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brother and Lady Ashleigh have recov-
cred from the shock OF poor Lena's
death In a marvellous manner, be-
lieve, but the sight of the girl might
have brought it back to them. You
have left her with friends, hope, Mr..
Quest?"
She has an aunt in Hampstead"
the latter explained II should have
liked to see her safely there my
self, but we should have been an
hour or two later down here, and
tell you," he went On, bis voice gather
ing note almost of ferocity, I'm
wanting to get my hands on that fell
low Craig! / wonder where they're
holding him."
AT the local police station, / ex.
pect," the professor replied. MY
brother Is magistrate. of course, and
he would see that proper arrange.
ments were made. There he is at the
hall door"
The carriage drew up before the
great front a moment or two later.
Lord Ashleigh came forward with out
stretched hands, the genial smile of
the welcoming host upon his lips. In
his manner. however, there was a dis.
tinct note Of anxiety.
Edgar. my dear fellow" he ex.
claimed, II am delighted! Welcome
back to your home! Mr.. Quest, am
very happy to see you here. You have
| heard the news, of course?"
I'VE have heard nothing!" the pro-
lessor replied.
"You didn't 60 to Scotland Yard?"
Lord Ashleigh asked
I'VE haven't been to London at ALL"
Quest explained. I'VE got on the boat
train at Plymouth, and your brother
managed to induce one of the directors
whom he saw on the platform to stop
the train for us at Hamblin road. We
only left the boat two hours ago.
There's nothing wrong with Craig, Is
there?"
Lord Ashleigh motioned them to fol.
low him.
please come this way" he invited
He led them across the hall---which,
dimly LII and with It's stained-glass
windows, was almost like the nave of
a cathedral--into the library beyond.
He closed the door and turned around.
Il have bad news for you BOTH" he
announced. Craig has escaped"
Neither the professor nor Quest be-
trayed any unusual surprise. So far
as the latter was concerned, his first
glimpse at Lord Ashleighs face had
warned him Of what was coming.
Dear met" the professor muir
INJURED, sinking into an easy chair.
''This il most unexpected"
We'll get him again." Quest de-
elared quickly. Can you let us have
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Everything was In harmony, even the
grave precision OF the soIemn-faced
butler and the powdered hair of the
two footmen Quest. perhaps for the
first time in his life, felt almost lost,
hopelessly out of touch with his sur
roundings. and struggling figure
Nevertheless, he entertained the hstie
party with many stories. He struggled
all the time against that queer sense
of anachronism which now and then
became almost oppressive.
The professors pleasure at finding
himself once more amongst these IA
miliar surroundings was obvious and
intense. The conversation between
him and his brother never tagged.
There were tenants and neighbors to
be asked after, matters concerning the
estate on which he demanded hfor-
nation. Even the very servants
names he remembered Il
1T was queer turn of fate, George,
he declared. as he held out before him
wonderfully chased glass filled with
amber wine, which sent you into the
world a few seconds before me and
made you lord Of Ashleigh and me =
struggling scientific man."
"The world has benefited by tt,
Lord Ashleigh remarked, with more
than fraternal courtesy. We hear
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ing. The horse SHE'D, the wheel
caught great stone by the side of
the road. and all four men were
thrown out. The man to whom Craig
was handcuffed was stunned, but Craig
himself appears to have been unhurt
He stumbled up, took the key of the
handouts from the pocket of the Off
Ger, undfd them and slipped off into
the underground before either the
groom or the other Scotland Yard man
had recovered their senses. To cut
a long story short, this was last Thurs
day, and up till now not single trace
of the fellow has been discovered"
Quest rose abruptly to his feet.
Say, I'd like to take this matter up
right on the spot where Craig disap-
peared." he suggested. Couldn't we
do that?"
BY all MEANS" Lord Ashieigh
agreed. touching bell. I'VE have
several hours before we change for
dinner. I will have a car round and
take you to the spot"
The professor acquiesced readily,
and very soon they stepped out of the
automobile on to the side of a narrow
road, looking very much as 1t had been
described. Farther on, beyond a
stretch OF open common, they could
see the smoke from the gypsy en-
campment. On their left-hand side
was stretch Of absolutely wild coun-
try, bounded In the far distance by the
gray stone wall Of the park Lord
Ashleigh led the way through the
thicket, talking as he went.
Craig came along through here"
he explained. "The groom and the
Scotland Yard man who had been
sitting by his side, followed him They
searched for an hour, but found no
trace OF him at all Then they re-
turned to the house to make a re-
port and get help. / will now show
you how Craig first eluded them"
He led the way along a tangled path,
doubled back. plunged into q little
spinney and came suddenly to a small
shed
This Is an ancient gamekeeper's
sneiter, ne explained; built long
time ago and almost forgotten now.
What Craig did. without doubt, was to
hide In this. The Scotland Yard man
who took the affair in hand found
distinct traces here of recent occupa.
ton. That Is how he made his first
escape"
Quest nodded
"Sure!" he murmured. well, now,
what about your more extended
search?"
II am coming to that Lord Ash
leigh replied, "As Edgar will re-
member, no doubt. have always kept
a few bloodhounds In my kennels, and
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some entries concerning which was
Interested. II contains history of
the HambIin estate since the days OF
Cromwell. and here I'm the back, you
see, ia q list OF our farmers, bailiffs
and domestic servants. There was q
Craig who was a tenant Of the first
Lord Ashieigh and fought with him In
the Cromweliian wars AZ q trooper
and since those days, 80 far as ! can
see, there has never been time when
there hasn't been Craig In the serv-
Ice OF our family. A fine race they
seem to have been, until"
Until whcn?" Quest demanded.
The look OF trouble had once more
clonded the professors face. He
shrugged his shoulders slightly.
until Craig's father" he admitted
Il am afraid I must admit that we
come upon bad piece OF family his.
tory here. Silas Craig entered the
service OF my father In 1858, as under
gamekaeper. Here we come upon the
first black mark against the name.
AsN appsnis w hhNs hSIu IppubhUsy
for some years, and then, after q quar-.
rel with neighbor about some trivial
matter, he deliberately murdered him.
crime for which he was tried and
executed In 1867. John Craig, his only
son, entered our service In 1880. and,
when / left England. accompanied me
az my valet" ".HN ....
There was moments silence,
'tLenora and are sailing tomor.
row." Quest said. We are taking
over the necessary warrants and shall
bring Craig back here for trial"
The professor smoked thoughtfully
for some moments. Then he rose de-
liberately to his feet, He had come
to decision. He announced 1t calm
ly. but irrevocably.
i shall come with you" he an.
nounced. II shall be glad to visit
England. but apart from that feel 1t
to be my duty. / owe It to Craig to
see that he has fair chance, and ]
owe 1t to the law to see that he pays
the penalty. II, indeed. he Is guilty of
ShNSS SIiHHtH. tH MIhs LAURA dGCQtIt@
panying you. too?''
Quest shook his head.
From what the surgeons tell u.s."
he said. 1T will be some weeks before
she Is able to travel. At the same
time. | must tell you that am glad Of
your decision. professor"
1t Is my duty" the latter declared.
Il cannot rest In this state OF uncer-
tainty. III Craig Ia lost to me. the
sooner / face the fact the better, At
the same time | will be frank with
you. Notwithstanding all the accumu-
lated pile Of evidence feel In my
heart the urgent necessity of seeing
him face to face, of holding him by
the shoulders and asking him whether
these things are true. We have faced
death together. Craig and L. We havs
done more than that~-we have court
ed It, There Is nothing about him
can accept from hearsay. shall go
with you to England, Mr. Quest
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as soon rs we could get together one
or two OF the keepers and a few Of
the local constabulary, we started
OF again from here. The dogs brought
us without q check to this shed. and
started OFF again this way"
They walked another half mile
across reedy swamp. Every now
and then they had to jump across q
small dyke, and once they had to
make a detour to avoid an osier bed.
They came at last to the river.
Now. I can show you exactly how
that fellow put us of the scent here, -
their guide proceeded. He seems to
have picked up something, Edgar, in
those South American trips of yours.
for cieverer thing I never saw.
You see all these bulrusIes every
Whereabouts of them all along the
river?"
I'VE call them tules." Quest NUT
| tered. welir"
When Craig arrived here" Lord
Ashleigh continued. he must have
heard the baying of the dogs in the
distance and he knew that the game
| was up unless he could put them OF
the scent. He cut a quantity OF these
FURNISHES from a place little farther
behind those trees, then stepped bold.
~ into the middle OF the water. wad-
ed down to that spot where. as you
see. the trees hang over. stood stock
stu and leaned them all around him.
IL was dusk when the chase reached
the river bank, and have no doubt
] the FURNISHES presented quite a natur-
oil appearance. At any rate, although
the dogs came without q check to the
cage OF the river. where he stepped
ON, they never picked the scent up
again either on this side or the other
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the particulars of his escape, Lord
Ashleigh? The sooner We get the hang
of things the better"
You know. Of course" he began,
that Craig was arrested at Liverpool
In consequence of communications
from the New York police. l under.
stand that 1t was with great difficulty
he was discovered, and 1t Is quite clear
that someone on the ship had been
heavily bribed. However. he was ar.
.ested, brought to London. and then
down here for purposes of identified
ton. would have gone to London
myself. and, in fact, offered to do so,
but on the other hand. as there are
many others on the estate to whom he
was well known, / thought that 1t
would be better to have more evi.
dence than mine alone. Accordingly,
they left London one afternoon, and
sent dogcart to the station to meet
them, They arrived quite safely and
started for here. Craig handcuffed to
one Of the Scotland Yard men on the
back seat. and the other in front with
the driver. About half mile from the
south entrance to the park the road
runs across rather desolate strip of
country with lot of low underground
on one side. We have had a little
trouble with poachers there. as there
Is sort OF gypsy camp on some com
mon land little way away. My head
keeper. to whom the very idea Of a
poacher Is intolerable. was patrolling
this ground himself that afternoon and
caught sight OF one OF these gypsy
fellows setting 4 trap. He chased him
and more. I am sure, to brighten him
than anything else, when he saw that
the fellow was getting away, he fired
his gun. Just ~ tho dogcart was pass
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CHAPTER XIX.

The professor rose from hia seat In
some excitement as the carriage
passed through the great gates Of
Hamhlin park, He acknowledged
with a smile the respectful curtsy OF
the woman who held 1t open.
You have now an opportunity, my
dear Mr. Quest" he said, "of anpre.
ciating one feature OF English life not
entirely reproducible In your own
wonderful country. / mean the home
life and surroundings of our aristoc-
racy. You see these oak trees?" he
went on. with little wave Of his
hand. They we're planted by my an
cestors In the days OF Henry VIII. I
have been student Of tree life In
South America and In the dense for
ests Of central Africa, but for real
character. for splendor OF growth and
hardness. there Ia nothing in the
world to touch the Ashleish oaks"
They're some trees" the criminol.
ogist admitted.
you notice, perhaps. the small
ones. which seem dwarfed Their
tops were cut of by the lord Of Ash.
leigh on the day that Lady Jane Grey
was beheaded. Queen Elizabeth heard
OF II and threatened to confscate the
estate. Look at the turf. my friend.
Ages have gone to the making OF that
messy. velvet carpet"
where's the house?" Quest In.
| CURED.
"A mile farther on yet. The woods
part and make a natural avenue past
the bend of the river there" the pro-
fessor pointed out. Full of trout. that
river, Quest. How used to whip that
stream when was a boy!"
| They swept presently round a bend
In the avenue, Before them on the
hillside surrounded by trees and with
= great walled garden behind, was
Hamblin house. Quest gave vent to a
little exclamation OF wonder as he
looked ut II.
"This Is where you've got us beat,
sure" he admitted. "Our country
places are like gewgaw palaces com,
pared to this. Makes me kind OF
sorry" he went on regretfully. shat
I didn't bring Lenora along"
The professor shook his head.
I You were very WISE" he said. my
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SYNOPSIS.

Sanford Quest. master criminoiogist OF
the world, finds that I'm bringing to jus
tice Macdougal, the murderer OF Lord
Ashleigh's daughter. he has but Just be-
Kun . iife-and-death struggle with u
tnysteTi0us master criminal. In a hidden
hut In Professor Ashieigh's garden he has
seen nm anthropoid ape skeleton and a
living tnhMman creature. half monkey.
half man, destroyed by fire. In his rooms
have appeared from nowhere black boxes,
one. containing diamonds torn from d
lovely throat by q pair Of armiess, threat
eninK hands. both with sarcastic, threat
euing notes. signed by the inscrutable
hands His valet, Ross Brown, and n
caller, Miss Quigg, are murdered IN his
rooms. Laura and Ienora. his assistants.
suspect Craig. this professors valet. Lee
nora. abducted by the threatening hands.
\ rescued. GUEST traps Craig. loses him,
traps him again In the house where Lee
nora was Imprisoned, and loses him yet
again after thrilling chase. The black
boxes continue to appear In uncanny
fashion with their notes OF sarcasm, warn
Ing and suggestiona OF clues, all signed
by the tnhnntan, armiess hands
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The Friday Night Features At The
Opera House.

Mr.. Cochran has closed a contract
with the World Film Company by
which he will be enabled to give the
people of Abbeville g series of very
fine feature pictures. These pictures
will come every Friday night and
Mr.. Cochran guarantees the patrons
of the Opera House a first class
show. The picture last Friday was
excellent and attracted a large
crowd.
"When Broadway Was A Trail"
is the feature for Friday and will be
a good picture. The price will always
be the same. On next Tuesday night
May 4th, he will begin the great Sc
rial picture, exploits of Elaine
This is said to be a splendid picture
so don't fail to see the first install
ment.
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tend the State Dental Association
and be absent from his office from
9th of April to 1st of May.
Mr.. w. C. Strom went to Green
wood last Monday to work in
Strom's shoe store, in which he is
a partner with his brother, Mr. Char
lie Strom.
Miss Rosa McCracken spent the
weekend here with her father, Mr..
j. E. McCracken.
Miss Thelma Bailey, of Green
wood, spent Friday night here with
her sister, Mrs. C. C. Fuller.
MI. W. C. Strom spent Sunday at
home with his family.
Mrs. Parks, from Augusta, IS Wis
iting her father, DR.. D. A. J. Bell.
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Mr.. S. J. Wakefield left WedneS-
day for Shelby, N. G., to visit at
Mr.. Hunts who is sick.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. T., Erwin and sons
Thomas and Carol, and Mrs. A. M.
Erwin, were guests at Rev. Robert
sons Wednesday.
Mr.. A.. M. Erwin and Mr.. Jesse
Bell were business visitors at Ander-
son Friday.
A very interesting game of basket
ball was played at Antreville, Cars
we'll and Antreville, in favor of An
treville.
Miss Bertha Patterson spent the
weekend at home. Three of her
friends and college mates (of Frs
kine) Misses Williams, STICKY and
Bradshaw were with her.
Mrs. Norris Wakefield entertain
ed for the weekend, Misses Daisy
Bowen, of Columbia, Esther Bowen,
of Zarline, Brown and Cromer, of
Woman's College of Due West.
Mrs. J. T. Erwin and sons, Tho
mas and Carroll, left Friday for
Spartanburg to visit relatives.
The Savannah Oratorical and Ath-
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DUE WEST

4: x + Z 4 ): s
Last Saturday afternoon, April
"a, Newberry played Erskine at
Due West. Newberry won by a
score of 3-2.
Woman's College school of Music,
with Miss Leonora Neville Long, d.
rector, presented on Monday even
ing, April 10Th, Miss Rachel isabel
Boyce, soprano, in a graduating re-
cital. Miss Boyce was assisted in
the recital by her cousin, MI. E. E.
Boyce, of Gastonia, N. c., violinist.
The program was varied, including
several songs in foreign groups,
four in Italian, two in German ard
one in French. Miss Boyce's G:c.
ton in each of these languages was
accurate and distinct and she sang
with a great deal of confidence and
ease. The program closed with all
English group. These were all
sung with clear and distinct articu-
~lation, pure, full tone, sweet and
yet brilliant at times.
The stage was a mass of greenery
and pink roses. Miss Boyce. Miss
Long and the marshals were dress
ed in pink. The marshals were,
Misses Barbara Grier, Elizabeth
Humphreys, Thelma Lightsey, Mar
tina Moffatt and Eleanor Pressly.
On Thursday night, April 22nd,
Miss Boyce entertained at an ela5-
crate course dinner, her marshals,
violinist and pianist of her recital.
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MCCORMICK

Miss Rosa Powell, of L%incolnton,
Ca, spent the weekend here with
Mrs. j. A. Talbert.
Mr.. ]. C. Slaughter, of Hickory
Grove, is writing insurance for the
w. o. w. with headquarters ct Nc.
Cormick.
Messrs O. Henderson and James
Miner left here Wednesday to at.
tend the annual reunion of Confed.
crate Veterans that was held in COL
umbia.
Mr.. w. N. Price spent the week
end in Augusta, returning to Nc
Cormick Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. L. Reynolds mo.
tored to Greenwood Wednesday to
visit relatives.
Mr.. H. NJ. Mccain was a visitor in
Plum Branch Wednesday.
Mrs. Lula Traylor is visiting DR..
G. A. Traylor's family in Augusta.
Mr.. R. l.. Smith bought a Ford
car this week from the local agent,
Mr.. T. J. Price.
The members of the Civic League
were pleasantly entertained at the
home of Miss Lavinia McCracken
last Friday afternoon.
DR.. C. C. Fuller expects to at
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ALL WRoEe
The Mistake is Made by Many
Abbeville Citizens,

The Mistake is Made by Many
Abbeville Citizens.
Look for the of backache.
To be cured you must know the
cause.
If it's weak kidneys you must set
the kidneys working right.
An Abbeville resident tells you how.
George Wilson, farmer, r. No. 4,
Abbeville, says:
81 had always been q strong man
until recently when my back gave
out. If I stopped to pick up any
thing, a sharp pain caught me
across my loins and I could hard
ly straighten. l had dizzy spells
and the kidney secretions were
scanty and too frequent in pas.
sage. I had to get up at night to
void the secretions. I also had
dizzy spells and almost toppled
over. 1 got a supply of Doan's
Kidney Pills at Speeds Drug
Store and the first few doses gave
me relief. Two boxes cured me-"
Price SOC, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
MI. Wilson had. Foster-Milburn Co.,
Props, Buffalo, n. Y.
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letic Association, which consists of
Lowndesville, Starr, Iva and Antre-
vile schools, had their Fields Day
Saturday. The day was enjoyed
and well attended.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Shirley and
children of ~Bowersville, Ca, visited
their father, Mr.. Watt Milford and
relatives, also took in the Rally Day
at Little River.
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Whole Family Dependent

Mr.. E. Williams, Hamilton, Ohio,
writes: "Our whole family depend on
Pine Honey" Maybe someone in
your family has a severe Cold-per-
haps 1t is the baby. The original DR..
Bells Pine-Tar-Honey is an ever
ready household remedy-it gives i'm
mediate relief. ne.Tar-Honey pen.
~etrates the Innings of the Throat and
Lungs, destroys the Germs, and allows
Nature to act. At your Druggist, 25c
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GERMANY AND THE WAR.

DR.. Meyer Gerhardt delivered a
lecture in the Court House Friday
evening, on Germany and the War.
DIR. Gerhardt is a German and of
course his address was from the Ger
mar viewpoint.
He spoke at length of the ques-
tons that will be presented and
must be decided by the Peace Con-
ference outlining what he considered
these questions would be.
According to him, England is
solely responsible for the war and
the condition of Belgium. He says
that the question of Belgium's fu-
ture has never been considered, so
far as he knows, by Germany. He
did not state when the rights of Bel
GUM would be considered. Because
the people of Belgium are so ignor-
ant, as stated, by him, we presume
that Germany would take them under
her protecting car
He thinks that the allies will find
out that they cannot whip the Ger
mans in about two months and will
ask for an armistice, looking to
peace. He did not state when he
thought the Germans would find out
that they could not whip the allies,
and we presume that it is out of the
question that the Germans will ver
think of peace.
He spoke of America having to
ask the permission of England be-
fore she could get dyestuffs neces-
sary for carrying on her trade.
He does not think that the Bel
gian people are in as bad shape as
has been represented, though he
stated that Germany was thankful to
the United States for the help given
them.
He spoke of the superstitions of
the Russian people and stated that
German culture and education
would be better for the world than
the Russian s~ubservience to the
priest and superstition. He spoke
also of the Kaiser, saying that the
American people had a mistaken idea
of him in believing him a "War
Lord" He answered this by quoting
Roosevelt, who said the Kaiser was
the greatest factor for peace in the
world, and that he was the only one
among the crowned heads of Eu-
rope who give any assistance in the
settlement of the war between Rus
STA and Japan. He did not state how
the Kaiser was a factor for peace,
whether by making war preparations
or otherwise, nor when Teddy be-
came a Judge of a "factor for peace"
He does not think the Dardanelles
will ever be taken, nor does he think
Italy will enter the war. if she can
get more by staying out.
DR.. Gerhardt is a young man but
has held many positions of trust
and honor under the Emperor. He
is a charming and cultured gentle
man.
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ANTREVILLE

:: X :: u X x :: & y + 4 ;: = y * = y X
DR.. Anderson and DR.. Knox left
Wednesday for Greenwood to attera
the State Medical Association.
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"When Broadway Was A Trail,"
a Shubert Feature with Barbara Ten
nant and o. A. C. Lund in 5 acts is
the feature for Friday night at the
Opera House, also three other reels
including a good Keystone comedy.
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PEG O. MY HEART.

Our continued story had to be
left out this week on account of a
rush of other matter. 1t will appear
next week.