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opyrig (Contintued from Last Week.) And ie, likewise, stared at the toe of his own right shoe, whilh was iso icuiihtig the groitud. lierbert felt it ilt tit better; this t1llhdiviSion of his dliflicutieis sveled to be working out 'with surprising ease. "t dott't snIy we wvill and I donl't miny we won't, Itlery lidded. "That's4 the way I look at It. My f'ather and tuotier are always talkin' (Io tne; how I got to) be polite 1lii evethti 1ng, nilt I gttess 11111v i t's titlil I begin to July sote 'tentitont to what tiey Sny. You don't have youtr 1ather atnd iloth er for always, ytt kntow, Ilerbert." llerbert's inlootl at once ci nwthl this tinprerec-ofIt ed filhi tu0lehncoly. "No, youtt i't, llenry. Thalit's what I oftii i 1111k nihout. Ilnyself. No, sir, at fellow doesn't halve Is faither 11114 Inlotherl it) a lv h111n our. whole life, 11110 ykou ought to do it good deal ilat they say while they're still iive." "Tht'llIs what I SHY," llenVy 1agreed1 gloomnily ; asiten without anly ad teration of his toie or of the deItetled thouight flilliv s of h1Is attitudle, hev chanIe the Subject In a way that painfully Stiarted I I Is enlpi aii onl. "ilave You ;nIv \'aliil Torhin todily, "Il1ve you Seenl W'alle ''orhin to day?" ll' rbert '\atllowed. "\ \h y what hi ks . -willt ilt'es yo sk tue 11hat, At til l ' h i a I tid. "Wthi nothi '." 14,e11ry still k lt I'l ;i i'll 'iy . i : 1 1 O . halppenl to, Nos himu IIn scholol 11hi aft4,r o11lon 11 h I I ut enei.d I look in the loor 'f the l'ight-.\ when It was op1e i Ii di't want to killow 41n alccount (of anlything :2rliillar. I J111uslIt 52 5 h p lie t to sany till't hereII2 I ili t hal' ve n'ly thng lse to ink lhottt Just then.l s 1 Jt.1' har pt'wi't d 1t1 lthini about him, the \\ay you dlo whenl you havenl't got atythi n: 11t 11h oil you1 11dr il, d mnight -,4.t i nkil i n ii' aboit youi e l't 'ell w iit. T 'sll th10 wI t wa il I w s; I J 11usI lul l !w 1n ' : oiil tllerlt f lie was arotl atywiere, Inutyhil." II(,I I y'; ton'e was o i'lusly, even elallorately, sinier t and Ilerbert was rea-ssured. "Well. I dihin't See h1uni," he epolet. "\'Ilayho he s Sick." "No, hII Il't. " his frieltl ,lII(. "Plorenice lni Ic' S aw hiiu ctr l hasi is do" down thI(% s'tree bout oon," At Ihs 11olirhrti's tne tsirs was Iv'neilofOrtablyer 11frtwed. "'lorence 1111 i? Wher'di you st t-lorentt'oi. Mir, lHofte swallowed. "A little shitIo ago." he maie. and ga iI noal lowed. "()it t he wily honoe fromn ". k- k lSIh r w th r id o tn1lon o.a i. -e r -- id -'l ren 'lid sh n, t l otTarkigon I1us~frdionts by' ,,r w inMyers. -. 1921- bye, Bell Slyncicatelnc. hild hr in r of' :rrival heen le88 nssturtd. Sh conlit'il up the stairs; cniae skipping naross t lie old floor, swhiging her but by a ribbon, tung I open te gitIe in tle Sacred lit IIkii, anti ltoiio'tr l Into the prielpit l chair, I niiiiiiiilt'stly 1in11011g her feet onl the Wil Ii frmt of hat chtir. Addi tionally, suchl WW', her1 ri101011. livell niss, she if' l t otI t) light anti sitoke it slith oif' a ltatd liil . '"Well, iin."I sli' said h eIIartily 11 1n n a vce Ias Suiiit'td to ItI that of a (fill. p wi erfut'V1l 111211- --"1 <l N't want to see an1y loatin'll nrounid her(, nien. I expect III ha t pretty guod i ewspaer. til' weeik yes, sir, a pretly gool iewspaper ntd4 I gh s you iie gio o Jiinp artiii)) i tiII ty brisk to ) do evtery'z thing I thinik of, ir else tu ybe I giess I'll litvii () turn y utf ol 111i4l get Si41i n' ew ons that'll he ort obwa eit . lI don't wantl tip haf to d10 that, Oh. The hhtknuile inrinrs inadle no4 reply, onil otn of an1 lin hility thalt was1 ' perfet- for the m1omlent. F.4loe~w 11nnde4 it tln o Itbein 11h11 hecfrhSho was soeI( editor tif thev North I by rolo. (Sh siid %~ The Blackmailed Partners Mada No Reply, on Account of an Inability That Was Perfect for the Moment. Sho 11u11 derbledl not toIh:ng thet aude Ifter all.) Slht Iufirinild lthoi iotin' i nr e; It he' atid ot ,-w re It ::i t all Inkyt iS al nas ty h si . lii heit would. howevr' osvti allsrii'o ne l vi As, she in' wl' t'nrit' l Ttht news lit l woi d ht'ew I prinitd .ut'i (ithe wote li. :n rne i ThI iiad hI coolr hadinl pos-h se sin 't'spn eaIng'' t stry.3I' nir in Iuh I thor eo clin fah ihelltel h' I e'nn-ii (linue It) lilnae it her w'oierei un Ins rt il I eel pcztIho az rot tits there w sc petiazig h; tere lien i ven' alt It ikeI ha erosIon.tle o I.'eshad l' hIstr view wth t lirbt lit'lithr innear li at hi' liwn ador t i e expldainIedxI coiy e the lie Iry~ I a l it h at grow lstv ir If lie parin phres andt3 haid dlded atI I lit ent all hirsp e 11)1 ii ti hihin t a withe nlt onflnr' niI bu .lorence ter a onhepn be. V''MiIIn ~l thenr ad flrbet'ad ot e to hInserl;bu prloirncro bainnied I)erherttht fext rt de Aendn on aurea thern,~ she'had i nowlneger jout hend Itena theIn'y -pe rnu of writingi inid hItsw hntned abnd siened ith ise mcpet nAcopy-thatlyh fhadd wiscoveredcthe pape therePtt hand dole111 ost i se ht toit wafo lin nplacttre bpIne il, ane lnlopne upon the putrid wof wlced wat alreadywittenhr. Wlie cTerhn irehys fom Floe ere." th iegrhoortou coofsd ot ydrd onr floy eddnntc, anldttle laterthateenn, l tera tlepone coveratin wth "There's a good deal about you in it, this week, Mr. Dill, and I guess-I guess--" "What, Florence?" "I gie',s maybe you'll-" She looked up tit hin shyly;,then, with no more to any, turned and ran back in the di rection whence she had coume-and ,ias gone. Noble walked on, not at once exiamining her little gift, but car rying it nbsenftly in fIngers still lax tit the mid of i <ihngltig m. There was no life in hiiu for inythlng; Julia was wa.1y. Awiy-a-nd yet (he dazzliig crea tire looked at hint from sky, from varth, from ir; looked at hin with the most polgimn it kIn01dnetss, yet Il wiys shook her head ! She hald anii mwered Iis first letter by a kind little eti9e, his s(eond by ta kinder aid littler ne. nioil his third, fourtI, fifth, and ix th by no note at sall; but by the kiidest niessage (throtigh one of her nts) that sit wsis thinking about im great tall. And even this was iiree wvks nuo. Since hen, from LIE Collins' re travellers to ish like snoi know that C prices and s whether littl< sure, safe, ai les, dimes an The Hand Writin difficulty tralslated our interpreter tral higher prices, and ,t ple before the we are im proper po: a -les at less tha iCces today. I wan we are going to wor well as GuIr OWN. XV (ceivable source tha obtainedI at under i is the mighty lever high grade mer'chai store, bought at sut encn sell you at less c'ost. Napoleon told 'e i he a'~lways won in bai * the ability, and1 the ity, and the right wv see that when we a Collins is going to sameI prIinciple ash th won in battle. We confidence in oui' ab to planlk down for a at under pr1ices. The Hand Writil being constr'ued by to mean Cotton at L naturally to be infe: are to advance acco will bc best to answ< tunity rings, giving high gr'ade merch under price. Wat( quotations next wee the Laurens papers. JOB'l Julia-nothing at all! Iut yesterday something a little stimulating had happened. On the street, downtown, he had come faco to face, momentarily with Mr. II. I. At water, Senior, Julia's peculiar old father; and for the first time in No ble's life this Air. Atwater nodded to lin pleasantly. Noble went oil his way, elated: Was there not something almost fatherly in this strange greet Ing? There had been an enseient of the pali of absence; and he glowed with thoughts of Afr. Atwater. The glow faded somewhat from Noble wien he reached ni teitjpleone: ho ealled up ' '" mother, and slo said Ihere was n ecent news of Julin current In the Atwater family conece tion (lat she could hear of ; none of tiem had word that sIte was coming hiome. However, Noble did not dge Seend all the way into the cellar of his soul; some of his glow remained and kept him a little more lcerful than le had been for several weeks. Tle kind greeting of Julla's father had stirred his imagination. An event E A LIC d signals blaze Laurens' new s T before a mic Dlins is in prop ave you monel 3 or large, and id sound return d dollars in the g on the Wall was with in August, 1921; but aislated it as meaning we bought heavily of tdvance; consequently ;ition to sell you many n the manufacturers' t you to know too that k for your interests as e buy from every con t mer'chandise can be wVices. And spot cash that lifts and places 'idise in Laurens' new ha discount that we than nmnufacturers' n that the reason that tie wvas because he had confidence in his abil eapons. Now you will r'e fully equipp~ed that win the trade on the at by which Boneparte have the ability, the ility and the Spot Cash ny thing that bobs up ig on the Wall is now professional phophets [igher Prices, and it is 'red that cotton goods rdcingly; so possibly it 'r the call while oppor' you a chance to buy mdise at Collins at ~h for our matchless k, which will appear in DD. so singular might the linterpreted in the happiest wa.' What had Julia written her fathe., to change him so toward Noble? And Noble was still dreamily interpreting as ho walked down the street with the North End Daily Oriole Idle In an idle hand. (To bo continued.) (et a box of .11-0-Na Stomach tab lets at 'lIaurens 1 )rug 1 Co. and sto) all (lt eke. R leves indigestion, or money lback. FINAL SETTLEMENT Take notice that on Ue 11th (lay of January, 1922, I wi:i rend w a final ac count of my acts and (ongs as Admin istrator of the estate of %. V. (Garrett deceased, in the of!lce of the Judge of Probate of LaIrens coanty at 11 o'clock, a. in. and on the same day will aupply for a final diszcharge from BEAC 1-HT the way to light tore, where higi [-day sun. I v er position to pi r on your evei that you will all s when.you dro: Collins Store S Is Your Husband Aunt Melinda answer( the most wonderful prc he's gwme t' provide New Year provided he he's gwine t' git th' mo git work; he's gwine t he kin git a job that sui ful pr1ovider is Collins We can provTide you wVi chandise, bought at nm the priice' you are aske stores. Tioday, we can Electric Irons with al in the $'7.00 kind, for (2 dippers, the kindl that < 1.9 cents; counterpanes ly be ready for your1 in Wonder if in the fir be free firm "black n the ONE Great Scorer gainst our names He'l won or lost, but how w< We play a fair game;; you want it, and forg is marked in plain figu low that the way-farin he be a fool need not e slot to drop his nickles in in order to secure th est, the surest and th It is our wish that may have a Happy an Year. We can equip the n<( keeping. Cupid assis Cupidity often divorce Department Store at I keep 'em separated frc CO LI my trust as Administrator. Any person indebted -to said estate Is notifled and required to mako pay ment on that (late; and all persons having claims against sail estate wil! present them on or before said dlate, duly proven or be forevegr barrd. M. A. GARR1ICTT, Administrator. Decemb-ri 14, 1921. 2 - FERTILIZERS 16 Per Cent Acid Phosphate Nitrate of Soda 7-5-5 Mixture 8-3-3 Mixture 8-2 1-2-1 Mixture Get our prices.-they are right. Rheney Seed Store CLINTON, S. C. W YON the trading i prices van rant you to incture high 'y purchase, ways secure p your nick lot. a Good Provider? d: "My husband is vider you ever saw; somethin' fo' the' kin git th' money; ney provided he kin ' git work provided ts him." A wonder Department Store. th high grade mer >t much over half d to pay at most provide you with :tachments thereon nly 8.98; aluminum lo not rust, for only and sheets will like spection next week. tal wind up we'll all larks." For when comes to check a 1 write not that we played our games. your money back if et not, every thing res, so plain and so g; man even though rr regarding which ,dimes and dollars e safest, the sound e greatest returns. aach and every one di Prosperous New awlyweds for house ts in joining 'em; 3 em; and Collins, iaurens will always m high prices. iNS