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ffnkoroisiw CHf^i^Tf\A^ yrorW' on ^ \. 8*. - -<=??.*? She waR the kind of child that peo- . pie called "Jnst ?he sweetest thing," p and no one doubted that she would ! grow up to be a beautiful woman. 8llky, golden rlngleta covered her head, and large eyes which seemed sometimes gray and wistful, but oftenest just the tint of the violets, lighted up a round, chubby little face. | The scarlet lips were usually parted In n frion/llv iilu J'?'?1__ I ? _ ?m t?, uiMiuDiUK a ruw of snow-white, baby teeth, and the no:-> confeased to the slightest tilt. Maiy Elizabeth, sk? had been chrlst-., ened, but when only a. few months ? old she had-been pronounced by her proud nuraa "simply angelic?Just the image of a wee little cherub." and since then all thought of the real name seemed to hare been forgotten; thenceforth this fat, rosy little piece of humanity was known as "Cherub," and only as "Cherub." Everyone loved her, for she had an amiable disposition. and when she laughed and each cheek dimpled prettily, she was Irresistible. But woe to the person who Incurred her displeasure. A frown from her meant trouble, and during the five years of her life her parents had grown to know that when that little face puckered a storm was brewing, and that it would be well to take Miss Cherub In band at once. This young lady was bubbling over with mischief, end generally when they found her fitting alone aith that faraway, saintly expression, they knew that way down beneath those runs a pian or action was being formed which w^uld surely get some one into trouble?undoubtedly Bobby. Her chief delight was found ill making this small brother her accomplice, leading him on to efcrry out her campaigns and Laving him receive the punishment. When she was confronted with the charge, "Cherub, you started that!" she would raise those wide, innocent eyes, look straight at her acc iter, and say with the slightest droop to the cornem of her mouth: "Bobtayvdld it." At present, however, she vas being "awful , good." for to-meTow he ' ChriBtmas and she lad placed n-any letters up the chimney of the *ne, big Fifth avenuej residence, asku? Santa Clause for ad sorts of nice presents, which she was sure not to get unless she was an ol.'jdlent little girl. Christmas morninr l^ifnre *nv one In the house b\fct tb? servant* waa awake, the two ehildren were excitedly whispering together about what jolly old Saint Nicholas bad left for each, for sleep was far distant, and nurse's scolding and attempt at persuasion was of no avail. Near breakfast time Aunt Glady's Dupont, their mother's pretty young sister. Just two years out of boarding school, who had lately arrived to. spend the holidays with the family, came to the nursery and with hearty "Merry Christmas!" kissed each of tho children, and told therjn that they could get dressed and com|o to the dining room. , J Immediately on finishing breakfast Mr. Baldwin would unlock the library door, where eacli year the tr?fee and stockings awaited them; course, the children would eat notling. ?At last every one was ready aiyd stationed just outsldo that enchanted room. Impatiently jumping up and down, hardly daring to breathe, the little ones urged father to hurry. When they burst into the brlghtlfy lighted room it was good to see their faces. Their shouts and screams of delight and loud "Ohs!" and "Ahs!" mulH hn hoorH nil rvtror thn hnnao ??? each discovered his many Rifts under the brightly decorated tree. When, an hour after. Cherub and Bobby -were "dragged off to church," * "as they were pleased to express It, they left their hearts as well aa dolls and woolly dogs .n the library at home. Naturally they siiulrt&ad and twisted through the whole service, and occasionally whispered to each other in eager tones. . That afternoon they were allow* <1 to invite four of their little frleodB to a small party. They wero all playing under the tree with the Christ max things, and us Mr. and Mrs. Baldwin had gone to walk Gladys proposed having a game of "I spy" with the youngsters. A's she announced this Cherub, who was always the leader yelled. "Hurrah for Aunt Gladys. Now she can bo It!" and then whlspered. Just as audibly, "No, Bab, 1 choose to get under the sofa; stop pushing me!"?as they were hiding. "Coming, ready or not!" called ^j| Gladys, as she started ofl on a hum that proved fruitless. As she r?r Intd the hall to continue the eearcl she came face to face with tit* roar to whom she had but recen{{|)(Vb?ai engaged. It was the first time ghi had seen him since the nlghj^tjare* explanation which woul^-ha^^^^^ f tLIZABtTH DoHNtY c^v'*><**?>$-&' Q ' !;wm lm the (wrong, she Was determined that he should neve^ know It. There was the old Dupont pride agafa! For one moment they looked into each other's eyes, and then with a coll cod stS* thrned away and busied herseK with the game, whl :h for the time being she had forgotten. Very little interest she felt, however. In anything but the man who lad so unexpoctocly appeared on the scene. and who at that very moment, before her?astoaished eyes, was coolly lounging In a Morris chair, glancing carelessly over a magazine. When the llret surprise was over she became embarrassed. As though reading her thoughts Jack Burrows spoke. "When will Fred and Fan bo in? You Me, I wrote Fred at least two woeks igo that I would come to spend Christmas day if possible, and \ FaHt-SS* )) I EK&l^Nb - 1 having never heard anything mor from mo I suppose ho entirely forge it. How long have you been here?' Cherub, hearing a familiar voiq ran from her hiding place, and w? soon comfortably settled on Jacf knee, while the other children, wh had followed her, jumped aroiu| and shrieked, no one knew just vA for. Jack was a great favorite house, and the broken eng.i^<^H with Gladys had been ,vdisappointment'to all, espe< Mr. Baldwim wlt^i whom been intimate ever since the Yale together. Gladys fled furiously to her r^B > where all the rest of the after ; she nursed her woes. Just b<^| i dinner time Mrs. Baldwii carnal i comfort her, and tell her how ** i had never even mentioied Ja<H > taiKeci-or visit, an<l ,how tie meet in i at tbu house was a big mistake , which all wished hud beeij-*"ol^w But the Injured <*1,3 would A'^ffiotl lng of It. [ "It was verylinklnd of1 you an > Prod to brlhg uahere together whe you know how If^ute him. I do ha* 1 him," Bhe sobbo^l with a lit do starol t "and I refuse to have* anything to d i with him whatsoever. I know im i ho was In the pitn. too, an^ you * 1 thlak you can nake overythlA/.a i ?Knln? hut |ou can't^ you Btft' 1 ^ t( entertain ^ ^ ^ should she punish tyerself in tills vraj, cooping herself up.In thab gloomy old room, &nd what harm would it do to be simply friends/With Jack, were ths questions Bhe had been iurnlng over > in her mind. At last down she ca?n*, much Uf the bewilderment and secret pleasure of the gentleman musing before-the fire, and cosily settled herself in i huge chair beside him. . Neitherspoke, for neither knew just how to open the conversation. The,silence was becoming unbearable when a. tiny noise heard in the mall caused them to glance toward the door. There on the stairs with her night drees clutched a bit up on one side, displaying her little bare feet,/ anl with her eyes wide open as though sleep han never visited them, stood Cherub. i] As she caught sight of her friends her face broke into the most mis(hlevoss of. smiles, for did she no kndw that the place for her at tha hour was up Stairs in bed? Gladys who welcomed any interruption ^0 the suspense, ran, caught up Oe child, and cuddled her warmly iu ver lap. ; _ / sS ^ - k i . ., , . it of my stocking ?ver ? > b? chal>/, When lx you BOs. ins joM! n?mehe quo.tl.jns ,.ell!" .V.""!' w be answered. to how Che hapo j)on^^^^Bvn stairs in the |, she replied that, 'and couldn't get j ould be nice to th the Christmas ts and play dolly. ; in bed, 'cause I the explanation to think justified s the young coubeau, aunty, and s much?" was her po time stretchfar as her chubtte<l. "You love jr. Jack? I love ipi^?himii i mil and and Bobby." I doobtft^^^^^Hb-s r, ;ii good " ? i*y lVmvH ,iiceWA* rlna" a son, auT angry!*, r0sfi|ln her oy?w. e Tho idtltt of beiiiTmad? a laughing >, stock, dven by 4Sild! Then ?? the o It^tle a|ms ntoU' Jo u nil her n> ck all t. I gL to get tiiiuv;i7 ; I'm ^.in^to it yijBfh.' when 5 ask:1 a ic g tlrtJ* fSew'* ratt)e<t on ?hi ntwe'WicHtu ft muffiet, but yery temter, "Tea, CherOb, Very, ich just I reached ack's' earn. If* star tod joyously from his chair. I "Oh! Cherub, it's so 1st* you must go bac\ to bed. What unit mother say?" And Ohtdys pidked^up the little faiy and harried her to the stairs, whereshe kissud'her maiy times. Th? with happy, spi&ling eyes, and (Ilftle hrtffht spot 01 each cheek, she sent back Into th? library and ^ ifij ? J*' ganized, * Kb rival bobs. Let thefe be a competition for distance, carried out over the level snow of the ro4d or hake, at the foot of the drop. A marking apparatus can be constructed with evergreen lines, which wTll be etched out in green against the i white anow. | KC&PIN6 The. SEXRfcT.. L / hate a jecret Santa Ctauj, Aed Ac Ml nailer tett, He /rmJj jo many jecretj becauje H' harp j them nil jo Mil. ' Out 0 dear mpther, if you couldyury, IhO %*mt yjrpnjrd you 'd be; 3W nobody knoOj Ike Jm$tr)t tfuqg but Santa CAu/j nnd me. / air jh 1 could Ml you. mother dear; lb jure you ubu/d lot* to tinoU, Co* you ub/t ttflChnj/moj do you rtanki ? *] The dayj are jo <hry jio*)' //} tjoii your i made it. ? it\ alt from me. iiaflMH It 1 jft/orr and pt, vt and colored id A Am And itt name heac.nt Octh Cf vl/ mu^tn T hnoO until Chrijtmaj One/. . Qh. my, nrrn't \rart} fun? Afxt I enn keep thm. cirntl, mnnuia? Ufujpnr onn! Christmas Anxieties, j Dolly?"I^oean't it worry ? ou *vJ fnlly to tht^k what to buy I or Tom " } Polly?"()f course, but it wowi* mo mora to think about vhaflMM* j !U?to t#**y for nw." ^TT| ?urn PLAN IS INADEQUATE Bankers' Scheme of Currency Reform Not Sufficient SECRETARY SHAW GIVES IDEAS Sec. Shaw Appears Before House Committee on Banking and Currency in Advocacy High Tax Credit Currency Suggested Five Per Cent, aa Desirable Bate. Washington, SpeciaL ? Secretary Shaw appeared before the House comntttce on banking and currency in advocacy of a high taxed credit currency, suggesting 5 per cent, as a detirable rate. He emphasized the peed for greater elasticity in currency* ut expressed the-wpinion that the plan traced by the American Bankers' Aslocation will not bring out sufficient In k* vprv iiufiil I I van tin*? that tkn bankers' plan results in the issuance >f $100,000,000 additional in national bank, notes, Mr. Shaw said that in his opinion not mure than $20,000,ODD wortlt of these will be redeemed. Mr.? Shaw thought the banktrs' plan wholly inadequate to meet the requ^Kftuieuts of tlid commercial world and said it was eitfumliered with too aauch machinery-for the limited good remit**--be foe Is it .is capable or acfomplisUing. He would not want to be regarded as an opponent of the measure suggested by the bankers b.>causa he feit that any step toward relieving the demand l'or greater elasticity at certain seasons of the year was desirable, but uriped that the committee strive to frame a more effective measure. It was urged by the Secretary that au effort should he made to make all oiir'*ettrrs?T!ey elastic, rather than to impart elasticity to a certain amount of emergency currency. Under the bankers' plain, lie said, only the credit currency- jyhyji goes into i. clemptiqS" 1 Tii :re woult bo no veason hi >nks [should se^k ?e ildd 0' \iq Ltinu-,-' hank i ol ->s ali<t 'e-f nsequenll.i tliey Ngould me :a fio effort to do s< I In th?rbankers iplan national banks are to be permitted to is^uo $25,OOQ additional note* far every ($100,000 of their capital at in interest rate ot i>er Cv'nt. ami an additional $12,500 (isith interest at the rate of o per <jmt. | Episcopalians Withdraw. Norfolk, Vh., sjtseial.?It developed that the Episcopalians, as a dcaomination. havy * withdrawn from the pipo|x?8ed inter-denominut ion evaugelwtlc campaign to be conductel during the Junnsifown Exposition period. A 'meeting of the Virginia :lx . it a! i i?. .t .. -1 .1 M,vtk sioie Dapnsini-irsoy ermll Mini nieiiiodist committees has'Teen called l'or December IB, jwhen the local committee > of these drnninnatmnH will discuss with |ha Statr renresentatives the situation as p* escribed bv the withdrawal of the Episcopalians. It -w stated 16v- the Episcopal inns that their withdrawal wis because of no disinclination* to co-operate, but because of tho- rather nusettied conditions in two of the leadings Kpiscopnl cburchei here, and Jfuruier because it pea# ;iot regarded that, there was as grenj' need for the evangelistic campaign a4 some thought. Tor Ship Subsidy Measure. Washington, Special.?That President Roosevelt will send to ("ongreaa a special message advocating' tho pas jage as a ship subsidy measure ni tin present session, was stated by several members of the I louse. It was s?i I that the 1 President had dcelared that message was misunderstood. In that message ho said if it was found inexpedient to pass the Senate bill, a measure should be passed to pn>v:de Twafew jinoA fo Sodth American ! ports. He did not mean to minimis' [the improtince of other features <?!' j the bill, it if -aid, and now purp<>; < ! to torreet n \ false impression that | may have b gained by the House. i Twelve Business Houses Burned i ml ' ' f j Their a>nt<*nts Destroyed. U JBlinron, (la,. tfperiai.?j-Shijron *vas {Friday morning visited by ajdisipicrfire. T%r ho^es anu loss jof ^0,000,. wii^11^^ i a nee THE MARKETS PreVaSmg Prices of Cotton, I / Grain and Produce J j I General Cotton Market. I Gwvcston steady .10 ?-4 / i K^v fWlonMB ^ M ^-v.j i<> I Mobile firm ; 10 o-S ' Savannah dull 10 3->8 Charleston steady 10 i3-5 Wilmington firm 10*'3-8 Norfolk firm 10 3 1 Baltimore nominal 11 1-4 New York quiet ,...11 Boston quiet -..11 Philadelphia quiet .'. .,11.25 Charlotte Cotton Market. These prices represent the iiricea quoted to wagons: F Good middling JlO 1-2 r Strict middling /10 1-8 Middling.. 10 3-38 I Tinges and stains . . . .0 1-2 ta 10 1-4 ' Baltimore Produce Market. Baltimore, Dec. IS.? Flour steady L " unchanged. Wheat easier; spot eontracd 74Vi to 74 3-8; Southern by sample 00 to 08. Corn easier, spot old 50 1-4; new 48 1-4: Southern new vrliit? .>.\m Jill/ ? - 71 to 48y2. Oats quiet ; No. 2 mixed, .'50. Rye linn; No. 2 Western, 7(j to 77. Butter, cheese uiui >ugar sload", unchanged. Eggs flrtn, unchanged, 2<> to 2S. Charlotte Produce Market. Chickens?Spring J, ..12 liens?Per Head .... 28 Ducks . Eggs 27 Ryo ?3rt Corn 72 N. ^ Cotton Seed J."Hk Outs?Feed .v'c^ Onts?Seed *183 ! , Contract Has Been Awarded,'. Norfolk, Ya., Special?The contract for the building to he erected ak thi Jamestown Exposition by. the l)iugb tors of the Confederacy all ov<* the country, has been awarded. I The building' will cost $5,000 and will be a reproduction of ' B'eauvoir,' w th? home of Jefferson Davis, PresiAfit of the Confederacy, at Gulfport, Hiss. ? ' Enrique C. Creel Mexican Ai^Bassador to United 3tate3. ^H> City ot Mexico, Special.?h*? re a n d Ch I this ics dv was IN O'TWS ^B "I spent twenty years writing tbat^HB| loni; poena," he said. "And it didn't, take?" B "Oh, yes?tcok all I had."?AtlanLs^^HB (Vnptltntl^n M| OUR PRICE LIST. fl| Combining good quality and low prioe^^^^H The prices quoted below are gtiarantc^^H^B to bo the lowest for qnality of Goa^^BH^I 1 year old Corn Wjisky, per gallon ^^B 0 ,, ? Tar Heel Corn Whiskey 1 ,, Good Rye Whisky per 2 ? Good Rye Whisky " " 3 (;<*><! Rvo Whiskv " " 4 ? Good Rye Whisky " " 5 ,, Good Rye Whisky " No charge for vessel or MOc extra will prepay exuresa to lliree gallons; over 3 gallons, 7 ?o, SHUMAN & COMPANY, ^ SALISBURY - NO. v f" * " Jsm.T' When in the! Market for I GOOD WHISKIES, WINES, BRANDIES, ETC., 9 CALL ON Of WRITE frolin AL1SBURY. |N. C* # k atod beside Jack..; "together they wached the child climb the s\eps. 'Good nlfbt, little Cherub," they caled after her as Jack took both the giTakands in his, sod By this time Chertb had disappeared. and was. cravlinK happily jack into bed.?The Pithllnder. A . CHRISTMAS OCkBtlNG. Rivalry For IHetaare Al*ng Marked Coureea hskea F?? aad Cheer. Girls often are a little:neglected in the Chrtstjnas aporH. aays Country Life in America's Ctrlstniq^ Annual. For their benefit, aid noir omitting the boys, a eoaattngrartv may be or?-A? , . fcklf >. \ H#UrANfc ^ flTjrfr ";N vV/^ V^u ^NANY