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N ^ r I ' *'( aiiih Kir w> MaM **Look heah, KHai^—don’t look to okeered 'cause I call jou Eller—you hnlnt no Miss Ella to me, my gal, •'cause ye been off ter the Saylersyllle Cemltary, an’ come home toatln* er fcassel of Bluegrass airs. Yas, Eller, jl jlst rode over heah this mornln' ter jfln’ out ef you want ter smash up that beetle contrack we writ In our hearts afore you went off, and sealed with a klssr The girl, at first, widened her pretty brown eyes as if shocked at his un couth speech, but she met frank, hon est, exacting eyes that nothing could jconceal except darkness Itself. She colored, and, with a confused "Ah*he- 'em," turned her face. The big, handsome fellow continued bis look of stinging scrutiny. They were sitting out on the broad veranda. jTbe morning sunlight trickled through the web of morning glory vines In front, and melted among the short, yellow curls that rioted over the young man's head. A sweet, soft wind came down through the hallway, driving a roes leaf that struck the cheek of the young girl and fell down on her plump hand—a tribute of the flowers to an object prettier than themselves. Silence continued for about a min ute, when the young man continued In Sna tones, a note of pathos running through them: •Somehow or other, when 1 beam you was gain* off. I felt like you'd never come beck to me no more—not as little Eller. The natersl niter of yuu clear, sweet an* bright aa our ■MUataln nicks—would return be- ■»eddied to simple eyes Uka mine. I'm ao€ lyin’ la no htam# to you. I allera thought you. comper'd to me, e little fitter bealde a (nurd fiddle. But I roulda t help lovin' you—my been flat tun toward you juet Ilka a dry chip tu a aurkbaii. 1 knowed. though, wtai ye# fat 'way V'MttA ftalkn you'd look at thorn ar Sue hair'd would make you curl yer ttp hi* laugh. I know (her ala t outhio about me to retch aa* bold a gal Mfce you. aa’ I love you too wall, and f think !>• got tories that ar Uttla bow-legged teach er left heer two years agof aald Fred Canfield to his mother after be had arrived home. “They're out, plletj,, away In the smokehouse, somewhar among a lot of ole trumpery—what-ye want With hlst'rles, Td like ter know?** "Never mind, mam," said the youth, as he went whistling out of the back door. After a long search among old shoes, trace chains, dried beans, corn cobs and other debris, Fred finally fished out Goldsmith** History of Rome, an old English history. With some labor he read the Roman his tory as far as the rape of the Sabines, and, with a great grin and chuckle of exultation, he laid tt aside. Then he took up the history of the Norman Conquest, but dropped it when he read how great King William, when a duke In Normandy, won his exasperating wife. Then he threw it aside, and, plunging his hands deep In his pock- eta, strode to and fro across the floor, hta Ups struggling to smile and whis tle at the same time. A few rnfnutea later he looked out and saw Squire Watkins passing on the highway. He hailed him. The two talked at the fence a few minutes, then parted, laughing and (lapping their legs. • . • e • e e e "Mam," aald Fred, early the next morning, as he appeared In hla •beat duds” at the door of the smokehouse, where hla mother was compounding some soap grease. *T want you to drop yer soap-nuking terday an* go ter rookin' up oome good things.** -Why, what's up?" -Never you mind, ole mammy I Yog jlst mind yir ban’aome sou. mj nothin' but yer prayers, an* wait" Fred then strode rapidly out at the yard sate, where Ms Mg bay bores pawing the earth. He 4 went with % rain of ef ET>a MrOy lag up In freut a# tbs te In her ert Is Ibe mirnt tm %ait f ma MMa*" mas M aw atom pa4 ap. bar taaa q«M a paM wWa FwdL maktag a bap* book pf M« Ml a«ua k Mtoerl y faagM bat \ rW wumt wfr% k. MM Mr M M A CHECK BOOK if ft check on yoonelf. * Iff easy to run wild on the rend paved with cash. Bank your money with nf, like the buii* neff men and hnndredf of othen of this community are doing, and fee if the financial going if not BETTEB and SAFER. Give yonr wife a SEPARATE ACCOUHT to run the houte. That's GOOD BUSIME6S too. PLAY SAFE! OPEN AN ACCOUNT TODAY! Of “W"iUi WILLISTON. S. C. RUB-MY-TISM • Will cure your Neuralgia, Headaches, Cramps, Colic, Sprains, Bruises, Cuts nod Bums, Old Sores, Stings of Insects Etc. Anfieeptie Anclywe, need in- temany and externally. Price 25c No. Six-Sixty-Six TIM b a prwsHpOBa prupwW mpariaBy kw MALARIA at CHILLS 4 FCVM, Five or da doom will brUk any cave, eed 4 taken then m a tonic the F«*er will not It arm on tb away at a t t!? win km Daefted Fwriewoty Away. So go dragfla* after you like a briar, wbra you went to free yvreetf. Fee seen the day It would bv like s shot tn mj hrart to bv turned off. but Pro been brerln* rnyeelf for the lick ever since you went sway. Fve got all my Ye age meat* made, an* In a month from now HI leave for Kannaa, where Tvs jrot an uncle who offen me a place la hit at ore. No. Eller, ef you tay the word. I’ll take my medicine the best I kin. an’ never bother you no more." When he had concluded. Ella looked up at him, with a smile—a frank, bantering, klatnhle smile. Affecta tion was gone from her manner and speech. "Fred,” she said, with the genuine frankness of mountain natures. "I still think more of you than I ever did of any other man. I deplore your defi ciencies In the way of education; but you are worth a thousand ‘doods,’ as you call the town boys. Still, Fred, Fm sorry to uay, you are not my Ideal, and nnless I so consider you, I don’t think I could live happily with iyou^ I don't think I shall ever marry. Tm too rbnanttc In my nature—too ‘exacting In the demand for qualities 'In my husband that don’t exist in thesa progatc times. My reading has spoiled me, I know. I live In times (long gone. My lover Is yourself, but itaken back a thousand or two thou sand years. The modern man, of all too commonplace for my ^ 'tastau Hundreds of time* 1 have dreamed of you as my lover, but In every Instance you were either a Ro- jSMUi youth, or a knight of the middle ages, with armor on, going forth to !4* deeds fbr your lady love which the man could not even dream of Of course, such a man, out- hooka, I shall never find, and if nature changes as the years b IMHO lover marry. How, Fred, toM yea MCy the state of my S^.r.s.'ysr'-r: & 1 frvw< rmm ami yviiiog bs la fhv eioMv sod »vv w%« betag bav «Mt ■Be ^eirmid ee Mg Maot ps—i i I rtMet end —Usd | -tm pepe end the ywn •* shv psRsA -Fwaelblj. but (he fiUhMM dMnl kin fvlks Mke me. oar dM «be Bwoe •five kill am to law, am bese." TUL yw« HRakftl bonkaoV—I went merry you •• "Hm; tbv sqwlrv (bet s wmltta* duos at rbv fork at the rund win do that for you Mop your aaebMe! Fm er Rome a so* vr WUtlam the Osoquvrur both at ooev !* this lawlwonvue, sad she brgaa to laugh. Then, looking up la the flue far* of her nxwiem knight, she threw e white arm about hla neck. Easy Terms. HOW la TUB TIME TO BUY AND FAY IH FULL FOB A UBB8TY BOND MONEY WONT AGAIN BB BO FLBVTIFI L AS fY IS NOW, pay up to M to he Bank of WeHtern Carolina Barnwell. S G ,1 U. Courtesy smooths out difficulties and promotes the promptest possible connec tions. ' ~ ■* The operators of the BELL System are trained to be patient and polite under all circumstances, but they will do better work if they meet with patience and politeness on the part of the telephone users. ; The fact that you cannot see the operator or the other party should not cause you to overlook this. The .best results come through the • practice of mutual courtesy. The voice with ibe smile wins SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY GARRETT A CALHOUN COTTON WE SOLICIT YOUR BUSINESS. ' „ When desirous of information concerning Cotton Markets, write, wire or call us. AUGUSTA, GA. NoiTollc "■ # well F'J~u.it Oo BARNWELL, S. C. Home Cenvurustlvn. Chlldrvn hunger perpetually for new Idem. They will learn with pleaauru from the Ups of parents what they deem drudgery to atudy In hooka; and even If they have the mlafortuna to be deprived of many educational ad vantages they will grow up intelligent If they enjoy In childhood the priv ilege of listening dally to the conver sation of Intelligent people. We ooroe- tlmea see parents who are the life of every company that they enter, dull, silent and uninteresting at home among their children. If they have not men tal activity and mental stores suffi cient for both, let them first use what they have for their own bonoeholds. A silent, house Is • dull place for young people, a place from which they will escape If they can. How much useful Information, on the other hand. Is often given In pleasant family con versation, and what unconscious, but excellent mental training in lively so cial argument; culttfkte to the almost all the graces of home conversation. AUGUSTA LUMBER COM ANY Ga. ml SASH, DOORS, BUNDS, LUMBER. 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