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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 ,
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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
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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. Through the
windiow he saw his wife aitting as5 he
htad left lieri, and1( a gireat yeariniig came
ov-er- him to take hei- in his arms and
ho0(l ei to hiis bosom and kiss her. lHnt
lie next mtomen'it lie iememb~ered the
wvords she had spoken andi the look she e
had given him i, and, liaying his head
against his at-m, lie said( sadly:
"'Butt she is not minie! S'he ia not
mine !" a
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RAY STYRECT. NEW YORK CITY.
A NEw LioHT IN JOURNALISM. -The
genial editor of the Hardeman (Tenn )
Free Press is making a reputation in the
iewspaper world. 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
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