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her to give was good enough for me
to keep. It is simply that I have been
foolish about It, supersensitive. I
should have laughed and accepted the
thing as a joke; instead, I made the
fatal move Of trying to run away and
hide. But, taking the name in FULL"
lightly, ut sounds as incongruous as
playing Traumerei on a. steam-piano."
He expected her to laugh, but her
heart was too full Of the old ache.
This young man, kindly, gentle, intel
ligent, II shy, was a love-child. And
sheT An offspring, the loneliest Of
the lonely, the child that wasn't want
ed. Many a time she had thought Of
1inging all to the winds, of running
away and hiding where they never
should find her, Of working with her
own hands for her bread and butter.
Little they'd have cared. But always
the rebel spirit died within her as she
stepped outside the villa gates. To
leave behind for unknown prlvations
certain assured comforts, things Of
which she was fond, things to which
she was used, she couldn't do 1t, she
just couldn't. Morally and physically
she was a little coward.
Let US 90 in" she said sharply.
Another moment, and she would have
been in tears. -
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tritely. But / have already told
them"
1.-The devil you have!" Ryanne drop
per his cigarette into the ash-tray. If
I remember rightly, you asked me to
say nothing"
81 know" said George, visibly en-
barrassed. az forgot"
We'll, the fat is in the fire. dare
say that I can get round it. 1t was
risky. Women like to talk. I expect
every hour to hear of some one ar
irving from Bagdad."
There's no boat from that direction
till next week." informed George, who
was a stickler on timetables.
There are other ways Of getting
into Egypt. Know anything about
racing-camels?"
"You don't believe .
my friend, l believe in all things
that haven't been proved impossible.
You've been knocking about here long
enough to know something Of the
t~enacity of the Arab and the East In
dian. Given a just cause, an idols
eye or a holy carpet, and they'll fol-
low you round the world ten times, If
need be. / never worry needlessly.
but l lay out before me all the points
of the game. There is n man IN Bag:
dad who will never cease to think of
me. This fellow Is an Arab, Mahomed.
El-Gebel by name, the real article.
proud and savage. into whose keeping
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"Smuggling," said the major, with
prudent lowering Of voice, evidently
continuing some previous debate.
smuggling is a fine art, q keen sport
ing proposition; and the consequences
Of discovery are serious. What's
a fine of q thousand dollars against
the profits Of many successful excur-
sions into the port Of New York?
Nothing, comparatively. For several
years. now, we have carried on this
business with the utmost adroitness.
Never have we drawn serious atten.
ton. We have made. two or three
blunders, but the suspicious Of the Sc
~cret-service ere put to sleep upon
each occasion. We have prospered.
Here is a gem, let us say, worth on
this side a thousand; over there we
sell 1t for enough to give us q clean
profit of three or four hundred. Forty
per cent. upon our investment. That
ought to be enough for any reasonable
person. Am I right?"
Mrs. Chedsoye alone was unrespon,
siye to this appeal.
81 continue, then. We are making
enough to lay by something for our
old age. And that's the only goal
which never loses its luster. But
this AFFAIR.""
Talk, talk" said Mrs. Chedsoye i'm.
patiently.
my dear Kate, allow me to relieve
my mind"
"You have done SO till the topic ia
threadbare. It is rather late in the
day to go over the ground again,
Time Is everything just now"
Admitted. But this affair, Kate, II
big; big with dangers, big with pit
falls; there is a hidden menace in ev
cry step Of 1t. Mayhap death; who
knows? The older I grow. the more
cling to material comforts, to enter
prises of small dangers. However, az
o infer, there's no going back now
mo-" assented Ryanne. his mouth
hard; mot If I have to proceed alone
She smiled at him. you talk Of
danger" speaking to the major. What
danger can there be?"
1.-The unforeseen danger. the danger
Of which we know nothing. and there
fore are unable to prepare for it. Yor
do not see 1t, my dear, but 1t is there
nevertheless"
Wallace nodded approvingly. Ry
anne shrugged.
Failure Is practically impossible
And l want excitement; I crave 1t 81
| you men crave your tobacco" =
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CHAPTER VI.-(continued.)

Some one was sitting down beside
him. It was Ryanne, In evening
clothes, immaculate, blase, pink
checked. There are some men so hap
PLY framed that they can don ready
made suits without calling your atten-
ton to the fact. George saw at once
that the adventurer was n Of these
fortunate individuals.
Makes a rather good picture to
look at; eh?"' began Ryanne. rolling
a fake-tobacco cigarette. Dancer"
mo. Wish I could. You've done
quick work." with admiring inspection.
mot a flaw anywhere. How do you
do it,"
Thanks. Thanks to you, I might
say. did some tall hustling. though.
Strange, how we love these funeral
toggeries. We follow the dance and.
we follow the dead, with never a
variation In color. The man who In
vented the modern evening clothes
must have done good business during
the day as chlef-mourner."
why don't you send for your lug.
gage?"
Ryanne caressed his chin. my
luggage is, I believe, in the hands Of
the enemy. 1t is Of no great import
ance. l never carry anything Of value,
save my skin. I'm not like the villain
In the melodrama; no discriminating
documents, no lost wills, no directions
for digging up pirates gold"
II suppose you'll soon be of for
American" George asked indifferently.
II suppose so. By the way. 1 saw
you at the game today"
mo! Where were your"
"Top row. / am going to ask a
favor of you. 1t may sound rather odd
to your ears, but I know those two
ladies rather we'll. I kept out Of the
way till I could find some clothes.
The favor ! ask Is that you will not
tell them anything regarding the cir
cumstances of our meeting. I am
known to them as a globe-trotter and
a collector"
@That's too bad" said George con
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sounds absurd, yes; but ten years ago
they'd have locked up, as insane, a
man who said that he could fly. But
think Of last summer at Paris, at
Rheims, at Frankfort; the Continental
air was full of flying-machines. BAH
It's pretty difficult to impress the av-
erage mind with something new. Why
shouldn't we cater to the poetic, the
romantic side Of man? We've con-
Germs for everything else. The fact
is, m~ediocrity is always standing be-
hind the corner with brickbats for
the initiative. Believe me or not, Mr..
Jones, but this company exists. The
proof is that you have the rug and l
have the scars"
But in these prosaic times!" muir
INJURED George. still skeptical.
"Prosaic times!" shifted Ryanne.
There's one Of your brickbats. They
swung it at the head of the first print
er. Prosaic times! My friend, this
is the most romantic and bewildering
age humanity has yet seen. There's
more romance and adventure going
about on wheels and steelbottoms
than eve there was in the days Of
Drake and the Spanish galleons.
There's an adventure lurking round the
nearest corner-romance, too. What
this organization does is to direct you;
after that you have to shift for your
self. But, like 3 first-rate physical in
structor, they never map out more
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Invaluable to Mankind Though as a
condiment 1t Should Be En-
pIoy.d Sparingly.

If food Is tasteless without salt. 1t IS
ruined with too much. Unappetizing
cooking is often due to guesswork.
A level teaspoonful of salt Is sufficient
for a quart Of soup. sauce, or vege-
tables.
Salt used once a day is an excellent
dentrifrice, tending to keep off tar
tar. 1t is said to retard receding
gums.
A half teaspoonful Of salt added to
q cup of hot water-which many per-
sons take each morning-will make 1t
palatable.
Do not gargle with salt water.
Throat specialists consider it injuri-
ous to the tender mucous membrane
of the nose.
Salt water rots the hair, SO never
fail to rinse with fresh water after
sea bathing.
TO set color in wash materials and
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SYNOPSIS.

George Percival .Algernon Jones. vice
president of the Metropolitan Oriental
Rug company of New York. thirsting for
romance, is in Cairo on a business trip.
Horace Ryanne arrives at the hotel In
Cairo with a carefully guarded bundle.
Ryanne sells Jones the famous holy Yhi-
ordes rug which he admits having stolen
from a pasha at Bagdad. Jones meets
Major Callahan and later Is introduced 70
Fortune Chedsoye by a woman to whom
he had loaned $50 pounds at Monte Carlo
some months previously. and who turns
out to be Fortunes mother. Jones takes
Mrs. Chedsoye and Fortune to a polo
game. Fortune returns to Jones the
money borrowed by her mother. MIS-.
Chedsoye appears to BE engaged IN some
mysterious enterprise unknown to the
daughter.
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The Time of Her LHe.

The new colored domestic, fresh
from Kentucky, took her first Thurs
day afternoon qif" and failed to re-
turn to prepare the sever o'clock din.
ner for the family. Next morning she
reappeared rather "donsie." why
Sibbie," said the lady Of the house,
you look sick. What is the matter?"
"Yes'm, 1 done been sick, awful
sick, but it was wuth it. Dat dollah
you given me, l spent every cent o.
it an l done had de time Of my life.
What l done with it? Well, missus. l
tell de truf an no more'n de trur.
bought ten glasses of soda and welt
to ten of dose movable pictuh shows.
My, my. one CANT have no SIGH time
in Observation-Disclosures News.
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.cheraw Board Of Trade.

Cheraw.-The annual meeting Of tk
Cheraw board of;trade had more than
usual interest. There was a kind d.
roundup of all that was done during
the year, besides the election Of the
officers for the ensuing year. OF the
standing committees, than o. roads
and parks and that on new enter
prises, made especially good reports
Hon. w. D. Evans, chairman Of the
roads committee, stated that the board
was working in harmony with Mr.
Tufts, of the Pinehurst resorts, IN
keeping up that part Of the Capital
to-Capital Highway" lying between
Cheraw and Rockingham, N. G.
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The STATE DIRECTOR
WANTS DELEGATES TO ATTEND.
RIVERS AND HARRoRs CON.
GREss IN WASHINGTON.
PREPARE FOR OPENING CANAL
Doctor F. Horton coIcock of the Uni
verslty Tells of the Importance Of
Work Of the Organization to State
Of South Carolina.

Columbia.-Dr. F. Horton Colcock.
the head of the department Of engi-!
neering at the University Of South
Carolina, is exceedingly anxious to get
/ representative delegation to attend
the meeting Of the National Rivers
md Harbors congress in which he Is.
The director for this state. The annu-
Il meeting will be held in Washington
on December 4 to s..
1.-The National Rivers and Harbors
congress is an organization composed
Of the most prominent business mem
In the United States whose object Isl
to bring pressure to bear on the fed
eral congress to make appropriations
for the improvement of rivers and
harbors on a permanent basis 80 that
the army engineers may be enabled
Ito design improvements without fear
Of special projects interfering with
the scheme of general Development
said Dr.. CoIcock, in speaking of the
work Of the congress. "The mott,
OF the organization Is Not a project
but an object
When asked to serve as delegates,
men often make the statement to me,
I ami no engineer and know nothing
about the improvements OF rivers and
harbors.' I want the public to under
stand that the congress Is not made
up of: expert engineers.
Indeed, / doubt whether one out
Of 100 delegates is an engineer. II
is e congress composed of the most
progressive buskess men Of the United
State who recognize the limitations Of
railroad facilities and are earnestly
~endeayoring to promote the cheapest
transportation from point to point IN
the United States and from points
from which transportation may be OBJ
tanned to foreign countries.
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Salt Put to Varied Uses

embroidery cottons soak them in
strong salt water.
An excellent tonic for nervous peo'
pie is to take salt rubs twice a day.
AS sea salt dissolves slowly. some of
it can be kept in solution in a glass
jar to be ready when needed.
When a child is inclined to bow
legs or to have a weak back, rub it
night and morning with strong salt
water.
A faded carpet is ~freshened If
wiped off with a wet cloth wrung from
strong salt water. Sprinkle floor with
dampened salt and sweep well.
Bad dyspepsia can be helped by dis
solving pinches of salt on the tongue
after eating, or when there is a sense
Of oppression.
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the Holy Yhiordes was given; Ma
homed.E l-Gebel, the Pasha's right
hand, a sheik in his own right"
But you haven't got the rug now
mo, Mr.. Jones. I haven't; but OF
the other hand. you have. So, mere
We are together. When he gets
through with me, your turn"
George laughed. Ryanne gre"
thoughtful over this sign. PerciVa
Algernon did not seem exactly Wor
ried.
Aren't O a little afraid?"
81? Why should I be-" inquired
George innocently. Certainly what
ever your Arab friends arguments
may be, moral or physical, I'm going
to keep that Yhiordes."
Was he blufing? Ryanne wondered
Did he really have nerve?. Well
within forty-eight hours there would
come a test.
"Say, do you know, I rather Wish
you'd been with me on that trip-that
is. If you like a rough game" Ryanne
said this in all sincerity.
81 have never been In a rough game
as you call it; but I've often had
strong desire to be, just to find out FOL
myself what sort Of a dufer l am"
Ryanne had met this sort Of mar be-
fore; the fellow who wanted to know
what stuff he was made Of, and wal
ready to risk his hide to find out. His
experience had taught him to expect
nothing Of the man who knew Just
what he was going to do in a crisis.
did you ever know, Mr.. JONES'
said Ryanne, his eyes humorous, that
there Is an organization in this world
of ours, a company that offers a try
out to men Of your kidney"
Whats that? What do you mean?'
What I say. There Is an established
concern which will, upon application
for a liberal purchase Of stock, ar
range any kind Of adventure you
wish"
"What?" George drew in his legs
and sat up. What sort of a jolly Is
this?"
You put your finger upon the one
great obstacle. No n will believe
that such a concern exists. Yet 1t Is
a fact. And why not?"
Because it wouldn't be real; II
would be going to the moon a la
Coney island.
Wrong, absolutely wrong. If ]
told you that I am a stakeholder In
this company, and that the adventure
of the Yhiordes rug was arranged for
my special benefit, what would you
say?"
"Say?" George turned a serious
countenance toward the %adventurer
why, the whole thing Is absurd on
the face Of it. AS a joke, 1t might go;
but as a genuine affair. utterly impos'
sible."
mo-" quietly. IT admit that II
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Lexington County Corn Show.

Lexington.-The third annual Corn
Show for Lexington county was held
several days ago with a large and rep
resentative gathering in attendance.
Strong addresses were made by Con-
gresham Lever, who was instrument
tai in bringing about the organization
of the Lexington County Corn Crow
ers' Association, and who has always
taken an active interest in the agri-
cultural advancement Of the county
and state, and by Prof. W. L. English,
of Clemson College, who judged the
corn.
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RIchIand County Humane Society.

Columbia.-About two months ago
Rev. Richard Carroll succeeded in get
ting the Humane Society Of Boston
to appoint a woman to organize hu-
name societies and bands of mercy in
the state. The Richland County HUI
nan society was organized recently
in the Carroll auditorium on Wash
ton street. B. F. Taylor, president of
the Bank Of Columbia and president
of the Richland County Humane So
ciety among white people, assisted
Richard Carroll in organizing the ne
groes.
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The South Carolina Conference.

Centenary.-The 127th session Of tho
South Carolina Conference Of the
Methodist Church, South. will convene
in st. John Methodist church in Ander-
son in the near future. Bishop Kilgo
will perside. This will be his second
officials visit to this Conference since
his election to the equicopal Office at
the Asheville General Conference. The
Bishop is in high favor in South Caro-
lima he having been reared in this
state as an itenerant Methodist preachr
er's son. |
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In Fat Berth.

Towne-No; Grafton doesn't work
at all now.
Browne-He doesn't? Why, when !
knew lin he seemed to be a young
man v 18th considerable push.
Towne All that's changed now
He's a young man with considerable
pull and doesn't have 10 Work.-Catho
&c Standard and Times.
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other with earnest calculation; Wal
lace no longer hid his cupidity;
Ryanne's immobility of countenance
was in itself a tacit admission to the
burning of all his bridges that he
might become a part of this conclave.
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"And there we are, Kate. It really
isn't the gold; it's the excitement OF
getting it and coming away un~scathed.
If l could only get you to look at all
sides Of the affair! It's the Rubicon."
CTo BE toNTINUED3
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Tact.
He (tired Of dodging)-Would you
marry a one-eyed man?
She-Good gracious, no!
He-Then let me carry your umbrel-
ia.-Illustrated Bits.
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Chicago 10 Hear How Jerry Did II

.4-. -.- w.. .-.I 20 q. I
Chicago to Hear How Jerry Did II
.Columbia.-Jerry Moore Of Winona,
the boy who raised 22S bushels of
corn on one acre and broke the worlds
record, will be the big feature of the
South Carolina department Of agriI
culture exhibit at the National Land
show, which is to be held in Chicago
in connection with the International
Live Stock exposition. The South
Carolina exhibit, occupying an entire
baggage car, left on the Carolina Spe-
cial in charge Of James D. Lee. Col.
E. J. Watson, commissioner Of agri-
culture, commerce and industries, will
go to Chicago later with Jerry Moore,
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Farmer, Union GROWING.

Cclumbia.-The Farmers union b
growing in the eastern part of the
state, as evidenced by the fact that
three new local unions were charter
ed from the state secretary's Office
recently. One is in Chesterfield coun
ty and is known as Bear Creek local
union No. 81S, with tD.J. Williams,
president, and P. G. Crawley, secre
tary, p~ostofice address of both is Pat
rick. Two of the new unions are los
Gated in Florence county-Sandy Hill
local union No. S14, with B. ~. Cause,
Efingham, as president and s. C.
Smith, Coward, R. 2, as secretary;
Newton local union No. SIS, with J. E.
Robinson as president and J. II. Baker
as secretary. III
The Marshall republican., 1912-05-03
A Great Building falls

when it's foundation is undermined
and IL the foundation OF health
good digestion-is attacked, a
quick collapse follows. On the
first signs OF indigestion, DIR.
Kings New Life Pills should be
taken to tone the stomach and
regulate liver, kidneys and bowels.
Pleasant, easy, safe and only rs
cents at p. II. Franklins.
The Marshall republican., 1912-05-03

Tho negro boy had never seer the
dog before. but he Immediately accept
ed the ownership thrust upon him and
answered without hesitation, "T1l take
a dollar for her"
Il amt got but a nickel. Billy, amt
you got 'noush money to put with M
nickel to make a dollar?"
Nav; ! Amt got a red cent"
Il II tell you what well do" sug-
gested Jimmy; well trade you a base
ball mask for him. My mama's going
to gimme a new mask cause I all
time stay at home. % well trade you
u old one. 90 get II, Billy" =
Thus commanded Billy ran and
picked up the hustle where Il lay neg
Iectcd on the grass. and handed II to
the quasiowner Of the puppy. The deal
was promptly closed and a black little
negro went grinning down the street
with Miss Minerals ancient hustle
tied across his face. leaving behind
him a curly-haired dog.
Amt he sweet7" said Jimmy, hug.
sing the fluffy white ball close 20 his
breast, I'VE got TO name him, Billy"
Les name her Perjury P~earline,"
was the suggestion Of the other Joint
owner.
He Amt going TO be name nothing
at all like that" declared Jimmy; you
all time got to name our dogs the
scalavasgest name they IL. He o 10
ing to be name Sam Lamb cause
he Q my partner"
shes q girl dos" argued Billy. "an'
she can't be nam no mans name. II
she could I d call her Major"
II don't care what sort o. dog he is.
girl or boy. he q going to be name
Sam Lamb Pretty SAINT Pretty
sam!" and he fondly stroked the little
animals soft head.
Here. Perunyi Here. Perunyl"
and Billy tried 70 snatch her away.
The boys heard a whistle; the dog
heard n. too. springing from the little
boys arms Sam Lamb Perjury Pearline
ran under the gate and few to meet
her master. who was looking for her.
The Marshall republican., 1912-05-03
SWEET SPRINGS

Roy M. Harris editor OF the Hcus
tonian was operated on last Sat
urday at his home for appen-
dicitis. The operation was made
by specialists from Kansas City
and Sedalia, and was considered a
success.---Abe VanMeter was
here Friday with wagons and re-
moved family and household goods
to his farm four miles south OF
Alma. The family have been
here since last fall and took adj
vantage Of the excellent s.hooI
facilities here for their children
We hope they may return in the
talL-Herald.