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A f i ►s>- THE PEOPLE, BARNWELL, S. 0. ai •/ BY RUTH BELMORE ENDICOTT OoprTlffM, ms, by Dodd, Mead A Company. Ibo. PRINCE BECOMES A HERO OF ANOTHER ADVENTURE WHICH INCREASES HIS POPULARITY. Synopsis.—Her father and mother reported lost at sea when the. Dunraven, on which they had sailed for Europe, was sunk, Oarolyn May Cameron—Hanna’s Car’lyn—is sent from New York to her bach elor uncle, Joseph Stagjj, at the Corners. The reception given her by her ufMie is not very enthusiastic. Carolyn is also chilled by the stern demeanor of Aunty Rose, Uncle Joe’s housekeeper. Stagg is dismayed when he learns from a lawyer friend of his brother-in-law that Carolyn has been left practically penniless and consigned to his care as guardian. Qtrolyn learns of the estrangement betw’een her uncle and his one-time sweetheart, Amanda Parlow, and the cause of the bitterness between the two families. Prince, the mongrel dog that Caiolyn brought with her, and the boon companion of the lonesome girl, is in disfavor with "Uncle Joe, w r ho threatens to dispose of him, but Prince becomes a hero and wins the approval of the Corners by routing a tramp in the act of robbing the schoolteacher.-.- CHAPTER VII A Sunday Walk. Really If Prince had been a vain dog his ego would certainly have be- _ come unduly developed because of this incident. The Corners, ns a commu nity, voted him an acquisition, whereas heretofore he had been looked upon as a good deal of u nuisance. -After she recovered from her fright Miss Minnie walked home with Caro lyn May and allowed Prince’s delight ed little mljtreffs tv> encourage the “hero” to “shake hands with teacher.” - “Now, you see, he’s acquainted with you. Miss Minnie,” said Carolyn May. “lie’s an awful nice dog. You didn’t know Just how nice he was before.” Almost everybody* went to church and all the children to Sunday school, which was held first. The Rev. Afton Driggs, though seri ous-minded, was a loving man. He was fond of children and he and his «. childless wife gave much of thelf at tention to the Sunday school. Mrs. Driggs taught Carolyn May’s class df little girls. Mrs. Driggs did her very best, too, to get the children to stay to the preaching sendee, but Carolyn May had to confess that the pastor’s discourses were usually hard to under stand. - . . "And he Is always reading about the ‘Begnts.’” she complained gently to Uncle Joe as they went home together on this particular Sunday, “phd I can’t keep Interested when he does that. I s’pose the ‘Begnts’ were very nice people, but I’t^ sure they weren’t related to us-Mhey’ve all got such funny names.” “Hum!” ejaculated Uncle Joe, smothering a desire to laugh. "Flow gently, sweet Afton, does select his passages of Scripture mostly from the ‘valleys of dry bones,’ I allow. You’ve — got it about right there, Carolyn May.” | “Uocle Joe,” said the little girl, tnk- j yK ing her courage in both hands, “will j you do something for me?” Then, as he stared down at her from under his ! bushy brows, she added: “I don’t mean ! that you aren’t always doing some thing for me—letting me sleep here at jour house aqti qutjyUh you uud all -that. Uut something s]»ksuI.” “What is the ‘something special?’* asked Mr. Stagg cautiously. “Something I want you to do to day. You always go off to your store after dinner and when you come home it's too dark.” “Too dark for what?” “For us to take a walk,” said the girl very earnestly. “Oh, Uncle Joe, you don’t know how dreadful I miss taking Sunday walks with ray- papa ! Of course we took ’em lu the morning, for he had to go to work * on the paper In the afternoon, hut vve did just about go everywhere. If you would go with me,” the little girl added wistfully, “just this afternoon, seems to me I wouldn’t feel so—so empty.” “Humph!” said Uncle Joe, cl^arfUg his throat “If It’s going to do you . any particular good, Car’lyn May, I suppose F'can take a walk w’ith you.” It was a crisp day—one of thdSe au tumn days when the tang of frost re mains in the air, in spite of all the Efforts of the sun to warm it. xHere and there they stopped to pick up the glossy brown chestnuts, that little girl and the man, becoming really good comrades on this walk, met with an adventure. At "least to Carolyn May It was a real adventure and cm’ she was not to forget for a long, long time. Prince suddenly bounded away,’ barking, down a pleasant glade, through the bottom of which flowed a brook. Carolyn May caught a glimpse of something brown moving down there find she called shrilly to the dog to come back. - “But that’s somebody. Uncle .Toe.” Carolyn May said with assurance, as the dog slowly returned. “Prince never harks like that unless IPs a per son. And I saw something move.” “Somebody taking a walk, like us. • Couldn’t he a deer,” said Mr. Stagg. “Oh,” cried Carolyn May later, “I see it again. That’s a skirt I see. \thy, it’s a lady!” Mr. Stagg suddenly grew very stern looking, as w’ell as silent. All the beauty of the day and of the glade they had entered seemed lost on him. He went on stubbornly, yet as though loath to proceed. “Why,” murmured Carolyn May, “It’s Miss Amanda Parlow) That’s who It ^ The carpenter’s daughter was sit ting on a hare brown log by the brook. She was dressed very prettily, all in brown. Carolyn May wanted awfully to speak to Miss Amanda. The brown burst from their burrs. That is, body stiffened. Carolyn May and her uncle did. Prince, after a single attempt to nose one of the prickly burrs, left^Them strictly alone. “You might just as w’ell try to eat Aunty Pose's strawberry needle cush ion, Prineey,” the' Mule girl said wisely. “You’ll have a sorer tiose than ■ . jUmos Barttelt-had when he ^ried-to 1 girl—-nor to Joseph Stagg when he saw It. ,, . ‘ It was colled right at Miss Amranda’s back. She did not see it, for she was quite as intent upon keeping her face turnfed'*from Mr. Stagg as he had been determined to ignore her presence. Carolyn May was shaking and help less. Not so Prince. He repeated his challenging gr^wl and then sprang at the vibrating head. Miss Amanda uttered a stifled scream and Jumped up from the log, whirling to see w’hat was happening behind her. Joseph Stagg dropped Carolyn May’s hand and leaped forward with his Walking stick raised to strike. But -4 the mongrel dog was there first. He wisely caught the blacksnake behind the head, his strong, sharp teeth sev ering its vertebrae. % “Good dog!” shouted Mr. Stagg ex citedly. “Fine dog!” . “Oh, Misk Amanda!” shrieked Caro lyn May. “I—I thought he was going to sting you—I did !”. She ran to the startled woman and dung to her hand. Prince nosed the dead snake. Mr. Stagg looked exceed ingly foolish. Miss Amanda recovered her color and her voice simultaneously. “What a brave dog yours is, little girl,” she said to Carolyn May. “And I do so despise snakes!” Then she looked directly at Mr. Stagg- and bowed gravely. “I thank you,” she said, hut so coldly, so Carolyn May thought, that her voice might have come “just off an Iceberg.” • “Oh. I didn’t do anything—really I didn’t,” stammered the man. “It was the dog.” Both looked very uncomfortable. Joseph Stagg began to pick' up the scattered chestnuts from the over turned basket. The Iqjly stooped and whispered to Carolyn May: “Come to see n v uv my dear. I want to Jkoow yon hetterJZ^ Then she kissed Carolyn May and slipped quietly, away from the brook, disappearing quickly In the under growth. Joseph Stagg find the little girl went on across the stepping stones, while Prince -splashed through the water. Carolyn May was thinking about Miss Anmndn Parlow apd she believed her Uncle Joe was, too. “Uncle Joe,” she said, “would that had old snake have stung Miss Amanda ?” . “Huh? No; I reckon not” admitted Mr. Stagg absent-mindedly. “Black- snakes don’t bite. A big one like that can squeeze some.” “But you were scared of It—like me and Prince. And for Miss Amanda,” said Carolyn May very much In ear nest. “I guess ’most everybody is scared by the sight of tr snake, Car’lyn May.” “But you w’ere scared for Miss Amanda’s sake—Just the same as I was,” repeated the little girl decidedly. “Well?” he growled, looking away, troubled by her insistence. “Then you don’t hate her, do you?” the child pursued. *Tm glad of that. Uncle Joe. for I like her very much. I thjc&..ishe’s- a beautiful lady.” To this Uncle Joe said nothing. “I guess,” thought Carolyn May wisely, “that when two folks love each other and get angry the love’s there Just the same. Getting mad doesn’t kill It; it only makes ’em feel w T orse. “Poor Uncle Joe! Poor Miss Aman da ! Maybe If they’d just try to look DEATH RATE IS INCREASING Influenza Situation at McCormick Is Worse Than 1 Prevailed During October and November. ■■ 9 • _ • .1 • " U % • -McCormick.—Spanish influenza has gotten such a hold • on McCormick, both In town and in the county that it is becoming alarming. The death rate in October and November was nothing compared*^ the present rate and unless outside aid is received within the next few days it will be in deed serious. In the town of McCor mick it is hard to estimate the num ber of cases, Mid-doctors do not even know howfroany cases they have. The town officials have done everything possible to prevent a spread of thte disease and to obtain medical aid from other towns and have even called upon the State health department and the national government for assistance and it seems that none is available. At present not only whole families are ill, but family after family on the same road in the country as one reaches the houses are ill and no one to care for them—no assistance of any kind. The doctors who are here have worked until they have become ex hausted. Nurses are impossible. There is no such thing as putting on a quar antine as the neighbors must respond to the distressing condition. Doctors who left here for the army have not returned and it seems impossible to get them released even for the pres ent. ‘ • . WfionD irniroiM nrmifinom StlMSlM Lesson (By REV. P. B FlTZWATER, D. D., Teacher of English Bible in the Moody Bible Institute of Chuxgo.) (Copyright. 1918, Western ^Newspaper • Union.) LESSON FOR JANUARY 26 SAVES WIFE From Suffering by Getting Her Lydia E» Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. Pittsburgh. Pa.—“ For irtny months I was not able to do -r Cotton Fire at Cheraw. Cheraw.—Fire started in the * seed house Of the Cheraw Oil & Fertilizer Company and entirely destroyed it with its contents. - This is one of the largest oil mills in the State, and the house was packed with seed, making the loss quite heavy. The fire did not spread to the storage house of the ice factory, just teh feet away. The loss is fully covered by Insurance. Be sides the loss the United States gov- ISRAEL CROSSING THE RED SEA. ‘ • • •» . , • a . i . * . LESSON TEXT—Exodus 14:lg-lt:ZL GOLDEN TEXT-Thus ihs Lord savsd the Israelites that day out of the hands of the Egyptians. Exodus 14:301 ADDITIONAL M ATERIAL—Deuteron omy 4:32-40: Psalms 78:1-14; 106.7-12; Ha- brews 11:29 The tenth stroke from the strong hand of the Almighty tirade Pharaoh witling to let Israel go. The tenth turn of the screw oif omnipotence brought him to time. The Israelites go out on their way to the promised land with a high hand. Through the land of the Philistines the journey would have been comparatively short; bul Cfhd com manded them to turn from that way lest going through the land of file Philistines they see war and desire to . turn hack to tigypt. The Lord hud re- j spect for their n£ed& “He knoweth our fraraephereniembreth that we are dust.” (Psalms 103:14). He suits our c trials to our ability to meet them. & The Lord went before them in a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of tire by night. He not only thus Indi cated Unto them the right path, but walked with them in it. God does not deliver and then leave us alone, but becomes our companion. At the I ord’s direction they turned from their first course and were made to face a seem ing difficulty. The Red sea was before them, and mountains on either side. The stricken Egyptians had recovered from their sorrow and now saw the Israelites in a situation from which my work owing to a weakness which caused backache and headaches. A friend called my attention to one of your newspaper advertisements and immediately-my husband bought three bottlea of Lydia E* Pfnkham’a Yeg otabUCom* pound for me. After taking two bottlea Opt' Horn and my troubles caused by that weak ness are a thing of the past. All women who suffer as I did should try Lydia B, Piokham’s Vegetable Compound.”— Mrs. Jas. Rohrberg, $20 Knapp St* N. S., Pittsburgh, Pa. Women who suffer from any form of weakness, as indicated by displacements, inflammation, ulceration, irregularities, backache, headaches, nervousness Or “the blues,” should accept Mrs. Rohr- berg’s suggestion and give Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable thorough trial. Compound a For over forty years it has been correcting such ailments. If you have mysterious complications write for advice to Lydia E. Plnkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass. ernment had 60b bate* to " could not extricate themselves. FOR Gma Calk, ( tiOMOf MANE'S VAFOMENTM SALVE WUl not km cMta* 25c, Sic mi IMS Iks AT ALL DStJOCm — — be used in making explosives'on the premises which were also consumed. Upon whom this latter loss falls. If not covered by insurance,' is not stated. Woman Burned to Death. Greenville.—The body of Miss Au gusta A. Davis, horribly burned and with life-extinct, was found in her i home eight miles from Greenville. Just across the line In Pickens county. The ghastly discovery was made by her brother, James M. Davis, whh lived nearby and who went to awaken his , sister for breakfast. After knocking} at the door and getting no response. Mr. Davis got an axe and broke down ’the door. A bnkon lamp was beside the body on the floor, and it is pre sumed that Miss Davis suffered an attack of apoplexv or heart trouble and fell with the lighted lamp In her hand. She was a member of a promi nent Pickens county family. They lateepreteo—Uuk to lucuu that Moses was unable to lead them out of i their difficulty; therefore, they went . In pursuit, hoping yet to prevent them from going out of the couutry. I. The Miraculous Escape of tho" Israelites (14:13-22). They were in a straitened condition but had no reason to fear, for the ! Lord had led them there. It Is safe to he where the Lord leads, though 1 every avenue is closed against us. | There seems to be a two-fold object in | leading them into this peculiar place: 1 to strengthen the faith of the people and to hiy a snare for the overthrow of the Egyptians. TV* people, as usual. Cutlcura For Baby’s Itchy Skin AH Cabbage Plante Genuine Frost proof, all varietiee, Iraroeett- ate and future shipment By express—60(L 11.25; 1000, $2.00; 5000, $8 fsTParcet Poet Prepaid—100, 35c; 500, $1.50; 1000, $2.501 Enterprise Co. Inc., So Bier, & C. displayed their unbelief and even cen- sured Moses for leading them out of NOT THE EXPECTED CAROLERS Leaped Forward With His Walking Stick to Strike. . ‘ Flu Situation Bad. Fort Mill.—The influenza situation in Fort Mill'and vicinity is - again quite batt. the physicians reporting a number of cases In the town and coun- ty<. In some cases the patients Tire ex periencing a second ‘attack which is generally rather light. There have been no serious complications though many of the patients have suffered severely. A number of the school chil dren have been affected but it is be lieved that it w?ll not be necessary to Egypt. Moses replied to their mur^ umrs by saying, “Fear ye not, stand still and see the salvation of tha Lord.” Standing still In such a trial is faith taking hold on God’s prom ises. This is hard for the natural man to do. Before the sulvution of the Lord cun ever he seen or expert- eneed we must come thus to him. While reposing our confidence in the Lord, there comes a time when we must make our faith active. God said, “Wherefore Youngster Merely Mistook Dulcet Voice of Domestic Animal for the Music Looked For. She had placed a lighted candle In the window because the instructions said to do just that thing. A lighted candle on Christman eve would notify the carolers that music was desired and th#F would stop to sing. / It ^rae (Jill quite simple. So the candle b mmm SO brightly while theun«*mhers b,K.ak unto the children of leracl that: fanl , ^ ln they*, forward. Having ‘•“‘l, h '» j spectlng Chrlatnms preaenl* Nind wUfr ,". r< "" 1S . e ' ' H £?tllng for the community all. er would have been unbelief. The thin* | p| u , to be done then wa, to atep out on hls „ lV 1)lnno thereVSKowrtrt- upon his eternal promise. The lifting crlest thou unto - me? up of the rod sinqUy served as some thing tangible upon which their faith could act. They were to go forward a 'rlose Gfe'schools aanino-vor^.if.jso..thet ut a 'wila.ut niiMiig any % urkl . t m r,v be^qulet. the suspension will be brief. lady with the pretty roses in her cheeks sat on a log by the brook, her face turned from the path Joseph Stagg and his little niece were coining along. And Uncle Joe was quite stubborn. He stared straight -ahead down the path without letting the figure on the log get into the foeus of his vision. Hanging to Uncle Joe’s hand but locking longingly at the silent figure on the log, Carolyn May was going down to the stepping stones hy^ which they were to cross the brook, vvh^en suddenly Prince came to a halt right at the upper end of the log and his file it down with a wood rasp." “Humr’ ejaculated Mr. Stagg. “whatever possessed that liartiett child to do such a fool tHck?” “Why,- you know his m$se is awfully big,” said Carolyn May." “And his hiother is always w orried about it. She must hhve worried Amos, too, for oue day last week he went over to Mr. Parlow’s shop, borrowed a wood rasp and tried to file his dose down to a proper siae. Aid new be has to go hte nose all greased and »hin£: till the new skin grows back on It”' “Bless me, what these kids will do!” fluttered Mr. Staff.. It was just at that m>meat that the “What is it. Prince?” whispered his little mistress. “Come here.” But the dog did not moYe. lie even growled—not at Miss Amanda, of course, but at something on the log. And it was just then that Carolyn May wanted to scream—and she -could npgr^', -•}' ■ F'orthwe on the log. nibinglts TlTtT. ^*hT^“WhT?” wicked head out of an aperture, was a snake, a horrhi. silent, writhing creature, the look of which held The little girl horror-stricken and speech- less. Uncle Joe glanced dowp impatiently, to see what made her hold back so. Tht* child’s feet seemed glued, to the earth. She could not take another step. Writhing out of tl^vhole ih the log aud coiling, us it difjso, into an abtul’ fudfiniikrtike, me tmk dangerous indeed. The fact that It wro-xmly a large blacksnake and non- poisonous^ made no difference at that moment to the dog or to the little ~ Examinations for West Point. Washington (Special).—Senator E. D. Smith gave out the following state ment regarding the holding of a com up and look for brighter things they’d PJtltive examination to fill two vacan- get Over being mad and be happy ciea at West Point: again.” .J “In order to make it as convenient When Uncle Joe and Carolyn May • as possible for applicants desiring to returned from this adventurous walk talce the examination for admission to Mr. Stagg went heavily Into hls own West Point, I have made arrangements room, closed the door and even locked the civ11 service commission to hold this examination for me. , “The examination will be competi tive and will be held on February 8 at 9 o’clock at the commission’s exami nation room iiKthe postoffice at the following points: Charleston. Colum bia. Orangeburg. Sumter, - Florence. Greenville ^Greenwood. Georgetown, Chester and Newberry. it. He went over to the old-fashioned walnut bureau that stood against the wall between tlib~ two windows and stood before it for some moments In an attitude of deep rejection. Finally, he drew hls bunch of keys from hls pocket and opened one of the two small drawers In the heavy piece of furniture—The only locked drawer there was. He drew forth a tintype picture, -faded, now, hut clear enough io show him the features of the two Figures for Belton, individuals printed on the sensitized Washing!<m (Special). — Congress- plate. man Domin - was informed by the His own eyes looked out of the pho- rivil service . n:mission that as a re tograph proudly. They were much SW a recent examination for post- ypunger eyes than they were now. master at Belton the following were And the girl heside hlm in the pic- tho records: Howard Ar Littlejohn, ture! Sweet as a wild rose, Mandy who has r,,x ° n acting postmaster since Parlow’s lovely, calm countenance the resignation of Postmaster Clink- promised all the beauty and dignity i S(>a ^ s tast fall. 83.10; Robert L. Par-. ; her matured womanhood had achieved. kor - ?0.40; James P. Acker. 61.95;! “Mandy! Mandy!” he mitrmuren Pviehards F. Norton 61.75. Mr. Dom- ,, . qvor and over again. “Oh, Mandy 1 Sek will co.nU r with the po>t office 1 *****!* tungly sing the ^ - JL^-departmw;tloanv Jrere r ardins *>"*■'* "*e this matter at an^arfv daTe: ~ ?•«•***» an ' , ** “verwlialm-. question as to the out come; forTrom the same source from which came the command, came the pow’er to obey. The presence'of the Lord was adapted to their needs as they went forward. As they went forward the very thing which seemed their destruction he* came a wall of protection on either bide. ■ , ' It. The Overthrow of the Egyptians (23:27). .—Haying seen the Israelites go across dry-shod. Pharaoh and his hosts mad ly pursued them. They insanely thought’ that they* in- their unbelief could follow In the vyake Qf God’s chil- dren r The very things which are a wall and defense to the faithful be. come a snare and a means of destruc tion to the enemies of God’s people. The Lord looked forth from the cloud and wrought confifsion among the' Egyptians. There i« a day coming when a look from tiie Almighty will cause a much greater consternation ^m(in^A4ra--wickeii-(Ite.veUUiun.Jl:16, 17; 20:11-13). He not only looked upon them but took off their chariot j wheels. Which caused thorn to realize ' that God was fighting against them, tie then directed Moses . to. stretch forth his rod and bring destruction! upon .the Egyptians. So complete was } the overthrow that it Is said that not j oue escaped. III. The Song of Triumph (15:1-21). ! Standing on the other shore of the • erahle noise in the house. 'Above the din, however, there came a sound from out of doors. ’Listen, mother,” one children you hear Ttvef *hrisfinn* cnrohr? ,J - Suddenly all was silent*—that is, all was silent with the exception of the neighbor’s cat.'Apparently it was sing ing something in German. At any rota the little hoy went on playing his piano and the carolers never did appear. Hls Facial Handicap. Homeleigh—*T told my barber to or der a new mug for me.” Smart—“1 don’t blame you. with that one.”. -. Had Reason. * “What made the witness so mad.on the stand?”- “I guess It was the croq> examination.” He held the tintype for a long, long time In hls hand, gazing on it with -eyes that -saw the ■ vanished years rather than the portraits themselves. I innlly he hid the picture away again, closed and locked the drawer with a sigh and with slow steps teft. the j room. * ^ v >j[ " F Ing defeat. '• 'v’k- " ^ . . V < . t- ^ ^ Carolyn learns from simple Chet Gormfey some things about -mui her much mnyr Rnrd ibeuf it- in the next installment /TO BE CONTINUED^ — Speech Restored to Dcmb. Orangeburg.—Robert O. Rickenba--!’ ker, a private in the infantry, who lost his voice as a. result of being gassed while in active service in France, has again regained his voice in h marvel ’! way. It appoart^ that Private i' . ,. . . , Ri. k^baker.was return'd to the I’nit- ,te , 7 W * '.V'* T* h ' l9 , s,r ‘ m * ^ to suffer. His sympathy qnd hls koil- Iinstruments of Strength. JL He is able to heal the roosses of others because he bears his own. He can be of use to men because he can do 'fvilhout men. He is ethically ef fective because he Is spirituafTy free. ed States because of losing hls voice while in act on and was sent to a mil- wrestTTnjF~#rtlU«rfot?ow received a tight squeeze and yelled loudly, which caused his voice to re turn and hfe can talk now: k * tude are both alike the instruments of his strength.—Frum Yti- Put body ■ . ...i »uni-- our-Hetper. He that wrestle* with fit strength ens our nerves a ml sharpens our ikilL Our antagonist la o«r helper.-Burke. BP as Y°Mf cere. This standard food needs no added sweet- < s *«. -eninrt for it> is rich in itrs- own suijbr, developed from wheaf ond barley by the special Grape-Nuts Ipf '-JES i ps- .1 * wa >r»-