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"You Couldn't Keep Your Peculiar
Views Muzzled."

sensitive skin of the type. A red flush
of anger crept up under the closely
cropped beard. and his eyes were
bright.
cambridge scofTed openly; but he
was good -natured enough to make
amends when he saw that GriswOld
was moved.
Il take it all back" he said. Il sup
pose the book chicken has come home
again to roost. and a returned manu-
script accounts for anything. But,
seriously, Kenneth, you ought to get
down to bedrock facts. Nobody but
a crazy phenomenon can find pub
Usher for his first book, nowadays
unless he has had some sort Of an
introduction i'm the magazines or the
newspapers. You haven't had that;
so far as l know. you haven't tried
it,"
"Oh. yes. l have--tried and failed
1t isn't in me to do the salable thing,
and there isn't a magazine editor in
the country who doesn't know it by
this time. I tell you, Bainbridge, the
conditions are all wrong when n man
with a vital message to his kind can't
get to deliver it to the people who
want to hear it,"
Bainbridge ordered the small cOf-
fees and found his cigar case.
THAT is about what l suspected"
he commented impatiently. You
couldn't keep your peculiar views
muZzled even when you were writing
a bit of pot boiler on sugar plant
ing. You drop your fool socialistic
fad and write book that a reputable
publisher can bring out without COM
mitting commercial suicide. and you'll
stand some show"
Call it what you please; names
don't change facts. Listen"-Griswold
leaned upon the table: his eyes grew
hard and the blue in them became me-
tallic-"For more than a month !
have tramped the streets Of this
cursed city begging-yeS, that is the
word-begging for work of any kind
that would suffice to keep body and
soul together, and for more than half
of that time | have lived on one meal
n day. That is what we have come
to; we of the submerged majority.
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duty owed to society no less than to
the bank and to himself. But on the
pinnacle of resolution, at the instant
when, with the robber at his elbow,
he stepped to the window and pre-
sented the check, Andrew Galbraith
felt the gentle pressure Of the pistol
muzzle against his side; nay, more
he fancied he could feel the cold chill
Of the metal strike through and
through him.
So it came about that the fine reso-
luton had quite evaporated when he
said, with what composure there was
in him: You'll please give me cur
rency for this, Johnson"
The teller glanced at the check and
then at his superior; not too inquisi-
lively, since it was not his business
to question the presidents commands.
How will you have it?" he asked;
and it was the stranger at Mr. Gal
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CHAPTER 1.
At Chaudiere's.

1t was at Chaudieres that Griswold
had eaten his first breakfast in the
Crescent city, and it was at Chau-
dieres again that he was sharing a
farewell supper with Bainbridge OF the
Louisianian. Six weeks lay between
that and this; forty-odd days Of dis
couragement and failure superadded
upon other similar days and weeks
and months.
Without meaning to, cambridge had
been strewing the path with fresh
thorns for the defeated one. He had
just been billeted to write up the ba-
mana trade for his paper Boyishly ju-
bilant over the assignment, he had
dragged the New Yorker around to
Chaudiere's to a small parting feast.
Not that it had required much per-
suasion. Griswold had tasted for "a
hours, and if cambridge were not
friend in a purist's definition OF the
term, he was at least a friendly ac-
quaintance.
The burden of the table talk fell
upon cambridge, and it occurred to
the host that his guest was less than
usually responsive, fault not to be
Tightly condoned under the joyous cir
cumstances. Wherefore he protested.
What's the matter with you to-
night, Kenneth, old man? You're more
than commonly grumpy, it seems to
me; and that's needless"
Grisworld looked up with a smile
that was almost ill-natured, and quot
ed cynically: "'Unto everyone that
hath shall be given, and he shall have
abundance; but from him that hath
not, shall be taken away even that
which he hath"
Bainbridge's laugh was tolerant
enough to take the edge from his re-
tort.
That's a pretty thing to fling at a
man who never knitted you or pistoled
you or tried to poison you! An inno-
cent bystander might say you envied
me-"
"I do" rejoined Griswold gravely.
Il envy any man who can earn enough
money to pay for three meals a day
and a place to sleep in"
"Oh, cats foot!-anybody can do
that" asserted cambridge, with the
air of one whom the struggle for
existence has been a mere athletes
practice run.
Il know; that is your theory. But
the facts disprove it. l can't, for one"
Griswold was a fair man, with red
dish hair and beard and the quick and
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Watch Out For Them.-An exchange
says that from different parts Of the
country comes stories Of a swindle
successfully worked on farmers who
thought they were going to get cheap
groceries. Two smooth strangers
went through the communities taking
orders for a house in Chicago, pre-
tending to sell a standard brand Of
sugar and flour so cheap that every
farmer visited took SO to $50 worth
and other things besides. Because Of
the low prices the flour and sugar had
to be paid for in advance" 1t is al
legged that in one community the
swindlers picked up some s3,00O-and
no groceries delivered.
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CHAPTER II.
The Riqht of Milht.

Two days after the supper at Chau-
diere's the unimpetuous routine Of the
business quarter of New Orleans was
rudely disturbed by the shock Of a
genuine sensation.
To shatter at a single blow the most
venerable of the routine precedents,
the sensational thing chose for it's col
liding point with orderly system one
of the oldest and most conservative
of the city's banks-the Bayou State
Security. At ten o'clock, following
the precise habit Of half a lifetime,
Mr. Andrew Galbraith. president of
the Bayou State, entered his private
room in the rear of the main banking
apartment, opened his desk, and ad-
dressed himself to the business Of the
day. At half-past the hour the presi-
dent was left alone to read his cor
reSpOndence.
Being a man whose mental proc
esses were all serious, and whose
hobby was method, Mr.. Galbraith had
established a custom of giving himself
quiet half hour of inviolable seclu-
sion i'm which to read and consider
his mail. During this sacred interval
the stenographer standing guard in
the outer office. had instructions to
deny his chief to callers Of any and
every degree. Wherefore, when, at
90 minutes to II, the door of the pri-
vate office opened to admit a stranger,
the president was justly annoyed.
We'll, sir: what now?" he demand
ed, impatiently, taking the intruders
measure in a swift glance shot from
beneath his bushy white eyebrows.
The unannounced visitor was a
young man Of rather prepOssessing APP
pearance. a trihe tall for his breadth
Of shoulder, fair, with blue eyes and q
curling, reddish beard and mustache
the former trimmed to point. Sc
much the president was able to note
in the appraisive glance-and to re-
member afterward.
The caller made no reply to the curt
question. He had turned and was
closing the door. There was a quiet
insistence in the act that was like the
flick of whip to Mr.. Galbraith's irri-
tation.
IF you have business with me
you'll have to excuse me for n few
minutes" he protested, still more i'm
patiently. BE good enough to take 8
seat in the anterOom until | ring
MacFarland should have told you
The young man drew up chair ant
sat down, ignoring the request as il
he had failed to hear it. Ordinarily
Mr.. Andrew Galbraith's temper wa:
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"wednesday Evening, Feb. 9, 1862

"wednesday Evening, Feb. 9, 1862
The Militia.
There has been, during the past
week, a hurried gathering Of hayer-
sacks canteens and other equipments
by those included in the recent call
for the militia preparatory to leaving
for their field of service. The 34th
regiment from this district musters
goodly amount Of sturdy manhood
whose blows we hope will tell well
for it, in the coming struggle. South
Carolina needs her best bulwark
now" In the strong arms Of her
sturdy yeomen we hope she will not
look in vain for 1t.
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GENERAL NEWS NOTES


Around the World.
VIM. ]. Burns, the detective, insists
that Leo NJ. Frank is innocent and
that in a short time he will probably
be vindicated and believed.
Nearly all Of the zinc and lead mines
in the vicinity Of Joplin, Mo-, are
closed on account Of a strike Of the
miners who are demanding higher
wages.
Queen Victoria Of Sweden, on re-
cent visit to Berlin, declared her SYM
pathies to be with Germany, and add
ed, You may announce this to the
whole world" --'------'-,2 -,2 r
Since the opening Of the Panama
canal to general traffic in May Of last
year to June Of this year, the tolls
have totaled 100000. The canal is
again partly closed on account Of a
slide in the Culebra cut.
The famous International Text
book company, the largest Of Ameri-
can correspondence schools. is in A.
nancial difficulties, and its 5000 stock
holders will not receive any dividends
for several years to come.
A woman and a child were killed at
Newtonville. N. j., Monday, by being
knocked down and pulled along the
railroad tracks by the terrific suction
caused by a fast moving express train
as it passed a platform near the track
on which the woman was standing.
Mrs. Howard E. Gray Of Roaring
Branch, Pa, who a few weeks ago,
refused an offer Of 100000 from a
wealthy Philadelphian for her 2-year-
old daughter, died Monday, following
an operation in a Williamsport hos
pital.
Hon. William J. Bryan was to have
made an address before the Sons Of
Teutons" in Chicago Monday night.
On arriving at the Chicago station the
chairman Of the committee on arrange
ments informed Mr.. Bryan that the
proposed meeting had been called OF.
No public explanation was made.
A dispatch from Berlin says that in
the course of a recent visit Of the
kaiser to the western front, in the
neighborhood where many German
soldiers had been killed. the emperor
alighted from his horse and kneeled on
the ground, where he offered prayer
Rising, he said: "Oh, God, I did not
want this war"
Thos. Mccoy, former superintendent
Of the North Carolina internal reve-
nue. division, was arrested at Ashville
Monday, on a conspiracy indictment
returned by the Federal grand jury
at Fort Smith, Ark, last week, in con-
nection with the governments inves-
tigation Of the operation Of alleged IL
licit distilleries in several states Nc
Coy was released on $4,000 bond.
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The result Of the operation could not
be foretold yesterday afternoon. 800.
At a meeting Of the Tri-state Water
and Light association Of the Carroll
mas and Georgia, held in Asheville. N.
c., Mr.. L. v. Gaffney, superintendent
Of the local municipal light and water
plants was elected South Carolina vice
president Of the organization. The
meeting next year will be held at the
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. E. 8. Turn
er fell and broke her right ankle
Thursday afternoon after she had been
playing tennis with some friends.
Rock Hill Record, June %: Many Of
our readers will no doubt be interested
legiance which had to be signed by
Confederate prisoners at the close Of
the war in order that they be re-
leased and returned to their homes:
United States Of America: I, J. B.
Rawls, 9Th s. C. infantry, Of the coun-
ty Of York, district state Of South
Carolina, do solemnly swear that I
will support, protect and defend the
constitution and government Of the
United States against all enemies,
whether domestic or foreign; that I
will bear true faith, allegiance and
loyalty to same, any ordinance, resolu.
tion or laws Of any state convention
or legislature, to the contrary not
withstanding; and further. that will
faithfully perform all duties which
may be required Of me by the laws Of
the United States; and I will take
this oath freely and voluntarily. with
out any mental reservation or evasion
whatever. Signed, ]. B. Rawls. Sub
scribed and sworn to before me, this
9Th day Of June. A. D. 1865, at Fort
McHenry, Md. John L. Mount, major,
commanding post. The above named
has dark complexion, brown hair and
black eyes and is 8 feet and inches
high" Mr.. Rawls was at that time
wounded and wanted to come home,
and upon taking the above oath he was
released.
Lancaster News, Juno 20: The lay
ing Of the concrete base for the sheet
asphalt, which is to be put down on
residence Of Mr. w. T. Gregory this
morning. .... Just before going to
press we learn Of the death at Ker-
shaw this morning Of Mr.. L. d. Jones,
a well known business man Of that
place. Mr.. w. ]. McIlwain, who
underwent a serious surgical opera
tion at a hospital in Richmond, re-
turned home Saturday, much improv-
ed in health. 49,. Superintendent of
Education Lingle informs US that at
a recent meeting Of the county board
of education the Sims and Camp Creek
schools school district No. 16, were
consolidated. This action was taken
on petition Of the patrons Of both
schools.
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And that 1Snt all. Lie wage "oihe'
himself, when he is fortunate enough
to find a chance to earn his crust, is
but a serf; a chattel among the other
possessions of some fellow man who
has acquired him in the plutocratic
redistribution Of the earth and the
fullness thereof
Bainbridge glanced at his watch.
81 must be going" he said. THE
Adelantado drops down the river at
eleven. How are you fixed for the
present, and what are you going to do
for the future?"
II am fixed to run twenty-four
hours longer, thanks to your hospital
ity. For that length of time pre-
sumo l shall continue to conform to
what we have been taught to believe
is the immutable order Of things
After that"
He paused and cambridge put the
question. well, after that; what
them"
Then, If the chance to earn Is still
denied me, and l am sufficiently hun
gry, I shall stretch forth my hand and
take what l find.'
Bainbridge fished in his pocket and
took out a ten-dollar banknote. DO
that first" he said, offering Griswold
the money.
The proletary smiled and shook his
head.
The fruit steamer Adelantado, out
ward bound, was shuddering to the
first slow revolutions Of her propeller
when cambridge turned the key in
the door Of the stuffy little stateroom
to which he had been directed, and
went on deck.
why, hello, Broffin! How are you,
old man? Where the dickens did you
drop from?"
1t was the inevitable steamer ac-
uuaintance who is always at hand to
prove the trite narrowness Of the
world, and cambridge kicked a chair
into comradely place for him.
Broffin, heavy Drowned and clean
shaven save for a thick mustache that
hid the hard -bitted mouth, replaced
the chair to suit himself and sat down.
In appearance he was cross between
a steamboat captain on vacation and
an up-river plantation overseer recov-
ering from his annual pleasure trip
to- the city. But his reply to Balm
bridges query proved that he was nei-
ther.
II didn't drop; l walked. More than
that, kept step with you all the way
from Chaudiere's to the levee. You'd
be dead easy game for an amateur"
You'll get yourself disliked, the
first thing you know" said Bainbridge,
laughing. Cant you ever forget that
you are in the man-hunting business?
Where are you headed for, Broff1n?"
The man who might have passed for
a steamboat captain or a plantation
overseer, and was neither, chuckled
dryly.
GU uOIl eSpeCl ilie W SiNo IL o"oS
to you, and you a newspaper man, do
you? But l will-seeing you can't get
lit on the wires. I'm going down to
Guatemala after Morrison"
THE Crescent bank defaulter? BY
Jove! you've found him at last. have
your
The detective nodded. I've been
two years, off and on, trying to locate
Mortsen; and now that I've found him,
he is where he can't be eXtradited.
All the same, I'll bet you five to one
he goes back with me in the next
steamer-what?
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The first installment Of the notes ap-
pearing under this heading was pub
lished in our issue of November IA.
1913. The notes are being prepared by
the editor as time and opportunity per-
NIT. Their purpose Is to bring into
review the events Of the past for the
pleasure and satisfaction Of the older
people and for the entertainment and
instruction Of the present generation.
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FOOTSTEPS OF The Fathers
As. Traced In Early Files Of The
YOfkVille Enquirer.
News and VIEWS OF YESTERDAY

Bringing Up Records Of the Past and
Giving the Younger Readers Of To.
day Pretty Comprehensive knowI-
edge Of tho Things that Most Con-
cerned Generations that Have Gone
Before.
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as those at the front and we have but
little fear Of the invasion Of our
state.
(To Be Continued)
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Gaffney Ledger, June 2s: The sum-
mer term Of the court OF common
pleas for Cherokee county convened
Yesterday with Special Judge Charles
Carroll Sims Of Orangeburg, presiding
Solicitor A. f. Hill of Spartanburg, and
Court Stenographer T. c. Perrin of
Union, were at their posts, as were the
local officials and Court Crier Jim
Crack" Pierson, Of Columbia. Three
Of the men drawn to serve on the petit
Jury were excused from duty. 1t had
not been commonly known that a mil
Ter is excused from jury duty until
Yesterday when the point was raised
and an examination Of the statutes
disclosed this to be the fact Geo. w.
Bridges. a miller, was excused on that
account. The mill of justice appear
ed to be grinding rather slowly yes
terday. Only two bills had been
passed upon up until dinner time.
Judge Sims charge to the grand jury
was commented upon both favorably
and unfavorably by his hearers. One
striking statement that he made was
that states rights are being encroach-
ed upon by the national government to
an alarming degree. Mr.. Sims ad-
vised that this danger could be mimi
miZed by the election Of states rights
advocates to national Offices. Col.
T. B. Butler was operated on for ap-
pendicits at the city hospital yester-
day afternoon. He had only returned
from a two weeks trip to the north
ern cities Sunday night and was feel
ing unwell. He was on the streets Tor
a while yesterday morning, but when
court convened he asked Judge Sims
to excuse him on account Of illness.
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THE MAIL CARRIER

A Regular and Always Welcome vis-
itor
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came to marry him, but-the other
way round. It's the way with men
past middle age"
Lydia hesitated before speaking.
"Mr. Brood does not conflde in Fred
eric. am afraid they have but little
In common. oh, shouldn't have said
that"
Mrs. Brood regarded her with mar
rowing eyes. "He doesn't confide In
Frederick" she repeated. in the form
Of question. Her voice seemed
lower than before.
I'm sorry l spoke as did, Mrs.
Brood" said the girl, annoyed at her.
self.
'Is there a reason why he should
dislike his SOM" aSked the other, re-
garding her fxedly
"Of course not" cried poor Lydia.
There was a moment Of silence
Some day, Lydia, you will tell me
about Mr.. Brood's other wife"
"She died many years age" said the
girl, evasively.
II know" said Mrs. Brood. "Still
should like to hear more of the woman
he could not forget in all those years
until he met me-"
She grew silent and preoccupied, q
slight frown marking her forehead as
she resumed her examination of the
room and its contents.
Great lanterns hung suspended be
side the shrine, but were now un
lighted. On the table at which Brood
professed to work stood huge lamp
with a lacelike screen Of gold. When
lighted a soft, mellow glow oozed
through the shade to create circle Of
golden brilliance over radius that
extended but little beyond the edge
of the table, yet reached to the benign
countenance of Buddha close by.
over all this fairylike splendoi
reigned the serene, melting influence
of the god to whom James Brood was
wont to confess himself The spell
Of the golden image dominated every
thing.
In the midst of the magnificence
moved the two women, one absurdly
out Of touch with her surroundings
yet a thing of beauty; the other blend
ing intimately with the warm tonei
that enveloped her. She was 1.-the
sinuous with the grace of the most Sc
ductive Of dancers. Her dark eyes re
hected the mysteries of the Orient
her pale, smooth skin shone with thu
clearness Of alabaster; the crimson
in her lips was like the fresh stan
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4 should like to have Mrs. DESMOND
as my friend, not as my housekeeper."
said his wife simply.
by jove, and that's Just what
should like" he cried.
There is but one way, you know"
"She must be one or the other, Ell ?"
Precisely" she said with firmness
I'm my country, James, the wives Of
best friends haven't the same moral
standing that they appear to have in
yours. oh, don't. scowl so! Shall
tell you that do not mean to reflect
on Mrs Desmonds virtue-or discre.
ton? Far from 1t. II she is to be my
friend. she cannot be your housekeep-
er. That's the point. Has she any
means Of her own2 Can She"
"She has small income, and an an
nuity which l took out for her soon
after her poor husbands death. We
were the closest of friends"
Il understand, James. You are very
generous and very loyal. quite I'M
derstand. Losing her position here,
then, will not be hardship"
NO." said he soberly.
Il am quite competent, James," she
said brightly. you will not miss her,
l am sure"
Are you laughing at me, darllng?"
She gave him one Of her searching
unfathomable glances, and then smiled
with roguish mirth.
isn't It your mission in life to
amuse and entertain me?"
Il love you, Yvonne-Good God, how
love you'll" he cried abruptly. His
eyes burnt with sudden fame of pas
sion as he bent over her. His face
quivered; his whole being tlngled with
the fierce spasm Of an uncomfortable
desire to crush the warm, adorable
body to his breast in the supreme
ecstasy Of possession.
She surrendered herself to his pas
sionate embrace. A little later, she
withdrew herself from his arms, her
lips still quiverlng with the fierceness
Of his kisses. Her eyes, dark with
wonder and perplexity, regarded his
TRANSPORTED face for q long, tense
moment.
as this love, James?" she whis
pered. rs this the real, true lover"
what else, in heavens name, can II
BET" he cried. He was sitting upon
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aammer A.knt with tne moon ana

. hummer A.snt with the moon ana
stars" ss
But how desolate 1t looks today.
with the dead vines and the colorless
stones! Ugh!"
She dropped the curtains. The soft
warm glow Of the room came back and
she sighed with relief. 81 hate things
that are dead" she said.
At the soua6 Of soft tread and the
gentle rustic of draperies. they turned.
Ranjab, the Hindu. was crossing the
room toward the small door which
gave entrance to his closet. He paused
for an instant before the image Of
Buddha. but did not drop to his knees
as all devout Buddhists do. Mrs.
Brood's hand fell lightly upon Lydia's
arm. The man turned toward them a
second or two later. His dark. hand
some face was hard set and emotion
less as he bowed low to the new mis-
tress Of the house. The fingers closed
tightly on Lydia's arm. Then he
SMILED upon the girl, a glad smile OF
devotion. His swarthy face was trans
figured. A moment later he unlocked
his door and passed into the other
room. The key turned in the lock
with slight rasp.
II do not like that man." said Mrs
Brood. Her voice was low and heI
eyes were fixed steadily on the closed
door.