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"For goodness sakesl If that old
Mexican cow ain't been and gone and y
et my glory-de-John rose." f
I looked up from my gardening and (
aw my next door neighbor?usually \
the most aimiable of women?literally
shaking with indignation, on her front i
porch, while a cow was on the grass r
plot below, contentedly munching the <
last of tho Gloire de Dijon. ]
Mrs. Farleigh took a pot containing f
a small, withered palm from the porch e
rail, heaved it at the cow, and ex- ,
claimed: "Drat the beast!" .
The pot broke Innocently some way E
from the cow, and the animal went j
over to it and examined the palm. It
was too dry ror ner i&ste, nowever.
She evidently preferred sweet, succulent
rose bushes.
' fcShoo!" Mrs. Farleigh followed the
exclamation down the steps, shaking
her apron vigorously as she went The
cow walked leisurely away, notwithstanding
the pieces of broken flower
pot that my neighbor sent after it
"Ain't that the limit?"
I had intended to keep out of the
controversy, and had busied myself behind
a hakea, but a bakea forms a poor
shelter, and this last remark was evidently
intended for me.
"It's hard," I replied sympathetica^
ly. Of course I said just the wrong
thing. Anything I might have replied
would have been wrong to one in Mrs.
Farlelgh's mood.
"Hard! Hard!" she shouted in disgust.
"I wasn't thinking of the cow's
digestion. It's my glory-de-John rose
that worries me. I've tended it all.
winter, like a mother, and it was just
coming into bloom. Them Mexicans
have no right to keep cows in a respectable
neighborhood."
The Mexican was a bete noir to the
neighbors. He had arrived recently,
and bought four lots. On these he
was keeping half a dozen cows, and
running a small dairy farm. He seemed
to be circumventing the city ordinance,
which prohibited one person
keeping more than one cow, by distributing
the ownership of the animals
among his children. The bad feature
about the affair was that the family
? fflyual about letting the cows
roam off the premises. They had
owned a large ranch in Mexico, before
the revolution, and did not understand
being confined to four city lots.
"It's too bad. Why don't you go
over and see them about it?" I suggested
mischievously, for I knew the
Mexicans understood little or no English.
"I will," Mrs. Farleigh said decidedly.
"I have juet cause for complaint"
"You surely have," I agreed. "It's
the proper thing to do."
Mrs. Farleigh trotted across the
street her anger rising as she went
and pushed the button beside the
Mexican's front door.
I was bad enough to take up a point
of vantage behind a large leptospermum,
to watch the burlesque, for I
imagined my neighbor had not the
Spanish.
The Mexican woman appeared, and
my neighbor started the attack. "Your
old cow has been and et my glory-deJohn
rose," Mrs. Farleigh shouted.
"Gloria de Juan, eenora!" the Mexican
woman exclaimed^ in surprisa.
Juan was her eldest son. {
"De waun seniora nothing. Your
cow, cow, cow," each time she spoke
the word, Mrs. Farleigh pointed a fin- ,
ger viciously at the offending animal,
which was contentedly ruminating over
the flavor of rose bushes near by, ,
"your cow has been et my glory-deJohn
rose.''
The Mexican woman was clearly ,
puzzled. "La vaca gloria de Juan!
No, no. Ordena la vaca."
"Can't von savvv English?" Mrs.
Farleigh asked indignantly.
"No hablo ingles." I
"You have no English, eh?" Mrs. <
Farleigh resorted to pigeon English. (
Tapping the Mexican woman on the
chest with a finger, Mrs. Farleigh demanded:
"You no savvy?"
"No sabe."
"For the land's sake. And I've been (
and left my housework to come over (
here and give you a bit of my mind." j
The humor of the situation dawned on .
Mrs. Farleigh. She placed her hands
on her hips, and, with arms akimbo, .
laughed uproariously. .
The Mexican woman stared in astonishment;
then she caught the infec- ,
tion, and joined in the laugh. There, f
on the Mexican's porch, the two worn- j
en stood, each seeming to try to outdo
the other in her hilariousness. After ,
a time, they became v,eek-kneed from ,
the effort, and sat on the top step and
continued to laugh, wiping the tears
that ran down their cheeks with the
corners of their aprons. They had
found a common language. .
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j THE UNDERSTANDING \
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) By BLANCHE G. R0BBIN3. ?
?eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
The room was strangely familiar to
ler, yet she knew she bad never beore
seen even the
p-ate she could
ee the dark green 1 flbf
)ictures done in j i
The bookcases *
vere filled with books, richly bound,
jhe was struck with the simplicity of
he furnishings.
Suddenly the fire flickered into life,
ind the picture hanging over the flre>lace
caught her attention. It was obiously
a snapshot, enlarged but exluisitely
finished.
It was a picture of a woman, her
notherhood stamped distinctly on her
>eautiful face. She sat before an open
Ire, the firelight radiating the laugher
in her eyes.
At her knee stood a small boy, his
>right eyes revealing the love of his
>wn little soul as he smiled responsvely.
Suddenly she roused herself; slve
lad been dreaming. She was not premising
an answer for the man waiting
>utside in the darkness. Denny
3rown had asked ner to marry mm
md she had promised her answer tolight.
They had been running swiftly,
smoothly through the exhilarating air
if the suburbs in Denny's car. Sudlenly
something bad gone wrong. It
lad happened at the very moment
vhen she should have been answering
Jenny.
He had brought her to this bunga*
ow, asking permission for her to
vait there. \
He had telephoned to a neighboring
rarage for a man. They were now retiring
the machine. In a few mo>
cents he would return for her.
How strongly at this monent all
Jenny could give her appealed to her!
She was so tired?so nervously tired
if her own life.
But the other man! Somehow Denny
lad guessed that the other man had
ieen something to her. For tonight
le had told her, quietly, that the other
nan had failed again. Unconsciously,
she had been waiting for "the other
nan" to win success.
A man's step sounded on the veranla?Denny
had come for her and her
inswer was not ready. She heard the
slick of the telephone receiver in the
lall. A man's voice?not Denny's?
sailed Woodstock, N. H., on the long*
IIOICMJVV/*
It was Phil Berkley?the other man!
She was wafting In his bungalow?tonight
of all nights, but she had to
isten.
"Hello, that you Mater?**
U M
"Oh, I'm?I'm all Bight
U 99
"Yes?a bit blue tonight, how did
rou know?"
U H
"I hate to tell you, mamsy; but It's
mother failure#"
It M
"No, I'm going to try again. Third
line's trying, you know."
ti tt
"You're so comforting, Mamsy, yes
'*11 a a rw a Ho V "
, 11 O ULCCCU OUlliV UMJ
it tp
"I wouldn't care so much If It
veren't for you and?that little girl."
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"Yes, she's waiting for me."
ti ft
"Yes, there's just the understanding
)etween us. Yet I trust her to wait,
sometimes I think I must have
Ireamed it all."
"Good-night, dearest?"
In a moment the man would ring
)ff. She must either hide or run. By
he light of the flame she saw a door
eading from tne room to ine ve an
da.
Rising quickly, Ehe stepped softly
icross the room and out onto the ve anda.
Stumbling over the low steps, she
an breathlessly across the damp lawn
oward the lights shining dimly in
he road.
Pausing within the shelter of the
shrubbery, she called softly, "Denly!"
The man left the machine and came
juickly to the lawn.
"Denny, won't you take me home
low? Send the man with the car to
.he garage. I want to go now."
"What?" he asked perplexedly.
'Tired of waiting, Beth? It won't be
more than twenty minutes. It's too
far to walk. There's no other way but
the trolley, and that's so crowded."
"Yes, yes; that's what I want," she
Interrupted; "the trolley?the crowds
?the lights."
"But, Beth, we want to be alone to- ]
night, dear; Just you and I?your an- (
swer?you promised me your answer ,
tonight"
"Hush, Denny! I ought to have
told you. I can't marry you. I'm
waiting for the other man. I've prom1
lsed No; it's not an engagement
j There's?there's?just an understand- 1
'ng."
(Copyright, 1914, by the McClure Newape- 1
per Syndicated
The Tapestry Mode. '
The Millionaire (declining to pupchase
post-impression creation)?
Noth'n' dohT! Why, my maiden j
a'nt cud d&rrn a better picture '*
that?Punch. ]
Danger
of Too Much Talk.
Don't talk too much. Just after you 1
have talked a man into buying, if you i
j keep on talking you will talk him out j
1 of buying.?Atchison Globe.
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Defined. <
A literary genius is one whom na:
ture lets in on the ground floor, and j
whom the publishers force to live in
' an attic. 1
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Costly English Port
More than $100,000,000 has been 1
spent in bringing and keeping Che port '
of Liverpool up to date.
At the Top and Bottom.
Of all the people in Europe the
French have the fewest children and 1
the Irish the most. '
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Motive Power in Norway.
The greatest single factor in the
possible industrial development of 1
Norway lies undoubtedly in its cheap '
and abundant hydroelectric power, i
The country having practically no coal ]
resources, the Norwegian industries
are coming to depend more and more ,
upon the utilization of waterfalls as
a primary motive power source.
Double Work.
"Why is it that a man won't wash
bis face with a washcloth?" demanded
Mrs. Wombat. "Men haven't time for
all that foolishness," said Mr. Worn- ,
bat. "First you have to wash your
- -" 1- aLA
face and then you nave 10 wasu iuo
washcloth."?Louisville Courier-Journal.
Lost Opportunity.
First Jew?"Dwenty years ago Goldstein
Bold shoestrings on the corner
und today he owns the corner on
which he stood." Second Jew (excitedly)?"Und
if he had valked up
und down he might have owned the
whole block."?Life.
Soldier's Most Trying Position.
The average soldier finds the most
terrifying position to be that of standing
motionless in the front rank, exposed
to the enemy's fire without being
able to reply. The order to advance
or to charge with fixed bayonets
is then received as a release from
agony. Movement, even into greater
peril, distracts the mind and greatly
reduces the mental anguish.
No Chances for Him.
A dealer selling cloth in a small
town asked an Irishman who was
passing if he would buy a suit length,
and added: "You can have it for ten
bob." To which Pat replied: "Begob,
sir, if tuppence would buy the makings
of a topcoat for an elephant I couldn't
* ----- ' *? ?- - r\f lotr cri ntra I
DUy me maKlUges ui a paw Ui i^be,w.ou
for a canary this minute."
Shrewd Elopement Trick.
The newest elopement trick was recently
worked in Switzerland, where
the parents of the couple went on a
trip to the top of a mountain. While
they were there the couple got a bobsled,
coasted down the mountainside
and were away on an express before
the parents could get down the mountain
on the railway.
Too Much for Him.
A colored porter for a local druggist
was told to go to another pharmacy to
get some cimcifngo rasiemoses. He
6tood, open-mouthed, and gazed at his
"boss," then asked: "Ain't thar any
other name for dat?"
Loses Its Charm.
It's difficult for a newly married
man to generate much enthusiasm
over his bride's beautiful hair after
he has seen her pile it on the bureau
for the night.
Agreement Reached in Mexican
Crisis.
Mexico City, August 5.?Provisional
President Carbajal and Gen. Venustiano
Carranza, head of the Constitutionalist
movement, today reached a
full agreement concerning the turning
over of the Government to the Constitutionalists.
It is expected a general
amnesty will be declared soon. Hostilities
were suspended today.
All Europe is in Arms.
On the one hand Austri-Hungary
and Germany are opposed by Russia,
France, Great Britaiii Servia,
and Montenegro. Italy has declared
her neutrality, but is mobolizing.
Belgium, Holland and Switzerland ;
have mobolized. ,
The German demand that the eBlgian
goveitnment should, ermlt the ,
free passage of German troops ,
through Belgium was answered by i
hasty preparation to resist such an ;
advance across Belgian territory. :
Sweeden has made no answer to in- j
cjuiries trom Rjssia and Germany
regarding her attitude, but is prearing
to defend her neutrality.
Japan is making ready to live up
to her alliance with Great Britain in
case of certain eventualities.
Spain is reported to be preparing
a proclamation of neutrality.
AtiotHQ-HuncrQrv fnr tho mnmnnt
has retired from her campaign
against Servia for thp purpose of
holding back Russia, and Servia has
mobolized with the reported intention
of invading Bosnia.
Latest News from the Front.
Brussels, via Paris, August 6?1.38
i. m.?Several thousand dead and
wounded is the toll paid by the German
army of the Meuse for its attack
an Liege. The Belgians made a heroic
repulsing the Germans after
heavy and continuous fighting.
The fortified positions of Liege had 1
to support on Wednesday the general
shock of the German attack. The Belgian
forts resisted the advance fiercely
and did not suffer. One Belgian
squadron attacke dand drove back
six German squadrons.
Eight hundred wounded Germans
are being transferred to the city of
Liege where they will be cared for.
Prior to the attack on Liege Gen.
Von Emmich, commanding the German
army of the Meuse, issued a proclamation
calling for an open road
through Belgium for the advance of
bis forces, and suggesting that pru-1
dence would show it the duty of the
Belgian people to accede to this to
avoid the horrors of war.
The Germans committed repressions
tVift stitril nnnnlotfnn r\f tho
CX?Cl*HO?# LilC VI ' I* j/v/j/n mil Wii Wk ??V
town of Vise, eight miles north of
Liege, burning the city and shooting
many residents.
Odd-Looking Shark's Egg.
A shark's egg is one of the oddest
looking things Imaginable. It ie unprovided
with shell, but tbe contents
are protected by a thick, leathery
covering, almost as elastic as India
rubber. The average size is i! b7 2%
inches, and it is almost Jet black.
Quite Right.
Teacher of Botany in Girls' School
?"Now for a. little review. What can
you tell me, Mis* Smith, of tbe longevity
of bacteria?" Miss Smith?"I?
I don't remember exactly, but I think
they are longer than they are wide."
Wise Johnny Smith.
"Mother, you know the way me and
Johnny Smith play I'm Indians an'
he's soldiers?" "Yes, dear; what of
it?" "Well, if I don't let him lick me
every time we play, he 6ays I aren't
" tlpntUTV
Oog Had Appetite for Chicken.
A ~ a ? i- J 1 ? Ai
xx tintivcii-&leading uug, in tuo i/uur
barton (Scotland) district, recently occasioned
some anxiety to a number of
hen keepers. On a thorough search
being made a number of fowls were
recovered buried in a field. Some
fowls were eaten, and those not required
for Immediate use were bidden.
It was discovered that the cause of
the trouble was a large black Labra
dor dog, which has been roaming the
district at will for several weeks.
Explanation of Potlatch.
Tha word potlatch is a corruption
of an Indian word common among the
Pacific coast tribes, meaning festival
of gifts. At a patshatl (potlatch)
celebration the more personal
property an Indian gives away, blankets,
ornaments, etc., the higher he
stands in the estimation of his neighbors,
and the more he expects to receive
in return at the next potlatch.
The festival is also accompanied by
music, dancing and feasting.
Wanted every automobile owner in
Cheraw, Cole Hill., and Steerpen
townships to show his love for "Good
Roads" by sending Frank King, County
Supervisor, FIVE DOLLARS as
his free-will offering to the National
Cap to Cap Juniper Valley Highway.
Do it now, for five dollars worth of
labor and clay looks like a mountain
to the eople who are trying to build
this route.
Summer Coughs Are Dangerous
Summer colds are dangerous. They
indicate low vitality and often lead to
serious Throat and Lung Troubles,
including Consumption. Dr. King's
New Discovery will relieve the cough
or cold promptly and prevent complications.
It is soothing and antiseptic
and makes you feel better at
once . To delay is dangerous?get a
bottle of Dr. King's New Discovery
50c. and $1.00 bottles at your Drug50c.
and $1.00bottles at your Druggist.
CHAP CfcR XIV.
Journey's End.
Harrlgan dined alone. He was la
disgrace; he was sore, mentally as
well as physically; and he ate his dinner
without relish, in simple obedience
to those well-regulated periods
of hunger that assailed him three
times a day, in spring, summer, autumn
and winter. By the time the
waiter had cleared away the dishes,
Harrlgan had a perfecto between his
teeth (along with a certain matrimonial
bit), and smoked as if be had
wagered to finish the cigar in half the
usual stretch. He then began to walk
the floor, much after the fashion of a
man who has the toothache, or the
earache, which would be more to the
point To his direct mind no diplomacy
was needed; all that was necessary
was a few blunt questions. Nora
could answer them as she chose.
Nora, his baby, his little girl that used
to run around barefooted and laugh
when he applied the needed birch!
How children grew up! And they
never grew too old for the birch; they
certainly never did.
They heard him from the drawingroom;
tramp, tramp, tramp.
"Let him be, Nora," said Mrs. Harri-.
fan, wisely. "He is in a rage about
nm?thlnr And vour father Is not!
the easiest man to approach when he's i
mad. If he fought Mr. Courtlandt, he
believed he had some good reason for
doing so."
"Mother, there are times when 1
believe you are afraid of father."
"I am always afraid of him. It It
only because I make believe I'm not
that I can get him to do anything. It
was dreadful. And Mr. Courtlandt
was euch a gentleman. I could cry.
But let your father be until tomor>
row." _
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DR. J. E. FUNDERBURK
Dental Surgeon
Phones: Office 138. Residence 174
Office over M. & F. Bank building
DR. G. A. BUNCH, JR. J
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Office Hours: 9 to 1 and 2 to 6
Phones: Office 222. Resident 72
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One member of firm will be at
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Two connecting office rooms in
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