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MIRAME I MYNOl'KIH-The 3 of Hearts I" lae "death'Slgn" employed by Seneca Trino In th? prItate nur of ?engeance which,' through tl??' agency ot IIIH daughter .Iud il li, ho wages against Mun haw?' Non of the man, non dead, who MUN Innocently responsible for thc lu-chlcnt which rendered. Trine a helpless cripple. Alan lo? es und N loved bj Hone, Judith's tnln mu! double. Judith TOWN to rompus* his deuth, bat under dramatic circumstances Alun saies her . life and HO, unwillingly nins her lore. Thereafter Judith ls by tunis animal. ed by the nen love, the old hatred, and jealousy of her sister. In c.-ca plug her persecution, Alan und hose und their friend Hu re II H lake n-luge In the Taint ed Hills a range of arid mountains and bordering the Afleoiia deserts. Judith* while pursuing, suffers a change of heart and warns them in time to avert an attempt upon their lives*. In retara for this she ls nels. ' ed by an ??ullan ncrnmpllce and bound helpless to. the back of a horse. Alua shoats the accomplice ami the horse runs away, following a pcrilious trail. 1-THE MAN IN THE SHADOW. . Two hundred feet, if one, Hopi Jim fell from tho Hp of thu cliff. Then nuddbtily thc Thing that had been Hopi Jim Slade was checked In Its headlong descent hy thc outstanding . trunk of a tree, over which it remain ed, doublo up, limp, horrible. rue miniature lundsllde that had boon caused by, bis fall went on, se? ?j/ tiing gradually aa tho slope became loss sheer* Only part of it, a douhle handful of pebbles, gained thu bottom Hp', o fthe canyon. Us muffled impact on tho ground \{i> round lilac feet roue^d tho man who fife-;..' bad compauscd the bandit's denth from tho poso he lind unconsciously assum ed on tho instant of firing. Ho stepped back and sm. "dupa caso containing binoculars Not before tho glasses wore ad HH|; lusted to his vision did he Und time to respond! absently to ? tho alarmed and Insistent inquiring of lils two com panions, a man of his own age and s girl of some years less, who had been wakened from their sleep by tho re ' port of tho rifle. Now tho Inttcr plucked his alcove WB&.' momentarily deflecting the glas from the object which they were fol lowing t o sedulously as it moved alona tho heights; a wildly runnlng-horsc ' with a woman bound helpless upon itt back,*both sharply in silhouette against jar, tho burning blue. Bj* ' "Alan!" the girl demanded, "whaJ ls it? Why did you lire? Why wont -yob answer mo? What I? it?" .'?.Judith," A?a? vestir. * tersely, agaif Hg"; dicking Mri with thc gasses tho run away horse that fled so madly aloin the porlllous and narrow track ot tin hill troll. Tho name was echoed from twi Hut,:, throats as Alan swung sharply am 'I- : thrust the glasses into thc hands of th< girl. ! "Judith," ho udlrmcd with, a loo! J?C-'- ?t poignant solicitude. '. "She's ropet to tho hack of that crazy broncho helpless! See for yoursolf; ono fslsi Bfct- Stop-suppose a stone turua beneatl its lroof-she'll bo killed!" Whilo tho Kiri focused her glasse .7. -v "pc? that spccU that ??cw against. ih< P/V sky Alan turned to tho two horso hobbled near by and seizing a sadd! throw lt over" thc back of one. At this tho other man strode to gi side and dropping a detaining han* upon hi? arm, asked: . "What aro you going td "do." Kg. Alan ?hook the banu off and wen on with his sell-appointed task. 8g?, "Go after hor, Tom, of courso," h replied. "What ohio? That anima is crasy, I toll you-" ."Even,so," Toni Harcus arguot "you can't climb that hillside on hors? hack-and if you could, you'd bo to lato to catch up, much loss prevent a accident-** "I know it. Hut suppose lt doosn fall'..You know what's bi yood Uieso hills-desert ! And th girl <s helpless, I tell you, bound bsa and foot Think of her being carrie that way-all day, portia'-*-face up t thia brutal sun!" * "'Y/ou're raving," Harcus commente lb a hopeless turn. He looked to th girl. "Rose-Miss Trine-reason wit thia atado*?a-" Hroppi ho glasses, thc girl swlf ly and confidently to hor lover's std , . lifting hor lips to bia "Go, sweetheart!" she told hin "Save hor If you can!" Thon hoofbeats drumming on tl] bard-parked earth of tho canyon tra atroph a hundred echoes from Ha rai : god, rocky walls. Mr. Harcus showed Rose Trino fata almost ludicrous with its angulrl ed smile ?bet was intended to seem n assuring. "loot's look sharp and follow hi ns quick as may be." he urged. "Ugh nlng will never strike us idlbng t ?we stick to .Mr. lyow of th* chemic life-but I don't mind telling you, on? . - out? of his company, I'm Just nature ly fratd of tao dark!" 11-TUB TRAILHOF FLY.NO IIOOl In tho still air ot that y mm: Ci tho chill of night l!ngMr?d-.slublon ly-and would until the shadow of tl eastern rampart -bal crep? slow down the canyon's. western wall, tel scoped upon Itself sud vanished, U ting in the sun. ?0 mak<> the place pit of torment and *>f burrin,*. Rofreshei? Trjm roui nod oxhllrrati by this gratti coolness, his bet responded willingly fc> t? o fres'i l?e touch of Alu'i spur. 1:1 w--twtnl'.lli tho overnight >ped Ironi vlf behind '.ho rounded shoulder of a hf ?hie, mesquite-cloaked. ihm irosa Ito ?lr&i. avtrltefl<tli& tho h?rn?- settled down to steady go IIIK. lengthened Hu stride, and ran for loaguefl willi tho long, apparently ef fortless ami tirolesa lope of tho plains bred broncho, vontre-a-terro. Alan'? dcpurtiire from camp had anticipated by a round quarter-hour tho appearance on the upper trail of friend! of the alain bandit, to the num ber of four or five, who had holli dis covered and recovered his body, called lils death inuidT and pledged them selves to Us avengenent-laying re sponsibility for thc putative crime at tho door of tho mac and woman to be seen in tho cr.yon, Immediately below tho ocono ri Hopi Jim's full. IWwccr. the moment when discovery of tho -.nen on the ridge trail inter rupter! their simple and hurried break fast uni that which found lioso and Barons mounted on the hack of their own horses and making the best of their way down thc canyon in pursuit of Ainu, but little ttmo had lapsed. And oven with lis double burden, their horse made better time upon thc hroad lowor lovel than those who followed the ridge trail. Fly mid morning, when they approached thc foot hi tin that ran down to thc desert tho pu rfu lt waa moro than a milo in the rear and shut off to boot hy ii monolithic hill, while Alnn was many .' weary mile in advance. Ho sat upon his horse, Just then, at standstill upon the Fiimjnlt of a round ed knoll, tho Painted hills lifting up ncimiii nun, mc desert before unfold ing like a map. Descend lug tho knoll he reined his lagKlng mount back into the trail, fol lowing its winding course through tho foothills ami round the base of that monolithic mountain toward tho Junc tion with thc rid-ie trail, miles away. lt approached tho hour of noon be fore he c.lined tho point where the two trails Joined and struck out aero?? tho desert. And here ho discovered what ho thought indisputable indica tions that tho fright of Judith's horse had persisted. Abandoning immediately all notion of returning through tho hills by tho ridgo-trall, ho (urned and swung away at tho best paco he could spur from lila broncho, delivering himself into tho pitiless embrace of that Implaca ble wilderness of tun and sand. At long intervals he would check the broncho and. reeling in the ?addle endeavor to sweep the desert with his binoculars. An toward middle of tho after noon ho funded that something re warded ono such effort; somethin, for an instant swam athwart tho ?Held of tho glasses; something that scorned to raako Uko a weary horse with a h Mm-tn fisura ir.iund U> ?ta back. Dut now phenomena were discerni ble which, had ho been moro desert wiso, would havo ma do him pause and think before ho adventured farther from thoso hills, already boyong reach as they wore. His first appreciated warning carno when tho surface of tho desort seemed to lift and Bhake like tho top of a can vas ten t In a gate. At the same Hmo Et mighty gust! of wind swept athwart '. . * * . . ;'. '? he waste, hot as a furnace-blast. In i rice, dust enveloped mao- and horse, i i stifling clond or superheated^ per icles thai stung tho flesh Uko a my lad needles. And then darkness fell, ho twilight of-hades,.a copper-color-' >d pall. Nothing remained visibfo be rond arm's length. minded, half suffocated, unspeakably lismaysd and oewfldered. the broncho iwung round, back-to the blast,'abd ofusol to budge another inch. Himself more than half-dazed, bot till bounded by hts nightmare vision if Juc.ith, Auw dismounted to escape icing torn bodily from the saddle by hil hellish sand-blast, and seising he bridle sought to draw the horse on rttr Mm. )? wasted hla strength in that en taavor; the animal balked, planted Its loots deep In the sand, stiffened Its osa and resisted with tho st unborn leas ot a rock; then, of a sudden, erksd tts head smartly, snapped the iridie from his grasp and flung away, ? codding before the storm. Parsalt waa ont of the question, in leed, the bridle was barely torn from tis hand before Alan lost sight of Ute troncho. Por.a moment he stood rooted in ona tarnation aa in a. bog-with an inn upthrown across bis face. Then tho tc. ought of Judith recur ed. Head bonded and, shoulders round- v d, he began ho forge a way Into Ute o cet h ot the sandstorm. !? How long he fought on, putting eis j n treiigth ag*?i8t thc clements, cannot ? c bo roekoncd. In tho end he stumbled blindly down u slight decline und was abrupt ly conscious (lint bo h;ul in somo wuy round Hhellcr from Ibo full fore?: of tho wind. Ho staggered on unothor yard or two, breathing mon? freoly, and blund ered into a rough-ribbed wall of rock -some sporadic outcrop, ho under stood, whoso bulk Blood between him and tho storm. Hr thought to rest for a time, until the Htorin had spent its greatc-t strength; but as he laid his shoulder gratefully against the rook and scrub bed the dust from his smarting eyes ho Haw what he at first conceived to be an hallucination: Judith Trine standing within a yard of him, alive, strong, free. Ho stared Inri cduloualy. s?w her recognlzo him, open her mouth to ut ter a wondering cry that was inaudi ble, and come quickly nearer. "Alan! You carno to mc! You fol lowed me, through all time!" He threw og her hand with a bitter laugh-that was like thc croaking of agraven as it issued from his bone dry throat-and In a momentary pos session of hysteric madness, reeled away from tho woman andi the shelter of tho rock nnd delivered himself anew to tho mercy of the dust-storm. III-OPEN MUTINY. Though she Imd boon schooled to hold tho very nsme- of I.-w in loath ing unspeakable and to think of Alan ns a mortal enemy and as one whose death alone could properly requite thc cruel injury that had been done lier father; and though thc man himself had laughed to scorn lier first invol untary confession of that love for him which now consumed her being with Ita insatiable Uros, she swallowed her chagrin and followed him with the so licit urto of ono whose love can rec ognize* no wrong in its object. Through til tho remainder of that day of ter or she wa? never far from his side. With the moeknb3S'Of the strong, ?he marie horsolf. bia : shadow.. And ?he wah now the stronger, for she tad had moro than an,hour's,rest-be Ido the waterhole, which ive bari nissed on tho way bf that rocky wind- i >reak. Sooner or later.1 Mh. strength uURt fall him and he would need her. ill then sho was content to -litdo lier ibur. It befell presently'in startling fash on; she was not a yard behind him rhea he vanished abruptly. nut the next moment Judith her-1 elf was' trembling on tho crumbling ?rink of an arryo ot depth and wltdth neterminable in the obscurity ot the lost storm. -Down this, evidently, Usn had fallen in his blindness. She found him insensible, lying rith an arm bent under him in a .pose rightfully suggestive of dislocation. Tat whoa she turned him on bis back ad released the erm. he made* no sign - 0 indicate that the movement had anson bim the slightest pain. There was a ?light cut apon his 1 row. a bruise about his left temple the tore linen from her bosom, be es th her coarse flannel shirt, sad rlth sparing std from the canteen, trashed the cat c?ean and bandaged u Thea, seeing that the storm* held rlth fury unabated, ehe rose, recon nitered and returned to exert all her tretsgth and drag the, unconscious ian across the dry bed of that an ?M?- water -course end ander the leo! of ita further hank. Tin n\ .lilting, the pillowed his head upon lier lap. and bending over him made her bod? au additional shelter to him from tin' swirling clouds of dust. And for hours on end Judith nurs ed him thore, scarce daring to move save to minister to his need?, bathing hin fevered brow and moistening his pandicd lips and throat. In the course of the first hour shel was once Klartled by the spectral vis- J ion through the driving sheets of dust of a horse that plodded up thc arroyo, j bearing two riders on its back. Weary with the weigh? of its double burden, lt went slowly and passed HO near to Judith that she was able to recognise the features of her sister and Tom Harcus. Bo sure she made never a sign to catch their attention. Within the next succeeding hour the coppery light lost something ol its hot brilliance, took on a darker shade, and then ono darker still. Twilight stole athwart the desert, turning its heat to chill, .its light to violet. Growing more intense, the cold eventually roused tho sleeping man. And hardly had his eyes unclosed and looked up into tho eyes of Judith I bending over him than he started up and, out of her embrace got Unstead ily upon his feet,and after a moment nt pause, watching her risc in turn, strode sway-or. rather, stncparod with tho gesture of exorcism. Uncomplaining, hugging her new horn humility to her with thc ecstasy of tho anchorite his horsehair shirt, j Judith followed him patiently, at a: little distance. Not far from where he had rested I lhere was a break In tho overhanging j wall of the arroyo. Through this he scrambled painfully, reaching thc level of the desert only after cruel effort, tho unheeded woman at lils heels A brief pause thore alfordtod both timo to regain their' breath and survey tho desert fer signs of assistance: it offered. none, other thea what they might accomplish through their own exertions. Fjpr longues in any quarter lt stretched without a break other than the black cleft of tho arroyo, gleaming a bleachedand deathly white lu thg moonshine-fllke the face ot a trotten world,. With tacit consent both turned that way. Alan loading, Judith his pertly naclous shadow, wlih never a word or sign between them to provo that eith er was aware of the other's, company. Bot thin was a siato of nu??ffi that, could not long endure. Judith had the price to pay for her own trials, suffering and privation: the strain began to tell sorely upon her. She reeled ?lightly as she walked, wen*. lng e. winding trail across and across the straighter line ot footprints, that marked Alan's course tbrpggh the or dered pattern of the pdurdcred ?u*e brhsh. And e* a sudden ehe coUapaed. Instinct alone made. Alan glance over-should er: tW she h?d made no sound whaierdr. He turned and came directly back ter her. knelt beside her. lifted her head, pillowed it gently OB his arm and pited her in tura with th* dregs of the canteen. 1 ?' ?* With a sigh, a stiffed mose ?ad a little, shiver, sha revived. ile helped ber gently to regalr her fee?, passed aa arm round her. Thus they struggled cn in strange. i dumb companionship of misery and wonder. Thu? an hour passed: and for ?ll their desperate struggles neither could Bee that the light on the mountain side wa? a yard tito nearer. Behind them other lights appeared, two ?taring yellow eye* that peered up over the horizon, seemed' to pause a timo in search of thc two, then leaped out directly toward them. Of this they were ?\ltogcther ignor ant; and when a deep, droning sound disturbed the desert silence, like thc purring of some gigantic cat, both as cribed it to tho drumming of their la boring pulses. Tho two lights wero not a mlle be hind them when, silently, without .< sign to warn the girl, Alan released her, took a step apart and dropped a? if shot. Instantly she was kneeling by his side. But in the act of bending over htm she drew back and remained foe several moments motionless, staring at tbose twin glaring eyes, sweeping down upon them with all the speed attainable by a six-cylinder touring car negotiating a trackless desert. When Judith did move it waa not to comfort Alan. On the contrary, her lirst act wac ?o draw from her pocket a heavy, blunt-nosed revolver, break it at tho "breech and blow its barrel clear of dust. Her hand went next to the holster on Alan's hip. From thtc ?he extracted hi? Colt's .45, treat lng it as abo had thc iO?her. Then she crouched low above thc man alie loved, as if thinking perhaps to escapo notice from the occupants of the mo torcar. If that wero her thought, it. was bred of an idle hope. Alan had chosen fall in the middle of n wide space so arid that not even sagebrush bad ven tured to take root there. When the glare of tho headlights fell upon them lt was inevitable that discovery should ?ed to the Back, cf .That Craxy ?rot**\ -Helpless,* frlo Bald. ol low. Tho motor car stopped with n '20 feck Three men Jumped out ind ran towa?^'. tho. pair, leaving two n the car-tho chauffeur and - one ?rho. occupied a corner of thc rear teat; an **ed man with the-face of a liimncd conj, doomed-for a little time o I've upon this-earth in tho-cortnln taowlcdge of his-damnation. As this happened. Judith Trino caped ' to her feet! and, stood over the ?ody. of Alan, a revolver ' poi Red in .tther hand. "Halt !" shei ordered < <Imperatively. 'Hoads, np!" Tho threo who.had alighted obeyed vlthbut a moment's'-hesitation: " lier at hers creatures/ tlppv know thc* laughter's tamper far -too well to iresan. of opposing, her will.' In/the' six hands that wore silb?n ri nd against tho headlights' radiante, bree rovoivora summered: hut ak ter commsstd all three dropped harm esajy to the earth. Than, sharply. "Stand back two ces!" sho required. They moved unanimously. Daring forward, she picked up and lockoted the three weapons, then with' we-of har own. singled out the roen he named. "Now, Marrophnt-and ye?, H lek sh riek kb.-Law np and carry him into he car. And tr^at him gently, mind! f one of you: lifts a finger to harm dm. that ene shall answer to lAe." Still none ventured to disputo her. rho two saan detonated, without a ilga, of disinclination, stepped for rard. Ono lifted Alan Law .1?' Mtsjldcrs; the other took his. legs, fetweca them tr?ey bore htm with, ivory care toward the rc .uer car Bot nqw a second wilt rs iselt The man lo the rear seat id hp a weirdly sonorous Voice, w?toplM he cried, "Stop this aou ?MHBTBT?TMI sense! Drop that man! Judith, 1 coinni-.uul you-" "Be nllent!" the girl cut in i haply. "I command b.?re-if it's necessary, to tell you.'* There was a pause uf astonishment. Then the oki man broke out in CXU? peration "That thr^'iteoed tc wax into fury: "Judith! What do you mean by this*?. Has it indeed come tn this that my own daughter defies mt to my facer* . s "Apparently!" ehe shot beck, with a short latish. "Judgi for yourself!" "Heve you forgotten y/>ur vow io mer "No. But I take lt back and cancel it: that ls my privilege, I believe. . , . Silence." she storme-1 as he strove to guinna?' her. "Silence-do you hear?-or lt will be the worse for you ! " As well command the sea to still its voice: her father raged like the madman that he was, for the timo be ; ing divested- of his habitual mash of frigid heartlessness. ~ And seeing that thore was no other way of quieting him, the girl turned ? to the third mao. ? "Now, Jimmy!" she said crisply. I "Into that Car-and be quick about it -and gag him!" "If you do," her .father'foamed, "I'll have your life-" ! A nourish-of her weapon gained In stant obedience. j cy%. ? , ^^^?^t M..? _?_ ? DWMpvu Up OH i KI 0 i ?itmii -', board and shot a quick, searching glance at th? face of the chauffeur. "Straight ahead, my man!**, she said. "Make for the nearest pass through those hills yonder, and dont delay) unless you're anxious for trou bl?. Off you go!" Tho car began to move. She swept the three men in the desert a mocking bow, jumped into tho body of the car and slammed the door. They mado no effort to plead their cause and secure passage even as far ns the edge of the desert; doubtless they knew too well the futility Of that, sho thought,'as she settled back in a seat; chuckling with the memory of those three masks of dismay un mitigated. It was not until five minutes later, when, sh?? straightened up from mak ing Alan comfortable that she realized .what had made them sp content to abide, by her will. Then ehe. heard their voices lifted together in a long, shrill howl that was quickly answered by fainter yells from a distant quarter of the desert, then by pistols popping and flash'.nr nonie two miles away, then by a grow ing rumor of snlloplng hoofs. The nigh., glasses In th? car afford ed her .hashes of a body of. several horsemen-some six or seven, she judged-making at top'speed toward the Spot where Marrophat, Hicks and' Jimmy waited beside a beacon which they had built and lighted. Half a dosen sentences exchanged with the chauffeur advised her that these, were horsemen fr?ci tho town of Mesa who bad charged themselves with the duty of avenging the death of Kopi Jim Slade. A sardonic chuckle from. , within Trina's gag goaded the girl into a sullen fury. Exacting his utmost speed from the ch?n???t>r under 'penalty of her di:; pleasure, she set herself tb revive Alan. With the aid of such stores of food and drink kp the car carried, this was quickly 'enough accomplished. Strangling with an overdose, ot brandy, too. little diluted with water. Alan - sat. up, grasped tho conditions in a dash,- and gained further Infor mation as he devoured sandwiches and emptied a- canteen.. The mountain pass was now, he judged, a mile distant. Tho light ou tho hil laido, according to the chauf feur*. ~ was-.that ot .a prospector who had camped there temporarily. Thoro was nothing, therf, to be feared from that quarter, bot solely from tho rear - where the horsemen, having pinked up Marrophat and hts companion, had Instituted hot pursuit, and wee? now strung out in a long, straggling line, three horses carrying double the far lluifAiaaat perhaps a mit? and a half away-ono with a single rider the nearest, well wilbla three-quarters ot a nelle. Nobly mounted, this last came on like tho wind, gal clag on the motor car with every stride; for his horse was trained to such going, whereas the car at best could only tabor heav ily in dust and sand. None the leas, lt had won ta a point within a quarter ot a mile from thc pees before the horseman got within what ho esteemed the proper range, ?ntrrtnbened dre. Ho ?red ibrics. His first shot winged wide, bis second by ill-chance rfpTsed through a rer* ure of the car. th na Aladas nfkiB .t ons additional handicap, while his third sought the sentth aa his hands flew np and he dtopped from the saddle, drilled through th? body by Alan's only chet A lcwg-rewge pistol dosi was in jewgrnaa before tho ear had covered half Ike remaining distant? to thc tue time ft entered this Izzi, which proved to be a narrow ravine with towering sides of crumbly earth and abai* and broken roch, tan pur suit was not a hundred yard? behind, while the firing waa well-nigh eoa> tlnuous. Two hundred feet above.the trail two men were wornt** erith d nepal ats haste at worn* myat*rtous basme** though none noticed them. Only the chauffeur waa aware of a Vornan rannlag dawn thar hillside af. ro intercept the car several ?d yards ir sm the mouth o? the - As lt'drew near th? spot .where aha paused, waving both arma frantically, the bead of the pursuing party swept into the mouth of the ravine. At the sam? time the chauffeur no ticed that the two men on the hillside were following the woman pcllratil, throwing themselves down tho slope with gigantic leaps ?nd bounds. And then a great explorion runt the peaceful hush ot night-that till then had boen profaned by the pattering cracks of the revolver fusillade. AP the roar of dynamite subsided the entire side of the hill shifted and slid ponderously down, choking tho ravine with debris to the depth of some thirty or forty feet, burying tho loaders of the pursrrit beyond hope of rescue. Only an instant later the motor car Jolted to a halt abd Alan pulled him self together-to find that Rose and Harcus were standing beside the door and Jabbering Joyful greetings, mixed/ with more or les sincoherent explana tions of the manner in which they had come to seek shelter for the night In tho prospector's shack and, roused by tho noise of firing and recognising Alan in the car by tho aid of night glasses, had with the prospector's aid hit upon this scheme of shooting a landslide In between the pursuit and Its devoted quarry. (To be continued.) APPRECIATION Serrant of the tale, TC. ll. 'Sullivan Expresses Gratitude Fer Good? noss of Master. The following card was handed The Intelligencer by John Lomax, colored, who has been a servant In the home of the late Mr. Sullivan, and wishes to extend this token of his apprecia tion and regard: In this humble way I wish to ex press my deep gratitude and appre ciation for the many kindnesses bo stowed upon mo by Mr, Nim B. Sul livan. I have been his body servant for ll years, and during that time ho helped me most generously. As his last' bequest he lifted the debt off of my home, which amounted to $175. He was most charitable to all those in need. He often sent me out to held the colored folks when they were in distress. May tho divine-.spirit rest its sooth ing hand upon- his i bereaved - family, and may they feel that In me they have.a.friend,,pnd servsnt,, ready al ways tai lend a helping hand. * ' , JOHN LOMAX. aosoooeoeeeeeeeooso* o f UNION NEWS. o Thanksgiving was spent quietly hut. pleasantly by tho most of oaf peo ple. The community at lar vf enjoyed a very pleasant evening at ' the box party and..entertainment given by the School Improvement Association on last. Friday at thc school house. One feature of the evening was a "Mock Wedding," along with recitations and ss "old tims spelling* match." Much interest.was shown by both the yoong and older people, and lt ls hoped that much good will bo accomplished for the school and community. Mr. Hayno Newton of Liberty waa a visitor at tiie home of Mr. D. C. Mc Connell last week. Several of the young people gave the Misses Keys a surprise ' party Thanksgiving night. Messrs. Aden end Herman Opt and Sam Roll ison, who syd now st Ander son, attended the box party Frfiday night. Mr. Aubert Dye of Georgia ls visit ing friends and relatives here now. . The schcol at this place is doing ?icely nader the management of Prof. A. Wi. Attaway and Miss Nellie New ton. The following ls tho honor roll for the past month: Eula Gambroli, Marion Keys, Raymou Breaxealo, George Roberson, Moxie Gambrell. Eihfji Rogers, Frank .Ptampey, Jlulet Burgess. Herman Brooks, Harold ,Campbell, Mfelvla Campbell, ..Clyde Gambrell, Glenn Knight and George Rrmscy. . ;- . CHECKS CROUP INSTANTLY You know crop ls dangerous. 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