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? The 4> Princess Virginia By C. N. and A. M. WILLIAMSON. Authors of "The Litfhtnins Con ductor." "Roiemary In Search of ?>. Father." Etc ' Copyright. 1007. hy McChirc. Phll lil>a & Co. My dear, my dour, nfter Dai's letter, coming, ns It hits come, In the midst of such n conversation, I shall be n firm believer in telepathy. This letter on its way to us must hnvo put the thoughts Into our minds and the words on our tongues. It may be ttiat the ?imperor of Llbaetla will marry; it may not, for, my sweet, beautiful girl, it depends upon?you." "Me?" The voice did not sound to Virginia like her own. Was she, too, dreaming? Were they both in ndream? "lie wishes to marry you." All the letters dropped from Vir ginia's lap?dropped and fluttered to the grass slowly, like falling rose leaves. Scarcely knowing what she did, Bhe clasped her bauds over the young bos om, shaken with the sudden throbbing of her heart. Perhaps such a betrayal of reeling by a royal maiden deco rously sued (by proxy) for her hand was scarcely correct, but Virginia had no thought for rules of conduct as laid down for her too often by her mother. "He wishes to marry?me?" she echoed dazedly. "Why?" "Providence must have drawn your inclination toward him, dearest. It is Indeed a romance. Some day, no doubt, it will be told to the world in history." "But bow did h*?"? Virginia broke oil* and began again. "Did he tell this to Del and ask him to write you?" "Not?not precisely that," admitted the grand duchess, her face changing from satisfaction to uneasiness, for Virginia was difficult In some ways, though adorable in others, and held BUCll peculiar ideas about life?inherit eil from her American grandmother thai it was impossible to be sure how she would receive the most ordinary announcements. The princess' rapt expression faded like the passing of dawn. "Not precisely that?" she repeated. "Then what?how"? "Well, perhaps, though It's not strict-1 ly the correct thing, you lifcd better] lead your brother's letter for yourself." Virginia put her hands behind her back with a childish gesture, and n frightened look came into the eyes] which at most times gazed bravely up on the world. "I?somehow I can't," she said, "l'lease tell me." "To begin with, then, you kaow what nil admiration Dal has felt for Count "He wishes tu marry?met" von Breitste in ever since that diplo matic v isit I he Khaetlan chancellor paid to Huilgnria. The fancy seemed to be mutual; but. then, who could ever re sist Dal if he wanted to be liked? The chancellor has written to htm from time to time, and Dnl has quite en joyed the correspondence. The old man can l>e witty.as well an cynical If he chooses, and Dal says he tells good stories. Now. It seems, In tho Informal way In which such affairs are usually put forward, that Count vx>n Itrcitsteln has written confidentially to Dal, as our only near male relative, risking how your family would regard flu alliance between Leopold and you <>r If we hove already disposed of your band. At last the emperor is inclined to listen to his chancellor's advice and many, and you, as a Protestant prin cess" ~ "A Protestant princess, Indeed!" cried Virginia, "f protest against be ing approached by him on such terme." Tho fare of the grand duchess was darkened by the gloom of her thoughts. "My daughter," Bhe exclaimed mildly, yel despairingly, "It's not possible that when this wonderful chance, this un heard of chance, this chance thnt you were praying /or, actually fulls Into your hands you will throw It away for for a sentimental schoolgirl scruple." "I was not praying for It." said Vir ginia. "I'm sure, mother, you would have considered it most bold in mo to pray for It. And I didn't. I was only refusing other chances." "Well, at all events, you have this ono now. It is yours." "Not In Ufa ono way 1 should have loved to see it come. Oh, mother, why does the emperor want to marry me? Isn't there some other roast h lhan Just because I'm a proper Protestant prin cess?" "Of course," Insisted the grand duch ess, faintly encouraged. "Dal men tions several most excellent reasons In hts letter, if you would only take them sensibly." "I should like (o hear them, at all eveuts," uuswered Virginia. "Well, yon see, the empress of Rhae tla must be a Protestant, and there aren't many eligible Protestant girls who would be acceptable to the Rhae tians?girls who would he popular with the people. . Oh, I have finished about that! You need not look so desperate. Resides, Dal explains I hat Leopold Is a young man who dominates all around him. He wishes to fake for his hrldo a girl who could not hy any possihillty herself he heiress to a throne. Dal fancies thai his desire Is to mold his wife aud therefore to take a girl with out too many important and Importu nate relatives, for he Is not one who would dream of adding to Iiis great ness by using the wealth or position of a woman. He has all he needs or wants of that soil. And then, Dal re minds me, Leopold is very partial to England, which helped Rhaetla passive ly In the time of her trouble eight years ago. The fact that you have lived hi England and had an English education would lie favorably regard ed both by Leopold aud his chancellor. And, though I've never allowed you to have a photograph taken since you were n child (I hate seeing young girls' faces in the newspapers and magazines; ' even though they are royal their fea- j tares need not bo public property) and you have lived here In such seclusion j that you've been little seen, still the rumor has reached Rhnetla that you arc?good to look at. Leopold has been heard to say that, whatever else the future empress of Rhaetia may he, he won't give his people an ugly woman to reign over them. And so alto gether"? "And so altogether, my references being satisfactory, nl n plucb I might do for the place," cut In Virginia, with the hot, impatient rebellion of her youth. "Oh, mother, you think mo mad or a fool, 1 know, and perhaps I am mad. yet HOI mad enough not to see that It would be a great thing, a won derful thing, to be asked in marriage by the one man In my world if?ah, that great 'If'?he had only seen and fallen in love with me. It might have happened, you know. As you say, I'm not ugly, and I can be rather pleasant if I choose?so I believe. If he had only eoine to this land to see what 1 was like, as royal men did in the dear old fairy stories, and then had asked me to he his wife. why. I should have been conceited enough to think it was because he love I me even more thuu because of other things. Then I should have been happy- yes. dear, I'll con fess it to you now almost happy enough to die of the great joy and tri umph of it. Rut now I'm not happy. I will marry Leopold or I'll marry no man, but I swear to you I won't be married to Leopold in Count von Rrolt stein's hateful old, cold, cut and dried way." "It's the emperor's way as well as Von Breitste! n's." "Then for once in his big. grand, ob stinate life he'll have to learn that there's one Insignificant girl who won't play Qriseldn even for the sake of be ing his empress." The girl proclaimed this resolve,' ris ing to her feet, with her head high and a look in her gray eyes which told the grand duchess that it would he hopeless for her fo argue down the resolution. At first it was a proud look ami a sad look, but suddenly a beam of light flashed info it and began to sparkle and twinkle. Virginia smiled aud showed her dimples. Her color came ami went. In a moment she was n different girl, and her mother, be wildered, fearful si ill, dared to hope something from the change. "How olid you look!" she exclaimed. "You've thought of something, Von are happy. You have the air of?of having found souk? plan." "It found me. I think," the girl an swered, laughing, "all suddenly. Just In a flash. That's the way it must ho with inspirations. This Is one?I know It. It's all In the air, floating round me. Rut I shall grasp it soon." She came close lo her mother, still smiling, and knelt down in the grass at her feet, looking up with radiance in her eyes. Luckily then* was no one save the Dresden china lady aud the birds and flowers (o see how a voting princess threw hor mantle of dignity away, for the (wo did not keep royal stale and a royal retinue in thO quaint old house nt Hampton Court, and (ho big elm Which Virginia loved kindly hid the I mother and daughter from intrusive eyes. "You do love mo, don't you, dear est?" cooed the princess softly ns a dove. "You know I do. my child, though I don't protend to understand y<?u," sighed the grand duchess, Well aware that she was about to Ik; coaxed Into some scheme, feeling that she would yield and praying Providence lhat the yielding might not lend her info tribu lation. "Peo'Me grow dull if we understand (Item too well." said Virginia "It's like solving a puzzle there's no moro fun In it when It s finished Rut you wish me to lie happy, darling?" "More than I wish for anything else, excepting, of course, dear Dai's" ? "Dal Is a man and can fake care of himself. I must do the best I can? poor me! And there's something I want so much, so much it would bo heaven on earth, all my own, if I could win il -Leopold's lOVO, quite for my self, as h girl, not as a 'suitable Prot esfnnt princess.' Kor a few horrid minutes L thought It was (OOjatO to hope for that arid I must giro him up, because I never could be sure if I ac cepted him without his love and he said it had come afterward; that it was really, really true. Anyway, It could never bo the same, and I was miserable over what might huve been. Then suddenly I saw tipw It still might be. I almost thlnVN tuny 1k> able to win his love If you'll promise to help me, dear." "Of course I will," said tho grand duchess, cnrrled out of her pretty little conventional self into unwonted im pulsiveness by the warmth of kisses soft and sweet as tho roses on Vir ginia's bosom. "That Is, I will If I can. But I don't at all see what I can do." "I see. And what I want you to do Is to please, please see with my eyes." "They're very bright oneB," smiled her mother. "Princess Virginia clasped the grand duchess round the waist so tightly that it hurt. Then she laughed, a loud, half frightened, excited laugh. "Dearest, something perfectly wonderful in go ing to happen to you and me," abe said ?"the most wonderful thing that ever has happened. We aro going to have a?great?adventure. And what the end of It will be?I don't know." (.Continued.) PREPARED INSTANTLY. Simply add bod log water,%ool and aarra. lie par package at allgrocara. 7flavors. RchueahambatlMEaa. . The South Carolina dispensary litiga tion is again at a standstill after the hearing in Richmond last week. Judge Pritchard modifies his recent orders in that now the commission will be re quired to give a bond of only $175,000 and that it may use $25,000 of the funds for disbursements until the matter is settled. Another hearing will be held at a later date. Tired nerves, with that "no ambi tion" feeling that is commonly felt in spring or early summer, can be easily and quickly altered by taking what is known to druggists everywhere as Dr. Snoop's Restorative. One will abso lutely note a changed feeling within 48 hours after beginning to take the Re storative. The bowels get sluggish in the winter time, the circulation often slows up, the Kidneys and inactive, and even the Heart in many cases grows decidedly weaker. Dr. Shoop's Resto rative is recognized everywhere a gen uine tonic to these vital organs. It builds up and strengthens the worn-out weakened nerves; it sharpens the fail ing appetite, and universally aids diges tion. It always quickly brings renewed strength, life, vigor and ambition. Try it and be convinced. Sold by Palmetto Drug Co. One million people witnessed the ar rival of the U. S. battleships at San Francisco last Thursday. Bad Attack of Dysentery Cured. "An honored citizen of this town was suOering from a severe attack of dys entery. He told a friend if be could obtain a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy he felt confident of being cured, he having used this remedy in the West. He was told that I kept it in stock and lost no time in obtaining it, and was promptly cured, says M. J. Leach, druggist, of Wolcott, Vt. For sale by Laurens Drug Co. Winthrop college is to have a new dor mitory adequate for the accommodation of 250 girls. The work is to begin soon. flic Alost Common Cause of Suffering. Rheumatism causes more pain and suffering than any other disease for the reason that it is the most common of all ills, and it is certainly gratifying to sufferers to know that Chamberlain'a Pain P.alm will afford relief and make rest and sleep possible. In many cases the relief from pain, which is at first temporary, has become permanent, while in old people subject to chronic rheumatism, often brought on by damp ness or changes in the weather, a per manent cure cannot be expected; the relief from pain which this liniment af fords is alone worth many times its cost. 25 and 50 cent sizes for sale by 1.aureus Drug Co. A loan of $200.000 has been made the State of South Carolina for the purpose of paying the running expenses of the State until July 1 and the State pen sions, amounting to $250,000. There is now a balance of over $00,000 in the treasury, but the additional loan is necessary because of the ordinary ex penses. Best Healer in the World. Rev. F. Starbird, of Fast Raymond, Maine, says; "I have used Hucklen's Arnica Salve for soveral years on my old army wound and other obstinate sores and find it the best healer in the world. I use it too with great success in my veterinary business." Price25c. at I.aurens Drug Co.'s and Palmetto Drug Co.'8 drug stores. Miss Sallie Bragg, of Campobello, through her attorney, I. A. Phifer, has commenced a suit against the Charles ! ton & Western Carolina road for dam ages in the sum of $50,000, alleging that while she was a passenger on one of the trains of the company between Augusta and J.aureus she was grossly insulted by the copduidor of the train. Weak women should read my "Book ; No. I For Women." It was written expressly for women who aro not we|l. Tho Book No. I tells of Dr. Hhwp'? I "Night Cure" and jMst how these sooth ing, healing, antiseptic suppositories can be successfully applied. The book and strictly confidential medical advice is entirely free. Write Dr. Shonp, Ra cine, Wis. The Night Cure is sold by ; Palmetto Drug Co. Governor Hoch, of Kansas, has ap pointed Mrs. Levi Cooper, widow and deputy of the late probate judge, to succeed her husband as probate judge of Mitchell county. Two male appli cants for the place had each promised to leave Mrs. Cooper in as judge pro tern. "I got to thinking the matter over," said Governor Hock, "and de cided that if Mrs. Cooper was so valua ble^in the office there was no reason why she should not be appointed tier self. So I have just decided to appoint her and settle the contest that way." There is a Pink Pain Tablet made by Dr. Shoop that will positively stop any pain, anywhere, in 20 minutes. Drug gists everywhere sell them as Dr. Snoop's Headache Tablets, but they stop other pains as easily as headache. Dr. Shoop's Pink Pain Tablets simply coax blood pressure away from pain centers?that is all. Pain comes from blood pressure congestion. Stop that pressure with Dr. Shoop's Headache Tablets and pain is instantly prone. 20 Tablets 25c. Sold bv Palmetto Drug Co. The people of Spartanburg took in $800 on Tag Day for the city hospital. (load i-'or Everybody. Mr. Norman R. Coulter, a prominent architect in the Polbert Building, San Francisco, says: "I fully endorse all that has been said of Electric Hitters as a tonic medicine. It is good for everybody. It corrects stomach, liver and kidney disorders in a prompt and efficient manner ami builds up the sys tem." Electric Bitters is the best spring medicine ever sold over a drug gist's counter; as a blood purifier it is unequaled. BOc. at I.aureus Drug Co. and Palmetto Drug Co. \s drugstores. Congressman A. F. Lever and Sec retary of Agriculture Wilson made speeches at Sumter last week at the farmers' meeting. The Lucky Quarter Is the one you pay out for a box of Dr. King's New Life Pills. They bring you the health that's more precious than jewels. Try them for headache, biliousness, constipation and malaria. If they disappoint you the price will be cheerfully refunded at Laurons Drug Co.'s and Palmetto Drug Co.'s drug stores. Bishop H. C. Potter, of the Episcopal diocese of New York, is seriously ill. "Health Coffeo" is really the closest Coffee Imitation ever yet produced. This clever Coffee Substitute was re cently pr . ' iced by Dr. Shoop. of Ra cine, W: i. \'ot a grain of real Coffee in it eithe Dr. Shoop's Health Colfec is made from pure toasted grains, with malt, nuts, etc. Really it would fool an expert who might drink it for Cof fee. No 20 or M0 minutes tedious boil ing. "Made in a minute," says the doctor. Sold by J. M. Philpot. W. J. Bryan's famous lecture, "The Prince of Peace," which he has deliv ered before many churches and Y. M. C. A. organizations, is to bo given a world-wide circulation by means of the phonograph. For a burn or scald apply Chamber lain's Salve. It will allay the pain al most instantly and quickly heal the in jured parts. For sale by Laurens Drug Co. _ Before scalding milk rinse out the pan with cold water. This will keep the milk from burning. Biliousness ami Constipation. For years I was troubled with bilious ness and constipation, which made life miserable for me. My appetite failed me. I lost my usual force and vitality. Pepsin preparations and cathartics only made matters worse. I do not know where I should have been today had I not tried Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. The tablets relieve the ill feeling at once, strengthen the di gestive functions, purify the stomach, liver and blood, helping the system to do its work naturally. Mlts. Rosa Potts, Birmingham, Ala. These tab lets are for sale by Laurens Drug Co. In blowing out a candle hold it aloft I and blow upward. This will prevent the scattering of thd grease. For Magistrate Sullivan township. We, friends of .lohn W. Kelloit, an nounce him for magistrate of Sullivan township. April 27, 1008 liO-.'lt. Simpson, Cooper ?S: Babb, Attorneys at Law. Will practice in all State Courts Prompt attention given to nil hoslne-s WEAK, WEARY WOMEN Learn the Cause of Daily Woes and End Them. When the back aches and throbs. When housework is torture When night brings no rest nor sleep. Whon urinary disorders sol in Women's lot is a weary one. There is a way to escape these woes. Dean's Kidney Pills cure such ills. Have cured women here in Laurens. This is one Laurens woman's testi mony. Mrs. Lucy Tucker, Mill Row, Lau rens, S. C, says: "For several years I suffered more or less from kidney tro\l ble. My back ached a great deft) and I had rheumatic twinges \\\ my sides, Headaches often bothered me and at times I was m? weak and run down that I could hardly do my house work. Be lieving that all these troubles aroSQ from disordered kidneys and having heard Dean's Kidney pillshigmy spoken of for such complaints I bough) a box at the Palmetto 1 br,ir Co. Since using them I haye improved in every way and I fiaye no hesitancy in saying that I be lieve them to be the best kidney remedy to be had." For sale by all do&lors. Price CO cents. Foster-Milhurn Co., Buffalo. New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name Dean's, and take no other. 333 This is the number of a fine bleach ed mercerized Linen Table Cloth just opened at $1.50 each. Special value in Napkins and Tow els. Hemmed and Fringed White Counterpanes at a bargain. W.Q. Wilson & Co. i \\ rammtnm The Economical Man::::: The man who figures his paint expense, 11 <?t l>v (In lirsl cost, but on the broad basis of cost per month or year he is Ihe man who considers all the elements entering into the painl rpieslion he s the man who figures on MASTIC MIXED PAINTS "The- kind that Lusts" Ii is a demonstrated fact that Mastic Paint, covering V"1 square feet, two coats, is cheaper ai fifty pel cent, highei price than a paint covering 200 square feet, t<> say nothing of its durability. ?So the economical man can safely figure il is wise commit) to use Mastic Mixed Paints. It lasts long after the price is forgotten. Manufactured by PEASLEE-QAULBERT CO. Incorporated, LOUIvSVIIvLK, KY. For Sale at Laurens, S. C, by DODSON-EDWARDS DRUG CO. We are Agents for Hudnut's Pine Perfumes and Toilet Waters. The prettiest and best line in the city. Palmetto Drug Co $1,000.00 Can be accumulated by the average person in four or live years by the sys tematic saving and depositing in our saving department of ihe money thai 11 usually frittered away on flapdoodle and fllubdub. Lour pot cent, interest) too, we pay Don't forget that. Start on your thousand now. WE PAY 5 I'LL CENT ON TIME CERTIFICATES. Enterprise Bank Laurens, S. C.