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THE GREENVILLF. DAILY NEWS June 19, 1911. SEVEN. i A COMPLETE NOVEL, eb the HELEN TOMPKINS 1 0 Monday Morning- The of By Rldgely, for no one else left the train, it "Not tbe slightest Ir," I answered I fihnnM fnn mind. I wonder.

1 CHAPTER ONE Four Letters. leaving me alone, save tot a maa who was tt I vn Intn nn rtlmiijira At oncer uira beard mucb of your wisdom and clerer- tbe earliest possible moment. I wish to employ bins to pursue investigations of a private and personal nature. I am a man of some wealth and expense is no consideration." Here tbe writer seemed to have lost entire command of himself. "For God's sake send him down at once," the letter concluded.

approaching me with a sheaf of yellow papers In his band and whom I took to be tbe station agent. Huddenly I was electrified "He made pood time on that last half mile," enid the gentleman it tins opposite ness, Mr. Reynolds. I should like to tbat tbey were eo Hated In my behalf. by hearing my own name pronouncea in feel I "i in feel lum- anon na nnanlhLe.

EDITOR'S NOTE Miss Tompkins, in "The Web of the Spider" has succeeded in writing a story that for mysterious and mystifying situations and stirring scenes has not been equaled by any story writer in many years. Eveiy chapter contains a startling incident. There is a detective in it, and in a minor way it is a detective story; but he is just a plain, level-headed Lecocq, who knows that the successful outcome of his labors depends upon hut work personal bravery and ingenuity. Sitting in a closed room with a friend and watching the cigar smoke curl up to the ceiling is not sufficient for him A love story threads its way through the narrative and adds a touch of sentiment I Ifirhtori the riant which be haoded 11 cu inn ue mmooea ais greatcoat. "la that lo?" I Answered a little indifferently.

Tbe midnight expreaa on the C. R. L. and leaned back appreciatively tn tbe slipped this letter In the breast pocket! a low voice. "Do not be startled, Mr.

Reynolds, snd above all do not turn your bead. Keep your eyes fixed upon tbat man approaching and neither by word or sign allow him to suspect that some one is speaking to you." "Why?" I asked in the same guarded tone and without turning my head. waa three hours late. Tbe rain was falling or my coat ror later examination ana picsea up the third. It was a delicate envelope directed In a slightly unformed, girlish hand and cootatned on a single sheet of noui carriage.

"1 ahould rery mnch prefer to bare yo do ao," I sulci quietly. "Yon could not baye, I am sure, a. more farorable oppor- and threw bla bait smoke cigar salde. "I am a rich man, Mr. Reynolds," be said.

"I presume tbat I can control mora money today than any man than any tw I men In the atate. yet all my wealth can I neither buy me neace of mind nor lot- I "Why? Mv (ioo, is the man maa: wnyr Because I am making one last desperate paper the following astonishing words: 'Dar Horace: 'On no account must you leave the city once you have entered It without seeing me. I have the most ImDortant Dlece of news lurreuis aim 1 oaa own unaoie to procure a berth la tbe sleeplng-rar. I bad not reated for three nlghta. So I drew a breath of relief aa tbe kist car came to a Jarring halt nnder tbe ahed of the station.

The people drifted past me, sleepy and cross. It was with no thought, at least 00 especial thought, of avoiding recognition, that I settled ray hat lower over my res and turned my trllar uo about my A further examination convinced me that effort to save your worthless life, which my watch was quite safe, and the sight of personally 1 care as lime ior as i ao ior tbe dust beneath your feet and yet which ments. Just then a messenger boy touched my arm. beg your pardon, sir," be said, "but your friend said to give yon this package and to say to you that he would see you later." "Mv friend!" I said stunldlr. 1 am risking a suaaen, nornoie aeaca to saver The Tolce waa low.

cold, and sweet munlty from physical danger. The stranger langbed scornfully. "Yet I say there is danger," he an Id meaningly, still with his voice slightly lifted. "It Is a bad day, sir, for traveling southward." He looked at me with so much meaning that 1 rose to my feet As did so he raised his right hand to his cheek and I caught for tne second time tbat nlgbt a confused gllmpe of a gray sleeve and an Immaculate cuff held together by a golden nldf with of minv.faitri arm I ah throat. Attached as I bad been for several Jeara to the Darby Detective Agency I was ut Indifferently well-known in my native city, which I was now entering for the for you and it is quite Impossible for me to write It.

I must see you personally. They tell me at the office that you are out of town, but that you are expected home on every train. Therefore, I am leaving one copy of tbia letter at tbe office and one at your boarding bouse so that you cannot Bossibly fall to get one or tbe other. Mr. arby is exceedingly cross but hints that yon may be called out of town again for some weeks on business of a orlvate na He nodded and handed me a little oblong bundle wrnnned In brown DaDer.

Before 1 could auestion him further I beard the cry thin like a high note from some rare old' I looked at Mm keenly but did Dot la- Instrument and womanly-masculine or terrupt him. manly-feminine. I could not tell which. "I will bare to go a long way back te Some one, a half grown boy, called to tbe begin my atory, Mr. Reynolds a hundred I station agent and he baited half way dowi back to an Indian mutiny lu one of the platform and began to write lu a little he back prolncea.

One of my anceatora note book. It gave me a moment's respite ed a small party who aicked the palac or Ait Aooara, ana ne nurriea out; ot rai time aiter an sosence or several weeas. The platform was almost deserted as I swunar mvaelf down from th mp tna tbe car. green gems. Wit1! tn almost Imperceptible! Tbe roan who bad spoken to me about the speed of the train hurried past me.

No one There la a train from the sontn in twenty tne Kaian uoi-uuuaa, aua put uia nareaa ture. Whatever he may say, do not leave I was so tlfrronghly persuaded tbat tbe package held my fourth and last warning that 1 did not open it at first The train pulled slowly out of the station rattling spoae to me or noticed me in any way. I struck across tbe station platform at a gesture ana glance mat met mine squareiy lifted his eyebrows expressively, then wheeled and leit the station. For one moment the mad longing to fol minutes," said the Tolce. "Will yon, eren to the sword.

at this unpnrdonably late hour, turn from 'There are all aorta of maa legends aboai your purpose and go back to town? I hay hat bloody affair; some of them falsa) I little influence end ahull not fnll I dare say: but eyen the mildest. it remtnaea me or the necessity ror naste. It was five o'clock. I was a little surprised at this, I had fancied that it must be later. I finished my toilet hurriedly.

There was tittle use In seeking to learn the identity of tbe person whom I felt quits sure I bad seen leaving my room. He might probably did. belong to tbe ordinary sneak -thief variety which are the plagues of the second-class boarding house, and it waa already nearlng daylight. The only concession that I made to my dimly-formed suspicion that bis presence In my room held any personal menace to me was to thrust a loaded pistol in the pocket of my loose coat. I locked my door behind me, and then without tbe dimmest Idea of the dangers I was going to meet or the dark and tangled path mv feet must try before I touched the threshold of my home again, slipped down stairs and out of the still silent house.

CHAPTER TWO The Four Warnings II had not hcimn to stow Her tit bai had wunouc seeing me. Sincerely, Agnes. I read this letter oyer twice. It ner- over tne switcnes ana ins wnistie screeca inn like a demon. and deserted now save for the single electric low him to wrest a meaning from his I looked anxiously over my traveling words thrilled me.

and yet If be cared to ntexed me vaguely. Calling on Agnes waa avoid me, wjt cbiace was there for me companions. They were seven in number. Two old oeo Die. husband and wife appar exert tt in your faror.

Eyen now maj Jiost charitable construction put npon tba i not be too late." behaylor of my respected forbear would I hesitated not as to the tenor of toy hardly, I fear, bear the garish light of day. answer but a little uncertain how to choose The best authenticated story tells tragically I ror toe moment entirely our ox tne question. Truth to tell, my little sweetheart, to overtake him In the rain-smothered darkness outside tb dimly Hub ted station. Be ently, a little unused to traveling, who talked eagerly to each other In an under sides, the people were thronging Into tbe words. or now ne pui ine joiiugrni wuc ui mv "I am aent here on an especial mission 1 ralab to torture to make ber reveal the.

although a most charming girl and the light of my eyes, was a very Impressionable little person, given to dreams and the like tone In German; an old woman traveling with two little boys wno leaned timidly which you may understand as well aa I. biding place of her husband treasure; ot room ana i anew mat my train could not be long delayed. "And so I get my second warning!" I said since you know so much," I said stnb against her knees; a young married couple with something that waa almost a shiver Dorniy. I nnye noi tne tainiest iaea oi returning to town until tbe work whlcb 1 wno ciaspea nanus ana gazea serapnicaiiy into each other'a eyes; a middle-aged man with a band of crene on his hat. who stared lOW BSC UICU Uuun luc uruim iicaiuirui, ind of ber mother, an aged hag.

who fowled out fremled curses on tbe English wldlers and the English officer especially, ntll tbey tired of her clamor and Hun of apprehension. came here to do Is nnlahed." moodily out of the window. I fancied, at first, that he looked at me, then later the rain ceased to fall heavily wben I er, still Hying, atom tbe naming rami r.l.h'a nulnce. reached tbe station again. Two men walked avoided my gaze a little suspiciously until In just ahead of me.

"Then you may go to the aem as toot aa you like!" said the voice behind mc "I wnsh my hands of tbe whole affair!" There was a slight rustle beblnd me an turned sharply snd peered through tli window. There was no one In sight am the station and the waiting room wen 1 heard the conductor speak to faim about his wife who It seems was In a coffin In the the train tnr thn flnnth fn xmtV nn "IB I "My ancestor went home to bis yonna well lsden with Jewels snd gauds and i realth beyond his maddest dreams. But ha 'ound bis chlld-brlde, the only thing oat of them asked. "Pulled out ten minutes ago," said the other carelessly. "Due at 5:30, you know." baggnge car.

After that, naturally, I dismissed him from my mind. "Ticket I handed the conductor some coins. i saunterea laiy towara toe wicset. "Drunk, do you suppose I asked indifferently. "Darned If I know.

Something wrong with his think tank undoubtedly.1' I sat down again and picked up my brok. As I did so I became aware for tbe first time that two young women sitting near me were regarding me a little curiously. I stared back at them until tbe older, the less prepossessing of the two, caught ny glance and colored with annoyance. Trey were both tall and slender, rather fashionably dressed, although of that I could hardly perhaps be a good judge, and younger woman was neavllv veiled. The wrth he loyed better than gold, dead fn empty.

The station sgent came op abruptly It beer terror, while her infant, prematurely roe woras startiea me, ana took my watch from mv Docket and examined the answer to my gesture. born, walled upon ner icy oosom. ins) IS mere any one nere irotn air wuujcu mwuuru Areana'a this morning?" I asked. "He llyes ments told of being summoned to her roosa "Roseberry Junction," I said slowly, for I bad determined, in spite of the fact that I believed my enemies had given up tbe cbase, to divert any possible espionage by leaving the car at the Junction and riding face of it by the light of the station lamp. It was five o'clock.

I remembered then that that had been the time when I left It and went down stairs with the Jug. The some distance from town, does he not?" by ebrieks of terror, and anaing on nee He looked at me oddly for a moment. Drenst a giant spioer. ri I h.e not aeen anybody." he asld hesi- known or dreamed of. when his child waa tne rest oi tne way witn cue engineer in the cab.

born twelve hours later there was a hor wmcn naa stop pea on tne si rose or nve. While I was still looking at It dully, a clock near by rang out the hour and I rible mark noon Ita bosom tne rorm a counted the strokes: One two three four five six aii on me corner. ine rain naa oeen almost a deluge. I thought of my warm and pleasant room In the quiet boarding house on Washington street and quick-ened my pace a little. Aa I did so a carriage swung around the corner of Fifth and Mnple, tbe driver lashing his horses Into a gallop, snd I was almost run down.

I waa directly under the electric light, and I caught a confused glimpse of a slender man. straight and dark. He leaned out of the window and signalled with one eager hand to the driver. 'There bas been a mistake he called out hurriedly. I noticed a faint, foreign accent in his voice.

"Hhe train is already In. Fifty dollars if you get me there in time!" The hand touching tbe carriage window was a slender, womanish one. There waa a coat sleeve of grayish tweed, a snowy cuff, and a button that attracted my eyes once a spider In grayish fretted gold with eyes of emerald. The next Instant the wl idow came down with a snap, the horses rved, tbe vehicle lurched forward, and 1. 11 shed In the darkness In the direction of ie station.

It was some little time before could rid myself of the uncomfortable impression left upon me by the fleeting glimpse which I had bad of the man's face. I have always prided myself pon my powers of Intuition, and something told me now that the stranger and his haste nearly concerned me. I let myself Into the boarding house with a latch key end went straight to my own room. It was very cold outside, and a clock In the neighboring steeple struck four. The room was warm and pleasant.

I locked the door behind me, threw my overcoat and hat aside and, still pursuing the train of thought awakened by the hurried sight of the roan's face, lighted the gas. There was a little pile of letters on the table, placed ao that they would fall instantly under the eye of any one on first entering tbe room. A little Impatiently I threw myself into a chair and opened the first envelope. It enclosed this short note from my chief: Dear Reynolds: I enclose a letter from a new client of ours. As you will see by reference to it he lives In that part of the country which has attracted so much attention of late, and in he nlntn with von has been sllzbtlv tin older, as tf to escape my too-eager scrutiny, opened a book which waa lying on her knee, and which I discovered to be a copy of the same book- which I held, one of the popular, recently published works of fiction, began to turn the leaves.

The conductor passed on through the car. When he had done so I opened the packet lying on my knee. Inside the coarse brown outside wrapping was a mass of tissue paper. Upon opening It carefully I fouud a long, slender dagger with an edge like a razor and with tbe Intuition told me for the first time that had discovered the reason for the nresencn a gigantic spider. "It was not hard for those superstltlonslT Inclined to connect the frightful blow whlcH robbed the cruel officer of his young wlfa with the curses of the old Indian hag.

tt is perhaps most probable that ha himself did so. "Here is one of the most striking Das- ana nornoiy solicitous soout my sarety. Much as I longed to see her, it was decidedly best to slip quietly out of the city without allowing her to know that I bad received bar letter. Tbe Inst letter was In an envelope of coarse, grayish-blue texture, and tbe writing was either palpably disguised or tbat of an entirely uneducated person. Without giving the little errors and peculiarities tbat made It almost untranslatable on first reading.

It ran about as follows: "Dear Sir: "When you receive this you will be considering a trip to Rldgely. This from a Friend Is to warn you solemnly tbat if you do, from the time tbat you put your foot on the station platform at Rldgely your life is not worth a handful of rotten grain. The path you walk the air you breathe the people you meet the food you eat are death to you. If you enter Rldgely you will leave It in a pine box. To prove the truth of what I say, if you are fool enough to doubt It and to stick to your purpose look about you.

This is the first of four warnings which you will receive before your train puli.i out. Look out I A Friend." This settled the matter for me. Every Impulse of my being was in arms in an Instant. Give up my work for the sake of a cowardly anonymous letter Not If It was an hour until the time for my train to leave. I laid my coat and waistcoat aside preparatory to bathing my face, but found the water lug empty.

The chambermaid was negligent and It was not the first time It had occurred "nor the first time that I had found it necessary for me to do her work. Fortunately I knew where to find the hydrant. I stole noiselessly down tbe back stairs and out into the back yard. There was a faint grayish tinge in the east and I heard one or two of the servants stirring in the kitchen. The rain was still falling heavily drearily.

I had filled the Jug and reached the upper floor again when suddenly the light went out leaving tbe upper hall In utter darkness. The fact did not embarrass me. however. I was thoroughly familiar with the sages tn the book to my mind," she said to her companion, but with a sly look at noint hidden In the heart of a daisy. years generations passea.

cnuarev. me mat put me on my guara at once. "'The way is full of menace: so much were born, grew up. marnea, snn men. in my room of the uninvited guest who had paid me that puzzling visit.

He had meant to thwart my Intention of leaving town or at lenst to postpone it for twentv-four hours. For the first time tbe thought tbat there might be something more than a practical joke In the anonymous letters smote me like a douche of icy water. I was more fortunate, however, than I had "The train from the north Is an hour Some or tnem Dore tne spiaer oirm-maris more did not. Those who did not wora so, that the man who foolishly enters upon It is damned already. No matter how pow- I am not always dull.

Even have my moments of brlllisncy. I remembered the old name of "Daisy" that had followed me through my school days Into a professional life, although I was known by it only to a few Intimate frfenda and my heart died within me. A child could have read tbe mcftnge. I bad received my fourth and last out their humdrum lives and went to theut mi nis rrienas may ne, now wise ne may ti- lc himself, neither guardianship nor hrr. neither oowpr nor wit can satp tatingly, "but I hare been busy all the morning.

I will ask "Jack, baa tbe 'Spider' or any of hta people been in this morning?" I started nervously. "The. Spider 1" I ejnculflted. The man flushed a little. "Only a nickname, sir," he said with a touch of con-stmlnt.

"I 1 guess I am mostly responsible for It, although people generally about here have taken It up In tbe last two or three years. He told me once tbat 'Arcana' was the generic name for spider and Do you know the gentleman?" "I hare not that honor," I said a little distantly. He turned sharply to the boy. "Is Mr. Arcana tn town this morning, Jack?" be asked.

Before the lad could answer I beard the sound of footsteps behind us and turning hurriedly I saw the man whom I felt Intuitively to be tbe one of whom I waa In search, approaching. "I beg your pardon," he said in a voice that Impressed me most decidedly in his favor at once, "but I am sure that this must be Mr. Reynolds. I bad begun to think that you were going to fall me. This is the third time I have come to meet you." "I was out of town when Mr.

Darby received your letter." I said, conscious that graves In peace. Tne otners Hp turned and looked across the peaceful, rolling brown fields lying la the wlntef sunlight. "The Indians are a very peculiar, re- vengeful race, Mr. Reynolds, ss perbspa late," said the ticket agent whom I knew warning CHAPTER THREB The Spider 1 left the car at Roseberrr Junction Mm "i the merited consequences of bis own pi. niption.

Even the girl who loves him will -1 her prayers unheeded. Well for his soul if she begins now to-day Uie offices for the dying" She paused a moment. "The train is coming' she said. "We are too late, 'Vieve. slightly.

"Are you leaving town, Mr, Reynolds?" But I muttered something that might mean either absent or denial and drawing my hat over my eyes sat down to wait for my train devoutly thankful that for once Fate proven my friend and brought the of my mvsterlous you know, ana tne young wiie or ia rajnm was widely connected with some of tba more savage tribes of India. So the blood- h.tpeif deacended from father to SOB. andl mnde as sure as I could that 1 was not followed, and after renewing an old, though later every bearer of the fatal iet us go." This time this second warning had rather slight acaualntance with jerry uia found me on my guard. enemy to nacght. bam, the engineer, and showing him a hit of paper signed in a grateful but unguarded "leu me what you mean!" I said sharply.

Your words were addressed to me and xnere wo: many trains one at in.ir hour and tteia were only a few people scattered about over tbe wide waiting room. moment ny ine president oi me a. took a seat with him In the cab. and they are not In the book. They" We stonoed at the Junction for twenty I found no face that was familiar to me.

bnt the zoom whs so imperfectly lighted Bne looted at me over ner snouhier with a little startled exclamation and slipped from my touch like a frightened thinsr. The next moment she and ber companion that there mient have oeen a ioxen ana I minutes, but I saw no one who seemed to be interested In me and after a warning shriek from tbe whistle we left the station started on the twenty mile run across I was speaking a little stiffly. "I did not get your messnge until this morning and der suspicion himself. So I hope to be able to kill two birds with one stone by sending! you to him, the more especially as he has were swallowed up by a throng of people bouse and hardly slackened my pace in the would be none the wiser, I took a book from my pocftet and begnu to cut tba leaves. As I did so a man, stumbling clumsily over my feot.

approached the ticket I left on the first train." He smiled a rare sweet smile tbat added 'x of nralrie ana river-roa roiling wooa wno just tneu encerea me station, ana i heard the whistle of the train coming In from the north. land to the little town of Rldgely. Very the finishing charm to a face of singular little vs said in the cab. The train wos agent picked up my belongings still a little Kosenerry." nn ssia in a low, rat ner runuluff nt a high rate or speed snd I found the ji lting of the cab and the frenzied dazed and left the station. It had now sweet voice.

"One dollar and ninety cents? Thank you." grows quite light outride, a dreary grayish ngnt mat ni terra r.rougn veil or railing shrieking of tbe whistle not conducive or encouraging to imversatlon, so I watched the srenery as It flitted by the cub window. He turned, enn rrom nis vantage place near the ticket window flashed a quick rain. I ascended tnv steps of the Pullman birth-mark came to a niooay ena at rns) hands of the descendants of the rajah's wife. "There is a verv well authenticated tra dltlon that a singular affection existed be- i fween mv great-grandfather and one of thai race which had been so fatal to our house. Dowle-Las saved my grandfather's llfaj more than once.

They became as brothers, for my grandfather hid the secret of th birth-mark so well that Dowle-Las, al- though they had drunk of the aame cup andj shared the same couch for months did nof suspect tbe truth. One day, however, tba Englishman was stricken with delirium. then unconsciousness, and tbe native) learned tbe truth. He plunged a dagger la the white man's heart that Bight, and through hardships Incredible carried tba body of the man who had loved andl trusted htm back to hia widow. And that night Dowle-Las sought death by the sstna dagger tbat had fonnd bis victim's heart sought death and found It" He turned and faced me, his eyes searching my face.

"It sounds Incredible, does (1 not?" be ssld shortly. "It Is Incredible but tt Is true." "And vet tbta does not aiplslB tut connection with the case," I said flatly. "Unless" "I had thought tbat yon wonl nnder. stand." be said looking at me In a dlai. pointed fsshioo.

"Mr. Reynolds, my lite la in Jeonardv. for I bear the blrth-auk al tba spider!" I WtOaltllllJtJ avoiding the curious eyes of Oldham and eager glance over tbe room; then, as If not leaat. My room was at the extreme end of the hall. A grayfsh-Itght, only noticeable as contrasted with the deeper blackness of the hall, filtered through the windows, and suddenly through the darkness I heard faint sound and saw a shadow pass serosa the grayish square outside my room.

I hurried down the hnll but met no one. hertrd the sound of no closing door. I had left my room lighted not only by the gas but by a candle as well. I bad lighted this Inst with the intention of carrying it down sfalrs but had changed my mind and left If- burning on the table. The windows were closed and I was forced to believe that some one and not gust of wind bod and toot the last scat In the car If I were to trust evidence of my own senses the situation was extending Its ram the fireman as much as possible and said nnding what be sought, turnea to the ticket sweetness.

"Good! I like despatch. Be said genially. "It promises well for our plans. Come the carriage Is waiting." He turned to go but wheeled sharply. "The pleasure of meeting Mr.

Reynolds Is making me forgetful." he said. "Anybody In on today's train, Simms?" "Nobody hut this gentleman, sir." "Very well. Tou know my wishes. And now, Mr. Reynolds.

I im quite ready." He conducted me to the back of tbe station where I found a carriage and horses waiting. drive mvself," be ssld and (ben added "more especially this morning It will give us a good onnortunitv to norning. ifications Into all tv different strata of Tbe rain had ceased and the snn was shining when we reached Rldgely. I found soeletr. Tto wearc of the cuff buttons ssaed tor your personal services.

"A wire this afternoon Indicates that Srnlthson bas escaped from the police, so we cannot put tbe thumb screws on Mm as we had hoped to be able to do. Tou bad better accept this assignment at once and leave on the first train. I will forward written Instructions. Darby." laid tbe letter aside In disgust It was tike Darby to send me on a wild-goose chase such as this promised to be, without even allowing me time to report fully on my last case. I looked at my watch and then consulted a map upon the wall.

Rldsrely was In the extreme southern part of the state and the next train, in fact the only train for twenty-four hours, was due to leave at half past five. Tbe next letter puzzled me a little. It was addressed to Darby's DetecllvS gCDCJ nd was about aa follows: 'Teir Sir: "Tf pnrare TteynMm fl alt yvtir aory, sDd agent again. "Ten miles beyond Roscberry Junction, eh?" he said In a louder voice with some emphasis, "and after last night's storm a dangerous road, sir, as you say the road to the south." belonged to the classes while the two vounger wonj, although handsomely dressed, belonged qui as certainly to the It little more than what is termed op probriously a "wide place in the since the town itself was more than 1 mile from tho station. My sleepless nlphf were beginning to tell upon me.

1 had aivision or woruers I looked nn rrom mv boot: a little start I looked anxiously cftoat me. Would my led. "I saw noth'ng of tne kina. sir." sata things over without any danger of -vprhenrd enemlc nlve up te matter when thy foil fully deUrmlnd or would 'hw follow n.e even herst The rar was raplcif but the pl were stranjifrs to tbe agent cnrlly. "I havo beard of damage belnc done to tte line by the Rtorm either north or 0'ith.

Pertain'? raging headache when I climbed out nf tbf cab and waited, leaning negligently again! the station house wall until the train should pull out again. I had no mind to face the inslo of ibe stuffy little waiting room. Avp rntly I was the only passenger for "rris did not seent to call for an I onlv nodded. extinguished it. The wick was still smouldering.

My first snxlety was for tbe Mters. bad left my coat, tbe pocket of which held them, ji chnlr. 1 now fmiifl both coat tnrt on flr neir the --r Vi" n.pi assured hid -t tbero can be tronbip my division or. nib and was I should bare keta ootiflel' 'take lbs slightest on win Hxemea Id my move inlris. have you any idea of the nati work which yon have) come down Lwe v.

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W. C. ItMI.WIlW CO. probable that such a decline would be A forecast of general rain would cause as wide a break as a wet weather map. If drought continues there Is hardly a chance for a decline, no matter what bearish feature, outside of the weather, come to light.

The rop situ--tinn is becoming so critical that it ovc rshadows everything else. The market arts rather long and It is ertain that the weaker short Interest has been eliminated, if It were not for the probability, of a genuine crop scare on continued drought would be great; as it is, more dry weather will be likely to cause a steady and gradual rise, rather than quick bulges. The quirk forecast on the week end was for showers over Sunday. If they materialize, the market ought to open the new week with lower prices. the effect that cotton was not' all up and tin plant was not growing as tbe result of the lack of moisture.

Temperatures were, very high the woek through and Intensified Ihe effect of the drouth. The weakness of July seemed be confirm the stories that the leading bulls had thrown their ileal in the old crops over. It was apparent laic In the week that some large line of long July cotlon was being put on the market but the trade could not decide who was the seller, one rumor was that the cotton belonged to large traders who have been following Ihe. operallona of, but who are not members of tne bull clique. In the spot department prices losl one eighth, middling closing at IB Tilt! against lf 7-lic last week and 14 7-fic this week last year.

Sales on Ihe spot amounted 10 1.1 7ti bales against 1,5:12 a week ago and 2.055 a year ago. and as to the outlook for a trade revival was chiefly responsible, for the hesitation. Interest centered largely upon the condition of tho crops. The government's weekly weather gave oflirlal confirmation to advices from various points in thp south and southwest that crop prospects were being Impaired by drought and caused no littte uneasiness on Ihe stock exchanges as well as In Ihe grajn and cotton markets. Halns toward the close of the week in several sections gave, wmc relief from ihese misgivings.

Definite signs or Improvement in the steel and Iron trade were, perhaps, the most encouraging developments of the week. Iteports of increased business following the recent reduction of prices were general. A further advance in the price of copper metal, coupled with a large, gain In Ihe volume, of exports and a shrinkage In the European visible supply pointed to an Improvement tn this branch of the metal trades. The report of foreign trade for May gavfl striking evidence of the manner in whic the country's credits abroad are being maintained. Not only were last month's exports the largest ever reached In the month of Way, but the balance of trado In favor of this country was increased tr more than J500.00n.000 for tho eleven months of tho fiscal year.

KfTeetrve O. t. I. 1 I 0 Leaving Orceuvlllo. No.

Time. 74 For Columbia, dally ex ecpi Sunday 7 00 a. m. 53 Charleston dally 12.20 j.m Kor Laurens, djcllv ex- J. W.

LIGON, T. (Jreenvllle. 8. C. iy.1,1.

Knox vn. Lit: COMPANY. KITectlve. 1 let. 2.

1010. lravlug t.recntlllo. No. -Tim. i except Sunday ..8.00 a.m.

I Iially 3. no a. in. 2ft Sunday only 0.00 a. m.

ArrMng I Dally except Sunday ..10 4ft m. Drily 615 p.m. months seema to have resolved itself Into a contest between speculative lotiKS and short. Foreign manufacturing Interqsta have undoubtedly supplied themselves with miflieitnt stocks to last until new cotton is available, while only light purchases for account of American spinners can be anticipated from now on. I'nder the circumstances it Is hot surprising that the bull Interests continue to liquidate July and August, even though the trend has been downward, i The first bale of cotton of tho crop of 1911- was marketed glaring t.hu week.

This Is the earliest by nine days In the history of the staple, a 4 4 "5 4 TIIK COTTON SITrATION. j. j. if 4 4 4 4 4 New York. June 17.

It Is dls-1 1 tly a weather market anil eru-Imive iittrntkin In ciiticentratorl on Ihl8 one phase of the situation with the ircult that priren are pNtrcmely seiiKltlvc to every report if any ell-' niatic i hange in the holt, ns waa wlt-lieBsed toward tho rinse of the week when, 'n a government forecast of rain, the market from .10 to 40 point. As ii matfVr of taut, showers rilil materia line in Texan, Arltnn-siih an.1' Oklahoma, and the cinfiril-nem whk'h continues to prevail tutuls to indicate a change from the hot, 110 125 175 70 10 115 80 00 9.1 105 .105 10 .125 14- 12 9 0 II 101 101 ltOil 10! Largley Mfg. S. C. Laurens Cot.

Mills. S. C. Limestone Cot. Mills.

Lockhart Mills Lory Mills N.C. coin. Lorav Mills. N. C.

1st pfd Marlboro Mills. S. C. Mills Mfg. S.C Mollohon Mfg.

S. C. Monarch Cot. Mills, S. C.

Monaghan Mills. S. C. Newberry Cot. Mills, S.

C. Ninety Six Mills, 8. C. Norrls Olympla Mills, S. C.

1st pi Orangeburg Mfg. pfd. Orr Cot. Mills, S. ottaray Mills, 8.

Oconee com Oconee pdf Pacolet lact which seems to bear out out predictions made earlier in the sea-I son that receipts this year during I July and August would be larger than usual. COTTON MII.li STOCKS. Quotations furnished A. M. Law fit Company.

Spartanburg, 8., C. for week ending Juno 17. Bid asked Cot. Mills. S.

C. 70 75 Aiken Mfg. S. C. 75 Amei Spinning S.

C. 160 Anderson Cot. Mills, S. 80 Wo don't know whether It is the h'iit or Ihe ncsr approach of th Statewide i-nbition. but Texas spetna tn have something on her mphis Commcrc Jal Appeal.

Paecdet Mfg. 8. C. pfg. Mfg.

Co Pickens Cot. Mills 8. C. 100 92 OKI, fans cotton hkvikvy New Orleans, June 17. The net results of the week in the cotton "market were a.

decline of 23 to tilt points. July made tho greatest loss. The high prices of the week were made on Monday and the low prices on Saturday. In other words, the niatket opened at the top and closed at the bottom. At the highest the list was 7 to 2fi points over last week's close; at the lowest It was 211 to Hi points under.

It was wholly a weather market and reports of light showers in the belt, noitio of them confirmed and some of them union-firmed, put values down. Tho slump on tho week cud was due to showers in thp eastern half of the bolt, as shown by tho weather map, and private reports, not confirmed, of good 'fains In west Texas. A ll hough prices made a wide decline tt cannot lie said that any great amount of rain Ml during the week and nt the close the crop still needed general and soaking rains. Keports 162 08 1X21 115 1 40 104 25 IliO Tho trade glttnticm nt home show? no particular chanse although mann-farturers are asking a shade higher prices than those quoted In nt week The however, which exists between the fd'lrp of. raw material and that for goods, Is still an large, that, no sustained lmprovemont In the mlllltisltuatlon can be looked lor until nils Is materially lessened.

With respect to the immediate future nf Ihe market weather conditions i. th -ii Piedmont Mfg. S. C. Poc.

I''. W. Mfg. 8. C.

Parl.rr Mills Co. guranlced 102 Parker Mills pfd. SO Parker Mills Raleigh Cot. Mills, N. C.

100 Richland Cot. Mills 8. C. pfd Illverslde Mills. S.

We take th" libe rty of anticipating Colonel llniley's Inevitable disclaimer. Jhi Johnson is not going to the "circulation as the spee-lal representative, of his nallve Slute of Manc hester I'nlon. a rorrox ioiutast. a '4. 4.4.4.4.4.4.4.4.4.4! ..140 1271 lloanke Mills, N.

C. Saxton Mills, S. C. New Orleans, June IK. So far as on the new crop months, with the I r.Hn nnvt, there Is Itlghl In your bto-bsl season when ling to lip but one feature in the cot Aragon Mills, S.

Arcadia Mills, S. Arkwrlght Mills, 8. C. Augusta Kaeta Ga. Avondale Mills, Ala Melton Hrandon Mills, H.

Hrogon Mills, S. (J. Cabarrus Cot. MIlls.N. Calhoun Mills, S.C CannonMfg.

N. Capital Cot. Mills C. Chlquola Mills S. Cllflon Clirion, pfd Clinton Cot.

Mtlla, 8. C. Courtenay Mfg. 8. Columbus Mlg.Co., Coh Mfg.

8. C. O. K. Converso 8.

C. Dallas Mfg. Ala Derllngtnn Mfg Co, .8. C. Draton Mills.

8. bull Intnresls llciuldatlng old contracts whenever they can do so without cHiiaing too severe a break. lllCMtY Cl.KWH Co. 65 OB 100 no lio SB (U 130 135 61 135 .80 S5 107. 100 95 12B 2.

l6 021 100 70 100 110 7B .00 05 117 10 165 60 Sibley Mfg. Oa. Spartan 1 Toxaway Mills. S. C.

rucapauMllls C. I'nlon-Huftalo Mills, 1st Cnlon-lluffalo, let. Victor Mfg. Cc Ware SIioh! Mfg. are most likely to ik" dlajTho and 72 lc se several days' time, unless you 20 have Chnmberbcln's Colic, Cholera pfd.

70 land Diarrhoea Itcnicdy nt hand and .,50 take a close un the first appearance ...110 112 I of t.ho rilHcaac. For sale by all deal- 80 ton market this week and that Is the weather In Its relation to tho July condition figures. The period to be considered In this coming report which will he the cec-ond of tho season, ends next Sunday. June 2B. The report Itself will bo from some parts of the belt were to a Oentsrous tSlft ilrv ronditions which hMe prevailed lor so If this promise of rain Is roa lined plant will undoubtedly respond Py leaps and hounds for, Jiol-v.

Ilhstaiidlng the protracted dry spell, no defpi-iorjflon of cnnseipience has far 1 Men disc losed, and the growth generally Is alrovc normal tot this rtr.thn'ycHr, Hut even thoiiKh rains sh'A'nlcl hold oil' until uv.h a time as tn affect the growth (if the llanl, tHr! farl must nut he log! night of that trie crop as ii whole linll' hnd splendid start mid this, eoinlilned with Ihrt in Teased aereajre, and Ahe greater use of rprtlllas-r. leaves room 1r a rmmidfi'Hlilit amount of deteil-orallon nullifying Ihe promise ol -a 1 miner yield, lienor! trom Alabama Indicate a condition In practically every ctuinly-In Ihe Ktale if annul fi ner- cent, hetler than normal, and from 5 to 101) per cent, better than al this lime a year ago. In Arkansas the crop is and bet-tor worked than rvor before at thlt lime of year, while from Oklahoma come reports of good stands and nil. tlvatlon. and that the recent shoyr.

era have helped to emphasise a verv promising outlook-. Texas ndvlees are to the effort that nicking In the southern portion will become general 1 In ten davs' time. Klelds clear of grass and weeds and In northern and central sections the- early plnnt-lng Is putting on squares. There Is little or no sign nf boll weevil, find the eai'lj Indications, nf labor short-are h'lve entirely disappeared. From nil appearances the general crop prosppi'ia continue, bright, and there la no tiiV'Ptlon that the advance which was cm the drought reports carried the mnrkc-t to a higher level than was Justified by any damage has as yet Th ajiuatlon in (.

the old.Ver'opi 1 have used K-Wo and can truthfu lly any that It helped mo wondorful- ly. I believe K-No to be one) tne tlon remedica on tho market. Mr. Cox la on of the leading me I have used In my practice Dyspepsia, Liver and Indigos. Floyd M.

Cox. rchnntg of Foulh Carolina, with auccesg for Dyspnpala, Liver Eno.ee Mfg. S. I Knoree Mfg. 8.

C. pfd. 100 76 Enterprise Mfg, iTNWtiAt. New York. June 18.

Influences brought to bear upon the slock market Inst weelt were not sufficiently pronounced to bring about changes in tho character of trading or ippculatlve sentiment Movements of stocks were narrow and hesitating, no decisive trend, although there were evidences of underlying strength In the resistance of the market to severe, atla.lcs from the bear party, and In the creeping advance of railroad stocks, in the face nf these attac ks. The average price of railroad Issues touched the highest polni of th" year, although the pnllre week's movement was so small as tn possess little ((significance. Interest lagged and the amount of trading fell off sharply. The market apparency wfcs marking time while awaiting Information which might form and Indigestion troubles, and heart! with the above complaints. Yourt Dear Sit: Having tkacn a small ed to atate that I fully "oelleve It to gostlon and other stomach troubles.

ly recotn mc it to any one suffering truly, W. C. Bowen, D. amount of your K-No, am prepar-to bo a valuable medicine for tndl-Can also state that 1 know the Issued on Monday, July 3, according to the schedule. This week will be most Important for the reason that if any change In conditions is tn take place to bring about a more favorable report than can he looked for it must take place within the next seven days.

The long distance forecast for the cotton belt Monday morning will be eagerly read by every trader In the market, AH sorts of weather predictions wlU he listened to with much more Interest than usual and the amateur forecasters. It Is said to see now how Interest can he aroused In tuiythlng but the weather. Rain, no matter how light It may he. will promptly work against values this week and anything like a general downpour will cause a severe break. Kaln Ui any one Important section 110 70 65 rrrfessor Munyon has just Issued ft most beautiful, useful and complete as hianac.

It contains not only all the scientific information concerning the moon's phases, in all the latitudes, but lias illustrated articles on how to read character by phrenology, palmistry and birth month. It also tells all about card reading, birth stones and their meaning, and gives the interpretation of dreams. It teaches beauty culture, manicuring, weiahts and measures and antidotes or poison. In fact, it it a Magaiine Almanac, that not only gives valuable information, but will afford much amusement for every membpr of the fsmily, especially for parties and evening Farmers and people in the rural districts will find this Almanac al-Inost invaluable. It will tie sent to snyone absolutely free nn npplKttinn to the Miinrnn Hear dy Company, Philadelphia, J'.

Exposition Cot. Mills Ua. Fnlrfleld Cot. Mills, 8. C.

Qaltfney Mfg. Co Oalnesvllla Cot) Mills, Oa, Olenwood Mills. 8. C. Olnnn-Lowry Mfg.

manufacturers to be honorable genii Very truly, 8. Brooka Marshall, emen, whose claim' respect. Sec. Treas. Merchants' Greenwood, 8.

C. 10 14b 1 have used K.No with siplendld re Mlg.Co., pfd Ut 101 suits, and take pleasure In recotn-Dyspepsia and Indigestion. Mrs. A. C.

Latimer, Helton. 8. C. te lulled States Senator Latimer, mending It to any one suffering with Mis. Latimer la the wife of the la Qluck Mills, 8.

Orapby Cot. Mills, 8. C. Oranby Cot. Mills 8.

pfd. Oranitevllle Mfg. 8. C. 1A0 dreetvwood Cot.

Mills, d. C. 67 31 166 69 the basis of a broader movement of the belt will be good for twenty For Sale by CARP ENTER BROS, aroipcta decline, although Is hardly I vili.dt, .11 IK' imq si lioa ml) hu noon an li-oiiiut ucl Minn hbiniA.