Cheraw chronicle. (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, January 13, 1916, Image 3

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+ : * * Hi rK ?K * * < Local News ,' Other Locals on Patfe Four + v -!- -h + -h -!: + -r + v + ): v \ t Mr. Lewis l.evine spent Sunday ill 1 >a ilinctoii. i ?? i Mr. Howard ltainwaters spent Sun- t day in Flotvnee. . ** Mr. Jot' llfiistiss, of Iteiniottsvillo, ( sjM'iit Sunday in tlie city. ?*? t Miss Jessie Harris, of Henderson, X. ('.. is tlie finest of Miss F.ilen Havall. ?*? lion. J. J. Kvans, of liennettsville. in nil. *.n,> ? im ii-mmva. i ?? ;i .Miss l'aii11it* 1 >nv;ill spent Saturday , in lien net tsvi lie with .Mrs. \Y. 1*. v F.reeden. I.. \y Miss Vivian Husbands, of Florence, sjK?nt Sunday at the home of Mr. and ( Mrs. Will Coward. , L Mrs. Frasier James and little son. of v J ?airlinirton. S. C.. are the quests of . Mrs. W. K. Stevenson. 11 *** 1 1 M Miss Vera Stricklin returned from1 Ihirlin^toii on Monday, where she spent tin' past week end. t< Miss Klise Coward, of Heiniettsvllle, ?, sjK'iit Sunday with her parents. Mr. x and Mrs. \V. J. Coward. *** I , tf Miss ISonnie Coward, who is in train- |v ina at the Florence Hospital spent Sunday with her parents. *** I.Miss.Kllen Ihivall entertained at1, curds en Friday afternoon in eonipk meat to her guest. Miss Harris. ** Mr. Uohort Utile was railed to Anson < 'utility on Tuesday on aeeounr of the death of his father Mr. William Lit tk\ i ?? Mrs. Xed Itoyall. after a visit to her j parents. Judite and Mrs. It. C. Watts, i C returned to her home in Charleston on Sunday. i) 'Hon. W. F. Steven?on lias re- j, signed as President of the Merchants! & Fanners Itank and Mr. IF. M. IMtvali ' 7 has '"'vn elected in his p'o-e. I C ??? j w I'i .alter Mitchell of Porter Mili- ' tary Academy. Cliarleston. aavo a very p interesting talk on Missions at the v ^^^^Alethodist Church on Sunday mailt. si ^^^^H^n^^^Prr'rccci vcd on the sudden dauali l^^^ter. Mrs. Moore, in Iloiiea Path. Mrs. Loiia. Miss Lily Lena and Mrs. Lena's fi sons left on Monday for Honea Path, d *** a Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Wrialit. who have v heen s] tending sometime in North Carolina and Virginia, returned last s Saturday. accompanied l?v Mr. Wrialit s ^ sister. Misv Mary Wrialit. s j Mr. and Mrs. W. .1. Strickliu and little sou. William. Jr. of I ?ilI??n. S. ('.. i * spent the past week end with Mr. ; J Stricklin's parents. Mr. and Mrs. J. X. ^ Strickliu. ~~ 1 I WUU1> s Prosperity Seeds. With bright prospects a- |v head for good prices on Veg- i, etable and all Farm products, j our farmers should feel en- , couraged to plant improved L varieties of seeds, so as to in- \ j crease their crops. WOOD'S VEGETABLE SEEDS, js long known for their stipe- 11 rior quality and productive- k ness, have greatly increased in demand and popularity jc WOOD'S CRASS, CLOVER and FARM SEEDS are of tested ger- 1 mination and superior quali- :' ties. Write for prices. WOOD'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOG j gives valuable information about all Seeds for the Fartn and Garden. I; Mailed free on request. i v T.W.WOOD Ct SONS, SEEDSMEN, - Richmond, Va. ? v. ? ^vAAAV1* sT. y ' WW V% VVV "I Never Had V V That's tin* cxmisu tin' tliri l>?'iinil<'ss ion ami tin* 1 ami s'Mitlirs his poor soul. V* known. he ma;, have had a 1 unith.s u' in* had only savci ?f4 mak<- s<1111 111111if of himself. I )<>|| t Y< >1 do- rrild 1o ill t MAKK soinrf h 111 ii ot vntil laom-v von have. ami start ai ... 1 It will iriw von a safe, nidei > X h" ih?- iim'jiiis o! irraspiup s< > . . X oiiiiort unit ies. V $1.00 WILL DO TO X J; Merchants & I CHEBAW S0D1 wm Col. Kdward Mclver (o Hold ('harlesleston Court. Chief Justice Oary has maided ('ol. I'M ward Mi'hvr tluit lie had been re-oiimieiided In hold the ('hallos ton "oiinty court to convene Monday. April !. This court will probably last four vccks. Col. Mclver held court in Spartanburg a few months ago and here he gave such universal satisfaciou that his ability and fairness is xtetidiug to other quarters. After his luties in Charleston are over, he will :o to Colleton county to preside over In- court of that county. Knowing Col. '.Iclver as we do we oiigratulate the jieople of Charleston ind Colleton, that they will lu.u nlni o preside over their courts. Thieves at Work. one or tuore sneak-thieves are at rork in our town. Tuesday night t<ne| altered Mr. W. X. Monson's residence mil relieved liim ef his watch. The ; regory residence 011 the same street I cis entered <ni the same night, and an tteinpt was made to enter the home ot Ir. Ilcnrv Melver the same night. A negro man has been going around P lie outskirts of the tiwn this week ni'ering some very extensive white f Hids for sale. These goods had been g raslied luit not ironed. Apparently g I. ; had been taken from the "drying '] inc." Efforts have been made to catch P lie felh^v but lie is still at large. ^ Town Election. ' s I'raetically no attention was given j ? the inunieipal primary this year. ^ "h primary was held and only 45 otes were east. v The general election was held Mouay and a still smaller number of votes ere east. ? The following gentlemen were the omiuees of the primary and at the t etieral election were unanimously t I *cted. p Mayor?J. A. Spruill. Warden for Ward 1?W. T,. Gillespie. " Warden for Ward 2? J. L. Anderson. f Warden for Ward T. L. Ingram. Warden for. Ward 4?S. C. Graham y j I FIERCEST OF FIG1ITINQ. ire&t Losses Reported in Bessarablan ' Battles. " While the Russian ?ront has bed d uiet during the past twenty-fo1- li ours, there has been severe tightiiii the o her war theaters. t After the G? rn?a:.s had taken about e 00 yards of French trenches in *> hampague in an offensive launched I ritli large numbers of men with the u itention of obtaining inpiortant re lilts, the French troops, according to -V 'aris. stopped the attack and in t icious eountei-attaeks re-oeeupicd v1 ueeessively nearly all the territory p ist. In addition, on the heights of ii ir Meirse :i Heavy rrpin*n i?uiiiuir?i it'iil did gnat damage t<> tlie <icruian o twins. k Tin* Montenegrins are valiantly t elding everywhere inside their king c ??m agiinst the Anstrians. While o il in it t in ir the occupation l?y the in- b atlets of a posit ion near Hera tie, the loiitent grin* :,<<ert that ii"ar Lepe- 8 me. in tho north, and Ipek. in the j onth. Austrian attaeks were reon'sed. t The Austrian fortress at Cattaro ii t till bond aiding the Montenegrin base it Loveen. near I lie Adria-ii*. t In ih" lb ss.irahian battles thelitis- f tiaus and Austro-tJerni.ans are report- r al to have lost 17".000 men. nion f hail tin to: >! losses of the Itritish in j :lie whole Ihir-lanelb s campaign. ;VKlt SALIVATED BY CALOMEL? j H0KI1IHLE! 'aloinel is quicksilver and acts like dy- t nainite on your liver t Calomel loses you a day. You know hat calomel is. It's mercury; quick- < diver. Calomel is dangeroujs. It rashes into sour bile like dynamite, ^ ramping and sickening you. Calomel . dtacks the hones and should never be , mt into your system. < When you feel bilious, sluggish, con- s tipated and all knocked out and be- ? ieve you need a dose of dangerous < aloinel just remember that your drug s :Nt -ells fur ."in cents a large bottle "f I unison's Liver Tonewhich is entire- i vegetable and pleasant to take and , s it perfect substitute for calomel. It ] s guaranteed to start your liver with- 1 tii rintr you up inside, and can not ' aliuite. { Don't take calomel! It makes you j ick the next day it loses you a day's vork. Dodson's Liver Tone straigh- , <Mis you right up and you feel great, i ti;e it to the children because it is i or feelIv hitrniless ami doesn't griito. ' I a Chance." X ' ... Y ' It less man oilers tor his i mint with which lie pities % When, if the truth were ?*? do/en I'itvortihle oppor- ?*? i his money and tried to ?*? ' Y is low level ot ntiinliood. ?? < self. Take what little ?* n jteeoiint with this bank. pendent feeling, and will nne well-paying business START WITH. X X 1 'armers Bank | ATA1 4R|D[ wSSr CEO] -WO&RAHDC ^?2Q|P\ CHES Copyright, 1914, by the CHAPTER II. | J Molly Invites an Additional Guest. j n ADHERE are the red roses. v 1A/ Molly V" asked Bert Glider j e WW as he walked Into the re- | j ceptiou parlor of Marley's j c retentions big house that night. d "I don't know," replied Molly, much | % oncerued. "Did you send some?" i g "No. but 1 thought some were to be ^ ent to you," laughed Bert. "It's too t, ;ood to keep. Fern. By the way, that ^ Fern' Just slipped, and you'll have to mrdon me for it. It's Molly's fault. Ihe never called you anything else." "Who is it?" demanded Molly, more ager to hear the news than he liked to ee. "The information is highly imlortaut. if true, and I must not be ;ept in suspense." "Hold on to something, then," he varned her. "One, two, three?Sledge!" "Sledge!" she repeated. "What? L'hat great big"? She paused for lack >f words, and her face tlamed suddenly carlet with indignation. "Sledge." he joyously insisted, and hen. to the puzzled Fern. "You re uemlier the big fellow whose car stopied just abreast us last night." Mr. Glider, who as a boy Lad been in expert in pulling the wings from lies, went straight on with the slaugher. seizing immediately the glorious ipportunity which presented itself vlieu Mr. Marley. brave iu smoking acket nnd>pnmps. sauntered into the iarlor. "Great news Marley!" hailed Bert, naming with delight upon the joyous aughter of Fern "Molly has captured i new honor for the family. Whose lo you suppoue Is the latest scalp at ter belt?" "It might be almost anybody," reurned Marley. who felt that his mothrless daughti -'s popularity reflected omebow on himself. "Who is the articular vi.-tiw you have iu mind?" ud he lau. Ik-J iu advance. "Sledge!" exploded Bert. "By the ray. Marley. Le gave you a hint of it oo. Didn't he ask you today while I ras there for un invitation to Molly's arty tomorrow night or something ke that?" ' **"* "Welt, not exactly, but be did throw ut some pretty strong hints," acnowledged Marley with a grin, en ering into the joyous spirit of the occasion. "lie asked permission to call n Molly. 1 told him that was up to ler." "How unusually considerate!" oberved Molly, biting her lips to suppress the rising fury which had driven he blushes from her cheeks and left hem almost waxen. The Marley butler, a tbin faced and hin legged young man with n paiu'ully Intellectual countenance, stalked past the hallway portieres in answer o a below stairs ring and returned 'rom the front door with: "Mr. Sledge, sir, to see Mr. Marley. "Show him into the library." hastily lireeted Marley. suddenly contrite and 'aallrwr n citi l; t ii'r linrrnr flsi /lid *111 tllP XVJillf, ?? Olliitill^ ?J"I . v. , t.k' vcv. ?... ...v ithers in the room. of bavins this man 'ace to face with Molly, especially ifter the crimes inst her. of which hey had themselves been guilty. The instructions were too late, how sver.' "Good evening." rumbled the deep roice of Sledge. who just then appear- { td directly in the center of the opening 1 n the portieres. He wore tin Inverness iopcoat. the open front of which disposed a marvelous expanse of white ibirt front, spaced with diamond 1 ituds, the glitter of which paled, how ;ver, by contrast with the enormous ' solitaire which illuminated the solid ?old watch fob presented to him by ' be Young Men's Marching club of 1 Ward a. His hair was pressed as 1 miootlil.v to his skull as an earnest Italian barber could plaster it. and rarious angry spooks on his cheeks told < bow microscopically lie had been sliavid. The crown in*; triumphs of his toi j let. however, he carried In his riirht hand he hore. held by a wide velvet < ribbou. in the same liuce tiugers which clutched the gold headed cane pre- i sen ted by the Capital City Sledge club, a thirty dollar box of candy, 'wo feet i across, wrapped with six beribboned ( layers of fancy paper and provided with an absolute mare of drawers and i partitions. In his loft hand ho carried i u speckless silk lint of tho Intost French shape, ami that arm encircled i a conical parcel, so big that il would < have staggered a small man. while from the upper end of the cone pro- | truded a square yard of screaming red < roses. i "Good evening. Miss Molly," he add- < ed. becoming more specific. "I brought < these for you my-eif." and lie beamed bis cordial good will upon the entire assemblage. I It was in tliis breathless crisis that I Molly Marlev. aggravated beyond en < durance, took her merciless revenge. I "How perfectly delightful!" she cried I and she swept toward liiin with more eager cordiality than she had ever lie ' stowed upon I'.erl Glider himself. I "We've Just been talking about yon." ] and then, to the intense consternation of her father and her foremost suitor. she added: "I want you nt my party < tomorrow night. Won't you come, please?" j ??< ] The next day Smash. Molly's pet J like the way of many gool dogs, f !i < Into the hands of the nfli inl dog catch er and was taken off to the p- iu?-! Molly was In a pitiable state. She .- <> &? OHM Bobbs-Merrill Co. nd hardly kno. elephoned to Sle, aen said that he was very bi iy. But rhen he heard It was Molly I e Jumpd into an automobile, acco npanled lolly to the pound and got Smash. >n the way home Sledge talk d of his og Bob, and Molly skivered/when he aid he'd like to match Bob against mash. As if noticing her displeasure, e changed the subject to Molly's pars', and for the hundredth tfye Molly ras sorry she invited him. i * * * I * * A yelp on the front porch announced ho arrival of Ben Sledge, ajnd be apteared in the brilliantly lighted ball, lolding a tightly stretched chain, to he other end of which was attached i one eyed, stub eared, battle scarred lull terrier, which took such a violent lislike to the intellectual faced Marley >utler that Sledge was compelled to told him clear of the floor with one >rawuy band and spank him loudly In he ribs with the other, whereupon Job gave a single yelping promise to ?e good, and Sledge let him down. "This Is Bob, Miss Molly," Introluced Sledge. "I'm sending him right mck with Mike, but you said you'd ike to see him." "Delighted to meet you, Bob," laughid Molly, stooping down and patting lim on the seamy head. Bob deliberately batted bis good eye vitb all the effect of a wink and vagged Ills absurd stump of a tall by f FjfT?n\ I J f "I brought these for you mytelf." way of friendly greeting, then be sudilenly made a lunge of about four feet and strained, choking, at the end of his chain, on his hind feet, with his tongue hanging out. From the rear of the lot lie had heard the bark of the suspicious Smash. "Where's Mike?" demanded Molly hastily and in some fear. Bert (ilider and live of the eight uouples whom Molly had invited had already arri ved and were now, of course, thronged eagerly tn the doorways. "What's your hurry, Molly?" snickered loose jointed Dicky Reynolds. "Hold your caller till I run out and get Smash Fie knows me." "Don't you dare!" shrieked Molly, distrusting him with good reason. Bob loosened his throat enough to answer the challenge from the kennel, and there wasn't a girl left in the doorways except Jessie I'eters, who clung to Dicky's sleeve. "I'll go with you, Dicky," offered circular little Willie Walters, with an echo of Dicky's snicker. "If you do he'll bark at you," hotly retorted Molly, knowing Wee Willie's rant ions propensities. Tlie rest of the boys were for keeping up the good work, but Sledge cut short the incipient hysteria by picking up Hob by the neck, returning to the loot* ami booming into the night the silent, potent syllable: "Mike!" A squatty man. who looked so much [ike Hob. even to a patched eye, that they could have been taken for twins, jmerged from the darkness, hugged [Job to his bosom like a brother and [lurried away. Kern and Molly looked at each-otbei; with dismay. If this was the start of [he evening what else might they expect! "Why didn't Mike take them both iway?" whispered Fern. "Yon poor girl!" "I'm not!" denied Molly fiercely. "I 3aid this morning that I'd like to see Bob, and, of course, Mr. Sledge brought Mm. The 'fcnly trouble is he's so lulck." "lie's instantaneous." corrected/Fern. "You have to admire it," langhed Molly. "Well,, the only thing I c^^o Is to be as Ill, III ITU Ml M - rections to an unseen companion of ^ Mike's she introduced him to her ' friends with all the sprlghtliness of , which she was capable. ^ In that process she firmly Intended ^ to make hira the center of things and 8 to see that he had a good time. He ... relieved her of that tremendous burden. however, for after moving through cr the introductions with a cordial ease which not only delighted but surprised 8t) her, until she was reminded that he bad been introduced to more notables than she would probably ever see. be quietly disappeared Into Marley's den and smoked fat cigars in calm comfort, with a stein of cool beer at his el- aE bow. leaving the young people to enjoy J-jeir hilarity without the dumper of ( ills presence. Molly, mindful of Iter duties as host- P1' ess, dropped In occasionally to see that ? he was satisfied, and each time she \ found him in exactly the same position, as placidly contented as he could possibly have been In the little back room ac of the Occident saloon. On one of her visits, after answering In the afflrmntlve her inquiry If he was all right, he rose from his comfortable nest in the * big leather chair. n" "I suppose we eat," he guessed. "I think you'd call it bluff," she 8t laughingly returned. ?r' "I get you," he replied. "Mostly dec ''? orations. Souvenirs?" "The usual." ^ "Hand 'em these." and he thrust into le; her hands two bundles of small envel a opes, red ones and white ones. es She looked at them blankly a mo a ment. 00 "I?get you," she smiled. tlusliiiK *? slightly as she wondered wliethei ii. adoption of his phrase was llaiteo ? *n ridicule. "Red ones, in honor of i! roses, are for girls, ami the while one for the boys. What are tiny?' tb "Aw, nothing much." he dltli Icnfl replied as he resumed Ids > eat *"S ce son tickets for grand opeia \vek u the red ones aud for the Athletic clui be fights In the white ones. Admit two In Is It all right?" eE "Is It all right? It's glorious!" sinassured him, with shining eyes. tri Delighted with this unmatchable nov- m elty, Molly was herself placing the to red and white envelopes at the covers te in the dining room when Bert Glider ar found her there and closed the door ex after himself. "Molly, you're carrying this Sledge hi joke too far!" he hotly charged. co "Who elected you?" she quietly Bi wanted to know and laid a white en- m velope at his place with extreme care. M angling the coruei of It Just so. "Both of us, I hope,'1 he stated, displaying a warning signal by pulling at the top of his collar to give his throat ; more room. "Molly"? And he advanced toward her. 01 The symptoms were unmistakable. Molly, having rounded the end of the It table, slipped out through the pantry door and handed her remaining en- ki velopes to the intellectual looking butler. gf "Place these on the table Just as 1 18 iJexMdimf'^rt^sa1^ her she was the tli live center of the laughing taffy pull- 01 ing. She had preferred to escape w rather than to treat this matter either seriously or flippantly when she was annoyed with blm. At 11:30 Mr. Marley, with the worry a* of eight absent mothers on his own shoulders, was fretting over some in- ' ventlon to send them home when the e earth split opeu In the wide stretch of vacant land across the street and ejected into the sky, with a loud, un- r earthly noise, a tremendous assortment _ ? IE of fiery meteors, mostly red. itoman ? candles lu reckless bunches shot up from behind every bush, skyrockets dragged their splraling tails through all the available clrcumamblence, while fancy bombs carried their aerial floaters and other brilliant pyrotechnical surprises into all the celestial territory hitherto unoccupied. Through it all Sledge stood as immovable and as impassive as if he had a been glued to the spot and frozen. | Even when the display flowed out into , 111 the middle of the highway and piled up the street cars for two blocks In j 01 w both directions he remained a calm . . and disinterested spectator. The pres- ; 1 1 ident of the traction company was I thrown into extreme agitation by this j ( ^ excess of zeal, for he had some con- j 1,1 sideration for the feelings of the pub- j "r lie, and he rushed right out to restore i ? the scattered schedule. , "Here, what's this?" he demanded of a demon with a smoke blackened face. "Why are you holding up the cars?" "Sledge's orders," replied the demon, i liehtine the fuse of a red rose set j piece. "He said everything went, and It's going." Mr. Marley came back. Sledge was no longer on the porch. Molly had slipped In to wrap up some cake for Baby Peters, and Sledge, who seemingly saw nothing, had followed her. "Well, Is your party a hit?" he anxiously Inquired. "It's a scream!" she said, unable to control her laughter. "Really, Mr. Sledge, 1 have you to thank for the most extravagantly Joyous occasion at which I have ever had the good fortune to preside." "We'll open her another notch next time," he confidently promised her. "Molly, marry me." "Oh, it's impossible!" she blurted. "Really, I'm sorry, Mr. Sledge. I know it's my own fault, but I didn't mean It to go this far. I doi.'t mean that? that is?well. I dou't know what 1 mean. You've been so good, and I do appreciate it so. but It is impossible! I simply couldn't. Don't you see?" "You'll come around to it." "I bet I don't!" she blazed. "Wbat'll yon bet?Smash against Bob?" "Anything you like!" she angrily agreed, furious enough to poison him. "You're on," he said. CHAPTER III. ? An Engagement Without a Kis?. BERT, annoyed by the events of the evening, but relieved to some extent by Molly's Inexplicable and delightful change of manner toward linn in the pleasant half hour before the party had dispersed, took h!s thoughtful place In Sledge's machine and prepared for the i <?i i om the reH'Ti.i I- " > IP?; sir lso, however. S. lali.ri' f . . n'i "Givat parly A. h i. . hs.?r\ i?*\ e donor of the !i . ?? hs .ir.tl tile in i ' : and tIn? passe: <1 iIn* ivl "osr ^ "A feverish su < s.' nun i-.l i ri lollv is in lire I )<> . < v n l the edit for it. "She can have :'i:; thin*: - In' \.aiiis. (jjj alcd Sledge. "I'i.s ; t<? mairv ir* nn Did sue say s.>: impniv.l lien. (j(] "Not yet." acknowledged Sledge ni( Ihe's thinking ii over.' pr "Oil!" returned Bert. inucli relieved vj, id smiling in the darkness. lie emu CQ aceutly twirled his niustnelie. 11 > sv id u good one on Molly. ou "What time am 1 to see you in iln ga or 11 log about that I'o:\soa property?" e(] i luquireu, determined not furl tier to pj, scuss the lady. sli "Eleven o'clock." 1 Bert went into the house, hull av aused and wholly vexed It mb.li; to i very funny to see this blundering M g boor making a fool of liiinseli 1 it the joke was entirely ruined bj ju e faef that at the same time lie was tli aking a fool of everybody else. tit Be:*t knew, to the share, how mud. th reet railway and (las and Eleetri 1 ock Marley held. The growing ?*iiy it, leded vastly increased transport:! m >n facilities, ami with the increase o! < est- would come an increase of Mar us y wealth and iuiiueme. It might be "1 very bandy thing for a young rem ad tate dealer to have the president i t rapidly expanding street railway j?0 mpany for a father-in-law. lie went jn sleep, dreaming pleasantly of e.x nsious and subdivisions and advance c0 formation 011 factory sites?and ol oily, of course! He awoke determined to concrete rj, ese dreams or to dismiss them an I 0j id others. Molly had either to a- ?] pt him or definitely to turn liirn use after what other lisb there might w > in the sea. The absurdity of liav ca g Sledge for a rival was too much ?o 'dure. |a He went to bis oflice, dividing this Bin of thought with bis plans for the (|l arkellng of the I'orsou tract, litirrhd fj] the First National to secure a loan |? n thousand on the new property ami kj ranged at the Herman bank for an ! tension of certain other loans \v11i< li ouiii have t?> he deferred if he used s ten rhousatid available funds in j, mplete the eash pnrelia.se which' ( smlix demanded These more indent atters disposed of. he called tip cl?-. "Mav I come out V" lie demanded. 'When'/" drawled a languid voice. ^ "Bight a ivay." 'jj ' No." she drawled again. ?. "But, .Molly. I must see you," he sen islv insisted. "Its important." "It always is." she laughed "What's about this time?" "Oh, the same old thing." he ac w lowledged. "only more *<?" "You're crowding them closer tosther," chlded Molly. "Moreover, this the first time by telephone. I think.*' "I didn't mean it to be so." lie apoloMVamV#* f*?o r*r*A/1 nm Inf a If orvrl ^ tkeu away any chum-i* [ ndgbt have f persuasiveness. Now I suppose it 11 111 be tbe same old answer." "Not necessarily." was her astound g reply, in the same sleepy drawl. "What!" lie gasped. "Say that jain.' ? "Not necessarily," she repeated, and s' e caught the sound of a repressed ggle. <--1 "You're teasing me," lie protested. 1" i'ou don't mean that I'm to have the 0< ght answer this time." al "It depends on what you mean by wl le right answer." " "The oue I've always wanted.'* I" "What one is that'/" I" "Yes," he blurted. hi "Yes what?" "Will you?" "Yes." * "Yes what?" he confusedly de- 1,1 anded. "I will. Say, Bert, I don't like the J platinum settings. I like the gold ith the platinum prongs Size six t( id a half." I" "I'm cheated." he earnestly complain1. "There are certain formalities <-'c l.I I. I ..... ...ioAtn? I'... ... Ill U1VU 1 <1111 IMVIIM IIIISSIIIs. I LU tuui' I "I g out.'" | dt Tiie jjovcivr's iciii iioiwir considered ' ; common consent the first social gun I ,-:l the season after which lesser so- I AN OLD-TO CUR Of Catarrh of the Si MRS. SELENA Athens, This Cure Dates Fron Oct. 3, 1899 ?"Catarrh of the After taking Perui c??* 11. 1004 ?"I ran assure v WW^ ?l Wf .w? . - Peruna. My healt April 23, 1906 ?"Yes, I am still long as I live. I k' Dec. 18, 1907 "I recommend Pi the Peruna doctt when once tried." Dec. 27, 1908 "I still tell ever; best medicine in tl Aug. 15, 1909 ?"Peruna saved r when I have a col Jan. 4, 1910 "I was threate saved me." May 17, 1912 "I am glad to do May 6, 1914 ?"I have always 1 me in my work m Mar. 22, 1915 ?"I have divided many times. It al I The above quotations givu ?, vc.a. we have had with Mrs. Tarwer sin twenty-five years, include many sir The Bailey-I Machinery, Mill and I: Automobile Tires u Agents The U. S. Ik* wmtm HBBBl|HBiBfl|BBW il lights might presume to shine itli authorization, everybody who i.s anybody made it u point to be ere and compare artillery. They ude it a special point tills year since ivernor Waver's term was expiring, d a share at least of the governor's rial glory would flicker out with his Ice. Molly Marley in the flrst breathings iimcnt after the grand circle of lntro^ id ions led Fern about the stately odern mansion with an air of proietorship, for this was her second sit, and she displayed with glee the nservatory fountains, the marble rituining pool, the pipe organ, the tdoor sleeping rooms and the sunken rdens, all of which she had mentionto Sledge the previous day. She id not known until afterward that o had had this very place In mind. "It's a dream!" declared Fern, with red enthusiasm. "Wouldn't yon like own a wonderful place like thia, oily?" "It Isn't worth the moral price," dged Molly, looking about the beau'ul grounds with a sigh of admlra)n. nevertheless. "It would be nice, ough. after all," she finally admitted. "Mrs. Waver doesn't seem to enjoy " wondered Fern. "She hides as uch as possible. 1 think." "She has never overcome her fear of Ing the wrong fork." guessed Molly, "hat wasn't nice, Fern." she quickly ided. "Mrs. Waver Is a good; sweet >mau, like my owu mother, but 1 n't believe she is quite comfortable all this magnificence. Governor aver, on the other hand, likes It and nsequently looks as if he belonged re." "That's the trouble with most marages," observed Fern from the depth her twenty-one years of wisdom. They're so unequal. It's perfectly lastly, Molly, for either a man or a oman to marry beneath one's own ipabilitics of expansion." "What does it say on the next page?" ughed Molly. They were winding up out of the laintly lighted sunken gardens, and icy both stopped to admire the coldsevere beauty of the big white mare house as it lay gleaming in the oonlight. "That there's no danger of that with >u and Bert, you lucky girl," replied era, with a queer, note In her voice, ; which Molly wondered. "Bert's a indy fellow. It makes me hopping ad on your account when anybody locks him." "Has the I-ord Help the Absent ember club got at bim, too?" asked oily, with a smile. "I thought only omen were eligible for discussion." "They take anybody," dryly com touted. Fern "nut. aner an, u ? ju who are up." "Mo!" gasped Molly. "Tell me the orst about myself." "You've made a seusntioual kit," gigled Fern, "and that's enough to send oil to the electrical chair any place. lowever. they're taking It out in ity." "i ne.v must nate me, then." Molly olt assured at last of her success. I!ut why pityV" "Bert." responded Fern. "He isn't ere." "He telephoned me this afternoon ho light be late,'' said Molly, with a lightly worried air. "What of it?" "Common malice, on view In the loakroom. has it that he Is at the resent moment unpresentable," stat1 Fern and waited. "It would be bstird If it were not so mean. I gave ue cat a piece of my mind about it, le feather chinned woman with the nrple condolence ribbons fastened on or cerise chitTon with brass furniture icks." Molly howled at the description. "Wow!" she gasped. "That's Mrs. 1'iiator Allerton. What did you say > her?" "That she seemed so happy to be L'Ve the worst and that"? "I'll give you my little spangle fan >r that as soon as we go home," utilised Molly. "Y'cu're almost as liberal as Sledge," impliiuciitcd Fern "I wouldn't give ? that span !e fan for worlds. What i you suppose is keeping Bert. Molly'r" Hi,'* i.r,,li;ilitv slowed.' to use the eilw i'i?i!??,>sirv." responded Molly Imly. Continued on page 2. AE NURSE ED 'omach by Peruna i TANNER, Ohio. 1 October 3, 1899. stomach. Was nearly starved. 1a I have a good appetite." ou that I am still a friend of h is still good." a friend of Peruna. Will be aa eep it in the house all the time." eruna so often that they call me >r. Peruna recommends Itself vbody I can that Peruna Is the iie world." ny life years ago. I still take It d." ned with pneumonia Peruna anything I can for Peruna" >een a nurse. Peruna has helped ore than all other medicines." my bottle of Peruna with people wavs helps." je glimpse of the correspondence J ce 1899. Our files, which cover I nilar correspondents. I .ebby Co. 'lumbing Supplies, md Accessories for | AlflAAIIlX y '