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By WILLIAM MURRAY QRAYDON. (Copyright, 1903.)
CHAPTER XXIIL?C-inUnued.
Turning to the Hindoo, he added: "???
?re right?nothing can be dono nt once.
I will talk the matter over with you
on the morrow, since I have your pledged
word that the timo Is not urgent.''
"The sahib speaks wisely," replied Go
find Punt "There Is. Indeed, much to
be planned, but so surely ns the sun will
rise again tho English girl shall not per?
ish."
At midnight, though he hnd climbed.to
Ihe ro?f an hour earlier, ?lark was still
leaning over the balustrade, with his |
?yes turned wistfully towards Chandra
plngh's house. The perfume ot scented
{?Ordens, wnftod out of the darkness be
on-, swoetened tho air. A vague, sooth-,
ng hum, broken occasionally by a distant
Fhout, flonted from all parts of tho
Woomed city.
There were other sounds, ringing faint
>nd dull, to which the listener gavo but
? pnsslng thought; he did not know thnt
)ncn were hard at work nt the Cashmore
^ate, tolling with pick and spailo. In the
Vain hope of repairing the terrible breach
made hv the English guns.
"What will the end be?"
The old question, fraught with newer
?plgnlflcRnoc, but as unanswerable as ever,
rose to Jack's lips. He turned wearily
away nnd flung himself on the chnrpoy
tinder the awning.
He slept and woke, slumbered again,
?und then sat up with a start, like a
fr?an roused from a painful dream. it
!was the dim gray hour that precedes tho
!flawn. but he scarcely noticed this fact;
nor did he pay nny heed tn tho excited
clamor that was swelling In th? dislance.
Just below him. close under tbe roof,
he hear?! the snarling screams of a dog
Jn mortal npony, nnd n. sound nf desper?
?te scuffling nnd high-pitched voices.
Jnck's blond turned cold as he listened
Tor an instant, nnd then, flinging himself
rut of bed. he dashed toward the ladder.
(But before he could reach It the furious
>car of cannon burst suddenly and with?
out wnrnlng on the breaking day. The.
big twenty-four pound guns of the Moreo
btstlon. flashing: redly at the advancing
foe. proclaimed thnt the final assault of
Delhi had actually begun. The doiith
kr.ell of the Imperial city of the Moguls
had struck!
CHAPTER XXIV.
,' THE KING'S WARRANT.
The opening salvo of the rebel 24
pounders had scarcely time to rever?
berate over the wide plain; tho thunder?
ing echoes were drowned by volleys of
?artillery that rolled right and left, by
fierce shouts and yells nnd a spluttering
fire from hundreds of rifles.
Startled and confused by the sudden
Btorm. Jack hesitated and stopped. He
lingered for a moment on the roof, sat?
isfied that an atta-ck In force hnd begun,
nnd wondering If It stood nny chances
of success. Did he hope not, for
Madge's ?sake? Tlw thought that he was
almost a traitor to his countrymen, ready
to weigh them In the balance with one
woman whom he loved, struck to his
heart like a knife-thrust.
"God forgive me!" be muttered. "And
yet, if the city should fall to-dnj,*>?"
He shuddered at the terrible picture
which his mind conjured up, and as
quickly he took comfort from tbe Hin?
doo's assurance that the walls of Delhi
were still Impregnable. Then he re?
membered the ominous sounds he bad
heard below?, nnd reproached .Tiimself!
for delaying when thero might be urgent
need of his assistance.
In a trice ho was down the steep lad?
der, armed with tho loaded pistol whloh
he kept by him night nnd day. The
prolonged roar from batteries and bas?
tions fell loss violently on his ear now,
came muffle?! and deadened hy the walls
and roof of the house. The scuffling
had ceased, and he no longer heard tho
engry voices.
He hastily passed through his own
apartments, and as ho entered a corri?
: dor communicating with the Hindi's
bed chntnN-r. the door opposite to ?him
flew open nnd a man nppeared on the
threshold. The light was poor, but It
wa? suflieient to reveal the swarthy
elated features of ?Toe! Spanish.
The scoundrel did not recognize his
former ofllcer nnd master, but saw In
him only nn enemy whom he must dis?
patch for his own safety. He lit tercel
a snarling cry, and with that, lifting the
recking tulwar which he held In hi*
right hand, he ntmed a furious stroke.
The att.nck wae so sudden and ,)a?;li
w.'ii so taken by surprise that he did not
have an opportunity to use his pistol.
An nfrlle? spring to on?1 Ride was all that
s.evefl bis life. Thn sword hissoel hy his
ver*.' ear. and, sinking deeply Into the
timbered wall. It snapped off near the
hill from th? force of ilio blow,
Thus deprived of what was apparently
his only weapon, .loel Spanish thought
discr?tion?the better part of valor. With
an oath he plunged headlong at the
rlckotyi winding staircase, which was
close on his left. Jack fired at hlm.
but missed, nnd the next Instant he.
too, was clattering down tho narrow
stairs through the darkness and the
powder smoke, in hot pursuit.
A thirst for vongeance was the young
officer's guiding Impulse, and he forgot
that his pistol was empty; thnt the.
fugitive might not he unarmed eflet?
ali He descended safely to the next
fleior, and a couple of strides carried
hlm to on open window-casement. .Fremi
this he looked down about six feet to
the flat of an adjoining dwelling, over
the far edge of which Joel Spanish was
just In the net of disappearing by means
of ? tree that was a few feet higher
than the roof.
Jack could havo wept with rage nnel
disappointment.
"Too late!" he muttered savagely,
"What cursed luck! That rutilan ho?
escaped me, and It In useless to follow
hlm farther. Thin shows clearly eiiou*?**
how ho gained admission to the house,
but whnt slnlsteer motive can have
brought him here?"
The question suggested ghastly possi?
bilities. Tlie strange silence overhead;
the omnlnoua fact that Spanish's sword
hnd been stained with fresh blood, bade
the young ofllcer prepare for the worst.
With a faltering stop he crept up the
stairs, and his heart throbbed with fear?
some dread and anticipation as he push?
ed the bedchamber door wide open und
looked within.
He recoiled Involuntarily, with ?
hoarse exclamation from the horrible
scene that met his gaze. The lamp was
still burning, and Its low, glittering
llame, blended with the gray glimmer
of the dawn, l?ilode the little room with
sickly light. Walls, floor and furni?
ture were spattered with blood, and In
a wldo crimson pool near tho overturned
charpoy lay the bodies of Govlnd Punt
and the Tibetan hound, at first sight pre-'
seating the appearanco of having been
hacked to piecos.
The Agra cabinet had been ruthlessly
split open by the assassin's tulwnr, and
Its shattered panels nnd drawers, a
number of gold and silver coins strewn
about the floor, and with them a small
sandalwood box containing nothing hut
a bit of green silk, were the details that
completed the picture of murder and de?
struction.
"By Heavens, wbat a dastardly crime!"
muttered Jack. "If the struggle had
awakened me a llttlo sooner I might
have Bavoel the poor fellow and given
Joel Spanish his desertH."
He mustered sufficient courage to cross
the threshold of the room, and he had
taken ueveernel steps forward when he
was startled by a deep groan. Tlie sound
came from tlio lips of Govlnd Punt, In
whom somo life evidently remained,
His vitality was extraordinary,, for
though a sword had split his skull, and
his shoulder, chest nnd stomach were
terribly gashed, he managed to crawl
a short distance toward a brass lotah
that stood on a stool near the charpoy.
"Drink, sahib!" he moaned feebly.
Jack understood, and after putting the
Jar of water to the poor wretch's lips,
ho propped him up against the bed. The
Hindoo's head foil to one side, and his
eyes half-closed, but ho was able to point
a shaking hand at the sandalwood box.
Jack picked it up and glanced at It with
Bome curiosity.
"You mean this?" he asked.
?Tes, sahib! I nm dying, but I must
speak. The assassin, Joel Spanish?"
"What brought him here7 Tell the
truth, Oovlnd Punt!"
"I will confess, sahib. He came?to rob
me. But that which he stole?which
was In Ihe box-belonged to you."
VTo me!" cried Jack. He started with
dilated eyes at the strip of green silk,
which seemed strangely familiar to him
The truth flashedo suddenly upon him,
nnd he was stunned by tho revelation:
his brain spun round dizzily.
"It was yotl who murdered Nnth fia
norJlV? he demanded In an accusing
voice.
"I killed him, sahib."
>, "And why?"
The Hindoo's lips moved Inarticulately;
he ??,-is beyond speech. But no reply wns
needed. The damning chain of evidence
llttcil Itself togetherr, link hy link, In
the young officer's mind. He saw It all
cloarrly. Poor Tobias Clink had been
Waylaid and murdered for the sake of
that strange pnrcel which he had brought
thousands of miles from England.
?N'itili Banorjl, the guilty man, hnd died
by the hand of Oovlnd Punt, and now ho,
too, thief and assassin, had been struck
down by the renegade fusilier and robbed
of ihe accursed unknown thing.
"It Is the linger of fate?the vengeance
of heaven!" Jack exclaimed hoarsely.
"Whatever the box may have contained,
I thank God It never enme Into my pos?
session! 1 wouldn't stand In Joel Span?
ish's shoes for a good lilt. Tho curse will
follow him, and he will dio a violent
death like the others."
He dashed the sweet-smelling box lo
the- floor, and the next Instant ho hn?i
?Hiite forgotten It as he listened to the
thunderous din of the attack, which was
ringing louder and louder across the city.
He bent over the Hindoo and gripped him
by the arm.
"You hear!" he cried. "The truth, for
God's sake! Can Delhi hold out?"
Govlnd Punt's corpse-like features
showed a glimmer of comprehension.
"Sahib, forgive," his white lips enunci?
ated feebly. "I?deceived?you?"
His last breath passed with the words,
the cord of life snapped, and he rolle?l
over In a ?hapeless heap. That he should
have survived for a single minute after
receiving such frightful wounds, and,
moreover, retain consciousness, was lit?
tle short of a miracle. His will power
and vitality must have been extraordi?
nary?
"I deceived you!"
The dying words echoed tn Jack's brain
with a terrlblo significance. He knew
tbat they could mean but one thing
he guessed how the Hindoo would have
finished tho sentence. He thought of
Madge's peril, of the fate that threatened
her young, sweet Ufo, and the heart?
rending tragedy swam before his mental
vision ns he made nil haste to the roof.
He clung to the balustrade and stared
anxiously toward tho scene of the flgh.*?
ing, Just as Charles I. watched Ihe battle
Of. Murston Moor from the tower on the
walls of Chester.
CHAPTER XXV.
A CRY OF DISTRESS.
It was a grand, historic picture?the
storming of L-elh! In the gray light of
that September-morning?and . one never
to be forgotten by those who saw It
from near or far. Hundreds of rifles
were cracking, nnd the crash of artillery
was ns continuous as a roll of musketry.
Along the northern front of the ram?
parts, where Nicholson's gnllant troops
were facing the concentrated fire from
the Cashmere and Cnhul gates and! tho
Burn and Moree bastions, hung a f?en-e
spreading cloud of smoke, lit up with red
flashes. And within the- city Itself col?
umns of smoke and flnme were "rising
from different points, whero houses hnd
been set. ablaze by shells and rockets, for
the British batteries nearer tho'riuge had
been at work for some time, ami were
still pounding away.
The cheering of tho besiegers, nnd the
yells nnd war cries of the mutineers,
could he plainly heard whenever there
was the slightest lull In the cannonad?
ing.
But ns yet, at least from the top of
Govlnd Punt's house, thero was no sign
to tell whether tho storming party was
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though one thing seemed certain, that
they hnd so far carried none of the
gates. For five or ten minutes the young
??fflcor kept 'vigil while the fighting
raged more fiercely and desperately.
"It Is waetlng precious time to ?re?
main here," he finally decided. The ar?
tillery fire of the past few days must
have made a breach in the walle?that
Is what the Hindoo ??onceaJod from me?
nu?! if Nicholson once gets through he
will take tho city. I bad better prepare
for the worst. Even now tho king may
be signing Madge's death warrant."
.lust then, from the vicinity of the
Cashmere gate, there was a terrifia ex?
plosion, followed by th? crash of fall?
ing masonry, that hurled a great shower
of debris high Into the air. And the
next Instant a shell caino screaming
from ? distant battery, and tore Away
tlie for corner of the house ns It struck
the roof and burst.
Jack escaped Injury, though tbe frag?
ments flow close around hlm. He groped
his way to the ladder through the pun?
gent cloud of dust nnel srhoke, descended
quickly and hastened to the chamber of
death.
He would willingly have avoided the
ghastly slghl, but It wafl necessary that
lie should be armed. He slipped round
lho bodies of man nnd doer, bis feet
sticking to the bloody floor, and from a
shelf behind tbe charpoy ho took two
loaded pistols nnd a curved tulwnr. Had
Oovlnd Punt been -'ihle to reach these,
or hnd kept them by bis bed, they would
probably have saved his life.
With averted eyes. With a shudder
that ho could not repress, the young
rineer regslneej the door and started
down the Rial???.
Something crackled under his foot aj
ho reached tbe neit floor, nnd. picking
It up. he took it to Ihe nearest window,
?e-lileh was the ono the murderer bad es?
caped by. Ho looked curiously at bis
find?a scroll of parchment, with a -creen
<-eal dangling from It. Then lie pulled it
onen nnel read the con ten is, scrawled In
lllndustnnee by ? native hand:
"Admit the bearers, and conduct them
promptly to tbe presence of tho ferlng?
hee giri, whom they have authority to
?day. Bv order of his majesty, Bahadur
Shah, king of Delhi."
"My God!" burst hoarsely from Jack's
lips.
He raw It nil. It wno the death war?
rant he he*ld, and his first thought was
that no earthly power could now save
tho girl. ?But on second thoughts, re?
membering thnt .Toel Bpanlsh hnd
droppe'd the paper In his flight, and V.iat
It would he necessary for hlm to obtain
a duplicate, a daring plan flnshel Into
ills mind. Ho realized the value*, of bis
discovery, saw to what possible use It
might be put by ? stout heart and hand.
"The fact that the warrant ha? been
already Issued," be told himself, ''proves
that the fall of the city la considered
practically certain. So the question re
solves Itself Into a race between .Tool
Spanish and myself for Chandra Singh's
house, but as 1t will take him some time
to go to the palace. I am likely to have
the advantage of him."
Jt meant ia 'fearful Msk?rtbls hare- ?
brained undertaking?but Jack did not
flinch from It, nor did he allow biniseli
to think of failure. He had confidence
In his disguise; be bad renewed tbo s'nln
within a few days and he knew tho magic
power thnt the king's seni carried with
It; the fact that the warrant called for
two was a little difficulty which he could
easily get over.
There were several points, however,
?.?'hlch caused hlm k'-en misgivings. Even
if he Bticceede? In finding his way to the
girl's apartments before the executioners,
how could ho protect or hide her until
it would be possible to Join tho victorious
English soldiers? And suppose the storm?
ing party should be repulsed, and the fall
of Delhi be Indefinitely postponed? What
then?
"I won't fight trouble till It comes,"
he vowed. "By heavens, I'll either ?avo
my darling, or we'll die together! If I
can get her safeiy away In native dress,
and bring her hero, that will be enough
good fortune for the present. I can de?
pend on Zeenut, at nil events."
The swelling tumult warned Jack thnt
tho minutes were valuable. Ho buckled
the belt of the tulwar nround htm and
thrust the pistols into his kuininerbund.
The king's warrant he hid In his bos?
om, where were also a small phial of to?
bacco stalli that would likely lie of service
to Madge, nnd a drawing of the Interior
of tho rajah's house nnd tho streets thnt
led to it. He had studied tho chart so
frequently, however, that he had no need
to refer to It.
Ho hurrleel down the resmalnlng etnlrs
nnd out of the houso of death. Ho crossed
the courtyard, opened the gato In the I
wall nnd drew It shut behind blm.
"Brace up, my boy," he told himself.
"A bold front will carry you through,
If anything will."
Tho fact that there nre po many and
various races in India rendered It less
likely that the young officer's disguise
would lie suspected or penetrated. He
knew this, and It gave him added confi?
dence.
He strode boldly along the narrow
fitreet that ran pnrallel to the Chand
r.ey Choke, luring to the left for fifty
yards, nini then taking the first turn on
Unit siile. Behind him the battle raged,
with crash of artillery and v?lley'ng of
rundreds of muskets. Shells seemed to
b?. burgling everywhere.
"Our fellows can't bo through the
ht-e^cli already, If there is one," he
thought, "and yet the firing nnd eheor
lr,e ore certainly nearer than before."
11" swerved to the right nnd pursued
a crooked, shady alley, with. stablea
and compound walls for the moat port
oi? both sides.
Plenty of people were about now, men,
women nnd children, running In all di?
rections, with household goods In tholr
arms, and crying out with fright, as If
some unseen danger was at their heels.
They scarcely glanced at Jack, nor did
he venture to stop and question any of
thorn.
Ho was eluse to his destination, nnd
tlie familiar square tower of Chandra
Singh's residence was In view ahead o?
hlm. when he came upon a gholendazeo,
or native artilleryman, ?loaning against
a peepul tree. His face was ghastly
pale, nnd his forehead and right nrm
wero Bwathod In bloody bandages.
"Dog of -, coward!" he* cried. "You
?ire sound of limb and busy?why do you
skulk away?"
"I hear an Important message." Jack
answered on the spur of the moment, in
fluent Hlndiisiariee. "How goes the
fli-lit, brother?**
"By Brahma, whence have you como?"
tier, other replied scornfully. "Know
?'.n not win! fins happened? The f?i*?
nl?tiees have stormed tho Cashmere gate;
bleuen U up. and pressed through. They
.?"?.? In the lit?.?, fighting on foot by foot!
Woe, wo,? te. Delhi! This is nn evil,
accurs' .1 day!"
The British within the walls! If It
ivas true and there Boomed every rea?
son lo believe It?It was glorious news;
.?mil yet It in.'ant a slimmer chunco of
saving Madge.
"My ornine! Is urgent." Jack cried. "I
must hasten,"
With thai ho wim off fleet-footed, nnd
he had mudo luit ? dozen strides when
a shell hurst ?'lose behind hlm, and the
tremendous concussion hurled hlm to
? lie; urouiiil.
Ho rose, dizzy and stunned, nnel
looked tock, Th? peepul tree had been
uprooted, shattered and ripped to shreds,
and ns the smoke lifted he saw a s?mpe?
le ?s. bleeding object lying amid the de
orla of leaves ??? branches?all that was
left of the luckier-UK gholandH7.ee. v^
"The fellow richly deserve-1 hit- fate,"
-.nought .Indi.
HI? own escape was remnrkat.le, for
flying, fragments of the st?ell had ac?
tually i;nz.,l his clothing. With a
grateful heart he staggered oji lirnway,
and whon Ihe numbing effects of tlie
explosion had partly worn off no fourni
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the description he had heard of It, and
niter brief reflection he decided to alter
his plana slightly.
The nata was not locked?some careless
servant was prolvtbly to blame?and ho
passed through Into the rajah's garden.
The crhds was at hand now, and ho
waa ready to meut It The magnitudo
of his task, tho thought of tho sweet
young life that waa at etnke, steadied
Ida nerves and cleared his dizzy brain;
ho felt as courageous as a Hon.
He crept along the, shady aisles of flow
era and shrubs, by splashing fountains
and Hindoo Hculptures, by a gorgeous
inarkuo, with silver poles and Persian
curtains, and finally ?topped under cover
of a c>'pr.*ss thicket within u couple of
yards of a hnlustraded marble terrace
that extended along ono side of the house. '
A rich English merchant of Delhi had ?
erected tho building at tho beginning of
the century, and after his death his execu?
tors sold It to Chandra Elngh. Tho great
windows wero hung with brilliant green
blinds, fringed and tasseled with gold,
and from the second story projected a
narrow hnlcony with a. grill of flue brass
work behind It.
There Madge Estcourt wns confined?
tho location of lier apartments wns clear?
ly shown In tho drawing?and the young
officer looked up with longing eyes, while
he ?whispered the girl's name to himself.
He could hear vaglio soundH from with?
in, which was reassuring. He Unger??!
for a moment, listening to the Incessant
rattle of musketry and the spreading tu?
mult of yellK and cheers. Then remem?
bering what difference a second or two of
?elay might make, ho emerged from tho
thicket r\nd walked wtth firm step and
a haughty bearing round the angle of
tho hou.se.
The main entrance wae before him?a
high arched doorway, with carved cap?
itals of hlack marble.
He pushed through boldly, and a small
ante-chamber, shut off by red hangings,
ushered him Into a spacious and beautiful
hall. From one side of It mounted a
wide staircase of white onyx, and at
the foot of this a. soldlnr stood on guard?
a tail, Insolent-looking fellow, wearing the
uniform of the rnjnh's irregular infantry
end carrying an Enflcld rifle on his shoul?
der.
"By order of the kin?**-," Jack said
hrusouely, as he advanced and held forth
tlie wnrrnnt, with the royal green seal
?langllni? from It. "It Is an urgent mat?
ter and calls for promptness since the
ferlnghees are advancing through tlio
city."
The sentry unrolled the parchment and
glanced Rt It briefly. Hla thick eyebrows
lifted and his teeth fliushetl heneath his
black moustache, as he stared with sur?
prise and suspicion taut It f disguised
Englishman.
"How como this thing Into your hands?"
he demanded. "Who are you7?surely
you do not belong to th**> palace. How
many emissaries does his majesty think
nre needed to slay one mem-sahlb, and
why should he Issue two orders? ?Speak,
you do?! Confess that this paper Is a
forgery! By Brahma, ,?. le not two min?
utes since?"
Theye -were the last words his lips over
uttered, for .Tack, InHtantly divining that
Joel Bpanalsh had nrrlv?;d before him
with a ?lupllcato warrant, whipped out
his tulwar nnd struck with nil his
strength. Tlie sentry wa? taken by sur?
prise, and as the cold steel cut through
turban nnd skull to the brain, he toppled
over like it log.
'Ood grant that ? am not too Intel"
wae tho young ofllcer'? ft?rven'tT>rayor,
ns ho Jorked the reeking blade from the
wound and sprang over the ?iiilverlng
body. He dashed up tho stairs, three
steps at a stride, Hnd gained the landing
on tho second floor. Then a woman's
voice?a piercing cry of distress?struck
llko a knll'o to his heart.
(To be Continued Tuesday.)
MARRIED AT OAK
Union of Miss Bertha Garette and Mr,
Edward Williams.
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nesday evening at 8 o'clock, when -Miss
Bertha Garotte and Mr. Edward Williams
wore united In tho bonds ot matrimony
by tho Rov. Mr. Hllliuston. The frleiuls
and relatives of both families witnessed
the ceremony. The brida wore a beau?
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boiHHiet was white tea ro.ios, tied with
while ribbon.
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ooUHle returned to tholr future home.
Miss Nannie Hill returned home this
morning after a abort visit to her rela?
tives at Onk.
Miss Ainu? Woodward will return homo
Sunday, at'0'' spending aovernl weeks of
pleabiuo with friends and relatives at
Barhamsville.
Mrs. (? S.-Nicholas and daughter, who
uro now' visiting their tinelo, Mr. J. .0.
CHIIIan., will leave for Now York next
week.
Bead the Crent Teo-Dee- ?-?uiniuvi' ?ul
ju* .yi?c?: j? tilia ?'??.?*?,
NEW RAIL-ROAD
FOR NELSONXOIINTY
Royal Orchard. New Home ol
Mr. Fred R. Scott. Ready
for Occupancy.
(Special to The Tlmes-Dlspateh.)
AFTOX, V?., Juno C-Mr. Vf. O. Syd?
nor, of Staunton, division freight agent
of the Chesapeake and Ohio, wae at Ai?
t?n this week looking over thu -ground
of the proponed railroad through Nelson
county. With Mr. R. L. Schell, repre?
sentative of the Kcssler-Desch Company,
?.vho have bought the immense tract of
timber land known as the "Big Burvey,"
of some 20,000 acres, he drove over the
proposed route. Trie nature of his ro?
port has not been mado public, but It Is
probable that his Impressions tue very
favorable to the building of tlie road. It
will puns through one of tho most fertile
tobacco and fruit growing sections of
Virginia, besides being an encouragement
to tho further developing ot the rich cop?
per mines near Nelly'n Kord, and also tin
Incentive to the ?sstabllshment of the tsn
nery and extract plants and the ship?
ment of lumber proposed by the Kecssler
Leseh Company, of Pennsylvania,
Tho shipment of apples alone, which,
for the lack of quick and near transpor?
tation, aro now allowed to no to waste,
viould ha In Itself a guarantee for the
success of this road. '
Thn summer eeason ha? again opened
at this beautiful and attractive mountain
resort, and a number of guests are al?
ready registered ut both hotels. At the
Mountain Top Hotel aro Mr. and Mrs.
E. C. Masslo and children and Mr. W.
Ellison and mother, of Blchmond.
A party of English people, chaperoned
by Mrs. Greene, of Ivy, are registered at
tho Afton House.
Mrs. Churchill Graves and Mrs. Francis
and daughter, of Richmond, are at the
Klrby House.
"Royal Orchard," the beautiful new
summer home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred W.
Scott, of Richmond, hns been entirely ren?
ovated and beautified by painters and dec?
orators, anil is In readiness for the sum?
mer gayetles of the charming house pnr
tie's which Mr. and Mrs. Scott will enter?
tain during the coming summer.
?11 excellent road has been built from
Afton to this lovely spot, which will make
another attractive point for the summer
visitor, tho vlow of tho surrounding ?xiun
trv from this High point being the grand?
est this side of the Bluo Bldge.
Sir. D. K. Welslger ami family, former?
ly of Richmond, nre now In their hand?
some new homo. "Highland Ixulge." Tlio
old hulldlngs were destroyed by irre lnst
June.
Sirs. John J. McHenry nnd son left for
her home In Boulsvllloon Friday.
Misses Georgia and Charlotte Goodloo
have returned homo from an extendeel
visit to friends In Richmond.
Mrs. J. l?zeklel Hall has returned to
Afton from a six-weeks' stay In Rloh?
mond with her mother, Mrs. Lumsden.
Typewriters
and Stenographers
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?ville DiiuHiuiir wlie-ti yon w..iu funi-lanca, or eio
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SOl'THEKN l'TA'.U? ? ???'????'??? CO.,
fiioilo ???, tulle? !liafc., I.elKtui.ui, hlcliiuunil, V?
Anthracite Coni.$6.00
I'm ?alunitas Lump.6.00
?Splint Lump.?.50
Prices subject t o chango wit hont notico.
VARDSi ElKhteenth end Broad,
'plionc 350,
Miirrison and Broad.
'Phone 2914.
lu . ol Dm Orescent Ileulum ?>r the Sick nn
?Sortii. Cures ull DUvai&,,or u? Cimice. I cura
ull disease?! tlmt urn i.u ??G? to tliu Uiimuu rae?
or nu i'liai'gf-, no matter wliut your illm-nbe, ali'lt?
lli-ns. or .:ii lli-ili,u i.iiiy lio, ?u? ri'Storu you iu
perfect liuallh. I cure tbe following dln'iiBuu?.
Iteui-t llWi'iiiii, Oonnuiuiitlon, Itlooil, Klilney,
Liver, Itlaildii-, l'Ile? In uny forili, Veril*,'?,
Quillay, Kor? ????-out. Lini*,*?. 11)??|?????>??. luillge??
Mon, rviiiatiiiiitloii, llliiiiumtlmii In uny form.
G.lini, nuil Acll?l of nnv Ir. i 1111. Culd?. Jlroncliliil
????????????*, Siili??. Kl?lu D?neuse?. 1.11 li? 1 -. 1 <il- Ken
?utlou?. Lu ilrlmiu. or I'neuuiuiila; Ulcers. Oar?
bunt-leu, Hol In. Oiiiicir. ?ho worst form?, with?
outtheusu of knife or IimtriiiiienlHjKo?eina,
Pimples on fuco und body; piuliiitcs of tilituoyii,
or Urli*lit'? ln.ea'o of Hit? Kidney*. I cure uny
?liseusi?, in. liiiitli-r of wliut riiluro. Meilielnu
sent in nny udilrea? by ciprini?, l'or full pur?
tleuliii-? h.-n.l ? ??-cent ?Ianni tor ouaw <*?*. NO.
?ii7 Pwinnylvunlu Avenue, Boutlicuit. Wi-mlilng
ton, li. 0. l'.i-uui-li ?? lore. Nv, ?Yl WvHt iirwul
..'-.u-uvt, Wii.???,**? .v?w
1 Kl I
710 Main Street.
Blue-Flame Oil Stoves,
Gas Ranges,
Gasoline Stoves,
Ovens for Stoves,
Steam Cookers,
Cream Freezers,
Water Coolers,
Hose, Hose, Hose,
Sprinklers,
Filters, Filters,
Cooking Utensils,
Garbage Cans,
Oil, Oil, Oil,
Gasoline.
All Kinds of Stoves
Repaired.
Orders from the Country
Given Prompt Attention.
I IH I
710 Main Street
Lime Juice, Rasberry Vinegar,
Unfermentcd Qrape Juice,
Imported and Domestic
Ginger Ale and Sarsaparilla,
...Bottlers of...
Virginia Claret and White Wine.
Catalogue Mailed on Application.
TG?iJ & GO.
We are buyera of WOOL all year
through ?nil pity lii?lieeit market prices
and save you expenses. Sacks furnished
trae. -Write ua for prices.
WALLERSTEIN PRODUCE CO.,
19 and 21 South 13th St.
Chronic Bronchitis and Catarrh of the
Bladder Cured In. 48 hours. ,
Superior: to Copalba,-Cubeb* or 1-i-UeottoJ??*?.
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