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Thlckety, Smith’s store, Monday 14, from 10 A. M. to 3 P. M. White Plains, M. C. Lipscomb’s, Ttaestajr, 15 from 10 A. M. to 8 P. M. Macedonia, E. P. Richards, Wed- keeday. 16 from 10 to 3 P. M. Butlers, Thursday 17, from 10 A. If. to 3 P M. Bzelis, Geo. D. Scruggs’, Friday, 18 Irmd 10 to 3 P. M. Maud, R. E. Linder’s, Saturday, 19 from 10 A. M. to 3 P. M. Cherokee Falls, Monday, 21 from It A M. to 3 P. M. King’s Creek. Tuesday, 22 from 10 A. M. to 3 P. M. Antioch Church, Wednesday, 23 from 10 A. M. to 3 P. M. Blacksburg. Thursday and Friday. 24 and 25 from 10 A. M to 3 P. M Buffalo school house, Saturday, 26 from 10 A. M. to 3 P. M. Allens. Monday, 28 from 10 A. M. fee 3 P. M Grassy Pond, Tuesday. 29 from 10 A. M. te 3 P. M. At the office at Gaffney till the 20th •f February. 1907, at which time the time expires without the penalty. AM persons are required at the time making returns to state In what •dheal district they live. W. D. Camp. Auditor. Fire, Life, Accident, Health Insur ance Surety Bonds. Jones J. Darby BANNER SALVE the most healing salve In the world. and WHISKEY HABITS cored at home will* oat pain. Book of par ticulars aent FBKR. _l B. M. WOOLLKY, M. IX , Office 104 N. Pryor Street. It is. however, due to truth to say. that Mildred’s eager attachment to this cause was not altogether the free motion of patriotism. How of ten does some little under-current of passion, some slight and amiable prepossession, modest and unobserv ed. rise to the surface of our feelings, and there Klve Its direction to the stream upon which floats all our phi losophy! What is destiny but these undercurrents that come whenso ever they list, unheeded at first, and Irresistible ever afterwards! My reader must be told that, be fore the war brobe out, this enthus iastic girl bad flitted across the path of Arthur Butler, then a youth of rare faculty and promise, who com bined with a gentle and modest de meanor an earnest devotion to his country, sustained by a chivalrous tone of honor that had In it all the fanciful disinterestedness of boy hood. It will not, therefore, annear wonderful that, amongst the golden opinions the young man storing un in all quarters, some fragments of this grace should have made a lodgment in the heart of Mildred Lindsav. Buter was a native of one of the 'ower districts of South Carolina, and was already the possessor, by inheri tance, of what was Then called a handsome fortune. He first met Mil- dn-d, under th - safe conduct of her uvnts, at Annapolis in Maryland, at that time the seat of opulence and i iiion. There the wise and the gay he beautiful and the rare y gifted, tiriied in a splendid little constella lit a, in which wealth threw its sun beam glitter over the wings of love, and learning and eloquence yvere warmed bv the smiles of fair women. There gallant men gave the fascina tions of wit to a festive circle unsur- e ’ised in the new world, or the old for its proportion of the graces that embellish, and the endowments that enrich life. In this circle there was no budding beauty of softer charm than the young Mildred, nor was there amongst :he gay and bright cavaliers that thronged the “little academy" of Eden, (the governor of the province,) a youth of more favor able omen than Arthur Butler. The war was at the very threshold, and angry men thought of turning the ploughshare into the sword. Amongst these was Butler; an un sparing denouncer of the policy of Great Britain, and an unhesitating volunteer in the ranks of her oppos- ers. It was at this eventful time that that under these inauspicious cir cumstances they began to love. Ev ery Interview afterwards, (and they frequently saw each other at Wil liamsburg and Richmond) only de veloped more completely the tale of love that nature was telling in the heart of each. Butler received from Congress an ensleu’g commission in the continent al army, and was employed for a he met Mildred. I need hardly add few months in the recruiting service at Charlottesville . This position fa vored his views and enabled him to visit at the Dove Cote. His inter course with Mildred, up to this peri od. had been allowed by Lindsay to pass without comment: it was re garded but as the custo # mary and common place of polite society. Mil dred’s parents had no sympathy in her lover’s sentiments, and conse quently no especial admiration of character, and they had not yet doubted their daughter’s loyalty to be made of less stern materials than their own. Her mother was the first to perceive that the modest maiden awaited the coming of the young sol dier with a more anxious forethought than betokened an unoccupied heart How painfully did this perception break upon her! It opened upon her view & foresight of that unba^n^ se quence of events that attends the se cret struggle between parental au thority and filial affection, which the absorbing interests of true love are concerned: a struggle that so fre quently darken^ the fate of the no blest natures, and whose history sup plies the charm of so many a melan choly and thrilling page. Mrs. Lind say had an invinclbe objection to the contemplated alliance, and Immedi ately awakened the attention of her husband to the subject. From this moment Butler’s reception at the Dove Cote was cold and formal, and Mr. Lindsay did not de'ay to express to his daughter a marked aversion to her Intimacy with a man so uncon genial to his own taste. I need not dwell upon the succession of Inci dents that followed: are they not written In every book that tells of young hearts loving In despite of authority? Let It suffice to say that Butler, “many a time and oft,” hied stealthily and with a lover’s haste to the Dove Cote, where, “under the shade of melancholy boughs,’’ or sometimes of good Mistress Dlmock’s roof, he found means to meet and ex change vows of constancy with the lady of his love. Thus passed the first year of the war. The death of Mrs. Lindsay, to which I have before adverted, now occurred. The year of mourning was doubly afflictive to Mildred. Her father’ 1 ' grief hung as heavily upon her as her own. and to this was add ed a total separation from Butler. He had Joined his regiment and was sharing the perils of the northern dumpalgnst and subsequently of those which ended In the subjuga tion of Georgia and Carolina. Dur ing all this period he was enabled to keep up an uncertain and Irregular correspondence with Mildred, an - he had once met her In secret, for a few hours only, at Mistress Dlmock’s, during the autumn immediately pre ceding the date of the opening of my story. Mrs. Lindsay, upon her deathbed, had spoken to her husband In the most emphatic terms of admonition against Mildred’s possible alliance ■" Ith Butler, and conjured him to pre vent It by whatever means might be In his power. Besides this, she made a will directing the distribution of a large jointure estate In England be tween her two children, coupling, with the bequest, a condition of for feiture. if Mildred married without her father’s approbation. J have now to relate an incident In th«' life of Philip Lindsay, which throws a sombre coloring over most of th” future fortunes of Mildred and Arthur, as they are hereafter to be developed In m-y story. The lapse of years, Lindsay sup posed would wear out tho first favor- ah’e impressions made by Arthur Butler upon his daughter. Years had now passed: he knew nothing of the secret correspondence between the parties, and he had hoped that all was forgotten . Ho cou d not help, however, i ‘rceiving that Mitlred had grown reserved, and that her denort- ment seemed to ho controlled by some secret care that sat upon her heart. She was anxious, solicitous, and more inclined than became her* youth, to he alone. Her household affections took on a softer tone. lil:-e one in urief. These tilings did not es cape her fa th r’: eye. it wps on a nielit. in li.ne, a Httle more than a year before the visit of (hitler and Robinson which I have narrated in a former chapter, that di lather and daughter had a free "'tunninion together, in which it was ids purpose to penetrate into the causes of her disturbed spirit. The conference was manage d with an af- lectionat" and skillul address on the Part of the father, and sad y borne b> Mildred. It is sufficient to say that it reveal'd to him a truth of which he was previously but little aware, namely, that, neither the fami lv affections nor the ilight of two years had rooted out the fond predi lection of MI dred for Arthur Butler. TVhen tins interview ended Mildred retired weeping to her chamber, and Lindsay sat in his study absorbed in meditation. The object iu life near est to his heart was the happiness of his daughter: and for the accom plishment of this what sacrifice would he not make? He minutely recalled to memory all the passages of her past life. What error of edu cation had he committed, that she thus, at womanhood, was found wan dering along a path to which he had never led her. which, indeed, he had ever taught her to avoid! What In cident of fortune had brought her in to this, as he must consider It. un- hanp-y relation? “How careful have I been,” be said, “to shut out all the Inducements that might give a com- • lexion to her tastes and principles different from my own! How sed ulously have I waited upon her foot steps from infancy onward, to shield her from the Influences that might mislead her pliant mind! And yet In this, the most determinate act of her life, that which is to give the hue to the whole of her coming fortune, the only truly momentous event in her history—how strangely has It befal len!” In such a strain did his thought pursue this harassing subject. The window of his study was open, and he near It. looking out upon the night. The scene around him was of a na ture to awaken his Imagination and lead his muslngs towards the preter natural and invisible world. It was n ast midnight, and the bright moon was just sinking down the western slope of the heavens, journeying through the fantastic and gorgeous clouds, that, as they successively cnight her beam, stood like nromon- torles jutting upon a waveless ocean, their rich profiles tipped with burn ished silver. The long black shadows of the trees slept in enchanted still ness upon the earth; the night-wind breathed through the foliage, and brought the distant gush of the river fitfully upon his ear. There was a witching harmony and music in the the landscape that sorted with the solitary hour, and conjured up thoughts of the world of shadows. Lindsay’s mind began to run upon the themes of his favorite studies: the array of familiar spirits rose upon his mental vision; the many recorded In stances of what was devoutly believ ed the interference of the dead In the concerns of the living,* came fresh, at thin moment, to his memory, and made him shudder at his lonesome ness. Struggling with this concep tion. it struck him with an awe that wa s unableto master: “some invis ible counsellor.” he muttered, “some mysterious Intelligence, now holds ra v daughter In thrall, and flings his spell upon her existence. The pow ers that mingle unseen In the affairs of mortabi. that guide to good or ead astray, have wafted this helpless hark into the current that sweeps on ward, unstayed by man. I cannot C £n!, en £ w,th de8t, ny- She is thy child, Gertrude,” he exclaimed apos trophizing the spirit of his deoarted wife. “She Is thine, and thou wilt hover near her and protect her from those who contrive against her neace; thou wilt avert the 111 and shield thy daughter!” Excited almost to phrensy, terrified and exhausted In physical energy Lindsav threw his head upon his hand and rested It against the wln- owslll. A moment elapsed of al most Inspired madness, and whe-i he raised his head and looked outward upon the lawn, he behe’d the -ale Im age of the being he had Invoked, gliding through the shrubbery at the farthest verge of the level ground The ghastly visage was bent upon him, the hand steadily pointed to wards him, and as the figure slowly passed away the last reverted gaze was directed to him. “Great God'’’ he ejaculated, “that form—that form!” and fell senseless Into his chair. During the night. Mildred was awakened bv a low moan, which led her to visit her father’s chamber. He was not there. In great alarm she betook herself to his study, where she found him extended upon a sofa, so enfeebled and bewildered by this recent incident that he was scarcely conscious of her presence. A few weeks restored Lindsay to his usual health, hut it was long be fore he regained the equaniipity of his mind. He had seen enough to confirm his faith In the speculations of that pernicious philosophy which is wrapt up in the studies of which I have before given the outline; and he was. henceforth, oftentimes mel ancholy and moody, and reserved In spite of all the resolves of dutv. and In defiance of a temper naturally plac id and kind. Let us pass from this unpleasant in cident lo a theiae of more cheerful Im port: the loves of Miidred and Ar thur. I have said these two had se cret meetings. They were not en tirely without a witness. There was a confidant In all Intercourse: no oth er than Henry Lindsay, who united to the reckless Jollity of youth an al most worshipping love of his sister. His thought and actions were akin to hers. Henry was therefore a safe depository of the precious secret: and as he could not hut think Ar thur Butler a good and gallant com rade. he determined that his father altogether on the wrong side in re spect to the love affair, and, by a nat ural sequence, wrong also in his poli tics. Henry had several additional rea sons for this last opinion. The whole countryside was khidledMnto a martial (lame and there was nothing to be iieard but dnuus and trump ts. There wrrerifle-corps raising, and they were all dressed in huting.shirt - and bug e» wto blowing, and horses wtq- neigh ing: how could a ant of sixteen re •'ist it ■’ Besides, Stephen Foster, the woodman, right under th ■ brow of Hove Cote, was a lieutenant of uounted rillemen and had, for some time past, been training Henry in the m\st rv of his weapon, and had given him divers lessons on the horn to sound the signals and had enticed him furtively to ride in a p atonn on pa rade, whereof he had dubbed Henry corporal or deputy-corporal. All this worked well for Arthur and Mildred. Mr. Lindsay was not ignorant of Henry’s popularity in the neighbor hood. nor how much he was netted by the volunteer soldiery. He did not object to this, as it served to quiet suspicion of his own dislike to the cause, and diverted the observation of the adherents of what he called the rebel government, from his own motions; whilst, at the same time, he deemed it no other than a gewgaw that played upon the boyish fancy of Henry without reaching his princi ples. Mildred, on the contrary, did not so regard it. She had inspired Henry with her own sentiments, and now carefully trained him up to feel warmly the interests of the war. and to prepare himself by dlscioline for the hard life of a soldier. She early awakened In him a wish to render service in the field, and a resolution to accomplish It as soon as the oc casion might arise. Amongst other things, too. she taught him to love Arthur Butler and keep his counsel. (CONTINUED NEXT FRIDAY.) BACKACHE 1 “I wrote you for advice,” writes Lelia Hagood* of Sylvia, Term., “about my terrible backache and monthly pains in my abdomen and shoulders. 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W. S. Montgomery, President and Treasurer Spartan Mills. STOBO J. Simpson, Attorney-at-Law. Aug. W. Smith, President Woodruff Cotton Mills and Bank of Woodruff. A. L. White, President Merchants and Fanners Bank. ELLIOTT Estes, President Southeastern Life Insurance Co. A corporation chartered by the State of South Carolina, founded and controlled by South Carolina men, and wnting strictly non-speculative, straight Life I*- surance of the safest kind only. A South Carolina home company for the protecdoa of South Caiolina homes 'AGENT WANTED FOR CHAROKEE COUNTY. ELLIOTT ESTES, Jr. General Agent, Spartanburg, S. C. Don’t Forget That I keep all kinds of Picture Moulding® and make any size Frames. When you want Wall Paper, call and see mine. I paint houses, signs and buggies, repair furniture an upholster. L. R. Gaines ■RWl Phone No. 261. Are You Administrator and have the settlement of an estate? 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