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"Don,t bother me, I saur,

er, resulting In friendship between men
and love between men and women. We
soon found that we had many tastes in
common, chief among which was the
strongest of all congcnial bonds-the
love Of books. In fact, we had come to
know each other through II common
love of reading, for he also had gone to
Master C%avendish, who had q fine libra
ry, to borrow some volumes to take
with him down to Greenwich.
Brandon Informed me he was to go
to Greenwich that day; 80 we detcrmin.
ed to see n little Of London, which was
new to him, and then take boat in time
to be at the palace before dark.
That evening, upon arriving at Green
witch. we hunted up Brandon's uncle,
n master Of horse, who Invited his
nephew to stay with him for the night.
He refused, however, and accepted an
invitation to take Il bed In my room.
The next day Brandon was installed
as IL of the captains of the kings
guard, under his uncle, but with no
particular duties except such as should
be assigned him from time to time. He
was offered a good room on one of the
lower floors, but asked instead to be
lodged In the attic next to me. SO we
arranged that each had a room opening
into n third that served us alike for
drawing room md nrmory
Here we sat and talked, and now and
then IL would read aloud some favor
lite passage while the other kept his
w place with finger between the
leaves. Here we discussed everything
from court scandal to religion, and set
tied, to u W satisfaction at least.
many Il great problem with which the
foolish world is still wrestling.
We old each other all our secrets. too.
for all the world like n pair of girls.
Brandon told mo Of his hopes and aspi.
rations, chief among which was his de.
Sire to earn and saw enough money to
pay the debt against his fathers cs.
tate, which he had turned over TO his
younger brother and sisters. lie, MS
the eldest, could have taken 1t alI, for
his father had died without a Will, but
he n there was not enough to divide,
80 he had given 1t to them and hoped to
leave 1t clear of debt; then for new
Spain, glory and fortune, conquest and
yellow gold! He had read of the yoy.
ages of the great Columbus, the Cabots
and n host of others, and the future
was MS rosy as a Cornish girls check.
Fortune held Nh her lips to him, but
there's often a sting I'm n kiss.
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CHAPTER I.
THE DUEL.

IA oOEhs
GEI y 0T sometimes happens, Sir Ed
h8F Il win says, that when q woman
kS51S6a will she won't, and when she
23aEs& won't she will, but usually in
the n the adage holds good. That
sentence may not be luminous with
meaning, but I will give you an illus
tration.
/ think 1t was in the spring Of 1900
at any rate, soon after the death Of the
Modern Solomon, as Queen Catherine
called her old father-in-law, the late
King Henry VII.-that his august maj
esty Henry VIII, "the vndubitate fow-
er and very Here Of both the sayd Lin
ages" came to the throne of England
and rendered me the honorable position
of master Of the dance at his sumptu-
Gus court.
As to worldly goods" as some of
the new religionists call wealth, I was
very comfortably off, having inherited
from my father, one of the %counselors
Of Henry VII, a very competent for
tune indeed. How my worthy father
contrived to save from the greedy
hand of that rich old miser 80 great q
fortune 1 am sure I capnot iSll. He
was the only man Of Iny knowledge
who did 1t, for the old ling had n reach
as long as the kingdom, and, upon one
pretext or another, appropriated to
himself everything on which he could
lay his hands. My father, however,
was himself pretty shrewd in money
matters, having inherited along with
his fortune q rare knack at keeping It.
His father was a goldsmith In the time
Of King Edward and enjoyed the mark
ed favor of that puissant prince.
Being thus In q position of afluence,
/ cared nothing for the fact that little
or no emolument went with the office.
1t was the honor which delighted me.
Besides, / was thereby IN inmate Of
the kings palace and brought into in
innate relations with the ecourt, and,
above all, with the finest ladies' Of the
land--the best company n man can
keep, since 1t ennobles his mind with
better thoughts, purifies his heart with
cleaner motives and makes him gentle
without %detracting from his strength.
1t was an office any lord of the king
dom might have been proud to hold.
Now, some four or FIVE years after
my induction into this honorable office
there came to court news Of a terrible
duel fought down I'm Suffolk, out of
which only II of the four combatants
had come alive-two, rather, but one OF
them I'm n condition worse than death.
The first survivor was a son OF Sir
William Brandon, and the second was
a man called Sir Adam Judson. The
story went that young Brandop and
his elder brother, Both Just home from
the continental wars, had met Judson
mt an Ipswich inn, where there had been
considerable gambling among them.
Judson had won from the brothers a
large sum of money which they had
brought home, for, Notwithstanding
their youth, the elder being but TWEEN
ty.six and the younger about twenty
four years OF age, they had gained
great honor and considerable profit in
wars, especially the younger, whose
name was Charles.
1t w little hard to fight for money
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and then to lose 1t by a single spot up
on the die, but such Is the fate of him
who plays, and Il philosopher will swal-
low his i'll luck and take to fighting for
more. The Brandons could have done
this easily enough. especially Charles,
who was an offhand philosopher, rather
fond OF n good humored fight, had 1t not
been that I'm the curse Of play one
evening the secret Of Judson's winning
had been disclosed by a discovery that
he cheated. The Brandons waited un-
til they were sure, and then trouble
began, which resulted in n duel on the
second morning following.
This Judson was Il Scotch gentleman
OF whom very little vas known except
that he was counted the most deadly
and most cruel duelist of the time. He
was called the walking DEATH" and
1t Is said he took pride in the appella-
ton. He boosted that he had fought
eighty-seven duels, in which he had
killed seventy-fivc men, and 1t was con-
sidered certain death to meet him. I
got the story of the duel afterward
from Brandon as / give 1t here.
John was the elder brother and when
ttLS SbUlltilSS II as httllC W hsht
first, n birthright out of which Charles
tried in vain TO talk him The broth
ers told their father, Sir William Bran
don, and at the appointed time father
and son repaired to the place Of meet
Ing, where they found Judson and his
two seconds ready for the fight.
Sir William was still n vigorous man,
with few equals in sword play, and the
sons especially the younger, were bet
ter men and more skillful than their IA
ther had YER been, yet they felt that
this duel meant certain death, SO great
was Judson's fame for skill and cruel
ty. Notwithstanding they were 80 hand
icapped with this feeling Of impending
evil, they met their duty without n
tremor, for the motto Of their house
was "Malo Mort Guam Fedrai."
1t was II misty morning In March.
Brandon has told me since that when
his elder brother took his stand 1t was
at once manifest that he was Judson's
superior both in strength and skill, but
after n few strokes the brothers. blade
bent double and broke off short at the
hilt when 1t should have gone home.
Thereupon Judson, with n malignant
smile Of triumph, deliberately selected
his opponents heart and pierced 1t with
his sword, giving the blade a twist as
he drew 1t out in order to cut and mutt
late the more.
In an instant Sir Williams doublet
was off, and he was in his dead sons
tracks, ready to avenge him or to die.
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Should we not, ladiesT Thero was a
chorus OF assent from a doSen voices,
and I promised, after the running, to
learn all about him and report
1t was at this point the heraids cried
their "Oyez!" and our conversation was
at an end for the time.
AS to height, the stranger was full
six feet, with1ample evidence Of mus
Gle. though no great bulk. He was
grace itself, and tho king afterward
said he had never secn such strength
Of arm and skill I'm the use Of the lance
"A sure harbinger of favor, IL not of
fortune, for tho possessor.
After the jousting the Princess Mary
asked Inc IL 1 could yet give her an ac-
count of the stranger, and as I could
not she went to the king.
1 heard her inquire:
"Who was your companion, brother?"
"That is a secret, sister. You will
find out soon enough and will be falling
In love with him, no doubt. I have al
ways looked upon you as full of trou-
BILE for me In that respect. You will not
SO much as glance ut any one I choose
for you, but, 1 suppose, would be ready
cilOu6h WIFI your oIulItb lux bOIlc OuC
1 should not want"
us the stranger one whom you would
not want?" asked Mary, with a dim
pling smile and q flash Of her brown
eyes.
"Hc most certainly IT," returned the
king.
"Then 1 will fall I'm love with him Mt
once. In fact, 1 don't know but 1 have
already"
ooh, L have no doubt OF that. If I
wanted him, he might be Apollo HIM
self, and you would have none of him."
King Henry had been compelled to re-
fuse several very advantageous ALI
ance because this fair, coaxing, self
willed sister would not consent to be a
part OF the moving consideration.
but can you not tell me who he ia
and what his degreeT' went on Mary
In a bantering tone.
HE has no degree. He is a plain, un-
titled soldier, not even a knight-that
is. not an English knight. 1 think he
has q German or Spanish order Of some
sort"
mot n duke, not an earl. not even q
baron or knight? Now he has become
interesting"
"Yes, I suppose SO. But don't bother
me.",SSsSE-@-, -. t.
"Will he be at the dance and banquet
tonightf"
mo-! No! Now I must go. Don't
bother me, I sayf' And the king moved
away.
That night We had a grand banquet
and dance ut Westminster, and the
next day we all, excepting Lady Mary,
went back to Greenwich by boat, pay
ing q farthing a head for our fare. This
was Just after the law fixing the boat
fare. and the watermen were n quarrel
ing lot, you may be sure One fnrthing
from Westminster to Greenwich! Eight
miles. No wonder they were angry!
The next day I went back to London
on IN errand and over to Wolsey's house
to borrow a book. While there Master
Cavendish, Wolsoy's secretary, present
ed me to the handsome stranger, and
he proved to be no other than Charles
Brandon, who had fought the terrible
duel down in Suffolk. 1 could hardly
believe that SO mild hammered and boy
ish n person could have taken the lead
Ing part In such n tragedy. But with
all his g%entleness there was an underly-
ing dash Of cool daring which intimated
plainly enough that he was not all mild
ness.
We became friends at once, drawn to-
gether by that subtle human quality
which makes one nature fit into anoth-
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Fighting The Tiger.

In Charleston for once the blind ii.
gers seem alarmed. Governor Hey-
ward will not succeed in exterminat!ng
the tigers. He will not prevent large
illegal sales of whiskey. And vet he
n his chief constable have amazed
the tigers by showing them that the
effort to enforce the law is actually sim
cere. 1t is a novel experience to the
tigers. Vincent Chicco naturally finds
1t difficult to realize that the dispen-
sary authorities are opposed 10 the un-
lawful sale of whiskey. Never before
has he dreamed of such q thing-and
now he feels 1t.
Whenever conditions Justify intelli.
gent people in believing that the men
who run the dispepsary, mot the go,-
ernor) are in earnest to make of 1t a
reforming law, a public sentiment viii
be possible in Charleston In favor of the
laws enforcement.
LII the great masses of the people who
are the support of the dIspenssry
could know the goings on i'm South
Carolina, we'll they can't know and
they mustn't know, so why W. ste words
about it?
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Of the best knlght In chrIsten.

He had an uncle at the court, Sir
Thomas Brandon. the kings master of
horse, who thought 1t a good opportunf-
ty to put his nephew forward and let
him take his chance Mt winning royal
favor. The uncle preached the subject
to the king, with favorable issue, and
Charles Brandon, led by the hand OF
fate, came to London court. where that
same fate had In keeping for him events
such as seldom fall to the lot OF man.
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Caskodens take great pride
wv In u ancestry. Some per-
EE5Y8 sons, L know, hold all that to
LGE4ElEM hn fnfnllu IN, Cnlnn,arliEn and
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fro BE Continued

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab
lets. All druggists refund the money
~ t falls to cure. II. w. Groves sigS
nature is on each box. 25c.
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Beef Cattle.

Mi. @. II. Ball in his address here
last week said that South Carolina
could raise beef cattle as cheap as any
state In the Union. That means that
South Carolina can raise hcgs, sheep,
goats and other meats.
There Is almost nothing, a few grains
excepted, that South Carolina cannot
produce on equal terms with any state.
Here where we live is the richest,
most blessed country on the earth. In
dustry and intelligence operating to-
gether will make any man ind ependent
In this country.
Talk about trusts? The meat trust,
the coal trust, the leather trust and
even the oil trust are powerless to OBJ
press the South Carolina farmer. We
can take care Of our wood, raise our
beef, tan our W leather, make our
own tallow. AS for the fertilizer trust,
as Mr.. Ball pointed out, cattle raising
disposes OF that effectually.
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Loans on Real Estafa

For q series of years at 8 per cent;
stra,ga6 interest; negotiated. Basis,
Gall on
FERGUSON 6 FeATHERsroNE.
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Kyle Hay Press

ILLS a long felt want with farmers. II
Is the best yet made, The opinion
seems to be unanimous tn as the KYLE
PltESS 10 unexcelled by apy
press on The market. 1t Is going to
the 'front.', already a great number OF
Them have been sold, you only need to
try it to be pleased. 1t is easy oper-
ated by 2 men and l horse. tits CHEAP.
durable, simple in construction and
easily mounted. IL Is the only press
enao can be made or repaired on the
farm, 1t has no casting to break and
cause long delay. No other press has
this advantage. 1t is the only press
That the farmer can afford to buy. IL
pays Tor itsef out OF the first cron.
every farmer own his own press.
aud bale his hay at the proper time.
A. l. HUDGENS,
Laurens, S. c..
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THE
HAY PRESS

Farmers take care of what you make,
There is as much in saving az there is
In making, and II you bale your bav.
FODDER. oats, shucks etc, at the proper
time you not only a v room and time.
you savo 33 per cent OF the nutri-
matter that %evaporates when IL is
not baled. Tho i'io
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-09-28

II anyone doubts the popularity of
President Roosevelt, not only with
his own party, but with the whole
people as well, IL is only necessary
to read the democratic papers and
see the the abuse they are heaping on
him. Their desperation shows that
they know If they stood any chance
at all. it would not be with President
Roosevelt as the Republican nominee.
II our democratic friends really think
President Roosevelt is 90 unpopular
and has made so many mistakes. why
don't they encourage his candidacy
aud not try to prevent the republicans
from nominating him? If he were
the kind Of man they say he is, they
ought to easily beat him ut the polls.
The fact is, however. they lpow they
don't stand the ghost Of = show. par
ticularly after President Roosevelt is
nominated. While il is not within
the province of Republican paperstu
give the democrats advice, II they
don't want to show their insincerity
and stupidity, they should explain TO
the people why, If they think PIesi
dent Roosevelt is such a weak man
with his party aud the people, they
don't try TO have the Republicans
him, instead of trying to
it?
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VOTING BONDS

Psducah can have more paved streets
IL the people desire. This is why the
people should keep in mind the vote
on the city bonds to be taken in
November. Boston has all but ninety
miles OF her streets paved, while
Baltimore has all or her streets i'm
proved with asphalt Of paving except
So miles. It IL admitted freely in all
of these large cities. where the cost Of
government is so much more in pro-
portion than il the smaller cities
and where there are many gigantic
CRAFTS in public work, that notwith-
standing the Disadvantages, paved
streets are a paying investment from
a standpoint of economy, as well as
utility. How much easier ought a
smaller city, like Paducah, pave it's
streets The people here submit to
having their money thrown away year
after without murmuring. Thev
should at lesst stop that part wasted
on the streets, by voting the bonds
for improving them. During the
four years of Mayor Lang's admin.
stration the streets cost siO0,00U.
Much of this was for placing in drain
age pipes and culverts and many Of
which have since had to be removed,
and tn ere 10 nothing to show for the
of the $780, 0O, because
the imp ovement was not SUBSTANTIAL.
This amount, if spent properly on
tie streets. would have paved
about twenty blocks, all the bust
ness portion of the city and quite
lot more best ie. The people
should think about these things before
they vote in November. This bond
issue for streets improvements, q new
market house and lew city hospital
is not political question, but one
that vitality affects every citizen of
Paducsh, and sh ould be settled by the
people irrespective % politics.
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1t is claimed in late dispatches that
Senator Fairhanks, OF Indiana. may
be President Rrosevelt's running mate
next year, and that the able statesman
from the Hoosier state is the presi-
certain the vice president will come
from Indiana. Senator Fairbanks is
himself non .committsl on the subject,
but he is o peculiar man and would
make a strong csndidxte.
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and increase business between the peo-
pie Of the county and city.
The Globe. Democrat says along this
line:
When the Pennsylvania Legislature
at the last session appropriated &c.
500, 900 for road improvement the size
Of the sum caused general comment,
but IL seems that the conditions are
not acceptable to the counties ana
townships, although the state agrees
to pay two-thirds of the cost. A coun-
ty or township as . whole is required
to ask for action, and thus far local
jealousies have been . barrier. Even
in township there are many residents
who never use . particular road and
they are unwilling to pay . third of
the cost of Improvement, that third
amounting to from 81, 900 to 81, 900 q
mile. The Pennsylvania legislature
was liberal beyond precedent in it's
offer, but failed to hit upon working
method. Even if the state paid all
the cost Of improving a tow nship road
objection would be raised on the
ground of favoritism.
New Jersey has a move practical
road improvement law and work il 60
ing on under its provisions in every
section of the state. When the own.
ers of two.thirds of the land abutting
on particular road in New Jersey Pc
tition for its improvement and agree
to pay one tenth Of the cost the coun-
ty and township authorities must pro-
coed to act. The state pays one third,
the abutting property owners one
tenth aud the county and township
pay the remainder. Local taxpayers
In New Jersey. upon their own initia-
i've, willingly assume more than half
The cost, while those in Pennsylvania
hold back over the states proposition
10 nay wo-thirds. The difference Is
that one plan 10 entirely definite and
the other vague in several particulars.
Pennsylvania appropriation was
but fails to reach results.
The lesson 10 worth remem bering
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OUR COUNTY ROADS.

In few weeks. when bad weather
sets in, the farmers of the county will
begin to complain OF bad roads. 1t
will then be timely to consider some
plan for lettering the roads OF the
county next summer. These things
usually have 10 be started far in sd
vance of the actual beginning of work,
should plans ultimately materialize.
The county should have gravel
roads. Not few miles of gravel
roads. but every public road in the
county improved with gravel. Sever
al miles have been graveled this year,
but it is necessarily a slow and unsAt-
isfaotory method of accomplishing any.
thing, or afYording the much needed
relief. Another plan, that of gravel
ing roads where the property owners
agreed to pay a certain per cent of the
costs and the county the remainder
was tried, but was popular only 10 .
CIV sections, when it should have been
all. The county officials should AT
next meeting of fiscal court take
the matter and decide on some
= rs for permanently improving tns
n ty roads. 1t would infinitely help
,eople of the city as we'll rs those
Q county, and greatly facilitate
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RECEIVER NAMED
Mr.. A. ID. PlamOndin. Appoint
ed for Iron Furnace.
Il will not Affect the Operation Of
the Furnace Here. However.

Mr.. A. ID. Plamondip, Of Chicago,
one of the principal stock holders
in the Kentucky iron furnace
company, which is preparing to
operate the furnace on South Third
street, in Padcuah, has been
appointed receiver to the company on
a petition filed at Chicago Saturday.
A force OF men has been at work
on TIE furnace here for several weeks
getting 1t ready for operation, ana ac-
cordine to reports, some Of the stock
holders were not putting up the money
necessary, and receiver was asked
in order to better manage the com
pany's affairs.
This action, it is stated, will not
affect the company, which is in good
financial condition, and the furnace
here will be operated just the same.
Mr.. Plamondin. the receiver, is well
known here and has been treasurer Of
the company and in charge Of the
work in Psducah.
An accident forced the furnace to
shut down several months ago, and il
was deemed advisable TO make extern
sive Improvements before resuming
operations. These are now nearly
completed. and when the furnace
starts again. it will be in splendid
condition to run uninterruptedly.
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DAILY THOUGHT.

Upon each individul rests the sol.
eerau obligation to make the most pos
sible Of himself, and to store mp re-
sources of knowledge and virtue. Of
friendship and heart treasure-Newell
Dwight Hills.
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Pad ucah, Ky, Sept. I, IS

Psducah, Ky, Sept. I, 1908.
You are hereby notified that all per
sons owning, or having in their pos
session, or under their control 40
agent, guardian, committee. executor,
administrator. curator. trustee. re-
ceiver. commissioner, OF otherwise
realty, tangible or intangible personal
property. on the fifteenth day Of sep-
tember. and are required on or before
the first day Of October 70 give she a.
SCISSOR, . true and complete list Of
same, with true cash value thereof -
OF the fifteenth day Of September. IN
der oath, upon forms 20 b. furnished
on application by said assessor AT H6
OFFICE and that all merchants OF the
city doing business for themselves or
others shall IN like manner and In ad-
dition sbereto state the highest
amount in value Of goods. wares. mer-
owned or kept on hand for
sale by nid merchants during the
three months next preceding such 18th
day OF September. Prompt attention
to this will save property owners ad-
ditionsl cost.
The assessors office will be open
from Z until y O'Clock at night on FRI
day and Saturday nights, September
is and 10. 25 and 90.
.. STEWART DICK,
Assessor, Office. City Hall
Approved ID. A. Yeiser. Mayor.