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MpmmitfOP COLLEGE INJURED ~|, ' BY LACK OF APPROPRIATIONS t Jr*" The foil awing communication was < !v received by this office for publication: i *1 Winthrop Daughters of Chesterfield County:? ^ Please read the following article, * end all who are interested in organising Winthrop Daughters' Chapters in the cpunty please communicate at nnn? witti w D ^ ? ?? ...... ....... .1, i . i unut.v, vneraw. Winthrop has done a noble and wonderful work for the daughters of South Carolina and now is our opportunity to help hor by bringing: our influence so to bear upon our legislature that they will see to it that the one and only State institution for women in South Carolina is provided for adequately. From The Rock Hill Record of Thursday, March 10th: "Winthrop is Rock Hill's greatest ... \ asset of the State of South Carolina. We think our people should know how I Winthrop was treated by the recent t ^ legislature. ^^'^ -'Pjcaiudgjjt^.Thhnson, while at At.. J lantic City, sent the following telepr Kram to Senator Hart, who did R?s Kuof tn .n~..? e? ?r:-o ww ocvui c iui yv 111111i op prupur treatment at the hands of the Legislature : .*1 wish to give a solemn warning that if Winthrop College is not given more money than was porvided in J House Appropriation Bill for printi - ing, fuel, electricity and gas, wages, janitors and laborers, repairs and for few additional teachers for additional students, in accordance with itemized statement filed with the Finance Committee, it will be seriously crippled, if not prevented from running through the fiscal year. Itemized statements have been made so that ~aTT "concerned have the information required. If injury results to Winthrop College it will result with the full knowledge of those in authority and by their deliberate action, and they will be responsible. We have worked for thirty-five years for the upbuilding of Winthrop Colleg, and for the education of the women of the Sfntn n.... K.. 1 ~r ' v^vti uuuiu ui irusiei's irivi' given to the legislaurc full detailed and itemized statements of the needs of the college, with the organization and expenses reduced to a minimum, > and we can do no more. I am here t', attending a National Educational Association and (cannot go to Columbia before the legislature adjourns. Win11 throp's life and usefulness are now in ?\ the hands of the General Assembly. \ The College belongs to the State, and *\not to the Resident and faculty or e 01 trustees, and the State J do so. If it wishes to curtail the BV'jflshes to cut down and cripple it, it Mffan do" so. If it wishes to curtal the usefulness to the women, the schools and the homes of South Carolina, it B^can do so. It would be a disaster to ^Kthe State, however, if Winthrop 'Hahould be crippled. There was never time when there was a greater need ^Bpr teachers, and Winthrop is preparIfljBg the main supply of trained teachState. It would be a calamity t(> the Stale if Winthrop's ability to serve the State were seriously - "31 ' I reaucea at tnis ume, as now seems likely will be the case unless the House appropriation is amended by the Senate in the particulars mention-4 tioned. We are asking for only enough money to run the College efficiently as now organized. We do 4 not ask for new buildings or new m work. B 'I cannot think anyone wants to cripple Winthrop College, the one institution established and maintained by the State for the education of the women of the State, or will do so knowingly. The institution, I am - v gut*, has a warm plac0 in the hearts J of the people. My object in this telegram is to make a last presentation of /^^the facts in the ease.' f "The legislature failed to give the fc-elief asked for. While requiring all Bttollege revenues to be turned into the V^fetate treasury, it failed to provide the money required to pay janitors, and laborers now employed at reduced wages; it failed by $7,000 to Ic/A/ THE UNIVEJ We have her I?ouring Cars and I Kij. I proflu^Js 0{ genuine Fc j A We have just I . it i'ning lathe. ^1 One Fordson provide money absolutely necessary to keep up the. College machinery and college plant; it failed to provide one dollar for the employment of a few additional teachers to care for additional students next session; it failed to make any provision to complete the teachers' home and the enlargement .L in ? * * * ui me iiDrary, Doth in course of erection by action of a previous legislature. "While denying Winthrop College the money necessary for running expenses and to complete buildings already in course of erection, it gave to another State College over $15,000 to employ six additional 'teachers, $1,600 to raise salaries of teachers already employed and $62,500 for remiring old buildings. We do not say hese appropriations ought not to have been made for another institution, but ve do say most emphatically that if nude, then Winthrop's request for unning expenses and to employ some new teachers to take care of 150 new students next session ought not to have been denied. "It is clear to anyone that discrimiuition was shown against the one College established and maintained by he State for tht. education of the women of the State. The appropriation bill just passed carried appropriations directly and indirectly, of approximately $1,400,000 for the hree State colleges for men with an enrollment of approximately 1.700 students while carrying an appropriation of only $.'198,094.00 for the one State College for women with an on ollment of approximately 1,100 students. "Where is the fairness and justness to the women of the State in uch unfair treatmen of the State's 'allege for women? "Was this discrimination agsinst Winthrop shown because Winthrop did not have any of her graduates on the ways and means and finance committees as the other State college-had? It seems very plain that the women of the State will have to look after the interest of their State College in the legislature if their interests are to b0 cared for. "The State has appropriated for the Winthrop College plant in the hirty-fivc years of the life of th0 college only $031,1 17.02, although due of the plant is now $2,255,842 35, and yet it appropriated nearly $900,000 to build a new plant for one of the State Colleges for men in less than three years. "We ask again, where is the just!U? - > in h'P'itntnnt rvl* Wial 1- ../vn ... W. ... .11111 College? The time lias come for Winthrop's friends and alumnae? and ihey number many thousand?to speak in no uncertain way. "We do not believe the people of South Carolina wish to see Winthrop College crippled, and all that is necessary is for them to know the facts. "Winthrop College is giving value received to the State. We do not believe any one will deny that fact. There is nothing more vital to the school? and children of the State than trained teachers, and Winthrop ?s furnishing the main supply of these trained teachers." NOTICE Notice is herewith given to the stockholders of the Farmers' Mercantile Co., located at Ruby ,3. C., Uuil 'here will he a meeting of said stockholders at the store of the said Farmers' Mi rcantile Co., Ruby, S. C., May 12th, 1021, at 1 I'. M. o'clock, for the purpose of adopting a resolution to reduce the capital stock of the Farmers' Mercantile Co , Ruby, S. C , from $20,000.00 to $10,000.00. This April 0th, 1021. 41-10 W. R. Eddins, Secretary. POTATO PI. ANTS?n?,. pure Porta Rico potato plants, Immediate shipment. Dollar seventylive per thousand shipping point. Orders receive prompt attention. CI. J. Derrick, 2t-17 Lancaster, S. C. FOR SALE?At McBee, eijrht desiiahle lots. Aply to H. 11. Holder, ltp Lakeland, Fla. ncl \ BSAL CAR I c in Chesterfield Trucks and all >rd Parts for you. installed a new Tractor in Stock. i r V/ | . / nii S?-rv it . [ local items i I Married last Sunday morning by | Rov. F. M. Cnnnon, Mr. Chiner Turner and Miss Annie Dennis, both-popuj laC young people of Albermarie, N. C. There will be a matinee at the Strand Theatre Friday, 15. This is a' big picture, "Kentucky Colonel." i Don't miss it. ! Mr. L. T. Weathersbee, of l.ouisJville, Ky., is visiting at the home of ' Dr. R. L. Gardner. 1 Mrs. E. E. Cloud, of Rock Hill, : spent some time last week at the home >of her brother. Judge M. J. Hough. If you haven't the price of a Chautauqua ticket just come to see your grandpap at Everyman's Mill back of I the O'd Hurst-Streater store. He will L tell you how to get in. ) Mrs. J. T. Hurst spent some time ; this week in Cheraw with her sister, Mrs. Tom Perkins. i Miss Leona Jones of Pajreland spent several days this week with Mrs. J. F.. i Meehan. | Mr. B. C. Moore and son, Bryan, . of Spartanhui.it, are visitors here this week. Mrs. Francis S. Blair has returned from Jonesville where she spent1 several weeks. Everyman's Mill is now grinding corn. It is turning out high grade ! meal, hominy, bran and chicken feed. Plains pupils will prive the play, "Diamonds and Hearts,'' at the Plains school bu'Ulin;* or. Saturday evening-, i April 1(5, at 8:80. The plot has an interstinp development, and keen enjoyment is promised a 1 who tt'.end. i Admission unl 1 nU Carload of hno hay?on the way. Everyman'* Mill MIDDENDORF Miss Margaret Howe entertained at a charming little party Saturday evening at her hom,? here. The rooms were decorated with quantities of dogwood and bright spring flowers that seem by light to belong to the gay young company gathered ther?\ Miss Mararet Griggs favored the guests with several musical numbers. Punch was served throughout the evening. Misses Hemic Ramsey and Lucia Nettles of Hartsvillc were the weekend guests of Miss Margaret Rowe. Miss Margaret Griggs and Horace Wilhelm motored to Hartsvillc Saturday afternoon, where Miss Griggs was the week-end guest of Miss Lena West. Laban Drown motored to Hartsvillc Saturday afternoon on business. PINE GROVE Mr. and Mrs. Carl White and Carl Jr., and Mrs. J. B. Rivers are spending some time in Fayettsville, N. C., with relatives and friends. Mr. Olin Gordon is spending a few days with his parents, Mr and Mrs. C. Den Gordon. Mrs. J. H. Hunt and children spent Sunday afternoon with Mrs. II. E. Hunt. I i?ir. ana ivirs. l1 red White spent j Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. li. T. Hunt near Evans Mill. Miss Thelma Hunt spent the weekend with Misr Eunice White. Rev. E. C Synder preached n very interesting sermon at Pine Grove Sunday morning. Mr. Johnnie Gaddy was in this community Sunday. Rev. E. C. Snyder was the dinner 1 guest of Mr. H. F. King Sunday. The entertainment which was to ! have been given at the sehool house ! Thursday night, April the 1 -ith has I been postponed on account of sickness. Sunday School n"xt Sunday morn. ing at 10. FRIENDSHIP All Sund'W St hool members be present Sunday to get your piece for Sunday School Day. Don't forget prayer meeting at i eight o'clock, as we had 17 present j last Wednesday night. Let's make it '."?( in the future. j Mr. Ross Parker was taker, seriousi l.v siek Monday morning and Mrs. B. F. Griggs had a nervous attack from the flight. As the willing workers of Friendship havt. undertaken some good work for a good cause we hope them suece s. VAUGHAN Mr. and Mrs. N. I'. Mien spent Sunday in the upper part of the county. Mr. Allen claims he was lost. The children of Mr. and Mrs, Robert Campbell have been quite sick the past week, hut glad to say they are much better at this writing. Mr. anil Mrs. Henry Smith rpent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Allen of the Wexford community. The Ladies* M. U. conference held with the David's Grove society was enjoyed by all who attended. f/fl oxmi } > M rowiiarrni/il: ^fVXij 1 IzlL am* wikHHin I --Man's 1. !; Man ;j J j; By PETER B. KYNE i| 1? I Author of { te !; "C.PP7 Rich.," "The Valloy J > of tho Gitatt," utc. i J ^ (Copyright, by Peter B. Kyoe) ' ? 1 U] (Continued from preceding paSe) | 1,1 lo Webster, but a detaining hand rest- tl] ed on his arm, while a dark thumb and . forefinger lifted the trailing strips of tickets. Pucker-eye was examining . them also. I The purser's clerk drove bis elbow 1 . backward violently into Pucker-eye's J midriff and shook him off roughly. "What do you mean, you black-and- ] cr tan hound?" he demanded. "Since . 1,1 when did you begin to O. K. my work?" w Pucker-eye made no reply to this I ^ stem reproof. He accepted the elbow ! m with euuanlmltv and faced \v?hst?r with an evil smile that Indicated mutual recognition. "Bueno," he snld. "The senor he ,)f ees sail on La Kstrellita for San Rue- i * uaventura, no?" j M "So you came nosing around to see ' about It, eh? Doing a little plain gum- 1 shoe work, 1 see." j Pucker-eye bowed. By the simple ex- i nI erclse of courage and had manners he ' sn had looked at John Stuart Webster's tjcket and was now familiar with his 01 name and destination. j Webster glowered darkly at Pucker- 1 ** eye and said: j "Well, you scoundrelly cutthroat. : what are you going to do about It? ! Try a little of your knife work <>n me. 'u I suppose?" til The fellow grinned the kind of grin l)f that is composed of equal parts, of ferocity and knowledge of superior strength. That grin did more to dl?- s" concert Webster than the knowled :e that he had earned for himself two hloodihirsty and implacable eneinie--. for Pncker-cye w:e the tirsi of hi- ^ breed that Webster led ever seen smile under insult. That cool smile "f infuriated him. 'n F*1 Pucker-eye took out a rig. reite ease, selected a cigarette and presented the ''' case to Webster. IPs imd manners in n selecting his own ei.garelte tirst was deliberate, as Websp-r l:tie . It was P' the Latin-American's uieiln <! of showing his contempt. s" -*\\e snail nu'f'i ntroln, Moos'tor \Vohstnlre." lio snld. "M:i.v 1 otYer n ele- ?' arette for tin-?what you Americans call?the keepsake? No?" Ho smiled brightly and closed his puckered eye In a knowing wink. Webster took his tickets from the purser, folded tTinii. pleci-d them In Ids *'* pocket and for a few mis regarded ?' Pucker-eye contemptuously. "When we meet again, you scum," lie retorted quietly, "you shall have no difficulty in remembering me. You ' ' may keep your cigarette." Ills* long, powerful right arm shot JV' out ; like a forceps his thumb and forefinger closed over IMicker-eye'.s rather hit nose; he squeezed, and with a shrill scream of agony Pueker-e.ve went to Ids knees. R? Still holding the wretch hy his proboscis, Webster turned quickly In order that his face might be toward Pop-eye. "Pop-eye," he said, "if you take a luiml In this, I'll twist your nose. too. j and afterward I'll throw you in the river." so He turned to Pucker-eye. ro 'Up, thou curious little one/* he said . in Spanish, and lerked the* tinliappy )r hn. "Up, Thou Curious Little One." Ht" pin rascal to Ida feet. The latter clawed " ineffectually at the terrible arm which ^ held hltn, until, presently discovering rec that tii* harder lie struggled thehnrdei the Webster pinched his nose, he censed pas his struggles uud hung lliuply, tuoan- / Ini .v,,i pain and rnge In tne gr j of sell I lie Atniricai.. pre "tlood!" Webster atitiottneed, stuck- thp Ipg his grip a little. With Ills left the Intel In* deftly extracted a hair from " 'Mill finiik of th<? screaming little l to icoitndnTs scant mustache and held swi hem before the hitter's fenr-'illed , tint yea. thai "My friend." lie said gently, " nark nec< the gringo gives Ids little dark j *Rn?y, ak li'ssoii In deportment. Be- sun Aere to 1 Hfr-'LllHf 'n fl'ce a souve 11r of test ^ him throbbing nose shall ^^^BgnJ^HwIx'ii am by rltm nL^kr lie released "Pucker-eye, made his ay through the crowd to his room, oked In. saw that his baggage was lere. and walked around on the starjard side to Join In the general fareell of all on board to the crowd on le levee. At the shore end of the gangplank ueker-eye and Pop-eye still waited, he unfortunate Pucker-eye was weepig with pain and futile rage and hulliatlon, but Webster noticed that op-eye's atteutton was not on his iend but upon each pnssenger that lurded the ship, of which there were le usual number of late arrivals. As tch passenger approached, Pop-eye aimed mm with more than casual inirest. Webster smiled. "Looking for that tlet they heard me talking about," he fleeted. "l'op-eye. you're a fine, ipahle lad. 1 thought you had the -alns of the two. You're not going ivay until you've had a chance to size ;> the re-enforcements at my comand, are you?" He' lighted n cigar and leaned over le rail as the steamer, gathering >eed. swept down river. "Good-by, you golden fizz and ilcken gumbo," he called, as the city ceded and the low, wooded shores dow the city came into view. When he had finished his cigar he ist the stump overboard, watched It itll it disappeared astern, and then ent around to stateroom No. 34. As t stenn<>d In nnil rln?;ivl tho d?np a ascultne voice said very pleusnntly: "How do you do?" Mr. Webster looked up and beheld a mng man, arrayed In a very fancy tlr of light blue silk pajamas, retched at his ease In the upper trth. John Stuart Webster stared nt the ranger for several seconds and conuded he was invading the sanctity of lOther's stateroom. "Excuse me," he ild. "I guess I'm In the right church it the wrong pew," and he stepped it and looked for the number on the aterooni. To his surprise it was No. \ after all, s*o he stepped hack Into e stateroom and favored the strnn r with another scrutiny. "It does appear to me, my friend," ? said presently, "that I detect someing strangely familiar about your ijatnas." "I wouldn't he the least hit surprised r. Webster. I found them In your dtcase." Fell a silence of perhaps half a mine. Then: "I dislike to appear inquisitive," ehster began, "hut the fact is, nelgh>r, I'm curious to know where you >t that hook. I observe you are rendg Samuel Itutler's 'Way of All lesli,' ami that the hook Is slightly imaged. Recently I purchased such hook In?" "Pray do not tnke the trouble to exain." the other answered airily. "I seovered this excellent book in your dtcase also. In fact, for me, that litcase has proved to be a repository treasures." John Stuart Webster's neck came it of his collar with the suddenness a turtle snapping at n fly; he drew mself up beside the top berth until s face was on a level with his unhid>n guest's, upon whom he bent a look mingled emotions. "Who the devil are you?" he denuded. "I regret I have no rnr/t hut *?? /?*? i# hart It would he no kindness to Inflict ?on nn American gentleman the cogmien my parents honored me with, r It Is long nnrt many-Jointed, like a it nut, and embodies the names of all e saints In the calendar. Moreover, st at present I am traveling under i alias. I am known as Mr. Andrew nvers." "And your occupation?" Webster imaged to articulate. "Valet de chambre to that prince of ntlemen. Mr. John S. Webster," the her replied with a mischievous gleam his dark eyes. Mr. Webster sat down limply on the ttoe. He was undecided whether to ar with laughter or shriek with rage; ille he struggled for a decision Anew Bowers blew smoke rings at the lltng. "Haven't I seen you before?" Web?r queried presently. "I wouldn't be surprised. I drove u down to the steamer In a taxi half hour ago. You will recall that the xl driver carried your luggage onrd." Webster gazed around the stateroom. There have you hidden your livery?" demanded. "I wrapped It In a newspaper; then, eking a moment when the deck outle was deserted. 1 stepped forth In ir?I beg your pardon, your?pajamas (1 tossed It overboard.H "Hut apparently you did not bring onrd with you a suit of clothes to ke the place of your livery?" "Quito true?lamentably so. Mr ebster. Perhaps you will accept my sperate need as an excuse for bor win is your pajamas. I notice you vc another suit of them Fortunute in I" Andrew Powers was a man of pe> ps thirty years, five feet ten Inches I, and apparently In excellent health. > might have weighed a hundred and -enty pounds and he was undeniably inlsome. While Webster was wondering ether Ids companion was merely a :h class tramp or an absconding )k cashier, a knock sounded on the teroom door. He opened It ami the pser stood In the entrance. 'Ticket, please?" he announced. Vebster surrendered both tickets, elving In turn two seat checks for (lining saloon. and the purser ised on to the next cuhln. mdrew Itowers smiled n sinnll, promt smile, but said nothing, and sently John Stuart Webster tiroke silence. "Well," he ordered, "sing song or tell the story." I noticed you surrendered my ticket the purser," the young man an red Irrelevantly, "and I am glad of t. I take It as prima facie evidence I you have made up your mind to >pt my company." i'ou're too infernally cool and cook. .,?? t-t" , ..... ......... ??n.*ier wurneii nun ily. "I pride myself on a senxe of tor and I dearly love a Joke until carried too fur, but be advised In >. young man, and don't try to play ie with me. My acceptance or non* prance of you Is a subj??e? for fn = ? - ? You owe me fifty dollar's Tor your Ticket, Andrew Bowers, and In view of the fact that -I never saw you before today, suppose we start the voyage by, squaring the account," Andrew ltowers sat t/b In the berth and let his legs drape Over the side. "Mr, Webster," he began seriously, "If, prior to the arrival of the purser to collect the tickets, you hnd * handed my ticket to me. saying: 'Here Is your ticket, Mr. Bowers. Be kind enough ; to reimburse me to the extent of tifty : dollncs,' I should have been compelled j to ndmlt then, as I do now, that I j haven't fifty dollars. Fortunately for me, however, you surrendered the ticket to the purser before acquainting yourself with the state of my'fortunes; the voyage has commenced and whether you like It or not, my dear sir, J am your guest from now until we 1 reach San Buenaventura. Rather an Interesting situation, don't you think?" i John Stuart Webster was of Scotch . ancestry. He had a hereditary reI gard for baubees. He was a business , man. Prodigal spender though he was and generous to a fault, the fact re! malned that he always made It a point to get value received, and he was prod! Igal with his own money; he preferred I thut the privilege of prodigality with j the Websterlan funds should remain an Inalienable prerogative of the sole ' surviving member of the Webster fain| "y. I "I think you're too cool, young man," Webster retorted. "Just a trltle too cocksure. Up to the present moment you have proffered no evidence why you should not be adjudged u cad, and I do not like cads and must decline to permit one to occupy the same stateroom at my expense. You are clever and amusing nnd I laughed at you, but at the same time my sense of humor Is not so great br to cause me to overlook your Impudence nnd laugh with you. Now, If y?u have anything to say, say It quickly, because you're going to go away from here?In a hurry." "I plead guilty to the Indictment, Mr. Webster, and submit as an excuse the fact that desperate circumstances require desperate measures. I am not hogging rr.y way, neither am I beating it, for the reason that both forms of travel are repugnant to me. I am merely taking advantage of certain fortuitous circumstances to force you. an entire stranger, to extend to me a credit of fifty dollars until we reach San Buenaventura, when you will he promptly reimbursed." "It Is not my habit," Webster retorted stiffly, "to extend credit to strangers who demand it." "I do not demand It, sir, T heg It of you. and because I cannot afford to he refused I took care to arrange matters so that you would not he likely to refuse my request. Really, I do not mean to he cocksure and impudent, but hefore you throw me out I'd like to let you in on a secret about yourself." "Well?" "You're not going to throw me out." "Why not?" "B??cause you can't." "That's fighting talk. Now, ,1ust to prove to you the depth of error in which you flounder, young man, I ain about to throw you out." And he grasped Andrew Bowers In the grip of a grizzly hear and whisked him out of the top berth. "Walt one second," his helpless victim cried. "I have something to say before you go any further." "Say it." Webster ordered. "Your tongue Is the only part of you that I cannot control." "When you throw me out on deck." Andrew Rowers queried, "do your pajamas go with me? Does the hair go with the hide?" "They cost me sixteen dollars in Salt Rake City, hut?good lord. yes. I can't throw you out mother naked ; d?n It, I can't throw you out at all." "Didn't I tell you so? Re a good fellow and turn me loose." l-l.. - -?? ? <>?i.t iiiur i in t sitting In bnok of n roynl flush and the other fellow bluffs me out of the pot, I _ always buy the wine. When It arrives we shn'.l drink to our better acquaintance Pending Ita arrival, please be p advised that you are welcome to my pajamas, my cigarettes, my book and , ** my stateroom. Too are my guest and C you owe me nothing, eycept, perhsna. R , ? IUI nit- imip dpi UK. You'll stay locked In this stateroom while I have a tnlk with the cni>t?ln. He'll probably dig up a shirt, a pair of dungarees and some old shoes for yon and set you ashore before we get on! of the river. If he doesn't do that he'll keep you aboard and you'll shovel coal for your passage." "Hut I'm Andrew Bowers nnd the purser has collected my tlrst-class ticket 1" "What of It? I shall declare?and with truth?that you are not Andrew Rowers.that you are not my valet, and that I did not buy the ticket for you. 1 dare yon to face the captain In my pajamas aad prove you aren't u stowaway." "You would win on that point," the baffling guest admitted, "but It Is a point you will not raise. Why? Because I have another trump up my kimono." He climbed hack Into the upper berth and from that vantage point gazed down benevolently upon John Stuart Webster. "I'm disappointed In you," he continued sadly. "I thought you'd show a little norninl hnmnn cnH. oslty about me?and you haven't. You do not ask questions or I could explain, while I cannot volunteer Information without seeming to seek your pity, and that of course would be repugnant to me. I am hoping you will accept my word of honor that you shall he reimbursed two hours ofter you land In San Buennvatura." "New music to your song, m.v friend, ^ but the same old words," Webster retorted, and stepped to the stateroom j door. "You're doomed to shovel coal or f go ashore." "Listen. If 1 go ashore, your responsibility for my life censes, Mr. Webster, but If the chief engineer happens I to he short one coal-passer and the ^ captain sends me down to the stokehole, your responsibility for my death begins, for I'll be put ashore publicly J at 8an Buenaventura and two hours j later Ml he facing a firing squad In the cemetery at the Catedrnl de la Vera Crux." c "Gosh," John Stuart Webster mur- ^ mured dazedly, "I'm afraid I can't take a chance like that for fifty dollars. I'm whlnned to e *'? - 1 from ev?ry HilB tllls his own snakes." ' And he held op bis band for Andrew Bowers to shake. S "Mr. Webster," the latter declared I feelingly, "I am not n lord of language, so 1 cannot find words to thank yon. 1 1 agree with yon that you are entitled to my confidence. My name Is?" "Tut, tut. my toy. Your name la Andrew Bowers, and that Identifies you sufficiently for the time being. When I suggested that 1 was entitled to a measure of your confidence, 1 mea.it on a few minor points onlypoints on which my curiosity has bees abnormally aroused. "Very well, my friend. Fire away." "Are you an American cltlsenl" "No, I am a cltlsen of 8obrante." "You had no money to Day for your passage to Son Buenaventura so you schemed to make me pay your way. rience I take It that your presence In the capital of your native country la matler of extreme Importance and that the clerk In the ticket office of the Caribbean Mall line Is a friend of yours." "Quite true. He knew my need." "You were under surveillance and could not leave New Orleans for 8an Buenaventura unlesh you left secretly. When I purchased both berths In this stateroom and the ticket clerk knew 1 held a first-class ticket for a valet that was not, be decided to saw off on me a valet that was. Disguised In the Uvery of a chauffeur and carrying hand baggage you hoped to get aboard without being detected by your enemies who watched the gangplank." Andrew Bowers nodded. "Do you think you succeeded?" Webster continued. "1 do not know, Mr. Webster. I hope so. If I did not?well, the Instant this stenmer drops anchor In the roadstead at San Buenaventura, she will be hoarded and searched by the military police, I will be discovered and?" He shrugged. "Lawn party In the cemetery, eh?" Webster suggested. Andrew Bowers renched under his pillow and produced two heavy automatic pistols and a leathern box contalnlug live clips of cartridges. These he exhibited In silence and then thrust thorn hack under the pillow. "I see Andrew. In cnse you're cornered. eli? Well, I think I would prefer to die fighting myself." "I'm not worried. Mr. Webster. Somehow, I think 1 ran the gantlet sn fely." "Hut why did you throw your livery overboard T' "It was of no further use to me." "But you'll huve to hnve some clothes In which to go ashore, you amazing man." "Not at alL The steamer will arrive in the harbor of San Buenaventura late In the nfternoon?too late to be given pratique that day. After dark 1 shall drop overboard and endeavor to swim ashore, and In view of that plain clothes would only prove an embarrassment. I shall land In ray own country naked and penniless, hut once ashore I shall quickly find shelter. Til have to risk the shurks, of course." "Man-eaters?" "The bay Is swarming with them." "You're breaking my henrt," Webster declnred sympathetically. "1 suppose you're going to feign Illness ihroughout the voyage." "Not the kind of Illness that will Interfere with my appetite. I have proscribed for myself u mild attack of InUuuiiiiuiCi y rlieiiiriaiiStu, So aii eXCUSS for remaining In bed and having my meals brought to me. This service, of .-nurse, will necessitate some slight ex-' pense In the way of tips, hut I am hoping ycu will see your way clear to tak ng care of that for your guest." Jtlfontly Webster banded Andrew Bower* ten dollars In silver. '"That ought to hold you," be declared. "For the rest, you're up to Home political skullduggery In Sobrnnte. and what It Is and what's your renl name are two subjects In which I am not Interested, bet it be understood that you are my valet, Andrew Bowers. That's all I know about you and that's all 1 care to know about you. In fact, the less 1 know about you the less will I have to explain In the event of your sudden demise." nur enougn," ouoth Androw Bow* ers. "You're a man after my own heart 1 thank you." (To be continued) Many Ills Due To Catarrh The mucous membranes throughout the body are subject to catarrhal congestion resulting in many serious complications. PE-RU-NA WH Known mnd ffaf/aMa Coughs, colds, nasal catarrh', stomach and bowel troubles among the most common diseases due to catarrhal conditions. A very dependable remedy after protracted sickness, the grip or Spanish Flu. PE-RU-NA Is a good medicine to have on hand lor emergencies. Tablets or liquid SsM Evenrabars IN USE FIFTY YEA US NOTICE OF SALE By virtue of authority contained in rertain tax executions issued by J. A. Welsh, County Treasurer, for the rear 1910 and directed to m0 I will >tTcr for sale the following real egate to wit: 400 acres of lnnd in Ausley School district, known as Peter Marsh and Covington land. 2 lots and 1 building in town of efferson, known as J. Wisley Raley ots. Tr.x and penalty, $43.73. All of which I will sell before the ourt house door in Chesterfield couny on the 2nd day of May, the same eing the first Monday in May, for nsh to the highest bidder. J. T. Grant, Sheriff. 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