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THE PICKENS SENTINEL:JOURNAL Entered April 23, 1903 at Pickens, S. C. as second elass matter, underace tongress of March 3,187& 39th Year PICKENS, S. 0., OCTOBER 21, 1909.,ubr2 The Long Reach. By E. VILO. Copyright, 1109, by American Press Association. OS ENORA PANCIIITA, you are an angel:" eXclaimed Minnie Surr::*at as t he he:-: nded her IIe Le!u!tiful lace man tilla to wear at a fan-y dress ball where she was to appear as a ldy from Cadiz. Thire 'her girls who were there joined in the assertion that the senora was aII age, with hopes for thiolr own spia needs. Ida L)'tvejoY., one if the four g!rls. topene&d !wr* lips -> sy son: c' iatterin.g w,rd. ,ut the word;: wtre suddenly chefked I,, her f:n--i.d eye s fell I :o a P u er 1l..: d1.I U .i am1nIId r in ':hlch th. e:n. ri rally wore in dk 1..eliory of the Clp: 1rCd (kene(ral Val dez. Ihe senra had ty other jewels. 1:at she lived i:t -i best. While the ft:Mr y::: :1:. h'arders iI the ruane hoeu-e, l:n! i i there she had1( faaled -h le <: 1 h.:ve IIe je e!cr l,.k I . 1h - :y of t :e (1i1 Innd in Its se.t: : d a took the ring fromi her p::d a: ut it on her lit:le rinv' tre vi h : d (Ion her dressir table n.r the vindow. Its tire and lumer d:izh ii the lnzn' exs of Ida, nnd she c::uht her brozath. SIe had tften :-en it in the plump hand of tho sei. ri. but never had it seemed so be:i:l :: now. Slie felt a great d: ire .>::K th1 d Spaish A1dy to han it to her f wear to the ball ag she had W: aed hicr valuab!e ].6e mai.t o o i:;ni. If she could ha rn: 'rIhais the floor ,alker. Charlie :d ':ards, mi:ht take notice of her. Ida was p yery poor. an-1 worked In the store where the other girls were etuiployed. She. lik~e :.il the emp'lees (of the Stcre. was ex:eited to bi at this ball. The big store gave a ball every winter and 'al vX UrsLiOI every snminer for Its e:nplyees. Ida had never been ale to .,iv:nee herself gonehow. and after : yars :he was still aimon r h ners. lier salare was sc:ee!y (u:h ti pay her board. Aid She I ed beautiful things. Thv- supper bW1 rag. and with a half sigh foIr teO p.u1nlt cookery of hipr (or :and ti'd- it ti Le .sure and followed the fcur grls down to the dining roo:n. Ida kept thinl::g of the beautiful ring upsails :a:d wished she might be able to have a1 11'ely co;:u mae to wear. She coud no'!t et. See friends call ed on the sencra. and the other girls .went out, so that Ida was more than ever cut off fra comipaionship, aind .she went up to her room. descendin:; almnost at onic to the~ b:athroomn, where she was ginlg to) wash out a few pieces. I1er t::ll. h:ik ligure looked singularly ungr. eful and loosely joint e'd ais she en:le wni to the second .story. She turned the waiter on and. fih bunigin:h; nra irom derstnd tI st re -ing themnot to thn ws towishnd loedo:h. She:ere wal tat bygh lanig iut lfte sathasriomi over her lif ltr:: toa lredist Thedn fow was ole:n.~ fhraisai e S jhea fauley swftly writh hersl-a theSnish lady had plyohe jew els; th:atii (his e. thi' l.otlmttr o win tow anhoe asuh t srleass t itte ofn tree tAi adiprivtaatio Carle migter her ift esiout. see win iree age seinlt wit er l t th isish lod ha litle ome oiher jown A lthat hiseul cr et fatrand meuchf toanysed to hre. She wated tre orki the ile nd ivtlnge foarla quiet love here sfhe cid see hat pesse sroorh aIe That rine could carelyrn beatised anzd it meant so) muclh to her. She listened; no scund. In agother minute nhe hn.d leancd cut. tier hand crept along the wall until it touched the swinging mirror and then the ring tree with its sparkling burden. In another minute she had flown to her room with her wet handkerchiefs and the ring. It had been easy. She had never stolen anything before, and it was so terrible a thing that she was faint and trembled like a leaf. She thought: "I'll feel better in the morning, and then I'll see." Dut no sleep came to her, and in the morning It was all she cou!d do to rise and dra.- herself to the store. IIer eyes were heavy and her head ached. She was pale and wan. The very floorwalker to win whose admiratit-n she had stolen stopped and said: "Miss Lovejoy, are you ill?" And he looked so sympathetic that Ida's chin quivered and her eyes filled as she replied: "Just a little headache; that is all." "You won't he able to dane tonight. [Hadn't I better got yci excused to day? I will if you wish." "If you lleas.", she g.,id we.hly wl"Ile she thoullt. "W1h::t If he knew She lookcd very ill. Th di:ima::< ,ht vas wrapped in a h:makere'. in her b)' oom seemed to wei-:h a a:d to hurn li%e rdhot iron. Sh le:med nainist the shelve w pinclhd features until lie returne(I with the desired pernirion. "Shall I get a (ab 1ir you?" he asked kindly. "I-think-I will walk. The air may doI me good. It is so warm in here. Thank you very much." Ida had b eaut iful eyes. The flocr wal:er had oize nti-ed this tall silent girl with hcr heavy Ira his pilai:!y cf her own hair. IIe was tired of the ridwilous pompadours of tlh, other girls. 11er voice was low aii' sweet. and now it quivered with tei emotlion that shook her very Fcful. She dared not look into his eyes foi fear lie would know she was : thl'f She had not realized what she h:!' done fully until now, but now, know ing it, she trembled. No thought of the I:ili entered hez mind. If she could only restore the ring: She crept back to her boardi:r: limn.: and to her room. She heard the ;:irl come home and heard their g.y ch: ter as they were ljreparing for th fancy ball. Diimly she remembered that -Iha' h:i intended to pawn that ring ind h' gown she had seen, all silver. lil: moonlight on still water, and 11he wi going to get a veil of :pangled tull and a tirsel crown, let down her Ion: dark hair and call her cusutu: "Night." All was over now, and shc was a thief. What if the senora caused a search to be made? She must hide it un:i! she coukl replace it. The window was closed now. Then the supper bell rang. She remeiDbered that she had eaten nothing all that day and went tre-i blingly down. To her joy the senora was not there, and the other girls were all so full of the ball that her silence passed without comment. At last all the other girls left tho house in gay spirits, leaving Ida alone in her fear, shame and horror of her self. T1he night the ring had been stolen Senora Valdez had sought for it every where in her room. She knew where she had left it. Nothing else had been taken. She k:new that she had put it on the tree and that it was there when she left, for all four o'f the girls had preceded her, and she had locked and tried the door. She was always very methodical. "Some one must have a key that fits my door and came in while I was downstairs," she thought. 'The senora did as the most of us do and took all her other valuables to the safe deposit vault, but she said no word to any one of her loss. "If I call the pollce," she thought. "and have a search made all the~inno ent will hate me, and I may never ind it. If I keep absolute silence and Wt(ch some day the one who took ii w'ill say some word or do something which will betray him and show me the thief. I wish that it had been any other jewel." So the senorai went to sleep. The ext day brought no p)roof. That any one could have reaiched the ring tree from the bathroom window never en tered her head. Scarcely had the merry party gone to the ball when there was a ring and a visitor for Miss Lovejoy. She felt s though she must die then as the handsome floorwalker came in. "I heard you wvere not going to the ball, so I thought I would come in and see-if you-are better." "Yes, but I don't care v-ery much for parties or balls." All this while she as wondering why he had come. "No more do I," said he. "I like uet better. I think I was cut out for a home lover." "I think I atm, too," said Ida, with a alf sob as the memory of her crime ortged up in her mind, closing the door f any home for her. "I!t seems to me that things were b er when women didn't have to go rom home to work, and the men did t all, and' the women kept the homes." "Yes," she replied weakly. "It seems s if a home of one's own, no matter ow small or poor, should be like eaven" "Miss Lovejoy, forgive me if I seem aIup)t, but would you care for a home ith me? Don't speak yet. I have atched you a long time. You are not ike the other girls, silly and frivolous. [hey think of nothing but dress and onsense. I have loved you longer han you know. I should not have ared to speak, but I cannot bear that ou should remain any longer in that tore. It was-is killing you. It Is not the life for you. We will have a little ome, and you shall be its queen. Will ou be my wife-my dear wife?" I.a - edu for breath, and for one blissful morment sho looked nt him Wili ineffable I-ve and Jf1y. :and then She salik fiitinil- to 1hw i1cor. Charlie :weN.t . 1a a eln v-d. This very faintin i t f :) e::-ess .f joy over his pr.:ws11 Se:: I very riiht aid proper to IhIa. Ii, % * in er.I. in love with her an w:.ild n:.ke iwl a good hu,h:ind. For three !ong days 1l: kept her bed.' She va:; on he x . erVouS colliap.e, the docor s:d. I.t at lis she was :,be to i i,c d wn::tairs te the parSor t' )ee Charlie. who came d1aiy with t nnwer l :md fruit. 'The other -ils <uic!v uinderstood the mattr nud were a!Yected diler ently. Not oit of he girls in that store but Would have been glad of his attent ion. "Oh, but ain't she the !p pu'::-" said Minnie, While Adt'i.n led: "And she -!'it prey either. I don't see what he fin(ds in hIer. At that inoment tle sonora came In just in time it li(:-r Minnie ay: "I think wlt:0 must hnve :;!li*.ra(ted hi1m is her lu! Io:wh. S. e :n s:a rr" ' 4-' IDA BURST INTO A PASSION OF TEAPS. flat foot and hand lier parcels clear over the lwrtition. I never saw such a long rea-h, did you,'" "No; and one day I saw her reach clear arouind a standard of plumes and take a rowe spray and never touch a feather. lr shoulder just ::eems to stretch like it was rublber. Oh. senora! Good evening. Take this chair." The Spanish lady ::miled a little per functori!y and sat down rather heav ily. A flood of light seeied to pour into her brain, but with the long habit of repressin co:nmnen to Siniisl wo men she said notlhing. After awhile she went to her rooa to think it out. Durinvg these tihree wretched (lays Ida thought she should lose her mind and divulge her terribule secret. Shec knew that happiness was not for her a thief-and she must tell him so, but not with all these chattering girls around. In conifsideratIion for her pale face :md sunken eves Charlie remained but a fewS minutes2. and left, accepting her appointia-nt for the niext evening. She would tell lhin then, and it would be all over. Then she erelpt feebly up)stairs, but as she reached the first landing the sencra was t here siling and saying: "Come lin and re-st, de:ir. Y~ou must niot g.O upl anothecr stair wvithout rest." "iTank yout." whiispered Ida, andi she staecered in. l (king for some way to drop: thle ring whichl she had in her hosomur. She sat a few secuonds in silence; then. Impel led b y a fuorue she couIld not resis:t. ehe st:taered:l "IIntve youl fonnd you!r ring':" "Yes, dlear Ida; I i' ive found it. You may give it BOW." Ida burst into a pas.iun of tears and sobjs and saink to the ground in utter abasement while she gave back the "I- I-oh, ::enara, forgive me!" "Tell me all about it--why for you do it.' Ur :!:eniy Ida told the whole misera ble ::to(ry. Itnid th I n' ramt wept with her, for the Spanish women arc muy symapatica. Then she kissed the re pentant girl. naying: "I see; I see. It Is all right. I have moy dear hiu.<band's inlg. You have your home-your gooud hutsbad "Oh. senora, I caninot marry. I must tell him, and he will cast me off." "No, no. Yo4u have tell me. You have give back. You have repent. You will never (do such thing again. Ah, my (dear. we all do wrong some times. Now, th1): is my secret, no longer yours. No ine else miust know. I know, and I I ve you. flut mans are not miad' t) kniow cve'rything. It is not nu e'sary: you have no longer a set-ret to telIl him. Fee?"' Ard Ida dried her eyes and smiled again. Not at Hcme. '"Is 3Mrs. Ur4wn1 at liomile? inq(uir'ed the caller. "No, mia'am, she isn't,"' replied the maid. "The~n it was you wvho wa singing so dreadfully ouit of tune whenf I: turned the c'orner." said the ealler. "No, indeed. ma'ami:"' cried the in :ignant ma.id. "Tha t was missus." Cleveland Plain Dealer. Plenty of Company. "Loan shark. is he?" "I should sayv not! There are whole schools of him in this town."-NewI York Press. V1' qN,. 4 2 Clean out the nest boxes often. Hogs like variety as well as othei animals. Teach the calves to drink from the pail from the start. Careless, shiftless methods nevei yet produced profitable pork. Oil mea9 is worth about two-fifths more than bran as feed for cows. Loosen up the mulch on the straw. berry vines, if it has become packed down. Variety of feed is essential to vigor ous growth in sheep or other farm animal, for that matter. Know exactly what it is that you want of the hired man and then be sure that he gets your idea. As a rule, make it to the boy's inter est to stay on the farm and he wil: stick. Of course there are exceptions A fourth of an acre of good land planted with a variety of small fruits will keep a large family supplied throughout the season. The dirty stable, the dirty cow and the dirty milker is a triple combina tion of filth which is sure to tell os the quality of the milk. Does your soil need any special fer tilizer? Be sure the commercial fer tilizer you contemplate buying con tains elements which your soil lacks. The most profitable gains with pigi is made when allowed a good run ol clover or peas. The habit of shovel. ing corn out to pigs is too prevalent In the corn belt. Don't let the low prices of hogs dis courage you. There will come the swing in the circuit and again they will bring better prices. You cannot keep a good thing down. Of course you have not forgotten that you promised yourself a garden for this year. Have a good generous variety of the vegetables you like. My, how good they will taste when the time conmes. It does seem as though it was im possible to get time to drag that road when the other work is pressing sc hard at this season of the year, but if you will only take the time, before the summer is over you will feel that it paid. You are paying a good round price now for having let the cows run down during the winter. It's a question in your mind after all whether the econo my In feed is not more than offset by the run-down condition of the stock, now Isn't it? Moldy corn is dangerous feed it used very freely, especially with horses. There is lots ot corn of this character this year, and the ~tempta tion is great to feed it up, but do not attempt to save it at the expense of some valuable horse or other animal. As a rule farm tenantry works Ill tc the country school. The renter cares little or nothing about local improve ments and the land owner takes ad vantage of the town school and to les sen taxes is disposed to have the country school run as cheaply as pos. sible. Be careful and not lay out more work for the spring than you can suc cessfully do. This does not mean that you should cut out the garden which your wife has been asking you for these many years. Stick to your prom ise and give her a good one. You will enjoy it as much as she will when the time of harvest comes. When a boy labors on the farm all through his minority and comes tc manhood's estate and feels that he has nothing that he can really call his own it is no wonder that he has a yearning to get out into the world and shift foi himself where he has the chance tc work for himself and has the chance to know how money of his very own feels. Soil that because of its nature and location can be used for but little else than pasturage land can be im proved by the sowing of blue grass and red clover seed. Even if the land Is scattered among rocks and stumps It can be improved by dragging a har row over the thin spots and scattering on chemical fertilizers and seeds .. mixed grasses. The permanent pas ture is the most neglected part of our farms. It is worthy of attention and Imprmvement. COME TO GREEN' Railroad Fare Refunded Withinj' Fare One Way Hlere is~i Buy $25 worth for cash, all E and part at another, within thr4 chants named below. Not nec Get Rebate Book with first pi corded and whe $25 worth is book to Secretary of Retail Me of Railroad Fare. Buy From A China, Glassware, Etc. Gilreath-Durham Co. Drugs and Sundries. Bruce & Doster Drug Co. Dry Goods, Notions, Etc. J. 'Thos. Arnold Co. Barr's Dry Goods. R. L. R. Bentz. Hobbs-Henderson Co, Hovey Smith. C. D. Stradley & Co. Furh4iture. Etc. L. A. James. Symmes-Browning Co. E. S. Poole. Buggies, Wagons, Etc. Markky Hardware & Manufacturing Co. R. N. Tannahi!l Co. If you (101't UIndersfan Information C Oree9vllIe Retail IJI JOHN WO( lce over 9mith & Bristow. C Cordon County, lie better, have better sub-soil a than your lands. The reason a practical farmer in the coun 200 pounds of fertilizer to the ; Many of them use only acid. for sale. Some rare bargains il year. Delays are dangerous. come and see for yourself. W Calhoun, (County Seat of ing( town of 2,000 people. Lo ta. I refer you to the followiu showu them the goods. J. R. Keith, W, M. Chasta CHARL Musical and I OCTOBER 24 RussiaN lymphi The best organize< in talent ini the Unit by a splendid chorus and1 female voices. Specil Rates from All P< Ask the Doctor. Ask the Banker. VILLE [0 TRADE!7 Tadius of 40 Miles; Paid for distance Over 40 Miles. he Plan: Lt one time, or part at one time, 1e months from any of the mer essary to buy all at one store. irchase, have each purchase re entered in Book take or send rchants' Association for amoun ny of These: Clothing. Hall Brothers. J. 0. Jones & Co. L. Rothschild. Smith & Bristow. Stewart, Anderson & Merritt. Jewelry; Etc. Bruns-McGee Co. Lumber, Etc, Oregon Lumber Co. Office Supplies. Seybt-Lanford Co. Millinery, Coat Suits. TThe Ayers Co. S. 0 Am o. Henderson-As Co. Pride, Patton & i ], write the Secretary. eerfully Given. Ichats 38uolatog, )D, SEC'RY. r, IgR SLol Georgia, Farms, nd are much cheaper, per acre, of the latter is that we haven't ty. They don't plow deep and rcre would scare rr ost of them. [ have all kinds and size farms sold before rented for another Don't take time to write ire me when you start. Gordon County) is a fast-grow :ated 8o miles north of Atlan men of your county. I have n, Pickens, S. C., R. F. D., 4, 30AZ, ;..ALQ.UN, QM. ESTON FestivaI Week. 5--30, 1909. mY OrchestrA ! I and most uniform ed States, suppor'ted of two hundred male >ints in South Carolina. Ask the Preacher. Ask the Lawyer.