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PAGE TWO. THIS QA8TOJOA GAZETTE. TCBSDAV, OCTOBER 4, 1910. piracy between her uncle and the captain of his hlp to sink the fessel and collect Insurance, Irla York cretes heraelf aboard the Adromada juat before It aalla for aouthern seas. Her uncle, who la her guardian and haa commanded her to wed old Dick er Bulmer, thinks ahe haa runaway to avoid the dlataiteful marriage. II Philip Holier, young and hand some second officer of the Andrmeda, discovers Miss Yorke aboard. Ill Irla tells Hosier of the plot to sink Schneider's Greater Store Will be Closed Tuesday & Wednesday! Millinery and Dress Goods It's a millinery season that should be a delight to all for tbe vessel, and he keeps watch on the styles are so widely varied that every face and figure captain Coke. Mysterious defect in , i i JL I.... I ln steering gear uistucreu, uv can be suited. There are the big hats and the little hats, (ng the ahlp to yeer from her cour8e brilliant colors and subdued shades, all are correct styles coke treats the matter lightly, iv and the selection is a mere matter of individual taste. And while putting into a harbor at . an . unknown Island the Andromeda sud- then we trim hats to order from your own suggestions, so den,y l8 helle(1 by 4 mysterious foe that you Can be exactly pleased. on shore. V Shots wreck ship. Father., flow., plume,, ,., ribbon. d oma- ; ; ments of different kinds and colors are to be had here. We up on a clff Dy ropeB Jet &ovn Dy a have the finest millinery department in the city and hun- party of refugees, the leader proving i i r . a ii ! L to be iom torria ae syiva, aepoaea dreds of customers tell US it IS the best president of Brazil. VII, VIII and IX Rescued and rescuers escape Ladies tailored buits and Up-To-Date Dress Goods We have never had a larger or better selected assort ment of tailoerd suits to offer you. Come and look through our store. We are proud to show you the goods. Materials are the best Workmanship is perfect Style is authorita tive. Our prices are $12.50, $18.00 and $20.00. Our Store will be Closed Tuesday and Wednesday. Doors will be re-opened THURSDAY from detached cliff to main Island and ship's crew and refugees togeth er attack Brazilllan soldiers, who seek to capture Dom Corrla. They capture a launch in which to escape to mainland of Brazil. X and XI Hoiler gets Iris aboard. Party picked up from launch at sea by German vessel, of which they take possession. XII 'Meanwhile in Liv erpool Iris' uncle and her aged fiance read of vessel's amazing fate and start for South America. XIII Hozier, aboard the German ship, in sists that he and Iris shall be mar ried as soon as they reach Brazil, but the girl, who loves him, says she is honor bound to old Bulmer. H. Schneider's Greater Store. Big Stock Heating Stoves at Long Brothers A' We have over 250 Heating Stoves in stock. We can fit you up from a $1.25 Wood Stove to a $65.00 Base Burner. Base Burners from $25.00 to $65.00. LONG BROTHERS The Stove House. - - Gastouia, N. C. For Sale On Chester Street Only one more desirable lot, 75 X 1 75, alley in rear, suitable for home builder or investor, in attractive neigh hood, near projected traction line. Just $300 secures deed, balance arranged by long time loan. Be quick and see CHAPTER XIV. "'K KW ERA. SWAGGERING officer and a man habited like a beggar lauded unobserved at a coal wharf, moored a ship's boat to a bolt and passed swiftly through a silent town till they reached the closed gates of an infantry barrack perched on a hill that rose steeply above the clustering roofs of Maceio. The officer knocked loudly on a small door Inset In tbe big gates. After some delay it was opened. A sentry chal lenged. "Capitano San Benavides," announced the officer, and the man stood to atten tion. "Enter, my friend," said San Bena vides to his ragged companion. The latter stepped within. The colonel's house was In darkness. yet San Benavides rapped imperative ly. An upper window was raised. A voice was beard, using profane lan guage. A head appeared. Its owner cried, "Who is it?" with additions. "San Benavides." "Chxisto! And the other V "One whom you expect" The head popped In. Soon there was a light on the ground floor. The door opened. A very stout man, bare footed, who bad struggled into a pair of abnormally tight riding breeches, faced them. "Can It be possible?" he exclaimed, striking an attitude. Dom Gorria spoke not a word. The three passed into a lighted apartment De Sylva placed himself under a chan delier and took off a frayed straw hat which be had borrowed from some one on board the TJnser Fritz. The colo nel, a grotesque figure In his present deshabille, bowed low before him. "My president I salute you," he murmured. Thank yon, general," said Dom Cor rla, smiling graciously. "I knew J. WHITE WARE Citizens National Bank Building, FIRE INSURANCE Phone 64. Personal Mention. Mrs. W. D. Grist, of Yorkvllle 8. C, was registered at wi . Fall .House Saturday. The 14-months-old child of Mr. end Mrs. James Walters la critically ill at their home on West Airline av enue. Mr. iM. N. Black, a prominent farmer of Worth, and his son, Mr. le Black, were visitors to Gaston la Saturday and paid The Gazette office a pleasant call. J. P. Cates has resigned his po sition In the McAden Mills at Mc .denvllle, N. C, to Accept a position In the Locke Mills at Concord. N. C. Textile Manufacturer, 29th. J. E. Hornbuckle, formerly overseer of the wearing In the Locke Kills at Concord, N. C, and whom It was reported , was going to Besse mer City, N. CL, has accepted a posi tion with the Alavlsta Cotton Mills at Altavlsta, Va. Textile Manufac turer, 21th. -The Scottish Chief, published at JJaxton, In Its Issue of tbe 29th. osles The Gazette's account of the death of Mr. P. J. Dorsey and adds: "Mr. Dorsey moved from Maxton R. F. D. No. 1 to Gaatonia the first of the year. 'Aunt Becky' has an appre ciative notice of his death in this week's Chief. The bereaved have me deepest sympathy of a host of iriends in this section." Tbe same Issue of The Scottish Chief contains a sketch and appreciation of the de ceased signed "Aunt Becky." -1 Stowaway By LOUS TRACY, Author cl tbeRfle of U&tf The wings ef the Horning" and The Captain oi the CassrtsfcC -MS fcy "mt rBasiDrjrr, i sixtrrs totj," bb kcb- MUBZD. could depend on you. How soon can you muster the regiment?" "In half an hour, excellency" "See that there Is plenty of ammuni tion for the machine guns. What of the artillery r "Tbe three batteries stationed here are with us heart and soJ." "Celonel San Benavides, as chief of the staff. Is acq main ted with every de tail. Ton. general, win assume com mand ef the army of liberation. Bern trunks were sent to yon from Paris, X believe." They are tn the room prepared for your excellency." "Let me go there at one and change SYNOPSIS. CHAPTER I Overhearing a con- Senhor Fondlllo be summoned. He will attend to tbe civU side of affairs. Too have my unqualified approval of the military scheme drawn up by you and my other mends. There is one thing a gunboat lies In the harbor. la she tbe Andorinha?" The newly promoted general smote his huge stomach with both bands, and the rat-tat signified instant readi ness for action. "The guns will soon scare that bird." he exclaimed. As the dawn was about to peep up over the sea twelve guns lumbered through tbe narrow streets, waking many startled clti- cens. A few daring souls wno guessed what had happened rushed off on horseback or bicycle to remote tele graph offices. These adventurers were too late. Every railway station and postotUce within twenty miles waa al ready held by troops. General Russo drew up his three bat teries on the wharf opposite the un suspecting Andorinha and endeavored to plant twelve shells in the locality of ber engine room without tbe least hes itation. There was no thought of de manding her surrender or any quixotic nonsense of that sort As it was. every gun Bcored, thoujrh the elevation was rather high. The sheila made a sad mess of the super structure, but left the engines intact. Though winged, she still could fly. The second salvo of projectiles was less damaging. Again the gunners failed to reach the warship's vitals. Her commander got his own arma ment Into action and managed to de molish a warehouse and a grain ele vator. Then he made off down the coast toward Rio de Janeiro. Tbe sudden uproar stirred Maceio from roof to basement. Its inhabit ants poured into the plaza. Every man vied with bis neighbor in yelling- "The revolution is here! Viva Dom Corrla r Tbe one incident of a political na ture in which tbe victors of the tussle on Fernando Noronba were publicly concerned was tbe outcome of a mes sage cabled by Dom Corrla while the smoke of Russo's cannon still clung about the quay. It was written in German, addressed to a Hamburg shipping firm and ran as follows: "Have sold TJnser Fritz to Senhor Pondillo of this port as from Sept 1 for 175,000 marks. If approved cable confirmation and draw on Paris branch Deutsche bank at sight Franz Schmidt care German consul, Maceio." This harmless commercial item was read by many officials hostile to De Sylva, yet it evoked no comment Its first real effect was observable In tbe counting house of the Hamburg own ers. There it was believed that Cap tain Schmidt had either become a in natlc himself or was In touch with a rich one. Schmidt was so well known to them that they acted on tbe latter' hypothesis. They cabled him their hearty commendation, "drew" on the Paris bank by the next post and await ed developments. To their profound amazement the money was paid. As they had obtained 8,750 for a vessel worth about one-quarter of tbe sum they had good reason to be satisfied. It mattered not a jot to tbem that tbe sale was made "as from Bept 1" or any other date. They aigned the de sired quittance, cabled Schmidt again to ask If Senhor Pondillo was In need of other ships of the TJnser Frits class, and the members of the firm indulged that evening In tbe best dinner that the tiptop restaurant of Hamburg could supply, They were puzzled next day by cer tain statements In tbe newspapers and were called on to explain to a nam ber of journalists that the ship had left their ownership, Hozier, of course, had forgiven Iris for ber aloofness, and Iris, xvitii that delightful Inconsistency which ranks high among the many charms of, her sex, found that "Philip, dear," though she might not marry him, was ber only possible companion. He, having ac quired an experience previously lack lng, took care to fall In with ber mood. She, weary of a painful self repression, cheated tbe frowning gods of "Just this one night." So they looked at the twinkling lights, spoke In whispers lest they should miss any tokens of disturbance on shore, elbowed eaob other comfortably on the rails of the bridge and uttered no word of love or future purpose. Suddenly a lightning blaze leaped from tbe somber shadows of some buildings on the quay lower down the river. Again, and many times again, the sudden jets of flame started out across tbe black water. Iris, or Ho sier, for that matter, bad never seen a fieldplece fired by night, but before the girl could do other than grip Philip's arm In a spasm of fear the thunder of the artillery rolled across the harbor, and the worn plates of the TJnser Frits quivered under the mere concussion. "By Jove, they're at It!" cried Philip. "Oh!" she gasped and clung to him more tightly. Under such circumstances It was only to be expected that his arm would clasp ber round the waist Hozier strained his eyes through the gloom to try to discover the effect of the cannonade on the gunboat He was quickly alive to the significance of the answering broadside. Then the black hull grew dim and vanished. His sailor's sympathies went with the es caping ship. "She has got awayl X am jolly glad of It" he cried. ' "It was a dirty trick to open fire on her In that ' fashion. Just how they served the Andromeda, the hounds, only we had never a gua to fickle them up In return." About 6 o'clock a grand review was held in the plaza, or chief square. Dom Oorrla. a resplendent personage on horseback, made a fine speech. He also mounted, assured him that Brazil was pining for him. In effect when be was firmly established In tbe presi dency tbe people would be allowed to Tote for him. "We have borne two years of mis rule,'' vociferated the commander In chief, "but It has vanished before the fiery breath of our guns. We ball your excellency as our liberator. Long live Dom Oorrla 1 Down with" The fierce "Vivas!" of tbe mob, com blned with the general's weight, prov ed too much for his charger, which plunged violently, itusso was held on accidentally by his spurs. There was a lively Interlude until an orderly sell ed the bridle, and the general was able to disengage the rowels from the anl mnl's ribs. When tranquillity was re stored the soldiers marched off to their quarters, and Colonel San Ben- a v I d es boarded the TJnser Frits. He invited Iris, Schmidt Coke and Hosier to breakfast with the president at the principal ho tel. On the way to tbe hotel Iris saw a large build ing labeled "Casa do Correlo e Tel egraphia." It was not surprising that she had not thought earlier of tbe necessity of cabling to Liver- t. "oh!' ' SHE GASPED. pool. She blushed and looked invol untarily at Hozier. I must send a message to my un cle," she said. San Benavides, of course, was anx ious to oblige Iris in this as in every other respect. He procured the requi site form, told her the cost which led to a condensed versiou of tbe original draft; smoothed away the slight hin drance of foreign money tendered In payment and arranged tbe due deliv ery of a reply. Perhaps he smiled when be read what she bad written. Tbe words were comprehensible even to one who did not understand Eng lish: "Andromeda lost Arrived here safe ly. Address, Yorke, Maceio." Among the four people, therefore, who entered tbe Hotel Grande In the Rua do Sul there were two whose feelings were the reverse of cheerful. But convention is stronger than the primal impulses sometimes it tri umphs over death Itself and conven tion was all powerful now. It led Iris away captive in the train of the smiling and voluble Senhora Pondillo, and It immersed Hozier in a tangle of fearsome words which turned out to be the stock In trade of a clothier. Tbe mere male of Maceio decks him self with gay plumage. Philip waa bard put to It before be secured some garments which did not Irresistibly re call tbe heroes of certain musical com edies popular In England. The appearance of Iris caused some thing akin to a sensation. The Dona Pondillo could not create English clothes nor bad copies of French, but he had waited for this moment, be turned to the assembled company and delivered an eloquent panegyric of the Andromeda's crew and their deusa de licloaa for that Is what he called bis a dellgbtfu goddess, Hozier, though by no means Indiffer ent to the good fare provided, was wondering bow many hours would'' elapse before Iris' cablegrasi reached Verity's office, when some words . caught his ear that drove all other considerations from his mind. "I am sorry to say that In my opin ion, there la not the slightest chance of your message reaching England to day, Miss Yorke," tbe president was saying. fBut why not?" she asked, with an astonishment that was not wholly the outcome of regret "The cable does not land here, and the transmitting stations will be close ly watched, now that my arrival Id Brazil Is known. Even the simplest form of words will be twisted into a political significance. No, I think It best to be quite candid. Until I con trol Pernambuco. which should be within a week or, ten days, you may rest assured that no private cable grams will be forwarded." 'Oh, dear, I fully expected a reply today.1" she said, and now that she realized the effect of a further period of anxiety on the Bootle partnership she was genuinely dismayed. You may be sure It will not come," said Dom Corrla. "Indeed, I may as well take this opportunity of explain ing to you and to my other English friends" with the interpolated sen tence his glance dwelt quietly on Ho zier and Coke "the exact position lo cally. You see, Maceio is a small place and easily approached from the sea. A hostile fleet could knock it to piece In half an hour, and It would be a poor reward for my supporters' loyalty If my presence subjected them to a bombardment. I have no strong de fenses or heavy guns to defy attack, and my troops aro not more than a thousand men, all told. It Is obvious that I must make for the Interior. There I gather strength as I advance, tbe warships cannot pursue, and I can choose my own positions to meet the half hearted forces that J3om Mi guel will collect to oppose me. In fact I and every armed man In Ma ceio march up country this afternoon." Iris by this time was thoroughly- frightened, and Hozier, who read tuore ln De Sylva's words than was posslble ln her case, was watching the speak er's calm face with a fixity that might have disconcerted many men. Dom Corrla seemed to be unaware of either the girl's distress or Philip's white anger. You naturally ask how I propose to safeguard tbe companions of my flight from Fernando Noronha," he went on. I answer at once by taking them with me. The Senhora Pondillo and. her family will accompany her hus band to my qulnta at Las Floras. A. special train will take all of us to the nearest railway station this afternoon. Thence my estate is but a day's march. You and my other friends from both ships will be quite safe and happy there until order Is restored. Yon must come. The men's lives, at any rate. would not be worth an hour's purchase If my opponent's forces found them here, and I feel certain that one or more cruisers will arrive off Maceio tonight For you this excursion will be quite a pleasant experience, and yon can absolutely rely on my promlse to send news of your safety to Eng land at the very first opportunity." (To be Continued.) :1H TBS rBESISENT WAS OO BOKO US XV BlitJS AMD GOLD. my clothing. I must appear before the troops as then; president, not aa a jaU j was vociferously applauded by both biro. For the moment I leave every I troops and populace. General Russo, thin to you and Ban BeaaTides. Let her own daughters dressed In tbe height of local fashion, and Dom Cor- ria's earnest request bad made tbem generous. The dark eyed, olive com- plexloned women of Alagoas are often exceedingly beautiful, but few of those present had ever seen a brown haired, brown eyed, fair faced Englishwoman. Iris was remarkably good looking. even among the pretty girls of her own county of Lancashire. Her large, lim pid eyes, well molded nose and per fectly formed mouth were the domi nant features of a face that had all the charm of youth and 1 health. Her smooth skin, brown with exposure to sun and air, glowed Into a rich crim son when she found herself In the midst of so many strangers. The slightly delicate semblance Induced by the hardships and loss of rest which fell to her. lot since the Andromeda went to pieces on the Orand-pere rock la nowise detracted from her appear ance. She wore the elegant costume of a Maceio belle with ease and distinc tion. If she was flurried by tbe undis guised murmur - ef admiration that greeted her she did not show It beyond the first rush of color. " Dom Corrla, dragging- Schmidt with him, hurried to meet her. Surprise at bis gala attire helped to conquer her natural timidity, for the president was gorgeous In blue and gold. "My good wishes are soon changed Into congratulations, senhor," she said. "Ah. my dear young lady, I am over joyed that you should be here to wit ness my success," he cried. .Then, as If To New York on Business. Mr. R. B. Bablngton, general man ager of the Piedmont Telephone & Telegraph Co., left last night on No. 30 for New York on business, accom panying Mr. W. T. Gentry, of Atlan ta. They will be absent for a week. Fanners Union Meeting. The Gazette is requested to state tha. there will be a meeting of the Gaston County Farmers Union at tluilas next Saturday, the 8th, and th. a full delegation from each lo cal la the county is desired. Prospecting in Florida. 'Messrs. J. S. and W. G. Torrence are In Florida where they are look ing over some land with a view to investing in property in the Land of Flowers. They left Gastonia last Tuesday going to Tampa and will visit a number of towns before re turning. It Is probable that they will reach Gastonia the latter part of the week. Colored Association Meets. The Gazette publishes the follow ing by request: The Ebenezer Bap tist Association, colored, convened near Waco, In the Washington church September 22nd to 25th. This body' Is composed of about 23 churches and represents more . than fifteen hundred members. The sum of $255 was raised for education. This association, with the aid of a few others, operates a high school at Rutherfordton.
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