The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, June 14, 1923, Image 7
THE PEOPLE. BARNWELL. & (V
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CHAPTER XV.—Continued.
—13—
Thoughts of rilmsoll did not bother
Sandy’s head. The “old man” of the
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Three Star—hearing The cowman's in
evitable title for the head of the
management, whether young or old.
male or female—carried out his long-
eherished plans for additional \Vater-
supply, for alfalfa planting, for regis
tered bulls and high-grade cows. He
studied hard, he got in touch with the
-state experimental developments, he
subscribed for magazines that told of
cattle breeding, he sent soils for an
alysis. and young Ed. coming home
from his first term, found, somewhat
to his chagrin, that Sandy was far
ahead of him in both the theory and
practice of ranching.
The days multiplied Into weeks and
the weeks into months. Sandy re
ceived one letter from Brandon that
seemed to presage another visit
across the line. It was terse, charac
teristic of the man.
•*My Dear Bourke:
**We are still losing three and four-
year olds, and the evidence points to
tbetr drifting over toward |*llm«oll
We have tfared up some of the link*
leading from this end. Tn he quite
t. the authorities of y«or own
ly <to not svstn over disposed to
!ft 11 la* nrt*! w s res ffaftt-
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Sandy. “I’m goin’ over early on
Pronto an’ take the white blazed bay
along that Molly -rode over the Goats'
pass.” ■ -
“Hide in? She won’t he dressed for
it, travelin’ on the train,” said Mi
randa.
■Tve got a hunch she will,” Sandy
answered simply. “They got their
own private car. If t she ain’t, why,
Sam can ride the bay back. But me
an’ Pronto, the bay an’ Grit are goin’
thntawa'y.”
There were certain tones of Sandy’s
voice that gave absolute finality to his
statements. He used them on this
occasion. The argument dropped. In
a way Sandy was making the matter
a test of Molly. If she was as anxious
ns she wrote to “fork a broncho,” If
she understood Sandy and he her, she
would feel that he would be waiting
with her mount for her to return to
Ihe ranch western fashion. If not. Jt
meant, that she was out of the chrys
alis and had become, not the busy
bee that belongs to the mesqulte and
the sage, but a gaudier, less respon-
athle flutlerer among eastern flower
t>ed*. • •
Miranda's caravan started an hour
cleus. Another person had come „out,
evidently Miss Nicholson. She had
the general appearance of a white
raI)bit and the manners of a- mater-
nally intentioned but none too effi
cient hen.
Keith descended first, Molly darted
by hisljxtended hand and ran straight
to Sandy, who had dismounted.
“I’m going to hug you, and Mormon
and Sam, a6 soon as r we get home to
the ranch,” she cried. “Horae! I’m
so glad to be here. Pronto, you
beauty, and my own bay, Blaze! Do
you remember the trip over the mesa.
Blaze? How did you know I wanted
to ride to Three Star instead of
drive?”
“Took a chance,” said Sandy. "Do
you?” The old woman-shyness had
come over him, fighting with his
knowledge of the child who had
changed Into a woman. And the pon
gee duster deceived him. I
"Do I? Didn't I write you I was
aching to fork a saddle? Look l**
S)n* unbuttoned the duster with
swift Angers and atrtiqNsI It off. stand
ing revealed in riding toga of smallest j
black and white cheeks, cost flaring
•>ut from the trim waist, slim, at/aigbt I
KTtOVED UNIFORM DCTTEUTlONAl.
Sunday School
* Lesson ’
(Bjr REV p B FITZWATER. D. D.,
Tsarhsr of English Blbls In ths Mood)
RlbU Instltut* of Chicago )
Copyright, 1111, Woators Navapopor Union
LESSON FOB JUNE 17
idy left, i
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white stuck about
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mam, the other to
Korn, gating at bee
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Ip. looking d—n at
Gome
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crinkle at the roe-
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ray, Keitb and hla
I she won
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Mrs eetng behind in*
ergetic, good-fellow-well-met promoter
and engineer of other people’s for
tunes.
There wag not much spoken be
tween Molly and Sandy on the way
back to the ranch. She seemed con
tent to breathe In deep the herb-
scented air and ga?e at the moun
tains.
Sandy, riding a little to one side, a
little back of her, so that he could see
her better without appearing to stare,
echoed, for the time, her happiness.
This was Molly, the girl who had
sworn when she told them -of her
father’s death. He could recall the
tone of the words at will.
"The d—d road Jest slid out from
under. He didn’t have a h—l-chance!**
Molly, who had put arms about his
neck and kissed him good-by when she
went to school—how long ago that
seemed—and said. “Sandy, I don't
wam te g«. hut PH he game -
Thl» was his Molly! The know!
e«lge swept over Sandy and left blip
ting Hey I>»ve came to him. the first
clean white flame of first love, burn
ing like a lamp In the heart of a man.
It was for this, be knew, that he had
been woman-shy. that he had cher
wn thought of womanhood
thing an rare a thought might
It. first love, shorn of hoy
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ESTHER, THE PATRIOT QUEEN
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I-KSSON TEXT—Esther 4:11-5 3
GOLDEN' TEXT—‘Who knoweth
whether thou art come to the kingdom
for such a time ati this?’' —Bather V 14.
PRIMARY TOPIC—Bother, the lirava
Queen. ■' *
JUNIOR TOPIC—What Esther Did for
Her People.
. INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP-
IC-^-Bsther's Heroism
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
—A study of Patriotism.
2 MORE WOMEN
JOIN THE ARMY
Of Those Who Have Been Restored
to Health by Lydia E. Pmkham’i
Vegetable Compound
Milwaukee, Wisconsin.—“ I had a bad
>aih in my left aide OJid l could not Ufa
anything heavy with
out having a back
ache. lined differ
ent thing*. Then I
oaw Lydia E. Pink-
ham’s Vegetable
Compound adver
tised in the newt-
>aper* and began ‘
axing it a* the di
rections said. I feel
very good now and
can do all my work.
I recommend the
Vegetable Compound to all my friend*,
and you can use my testimonial letter.
-Mrs. Hattie Warzon, 870 Garden
I. Esther Mads Queen (Chapter* 1, Milwaukee, Win,
This drams took pl*re. in the Per
sian court, where Ahasueras (Xerxes) 1
sat upon his throne, surrounded by his
princes and eervantt Six months of
festivity were drawing to a close, ar
ranged by the king In order Jo Impness
upon the people of his mighty aiuplra
the fact of his greatness The last
4wy* of feast were marked with
drunken debauchery. In a drunken
frenxy the king commanded Vaahtl to
come before the people tu display her
beauty. Yashtl showed her Inde
pendence by refusing to obey She
was Instantly deposed In providing ■
queen to take her place, the wet beau
ttfwl ms tiler s in l he empire were
brought together fYooi whom (be king
might make a ne4ortlon The rhwtre
frit wpnn Km her. a osaM of the Jew lob
captivity The king did nog know that
sh# oos s Jeweoo but fVof knew, end
II# put her them fur a pwrpowe
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Gained in Every Way
Buffalo, N. Y.—had some female
trouble* that just run my health down
so that I lost my appetite and felt mi*,
arable all the time. I could not lift
anything heavy, and a little extra work
some days would put me in bed. A
friend had told me to try Lydia &
Plnkham's Vegetable Compound and I
trained in every way could eat N-tu-r
and felt stronger. I had found nothing
before this that dfd me ao much good. n
‘ Mr* J CSAC*, 2S1 Wolta Avenue.
Buffalo, N. Y.
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lnuigine<l the ranch us u place wherv*
one was *fed only .on beans, sour
dough bread, bull meat and Indifter-
ent coffee.
CHAPTER XVI
East and West.
When Miranda Bailey heard the
news she announced her determina
tion of coming over to th« Three
Star to prepare for the visitors.
“I reckon my reputation'll stand
it,’’ site said, “soein' I'm older than
two of you an’ the third is still a
THuyried •man. Tedro’s cookin’ is_
oiioiifili to give any easterner dya-
pepsy. Tlie whole house wants red
din’ up; it ain't been swept proiier
fo’ a year."
, Abashed, the pariners gave her full
guny The ruuch-house -was SconrTTr
from top bottom, Miraiirtti’s '<?ar
brou^ld ^over curtains for the win;
<Iou>iv. llowers for tlm window-sills,
odds abd ends tliat made the” [dace
look homely, eheertul. inviting, i’edro
was given lessons ai *tlie stove tliat
he at tirst took sulkily, hut, being
..jjraisnl and—hi* »aim» raised.-frErnr
pride in.
•’lie II d<»,” vouchsafed Mimiida ar
latit, tin* evening before the arrival.
"He’s no hand at omkies or dough
nuts an' never will l»e, but l*U hr.ng
them over fri»m time to tune. He om
nil bti
it no* be cud brutl
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re««i.*n t« n«»u»ne a mask an<t manner
of flnanrinl «ucce««. and of late he had
worn thcar until at time* they Jaded
him.’' hut they were well designed,
well worn, and no one doubted hut
that \Yll«on Keith was a man of ready
millions.
Keith had dallied with oil, had spec
ulated. plunged, been persuaded to In
vest heavily.* He was beginning to
have a vague fear of not being so
certain as Ire would have wished ns
to which end of the lino he had ffcken.
that of the baited hook, or the end
tliat was attached to the reel that au
tomatically plays the fish
He sold gold and he. was buying oil.
Others, partners with him in new en
terprises in the‘petroleum field, were
making sudden fortunes. His turn
hml not come yet, hut they assured
him that Ids ventures promised ovon-
moro than those that had enriched
them. Faster than gold came out of
Casey Town. Keith used it in Okta
hotna and Texas.
The emqjie—Uflcnniilcd and panted
-off, leaving The car at -rent—mi—the
spur-track. The^fox-Tiiced secretary
out, held the diitir-open. Some-
hue followed Molly CasiTs^ Sandy
surmised it ujust h(‘ Dona hi Keifh^ hut
he had sight for nothing except tlt>
slender figure whose rpdiant face, he-
twcM'ii a Panama iTivt and
of ponge«'" silk, shone-sfralght'at him.
It was. Molly, hut a glorlfiM Molly
woman not girl. The freckles had
gone, the snuW no^e had become <le-
fined, the eyes of Inah blue seemed
to have deepened In hue hack of their
smudgy lashes The wide mouth was
’omrler and aoft as dactqs
smiling opening *9- t glad
I - - arms went out
near tSe bra
Thara Waa Nat Mwch Spokae Uatwaao
Malty an* Sandy an th« Way Back
to th* Banch.
will he within an hour or tw‘n. Father
shipped It ahead. Slmv wlre«l us It
wa* at the Junction. He will drive It
Aver for u* to go on to Casey Town
ns s*mifi as he overhauls It. Then I'll
run In from the mines, ns soon as
Dad can spare me.
“Donald has to get acquainted with
a .real mining property,” said Keith
affably. “Molly was certain you
would have a horse for her, Bourke.
Don’t wait round for us. We have to
get some supplies and we’ll wait in
my ear till the machine comes. Kr—"
he looked around, and Miss Nicholson
fluttered up?—“this is Molly’s compan
ion. Miss Nicholson. She goes with
you to the ranch. How . . .?’’*
. Sandy indicated the flivver and in
troduced Miranda Bailey, who had
dcon directing the stowage of the
grips and the proper subordination of
the porter, who Had not seemed a]
procintI vc of the fli v \ er.
~ Molly^held out a glmed hand for
the reins of the fretful Btaze. Young
Keith advanced with the proffer of a
palm Tor Her mountSlip shook^
her head at-liim. , -
“Blaze wouldn't know what yon
\yihHL trying to .do, Sjnn.’' she said.
gras|>ed matte.jmd horn and rnLsed
herself lightly,Mittkling her body close
to the I ►ay’s withers Tor a second ns
■he whirled, the* lifting to^the saddle,
firm-sey tedr with a Itmgh f«»rJU*ze’y
plunging*.
■^1 see they dhlnf tint each yon ridln
hack east.” said M»ir.o*»n Admiring!).
Mly XlrhtiUo* clamhwiyi 1*^ ih*.
Mirjr. ia Rwtey. kam
M «riHb and the grip* Mrie«|
al*t what you d rail practical 1
reckon ah* dors fla* I* teachln Molly
aoDi* thing*, but *h*d ha plumb
waated out west PH say ah* never
washed out anything bigger than a
hankyrhlf or cooked a thing largerio
an egg. An* she c’udn’t boss a sick
llxnrd. But she’s easy to git aloe
with, I suppose.
“That Donald Is a ghod-lookln’ lad,**
went on Miranda. “It must take him
an awful waste of time to fix hla
clothes every time he puts ’em on. I
don’t know how smart he Is Inside,
hut he’s got some of them movin’-
picture heroes beat on appearance.
I’m wonderin’ what Molly thin
about him. As for his father, he'
smart enough inside nn’ out. But he
talks too much like a politician to
suit me.- I’m mighty glad we got cash
fyr mm claims. Keith’s too slick an’
smooth an’-smilin’ to suit me.”
It was a lengthy diatribe from Mi
randa Bailey, accustomed as they
were to hear her state opinions freely.
The trio at Three Star had unlver-
gally come- to respect her decisions
• • •
C«.aiAg j .ir
afwftrciake lb* kaiaiduua
Ariel spree day* <»* f*«*.t*a and prayer
at** pvt *i her rural apparel and ate*w|
In the king a euurt. wlniilug hla a|r
pruval.
4. Father Heading for Her I’anpl*
(fi .1-7 d). hbther knew that an aaay
way ta tha heart «f the klag waa
through hla alnmarh. ao she Inrltad
him and llaman to a banquet Hht
proposed a second banquet, at which
she planned to make her request
known. During the interval some
strange things took place A gallows
was built upon which to hang Morde-
cal. at the heartless suggestion of Hu
man's wife. And the king, during a
sleepless night, was moved to search
the court records, where he found that
Mordecnl had not been rewarded for
aving his life. So. In order to ex-
yvv Tike -vvx
paRDUIs
ie Woman’s Tonic V
press his anireclation for this net of
heroism on the part of Mordecnl. he
gave orders obliging Homan to do hon
or to the one he was preparing to
hang. At th* second banquet Kstber
pointed out Haman’s wicked plot to
kill the Jews and asked of the king
that her people he saved In his wrath
the king ordered Hainan hanged on
the gallows which had hcen prepared
for M or decal —- - - ^ • •’ —
amF^lso Tier Ininitions^ and .none-of .q.-Tlic tvmnier Decree issued (S :. r >
TTiem TraxJ^. feK especially coydlal 14) The original decree could not he
toward Keith as a man, though they
considered him ghwd in his profession.
“The writjm,; Ki[)lin’;\paid Sandy,
“'wrote a poem ahont Fast ap’ West,
sn.rin’ that never the Two c'ud-meet
reversed,'Thi^ii counter decree was is
snefl whleh etlalded the Jews to de
fend themselves This was dispatched
to tip* furthest parts of-the kingdom
At the appointed time there was great
I.f Kclfti i r!e- fi. t!;nii jigger Molly ojit vi!iii'Tii.M»- :iml t)ie Jews were sa \ e 1
<>f :iti>t! ■ j '1 ;it ^ cornin to her tv c;.ni granted r*ttef and the i'en«r of
J’uriiiiwa»s instituted as a memorial
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at your druggist’s tf he caa’t supply yon^
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Baltimore, Mi.
Hannck Sulplnrr Co-mtcwul Otnl-
wunt tor anJ Cxx for mm wtlk
tkr LtfMui Compound
right-s, why c I reckon that’s one time
the West an’ East I* goin’ to meet—
jin* meldie lap over a hit. So fur. he’s
put mon»;>- In our (>orkets. flere's
M.lly . .
m goin’ h«»me.“ said Utranda. ay
-thV^rl entered the m<qn. “I've gnt
rw *r TTt rill ovey uoce la
a while t» no* bow Pedro' Is mayta’
fWanted ^ oun ? Wen r-H'-S
for the spring and summee
of their de’tveranee.
to learn
enreertrada
and enroll
for the aprlng and auaa
ronme. Oood job* awaiv oar graduaMa.
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