WHEN SPRING CAME
The Old Story?Jumping at Conclusions.
y JEANNE O. LOIZEAUX.
Jfc came tardily, with a sudden
burst, after long, rigid cold, a winter
of discontent, the dreariest in
William Failing's young life.
From T-h* past October when he
had ceased to be, so far as Betty was
concerned, he had aimplv set his
teeth and endured things, grinding
out routine work in the office as
though fiends pursued. For the rest,
he ate and slept?when he could. He
kuew work was his only salvation,
though he had now nothing to make
money for.
Betty was not going to marry him.
Washburn had won. Not that she j
ever promised to niarrv Failing. In
fact, he had not asked her. But he
had been so happily confident the
whole benntiful summer .and autumn
that she eared just as he did.
They had been inseparable to such
an extent that Jerry Washburn had
apparently given up his long pursuit
of the girl and had gone "back J vast."
Washburn had money and ability,
too.
Now Failing cursed himself for
not having made sure of the girl in
words. He had not spoken because
he was working so desperately to he
made junior partner in his business,
so that he might have something definite
to offer her.
Remembering this, his rugged
blond face grew set and hard. She
had not been willing to wait for
him! She had dropped him without
warning, cruelly, without a word Ik?fore
or after.
The shock had come in October
One evening lie had taken Betty out
on the lake, and they snent hours of
delight in the flooding moonlight.
The next morning the senior partner
had railed him into the "throne
room," and after much pompous
prelude made him junior partner
with a fourth interest in the business
and an increase of salary that
made his heart leap Hetty-wards.
Excited, exultant, he had tried to
thank the senior partner, hut the
wise old <hap had wared him away
"You'll l>e no good for some time
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g?n tun ui uere aim tone a vacation
!' Off with you !"
Failing liait snatched his lint.
Then he ran out to the street and
walked toward Betty's home. Ho
had to feel the ground under his feet
-he could not have endured a street,
ear!
When he reached the hig old place
and had rung the hell the little inaid
admitted him. Miss Betty was out
for a walk. Would lie see anyone
else? She would he hack in an hour
or so.
He would walk about; perhaps he
would meet her. His head and his
heart were high.
And never through a long life
would he forget the heart-sickness
of the rest. Down the street he had
swung all radiant with joy, and turn;I1/#
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...K a wiucr mm auuosi run over
little Erie Cross, Hetty's house guest,
for whom he ha?l never cared much.
Her big eyes were almost feverishly
bright, hut her cheeks were
pale and she was manifestly excited.
To pass time he turned and walked
with her a little.
"You're a laggard in love!" sho
Hung at him. "Lochinvar has come
out of the East and captured your
fair lady, fie came last night and
invited himself to broakfast this
morning. He dragged her off before
he really decently could. 1 went off
hy myself, but I saw them cooing in
the woods just now. What made
you let him take her from under
your very eyes?"
Then she chattered ou about anything.
everything. Failing left her
as soon us he conld. He never liked
her wordiness.
So Washburn was back! Well, ht
was sorry for the fellow! Failing
gave Evie's chaff no credence. Almost
unconsciously he made his way
through the wood to the crooked path
she loved so well.
Then, quite suddenly, he l?*d flAon
what made his heart stand still. He
turned away after a heart-sick instant.
Washburn, browned and big,
was leaning over Betty, his Betty,
kiiwing both her small hands. Failing
had never dared m much.
Evie's words came to him, and he
strode away, blinded by hurt and
anger. So that was her truatworthinaaa
I Beoauae she was not formally
Marvels of Yellowstone
PANAMi
Copyright. 1014. by Panama PRrlflc Inlbri
One of tlie most marvelous featijr
1915 will be a gigantic representation
cost of $<00,000. under the supervision
supervising the work. In the backgro
large circular Bpace In the center of tl
producing the topographical features o
little below him there will be a water
wonderful geysers In the park, which
The above view shows this wondt
NORTH FACADE OF THE HUGE
PANAM
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Copyright, 1914. hy 1'hiihiiih I'mIAc lntrr
This photograph shows tho north
Exposition. San Francisco. 1915. as it
of the building is Roman, w ith dfcnort
f.lncoln lleachc/ made the world's fli
| feet long and four hundred font t W?.
ad secretly loved Washhurn all the
line, ami had surrendered at I lie
nan's iirsl word.
' William Failing had gone straight
lome and parked his things. Then
le made a call at the oil ice and hank,
anight a ticket, and hy night was on j
lis war to Colorado for a month * j
vacation in the wilds, taking his mi.-- I
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viy wiiu mm. .\i leasi lie woman t
iiave to hear her engagement discussed
and have people pity him. ?
Finally he had come grimly hack
10 work as though liciid-pursucd. lie
, heard no word of her, and could not
to save his life have asked a (piesion
about her. lie inwardly raged
localise 110 one mentioned her in his
presence. I>id they think him such
.1 weakling that lie couldn't hear il.
Twice since his return he had met 1
' ier oil the street. She ha rely rceog- ;
.lized him, and lie lifted his lint with
distant courtesy. At least she was
not yel married.
Of course tlu* announcement of
ngagement anil the wedding date
'lad been in the papers while he was
away. He had hoped that seeing
her would somehow lessen her vital
clearness to him, hut it only made
things worse.
lie had worked and worried himself?ami
half the otlicc force?thin
until the <dd man hade him remember
that employes were men, not 111aHiines.
Then he became considerate
of them not of himself.
It was a day in February that he
had again seen Hetty. This time it
was in a book shop. Iler eyes were
bent over an open volume, and hefore
she saw him lie had time to
notice that her small nturlnvnl
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hands had grown fragile.
Then; was no look of hridal happiness
about her. This time he was
going over to apeak to her, hut, looking
up, she gave him such a grave
little how ami immediately joined a
friend who was near her.
After that he knew something was
wrong, and hraeed himself a little.
This (letitiourt strength tided him
over some l>ad weeks. Then spring
came, at a leap, a sudden warmth, a
inciting, an unseasonable time when
aid in en croak ml ol danger to fruit
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IRK IN VAST REPRODUCTION
I-PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPI
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i:itt<?nnl Kxposltlon Company,
es ?>r the huge rananiR-raclflo Internn
of the Yellowstone National pnrk, bu
i of Mr. J. R. Kathrens. the famous p
und of the picture Is seen an exact di
lie picture will be filled by a topograpl
f the park. The man on the right la
fall 85 feet high, falling lhto a great
will be one of the moat attractive sec
?rful exhibit as It appeared while und?
PALACE OF MACHINERY BUILt
A-PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXP
mm im i "i.H'.'wji
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nnlli>nal FIxpnettton Company,
facade of the great 1'alace of Alachlu
appeared :dx months before the open
itions suggestive of machinery and in
rat indoor aeroplane flight. The V'alac
trees, and morning papers interviewed
doctors us to the effect of
such warm spells on the public
health.
Out* morning Failing deliberately*
left the olliee and set olf for a walk.
He walked jniles. First lie avoided
Hetty's house, and then came back
and made himself pans it. The sun
was hot, and little leaves, like a
green mist, were beginning to.
wreathe the trees. Hirds twittered
and carried straws, and children
were bnrchended at play.
So it was that he came upon her,
us once before. But this time she
was alone, her arm up against a
great tree triftik, her face hidden
in the arm.
lie came a little nearer. She was
manifestly crying. Betty crying!
lie could not help letting everything
hut his old love for her melt a\\4^
like the winter's snow.
lie was behind her in an instant,
taking her by the shoulders, turning
her around to face him. She resisted
at lirst, but did not try to conceal
the tears in her eyes.
"If? he makes you unhappy I'll?
shake the life out of him!" he said.
"At best Washburn could never?
love you as I always have?"
"What do you mean, William
Failing!" Iler eyes were wide with
utter astonishment.
"Aren't you?engaged to him? I
saw him?kissing your hand?you
don't allow things of that sort for
"nothing?*'
Her look stopped him. Light had
conic *n her. And the man saw her
love for him. Site had to push hint
away with hotji hands.
"Von?saw thai ? I ? lie made me
refuse him again. 1 had just told
Iiiiii there was somebody else. 1
didn't let him take my hands ?he
just did it. That was the instant
you chose to see! If you had waited!
And then?never to come near
me again, or send me a word !" She
put her arms up over her face with
the gesture of a child.
"Oh," he said, sheltering her in
his anus. "If you knew what 1 have
boon through!"
She gave a yueer little laugh.
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1^15
tlonal Exposition in San Francisco in
iit by the Union Pacific railroad at a
roducer, who is now in San Francisco
ipllcatlon of the Old Faithful inn. The
tiical map 220 feet In diameter and relooking
over a cliff 100 feet high; a
basin below the cliff. Them will b?
tions of the "Zone."
?r construction in September. 1914.
)ING
0SITI0N. SAN FRANCISCO, 1915
ery at the Punama-Paciflc International
in* of the exposition. The architecture
ventlon. It was in this building that
e of Machinery is almost one thousand
"As if I didn't know," sTie an- |
swored happily. Anything in words, I
however crude and commonplace, j
after the winter's icy silence, was a
joy to them.
It was probably sillv, but the
whole world about them had gone ;
silly?if it is silly to be utterly happv
for no particular reason save that
MIiriliL' lin< conic
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TAX RETURNS FOR 1915.
Office of the County Auditor of York
County, South Carolina.
Yorkville, S. C., Dec. 1, J914.
As required by statute, my books
will be opened at my office in Yorkville
on Friday, .January 1, 1915 and
kept open until February 20, 1915, for
the purpose of listing for taxation all
personal and real property held in
York county on January 1, 1915.
For the purpose of facilitating the
taking of returns and for the greater
convenience of Taxpayers, 1 will be _
at the following places on the dates j
named:
At Ramah, (A. M. McGill's Store),
Friday, January 1.
At Bethany, (McGill Bros. Store), j
Saturday, January 2.
At Clover, on Tuesday and Wednesday,
.January 5 and 0.
At Bethel, (Ford, Harnett & Co's
Store). Thursday. Januarv 7.
At I'oint, (at Harper's) on Friday,
January 8.
?t Bandana, (Perry Ferguson's
Store), on Saturday, January 9.
At Smyrna, on Monday, January 11. '
At Hickory Grove, on Tuesday and
Wednesday, January (2 and 13.
At Sharon, on Thursday and Friday,
January 14 and 15. ?
At Bullock's Creek, (Good's Store),
on Saturday, January 16.
At Tirzah, on Monday, January 18.
At Newport, on Tuesday, January 19.
At Fort Mill, on Wednesday, Thursday
and Friday, January 20, 21 and 22. j
At McConncilsvir.e, on Monday, Jan- j
uary 25.
At Ogden, on Tuesday, January 26.
At Coates Tavern, (Roddey's) on j
Wednesday, January 27.
At Rock Hill, from Thursday, Jan-!
uary. 28, to Wednesday, February 3.
And at Yorkville, from Thursday
February 4, until Saturday, February
20.
All males between the ages of
twenty-one and sixty years, except
rHnfpflorkt*1 ovar th?? <\f
fifty years are liable to a poll tax of
$1.00, and all persons so liable are
especially requested to give the numbers
of thejr respective school districts
in making their returns.
HROAI)US M. LOVE,
County Auditor.
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