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Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1914-12-10

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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-12-09
Copyright, 1914. By Harold MacGrathl

not served to bring him into the
circle"
"H~argreave is dead" said Vroon
stolidly.
CAS- dead as l am" snarled Braine.
1.-TWO men went away in that balloon;
and I'll wager my head that one nan
came back. l am beginning to put
a few things together that I have
not thought of before. Who knows?
That balloon may have been carried
out to sea ~purposely. The captain on
that tramp steamer may have lied
from beginning to end. I tell you,
Hargreave is alive, and wherever he
is he has his hand on all the wires.
He has agents, too, whom we know
nothing about. Hang the million! l
want TO put my hands on Hargreave
Just to prove that I am the better
man. He communicates with Jones, per-
haps through the reporter; he has had
me followed; it was he who changed
the boxes, bored the hole in the cell
ing of the other quarters and learned
heaven knows what"
IF that's the case" said Vroon,
why hasn't he had US apprehended?"
Braine laughed heartily. Haven't
you been able to see by this time what
his game is? Revenge. He does not
want the police to NEEDLE only in the
smaller affairs. He wants to put ter
ror into the hearts of all of US. Keep
this point in your mind when you act.
He'll v summon the police unless
we make a broad daylight attempt to
get possession of his daughter. And
even then he would make it out a
plain case Of kidnapping. Elimination,
that's the word. AIN right. Well
play at that game ourselves. No. 1
shall be Mr.. Norton. And If you fail
I'll break you," Braine added to the
eX-reporter.
"Ill get him." said the man sullenly.
Later, when he applied for a situa-
ton on the Blade, it happened that
there were two strikes on hand, and
two or three extra men were needed
on the city staff. The mar from the
Black Hundred vas given a temporary
job and went by the name of Gregg.
For three days he worked faithfully,
abstaining from his favorite tipple.
He had never worked in New York,
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SO his record was unknown. He had
told the city editor that he had worked
on a Chicago paper, now defunct.
He paid no attention whatsoever to
Norton, a sign Of no little acumen.
On the other hand Norton never went
forth on an assignment that Gregg
did not know exactly where he was
going. But all these stories kept Nor
ton in town; and it would be altogeth-
er too risky to attempt to handle him
anywhere but outside of town. So
Gregg had to abide his time.
1t came soon enough.
Norton was idling at his desk when
the city editor called him up to the
wicket.
General Henderson has just re-
turned to America. Get his opinion
on the latest Balkan rumpus. He's
out at his suburban home. Here's the
address"
How long will you hold open for
me?" asked Norton. meaning how long
would the city editor wait for the
story.
Till %one-thirty. You ought to be
back by midnight. It's only eight
now"
All right; Henderson's approach
able. l may get a good story out OF
him."
Maybe thought Gregg, who had
lost nothing of this conversation.
1t was his opportunity. He imme-
diately left the zone of the city desk
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SYNOPSIS.

Stanley Hargreave, millionaire, after q
miraculous escape from the den Of the
gang of brilliant thieves known as the
Black Hundred. lives the life Of a recluSe
for eighteen years. Hargreave accidental
ly meets Braine, leader Of the Black u
he escapes from his own home by a bal
loon. Before escaping he writes a letter
to the girls school where eighteen years
before he mysteriously left on the door-
step his baby daughter. Florence GrSy;
hat day Hargreave also draws sl,oW;Wo
this dropped into the sea when the balloon
he escaped in was punctured, FLORENCE
arrives from the girls school, countess
Olga, Braine's companion, visits her ana
t~ectives call, but their plot Is foiled by
Norton, a newspaper man. After railing
in their first attempt, the Black Hundred
trap Florence. They ask her for money,
but she escapes, again foiling them. Nor
next day, once more safe at home. The
visitors having gone, Jones removes a
section Of flooring and from a cavity
takes a box. Pursued by members OF the
Black Hundred. ne PUSHES to the water
front and succeeds in dropping the box
into the sea. Accomplices Of Braine Kid
nap Florence and hurry her of to sea-
She leaps overheard and is picked up IN a
dazed condition by fishermen. Braine,
QlSSulSeQ as ler IalEeE, ldhSS icf uoSh W
sea with him. Florence sets fire to the
boat and is rescued by a ship on which
Norton has been s~hanghaied. Concealed
above the rendezvous OF the Black Hun
dred, a man learns of the recovery or
the box from the sea by a sailor and or
its subsequent return to the bottom OF the
sea, and he quickly communicates the
fact to Jones. A duplicate box Is planted
and later secured by the band, blu before
its contents are examined the box mys-
teriously disappears. Finding himself
checkmated at every turn, Braine endeav.
ors to enmesh the Hargreave household
in the law in order to gain free access TO
the house. The timely discovery OF the
plot by Norton sets the police at the heels
Of the pack and results in a raid on the
gangs rendezvous. which, however, proves
to be barren of results. Following a tele-
phone message Jones received from q
mysterious person whom he addressed as
''sir." Florence is again lured from her
home and taken out to sea. Ihrousn
N~orton's daring and skill as an aviator
she is rescued and returns to her nome IN
time to confront an agent Of the BACK
Hundred. Through treachery In the Har-
greave household Florence Is delivered IN
to the hands Of an INSCRIPTIONS DOCTOR
who is in the pay Of the Black HUNDRED.
From the faithful Susan Norton Learns
that the doctor has declared that Flor-
ence is stricken with smallpox and that ne
Is preparing to spirit her away. BY, act
ing quickly the reporter. with the AID OF
Susan, succeeds in extricating the young
woman from the danger after an encoun-
ter with members Of the gang
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METH0DIsTs ORDER DIVISION
The Original Boundary Suggestion
Was Adopted by the Church and
Meeting Places Selected.

Sumter.-The session of the Meth.
odist conference was featured by the
adoption of the Mcleod resolution
fixing the boundary line of the divi-
sion Of the conference, the selection
of Spartanburg for the meeting place
for the first session of the new Upper
South Carolina conference, the cleo
ton of w. C. kirkland for editor Of
the Southern Christian Advocate and
the selection of Trinity church, Char
lesion for the next meeting of the
South Carolina conference.
In the Mcleod resolution which was
adopted, the boundary line is as
follows:
THAT the line of division Of the
South Carolina conference be and is
hereby fixed as follows: Beginning
at the North Carolina line follow the
line between Chesterfield and Ian
caster counties, between Kershaw and
Lancaster counties, between Kershaw
and Fairfield counties, thence across
Richland county in a direct. line from
the junction of Kershaw and Fair
field counties at the Richland line to
the junction Of the Seaboard Air Line
and the Southern railways, thence In
a direct line to Ridgewood, thence fol.
lowing the trolley lines to Tyatt Park,
thence In a direct line to Simms sta
tion on the Atlantic Coast Line rail-
way, thence in a direct line to the
junction Of Calhoun and Lexington
counties az the southern Richland
county line, from thence the line. be-
tween Calhoun and Lexington coun-
ties, between Orsngeburg and Lex
ington counties, between Orangeburg
and Aiken counties, between Barn
we'll and Aiken counties to the Sa-
vannah river; except that Smyrna and
Ebenezer churches in Kershaw county
shall remain in the Upper conference
and Kershaw and Salley churches
shall remain In the Lower conference.
THAT the name Of the Lower con-
ference shall be the South Carolina
conference and that said conference
shall retain the historical records. the
session, number and the chronology
cal roll; that the name Of the upper
conference shall be the Upper South
Carolina conference
On motion Of w. L. Gray, the &C.
ton of the conference was made
unanimous.
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MAJ. that WIS SS9tence enough for
the astute butler. But what meant
the pantomime and the subsequent
hurry? He soon learned. The maa
Gregg went his way, and then Jim
turned the corner. Jones cast a wis.,
full glance at the vanishing cab Of the
Russian, and decided to shadow the
shadowel-in other words, follow the
reporter, to see that nothing serious
befell BIN. 49,
The iurer finally paused at a door,
opened it with a key, and swung it
behind him, very careful, however, not
to spring the latch. Naturally Jim
vas nightly pleased when he found
the door could be opened. Whan
Jones, not far behind, saw him open
the door, he started to call out a VAIN
Ing, but thought the better Of it If
Norton was walking into a trap it was
far better that he, Jones, should re-
main outside Of it. If Jim did not
appear after a certain length OF time,
he would start an investigation on his
own account.
No sooner was Jim in the hall ray
thai he was set upon and overFow-
cred. They had in this house what
was known as "the punishment ROOM"
HIRE traitors paid the reckoning and
were never more heard of. Into this
room Jim was unceremoniously
dropped when Braine found that he
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SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS ITEMS.

President Wilson has been invited
to visit Aiken during Christmas time.
Pee Dee farmer sare sowing more
gain than usual. -,
Richland farmers are boosting the
growing Of tobacco.
The State Convention Of Christian
Endeavor Societies had a busy meet
ing in Columbia.
A committee met in Rock Hill to
plan the state oratorical contest.
H. E. Danner Of Beaufort has been
elected manager Of the varsity foot
ball team of the U. Of S. C.
The "pay your bills" movement in
Columbia has been a success.
The Farmers Union warehouse at
Barnwell and 165 bales Of cotton were
burned a few days ago.
Farmers of Marion county have
formed a potato growers association.
Two men were killed and three SER
iously injured by a boiler explosion
near Hodges recently.
The grain canvassers are continu-
ing their "live-at-home" campaign.
The Aiken Agricultural Club now
boasts Of owning its own home.
B. B. Hare of the national depart
ment Of agriculture, with offices at
Saluda, was in Columbia recently.
W. L. Hand, High School Inspector,
has been spending a week in York
county.
Much business was disposed Of by
the State U. D. C. convention at York
vile.
The College Press Association Of
South Carolina held it's annual ses-
sions in Columbia with 40 delegates
present representing IA South Caro-
lima institutions Of learning.
Columbians consume, it is said,
about 100000 pounds of butter. The
average retail price per pound is 81
cents.
E. J. Watson, state commissioner Of
agriculture, commerce and industries,
has accepted an appointment to repre-
S6uI COlulllDld d. IuS oOuluSlu SOlu-
mercial congress, meeting in Wash
ington, December u.
John L. McLaurin, state warehouse
commissioner, has returned from an
extended trip to Washington and New
York City, relative to the collateral
value of South Carolina warehouse re-
ceipts.
The governor has accepted the
resignation of Julius E. Cogswell as
colonel of the Third infantry, accord
ing to a letter received at the Office
Of the adiutant general.
The girls tomato clubs and the
boys corn clubs of Clarendon county
held their fall meeting and exhibit in
Manning recently. Both clubs have
accomplished much this year.
Lancaster county people are boost
ing their fair.
James A. Hayne, M. D., state health
attended tha American Public
Health Association at Jacksonville,
Fla.
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could get no information from the res
olute reporter.
The room did not look sinister, but
for all that it possessed the faculty OF
growing smaller and smaller, slowly
or swiftly, as the man above at The
lever willed. When Jim was apprihed
Of this fact, he ran madly about in
search Of some mode,of escape, know
ing full well in his heart that he
should not find one.
Presently the machinery began to
work, and Norton's tongue grew dry
with terror. They had him this time;
there. was not the least doubt Of 1t.
And they had led him there by the
nose into the bargain.
Twenty minutes passed, and Jones
concluded it was time for him to act
He went forward to try the door, but
this time it was locked. Jones, how.
ever, was not without resource. Tho
house next door was vacant, and no
found a way into this, finally reaching
the roof. From this he jumped to the
other roof, found the scuttle open, and
crept down tbs stairs, flight AFTER
fight, till the whir of a motor ARE IT.
cd him.
Conspirators are often overeager,
too. So intent were the rascals upon
the business at hand that they did
not notice the door open slowly. It
did not take the butler more than
a moment to realize that his friend
and any was near certain death. With
an oath he sprang into the room, gave
Braine a push which sent him down
to join the victim, and pitched into the
other two. 1t was a battle royal while
It lasted. Jones knocked down n OF
them, yelled to Norton, aud kicked the
rope he saw down into the pit. One
end of this rope was attached to a ring
in the wall. And up this rope Norton
swarmed after he had disposed of
Braine. The tide Of battle then
swung about in favor Of the butler,
and shortly the fake reporter and his
companion were made to join their
chief.
Jones stopped the machinery. He
could not bring himself to let his en-
emies die so horribly. Later he knew
he would regret this sentiment.
When the people came, summoned
by some outsider who had heard the
racket of the conflict, there was no
one to be found in the pit. Nor vas
there any visible sign Of an exit.
There was one, however, built
against such an hour and known only
to the chiefs of the Black Hundred.
And still the golden tinted bank
notes reposed TRANQUILITY in their hid
ing place!
CTO BE CONTINUED.)
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Cics' and kept the Longworth house
hoid IN a panic as to what was going
to happen next.
They were too nimble and quick
to be punished for the evil OF their
ways n SO, week in and week out
the monkeys had a lovely time of It.
when MIR. and Mrs. Longworth enter
tanned, the little creatures were shut
up behind lock and key, and usually
wore themselves out in their effort to
break through, and went to sleep IN
consequence, from sheer exhaustion.
This had always insured the sue
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Governor viii Not Sign Notes.

Columbia.-At a meeting of the
states financial board in the office Of
the state treasurer, the bids for a loan
Of $150,000 for current expenses Of the
state government were opened. The
proposal of the Palmetto National
bank Of Columbia to take the notes
at a rate Of 5 per cent, was accepted
by two of the three members of the
board. Twenty banks were requested
to submit bids and only two propo-
sails were received.
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VIII Sell Seed to Farmers.

Columbia.-The Columbia chamber
Of commerce has offered to furnish
grain at cost to all farmers in Rich
land county who r absolutely in
need of assistance, and to this end
has set aside $50 as a nucleus. fund.
The plan Is to have the farmers give
notes, which will be made good at
the harvesting of the crop, without
interest and without definite date Of
maturity. The board Of directors has
enlisted the help Of E. E. Hall, farm
demonstration agent, in getting this
matter before the farmers.
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cess of a party, without any disturb
ing Interruptions, until one fateful
night when Mrs. Longworth looked
up to discover a monkey grinning at
her from the top of a picture. 1t was
only a second until the other one
climbed up the corner of the cloth,
and snatched a few nuts from some
Of the panic-stricken guests. His
partner in crime leaped from the pic
ture and perched himself upon the
shoulder of a guest, and the details
of what followed are not laid down
in the directions given to polite so
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people, and the signs of popular dis.
content were increasing daily. Partic.
ular offense was given by the repudia.
ton of Napoleon's famous concordat
with the church, also by the efforts
Of the government to prohibit all buy
ing and selling on religious holidays
and Sundays. Everywhere in France
there were premonitions of that situa-
ton which Napoleon foresaw when he
said: The Bourbons may put France
at peace with Europe, but how will
they put her at peace with than
selves?"