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Sjisic t/" a tut cm IVAIIlLUTi NORRIS^ t5^yno?r $ MWttEW NOftRty Clic^Av.xvas,IrembliRg violently. "Hut how roiih} I!" she protested. "Ten Iitrfi that' I dm going away,'deserting, him when lie most needs me!" Peter had grown ver.v jmlo. ink?" he stammered, his face close" to h"t<? "hilt" you cannot mean that. .ii!s is the end?" . , She moved her lips as if she was about to'spiral:; looked at him blankly. * u iien t widen ly tears came, ann 311.5 wrenched her liuiuls tree 1'roin 111?, und laid her arms about his neck. Her wet cheek was pressed to his own, and ? he put Jils iwins tightly about ilie Utile shaken (i'gure. f "Peter!* she whispered; desolately. Ami after a time, wlien the violence of her sobs was lessened, and she was breathing more quietly, she said again: "Peter! We can never c'.ream that drouiri again." / "We shall dream It again," bo corrected her. Cherry did not answer for a long while. Theu she gently disengaged herself from*his arms, and sat erect. Her tears were ended now, ami her voice firmer and surer. "No; never again!' she told him. I "I've been tiiinkiRg about it, all these days, and I've come to $ee what 19 right, ns 1 never did before. Alix never knew about us, Peter--and that's been the one thing for which 1 coiili) be thankful in all this time I Hut Alix had only one hope for me, and that was that somehow Martin and I would come to he?weii, to be nearer to each other, and that Somehow he 1 and I would make a success of our marriage, would spare?well, let'u say the family tuiiue, from all the disgrace and publicity of a divorce?" "Hut. Cherry, my child-*-" Peter expostulated. "You cannot sacrifice all your life to the fancy that no one else can take your place with him?'" "That." she said, steadily, "is just what I must do!" I'eter looked at her for a few seconds without spoaSing. "You don't love him," he said. "No," she admitted, gravely. "1 don'.t love him?uot in the way you meiin." ' , 'Hie is nothing to you," Peter arjjued. "As a mutter df fact, it never was what a marriage should be. It was ul wa ys?at u'u ys?a 4iii si a k e." "Yes," Hie conceded, sadly, '-'it was always a mistake!" men lucre is iioumig 10 umu juu to him!" Peter added. "No- and there isn't Alix to distress irw!" she agreed, thoughtfully. "And jet," she went on, suddenly, "1 do this more for Alix than for any one!' Peter looked at her io silence, j looked back at the last flicker of the j lire. "You will change your mind after awhile!" he said. ? Cherry rose'from the chair, and | stood with dropped head and troubled eyes, looking down at the flauie. "No. I shall never change my j nibid!" she said, in a low tone that was stilj -strangely firm und fink! for i her. "For five or ten or tweuty or thirty years I shall always be where Martin is, caring for ldin, amusing i film, making a life for him." And ; Cherry raised her glorious blue ej*es I In which there was a pure and an upiifted look that Peter'had never seen there before. "Jt is what Dad and i Alix Would have wished," .she finished, ! solemnly, "and I do it for them!" Peter did not answer; and after a j moment she went quietly and quickly [ from the room, with the hew ulr of quiet responsibility that she had worn ever since the accident. CHAPTER XX. Peter saw, with a sort of stupefac- , tion, that life was satisfying her now j as life had never satisfied rustless, ex- i acting little Cherry before. She spent much of her free time by i her husband's side, amusing him as j skillfully as a mother. He was get- J ting so popular that she had to the , ready for callers every day. Would he like her to keep George Sewall for dinner, when thev could play dominoes j again? Would he like the table with the picture puzzle? lie would like .lust io iuik : ?ery wen; mey wouiu talk. Martin's daj' was so tilled and divided with small pleasures that it was apt to amaze hint by passing too quickly. lie had special breakfasts, j lie had his paper, his hair was brushed j and his bed remade a dozen times a day. Cherry shared her mail, which was always heavy now, with him; she i tlitted into the sick-room every few minutes with small messages or gifts, j With her bare, bright head, her busy white hands, her voice all motherly j amusement and sympathy and sweet- ; ness. sl?e had never seemed so much a wife. She had the plcasantest laugh j in the world, and she often laughed. ; The sick-room was kept with exquisite simplicity, with such freshness, bare- i ness. and order as made Tt a place of delight. One day Cherry brought home'I q great Vikory bowl of silvery glass, and a dozen drifting goldfish. and Martin never tired of watching them idly while he listened to her reading. J'ChenV ret or said, on a wet Janti; nrjMVy, when lie cnrae upon hei' in'tne dining room, eoatcntedjy arranging n fragrant mass of wet" violets. "I think | Martin's out of the woods now. I bei. lieye I'll he moving along,'" "Oh. hut we want yon always, i'eter!V she sahh Innocently regretful. The ghost of tr pained smile flirted | across his face. : "Thrtnk J-oif." he snifl. gentT.v. "But I think I will go." he added, mildly. She made no further protest. "Bur where*' she asked, sympathetically.. "I don't know. I shall take Buckstart off toward the big mountains. I'll-write you now and then, of course! | I'm going home, first!" "Just now," Cherry mused, sadly. peniu|in ic in rii'si?nir you?u> (jei away! Now tlmt Martin is so much better," she nddi?(l. in u little burst. "1 to feel so sorry for you. Peter! I inow how voa feel. 1 shall miss her always, of course," said Cherry, "hut I ha? J fcinl." ' "I try not to think of her," Fetor said, flinging up his head, "Yes, I'm Going' Now!" He said. "When you do," Cherry said, earnestly, giving lilm more of tier attention tl:an hxd been uuual, of late; "Here'ts something to think, Peter. It's, this: we have so much to be thankful for, because she never?knew I It was madness," Cherry went on, eagerly, "sheer madness?that is clear now. 1 don't try to explain It, because it's all been washed away by the frightful thing that happened. I'm different now; you're different?I don't know how we ever thought we could?" There was a silence during which she looked ut him anxiously, but the expression 011 ins lace aiu uui unci, and he did not speak. "And what I think we ought to h'e thankful for," she resumed, "is tb<H ! Alix would rather?she would rather I have it this way. She told me that she would be heart-broken If there had I been any actual separation between i ine and Martin, aud how much worse that would huve been?what we planned, I mean. She was spared that, and we were spared?1 see It now?what would have ruined both our lives. We were brought to our senses, and the awakening only came a liftle sooner than it would have come anyway !" I'eter had walked to the window, and was looking out at the shabby winter trees tliut were dripping rain, and at the beaten garden, where the | drenched chrysanthemums had been ' bowed to the soaked earth. "Here, in Dad's home," Cherry said, j coming to stand beside him, "I see ; how wicked and how mad I was. Iq another twenty-four hours It would j have been too late??you don't know j how often 1 wake lip in the uiglit and shiver, thinking that! And a? it Is, j I am here in the dear old house; and ' .Martin?well, von can see that even Martin's life is going to he far happier than it ever was! It's such a joy to tue," she added, with the radiant look she often wore when iter husband's comfort was under consideration, " o feel that we need never worry about the money end of tilings?there's enough for what we need forever!" "You must never worry about money," lie told her. "And if ever you need it?if it is a question of a long trip, or of more operations?If there is any chance?" "I shall remember that I have a big j , brother!" she said. The room was scented by the sweet, j I damp flowers, and by the good odor | of lazily burning logs; yet to I'eter | there was chill and desolateness In the : ; air. Cherry took up the glass bowl In ; both careful hands, and went away in j the direction of the study, but he stood j i at the win low for a long time staring j ; dully out at the battered chrysanthe- ; mums and the swishing brandies, and the steadily falling rain. A few. days later, on a day of unI certain sunshine and" sliutvers, Peter left fh'em. to Cherry Peter's going tfas a relief; It burned one mote bridge boh I rid, her. It confirmed her in the path she had chosen; it was to her spirit like the cap that marks the accepted student nurse, or J Ike the black colt' that replaces the postulant's white veil of probation. . He lmu been In the downstairs ocaroom. talking w!lh 'Martin, for perhaps' an hour; he lirid drawn theirr a rough sketch of fhe little addition to the house that Cherry meant someday to build next to the study, and he and Mnrtta hud been discussing the details. Cherry was sweeping the wet. J dun-colored leaves from the old porch I when a sudden step In the doorway be- I hind her made her look up. . Peter had eohle out of the house, . with B'uclc beside 1dm. He wore his aid. corduroy clothes and his shabby eap, tmt there was something in his aspect that mada her ask: "Not pping?" "Yes, I'm golhg now!" he said. She rested her broom against the thick trunk of the old bailk'sla, and nibbed her two hands together, and cauu* to the top of the steps to say good-by. And standing there, under ttie rose tre'6, she linked her arm ahout It. iooki-.ig up. through the brhiiciies. lyjiere the shabby foliuge of last year lingered. "How fast it's grown since that terrific, pruning we gave It all that longtime ago!1' she said. (To be Continued.) LEGISLATIVE NOTES Representative Bradford" Wrjtes cf -Happenings in the General Assembly. (Fort Mill Times.) A feature of the work of the house of representatives last week was the | passage Friday of the socalled luxury bill, designed to raise soniethirlg like a million dollars a year for the state treasury from the sdle of articles on which property tax bnly has heretofore heen paid. The total income of r venue the bill will produce, however, i should it j'lass the senate in its present form and then be approved by the governor, is .speculative. Nobody, not even ' the federal collector of Internal revenue, Mr. JSradley, who was called in for consultation by the committe which j reported the bill, could do more thlri ( guess how much money it \vould bring , in. If no material changes are niade.in ( the bill and it is enforced with a de- |, gree of strictness which marked the | ] enforcement of the national luxuries . luw, one Is sale in concluding that it i will have a decided effect upon the old , system of raising- practically all the tax money for the state upon real property. ; On a motion in the house Thursday . night to. continue the bill, which meant j to kill It, the opponents of the meas- , ure lost; but when the bill was again , taken up Friday morning the steam j roller which, the ways and means com- { mittee had used so successfully the t night before had fallen into the hands qf the opposition apd {hey did some effective steam rollering on their own}' account by inserting in the bill the fol- i lowing additional articles on which it ] is proposed to collect the luxury tax:, i 'Candy, costing more than 50 cents a < pound, 5 cents per pound; playing i cards or dice, 5 cents for each deck or i set; perfumes, cologne or toilet water, I 5 cents for each sale;.chewing guih, 1 i cent per package. The original bill 1 provided for a luxury tax only on i chewing tobacco, cigars, cigarettes, | smoking tobacco, snuff, gun shells, \ I pistol cartridges, fruit juices used in ! 1 the manufacture of soft drink's and 11 fountain syrups. | < / ( The most turbulent sessions of the ] ways and means committee of recent i years in preparing the appropriation i bill ended late Friday night with the i final touches being given that import- 1 ant measure. In the last half dozen j years the membership of the committee 1 has been increased until today its i number goes beyond one-fourth the < entire house membership of 124. The i ^ ^ A V k:,.: ; After two years of experiment 1 has developed a serum which protc now beinj? prepared for country\ mtssioner Dr. Royal S. Copeland-is 1 1 Vaccine if administered; committee has therefore become unwicldly. More than a million dollars of the amount recommended by the governor has been lopped off the ap propriation bill for the current year, | but whether the'lopping has been done : at places which both the house and ' senate will agree was wise remains to be seen. But if the bill should be adopted as it will be reported to the house, the leVy for state purposes will be reduced about 2 1-2 mills, without taking ibto account furthdr reductions which will come about as a result of the passage of fhe new revenue measures. . . , . The only ex-governor of South Carolina who has not visited the house thus far'during the' session is John C. Sheppdrd. Kx.-Gov. Martin P. Ansel was observed on the floor a few days ago, following visits "Of John Gary Evans, Duncan C. Heyward. Cole.L. B'ease and Alchard I. Manning, former chief executives. Whether there was anything niord behind" the visits of these gentlembn to the house than a desire to observe the procoedings of the body is not gencrtiily known; but it Is known thit alreacfy there Is a great deal of talk going around in legislative circles about the race for the gover norshtp next sirmmer and It may be that with the exception of Mr. Blease, who id an fftpwed- candidate for apother term in the office, the other exgovernors were speaking a good word for this or that citizen who has been suggested as the immediate successor of Governor Cdopcr. Does Yoik county need a "boll weevil expert," to be employed at ajsalary of $.1,500 as the. county's part, againsv. the present salary of $500 .which tho county contributes toward the employment of the farm demonstration agent? Certain Rock Hill citizens answer in the affirmative and the same citizens have applied to the county legislative delegatidh to provide the money to em- I ploy the "expert." The request will be acted upon during the week. Meanwhile, however, other York county citizens have urged the delegation to dispense with the demonstration agent and to refuse to employ a boll weevil m&n. ' J. S. Wannamaker of St. Matthews, president of the American Cotton association, painted in a speech he mad^'in the Benate chamber a few days ago a dun-colored picture of conditions in several states of the Northwest which he had recently visited. "Everybody knows," said Mr. Wannarriaker, "that South Carolina 1b In none loo good shape, but If conditions arc bad here they are several times worse in the Northwest. Out there public schools trtd colleges are beirig closed because the people have nothing with which td pay their takes." Mr. Wanr^ama'ker is understood to base expressed the opinion that the Republican plrty Is in for i severe flogging in the state and congressional elections next fall. Further evidence of the desire of the Vork County officials" to cooperate with the county's legislative cfeTegatlon in keeping down the tax levy, to which reference was made In the editorial columns of The Times a few weeks igo, was nbted last week when Treasurer Neil and Supervisor Browi> went to Columbia to assist the delegation in rearranging the proposed expenditures Tor th'e year On a basis which would preclude the necessity of. asking the people to pa? more taxes for the county government. For. several years the levy for county purposes has been 6 mills. . ftecently requests for additional expenditures for roads and bridges indicated that it might be necessary to increase the levy for 1922, but it can now be stated definitely that there will be no increase. On the contrary, f the proposed tax of 2 cents per gallon on gasoline, 1 cent of which would jo to the county and the other cent to the state, is collected there will be an idditional amount for the upkeep of the :ounty roads without a corresponding ncrease in the county levy. GAINST PNEUMONIA. the New York Health Department . sets one against pneumonia. It la fi vide distribution. Health Compete shown demonstrating how the j |? . - - - - . ?. wrf. O - ?. houfce alTliation with the national organization. . John G. Bfown, president of the association, asserted, that the livestock exchange had attempted to drjre a wedtte between the producers and so divide the farmers, but predicted the commission men soon would be forced to lower, rates.Probably.?She?'What makes the leaves turn red in the fall?" . He?"They- are blushing to think how green they have been all summer."?Burr. ' Kills J W Pain / instant Relief from Scale!*, Burns, Cuts, Wouocls, etc. Contain* No Akohol, Acid* or Pcpv*** therefore DOES NOT. SMART J IT SOOTHES __ / - f. ***-' V*. ' ! Painful injuries often result rrom accidents. Mustang Liniment'fcfept always at hancTis cheapest ahd best insurance. Made at purest oils; it penetrates quickly, soothing and healing the affected parts. . P_,IB Rev. 'A.'fL-Singletdn. Danvflle, OwVo "Va.your Mustang- Liniment for 30 years and"flnd It the vtry-best remedy in caaeof-? . cut. a burn, .a bru^e-jp.fact. almost apv ailment that can be cured by a liniment. ' In uringlthink it quite important terabit wcU.uito.tne pores apdrepeat the Qperation I at frequent intervals. " " ' J tf D tip Wtrrf We TRIAL BOTTLE r 1YEsEJ loBd'braM "Put^-Tan" ' TOODLB-TOP. . HikurinMuD!' S#nd^ oepta at am pi or coin for Trial Bottle (Houaehofd Sue) Moatiu??Wi?toien?.a?d'sratToddJa'ro??4?)lai(c.V /r??. Lyon Mfg. Co., 41 So. 5th St., Bitlyn. N. Y. 25c ? 50c - $1.00 Sold by Drug and General Store* *'JXe Good Old Standby Since 1848*' MEXICAN . V- \s"*t -** * ' * ? *V v - ?> ??> a ? t ?.o> Million Pocket* Of Flower Seed* Free We believe In flowers around the homes Of (Be South.' powers brighten up tfye home surroundings and give pleasuro.and. satisfaction to those who have thenj. * . We have filled thore than a million pockets'of seeds, of beautflul yet easily grown flowers to be given to OUr Customers this-spring. - ? Wouldn't you like to have fir? packets of beantlfal flowers free? 70TJ CAN GfcT THIJMr ! HaStWm 1922 catalog Is a 100-^age handsomely fTt'ustrated Seed book full from cover to cover of truthful descriptions and Illustrations of vegetables, flowers and j farm crops. It lb fun of helpful garden, flower and farm Information that 16. needed in every Southern home, and, too, the catalog tolls, you how. to get these flower seeds absolutely, free; Write for our 1922 catalog new. It Is the-finest, most valuable and beautiful seed book eveK published, and you will, be mighty glad you've got It There ..is no obligation to buy- anything. Just ask for the catalog, and it will come by return malL :: H. G. HASTINGS CO-, SEEDSMEN, ATLANTA, GA. ' APPLY TO PLYLER The Trade S.treet Merchant FOR BARGAINS IN ? ' * * * MILLINERY, DRY GOODS AND NOTIONS. S. W PLYLER ROCK HILL, S.G. Che Substantial of Life IF YOU LIVE to eat, then you want ome of the fancy things in the grocery Ine?I have them?fancy enough to atisfy almost any taste. IF YOU EAT TO LIVE then I can upply you with the substantiate of he grocery line?almost anything that ou might desire. AND DID YOU EVER THINK about t, the real substantiate of life do not ount up very fast?it doesn't take a reat deal to keep the average family! i ping. A sack of flour, a few pounds t meat, lard, meal, sugar, salt, pepper, tc.?No, it doesn't require a big outty., for the substantiate to keep the tmily table supplied. BUT OF COURSE every family deires some of the things that are class(1 as Fancy Groceries and they are uite right. BUT YOU'LL FIND both kinds here . nd I want to serve you. W. E. FERGUSON ] TIME TO PAY. k LL Subscribers to THE YORK- ! L VILLE ENQUIRER on my Club, e requested to make payment at once ther to me or at THE ENQUIRER fflce. Mrs. T. S. SANDIFER. TIME TO !*AY. | L LL Subscribers to THE YORK-1 L VILLE ENQUIRER on my Club, ! e requested to make payment at once I tlxer to me or at THE ENQUIRER fflce. J. K. ALLISON. I I I-'pfiofitfisr??''? ? Se e Our Then step inside and aslc Guessing Gontest?11 II LOOK THIS WINDiW You will find there anurri1 perhaps you need aiid:ji light time. Look theseneed of one or more of tl riofhing iii the windhw to step inside, Our shelves i in almost daily demand ir oh the farm^on\ wait i is immediate and delay-is ftUi US Y Make out a list of your n;( us liaye ii. We keep sudh ordering and receiving sp frdfis whnt. That'? a big peeially filling the wants < cial articles: in hardware11 E^y your heeds and wahts 1L0QK FOR TH? I YORK HAR] m '/ - ,'*'*7 * ,l '' r'"-T GARDEN ? WE ARE HANDLING the W$ll known FERRY'S line of Garden Seed? and also have the celebrated "BRIMMER'' Tomato Seed, and are expecting a shipment of Seed Irish Potatoes and will be glad to sell yoit by the peck, bushel or sack. TO Ac eunfi WE HAVE Dairy ?eed, Sweet Horse Feed and Chicken Feed. 1 . . . Flour Is Advancing And we have a good stock .and'more bought and would i!k6 {d figure With you on FLOUR frbrri a sack to k thousand pounds or more... WE ARE SEU.1NQ POINTS Etc., tor the Olive/, Vulcan and Chattan oopa. Turn Plows. We have several Drag Harrows .t?a\ we wan^ tp cloa~ft out. If you need a 3toVe see us-?we want to close these out too and wtll make you a gqod. price. See Us for Whatever You May Need in Quality Groceries. w. r: jacksow Mackorell-Ferguson Co.'s Old 8tand. GARDEN SEES .- r -7 T ' ' j It's time to begin buying your Garden Seed. We have the Agency for WOODS' and FERRY'S SEEDS? Better place your order early. CLOVER m STORE Phone No.'2 CLOVER, S. C THE BEST MEATS ; Si **Vp?v: rr. ?>'*. ; WHEk YOU WANT TITE BEfeT MEATS sold in Yoi*k come td THE CITY MARKET. . We selj ali kinds of meats kept by a First Class Market. OLD GEORGE KNOWS UOW TO CUT.and tripi.hJs medts so 4T. ?.111 MUn TWA lrt<liAa tnuy Will jSitra,ot7 Itio lauiwO, WE WAfoT Ttf BUY Good Fat VEAL CALVES, four weeks old or more. AJsd waint Fresh Hen Eggs. Sortie people can eat any kind of food, They buy meats Just aflyw"h'ere. But,'tf'a'mun wants something good, He cornea to Old-George .Sherer. . THE CIft MARKET Geo. A. 8heref " " "G/W.lifriirer TIME TO PAY. ALL Subscribers tp THE) YORKVILLfi ENQUIRER on my CHib, are requested to make payment at pnoe either to me or1 at,THE . EJsQUIRER Office. ' - '* * II 3fiss SALLIE McCONNELIx TIME TO PAY .. ; SUBSCRIBERS to The Yorkvllle En^ qulrer on my cl-ub will please pay ] me at-once; as I have to settle with the publishers. JEFF D. WHITESIDES. * S. L. CO r s ^ m f ' Yff fe U N IVE F \ [ 48 S. Main St. ' - - - ? I_^hune!53 Si J Windqw | for details as to the Big ; is woj-th 70UT while. I OVER CAREFULLY 1 bef 6{ useful articles, ffia^ I ist don't think of at the* ret.; See if you are not in l'ese articles. If there is i -suggest your needs then fl | ire fall* of things thAtnre'j;: [ t the home, shop, store or i until your need for them j annoying. I oiik WANTS j j Sfls in Hardiviif e and let ^ a list and are frequently ecial articles'thnt6nr pa- | |>art of our business?es- I of our customers for spe- I -We will be glad fb dtfp- I {| turr "w" stoee. 11 3WAKE CO. g) AT SKERffi'S YOU'LL ALWAYS GET YHE BEST HEAVY AND FANCY G.AOCERf'Etf. OUS MARKET KEEPS CHOICE BEEF AND PORK MjL TUB TIME. FRESH FISH EVERt SATURDAY. W. H. SHERER ftbflr 54 ' " CL6VEA, 8. 0. * CALHOUN DRUG ST0RE1 YORK, ; - ?. C. IP THERE IS ANYBODY I9 thii vl-S clnity carrying: a larger, tetter, merfi complete or -varied stock of goods-than we are carrying, we don't know it, > THERE IS CERTAINLY NOBODY who finds tout pleasure in giving the BEST possible Service. BUT AGAIN we desire it known that our goods are CASH oVer the counter. We keep no charge books. - We don't a want any. We give you the BEST POSSIBLE VALUE FOR THE LEAST MONEY. So, if you are wise you will see us when desiring anything In our Hne. But do not embarrass us or yourself by asking us to ''Clutrge It" W? , are not dping. that any more. CALHOUN DRUG STORE . MJV RftPih MVI VIUW Made Freeh Every Day at JAMESON'S Bakery, Next to tfotel SHandon. SOf KOLLS Every Afternoon except Sunday At 5:00 . O'cJioclC. They are fine. Try 'em once. Cakes and Pies halted every day. WE ALSO HANDLE Candies and Prulta^ Everything fresh. YOUR GROCER Int *11 probability handles JAMISON'S Breajl. Ask hlhJ. . . , * JAMISON'S BAKEEY W. L. JAMISON, Proprietor. IMPERIAL. PLOWS I '*v ' , ?} hatfH IF YOO NfeED a Turn PldW by all moans byy an IMPERIAL. To be bure ' we sell It and we fire Interested; but mdre than that, we- know from observation. aad (rum what others, say, that fee IMPERIAL ltf the Best T^n PloW on the matk'et. We eWo have' Ftepafri for Imperial Plowfo. WAGONS, BUGGIES? . HARNESS and L4PR0BES?If yon nfeed. either of these articles, we are . very Sure that we can Interest you' ia Qualities and ip Prices. Yc$ see us. Ballard's Obelisk FlourHas beert on the market for nearly a half century and it Is today the. pre' eminently aood flour, Try It if you want the BEST Flour. See Us for BWEET FEED, MILD FEED and CHICKEN FEED, J. F, CARROLL , ' ' . , - fa URTNEY " ' ? " * " Service i | YORK, S. e. ; I