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Indian Slimmer.
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M pabr>?'<l f'oiu I he world uwuy,
# fields itr? no longer gol
d*D,
the wood h no longer guy,
the ?kM, have lost their glory
lid the world is bleak and bare,
liliitb of the coming winter
re fell in the frosty air.
B( from out of the far-off henv
en,
rb^re dwell the years that are
\m
U hack tho spirit of summer,
fbe Kl,ou( ?f our bleHHed dead,
[be hUib of the gathering twi
light #
then the night la near at hand,
b wIiikh that are swiri and silent,
hecoiiiea from the spirit land. I
I tfwuy from the Bky ut morning
he bruaht'H tho clouds apace,
the sun look 8 forth from heaven
tnd smiles like an angel's face,
wraps In her misty garment*
rbe shivering earth and chill,
j breathing the warmth of the
roses
the Bays to the winds "Be still,"
i all through the days she lin
gers
rber? 1? sunshine and song and
mirth,
i the spell of her graciouu pres
ence
jiw over the sleeping earth;
d the spirits of men grow braver
for tho message her sweet lips
bring, *
ope on through the weary winter,
Ind wait, and watch for the
"spring."
ten youth's beautiful dreams have
faded,
And passed from our lives away,
len the world is no longer golden,
And our hearts 110 longer gay,
en into our souls aweary,
And shadowed by care and woe,
d sends, like a blessed spirit,
A dream of the long ago.
id our hearts grow brave 'and
tender, ? ' . .
With the glow of the days gone
by,
id wo catch the wonderful music
Of life's truest melody.
Irieve not for the youth departed,
Or the sorrows the swift years
bring;
Ope on, through the snows of win
ter,
And wait and watch for the
spring." \
-??Eleanor Duncan Wood,
aysville, Ky.
For Sale.
No. 32 Buick car in good cohdition
ith three new tireB, price $400. J.
, Blackwell, Camden, S. C.
Iii Compliment to Mm. %4'inp.
The Misses I^nolr charmlniily ea
I "i't atiifit at bridge Monday DlOffllOg
] Jn compliment to their, sister Mrv.
J. lilakenuy Zemp.
i There wer? two tables, and when
the score way counted the prize
was awarded to Mrs. Caleh Whita
ker, who gracefully presumed it to
Miss Caldwell., The score prise whh
a dainty hand-made haudkerchle
The guests prise, a- lovely center
plece, was presented to Mra. Zemp
by Miss Bessie Lenoir,,
After cards a dainty luncheon
was served, Those present werb
Mesdames Hlakeney Kemp, Jack
Whltaker, < 'st I ? >t> Whltaker, Hunt. >r
Lang, Willie Burnet, Misses Mell
Whitner, Mary Boykln, Ml 00 Hallie
Chlsholm, of Charleston, and Mi us
Caldwell, of Florida,
An Observance of Hallowe'en
M Imkch Elisabeth DuBose and
l<onlae Shannon were hostesses to
a M&|1| but congenial party on Sat
urday evening, , who had been Invl- j
ted to observe Hallowe'en, which
time camrot wither, nor custom;
stale. With the house ? lighted by'
the soft glow of many caudles and j
with the touches of Autumn through
out the , rooms, the scene presented
was a pretty oi^e. Each guest had
nine questions to answer with .their
initials, and .three question* werej
handed them by witches. Apple
bobbing and marshmallow roasting
and everything to make perfect a !
Hallowe'en party was Indulged In. |
Ghosts walked ' around on friendly!
terms with the guests, one was on ;
the stairs, and at the door another
t
gave you <in Icy hand shake. To an ;
oriental tent those who were "seek- j
lng" went to have their fortunes
told. In this attractive tent they
did not find ,an old witch ( who
crooned oyer her pot, but a beauti
ful Gypsie QUeen, who was mistreBB
of her art and who'; read their for
tunes"from the cradle to the grave.";
The guests were then Invited Into
the dining room; where they gather- j
ed around the festive board, beau
tifully laid for the occasion and
decorated in flowers, ferns and Au-.
tumn leaves.
Ml km Clara Wallace Hostess.
The Four-leaf Clover bridge eluh
was delightfully entertained last
Friday afternoon by Miss Clara Wal
lace at her home on Broad Street, j
After the fjames dainty refreshments
consisting of sandwiches, wafers,
tea and fruits were served.
On next Friday afternoon the
Club will meet- again with Miss
Ethel Yatee as hostess.
For Sale.
One new Dixie Flyer Motorcycle. I
Apply to G. W. Crosby, Camden, S.
C.
?opY <\?
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Rroakfast is the moat important meal of your. life,
it depends the enjoyment of each day? and the bodily and men
-UV condition you? ? take In yoill work. .
A good breakfast requires good groceries ? cereals,
bacon, coffeo'and other enjoyable parts of a satisfying mea .
But see that they are good* .Unsatisfactory food brings dy P
sla, sour temper ai)(l a disagreeable (lay.
no sure of your day. 'Use our groceries? the kind that is
eaten by the best businessmen and women in this town.
BRUCE'S, i 'sM
Unto One of The Least
A Short Story by K.I00 Mitciuun
It wan midwinter una the 00 Id,
ttoiih wind MrtHt-rtMl llKhl. fulling
HUowflukt'M over (t lit* Kfuy, drawn
fac*i8 of the pu^st-i l>) . Theft wore
Ul (illy of |)itimriil)y ; for' rich
and poor Hllki' wi iv culled out Into
m m wtMtUio#, rittiiuo wore .on pleas
J uro bent, some w^r% <lruwn out by
t'lty. Among ifu'se luM In tin
Kreat city was ii little, girl. A child
?k# W?H who belonged lo t ho little
sisterhood of- the streets, Hhe was
OI10, of those muny homeiesH chil
dren who belong to every one and
; to no one. To describe her Is uii
necessary, lOveryono has u(?on her
a hundred timet* on the streets of a
>. HuWlc^ it to ?0y Hhe wuh 'cold
and hungry au Well an ragged.
Standing on one Hide of the great
i liomughfaro j^he thought tdu* saw
a clear passage to' the other side.
IBhg picked her way carefully and
,nufe|y nearly , to the Other aide and
thou a cur rolled in front of her,
panned a nd rolled on. It w?h but
a moment but it confused the child
city bred though Hhe wan. 8he
stopped aw though parulyzed. A po
liceman Hhouted at her but she did
?not move. In half a second she
would be iiuiied into eternity by
the force of" another car that was
speeding down the street at a rate
too fast to be stopped and no room
to turn aside. For half a second!
men , roundabout held their brent hi
and were white with dread. A wo- j
man nearby screamed a shrill, ler*
ror-strlcken scream us a tall, lithe
figure swung out from the curbing,
grasped the nerveless" child from
her feet and fairly hurled her back
into the crowd. Then the car struck.
The lithe body shot* up into a half
circle and fell with a dull thud a
few feet away. The crowd surged
about the lifeless body as it lay
bruised and bleeding Oil the ground.
No one seemed to know the wound
ed man but all were willing to gueBS
as to his identity* He was very
tall and powerfully built and withal
lie seemed an unusual type of man.
A policeman beat his way through
the crowd to where they lay and
looked down at the child. A deep
cut traversed on# temple but she
seemed otherwise unhurt.. One little
arm was scratched and bruised but
I 110 bones were broken. Then he
! turned to the man and a startled
look came over his face. Swiftly ho
Jcnelt beside the prostrate ffgure
and thrust back the sreeve" from
the right , arm. Apparently satisfied
he dropped it and picked up the
left. He dropped It and for a mo
ment remained m^tioiiloss. Then He
passed his hand across his eyes and
turned a peculiarly white, drawn
face to the crowd. The eyes of the
crowd went to the hand that the
policeman had dropped. Of the long,
slender fingers on that handi three
were crushed to a hopeless mass.
Intent on that, the crowd did not
see the policeman when he' picked
j up the little oblong, sliver box that
fell from the unconscious man's
pocket and slipped it Into his own.
In a few minutes tjie ambulance ar
rived and lie helped the attendant
to lift the two helpless figures in
and then . it rolled away.
Half an hour later he' climbed
the stairs to the office of the liven
ing Gazette where lie would find
Joe Mo'Fan who was an ?? ^especial
friend of his. As the door opened
Moran glanced up and greeted the
Irishman jovially. But he was hot
inclined to be jovial. His freckled
Irishman's face was rather serious,
"Joe, mes .bye," ho remarked sor
rowfully, "I've a bit of news for
jfofe . , " v
"Alright, Patrick-muji-lad, fire
away, "answered Moran, "Somebody's
TtmeTarr ~ ? ^
"No," said the Irishman shortly,
"This I'nj tellin' ye av la the ruin
in' of the hand av Severance."
"Tat, don't you tell me a lie!"
the reporter was all excitement now,
"How do you know? When? Where?
How? Why?"
Then Pat told tl)e whole story
pausing to throw In details when
the reporter asked for them. A?
he talked the newspaper man wrote.
At the end, more out of curiosity
than ffar information, Moran asked:,
. .'".How do you know it was John
Severance, Pat?"
In silenee -tliA-pnHpgmiftn holf! out
the little oblong silver box. In si
lence the reporter opened it. It
was a little box of rosin such as
[violinists use; and engraved on the
sides was "J. S." ?
"That fell out av his pockets,"
said Pat simply, "And I'vo seen
him before."
That cvemng'B Gazebo gave a
detailed account oJfv.hoV the hand
i of the greatest violinist had .boon
I crushed. Tho people, high and lowf|
gathered in little groups and talked
of, it among themselves. In the
great drawing room of the McTav
iBh mansion ? on the Hudson there
gathered the great musicians and
men of rank uad they bewailed the
' fate that had taken tri?< |rwil||t
from among them. Where Jarvls
Street e rossed Korry-slxth Street,
in thv heart of toll, there stood
another group who'1 shivered lit tho
drifting snow aiid drew their lag
ged coat* about t h rm an the north
wlud horo down upon them, Aud
they |?>?> talked of how the career of
John Mvdranc.e, violinist, had been
bo abruptly and ? yjH ho hopelessly
cut. o'.f for tho tmke of a nameless,
? i i lilld of the lilt Id sister
hood of the street s. /'
A few weeks later the head sur-;
neon of the, hospital walked rapidly
down the corridor aud halted at th?
door of the room whore John Sev
erance ' had been recovering; from
bin wounds. Ah he entered, the vio
linists back whs turned and he did
not Seem to not lee the surgoou's
prosom-e. The rubber heels of the
surgeon'* shoes made no sound and
us he advanced he saw that Sov
e route had removed the handles
from his hand and was looking]
down .u it. In the slender, bin ?
veined fingers of his right hand
he held the mutilated'- left. The
little fin kit was scarred but straight,!
The Index finger was guarled and
useless. l|ut the second and third
fliiKOrh were gone to the knuckles.
I^ie surgeon, the best in the couu*
try, had done his best and his best
had been hppeless. Severance drop
ped his hand wearily and turned., .
"Why, Koodmornlng, Doctor. 1
didn't kiiow you were here."
"1 thought I'd drop in and say
good by before you left."
But their conversation was in
terrupted by the entrance of a nurse.;
She addressed her rcinaks tp the
etljrgeon .
"The child who Bays her naiue Is,
Sara Is well, Doctor. v She Is ready
to go. but she has nc} people. Shall
we send her to some Xjrpban Asy
lum".' \
"Which child, Mies peering?" in
quired the surgeon. \
"She says her name la Safa- She
Is the child who was hurt when Mr.
Severance was," sho replied.
The surgeon debated a moment^ !
\ In that ..moment John Severance^!
spoke.
"Bring the child to me," he said,
"I will take her."
Two hours- later they loft tho
hospital, J(ohn Severance and the
little waif of the streets who had
ended his career.
The room waa empty nnd dark
save for the glow of the fire as it
'crackled ovier- and among the logs
In the fireplace. The light of It
glistened and danced among the
prisms that hnng from the Chande
lier in the middle of the room. A
few rays pierced the darkness of
one corner and reflected themselves
In the nickel hinges of a violin caso
that stood there,
' Presently a brilliant light flooded
the room and tt man entered. He
was a little past middle age and
wfts " tall, wide-shouldered though
very slenderly built. His black hair,
worn rntlier long, was plentifully
sprinkled with gray, ills mouth
was strong as was his chin and
neither admitted of delay or change.
His, hands were long and slender,
the right being beautifully shaped
with the fingers white and taper
??>g, but y?? Ivft wtiH HMdly mutilat
ed. Ii wan John St'Vi'iiuicn who #q
terod this ^um In the pari* hotel.
There w?h frown on his faco mjd
the thick, buHhy ^y^rowti wuro
ioK?'Uw>r, fur at nil tli^H Paris was
" " " 1 ' 1 1 1 I'll pl;i t o 1 <> him ;i lid hi
WM? wh.ii, , It If thur. h. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
wIhIumI h i m m<? I f out again
Th, 40QI KWUHK <>|M II And h> .
turn oo tp greet a girl who was .
',i from ruunW ami excite
mont,
**
"I hhw you ahead," hUv watfl ?> j
11 ( ftiw? I<?| Wiinl, "And trlrd i
<"at(?h you, bujt you walk no rapidly.
I have boon to I'rofMtor itosunoff
and wont you thin. Ho would
<el| mo nothing."
John Hcyeranee road tho nbto
while tho girl Htood panting hefoiv
Mill. Hho wan rather dtnail but
beautifully made. IIt?r dark brown
bair cluttered about her py|| I:u i'
and shadowed black eyek t hut
sparkled continually. When she,
Hmii?'?i, which wa? Often, her n<i
lipw revealed a doublo row of hid u 1 1 , |
white tooth him) brought dim plot* In
either oh ft# Ii. This .lo vol y, laughing
eroaturo full of th?? joyouHiictnt of
Mfo and all thing** beautiful, wiim
Sura. Thin wan what the little, in
slgnificaut, homeless Child of the
BtroutH had grown to be. ,
Ho rOad the note, and then look
ed down Into the ftparkllng black
eyr? that wopo brimming wltli eager
ftftVii and lio^e,
"Hara, Kenanoff says he can
leach', you nothing.!'
"I knew It!!" she crold Joyously,
"I knew it! 1 knew ho didn't
know iih much as you. Oh, I'm bo
glad, I could daricp. for Joy!" and
she forthwith proceeded bo to do.
I?ut Hho wuh Interrupted in her
dancing by tho entrance of Iteaan
off himself.
"I have Come to toll you, John/,'*'
ho Ha Id without preface, "That I
can teach her nothing. You hi\Ve
taught her more than I know al
ready." > '
"How dlitl you know I taught her,
Ivan?" .aske'd Severance, "1 did not
tell you."
The IluHHlan looked squarely Into
t he American 'a eyeH.
"Because no one elHu known ' hh
much aB you, and I you have taught
her all;*' he answered simply.
Then he turned to the girl.
"Tomorrow tho world shall know
that Ilesanoff tho IlusHlan has eon
ceded his place to one greater, But
tonight you shall play for us and
us alone." .
John Severance remained' in his
PQBltlon with hla arm on Iho man
tel of the fireplace and his gaze
resting on the little blue flames
that crept among - the logs. The
Russian leaned against the ' back
of his chair. The girl played the
first piece that Severance had ever
taught her. It was ^ simple little
melody but it "wan beautifully sweet.
When she was done tho Russia!!
left and John Severance, said to the
girl;
"Sara, when I took you from the
hospital with me fifteen years ago
I had a great purpose In my mind.
It was this: "you were the unwitting
cause of the ruin of my career and
I rosolvod that if it. wore in you
that you must give tjack to the
world of music what you had "taken
f i * ? in It. I TMOWfd t littt yot? HhoulU"'
flnlHh out my arw. Kor fifteen^"
years I have worked toward (hut
ond. Day by day, tfiouKh you have
llot known it, you hftV# worked to
i iU. in> phu t' I I. now when I
brought you to I'arU thai lt??sanoff ?
could iMOt) >u" PO|)|lD|i but 1
watt Km I htiu to know first of all.
Tomorrow ho will huve spread your
llKtiio abroad . With all hlH (thuriv
t?#latlcs extravagance ho will talk
of you to every oil? ho kitown and
mnny ho does not know. After to
night you will' lead in tlto world of
luuidc, lint tonight you ore only
the pupil of John Hovorance ah<i
M)r tin* laut time you shall play for
mo us a pupil.".
The Kill said nothing, but a Kroat
I 1 1 It 1 1 K f II I i 1 1 HK wt'llt'll tip ill ln<r In. lit
for the tulont thui liatl enabled John
Severance, to carry jout thin ono groat
purpose of b)H llfo. After tonight
she, would hold John ' Severance'*
place In tho music-world. Hho
would bo gjr.eat among tho greatest.
Hnt hurk ot it all she know that
there would be that nainolesH pa
thos and beauty that had told Ivan
Koaanoff that John Severance w?*
tho .creator of ^t.
In silence hImv raised tho violin
to hor t hin and drew tho bow acroaw
tho strings. It wan a coinpoeltlou
of John Severance's own that ?b?
played and she know that ho loved
It above nil other music. (Jnder her
long, s}? ndor fingers tho llttlo In
strument of wood became a tremb
ling, laughing, abbblng, oxiiultdte
thlng of music. Sho playod ua Hbe
had never played before, even an
ehe had not played for lteBanoff.
and an who would never play agulu.
Hero In tho llttlo room of an old
hotel In I'arlB for art auditorium,
with ono man for an audience. ?ho
played her hiaaterpleoe.
When tho last nolo .died away
.John Severance did iinl' look up. HA
was getting down nt IiIh loft hand
and t hero wub a look of lnoffabta
content in -his deep-blue oyeB,
A "Spooky" Time.
"Jack I'uutpkin tolls you to be ween,
Tho day that follows I lallawe'en,
At three nlnetjvfour on Choanal
Street, ?
I'Voin flvo to hovou lot us moot."
These in vitatloliB wore aont out
by. MIhboh Kllzaboth and Martha
Workman and heralded an event
that will live long In the memories
of the half -hundred llttlo tote that
enjoyed It. The house wub dark,
except for tho light given from the
Jaok?0'Uintema; and pumpkins
which grinned at you from every
conceivable noo-k. Traces of autumn
wero seen in the beautiful decora
tions and a basket filled with her
most choice fruits formed the cen
ter-piece of a table laden with dain
ties in which the Hallowe'en, ^ld?a
was carried out in detail. As tbey
marched out from the dining room,
after the games and refreshmentfi a
Jack-O-Lantern was placed in the<
hand of each little guest to light
them through the darkness on their
homowaifd way. They carried only
happy mqtn^ries, and happy memo
ries are fmtfcr all the host gift that ;
the falrielt can bring us.
.Spnd uh thui nrx( ' c/i'<k'f, for Job
printing.- - ? > - _
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