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?! felt that it w awed it to L?wtMI ?? wlative. to come *ud JJlr for Mm aa <H?K 11 Tom nodded gloomily. ;'j rot eosree I didn't kuow tu?*r?? vm anything up, Aunt 1'bllly. Hi Mkod Lg down tor a w?ekv and X caifte. ghe's a mighty charming girl, that's All I can wy" ?A dangerous charm/' j wupple mented Mi?? Drake. "When I hoard Sat the waa French, I said to myself 5h>?, l,ester must b? saved. It vm tg.inat mf wishes in the first place that be aver engaged ?y French go* eru??s for Mildred. I waa willing to take bar and do ipy duty by her until wan of age, 'and could be a help i*ud a comfort to bar father/ but I did think Lsster waa old enough and worldly enough not to be caught by * girl like that." Tom's eyebrows lifted. He grinned it his aunt mischievously. "Have you seen Mile. Clare yet, auntie?" -1 have not.** Then reserve Judgment Take It right straight from your little nevvy, Tom, she's an excuse tor any form of padneaa." "She doeen not evj?n know that I ifip arrived," Mis# Drake added, froly. "Nor does Lester. I saw him In Washington Tuesday. He seem# 01 | know Mater preUy well, and his symptoms, and he waa not at an fir* with me when X spoke to him About it Then I asked about this French governess/' She wheeled ?l>out suddenly In her chair. "Do yon .know that ahe went down to Mexico (frith him at Chris tmae timer : "Not with hint* He sent tor her to bring Mildred down, because he oould not go home for Christmas, and ke wanted the child with him," "Piah, tush." Miss Drake's nose row half an Inch In the air. "*he *4? scheming for Lester and Lester's fcalf million. When I think that poor Lillian hasn't been dead four years and what a suffering child she waa. ner piace could not 00 filled/' re? lad Tom pleasantly. "LeBter loved U, and was a good husband to her. at, hang It all, auntie, it's doggone uely for a man stumping around ie country alone* and Mildred lores mam'selle." "What's her name* dld you sayr* "Esme Clare. She's an orphan, id was educated in a convent. Don't > too hard on her, Auut Philly. She's ten nursing Mildred through meas a, and has been a perfect brick to He stopped. The front door opened ghtly. There was a sound of quick, >ft footsteps in the hall. A voice Jlod: "Gyp, come to me!" But Oyp d not come. Miss Drake's lips set t a firm uncompromising line as the olicsome little Pomeranian ran fnto e room and leaped at Tom's out retched hand. Then she turned her M and got a good lull look at the rench girl. Slender, dark, she looked indeecrlb >ly attractive In her short, black ilvet walking coetuxne, trimmed in irk fur. The fur toque set lightly on l her brown hair, her cheeks were ashed from her^wslk in the bracing Inter air, her Up* were parted ex KtanUy, and her dark eyes glanced 4f wistfully from one face to the ber.,, Surely she did not look like far-sighted adventuress,! and yet tea Drake's lips did not relax. tfom performed the introductiofc ?mewhat awkwardly. Shtf ?saw at by the absorbed look on his ee that even buoyant Tom bail "Could it, .Indeed?" murmured Mlu l>ra ke, ironically. Tw rlaht glad It MA be. Ml ss CUw, r?a ?fwid Mil dred hM beeu spoiled a good deal ?luce her poor dear mother died." Mine Clare's eye* showed tender, courteous concern tor the departed one. who was ell Attention all eon* sideretion lor the old lady who eyed her with tuoh freak disfavor. "When 1 sew Mildred * tether Tuee day?** "He If here now," Interrupted Ksme, Jfrapplly, eagerly. "He has biA : Just arrived. It was tor that I was absent 1 had tone to the depot to meet him with the oar." "He Is hereT" Miss Drake rose, troubled and ruffled. "Tom, X must have a few moments' conversation alone with Miss Clare. You go and keep Lester busy till 1 call you. Tow shrugged doubtful shoulders, but obeyed, with a look of what he would have called "bolstered up courage," at the demure, low voiced girl waiting tor the storm to break on her prftty head. It broke as soon aa the door closed after the tall, un gainly Tom. Miss Drake's voice fairly trembled with passion as she made her final appeal, "I have no doubt it Is only infatua tion," she said. "Men are like that when they have a pretty girl around them. But I had no Idea Lester would think seriously of marriage?" "Why should he not, ? madam T" aslri^ Ksme gently. "Well, to speaks plainly, It don* seem fitting tor; him to marry, well, you, dont you understand, child V* In spite of herself her tone did soften. Ksme looked very young, very mi^ch atone aa she stood ther a* listening. Miss Drake remembered Tom bad eald she was an orphan. 'T understand** breathed Ben* softly, her eyea ashlne with emo tion. "He is wonderful, la be nott Why should he even desire to marry Just merely ? met" ' ? v "The Lord only kaowsl" answered Mlse Brake devoutly. "The main point U h. do*. wont to. and ho muitnt to tot. ; Th?t to tho tool reason why I came from Washington. If he wont see eense, then I thought perhaps you would. Now there's j Tbm, a .nice, good-looking boy. He'd make a good husband for you, and ? | don't mind saying I'd be willing to settle a little on you both If you nuuv rled each other." "If I married? "Tom, I say. If yeu'd promise to marry him, 111 settle a couple of thousand a year on you both." And suddenly Earne's mirth broke, and she leaned back her charming head and laughed. But she checked heraett as the door opened and Les ter himself entered, Tom behind him. "Wall, Aunt Philippe, did you : run down to congratulate us?" he ex old figure In his arms and kissing the Mod bony ps?L'Z;zz BJsmgr Into the family circle. ~ "My bride," he said proudly. "We were, married the day after I saw you in Washington. . , ? .? There waa a short, sharp internal | struggle in Miss Drake's mind, tfhe looked at from, knowing him to be guilty of foreknowledge of the fact She looked >at Lester's happy, tender ^sme whose eyes met; hem with a sort of passionate entreaty for for giveness. | "Ah, madam, what oould I she implored. "He wanted me so ?ery much for his wife." And the ice melted in Aunt Philly's heart She sighed and smiled. "Well, child, can you blame him?" she asked. "I've done my level best to save him, but as, long as he's been | and gone and married you, any how, well? you may call me Aunt -? ?r.yV- V >. i , 7 IRONY ;;vi OF ms PRUSSIAN LAW | Rippled Olrfs- Pension Was Reduced I by Some Pusillanimous Offlolal* $:i fefe socialist Paper. Ppfc socialist paper is responsible for A story which, even if not absolutely true In all its details, brings Out the unsympathetic character of bureaucracy, a European JP of the New York Sua writes. A try gid while occupied JtwiUi^ thrashing machine got caught In the machinery and as a result had to have both her legs amputated. She drew thereafter from the state insuranoe fund a monthly pension of $3.60 and continued drawing it until one; fine day she got an Intimation from the of ficials that the pension wa# reduced to $B. The girl protested and la the - Qf official time a reply. , L r? 1 Oes,ltiaid. twfr oare-t fully considered the case, but were unable to come to a decision In her favor; She was reminded that now that she had no legs she was saved the expense of shoes* and stockings, and that moreover, she had never been charged for the woo<ten legs she " "ed with after the am ral linlbs. It was [cated that jBheVshould re* m 'i w'hB mBSa ? h.?xet FIQHT OF DUCK AN P OYSTER | ?Ivnlve Cenqusred by Clinging to th? Fewl'e mil Until tha t?iid%?i Dr?wn?d. ' ? ' lFwv Not lone ago there occurred a llrel/ eonteet to Maryland waters b?t???n a duck ami an oyster. The oynter wM vlctortpu*. but it ?m a lata) vlo tory, for when the bivalve had killed the duck there appeared a man who killed the oyster and ate them both. The combat between the duck and the oyster was of tha rough and tum ble kind. The duck was large and full grown. - It vii of the diving ?pe clea fro(jo?nU7 ?een in thoae wateig. Now when the oyeter feeda It opena Ite shell so wide that the full oyster Itself Is plainly visible. The sight of such a morsel was too great a tempta tion for the duck. He made a bead long plunge, Inserting his bill between the oysters open shell. Like a dash the shell closed on the duck's beak. Then came a struggle fqr life. The oyster, which was quite a large one. waa dragged from Its bed, with three smaller bivalves clinging to It, the cluster being heavy enough to keep the duck's heed under water. Id this w *y the bird drowned. Its buoyancy was sufficient to float It with the oysters, and thus It drifted near the dock, where It waa captured. When taken from the water the oys ter waa clinging to the bird's beak with such force that considerable dif ficulty waa had in breaking its hold. ' fete- ? ??? :!&i WAS HEB EYESIGHT FAILING? * ?? */??< Woman Whe Oould Not See the Tall ?MM:* tfeft Comma Went U 3 somotiroae ? comma oukn a good deal a f difference to the meaning of the sentence you happen to be road*, tag. A woman who has reached the ago of bet of called "Madam" by wont shopkeepers, hot whose friends al* ways tell bar how young and girlish ?he looks, wee vending a newspaper paragraph II didn't make any sense, < so she reed H again' Then she yank* ed the paper up doee to her face, leaned toward the window and studied It out in a better light. Then the saw the tail on the comma. What had look like a perfectly good period was after all but a division o{ a stntenoe. i She sat for a moment with the pa per in her lap. Then she rose, walk ed to her looking glass, studied herself for a tew seooaas, put on her hat and hastened to ah oculist. M1 will not wait," said she to herself. "until.I try to thread the point of a needle or humiliate myself by stooping to pfcfc up a coin on ;a oar platform and find it Is a nail head worn smooth. 1 will turn my old age mllepost as gracefully as poBslble. y wonder,.' ?. said she with a sigh, "If the tall of that comma waa irfectly plain, or was it blurred in ? new?p?iW t wa? ? v- Feeding a ConvslsooeM Child. When my small son was convalee. dug from a recent illness the doctor ordered hot gruels, broths, etc.* and I realised that it would require some finesse to get him to iake them. So after I had prepared the little dishes for the tray I rolled paper Into cones and stood one up over each lit aUwm& "*1 onto one oone and, io! i i Pany "B" In oepip and sonny and I went visiting. We stopped first at the captain's tent (where the flag was) and he partook of the tieat offered* Then he went from tent to twit, eagerly " The'nSfday I . i* ?*>? out of. toasted bread strips piled log cabin fashion. It inclosed a -cup of beef tea, which he drank because it presented fn a way that appealed to his imagination. We played soda fountain and ha paid for hla hot drinks with toy money, and thut^^ocomplisheOit purpose without frictions Harper** B?V ? Natives Eat Earth In West ) Africa. Natives of West Africa, in Wench Sudan, practloe <*geophagy." Although the practloe la common in many parts of the world, this particular oaae la r# "Tfrlrablo for the systematic way In whjanhedllf ls collected. and for the fact that it oocurg In a well cultivated rsgion, where food Is abundant.; The earth consumed Is a day. which la found Intercalated among the grits of the .region in beds of various thick ness. The deeper layers ai and tor this asiaon the galleries, which are'j Btructed thai tag* of occu^c sometimes w$l^ JLJL,, ? When an unlucky miner is thus burled no attempt- is made to rycu^hlm, as It is believed that the divinities of the minea require an annual victim. It is stated that Individuals not Infre quently consume seven, and a half, pounds of clay dally. N ' iaSZ Man Gala a Bouquet. One foggy morning recently a Incka. wanna ferryboat was ln?o?ollision with n tttgr No greet damage -waa- doner but UlTlf LOCAL IMS OF CUT AMD CODHTY FOUtSl ITKMh too SttOKT FOR A HKAD QATHKK?I) AMU UHOVHKO FOR QUICK HKAUlNti, J udge R. W. Button, of Blaney, iu Camden Tuesday. Ml?t Minute (My burn, of Q?or|U. Is vUltlng relatives here. Mrs. W. C.' Moore left this morn ing for a visit to friends In Harts v IIU M Ihs Bertie Lenoir, who baa been ! teaching uchool at Statesvllle, N. C., la home recuperating. Mr. William Spears, of DeKalb, wau takeu to Columbia hospital thin week for an operation. Tbo Wajeree Messenger has In ?tailed a gasoline engine to , oper ate its printing presses. Kev. L. A. Mltchel, who baa been temporarily filling the Baptlat pul pit at Florence is visiting here. Mrs. Friedman, of Itock Hill, who has been vialtlng Mrs. M. H. Hey- j man, returned to her home thia week. Remember the horse shoW" Wed nesday and Thursday. The carnival band will furnish music for the oc casion. Mr. Henry Moore haa the contract tor erecting a residence for- Dr. Mo Qasklii on the oornerof Halle <afcd; Fair Street. . - Mrs. Mat Singleton, Mrs. Green and Clem Brown, of Columbia, are, Visiting at the home of Mrs, R. C. Johnson In Klrkwood. I Mr. Ral?h Bills, who haa been spending the winter In the MoCrea] house on Jumelle Hill, haa leased St for another seaa^^j llr. Ortf Garner and family, of Wllllston, hive moved to Camden. Mr. Garner la connected with the qpal and wood business of Mr. 8. M. Mathls. The Camden Harness Repair Shop* Which recently moved into the Sav-^ age building, haa had a gasoline en | glne Installed to operate lta ma chines. The shop Is one of the most up-to-date In the state. Mr. G. C. Cook and family, who have been spending the winter at the Court Inn, leave today for Plne hurst, N. C., where they will spend a week before returning to their J homes In Trenton, N. J. BPPam . vi ? ?, j. Mr. L. E. Chaloner, General t ^dight Agent of the Seaboard Air tine, of Norfolk, is spending* two week* here recuperating from an at (tack of typhoid fever. He is stop ping at the Hobkirk Inn. Mr. W. Arthur Hyatt, who has been residing at Pageland for the past yeir has returned to Kershaw county to live. After travelling over three states Mr. Hyatt says he un hesltatlngly pronounces Kershaw county the" "guflsa the world." Mr. C, B. Ryan, General Passen ger Agent of the Seaboard Air Line spent yesterday here to oonfer with tlj^iadies of the Civic League in reference to improving the park near the Seaboard passenger d*j>ot and the street leading to the depot. Since the marriage license law went Into effect lalt July* Probate Judge W. L. McDowell has issued 206 licenses. Mr. McDowell said that Dan Cupid has been rather Idle, during the past two weeks, but he expects him to ?nake up for lost time during the next month, , .... i, Work is still bejng pushed on the sewerage system on Lyttleton street, which became clogged recently by obstructions getting in the pipes. Several hundred feet of piping have bee# dug up. When finished 1* will be a great relief to residents of Monumental Square, wlho have been subjected to the foul odors of the bnrsted sewer for nearly two weeks. iJQJWB SHOW NEXT WKMK. Ummy VMUxv KkjmjcUxI At Fourth W^Vik^- .??iHmml MwU ,*-??' B&, ;,???& ????*, s:k-r* ^McmSySiSS " T! The fourth unuusi Camden lloree HUow which in given under the au?pices of the Catuden Volo Club, will he held here on Wednesday and Thursday of usst week. The firat year the horse show waa held here, every one waa agreeably sur prised at Its sucoess. Bach year the show has been Improved upon, and thia year, will no doubt eclipae any ahow of the past. The horse vhow committee/' which Is compos ed of T. JjBdmund Krumbholg, QeoJ T, Uttle, W. N. Kerr, of Wttaburg, W. B. Schillsr, C. J. Shannon, Hen ry Savage, Charles Talnter, of Haw York and Duncan Kdwardi, of Penn sylvania, have spared no time or expenae to make the ahow a suc cess. Mr. W. 8. Ulits, of New York, la secretary of the show. He haa been a busy man for thepaati month perfecting arrangements for the ihow. The judge* are to b? 8, Wi Tay lor, of NewjTork, Prof. T. F. Jack son, of Clemson College, uud ? K. Q. Whistler, of Columbia. The com^ mlttee always take* great cer?>fc0 have good judge*, as poor ones will cause so much dissatisfaction that a show will never be a success. Five hundred dollars In cash and ten handsome cups, and many ribbons are to be given as prises. A brass band will be on hand to make things merry. The show Is to be held at the baseball park as usual. The arena, whloh was considerably enlarged last year Is well situated, so that It can be viewed from the grand stand, as well as bleachers. ' The parking space next to the arena is always sold before the show be gluB. There are to be 87 classes. Fourteen of them are to be shown on one day and thirteen the next. The secretary has been busy mail ing prise lists which are attract- ' ively made up. On the front cover ' is two horse show scenes in three colors. The prise Hat is composed of eighteen pages, from cover to cover. Entries are being received every day from all sections of the state and many places in the North. Jumpers from Pittsburg have been entered In the hurdling claea, which l4|rflDrs creates more than ordinary Interest. Visitors from all nearby towns are expected here during the Sh<*w, Every town within fifty [ miles of Camden was well repre sented last year, "v W~. . ? , I) Old Farmer Makes Suggestions. Lugoff, Mar. 21. ? The Chron icle's primary election extra made quite a "hit" In this section* We farmers will have to get a move on ourselves too, the Spring is so late. We won't have mush time to lose with politics thli spring In fact, we have been putting in too much tme in politics for the laat 20 'VMM.. MJW* two yoarn'out of 20 have been given to poiluSr'^Wwt* think pt tt? and wedon?ticnpir ;koir many ''muda'< we got into. Well, let us quit all ojf^he old ways and act like brothers? >for so we are. j l&verybody. know* that a good man will make a better officer than one not so- good?so the Idea is to vote for the best men, and don't howl so much about it. "When the righteous relgji the people rejoice." Just vOt* for the^ttst men out and that Is enough V"* _yr The matter that is of muoh impor ( lance now Is the ro'id*. How wcuid it do' to give the chain gang as much as they, can keep in gpod condition, and let out all other <roadf by contraotT Just let some respon sible man (K. T. Mlckle, for in stance) havf 0 miles to keep in good condition for so much per year, and' another so muchv The chain gang can't do It. There Is too much road. Once the roads are in good condition the above plan will work well, I think. Old Farmer . TO ctxmK at" SIX. 7 r.i ? *n&$ Merchant* Bigu A(it?meui Far Summer Moutlw, < ? ? ~ ' ? :'<m The merchant* of Camden have ?tgued the following agreement to clot* their places of bu*lne*a at ? A _ p. in. during the euuimer month*: "We, the undersigned merchants Of Camden, agree to cloae our re spective place* of business at ?U o'clock p. m., from April lat to September lat, Saturdaya excepted: Spring* ? Shannon , Bufiji A Barrett, jw-* jV? J. w: QeUenbelmar, A. L>. K?ttuedy, ButerprUe Mercantile Co., T. J. Arrant*, C. 0. WhUaker, Watklna Biro*. P. B. MathU, David Wolf? , Uuruch-Nettlea Co.*, j, G. Cuunlugbam, L. Huhenk ft Co. L. J. Wbltaker, Hhumu Bros. J, shebeen ft Bro., W. O. Wllaon, H. L. Bchloaburg, 0. L. Black well, Campbell Broe., Twin Broa, atore 1, Twin Bkoi, atore 2. A. J. Seattle, Moaeley Bro?. m K ': ' ? if "" '"*?!; r'. ? ;V'v< ? ' 'T ?. ? ' Meaauring Party. --???!- ? ? ' A measuring party will be given ^ at the borne of Mr. W.W. Huckabee on Friday night. March 2?, at 8 a'clook, the proceed# to go to tbe Hospital Fund. Retreahm^pU will be aerved and a musical program rendered. A cordial Invitation to extended to the publta. . . g For 1012. pur New Descriptive Catalog ia fully up-to-date, and tella all about the beet ? ' - - jm ? Garden and M Farm Seeds. kh Every farmer and gardener should have a copy of this cata log, which long boon tocos* nized at a standard authority, for the full and complete infor mation which it givC*. n We are headquarters for Cress and Clover Seeds, * A 1 "? Seed Oats. Cow yfa't Descriptive Catalotf mailed free on requeet ?Write for it. T. W. WOOD O SONS. Seedsmen, - Richmond, V&. Kmrnm led* mw And able for l?rat-cIaM iupplie* Correspondence solicited. Catalog mailed free on request ||l?Ks* wfM. iate i. m SSI-:S5HJ* service in S-f