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lyiiranda's Whims By A. Mi DAV1ES OGDEN pffptriiirnt. 1:0;., t>n A. 31. D. CtfuVa i* - ? I It was afternoon on oud of the last lew hot days of summer. Through tho open windows caDio glimpses of green wood bespeaking a delicious coolness and the ripple of brooks, but In tho Bohoolroom the air was undeniably close. The scratch of a pencil, the shuffling of Impatient little feet, the drone of n l?y.y bee, all seemed to In tensify the Impression of heat, and the young schoolmaster stln*e<l restlessly. It had meant a great deal to I'eter Raymond, securing tho village school at Wlmberly, but he hod not found his task an easy one. Ills eyes, wandering over the rows of bent heads before him, eneonutered the glanee of a girl sealed near the door. The girl, one of the old er scholars, with a toss of her curls, returned to her book, and the trouble In the schoolmaster's face deepened. ?Here was the crux of tho sltuntlon. If he eould win Miranda Hemming to his side the remainder of the pupils would follow easily euough. But It was Mi randa herself, with her great blue oyes, fctehlug dimples and cotpieltlsh ways, v.'ho openly led tho revolt against him. The teacher sighed again. Perhaps he ?was too youug. ' From the very begluulng of his work, however. Raymond had recognized the primitive lnstlnet of hostility to the un kuown In the questioning eyes uplifted to his own. Now, after five weeks, ho seem"d no nearer tho solution of his problem; Indeed, matters under Miran da's spirited guidance were becoming even worse, despite his pointed Ignor ing of her mutiny. He touehod the bell. "First class In grammar," he said. Miranda, with several other girls, rang ing from sixteen to eighteen, came slowly forward. It was rather a try ing recitation. Most of the girls stum bled. Miranda failed utterly, nor did she care. To hll his questions she an swered with provoking nonchalance, evidently Indifferent as to whether he were pleased or not. Her rebelllou had never before been quite so openly man ifest. A sudden line of resolution tightened the young man's mouth. "Von may return to your seats," be said. "Miss Miranda, I shall expect you to remain after school until that lesson Is recited perfectly." "What!" cried the girl. Involunta rily she fell back a step, hardly believ ing her own enrs. That any one should dare address her, Miranda Hemming. In such fashion: Raymond's expression did not ?hange. "You heard what I said," he returned .quietly. "It should not take long." For a moment Miranda, stupefied, hesitated, then she flounced indignant )y back to her star, me whole school, which had dropped all work to lteteu to the passage at arms between Mi randa and the teacher, fairly shivered, and Tom Carruthers, a big, loutish chap of nineteen, shot a sullen look at Raymond. To scold Miranda I To the quivering excitement of the school, the time until 4 o'clock appeared fairly to dy. Would teacher really keep In Mi randa ? When the others arose, Miranda also sprang to her feet. Then something In the teacher's expression caused her to sink back in her seat, tingling and abashed. It took an unusually long time for the pupils to disperse that day, but at last they were all gono. "You need not think that I shall study that lesson," shs declared with sharp emphasis. Raymond uoddsd. "As you please," he answered. "Only here we both stay until you do." "And I'm not to have any supper?" incredulously. "Not until you learn that lesson." "But"? burst out Miranda furious ly. Then she closed her Hps with a snap and leaned back, her hands tem postuously folded before her. Ray mond picked up a book. 'Tako your own time," he sold pleas antly. But somehow the book did not prove very enthralling. Between his eyes and the printed pagos persisted thu vision of a willful little face set In its tangle of wavy hair. Yet ?e must not be beaten now. Ills whole future hung on this issgt>\ ho thought. Tho shad ows lengthened, the sun dropped be hind tho hills. Miranda, who for some time had been stealing furtive glances at the quiet figure behind the big desk smiled prettily. "I'm?I'm hungry," she .whoedled. For an Instant Raymoud wavered. This new swoetness was strange and alluring. But before he could speak the door was flung open and Tom Car ruthers appeared on the threshold. "Ren't ye comln* home to supper, Ml randy?" he demanded. "Yer ma sent mo fer ye," darting ? suspicious look at her Jailer. "Ain't ye comln' ? I'll look out fer ye." "Why," began Miranda feebly. Ray mond, a sudden, unaccountable resent ment nurging luto bis heart, frowned. "Miss Miranda Is In no need of a champion," he declared stiffly. "Sho can leave when she chooses. You may go." And Tom, after au Instant's BCOwilng hesitation, went out, banging i the door. Miranda bit her Up. "I will never learn that lesson," she repeated stubbornly. There was another long silence while the shadows darkened. At last the young man rose and lit the lamp. "It Is nearly 0 o'clock," h#> said brief ly. Miranda, now close upon tears, I looked hack still defiant. "And If I say It you'll let me go?" "Certainly." With rapid, choked utteranees she Hung the text at him,?not pausing for question or comment. And then? "I?I hate you," Bho/crtod vehement ly; "hate you, hate yon: And I'll uev er, inner com? Into" (bin horrlil evho?l r > on again!" The bricht drops shone in her eyes like dew on forgetmonots, her cheeks were Hushed *o u wild rose pink; the girl was shaken, puiftlod, hurt. 'I lie vlllSgO boys she had tOUCOd and ruled at Will. For the llrst time she had round a man Impervious alike ij her anger or smile -.. From the day that I.e. a stranger, had met her eyes In calm uuconceru she had uneou Kclously resented the faet. Now the re pressed wralll of weeks found vent. "1 hate you." she reiterated stormlly. The next moment she had Hashed Ihvough the door ami won gone. Ray mond, oddly depressed In spite of his victory, followed slowly. The world was Hooded with the tran quil glory of the moonlight as he went out. A narrow path I od to the road Where a row of maples lifted their leafy branches to the starry skies, and Raymond, fancying that he caught the gleam of a white dress there under the trees, tVU his heartbeats quicken. ?Somehow he had been looking forward to walking home with the girl. Then as he turned from locking the door a dark figure rushed by the corner of tho sch i )lb ?u 0, there was a woman's shrill scream, something heavy struck his forehead, and Raymond fell. It mutt have been nearly an hour later when Raymond and Miranda slopped at the gale of the girl's home. Hearing footsteps, Mffl, Hemming came out to meet them. "Well," she said. "S?> I hear you've been having trouble 'With Mlrandy. Tom was here In quite a state and wanted me to interfere. Hut I Judged you knew how to run your own game," comfortably. "Did yo meet him?" Ray mond, feeling the bump left by the stone on his forehead, laughed. "Yes, we met him," he said whim sically. "And he left us In no doubt as to his optukm of me. Indeed, I might say that In' left a decided Impression. If It had not been that Miranda, sus pecting there might be trouble, wait ed-- Hut. after all. I do not know that I blame him much," he went on. "He could not appreciate that I was acting In Miranda's best Interests," with mis chievous emphasis. Miranda, very shy and conscious, (lushed. Mrs. Hemming lifted her hands. "What ever am 1 going to do with that girl?" she ejaculated. "Really, she's growing fairly unmanageable, if she only had a father!" Tho young man became suddenly quite grave. "Will you Intrust the tnsk to me, Mrs. Hemming?" he asked. "I think I understand her better now." "Trust you," cried Mrs. Hemming. "Why. ye're nothing but a boy your self, llow could you be a father to her?" regarding him In perplexed as tonishment. Raymond bent and pos sessed himself of the girl's slender hand. "No. I suspect that I conldn't be a father to her," he agreed, "but she has Just promised to marry me." Me/..-.of:ml l'? Memory. Cardinal Mo/.xofantl had a memory little short of miraculous. Dr. Russell, his biographer, says that the cardinal spoke with the greatest ease thirty lan guages, that be spoke fairly well nine, that he used occasionally, but not with fluency, eleven more; thnt he spoke Im perfectly eight and that he could read eleven more. Taking, In addition, tho number of dialects he used, some so di verse from the mother tongue ntt to constitute a different language, Dr. ItUSSOll says that the cardinal wus master of no leas than ill different languages and dialects. Ills Qermau wan so excellent that he was taken for a native of Germany, ?while his French and English were equally pure. Dr. Tholuck heard him converse In Ger man, Arable, Spanish, Flemish, Kng llsh, Latin, (ireck, Swedish and Por tuguese at one of the pope's receptions, and afterward Mezr.ofuntt gave hliu an original poem In Persian and left him to take a lesson In Cornish. He knew several of the American Indian lan guages and nearly all tho dialects of India. Why l'rlnon Doorkcciior.t Are Surly. "\\ by are the doorkeepers of prisons always surly? I guess It Is because they have to answer so many foolish questions," said a prison doorkeeper. "Only IhlH morning a ring comes at the bell. I halt In tho middle of my breakfast. I tramp down the long cor ridor. I unlock my fifty ton door with my twenty pound key. Outside stands a tough young man, his hat on (he side of his head, who says: '"Boss, wheu'll Joe Mace get out? Mo and another feller's got a bet on It.' "People come here and ask mo when fhls prisoner's trial and Uiat prisoner's trial take place. They come hero with out permits and demand to see a pris oner with tho same air as you'd go to a friend's house and demand to seo your friend. They bring presents to prison ers?boxes of cigars, bottles of rum, Scarf pins and poker dice. It Is the con stant rebuffing of all these foolish per sons that makes the doorkeeper of a prison surly."?Philadelphia Bulletin. Cllmntc anil ConnnnniitN. In a book on his adventures In Tibet Colonel T,. A. Waddell writes: "One curious result of the cold should be mentioned here?namely, Its effect upon the speech of the people. A peculiar ity of the language Of tho Tibetans, In common with the Russians and most arctic nations, is the remarkably few vowels In their words and the extraor dinarily large number of consonants. For example, tho Tibetan name for Slkhhn Is Hbrasljongs. indeed, so full of consonants are Tibetan words that most of them could l>o articulated with almost Komlcloscd mouth, evidently from the enforced necessity to keep the lips closed as far as possible ngntn*t the cutting cold when speaking." A ii MndleMn Chnln. "A soft answer." remarked tho party of the first part, "turneth away wrath." "True enough," responded I ho party of the second part, "l>ut wrath also turneth away ? s >ft answer." -Phihi dolphin Bulletin. i\ Urtnk Made Nail Knd Void. Tbo ?unsot Magazine teil? a story of the rehabilitation of the character of Johnson Sides, a noted Indian tern pcrance orator of bygone days: One day he was caught In the net of drink ing a glass of whisky and was lined. Neither Indians nor whites would llsteu (hen to his temperance speeches. Poor Johnson was In despair. One day, however, he had an Inspiration. He asked Senator Doolln. of tho Nevada legislature lo absolve his sin by act of legislature. Senator Doolln was agree able, and Introduced and carried through "Senate Joint Concurrent Res olution No. 11," which Is ns followst "Resolved, By the senate, the people of the state of Nevada concurring, that the drink of whisky taken by Johnson Sides on the 17th day of September lu the city of Virginia, county of Story, be anil Is hereby declared null und void." Tims was Johnson Sides made a good man again, He became at once a power among his own people, resum ed his advocacy of the cause of water and was listened to with great respect ?Cleveland Leader. What it Dlplmmtt Im. The London l'all .Mall Gazette dis cusses the word "diplomatist," Inter preting It as "one with a double duty and a double responsibility" -to his own country and tho country that re ceives him. The evolution of "diplo matist" from the Greek verb for "to double" Is very curious. "Diploma," a doubling, was specialized as a folded paper and particularly In Roman times an ofllcial passport or license. Thus "diplomatic science" down to the end Of the eighteenth century meant the science of manuscripts and documents, , which explains a modern writer's strange remark that "there In not a shadow of diplomatic doubt thrown over the Integrity of the third g ispel." Dr. Murray's Dictionary assigns the translation to thi* modern meaning to Leibnlt/.'s "Codex Juris Gentium Dip lomntleus" (documentary code of inter national law) and tho title of a similar French work. "Diplomatie" came lo be considered as meaning "Interna tional documentary." and then the "documentary" dropped out. L'ttctinnprtna ("trenn niit?*. "Circuses," said the old ring master, "have developed, evolved and changed. From the one ring of the past they have grown to three rings, phis an ele vated stage, and there are many other Improvements, Rut In one particular there has been no change since time began, and that Is In the dimensions of the ring. A circus ring Is always the same si/.o - forty t wo feet nine Inches In diameter. Co where you will, you will never lind a circus ring with different dimension i from that. A bareback rider can ride best in a ring of till- size. All riders train in such i ring and all horses are trained In such a ring. There would be trouble for horses ami men if the size of the ring should bo changed. It would bo like changing the size of tin' baseball diamond, only worse." ? Minneapolis Journal. Stevenson'? Storle?. Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson bus told of the circumstances under which cer tain of her husband's books were writ ten. Stevenson and IiIh wife woro looking over some records of trials In the OKI Bailey court during 1700. Among the papers was one describing tho trial of .Tames Stewart for the mur dor of a man which Stevenson "read with avidity." He used much of tho story In this old court record for "Kid naped," besides taking out the charac ter of Alan Brook. "David Ralfour," the sequel to "Kidnaped," was writ ten In Samoa amid very "distracting circumstances." Mrs. StoMnsoil says, "With tho natives on the verge of wnr and amid tho most kaleidoscopic po litical changes, uncertain as to what moment his personal liberty might be restrained, his every action miscon strued and resented by the white In habitants of the lHlaud, the excitement and fatigue of my husbnnd'h dally lifo might have seemed enough for any one man to endure without tho additional strain of literary work." Cnb StonlliiK In fcwilmi. Cab stealing Is by no means an un common thing In London. A cnbman who has had any experience In the great metropolis would not take the risk of leaving his vohtclo even for a few inlnutos unless ho placed a relia ble man In control, but the unwary are frequently robbed of horse and ve hicle. Tho cab thief usually drives some distance from whore he stole tho property and takes advantage of some secluded spot or quiet street to alter the number of the vehicle, so as to es cape Immediate detection. This done, bo has two alternatives. He either tries to earn a few shillings In fares before abandoning tho cab or else ho makes away with tho whip, rug, mat and lamp, leaving the vehicle for the police? to take charge of when found. Some thieves actually go to the trou ble of Rtrlpplng off from the wheels the India rubber tires.?London Stand ard. Horace Qreclcy und nn Antoarrwpli. In his "Recollections of a Busy Life" Horace Greeley tells the story of how ho once dealt very effectively with a persistent autograph hunter. A gur!i lug youth wrote to Oreeley as follows: Dear Hlr--Among your literary treasures you have doubtless preserved several au tographs of our country's lato lamented poet, Edgar Allan Poe. If bo, and you can sparo on*, please lncloso It to me mid receive tho thunks of yours truly, -. To which Greeley replied: Dear Sir?Among my literary treasures there happens to be Just one autograph of our country's lato lamented poet. Edgar Allan Poo. It Is a note of hand for ?50, With my Indorsement across the back. It cost mo exuetly tiVt.7S. Including protest, and you may have It for half that amount. Yours respectfully. HORACE OREELEY. The nutogrnph was found among CJreelcy's possessions after his death. We wept when we came Into the world, and every day tells us why.? Goldsmith. Tratninor ? Cow. T. P.'a London Weekly relates bow Major Miles Malony of Bnllyduff was amazed one morning to see from Ills bedroom window a little lad driving n eow back aud forward again and again over a ditch and through a fenco ou his land. Hurriedly completing his toilet, he rushed out to question the little tres passer. "What are yo after with that COW? Is It to kill tho beast ye want?" "Kill her! Shu re, It's to keop her alive I want." "Keep her olive*" "Khure, It's talchlug her to get her own living I am. There Isn't a ditch or flnce In tho barony that'll hold her In nfther I've done wld her." Then the major understood. The eow, In fact, was be ing taught to trespass In search of her own living. Stnni'?rnll Jnolcson'ii l.ouku, Stonewall Jackson's form was tall, gaunt and angular. Ills feet and bauds wer.1 large, ami his walk was slugular |y ungraceful. He always spoke quick ly, In short sentences devoid of orna ment, but to the point. A habit of "bat ting" his eyes added no little to the peculiarity of his appearance. Ills eyes were gray aud ordinarily dull and expressionless, but when excited by drill, which always seemed to rouso him, especially when charges were fired, the whole man would change, as !? he were transported by the roar of the guns to tho exciting scenes of an actual field of battle. ? ThomaA M. Semmes In Century. Tim World and m Llvln? It Is nn old cry that tho world owos every man a living. This is a favorite argument with tho lazy and shiftless. Dut the world owes none such a living. If a man will not work he shall not eat Is a mandate as old as tho race Itself. But there Is another fundamental sense In which the maxim that the world owes every man a living Is pro foundly true. It owes ovary man a fair chance to earn a deoent living. And that Is all that any self respecting tonn asks or wants.-?Boston Post. Shattortnir Her Hope*. Mr. Close About haw much does an automobllu outfit for a woman cost? Mrs. Close (excitedly'?Oh, Ooorgo, you are not going to buy an automobile, are. you? Mr. Close I should Fay not! I'm merely trying to figure out how far be yond his Income that man Brassey Is living.?Brooklyn Life. Don bio liONMi "I bear you lo.sl your heart up at Miss Sweet ley's house the other even ing," said the gossip. "Yes; and worse (ban that," replied the practical lover, "I lost my um brella. I suspeel one of those brothers of hers." "Wlile Awnke. ruddle-You know Storks, don't you? Doctor Yes. hide d. He is now a pa tient of min?. Fuddle?Pretty wide awake man, Ixn'l he? Do -i >.?- I should soy so. I'm treating htm for insomnia. neonlllnor o Mulled Letter? After a letter Is addressed and stamped nn<t put Into tbo mull ?? >x lias tho postmaster any right to give It hack to the sender If Render wishes to recall it? It Is not only the right, but the duty, of the postmaster to give back a letter already mailed Which the sender wish os to recall. He Is even authorized In certain cases to stop the delivery of a lotter which has already started for Its destination by a telegram to the postmaster at that place. But he must be very certain that tho person who wlfhcs to recall a letter in either case Is the one who wrote It, and the latter must hear any expense that arises from telegraphing, etc.?St. Louis Re public. Lnim AtfaliiMt IClnborntc Mcnla. An edict of Charles IX. of Franco dated 1608 made It a civil offense to offer any guest more than three courses at one meal. If a fourth appeared the provider Of tho feast was liable to a fine of 200 francs, while the guests who partook of It could bo called upon to pay the authorities hi francs each. The unlucky purveyor was struck at still more severely, for If he took an order for a four course dinner ho became amenable by law to fifteen days' im prtoonmont upon bread and water. If after Ih'.H severe discipline upon two occasions ho offend* tl again ho might L'O whipped and driven from the king flow ns a danger to the state. I'ntlilcil Conchniotii In rtusnln It Is a mark of distinction for a coachman to have a very rotund iigo.ro. The driver.; of fashionable cor rlngos appear at first to be abnormally stout. As a matter of fact il ls np penrnnee, according to Burton Holmes, who made some Investigations recent lyj Is due to the skillful padding of tho Coachman's livery. The padding is done with cotton, and some remarkable results are obtained. Hnnsot Chnrtna. "Oh. Mr. Chappey," exclaimed Miss Gtiseh, "why weren't you up on the hill to see the sunset? It was Just too love ly!" "Yaas," replied Chappey, "sent my man up to do It for me. He under stands that sawt of thing, don't y' know."?Philadelphia Ledger. Tnklnpr Him In Time. Mr. Newly wed? By the way, dearest, did I ever tell you about that beautiful heiress who once wanted mo for a hus band? Mrs. Xewlywcd? No, dear. You have never told me a Ho yet that I know of. ?Inn? no in. Would He Musician?Do you think there Is any music in mo? Professor - There ought to be, sir. I have heard none come out. Everything great Is not always good, but all good things are great.?Demos tlipues. ITHE GIGANTIC CONTINUES AT Davis, Roper & Company. The Great Essential in this Sale is Low Prices. We have had a Great Sale but we have Hundreds and Hundreds of Bargains left which we are determined to close out. You cannot afford to miss it. Each day we put out something new at remarkably Low Prices. This week our greatest run will be on Ladies' and Gents' Oxfords and Ties. Our Shoe Stock is too large and we have determined to reduce same. All Shoes have advanced, yet you can buy Shoes here at less than Manufactures Cost. See what we are offering and you will not think of buying Shoes Elsewhere. New, Nobby Style MEN'S SUITS At Mill End prices Men's Suits that were ; $5.00 to go in Mill End Sale at Men's SuiLs that were $7.50 now at the Mill End price, only Men's Suits that were $10 now at the Mill End price only Men's Suits that were $12.50 now at the Mill End price only Men's Suits that were $15.00 now at the Mill End price only $3.49 to $3.99 4.99 to 5.99 6.49 to 7.99 8.49 to 9.89 10.49 to 11.49 Standard Calico, 3 cts Beautiful Pointed Lawns,.4 cts Good Yard wide Bleaching,.5 cts Ladies' 10c full taped and bleached Vest, 6 cts Men's Fine Low Cut Hnnan's $5.00, low cut, patent Vici Mill End price Now only Stetson's $5.00, low cut, patent Vici Mill End price Now only Crossett's $4.00, low cut, patent, Vici Mill End price Now only Crossett's $8.50, low cut, patent leather and plain Vici Now only Crossett's $.'1.00, low cut Vici Mill End price Now only $2.25 Low cut Shoes, vici and velour Mill End price Now only Ali makes of $2.00 Low Cuts Mill End price Now only $1.50 Low Cut Vici Mill End price Now only Stetson's $5.<0, low cut Tans Mill End price Now only Crossett's $3.50, low cut Tans Mill End price Now only Crossett and other makes $3 low cut tans Mill End price Now only Shoes. 3.49 3.49 3.19 2.09 1.99 1.49 to 1.59 1.49 1.19 3.49 2.59 1.99 Ladies' Oxfords at Reduction Queen Quality $2.50 plain and pat kid Oxford Mill End price Now only 1 Drew Selby $2.50 tan Oxford Mill End price Now only Drew Selby $2.00 tan Oxford Mill End price Now only Special Value $2.00, 3 Strap Sandals Mill End price Now only Ladies' $1.50 Oxfords Mill End price Now only Ladies' $1.25 Oxfords Mill End price Now only Ladies' $1.00 Oxfords Mill End price Now only Misses' $2.00 Oxfords Mill End price Now only 1 Misses' $1.50 Oxford and strap Sandals Mill End price Now only Misses' $1.25 Oxfords Mill End price Now only Big 99 79 49 49 99 79 69 49 19 89 Children's $1.00 Oxfords Mill End price Now only .69 Infants' Oxfords and Sandals Mill End price Now only .49 Ladies' white Canvas Oxfords Mill End price Now only ,89 A Great Sale of Men's and Boys' PANTS. Men's Odd Pants that were $1.00 Mill End price now Men's Odd Pants that were $1.50 now at Mill End price only Men's Odd Pants thai were $2.00 Mill End price only Men's Odd Pants that were $2.50 Mill End price now Men's Odd Pants that were $3.00 Mill End price now Men'.; Odd Pants that were $3.50 Mill End price now .79 to .89 $1.19 1.49 to $1.59 1.79 to 1.99 2.19 to 2.49 2.49 to 2.79 Special Dry Goods Bargains .08 .12 .69 Union Linen Towels, ly x 36 Mill End Prices Large size unbleached Turkish Towels Mill Knd Price Large size White Quilts Special Mill End Price Splended Value, large size, White Quilts rf?-g Mill End Price ^I.UV You should take advantage of this Sale. We are determined to move our Stock and we have put lower prices than ever on the Goods. We can and do save you big Money on your purchases. Come before our stock is broken. DAVIS, ROPER & CO. Laurens, South Carolina. Special Dry Goods Bargains Very fine, largo size, White Quilts (?| ^ a Mill Knd Price ^1?^" Beautiful quality, Sheer flowered Organdies Regular prices 15c. Mill End Prices Extra good quality, Printed Lawns at Mill Paul Prices Great assortment of Printed Lawns in every imaginable design, all regular 10c goods .10 .04 .07