The Wateree messenger. (Camden, S.C.) 1884-1942, December 15, 1925, Image 2
OLIVER.
L OCTOBER-.
/^GEORGE BARR McCUTCHEOfa
^ COPY RIGHT, BELL S YN 0 ICATE,(w N.U. SC.RVICE)
CHAPTER VIII? ?Continued
The best trained automobile In
America," said Sammy, with his our.
does 'it ..n,<>d08,y- "Kindness Is what
'So sorry to he lute." said Mrs.
' uge, as Oliver ceremoniously <handed
li<-r out of the ear.
"What Is thai I hear, Oliver?" said
t le minister us he stepped out of the
/.H? i'.",ne untl M,R' had pre
e him. "Is It true the detectives
are here and expect to start this ridicu
lous search tomorrow?"
,UM'e 1,11 rl?,lt-" replied
er' of 1'iem tried to sell vou
" M,,,kHn8 tl,p ot,ier <>?>?"
? ver'a ,"t " CTi.?(1 Kripplng Oil
tlv?r,U bi" ^ t'"?t man a deteo
,f ! 's,le startled.
.No less a person than Mr. Sherlock
Bleutl>8" HVV( ^,H,onp. ">? renowned
BlPutli, said Oliver, smiling
C V>. ? "Ve""1 Tl"? amounts
ln jour
Zu
ln? us a set of Dickens."
ane started to 6ay something but
Instead, abruptly .turned away ami
Joned the other women on the porch
?tole'over'her ?hl" ?J mla?lv,"?
> ''Hey,' 0Uver!" called out Samfnv
ParL'X", Z ''.'cLV'r """
. .[il* volce ?s Oliver came up.
' Pull picked up something rich
L7Z>27 ,n dUy h?f"re i'osterday
' S NlZ. ? T VOlUme ?f the 'Ar?l>'
% k??w l8?'.Utely nn<'xPUrgated ? "
you?" ' y?" fe" for ll>
know1 a .n" S?,,f,U(K Mv w,fe doe-n't
"?
leanell' n0'!^ ^ *h,m- Sn,nmv
the M,u,!gMni
J said 'ta Wf!8h 1 00Ul(l rememb<*r what
i ,, J |? lhe >niy rtbont ? about your
streak pV'0 '""V"? tH,kl"K " l,|,,e I
think P,t V mV foMl P>'es! Yo" ?>
think Id have sense enough to? oh
,,liend :u,(l kl<-k me. (Mile '
WL re' ,T,lsf ,,s hftr(l vou like"
Come on. 1'hey're v.altlng for us.
You needn't worry, old boy "
Sammy and Oliver entered the sit
?
burn crown, flooded her magnificent
shou ders and arms, and then wavered
timidly, almost helplessly. ns It first
Z Zo" T"ct r"" ?p
er tlmn m! n*i * Wfts n hon" *"?>
bravely stood UT'grounV^' O.ced
Msr4 ?" ?*
Mr Sage, with a distinctly bewll
dered and somewhat embarrassed ex
presslon keeping company with the
proud and doting 9m||e that seemed
to be stamped upon his lean visage
stood across the room with his da Jh'
ter and Mrs. Sammy.
"Do you mean to tell ni? niu-o.
that those blighters Intend to begin
dlKgln* up your p|?ee tomorrow}"
Josephine asked Incredulously
Oliver laughed, "i ,hlnk we,?
rather enjoy ,he excitement, Aum
Josephine" he said. "I suppose they'll
begin prying up the kitchen floor to
morrow, or digging trenches In the
or tear|n* up the flower-beds."
She looked at him narrowly. "What
utter ro, 1 Do they expect to And vo"
father burled In ?,e cellar or )Jr
the kitchen floor?"
"They don't expect to nnd ;.(m
.MtZl"" ?"vcr' w"
He Klanced over his shoulder m
Jane, rhelr eyes met and their gaze
iTn? 5,PCO,),,,, "? detect)
the clouded, troubled look In hers and
was suddenly .conscious of what must
have seemed tft her a serious Intensify
n his own He knew now that be was
In love?that he alwuys had been in
lov. Willi Jnno. thai h.
. "P* rt>ught against the
strange, mad Impulse to shout that he
"*? '? 7* Wllh '..r,
bljr-all hfs? and that no man should
Uke her away from him.
And ?het She was thlnkln* of that
dry, hot olght when he came to sil
I hla father, out of
- ' ih0?- cov*?"?d with fresh
blhok mod. There had been no r?ln
, for weeks. The roads were thick with
??. US no.C
thut his ahoM were muddy. He h?d
?^oken to her ?bout them he had
wondered where Oliver h^ beih to
?M into mud ?? hl,
And she, herself, had never ceased to
wonder.
Oliver was strangely restless dur
ing dinner, and Immediately after the
company rose from the table at Its
conclusion lie asked June to come with
him for n little stroll In the open ulr.
"1 want to speak to you about some
thing," lie urged. "Hetter throw some
thing over your shoulders. The night
air ? "
"Ought you to go off and leave the
others, Oliver?" she began, a queer
little catch, ns of alarm, In her voice.
"Muriel and Sammy ? "
"Come along," he pleaded. "They
won't mind. I must see you alone for
a few minutes, Jane."
"I will get my wrap," she said, after
a moment's hesitation. "It may be
chilly outside."
"Why. you're shivering now, Janie,"
he whispered anxiously, us he threw
her wrap over her shoulders. "Are you
cold ?"
She did not reply. He followed her
out upon the porch and down the
steps. word passed between them
until they had turned the bend In tHe
drive and were outside the radius of
light shed from the windows. He was
the first to speak.
"See h?>re, Jane," he blurted out,
"I'm ? I'm terribly troubled and up
set." That was as far as he got.
speech seemed to fall him.
She laid her hand on his arm.
"Is It about ? about the detective,
Oliver?" she asked tremulously.
"No," he answered, almost roughly.
"It's about you, Jane. You've Just got
He Started Violently, the Words Oying
on H i? Llpa.
to answer me. Are you g<'lng to bp
niH rrlecl ?"
"Yps," slip said, hpr voice so low I>p
could scnrcely hpnr the monosyllable.
They wnlkcd In rIIpiicp fur twenty
pncps or more, taming down Hip palh
that led to ih?? Rwarap road.
t "I ? I whs nfrnld go," he muttered.
Then fiercely: "Who nre you going to
mnrry ?"
She sighed. "I nm going ty nturry
the first miin who asks rre," she re
piled find, having cust the dip. "tit
Imliintly mistress of herself. "Have
you imy objections?" she asked. ul
most mockingly.
If he beard the question he paid no
heed to It. She felt the muscles of
Ids strong foreurm ((row taut, and she
heard the quick Intake of his breath.
She wnlted. She begun In hum n va
grant little* air. It seemed an age to
Iter before be spoke.
".lane," be said gently and steadily,
"If you were a man and In my place ?
I mean In my predl<?hment ? would you
go po far ns to ask the girl you love
better than anything In all the world
to mnrnr you?"
"There couldn't be any barm In ask
ing her. She couljd refuse you, you
know." ?'
"Thera's the gypsy's prophecy," be
murmured thickly. "It ? It may coin
true J?ne."
"It ? It cannot coin* true," she said
"It cannot, OHv?r."
"Still It Is something to be consld
?red," he Jintd heavily and Judicially
ttta hand closed over hers and grlppeil
If' tightly. "If you were In my place
Wouldn't yon hesitate about Inviting
liar to? tb becoma a widow 1"
?Oh, I love you, Oliver, whan your
voice tocnds as If it a laugh la
It," the whispered
"In a month 1 will b? thirty." hq
went on, his heart as UgU as air. "I
might usk her to give me a tldrty-dny
option, or something like that.'*
"Yoij goose!"
He pressed her urm to Ills side, and
was terloi^ when he spoke again, aft
er a moment pause.
"I have never naked a girl to marry1
me, Jfrne. Never In all my life. Do
you know why?"
She burled her face against his shoul
der. A vast, overwhelming thrill rae*-d
through him. Ills arms went about
her and drew her close.
"I never realized It. June ? I never
even thought of It till Just a little
while ago ? but now I know that I
have always loved you."
Her arm Rtole up about his neck,
she raised her chin.
"I began calling myself your wife,
Oliver, when I was u very little girl ?
when we first bfgan playing house
together, and you were my husband
and the dolls were our children."
He kissed her rapturously. "Oh. my
Cod!" he burst out. "You'll never
know how miserable I have been these
last few weeks? how horribly Jeulous
I've been."
She stroked Ids cheek ? possessively.
"I haven't been very happy myself."
she sighed. "1 ? l wasn't quite sure
you would ever, ever nsk me to be
your wife."
"That reminds me." he cried boy.
lshly. "Will you marry nie, Miss
Sage?"
"Of course I will. Didn't I say I
would marry the first? what was
that?"
As she uttered the exclamation un
der her breath, she drew away from
him quickly, looking over her shoul
der at the thick, shadowy underbrush
that lined the road below them.
"I didn't hear anything." said tie,
turning with her. "It must have been
my heart trying to burst ou{ of It ?
sh ! Listen. There Is someone over
there In the brush. D? n his sneaking
eyes, I'll ? "
"Don't ! Don't -go down there !" she
cried, clutching his arm. "You must
not leave tne tlone. I'm? I'm afraid,
Ollle. I am always afraid when I am
near that awful swamp."
"I.et's walk down the rond a little
way. Jane," said he stubbornly. "Don't
be afraid. I'll stick close beside you."
"You won't go down Into the
swamp," she. cried anxiously.
"No. Just along the road."
They ran down the little embank
ment Into the rond. After fifteen or
twenty paces Oliver pressed her arm
warnlngly and stopped to listen.
Ahead of them, some distance away,
they heard footfalls ? the si ow? regular
tread of a nmn walking In the road.
They stood still listening. Suddenly
the footfalls ceased. ,
"He knows we have stopped," said
Oliver. "He's listening to sej if we
^ure following."
She was silent for a moment. "You
remember what I said about being
' spied upon. Oliver. I feel It, I feel It
all about me. You are being watched
all the time. Oliver. Oh, how hateful,
how unfair!"
"See here. Jane. I've been thinking.
It s wrong for me to ask you to marry *j
me till all this mess Is over. It's
wrong for me to even ask you to con
sider yourself engaged to me."
"Nobody believes that you |>ad any
thinK to do with ? "
"My dear girl, nobody knows what
to believe," said he seriously. "That's
the worst of It. My father Is gone.
I was. so fur as anyone knows. the last
to see him. As you say, no one may
believe that I had anything to do with
It, but where Is he? A queer thing
has Just happened You know Peter
Illnes? that queer old bird who has
always lived In the cabin at the lower
end of the swamp? He has skipped
out. Hoarded up the door and win
dows and ? " ?
He started violently, the words dy
ing on his lips. OT to the south, bty
yond the almost Impeneti able wall of
night, glenmed fur-oft lights In the
wall of I'eter Mines' shack.
"He must have returned," he said.
In an odd voice. "Those lights "
"Let us go In. dear." she pleaded.
"I? I hear something moving among
the weeds down there. It s grisly, Oil
ver? creepy." Oliver yielded to her
entreaties and they made their way
back to the house.
Mrs. Sage was holding fort In her
most effective Kngllsh when the two
entered the sitting-room. She may
have eyed them narrowly for a second
or two. but that was all.
Sammy Parr, however, who harf
been observing Oliver very closely, got
up from Ills chair and marched ur-oss
the room, his hand extended.
"Congratulations, old man!" h?
shouted Joyously.
And little old Mrs. Grimes, from hei
place on the' soTn. remarked, as sh#
leanetj buck with a sigh of content :
"Well, goodness > knows It's about
time."
Proving that since the entrance of
the lovers the great Josephine had
fulled to hold her audience spellbound.
(TO HR CONTINUED. >
V*ry Trum
Once the composer Massenet was
rompelled to listen to a ymthfut
prodigy and give his opinion.
"You have tnlent." he said to th?
l?:tle pianist, "and with proper dil
igence and perseverance you ought to
be able 10 ? H
?'Ob. I would love to compose, nki,"
Interrupted the prodigy ; "how shall I
set about It V
"You will have to lenrh a great deal
more and become older."
"Hut you composed when yon
thirteen."
"Yes," acknowledged Massenet,
I didn't ask uU^OO* how tu do U
Winter Building Has
Many Strong Points |
Possibilities of greutiy extending
winter roust ruction lu home building
us well um In the building of sky
scrapers Is being brought out In own.
your-home shows and In slnillar ex
positions In u number of cities. Heal
estate boards through the National As
sociation of Keul Kstute Hoards huve
had part in the study Instituted by the
I'nlted Stutes IVpurtuient of Com
merce for aiding In distributing build
ing activity over P_' months of the year
and so lessening the cost of construe
tlon. a cost greatly affected by the
trudltionai seasonal character of the
construction Industry.
An exposition to the public of the
advantages of building one's home dur
ing the sluck winter period, when
bonuses ure not. and a showing of the ,
practical possibility of winter building j
with modern construction methods was !
recently held In 1'lttsburgh in contiec j
thai with a home beautify exposition
Architects, conductor* and material
men in Pittsburgh united Irt uolntin-;
out the advantages to the prospective
home builder of undertaking his work
nt a time when labor will be plentiful,
contractors free of the pressure of i
other Jobs and architects in a position |
?o gi\e close sup(?r\ Isioii to I liv work !
I
Small Suburban Home
\
Grows in Popularity !
Soaring building costs since the wnr- ]
time peak have practically stopped the j
construction of large houses in most i
of the suburbs of Chicago and other j
large cities.
Now the trend In home building Is
toward 1 1 1 e small residence, a home
which cuu he cared for easily by the
housewife herself, or perhaps with Wc
cusional help from the "cleaning
woman." Most housewives usually are
'lissatlslled with any maid they get,
unyway, and would rather do the work
themselves if it Is not too much like
drudgery.
The small home In the country or
suburbs M>Ives the problem of rent for
the average city dweller. In many In
stances he can purchase a home for
a small down payment and pay off the
balance In* llrst and second mortgages,
In sums that would be much less tl.au
his rent In a city flat.
Architects report a decided call for
iiomeft of the smaller type. Ily this
we do not mean bungalows alone, al
though this type of home Is very pop
ular, but homes of from six to eight
rooms. Kven an eight-room house is
classed by some as large.
Many firms of contractors and build
ers are now making a specialty of the
small house.
Teach Hone Ownership
A course in hot?e ownership Is the
newj'St form of education In real
estate mutters. Such ? course, de
signed to give unbiased information
to 1 1 1 ???*<* contemplating the pureimse
of a home and to home owners who
\jnnt to learn the principles under
lying home value*, has been organ
ized for the general public in Wash
ington. by the V. M. (\ A.
The course. Mi line with the gen
eral activity of the National Asso
ciation of Heal Kstate Hoard-; in pro
moting wider home ownership. I*
sponsored bv the Washington real
estate board.
Title examination, building construe,
tb.n, mortgages and the various meth
ods of financing the purchase of a
home will be some of the subjects
? discussed.
Home Voitng
Home, sweet home is the dearest
place on earth to every one. We all
take p; ide In it and tell the world that
our city Is the best place on enrth to
live. It would be a foolish citizen In
deed who would by Ids or her vote re
turd the progress of his home town
or make It the subject of ridicule. ?
Washington (Ind.) Democrat.
Model Playground Plan
The children's bureau In the Depart
ment of l.ahor. Washington, D. f\.
has on hand for free distribution a
ground plan of Its playground model
The model was prepared for the bu
reati as tin Illustration of how to use
n lot of live acres or more as a recrea
tion center for children.
Growihg Old Gracefully
Houses as well as people should
?Jji with grace and charm Years
/(errors for the carefully built
itulld your home ns you do
life, to take tthe rebuffs of time
os ii conqueror and not as a slave.
A Modern Solomon
The rural inaglst riitf told the young
coupic he would have to fine them for
Mpecdlng. They admitted that they
wefe M>lng at a pretty smart clip, but
told him they had only $"?. that they
had come to be married and that was
to he his fee, lie renal dArd this and
then handed down IiIh decision.
^ "In that oaae I'll mnrrj' ye mid take
the $."? The speeding case I'll continue
frtr six month*. If yen cah't pay the
fine I'll give ye a Jail sentence. tiy
that time you won't mihd[ IL" -Doitoi
Transcript. ^ ; ,
"They haven't missed
a single day at school!"
"They're well all the time. The doctor says they are the
healthiest children he knows.
"He told me constipation is what makes so many growing
children sickly. Poisons from the waste matter spread
through the little bodies, and lower their resistance to disease.
So I'm very careful to guard against constipation. I simply
give them a little NujoT every night.
"Nujol isn't a laxative at all, you know, but it keeps them
just as regular as clockwork. They like it, and the doctor
says it's just the thing for them."
Nujol helps Nature in Nature's onn way
Mothers arc the best friends
of Nujol. When their chil
dren's health is at stake they
seek the remedy that med
ical authorities approve be
cause it is so safe, so gentle,
so natural in its action.
Constipation is dangerous
for anybody. Nujol is safe
for everybody. It does not
affect the stomach and is
not absorbed by the body.
Nuiol simplv makes up tor
matter and thus permits
thorough and regular elimi
nation, without overtaxing
the intestinal muscles.
Nujol can he taken lor any
length of time without ill
effects. To insure internal
cleanliness, itshould he taken
regularly m accordance w irh
the directions on each bottle.
I nhke laxatives, it does not
for m a ha hit and can he dis
continued at an\ tune.
a deficiency- tem
porary or chronic
- in the supply of
natural lubricant
in the intestines.
1 1 softens the waste
Nujol
IHI iNTIRNAL iuoricani
For Constipation
Ask vour druggist tor
Nujol today .irui Irt
> our v'lr.kirr n cntov the?
jv^rtt^t health th.it ti
pois i ble o n 1 \ w ho :?
t hn r elimination : <
normal and regular.
T act
"You lt:nl Ho liustim*** to UNs? nit*.
St>nor I >011 .1 ii:i it."
"Hut It vvtts not a husinos*. Mar
quetn. It was u pleasure."- Califor
nia l'ellfnn.
One Good Reason
Unn<lall W)i\ i> it tlinl sou :in< not
t'iitinu' ciiihly an\ mmv?
Kncli. -I Mli. I Klmla .Mil >>( din
lia!>it si iirt* yoiiij; with von. I'. S.
Wampus.
ra'CJM
Proved safe by millions and prescribed by physicians for
Colds Headache Neuralgia Lumbago
Pain Toothache Neuritis Rheumatism
DOES NOT AFFECT THE HEART
Accept only "Bayer" package
which contains proven directions.
Hamly "Hayer" hoxos of 12 tablrt*
Also bottle* of 24 and 100 ? I)ru^giHts.
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The New Banking Illiterate Chinetie
It's ii>i: ?> it i< timce i m ? ; m >i-t :i n t Atumi lis per n 1 i?f ('Mitel's popu
for n l>. inker t<> l>f? n ^'"><1 shut tlinti t>> Union Is i 1 1 i t ?? r.
hp ;i1 >1 >? ii< iii|<I :i I'li uiiin nf I?ic ir??-?
Sioux t'ily I riliiinc Wri?hi'? t *?<i i ?
on!v v?*ir ?? f ?? bl?* lr
g ?? n M * purgative
It i* tin sin to III' tempt <'i| ; ? the
vvlekeilness lies in beini^ nvereiime l.uel<||y. ilioi
? Bnlztie. | nine li\e? it li!
i) \?i;?iiihi? l~> i 1 1 <? ijontnln
'rt* vv h I c |i art an i*
f'-nrl S? , N r. Arlw.
LT 1 1 I lie i :i I li i:i v li ;i v ,
?< tin I ? i ? ; i pliers.
Children Cry for
MOTHER Fletcher's
Castoria Is especially pre
pared to relieve Infants in
arms and Children all apes of
Constipation, Flatulency, Wind
Colic and Diarrhea; allaying
Feverishness arising therefrom, and, by regulating the Stomach
and Bowels, aids the assimilation of Food; giving natural sleep.
To avoid imitation*, alwayi look for the tignature of
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