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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
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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.
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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. ,
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Castorla ls a harmless subs
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and allays Feverishness? It
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-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.
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. 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
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lought? and which has been
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supervlfdnn since lt? infancy?
no one to deceive you iu this?
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i and endanger the health of
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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?
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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
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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
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Rook Hill, S. C.
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