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FATAL SHOT WAS FIXED
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Oermnny before the wee finally riin
down and destroyed off Cocos island.
In the Atlantic the Karlsruhe and a
number of auxiliary cruisers performed
'duttesr They, teOj sent- to the
bottom more than a score of ships.
On land the armies Of the belliger
ents settled down to hold their .posi-
tions tor the winter months. Activities
from November 11, when the German j
forces captured Dixmude, resulted in
Russian defeats at Vlotslavek, Lonno
and Kutno. The battle in Flaqders
progressed at intervals, vigorous ac
tions taking place and thousands of
men on both sides being killed or
wounded. Intrenched for the winter,
the,armies contented themselves prin
cipally with holding the positions they
lud gaine^. In the Serbian-Austrian
campaign there was Considerable activ
ity during the early winter months.
The Austrians occupied Belgrade, the
Serbian capital on December 2, and re
tained it until December 15, when,
after the Serbians had captured large
forces of Austrians, they were driven
back into their own territory.
In East Prussia during the winter
there was severe fighting, resulting i^i
the loss of many men, dead, wounded 1
and captured. The German armies op
erating in East Prussia held off and
dispatched a Russian army of vast pro
portions, finally driving it back well in
to its own territory. -
On thene* a British squadron signal
ly defeated the German squadron
which was victorious off Chile,
engagement took place off the Falk-
land islands. German cruisers bom- I
barded Hartlepool and Scarborough j
and the German armored cruiser
Bluecher was sunk in the North Sea by
a section of the British fleet operating
there. German submarines became
especially active during the winter
months, sinking many warships and
merchantmen.
March opened with an announcement
of British reprisal measures against the 1
Genrans for the submarine warfare
development of battle in
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bar whit* lip* by a radial of his ow*
•arty adrtntnrw.
At last tboy reached the ranch bona*.
Mona swooned away when Hilly lifted
ber from t|te saddle and gave her Into
the keeping of Mrs. Peters.
Finally Mrs. Peters came down
stairs. Her round eyes twinkled when
abe saw the *iixIoim cewpnncber
By CLARISSA MACKIE f
her uncle
and the
France.
Troop* in France.
British troops in France again be
came active, making a notable advance
at Nueve Chapelle. By the end of
March the Russian troops had pene
trated the Dukla Pass and entered
Hungary. April taw the beginning of
violent assaulta upon the German lines
by the French east of Verdun and the
Meuse. The French stormed the Ger
man position at Lea Epargea and
about the tame time it wan officially
announced that the total of British cas
ualties to rtat date Were 13D.347. By
the middle of April the Russians had
penetrated Hungary to a point 20 mi'es
over the border and the Germans had
begun a successful assault upon the al
lied lines near Ypres. For several
weeks the armies struggled back and
forth, losing thousands of men, gaining
ground one day and being forced to
evacuate their positions the next In
Galicia during the first three days of
May the German-Austnan forces broke j
through the Russians lines and forced j
a retreat. Fifty thousand prisoners, it'
was recited, were taken.
Around Ypres the British forces lost |
ground and were finally forced to evac
uate an especially strong position they
had gained at an elevation designated
as Hill No. tk). Almost simultaneously j
the Russians began a retreat from the
Carpathian passes and while this was
in progress the Cunard liner Lusitania,
bound from New York to Liverpool,
was sent to the bottom by a torpedo
fired by a German submarine. Approx-
iiowlely 1,200 lives were lost in the dis
aster^
The loss of Americans in the Lusi
tania and other vessels which were
victims of Germany’s submarine war-1
/ fare resulted in President Wilson pro
testing against a coutinuance of such
tactics.
On May 23 Italy declared war on
Austria-Hungary after having de-1
nounced earlier in the month the |
Triple Alliance treaty.. The declara-1
tion of war was quickly followed by
raids upon the Italian coast cities by !
Austrian aeroplanes. The Italian army
struck across the border into Austria
with Trieste and Trent as objectives. |
During all this time the allied war
ships in the Dardanelles had been I
keeping up practically a continuous
bombardment of the shore forts. Nu
merous warships of different types
were sunk. Transports were hurried
to the scene and troops were landed.
On June 3 the Austro-German forces
reoccupied Przemysl.
. During June the Serbians inaugura
ted a campaign to secure a seaport on
Mona Renton looked at
with wide, horrified ^ytta.
"Marry a man 1 have never seen?
Impossible!" she cried Indignantly.
Silas Kenton frowned, but bis voice
did not lose Its quality of patience.
“But. my dear Mona. I have told you
that William Is an exceptionally hue
young man. and your marriage to him
would save the business from ruin.
His father has promised that."
"Why?" demanded Mona.
Mr. Kenton gn/.cd out of the window.
“Jim Uarstow loved your mother.
Mona, and, failed to win her. 1 be
lieve he wants his son to marry your
mother’s daughter. In fact, he told
me so when 1 went to seek a loan from
him." , - ,
"it’s n Iwrgain—a cold, cruel business
transaction. Uncle Silas!" cried the girl
passionately. "But you have been so
good to me. like a father and mother
in one. that I cannot refuse. Tell Mr.
Barstow 1 will marry his son, but out
of all the world, uncle. 4 am sure that
■phis this William is the one man I would
not voluntarily choose to marry."
“The lmi>oHsible man. eh?" smiled
Mr. Kenton, drawing her toward him.
"The lm[»OHslble man!” agreed Mona,
shuddering.
And when the next day came she
bad perstinded her uncle to permit her
to spend a month upon his ranch iu
Montana.
“When I return 1 will meet Mr. Wil
liam Barstow," she pleaded. And so
she was allowed lo go. planning to
visit several school friends by the way.
It was several weeks after her con
versation with her uncle I hat she ar
rived at the Double Circle ranch and
was welcomed by motherly Mrs. Pe
ters, wife cf the boss
Mona went directly to bed and was
awskened early the next morning by
the sound of voices under her window.
Boss Peters was talking to some one.
a man with a laxy. drawling voice and
a deep toned laugh
Mona crept from bed and went to
the window. Behind the rutiled dra
peries she could remain unseen.
A tall, loose limbed young man lean
ed against a big black horse while be
lazily rolled a cigarette.
"It'a this way, Billy." protested Boss
Peters. "You'ee got to tend to your
knlttin' or out you go!"
Billy laughed genially and pushed
his hat bark on bis thick brpwn hair.
Mona liked >h!m at once. Here was
the typical, handsome cowboy of ro
mance!
"Very well. Peters,” laughed Billy.
"Jusi give me another mess of knit
ting aiid I’ll lend to it."
The men went away together, and
presently Moha saw Billy riding away
down the IraiL
•* "1 should like him." thought Moua
as she dressed for breakfast. “1 must
ask Mrs. Peters it bout him."
But Mrs. Peters was exas|>erntingly
vague about Mona's cowpunelier.
“Billy, did you say. Miss Renton?"
she asked. “I'm sure 1 couldn’t say,
for most every other one's named Bil
ly something or other. There’s Billy
Timms and little Billy and old Bill and
Billy Barto. It might be Billy Uarto.
He speaks slowly and Is always laugh
ing. It might l>e him.”
Mona blushed and changed the sub
ject.* Why should she be curious about
this stranger?
After breakfast Boss Peters brought
around a cream colored pony.
“You ride cross saddle. Miss Kenton?”
lie asked.
“Yes." said Mona as she came down
to pet the pony. “Isn't he a dear?
He looks good enough to eat!"
Mrs. Peters, in tile doorway, laughed
and told Moua that she herself looked
good enough to eat.
"In that white linen skirt and blouse
and white felt, hat you’ll charm the
birds off the trees." predicted the boss'
wife. • j
Mona laughed and rode away, a
straight, slim, soldierly figure, her
wide gray eyes fixed on the trail ahead,
her cheeks growing pink with the ex
ercise In the clear air.
She forgot all her cares—the finan
cial troubles of Kenton & Co., which
her engagement to young Barstow had
magically, changed to prosperity—her
engagement to a mau she had never
seen, for William was away on p bunt-
Mrs. Peters laughed.
“She Is fast asleep. You negdn’t
bother going after tbe doctor. I'm bet
ter than a dozen doctors, specially
with sprained ankles and such. You
know, this la a gopher-country."
Billy nodded. .
“Well. I'll be biking along." he said
reluctantly; then, turning quickly, be
asked sharply:
“Who Is she, Mrs. Peters?”
^ “You mean Mias Mona?” she asked
inaoceutly.
"Miss Mona." he repeated, “thanks,"
and be added to himself, "I wonder
what ber first name Is?"
During Monas convalescence abe
spent many an hour In the hammock
while Billy Barto read to h^r from his
favorite authors, jvho in time became
her favorites also.
Mona liked Billy Barto from the very
beginning. When she began to love
him she never knew, but |>erhrip8 it
was that day when be dropped hla
book and. leaning over ber, crushed her
bauds in his own.
Mona looked up Into his tense face.
I and the lovely color left her owm
“Oh, Billy Barto. don’t sa/ a word!"
she (Tied |4teously. "I cannot listen!”
'The words are on my • lips, dear.”
he said steadily, “but I am not free to
utter them.”
"It Is the same with me," she mur
mured sadly.
"You—you are engaged?” he w-hls-
* pored, ani^ when she nodded drearily
he added grimly, “So am I."
I After a silence he asked:
“Shall I go away ffiom here?"
| “No; I am going home tomorrow.”
“Do not tell me where. I must not
know anything more about you or noth
ing could keep me from following you
I to the end of the world!" he muttered.
Then, with one last crushing pressure
of her slim bauds, be was gone.
Mona closed her eyes while slow
tears forced themselves through the
thick fringes of her lashes.
Tomorrow she would be on her way
home to Uncle Silas, and' she must be
prepared to fulfill her promise to mar
ry Jim Barstow's son.
She did not see Billy again. Mrs.
Peters did not mention* tbe name of
the handsome cowpuncher. and Moua
did not see bis face among the merry
crowd which accompanied ber to the
station, riding on either side of tbe
buckboanl. acting like schoolboys on a
holiday.
Home again among tbe luxurtons sur
roundings of Silas Renton's town bouse,
tbe days spent on tbe Double Circle
ranch seemed to Mona like a dream
That first night at dinner Uncle Silas
broke an awkward Kllewe. The serv
ants had left the mom. and Mona' was
toying with some grapes, her gray
eyes fixed dreamily on *|>ace.
“If you are not too tired, Mona. I
would like lo have you meet Mr. Bar
stow and bis son. They are coming at
9 o'clock."
“Very well. Uncle Silas." she said in
differently “And did—tbe business
come out all right, as you expected?"
“Yes. and I didn't require Jim Bar
stow’s help after all. But as you have
promised to marry William It is only
fair that- you should meet him And
If you don't want to marry him now"—
“It-doesn't matter much. Uncle Silas."
she murmured, ber heart sore at tbe
thought of her broken romance. Jealous
of that girl to whom Billy Barto was
engaged.
Mr Renton eyed her sharply ns he
held the door open for ber to pass out.
The old sparkle and glow were gone.
If this engagement to young Barstow
was distasteful to Mona why was she
not more Joyous at her release?
He went Into the library and picked
up the evening mall. On top was a
letter from Boss Peters of the Double
Circle, and tucked Inside was a note
from Mrs Peters.
As he read Silas Renton smiled.
At 9 o'clock, when the Barstows were
announced, Silas was In the drawing
room with Mona.
First came James Barstow, hand
some. dignified and smiling. Behind
him towered a younger man in Immac
ulate evening dress.
Before the older men could greet
each other Mona had flown down the
long room to meet Jim Barstow’s tall
son.
"Billy.
ing trip.
“1 know 1 shall hate him!" sighed
Mona as she suddenly remembered tbe
Barstows.
The cream colored pony stepped Into
t head to fall prone upon the sagebrush, j
the Adriatic, TYoops were sent acoss jt gQpber bole. and Moua flew pver his
the border into Albania, with the sea- '
port of Durazzo as an objective. Mon-
utenegfo also dispatched troops into Al-!
bania, an independent nation recog-
. nized by the chief powers at the close
of the second Balkan war. J
Dirigible airships and aeroplanes
made numerous raids during the win
ter and spring. London and Warsaw
were the objective of a number of
one ankle twisted under her body.
She screntndd once when she tried
to move and then fainted away.
Mona opened her eyes to gaze Into
a pair of dark blue ones A strong .
arm supported her as Billy Barto knelt
beside tier. >
"Oh. Billy Barto!” she cried.
Billy!"
Their hands met. and his arms encir
cled her.
At bay. they turned and faced the
astonished old men.
“Father, this is the girl 1 must mar
ry," declared Billy Barto. and James
Barstow turned to his lifelong friend
for an explanation.
For several moments they held a
whispered conversation; then Silas
Renton came forward.
“Mona." he said, and Billy Barto
turned a startled glance upon him.
"somehow or other you have met
young William Barstow. and yon have
changed your mind about marrying
him. 1 see."
Then it was Billy’s turn to explain
that, disliking the Idea of engaging
himself to an. unknown girl, he had
gone west to forget hla troubles in one
last spirit of freedom. By chance be
"1 heard yon scream, and so 1 came had hit upon Renton’s ranch and en-
along." he explained, ‘is It yoqr arm?"
‘My ankle—It feels so queer." half
trip* made by Zeppelin slrihip , while sobbed Mona, ber lovely face pale with
Paris was visrted by hostili aeroplunes. ag«ny. ' *
French and Rritijh aircraft attacked vtv He rod « h^de ber all tbe way
; . r - . many, dropping ex-' ***• *»«*•• •*
j cattle country. «vea bringing w MsOe to
gaged himself as a cowboy
Tbe rest we know-how he met and
loved Moua Renton and bow after they
bad parted as. as they thought forev*r
they met again
“So the Impossible man became pos
sible after alir declared Uncle Silas.
FOURTH OF JULY
EXCURSION FARES
The Atlantic Coast Line
announces reduced excursion
fares from all points on its
line to^aearly alJ destinations
within a radius of approxi
mately miles from starting
point. Tickets will be sold
tor use on the going trip on
all trains of July 3rd, 4th anj
5th, limited returning to reach
destination prior ro midnight
of July 8th, 1915.-
- For further particulars,
tickets, etc., call on
J. A. SMOAK, Ticket Agt.,
Barnwell, S. C.
W. J. Craig, Pass Traf. Mgr.,
T. C. White, Gen. Pass. Agt.,
Wilmington, N. C.
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nounces the above excursion fare
from Barnwell on account of the
Exposition and Celebration in
Comemoration of the FiftiethAnni-
versary of the Emancipation of the
Negro which opens July 5th and
closes July 27th. Proportionate
fares will apply from all points on
the Atlantic Coast Line and are
open to the public. Tickets will
be sold for all trains on July 5, 7,
9, 12, 14, 16, 19, 21 and 24, timited
returning to reach original start
ing point prior to midnight of the
seventh (7th) day following date
of sale. For schedules and furth
er information, call on
J. A. SMOAK, Ticket Agent,
Barnwell S. C.
W. J. Craig, T. C. White,
• Pass. Tarf. Mgr. Gen. Pas. Agt.
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State of South Carolina)
County of Barnwell. 1
In the Probate/Court.
By J. K. Snelling, Esoff Judge oi Pro
bate in Barnwell County.
Whereas, L.* E. Alarter, made suit
to me to grant J. i. Harter Letters of
Administration W the estate of and
effectsof J. B. FMrter, deceased.
These are, therefore, to cite and
admonish all and singular, the kindred
and creditors of the said J. B. Harter,
deceased, that they be and appear be
fore me, in the Court of Probate to be
held at Barnwell, on Friday, July 9,
1915, next after publication thereof,
at 11 o’clock in the forenoon to show
cause if any they have why the said
administration should not be wanted.
Given und*'r mv hand this 29tn day of
June, Anno Domini, 1915.
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County of Burn well.
In the Probate Court.
By J. K. Snelliiut. Fj«q., 4u<ljfe of Probate in
ttariitteil County.
Wbereaw. Jin- I)ii|>uU made, suit te me
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all and singular, the kindred and creditors of
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EXAMINATION.
The examination for the award of va
cant scholarships in Winthrop College
and for the admission of new students
will be held at the County Court House
on Friday, July 2, at 9 a. m. Appli
cants must not be less than sixteen
years of age. When Scholarships are
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rnwell county will
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