The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, December 24, 1914, Page SIX, Image 6
BOYD'S SPLENDID IDEA
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' By MARGARET MIDDLETON.
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| (Copyright, 1914, by W. G. Chapman.)
; "I wouldn't dream of accepting your
ihalf-price offer," said Mrs.- Marvin,
with all the liberal ingenuousness of
\ 'a new and happy bride.
' "I need work so sorely," explained
Roslyn Boyd, "that I am willing to
take anything I can get."
Wo uaa a gentleman. she saw that.
His face showed cultured intelligence.
"You seem to be very anxious," she
suggested, in a sympathetic, womtonly
way, and more than anxious was the
reply.
"We are hard pressed, my sick wife
and two little children. About all I
know is photography. Until recently
I had quite a lucrative position, photographing
scenery for a railroad company.
My work for them was completed
some time ago and 1 have had
to pick up what business I can in this
way."
"Very well, you can take a photo,graph
of the house?yes, and another
of the garden and print up half a
dozen of each."
Two days later, when Boyd delivered
his order, he departed from his
generous almoner well paid ahd with
:the promise of more work. Within
jthe week Mrs. Marvin sent him to
half a dozen wealthy friends. Then
ehe called at the humble home of
nhntn^raDher in her limousine.
brought dainties for his invalid wife,
'provided for the children and scattered
sunshine generally in the Boyd
[household.
| Of course, Boyd was deeply gratejful.
Whenever he met Mrs.NMarvin
jihe had a pleasant, encouraging word
ui Suppose That You Wish to Sell Me
These Photographs?"
for him. Her friends helped her to
end work to Boyd. He found himself
hopeful, prosperous, happy.
One morning as he chanced to pass
the elegant home of the Marvins, he
"viewed a scene that at once troubled
him. Mr. Marvin was Just leaving
the house. He came down the steps
with an angry face, evidently greatly
disturbed. He was a handsome man,
but his features seemed to show
traces of dissipation. Pretty Mrs.
"Marvin stood within the vestibule, one
hand extended as if appealing to him
,to return. Then as her husband
swung away she crouched back, covering
her face with her hands as if
in dire distress.
"Trouble? Oh, I hope not, though it
seems so," reflected Boyd, sorely disturbed
on account of his gocd, kind
friend. Then his thoughts were abruptly
disturbed as a friendly hand
toached his shoulder.
"Hello, Boyd, what you doing in
this aristocratic quarter?" hailed his
challenger, whom he recognized as an
old-time friend.
"I am having a good deal of work
In the neighborhood," explained Boyd.
"Know the Marvins?"
"Oh, yes, Mrs. Marvin has taken a
special interest in influencing commissions
for me in her society circle."
"A sweet little lady, that," commented
his friend. "Wasn't that her
husband who just walked away? A
fine fellow, but spoiled. Money, social
standing, a charming wife, but
fast on the downward path, I fear."
"I had not heard of that," murmured
Boyd, very greatly troubled.
"She don't know the worst and he
don't realize it," went on the other.
"So far his weakness is onl? getting
with a liveiy crowd of old college
chums and drinking champagne. You
can infer what that will lead to in
time. He has a bout, say once a
week, is brought home jolly but boisterous,
is all savage and disgruntled
the next morning. It's breaking that
poor little woman's heart."
All this was a revelation to loyal
Roslyn Boyd and he was deeply
grieved. Mrs. Marvin called him in
a day or two later to see about enlarging
some family pictures. He
fancied he could trace a repressed
sorrow in her manner, the lines of
care about her finely-chiseled lips.
However, he dared not broach the
ubject resting weightily on his mind,
nor proffer the earnest, helpful sympathy
that stirred his honest soul.
* . "Poor woman! If I could only assist
her/' was the constant burden of
Ms thoughts. He saw the friend who
bad advised him of the situation and
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told him of his gratitude towards Mrs.
Marvin, his anxiety to be of service
to her.
"You can't break into a family row.
you know," he was advised. "You'd
get no thanks if you did. It's just
this way: if Marvin could be made to
know and see the ridiculous figure
he makes when he gets full of champagne,
he would probably be shocked
into behaving himself."
"I've got an idea!" mused Boyd
slowly and hopefully, and he proceeded
to carry it out. He was an expert
photographer, as has been said.
There came to him an inspiration to
use his art to produce a salutary impression
upon the reckless Marvin.
After that for nearly two weeks
Marvin had a shadow without suspecting
it. Secretly but diligently
Boyd followed him through two of his
reckless "bouts with the boys." It
was thp morninc aftpr thp last of
these escapades that Boyd appeared
in his private office.
"Mr. Marvin," he said, as they were
alone, "I have called to show you
some photographs."
Marvin had met him several times
and was civil enough, but evidently
bored. The effects of his previous
night's debauch had unnerved him.
He was unhinged, probably ashamed,
possibly repentant.
"The pictures comprise a series,"
went on Boyd. "They cover the doings
of a man I deeply esteem, but
who has fallen upon evil ways. I
hope you will be patient while I exhibit
them, and then tell you how and
why they were taken."
Marvin regarded his visitor with
slight suspicion. He gave a violent
start and flushed deeply as he glanced
n # iVi a fl ??f>f a# Vx a ni a 111 r an T~) Vl o ?
; at luc uin ui mo piciuico uuj u uauued
him.
Then he forgot rancor and resentment
at this overt invasion of his
strictly personal affairs.
He was the center of all the photographs
shown. In the first he was
depicted standing at a bar. drinking
with men, some of whom he would not
even have recognized in his sober
senses.
The second showed him leaning
from an automobile, a senselessly silly
expression on his face, throwing
coins to a hideous, jeering mob following
the machine.
In a third he was being held up
by two others while he made a speech
to a grinning crovd at a street corner.
Another showed him clinging to
a lamppost, helpless. So down the
line, a truthful delineation of a tippler's
progress.
"I suppose," he observed, looking
up finally in a chagrined, shamefaced
way, "that you wish to sell me these
photographs to get them out of the
way?" plainly intimating a suspicion
of blackmail.
For reply Boyd seized the package,
tore the cards to fragments and
threw them into a waste basket.
"No, Mr, Marvin," ne said, "i oniy
wished to bring home to you what the
dear, loyal wife who loves you so
truly might feel, if 6he ever saw you
as you have been. Oh! sir?"
"You need not go on!" cried Marvin
poignantly, springing to his feet. He
had. seized the hand of his visitor fervently.
His eyes were filled with
tears.
, "Never again!" he said. "First
shame, remorse, then confession. I
am going home to tell my wife that
she need sit up no more fearing the
unsteady step that has terrified her
in the past. Heaven bless you for a
true, honest friend!"
It was a happy-faced Mrs. Marvin
who called at the Boyd home the next
day, a hopeful-hearted, fervently
grateful woman. Tearfully she told
Mrs. Boyd of what her husband had
done. Then, facing the noble, embarrassed
fellow, she threw her arm3
around his neck and kissed him?as
might a dear, dear sister.
Making Artificial Furs.
Away up in the frozen regions of the
North, where some of the finest furs
are found, the work of manufacturing
artificial furs is carried on as well
as in more southern places to which
the natural skins are shipped.
The skins with the fur are frozen,
shaved off and thawed and immediately
put through the neceaeary tanning
process to make leather.
The frozen furd are thawed slightly,
permitting the points of the fur
shaved from the skin to protrude from
the ice.
A solution of rubber is then applied,
and when it is thoroughly set it is
so well held together that it is pronounced
even better than the real
skins, as they are stronger and are
immune from moth.
The process enables some kinds of
fur to be sold at a lower price than if
the skin was tanned with the fur.
Breaks Only the Best.
They were preparing to move ana
the mistress herself was packing the
china. She had reached a eet of bread
and butter plates in which she particularly
delighted?a simple white
and gold pattern- of exquisite fineness
?and one was missing. She hunted
through the kitchen and half empty
pantry, and as a last resort unpacked
a neatly closed box she had just finished.
She thought of asking Delphine,
the faithful old deaf maid, but
the effort required to make her hear
seemed too great.
Delphine, however, whose keen eyes
missed nothing, when she saw her mistress
on the point of losing her patience
came over to her and explained:
"I'll have to tell you now. I broke
one of them things t'other day. I don't
break anything very often, but when I
do it's something of some consequence."
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ROUTED BY INSECT PESTS
Surveying Parties From Ur.ited States
Ships of War Forced to Take
to the Water.
Surveying parties from the United
States ship Paducah in the West:
Indies encounter just one grand
round 01 contentions with cockroaches,
stinging scorpions and sand !
Hies. So bad at times is it that the
surveying parties are driven into the
nearby waters to protect themselves
from annihilation.
Writing from aboard the Paducah
at Jamaica, Assistant Surgeon K. E.
Woodland, U. S. X., said:
"Cockroaches breed on board the
ship aud barges and seem almost impossible
to exterminate in this re
gion. Flies do not bother us, except i
those coming from barge No. 1 at
certain times. Sand flics, which
abound on most of the keys along
with mosquitoes, make the lives of
the tower and camping parties miserable,
being so bad at times as to
force the men into water for protection.
"The sand fly bite produces an intensely
itching papule about one to
three days later in addition to the
immediate discomfort; the papule
lasts about a week, and is often associated
with ecchymosis. Oil of
citronella and alcohol applied to the
face and hands, carefully avoiding
the eves, seems to give the best re
suits toward prevention of the pests.
"Scorpions sting the men gometimes
while working on the mainland.
but the sting does not amount
to much more than that of a wasp."
PLENTY AT HOME, THANK YOU
Horse Dealer?I can recommend
that animal. You'll find her th?
most thoroughgoing nag you ever
saw.
Mr. Henry Peck?A whatl No,
I think I'll not taKe her. Good day.
EARLY CHINESE TRADE.
The rapid growth of our early
trade with China i6 shown by the
fact that the 37 vessels, carrying, in
1805, nearly five and three-quarters
millions' worth of goods to Canton,
represented a larger fraction of our
total foreign commerce than our
trade with the whole of China does
today. The silver imported to balance
American trade with China
averaged more than two and a half
millions annually in the 30 years
down to 1872, and reached a maxi- ,
mum of seven and a half millions in
1818.?John Foord, in the Youth's
Companion. J
THE PROOF.
"Ib Smith a man of winning per- 1
sonality ?" '
"You wouldn't ask if you ever .
played poker with him."
NOT WANTED.
Wyn?Why do you talk about your
intelligence? It is bad form, man.
Ches?I know it is, but it got me
relieved from jury duty once.
A PUZZLE.
"Brides are always dear to their
spouses."
"Yes, and it's queer, since they are
always being given away."
PRACTICAL MOTION.
"Does sublimated optimism ever
move you?"
"No'm; we use the reg'lar store
iiuusc vauo. 1
NATURALLY. I
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'There is one thing I notice about
stamp collectors/'
"What's that?"
"The)* stick to their fad."
FROM OUR VIEW.
"So no victorv'has been gained at
Przemysl."
"Well, how could success ther* be
pronounced ?"
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If it were not for the politicians,
he average man would probably
lever know how discontented he is. I
Two kinds of persons are usually I
ivoided, the Kind that insists on resting
their troubles, and the kind
hat will not listen to yours.
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