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SkIp KATHLEEN. NORRIS Cd^ynOHt <y *">rr46^05^ K/VTHlt-W KORRtf ^381 rwrimrr mm i ? r*?~????????? "Anne?you "weren't there when tlmt young chap tumbled. But I've been worrying about it a little. There's no question?there's no question that she ?that Cherry?called him by his name. 'Martin,' she called him." Anne had crossed to the shadowy doorway: she-stood still. "You've not noticed anything between him and Cherry?" pursued the doctor. "A girl might call a man by his name. I suppose?" "I don't think there has heca anything to notice," Anne stated, in a level tone. "Well, it must he stopped, if it has begun." decided her uncle. "I can't permit it?I'd forgotten how the little witch grows!" Again Anne was -silent. She was not in love with Martin Lloyd; shewas not as susceptible as the mtfch | younger Cherry, and she had not had his .urging to help her to a quick surrender. But for the lirst time in her life she had seen an absolutely suit- i able man, a man whose work, position. ! looks, name and character fitted her rather exacting standard, and for the lirst time she find let herself think confidently of idling wooed and won. And. standing in the doorway, she tasted the last hitter dregs of the tjpenm. It was all over. vAnne was at the .age that sets twenty-five years as the definite boundary of spinster- ' hood. She would Le twenty-live in August. AJix came in from her walk glowing, and full of a great 'discovery. "Dud," she said eagerly, taking her place at the supper tablet, "what do yon tiiinkj I'll bet you a dollar that man is falling- in love, with our Cherry!" * , . ; Anne, at the head of the tablej looked pninejl, hut there was gcnu'ne apprehension in the doctor's face. "Where Is yoiijr sister?" ho asked. 1 "Down there l?.v the gate." Alls an- j swered. "They're gazing soulfully into each other's eyes, and aJl that!. Peter i wept home. But Cherry?wltji jt hcau ! Ihnf il:?? t-XIon'iioll of the limit! I'm crazy ahmit it?I think it's groat. I Jote weddings! This'll ; lie the third I've l>een to!" "All this' seems to have come up j very suddenly." the doctor said, dazedly. rumpling his gray hair with n tine old hand. "I don't imagine your sister is taking it as seriously^as you and Anno seem inclined to?" "Oh, does Anno think so!" Aiix exclaimed. "I think Cherry is one of the fortunate girls destined to drift along the surface of life," Anne said, "and to accept wifohndjl quite siinpJy. I only wish I were* flint type?" She wps itdtrrufiited I?y Cherry herself. Tin* girl came to the porch door, ; ami as slie liesitntod there a minute, with her smiling eyes seeking her fa "Dad!" Said Cherry, "I've Brought Martin to Supper." thor's fnrp, they saw thtt T.y one* lirtsi small hand !.:i!p drew Iior lover lie-side licr. Martin Lloyd's smiling fact- : showed above In rs in the lamplight. "Dad!" said Cla-rry, with a childish 1 hreatli. "Dad! I've brought Martin' to supper!" CHAPTER III. The tlif e at tl i- table did tint move 1 for perhaps twenty slow seconds. Dr. Strickland. vd.n had pushed lack his! chilii*. and v.hose hands: were nMinion the table before him, stared at thoie I .-..in- ?one with ?i {inich littJ' I 11is?it snri rise. smiled faintly. A!i" the UiJs!widened litr ?m-' Opened her moilili ill Uliatleeted ;i.s tntiislnnent. For there was no mis- ; taking t'herry's to:n\ 4 "Doe I or,'1 said Martin, routing in, "this l^tfie girl of years and I have something f<> tell you!" rj'he old man looked .'it iiim sharply, ahnoot sternly, looked. about at the ' I : girTs' faces, and \rai silent. "Are you surprised, Daddy?" Cherry 1 laugljed, with all a child's innocent exultation. The next Instant Anne , and Martin were shaking hands, and Alix had enveloped Cherry in an enthusiastic embrace. "Surprised!" exclaimed Alix. "Why, 1 aren't you surprised yourself?" Iler sister (lushed exquisitely, and Martin laughed. "We're just about knocked silly!" ' he confessed, and all the girls laughed joyously. ? A place was made for Martin, and j biscuits and omelet and honey and ' tea were put Into brisk circulation. : Cherry took, her chair, nil dimples, flushes, smiles, and si" confidence. "And what are your plans?" Anne I i asked maternally. Fler uncle, who had been silent during the excitement, mildly interposed: [ "I thfnk we needn't go too fast, I young people! You've only known j each other a few weeks, after all; you ' must he pretty sure of yourselves he- 1 fore taking anything like a decisive step. Plenty of time?plenty of time, j Mr. Lloyd hero and I must have some talks about his plans?" "I know exactly how you feel, Doctor." Martin said, sensibly and s.vtn- ! pathetically. "1 realize that 1 should : have come to you first, and asked to pay my respects to your daughter. Ex- ; cept that it all came over me with such a rush. A week ago Cherry was only a most attractive child, to me. I'd spoken to my aunt about her and ; had said that I envied the man that j was some day to,win her, and that | was all! Then the time came for me 1 to get back to work?and 1 found IV Couldn't go! And then came last j night, when I began to say good-byes, and?It happened! I know that you all hardly know me. and I know that Cherry Is pretty young -to settle down, put 1 think I ciln satisfy you, Doctor, j that you give her Into safe hands, and j I believe she'll never regret trusting x?ed" Ho had go:ton to his feet as he spoke ami was holding the hack of Ills chair, looking anxiously and eagerly iuto the old man's eyes. "Well?" said the doctor, touched, In his gentlest tone; "well! It had ! to come, perhaps. I can't promise her ' to you very scon, Mr. Lloyd. But If you both are willing to wait, and if time proves this to lie the real feeling. I don't believe you'll find me hard on you!" "That's all I ask, sir!" Martin said, resinning ins scat aim ms uinner. aihi far the rest of the meal harmony and gayety reigned. After dinner Cherry and Martin, in ; aJI the ecstatic first delight of rcoog- 1 ni/ed love, went out to the wide front ! porch, where there were wicker chairs, tinder the rose vines. - Alix alone ' laughed at them as they went. Anne, ! with a storm in her heart, played nois- j ily on the piano, and the doctor, after giving the doorway where Cherry had disappeared a wistful look, restlessly took to his armchair and his hook, in such desolation of spirit as he had not j known since the dark day of her moth- ' er's death. ***?** Tin? next day Alix and the engaged ' pair walked up t<> invite I'eter to a ; tennis foursome on the old Hlithedale court, it was a Saturday, and as he usually dined with them, or asked them to dine with him on Saturday, they j were not surprised to find him busy with a charcoal hunter, under the trees, compounding a marvelous dish ' of chicken, tomatoes, cream and mush-! rooms. "Stop your messing one second!" i Alix said, catching him by the arm. "Congratulate tluse creatures?they? they're going to he married! Why don't you congratulate them?" Peter gave one long look at Martin and Cherry, who stood laughing, Jmt n little confused and self-conscious. too, in the grassy path. With a , shock like death in his heart, ho real-1 Ized that it was all over. Their pro-! tection of her, their suspicions, had! come too late. Illind child that she was, she was committed to this fascinating and m?toi\o.is adventure. Iiis face grew dark with a sudden rush of blood. Itut he went to them quickly and shook hands with Martin, and was presently reproaching Cherry; for her secrcMvci.e^s in his old, or almost his old, way. lie arranged that they wore to play the tennis here on his own courts, and later dine with him, hut under his hospitality and under the golden beauty of the day it was all pain?pain? 1* enn !,/?? trllh 1'*411 J* ii %??!.-> 4I^'MJ%? 11; V liVl ?? ?. him, beginning to taste the rapture of love given and routined; it w;is agony to have (ho conversation return always to Martin am! ('horry. to the tir.st low ulfuir. l'? tor felt that lie could have ki 1 !<><) this newconer, 111i> thief, this usurper of the place that he himself might have filJe?l. "Dad's always sai'l he disapproved of loii.ir engagements," .Mix commented, amusedly, "but yon ought to hear him now! This thing?In- won't ev< n eall it an engagement?it's an understandInf. or a juvferenep? t< he ;t pro > s *.c. - " - ' found" scent, and (.'horrvV to l o ttventy-onc before any one else hut ourselves knows?" * Peter did hot hear her. Tin re was beginning a little hope In his heart Girls did not always fulfill their first engagements: did not often do so, In fact. The thing was n se< ret.'t might wel" eJT.ie to nothing, aftet ::Jl. (To l>c Continued.) y ? For thai matter you can't keep a good man's salary down. 11 Mir. Farmer: j! Now is the time to buy a CHATTANOOGA HOOSIER GRAI STALK CUTTE3 W'p have them. Come i |! FEWELL & W. J. FEWELL jj YORK, - jj S. L. CO :j ji Sa,es I | THE. UNI V ! | 48 S. Main St. .\ . .,j.j. a.*..;. ,% >>.x?x? ,x??x?x? >: ?: : | Hardwar I a Succes | MORE THAN HALF * STOCK OF THE I | & SUPPLY CO., TC | HAS BEEN SOLD. ? Merchants, Farmers and * and Bought and wer X and you will be to * buying at Wholesal I WE EXPECT TO M01 I SOLD OF THIS S ? 80011 and people who \va 0 j \ at once. t $ HERE ARE A T ;1; ('ole Ranges, $85.00. 1 ? .$100.00 Graphophones, $ | rrho manufacturers $ merchant to agree % $100. So you see t . investigate the nr ? ? Buggy Whips?25 Cts. t< ? Dishes and Glassware?f 1 selling at Half Price % ? Wash Pots?One of our * Oliver, Moline and K. ? OLD STAND OF FAS * SUPPLY | OIL MILL PRODUC | See us for a good c> a Wo lmve nice hrirrh I OUR GINNERIES ARE THAN THEY HA ROLLER MILL(irinds W'lu-at. Corn ; I heed, Chicken Feed, 1 Hay, Flour and Con money. DEALERS IN COAL AN! YORKVILLE COTTC . *j Phew!?A member of tho stock ex- j , ehatige was not in a good temper ! when lie rang t!ic hell to dictate his \ letters. One communication had nn! rayed him, and this is how* lie replied to it? "Dear Sir: I am in receipt of your letter of yesterday's date. My typist. Inking a lady, cannot take down what I would wish to sny to you. I, being ! la gentleman, must not say it. You^ being neither, will probably realize ' what I mean." '' ' - ? l fW?WUV?WVWWVW*AAArfWVW? l TURN PLOW * ! N DRILL, or a ? [ I. in and Let Us Show You. THOMPSON j! LUTHER G. THOMPSON - S. C. . 11 >r*s*A#wwwwy?Mewyuwwi#wwwviq URTNEY | *-5iaiE?i3?"^ i Service 11 ERSALCAR. .. j! YORK, S. C. 11 e Sale I s | OF THE BAKKRUPT | ARMERS HARDWARE I > THE VALUE 6F $7,500 | irf ? I Town Folks investigated ? Lt away more than pleased | o when you reaftze what. | e Prices means to You.. ? WHAT IS NOT ! TOCK TO FORT MILL ! V lit any part of it must act S v! X' v * . FEW PRICES ? X Cost wholesale, $100.00. *! 65.00. | v' of this machine require a XI im+ ir\ u/.ll if +'<11* lr>yu tlinii 5! i in/t i 11 xi iv/i iv IUUII y ; it is worth your time to $| erits of our phonographs. |j 3 90 Cts. |! stilL some left that we are t [ }\ | special bargains. ?j Plows at Cost. | i ,MERS HARDWARE & | COMPANY. | ^i, - j ITS- 11 :change of Meal for Seed. !; t. Hulls. |! I IN BETTER SHAPE | .VE EVER BEEN. ind Oats. Sells Flour, Hog jj lorse and Mule Feed, Oats, j[ , 1 Meal. Try us and save J > 0 ICE. ; IN OIL COMPANY jj jp Dresses, 1 anrl , YES, THEY AEE STILL COMING I] DAY. THE BI& MANUFACTU] NOW, ESPECIALLY ON MEDI1 AND OjJIR NEW YORK BUY] AND COATS THAT LOOK MI* STLYE AND BIG VALUE IN E' THEM. \ DREskES I Dresses that have been shown this season in Serges and Tricot incs, navy, brown and black at $12.30 to $35.00?Now on our racks Priced at $8.50 to $24.95 s GOAT SUITS Coat Suits in Serges, Tricot ines Velours and in the leading colors?Navy, black and brown, V 7 t 7 and the styles are equal to anything you can find anywhere and all beautifully silk lined?Priced / ' $19.95 to $39.95 Kirkpatrick-E SELLS IT lb V ' . i. ' i tl _ r- i | ~ i fie vjussuru Corset \ Wo have boon selling our trade justly famous GOSSARD CORSET for a number of years and among customers are numbered the t dressed women of this vicinity. These ladies have learned by perience that the Gossard Corse the best from any point of viewit style, comfort, lasting quality right price. There's a Gossard for every figt There's a Gossard corset for most every purse. There's a Gossard corset will j exactly suit your ideas of style ; comfort. > May we tell you more about Gossard line of corsets when 11 you need a new corset ? Our stock of Gossard's is compli y M. STR nvTnniTnAiM ! IF YOU WANT | EVERYB0D1 b | |. Sure Enough Cotton Seed Meal, . PINKS * Wc have It In 8 PER CENT. X X X EXCEPT THOSE \ GOAL * neve ? v i \ f .?1 X In any \ized load thai you want. Y j PINKSULKS give If you want a half tot.; tell tin: $ [ Itcadacho. Cold, Nt If you want 100 tons, lot us X| !* know. V! Grippe. Try them. X :< I OUR GINS '|| PRICE, 25 < A Sample Sent on R Arc Ready to Gin Your Cotton at | Any Hour of the Day and Wo ? V/^DF 1*\Df Are Mighty Anxious for Your ( f Ul\J\ l/i\t Y Business. Y .> '? CLOVER COTTON | LOANS AT 7 ? f OIL & GINNING | AR^EDLoi?/.t[ * COMPANY, t pn^lnsr higher rates' ' .|i j able. * Clover, S. C. % | o . * Seo The Enquirer off ??j r* . r i , Coats 1 7 . 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