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r??? BILLETING AND BARBARA j By HARMONY WELLER. Copyright. 1914. by the MeClure Newspaper Syndicate. Even aftT war had been declared and the troops were actually on the march, Barbara Heathcote failed to realize the gravity of the situation. I Comfortably ensconced in her great 1 country bungalow, surrounded by servants and every luxury, she did not see the necessity of worrying about a war which would not upset her own well ordered existence. '* Barbara had not stopped to realize that the little village in Bedfordshire was right on the line of march. It was with great surprise that she 1 found herself watching an officer retreating from her door having bil leiea a score OI suiaiers uu uu. "Where will these troops sleep?" she asked of her old servant. "On the veranda. Miss Barbara, and in the garden," replied Jenkins, more excited than the soldiers themselves. "We will feed thera in the servants' hall." In the evening when a score or more of tired but laughing soldiers in khaki came trooping through the great hedge gate Barbara watched thera with quickly beating heart. Somehow and without warning a sharp emotion gripped her. She tried to stifle a desire to cry, and wondered why she should feel so helpless all of a sudden. The men were big and brave and were going off happily to fight for their country and their womenfolk. She looked again at the men, now i * * ^ - * l- *Ua Kaiica I gOlDg tOWUI"U illf uavb Ui luc uuusc, | and their war kits brought fresh emo- ' tlon to Barbara's heart. They were j going to battle for perhaps months and maybe years with that small provision of comfort. She turned from, the window and to the telephone. "Jenkins,"' she called down to her old servant, "see that the cook provides the best of everything for these men. Spare no expense or trouble to make them comfortable." When she had hung up the receiver Barbara felt a trifle more like herself. After all, she was regretting j the entrance into her life of that score of brave men. Barbara felt the sting of her own weakness and the utter uselessness of her life. "Even my servants are doing some- ' thing for those men," she told her- J self when she heard a burst of laugh-1 ter from the direction or tne lower dining hall. So long did she sit in the darkness that before she knew it ihe troops billeted on her had ceased their laughter and flung themselves down on veranda and garden lawn to woo sleep as best they might. Barbara jumped up and went swiftly into the moonlight among the soldiers.' They arose as one man at her coming and stood looking at the slim white figure. "I can t stand it to have you sleeping out here," she said breathlessly. "You must all come inside. I will have all the room necessary." She smiled when they demurred, and commanded in a most adorable manner. "Please let me have my way," she said. "I have never done anything in iny whole life for any one save myself. Please let me do what 1 can now." And because she was crying Barbara hastened to help Jenkins make up the many beds in the great house. The troops remained only until the morning of the third day, and when they had marched off with their bands playing and a smile on their lips Barbara wept as if her heart would break. Bedfordshire was impossible to her after that. The life of ease and luxury was not to be borne. She could not sit idly by and wait for news from the front; she must go and be a part of that working contingent and do her mite. Rarbara knew that somewhere, some day, after the great war was over she would again stand beside the young lieutenant commander who had slept beneath her roof on the way to battle. His eyes had told her that he would come back to her, and Rarbara was living only for that day and for the good she might do to be worthy of him. "I am glad." thought Rarbara, "that I lived on the line of marching. Otherwise 1 might never have known Lieutenant Commander Blakelv." She smiled softly and added, "And yet?I must surely have met him some day." Th? Sport of Kings. .. . In very early times some kings, having made war, went forth in person to fight the battles, ignorantly supposing there was no other way. But tViotr haH not nrnrppripd far till they were swept aside by a great multitude rushing to the front. "Who are you?" asked the k-ings, in no small curiosity. "We? Why, we're the precious fools who are always ready to make somebody else's quarrel our own?patriots, in short!" replwd the multitude. i , "Precious, indeed!" chuckled the k kings, and risked their skins no more. A ?New York Evening Post. Origin of Playing Cards. The origin of playing c^rds is uncertain. although it is probable that they appeared in Europe in the year 1350. A duty \*as first placed on them in England In 1615. It is estimated that from 14,000,000 to 15,000,000 oacks are raMiufactured annuaJJ/ in the United States. Kcj. ( NOW UEO FRIENDS HARDLY KNOW HER But This Does Not Bother Mrs. Burton, Under the : Circumstances. Houston, Texas.?In an interesting letter from this city, Mrs. S. C. Burton writes as follows: "I think it is my duty to tell you what your medicine, Cardui, the woman's tonic, has done for me. i Mc rfnwn sick with womanlv trouble. and my mother advised several different, treatments, but they didn't seem to do me any good. I lingered along for three or four months, and for three weeks, J was in bed, so sick I couldn't bear for any one to walk across the floor. My husband advised me to try Cardui, the woman's tonic. I have taken two bottles of Cardui, am feeling fine, gained 15 pounds and do all of my housework. Friends hardly know me, I am so well." If you suffer from any of the ailments so common to women, don't allow the trouble to become chronic. Begin taking Cardui to-day. It is purely vegetable, its ingredients acting in a gentle, natural way on the weakened womanly constitution. You run no risk in trying Cardui. It has been helping weak women back to ; health and strength for more than 50 years. It will help you. At all dealers. Write to: Chattanooga Medicine Co., Ladles' Advisory Dept.. Chattanooga, Tenn., for Special , /tisfntcfiotta on your case and 64-page book. 'Home Treatment for Women." sent in plain wrapper. EW-B ' ? ??-? ?? ?? j : SHAW SCHOOL. \ i Kingstree, December 9:?Following is the honor roll of Shaw school for the month beginning November1 2 and ending November 27: First grade?Julius Brunson and Johnnie Hinds. Third grade?Fairey Stone. Fifth grade?Sammie Brunson and Joseph Hinds. Seventh grade?French Dennis. Eighth grade?Hennie Brunson., A Voice From the Grave. The Coroner decided not to hold ! an inquest into the cause of the death of H R Strickland, the man who died from a gunshot wound, aftei being brought here to the hospital for treatment. This action on hi3 part was in view of the postmortem statement made by the deceased to the effect that no one was! to blame for his death, that it was: an accident that the gun was discharged, and there was nothing except friendship between the parties before the fatal occurrence.?Contrai/ He raid, i ' m SIGNALS OF DISTRESS. Kingstree People Should Know How to j Read and Heed Them. Disordered kidneys give many signals of distress. The secretions mav be dark, contain sediment. Passages are sometimes frequent, scanty, painful. Backache is often present day and night. Headaches ara dizzy spells may occur. Weakened kidneys should receive ouick help. Don't delay! Use a special kidney remedy. Doan's Kidney Pills are for weak kidneys, backache and urinary disorders. Marion evidence proves their worth. J T Dozier,Deputy Sheriff, Marion, S C, says: "I had backache, coupled with pains across my loins, and my kidneys were badly disordered. I read about Doan's Kidney Pills and, deciding to try them, I got a box. After using them a short time, the backaches and pains left me and my kidneys became normal." Price 50c, at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy?get Doan's Kidney Pills?the same that ! Mr Dozier had. Foster-Milburn I Co, Props, Buffalo, N Y. Arrival of Passenger Trains at KIngstree. The Atlantic Coast Line railroad ! fr\l 1 /\nrirtcr | lias piuniui^a^u viiv ivnv?t uift uv.ivv. ule, which became effective Sunday, June 1, 1911: North Bound. No 80 - - - 7:23 a m *No 46 - . 11:35 am No 78 6:02 p m South Bound. No 7y 11:09 a m *No 47 - - - - 6:38 p m Nojlj) - - - 9:18 pm *I)ailv except/ Sundav. No. Six-Sixty-Six This is a prescription prepared especially for MALARIA or CHILLS 6. FEVER. 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