The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, March 22, 1912, Image 7
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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
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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*
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'i w'hB
mBSa
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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. '
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WAS HEB EYESIGHT FAILING?
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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**
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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
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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.
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Merchant* Bigu A(it?meui Far
Summer Moutlw, <
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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?.
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Meaauring Party.
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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.
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