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IAN HUI HERO COPYRIGHT, 1901, BY THOMAS I CHAPTER XI. ANOTIER STiANGER APPEARS. James Melvii, whose real name was y Frank Shelton, did not go away fromi s Possuim Ridge, as Louisa had advised 'i him to do, but he had tarried on fromI k day to day in the hope of seeing her I ngain and promising himself that as d soon as he had another Interview with a her he would take his departure. Ills C purpiose i seeing her again wits to t make a strong and final effort to In duce ier to aecompaniy him) to some '1 Point in the far west where they 1 would remain unknown and where, as S .he reasoiied, they could lead saife and v happy lives. y One evening lie came In from a long s tramip in the woods, where he had t gone ostensibly to prospect for miilieral, s an(1 found Turner sitting In front of I the house in a deep study. lIe watc- c ed the old man for a little while, then called out gayly to hhm: "A penny fo' your thoughts, Mr. s Turner." 1 'The old man gave a start and looked t lip. "I dol't -know." lie replied. "'124 I tuionight he a1 good iee.u't mought 1 hot. I al ready to sell ylt no ho W--__ "Going to hold thei for a rise In tihe market, el?" "Mehlhy. Guess I'll offer 'ei for sale 1 'bout tile tiue you put your inines oni I the market. S'pose you found oodius of mineral today, (iln't you?" "No, I d11idn't ilnd anly." t "That so? Too bad, aIn't it?" z "Oh, I don't know. It tal:'s time to % locate mineral, you know." "I see It does. It 'pears to take time I eveni vlen you don't locate it too. lItekoni y-ol mnust h)(- gittini sort of tired I of sinell in rou1n( in the ground that 1 away. ain't you?" c "No, I guess not." "Lord a-mnassy. I know I'd he. Yes, k Sir-ee! I'd be. .ist plumb tired,( out, ani e ily 101)'s of findin alnytilillg would be 1 petiered elen dowln to : w Iline. "'teck oili that en(Inimnlty ()I richl fellers y*0 'retV workin for lha1in't feelin as good as thley Inlought." "Oh. tiley'e al right. 'T'hey never f expected tine to strike a fortuine in a y week or two." t "U iis'sM. tholIghi, they miught 'a' t had a nlotioi 0tha1 ill simeilin round yere for it 220onth you1 out to I'ln yoir 6 iose up ag'in a little hit of inim-ornl. s ''They w1ouldn't re'gar'd a month as any3 (ting In pri2ospiect ing for m12ineraI."' s "Wouldn't they3'?''" "CLer'taI inly' not, nor six monthls ntot t ft year'."' "Wa2ial, I sw1'ar i! Jest lay back thar2 an0 ta ke it easy53 anl let y'ou smell r'oundi down'i yerei' long as you please?2" "I suppose so."( "'1112mph1! IHeekon. then, I been tig. h gerin kind of' wron022 a-settln yer'e?" t "I don't know how~ you've bieen fig-I uin1g." "Uuess If them feller's feelis 'hiout it lk e yont say 'ta in't likely t in'y'd tur 1122 in an sendo an [othier f'eller down y('re d to .1ine in a n bol)( 30ou, is it?'' "Of' courlse' n't, Ilow catne you to j thi nk or thle poss~liiity or such a o thaing?" '"It ('omel ouit oif me try'in to fit tw1o e ends of a ia reled sti'ng t og'ttier.'' t "'I don't under'stan that,"2 1.' elvini h said, withI a ilangh. ''Put it in plain r l~ngilih if you liease."e "'Waal, it seems kind of 0(dd t hat t wo n feller's woutildl bet sent down12 yer'e by3 a ditfe'reunt (compan)i ilts, cll at on2Ce, to t< htont for ciiine'ral, speeially whenk thiar e hain't 1no miiner'aI to hunt I'or, so Ia 'lowed mebbyi3 your2 comlpany had con eluded('( to sendJ~ a feller to holy you out at hit.'' "T(wo fellows sent downi her'2e! Whant do y'ou mean ? "Jest that. Trhor's another' feller yere besides you." "WVho Is it?" "Lord a-m2assy,. I don't knowv wh'o it is." "Ilow (do you know he's here?" "Seed him, seed him with my own eyes." "W'Vhen ?" "R Igh t yer'e." Melvini began to feel uneasy. He didn't like the Idea of another man coing there claimding to be a pros pector for minerals. It didn't have the rIght look, and it smacked of some. thing wrong. "DId he tell you his name?" he asked. "He told me a name," Turner replied. "A namel Do you thInk he didn't tell you his own name?" "Lord a-massy, how can I tell? You fellers come down yore an say your hi names Iaso a0tn so, an how do I know hi whether you're tellin the truth or o1 whether you ain't?" Melvin blushed and eyed the old man keenly. Such talk made him suspi- in elous. Then he was not easy about fo that newcomer. He Wondered If Tur ner had heard somneting to arouse his m suspicions. When one is in continual w suspense, It requires but little to alarm him. Quietly enough, however, Melvin iid asked: "What namie did that man give you?" w "Waite-W-a-itte. IIe spelled it out bi for me. Said he belonged to the firm di of Waite & See," g "Waite & Seal Humphi" "That ain't your firm, I reckon." '"Don't know nothin 'bout 'em2 I guess." "No." PC "Quare name for a firm, ain't it?' "u "Rather." "That's what he said It was, though. a I asked him his name, an he saidh 'Waite.' Then I asked him who be to worked for, an he said 'Waite & Bee.' "ti MdBLE >? BY THOMAS P. MONTFORT MONTFOIr "lumph! What kind of looking m 'as lie?" "Putty slick lookin feller-sor 3ung, sorter tall, sorter dark, sor Im an sorter clean shaved. I mout ,' found cut more 'bout him, but , nlow I'm pow'ful backwards 'bc skin questions ani 'peared like idn't keer 'bout answerin what I sk." "How caie lie to tell you that lie 1 mie dowin here to Iospect for min is'?" "Why, we got to talkii an iunin )out one thing anl another, nn I up lentions 'bout you a-belin yre, an sks all 'bout you an 'bout what . mls doln yere. Whi'enI I salys you I ore -smellini rounid for miileral, t13s, "I'hen I reekoln I want to i lint man, seel's we're both oil aime line of busintess.' Thalt's j ow lie come to mention Iis object omlin yere."1 Melvin was silent a long tiie : eeply thoughtful. ie coiig of t trlliger aiiioyed 111n4it l worrl'ile II 'urner's descri ptloti of thlie In blough vaguie and general, stil it v ineh tp the desilption of one leI ot'e fre to see, the bro itier of ian w hose life ih' hald aloivn. The cilaim ofl'te ptranger' 11hat oo, hadl entne there to p:'osin'vt 1aineraIl mlade his nippenrance1vt all1 11ore alarming to elvin , I' n1 :new better than elvin tllt no e tailists were going to wist(, money iseless prospwctijig inI that s'eti 'hat (laimi Would do very well, lought, to fool the 11111ves Wlih.I 0 onle with ordinary bulsiless se oubl heliteve it for a iiiilntte. Ile was half inelinled to in ve tidge it once, and had it not bein Ir.s. Maniks he woiuld have donie Io felt that even at tht' risk of his Ie iuist remain thr until lie tilhad s eeded in igalining oem iterlilItvi rilt her. Strange how weal a In trong in all things else, ean be whei Omiles to wo iman and love! Iy and Ielvin broke lie sileice by sayi Yol said that miann was here tod a I presmie lie is not here now?" "Lord a-massy, no! No, sir-ee! anted to stop, but we had no IIl or hinm 'less we put him to sleep N on, an we 'lowed we'd best not lint, secein's you are so doggoned 1 le'lar." "I'm glad you caime to that con< lon," MelvIn replied, "for I certal hould have objected to sharing ed wi'th any one else." "Th'lat's the way I figgered it. 3 eem to be 'bout as squeamish an etin as the feller that stopped do Squire Beeson's oncet. Ever h )out that chap?" "Guess not." "Waal, sir', he was a good un sht eg'lar blame crank, as the feller s ot mnad 'cause the bed fell down n im In the niighit ani lie had to sleep io floor. Squire explained to him t was all jest a accident, ani you kn celdents will happen spIte of a .ilpg, hut that feller was so dogg< nreasonable that squire's explanat ldn't satisfy him. Next mornin ot mnadder' 'an a wet lien 'cuse wI e was eatln bireakfast a cat jumi n the table nn snatchetd the mn uten his plate an run of' with qirze ketchied the dad burned cat ok the meat away fi'om It an pu ack on the fellei's plate, thinkin an Illy' that lie (lone all anybody co sp~ect of him, but lhe found be v ilstaken. Feller, 'stld of than Julre, r~'edl up an said lie wa'n't g stop at no sich platce. Squir'e, >'se, feels hur't to be talked to tl .way after all his pains to please, -- ' 1cat jum-ped on the table an anlatchl the meat outen his plate." charges the ieler a dollar an te m to git. Pow'ful unreas'nable si a chap, that feller was, wa'n't biei "Very." 'But that's way of some folks. Rtter how much you put yourse'f c r 'ema, they ain't goin to be pleased "Yes; that's true. But about tU an wiho was here today. I won( bere he went." "Oh, he went on dlowni the road, 'lo he'd find a place somewhar to ha lil isnht. S'pect mebby he'll at th 01(d Ui Jenkins. I most foirg it I ruthier think tIs ain't old HI y for chillin. If It ain't, he'll be 0(1 humor, an lhe's moughty ni; ore to let that feller atop." 'l pity that man if it should turn o at this ia IIi's day for chilling," M a remarked, thinking of his own c rlence with Mir. Jenkins. 'Lord a-miassy, yes!I" Turner aigret ic's a pow'ful fine man when hi thtly at hisse'f, but when hiis agei workin on him he ain't as patient 'nmought be, an it nat'rally riles hi be picked an nagged at at al Atelvin arose-and began to pace slow ly to and fro across the yard. Ills hands were crossed behind him, and his head was bent, and to all outward appearances his mind was busy with deep and serious thoughts. Turner watched him from under his shaggy brows, and he, too, was having some thoughts far deeper anid far more seri ous than any one knew. After awhile Melvin stopped in front of Turner and asked: "How far is It over to III Jenkilns' place?" 11 'Bout two fiile, I rekon," Turner replied, "risin clost on to that anyhow. You thinkin of goin over thar?" an "Oh, no. I have 110 blusiness there," Melvin answered disinterestedly. "I ter was just wondering iow far it was. I ter guess I shall have to ride over to ;it Beckett's Mill tonight, though. I pre Oil s111110 the store will he open?'" mnt "Oh, yes, the store'll Ie open." Then Ie Turner added to hiiself, "All the store lid you'll want, youtig feller." ad ClAPTILMR XII. or- .A ItASH THnnEA'r. On Pap $11aipson, coining down the on stieet ftrotii the store, sawt a woman ie dressed in iiiiisty black leave his house ou as he approchied and wailk away in 1ra4 the ollposite direction. Ierli head was I bient, aid lier attitude and umovenient 'et gave inist akable evidence that she the was1 iII deep troutble. esi As a'p entered the yard Mrs. Samp. son appeared In the open friont door, a I look of troubled anxiety on ier' wrin kled, iniuely, but kljid old fince. "Irandy," )ap said eagerly, "wn't th, Ilat the widder alnn tha t jest Weti lid ~Mrs. Saipson nodded. ith "I thotight it was," I'iap1 went on, "though I wai'n't (,lost eniougi to see I,her race. somiiethinii wriolg wila her,. 1w. ain't t bey ?" "The pie crit ter's in a peek of troll ble," 'Mrs. n1mpson answered. "I'd sny't!" 'ilp exciiimed thouglit fully. "Ii ummph! All along or wliat folks are of her an Siml liaiks l I rickon." "Waal, it's aloiig of that, l'ai). blit not 'hout Iat exactly. Youi know she'.i got a piece of wItati downII on lier' famii, nil it's ripe and needs cuttin." for NV ~a a I ?-' "Al it 'pears hack she'd iuade a trade witl Sill good sIO'li ago to cut it for hC lie, on tile slers." "She did. IlIraidy. I was a witiness to the trade, an I iniid it wvell."' t "Waal. no1w, hecuis of all the talic tat's n-gwiiie 'hout, Shil he's backed out an11 won't (cli that wheat." 119. "Wly, I wolder?" .13. "leenus lie says if lie did it'd give more color to what folks are a-sayiin."' le "An it woul, too. Mirandy; it woul (eshore." (10 "So, not havinl no money to live witli ar- an lnot beiii able to maike 1o trade witli nobody else, Nfalry I laNI 111 is piumb at the eid or her r'ow, i she (on't kniow which way to turin." "Nat'rally slat woujld( be. M1 irandy3. iYYes, sir-ee!'' lap paused for qunite Sawhile, during whilh tme lhe chewed 11e wa3s engagead in earn'lest thluitighi. Then~i~i lie nlalded showly 1 "Yeaa . sir ''a Nat'rally she would hae; moIit'r!iy sixe would be." ''Can't y'ou see no0 wav (lit for her,~' re Pal?"' Mirs. Sainlpsoni Zlaske. "I. ' was jest u-t 1kiiin. .\lirnadya. lt'haln't no0 great admia't~in ai for .\ary onl Mann, Oil I guess timrii nin't imuiaai s ait lhas, but fao' ail thiat shie's 0aoonia ain wa w''(id ' wvomani ait tInht. Wonderti.: wvhena her whicat'il don to cut."' me1 '"T'omlorry, she said.'' on "W'a'ai, It won't nigh dla to let that lie whea't go to Waste; zta. as I hari doni't lie seemii to be 1noth1in elsei fori it, i guess I led betteir go out this even in anl gat her liy 'at a hand ful or men'i ani take 'emi over 'L thaiii tomiorry3 fin cut It for hier.'' an Mr's. Samnpsonl's face briighitened at t'11Ce. She was onc of those great soul see1 an 11'oine ini trouble wvithout wa'int a in~g to imove hi'f~eave and( carth to re i "ll 'Are you~i shioi'e youli ('i git thle men~l In to go?" she askedi. at "Loi'd yes! Yes, sir-ee! T '!s Jau so s01n Robei'ts. Jason01 aln 111 hias It up #I chief enjoymient of his ilfe is to take sides ag'ii me1 inl evei'thling 1 say; bill, my land, t hat aiin't 110thin, an1 wlheni it -comeCs righlt down to the pinch JIason will sw'ar' lby mie. Yes; Jasoni'll go nu Sam Morgan an Ebenezer Spai'ks aii a lot of the other'ls." "Do y'ou rc'kOnl theuy woni't wanOt to char'ge hei' foi' their work, though?"C "LordN Mirandyl' yoil dlon't know them feller's shoriely! Charge a woman, - an a wlddderi wvomant at t hat, for hlp~lin heCr out of ai Ipineh! Land! You Jest let Mar'y Mlann give us a good dinneri' an we'll have all the pay wue wanlit. WVe'll even go to the length of furn'iish-' In our Jug of liquor if we can git a boy to go to the still after it, an I guess we shor'ely canI." Pal) Samlpsonl was buIsier' that aftei' noon1 than lit had been for a long time. H~e hunted artoundl~ till lhe found six good mna to accompany him to Mrs. Mann's farm. TIhien lie huinted1 upj era cddes, and last, but not least, lie hunllted da boy to go after' a Jug of wvhisky. "Moulght Jest as well~i try3 to git 'hlong uswithout cradles as without a jilg of Iliquo,'" lie sald to islf as lie potter' ed about getting evei'ythiing in r'eadi ness. "A ge'theii without a jug Io wouldn't be no gethermin at all." ut Pap wvas in great spirits the next t" norning wh'len lie Ilparshaled his fore at into the whleatfld an~d got tile cradi0e: ei' to going, ie hopped about as spry as a boy and gave oi'ders like a general. Ho w- even gr'asped a cradle and prepared to g lead the way with thea first swath, but op Jason took the cradle out of his hands it, and wouldn't let him. i's "No, Pap," Jason said, "we can't in have that. Th'lar's plenty of us younger thi men here. Yoil jest set diown in thle shlade somewhair an1 tako It easy." ut Pap flai'ed uIp with resentment in an al- Instant, K- "Me set down in the shadel" ho cried. "Have you got a notion, Jason Rtoberts,I d. that I'm so no 'count an played out as' s' all that?" ''s "Why, Lord, Pap, of coulrse not!" Ja as son replied. "I didn't say niothlin like m that, did I?" ..h "Nor you better riot say nothina hIke It you don't want me to show yon in Plae-d'out. Mobby you don't b'lleve it, Jason Itoberts, butilf you feel like tryin it I'll guarantee tW whup you In two bakem of a sheepts tall till you won't know who.you are." "Oh, that's all right, Pap. I ain't wanitits to fight you." "Co'se you a-i't, Jason, 'cIse yoU ain't no fool, anl you know it ain't safe to fool with me1. Humpli! Set down iII the lhnle-iin rest! My lanido .1asoni Itob erts, I've (ut tore wheat in my time ] ani never grunted it it thitit you'll ever Cut If you live to be a thousanu' years old. Set down it the shadle an rest! Lord! Mich talk iikes Ime mad." Pap didn't sit down either. Though they denliedil him the privilege of wvield. I Ing it cradle, he found nll ollportunity. to busy himself by putting the wheat bundles Into shoeks. This was light work compaire I with the other, and, seeing that Pap was determined to do soletlhiig, .1nsoni eICouiged him1 An it. "Lord!" lie said, with it wink at the I others. "l'ap's Jest fell right in whar I he plumb helongs. Anybody knows enough to swing it crndle or bind up wheat, but thur's pow''ftIl blaiied few who know how to set up n wheiat shock so's it won't spile If it rains. Guess l'ap's ')Olt tle only m111an here that can do i." This pleased Pap and fully reconiell ed hiim to hIs work, and lie said noth Ing mlore about wvlaiting to SwIlg i cradle. In the afternoon lie began to go to the shade pretty often, and each time he went lie tariled longer than he had the tline before. lPinally Sain Morgan notlced tihis and intcoisiderately re marked: "Gu ess yout're gittlin putty tired, ain't You, l'ap" "T Iired! .\le tired!" P'ap exclaimed. "You hieain mle say any word 'houit beli tired, m .il Morgan?" "No. but I unotlee you goin to the shade a i-ight sumit moire thln you done this imorin." "Whalt If You do? "'ain't 'eaulse Fll tired, buit jest 'cause it's so iis'lable hot." The men had aill come out to the shade to rest, and presently Sin lanks Cme down across the field anid Joined them. lie had been working in his own field just on the other side of a fence. Ile saluted them with: "lowdy, hoys? Ilowdy, Pap?" "Ilowdy, Slim?" they said In return. "How you gittin 'long?" he asked. "Oh, all right, I guess," Jason re plied. "We'll git through before night If nothin happens.'' "I'm sorry youi all had to cut this wheat," 8imi sald after a itpause, "when I'd done agreed with lls'us Mann that ['d do it. I didn't feel that I ort to keep my promise, though, after ill them things she's been a-sayln of late." i "You done jest right, Slm," Pap I Sampson announced unhesitatingly, I "anl nobody can't blame you a bit. When 'Mary Mann interfered like she I did to make trouble betwixt yout anI Loucesy, you wa'n't under no obliga tions to do nothin for her no more, not a hand's turn." ""'Tiln't that, Pap, that held mne back fronm doln as I'd agreed. "Taln't that 1 hate Mlary Manni too bad to lift a tlngeir for her. It's 'cause or windt people aire n-sayln, an 'eauuse It'd gIve 'em room to say imore, nn-an 'cause I don't want to (10 nothln to hurt Lou eesy." SIm p)aused for a moment, but no oiie spoke, and presenitly lie went oun more earnestly. "I doin't lIke to have hard f'eelln's ag'in nobody," lie saId. "n speelally not ag'ln a wvomtan, hut Mlis'us M1ann didn't have no call to go an do the way she dotne, for she told a lplutub f)'int blatik lie when she natrratedf it nroutnd] that I come to her house that night an made love to hem'. Lord, I never thought oneet of' d101n no sich a thIng, no more than I thought of stickin my head In the tIre. It was hier' that (lone it, an God kntows I tried ever' which a-way to keep her fr-omt it. I told Lou eesy Jest how it were, but she won't b'lieve it, though I told hieir l'd sw'ar to it on a stack of Bibles as high as they could be piled. I hate Mlary Man wuss'n I hate the pizenest sniake that crawls, for' site's a plumb liar, an she knows It." Shut pausedl again, andi this time Pap Sampson spoke. "'Sum," lie sid reassuringly, "don't none of us b'ileve nothiin ag'ini you that Mary Manin hits told, nary a word. Nor, foir imy ptart, I hiain't a-gwine to believe it, inot if shte was to swv'ar to it till she was plumb black hun the face." "No, but Loueesy b'lieves it," SImu repliedl sad(ly, "atn I'd rult' antybody else'dl h'licve It t han her. My land, looks like she o1-f to know it aiin't so an that I wvouldn't thlilnk of d1011 ne sichi a way. Wh'ly, i'ap, if I wias to git to goln rotiid n-min i ove to womten whar- I didn't hamve noi ight l'dl 'how for somiebodly to piut ai biuillt htole through me the ver-y (ft lhing I kiiowed. can tell y'ou r-ight ntow, an I mienn Jest whait I say, If ever- aniy iiainimade love to my wIfe, ian I kniowed if, the minute J laid( eyes oni thatiiI uan l'dl shtoot hint thtrough the heart jiest iike I would a dlog. I woul shore." A piniful silence followed these words, for ito one offered to speak. The mtent exehanuiged at slinfleat glance itmiong I temselvyes, t hen looked at Mlim In seiriouts thloughtfulness. To theim his threat sigitledl mnoire, much miore, tha t n' siupeted. It imipr'essedl they niever foirgot it, anid on an aft'r otcasiont they re(clledl It witht a sieken lng drleiad that made them shudder. [ [To BE CoNTINUED.3 "M BILLT, A RP ON VACCINATION. Tralka Abotut How Physicians Have Becomne Fatmous for Their Discoverlea. ,JACIKsONVil.Li.:, i''ia., April 12 Jacksontvillo hasm got the sitallpox scare. It, is itot a panic, for there hiave been no deaths, hut there are about forty cases and thme hoard of heallth have got them out of town and hive ord(er'ed uiniveirsal vaccitation. A child can't go 1o school without a coro arm atnd a certificate from thte d1octor'. My son is a dboctor here and it intoieste me to note the (locks of children whocomeaitd go, and to lIsten to their talk. Mothers or Bisters come with them to keep their cour age up. Some are timidl and somec arec biave. Yotulg men come at night and take heir turns, and the city will soon be mmune. What a wonderful discovery t was-only a hundred years ago Dr. lenner dared to proclaim it to the world, and it took twenty-five years lo nake the world believe it. Now every ,hild that bares its arm to receive the FilUs is a living inonument to the agacity of that great and good man. t is pathetic to read how lie was bound d and persecuted by the envious and nalignant of the medical profesbion. low patiently lie waited for time and ruth to prove his theory, and lived to iee it all confirmed, and when he died beautiful monument was erected in L'rafa!gar square to honor his name md perpetuate his fame and memory. )ur own Dr. Crawford Long is en itled to a similar memot ial, not only by he State, but by the nation, for al houghi lie did not protect mankind roin a pestile.ice, lie did give them mmunity from pain under the sur ;eon's knife. I remember well when he patient had to clinch his teeth and trong men had to hold him while the loctor cut and sawed his limb in two. I remember when it was my part to iold the foot and leg that was being ievered fromn a poor sufferer, and when at last tihe saw had cut through he bone and the weight of the limb :ame down upon ie I fainted and fell lown upon the floor with the bleeding eg. But Evans never groaned. Ie ived to make me another pair of boots. [ remember when at college, in 1846, [ had a jaw tooth extracted and took vhat wias then called Morton's Letliean, mnd dident know when it was pulled. It took me some time to get, over it mid as I was reeling back to college I net Professor McCoy, andi in a hila jioua manner slapped him on the 1houlder and said: " Iello, old Mack!" md1( he thougitt I was drunk and had no up before the faculty. My room nate, Derrell Cody, was with me and ried to e:zplain, but the professor Youldent hear him aLd we had fun iex, morm ng when the truth caie mit. The professor apologized t,,) me aid not long titer invited me to sipl >er. Poor Bill Williams was there ;ocd, loving Bill Williams. Ile was ny classmate and I loved him, and nourned for him when lie died. Ile lad charge of the Blind asylum, at Iacon, for many years. Every now and then the bo3s drop mit. -Just drop out and the procession noves ont. I read of every one and eel sad, but that is all I can ido. A riend in Atlanta asked me the other lay, '- Why dident you write some hing about Eugene 1lat ris, your col ege mate and one of the truest, kindest mad best, men who ever lived." 4C Of :ourse, of course," said 1, " but what :ould I write.'' Ile was a friend in iced, a friend indeed-mn aristocrat >y birth, a gentleman in heart and nanners. Lot everything by the war xcept the gentleman that was born in uim. Ile (lied poor and was buried by is friends, but he was a big-hearted ;entleman to the very last. How kind ie was to my wife and little children luring the war, when they were fleeing 'roIm the foul invader and I Was far tway. That's all ! ie was not a reat man in any sensbthhaa pui ighattand would have died ~or a friend. rTat's all! If I can't uad him iin heaveni, I shall be (lialp oeintedl. My wife says lie was the buest riend she ever hlad when she was in he greatest distress. Easter is about over anmd will soon ie forgotten. I bi ought down some [Caster eggs for a litt1le grandlson. Ihis 3ousot dlyed them for him and lhe was v'ery3 curious to know more about them, md said to his mother, " Mamma, who s this Easter man and where does he ive ?"' "' Ie lives up ini heaven,'' she idi~, "' andI his naate is ,u."~~i5' " 15 eo selling eggs up there ?" lie asked. Ilow th~ se little chaps do perplex us vith their questions. Little Mary L~ou as5 the whooping cough andm didenit want, to take her medicine. " if you .Ever have them? Thcn we can't . tell you any - thing about them. You know how dark everything lo ok s and how you are about ready~ to give up). Some how, you can't throwv off the terrible depression. Are things really so blue? Isn't it your nerves,4 after all? That's wvhere the trouble is. Your nerves are being poisoned from the Impurities in your blood. Sarsapari II i purifies the blood and Sgives power and stab91ity to the nerves. It makes 'health and strength, activ ,ity and cheerfulness. This Is what "Ayer's" " will do for you. It's the 'oldest Sarsaparilla in the Sland, the kind that was ( old before other Sarsa parillas were known. This also accot ts for the saying, "One bottle of Ayer's Is worth three bottles of the ordinary 4kind." 51.00 ? bofte. All draggtsts. W,.ile the Dotr Ir gon have, an.y comn Iaint whatever can po1a 1 roolvo wio th dtor The Kind You Have Always I in use for over 30 years, ~aItid It 4e. Wosoundl Allow All Counterfeits, Imitations ExperlimeUnts tlat trifle Witi Infasnts and Clilldren-Expe What is C Castoria is a harmless sub gorie, Drops and Soothing conittins neitlier Opiun, M<4 substanee. Its age is Its gul and allays Feverlsihness. It Colic. It relieves Teething and Flatiulency. It assinili Stonmaci and Bowels, giving The Chiidren's Planacca-Th CENUINE CASI Bears the The Kind You Hal In Use For 0 THE CENTAUN COMPANY* T MU don't take it," said her mother, "you may die." " Well, mamma, if I do die I will go to heaven, where God is, and he will giveme a pony.'" I wish the grown up people were as trusting and innocent as the children. " Sutffer little children to come unto me, for of such is the kingdom of heaven " is one of the sweetest verses in the Scriptures. Thu preachers may quarrel about the confession of faith and infant salva tion, but the mothers don't want any better faith than is in that verse, and that other one, where David said of his child: " Ile cannot come to me, but I shall go to him'." There is an other remmik that I will make about mothers. Not one belics es her (lead son is lost., no matter how wicked he as. Thei mother expects to meet him in heaven and if he is not here how can she be happy ? God knoweth. We do not. All that a poor mortal can do is t trust I1im and do good. BILL Aiti. 11OW COAIL WAS DISCOVF,1ED The Great Value of the Mineral Was Accidently Found Out. Several wealthy mine owners of P ennsylvania are making arrangements to erect a monument, to be made of coal, in memory of Philip Gintecr, who was one of the first to linid that, the mineral could be made useful as fuel. The (discovery came about in one of those chanice ways which oftenI pro0 (duce far-reaching results. About the year 1790 Mlr. Gmter was living in a rude log-cabmn in the forest landsB ar~ound( Mauch Chmunk mountains in Pecnnsylvanmia. While hunmtmgu ini the wood lie found himself at some dlistance fronm the cabini, andl before making his bed for the night under a biroadl-spreading tree he decidfed to start a fire andl cook somec of his game for supper. After eating the meal lie be thought himself that he wouhl( fix the fire so that if would keep (luring the niighmt, ats thme wood a botut himi wats damp) and green, rendlering the task of mnak ing a new fire ini the morning an tin iniviting onie. Lying necar at hand Oin the groumnd were several black stones, and( it oe curred to Mir. Ginter that hie might save the fire by pilinig the stones over it, thus keepinig it, protected and~ smuouldering thuioughi the niighit. Oni rising~ from his sleep the next morning le was surp~rised to thud that some of the stones had been entir ely conislumed, while others were glowing rett. When lie pokedl the stones they gave out a crackling sotund ando emitted little shafts of bluie flame. In our dans we can see that what Mir. Ginter called black stones were in realit-y coal, i~e was impressett stuficiently with his dhis covery to take some large pieces of the coal home withl him for experiment. It was not long before his fatmily learni edl to use tt in cooking. The nearest neighbors lived quite a dlistanice away, but the news of the (discovery soon1 traveled and( several families iln that locality began to make use of the won derful stones. Hlowever, it, was not till t wenty-flye years later that coal-mining oplerations began ini that, section to any great extent. Some years previous to uhe time Philip Ginter found that thme black stones would burn, two bm others, Obadiah and Daniel Gore, who took up their residlence after the llevohmi tionary War near Wilkesbarre,P. madoe a similar discovery. P. All through the war for indlepen d(ceI Obadmah Gore served uinds General WVashing ton. At. the closo of the strtuggle lie located in Blradfordl County, Pa., where lie acted as Justice of the Peace for soveral years, and( was highly respected as8 a promfinent citizen. In company with his brother D~aniel lie letermined to make an examination of the queer black rock which outciop ped on his brother's farm. It, was ofteni the eatise of bother to the farm ing op~erationis, rendering some of the fields unworkable. Frequently it had been referred to as a nuisanice, b~ut )badiahi, who had a liking for geology n an anmatetur way, wjts of the opinion liat, the rock had fuel qu~alities in it. A trial was iltst into with the rock n the flheplace on the 'ore farm with insatisfactory results. ~aT lo anter m. tought, antd vhich has been has borne the signature of ams been made xander liis per suIperIvis1lon 14111Ce Its infancy. no one to deceive you In tils. and " Just-as-good" are but i and en danger the health of riene against Experiment. ASTORIA titute for Castor Oil, Pare Syrups. It Is Pleasant. It >rphin11 nor other Narcotic ,ranteC. It destroys Wornis cures Diarrhoea, and Wind Protibles, ettres Constipation ttes the Foodl, regulates the f healthy and natural sleep. 0 Mother's Friend. 'ORIA ALWAYS Signature of fe Always Bought ter 30 Years. KNRAY STREET. #4KW YORK CITY. trial was made in a blacksmith sho) near the farm. By lelping the fire with the bellows it wis found that an intense heat could be made. The black smith sho) was soon a centre of in terest among the poople who lived for miles around. It was seen that the use of coal rendered the working of iron easier, and results could be ob taimed which the use of wood did not )ermit. The little smithy was soon a thriving industry as well as a novelty. Many things in iron, like andirons, cranes and other kitchen utensils used in tile old days, were turned out, and the use of coal for manufntcturing pur )oses was demonistrated. It is to be noted that while Philip G inter has a right, to claim a share of the honor for the discovery of coal as fuel in the home, it is to the Gore brothers that.the glory of turning it to great practical utility belongs. It is doubt ful if either Obadiah or Daniel Gore had the faintest idiea of the pro found dliscovery they had made, even after the success at the smithy. A glance at, the worldi's indiustri*'v io-day shiows what, a revolution has boon wrought by the use of the black stones, comp~ared with the old (lays when wood was the only fuel. Coal has in a measure lessened the wanton (do struction of timber, permitting wood to be devoted to more legitimate uses. It. is almost impossible to imagine how the world of to-day couldl get on wvithout coal. The production of the black material has reached ml arly 100, 000,000 tonts a year in Pennsylvania alone. Over I50,00)0 persons are em layed mi minling, breaking and~ ship ing it to points of disbursement, to say nothimg of the business it gives to railways and small dealers. To fully realize the ia~lportanice of coal it is only necessary to have such a strike in the mines as that of last fall, when thous ands(1 of homes and factories were caused inconvenience. A stopplage of the supply for any length of time would be a veritable diaster.- -Our Youniq Our Spring Lines Of ..Shoes.. Are now being dpened up, ind we find them prettier anfd better than we had even Fioped for. We get them di rect from the world's best manufactur Srs. If you will favor us with m look we can certainly please iou. Some very desifrable'win .er Shoes still going at great y reduced prices. Pride & Patton Greenville, S. C, DOBUGS, F0AtNSS.ANY6. -wo (fOTONOUG5. &"PIDE~n, FLie, fLE3A, AND A/t .4 /S ECIPA/F IRML5,EO~O ,tg* 10 AND 25 C6N TA inALL DEALER.5# tNtCDO~rON CIKL CQ - If Dlonth Dumst is not for sale by your aler, we will upon receipt of 26 cents r(1 you the large packasge by mail post