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- (Copyright, ten, by Loots Joseph VsacoJ
It seemed needlessly cruel to shock
her with the story of the murder on
the Island at that time; some hours
must surely elapse before Appleyard
could return; indeed, Coast did not
expect him till the evening. And un
lit trust to me. but I was to receive
nothing until 1 divorced my husband,
or he died. The house is mine, but
not to rent or sell, nor may I live in
It except alone or with a woman com
panion only.”
“I thought—something of the sort.
. . . Your private forttme wasn’t
large, was it?”
"Not large—between sixty and sev
enty thousand dollars.”
"And you let Blackstock take care
of it?"
o/MircA 11a vxroc mv himKanH I
loved and trusted him—then.” The
last word fell with a bitter accent. |
"And while abroad—he gambled
pretty extensively?”
‘Tm afraid so. After he had con-'
suited specialists In Berlin we spent
some time at Monte Carlo and later
at Ostend and Trouville. Douglas—
went frequently to the casino with
friends. He spoke once or twice of
winning, but—”
"But never of losing.”
She shook her head. “But what has
all this to do—?”
“Don’t you see, Katherine? . . .
The man pretended to be well to do;
in fact he had nothing. He married
you for your money, and what you
were to Inherit. Disappointed in the
latter, he took the former and gam
bled li away. That’s why you’re here,
why he’s making this desperate at
tempt to recoup. Appleyard guessed
■It down to the last detail!”
Bew ildrement clouded her eyes. *
“But, Garrett, I’m afraid I don't un
derstand. What ‘desperate attempt
to recoup?’ Who is this Mr. Apple
yard, and why should he conoern him
self with my affairs?”
‘'I’ll tell you.” In few phrases Coast
sketched succinctly Appleyard, his
connc^on wi*h the secret service V.!
Teau, his theory as to the smuggling
conspiracy and the part Blackstock
played therein, together with the se
lection of No Man's Land as a strat
egic base and distributing depot.
“The things plain as a map.” he
•wound up in a glow of triumphant rea
soning. himself momentarily unmind
ful of their greater and more intimate
>t ouble. "Appleyard was right in
every guess he made. . . . The lo
cation of the island is ideal for the
purpose, just far enough north off the
•main-traveled lane to be convenient;
the steamer has only to rwing a few
^points off her normal course to find
Jherself in lonely waters, where the
can make a transshipment without de
fection or noticeable lose of time.
The wireless station Is essential, en- f
sibling Blackstock to pick up the
Bteamer on her approach aad pass on
the news to the schooner, which sets
out, meets the steamer, takes off Its
consignment of dutiable goods, re
turns to No Man’s Land under cover
t of darkness, the better to dodge the
| Jookout on Gay Head, and leaves be
i?ore morning to continue her innocent
Ashing trip. Other boats, small boats.
•/loll V\vr n J rrll t O n /I t>n«vint>n M ,1
I ipiecemeal. landing them at this small
r iarbor or that—just as Appleyard tig
mred it out. . .’ . And so we have
’them.”

“You have them?" the woman re
K J>eated, perplexed.
“It’s a practical certainty the
echooner left New Bedford night be
fore last; we saw her go. unless Ap
pleyard is greatly mistaken. . . .
-And hasn’t there been an unusual
.amount of wireless signaling going on
! |the past day or so?
“That is so. The day of the fog
(either Douglas or Mr. Power was
j constantly in the operating room. I
! iremeraber now that as the fog con
tinued Douglas seemed to grow more
and more irritable . . ."
“Because it was keeping the vessels
from finding one another. Since then
there has been the storm to blow the
schooner off shore. Most probably she
■will try to make a landing tonight." I
The woman moved a little away,
: ms if suddenly sobered and brought
back to realization of her position;
mgain her eyes sought counsel and
consolation of the sea. ,
"And sine* then—he has been I
busy?" Coast pursued, heedless. .
"Yes—and more irritable. That
might he had been drinking more than
usual; I attributed his bad temper to
4hat. Almost all that evening he.
•pent with Mr. Power in the wireless
room, the door closed. ... It was
stupid of me, but I attached no espe
cial Importance to it. Now and then
their voices sounded excited, but it
wasn’t anything unusual for them to
quarrel, especially when Douglas was
-—drinking. I interrupted once, and
Douglas caught my arm and put me
out of the room. It was then he hurt
me—as you saw. After that they
quarreled more fiercely than ever—
I think partly on account of the way
.Douglas had treated me. Mr. Power
seemed to re6ent Douglas’ roughness
toward me. . . .”
“It wasn’t an uncommon occurrence,
then?” The rage smoldering In
Coast’B heart thickened his utter
ance.
She noticed and understood, and
turned back to him quickly, offering
her hand, her eyes beseeching. "Don’t,
Garrett,’’ she said, brokenly; “don’t
think about that. It is over now—
now that I know. I couldn’t bear
ever to have him touch me again.”
She1 struggled a moment against a
rising tide of emotions, while he held
her hand imprisoned in his own.
There was despair in the face up
turned to his that wrung his heart,
so that he feared to trust himself to
speak. “But, oh, Garrett, Garrett!”
she cried forlornly. “What is to be
come of me. What am I to do—?”
He drew her to him. “Why,” he
said, tenderly, “that is why I am
here, Katherine—to watch over and
take care of you, to see that no harm
comes to you. That is why I insisted
on returning before Appleyard went
farther in his plans. I should have
til then matters must stand as they
fwere; nothing must be allowed to
(happen to rouse Blackstock's susp!
cions. But if she knew that Powei
had been assassinated—could existing
conditions continue to obtain? Would
she be able to continue to bear herseii
toward Blackstock as she had thereto
Ifore?
He decided to keep her in the dark
as long as possible. He continued:
“‘There were two of us ashore, you
know'—my companion as well as my
self. It seems he stumbled upon the
bungalow in the fog and accidentally
joverheard a part of Power’s final quar
tlfSl null-WllU iilALIVOlUtlV. 1UCII ai'
,—learned”—coast slurred the ex
[planation, but she forgot to question
it—“that a man named Handyside
;was to replace Power. So we thought
lit over and decided I was to be Handy
jside.”
; She was facing him squarely now,
^yes wide with interest and alarm.
["But—but how can you? What do
you know about the work? The min
'ute he” (she could no longer name
'Blackstock intimately, it seemed)
“ asks you to send or take a mes
sage—”
( “I will cheerfully comply, if re
quired,” he assured her. “You see, I
know enough about the system to
make a stagger at operating. You
forget ray experience with the signal
corps in the Spanish war—that taught
me Morse; and it also interested me
enough in such things to make me
speiiu a good deal of time in the wire
less room every time I crossed the
water. I couldn’t help picking up a
working knowledge of the system un
der such circumstances. Don't worry;
I'll make good when the call comes.”
“But this Mr. Handyside—he may
arrive at any time now; and then—”
“I doubt if he ever sees the island,”
Coast interrupted, smiling. “You see,
the Corsair did run aground in Quick’s
Hole; we were th» amateur asses that
got in her way. And we left hef there.
Now Appleyard—that's my companion
—has gone back to see that Messrs.
Finn and Hecksher and Handyside do
nothing raBh.”
“He can prevent them?" A pucker
of perplexity gathered between her
brows. “How?”
“He'll manage somehow; he’s very
clever, Appleyard is—”
“But he must have some plan,” she
countered quickly; “and you would
know it. You’re keeping something
back. What is it? What does it
mean?”
“I’ll tell you in a moment,” he tem
porized. “But first I’ll ask some
questions.”
Still puzzled, she held his eyes in
tently. “I can’t imagine what you
mean. But go on.’’
“You told me that he—Blackstock
settled here to work on his inventions.
Do you think he has accomplished
porized.
much, that way, since you came to the
Island?”
She shook her head slowly. “Not
a great deal. His eyes have hampered
progress, of course.”
“I thought as much. . . . And
do I understand that no one ever vis- j
Its the island except your weekly boat
from New Bedford?”
• No one. . . . That is, sometimes,
»*shermen—”
"For what purpose?”
“I don’t know; there was once quite
a settlement of them down there, you
know; and 1 understand they still use
some of the buildings to store dried
fish in. I’m afraid that never inter
ested me much.”
"You never watched them—?”
“No; generally they come to an
chor after nightfall and are gone be
fore daylight the next morning. Some
times he has gone down to the beach
to talk to them, but as a rule Mr.
Power went with him.”
•‘Their visits are fairly regular?”
"I think so; the schooner comes
about once a month, I should say.
But—" ,
‘‘And between whiles smaller boats
call?"
“Now and then, yes.”
“Do you recall when the schooner
was here last?"
1 “About a month ago, I think. But,
Garrett—"
“Just a minute, and then I’ll explain
what I’m driving at. . . . Now
isn’t it a fact that Blackstock and
Power were busiest with the wireless
as a rule for a few dayB before the
schooner showed up?”
She nodded thoughtfully. “I never
connected the two; but it was so. How
did you know?”
“I merely guess. Now I’m going to
guess again, in another direction.
■, . . You didn’t Inherit much from
your aunt, did you?"
“Why ... a few keepsakes
.only. You see, she disapproved of my
engagement to Mr. Blackstock, Gar
rett, and when I—was stubborn, she
changed her will, just a little while
before she died. She left everything
gone mad with the thought of you
here, alone, defenseless, last night.
. . If you will only trust me.
ti
His arm closed round her and for a
moment sne was very close to mm,
her head upon his bosom, her slender
body racked and torn with sobs. He
held her so, compassionate and piti
ful, striving as best he might to
soothe her—the while joy sang in his
soul.
“Only trust me,” he murmured—
“trust me a little, Katherine; and all
shall yet be well. . . . It is not the
end. my dear, but just a beginning.
. . . Have faith a little . . '
Gradually her transports stilled. "1
do trust you. Garrett.” Tears gemmed
her eyes like stars. "I do and shall
. . . but. oh, be kind to me, for if
I have been foolish and headstrong
and—-mad, I am paying for it, paying
heavily for it. It’s all so dark and
hopeless, Garrett—I see no light.
ft
"Yet there is light,” he said; and
again confidently: “The light is
there.”
“I know ... 1 know."
She drew away and dried her eyes.
"I must go.” she said in a steady
voice, "before he wakes. He was up
late lest night and I’m afraid drank
a great deal. I left him sleeping heav
ily.”
"The servants can’t see you return
to the bungalow from this direction,
can they?”
"No. . .
“I’ll make a detour. We must be
careful for a little while. Can you
bear up, do you think?”
“A little while—?” She smiled for
lornly.
"A nnievr—t will be ha^k tvith the
Echo by night.”
“I will try, Garrett, and I don’t think
I’ll fall. I’ve got something to cling
to.” She hesitated an instant, looking
up to him with her wistful smile. "I
think,” she said, slowly—“I think I
see, far off but clear, Garrett, just a
glimmer of the light.”
(Continued Next Week.)
Notice of Election.
The general election will be held in the State of
Miss., and the county of Lee, on the 5th day of
November, 1912, as required by law, for the elec
tion of Presidential electors, and r-ongressman
from the First Congressional District. There will
also be submitted to the qualified voters in said
election, three constitutional amendments; one
relating to the “Initiative and Referendum,’* one
as to a change in the jury system in civil cases
and the other relating to the form of the title to
bills to be introduced in the legislature.
The further question of whether or not the of
fice of County Prosecuting Attorney will also be
submitted to the voters in said election.
The following voters in said county, are hereby
apj ointed as election officers for the various pre
cincts in said county to wit:
^Bildwyn- Walt r Yarb o igh T Bob Corbitt,
M D L Gholstcn, judges. Will Linu&ey, Dave Mc
Collum clerks, Marshall South peace officer.
Chappellville-Turner Hopkins T C, JT Buse,
W L Hopkins judges. T C McLane, T W Roper
clerks, Charley Butler peace officer.
Unity- Joe Love T C. W .T Lackey, Jeff Hop
kins judges, B M Elliott, Geo. Love clerks, J T
Davidson peace officer.
rv i.-ii T <** 11 r . rr-> 1 .1 TV ..44 T? J T)
e l iuri-es, W R Gardner, Eli Bynum clerks, E.
LaGirde peace ffieer.
Corona—W T Hunt T C. J H McGhee, W M
Blackwell judges. Dan White, W H Gibson clerks,
B C McCarley peace officer.
Guntown —E F Bt istow T C, O P Norton, J W
Epting judges, Joe Burrow, Charley Smith
c.erhf, J F Booth peaceofficer.
Smith's Store— Vv H Pons T C. F'letcher Smith,
W H Keys judges, C E Miller, Hugh Helms
clerks, Cnarley Keys peace officer.
Gilvo—Lee Long T C, W H Abbey, Andy Par
ham judges, J T Gunter, Joe Parham clerks,
Stanley Vaughn peace officer.
Davis'Box —Luther Livingston T C, Raymond
Witt, Cam Phillips judges. John Asher, J M Gault
clerks, J K McCarty peace officer.
Ergville—J R Phillips T C, G W Patton. Jamts
Love judges, Porter Montz, M I. Jones clerks,
Wesley Garner peace officer.
Belden —Luther Duke T C, Richard Ray, W C
Burt judges, S H Thompson, P M Ritter clerks,
Buck Springer pe ce officer.
Mtoreville-J tv Austin T C, Manny Caysor,
Alvin Whitesides judges, D. Morgan. Bob Whitt -
sides clerks. Bob Strain peace officer.
Tupelo—Lon Livingston T C, L R Cates. W J
Brown judges, Clyde Wagner. Frank Lanty
clerks, W H Wilson peace officer.
Eucaba—M A Gass >way T C. Ben Gregory, J D
Stovall judges, Lige McDonnel, R M Westmore
land clerks, John Duncan peace officer.
Auburn—George Suggs T C, Andy Gregory,
Howard Christian judges, Dolphus Roberts, Paul
Pounds clerks, Jerry Reed peaceofficer.
Richmond—Wm. Schumpert T C, Jeff Burt,
Tom Harris judges, Wiley Schumpert, Turner
Moore clerks, F M Reedy peace officer.
Plantersville—J O Farris TC, Ed Birmingham,
W T Tucker judges, A E Whitehead, J S Brown
clerks, J M Jones peace officer.
Brewer—S A Strawhorn 1C, W H Davis, -
Sutplin judges, W J Armstrong, -1
clerks, peace officer.
Verona-R S Gibson T C, J C Horton, W W Gar
mon judges, W M Smith. E B Estes clerks, W J
Bunch peace officer.
Nettleton—WADHarrisonT C. R A Harris,
W E Wiygul judges, F E Bailard, N R Gregory
clerks, J T Cotton peace officer. "' ■
Palmetto—Dick Cobb T C, Sam McCord, Forest
Metcalf judges, Will Kirkpatrick, Albert Tank
etsley clerks, Ed Manard peace officer.
Allensburg—Henry Monaghan T C, A S Sum
ner, Marvin Montz judges. Nothin Sumner, Carl
Coggins clerks, Tom Monaghan peace officer.
Bissell—George Simmons T C, Ben Metcalf,
Jim Bat nett judges, Frank Burton, Will MtCol
lum clerks, W F Dyer peace officer.
Shannon—Tom Lauderdale T C, Jeff Springer.
Ernest Temple judges, J R Harris, Glen Bright
clerks, E D Cunningham peace officer.
This 5th day of October, 1912.
W, J. Bunch, T. C
H. E. Porter,
29-3t i. O. McCarty, Commissioners.
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Notice
To the Tax Payers of the City of Tupelo, Miss.,
and of the separate adjacent annexed territory
c nstituting a part of the separate school district
of said city.
The Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City
of Tupelo, Mississippi, will at an adjourned regu
lar meeting of said Board to be held at the May
or’s Office in said City at 7:30o’clock p. m., on t e
2 th day of October, A. D., 1912, go over and e: a ri
me the real and personal assessment rolls of fad
City and the separate adjacent annexed territory
constituting the separate school District of said
City, and will make such raises and reductions of
the assessed valuation of property as assessed
thereon so as to equalize same.
This notice is given as provided by section
3422 of the Code of Mississippi of 1906.
This October 3rd, 1912.
D W. ROBINS, C. E. GOODLETT,
29-3tMayor. Clerk
Trustee’s Sale lNotice.
Pursuant to the provisions of a certain Deed of
Trust executed by J. T. H. Ramagre and his wife,
Mary F. Ramagre, on the 9th day of February, A.
D.. 1906, to secure certain indebtedness therein
mentioned to Wiygul Bros., which Deed of Trust
is duly recorded in the Chancery Clerk's office of
Lee County, Mississippi, in Deed Record Book,
No. 74, page 532, 1 will, as Trustee, in said Deed
of Trust, on the
14th day of October, A. D., 191,2,
in front pf the Poatoffice door in the town of Net
tleton. Miss., within legal hours, offer for sale, at
public outcry, to the highest bidder for cash, the
following described property: Forty acres of
land the North side of the East half of the North
west quarter Section twenty-nine, township
eleven, range seven. One bay mare mule about 6
years old named Rhody. also one gray horse about
3 years old named Johnson, alBO one surrey.
Such title couveyed as is vested in me as Trus
tee aforesaid.
This 9th day of September, A. D.. 1912.
25-4t J. M. WIYGUL, Trustee.
Statement
Of the Ownership. Management.
Etc., of the Tupelo Journal published
weekly at Tupelo, Lee Countv, Mis
sissippi. required by the Act of Aug
ust 24, 1912.
Name of Editor, Managing Editor,
j Business Manager, Publisher, F. L
1 Kincannon, Tupelo, Miss.
F. L. Kincannon, sole owner, Tupelo,
i Miss.
F. L. Kincannon. *
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! this 3rd day of September, 1912.
j Real] W W. Thompson.
i Ci cuit Court Clerk, Lee county, Miss'
(My commission expires January 1,
! 1916.
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