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i Sylvan Yalley Our County—Its Progress and Prosperity the First Duty of a Local Paper. MINER & BREESE. BREVARD, TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY. N. C., FRIDAY. JANUARY 27. 1905. Dunns Rock Lodge No. 2b7 A. F. A. M. Meets Friday on or before the full moon in each month, at '1 p. m. Visitinjr Masons are cordially invited to meet with us. sptly Wm. Maxwell, Scry. Conestee Lodse No. 237, _ O. O. F. fleets every Monday ni<rht at 8 o <*l()ck. Visitinyr brothers are cor dially invited to visit ns. T. D. ENGLAND, N. G. S' Transylvania Lodge No. 143, Knights of Pythias [Copyright, 1895, by J. B. Lippincott Co.] liOirular convention ev ery Tuesday niiiht in Ma sonic Hall. Visitinjr Knights are cordially in- vit<‘d to attend. W. E. BREESE Jr., C. C. Brevard Telephone Exchange. hofkr: Daily—7 a. in. to 10 ]>. in. Sunday—S to ;() a. m.. 4 to (i p. Central Ollice—McMinn Jilock. Professional Cards. W. A. GASH. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Rooms 7 & 8, McMinn BId’g, Brevard, N. C. W. B. DUCKWORTH, ATTO R N E Y-AT- LAW. Investigation of Land Titles a Specialty, llooins 1 and '1. iMckelsiniei’ l^uildiny. ZACHARY &. BREESE ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW Offices in McMinn Block, Brevard, N. C. WELCH GALLOWAY, ATTO R N E Y-AT- LAW. i’ractices in all the couils Uoonis !> anil 1(». Mi*Minn IJlock. Miscellaneous. Dr. H. H. CARSON Surgeon Dentist OHice over I’.ank. HENDKK.SONVII.LK, N. C. Sutisfaotion Guaranteed in all Operations. f29* G. W. Summey—Carpenter licst of recommendations—his work. Jobs in or out of town accepted. All woj’k pfuaranteed. The ^thelwold Brevard's New Hotel—Modern Ap pointments—Open all the year. The patrcmaije of the travelinjr public as well as summei-tourists i^ solicited. Opp. Court House, Brevard, N.C. Galloway, Duckwortli & Co., REAL ESTATE DEALERS, Rooms 3 and4, McMinn Block, Brevard, N. C. Buy and sell all kinds of Real Estate, Collect rents, and attend to prop erty when owner is absent. Farming and Timber Lands a Specialty. Promptly obtained, or FEE RETURNED. SO YEARS’EXPERIENCE. Our CHARGES ARC THE LOWEST. Send model, photo or sketch for expert search and free report on patentability. INFRINGEMENT suits conducted before all courts. Patents obtained througrh us, ADVER TISED and SOLD, free. TRADE-MARKS, PEN* SioNS and COPVRIGHTS quickly obtained. Opposite U. 8. Patent Office, WASHINGTON, D. C. dswifm [Continued Ironi last week.] I'p to the moment wlien the oomple- (ion of the arr:uiircments lor the caj)- turc of the <-ons])ir;itors had hccrun I0 fiiiu'i'l tlu' factor of excitomciit. Jiintr- l)ratid had not j-eflccttnl \ipon the ]io- cMiliarly tryiuji' nature of tlie test h«- | had proposed for himself. When th(‘ i i)laii had su^irostod itself, he had wc'l- I I'ouK'd it ”'ladly, hurrying’ forward I0 ! its culmination with the cacrer iiii[)a- ' tience of one who inui'rines he sees tlu' ! (urnin«--poiiit of his life in the p(*rsj)rc-- | live and l ujis impetuously I0 double it. I Alter he had taken his position uiidei 1 the oak. however, the suspt-use. and 1 lie j ilarUness and silenei* of tlu' uiirht. be- | fran to ilampen the lire olCut hiisiasm ; ' t lu-ilood-tide of exeit(‘ment turiK'd and i ('')l)ed slow ly away; and tlu* h<‘roie re- • (|uii-emeii1s of the part, he had vcjltm- i('i'red to takt* in the apjU'oaehiTiLT drama stood out in vivid and diseoiu-eri- ■ i!i”' relief. Common sensi* awoke and ■ tieiuanded a reason for the hazardous I plan, poiiitintr llie iinirer of ridieule :>t ; (l;e meiodramatie sta^'c setliii”'. atid I sii^o-csi in<^-t hat not hiu”'had Ix'cn omit- I 1(>(1 save a ealeitim liq-ht to bt* tiaslied I t li(' s('etu> at Iheeritical moment. ^ lie .-a\\ 1 lie absurdity of it all. and how r.iiieli mort' .s«-nsii)le it would hav«“ been to fa!;e b'idlow 's sui^Li'c'st ion. surroni;.-l ii;”‘ tlu* house with a jiosse t>f armeil men whose' iinmht'rs would have mad< I r'-sistanee on t lu* pai't of t he iiK^untaiu- j (.fi K useless and lienee* ini])robal)!e. : -\iid what was tlu're to bi* tirij't’d aii.sinst sne!i a safe and ])ractie-al pl:;i: ' :>r pivuM'dun*? Xothinir, or less tlia: nothinir: meri'ly tlu* dt'monst rat ion ol an ai»sti-us(“ metaphysieal probh'i; '^i^lli^ liinisi'if; tlu* a {)[}l ieat ion of : | lieroic test w hich had no jilact* outside tiie realm of fiction. And with thii' i it oeeiii-fed to liiin 1li:’t he* hat .: !u.-;! \ p!ann(*d the* whole tliitu; HjiOii t’u' lines tliat A\f)iild have* made n most e'lVe'etive* in awtory! And the-i; , Ihe sui!i.’<*stion of the calcium ]i<>lit anei 1 liu' alarnu'd yonn^ woman lookinjj ; (!'.wn n;.on the tlu'atrical tableau from lu-r V. indow came again, makir.pr him siel: with disi^iist. Lookiu”- at it from any point of vienv, the romantic projeet, which was more t Iian likely to cost him his life in the e\- i'eutin”-, was mere*ly a fantastic idea of j.u-ovinf^- himself in some way a knight without fear—a modern type of por- (esfjue nu‘diae\al fiersonafi-e who went about slaying’ imjiossible drag'ons and disembowelling’ mytholog-ieal g-iants. It was absurd—ridiculous—prejioster- ous! and from this j)oint in the argu ment the descent to the Avernus of ter ror was easy. At the end of a half-hour lie fe'lt the jjremonitory sj)inal chill iieralding- a return of the well-known .symptoms; in five minutes more the paroxysm was upon him, and he was struggling- furiously in the grasp of his familiar demon, blind, deaf and help less, w ith every fiber of liis being’strain ing itself for liig’ht in an imjiulse so real that he turned and g-rasped at the roug-h bark of the tree to keejj himself from being’ carried bodily away by the whirl wind of terror. The attack did not last Icng", and about the time the blood beg'an to ting-le in his veins ag-ain he heard the muflfled trampling" of horses approaching’ along- the dusty road. At the sig-nal the very recollection of his late discomjiosure seemed somehow to vanish into the limbo of a remote past; his pulses fjuickened and his muscles thrilled wiith the vibrations of an accumulating- energ’y that sang’ joyously as it leaped throug’h the tense nerves and the throb bing arteries. Uis sharpened senses were unnaturallj’’ acute; he heard the woody clink of the rails as the men made a breach in the zigzag- fence, then the smothered hoof-beats of the horses . oming- across the soft turf of the lawn; a moment later, in an interval of silence, lie fancied he could almost hear the whispered instructions g-iven to Jed. When the tw^o men emerg-ed from the d('e*i!e>r shadeiw's of the gi’ove* lie saw’ tlic'in (piite distinctly in the* st.irligiit; tlicy came* diri'e’tly tenvard iiis hiding ])ku-e. and when the-y |)aus(*d within a lew feet of the tre*es he ce»uId scai’cely 1-e‘st rain t he (‘ag’cr ferocity that prom[»t- e e! him to rush out tipon tlie-m. In the instant of hesitation he hael time* to iu)te tiiat one* of them earrie-d an armful of was a te*rrible jiictnre of a man w rap; in a winding- shet*t of flame ai i unning- toward him—a yelling-huma torch blazing- from head to foot and j-.w ing-ing- its liery arms frantically as it ran. At such a crisis, thought and ae-tion are* one*. Shaking" hims(*If Ioc)se* from Mie* grasp of the struggling young- !>i-e>theT. Ringbranel epiieteel liim w ith a sin<>’le> de'liberate* blow with tlu* butt of the* j)isfol; the next izistant lie had I i-ippe-el t he* shrieking- {ire*brand and wa.‘ rolling’ it over and over in the dam g rass wheti llie* cohiii**! and Tlt*nrv ra n;). It was all over <]uickly. and tl w e'i e binding Je-d and Hud w hen Ludl Joim*d tlie*m. The colonel s**nt lie lej arouse* the negro .se'rvants, wit> de-rs to g’e*t the horses and the ^\ag•on re“aely at oiie-e, ami tiie'n an I ii tie g-roiip g-athered around the man whilt* I>udlow e'xamined juries by the iig-ht of the lante “I g-uess he's past h<*l)).” hesn ly. “ilow die! it hajijien?” King-branfl answ(*red: se-ne. lie* had a be)ttl(* in and broke it just as lb* was carrying' an arnr Ludle)w g-lance'd at ■‘1 missed njv man, hu kindiing- wood; tin* man gatlie t-ed it j liiin. How did you m iiitej a firiiu'r heild while* the*y paused. ::nd the*re* was a smeithe'i’cd tinkle* of breaking’ g'lass, and the pungent odor of ke'i’ose'iu* lille-d the air. “A\ liat was that thar noise?" a.ske-el he <i1 lieT. “11 it's th:it 1 har blame* beit tie* o* coal- oil. tiiat's what hit is; hit's done- bn'sied an' run all elo\vn into !iiy boots." r< p.lieel the lirst; anei they nn>\e'el feir- w a I’d and d Isa ppe*are'd be* hind t lie* e-eirucr 'ii't he hf)use*. K::iirl>rand ke‘p1 the-ni insight as le)ug a;- lie* could, and then ran ae-reiss te> tiie e-liiiiin e>f laurels, going’ e]o\\Ti on his iiands anei !\in“e‘s and staring’ inle-ntl;.' into the gio(tm until he founel them ai>'ain. two ii;ii-|>e“r bleits of shadow '•'•onching in the* angle* feirme'el bv the- bay windeiw in the* parloi’. While he \’ :;s st tanning' his e-\e*s to c:.1e'h the !-■ !e'am of 1 lie* mate-h whie-h would be* t he* signal for t he*ir re'turn, he did not hear t ii<‘ s't'iiit )iy ste'jis of :i man a\ ho was ap- ino:;i liini li’etpi be-l’iTu!. nor elid he* I. now e)l its jM'e'se-nee W hen 1 in* glieling ligufe i-anif <(uite* e-lose* anei steioel w ith ; citibi.ied g-un waiting’ for iiini to rise*. | 'i he aj)iiearance of tlie third l>iolhe'rj 11 non the- scene was el in* to tlu* fae-t t hat ! i.udle)W hael clioseni his position tinfeir-! lunate'ly and so was unable* to s»*e* the I :ne‘ii \\ ln'U t he*y eiisuiounte-d. Fe)rthis; I’cason. lie* w aite-el uiil il he* was sure that i t iie two iiM’e ndiar'.es hael stru ted i't)i-; 1 he* house*, and t he* <le-lay g'l ve* the* holele*r ‘ e:f liorsi's time' to yie ld te> a sudde'n iin-' niilse' born of a elt*siie* te> ]<no\\ if iiisj \‘ ai’iiiri;’ to lb'ste*r hael ae-ceimiHishe'd its I iinrp(,>sc. l.ooping’ the horse's* hrieile's 1 ioge*the'r ane! throwing th»*m ove*r the* j luaiie-h of a tree, he* followe'd noise-le*ssly I Ml the* 1e)otste*]is of his brotlu*rs; anei | ee)Tuing out oti the* ope-n lawn in time to eate-ii a g-limpse* of fiiug-brand as he* ran .-•e-ross to 1 he laure*ls, he* crept forward until he* stood with uplifted g-un behind llu' unsusiie'eMing’se'utinel. When King- in-anel t-e)se at tlu* Hash of the mate-h. the* poised rifle cut a f]uick cire-le in tlu* air ajid <ie*sc(*nde»d with a blow that sent him hack te> his knees with a thon.sand se’intillating motes dancing- be'fore* his e'ves; for a sing-le confuseei instant he thought the e*nel had come, and then he i'elt the re'vivifyiug breath of the* spirit of battle which seemed to inspire him with the* re*e*kless anti invincible courage of his warlike ancestors. Le'aping to his fe-et. he fe'll upeju his assailant w ith irresistible fury; tlu-re was a sharp, breathless strug-gle, a fierce clutching’ for ttnder-hoUls, and then Kiug-brand swung- the sligrht form of his antagonist ewer his head and dashed it, limp and lielpless, against the bole of the oak. While this bit of by-plaj’ wasg’oing’on beliind the laurels, another incident oc- ciired which further disarrang’cd Ki.ng-- brand’s i)laus and left Col. Latimer and Henry in doudl as to what they should do. When the elder Bynum .stooped to lig-ht the pile of kindling-s. Bud started back toward the ambush alone; and as the* first match went out, the younger brother had time to reach the elum]) of laurels before Je(T could find and light another. Seeing- but one of the men appear, the colonel and his.son both hes itated, and Bud confronted King’brand just as the latter recovereel hiiusclf from the g^rapple with Jed. There was no lime for deliberation, and, realizinir that the mountaineer eould not u.se his rifle at close (juart(*rs, he flung- himself upon the newcomer, taking- him un awares and throwing- him heavily just as a brig-ht blaze sprang- up beside the hou.se and a howd of ag-ony rang out on the still air of the night. A singTe glance revealed the cause of both. There "I elidn*t manage* it ‘or me," re'plievl Ui/ iiis voice* at the sowud eif a sligi;. at euie* e)f the* Uineleiws of the >ion. “W iu*n I geit upon niv fe>et beliirid the' laiji’e'ls fhe*r(*. some' one* Kiioe'ke'el me ('e)wn with a ciubbe'd gun; I trie'd it a.gaiu. and thre'w the* fe'lleiw just as tin* o’Ik i- c-anie up. 1 e-lo>ee] with that one- le> ke-e'p him from i:;-inir his ritle-; anei as wefe*il, I saw the* third man luabla/e*.” Henry's |)Ost had bee'ii neare-st tf» th * bay w iudow. and lie* tolei how Je*tf liaei tried t%\ ic(* to light the* kindlings, ancl he>w the* biaze- had e“iive‘!ope*d him as iu' ^\as making’ tlu* third atte-mpt. W hile he was telling about it, t lu' front eioe)r of the' hoii.s(' was eipriie'd fi’eim \\ithii;. and the* cole)nel le’ft t he* greju ]) and steiod for sejme- mi 11 ut<*s ta.lking’ w iih some* ou«' in the' liall. I’re-se'utiy he e'alie*d out: "Vou-all elidn't get hurt, did \ou. Mr. Iking’braiui ?" “■.\ot worth mentie>ning.'* was the* re*- pl\-. and l.ing’brand w as snnic'ie'ut! \- liumaii to give* place* te> the* b.opt' tha", ! ieste-r lull! se-eu some-tliing of 1 he* .*^1 rui;- i l-'. ;;nd lo r;'joi<'o in thetbong!:! tr-al nei’ anxie-t\- had prompted 1 lu ii.ejuiiy. llie' eleM.)r clo^-; i ag'i'.in w lu n tne Avagon was (biven Uj). and the' e-e)!oucl lie'Ipe'il tiu' otliers te> lift the iiijui-cd n-an to t he he'd of st raw in the* ele*e*p box. Whe-n he* had been made* as ceim feu ta ble as |)e)ssib!e*. the* twe> others we>re* .<w uni! up be'hind and tie*d se*cure'Iy; and the* coloiu'l. Ludlow anei Kingbi’and elrove* (iowji to 'i'r<*g-arrhen with their pi ison- e rs. 'riie e-olone*l .said little tintil the wage)!! stopped on its return to “Tlu* Laurels" to .s(*t the two younge'r men de)wn at Liullow's gate*; the'?! he rose and he'lei out his hand to Kii'pljianel. “1 ree'kou ye)u *precuue* hi>v. 1 liingbrand, an* I'm Uiiglitv- :iie>ud to acknow ledge my oi •ligation.';, an* the* obligations of tIu' w 1k*1i' fam'ly. toyou, sell. We-all ain't g-wine* to fo'ge*t this heah night tlu* le)iige*s' day thah's a Latimer li\in’,"—the coloix'Ts idiom grew s1re)uger unele'r the' i ntl nence' of j emotion—"an* 1 \saiit to s:;y rii^’l.t heah i afore* 'Fcun Luellenv. seh. tiiat as {(in'j- :;s I thah is a Latinit*r li \ in'. he*'ii !;i' j'ioiiel te> I tell his child’e*n an' his giande-hiiei'en that we-all are beholde'u toye)u. se Ii. i\)r ouh lives an* for ouh jiroperty." Riugbrand saw through tlu* thin mask of g-.andileKiuence, and hastciu'd to assure the colonel that he was only too glail to have bee'u iu time. "Only don’t call it an obligation, colonel." he added; “the motive* was purely selfish-- in a way that you’d hardly uiulerstand if I tried to explain it.” The colonel .saiel much more to the same juirpose. and would not leave them until he had extracted a promise fiom King-braud to extend his visit. When they had finally bidek*n him good-night, and Ludlow' wa.s opening tlie lu>use door with his latch-key, Bingbrand said: “If you love me, Tom, let me sleep all day to-morrow if I can; I’m about dead on my feet.” XIIL AX.SWERS VARIOUS. Blngbrand slept next day until after noon, coming down to a very late dinner fe't*ling as if he had eireunmavigated The globe in the wrong direction and so lost a day out of the calendar. Mr.s. Lutllow, having slaked the imperative thirst of her curiosity at the well of ht*r ilu.-Mjuiid's iufoinaation, spare.-d him the task of recounting his adventures at length; but she managed to make him give a very fair description of the bat tle at “The Laurels" from the point of U!g. answ "'rhank go bae'ii to ,\(* ■■|*erh;ij)s \'e v, eirlel ♦•anie to liiink one is ot he-r." ‘■C,lil tlie'u you re*ason why I slieml “Yes. the' be*st able* let trave'l. yt't." Kiiigurand lauglu^ hat. “.lust wate*h r.ie anei then you may re'jiei t at le said. -\n hour late-r he was eomfortablv .■stab'islu'd U()on the veranda of tiu ee‘)ie)U(>rs liojiu', lounging invaliel-w ise iu the' lil)rary e*asy-e-hair whie-h lle'stej had insiste'd upeni dragiringont for him. 'I'lu'v had be.'u talking abe)ut the' fe'ini. his imprisonme nt in the- e-ave-, and ail tile* e*\i'itin;r e'Ve'uts of the* past fe-w ek-iys; and L’ingbrand had l)"cn tr' ii' with a paljiable* e'iTortat iuge*nuousucss te) bring- the conve^rsation around l»v e'asy and g’radualed a])])roaches to the subjee-t ne'arest his lu'art. «>n liie* long walk uj) the moun tain he had forecast the* mauiK'i’ of 1he*se* apju-eiaclu's with such strict. fiele'lit_\’ to de'tails that he now foinid it impossible* to bre'ak away from th * eutaugh'iue'iit of se't spe‘t*c]ie's and sup posed answers, and eve-ry fre'sh endi'av- or se*e*me*d to involve* him mcu't* he>p('- le*ssly. Kven the* pe-rve'T’sity of iu’u;i- mate* obj('e*t.s a<!ele*(I to his !u‘I])le''ssnt'ss, How ce)ul(l euK' talk upon serie>us sub- je*cts from tlu* lazy rostrum of an easy- ehair whose high bae'k took away the last vestig-e of e)iu*'s dignity ?—aiul when he sat up th(* e-onifortablc liollow' of the low seat brought his knees atul I his chin toget !u r in an attitiulethatwas I paliu*tically I:'.atiee;ua!<* to the re;(piirt,'- j ments of t la- rase, (.’..ee' or twice l;c j I'.ad tricei to rise', bu' il 's+cr had ]:ro- I t-i'steel j)lay :'iii!y, sa . iu:’- i hat he must- I ceinside*;- liiiiisiif an 11 ’ alid, if only I for that afLet J^oon. '! o aekj to his eni- barrassme-nl. siie- !e i i her ow n chair and began te> 1 up aiul down the ver anda iu fre)nt of him, snipping dead !e avos ri om tiu- ivy on the railing as she talked. lie watchc'd her furtively while the car of idle talk ran smoothly over end less stre'tches of track whe rein tlu'i’e were no crossings or swilches, until the subtle intoxication of her beauty began to make his replies irrelevant. At last she stopped just opposite his chair and leaned over the railing’ to re cover a wandering spray of ivy; while she stood there with her back toward him, he broke olV in the middle of a sen tence aiid .said abru]>tly: “Miss Hes ter, 1 love you very much.*’ [Continued on Page 81 Absolutely Harmless. The fault of giving children med icine containing injurious substances is sometimes more disastrous than tlie disease from which they are .suf fering. Every mother should know that Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy is perfectly .safe for children to take. It cojitains notiiing harmful ana lor coughs, colds and croup is unsur passed. For sale by Z. W. Nichols Brevard, and O. L. Erwin Calvert,
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