The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-01-22
CHAPTER VII.
a-srws FROM OVER THE OCEAN.

VIEWS FROM OVER THE OCEAN.
Z Mynhcer Joe. for once in his life.
feels cold perspiration come out
upon his forehead, which he nervously
wipes away. He wonders is this fear.
The man who has braved all manner
Of dangers in the past, faced death in
It's most horrible forms, in the poison
Gus swamps Of interior Africa, through
the jungles of India. where cobras. IL
gers and vengeful natives lie in wait:
meeting the crazed MohammeGan der
wishes OF the False Prophet face TO
face in many an assault at khartoom
this man actually treIabiing with
fear because ne breads the Scorn OF
woman.
He laughs Mt himself for the fancy.
but it is a nervous laugh, not ut all
natural. and turning, finds Mr.. Grimes
surveying him in com!cal sort of
way.
Tell me, did you really think that
little nincompoop was Demosthenes
Tanner?" asks the silver king. in
half. choked voice, for to him the
whole situation is inexpressibly funny.
Il certainly did," answers Joe, Won
t,ering if it will remedy matters any i:
he should pass over and shake the lit.
lie terrier until his teeth rattle in his
head; ne has conceived sudden ha-
tired for him.
"A terrible mistake. my dear fel-
low" grins the other. nodding his
head seriously.
"Well, rather, under the circum-
stances. Tell me who that man Is"
Not that he Is particularly anxious
to know, but the question is natural
one and will help to carry him out Of
Il prcdicament.
The little man? That's the baron.
one Of Miss hlolly's most devoted ad.
mirers."
Confusion! How came it that he
quarreled with her father, them"
IL don't know. He must have met
Tanner before, but it may not have en-
tered his head that ne is her father.
Anyhow, the baron is used to serfS.
and imagines he can run things with
high hand wherever he goes"
"A Russian"
Heaven knows what he isn't-Rus-
sian, German and Austrian-he has
served under all their flags. At pres
ent, / have learned. he is under Alex
ander, and bound for India by stages
Russia has dark designs on the rich
possessions Of England OIL the Indian
Ocean, and some day the hosts Of the
White Car hope to rush over the
mountains and overrun the whole Of
the empire along the Ganges. We
may not live to see it, but it will come.
as sure as the world moves
Mr. Grimes talks in this way with
an object in view-he is interested in
the subject, and at the same time
hopes to divert the mind Of his friend
from the awful contremps into which
he has stumbled.
In this latter he meets with fair
measure of success. AS Il traveller
and explorer Joe Miner is interested
in the movements of armies on the
chessboard Of Europe, though his
knowledge Of Diplomatic entangle-
ments IS very small compared with
that Of the war correspondent
BY this time Tanner is on his feet.
His late antagonist feels as though he
would like to slink out OF sight. not
that he is in the least ashamed of the
part he took in the receut engage
ment, but because he breads the mo-
ment when Molly's eyes must fall
upon him after her father has pointed
out the man to whom he owes his
fownfall.
He does nothing Of the sort, how
ever, but manfully holds hfs own.
They pass on to the hotel without no.
ticing him. whcreupOn Joe heaves a
sigh of relief.
Then he takes himself mentally to
task. Why should he care whether
this young girl detests him or not?
She is nothing to him-can be nothing
to him. Her coming across his path
has been a mere accident "a gentle
ripple on the broad sea Of his plans
and existence. Then his mind goes
back-he sees himself struggling in the
Eaters OF the blue Mediterranean.