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P Rjr Victor Laudato*. j|
In an hour more the I.?<t? would
sail. Walter Dutnont, puffing at bia
cigar, mused on all that this meant
t n hltn Rlv U'nnb ha/I noauo/l ho
since he first met Es telle# 8ix wee kg!
And what bad she not become to him
In those six weeks and jAow, this
fnornlug. their farewell. Estolle
would go with Mrs. Euacelles, the
etately, freezing chaperone. This
morning the I>;da was to sail; and
they sailed on the Led a.
Then ho must go*back to the
broad West, to his business, and she
to England, to play the lady on tho
estates of her tyrannous old stepfather,
the baronet. In tlmo she
would inevitably forget hlra. Could
he Inevitably forget her^ But what
a distance there was between the
daughter?even tho Btop-daughter?
of the English baronet, and the
young colonial merchant!
He threw away his cigar, and
etrolftnj down toward the wharf.
There he wan to meet her once more,
at the last moment, to say good by.
He stood with his hat In his hand,
and his hands behind his back, Rooking
about.
Huge, black. Imposing, the ocean
Knar lay at her moorings. The
wharf was crowded with people, passengers,
stevodoros, porters. His
keen eye took It all In at a glance;
and In a distant, deserted corner,
amid innumerable parcels, a gray
traveling' dress that meunt?Estelle.
j "Mra Lascellcs Is terribly nervous,"
she said. "I have her quite
worked up with the fear of being left
"MRS. LASTKLLBH 18 VKRY NERVOUS."
behind, and she hns g'-no on board,
V and dnron't set foot again on the
wharf. I promised to stay here and
see that John didn't forget any of
the hundred and one souvenirs of
Quebec and the Thousand Inlands.
He will be back soon for the parcels
?-and for mo!"
"We have a good while yet," h?
said. "Let us walk up to the park.
"What would jou do If you were
to miss tho Leda?"
She shuddered.
"Mrs. Laacelles Is on hoard, and
She haH all the money?and daren't
sot foot on the wharf to save her
life?and 1 am alone here, where I
know no one, whore no one knows me!
What could I do?" She laughed
nnrvnnii) v
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"You would have to marry mo!"
he said boldly.
"What would papa say?" she
Whispered, lu a frightened voice.
"Would ho euro?" VYullon roJulnod
sharply. "You are of age, free
to choose. Do so! 1 am here! There
1r the Loda. Choose. If you lovo me
you will miss the I,eda."
Sho drew back, frightened. IIo released
her haud.
"Oh, seo how far wo have gQno!"
she cried, glancing away dowu tho
long path to the wharf. "1 can't got
there lu time. No, uo! Don't come
vrlth me. I'll run. Good by?"
Sho ran down the walk toward
whero tho liner lay waltlug. Duinont
crushed his hut ovor his eyes,
Clasped his hands behind him, and
gazed moodily after hor. Sho had
boon free to choose. She had chosen
She was going with the Lada.
Ho paced Blowly across tho park,
dowu toward the busy stroet. A little
summorhouse lay close by his
path. It was In a quiet cornor, usually
little frequented; yet he, returning
from whore he had stood,
could not have missed It. lie glunced
through the veil of green foliage,
and caught a glimpse of something
gray. He heard a soft sound of .<??
mug. Uo stepped across the thresh
old. Blue eyes looked up ut lilui
from a tear stained face.
"Estolle!" he cried.
"I ran as fast 1 could, but 1 missed
ft. 1 couldn't help It. I'm so
aorry?"
"I'm glnill" and hp laughed. "You
know what it means. OKI Mrs. Lus*
colics?"
"John was waiting and I sent her
|l note by him," she replied innocently,
then caught her breath.
tie is Lured at her. dumbly amarrd
at this rovnlatlon of feminine . ..ic
and feminine duplicity. Vint ' - , :
nothing. It was enongl for M.> to
^nou that sho was w !i . .
the pornlty prero t < ! i
the Ledb.
"A man." s ,
> "usually n
ho love-; iie
"And a wo .a.
bachelor, "usually rnatrteua ...
p%ut>e he uska her." /
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Bruddah Persimmon Draws Some
Conclusion* as to Their Similarity.
JJruddah Persimmon was comparing
the mule to an automobile.
"Do mule am lak an automobile,
Bruddah Rabbltt."
"Yeas. Bruddah Persimmon." , '
"Yo nohbeh know /dees which way
ho am gwlne."
"Dat's right."
"Bn den he'B liable to be enxpeneib,
atubbobn en mak a lot of noise."
a in i ei ae vurei"
"E# den when ho stops all ob a I
sudden In de road lak an automobile i
en yo' gits down on yo' knees en
crawls undeh him to see what's de
trouble yo' am liable to land in heaben
d 'ss de same es if de bilehs in de
automobile had busted."?Chicago
Ne ?a.
Knew Her Grammar.
The Judge's little daughter, although
she had talked several times
through the telephone to her father,
had never gone through the formalities
necessary in calling him up, The
first time she tried it she took the
receiver off the hook, as she had
seen others do, placed her lips to the
transmitter, and said:
"Hello! I want to talk to papa."
"Number, please?" said "Contral."
"Singular," she answered, surprised
at the question, but proud
that she knew some thing of the
rudiments of grammar. ? Youth's
Companion.
His I,lttle Joke.
They had just moved In the house
and as Is usually the case the former
tenants had left much rubbish boJiind
them.
"Just look," complained the little
woman, "here are three pails of
ashes in the yard."
"Ah," laughed the big husband,
"speak of them with more reverence."
"Reverence! Why should I?"
"Because tiu.y are the ashes of the
departed."
He Knew the Kind.
A small boy in Boston, who had
unfortunately learned to swear, was
rebuked by his futher. "Who told
you that 1 swore?" asked tho bad little
boy. "Oh, a little bird told me,"
said the futhor. The boy stood and
looked out of-the window scowling
at some sparrows which were scoldinc
and chattering Then ho hoH a
happy thought. "J know who told
you," ho Bald. "It was one of those
?sparrows."
Jacky's Thought,
Jacky?Please, ina, may I take
baby out In tJie perambulator?
Matuma?Certainly, dear; I am
glad to see you are so fond of your
little brother.
Jacky?That's all right, ma. Billy
Brown and Johhny Wilson and me Is
goln' to play at a railway accident.
The perambulator Is to ho the railway
carrluge and baby's to be pitched
out on his head, and he's to be
saved Just in time by Billy.
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A Difficult Tusk.
"How can I get the ladles of my
congregation more Inerested In i
heaven?" sighed the earnest young '
rector of the fashionable church.
"You might hint that things will i
bo very exclusive there," replied the ;
preacher, sadly. "By such ineaus you
may be able to anxuse a mild interest."?Louisville
Courlor-Journal.
A (ireut Scheme.
Oldwed?Lot's celebrate our golden
wedding next week.
Mrs. Oldwed?But we've only been
married twenty years.
Oldwed?1 know, but wo need the
gold.
Heal Thing in Optimism.
The story is told of an old worn- '
an?a woman aged and poor, but
sunny and serene?whom some one
asked what in the world she could
find to make her happy, to which she
replied, "Well, 1 hain't got but two
teeth, but thunk God, they hit."?
Argonaut. ,
Secrets of the Crart. * '
Customer (inspecting the sample
the wpiter had brought him)?How
do you dlHtlngufSh your clam chowder
from plain vegetable soup?
???- . - -
nnuar?vve nave UinorODl labels
pa the kettles, sir. Wish any coffee?
?Chicago Tribuno.
Preserving Appeurunccs.
"What do you think of the plan
of doctors killing suffering patients
by dealg?.,"
"Oh, they might as well claim that
they do it l>y design, and save the
embarrassment of getting credit for
mistakes."?Philadelphia Lodger.
A Kind Lady.
"Kind lady," remarked the weary
wayfarer, "can you oblige me with
something to cat?"
"Go to the woodshed and take a
few chops," replied the kind lady.?
Philadelphia Record.
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com? STAND ANOTHER,
Thej Were Not the Kind the Vmdj
Had |teferrod T9.
A commercial traveler tells the
following of fi little social gathering
In eastern Ontario: "Dinner was a
little late. A guest naked the hostess
to play something. Seating herself
Of IKa ?J ^
?? >uu ywiw, u? SUVU wuuiau t'AOcuted
a Chopin nocturne with precis.'
Ion. She finished, and there was Btllf
an Interval of waiting to be bridged.
Ip grim silence she turned to an old
gentleman on her right and said:
"Would you llko a sonata before
dinner!" He gave a start of surprise
and pleasure. "Why, yes,
thanks!" he said. "I had a couple on
my way here, but I think I oould
stand another.' "
SU11 Smiling.
The visitor In the South was offering
his sympathies to the old colored
parson.
"It's a shame, uncle," said the
visitor, "that the congregation
should drop buttons in the plate
when you were collecting your salary."
"Dat doan matteh, snh," repled
the old man with a luminous smile,
"Ah kin use dem on dat old path ob
trousers de kernal gib me."
"Well, they dropped nails In the
plate also."
"Just what Ah need, sah. Yo' see
Ah'm gulne to build a cohnhouse en
Ah'll need de nails to drive In the
shingles."
"But the lead nickels. What are
you going to do with them, throw
them away?"
"No, sah; Ah'm gulne to make
slnxors foh inah fishing lines. Glory,
hallaluyah!"
A Wedding Fee in Instalments.
Ger&ldlne?When axe we to be
married? %
Gerald?When I can find a minister
willing to take one dollar down
and 50 centa a month afterward.
One of His Lucid Intervale.
A visitor at a lunatic asylum noticed
one of the inmates walking
about the grounds pushing in front
of him a wbeelburrow turned upside
down.
Tho visitor stopped him and inquired
the reason for tho unusual
procedure.
"Why, you see." said the demented
one, "if I turned It right side up
they'd put brickB in it."
Pleasures of the Poor.
Owing to the practice of throwing
stones at motor cars, which has become
very common In Berlin, many
cars are now fitted with thin wire
netting to protect the windows, and
thero Is a renewed outcry against
thoso who interfere with the almplo
pleasures of the poor.?Punch.
Why She Was Learning.
Bridget?Oi can't stay, ma'am, onlers
ye give me more wages.
Mrs. Hiram Often?What! Why,
you don't know how to cook or do
housework at all.
Bridget?That's Just It, ma'am,
Oflrn So.
"Jack and Mildred, before they
wore married, were always quarreling
as to whether they would get an
automobile or a horse and trap."
"I suppose, of course, Mildred finally
had her way?"
"No; they compromised on a baby
carriage."?Puck.
Caught.
"I must confess," he said in a sudden
burst of confidence, "that I'm an
odd man. I long to bo different?"
"O! this is so sudden," exclaimed
Miss Passay, throwing herself upon
his nock, for she, too, was odd and
louged to be even.?Philadelphia
Press.
Got liiuy.
"Do you believe a man can be at
two places at the same time?" asked
the country editor's wife.
"I certainly do," replied the man
of the pen, rubbing his discolored
eye; "there was an Indignant citizen
In my rOlce, this morning, and he
was all ovit the place!"
i '
Of Course.
"Do you believe the. old Raying,
'There's no place like home'?"
"That doponds."
"Depends upon what?"
"Upon whose home you are referring
to!"?Judge.
Not tlic Lookc'1-Por Reply.
Departing Quest (after paying his
hill, sarcastically)?I sincerely hope
your conscience wou't trouble you!
Hotel Proprietor (blandly)?Don't
worry, sir; we don't caro how you
got the money!?Tit-Bits,
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NOTICE
I Notice *. ?herefcy $p\w thar iijt n
o# J ondii ?ire u.tv U *
running a' 'w * ">
and other ue^u ?i.uiuV >ani(t<'i
h??jpfrirtlj ei 'nee . and that, all ^ ioia
10 i? n tif i vpw- ' ja1 ? .' peuaUr PT**
scriL it* *ai?t u .
fiv orciei Ktf c uu il tfciv Uth of i bn<
ary 1900.
v >* ^Mhaney. Clerk.
j When in ihe Market
FOR
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WINES,
BRANDIES, ETC.,
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Brings back health by
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Ramon's Liver Pills
andTonic Pellets restore
the natural functions.
Don't use purgatives-try
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I neiure to be |>r(n*rlv tr,u!ppr. I?obtftln the :>THV?
ENS and you can no I u<'\vkjNG. Wer.uU
1 RIFLES . . . from $2 25 to $150.00
| PISTOLS . . . t-oca 2.o0 to 50 00
SHOTGUNS . . Iron 7 AO to 35 00
A*?k yc*if <U ?'c? an*1 insitt Semi ft <4? page ?'.us*
onour po|Kiur nui e '( tutf 1 tHiloj;. II inter*
V'Uimi: otoltiln, Hchlpje.! '1 In SiutOTIlf**, y(**
illrect, rarr-i.ifr charrts |oufc'Mtoh%*e It. failed
p"?ta{d% i pon <?f f? r i??uf tenii la stamp* to
1 lUl. g price. I cover |? *U?e.
Our attn tire three ' Jnr Almntnnm flanker v.lll be
rent ?n?hfre r> t 10 cents In stamps.
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V. O. lioi tvA
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KJLLthb cough
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w,TH Hr. King's
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they are great happy-horne-ma
f-an be made strong enough 1
little pain or discomfort to yoi
^ a n..:u:
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It will ease away all you
cure leucorrhea (whites), fa!
disordered menses, backache
childbirth natural and easy.
At every drug store in t
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free'v and frnrleiy. In at.- .ctcst ci'tifldn.io,
telling aH your sympto ms
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t
Cabbage Pla
Ihave hail several years experience in
ami now have ready for shipmeun 1
i l-nrge Tyjn> WakefieldH, ileiulcrsou Sin
! varieties to exporicin oil truck farmerr.
: water ' > ojieit air. Will st-oml severe i
in light boxes. F. O. E. bore, $1.50 per
Special prices on largy orders The ex
rates on plant his season. All plants
prefer to send ; _?e xuonej with the orih
aud personal atteutiQu. Give me a trin
B.
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We Nsvet Disappt
Wt fulfill Eyury Promise and I
IMP nllDC Strtotnr? wttfeeot tb* hi
vT C lit?TIC pntD or detention from
onr?d Defer to ratora, Wltl.ot-t mercury
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tiervoue nod ohron
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; Combining good quality and low prices.
The prices quoted Lolow arc guaranteed
, to be the lowest for quality of Goods:
1 yenr old Corn Wii.dky, per gallon il.oO
2 I. ,, M it >i i> 1.75 I
8 .. .. 2.00
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5 ,, ,, Tar Heel Co^n Whiskey ,
ji ? ,, ijotHi uyo wrnsky per pal 1.75 [
2 ? Good Rye Whisky " " 2.00
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4 Good Ryo Wliisky " " S.OO 1
5 ,, ,, Good Rye Whisky " " 4 00"
| No charge for veamd or packing.
60c uxtm will piopuy ex Dross on one ,
to (hroe gallons; ovbr A gallons, 76c.
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you must have children, as H
kers. If a weak woman, you
to bear healthy children, with ra|
jrself, by taking M
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tr pain, reduce inflammation, HQ
lling womb, ovarian trouble, B|
, headache, etc., and make UN
>1.00 bottles. gB
"DUE TO CARDUI |S
and nothing else, is my baby girl, now
two weeks oM," writes airs. J. Priest,
of Webster City, Iowa. *'She is a Una, ka
healthy b.ibe and wo aro both doing W
nircly. I am still taking Cardui, and E\3
would not be vithout It in the houno, ml
as it is a great medicine for women." Sy
1.1" mag. mm ?am am^mewmmmm^aami
nts For Sale. |!
1 growing Cabpngo plants for the trade i
Carly Jersey Wakefields, Charleston
Qcrtssior-, Which aro tho liest known
Those plants arc grown near salt
joid without injury. Prioos, packed i
1,000. Lots of r>,0<M) at $1.2u ror 1,000.
qress company is giving us cheap
1 will bo snipped C. O. L). unless you
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