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VOLUMEB XXXV LAURENS. SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1919. MBE OEO] AW72e JOHN BO0GAT TFK BOBWB-ME (Continued from Last Week.) SYNOPSIS. -CHAPTER I.-Andrea Pellor, handsome daughter of Lord Pellor, impecunious .'ristocrat. is doomed to marry an illit -orato but wealthy middle-aged diamond mino owner. She disconsolately wanders from her hotel in South Africa and dis-1 0vere an aviator about to fly from the each. Impulsively, of courso imagining that the trip will be merely a pleasant excursion, and a welcome relief from thoughts of her impending loveless mar riage, she begs to be taken for a flight, although she does not know him. He somewhat unwillihgly agrees, and they start. CHAPTER iI.-When she realizes heri unknown aviator is not going back An drea in dea eration tries to choke him with one .other stockings. He thwarts her and they sail on into the very heart of Africa. Landing in an immense craal, Andrea finds the natives all bow in wor ship to her mysterious companion. She is given a slave boy, "Bathtub," and the White Man sets about building a hut for her. CHAPTER III.-Andrea is given a. glimpse of the home which is to be hers, i and wonders at its completeness: White Man invites her to dinner that evening, and in spite of the fact that ho has re fused to take her back to civilization An drea accepts his invitation, but he con tinis deaf to her iA.lading that he re store her to her friends. CHAPTICR IV.-Andrea is awakened from sound sleep next morning by loud pounding on her doorway and is told to prepare for a day's hunt with White Man. Sho thoroughly enjoys the exciting trip and begins to understand more of he "host's" character and the reason for; his apparently ruthless slaughtering of animals. He is 'providing for the force of blacks he employs and who look to him for sustenance. CHAPTER V. The seven days that followed were much as the first ; when the white man was not shooting for the pot he was away overseeIng his army of laborers. He ate but twIce a tday, at half past -ive in the morning, and twelve hcurs thereafter. To the latter meal And-eit was invariably and formally invited. At each successive invitation she hesitated a little longer before accept Ing, anid on the seventh night she re fused. Any woman can easily under stand why, bit the surprising thing was that the man seemed to know just what was happening to her spirit. No stomach living caln stand pgeon four teen days in succession, nor is there 11 Ild thlat Can Put oni tlie Snm lit denl tlial clothes for hialf tiat toie without feeling demeaned. She knev he Iew, for twice during the week he had told her bluntly to hand her lingerie to Bathtulh at night, and she had found It lit her door in the morning, iniracn lously washed, dried and more or less Ironed. There v/lis notinmg In thle dawn of the e!g'..h morning to indicate that i waSC ulsherig ini a. (lay oft danys.,nor' did ~Amilrea moicre thamn turn her head whep shlortly after noon two bearers stag ger'ed into caimp wIth a steamer~l truniik slung on a pole betweein them. Thlero was no reason In the world why she should Connlect that tr'unik In alny way with herself, even whieni, an 1011 hou after its airrivail, she behield aipproacinmg t he maignileen t andii il unforg'ttabmlie speel meni of black 11nan1hood she lad laist seen Onl tile moinli~g oif her ravish menit. T1hie new-comeri dismisse55d the two beiareris, 1 iak ig them1 talke the ipole and Its lash ings ith I thiem. Thley tie par ited afteI r one~ long, dlse'onsolatec look, Hie thlen sea ted hlimself beside the I tiunk and1( never moved tint il, kite in the afternoon, the white man11 aip peaired, whlen lie a rose, saluted and then Iiade at soulemii gestureo toward thie 101a( other1s had ciirried. Th'le whitIe manl i's eyes lighlted up; he seemedi mioire eerf'ul han lie had been ini dIayt. lHe spoke to the black li1 dInlect, whlereuponi he gra sp ed a single handle of t he trunk, and with oneC smooth moeeneit palssedl it over' his shoulder right side uIp to thle cown oif hIs head. Hie then marched with it into Andrea's She sprang up. "Why 1" she ex ('lied anid t hen added, her heart thalt's nmet ofi teine, (1o you? Itecausec it 15sn't."' She watc'hed to see his face fall, but it dlidnf't. F'romi his pocket he took a bunch of keys, iilekcly all iped one frolin thle rinig and1( handeild it to her. "Please open the trunk. It's certainly yon a i a! that It contlineI'." lHe turned from her and added., "Bv the RGE I WAINED GLAB RRILL CCIPAN'f way, L'm d ining in k'hakl ton~1ght," As Andrea walked slowly to her room, clutching the key tightly, she confessed to herself that she was being eaten alive by curiosity. "If only," she breathed, "there should happen to be one whole pair of stockings!" Half an hour later, when every last thing the trunk had contained was piled upon her cot, she went to the door and closed it softly; then re turned to drop on her knees, throw her arms wido across the accumula tion, bury her hot face against one article after another and kiss each in turn I There is every reason to enumerate that pile of dry goods if only to put on record for the benefit of the sport ing world in general a list that it took many years to compile; two to decide what was necessary ; eight to deter mine what of that wasn't. To begin at the bottom, there were two pairs of stout, brown, high, laced walking boots; then, in rapid succession, six pairs of lisle thread stockings to match ; one pair of boys' pig-skin put tees; six dainty but sensible one-piece undies of softest and whitest woven cotton; three pairs of khaki breeches (youth's size) ; three khaki skirts, knee length, buttoned with real buttops and buttonholes all the way up the front and all the way up the back; four suits of pajaimas, white nadras, with sllk frogs and knobs; six khaki shirts (two breast pockets each) ; one belt; three brown ties; one khaki-colored woolen sweater; one mackintosh, with hood; two khaki Jackets (enormous pockets) ; two black hali- ribbons andi one ntit brown tani-o'-shanter! There were also a few assorted pack ages, one or two of which even this frank chronicle reftses to open, but no harm can attach to the mention of a well-stocked housewife, an equally com plete tollet case, a bathrobe, a pair of bedroom slippers, and a long, flat cardboard box that had been at the bottom of the trunk, and which An drea had its yet refrained from explor Ing. On it was written in a strangely masculine hand: "The Return of the Native." She opened it now and dlisclosed one of those adorabnthle filty hybrid frocks, it doulble rottss between a fttrnpon, eve ning and eif-land wear; one set of crepe de chine lovelles; two pairs of silk stockings, one pair of satin slip pers. "And he said he's going to wear khaki tonight," she moaned. Is it necessary to state that she pres ently got up off her knees and begin alng at the head of thie bed, started to try on every last thing? She did, andi she was only. half through when iiathtub knocked on the door and an noutncedi, "ScotT readiy.'" No lnvitatioa this time-an ordler. "Oh, dlear !", she sighed andl rushed f'or the utter-ly inadequate mtirror-. Flyve minutes later her door opened andl she stepped out, slowly, like some shy thing of the forest. Flushed of cheek, birillintt of eye, she wailked to war-d the man. Oh, big biack how I Oh, hair- starting one way and going another, leaping a squariedI shoulder to come to rest andl rise and fall against thet rounded face of a firmi young 1b1east I Oh, vision I Oh, youth I Oh, tiny andi hour of the gay heart I The marn looked andI saw that her knees wereC round1(, her legs atria ight. "T(hanuk God," he murmured. H-e was dressed as she was, tit for tat, except for the big bilack bow anfd t ho very short skiirt ; and, iike her, his hands wetre thrust, boy fashion, in the side potckets of his open khaki Jacket. As she caii ne close thiri eyes met and smiled. "I dlidn't put on the leggings," shte saidi shyly. It was its though ini changing back to ways and clothes like those of childhoodl she hatd sud denly rid herself of the har-dening years between, "You were righit," said thie man, "They're for the brush and when maos qitloes aire had.'' JIler face lit with pleasuriie. ''You'll let me go into thle brush? 2'' "Never alone,'' he answeretd qickly. "Bu tyu ay go with me1 whenever "and wheevu you like,'" "Ati d anhyre stil call youi Ju t W idto (Tio ho Continued.) NOTICE OF LOST STOCK. tate of South Carolhija, County of Laureins. We can furnish you with a first-class Wood Saw Frame Notice is hereby given that CertIfi- R THE RED BALt !ate No. 105 for one (1) share of the 'ill sccond Preferred Stock of Watts Mills, one sending us this kdv. with cheek for $ 1-.00, we w Matts Mills, S. C., of the par value of 1.00.00, issued on the 13th day of Fiearm Ammunition iwcpav freight on same and deh to vur freight of darch, 1916, to Harriet J. "Maeyr, has'| al avc large stock o Bole T es, pipe, )cen lost or destroyed, and cannot be 'W , nu. ound, and that the undersigned will .E'umps, Cylinders nd Wei(Polnts. pply to the said Watts Mill Company, kt its place of business, at Laurens, S. on the 20th day of Nov., 1919, at 10 C SUPPLY CO P N )'clock A. M., for a new certificate to )e issued in lieu of said lost certificate. 823 WEST GERVAIS sTREE7; COLUMIA, S. C. of sid lst ~~I~~z~L. 15-tf MRD. HARRIET J. MAYI.2R. )ct, 15, 1919. 15-6t-A FR SALE The F. D. Clark Farm, containing 169 Acres, in Laurens county, 6 miles West of Woodruff, S. C., and 6 miles East of Gray Court, one-half mile of Bramlett Church AT AUCTIOqN Tua Dc. 4th AT 11:00 O'CLOCK A. M. This valuable farm has been sub-divided into small farms, each having a good road frontage. It lies well, and is close to good School and Church. Mr. Clark has purchased a farm in Virginia and is going to move there, and has decided to sell this one. We will also sell all of the Farm Machinery, Live Stock, Feed, etc., consisting of one Fordson Tractor and Plows, one Wagon, one Mule, one Horse, Buggy and Harness. Also lot of Fodder, Hay and 500 bushels of Corn. TERMS: On the Real Estate are: One-third Cash, Balance in One and Two Years at 6 per cent. BUY A FARM, MAKE THE FIRST PAYMENT AND THE FARM WILL PAY THE BALANCE. CASH PRIZES Piedmont Land AuctioCmpn SELLING AGENTS 14642 Magnolia St. L. B. METCALF, Manager. Spartanburg. S. C.