The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, April 11, 1901, Image 4
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CHAPTER VII.
A TALK I* TUI TWILIGHT.
After supper Melvin and old man
Turoer aat out In the jard and talked—
that is. Turner asked questions, and
Melvin answered tbem. Melvin was
Id a better butuor since be was slightly
rested and bis buuger bad been ap
peased, and to (be hundred questions
Turner asked be returned ready and
good natured answers, although be did
not always return true ones.
Finally Melvin found an opportunity
to lead the conversation, and then he
fold about the old man back In the
(roods and o£ bla-queer experience with
blm. For the first time that evening
Turner burst Into a roar of hearty
laughter.
“Lord a massy ” be cried, “don’t you
know who that old boss was7*’
“CerUlnlynot.’'Melvin replied. “How
should 1 know when I am a total stran
ger beref*
•To be shore. I forgot.'bout that
Still. It seems like ever'body roost ort
to know old HI Jcuklns. Lord, he's
been a-llvln forever, ’pear* lack, as tbs
feller says.’’
"Is be craay 7"
“Crasy! IV bo-old II ir
“Yes"
“Old HI rraiy: Win snakes an rat-
erytliars, stranger, what you mean by
aekla sk-lt a queeiluu as Ibal?'
“1 tbought from the way be acted
that be certainly must be rraxy "
*XJreat poeauroa an perslaimons’ Talk
toot obi lit beta rraay' Yoti don't
knew nothin boot that *>M b<ws or you
s't never ask no sh b a.f<>w4 thing
that. Why. obi IITa the amarirM
■i'ClsIM^ >r parts lleo»«onto»
Iowa at the county neat
"That so T"
"Yea bet It are' tee. sfr ee—
' Wonder why be behaved an slraage-
|y with nw tbew f*
“Why. Ibat a pla n rnougb nben you
esroe to agger II out You )eot happen
sd to rnn a-vol him ••«» one of Ms wff
days
“tW day.r
“Y ret one of hla
"W hat de you
“Ikan t you baou
"I certainly do m
“W aat by
8 day.
a by that 1
>t
t«
you
lie naya an «k
bouts \t Unt I nwaa
is that thia to his day
la a
of roihs jm
III s otf day lo that thia is his day foe
«thUlift
"Ah he haa I he
“To be Shore W ky shouldo t he
ha*# *“
"I dee t know I u> eur
"CVueee be has the rhllla. aa he
shabeo ever' her day He ess w-itia
out I bar on that Mg a uaitin for hla
rMU In twtne on uhm you see>l hi
"And that uas uhy he behaved the
uay he dM ,r *
“Of course Thar bam t many pn
pie I rua tell you. uaats to bo bulb
rttb gUooik»u» «brn a chill la
oo au If a feller oaa lo sM
you unttrr thevu km.l of (•envurattona
you uouhlu t never git nn court lo
the center of that scene there was
one figure that stood out boldly and
distinctly from all the rest What $he
others said or what the others did he
did not know or care, but every word
uttered by Louisa Banka and her every
movement and every look was as viv
idly before blm now as It bad been at
that time. Nor was tbla strange, for
to him the was the only living reality
there. The rest were only ao many fig
ures whose trivial deeds and existence
were unworthy of a thought.
He recalled the expresaftn ou her
face at the moment when her eyes mat
bis, and now it was a wonder to him
bow be bad ever managed to bold him
self so well In <;beck as not to betrgy
even a hint of the great, consuming
passion that filled his heart.
Suddenly his wandering thoughts
were recalled by Turner, who renewed
the conversation by opening up a new
subject
“Mr. Melvin.” he said. “1 reckon you
ain’t one of tbem doggoned overly nice
an finicky tort of chaps who are so
dad blamed bard to please that they
Jest put everybody all up on edge?”
“YVhy. I don’t think I’ra particularly
hard to please.” Melvin replied. “I try
not hrbe. at leaat." _
"Thafa kind of the way 1 figgered
you out, but you know a body can't al
ways tell about folks. Sometimes a
feller's Oggertn don't tnm out nothin
Ilk* right ongyitne I got pow'ful fool
ed on one of tbeoi tioggoued pill prd
dlers, an I (wen a little roitr *by of
folks ever since ”
"llo»-wa» Ibat about the pill prd
dlevr
Why ft ttaa tSTs"k'waj’~ He rods
«p to (be feua-e thar one night an want
ed to know If he could slop. Jest fur all
the nortd like yon stone while ag<> II
was in alrb * Bts au a stew that he
wouldn't tell me nothin am cetf aa
pware.1 like be dlda t nail tw snswef
nary a questi*»ii I asked Mai. IM>ug^
IxjCvI ki" s. I aln l tin hstid P . ^ *
Into other folks business an nek fool
questions 'bout things that dna I ca
ears me You know that s I jedgu.
from shat you*vs seed of mev**
Mel«in smUeii tmt with rec kless hard
•Mesi rrpfWd:
ceytghMv
sal I urnrr went on. * that thar
pill pevbtlef lonrf be ns. Jest bsnnd
|o stop ) eve, as stop be.did Unt. a
my land, nhai a Mdher an a prater he
ns. Mi a id most s month. I gm-an. as
Ibat a bote endurln time be nns far
ever an eternally a grumbitn an Badla
fhnlt Han't never sntiedrd nl
not bln The very fast thing he d»
ns. In raise a furse canae he had In
sleep In I be bed silk the hired mat
an” ■
' You are not keeping a hired man
non are youv Melvin asked, a little
aaiMuely,
"Nn. u«t now. I sin t Hat a* I nns
pots tn sat when ne tried In hum»r
“The court would Csoslder the shout
lag jastllaUe yes think •'
“Yen bet It would l»rd a waaay, I
souktn t ulgk kill nobody for nothin
rite on earth. I guess, but I Jest
know I’d shoot ■ feller If be
n pick In an s tinggln at me with fool
quest Mo* nbeu my ager was n norkla
"Yon say Mr
' ——
mirewf;
To be
JenkliM
nilh a
shore. I said that Why
nooldoT be shake evqr’ other day?"
"It’a a regular part of bia life. Is It?"
"Jest as much a part of hla life aa
•atlo ao sleepln Is. Yes. slr-es! Why.
•ay. If anytblug was to btppan to old
HI so that be missed bavin his chill on
bis reg’lar day I reckon be d feel more
Met than If bis old woman waa to die.
In tbeqe parts ager Is a part of a fel
ler’s tights an privileges, same as vot-
In an boldln office la”
"Indeedr
“You bet your hide.”
“Does Mr. Jeoklna live near tbiaT*
"No. not as you mougbt say right
near.' Be lives over t’other side of
Coog Ron river. Haln’t been over In
that settlement, I reckon?”
“No."
“Waal, you won’t lose nothin, I guess.
If you never do go over thsr.’
“Wbjrr
“0b, them folks over thar ain’t Jest
the sort s body keen to have much to
do with. Leastwise I find ’em that
a-way^’’ . t
*‘Ars they bad cbanctera?"
"No, I don’t know aa you cau put It
that a-way exactly, ’cause they’re
peaceable enough an honest ah all (hat.
They’re Jest so different from we uns
over here,”
"In what way are they different?"
“Waal, /or one thing they’re so dog
gone Ign’unt Why, say, them folks
over thar haln’t got no more edlcatlon
than a gang of possums, not a blame
bit more. Rich Ign’tmce Is plnmb piti
ful shore. I alius feel sorry for them
that haln’t got learnln, don’t you?”
' Melvin looked at the old man to open
eyed astonishment and muttered an as-
—t- It occurred to him, however, that
TTOif people on the other side of Coon
~t <
under the Impression that it vfbhUl be
Just as well If he kept tbst oplnlpn to
himself. He was sure Turner woufd
not feel any kindlier or more friendly
toward blm If he should give utterance
to bts thoughts. r
So when after -a long pause Melvin
finally spoke It was on another and an
entirely different subject, A little dif
fidently, as If -be knew he was ap
proaching dangerous ground, be said:
“I presume, Mr. Turner, you are ac
quainted with a man named Banks,
who lives over at Beckett's Mill?”
“Who—81m Banks?" Turner ques
tioned.
"I think so-a tall man with red hair
and"—
“Oh, It’s Slnrt!” Turner Interrupted.
“It’a bound to be him, ’cause thar ain’t
no other Banka thar.’’
“•You know him, then?”
“Ixml, me know 81m Banka! Why,
what a dern fool question! Do you
reckon l know myself? Know Sim
Banks! Why. Lord a-massy, man, I’ve
knowed (That chap ever since he was
knee high to a grasshopper. Yes,
slr-ee!” “ ^
“He's married, 1 believe?"
“To he shore. Yes, Sim's married.”
“And happy, I presume?"
1 “.Happy as some, I reckon."
There was a short pause. Then Mel
vin said:
“I saw Banks nnd his wife today
over at Beckett’s Mill. I don't know,
of course, that it is so, but It appeared
to me that they are a mlsmated pair.
What do you think about Itr
Turner looked at Melvin, squinted
his eyes and grinned.
•'Young feller,” he said, “them two
may l»e mlsmated for all I know, au
they may not. au if th«*y arc aiismated
It ain't none of my yloln'a, an I ain't
nowise.rea|M>tiHihle for It."
"Certainly not.” Melvin admitted,
“but I thought |M>rha|M you bad no
ticed that the vilfe la so different from
the husband Mhc ap|iears to lie edu
cated and refined «Idle be does not.
Haven't you observed that?"
“I Ualu’t blind." Turner replied quiet
ly. •m what I see I •ee."
“Do yon think It |>o«slide for two
people so entirely different to Hve to
gether happily r
“1 haln't been dpi*k n<l thlukiu along
that line. Mr. Melvin. I don't Agger
that I got any < an to ”
‘•Hot yon certainly bare aa Idra along
that hue r *
Turner eyed Meltln very nnrrowly
tor a Moment, tbm slowly replied
"Yoong feller. I mat make out that
you got any cull to uorry ’U»ut Him
Hanks aa hla wife, au I ‘low It'd be
jeot an we 41 for all parties evoso-rwed If
you dtda’t do It r» a gtttla along up
In years aiyarlf. nn I Alai lived all my
life Hi tbla world without learn in an#
nr two tMags One of the things I've
done Ms rut la never to astt up Hi nn
body etar'a buaim — when I ain't p>t
no In•• rent In It. ap another thing la
never I • bother tnynrtf'1o>ut * hat goes
no betuevm a man an hM nlfe I ain’t
an Mamed smart aa ttMrtkfif, flK*f
I fti* t M talM M I
enoufti to ibat 'WmH tbr
noat fiiaagmHia fiiaop a f^lWf Ik In MW*tL
kta Ma» la !• Nna man aa feta
WMsian l|r‘i| a *la«l tlallt Nrf
.ryr
been at IWki-'tt'a Mill for week a K
little relM^aP* however, decided him
that he w«aBjtove to look further for
the author. nW^ln waa a total stran
ger there, so what could f,oulsa know
of blm or hla mime? •• ^
Sim said nothing to hla wife that
night about the note, hut the next
morning when they were seated at th«
breakfast table he took the scrap of
paper from hla pocket and handed It to
her, remarking quietly:
‘Thar’s somethin 1 found last night,
Loueesy, an from what I can make out
It must he your’n." ' Y
Louisa reached out and took the note,
and as she glanced over it Sim waa
watching her. He aaw the color mount
to her face, while her head drooped uh-
tll her eyes were fixed on her plate.
She remained silent, and after a mo
ment’s wait he said:
“Loueesy, Is that your’n?"
There was a short pause. T’atii she
looked up, and instead of answering
hla question she asked:
“Where did you get it?”
“I found it on the Hoor. where you’d
likely dropped It. Is it your’n?"
"Yes.lt Is." she admiiied Mxitatlng
iy-
"Then what does It mean, an who la
It from?" he demrtmled almost sternly.
‘That 1 cannot leli you," she answer
ed In low tones.
“Why can’t you?"*'
“Because I have no right to tell.”
“No right to tell anything to yonr
man. your own husband?"
“Not that. You had as well say no
more about It.”
Sim looked at hla wife very hard for
almost a minute, his face rapidly chang
In* color and a variety of thought!
flashing through hla mind.
“Loueesy." he said at last, "that note
waa wrote by a man. au I want to
know wbat It means. I have a right to
know.”
8be flatbed blm a look full of resent
meet.
• Whether you have a right to know
or not.” ebe replied, “you will never
know from me." •
"Wbyr
“Because, as I have already said,
cannot tell yon."
‘Iaat MU we? Luuewsjr. shat am
lo think of etirli talk as Ibat?”
“You are to think what you pleas*.
some man hat
that I ain’t alt>
Nhe Peed l»»l»
A scornful curl
n I think when you and
e a neerrt between yon
wed to shareT*
> w ith her eyes and w llh
• ,f her hpu retorted
I lo II
tub
Ilf iwl
Sr* rrt*
“And n bat
and •ofer not
rret. bat mn
that I atu not alMwrvI
He looked at her in
“Me an soMe w owti
he repealed "What
that?”
”f mean Just what I say. Ij
wan not nn Mwg ago that y»
toapd arhae l—h p*o.o then.
*T dea l understand yon. I
had a —rest from yen la all
mark Men a atv n t b*4ween a*
women ’
"Are y<
”1 ant ‘
“Then
I Manx '
I Mot • face fashed tossahtls
Irwpod Hr had forger
Maaa but i*>a hr irmrnits‘M
netl •• tuts n*er»lt>|
lief ore It n tl
yen
r se
yon
“Waal, •’poan I did. I couldn’t help
myself. 1 couldn’t Jest walk oo an leave
Her while eh# wae talkln, could If
“Certainly not when her talk wae no
■weet end Interesting You muet have
found It real pleesant to have her a^
sore you that I didn’t love you, but
that abe knew aome woman who did.”
“I didn’t find It pleasant, an If 1 bad
1 wouldn’t ’a’ done the way 1 did.”
“Wouldn’t have at aid to llaten to
her?”
“I wouldn't bave let ou that 1 didn’t
ofideratand what abe meant an dlacour*
aged her ever* way I could.”
By hanging over the fence and talk
ing back to her?"
Tf I did hang over the fence an talk
back to her, I never said nothin out of
the way an nothin to be ashamed of,
nary a word."
"Some people haven't a very keen
sense of shame.”
81m paused for a moment. Then he
■aid very soberly:
"Loueesy. .you don’t love me. If you
oiu, yon wouldn’t never believe the liea
somebody’s gone an told you when 1
tell you they are lies. A woman that
loves her man ain't never a-goin to be
lleve some old long tongued tattler as
ag’ln him. It’s a gospel truth, If ever I
spoke one In my life, when I say I nev
er made love to Mary Mann, an I’d
■wear to it on a stack of Bibles a hun
dred feet high. You ain’t got no right
to accuse me of any sich a thing."
“But you have a right to accuse me
of something Just as bad?”
“1 ain't never accused you of nothin.
Loueesy. an you know It.”
“Not exactly In so many words, per
baps, but you have Intimated It pretty
plainly.”
‘'Me Intimated that you made love to
some other man besides me?"
“Something like that. You remrtu
ber. I suppose, what you said about
that Dote ’.'
”1 never said an I never meant that
you loved sometiody else."
“I know what you think "
“If I thought slcb a thing as that
would 1 ‘a’ told Mary Mann ylsteddy
that she was a lyln when ebe said wbat
abe did? An last ntgbt. when Jli
Thom bloted at tb* same thing, dc
yww know what I done'to him? I Jle
knocked blm down plnmb fat on his
back, aa if l hr; barin't a' held mo 14
’a* stamped the very daylights oaten
him"
Loo Isa looked up. a surprised and
pained express tun on her tore.
"Did Jim Thom dare tn any enrh a
thing aa that of me?" she cried
L “He did.' Mm replied, and, feeling
sure of her gretitnd* at Meat, he added
“Bel he aie't nevee gate le asy M ne
more. I bet. I dene settled him tor
Increased only from 50 to 60 per cent.
He also referred to the fact that in Ger
many, where In the leat twenty five
yean lager beer bae largely rep’aced tbs
weiea beer formerly ueed, the death rate
from dlseaae of the kidneye has increae
^hese y *re facts and opinions which
| will receive serious consideration from r
intelligent and reasonable peop'e, with
whom drinking U a subject for ecientlflc
rather than eentimental discussion.
Buck people are already much more
careful about alcohol than they used to
be, as is proved at dube and alto at the
1 moat elaborate of dinners, functions at
wh'ch the consumption of wine and
spirits Is
now small relatively to that of
— , . ^ Ia‘generation ago. Excessive drinking
To produce the best results I Jg now getting to be confined chiefly to
in fruit, vegetable or grain, th» <§ ” b .»“ >* “ “
fertilizer used must contain
enough Potash. For partic
ulars see our pamphlets. We
send them free.
or, v as Dr. Btarr says very judiciously,
I “ more a matter of moral obliquity than
| of true insanity.” * ^ ^
A Town in Two Statks.—A Wash
ington dispatch says that a certain
I change in the boundary line, as agreed
between Virginia and Tennessee, has
just been ratified by Congreae This re
calls a good story. For years the town
| of Bristol, in East Tennessee, has had
please Tell me it Is not true, ^Eat look I the unique distinction of being in two
saw Id your eyes, and that you do love States. There are two separate mnnicL
me t» . < pal corporations, one nnder the laws of
oL i ^ . . . *. _ Tennessee and the other under the laws
She did not raise her bead, but be- o( Virginia. They are known aa Bristol.
GERMAN KALI WORKS,
$3 Nassau St., New York*
tween ber sobs he heard ber mnrtnur:
“I can’t, I can’t, for I don’t love you!"
Without another word be passed
from the room and weut staggering un
certainly down the walk to the street.
He felt that be had received a death
blow, .and in reality he hod received
that which was far worse, for death
would have brought an end to pain and
suffering, and this brought pain and
Suffering only.
At the yard gate be stopped, and.
leaning heavily against a poet, he look
ed back at tb* bouse. Through the
window be saw bis wife sitting as be
had left her. and a great yearning cam*
over him to take ber in bis arms sod
boli) ber to his bosom and kiss ber. But
tbe next moment be remembered tb*
words she bad spoken and tbe look she
had given him. and. laying bis head
against hla arm be said sadly :
0f!ut sb# Is not mine! She Is not
line*"
(to aa cojrnacKXkl
MONEY TO LOAN
| «
.1
iBAf
#a
I that.”
“lew' she said. “Mol yoo •*
I net everyUaty else fte talking
I you had kM Jim THoeo Ahmet.*
Mm was amasi d sod the iwuk ao bin
I tor* •hvojii It
IV WML Lanaoay.” be es
I etaimed. “yoo ale t atwa to aay I Basse
I wrong lo knurkia Jim Tbavo On a a,
I are yeof*
f? 1
MffVMI
Moo loll
•I
ooe e
tool east al
aaak np oeeardtaa
<HO H PAUIE
Oolom
soia Us
soys aa
stm.
g a au*
Li c
Tenn end Bristol, Va. The cospora-
tion of Bristol, Tenn., extended to the
east cnrbiag on Main street, the princi
pal business thoroughfare of the twin
cities. Both corporations wished to
have this street-that is, they considered
it necessary, bat how to go aboat to
divide the expense attached was (he
quest on to be considered.
The city of Brlsto’, Tenn, did not
care to pay for paving the entire
thoroughfare up to the sidewalk on the
Bristol Va, side, while tbs corporation
of Bristol, Va, could not step across the
imaginary line and expend city funds in
Tennessee. This • as a tangled proposi
lion for the fathers of lbs two clllas. It
was suggested that the matter be taken
to thn Legislature and have the Tea
nesses general asaembly cede one half
of Main street to .Virginia The sister
Stale was tickled to death to accept the
proposition ns Governor Tyler told
Governor McMilUe over the telephone
the other day The Tsaaetab# soloa*
passed tb* bUl 4 was cogroassd sad
seat to lbs Ylfgtbta gsasrai asaamb y.
These law make • accepted tbs gift, and
tbe d Ooe grass was asksd to ratify lbs
of tbs two l.sgtstslaras
The rssnlt of tbs work is that lb*
boaadsry lias bstwssa Yirgial* sad
Tsabsssss is ta tb* csstr* of Hats gkrsst
There In bow aa slseinr street car Us#
o* tbxs th-vmnghtar*. with *#* rati la
Tssssase* aaa tb* Hbsf is VirgtMb
Each mala will cut last ■«## half of tbs
lasss on tbs street railway property
• •Me*
ASS ram,
vnassax.
NW! BtMfYM
• • less ■« •*
•f swaiUMS ba*
4 ltll*TT Mf «l
iv«tl HBl A M
l a c
IWBCT-
The
halt
nas bl.-ag
a mi
•a-
i ssm.
I I -
srrscTB or obink wabit
i—HWt Facta and
I by Bmtl
j asm
ibal
Ml mast bare fargatten Nary
-T
ebe i
•Yt
H* 1
Mi
■I
tb*
FTTfW
wttb no *.ib#f
i*r wbnt i-onie*
roa ever <Y» no
ibat. for as •bore as
a to see the day when
toy
II Mttefly roe It. Yoo 'mark
unis for that ”
Melvin laughed at the old man’s eert
ousneea and turned the matter off light
^ lie had b*» in ten lion of going |#
gtty itsngero'iw extreme*, and be-f*lt
ttinf rtTvir* wa rx-nirgfT.'.fl To? sliThTs
‘rmoalslng.
Hawever, there ram* s time tn after
days when those words came home to
him with stunning force, nnd be wlab-
wlth all his heart that he had beed-
tlyroi.
Knon Sim ttttrika?'
that feller t>y |tuttln him to sleep the
next night WltH ihnM> of the ehildreir
he kicked up a vyiisa fursi* than ever.
Reckon the blame fool wanted a whole
bed to blaaelf.”,
And If he was here now.” Melvin
said eagerly, "you could give It to him
couldn't you?”
Yes. we could now, since the hired
man’s gone,’’ Turner answered, and
Melvin drew a long breath of relief
Like enough, though.” Turner added
“if we'd give him a whole bed the next
thing he’d been askin for a room nil,
to hlsself. 1 wouldn't ’a’ put it a bit
a-past him to act Jest that miserable
unreasonable."
You-could you give him a room all
to himself now?"
Waal, practically .Wouldn’t be no
hotly-In thar with him ’oeptlo a couple
of the boys."
Melvin’s face lengthened.
“Then he didn’t like It.” Turner con
tinued, "’cause he had to go out to the
pump ever' mornin to wash his face.
'Lowed he ort to have it fixed so'! he k
could wash right In the room whar he
slept. Ever hear of sich a crank? But
that wa’n’t all. No, slr-ee! Next he
Jiggered that he didn’t like to use the
same towel w^ all used, but wanted
one all to hlsaielf. But on top of all
that foolishness be was so blamed par
ticular about bln things. Got mad
’cause me an the hired man wore soma
of bin clothes an 'cause my old woman
Boa war# any mort lacking in learning
thgn Turner waa their condition, an far
as education goaa. waa pitiable Indeed.
But be waa vary far from giving utter- . . K
aoca to any rack thought, for already I <Hlt “ 1 w * tch for children to
ha had learned that the average Pol pta7 w,tb Veg ’ ,lr " w! T,ut, • the
sum Ridgar was a aardy sensitive tndl- #ort of * ““^aaonable, finicky blame
Wtual. who waa Uabl* to taka offenaa com tb * t fe,,er •» i’® doggoned
au the smallest provocation **** you • ln t notbin tike him shore.”
of two or three W h * n T,inier had finished, there waa
Melvin had ao observation
■tauten, and Malvin a thoughts had "T*** *•«»» had no observation to
drifted back ta Beckett's Mill sad to ' off * r ^s felt that there was ua ao>
i* ^ taat day ta which H#
|» had bysa a participaaL And la ”****» "Btalsu. hawarsr, af Tar
- oart Maaa af haaMtafta. hut he was
. . CHAI'TER VIII. ^
A enUKL AWAKXMNO.
What did It mean?
This was the question 81m Banks
asked himself as he sat there bolding
that note In ffls hands, reading over
and over the few lines It contained
Wbat could It mean, and who could
have written It?
Though Sim - pondered these ques
tions long, he was able to find no an
swer to them. Tbe whole affair was
wrapped In a thick nnd Impenetrable
mystery which ho could.not solve. He
felt, however, that there must be some
thing dark and unpleasant back of It
all. and a sensation of uneasiness took
possession of him. After his expert
ences of that day. which had been
day of events in his uneventful life, he
was in a state of mind to expect all
manner,of curious arid ’unaccountable
happenings. -
Could It be possilde that-IiOulsa hud-
an Important secret tliat she was keep
ing hidden from him? Could it be pos
sible that she and sonic man had form
ed a friendship, or at least an acquaint
anceship, the existence of which they
had guarded so well that he had never
even so much as suspected Jt ?
That'The author of the note was a
man be was assured from the first
The strong, bold chlrography and the
language of the note convinced Itlm of
that This much, and this much only,
was clear to him. '
The thought that hlrwif* and some
man should be linked together by a se
cret which no ooe else must ghara
made hie hrert sick. To hie a>lad It
•maeked of a dangerous nnd onwnr-
Tinted Intimacy, and It caused him to
surmise the possibility of unpleasant
things. For tbe first time la hie life
he felt the bitter pang* of Jealousy
It did occur to him for a mnensat
that the note might have haw wrlttea
*f Hal vim. which was eery natural
all that had happened that
ta vtew af th* fan that Mat
a had better Hat hare dsM ta”
plied, “and I wish yam bade L”
ml. m be Mamed; tt'by. rap
pevu aa Hwhs aa Jaare aa all the
I Nr]) fell I t&uMtMr JhnM tfrt
»#*' sms sf *sss ss*d had 's’ dsi
like I did If be 4 *s basa ta my
a Lss< 1 was rvsaua share *•
bate pMaasd 'tasaa I lark ap tor
Tb# Haw Tech due say* that a
OMstiag af the Baa Tech Atm**
af MadMtaa aa the <%h sf ■ •
tb* aahjan sf alashal sad el
baliam aaa sa dev 4>*<«*•. >* sad
A
•»
H«rni
• • ••
tbaa 1
I anb- M
tare a
reraei a
gtaaa as
sisg t*a
i s
»y
k , araagat »at as
I the Hadiaai lias
as i . .
u
A«
■Dr~Q
ttadtad
at H* «
torts aa I as
hi «al as appears
ciaMosa
•m s rep
Tta
mtsc wf ids ■oatrsal
a* lata*v.4 sg dsimira
xagsdu * f ibe salasa
He la that rM; a •« ' sg u> the
I the aw* hare af tbs < ty a said
H s mil* asd a ha 1 af Hraighl
tyasMssf ssaea, a* aawh mare
km mre real i dues si *as urns
M ream eg • wa* Bahiad Ihs
l iba ntt ta«**srv sgt Igm tbaa
maa aa tan< a -ere, • v mare tbaa
•s mast *• tb* ire •«* sad paltaa
my remtaaad la a iddma ta
ssakas af ssiasas .base sea tab
as la Ibe cay a bar* .Sfaag M said
amb*» of dstaatag pares preatdm
•r aarb *4 seat re/sare »f the
aa L Haas spaha af bar tag
arefaily JM cares d alaahaimm
aa baapmal, of ahwh the mom
I‘re re
ml. (ms
ik* caa t
•eay aa
* *' *'«•< •fill nerrr know from me.”
meeting Hint mnitr him blush, tnd n*
blushed, not for-himselfrbut for bcr>i,
“Ahd your meeting with her last
night,” I-oulsa added after a pause.
"Who told you about that?" Slin ask
cd inconsiderately, thus admitting tbe
truth of the charge.
"Then you did meet her?*’ Louisa
•aid.
"Yes. but It was not my fault. Who
told you?’,’ -
“It doesn’t matter who told me. Al
though you sny you have never bad
secret from- me, 1 am certain you
would never have been the one to tell
me tbat.’ r —
“You’re mistaken thar. Loueesy. Thar
ain’t no reason on earth why I should
not ’a’ told yon. an I’d a’ done it. Noth
in happened at that meetiu, so far as
I’m concerned, that I’d be.ashamed to
tell fo the whole world.”
“Kt* even your hanging over the
fence nnd making love to Mary Mann?”
“I never done it. Loueesy. au any
body that went an told you any sich a
thing told you a p int blank lie. I nev
er made love, to nobody in all my life
but you.” i „
“Tbst will do for you to tell, but you
can’t fool me. Tf you were not making
love to Mary Mann last nlgbt, why
were yon with ber?"
I was Jest passln along tbe street,
an she called to me.’’
"And you stopped ?”
“Of bourne. Wbat else could I dor
“Nothing but stop nnd make love to
*T tell yon 1 never don* any atcb a
thing as make love to ber. You ask
if if Id Id."
Mr*. Banka tossed ber bead disdain
fully.
“HI b* apt to ask spy woman sprb a
thing aa that and rkat woman is par-
r."
“Waal, yoo orr'ts l tba*
list It was
Iasi USe 1 *ay i arrer d
rwsated of
mails ter* i* b#r '*
~BM yoo Mspprd Ihrrr sn
re rev as«
boot sere tw leWw aod
taiww ta
beer
>
f UNJ | lull • ••Jf, AO MW J1
Ifciot I uct o 4
autkia 1 du p
eves' time I try
I seetu Is stake a tuere af ta*
Mm s vote* was Meqretbette asd I
dtaappstatmeat re evideat that, ta ap
af ber ill tasmof■ l.asi»a a ae tore Im
nhe looked at Mas. sad tbvre wav
esprreaioa af pity asd eomethiag I
•ympatky to bar rjra Maw l; «
eadly abe said
“Blm, It la a red tblag to aay. asd
you stay tblsk It cruel. n*t God ksows
it la tnta. h would kav* bees better
tor ua bulk If w* had sever met.*
“Loueesy r btsi esciaimed frarfullj
■taMtaptos^bta tostareNf- tm~ar
.“XtatLia (haL yns repT- Btally F
dos t mean tbem words."
”1 do. and what I say la true. It
would bav* been far better for us both
If ws bad never, never met."
He stared at her a long time In si-
lance, and b* noticed that her face was leal, bat through religious taflaence
painfully whit* and drawn. Ills. too. Dr. Kropf ’approved of moral saa
b* knew, bote th# mark* of a great arguments and hvpnolic sngges
dread and fear. tion ” “ lh ® treatment of inebriates He
"Loueesy," be said, bis vole# husky I “V*’ t ,nor .® < { Ter ’*P®*^* B g of the pr#
' aild acaeceLv audible “for God’s sake Talenl 0 P ln,on ““O®* lB ® , ®“7
ana scarcely aua*ji*. for God • sake, I loine pbyeiciane,»«hat alcohol is
Remember, you are a mosi important agent in the treatment
my wife. I’lease lake back them | of consumption, that •* if alcohol were
S ’ven in qaantities suffleient to control
e
freqeest tosm was JlpsreBsaM a*
east paasda Mpsimsais Ov r i •
Itbteda of tb* wboi* bad bagsa dftai
I batore lb* aw* of W vasre asd all ba ■
I ta yasre At a rela tb* Jreabard J
I sal Ilea mare tbaa > flee a yasre aflat
Mbit bad becresa aasfirmed asd ■
seldom tbst tb* bsmss orgsswm
oslliva more tbaa three tin asssilMm
cal toss
Of tb* 34JMP ssiissta la Bslissss b <
pttai last year Dr A I*sawder Lsmbi
reported tbst os* L-vrik west tkros
lb* sloobolt* ward, amoag tbem bats
maay vbo bad taksa tbs vstkk
“cares ” Dr Peabody told bow k > b*
bass lafonaad that la tbs so tails
“gold csr«’’it Is tbe practice to gier —
JOS ofstrycb _
atioa a hick
— Tb* mi
ta tb* Tea
r< mpaatre
abop*. sic .
kav*
ft
H.
,.
• m
■
m
rtaal U isteadssml
■ pswbttata ratlrwsd
movtsg lb* u4baaa
y t- a*if wear* tbsy
j* tb* last tea yasre,
x- a ta aay aouaty
sbicb has sited sacs rsUeusd smpaaias
by a iteasitna af aa busdn aserpx by
csssst af tb* Lagialaiar*. asd peoetd
ag fog tajaaettua to pretest ramwasl
* If tbe pare aat by tk* fsabtesskta
•'■mas apaadtaa tn* slater tea* a at
Vikas. B C, Is Fo Iswsd. tbs wareas af
• *# mreatry may r»4a aatnd* tbotr bor
• *d far baas be aa J sot b* cos
rut of tb* ordtaary Ua tb* polo fio'd
A »- • aad la tb* crow cosstre dot
• ■mas stay be ao** ndiag after
— «A*#r of Joaa of Arc.
soiu cwrre it >• ta* p
telly bypodsrmtc lajoctl
alas sad atropklas. s as
- * • golwMa w«or, sad a ■
Vbodof Uast
which physinaas 1
sow gesarslly ngrsa m tba chief mass
arao? asafalacss Dr Allan Btarr. for
hla part, did not hesitate to ' coafresl
that the on y reformed drunker Js of I
whom h* had knowledge, were thoa*
who had heea saved aot throagh medi
I
NBICEtflON
don't aay' that!
lake back
words. Say they’re not to.”
’I cannot. Blm. I cannot, for I would I
temperature It won d convert the
only bo lying if I did.” I phthisical patient into an alcoholic."
She folded her arms on the table and I!* * , ® r *° < ^ c ** drinking" Dr. Btarr be
dropped her head on them and began to ® T , , ‘ l J® r ® * matter of moral
el S Jre r? ^ Ch,D, ^ 1 T Sd “a“ enfion to ig
ening dread stealing over him. Un- norance of th ' e effe cts of alcohol m a
certainly be hesitated for a moment, cm,* 0 f alcoholism, even among people
then went to her and put out his hand intelligent on oiher matters ■ So long
and began to stroke her hair. She drew as one Jld not get actaally drunk,’’ they
away from him, and a cold shudder ran I think, “there is no particular harm in
over her. He stood aloof and looked S P^®-” ’*Ladies,’ he said, too,
on her, his face painfully white and !* w ,, °j° tab ® s fi® rr y wine became it
drawn and a hard," tense sensation tho “ gh . ,b ®^ woaI< | 8hrink
dutcblmr at his heart ^om taking any “ spirit, T ’ overlooking
clutching ms Heart . lhe f|kCt that g^erry is "really a flavored
“Loueesy.” he said presently. “what iplrlt containing Dom 30 to 45 per cent
does this mean? Why do you treat me 0 f alcohol.” Deectebing the moral
like that?” • effects of various alcoholic beverages,
She made no reply, but continued to Dr.-Starr said that “ in the majority of
aob. He reached out his hand again individuals sherry produces a quarrel-
and placed ft gently on her bead, and 1 80m ® “ 100 ^>” while port “ tends to exert
again she shrank from blm as though I ^ 800 „ V®*’! „ clian ?P a 8 ne pro-
bl, touch were poison. Her »otlon cut tho“ghC^BmgS5y "
him deep, and a pain, sharp and polgn- of th K 0Ught not^creaaing sSy feeHni "
ant, passed through bis soul. When conTlTiamy> while 8pir f t8 ™
be spoke again, bis voice was low and have very different effects on different
husky. * individuals
“Loueesy,” be said, “la It true, as I Df/Biggs reported that in his early
Mary M«no says, that you don’t love I ®*P er ‘® nc ® 0 ^ fio*pitalhe found
menoner / •Inrg® number of cases of cirrhosis of
She did not answer, and whan be had Ltnci'Tn t ? I indul
waited a moment be repeated hla quea-(^^, bnt thivMtm^orhrSf
tion This time she looked slowly op the patients give a history of drinVini
until ber eyes met hla FTotn that mo- from one to three drink* of whiskey a
ment there was no need for her to a day and four or five pints of beer in
■peak. In ber eyes be only too plainly lb® ssme time " •* With this change has
read -her answer to hla question. Blow-1 c°® e in » change In the charactor-of the
ly, aa ooe In a dream, b* turned to I t8 *° n8 observed”; “cirrhosis haa be-
leav# the room. There waa a fBtaf m . Qch 'i" ^eqoant.
Uoo of emptiness about bis bead. Tlmxt of 1^^^ th? g,CU ’ ,U ^ “
and everythin, around him bore • th^o<S v^s^d tee kld^re
be Mopped and pot bin band ap to his I of the evil effect of ihR ocmfataatioa of
Honors ha
If you have It,you
x c
know it, You
know, all
about the
heavy feeling
r in the stomach, the
formation of gis, the
nausea, sick headache,
general weakness of
the whole body. .
You can’t have it a week
without your blood
being impure .and your
nerves all exhausted.
There’s just one remedy
for you
“My Gad.
7 •• hatv
sanam
( There's nothing new
about It. Your grand*
parents took It. Twas
an old Sarsaparilla before
other sar$aparillas were
kno^n. It made the word
“ Sarsaparilla ” famoua
over the whole world.
There’s no other sarsa
parilla like it. In age and
power to cure lt’^ “ The
leader of them •11.’*,
Site a tails. Al JrsnbHi
Ayer's Pills cure constipation.
“After suffering terribly I was
Induced to try your Surreparille. I
took three bottle* red Doe feel Ilka
s new man. I would advise all my
falloe crMturas to try this madtetesL
tor It hasetead th* tost ef tlma aS
Its curaUv* sewer eaaaat ha sa-
aellad." LD. Good,
Jsa. to, IMS. Brawatews, Th.
hi Mi S
M MM
f