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I KITTY MADE A MISTAKE j ^ By GRACE SCHWEBS. ^ "If any one else had done it," said the girl in white lin/m, "we should lhave thought nothing of it. Probably we should have merely sighed in an Irritated way and said it was just like 'a woman-but, you see, Kitty is not Just like a woman; she Is like no one on earth but herself, and she has al ways been noted for brains. Not the ? obstreperous kind, but the more dead ly and dangerous variety which are .concealed under a wide eyed child I likeness that Invites and does not .warn. "Many times in my life have I seen 'men go to their doom in their trusting 'masculine way after a few minutes' conversation with Kitty. "This being the case, you can un derstand how ridiculous it was of Kitty to do as she did. "We had motored to the village jfroE the summer hotel in the Get . flings' machine and were to meet in ?the drug fiore for soda water after tour several shoppings were done. ?Kitty trailed in last, smiling sweetly. " 'I very informally dumped my ?packages in a car out there as I came .by,' she murmured as she fell upon ?the chocolate soda, 'and I hope it is 'the right one!' "'Ha, ha!' laughed we all. 'We ?hope so! AB if Kitty ever in her life laid not know what she was doing! "Then we sauntered out. In front lof the store by the curb was a per iled ly vacant spot. At this vacuum , Kitty was gazing with a blank expres sion. 'Where's your car?' she asked !Fred Gettling. "'Over there.' said Fred, nodding i toward the machine a little distance away. " 'You've moved It!' said Kitty, with [conviction, 'to upset me!' '"I haven't!' declared Fred Gettling. ?That's where I left it when I came !here!' "'Heavens!' Kitty moaned, wring ting her hands. 'Then I did put 'em in i the wro:;g car after all!' j "We glared wildly in all directions, "Demanded Butter and Hooks and Eyes." but nothing was to be seen but entire ly proper cars going about their busi ness. "'What was in the packages?' we shouted at Kitty. '"A pound of butter.' said Kitty, miserably, 'and eight new dish towels and two pounds of can'.'y and a tin dipper and some hooks and eyes!' " 'For a donation par: ',' said Fred Gettling. "I have heard "?1 of a bet ter balanced collection o? things, bur maybe he can use the hoc ::s and eyes in repairing his machine, and with this hot sun the butter will be about right for oiling tue machinery.' "The drug store clerk said he thought the car that had stood in front belonged to Kinkinn the plumber. Ko we phoned his house. Mri. Kiukin. said she believed her husband waa starting for the country-and we near ly fainted. Then she added that he had to stop at the garage for gasoline and then we revived. Incidentally, we found that it was a gray car. '"And mine,' Fred Gettling said, with great scorn to Kitty, 'ia a deep maroon ! ' "So we started to chase a gray car that looked as though it were br aded for the country. We overhauled ene and excitedly demanded butter and hooks and eyes and dish towels. Then the people In it got angry and I thought tho man was going to throw his box of tools at us. So we hastened to explain, but you could tell from the way they started up ;helr car that they didn't like us at all. "Finally we found a garage and roll ed Into it so fast that we almost hit a disreputable gray, dusty car thal was swallowing gasoline by the gal lon. By its side stood Kinklns. "He said he had discovered the packages and, while a trifle confused over the evidences of some one's gen erosity, he had been much obliged. He seemed reluctant to give them up. I think he had designs on the dish tow els-they would have made such fine gasoline wipers! "The butter had melted into the candy, so Kitty had to throw all that away, and by that time the stores were closed, BO her family didn't have any butter for dinner that night. "And the worst of it is that Fred Gettling ls so angry at her for taking that disreputable bunch of gray Junk for his expensive machine that he says she can't go riding with him any snore!"--Chicago Daily News. ROUTE TO GLEN ROSIN By JOHN PHILl? ORTH. If the cook at "The Elms" had been bribed to give the route to Glen Rob in she would have said: ! "When you get out of the front gate you turn to the right." "Yes." "You go down the road till you come to a creek. You don't wade the creek, but cross on a bridge. Then you go along till you come to a big elm tree. There you turn to the right and go up into the woods. The creek starts there. You have to cross it on a plank I to get to the glen. There's a heap of rocka there all jumbled together. That's why they call it a glen . And right in that glen, reading a book or thinking I of love and romance, you will find Misa I Louise Harper, ward of Grandma Pat ridge, who ia the nicest old lady In | (he world, and is going to die some ? day and leave Louise a barrel of mon ey. That'B all, and now you go on and let me get back to my kitchen." j That's what the cook would have j said had young Mr. Sidney Stanley i come snooping around to make in quiries. But he didn't come. He was no snooper. He had heard of and even seen the girl, but he had never heard of or seen the glen.* What brought the young man to tho creek and the bridge that afternoon was lonesomeness, a desire to get off by himself and think thinks. Reaching the crest of the hill, the glen was discovered. There's noth'ng very rare and novel about a glen. The eight of an elephant beats it three to one. Nevertheless, young Stanley no sooner ascertained that there was a case of rocky glen on hand than he had a desire to explore it. To do this he must cross the plank that bridged a chasm, and the waters beneath got up a respectable roar and tumble. "My stars!" Miss Louise had been sitting on a rock feeding a half-tamed squirrel. She had heard the rustle of the bushes and knew that an intruder ap proached. Who could it be? Had the cook or the gardener been sent to call her? No. If they had they would have halted rodstnway and whooped. No whoops! ' Most girls would have called out, "Back, back, brave youth, or you'll take a tumble!" but she didn't. "Wish I hadn't tried it!" said the in truder to himself after making about three feet of progress along the plank. Mr. Stanley dared not attempt to go back or go ahead. He just stood still and shivered. He could feel the plank giving beneath his weight '?nd held his breath. Miss Louise at last opened her lips to say something, but closed them again without uttering a sound. There was a wa/ out or the glen by the rear, but it was a diflicult one. She took it, however, and was de scending at the perii of a broken limb, when she heard the breaking of the plank and the shout the young man uttered as he went down. Two hundred feet below the glen the creek emerged on level ground; Miss Louise was there when a human body came driving down with not. one chance in ten that there was any life left in it. She seized ir. and drew it ashore, and after regarding it for a moment., she ran for the house to shout to the gardner. "Get out the auto a? quick as you can. while I telephone for a doctor!" The doctor's report when he had made an examination was "Half a doz en bad contusions, broken arm; two ribs broken; knee-cap broken; scalp wound. Who is he?" "I-I don t know," replied Miss Louise. "But he has had a fall, and is half diown.'d beside." "Yes!" "Did you pull him out of the creek?' "Y-e-s." "Then ho must havo fallen in above?" "I think-think so." "And he's a perfect stranger to you?" "Yes." "Girl!" said the doctT, "here is the greatest piece of luck that ever came a girl's way! A good-looking young man drops from the clouds at your feet. In dropping he hits the rocks instead of a soft spot. It ought to have killed him. but it won't. He roll ed into the creek and you were h?.re to pull him out. As he is a stranger he must be taken to the house. He will be there at least two months, and you will be his nurse. Here are mys tery, tragedy, romance, love, mar riage!" Tlie doctor didn't get thtt all off while the patient was lying there, but at intervals, and when he had fina.;'y finished, Miss Louise looked at him coldly and replied: "Dr. Gaines, you are about half fool !" Hut '?e wasn't. He understood hu man 1; ure as well as medicine. Sid ney S uley made a slow recovery, ixmg r y3 before he could get out doors Miss Louise said to Dr. Gaines one day as he dropped in: "Doc!' r, I want to apologize." "Norn;- :ise." ho replied. "But ! do." "What! For falling in love with a nice your. 5 man of good family, to whom yoi. 'lave played tho angel after playing th. devil! Get out with your apologies, but be sure to give mo an invitation to the wedding." The less important a man is the more badges he pins on his coat Home-Raised Colt. Still tho wonder prows that a greater number of farmers do not raise -nore horses and mules. Several lays ago Mr. \V. E. Winn sold a home-raised colt to his brother, Mr. I. E. Winn, for &20?. Those who saw the fine young mare say she was a great bargain at that price. The Winn brothers can afford to keep brood mares, because they al ways grow an abundance of corn at home to srpplv the farm. FIRE INSURANCE Go to see Hurling & Byrd Before insuringjelsewhere. We represent the best old line com panies' Harling & Byrd At the Farmers Bank. Edgefield Real Estate -FOR SALE 125 acres land near Hibernia in Saluda county. 120 acres near Monetta, Sa luda county. 330 acres in Aiken eounty, near Eureka. 100 acres near Ropers. 300 acres near Celestia or Davis' mills in Greenwood and Saluda counties. ">0 acres near Edgefield C. II. 250 acres near TiePton,S.C. Several tracts near meeting Street, and other tracts near Monet la and Batesonirg. -Apply to A. 8. TOMPKINS; Edfeei?eld. S. C. M s Mrs. Walter Vincent, of Pleasant Hill, N. C* writes: "For three sum mers, I suifered from nervousness, dreadful pains In my back and sides, and weak sinking spells. Three bottles of Car dui, the woman's tonic, relieved me endis ly. I feel like another person, now." TAKE V9 ?lie Woman's Toole ri For over 50 years, !% Cardui has been helping f^V to relieve women's un- {(?) necessary pains and ?& building weak v. omen up |2? to health and strength. It will do the same for fQ you, if given a fair trial. V$L So, don't wait, but begin Jftfi taking Cardui today, for |(p its use cannot harm you, ?A and should surely do you good. E-72 *?L Southern Railway S ! edule hange. Effective Sunday, March 1st, 1014, Schedule of train No. 8, Au gusta to Columbia, will be as fol lows: Lv Augusta 7:10 a m Lv Warrenville 7:40 a m Lv f-rraniteville 7:44 a m Lv Trenton 8:15 a m Lv Edgefield 7:50 a tn Lv Johnston 8:2!i a m Lv Ward 8:41 a. m Lv Batesburg 9:15 a m Lv Leesville 9:20 a m Lv Lexington '10:00 a ni Ar Columbia 10:30 a m. Corresponding changes al interme diate stations. For additional in formation, communicate with, Magruder Dent, District Fassengenr Agent, 728 Broad Street, Augusta, Qa. BEGI] THE TIME TO MAKE MO> GOOD START BY GETTING S. ANY OTHER FACTOR IN YOU THE GROWING PLANTS, GR, ARE A LOSER, NO MATTER v WE DO NOT In our goods for cotton and better. Nitrate of soda is ex] only as a top dresser and for FISH, BLOOD AND Are the best sources of nmmoni; fore, the best plant food. Cottc dealer does not handle S. S. sood let on request, free. We guarai ind to drill freely. SOUTHERN STATES AUGUSTA, GA. Veternarv Surgeon I am prepared to treat stock for all diseases at reasonable prices. My head office and hospital are at John ton at Jordan and Amaker's stable. Every 2nd Monday I will be found at H. C. Watson's stables at Edgefield. DR. J. M. LOVE. Jan. 7. 1914-3mos. G Fertilizer ammc admitted to be t ton crop. This is not a theory. The popularity of I fertilizer has causee name: if you want t be sure to buy the 1 If you are not alreac ROYSTER'S fish-sc alongside any other F. S. Norfolk, Va. Bait Spartanburg, 3. C. ..../-...? .ri-'.uv.'-??; ?q-.'t'???W?lft S? WITH BU ?EY ON YOUR CROP IS WHILE YOU S. FERTILIZERS. YOUR PLANT FOC R CROP PRODUCTION. UNLESS YOI ^DUALLY, NEITHER OVERFEEDS TE VHAT THE CROP SELLS FOR. USE NITRATE OF SOI corn. Other sources of ammonia (niti liausted iu tbs soil too quickly. It shou truck. OTHER ANIMAL AMMONI i. They feed I'ie crop more gradually and m seed meal mixtures made when request! s, write to us direct. Money-purse and tert noe all S. S. goods to be In A-l mechanics ORDER EARLY AND AVOID CAR S PHOSPHATE AND FERTILIZ SAVANNAH, GA 4 NOTICE. By the Constitution and Rules of the Democratic Party, the Dem ocratic Clubs of Edget?eld County are ron aired to meet on the fourth Saturday of April, being the -25th day of said montb, for the purpose of reorganizing, electing officers, and electing delegates to the County Convention to be held on the Fir>t Monday in May. Each Club is entitled to one delegate for every twenty-five members, and one del egate for a majority fraction there of. All of the clubs fare urged ,o meet, reorganize and elect dele gates to the Countv Convention. B. E. NICHOLSON, Conn ty Chairman. April 4-3t. To Cure a Cold in One Day Tal:e LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine. It stops the Cough and Headache and works off the Cold, Druggists refund muney it it fails to cure. E. VV. GROVE"" signature oa each bo=. 25c Offish m I TRADE MARK ri ^S1 REGISTERED original fisK fe miated with Fish-Scr :he plant food best si , but a fact proven by the e ^oyster's, the original and 1 a host of brands to appe o be sure of getting fish ii brand that made fi^h-scra ly acquainted vvu'h the sp] :rap fertilizer, we simply ? brand and abide by the r YSTER GUAI imore, Md. Charlotte, N. C Columbia, S. C. Macon, Ga Montgomery, Ala. YING r ARE GROWING IT. MAKE A )D IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN r GET A MIXTURE THAT FEEDS [EM NOR STARVES THEM, YOU )A *ogen) are ld be used ATES are, there id. If your ilizer book il condition HORTAGE :ER CO. ^?^^O/\/X Ttl O^^^ 200 LBS ?MMMM ?Kin? xioiiiniitimimaiiiKi 'Htminru 111K? MM* IHM? J SOUTHERN SWTE5 wnuiEftnHHii *'J4lUTA-SA?ANI?lkH QA Light Saw, Lathe and Shin gle Mills, Engines, Boilers,, Supplies and repairs, Porta ble , Steam and Gasoline En gines, Saw Teeth, Files, Belts and Pipes. WOOD SAWS and SPLITTERS ' Gins and Press Repairs. Try LOMBARD, AUGUSTA. GA. ITIlilZGrS ap is universally ii ted to the cot xperience of many. [ genuine fish-scrap ar with fish in the i the goods as well, p famous; F. S. R. lendid results from isk that you test it )roven res ul is. sro co. Tarboro, N. C. Columbus, Ga.