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. t The Fire ii Escape j AA A AAA"?t A fcAAAAA^AAA AAA A A Ai* THU girl crept out ou to the fire ?'escupe and lifted hor fa.:e , to tbe cool night. It was good to be out lu tbe open after that stuffy back ball bedroom. Tbe Are es cape gave a glimpse of only a patch of the heaveuo, but the stars wcie the. same thut looked down ovc; the home' she had come from, and they seemed to draw her closer to lt. 8he pressed her face against the cold Iron Oars and looked up bllnklngly. A sob choked In her throat. A thump near ber made her turn suddenly, and she saw a man ittlng In the window next that opened "IO IT HO&fi?8(CKNBSS?" HB ASKED. on to the same Are escape. The girl made a quick move to go in, but the man spoke, and she paused. "Is it homesickness?" he naked qui etly. Something In bis voice made the tears well up In her eyes, so that she coma only nod her head and amlle waveringly. "How did you guess f * she asked aft er a moment. "I used to have lt, and I know." "It ls very silly," said <he girl, "but the nights seem to clutch one so." "I used to cure myself by getting the gloomiest book I could lay hands ou and reading lt until I was so steeped In melancholy and darkness that lt would grow positively funny." The girl laughed and mopped away tho tears. "I have fine theories I wrap about me In bright hours-theories discourag ing all such atmospheric things as homesickness and the blues-but they only act like little demons to mock me when a genuine spell of homesickness comes on." "Fighting always makes lt worse," he said. This man with his friendliness was like a tonic to the girl. The two talked on obliviously. It seemed perfectly natural that he should emerge sudden ly and sit there chasing away her moodiness with his easy chatter. He was the first person she had really talked to since she came to New York a few weeks ago, and in the pleasant ness of the sensation she let hts sym pathetic questions lead her on to talk about her work, her ambitions and hor plans. They sat chatting half an hour or more when the girl made a move to go. She held out her hand to the stranger. ""Thank you for curing my homesickness," she said frankly. "I shall understand whether you real ly approve of my prescription. If you let me know the next time tho same malady threatens you/' There was a comfortable, warm little feeling in tho girl's heart as she crept linofc Intn har rrw>Tn; th? ntonofint tingle that follows a talk with nome one that gfcnderstandfi. In Ute plain, staring sun B|ht of the next morning her experi ence of the fire escapes seemed very Improbable and absurd, but the mem ory of lt brought a gladness that lasted all day while she worked away at a story she was writing. It wes good te know that there was one friendly soul in the big lonesome city, even If ho were a shadowy specter that came out of the night and had probably van ished Into nothingness. But In the aft ernoon when she went to the window to look out she found on evidence of the reality of her ghost In a white mug with a bunch of violets In lt. She reached out for them greedily and burled her face In their fragrant depths. On the handle of the mug was a card -with tho words, "For the little homesick lady of the fire escai?t, from her next door neighbor." Her heart thumped so that If there had been any homesickness in lt at that moment it would surely have spill ed out Every day there was some further token from her next door neighbor-a bunch of flowers, a big rosy apple or maybe a Jolly little note-which the girl returned thank* for In a few words, but she didn't crawl out on the Aro escapo any more. Late one after noon na she sat In her room, Just on tho outskirts of loneliness, she heard kui tapping on tho glass and looked up *to flud a noto poked under the window UgB*_.-. ' I've a feeling that you are homesick again," lt ran. "At any rate, it ia too good an afternoon to waste Indoors, so your doctor orders you to take a brisk walk In Riverside park In good com pany. Be ready at the corner In fif teen minutes. No wry faces or reboi ling, and the doctor will beg the good fairy to bring you the very thing you want most." There was nobody to know or care, and she did love the sunset on the riv er. 6ho hurried Into her coat, stopped and ruffled her hair becomingly about her face, donning her bat and veil. 6ho could hear thc man thumping about In the next flat She looked at her watch. It was just ten minuto?. It would be fun to get thero first and slip away; giving bim a chase. When j she bad goue some distance she heard I some one running and looked arouud. i to see a man coming up at her side. "That wasn't playing fair." he said. ?Ie was tall and lithe, with good, clear features and frank eyes that were dancing with fun as they looked down at the girl. She felt suddenly small and childish. 8he laughed up at him. They turned into Riverside park and made their way along the path nearest the river. High up In the park near the big gray tomb they sought a bench. The suu bud Just suuk, a fiery golden ball behind the .misty green i bank across the river, and the whole noone was -wrapped In a soft cloak of glowing orange. They sat in silence a few moments, the girl leanlug forward, her chin in her two hands, elbows rest ing on the rail in front of her. She bad bad a huid day, drifting about In search of editors1 that were Intrenched behind Impregnable buttlemeuts of of fice boys and tightly closed doors. Tho only ono she had succeeded In seeing had been disagreeable about her story and had dilated to bor ou tho over crowded condition of the Hterury mar ket. Her conipanleu resorted to ti lit tle probing and finally succeeded In getting his patient to voil him thc story of her day's Ills. "It must be glorious," bb* said when she had finished, "to be a great, suc cessful author, so as to be able to dic tate terms to these puffed up editors that love to crush budding genius." "It must be," said the man, with a quiet m.die. "And now tell me what your story Is about.". The girl drifted easily Into the lit tle romance she hod woven, quoting Whole paragraphs now and thcu from memory. When she came to tho end the man looked up quickly. "That seems to me a good story. The editor turned lt down, you say?" "Yes, without flinching," she said, with a laugh that tried to bo uncon cerned. "Will you meet me here tomorrow afternoon and let mo reed the manu script?" The girl agreed. The little stroke of approbation smoothed her raffled van ity considerably. Tho next afternoon the walk was re peated, and the man read her manu script-read lt aloud to her. It seemed really good to her as she listened to his Interpretation. For the first time she got a ps rs pee tl ve on lt As be fold ed lt and Blipped the manuscript Into his pocket the man turned to the girl and looked at her closely a moment "That*s way above the average story," he said. The girl blushed with pleasure at the sincerity of the compliment and looked away. Somehow his Judgment seemed to count. "I have a friend who ls one of your ogre editors, and I am going to send this to him if you v til let me," ne said. The girl's heart beat high with hope. This man had a way of smoothing out the wrinkles In one's way and inspir ing one with courage and faith. The walks became almost dally events In the lives of the two inst door neighbors. They sought out new routes, though Riverside always re mained the favorite, and sometimes they would wind up their strolls with a dinner at some < j vd et, unfrequented little cafe. Once there was a visit to the theater, another evening a concert and other pleasures that no longer left room for homesickness In tho life ot the girl. By mutual agreement they continued to make the Are escape their medium of communication, and neither learned the other's name. They were Just "neighbor" to each other, which was the man's suggestion. It was an easy, odd sort of friendship they slip pvu ?nt? ??ij?evilOuiiigly, Hcv?p?lug li ns naturally as children do good gifts, Three weeks passed before tho man said anything more about th# manu script of her story. One evening as they sat at dinner almost hidden In one corner of a cafe behind tall shrub bery he handed her a note, which read: I>ear Bob-Where did you oom? acrosi that story, and who ls the mysterious unknown writer! It ls a good story. ] am going to rush lt tn the Christmas number and should Uko to speak for anj more you can secure from the sam< source tf they are aa well written. Il really lo an excellently handled thing I Inclose check to you, aa you do not gtv< the name or address of the author. Tours umNKV HBNDERflON, The girl looked at tho namo of th? magazine printed on the stationer] and gave a little excited gasp. A lunn, came In her throat for a moment Ii seemed almost too good to be true She stretched out her hand to hei neighbor across the table and looked her thanks. The wonder of lt awe?: her Into silence. While they sat after dinner, llstenlni to the muslo, the girl looked up one* to meet the gaze of n man at a tabb across the cafe. He was scanning them closely and finally crimo over t( their table and put his hands on th< shoulder of her escort. "Well, old fol low, you have succeeded pretty well li dlaapi>earlng from the face of the cartl this tlino, certainly. Where have yoi been?" ho asked. The man was clearly token by sur prise JJ nd jmiJbjirrnjiBed Jg's Jaco jfhish ed. "Mr. Burke, let me introduce"-1-he hesitated a moment-"Miss Neighbor," be said, leaning toward the girl. Mr. Burke hewed and smiled. "What ?*<i you burrowing for now?" he asked, turning again to the mau. "You must' be hidden ina Harlem fiat or sneaking In au east side basement. Your fihmds have searched everywhere else In Now York for you without success." "I will come up to your house tomor row. Burke, and render faithful and dutiful account of myself, but I won't tell you now." "Nothing like being calmly Insulted, is there. Miss-or-Favor? If you don't come and tell mo all about it I shall hnve you published as one of the mysteriously disappeared," he said good naturedly and made his way back to his own ta'de. The girl looked up suddenly at her ccmpaulon. "That ls Benedict Burke, the writer, isn't it?" she asked. "Yes," be answered. "And who ore you?" The mau frowned n moment then said,' with u smtle. "Will you promise to be just as neighborly when you find outr* "I prom Is?>." she said, but she looked, almost frightened. * "I don't manufacture soothing sirups or soaps," he said, laughing nt ber ex prensi?n, "but I must confess my name ls sometimes flnuuted in street car ad vertisements. I nm afraid lt will never bo os much fun after we have learned each other's Identity." He readied In his pocket and pulled out a card. "Let me Introduce myself." "Mr. RolK?rt Harrison Rockford," she read and leaned back in her chair and stared. It was a minute beforo she quito caught ber breath, and he broke lo, "You see, you don't like me nearly ns much as when you thought mo a pool laborer Vying on half rations." "But to thlr k you didn't let mo know I was telling all my seedy little trou bles to one of the big nuthors of the day. It wasn't quite right," she said, pressing her hands together hard In her lap* "Would you have told them If you had known?" "I don't know," she answered. "You see, that ls what n fellow gets for having a sort of soapmnker's name. People don't give him half n chance." "How did you happen to be living In that little back hall room?" she asked suddenly. "I am gathering material for a novel, tracing the struggles of a poor young "WXXTJ, OX.D FELIX>W, WHIRR HAVE TOTT BKSN V* fellow starting out In New York. I wanted to know under just what con ditions his life would be lived, so I rented that cubby hole room and start ed out on a life of deprivation for a few weeks." "Just for material," she sighed. "It has been the best material I have ever gathered," he said. The girl's eyes foll. "I wanted to gain an experience that would help me In writing my book, but instead I have learned the one es sential lesson of life"- He paused. She did not look up. .'To love my neighbor-to love her even better than myself: I wonder if my neighbor has learned her lesson?" The girl raised her eyes, and he read In them the answer to his question. The HnvrkMll Turtle. Turtle soup and tortoise shell combs come from the hawkblll turtle of the gulf of Mexico and tho Caribbean sea. This turtle ls recognized by the low, wide hean, a long, narrow mouth, the upper jaw prolonged and hooked like the beak of a hawk. Tho shell is flattened* and serrated behind, with five vertebral and eight latent plates overlapping one another like scales of a fish. The color ls yellowish above, mottled with chestnut brown and yel lowish white below. Young turtles have a black spot on the four rear pairs of plates. Old turtles have a thin yellow plate on the belly, which ls much sought after and commands a higher price. This hawkblll turtle feeds on seaweeds, crabs, mollusk? tu wi fish. Being mostly carnivorous, the meat ls not considered wholesome. Railway 8afety Device. On tho Bengnl-Nngpur railway, In In dia, a number of carriage? have been fitted with nu experimental device for stopping tho train. A passenger In danger can by tearing the paper cov ering of a small box get nt a knob which when pressed applies thc braUos. AI IT WILL LAST ONLY ONE WEEK, BEGIN NING JULY 8-COME. The County Board of Education has! decided to have a short Summer School J for teachers, beginning* Monday, July y th, and closing Saturday July 13th. 7"The_work done will be a course of | reacting aad a study of choice selec tions of English >. Literature, together with a study of thc principles of com position and penmanship. Prof. J. R. Lyles. of Wofford Col lege, will have charge of the course in English Literature and Composition, ahd Prof. O. F. Nicholson the course in pen mun-hip. From personal experience and obser vation of the work done in the public schools. I have become convinced of the need for this course. There will be lectures to the teachers on subjects of interest to them.;^.;^ afc* ?ft ??Tho hook? used will be selected from th eso recommended by the State Board of Education and may be had at the office of County Superintendent of Ed ucation on the opening day. I' is highly important that every teacher in the county attend this | school as the attendance or non-attend ance will be considered at Teachers' I Examinations and when we come to re- j new certificates. Trustees will please note that no j school will be allowed to open until 15th of July, or Monday following the close of this school on Saturday, and will do well to urge the teachers whom they have employed to attend tins school, as it will prepare them to do better work. wkkWi <r*r*' The County Board- bf Education and Faculty of the Summer School have expressed personal desire to see every I teacher here ready to do a week's| profitable work. C. L. CRAIG. County Superintendent ot Education. ,-m ADJUSTABLE SCHOOL DESK. Easily Changed to Accommodate Large or Small Children. The first lesson given to young chil dren upon entering school generally ls one on deport ment and proper carriage of the body. Year in and year out the teachers continually endeavor to Im press upon thc pupils the necessity of sitting nt their desks in an upright po ?DJU8TABLE DK8K. Ultimi. Nevertheless school children are more or less prone to beoome round shouldered. A Rhode Island man attributes this to the fact that in all schoolrooms the desks are invariably of one height, no effort being made to regulate the height of the desk to the stree of the child using the desk. Naturally all the chil dren in a class are not of one siee, and a desk that is exactly suited to one child will not do for another. AB a remedy for this evil he has des'/ned a desk which can be quickly adjusted to any height deslr?d. This is done by placing adjusting screws in each leg, so that tbe desk can be changed to ac commodate large or small children. Cold Air at the Equator. At the international conference on scientific aeron?utica, held recently In Milan, Mgr. Telsserenc de Bort pre sented some interesting results or the expedition to the equatorial regions of the Atlantic organized by himself nud Lawrence Botch. Contrary to expecta tions, he said, they had found far low er temperatures in the upper air above the equate; than at corresponding ele vations in temperate latitudes. At the equator the temperature goes on c creasing up to the greatest elevations attained by kites and balloons. At the height of eight to eight and a half miles temperatures were recorded as low ns minus 80 degrees cent?grado or 112 degrees F. below zero. High Power Electric Lamp. A new electric light, for which It ls suki that lt contains features that will revolutionize electric lighting, bas been Invented by Professor II. v'. Parker of Columbia university, working In con nection with W. G. Clark. The new light is said to have an efficiency for ty-five times higher than that of the ordinary lamp with a carbon filament This Is obtained by the use of a newly discovered filament, which the invent ors call helton, on account of the simi larity of its spectrum with that of helium. , EES y CONTAINS HONKY ? An Improvement o system of a cold by satisfaction or mons SOLD BY J. W. The Kind You Have Always I in use for over 30 years, 1 and li te* sst' AU Counterfeits, Imitations i Experiments tlint trifle with Infants a ml ChilUren--Expe: What is C Castorla ls a harmless subs Rorie, Drops and Soothing i contains neither Opium? M< substance* Its ago is its gm and allays Feverishness? It Colic. It relieves Toothing- '. and Flatulency. It assimile Stomach and Bowels, glvinf The Children's Panacea-Th GENUINE The Kind You Ha In Use For O THC C r NT AU rt COMPANY, TT Ml -There ?ill t"> a big picnic at Salem on July 4th, given under the ausptots of j the local Farmen*' Union. Senator J. H. Karie will deliver an address on the ocoa-1 .ion of great interest to union men. There will also be other prominent sneakers. The young folks can enjoy themselves by singing in the ohurch and in various other ways. Everybody is in vited to go and take well-filled baskets. A pleasant time is anticipated. The Federal Government will sta tion a corps of alienists at Ellis leland to cope with the increasing insanity among immigrants. Exclu sion is to be mere rigid. The Department of Agriculture announced that a milch cow often gives out 87,000,000 tuberculosis germs a day and said all cows should bo tested with tubercu)5 ?. PIM EU LES for the Kidneys SO DAYS' TREATMENT FOR 61.00 * Notice, Sons and Daughters ot the Confederacy The officers of the Oconee Monument Association are asking for the. names of all soldiers from Oconee county who were killed or died from the effeots of the war before the surrender. Any one having suoh a record, or any one whose kinsman died in the cause, will please take notice. This is important, as the, names will be used in the monument. J. W. Holleman will receive all letters or| I couimunioatlous regarding the matter. I Buck!en's Arnica Salve HM Best Stive In The World. BLUE RIDGE RAILWAY CO. I i KT WK KN BELTON AND WALHALLA. Timi. Table No. M.- -in Effect May S, 1907. EASTBOUND li 10 8 20 18 .?-vWalhalla...?. LvWest Union. ArSeneca. LvSencca. I.v'.Tonlanla .Tnnptlnn Lv*Adams.4... LVCherry. LvPendleton. Lv *Autun. L??Denver. Lv?West Anderson - Ar Anderson - PaasDep LT Anderson-PassDep Lv#Anderson-FrtDeu ArBoiton. A M 8 86 8 40 8 68 a on 9 16 9 18 9 80 9 38 9 48 10 00 10 06 10 08 10 19 r AI 2 27 2 32 P.M. 1 46 2 Ol I'M 2 60 2 Ki) 3 08 3 ll 8 28 8 31 3 89 8 61 4 40 4 4A 6 08 6 12 6 4) 6 00 6 16 6 86 0 46 3 66 4 00 4 26 8 30 8 33 9 06 WKSTBOUND ll 9 19 28 LrBelton. Lv*Ander?on~ Kr't De ArAnderson-Pass De LvAnderson-Poss De LvWest Anderson.... U - Denver. LvaAutnn. LvPendleton. Lv?Cherry. LY* Adams. .ni.m ??i Junction. ArBeneoa. LrSeneea. LvWest Union. ArWalhalla. I'M .i :to t fi? A M 5 00 fi (Xi r. 20 B 2* r, M 8 -is ? ru 8 01 6 07 0 26 6 30 8 20 8 80 8 60 9 06 9 36 960 9 66 10 20 10 26 11 26 11 63 12 06 AM. 10 48 11 22 1! 26 I'M 6 80 I 1 02 7 05 . Flag stations. Will also stop at the following stations to take nu and lot oft passenger?: Phinney's, James's and Handy Springs, Toxaway, Welch. Nos. 9,10, il and 12.first class passenger, dally: Noa. 7 ami v, dally except sunday ; Noa. 18,19, 20 ?md 23, mixed, dally. A. B. ANDREWS, President. J. R. ANDERSON. Superintendent. RINGS DYSPEPSIA TABLETS Ftollovo Indigestion and Stomach Troubles. iXATIVE COI ?ND TAR. CONFORMS TO NATIOI ver many Cough, Lung and Bronco acting as s cathartic on th? bowel y refunded. Prepared by PINEULE BELL, Walhalla. W. J* I s lought? and which has been bas borne the signature of as boen inndc under pcr supervlfdnn since lt? infancy? no one to deceive you iu this? nnd ?? Jusl-iis-good" aro bufe i and endanger the health of I'lence against Experiment ASTORIA tit uto for Castor Oil, Pare Syrups. It is Pleasant. It >rphine nor other Narcotic ?rantee. It destroys Worms eures Diarrhoea and Wind Troubles, eures Constipation ites the Food, regulates tho r healthy and natural sleep? e Mother's Friend? 'ORIA ALWAYS ye Always BougM ver 30 Years. inn.v limier, New VOM? O IT?. B. A. BENTLEY, I M. T. J A YNES, Manager. Attorney. ?E COLLECTION AGENCY. QPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO O collections In the county. Try us. Address all communications to B. A. BENTLEY, Manager, Walhalla, S. 0. Summons for Relief. STATE OP SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY or OCONBK. Court of Common Pleas. Summons for lleltef-Complaint not Served Mary Ann Erskine, Plaintiff, against George Edgar Markham, Eva Estelle Etheridge, Mary Alice Oregory, Lillian Markham, Lucy Markham, Leland Markham, Frank Markham, Joseph Ernest Markham and Sarah Elisabeth I Erskine, Defendant?. ' To the Defendant? above named : YOU are hereby summoned and re quired to answer the complaint in this action, which was flied in the office of the Clerk nf the Court of Common Plea? for the said County, on the 80th day of May, 1007, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on the subscriber at hi? office, on the Pub lit- Square, at Walhalla Court House. South Carolina, within twenty days after the service hereof, exclusivo of the day of auoh aervloe; and if you fail to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, tho plaint itv in this aotion will apply to the Court for the relief de manded in the complaint. Dated this the Suth day of May, A. D. 1907. [Seal] C. H. D. Burns, C. C. P. H. T. JAYNES, Plaintiffs Attorney. June 5,1007. 23-28 fOLEttlfOfuvY^TAR Cure? Celdsi Preve?is Pneumonia Winthrop College Scholarship and Entrance Examination THE examination for the award of va cant Scholarships! in Winthrop Col lege and for the admission of new stu dents will be held at the Couuty Court House on FBIDAY, JULY 6, at 0. a. m. Applicants must be not less than fifteen vean: of age. When Scholarships are vacated after July 6 they will be awarded to th OHO making the highest average at this examination, provided they meet the conditions g overning the award. Applicant? for Soho arships should write to President Johnson beforo the exami nation for Scholarship examination blanks. Scholarships aro worth $100 and free tuition. The next session will open September 18, 1007. For further infor mation and oatalogue address PiiESimcNT D. B. JOHNSON, Rook Hill, S. C. May 8, 1007. If ?26* KILL TH? COUGH ?MD CURE TH. LUNGS ? Dr. King's New Discovery rt- /*0N8UMPTI0N Prie? 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