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atone, they two—onc* life over airaln, i they **ere m*»e nr ten in the day* of jort, <rb nine nr t And the table iMet for twotheae day* The children went one by one Away from Iwme on their sjeparaV' When 8 the chlldlwod day» were done. How healthily hungry they used to be. What romping t hey used to do! And mother—for weeping -can hardly see To set the table for two. They used to gather around the fire While some one would read aloud. But whetlwsr at at udy or work or^ play •Twi ad there Mmi a Ire la wnm be rewrhed borne he Uie little parkel into the la It waa. tlir door of lila Iren - Open, aixl he flung the packet Into It Then lieaet about making arrange ment* for going a bread; but lie found that It Would De ImpOaalble - tbal he could not leave Rnglaml until after Christmas without neglecting dutlea that hlf conscience would not allow ilm to neglect. He said to hln^elf that he must be content. There was no help for It, He must shut himself up in the old Manor House, where Veronlca.8 sweet face would never shine. Time would pass when onoe he was over the seaa~he would live on ex citement. Anything would be better than staving In England. Yet by night ana by day—deaplte all his stern _ ras a loving and merry And now they are two tl there crowd, hat gathet At evening to read or sew, And it seems almost too much to bear When they think of the long ago. Ah, well—ah, well, ’tis the way Of the world! Children stay but a little while And then into other scenes are whirled Where other homes beguile; But It matters not how far tliey roam Their hearts are fond and true, And there’s never a home like the dear old home, Where the table is set for two. A GILDED SIN. it ciuum x nfm resolve to forget Veronica—he himself why she caamni s. Crushing the green Isnses and swesl tig—nun under bis ftrampling down the smiling dowers, turning aside the trailing sprat a. bis bsurt tualing. bh beuiu on ire. *lr M*rv hastened •■sum Urn pork It ssuured tnMm Umt the uhot* world bsd suddenJy erwattaisd tu rubsa Its BHIflSftd bit- tur. lurrfhtv uurdi lu bUnssW tfths ft- had tolhu frem hus»»n to wuwld hues ssupehud him torn than tbs tort wSmtm toad drew uruhg toil l ttoaami pssu. asimi. gswth wmi hm hs toad psm*d ail h*a l rust was always asking himself why she had burned the will—what her motive was —what she had gained by it? Was it possible that the will took from her some legacy or gift? ‘•I never thought that she even caret for money,” he said to himself over and over again. “She seemed so free from all mercenary taint. Why did ahe destroy the will?” The more he thought about It the more he was puz zled, the greater grew the mystery. He drove himself almost mad with con jecturing; and he never even faintly guemed the truth, It never dawned across him. Ho the time wore away; he bore pa tiently all comments and remarks. It was supposed by the world In general that he hid been dlamtaaed by Ml* dl Cyntha; no one bad even an inkling of the truth. He grew pale and thin dur log lltoae few moo Urn; but they named at last. Two day* before Christmas day all bis arr»ng*-menti were made and he was rr»df tosall | hlmurlf then that H ' right to destroy the charred fragments of the will, fur If they f r M Into other I hands there would lu danger and <mr I wild day to Ifcwemhov. whan the wind 1 was wuittog end vimvtog round ll» nowar toe went to ttor *1* and UnA , from to Urn ditto ■areal The wow ww baalitog fartoumy agatomt the wto ^ dpw great mssmw uf etowd dartoeemd is eSlua itoeu ram#a toil to ttor Vlevor wutti the dev ha dlro Haur huge! ttoa howf and ttoa to it* uwm twfluuHi ha newt Witorw So eaomsur tue rWtoreed aliare ua tdlft uf ywo- not of r r bright life tp|f |>i caraaalngly Into her and tell me, dear, how happy ? >ur are It will comfort me a little ou arc all the world to me It will comfort me so much to hear that vuu are really happy; talk to me about It. It teemed to the lonely desolate soul and t he aching heart that there would be some little* support, some little comfort in hearing that her great sacrifice had not been in vain—In knowing that Katherine would gain from her—Veronica’s—sorrow. “It seems sp selfish for me to talk of happiness while you are so sad, Veronl- "It will comfort me,” she pleaded— “you do not know why, but It will comfort me.” “Then,” said the young heiress, “I am happy. Veronica. My life is so bright, so beautiful, that I would not change It for any other life.” She paused. “Goon,” requested Veronica. I am rich, said the young girl, “and—I am like a child—I love my position. I love my grand, beautiful inheritance.” Then Veronica raised l»er head, and a faint smile came over her white troubled face. “You are sure of that,” she question ed eagerly—“uulte sure?” “Yes, indeed I am ’ replied Kathe rine. “Noone could even guc* how dearly I love the Chaoe." “Now tell me about your love,” said Veronica. “ What can I tell vou. dear, save that my tore sod my lire are one that hare no thougat. or wish, or desire Ion um ah also lo#t Where There Were a Few Day* Ago (.rand Fields sud Growing ('rope There Are Now Great Lakes. He bethought I mat to** not tegln arid eroi In A Itonf • ouki only ■>* I Now. has that comforted you?'* “Yea. more than anything you inuki have vald. You could Itsvt thought of nothing that would comfort me one half so murlt You will Ware tow now. Kal- I am the better for ywnf com ing. drat and when me auret sgsto < rare pi ttor her storm tore cm b ottorr ■* It had not twew all to vain t he sum td hecArtb had set to dtor end glaum. Ini tore and mads t traea happy (to the pres wa» are i ed su masa flton trtod la torei toe I ftoe nrewr enmptolaod dho was leer to Itotop res and pato end tnea tore I4«e*ew • *T 1*4 « - «. Millions of dollars worth of property has been destroyed out West by great floods of water. A dispatch from Keokuk, Iowa, says explorations of the flooded districts of the Mississ ippi river from Keokuk south, shows conditions beyond the appreciation or realization of any but those of long experience with the Father of Waters In its most destructive mood. The situation is growing worse hourly aud a great conflagration In a great city would not be more rapidly destructive ef values. There is ab solutely not the slightest chance of stopping this most costly flood in the history of the great river about St. Louis. A correspondent of the Asso ciated Frem went over the worst dam aged area In the steamer Crescent and found everywhere the greatest crops ever known under water deep enough to float a steamboat. People at the river oilias give accounts of lo gregatlng many mtlltoos of dollars. Hundreds of farmers, rich tec days ag<>. the penniless and homeless NKARLY TKM KILLHiK UMS. Careful estimates gathered from tire statrenento of the brat tofbemed peo ple indicate Ih* kss up to uetoy la atajut all million duflara. with every pumper! of (wo eg throe minwms ad tokmal by the rtro atowes. tost ye* rouctottog the k war strolstoro gf ttos rtrom M nt «f ttoto kws is sb itos Wm mfl todv el Itos liver totwwro Ke> « ■* and lletos'ta- Vtotoug '.tw •ere* mppto tomato yastoiar a uireus. tim toMMsaf tore Ires tore rty I —a re lerod sdtto tortos toSVtoto •f Ure ffli to to lire krwfeek (NtUref bsteau l aero restored uoheeded as being • Ifrer Ure fact, nbeo artuslW It was beftorv Ure new and greeter flood Lrveea protsetlufthe Mlmoorl Iwt- tom betereen ITsoiuk and Quincy stood Uie strain of today’s flood which failed tooverflow them. The Egyptian leree is still several inciter above the Dm Moines river, which is nnw sta- Uonary here at Its mouth. Reports from Ottumwa show a fall of two feet. The only threatening Indications tonight are heavey clouds at Oska- loosa. Unless heavy rains shall come the Des Moines will begin to fall here to-morrow. The situation Is much brighter. The Mississippi here shows a stage of 15.4 feet, the highest since 1807, and is still rising, but not as fast as it was this morning. The crest of the Mississippi rise probably will pass here tomorrow. Great damage has al ready been done, but the worst prob ably is over. urgutm uito* (ttor curm twujtc u I Hstodnuartm tor Migtreto Gradsa hitots aatoUh m —. m * Ar"*** “ **“ w ^.* . - j nwre Ready Mired 1‘aint and Ksllnwd tk>lor«. Ann fto ••JMandsnl Hliadro UbM water Faint, lire Finest on the Markto. min MIT Is the Leading Paint on the Market. “StiBdird Shidn” t3old Water Paint Is the Favorite. -Dealers In Building Material of all Kinds- perk it st I The Largest Brick Hotel In the South. We beg to announce that the “White Stone Lithla Hotel” at White Stone Springs, S. C., Is now open for the re ception of guests. The entire house is built of brick, covering more than one acre of ground, surrounded by many acres of beautiful shade trees of many varieties. Nature alone has done every thing for the beauty of the place, and and together with the efforts of sn ex- rlenced landscape gardener lias made ill more beautiful than any one could Imagine. The hotel is located on the highest surrounding hill, over looking deep valleys on either sloe, and •o build that every roc deal table. The Hotel lias 35 feet frontage with a two story piazza extending the en tire length, which Is well Itohted by electrlnty. The rotunda la feet eitending to the third floor Illuminat ed with ■tore than 150 electric light a, the throe tnloofttes of ttor rotei>;* af- tneding a totovatoto antoflatodr The dining mum Is Ms75 tost as aroi aeee fust to Ure roar to Ure edb e santaton* PS targe nu •stopped uttii t* ei.’cirv tana a I atortfu lights The IsdMs sari stow m Ure trot flrere aad i>reft to tot to tome has a renre Coleian-Wagener Hardware Company {Successor tbC. P. Poppenhcim,] . CHARLESTON, S. C. Hardware a Specialty. AGENTS FOR— Buckeye Mowers, Brinley Plows, Oliver Chilled Pi/*ws. -OFFICERS.- 363 KINO St., General George A. Wagener, President; George Y. Coleman. \ ice President; I. G. Ball, Secretary and Treasurer. Sflmter Military Academy. Siler Female Seminary. CHARTERED. SUMTER, S.C. NON-SECTARIAN. ClarenoeJ Owenre, A. XI, I-# L. I>, 1 re re. 1 apartment*: Literary. Sclentlflc Leading to I >egrecs B. L B-» . A B. CXMBiervatory of Music, nanoforte. V ocal (culture, \ lolln. IHwctor k a graduate of the Royal Conservatory. Le 1 t si/. (.erma11y,Commercul^ Stenography. Typewrltlire,* Bqokeeplng Coursrm. Aivessiole and lie I buildings. Kxpeirew Moderate Art, Kkrution and Military ealthful locatkNi Superior Facility. MsgnltUent Next session NEWBERRY COLLEGE ure doses | to ttof t haetowto laA. Cuufiew NLands lug itonvoufti i oilrgr odrrato cdto- Next sasuVa drgn , M. I tout re far >R h • • lurfb' 4 , siahjgu kA Ih ■MMSSMSgsasausamgsgusms an4tna lulpmewl i. *nd at AHtore. •reretT ^16 ^ ^ ^ sgta fajra* retoSaw sa* todap dBtohto Presbyterian -College for Women, *0. <.'«»! saanlslas h*. C'. 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He did nut even Ustoa to tlreaL "I hare ao wish to hear ■reBB^’* toe told. **I will alts you a check Ax tve hundred pounds un (vvellllan that you give are your proofs and take Ure re quired oath. Tremble If you dare to break IL-tremble If vou r false wicked face la seen here again!” He took ou* hta check book, and go ing Into one o( the atat ion offtcea. made out a check for the sum named On returning bo placed It quietly In her hands, and she gave him the packet containing the charred fragments of the will, and took Ute oath upon which he had insisted. Silently he pointed to the great open gates, and she passed out of them. Tliey never met again. As ahe passed out of the gates, so she passed out of his life. Whether the punishment of her wickedness ever came In this world he never knew. Then Sir Marc went away to Lon don. What to do with himself he could not tell. He felt that It was impossible for him to take up the broken thread of his life. In the first hot angry flush of his disappointment he had not realized what life without Veronica would be. Now that ft stretched out before him in all Its chill, terrible reality, he was at a loss how to endure It. There were times even when he almost wished that he had forgiven her. Then he recoiled from the thought. How could he love a woman to whom the word “honor” was an empty sound? Blr Marc was most unhappy. He read with a stony face all the para graphs which said that there was no oundattOQ for the rumor of the ap proaching marriage of Sir Marc Caryll do complaint to himself tin of hisdajrni B hha of Ure love asanas re reraA lire way gw creaares atoflaastaua 4sss Yrauretore axj v* * Nothing fltos flatly kaafea aretol tody red and mrerraiMg and tap* uf out to talk about u ’ M f will rv) to her mysrlf,*' told Kali rine impaasoRy. “It Is use less. Katherine, returned Lady Brandon “Hta will only be atoee miserable than ever But Katherine would not be controll ed. She hastened up to Veronkm's room and found her favorite standing by tbe window. “My darling, you have been 111!” she cried. “Mamaays that you fainted.” Then she started, for Veronica had turned round to greet her, and the change that had come over her was so terrible that the young heiress was shocked. Veronica's face was pale and worn, Uie dark eyes were tearless, but there was In them a look of fathomless woe! “Veronica,” cried the girl, “it is true then! I can see from your face that it is true; there is no need to ask a question. You and Sir Marc have parted!” “Yes,” she said drearily, “we have rted, Katherine—not for an hour, a ay, or a year, but forever. “I will not believe it! What has come between you who loved each other so well?” “I cannot tell you,” replied Veroni ca, with a long low sigh. "You must tell me,” declarred Katherine. “I want to help you, I could not live and know that you were unhappy, Veronica. I must follow Sir Marc and bring him back,” , ”I cannot tell you anything about it, Katherine,” said Veronica. “Arid yet 1 mav tell you this. He asked me to do something for him, and 1 refused he placed the alternative of parti mf\ ■ray 1 are i ■tafera reg ■aa rare re tore — to lure lta tMh, Mare , ref awat- ipt : toravt taUJ M yra Ml bara trsretad ora tt' I even *v** m iHUef 1 tore li rend lw I total vfean 1 are dying- ared wto tolas In hold aw iu bn si rang arrea 1 *, Mare. fra relgbi i bara trusted s t*. lor you ftM I •*i* ail 11 tad la tbs world' ing more she replVd muslt^ly—“that like to trust me more me “No. Is. unless you toMf." “1 cannot,’ told Veronica, with a toe has tone, and we shall Ho she wore tar heart and tar life away, lunging only for death, that, dying, ehr might see him again, fra as ooarwcsu) A Groom aud HU Grip. Rather ao uDeque care was tried Monday at Newberry. The Observer ■ays: “The court was engaged tbe greater part of the day in the trial of the case of Rev. L. P. Boland of Beth Eden, Mississippi, against the South ern railroad for II,990.90 damages. On the afternoon of the 20th day of May, 1901, Mr. Boland, who had Just completed his course at the Luthern theological seminary In Charleston, went to the Southern depot in that city and left his valise, taking a check for tbe.same and paying ten cents for its storage over night. 1 It was to go out of the city the 30th on the early morning train, which was also to carry Mr. Boland to Springfield, Orange burg county, where he was to get mar ried that afternoon. In the valise was his wedding suit. When Mr. Bo land reached Springfield and presented his check to the agent the valise was not forthcoming, and he had to get married in his second best suit. Hence this suit The valise came in all right the next day; but the damage had then been done, and Mr. Boland estimated the Injury to his feeling at one cent lew than t2,000. The Jury gave tbe plaintiff 1130 damages. KTT1M Tr*r T3roriVin*: Bud Thomas shot and killed WIU Burton Wednesday near the Reedy Fork colored church, thlrtasa south to GresovUte Ttos t m a gaaml Pwiaa •m v* amamsaa ap re ■wegfeto basrea KrereAtomto • treraro urei rare r Isa ares toarePred reretato w> ifee sere toSure ttos tom* Ttos tore Is tuito Ksprereare ia umi If ••lev stays fowl y etgtot tourere ware tare tar tore areflsf ttof surface It kills eon and every stalk rest by ws*m perishes from rotting roots, f rw bright to Lta feud la Indicated by aa If* top reto •tow •tow and 6 pm* Ik *unng Ufe febraMmi MV get •t . ' V *. I Inctdrot at La [ I uni warehoure I the river hank and strong current and The # steam well back from stands high. A gale caused tbe pilot to an Imperfect landing and tbe cornice of tbe roof of tbe ware-bouae was torn off by the forward guards of Bllver Crcaent. The river la rising all the time, h)z Inches during the day, In the Immense area of 700 square miles, and the worst Is to come. WHEKX TUB CHIEF FLOOD 18. Tbe chief flood thus far Is on the Missouri side from Keokuk to Louis iana with Canton and West Quincy as centers of the country hurt worst. On the Illinois side there are three con tinuous levees for forty miles from Warsaw to Quincy above the water, which thus far are safe but farmers are afrrid of crevasses from musk rat holes, and every rod of the redoubt is watahed day and night. The break ing of these levees would flood 175 square miles in Illinois and destroy •2,000,000 to 3,000,000 worth of corn. The levees below Quincy are in the same situation, except that they are ower and less firm. THE DEVASTATION APPALLING. Opposite Quincy in Missouri, Is still another center of special devastation, which is appalling. North 12 miles to LaGrange and south to Holton, large prairies are well under water, reaching TromtSeTlTI rxjli'ETuffto the WliOuri bluffs at least tea miles. Levees has tily thrown around farms are disap pearing la a fierce current rushing from above lb rough tbs da put! QM. fUM CM dO forty do o> after that raretoe. He ttos m«k thal you la ttos vary boat way i tbe while thinking bow It taller. Until yore ere ore than yon ask pay for*, you will get pay for more than you do. Don’t wobble el liter In your walk or your purposes Don't learn to chew or smoke or drink. Don’t allow yourself to lie or swear or take advantage of the necessities to the unfortunate. Look habitually on the bright side of things, but don’t fear to look on the dark side when It Is turned toward you. Relieve that God Intended you to be a credit to Him and that nothing really bad can happen you so long as you trust Him. Be economical without being stingy, plain spoken but not rude. Be us shrewd as you can but honest by all means, for no one wants to employ shrewdness without honesty nor diplo macy without sincerity. If misfor tunes come, make the best of them and don’t cry over spilt milk. If you do all these you will be lucky, for you will be the sort of man always in de mand everywhere iu all this wide world. A job will always be waiting for you and the older you become the more profitable will be your Job. We want every boy who reads the above to remember It as It contains good ad vice, and is sure to bring success to any boy that follows it. i* Killed Like Goebel. JonnesGuckrell was shot and killed fronrtta court house window at Jack- sun Ky , at noun Wednesday by an unknown assassin Friends who ac companied lb* wounded man to Lsx- to tbs | lagtua my they fear his death will to tbs Mgatoi lor • prulnregsd aad dle- --CbtokreU was pro pa ring lo Irere Jactosua to gat oat to • bred •rad H* ■h»-rate arorawd re vrosy res toot ttof rare puztreJ sad gv* fegtot. ared si a Ira retain ore! itoy supply sreaugti asossture f» < need to graving rrops. Tbe ra wps taavrai la tbe ■*ttaasl*n lt>*s. but •■*not general la that sec tion. liver tbe greater purtsoo to tbe stale, crops are miffrrtng far rain, severely la places, and lo others not ao mrerto. This has caused a great diversity In the condition of crops, ao thal sow there are places In every county where they are doing Well, and other places where they are partly ruined. This applies particularly to corn .ind cotton, while other crops affected in like manner, but in vary ing degrees. Showery conditions pre vailed at the close of the week. Field crops have been laid-by in clean condition, except some cotton that Is receiving its last plowing, and stubble corn that is yet small. Some early corn has reached ma turity and is a fair crop, but hot weather and drought cut short a large portion of early corn, while late ami is generally promising, and in a con dition to be benetitted by timely rains. Cotton improved in a number of lo calities, but generally it deteriorated during the. week, depending on the rainfall distribution. Over by far the greater portion of the State there are reports of blooming to the top, pf shedding, of the plants turning yel low, and a few reports of rust. Gen erally tbe plants are small, but bloom- iqg freely, and in a few sections there are nearly full grown holla.' The crop Wto* whole la In a condition to be greatly benefit ted by rains, should they occur within the next two weeks Tobacco cutting Is being rushed to tbe neglect to other farm work, and tbe crop Is curing aleely. laaaam bar to WwaHirei this year's crop la g»» tael tro* reread while la other kxrell Ura H was family damaged by tael ared droufto Ktoa is itoraaieread by mb varee la anrere toretreefla. UsleeysAsre •§ dtoregpratai tatag tau ftosa rnmtmm «• toafe rad. Ttos omiwmf to rapueto to Ml i A Me Otto Medical College el Virgiin. Kstahikstad PCI*. I Medk'iiM*, iK-otisfry and Pharmacy. Fin partlcuUzs and catakigue addres* Oinstoptar Tomp kins, M. D.. I Van. Richmond. Va. Carolina Portland Cement Cn charleston VA,lUUll UJ., South Carolina. Gager's White Lime, (Aments, Fire Bricks, Terra Cotta Pipes. 5-27*-ly. I respectfully announce myself as a candidate for re-election as Rail Hoad, Commissioner. Conscious of duty well performed, I request support. J. C.^ Wilborn.^ AgreeH Willi Miller Capt.* Capers agrees with T. E. Miller about the appointment of negro physicians on Ure pension boards. He says that he had decllmed to with draw- his recommendation of a colored physician on the pension examining board both at Green vlllelind at Colum bia, and lias advised the department that if the colored physicians recom mended are not retained that be will decline to make any farther recom mendatlons In that particular matter, Capt Capers takes the position Hitt 11 »• not a social matter, but simply a Uixinras proposition, and a Just rec ogoltlon of merit In two reputable, capable pbwl a4>>red rac* unassuming '-Ians to the Fra* Traetoro Tfc* *to depart—t Vstoraafeay ra- ItaA itos fcfehraareg rehttfwtoi ra- Pbtatai ure ■torak Urerean refeu to** ‘tan retosStog Areas c— f | . Jaw •rere are