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K^Ever\ii\g Fairy Tale __ ^i^\ARY GKftHAM BONNER. " cofyitow) it v*i;HN MtvyAPti uwio#? " m : / LIZARDS "It's so nice," said the Australian Monitor, "to sound ratlier important at first. I believe "" " - they have monitors in schools and that they are important at first, gL they may not be _ disappointed when they find out I'm a curious creature 1 even if I'm not important in any "A Curious Crea- school way. ture." "I've never been to school. No one ever asked nje to go, and no one ever sent me. They didn't care if I didn't go to school and by 'they' I mean my | family. "For an Australian Monitor learns all he has to learn out of school Just as well as he would in school. Perhaps he learns his lessons out of school better arid what he should do and eat and so forth. "An Australian Monitor might he in school filling ink-wells when he could be making himself a stronger and a better animal or reptile by being out of doors and catching a small rabbit r>r Brtmot-hirior lilro that "An Australian Monitor, of course, is a lizard?and a good strong lizard, too. We can eat small animais whole. We are very large and very big and grow to be eight feet long. "We can run very fast and we live in the dark jungles. We are fond of meats in the way of food, or rather, we don't care about vegetables. * "We are from India and we havQ relatives in Africa and in Australia. "But one of the most important things about us is that we can eat ^ eggs whole and that the sells dissolve themselves just like capsules or pills . do. ."Yes, eggshells are alright for us, and I'll tell you the reason. "We have fine digestions. We don.'t have our tummies getting upset the v way so many creatures do. "Gracious, we don't have to go to bed and take bad medicines and say: "4Oh dear, oh dear, why did I eat that!' 4Tes, we have superior digestion?* and they are important." "We are beautiful," said the Green Lizard. "And our family came over from Europe. That is, we didn't come of our own accord. You know what 1 / mean." "We didn't go down to the pier with our luggage and put our names on the passenger list and then come across in cabins on the big boat or anything * I like that. "But we were brought over. "And when you speak about digesv tions we agree with you. "It Is most important and very pleasant to have a food digestion./ It makes a creature feel better and happier and all of.such things. I always enjoy my meals and I always feel happy. I feel so pleased with myself that I show off and folks coming to the 000 quite enjoy seeing me." "And I," said the Chameleon, "have been brought over here to join the lizard familv. for I have such a lot of interesting colors which I show at different times." "I am a curious creature," said the Gila Monster, "and I am really stupid. I car c from the desert and I move slowly and awkwardly along, for nay body is fat and brown. "I look as though I were covered with black and brown and tan and yellow beads, but I'm not. It's .iust because of the kind of a suit I wear that I look that way. , "I give a good hard bite and I make anyone suffer whom I bite, tut I don't kill them. No. I'm not mean enough T 3 ITH for that. I'm sat- ^ \ jj\ k/ Isfied to make m tnem suffer, that's "Well." said the Glass Snake, "I would like to have "^tsw^r^vj a word to say, or I'm really a lizard and 'should talk -yp^rwith all of you, S though I look so much like a snake that creatures call me a snake by mistake very w often and ray ,"R?alIv a Lizard.** n a m e. as you know, is Glass Snake. "I'm a roal lizard, but I look like a snake. That's pretty interesting. Now that is more than any child I ever saw, could do. I've seen a lot of them at the zoo. too. "I'm sure none could look like pussy cats nnd yet he children, or could be pussy cats and Iook like children J'm an interesting creature, I am 1" 4 I -r* THERE !S A LITTLE HOUSB . The little house! It is so small I have not found it yet at all, ; And as year follows patient year, Strange towns of countries far and n?kl\ Return the answer: "Nay, not herel" ; And yet I know the lamplight falls ! Caressingly upon its walls, | And I would tou. h them if I could, ! To know if they are stone or woo<L There is a chair for you, and ther# : The light fails golden on your hair. / But?with your waving lips unklssad J The spiral shadows coil and twist * i About you as you turn to mist. Our little house! Its window panes < ; Stung by a thousand passionate raiiu* ! Are blind with Ivv, and the mo'ss Creeps on the sill that we*must ojrosa? It^vould not be so hard to wait. If I were sure about the gate. ! A broken?latch were trivial now, i To dazzled eyes, that marveled how The sunrise rested on your brow. But dawn is terrible unless Love soothes its awful loveliness. Ah, love, what fierce dawns storm and dare The little house that waits somewhere! ?XTor-ir Rrpnt Whiteside, in Leslie'! Weekly. SHRINE LOOTED OF TREASURE : Russia's Soviet Government Has Af> , propriated Riches of Famous I Ghurch of Saint Sergius. < St. Sergius' treasure of $300,000,(X)C has disappeared. Red soldiers now use as a barricade the buildings o 1 what was once regarded as the richest and most famous convent of all the Russians save, possibly, that al Kiev. There are but five monks left in the monastery. Fifteen others have removed a mile and a half distant tc 1 the Church of Gethsemane, at Cherj fclgovskaya where they have founded a ' % 1 4 -l ami ikA r.?:i j mimDie cominuim.v aim uu mc avu, The other monks who lived at this vast religious mecca, to which yearly went 100.000 pilgrims, have been scattered, j There are but few pilgrims now to | pray before the ikon of St. Sergius, j the miraculous powers of which was j supposed by Russians to have saved [ the monastery from destruction by the French army of invasion in 1812. The ! very jewels of the open silver sarI cophagus of St. Sergius have been rej moved or replaced with false ones, it Is claimed. Many of the vast treasure of church vessels, mitres and croziers, j made of solid gold and inlaid with precious stones of immense value are i missing. It is claimed that the loot i from the monastery equaled in value j the treasure of gold and silver and j precious stones of St. Peter's, Rome. /The monastery is now classed as a na| tional soviet museum and no services ! are held within the church. I \ A CREDIT RATING Mr. Everbroke: I want a good ' diamond ring on credit. I've just become engaged to the rich Miss i Goldenbonds." The Jeweler: I am sorry to have to refuse you. Our credit man res' ports that it's difficult to ?et Miss Goidenbonds to return her engagement rings. Call and see us when you need wedding rings. ? Thirty days time?five per cent, off for | cash. Piano Box Shoe Store. j Have you ever been in an oil boom : town? The hope of striking oil is as j great an excitement as the finUtng of gold in '49. From the preliminary i leasing of the land, the promotion of stock, to the setting up of a drill it has 1 all the glamor and glory of specula| tion. Once oil is hit, ihe gusher opens up not only wealth l'or the prospector, * - ~ .> . _ J but some measure 01 opportunity \or i the alort merchant. In the Arkariltfis ! fields almost overnight a line of stores | appeared. They were nothing more ! than shanties at the best, but the shoe ! store took the prize of the entire | main street. It consisted of four piano j boxes containing the best grade boots | and the best calfskin shoes at a price reminiscent of the war period.?Boot | and Shoe Recorder. I New York Woman's Fool Idea. i Because she dyed her cat a beautiful blue to harmonize with the furniture of her apartment, a young woman in j New York, who says she is a singer, ; was arrested on a cruelty charge by | the Humane society. A probation of! ficer who was sent to investigate the ! case told the magistrate that the singer j bad a three-room apartment all done in | Alice blue and had an Alice blue wardj robe. She wanted Otto to be of the j same shade and so dipped him. Two j other cats that she had dyed had been I poisoned by licking off the dye. The j magistrate g;ive her a suspended sentence and ordered the Humane society to keep the cat until its soft fur is once more clean and there is no further I danger to its health. Easy to Start. "I notice that some yo':ng women 1 - j have starreu a, uiinnunH tu icavu uk ! young men of their town how to talk when paying a call." "A waste of time." "Eh?" "All thnt Is necessary when the younj chap gets his hat parked and himsell seated on the edge of a chair Is to say 'Oh, Augustus,' Montmorency. Percival or whatever his name happens to be j Mo tell me about yourself 1' "-~-Biraiiag I feas Age-Herald. 9 fANDIIlAKESW ! L DARINGJSGflPE Roy Gardner, Bold Pacific Coast Holdup Man, Breaks Away r , ni/m is>idiiu riioun. i FLEES DURING GAME Leaps for Liberty Through Gap in Barbed-Wire Fence Cut While Bullets Whistle About His Head. 1 Seattle, Wash.?Hoy Gardner, western holdup man and bold mail robber, known all along the Pacific coast as the cleverest and most slippery prisoner ever placed under arrest, is again ' a free man. He escaped from the government prison on McNeil's island, In Puget Sound, amid a fusillade of bullets. T1.--J I ? nv?m?nol AO r/iOf hofOfP 1 WILC 111 IJ15? unuiiiai vui v v. * , w lie was finally placed behind the bars > on the supposed impregnable McNeil's island, Gardner had escaped from the ; shrewdest men the government could . set to guard him on the way to his 1 prison. Twice he joked with the man ; hunters on whom he turned the tables ; and made prisoners in his place. And . twice he laughed when he was recapi tured. Water Races by Prison Isle. So Gardner came to be the most ; closely watched prisoner in Uncle Sam's most closely guarded jail? guarded not by stone walls., and steel bars, and armed guards alone, but by the very conspiracy of natural forces. ! It is set on a desolate Isle in Puget ': Sound with a wide stretch of wafer j running at mill race speed between f island and mainland. V f . j Gardner had been in prison for six ,! weeks when, on Labor day, the prisoners turned out to watch a baseball , same between two teams of fellow prisoners. They were^ In the prison yard, cut off from liberty by a high barbed-wire fence, with towers at the comers, in which sat watchful men with loaded rifles and orders to shoot to kill. The game went on and the guards became Interested in the play. Sud i denly one of the players hit the ball s ! Gardner Kept on Going. i terrific wallop for a home run, attracting all eyes to the play. The next Instant Gardner and two others leaped | for the fence. Gardner, in the lead, whipped out a pair of wire cutters , j and snapped through the strands of ! the barbed wire. Two Companions Were Shot 1 ! As he leaped through the gap the ; guards in me rowers uegun snwuug. i Bullets were whistling around the 1 i throe fugitives. Gardner's companions, 1 j both former soldiers serving sentences : for vicious crimes committed while in | jhe army, -fell, one dead and the other f seriously wounded. Gardner kept on | I going. The break by Gardner and thesight , | of the gnp in the barbed-wire fence i turned the 250 convicts in the prison ~i yard into wild animals frantic for 1 liberty. There was a howl from 250 j throats and the convicts started for ' the fence, '"he guards had their hands : | full controlling them, so Gardner made I good his escape. DOG WINS OWN PAROLE PLEA Sentenced to Refuge at Kansas City, TaArtw Till He is Sent ' Home. Kansas City.?Teddy, a voting Collie i dog, made his own plea to Police ! Judge West, Kansas City, Kas., over parole. In Kansas City, Kas., dogs { charged with misbehavior are sen: i tenced t<> confinement at the Wyan (lotte County Humane society animal i refuse for from one to tlnv** weeks, i Teddv.was sent up for two weeks, i but, having never beer away from home I i and friends before, he passed both j j days and nights lu dismal -wailing. : The matron, .Mrs. Whitford, brought him into her own rooms and did everyj thing 10 comfort him, but the wailing ; continued. Finally she called up * i Judge West and asked for Teddy's f ! parole. While she was taiKii*r xeuuy , rushed to her side ond quite silenced , her voice with his own. j T\*e>t, having heard (he argu, j ment, decided Teddy might go home | and remain there during good behajigr, Regular Customer |j Jeff Driggs, .illage plasterer an< .whitewasher in a small Georgia com munity, who had married and buriei three wives, was about to acquire : i fourth. He went to the home of th< | white minister who had officiated a his previous weddings and made ar | rangement.3 to have the ceremon: ! performed there the following even I ing. "Of course I shall be glad to marr ^ ^ 1 r\fV r\ v?c r\ n *' C.Q 1 / ! VUU LU VUU1 new WI1C. ycutiovitj I . . the rrinistcr. "This will be the fourtl (time, won't it? How does it happei that you never have a colored preach jer to tie the knot for you?" I "Well, suh," said Jeff, "Ah'c kinde: [ x igot in the ha'bit a' gittin' a white mai i to do mah marryin' an' Ah reckoi iAh'll alius do it. Ah's turrible sot ii j mah ways, suh." I One-Sided Pleasure A Scotch laborer was clipping ou of the yard during: working hours ti I "wet his whiskers" when he ran int< i the boss: ! "Hello!" said the latter pleasantly i "were you looking for me?" J "Ay," replied Sandy, "I wis lookin | for ye, but I didna want tae find ye.' ! FHinhiircrh Srrifsmnn. Nuts to the Nutty The old lady wished to buy some pe cans, the clerks were all busy am paid absolutely no attention. Finall: she could stand it no longer. "Well, I must say this is a fim ikind of a store! Isn't there anyom around here to wait on the nuts?' I I ESTATE NOTICE Thp rrpdif r>r?; nf ttip pst.nt.p nf F,. P Matthews, deceased, are hereby no jtified to render an account of theii | demands against said estate, duly at j tested, to th^ undersigned by Julj ,1st, 1922, and all persons indebted t( the deceased wir make payment t< ithe undersigned. MRS. EDITH MATTHEWS; } Executrix. 5-26-3t ltaw j UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLI NA I ! s i Scholarship and Entrance Examina tions The examination for the award o: ? t i i ii. . tt z :i._ j vacant scnoiarenips in me university : of South Carolina and for admissior of new students will be held at th< ! county court house July 14, 1922, a |9 a. m. Applicants must not be lesi I than sixteen years of age. Wher [scholarships are vacant after July 1< | mjmmgammmfmmmmmmmtmmrtmmmtmmmmnm m tm jot ?v m c WEEKE FROM ALL PRINCIPAL MOUNTAIN AND ! ANNOU SOUTHERN Effective, May 20th to Septe be sold for all trains Saturday ing Tuesdays following date of Following low> fares will ap A cViotrillo "NT r on Brevard, N. <g $6.90 Charleston, S. C $7.50 | . Flatt Rock, N. C ?5.S5 Hendersonville, N. C S6.0C Lake Toxaway, N. C ?7.80 Mountain Home, X. C $C. 15 Skyland, N. C. .., ....x. $6.55 Tryon, XN. C * f. To.Oc Waynesville, N. C *3.15 For further information ai Ticket Agents. | - ? i| 1" 1 il f i I I i i i An a p j lock An approved lock wil automobile insurance. Th i to see that its clients rec Underwriters Laboratorie - ance companies to see tha the recognition that they i Mak a memo now to 1 i I I James I Insurance1103 Caldwell St. Member Newberry I they will be awarded to those mak j; ing the highest average at examina-i ition, provided they meet the condi-' 'Jtions governing the award. Appli-, 11 cants for scholarships should write to: ij President Currell for scholarship' J blanks. These blanks properly filled 'lout by the applicant should be filed * with President Currell by July 10.; - j Scholarships are worth $100, free tu-j ition and fees. For further informa: _ I tion write President W. S. Currell University of S. C. y- Columbia, S. C. \ (5-6-3t ltaw I ! I NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION OF' i PARTNERSHIP Notice iG hereby given that the partnership heretofore existing between H. 0. Long, 0. W. Long, and i r J. W. Britt, has this day been dis-1 II solved so far as relates to the said i 11 J. W. Britt,?the said H. 0. Long and! I 0. W. Long having purchased the inI {tcrcst of said J. W. Britt in said parti neriship. All debts due .to said part, nership must be paid to the said remaining partners, namely H. 0. Long ! and 0. W. Long, and all debts due by II said partership will be settled by I saiu remaining partners. 3 (Signed) > H. 0. LONG, 0. W. LONG, J. W. BR1TT, ' Newberry, S. C. June 1st, 1922. J " > Winthrop College SCHOLARSHIP AND ENTRANCE! EXAMINATION The examination for the award of vacant scholarships in Winthrop col. lege and for admission of new stu-l 1 dents will be held at the county court j house on Friday, July* 7, at 9 a. m. f Applicants must not be less than sixteen years of age. When scholarships 2 are vacant.' after July 1 they will be ~ awarded to those making the highest 2 average at this examination, provided they meet the conditions governing the award. Applicants for scholarships should write to President Johnson before the examination for scholarship examination blanks. Scholarships are worth $100 and " free tuition. The next session will open September 20th, 1922. For fur-1 " ther information and catalogue, ad-i ' dress Pres. D. B. Johnson, Rock Hill, JjS. C. 4-28-tf NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT I will make a final settlement of the i estate of. Julia* D. Brown in the Pro. bate Court for Newberry County, S. . C., on Friday, the 23rd day of June, 1922, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon and wiil immediately thereafter ask for my discharge as Administrator of said estate. All persons, having claims against | the estate of Julia D. Brown, deceasf ed, are hereby notified to file the fjsame, duly verified, with the underi signed, and these indebted to said - J estate will please make payment liket wise. 3 a GUY BROWN, i . Administrator. ? ' * ? ? ri /-i r n j < nnn t * :\ewoerry, a. o., iviay ivlz. I 1 '.v.. ND FARES STATIONS TO PRINCIPAL SEASHORE RESORTS NCED EY JLWAY SYSTEM <r*rmmmmm nw t ?mber SOt'h, round trip tickets will s and Sundays limited for returnsale. ply from Newberry: * i Arden, N. C $3.45 Black Mountain $7.60 i Campobello, S. C $4.70 Fletcher, N. C $6.35 1 ' Hot Springs, N. C $8.55 Lake Junaluska, N. C $3.05 i Saluda, N. C. $5.45 ' Tybee, Ga $8.95- jl i Tuxedo, N. C $5.70 . Walhalla, S. C $5.00 nd Pullman reservations apply to . I ?? ?U, ^ ? . | / pproved helps I I help lower the cost of your is agency always takes pains eive such information. The is are maintained by insurt first class devices are given deserve. :e!ephone. ' , i ll rl L Burton ?Real Estate. Newberry, S. C. Chamber of Commerce m n 1 me Bugs ana Before they Kill us 9 Slug Shot n# r I MA AM rans me tin Arsenate Lea Stonecyphers Climax Flow* i \ ? ! - J* J'Jl L?JJ.MJtmil JITKW I * I * * I ^ ?- ?~ " * Don't Spare in time of sickn medicine must get v/eli again, depend upon J the medicine th ? r,; nrf TrnilV ArkC L/J liig J VUi MW ' " * - I tion here and y< what his order up of the pures drugs, with con and skill, yet ch reasonably. Prt Hayes Di Newberry, V s Member Newberry Chi ? ' >. > 1 I I 11 "Wurrums" I Your Garden \ 5E i , \ id ; Bflg Killer \ er Spray etc. % I . j f * j a . * # T . I V ' ' ? i i * I 1 ( ; i ' \ ' t ; ^ the Spoon ess. Doses of be taken to but a lot will :he quality of ' i o cnnnn hnlHs. V VV VK < ? i tor's prescripou will get just calls for, made t and freshest surnmate care larged for most , ?mpt service. ug Store South Carolina imber of Commerce