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I 2 ""W M TIIE LAN A ! CASTER NEWS. JUNE 1 a X Oil 1915, * i m l! turned to t??? : " inerva closed the book. the little boy at her Bide, Helena (.'putting tin- Poor. (Mont.) Dally Independent. m IvA^ lililL/R TJ and luam greek feances boyd calh Jr% OUN 'I Ill fl\ H an" nsKed: ft M w'uStamr' I I // / I I! II 1.1 "Jesus" I P Wil 1 Su rl'T aPProprlat. II b \|'| ' 1 1M" "Why, V llll II I II claimed in III|II I' thinking of 4 s| u ?ue word t llllll I is 'I Billy wai I I IT [' had said "1 "The is this great and good man, lifted," credit ? was his ready answer, in an otilcr ely solemn little voice. . , ,'llllam Green Hill!" she ex- ' disgust. "What are you w a' '? I don't bellevo you beard a dollai hat'I read." rather s puzzled; he was sure she about i Born In a manger." "I didn't nr ? poor are tired of being upsays an exchange, "If one may i remark that was made the ay. 'They want me to go to lecture 011 poetry,' said a man il worked hard all day to earn p and a quarter, 'but I would see a little poetry than hear I.' " vtiraa tlm "11 nil ftnr'o" i/lan I a CHAPTER Pretending I The chain-gang ha to the street not far nerva'e house, and Lir and Jimmy had huti lenee for an hour, wat eager interest. The (Copyright, by Rellly & Brltton Co^ XXI. "I ain't never he prinnin'," corrected Reality. worser 'n what a 1 d been working 'l is Chessy ci from Mies Mi- Plained Liua. ia, Frances, Uilly 'Liook like folks ip on her front pole-cats stead :chinp them with hofto be wearing i neproes were their nakes, so 's 1 ar tell of a pole-cat I Billy, "he jes smell1 )illy goat do." its that grin," exwould get 'em a lot o' chillens always issfetty bags 'round lemme tech 'en they can keep off pleaded the yoi 0i-? ii scTs I can pet 'ein,' f often thnt he anger boy. incident by v iiiHti [I ill I hear her 8 ntlll Mil he thouSbl m\ jl \v 1} didn't say IK}} jl. ft ham Lincc II V ^ents look |u ,|v N'apolyon. 4 ;'Hr ~ _ i t,on " """Ik "Jesus!" ?- in Virgintii . hnd some expression or United Sti ^hich he could identify * "Oeorern ay nothin* 'bout bulrushes." riKjlt "so 't ain't Moses; she "log cabin," so 't ain't Ab'a- ,s 8Uirc >ln; she didn't say 'Thirty 's U11U'down upon you,' so 't ain't opened I sho* wish I'd paid 'ten- of beau lecturei his aunt was saying, "born time si l and first president of the jlp w ites!" . tion ot W nshln tnn I nlmnH r? He believes that the worker ninded with poetry which he >le to bee until his eyes are by the man with a message ity. Hut the fact is that the on poetry might have a hard seing the thing lie describes ere placed in just tlie condithe workingman he would in chained together in i *d by two, big, burly "Let's us play chaii ed Jimmy. "Where we goin' t( A'.pried Billy; "'t wc thout a lock an' chah "1 can get the lock Sarah Jane's cabin." "Yo* mama don't 'I ier cabin," said 13ill> mirs, and guard- "uwpiujj euugn, white men. j "You enn't wear n-gang," suggest- ; mike." grinned mil j "And Leu llamn 3 git a chain?" j inK me," Jimmy c< n't be no fun 1 K??nK to wear Sai a." 1 Sunday school. Gi and chain off 'm lunatlckest things I going to unlock tb off you to go to 1 demanded. I "What I got to saiu f ranees. uiuy tiesltatt a pole-cat roun* yo' tie?" he began ly. "And my stoi er all time now ask-1 child eagerly, mtinued, "when I'm "If you was ah Jane's co'set to "It wouldn't ma rown folks 'bout the want to make they is. Ain't you Minerva say for Js chain, Billy?" ho you any how, th ! no promises." unlock it with?" Jimmy grew ?d. "You mighty lit each. wlthou i. while she wa aey," sahl the othci He and hit themselves 01 a or boy," said Hilly, Jimmy was ke no diffunce; 1 don't UP funny cap yo' uia mad an' Aunt the other ehil me to keep 'way i'oni "Lemrae ough 1 didn't make her ' Minerva," pi you can rear] anerv heap rather t paying much attention say," triuni s reading. boy, who b s aunt had just settled ri the porch for a reading, on his own porch cutting 1 (Cont ers, and making faces for i d's amusement. i s WS ITA 0 over to Jimmy's, Aunt I ended her nephew, "an' j (iernmn In 1 to me tonight. I'd a on Itom not hear vou rend rieht. i iphantly screamed the little strU(,tlad received his cue. Take urles ol inued in Next Issue.) thinks poetry i liV HAS imOklA I'AITH bit of 1 cases. uperial Chancellor Touches the hit ic's Entrance Into War. poor. away the comforts and luxr the average individual who he knows something about and he would begin to lose a tiis vision in the majority ol' No one wants to disparage roduction of culture to the One of tlie tilings we need "My mama don't, cai a lock and chain; so I it." "I 'ui going to be tl gung," suid Frances. "I'erllce nothing. Y lng 'bout you going t ecoffed Jimmy. "I 'in perlice myself." | asked Hilly. As Jimmy's fath re if I just borra crestfallen chain-g 'm going to get smith shop to ha\ [ moved, they had t< le perliee of the stable; and Sam 1 with intoxicating 11 ou all time talk- anient, yelled: o be a perliee," "Lordee! Lordet going to be the outlahdishest kids an* de moon." "You're the s er was taking the William Hill." Ii anp to the black- body tech your re their tetters re- in Memphis 's o pass by the livery just wait till I i iUtnb, bent doublej liilly eyed hii lirth at their predic- "If you was o Jimmy thougl s! Y' all sho' is de yielding. 'twlxt de Had Place "And I'll give ?#?? ? h.. I.. tinniest Peter they is.I flOW n ni le cried; "won't let no- Miss Miner old tnups. My cousin 'ynot the measles; you "William," nit 'em." want to Ire a in critically. gtow up?" 1?" he was beginning. "\es, 'm,' it he saw signs of his enthusiasm. Jimmy to co '.y.ou n,y. chtn:i egs' the other aidt inke my holly ache!" ' " Vo7 Beth, vn looked at him severe- |mper.aI she enjoined, "don't you 1 le I"00 . smart man when you "* '> s onl "Italy," he replied, without much 1 scribed i "Well, jes" lemme ask '?tory, in me over here an' set on j " 'vor fud< ?r you whils' you read, He I Nobody t ? Ul IjUIIU'JII, mit\ 60. iJl . UllJHl III man-IIollweg, the German parity t hancellor, in a speech in wealth hstag today, touched on life and trance into the war. we can said tlie chancellor, "has power < in the book of the world's comes letters of blood which will little pi her violation .of faith, infc uius hreatened Italy?neither od of n mis iiMiiiunuii ag? is me earn differentiate between gross and the refined treasures of 1 the world, [tut for all that mot disregard the grinding >f poverty, the deadening that from too much toil and too iv. One phase of our uplift ?t be tlie simple prosaic methiving the under dog a chance "No, you are not," firmly. "Billy and 1 ar we are going to be i you and Frances mus rs." "Well, I ain't going can be the boss of th interposed Lina, ? e the tullest and CHAPT the guards, and t be the prison- A Trnnsacth "Don't come n< to play 'thout I sauntering si e niggers. It 's ^ 1 toward the divi way f'om me; they >I||IEK ?IV t|lliv l\l> ER XXII. "Well, jest on : "an" I ain't a-g< on in Mumps. "either," and h, aar me." screamed ^or owly and deliberate- Ikey Hosenste ding fence; "keep 8P*od by the tw< '8 ketchin'." walking jauntily - - mn | "You better ^ _ jl J Goose-Grease." , ,||m[|| , I I 1 "you better get piwiju&eu. i ain't never li le tech," agreed Hilly: i B'pec' he 'd ?in' to he 'sponsible "Very well, s poked out a swollen gratified rela to touch. Billy went in at this moment was signaled Jinn d little boys as he was "Aunt Min by the gate. an' listen to 1 keep 'way f'om here, tics' tales yc Jimmy yelled at him: 1? conferring on the other side the icar 'bout thorn tales, ?th' Austria-Hi like to come." Whether t " replied Ills tlattered and tent vvjt)l tlve. "call hi in over." ,orv wi? 8 to the fence, where he ny to meet him. XN itho1 erva say you come over or t'u> ler read some er the pret- ondangere iu ever hoar," he said, as 1(1 ,llc lon a gres* favor. 1 recently ingary nor Qermonv to do 1 lie Triple Entente was con- may opi blandishments alone, his- lift. how later. it a drop of blood flowing ftUlf i of a single Italian being Willi d, Italy could have securg list of concessions which read to the house?terri or himself the things which en a new vision and a real upiHESTER S PILLS 5ND BRAND ! it A iK'UI | j street. Billy h< ^'1 ' U| an' he lemnie ti l| 'era, bo's my pa| I do Just perzactl I ' you're a Jew a \ S* L-. business to hav Cf ? , better get 'way. | , - ( million dollars' 'P i ifr?his mumps," ht ||1'' 'way; you can't ||\ |f"- | 1 tl/dv hoh nen ?re '8 got the mumps * ' 8 rri ?ch 'em so'b I can get f*8l>?nap *cr' pa and mama '11 lemme the measlies y like I want to; but ",?? 11 rea< nd Jews ain't got no lease cor e the mumps, so you pat I paid Hilly bout a had assunied worth to lemme tech chum to 8har ? said proudly. "Get ow Aun* have 'em." tracks 'fore i j _. ?. You '11 like oe-DoD!" whs the Impolite | u'r>' 111 x088 the fence, "them 'bout I far as Ital t taleB they la. I'll come faction of I my Uncle Remus book." Trieste, a ne on." begged Hilly, drop- the valual rorilzlng manner that he "We lei * *>P? <* inducing his an ItaUan e his martyrdom. ^ou Minerva 'd die In her *arian..tro 3he 'd read Uncle Itemus. nian>'- _ thrse-here tales "nother ? rroi ana on tne isonzo as lian speech is heard, satis- G? her national aspirations in X#adii free hand in Albania and t)le port of Aviona. 2?bbon.m ft Rome in no doubt that JTamoi attack on the Austro-Hun- year* rem ops would also strike Ger- SOLD ttme Taxau Ar ? for CHI-CHBS-TBR 9 A D BRAND PILLS in Rkd and/OlX rtalUc hoiM, sealed with BluevO) Txcd no otdii. Bar?lT*w V/ 4 uk for rHI-CUKS-Ttu S V ID BHANI> PILLS, for twfStT-Un irded as Best,Safest, Always Reliable. I BY ALL DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE &srt1? ' ^=- I pate. * "What'll you pot 'em?" lie as \i spirit at once ai ~~ "What'll you ^ \)4 I j the salable conn I a bargain. ?,kt'> P'llled on U ' t jV r ,e frlas* 1)oa' a-tR(A oi/ered them to Dlul,"lu Ul luo Fight hotter take, Billy, to leninio m>' stoney If >ked, his cotmnercial Nu\v; you "oused. swc li box gimme?" asked he or roa<a 8even ? uodlty, with an eye to m,nd: but s'' wants you a it a piece of twine and hours. ' hno d from ills pocket and Billy s aun the child with the "Come, Wi anyway. I "11 give you i yoiftii come." V ain't going to get me in V a* that. If she 'd just ' r eight hours I would n't ie '11 get you where she nd read 'bout a million ;* *" iw Miss Minerva." | t was growing impatient.; \ v 111am," she called. "I am ^ V Sarah Jane's chain a mama's cook, and I'm j 1 please." "I '11 tell you what suggestion, "we'll tak< me an' Lina '11 first bi y' all be the chain-ga *11 be the niggers an' nd she 's my 5oing to be what Jimmy was slttln do," was nilly's and the proverbial s? it turn about; have excited a bul s tlie perlice an' He hopped down t ng, an' then we across his own ya y' all be the fast as his short, f 1 )W mumps. These* I I \\ cms rejection. i( "You can do please when yot P on his front stops mounted Jitnmy red 0:?k could not al,1ed himself w 1 to quicker action. *n business; "gr he steps and ran 1 wbat little hoys rd toward Hilly as KOt the mumps." at letrs could carry I key increase! waning lor j received a contemptu- jimmy wei and the othe perzactly like yon man , got the mumps," ir - wqu , who had seemingly . , itli Milly as a partm , . .. , i . i He?he ai own tolks hound to do , was the cons want em to when you Once ther il his hid hy the stut ^'lH horn in AT i n?rrn ou." V it back to his own porch r boy joined his klnswoldn't Jimmy come?" she in't feeling very well," To th iderate rejoinder. mm e wns a little boy who iWC/1 1 Virginia?" began Mlsa j Busine LAN< \e Business \J of Lancaster ss fights shy of dead towns. A sure sign < :ASTERjp>^ *\ \ Message V\ No. 2 of a dead one is the lack of local kosses." This arrangement v ?o the younger boy el and soon returned wit and padlock. Billy chained Jimmy gether by two round, put the key to the lock "We must decide w have committed," said *1^ him. i*as satisfactory, "Git 'way f'om m imbed the fence If you teches me," h a short chain you too little to waved an authorit and Frances to- other child. Hut Jin fat ankles and aroused to the t : in his pocket. promptly Jumped tl hat crimes they ' at his chum with Lina. "What's the mal of u lead pencil, e: you '11 ketch 'em . . warned Hilly; "an' parted wltl have 'em." and ho P?cket posseasio atlve hand at the to ')!aoe nmy'a curiosity was : Protuberant che. lighest pitch. He /wo little girl he fence and gazed Kl^.^ere *een 3 critical admiration. ,/ay tter," he Inquired, ,Lln/ howled / inhere; me and but it was uot until ut ? Horn in a 1 his most cherished ^nattent,ve >' ns thai he was at last kno^B who tl a senile finger on the tant Q" gave himself s with their baby-hug- .*\'H ctlurn ipproachlng. CJ 9* 8ec,"e here, Frances, you and * 1 /V* fear of imm mmy. Don t you come "ir?o#h Hilly 's got the murnns ... nor!. pride. Pt . manger," repeated the j jve, their ttle boy to himself, "1! ... , . ,. ? ... . Nothin bat was. So, this impor-1 i Bettled in his mind, he j Let's p up to the full enjoyment| and to the giving and ret signals, the pleasure of T ?ctile?lly enhanced by the * nent detection. cannot tell a lie, I did It | tople who live in a live, prosperous town i streets clean, their homes are well painte K shows a lack of pride, a lack of prosperi aint up. As the most durable and econoi )utch Boy \ show it. Their stores are attract>d. ty, like paint-hungry buildings, nical paint, we recommend White Lead * lUll'XO uuuu ftUl 1 tn' craps an" Jimmy c fer 'sturbln' public wo other boss. "Navr, I ain't nelthe male member of the <lone cut my woman 'cause I see her racl street like a proud co< Kent, like what Sarah telled me ho done at tl trBieci xer snoot.- jw lone got 'rested "Toothache!" wa >rshlp," said the "well. I reckon no you tech 'em; you r," objected the have 'em." chain-gang, "I Billy's head was with a razor white cloth; his u ring down the cheeks were puffer! an with another bled a young hipp Jane's brother pretty gray eyes wt le picnic." "Tou better git b the scornful echo. and yo"-?llt 'r' 1 t. Git back; don't n 10 ve em' ain't or nough to a8,Lthejr re The two littl swathed in a hug*. ol>enfd th? ?ate; sually lean llttt. t ? " ,nt . I out till he resem- h,m, w tb a,,mtn lopotamus, and hl? <*nt?cal survey w >re almost Invisible. *nd indi^nce 'way font me an' had attained su< little girls and ought ... mj Don't you come near ^ IV./T J :hlng." T<Rllly lau*h e girls immediately , ni y J* crossed the yard, and n?u-?i?, ? Hilly. They inspected ^,Ula r itlon; he bore their P^ng at hi 1th affected unconcern , as befitted one who ?he did not, t :h prominence. S of the 1 ... .. He wa? a le hatchet? read the , r ious voice at his elbow. 1 " an; ed aloud?at that minute w? c* tandlng on his head wav- y?u hav? by feet In the air. said hla aunt reprovingly, m over hor spectacles, "I ???i rthlng to laugh at,"?and >ut then she waa in lgnor- V lttle conspiracy. 5 good and dutiful son and I Duseeu uii, mixra ngm on tne JOD, to SU y color you wish. rry all other paint necessarir* also. Con t in mind. Today's the day. FOR SALE II BENNETT- TERRY C?..iL r l:_- D---. it the job. Have your painter suit us on that job of painting COMPANY. . p i I t The children played 1 for J?alf an hour, Billy manding, and the prist thoroughly into the spl according prompt obe< bosses. At last the e of their role and clair change of parts. "All right." agreed 1 key, Ililly, and we *1 happily together d?n't tech em, like ' and Lina com- Iterated. "Aunt Ml nnere, entering never Lad 'em an' trlt of the game, make you keep 'w ilence to their >'ou ain't a or chili aptlves wearied "You ain't but s lored for an ex- Jimmy, "and I'll b you all time trying Lina. "Get the to think you're 'be 1 be the chain- old- You 'bout th< kid they is." i I tells you," he re-; , " * nerva say you ain't! ** ? ^ ?J she say fer me to fll}.lTy .a8^n,at th ay f'om me cause .m!"' d like what I is." 1 k?y" # " hat 11 IX," retorted angry "J* y?" put, y e six next month; * a n.1 a"?o1" to "suade Utle boys not*,n , 8aid ,h >.rt a million years his s* & funniest looking' ur,n'll.?1 , , A little darkf in, nr ruuiuiaiiu?n, ? ,, , . , ' as he leaned grace- h* 8tUdied hl e fence. ^ h? W" 1 boasted the younger hfe 1wa8|e|m^C VO? all give us If ?f 'and '? ,VI our finger on 'em?" ' to charge little girls wor^' hoping ie gallant Hilly, as he ne,,how ??t ollen jowl to each in ?ne eye ?n t boy on the ot, >y riding a big black have time to 8 lessons bo well that only seventeen years old >yed to survey vast tracts Irgtnla?" srva emphasized every thus to Impress her : he was so busy keeping ler and one on the little a* her porch, that he did not; use his ears at all and so ; juuiii uuuuna doosi TO SAN FRANCIi LEAVING ffftt/1 1 er special 50, CAL. loir 6<niKBilly put his right hi! but found no key the other pocket with th< he felt in his blouse, cap, he jumped up an< ly shook himself to p avail; the key had d by magic. "1 berlieve y' all < ind in his pocket Hilly theatrically re; he tried the cd cheek. "These ! same success; said impressively; he looked in his <*m you can make 1 down, he near- zaetly what you v Minerva 's in the leces all without ,!,ak,n' m<1 'lasses isappeared as if K?rK' an Htay ri^h don't come out he done los' that I dr'n't yo,) ,hp ^ ? horse was galloi touched a distend- and haMe? here is mumps, ho .>You ,)eUer an when you got ~Me and grown folks do per- p()t thf. m T,V KPm W Unt '"'siness to hav. kitchen right now n an? custard if I 11 be t() the ?b. t in the house an* kctch >em (QO. re in the yard an' The n< mumps. Course i hj ho >ing by; Jimmy hailed did not hear "Leaving h ?o fast," he shrieked deceive the e and Prances and Idea's a circuitous ard you ain't got no ish and enptti e 'em 'cause you re a Hilly held better take your horso bail which J able 'cause he might throw. Miss Mine boy dismounted and scious of her rse to the fence. "1 "Tht? miffe one word. lis camp fires burning to nemy, he stole around by route, fell upon the Britired?" up his hands to catch a inimy made believe to rva still read on, unconnephew's inattention: - . rintr at Vallov kVrcrA ho<t MII M %M Iff tC I UlfJ Persons ('sing Tills Train 5ouf/i Carolit AT [AMA DATICir IAITCDMATlf IVIO Will Celebrate i a Day tun rvnAPiTiftu key," concluded he. i "Maybe It dropped said Frances. They searched the the key was not to h< "Well, If that ain' Billy," cried Jimmy, " posing to play chains time lose the key." Llna grew indlgnac can i teen mat cu on the ground," ^f)ne c?me out her hie; but she's mak yard over, but ^ou ')<',tor WE 3 found. tech em; you too t Just like you, "Arf* the>' eaf,y 'you all time per- ofher little boy ea gang and you all em one time, "Olt 'way, I tell it. latter with a super m *? ? i Hmmv's Anvv hp stara now "cause l goU,r little tar e an' it ain't honer- pinuatingly. In' it jes' the same. And uiUs It ci ty f'orn me an' not was an epidemi little to have em." t|C town of Co\ r> ketch?" asked the Green Hill gre gerly; "lemme )est tops, in strings Hilly." gum, and in ms I you," warned the comprise the p< lor air. To Increase boys. rontiniiort "flrnwn rapim?" he began in- been intense Hilly made ame to pass that there aunt's uprigh c of mumps in the lit- while the oil lngton, and William little bands w rich in marbles, in laughed alou , in toads, in chewing hands and g iny other things whlrh into bis hip. c ket treasures of little looked glasses: ? .# * - ?-I I rill during the winter?" a pretense behind his it hack of throwing a ball Jer child held up two fat to receive it. Again he d as Jimmy apat on his round the imaginary ball at hlrp sternly over her ! inifin-i ni>u ii> ill I LilUlrt 111 Wlikli lins iM'on arran^fMl by 11 June 28th 1 SOUTHERN 'Hal cAruauiUN !i? Governor for \915 ULWAY iou proposed inis Garner," she said; " have thought of ph but for you." "It looks like w? ca thing at all," n '"thout grown folks 'bout It." "Yes, and laugh fit open," said her fel ran t never nass by yourHeu, jimmy ; * * ? we never would ' tries to see h lying chain-gang to cbiilens what s k Minerva ain't beer in't never do any- day ; she lemme loaned Frances, please; It sho' Is 've got to know make grown folk I looked at Jimmy r to pop theirselfs is a plumb pity ; llow prisoner, "I like what I is at Owen Olbbs and mumps. Don't you ow nice they can he CHAI ;ot the mumps. Aunt i impedent to mo to The Infa do jest 'bout like I Miss Minerva i one time you can Hilly entitled ' s step lively." He (?ood Men," wi; meditatively. "It sho to 'or his i pou ain't a oP chile "tent. These a P can't have tne events in come aim closter tc hut never mer "What nial i?TER XXIII. quired, and w ? went on wltl nt Mind Shoots. nearlng the had bought a book for carefully and 'Stories of Great and "And he w doh she frequently read dent of the I eduraMon and improve Hilly put ii torlen related the prln- wriggled hia the Uvea of the heroes promptly ret itloned any names, al* "Ho unri n <es you bo Hilly?" she in- , . ithout waiting for a reply i her reading; she was Y close now and she read I deliberately. merc? a? chosen the first presl- come Jmted States?" tukini tls hands to his ears and Hto|>-< lingers at Jimmy, who Make urned the compliment. mercc f\ /"?V* I 1 rl HAS /V# kl- ? ? Has Horn Selected as the ( net-together movement under au*|i > of the State for South Carolinians < hotter ac?|ualnte<l, boosting their c H part in the exercise* at the Ex|?oa avers and many attractive side trl your arrangements through your ! or address W. II tfticlal ltoute. Ices of Chambers of Com* to travel together and be* oiiimunltles en route and ? Ition South Carolina Day. ps going and returning. locnl ('haml>er of Com* [. CAFFEY. D. P. A. Len Hamner now 'tl jest like idjets and g cats." lout they laugh Me," he again wa rln Just like pol?- to have 'em." give you. fi rned. "you too little way? asking at me who this mi ve pewees If you'll ^er nephew ? the end. "Can you tell he ,B ca?ed ( an was?' ' try -? heard the stories sc v V"?iuiuu Vl tiin uwu, BU Lhe Father of his Coun- I /