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? PC MC In the Garden of Eden By ABBIE F. RANSOM ??pyright. IS09. by American Pres* Alto cation ? -^JHE was seated at her typewrit Iwl er, hard at work, when her L_?| friend entered, bringing withl ' her the breath of the wheat-1 nelds aud the fragrance of the maize. "Edith Holdeu," she cried, "shut ev-| ery story you have inside that desk and come with me! I've found the | garden of Eden!" "What's the price?" was the response without even a pause in the jingle of the keys. "Stop that uoise and listen!" came the command. "Do you know that I was delegated to hunt up our summer j ?boarding place?" "Sure?not to exceed seven per," said Edith. "Well. I've pot it at four, and It's go ing to be paradise." "Paradise at $4 a week!" she sniffed. ??'Come; wake up. We can't live here ior that. Aud you mean to tell me .you've found summer board iu the ?country at that figure?" "I mean just that. When I went away yesterday I took steam to Cedar* vllle. and from there I went on au:l ?on aud on until I thought the end of the continent was reached. There I ?discovered the biggest house, stone, with a wide hall running through th: -center and great rooms on either side dike those one reads about and never ?sees. There was an old lady?she ruust have been one of the origiual pilgrim mothers?and I engaged board with her for a whole month. We are ?to care for our rooms and help her -wash dishes. And there's a blackberry ?eld which will remind you of the old school vacation days. We want to buy sunbonnets. and?oh. Edith, it'll be just like being at home again!" "We'll start tomorrow," was Edith's decision. "Just wait until I get this story off to Mr. McPherson. He'll read it while we're gone, and when we ^et back there'll be a pretty little letter telling why he's returned it. Oh. his letters are models of literary re gret!" "I don't see why your stories al ways fall with him," said the other. ?"He's never accepted one yet, has he?" "Never. I'll keep sending till he does ?that is. If I don't collapse from lack of postage before that happy day ar rives. By the way. Bert, how mauy In the family up In paradise?" "Just the pilgrim mother, the pilgrim father and a yellow cat. We'll be monarchs of ail we survey." "At $4 per," sighed Edith. "I won der what's the trouble with the place." The next night they ate supper In the garden of Eden. Edith hadn't ?sniffed since her arrival. She was simply wondering why the whole world had not discovered the place and asking herself the reason. The pilgrim mother was to all appearances ?the original model for the cardinal virtues, and the father deserved to rank by her side. So three days passed. The trouble for which Edith was searching did not materialize. Plies were missing, and mosquitoes were not in evidence. The two girls reveled in delight. They ate like hunt ers, slept like the dead and lived every hour of the twen ty-four. The fourth day at dinner the father spoke: "Mother," he said, "the hired man will be here tonight. Thee must have bis room ready." "It is the 4th ? - of the mouth," she answered. > "The hired nutn ir?l ..He a, be here tutwjht. , , rives on the even ing of the 4th, and his room will be ready." The girls listened. Who was the hired man who always arrived on the evening of the 4thV How long did he stay and when did he go that his room must be prepared? But the pilgrim mother answered the unspoken ques tions. "Father always has a man to help him during harvest," she said. "One man bus done the work many years now. He comes on the evening of the 4th and stays a month during black berry time." Even In that was no secret?nothing upon which one could build a story, and Edith, her brain always ready for story material, had as yet struck noth ing In the quiet Quaker family which savored of romance or mystery. The next morning bright and early she started out alone for the black berry pasture. The sun was hot. the air humid, and in her attempt to com bine berrj picking and comfort she re sembled n gypsy fortune teller, so Bert said. Bert didn't look much better, and even the cows In the pasture re Foley's Honey and Tar not only stops chronic coughs that weaken the constitution and develop into con sumption, but heals and strengthens the lungs. It affords comfort and relief in the worst cases of chronic bronchitis, asthma, hay fever and lung trouble. Lowman Drug Co.; A. C. Dukes. What most churches need is minis ters who are able to waken men. Delay in commencing treatment for a slight Irregularity that could fused companionship to young ladies in attire like theirs. But when Bert arrived in the berry Geld she was breathless, and that condition was not the result of the air's humidity. "Edith Holden." she cried ulmost as soon as she caught sight of that per son, "who do you think is here?" "The hired man was to be." was the calm reply. "I didn't see him at break fast. Did you?" "At breakfast, no; but I met him In the lane just now, and who do you think be is?" "The Prince of Tumfoodle, from your excitement," said Edith. "Is it he, or is the hired man some plain, everyday Tom"Jones or Johnny Brown?" "You'll say Johnny Brown." Bert re torted. "It's nobody on earth but Mr. McPherson." The pail of berries found sudden resting place upon the grass. Edith Holden was beside it. "Mr. McPherson!" she gasped. "Ben Solberg, are you crazy? Has this air got on your nerves?" "You%d think so if he met you as he did me Just now," Bert responded. "I was coming dowu the lane 6inging that ridiculous darky song you taught As though it were a silk opera tile. me, yelling it out like a cowboy on a spree, and right beyond where the brook crosses the oat field who should Jump over the fence but that man. Look at me, size me up?scratches, ragged dress and all. He was dressed in a suit of blue overalls aud a straw hat big enough for a hen to hatch ducks in, but he pulled it off as though it were a silk opera tile. Then he talked about the weather and the crops until you'd think he owned the farm and was depending on the corn to pay the taxes." "Well, you know him," was the mournful response. "He's seen you when you've looked like a civilized hu man being, while I? You know. I've never met him, and I've been sending him stories that he's never bought and"? She broke down suddenly. "Bert Solberg. what will I do? I don't feel as though I could ever face him." "You can wear a mask." was the friendly advice, "or you can dye your face with some of these poke berries and pass yourself off as one of a new race. Or. say. what's the matter with posing as Miss Merryweatber or Mrs. Peggotty? He never saw you and won't know you from the mother of Cain and Abel." "As though the pilgrims didn't know who I was." Edith's total disregard of tense was proof of her feeling In the matter. "Besides, it's mean of you to laugh at me. There's just one thing I can do. and that's to go home, aud I'm going thin very minute." She pieked her sunbonnet from the grass with a jerk and flung it on her head; then another jerk broke off the strings. "I don't care," springing to her feet and starting off. "You may pick ber ries all day if you want to, but I'm going before there's a ghost of a chance of meeting that man." "I saw him making for the corn bold," and Bert trudged dutifully after her. "I really wish you wouldn't go home, Edith. Cau't we fix it some i other way?" j Edith shook her head. The act of shaking brought her eyes in line with I a figure In blue overalls walking at a I brisk pace along the path. Bert stopped short and laughed. It was her way of getting out of trouble. "Too hot for berry picking?" asked the wearer of the overalls. "We're just going over to the other ? pasture." fibbed Bert. "The berries are blgirer there." Then she introduced Edith. "Work won't begin until tomorrow." said McPherson. "If you will permit I'll go with you. I am out on the same mission." "Do you think we will carry home enough for supper?" questioned Bert ' audaciouslv. "We've promised our i ? i landlady some for pies, and I have I always presumed that men ate more ' than were found iu their pails later on." He gave a ringing laugh. "If you will follow my lead I'll show you ber ries bigger, better, riper than any 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. The successful real estate dealer is a man of deeds as well as words. Delay in taking Foley's Kidney Remedy if you have backache, kid ney or bladder trouble, fastens the disease upon you and makes a cure more difficult. Commence taking yea've seea this year. I havenl roamed this farm for years without fiftdltL" mti vher* the best ones hide." "No. I chall not go home,'* Edith de clared that erenlng. "I'll show him before my month hi up that I'm good for something, even If I can't write storlM. Besides, other editors buy them If he won't. I'd like to know how he discovered this place. 1 thought it almost belonged to us." "Ask him," relumed Bert. "For my part. I'm glad he's here, even If he did catch me In my beggar robes. But picking?why. he worked like a steam thrasher. He filled a ten quart pall while I was picking four quwts." "I've a mind to ask the pilgrim fa ther to let m? ride the hayrake." Edith remarked viciously. "I used to when I was a girl, and I intend to catch that bay colt and ride him to morrow without a saddle. I don't be lieve I've forgotten how." "Do, and he'll surely think yon ca pable of running a cattle ranch In Arizona, even if he doesn't accept your stories." "He might suggest It In the next re fusal he sends me." was the somewhat bitter response, while a figure sitting by the window in the adjoining room beard every word and went on with the third reading of a typewritten manuscript which would have beer very familiar to Edith could she have seen It at that moment. Day followed day In quick succes sion until only one week of vacation remained. The colt had been rlddt-n many times. Many were the gallops which the two girls had taken about the country. The harvest must have cared for itself, for Mr. McPherson found many an hour in which to act as escort. But one day the girls went for the la3t time to the berry field. Their palls were soon filled, and they started up the long lane leading from the pasture to the barn. Halfway , home, where the little brook crossed It, a veritable demon of mischief must hare entered the brain of Bert. "Let's hide our berries under that oak," she said, "and then trace this stream through the woods. Who knows what beautiful spots It visits or what we may find!" "I'm agreed." Edith responded. "We haven't half investigated our garden Edenic." Straight through the center of the oatfield ran the little brook, bordered on either side by elm and maple trees. Then It entered the woods, and the banks became higher. In some places rocky and precipitous. In others so low and pebbly it reminded one of an ocean beach. Suddenly they caught sight of some flowers part way up the bank, where another stream, seemingly fed by a spring farther on, joined forces with the one they were follow ing. "I'm going to climb that bank and get those flowers." said Edith. "They are the most brilliant I ever saw." "Plenty of mud there," cautioned Bert "Who cares for mud?" was the scornful retort. "Mud, with such shoes as we're wearing! You go on, and I'll climb up and join you beyond the bend." "All right." Bert returned carelessly and sauntered on. Several minutes went by. She had gone around the bend, out of sight. What was Edith 'doing? Surely it was time for her to appear. Flower picking does not take all day. Then she heard a call, sharp and quick, full of distress. It was Edith's voice. What was the trouble? She hurried back along the bank of the brook, but before she had taken half a dozen steps the voice rang out again, sharper than ever: "Bert! Oh, Bert! Hurry up!" Then she saw her, halfway up the bank, clinging with all her might to a birch sapling whose roots found slender hold in the moist earth. "Edith," she cried, "what is the matter?" "Go back!" came the answer. "Go back quick nud climb the j bank above me. This is quick sand, and I'm sinking." Bert lost no time In getting around and above where Edith was sinking steadily Cllnghuj to a birch deeper and deep saplhji. er ThPn sue lay flat upon the earth and extended her hand downward. "How can I get nt you?" she asked at last, when her utmost effort refused to reach her. "You can't do it," Edith answered, almost In despair. "I'm getting far ther in all the time." Bert rose to her feet and searched everywhere with a single sweep of the eye. Not a thing was In sight which could be of service. "You've just got to hold on until I get help," she declared, starting off at express train speed. "I'll be back In less than no time." It did not take long to reach thar oatfield, where she knew the men were nt work hauling the sheaves home to the barn. Neither did it require much time for Mr. McPherson to understand the situation. Soon the horses were unhitched from the wagon and driven at a gallop through the fields to where that treacherous bog was getting In its work, but long before they came in sight Edith felt that her arms must loose their bohl. More than that, she could feel those roots slipping away more and more from their grip upon that sandy soil. .lust before they reached her, tired out with the long waiting, she cave a strong pull upon them In one last pndeavor to releasp Foley's Kidney Remedy today and you will soon be well. Why risk a serious malady? Lowman Drug Co.; A. C. Dukes. For mild easy action of the how else, a single dose of Doan's Regu lets Is enough. Treatment cures habitual constipation. 25 cents a box. Ask your druggist for them. Many an unsociable druggist is a good mixer. Men fish for fish and women fish for compliments. bersel? and then her little support was gone, for the sapling was in her bands and the pebbles were rattling down into the brook. She could feel herself sinking swiftly now. and it was a pale, despairing face which McPherson saw as ho peered down over the bank. Throwing on? end of the reins to her and telling her to fasten it se curely around her waist, he made the other fast to the harness. With one strong, steady pull the horses moved away at his command, and soon she was lying white and utterly exhausted upon the grass. "It was all our fault," he said later. "We should have cautioned you against the place, but we had no idea you would get so far into the woods." "It's all in a lifetime." she replied. "I can use it some day, and perhaps you will have the pleasure of return Throurtng one end of the reins to her. lug a story in which you will recog nize yourself as the hero." "The pleasure." he echoed. "Wait a moment, please." They were seated on the wide veranda. Leaving her, he went into his own room, and when be returned he held In his hand a little slip of paper. "I wrote that to you the night after my arrival," he said simply. She took it from him, read the few words penned there and looked into bis face with glowing eyes. "Is It true?" she asked softly. "Every word," he answered. "I have returned all the others because I saw In them the germs of greatness If you only persevered, and I knew that with you rejection would be the stepping stone to something better, and it came in that last story. It was alive; It was you; your living, breathing self shone through every line." Tears of gladness were in her eyes. "It was not that you did not accept them," she said. "I could sell them elsewhere, but I hated the thought of failure in connection with your mag azine. Then the notes you sent me were so kind, so thoughtful. They were an inspiration, and yet every one hurt. When I read anything whlch you have written I am lifted up. I breathe a higher air for hours after ward, and the thought that I could not write in a way of which you would approve stung me. I determined to work and write until you must accept, and now it has come." He had been standing before her. Now he dropped into the chair by her side, and his voice was so low even the listening wind could not catch Its cadences. "That is precisely what I knew you would do," he responded. "But there Is one thing which should go with that story you did not offer with it. and it Is something I crave more than all else on earth. Dear, it Is yourself. May I claim you too? I want the soul which gave that story life to mingle with and be one with mine forever and ever." For a moment she did not answer. Then she laid her hand within his and whispered: "Stories should always have a happy ending, else, you know, they won't sell." The Typewriter Girl. The beautiful typewriter girl puffed out her golden pompadour nervously. "My speed 'II Increase, Mr. Meer? excuse me. Mr. Wellington?my speed '11 Increase 30 or 40 per cent every day." Broker Wellington frowned. The girl had taken his dietation slowly. And in a stern, Bkeptical voice he said. "How SO?" "It's your new vocabulary that puts me out," she explained. "I had Mr. Meer's vocabulary very pat?'as per.' 'contents noted,' 'the same'?he only used about .'!00 words." Her flattering smile warmed the man like a sunbeam. "But you, sir, have a real literary style. 'Beg to submit.' 'our best at tention.' 'slump.' 'bullish.' 'hypothe cate'?they're all new words to me. and. of course, I can't rattle them off very fast at first. But just you wait, say. till day after tomorrow. Then you'll see." "All business men have different vo cabularies that their stenographers must get accustomed to, oh?" said the broker. "Yes, sir. Some large, some small." Again her smile flattered him. "Yours Is larger than most: l should say ii w*s thirty or forty words larger. Heal literary. I call it." "Miss Hosklns, if there's?or?any supplies you need all you've got to do Is ask." said the literary broker fntu ously. Many people with chronic throat and lung trouble bfve found com fort and relief In Fogy's Honey and Tar as it cures stubborn coughs after other treatment has failed. L. M. Ruggies, Reasnor, Iowa, writes: "The doctors said I had consump tion, and I got no better until I took Foley's Honey and Tar. It stopped the hemorrhages and pain in my lungs and they are now as sound as a bullet." Lowman Drug Co.; A. C. Dukes. SPAHR'S TALE OPT YOUR VACATION NEEDS! There are many things you waat on that trip. First of all you may need a re membrance for those you are going to visit. No matter how much you take with you it Is the thought that counts. We are particularly well stocked for gifts to take with you. Thea we can tell you some good things you should take with YOU. THERE IS A GOOD KODAK FOR ONE THING. There is no Kodak like the East man and we are direct agents. Gather the idea? You trade with one price. YOU MAY WANT A GOOD WATCH, or a cheaper one. We have them. Little toilet articles which are in dispensable on a trip let us supply you. Perhaps you are an Elk and will go to the Los Angeles meeting. We can give you the emblem direct beautiful ones with the right prica Ask us. The Best Jewelers Since '67. SPAHR'S The more we are civilized the more care we bestow on our toilet needs, as that means respectability. We mention a few of the more im portant needs that you should take with you on your vacation. In our complete drug store we can tell you of many more. Brushes. Combs. Tooth Brushes. Common Medical Needs. Tooth Paste or Powder. Alcohol Stoves. Rubber Gloves. Sun Burn Lotions. Cold Creams and Lotions. Talcum Powder. Wash Rags. Sorfps?100 kinds. Witch Hazel. Mosquito "Skoots." Hand Brushes. Cigars. ? Cnndy. Razors, Strops and Soaps. Manicure Goods. Stationery. Jo G. Wannamaker ffl'Fg. Co. ??All Your Drug Store Needs." Mail Orders Filled. Mr. Ericson's Old House. Go see it, it's a beauty. It stands out among all its neighbors, because the coloring is so bright and clear. Mr. Ericson painted with L. & M. Paint and says it cost 1-3 loss than ever before. lie bought only 12 gallons of L. & M. Paint and 9 gal lons of Linseed Oil to mix with it. This made 21 gallons of pure paint, and cost only $1.20 per gallcn. It's as handsome ns the fiDest in town. The L. & M. is sold by J. G. Wan namaker Mfg. Co.. Orangeburg. S. C. Love songs she was joyed to hear; She thought It the sweetest music If people witli symptoms of kidney or bladder trouble could realize their danger they would without loss of time commence faking Foley's Kid ney Remedy. This great remedy stops the pain and the irregularities, strengthens and builds up these or gans and there Is no 'danger of Bright's disease or other serious dis order. Do not disregard the early symptoms. Lowman Drug Co.; A. C. Dukes. The female bargain hunter knows all the countersigns. Everyone 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 regulaies the bowels and is much superior to pills and ordinary laxatives. Why not try Foley's Orine Laxative today? Lowman Drug Co.; A. C. Dukes. SIX DAYS A WEEK Today's News Today The Daily Record 1113 Gervais St., Colombia, S. C. Published every afternoon during the week by The Record Publishing Company, Gnouod L. Bakeb, F. H. MoMastxh, ? President Vice-Pres. and Troas. JAS. A. HOYT, Editor and Genital Managar. SUBSCRIPTION RA T?S One Year.?.00 Six Months.2-50 Three Months.1-25 One Month..: One Week.... Single Copies .iSc .10c . 60 Rural Route Edition, Three Dollar* per Year. Associated Press Service?TODAY Full Market Reports?TODAY Live Columbia News?TODAY reaches Sumter, Orangeburg, Camden, Newberry, Manning, Batesburg and all nearby towns BEFORE SUPPER Today's News Today -. the blackstone school for Girls Established in 1894. The aim of the school is clearly set forth by its iWHTTOt "Thorough instruction under positively Christian influences at the lowest liA\J I 1 \Jm possible cost" The school was established by the Methodist Church, not to ms&o money, but to furnish a place where girls can be given thorough training in body, mind, and heart at a moderate coat The object has been fo fully cirri cd out that as a It is to-day, with its faculty of 32, its boarding patronago of 300, and its building and grounds, worth $140,000 RESULT: THE LEADING TRAINING SCHOOL FOR CIRLS IN VIRGINIA pays all charges for the year, including the table board, room, lights, steam heat, laundry, medical attention, physical culture, and tuition in nil subjects except music and elocution. Apply for catalogue and application blank to REV. JAMES CANNON, JR., M. A., Principal Blackstone, Va. W0FF0RD COLLEGE SPARTANBURG, S. C. HENRY NELSON SN YD ER, M. A., Litt. D., LI. D. PRESI DENT. TEN DEPARTMENTS?Gymnasium under competent director. 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