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ILLUTI RATIrD y I aw A? W ~ ,~~~~ CJ-IAP ~ t,,, XX-oyearly tourna mient, a surival o out Ing of feudal times. is to .be hold at Uamor-y court. CHAPTEi XXII-At the last moment ,Valiant takes thio place of one of the iknights, who is sick. and enters the lista. l CiAPTER XXIII--Ie wine and chooses Shirley Dandridge as queen of beauty to tho dismay of Kathiarine Fargo'a formner sweetheart, who is visiting in Sirginia. I CHAPTIEIR XXIV--The toturnanent ball lat Dainory court draws the elite of the countryside. Shirley is crowned by Val lant as queen of beauty. CHAPTER XXV. By the -Bun-Dial. Eyes arched vith fan-shielded whis. pers, and fair faces, foreshortened as they turned back over powder-whito .shoulders, followed their swallow-like movement. From an ever-widening circlo of masculine devotees Kathariine Fargo watched theni with a smile that cloaked an incrcas!ng and unwelcome question. Katharine had never looked more handsome; a critical survey of her mirror iLL Gladden llall had assured her of that. Never had her poise been more superb, her toilet more enraptur Ing. She was exquisitely gowned in roe-colored mousseline-de-sole, em brodered ic tuy billiaits laid on in Greek patterns. From her neck, in a single splendid loop of iridescence against the rosy inlet, depended those 'fabulous pearls--"the kind you sim ply can't believe," as Betty Page con fided to her partner-on whose news. paper reproduction (actual diameter) metrqpolitan shop-girls had been wont to gaze with glistening eyes; and with in their milky circlet, on her rounded breast, trembled three pale gold-veined orchids. Watching that quadrille through her drooping emerald-tinted eyes, she had received a sudden enlightening impres sion of Shirley's flawless beauty. At the tournament her fleeting glimpse bad adjudged the other merely sweetly pretty. The Chalmers' surrey had stopped en route for Shirley, but in her wraps and veil she had then been all but invisible. This had been Kath rine's first adequate view, and the 'sight of her radiant charm had the effect almost of a blow. For Katharine, be it said, had wholly surrendered to the old, yet new, at traction that had swept her on the tourney field. And what had lain al 'ways in the back of her mind as a half formed intention, had become a self. admitted purpose during the motor Iride. Tn another moment the waltz fainted lout, to be succeeded by a duex-temps, 'and presently the host, in his crimson cloak, was doffmng his plumed hat be fore her. Circling the polished fiol ;In the maze, there was something gratefully like former days in the as isured touch, the true Agge ut - ance. The intrusive qutt . . He a the Johp Vali nt shp .had al way kib92iI) of timdh in Ye 106 c t grac ul cqipp1i1 nt, yet i a touch of d nit9, fl a'-%A td Ei1 Gr Afte a cod 'took is arm and allowed her perfeg figur to be conducted through the varn s rooms ctthe floor, cehat~ng in y T neln ad n the merx tune, and at long h t ~ash ingti Post marched laf iunit4 of purpose to the great in Iwali$ porch with its array ott"b'eii Aunt Daphne for the delectation of the pnlrnowonn' And then once more the waltz-strain *superv ed Ag Valiant claimed Katharine land y gli edo o"hBatil Dant e." thou sh. "0 do you mind?" she responded uous y 1d i 'e!"t H- uided her to a corridor, wherp bran es of rhododendron screened'a ions, Iere, her weariness seeme mu' ito r . There was,)j-ogg4( Irin lidp,,no disconcerting si ~piqua y. the ning," she said. "And you de 'serv em. It's a fine big thing you old e t5.-r t~1dt g H odded, suddonf9'e a ' i ;gro'u s. There are . . .other thin For n tance, ack o~ the moui in-,qoj y# Itlem they, cal H~ell's-Hlaf-Acre. Prob ly 463ft~ ivdlr jear vningr4 'wom and unkempt ,ehildren, th p tpoor off JS&iMyltgI9f314'fLtOtt the an read or write and they live like male. E?~ able, I mean Ry e cicus that he was talking in a Ian e' she would scarcely under lu~xI2 P~ouTwnz) AU1REN 5TOUT self. But there was no smilo on her lips and her extraordinary eyes-cool gray, shot through with emerald were looking into his with a frankness and sympathy he would not have guessed lay beneath her glacial pla cidity. To Katharine, indeed, it made little difference nihat philanthropic fads the man she had Chosen might affect as regarded his tenantry. Ambitions liko these had a manorial flavor that did not displease her. And the Fargo mil lions would bear much harmless ham. mering. A change, subtle and incom municable, passed over her. "I shall think of you," she sighed, "as working on in this splendid pro gram. For it is splendid. But New York will nmiss you, John." "Ah, no. I've no delusions on that score. I dare say I'm almost forgotten there already. Here I have a place." 11er head, leaned back against the cushion, turned toward him, the pale orchids trembling on her bosom-she was so near that he could feel her breath on his cheek. A new waltz had begun to sigh its languorous meas ures. "Place?" she queried. "Do you think you had no place there? Is it possible that you do not understand that your going has left-a void?" He looked at her suddenly, and her eyes fell. Before he answered, how ever, the big form of Major Bristow appeared, looking about him. "It has-left a void," she said, her eyes still downcast, her voice just low enough, "-for me." The major pounced upon them at this juncture, feelingly accusing John of the nefarious design of robbing the assemblage of its bright and partic ular star. When. Katharine put her hand in her cavalier's arm, her eyes were dewy under their long shading lashes and her fine lips ever so Uttle tremulous. It had been her best avail able moment, and she had used it. As she moved away, her faint color slightly heightened, she was glad of the interruption. It was better as It was. When John Valiant came to her again. . . . But to him, as he stood watching her move lightly from him, there was voueh-fed illumination. It came to him suddenly that that placidity and hauteur which he had so admired in the old days were no mask for fires within. The exquisite husk was the real Katharine. He s was the loveli ness of some tall ite lily cut in marble, 11 And with '61144X ei r W anet in the midst of it a misty star. valley and above It a irl's face clear . .iMfW, hekdbeI- Aalow-blue eyes fixed on his. gU ngwh a little 1er,Valian Dar cour~ lay a netof en d sid an rn ay leg raioseul or two, ghost e a n 't, me take you a narrow gravel-path led through the pno rnpnra 1:hai mndai nn nxela mation of delight. The onyx-pillar cissus; bars of late lilies-of-the-val lo be end these bordered with Arum e ito s r idal et inhdi o t td paler trin d o o purity "White for happiness," he quoted. Swhe riglita cobr.'qe assltn' A'ldit. trac. dinl's rim. "When I was very littT ;" g8914 eor #prdgghy9-tlan three years od, I th k-my fatheoy at~d I 4e dEE1~ iiUI~II8~I a great mnsmiomldike this. I~ apl d Wishing Hou s4Aj i~ wA-J uf~d. de i oevqNe ~rJ n -a sort loved it! No wonder h is mengg p 1 ad back to it always I I ''e'anted to A 1 a th oi i ed ~n rap . nome lhatI crpi i tone to andu uit ofmq.Tehn knees had begun to tremble and she e g~ r to e lc tant go re. n to at r em " rley- he n d, and now his voice was saken with longing -"will against the sun dial, both hands, laced together; against her breast, her eyes on his with a strange startled look. Over the hush of the garden now, like the very soul of the passionate night, throbbed the haunting barcarole ol "Tales of lioffinann:" "Night of stars and night of love-" an inarticulate echo of his longing. He took a step toward her, and she turn. ed like one in sudden terror seeking a way of escape. But lie caught her close in his arms. "I love you!" he said. "Hear it now Katharine's Heart Beat Fact and Then Stood Still. Sassooni ' in my bride's garden that I've made for you! I love you, I love you!" For one instant she struggled. Then, slowly, her eyes turned to his, the sweet lips trembling, and something dawning deep In the dewy blue that turned all his leaping blood to quick silver. "My darling!" he breathed, and their lips met. In that delirious moment both had the sense of divine completion that comes only with love returned. For him there was but the woman in his arms, the one woman created for him since the foundation of the world. It was Kismet. For this he had come to Virginia. For this fate had turned and twisted a thousand ways. Through the riot of his senses, like a silver blaze, ran the legend of the calendar: "Every man carries his fate upon a riband about his neck." For her, some thing seemed to pass from her soul with that kiss, some deep irrevocable thing, shy but fiercely strong, that had sprung to him at that lip-contact as steel to mdgnet. The foliage about them flared up in green light and the ground under her feet rose and-'fe11 like deep sea-waves. . . uun She lifted her face t im. "lt.wag deathly palo, but th.iUg;t Mbp rpe on it was lit fr99j fires of southerpg.itjo904. ' "Aix ga ago," she whispe, ""Y 1 Ctr se me!" "'i---c 1 a *- S i o held her crushed to him.. She cold' leel hls 'leart thtiddink.ima4ly. "I velaiwaya- Icn6wn you,"helsaid; 'We scen you atbovna-ndAiines- I .v-yqu c ning to im .me, down ,a.. Chirry blvss9med )ane irk K(yoto. '.ve A.een y.,dr eyes pee in 'behind o 'veil t. ne-rfg't frn in. ndia. '4 Niard'Vou' Skic4 calling to me'thrdugli 4he paddirg edinel's feet, from the desert thiraged. -You ar% the dream I have gone searching alvays! Ah, Shirlej', ShirleyA- .Shi-i .jis Cure4 in 6 to'4 Day - rgs ~ elli refund noineY uifA ~TM*NT- faldWo cureany *case'of Itcih, - ,9eg or yrorudlpg Piledn6.19 4lay The firs appIcation gl'ea Esase andi 1l'R 0. Tt iswetyusv rby buyirig a South~ r.B4dfd Watch ofp our Sclrb" planri'hs ba~d o ipaying the reglar in~ stallmierikpric~ . ' And you ill own- in the South -Bend Watch p-whh we offer on these terms a wvatch. that will give you a life. itme of acubitek scr~ A watch~ lpackesl by- our per son. i uroatcp .as well iho n~arnfc~turgrs'. L el usoho whetlroiyoi ,sfwys by. tlho club pI~n (.binUil, i4ake advaningo of tJlis(oppCr tuinity or-iocuoffer 'as o i linc ,i no only. P0 DenR tist " un bone 353 'n1 I. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * IN 31EO310RIAM. ****** * *. * *~ * * * *~ * * * Whereas, on the :)()lh day of .1tina, 1911, the deat101 angel ' a11 k1(l 'to is etrl-1'33 rest, the spirlit of our friend an1(d brother, W. (". .ones; an( Wheroes he was . 1fail, Irust Ii-, trusted and con1sistent Imeibe(r of I xeas Avenli ilo 1(apit ist cl tbch for inalln years; the(refore be it: Iesolved Ist, That e bow In hu 1 ble sumsinto the will of the Di Vinle Father, Who has enlled ourl broth er- homle. Resolved 2nd. That we extend to the bercaved1 family ou r tenderest slipai hy a(d als!3u1re Ohem of' our lovo ad(( prayers. Resolved 3rd, That a coy or these resolutionis be rurnished The Hap thst Courier anld Coun-ty papers for jI Ublicat ion. John3 I lentoil, George Stewart, Robert 3rowlnlee, Comnmittee. Stops Neuraigit- hills Pain. 'ioan's ni1ment gives instant relief from Neunralgia or Sciatica. It goes straight to the pal1ifill part--soothes the ierves and Stops the paill. It is also good for rheuminatism, sore throat, chest pains and spIraIns. ..You d'cIt nee( to rubh-- It Iieneltrlates. Mr. .1. It. Swinger, Louisville, Ky. writes: "I siffered with qItilte a severe Neuralgic Ileadache for fourni month1s without anly relief. I used Sloan's liniment for two or' three nights and I haven't si f fered with 3my head Since." Get a hot - tie today. Keep inl the holuse aill the tille for pains and all 11u rts. 25c, 50C, and $1.00. at your1' druggist. fluekieirs Aniea Salve for all sores. FINAL ISETTLEMENT. Take notIce that onl the 10th day of July, I will render a final account of my acts and doings as Administrator of the estate of .J. Y. Mathews, de ceased. In the oillee of the Judge of Probate of Laurens county, at 11 o' clock, a. i., and on the sanie'day will apply for a final discharge fron iy trutist as Administrator. Anly personis ' ipdebted to said esbatf are notified aind required to make"pay ment on that date: dndlP'tenAd having c preseRt,-,,fqpapR pqrbhterOejffIdI deg, duly fgvejgor e o jm r *e 4twie 6, 1914.-1 mo. o " if !b .11 1 7.1:0.1.e CEWTON XIONIKS' -Dentist Office in Simmons Building -Phone: Offlie- No. 86;' Residende 219 24 acS, inlOre. or .less known as teMit' Owi'ngs pllace, bounded by W. 'i.heok, -C.- 11. MartIn and1( othe'rs. 1)weliing' andl other'l outbuIldings.. This is th property of Mirs. JIane Owiggs, li( has. (I life-timle estaite and wil1 be sod t heri in'terest at1 $1 ,t00 daIsh. TI :)4 acres known as~ P.~ H. Owen's hlOfe' boutide1d by Mirs. Jlane Curry, N. D. (Garrtt andI others. S1h-room cut: tagfe, barn -and outburIldings .and 0310 tenant hlouse. Price -$10 .per1 ,acre. TermI31sI 1 eashI, re0mainder' Il OneO and1( 13twoy'ers.' " ' 5,13( ners, loe olss, knIownI as Ifoleoini) place, boundedl by' 11h11ier Garre tt 3. R.' I l~oloinb aird( others, wih for1r room dwelilng and ouit 40 i-:t3Inere~3, more' 0or less, known .as I. D. Qraydon hlomle, hp03Ituded by. J. M. A rms11tr'ong, W. 11, .Ahbercrombieh1 ' and others with cotta'ge and1 'ouittbulldings. rIc''(e $45 pecr aer.- :0. 40 l'-2' adifei'known'as the S. RI. Moore' ti-aet and bounded1 by \V. TI. Ow ensp, Bk-Putnam, J. \V,' DuPre. mand 0th erg lns -good diwelling, good Ipatt house a1nd outhbuilngs. Tis 's a tIne lo'caition. In sIght of tile Gray Cdprit Owing institute and tihe most valuable pIece of recal estfate than can bed offer ed to the public. Stb 1me fort prIices. Also lot adjoininlg tis lot, 62 acres, at $50.00. per .acre.,...... ..8 aat'cea61 linid, knlown as par't of tlte Mr's.. Annoe :(Che (': homestead, 60ftndqd.(~ by .W. RII. Chleek, Geso. SithI A'.1. Tiilnde'rson ai othei's. I Ta dwellinlg 3and( ouIIttbIlig. ('onnveie~nt to 40I0 3(hoo 1 (13 'churc. :Peice $2,5 30er acre. -. . . 15urinn home, .hund i (l by.:38Pt 1I3313rnu Mfa- U3iti g 3an3 , I oberts lt1ning. 'ii s is 'i r1c piece of' tIrortuy i nieelyto 331 $li spCr a1ero. .-. . ' I3- nor fu(,3or" or 1l,", kn~o~n as5 l'a it. itkley i omei, bounided by Y. C', I itelu ma, .15 . ,J I lendy , aLld fro t31)ng 11h3 r h .strvet,.IEli t roont~ ot tage and l' oi0(11(h1ulln 'city' wardrI withb Iighl(. Fne piasture; PrIce $2;i30). RIIiddle hihn ice, bi7fed by Chiarlio ,enson, 11. P. (ia1rett andl i~ttle broth-. In l~a 3frice $3.Mflpo.pero TrheLadMan lE 'a I JA3MES CANNON, JR., M. A., D. D., PRINCIPAL. Ago the Dhrackstone School adopted thie follor inq* (OI' " TTO: T101,11,* Inls-1'n1etn 11"1'er pusitiely 2Cr Yeastia influences at 0I lowest possible co0ait. 4 Result tod wit a taculty or 33P, a boardi g ~ ~tronage of Resul. J8, a student body of 4,and a pant worth $150,100, The Leading Training School for Girls in Virgmiia. PAYS all charges for the yeat, including Table oarted, 3tnni, Llghts, Steam Heat. Lautindy, Medical Atten teltion, Physical Culture and Tuition in aill subJtetn Xecept music and elocution. Canl Jarents fisil at shool vikli .1 betterI record, with 1rIoT (1e',1111ta'cI 3iiauigcra?:;t Ut ch mnu 11mte1(l e t 1 ' and liiatol n bjni Address .a:. P. ADAMS. -Securetary, 11alavoie, -V a. IONCE HAD { MONEY I HAD FRIENDS I LOANED MY MONEY TO MY FRIENDS I ASKED MY MONEY OF My FRIENDS I HAVE NO MONEY / HAVE NO FRIENDS WI 1i4N IMal I. not m I olt va M rj A A o1401 a 100 I dd I 3 11 'A tiat To id I - a f4gd as good amyjdri o 1 ow wn ,.oney. utt cawys, e n#ied upon. W yet it hd h se'* '61r rt ickqAtifotei f4eWdsAfr--8 Or sake you, which they wouM4.your money il Maj' ' "' -mliiaio, J .;qf I w 3o1 'silaeA" had ard whepe youvoan.-get it when you want it. - - .d4489z.U N a iY OUR b . We Py' Intg fna~fin gs DeprmnW Nr ENTERPRISE BANK DIAL, Pres-. G. . sh - e. . -. .. . . . .. * Leal Estate for #4M 20 acr'es of land inside In corporate 1.aO0, ioeble,'kwukIh limits of city of Laurens, with six .L.Mwj1hoelfoin(rs room eottage, three voorn louse and 111 yt a*~urj&ron ~ ' outbuilding', for $2,500.. Two stor-e rooms, at Wat Mill,11-acewihl'o ein, fronting 50 feet 'and 50 feet djeep, Price oubidasa 3-4- pere of land, bounded by Jeff 8 iIekoi i .0 mt' Sexton, Will fliakeley, and others on IOiO 2~lQLy~& ..Wlas Mock Street,'in city of L.ittrens; hanistrhl Mcaieadohr. six room dwelling, fcr the small m 'i~$75 e ce of $P00. .Tee11 e tobran 3--4 acr~ more/or less,'kma. n as A. ta ehv oofryua h rs [I. Burns tiolupf:in-tihe city Of I. ('ofrItnirenls, patU y b .unded~ blg.Joyd Sexton, Geo. Garrett 1cjo and fronting~ on Northt lI'orper' st reef, C utS ..Poe 9 jj , ~IIltl' with 'seyen 'roorn dIwelling, 11utuild-- t1C o id::orn o~Ieg Ing and"'inti woli of water. Tlhis homerne wt18PutoftW ~ E g has been. recetly.1 h ilit in Cti o ca- 10101 il. ioitdd ly . I. Itll lion anud (can he honigl.t for' $3,200, one#a S iIli uhn.L ..Wloraa 1 thIrd cash, batlance in one0 and twoofhi.Wth(wl ganot-ul(I ___ 50 acres. ol I00 bouestnown a"dtho lig.~ 1 I c 1wai homt pla o n os Greille, kno n 11getth e S nr.i oe 1a-crce.wt ix r on w llj$ I .rta-~ i A. two h b ra,;j ~ Mttand ote l tuildi ea. 'a'., , f~i etotj88 neesf, nown tslp. O.lSrnith's ~ ~54~'" ~ ooout..htildiii y.. nd fA... Waaiim Chsterfilesd Mctante andtothers -Pre $ 7.50.~ per aere.a Tettae ftrins nt. If you wa t ho e. or wat to Iifgose of aome edi~rl te upra Gr: the ac~(res o land,:loe loa ls, tnown a part of t13e Mcstat1 (tnight~ hOIolestead. toundedtrby u.l P.'~ Itol 2Alt. , malle o lhes, L.. A -isn andu n ~l' wer.*it. Pric $0 011 1 ' tit e re.llO W tr. le ce an t rrA s madaereo leadslyt. une~w Ale s ta r ee fy u i tl t~Jr'a''h ts a-,ety. a h ...butfw nnl, o ltll \Val ner ofl wiland kown earable th1 adto 10,n.ct . w~e. a eto hoiO foat tein Wattsr'trbl~?00 .\ 111wih a .g h w ay r m ain. Add:l)lm.. ilI....1 GreenvillTeknownah the Snrks:1j e