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?5? The L\ire off the a ents. ? By S. B. HACKLEY. | Copyrighted. 1509. by Associated 4j ? Literary Press J "I shall never ask you again, An nette. Tell me?you absolutely refuse to give it up oven for?even for me!" Forsythe's voice trembled uml a re pressed llg?'i burned in bis black eye? as be laid hi: hands, slender, but browu and strong with the strength that three years of cowboy riding had given, (%i the shoulders of a girl standing on this April afternoon just outside the women's dressing tent of the new Wild West show. The girl, who wore a dark gr :en cor duroy divided skirt, a short white coat with fringed sleeves, a dark handker chief knotted about her soft throat,anj a cowboy's hat on her red-geld hair, thrust off his hands with her gaunt lered ones and gave him a merry look, underneath which were defiance.and determination. "Bobby Forsythe." she cried, "it's aie for the show forever!" The young man's dark face turned crimson. "My ring, please. Annette!" The girl's glowing cheeks p-iled slightly, but she slipped off her glove and laid the solitaire in his outstretch ed palm. Then, with a gurg?-i^ Hugh that might h*ive passed for a sob. she r*owed mockingly before hi 111 and. lift ing the tent flap.disatupeiired within. .It was Buffalo r.i!!"< show t<> which these two belonged, but it was a prct ty good Wild West show, and Annette Lucile Blossom was the best "cowgirl" rider of the lv- wv that dashed twice a day feara -ly ?round the arena How she could ride even heiter than the daring young wife of one of the show's owners v- ho rode with him now and then for the benefit of the public. Robert Forsythe. the most darin", rider of the cowboys, the pride of the troop, always had hated to see the Blossom riding. When he gin need over the ropes and saw some woman spec tator looking on calm and dignified and then glanced toward Annette astride Western Wind, the bay pony with the black spot on his left shoul der, her checks brilliant, crying in mad merriment with the other giri riders, his heart boiled within him. Forsythe. of a fine old South Caroli na family, had become known for bis horsemanship on every western ranch. Reckless of nature ami ready for ? frolic, he bad not said "No" when be sough; by the managers of the new Wild West show to join it. On the day that he joined the troupe ?a' spring day in Oklahoma?he first saw Annette disentangling her skirt from a Cherokee rosebush With the courtesy to a woman that is the ?out h crner's birthright Forsythe offered to assist her. When the thorns were couquered Annette was no longer heart free, and Forsythe went back to his quarters feeling like one who has looked Into paradise and received a blow in the face That life might be all right for a man, but at bis home it was like ? crime for a girl of his station to ride thus for exhibition. .Was this girl with the glorious bean ty. with the eyes of heaven, as public a thing as the armless woman In the sideshow? Forsythe clinched bis hands. In aft er weeks he clinched his hands many times. He scorned himself for the name of admiration that the guileleas young girl had kindled in his bear and for the fact that be could not bold aloof from her. It was in Winnipeg, when nitdsuni mer and the show entered Canada to gether, that he threw aside pride and tradition and told Annette that be loved her. Then for thegirl. for whom since the April day in Oklahoma tili commonplace things bad been bathed In glory, begun a life ? f torment. Forsythe began the moment his ring shone on her linger to beseech her to leave the show as 110 lit place for a refined woman. Her kinsmen, the show's owners, would have rcicascd her. but the speli J of the circus held her. and, secure, as she thought, in Forsythe's love, she laughed at his entreaties. Forsythe grew sick with loathing "f the tent life. Ev< r\ purl of the per formaoce disgusted Uhu. Forsythe overlook her just outside the dressing tent wild with humiliation and besought her t" marry him that evening and let him take her home to South Carolina. ?She refused laughingly, but when he demanded thai she stop riding imme diately, even though she did not merry him. his arbitrary tones angered her. and it ended hi a broken engagement. For two mouths Forsythe gave no sign of wishing to renew his friend ship with Annette, but treated her with a formal politeness that rendered her miserable. "I wish he would leave the show,"] she thought daily, but he remained, held as by a magnet. In the quadrille on horseback she' never was his chosen partner uguio. and when be had to touch her fingers in an interchange of movementB hi? face was ?fern and Inscrutable and Ms hands wer?' like ice. Annette's friends were not toid of her broken engagement, but they m> ticed that her blue eyes were often dark circled and that in the riding she rode fastest and most wildly of all. j At last they arrived In south Texas, j Hurrying toward Mexico, the show Kt<>pppu at the smaii towns oniy. There enme a night of terrific rain that soak Colds that hang on weaken the constitution and develop into con sumption. Foley's Honey and Tar cures persistent coughs that refuse to yield to other treatment. l>o not experiment with untried remedies p? delay may result in your cold set tling on your lungs. The man who buys a horse does not care to think that he has a kick coming. Belgian ts a pretty thin cloak when It Is put on only with the Sunday clothes. ed the ground until it was dungerous for riding, but un exhibition was held whatever the weather, so 2 o'clock iu the afternoon saw the performance at Its height. The parade around the ring was over I ?broncho "busters." Indians. Mexi cans, cowgirls and cowboys, Cossacks, all had passed in review. The stage holdup and the Indian dance were over. Then came the cowboy feats of diffi cult riding. Robert Forsythe rode most reckless ly of all?vaulting over his galloping horse, supporting his weight solely by one hand clutching the pommel?around the arena. The Cossacks, most daring riders of the world, bated him for his skill, and Forsythe In the latter weeks of his misery had become more reckless in riding than even a Cossack. "Somebody's going to be hurt to d?iy." remarked one of the spectators "Look at that fellow riding the came little sorrel with the white feet, won't you':" "Somebody's going to see his finish." remarked the performers behind Xl.p weather beaten retiring curtain. An nette shivered and whitened as she listened. "The sorrel's down!" rang a cry. The spectators leaped from their seats by hundreds. The horse strug gled up and shook himself-unhurt The man lay still Then came h wom an's scream from behind the curtain. -Oh. Bobby. Lobby Bobby!" The young man was raised and has tily carried out. The program contin ued as if nothing had happened, and the show moved on that night toward Mexico. When Robert Forsythe. bruised and with a broken leg, opened his eyes in the City I. .spiral late that evening the tear stained face of the best cowgirl rider of the new Wild West show bent over him. lie stared at her a moment wonder ingly. "Ob. Bobby." she whispered humbly and uncertainly, "if you still want me I'll let?vp If?1 will?I will!" A t insfiguring light came In For sytho's eyes. "When?" be asked ea gerly . "Now." she answered, "this minute,. Bobby!" Itoborl fumbled weakly In the purse which the nurse handed him. Presently the ring that hnd been taken off in Kentucky was put on in Texas, and the electric lights that twinkled within ^the hospital walls were as the lights of heaven. Presently Robert Forsythe broke the I silence. "Annette." said he. "will you mind very much?if?if'? "If what, dear?" said Annelfe. "1 won't mind anything except you. If what?" j "If." said Robert, smiling quizzical ly, "we siay with the show Yon know. 1 kind of like it now. And 1 can't let that sorrel beat me." Do Crows Recognize Sunday? A ktrge number of crows were forag ing for food not long ago close to the house of a farmer in West Virginia They were unusually bold, as though hunger had driven them to forget their usual shyness and distrust of their natural enemies? meoi Two of them alighted close to the back door and picked up the crumbs with an apparent assurance of their safety uot easily accounted for. The farmer was telling a neighbor about the tamcuess of the birds, and the lat ter remarked: ? "You won't see them foolhardy to morrow." "Why uot tomorrow as well as to daj ?" "Because today is Sunday, and these crown kuow it. They know that one day Iu seven they are uot popped at by boys and men. They can count, crows can. and they know that on the seventh day they are exempt from per secution. I "1 once lived near a swamp where ' thousands of crows made their roost ing place, and early in the morning they used to start for the mountains for their food. I was often out with my gun trying to get a shot at them. Week days **tey were shy of me,- and I seldom got a shot at them, but on Sunday morning it was different Then they wouid tly low and close to my house, their wings almost Happing the ridgeboards of house and barns. Do crows kuow when it is Sunday? 01 course they do."?Exchange. Where the Cow's Kept. it was examination day at a council school iu the outskirts of Leeds. Six rows oi ueat little "tykes." with pol ished faces and clean collars, had been carefully coached by the teacher iu the difficult art ol evading the pit fails set b\ t wily inspector. To a buy they were ready. The class room door opened and ad mitted iho dreadful personage. "Now, boys." he commenced in his most insinuating manner, "can any of you tell uu'a few things that are made iu Leeds?" "Clothes!** said Tommy Jones. "Right!" sai l the inspector. "Lugines!" yelled Sammy Jenkins. "Right!" said the inspector. Theu tlie replies came to a sudden stop. "Now. then, you bright boys, hurry up!" said his majesty. But the dread ful silence was unbroken. "Well, now, boys, what is the skin of a cow used for?" asked their examiner in order to jog their memories. Linie Johnny Links fell off his seat In his eagerness to be seen. "Please, sir?please, sir." he yelled, "the skin is used to keep the meat in!" ? Liverpool Mercury. Harmonious. "What Is the matter with the V.^k I driver?'' j "T7e br?s n |KT>Mnr. ponch " Everybody would be benefitted by taking Folcy's Orino Laxative for constipation , stomach and liver trouble, as it sweetens the stomach and breath, gently stimulates the liver and regulate the bowels and is much superior to pills and ordi nary laxatives. Why not try Foley's Orino Laxative today? Lowman Drug Co.. A. C. Dukes. A woman doesn't need to wear a mouse colored dress to match the rat in her hair. NEW RAILROAD SPIKE. Designed to Resist Shearing Pressure Exerted by Moving Trains. With a view to preventing a spike from being bent outward in the tie so that the bead slips off the base of the rail, spikes have been invented which are provided with a spur at the rear side adapted to act as a brace for the main body of the spike. However, owing to the enormous pressure ap plied to the tie as the train passes over the rails the tie is apt to be slight';" bent between the shank and the spur, working the spur loose and In this manner tending to loosen tue main spike. Furthermore, ih spikes of this character the shearing effect is resist ed almost entirely by the main spike. DOI15LE SHAKE SI'IKS. and a slight bending of the spike causes a movement of the spur with respect to the body of the spike and a loosening of the spur. In order to overcome these difficul ties a new form of spike has been in vented which is illustrated herewith and which consists of two separate shanks,- A and B. connected to the same head. D. Furthermore, the bridge C that connects (he two shanks is ar ranged to cut into the wood. The head Is of such form that the splko may readily be withdrawn whenever de sired. It will be observed Hint the shank adjacent lo the rail is longer than the other one and that each shank terminates in a chisel cutting edge of such form as to facilitate the driving of the spike Into the tie. The bridge C connecting the shanks is formed with a catting edge adapted to sink into the wood. Lateral thrust on the spike is resisted not only by the area of both shanks, but also by that of the bridge portion <'. The substan tially parallel sides ?.f each shank ren der the device less liable to work loose than if it were tapered throughout Its leugth. Fig. 2 shows spike in detail. George K. Hoff. Philadelphia, lias been granted a patent on this improved spike. CEDAR FOR PENCILS. Only Wood *he Price or Which Is Quoted', by the Pound. The lead pencil Is one of the most common articles In everyday use, and since practically the only wood used in its manufacture is red cedar and since the pencil industry is steadily growiug (320.0(X).OO0 are manufactured annually in the United States) the sup ply of red cedar is becoming greatly depleted. Red cedar has a soft, straight grain and is very free from defects when properly grown. Because of Its pecul iar qualities no good substitute for il has ever been found, and It is doubtful if any other wood using industry Is so dependent upon a single species as the pencil industry is dependent upon red cedar. It Is the only wood the price of which is quoted by the pouud. The popular belief Is that the second growth of red cednr never reaches marketable size, says Country Life In America, but the forest service has made a careful study of the subject and has reached the conclusion that It can be profitably growu In regions of its development. Some changes are recommended in the present forest management In or der to secure the desired growth. In the southern forests it must have a better chance instead of being consid ered, as now, a negligible quantity in its younger stages. Many of the for est grown trees which are uow cut for fenceposts can profitably be. left tu attain their full development ami thus become available for pencil wood. Wood Haro'er Than Lignum Vitae. A substitute for lignum vitae has been found in the forests of the Phil ippines in a woud known as mancono. but the botanical name of it is j Xauthostemou verdugonianus. naves.! Investigation by representatives of the j navy department seems to Indicate that the wood is a trifle harder even than lignum vitae and at the same time somewhat lighter. It is found in convenient places, where there are no difficulties of lumbering and transpor tation. It is Impervious to the action of water and resists the attacks of in sects. It is said that it can be deliv ered in New York at half the price of lignum vitae. \ Advantage of Ball Bearings. The advantage of ball bearings for fans over plain white metal !>ear!ngs was recently determined in a series of tests referred to in au English contem porary of a thirty-five inch exhaust fan so designed that it coUid be oper ated either with the plain or ball bear ings. When adjusted for the same vol ume anu eonuiuonx of Ueiivery it was found that slightly over 7 per cent more power was required to operate it with white metal than with the ball bearings, while when adjusted for the t;nme power In-puts in either case an Increase of delivery capacity of over 17? j"'1 cent ii.is acctifed ?>lih .lie bau bearings In use. For mild easy action of the bow else, a single dose of Doan's Regu lets is enough. Treatment cures habitual constipation. 25 cents a box. Ask your -druggist for them. No, Johnny, the little holes in a man's derby arc not to enable him to talk through his hat. DeWitt's Little Early Risers, the famous little liver pills, small, gen tle and sure. Sold by A. C. Dukes, M. D., and A. C. Doyle & Co. A GOOD SERVICEABLE SUIT AND AN EN JOY ABLE VACATION GO HAND IN HAND. J When you aren't dressed right you don't feel right and this takes away a half of your vacation's en joyment. Isn't that so? Without trying to argue matter, taking it pro and con, the well dressed man makes a better impression both on other people and himself. WE HAVE MADE A GREAT SUCCESS with our Suits because they fit right, some with slight alterations we make right on the premises soon makes it exactly right. Then the goods are absolutely pure wool and tested chemic?l!y, tested for fading proper ty by sun test and then carefully tested for imperfections in every way. That is what makes "KUP PENHEIMER" famous. WE CAN SHOW YOU SUITS with the fit you like in very good colors of tan. brown, blue, black and other staples. $10 and upwards. We take care of LITTLE MEN here from shoes to ha'. ! By the way, isn't it time to lay in a supply of shirts and collars' Manhattans are beauties. Ask us about them. REGALS IN SHOES ? ALL BEAUTIES. "Head-to-Foot Outfiitter." Mail Orders Solicited. Fire Insurance. IZLAR & SALLEY We represent the The Home Insurance Co. Liverpool and London and Glob* German American Continental Northern Assurance Phoenix and Georgia Home. The Strongest Combination 1b tht State. A PIANO OF MERIT Renutiful case, Splendid Tone, Honestly made, Fully guaranteed. Price $250.00. TERMS: $10.00 cash, $7.00 monthly. HEMarchant Music Co ."?:{ East Russell street, Orangeburg, S. C. INSURE YOUR COTTON and GRAIN against Hail in the Carolina flail Insurance Co. of Mnrion, S. C. Don't Wait Until Your Crops are wiped off the face of the earth by hail. Do it now. John F. Newborn Agent. Orangeburg, S. C. Notice to Creditors. All persons having claims against the estate of S. A. Livingston, de ceased, are hereby required to prove their respective demands before the undersigned at North, S. C, on or before July 20, 1909, or be de barred payment. 5-15--U* Executors. E. M. LIVINGSTON, SARAH E. LIVINGSTON. Executors. Notice to Trespassers. All persons are hereby forbidden to hunt, fish, hauu straw or tres pass in any way on our lands in Edisto township. MARY ANN ETHRIDGE, 4-29-ut* CHARLES ETHRIDGE. WHY DON'T YOU GO FISHING? SMOAK SELLS YOU ANYTHING YOU WANT Is there any better pleasure for those who like out doors than fish ing? A shady spot and a good lunch and the right kind of tackle ?it is a vacation, indeed. You find the shady spot and tho lunch and we will guarantee to find the best fishing tackles you ever used. Rods of best quality, files and hooks, sinkers and other needs at a price that will suit you. t Then there is baseball. Wo have everything you want in this line. Oatcher's mitts and basemen and fielders', too. Bats of all kinds and prices. Balls of the kind big leaguers praise. Masks and protec tors. Let our obliging clerks show you. J. W. SMOAK, "Ik Hardware Man" Mail Orders Filled. Money Saved On Goods For the next two weeks, begin ning Monday, May 31, we are going to make a special price on Men's low cuts Our $4.00 King Quality at..$3.35 Our $3.50 King Quality, tan red and black, at.. .$3.00 Our $3.00 Perfection.$2.50 Our $2.50 Perfection.$2.25 None charged at sale prices. These are rare bargains in our new and attractive styles Our guar antee goes with every pair. While buying oxford9 remember our Furgeson & McKinney Shirts at.50c, 75c and $1 The pongee Shirts with and with out collars, at.75c and $1 Women Suffer mucE needless pain when they delay using Cardui for their female troubles. Cardui has been found to relieve headache, backache, pain in the side and diz ziness arising from deranged organs. It does more than relieve,?if used persistently,?many have jvrit | ten to say that it cured them. It Will Help Yon Ufrs. Maxwell Johnson, Tampa, Fla., writes: "Cardui cured*j me after doctors and everything else had failed. I had been suffer ing with numb spells ever since I was 16 years old. One day I decided to take Cardui. I have now taken 5 bottles and I can say that it has cured me. I advise all suffering women to give Cardui a long and fair trial." Sirs. Johnson suffered years. Have you? Do you wisH to? But why suffer at all? Take Cardui. Give it a fair trial AT ALL DRUG STORES '^V^^^i^V-'^f.' y. GLOVE Edisto Dry Goods Co. Phono 128. 58 West Russell Stre; t. HAYDEN & BRIGGMAX, Managers. . S. Hacker & Son. Charleston, S. C. MANUFACTURERS DOORS, SASH AND BLINDS. 8ALUSTER8, COLUMNS AND ETC. WINDOW AND DOOR SCREENS. BAT CAVE INN, BAT CAVE, N. C. Located in the finest scenery of Western North Carolina, near Chimney Rock Dome and the Caves, 14 1-2 miles from HendersonvilJe. 50 DOZEN WILSON BROS. SHIRTS The One Dollar Quality While They Last GLOVER'S THE BANK OF SPRINGFIELD. B. F. FREEMAN, Officers. L. M. Mima, President, .Ino. McB Bean, V. P.; J. B. Smith. Cashier Edith Phillips, Asst. Directors. l?. M Mlms. .Ino. Beau, Joe. A Berrv, L. B. Fulmer, W. P. Hut to, J. W. Jumper, H. A Odom, T. L. Gleaton, O C. Salley. All business Intrusted to us re ceives careful, official attention. Leave your Surplus funds with m at four ner ?t?nt n .ersst Undivided Profits 12.ooo.op Capital S30.000.00 COLLEGE 0? CHARLESTON 125 Year Begins October 1. Entrance examinations will he held at the Court House on Friday, July 2, at !> a. m. All candidates for ad mission can compete in October for vacant Boyce scholarships, which pay $100 a year. One free tuition schol arship to each County of South Car olina. Board and furnished room in Dormatory, $12. Tuition, $40. For catalogue address? HARRISON RANDOLPH, f.-2S-6t* President. BETTER THAN NITRATE OF SODA A BARGAIN IN PLANT FOOD WE ARE MAKING AND SELLING THE BEST FARMFRS IN SOUTH CAROLINA A PERUVIAN T0PDRESSER The Bulk of which is Screened Peruvian Guano, supple mented with Nitrate of Soda and Potash. The Soda starts the growing, the Peruvian sustains and makes and the Potash wilf ripen and open all crops this manure is used on. For Prices, Terms and Analysis See R. FULTON DUKES. AGENT. Peruvian Guano Corporation, CHARLESTON, ?. O.