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'Monody can deny you have (tone a jut
'i 1~ few foollsh things lately, Wray.'
VJUv/^1 I' * Id c- j 'Still, I have escaped disaster so .
far," he said. 'Now I stand to lose a .
good deal.' d0{
{Y(} ti? 'You make one curious!'cried Joan.
r? 'What do you stand to lose?'
He leaned towards her. ^
*-) ? ?"TT^T^ ( % 'The best friend a man ever had,'
;rw JzsJtr^v?j ? he said.
'Then?then, don't run the risk,' she
Ci S C faltered. dc
' ' * 'Yes. I've got to carry it through,'
he persisted. '1 am pretty sure you tj(.
won't believe me.' ,
'Oh. but you know ' ^ ,?
RDIl li 1 "han't blame your incredulity,' he L'
VV v/l\iv said; 'I have been thinking things K0)
over.'
n the market, 'Wen?' she asked rc)
'With the result that I am not cer- jlt)
H1?natr.h. ^a'n ' ahould be more open to convic- w?
^ hbigland only on one condition. Fail- | .j
'Tell me and liave done with it ' shn I
exclaimed. ^
' By Thomas Cobb. 1 'You have seemed to warn mo,' ho , ;]
continued. 'I don't know whether you j
intended it as a warning, whether you
, . . saw, though pretending to be blind.
[Continued from last issue.J Hut,' he said, lowering his voice,. 'I
- love you, Joan.'
'Th*n y6u expect guests/ ho said. She sat entirely motionless for a
Tou have put on your war-naint.'and few seconds; then raising her right
he looked down at her evening frock, hand, she passed it slowly before her wt
'Isn't that a rather dangerous re- eyes. it
mark-?to a woman of ray age?' she 'Oh, 1 wish you had not said that."
?xclalmed. she whispered. f|1
'Yours is the perfect age,' ho in- 'I told you I feared you would not
dsted. bolieve me,' ho said.
'Do you like my dress?' she asked ( will try to bo just to you,' she ,
julckly. answered. '1 don't think you can re'You
might as reasonably ask alizo the affront you are putting upon
ibother one admires the moon on a me.'
* ? ,
maimer's night,' he said, 'or a date- 'The affront!'
reo in the desert.' 'A month ago or less, you arrived in , .'
That is very pretty of you, if a England,' said Joan. 'That first even
ittlo hyperbolical,' cried Joan. 'Now, \U{r yQU tol<l mo of your intention to
ike off your coat.' ask Pauline lo marry you.' .
You are not going out. then?' 'But even that first evening '
I was going,' she rejoined, 'but She silenced him with a deprecatory SUl
[ 1 iv changed my mind.' gesture.
A ihing you are not often guilty 'Pauline has refused you.'
if. he said. ?*i thank whatever gods there be," '
Yet you said I was a?a womanly l he quoted,
vomnn! But,' she added, 'there is 'You have heard that Amabel is eu- "
four meeting!' gaged to Bernard '
I can't improve on this,' said Wray, *Yes, I have heard that.'
taking off his overcoat. 'And you turu to mo as a last re- ''''
During the dinner she led him to source!' ("
talk of his adventures abroad; and 'i_i don't quite understand you/
when she rose from the table, Joan said Wray. nn
suggested he should smoke in the 'Oh, but you know very well you '''
garden. would have asked Amabel to marry '
'Anywhere, so that you promise you ' s:>1
not to leave mo,' he answered, 'Not If there were no other woman
It has been usually the other way jn tlio world!' exclaimed .Wray. 'I ',f>
a bo . said Joan. j u^ed the girh j found her amusing; '!r
SI i strolled forth, but Wray would I hut unite anart frrvm or,,, ? Ot<
w UU J UtllCl WU*
ru: i ('own until they were at a (lis- j sideration, I know that Venables ' M*
.1 r from the house. Their bench 'The knowlodge does not appear to
/.n <;rrounded by foliage, so that as havo interfered with you,' said Joan. ar'
i. ...- s. elusion went they might have 'Hut how on earth could you imag- s'r
In cn in .,o:no country solitude. luo ' P"
It v. in half-pa-1 eight o'clock on a *1 felt quite sure/ Bho returned.
!i r." owning A faint breeze was 'That I could lovo ' f"'1
blowing alter a hot day. When they i 'Oh, Wray, Wray! I don't think you rtt
looked i v.at' rough the chimney ^ are capablo of lovo. You had a nat- ! '
ol t . : t. < *, i , saw only the blue ural desire to marry?to settle down, th
el y. ?you considered yourself bound to
I c: ,ne hi ;; ih a special purpose Pauline, but you preferred her sister, ex
t'r : 1 Wray. Now they havo both left you out in th
'"s oi 'i.li . ..arn me of that.' the cold.'
'To tell the truth,' he continued, 'I Wray looked at Joan with a wt
w ;s net run- I l.ould be al>le to nius- thoughtful smile. He rose and stood ha
Uv suii.i ic:.t c irage -or f<K>lhardi- in front of her as the summer th
aess?to breach the subject.' evening gradually darkened. in
Joan sat silent a few minutes, her 'Joan,' lie said, 'the Lord lias deliv- - rn
hands resting by her sides. ered you Into my hands. So you hon- I rr
'Are you going away again?' she olii.. t *
_ .wvij muubuv i wmueu iu marry >\ma- ar
quietly asked. bel?' di
'Thul la quite likely ' 'Why, yes,' she answered, looking a j
'Soon?' mtio startled. co
'But it was not about that I wanted 'You believed I was very much bent bti
to talk to you,' said Wrny on making her my wife?' ho persisted, y,
'About what r she asked. 'Everything is relative, you know, th
'I urn not sure I am doing a wise Wray.' ah
thing, he continued. *At th' too, when nothing W;
s
IB BATBSBURO APVOC
ood In my ^ay?before Paulino na<:
okcn with Strachan?'
'Since the night of Mrs. Bishop's
ince,' Joan answered.
'There's a fatality about that wo
an's house,' said Wray. 'But you
sre convinced that night I wished
marry Amabel?'
Yes '
'And that thore was nothing to prent
me?'
'Only Bernard.'
'But Bernard was not in the run"
' .... I.I <U,. ho.lii't n nun.
beyond his pay. Bernard was of a
gligible quantity. Now,' he added,
always counted you niv friend.'
'You were right to that extent,' she
iswered.
'Then why did you take a sldo
;ainst me? Why did you give Bern
d that means to cut mo out?'
Joan sat staring straight before
!i\ not during to meet his eyes.
'Shall I tell you why, Joan?'
'No?no '
'I think I shall tell you,' he said:
id, raising her hands, she pressed
em over her tingling face, wishing
at the darkness would overshadow
r more quickly.
She waited tremulously, spoculatS
whether the unwonted ring in his
ice w as anger or?not anger.
'Look at me, Joan,' he said.
But still keeping her face covered.
an shook her head.
lie placed his lingers 011 her bare
I11S. x
'Wray?Wiay!' she protested.
With gentle force ho drew her
mis from hor face, but Joan bowed
r heud.
Look at me, Joan!' bo said agaiu,
1 slowly she raised lier eyes.
1 will tell you why you wrought
tinst me,' he said.
?he rose from the bench.
We will?we will go indoors,' she
ed, but Wray still held lier arms
Jtive.
You did it because you lovod me,'
whispered.
She threw aside all reservation.
All, I loved you?1 loved you long
ong ago, Wray!' she cried.
Before '
Before you tluug your life away?
tl mine?for an ignoble '
Don't, for (loci's sake, he muttered.
Then, when you caine again, yearn
er, I loved you yet.'
And now?" lie asked.
And always,' said Joan.
Won't you come to me at last,
ir,' he urged.
Should I have admitted as much
He drew her nearer, kissing her
s; then, presently, he led her away
yards the house.
I think,' said Joan, 'I have surrcnred
a little too easily.'
Far more easily that 1 dared to anipate,'
he answered, with a laugh.
It may be,' she said, 'that I pro>ted
a little too much. Women do
metimes; and besides, the grapes
emed very?very sour.'
It was entirely dark when thefiehcd
the lawn in front of the
use. There shone a light in every
ndow.
.lrtol
shall go with you. my dear!'
THE END.
During 11*01 there were 01,391 ao
jus brought before the Paris Tri
inal. of which 31,197 were undefendi,
and 13.284 tried.
HOW BUTTERFLIES MIGRATE.
IS a Fire Privileoe to Witnpcs thn
Milkweed Species Move.
r<> witness .1 niigruiion 01 ihe milk1
iiu111'i'ily is a rare privilege, foils
our only spe? ii.s in America that
migrate, and honor* d were we
its loyal pro.. s.j, hound for the
r .in,' or tin gulf states. A roL
klnt ppy.go.lucky sort of crowd
1 > -ii mi (1.
An aim.,dug and interesting specie
we found those frail, air> voy.
ms on ihat sunny alt< r.??on when.
1 of lh clock (that strike* nil the
in s : ! it?, gong is tend; rly wrap(1
in eottosi batting) tiny drifted
us in hundreds, like autumn leaves
leased from their inoorin., afloat on
miner winds.
As swallows soaring, curving, drop >'?
into the chimin > dept' s at twi!t
ti ns the Jiutt rfli "oso and
'. 11-s em! circled hi he: higher,
to the >, :y tree 1 t' en < a-ne
1 ' r !:. '. sett,
g and unsettling then. !\< s fussily
iiv. noiselessly, as though a more
ntaot with a hrancii made them roll;
if r, it just the right place--up
d away, slowly ami with dignity;
eir selections weie (lain il> made.
D11 the twigs they strung them,
ves 1 " :>> beads, < le it o? another;
rath"-, the eompori so 1 'ht well
made, they hung in I" aches as <
oops the yellow laburnum, the pur- ,
1 wistaria, the fragrant lo-ust bios. |
rn Precisely like that th y hung. |
firing down by their w< 'ght all
mind the Ire" the flue f:i: .< of the
nice, freighting it wi'h < iristinns
its before the tint" of frni; ge
Whether or not somnolence, indif.
renee to fate, or wing-weariness
led the butterfly mind. I crrrn t >'!.
it I stood among t3?e swarming
misands, at the very least count,
d plucked them off, one by one.
periinentlng with them and setting
em again on the twigs.
Set II noil Til V linnit Thla H,o( nnn
>uld remain as I placed it for perns
ten second. Another would, at
n unloosing of its wings, flutter
stantly upward. I set them upon
y dress, to which they clung rarnlonger
than to my hand; but not
ly kind of experimenting greatly
sturhed them. Going the rounds,
attempted to count tliem as far as I
luld reach, but gave it up when 1
id numbered something over three
mdred. for they seemed always on
e move, settling, rising, fluttering
out, mixing themselves in many
ays.-jVaroer's.
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these arrivals and departures,
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as information and are not t;ua; .-.ntci d
NOT It 11 HOI' N I).
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Lv Columbia U.3r>p "> -5 i
A r Jamden lO.Jnp " > <> 21:: '
Ar lluml"t 12 25a
ArRtleinh lu . < 11 Ada
Ar Portsmouth 7.3<?a .">'10,.
Ar Richmond 7.18a >> 3oa f?.i iip i
A r Washington 10.2^.1 s :*>0a H It"?p t
Arhul'imnre 11 40 i jt.f?7a St 2n
Ar hhilad Iphia l f>;?p 12. isp ii. ?ip
Ar New Yo-k 1 30|> 2 45p .VJ i
No. S's. t'iorida Limited, diiiy , x ,
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LOCAL N<). r?s.
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Arrive llamlet L30p. m j
SOI.'Til d N ).
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Lv Columbia ! V'k: 10.25a 11 45p |
Ar Savannah 9 30a 1 OOp 2.1ip ,
A r Jacksonville I 1 p 4 50p 7.15a <
xr Tampa 6.30a 0.30a t> ('Op 1
Ar St Autfustiue 2.25p lu 40p II 00a |
xrl'alm lieuch 1 OSa 7.f?0a 7.55p
Ar Miami 3 20a 10.50a t .25c
- .rins Key 7 ooa 3 20p
Leave ( olumbia .-.? ??.? ... ,
\rrive Savannah 11 Ooa. !
Seal) ?ard Florida. Limited train-. 0s i
and 09, exclusively Pullman rq Ip |
ment, consisting nf ?l i.x if loom
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runs mi lid in -t X ?i n - t i .c, i : r <:i :
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KY. AND RETURN
VIA SOUTHERN RAILWAY
Account So thern Rapt: i Convention
the Southern Kailw ' announces
very low round trip rates to
j Louisville E/. from all points. Tickets
will be sol - iv 10, 11, 12 and 13,
' 1909, limite . for return leaving Louisville
not later than midnight of
May 22th 1909
Round trip rates from principle
| stations as follows.
Abbeville $15.82 Aiken $18.70
[Anderson $15.85 Batesburg $17.95'
I Blacksburg $14.95 Chester $15.8.'
I Blacksville $18.40 Columbia $16.9(
| Branchvillc $16.00 Gaffney $1
I Greenville $15.10 Greenwood$l
Lancaster $17.05 Newberry $.
Orangeburg 18.40 Sumter :
Prosperity $19.45 Rod; Hill S .8.-,
I Jipartanbrrg .>i t.20 I <.>n
Yorkville
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R PRICE TJ ALL.
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desi'.n:-. in Furniture and House Furnishings ol every deion.
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iuuiuiii.n. ncxi uuur 10 me janies i.. lappi.n.
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k./ges, Organs, Mattings. Carpets,
Rugs, Shades, 1.. <
Curtains.
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L^UllUii V/k vpo
is merely a question of using enough of the right
kind of fertilizers.
V irg inia-C ar ol ina
F ertilizers
are the right kind.
The cotton plar.: annot feed on barren land. Study
your soil. Find "..: what it lacks. Then apply the
nece: ary fertilization and the results will surprise you.
f what Mr. W. C. Hays of Smith Station, Ala., did. He says:
"I p .. il about .'Oacr^s of some 'gray sandy land' that had been in
culu . .>n for over 20 years, and used 300 pounds of Virginia-Caro.na
1 '.ilizers per aire, and 1 vxpcct to gather XO bales from
'j'? ' oert'S." This it; why we say it is the right kind. We have
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: Fertilizer for ?.ot'.on*
Get copy of the i?< w 1900 Virginia-Carolina Farmers' Year Book
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will be sent you free. It contains pictures of the capitols of all the
Southern States.
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Norfolk, Va. M'flEj! ; ' Charleston, S. C.
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