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BY THOMAS 10
P. MONTFORT
CnAPTEU XI.
ASOTHER STRANGER APrEARS.
James Melvin, whose real name was
Frank Shelton, did not go away from
Possum Ridge, as Ixmlsa had advised
him to do, bq} he had tarried on from
day to day In the hope of seeing her
again and" ‘promising himself that ns
soon as be had another Interview with
tier he would take his departure. His
purpose '.n seeing her again “was to
make a strong and final effort to In
duce her to accompany him to some
point In the far west where they
would remain unknown and where, ns
he reasoned, they could lead safe and
happy lives. , . •
One evening he came In from" a long
tramp In the woods, where be had
gone ostensibly to prospect for mineral,
and found Turner sitting In front of
the bouse In a deep study. He watch-
ad the old man for a little while, then
called oat gayly to him:
"A penny for your thoughts. Mr.
Turner."
The old Dsn gave a start and looked
op
"I don't know," he replied ‘That
(nought be a good price, and It mought
not. 1 ata't JUt ready to sell ytt d»
bow.”
“Going to bold them for a rise In th«-
market ebT
“Mrbby. Guess I'll offer >m for sale
’bout tbe time you pot your mloes oa
(be market g’piwe you found oodllns
of mineral today, dldn t your*
-No. I dUlu t Bod any ~
That so’ Too bod. sla t IIr
-Ob. I due t know It take* tltno to
itrammi yaatBew-
*1 see It due* It peers to take time I
rbee you dun t lursle It too.
Kerboe yen ^u»t w etttls *»rt of tired
of staeUto rvund l^lbe gr„u&l that
away, alaT yunr j
“Ns. I gueo* not “
~l*f4 a wosst. I km-w Id be Yen. :
air •*' |'d be Jim plumb tired out. aa
mj Supi'i of Indm aaytbinc uonld '
potoerd ctona duos to § o bme Kerb
on I bo I eoeSpou > wf rtrb fellers yuo ro 1
work's for boio t feelib as *•••! a*
If
“Humph! What kind of looking man
was he?"
“Putty slick look In feller—sorter
young, sorter tall, sorter dark, sorter
slim an sorter clean shaved. I mought
’a’ found out more ’bout him, but you
know I’m poW'(ul backwards ’bout
askin questions an peared like he
didn’t keer 'bout answerln what I did
ask.’’
“How came he to tell you that he had
come down here to’ prospect for miner
als?”
“Why, we got to tnlkln an runnin on
’bout one thing an another, an I up an
mentions ’boat you a-beln yore, nn he
asks all ‘bout you an ’l>out what you
was doln yerc. When 1 says you are
yere a-smellln round for mineral,. I
says, "Then I reckon I want to meet
that man, sceln's we’re Iwth on tbe
same Hue of business.’ That's Jest
bow he come to mention Ids object In
condn ycre.”
Melvin was silent s long time and
deeply thoughtful Tbe coming of that
utraiigor annoyed and worried him
Turner’s description of tbe man
though vague and general, suited very
much to tbe description of one he did
Dot care to nee the brother of the
utAll whose life lie had taken
The claim^of the slrsnger lltMl be
too. had collie I here to pro»|»s'l fut
mineral made bis a|qwsrswe all ll»
more nhirmliig to \leliln. for no otic
knew better ihsn Mel tin ihsi no cap
liallsU were going to waste m<Mi<-j In
Useless ptuApts ling III IllSt MS I bib
Ttiat claim would do very w«dl li«
’V
aU rtgkt
tw Mribs a
TWy
fort uiM
thought, to fisd the natives with, httl
no one with ordinary fuismes* sense
Aould twllelr it for a Sdliut*-
tfr wws hatf tin mird to leave the
Itidgr at om e ami bad It n»t lss*n f
Mrs Itsiiks lie Would have dour ■
Hr felt I bal r«rW al I be risk of til* lift
be utitsl remain Hirrr until be tisal s
rved*-d In galplng «»ne u*«*re Init-rel
With bef WtrSI.gr boW Wtak S US
Ste»Wlg •• aU IbIWgs S'lse • ab l«e
rn«iM-s to boiosu amt t««r* Mi
Mrltlb hr»^r It.. Stlrbcr try
' Yoo ssbl d.ai mat
*■> I yr.suoo be Is b,
“la-'d s massy m.
want.d to stop t.ui
«e it
a ml try
Iibm-r i.y aa«tag
I ass beer t.-Uy
|.( h. fr m.w T“
No Slr.ee' II
we bad ao |>u
tm to steep with
r brant We J lest a»t
s tub are au doggoard p
b-aa ae pat
Melvlnaaroac and began to pact alow*
to «all fro acroaa the yard. Hla
banda war* crossed behind him, and
hla head waa bent, and to all outward
appearancea bla mind waa buay with
deep at\d/ aerlous .thoughts. Turner
watched .him from > under his shaggy
i>rows, mid he, too, i waa having some
thoughts far deeper'and far more aerl-
oua than any one knew.
After awhile Melvin stopped In front
of Turner and asked:
“How far la It over to HI Jenkins’
place?”
“’Rout two mile, I reckon,” Turner
replied, “rlsln dost on to that anyhow.
You thlnkln of goln ov#r thar?"
“Oh, no. I have no business there,”
Melvin answered disinterestedly. “I
waa Just wondering how far It waa. I
guess I shall have to ride over to
Beckett’s Mill tonight, though. .1 pre
sume the store will lie open?”.’
“Oh, yes, the store'll lie open.” Then
Turner added to himself, “All the store
you’ll want, young feller.”
“Gi
ibsy am ugh I
lhai la siaultia
•k ywa oof to full fuMt
a Utils bit wf aiiavtaC
it yms ikiak 1
saythag
“Waul I aw art JrM lay ba<-a thar
•• *aha N easy aa Me yoa
Awaa fare I ag sa you
-Maapt Hrrt< « Ih*-w I bwua kg
•aria klad mf wruag s anilB yrrsf*
T daai kuww hoar ywa'rr bora fig
arlag-
-l.aow If fWn> frllrra forts bout It
■kr I•« say tarn i UkHy they d tars
la aa arad sauthor frtlrv <lvwa ywr
l« Jtar la aa hotp ym i« ttr
”l»f coarwo aoC Bow ram# you to
thlak of iho puwotWJw j of sm b s
tkiag r
“I I rutBO oat of tor try In u> 8t two
of a ravrlrd string i,.g<Uirr “
’I don’t understand tbal." Mot via
W with a tsugb “Pat It lo plain
If fiat (Ooasa"
arret for him
la s 1 yw«. aa
1 that, an
tk- tar “
"l m gimd jvm to that roarta
Mrlrle rrjdled. “fur I crfiaibly
hair objrrtnl ta sbaf>ag ay
bed a itb aay I>mr etae “
“Thbt S the way I Sggeird M. Vow
aootn |o bo ’bu«it as oqweomtah aa et
krtia at tbo f»Ue» tbal si >pprd
lo aquir* Merwob t oarrL krev
'beat that chap —
“Gneaa but "
“Waal air he • •• a com! aa shore
Beg lar htaair crank as tbe feller says
Got mad cause tbe tod fell due a with
kits la tbo night aa bo bad to atw
tbe kuur B>]Uire rlplanied lo bln that
It a as aU Jest a acrhleat an ywa know
acrtdeols will baj>t<e« af.'io »f any
thing bat that feller was so .biggaao
un res ana side that wjuifr a nplaaatk.a
dtdnT sotiafr k m Neit m.>akta be
gut madder an a wrt b. o • aitaa while
be was ratio breakfast a rat Jomprd
on tbe iat4e an anal, bod tbo meat
oaten bla plate ap run with It.
Hqulro ketebed lho dad burned cat an
tuck tbo meet aaay fr»o» it an put It
back oa tbo feller's plate, tblnkla uat •
rally that be dooc all anybody could
'f^har'tret
i r om i
foUero would bo aoot down yore by
dlferrst compaalea, all al once lo
bunt fur miaeral. apoclally when thar
halu mo mineral lo bunt for. so I
Towed tnebby your company had con
Haded to aoud a feller to bolp yon out
a bit"
Two fetlows sent down here! WlyU
do you mean T'
“Jest that Tbar’a another feller yrro
baaldea yon.”
“W hoUltr
“Lord a massy, I don't know who It
“How do you know be'a hereT’
“Seed him, seed him with my own
eyea."
“When T‘
Today.”
“Where f
“Right yere."
Ifelvtn began to feel nneagy. He
didn't like the Idea of another man
coming there claiming to be a pros
pector for mluerala It didn't hare tbe
right look, and it smacked of tome
thing wrong.
"Did bn tell you hla name?" ha aaked.
“Ha told me a name," Turner replied.
“A namet Do you think he didn’t
tell yoo hla own Dame?"
“Lord a-maaay, how can I tell* Yon
fellers come down yere an aay your
namea la so an ao, an how do 1 know
whether you’re tellln the truth or
whether you ain’t 7”
Melvin blushed and eyed tbe old man
keenly. Such talk made him auspi
cious. Then be was not eaay about
that newcomer. He wondered If Tur
ner had beard something to arouse bla
auspicious. When one la In continual
ana pen ae, it requires but little to alarm
him. Quietly enough, however, Melvin
Hiked: ‘
“What name did that man give you?"
“ Waite-W-a l-t-e. He spelled It out
for me. Said ha belonged to tbs firm
of Walt* A See."
“Walts A Seal Humph!"
“That ain't your firm, 1 reckon."
squire, r ared up an said be wa'n’t gnln
to stop at no slob place. Squire. In
co'aa, feela hurt to be talked to that
a way after all bis pains to please, so
CHAPTER XII. .
A'RAHII THREAT.
Tap Sampson, coming down the
street from the store, saw a woman
dressed in musty black leave hla house
as he approached and walk nway In
tbe op|H>Hlte direction. Her head waa
^Ucnt, and her attitude and movement
gave unmistakable evidence that ahe
was In deep trouble.
As Tap entered the yard Mrs. Samp
son appeared In the open front door, a
look of troubled anxiety on her wrln
kled, homely, but kind old face.
“Mlrandy,” Pap said eagerly, "wa’n't
that the wldder Mnmi that Jest went
outr
Sira. Sampson nodded.
”1 thought It was,’’ Pap went. OB.
“though I wa'n't dost enough to aee
her face. Somethin wrong with her.
ain't they?"
Tbe pore critter’s In a peek of trv»u
ble.’’ Mrs Sampson answered.
*Td aay‘t!“ Pap eiclalnted thought
fully. “Iluaipli! All along of what
folks are a sayla of ber an Him (tanka.
I reckon.”
“Waal. It*a along of that. Pap. but
not ‘bout that <-ta<-tly You know she's
got a piece of « heal do« n on ber farm.
aa tt'a ripe sa4 aeeSa < wit ta "
. “Waair
"Aa It 'pram lack she’d made s trade
wtib Him a good spell ago to rat It for j
her oa tbe sheer*"
"HUe did. Miraudy, I saa a wltaeaa ,
la the trade, aa I ail ad It well "
”W aal auw. beeaa o| all I he talk >
that a a gala# le.ui Mm he s ha
out aa wua't teeh that wheat "
W hy I woadef r
a way you won’t forgR thaFI aliTt nigh
played out Mebby you don’t b’lleve It,
Jason Rotiarta, but If you feglillke tryln
It I’ll guarantee to whup you. In two
shakes of a sheep's tall (till you won't
know who you are.”
“Oh. that’s all right,(Pap. 1 ain’t
wautln to tight you.”
“Co’se you ain’t, Jason, ’cause you
Ain’t no fool, an you know/It ain't wife
to fool with me. Humph! Set down in
the slmde an rest! My land, JasonItob-
erts. I’ve cut more wheat In my time
an never grunted at ^ than you’ll ever
cut If you Mvi 4 to he a thousan’ years
old. Set down In the shade an rest!
Lord! Slob talk makes me mad.”
_ iTap didn't att down either. Though
they denied him thl? privilege of wield
ing a cradle, he found an obportunlty
to busy btmself by putting the wheat
bundles Into shocks. This was light
work compared with the other, and,
seeing that Pap was determined to do
something, Jason encouraged him In It.
“Lord!” he aald, with, a wink at the
others. “Pap’s Jest fell right in what
he plumb belongs. * Anybody knows
enough to siylng a cradle or bind up
wheat, but thar’s pow’ful blamed few
who know how to set up a wheat
shock ao’a It won’t spile If It rains.
Guess Pap’s ’bout the only man here
that can do It.”
This pleased Pap and fully recondl
ed liim to his w ork, and he said noth
ing more atsiut wanting to awing
cradle.
In the afternoon he began to go to
the shade pretty often, and each time
be went he tarried longer than'he bad
the time before. Finally Sam Morgan
noticed this and Inconsiderately re
marked:
“Guess you’re gittlu putty tired, ain’t
you. Pap?"
Tired! Me tired!” Pap exclaimed
"You beam me say any word ’bout
be In tired. Sam Morgan?"
"No, but I notice you goln to the
shade a right smart more than"you
done this mornln."
“What If you do? ’Taln’t ’cause I’m
tired, but Jest ’cause It’s ao tula’abla
bot."
Tbe men bad all come ou{ to* tbe
abade to rest, and presently Him Hanka
came down acruas tbe Held and Joined
them He bad been working la 1
own Held Joat oa the other aide of
fears. II* saluted them with
-nowdy. h©rr* Howdy, papr 1
BILL ARP ON VACCINATION.
ilowdy,
they said la return.
'Hn
r I
Ml*
• aba
lid. to
If be did
folks are i
*• Miraady.
i
give
m v la "
It Wvald
"Aa It
nbere "
“Ho. nut bade aa mnwey la IIva with I
aa a«4 beta aide to a*ake aa trade wlfb .
nobody rise. Mary Mean la yfetmb at •
tbe rad of ber row. aa ab* Boat know
a bleb way la tare "
"NafraMy aW wowbl be Miraady I
Yea str-ee*" Pup pawned tar qwtt* J
aw bile dwring w bleb time be rbrw •*) I
tfU Iwbaeew vtgu«<M«dy. f Utw iqg ibol j
be waa rwgaged la ewn*<*i tb»agM I
Tben be added *k.w Iv —T—u aftree* I
Nat rally ab* wowM be. aal rally ab
wowbl be."
-t'aat yea are aw way owl foe bn
l ap- Mrs Hampua a*krd
"1 waa Jeot a tbinkio Mirawdy
baia’t a« great admiratloa fay 1|■
Mann aa I gae*o tbar ain't maMi a
•»** tort f»r
all •toi •h. • a
%»»taisB»l UN
a w t-kV. r Wn
man al (LaI W
CMnS*' f V I aril
M-r a brel 11
4m l« r«l “
"T .toN^ti,
*Lr •aal “
•
'11 aal H
• ••M l nigh tin
to M that
nothin 'boot ’em, I
for • firm, ain’t ttr
wbat In Mid It
"A cat fumped on the table an matched
the meat outen Ms plate."
he charges the I’eller a dollar an tells
him to glL Pow’ful unreas’uable .aort
of a chap, that feller was, wa’n’t he?”
“Very." *
“But that’s Way of some folks. No
matter how much you put yourse’f out
fer ’em, {’hey ain’t goin to be pleased.”
“Yea; that’s true. But about that
man who was here today. 1 wonder
where he went”
“Oh. he went on down the road, ’low-
in he’d find a place somewbar to hang
up his hat S’pect mebby tie’ll stop
with old HI Jenkins. I most forglt,
but I ruther tbluk this ain’t old Hl’a
day for chlllln. If It afn’t. he’ll be In
good humor, in heT^moughty nigh
•bore to let that feUer atop.”
"I pity that man If It abonld turn out
that this la Ufa day for chilling." Mel
vin remarked, thinking of hla own ex
perience with Ur. Jenkins
“Ldrd am aaay, year Turner agreed.
“He’s a pow’ful floe man whan he’s
Ndhtly at blase'f, but when hla ager'a
a-workin oa him be ain’t aa patient aa
ha mshght be, aa it nirrmily rtfca him
to be flaked aa magged at at
wbrat gn In waste, an. as tbar (b«a I
aretu t*» be nothin rise far It, I gweas I
bet11 r go utit mis rvrnlp an gatber ap
a handful of men an take ’eta aver
tbar iwaMirry an rut It for brr.*
Mr* Xampsua's face lirtgblewed at
once Kbr waa one of Ibuwr great auul
ed plain |ie*q<lr w bo ran never hear lo
JO-Mig Ui l»*il>ila nil hawk e wwt
Ing.io stove ben sow and earth to re-
baai klidtatn
“Are you abore you ran git tbe men
to g<> V ahe aski'd.
“Lord, yea! Yes. slivea! Thar’s Ja
son Rolierta. Jaaon an me haa It up
an down aometlmes. an I reckon tbe
chief enjoyment hf hla life la to take
alijes ag in me In ever’lhiiig I aay; but,
my laud, that ain't nothin, an when* It
cornea right down to tbe pinch Jason
will aw’ar by me. Yea; Jaaon’ll go an
Sam Morgan an Kbeuezer ifparks an a
lot of the others.”
“Do you reckon they won’t want to
charge her for their work, thotigh?”
“Lord, Mlrandy, you don't know
them fellers ahorely! ('barges woman,
an a wldder woman at that, for helpln
her out of a pinch! Land! You Jest
let Mary Mann give us a good dinner,
an we’ll have all the pay we want.
We’ll even go to the length of furnish
In our jug of liquor If we can git a boy
to go to the atill after It, an I gjuess we
ahorely can.”
Pnp Sampson was busier that after
noon than he had been for a long time.
He hunted aronfljj till he found six
good n»cn to accompany him, to Mrs.
Mann’s farm. Then he bunted up era
dies, and last, but not least, he hunted
a boy to go after a Jug of whisky.
“Mought Jest as well try to git ’long
without cradles as without a Jug of
liquor,” he said to himself as he potter
ed about getting everything In readi
ness. “A getherln without a Jug
wouldn’t be no getherln at all.”
Pap was in great spirits the ne/t
morning when he marshaled bis force
Into the wbeaffleld and got the cradles
to going. He bopped about aajipry aa a
hoy and gave orders like a general. He
even grasped a cradle and’ prepared to
lead tbe wa* with thaArat awath, but
Jaaon took the cradle out of bla hands
and wouldn’t let him.
No. Pap." Jaaon said, “we can’t
have that, Thar’s plenty of ua younger
men here. You Jest set down In the
shade somewbar an taka It easy."
Pap flared up with resentment In an
Instant
^ “Me set down In the shade!" be cried.
“Have you got a notion. Jaaon Roberta,
•U tkati“*° ^ t ° WX ** out “
"^by* lord. Pap, of coarse not!** Jt
•o« replied. "I dlda t aay aotbia Hka
that did ir
b * Vf »•« aay bothla Ilka
It If you don’t want aaa In show you la
How yoa gittlu ’lungY* be naked
“Ob. all right t guroa." Jaauo re
pIM -vrrtT flTTfcrouch before night
If aothla happewa "
“I’m aoery yoa nil had to cot this
wheat." Him aald after a pa war. “when
I’d dune agreed with Mla'ws Mann that
I’d do It I dids t feel that I art ta
keep ay pram lee, though, after all
t tWru tb Inga she's been aaayla of la I
"Yaw daws Jeot right. Mm" Pap
owcnl aubeoiiattagty
aa’t Ida m* y«w a Mi
Whew Mary Maaa Interfered Ilk* aha
dhl to make irwwlde betwtat yoa
l.« see ay. ywa* wa'a't aaiiir ao ahUga
(taws lo do wet Mo Mr her wo Nora, not
a hand's tarn "
" Tala t that Pap that heid
ba*n from data aa I'd agreed Talu t
that I hate Mary Maaa too bod lo lift
a Bag** far her It’s ’rawer af what
people are aoaytw. aa ‘ranee It'd give
’eto reoai le aay mare, aa-aa ’caaae I
daft waot ta da Bothla lo hart Lob
eeoy "
Mm pBBaed for a moment, bat bo awo
■poke, a ad peewrally b
earweotly
"I deal like lo hare hard feella'a
ag la Buhody." he aald. “aa apoetolly
not agio a worn a a. bat Mteue Maaa
dtda't have as rail to go aa do the way
ahe done, for ahe told a pi a mb p :ot
Monk lie w bew tbe oarvaled It arowad
that I comr ta her hone* that night aa
made love 4o her Lord. I Refer
thought aarrl of dot a ao aich a thing,
ao more lhaa 1 thought of stlrhta my
head la the Ire. It was her that due*
It aa UAl knows I tried ever' wkk-k
k way lo keep her from It I told Luu
eeey Jeot how It wery. but ab* woa t
bTlev* It though I told her I’d evr'art#
Talks About How Phvetctana
Have Become Pamoua tor Their
Dlocoverlea.
Jacksonville, Fu., April 12 —
Jacksonville haa got the smallpox
care. It ia not a panic, for theie
lave been no deaths, but there ate
about forty cases and tbe board of
icalth have got them out of town and
lave ordered universal vaccination.
A child* can’t go to school without a
sore arm and a certificate from the
doctor.. My son is a doctor hyre and
(t interests me to note the flocks of
children who come and go, and to listen
to their talk. Mothers or sisters come
with them to keep their courage up.
Some are timid and some are biave.
Young men come at night and take
their turns, and the city will soon be
mmune. What a wonderful discovery
It was—only a hundreil years ago Dr.
Jenner dared to proclaim it to the
world, and it took twenty-five years lo
make the world believe it. Now every
child that bares its arm to receive the
eiius is a living monument to the
sagacity of that great and good man.
It is pathetic to read bow be was'bound
ed and persecuted by the envious and
malignant of the medical profession.
How patiently he waited for time and
truth to prove his theory, and lived to
see it all confirmed, and when he died
a beautiful monument was erected in
Trafalgar square to honor his name
and perpetuate his fame and memory.
Our own Dr. Crawford Ixiug ia en
titled toa aimilar memotial, nokpnly by
• he State, but by the nation, for al
though be did not protect niinkiod
from a peatileice, he did give them
immunity from pain nnder the sur
geon’s knife. I remember well when
the pat'ent had to clinch hia teeth and
strong men had to bold him while tbe
doctor cut and sawed his limb in two
1 remember wben it was my pan to
bold the foot and leg that waa being
aeveied from a poor anfferer, and
when at last the aaw bad cut through
the bone and the weight of tbe limb
came down upon me I fainted and full
down upon the floor with the bleeding
Hr- Bui Evaoe never groaned lie
lived to make me another pair of boots.
I rewiember when at rollega. In
HOW COAL WAB DISCOVERED
The Great Valoe of the Mineral
Waa AcctdentlwkFonnd Out. v
Several wealthy mine odners of
Pennsylvania are making arrangement*
to erect a monument, lobe made of
jcqyl, in memory of Philip G;nter» who
was one of the first to find that the
mineral could, be jnade useful as fuel.
The discovery came about in one of
those chance ways which olien pro
duce far-reaching results.
About the year 1790 Mr. Ginter was
Hiving in a rude log-cabin in the forest
lahds around Mauch Chunk mountains
in Pennsylvania. While hunting in
the wood he found himself at some
distance from the cabin, and before
making his bed for the night under a
broad-spreading tree he decided to start
a fire and cook some of ,his game for
supper. After eating the meal he be
thought himself that he would fix the
fire so that it would keep during the
night, as the w<)od about him was damp
and green, rendering the task of mak
ing a new fire in the morning an un
inviting one.
Lying near at hand on the ground
were several black stones, and it oc
curred to Mr. Ginter that he might
save the fire by piling the stones over
it, thus keeping it protected and
smouldering through the night. On
rising from his sleep the nexi morning
he was surprised -to find that some of
the stonesJiad been entirely consumed,
while others were glowing red. When
he poked the stones they gave out a
crackling wund ' and emitted little
shafts of blue dame. In our day we
can see that what Mr, Ginter called
black stones were in reality coal. He
was impressed sufficiently with hia dis
covery to take some large pieces of tbe
coal home with him for experiment.
It was not long before bit famdy learn
ed to use n in cooking. The nearest
neighbors lived quite a distance away,
but the news ot tbe discovery soon
traveled apd several fami its id that
locality began (o make use of (ha won
derful atonea. However, li waa not till
twenly-flve years later that coal mining
operations began in that section to any
great extent.
Some year* previous lo ibe lima
Philip Giaker found that the black
atooea would burn, two brulbcre,
Ohadiab and iMuirl Got a, wb<» look
ap ibatr residence after the Ueroio-
Uooary War i-aar Wtlkaabam, Pa .
* * vv . V
Every cotton planter should
write forourvaluableillustrated
pamphlet, “Cotton Culture.'*
It is P»*"t free.
V Scud iijhic »:>•! ad.ircs, lo
t.RMAN k\:.l WORKS, .)» j-MMU e l.. N Y
and aa I
1 bad a jaw tooth extract, d and took
wbat wns tbeu called Mortoo’* I A-tbean.
and I ideal know when it waa palled.. _ ___
It took me W»a WNato «*•»»* AU tbroagh the war for .adepeo
lYafm- r I dance Obadiab <•■>(• rerved aadei
Professor McVwy, aad ta a tola-1 fEELlem. At tbe .lure uf
lb* itnirgW be located in Hradfocd
t ouaty. I'a , where be acle«l aa Jaeucv
of ibe Poore for several year*, aad waa
bighit rea|Hrclv«l a* a prominent nliara.
Ia cuapauy with bta hrotbar IWmiei,
be •letsraiiard to wale rd examination
uf ibe qaaar Macb rock gbxfi oaiciop-
pad oa bta bfutber’a farm It waa
ufleti ibe cauee of bulbar lo ibe fairn-
• ioO
bate Mary -MaNr <
snake that
knows it."
81m paused aggln, and this time Pap
8am|>soD spoke.
*dllm.” be said reaiaurlngly, “don’t
none uf us b'lleve nothin ag'fn you that
Mary Mann baa told, nary a word,
Nor, for my part I baln’t a-gwine to
believe It not If she waa to aw’ar to It
till she was plumb black In tbe face.
“No, but Loueesy b’lieves It,” 8lm
replied aadly, "an I’d ruther anybody
eiae’d hlieve it than her. My land,
looks like sb* ort to know K ain’t ao
an that I wouldn’t think of doln ni
■leb a way. Why. Pap. If I was to git
to goln round a-makln love to women
whar I didn’t have no right I’d ’low for
aomelKKly to put a bullet hole through
me the very fust thing I knowed. I
can tell you right now, nn.I mean Jest
wbat. I any. If eVer any man made love
to my wife, an I kn'ttwed It, the minute
J laid eyes on that man I‘d shoot him
through the heart Jest like I wou|d a
dog. I would shore.”
A painful silence followed these
words, for no one offered to apeak
The men” exchanged a significant
glance among themselves, then looked
at Sim In serious thoughtfulness. To
them his threat signified more, much
more, than he suspected. It impressed
Itself so Indelibly on their minds that
they never forgot it. and on an after
occasion they recalled it with a sicken
lug dread that made them shudder.
I [to be CONTUTUZB.]
IWesfor J. F. McKay, formerly a
member of the faculty of the Agricul
tural and Mechanical college, is giving
valuable bit of advice to the trunk
farm-re of Mississippi concerning the
protectioh of tomato plants from
worms. He saya that a single thick
ness of paper wrapped around tbe stem
of the plant st the base will keep tbe
wonns away, and as the farmere were
greatly bothered with worms last year
t is likely that the sogges’ion will be
very generally adopted with (his sea
son's crop.
avr • lapped biN oa tbo I
•buukler and aa*l u ll*Qo,oM Mock!” I
sod be tboagl.t t was druok aad bmi ;
are up before ibe faculty. My r»«»o»
mate, Harrell Cady, waa with are and
tried la e^plata, but ibe professor j
wualdeut bear bus aad we bad fan
aesi motmeg wbaa ibe trwlb eaaw
oat. Tbo prof I Si or Rpaiqgtsod to BM j
• u-l b-H •og aiWr m*U(d me lu sup- l
par. ISmr BUI YYktttama waa (bare— I
goed. ioviag Bdi Wtlham* He waa '
my ctaaamaia aad I loved bun, aad
mownred far btm wbaa be died, lie 1
bad cBarge of tbe ftttad aajium, at |
Macua, fur meay yaara.
Evaty a /w aaa tWa lbs Ireya dr«|, I
oat. l att drop aal aa d tbe | mica
move* oa. 1 read af every oa*
faol aad, bat tbat la all I caa da. A J
fnaad la Atlanta asked are lb* aibar j
toy, • Why didaai yoa wnta soma
lb lag aboat Fag* as llairm, year col-!
lag* amt* aad oa* af tbo Irm *4, biada*t
aad beat bmo wbo aver lured * “Of
coara*. of mar**,’’ said I, M bat a bat j
evatd I wnta.” tie aa* a frtrad to
rveod, a fnaad isdaod aa aristocrat
by birth, a gaeUeatoa ia bcart mod
maaoar*. Ixwt avarytbtag by tha war I
except tb# gvatiemaii tbal waa bora in 1
bim. 11* died poor aad was boned by j
bis fnaeda, bat be waa a Mg-boaned
get, Ur man to tb* verj lose How kiad
he waa to my wife aad lull* children j
during tb* wai, when ibay were fleeing
from the foaj Javadcr ai«d I was far
away. XtaTs all ! ♦ He waa not a
great mao !a aay aeaae, but be bad a
haan_ai..l ■iai.d haia aU
can’t
Ginter has a right to claim a share of
the honor for the discovery of coal as
fuel in the home, it is to the Gore
brothers that the glory of turning it to
great practical utility belongs. It is>r
doubtful if either Obadiah or Daniel
Gore had the faintest idea of the pro
found discoveiy they bad made, even
after tbe success at the smithy. A
glance ai the world’s industries to-day
•hows what a revolution has bean
wrought by the useof the black atones,
compared with the old day* when
wood waa the only fuel. Coal haa io
a measure leaaened the wanton de
struction of timber, i*ermilting wood
to be devoted to more legitimate uses.
It is almost impossible to imagipe
how me world of to-day coold get on
without coal. The prtaioction of Iba
bla :k material has reached n< arty 160,-
OoOJNJO t -n* a year ia 1’eDDsylvaoia
alone. Over 150,*WU persona are em
ployed in mining, breaking and ship
ping it to pomls of diabaraeareal, to
aay nothing of tbe busioaas it givas I a
raiwaya aad small dealer*- To fatly
realii* tbe ijiportaac* of cjoI it ia ooly
neevary to have aacb a atrik* ia tba
mines aa tbal uf leal fall, wbaa tboua-
soda of homes and fartorto* were
rauaed lECuavamcoca. A stoppage of
tfef supply foe any length uf Urn* would
he a vent«M# dmatov.- —SMr Faaay
frepla.
Oxly *> Erm«*raunE —t toa af
lb* Huaib«rn btabop* aajoya tatltag tbs
fallow!ag story ow hi* own daughter
Nitotit ly imbued with bar father’*
•lortnea, ab* bad grew a ap a atnrt
I'jiisropol aa aad had aaiar astoaded
a revival or •wip-m**t*ag ia bor Isle,
aliboagb, aa bar ywwagar a ret bar re
marked, -Mb* wood* war* fallaf iBam.*'
Yt Baa aba was aboat It abo woat lo
M|op* rnlt«MAA, rroJc
fleMa aaoarkobM
h*oa raforred to as a
• toadiab, abo b»! a litu
ia aa smote*r way, wao
I rrqij«D
1 of tb* |
7 H hod I
aataaare, bwt I
ig for gouitgfy I
h tb* optaioa I
vksfl i
New
Hues to B.
toot toa rack bad
A Inal waa int mad* with to* fork
to tb* fl’vplac* oa toa (ow* farm with
eaaaUefactury rovsdta. Later saotoor
trial wo* aual* ia a hmckaoMib abop
toa farm. Ity baiptag tba Bra
•tb too hallow* h wao loaad toot aa
a old fnaad of ber
Y ark, aad bor
mwrb prresmniia, prava>
go la b«ar Tows Itameoa, tba lam m*
Wy •raoa*it*t
-bat. Mr* Horwatl,’’ ab* bad Boaly
sijortad, *• ao|poaa b* Wvoal apeak to
aa, I’d to fright*aad ao t akwalda't
tauw wbat lo soy.'
** Why, Yugtoto,** bat baatam bad
replied, "tba ebareb will to ao crowded
tool auto tag v Nats aalitoty toon to
•atraa*
MBIlb abop '
loreat amoag
■lisa aruuWt It wi
if coal reads red
add to atoda. Tb* bi wrfc-1 abosdd atagia owt astbar of aa
paw
a cvetre of m-
(a wbo Bred for
a **ea tbal tba
lb* working af
•roa aaaiar, aad raaaita cuald to ob
tain xd which tba aaa of wood did wot
permit. Tbe llttia aaittoy waa aooe a
tonviag ladaatry aa wall aa a aovalty.
Maay thing* ta into, lib* aadirea*.
crane* aad other kiicbea alea*U* aaad
•a tbe old dare, were t«raod owt, sad
tba use of coal for maoufitr'anog par-
poaoa was demon* iraini.
!t i* to be aoted tbat wbiia rbillp
he waa the
friend aba ever bad when she wm in
lb* greatest dialrec#
Kaaier is about over and will so io
ha forgotten. 1 brought down some
Easier egg* for a lillle grandson. His
cousin dyed them for him and he was
very curiooa to ku-iw more about ihetu,
and raid to his mother, “ Mamma, who
is this Easter man and where does jie
live ?” “ He lives up in heaven,” she
said, “ and his nai c is Joans'.” "Is
be selling eggs up ih. re ?” he asked.
How th se iiltle chapa do perplex us
wiih their questions. Little Mary Lou
has the whooping cough and dident
want to take her medicine. “ If you
don’t take it,” said her mother, ''you
may die.” “ Well, mamma, if I do
die I will||o to heaven, where God is,
and he will giveme a pony.” I wish the
?rown up people were as trusting and
innocent as the children. “Suffer
little children to como unto me, for of
each is the kingdom of.heaven” is one
of the swefetest verses in the Scriptures.
The preachers may quarrel about the
confesaiou of faith and infant salva
tion, but the mothers don’t want any
better faith than is in that verse, and
that other one, where David said of
bis child: “ He cannot come to me,
bul I shall go lo him.” There is an
other remaikthit 1 will make about
mothers. Not one belieies her dead
son is lost, no matter how wicked he
was. The mother expects to meet him
n heaven and if he is not there how
can she be happy ? God. knoweth.
’ Ve do not. AH tbat a poor mortal can
do is to trust Him and do good.
Bill Arp.
Ever bm them?
Then we ctfe't
tell you tay*
thing ibout
them. You
know how dirk
everything looks
^and how you ire tbouf
read y to give upl Some
how, you can’t throw off
the terrible depression.
Are things reilly sa
blue? Isn’t it your nerves,
after all? That’s where
the trouble is, Your,
nerves are being poisoned
from the impurities In
your blood.
Daring tbe twenty-seven years thy
London Temperance hospital baa ex
isted thare have been gq y forty flit
•as eat af a total of 17,910 ta-
paiiaats la which toe ase of
Standing on a bluff, oveilookiug
Lake Erie and commanding the ap
proach to -Presque Isle Bay, is Fort
A nthony Wayne. It is built on the
State Soldier*’ Home grounds, near
Erie, and is cared for by tha-veterans
of that institution. It is buijt of
loughly hewn luge, cut from the same
woods from which Commodore Perry
•scored timber to build hia fleet, in
exact imitation of tba old block housa
which stood oa the earns spot during
tba French aad Indian war. It waa
bare that “Mad Aetoooy ’ YTavne
first bo nod. bat bla body baa toaa '
_ tb*
of has aamiTm at Wi
Avers
saranrts
purifies the blood and
gives power and stebMity
to the nerves. It makes
health and strength, activ
ity and cheerfulness.
This is what “Ayer’s ”
will do for you. ft’s the
oldest Sarsaparilla in the
land, th£ kind that was
old before other Sarsa-
parillas were known.
_ This also accot ts for
th^saying, “One bottle
of Ayer’s Is worth three
bottles of the ordinary
kind.”
Bat lb* girt'* fe*re were realtaad
As lb* gnat preacher left toa palptt
and jto aad duwa toa atata, atboruag
tret oa* aad (baa aaosbai, to paused
at toa paw * tore tb* biatoq * iteugt^.
ter waa •rated
“ My dear child." b* aaot aoraaet'p,
*• are yoa a l knattaa?"
•• N —ao, atr,** aba replied, I'm aa
EpiacopaliaB."
Withe twiakla m bis ay* to* avaa-
gatsl paired oa witooat aaothei ward.
-Dstrott Fra* Prase.
II x Out blkltiik Fas. -Rav. Dr.
C. M. Hawkins, pastor af Tnatty
■sad to be pastor of a ebarrh ia Kama*
bad ratocr an aoiusing experience ia
marrying a young couple m lhat ct'.yw
u Tbe gentleman,” said Dr. Uaw-
kine, “ was a bandaome, noble i&jkiaq
man, and Ibe firVie-lo-be more Uutn
usually beauttfVli. It waa plaia to be
iceu lhat the pruepeclive groooa
thought be had secured the one pnao
iu all the main mutual market and waa
coYretpondingly elated.
u Juit before the ceremony the gen
tle man banded me ihemaxriaire liceuaw
to sec that it waa all righf lumJ*
the license (hers was a erwp bve-doi-
Jar note placed there as the fee. Tba
couple stood up before lb* few wit
nesses in the parlot, the ceremony waa
gone through with aud they were pro
nounced husband and wife. The drat
thing the new husband did was to
draw his wife to him and imprint a
fond kise o« her sweet Ups. H teem-
ed to thrill him jnth unexpected joy,
for im mediately turning to me, he said -
^Parson, I’ll be switched if I paid you
enough for this job,’ ami pulling from .
bis pocket another five-doilnr note he
thrust it into my hands.’’—Baltimore
Sun.
.KILLS
<5*0 BuonRoachesAhts
•-woo CROTON DUG3,
Swoera, rues. Fleas,
AM AU INSCCTUFt.
.0^0
a ALL DEALBH3W
•rewrrowr
'•Mir/MQ*t
' If Death Dust is not for sale by your
pealer, w* will upon receipt of % eanu
dend yon the large paokaes by mail post-
S MONEY TO LOAN
On farmtrg lands. Kasy payments. Na
ooaimission* chanted. Borrower pays Ba
tumi cost of parfaating loan. Intsnsl y par
«sut up. aooording to saaurity.
«*0. fc PALM IB A 90B
GohamMo. S. C