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-x_ : i' |; Elp ICriB Ertagl* j| ! (EJjariot |; I > ' I II H i i By EDITH RANSOM AVER1LL < ? # (Copyright.) I ^ ROSY-cheeked schoolpk boy on his new red sled sped down the fl ljT\mV long snow-clad hill. A I (| ( 3*7 / A. dozen gaY^y chattering \ \ L \ Jkj girls tripped towards K //a 7) lightly frozen pond Vh\ v \Cv$J their skates. A (?v&L *armer came into view fWtTJ} witn a wagou ioau ui Bf~"Y newly cut Christmas trees. Yuletide cheer was effervescing, but there was no responsive j cbo of its fervor in the hearts of John Lane and Martin Freer. "Fm in accord with you completely,** j the latter was saying. "My son, Sid- \ ney, has the chance of his life to enter j a law career in the city. Since he 1 fall in love with your half niece and ward, Edna, he seems to have lost all ! ambition of making his way outside of winning her.** "A foolish fancy,** declared John Lane. "Edna is too young to think of marrying." "We ave *ping to send Edna away | to a privato boarding school after the j holidays,*' he continued, "and that will probably end the affair." Meantime Edna Merrill pined in her . prisonlike solitude and Sidney sought i to devise a way to get word to her. At their last meeting he had said, "no matter what comes, they shall not part us." "They are going to send both of ! 88 away, widely apart," mourned Edna. "Oh, don't let g mrg them do it!" and wWaiQ MT 1 Sidney replied, Have yon the faith M to believe in me, te act with me with- ffl out question if I AJJr /\ And a way to de- H\ feat two old men, M ;? yt* iJ who have forgot- uA /?? W ten what love m l/l J \ means T ' (l/(i 1] ?I have given yon my heart sole- 1 . | ly and trustingly," kg . . ^ answered Edna I 1 ?J stanchly. "Then yon shall hear from me when I have matured all my plans," promised Sidney. There was a certain solace for Sidney in climbing the high garden wall at the rear of the Lane grounds and gazing up at the window of the room that | held his heart's treasure. He had a ! note written detailing his plans and j hopes, and he had almost d^paired i 1 PLANT PEANUTS H R ss? "' ' -* 19 M BR ^b H ^ B 1 The Cotton I ?y.s B RK I , I We have insl chase e^ Spa Phosphi the best The oldest and b< I I Your \ ?" * ; of delivering It, when, the afternoon j before Christmas, he observed that the window was open. Sidney added a few lines to the note, gathered np a handful of snow, enclosed the note in the white sphere, aimed, let fly and it passed through | the open window. j The note had suggested the elopment he and Edna had previously disi cussed. He had added a line. "I will be in the lane at eight o'clock. Don't fail me." i There was a light in that upper window, now closed, when Sidney returned, and the lamp was set in a peculiar way. Across the frosted inside of a pane two words had been scratchor? riiflrtino" "At Hifht." A few minutes later the light was | extinguished and a speeding figure crossed the garden, unlocked a rear | door in the wall and the lovers were united. "Quick," spoke Sidney. "It is a question of getting to a friend of mine, a clergyman at Amherst." He clasped Edna's arm and they hurried down the lane. The lane the fugitives were now In was deep with snow. As they neared a large barn withm HBHhH *n which a said, and, as quite entered the great ]^hr^fy\Ll rftmblin^ struc-If ' ~ture, they stared *** ln amazement at a_ a scene strange aDd striking. - In its center was what an old circus chariot There was gilt and holly and evergreen trimming In profusion. Four horses were attached and upon a sort of throne In the center was seated a gorgeously attired Santa Claus. "We'll better start," spoke one of the men, "if we want to get to Amherst before everybody is abed," and catching sight of a sign on the chariot Sidney was made aware of the fact that to advertise a new soap this modern publicity van was touring the district, giving away samples as holiday presents. "Step into that low space at the back," he whispered to Edna. "We shall be safe there." When the unique Santa Claus vehicle arrived at the edge of Amherst the fluttering lovers left it unnoticed. There was a hurried walk to the home of a clergyman. The same telegram was sent by the happy bride and bridegroom to John Lane and Martin Freer. It read: "Mr. snd Mrs. Sidney Freer wish their loving friends a Merry, Merry Christmas." The ( R Soil Weevil will other crop that Pean tailed machiner very ton offered nish or the Litt ance that t> Land Plaster (Sul] : form of lime to use sst peanut picking ma We will use this s Demonstration EEVIL I True Friend of Country Loves Her Friends?the Definition by Webstei ! A true lover of virtuous patriotisn delights to contemplate its pures 1 models; and that love of country ma; well be suspected which affects to soa so high into the regions of sentimen no. tin and nhsorbed in the ab no iv uc iuwi. uuu ? stract feeling, and becomes too ele vated or too refined to glow with fer vor in the commendation or the lov< of individual benefactors. All this i.' unnatural. It is as if one should b< so enthusiastic a lover of poetry a; to care nothing for Homer or Milton so passionately attached to eloquence as to be indifferent to Tully and Chat ; ham; or such a devotee to the arts In such an ecstasy with the elements of beauty, proportion, and expression as to regard the masterpieces of Raph ael and Michael Angelo with cold ness or contempt. We may be as ! sured that he who really loves th( 1 thing itself loves its finest exhibitions A true friend of his country loves hei I friends and benefactors, and thinks 11 no degradation to commend and com' memorate them.?Daniel Webster. ; Mud Geysers in California Cover More Than Two Acres I On the eastern shore of Salton sea, Oonfrtpnio a fipid of mud geysers re i VaiUUlAliUf M W cently came Into existence. The field spreads over a little more than two acres. The geysers are various-sized I caldrons of hot mud. Until 15 years ago this sea was a dry, salt-incrusted | area with a maximum elevation of 265 i feet below sea level. In the year 1904 | the Colorado river ran over its banks, i and the water entered into the basin, i making a lake of 400 square miles. I This inflow was stopped in 1906, and since then the Salton sea has been , shrinking. The geysers appeared a ! short time ago?caused, presumably, ! by earthquakes in the vicinity.?Popular Science. Cardinal Newman Makes Clear What Gentleman Is A gentleman is full of consideration for others, a foe to violence of opinion or expression; an enemy at the same time of restraint, suspicion, gloom or resentment. He Is merciful, i gentle and tender; avoids unseasonable allusions or topics; never makes . uiLUbtu yruiuiutjuL iu cuuversauuu cluvi i suppresses his own egotism. He makes I light of the favors which he does and | seems to receive while he confers. He | is scrupulous in imputing motives, is never mean or little, never takes unfair advantage; and never mistakes I personalities or abuse for argument? j Cardinal Newman. iHHm Cotton amberg, Sc revolutionize fa promises better ? . . uts, as a subs tit i y for handling I us next fall. Fa le North Carolii there will be < phate of Lime) will i !. Sold by Carolina ichine on the market i ? _ pace giving lmuiine Agent will giv J. A. WYM/ IHHBBHH Italy has 600,000 women textile workers. Lady Bathurst is the only woman 0 in England who owns and manages a 1 newspaper. ? i m * ?* m t, Cincinnati brass foundries still > ! maintain female help in their shops. ' ! i. : I | Pg THE MO, flfsi The ner lL/\ five, ful Wim roomine IV ^ comfort Oil Con >uth Carolir irming practices returns, with lei Lite in part for c< Peanuts, and w rmers may planl tia Runner variel a market for the make the largest yiel Fertilizer and Ccntr. s the "Benthall," made ition about peanuts f e you direction! iN, President | NOTICE TO DEBTORS ANI) CREDITORS. All persons having claims against : the estate of Charles F. Black, deceased will file the same duly item- i ized and verified, with the undersigned, and all persons indebted to said ! estate will make settlement with the undersigned on or before December 19. 1919. C. E. BLACK, 12-1S Administrator. jBSS^BESenZTT^ -?? pi IT BEAUTIFUL v series "Linwood" model wa 1 grown^ adult passengers, ss?the first essential element . And what a blessing it is < a hundred miles or more. ot arrange with our dealer today? His allotment of c i the part of wisdom to place possible. iTROIT MOTOR CAR COMPANY, THOMAS BLACK CO. BAMBERG, 8. 0. FIGHT ipany ia in this section, ss expense, than jtton. ill be in the m< t either the Littl ties with full as; iir Peanuts. d, free of "pops," acting Co., Charlestoi s by Benthall Machine rom time to time. > for peanut gro NOTICE OF DISCHARGE. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned administrator of the estate of Charles F. Black, deceased, will file his final accounting with the judge of probate of Bamberg county on the 27th day of December, 1919, and at the same time will apply for letters dismissory as such administrator. C. E. BLACK, 12-2." Administrator. IN AMERICA K3 j s designed for HjJ . That means ?|raR ; in motor car g*ll on those long faSaj for a demon' ||y|i ars is limited ? your order as |p%B j , DETROIT, Mick ~ ?????? 1 THE BOLL WEEVIL I I I arket to pur- I e White I ?ur- I and is I n, S. C. I Co., Suffolk, Va. wing. 8