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The Girl in Yellow fly Louise Merrt?eld ?Copyright. 1911. by Associated LJUr&ry plena) It wii dark and fragrant In the garden Nevln leit the crowded rooms with a quick sense of relief He hated dancing with a lot of other girls when the only one he wanted avoided him But he had caiight her at laat. And he was sure that no one would miss either of them. Down through the shadowy alleys of shrubbery he strolled keeping in view the fslnt gleam of her gown. It was a pale yellow one. Mighty few girls wore yellow It suited Irma's dark, piquant face perfectly. And she wore no jewels. He had noticed that also Nevln knew that she must have eeen him. His csdet suit would have betrayed him If nothing else In the moonlight. But even the moon bare? ly gave any light here under the pines He set his teeth snd followed the trail desperately. For four weeka the endete had en? camped at Point of Pines and had owned the place, but none of the boys had received a worse wound In the Hots of love than Ted Nevln. "You've got about as much show no Puffy Blake," the boys told him. Puffy was the homeliest and happiest hoy In the troop, and absolutely Im? pervious to love. "You pick out your coloners niece and you're only a year oat of the Point." The old man's got five nieces and three daughters " "As If that lessened their value. Ted. lad. Go to, child; go to." But Ted had met her eyes and he wan not afraid. Diligently he at? tached himself to the entourage of the colonel's wife. Valiantly he be? came tame cat. and fetched and car tied for all of her three grown-up daughters, and some of the other nieces, all to get a quick, flashing senile and a shy. nldelong glance of amused understanding from Irma's Nevln Knew Thst She Must Hsvs Seen Him. ?yes I'nderstand? Of course, she did. Who could help It. when his hengry. pleading gaze haunted her day after day*?and the touch of his hand was different (urn all other' hands, when they happened to dance 1 together They did not talk while they dsnced. snd Irma smiled when she thought of those dances. Even Aunt Francea could not guess the pos*'bill tie of a dance for getting hetw an alnted. even when one did apt talk. I But th was positively the only opportun he had had of seeing hor alone, s Ted seized it. Yet when he fins) aught up with her he was spe*< hv She had stopped too. at eosrnd o' Ml hurrying footsteps in the narr? w. hedge-bordered walk. It was so dark he conld not see her face, and even that she turned from him. j Before he knew or thought of what he would do next, he had reached out end 'nfcssj her hands. She drooped her h? ad and Ted bent quickly sn r? kissed her not on the Hps. She gave him no chance but on the cheek, her dear, soft cheek, with the tlnffy. fra grsnt h 'lr ( urltng around It. And then. Just as he wss about to speak there came the sound of laugh tor and merry, girlish voices In the garden close by. "Where are you?" they called "Wo're going down to the shore. It's too warm It dance." Thr n#?Tt Instant Ted found himself alone The yellow dress had van Ished precipitately down the dark pethw iv and he went back to the hotel ?lowlng. triumphant and full of such sssurance that when he saw the oolonel's wife he went over and fsmed her .is If he already called hoi aunt It was only, aftej. their next wait* thst he found a chance of sjxmI.In? to Irma rlhe seemed so sei' possessed and gentle that he envied her He almost trembled as ne asked her if she would go Into the garden with him Hi wondered how she could help hearing his heart best as they passed away from the crowd together Ther?* was a Roman seat out on the terrae* n that overlooked the sea and Ted led her th. M1 am afraid Aunt Francos will miss me." Irma sjM, <loul>* full, **We should have asled her irst. I think " "Nonsense 1 left ier talking to Bend us your Job wor'?:. four subs She's good for nn hour Irma, you darling, isn't it great to be alone for half a minute Great Scott, but I've worked for this." Boyishly, he threw his hat on the ground and turned to her. "I never was sure until tonight you know." "Sure of what?" "Of you. Just you." he said softly, under his breath "I think you are almost too sure, don't you. Mr. Nevin?" Irma asked demurely. "Don't scold. I'll be humble and good Hut you and I know, don't we. dear? We've known all the while, every time we met. and every time we danced together, every time you looked at me. You did care, didn't you? Look at me now. I can see your eyes in the moonlight, and tell. Irma.M The girl caught her breath, and leaned back from his reaching, eager arms, but they caught her and drew her close to him. When he raised his head from hers his voice sounded husky and with a new ring of man? liness. "I'm going to the colonel in the morning. I'm twenty-four, and will have my commission this year, and. by Jove, we'll be married as soon as hell let you. Will you take this world-wide trail with me, love?'* She pushed him back from her laughingly, her eyes full of tears. "That's the nearest approach you've made to a real proposal of marriage air, do you realize it?" she asked "You take a great deal for granted, air, after one kiss." "Two." he corrected. "One. Of course?It was?it was? long enough for two, but It was only one, really." Ted hesitated, and thought hard. "Did I only kiss you once tonight. Irma?" he asked. "You should know." "Oh, of course, of course, I should know. Guess I do know, you sweet heart." he added fervently. "There comes the girls," whispered Irma, suddenly. "They've been down to the beach for a stroll. I think you know them all excepting Phyllis, my other cousin; the girl in yellow." Very dignified Ted looked as he stood up to face the ordeal when the flock of girls came up t j them. Much he trusted to the discretion of Phyl? lis, much to the* memory of Phyllis, but even he was not prepared for the frank, cheery greeting he got from this new cousin of his love's. "I'm ever so pleased to met you, Mr Nevin; but you won't mind If I forgot you, will you? I simply can't keep track of you boys all in gray uniform. Why, I was Just telling the girl. A gray uniform followed me out into the garden and kissed me without a blessed word and then vanished. How can I find out who wore it? Isn't it a mystery and a ro? mance, all in one?" "It?it's a tragedy," said Tel fer? vently, but Irma's hand closed on his arm. "I wouldr/t look too closely, Phyl? lis," she said, shyly. "You know love is blind." NEW KINK FOR THE DRUMMER Moving Picture Machines to Help Them Sell Goods Is the Lstsst Brought Out. To bring a machine to the buyer's office and to show it in action without the noise and grime of the factory Is virtually what is suggested by an In- , dianapolis company. The company | manufactures a motion picture ma? chine of a size fitting into a sales man s traveling case. In addition to enabling the salesman to enter a prospect's office and glv? a demonstration of the machine in op? eration, gays the Iron Age, films may be shipped to prospective buyers when It may not be necessray to send the entire machine. Then the film can be shown at the regular motion picture Institution of the nelghbor 1 ood at little cost. The picture machine is equipjx J with an attachment for showing single slides, which of course may be color*, d or may be reproductions of drawings to elucidate features of the design not conveniently explained with the motion picture. Of course with a mo? tion picture machine th?? reels may be stopped at any point and a definite operation studied with care. The possibilities of the explication of the motion picture machine are of course great and It is Interesting to add that the company has had such a degree of success In Introducing the machine that on October 1 it expects to have a plant of double prey tit Capacity '"r IttrHihi out films, slid- ? nnd picture u achlnes. Lost on Steamship. A nc'v plot for the writers of see tnle^ became public property the oth .?r day when the Olympic, the largest PCSOa liner In the world, arrived St New York and reported that two ttowawayi found shoard soon after the lite r left Southampton, England hn 1 I <>ut of the ship's Jail and man I gad 10 Successfully to hide them i-ehe i he vessel*! 'Ml interior that they had not been OVOred up ! to the time the paetengori landed. The two StOWaWayi after their dlscov< i rv were looked in a third-class state room They escaped and disappeared somewhere within the ten miles, hid hm spots which the Olympic's myriad passages and place-* of concealment present Kvcry < \lf uns closely guarded si the passengers dlsem harhed hot no I race was found ol the wih stov ,\ if they escape al together theli sdventure will become an enle In sea tales i Send us your Job work. From tne Wigwam JT;; Hello Maniates It wai a imall and not fashionnbl* ? < urn as >i ring up in mushroom iLuitltudl ''i Ihe lal a region of the north Roger Bheldoii bad sought the obscurity obitenstb!y tor a fortnight'! flahlBf, bill in reality to be alone with lus thoughtH and to seek solace in the pine lore.-is for an unrequited love. 11 he had been younger, or. per haps, older, he would have turned to mundane material for alleviation, but he was a quiet, self-constrained man with a becoming suspicion of gray al? ready at his temples. He was so en tirely relegated to the "oldest set " that he had scarcely entered into the thoughts or life of young Judith Cary until he asked her to marry him. She had said him nay, but ?he had been so startled by the look she had met In his eyes that the impression had served to keep him In her mem? ory; but Roger, who had worshiped mostly from afar, quietly and man? fully accepted his rebuff and withdrew to this remote spot that he might not suffer the acute anguish of witnessing her acceptance of the devotions of an? other man. By the irony of fate the names above his on the register were "Mrs. Richard Cary, Miss Cary." While deliberating whether to sub? mit to Nemesis or to beat a retreat un? seen, for his arrival was at a very early hour In the morning, Judith ap? peared before him on the dock, win? some and winning. "Oh," she said, coloring with the consciousness of a young girl. "I thought you always went to the seashore," he said, after they had for? ma'ly shaken hands. "Mother is not very well, and the doctor prescribed a quiet, secluded spot." "Isn't this an early hour for you to be out?' he asked. "I was going to row over to that stretch of woods across the bay to see some Indians who are camping there. Standing Like a Sentinel Before One of Them. They are civilized Indians, but mother would not approve, so I am running away." "1 was running away, too." he said, smiling. "Suppose we run away or row away together." "From whom are you running away?" she asked as she stepped into the boat. "Myself." " i'cu can't do that, you know," she said sagely, and feeling that they were on dangerous ground, she deftly changed the subject. When they were nearing the woods, he looked up anxiously at a darkening sky. "Storms come up quickly in these parts," he said, bending to the oars with renewed strength. Before they couM land, the rain came down in torrents, the wind h'ew a gale, lashing tl e waves to a fury, and the sudden darkness was only relieved by lurid flashes of lightning. Sheldon glanced at his young companion keenly. I "Are you afraid?" he asked, curtly. I "No," she replied gravely, but the thought came to her that she was I only taniraid because she felt such entire reliance upon his protet I tion Alter a short tramp through the dense woods, they came upon a clear 1 Ing where time tents were pitched. Btandlng like a sentinel before one of then was an Indian. ,\t the souud of their troi< es, a white woman, soft-eyed : and mild-mannered came forth. She at ones took Judith inside the tent and brought forth (dean dry clothing. I While donning these garments. Ju? dith chatted with the woman who told her that her husband had attend? ed ichool at a mission for some time, and that she had there met and mar? ried him, but that his wandering na? ture Anally prevailed against new ways, und they camped and traveled during the summer "Doesnr it seem odd to he mnrrieu to an Indian?" Judith couldn't resist risking "| never think of his being an In? dian and I love him," the woman re? plied gravely. 'You will understand how that Is soni>. day Maybe you do, now. Is tlie gentleman with you your sweetheart ?" " N no i don't mow?maybe," she atammeredi blushing They eame outside the topet as she spoke, and ahe sit one* knew by an odd l<?ok in Roger'! e\. tlut he had over heard their conversation "Mr E tat we ge-sl . , repsring Send um your Job work. us a breakfast," he said, pointing to n kettle suspended from a slanting stick. After a palatable breakfast they walked down to the hay. The storm was over, but its effects were still vis? ible on the tumultuous body of sra ter. "Our host informs me that it is sometimes 24 hours before the bay is navigable after a storm." "Oh! Mother will worry!" We will walk around to the light? house and telephone to the hotel. How would you like to be a prisoner in an Indian camp for 24 hours?" "I think it would be novel and in? teresting." she declared. "Will?you like It?" "His eyes glistened. "It will be a day to remember." "An Indian summer day," on* sug? gested. After telephoning they returned to the camp and inspected the Indian wares. I^ater In the afternoon a beauti? ful young Indian girl, the sister of E-tar-we-ge-shig, returned from a neigh? boring village. "She can tell your fortune," suggest? ed the white woman, knowing the weakness of her race. "That will be lovely!" cried Judith enthusiastically. "Wouldn't you like to have yours told?" She appealed to Sheldon. "My fortune has been told," he said significantly, with a shade of sadness in his voice. She dropped her eyes and followed the Indian girl to the tepee. When she returned she was lighthearted. "She foretold me a beautiful fu? ture," she informed Roger. "Won't you let her tell yours?" He shook his head smiling. "Please!" she urged, her eyes and voice pleading. With a little laugh of compliance he went into the tepee. "Was it a good fortune?" asked Ju? dith shyly when he came out. "Very good; too good to be true," he said, looking at her Intently. At twilight the waters of the bay became suddenly tranquil. After a lib? eral purchase of baskets and Indian ware, they bade the family adieu and went down to the landing place. The west wind of the evening sighed through the rustling branches, wafting the fragrant odor of balsam. The first glint of the stars came out and the shadows gathered closer. Roger suddenly turned from the boat and led Judith a few feet distant to a pine tree that towered in solitary grandeur from its fellows. "Judith, I am going to tell you again that I love you. Is there any hope that you can come to care for me?" There was a second's tremulous si? lence. "I love you now, Roger!" "When did you come to love me?" he asked, as they sped away across the water. "I knew this morning ? in the storm." "If 1 hadn't consulted the young prophetess of the wigwam," he said musingly, "I never should have ven? tured to ask you a second time. She told me I loved a shy maiden who had refused me because she didn't know her heart at the time, and that if I would ask her again at twilight under? neath a solitary pine, she would say yes. I owe my happiness to her." "Roger!" "Well?" he asked after a pause. "You don't owe it to her! I told her what to say!" GIRL WAS WISE TO THE LAW Prospective Servant Knew Just Exact? ly Amount of Breakage for Which She Could Not Be Held. "Some girls may be green and easily imposed upon," said the woman. **bu* just as many more can give their em? ployers points on law. The girl that came to my house from an employ? ment agency knew more in a minute about the rights of employer and em ployed than I would know in a year. About the Ilrst thing that she did was to look out at that big hole in the ground at the other end of the lot, Where they were preparing to build. She said: " "If 1 should break any dishes while that building is going up you couldn't n ake me pay for flu m.' "1 asked why not and she informed me that a girl working in a building that is likely to be shaken by blasting is protected by the same rule that govern! employes in a dining car. Ow? ing to the Insecurity, they are allowed $2<? a month for breakage. Dishes val? ued at less than $20 may be smashed with impunity. She cave me a printed account of the trouble of two friends who had threshed that matter out In court and had been sustained In their contention for a $20 leeway. I didn't employ that girl. I don't want to tm pose upon any girl, but 1 didn't want to hire one who knows that she < an smash my best dishes up to .*2o worth and get off without payli g damage!.' Freaks of Lightning. Lightning has playfully snatched a whip from a rider's hands, made off With the knitting needles of two ges Blplng women who were sitting knit tiuK. and, seising the pitchfork from the shoulder of s farm laborer, carried it off 50 yard or thereabouts and twisted the tines into a corkscrew, it has torn the missal from the hands of i singing youth and destroyed it. and has lighted a candle and a gas jet it has caught up the scissors from the han I ol M^iri seated at a sewing ma chine and whisked them off, while it lifted hi t bodily upon the machine, where she found herself when she rs covered from her exporien e it has n.elted earrings without hilling the a oarer. Eend us your Job work. ?Tin: TEN (O.MM.WDMKXTS OF AGRIOUl/rURE." _ Good Panning Doctrines Epitomised b> the Late Or. Seaman A. Knapp for Whose Memorial Funds Are Being Raised. < 1 t Prepare a Jeep and thorough? ly pulverized teed-bed, ?roll drained; break in the fall to a depth of I? 10. or 12 Inches, according to tin- soil, with Implement! that will not bring ton much of ih.- subsoil lo the sur? face. Th?* foregoing depths should be reached gradually. (-> LTse seed of the l est variety, in? telligently selected and carefully stored. (S) In cultivated crops givs the rows and the plants In the rows a .-pact- suited i<? the plant, the soil and the climate. (4) Use intensive tillage during the growing period of the crops, j (5) Secure a hu-h content of hum? us in the soil by the use of legumes, barnyard manure, farm refuse, and commercial fertilizers. (> Carry out a systematic rotation with a winter cover crop. (7) Accomplish more work in a day by using more horse-power and better implements. (8) Increase the farm stock to the extent of utilizing all the waste pro? ducts and idle lands of the farm. (9) Produce all the food required for the men and animals on the farm. (10) Keep an account of each farm product, in order to know from which the gain or loss arises. (OLD WAVE LAST or WEEK. i _ - Preceded by Warmer Weather, Says P. Mean'- Weekly Forecast. Washington) Jan. 28.?A marked j rise in temperature will overspread the Eastern States tomorrow, accord- i ing to the weekly forecast issued to? night by the weather bureau, and ( moderate temperature will prevail , over the eastern half of the country during the greater part of the com? ing week. j "Over the Middle West, the North- | west and ?>n the Pacific slope." says the bulletin, 'normal temperatun s will prevail until near the close of the week, when a change to decided? ly lower temperature will overspread these regions. This cold wave will | appear in the Northwestern States | Friday or Saturday, whence it will1 i advance eastward and southward over practically all districts east of ( the Hocky Mountains. "A disturbance that now covers the Southwest will advance to the Bast : ern States Monday and be attended j by snows in Northern and rains in Middle snd Southern Btati s cast of I the Mississippi Valley. ?The next general .storm to trotji the country will npponr In the far Wont Tin-day or Wednesday, cross ths Middle Wont a??out Thursday or Friday and the Kastern States near the . lose of the sreeki it will i?e at? tended by general snows in Northern and rains in Southern districts. "Frequent rains are pro boots the Coming week in Pacific coast Stales." < ivic i.i:\<.i k i i in\ offn Kits Organisation Hai Dom Good Work for Heye* vi lie: r.ntertainmeni <.i\ < it bj MlV, W. >. ( handlet-IVr^o.i. al Stews, Mayesville. Jan. 2i?.?At a BlOOt ing of the Civ.c League, held during the past week at the residence of Mrs. Et, F. DesCham ps, the follow? ing officers were elected to serve dur? ing the present year: Mrs. W. C. Chandler, president; Mrs. C. D. Coop? er and Mrs. F. J. Bass, vice-presi dents; Mrs. W. G. Thomas, recording secretary; Mrs. K. A. Chandler. Jr.. corresponding secretary; Miss Alice Cooper, treasurer. This organiaztion has done a good work for Mayesville since its organization about a year ago and still greater things are look? ed for in the future If the plans of the league can be successfully car? ried out. The appearance of the streets of the town has been wonder? fully improved since the energetic ladies of the league have taken a hand in such matters. 1 here is nat? urally room for more improvement and the ladies will be ever on the al rt to make the league a means of helping to clean and beautify the town. On Friday evening, Mrs. W. S. Chandler entertained a few friends at a par-chesi party at her home on Baletn street. As usual at this hos? pitable home, the guests enjoyed a most pleasant evening. Delicious re? freshments were served during the evening. Among those present as guests were: Mesdames E. W. Hayes, T. I.. Kahn and J. W. Spencer, and Misse < Mary and Carrie Anderson, Alice Coopei, and Netta (Soopof? Miss Minnie Chandler has returned frem Bishopville, where she has been visiting friends during the past week. Mise Hattie Mayes has returned home ; fter an extended visit to her aunt, Mrs. H. A. Wells of Florence. Miss Emma Bradley of Bethune, who has been visiting relatives here, has returned home. Mr. U. A. Chandler spent the week? end at Society Hill with relatives, re? turning thi3 morning. Delicately Expressed. W# inow a young woman of 20 sum? mers s'fco has a twin brother SI years old. but 'his is a very rare case.?Blue Mount (Kan.I Bub OUR LOSS, YOUR GAIN. We lind ourselves overstocked on these articles, which we offer, for a LIMITED TIME at follow? ing prices: Eagle Thistle Soda. C1 60 pkgs. to case at y * ? Mendleson's Lye, CO OC per case, at PCfL J Swift's Pride Cleanser, CO IL 50 10c. cans to case, at J O'Donnell 6 Co.