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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-04


Mrs. Douglas face lit with a quick 'Inile,
"Can husband ever carry about a secret al
81, life and q woman who loves him have no
e,,.ncion Of it? knew it by his refusal 10
talk about some episodes in his American me.
/ knew it by certain precautions ne took }
lncw il bv certain words he let fall. J knew
:, NV the way ne looked at unexpected stran-
GERS. | was perfectly certain that he bad some
noycrrul enemies, that he believed they were
on nj, track and that ne was always on his
GUARD against them. was 50 sure Oh It that
for wears I have been terrified if ever ne came
home later than was expected.
"Niqht | ask" said Holmes, "what the
words were which attracted your attention.
"Thc Valley Of Fear the lady answered.
@That was an expression nc has used when |
questioned him. I have been in the Valley
Of Fear. | am not out Of it yet. Are we
never to get out Of the Valley Of Fear;
have asked him when have seen him more
scrious than usual. Sometimes think that
we never shall. ne has answered.
~Surclv you asked him what he meant by
the Valley Of Fear"
81 did; but his face would become very
crave and ne would shake his head. 1T Is
bad enough that one Of us should have been
in It's shadow he said Please God it shall
never fall upon YOU, 1t was some real valley
in which ne had lived and in which something
terrible had occurred to him, Of that | am
certain but can tell you no more
"And ne never mentioned any names"
"Ycs. he was dcrious with fever once when
he had his hunting accident three years ago.
Then remember that there was a name that
came continually to his lips. He spoke it with
ANGER and a sort Of horror. McGinty was the
namc-B odvmastcr McGinty. | asked him
when he recovered who Bodymastcr McGinty
was. and whose body he was master Of
Never Of mine. thank God" he answered
with a laugh, and that was all | could get
from him. But there is a connection between
Bodymaster McGinty and the Valley Of
Fear"
~Thcrc IS one other point" said Inspector
Macdonald "You met Mr.. Douglas in a
boarding house in London. did YOU not, and
became engaged to him there? Was there
any romance. anything secret or mysterious,
about the wcdding>"
"Thcrc was romance. There Is always ro-
nance. There was nothing mysterious"
"IIc had no rival"
$40, was quite free"
~N-,,, have hoard mo- loulf that his we'd
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-04

Mrs DOUGLAS i'm her room; but she had rcphcd
that she would meet Us i'm the dining room
Che entered now. a tall and beautiful woman
If thirty. reserved and sclf-posscsscd to a re-
,oorl,ohlc decree. very different from the tragic
and distracted figure had pictured. tbs true
that her face was pale and drawn, like that 81
one who had endured great shock but her
manner was composed, and the finely nodded
hand which she rested upon the edge OF the
table was as steady rs my own. Her sad, APP
ncolino eyes Travelled from one to the other
of us with a curiousy inqulsitivc expression.
That questioning gaze transformed itself sud
denly into abrupt speech
"IIavc YOU found anything out yct'' she
asked.
Was il my imagination that there was an
undcrtonc of fear rather than Of hope IN the
question?
"Wc have taken every possible step, Mrs.
DOUGLAS" said the Inspector. "Iou may rest
assured that nothing will be neglected."
"Sparc no money" She said IN dead, even
tone. at is my desire that every possible
effort should be made.
"Pcrhaps YOU can tell Us something which
NAV throw some light upon tie matter
81 fear not; but all know is at your ser
vice"
~Wc have heard from Mr.. Cecil Barker that
YOU did not actually sec that YOU were never
in the room where the tragedy occurred"
$40. he turned me back upon the stairs.
He begged me to return to my room
"Ouitc So You had heard the shot, and
YOU had at once come down.
a put on my dressing gown and then came
down."
GLOW long was it after hearing the shot
that YOU were stopped on the stair by Mr..
Barkcr;"
at may have been a couple Of minutes. 1t
is SO hard to reckon time at such a moment.
He imporcd me not to 90 on He assured me
that could DO nothing. Then Mr. Alicn,
the housckccpcr, led me upstairs again. 1t
was all like some dreadful dream.
Can YOU give Il, any idea how long your
husband had been downstairs before YOU
heard the shot"
40. cannot say He went from his
dressing ROOM and did not hear him 60. He
did the round Of the house every night; for
he was nervous of fire. 1t i, the only thing
that have ever known him nervous Of"
"That is lust the point which | want to
come TO- Mrs Douglas, You have known
your husband only in England, have YOU not
ayes, we have been married five years
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1914-12-11

Our present stock must be closed out by January 1st
will be done for prices less than cost Can you afford to miss
money saving opportunity? Think it over, and come into our
that we may show you the many bargains we have to offer.
loss is your gain. COME.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-07-15

times in the morning to get his pard-
ner up; I'm going out to the mine!"
Then, with a saddle-gun under his
knee and his six-shooter hung at his
hip, he rode rapidly down the road,
turning out from time to time to let
long cavalcades Of mules string by.
The dead-eyed %arrieros, each with his
combined mule-blind and whiplash
swinging free, seemed to have very
little on their minds but their pack
lashings, and yet they must be three
days out from Moctezuma-
Their mules, too, were well loaded
with the products Of the hot country
-fanegas of corn In red leather sacks,
oranges and fruits in hanu-nade
crates, panoches Of sugar in balanced
frames, long joints Of sugar-cane for
the dulce pedlers, and nothing to indi
cate either haste or fight.
Three times he let long pack-trains
go by without a word, and then at last,
overcome by curiosity, he inquired
about the reyoltosos.
What revoltosos?" queried the old
man to whom he spoke.
why, the men of Bernardo Bravo"
answered Bud; "the men who are
marching to take Moctezuma."
when I left Moctezuma," returned
the old man politely, all was quiet
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-07-15
XIII.

For sixty days and more, while the
weather had been turning from cold
to warm and they had been labortng
feebly to clear away the great slide
Of loose rock that covered up the
ledge, the Eagle Tail mine had re-
manned d mystery.
Whether, like the old Eagle Tail Of
frontier fable, it was so rich that only
the eagles head was needed to turn
the chunks into twenty-dollar gold
pieces; or whether. like many other
frontier mines, 1t was nothing but a
hole in the ground. was a matter still
to be settled. And Bud, for one, was
determined to settle it quickly.
Come on" he said, as Phil hest
tated to open up the wa7 to the lead;
I'VE got a month"; maybe less. to get to
the bottom Of this; and then the hills
Will be lousy with rebels. If they's
nothing here, we want to find out
about 1t quick and skip-and If we
strike it, by grab, they amt enough
red-faggers In Sonora to pry me
loose from it. So show these hombres
where to work and we'll be up against
rock by the end Of the week.
The original Eagle Tail tunnel had
been driven into the side Of a steep
hill; so steep, in fact, that the loose
ehale stretched in long shoots from
the base Of the frowning porphyry
dikes that crowned the tops OF the
hills to- the bottom of the canyon. On
either side Of the discovery gulch
sharp ridges, perforated by the gopher
holes of the Mexicans and the ancient
workings of the Spaniards, ran di.
rectly upthe hill to meet the contact
But 1t was against the face OF the big
ridge itself that" Kruger had driven
his drift and exploded his giant blast
Of dynamite, and the WHOLE slope had
been altered and covered with a slide
Of rock.
Against this slide, In the days when
they were marking time, Bud and his
pardner had directed their energies,
throwing the loose stones aside, build
Ing up walls against the slip. and
clearing the way to the solid schist
There, somewhere beneath the tumble
of p~owder-riven rock. lay the ledge
which, If they found it, would make
them rich: and now with s~ingle-jack
and drill, they attacked the last huge
fragments, blasting them into pieces
and groveling deeper, until they could
strike the contact, where the schist
and porphyry met and the gold spray
had spewed up between.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-07-15
YEARS HAD LEFT THEIR MARK
Great Artists Model for Divine Face
Served Later In Depletion of
That of Judas.

On the wall of an old monastery IN
Milan hangs the famous Last Sup
per- Of Leonardo da Vinci. 1t is said
that this artist, in painting the/ faces
Of the apostles, studied the counte-
nances Of good men whom be knew.
When he was ready to paint the face
of Christ he could find none that would
satisfy his conception. After years Of
careful search, says the Strand Mag
azine, the painter happened to meet
one Pietro Bardinelli, a choir-boy Of
exquisite voice, belonging to the ca
thedral. Being struck by the beautiful
features and tender n that be-
spoke an angelic soul, the artist in
duced the boy to be the study for the
divine face.
All was done carefully and reverent-
ly, but the picture was yet incom-
plete, for the face Of Judas was alb.
sent. Again the painter set about in
search Of a countenance. Years passed
before his search was rewarded and
the picture finally completed. AS the
artist was about to dismiss the miser-
able and degraded wretch who had
been his awful choice, the man looked
up at him and said:
you have painted me before"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-07-15
SYNOPSIS.

Bud Hooker and Phil De Lancey are
forced, owing to a revolution In Mexico,
10 give up their mining claim and return
to the United States. In the border town
Of Gadsden Bud meets Henry Kruger, a
wealthy miner, who makes him a propo-
sition to return to Mexico to acquire titie
to a very rich mine which Kruger mao
blown up when he found he had peeh
cheated out Of the title by one a = 1srse
sum in an unsuccessful attempt to relo-
cate the vein and then allowed wed he ns E Iana 20
arrive at Fortuna near where the mine,
known as the Eagle Tan; is located SanSaz T w6S
has been friendly to Kruger, to acquire
the title for them. and get a permit nst 10 AND nd
accuses them of jumping his claim. BUG
discovers that matrimonial entansie" nai;5
title. Phil. who has been paying atts
ton to Aragon's daughter. Gracla' de
cides to turn Mexican and get the tiIte
in his own name. Bud objects TO INV h,s
attentions to Gracia- Aragon fails IN ms
attempt to drive them off the claim. Feo
els are reported in the vicinity.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-07-15
Old Memories.

Representative Simeon D. Fess of
Ohio met an os8 friend in Washington
the other day and they fell to discuss
ing the ravages of time. especially in
regard to loss Of hair.
Eyes, I have q great prejudice
against being bald" remarked Fess'
friend, "but l guess I'm elected"
well, you know the old story about
the big fly and the little fly" said Fess.
"The big fly and the little fly were
promenading across an expansive bald
head, and the big fly remarked to the
little fly: See this fine, wide boule-
ward here? l can remember when it
was nothing but a narrow cowpath.'"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-07-15
Special High School Course.

Columbia.-Believing that the sum-
mer school for teachers at the Univer-
sity Of South Carolina is an excellent
place for the development Of new plans
for broadening high school education,
professors in the school are now CIV
ing their close attention and consid-
Grafton to the question of placing in
the school curriculum a course in the
fundamentals of citizenship. Discus
sions on the subject have been started
and will be continued throughout the
course by members Of the faculty and
visiting men.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-07-15
Plan Babby Show For Fair.

F aFEEH
Columbia.-The number Of fires and
amount Of insurance losses reported
to r. H. McMaste-, insurance commits
sioner, by the insurance companies as
having occurred previous to Or during
the month of June total 203 fires, with
an insurance loss of $S5, 04S.44. This
brings the total number Of fires for
the year 1914 up to 1926. with "a
gross insurance loss Of s609,039.98. In
the first six months of 1913 there were
955 fires with an insurance loss Of
ST. 00,716.39. 80
Thirty-one Of the 203 fires in June
were caused by lightning, which ranks
first in the known auses of fires.
Sparks on the roof and carelessness
were together responsible for 40 fires
causing a property loss of about $17,-
900. Defective electric wiring, how
ever, with only three fires caused the
largest insurance loss from any one
cause.
Fires from preventable causes dur.
ing the month Of June resulted in rs
per cent Of the losses, and free labeled
suspicious or incendiary made upE 10
per cent Of the total, which is q larg-
er percentage than is usually credited
to this class. Unpreyentable fires
caused an insurance loss Of $38,075. so,
which is approximately A per cent
of the total losses. Fire from unknown
causes makes UP the remaining IL per
cent. a.. 2ffi
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-07-15
New Church Building Opened.

Florence. - The new Methodist
church, recently completed, was OPEN
ed for public worship recently. The
building is one Of the handsomest in
the city, having cost the people of the
congregation and their friends more
than $4,000. 1t is one of the largest
and one Of the most conveniently ar
ranged church buildings in the state.
It was necessary to open the folding
doors that divide the auditorium prop
er and the Sunday school rooms. The
service was simple and with but little
reference to the new home.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-07-15
Fire Loss Shows Decrease.

Columbia.-At the suggestion Of
Miss Mary E. Frayser Of Winthrop
Normal and Industrial College and an
expert in the extension work carried
on by that college and the United
States department Of agriculture, E.
j. Watson, commissioner of agricul:
ture, will take up with the manage,
ment of the state fair the advisable.
ty OF holding a baby contest during
the fair. AS planned the contest is
to be soley for educational purposes
and in addition to the advice given for
the better care of babies there will
also be a special exhibit Of analyses
Of baby food >
In the letter Of Miss Frayser to
Mr.. Watson she. states that the main
object is to give advice to the mo.
theirs with reference to the care and
feeding Of babies. She points out the
success, which marked a similar
movement carried on in Iowa in 1911.
The contest will be a state movement
and will supplement the work of 10
~calities which for some time have
been holding similar contests. The
printed score cards Of the Woman's
Home Companion will be used.
81 request that any person." said
Mr.. Watson, who has grains of any
kinds of specimens of peaches, toma.
toes and the like, send them to me by
express, collect. The grain should
be in sheaf and from two to six
bundles. Not less than half a crate
of fruits should be shipped.
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man who flirss' With . woman I'd Ne1-

man who airss' With . woman I'd Mex
Ice Is called. -
Say, Phil" he hailed, disrega-ding
his pardner's obvious preoccupation;
break away for a minute and tell me
what kind Of powder to get to break
that schist-the store closes at five
o'clock, and
He thrust his head out the door as
he spoke and paused, abashed.
Through the half-closed portal Of the
next balcony but one he beheld the
golden hair of Gracia Aragon, and she
fixed her brown eyes upon him with
a dazzling, mischievous smile.
"O-ho!" murmured Bud, laying a COM
polling hand on De Lancey and bacs-
ing swiftly out Of range; 80 this is
what you're up to-talking signs! But
say, Phil" he continued, reckoning
him peremptortly with a jerk OF his
head, Il got ten men hired and a lot
of grub bought, and If you don't pick
out that mining stuff we're going to
lose a day. So get the Lady to excuse
you and come on now"
"Ip a minute" pleaded Phil, and he
went at the end Of his allotted time,
and perhaps it was the imp Of Jealousy
that pr, strength into Hooker's arm.
well, shat's all right" said Bud. as
Phil began hA laughing excuses; but
you want to remember the Maine
pardner-we didn't come down here to
play the bear. When they's any love
making to be done I want to be In
on it. And you want to remember thai
promise you made me-you said you
wouldn't have a thing to do with the
Aragon outfit unless I was with you!"
"Why, you aren't-you aren't jeal'
GUS, are you, Bud?"
Eyes, I'm jealous!' answered Hooker
harshly; Jealous as the devil! And
l want you to keep that promise, seer
cav, Bud" began De Lancey In
credulously; but Hooker silenced hin'
with q look. Perhaps he was really
Jealous, or perhaps he only said 30 to
have his way, but Phil saw that he
was in earnest, and he went quietly
by his side.
But love had. set his brain In q
whirl, and he thought no more OF his
~promise-only Of some subtler way OF
meeting his inamorata, some way
which Bud would fail to see.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-07-15
Gold in the South.

Columbia-SiX Southern states min.
I'D $167,730 CT gold in 1913, North
Carolina leading, with s126,44S, or rs
er cent, of the total, Georgia being
second, s15,10S; Alabama third, SILL
o94; Tennessee fourth, $685.; South
Carolina fifth, 1881, and Virginia
sixth, 1904. Although there is still
much gold in the South, the output
has never regained its relative impor-
lance enjoyed until the discovery OF
gold in California in 1849. ntil 1880
Ill the gold coined in this country
vas supplied chiefly y North Carolina.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-07-15
Sumter Crops Fine.

Sumter.-In the cotton world Aug
ust makes or breaks and August is yet
to come; but today the crops of Sum.
ter county are certainly in fine shape.
Cotton looks splendidly and corn,
which did not promise so well earlier
in the season, now shows up well.
The farmers are all smiles and are
cheerful. but the town people have
visions of such prosperous country
folk, that they won't other to bring
in wood, poultry or pork, and so the
cost of high living will probably take
another advance.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-07-15
Enoineer Misread Watch.

Columbia.-The death of J.. M. East
erby recently at Registers station was
found to be accidental by the coro-
ner's jury, which heard testimony re-
lating to the werck that resulted in
the engineers death. r. l.. Kirby,
engineer on engine No. 701 into which
the passenger train ran, was exoner-
ated of all blame. 1t was brought out
that he had made a mistake in read
Ing his watch, thus estimating that
he had Is minutes in which to switch
from the east end Of the yard to the
vest.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-07-15

there were no revoltosos. Since then.
I cannot say"
But the soldiers!" cried Bud.
Surely you saw them! They were
marching to fight the rebels"
Perhaps So" shrugged the arriero,
laying the lash of his topojo across
the rump of a mule; "but I know moth.
ing about It,"
mo-" muttered Bud, as he continued
on his way; land I'll bet nobody else
does" -, 49,.
Inquiry. showed that in this, too, he
was correct. From those who Travelled
fast and from those who travelled slow
he received the same wondering an
swer-the country might be filed with
revoltosos; but, as for them, they
knew nothing about It.
Not until he got back to, Fortuna
and the busy federal telegraph wire
did he hear any more news Of rapine
and bloodshed, and the light which
dawned upon him then was gradually
dawning upon the whole town.
It was a false alarm, given out for
purposes Of state and the higher poll.
tics: with which Mexico Is cursed, and
the most. that was ever seen, Of Der.
nardo Bravo and his lawless men was
twenty miserable creatures, half.
starved, but with guns in their hands,
who had come down out Of the noun.
tains east of Moctezuma and killed a
few COWS for beef.
Thoroughly Disguised, and yet
vaguely alarmed at this bit Of opera,
bouffe warfare, Bud set himself reso.
lutely to work to hunt up mel for
their mine. and, as many poor peoplG
were out of employment because 81
the general stagnation Of business. he
500 had ten Mexicans at his call IS
Then, as Phil had dropped oft of
sight. he ordered supplies at the store
and engaged Cruz Mendez-who had
spent his fortune in three days-to
pack the goods out on his mules.
They were ready to start the next
morning If De Lancey could be found
to order the powder and tools, and as
the afternoon wore on and no Phil
appeared, Bud went on a long hunt
which finally discovered him in the
balcony Of their window, making signs
in the language Of the bear" as a
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-07-15
sennettsviIIe Makes improvements.

Bennettsville. Bennettsville has
completed two and one-half miles of
cement sidewalks, having built more
permanent work in the past two
months than in the entire history Of
tina city. Almost two miles were laid
in The street leading from the bust
ness district to both the Coast Line
and Bennettsville & Cheraw railroad
depnts. These sidewalks, outside the
business section, are five feet wide
and we're put down to grades estab-
lished by a competent engineer. A
spirit of improvement is growing fast.