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r AN HUMBLE } it! HERO : BY THOMAS 1 -P. MONTFORT :;: I J;>'?-;:v copyright, iwi, by tiiom \h w montkout I I CF1APTEH XVII. MAKING AMKNDS. Sim Banks walked slowly homeward. Since leaving Sam Morgan he had growu calm, very, very cnliii. Inn his heart was as heavy n^ he! Iiis v. a the ealliniess of hopeless dl'Spllll Mini complete residual ion. "I see my duly." he repealed ovei Mild over, "nil I'll do it if it Kills no-." Iiis face was while, hill liiere was ti (Inn, set expression liiere which show ed thai bis mind was made up ton pur pose and (hill there would bo 110 Wll verlug in fulllllhig It Like Ids elass In general, he was slow tu see ins <iu;> bul OIICO having seen It there was U" shirking it ami no faltering in its tils charge. lie believed nil Sam Morgan had odd 111 in. Ill view of all he I.new he had no shadow of reason for doubting. It was true, every word ol It. Vet before he aeted he would hear it from Lou isa's own lips. He even Imped hoped | against bo| o that she might in some | way salisia. torily explain it nil. What ever sin- said he would believe. lie would lake her word against all the W ol Id when ho reached home, ho wcut di rectly ? her. He noticed that she looked in >:*c sad and worn than he bad e\ei seen her. am! a feeling of pity and compassion stirred his heart to the ! very bottom, in his sympathies his own sufferings held the second place. His wile s were fust. Kven as he stood before her he hesi tated t?> speak, but not for long. Duty with him was duty, ami It must be done, no matter how bitter the cost. With a quiet llrinuess that was sur prlsing under the circumstances he spoUe. "Loueosy," he said. "I'd rather be dead this minute than to speak the words I've got to say. but I feel It's my duly to spea'.c. so that OtlCO an for all we may understand each other." lie paused a moment, and she glanc ed up Inquiringly, then again bent her h'?ad over her work. "Do von I.now, Loueosy," he went on. "what :.H people are say In about you au > I eh n V" She slioi \ her head, and he Baw the color creep Into her face. "They 11 e tellln that you met that mau in i ? woods out thar an that you Louooi-y It's hard to say the rest, eruei ha. d. but it's best to say it. They say you i< Id that man you loved him." It was out, all out. an.I be waited for her to speak. But he waited In vain. Her head bent i iw .T ?>\ er her work ii ml her v hole form seemed to droop, but she remained silent, "Is it true, Loueosy?" be asked after awhile, bis voice strangely gentle and tender. "Tell me. is it all true, as they say V" She did md answ er. ? Say 'Yes' or No.' Loueesy." be In sisted. "Yes," she said In a tone scarcely audible. "An is it true, LoilCCSy, that you do lo\ e III I.I V" "Yes." 'I ben aller a pause she add ed: "I can't I.-dp it. God knows I can't. I v\ i: h I WHS dead." Sim turned to leave tho room, but at the door be stopp, d. "Loueosy." lie said, "l ain't blnmlu you. It ain't your fault that things has turned out like this. God knows it ain't." Then be passed on and went to his own room, lie p|i knl up his gun and examined it and saw that It was In perfect order. He sot it down where it would be handy to him, saying to him self: "That's all I'll need, an It's all I'll lake." Then he took some papers from a Ut ile locked tin box and wem nut. lie walked down the street until he came to the ofllce of Squll'O BecSOIl, the Jus tice of the pence, in all his move ments be was as calm und dellberate na though nothing out of common had transpired, nnd there were no outward indications of the fire that was trying his soul. Appearing before, the squire, he placed the papers on the desk, saying quietly: "fan you make mit a dood lor me right away, squire?" "Shore." was I he prompt reply. "Beeil .. 'Hin some of your land. Sim?" "No. I want the deed made out to I.oueesy." The squire, having heard the talk ubotit Louisa and Melvln, thought he understood the situation, ami he was not surprised at Sim's words. It oc curred to him at once that Sim ami Louisa were going In separate and that Sim was going to divide his posses sions with her. "All right," he said, bringing out some blanks and preparing to till In the deed. "What part of your land are you goln to give I.oueesy?" "Ail of it," Sim replied. "All!" tho squire exclaimed. "All." The squire laid his pen down and turned around, facing Sim. He look tils spectacles off, Wiped them slowly with his red cotton handkerchief, then put them on again. "Sim," he said slowly, "it ain't none of my business, of course, but If I was yon I wouldn't do that." "Wouldn't do which?" Sim asked. "I wouldn't give Loueosy all the land." "Why?" "'Cause It ain't right. It ain't jes tlce to yourself." "Bul It's jestlco to Loueesy, all the Jest lee I can do her now. God know s It's little enough, conslderln all 1 owe her." The squire looked puzzled. "I don't understand about that," ho sohl. "From what I've heard, It ain't your fault that things are the way they are." "It Is, though. It's all my fault." "I can't see llOW that is, Sim, 1 ain't never lionriiof nothln you've done to wrong Loueesy." "Hut I have, squire. I've done her a wrong I'll never forgive myself for, the crudest. Wickedest wrong ever any man can do a woman." The squire stared in astonishment. "Why, Sim," he said. "I ain't under Stand you. I've knoWOd you all your life, an I've never yIt hearn of you dolri auyhody wrong, much less Loueesy." "But It's so. I have wronged her, a? I say." "When?" "The day I married her." "Slml" I "It's llio truth. squire,, ?ho God's truth. I didn't Know it' then, but I know it now I'd 'a' butter 'a' killed her nn.v day than to 'n' made tier my wife." Tho squire Bhook Iiis head. "1 enu't Bee," hi' said, "how you go Mtout makln that out. Men have buon H-imirryin wotuuii ever Beuco tlio begin* niu uf creation, an I ain't never before beam It looked on as n crlinu." "it nin t no crime whar the mau nu the woman love each other," Shu re plied, "tin whnr tliey're ekal ever' way nu suited together. But whar them things ain't so it's a ciitue, an they ain't so in our en w." "But you loved Ijouoosy, simV" "I <ii<i. B<iulre, nu I love her yit. an I'll go on a lovlu lier till l draw my last breatli. How much I love her no body but God knows. Thar ain't no words strong enough lo tell." "Thun it ain't your fault 'bout what's happened, Sim. Loueesy ain't done you right an"? Sim sprang to his foot and held Ida hand up wnrutngly. "Hold on. squire," ho said. "Don't you go an say notion ag'in Loucesy, not nary a word, 'cause (hnr'll he hard* m <s i.etwist us if yon do. I've nllua liked you. Sil ill re, an I like you yit. an I want to go on a likln you but I won't If you talk ng'ht Loiioosy." Tho si|Uir<- shrugged his shoulder* ami turned back to Pis desk. A little curl';.. It seemed to Sim. he said: "Tell me what you want in this deed nu I'll go to work an make it out." Instead of replying. Sim drew iicaret to the squire and pin.I bis hand nil his shoulder. "Squire." he said pleadingly, "l hope I ain't gone an made you mad. (led knows 1 never meant to do no sieh a thing, nn I'm sorry if I have. I don't want to cause no more hard feelin's than I enn help, nn specially now, when I feel like I ain't got no friend* on earth " The squire softened immediately. "1 ain't mad at you. Sim." he replied, "nor 1 ain't n-goill to git mad fit you. 1 jest can't make out no justice in your j way of reasonln; that's nil." "An yit it's jest, for all that." "Mebby it is. I dunno." You know, squire. l.oucesy an me don't suit. Von know that, don't you?" "Yes. ever'body knows that now." "Kver'hody knows it now. an 1 guess a good many knowed it 'fore we mar ried. Thai's whar I d< lie wrong. I ort '?' had souse enough lo know It then, an mebby I would if I'd 'if kcer ed enough to stop an think, l.oucesy was young, an she couldn't know, hut 1 was older, au I ort to 'a' seen that she COUldu'1 never be happy with a man ? like me. I dom- wrong lo ui'go her lo marry mo, an thai'.- whar all (he fault lies. I've rubied her life an destroyed her happiness, hut l was too blind to See it till il WHS tOO IlltO." "So now"? "So now I'm n-goill to do what little I can lo make amends. I'm n-goill to give her all l have, ihen take myself tun of her life." The sip.ite was --Hent ami (boughtfill a long lime, ami w hen ai Ins) he spoke he said: "Your rea-...niu may be Jest, Sim. hut whether il he or no) I llill'l ll-goiu lo argue with you 'houl i'. 'cause it wouldn't he no iise. You've gol your head sot thai a-Wll,v, an nolldti It Iii* t n-goin to change it." "Noihin." "Hut. as l was n-goin i" say, Sim. don't glvo all your hind away. It ain't right, an nobody can't expect you to do si. h a thing." "I'll give it all. -quire, ever' Inch of it." "Josi Hi nk. i hough, Sim, You'll si i out in the world without a hoi. W without a dollar nn" "I have ihoughl of all that, require I've thought of < . er'thing." "But suppose l.oueosy ^its n divorce au In r an thill other man You know what I ineitllV" "Yes, suppose they marry." "Waal. WOllld .'."ii waul him to have what's yonr'n, while you didn't limy*. nolhiuV" "If it i- to he si . Kqtllle, so lei it be I'll have tin- consciousness of kuowili thai I've done my duty, a- far a < I could, low aid l.oiieesy." The squire sighed and drew the blank toward him ami look up Ids pen "1 hate io make nny sich a deed." he said, "hui if you will have it BO, so let it he " The Meeds were made, and Sim sign ed Hu m. Then he went buck home, stopping at Hick- siore on the way to settle ;i little nccoUill he had Miere. "I'.ver'lhing must he left in as good shape as possible," he said lo himself, "so l.oucesy won't be postered no more than can he helped." When in was back In his room, he look a piece of paper fta pencil and sat down at the table ami wrote a nolei to his wife, it was - low and laborious work, ami it look him a long time in put down the few- words he had to iy With each word his heart grew heavier and sadder, for Dial was the lust thing hi- was ever to do lor Louisa, and when It was finished Ills life and hers would part, never to meet ngnlu, "I am ??lII away," he wrote, "an I'll never nee you im more an never no more stand in the way of your hnppl 11088. II I - hard, cruelly hard, hut it is best, for I know thai I can't never make you happy, an mebby when I'm gone n il |?. different. You ain't to blame for noihin. l.oucesy. All the blame is mine. What you done is mil Tal. an J.'Ollldu'l help it, hut what 1 done I could 'a' helped I oi l to 'a' knowed you couldn't never he hnppj with me. it was like drnggln a Mid down an trylll l<> make ii live- with a mole, doln like the mole does. I ruined your life by lirgill you lo many me when I ort lo 'a' knowed better, hut I hope you w ill forgive me. an I piny that (hid will too. I've paid the debt nt the store, an I leave what money I have. If you need any advice 'limit anything, go to Pap Hainpson. He'll be glad to help you, an I know you can trust him. I've done the best I can for you, hut I know It ain't much. All I want Is to make you happy, nn I hope you will he. Don'l (hink I blame you for notion, for I don't. It's all my own fault. Put I didn't know. I'm'well." Ho placed the deeds on the I a hie, then folded the note carefully and laid It on top of them Then he took from his pocket all the money he bad mid placed It In a little heap on the note. YVhon it was nil done, he stood for a little WhllO looking at It, then turned away, saving to himself: It ii I ii'I much. Clod knows, hut it*-! I Clin .|... .-in un bbj I "if ??->".! Uli i stand" After Hull lit- walked bnek and foi'tli ro?s tif I"- in for :i i""--; l\uw. and M* "It nin t much, but "it l van </" " bend was bent in deep thought. There was un.- thing hi >ro ho longed for he fore bo went, htu ho ":,s iifrnld it might not i?' beat, it was tins of which he was thinking and at last he de cided. ??No. I'll not ?h> It." he Billtl. "I'd give the world i" boo Loueesy once more, but I dnsn t <i" It, I dasn't, for I'm nfenrd I'd give way !?? nil ibis I fcol. nml that might give her somethln sud to remember. So I dasn't see hl r nu more, never ng'in In all ibis world-" II*? look !':? his gnu und went out An boui hit.i r Sum ?' >rdi ? utul Jason j llohoi is, roll. i ? ? ? ?' "intlinn Tur ner's, hi aid a - :i -l off In S4n Banks' woods. "Sotuobody'y ?hot ii - inirrcl. I guess." Silin 11 u.ai kod. ??It. ekon so." - i '.died "Si-i-nia like It's hind of :.. e I? !i ? din squir rids. (In ttg's." The in *?? ihcrul: . .!: . ics Melvill was fout ?' <! ?' i in .'?'??? v "' ?ls. with I a in lh '. ' 1 ' : iu -. his in ai t. ? :?? ;?. XVIII. AM' ; . i:sr. N \: l sinei that du> mi which the bntt' l.txin/l :> was fought had I the: l. ? :i sin'.i Intense excitement on v ;;;| hhlgi' 'I hi people, flieget llllg Hu . . . \ .. .. tUJl ? ? ? eolh ' i d in little gl ,i .. ami ml ihi> long talked in low. b;: !. d I nil of I lie I Tflblo Illing that ha I h:u?penetl. A thmisantl questions were ticked, uuiu.v of I hem ol a uiosi frivolous nature, lull propounded in nil seriousness: a thousand surmlsi < were made, ai d those- wlui bappeuetl to pos sess a fragment of Information relative to th, i.ni- subject of absorbing Interest repeated that Information over nod over again for the tleleetution of their less fortunate fellow mortals. In :i little uulet place like heekett's Mill, where but few things out of the common over transpire, n murder is an event of supreme Importance. It is Biitlicienl to claim the entire and undi vided attention of the people for a day and to remnlu the chief topic of con versation for a week or oven n mouth. It Is an c\ "in \\ hielt marks an epoch and from which time is reckoned. Lying In slule in a little wureroom just off Hicks' si..r.- whs all ihm re mained of James Melvill. .lim Th un in passing through Sim hanks' w.I had found the body lying across a little footpath, in almost the same spot where Melvill and Louisa had met. Thorn, in it mild stale of excitement, had up pen red at I licks' siore to report his lind. Hicks and others had repaired lo tho scene and had removed tin- hotly 10 town Soon the ii<-ws spr.-ad. and in nu In credibly short time everybody at Heek ett's'MIII knew of the tragedy. Then the i.pie came lo see ami to ask quos tioiis, of course every one. man. wo man and child, had to pass through the Huh wureroom and look on the life less form. Then, having looked, they gathered In little knots lo talk it all over. .lim Thorn, having been the fortu nate one to make the lind, occupied tho pedestal of chief importance in the vil lage that day. Wherever he went, whiehover way he turned, there was an eager group about him. listening anxiously for every word that fell from his lips. Time ami again, and always to interested listeners, he repeated the story of the timl down to the minutest details. And the story Jim Thorn told was this: "When i get up this inoriiin, 1 says to my woman, says I, 'Lucllldy, I guess 11 I'll Jest step over to ,loe heekett's pas tille an look at thai calf of Joe's.' Joe an mc's been on a trade for u right smart while, an ne s been n-wantin im? to lake a calf he's got over thai*. Waal, I put on my hill an went over to Joe's, but Joe's woman told no; Joe Wa'll'l ill home, bill that he'd gOUO olY to look for a pig Ihn I'd strayed away. So I Jest went an looked at the calf, made up my nd Joe wanted too much for it, Iben started back ucrosf the woods for home. Waal, ,'d walked a right smart piece an w as a golll along with my head sorter down, a tbinkin 'bout somethln, when all at once I kind er glanced up, an right thai- before me, not six feet away, laid thai (lend man." "Lord, but I bet you jumped an hol leredl" some one exclaimed. ' Thorn gave the speaker a look of mild contempt. I "I bet I never," he replied. "I never moved a inch, nor I never give a squeak." "Waal, I bet you was skeered any _how." ?'"No, sir, I wa'n't skeered, not nary a grain more than I am (his minute." "Hid you lOCll hiinV" soinebodv ask ed. "No. I didn't tech him, but it wa'n't 'cause I was afcard to. I 'lowed inch by il mouglll bo ng'in the law, an I Wa'll'l liggerln on glttii Into no trouble noway." There was a short pause, after which some one said Impressively: "Lord, Jest lo think of a feller walkin up on to a dead man like that! .My land, I wouldn't 'n' done it for mithin on onrtlll I bet I'd.'it' been skeered, an I'd 'a' jumped an hollered, too, an 1 reckon I'd most broke my neck a glltin away from Hull". Lord!" "Land of gracious." another exclaim ed, "if that had 'a' been me in place of Jim 'Thorn, I'd 'a' been skeered plumb out of my skin, an I'd Jest 'a' tore tho earth up an knocked the bark offen all the trees round lhar a-glttln out of ttlCUl woods." If the truth had been known, th* only reason Jim 'Thorn didn't knock tho bark off the trees getting out of those woods was because the bark was too tight to he knocked off. Itut that was something no one OnVO 'Thorn knew, and he had no Idea of mentioning It. Then Jim 'Thorn had to go out to Sim Hanks' woods und show whore tho body had been found and explain In tletail Just how it had lain. He had to show the exact position of the head, the feet and the hands ami describe In full tho precise attltudo of tho whole body. Atter i lull ho hiul t?? kIiow Just how ho luul Hindu the discovery ftnd Uow Iii? had noted and What In- had done and ' everything about it All this hu did by going through a rehearsal of his mow* | tnolits. Ho placed a stick across thu path where Melvln had fallen lo ruprusuui th<- corpse. Thou !i" wont n little way Off and. turning, walked hack slowly. With his head down, lust its he had been walking thai morning. At tl cer tain point he raised his head. His eyes , fell 011 the stick, and he stopped short in his ?rneks. For a minute or so lie Btood there, looking calmly on the stick, then quietly walked by ? on his way , to the village. All these things the curious crowd drunk in with open mouthed wonder. > leaning eagerly forward and cm 111 UK i their necks in order lo catch the small est and most unimportant detail of the movement s. ' Then, having absorbed the last par tide of Information Jim Thorn possess ed, the crowd felt to speculating re garding such things as Thorn could uot explain. Sam Morgan started il 1 y saying: "1 wonder whar the feller thai done the kllllll was when lie tired the shot." Then everybody looked around In search of what might lie considered ll likely place, I two or three were on the point of hazarding a reply, but it was JllSOII Koherts who spoke. ??Thai's only one place," he said, "whar the feller thai done the shoot III could 'a' likely stood, accordill to my way of flggerlll it out." I "Whin's I hut)" Homebody asked. "Ilcllilld that Idg tree whar Pap Sampson killed the six squirrels is" ? ?Seven squirrels, Jason Uoberta," Pap quickly corrected; "seven squir rels If thar was one." it was a curious fact, but In the ex (?Moment of I he moment m> one noticed it. that was the Ii is I ami the only time l'ap Sampson took any part In the talk that May. He. the orach- of the village, the first always to ?Ivo nn opinion, lapsed Into a silem-e from which noth ing save the o!M force of habit iM op posing Jason could arouse him. it was strnnge, passing strange. "He dud that tree whar Pap Sampson killed tin- squirrels," Jason repeated compromlslngly, "is tin- only place whar the feller ooOld 'a' been." j Then he took a stick, to represent a pun. and went behind the tree and demonstrated Just how the murderer haM liiM there ami how when Melvin came along Mown the path the gun haM been thrust out ami the fatal shut lin d. Kverybody saw and readily admitted the wisdom <<( Jason's conclusions, and two or three hastened to assure the others that they had formed that same ll'ulfc listened with interest. Conclusion tho moment they arrived on the ground, 'these last belonged to that class of ready liars who abound in every eonununlly, that largo family of "J told yon sos." While tin- interested crowd was still talking a stranger appeared among them. It was Mr. Walte. No one there knew him. for nono of 'hem had ever seen him. and tin- moment ho appear ed all conversation cell seil, ami every body stood with his eyes llxod inquir ingly mi him. booking coolly around, he asked: "What's the occasion of nil this ex citement V" There was a momentary silence, dur ing w hich every one turned his eyes on .lim Thorn. Thai worthy, understand ing what was ex peeled of him. Stepped forward a ml said in nu n: "Why, stranger, ain't you henrn?" "Heard what?" Walto asked. "Why, Lord, 'bout the murder." The stranger shook his head and look ed surprised. "Murder:" he exclaimed. "Why, have you been having a murder here?" "My land. I'd m^mi! I'M 'lowed ev er'body knowed 'boil.l it before this. An you ain't hen I'll a word of It?" I "How should I w hen I just arriv ed In the neighborhood?" "Oh, you jest now come. Mid youV" "Jusl this moment I passed through her,' a lew days ngO ami engaged hoard wiih Mr. Jenkins. Thon I went on down the country and nn. just now getting hack. Hut about ibis murder. Who was il that was killed?" "I I was a feller named Melvln." Thorn answered. "One of your citizens, I presume?" "No. he was a stranger. He'd only been here n few weeks. Stopped over to Jonathan Turner's an claimed he was n-prospectln for mineral." "Oh. that's the man, oh?" "Yes. I MM you know him?" "No, I didn't know Mr. Melvin, but that day 1 passed through hero 1 slop ped at Mr. Turner's, and 1 remember hearing him speak of him. So that's the man that was killed V" "That's the man." "Well, well! Do you know anything of the particulars of the murder?" Then Thorn embraced the opportuni ty for which he had been wailing and proceeded to repeal tho story he had been telling all May. lie even went through the pantomlmo of his discov ery of the body, not forgetting to show how calmly ho had viewed It ami how fearlessly he had passed by It on his way to the store. To all this Walte lis tened with seemingly the greatest of Interest, ami Jason Roberts was en couraged by that to demonstrate for his benefit Just how the murderer must have tired the fatnl shot from the shel ter of tho big tree. If any one had beim observing tho stranger's fnce closely, he must have noticed that It became quite pnle as Ja son proceeded with his explanation, but Jason was claiming everybody's attention at that moment, so no one saw. "What Mo you think'.-" Jason asked when he haM finished. "Don't you h'I love I'm right, si ranger?" Waite gav a little start. "Uli?" he exclaimed. "Oh, yes, very likely you are right; yes s. very likely." "Pound lo tie," Jason said, "Ain't no Other way It could 'a' been done.* "I guess ihm's so," Waite admitted, "Put what was the object of the mur? <ler. Mo you thinkV" Pap Sampson, who had followed Ihn crowd aboin all day lu alienee, listen ine, 10 nil (hut was kuId, U'uiu'd fur ward an ! walled oxpootiintly for the uusw or iu this llUOHlloll. ? I don't kuow," Jason suld. "I idii'i uo uutlon." "I in you suppose ii was robbery?" "No. His in.in. y an Ids Wtllell :.'i e\ er'thlng was found in Ids pockets uu touched." ? II uiilph! I i? couldn't ha vo hud an onom) lu this sect lou. Uo vviis u si run gor hero. 1 believe you Kit Id?" "it seems tu bo rulhi r ti strange case. Vou have no i<l> a who litt! murderer ! could ho?" Sum Morgan looked down ill the ground und trembled, while Pap Sump son loaned forwurd again ami walled breathlessly for tin- reply. "1 am i ho i<l?-a in the world," .bison paid: "noi u ghost <>f mi i?I?*.? i.'" There v. a- a short pause, Then lim Thorn spoke, snj lug slgiiilleuully: "I wonder whlir Sim Ihiuks Is " Sam Morgan started and mined pule. Pap Samp-.>n walkeil nwr.v, lenuiug heavily on Iiis cane, inurinurliig "K's eoine at last! Oh. my Lord, it's come! I wns afoared of it all lhe lime. Porr Sim! P??re Sim!" [to MS CONTINUE?.] IN A HUMOROUS VEIN. "How'.- this for Intellectual Boston?" ?< How's what?" " An nulique shop llicru adverlisos its Block thus: 'Any Old Thing," ( bicago ltccord-ll< raid '? I don't see how you can he bo des perately in love with a girl whom you have known SUCll a -hint time.' '?Of course you don't, Hut I've hot n loving that girl all my life before I met her.'' Octroi 1'iee L'l'CSS, Towue?1 understand its hard to gel a cook to go t- the suburbs. Subbs- Haul, nothing! Why* man, we've had li'I at our house lu the past year. ?Town Topic?. Clergyman (after being rescued from shipwreck) ?-M r. Smith, did 1 really appear seared when we thought nil would he lo8t? Mr. Smith?I can't say that you were Beared, but for a man who has been trying to go to Heaven ail these years \ou appeared most reluctant 1,0 accept the opportunity. ? llttipcr's lla/.ar. The Wife If lllis scandal i:i the family is going to make any difference in our social position it will be more than 1 can hear. Chicago Millionaire?Don't lei that worry you a bit. If it does we'll move to New York. Harper's lia/.ar. Ilcwilt Arc you a believer in vac cination? Jewell- Most certainly; it kept my daughter from playing the piano for nearly a week. Town Topics. " My hoy t. II- me he is getting much valuable information ateollego," -aid the proud lather; " I hope he won't forget OVOryllling when hi- comes home." 1 I hope not, so," said the profes sor; ' he's borrowed from me al ?eady."?Yonker's Statesman. 1 Appearances arc deceitful," an nounced Mi-. Ilecchwood, 1 Hut in 1 so deceitful as disappear ances," added Mr. HoCCllWOOd.?1'illB burg Chronicle-Teh graph. lie- What month is it in which it is unlucky to he married? Sin Goodness mcl What a poor memory you have, my dear. Tit-Hit-. Cook (severely) Yes, ma'am ! I'm g"i ig. And l can't give you a recom mendation With the ladles ol my pro I'ecaion. Though I will he saying that Mr. Sharpe is a gintieuian second to none. Mrs. Sharpe (meekly)?Thanks, llridgeri lYrhap- that will do. ? Har per's lla/.ar. Fred - I had a fall la-t night which rendered me unconscious lor kcv? nil hours. lid -You don't im an it' W here did Mill hill? I'n .1 I f. il asleep. M rs. Iir< w ii They tell me i In y have got a in w minister at the corner. What was the mailer with Mr. Spooler? V'.i-n't he sound in the faith? Miss Smith?Oh, yes, tor might I know; tuit Hie new pioaehcr plays goll like an angel?I lost on Trniiserip'. Tommy Tell me a story, Uiic'm. Undo?A story! Hut 1 don't know wh it l<> tell a story about, Tommy - O, tell me a story about n You know all about it. The rush, the worry, the exhaustion, You go about i t li a great weight resting upon you. You can't throw off this feeling. You are a slave to your work. Sleep fails, and you are on the verge of nervous exhaustion. What is to be done? Take saraaPari 'L For fifty years it has if been lifting up the dis " couraged, giving rest to the overworked, and bringing refreshing sleep to the depressed. No other Sarsaparille approaches it. In age and in cures, " Aycr's" is "the leader of them all." It was old before other sarsaparillas were born. $1 00 ? boiilt. All u ?. I u Ayer's Pills aid the ac tion of Ayer's Sarsapa rilla. They oure bilious ness. 25 ct*. i bo?. i iiiiv? uu ii aj-ci'b mad lolnes foi morn ii, in 4o yoari nnil liavo said from tlio ?ery start ttiat you made Uio bent tiiedfolnea In tlio world. I nin B?ro your Harsaparllla wived my HfO when I f)rnt tOOK it 40 years njfo. 1 am now past To and am never wiiiiour your medicines," Phank Thomas, P. If., Jan. 24 WJO._Kuon, Kansas. W.'ltm Ihm liaular. If yon have any complaint wliidvur ? nil ilculi n Ilm bell medical advice you can i ..hi i receive, vrlte the ilootor fieofy. Ton Will receive * prompt re ply, WItbOUt colt. All.lion, Du. J. C. AYEIt, Lowell, Men. 1 little bov who had u good undo who I gave bun IU cent*, ludiunnpoii? Kuu. Mr NTuwcomc sso you're glad your shlcr's got me Tor her Mend v company, . I?V Johnny Vep. Tommy Urown's i?lt*ttr'? g?d siru'ly eoinpnuy, au'Toin? mv works bin? fi r candy an' Illings b> bi at the build. Philadelphia Iteeord " Yes," said the portly man who has been lulling a l??mr fetory, "the man Who saved mv daughter's lifo was a true bero. We will never forgot him." " Tin n you are not American??" '? N<> How did you guess?" lly the fact that you never forget a hero." Washington Star. u Urethren," said n man in meet* in<^. >o mam sitiiii r* are dying ? v?)\ day I hive conic to the conclusion that hell is full." tie s ii down, when an old deacon in the A men c.< rucr raised the hymn. ?? There's a place reserved j lor von, brother a place reserved for Mm!" Atlanta Constitution. 11? "11 I was go bati fu! to you, why did you accept all mv presents bo I freely?" I She "Just like a mail' ( an'l see j the i ilToronco betwet n thing-*! Why, j youi presents were never objectionable, j yen silly." " Tommy, bow do you like your new mamma?'' ??sin- isn't new; she is Bccoud hand.'" Mr. (ii oilman Why don't you tuko j the pledge, mv good fellow? Jaggshj llecnuse there arc too , many other things to tuko Denver Times. The Kind You Have Always Bought, nn<i which has hccu in use for uv??r *{<> years, has borne tlio signature of f^/p - and has been made under his pcr /y " y '^7^7* "7^/ so,in-1 supervision shire its infancy. ***** '** /ct cc-At/lt Allow no one. to deceive yon in till:-}. All Counterfeits, Imitations and *' Just-ns-good " are hut *v\pcrimciits thai trifle with and endanger the liealth of }.nfnnts and Children?Experience against experiment* What is CASTOR IA lastoria is n harmless substitute for Castor Oil, l*arc ori , Drops und Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. It neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotio i ?sii ?. Its ago is its guarantee, it, destroys \\ or: :s nil iys i everishness, It. cures Diarrhoea and Wind ft relieves Teething Troubles, eures Constipation ' ' Uiloney. Ii- assimilates the Food, reguhites tlio and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. ' Children's Panacea?The mother's Friend. r-v-K r.aRTORI? ALWAYS y9 Bears the Signature of The Kind You Have Always Bought In Use For Over 30 Years. T.i- r.riNTAun company, 77 MunrtAV tiTBccT. rtcw york city. The practical side of science is reflected in jE^TENT (j? ^EGORP A monthly publication of inestimable value to the student of every day scientific, problems, the mechanic, the industrial expert, the manufacturer, the inventor ?in fact, to every wide-awake person who hopes t?> better his condition by using his brains. The inventor, especially, will find in The Patent Record a guide, philosopher and friend. Nothing of importance escapes the vigilant eyes of its corps of expert editors. Everything is pre sented in clean, concise fashion, so that the busiest may take time to read and comprehend. Tho scientific and industrial progress of the age is accur ately mirrored in the columns of The Patent Record, ami it is the onlt publication in the country that prints tho oflici A news of tho U. S. Patent Otlico and tho latest (lcvclopcmonts in the Held of invention without fen or favor. BUiiscuiirriON PUioK onk dollar per year. THE PATENT RECORD. Baltimore, Md. [?ottcrs Winten l>v Queen Victoria arc alr? ndy increasing in value in Lon don and the other day a brief throo lino note of hers written in her own hand, sold for L'_'?. OABTOniA. ? Philadelphia has a negro popu'ation of tin,o in, a third of whom have gone from the South in the past ten years. In the districts which they Inhabit there are few white people. Boars the. j4 th> Kind Yoj Have Always Bought Vestsbuied ||mited trains Double Daily Service BotWCCn New York, Tampa. Atlanta Ni w Orloans, and Points South and WoBt In EFFECT IT:it. 21 11)01 hoijtii BOON l> DftllV 1 ailv So l \. J7 l,v Now York. I*. It. 15. .. U'.apm 12 "h i l.v l*liilM?|el|?liln," ?? >l ?Ppm .'<.> niu l,v Bait iiiota, " .. r> I?piu t; 22ani LvWashington, 1'. It. It... i!6?pir. K.'iftin Lv Richmond, S.A. 1.1040pm Is :;p> Lvpp nrshitrg " .... 1181pm l Opin Lv Norllnft Jiini'ttoi. 2 Offnin 330pm I,v Henderson. 23 'am .': "'?,..i l.v Kalulgh . . .'{ 40am .'. OOpn l.v Bo I'inos. /> ;(Tam (i.'iTpn l.v Hamlet. (I .'loam s 1 |i LvGohtmhia) .. .. K4"am 1030 m ArSuvanuali.12 10pm 2 20?ni Ar JaokHonvillo.(BOpra n I Onm ArTiimpii. .... ?OOam f ? pin No.4>3. No. 41 l.v New York, N Y.P.vN. 17 Wain * ?'.pin I v Philadelphia, " m .Onm 1120pm I.V Now York. ODS. CO. : I "pin l.v H ilt Miii'ie7 It S I' Cii ."' Hi .Klpni l.v Wa-di'toli, N A' W 6 II .. Ii 3?pm [,v Portsmouth h.a. L. .. 000pm loo?atr LvWoldon .Iia.lam l-iaspnr l.vNorlina June. ... 12 .r,f?am 2 lupin bv Henderson. 12'am 2 4*pm l.v UnleiKh .3 02am i 27 m ? v8outhorn I'itiea B 18am ,; 13pm l.v Hamlet ... . ?4fiam 8(0pm l.v Wilmington._>? ?. ...._. ._?_>} 3npm ArCharlotte..~_it Mam 10 45pn LvOhoster. 1008am 11 20pn I vOreenwood.12 (7pm i 32am l.v Athene.._2 10pm 4 Obam ' Ar AUanta ',.8 36nm 6 .iOn1? Ar AugUHlH, & WO _ r> 10pm . Ar Maeon. Oof ??a . 7 20pml1 lOatn Ar Montimineiy. A \*. \V ?V 'iT'jopinli ixi.iiii Ar Mobile, b & v.2o5nm I l pm Ar New Orleans, L& N 7 30nm H 30pm Ar Narthville, N U & St I,. . f) iiSaiil (I B?pui Ar Memphis, " I OOpin N loam N'ORT i! BOO N d. No, l?No. 88 l.v Memphis, N C& St I... I O prr * 15pm l.v Nnsh\III?, '? ..lo .i .pm 1) 30atn l.v New Orleans, I. Si N. . 7 40pi ii . l.v Mobile, ?' ? 12 20ain l.v Montgomery, A & W I* fivOani 1 30pm l.v Mneon, C >>f' (in. 8 00am 1 20put l.v Augusta, C& W ('. I)40uiii i,v Atlanta! S.A.I.1200pm 8 00pm Ar Alheim. 2 48pm II 23pn Ar Greenwood. 4 60pm 2('4in A r ('he-iler. h I J itin l.v i'harlutie S A h.Ii 3?pm? VlOari l.v Wilmington, 8 A b_ 380pm .... l.v Hamlet 8 A I,. !i '><i>m 8 lOarr i sSu PinesS A 1. 10 56pm U03are l.v Italelgh. 1 <> pm 11 : (I i Ar Henderson .2 -7a.n I OOnnr l.v Norlina lllictloii . 3 lOain 2 OOpin l.v We I don . I 2nam 3 U>i m Ar Portsmouth,.7 oo?m ;> 50 pm Ar Wash'ton N Si W H II. fl !5 am .\r Baltimore, U8 p t:<?. to 4fian Ar New York.O D 8 8 Co . II 30pm Ar Philadelphia. N Yl'&NI > 40pm fi Ulan Ar New York, ' K 40pm K 0 'am No. 14. No. HO Lv Tampa, S A i.by. .. RO'pm Kooati Jacksonville.10 20am 7 45|?m Savannah. i nupin 11 ujuii Columbia ?>. 027pm >>4tyini 11 amloi . 0 i"i>n> o 2uam Southern I'illOfl .1?> !)2pm 10 ? nm Ita'elgh .12 Mam I2?>7pni llonderion. I4iam 127 pm nrlina Junction . 2 Hwn 2 lr?pm I'oUiraburg. 4 OOain I 4 ipin Richmond . I ^iat. KB ? ?> VVasliiuKtonviai'onnKK B4ftam '.> tupn Italtlmnro " H* o;tam I12>pu Phila lelphia " 12 27pm 2 60an New York. ' )6|>m ii ;mri Sole ?t Daily fix. f-unday. Dining earn btttWOen Now York ami Richmond, and Hamlet and Si Augustine on Trains Si>s ;il ami 44 (.Central time, ^Eastern lime. POSITIONS I IT IONS II No OBJECT More ChIIB Ihftn WO mil POMtbly IUI. Gteir Aittcool positions backedby V>??"U. Coursoi uncxc.ollril. RnlOi any lImo. i AtalOKUO frtio A<l<lr?sa, COLUMBIA BUSINESS COl ' IO?K, OOl.i'muia, St i I i Yes, tKe same GOLD We^shirvg Powder that brightens your silver and cat glass will clean tho Kitchorv Crockery. Gold Dust Is iv dirt destroyer nothing more. It never harms tho article it comes in contact with. It simply makes it clean. For greatest economy buy the large package. TKe N. K. Fairbank Company, Chicago, St. Louis. New York, UoMon. ?'"*'N .J ^ r f / -Safes.jya -iiii r - n i frfciir-iiiMiiBi iiiM ^ iiri^iliYi^T ar^ n iTm ii'i r iV rtKSOUTHERN ^^fV RAILWAY. Coudentau Hort?dal? ,,f ??????????' ttmtt III ififfeot .tan. ~*7. \M . Oreouvllle, Washington um' ,!,? ' Nu. l?.- ...... ?S N*o.34,N?. * Nor.ml. I>mII3 i>?tu. i) ,dy Lv. AtlMiitn, O.T ?? Atlillitli, R. T " OnllH'irVikltt. " Atliutt?. " Lulu. " toiooii.. M Sl'lllM-ll . " Ori-on villa " tS|>iiri itithnrg " OittTimV ? " HlHukKbui-H " I ItlHtotllll . " Charlotte Ar . < ? i ? uiisboro Ar. Iitirhtini Ar. liiill-ittll it 12 uu m 50 i? 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'.1 If) p! 11 Gnatonin.'in 1; ji li.iii'ksbiirK . 11 OulTney . 11 4 J BpnrlitnhiirK . 13 3tl (4it'<>ttvillu....l l :w S.Ileell. 'i Wl Torem.1 'A 'in Ltiln. 4 IS -. AlliOltn. ...I..: . Onlnrsvillo AI Inn In, K. T. Allantit, f. T. I !>i 4f. II p K' Ml h a II :I4 i< II 13 IW 1 a 1 :m 1 a i |6 1 a a U 1 4 IUI a B 118 Ii 1U It 4 .', 1U a :) .V> 0 1?. n 1 00 a ?I 3 HO 11 it! ; it; a a U V:. r] vni ;> ?, i' .'4 l> a :, 1;, j, 4 I?) ;> uu- I 7 08 ',? h 111 I) 10 OO |l P s Hi p p In IS p p 0|i 4 > \ OJ ? I ? il I i i: ? II j; Ar. K'i int? Cltllt till.: Ar. ('liK-innall l<outsvilli> 7 3d a ii 10 p 3 es n d l ? | IS It 1 W p 6 4;"i a M 4" r 7 II" V 7 If. a ft Ml p 7 4 r 1 40 p 7 SO a 7 4U [i 7 tu I Hlrintnifltnin, 13 OH in lu uo p ... p.m.. Ar. Now Oi'h-iitiH 7 4,"> p IV) n|.. Stfci Ar. Coluiit))U.4,(4n! 0 fSO a Mil*, p .. - " Mittun , I 8 :H it; 7 uu p is 59 it 7u " lli-tmswt. k... I 8?9 p 7 IS u . A r, Jarksoiivil Ii? h UU n No 11 ?a-n . l.v 4 Ss 11 ... l.v T 00 it ii "i p i.v 7 4! a 12 III 11 " 11 it. n ; UU II ?? 1235p UtW it " 1 65 p !' .'-i a " . JfJ^Sp lit IS a " . 1.101 ? iisiSm Lv ThTj 11 iftn Lv 2 :t.'> p 1" 4fl 11 Lv 4 16 p ? p Ar STATIONS. . Sitvniiniih Ar . .'? n -?.-it v?: 1.- "?V ~ " ('iini-lt>.>>ioii Ar 7 im a - innen I tie .?? 1 ,*,7 oltunliln S.-\vl>i ii\ . ri'onw 1 .? hI.. II.mK'is. . 11 00 p :i W ; i '.? no p '!'"?< 1 ; 7 55 p IV *i r ? V " "5 ! A1.L. v 1, <? Ar H ltT p 1, p I kill mi Ar ii IS p il IS ? Ainlers .11 \r " ''? Ii ill ( 44!???-! '. illt?. .l.v S i\l U ? t 2 34 p 6 33 Vi,Lv...l4i:w>iiviii5 \r 1 j., .? l" r r? H.;. p Olap ArSpiirianbur?Lv 12 20 a lt.il - 7 15p]... . I " ....Aslmvlllo.... " I ...l hh.s 4 V n . . . I " ... KnoxviUe... " ;.. 1 ... a .:?"!?_ _ 'Ar..Ciii<-iieiati.. l.v: . ... V55"i 4uj>_Ar:_.J."jn>viii.'...Lv 1 ; .." 1 "A" a. in. "P" p. 111 "M" noon, "N" nl^-'if. Trains lenvo Kbigvtlle, tluilv oxoopl Sunday for I nniilwi 10:15 n in. and 4 ?':*> p. 111. Ritltira lll|{ It'ltvt? t'a.ne.i-n for KillKVillO. tblllV ex. ..;il Still lay, - .it*, a. Ill, and 1 p. in A I I .for Mini tei llllily ex. t Sua.lav s.oia. m. 10:16 a. in .. .A 4:60p. in. lioturniiitf lonvo Sntntor ?1 B.50 a in. l?.OSa. m. mill l:;*ip. iii..iuiikliiKooiiiiei!lioi at Klnirville ? Ith inuna botwireu Columbia trni Chiirluston, Tralua lonvo HparliiiibnrB via 8. U A ('. ?i> vt>i"ii ilnil.v for Olfliiilnle, >foitf>ivlile, Union and Oolumbla and ln*<?i.aiata poluta ui 11 4.'. a. m. ami ll: 16 P. 111 ?p|n? Ol? ' TrAina leave Tocoon, Oa., for Ulbert on, (im., dn'iy 4:K? i>- in. exeopl Sunday. 7 iOO e. m. Returning leave Kllierton <!hi!v i'iOO a. m e??'?'i>t Sunday, !i:IA p. nt., tnidong eonneO Hon ?i Toeoon with Irnliia between Atlant?, ?lreenvll'e und the Rusi. Cliuaii| enka Line Sloamora In daily aervloa between Norfolk nnd Hu tlmore. Nos, |I7 nnd i>f>?"Wa> lilngtt n and Bon in nre?) orn Limited." Through Pullman Bleep* Inn rnrs iMdweori New York nnd ! ? * Orteana, vIh Wnahtnijtoii, Atlanta nod Motit? gomery, and also between New tork nnd Memi>idt. via Washington Afania nnd Mir niintthnin. Alan eloiriint I'im.i.man bum mit Uiishuv ation (/AUabutwei'u At InntA And N.?\i Yoi k Kt rat ein xa thoroughfare nonohea ' ? tweun Washington and Atlanta. Dining aerve ah menla .-ii route i>u Inuiu earn between Orem all >roand Kalo gh eonne Monnt Norfolk for Ou> PointComitoi r Also a I A tlaiitfi with Pullman 0. ft. r.:?ei ?i {or Oha! iiiiooua nnd Otnoinnntl, Nos. ?nnnd IM ?"United States Faat Man" i ?im tniiii between Wnahmgton and New CVr'aans being compoaod of ronohos, through withot t ehauve foi |>ai<Miiigora of all olnaaea I'u ArAwitig-roomaleeplugenra between New Vo ami New Orleana, via At laut a and Mont von eri and between Hlriniiighiiin nnd KlcnmonJ L>lninu* enra norvo nil nicnla onrottW Nos .t: and (U ?"Atlanta nnd ..aw YoM Bxpreaa," New ]<???at train between Atiair.i ami Charlotte, oonuoothig at t'hailott? wttk through tralna of mine numbori narry log Pullman aleardng ??hi? between Ohar)o?:i and Richmond, Norfolk, Wi.ihington luvt Ne ?? York, No PillIman cai? ou tln?6"i tretr.i'? ? (ween Atinnin and Charlotte. Leaving Wam ington oa<'h Monday, Wo tneiday and Frida) a tourist MU-ejnn? enr vri II ruh through b* Iween Washington und Kun FYanctsoo with ' elwiiiL'o. Connection n( Atlanta with thron, h rullmnn drawing room stooping oar for.iB<-'^ aonville; nlao Pullman -di-aping car for Brun* wirk. Connection made at Spartanburg wl I through I'tillman a'.OOper for Aihevllle, Km t ?Ulo and Cincinnati; also At Columbia for >-? rannah nml Jackaouvllle, FRANK a. GANNON. B. H FlARDWIOR Third V P. at Men. M?fr., Hen. l'a?? A|tt? Washington, I), 0. Washington, i). <i fV. II. TAY I.OB, J- I> Mconn, Aaa't rten'l I'aaa. Ag't., Vtns AT'kt AgAtll, Atlanta, Ok _ r?*o\ bla, M. <' KILLS VtO UUGsR0ARHf.6.Anrrs ..-?r*n* Croton Bugs, g>P1DER6, FUE.'j.rLEAo. AND ALL INSECT LIFC. *v QfATH TO |N5ECTi IO A.'JD an CLNT5 ??SALI. DBA I, F, US ' THC (<"'?? i i: 11 ON (ill Mint, fft ? ?AL TIMOfifi', MD> ? If Death Dust is ii<>( f'>r R ile l>y y< ur dealer, will uf?r>ii receipt of i > coin's hori>i t on the large package l?v mnil post* Pbld. MONEY TO LOA N On farmir g lands, Kasy paynvinta, > <i commissions charged Borrower pays ac tual coat of psrfeoling loan. Interest 7 per cent, up, according to isourity, jNO. B. PA.LM?K A80N, Columbia, H. 0