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> THE AI)VERTISEK. Subscription Prire-12 Mouths, $1.00 Parable in Advance. Kates for Advertising.?Ordinary Ad vertisements, per square, one inser tion, $1.00; each subsequent insertion, 60 oents. Liberal reduction made for large Advertisements. w. w. Ball, Proprietor. LAURENS, 8. C, Dec., 2, 1008. Why Mot Laurens? The Charleston Post of last Thursday advocates the holding of the Demo cratic State Convention in 1004 in Greenville, Spartanburg or Anderson. The Post declares that a system by which the conventions could rotate from town to town throughout the state would have a "happy result" in bioak ing down petty seotional prejudices, We heartily agree with The Post's view. A State Convention bring? to gether only about 600 people, includ ing candidates and "camp followers." A town of the size of Laurens could ac commodate such a gathering. If not next year, at some relative'y early date, we hope to toe a S ate Demo cratic Convontion in Laurons. ? It Begins This Week. We are euro that all of our subscrib ers who read the story Graustark which begins in The Advertiser this week will be dellghtod with it. Tun Advertiser is giving its readers wholesome, improving ard entertain ing novels?as good as aro written in these days. Wo advise especially the young readers of The Advertiser who wish to learn something of good literature and to be charmed at the same time to read this story. # Election Year. Next year wo shall have an election and a campaign in Laurens County, in South Carolina and in the United States. For this and many other rea sons now is a good time to subscribe for a reasonably good county newspa per. The Advertiser would like to bo read in every home in Laurens this Winter and all it costs is a dollar a year. The paper would save more than that to the subscribers if it contained nothing more than advertisements. The Advertiser would like each of tho farmers to whom Florodora cotton seed was given last spring to write to The Advertiser the results obtained. So far as we have heard, these results have been on the whole satisfactory. If this cotton is a success, it means much to the farmers of Laurens county, now that mills aro being built here nnd In neighboring counties which will u8o better giades of cotton than the oounty has boon producing. * And The Whistle Blew. For the first time the whistle of tho Watts Mills was heard in a long blast at noon last Wednesday. W*e confi dently believe that it was a signal of better times in Laurens. * The Nowberry Observer inquires why Wieters, the man who sued the constables, does not sue the state of South Carolina for interfering with his whiskey business and we fear that even so intelligent a paper as The Ob server would place the blame on the city of Charleston if he did. Hopeful but Hazardous. It is a hopeful sign that a newspaper in the interests of "law and order" is to be established in Columbia. The two South Carolina editors who were foremost champions of law and order in South Carolina during the past 26 years were shot. W ORST OF ALL EXPERIENCES. Can anything be worse than to feel that ovory minuto will be your last? Such was tho experience of Mrs. S. H. Newson, Decatu'r, Ala. "For three yoars" she writes, "I endured Insuf ferable pain from Indigestion, stomach and bowel trouble. Daath seemed in evittble when dostors and all remedies failed. At length I was induced to try Eloctric Bitters and the result was mir aculous. I improved at once and now I'm completely recovered. For Lilver, Kidney, Stomach and Bowel troubles Electric Bitters is the only medicine. Ojly 60 oents. It's guaranteed by The Lauren? Drug Co. and W. W. D-jdson. THAT THROBBING HEADAOHE Would quickly leave you, if you used Dr. King's Now Life Pills. Thousands of sufferers hav* proved their match less merit for Siek and Nervous Head aches. They make pare blood and build up your heath. Oily 26 cents, money baok if nob cured. Sold by The Liureai Drug Cj. and W. W. Dolson. TO ALL CATARRH SUFFERKUM. Hyomel Guaranteed to Care by Lau rens Drug Co. or Honey Refunded. The popularity and increase in the sales of Hyomei are unique in tbe an nals of medioine. Buoh astonishing cures have been made by this remarka ble remedy that the proprietors have authorized The Laurens Drug Co. to sell every package of Hyomel under an absolute guarantee that it will euro ca tarrh. If it does not the purchaser can have bis money refunded by the Lau rens Drug Co. Hyomel is nj ordinary remedy. It is the only method of treatment that sends by direct inhalation to tho most remote part of tbe air passages, a bal samic air that destroys all oatarrhal germs in the breatbiog organs, en riches and purifies tho blood with ad ditional ozone, and makes permanent and complete cures of catarrh. The complete Hyomel outfit costs but $1.00 and consists of.an inhaler that can be carried in the vest pocket, a medioine dropper and a bottle of Hyo mel. Tho inha'er lasts a lifetime, and if one bottle does not eure, an extra bottle of Hyomei can be obtained for 50 cents. It is the most economical of all remedies advertised for the cure of catarrh, and is the only one that fol lows nature in her method of treating diseases of the respiratory organs. Breathe through the iuhaler for a few minutes four times a day and your catarrh is cured. That's all. If not !cured The Laurens Drug Co. Will refund your racnoy. What Is orj Appetlzl ngi What is more appetizing these frosty mornings tban light, flaky biscuit for breakfast? We never tire of them, aro equally d please with hot rolls for supper "Clifton" flour not only makes tho best biscuit u and rolls, but will furnish ex cellent oake and pastry for the noon day meal. Order "Clifton" from your grocer. T. N. Barksdale, M. H. Fowler. State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF LAUKENS, Court of Common Pleas. By virtue of tho decree of the Court in the case of J. C. Hutchinson vs. Mamie E. Fuller and others, I will sell at Laurens Court Houso, South Caro lina, at public outcry, to tho highest bidder, on Salesday in December, 1903, being the 7th day of the month, all that tract of land In Laurens County, in said State, known as the Tilhnan Fuller land, sole?in two separate parcols. Tract No 1, containing ono hundred and sixty-nine acres, more or less, bounded by lands of Dolly Madden, Geo. Winn, J. H. Pinson and others. Tract No. 2, containing ouo hundred and sixty nine acres, more or lessj. bounded by tract No. ), lands of L. S. Fuller, R. W. Pitts, Isaac Grant and others. Terms of Sale?One-third cash, tho balance with interest, to be secured by bond of purchaser and mortgago of the premises, due in two equal instalments of one and two years from day of sale, with leave to purchaser to pay all cash. Purchaser to pay for papers. If purchaser does not comply land to be resold at risk of defaulting purchaser. John F. Bolt, ? Q p Nov. 10, 1003?td. Study the Jewelry Question! Don't buy Jewelry hap hazard. Look the ground over thoroughly, and buy when you find the place where you can get the very best, most stylish, most reliable Jewelry for your money. Of course, we think this is the place and want to convince you that we are right. g0T FIRST-CLASS Watch and Jewelry repairing by an expert workman. Fleming Bros. THE SOIL OF SATISFACTION. The HUB is constantly gaining ground in public favour because everything we sell is the soul of satisfaction and up-to dateness and good taste. This store is full of charming styles in fresh, new, handsome Goods of every sort a woman can wear; and our prices are always the very Lowest that good Goods can possi bly be sold for. It doesn't cost a penny to look over our stock beiore you buy. You'll find it alive with fascinating things and rfght good bargains. Let us give you an inkling of some special features. SWELL SKIRTS. An admirable line of Ladies' [Walking Skirts, cut on the very latest models and containing every iota of style and service which anyone could wish for, ^he materials are solid, wear re sisting weaves of Zibeline, Serge, fTweed and Homespun, the prices, all the way from $2.00 to $7.50. Stylish New Belts in Silk Jand Leather 25 cts and 50 cts. Handsome Wrist Bags 25 cts [to $r.oo. MODISH MILLINERY. Every Hat we turn out is an exact copy of some accepted city model. The distinctive beauty and good taste of our Hats, cou pled with their modest prices, will appeal to every lady who| loves fine headgear. Ready-to-wear Hats, 75c. to #3.00.' Trimmed Hats, $2.00 to $10.00. Splendid assortment of Dress Goods, Waistings and Dq-| mestics in hosts of handsome new shades and patterns. A ?*. 2 * IHM fe* f NsL^ N?* "Nttf ""iL^ 'Stls" 'Si^" <x-'fe> "^fe? .Bfc ?yp? <^Tm> ?^J^ ?Tv*> *>w* "^fr ^H* <^i1^? ?w? GRAUSTARK ...By... GEORGE BARR McCUTCHEON Oop?/W(/ht, JSOJ, by Herbert 8. Stone ? CHAPTER I. MR. OHENFALL LOBST BEEKS ADVENTUIUS. MH. GRENF?LL LURRY hoard ed the oastboUDd express at Denver with all the air of a martyr. Ho had traveled pretty much nil over the world, ami ho was not without resources, but the prospect of a 2,500 mllo journey alone tilled him with dismay. Tho country he knew; the scenery had long since lost its attractions for him. And so It was that ho gloomily motioned the porter to his boxes and mounted tho Steps with weariness. As it happened, Mr. Grcnfull Lorry did not have a dull moment after tho train started. He' stumbled on a llguro that leaned toward tho window in tho dark passageway. With reluctant civil ity he apologized. A lady stood up to let him pass, and for an Instant in tho half light their eyes met, and that Is why the miles rushed by with incredible speed. Mr. Lorry had been dawdling away tho months in Mexico and California. For years ho had felt, together with untiiy other people, that a sea voyago was tho essential beginning of every journey. Ho had started round tho world soon after leaving Cambridge; ho had flshed through Norway and hunted in India, and shot everything from grouse on tho Scottish moors to tho rapids abovo Assouan, lie had run in and out of countless towns and countries on the coast of South Amer ica. He had done Russia and tho Rhone valley and Brittany and Damas cus. Ho had seen them all, but not until then did it occur to him that there might bo something of interest nearer home. True, lie had thought of joining some Englishmen on a hunting tour in tho Rockies, but that had fallen through. When tho idea of Mexico did occur to him, ho gave orders to pack his things, purchased intermina ble green tickets, dined unusually well at his club and was off in no tliuo to the uukuown west. There was a theory in his family that It would have been a decenter thing for him to stop running about and settle down to work. Rut his thoughtful father lmd given him a wealthy mother, and as earning a liv ing was not a necessity lie failed to see why it was a duty. "Work is be coming to some men," ho once declared, "like whiskers or red ties, but it does not follow that all men can stand it." After that the family found him "hope less," and the argument dropped. He was Just under thirty years, as good looking as most men, with no one dependent upon him and an income that had withstood both tho Mnison Doree and a dahabeah on the Nile. Ho never tired of seeing things and peoples and places. "There's gamo to be found anywhere," he said, "only it's sometimes out of season. If I had my way ? and millions ?I should run a newspaper. Then all the excitements would come to me. As it is, I'm poor, nud so I havo to go all over tho .world after them." This agreeable theory of lifo had .worked well. Ho was a little bored at times, not because ho had seen too much, but because there were not more things left to sec. Ho had managed somehow to keep his enthuslusms through everything, and they made life worth living, no felt, too, n cer tain elation, like a spirited horse, at turning toward home, but Washington had not much to offer him, and the thrill did not last. Ills big bng and his hatbox, pasted over with foolish labels from continental hotels, were piled in the corner of his compartment, and ho settled back in his seat with a pleasurable sense of expectancy. The presenco in tho next room of a very smart appearing young woman was prominent in his consciousness. Itgavo him an uneasiness which was tho be ginning of delight. He had seen her for only a second in the passageway, but that second had made him hold himself a llttlo stralghter. "Why is it," ho wondered, "that somo girls make you stand like a footman the mo ment you see them?" Grenfall had been In love too many times to think of marriage. His habit of mind was still general, and ho classified women broad ly. At the snmo time he had a feeling that in this case generalities did not apply well. There was something about the girl that made him hesitate at la beling her "Class A or R or Z." What It was he did not know, but unaccount ably Bhe filled him with an affected formality. Ho felt like bowing to her with a grand air and much dignity. And yet he realized that his successes had come from confidence. At luncheon he saw her in tho din ing car. Her companions were elderly persons, presumably her parents. They talked mostly In French, occasionally using a German word or phrase. The eld gentleman was stately and austere, with an air of deference to the young woman which Grcnfall did not under stand. His nppenranco was very strik ing, his face pale and heavily lined, mustache and imperial gray, tho oyo hrows largo and bushy and tho Jaw and chin square and firm. The White haired lady carried her head high with unmistakable gentility. They were all dressed In traveling suits which sug gested something foreign, but not Vien na nor Tarls; smart, but far from Amerlcnn tastes. Lorry watched tho trio with groat Interest. Twice during luncheon tho young womnu glanced toward him carelessly and left an annoying Impres sion that she had not seen him. As they left the tnhle and passed Into tho observation car he stared at her with some defiance. Rut she was smiling, and her dimples showed, and Grenfail was aRhamed. For some moments he sat gazing from tho car window, for getting his lUnCbeoti, dreaming. When ho got back to his compart mont, lie rung vigorously Tor the por ter. A coin wns carelessly displayed in Iiis flugers. "Ho you suppose you could llinl out who has the next coin parlmoiit, porter'/" "I don't know their imino, suh. but they's goln' to New York jis as fas' us they can git tbub. I aln' ax um no questions, 'causo tbub's soniotbin' 'bout um tnnkes mo feol 's if I aln' got no right to look at uui even." flic porter thought a moment. "I don" believe it '11 do yuh any good, suh, to try to shlno up to tha' young lady. She aln' the sawt, I can tell yuh that, I done see too many guhls in inn time"? "Wlmt nro you talking about? I'm not trying to shine up to her. I only want to know who she is?just out of curiosity." Greufall's face was a trifle red. "Hog pnhdon, suh; but I kind o' thought you was like oth' gent'men when they see a han'somo woman; nllus wants to fin' out somethln1 'bout huh, suh, yuh know. 'Sense me foil mh-.Jcdgln' yuh, sub. Th' lady in ques tion is a foh'ner?she lives across th* ocean, 's fuh as I can flu" out. They's In n hurry to git homo fob some rea son, 'eniiso they aln' goln' to stop this side o' New York 'ccpt to change enhs." "Where do they change cars?" "St. Louis?goln' by way of Cincin nati an' Washln'ton." Qreufnll's ticket carried him by way of Chicago. IIo caught himself won dering if ho could exchange his ticket In St. Louis. "Traveling with her fattier and moth er, 1 suppose." "No, sub; they's huh uncle an' aunt. I lienb huh call 'em uncle an' aunt. Th' ole gent'mail Is Uncle Caspar. I don't know what they talk 'bout. It's mostly some foh'en language. Th* young lady allUS speaks Amchlcnn to me, but th' old folks catn't talk It vor' well, They all boon to Frisco, an' the hired lic'p they's got with 'em say they been to Mexico too. Th' young lady's got good Amohlcau dollabs, don' caro wha' she's been. She nllus smiles when she ask mo to do nnytbln', an' I WOUldn' care If she ncvah tipped me, 's long as she smiles tbataway." "Servants with them, you say?" "Yns, suh; ninn an' woman, nex' sec tion t'other side th' olo folks. Catn't sny mor'li fifteen words in Amchlcnn. There uaa a prettjj look of fear in her cues. Th' woman Is huh maid an' tho man he's th' gen'rnl hustler for th' hull pnhty." "And you don't know her name?" "No, suh, au' I caln't ver' well fin' out." "In what part of Europe does sho live?" "Australia, I think, sub." "You moan Austria." "Do 1? 'Scuse ma ig'nnnce. I was jia* gucssin' at it anyhow; one plnce's as good ns 'nother ovnh thuh, I reck on." "Have you one of those dollars she gave you?" "Yes, suh. Ilch's n coin thnt nln' Amchlcnn, but she snys It's wuth 70 cents In our money. It's a foh'en piece. She toll nie to keep It till I went ovnh to huh country; then I could have a high tlino with It?that's what she says, 'n high time'?an' smiled kind o' knowin' like." "bet mo see thnt coin," snld Lorry, eagerly hiking the silver piece from the porter's bund. "I never snw one like it before. Greek, It looks to me, but I can't make n thing out of these letters. She gave It to you?" "Yes, sub. his' evonln'. A high time on 70 ecu's! That's reediculous, nln't It?" demanded tho porter scornfully. "I'll give you n dollar for It. You con have n higher time on that." The odd little coin changed owners i mined lately, nr.d the now possessor dropped it Into lila pochet with the In ward coifvlction that he was the sil llent fool In existence. After the por ter's departure ho took the coin from bis pocket, und, with his back to the door, his face to the window, studied Its lottoring. At one little station a group of ln? dlnti hour hunters created considerable Interest among the passengers'. Gron? full v.as down at the station platform lit 01ICO, looking ever a great stuck of gallic. As be left tho enr bo met Uncle Caspar, who was hurrying toward bis niece's sect ion. A few moments later she caino down the steps, followed by tho dignified old gentleman. (Ironfall tlnglod with n strnngo delight ns sho moved quite close to his sldo In her desire to soo. Onco he glanced at her fnce, There was a pretty look of fenr In her eyes as sho surveyed tho mas sive bonrs mid tho stark, stiff note loped, lint she laughed ns sho turned awny with her uncle. (beiifull was smoking his cigarette and vigorously jingling tho coins In his pocket when the trutn pullodout. Then ho swung on tho cur steps nud found himself nt her feet. She was standing nt tho top, whero sho had lingered a moment. Thero was an expression of anxiety in her eyes as ho looked up Into them, followed Instantly by one of relief. Then sho passed into the car. Doubtless sho would have been as so licitous had he been the porter or the brakemun, ho reasoned, but that she had noticed him at all pleased him. At Abilene he bought the Kansas City newspapers. After breakfast ho found a s-?at lu the observation car and settled himself to read. Presently Borne one took a seat behind him. lie did not look hack, but unconcernedly cast his eyes upon tho broad mirror In the opposite car wall. Instantly he forgot his paper, Sho was sitting with in llvo feet of him, a book in her lap, her gaze bent briefly on the flitting buildings outside. Ho studied tho re flection furtively until she took up the book and began to read. The lirst page of his paper was fairly alive with fresh and important dis patches, chiefly foreign. At length, nft er allowing himself to becomo really interested in a Paris dispatch of some International consequence, ho turned his eyes again to tho mirror. Sho was leaning slightly forward, holding the open nook In her lap, hut reading, with straining eyes, an article In the paper he held. He calmly turned to the next pago and looked le isurely over it. Another glance, quickly taken, showed to him a disappointed frown on tho pretty face and a reluctant resumption of novel reading. A few moments later he turned back to the first page, holding tho paper in such a position that she could not see and, fxill of curiosity, read every line of tho foreign news, wondering what had Interested her. Under ordinary circumstances Lorry would have offered her the paper and thought nothing moro of It. With her, however, there was an air that made him hesitate. Ho felt strangely awk ward and inexperienced besldo her. Precedents did not seem to count. He arose, tossed tho paper over tho back of tho chair, as If casting it asldo for ever, and strolled to the opposlto win dow and looked out for a few moments, jingling his coins carelessly. The Jin gle of tho pieces suggested something else to him. His paper still hung in vitingly upside down, as he had left it, on tho chair, and the lady was poring over her novel. As he passed her he drew his right hand from his pocket, and a piece of money dropped to the floor at her feet. Then began an em barrassed search for tho coin?in the wrong direction, of course. Ho knew precisely where It had rolled, but pur posely looked under tho seats on tho other side of the car. Sho drew her skirls aside and assisted In the search. Four different times he saw tho little piece of money, but did not pick it up. Finally, laughing awkwardly, he began to search on her side of tho car, where upon she rose and gave him moro room. She became Interested in the search and bent over to scan tho dark corners With eager eyes. Their heads were very close together more than once. At last she uttered an exclamation, and her band went to tho floor In triumph. They arose together, flushed and smil ing. She had tho coin In her hand. "I have It!" she said gayly, a dcH dous foreign tinge to tho words. "I thank you"? ho began, holding out bis hand as If In a dream of ecsta sy, but her eyes had fallen momentari ly on the object of their search. "Oh!" she exclaimed, the prettiest surprise in the world coming Into her face. It was a coin from her faraway homeland, and sho was betrayed into tho Involuntary exclamation. Instant ly, however, she regained her compo sure and dropped tho piece Into his outstretched hand, a proud flush mount ing to her check, a look of cold reserve to her eyes. He had hoped sho would offer some comment on what she must have considered a strange coincidence, but he was disappointed. He wondered if she even heard him say: "I nm sorry to have troubled you." Sho had resumed her seat, and to him thero scorned a thousand miles bo tween them. Feeling decidedly uncom fortable and not a little abashed, he left her and strode to tho door. Again a mirror gave him a thrill. This time it was the glass in tho car's end. Ho had taken but a half dozen steps when the brown head was turned slyly and a pair of Interested eyes looked after him. She did not know that ho could see her, so he had tho satisfaction of observing that pretty, puzzled faco plainly until ho passed through the door. Grcnfall had formed mauy chance acquaintances during his travels, some times taking risks and liberties that were refreshingly bold. He had sel dom been repulsed, strange to say, and as ho went to his section dizzily ho thought of the good fortune that had been his In other attempts and asked himself why It had not occurred to him to make the same advances in tho pres. ent instance. Somehow sho was dif ferent. There was that strange digni ty, that pure beauty, that imperial manner, all combining to forbid the faintest thought of familiarity. Ho took out the coin and leaned back in his chair, wondering where It came from. "In any case," he thought, "it Ml make a good pockotploce, and some day I'll find some Idiot who knows more about geography than I do." Mr. Lorry's own ideas of geography were Jumbled and vague, as If ho had got them by studying tho labels on his hatbox. He knew the places ho had been to, and he recognized a new coun try by the annoyances of the customs house, but beyond this his ignorance was complete. The coin, so far as he know, might have come from any one of a hundred small principalities scat tered about the continent. Iteforo the train reached St. Louis he made up his mind to change cars I there and go tOvWashlngton. It also occurred to him that ho might go on to New York If the spell lasted. Dur ing the day he telegraphed ahead for accommodations, and when the flier ar rived In St. I/onis that evening he hur riedly attended to the transferring and rcchecklllg of his baggage, bought a new ticket and dined. At 8 he was In tho station, and at 8:15 he passed her lu the aisle. She was standing In her stateroom door, directing her maid, lie saw a look of surprise flit across her face as he passed. He slept sound ly that night and dreamed that he was crossing tho ocean with her. At breakfast ho saw her, hut If she saw htm it was when ho was not look lug at her. Once lie CUUgllt Dude Cas par staring at him through his mono cWj frujell dropped instantly from his eye la the 'manner that Is always self explanatory. Ells spirits took a furi ous l> ?und with the realization that she had deigned to honor hlui by recogni tion, if only to call attention #?> him because ho possessed a certain coin. Once tho old gentleman asked him the time of day and set his watch ac cording to the reply. In Ohio tlto man servant BCOWled at llllU becnUSO he in voluntarily stared after his mistress as she paced'the platform while the train waited at a station. Again. In Ohio, they met In tho vestibule, ami he was compelled to step aside to allow her to pass. II?? did not feel particularly ju bilant over this meeting. She did not oven glance at him. Lorry realized that bis opportunities wore fast disappearing and that be did not seem b> be any nearer meeting her than when they started. He had hoped to get Uncle Caspar into a conversa tion and then use him, but Undo Cas par was as distant as an iceberg. "If there should be a wreck." Groufall caught himself thinking, "then my chance would come, but I don't see how Providence is going to help me in auy other way." Near the ch.se of tho day, after they left Cincinnati, the train began to wind through the foothills of tho Alle ghanles. Hollalre, Graf ton and other towns were left behind, and they were soon whirling up the steep mountain, higher and higher, through tunnel aft er tunnel, nearer and nearer to Wash ington every minute. As they wore pulling out of a little mining town built on the mountain side a sudden Jar stopped tho train. There was some little excitement and a scramble for Information. Some part of tho engine was disabled, and It woidd bo neces sary to replace It before the "run" could proceed. Lorry strolled up the crowd of pas sengers who wore watching the engi neer and fireman at work. A clear, musical voice, almost In his ear, star tled him, for he knew to whom It be longed. She addressed the conductor, who, Impatient and annoyed, stood Im mediately behind him. "How long arc wo to be delayed?" she nsked. Just two minutes before this samo conductor had responded most ungraciously to a simple question Lorry bad nsked and had gone so far as to instruct another Inquisitive trav eler to go to a warmer climate because he persisted in asking for information which could not bo given except by a Clairvoyant. But now ho nnswered In most affable tones: "We'll be hero for thirty minutes at lenst, miss?perhaps longer." Bho walked away nfter thanking him, and Grenfnll looked at his watch. Off the main street of the town ran little lanes leading to the mines be low. They nil ended at the edge of a Rteqp declivity. There was a drop of almost 400 feet straight into the valley below. Along tho sides of this valley were tho entrances to the mines. Above, on the ledge, was the machinery for lifting the ore to tho high ground on which stood the town and railroad yards. Down one of these streets walked tho young lady, eprlously Interested In all about her. Sho seemed glad to escape from the train and Its people, and she hurried along, the fresh spring wind blowing her hair from beneath her cap, the ends of her long coat fluttering. Lorry stood on tho platform watch ing her; then ho lighted a cigarette and followed. Ho had a vague feeling that Bho ought not to be alone with nil tho workmen. She started to come buck before he reached her, however, and ho turned again toward the station. Then he heard n sudden whistle, and n min ute Inter from tho end of the street ho saw the train pulling out. Lorry bad rather distinguished himself in college as a runner, and instinctively he dash ed up the street, reaching the tracks just In time to catch the railing of the last coach, lint there he stopped and stood with thumping heart while tho coaches slid smoothly up the track, leaving him behind. Ho remembered he was not tho only one left, nnd he panted nnd smiled. It occurred to him when it was too lute that he might have got on tho train nnd pulled the rope or called the conductor, but that wns out of the question now. After all, it might not be such a merry game to stny in that tilt by little town. It did not follow thnt she would prove friend ly. A few moments later she appeared, wholly unconscious of what had hap pened. A glance down the track, nnd her face was the picture of despair. Then she saw him coming toward her with long strides, Hushed and ex cited. Regardless of appearances, con ditions or consequences, she hurried to meot him, "Where Is tho train?" she gasped as tho distance between them grew short, her blue eyes seeking bis beseechingly, her hands clasped. "It has gone." "Gone? And wo?we nre left?" Ho nodded, delighted by the word "we." "Tho conductor said thirty minutes. It has been but twenty!" she cried huJrf tearfully, half angrily, looking at her watch. "Oh, what shall I do?" sho went on distractedly. He had enjoyed the sweet, despairing tones, hut this last wall called for mnnly nnd Instant action. "Cnn we cntch the train*} Wo must! I will give $1,000. I must cntch it." Sho had placed her gloved hand against a telegraph polo to steady her trem bling, but her fnco wns resolute, im perious, commnndlng. She wns order* lng him to obey ns sho would bnvo commnnded a slave. In her voice thore was authority, in her eye t?ero wns fenr. Sho could control tho one, but not tlto other. "Wo ennnot catch tho flier. I want to cntch it as much ns you, and"?hero ho straightened himself?"! would ndd a thousand to yours." Ho hesitated a moment, thinking. "Thero Is but ono way, and no time to lose." With this he turned nnd rnn rapidly toward the little depot and telegraph office. ?C3C1 (TO HE CONTINUED). OA8TORIA, Be*? tho Tha Kind You Have Always Botjgtt ?\tgetable Pfcparnlionfor As similating UicroodaiulUcgula tlng lite Stomachs anaBowcls o* 1 m \N I S /(.HlhDKLN Promotes Digeslion.Cheerful nessandRest.Contains neltlter Opium,Morpliine norMuiwal. NOT^ARCOTIC. /A^r afoldDrSAKUELPtKHKR l\mtfJcut Seed> /Ox-Senna * KotMUSnUt ,!,v,-S.- rt JhfxrmiHt - ? Whim Jr"Z ~ Cliuifitd 'filOfV' Apcrfccl Remedy forConslipa lion, Sour S to mach, Diarrhoen Worms .Convulsions .Fcveriblv ncss and Loss OF SLEEP. Facsimile Signature oP NEW YORK._ GAST0R1A For Infants and Children The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of A1 b' iiio nlh's t? 1 tl Thirty Years White Stone Lithia Has Leading Physician's Endorsement, Is the lightest water on the market. We realize that this is claiming a great deal, and we could not afford to make this assertion unless wo know that we could prove it to bo true. But it does no', take nn expert to test the loftnessof a Mineral Water. When carbonating a mineral water, if it is a hard water the gases will not bo absorbed in the water, and when the bottlo i3 opened, the eas es escape, and the water is left flat ar d hard, while if it is a soft water, like White Stone Lithia, it will ro'ain its gases for hours after beine; unstopped. Read what some p-omlnont persona you know ?ave to say of the merits of the White Stone Lithia Water: Chester, S. C, April 23, 1903. J. T. Harris?, Esq., White Stone Spring, S. C. Dt>arSir?I do unlvsltatlngly sate than Urn tflhvicy of White Stone Hth'a Water, not from its splendid analytical analysis, but from my owa p3r3jn.1l ob sarvaiioot is a Very valuable a?ent in elimin iting th inv.>tiritl03 of the blood ihrongh its marked diuretic effect*, and in s> d oing restores the secretory and excretory organs of tin body to their n)rmal physiological stato. So in this proves its properties to bo of great value in a^slstlne digestion, assimila tion and increasing the appetite.T?ere? fore wo can recogniz-i it as a mlnual wa'erof powerful toilo prop<?rtle< and should 1.0 highly rooommond ;d in ston ach and liver disorders, b'ood disturb ances, rheumatism, gout, diabetes, Hri'ht's diseaso, and in all inactive conditions of tho kidneys and convales cing diseases. I feal mysolf, that I am justly duo an aokno wlodgomont of tho happy effecs I derived from its me. B. Ei.more Kell, M. D. Mull Ins, S. O., April 22, 1903. Mr. J T. Harris. White Stone Spring*, S. C. It is with pleasure that I write of the moi its of White Stone Lithia Wator. I have tevrtral pationts using It now with marked benefit in kidney and stomach troubles. I have known a uric aold oalbulus to pass aftw using tho witcr for oily throe days. Respectfully Your.-. A. M. Hrailsford, Jr., M. D. Macon, Qa., April 16, 1908. I have prescribed White Stone Lithia Water freely in my practice an I am glut to report; the happy offects't nave as a diuretic an 1 uric- acid solvent. I think its medicinal properties are pe culiarly adaptable to uric a'ild d.atho sis, rho imatl-m, gout, anteinia and all bladder and kidney diseases and liver and stnnach troablo-i. 1 consider it's a mineral water of marvelous toaio p -ope rues. Read wha*. Dr. L. J. Blak >, Presi dent Board of Health of the City of Spartanbug, has to s ly of the merits ol White Stone Lithia Spring*: Spartanburg, Mav Hth, 1903. J.T.Harris, Proprio'or White Stono Spings, Sparui :burg Co, S. 0. My Dear Sir: -I have used and pre scribed the White St >no Lithia wa'.er a great deal during the p<-*t two years. In a'l cases requiring renal stimulation I have obtained uniformly gooJ re sults. In lithaomla and kindred allac* t'.ons from uric acid dlathosla it meets the Indications, and I ain sure its free use will prove It the cq lal of any wa ter on the market. Yours very truly, L. J. Blake, M. I>. Wo have tho largest brick Hotel In the Carolinas or Goorgia, with all mod ern improvement?. <8T Electric Car Line runs from Southern Road to Spring. White Stono Spring, S. C. 1 White Stone Lithia Water Co. or, mQFFZTrm Cures Cholera-lnfantum. Dlanhoe*,Dysentery, und the Bowel Troubles of Children of Any Ac,3. Aids Digestion, Regulates the Boweh, Sirens1 tens the Child .-ml M:kcj TEETHING LAS". rCCTHING POWDERSV Costs Only 25 certs at Broggts& Or mall 25 cents to O. J. MOFFETT, M. D., st. lo'ji . MO. Oureo Eruptions, Sores, CoUo, Hives, Thrush. Removes and Provcr.te, Wonne. t2T:i33I3,a?I3EIIS-^. COUNTERACTS AND OVrTHCO^S THE EFF ECTS OF THE SUMMER'S HEAT UPON TEETHIWG CHILDREN. Look! LOOk Here are Some Specials at the Cash Bargain Store. Treco Flannel 20 cents the yard; Ladies' Ready-to-wear Skirts $1.00 to $2.25; Shoes for Everybody; Sicillian Suitings 40 cents the yard; Outings 5 to 10 cents the yard; Frank lin Tweeds for Ladies' Heavy Skirts at 23 ct* the yard; The slickest line of Hose in town.( The only place in town that you can get 6 Plates for 35 cents. TOBACCO: Brown Mule 29 cents the pound by box; Rock and Rye 32>^ the pound by the box; Golden Grain 40 cents the pound. Parched Coffee 10 cents the package. J. L. HOPKINS, Proprietor. Carriages, Biggies and Wagons ? - mm Cheaper than Anybody. Come and See. ^ LAURENS, S. C O. IHK? COll?TS