Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Pinkham’s Vegetable Com- pourd contains no narcotics or harmful drugs. It is made from extracts of roots and herbs and is s safe medium for women. 1 f you need special advice write Lydia E Pink ham Medicine Ca (eonfldeoual), Lynn, " By WILLIAM JOHNSTON Oes/rlf I* Utile, Brews S Os. UP TO DATE GHOSTS .r ' ' . Fiction readers who like hauqjfd houses and myste rious noises in the night, and ghost doings that baf fle explanation, should stop, look, and read right here. For “The House of Whis pers" is well named. Ifs even more fascinating than the old-time haunted house, because it’s a mystery apartment in a big city building—the lovely heroine, for instance, can creep along a ledge from one win dow to another in the dead of night and a wonder ful pearl necklace can dis appear from a wal-safe and find its way back again, and the superintendent and his employees can fasten a of murder on the and there mignt be * the weii ter secret lot there it ing to rpe about? Rufus Gaston was ricn—worth many millions. It was merely an Invitation to dine with him and his wife. Disgustedly I flung It aside. It capped the climax of my dissatisfaction with everything. Hero were my two chums starting off to the war, and h^re was I. Spalding Nelson, twenty-six, strong In physique, save for a “football knee” that had fes . barred me from military service, thirst ing for excitement, left behind In the prosaii- business world and now bid den to an uninteresting meal with two decrepit’old relatives. I made up my ninci not to answer the note. My great- uncle Rufus could go hang, for all of his millions. I would not go near him. The >!ght of my mother’s letter lying ar.op^nc«l on my desk served* to recall to me that It was she who had prevent ed my going. Poor mother' She and I had been at crons-purposes ever since my father’s death while I ma« a young ster. ft seemed to me that always she had opposed everything 1 wanted to do. After I left college she had found a place for me In the nfilre of one of my father’s friend* In the little westrm rlt? where our house was. I hod hern two years getting sway to )sto Rlrge and Ksiler Mi New Y*r% Mast of sit she hod set hsewdf agnio«t sag g^dog to Psonm She 4hd oof heSMtee In war I was the soiy anao left Ml the fhssitf pa» one fa# fsma •srt tf sngthftMg tflmadd happen to hee asp fwasg sto leee hod ends sse to tssW an When tad fashed ga asesn ggs to masanfl see “Pardon ^me,” l, 'I said Indignantly, “but those belong to me.” "Benches ain’t for bundlesv" croaked an evil voice beside me. , * Recovering my flowers,.! turnejd to find seated beside me a rat-eyed young fellow, cheaply dressed, eyeing me with an insolent stare. As I looked at him he began crowding over toward me. Plainly It was his intention to oust me from the bench. “There’s plenty of room on those other benches over there,” I suggested resentfully. “Beat It yourself If you don’t like It here,” he retorted, blowing the smoke from a cheap cigarette in my face. “I got a date here, and Pm going to stay, aeer I answered with an angry retort and hot words followed. We had almost come to blows when the bushes op posite us suddenly parted. I caught sight for Just a second of a villainous face, that of a man about forty, an unforgettable face with a red smr ucross the left cheek. He raised one finger la aa Imperative gesture, signal lag ta my eawelcome rompaaton on the bench With a profane egrtaaw ftna of dismay, the rat eyed fsftow sprang ap and walked hastily away almw the park path Wondering •hat M was ail aPnm. I watrtmd hSm eat ag *tgh< amwnd a ttsrwtog *d the •spimM and 'ton dto#**** ie-sard the ggnrtossni hewde wfigtb as a few asto eton I wan Mi Me a gaewt Aa I toshmi a psnap gars smbp t eyes and that she was looking with relief at a little college pin t was wearing. She was blushing now from confusion at her mistake, nnd the ris ing red In her cheeks added greatly to her exquisite loveliness. “I was to meet soraeoae here,” she faltered; “you quite understand, don’t you?” ’ ■ * . * “I understand perfectly,” I answer ed, and recalling the scar-fnced man who had been lurking in the bushes, I hurried on to say, “but if I can be of any service—” “No. no,’ she sobbed, apparently overwhelmed by whatever It was that was besetting her. “It’s nothing— nothing anyone can help.” “Tell me about the man you were to meet here.” “Who are you?” she demanded, her suspicion suddenly rising at my ques tion. "You’re not a detective?” ”Far from It,” I answered amused ly. “I’m Just plain Spalding NVlsoo. on my way to dine with my great- uncle Rufus Gaston.” -Oh r* she said, relieved -their apartment la oa the same floor aa ears.” —Teft am almwt the man you were to meet.** I toaSated ”1 may have arew PMa" -fad p*m? 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CvUeeecv. SIMm. Tlrrt. A chief. Swvhea. Tewtrr feet. ue« ALLEN S FOOT-EASE The Antiecptic. Hcelinr Powder to Shake Into Your Shoes end sprinkle in the Foot-heth. Sold everywhere. Be sure to tel Ai th># iwckeee t tell.” rhirptnl o|*t lUrra- "nil kln«l« of «trune»* thingw !is|»- IH-n right ha re In New York. You may b«* the otic that hit* had a bellyful of adventure before we return—If w** do.” Ill* l«*t three word* gave us nil s sobering thought. Tl—re was a chance, more than a chance, that never again qn this earth would we three he to gether again. Light of our college mates had preceded Rirge and Roller to the great battlefield. Already three of them lay In hero graves somewhere utider thf lilies of France. £ The silence of a sad parting fell on us. The taxicab came and we drove together to the pier with hardly a word spoken. • i As we shook hands at the gang plank old Holler'spoke again, a glis ten of tears In Id's eye. something al most prophetic In his voice. “Nelson,” he^said. “I feel It In my bones that something Is going to hap pen to you soon, something thrilling.” “I wish to God something would!” 4 answered bitterly. I >1 ve««t,*olately I waved them a last adieu from the dock. Tn a black unnid to *m i amtos^Ms—sto—Pto—a—to# ferns g— *— to vthis ttswe * Hastily | fwwrvMto my grant —tov fif—fiti 4 nste fr*—s tto into ami *#•»•■>ilto*| It «—9. If RwfW* IJsstM—— • Mb IPs ml lit*— sivg #•** gtract fearie had rwwate a pWpmsitltol ra—milng me. hU letter |n*»fc •»u a vastly m—rv lutee* • *tltig n»m|»l«*xloti. t'srefully I reread It, seeking for some hidden meaning ts-tween the line*, but It gave no clue to whut he had In mind. He merely e\| rc*ked ihv hope that I would be 4M<* to dine with him and his wife In- fomall) next Tburaday evening. 'Vhat could It mean? It wa* at least well worth looking into. Mr. Gaston was seventy-four. He had made a fortune In the South American trade, retiring at sixty-five. There was only himself nnd his wife. On the Gaston side, through my mother, my sisters nnd 1 were the only blood relations. I wondered if It could be that old Rufus was thinking of making me his heir—heir to the Gaston millions! As I penned a cordial acceptance of his dinner invitation I determined to set myself to pleasing the old couple, whom I had met only onee. on the oc casion of my cali. A few years ago I would have despised fhe thought of ca tering to wealth, but since I had dis covered how .difficult it wa* to earn /money ami how much more difficult to save It, my vIa»ws had changed. I could hardly wait for th«* day h<* lino m»( for m#* tn dim* with fh**m tn arrive. I found mv—*lf approaching igiM'Cv rd (Im—i that great U agttaleif. opruiig tn my feet >1 to hr 0 I hi* IMS# ■ r had r* jh to— • t»*l tto* to—i t—g <t<a>,nn« ti «*•• *• ittging t—• k tl—* gre—t ir*««> ai.*»r faaf U« It lta«l larv-tl MIV III !•*#!! lot) *« •niHMin«v* my nCrtval. but recalling that Mi«* Hrailford lis«l *snl that th# t*M*liiti Mpartinritt w a* on the *aiu# flaH»r n* h»*r*. I *t«*p|M*«l with her ihts the elevator. \Vli«*n It hud de*«*ended, leaving u* together in the corridor, she turned to me and offered her hnitd. “Thank you so much, Mr. Nelson.” “I wish you’d let me help you,” I cried. * She shook her head. “Well, promise me one thing,” I In sisted. “What Is It?” “That you never again will go alone to the park to meet those men.” A tremor shook her body, and once more a look of terror crept into her eyes. “I can’t promise that. I must meet them. I must! I must!” I reached out and took her hand. “Promise me, then, that before you go again you will let me know.” “You must not try to stop my go ing.’’ she cried desperately and fre#* ing her hand turned quickly nnd tin- -in* exclaimed With a ‘dfih fif ; fcflttaf her door 'a-ft no* st’indlqg relief "And ymi re not wearing a f | ir|V Marin5 ^f t( . r red carnation eltbeg, I |Vr|»letr*l b^nnd m**s*ure as t# I rv*ai ♦‘d fl»en with tol*rl»P - ’i**' i I umAt to du. after a tuuiaent 1 the — !nt«4untar!ly I and mm— ral ray hat. fwdlng certain that ahe had mi* taken me f«»r sotneotie el*e. . She looked straight si me with an odd tightening of the lip*. Into her groat dark eye* came a look in which pride ami fear seemed to mingle with titter loathing. • “I am here.” she said. In my confusion I mumbled some thing, I hardly knew what. She look ed me up and down with a puzzled air and raised her, hand to a red carna tion she was wearing. “You were to wear one. too.” “I don’t understand,” I answered. “Didn’t you,” she asked hesitating ly, “didn’t you come here about the papefs—” “What papers?” ‘Toil ’know—” “I don’t know,” -I replied. “I know nothing about any papers. You must have mistaken me for someone else.” “Rut this was the place—this bench —the first bench?” “I sat down hero quite by accident.” lUma, Kvass*. "Ttototavj hk* hi# *»d l-'-vd « get a momvnt's rrat. My bsck vchrd sod for days at a tin— I was confined to bed. fairly tortured with the shatp pains. I couldn t stoop without fair ly screaming with misery I lost strength snd weight and was so weak I be- c a m e a nervous wreck. Head aches and dizzi ness added to my _ blurred; limbs, hands and face were swollen and puffy vacs came under my eye*. I lost hope of being well again. Finally a neighbor brought me a box of Doan's Kidney Pills, and later 1 got several boxes. My troubles began to leaven and soon 1 could *lrep all night and wake up refreshed and happy and life was again worth living. I am now a strong, healthy woman and owe my health and happiness to Doan f. «#• A. 4 , Cat Dm—'# at A*y Stars, «0e v las DOAN'S ■VTAV PELLAGRA CUED WITHOUT A •TAB? A T10II DOT AT A SMALL COST # saw to** — swtof #i #•** t* V* *w# to SM a r*#v ——to to* MBMPy — pm ItoS sawtos S#w tow #■ to sfesva w—H# 4wwstoi •sa*** #•#■ k*# mm to— v*w*t c##vra attociwt m t#«#a«v s*#l as c j(uf</oltfdLj4n± KING PIN CHEWING The tastiest tobacco you ever tasted. SELDOM SEE t big knee like this, but your hone may have a bunch or bruise on hit ankle, hock, stifle, knee or throat ABSORBINE ** TRADE MARK RiG.U.S. PAT Off will clean it off without hying up the hone. No blitter, no oair gone. 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