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FUZES FOt mill SCHOOLS.
ieMiicoaeot ly liral School ( ormicot
Society (or MS.
The South Carolina School
Improvement association offers
thirty-five prizes to the schools
of the State for the most decided
material improvement made
during a given length of time.
Five of the prizes are to be $100
each, and thirty are to be $50
each. KegulatiOns concerning
tbe thirty-five prizes that are to
be awarded by this Association
are as follows:
1. Improvements must be
made between November 1,1907
and December 10, 1908.
2. Prizes will be awarded to
schools where the mostt decided
material improvements have
been made during the time mentioned.
3. Under material improvements
are included local taxation,
consolidation, new buildings,
repairing and painting
Old ones, libraries, reading
rooms or tables,interior decorations,
beautifying yards, and
better general equipment.
4. No school can complete
for any of these prizes unless it
is a rural school. No towm with
more than 500 population shall
be eligible to the contest.
5. All who wish to enter this
contest must send names and
descriptions ot schools, before
improvements are made, to the
president prior to October 1st.
6. All descriptions, photographs
and other evidences
6bowing improvements must be
sent to the president before December
15th, 1908. The chairman
of the board of trustees of
any school that is completing
for a prize must approve all de
scriptions before and after im
provements are made.
7. Prizes will be awarded in
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checks at the annual meeting
of the South Carolina School
Improvement association, December
31st, 1908. The prizes
are to be used for further improvements
in the schools receiving
them.
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Columbia, S. C.
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died tbe cards In bis box Intently and
that bis Augers caressed tbe top one
er so softly daring tbe instant tbe
eyes of tbe rest were on Glenister.
The dealer looked up at last, and Cherry
saw tbe gleam of triumph in bis
eye. He could not mask it from her.
though bis answering words were hesitating.
She knew by tbe look that
Glenister was a pauper.
"Come on," Insisted Roy hoarsely;
"torn tbe cards."
"You're on!"
The girl felt that she was fainting.
She wanted to scream. Tbe triumph
of this moment stifled her?or was it
triumph, after ail? She beard tbe
breath of the little man behind betrattle
as though be were being throttled
and saw tbe lookout pass a shaking
band to his chin, then wet bis
pare Deo lips. bdc saw UK uia u cue
had helped to rain bend forward, hia
leao face strained and hard, an odd
look of pain and wearlneee In hit eyes.
She never forgot that look. The
crowd was froaen In various attitudes
of eagerness, although It had not yet
recovered from the suspense of the
last great wager. It knew the Midas
and what It meant. Here lay half of
It hidden beneath a tawdry square of
pasteboard. With maddening deliberation
toe Kid dealt the top card. Beneath
It was the trey of spades. Glenlater
aald no word nor made a move.
Some one conghed, and it sou ruled like
a gunshot Blowly the dealer s Angara
retraced their way. He hesitated purposely
and leered at the girl, then the
three spot disappeared and beneath It
lay the ace as the king had lain on
that other wager. It spelled utter ruin
to Qlealsttr. He raised his eyes blindly,
and then the deathlike silence of
the room was shattered by a sudden
crash. Cherry Malotte had closed her
check rack violently, at the same in
stant crying shrill and clear:
That bet Is off! The cases are
wrong!"
Glenlster half rose, overturning his
chair; the Kid lunged forward across
the table, and bis wonderful hands,
tense and talon-llke, thrust themselves
forward as though reaching for the
riches she bad snatched away. They
worked and writhed and trembled as
hftimti In Hnmh fnrr (h* nulls slnklnc
Into tbe oilcloth table cover. Hie face
grew livid aod cruel, while his eyes
biased at her till she shrank from him
affrighted^ bracing herself away from
the table with rigid arms.
Reason came slowly back to Glenister
and understanding with it. He
seemed to awake from a nightmare.
He could read all too plainly the gambler's
look of baffled bate as the man
sprawled on tbe table, his arms spread
wide, hi6 eyes glaring at the cowering
woman, wbo shrank before him like a
rabbit before a snake. Sbe tried to
speak, but choked. Then tbe dealer
came to himself and cried harshly
through bis teeth one word:
-Christ!"
He raised his fist and struck the
table so violently that chips and coppers
leaped arid rolled, and Cherry
closed her eyes to lose sight of his awful
grimace. Glenlster looked down on
him and said:
"1 think I understand, but the money
was yours anyhow, so I don't lnlnd."
His meaning was plain. The Kid suddenly
Jerked open the drawer before
him, but Glenister clinched his right
hand and leaned forward. The miner
could hare killed him with a blow, for
the gambler was seated and at his
mercy. The Kid checked himself,
while bis face began to twitch as
though the nerves underlying it bad
broken bondage and were dancing iu a
wild, ungovernable orgy.
"You have taught me a lesson," was
all that Glenister sa{d, and with that
he pushed through the crowd and out
into the cool night air. Overhead the
arctic stars winked at him, and the
"That bet <? offl The cases are wrong!"
sea smells struck him clean and fresh.
As he went homeward he heard the
distant full throated plaint of a wolf
dog. It hejd the mystery and sadness
of the north. He paused and, baring
his thick, matted head, stood for a
long time gathering himself together.
Standing so. he made certain covenants
with himself and vowed solemnly
never to touch another card.
At the same moment Cherry Malotte
came hurrying to her cottage door,
fleeing as though from pursuit or from
some hateful, haunted spot. She paused
before entering and flung her arms
outward Into the dark In a wide gesture
of despair.
_"Wby dJd I do it? Ob, why did I do
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CHAFFER XIV.
M T dear Helen, don't yon rej
I a,toe tbat my official poaiI
tion carries with It a cer1
A tain social obligation which
It is our duty to discharge?"
"1 suppose so. Uncle Arthur; bat I
| would much rather stay at home."
"Tot, tut! Go and hare a food time."
"Dancing doesn't appeal to me any
more. I left that sort of thing, back
home. Now, If you would only come
along"?
"No; I'm too busy. I must work tonight,
sod I'm not In a mood for sach
things, anyhow."
"You're not well," bis niece said.
"I here noticed It for weeks. Is It
hard work or are you truly 111? You're
nervous; you don't eet; you're growing
positively gaunt Why. you re getting
wrinkles like an old man!" 8be
rose from her dpit at, the breakfast table
and went to him, smoothing his
silvered head with affection.
He took ber cool hand and pressed
it to his cheek, while the worry that
haunted him habitually-of late gave
way to a smile.
"It'a work. little girl-hard and
ttoMl work, that's all. This country
la la tended for yonnc man, and I'm
too far along." Hla eyaa grew grave
again, and be squeesed ber
nervously aa tboogb at*the thought.
"It'a a terrible country tbla. I-IWlab
we had never seen it."
"Don't aay that." Helen cried spirit
edly. "Why. it'a gloriooa. TtolDk ?r
the honor. You're a Unit<? State*
Jndge and tbe first one to cd..e here
You're making history; you're buildiup
a etate; people will read about you."
She atooped and kissed bio, but be
seemed to flinch beneath her caress.
"Of course I'll go if you think I'd
better," sbe said, "though I'm not fond
of Alaakan society. Some of tbe worn
en are nice, but tbe others"? Sbe
shrugged her dainty shoulders. "They
talk scandal all the time. One would
think that a great, clean, fresfc. vigorous
country like this would broaden
the women as It broadens tbe wen?
but It doesn't."
"I'll tell McXamara to call for you at
9 o'clock," said the judge a9 he aroae.
So. later In tbe day. she prepared her
long unused finery to sucn gooa purpose
that when her escort called for
her that evening be believed ber tbe
loveliest of women.
Upon their arrival at the hotel be regarded
her with a fresh access of
pride, for tbe function proved to bear
little resemblance to a mining camp
party. Tbe women wore handsome
gowns, and every man was In evening
dress. Tbe wide ball ran tbe length
of the hotel aDd was flanked with
boxes, while its floor was like polished
! glass and its walls effectively deco;
rated.
"Ob. how lovely!" exclaimed Helen
as sbe first caught sight of it. "It's
Just like borne."
"I've seen quick rising cities be*fore."
he said, "but nothing like this.
Still, If these northerners can build a
railroad In a month and a city in a
summer why shouldn't they have symphony
orchestra* and Louis Quioze
ballrooms?"
"I know you're a splendid dancer,"
she said.
"You shall be my judge and jury.
I'll algn this card as often as I dare
wlthont the certainty of violence at
tbe bands of these young men. and tbe
rest of the time I'll imoke In tbe lobby.
I don'l care to dance with any one but
you."
After tbe firat waltz he left her surrounded
by partners and made his way
out of tbe ballroom. This was bis first
relaxation since landing In tbe north.
It wai well not to become a dull boy.
be mused, and as he chewed his cigar
be pictured, with an odd thrill, quite
unosual with him. that slender, gray
eyed girl, with her coiled mass of hair,
ber ivory shoulders and merry smile.
He saw her float past to tbe measure
of a two-step aDd caught blmself resenting
tbe thought of another roan's
enjoyment of tbe girl's charms even
I for an instant.
"Hold on. Ale*-." he muttered.
"You're too old a bird to lose your
head." However, he was waiting for
her before the time for their next
dance. 8he seemed to have lost a part
of her gayety.
"What's the matter? Aren't you enJoying
yourself?'
"Oh. yes." she returned brightly.
"I'm having a delightful time"
When be canoe for his third dance
she was more distrait than ever. As
I bo. u-a her to a seat they passed a
group of women, among whom were
Mrs. Obanipain and others whom he
knew to be wires of men prominent In
the town. He had seen some of them
at tea in Judge Rtlllroan's house and
therefore was astonished when they returned
his greeting, but ignored Helen.
She shrank slightly, and he reallred
that there was something wrong. He
could not guess what. Affairs of men
he could cope with, but the subtleties j
of women were out of his realm.
''What ails those people? Hare they :
offended you?"
"I don't know what it is. I have
poken to them, but they out roe." i
"Cut you!" lie rxelniir-et*.
"Tee." Her rolce trembled, but efce !
held he*- heed high. "It eeems ee
though oil the women to Nome were
here end in league to Ignore me. It
; duzes me. 1 do not understand."
"line anybody eald anything to yon?"
| he Inquired fiercely. "Any man. I
mean?"
"No. no! Tbe men are kind. It'e the
i women."'
"Tome, we'll go home."
"Indeed, we will not," she eald proudly.
"I shall etay and face It out. I
hare done nothing to run away from,
and I Intend to find out what la tbe
matter."
I When he had surrendered her. at the
beginning of the next dance. McNamora
sought for eome acquaintance
whom he might question. Moot of the
men In Nome either hated or feared
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mm. diii uf npicu vuc iiwi w tuw|ui
suited bis purpose and led blm Into a
corner.
"I want you to answer a question.
No beatlnf about tbe bush. Under
stand? I'm bhiot, and I want yau to
be."
"All right."
"Your wife baa been entertained at
Miss Cheater's bouse. I've aeen her
there. Tonight ehe refuses'to apeak
to the girl. She cut her dend. and I
want to know what It's about"
"How should 1 knew?'
"If you don't know. Til aft yon to
find out"
Tbe other shock his bead amusedly,
at wbicfa McNamara flared up.
"I say you will, and you'll make
your wife apologise before she lea res
this ball, too. or you'll answer to me,
man to man. I wou't stand to bava a '
girl like Mies Chester cold decked by
a bonch of mining camp swells, and
tbot goes aa It Ilea." In bla excitement
McNamara reverted to bis western 1
Idiom.
Tbe other did not reply at once, for It {
la embarrassing to deal with a person
wbo disregards tbe conventions utterly, 1
and at tbe aaa^a thne bas tbe lncJio&L |
(too a DO rorce to compel oDeatence.
Tbe boai* reputation bad gooa abroad.
"TVell-er?I know about It In a fen- I
en:I war. but of courae I don't go much i
on such tbinga. You'd better let it
drop."
"Go on."
"There baa been a lot of talk amonf
the lad lea about?well, er?the fact la,
It's tbat young Glenlater. Mrs. Champion
bad tbe next etateroom to theater?bim?I
should say?on tbe way up
from tbe States, and sbe saw things.
Now, aa far as I'm concerned, a girl
con do^aa sbe pleases, but Mra Champion
bas ber own Ideas of propriety.
From what my wife could learn,
there's some truth In tbe story, too, so
you can't blame her."
With a word McXamara could have
explained tbe gossip and made this
man put bis wife right forcing through
ber an elucidation of the silly affair
in such a way as to spare Helen's
feelings and cover the busy tongued
magpies with confusion. Yet be best
tated. It Is a wise skipper who trims
bis sails to every breeze. He thanked
bis Informant and left blm. Entering
the lobby, be saw the girl berrying
toward blm.
"Take me away, quick! I want to go
borne."
"You've changed your uilnd?"
"Yes, let us go," she panted, and
when tbey were outside sbe walked so
rapidly that be baa difficulty in keeping
pace with her. Sbe was silent, and
he knew better than to question, but .
when tbey arrived at ber bouse be
entered, took off bis overcoat and
turned up the light In the tiny parlor.
She flung her wraps over a chair,
storming back and forth like a little ,
fury. Her eyes were starry with tears
of anger, ber face was flushed, ber
bands worked nervously. He leaned
against the mantel, watching ber
through bis cigar smoke.
"You needn't tell me." be said at
length. "I know all about It."
"I axn glad you do. I never conld
repeat what tbey said. Oh, It was
brutal!" Her voice caught, and sbe
bit ber lip. "What made me ask
them? Why didn't I keep still? After
yon left I went to thoee women and
faced them. Oh, but they were brutal!
Yet, why should I care?" She
stamped her slippered foot
"I shall bare to kill that man some
day," be said, flecking bis cigar ashes
into the grate.
"What man?" She stood still and
looked at him.
"Glenlster, of course. If I had
thought the story would ever reach
you I'd hare shut him up long ago."
"It didn't come from blm," sbe cried,
hot with Indignation. "He'a a gentleman.
It's that cat, Mra. Champlan."
He shrugged his shoulders the slightest
bit but It wss eloquent, and she
noted It "Oh, I don't mean that he
did it Intentionally?he's too decent a
chap for that?but anybody's tongue
will wag to a beautiful girl! My lady
Malotte Is a jealous trick."
"Malotte! Who Is she?' Helen questioned
curiously.
He seemed surprised. "I thought every
one knew who sbe is. It's just as
well that you don't"
"I am sure Mr. Glenleter would not
talk of me." There was a pause.
"Who Is Miss Malotte?"
He studied for a moment while she
watched him. What a splendid figure
be made In bis evening clothes! The
cozy room who hi rusucu n?uu ??haneed
his sire and strength and rugged
outlines. In bis eyes was that admiration
which women live for. He
lifted bis bold, handsome face and met
her gaze.
"I bad rather leaye that for you to
find out for I'm not much at scandal.
I have something more Important to
tell you. It's the most important thing
I have ever said to you, Helen." It
was the first time he had used that
name, and she began to tremble, while
her eyes sought the door iD a panic.
She Lad expected this moment aDd
yet was not ready.
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