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il U? Kaighta er PythJ'i mlnatreis ?td I know where we can gat tome | hi make aa alack; 70a go gat Mlu Malar-at Ink bottle, too. that 11 help Pirna, und gat tome matchee, and I '11 Tgo ?et tbe cork aad we eaa go to Barak Jane's bouse and make ueeelfe g^?k.*' *T aJat never promise not to black Iff aa4 go down to tbe depot," said SOly vaverlngly. "I promise not to aster lie to mo' Injun?I?" "Well, ran then." Jimmy Interrupt? ed imiatiently. "Wo 11 Just slip 4aern t> tbe railroad and take a look ? tbe niggers. You dont bafto get 4M the train Just 'cause you down to Um dajot. " I to Klee Minerva's nephew, after; tiptoeing into the bouse for her ink '?bwHe ird ?"?-r v .ta with 1 mmirabiind a;a ! .<-i la chum 4t tbe cabin There* under the erttl cai earvey of Henule nick tress ill ornery place on the floor, they ' dar?.< Lui lL*u tmAum, u^a?, hands, leal and lege; then, pulling their cape eyfar their eyes, theee energetic little, boys stole out of tbe back gate und j fairly flew down an alley to the sta? tten. No one noticed tbem in that kit, pare piling crowd. A lively band was playtng end tbe mob of good-bu awed, happy negroes, dreeeed in their Beetay beat, machine and joking. nssbJag and elbowing, made their way to the sxourtlon train standing | dB tie track. The two excited children got ai feotiy habited a broad, pompons negro fm and sttppeg om the car hast after aim. I IWtaootoiy thaw found a seat in the reaw of taw oooeh and there the/ sat ngujadarrii. stfil and quiet, except for ?B ssoaatoaal deUgbted giggle, till tb? loll aisagci and tbe train started 1 off. "Well tee Bam Lamb toreckiy " wat/tefed Jimmy, "twd he'll take r care of as * The train was made up of sew en jssjibia, wbieb bad been taking on/ nasjriiM ad eery station up the road eo far aa rHuftocaa, and it ^happened IJrsst tbe two little boys did not know a aosjl la thei r oar. | I But wbea they warn neartng Wood- i stock, a ttttis station not far from Mass pals, flati Lamb, making a tour Of Iba cars, cune Into their coach and was promptly bailed by tbe children. When be recognised them, be burst mto sack a loar of laughter that It oaassd elf the other peso angers to turn around and look la their direction. "Waat f all gwtno to do t\ox* I Jos' wonder.'* bo sxclaimed. "To' ekals ain't made dls side o' 'ternlty. Lordee, Lordee.' lie gased at them admiringly, "you abo' is gsnoowlne corn-fed. tter tin' sllrsr. aU-woolran'-a-yard-wide. oars loaf, Orotn-Rlrer Lollapalooaaa. * Doos yC folks know 'bout yer? Lordee! What I at in' secb a fool question for? 'Course day don't. Come on, I gwlne to take y* all off *ri doso cars right bore at die Wood it - k. an' wc kin ketch do 'cosomodation back home.** "Baa Bam," protested Billy. "Wo loot want to go back home. We wants i to go n Memphis." ' "Hit don't matter what y* all wants," was tbe aegro's reply. My* all xotta git right off. Dis-bsre 'scurslou train don't teare Memphis tweil twelve o'clock cosigbt go* yub sec how sk>w she am marin', and sr'y no 'count nigger on nor 11 bo full o' rod eye. An' yo' folks Is plumb 'stracted bout yer dls rain 1 ute, I low. Come on. She am gittln' ready to stop." He grabbed the blackened hand of each, pushing Jimmy and pulling Ptlly, and towed the rei octant little k>*yi through ihm coach. r "Tub abo is sp iled ny fun.'' bs growled aa be bust ed them across the platform to tbe eaiting-room. Die here 's de fus' ? union 1 been on wldout Bukey ataggln' long In fire year an' I aimed fo to roll 'em high; an' no**', 'case o' ketcbln' up wld y' ail. I gotta go right back home. Now y' all set lee' as straight as yer kin sot oa die here bench," be admonished, ''whilst I send s tslegraph to Marse Jeema Oerner An don rub try to lope out on do flat form nelder. Ret wbar I kin keep my eye ski med on yub, yub little allpp'ry-ellum eels. Den I gwlne to com?, back an' wash yer. so y* ail look like 'spectable white folka Mise Minerrs eamC out of her front door looa'og for Billy st tbe same time that Mrs. Garner appeared on her porch la search of Jimmy. "William? Too William!" called one woman. "Jimmee-ee! O Jtmtaee-ee-ee!" called tbe other. "Hare you seen my nephew?" ask4d the one. "Wo. Hare you seen snythlng Jlsjeny T" wee the reply of the other. were talking together at tl t an hour ago.** said Billy ilbly they arc down at U I phone and find out." "And I '11 ring up Mrs. Black and i Mrs. Hamilton. They may hiwe gone to eee Una and Frances/' In a short time both women ap? peared on their porches again: They have not been to the stable this morning," said Miss Minerva un? easily, "and Sam went to Memphli on the excursion train." "And they are not with Lina or Frances,"?Mrs. Garner's face wore an anxious look, "I declare I never saw two euch children. Still, I don't ' think we need worry ae it it nearly dinner tltr ..nd they never miss their meale, you know." But the noon hour came and with it no hungry little boys. Then, Indeed, did the relative* of the children grow I uneasy. The two telephone* were kept I busy, and Mr. Garner, with several other men on horseback, scoured the ! village. Not a soul had seen either child. At three o'clock Miss Minerva, worn with anxiety and on the verge of a I collapse, dropped Into a chair on her i veranda, her faithful Major by her elde. He bad come to offer help and sympathy a* soon a* he heard of her distress, and, finding her In such a softened, dependent and receptive mood, too Major had remained to try to cheer her np. Mr. and Mrs. Qarner were aleo on the porch* discussing what farther ?tepe thej could take. "It ia all the fault of that William of yoore," mapped one little boy's mother to the other little bor e aunt "Jimmy la the best child in tht world when ha Is by himself, bnt he it easily led into mischief." Miss Minerva's face biased uith in? dignation. "William's fault Indeed!" sie an? swered bach. "There never wae a sweeter child than William;" for the lonely woman knew the truth nt last At the thought that her Utile nephew might be hart, a long forg >tt*-> tender aeaa stirred ner noeoui and ane real? ised for the first time how the child had grown Into her life. The telegram came. "They are all right," snooted Mr. Garner joyously, as he quickly opened and rmA the yellow missive, "they went on the excursion and 8am Lamb le bringing them home on the accom? modation." As the major, short, plump, rubi cand, Jolly, and Miss Minerva tall, sallow, iingular, solemn, were walking to the station to meet the tralr that waa brie ging home the runaways, the elderly lover knew himself to be at last master of the situation. "The trouble with Billy?" he began, adjusting his steps to Miss Minerva's mincing walk. "Wllllim," she corrected, faintly. "The (rouble with ailly," repeated her suiter firmly, "le this: Yon have tried to make a girl out of a het.lthy, hlgh-epliited boy; yon have nt itlven him the toye and playthings a boy should have; you have not even given the child common love and affection." He waa letting himself go, for he knew that sh j needed the lecture, and, won dsrfnl to tell, she wae listening meek? ly. "Yon have eteeled your heart," he went on, "against Billy and against me. You here about ae much Idea how to manage a boy as a?as a?" he hesitated for a suitable comparison; he wanted to -ay "goat," but gallantry forbade; "as any other old maid," he blurted out. reallilng as he did so that a woman hsd rather be called a goat 'hei an eld rrsld any time. B coated to Miss Miner "1 dont have to be an old maid," she snapped apunklly. "No; and you are not going to be one any longer." he anawered with de clalon. "I tell you what, Miss Minerva, we are going to make a fine, manly boy out of that nephew of yours." "We?" she echoed faintly. "Yes, we! I said we, didn't I?" replied the major oatentatiously. "The child shall have a pony to ride and everything else that a boy ought to have. He la full of natural animal apliita and has to find some outlet for them; that Is the reason he is always In mischief. Now, I think I under? stand children." He drew himself up proudly. "We ahall be married tomor? row," he announced, "that 1 may as? sume at once my part of the reaponsi blllty of Billys rearing." atlas Minerva looked at him in flut? te lng consternation. Oh, no, not tomoirow," she pro teated: "possibly next yeer some time." I "Tomorrow," reiterated the major, hla white mustache bristling with de "Next month." ehe suggested timidly. "Tomorrow, 1 tell you!" "Next week." she answered. "Tomorrow! Tomorrow! Tomor? row!" cried the major, happy as a schoolboy. "Next Sunday night after church," pleaded Miss Minerva. "No, not next Sunday or Monday or Tuesday. We will be married tomor? row," declared the dictatorial Confed? erate veteran. Billy's aunt succumbed. "Oh, Joseph," she said with almost a simper, "you are so masterful." "How wouH you like me for an uncle?" Miss Minerva's affianced asked Billy a few minutes later. "Fine an' dandy," was the answer, as the child wriggled himself out of his aunt's embrace. The enthusiastic reception accorded him, when he got off the train, was almost too much for the little boy. He gazed at the pair In embarrassment. He was for the mo? ment disconcerted and overcome; in place of the expected scoldings and punishment, he was received with caresses and flattering consideration. He could not understand it at all. The major put a hand on the little boy's shoulder and smiled a kindly smile into his big, gray, astonished eyes as the happy lover delightedly whispered, "Your aunt Minerva is go? ing to marry me tomorrow, Billy." "Pants an' all?" asked William Green Hill. THE END. Big Business and Newspapers. James A. Hoyt's separation from the Columbia Record is apparently the outcome of his fight on race track gambling in Columbia. A short time ago when the legal proceedings instituted principally by Mr. Hoyt were postponed with his consent un? til after the race meet would be over it seemed to place Mr. Hoyt in a bad light, although those who knew him did not in the least question or doubt his purpose or motives. It was probably the case that some strong local influences were brought to bear on Mr. Hoyt through his business associates, possibly through or from E. W. Robertson, who Is the wealthiest man In Columbia, the big beat banker in that city and the financial bellwether there. As a re? sult of thla "squeeze" of the editor Mr. Hoyt has now sold his Interest In the Record (to Mr. Robertson, it Is reported) and quit as editor and manager. Mr. Robertson is said to be finan? cially interested with Mr. Oonzalea in the ownership of the Columbia State, the Spartanburg Herald and the Charlotte Observer. So if he really be the new owner of the Columbia Record, Mr. Robertson is acquiring quite a string of newspaper connec? tions.?Spartanburg Journal. When you want a reliable medi? cine for a cough or cold take Cham? berlain's Cough Remedy. It can al? ways be depended upon and is pleas? ant and safe to take. For sale by all dealers. KILLS WOMAN, DROWNS HIM? SELF. Edgefleld, January 1.?Constable Moultrie returned today from Moul trie's Mill, in the western section of the county, where he went to cap? ture a negro charged with the mur? der of a negro woman. Jennings, it seems, in a fit of anger, shot the wo? man five times, and as she lay dead crushed her head with rocks. 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