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VOLUME XXXVII. LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1922. NUMBER 30 A (Continued from Last Week.) Herbert's father joined them, a few muinuttes later, but it had already he come clear to the son that the North End Daily Oriole was In one sciise a "Oh, if Boys. Could Only Be Girlel" Herbert Just Looked at Her. thing of the phast, though in another sense this former owner and proprie tor was certain that he would never hear the last of it. However, on ac count of the life of blackmail and slavery now led by the members of the old regime, the Oriole's extinction was far less painful to Herbert than. his father supposed; and the latter wasted a great deal of severity, in sisting that the printing press should be returned that very night to Uncle Joseph. Herbert's heartiest retrospec tive wish was that the ole printing press had been returned to Uncle Jo aeph long ago. - "If you can find him to give it tol" Aunt Harriet suggested. "Nobody knows where he goes when lie gets the way he'did this afternoon when we were discussing It all with him. I only hope he'll be back tonight I" "le can't stay away forever," Aunt Fanny remarked. "That garage Is charging hini five dollars an hour for the automobIle lie's in, and surely even Joseph ,will decide there's a limit to wiilness somue time I" "I don't care whlen~ he comesC back," Herbert's father '(declared grimly. "WVhenever lie (10es lhe's got to take that priniting press hack-and Hlerbert wviillie let out of the house long enough to carry it over. Ills mother or I wvill go with him." Herbert bore much more thani this; lie had seatedl hJiself on the third step of the dfairwaiy in the hail, and manintained as muelh dogged silence as hei could. Once, however, they got a yelp of anguish, out of him. It was' wvhen Cousin Virginia said: "Oh, Uerbert, Hlerbiert I How could you make up that terrible falsehood ablout Ar. Crum? And, think of it; right on the same page wvithi your cousini Florence's puiro little poeml11" Herbert uttered some sounds, totally inc'iher'ent but loud, and expressive of a suiliremeo revulsion. The shocked audience readily uniders5tood that lie liked neither Cousin Virginia's chiding nor Cousin Fiorenco's poem. "Shame I" said his father. Herbert controlled himself, It could ho seen that his spirit was not broken, oven whlen Aunt Fanny mourned, shaking her head at him, smiling ruefully: "Oh, If boyp could only be girls I" Herbert .iust looked at hop "Th le worst thing," said his father '-"that Is, if there's any part of it * that's wvorse than another-the worst thing about it Is this about Noble Dill," "WVhat about that poor thing?" Emt H~arriel asked. "We haven't - heard." * "Why, I walked up from downtowni with old man Dill," said Mr. Atwater, and the-Dil famnily.aro altvaiw mnehu 0 t. 1921- he BeUSyndicatejnc. donittown after Iunch, as usual, ant pretty soon lie ca!le back to the housi and he hald a copy of this awfutl ppe: dhat little Florence had given him "Who gave it to him?" Aunt Fann asked. "Who?" "Little Fl'orence." "Why, that's curious," Cousin Virgi ala miuirmured. "I must telephone ant! ask her niotlier about that." '11he brooding Herbert looked up 'Ind th(,re wIs a gleai in his dogge( eye; hut he stud nothing. "Go ott," Aunt Harriet urged. "Wlia did Noble do?" "Why, his mother said he just wen ulp to his room and changed his shoe: atnti tie-" "I thouglit so," Aunt Fanny whis peied. iurriedly, but solemnly "Crazy." "And then," Mr. Atwater cont inued "lie left the house, and she supposet he'd gone (Own to tie ofllee; but shi was unensy, and telephoned is fi liter. Noble hadn't come. le ditdn' eome, all afternoon, and lie (iin't -i hek to the house; and they tele ph!ionel around to every place It coth go,. that they know of-and thei couldn't find him or hear anythin nhout him," Mr. Atwater coughed, attn .alutsed. "Blt what," Aunt Harriet erled "wlat do they think's become of hii?' "Old man Dill said they were al pretty anxious," said Mr. Atwater "'They're afraid Noble has-disap pet red." Aunt Fanny screamed. Then, in perfect accord, they al turned to look at Herbert, who ros( ind would have retired upstairs hta he been able. As that perturbing evening wore on whrd gradually reached the most out lying members of the Atwater famil: connection that -Noble Dill was miss Ing. Ordinarily, this bit of new would have caused themn no sever anxiety. Noble's person and intellec were so commonplace-"Insignifleant was the term usually preferred in hi own circle-tliat lie was considered t( be as nearly negligible as it Is charita ile to consider a fellow r 'ng. True there was one thing ti. set hi na iirt; ie was found wort .' of a sti perlative when he fell in love wit! Julin Atwater. Of all the large ant ardent groutp In like condition, ie oh tainel conspleutousiess ns "Th'lt Worst." Of course, this dilstinctia cautsed himt to becvomlie better knowl and more alked about than in Il earlier youth. Hlowever, the ece'ntriellies of a pet son in such an extremity of love at sehlom valued except nts e diiety ;tan1 even then with no warthi of hear for the comtedian, but rallber wuithi al incredinious diti~in ;t .i, it is sa fe to an that undler other citrcutmstiees Nobi might have bien missing, intdeed, an few of thte Atwaters would hav' missed hiim. Bunt na matters were, the, worr'iedl a great deal about htim, fet ing that y, rash act an his part migh reflect notoriety on themselves Itonmg thteir beautiful relative-annl throug the North Enf~ Daily Oriole. An when nine o'(clock came anti Mrs. i reported to Herhert's father, over th teiilphone, that nothing had yet liee henN(i ?om her son, the pressure c those who were blaming thto Oriol more thtan Julia becamo so wvearin thtat Herbert decided he wo'uld 'rnthel spetid thte remaining dtays of his lif( runtnitng away from WVallie Torhina that put In anty mtoro of such a dog's eye ninag as lie was putting in-thus ht deftinetd it. Heo made a confesnion; that is t( say, it was a proclamation, lHe pro claimed his innocence. H~e began the history of it with a description 01 events distinctly subsequent to the lit tie game with Patty Fairchild, anm explained how he and Henry had fell that their parents would not always bt with them, and as their parents wilshes thema to be polite, -they had resolve( to be polite to F~lorence. Procec~ding lie related in detail her journalistii exploit. Of the matter in hand lie told thE perfect and -absolute truth-anid wau immediately refuted, confuted anil demonstrated to be a false witness b3 Atint Fanny,.Aunt.Carrie,.anid Cousik Virginia,-who had all heard hlmn've hemently declare, no longer ago thtar th eding ?unday, thiat hqe anmM) i. m)rtner hiod t tken secure ineasures tc prevent Florence from over again set ting foot within tile newspaper build Ing. In addition, he was (Ite show ered with defilnlitions; al4 these, though so variant, all sought to phrase but the me Subject; lls conduct In seeking to drng Florence through the mire, whlIen :hc was absent and could not defend herself. Poor Florence would answer later iI the evening, he was told, so verely; and though her cause was thus championed against the slander It to true that some of them felt stirrings of curiosity In regard to Florence. In fact, there was getting to be something 11ice a cioud upon her reputation. There vere several important things for her 99 At Mi~ntel Friday ar CIRCLE BARGAINS Lanrge 1iu1(-k Toiw-els 1i Olt O9c CIRCLE BARGAINS 3-2-hich gray Sl1tI ing In sh1ort lengths 10 YARtDS F011 99c CIRCLE BARGAINS I I l~Yrdl-widej Pjlamna (heeks 8 YltDN Fott 09e 90e PFlt PA1IR 1 f CIRCLE BARGAINS Cont Suilts carried over.I $15i.00 to $20.00 Value $2.99 Minter.. to explaln ; ain10iig them, her taking it 11pon herself to see that Noblo re celved a copy of the Oriole, and also her sudhlen departure from horne anrd ra1t ler oild ptotraction of absence the rel'rot. It was not thought she wls iI good conipany. Uncle Joseph had telepholned from a Suburb that they were dinling at a farmnlouse a1nd woul thelnee desceld to the geleral regionl of the mlovies. (To be continuedr.) Plies Cured in 6 to 14 Days Druggists refund money if PAZO oINTMENTfails to cure Itehinit, ilinl. Iice(lin! or Protrudinit illes. 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