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iVAUANIU oJ1JGIjN44 LLITRATED 1y' LAUREN STOUT aW'm di AT 8053-,Wmm C4 SYNOPSIS.ove to herself wors like these: " SYOSI.must not be frightened, lie doesn't !realize the danger, but I do! I miut CHAPTER 1-John Valiant, a rich so- e quito collected. It is a mile to tho ciety favorite, suddenly discovers that the Valiant corporation, which his father loi'tOi"s. I Might run to the hotiso founded and which was the principal and aend Lnc' Jefferson. btt it would source of his wealth, has failed. tak to :oag. Resides, the doctor CHAPTER II-Ho voluntarily turns over his private fortune to the receiver for the corporation. To do anything but me." CHAPTER III-His entiro remaining She crouched beside him. putting possessions consist of an old motor car, he a white bull dog and Damory court, a neglected estate in Virginia. wrenching it over with ail her CHAPTER TV-He learns that this es- strength. "Tighter, tighter." she said. tate came into the family by royal grant It must he tighter." lit, to her dis and has been in the possession of the may, at the last turn the improvised Valiants ever since. CHAPTER V-On the way to Danory flew a d , a court he meets Shirley Dandridge, an au- oz t away, hurn-haired beauty, and decides that he Her heart leaped chokingly, (bet is going to like Virginia immensely. CIIAPIDrn VI-An old negro tells Shir loy's fortune anl predicts great trouble Ie IcamIei back on one arm. trying for her on account of a man, to laugh. ht she wotedl that his breath CHAPTER VII-Tnelo Jefferson, an oli ca e shortly as if he had been on negro, takes Valiant to Ianory court. ning. "Absurd! ''dn e said, frowning. CHAPTER VIIr-Shirle's mother. Mrs. luot suclt--a fool ithing-can Iurt! Dandridge, and 'Major lBristow exchange Suddenly she thre herself on thoe reminisaeses during which it is revealed that the major. Valiants father, and tak t ngsped the fet with both man named Sassoon. were rivals for the hands. lIm could see her face twitch and of Mrs. Dandridgd in aey youth ne assoon and Valiant fought a duel on heran account in which the f'ormer was killed. with sein deiterid willse. CHAPTER TX-Valiant finds Damory "What are you going to (10?" court overgrowvn with wcee tnd creep- n"This," shTg sat, and ho felt her ela and the huyldings In a very much neglected condlition, Uncle Jefferson and shrinlkiing lips, war'm and tr'eulous, his wife, Aunt Daphne, are engaged as pressed hard against Ies insted servantl e dren f ay CH-APTER X-Valiant explores his an- I denial wi-o!Ntthsavage cestral home, Hie Is surprised by a foxdeil "N-o Ntth! Yo hunting party which invades his estate. shlan't! 'My lord-you shan't!" lHe lie rcgizes Shirley at the head of theo he party.dropped hisntohmmer-gikeothudding.r pHartyg.It XI-lo gives sanctuary to (Je lrate gransp, lifting himself, rish the cornered fox. Gossips isauss the ad- I tog her from him; but she fought with vent of i-e U owner and recall the him, clinging g broken iragedy in which the elder Valiant took D court. CHAPTER XII-Valilant decides to re- You must! It's the only way. It habilitato Damory court and make the Was-a moccasin, and it's deadly. land produce a living for him. Every minute counts!" CH-APTE hR erTingle meets Shirley, th Vlin "I won't. No, stop! How (10 you has beencgatilring wes evali estate, and reveals his identity to tier. kow? It's not going to-here, listen! CHAPTER XIV. 'Take your hands awvay. Listen!-Lis ten! I can go to tie house and send On the Edge of the World. Uncle Jefferson for tho doctor and he There was a iause ot to be reck- -No! stop, I say! Oh-I'm sorry if I oned by minites but suffocatingly hurt you. ow strong you are!" long. She had grown as pale as he. 'Let me!" "That was ungene'ous of you," he 'No! Your lips are not for that said then with icy slowness. "Though good God, that damnable thing! You no doubt y h-found it entertaining, yourself might be-" It must have still further amoused you 'Let me! Oh, how cruel you are! to be taken for an architect?" It as my fault. But for me it would "I am flattered," he replied, with a never have-" trace of bitterness, "to have suggeste. 'No! I would rather-" oven for a moment, so worthy a call- 'Let me! Ohl, if you died!" iug." With all the force of rozr strong At his answer she giet out her hand young body s1 wrenched away his with sudden gesture, as if blunty protestant hands. A thirst and a sick thrutin themater rom er on-ish feeling w~ere upon him, a curious thrnt in the matt from lon- irresponsile giddiness, and her hair trnesag d n t b l which that struggle had brought in re-shadowed lumlyth awim tumsbled masses a bout her shoulder, lip, wanting to say he knew not what, " over t. als fot hde said. roning but wretchedly tongue-tied, noting a feng. she rews ha erngelf oet that the great white moth was still s er a r e a waviwg its creamy wings on the dead ness il tis limbs. stump nd wondering if she would i Moments of half-consciousnss, or take the cape jessamnines. lie felt an !consciousness umbled with strange ebarrassed relief when, passipg the sd hainings, followed. 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As thg!" n'.efe-o'see olig nhet st hispngly. knote would hadv nre iuosalrhswnoii arm lashingwisrindignantautinin and grk ierhi andicky iftoed ther toe her t o il oco' feet.t a~ stiaggtrodslghthelyoap and Attemetlpctrdhecoe ts~ and tslhea liaur cisuwt toe-.wt yseia agtete rne whetshe kely be,"side himped, lissdeltgis h opn ak "o,"n hsid03, sayting no." in "It'sawqagain Mhefocoor'sgoneefasf from his first examination of The tiny punctures to send a swift penetrpnt glance at her, before he bent his great body to carry the unconscious man to the house. Again a fit of shuddering swept over her. Then, all at once, tears came, strangling sobs that bent and swayed her. It was the discharge of the Leyden jar, the loosing of the tenso bow-string and it brought re lief. After a time she grew quieter. He would get well! The thought that perhaps she had saved his life gave her a thrill that ran over her whole body. And until yesterday she had never seen him! She kneeled in the blurred half-light, pushing her wet hair back from her forehead and smil ing up in the rain that still fell fast. In a few moments she ru-se and went on. At the gate of the Rosewood lane stood a mail-box on a cedar post and she paused to fish out a draggled Rich Mond newspaper. As she thrust it un der her arm her eye caught a word of a head-line. With a flush she tore it from its soggy wrapper, the wetted fiber parting in her eager fingers, and resting her foot on the lower rail of the gate, spread it open on her knee. She stood stock-still until she had read the whole. It was the story of John Valiant's sacrifice of his private fortune to save the ruin of the in volved corporation. Its effect uon her was a shock. She felt her throat swell as she read; then she was chilled by the memory of what she had said to him: "What has he ever done except play polo and furnish spicy paragraphs for the so ciety columns?" "What a beast I was!" she said, ad dressing the wet hedge. "Ile had just done that splendid thing. It was be. cause of that that he was little better 'an a beggar, and I said those hor tible things!" Again she bent her eyes, rereading the sentences: "Took his detractors by surprise * * * had just sustained a grilling at the hands of the state's examiner which mlight well have dried at their fount the springs of sympathy." She crushed up the paper in her hand and rested her forehead on t'ho wet rail. Idiotically rich-a vandal a useless, purse-proud flaneur. She had called him all that! She could still see the paleness of his look as she had said it. Shirley, overexcited as she still was, felt the sobs returning. These, how ever, did not last long and in a mo mont she found herself smiling again. Though she had hurt him, she had saved him, too! When she whispered this over to herself it still thrilled and startled her. She folded the paper and hastened on under the cherry trees. Emmaline, the negro maid was wait ing anxiously on the porch. She was thin to spareness, with a face as brown as a tobacco leaf, restless black eyes and wool neatly pinned and set off by an amber comb. "Honey," called Emmaline, "I'se been fearin' fo' yo' wid all that light nin' r'arin' eroun'. Yo' got th' jess' mine? Give 'em to Em'line. She'll fix 'em all nice, jes' how Mis' Judith like." "All right, Emmaline," replied Shir ley. "And I'll go and dress. Has mother missed me?" "No'm. Sl.x ain' let' huh room this whole blessed day. Now yo' barth's all ready-all 'cep'n th' hot watah, en I sea' Ranston with that th' fus' thing. Yo' hurry en peel them -wet close off yo'se'f, or yo' have one o' them digested chills." Her young mistress flown andI the hot water despatehed, the negro wom an spread a cloth on the floor and began to cut and dress the long stalks of the flowers. This done she fetched bowls andl vases, and set the pearly white clumps here and there--on the dining-room sideboard, the hall man tel and the desk of the living-room till the delicate fragrance filled the house, quite vanquishing the rose scent from the arbors. As the trim colored woman moved lightly about in the growing dusk, with the low click of glass and muf fled clash of silver, the light tat-tat of a cane soundled, and she ran to the hall, where Mrs. Dandridge was do scendling the stairway, one slim white hand holding the banister, under the edge of a white silk shawl which drooped its heavy fringes to her daint ily-shod feet. On the lower step she halted, lookIng smilingly about at the blossoming bowls. "Don' they smell up th' whole house?" said Emmaline. "I know'd y'o be pleas', Mis' Judith. Now put ye' han' on mah shouldah en I'll take ye' to ye' big cha'h." They crossed the hall, the dlusk~y form bending to the fragile pressure of the fingers. "Now heah's ye' cha'h. Rlanston ho made up a little fiah jes' to take th' (lamp out, en th' big lamp's lit, en Miss Shirley'll be downm right quick." A moment later, in fact, Shirley do 5aented the stair, in a filmy gowvn of Indla-muslln, with a narrow belting ot But More Than Once Shirley Saw Her Hands Claan Themselves Tonethe.. gold, against whose flowing sleev4s her bare arms showed with a flushed pinkness the hue of the pale coral ,beads about- her neck. The damp newspaper was in her hand. At her step her mother turned her head: she was listening intently to voices that came from the garden-a child's shrill treble opposing Ran ston's stentorian grumble. "Listen, Shirley. What's that Rio, key is telling Ranston?" "Don' yo' come heah wid yo' no. count play-actin'. Cyan' fool Ranston wid no sich snek-story, neidah. Ain' no moc'sin at Dam'ry Co'ot, en neb bah was!" "There was, too!" insisted Rickey. "One bit him and Miss Shirley found him and sent Uncle Jefferson for Doc tor Southall and it saved his life! So therel Doctor Southall told Mrs. Ma son. A nd he isn't a man who's just come to fix it up, either; he's the really truly man that owns it!" "Who on earth is that child talking about?" Shirley pit her arm around her mother and kissed her. ier heart was beating quickly. "The owner has come to Diamiory Court. He-" The small book Mrs. Dandridge held fell to the floor. "The owner! What owner?" "Mr. Valiant - Mr. John Valiant. The :on of the ian who abandoned it so long o." As she picked up the fallen solumue and put it into her mother's hands, Shirley was startled by the whiteness of her face. "Dearest!" she cried. "You are ill. You shouldn't have come down." "No. It's nothing. I've been shut up all day. Go and open the other window." Shirley threw it wide. "Can I get your salts?" she asked anxiously. Iler mother shook her head. "No," she said, almost sharply. "There's nothing whatever the matter with me. Only my nerves aren't what they used to be, I suppose-and snakes always did get on them. Now, give me the gist of it first. I can wait for the rest. There's a tenant a, pamory Court. And his name's Jbe--Valiant. And he was bitten by a moccasin. When?" "This afternoon." Mrs. Dandridge's voice shook. "Will he-will he recover?" "Oh, yes." "Beyond any question?" "The doctor says so." "And you found him, Shirley You ?" "I was there wten it happened." She had crouched down on the rug in her favorite posture, her coppery hair against her mother's knee, catching strange reddish over-tones like molten metal, from the shaded lamp. Mrs. Dandridge fingered her cane nervous ly. Then she dropped her hand on the girl's head. "Now," she said, "tell me all abgt' it." (Continued Next Week.) WE .1 l,'il OF 1 l 1i. Parisian Sage 3Makes Thin Liieless Hair Soft, and Abundant. Bleautiful hair, thick, soft, fluffy, Ils t.rous, and free from dandruff, is one of woman's greatest charm'ins, yet so many have streaked, thin and lifeless hair and think th'ere is no remedy. Pretty hair is largely a matter of care. Frequent a pplicatons of Parilian Sage well rubbed into the scalp Is all that is needed-it acts like magic. Try it tonight-you will really b~e silrpris ed withl tile reCsult. Not only will tile hair bec'onme soft, fluffy, r'adiant wilth life anid really doeubly beautiful, but all dandruff dT(isa ppears. fat ll ig hair and itehing scalp) cease-your' headl feels fine. All druggists sell a large bottle of Par'isian Sage for fifty cents. Got it from Laurenls Drug Co. and they will refund the .money if you are not satis 1led. ** * MOUNT OLIVE., ** * .*e . * * * * * * * * * * * * Mt. Olive, April 20.-Quite a ntumbiei' *f 0our school children andiu patrons at tended the schlool fair' at Lauren~is Frl (lay. All r'eturined gremt ly pleaised with tile exercises and inapl red to do still more in the future fo r thle ed uen tional, aidvancieent of our couintr'y. School closed here Th'lurisda. Mi'. and Mi's. M. W. I1111 viitol rela ive's in the l-'komn sect i'.n, recently. M .. W. E'. Washiington i'eturne:l to ir.i iury, N. C. S'nd iily'. afI' ci spin. l lng yecver'al days at haimet. Mi . anld Mi's. A. P T'homeo of l:ikc;n, 5,et Sunday at Mr'. W. ' . Coopr;-'s. Miss Th'ieima WVells ii visitieg.iiher grand father, Mi'. .fiio. Walta ofi Coro n aca. Mr. and Mr's. J1. WV. Wa'shiegtonu, of lieltont, recenCitly spenlt sevei'al (lays here0 witht their son, Mir. A. Butler Washington. Mi's. M~inerva H1111 is visiting hier son Mr. A. 1'. U1111, at Cold Point. Mi'. )et Smith and family caine ovei' fi'om Oakvillec section andl spent. Sat lirday night with Mi'. J1. F. Knight. Mi'. Albei't South speint Sundaly wvith his sister, Mirs. N. E. Cooper. Strengthens Weak and 'Tired Wonien "I was uindler a groat strain nursiing a r'elative through thi'ee months' sick ness." wites Mr's. J1. C. Van De Sande, of Kirkland, Ill. and "ElIeetiric Bitters kept inc fi'om breaking dlown. I will never' 1)e without it." 1)0 you fool tir'ed and1( worn out? No appetite and rondl won't digest? It isn't the spring woat heir. Yeu need Electic flit tors. Stai't a month's treatmeiit today; noth ing hiottei' for stomach, liver andl kid neys. 'rhe great spriing tonic. Reolief or money back. 50c and $1.00, at your di'uit. Save Your House-. and Money Weather-ptoof your house with paint that is elastic, clinching, last ilg. Paint made from Atlantic White Lead (Dutch Boy Painter Trade Mark) and pure linseed oil will protect your house arid save repair bills because it has those qualities. It will beautify your home, for it can be tinted to suit your taste and your house's surroundings. i'i' "Our Owner's -Painting Guide %vill lielp you ,lin color nttSd( ion::, besides givinl8 mamy piint trutlhs. Get your A Cl py H1 W . Brooks Hardware Company il" 0 'O1?d" g 5: rr t n * 4 1 o bI: * CHOICE CORALS I * AND 0 * PRECIOUS PEARLS e CHARMINGLY SET * THE MANNER IN WHICH PEARLS AND CORALS ARE SET * HAS MUCH TO DO WITH THEIR BEAUTY. OUR DESIGNS AND 0 * SETTING ARE THE MODE OF THE DAY. WE -ESPECIALLY " DIRECT YOUR A TTENTION THIS WEEK TO OUR PEARLS AND " CORALS. * AT ALL TIMES WE ARE GLAD TO SHOW ALL KINDS OF * JEWELRY FOR ALL PURPOSES AND OCCASIONS. WE LOVE S * OUR BUSINESS. THIS IS WHY WE ARE SUCCESSFUL. S * FLEMING BROTHERS Laurens, S. C. * S Q S S S S S S @ S S S S~ e ~ ee.. 'etee- - :eeeeeeeeeepsepe -p -sp-pppp... FINE LACES Of All Kinds Require Safe and Careful Treatment. 'We have a Special Department for this Work, in Charge of Experts. Lace Gowns, Robes, Wraps, Collars and Neck Wear, Bed Sets, Doilies, Center Pieces, Etc. Footer's Dye Works Always Safest and Best Cumberland, Md. ENGINEERING AND CONTRACTING Special Attention to Land Surveys McCRADY BROS. & CHEVES Office in The Bank of Laurens Building We are fully equipped, -both by experience and in material equipment to meet every requirement. We would be glad to confer with anyone desiring the sub-division of lands or surveys for any pur. poses. Letters and telephone calls will be promptly. attended to. McCrady Bros. & Cheves Laurens, S. C. ~0s