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I AN HL HERO - - YRIGIT. 1i 0, IY 'ilONA CITAPTll V. YO.1 UNClE JONA liAN I II. Melvin was i.ore fItunate thanl le had (tltiated hope, for iv hIl golle but it short distalnce wheni ie I at, lit o road anid after fullowilig that a littl way ranl (11 oin ti a house. It Is tiue It was uot iiich of a beinig Iluerely a smal log C11ii. i'l it SUIrroT din i 25 nV 111ea1 ger t :11ii. 1i.l vitinig. preilsing lithk t i til- h % 6 COn forts; but, for all that, it W0ul'l a i ford shielter and food'. :a1 l 11 a1 %%:1, [ giat deal utnder the ciretui-in' s. lie rode up to the tua1l1 de lone .31 fence that stootl Ibektween he' y i 4 and the road ail wa- 1:irin f t l e1t let hls presence le Lnowl whle a 111111 entne al' Ildt 41 (1're lie wva-i a little. wiry. ve:'ther haIlln ('Il chaip. almli ',t hillden n''Tl 111,0 : 1A M i lu th bre:nl brililicel str:J:i 1::11. I It waS no t exP-etin: .1 ti :ire.' e,. r. iti d the upe:ir:i1-e e f - " ' great si se t1 Mt. I I ." I Fihlrt. h;i - IInou thII I a ! .I - \\e u i' l. opei. inil i Ste1 l St tt i: ig i ' I. e t silen[ e. It was: M-lvinl wh\ l -it, N I st "I l -ive IoSt Ili w h a l. "'a ndv 1 1n eloo in:: er a Ih~iee t e,.nl the peling w!thi yo':" If .\lelvin expected thi tr:n tv p eI hadiel ju t n:e d. i n iii 1':i- -'% I'li IedI . t't it ie:. tIr ti re ' ' t'e is pe . lth i nr h no\lt2'e eee thler . i ii'.,.. ier:uit, w ,:tl pr: t. L i ro ll : 1 e 1f . ii :n W I : I. e.ie: VI ' I:ti 11 te tell i : .'t ' ' lit -ell K i il t1-1, :1 a . S tp ai I V it~r A :: ll t' l'. Iil'. . little' er, un. it h e 1. i t :11. e w le li1i i -i r uil i t g :In1y f it gIn e t lila' :l t l . 'lzeth rili e:i n'e!lv li es llen't xol " e 'Still I 11111it 10 . I w rhat il 'in' zil to1 t e i i I ~el .eeit h1lli gitn sleve. :- y.-lu' i ve heirl "\\'t :1t It 'I " jet o lh Isihel: Thitt. lhit l s 'ill uyl' tineel 4. a s heon f e leay lliie i l' i s' liiv we e 1teei. iter ll'vi itth len u V e nse toi~ iii an -; l it leeost it whaet of i:" ii eeslel'' gi .tclst in- t i d ' ." ehei ii lg " st ilo t.'" "li('' ::! lii t '.l 14 e Your e l' eel i . .11: Tur( r i t, I s ' .it~e t~i iIt, t h 'i a giin un hre. y i o e e ert of t lit' fller' Isg iti i l "lIxi l d Jn't kno w tat li 'iiv lid."i'i "\Van el i i wh tn you id' shiti' ofe' ich atghatt unrnogtsieu) hi1gssel i the w s ."1 i iliIii t ~l't ytuli *I tiki upsble'efor y 'Oto lse your way'i lini ai strliee wodIty" '1 Jet k ow itsin ssbl. i 11 t1 likte~ See roclel ioffet a lh g. jil tgl d (it." reei ii i tl i "oSuppose11 yiou eai wer in alii' lireu dh1 'Oinii't n1w rheasone fo teTh whabut?" llfom? "oht, I'd tno wall. riht whlh one cako." place. onh'alyou litlnow"Iitug "as."eflersy. anxous accot o tha eck wet'er M fliely ?" "I think thso. idargh i~ "decgone from whpataI'd hear'd tt yowu ou avebratger in thet? "Yes, some.' gh ol aj rel "Guessnayoain't hone of toe aske" In flroncohe ownth." rerI "eron theoldorthe Waett's v rih Coonar big peetd houtsortf" "Naeve preachundosnea , anh?" ll Ineght coane."oithra iln con uin mao re ck onott" l jes what devericadeot in I~theor dou mnuhtcsi, hasl f ou" ut wason exptInthe a wo ld.i'm t frinC "reI've gohearndlgn soe lac ofth pl'sabout Conid'e Ittle knowing jelgei "o tic oun tafndBecket' Mbi "esr.ckoecdo frou wait I'drher t< germio tryat gt ory teust our s'o nyow, yo2" ebsiesi h par_? MBLEWY BY THOMAS P. MONTFORT 8 P. MO.NTFliORTl M, 0' o rutahr. "llain't, h iess zinebby you moueiglht i t kilnier l. ri til with a ' i o. .\k1 ' 10l14 1rii 1 f n *-ti e e l y . .\:I btt n i 1 . 1 a ,3 lb tin re Interet.Id to it t th n nIih els jest Kiln. --Vt'-. artI i t-.'l I '"nill stop withd sto 'th: y thingl". I ain't It-prctn-litl t. o - .%ay I fn din't." ''l ttyo h ven't an'wiered li'.'' ' ,. I .nle' I in't. lI' gha1 youl o, vn\ n.'n . - tra it'r. 'calist- I got ny lin~ to unn illn tholli other nin: i lt. an ih-an larg t all abiut it. YO . 11 11 life Sli ll II Ii.I. ' t 1i,41111. " hy. t ob shore I II. W hat r-1-:1 sitl itlicei'l' tl - still (.1 4litl IIl l 'or1 h l itt anscwerin lou, I' lik to knR OW' Yvs, i * ' Imill 1' 111 it, 1 111n '11 -thc r l,l1e r wti ilt t nnoli -s aroun111 s 1i1M.' Ii ill s. kl iIre , ' ill l etf tl I llit. I o ''I I iI I l t v t i l I I ; i .I I ell I t I I;a I ' lie.~' -IIr s ;11*1' 3 | Iie l Ial ju itl - s ".s I la. I I Win* It #li l. *'lh '' . 1 i <11 ql 'i' f ih ilel' i iel (. lell e I lii I' I ItI' I f ttil' in tor uthapls hulnp ti a laceU Iso i4 tIlI it i Iss " I I ef II i I I 0 "e Noi Ill lest'ilti l ' il e ilel.Illt hSi''e' , 1 .f il es t y illl ic ll - 1 1 i;-, tl e s'lle-- 4 th i li ti it h v il) lilt' "\ hyi I l e i li iit II(ill't it l'iI I i t. clu p l u t d 1othin thl \.:y I ig rr it, as h fll r s yS. Y u 'r 111 , your on. biloss, I 'ssi, an ic 'low you goe tii silty J e o.st whar youi1 olea'si." "co lneiines 1i l)." "t-gil) i ,esyou'rt e a1-goin Jest wI a r yoi pleitse lw, alt't ytill' "l'erhlaps. " "A lttt Irckell you I a t.i t outthat It Iltl't a btlaini hel it III( Il' I elillsiless wh1: yo 'r, a-gin nor : eet 1114W what. yo i're a-goIn " I I I 1al-r I Iss yi ioil ae Ibit I t Ior r.'e thee .\ r. Title . %" 1 s .4s), all I I11ess I~I A'hby pou'I, Iputube right too. At he Sane tilie low you nn't hl . t part of' tilt!h coin down((Itry to li k we ulls'e "('ertaIII.n.ly ot."1 "I knowe you cubIlln't hardly he but with al thr solleirillS an armie tIt-goill1 about. thewy they\ are-1 a l'olle e1il't. 1 i chltic i l 'l aec' bili liOt hill t ulot'e. 15 sebb y ew, III ll c clil~t . l aGr' at o tt:ei (i t ioesn't ei t tell it re rsnta in a y ol a itls eand I oeyul ellewtota il 'hy ys si---- l s oe oth t wode, ow what kido mnr thmfellier tlhiks they're a-golint finddonyr" 301lOic l'ltl o vryhn nw 'y dreadfully hungry andm t ired." "'Why, to be shore you mlust be0.] stani's to reason aL feller would l hunllgry an1 tIred after ridin all dai Yes, sIr-ce. Guiess thleml fellers ihahi tno notion that they're a-golin to tii gold around here, hav e theg?" "No. Say, I'mz ti of all thIs foolhin and lim just gohlng to dlimountt atl spend the nIght wIth you1, anlyhlow." y ou1 tuioughit jest as w~ell 'in' dlono th long ago 'steaid oif settin thtar chew ,the rag all tis thue."X' se "Why dhlin't you tell mue long ai that I mIght stop?'" "I- was allint to; buit, asl I said whl ago, my13 mlindl got to runnlInl on som1 gt tiln else, anf I forgot It. Wonder ttihem fe'llers are0 'lowln to 111nd allver the(se parllts?" "eNo. Where shall I put my1 hotrse? "Jest leave hlim thar at tile fene( I'll tote him1) to the stable dilreckI Itfeekon If thlem fellers haln't enlculati to fInd gold nor silver 'hlout yero till m0luist he a-flggerin on findIn somneti S "Naturally." "Ges melthby It mnoughtn't be Iroi dnow, miought ite" In spIte of tihe tact that lie was tiret hungry and anlnoyed. Mlelvlin burst int ; ing was so persIstent and ridlculou that It hlad becomie amuhlsinlg. Ilresentl Melvin saId: "Now. Mr. Tur~ner, am positl.o not going to answer another questIon 7d until I have halid suppiCI, 8 You ieed a1 not put yourself to tile troible of ask Ing me another thing. Do you under- p standl7"1 It "To he Shore i do. fill you'll find I 1in'1t lie ma to go oil askin a filler t( questins 1 wlel I see lie don't wInt to o be bothlired With 'VII. Nary tline I g pin't. ]tt. by gravy, strallger, it puz pies let igger t out what kind of mi1In. 'I eral tiei a r1li :11e conitini on tindin vere- it dsit'S shie ic: leekon they can't 'he sp'-till to) find Copper nor lead, cnr they?" NIlvin rills hed into the' house, leav Ing TI'rnierl' outside to put away t he :111 l'ondliter all alone the <iues thins tt:o. they did not affect bi li i l te least. interested him deeply. Ad I as 'I'iurineir pon idered till deni cattle to hii, f orhe lii lacked i great deal (of be ing as much li t' fool ts he seeineid. lie stopiped ()n his way to the stable with tie( horse ald, nodding his hiad kioiew Ilgly, rluttered to linIsel f these wvords: "Cofm down yere to smiiell roun' for mh ineIral: 'owerful li kely story, that is, wheI thinr aIn't tas much inineral in this hull htinlame section as ia feller could plit in Ia t iuen's (Ilr. Come down yteLe for so richil fellers jest to louf ahout. an sie what he (Iln sient iII the grolnd! Thiat thur"s till iltoutglty I'Iasoniale', nll fset' mil N'levv it--Ill in pIg's ey e! YIu are ia si(ek nli, young feller, lut youin i't euite siek eniough tie slide dlowin y U1 'le JoiIthiln Tu1r-i i(r's I hilon. iot <luite. Your I'l'e ,eenaillanl itiayli't le iucl to look at, hut liw las-ks a hul passel of beil ia detrned-i idilot asylulm, withl no moreal sense tal a gatl,.slst. all his optinln is tha"t you1 are.( a-lylin til that thar's a gilml si-al lak (of you that you llain't watlli kliowed." CIIAPTElIt VI. StIM SI'AlWl'S HiSllS NF.(lIIOTtS. Situ Imtiks ilil iot go hotie at once, but passe'd oI down the stret in the di rectlon of IlIcks' stori'. t had been his eisiot to go there every nlight to join tle little group of illlel Vho al ways congregated around the store stove in the winter and oi the platform In front of the door in the summer to loaf away their Idle hours. Ile had long been one of the leading ,spirIts in these meetings, and hireto fore hie had cone to them holdly, atld in the talks that followed Iis voice had been heard taking ani unportant part. But tonight hw approachled with hlllt ing step and shallied faci and sat down quletly on tie edge of the plat form on the very outskirts of the group. 1le hoped no ole woudt notlee Ils pres ence, an1d le was cnr-ful to dlo nothing to littriact attention to It. Pap Sampson 'was tlire and ,Jason Rtoberts and ,ilm Thorn and at mnnher of ot(he-rs, and 11 inost proninent alliong tiell all and lmst in evili'e ill the conversation was FEbenez.er Sparks. Very laturally, tile subject. iindeur dis cussion was thie( war al ti battle that ]),fid that ilay bes-n fought in thent hearill. Ebenezer, with wonerllffil (1. freinte'ry, se'ized the tirst oppolertuniity' te bravie deeidis-eform'ted hiv bihii in the 'olliilliiiig ilesirs' lio I lgeinl taike' upi fl soldlier''s life lilil Jolt1 itl Ilhs light ailtl tepleinc e- llosagers asie hard'ishipis of wari ais lie ail deis in slays gon~e 1by, mient . It wa':s a mystery ts' himi how s -Itan i'oubll halvie the assuranhiice to boeasi o-if Ihis lbravery wh'en only13 a few houri' ages he hud shoewnithei very' tueen ts whinl lie was talking that lhe wats at arranlllt i'owardl'5. Sun knetw that he hant acetsed thei iiart sef ai t'ow~ard, anid ti knew~ thati every inne tIhlere knlewi it andhue) l wa' reli'solvs'l that if' no on14 ' fore l'agu Sa:unsone briouight his cai "Tmlcr, Ebee'teze'r Spark'ls, thiat'l d< We aill knowsi howi bravei yt' ar1elli, H I hall ain 't aI gr'ainl ofi us4 Iln thle wosrt p diiit 111h plin tio 11 todayi3, you1 lii Sit Ithiiks bothi."' '"Sit Cl't se'emlto bi e dli imuel tailt 'houit the way lhe doe,"'' ,Jasoi obtserved,' w.iith It lan:gh. "'Iuhess lie he lieves in1 let tIn htis act ins speaik fo ''"Il'rd, .tasont I r'eckoni lte wayi3 SIim' wolinl donie khls oft took the tuck It id it ic hoped no0 oneC wot'l notiec his pret o to Sim, he addedl, "5he kiind of lilt yol h)o0ty haird, dlin't she, Sint?" Ie "No hairder'n aI deserved, I gutess, e- Slum replIed dryly. ''1 (did act the l.l If erabitle cowiaird, ani it aIn't 1no wondel in slie wa'ts ashamed of mec." "Say, by grannily, butt that's one wa; 'to talk, ainl't ltt?" Jason salid after e. short siletice. "Yout aillet a bit lIke El y'. enezer-, Situ, ie idone more cowau-rd!; ni thtan youl but y'ou wonI't ketch hit. 'y own1in of It, nary a time." ~'"I cnn't help niothiin 'hout what El eniezer- does,'' Sltim repliedi. "It don (10 no good to deniy the ti-ilth when cv e. r'hody knows w-hat I done." "'You're righi t iin, sima," Pap Sainpth Boni81( saidearIlly. "'AdielIt vi nega r to I 8weeter-, an adit a lie Ion alotherci fatl Saiin't go in to ma lke thle sitthei I'ti m )' less. Th'enm Is gospel Itruthis itf taI ever was one outsIde of the 11013' Wit, er 8sparks4, to taill.. 'im Into yOlti er-niv it digetst 'ell) 1.lng fit midl spells." J "Pall] 81ampsonl, " .henlezer. exclaIm- vv 1, bristlinig up ,' - I 'l4?- eN ii-:. ) te that I been ni-lyin't" "LOrd, no, Ebelnezer ! I nltt't no liaid III iiusiutate, but when i coward makes a at like lhe's br'alvet If hu. iin't 1l3 Ine's Ittin iIght slip next door to it." aE "You hetter he keerfuil, Pail)," 1im hIornl Said. "1or fi'st thing you know bl - h e_1 -f PT th W1 l il dkowil ~ ~ ~ ~ "" ml Cla111myIlao v 1 11k Il . al1 n . , S l31tIl t h Ii i iIl' i It elIp. Milk tills %N ill utll'Ul yo' h have - I ' pl ialn 1 Id ow i till st41. t'll w.lial ly tI liN t 11v -ict'r t-:11.1 i s e' ill blove tll l "th it It laluh Ilike S\\inm\.i".i she'"i .lson 1-1 ask ad Tio1-Y be ki ai l:, I il -s Ji CIlm 1 "I P ruuhi l w mit h a. itll yI r;ht nw i t'h ie til selv "Iny wo llt ;1 (1\111.y sii'll Sm' ti its til l w ith lilt toin-I sitll t-ihat afor \ fo. l )Ord l'ilt h-ll 'e n soo iiek i t Ylim ll l 1:11.1 11 i t3 ti a lI\l will ttI p'ess," ini Thorn r-irked . i n h wil4 l he rshe askit. wa'll'A i ill'. 'ilill It i, liyl Sun':l I' 'v Il.'lIvt sia1443'S 11 11:11%i .111 344'11 talive'.iiihiv ii i( dlliliti't s (til. wit 33 t h1 hu s Lllh 'hif sTrne ra"i i fe lldsa t ".'1 lli Thllil ull nstant ei':i had it1lia14 '11 ' I ills c 4 o k d1 it ill iatndji.111 wilt, andl qthere was14 gi itu lt)bl ow oi l thing 11 1 t' thel l, liI.14 tha it14l wi t h:ti ll! 14)(301. 1., 4 lip i- 44', it'rag Sill would I 1i ! gerill434 u his f(tutu ti'i'iii i lt( i slip' ,I in horn ," h4etren -a, "yo I3 3inv' 'o1(ad l ilt d rt 4, (i it'ilt, a fi e or' l Sa(kf i iar, a(nIt (I3l 1 311 you' 344ak il-k thiieni to run, but inl an instan Sim uu hoh bef hIs colar with 1(e1 hit 3t with thel other' hadii given lini a blo4w 4on tle' shiet of1 te 114end that sent3 him3 to4 th follo14wed( upj his advan'ittaige 34344 i4ound-4 8(on and44 thle test 1intrfered, and1( iive or g44t Thorn'3 a3way . A\ flerI It wa1s all ov~er'4 3( an 33Iimihad s4433n4 (111ine, 44 loig ati hdin ini silen3ce alul ith ai4333 kind of4i nwe.' Tol~ the. he44 they'3 teIll th1at1 they'3 4lid not know\~ him34. It was4 liiek whoS brok4 e 44 til'e1 p(4u4'. "'Why . 81in." ~t he aid. "'what15 's4341n' you0 din~t sih a thing~t as that'1" "Ilet hi11n keep'j is 34144331 shit 144 (lt a4-lyin1 'hou1t 1,(4ucsy,~' (then."' 811m <jlltstions5. "'I'll hit. hit33 a4.'1in if' he hlit anybody(13 else that11 does it, an4 I'll hit to kill.'' "'Well, that 's4 all right. 8im, but y'ou jes5t cooldlowni no4w. ,Ilm1 Thiorni was. 1more4 to do, 311 yo'd'4 jest 3as well gIt "'My land,(1 Sim, you1 shore1 lilt him a1 g(0od(3 u!"' Jaso 3101sahl. "'I ne4veri seeC a l)urit ier lick struick 11n ail 4113 life." "'An 14It was1 alli done14 so4 quick," an-1 wasn3't 1 uch mor 113e'n101 uten3 ,liin Thorn)'31s an 13 say3in. '.113m T1lhrn, youh4 are(. n l13ar'f jesl't that4 n-way. Then4'i ,1ltu starts to run,33 34n 44f'4re1 I knowe1'4'i it 81im hail4 galthered him by31 13 thei ('ollari 443 give him41 hiutt lick.'' An. i wa4sn't it a liuk, though''" Jason41 saidI. "Whyl43, say,' It jIest keeled Jim31 ove thar (1411 tru'44ick 114mt 1 bet lhe niever "1 he(t het didn't1 know~~ no4thin1 touiched? him ii--jest floped41 141~ dow thar13 f'or all the wor'Ild lket a1 shot4 hog. 1)14dn't '(ow it was. 13n you4 to hilt ai tfeler' hike that, "L~ord, I r'eckon Sum never' knowed It neiher," Pnp(i Sampnlson said, "bult 1he knows It no0w, an3 you1 ail bettter look 0o1t. No ma1tterh h~ow~ h1armless a (dog Ia wh'1ile he's asleep,. he may he the wust klind of B dlog whenI y'ou wake 11133 up. An im 1 I13ank1s i watke now1." hIlks adde(Id. Loueesy," 8133 saId. "''Iess'ni you all1 was'145 to git your~i heads (1 unebe4l3d."' "(Guess5 nobo1dy' ha3in3't gotin to say flothini 'bout I ,ouesy,"' Pazp Snamipson repliied1, "so) y'ou miouight's w~ell qunIt n-.throin0(u that at 115. ,113m Th'lorni had not busliness t(o spea'k thei. word( he1 did(, even'1 1 f it had44 beenC3 ai tru 3 word1(4, an3 1 mo1(st kno 31'It wa'tl3i', 143 you3 41133e ri1ght 313ill ani to tikt it up. ('m3 II penge.'t able14 33483 33n3'elf. uix 3'4ou13 liti fll how. 343 inigin'ally3 I H4et 3443 fa:ce4 aJ'int (415s3n w~1ord( to4 say3 n4g'inl4 4:4 IV man 1 wht liht., fol' lis woman'4 s g44441 41 4:li4. 84. I --at 81411 tantks, 333In i-:ay ' ',jo i i 3444 s r 3i i 4ed m3113: ' u' ' a I " 1, n1.1 i's ':1 (11 "That4'. ht' .:,'e' la n i~ pro)in33ptly' agree''4d \1. hn,,I. 1-.g . ,n 41 Y tup i34 314 fr i 113 that4 I 1ail't 34ever3 41 110nobody3 in aill 3y)l'fe, but. you1 0 j4'.t 14' 333 my (4wo4113, n13 If 14 the fur doni't 11ly It 1'uwon3't 144 my43 I'ault. Them'31's 33ny ei-'ii - tsi ever'I' (13m4e, 333 1 311n't n-'ke.in who~t knows It."' -'"Course8, 813m done right, an' hiot hr said, witht that4 rendy13 sympa1)thy3 people41 areQ144 t t feel ('4or thle vIctor as (tga(inst the Vanqu(liishled. '"1'd 'ni' don1e( Jest like himl If I'd 'n1' heeni in his plane., 01n1y 1 bet I'd 'a' 13a1d .111m TIhorn (out so's lhe wouldn1i't 'n1' got up 110 more for' a nonth,. "By grainny," said anothier, "I 'low Iin got off pow'ful Iasy myse. a It ere a good thing It wi'n't 1ue I ha11d 41"' % wvith "f "An u enn het your hIde wa oulghty fortunate for hii." rei. irkel third, "that it wa't e." 1InP Saipson thumilped hIs Ine Miinst the floor ind111 laughed. "YOU unis aire( all n-talkn ip w'ful g, lie Haid, "but you tns bett. r not rgit that Jim T1.horn nin't de:1I ytt. ain't Sensible to go foolin rotili' a Ille's heels 'less you got binlziess it r. " i.s Sim Bantks walked home that 'ht lie felt greatly elated, and in his ul there was t kind of feeling-closely lin to intoxalntfoi. Ile stood erect, th a learing pro ld (1 dsdaiiful, 1l his head well up ald wialked with itep 111r11ufand conlidenit. lI knocking .n11111 Ihorn down tle tly I. d I lit. hail demionstrated to hIs 'ighbiors that he wa s not so muci it w:ard Ias Ihey had Supposed. That Itlil tsell' wIs a greal deil to be 'oud of, for lie felt that in riemovling e -tain 4.11' cowardice from lils naie 11141 risell alost Insupportable ni frin is sul. Bu mit that was t all 11i, ytet the chef <i1se of lils ation. L.oiisai wouldi leairni what lie had mne, and l sit woil kiw that lie had i. It ftotr hrit' sake. lLe would not .11 heIr,b tot rsw b. Ilsk w - Ige Opf iiian nature \it 1t was limited, but w\:I" bro"ll enoug t l tell hun1 that Is prlaises sung Ity tothers would be far lore elftetive than it' sungt. by3 biniself.I That slie w lutl e Iltased Il' felt as 11r.0, lit' shl wt11b4l uinh'rstaid how a'ell lie lto liheir aint hiow uitre ready ie l:tk- 1111 a 0an 1int e(l e oI n earth to tuii up in her '1144-1w. Then. ti, she voubll re4alize. tiilhe was no(t (the vonl elitut ibl. oll o he 1:1(,l f boulgh t him 11 t11( i II.i i- st - t' \lIhi he hai l sItoken >t I in ai 41 t 1o Im I 1 in such harish teiIIs. Periais slit' woil even sluk words >A prase, fil' , hlis con41cluet, mnll perhIIlls -- ih, happy tlit '-she tilght put her 11r111 aboumt his nevck andl kiss blln. That woultl lit a ireiwartl iitletil. id for such it rew.1rd 11w woubtil he willing to titi Fl-InMt, s weet bIn: I, u how in Dfr uost4.- iveilius hope1ls areV horn, 0only It Ilisl With their uirst btreathi jf life! When'l S.iin renehelo, he founud tll! house dark ntol 1.ouisa in lied. lit went in anil strltk a1 light :titl Ili' par' to ittire. Hlis wif'e was asleep' , ILnd le niioveil 1b1titi1 noistlt'ssly so as lit t to) wa .k lii. l'rt'steitly his (e f l tllon a scra1i of papt lyi tig o tht tlno r. .\ lihaiili'Illy lie tik it uplt :11i glani ed at tlie wr'iI Ing it bore. I ustaitly he sat. ul :1ut4 read It eageily troghi. TI, uz zledl andj( mystiftid hll re:ad it. againi III agail. 'Tlese were thle wrs the papwr Conitained : My Dcar .ouisi-Nuewr let anybvly know tiat you know mie, l it' for (;r's rake ,lon't te-ll a liv trig Sout Wlh) 1 aimi. SO Soon its iiOssible I will see y)u anid explain. What d d It Ineall? [TO BIE CONTINUED.] ' -Congressman cauuerL' of Nelw York fears thait in (lhe ot far distant futurt Niagara Faulls will l isappear. Ie thiinks that the flow of 300.000 cubic feet oh water each minute through the Chicag< canal w ill eventuah / dimiinish thc water in the Great Lake ,and he sees further loss in the proposed canal from Cleve land to the Ohio ri 'er and the enlarge ment of the Erie ctnal. Private corpo rations are taking vatst amounts of wate; just above the fa'ls, and (lhe volume ot the cataract is alru.'dy thought to bi lessened. -A queer instance of improper in tluence said to have beeni exerted upoi jurymen comes from New Hlaven. The jury ini a certain civil case went to Fair haven to visit the house of (lie dlefen dants There, according to the counse for the plaintin, one of the parties tt the suit gave one of (lie jurors a pieci of pie. This pice of pie 8 the groum upon which a motion to set asidle tht verdlict is founded. Many a school- , girl Is said to be lazy and> shiftless when she doesn't deserve the least bit of it. She can't study, easily + falls asleep, Is nervous4 and tired all the time.4 And what can you ex 4pect ? Her brain is being fed with impure blood and her whole system Is suffeting from poisoning. Such girls are wonder +fully helped and greatly changed, by taking SarnaPari ii Hundreds of thousands of schoolgirls have taken It during the past50oyears. Many of these girls now have homes of their own. They remember what cured them, and now they give the same medi cine to their own children. You can afford to trust a* Sarsaparlilla that has been tested for half a century. $S.00 a bottle. All drsgglsts. If your bowels are consti pated take Ayer's Pills. Yotu can't have good health unless you have daily action of the bowels. 25 cia. a box. - " Oepsbox of A yrs I'li s cured may Jan.12, 1899. flath, N. Y. Wrilt. the Dodtose 4 a yolaen anycaii t whtver can possibly receive, write the doctor <freely. 'rotu will receive a prompt re. ply, without Cost._Ad dresg,4 CASTeU T1 AMegetable PreparationforAs - siniating liteFood andRegtla fing lteStomacls aid Bowels of B1 Promotes Digestion,Cheermu ness and Rest.Contains neliher Opium,Morphine nor ineral. NOT NARCOTIC. Amu/ atr.11S IMUEL PM/IR AmIAs See - Ani-e &vd Aperfecl Remedy for Constipa tion, Sour Stoinach,Diarrhoca Woriis ,Convulsions,Feverish ness and Loss OF SLEEP. FacSiile Signature or NEW YOrK. EXACT COPY OF WRAPPER. LION. ISAAC D. WITHISRSP OON C "A Christian Gentleman and a 81 True Nobleman "--Sketch of His Life. Ex Judge Isaac D. Witherspoon, of fc Yorkville, passed peacefully away on 81 Sunday morning. 24th inst , after an liness of twelve days with pleurisy. I The Yorkville correspondent of The a( State says that " his death was as calm hi as the slumbering of a babe upon the d breast of its mother. His age was 6-> years. Judge Witherspoon was an cl- t der of the First Presbyterian church at t1 this place, a Christian gentleman and tl true, noble man. No worthy object o ti charity or benevolence was turned awa y pr by him, and in his legal practice he a never refused to give advice on acc ount i' of the poverty of the applicant. Dur c] ing the dark days of '7i lie was the a, leader of this county in the redemnption 2 of the State from Rladical rule, Hie was tli b~el ovedl by this community and his de- a cease falls heavy upon us. lie leaves a ci wvidow andl two children, Miss Lessie -t( and Dr. William 1. Witherspoon, of ti Bhetllcd, Ala., with a large circle of rel atives and many friends to mourn his departure.' h .Isaac Donnom Witherspoon was born tJ in York and was one of the sons of the il Hon. Isaac Donnom Witherspoon, who was for many years Senator from Yno-k C district and one of the leaders in State 9 politics. IHis mother was Miss Rteid, of i North Carolina. He belonged to the i historic family of Witherspoons, of t which the Rev. John Witherspoon, of < Princeton college, signer of the Declara- E tion of Indlependence, was one of the mostl conspicuous members, and Robert* Witherspoon, Congressman from South I Carolina, another. Tlhe young lDonnom Witherspoon entered the South Carolinai college and graduated in 1854 alongI with James Lowndes, Benjamin R. Stuart, J. H. Brooks, Hlayne MeMeekin, Rev. J. R. Riley, former Judge C. P. '1ownsend, J. H. Whitnr and others Then he pursued the study of law, and on his admission to the bar entered into partnership with the late WAm. B. Wii son, andl the firm p~racticed with great succes. At the beginning of the war, Judge Witherspoon enlisted in the Twelfth regiment and served until delicate health caused a transfer to the branch of the treasury department of the Confed eracy stationed in Columbia. York County was sparedl by the Fed eral armies, but suffered worse devasta- I tion, if possible, in 1871 and 1872 because e of the brntal Ku Klux raids of the Federal troops, whien Major Merrill, an C officer in the United States army, re ceivedl $200 rewardl for the arrest of E every alleged Ku Klux, innocent or e guilty. Judge Witherspoon had li - hiandls full assisting his friends and~ clients. Not for years (lid the county ( recover from this (dragoonade. In 1876i a determninedl effort was madle to throw off the Radical yoke in York, Judge Withierspoon was lnminated for Senator by the D~emocrats and after a stirring canvass was elected wvith the legislative and county tickets. Hie went to Columbia and was of gieat service as one of, the D~emocratic leaders In the A Senate in which the Republicans had 18 members and the D~emocrats 12, and a were trying to seat Senators Gary, Todd and Maxwell, besides placing Lieuten- a ant Governor Simpson over the Senate The struggle was long, but was attend- hi edl with success at last. After Senator Jeter became acting Governor, Judge Witherspoon was chosen president pro tem of the Senate and servedl as such~ until ho was e'ected judge of the Sixth circuit in place of the unique Thomas J. e Mackey. lie had p~revlouslyv formed a partnersipl with Charles E. Spencer, which was now dilssolvedl. After seryv in g several terms, Judge Witherspoon vol Iuntarily retired to private life and resumedl the practice of law. lie was v actively engaged at the bar at the time of his death. Judge Witherspoon mlarriedl Miss Wright, daughter of Col. William Wright, who was the president and chief builder and owner of the King's Moun l tain railroad, lie had two children, Dr. William I. Witherspoon and Miss Leslie Witherspoon, both of whom, with their mother, survive him. lie has two brothr era living, Dr. J1. Harvey Witherspoon and Mr. Josephi R. Witherspoon. .Judge Witherspoon was a conserva tive man, a good citzn and~ a safe coun sellor, lie had many t lnds through out the State who w 1 be doubly grievedl th'at lie has so so followed his friend and1( colleague, Jud W. H. Wal. V lace. Judge Fraser, a oer contem-co porary in the reconstruco and sub- cur seqhuently on thme bench, d not four monthsago.m ASTORIA or InfantsadChlrn e Kind You Have Always Bought ears the gnature of ' In Use For Over Thirty Years ASTORIA THE CENTAUR COMPANY. NEW YORK CITY. )NVERSE SUMMER SCHOOL. :ate Superintendent Announces the Date and Rates for Board. The State superintendent of educa )n, Mr. McMahan, has made public the llowing injormation in regard to the ,ate summer school for teachers: The summer school will be hold this ar at Converse college. This does not dicate any. lack of appreciation of the imi able advantages Winthrop college ts afforded. After much correspon mee and many personal interviews ith schoolmen and teachers, we have .cided, for this year at least, to give to e people of another section of the State e advantage of having the school in eidr midst. Spartanburg presents many attrac ons. It is not only a city of push and ogress, but an educational center with distinctively literary atmosphere. It s at the foot of the mountains and Its imate will be cool and bracing, especi ly inviting to the teachers coming from e lower part of the State. As It Is on e direct path, those who wish to spend few weeks in the mountains, after the 0s0 of the summer school, will be able do so with a minimum' of hdhIoad avel. The school will open on June 20th. lhe State Teachers' Association will old its sessions at Converse college on ie 18th and 19th, immediately preced ig the opening of the school. Three hundred teachers can be ac ommodated in Converse college. The barge will be $14 for the thirty days, Kluding the session of the Teachers' -ssociation. President Wilson and ma ron, Mrs. Thompson, are enthusiastic ver the prospect of entertaining the tate summer school, and pledge the eputation of Converse college for being first class " in everything, that the able accommodations shal Vbe all that ould be reasonably desired. A limited lumber of men may obtain board and odging in the Wofford dormitories at he cost of $8 or $10. The attendance on the State summer chool has thus far averaged about 860. l'his year It should be 400, and during he two days of the Teachers' Associa coimmnediatel ypreceding the State chooe hed edance should be at least Two years ago the summer school was mn experiment. Its success was doubted >y many. Utter failure was predicted ven by some who were rejoiced to find heir predictions unfulfilled and the chool a remarkable success. Now with undireds of teachers over the State hay ng experienced the advantages and the leasures It affords, the school can be aid to be firmly established. The dif cuilty will be to accommodate the Tihis oflice will Issue soon an annotunce ent giving full details to instruictors, ourses of study, rules and regulations. )ur Spring Lines Of .:Shoes.. rnow being opened up, dwe find them prettier nd better than we had even oped for, We get them direct from me world's best manufactur rs. If you will favo: us with look we can certainly please Somec very desirable win r Shoes still going at great reduced prices. 'ride & Pattoni Greenville, S. C. MONEY TO LOAN n farmin g lands. Easy paymente. No 11nissions charged. Borrower pays ae I coat of perfecting loan. Interest 7 por t. up, according to security JNo.umbPAiLM 't CO