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W. r. MAMSHAiL, Win VOL, AaVI._ GASTONIA, N. -L - — - -.i-L. ■■■■"mBBBBBgfP— I SOWERS I »y Henry Seton Merrlman Coirrllll. IS**. Sy MAKPSIL t, IKOTHIAI CHAPTER I. *|N tills country chartfy corses as at oar The speaker ftnlshod Us rw * mark with a short laagb. Hs was a big, stoat nu His earns was Karl Maiuota, aad U la a aama wall knows Id tbo gorornmisat of Trsr to this day. Hs spoks Jerkily. aa stout moo do when tboy rids, and wbsn Its hud langbod Ida good natursd. half cynical laugh ho dosed bio Ups bo aooth a bugf gray mastacb*. go far aa ooo could Judge from tbo actiea of a squats aad daaply Indented chin, bis month was miiMdis at that tims— aad posaibty at all times—of a humor oos resignation. Vo rspty waa vouch aafsti to hlas. aad Karl gt almasts bumped along oo his Mttls Ooosach boras, whlcb waa matched out at a fiUop. Erasing was drawing am It waa lata la October, aad a cold wind waa driving bum tbo northwest across a plain which far shear glams lusss of aspect may giro points to Unbars sad boat that a hods at manta 1 depression without an sKort. ■tatamota looked rowad orar this rtmrtiao peoopoct with o twinkle at a muss* root gas Uoo Is hlo bios ey ra se If thlo erootloa wars a little practi ce! joka. which bo, Karl gtsimnsts, ap precis tod at Its proper worth. The ' whole scons was angyaatlvs of Immsstsi distance, of coaotlaas miles to all di rsettoua. Tbo land through which thins men wars riding la the bams of great distances Roosts. They rods, morworer. as If they knew it. as If they bad ridden for days and warn a wars of more days la front of tbsm Tbo contpanlou of Karl Btaimastx looked like aa Englishmen. Ho was young and fair and quiet. Ho looked like a youthful athlete from Oxford or Cambridge. This yooeg Du'i bum was Paul Howard Alexia, and fortune bad made him a BjuUq prtam if, however, nay one, even Btrlmnetx, called him prince, he Mushed and became con fused. This terrible title lmd brooded over him while at Stan and Cambridge. Bat no one had found Mm oak Ha re matnad Paul Howard Alexis ao far ae England-and hta trlanda were conearn ed. Ih Basel*. however, he was knows (by name only, for ho avoided Stavoo le society) aa Prince ruvto Ataxia. Thta plain was hta. Half the poveni mant at Tver was Me. The tract Vol ga rolled through hta pnactnalonc. Six ty miles behind him a grtm atone cas tle bora hta aana, sad a vast tract at land eras peopled fay hamble minded persona who ertagsd at the meottea of hta excellency. All this b i canoe thirty yearn earner a certain Princess Natasha Ataxta had fallen la lava with plain Mr. Howard at the British CBtaW) iu St Peters burg. With Masonic tathaalaam (far the Bantu to the meat romantic race aa earth) aha Informed Mr. Howard of the fact and duly married Mm. Beth those persons were now dead, and Peel Howard Ataxta owed it te Me mothee'e taduaaee In high regions that tin rerpn—IMIltiaa of princedom were hia. bat be entirety Called to recognise Uw enrlabtllty of Me position aa he rode serene the plains'of Tver toward the yellow Volga by' the aids of Karl gfi InrSBit “Thta to groat nonsense,” ha mhl suddenly, “I feel like a nihilist or some theatrical person of that sort. I do not think M ana ba accessary, Praia wetm.” In tblclTipittaiNil tones, “hut prudent.” Thta man spoke with the soft con sonants of a derma a. "Prudent, my dear prince." "Oh. drop thatr* "When we sight the Volga I will drop It with pica safe. Good has vans I I wish I were a prince. I should have it marked an my Naan and alt up In bed ta read It an my nightshirt." "No, yon weaMart. Metametx." as nwered Ataxia, with a raxed taagh. “Too would bate It Inst as much aa I do. aapaatolty It It nail rawing away bow ffe# hast tear akoatlad la Bw “Thra iw^MmU aot feara baaa efearitabta. Charity, I tad pa, Ataxia, ca rare ao (tea la tfeta eoantry." "Wfea mads are ehirttafeiaT Batldaa. aa heart relodad teltew amid ba say ifetaa atea feara. Who tali aa at tea Jaacaa <* charity. I abated |«a to dbaw? Wfea pot «>a lata it7 Wfea •reread aw pity tor tfeaaa pore tea pm? Wfea bat a atote Oanaaa ayah . retted dtslrereate." . 'Utate, yaat ayah, If P« will; Oar area. a*r Tha wards wars prtsd ote at fete1 fey tea oateyted hdred "Tiara what art yrar tea la aw (a latead atralpht la treat at fete wttk a readteUra la fete <ptet W* whMb reads a treat area at Uteaaalt Ax* Gotti It wtl « wsmhr. f«l orgauination, spreading over this «««ktry Ilk* sunlight oror a flaid. It would boro made man at oar poor panaanra. it wma God's work, if there Is n tlod, whleb noma young men dan/, bacanaa God falls to rocognlsa thatr tauportanca, I Imagine. And now It la all door. It la crumbled up by tba ■eunilooB traacbory of solus mlicrr ant. At*: I should Hha la bar* Utai °ut bara oo tba plain. I would ctaaka Wm. Kor moony, too! Tba darll-tt moat I lava boon tba davit—<e eall that •coat to tba govanuamlt" "1 can't aao what tba govarumaut •tentad It for,'' grew lad A las is mood ny. “No. but I can. It la net tba emper ■r. Ha la a gentleman, a I though be baa tba mtaferttme to wear tba purple. No, K la Iboaa about him. Tbay want to ■♦op education; they want to crush tba paaaant. Tbay are afraid of being found out. Tbay lire la tlmir grand baoaaa and support tbalr grand names oo tba mooay tbay crush out of the. ■tarring pennant." "*o da I. no far aa that goaa." "Of couraa yau da! And I am yout ■fswAtd, your crasher. We do not deny It; we boast or It. bat wo exchange a wink with tba aagete-ehr Alaxla redo in silence for a few a* moots. "I wish." he as Id ebruptly. “that 1 had oarer attempted to do any good. Duiug goad ta mankind donu t pay. Hare I am running away from my own borne as If I warn afraid of tea ualira! The position la Impossible" Btcluiueta ebook his abases bead "No. No pmdUen U Impassible is this country—except the cxsr'a— ir one ouly keeps cool. Kor men ruck as you ami I any position is quite way. Bat these Basalsns are too romantic; :bej giro way to a morbid lore of martyr don; they think they can do no good to msuklnd onlsaa they are anrom foruble." Alette tamed la hte saddle and look ed keenly Into hte eotatwnioa'a face. “Do you knew," be sold. “I bellere yen founded the Charity lee inter Stelniueta laughed In bla aaay. stoat way. -It founded Itself he mid. “The aageta founded It la beam, i hope s commtttse of thorn win attend to the eternal misery of the dog who bo trayed tt.“ * -1 trust they will, bat In the mean time I stick to tax opinion that It to tmnereseary far me to leers the conn try. Whet hare 1 done? I de not be long to the toagae. U te composed en tirely of B Hasten nobles. I don’t ad mit that 1 am a Russian noble." “But." persisted Bteisrarta qalctly. “y«H rabeertbe to the league. Four hundred thousand rabtoa-tbey de not grow at tha roadside.” “Bat Uio rubles here net sty sssee on them.* That may be. but we all—they all know where they are likely to come fram. My. dear rial, you cannot keep ap tha fares say longer Ton are not ----—^ 4a M lira ta Mm #M cmk af oatarao tbraa Math* lu tba yaar bacaaaa yaa baoa a labia fbr mabfeaoaJ TortraaM*. Tan ara a Baaatea prim, and yaar aatataa ara 4k* happtoat tba a«t m KpkMM«. la tba a«a*r«. Tb.i la aaapldth*. Taa eaUact yaw route yaaaailf. Taa bar* as Oarmsa aaanta -•o Uarawa raiaplrai aboat yon. “Tbare ara a (baaaaad tblnta mipt «t*a* aboat Prime* Paolo Abib if than I bat ba la U|k ptaeaa only can* to tWbb aboat It Tbay fcaoa aat cacao t* tbAak sboat H. tbanki ta aor car* aad ta yaar ■apWah *~'‘Tr flnm Bat that to anly^koathar raaaoa wby ara aa< b* la *»••«** "charity laapa* la pbrktd I* ptooaa. Thar* win to traabl*. itK tba mobility to |ds ala wOl to la ft That* rUbtw flmeatlaa* aad Cipabatlna. Tbaraan to MBdMaaMat aad Marta tomato. Taa ara totoar act af It tor ya* aaa •a. Taabaoaaatam ‘l I ;v. .dr - that aaa Orars uuo firm wbrti In mm sooth sr da a plucky thing. ">! Ob. 1 am aN dgbt: I w »' body- 1 am tan tad »f all ths peasants bacaaaa I va your aiaard aad oo baid. ao craal. That la my cnrtthcals of baralaaMH with thoaa that sia •bout tb* emperor." •Thro you turn back at Trarr lo go bad Paul, at length breaking a long "Tm: t nan out kan Oatarao yoat saw. Perhaps latar, when tba wlatar baa cons I will follow. ilusaU la gaiat during tb# wlatar, vary gain Ha. bar Ha shrug: >d bis aboaidars and abtr •nd. Hat tba shirsr waa intsrruptad. Ha ralaad hliaaatf la Ola aaddla sod psarod forward lata tba gatbactag asikMM. “What la that," Ua caked ataarply, “oa tba road la front r Paul had already am tL “It looks Ilka a bosac.“ ha aaawarad. “a stiayad boras, tar it baa ao Hdar They were going rat, aad wbat lit tle daylight there waa 11 rad oil lbs WMtrrn borfaum. Tbo form of ths bona, cat oat la black ><IM agabut tba Hty. waa weird aad ghostlike. It waa stamUag by tba aid* of tb* road, apparently graalng. As they approach Ml It Its oatttoo* benuaa nan lingual “It baa a aaddla," said Stain met* at laagtk. “Wbat bar* w* bets?" Tb* beast was evidently fataiabbag. far. aa they can* near. It nsrer eaaaad Ua occupation of draggbw tba -‘tt~ t T tofu of grass up. nat aad all. “Wbat bare wa barer rap«atad 8tel a mats. And ths twa am stepped apora t* their tired beraaa. Tto aolitsry witf tad a rtdar. tot to »** oat lu tto eaddi*. One foot waa eangld In tto dtlrrop. and as tto ton* «»•»ad an from toft to tuft It diaggad Its daad maatsr along tto grand. numg n *•' | '•inn la going lu be asp leas* nt." mattered Slriraats as to I riimlirouaty left tto saddle. * "That men la daad—boa beau daad acme day*; to'* stiff. Aod tto hors# has tom dragging him tars downward. Uod to bcerea. tola will be nnplaaaaBt." ratal bad looped to the grand and waa alraady kmmltii the dend man's foot from (lie stirrup. IU did It with a certain sort of skill, despite the sdff ■aaas of the heavy rkllog boot, as If to bnd walked a hospital In bis ttme. Very qnfekly Btetamrts came'to bis aaslatance. lieadsrty lifting tto daad man and laying him on his back. “Ach!" to exclaimed. “Ws are aafer tnnata la meat a thing Ilka this." There was no need of Paul Alexis' medical skill to IcD that this man art* daad; a child would hare known It. Befors searching tto pocket* MMu ateta took out his own handkerchief and laid It peer a face which had be come unrecognisable. Pool waa unbuttoning tbs daad man's clotiiea. He Inserted Ids hand withia the rough sldrt. "This man," ha said, "waa starting. Ba probably fainted from sheer ex haustion and railed out af tto saddle It Is hangar that killed him." “With Ms pocket fall of money," added gtatmnata, withdrawing Ma tend from tto dead man’s pocket and displaying a handle of cotta and same allrer. There waa nothing la any of tto oth er pockets-no paper, no clow of any sort to tto man's Ideatity. Tto two taders of this alloat tragedy ! stood op and looked arooad them. It wns slatest dark. They were tea rallea from a habitation. Stele met* had poshed Ms for cap to U»e back af hie toad, which to waa scratching penMraly. n* tod a baMt of scratching Ma forotoad with an* lager, which denoted thought "Now. what are we to do r ba mat ured. "Cant bory tto poor chop and My nothing a boat tt I wonder where Ma peaeport let We tore tore a trage dy." Pgnl waa still examining the dead >u with that toBoqanose which da notea mm who far tore or rnormleaee haa baaom a doctor. He win a doctor, aa amataor. Urn waa a gradnato of an English medliml school. EtatemMa looked down at Mm with n little laogh. lie notleed tto tiader Btei of the tooth, tto deft Angering which tod nmetktag of respect la It. Peal A lax I* waa tiMMy one or thwa rrtosHtr.Md Lav* that la tlirir hnrte which fa* waat of a bottar word wa coll ayiapa tky. "Mind you da dm catch Kan* Infec tious disco sc. “ aaM Btelaaarti gruffly. "I vbouhl not «n to Landis any stray nvooilk on# Bade deed aboat the road Mde; uoiesv. of coarse. yea think than la mow money aboat Lite. It waaM ba n pity la law that for tba poUea/* Peal did not * Diver. ae ora* esam lalag the Lap. dirty baada ef the dead pub. Tba Bupara vn cororad with MU, <ke aalla wew broken. lie had tv* Idectty elatebad at tba earth add at retry tuft of gram after ble (all (ram the saddle. "Lock Item at thorn baada,** said Paal aaddeoly. "This la aa Hugtisb maa. Ton Barer eae Angara Ibis afcapa la B Basis. Bteinraeta ataopad dews. He bald eat Ida own square tipped lagan la comparison. Paal nibtiad tba dead band with Ms ataera as If It warn a [Mace of atataary. "Look ban.** be eontlwaed, “the dirt mbs eg sad learn tba hand qvdte a laatlemanly cotar Ttda**—he pnnsd and hftad at *- leata'a laattadW Inpplag M again hurriedly erar tba ■dtUatad faor—“this thing was one* a tcntleu>an.u -It eertalaly baa aaaa batter daya,** admitted Btalnmeu. with a grim bto mar which was wmatlana bta. ~r*nmr M as drag Mu baosuHi that ptaa trw tad ride oa to Trar. We m*»m g, M load, my dear Alexin, wowing our time rrer tbs poaalble aalecadeuta af a gam Havana who for mamma of Me owa k ■Uent on Mm auh)sct.* Paal ran from tba ground. Ula aierecnvute wars those of a strong and •apple man, oaa vrfaan muaclea bad nerer had tlxae to grow stiS. Do waa •a active auu, who nevar bunted, •tending tlurn aprlght be was very tnH, Marty a gUat Only br SL Pitoisbarg. W all tba rltin of Uw world, coaid ba report to pan anuetlced. the city ef tall toon and plain maw. He rubbed •to two baada together Id n aiugwtarty professional meaner which an suites an him. “What do yea propose dolacl** ba ufcad. “To* linow the kin af this racotrjr better than I d«x“ lhalotliofs scratched kU torcUaad vlth his Coregugwr. “Our theatrical Mamie, Ura police," >o eekl, “art going to enjoy this. hop wee we prop him np Bitting against hat tree-tie one will ran away with jlw-aod lead bla horse late Tver. I «rm glra notice to the pollen, bat I will ao( do ao until yon are In the tft. IY tcnbqi* train. I win. of course, glra them to understand that yuur princely silnd could sot be bothered-by stwh ietaUe as thia; that you have proceed nl on yoar Journey.” "1 do net like taring the pour bug J»r alone all night ” said 1'eal -Thorn nay be wolves—the craws lu the early Horning.” “Bah! That la because yon ora ao ■aft hearted My deer fellow, what 3 ounces Is It of oura If the ealremel laws ef aarara are Illustrated npoo Etda oapleaaant object? We nil lire jo such ether. The wolves and the woure bare the last word. Coma, let m carry blot to that tree ” Tbs two living men csrrted the leas. unrecognisable deed to a resting 3«aca beneath • stunted pine a Caw HKve removed from tbs rand They aid him decently at full length, it me Ing his sail begrimed band* ever Ms urvan. tying tbs handkerchief down over his fees. Then they turned and left him alone la that himlaeue night—a wolf that hod IhBcn hy lbs great highway without > word, without a alga: a half run race, a story cut off la tbs middle, for he waa a young mao still Ifis kntr. aU dusty. 1 niggled and Wood stained, bad ns <track of gray; bla bands wore smooth and youthful. Thera waa a vague sue Plriefi of eruatul eaftnaaa shoot hie body, at If this might have been a aaan who laved ramron ami ease, who ImmI always vtioecu lbs prim roes path, iaad never learned the evNtnry leaned af eolf denial Tbs Inch iiuataaaa af Umb coutmgted straakoy with Urn mwn maaternaea at We body, which waa contracted by want of feud. Paul Heels was right. This ama laud died af starvation within ten miles of the cruet Volga, within alas mllos of tbs rataklria of Tree, a city second to Moscow and aura bar rival. Tbarafseu It eoukl only U that ha had purpastiy atroidad the dwedlnga af man. that ha Home Made Have your cake, muffins, and tea bis cuit home-made. They will be fresher, cleaner, more tasty and wholesome. Royal Baidng Powder helps the house wife to produce at home, quickly and eco nomically, fine and tasty cake, die raised hot-biscuit, puddings, the fruited layer . cake, crisp cooties, cruller*, emits and nadfins, with which the ready-made food found at the bake-chop or grocery does not compare. Royal is the greatest of bake-day help*. who tkb fatmlM an at%M tot Ttoy *to toft la a atato at bepdi ctutotoDr. «a wto Urlag picked ap a papa arltb Ttwto" wrtttae apea It Mb <° woadarln wtot (to alary auy tort MaiaaMia had thiwwa tto brtdb at Um adaylhg tom over Ua ana, aad tto •■imal taattad atod belly by tto rida af tto Uatlf Httto Onaairka "That araa bed lack," -—alard tto aldrr aug at taastk; *%ed lack. la thto camelry tto baa yea dad tto bar yoa tmn tto toaa yaw wadwidaad tto toapbr to yawr ntotiwg Ttoaa at biuau With ttotr tayalamwa waya aad thatr wyiakaedLta tore at uplaltw tottoto." Charity I •aa by traaaag CM ta ba ready far tha < «mml Aad vary tittle af k vaN a harr au TN art • laaaaj “That la Mat what I rat ta do itt their diaiM. I 4aa*t earn aboat tha not ra aac nagaarihto tor tha ■aad at " ■■**. -a my uuia A httia jdaoa at Tear, a taar^thaaMajI yaaaaata, m aaad that a fallow cart gtra away at Id* nuptae money la charity tf ha la aaeh a foul a* ta want ta." tlaiaati waa ridiay riutiboraly stong. Kaddaaly ha (ata a Itttla ehaekie—a gutters] aanad axpcaadn at a aoaiawMt Oaraaale aaOatacOaa. 1 daat aaa how they earn step aa,“ ta^aaltL “Tha league. at coma, to P» ate Rut ban in TrwTtoay*eraaat He Clapped hto groat Mad on hto thigh with non glee than on waaM have expected ktoa ta teal tor thU ana, a acodTer at chancy. 'Thay'U lad M very ditocaR ta atap M* Paal «na It aaa now daib-es dark aa aw R toward Ha with a Writ “Tha Yo%ar aaM ara ahaaat than. Aad than, ta too right, to tha Trenha. it la tta a gnat aatapolt Gott. what a wander tal algbtt Ah. then an too Rghto at Ttirf They roda aa erltoaad toroogb tM aqoa lid team—toa whOeto tow- ItorndMttiiilt'r'ttada «Tri>tto tod tStn NMtoM nana la tha world. At 1 a'rion too to gt IV with Ra *—g- --ir Vcr •wnM a prt»dp«Htp nut tta attar ••'•ta «. Ttay wntkrd ta «< tawa tta ton* Uniform natahn tad ta* rtmrattm, Ulktaf ffiwvtlp. Matamata atood aa tta ptattom aad watrtad tta train pnan atawlp awap lata tta ntpbt. Ttan ta want tawatd • Maip and, taking a poekat taadtaa d*f front hi* pitta*. axnaitord aacfe enrtwr af H la mirtwlra. It waa a warn parka* tanrttarcktaf af ana ana* Irtr. la ana ramor wara tta klttiaJa St a. n.. aratkta naattp tn whta-aata atataakUrp aa la data la ft. ratera tat* “Aefcr airlahaad fttetnmat* atartlp. "duraattain laid aattat that are* ta." Ua taraed tta lift** pWra af tiahrt* otw tad ot*r. •<* minm* it .lowtp ntk a taatnr Oarmanlr ranalna. Ba bad tataa ttaa taadtartaWf fram tta tad* af tta tamtam* rider who waa aaw lp ta atato an tta atapai twatrs mum awap. * Ttaa ta tram toward tka tana Mata etara wMrh attataa ta taa raltwap rat taaraat at Trrr. Ua «mtt tka ttaa wtth tta potat af Me boat Tta ward threw tta taadktataftMB^SftaMad tta dear. "It la aa watt. m$ pda**,” ta amt land. "that I ftaad ttaa. aadaatpaaT (TO Ik COMYOtOU.) Sabecrtbe to Tbb Qaiyoru Odum. • *.• ' ..’ff '* , .0',-*%* li <0' <J . - THB LOVE TRUST COMPANY. c~. 4mm. P.Un, Presided. Edgar Love, Vice-Pres. RobL A. Love, Trees. § We wish herewith to easownce the lscer> po ration end the orgeolzstlos of the shove concern sod to state that It la ear purpose ts i begin business os April 1st. We lil • appreciation for tbs hearty eopj ®* to times past Is the various __ we have Issncbcd Is this cossty and for the freopient manifestations of so unwavering a confidence In o«r Integrity, and we solicit ' hereby your further support la the Uaee of ear sew endeavor. The haalaeaa wa contemplate will lead aa la the foliewla* lines: —' ~1 ■ - •' ■ » i-*- - on oar ova aecowt and on cwmuiaaionforotbew- the rcnE wtt'tUSSl* °f Pr°P*rty °* M “* «*« Wetl* o< K~u~ Ji boldine o! cotton aa conateneeTand thehaadUa* at iama on comnriarion or brokerage. ^ r-#^,; payable oa demand or far a And parted/ and the ed^morine^nooay^oa’wuaboww’ncdDt* P^t! ****** or pttaonal accnrftfca at tbd Ifal rata etTSScrnaT^ -. V '^"""""■'^"■•■“■■■■•■■■■■■vwnnaaBnnnvnanaoBnai ■ •*?• i t lence or Judgment we~rauy possess. We cordially Invite you to confer with ua. IE Lr: Trust Co. Gastonia, N. C. —gr~*f‘-guiigg—i . ...nT Wholesale Ml VtlMa UwtrTsk. Ua Moadiy quit* a ooe MW* of friends sad relatives assembled at tbe jell yard to see. the folio wine cowries tabs sat of bil tad sol ted in the beads of BMttuaeay: Solomon Dsrr sey to BUs Dicksoa; Wiafield Perktas to CaroMat Baker; William OOl to Miaaie Dick too; James Hemohill to Bffie Abernathy ^Joa Hood to Rosa tbaaa happy couples fa order to **■•«» of JettT On friend *«»•« Wckaon had to! firsi&Ky « as* *.52 “^ssj^sr. s? jttt&sr*** **h‘ ojjrtjwtta fat Tint Oammf
Gastonia Daily Gazette (Gastonia, N.C.)
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