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nuc By EMMA ARCHER OS BORNE Copyright, !909. by American Press Asso ciation f?^iHE Wolverine was running near shore, idling along the Ne* Jersey coast in the vicinity of 1,1 the Shrewsbury river, one ?fiftcrnoon earl}- in August Glen Durunt enjoyed this simple method of cruising. It was about the .first breathing spell he had bad since the yacht went into commission on Memorial day. As the season was par ticularly favorable to yachting there had been but little cessation for over 'two months now from the smart do ings of yachting life. There had been the races aud regattas, with the week end spins thrown in. There had been the annual cruises, and there had been the innumerable social functions at Kewport and the other resorts, all of which the Durants were, because of their membership to the various yacht clubs, under obligations to attend and which the Durants?meaning Glen Du rant's father and mother?enjoyed hugely. In addition, there had been aboard the Wolveriue. the S?Oo.ooo stead! yacht of the Durants, gay dinners, re ceptions aud luncheons. There were bridge and poker,' aud there were any number of those informal gatherings when ev?rybody talks and laughs Im moderately. So many persons came and went while the yacnt was anchor ed at the various yacht club stations that the launch was kept kicking be tween the Wolverine and the landings filmost incessantly. And throughout the merry round Glen Durant had begged bis mother to cut the whole giddy whirl and run away with him a little while to some quiet place where he might Hing aside his immaculate flannels, get into some coarse negligee things and stop to breathe and be natural. He was half dead with ennui. De even threatened to put out for Canada or the Rockies. But his mother laughed fit him prettily, patted him lovingly on his tanned cheeks and called him a "silly boy." He was a boy to her, de spite his twenty-?ve years. Durant fiched to fly from It all and especially from the fuss which his mother's but terfly friends made over him. Good looking and tremendously rich, he was naturally much sought after. He be came more and more convinced of the trneness of that bit of philosophy of the old Quaker lady who had some thing to say about women pursuing men so assiduously that the men had no opportuuity to seek the women. Durant was bored Immeasurably. It was a delight, therefore, when Durant put his father and mother off -at Long Branch, where they were to spend a week with the Whittlestons. and he could feel Immune from any social exactions. He was stretched out. occupying two chuirs under the awning, smoking aud lazily watching the coast and its at tractions slip past. The water was quiet for that side of the channel. It seemed that sort of quiet which usual ly portends something ominous. Suddenly Durant's attention was at tracted to several pemons on the beach. They were gestic ulating and wav ing frantically, evidently trying to attract the atten tion of t ho se aboard the yacht. Durant ordered the Wolverine run along shore as close as her draft would permit, and directly he was within hailing dis tance of the peo ple they made it kuown to him that a boat or soiue t h lug -Durant couldn't catch clearly all ibey said?was drifting out to sea with some < ne aboard. Wouldn't he go to the rescue, they begged. There was no question about his froing so far a* he was concerned Durant's finsl thought was uf the tide It wjiw at full ebb. and he realized that if anything afloat was to be snatched from its mighty carrying powers it could Ik? done only by the hastiest pos sible action. He ran forward. I.arned. the cap tain, was in the wheel bouse talkinc to Hughes, the mate, who had the wheel. "Gel up steam quick?quicker than we have ever got it up before!" Durant called. "Where away, sir:" inquired Larned as the lull's in the engine room rang in response to his notice for Increased eteam. Durant shaded his eyes seaward; Suit, failing to discern anything other Shan the usual quota of ocean liners. "SPraiyht to star bt nurd! " Everyoue would be benefited by taking Foley's Orine Laxative for stomach and liver trouble and habit ual constipation. It sweetens the stomach and breath, gently stimu lates the liver and regulates the bowels and is much superior to pills and ordinary laxatives. Why not try Foley's r-dne Laxative today? Lowman Drug Co.; A. C. Dukes. The two persons to whom a wo man's voice can be sweetest are a small baby she loves and a large wo man she hates. ; be grabbed a glass, and there soon came Into Its focus a dark object of peculiar shape. "Straight to starboard!" be answered quickly. "Get her on full head soon as you can! There's something out there we've got to catfjli!" Lamed went over to the rail, and Durant handed him the glass. "She's a good ten mile out, whatever she is." he said, "and we've not much more coal than will get us up the bay. 1 thought I'd load tomorrow, with no company aboard." "What! No coal!" roared Durant excitedly, "if there isn't coal enough, ?then burn up the furniture. Burn rv erything aboard, but get there!" They were running amid a line of long, lazy rollers with light crests, but. presently the prow of the Wolverine was turned toward the dark object, and she cut through the rollers with gathering speed. There was no sea to mention?nothing but a slow, heaving swell that moved like a pewter lid, as though keeping some seething thing frombreaklnginto eruption. Durant had for several sec onds been gazing at their objective point, when he turned his eyes to the borkte? beyond. "It looks nasty out there." he observed to Larned. "What do you suppose it's going to do?" "Fog. sir, and It's coming on Durant snatched a tonight to boot!" replied that weather oracle. "It's the kind that rolls in fast!" "Then, for heaven's sake, let the yacht out?iet her out! Put her up to bcr limit!" cried Durant. "Theres a life at stake, and we've got to beat that fog!" He dashed into the wheel house and glanced at the chronometer. . "Blazes!" he yelled. "She isn't eveu I up to her average! What's the matter ] down in the engine room?" "Only one stoker, 6ir," answered Larned, considerably disconcerted. "Kline's off sick today!" "The devil you say!" Durant blurted. Then he commenced to shed clothing like a lightning change artist. In less than a minute there lay scattered around a white cap, a white coat, a collar, cuffs, necktie and various pieces of expensive jewelry, and Durant, get ting the sinews of his arms into play as he ran, descended into the coal pit? and snatched a shovel. The Increased feeding of the firebox had a telling effect. The boilers warm ed up. the steam gauge recorded high er pressure, and the Wolverine cleaved the sullen, heavy waters with a deeper swathe, cutting a wave that spread undulatlngly and majestically a broad distance on either side of her. There wasn't anything to interfere ' with the yacht's course?no other craft in her way, no waves to dodge or buf fet, no shoals to avoid and no channels to keep to. All was clear sailing, and It would seem as though there was nothing to check or to retard the mag nificent floating palace from winning in her race with the bank of fog which appeared Indefinite leagues beyond. But the Wolverine had never before raced with death, and fog Is treacuer ous and has hidden ways of its own. The stokers fed the furnaces as fast and as vigorously as human beings could work, Durant's blood fairly leap ing with an appreciation of the terri fying need for effort The engineer, almost motionless at his vigil at the steam gauge, watched for the ounces of steam and used them as they accu mulated. Those above were getting tr launch ready to lower, preparing life lines and belts and hauling uui thick hawsers?stout hawsers they were, for the object being pursued was now plainly visible, and a houseboat Isn't the easiest thing In the world to capture aud take Into tow. "Can't you let her out more?" learned shouted down through the telephone. There was a note of desperation in his voice. "She's away up, 6lr. but I'll try to give her another lift!" called back the engineer. And the stokers, realizing tbe demands, redoubled their efforts at the coal bins. Right In the midst of the high pres sure and the skimming speed the sig nal rang to slow down? to reduce to tho minimum?and simultaneously tho Wolverine's foghorn walled out a help less, protesting Mast. Duraut threw down bis shovel and leaned weakly against a pillar. He stared hopelesBly at the engineer. "Well, It sounds as thoupli we're in for It!" broke out the engineer in petu lant resignation. Then Durant climbed to the deck and groped his way forward to where hv> found learned getting iuto an oil cloth slicker. The disappointment of both men was keen. Their manner fully attested It. "Did you finally make out what it Was?" Durant asked, stretching wea frlly to relieve his tired muscles. "Ouo of those good for nothing house boats that hang along the inlets. It Hoarseness bronc.'j'tis and other throat troubles are quickly cured by Foley's Honey and Tar as It soothes and heals the inflamed throat and bronichal tubes and the most obsti nate cough disappears. Insist upon having the genuine Foley's Honey and Tar. Lowman Drug Co., A. C. Dukes. Foley's Honey and Tar not only stops chronic coughs that weaken the constitution and develop into con sumption, but beals and strengthens the lungs. It affords comfort and mast have got loose somehow. There was a woman aboard?a girl," replied Lamed. "We got to within a quarter of a mile, almost within hailing dis tance. She was waving something at us and I was signaling her when the fog ate her up. and In another minute it covered us. I suppose, sir. we might as well turn about and feel our way ?p to Gravesend?" i "With a helpless girl smothered in ? the fog out here!" Durant snorted . with a good deal of contempt. "Not on your life! We'll lay to and keep with the tide if we stay here six weeks!" A sense of immense desolation set tled over the Wolverine. Supper was . eaten dispiritedly, and the crew idled around in no mood for talking. Durant I who was again clean irftd clothed, I smoked and paced and fumed from ! one end of the yacht to the other, thinking of the distress of the girl and the anguish of her friends back on the shore. Every little while he swore be cause of the loss of the last quarter mile. For five hours they drifted, and dur ing all that time at intervals of only a minute or two the hoarse foghorn of the yacht bellowed out its cries like some dying demon, to be answered by other befogged, floundering water craft equally as desolate. Occasionally the warning notes of a bell buoy rang out dolefully, apprising them that they were not entirely beyond the reach of the harbor. Durant wondered if the houseboat wero still floating or if some transatlantic leviathan had blind ly crashed into It and sunk it. And the girl?what of her? About 10 o'clock everybody started to bis feet?every man aboard had been Instituted as a lookout?and there was a noisy, glad rushiug around. The fog had commenced to lift. Little by little the damp, gray, smothery substance receded, until It finally rose altogether like a great cur tain. With the disappearance of its trailing, ragged edges there broke to view what was visible of the night. Off to shore wards lighthouses blink ed faithfully, and here and ther* at the shore resorts there appeared blazing, fantastic displays. After awhile the moon and stars shone out clear and unobstructed. Near by and at varying distances ships were anchored?big ships that had not dared venture into port and others that bad decided to pause rath er than to rink disaster outside. It was like a beautiful panorama sudden ly stopped. When Larned in manipulating the searchlight caught the houseboat in Its rays it lay bo close tbnt the white, strained face of the girl, who was clinging dejectedly to the roof, was plainly discernable. She wasn't at all the Amazonian, athletic variety of girl, cnpable of en duriug perils at sea on a rnft then coming out with a shout of "Hooray!" She was just an ordinary girl, not very big. not very little, and she was all aobby and scared half to death. She raised herself and, resting her weight on one band, looked wonderingiy at them. It was as mucb as ever Durant couW do to persuade her to let him carry her from the roof to the launch, and even then he had to assert masculine au thority. He picked her up bodily, see LS_I Uc picked hor up bodily. Ing she couMatt atand for trembling, and in less than no time they had her aboard the Wolverine. He wrapped her up In romrchlng warm, and be made her eat and drink some hot coffee. Thea the color came back to her chesku, and he noticed bow tremendously pretty she was. After awhile she looked around on tb* royal epiendor of the dining sa loon. Walls, ceiling and furniture were In mahogany heavily tarred in heral dic design*. There waa a profuaion of ?mate silver, cut glas* decanters rang ed along tho sideboard in glittering array, and, following out a whim of Duranfs father in the line of decora tion, a collection of Cajxtain Kiddish looking cutlasse* and bowie knlres were mounted hi every available space, Uckl in position by big brp^a knob*. Durant who wa* sitting easily at one and of tha table, watched the girl amusedly. But the girl was not ono bit amused. Bbe suddenly fastened her big, dark eyes on him, backed away hurriedly and a*?ked: "Are you a pirate?" Durant wanted to shmit, but he saw that she wouldn't understand, so be merely smiled ?nd explained that be was nothing but an ordinary decent cittern of New York and that the W<0 verine was only a floating house be longing to his father. While tbey were hurrying over to Long Branch to pnt the girl nsiiore relief in the worst cases of chronic bronchitis, asthma, hay fever and lung trouble. Lowman Drug Co.; A. C. Dukes. Delay in commencing treatment for a slight irregularity that could have been cured quickly by Foley's Kidney Remedy may result in a seri ous kidney disease. Foley's Kidney Remedy builds up the worn out tis sues and strengthens these organs. Lowman Drug Co.; A. C. Dukes. Durant and Larned showed her over the yacht "I never imagined one of these pri vate yachts could be so sumptuous." Bhe commented in amazement. "This one must have cost a lot of money." "I believe father paid something like $500.01)0 for her," Durant replied in differently. "Why. our place down In Kentucky cost only $2,r>00." she exclaimed in sim ple frankness, "and It's a dear!" rais ing her head proudly. Then she added, with a pretty little laugh, and as if by way of comparison, "And my rowboat Dandy, cost only $20." Durant, who was looking at her, was Inclined just then to be almost jealous of Dandy. He sent her into his mother's state room and told her to take whatever she wanted. She was glad enough to avail herself of a long coat for the trip ahead of her. When she reap peared, refreshed, her hair done and her face alight over the prospect of getting back to her mother and her friends, Durant was Immeasurably taken with her looks and her pretty ways. About all he could think of then and for the rest of the journey was that he had met two wonderfully fascinating new eyes. He hired an automobile when they landed, lifted her Into the touneau, The <jirl and Durant n-crc sitting out o/. the point. and In less than an hour he bad re stored her to her own. One might imagine that when Du rant had been overwhelmed with thanks by the girl, by her mother and by the whole Kentucky colony that was houseboating along the Jersey covert that would have ended the episode. But Durant had to take It into his heirl for some reason or other to personally see that the houseboat which the Wolverine had towed back to Long Branch, was restored to Its original moorings. This task Involved Innumerable trips over to the Ken tucky colony. Then, after all abont a month later when the troublesome old tub was being lugged Into the covert it collapsed right under their noses. The girl and Durant were sitting out on the point when It floundered, and without rhyme or reason they laughed like two uproariously happy children. Why should they enre If It did sink now? They wouldn't have minded if the whole old world had turned turtle! Indeed, the unlrerse might have col lapsed and It would not have mat tered, since they had become engaged. "I suppose we ought to feel sorry to see It go." said Durant "for If It hadn't been for that precious craft I should never have found you, my 6weet girl, and tlmt beautiful love light In your eyes!" And he kissed her face all over right In broad daylight The girl smiled happily, frankly up at him, and Durant, still looking at her, commenced to realize what It was that had been lacking in the social meringue of which he was wearied and how much more delightful it was to have had the opportunity of striv ing for that essential instead of hav ing It thrust on him. His Job. The son of a rich father quit college. He was In love, he explained, and couldn't keep his mind od hit books. He wanted <o go to work and mnke a place for hfm.-.elf In the world. So his father get bin on the payroll of a bank in which he was a director. The young man's sweetheart?In her second your at Vaasar?kept writing him bow proud she was over hla independence ond asking just what position be held so she could toll the other girls. The young man sidestepped the question as to his prominence In tha bank's organ ization until finally hi* intended wrote him a peppery letter Baying that If he didu't give her the Information by return mail she would be real an gry. Then, afler much thinking, the youth wrote her this: 'Tve wanted all along to tell you about my position and would have done so before If I had known myself About all I do here to to raise n win dow when I come in the morning and put it down when I leare In the after noon. The rest of the time I rend or watch the others work. I don't know Just what you could call my job. Bet ter tell the girls that I'm the draft clerk. That will come the nearest to describing my duties."?New York Press. The Tall Soldier. Bordelais?My dear sir, hen? in our barracks we have the tallest soldier ever seen. Marselllals?The ftllest? How tall Is he? Bordelals-Fix feet nine inches. MarselUals?Six feet nine Inches? Th^t is nothing. In our barracks we hare a serjrennt who Is so tall that he is compelled to kneel when he wants to scratch bi? head! Llppincott's. No great characters are formed in this world without suffering and self denial.?Matthew Henry. TUB BAN K OF SPKINGF1BLD. Officer t* L. M. Mims, President; Jno. McB Bean, V. P.; J. B. Smith, Cashier: Edith Phillips, Asst. Directors. L. M. Mlms. Jno. Uean, Joe. A. Berry, 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 eelves careful, official attention. Leave your Surplus funds with nr at four per ?ent 'uterest Undivided Profite. 12.000.00 Capital...?30.000.00 Woman's Relief Corps* Mrs. Brown, the Chaplain, Gives An Interesting Account of Fe-ru-na. MRS. MARY M. BROWN. Mrs. Mary M. Brown, President of the Y. W.C. T. U.. of Bust Providence, R. I.; is also Chaplain Woman's Relief Corps, and Past Department President of the W. M. C, of the State of Rhode Island. Th is prominent lady writes an open letter to suffering women all over the United States. Her letter Is as follows: Vlrtie Peruna Medicine Co., Coluwibus, Ohio. ) Gentlemen?Socially as well as \ officially, I meet a large number \ of women, old and young; bright, \ Intelligent women who do their own thinking and form their own opinions. You will therefore be pleased to know that Peruna is a favorite remedy among women, and that It is generally considered superior to any prescription known in cases of catarrh and weakness ?peculiar to the sex. I have had occasion several times in cases of cold and depression to use Peruna and have found it very effectual. MARY M. BROWN, 149 Qrosvenor Ave., East Providence, R. I. Sometimes it's a good thing if It turns out bad. A Horrible Hold-Up. I "About ten yea"s ago my brother was 'held up' in hlv work, healtu and happiness by what was believed to be hopeless Consumption," writer W. R. Lipscomb, of Washington, N. C. "He took several kinds of remedies and treatment from several doctors, but found no help till he used Dr. King's New Discovery, and was wholly cured by six bottles. Pie is a well man today." It's quick to relieve and the surest cure for weak or sore lungs, Hemorrhages, Coughs and Colds, Bronchitis, La Grippe, Asthma and all Bronchial affections. 50c and $1.00. Trial bottle free. Guaranteed by J. G. Wannamaker Mfg. Co. The wise man keeps his temper even when he is getting the worst of It President Helps Orphans. Hundreds of orphans have been helped by the President of The In dustrial and Orphan's Home at Ma con, Ga., who writes: "We have used Electric Bitters in this Insti tution for nine years. It has proved a most excellent medicine for Stom ach, Liver and Kidney troubles. We regard it as one of the best family medicines on earth." It invigorates the vital organs, purifies the blood, aids digestion, creates appetite. To strengthen and build up thin, pale, weak children or run-down people it has no equal. Best for female complaints. Only 5l>c at J. G. Wan namaker Mfg. Co. To renovate black silk, sponge with black coffee, then Iron. Brave Fire laddies often receives severe burns, putting out. fires, then use Bucklen's Arnica Salve and forget them. It soon driv es out pain. For Burns. Scalds, Wounds, Cuts and Bruises its earth'3 greatest healer. Quickly cures skin Eruptions, Old Sores, Boils, Ulcers. Felons; best Pile cure made. Relief Is instant. 25c at J. G. Wannamak er Mfg. Co. The head baker would probably resent it if you were to call him a "dough-dead." Don't Get a Divorce. A Western judge granted a divorce on account of ill-temper and bad breath. Dr. King's New Life Pills would have prevented it. They cure Constipation, causing bad breath and Liver Trouble the ill-temper, dis pel colds, banish headaches, conquer chills. 25c at J. G. Wannamaker Mfg. Co. Men distrust men too much in general and not enough in particu lar. South Carolina Military Academy Scholarship J .v.uninnt inn. One vacant beneficiary scholarship in the South Carolina Military Acad emy exists in Orangeburg county. Applicants must bo between the ages of l? and 30 years of age, physically qualified for military serv ice, of good moral character, and unable to bear their expenses at col lege. The subjects for the compe titive examination are United States history, English grammar, descrip tive geography, arithmetic, and alge bra through quadratic equations. Applications filled out by parents or guardians must be forwarded to the Citadel not later than July 2Sth. For blanks or further Information, address, COL. O. J. BOND, Supt, Citadel, Charleston, S. C. i Orangeburg Collegiate Institute, Orangebarg, S. C. The school is in every way worthy of your pat ronage. Course of study thorough, and teaching force equal to the very best that can be found anywhere. The school offers the very best training at a moderate cost. Prospects for coming session brighter than ever before. Business course unsurpassed by any business college in the South. Music department equal to that of any college in the land. Early appi cation necessary Write today for catalogue and application blank. Ad dress? president w g PETERSON. Season opens September 22, 1909. I If you don't believe that MOORE'S MODERN METHODS will save money in your office Let us send on approval for a free trial any Loose Leaf Binders, a Cabinet and Record Sheets on any of these forms: AdTorrMng Contract* Advorti.in; Retnrnn Bonds. Mortgages. Etc Cuh Boole Catalog IndnxinR Center Rnlod Ledger C"*t of I'rodnction Credit Information St-ntixU' Rrcordd Double Rulled Ledger It.iIllicit.' Requinitiona Employes Rucorda Ettrn D?l>lt I.-dgor Pirn In-.iiri.nr? FollowinR-iip Collodions Froicht Cl.iims Horizontal Ruled Foruia iFivo C-.1t-. 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