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(AN HU HERO 1- Co nT, 1901. Ii TIA: I ITE 1 eII . Prl' I I A A : i l :i fiE it T. After supper NievIill n11d old "Mn Turnerm sat ont In tit i yard and talketd that Is. Turner asked lettstions. anid .\elvinl allswerell tihem. Me~lvinl was IIn at better huin1or. sincev lie was slightly rested and hiis h11uinger' had been ill pelnsed, and to the h11undred <lestiomit Turner asked he rettied Iready a i good natulred ainswers, although.1 hit did not always return true Ones. -'2tially3 Melvin found fil oppo:ttunit. to lead the conversation. anid tion lit told about the old uinl itak iln I h woods and of Is <1ut-erin'intt with bhin. For thel first till)( thtit evening T'iur net burst into it roar of h i1tr. laughter. "Lord a-iiassy." he Cried, "ilon't 11) know who that old boss w' "Certalinlynot." Mel vin re'lhl. "Hlow Should I know when i aIn a lotal stran - ger here'" -To be shoeI. I for ot '10i11 t tb t. StIll. It seem li ke h v r'o dy, 1 n0 t 1 04 4ON to k n i 11i W. n . I lit t's beti li i ..'.r 1"a sbi .as1r - ( 1i w I , zi t r -- - . tI - Y y y - t- * ' d Lit - 0000 Ituu rive . \ It b e v r l tha sSta~n. aLn "No.' do it h. L aswsifn 'e that tha awa excly .as they're overrhere. g .one i 'n . W y sa ,t e fok go n'mreedenio boi '' ore. Si inue ism t lumb'* iti thait hit goY 't learn id ntyui 'eyed atoishment~ ande mtteri an as-' hent Iot ocgurr to m hawvertil ta dofth. pole nthlie ote ide ofi Con atu w ere anyoe.a k ng i ea n n than 'turer was eh ther ndton sa os edton os was pouiable indeetd, that i-was veryar frmgvin uttteter-' Ilaee to~ any uh athought, forl alrtat. hey'ehadftS eand thart th rage WoUJS. umr Rider wsasrey.nltv"ui vidual who wa ae to frtak fes onte smanet. provocaythen. lk Tere a ahu slluileneot tw0io or '(ifthree tmnutesand o MlvSi's thhts hbade drifte lackd t tekott's Mlan to ifthe Ilelscen ther othar dy on whoch he bad learned thattenant.ag Andn MBLEg BY THOMAS . P. MONTFORT S P. MONTFORT the center. of that scen'e there was ole I1gure thia Stood Oit boldly Iiid distinctly froinl :ll the iresL \Yhat the others said or what the others did lie did not know or care, but every word lttered by iouisa l hin ks and her every SinoVenieit and every look was as viv Idly before him II)w as It had heeln at thit tinie. Nor was this strange, for to him she was tlie only living reality there. The rest were onimily si' ino a1y fig lires whose trivil ieeds anild existence wx'ere uiwrhy of* a thought. Ile reenl lled tlt- eXpressit'll oh her face at the iiovieit wihe he li'r ey*S Met his. IIIIi Iowil. it was a won der to hiin how le h:1d eiV ,er inianiaged to hold hin Self so we1l in cicheek- as not to betray even a hint of the. great. consinning passion that tilled his heart. Siiddeinly his wvanidering thoughts e.rie recalI led by Turner, Wlo) rineved the cionversation ly opening 111) a 1141w% b t (t. ".\-I. Mi'lviin." he said. "I reckon you '91in't one of then 11dogned overly ie an liniicky sorit I f challs who are so did blla med hard to please that they jest pit ever'body all tip kill edge' "Why, I don't think I '*n l iinjirth-ilarly hard to plelse, Melvin rep1Ilied. 'I try not to l'e, it least." 'That's kiil of the w: ay I tiggeired you oUt, hIt youi know' a body can tal ways ioll ab uit tolk' .3'ineti s a fel lr' -itg ei, l n t t r t n t i (1i4-r Iht I u i w I 2.. ] - Il oril l- .a i x- been - .txtib- Ialt .hy of xx low I w a iz i bn th '3' ilth tle IN. it I ta x:: lsx' \W h. I w a. t i w . . 1 1 n li) I:? t') il 1e i I ' U -. ar i n ' aiml :lI~ folt ed t n ki i' ' m il s . jst fI ~ll t x fa - I I.* ii the' n :b' i. iia e whiea o i was ~ It n oo: iu ~ : 1 a s-11 tihe 1 iI it wZhi t ei o- u.h i boy a 'pI-r.! k h i t u t1 I a a 1 I . th tih %vh.1 all- -l '.*'f ''i x ' ' ii al 'a k (ini<ln I I . -' I alu i I' 1 h el l I .1 1 a r. 1. k t t 11 . : I . ti . a ha n li l I lt it 't ' 1 t il -1 h . t-I' tN:'tr..x It.. I lut. vh. wa.n t -ax:. 1 x. no t. 1 a u ni.ian tha ul - vtl n 4 ::.3.- w s f r noth:: The v~~, . u t hn. l-d n wa t a n - uw - had t 1h. ' itn'1 i txr h-,, u i . the bi 3 331 r ian YI.i u~ ' rn not. 1 I ii .:t I x a i.1 a tuan' ~e n xw. ; o.. iy .u'- ' x i a,:E lia litti'le tI x. ni . I i xx 1 ut. I waslt'i*' t n ti o ayt whx'eni ni' trh 1 to1 burneri tihliat f.lb-i b ptii ' net ls h iitt ih-l-pralh. 1 i-omi t ilblaun' mi i fo li iti - a w3a indni b to hisiItii.x sa'I id hiii~ty.'"' o b iv tt in "Ymu.'. We t'le hb l . go tin . hid Pianil ('oii." iiiiTiurner asherid. ain. '.\lxxlvi rew a~' In gh be ath i e o r lie "'(-ike1 xx'nou gh ltu hi'." T iinxr Inb'le. "lit w e' iv hiini of whl ba i k l i4.t thin het'dmIul beNoskife'' rNi l l. ton aslf. Ii, lisl" w u it ' i' 14ut it a lbi t-i atil hhr a o t hiI s t th: gs ( 0 n iiirable gtout hcoxulde ftoi e huhldi'eon toj bldy ith.t with shune 't'lin. aes timpe C\flvn' t atee h'nthenei'd. goi "Thn hoe tin't otilike ii Turne.on Whne. "i'eih had to go out t thewa silence ever' oin t1o( n1 oashr hisi tao f'oed tI he flt t havt ilt' wixe so ne cublt wash' righito inl the rotni wha hie sladt le hoar ofin oix aernk ' Ii saine tow lio al use, but whed under th ie~m piression that it iuld 4be just. as well If he kept that opinion to himself. le was sure Turner would not feel any kindlier or maore friendly towartid him If lie should give utterance I to his thoughts. So when after a long pause Melvinl ftinally spoke it wits on another and an eitilrely differ-ent subject. A little dif tidently. as if lie knew he vas ap proaching daingerouts grouA, he sad: "I presIile. Mi.. TIurIer, You are He. (Inltitttedl with at nt naimed Banks, who lives omver ait Beckett's MiiIT -'h Siin ltlans?" Turner ques. tioltl. "I tilink so - a tall man with red hair "h it's Sii!" Turier interrupted. "It's bkoIntad to he huin, 'cause thar aIn't no 0lth'r Ballnks thur." "You ktiow him, then?" "1,rl me know Sit .anks! Why, wiliat a detn fool (Iluestiont! Do you reckol I kn11ow mttyself? KnoV Silm Banks! Why, L.ord a-tussy, man, I've ktived (tat chiap ever since lie was knee high to at gr'asshopper. Yes, "Ile's im'l a'rried. I belleve?" ''To b~e shore. Yes, Slan's unart-ed.'' "Iappiy as son, I reckon." 'I'heiie was a short patuse. Then Mel vinl said: "I saw atiks antd Ils wife today over at lleckett's Mill. I don't know, (of course. that it is so, but It appeared to lue tlat the'y are at inismated pair. Wlaat do you ilthink about it?" Ttineri looked lit .\#vlvin, squlinted his eyes atid gr'Itine4l. "Youn, felli.'' he said, "thenm two tm:ay bI iiv I atd f44 o al I kn(t:W, an Ilay Iaay i ti. all If tley tare miuated It ail' noite of Ianly doin's, tinl I atian't npowie- r-e iumsile forl It." 'rlaily n41t." .N\elvit admitted, "bu11t I a1,tii1h wai'a'Ips you had no ticed t1hath 1114w is 8 differlent fIolm tah' bu11siatail. She appears to be edu 11ated't aId r4'fital'll, wleb' he dloes not. hat 't to ser4 vd that?" "I hain't ilind." Ttutr r'eplied (ulet ly. "aa whiat I see I see." "li, you i Iitk It piossilhe lot' two tw"lle so en iItrely differeilt to hive to get hel ha ppily':" "I1 la:tln't been 414d4i nito thinkin aloig that line. .\'. Nielvini I doti't ligget' thll - . ny% call too. aII 4etaainly ha ve an Idea along that L *..': Tutin'r eyd .\levinl verynarrowly for. a1 tuotnent. thett Slowly relb-d: "Young fllr. 1 ann't anke it that yoll giot aty call t4 worr ,y 'hout SItu laiks an his wife, atl I 'low It'd he JPi as well f'r all imtIS (olein(e'td if you (idnta't di it. I'm a-gittin along up I yeas lyself. an a in't lived all my life inl this vorld w'Itlout learnin one ra' two things. (in of the tilings I've d14on.e heatrit is iever' to mix tip) inl n1o hody ISe's businiess Wh'na 1 atin't got no iltrest In it. all a11lother thing Is neCVIer too hother inyself 'hou1t what goes Ill) between i at ina a his wife. I tein't so b1lalned stnatrt as somIe. nehhIy, nor I in t't no( dlertned idiot aisyiluml, atn I kiiw a en touagh to anl w t)ii'1hat 'h outt the itiost datn'.garouis pIlace4 a f'llet' k in st~ck hats nose Is In heat wea'n a mana an1 hIs wvotnainI. Iie''d a dlad burne'td sight hot. totr stiik it itn a steeil traip. Yeis, 'ir-ee!' Yout hiet hie hatl.'' lTurner' Ilatusedl. ht .\l'lin 4offeredC4 tno repl~y. h'resently 1 li- formteur wen'at on,* splIaing In aull seriontsnetss: "You1 ar14 a yount felhler. .\t'. .\e I ini." 114 satid. 'ani I gauess yout aina't hiad I'll j.tl iik a.ivet youi it little iece'( ofi iif ln hwe'ver tiatnyi other01 mistatkes vial lnity flatk'. li,' shtor'e iof oie I thing, ain thati is do4n't yout ever't go atn git aanix,-- up1 Iin no0 mes'5 withI no( otlher naai'- wIfe. Noa inttler' whtat comes'. a--. " a goi's, don1't yout ever do tto h aahin 1as that, fort as shor1e as - ytt'il liv'e to seeQ the (day when('t ' ! btter'aly' rue it. Youi mit'a my w'I- 'r that.'' \ - lin inughied at tthe old mnani's seri mo:01 Iii'tneidli thu iatter off light I II ba h1n n1o intenltion of going to aIy dan41 ,-roust extrteties, and~ lhe felt ' t4 '6: wats noi 0(1 lcason fot' ali this li , '' --r. (here ('came a time In after da",uli- thtose words ('nme1 home to hi::n witha Stunnitig force, anmd he wvisht --I witih all his heart that he had heed i'd thIem. CH APTER VIII. A ('rr:a. Aw.'4tKF-:NO. W\hat did It tmea? 'This wvas thte qut1SIOn Sitm Banks asked him tself as hei sait there hoidintg thiat no in his hands, t'eadinag over tad over the few hines it contIained(. What could It mean, andl who couald Thouigh Suin ptondered1 these (gues-8 tions long, he wiats able to finid no an Swer't to themt. liThe whole aaffanir wats mys5 t'ry whc hael Itoldh nti sailvye. itte thahig aark 1at(1ultnlasat backl of it al., antd a seniallon oft airtatsitu'ss tooik iposse'ssiona aof hima. .\f t'r htis e'xperti enees0 441 that daty, wih htad bee'an ai dlay of 'vets mi Is tiunventtul life, lie wa's int a stalte of mtindl ( to expec al mitiaii''r oaf en'ii us1 atndi untatcouttlalie hiappini4'tatags. 4 'otubl it hei poibh-i1i thtat i.iisaa hadi anl imporat secr''t thatl situ wats keep. itug hiden(I'i fromt htim? '!I'ould It he pos silea thtat shia antd somte nitt htad f'orm ed It frliendshly, otr at leaist ani acquttI ant - aceship. tihe Ox stettre of whtichI (hey had guarded so wvell that heo had neve'r evena so amuIch its suspect ed it ? 'That the auth or' oif the note wits a mian lie wias atssured fromt time flrst. Tlhe strlonag, hold chirographay aind thte lan tguage of thle ntote conviinced htimt of that. PTis mtuchIt atnd tils mnua'h euly, wats clear to hima. 'Te thioughtt that his wife and som11 mant should h( le liniked t(ogether'i by a se ('i't wleh'i no 0one el1se must sharie aade his hteaurt sick. To his mind1( It smiacked of a datngerouts atnd uanwar' ratled hIiiny, and it cauised bun to surintise th pa lossiblity3 of unipieaisat thtings. F~or the fIr'st time in his lfo he felt thte lit t'r pangs of jealouisy. It did( occt' to haitm for ia miomtla that tite note maighit htave beena wr'ittena bay MelvIn, which was verty naittultt consideminmg all that had happened that du'y and Int view of the tact that Mel been itt 13fl ldt'i4 NIli for weeks. A little reflect lo, however. delided him that lie Would ha 'vq' to loook further for the aut hor. NIelvin was it total strani ger there, s ) what CilIl .ouIsa kntow% if hill or is nlme t Simi said, tnothing to his wIfe that Alght abotit tle note, but the next nornilig when they were Heated it the meakfast table lie took the serti of alperl frotll his pocket and handed it to jer, remarklilg quietly: "Thar's somethin I found last night, toueesy. an frotm what I can make out t inti1st hle yottr'nl." Lotilsa reached out and took the note, Ind as site glanced over It SIm1 wias vatching her. lie saw the color m11outit .o her fa('e, while her head droopetd un 11 her eyes were lixed onl her plate. 3he remained sileit. aid after a imo nent's wait lie said: "Loteesy, is that your'", There was it shotrt pause. Thlexi site ooked up. a in istead of answerig As Itiestioni she asked: "Whier did you vit get It" "I found it on the Ito1)r. where you'd likely dropped It. Is It your'n?"" "Yes. It Is." sle adiI:ii1. ted lies itatlng y. "Thenl what does it tieita. all who Is t from?" e deialiled almost -terily. "Thalit I ennntmil o, h nwr (I lit Low tones. "Why enni'tyu? "11erause I have nto rIght to tell." "No right to tell aiything to your 1t11nt, your owI tusbandi?" "Not that. You had Its well say no uore about it ." Sim looked at his wifIe very hard for almost a mt inute, Ils fitee rapidly chang ng color ald a variety of thouglts lashing tl roigh hiIs inl1ad. "Louicesy," lie said at last, "that note ,vas wirote by a tua, alit I wvallt to low i wha It itvans. I have a right to She flashed him a look full of resent nent. "Whether you have a right to know >r not," she replied, "you will never inow romn me." "Why?"'K "Because, as I have already said, I ,annot. tell you." "Ca't tell mle? Loucesy, what am I to think of such talk as that?" "You are to think what you please, I presumile.". "ulit what cn I think whent youi aind ;oine iman have a secret between you that I Iain't allowed to share" She fixed liin with lihIter eyes and With i scornfut curl t iIe lilts elortied: "And itwhat atill I to thilik whell yott mlld sole wotimit have not olliy ole se ('ret. 111 inanliV set-reIs ltttwecii you that 1 11111 not ailowed to share?" lie looked at h'r inl astonishment. NIe an sole womani have secrets'" he repeated. "What d you ia ian by that?" "I lleal just whtIat I say. Last night was not so long agto' that you shioull forg-et wlhat totok place thiie." "I don't i inelrst and you. I've lieverI hl' a se'cret frtolil you in all my life, luch less a seet I t' 'ven lile an any "Are you s' isure of tat?" "I am." "Thetn you utist have forgotten Mriry Nlantn." head drooped. le hadtu forgottenl Mlary NIlannI but how he' remiembiered her. ats wvehl ais his inietinig with her te nighti before. it wits I le iineiutry ttt tha I t mieetling Itat made hIm blush, and ft blushed, not for bilotself', buit for ber'. " Anld your mtinhg with tier las n Ight,"' ,ouisa addled after a pa use. "Who told you ahout that?7" Sim ask edl ii'onishierately, thums admIttIng tlii trulthI of thle c'harge. "'Thien you did( meet her?" Loulsi sid. "Yes, but It was not my fault. Wht told y'ou?"' "It dloe'sn't mat ter wvho toldi mie. Al though you say you have nevet' had a secret from me, .I amt certaIn yot wou11ld nieveir have tbeeni the oiie to tel mue that.'' "Y'ou're mllistaken thiai, Loueesy. TIhat 11ai't 110 reason otn carthI why I shioult not1 'a' told( youl. an I'd 'a' d.onie It. Nothi in hitppenedi at thaiit mleetin, so fitr as 'ml concerned, t hatI I'd be ashamited te tell to the whole world.'' "Not. even yoturt hanagintg over the fenice anmd miakI ig tovei to NI :ary Alnh 1?1 "I niever' donie it. Loueesy, ani any13 bodly Itiat wvent an told y'ou atny slch a thlutg to1(d yotu a 11'int lank lihe. I nev ('r mladle hove to nobody13 in alhl my13 life "'Tlit will do for you to tell, btit you cant't tool tme. If y'ou were not mlaklin love to Miary Nlii last nIght, why were y'ou ith hiet?" "I wias jest plasslin along th'e street, an shte catted to mue." "Andh youl stopped? " "Of course. What else cotuld I do?" 'Nothing but stop and make love to her." "I t('lhOl Io i'ever dlonte any sich a thing as make love to hter. Y'ou ask her if I dId." Airms. Hlankis tossed tier' htead (Ilsdna in. fuilly'. ''I'll be apt1 to amsk ainy wonl stich a thling as that. amil thatt womian Itt ha ticular." Jest lIke I say-. t nevter dr'ealtned of mla kilt 1(ove to tier" "'lit yot stopped'i thtere wIthI lie amni hunitg over the tote.' andt talked to her?" "Waal, s'pose I did. I couldn't help myself. I couldn't jest walk on an leave her while she wits talkin, could I 7" "Certainly not when her talk was so sweet and linteresting. You must have found it real pleasant to have her as sure you that I didn't love you, but that she knew some woman who did." "I didn't flnd it pleasant, an If I had I wouldn't 'a' done the way I did." "Wouldn't have staid to listen to her?" "I wouldn't have let on that I didn't understand what she meant an discour aged her ever' way I could." "By hanging over the fence and talk ing back to her?" "If I did hang over the fence an talk back to her, I nevver said nothin out of the way an nothin to be ashamed of, riary a word." "Some people haven't a very keen sellse of shalle." Siti palised for a oitnent. Then he said very soberly: "Loneesy, you don't love me. If you (kilt, you wouldii't nevei- beMlf&ve the lies somebody's gone an told you wlien I tell you they are lies. A woman that loves her man an't never a-goin to be lleve some old long tongued tattler as ag'in him. It's a gospel truth, It' ever I spoke one in my life, when I say I nev er mainde. love to Mary Malit, an I'd swear to It on a stack of Bibles a hun dred feet high. You ain't got no right to acctise In of any s1'i a thing." "But yoti have a right to ateuse me of soinething Just its had?" "I aiii't never accused you of nothiln, Loueesy. anl you know it." "Not exactly in so iny words, per iaps, but you have intimated it pretty plainly." '"'Ale intimiat t'l that you mnade love to some other ian besides ue?" "Somnething like that. You reinemt ber, I suppose, w iat yot said about that note?" "I never said aii I never meant that you loved somebody else." "I know what you think." "If I thought sihlt a thiug as that, would 1 'a' told Miary Mann 'iysteddy that she was a-lyin when she maid what she did? An last night, when J1111 Tho'n hinlted it the simie thing, (10 you know what I doie to him? I jist knocked him down plumb flat on his back, Ii If they hadn't 'a' held me I'd 'n' sta mped the very daylights outen hiii.' Louisa lookid ttp, a surprised and painted expression oin her face. "Did Jim. Thorn dare to say such a thing as t hat of me?" she cried. "lle did," Sin riepied, and, feeling sure of her gratitude at least, he added: "Blut he ain't never got to say it no more, I bot. I done settled him for that." "Yes," she said; "but you've gone aid set everybody else to talking. I wish you had let .1im Thorn alone." Siml was aimatrd, and the look oit his face showed it. "Why, my land, LouIkesy," le e' x Claimed, "you ai't aimin to say I done wrong in knockin ,Jim Thorn down, aire your'" '"You haid bettt(er not have done it," shte ried~ii(, "andt~ I wish you hadn't.'' "WVaal, I'll he' blatted! why. Pap Sa mipson ian IIlicks atn Jasont an atll the rest, they all 'lowed I done jest right. ani ever' one of 'eml saidl he'd 'a' (lone j('st like I dlid if he'd it' beeni ini imy tulace. Lord(, 1 wa~is cotintlnt shore Oin y'ou helin pleasedI 'ea use I tuck up for youi that at-way, atn now you donu~'t think I ort 'at' done it! 'l'ea like can't niothini I do plheatse you, l oueesy, ani ever' time I try to ilo somthini foi' you I sem to mnake a incss of it." Simi's voice was so pathetic and his disappointmient so evident that, In spie of her til huimor, Loulsa was touc'hed. She looked at hint, and~ there wats an expression or Iity itnrd somnetin g like sympaithy in her eyes. Slowly and sad(ly shte said: "Sim, It is a sad thing to say, aind you may think it cruel, but God knows A'If you have It, you know it. You know all about the heavy feeling in the stomach, the formation of gas, the nausea, sick headache) and general wveakness of, the wvhole body. You can't have it aweek* without your blood* being Impure and your< nerves all exhausted. There's just one remedy for you-4 Sarnaari Ba There's nothing new about it. Your grand parents took it. 'Twas an old Sarsaparilla before other sarsaparillas were known. It made the word "Sarsaparilla" famous over the wxhole world. There's no other sarsa parilla like it. In age and power to cure it's "The leader of them all." $l.00 a bottle. All draggis. Ayer's Pills cure constIpatIon. "A fter suffering terrIbly I was linduced, to try your Sarsaparilla. I took tre botties and now feel like a new man. I would advise nil mny fellow creatures to try thIs miedicin for it has stood the test of time an its curative power cannot be ex celled." i. D. (loorn, Jan. 30. 1899. Blrowntown, Va.4 Wr'ie the. Doetos.4 If you have any compisint whatee and desiro the best medical advice YO ca osbyreceive, write the dootor plwthttost. Ad iirees, The Kind You Have Always Bc in use for over 30 years, In All Comnterfelts, Imitations ai Experimesnts that trifle vWith I JuItants and Children-Experi What is C) Castoria is a harmless substl gorie, Drops and Soothing S cont a ins neither Opium, MoI stubstaice. Its age is its gua and allays Feverismess. It i Colic. It relieves Teething T: and Flatulency. It assimuilat Stoumach and Bowels, giving The Children's Panacea-The CENUINE CAST Bears the S * 4!4 The Kind You IHai In Use For Ov VHE CENTAUR OOMPANV TV I MUR It Is true. it wouIi have been better for us both if we had never met." "Loucesy!" Sim exclaimed fearfully, starting to his feet, all in a tremble. "What is that you say? Surely you don't mean them words." "I do, and what I say is true. It would have been far better for us both if we had never, never met." lie stared at her a long time in si lence, and he noticed that her face was painfully white and drawn. Ills, too, he knew, bore the marks of a great dread and fear. "Loucesy," he said, his voice husky and scarcely audible, "for God's sake, don't say that! Remember, you are my wife. Please take back then words. Say they're not so." "I cannot, Sim. I cannot, for I would only he lying if I did." She folded her armis on the table and dropped her head on them and beganit to sob). Simu stood watchIng her, a sick enIng dIread stealing over him. Un certaInly he besitatedI for a moment. then wvent to her and put out his hand andI began to stroke hier hair. She dlrew away from him i, and a cold shudder ran over her. ie stoodl aloof and looked on her, his face painfully white and drawn and a hard, tense sensation clutching at his heart. "Loucesy," he said( presently3, "what~iI does this mean? Why do you treat like that't" She made no' reply, but contInued sob. lie reached out his hand againu andl placed it gently on her head, a again she shrank from him as though his touch were Poison. 11cr action ci; him dleep, and1( a pain, sharp and poigi; an t, passed through ll soul. Whe: lie spoke again, his voice wvas low andl husky. "Louceesy," he said, "Is It true, as~ Mary Mann says, that you don't love She did not answver, and when he had waited a moment he repeated his ques-| tion. Trhis time she looked slowly up until her eyes met his. From that mo ment there was no need for her to sp~eak. in her eyes he only too plIainly read her answer to his question. Slow 13y, as one in a diream, lie turned to leave the room. There was a quteer sensation ot emptiess about his head, and everything ariound him bore a stirange air of unreality. At the door he stopped and1 put his hand up to his forehead and for a full minute stood like one dazed. Then, tiwrning his eyes once more on his wilfe, he said: "My Goad. Loucesy, you arec killn me! You have broken my~ heart. Oh. please, -.- TIzHrhl'lintFtrii, thaTlook I saw in your eyes, and that you do love me!" She did not raise her head, but be tween her sobs he hear-d her murmur: { "I ean't, I -n n't, foir I dlon't love you!'' Wit hotut anmothier w~ord( lie passed fromt the iroomn and went sta:ggerintg un (Pirtainily downi the walk to the street. lie felt t hat he had i rece i ved a deathIi blow, anld in reality he hiad received that which was fiar wor-s'. for death woul have br-oughtI an iindt to pa in an 111 suffering, andi this brioughit pa11 i and Buffering only3. At thle yardH gate lie stopped, anad, leanlimL heiaviiv :ittainls a post, lie loiok ed hack ait thle house. 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Here is the descrip ion of one of his troubles: " Miss Lucindy Bevins, who lives next ,o the Methodist Church, paid her week y visit to ye editor on Tuesday and :omplained about that old plank side walk in front of her home Every week soinebody does something to that side. walk-breaks the planks, covers it with mud, or carries it off for kindlin' wood and Miss Lucindy junil s on us about it, and wants us to execoi chiate the mare aind blast the borcd ( f acc:inu. We ain't got nuthin to do m ith this here matter. and we'vo exp!eired to Miss Lucindy till we're red in itc face that it ain't cur businss to keen the planks walks in repare; but it ain't no good. 'Stead of payin' us visits, she had better pay up her subsci.tion to the paper. We invite the miaie's att.ntion to this natter and hope le'll have the side walk torn up and paved n2 ith mud two 'cet deep, and chain Min Luw indy to a )edpost and make her stay at home" The Teunnesee phiilospherm makea the rolowing deliverance on the political "Somne Demiocrats is l-ying that there Iin't no use of reorgatnizing the p-rty ut we don't agree with them. There iin't been nutbin in the party for us un icr the Brine organization, and unless ye git a change of some kind we'll tarve to death. We have been aspiring o be postmaster of this here bum town or the last ten years, but whenever it's romist to us our man g its beat, and vhen our man gits elected Its p romist to 'ome other feller. Grover Cleveland niade the mistake of his life when he gnored us We want a new deal all 1round. We air tired living off of corn iread and creek water and waiting for 3e good Samaritan to come along with Sii thaik."' L'a recent number of the Moatreal I irald gives somo interesting statistics ;sicerning the magnitude of the siloon urests In that city. According to the herald the 400 bars of the city would ,sure a mile and a half of straight, ,vaiskey selling space, at which more ,han 3 000 men could drink at one time without rubbing elbows. Behind the :)ars of the city there are not less than 1,200 men as bartenders, or more than twice as many as the firemen and police f the city combined. In addition to this number of saloons there are 500 groceries in the city where liquor is sold. r'he number of drinking places provides one for each 64 wage-earners of the opulation -Somebody once asked John Allen, >f Mississippi, why lie continued in Con gress when he could practice law and nake a great deal more money than the amount of his Congressional salary ' Well," drawled Allen, " I admit $5,000 sn't muich, but It conmes along powerful egular." )ur Spring Lines Of .Shoes.. ~re now being opened up, nd we find them prettier nd better than we had even ioped for. We get them direct from he world's best manufactur rs. If you will favo:' us with look we can certainly please ou. Some very desirable win rj Shoes still going at preat reduced prices. ~ride & Patton Greenville, S, C OSYTIONS I PO9ITIONS II NO OBJECT. More calls than we can possibly fill. Guar antee of positions backed byp,000. Courses dres. COLIMBII DUSINFM9 '0L E IIK, m.. a, c.