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ty, blod-staine(l shirts, a"l i' way as they fought from the Rappahan rock to the James, but we had no use for white linen now. The merchant had loaned us each a beautiful crim son sash, to wear over our sword belts. We carried our swords in our hands, not that we had a particle or use for them, but an officer must never leave camp without his sword. When we presented ourselves at old Mrs. Banks', the keeper of a dance hll in Rocketts, where it was ar raad we were to meet the girls, we :Ul looked stunning, at least, so said the girls. Each had his own girl, of course, and I remember with joy to this day -how my little Maggie toyed with my borrowed plume, casting sly glances with those deep blue eyes, that seem ed to shiver my very soul, and said, "Oh, St. Luke, you do look''-well, she said nice things to me, and I so young and so verdant! Oh! for months and months, I could hear the echo of her voice, could see those eyes o deepest blue, could see her in my dreams, could see her at the drum beat, could see her in the blast of battle, when the guns roared the loud est (and the old soldier smiled, but with a sad face, as he looked back ever that long ago, to his boyhood days.) Now, this Mrs. Banks had arranged to have the feast and show down at her house. But the girls would have none of it, they having made a trade with an old bargeman, who owned a boat, the "Kitty Floyd," to take us all down the river to a deserted farm house, where we would be away from prying eyes. -Some of the boys squealed about going below our lines, or rather be tween our lines and those of Grant's, others didn't like the boat business and then others began inquiring about the price, as the old boatman might charge the worth of a common wealth, for its use, to say nothing of what he would do in case of its be ing blown up by a torpedo, for the river was full of them. Mrs. Banks fought with skill the idea of going down the river, and showed with equal skill the advantages of staying at her house. But the girls, whew! They would go down the river, as they had arranged, or they would go home. Model Farm was only a hand's etretch away, and if we were afraid to go, why we could run along back to camp. The soldiers had a foolish e'ant of an expression in answer to every thing that was assented to, viz., "Here's your mule." If asked to take a drink the ans-er would be, "Here's your mule." "Let's have a game?" "Here's your mule." In fact, it seemed as if no dther words in the Englisai language could be so expressive as "Here's your mule." Why, when Gen. Bragg, at Chicka mauge, told Longstreet to take his troops and crash the column in front, the old War Horse just said, "Here's your mule,'' and we smashed the lines like pipe stems. .So when the girls said. "Will you go ?" every one mnswered, "Here's your mule." Ducklegs came to their assistance, too. He and the old barge man had agreed upon the price, the time we were to be gone, and also .aollified old Mrs. Banks. - So we called up the gang. We had three negroes along. One, old faithful Jess, yet living far back in the coun try marshalled his crowd, carrying refreshments, guns and pistols, and all got ready for the boat. I didn 't like the idea of th trip myself, but1 the boys. as well as my little Mag gie, cried out. ''Don't hack St. Luke.' So what could If do ? SEvery soldier had a nickname, of course, and they called me . "Saint Luke,"' not that I was anything of a Saint, but-well the boys always said 'they took me along with them to keep me out of mischief or bad company. We had a. lad with us, too, not one of the gang, though, but just out of college, bright as new money, and with wit like a steel trap. ,The gang took him along to see his antics, im itating and trying to cuss like a man. In fact, he had learned to swear pret tv well, before he came to us. We called hiim "recruit'' or "'cruit," be ing a new-coiner. When all details had apparently been finished, the real wranglhng among the girls began. Mv little Maggie said her shoes hurt her feet, bu,t Dixie-that was "Hot Spur's" girl--said she would lend her a pair of slippers, provided she would be careful and not come down on the heels too hard while dancing, for they: were loose. This she promised. Now zhis "'Hot Spur.'"-or, as some called him. "Lord Percy.' for his fiery dispositiOn,. always wanting to fight and his girl. Dixie, was pretty well paired. She would tight, I believe, as (uick as her fellow. Hester pretend d~ she didni't. want to go. for she had forgotteni when the party was first made up that she had joined the echurch e me months before, that hier. mother was away from home, and een if she did go, she couldn 't dance, Then it was Deli got in his good work of guying. He was the worst pick I ever knew, and he told Hester she just failed to get her father's Sun day shoes to dance in, that was all. Then she got mad and fired bac, and Dell and Hester had it out the whole trip. Each had caught their match. Hester was a long, slender, tongue lashing kind of girl, the boys calling iler. on account of her height. "the 'Simmon picker." This was behind .her back. you know. The chaperone came gliding in by this time. and said. "Girls, if you are going, get ready, don't let these Richmond cubs back you out; so get your trapping, the "Kitty Floyd" wits." They called us Richdaond in derision, for Rocketts did hate the people of the proud old city on the hills. The chaperone was a most winsome, modest little widow (some said grass, but nobody cared), and looked just to :cunning and tempting in her semi-widow's weeds. Ducklegs made up to her at once to the astonishment of everybody, and they made a most excellent couple. She looked so de mure, so innocent, and yet so fresh, that we at once dubbed her, the "Lit tle Mother Superior." Hester shot a hateful glancing look and said, "Oh. yes, so nice-you only wish you could dance, goody, goody." But the "Lit tle Mother Superior" took no notice of Hester's Cutting tongue, and we'll see as we get farther along, if Connie could dance or no. Connie was the name of the chaperone. She assembled the girls and we all went along in one great bunch to the boat landing, where the "Kitty Floyd" and her master, Captain Buck, awaited us. (To Be Continued.) AWARD CONTRACTS. N. & W. and Coast Line Distribute Jobs.-Through Line to Charles ton. Winston, N. C., Aug. 16.-Contracts were today awarded for the construe tion of the Southbound railway from Winston-Salem to Wadesboro, N. C. The road will be built by the Norfolk & Western and Atlantic Coast Line railways and will connect Roanoke with Charleston, S. C. The link will be 75 miles long and work will begin at once. It is expected that grading and masonry will be completed and the bridges a erected by June 1, 1910. The successful contractors are:' Rhinehart & Dennis, Washington, D. C.; Nave. Brothers company, Ports mouth, Ohio; the Ryan company, Portsmouth, Ohio; J. T. McKinney Construction company, Lynch-burg, Va.; Luck Construction company, Roanoke, Va.. Ferguson Construction company. New York; Walton compa ny, Falls Mills, Va.: McCurry Con-; struction company, Marion. N. C.; J. R. McDowell & Co., Knxil, Tenn.; J. T. Bennett, Danville, Va. Work on the long steel viaduct across Salem creek has been in progress two weeks by the Pennsyl vania Bridge company. The Designer for September. Everybody writes nowadays and ach month the magazines present studies of life from points, of view 2itherto seldom :revealed to the pub ic. In The Designer for September ppears an article, "I Married a So iety Man," by the Wife of One. This s startling in its frankness and will ive ambitious women food for se-: ious thought. Otber features of in-1 erest in this progressive magazine nlude: -Saving the Truant and Mfaking the Man," by W. L. Bodine; "The Riches of the Poor," by Izola Forester; ". The Letters of an Ath-! etie Girl,"' by Anne Hard; "Farm ing de Luxe," by F. G. Moorhead; "An Old Furniture Vacation" by S. Marion Becker; "The Danger of (rowing Apart Mentally," by Wil liam George Jordan, and "A Wild Flower Florist," by William Fales. The fiction for September is choice indeed. Annie Hamilton Donnell 's short story, "The Moving of Miss Caroline." will be much enjoyed. 'The House on the Hill." the serial by Theodosia Garrison, reaches a point of deepest interest. Of course. The Designer offers the best possible advice concei ning the fall fashious. The forecast of autumn modes covers a wide range of subjects and can be relied on when one is choosing one's winter wardrobe. The magazi ne is beautifully print ed and profusely illustrated. A SOCIETY MAN CAN'T BE MADE If He Is to Be a Success in the Play day World He Must Be to the Manner Born. The socit man is born, not made. There are hosts of manufactured imi ations. of course. but the real. genu ine. una lloyed article is a result bothI or hredie ad native ieiain saws a write in the Designer for Sep sioni after nine vLars exhaustive study of tile subject from the most favorable vantage-ground possible that of the wife of a society son of a society mother. During that period I have had ample opportunity for ob servation and comparison, and every year serves only to add to my col vietion. To be thoroughly happy as a soci ety man's wife requires not only a philosophic disposition, but incor ruptible faith. As a girl I iiever looked for a husband-liob came into my life before I begun to think of marriage-but on more than one oe casion I have looked for a husband since. That is one of the trials that the woman who marries a society man must make up her mind to contend with. Her husband's valet is likely to know a great deal more of her husband's movements than she does. It seems to me that Rob's valet spends most of his time in carrying Rob's evening clothes to and from clubs in pursuance of telephone in structions. Of course, we dine out together a lot, and during the season 'we give a great many dinners, but we have a very few dinners tete-a tete. If we have no engagement Rob usually dines at one of his clubs. You see society is just like a tread mill. Once you start you can not possibly stop. You can not go here and not go there. If you try that, you'll find that you have antagonized some of the very people you most care to please. For myself I should not mind, but Rob is superstitious on only one subject-he is afraid of making enemies. Whenever he talks seriously to me it is always on the same text-" Tact.'" If you want to know the truth, tact is only another name for hypocrisy. The Teason women like to play whist with a man is he'd rather they didn't. THE PUBLIC BENEFITED. Newberry People Greatly Interested in the Generous Offer of Gilder & Weeks' Drug Store. The people have already demonstra ted that they would rather trust a man who is naturally honest, than one who was honest only because he had to be. Gilder & Weeks' Drug Store have a firmly established reputationt for square dealing and sterling honesty. When they told the people that Rexall Remedies are the purest and most de pendable remedies that it is possible for modern science to produ.ee, and that they would tell the public ex actly what each one of these 300 rem edies contained, and that they sold Rexall Remedies on their own per sonial guarantee th-a.t they would give entire satisfaction or the medicine would not cost the user a single cent, they were believed. Ever since this announcement the store of Gilder and Weeks has been crowded by people buying Rexall Remedies; all of which proves that Gilder and Weeks have the confidence of the people and that onesty is the best policy. There is no "cure-all'' among the Rexall Remedies,-there are 300 dif ferent and separate medicines; one for each human 'ill, and each un uestionably the best of its kind. Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets are par ticualarly recommended for the pos itive cure of~ stomach irritation, indigestion and dyspepsia. They are rich in Bismuth, Subnitrate Pepsin and Carminatives, and are pre pared by a special process which per fets and enhances the great curative value of t;hese well known medicinal agents. This remedy sells for 25e. a package. Everyone suffering from a stomach disorder should try Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets, inasmuch as they ost nothing if they do not satisfy. -The Gilder & Weeks Drug Store are certainly fortunate in securing control of the sale of these remedies, and we urge everyone in need of med icine to investigate and take.advan tage of their frank and generous offer. BIDS IN~VITED. Bids will be received until 5 o'clock P. M., August 24, 1909, by F. N. Martin, Chairman. for the erec tion of -a Graded School Building at Newberry, S. C., and for the heating of same according to plans prepared by Shand & Lafaye, Architects, Co lumbia. S. C.' Bids on building to be accompanied by a certified c:heck for $250 and on heating by check for $100 as a guarantee that, if awarded the work, contract will be executed and Security Company bond given for $5,000 on building and $1,000 on heating. Plans and sepcifications may be seen at the office of the Chairman or be obtained from the Architects upon a deposit of $l0.0O as a guar antee for their safe return. The Board of Trustees reserves the right to rejeet any or all bids. F. N. Martin, Chairman. MONUM ENTS. I am representing the Mecklenburg Marble aqd Granite Co, CHAR3LOTTE, N. C., in this section, and am prepared to make you prices on anything in the way of Headstones, Tablets, Monuments, Etc. See my cuts and get my prices before placing your order. Material and work guaranteed first-class. 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L ROBMNSONs Agent, A GRAND OPPORTUNITy 2 To See The Pacile Coast A3md The Alaska-Yukon Exposition. The best and most inexpensive way to see the Pacific coast and the great Western country this summer, and take in the Alaska-Yukon Exposition opened June 1st, is to "Go as you. please, pay as you go, stay as long as October 31st, if you desire." Why not spend your own moneyf Why not plan your own trip and go in comfort, and when it suits you? This may be done by planning your trip ovei- the SOUTHERN RALWAY in connection with an individual par. ty leaving the Carolinas July 3rd, on the individual expense plan, whieh will cost you about half as much as a fixed expensive excursion tour. July 3rd, Route. Southern Railway, Goldsboro to Harriman Junction. Queen and Crescent, Harriman Junction to Danville, Ky. Southern Railway, Danville, Ky., to St. Louis, Mo. Wabash R. R., St. Louis to Ran-~ sas City, Mo. Union Pacific, Kansas City to Den ver. Denver & Rio Grande, Denver to Salt Lake City. S. P. L. A. & S. L., Salt Lake City to Los Angeles. Round Trip Railroad Rates. Going via any .ticketing route se lected and returning via any ticketing route as desired. Via Portland, Seattle and Sana turning one way via Portland and Seattle. From: Goldsboro .. ......$99.75 Greensboro .... ...99.75 Durham .. ......99.75 Spartadburg .......97.45 Columbia ....... ..98.2) Orangeburg ...... ..98.20. Greenwood .. .....96.65 Rock Hill ....... >. 98.35 Anderson ......... 96.10 Raleigh ........... 99.75 Salisbury ......... 99.75 Charlotte ......... 99.75 Greenville ....... ..9.6 Charleston.. .......9.75 Newberry .... ....97.45 Chester .. .. ......98.33 Sumter . .. .. 97 Rates quoted fom othe-r pontis on application. Tickets limited to October 31st, 1909, and permit stop-overs at -all points west of Chicago or St. Louis. Tickets on sale daily to September 29th,- 1909. Lower Round Trip Rates to and fromOalifornia quoted on appli cation. Before completing arrange ments for your trip give us an oppor-. tunity to talk with you about the de tails of it, quote you best trates and tell you of the most interesting points, and the best and cheapest way to see them. Write to representatives as W. E. McGee, T. P. A.. Augusta, Ga. S. H. McLean, P. & T. A., Columbia, S. C. J C. Lusk, D. P. A.; Charleston, S. C. H. M. Pratt, T. A., Spartanburg, S. C. R. H. DeButts, T. P. A. Raleigh, N. C. R. L. Vernon, D. P. A., Charlotte, N. C. BARBECUE I will give a barbecue Au~ Mr. R. H. Burton's place s 'from town, known as -Mr. Sligh 's home, near Beth Eden. ing on good roads; amuseme yongopnle.