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Office A, Smith Block The Lawyer Used It For More Than Legal Business. By LUCY POOLE It had always been reported around town that C. R. Taylor was a wealthy man. When he appeared at the general meeting place, Hinkham's grocery, all the men would shift their wads and straighten their hats out of deference as he seated himself on the best cracker barrel by the stove and planted his feet on the warmwt spot. But the swift, horrible accident had silenced the jovial Croesus, and his estate had been revealed to the public's horrified gaze as absolutely worthless. Mrs. Taylor had been prostrated completely. Janet had struggled as she could, but alter all the funeral expenses had been paid her little store of banknotes had dwindled away to a pathetic few. "Now, Burt," she explained eagerly to her masculine friend, lawyer ttuu uvvuicu iv%cr, it is a tape ui sheer necessity, you see. We will only have $10 a month from the farm, and that won't even pay mother's doctor bills." "Janet," began the young man, his voice husky with the emotion he tried to suppress?"Janet, I'm ii good business now, and your father had given me his consent, 60 why won't you let me help you in this time of trouble? You know I"? "Yes, I know, Burt," answered the girl gently, "but it is impossible. Now, my plan is this: At college I took all the four prizes for the best essays and had good success with the college weekly and annual." Burt could hardly hide a smile. This young slip of womanhood talking of earning money for her literary work! Poor child, she did not realize that college weeklies and city daily papers differ strikingly in their demands. But one simply could not argue with Janet. Her radiant beauty was her strongest weapon, and Burt left her in high spirits. "Burt, I shall depend on you for the addresses of all the best papers and magazines in the city," she called to him as he strode down the walk. "And don't forget to read every line I publish," came indistinctly to his ears as he turned the corner to the station. Burton Harold was tied to his office day and night for the next three weeks, scarcely having time to snatch a bit to eat or an hour's rest Yet the dainty, dark beauty of Janet's charming face floated tantalizingly before the dusty law books or the tiresome documents. He had not heard a word from her since he had mailed the addresses, and he wondered whether he could have been mistaken and Janet's work was actually making good. On the Saturday of a third week he locked the door of Office A, Smith block, and took the train down to the village to gladden his mother's heart by 6ight of himself and his eyes by a sight of Janet He found the girl pale and quiet, * * * 'ill _ -i Tx x witn very iixxie x<o say. ix was nox until the end of the call that he had the courage to ask about her literary work. At his first word the unnatural calm gave way, and she cried like a child. "It's no use, Burt," she sobbed. "I've tried and tried, but everything comes back with a polite *Of no use,' and I know it is just because they don't read my work." Burt was sorely tempted. Had he followed his own inclination he would have gathered the girl into his strong arms and bidden the senseless editors go wherever they pleased. But this was out of the question. "Ill tell you, Janet," he said soothingly ? "give me your work and 111 take it back with me tomorrow and see what I can do." And ho the matter rested, and Burton returned to his office with a roll of classical raptures, such as "The Lu6hv Marsh Where the Cows Stood Knee Deep In Cowslips" and other totally unsalable works of his ambitious sweetheart. He took up another story and read through one long outburst over "a full blown apple orchard, where the busy bee doth ply his trade." "Awful, awful!" he said to hunsell. "But what can you expect from a college girl? Why, I can't even doctor these lists of adjectives up. They are only fit for the wastebasket." The next day brought a brief letter to Janet: Dear Janr.ey?Inclosed will find a check for |10. I sold your "Awde Orchard In Pull Bloom." Address your work now to Office A, Smith block. It's an agency for hort stories, and they will take anything you will send them. Don't know what magazines they use. but their work |om all over the country. Congratulations on your great luck. As ever, BURT. ; The next time Burton visited his another in the village it was several months after the above letter. I Janet was radiant, glowing and, 1 above all, tender. She confided to him that she received from $5 to : $10 for even' article and often $2a j for a story and that she made as ; high as $40 a month. Burt only i smiled and listened. Everything was rose colored now { and burned to a deeper hue when i Janet whispered at the gate, 44You can ask me anything you please now, Burt, dear." And he rode back to the city, hie cheek tingling under the rosy seal she hud eel there as a safeguard against all danger. It was near spring when Mrs. Harold was suddenly taken ill. In her condition she negded loving care, so Janet went down to stay with the gentle old lady, who, slit thought, would not live to see the little wedding planned for June. Burton came home on Saturday, and the feeble old lady watched the couple with tear dimmed eyes and manv softlv breathed pravers. To ward night her breathing grew more and more labored, and the end was not far awaj. "Janet, dear," she whispered painfully? "Janet, promise me now, dear, that you will never let anything separate you and Burt." v The girl kissed her wonderingply and promised softly. "Doctor," went on the trembling, tired voice, "how much longer have I here with my children ?" "I cannot tell, my dear madam,'' answered the ancient doctor, with tears in his eyes. "Perhaps a few hours." "Burton, my darling boy," went on the loving tones, "lean over me, my son. You and Janet must be married now. I cannot go peacefully until I know my bov has a comforter. Here comes Dr. McCloud, and he will marry you now if"? And the voice trailed off into silence. Without waiting to consult Janet, Burton stepped to her side, and in a few moments the service was ower ? J A. J-.: - 1._J _i J auu uie u\iug wuiuaii xittu pioceu her trembling hands on their bowed heads and passed peacefully to the land where sorrow is never known. A month or so after his mother's death Burton decided to move his wife to the city, where he could be at home every night. So Janet went to the little home to pack up the dead mother's boxes. It was a sad task, and Janet's eyes overflowed many a time, for she had loved the dear old lady as a daughter. In going through the ancient desk she found a large package marked in the delicate old fashioned hand, Tor my son Burton, to be opened after his marriage to Janet" Janet fingered it curiously, but slipped it infn her haor nnnnenpil Whpn in their cozy library that night she brought it to her husband, 6aying: "Burt, dear, do open this. I am so curious/' A queer smile passed oxer her husband's face as he broke the string and out rolled all the well remembered manuscripts of Janet's, "The Apple Orchard In Full Bloom" and others. "Burton/' she cried in surprise. "Why, Burton, how on earth did your mother ever get these ?" "My dear little wife," he answered, holding her closely in his arm6, "my office is Office A, Smith block, and mother and I were the short storv company that published all your work." Astronomical Facta. The diameter of the sun is reckoned at 882,000 miles. This diameter, owing to its loss of heat and the consequent condensation, is steadily being shortened, though at a very slow rate, of course. The whole solar svstem?the sun and all of its planets?is moving through space at a pace estimated at about 150,000,000 miles annually. Those who are supposed to know about the matter assure us that, owing to certain causes, too numerous and complicated to be dealt with in this place, the planet on which we live receives only the 2,250 millionth part of the heat that is thrown off by the sun. Even as it is the earth receives annually from the 6un an amount of heat that exceeds by a million times the heat producible by the combustion of 280,000,000 tons of ooal. An Island of Black Cats. One of the queerest comers of the earth is Chatham island, off the coast of Ecuador. This island Res 600 miles west of Guayaquil, and the equator runs directly through it. It abounds in cats, every one of which is black. These animals live in the crevices of the lava foundation near the coast and subsist by catching fish and crabs instead of rats and mice. Other animals found on this island are horses, cattle, dogs, goats and chickens, all of which are perfectly wild. MODERN MOTORCARS. ; ! A Minister 8ayc That Nahum Sav Them In Hia Viaion. The maker of the modern gasO' , | line car was not the first fellow t< I bp* visions of the luxurious motor i j car that glides around our city pave 11 roents today aud startles the coun , j tryside with its midnight honk anc j glare of headlights. No^sir! According to Dr. Chaales L. Page i pastor of the Dudley Street church i it was a man who lived in Bibh > times, 700 years before Christ, anc ! Dr. Page is a faithful student oJ ; the Scriptures and ought to know. Nahum was a prophet and dwell in the land of Elkosh about 713 B C. One night he went to sleep, anc he had a wonderful vision. H( i found himself in a modern city ; street, with the motorcars honkin? all around him and holding up th< traffic. Their headlights were streaming, and they were crowding and pushing and whizzing this wa^ a ii a mi _ .u , ana unai. xae oiu mail, wau wus - need to making his journeys on the [ back of a leisurely donkey or boost j ed up on a camel, just couldn't bei i lieve his eyes. It certainly must b( i a vision sent to warn the wicked people of the land of Elkosh. When Nahurn woke he nibbed his , eyes and looked out over the sand\ desert and wondered what it all meant, and then suddenly the truth dawned upon him that it was the voice of prophecy. So he got out his , pen and ink and his parchmeni > script, and he began {o put dowt the wonderful things that he had ' seen, and this is what he wrote (you i can find it yourself in his book in the Bible): "The chariots shall rage in th? streets; they shall jostle one against , another in the broad ways; thej * " VI X 1 xl! -U _ 11 ? snail seem nice torcnes; xuey tumu mil like the lightnings/' This, 6ay8 Dr. Page, is an unmistakable prophecy of the present age of motorcars and the confusion , of our modern highways.?Boston Post W*ake?t Animal on Earth. The elephant, the lion and the horse may be taken as the three creatures capable of moving the , greatest weights. But in relation , to their bulk the power of these animals is infinitely less than that displayed by many of the lower forms of life. Insects me the true athletes in animated nature. If an ant could be developed on the seal* of an elephant, with muscular power in proportion to its new bulk, it would be able to draw a heavily laden freight train without an apparent effort A Belgian scientist by means of delicate apparatus has found that a bee, weight for weight, is thirty times as strong as a horse. Even a crab hae been foond to be able to lift 492 times ite own weight. Man in proportion to his size is probably the weakest animal on the face of the earth. 8tal? Bread. It is generally supposed that the staleness of bread arises from its becoming actually drier by the gradual loss of water, but this is not the case. Stale bread contains almost exactly the same proportion of water as new bread after it has become completely cold. The change is merely in the internal arrangement of the molecules of the bread. A proof of this is that if we put a stale loaf into a closely covered tin, expose it for half an hour or an hour to a heat not exceeding that of boiling water and then allow it to cool, it will be restored in appearance and properties practicaly to the state of the new bread.?Exchange. Muoh Ado. There was an estate tied up, and the western heirs petitioned a local judge to permit a safe deposit box in Washington to be opened by their congressman. The judge refused. There were appeals, injunctions and legal flipflops galore. After much delay it was ruled that the congressman might open the box in the presence of a designated attorney. tin nnano^ tVio KrtT Vj^VMVVI WM. It was empty.?Pittsburgh Post. An IdoKo Long Sloop. In Pegu may be seen a sentry keeping guard over a Burmese idol The Burmese believe the idol is asleep and that when he awakee the end of the world will come. The sentry is there to prevent any one from entering the pagoda, which i6 his place of repose, and awakening him. His slumbers have lasted 6,000 years. Why Ho Preferred It "Well, how do you like my new gown ?" "Not nearly so well as your old one, my dear." "What is there about the old gown you like better than this ?" "The old one is paid for, my dear."?Detroit Free Press. ? I oc RUB OUT PAIN ' . I with <TOod oil liniment. That's the surest way to stop them, j The lies: rubbing liniment is MUSTANI LINiiENl Good for the A ilments of J Horses, Mules, Cattle, Etc Qood for your otcn A ches, \ Pains, Rheumatism, Sprains, Cuts, Burns, Etc I 23c. 50c. $i. At all Dealers. f : In the Babel ; of Voices how is the public to judge i /hose is most worthy to be heard ? Keep in mini s few fact* sad yonr decision w be easy. We were doing basinets 88 years s| ' We bare continued in an nnbrokea line erer sin ' Tbe experience, tbe skill, tke tried and prov etkods acquired in that long period are eajey I by few concerns. Pin your faith to tho house that [ has got tha qualitias to andura. 1 The following Brands of Whiskey hare a co finned popularity: ' OLD KENTUCKY SPRINGS] lg?l.jsg,$3J 1 DEERFOOT RTE I 4 fall qts. 3.) : PINNACLE CORN [ 8 puts, 4.1 . Mm IY'S MAIT J IS U.aiati 4.1 OLDE PARCHMENT RYE, a W winker"' 4 furta, 4.; Express charges prepaid. Remittance toaccompai > order. State full P. O. address, and nearest cxprt office. Send for full price-list of Wines and Lsqim JAMES OLWELL & CO. 181 Wast Street I Established 1828 NEW YOR Hello! , I have a telephone in m home ! Have You? i It's the handiest thing aroun our house. We can talk I 'most anybody in town?ar time. It saves trips and tirr and offers the surest prote< tion against burglars, fire an sickness. No, it's not expensive. It a /-Vi ao rvAcf Kpcf fKitnrr trrv uiv Lrv^v.vui?^ jrv can get?See! i Do it today"! Kingstree Telephone Cop' L.WETHERhORN ?S0I ^o, CHARLESTON. S.C Sole Distributors of "Black Rock Wall Board Moisture resisting and specii manufacture makes it the bes i Write us for samples and price Marie Monserratt of Charlestoi aged 14 years, was killed Sundt ! morning t>y tne overturning 01 u auto in which she was riding. f 0 I Now Well I I H ' 1 "Thedford's Black-Draught B B is,he best all*round medicine B ' * B lever used/' writes J. A. B P B Stoelman, of Pattonville, Texas. B j B "I (offered terribly with liver troubles, and could get no relief. B The doctors said 1 had conB sumption. I could not work St B alL Finally I tried I THEDFORO'S -I BLACKI DRAUGHT 9 and to my surprise, 1 got better, ^ I and am to-day as well as any ;Q. I man." Thedford's Black" Draught is a general, cathartic, ed B ti IS vegetable liver medicine, that H has been regulating irregular!- HjZ n H ties of the liver, stomach and H ] M bowels, for over 70 years. Get H * w a package today. Insist on the ra 50 fll genuine?Thedford's. E-70 Hi rs pw rs | 5 ! ^ Arrival of Passenger Trains at j * J Kingstree. The Atlantic Coast Line railroad jr I has promulgated the! folio wing schedule, which became effective Monday, May 29, 1961: North Bound. r* No 80 - - - 7:25 am ? *No 46 - - 11:33 am f No 78 - - - 6:13 p m { South Bound. ji fNo 83 10:40 a m J No 79 - - - 11:03 am ] } *No 47 - - - - 6:47 p m ENo 89 ... 9:22 p m 'Daily except Sunday. I B. + Stops on signal for Charleston, SavanK nah and Jacksonville passengers. I ^ UAn,'o Thin J , nun a Jiuiot , We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. < F. J. CHENEY ft CO.. Toleds, O. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last IS years, and believe 1} him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and financially able to carry . out aor obligations made by his firm. ' NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE. r Toledo, 0. , Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken Internally, .. acting directly upon the blood and mu- l cous surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent free. Price 75 cents per bottle. Sold by all Druggists. a J Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. iHi Eyes Examined and Glasses Fitted I am now equipped to do this work satisfactorily and can save you ;'rom $1.50 to $3.00 on each pair of glasses. Let me fit you out with 8X? New KryptoH Glasses, reading and distance vision ground inleacb y' glass. 1 If you break your lenses bring them to me. I will duplicate them on short notice. Save _ the pieces. - T. E. BAGGETT || Jiwier sM Opllciai - - (kiilrn, S. C. |360 PICTURES I 360 ARTICLES I EACH MONTH %ON ALL NEWS STANDS J^L-i??22?_-_ < fUTUJLAK I ? MECHANICS ! ^ MAGAZINE F wmttoi to you can understand ft l All the Crtfat Erects In Mechanic*, ig Engineerin* and Invention throughout . the Warld. are described in an inter eats' in* manner. an they occur. 3,000,000 k vj readers each month, a$ Shoo Nffttf 20 ?**** tan* tell* aa?r f\ Vv . ??4b*tt?T w*jr*to<k>thini*fn V" th* shop, and how to mak* repair* at home. ? tortw MnHiilli fflsratl&iSl 0 P oporto and play. Largely oonatrnrtiro; teJU ? aovteballdboetaiBOtorc7clea.w1rwlMa.Me. s muuir m.no mn duum ' J AM rwr daalar to Maw yam a eopy; if aot nari'iawit fa to aowo atead. aaod ll.ao far a raar'a asbacnptloa. lit W or ftfeaao eooea far awiaot-laaoo to Ut pMhotare. 1 Caldacao of MocbanWol Booka froa oo Kami. POPULAR MECHANICS MAGAZINE L <p North SMoWg? 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KIN6STREE. S. C. 1 ?I ??????? JACKl u ___ i Will be found at my place east of Kingstree* for service. Terms $10.00. T. OLIN EPPS , * j 10-5-6m. |