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im 11 IM? nil,.""H? ? Polly and the Death Trap By CIAS. SIONA BUD Je?y Make was sitting en a pan theon stseL milking a one-horned ?ow. A man stood fa few feet be hind her with als bank against the fence, EC? was quite different front Polly's Und. as aar stranger might nave guessed. He was a town man ?Felly was a mountain girl. PoIIr kept busy with her milking ana* the man talked volubly, as he usually did. It was sunset and the shadow ef night already had fallen npon the ralley below, giving a dus ky kae to the foliage of the distant trees. It was the hour when Polly usually milked the one-horned cow in the evening; and It was not by ao ?1 dent that the man was there. tnlk to.g te her. Polly wore no bonnet and ike mass of curling brown hair which hung about her neck and shoulders was ravishing In the rich ness ml Its effect. Obviously she was gad ml the man's presence, for a certain happiness and a certain amount of embarassment, when he was near. Invariably set her heart te thumping in a way that c*om4 tha She color in her ehseks to come and go like the gleam of a red rip* ?bar. - iy in a fitful sunlight "Polly," said the man, as he rat tled en from one subejet to another, without taking the trouble to round his periods, "that oow worries me. 1 think, since she cannot have a uni form pair of horns, it would be much better if she had none at all. Whit de yen think about ttV "Tee, I think she'd look bettsr without any, 'less'n she had twoX^at $ recken she couldn't help losi* the >?ther mm? "How did she lose It, anyway?" "She fell Into a blind dlicb and broke it off tryin' to get oat." "What Is a blind ditch, Polly?" "It's a gull ay that has been kivor ?d over wfth bresh an' sich like." "ThaT* a pretty dangerous sort ef thing to have about the place Isn't ItT" "Yes, reckon It Is. New know where ye're goln' to land, some times, if ye break through the bses*. "I guess It would be'well for a chap te be careful In climbing about these bills, then?" "As I've hinted to ye once or twice already., it's a good idea te be kcor *ul in several ways, Mr. Gordon." "Ok, don't call me Mr. Gordon, Felly, say Maxey. It would sound more like you cared a little, you know. And you do, don't you, Pol *ly? There's no one listening, won't yen toil me yes?" But Polly was silent and her very alienee assured the man that she did eare. Her task, was soon finished, and Polly ?rose from the milking stooL Cordon advanced to take the pail. This little gallantry he had paid regularly every evening for a fort night; and Polly had come to accept it as a matter of course. 80 they walked along together, she In her simple nature unable to conceal her. heart's growing fondness for this stranger; and he apparently pleased with her manifested liking. Later, when the evening meal was finished; and Gordon, with the Blake family, sat near the fireplace, he en tertaining tte rest with stories of travel and incidental anecdotes, the apparition of a head and shoulders at an open window near where Polly sat caused the narrator to pause in ene of his iitories. The head aud shoulders vere those of a stout young mountaineer, and the face would have been one .marvelously handsome with tbe added expression ?f a cultivated mind. At the pause in Gordon's s'ory, Polly turned her head; and when her gase alighted upon the man a', the window she lowered her eyebrows. Ben Martin had been her acknowl edged lover for a long time; and now as she thought of how her heart had gone away from him. a little ?nng of something like remorse troubled her bosom. Ben stood silently gasing in the window for several minutes, then he spoke in a tone of voice more that ef command than of entreaty. "Polly. I want ye to come out here a minute," he said; "there's something I got' to say to you." The girl glanced at Gordon, then arose. Gordon chuckled to himself. Be knew how matters had stood be tween the two and he suspected that this was to be one more appeal on Martin's part. When Polly came up to woere Ben stood at the edge of the road, the man took her hand. "Polly," he begau and his voice was fully of emotiou. "I can see I'm a losin' ye, an' it's a breakin' my heart, girl." "What do ye mean, Ben?" "I guess ye know, what I mwsa, Polly. But I want to ..ell ye, that ebap's a skunk, jest a plain skunk. He pertends to be prospee?n' round here for gold?but we all have cal e'lated he's prospectiu' for somethin* else. He keeps a notiln' round the 1 eove; and today he bumped right up agin our still on Soco. Jim Tuipin an' Lee Hooper was a watchin' him; | an* the way he sneaked away from ahere an' took his hearin'a as he went was a site too plain. So we v? laid a trap for liim, Polly? a trap that will get him if he's what * think she is, but won't get him if he's all right, little girl. So. if we're wrong. Polly, why?-I?I jest wanted Fatal Row over a Pool Came. At Birmingham on last Thursday a, dispute ove a pool game resulted In Luther Smith, the 16 year old son of S. L. Smith, a 'Frisco railroad con ductor shooting H. L. Martin, tower watchman of the terminal three; times. The bullets entered the ab domen. Inflicting mortal wounds. The boy walked to the county jail and surrendered. ? It'8 a poor automobile that isn't worth two scents. to toll ye, girl, that arter all's over I'll still he comia' back to ye?an' maybe yer love will come back to me." , Ben squeezed her hand once and released It There was silence a mo ment, then the girl said: "I think ye're wrong. Ben." "Maybe so. Polly, maybe so/" Well ( soon find out. Good-bye." Ben strode away and left the girl te return slowly toward the house. ! wondering what manner of trap the boys had set. though stontly resist ing the fear It might capture Gor don, The evening waned, Gordon's stories grew uninteresting. Blake nodded by the hearth corner and Polly waited for the opportunity to give the prospector one more warn ing. So when Gordon arose to go to his room, a low shed room at one end of the veranda, Polly stole to the doorway and slipped into the dark ness outside. "I wante to tell ye agin to be keer ful," she whispered, as Gordon paused near her. "Ye've raised sus picions, an'?but I csn't tell ye any Bore. Only be powerful keerful." Gordon laughed softly. "Oh. I'll so careful, little Polly," he said; "never fear about that." He attempted to take her hand, but the girl dodged back Into the main room and was gone. The next morning Gordon failed to respond when called to an early breakfast. " 'Pears to me the prospector's aleepla* mighty sound this mornln'." said Blake, as he returned to the waiting family In the main room. Polly's heart took fright at once. A hundred things might have hap pened to Gordon during the night? the methods of the moonshiners were inscrutable. "Pap. I reckon ye'd better go In an' wake him," she suggested, "for the meat on the table's a settin* eold " With candle in hand Blake went back to Gordon's door, opened it and peered Inside. "Why. by the livin'!" he exclaim ed, "this bed aiu't been teched." At this moment Polly's knees quaked, and her fingers clinched to gether Impulsively. And at this moment, too. she hated all her race, all her kind among the mountains, her brothers and their co-partners. Boa Martin and all the rest. She turned her eyes toward the rafters and allowed a thought of revenge to take efeape In her brain. "Well he's not here." said Blake, returning; "so thar'a no uee to wail for him. Ler'it eat" Polly minced her breakfast hur riedly milked the one-horned cow. cleaned the kitchen things, then stole out over the tnountaiu toward tbe Horse-Shoe Cove oa Soco. She knew well the spot where the still stood and she knew the narrow defile through which alone the cove was accessible. The trail wound like a snake round over the mountain, down Into the valley, then along up the creek between the cliffs. Where the trail ascended. Polly climbed feverishly;' where tt descended, she ran. In this manner tbe three mile* to the neck of the cove were * covered and she was speeding along the path to where It crossed tbe Devil's Sink Hole. This was a nar row fissure whose mouth was not over six feet wide, and whose great est length was not over twenty feet yet it opened away Into tbe earth to a depth of forty feet A narrow bridge, just the width of the trail had spanned the opening and when Polly reached the spot this morning she saw that the bridge was no logg er there. She ran to the edge of the hole and dropped to her kneeB. it required some ' moments for her gaae to pieroe the gloom down there, but presently she saw the prospector, with disheveled hair and torn cloth ing, seated at the botom of the fis sure. Silence reigned throughout the wood and the low sound of Polly's voice when she spoke seemed to echo a mile away. But Gordon had caught tbw call and bo looked up. "Ah, la it you. Polly?" be ex claimed. "Yes; an' ye didn't listen when 1 warned ye last night, though I didn't think about this place when I told ye." "1 am a conceited sort of fellow, Polly, and thought I could take care of myself. But I've learned a iesuou this time sure." "Do ye know what was meant for I ye when ye fell into this hole?" "Why It was meant for ye to per ish to death down there, for nobody ever comes this trail but them that laid the trap for ye." "But you have come to help me out, sweetheart?" Polly's heart thrilled at this title of endearment and once more an impulse of hatred for her race welled up In her bosom. "There* a grape vine back here I think long enough." v She apraug away from the hole and Boon returned, bringing with her a long stout vine, one end of which she lowered into the hole. When Gordon could reach the lower end, the Kir! made the other end fast to the roots of a stout shrub near by, , and the prospector found it an easy matter to climb out of the hole by means of the vino and its branches. And when he stoori by the side of I Polly on the trail above he took her bund and lookiug into her eyes, said: "Little girl, ]>ou have saved my life und when I tell l;er all about it, my wife will love and praise you to the skies." A itash of sudden ?re leaped from Polly's eyes. She jerked her hand from Gordon's clasp and the next After exposure, and when you feel i cold coining on, take Foley's Honey md Tar. the great throat and lung remedy. It stops the cough, relieves the congestion, and exppls the cold from your system. Is mildly laxa tive. Refuse substitutes. Lowiuan Drug Co.; A. C. Dukes. The man who marries a girl for her doll-like face, must not he dis appointed when he discovers the Instant had given him a ?hove that sent him reeling backward toward the Devil's Sink Hole. The prospector was unable to re cover his'balance, and was poised for a single instant at the edge of the opening, ready to shoot downward again, when a strong hand suddenly reached out, caught him by the clothing and pulled him back to safe ty once more. "If ye've got a wife, ye skunk, go to her! An* don't ye be nosln' round these hills again, d'ye hear that?" The speaker was Ben Martin. Gor don looked from Ben to the girl, then turned and hurried. along the trail that led out of the cove. And long after bs was gone from view, silence reigned between Ben and the girl. But at last Polly took a step toward Ben. and the mountaineer, with a full heart, sprang to meet her. \ "Ben," declared Polly, "yer little finger's worth a world of 'em like him; an' I've Jest found out how much I love ye." Ben caught her in his arms and kissed her. "Then let's have the weddin', Pol ly; an' I'll finish the cabin down on Lufty."?New Orleans Picayune. Humorously Worded Rebuke. Theodore P. Roberts had a fluent command of language, both In speak ing and writing, and was well liked by everybody. Ho could secure the attention of a negligent publisher if oeed be. To one such, who was re miss about sending vouchers, he once closed up a long letter with the sentence: "And. finally, my dear sir. permit me to say that it would be easier for a camel to ride into the kingdom of heaven on a veloci pede than for anyone to find a late copy of your paper In the city of New York." London's Beggars. It is calculated that four thousand persons make a living in London by begging, and that their average in come amounts to about 80s. a week, or more than 300,000 pounds a year. Last year 1,925 persons were arrest ed for begging In the streets, of whom more than fifteen hundred were sentenced to terms of imprison ment varying from one week to three months. Many of these objects of charity were found in possession of sums of money, and even of bank books showing very handsome de posits.?Tit-Bits. Lost Laad in England. Great Britain, between 186T and 1880. lost 148.90? acres by en croachment of the pep. Even this loss is small compared with others in tiroes past Thus, according to s survey in the time of Edward I. the duchy of Cornwall bad 1.500.000 seres, but a survey In recent years gives It only 823.500 acres. Whole villages In some cases have been slowly undermined and swept away, as In the case of Dunwlch, whereof only a ruined church on the edge of s cliff remstsi. Livtajpsfioae's Teacher Alive. One of the boyhood teachers of David Livingstone, the African mis sionary, Is still alive and on active service. He Is the Rev. F. B. Cold well, a member of the Lancashire and Chelsea presbytery in England, 88 years of age. When a young man be was a teacher at a school in tbe neighborhood of Binntyre, Lanark shire, and among his pupils was young David Livingstone who used to walk a distance of 11 miles daily to and from school. Estimate of ChemlwTry. Berzelius, the Swedish chemist, made most of bis experiments in the kitchen with his cook as his only as sistant "What is your master?" asked one of his neighbors. "Oh, he is a chemist" "What's that? What does be do?" "Well, I will tell you. He has something in a big bottle, then he pours it into a smaller one, and then again into quite a tiny bot tle." "Well, and what then happens to It?" "Oh. then I throw It away." Much Kinged Book. For swearing a Jury at an Inquest at High Wycombe, Mr. Charsley, the coroner for South Buck's (England) recently used a New Testament print ed in the year 1798. The book, which has been constantly used by himself, his father and grandfather, is Btill in good condition, and original ly cost the modest sum of 18 cents. At the lowest computation it must have been the recipient of a hundred thousand formal kisses. English Common Law. Tbe Common I .aw of England Is an ancient collection of unwritten maxims and cuntoms of British, Sax on and Danish origin, which, by long j use and approval, have become fund I amenta! in English Jurisprudence. , Many of the principles of the Eng j lisb Common Law hold in this coun try, and throughout the English j speaking world as well. Novel Zoological Park. Kansas City is creating a novel ; zooiosjical park. Sixty acres have . been set aside In Swope Park, and j dens are to be excavated in rocky cliffs for den living animals, with Jn closures in front. A creek wiil be divided into basins, and In ear?! ? basin will he planted aquatic plants, j animals and fish. China's Camphor Trade. Parsee merchants have a monopo!; of the manufacture of camphor oil a ' Foochow, China, controlling seven teen distilleries, and export most o tbe product to India. A Policeman's Testimony. J. N. Paterson, night policeman of Nashua, Iowa, writes: "Last win ter I had a bad cold on my lungs and tried at least half a dozen ad vertised cough medicines and had treatment from two physicians with out getting any benefit. A friend recommended Foley'fl Money and Tar and two-thirds of a bottle cured me. I consider it the greatest cough and {lung medicine in the world." Low man Drug Co.; A. C. Dukes. CHANGES URGENT AT STATE ASYLUM SAYS SENA TOR CTHIUSTENSEN. Conditions Jest Now Are Shocking, j\ end Lar^e Stun is Needed for j Betterments. ! Senator. Neils Christensen, Jr., of Beaufort, chairman of the joint leg islative committee appointed to In vestigate conditions in the State hospital for the insane at Columbia, was in Charleston a few day*, ago and was asked by a reporter for rke Evening Post concerning the pro gress made by his committee in tbe investigation. Senator Christelen said that the investigation had oeen concluded and that the commU:ee is now formulating a report for sub mission to the general assembly which convenes on the eleventh of next month. "Tbe testimony taken before the committee," said Senator Christen sen, "is being printed and will be available In a few days. Any mem ber of tbe legislature and any news paper interested may have a copy by sending a request to a member of the committee. The most important matter to be considered at the com ing session of the legislature is the report of their committee that has investigated the State hospital for the Insane. Unfortunately, the re port will not be ready for two or three weeks. It will contain several special reports by experts which are not yet prepared. These together with facts gathered by the commit tee from personal examination- of physical condition and records here and elsewhere are perhaps more im portant than the testimony of wit nesses referred to. But it would be advisable for legislators and the peo ple generally to acquaint themselves with their testimony which throws a flood of light on the deplorable conditions that are general through out our State hospital for the in sane. "It is going to take several hun dred thousand dollars to put this in stitution in reasonably good con dition. Estimates have not ( been made yet, but the total necessary is not Likely to be under $600,000. Tnat is a minimum. There can be no doubt that if the facts become known this or a larger sum, if It be found necessary, will be voted. But there is danger that the facts will not become thoroughly /understood in time, for the people to make their wishes- felt, at this, session. Up to this time the facts have been mini mized by certain news agencies and in only a few Instances have the newspapers given anything like a full and accurate account of the testimony. So, I want to suggest to the press generally that they get the testimony and read It for them selves. "While it would bo very unfortu nate to allow such an investigation as this to become an attack on in dividuals, there will also be a la mentable outcome If a desire to shield individuals should result in covering up conditions. We are here dealing with matters of life and death. There is no question that the death rate at this institu tion is abnormally high and the re covery rate abnormally low, owing to shocking unsanitary conditions, poor equipment, a lack of proper treatment and lax methods through out all branches of the institution that are deplorable. It Is painful to make those general criticisms, for there are many faithful workers at this hospital struggling with con ditions that only their superiors can remody and they ar*3 as anxious an any to,see them remedied. The re port will make these details clear. "Meanwhile every family in this State that Is peculiarly interested in the hospital should demand that all the facts be known and proper means taken to remedy the evils. None of us can afford to Ignore the needs of these unfortunates, whoBe condition is now a disgrace to our State. We have the opportunity to step into the first rank in our care of the Insane, and the people are sure to take it If they are given the facts." ? _ You Unexpected Christmas Gift!! '- ml You know you hadn't though of sending Brown or Mrs. Jones any thing and they certainly remember ed you. You just have to send them some remembrance. It is after Christmas but you can p,ick out a New Year's gift Just the same. What you want Is: "An Oorder on WannamakerV* Look over th>' list: - Huylcr's Candies. Waterman's Fountain Pens. Finest Cigar*; boxed, lirush und Comb Sets. Razor Sets. Sharing Mu^s and *><*ts. Stationery, boxed. r.\ rollout 1 'erf u mos. Manicure Sets. Mirrors?-of quality. WANNAMAKER'S DRUGGISTS. For Sale. 117 acres of farming land for sale in Zlou Township. Apply to W. L. Harley, 85 West ussell. Constipation is nothing more, than a clogging of the bowels1 and nothing less than vital stag nation or death if not relieved. If every constipated sufferer could realize that he is allowing poisonous filth to remain in his system, he would soon get relief. Constipation invites all Irind of contagion. Headaches, biliouo ness, colds and many other ail ments disappear when consti pated bowels are relieved. Tlu d fords Black-Draught thoroughly cleans out the bowels in an easy and natural manner without the f>urging of calomel or other vio ent cathartics. Be sure that yon get the origi nal Thedford'8 Flack-Draught. made by The Chattanooga Medi cine Co. Sold by all druggists in 25 cent and $1:00 packages. Homo, Ark., liar S&, It?0J. I cannot rmicimfudTlieJford'KIKaek* Draught too hlphlr- 1 keep It In raj honie ?11 the time and have usrJ It for thw lxit tea jfan. 1 neter gare my fhll?r^n asy other Ktxatlr?. I think 1 could never1:7 able to work nlthont It on account of being troubled villi constipation. Your medlclna la , all that keep* me op. C. B. JlcFARIXVD. We Bought at the Right Time Never before have we bought our stock, under more favorable con ditions. There are decided advances in the prices of cotton and wool goods. We having purchaBed our entire line before the advance, we are in a position to give our customers the Advantage of these cheap priees. The price of shoes have also ad vanced. This line we also purchas ed before the price advanced. When shopping, drop in and let us ,Bhow you some values that will suit you in price and quality. Agents for The LadJes' Home Journal Patterns. Edisto Dry Good Co. Heyden ? Brfggmann, nigra. 58 W. Rosee? SC Phone 12? I FARM LOANS I have made arrange ments to negotiate loans on improved} farms on most favorable terms, without any expense to the borrow er, except to perfect the title. The applicant must present title with applica tion, and if security is sat isfactory, the loan can be had in from one to two weeks from the time it is ? applied for. If you desire a loan you must apply in person. These loans can be made In Orangeburg, Calhoun, Dorchester and Kerkeley counties. Applications must *>e made to A. J. Hydrck, Jr., or | P. T. HILDEBRAND Nervous Prostration For Three Years "Dr. Miles' Restorative Nerv ine cured me of a period of nervous prostration of over three years duration, and the Anti Pain Pills are as necessary to us as the roof of our house. They have been household rem edies with us for many years." WM. J. LOUGHRAN, 1214 Catherine St., Philadelphia, Penna. Much sickness i^ due to nerv ous troubles. Headache, diz ziness, epilepsy and insanity arc nervous troubles. Then there is a large class of disorders which arise from a weakness of the nerves of an organ or part, as weak lungs, heart, stomach, kidney. bladder, ryes, etc. Dyspepsi-i and indigestion arc usually the result of nervous disorders. Restorative Nervine soothes the irritated nerves, and assists the nerve cells to gener ate nerve force. Dr. Miles' Nervine Is seid by all drug* gists, if the first bottle falls to benefit, your druggist will return your money. MILES MEDICAL CO., Elkhart, Ind. 232 and 234 King St., Charleston, S. C. The Greatest Store in the South The Largest wholesale and Retail Mail Order House in the South. The Giantic Alterations that has been in progress all Summer are now all completed and we extend a cordial in vitation to you, to come to Charles ton to do your shopping and visit the largest, best equipped, best appointed, and best lighted department store in the whole South. With the assurance that you will find a better grade of merchandise at a lower price that it was ever your priyelege to purchase before. "satisfaction or mi mm back. 99 SIX DAYS A WEEK Today's News Today The Daily Record 1113 Gcrvate St., Ceiumbta, S. C. Fabuiacd erary aftaraoan durnurtae weak trx The Record Publishing Company, eaoBcn L. Bau? F. H. MoUastbs. Pmideni. ' Vlca-Eraa aad Traaa, JAS. A. HOYT, Kdhmr and General Manager. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year.B OO 8lx Montho.150 Three Menth?..LM Ono Month.Ue Om Week.....?.WO BuwUOoDlM hnwiAmm 10 Ratal Root* Edition. Three DoUarv par Year. 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Life is a checkerboard, on which hate for Orangeburg county, and will thereupon ask for my final dis charge as such guardian. M. H. HaiRler, ll-27-4t? Guardian. Some girls of the period put pome people try to jump their board stop to everything but their own bills. (j (jj r,,*j/j,;&? flirtations.