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ORONHYATEKHA.
Two twenty-year-oid lads stood Uo i
r*LH?C!l ?ther on ? Cu^? JndUn
ry rvatlon one day in lWl. while
around them crowded brilliantly uni
formed officers, civic magn^t^
gayly apparelled Indians.
b?),? *" u?. .tender.
"J ,u cM 1? Um full r#
galla of a Mohawk chief. He waa Oi^
onhjratekba, lineal deecendant of the
Wmp cW#f" of "81* Nations."
vJS?* 0t?*f boy"~H l,Un' "iht halred. of
medium height ami arrayed in the uni
form of a British colonel ? was Albert
Edward, prince of Wales, the recently
deceased King Edward VII. of England
Indian chief and British prince faced
esch other in a moment of awkward
silence, while Oronhyatekha ransacked
bin brain for the flowery English
speech of welcome he had 'so carefully
prepared. He knew Just what he want
ed to say. But lb this moment of stress
bis hardly-acduired knowledge of the
English language utterly deserted him.
The Prince and the Indian.
The braves wfco had chosen tko
young fellow ap their spokesman
scowled at him and muttered under
their breath. The gorgeous military
and civic staff fidgeted uneaaily. Sud
denly Oronhyatekha's heavy faca lift
ed with an inspiration. He hurst forth
into the speech he had planned. But
Instead of speaking English, he dehr
Si - ^ classical
Greek I the prince oTWales and his
?tat listened With open-mouthed
amassment. They had expected to
hear a dusky orator grunt eut a few
ill-pronounced sentences in broken
English. Instead, this moccaslned,
deerskln-elad savage was
his sovereign with perfect fluency la
a dead language that comes ealy halt
ingly to the lips of many a college
president. That speeeh made tke
young cbWi fortune. ~
Oronhyatekha was Wifon the Six
Nations reserration, near Brantford.
Ontario, Canada, on August 10, 1841.
While he excelUd, ps a child, in the
rough sports and exercises of his fel
low-Indians, he had almost a mania
for study. He saw that education
alone could lift him a>oyo the sordid
life of his fellow-Mohawks. He learned
all that the local Industrial school
could teach him. Then he managed
to raise funds to take him to the cele
brated old 4 ^Vesleyan academy at
North Wilbraham, Mass. There he
quickly reached the head ef his class
and was graduated with high hoaors.
From school to school he wandered.
He had *io money, so he turned his
hand to any sort of work that would
let him pay for books and tuition. Toil
ing in the daytime as a cobbler a?&
woodchopper? he studied Greek and
the higher mathematics until after
midnight. At Ihst he felt 'he was
ready to enter one of the large uni
versities. But be lacked money for
such a course. It waa at, this crista
that hie "chance"^ came.
The young prince of Walee waa
making a tour of the United Statea
and Canada. He was due . to visit
the Six Nations reservation on a cer
tain day. Oronhyatekha, as the heat
educated of the local Indians, was
chosen to make the speech of welcoaee.
When, the prince of Wales heafd the
impromptu Greek oration ^ eJ becaW#
at once keenly interested in the speak
er. A few questions drew forth the
Indian's life story. The prince at once
took charge of Oronhyatekha's educa
tion. He sent the Indian te Oxford
university. There be placet him un
der the tutorship of the royal phy
sician, Sir Henry Acland.
By the time lje returned to Canaia
Oronhyatekha was a physician of
splendid ability. He settled in Ontario
and quickly built up a large practice.
Then In lt&l be chanced to get control
of a decrepit Insurance company. Thie
he strengthened p* enlarged until
from it Qie famoua fraternal so*
clety, the Independent Order of Forest
ers. His wealth and his important In
the community grew with each parsing
year.
up w uw ueaui m JH?rco, AWWI,
on# of Canada'i beftt known, most
turesque figure*.^ V': :
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v "Mint," Uttid Ample/, ctrtUol;. ?
"Catnip," contradicted Aufter'a
wife, decisively.
Ampley regarded her with the be
nig ill/ pitying look men reeerre for
erring and weak-minded member* of
their families, "Oeraldlne " he aald
In a pained tone, "do you suppose I've
lived all these years and escaped an
Intimate acquaintance with mint In
Its various forms T It is Just as easy
to tell mint when you sec it as H U
to recognise a potato! This Is mint!"
Mrs. Ampley dropped her golf dubs
and sat down plump In the middle of
the disputed green stuff. At the eight
eenth hole they had wandered off the
course Into the Inviting autumn woods
bordering the links- Her cap waa ooe
sided and her faco was flushed.
"You may know mint," she admit
ted crisply. "I've not the slightest
doubt that you could tell It In a tall
glass a mile away, but let me lafenn
you that when It comes to catalp
you've nothing on me. Why, I was
brought up on catnip? almost!
Haven't I gathered tt by the boshpl
for the cats and kittens we ahmrt
had at home? I f>
"Pine aroma," Interrupted Ampley,
twisting the pprlg he boid beneath Ma
nose wtth the maddening air of a eem
nolsseur. *1 don't know when Pro
stumbled on n finer bed of mtot,
really 1"
"You'd Infurint* me If yoa weeen't
so silly," remarked his wife. -A art
you are so absurdly stubborn!"
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"What're you. doing?" demanded
Ampley with curiosity as sin Isgsa
picking handtwla of the kerb and
^tuffed them into her sweater pock
>tc.
MTB, JJB9M7 regarded him ulill.
"I am picking oatnlp," iki laftwaaM
him, "to take bom* to the eMl Mil
door? and I Intended to l?H4?i*tHy
prove to you that I akn In the rifkt!"
"Any iaM cat," scoffed her hue
band, "would ba lnsultod If handed a
bunch* of that atuff! It would eolleer
all lt? Intlmata ft ianda and alt eut on
the back feacfc and yowl al yea la
dlflgUBt."
His wife an! Sad. "Any cat would
be my friead for life," aha contradict
ed. "The poor tiring would ha hys
terical with Joy! Did you ever aaa a
cat playing with oatalpT"
"No, hut I am curleua ta ohaaave
one havlag a Ml of joy on plain
mint," aald her huaband. "It Will he
novel." '' * ? mm
"Shoo!" aald Mra. Ampley six timea
to the golf club cat, Which aeemed do
termlned to tag them into the statlea
bus,
"What alia tha animal r asked Am
pley. '
, "Catnip!" explained Mra. Ampley,
sweetly.
"Uraph! " commented Ampley. Walk*,
ing up the nvoaue to thflr bome In
the duek Ahipley fell over saane ani
mal twice; "What the??" he began.
"I think," said his wife casualty,
"that It moat he that big black cat
I've aeea la this block so much. It
probably has sniffed the catalp la my
pockets ? ? "
~ "ObT-fudge 1 " growled. Apaple^
Just aa they sat down to dinner
there was a maw from the freat
porch. It was nn Insistent cnll and
Mra. Ampley beamed.
"The dear tUag!" she murmured.,
"Cats are so intelligent! I draff* a
leaf of the stuff cm purpoae aa I came
in and U'a calling for morel Listen
there are twa of them now!"
Ampler gat ta hie feet violently.
"Have we got to endure $hla serenade ,
>11 through :dinnerf?he inquttajtlwitb
awful sarcasm. "Just becauaa same
fool cats caa't tell mlat when they
see it?"
Ha opened the front door ta scare
away the lnvnders, hut thsy vanished
suddenly. For a/momeat ha thought
he saw shadowy forma flit by him, hat
when he glanced back Into the hall
nothing was to be seen.
'It is rdally remarkable," mused
Mrs. Ampley, "bow cleverly oats' will
discover catnip and aearch It out!
Sea bow thoaa two oa tha porch?"
"That was me?a coincidence," Am
pler Insisted. "A cat weulda't walk
a foot to smell of mint! And Fm tell
ing you that It waa mlat you picked!"
"Catnip! " said Mra Ampley seme
17.
Ampley weat upstairs to bad. a ttt
tie later, murmuring oontrnAletoty
thlnga under bis brdath about the
greea leavee plucked by hia wtte a
re w hours before out at the club.
Then preeeatly bo yelled. So weird
and nliuraMd wag hia cry that Mrs.
Ampley cams running to hie assist
ance.
When aha got the room light turned
on ahe discovered Ampley crouching
with blanched face near the bed, on
which he evidently had placed hia
hand. And ho bad thrust it late the
midst of a bunch of warm, furry, live
thlnga? four cats Uneconaed upon
Mrs. Ampley'e carelessly bestowed
sweater, the pocketa of which they
had bean contentedly rilling. One cat
waa chewing a leaf and it winked at
Ampley Joyously. All of them war#
purring in a dlaalpated faahlon.
Turn tag, Ampley met his wife's trf
umpbant eye. "We-e-ell," ho aald
tfittnlp.'
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We are more than pleased with our thirty days of business. If we had been
told that we could have done even half as well we would have thought it a mat
ter of impossibility. But figures do not fake ? we have them. In view of these
facts we have decided to continue our marvelous sale of Men's Shoes and Oxfords
for thirty days more, at die following prices:
All Men's Shoes and Oxfords, formerly $5.00 will be sold at
All Men's Shoes and Oxfords, formerly $4.50 will be sold at
All Men's Shoes and Oxfords, formerly $4.00 will be sold at
All Men's Shoes and Oxfords, formerly $3.50 will be sold at
All Men's Shoes and Oxfords, formerly $3.00 will be sold at
All Men's Shoes and Oxfords, formerly $2.50 will be sold at
. - $3.98
- $3.25
. - $3.15
- - $2.95
- - $2.45
- ^ $1.85
W? are going to offer the entire stock of Ladies and Children's Shoes and
Oxfords during the month of August at just what they cost us. Now, if you are
in need of anything in a frst class shoe ? one that you will not be ashamed to wear
?one that looks good and will wear better than any shoe you ever wore for the
money* now is the time to buy. These goods are all of high-class stuff. No old
stock, no shoddy goods. All goods are new and up to date. r Come and be con
vinced that such shoes were never before offered at such ridiculously low prices.
We will positively dose this offer after August 30th. So if you need anything
in this line and want to buy it at a real genuine bargain now is the time.
CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA
The f arming lands in Lee County have long been recognised as
' the best in the State, and sell readily for $30.00 per acre.
We offer for quick tale two tracts Smith ville ? one containing
163 acre* and one 10 acres at a price far below the $30.00
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Both tracts are ideally located, being on the public road, within a
few miles of the railroad and having every advantage of the
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