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fseru^r l story j \ Uhe i ' \ Women's \ i Candidate \ I Y w * A |JLJ=I I ^ iS Copyright 1311, Wcal^rti Newspaper t'nlon CHAPTER I. You have felt the thrill of the chase? Your pulses have leaped like an arrow at the yip. yip of the dogs In close pursuit? You have dashed madly over fences, taking the hurdles without regard to personal danger as the prey suddenly sprang from Its covert and whisked swiftly into the hazel brush ahead? You?but wait! Fancy! Did you ever behold ten pretty, vivacious lithe-limbed young women chasing a handsome man?a perfect stranger?through a dogwood swamp, their dresses swirling high above pretty ankles, their baying. shrieks nf hvsterlenl In ncrM nr 7 "Catch him! Catch him!" shrilled u slender blonde to the leading lady running ahead with an athletic stride, her head and shoulders back, her hair rippling in the wind. "Get him, Jackie!" panted a ravenous brunette, close behind. "Darn these narrow skirts, anyhow. I'd like to be a man long enough to wear?" "Oh, gee?this is?too?much for tne!" and a solidly built blonde with a retrousse nose and a red sweater toppled onto a bed of moss under a thornapple tree and gasped for breath that persisted in cross-circuiting a chorus of chortles struggling for freedom. "E-Yip-l-Addy-I-Ay-I-Ay!" "Run, girls, run!" "Go it!" "Hot foot!" "Whoo?p!" A startled rabbit, aroused from his breakfast of alder shoots, sat up in mazy bewilderment, took one hasty glance and bounded away into tho marsh grasses. his funny little tail bobbing through the squashy places like a meteor of down. Ahead the man was running freely, taking an occasional swift glance over his shoulder at the foremost of the toe. One by one the pursuers were falling by the way, their laughter becoming more and more distant. Suddenly the man swerved behind a groaf ash along the trail and waited. Through the brush behind he heard the leader coming like a wood nymph, light and airy. The man crouched. She was upon him now. Agilely he sprang from his hiding place and opened his arms! With a gurgle of surprise, her cheeks as flaming red as the Oriental poppy on a sunny morning, she collided with his manly breast, Before she could free hersolf, the man's lips were at hers, sipping the honey with an ecstasy of delight! "Oh!' she gasped, struggling. "Were you looking for me?" asked the man, taking toll again and holding her close. "But?" she cried. "But?" between kisses. And then with one freo hand pne boxed mm soundly on the ear. He Jet her go instantly, rubbing his head regretfully. She stood staring at him, her laughter given way to anger. "Sir:" her eyes blazing. "How dare you?" "Never mind," said the man humbly, "I'll take it back!" coming nearer and reaching for her slim waist. Some lame philosopher has said that a woman with a sense of humor has never been born. In refutation, the girl suddenly broke forth Into peals of laughter, backing away from lilni until she leaned against a tree trunk for support. The man kept his eyes on her. "Anyhow," ho said finally, "I like the game. Who invented it?" Coming closer, he reached forth his hand and touched her lightly on the arm "Tag!" he cried, and started to run. The riil sat down unceremoniously In a tangle of grape vines. ' f hmt m V finenru ernojo/1 ' " ? ? ? .. ?? o VIUOOCU. out? \J i i.Jtested?and the man came back, dis appointedly. "I'll wait until they cramp," he said determinedly, crouching at a respect able distance. "There ain't agoin' to be any core!" nodding her golden head positive!) ,, and striving to keep back the blushes The man seemed saddened. "Listen." she said soberly. "If ] expo, ..od ever to see you again, I'd bf mortified to death. Hut I don't, and I'm going to make a clean breast ol It. because." with maidenly modesty "It served me right!" He waited patiently, nodding bj way of approbation. "You're the first man that's com* ?p to this forest primeval In flv< weeks. Wo were hunting for mocca In flowers when we caught sight ol *0U K . ... ' , "'Girls! there's a man!' shouted Bess Winters?and In a Knlrit nf mtu. chief wo set out after you. It was only a flash of feminine deviltry, that would have died out at one?but when you ram?well, it was so funny we ran alter you. I'm something of a sprinter and I?I got In the leud?aud ) 1?didn't expect you would?would?" Tho man grinned. ""A bird In the hand is worth two | in the bush!'" he quoted. "1 thought you'd beat 'em?and 1?but I hear voices. Shall we run away?" entlcI ingly. "By all means, no," she replied sej verely. "Very well, then, I surrender?to | you." The girl shook her head. "1 don't want you." "What, after chasing mo across I that confounded swamp!" lookiry; { meaningly at her wet and bedraggled j skirt. She reddened. "It Ik ft woman's privilege to reject t ?even after she has chased a man to cover." "And you stand on your rights?" earnestly, but with mirth In his eyes. "I do!" positively. "Why?" he persisted. "Because!" He bowed profoundly. "Before woman's final and always , conclusive reason I seem to accept j the inevitable?but do not bo deceived, i fair lady, 'things are not always what they seem,'" quoting. "1 have caught you fairly 011 the lirst lup. I, too. shall stand on my rights?the rules of the game!" "Oh, here they are. Come on, girls!" cried an eager voice. One by one nine warm, giggling : summer girls came into view, ranging a galaxy of beauty beneath tho green trees. "Did you catch him, Jackie?" cooed the brunette. "Did you?" The golden haired one dropped her ! eyes. | llJLS rr tthA ilifi ? " man, sponking for her. "Is this the ! pack?" "Who are you, sir, that dares call ! us dogs?" demanded a red llpped I blonde with hair like flax. "I am the fox!" replied the man. He arose to his feet and put his thumbs Into the armpits of his vest, : a habit ho had, facing them mocki ingly. I "Look!" screamed the short one, j "he is an officer!" Jackie started. With a deft movement the bru| nette reached forth and laid hack the lapel of his coat, peering at a tiny gold star, engraved. "Oh, girls," she cried dramatically, a ring of mischief in her voice, "look who's here; HIS HONOR, THE MAYOR!" CHAPTER II. "The jury will arise and be sworn!" "Jackie" Vinlng, the judge, waited Impatiently. "What's the matter with you, girls? Mabel, Lucile?don't you know you're jurymen?er. on the 1urv. Stand m>! 1 There!" with satisfaction. "Now raise your hands?no. no: your right hnnds! 1 That's better. You solemnly swear, : cross your hearts, hope-to die, you will ; carefully weigh the evidence In this : cose and render a verdict according to the statutes?er, according to what you think this wretch deserves?" maliciously. Six pretty heads nodded, in unison. "He seated," said the judge sternly. "Ills honor, the mayor," sat on a soap box in the center of the front veranda, a mere man In the hands of i the enemy, waiting his fate and try1 ing to look unhappy. "What's the charge," demanded I Alice Mason, appointed by the court j to defend the prisoner. The Judge moved uneasily in her I chair. Then, In a low, cutting tone j she said: "He's a thief!" The mayor looked up appreh'en] slvoly. "I object," he protested, "to the The Mayor. court's statement of the case. It Is ' irregular tn?" "Order in the court!" interrupted the judge. "Who's running this I case?" > The man lowered bis eyes, acceptI ing the inevitable. ' "This defendant," began Jackie, "is . a thief. He stole a kiss from?froiu? from a perfectly proiH-r young woman r who had never been kissed except by ?by?well, hy those who had a per? feet right. I might say that he not > only stole one but?I believe it was - several the young lady claims he f .(All. 11a .. a. A.l_ ?- a .wl.l ?...A ? : owio. iic uui *>iuj ia n unci, UUl? ' "Whom did he klas? We demand ."?*^?y .' (juy to know who the victim was?" cried the culprit's lawyer, vindictively. "Overruled!" snapped the Judge. The mayor sighed. Things looked 1 black enough. "Your honor." he sa!d approhenslve- i ly. addressing the court, "I appeal for | a change of venue. I have rcasou to i believe that the judge la prejudiced ! against uio. I?" Judge Vinlng pierced him with a | glance. "The idea!" she cried, with asper- j ity. "Sit down, sir." "Well, anyhow, It was worth It!" he shot back, resentfully. The judge blushed as she opened the hotel cook book and searched ostensibly for the criminal act relative to kissing ngatnst woman's will. "Call the first witness!" ordered the court. Pretty Molly McConaell, her raven- j crowned head held at a serious angle, her dimples set In u solemn back- j ground, took the stand. "It was barely sun-up this morn- ; ing," she said, quietly, "when we set out across the meadows after ladyslippers. Aurora was taking her mat- i utiual bath In dew as wo trudged : down Simon's hill and camo to the bottoms. Just as we were about to enter, we saw the defendant skulking in the wood. Somebody said, 'Man!' ! and wo started In pursuit. Instead of ouncuuiTiug, me vuinm lieu at top speed. We ran after htm! Jackie? er, I beg your pardon, your honor, led the chase. 1 was second until I caught my toe In a briar tendril and collapsed in an alder bush!" "What happened next?" encouraged Margaret Farnsworth, the prosecut- | lag attorney, brushing a stray curl from her violet eyes, and fixing the witness with a steady eye. "1 heard a scream from the wood ahoad and then sounds of osculation!" *1 object!" interrupted Attorney Mason. striking a legal attitude. "There is no evidence that this witness is an ! ?| "How Dare You, Sir?" affection expert?that sho knows anything about osculation at close range, let alone long-distance kissing. Young lady, have you ever been kissed?" "The objection is sustained," gurgled the court, mercilessly. The witness blushed rosily. "I refuse to answer," sho said, i stubbornly. "On what grounds?" demanded the ; judge. ?rin ?hn n.l- "-If ' 1? ' ***? 'JimuD UI nvn-iill (Illtanuil and coercion," sho snapped, her chin j in the air. "The court reverses itself," easily. "Witness need not incriminate herself. Ask the next question, attorney." "To the best of your knowledge and bollef," began the state's attorney, i picking a burr front her skirt and toss- ; ing it carelessly to the floor, "were the noises you heard such as to make you think that somebody was being, er?kissed?" "Wait!" interrupted the defense, "I object on the grounds?on the?it's a hypothetical question and?without proper foundation in fact," Impressively. (TO nK CONTINUED.) Movlea Make Target. An Ingenious adaptation of moving pictures to a shooting gallery has been made by an Englishman. In this gallery the marksmen have the satisfaction of shooting at rapidly moving deer or other animals, and the sue- ; cess of their shots is automatically re corded. In tho rear of the gallery is a metal screen painted white. Tinpictures are thrown on this screen and the rapidly moving objects serve In pluce of a target, and afford much more excitement. Ity means of an electrical device in back of tho somen a shot that strikes a mortal spot on tho deer, or whatever the mark may be, is instantly recorded in the front of , the gallery. The marks also show on the white paint, nnd after these marks become too numerous the screeu cau be painted over again. In Women's Interests. Miss Lucy Good'j White has been elected president of the California League for the Protection of Motherhood, which was organized with 100 charter members. It Is not planned to make this a permanent organization, but it is to exist only long enough to obtain t^e passage of a state law pen- \ sloning widowed mothers with de- 1 pendent children and providing for pe- j cunlary assistance during enforced ! idleneso to women who work to sup I port themselves and their children. \ ' V" ' ' i BIRD IS FRIFNn OF faducdi .w - .. ? V VI rtnivil.il Goldfinch Benefits Agriculture by Consuming Seeds of Noxious Weeds* Especially Thistle. By H. W. WEISBKROER. In the Farm and Fireside.) Why do I class the goldfinch as a winter resident? Simply because I think that many a farm boy sees them and hears the familiar "canary notes'' and does not know them to be our common black and yellow "wild canaries'' of the summer timo. This is what they are, but they have donned the greenish-yellow garb of the female. Often, if they have found a food feeding place with plenty of goldenrod or a ragweedy corn field, they will remain until the seeds have Deen consumed, which often requires weeks of time. They must not, however, be confounded with another, similar northern winter bird, the plne-slskln, whoso notes are somewhat Identical, but C ^ The Goldfinch. whose streaked breasi can bo distinguished from the solid color of the goldfinch. During tho winter they travel In small flocks, often In company with tree-sparrows and juncos. Hut when spring comes they pair, and then begins a long season of courtship, for they do not breed until into July. The males aro very ardent and affectionate lovers. Goldfinches are among tho few birds that may be observed indulging In kissing ono another during the courting period. In the late summer and fall they visit the gardens, both in the country and in town, to gather what lettuce and sunflower seen thov finH nwoitino them. They benefit agriculture by eating the seeds of noxious weeds, especially the common thistle, and in feeding their young upon harmful insects. Being with us, to some extent, throughout the winter only tends to add to their usefulness. LOWLY HOG IS ECONOMICAL ?uts to Good Use All It Consumes, Eighty Per Cent, of Carcas3 Being Available. The American hog is the most economical of animals. Of what a horso eats 52 per cent, goes to waste. Fortyfour per cent, of the food consumed by cattle is similarly lost, and 32 percent, of all that sheep take into their stomachs. Only 12 per cent, of what a pig eats is wasted. Fifty-two per cent, of the food eaten by a hog goes to make growth. A sheep utilizes only 25 i>er cent, of its sustenance for growing, which means, of course, the production of meat. These figures aro obtained from recent experiments made by government experts, who find, as a result of their study, that the pig has what they call an "economic superiority" even over poultry. That is to say. it produces more meat in proportion to its weight, and tho animal weighs more in proportion to tho amount of food it. consumes. Kightyfour per cent, of the carcass of a hog iH utilized as meat; of the beef animal, 75 per cent, is edible, and of tho sheep only 54 per cent. Tims it appears that a greater percentage of the pig Is available for food than of any other domesticated creature. Acid Phosphate In Henhouses. The best practice is to use acid phosphate or floats freely in the henhouse. You can put the manure into order for drilling by thorough exposure "to drying air and then pounding up and running through n coarse sieve. It. is deficient in phosphoric acid, which the soil usually needs and at least 50 pounds of a good grade of acid phosphato should be added to each 100 pounds of the dry manure. Four or live hundred pounds per aero may be the most profitable amount for your rye. For Skin Disorder. The following powder given each day Is said to be good for skin disorder In horses: Finely powdered iodine of potash, 4 ounces; granu lated sugar and common salt, of each 1 pound. Mix well together and divide into thirty-two powders. Feed no corn, but let the grain feed bloats and wheat bran. I'se tincture of iodine on the lumps every second day until tho skin becomes a little tender. Danger of Poor Ventilation. If yon want your sheep to die, shut them up in a tight pen where they cannot move about much, and stuff them with hay and .grain all the time. The way to have healthy sheep Is to let them have a r>pin aroui.d the lot every day. : ( Opening Up Drain Outlets. A few hours spent now to see that all the drain outlets aro well opened may save considerable delay on account of wet fields In the spring. \ : ; COST OF BUILDING CREAMERY One Mutt First Figure on Expense and Then on Equipment?Pays to Build Well. tBy G. A. Oil-BERT. Colorado Agricultural College.) Creamery builders must figure the eostf first, of tho building, second, of tVl** Dflll Inmon t A onUn K1? venient building will contain a main work room, store room, refrigerator, engine and boiler room, coal room and an office. Such a medium sized creamery would measure 28x48 feet. In some sections lr.bor and material ato much cheaper than in others and the cost varies accordingly. However, we cun place the limit of cost of such a construction between one thousand and fifteen hundred dollars. Where only gathered cream 1b received the equipment required is less than where whole milk is received. In the first instance, of the gathered cream plant, the following would be necessary: 15 H. P. boiler; 10 H. P. engine; a well and pump; weigh cap und scales; Babcock testing equipment complete; combiner churn, capacity 600 lbs. butter; buttermilk vat; cream ripener; starter can; wash sink. Besides this there will be shafting, pulleys, piping, belting, etc. By making two churnings a day in the rush season, 1,200 pounds of butter could be manufactured per day in a plant of this size. The cost of equipment would approximately be $1,200. Tho total cost of a creamery without artificial refrigeration will vary from $2,200 to $3,000. In the long run it pays to build well and to uso first class equipment In a creamery, and this is the baBls of tho foregoing figures. In many cases on record creameries started by promoters of representatives of construction companies have cost exhorbitaut prices and out of all proportion to the business they nre able to do. NECESSARY FOR TOOL SHOP One Essential Is Water and In Receptacle Large Enough for All Needs?Tub Is Best. Wherever the farmer has his own blacksmith shop, it is almost nocessary to have water handy, and have It in a vessel large enough for the needs of the shop. Tho half barrel makes a very good vessel for this purpose. The hnlf of a common coal oil barrel will nidL'n n rorv wao/1 ??!? ? ..... iummw .? ?< ? j inu. X UU notches, shown in tho illustration, form good supports for tho wagon Water Tub for Shop. wheels when cooling the sot tires. The notches will also be found handy for other purposes about the tub, such as keeping tongs, lays. etc.. from slipping to the bottom of tho tub when set upright to cool. When Soils Cease to Produce. The trouble with soils when they censo to produce as they did when new is not that the elements of plant food are actually exhausted from the soil, but the nocessaary forces for tho liberation are exhausted. Ono of these forces Is bacteria. It 1b estimated that in tho common soil thero are 150,000,000 bacteria to tho ounce. These bacteria must have for their food, humus, then they will liberate food for the growth of plants. To bo a good farmer ono needs to grow legumes and other cover crop plants to turn under for humus, and to encourage these beneficial bacteria to perform their functions in tho solL Fattening Market Fowls. To fatten poultry for market, remove them from the yards and place, without overcrowding, In a coop which should he provided with a canvas cover to draw down and keep tho inmates In darkness. I)o not feed for about r.lx hours after placing in the coop, and then feed all they will eat. Feed three times a day, and keep fresh water and a basin of grain always before them. _ Attention to Colts' Feet. Don't forget to give the colt's feet attention. Now is when the set of limbs is determined. There is always a reason for a poor set of limbs. It may bo hereditary, but it is generally carelessness on the part of the owner who did not keep his feet trimmed down level with tho frog. A colt'a feet aro continually breaking off and splitting if they are not attended to promptly.?IForso Journal. Treating Nail Wounds. One. who has tried it says that the most successful treatment that he has found for nail wounds in horses' feet is to clean the wound and pour full of hot. tallow or lard. This seems to give verv little nnin and nnn treat. mont generally cures. Clean Milk. Milk that makes gassy curds Is usually dirty. Clean milk and clean utenoila will never produco gassy curda. before and after marriage Advice Given Mother n Regard tt -ft Young Daughter Proven Valuable to Daughter Even > | . After Marriage. || Pollock, Tex.?"When I wu a girl. sdoui i? years or age." writes Mrs. Winnie Delaney. of this town, "I waa in awfully bad health. I tried different treatments, but they did me no good. A friend advised my mother to give me Cardul, the woman's tonic. She # gave me one bottle, and it straightened me out all right. 1 did not have any more trouble until after I was married. I had several bad Bpells then, but I began taking Cardui again, and my health etarted to improving right away. I can safely recommend Cardul to all women sufferers, as I thlnlc it is the greatest woman's medicine on earth. You may publish this letter if yon wish." Cardul is good for young girls, aa well as older women, because it con| tains pure, harmless, vegetable ingro; dlents, which act gently, yet surely. I on the delicate womanly organs. It is a tonic prepared exclusively for wornj en. i ui uiuio luuli uu ?fttiB, v.araui nai been In widely extended use, by women of all ages, and has given entire catlsfactlon, as a remedy for rebuilding womanly health and strength. You can rely on Cardul. It will do : for you. what It has done for thou' sands of others. It will help you. Begin to take Cardul, today. N. B.? Writ* to.- Chattanooga Medicine Co.. i Ladies Advisory Dept.. Chattanooga. Tenn., for i Sttcial Inttruchom on your case and 64-page book. ! "Home Treatment for Women." sent m plate | wrapper. Adv. Determined to Be Observed. "You may announce that I intend to retire to private life," said the industrious statesman. "What for?" "It seems to bo the only method Just now by which I can attract public attention." A Confession. Startled by convincing evidence that they were the victims of serious kidney and bladder trouble, numbers of prominent people confess they have | found relief by using KURIN Kidney and Bladder Pills. For sale by all medical dealers at 2Sc. Burwell & Dunn.Co., Mfra.. Charlotte, N. C. Adv. Limitations. "Is your wife a auffragette?" "Yob," replied Mr. Meekton. "To a certalu extent. She thinks she ought to have the ballot, but she knows a lot of of women who she is sure do not deserve it." Important to IKotnars Examine carefully every bottle oi CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and Beo that it Dears the ST& //iTja . sr Signature of In T78o For Over 30 Years. 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