The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, October 30, 1912, Image 3
IifSERJS HOT.
Bakes a Walk and a Run to
Coot Off.
Is REST UNDER A TREE.
Bl-lis Peaceful Reveries Are Ruth*
sly Interrupted, First by a Con able
and Then by Two Tramps?He
Legs" It Home.
By M. QUAD.
pyright, 1912, by Associated Literary
Press.]
T was hot Bowser mopped and
perspired and wriggled about as
they sat on the front steps. Finally
he broke out with:
"I don't know why in blazes we are
^^Bsquatted here instead of beifig at the
^^Bseashore or mountains!"
MM "Yon forget, my dear," replied Mrs.
^^BBowser. "you decided early in May
^^Hthat yon conld not leave your business
(this year."
m "But we might have run out to some
Barmhouse for a week."
I "Yes. but you showed me figures tc
HB prove that it was just about as hot out
in the country on a hot day as it was
J in the city."
"The same old brick and mortar," he
said as he looked up and down the
street, "the same hot streets by day,
the same noises at night. There is no
nature in a city. Everything is artificial,
even to the trees and grass. If I
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could get oat somewhere and commune
with nature for three or four hours it
v would seem more lite living."
"But you can surely take a day oft."
Mr. Bowser refected for awhile and
then Suddenly exclaimed:
f "By the horn spoon, but why haven't
. 1 thought of it before?"
W "Taking a day off?"
. "No; taking & night off. During the
day one is full of business and doesn't
notice it so much, but when night
comes one longs for the peace and
quietness of the country. I have seen
nights in summer when I'd have given
$5 to hear the voice of a tr^e toad."
? "Do you mean that you'd like to go
B out and stay at some farmhouse overly
night?" asked Mrs. Bowser.
B "Farmhouse be hanged! I mean that
r I'd like to get beyond the sight and
w sounds cf the city and pass the night
under a tree. That would be getting
close to nature. One could think and
ponder and reflect. The soft rnstle of
the leaves, the chirping of the crickets,
the low call of the night birds?all
^ these things would touch a responsive
chord in a man's soul. Say, I'm going
W to try it on this very night" .
f "You are so easy to take cold in your !
bead, you know."
"Never had a cold in my head in my
life, and you know it It will be use- |
less for you to raise any objections." j
"I don't want to. If yon want to go
out and commune with nature I don't
see why you shouldn't What time
will you return?"
"Not till sunrise, anyhow. Think
you'll i>e afraid to stay alone?"
A kaftnr fal-o
I\Or &l Ull. iliu Uau ucbvci buuv
K your revolver along. All is peace and
y love out in the country, but a pistol
B is a good thing sometimes."
B "I want no weapons. Nature had
W nothing to do with the making of
L deadly weapons. I'll take along a half
k dozen cigars, and while you are swel
j tering here and being kept awake by
f whoops, screams and yells I'll be whis*
pering with nature under the stars."
Mr. Bowser Starts.
An hour later Mr. Bowser started.
fHe took a suburban street car and
rode four miles beyond the brick and
mortar, and after walking along a
country highway for forty rods be
found a tree and sat down to begin the
business of communing. It was a
moonlight night, and the feeling was
one of peace on earth and good will to
men. He had brought along pencil and
onH ?<a hp sat with his back to
B the tree he wrote:
"This is something like it I am beWt
jocd the rush and roar and wickedW
ness of the city, and the change is
w wonderful. Just now I wouldn't strike
a man if he called me a liar.
"The crickets are singing their cheery
pongs. They seem to realize what I
I am out here for, and they welcome me.
I don't know whether crickets have
souls or not. but I feel in consonance
with them.
"Have jnst heard a tree toad. First
Fve heard in twenty years, and the
1 sounds carry me back to other days.
The song of the tree toad is an inno9
cent one. I believe it would melt the
heart of a convict and make a better
man of him. I will write a letter to
the governor tomorrow and suggest
that tree toads he introduced into state
prisons."
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The above line represents a break in
Mr. Bowser's notes, caused by two
farmers who came along in a wagon.
When they saw him sitting under a
tree with his hat on and a cigar in his
mouth the team was stopped, and one
of them called out:
"You feller there, but what are you
_
j aomg:
"What is that to you?" demanded Mr.
! Bowser as the song of the tree toad
was forgotten in an instant.
Constable Butts In.
"I'll show you what it is to me! I'm
a constable, and it's my business to
keep an eye out for such fellers as you.
Looking for a chance to rob some henroost,
I s'pose?"
"Yon can s'pose any blamed thing
you want to."
"Mighty sassy, ain't you? Waal, I'll
be back in about an ' our, and if you
are here 111 make it hot for you!"
For the next fifteen minutes Mr.
Bowser wtis so mad that he paid no
I UlltflillUU ik/ Lite ivauo, viicuvuj v* -?- i
tling leaves, but be finally began to
cool off and wrote:
"I have just beard the song of h
whippoorwill, and it was not mixed
up with the notes of a hand organ or
the yells of a street peddler. Mrs. Bowser
wiil be sorry she didn't come.
"The lowing of the kine reaches my
ear. I don't know what they want to
low at night for, but the sounds are
those of pastoral peace. I am an ass
that I haven't spent every night this
summer out here.
"In the hushes not far away a nightingale
has just broken into song.
While his notes are beautiful, they are
also sad. There is somehow a dreamy
sadness about them that touches the
heart and reminds one of'?
"I 1 ! !?? ? ? W LI W ? ? ?-!"
Tramps Interrupt.
This break in Mr. Bowser's notes was
occasioned 4&y two tramps who were
"hoofing" it into town, but stopped
when they saw him under the tree.
"Hello, cully! What's doin'?" asked
one.
"You go on!" shouted Mr. Bowser as
he Identified them for what they were. !
"Eh, cully, what's de matter wid
you?" was queried as they both drew ;
nearer. "Say, Jim, de old baldhead is j
on to something good and don't want
to let as in on de ground floor."
[ "By thunder, bat didn't I tell you to
! go on!" shouted Mr. Bowser as he
scrambled up.
"You did, cully, but we are In no
hurry abo*it it Got a couple more
smokers? Why don't ye give us de
glad hand and make us feel to home?'
Alas for the tree toads and whippoorwills
end nightingales! Mr. Bowser
sailed in. The tramps expected to
i pick a fuss with him and win an easy
victory, hot never were men more mis- }
taken.' He had them licked and on the 1
run within five minutes. They mussed |
him up some in return, but he sat down i
and lighted another cigar, and if he j
had been given half an hour to get j
over it the songs of the birds and insects
might have appealed to his heart
again. Only about ten minutes had
gone by when the constable returned.
He had with him in the wagon six
stout yeomen, and as they all leaped
to the ground the official said:
"Now, then, you old sheep thief, will
; you move on or go to the county jail?"
"How dare you apply such a term to
me! Do ycu know whom I am, sir?"
"I don't and I don't care! Come on.
fellers!"
He "Beats It" For Home.
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jlLicit; v as uui uuc u.iub w> |
ser to do. He took to his legs and :
struck a 2:40 gait. The six took after
him, but, though he was short and
fat, the tree toads and whippoorwills
were encouraging him to do his best,
and after he had been run a while the
pursuit was abandoned.
It was 2 o'clock in the morning when
Mrs. Bowser heard soft footsteps on
the sidewalk. They turned In at the , |
gate and mounted the steps. Some one
unlocked the door. Some one came
upstairs. Some one undressed without
a word, moving around on tiptoes, and
some one fell into bed with a grunt, to
turn his back and say to himself:
"Thank heaven, she is asleep, and in
the morning I will lie to her and tell
her 14iad the best time in my life!"
THE CORNERS OF OUR
MEMORY.
THE comers of our mem'ry
That we all turn every dayHow
we come upon them sudden
Leading down a pleasant way.
Where we see familiar facss
And the folks we used to know!
Round the corners of our mem'ry
Is the long time ago.
1
Oh, It's pleasure next to heaven
Just to leave the path of strife,
Just to tread the primrose pathwayLeading
to the olden life
And to meet the old time neighbors
And perhaps again to see
A happy barefoot youngster
Like the boy we used to be!
I
Oh, it's Joy to last a lifetime
When in fancy we may roam
And wo turn a sudden corner
In our mem'ry leading home,
Leading onward through the meadows, j
With tho friendly stars above,
To tho old familiar friendships
And tho places that we love!
Oh, we're thankful for the pathway
That leads on to rest and peace
Through the toil and stress of living
To the goal where strife shall cease. }
Lut we're thankful?oh, so thankful?
F' r the corners that wo know
In ? ur mem'ry that' lead us
T the long time ago!
?Buffalo News. !
Make your urranfoments now to
meet the editor while he is on the !
rounds with the county treasurer, du- ;
rin? the month of November. See i
the schedule published elsewhere in
this issue.' j
I Buy Your Fa]l and Winter Clo
BECAUSE: White's Stocks are larger and finer than can be found e
BECAUSE: White's goods are guaranteed to give satisfaction, or y
BECAUSE: White's prices are lower than you can find anywhere ii
BECAUSE: White & Co., give Surety Coupons, TWO with every 1C
5 per cent, discount on your purchases.
BECAUSE: A hook of Surety Coupons can be redeemed for $2.50 wc
BECAUSE: White's store is your store and you are always made to
r SPECIAL SALE
Tailored Linen Waists
Pure Irish Linen Shirt Waists, man tailored crush linen link col
B lars and cuffs, white pearl buttons, one side patch pocket, a regular $1 50
B waist, special at ------ |
98c .
| HER MAJESTY SHOES
| FOR WOMEN, PAIR $3.00
Comparable only with those sold at 50c more. The beautiful modB
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Q easily the best $3 shoes you can buy. Plenty of high arched styles with
g Cuban heels, in all the good leathers, low heel style also, with good full
1 toes for those seeking comfort. ....
$3.00
Railroad Fares Refunded IXJ^TT T
On a most liberal basis. Pull details W W |JLM JL
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Anting. Souti> <
you can profit fc
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A nnTDyjMT The Bt,st ^*an (making arrangements!
?And?er?is it Uisstomary to cuss the
AUTOMOBILE bride?-pMadc'""ia PressGetting
It Exactly Right.
TT5)TP /K f IVI 1 7* A C? ^ Clerk?Your ml. reads, I'lain cook
rljn 1 D uLAbb wanted." They rather fight shy of
that, sir.
T TTTT7* C* 8 ' Subbubs?How shall I put it, then?
Jul V -Hi O 1 Uw-KL | Clerk?1 should say. "Woman wanted
to do plain cooking."
"NT A BO Subbubs?Change it, will you? Glad
A. v>Xv.i.\ xxx/ you mentioned it. And, by the way,
instead of "woman" you'd better make
Iff Th A X1 iFTi It: "lady."?Boston Transcript
T . , . , Trouble Maker.
J represent onlv the strongest ... , , ., ,
v . "A newspaper can make trouble in a
aud best old lino Companies home"
and have special facilities for ..j should say so. What came near
writing fire insurance on conn- j causing my first quarrel with my wife
try property. If yen want in- J was the fact that we had only one
surar.ee of any kind write or j newspaper to read, and that had the
I call on mo at Lexington, SO. I baseball news on one side or tne sneer
I and the fashion news on the other."?
i Washington Star.
7 ~T FOR SALE?A valuable lot on upSee
oar new top bugaie-? at $40 00 ppr Main street. Lovely location lor
cash. Open buggies $3o.uo. We make residence. Any one interested, call at
the price. Gregory*Oonder Mule Co. . The Dispatch office.
thing From J. B. White & Co.
ilsewhere. j
our money back.
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i Lieorgia or soum uaronna, ior guuus ui nae js.juu. w
)c cash purchase before noon and one after noon, thus giving from 2 1-2 to 1.
>rth of merchandise in any department of this store (except the grocery.) B
feel at home here. H
SPECIAL SALE I
$16.50 Tailored Suits I
Guaranteed all wool, chevoit serge and plain storm serge suits, j|
in a complete range of sizes?black and navy.
Season's best styles. Straight and cnt-a-way coats, satin lined skirts, a
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TRIMMED HATS $4.98 |
ATTRACTIVE FALL AND WINTER SHAPES I
All in this season'9 most popular styles and colorings, Silks, Vel- B
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rf| p ?t f Shop By Mail I
1L3 I We have careful and competent shop-1
? pers who give your order intelligent Ij
, GEORGIA painstaking attention. II
astic Paint FflBLES 0F ELi'
rtunity to make as thorough From Which Some Modern Morals
It value as did the Pacolet May Be Drawn.
^arolma, whose letter we are
, . THREE PROFITABLE STORIES.
y their experience.
it of cnance in buying any* u How the Shrewd Peasant Saved His
"as stood the test. rau/'e ckin_Th? Lamb Dees a Favor
is the result of 40 years' I For th# F?x and G?at~Th< wis*
the finest paint that money . I Kina and the Steep Hill.
duce. 1 By M. QUAD.
.. t_ i * .. [Copyright, 1912, by Associated Literary
r it has always given better Press.]
ice than any other paint, ^a*^ peasant found his
ie ground or mixed with a M cow dead in the field, and his :
m. W lamentations soon brought the j
MACTir' D A1MT CJ U0D' tte bCar' the WOlf' thei
uy MAollv^ rAlINI you nnd hyena and the jackal around him to;
n every can. ITS PURE* offer consolation. Each one of them;
the greatest durability with had observed that it was too, too bad,;
>st. and that he stood ready to render any;
? assistance in his power, when the peas-1
e a paint user don't experi- R ant oea--. <] his wailing and remarked:
heap, uncertain paint or hand 1 "Although my cow is dead and the ;
lead, and be disappointed. g los* -reat? 1 must bestir me t0 save;
her hide. By selling that I can some- j
1 1 what reduce my loss."
>] Johnston 1:85 p. m., Ward 5-:45 "p. m., j j \t :;
' Ridge Spring 5;55 p. m., Batesbnrg j I J ;
6; 15 p. m., Leosville 6;*20 p. m.. Gil- w-?.i 7**ir "7?H?V, _
bert6.35 p. m , Lexingtonm> found eib cow' dead in the field.
and arrive Columbia <:30p. m.
Trains 131 and 132 will not stop at- good faith, am! he was followed by
the following stations except torecene j ajj 0tjicrs ju (lirn< ;inj w*hen the
and discharge passerfgers to or from | d k thp j(J
points north ot Columbia where nun- ,, ,
ber 31 and 32 are scheduled to stop: ! "Mute you are all so honest it would
| Cayce, Arthur. Barr, Gilbert, Summit. I be invidious to select a single one ovori
Sumnierland, Moootta Sunny Brook, the others. 1 will therefore leave the
Vauelnse and Ronnie, Lan&loy and i whole lot of you in charge."
Bath. \ This he did. and upon his return
o ?fa*n ^?* ~ ^ ieaYe B(\fciicl<? found things as he had left them. Ev8:20
a. m., instead of 9:10 a. m , ar- . . , ? .. f , .
riving Trenton S:10 a. m.. intend of f-v benst oned out its faith ulness and j
6:35 a. m.t connecting with new train demanded its recognition, but as the;
No. io for Amrnsfa " ' peasant nourished his knife and made!
Train No. 232 will leave Aiken at ready for work he said:
3;30 p m., same as tJie present, arriv- "Had there been one of you the earing
Trenton 4t'A) p. m., instead of 4:31 cass would have been eaten and ther
p. m.. connecting with train No. 20 rendered worthless before my refrom
Augusta, arrivme Edgefield 5:43 i? , . i i \i
p. ill., instead of 4:55 p. m. T " 10 "tlwr
that you were compelled to be hono-a
No need to order -from off", we and therefore none deserves reward " i
have them here. Top buggies ?40.00 Moral.-The peasant might have !e? |
cash. open ?35 00. See them, We them quarrel over the tail and tlamake
the price. j horns, but it's a sure thing that the
Gregory-Corder Mule Co, maD who is watched most closelv
Auvr Colombia. S. C. , the most honest.
Pay your subscription, j JVo Work ttpIrT77x7'^iVcd lvre.
'AIN 1?the ? I
will furnish | The various animals licked their j
;superiority. | chops and agreed with him, and he;
1 ' p looired around and continued:
S "* shaJ* 1:;1ve t0 2? to my hut for my;
fej^EDPAlN'M ? kuifo, 2nd meanwhile which of youj
$ f shall I leave in < Imrge of the carcass?" j
IflwAFP fifl 9 I lio,: ;M o::iV called attention to;
WwMlv lllli jj j h!s well known record of honesty and;
The Southern Railway WW'A h j!
Announces New Train Service Be- ^
tween Columbia and Augusta, Be- ^
ginning September 15,1912. "|; j
The Southern Railway will inaugunew
local train service between Oolnm- WmBBc! QB&Mu t
biaand Augusta, beginning Sunday, SBfcLjgS^v WgBf
September 15, as follows: w[ r 1
Train No. 19 leaving Columbia 6:40 ^ i
a. m., Lexington 7.07 a. m., Gilbert S???^r^~!?53ro \ I B&
7:31 a. m , Leesville 7:47 a. m., Bates- w w|
burg 7:55 a. m., Ridge Spring 8:13 a. fcr> U ?X. / r^am JS
rn., Ward 8:21 a. in., Johnston 8:29 a. I f '; XmR !
m.t Trenton^8:44 a.^m., Graniteville j \
p. m., Warrenville 4:45 p, m., Granite- ^y
ville 4:48 n. in.. Trenton 5:20 o. m., s