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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 he repealed ovei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
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***** '** /ct cc-At/lt Allow no one. to deceive yon in till:-}.
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nrlina Junction . 2 Hwn 2 lr?pm
I'oUiraburg. 4 OOain I 4 ipin
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Oolumbla and ln*<?i.aiata poluta ui 11 4.'. a.
m. ami ll: 16 P. 111
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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.
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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
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{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
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Atlanta, Ok _ r?*o\ bla, M. <'
KILLS
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g>P1DER6, FUE.'j.rLEAo.
AND ALL INSECT LIFC.
*v QfATH TO |N5ECTi
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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