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AS FATE HAD DECREED By ELLA WARINGTON DAVIES. "Why did you, who eeem to be a wo man of education, choose such menial . employment as nursing?*' There was a sneer under the smooth tones of Mrs. Orme's voice that made Julia Dayton bite her lips to keep from answering hastily. Finally she replied quietly: "I nursed my father and my mother through serious ill ness, and when necessity arose I chose the career of a professional nurse because I believed that ? was well fitted for it." ' "And you chose wisely.'' said Doc tor Orme, who had entered his sister in-law's roora unannounced. Miss Dayton made no reply, but went about her work preparing some thing for B&- charge's comfort, trying to appear unconscious that two pair of eyes were watching her closely. Mrs. Orme watched her because she felt curious, and was beginning to notice what a charming woman she was. Doctor Orme watched her for both of these reasons, and for the added one that, while they had fought together to keep life in the body of his sister in-law. a vain, proud woman, he had become deeply attached to the nurse. He knew nothing of her, but could not doubt that she was good, gener- j ous, and refined. She never talked about herself, but conversed on any other subject with an ease and knowl edge which delighted him. Mrs. Orme was not a pleasant woman to nurse; she was fretful andjbaughty and as soon as she had recovered enough to be waited upon by a non-profession al nurse. Miss Dayton announced that she would leave, as soon as her place conld be filled. She felt that she had already stayed too long under that roof, because she had suffered ranch on account of the arrogance of her patient. Also she felt that should she Temain longer and be constantly in the coinpf-.r.y of Doctor Orme, who made the hov.se his home, she would lose her hear: to him. She could not hope that she. an unknown nurse, might secure the love of this man. wealthy, talented, and already famous in his prof? ss:on. Yet Julia Dayton was mistaken, lie had already yielded to the charra of her presence, and rec ognizing the ;-ue woman beneath the cold professional manner she assumed, he was assured she was a M-orihy mate for him. and determined to ask her to share his future. When he learned that she was about to leave, he wrote to her. as she avoided being with him. and confessing his love asked ber to marry him. "Put your answer on the table near j the window in the sick room this j afternoon," he wrote in conclusion, "and I pray that it may be the kind of answer which my heart desires." When Julia received this letter the tender feelings she had so resolutely crushed back-escaped from their bonds, and her heart filled with joy; she acknowledged to herself that she loved him. Accordingly, she wrote him a letter telling him her life story. Her childhood and youth had been spent in a home of wealth and luxury. "I accept your offer, not because you will restore me to my former place in society, and relieve me from a life of toil-but because I have learned ?? love and respect you." This letter she placed on the table as requested. As soon as she had left the rom, Mrs. Orme, who had been watching her. slipped out of bed and went to the table. "The sly minx," she exclaimed. "I thought all along that she was trying to ensnare him. Not if I can help it" She was about to break the Beal of the letter when she heard footsteps ap proaching, and slipping the missive hastily into a book, she hurried back to bed. Doctor Orme entered, glanced at the table, seemed cisappointec and went out again. As soon as he bad left, Mrs. Orme rang for Julia, who also glanced at the table, and saw that her >etter was gone. "Has Doctor Orme been here recent ly?" she queried. "Yes," replied Mrs. Orme, adding sweetly-"I see you are very anxious to leave. Miss Dayton. As Celeste, my maid, can wait upon me now, you may go at once." "Very well,'* she rejoined. "I will leave my address for-" she was about to say Doctor Orme, but substituted "for you, in case you shouid require my services again." With Julia once safely out of the house Mrs. Orme's frivolous mind be came occupied with other matters, and the letter concealed in the book was entirely forgotten by her. The book In question was returned to the library shelf, still holding the precious mis sive which possessed the power of changing the whole current of a man's life. Months afterward Doctor Orme took down a book from the library shelves, and out fell the letter she had writ ten him, unopened. He read it and immediately set about finding the missing writer. Many weeks were destined to elapse before suc cess crowned his efforts, but at last he located her in a New York hospital. When he entered the room where she awaited him, he held out the fateful letter: "I received this eight months after it was written, Julia," he said. "I have been searching for you ever since. Tell me-is the message still true-or am I too late?" The girl's eyes filled with happy tears. "You are not too late," she said softly. "I would have wafted for you forever-had Fate m decreed!" HEFT FRIENDLY HELPER BY JANETTE FINLAY. "It's time to be thinking abou; spring hats." sighed Mrs. Turnor. "Goodness! You talk as though it .were a hardship!" remonstrated Mrs. Beck. "I'm just aching to get start ed at mine! You know, my sister's been studying millinery, and-" "Oh, don't, if you value your peace of mind, to say nothing of your repu tation in the neighborhood!" interrupt ed Mrs. Turner. "I have been through it, and that's the principal reason I hate the very name of hats! 1 wish we might haye lived when our grand mothers did. and put away our nice becoming hats, to wear year after year." "Well. I wouldn't be seen in the hats my grandmother wore!" declared Mrs. Beck. "You will long for them, after you've finished this year, if you let your sis ter help trim your hat!" prophesied j Mrs. Turner. "I'll tell you about my experience. "T have a friend who wis very artis tic. She pins a ribbon on a street dress, and you'd be amazed to see what a lovely evening dress it is ] turned into! And she makes the stun ningest street hat by just picking up i her little boy's straw hat and draping her veil over it! lt is all so easy and simple looking. "So when this friend said she'd help me trim my spring hat I was duly grateful. I was just aching for a nice looking hat. covered with daisies, and she said we'd make one. So I went into a store and bought a couple of bunches ot daisies and a nice cheap frame. "My friend smiled a 'too bad' smile when she saw my purchase, and said the shape was impossible, but adder! thai she'd go with me to select a frame. Accordingly, we took back my choice- and bought a $5 frame that was very similar to the other, but had more artistic lines, my friend ex plained. "She set the frame or. my head and pinned the daisies on. Then she stood otf to admire. 'Oh.' she said, 'you've not got nearly enough daisies! You'll have to ge: lois more!' "So 1 went and ordered two more bunches. My friend var quite amused when I brought them back. She had expected me to bring back half a dozen hunches! Of course, since she was doing it and it was purely a favor. I couldn't remonstrate about the price, which was rapidly soaring-so I got more daisies! Finally we got enough, and began the construction. ! "She told me what to do. while I j sewed! I never got a bunch properly ! sewed on until I'd cut it off about a ! dozen times, and I was as tired as though I'd made a whole dress! By the time she was satisfied it was dark, and I pinned on the hat, without enough sense to look In the mirror to see the effect, and went home. "My family howled at me! I was j called everything, from a hothouse to j a forest, and my husband made me wear my old hat to the theater that j nigh;, with the option of staying home if I didn't! j "Still, 1 felt that my friend knew, I nnd. in spite of my inner convictions. I j ? rusted her good taste. She had said , the hat was becoming and stylish, and ! decided that my family needed to be j educated up to it. So I wore it down I town next day. People sat for the I whole trip in thc car with their eyes ! fastened on my hat. j "Then I met my friend who had i helped me make the hat. She stood I still, looking at me for a second. Then j she sat down and laughed in my face. I " 'Oh.' she said, 'you look so funny!" j "She said she hadn't noticed before ; how I looked in it-she was just try I lng then to get all the daisies on it i artistically! So now she offered to fix I it over. ! "But I was firm in my refusal, and I I took it back to the store where I'd ? bought the material. They charged i quite a sum for taking the trimming ; off and putting some new trimming on it. I "I've since dit ^overed that the rea I son my friend seems so artistic ls that I she herself is good looking, and oould wear a derby and appear stylish! The things she wears wouldn't suit any other wombn, and she looks stylish in spite of them, not because of them! "By the way. I've got about a thou sand daisies you may have if you're bound to experiment!"-Chicago Daily News. INo matter what your walk in life, or what your station may be, you have an opportu nity to be the possessor of a I bank account, and it only re mains for you to realize the importance of this one thing, I to.render you indedendent. OFFICERS: J. C. Sheppard. Pres.: W. W. Adams, Vice pres.; E. J. Miras, Cashier: J. H. Allen, assistant Cashier. DIRECTORS: J. C. Sheppard, W. W. Adams, J. Wm. Thurmond, Thos. H. Rainsfnrd. J. M. Cobb, B. E. Nicholson, A. S. Tompkins. C. C. Fuller, W. E. Prescott. ?Tl ? We desire to notifv our farmer friends that '?ve are ready to supply them with fertilizers in all of the popjlar brands and lorni'.las. We sell the cel ebrated brands Bradley, Baldwin and E ti wan These goods luve been used by farmers of this county tor many years and have given satisfaction. We also have contracted for a large supply ol ingredients for mixing fertilizers ar home. Bear in mind that we can rill your orders for any ki;id of plant food, the dependable kind. Come in to see us. W. W. Adams & Co. Saves Expensive Trips IT WAS NECESSARY for the Attorney to have a personal talk with a client in a distant city. The journey would seriously interfere with several important engagements made for that day. He used the Long Distance Bell Telephone, had a satisfactory talk with his distant client and was able to keep all his engagements at home. The Long Distance Bell Telephone increase che efficiency of business men who adapt it to their needs. It can serve you with equal satisfaction and economy. -rsBs^ By the * ay, have you a Bell Telephone? - -- ( ?B SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY GOOD HOUSES FOR CHICKENS Leghorns Stand Cold Weather, Pro vided They Are Free From Damp ness and Draughts. We have one building 18x70 feet and one "lSx12S feet made of matched pine, not doubled or lined, a pitch roof covered with two-ply roofing and dirt floors. Both buildings face the south and each has the south side covered with an equal amount of glass and muslin half-way from the eaves, the latter half enclosed with matched Singie-Comb Brown Leghorn. pine. These windows have been opened wide daily regardless of zero weather. Single Comb Brown Log horn:-; stand cold weather, provided they :,re free from drafts and damp ness, says a writer in an exchange. Our buildings have dirt fioors cov ered with our foo: cf wheat straw. The dropping boards and roosts are cleaned and disinfected with a bot spray from a force pump every two weeks. The broken straw from the lioor is placed upon the dropping boards and the fioor covered anew with wheat straw. The cost of the building, exclusive- of land, was %?>.x?> per lineal foot, TO plus 128 feet, thus housing 1,250 layers at 62 cents per hen. The usu;:: estimate is $1 per hen. HINTS OF CJCKS AND GEESE Duckling Should Be Marketed Before Tweive Weeks Old-Same ls Said of Goslings. A Pekin duckling weighs about two junces when batched, and should ?ake on weight as follows: Three to our weeks, ono pound: six to eight ?.eeks four to four and one-half sounds: and at ten weeks, five and me-half to six pounds. Ducklings should be marketed at from nine to welve weeks of age. After that they ake on wright slowly, and it is not oroflfable to keep them longer than welve Meeks. Gepse grow about as rapidly as lucks. Allowance of course must be nade for the original difference in ?ze-newly hatched goslings welgh ng about four ounces. Turkeys do mt grow rapidly at the start, but de relop much quicker after three nonths of age. Gather eggs dally. Cull out small eggs. The goose averages about thirty -ggs. Gpese do not thrive when yarded; lucks do. The goose like the duck, has prac tically no crop. The average weight of the goose is twice thut of thc duck. Geese pair, but drakes will take care of four or more mates. A hen left to shift for herself may lay in summer hut seldom will in win ter. Are yon figuring on entering one or two pens in a poultry show, if not, begin now. Before packing and shipping poul try should be thoroughly dry and cold, but not frozen. Limberneck is caused by the fowls eating some dead animal matter that has bred maggots. The goose is a grazing bird, while the duck thrives with a limited amount of green food. Don't forget to sprinkle lime on drop boards, not too much, for it is hard on the chicken's feet. Meat in some form must be fed poultry at least twice a week-also green food if you want results. A good dry mash for layers: Two part6 bran. 1 part cornmeal, 1 pnrl alfalfa meal, anfl 1 part beef scrap Ducks can be profitably bred for four years, geese can be bred for many years-for a period that seems incredible. Fifty hens with abundant room, care and proper feed will return more cash than one hundred carelessly fed and crowded. Dust the hen with insect powder before setting, and twice more while hatching, then chicks will not be full of lice to begin with. After hen6 have passed their period of profitable laying (two or tbre? years), they may be sold at little li any loss on their first coeL CELERY AS DUCK FOOD Winter Buds and Root Stocks Are Relished Best Plant Ic Wholly Submerged With Long, Flexible, Ribbon-Like Leaves of Llgb. Translucent Green f- lowe rs Are Peculiar. (By W. Lu M'ATEE.) The names wild celery and canvas back duck have been closely associat ed in the annals of American sport. To a certain extent this association is justified, since the canv?a back ob tains about one-fourth of its foot! from this plant-a greater proportion than any other duck. However, the asser tion that the flavor of the canvasbaci: is superior to that of any other duck and that it depends on a diet of wild celery is not proved, to say the least. The scaups or bluebills and the red head also are very fond of wild cel ery, and are fuhy as capable of get ting the delicious buds as the canvas . back. Several other ducks get more I or less of this food, the writer finding I that even the scoters on a northern ? lake in fall lived almost exclusively on ! it for a time. All parts of the plant . are eaten by ducks but the tender winter buds and root stocks are rel ! i.';hed best. Wild celery buds can usu Wi?d Celery. Jilly bf obtained hy the diving ducks, such us ibo bluebills. redheads, can vasback aud scoters. The non-diving species, a? the mallard, b?uc?: duck, baJdpate and the ?etse get an occa eional bad. but more often they feed i upon the leaves. I Wild celery is a wholly submerged j [tiant with long, flexible, ribbon-like ? leaves of light translucent green and of practically the same width (any where from one-fourth to three fov.rths of an inch, from root to tip, This plant may be distinguished from the eelgrass, which lives in brackish or salt water, by the fact that its leaves grow in bundles from the root stock, while those of ?eelgrass arise singly and alternate on opposite sides of the stem. The flowers of wild celery are pecu liar. The staminate /lowers attached at the bast of the plants shed pollen, which floras on the surface of the wa ter and fertilize*, the pistillate flower. The latter is attached to a long slen der, round stem, which contracts in to a spiral, drawing the flower under the water after fertilization. The seed pod into which the pollenized flower develops is straight or curved, a little slenderer than a common lead pencil and from 3 to fi inches long. It contains embedded in a clear jelly, small dari? seeds, in number about 50 tc the inch. No such pod is borne by any other fresh water plant. GUINEAS ARE HARD TO RAISE Young Birds Must Be Watched Care fully Until Past Tender Age-Of Very Wild Nature. Guinea hens are among the hardest of all birds lo breed, chiefly because the young guinea is so extremely ten der. They are also of a very wild nature, and when one of them is lost from the hen it may be counted as lost. It is advisable to keep the young guineas shut np for a few days after they are hatched and ftr?d them on bread crumbs, coarse corn meal and ! occasionally a hard-boiled egg, ground j fine and mixed with the bread crumbs. ! Airer they leave the hen, if the days { are \v?rm and bricht, they are allowed j to hunt bugs and worms and require I little feeding. After they are feath I ered out they need little care, as they I are able to shift for themselves until ! the winter cuts off their supply ol food. In winter they must have a sheltei and be fed the same as other poultry, but must be kept shut in when there 16 snow on the ground, as they will fly into the tops of trees or on roofs of buildings, and refuse to come down. Winter Feed for Poultry. One < ' the best and most relished winter feeds for poultry is cabbage, says a writer in an exchange. Even though there is an abundaice of other green vegetable matter. I should still strive to add some cab bage to the list. It ls true that there i6 nothing quite as good for the hens as a grow ing crop, such as r.ve, over which they can range and thus combine exercise with food getting, and every effort should be made to provide it, but often space is too limited for such crops, and dependence must be had altogether on substitutes that can be stored away.