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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-10-28

He understood that no one is infallible.
He found the blundering policeman.
who now realized that he stood in for
a Whit Of the commissioners carpet.
An he could do was to give good de-
scription Of the man and woman. Word
was sent broadcast through the city.
The police had to be informed this
time.
Late in the day an officer whose beat
Included the ferry landing a. Hoboken
said ne had seen the three. Everything
had looked all right to him. It ives
the motherly face Of the one and the
benign countenance Of the other that
had blinded him. i
at midnight Jones. hsggard and
with the air Of one beaten, returned
home.
mo wireless yet?" asked Norton
!""The George Washington Of the
North German Lloyd does not answer.
Something has happened to her wires,
tampered with, possibly"
$50 long as We know they are at sea,
we can remedy the evil They viii not
be. able to land at a single port. have,
sent ten cables. They can't get away
from the wire. II could only get hold
Of the names Of those damnable doc
tors who signed that document! Twen-
t. years"
Jones bent his head IN his hands,
and Norton tramped the floor till the
sound Of his footsteps threatened to
drive the moaning Susan into hys-
terics.
1T Is only matter Of a few days"
"But can the child stand the ter
rors?" questioned Jones. who knows
that they may not really drive her In
sane?"
On board the George Washington
every one felt extremely sorry for this
beautiful girl. It was c frightful mis-
fortune to be 30 stricken at her age.
":She is certainly insane" said one
OF the passengers, who had known
Hargreave slightly through some bank
lag business. "Hargreave wasn't mar
ried. He lived alone"
After the second day out Florence
was permitted to wander about the
ship as she pleased.
A good many Of the passengers were
nightly worried when they learned
that the wireless had in some mysteri-
GUS way been tampered with after the
boat had made the open sea. 1t was
impossible to put about The appara-
tus must be fixed at sea.
And when finally Norton's wireless
caught the wires Of the George Wash
ington he was gravely informed that
the young lady referred to had leaped
the rail off the Banks - night and had
been drowned. She had not been
missed till the following morning.
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CHAPTER x.
The Past a Blank.

It was perfectly true that Florence
had cast herself into the sea. It had
not been an act Of despair, however.
On the contrary, hope and courage had
prompted her to leap. The night was
clear, with only a moderate sea run
ming. At the time the great ship was
passing the banks, and almost within
hail she saw fishing schooner riding
gracefully at anchor. She quite read
lily believed that if she remained on
board the George Washington she was
lost. She naturally forgot the marvel
of wireless telegraphy. No longer may
o man hide at sea.
So, with that quick thought which
was a part OF her Inheritance, she
se;zed- the life buoy, climbed the rail
aod leaned far out. AS the great, dark.
tossing ga swooped up to meet her
she moteu block Of wood btbbing UP
snh down. Sha tried to avcia It, bu.
could net. aa3 struck it head on. De
sHi,e TIC 5;a" anG he shn~> ct the
cA!:nl vac: ste iDstiavt.veiy zig tc
the '.nny. TIE wash from tAa mighty
r.,.;s!..v.s ..-ssr,: her a2ou;. hi;Ac:
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and they've kidnapped her right under
your nose! What was the number Of
that carr"
"Cut out that line Of talk, young fel-
lab; I know my business. They had
the proper documents,
But you hadn't brains enough to IN
cuire whether they were genuine or
not! You wait!"' shriIled the chauf-
feur. 'Pll have you broken for this
work" He wheeled and ran back to
his car, to find Susan and the countess
in a great state OF agitation. "They
got her, they got her! And swore
on the book that they never should, so
long as I drove the car"
Susan wept, and the countess tried
in vain to console her.
And when Jones was informed he
frightened even the countess with the
snarl Of rage which burned across his
lips. He tore into the hall, seized bis
hat, and was gone. Not q word Of re-
proach did he offer to the chauffeur.
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"GirI, ! Love You Better Than Life"
in truly getting beyond that dark wall
Of mystery.
1t the sound Of Jim Norton's voice
and at the sight Of his face-for sub
consciously she must have been think
ing Of him all the while-a great blind
ing heat-wave seemed to burn across
her eyes, and when the effect passed
away she was herself again. A wild
glance at her surroundings convinced
her that both she and her lover were
In: danger.
Keep back" whispered Jim. Don't
recognize me-"
They believe that I've lost my
mind. and. III keep that idea in their
heads. Ser etime tonight III find a
chance to talk to you"
1t took good deal Of cautious ma
neuvering to bring about the meeting.
"They shanghied me. And 1 thought
you dead It was. all wrong. It was
trick Of that Perigoff woman, and it
succeeded. Girl, girl, love you better
than life"
81 know IT. now" she said, and she
kissed him HAS my father appeared
yet?"
NO"
"Do ycu know anything at all about
hin?" sadly.
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o!ently recovered he returned to the
village and sought the railway station,
where the Western Union had its Of
fee.
II want to send = code message to
my firm. Do you think you can fol-
low it,"
I can try" said the operator.
The code was really .slav; and when
the long message was signed 1t was
signed by the name Vroon. n
The day after the news came that
Florence had jumped overheard or
the banks, vroon with a dozen other
men had started out to comb ali the
fishing villages along the New Eng
land coast. Somewhere along the way
he felt confident that. he'would learn
whether the girl was dead or alive.
If she was dead then the game. was a
draw, but If she was alive there was
still a fighting chance for the Black
Hundred. He had had some idea OF re.
naming in the village and accomplish
ing the work himself; but after delib-
Grafton he concluded that It was i'm
portant enough for Braine himself to
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and yon. from ono swirl to another.
like a chip Of wood. Then everything
grew blank
Fortunately for her the master OF
the fishing schooner was at the time
standing on his quarterback by the
wheel, squirting through his glass at
the liner and enyying the ease and
comfort Of those On board her. The
mate, sitting on the steps and smok.
ing his turning-in pipe. saw the mas
ter lean forward suddenly, lower the
glass, then raise 1t again.
Lord a'nighty!"
What's the matter, ca. M"
Jake, in Gods name, come ere an
take peek through this glass. I'm
dreamin'!"
The mate Jumped and took the
glass. Where away, !sff"
"a pint OF tn sta board bow. See
,somethin' white bobbin' up?"
tYessir! Looks like some one
dropped a bolster r 9 piller over
board. : Gods whiskersg" he
broke OF.
Then I amt really sesin' things"
cried the master. "His y iubbers!" he
yelled to the crew; 31ower tn dory.
.They's woman in tn water out there.
I seen her leap tn rail. Look alive!
Sharp's tn word! Mate, you 60
long"
The crew dropped their tasks and
sprang for the davits, and the star
board dory was lowered in shipshape
style. -.
It takes a good bit Of seamanship
to haul a body out Of the sea, into
a dancing bobtailed dory, when one
moment it is climbing frantically heav-
onward and the next heading for the
bottomless pit. They were very ten
der with her. They laid her out in the
bottom Of the boat, with the life buoy
as a pillow, and pulled energetically
for the schooner. She was alive, be-
cause she breathed; but she did not stir
so much as an eyelid. It was stif
bit Of work, too, to land her aboard
without adding to her injuries. The
master ordered the men to put her in
his own bunk, where he nearly stran-
gled her by forcing raw brandy down
her throat.
well. she's alive, anyhow"
When Florence finally opened her
eyes the gray Of dawn lay on the sea,
dotted here and there by the schooners
of the feet, which seemed to be hang
ing In midair, as at the moment there
was visible to the eye no horizon.
Don't seem t recognize nothio'."
ssMebbe she's got a fever" suggested
the mate, rubbing his bristly chin.
"Fever nothin'! Not after bein' in
tn water half an hour. Mebbe she hit
one o. them wooden floats we left
Them dinged liners keep on crowdin'
u.s." growled Barnes, with a fisher
mans hate for the floating hotels.
"Went by without a toot. See 'er,
jes' like tn, bankers wife goin' t
church on Sunday? A mile a minute;
fog or no fog, it's all the same t
them. They run us down an never
stop. What tn tarnation We goin'
to do? She'll haff t stay aboard till
tn run is over. I can't afford t yank
up my mudhook this time O. day"
Guess she can stand three r four
days in our company, smellin' oil
cloths, fish, kerosene, an punk t'bac-
CO."
'If y don't like tn kind o. t'baecc
I buy buy your own. I amt objectin'
none"
The mate stepped over to the bunk
and gingerly ran his hand over the
girls head. Gods whiskers, cap'n,
they's a bump as big's a cork on tn
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made Braine furious. He reached
again for Florence.
Clear out O here, r show your au.
thority,," growled Barnes.
"she goes with me, o. you'll re-
gret it."
IAN right. But l guess tn law
won't hurt me none. I'm in my rights.
There's the door, mister"
Il refuse to go without her"
Barnes sighed. He was on land q
man of peace, but there was a limit
to his patience. He seized Braine by
the shoulders and hustled him out Of
the house.
Bring your proofs, mister, an
nothin' more1 be said; but till y
bring EN-, keep away from this cot
.tage."
And, simple-minded sailor that he
was, he thought this settled the mat
ter.
That night he kept his ears open for
unusual sounds, but he merely wasted
his nights rest. Quite naturally, he
reckoned that the stranger would
make his attempt at night. Indeed,
he made it in broad daylight, with
Barnes not a hundred yards away,
calking a dory whose seams had
sprung aleak. Braine had Florence
upon the, chartered yacht before the
old man realized what had happened.
He never saw Florence again; but one
day, months later, he read all about
her in newspaper.
Florence fought; but she was weak,
and so the conquest was easy Braine
was kind enough, now that he had
her safe. He talked to her, but she
merely stared at the receding coast.
"All right; don't talk if you don't
want to. Here" to one Of the men,
"take her to the cabin and keep her
there. But don't you touch her. I'll
break you If you do. Put her IN the
cabin and guard the door; at least
keep an eye on It. She may take It
into her head to jump overheard"
Even the temporarily demented are
not without species Of cunning.
Florence had never seen Braine till
he appeared at tie Barnes cottage. Yet
she revolted at the touch Of his hand.
On the second day. out toward New
York she found box Of matches and
blithely set fire to her cabin, walked
out into the corridor and thence to
the deck. When the fire was discov-
cred 1t had gained too much headway
to be stopped. The yacht was doomed.
They put off in the boats and for half
day drifted helplessly.
Fate has everything mapped out like
a game Of chess. You move pawn,
and bang goes your bishop, or your
knight, or your king; or she lets you
almost win game, and then check
mates you. But there is one thing to
be said IN her fayor-rail at her how
we will, she is always giving odds to
the innocent.
Mike Bannock was in the pilothouse,
looking over his charts, when the look
out in the crows nest sang out: 1.-TWO
boats adrift off the port bow, sir!" And
Bannock, who was a frst-class sailor.
although a rough one, shouted down
the tube ito the engine room: The
freighter came to a halt IN about ten
minutes. The castaways saw that they
had been noted, and pulled gallantly
at the oars.
There are some things which sci
ence, well advanced as. it is, cannot
explain. Among them Is the shock
which cuts of the past and the coun-
tersh'ock which reawakens memory.
They may write treatise after treatise
and expound, but they never succeed
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take hand in. So the following night
he departed for Boston, from there to
New York. He proceeded at once to
the apartment Of the princess, where
Braine declared that he himself would
20 to the obscure village and cle'u
Florence as his own child. But
insure absolute success they wo d
charter Morse's yacht and steam: right
up into the primitive harbor. -
When vroon left the apartment Nor
ton saw him. Re vas man Of i'm
pulses, and he had found by expert
ence that, first impulses are generally
the best, He did not know who Vrecn,
was. Any man VINO called on the
Princess Perigoss while Braine was
with her would be worth following.
On the other ha.d, Vroon recognized
the reporter instantly. and with that
ever.ready and alert mind Of his set
about to lure the young man into q
trap out Of which he might not easily
come. !:
Norton decided to follow his man.
He might be going on a wild;goose
chase, he reasoned; still his first i'm
pulses had hitherto served him well.
He looked careworn. He was con-
virced that Florence was dead, despite
the assertions Of Jones to the con
trary. He had gone over all the mis-
haps which had taken place and ne
was now absolutely convinced that his,
whilom friend Braine and the Princess
Perigoff were directly concerned.
Florence had either been; going. to,
or coming from the apartment. And
that memorable day Of the abduction.
the princess had been in the dry goods
shop. ."
Vroon took downtown surface car,
and Norton took. the same. He sat
huddled in a corner, never suspectins
that Vroon was watching him from a
corner Of his eye Norton was. not
keen today. The thought Of Florence
kept running through his head.
The car stopped and Vroon got of
He led Norton winding course which.
at length ended at the door Of tene-
ment building. Vroon entered. Nor
ton paused, wondering what next to
do, now that his man had reached his
destination Well, since he had fol-
lowed him all this distance he must
make an effort to find out who be was
and what he was going to do. Cau-
tiously he entered the hallway. AS
he was about to lay his hand On the
newell post of the dilapidated'. stairs
the floor dropped from under his. feet
and he was precipitated into the cellar.
This tenement belonged to the
Black Hundred; it concealed thou
sand doors and q hundred traps. It's
history was as dark as it's Railways:
When vroon and. his companion,
who had been waiting for. him, de-
scended into the cellar they found the
reporter insensible. They bound. blind
folded, and gagged him quickly.
Saunders" said Vroon, you tell
Corrigan that I've q sailor for him to-
night, and that I want. this sailor
booked for somewhere south Of the
equator. Tell him to say to the mas
ter that this fellow is ugly:.and DISC
bedient- A tramp freighter, whose
captain is bully. Do you understand
me?"
Il get you. But there's no need to
go to Corrigan this trip. Bannock is
in port and sails tonight for Norway.
That's far enough -..
"Bannock? The very man. Well,
MI Norton, reporter and amateur de-
tective, I guess we've got you fast
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Limitation Upon Courtship.

We learn that q movement has
been started by . number Of pro-
minent Boston women to limit by
law the length of oourtships. Two
years has been settled upon - the
time limit for counting, and a bill
will be introduced in tho Massa-
chusetts Legislature making it
illegal to prolong courtship beyond
that period. Tho svowsd purpose
Of the proposed legislation is to
protect manageable girls from
suitors who daily too long before
proposing the question. This is
. worthy movement and should be
heartily spesdsd. Attention need
hardly be called to tho fact that
spintsrhood 10 an oil too prevalent
condition in Massachusetts,, a.
elsewhere in New England. 1t
would b ungraoious to attribute
this to . want of charm in tho sex
in that locality. In view of the
movement that has been inaugu-
rated the condition in question
may bs due to tho fckelnsss or
possibly tho faint-hsartsdness of
our New England swsins. What
ever tho cause. tho condition ssems
to BE- sufficiently grave to warran,
our colonial danes in casting
about them for . remedy and the
legal Intervention contemplated
may prove to bs alternative. or
course, We don't quite sec how the
proposed Legislation 10 to b en-
forced after it 10 enacted. But
the Boston matrons who htd the
courage to propose the legislation
may find means to make it sffec-
tusl. The young men of the Bay
States may we'll take warning 40
to the danger that will attach to
frivolous flirting effect. - Law
Notes.
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Right Dope For Blues.

"In moments OF dependency
that comes to every life - whom
cherished plans seem likely to fail,
when disappointment instead Of
success caps our best eudsavors.
whom everything goes wrong and
the world looks blue to US - how
exasperating tho advice Look
on the bright side; all will yet be
wsll!" This advice We must take,
however. If tho people who oul-
tivats tho habit of looking on tho
bright side that ultimately are
successful for. To NOPE over mis-.
fortune is to be conquered by
misfortune; to grumble at our fate
10 to invite q repetition Of fats's
frown; to live in the shadow Of
adversely is to droop and dwindIs
and die. Our only hope lies in q
struggle toward tho sunshine. -
Exchange.
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Great Demand For Teachers.

While Louisiana 10 not making
as much noise over its public
schools Is it did ten yesrs ago, it
is certainly making more substan-
tisl progress. Building fine school
houses, voting school taxes, mark
citing large bond issues, organic
ing high schools, consolidating
country schools-thess and many
other evidences of progress are to-
day 80 common that they pass by
unnoticed. So it is with the en-
ployment of trained teachers.
Some years ago, the coming of q
normal graduate into a communi.
ty was hsralded as a great event.
To-day, no intelligent community
or superintendent is satisfied with
an unframed teacher. The reason
is plain; other things being equal.
they pay best because they give
the best service. Hence tho de-
mand fer such teacher is greater
to-day than ever before. Last
year, the State Normal School at
Natchitoohss found splendid ON
ploymsnt at good pay and in OK
cellent positions for more than
800 normal teachers and 200 sum.
msr school students. This sum.
MGR, the Normal School will offer
every kind Of instruction that any
school teacher in tho State can
need. Present and prospective
teachers should send to that insti.
tuition for outlines Of its courses.
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The owners OF oil dogs should
b made to muzzle their pets or
keep them from running at large.
The warm weather will give the
canine . chance to contract rab-
biss and bite some person or per-
sons and cause hydrophobia. Over
10 Lafayette in tho past two days
several persons have been bitten
by mad dogs and have bsen COM
PEELED to 20 to New Orleans and
take the Pastsur treatment.
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How To Fight Mosquitoes

Now is tho time to empty all re-
csptaclss containing stagnant wa
tor and prevent tho first crop Of
mosquitoes. The following from
tho Chicago Tribune sets forth the
case in q striking manner:
While citizens are organizing to
strike down evil and comfort and
sustain tho beautiful, why allow
tho mosquito to escape? Ii not as
dangerous in these parts as the
fly, hs is even more easily assaila-
bic. He can aud should DO put
down. Hs restricts life when life
b sxubsrant. at full tide. He
arises to drive the gardener from
his guardsn, tho lover from tho
trse-lined walk, and folk in their
leisure from tho places of favored
advertisement. He chases human
ity behind Screens whom frsfliss
and whippoorwill, stars and fra
grant freezes invite to outdoors.
He leaves the irritant of his poi
sons to distract the mind which
otherwise might mount restfully
above the inks and dust and glare
of day. He exists by suffsranos.
He operates within short distance
OF tho place where he was born.
His pasture is the locality which
Was Indifferent enough to furnish
his cradle. From it to bis dinner
table 10 a short flight For birth
hs needs standing water.
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Succession Sale.
Estate of Joseph BallOta

Estate Of Joseph BallOta
No. 5000. Probate Docket, District Court
Parish of st. Landry, La.
By virtue of an order of the Hon. B.
H. Pavy. Judge of the 10th Judicial Dis
trict Court, in and for the Parish of St.
Landry, Louisiana. there will be sold
for cash, at public auction to the last
and highest bidder, by the undersigned
administrator, or any licensed auction
or, at the front door of the Court House
of St. Landry parish, at Opelousas, La,
on
Saturday May 23rd, 1914,
at IL o'clock a. M. the following desert
bed property, tO-wit:
That certain tract of land situated in
the parish Of st. Martin, La, with all
the improvements thereon and appur-
tsnances thereto belonging. measuring
sixty-three arpents in superficial area.
bounded on the north by Mrs. Dora Gull
beau. on the south by property of Adrien
Leblanc, on the east by Lucas Hardy
and on the west by public road.
Terms-Cash.
GEORGE GREIG.
April IS st Administrator,
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