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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1903-12-09
GEORGE BARR McCUTcHEON


and fairly showed through the open
door of the odd looking coach. He was
beside her on the seat in an instant,
and her bewildered ears heard him
say:
"Drive like the very deucc!" Then
the door slammed, the driver clattered
up to his seat, and the horses were off
with Il rush.
"Where are we going?" she demand
ed. sitting very straight and defiant.
"After that train. I'll tell you all
about it when / get my breath. This is
to be the quickest escape from Il diem
ma on record, provided it is an es-
cape" BY this time they were bump
ing along the ninty road at n lively
rate, joltinS about on the seat in n
most disconcerting manner. After a
few long, deep brcaths he told her how
the ride in the Springs hack had been
conceived and of the arrangement he
had made with the dispatcher. He,
furthermore, acquainted her with the
cause of his being left when he might
have caught the train.
"Just as | reached the track, out OF
breath, but rejoicing, 1 remembered
having seen you on that side street II
knew that you would be left. 1t would
have been heartless to leave you here
without protection, so / felt it my duty
to let the train go II help you out of
n very ugly predicamcnt."
How can L w repay your" she
murmured. at was SO good and so
thoughtful Of you! oh, L should have
1tnII hn1 I hnnn loft lnr.n nlnnot 10
you not think my uncle will miss me
and have the train sent backT' 81
went OH sagcly.
THAT'S sou he exclaimed, somewhat
disconnected. But L don't know, eli
ther. He ma not miss YOU for a long
time, thinking you are in some other
car, YOU know. That could easily hap
pen," triumphantly.
Can this man get us TO the next sta.
ton In timer" she questioned, looking
at the black mountains and the dense
foliage. 1t was now quite dark.
eff he doesn't bump us to death be-
fore we get half way there. He's driv-
ing like the wind"
You must let me pay half his BILL"
she said decidedly from the dark corner
In which she was budding.
He could lind no response to this per-
emptory request.
"The road Is growing roughcr. If
you will allow me to make n suggcs-
ton, l think you will see its wisdom.
You n escape n great deal of ugly
jostling If you will take hold of my
arm and cling to it tightly. l will
brace myself with this strap. / am
sure it will save you many hard
bumps"
Without q word she moved 10 his
side md wound her strong little arm
about his big one.
~ had thought of that" she said
simply. "Thank YOU" Then, after a
moment, while his heart thumpCd mad
ly, Had 1t occurred to you that after
You ran so hard YOU might have
climbed aboard the train and ordered
the conductor to StOD il for moo
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ingly over the little one that gripped
his arm with the clutch of death. 1t
was very lark aud very lonely too.
"Ohp" she cried as his hand clasped
hers. "You must hold to the strap"
ut is broken!" he lied gladly. "rhcre
is no danger. See, my hand does not
tremble, does it? BE calml 1t cannot
be much farther"
"Will 1t not be dreadful If the on
ductor refuses to stop2" she cried, her
hand resting calmly beneath its pro-
tector. He detected a tone Of security
In her voice.
"But he will stop. Your uncle will
see to that even IL the operator fails"
"My uncle will kill him If he does
not stop or come back for me-" she said
complacently.
"I was not wrong" thought Gren-
fall. "He looks like q duelist. Who
the devil are they, anyhow Then
aloud: AT this rate we'd be able to
beat the train to Washington in a
straightaway race. Isn't it q delight
fully wild rider"
81 have acquired n great deal of
knowledge in America, but this is tho
first time 1 have heard your definition
of delight. i agree that 1t is wild"
ITO BE CoNTINUED).
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IL never thought of thutr' he cried

I'll never thought of thatp' he cried
confusedly.
"Please do not think me ungrateful.
You have been very good to me, a
stranger. One often thinks afterward
of things one might have done, don't
you know? You did the noblest when
you Inconvenience yourself for me.
What trouble l have made for your
at has been no trouble" he houn-
dered. a adventure like this Is
worth no end observation-disclosures, as
you call it. Pm sure 1 must have lost
my head completely, and 1 am ashamed
of myself. How much anxiety L could
have saved you had l been possessed
of an ounce OF brains!"
FLUSH! / will not allow you to say
that. You would have me appear un"
grateful when 1 certainly am not.
Ach, how he is driying! Do you think
1t d~angerous?" she cried as Ii hack
gave two or three wild lurches, throw
ing him into the corner and the girl
half upon him.
Not in the least" he gasped, the
breath knocked out of his body. Just
tue same he was very much alarmed.
1t was rs dark as pitch outside and
in, and lie could not help wondering
how near the edge of the mountain
side they were running. a false %
of the dying horses, and they might
go rolling to the bottom of the ravine,
hundreds of feet below. Still he must
not let her soc his apprehension. "This
fellow is considered the best driver In
the mountai > he prcvaricated.
ooh, then VIC need feel no alarm"
she said, treasured.
There was such n roaring II clat-
tering that conversation became almost
impossible. When either spoke, it was
with The mouth close TO the ear of the
other. At such times Grenfall could
:, feel Ecr breath OH his check. Her
sweet voice went tingling to. his toes
with every word she uttered. He was
in n dazc, out of which sung the mad
wish that lie might clasp her In his
arms, kiss her ard then go tumbling
down the mountain. She trembled In
the next fierce lurchcs, but gave fortl
no complaint. lie knew that she was
in terror, but too brave to murmur.
Unable u resist, lie released the straI
TO which lie had chung so grimly ant
placed his strong. firm hand encourag
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cessary to the Democratic campaign.
Now, because a citizen of q European
country, a subject oil Emperor William
of Germany, chooses TO sue officers of
the state of South Carolina in the fed
eral courts this same state of South
Carolina declares that 1t will extort
from the city of Charleston 10000.
unless Charleston provides the state of
South Carolina with lawyers to defend
the states agent!
A great secession movements once
started in Charleston. Unless the
mean and small persecution of Charles
ton on the part of politicians should
cease, it would be better for Charles
ton to inaugurate secession agaiu-tris
time from the state. OF course, such
a thing is not mentioned seriously and
coul6fnot be but, from a purely senti-
mental view point, secession would be
justifable. The politicians love Char
ton-during election years-and they
love her for the money that may be
squeezed out of her in all years. Mean
while, the metropolitan police and the
black district infamies cit will be re.
membered that the general assembly
once deliberately framed a negro con-
gressionai district to include Charles
tou) have 10 : latest outrage a fit
ting compaL
We do not lieve, we csnuot be-
lieve, that the people OF South Caro-
lima will approve of or consent to this
high-handed procedure, this pitifully
spirit of malice towards a COM
munity. They will yet rebuke il.
Had the state OF South Carolina
bluntly withdrawn the whiskey pro-
from Charleston and pocketed
them, the state would have put itself
in the attitude a brigand robbing
the helpless. l. 'ng hold-up is less
disgusting than systematic filching
by a Pharisee cloaked In hypocrisy.
The policy of c~onfscation which is be-
ing pursued as to Charleston would
have more to commend it were it open
and above-board and sweeping.
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CHAPTER II.


TWO STRANGERS IN A COACH.
" ORRY wasted very little time. lie
dashed into the depot and up to
HA the operators window.
whats the nearest station
east of heref'
"P--," leisurely answered the agent
in some surprise.
"How far is it?'
"Four miles"
Photograph ahead and hold the train
that just left here"
"The train doesn't stop there"
ITS got to stop there or there III be
more trouble than this road has had
since it began business. The conduct
or pulled out and left two Of his pas
sengcrs-gavc out wrong information
and he'll have to hold his train there
or bring her back here. If you don't
send hat order, I'll report you as well
as the conductor"
Grenfall's II a commanding.
The agents impression was that he
was important, that he had n right to
give orders; but he hesitated.
"There's no way for you but to get
to P anyway" he said while turn
ing the matter over I'm his mind.
you stop that train! I'll get there
inside of twenty minutes. Now, be
quick! Wire them to hold her, or
there III be an order from headquarters
for some ninety day lay offs" The
agent stared at him, then turned to his
instrument, and the message went for
ward. Lorry rushed out. On the plat
Form, hn r,na ,.ly- \. n n nvnr tho hnrfyinpr
figure in the tan coat.
pardon me. I'll explain things in q
minute" he gaspcd and dashed away.
Hcr troubled eyes blinked with aston
ishmcnt.
AT the end Of the platform stood a
mountain coach, along the sides of
which was printed in yellow letters,
"Happy Springs" The driver was
climbing up to his scat, and the cum
bersomc trap was empty.
want to make $1O?" cried Grcnfall.
"What say?' demanded the driver,
half falling to the ground.
"Gct me to P inside of twenty
minutes, and III give YOU $40. Hurry
up! Answerw
Eyes; but. YOU see, I'm hired to-
On, tnatS All rlSnI! lou III never
make money easier. Can you get us
there in twenty minutesT
Its four mile, pardner, and not very
good road, either. Pile in, and well
make 1t or kill old Hip and Jim. Miss
the train?'
Get yourself ready for n race will
an express train, and don't ask Qucs
tons. Kill ZEN both If you have to-
I'll be back in n seconds"
Back to the station he tore. She was
standing near the door looking up the
track miserably. Already night was
falling. Men were lighting the switch
lanterns, and the mountains were turn
Ing into great dark shadows.
Come quickly. l have II wagon out
here
Resistlcssly she was hurried along
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THE ADVERTISER.
LAUaENs. 3. c., Dec, o, 1908.
Concerning Work.

Less than q month hence New year
resolutions will be in order. Mean
while, let us look back over the pas
year. Without regard to offences
against righteousness and virtue, tt
what degree have we done IL ful
duty? Looking over the years bal
ance sheet, those Of us who are "be
hind" in business have what excused
Are the seasons wholly responstblei
Have we had "bad luck?" Has the gov.
eminent robbed us? Are those of us
who are poor and in debt wholly with
out fault? Are we prosecuted creatures
OF misfortune and disaster and are we
serving a sentence of poverty for which
there is no pardon?
We know a man in the cotton mill
village who has worked an average of
ten or eleven hours every day except
Sundays and national holidays since
the dawn of 1903. He has managed to
get along. He has saved some money
and it it is either in the bank or has
been invested.
There Is q farmer in this county who
has worked on his farm not less than
300 days this year and each day the
work has been honest, hard labor. 1t
has been severe at times, last summer
more than once the temptation came to
him to take o mule from the pillow and
go away on a little frolic but he with
stood it. He has had however, about
two weeks holiday in the course of the
year. The crops were short in his
neighborhood and his was not an ex-
ception. However. he worked so stead
lily, so thoroughly and so carefully thai
he made some cotton and the good
price he has received has enabled him
to pay out aud ave money.
We know a man in q bank who early
and late has worked at his desk, taking
not one single holiday except when
the bank was closed. That msu has
saved money this year.
There are numbers OF bus ness men
in this town who have not been idle for
u week out of the flfty-two.
How many hours have we loafed? Let
ms look the old year squarely in the
face-how much of it have we actually
used? How many days have we a.
lowed to slip by without seriously
striving to find something to do and
doing it?
The world contains hundreds of mil.
lions of people who are supporting
themselves on farms OF less than ten OF
fifteen acres. For the most part they
live in countries less favored than this
For the most part their lands are less
fertile by nature and in not n Of
these countries can so many kinds Of
crops, SO many things of value, with So
little effort, be produced. These mil
lions know full we'll what work means
They have little dream of the pleas
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1903-12-09
RECTOR OF ST. LUKE'S,
Ashburnhsm, Ontario, Testifies to the
Good Qualities of Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy.

Ashburnham, Ont, April, 1S, 19O3.-
| think it is only right that / should
tell you what a wonderful effect Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy has produced.
The day before Easter l was so dis
tressed with q cold and cough that /
did not think to be able to take any
duties the next day, rs my voice was
choked by the cough. The same
day | received an order from you for q.
bottle of your Cough Remedy. at
once procured q sample bottle, and
took about three doses Of the medi-
cine. To my great relief the cough and
cold had completely disappeared and 1
was able to preach three times on East
er Day. | know that this rapid and eff
fective cure was due to your Cough
Remedy. L make this testimonial with
out solicitation, being thankful to have
found such a God-sent remedy.
Respectfully yours,
e. A. L~ANGFEEDT, M. A.,
Rector of st. Luke's Church.
To Chamberlain's Medicine Co.
This remedy is for sale by Laurens
Drug Co. 4
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STARTLING

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ures of idlesness. II they did not work
all the time, they would starve.
Let ug make q candid and humble
confession. Is IL not true that few Of
US have done more than q fraction Of
what we might have done?
Men are not born equal. A few men
have brains far In excess of others.
These men eau make money with o
respondingly less endeavor. A man
who makes u great invention in me-
chanics will likely have an automobile
and o steam yacht and be able to labor
little. In the same way, some men
have q turn for farming, for controlt-
ing labor or raising cattle which others
have not. They prosper accordingly.
The average nan In this world of ours
is born poor. He is gifted with only an
average amount of brains and muscle.
That man may become independent
here in Laurens, South Carolina, bar
ring peculiar Affections, but toll and
saving make the only way.
The most successful men, as a rule,
until after their success Is accomplished
and they have retired from business,
are the hardest workers. There Is per-
haps not u successful mill president n
South Carolina who is not accustomed
every day OF the year, Sundays ex-
cepted, to putting in an average of ten
hours.
Suppose we keep tab on ourselves.
How many hours have we labored to-
dayP How many have we been idle?
If q record, by the watch, were kept
for a year, how would it appear?
Old men cannot work, Sick msn can
not work. The young, the able-bodied
man in Laurens has little excuse. We
have in mind a printing Office in this
county. II every man in the county
worked as steadily as the printers in
it, 1--WE r not talking about the edi-
tory Laurens would have produced a
cotton crop in 1903 than ever be-
fore in her history, regardless of the
seasons.
IA ShkCOOo w WkCOhShlAOs
We gather from the Greenville News
that the people of Greenville county
are in insurrection against the dispen-
sary and that the time has come for
Governor Hayward and the state whis-
key directors to suppress it.
Briefly 1t appears that Lark's distil-
lery, four miles from Greenville city,
known as Tully Babb's disti'lery, these
are a different crowd from our Laurens
county Babbs), was raided by a gang
of constabies and a revenue officer. One
OF the Babbs was seen with q five gall
Ion copper can of whiskey running
through the woods, pouring out the
stuff as he ran-a melancholy thing TO
do. The constsbles searched the woods
and the BAbb crowd fired on them.
Twenty-Five shots were fired by each
gang. Nobody was hit, which is
wholly discreditable to The marksman
ship of the coustables. They aimed
surer than that even at Darlington,
nine years ago, in Ben Tillman's time
and the ~dispensary was a toddling baby
then. AS for the Blind Tigers, they
were not trying to shoot. Four OF the
latter were fiaally arrested and re-
leased--note particularly-on bonds of
$3.50!
On the day preceding another Babb's
distillery was raided by revenue Off.
GERS, at the instance OF %dispensary con-
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stables and nearly 400 gallons of whis-
ment.
We wish to call all this to the atten-
tion Of the governor, and especially to
the attention of the Abbeville Press
and Banner. In Greenville, open war
against the dispensary system exists.
The Babb crowd when arrested had a
Winchester, q shotgun, a box OF am
munition and Ia shells. They fired
25 shots. They were released, though
charged with resisting officers and
with assault with irtent to murder, on
bonds of $3.50. each.
Abbevllle Press aud Banner stand up.
Hold up right your hand. II this fight
had occurred in Charleston, what
would you with done with that desper-
ately wicked town? Would you not
ask that it be RACED to the ground?
Had q Charleston magistrate released
Chicco on q charge of shooting at a
constable repeatedly in the woods on a
pitiful $3.50. bond, would you not have
thrown q fit? Would you not have in
sisted that tie people of Charleston
were responsible for it?
Meanwhile, this Greenville Babb
gang have figured in d~ispensary viola
tons for years. They have been more
dangerous and more presevering in re-
sisting the law than any blind tiger in
Charleston. Besides, it is probable
that as many men during the year sell
c~ontrabaud whiskey in Greenville
county as sell it in Charleston. Most
of them are in the mountains and the
quantities sold by them are small.
Nevertheless, the law-breaking ele-
ment in Greenville county , said to be
numerous-so far as the " aiskey bust
ness is concerned. The great mass of
Granville people are in no way re-
sponsible for it. The Charleston peo-
pie would be responsible for similar
Of course. 1t is popular to
SANDER the people of Charleston. 1t is
excellent politics. The politician who
slandered the people of Greenville
would meyer hear the last of it.
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This Is An Outrage.

The state whiskey directors have de-
cided not to withdraw the whiskey pro-
fits from the city of Charleston but
have conditioned that from these pro-
fits the expenses of the defence Of the
constables prosecuted by the German
citizen, Wieters, must be paid. The
Charleston News and Courier with
praiseworthy courage denounces this
provision as an outrage without the
shadow of reason or justice and adj
vises that the city authorities, rather
than submit to such shameless oppres-
sion on the part Of the board Of con
troll, surrender the $50, 900 Of annual
whiskey profits.
We had hoped that the time had
come when the city of Charleston could
look to be treated by the politicians as
q part of the stale. The hope may as
well be abandoned. Charleston is
regarded as a part of South Carolina
for revenue purposes only. No COM
munity has suffered more for a state
than has Charleston for South Caro-
lima. In no city were state pride and
state affection, more deeply rooted
ever. No people fought better in war
for states rights than did Charleston.
In 1876 it was Charleston that con,ri-
buted the vast bulk of the money ne
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Have you seen Williamson's new
Jewelry Store?
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-10-21
P. S.---safety deposit
boxes to rent.


Here Is strange story from Egypt:
Taha ali and Ahmed Hamad carried
on the business of butchers in partner
ship. Taha Ali informed Ahmed Ha-
mad that a sum of money belonging to
the partnership which had been left
with him had been stolen. Ahmed Ha-
mad did not believe the story and &C.
cused Taha Ali of theft. They decided
to refer the matter to a fakir who had
settled in the neighborhood, to be tried
by system of ordeal. The two men
accordingly went to the fakir. He cop
led some passages from certain reli-
gious books in his possession upon a
native writing board with European
copying ink, washed Off the writing
with water into a bowl, dipped some
bread and water into the water and di-
vided the bread and water between the
two disputnnts, telling them that the
one who was In the wrong would be,
come very IN. After eating the bread
and drinking the water the two dispu-
tants went away. Taha Ali was short
ly afterward seized with violent pains
and. returning to the fakir, confessed
that he had stolen the money. His con-
dition became rapidly worse, and he
died few hours later. The medical
examination disclosed no sign Of poi
soning.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-10-21
The r4r.t American nible.

In 1868 the first Bible printed in
America was published In Cambridge.
It was unlawful to print an English
version Of the Scriptures, that right be-
ing monopoly enjoyed by privilege
and patent in England. The one print
ed in Massachusetts was Eliot's fa-i
nous "Indian Bible" and, although
1900 copies were struck off, they are
quite rare and sealed books" US the
tongue in which they are written is lit
orally dead language" the tribe and
oil who had knowledge Of the dia-
lect being long extinct.
Eliot's work is unique, being at once
"a monument to his piety, perseverance
und learning. Its literary successor
was Newman's CONCORDANCE of the
scrtptures- This was compiled by tho
light Of pine knots In log cabin in
one OF the frontier settlements Of Mas
sachusetts. 1t was the first Of its kind
and for more than century was ad-
mitted to be the most perfect, holding
Its place In public esteem until super
seded by Cruden's, which 1t suggested.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-10-21
Duche..e de berry a. Dieppe

Duchesse de Berry as Dicppe.
Dieppe boasts Of being the most an
Client Of ,all the "bains de mer." Henri
III. repaired thither In 1873 .to battle
in the sea in order to cure certain ail-
ments from which he suffered"
For a long time the Dieppe baths
were reported to be efficacious in cases
OF hydrophobia. When Henry 1v.s
little dog, Fanor, had been bitten by
ID yissg dog supposed to be mad. it was
dispatched to Dieppe In charge Of a
groom Of the chamber, pour etre
mouille dams Ia mer," and Nine de
Sevigne relates that some ladies of the
court who Ind been bitten by mad
dog went there in 1871.
It was, however. the Duchesse de
Berry who popularized Dieppe. She
went there regularly from 1924 to 1880
and once took part in really remark
able ceremony of Inauguration on the
beach While cannon thundered and
bells pealed and bands played she pub
licly entered the water, led by the
hand by the royal medical inspector
Of the baths who was attired in even
ing dress with kid gloves. One would
give great deal for snap shot of
that performance.-P Pail Mall Gazette.