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FERTILIZER FOR SALE—NOW IN STOCK TERRY & SHAFFE) truat where be admired. Mademoiselle Grandin had cer.ainly been handsome enouah to make any man loae bia head. Paul Ham-re waa handaome, too, and of much the name type. She aai<t he waa h«-r nephew, her ‘‘deaf, dead aiater’a only w»n,” and even before my fatber’a death, he had become practically one of the family. But it waa not till dear, old, hot-tempered I>ad waaaafcly umier- ground that he and she had dared to ahow their hand I^*ly itomiM had only 110,000 a year under my father's will.. Winnie and I had all the rest. My money waa the trick* they wanted to take with their trumps, and they held some strong ones, with Winnie for the ace. My step-mother disliked me very much, for I had always been a stumbiin^ block in her path. Bather than any thing, I think she would have pre ferred my deaths for then the miser able fortune that was spoiling my life would be Winnie’s. That was the reason, I told' myself, why she had let me help nurse that coast guard’s children in .the epidemic of diphtheria, when we first (at Paul Harrere's sug gestion, I was sure> came to Corn wall, out of reach of all old friends. I hai isolated myself from Winnie, staying at one of the coast guard's cottages, until all danger of contagion was over, and. my' stepmother had approved. But I bad been incon siderate enough not to die; and the next best thing was to get control of the money by mairying me ,to Paul Barrere—who was not’ at ill tnwrse. Lady Bonald had debts of her; own, , I,guessed, and so had Mr. Barrere. If I would marry him, I could take Winnie away, and she would be my ch9l, not the frightened, ill-fed, miser-, able little waif I • could not prevent her from In-ing now*/ ‘ - • • IVrhapH' Paul Barrere really liked n»e„ as well as he could like anybody except himself. He thought me pretty, 1 dare say, and was at the pains to make himself vastly agreealde. If I had met him in other Circumstances, I might have considered him an atuus-' ing companion,dor he was witty, amTas- a musician could have n-achtsl great ness, htt'd he not In-eti t<»o laxy. But as a hiiNband lie would hayi^ Ix-en impossible, if—it had not been for Winifred. “Here he comes," I said aloud, hastily. . "Let's hurry into the bouse and get*- away from him.” /or I was positively afraid to l»c a*k»d again for an answer now. Winnie’s talk of Jack Try-on set me thinking of the bold step I had taken w hen Lady Boiutld hail firsf announced , intention of carrying my little sister off to Cornwall; I hltd'’written to Jack, giving bun our new address. I did not even know his ship; so I had si;iit the father formal note to his Istnilon club, marked'“to Ik- forw arded” Somehow I felt t hat ] should be h&ppier if Jack knew inyyhereabouts, and then ‘ he could reply—if he still rnred! *v JII - Next morning, after breakfast, J.adv Bonald invited n»e to her room, and began to talk more openly than she had ever done Is-fot'e about in v mar riage, miming Paul Barrere ns a suit able husband. My stepmother knew that 1 despised her as an adventuress, who had hypnotized my father by ln-r beauty, and I avoided her as much as [sissible, as our interviews 'often ended in a “scene.” So it 'was today. Stung-by my contemptuous silem-e w hile, slu- was dwelling on her protege's virtues, she broke out into vitu|N-ra- esca tion, and, as usual, when »,be gras excited, rushed into French, her mother tongue. Then I rose to go, as I always did when she became abusive;* but at the door 1 could ail prevent pyself flinging at her a question that came to my lips. k 9 \ • “What is he to you, this man. I demanded, “that you urge him on me as a husband’ What is the scent tie between your” She dart'il at me like a snake. Her eyes sparkled; her white, ring-laden ‘fingers twitelied as if she would have ■cored my face with h'-r nails. Then she broke out again, volleying her words at me like bullets from a machine- gun, shouting that she would break me to her will, ’eo#t ,what it might. In the midst of her ravings I Wt her, and ran into the garden, with a quickly beating heart, and a burning sense of degradation that I should have to live with such a woman, W en'dure such odious indignities. More—much more—than for myself did I feel for little Winnie, abused and ill-treated by this termagant, while I w as almost powerless to help: Stdl-mv presence had, no doubt, some restraining influence;and the one thing that was dear in the situation was that.I could not leave my little sister in the power of this .woman. AX 1 sat miserably in the summer- house that overlooked the great cliff at whose feet boiled the sea two hundred feet belds*, Winnie herself cam* run ning to me, putting up her face for a kiss. Suddenly I determined to spe pipe were not possible—escape nnie and me. For my own icnts there was no restriction; calculated that my little sister me to them closer than could one walls or iron bars. Holding the Iden-hmired fairy diild by the hand,^ out on a tour of inquiry. The ge ground* were enclosed on all c» by a high stone w all, save towards the sea, where the almost vertical cliff ha*l been considered sufficient guard to their privacy. I knew that there wen* onlv Two doors in they enclosing wall the gnat gates at The -end of the rive, and another door near the ■tallies and the servant’s quarters.. The gates were seeun-ly I'Tked. When I bad -spade sun* of this (Winnie still holding my hand) 1 sauntered with apparent carelessness to the other door, and put my hand on the latch to o|»en B. It, too, was fastened A gardener working near at hand, had hioked up quickly as I approached; and now, when 1 desired him to o|»en the gate, he answered, with a shamefaced look, that '1 could go out if I liked, but his orders were that the young miss should not Ik* allowed to leave the grounds without Lady Bonnld’s isr- 'inissfoti. So, then, as 1 guessed*the child was trapped, and in securing Jut they reckoned that they had secured me also. ’ , , • Winnie ran off to feet! her pet rabbits, find strolling balk' to the summer-house' 1 sat there w hile pondering on the situation, in a iimhmI of dreary introspection. A flying flag of tjih k smoke caught my attention out at sea, "and I found myself idly .wonder ing w hat kind of craft it could 4k* that stcaW‘1 >*“ -fast; for now I could dis cern « long, low hull With four dumpy funnels.' The venomous-looking thing come rUshing in shore at thcjj>ee«iuk*i* express-U*in; a great foaming wave under her stern ; and somehow my heart tiegnn to thump as 1 watched it. It was a torped«i-destroyer. Ami then it flashed u|*on hie that Jack Tryon was in the navy, and 1 wondered if [kept there could be any significance for me in this unusual spectacle. Almost in the mouth of the Helfofd |£iver the boat turned at full speed, • hearty in her-own length, then stopped, and* lay idly bobbing on the waves. Straining my eyes, 1 distinguished two dark figures on her deck, and the sun cast back a glint that might have been the iV-flection from the brass wor of a telescope. Then there was the flutter ing of sdthething white,.and I sprang to my feet with a little rapturous cry, as 1 realized that somebody on the torpedo-destroyer was signaling to me! . 1 plucked my handkerchief from my belt and waved it wildly.. * Suddenly flags flew from the boat, and the jiennant uppermost signified that s|ielling signals would begin. How well.I remembered that heavenly week three years ago when Jack Tryon , taught me the system of flag signaling, encouraging my strenuous efforts As a scholar by saying that 1 learned more quickly and remembered more jeadily than anyone he had ever seen! I had forgotten nothing of these lessons, for among my most cherished treasures was the code-book .from which Jack taught me, and often 1 had conned my less*ms over thinking of those happy days. ... The flags were at work. "E-d-n-a!” Letter by letter the words were spelled by the fluttering pennants and flags, out t ere at sea. “('an-*you-see-mc; I-airt-Jack-Tryon.” 1 gave a little, stifled cry of joy. I would have given anything for some flags with which to answer him; but 1 could only wave my handkerchief again in token that I understood. 'Then after a. pause, “H.IV’ (I have irh|H>rtant intelligence) was dis played. I was still staring at the signal when a face popped up into my ' line of sight—a man’s face looking-at me from the brink- of the cliff. The shock of surprise sent me flying back a step or two, before I recognized the hones# eyes and sUii-bufhed face of Dan Hostcr, my»rJii«f frieusl among the coast guard. Quickly I returned to the edge of the cliff, and |H-ering over saw that he was standing on a narrow- shelf of rock that ran along the face of the precipice., “Excuse me, miss,” he said, “but there’* a torpedo-lnmt a-making sig nals we can’t quite understand up at the look-out. She says “Edna!” I interrupted excitedly. “That’s mV name, you know! Then v he, Mr. Tfyon, I mean, iisked^ if I could set* him. I Oh, >Vs/’ I went on, in answer to the puzzled look that spread over his features. “I understand the signals. I .end me your tdearope!” 1 caught it from his hand, and point ing it towards the liont, Jack’s dear face sprang miraculously into view, his very eyes gifting, ns it seemed, into mine. t . How brave he looked, how- handsome, in his workmanlike, nuvaj uniform! What if I'could get off to him, taking AVinnic with me! Hut then, miy stepmother, her guardian, could retain her, unless — the blood rusln-d up to my face w ith the thought that flashed into mv mind! Handing back the telescope, I hastily scribbled on the tablet of my chats claine. “H.B (Want immediate as sistance,) at»d(“N F ”)f Do not abandon me;) then mischievously I added ‘ , L” (Want a pilot. Can 1 have one?) and pass<s| the book down to Houter, telling him* to go and make those signals at ones. . * Certainly, miss,” he answered with alacrity. “It’ll >ake me five minutes ' from here to the look-out”—which was the highest part of the coast, beyond my sight—“And I’ll Ik» back for your further instructions in ii<. time.” ’ • As I watched him sidle along the ledg. and disappear round a projecting, part of the chff, I remembered a thing that 1 had heard of him from tb<- ’ servants Dan Hosier’s wife, befor. ^ they married, had Been upjx-r house- maid to the familV then at Cliff House and there was a difficult way ftldnf the cliff, by which he came to see her on the sly. * . ' With desperate impatience, I waited c ^or what would happen next, thrilling with anxiety lest someon^sJrom (Ik* house should interrupt me la-fore Jack and I could understand each other. As I watched “H.B.” went fluttering down. I knew that the faithful,Roster was transmitting my messages. There was a long pause; then the |K*niiant up- • |K*rmo8t flying • on the torpedo-boat signified that sin-lling signals would begin again. Breathlessly, 1 watched the fluttering flags. “Will - you -” There was a tantalizing pause. Would 1 Vhal’ Why did he not hurry on tp the enH of the sentence? There; the flags were at work, again! “M-a-r-r-y m-o?” was the question that came fluttering across the water. 1 caught my breath. A proposal of marriage flagged from a torpedo-boat to a coast guard station! It was like receiving an offer .through a speaking, trumpet for all the world, to. hear! . •Yet 1 rejoiced in the message, ami my heart answered it-, as did my waving -handkerchief, which I hoped Jack would understand. * How 1 wished that I had the flags! How enthusiast lo cally 1 would have answered “C.C.” (Yes, Yes.) The grating of :» nailed boot on rock brought me back from a world though to reality; and there was Hosier on the ledge, looking up with a self-conscious grin. '***“ ."Yes, yes. Hosier,’\ I exclaimed hastily, seeing him nboyt to sjieak. “1 quite understood the message- Please answer ‘C’.” 1 was conscious that 1 blushed to the temples. “That 1 will, miss,” he said, “anil .my respectful congratulations. I’nr glad you are marrying into the navy, miss,” ami he was gone again on his missjon as love’s go-between. If my care of his sick baby had lieen a , virtue, then virtue was having its reward. - IVesently came the waving of a handkercjfief, and I knew Jack had syen mjWignal, I was engaged to be marrieffl More flags were at work “One thousand thanks. Happiest of men. Will come for you seven v - to-morrow morning with special license He realft,” was the necessary laconic* * but exciting message. The boat shot around, the form wave rose under her stern; she was off like a greyhound up the channel.^ “Was over woman in this manner wooed; was ever wbman in this manner won?” I repeated to myself in para phrasing Shakespeare; then Hosier came scrambling up-once more. Kneel ing on the edge of the cliff I leaned down to him, and-we. had a long w hispered conversation. V. That night Winnie slept in my bed< pillowing her dear golden head in the hollow- of my arm. At six I kisAed her and she woke instantly. Wc dressed j Albert, s pent th,, week-epd in Char leston. £\i i 1 it ^ • -V * , Wc will occupy the H. Zfilin store as soon as The remnants and so-called bargains are disposed of. Wait 'for our opening announcement. »BIW US B. LEVY, anager ***************ji * Personal Mention * * * Mrs.'E. D. Lemackg Is spending a few day* in Charleston visiting’ at the home of Mrs. Jackson. Paul W. Strickland, of Snioaks. was the guest of his son. Hugo S. Strickland Monday of this week. „ ' Ernest A Marvin, who is planting below Green Pond, spent Monday in Walterboro. , Mias Ernestine Hill has returned from Florence., where she has been spending several weeks visiting | T. H. lilshrr «nd brother. Hen. of J Sldpey Were among those in town |yesterday. » —o-o—^ P. M Yarn, of the Sniders section, was tn Walterboro yesterday. -.Col J. W. Hill. of Coilacrvhle,! was In Walterboro yesterday. —o-o— K M. Jefferies, Esq., had -profes sional business in Columbia th- early part of the w.eek. Holier K. Padgett. Esq., of the local bar. had business In Columbia *.e early part of the .week. friends. Miss Hill Is a daughter of Magistrate Hill, of Round. I . R. M. Jefferies. Hugo 8. Strickland, 1 Lucas (\ Padgett and Dr. W. (1. Ackerman left this morning to be present at Rldgeland,' today at the. marriage of Rev. Chas. Jones. They made the trip In Mr. Jefferies' car. Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Black, accom panied by Mias Kate Kents, spent from Friday to Sunday in Bamberg visiting relatives. * ■/ Mr. and MrOL W. Bunch and lit tle aon Carlton, of Augusta, came to Walterboro yesterday to spend some tim* with his >ister. Mrs. J. L. Rents, at Hotel Albert Mrs. Harry Thayer came up from Charleston and spent last week tn Walterboro wph Mr. Thayer. who=<*i huafnerfs kept him here during lliei week. Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Morgan, Miss Helen* Morgan. Mis* Frisley and .11. W Beach, of Wiggins, motored to Walteeboro Sundky, * dining at the Hotel Albert. Dewey Yarley. of Weeks, who. has been spending n short- time in 8a- I vannah and Lakeland. Fla., has re- 1 turned home. D. E. Smoak and son. P. M.. of Stnoaks, were in Walterboro Satut* day on business. Mrs. L. Hsselden and children, ac companied his sister. Miss Sallle HasMden; on her return to her home at Hemingway, after a most pleas ant visit to their horn# in Waiter- bora They left Saturday afternoon. N. J. Trowell, of the Great Swamp section, was in town Saturday. An automobile party from Island- ton in Walterboro Monday consisted of the folibwing well-known citizens of^hat section of the county: A. Q: Lyon*. Dr. R. A. Hudson. J. I. Sin- eath. Henry Mills and WMIe Kinsey. tNebraskan Says It I§ Greatest Eyer Over Bad ' Country Roads. % ^ i . ■ * ' J C. A. Rosseterj’. of Valentine. Neb., is one of the leading boosters of Dodge Broth ers car# in that section of the country. Writing in to the factory, he says: f ‘I think the Dodge Brothers carHs a wonder, especially in this country, where yffu havte to buck sand every trip. My work is always in the sand hills and I have to cover r about one hundred square miles of the w?»rst roads on earth. * . ' . > .o * > ' b ■ «> * M I have driven my car over 6,000 miles without a breakdown, something never done ' with any other car over these same roads. In the sand hills I go from 13 to 15 miles pef > gallon of gas. If I went north on the hard roads I would average between 18 and 20 miles.” This Car Is Sold By X A . Wwkman & Son • ' ’ * \ u Walterboro, S. C.