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^r^MUrlield AdveHiser s ^ Pittl H and Fred G. Hearn E Editor* | PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY Sabieriplton Rites: $1.$0 a Year; | lk 73 conts.?Iri variably in advanoew Entered as second-class matter at the ' postofflee at Chesterfield, South ( OwoMaa. ' ' - t HUMOR IN CONGRESS 1 About the dryest reading one can find in all literature is thought by the average citizen to be the Congressional Record, the proceedings day by day of the solemn Senators and the slightp ly less solemn members of the other hmiKo. Esneoiallv in diseussiner that grave subject, the four-power treaty, one would not expect an injection of humor, but read this extract from the discussion of that subject by two grave Senators. Senator Fletcher of Florida, asked Senator Hitchcock, of Nebraska, if the treaty were adopted would it affect our rlations with the Philippines. When this exchange of views took place: Mr. Hitchcock. "My judgment is when we get out of the Philippines we will get.completely out. eW may at that time enter into some sort of treaty with the other countries to respect the independenc'6 of the Philippine Islands,but when we let go they will be independent. If it desired, that sort of treaty might be made." Mr. Fletcher. "I gather that the Senator's position is somewhat like the two gentlemen on a.ship at sea. The story of a father and son.A storm arose, and the son went to the fathr and said, "Fadder vake up, vake, The ship is sinking." The father said, "What do we care? We don't own it." "We may not own and may not be compelled to approve of action as the result of the conference which -may be held, but I take it yt th$ same time ' the Senator is a little afrnid of T)Hr"' position as om? of Not to-.fee .outxtyrwtby the Senate' fa member of the other house, Congress-'' man Robert Y-. '?fWrtVas,'bf--Kentucky,* got off tfiiS^&nei'' . " #T " "The activities t?<1 tyU|i 1 tion remind o?,t an ^anecdote of ,, a. | negro preachex^,\vho was possessed of good, common and what is -usually known as-"hoss" sense. The men of his congregation did-not aft-end-church" in warm weather, -hut alt'* crowded^ around the stdve'"irt cold woatfier and warme^ their hands and toasted their shins and got "ligiou.*' This preacher in addressing his congregation 5jaid:. " 'I knows you men. You come here in the winter and set''by de stove and warms your hands, and toasts your,, shins and all get religious, but when cummer time comes and it gets warm you all loaf in de park benches and wear out the seats of your britches backsliding.' " KEEP YOUR HATS Oft, ? ? . GENTLEMEN The authorites of Birmingham, Alabama, have requested that men do not remove their hats when in elevators even though the, ladies are in ? them. It is claimed' that" removing hats scatter irerms. and causes inconvenience elbows getting in the wav. No disrespect t< ladies is intended by the order. i>ut it is claimed that the ladies themselves approve of the innovation. Some times ladies are requested to take their hats ort in ciiinclr'so that persons sitting behind the n can see the preacher. SOME VANISHING 3EL1EFS There are "a great many myths in the novel that have no foundation whatevor in fact. One of the latest to bo contradicted is that a grain of wheat wrapped in the bandages of an Egyptian mummy had been planted and later came forth in the green blade. Scientists have made experiments with grains taken from mummies and with wheat only a few years old and in no case did tho wheat grow. ? One scientist affirms most positliier ly that wheat fifteen years old won't ^ grow if planted. So one by one stories long believed one found to be unreal and with foundation. No Sale "I want," said the very plain girl, "a book entitled 'Cultivate Your Natural Beauty.' " "Hero if ia " cqi/1 tin. -.I .. K?iu kiiv wnu wanted to be sociable. "Are you getting it for a friend?" And the very plain girl put .-her purse bnck into her hag and went right out. Everything comes to him who waits but he who doesn't advertise waits longest. MICKIE/THE PIUNTEi ' ? * ^t v * ' ' 4* OUTH CAROLINA PROGRES- a SIVE AND UNAFRAID k? ? * si Ijr Clarence Poe, Editor Progressive ^ Farmer South Carolina is grappling man- tc ully, with the boll weevl problem. C rVhen we visited the state in Novem- ai jer we feared it was not doing so. S Hut by February there were abun- r< hint evidences that the farmers had S >n their fighting clothes. Stalks had tl Jeen cut, ditches and hedgerows a Moaned up, and land broken. Green n llelds of rye and oats were almost ev- o erywhere in evidence. - People were d talking of other crops to supplement cotton?truck, peanuts, sweet pota- u toes?and of hogs and poultry, cows s :m(,l creameries. "I have been travel- 0 ing this road twenty years and tha. a is the first time I have seen a cover J crop on that land," one friend .re- y marked to us as we drove to his home. I t r ... _ ... n.. nr iir t I d\ ii'w years ago r/r. ?. ?y . ijeiig was a sort of John the Baptist crying, "Prepare! Prepare! The weevil is coming!"?and men laughed. "When Clemson College sent a delegation lown South to study the weevil, I aid it was wasting money?the weevil would be stopped before it got here," says Mr. J. A. Burton, of Newberry. "But now I thank these .nen for their .foresigh' " South Carolina unquestionably has been hard hit by the weevil. In many sections the more ignorant people are depressed and demoralized. The intelligent people, however, are facing situation with confidence' and courage. ' "Other _ states have pulled through and we are going to," is a frequent remark. " And Dr. Long points out that bad a? conditions may be, there is "110 dtvntfiarisbn between the" situation now and that which obtained thirty years ago: "Then South Carolina made 11 bushels of corn per .acre; now 19. Then 138 pounds of lint cotton per acre, now 24?. Then 10.6 bushels of oats, now'tM-. Then the state made 1 bushels of wheat per acre, now "Vt.$. Then the state had 600,000 '< bogs; now it has 1,200,000. Then > ?.tbwxw were not ten banks outside .Charleston; now the state has 100 banks. Mortt Interest in Livestock, Poultry and Velvet Beans Interest irrho'gs, poultry, and cows 1 showsa gratifying increase.. Said Mr. ' L. I.jCiuion: "A few years ago when ! corn was $2. a bushel, rye $4, and . labor scarce and high, there was no pcofituin poultry except to help consume waste products. But this year my wife's poultry has proved about the best paying thing on the farm." It is gratifying to hear Southern farmers talking of butterfat and cream separators and arguing the relative merits of Purocs and Hanipshires or Guernseys or Jerseys and of different feeds f. r meat or milk. Velvet beans have -proved not only a -wonderful; soil-builder but a groat stock feed. District Agent Hem y Johnson tells a good story about a party of Pied m6Yi tors who visited near Aiken in oiPriy fall. A great, level, 200-aore tield seemed to be about kneVdeep in velvet bean vines. "Why I djtdru't_ the blame fool plant some <corn here2," asked one visitor. .Whereupon the blamed fool" who happen. .1 i: i-.- ? - ! ft > <.-w ?.w IJC MitnuiIlK IIy SrtlU, LOOK I here !" and pulled apart the mass of bean vines, showed some fine ears of of com underneath. "But how much will .you get per acre?" "About !>0 bushels," was the answer! And after going thpough the fields and getting out the corn, the stock convert the beans into beef and leave four-fifths of the fertility on the land. No wonder South. Carolina swears b> the velvet beans! Mar,lc?'tin^ Enterprising truckers are also making profits, "if you have turnips, 'spinach, mustard, beets, carrots, we stfaht it," was a message which had just reached J. L. Walker the day .we were in Jqhnston. Of course the man who furnishes these things later on Ttwh'en tne market is overstocked makes no real profit. But early-bird Walker catches the worm. It is much the same way with sweet potatoes. An average of $1.40 per bushel for No. l's has been received^ Gy the members of the sweet potato^ cooperative marketing association, but mongrel, diseased, or misshi\pon potatoes are a drug on the maritt't Rewards are for ?b<> mon who-jgrows a high-quality product, has it rejpYfy on time?and cooperates growers. 'iW-here truck l^rowjJrVtir^ not organized," one man told'us,' "fhis sort of thing is constantly happening: One man will make a good profit by selling, say as paragus on some'-particular market. The news, gets o^X l^v grapevine telegraph. N^xt da'y tliat" particular mar- ' ket is flooded *wfth cheap asparagus ' and none goe* to a dozen other markets that really need it and would pay , R'S DEVIL . HA ^ J ?uhf>J ? ?33=?a IB ! !! I lllll || 1 iiJ JJL-LL good price for it." Cooperative mar- \ eting is the only remedy for this t tuation. . I Progrenive and Sober Citizenship ' "Th^re are two. things I am ftlad t > pay taxes for," said one South * arolina farmer. "One is good schools f nd the other is good roads." The f tate is making rapid progress with 1 jgard to both schools and roads. * outh Carolina also wisely decided < lat the time has come not to put * 11 the tax burden on property, no ' latter whether it is paying a profit 1 r not, but to throw more of the bur- < en on incomes and inheritances. ' And while speaking of schools, lut'j is add that one of the most inspiring ghts seen cr. our visit was the group ' f some forty hoys taking vocational .griculture at Johnston. Those Smithlughes students will be leaders ten J 'ears from now. We were also gratified at waht we iara relative to the whiskey situation. 3f course there are some blind tigers ind blockade stills. But the people are gradually going to root out those ?vils. The general conviction seemed o be expressed by one man who said: 'A man needs all the brains he has :o make a living now without be fuddling himself, with liquor. If eight Irinks will make me drunk, one drink vill make me one-eighth drunk,-andhe only wise thing to do is to let it ibsolutely alone." * With good schools, good roads, a liversified agriculture, and a sober, aw abiding people, South Carolina :an indeed face the future with conlidence. FIRST AID AND RESULTS "No, I don't want to give up my baby; can't you find some one to care for her, so I can see her sometime and Lake her back when I get strong enough to work regularly?" Mrs. X put this question with tears in her eyes and a helpless pleading in her ^oice. The representative of the Child Placing department longed to help and resolved to find a way upon hearing the full story of a young mother of nineteen whose husband had died a few months before, leaving her with little Mary to care for and no money to provide even the necessities. She bad found work in the mill and was earning twelve dollars a week but lior health faild and the doctor advised an1 operation before she would ever be 1 "VAMPS" WHO ? MADE HISTORY I By JAMES C. YOUNG. US) by McCluru N?wtptp<r Syndicate.) THE WOMAN WITH THE "EVIL EYE." iihi una ine ci > c;vi ou!d D'uITiuo, U "she will bring a curse upon any man who loves her." History knows the beautiful woman of whom he spoke as Lola Montez, but she was christened Elizabeth, the III llirtitor on W=l. ...n... ? - J I uuuB?itvi v* * Uli moil nuuiail uuu 1<(MU Byron, by the left hand. Afterward the mother married nUd went to India with her soldier husband. When the girl was sixteen, her motlier came hack to England for a time, and the young mistress proceeded to .run away, marrying a soldier and departing for India. Elizabeth left India, stopped In Spuln, and changed her name to Lola Montez. She studied dauclng and determined to storm Loudon. Her appearance In 1843 was heralded as a great event, hut she could not dance. Iler failure brought hisses, and she returned to the continent, wandering through Germany and Belgium. Then she went to Warsaw. She conceived the Idea of calling herself a Pole, foi* whom everybody felt sympathy because of their struggle for liberty. So Lola came to Paris, under another name, and started to dance. Once more hisses greeted her. It was the i?i->i aiiniv, one new into a iury, lore off her slIpperB nnd garters, and threw them at the audience. Purls had been won. Lola, dropping her other name, became the fashion of the day. An editor was killed In a ilucJ about her, nnd Dutnaa pronounced the line quoted above, which drove her from the capital. She next turned up In Munich nnd enslaved old King Ludwlg. Then folly took hold of her. She started to rule the state and soon got Into water so deep that she almost loot her life. A mob surrounded her palace and angrily demanded that she come out. Lola came, in her nightgown, pistol in hand. She emptied the contents Into the crowd and barely escaped the mob's fury when Ladwlg arrived at the head of the royal bodyguard*. She had to flee, nnd Ludwlg loet his throne. Lolu had exhausted Europe. She name to New York and tried again to dance. Once more she faUed, and went West, dipping Into the mining ramps for a while, then on to Aus irnun, nnn nnany Duck to New York. Now s*ie lies lii Greenwood cemetery, Brooklyn, and not even an epitaph marks her simple headstone. t>y Uutftw Sugtrror ' -? . * Wtmra Ncv^mpm Unaoii r-j JO'ST ttEKDVUG *|?B| \ ? " '7 . * veil again. When working in the mill fj he mother would leave her baby to t] 5e cared for by strangers who now re- < used to care for her. Poor litle crea- * ure! She looked so pathetic as she ^ ried to tell, in her baby way, all i ibout her troubles. Mary was just ( 'ourteen months old and was so pale ind thin that the. iyorker knew ?n- 1 itantly that she was not getting prop;r nourishment. She had only two / eeth and could not ^ven walk, indeed ier thin little legs did not look as though they would ever be strong J jnough to stand on. Neither Mary nor ' ier mothpr had a change of clothing ind their condition wus desperate. The first step was to have the baby examined by a good baby specialise, who pronounced her sound but badly under-nourished. He gave orders for , a chanee of die* and :?rri?p l tn 1r?nV after her free of charge if she remain in the city. The next step was to find some one to take care of the baby temporarily; and this problem was finally solved through a relative, who consented to take little Mary and and care, fpr her. In the meantime, arrangements had been made for Mrs. .X to have hospital treatment. As this littie true story is being writ ten, the mother has regained health and is on her way to join her baby. She will be with little Mary every night j during . the day, little Mary w.ijl be under the careful oyes of her devoted aunt, while Mrs. X is at werk. . . Cases like the abeve are often included in the working program of the Child Placing deprartment of the State Board "of Public Welfare. This shows clearly that the work of this department cannot bo confided sile'y to the placement of children fn homes where they will--be>. adapted. Advice and assistance are given in many difficult cases, and it is the policy of the department to study each case and if it is for the best interest of the clii'd a strenuous effort is made t? keep the child with its fi.ther or mother. A LARGE COTTON ACREAGE RUINOUS THIS YEAR Columbia, Feb. 6.?Convinced they say, that any increase in cottoli acreage this year would be absoltuely ruinous to the state, officials of the South Carolina Division of the American Cotton Association today issued a statement setting forth tlie I I oiuues ui Great Scouts IVatfon I I ?, Western Newspaper Union. "YELLOWSTONE" KELLY AND HIS RIFLE. "OLD SWEETNESS" It vvus the year 1783. The hostile Sioux had surrounded Fort Stevenson, N. D? and any white mhn who went out alone went to his death. When the until was sent to Fort Buford, 218 miles away, a full company of soldiers went along to guard t{. One day, while the troops were out on a scout, ' Important dispatches came which had to he delivered at once, and there was no one who would dure attempt the hazardous journey. A young man, named Luther S. Kelly, learning of this, went to the commanding ofllcer and offered to get thom thrmieh olnno k'pllv wnn t New Yorker who hud come west seeking adventure. Because of his youth, the scouts around the fort had nicknamed him "The Kid," and now these men told him he would be scalped before he was a mile from the post, lie laughed at them. i guess "UU1 Sweetness' and I can take care of uny Sioux who jumps usl" he said. "Old Sweetness" was his pet name for his favorite rlfie. A few tiours later Kelly walked Into Fort Berthold, 18 intles from Stevenson. The Mnndan, Gros Ventre and Arikara Indians, camped about that post for protection against the 81oux. gathered ubout In admiration of his daring, for they lived in terror of the Dakota warriors. Kelly stopped at Berthold only long enough to eat and then pushed en to Buford, 200 miles nwfty. Feur miles from Berthold he came to a timbered valley. When he reached the bottom, a bullet whizzed past his ears. As the scout dropped behind a log, three .Sioux warriors rushed him. "Old Sweetness" spoke three times and the warriors dropped In their tracks. Kelly returned to Fort Berthold and told of his adventure. The friendly Indlnns were wild with Jqy, and after that they called Kelly "The Little Man With the Strong Heart." The scout started again for Fort Bnford and delivered the dlspntohes without further adventure. He became the regular mnil carrier, but the Bloux were so frightened of his "strong medicine" thut they never at-. tacked him again. Kelly remained In the United Stntes service as a scout until 1883. He was n lieutrnnnt of voJunteers In the Spanish-American war and In the Philippines the old Indian scout, as captain of the Filipino scouts, added further to Ills laurels of war before he retired as a flirhtlng man. HMM*. V BHY NOO p' MEXfeft eV)EV> HEAdfrP V- - " ' i-s^ y. ' i, v ?< > *xT?fc" s acts.r-in the ,situation,: -ds ^h?V ienv and urging every South Carolina to uqi(4^i>^9 -nC ;o r'hold the acreage down at feast nj ?o that .of 1921. A.fu^thftSjpetlvietioft <<i A Qqld be' strongly ad^ia^hje.' the H&wO\ * ] :iation says, four majof^r?vasaii*,iwrtf 5? ?ive'n by the association jvby;thfp:acre* V age should not be inc repaid, it ?'W1 says that are nymerou^ minor re*V. as *>ns,the four pFincipa,! gn<?s a^e: *tV*??9g| "Fir^t. An increase?in cotton a^ age*\yould chqapea ?H oelfetfcfal WeflH ^ by Southern banks. * ^ ' HC ' "Second. Under boll weevil condi tions an increase in actdage'hieans an 11 increase in possible disaster-by--tfie Pr boll weevii. . v.; ???? ' jti "Third. An increase in cotton apre- 'd,\ age means a decrease in fodd a'rid'feed r,o\ crops. Let's make the Southern fai^ self sustaining before weaghih'uricfer- .ei take to raise a surplus of ddttoii. THE REA A , * *' 4 t Not what you get by chance or'Wife in life, but what you gain by hohea I successful. What ard you doling .tp ji j funds for future ne-ds by starving' THE FARMERSli M. L. RALEY. J. S. McGREGC President . . V.icfe&rb DIRECT F. D. Seller, j) S. Sni T. H. Burch,I % .. ' v.*:" .v * * ~,15^ She Seeph OF GHESTj * % % vv Will Appreciate Your Businea mm t Oar" customers and friends help Inted of accommodation or you I 'to see us. Guaranteed burgla !Let us show you this wonder. A R. B. LANEY, President CHAS. P. MANGUM, ! Cashier ? .? Sfyank cf % % ? -t -V > ?. t . ' ' >.>'? gThe Oldest, Large, Bank in Ghertc 4 Per Cent. Paid on Saving* D*p< ?*-- V*. II 1 C. C. Doaglfu . I R. E. Riv?r*t Pr*iid?nt. ' . j M. J. Hough, Vice-Pr*?Hl*nt. I The Best Family Rem ?. > .??'i B Because |it |work B remedies have'ceai | Is Lij I Chesterfield L D. H. DOUGLASS, President '.*< W. J.. DOUGLASS, Vice- Pres.* < at or\ mnw * ? ? aiiOU r hvTj, AUUlU?iM 11 li? m INSUR p We Buy and Sail Real " This! ' ^*T * "V,? a* ini iV*. ;tlle.>bntilli y d gnat ton { ntu. IxmiI?'t Jffdli-^xSiStihJsJblm^i^S1 \?e plight J ^fienslc of a <:rop <aii?T*r < KSfJS W^fChaaliff J (1 j?ari|^sv potfttba^afl*' ^1 can b? &?aju*ad Seri-th cWfnfl'rfrStlfe * . > 3 '? * ***%> j s_ < v*t ?**?' The associatipn .in its statement k^es'thfe* V?C W * Ifi a f* w h ife*' 'jv^ r g ' ? Viol^^ur^a^ln^ii^ esc# i ^oufcT*certainly very greatly.?tie^ t the Viwtafeilftt or ' na moiittwiaay^vaV. ^ o^Srprb- " j|C 'T>ric^ foiTT* *b"e ruinounv if. .we , rerplant and the boHwee'vil rcpe^p ^ U"' rtM ^Ti<>lfftrtriinpJi' ruin in rprtain tHeirStfay ;$oti 1 ooO ur ;i ilvation is in a v^ry smqU acreaga.'',, ^ '-\-v v<; " ,?.,..,:;,r .1/ TES? *.; . : i. rr " ^ * ^ ritance%?iot whit yaustait with, K fry is what- wiH rnistkV*yo\k 'tJtify ' . battel* '\conditloiijJt" Accumulate ? _ assayings account H&RE jJoW. ; onytuw&c. )R, r* ?* * M*BS At.ifcfi BtfRcfr sklent^**' A<lrl!ttafft'*t)ash?e* * ... - ' t ' I ' X)RS v* tn' vtl *"** >"> , | Jiff. '' >" . v;. ?vw*} , ? i .1 s ' > ???*? ?**..v* j, i Dae?:; eel .as to ^o tiji;. ^mb in lAve money, to deposit,* come * rptoofand firjprQ^safe. ' i cordial. welcome,****! tayou G. K. LANEY, V.^PFesident ?' -J. A. CAMPBELL, . ^ , Assist. Cashier ' .'.< ', ?; ^uv nt-wn 'r*;1* * *: " . -V * ? V, . . , , , ,f ifufy t-i' . ,.* :*' )* . . ' I * .. .> St and Strongest j^ss jrfield, S.XlL W^-.V w?, . v V,H * * 1 )?it?. )|l.OO SUrti'Atf Aco??at ' I ' . ' v ?, CeibUp-,. . . ' O. L. 'Siqilis,' Aiiik\.' CiTtii r 11, R.. T. Red fearn. Tiller # .J ' . j *' ... :..r.r *4*** ' * ' * # * 1 . , " . .. ? }< ; < . , .? It' iedy l .1 jf .13 . ?* 4*1^' * .j-% \% * > > ..: '. i * -W* .'1*'. ? ?' #* ' h when-all [other^HB" ledI ^work? fe Insurance v*-V ? *' . ' c *%- * oan 81ns. Go. _ * j^ * U. G. DOUGLASS, Sec'y A Mgr. [JEO; EpplNS, Treasurer. IALTH, HAIL, LIVE STOCK AtfQE: CM*t?-?Moa?7 Loaned ^indfcSounds Correct I ITHS tW GON M II J babe rotva k: i ' [ vo*oc*eo oor Br ?=. / I ??? ? !? HH ?n *?*'?? 'v, I ..'...V . , vo.;rf*V> *?*& * i r-*' ' 1 I '^L JL* im?< < MilMl M MjuJSM ?3e ^JWWf llf TR^BSikr By nd taste, *?f?C - * '"'" ^ONTRAJJJ^t^gelpral fcA^o* V^it ^'*5^^ Jusar^x-Pywe**-, iw*rt ^ "InSiltnrefl^the famous imagU}^i*y*? , lurrripr known as tfie ,"d#ad ".lino"? \ a .point beyond* *^nlch**crook#- edtlttf Hbt .q|^(tekraW^x<^ptt--under peril of ' -" ? I^iniedlabe Attest,1*fcven Kthdpgh..':i&* ',, charges were pending against theft *' #t th# m?igpn'*, The device wAs ortgy" * lgated by William Melville, rtpefta*"'* -. i yuident of Rcotlaud Yard during the. ? ~ reign of Queen Victoria, / % ; ', ,But tt warn, la ^connection witfn> Mm pt?v?ntWn of a irline, .rather than ln..i- , jftie deivthg qf one^ that Melville hadUv *... t^ls riioit, bistinguislied success, fqr.Jf?\i>. Mr hid dpt. bepn gble -to capture Vreff, % Ibe fAiMUs "aihrdhTSt^t Is quite* ppf- t ^ st^rie tfiat the caar t)f fttihsla and.poe- ^ Stt^y. \iqvne of the member* of the * jy|gnljig family4f\Engtflftil weuM her* *' iheen blown Into eternity. .1 . ^jtfhe affair. In .qty?slipm occurred home * ' months after Melvlllo l)ad taken charge : T&r Scotland Yard. ^Ttae visit *pstbe+ v. ?>? flear had'b4en widely hfcValded through the" press and every governmental ap- ^ .ertftlve |n Oreat* Britain . had been pressed Ipto service to secure the safe-Jt', ty,'of this vlsltlng<rnleftiKTheveditfre . Island was contk#1 For men who Wetw' 4 f ^own to be hiding^ and, as a lfnal' ", resort, Melville,. Ispuad an ordet that - * * t suspicious. character fojmd within ? square raftes of' the Mne of march \ ' * , 4jrt Ru'^klnglHiim vpalac$ \o the Ifan-W wflrit'hQti^e wmfld be-a'rrested on sight. x ( ., ^ ^^Three*1 dit>V"before" the arrival .of ; v * thfr oznfk Melville's reports Indicated tlmtr tliq etty. -hrfd beftn thoroughly^ *. cleahod iip. - * ^ ? . j lv..si !? ,-But nt| tjie -very dAy* Ytf the proces- . slqq,. only two houret-l^d'fbre the rbyfll % 5. .families were; scJ>e^uled.ito "leave the 'pajace. Melvlile was Informed. tkaLj|ls men had failed'fo dpfifemAqfthe most drift dermis nlljll I.^J ..oif' that torri|iWW^hil 1 J>.? n ytdflng Kytvs^ji tjMsngjge o| VrofT, whf. hndf escnjio^ froiQ <^4^{l8egi?|n.tltsai^la44 > Petersburg nn(!'"lipd*enter?\ Kijglwid* ||i bUoli A ttfrtiidabfiTit mffpner^tjuv^ h|^ >vt . * arrival had nop'hrtfh feftorded. * Afr.j .r T ?, % ^orill^vK "to* the 'word whlMt"' inched ... t.AjfelyOle.l VnoCT hmVstMdred hfnplhytftfent'" * , In ? wbie merchant's ' o'stMrthfhnfrnt ' *"* , alhns tile line .whljqh tht: proftOffcAftn1 ^ '1 ! 'wotyld frfllow, and ha^Hwoni to throw ' ^ u'honib 'under, the .csjpr's carriage Ag** ;?. It. passed.' .."J . v.. 'd'' s?' Melville realized \fint f,t]ere wgsn'jte,- % a moment to he lost. Also. .It \\as a- j hy Job whirJi lie muijt hhhdT^""itlone. t ^ \ ;As ^It {happened, Meivllle knew ttye 4.; establishment where VrofT worked, and^ ... . .. he, nlso fknew that a certain vinrafcfc* * '** jf .^ainpagne was kept Jr. th'e <"?lhir? > v < ; ' ' wirence, jt was prodA"oe#h#i!jr nt^iT soe^ "' * . fclnr request. ^I;mas d*#- Wils c>aso^v * ' V therefht^, that hogiadP. tils wat to fha * wine -shop "and*^s<nted% that hg woull|. *A"%' like to nurchase-hnlf A dqzert< bottles. .. ?! v-V* .of the <fb^ifii|inV5f?'y*" * ^ t %, v t?; . * V iqfdbetMj, trie.; prpprletiOTf in*-... . ? o formed him that* the A-lntajje'wap(^ Jhe ljliv^nit-offered\o hhVe'It, broqgh^ f ,"y nn Inimedlntolv .. * *' 1 I . . < , ^ - -rf J.'u, "Don't; botlier to -do "that,-** replied.. ^ ,. . the Srotj?n?l. Ynr<> -nhrtv'TlT *6 dol*^ , ? wlt.lf .'olio of ojg^i^^r^HiwiVMi" out"tYio'n>ottjuHj|for. ntygpt/. ' .'1 HI sod ?omethln{c..?hje ^jyt the- KiitnC tlnie. !^'yyj;),Vnt?VW1 eV>nf ? ' ' r.'16! wlfli m?Y to point out tlje .w^y."* sg?d ;' . tje . Indicated ^rifle :6f tfie. employees . ;v? ' * j^honi h\ hd<f reeoBnl*e<l fr5m the de-' ''.-? ,. ,*'v \ . crlptlorf Jan* Vroff. ' . . V ?' : As thev t*ench*d the of the . stairs, the'rafceMfa-jtofntett'to'd'bio*'f nearby tynd-.-atfited .itinvtt -tt-*Yoritahied ' *' 0b? ohhnlpiV^po^y^^xyttpmerilsked Yer. f *" V ' "Realizing that he,.eouJd not t stage hf#?* ' * ' coop so cloae'to.a means et e*tt? -Mob* * * * vllle examlrfeif'rte"bottles. ofTfWbdoase-* v. v>. vobjection to t!He hge of the wine-^n4 uiA^ Jnquire<Jc,wl*?t lay In pie J^ack <rfvtb*; .<*?*&***. " - rCT^dy,M r**),,e<5 *h? <**?* .,capmenclngj to b^.a blDTeadlv^.for' tna 4i'TJ t H'ou'r of ' the ^approach hf 't?? proceeslon Ura^tflawlng rapidly nearer. ? " >/* 'ahiffirtirttfctf " "I. thinlr 1$ pre'fer lfcai^?dr*?r aH.<M > '!? > '1 me' nee' ftftrie 'qf .It. j^yi yony..'- i Qrumbilng a bit Under hlr'breath.!* 1 , -Vn^ led., the w?yU>ack into the ;dla .. "> ,i*re8?ei*ef Hhe cttHrf^Alrlis he beat ... v ,fpjrwar(^^,<hacuna?a>V?He, lfetvilfe'' " *, -is?ed 41*! 4 4^ ' ,r<: J01. t~_\vlth ? ghh\>yt?e, oeMINe slip* -Vroff '* *' flfitifedt ot^ .from. updffti<the detect' ' *' ''tlvtni 'h/rnfu nn^U , before. Melville- '..; ?* lrrfow1- wPhaV tie was dolnp; he had *ros?rhed Hfm a ^mli^tie'eenter of the . ^ cellar, aad seoored.a big, murderous "" Vrfnih, ' which 'he held high above hta iieAki.. - . . > \ y' '*hin HA OAniman/lttM "? **??. t' * vuuhiioiiucui uo me nrui" land Yard operative started toward him. *?>ne mare step qkjal I'll blow 4* wlKue placw to K^-l and yfp with >. aSfUlvlHe^-fs-r^tn the ki^fU$of .iMtochlal pWnclpfira, reallzedthat thla was n^bluff. * "You've Rut me " he admitted. "But' for God's Hnke?<hm?t*tWrow that thing In hero! We'd lioth be kllle<l!" "TJjen back< Into .thaU^qull^^i," dl^tc.ted Vtuff, "and rfon'flimRe a bound. Slowly and hesitatingly, so aa to brjng the- Ku*x(nri nparfr <0>]Pr H?*l rlille obeyed orders. Then.JuajfLas tha anarchist reached'oqt^odfpae the dj>?*\ a avlll^ Hi^^^an4 tli^^#bb ,\ - \ ' ?'one hand, and Xt-lth the other delivered an uppercut on the point [ ?Lth? ajuarohlats's lay fCfflfctifMB TllNflT recover for fully five minutes. When he finally came to, he found that he had been seeu^yly handcuffed to one of (fie stanchions?there to remain until the sounds of the pugging procession In d faded Into the distance, Total of Nothing. There were seven of us In all, at lunch. One proposed: , "Gentlemen, for diversion, suppose we each take u piece of paper and, without consultation, write down many benefits of war as we can think of, and then put them to#e?ber and ae# what th?v m?ir?" Bo, being essentially children any- , how, each busied himself with tile part