse ine? , 1 have a word to say to Blesslugton." She glanced at turn in momentary surprise; tlieu she smiled In her <piiet, self possessed way. "Of course," she said. "I've l>eou wautlng a chat with Millleent (lower, but Bobby has required so much entertaining"? She smiled again, this time at Blessington, and moved away toward a pale girl in green who was standing alone. Instantly she had turned I.oder took Blesslngton's arm. "I kuow you're tremendously busy," he began in an excellent imitation of *- nucoto 8 nasty manner? I kuow .you're tremendously busy, but I'm In a lix." One glance at Blessington's healthy, ingenuous face told him that plain speaking was the method to adopt. "Indeed, sir?" In a moment Blesslugton was on the alert. "Yes. And I?I want your help." ' The hoy reddened. That Chileote should appeal to him stirred him to un uneasy feeling of pride and uncertain- ' ty. Loder saw his advantage und pressed it home. "It's oome about through this crystal gazing business. I'm afraid I j didn't play my part?rather made uu ' ass of myself. I wouldn't swallow the Astrupp"? He paused, measuring Blesslngtou with a glance. "Well, my dear boy, you?you know what women are!" Blcssiugton was only twenty-three, i He reddened again and assumed an air of profundity. "I know, sir," he said, with a shake of the head. Loder's sense of humor was keen, but he kept a grave face. "I knew you'd catch my meaning. But I want you to do something more. If Lady Astrupp should ask you who was in her tent this past ten minutes, I want j-ou"? Again he stopped, looking at his companion's face. "Yes, sir?" "I want you to tell an Immaterial lie for me." Blesslngtou returned his glance; then ho laughed a little uncomfortably. "'But surely, sir"? "She recognized me, you mean?" I.oder's eyes were as keen as steel. "Yes." "Then you're wrong. She didn't." Bless!ngton's eyebrows went up. There was silence. Eoder glanced across the room. Eve had parted from the girl In green and was moving toward them, exchanging smiles and .greetings as she came. "My wife is coming back." he said. "Will j'ou do this for me, Blessington? It?It will smooth tilings." He spoke quickly, continuing to watch Eve. As he hiul hoped, Blesslngton's eyes turned In the same direction. "'Twill smooth matters," he repeated?"smooth K* "them In?In a domestic way that 1 can't explain." The shot told. Blessington looked round. "Bight, sir," he said. "You may leave it to me." And before I.oder could speak again lie had turned and disappeared Into the crowd. CHAPTER XVT. rm IS business with Blessington I I over, j,011 vr iirciiiuuu uiifi i | I 11 freely. If Lady Astrupp had ' I recognized t'hllcote by th( rings and luul been roused to curlositj the Incident would demand settlemen sooner or later ? settlement In whn proportion he could hazard no guess If, on the other hand, her obvloui change of manner had arisen froti any other source?he had a huzy ide; that a woman's behavior could neve be gauged by accepted theories?the J, he had safeguarded Chilcote's Into ests and his own by his seonrlug c Blesslngtou's promise, lllessington h knew would bo reliable and dlscreo With a renewal of eoutidonce?a plea: ant feeling that his uneasiness ha been groundless?he moved forward ( greet Eve. Her face, with Its rich, clear eoio log, seemed to his gaze to stand 01 from the crowd of other fuces as fro a frame, and a sense of pride toucb< him. In every eye but his own b l>eauty l>elonged to lilin. His face looked alive and mastorf .as she reached his side. "May I in aiopollze you?" he said with the qulc _ I IE erader :ECIL THURSTON, IC Circle." Etc. Harper t* Brother, ness of 'speech * borrowed from Cblleote. "We?we see bo little of ench 1 other." Almost en If compelled, her lashes lifted, and her eyes met his. Her jinnee was puzzled, uncertain, slightly onfi'.sed. There was fl deeper color than usual In her cheeks. I.oder felt something within his own consciousness stir in response. "Yon know you are yielding," he said. Again she blushed. lie saw the blush and knew that It I was he?his words, his personality? that had called it forth. In fliilcote's ' actual semblance ho had proved his | superiority over ?'liilcote. For the tirst time he had been given a tacit, personal acknowledgment of his power. Involuntarily he drew nearer to her. 'T.et's got out of this crush." She inutlc no answer except to bond her head, and it enmc to liini that, for all her pride, she liked?and unconsciously yielded to?domination. With i a satisfied gesture he turned to make a passage toward the door. But the passage was more easily desired than made. In the few moments since he had entered the supper room the press of people had considerably < thickened until a block had formed about the doorway. Drawing Eve with him he moved forward for a dozen pnces, then paused, unable to mnko further headway. As they stood there he looked back at her. "What a study in democracy a crowd always Is!" he said. She responded with a bright, appre- i ciutive glance, as if surprised into naturalness. lie wondered sharply i what she would be like if her enthu- * stasias were really aroused. Then a i stir in the corridor outside caused n ! 1 movement inside the room, and with a ' certain display of persistence he was , < enabled to make a passage to the door. < There again they were compelled to < halt. But though tightly wedged into i < his new position and guarding Eve with j i one arm. Loder was free to survey | ! the brilliantly thronged corridor over . I the head of a man a few inches shorter j than himself, who stood directly in | front of I.to. -What are we waiting for?" he asked good huiuorcdly, addressing the hack O# tliC Oli " . ? * Tlio man turned, displaying a genial , face, a red mustache and nu eyeglass. | -IIullo, t'hilcote!" he said. "Hope it's not on your feet I'm standing." I.oder laughed. "No." lie said. "And don't change the position. If you were j an inch higher I should he blind as well as crippled." The other laughed. It was a pleasant surprise to tiiul Chilcote amiable under i discomfort, lie looked round again in slight curiosity. I.oder felt the scrutiny. To create a diversion he looked out along the corridor. "I believe we are waiting for something." lie exclaimed. "What's i this?" Then quite abruptly he ceased to speak. "Anything interesting?" Eve touched his nrni. lie said nothing. Tie made 110 effort to look round. His thought as well as I ids speech was suddenly suspended. ! The man in front of liini let his eye' Kiu i?vn tlinn I.Ill liuiu mo X-J, . , ...... ..... It in again. "Jove." ho exclaimed, "liere comes | o :r sorceress! It's like the process of a fairy princess. I believe tliis is the meaning of our getting penned in hero." lie chuckled delightedly. ' I.oder said nothing. lie stared straight on over the other's head. Along the corridor, agreeably conscious of the hum <?f admiration she aroused, came l.illiau Astrupp, surrounded by a little court. Iler delicate face was lit up: her eyes shone under the faint gleam of her hair; her gown of gold embroidery swept round her gracefully. She was radiant and trii uuiphuut, but rise w. s also excited. The 1 excitement was evident In her laugh, iu 1 her gestures, in her eyes, as they turned quickly in one direction and then another. I.oder, gazing in stupefaction over tin* other man's head, saw It? f??lt and understood it with a mind that leaped i back over si space of years. As in a > shifting panorama he saw a night ol I disturbance and confusion in a rarofl ? Italian valley?n confusion from whlet , one face shone out with something ol I the pale, alluring radiance that lllterei r , over the hillside from the crescen ! j moon. It passed across his conscious B noss slowly, but with a slow complete u ness, and in Its light tlie incidents o u the past hour stood out In a new as . peel. The echo of recollection stirroi n by Lady Rramfell's voice, the re-ech , of It iu the sister's tones; his owi lt blindness, his own egregious assurauc 0 ?all struck across his mind. t Meanwhile the party about Llllla s drew nearer. He felt with lustinctiv ^ certainty that the supper room was it ?0 destination, but he remained inotloi loss, held by a species of fatalism. II r watched her draw near with an ui moved face; but In the brief space tbi m passed while she traversed the corridc h1 he gauged to the full the hold that tli new atmosphere, the new existenc had gained over his mind. With an in 1 looked for rush of feeling he realize o how dearly he wc?ld part with lt. k~ i As Lillian came closer the meaulr ( FLUE CURING ROASTING IN Flue Curing Develoi Found In Schnai There are three ways us mers for curing and preps ? , ? of her manner became clearer to blni. She talked Incessantly, laughing now and then, but her eyes were never quiet. These skimmed the length of the I corridor, then glanced over the heads crowded lu the doorway. "I'll have something quite sweet, Geoffrey," she was saying to the man beside her as she came within hearing. "You know whut I like?a sort of snowflake wrapped up In sugar." As she j said the words her glance wandered. Loder saw It rest unlnterestedly Mi a boy a yard or two In front of him, then j move to the man over whose head he gazed, then lift Itself Inevitably to his face. The glance was quick and direct. He I saw the look of recognition spring across It; he saw her move forward suddenly as the crowd In the corridor parted to let her pass. Then he saw what seemed to him a miracle. Her whole expression altered, her Hps j purted, and she colored with auuoyauee. She looked like n spoiled child who, seeing a bonbon box, opens It? to And It empty. As the press about the doorway melted to give her passage the red haired man lu front of l,oder was the tirst to take advantage of the space. "Jove, Lillian," he said, moving forward. "you look as if you expected Chilcote to he somebody else, and are ! disappointed to And he's only himself!" I He laughed delightedly at his own Joke. The words wore exactly the tonic Lillian needed. She smiled her usual uudisturbed smile as she turned her eyes upon him. "My dear Leonard, you're using your ' eyeglass. When that happens you're never responsible for what you see." j Her words came more slowly and with a touch of languid amusement. Her composure was suddenly restored. Then for the first time 1.oiler changed his position. Moved by an Impulse he made no effort to dissect, he stepped back to Eve's side and slipped his arm through hers?successfully concealing hist loft lmiwl The warmth of her skin through her long glove thrilled him unexpectedly. Ills impulse had been one of self dc- _ fense, but the result was of a different character. At the quick coufyu't \ the wish to fight for--to hold and V**" fend?the position that bad grown Jear woke in renewed force. WithS" 1 new determination he turned again rJ" ward Lillian. "I caught the same impressing ~~ i without an eyeglass," be said. "V* ' lid you look like that?" lie asked tbe 'g question steadily and with apprrou* i" carelessness, though through it ,li9 reason stood aghast ? his co' nn,on i -j1 sense cried aloud that it was in P08^* l?le for the eyes that had seen hi 1 j j in admiration, in love, in contea ''* i ^ fail now in recognition. The air ?d breathless while be spoke i !,Dl' u waited. 11 is lin|)ression of it"liau ^ was a mere sbimmerinf *1,8 ll'ross n conscious of was the pressure oi-ally U hand on Kve's arm and the wal,^]^ v rXlu* hi ^ | $***?>- I "l)o you nee what 1 mean, Eve t" of her skin through the soft glove. Then abruptly the mist lifted. lie saw Lillian's eyes?indifferent, amused, slightly contemptuous, and a second later he heard her voice. "My dear Jack," she said sweetly, "how absurd of you! It was simply the contrast of your eyes peering over Leonard's hair. It was like a gorgeous sunset with a black cloud over( head." She laughed. "Do you see what I mean. Eve?" She afTected to t see Eve for the first time. f Eve had been looking calmly ahead. , She turned now nnd smiled serenely, j I.oder felt no vibration of the arm he f held, yet by an Instunt intuition he i knew that the two women were an j tagonistlc. He experienced It with the _ divination that follows upon a moment . of acute suspense. He understood it, f j as he had understood Lillian's look of i recognition when his forehead, eyes j and nose had shown him to be him u j self; her blank surprise when his dos ? shaven lip and chin had proclaimed e him Cliilcote. [to be continue?.] u e Major Seely of the British army sayi :s ! that married sollders are the bravest i- Perhaps war does not seem like rnucl e of anything to them. lt It might not be a bad idea to get th >r unwritten law into statutory shape s " that it ean be definitely relied on. 11Every time an engineer resigns froi the Panamn canal work one Poultne ig Bigelow smiles grimly. \ tobacco lor 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 the tobacco is taken trorr and suspended over intc flues in houses especially fc tain the heat, and there k proper temperature until t process developes in the tc stimulating taste and fragr; found in Schnapps tobacc green coffee is made fra^ stimulating by the roastin; Only choice selections of juicy flue cured leaf, gro\ famous Piedmont country, best tobacco grows, are Schnapps and other Reynol of high grade, flue cured It. J. Reynolds Toe SHOWING THE WAY. ( his Public Statement of a Union Citizen Will be Appreciated. Many a reader of this in Union has ^ one through the self-same experience ? i part, and will he glad to he $hown e ie way to get rid of the constant aches nd pains of a had hack, l'rofit hy a 'nion citizen's experience. ^ J. R. Porter, printer, employed on 'rogress. living on South Church St., I nion, S. C., says: "I have never felt * etter in my life than 1 have since 1 sed Dean's Kidney Pills. I was a < reat sufferer from backache for a ^ innber of years. My trouble was right i^ij^ss^the small of my hack and the ? pTasfi*fPd* itr-wdd break in two. _ ^'/I / was all raw and in a Itrtss-o.s-l f) /yrs. hut in spite of all I could do . ?..,i heln me. 1 read' / /.II.* -V V ...V.. . ..- , jf, lit Doan's Kidney Pills and got I in. Halt a box relieved me and tlie I ^ of two boxes entirely cured me." '/y'or sale by all dealers. Price 50 '/its. Foster Milburn Co.. Buffalo, ./ w York, sole agents tor the United itates. Remember the name?Doan's?and ake 110 other. Notice to Horse Breeders. Brownstone, belonging to the Hackley Horse Breeders' association, will >tand at Union, S. C., the following season. Terms as follows: $5 down and $20 to be paid if foal results. If not, $5 will be refunded by the association. Horse will be found at Crawford & Aycock's stable. Union, S. C. i)-.pno. j CALCIMO made by MURALO CO., N. Y. The Best Cold Water Wall Finish on Earth. It makes your walls new and bright, and will not rub off. Sure death to germs j and insects. In all standard tints and white. Ask for sample card. In live pounds packages and its 40 cents. House Paints, Stains and Varnishes in convenient packages from h pint up. "ho Pfartiral Painters ITT t UI V 1 I L4V k I VV? a a and know the goods we sell. They are all right. Wall paper new goods and hooks coming in. Will have lots to say next week. We are now doing the Picture Framing business of this town. I Largest Stock, Lowest Prices, and Good Work did the business. Window glass, all sizes in stock. Putty free. FRED. C. MILLINGS THE PAPER MAN. MOVING AND REPAIRING AND PACKING UPHOLSTERINI J. A. BROWN, DEALER IN 1 REAL ESTATE, STOCKS ANf BONDS. 8 HOUSE RENTING AND COLLECTINI 1 s A SPECIALTY. OFFICE ON BACHELOR STREET. y Send in your subscriptioi and vote in the contest. IMPROVESTO I PROVES GRE ps the Stimulating j IPs that Satisfies To ed by far- Hundreds tring their on sale that / mely, sun outside of th red. The bacco is flue air cured; filled with c *oved way sweetened ai lue-curing chew of Schn i the field hunger long. u..*. such tobacco. nwt Expert tes uilt to re- cured tobacc.< ept in the Piedmont rej his curing less sweeteni: bacco the ancj has a v ant aroma satisfying eff< o, just as kindoftobacc ^rant and satisfy, more g process. expectorating this ripe, and chew Sc vn in the Schnapps i where the ers formerly b used in to$i.ooperp ds' brands at 50c. per pc tobaccos. 10 and 15 cei iacco Company, Wins ingraved Cards, Invitations, Lf Announcements, Etc. " I We have a beautiful line ^ >f samples, representing ill the best stvles of the a engraver's art. fi( If you have your plate, 1,1 ve will have them][made y, rom it or we can have w dates and cards made at J" i reasonable price for high :lass, artistic work. Call y< BIKE DRUG CO. ; c ~ J ti M Buggies,Surries and Harness! 1', ?5 '"''jftjl AT MANUr?CTURtR'l PRICE. i tl ^ Guaranteed lot 1] mo,., (J f built lot Style, Quality fv jSi?1 and Duiabiltty. We can I ^ y^^vy *,v* you *25-00 on ,hf ii purchase o( a Buggy. Run- j about or Surrey. Our complete catalog No. 6 is Free for the asking. !' John Foster Co., JAS-271 Decatur St.. Atlanta, Oi. sssfii I PRICES; H'tl:ov< Ground $'2.&0 ^ ' /^^^^Double Concave for Exrta Hea>y \ ^ BeardsS3.00 in Lsa'hcC.se t5 60j ^&SWfc??*vCa.U.Magnetlc '. I Ko ^^.,S"?P "?? Razor Troubles Possible jrf&y | 365 Clean Shaves EGet one j; dealer on 30 days trial, with l NO OBLIGATION TO PURCHASE' For sale by { Ooion Hardware Co. ?? 60 YEARS' E X P E RIE N C E < ^^1 -^H f \> J JM L ^ - 3H p /ill Ji II.M w ^ k I 409 Trade Marks Designs ~rfm Copyrights Ac. Anyone aendtng a aketeh and deacrlntlon mar I quickly nscorinlii our opinion free wliotlier an Invention m pmhnhly pnteatahle. ComnrnnleaIIoiik arrlcily rmilltlenf 1*1. HAN0B00K on I'atonta sent free. Oldest iigoiioy for aerurliiR pnlenta. i I'nteui* l.-ikon through Munn A Co. receive tyrrtnl nutlet, without chnrge, In the Scientific American. 1 A handsomely Illustrated weekly. J.srsost clr' culutlon of any erleiitltlo Journal. Terms. f:i a year: four- niontbs, 91* Sold byall newsdealers. MUNN & Co * ? ??.New York ' Branch Ollloe, 036 F 8t* Washington, I). c. j , . V. E. DePASS. S. C. DePASS. DePASS & DePASS, Law Ofllces Over Peoples Bank, l-l yr BACCO LIKE EN COFFEE Iroma and Taste ; ] bacco Hunger of imitation brands are 'ook like Schnapps; the e imitation plugs of tocured, but the inside is , :heap, flimsy, heavily ; ir cured tobacco; one , apps will satisfy tobacco | tr than two chews of ts prove that this flue i :>, grown in the famous ^ Tion, requires and takes j ng than any other kind, j j /holesome, stimulating, i set on chewers. If the :o you are chewing don't : than the mere habit of ! , stop fooling yourself ; :nnapps tobacco, s like the tobacco chew>ought costing from 75c. ?ound; Schnapps is sold >und in 5c. cuts, strictly nt plugs. 5TON-SALEM, N. C. itters that SDeak lor Thfimselvfts 1'nion. S. C., Feb. otli. ]f)07. r. Criinni: I am very sorry to have to say that the asses I got from you do not suit me. I ore them all the time as you directed itil my eyes pained me so badly that I us compelled to leave them oil". I had tirod, drawing pain in both eves, also more acute pain in left eve. 1 read a tie with both pairs on, lint it always ings hack the pain. I intended going to your otlioe when >u were in I nion last week but the eat her was so hail 1 could not. Would ive written sooner hut thought 1 would V to hold oil'until you came to 1'nion. Will you be in 1'nion again soon. If .*"" 1 lair came to three miles east I' i'nion, who sitiiT that he was Dr. rimm ami asked it I had seen his ad in ie papers, lie then asked to examine iy eyes. Said that 1 was going blind lit thai he could lit me with glasses lias would cure the cataract. Finally 1 ecided to tike hi- glasses, which he aid should not he taken oil only at iglit Then he changed the classes in lie pair 1 had and said to wear both airs when I rend or sewed. I haved sutiered more with jny eyes mee lie was lime man i n:ui in live mars before and t-1 ?<?nl?I eertainly have >< < 11 hliii'i had I eontinued to wear the rI asses. I .|n not remember his features ?Iisiiictly. lie was low and fair, young nuking though perhaps forty. I think should know him again. Uespeet fully, ( M i<s ? M.' W. Me I'.ride. Union & Glenn Springs Railroad Company. Se!te?!ule in effect January 13. 1907. r.etwe'en Union and lUufalo. Morning. No. 1 leaves Union 7:30 a. m.. arrive at I'lttffalo 7:35 a. in. No. _> h aves Union 14:50 i>. 111.. arrives at I'ulTalo 1 j:45 p. ni. No. 5 leaves Union 3:45 p. in., arrives at lJuffalo 4:00 p. ni. No. 4 leaves liuftaTo at S.45 a. nt., arrives at Union 9:00 a. in. livening. No. 4 leave'. Huffalo at 1:30 p. nt., arrives at Union 1:45 p. in. No. (1 leaves I'11ftah at 4 45 p. 111., arrives at Union 5:110 p. 111. r.etueeii Union and Pride. Morning. No. 34 leaves Union at 9:30: leaves .Monarch 9:35; leaves Crawldrds 9:40; leaves Gregory's 9:45; leaves Medors 9:55; leaves Neal Shoals 10:05: leaves Red Point 10:15; arrives at Pride 10:45 a. in. No- 33 leaves Pride 10:55; leaves Red Point 11:05; leaves Neal Shoals 11:15; leaves Medors 11:45; leaves viregory s i i :45o; iimvo v iiih uhuj i 11:35; loaves Monarch 11:40; arrives at i Union 11:50 a. in. Evening. Xo. 52 leaves Union 5:15: leaves Monarch 5:20; leaves C raw fords 5:25; leaves Gregory's 5:30: leaves Medors 5:40; leaves Xeal Shoals 5:50; leave! Red Point 6:00; arrives at Pride 6:10 p. in. s No. 31 leaves Pride 6:40; leaves Red Point 6:50: leaves Xeal Shoals 7:00; 1 leaves Medors 7:10; leaves Gregory's 7:15; leaves Crawiords 7:20; leaves ! Monarch 7:25; arrives at Union 7:35 j p. in. T R. DICKKRT, G. M. i M. R. SUMMER. G. P. A. hairRbalsam K~. S rinntn and Vautifira tha hair. ' rminnlN a luvirUnt (rrowth. ^ Nrvor Poi'a to Rr?tore Oray Hair to Its YouO-flil Color.