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'The Ensign And the Poodle Dog By SEATON LORD [Copyright, 1903, by Hamilton Musk.] NSIGN MARK ATLIBRTON'S 1 ship arrived at the United 8 States navy yard on Dec. 21. There he learned that the gun boat Concas, on which was his Na val academy chum, Tom Dresser, was expected to arrive the next day. Ather ton procured leave to visit his home, but left a note for Dresser asking him to follow - and spend Christmas with him. The day after Atherton reached home he went over to Q. to see his aunt, who, next to his mother, was the nearest person to him on earth. While t Q. he received a forwarded telegram rom Dresser that he had arrived, was ery ill and asked that his friend would me to him at once. therton examined the time tables to d that if lie went back home he ould lose twenty-four hours. By go g over to N., five miles distant, he ould get a train to the city In a couple f hours. Since he had ample time he ecided to walk. When he reached N. e went into the station ticleet office nd, looking In his pockets for funds, ound that he had left his pocketbook I t home. In his vest pocket was 20 3 Its. Here was "a pickle"-no funds, friend possibly dying, train to leave in ten minutes. "Wlat's the time of the next train?" he asked the ticket agent. "In an hour and twenty minutes." Atherton 'went out on the platform to I think it over. A card tacked to the wall stared him in the face. It was an advertisement - for a lost poodle, with a . promised reward of $10 if returned to the owNiier at 12 Adams avenue. There was a small park near the station, bWeak looking at that season, but Atherton thought he would go over and sit dowi on a bench to Concoct soie scheme to raise railroad fare. While ruminating he felt somne thing rub his leg and, look ilg ldowln, saw a1 poodle. Untforltately there was no mark on the collar by which lie could identify it, but It struck lhim at once that the dog was too valu able to be running loose , and lie believed it was the one advertsed. 'J'1Ten1 amid there Ensign L o o k i ni g Ailerton conceived a great down, he plan. Ile wo,d return the E a w a poodle, get the reward and Poodle be off on the next train. l'ieking up the (log, lie inquired the way to 12 Adams avenue, found the house, rang the bell and asked if the (log belonged there. Tl servant recognized it at once and showed the young man into the drawing room. Atherton wis inl citizen's dress and had not had time since reaching port to get a newv outfit he had ordeied. Consequently his clothes wer-e somte what worn and out of style. LHe de cided to play the c-onnnoncr, thus nmk Ing it easier for him to accept the ic ward1. Whlen a gili of nineteen of dis tinguished a lppearance ename iinto the room he shuddered and hoped sincere ly that he would b)e able to carr-y outt his role. Thle moment sihe sawv the pood1le sihe tookc it up and emnbraced it eager-ly. "WhTlere did1 you find it?" "In the park near the r-ailroad statIon." * "I'm ver-y much obliged." She looked Athmerton over ~"from htead1 to foot, evidlent-i ly not knowing w-hether to offer to pay him a i-eward. - Atherton was up to the oc-1 casion. "It's lucky for me, miss," le stammer-ed. "I'm ai sallor ladl anid goin' back I to inc shi11. I've b)een rob hedl b)y himd( shariks anad 1 haven't money enough to buy mec ticket." "Oh!" said the giirl, as tonishied at his humble po sition. "Walit a minute. ,I'll go for the mtontey."'' She left the r-ooma to re-i ,turn-i with a ten dlollar hill,. which site handled him. i "I hope) you'll reach youri 5111sHi s fely," sHe Hid aIs lie went out, "and have a p)leaisiant voyage. I have a] lor. IlI's in the nav-y."'' s. Goodby," rep)liedl thei nd( he hurrtied awvay feai enaival olllcer might r-unt ry3 and1( ruIn him it tihe 1( Driesser- much b)etter- 1 t.ed. 1Drmesser htad en- I Chriistmasti with tin uin /houtrs' ridle from the hums)1 were anixiouis to s tog i they played1 ire to'Tecide whether go with Athertont or which was well, for he was scarcely it t condition to visit strangers. Atherton nformed his mother by mail of the :hange and received her consent. Soon after the meeting of the chums k.thertont told Dresser of his adventur. mnd upon consultation it was deeldod hat Atherton should return the rewa ed is an anonymous Christmas present. 1therton spoit $20 for a gold bracelet ind shipped it to the owner of i )oodle. Ile dild not know her name. so ie addrsst-d It to Miss -, 12 Adam ivenue. N.. N. Y. As soon as this we ,ttended to he took the invalid to the tation. "For what piae shall I buy the tick ts?" asked Atherton. "N. Didn't I tell you my uncle lived t N.?" "N.? No. You said he lived at B." "So he does. B. Is the next station bove. We always get off at N." "Why, I returned the poodle at N." "That's singular." "I should think so." Atherton bought the tickets and they Vere soon bowling over the road. On eaching the station they took a car lage. "Where do we drive to?" asked Ath rton. "Twelve Adams avenue." "By the great horn spoon!" fairly hrieked Atherton, "I drive to no such Ilace." "Why not?" "It's the house Where I received the eward." "You don't mean itl" Dresser fell lick on the cushion. "By th'under, 'ou've received $10 reward money from ny Cousin Adele Floyd, and I'm going o take you there as a guesL" If such a problem had baffied the as urances of two ensigns in the United Itates navy they would not have been vorthy to serve their country. They leelded to meet the enemy at once and oushed on to 12 Adams avenue. There hey found Miss Floyd puzzled over a ,old bracelet she had just received by Xpress. On seeing her cousin she for ,ot everything else than him till she aught sight of his chum; then she tood stock still and stared. 1le was Landsoiely dressed, but not sulicient y changed to prevent recognition. "It seems that we have met before," he said, changing her manner. "Indeed?" said Atherton, with feign 4d surprise. "Oh, yes! You ire the girl I danced with it the shIp's ball when we vere at Nice." "Not at all. You were iwre a few days ago. You 'Mlur-ned my dog and re ved the rewi'd.'' F "You must be mistaken, )l," put In Dresser. "An 'nsign inl the United States - 11vy could not receive a revaird for such a serv ce." There vas an intteVal in -11vMhi \iss Floyd Stored 'roim oie to tlie other. 11oth (It't shm- was1 not (llite lin ofti .\ihicon' i den '10y a1nd buazelnod out their )Ositionl "Come." 4-o:.Ained Dres ler. ".you're nlot comlnil lilinting an1 ollicer inl thle iav' by taking him for They play lome impostor who prob- C(1 a g:111w ibly stole your (og and of chnt. >Ioghit him back for the reward. Gvc t up or you'll spoil Ch.ristmas for all of nistaken, thloughl you1 look enough al i I: 0 he' twa'ins. But who senit this brane. "Oh conscience did that!" said Dres. er. "The fellow probably thought whail muffin he'd made of himself aie pent the monIey In a bangle." At tihe Chr'stxmas dlinnler whlichl Vol owed Miss Floyd puit the chumtlis ox; ;enter'hooks by a recital of the episode >f her lost poodle, though heri Innatt lollenacy prxevenited her makin lg any nenition of the fact that she had1( mis akenl Atherton for' the man who had 'eceived the rewar'd. This S tihe way she sulxmmed it Ip: a "I am conin1cd that tihe 'ellow stole the dog to get he r'eward. Th'len his coin- ' icienc(e troubled him11, and 1e bought a cheap, p)lated )1racelet, probably costing ' I few~ (d011ars, anxd senit I to me1 0on Chx'istmas lay." D)uring these r'emaxrks tihe tctor's ill the ('pisode1 silt vithi rigid faices, very' lIke lie figur'eheaxd to ai shipii, 10liei'e (hlinig to gilnce ilt 11e othier for fear1 of glv nIg aiwayi tile ti'uth 113 anl it was not till Miiss loyd entered the nalvy' 110 wife of Mairk Ather' oni-thlen L~iumnt A th- "j SUPpos5 mrtoii-that she lear'ned she I'm mis ladI paid herm futur'e huts- taken.'' mnatiI r'ewiard foi' returmnlng her p)o(dle 111d thlen chaorged himi withl sending her cheap, p)lated br'acelet in lieu of' con icience money. Tneiu iiiin wh-o talkes all h~is mon0ey3 o the grave with imjj gets r'eal mad vhen r1e tiuds l won't buy3 himii a ire Iecd. a i evn-HotnRpb Christmas at One Hundred In the Shade ALLIANCE had importuned the editor of Everybody's Palladi um for a month to commission him to write a story. One day. after he had quite ignored the bohe mian on his last dozen calls, the editor said: "Yes, you can try your hand at a Christmas tale for our December num ber. I'm going to the mountains to 0 keep cool during dog (ys. Mail it to ta there at the mid of this week a id I'll read It Immediately." Now, Dalliance had several Christ inns sketches all ready to splin out into stories, but instead of buckling to fit t good fiith and finishing one of tll n he begaln to speculate on the idiosy n erasies of the chief of the Palladium. "What in thunder does he want with N a Christmas story in August, with De cember over three montis away'? if he'd said Thanksgiving it would be more like It, and then I could w%ork it Christials story on him later. "eumph! 110's 'going to the moun- b tails to cool off!' lulch pleasaniitr place to pursue the paths of magazinIe editing than the dingy, dinky quartvrs of the Pallladiumt. But I'll fix hhu. Of course he wants a story from my penl, only he's too stingy of courtesy to say, s. "To the mountainits to Ikeep cool and wants to read itbou t Christias sI(Igi rides antd snowvdrifts, ice bolits and elhill Wini11 blasts blowing throu'. ats whisketrs. Tlit flighting dog (lays wi inild cre.it his 1 [lot get a mental ivv froin Mie this tip. him into a . stead tainll Spirit pushedI inp pilsled it for the tive piblislor's ci . laid the scene of hi. cool." a amIler's kite l C the idi,dle ve:t. .A the f mily, i geniera1tiion:, vide, rallied inl thela i farihitus. !o gorge 1. grtndiM' n istans goowlit's. The we:ather rvit'. lost is rlcinig. ald it was a g sticky tj'i ti):m. .\i;- over. e thor ipild onl ',th h0lt: wi a hickovy lire, b kig. roasi li1. S1 v.:. lialf a dozon woioil nd girls ::-:. 0 in the fiery kiteh<i, !;-t to all .a fort so thlie feast v: (lont. .;1 anld vatenl piping-1 bfA. Gr*.,ndpzl saku. "'Twvlll'( h:- no Crsm s 'h u h Ole Iir-ophace .a-hum1piW'!" .\nd s-o th11o Was at rol'ing Iuritae inl the dni roomi. where the overgrown coWd v.I.a paiched inl to diplose of hot- bean soll"). hot turkey, hot baked potatoes. hol i. nlips, hot apple sauce, hot pluin puld ding, hlot mince pie and iot coffee. It was 1t in tile shade In IDaliance's city den while he wrote, as well as in the picture lie drew. and lie was ex hausted fro. th le e.fect of htis ownt med icine' whien the sketch wats fIitished. hut thtis wats a trile so long as he could lairbitl Ite edti tor of1 the l'alt - ladinnii. Fotr at wee(k lhe lived over the details or his joke, sweterinig its 01ne can in dog dlays withI itmes, heat waves aml1( sissing things before the muind's eye. Certaini of thte success of his scheme and the usual gilt edged chckfoth Palladium was a liberal paymtaster, lhe decided to blow himself in ad(vance by way or cooling his over heated blood(. lIe hannitted the beach nam. the roof gatr- t n dens, anid, having gorgedh .~ his stomach w ithi ice water r while concoctinug th re i(d- 's hot story, lie i'ound it nec-( essary to introduce more / patlatabble liquids, and these cost good money. EDvery ~~ night, or, rathetr, earlny * ~ morning, lhe ha pp en ed ~'~ ii around to see if the mail had landed his check and, not indintg it, lived the stoiry over again, as ito thought the editor would find it In hits mountain htaven. it even delighted him to beieveethafoir vie tim as htvin itgoot ~t 45 00 I lng on t. l'ies i'eqiei t ii t I o n ahhn'iV torlevetl that. isvie-taehil thni was havging li good lti watnscrp 00t bucnwi Iat. Tha freuen 330n4' shyInn rehe,ar i rduce the in-e mhade-wth wou tat morewtp s utnea of the paatem tad( ahu deir 'te f ehi t that wou tkes hld. S story bought i-ant year an td (somehAow ints - liup. i tf entra w aaa'lt i tslet tha.s I a m-a (,ompIel-d tt en (il i'.aya-lf thae persaoiaal ' pleaut i iwul a lird itn taT readt a I r4 for youn Ito orkl a iurcasOer a'it. r--v it. i F] >mDItj Poor D)alliantce hadn't even the usat satisfattion of cur mslig thle un.K '.,ul autoci'at for not knowing a good thinj wit ha au it ilver Creek Versus Golden Gulch By A. B. LL,WIS O NN Silver Oreek ano Golden Gulch became one wns brought about in this manner: For many yeart- keei rivalry had .1sted between the two towns, which ere only ai stone's throw from each ier. ioth elainmed to be head and ioulders above the other lin enterprise id progressiveness. id one never lnat -I move InI pub1). imlpr'ovemlenit at the other did not go it one better. When Golden Gulch Iuilt a towii hall %o stories high, Silver Creek built one three stories. Whenl Silver Creek 'eeted a iew, jail, its citizens had irdly begunl to crow over the matter hen Golden Gulch was orking overtime to build better onle. I And in all other matters lere was rivalry. 'venl hen foulr dwellings nied Inl Iilver Cre'ek e light Golden Gulche icriticed five of its build igs, Just to keep aleald I such m tatteris. It had been about a jenl thing betwvevn the vo towis whliei one day ill 8tevens enluse'd con .erna tion iiColn (;IulehC bri.inding in tile news int ilver reek "was r,epariln i l Ii' A%e whop incs! v'i' u el-hbra 11111 over hlnown in thO ate." Wh11-n1 askod for I11tl. i clu rs he 1 id: "'Io', I've just Vom it - '0111 thot dawggillti >wll, and, thoiugh tley're "Wo' be POilln' it nfilty quiet, I fust 11 oi lo their little surplise pm tty. hilm coyotes ine goin' to 1101) uIs it' icy kin boy hevinl' a lynclhinl' on (rls' ills!" "G;ot a hlo:s thile, ' asked one. of le (roWd. "Thl' whatthy11 4 oy..cn nued i ll, "andV toe'heyt.. i-n i ' ins 111t 1 ve iv~ 0 I 'eI~ It hIh ( b'- t)o IeI lety n uh I fi public::u ' on ("ris'i t ()()n, an wh0 e i n1no kn w th vt ilvcr crok kin olvrb I liht'r oli I in i I li 'I lithlIn tn wr it)v '-IIi t(rithe(s. " y4, wt.e eo e wo l ynchItellil's rW1dinit Wo''r- :ei ackInumbqrS. WII :i i t a foo v thi es, tin Ipenly off loyal iiitz< e s in 8;lvor Crovk, and I'mn hot n' lere-Imker ngefil gold - 11ust Oh l two of ' mld will I-ieh 'ue01 Ion n 1'VIS'1111m4 l10 Savte i. (owni's reper tlive n. I'll wlari v 'ol tha.t it will be dole I a entel mannlor tnd thet a tele fool mument will he puit over ter gaves to boot. Now, boys, wh'N b31 ei' tulst inhIs atter?" "An( mos oA 'e ey silce olle ecsf' nI' toory Twoal min-e .~ckriIhotlesfer re uad asked glithotthe wnt IeIn tenz moend eft t her ('' 0 ii c o.ThreeI iilio i e-intesl ater ta lyznch ig n Cu'lt iae ninte lter Baila Asis no hello watche the Ilast -'ik of(1th theo owdi dodrge(ing ari. nyouned apcornert er Bil ase'-I lierretarsing hos eyestu "And:1 mosti o 'thvc bu i'ewt.!ifl 1cks fur'~'i hanin' too! Waal w'red a ekeld -rowd,it o alus(lid o rter d atkon ;thet S'C(ilveoro Cre waoys heap 't. bit wIer tow i~to lve i~ than- Golew ule0 aid '(im li' 'hit ma'e in hI iOl "arhereafut ier f. '0to ho seJuddeny cmeh to thi msaelsi oo ese afte theulynch T ou rornb Goyen Onle hi to Siler rdeek,w and thenw towns 'h o mere and WHITE.... YELLOW R ED....N..un And MULTIPLY I N G ONION SETS At MAYES' DRUG.... STORE.. The NEWBERRY WAREHOUSE CO..., Is ready to store Cotton an;0 issue r-ceipts for same. Which money can be obtAined on THE NEWBERRY WAREHOUSE CO. C hrismas Presents. My stock of Christmas Presents is the imlost coimIplete I have ever had, alnd \on know what that icalls. The !a res:t anid finest line ofJ Brooclies, UIibrelIas and Walk ing Canle- il Goli ad11( Silver Han dIles, Rings, Cuff Buttons, Stick P1ins, Wat-h Chains and Clharns, Lockets, Fohs, Purses, Hand-Paint ed China, Cut Glass, and a very line line of Silver novelties. Comuie in anid see myi goods, and if you like them, hny, if you don't, buy inyway.Yours veryv truly, GUY DANIELS, Real Estate for Sale. T IIAVE IN IIAND)S TIlE FOLLOW .k. in)g( described( pr1operty for sale on terms that will enable pers5ons desiring homes3 to secure same: SSeven tracts in No. 2 Towvnship, con taining respectively 147.33, 211.13, 198.50, 192.75, 142.29, 217 and 186 acres. These are choice lots, highly productive, wvelI wooded andl watered, with p)lenty of the best pasture land on each p)lace. There are two goodl dwelling houses and several tenant houses, ba a, cribs andl stables on two of them, good well or spring water' in plenty. Also one handsome111 residence in the town of Newberry, admirably constructedl with modiern improvements, dlesirably located on one of our main thoroughfares, and in one of the most desirable sections of our town. In connection with this place there are several handsome building lots which we will dispose of at an early (late. F"or prices andl terms apply to F. W. HIIGGINS. R(eaJ Est.gLte Agent, Newberry, S. G. Pay You To see us for your Christmas Goods, Apples. Oranges, Bananas, Raisins, Nuts, and a full line, lowest prices. SEE US. Counts & Dickert. Russells Old Stanl Main St.