Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

. . >M:- r . r —*-V *— - Ar- - — — Kk \ , Copyright by Ben Atnet WOttama. bij Ben Ames lUiiliams / : V WNUSarrtoa. V SYNOPSIS At, a ratharinc of cronies In the Tll- lage of Liberty, Maine, Jim Saladlne listens to the history of the neighbor* ins Hostile Valley—Its past tragedies, lie superb Ashing streams, and, above 'alV the mysterious, enticing “Huldy,” wife of Will FSrrln. Interested, he drives to the Valley for a day's fishing, though admitting to himself his chief desire Is to see the glamorous Huldy Ferrln. “Old Marm" Pierce and her nlneteenryear-old granddaughter Jen ny live in the Valley. CHAPTER I—Continued fore him, spoke to him of Jennj and of Will *1 dunno what to think," she confessed. "Steins like If either one of 'em bad any git up arnd git, they’d have found out what was the matter with them by now. But Jenny, he's the first boy she ever knowed; and Will don't act like he'd had much to do with girls.” “Will's a good, steady boy,” Enoch assented. "He stays close to home.” Marm Pierce thought with some Im patience that Enoch had probably not even beard what she said. “Jenny don't know the meaning of It,” she Hrfd-Wm stoutly.“Don't know- w*^^® ** 1 * brief services, tramping In ever going to.” She was busy with the grater at the sink, her shoulders moving as she worked energetically. “I’ll give you some salve to put on It tomorrow,” she said. “That’ll heal It right up, like as not If It don’t, you let me know . . .” What followed, Jenny watched with out speaking; or rather she watched Will, and his eyes that were so deeply blue, and his straw-colored hair rough and unkempt across his brow, and the youthful lines of his mouth and chin. Marm Pierce gave the girl a sidelong scrutiny, while she affected to be busy with her ministrations; till presently the thing was done, and Will offered them the trout by way of payment, and departed, and Jenny—though even then her feet wished to follow him, to fol low him anywhere, forever, wherever he should go—stayed In the door to watch him disappear through the barn. She stayed till she had a last glimpse of him In the far corner of the back pasture, before he plunged again Into the woods on the way toward home. She turned then to her grandmother with shining eyes. “He looked back and waved, Granny!” she cried. “Sh’d think he would," Marm Pierce assented crisply. “Ungrateful young Imp If he didn't. You get the yarbs 1 sent you for, Jenny?" Jenny colored In distress. “I forgot," she said. The old woman made a sound like mirth. "No matter," she decided. “Time enough for them, another day.” She did not then ask aw question, or offer any least instruction, finding a deep pleasure in watching this un folding of the girl into the woman; In watching the birth In Jenny of that teeming ardor, frank and tender and unashamed, which a girl learns by and by to conceal and to control, but which may be at first ns apparent as the blush on a rose. And during the next two years, while Jenny came to maturity ns a stream rushes to the sea, Marm Pierce still held silent; but she was not blind. She knew that the girl slipped away on every occasion on the chance of seeing Will. Jenny gave the young man that deep and boundless affection of which only a child Is capable; and Marm Pierce watched her tenderly, ready with the sympathy and comfort which, she began to perceive, would be need ed by and by. For Will was a man, and flushed with the pride of first manhood; and in his eyes Jenny was still no^more than a child. An adoring child, who came to watch him fish, and lay prone on her stomach behind him so as not to affright the trout, while he crept near to drop his line into the pool; or what’g the matter with her. She’i hun gry for him, but just seeing him and being with him Is enough to keep her satisfied. She don’t know what It is she's hungry for. Like as not she won’t ever find out, only If the time comes when she can’t see him, then she’ll be plain starved ..." And she urged, honestly troubled: “Can’t you have a notion of something to do about It? Will’s as dumb as she is. He acts like she was a boy; and I doubt If It ever struck her that he’s a man!” But to confess her perplexities to Enoch proved of no use or avail. Her doubts and fears rebounded from his passive silence. He appeared to listen without hearing; had nothing useful to say. This was In midsummer; and In No vember of that year,,Will went away Will’s father, endured the winter ; but the/ treacherous enticements of first spring betrayed him. When the drifts were shrinking, and the brook shook off Its bonds and went roaring down the. <orge, and the soft rains came, Enoch caught one day a cold that within 48 hours was much more than a cold. Will, summoned In haste from Augusta, arrived too late to see his tether die. He stayed to see the old man laid away In the small family burying ground hidden in the border of the spruce woods above the house. Jenny rubber boots through the muck of the forest, scrambling up the steep sliding trail out of the gorge, standing In the background of the little group around the grave. Marm Pierce had stayed at home. They had no conveyance readily apparent *to .the dullest eye. Marm she might appear beside him In the hayfield while he worked, or In the garden where he was busy digging the roots on some crisp day In fall; or she came to help him pick apples In the orchard below the house. It mat tered not what the occasion, she drew near him when she could, asking noth ing, demanding nothing, content to be near him, and to watch him, and to hear his tones when he spoke to her. She worshiped him, and Will, not blind, was pleased and at the same time amused by her adoration. And Marm Pierce, watching them, hoped one thing and feared another. There was in Jenny no coquetry at all; she had no Instinctive knowledge of the arts and graces which might have per suaded Will to see that she was not the child he thought her. Her hair as often as not hung In a heavy braid ^^fween her shoulders, her sun-bon net was worn without artifice, her dresses were rough and old and fit for hard usage. When she traversed the shadowed forests, she' went easily and smoothly ns a wild thing; but other wise her movements had still the awk wardness of youth, the awkwardness of strength not yet controlled, of bone and muscle not yet In full co-ordina tion. Her very steadiness and sefenity must make her In Will’s eyes, the old woman considered, sexless, like A boy; Jenny had none of the shynesses, the withdrawals, the reluctances of a girl. Marm Pierce came to be troubled by the matter by and by, and she made an occasion to see old Enoch, Will’s father, and speak of It with him. These two were of the same gen eration, Marm Pierce only a little the older; for Enoch, as is apt to be the case hereabouts, had married late, and Will was bis only child. But Enoch was older than his years •nd Marm Pierce younger than hers. Vigorous enough to do any work that needed doing around the term, he was apt between these physical activities te sit with vacant eyes, staring at nothing, to the patient apathy of age. Mann Pierce laid her concern be “I’ll Give You Some Salve to Put on It Tomorrow." to Augusta. Enoch had a woman to keep house, and the old man could manage what chores needed to be done around the farm In wintertime. Will had cut and fitted a plentiful sup ply of wood to last till spring; the roots were In the cellar, salt pork In the Jars. A man came through the neignborhood seeking good stout fel lows for a construction job, offering good pay; he stopped at Enoch’s house at noon one day—and after breakfast the next morning, Will, with a high sense of adventure, departed Into the outer world. X CHAPTER II "you’d roll the both' of them out of doors to sleep It off.” Amy smiled wistfully. "Bart’s all right, the most of the time,” she said. “Only thing Is, I keep out of his way when he’s drunk a lot of cider. He gits to be noisy.” And she said with i glance at Jenny: “Win Haven was saying that Jenny here hac got to be a grown woman all of a sudden. You have, too, Jenny. I haln’t seen you for a spell” “Why shouldn’t she?” Marm Pierce demanded. "She’s nigh on to twenty. Time ' she was growing up, If she’s But the change In Jenny was iJl fact much more than a matter of years; for this Is a part of the alchemy which first* love may work in a woman child. She had come to wear a rich bloom It was two or three days before Jen ny knew that he had gone. Then Bart Carey stopi>ed at the house one morn ing, and told them the news. “The fellow wanted me to go along, too,” he said. “Good pay and all that But I got to stay here* and look out for the place. I couldn’t go and leave Amy by herself. “But Will, he went the next morn ing. ’Lowed to be back In April, or maybe May.” Marm Pierce, seeing Jenny’s white lips and rigid face and tortured eyes, got Bart out of the house as quickly as possible; and once the door was closed upon him, she turned to catch Jenny In her arms and hold her close and tenderly. “Cry it out, Jenny,” she urged brisk ly. "That’ll make you feel better, chi 1 drY6iTgo“ofrand cry!” ~ Jenny whimpered, bewildered, half- terrified as though by something she could not clearly see: “But Granny, I feel sick! I’m all aching and hot and empty! Granny, what’s the matter with me?” “The same that’s been the matter with every woman that ever loved a man,” said old Marm Pierce, strangely gentle. “Love him?” Jenny whispered, her eyes wide. “Do I love Will?" “He’s a dumb Idiot to go away,” Marm Pierce exclaimed, In rising an ger. “But men are a dumb lot, Jenny. He’s no worse than the rest, likely.” She chuckled, fondly. “Yes, that’s it, Jenny,” she said. “Only you’ve come to It younger than most. Cry, Child. That will ease you. And—he’ll be back la .May." Will Ferrln came back to Hostile Valley before May; but not to stay. That winter after his departure was a bard and rugged season, when winds howled and the deep snows drifted and even In the cascading gorge Car ey’s brook was sheeted under a rub- available ; and the walk abound by the road was long, and the way through the woods was top arduous for her. But Jenny saw Will, and watched him, her eyes hovering about him tenderly; and afterward, when the others began to move away, she came to his side. "I’m awful sorry about your pa, Will,” she said. _L — Will Ferrln nodded. He was older, aged as much by his father’s death as by these months away from home; his lips were white and hard compressed just now, and his eyes were steady and a little frightened,. as though he were faintly afraid to face the world, as he now must, without his father’s strength behind him. “I wish’t I’d been to home,” he said grievously. “Might be It wouldn’t have happened, with me here to do the chores.” “Now don’t you. Will,” she whis pered, comfortingly. “Granny says old folks are like as not to die In the spring; and be was old, and tired.” And she said softly: "It’s good to know you’ll be here now.” He looked at her In faint surprise. Why, I’m going back,” he told her. 'I’ve got a good job, while It lasts; and good pay. I ’low to let the farm lay Idle this summer; come back next year when this job’s done, with the money I’ve saved.” ’ And he saw the shadow In her eyes, and said: "I can do a heap better there than I can on the farm, Jenny; make more, and save more, too.” ’I guess the farm’ll miss you,” she said, not urgently, yet with a rueful note In her voice. "Farms need taking care of, and tending. Granny says a piece of land will go back to woods mighty quick. If you let It be.” Then they came down toward the house together, while friends stayed behind to do what must still be done by the grave; and Will spoke as they walked side-by-side. T can bring the farm .back, another year,” he said. “But looks like I ought to hang onto this job, long as I can. It's a dam they’re building over there, and a power plant and all.” She made no open effort to dissuade him. He said,' with some blundering perception of the change In her: 'You’ve growed a heap, Jenny.” She shook her head. "No, Will I’m no bigger than I was.” He protested, smilingly: “Sho, young one. You’ll be a grown woman, first thine you know,” ‘Some ways,” she confessed, “I’m a woman now.” She Watched him hope fully; but he did not speak, and she asked: "You aim to stay any* time at all?” T 'low to leave first thing In the morning,” he returned. They were come to the house. “So I don’t know’s I’ll see you again, before. Nice’ of you to come over, Jenny. Pa, be always liked you.” ^ i - - = Jenny nodded, not trusting herself to speak; she turned away. So the Ferrln place on the slopes above Carey’s brook was deserted all that summer, and the next winter, too; and for Jenny, with Will gone, Hostlld Valley became a dreary solitude. He had vanished as completely as though he were half the world away; yet likely to. This was not because there were no others to take his place. The girl In these years came swift to wom anhood; the change was manifest to the rudest eye. Uncle Win Haven, re turning on one of his Infrequent visits to the Valley, met her one day when she went to feed the hens, and chucked her under the chin and told her she was a fine wench now, and would have kissed .her, but Jenny turned her head aside. Back Indoors, she told Marm Pierce that Uncle Win t was about; and the old woman*fiald crisply: “You keep away from him, Jenny. He’ll get sick of It mighty soon.” The old man stayed In the neighbor hood for a while, lodging with Bart Carey; and Amy, Bart’s sister, came to Marm Pierce one night for sanctu ary. "They’re tover there, the both of them, drunk on Bart's cider,” Amy ex plained. “And making such a noise and tother yoe-can’totfeep In the house. I thought maybe you could give me a bed here. I’ll go back in the morn ing and cook up some breakfast for them.” Marm Pierce made her welcome, and Amy slept on the conch In the dining room. "But If yon had any glxsard In Pierce, watching the girl sometimes when Jenny did not know, thought that if Will were here,'even he must see the beauty In her now. The girl was like teeming meadow land, ready for the plow. Some time later, when Bart Carey came over one day on a manufactured errand, the old woman was uneasy. She had known this young man since he was a boy. The Carey house was In fact the nearest human habitation, accessible by a faint trail through, the woods. She had known Bart long, and she was not In the least persuaded of his virtues. The fact that. Instead of farming with the diligence that was hereabouts the rule, he derived the major portion of his Income from taking fishermen as boarders, prejudiced her against him. Thrift and Industry were to her mind cardinal virtues; the neglect of them was a taint on any man. Yet Bart could not be blamed for his courses. His father before him had been shrewd enough to perceive the possibilities of-profit In the big trout In Carey's brook; he bad *even at one time run a small advertisement In one of the sporting journals, and neglected his farm to attend the cus tomers who came to fish. Bart had always been a fisherman. His younger brother Wilfred preferred farming.; and he had tilled and tolled, made a garden, cut the bay, picked the apples. When the elder Carey died, he left the farm to Wilfred, the house to Bart and Amy. “That way, Wilfred can run the farm, do what he wants, and Bart can fish If he’s a mind,” he said, when he wrote the will I But lives have a way of shaping their own destinies. Wilfred m’oved to Liberty, and married, and found a farm of his own; and Bart—with his sister to keep house for him—stayed on here, and did only enough farming for his personal needs. He and old Win Haven had always found a certain ribald bond between them. Bart, though be was three or four years older than Will Ferrln, bad never married; Marm Pierce felt crit ically that he was not likely to. She thought him a roisterer, but she was careful to say nothing against him to Jenny, with a wise understanding that barriers are In the eyes of youth a challenge, and that the forbidden ob-. Ject becomes Infinitely more desirable from the very fact that It Is forbid| den. Yet she was ready if the need arose to lend a hand.— IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL S UNDAY I chool Lesson By BBV. r. B. FITBWATBR. IV D, Member of Foctiltjr, Moody Biol# Inotltnto of ChlcafO. A We*tarn Newspaper Union. - - ■^ ======= Lesson fpr September 1 PAUL THE APOSTLE W—V» Supper of Potfamft** Mssd tbs SWM mads by the Poston in another part of this pa per. They will send a full week’s sup ply of health giving Postnm first M I anyone who writes tot it*—Adv* o Cat Like* te Travel I Tommy, a cat which makes his headquarters In the restaurant of the station In Carlisle, England, likes to travel on trains, \ 4^: LESSON TEXT—Act* IS:8J-S5; Phl- liPPian* 4:4-14. t GOLDEN TEXT—In all thins* I gav* you an *xampl«, that so laboring y« ought to help the weak.—Acte 10:35. PRIMARY TOPIC—A Happy Worker for ieeua. I JUNIOR TOPIC—Paul a Good Soldier for Jeeue. INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP IC—How to Find Happiness In Work. YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP IC—The Church and the Toiler. ^ The explanatory- title given % the lesson committee, “Paul (A Worker With Hand and Brain),” Is unsatisfac tory. HIs pursuit of a trade was Inci dental, as well as working with his brain. He was in deed and In truth the apostle of Jesus Christ and his en tire person was dominated by bis pas sion to serve his Lord. 1. HIS Birth (Acts 22:3; cf. Phil. 8:17). He was horn In Tarsus of pure He brew stock. He could with lawful pride boast of a godly ancestry. II. His Home Training (PhlL 3:5). His parents were pious people and carefully reared him according to Jew ish standards. Most religious leaders spring out of such homes, as for ex ample, Moses, Samuel, and Timothy. Stern principles of Integrity were In culcated in him, thus giving him strength of character to Impress the world. III. His Education (Acts 22:3). L His patriotism. He was brought up to love his nation. He proudly af firmed, "I am a Jew.” Paul was a na tionalist of the true type. 2. A love for the Bible. The Scrip tures were to him the very Word of God. What was found written there in was the final word for him. Loss of love for the Bible and Implicit faith therein Is a tragedy. 3. Zealous for God. He says, “I was zealous toward God.’’ The word “seal- ous” literally means "to boll.” It means that his life was Inflamed with passion for God. 4. He was conscientious. His su preme aim was to have g conscience void of offense. Conformity to the dic tates of conscience Is demanded. It la the law of life for every man, but because of the blight of sin the com science needs to be'taught by , t)ie Word of God. 5. He had a trade. Every Jewish boy, regardless of hts father’s wealth, was taught a trade. It was a saying among them that he who failed to teach his son a trade taught him to steal. IV. His Conversion (Acts 22:6-10). ’ 1. On the way to Damascus (v. 6). He was filled with hatred of Christ and was on his way to Damascus with authority to bring to Jerusalem to be punished such Christians, men and | women, as might be found. 2. A light from heaven (vv. 6-9). As this light burned through thesky he fell to the ground. Accompanying the light was a voice saying, “Saul, Saul, why persecutes! thou me?” In response to his inquiry as to who was speaking, the Lord declared that It was Jesus of Nazareth whom he was persecuting. 3. An honest Inquiry .(V. 10). This Is shown by his declaration of his will ingness to do what the Lord willed. The Lord, therefore, instructed him to go to Damascus where fuller* light BILIOUSNESS ]rv LET HIM BE FREE FROM WORMS Whenever you deckle to fro* •our child from Worms or Tapeworm, got tho medicine ♦hat will drive them out with on** single dose. Pr.r^y.'l>EXDSHOT»»ia*. Me » hoMteftt Wrtsht’e Wl Co, 1*0 (TO*E CONTINUED) Sacred Chinese Lily May Be of Egyptian Family It is difficult to ascribe the origin of the “sacred Illy” to one particular cbuutry. The dictionary defines It as the “sacred Chinese Illy,” says the In dianapolis News. The Egyptian lo- roriglnally, was either of two wa ter lilies held sacred by the Egyptians. In horticulture this Is the Indian lotus. The sacred bean or lotus of Asia and especially of India, and Japan, has large umbrellalike leaves and pink blossoms surmounting tall stems. Myth ologically, the white lily was fabled to have sprung from the milk of Hera. As the plant of purity, It was con- ■asted with tbfe rose of Aphrodtte. The classification Included afao red and purple lilies, the red lily best known in Syria and Judaea being per haps what Is known as “the red Illy of Constantinople.” The lily of the. Old Testament may be conjectured to be a red illy from the simile In Canti cles 5:13, unless the allusion Is to the fragrance rather than the color of the Ups, in which case the white Illy must be thought of. The “lilies of the field,” Matthew 6:28, and the com parison ..of their beauty with royal robes suggests thel/ Identification with the red Syrian Illy of Pliny. LIUes are not a conspicuous feature in the flora of Palestine and the red anemone, with which all the hillsides of Galilee are dotted In the spring, Is perhaps more likely to have suggested the figure. would be given him. V. Paul’s Philosophy of Lite (Phil. 4:4-13). What men do and say expresses their philosophy of life. In order to Induce right living, there must be created right thinking, for truly, “As a man thlnketh In his heart, so Is he.” L Unceasing Joy In the Lord (v. 4). The one who knows the Lord Jesus Christ as s personal Saviour and who knows that in the providence of God all things work together for good to them who love God, cannot help but persistently rejoice In spite of person al circumstances. 2. Be careful for nothing (v. 6). The word “careful” means “concern which leads to distraction.” This does not mean that such a one will be hazard- Quick, Pleasant Successful Eliminatioa Let’s be frank—there’s only on® way for your body to rid itself of the waste material that causes arid-' ity, gas, headaches, bloated feeling* and a dozen other discomfort* Y'our Intestines must function anr the way to make them move quick ly, pleasantly, successfully, without griping or harsh Irritants Is to chew a Mllnesla Wafer thoroughly, In ac cordance with directions on the bot tle or tin, then swallow. Mllnesla Wafers, pure milk of magnesia In tablet form, each equiv alent to a tablespoon of liquid milk of magnesia, correct acidity, bad breath, flatulence, at their source, and enable you to have the quick, pleasant, successful eliminatioa so necessary to abundant health. Mllnesla Wafers come In bottles at 85c and COc or in convenient tins at 20c. Recommended by thousands of physicians. All good druggists carry them. Start using these pleas* ant tasting effective wafers today. Watch Your Kidneys/ Bt Sure They Properly Cleanse the Blood WOUR kidney* are constantly filter- T jng weste matter from the blood stream. But kidneys sometimes lag in their work—do not act as nature in tended-fail to remove impurities the! poison the system when retained. TJjen you may suffer nagging back ache, dizziness, scanty or too frequent urination, getting up at night, swollen limbs; feel nervous, miserable** all upstL _ Don’t dalayl Use Doen’s Pills. Doen’s are especially for poorly func tioning kidneys. They are recom mended by grateful users the country over. Get them from any druggist Doan spills Stop Chills and Fever! Shivering with dulls one moment and burning with fever the next—that’* on* of the effects of Malaria. Unless checked, the disease will do serious harm to your health. Malaria, a blood infection, calli the disease and to fortify against further atUek. -oue- lB hie llvlag or faU hr thg excr else of common sense. He will not be disposed to depend upon himself, but cast himself upon his Lord for everything. 6. Think on right things (v. 8). The one who thinks on truth will be true; the one who thinks on honesty will be honest; the one who thinks on love will have love flowing from his per son. Things honorable and of good reputation among the people will not be neglected. 4. All sufficiency is in Christ (vv. 10*13). The one who Is thus In har mony with his Lord will be content in whatever circumstances be may be placed. GroveV Tasteksa Chill Tonic supplies both these effects. It contains tasteless quinine, which kills the infection in the blood, and Iron, which enriches and builds up th* blood. Chill* and feve* soon stop and you are restored to health and comfort. For half a century, Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic has been sura relief for Malaria. It is just as useful, too, as a general tonic for old and young. Pleasazzt to take and absolutely harmless. Safa to give children. Get a bottle at any drug store. Now two sizes—50c and $1. The . $1 sire conjoins 2% times as much as the 50c sire and givef you 25% morg for your money. VNU—7 84-85 My armor of thick ice. Old Enoch, j you,” tho old woman told hef briskly, Guillotine Montor of Fashion* Women shingled their balr as tbs executlohers had cut the hair of their victims for many years after the French revolution, so greatly did that upheaval affect France. Dresses were trimmed with miniature chains, pinions and leg irons. Even the children played with toy guillotines with which they beheaded the toy flgurea of ari* tocrata. - 1 p V Health “The first wealth la health. Sick ness la poor-spirited, and cannot serve anyone; It must husband its resources to live. But health, or fullness, an swers Its own ends, and haa to spare- runs over, and inundates the neighbor hoods and -creek* of other men’s ne cessities. ”—Emerson. NMd of Salf-Caitrol But take my word for 1L This la tho time to see the world in Its Sun day clothes, and without money aad Without price.—Exchange. MOSQUITOES Infect Poison ISvn on human blood* tho can draw your bLo4 V fthu mosquito moot first thin ftVy Iniocting a poison. Thus Mosquitoes aaney—ere deatoroos. seMM serleos disease ooMeedcs* Dmro teUchaaees. Kill mZ+Mee* fee* epldem wHh FLY-TOX-proved be/ FLY-TOX r X ■at