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'The Ensign And the Poodle Dog By SEATON LORD (Copyright, 1903, by Hamilton Musk.] NSIGN MARK ATHERTON'S ship arrived at the United States navy yard on Dec. 21. There he learned that the gun boat Concas, on which was his Na val academy chum, Tom Dresser, was expected to arrive the next day. Ather ton procured leave to vAsit his home, but left a note for Dresser asking him to follow . and spend Christmas with him. The day after Atherton reached home he went over to Q. to see his aunt, who, next to his mother, was the nearest person to him on earth. While t Q. he received a forwarded telegram rom Dresser that he had arrived, was ery ill and asked that his friend would me to him at once. thcrton examined the time tables to d that If he went back home he ould lose twenty-four hours. By go g over to N., flve miles distant, he ould get a train to the city in a couple f hours. Since he had ample time he ecided to walk. When he reached N. e went Into the station ticket office nd, looking in his pockets for funds, ound that he had left his pocketbook t home. In his vest pocket was 26 tits. Here was "a pickle"-no funds, friend possibly dying, train to leave in tell miniiltes. "What's the time of the next train?" he asked the ticket agent. "Inl an hour I and twenty minutes." Atherton 'went out on the platform to think It over. A card tacked to the wall stared him in the face. It was an advertisement for a lost poodle, with a L promised reward of $10 if returned to the owner at 12 Adams aventue. There -was a small park near tile(* station, bloak looking at that season, but Atherton thought he would go over and sit (lown on a bench to concoct some scleie to raise railroad fare. While ruiiiinating he felt some thing rub his leg and, look lg down, saw 1 poodle. Unfortunately there Was no nark on the collar by which he could identify It, but it struck him at once that the dlog was too valui able to be runng loose and he believed it was the ;L one adverised. Then and there Ensigl L o o k ng Atlherton conceived a great down, he plan. iIe would return i tle 8 a w a poodle, get the reward and Pooclo be off on the next train. Picking up the (log, he ilulired the way to 12 Adaims avenue, found the house, rang the bell and asked if the (log belonged there. The servant recognized it at once and showed the young man Into the drawIng room. Atherton was in citizen's dress and had not hind tinie since reaching port to get a inew outfit lie had ordered. Consequently his clothes were some what worn and out of style. lie do cided to play the coimmoner, thus malk lng it easl('r for him to accept the re Walrd. Whlen a girl of ninieteen of dis tinguished aTpear'ance camne into the room lhe shuddered andl hoped( sIncere ly that lie would be able to carry out his role. The11 moment she sawv the poodle she took it up and embraced It eagerly. "Where did you find It?" "Ini the park necar the railroad station." "U 'Im very miuch obliged." She looked Atherton over '' from head to foot, evident ly not knowing whether to offer to pay him a reward. SAther'toni was up to the c casion. "It's lucky for 111, mxiss," he stammuiered. "I'm a sailor lad and( goin' back to mie ship. I've been1 rob hued b)y Iland shanrks anad havxen't imoiney enough to buy mne t icket." "Oh !" said( the gIrl, as tonishled at lis humllble po sition. ''Walt a minute. PIll go for the toey.' Shle left tile roomi to re turn with a tell dollar hill, whIch sihe handl(edl him1. "'I hope you'll reach youir ship1 safely," shen salId as hue wen'it ou1t, "'and( have a l)leaisan t voyage. I have ai lor. I Ie's ini the navy.'' s. G,oodbiy,"' r'epli'd thle 11(1 le hiuried awvay fear ona val omlieer mnight run11 ry3 andi( ruin1 him in the id( D)resser muuchi better lted. Dresser had( en CJhrlstmuas withu an un1- I /hours' ride froml the o humts wvere ainxlotus tof s tog r they played ire to ecid1e whethuer go wvith Atherton or which was well, for he was scarcely i a condition to visit strangers. Atherton informed his mother by mail of the change and received her consent. Soon after the meeting of the chuimw Atherton told Dresser of his adventure. and upon consultation it was deelded that Atherton should return the reward as tin anonymous Christmas present. Atherton spont $20 for a gold bracelet and shIpped It to the owner of I e p1odle. Ile did not know her name. so he addresseI It to Miss -, 12 Adui.: avenue. N.. N. Y. As soon as this wa, attended to he took the invalid to the station. "For what plaOe shall I buy the tick ets?" asked Atherton. "N. Didn't I tell you my uncle lived at N.?" "N.? No. You said be lived at B." "So he does. B. is the next station above. We always get ofi at N." "Why, I returned the poodle at N." "That's singular." "I should think so." Atherton bought the tickets and they were soon bowling over the road. On reaching the station they took a car riage. "Where do we drive to?" asked Ath- I erton. "Twelve Adains avenue." "By the great horn spoonI" fairly shrieked Atherton, "I drive to no such place." "Why not?" "It's the house where I received the reward." "You don't mean it!" Dresser fell back on the cushion. "By th'inder, you've received $10 reward money from my Cousin Adele Floyd, and I'm going to take you there as a guest." If such a problem had ballied the as surances of two ensigns in the United States navy they would not have been worthy to serve their country. They decided to meet the enemy at once and pushed oin to 12 Adams avenue. There they found Miss Floyd puzzled over a gold bracelet. she had just received by express. On seeing her cousin she for got everything else than him till she caught sight of his chum; then she stoo(d stock still and stared. IIe was handsoinely dressed, but not suillcient ly changed to prevent recognition. "It seems fhat we have met before," she said, changing her manner. "Indeed?" said Atherton, with feign ed surprise. "Oh, yes! You are the gIrl 1 danced with at the ship's ball when we wer' at Nice." "Not at all. You were here a few (lays ago. You returned my dog and re ceived the rewnid." "you inust he mistaklen, Del." putit Di Dresser. "An ensign in the United States nai1vy could not receiVC a rew.rd for such a serv Iee." Thre vas anl interval in which Miss Floyd stared from one to th otier. I1oth -r saw t (hat sihe was not qiite evi n oI .\fherton's idel tMy anId b raze Id oit their position "Come." co-tinued Dres tRer. "yoll'ro not Comlpli- . ,1 Ienting anl ollicer in the ' navy by taking him for They play som1e iIm)ostOr' who prob- ed a gamile ably stole your' dog and of eu1chre4. brought him) back for the reward. fIve it up 0o' you'll spoil Ch.ristma:s for all of us." "Well,"' sid the girl. "'I Suppose05 I'm mnistatken, though you look enough alil:e to be0 twins. Biut who sent this bi'ae? let?" "Oh, conscience did thtat!" said Dr'es ser. "The followv probatbly' thought what a muilin he'd made of himself anid spent the mouney in a bangle." At the Chriistmnas dinner whIch fol lowed MIss Floyd p)ut the chumii1s on tenterhooks by a recital of the episode of her lost poodle, thmought her lnnate delicacy pre'vented her makIng any mention of the fact that she had mis taken Atherton for' the matn who had1( received the rewar'd. This is the way site summed it "I am convilnced that the fellow stole the (log to get thte rewarid. 1'Then hIs con science tr'otubled him, antd lie btoughit a c-heap, plate d bracelet, pr'obatbly cost In" it to mae on Chr'istmas day." Dut'ing these remnarks the actors in th pisode15(1 sat wuithi rigidl fa(ces, v'ery like t he figur mehe(ad( to at shItp, neit1her'(l thig to glanice at the oIlher fot' fear of' giv ing away thte tr'uth hy an ex p1loin. It was not till MIss Floyd entered the navy hier'se'lf soiie yearis hitert its the wIfe of Marik At her tonm-then Lieu teamtnt A th-~ "I suppose ertoni-tha,t sihe learn'ied shte I'm mis had pa111 ider' future hus- taken." band a i'eward'( for returinig heri 1)00(1le and then chiariged hint wu'i sendintg heri a cheap, p)latedi bracelet in lieu of con science money. Toe Iin wh~tIo t akIes all his money to thei grav-e withi him gets reual mad wheni ie fadls ; won't buyi3 hhn it r'e serv~ed sat In he'a ven.-Ioston JtepubiI-, Christmas at One Hundred In the Shade D ALLIANCI, had importuned the editor of Everybody's Palladi um for a month to commission him to write a story. One day. after he had quite ignored the bohe tmlan on his last dozen calls, the editor said: "Yes, you can try your hand at I Christmas tale for our December numl ber. I'm going to the mountains to keel) cool during dog days. Mail it to me there at the end of this week, and I'll read it immediately." Now, Dalliance had several Christ imas sketches all ready to spin out into stories, but instead of buckling to ii good faith and finishing one of them lie began to specilate on the idiosyn crasies of the chief of the lalladium. "What in thunder does lie want Witli a Christmas story in August, with De cember over three months away'? If he'd said Thalnksgiving It would h more like it, and then I could vork a Christimis story on him latter. "Humph! IIe's 'going to the moun1 taIns to cool off!' Much pleasanter P111C to pursue the paths of magazin editing than the dingy, dinky quarter4 of the Palladium. But I'll fix hU. Of course lie wants a story from my Ie)nI, 01113 he's too stingy of courtesy to say so. "To the Imountains to - keep cool andl(l wiits to rv.ad tabollut Chiristais sleigh rides and snowdrifts, itC botis and chill wini"V1 binsts blowingtrug - -pit *s whi.,,kurs. Ti*. figlitiig dog d:ys wi inciuetre. Bu1t his v:11: S Z not. get a inintal ie frol)inle thiS 1tr1p. him into :1 .1 --tainl voo:-, ->8t i spirit cl . nushvil hil, Ii; ' )Ipushed it for the "i'm gng 'ive publisl.r's chel'.. to kt e e 1) l,aid the scone of h0., cool." in 1 fatmer's kik-i . the middle west. \ll the faiiy, genlerntion. w.idc, rlliedec inl the i ftrilhous'. gu n grih q 4 0 Christm1's P4ow:lies. The wenther er lost his riie!k in:lg. iid it 11 a gr : sticky N' i ns. \io:-covvr, t thor' pIled oni th1. o:- l vn "w : r .1 ilkor.y Iir, baking, roastin:". s1 : half 1 a doz-1n wolln 111nd gils paa In th fiery kitcln, het to Z :I .! fort "o tIhl feast wn. In; Oo . an(d v:itven piping ht. Grandpa G,i . ""Twun't h): no C"ri:'mlus'ho ib ole firophi e a-ltiipin'! ..\nd Alo thore was1 n roaring 1unati.ce i i the diigip rooml. vlie the overgr1owna crowd av.a packvd ill to dispose of hot- IIn :Zou1p. hot turkey, hot baked potattos, hot im. ilps, hot 1 apple saice, hot plutin puid ding, hot miiee pie and111 hot Cof've. It was 100 In tie shade in Dalliance's city deI while he wrote, as well as iII the pictre he drew, and he was ex haiusted I'romN the -'ffect of his own medicine when the sketch wa':s finished. Butt this wats a111 tr' si) long as lie could iu rhoil t he ed(i totr of' the I ali ladium. Fori a1 weekP he( Iivedu over the detailus of' his jok e,swetlter'ing as5 one can int dog da2ys with ftimes, heat waives and1( sissing thinugs before the intd's ('ye. Certain of the suicce'ss of his scee and the usual gilt edgedl cheek, for the Palladlilum wais a liberal paymnster', lie decidled to blow himisel f in 1 aviance by waiy of' cooling his over hleatedl blood. iIe hautedlt( , the beach atm. the roof' garu- 6-J 1 dens, alnd, havivng gorged ~ hIs stomaichi with Ice waiter wIhile concoct ing the red hot story, heo found it nec essatry to int roduice miore palaitaible lIquids, anld these ' cost good mioneoy. Iavery uight, or, rather', early -~:~ morning, lhe ha pp enie d aroundi( to seec If the mail hadl landled lis cheek and, I not fInd ing It, lived the story over aigalin, as ho , thought the editor' would ' havent. it ('venl delighted him to believe tha t hIs vie tim wats hauvung a goodl It 'was 100 lin ost. Tlhese frequlent li n h o rehearsalsut153)i'2( itrodue the in- shad (evi tab le r'esuilt Of' tore liths, more lce wauter', mloreO stolenests of the p)alatte and1( a de(sir'e for liqid( thait. w~oubt take hld. Then('l at l('nwh hile got his matnumscript back willh a ci not e say'ing: My IDear Atar-In the same malt wvith yur mnuiisirip,t (7ame 2 a note frornf my1 a. sist a n o th effe'ct that a Chisttmi as la l7ii ith IMHadil'n11 oi73)e han(, turned up. Of emi ro' w' ruestl use' that, so I am71 7ln ure it (4iiIi wo l f d ine toi r :a! m malin cipt !n f i der t oi i r tIrn it ii. th: for you ti 7-mel a 21urchaisenr 17;isen 1ier ThankiJII yo Jii ust the' 27arn4 for e t m .-i - it. 'IllF t] i,' ott P'oor'121 Dalliance lihdn' Lt'veanf11 th sui atisl,i'tion of' cursling the nlum.2aul~ autocrat for not knowling a good thing when he awu it Silver Creek Versus Golden Gulch By A. B. LEWIS OW Silver Creek ano Golden Gulch became one was brought about in this manner: For many years keen rivalry had existed between the two towns, which were only a stone's throw from each other. Boti elilimed to be h"ad and shoulders above the other In enterprise aid progressiveness. mnd one(1 iiever 11111(l I MoVo iII PhIIAN improvement that tie other did not go it one better. When Golden Gulch built i town hall two stories high, Silver Creek built one of three stories. When Silver Creek erected a new J)"il, Its Citizens IIatI hardly begun ito crow over the matter when Golden Guleh was working overtime to build a bet ter one. And in all other matters there was rivalry. Ivenl when fIour' dwellings burned in Silver Creek - Onle 11nglif Golden Gulch sacriticed five of its huild igs, just to keep aheil It had beenl abhout anl even thing between the two towils when.one1day Bill iSteNvns canused1 con stern iion inGCold(' 1l11ech by Ib rintgiilg in the nows that Silvel reek "was -- prepari' fu r the whop picst (Ei'tscelebra shun ever. known in (ho sti to."'When askcd for further i.rticulars he said: "Boys, I'v% -ust .ome froi Ilhet clawggonemld IowNN-1, aId, though they're "WiN11,. bo kcepinl' it nighut(y tilliet, I fust-" ..0 oil to) thvir little HIurprise :ry T1eil voyotvs a goiln' to lep us it' they kiin by blevinl' a lynclin' on C'rI - IIIuS!" "Got a ho-s thief, oh':" asked one. of the crowd. '"Thet's whalt thley'\ e . ljoys,c . tinued lIiii. " n .h y . 1-1in Cim fur tlie ( snlilill. I ' to l>e lyit-lieuI in the pulic ::oua' n (i'mus afi Ilool. :Ind w\ t tn it hwe i 's vo l thw 11et il r Cre!k 4in clrbrato lher,iholi da- y in h it 1 hol"llin' lm illier i t. 'll bomln he ll(I 1i Ihn e nd ' I bo -II over with its. "lloys, weve've gotr he' two lynehin*-i's or "(1it we're back numbers. While We aini't goV lito hos.s thi,veS, th Ir's plonly d' lo.yal citizens inl 8; ver ('roie.k, and1( l'1n bwt i' t-1r1meker. -i oI(d 411st thet (wNo% ' m i step forward and let us ynh 'um onl C'ris'mu an1d savo (he town's repor hishlin. I'll promise 'emt 4 ~ / thet it will be dlone in a genteel mlainierI ad thet -I ten 1foot monumllllent wvill ble pt over theIr graves (f hoot. Now, boys, who'll b""~ e fuist in this mantter'?'' A ucep sileince followed iIes atft er lie had asked b le questi oln ten m1en1 htad l(ftI the criowd. Threel(' i'n,lutes lateir a1 dIozen j/it lore 1had( dIsappeared, lad liveo inlutes later Bill As lie walt(ched the last of the cr'owd (lodging arounl td a1 COrnerOi therie 13111 wa'si were( tear's inl his (eyes0 ii alone1. lie exclimed to lheidf "And most of 'ei hev sich bewvt.luh necks fill haxngiin' too! WVaaI, we're a lieked eirowd, b)ut I allus did sorter' i reckoin thet Silver Creek was a heap sight bet ter town to live in thanil Golden Gu ilchl, an id I 'im goin' to 111nke my hlome And there wtere 5o many)13 others inl the townl who suddnly3 cami~e to tis conclusnioni, especially after' tihe lynchl ing on Christman:s, thait there wvas an exodiis fromn Golden Gulch to Siver Creek, anid tile two tonslt miergedi anid becamle oine andt 1 idiiible. The Only One Jin caiity. Mtlus'eumi : Ptr'on-W~ellI, w'hat ne freak haivi' y'ou for the hllOidays'? M~ianiager- 'The rarest tilg on earth the man11 whoi( doesni't 1b11y mIore( Christ 1ma11 l0'esenits tlin lie enni a fford. Ain oi t n1 ii .ov'e i (atim. Etl i -What d owriy dd hI le Pr ice de liata:iplaii riv e fr'oim( Gweindoiyn's fa. .en0 t-Nofi miore 11ban $1,000,000. yon ?:t'(, it wasi-: ari,n- a hore ignaig ,i.- Ne ()rl'a il 'ati 's-|I)u'iiot'ar I tune1 in a year' if it hadnIi't been1 for his wife." "Ilow dlid shet p)revenxt it?" "'She 81pent it herseif."' iT e centine liebutr. Isabel--A i'1 youa e ver r'ude? TDorothy-Oh, .es. One has to be riuie n1ow~ antd thlen to t'acoh olher po u'le nmnnm-i1 ei' . I) t:.a i.-., n.. .. WHITE.... YELLOW R ED......... And MULTIPLY I N G ONION SETS At MAYES' DRUG.... STORE.. The NEWBERRY WAREHOUSE CO... Is ready to store C otton and issu) recoipts for same. which money can be obtained o1 THE NEWBERRY WAREHOUSE CO. Chrsuas Prese.nts, ly stock of Chr1istm1as Preseits is the Most Comljplete I hAve ever had, anIJd \ouI know what that meanTs. TChe est and finest line !f Brooclies, ITibr(eIlas and Walk ing Canle- in Gold aInd Silver Han dies, Rings, Cuff Buttons, Stick Pius, Wat,I, Chains and Charms, Lockets, Fobs, Purses, H1and-Paint ed China, Cut Glass, and a very Fine line of Silver novelties. Comuie in atuld see my goods, and if you like them, huy, if yon dlon't, buy anyway. Yours very truly, GUY VANIE.S. Real Estate for Sale. IAEIN HIANDS T 1'' FOLLOW .ing(descibedl property for sale on terms that will enable persons desiring homes to secure same: SSeven tracts in No. 2 Township, con taining respectively 147.33, 211. 13, 198.50, 192.75, 142.29, 217 and 186 acres. T hese are choice lots, highly productive, wvell wVooded( andl watered, with p)lenty of the best I)asture land on each p)lace. There are two good dIwelling houses andi several tenant houses, barns, crib)s andI stables on twvo of them, good well or sp)rinlg water in plenty. Also one handsome residence in the town of modern improvements, dlesi: .'bly located on one of our main thoroughfares, and in one of the most deCsirab)le sections of our town. In conneedon witi. this place there are several handsome bumlding lots which wve will dispose of at an early (late. For pirices andl terms apply to F. W. IlIGdINS, Real Estate Agent, Newberry, S. C. Pay You To see us for your Christmas Goods, Apples. Oranges, Bananas, Raisins, Nuts, arnd a full line, lowest prices. SEE US. Counts & Dickert. R ussells ()ld Stand, Main St