The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1914-05-27
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8 ILLUSTRATED ~ LAUREN STOUT
SYNOPSIS.

\ CHAPTER I-John Valiant, a rich 30
mn vent corporation. which his father
EcFoe Of his wealth. has failed.
ontHAPTER II-He voluntarily turns
;al 0r his private fortune to the receiver
~ ~ tho corporation.
CHAPTER Hills entire remaining
l@ white bull dog and Damory court a
Hhaeiected estate in Virginia.
CHAPTER rv--He learns that this es-
ltete came into the family by royal grant
and has been In the possession OF the
lVahants ever since
CHAPTER Won the way to Damory
se0urt no meets Shirley Dandridgc, an au-
nurn.haired beauty. and decides that To
10 going TO like Virginia immensely.
CHAPTER vI-.An old negro tells Shir-
ley's fortune and predicts great trouble
'Sos her on account Of q man.
CHAPTER yII-Unclo Jefferson. an OLD
fnagro. takes Valiant to Damory court.
CHAPTER vIII-shirley's mother, Mrs.
Dondridge, and Major Bristow exchange
tsminiscences during which It is revealed
that the major. Valiant's father, and q
man named Sassoon, wero rivals for tho
hand OF Mrs cambridge In her youth.
sa.soon and Valiant fought duel on hor
CHAPTER IX--valiant finds Damory
court overgrown with weeds and creep
erS and the buildings In q very much
Ineglected condition Uncle Jefferson and
ihs wite. Aunt Daphne are engaged as
lHervants.
CHAPTER X-Valiant explores ha nm
loeStral homo. He IL surprised by fox
hunting party which invades his estate.
party.
10 CITY cDn nNf f,,or ~
the cornered fox. GoSsips discuss the ad-
vent Of tho new owner and recall tho
tragedy In which the elder Valiant took
/ CHAPTER XII-vaiant decides to re
|hebilitate Damory court and mako tho
land produce n living for him.
CHAPTER XITI-FIe meets Shirley, who
has been gathering flowers on tho Valiant
testate. and reveals his identity to her.
CHAPTER XIV-Valiant saves Shirley
from the bite OF q snake which bites him
Knowing tho deadlincss OF the bite. Shr-
10y sucks the poison from the wound and
aaves his life.
CHAPTER XV-Shlrley tells her mother
OF the incident and the latter Is strangely
,moved at hearing that Valiant is again
living at Damory court
CHAPTER XVI-Valant learns somo
of the history Of his family from Doctor
iSouthall and Major Bristow.
CHAPTER XvII-Hc learns for the
,nret tlme that his rather LETT Virginia or
account of a duel in which Doctor South
all and Major Bristow acted as his faith
,ers seconds.
!. CHAPTER XVIII-Valiant and Shirley
become good friends. Mrs. cambridge
tfalnts when she first meets Valiant.
And to think" ho continued whim
s1cally releasing him, that | might
nave gone on, one of the ittle-neck
clam crowd I've always trained with
ut the same old pace, till tho Yer
th-cocktail-Palm-B Beach career got
double Nelson on ms and the umpire
counted me out. At this moment
wouldn't swap this old house and land
and the sunshine and that 'gyarden
and Unc' Jefferson and Aunt Daph
and the chickens and the birds and
All the rest Of it. for milo Of Mil
Sionaises' Row."
He went into the house and to the
library. The breeze through the wide
flung bow-window was nuttering the
papers on the desk and the map on
the wall was Tapping sidewise. He
went to straighten it, and then saw
what he had not noticed before-that
1f covered something that had been let
into the plaster. He swung it aside
and made an exclamation.
He was looking at q square, uncom
promising wall.safe, with a round fig
ured disk Of white metal on it's face
He knelt before it and tried it's knob
AFTER moment 1t turned easily. But