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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-03-06
SYNOPSIS.

George Percival AlEernon Jones, vice
president OF the Metropolitan Orienta
Rug company OF New York. thirsting TO
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 to
Fortune Chedsoye by a woman to whom
he had loaned $50 pounds at Monte Carlo
some months previously, and whit turns
put to be Fortunes mother. Jones takes
Mrs, Chedsoye and Fortune to a polo
game. Fortune returns to Jones the
money borrowed by her mother. Mrs.
Chedsoye appears to engaged in some
mysterious enterprise unknown to the
daughter. Ryanne interests Jones in the
United Romance and Adventure COM
pany, a concern which for n price will
arrange any kind of an adventure to or
der. Mrs. Chedsoye, her brother, Major
Callahan, Wallace and Ryanne, as the
United Romance and Adventure company,
plan a risky enterprise involving Jones.
Ryanne makes known to Mrs. Chedsoye
his intention to marry Fortune. Mrs.
Chedsoye declares she will not permit 1t.
Plans are laid to prevent Jones sailing
for home. Ryanne steals Jones' letters
and cable dispatches. He wires agent in
New York. in Jones NAME, that he is
renting house in New York to some
friends. Mahomed, keeper Of the holy
~oA pCtt IL Oh INydllb . lIdlls IhydillO
promises Fortune that he will see that
Jones comes to no harm as a result of his
purchase of the rug. MahOmed accosts
Ryanne and demands the Yhiordes rug.
Ryanne tells him Jones has the rug and
suggests the abduction of the New York
merchant as a means of securing It's re-
turn. The rug disappears from Jones'
room. Fortune quarrels with her mother
when the latter refuses to explain her
mysterious actions. Fortune gets a mes
ssge p~urporting to be from Ryanne ask
ing her to meet him in a secluded place
that evening. Jones receives a message
liking him to meet Ryanne at the English
Bar the same evening. Jones Is carried
OFF into the desert by Mahomed and his
S7oomplices after a desperate fight. He
discovers that Ryanne and Fortune also
are Captives, the former is badly battered
and unconscious. Ryanne ecovers con-
scisrsness and the sight of Fortune in
captivity reveals to him the fact that
MahoHed intends to get vengeance on
him Ahfough the girl. Fortune acknowl-
slges iSat she stole the rug from Jones
room
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his lights, the Arab was only paying
coin for coin. But for the girl, Ry-
anne would have accepted the situa-
ton with a shrug, to await that mo-
ment when Mahomed, eased by the
sense Of security, would naturally re-
lax vigilance. The presence of For
tune changed the whole face Of the
affair. Mahomed could have his eyes
and heart If he would but spare her.
He must be patient; he must accept
insults, rel physical violence, but
some day he and Mahomed would play
the final round.
His past, his foolish, futile past: all
the fQllies, all the petty crimes, all
the low designations in which he had
INDUCED, seemed trooping about his
camel, hooking and gibbering at him.
Why hadn't he lived clean like Jones
there? Why hadn't he fought temp
tation as he had fought men? Enyl-
, ronment was 10 excuse; bringing-up
offered no p~alliation; he had gone
wrong simply because his inclinations
iAnu OSEA WlOu5' vi Lie JULIET uduu,
no n had ever tried to help him
back to a decent living. His mother
had died during his childhood, and
her influence had left no impression.
His father had been a money-maker,
consumed by the pleasure of building
up pyramids Of gold. He had never
reasoned with his youngest-born; he
had paid his bills without protest or
reproach; 1t was. so much a month to
be written down in the expense ac-
count. And the frst-born had been
his natural enemy since the days of
the nursery. Still, he could not acquit
himself; his own arraignment was as
keen as any Judge could have made.
Strong as he was physically, brilliant
as he was mentally, there was a NOR
tai weakness in his blood; and search
as he might the history Of his ances-
tors, their lives shed no light upon
his own.
In stating that his face had been
granted that dubious honor and con-
Germ Of the perpetrators Of the rogues'
gallery, he had merely given rein to
a seizure Of soul-bitterness. But there
was truth enough in the statement
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portrait for any gallery given owe to
rogues. And he hadn't worried much
over the moral problem confronting
him. that the way of the transgressor
is hard. 1t was only when love rent
the veil of his faulty that he saw
himself as he really was.
Love! He gazed ahead at Fortune
under the mammal. That a g~uileless
young girl as she was should enchain
him! That the sight Of her should
always send a longing into his soul
to go back and begin over! His Jaws
hardened. Why not? Why not try
to recover some of the crumbs Of the
fine things he had thrown away? At
least enough to permit him to go
again among his fellows without con-
stantly looking behind to note If he
were followed? By the Lord Harry!
once he was out of this web of his
own weaving, he would live straight;
he swore that every dollar hereafter
put in his pocket should be an honest
one. Fortune could never be his wife.
I10 CdIlS W lul5 ldSI WlCLOuI uhy
roundabout or devious byways. In the
first place, he knew he had not
touched her heart; she had been friend
ly; and now even her friendship hung
by a thread. All right. The love he
bore her was going to be his salvation
just the same; and at this moment
he was deadly in earnest.
1t was after nine when they were
ferried across the two canals, the
fresh-water and the salt. several miles
| below Serapeum. The three weary
captives saw a great liner slip past
slowly and majestically upon its way
to the Far East. She radiated with
light and cheer and comfort; and all
could hear family the pulsations of
her engines. So near and yet so far;
a cup of water to Tantalus! At mid
night they made camp. There were
no palms this time; simply a we'll in
the center Of a tumble Of huge boul-
ders. The tents were pitched to the
southwest, for now the wind blew, bit
ing from the land Of northern SHOWS;
and a fire was a welcome thing. This
was Arabia; Africa had been left be
hind. Here they awaited the return
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OF the courier, who arrived two days
later, dead tired. The persons to whom
the card had been sent had sailed for
Naples with the steamer Ludwig. Ma
homed turned upon the three miser-
ables.
Il have you three, then; and by the
beard of the Prophet, you shall pay,
you shall payl You have robbed and
beaten and dishonored me; and you
shall payl"
Am ! guilty Of any wrong toward
your" faltered the girl, Her mother
had gone. She had hoped against
hope.
NO." cried Mahomed. He laughed.
you are free to return to Cairo.
I. alonel Free to take your
choice Of these two men to accompany
you. Free, free as the air. . .
Well, why do you hesitate7"
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that he had been short in his accounts
many thousands at his fathers bank;
gambling debts; and in making no eff
fort to replace the loss, he was soon
found out by his brother, who seemed
only too glad to dishonor him. He
was given his choice: to sign yer his
million, due him a year later (for at
this time the father was dead, or go
to prison. The scandal Of the affair
had no weight with his brother; he
wanted the younger out Of the way.
Like the hot-headed fool he was, he
had signed away his inheritance, TAX
en- a paltry thousand and left Amer
lea, facing Imprisonment IL he re.
turned. That was the kind Of d broth
er he had. Once b had burned his
bridges. there came to him a dozen
ways by which he could have extri-
Gated himself. But nee a fool. always
a fool
D~lsinherited, outcasS living by his
wits. ingenious enough; the finer
senses callousing under the contact
with his interiors; a gambler, a hard
dnnker periodically: all In all. q fine
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CHAPTER xlv.-tcontinued.)

why not tell Mahomed at once,
and have him send a courier back for
the rug?" suggested Fortune.
by Jove, that clears up everything.
Well do 1t Immediately" George felt
better than he had at any stage Of the
adventure. Here was a simple way
out of the difficulty.
Softly" said Ryanne. Let us
come down to the lean facts. II that
rug is in your room, Fortune, your
mother has discovered it long before
now She will turn it over to your
estimable uncle. None of us will ever
see it again, Pm thinking. The Major
knows that Jones gave me a thousand
pounds for It," Struck by a sense of
impending disaster, Ryanne began to
tumble in his pockets. Gone! Every
shilling Of it gone! Hes got that,
too; Mahomed; the cash you gave me,
Jones. Wait a moment; don't speak;
things are whirllng about some. Over
nine hundred pounds; every shilling
Of it. We mustn't let him know that
I've missed it. I've got to play weak
In order to grow strong. But
they will at least start up a row as
to YOUR whereabouts, Fortune"
No" t~houghtfully; mo, l do not
Il NIX they will"
The u~ndercurrent was too deep for
George. He couldn't see very clearly
Just then. The United Romance and
Adventure Company; was that all?
Was there not something sinister
behind that name, concerning him? He
looked patiently from the girl to the
adventurer,
Ryanne stared at the yellow desert
beyond. His brain was clearing rap.
idly under the stimulus Of thought.
He himself did not believe that they
would send out search-parties either
for him or for Fortune. He could not
fathom what had given Fortune her
belief; but he realized that his owr
was based upon the recollection Of
that savage mood when he had thrown
down the gauntlet. Now they would
accept 1t. He had run away with For
tune as he had boldly threatened tc
do. The mother and her precious
brother would proceed at once to New
York without him. He had made 3
dne middle Of 1t all. But for a glas,
OF wine and a grain too much OF con
idence, he had not been here this day
Mahomed, himself astir by thil
time, came over to the group, leisure
ly. The three looked like conspira
tors to his suspicious eye, but unlik,
conspirators they made no effort [,
separate because he approached. Fl,
understood; as yet they were no
afraid Of him. That was n of III,
reasons he hated white men. the,
could seldom be forced to show fear
even when they possessed It. Wei
these three should know what fea
was before they saw the last of him
He carried a kurbash, a cowhide wbir
which he twirled IDLY, even sugees
lively. First, he came to George.
IT o have Y~hiordes, there ia sri
a chance for you. Cairo Is but ift
miles away. Bagdad is several bur
dred" He drew the why caressingl
through his fingers.
do not lie" replied George, a tr,
culent sparkle In his eyes. II toI
you that had It not. It was tn
truth
A ripple or anxiety passed over NJ,
fsmed's face. And your" turnin
upon nyanns, with suppressed savse
ness. How he longed to lay the las
spon tho dogl
Don't took at me. answered r,
snnA vsaDishly. III I had II / sho.i
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-03-06

in Ave or ten years to rust color, yet
the ink OF medieval manuscripts is
as black and bright today al It was
TOO years ago.
Take dyes. The beautiful blues and
reds and greens Of antique oriental
rugs have all been lost, while in
Egyptian tombs we find fabrics dyed
thousands Of years ago that remain
today brighter and purer in hue than
any Of u modern fabrics.
Take my speciality. buildings. We
can't build AZ the ~ancients did. The
secret Of their mortar aud cement Is
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-03-06
They Did Better Then.

we are losing all our secrets in
this shabby age, an architect said
N we keep on. the time will come
when wen be able to do nothing well.
Take, for Instance. steel. We claim
TO make good steel. yet the blades the
saraeons turned out hundreds OF years
ago would cut one OF our own blades
in two lika butter.
Take ink. Our modern ink fades
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-03-06

night" Captain HodgRins said one
afternoon to a police reporter. THE
heroine was fat-fatter than myself.
I'm the second act she fell owe
board. and the hero, a little. scrawny
chap. plunged after her, and seemed
to be having a good deal Of diiaculty
In swimming with her toward the
yacht
AS the hero. spIashed and strug.
gied under his heavy burden n god
yelled from tho gallery:
You'll DO II that way, Dol
Save what you a now and come
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-03-06
Australia Would Save Birds.

Strong protest is being made in
South Australia against the continual
slaughter Of such rare birds as the ibis,
the egret, cranes and spoonbills to sup
ply the demands OF millineja. The
slaughter renders South Australia
even more prone to plaques of grass.
hoppers. and is a prime cause of the
decline Of its fish AS the
wading birds disappear the crustacs-
ans that destroy Ash spawn increase
"a mnifitpdA
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-03-06
Beach That Changes Color.

There is an island in the Gulf OF
Mexico where the beaches change
color twice daily with the tides.
When uncovered the sands are pur-
pie, but the innowing waters quickly
tFanaforra them 10 gold. The name OF
the islanc Is snaiIs' island. and this
supplies the key TO the remarkable
phenomenon. -he sands are really
Of q golden eoIor. and when tho rising
tide spreads over the wide beach the
eiIded bits Of earth glIsten In the
sunlight; but when the tide ebbs the
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-03-06
Legal Repartee.

"And now | mean to handle your
witnesses without gloves" said a
counsel, whose witnesses had met
with rather severe treatment from
the other side" 'Tndeedi That's
more than I should like to do with
yours smilingly retorted his learned
friend
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-03-06
InsraIment plan.

The late Police Captain William II.
Hodgkins, OF New York who died
fran cardiac strain that he brought
on By reducing his weight over nifty
pounds In three weeks hated corpu-
lence. and often regaiad bis friends
with anecdotes that had corpulence
for their butt.
4 went TO a meiodrama the other
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-03-06

lost to US. Their mortar and cement
were actually harder and more dur
able than the stones they bound to-
gether. whereas ours--horrorsi"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-03-06

back for the rest. Make three trips,
II necessary"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-03-06

golden sands are made purple by
myriads of tiny purple snails crawling
In the wake Of the ebblng tide.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-03-06
CHAPTER XIV.

Fortunes Riddle Solved.
Fortune, without deigning to reply.
walked slowly and proudly to her tant-
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1913-06-05
DR.. T. B. Hinnant Dead.

Lake City, May 29:-Dr T B Hin
nant, one of the oldest and most
prominent physicians and citizens OF
this place, died yesterday morning,
after a brief illness. He had been
in ill health for some time. His sud-
den death was due to an attack of
apoplexy. He is survived by one
brother, Mr. R P Hinnant of Suttons,
wife, three daughters and one son.
The funeral services were con-
Quoted by Rev E P Easterling, pas
tor of the First Baptist church, of
which the deceased was member,
at 11:15 o'clock this morning. The
interment was in the Baptist ceme-
terry.
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Guaranteed Eczema Remedy.

The constant itching. burning. red
ness, rash and disagreeable effects
of eczema, letter. salt rheum, itch,
piles and irritating skin eruptions
can be readily cured and the skin
made clear and smooth with DR. Hob
sons Eczema Ointment. Mr. J G
Eveland, of Bath, Ill. says: / had
eczema twenty-five years and had
tried everything. All failed. When
I found DR. Hobson's Eczema Oint-
;nent l found a cure" This oint-
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and has been in use for years-not
an experiment. That is why we can
guarantee it. All druggists, or by
mail. Price SOC. Pfeiffer Chemical
Co, Philadelphia and St Louis. adv
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Winthrop College
SCHOLARSHIP AND ENTRANCE
Examination.

The examination for the award of va
cant scholarships in Winthrop College
and for the admission of new students
will be held at the county Court House
on Friday, July 4, at 9 a. m. Ap-
plicants must be not less than sixteen
years of age. When scholarships are
vacant after July a they will be award
ed to those making the highest average
at this examination, provided they meet
the conditions governing the award.
for Scholarships should write
to President Johnson before the exam
ination for Scholarship examination
blanks.
Scholarships are worth $10O and free
tuition. The next session will open Sep
tember II, 1918. For further informa-
ton and catalogue, address Pres. d.
B. Johnson, Rock Hill, S {.
5-l57-S
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ChambePlaln'S Collie, Cholera and
Diaffh0ea Remedy.

Every family without exception
should keep this preparation at hand
during the hot weather of the sum-
mer months. Chamberlain's Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is
worth many times its cost when need
ed and is almost certain to be need
ed before the summer is over. 1t has
no superior for the purposes which
it is intended. Buy it now. For sale
by all dealers. adv
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Best Laxative for the AGED.

Old men and women feel the need
of laxative more than young folks,
but it must he safe and harmless and
one which will not cause pain. DR.
Kings New Life Pills are especially
good for the aged, for they act
promptly and easily. Price Csc.
Recommended by Kingstree Drug
Co and NJ L Allen. adv
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Episcopal Church,
Rev DR. ROBERT WILSON, RECTOR.
Every second and fourth Sunday,
morning prayer, sermon and holy
communion at II a, m.
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In this day of spray pumps, pow
der guns, dips and insecticides, there
is no more excuse for letting mites
and lice sap the vitality of your chick
ems, than there is for vermin to in
fest the beds and heads of the best
of. regulated families. Mrs f Il
Street, in The Progressive Farmer.
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The planter who is found next win.
ter with crib full of corn, a NOW
full of hay, ,smokehouse full of meat,
a hill or house full of potatoes, tur-
nips and pumpkins and some cotton
to sell, is the man that will be inde-
pendent. Tom N. Sheddan, IN The
PrOqressiue Farmer.
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Feeding Pigs for Economy.

lows: I've few pigs that l want to
feed during the summer with view
of making them produce the most
amount of meat by November or
December. They are about three
months old and are doing fairly we'll
at present. | can get corn, corn
meal or chops at about ninety cents,
wheat shorts at 81 40 per 100 pounds
and cotton-seed meal at ST. per 100
pounds. Pigs have access to good
Bermuda pasture, which would keep
them in growing condition alone, but
| want to push them as an expert
ment, to see if it would pay on a
larger scale.
In your reply advise whether to
feed the above wet or dry and which
of these feeds to use, and proportion
of each; also amount per pig?"
Answer: The prices of all the
feeds mentioned are high. Corn at
ninety cents a bushel is S1.61 per
hundred, and it, therefore, follows
that wheat shorts at 81 40 hundred
are cheaper, for they are probably
worth fully 10 per cent more than
corn, pound for pound, for feeding
these young pigs. Even corn at 80
cents a bushel and tankage at $50 a
ton will not furnish nutrients as
cheap as they are furnished in shorts
at 81 40 a hundred. Also cotton-seed
meal will not be safe for feeding
these pigs for more than three or
four weeks; so we are forced to use
the wheat shorts, although they are
so high priced that it is doubtful II
anyproft can be made from their use.
We would feed the shorts wet as
a thick slop and since heavy feeding
is not likely to be profitable we would
feed once a day, but while the pigs
are less than five months old feeding
twice day may pay. If the Ber-
muda pasture is good and is kept
reasonably short so that the grass is
young and tender, we would not feed
these pigs over one-third the shorts
they would require as a full ration
without the grazing. If, as stated,
the Bermuda grazing alone will keep
them in growing condition, which
we are inclined to doubt with three
months-old pigs, then two pounds of
shorts per day added for every 100
of the pigs weight should produce
considerable gain in weight.
1t seems that best results will
probably be obtained byfeedipg these
pigs only enough shorts to keep
them growing nicely and plant soy
beans or peanuts, or SOW peas in the
corn and have them ready for graz
ing by the first or middle of August.
If this is done there is a good chance
for a profit on these pigs, but if the
feed up to marketing is to be obtained
from Bermuda pasture and wheat
shorts at $1.40 hundred we doubt
if there will be much profit. .-1at
Butler, IN The Progressive Farmer.
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The fellow who advertises how to
tell the laying hen and sells you the
method of knowing how for SO and
then gets you to VOW secrecy is fax
ing you.-J 4 N, IN The Progress
sire Farmer.
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Methodist Church.

Rev D A PHILLIPS, PASTOR.
Preaching every Sunday morning
at HOO o'clock and evening at $3.50
o'clock.
Sunday-school at 4:30 p. m.
Epworth League meets every Tues
day night at $50 o'clock.
Mid-week prayer meeting every
Thursday night at $3.50 o'clock.
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RUB-MY.TISM
HARRISON RANDOLPH, Pres

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