The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, December 10, 1914, Page EIGHT, Image 8
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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
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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 '
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: 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,
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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.
Five or six doses will break any case, and
if tnlcen then as a tonic the Fever will not
'-Mirn. It acts on the liver better than
Catomel and does not {ripe or sicken
Scott's Dri
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