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Mit? Hetty?" asked Hannibal rather
feariully
"Oh. I hope so. dear " She turned
to Yancy. "I wonder you don t leave
the Hill, Mr Yancy. You vould so
easily go where Vr Binden would
fegtet find you. Haven't you thought
of this?"
That aro a p'lnl," agreed Yancy
slowly. ' Might 1 ssk you what parts
you'd specially recommend?'' lifting
his grave eyes to hers.
"It would really be the sensible
thing to do!" said Hetty "I am Mfi
you would like west Tennessee they
aay you are a great hunter." Yancy
smiled almost guiltily.
*'Mr. Yancy. It you should cro*a the
mountains, remember 1 dve near
Memphis. Hello Plain Is the name ot
the plantation?It's not hatd to find;
Just don't forget?Helle Plain."
"1 won't forget, and mebby you will
see us there one of these days. Sho',
I've aeen mighty little of the world?
about as far as a dog can trot In a
couple of hours!"
Betty glanced toward the squire
and Mr. CTenshaw They were stand?
ing near the bars that gave entrance
to the lane. Murrell had left them
end was walking briskly down the
road toward Crensbaw's store, where
bis horse wss tied. She bent down
and gave Yancy her slim white hand.
"Oood-by. Mr. Yancy?lift Hannibal
so that 1 can kiss him!" Ysncy swung
the child aloft. "I think you are such
a sice little boy. Hannibal?you
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"I Oont Know but What I Should Pull
? You Out of That Saddle end Twist
Your Neck."
mustn't forget met" And touch!ug her
horee lightly with the whip she rode
away at a gallop.
"She sho'iy Is a lady!" said Yancy,
staring after her. ">nd we musn't
^ forget Memphis or Belle Plain, Nev
P*y"
When Betty Milroy rode away from
Squire Balaam's Murrell galloped after
her. Presently she heard the beat of
hie horse's hoofs as he came pound?
ing along the sandy road, and glanced
.beak over ber shoulder. With an ex
^clamatlon of displeasure she reined In
her horse. Murrell quickly gained a
place at her side.
"I suppose Ferris Is at the Barony?*'
he said, drawing his horse down to a
walk.
"I believe he Is." said Betty with a
curt little air.
I "May I ride with you?" he gave her
n swift glance. 8he nodded Ind'.i*
ferently and would have urged aar
horse Into a gallop again, bat he -nade
a geeture of pretest. "Dor'i?or 1
shall think you are still running away
from me." he said with a short laugh.
"Were you at the trial?" ehe asked.
t "1 am glad they didn't get Hannibal
away from Ysncy."
"Oh. Yancy w?U have his hands full
with that later?so will Bladen," he
added, significantly He studied her
out of those deeply sunken eyes of bis
in which no shadow of youth Un
gered. for men such as be reached
m their prime early, end It wee a swift?
ly passing splendor. "Ferris tells me
you sre going to weet Tennessee?"
he said st lengt.Y
"Yes."
I know your half-brother, Tom
Wsre?1 know him very well."
' So you know Tom?" she observed,
a and frowned slightly. Tom was ber
* gaardlsn. snd her memories of him
were not satisfactory- A barly, un
shsven msn with a queer stresk of
meanness throu^a his character.
"You've spent much of your time
up north?" suggested Murrell.
"Four years I've been at school,
^ you know. That's w >ere I met Judith
Ferris
"I hope yo'Tl like west Tennessee,
it's still a bt raw compared wltn
whet you've be?.n accustomed to 1q
the north. You haven't been bsck in
sll tbose four yean?" Hetty shook
her bead. ' Nor seei Tom?nor any
0bne from out > order?" For some rea
son a little tlngo of color bad crept
Into Betty's cheek*. "Will you let me
renew nur ITcqpalntance at Belle
Plain? I shall be In west Tennessee
before the suuuner Is over; probably
1 shall leave here within a week." he
??said, bending toward her Ills glance
dwelt on ber face snd on the pliant
lines of ber figure, snd his senses
swam.
"T Imagine you will be welcome at
Bell*? ?Main You sre Tom's friend "
\l irr? II bit hi i lip snd f hgg laughed
as his mind aonjnfod up i atctnfs of
A |he i horlshOd Tom Suddenly ho
' reaeb'.-d SSM anil sggtgd Ski hand on
bers.
Hetty?If I might Milnl. " ho bo
gan. but his tongue SthWMtd, His
love i intior wits equally of a savagi
?ort fe d 1 " I uHtf In Hi" Kltl held
^hln. In < I e 11 \ dre .< a a ay ,
Br M?" n n ???????? I**f t ..r .a? -? i
I a
ard an angry light In her eyes. "For?
give me, Hetty!'' murmured Murrell,
but his heart beat against his ribs,
and passlou sent its surges through
him. "Don't you know what I'm try?
ing to tell you?" he whispered. Hetty
gathered up her reins. "Not yet?"
he cried, and again ho rested a hes.vy
hand on hers.
"Let me go?let me go!" cried Bet?
ty Indignantly.
"No?not yet!" lie urged his horse
still nearer and gathered her close.
"You've got tu In ar me. I've loved 1
you since the tlrsi moment I rested I
my e>es on yott and, by Cod, you |
shall love me in return!" He foil her
strugg'e to free herself from his
grasp ^ith a sense of savage triumph.
Bruce t'arrlngton. on his way back
to Fayetteville from the Forks, came
about a turn in the road. Betty saw
a tall, handsome fellow In the first \
flush of manhood; Carrlngton, an
angry girl struggling In a man's
grasp.
At sight of the new-comer, Murrell,
with an oath, released Betty, who, j
striking her horse with the whip, gal
loped down the road toward the
Barony. As she fled past Carrlng on
she bent low In her saddle.
"Don't let him follow me!" she
gasped, and Carrlngton, striding for?
ward, caught Murrell'a horse by the
bit. !
"Let go!" roared Murrell, and a
murderous light shot from his eyes. I
"I don't know but I should pull you
out of that saddle and tw**t your
neck!" aaid Carrlngtoft hotly. Mur
rell's face underwent a swift change.
"You're a bold fellow to force yoifr
way into a lover's quarrel," he said
quietly. Carrington's arm dropped at
his side. Perhaps, after all, it war
that.
CHAPTER VI.
Betty Sets Out for Tennessee.
Bruces first memories had to do
with long nights when he perched be?
side his father on the cabin roof of
their keel-boat and watched the stars
or tto blurred line of the shore where
U lay against the sky, or the lights on
other barges and rafts drifting as
they were drifting, with their wheat
and corn and whisky, to that com?
mon market at the river's mouth.
Bruce Carrlngton had seen the day
of barge and raft reach its zenith,
had heard the first steam packet's
shrieking whistle, which sounded tfre
death-knell of the aoclent order,
though the shifting of the trade was a
slow matter and the glory of the old
did not puss over to the new at once,
but lingered still In mighty fleets of
rafts and keel-boats and in the Ho?
meric carousals of some ten thousand
of the half-horse, half-alligator breed
that nightly gathered in New Orleans.
After the reading of the warrant
that morning, Charley Balaam had
shown Carrlngton the road to the
Forks, assurlL? him when they sep?
arated that with a little care and
decent use of his eyes it would be
possible to fetch up there and not
paea plumb through the settlement
without knowing where he was.
He waa on his way to Fayetteville,
where he Intended to spend the night,
and perhapa a day or two in looking
around, when the meeting with Betty
and Murrell occurred. The girl's face
remained with him. It waa a face he
would like to see again.
He waa still thinking of the girl
when he ate his supper that night at
Cleggett't Tavern Later, In the bar,
be engaged his host in Idle gossip. He
had met a gentleman and a lady on
the road that day! he wondered, as
he toyed #ith his glass, if It could
have been the Ferrises? Mounted?
Yes, mounted. Then it was Ferris
and his wife?or it might have been
Captain Murrell and Miss Malroy.
Miss Malroy did not live in that part
of the country; she was a friend of
Mrs. Ferris', belonged in Kentucky or
Tennessee, or somewhere out yonder
?at any rate she was bringing her
visit to an end, for Ferris had in?
structed him to reserve a place for
her In the north-bound stage on the
morrow.
Carrlngton suddenly remembered
that he had thought of starling north
In the morning himself.
The stage lert at six, and as Car?
rlngton climbed to his seat the next
morning Mr. Cleggett was advising
the driver to look sharp when he
came to the Barony road, as he was
to pick up a party there. It was Car?
rlngton who looked : harp, and almost
at the spot where he had seen Miss
Malroy tho day bet?re he saw her
again, with Ferris and Judith and a
pile of luggage bestowed by the way?
side. Betty did not observe him as
the coach stopped, for she was In?
tent on her farewells with her friends.
There were hasty words of advice
from Ferris, prolonged good-bye to
Juclth, tears?kisses?while a place
was being made for her many boxes
and trunks. Carrlngton gathered that
the was going north to Washington;
tnnt her final destination was sums
I bit either on tho Ohio or Missis
slppt, and that her name was Betty.
Then the door slammed and the stags
was in motion aguin
All throuRh the morning they swung
forward in the heat and dust and
glare, and at midday rattled into the
shaded main street of a sleepy village
and drew up before tho tavern where
dlnnei v. m waiting them
Bolt] 11 Cirrlngtoa whin aha
took her tat, ami nave ? scarcely
perceptible .-tart or surprise Then
to r lice aria Hooded with n rieh ooi?
or Tills Wll thl man Who saw her
with Captain Murrell yesterday i
There w;is a brief moment ot Irreeo
lution aid then she bowed coldly
It was four ?luv < to Richmond Four
days of hoi. dusty travel, fOUf nichts
of uncomfortable rroai roid vtitloni,
???? Ilfkffe P H H ? I >> " ' Nt|M*f)|eSfl |,U'f>??
and distant, as he took his seat.
"You stop in Washington?" said
Carrington.
Hetty shook her head. "No, I am
going on to Wheeling."
' "You're fortunate in beiner so near
I ly home," he observed. "I'm going
S on to Memphis."
Hetty exclaimed: "Why, I am go?
ing to Memphis, too!"
"Are you? Hy canal to Cumber?
land, and then by stage over the Na?
tional Kc .d to Wheeling?"
' Hetty nodded. "It makes one wish
they'd finish their railroads, doesn't
it? Do you suppose they'll over get
as far west as Mergffhls?'' she said.
"They say it's going to be bad for
the river trade when they're built on
something besides paper," answered
Carrington. "And I happen to be a
flatboatman, Miss Malroy."
No more was said Just then, for
Betty became reserved and did not at?
tempt to resume the conversation. A
day later they rumbled into Washing?
ton, and as Betty descended from the
coach Carrington stepped to her side.
"I suppose you'll stop here, Miss
Malroy," he said, indicating :he tav?
ern before which the stage had come
to a stand.
"Yes," said Betty briefly.
"It 1 can be of any service to you?"
he began, with just a touch of awk?
wardness in bis manner.
"No, I thank you, Mr. Carrington,"
said Betty quickly.
"Good night . . . good-by." He
turned away, and Betty saw his tall
form disappear in the twilight,
seeeeaea
(TO BE CONTINUED)
Same Goal.
Haste and Waste are always travel?
ing in the same general direction.
Holie' Than Thou.
Poms men expect tbelr neighbors to
be a little belter than their neighbors'
neiglibjr.
Point for Consideration.
"We must consider, not what tut
? i?e will think, but what the foolish
Mil be sure to say. "?Sir Arthur Hellte.
Depths of Misery.
Downcast Alaskan Prospector?!
'ust ain't got the heart to dig. 'cause
t. Ith every ounce o' gold I takes out o'
lie earth. 1 decrease the purchisin'
power of the dollar!?Puck.
Inference There So?iewnere.
"I don't think my husband loves me
iny more." "Why not?" "The other
<!ay I said to him: 'John, if I should
vie would you get married again?' and
he said he wouldn't." "Isn't that all
tight?" "Yes. but 1 wish you could
have beard the positive way he said
it."
Courage and Hope.
The mer. whom 1 have seen succeed
fren in life have been cheerful and
lopeuu men, who went about their
business with a smile on their faces,
md took the changes of thiy mortal
lfe like men, facing rough an j smooth
alike as It came ?Charles Kingsley.
Forte.
It was the most exciting moment of
one of those midnight rehearsals. Try
as he would, Donald Brim, the actor,
could not Induce the orchestra to play
sufficiently loud for a smashing finale.
Finally In desperation he called out
to the orchestra conductor: "Swell!
Vicars, Swell!" Whereat the phleg?
matic, unruffled English conductor
toppec! the band, turned smilingly to
Mr. Brian and said: "Thank you,
sir."
Artificial Turquc^a.
From ivory, which shows no grain,
pieces of the size of the torquolso de?
sired are shaped and left for 14 days
in a saturated solution of ammonl
aeal copper oxide in water, then rinse
and dry them. If the eclor of the tor?
quolso is not deep enough, the oiiera
tion may be repeated.
Best Form of Prayer.
When the hearts of men and wom?
en are filled with heavenly love, a
power which makes for righteousness
constantly smanatSI from them.
T! ose who pray withe their lives of?
fer the most effective prayer, even
though they do not utter a word.-?
Chauncey Giles.
Youthful Grandmother.
Probably the youngest grandmothei
In the world Is Mdme. Kunl Medzu
ktinil, the wife of a farmer in the pro?
vince of ldza, Japan. The woman,
who Is now 28 years old. was married
when she was 13. She has a daughter
fifteen years old who was married a
year ago and has given birth to a son
Mdme. Medsukami's grandmother u
etlll ali\e at the age of 92.
One Hair's Breadth."
A "hair's breadth" is 17-10,000 of an
in< hi For the purpose of such fine and
delicate meaauremenl tool makers use
what Is called a micrometer caliper.
i he hair's breadth is something that
has to be taken Into consideration In
the man ifncture of a thousand and
one things in the machine maker's art.
close calculation of tbl - ! must be
done on the doers of bunk vaults, for
example, where every part must fit to
the nicest degree Harper's W eekly.
Wnere ths Rain Goes.
All the rain that percolutes down
Into the sartli conns to the surface)
again somewhere, It goes down until
It meets rock, through which It can*
not pssa, and ns more water -s com*
Ing down nnd pressing upon It, it las
to Hnd a way to esv*upe to the iur?
f ?-??-. , ? ' ,, ,? . ,'.?'., it t. KOS
i ;? . i .. i the ? ..... i a l*S Use
TUT CRGKH ACTION AGAINST
LEti \h MONOPOLIES.
President Keiuls R|iet?lal Message to
( oi??ro--. Culling for Conimlw*l"n to
Rovi*o Statutes,
Washington. May 10.?President
Taft today took a decided ctep to
a rdi revtalon of the patent lawi
when he *"nt i i| eelal message ask
Ing for authority to appoint a corti
mis ."ii to recommend revision of the
I patent laws to meet modern condi?
j tint and pave <i way to nie* t the recent
i" paten i monopoly" decision of the
supreme court. The patent laws have
remained practically unchanged since
1S70.
The president gave several reasons
to show tin- need of a change. He
r. ferred to the recent "patent a? -
nopoly" decision ??f tin- supreme
court through which users of a cer?
tain machine were compelled to buy
from the company which sold the ma?
chine, a certain kind "f Ink for use
with it and enumerated five other
reasons which he said demanded re?
vision of the patent law.
First was that large corporations
Imught patents for Improvements and
suppressed their manufacture. "The
public," said the message, 'never re?
ceives the benefit of such inventions
during the life <,f the patent."
The president referred to the pa?
tent laws "f other nations and wrote:
??it is worthy of careful considera?
tion whether or not legislation on
SlHh ?neS ShOUld he emitted to pf'
vent ??Iii- laws being made tin- base of
unjust nu>n<?poiy extending beyond
the legitimate protection to Inven?
tors required to promote science ami
the useful arts, or the means of
titling Improveemnt and the prog?
ress of tie- ait-."
The president urged that proce?
dure under the patent taws be simp
lilicd and that the burden of prov?
ing tlie invalidity of a patent lie
placed upon some one who would in?
fringe upon it.
Debtors* ami Creditors' Notice,
All persons having claims against
the estate of George G. Cooper, de?
ceased, will f'le the same, duly at?
tested, with the undersigned, and :ill
persons indebted to said estate will
make payment to her.
KTHEL F. COOPER,
Administratrix.
St. Charles, S. C, 11. F. 1 >.
Missed Heaven for a Penny.
One of the most curious stories ol
a man down on his luck Is Clephar.
Palmer's tale of the poor fellow who
missed heaven for want of a penny
Weary of the struggle fcr life, he went
t bed and turned on the gas tap ir
a well closed room. Just as his feet
were on the threshold of the mansion
above the gas ran out, and there was
not a penny In the house to put in tb*
slot.?IiOiidon Chronicle.
More Than That In Lif<*.
It would be a bad day for humanity
f a man's debt 10 his f '.low en
hou'd come to be calculated and paid
o!cly in rates and tuxes.
At Last.
We know now why the chickou
crossed the roan, because wo forsd
tAe egg.?Charleston News and Co tri?
er.
Live Stock
Insurance
Insure your Horses, Mules and
Cattle from death from any cause,
in the Standard Live stock Insurant'*
Company, with
W. A.Brown,
Agent.
At the Old, Reliable Clothing Stor ?
of tlie I >. J. Chandler Clothing Co,
Phone 166. 30-! law
Ii xiHRtrictlyrm ndenttul. HANDBOOK ???> Patents
leni free, o>Mc?i nsencj lor vocnrinir patent*,
I ? itonti taken liiroueh Munn A Co. receive
Mwirtt noflcf, with)'tit etiwrge, in the
Scientific American.
A handiiomely lllnntrated weekh |.areo?t eir>
Mit t'.' i ? ! litin journal, i. 11.. -. * . m
y, ,r; foui if.tlis.tt Soldbyall newiMlealera,
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DrenettOJicc, t&> I Pt*Wasbtu t<in, o.e.
?ic iuu uervo?S?
What make* you nervous? It is the weakness of your
womanly constitution, which cannot stand the 6train of the
hard work you do. As a result, you break down, and ruin
your entire nervous system. Don't keep this up! Take
Cardui, the woman's tonic. Cardui is made from purely
vegetable ingredients. It acts gently on the womanly organs,
and helps them to do their proper work. It relieves pain
and restoivs health, in a natural manner, by going to the
source of ihe trouble and building up the bodily strength,
Cardu i Woman'sTonic
Mrs. Oracfj Fortner, of Man, W. Va., took CarduL
This is what 6ho says about it: "1 was so weak and
nervous, I could not bear to have anyone near me. I had
fainting spells, and 1 lost flesh every day. The first dose
of Cardui helped me. Now, I am entirely cured of the
fainting spells, and I cannot say enough for Cardui, for I
know it saved my life." It is the best tonic for women.
Do you suffer from ary of tht pains peculiar to women?
Take Cardui. It will help you. Ask your druggist
Write to: Ladles' Advisory Dept. Chittaoooga Medidst Co.. Quttaaooca, Tum.,
tor SptdalInstruction*, and 64-page book,' Home Treatment lor Women." %rnt tree J BO
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REAL ESTATE ITEMS.
hurinu the past ?'?0 days We have made salts amounting to over
11 00,000. See the list below:
lt. C. McFaddln to J. K. Crottwell.
Kettle i\ Archer to J. K. Crofcswell.. ..
P, o. Leak to j. K. Croaawell.
i? l >. Wltherspoon to A. L. Ja'ksoi.
W. B. BOYLE, et al., to B. S. Booth, et al
Annie L. Nash to W. G. Bels< r, et al.
. .$20,600.00
. ..6,000.00
. .$9,300.00
. .$10,000.00
... 9,600.00
. . .22,7:0.00
B, F. Estrldsje to W. G. Belter, et al.11.0'
B. S. Booth, et al., to A. J. Ard.3,1.
C. Capers Smith, et al., to F. if, Spann.2,1?
M. L. Belser to W. R. Chandler.t.tl
Total.$101,750.00
This shows that real estate in and around the city of SumUr
is in demand, and that good business men have confidence in the
future growth of the city. It also suggests where you should list
property which yen wish sold.
CMY PROPERTY
FARMS
TIMBER LAND
R. B. Belser Co.
REAL ESTATE LOANS
MORTGAGES AND
INVESTMENTS
REAL BSTAIB DEALERS.
26 1-2 N. Main Street. Sumter, South Carolina
lt. lt. BELKER.
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GEORGE H. HURST,
UNDERTAKER 'AND
EMBALMER
202 N MAIN STREET
Day Phone 539
Night Phone 201
A Long Felt Want in Sumtcr
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Good dental work at reasonable
prices, all work guaranteed. Why
pay more when we do the be?t work
at half the price charged by others.
We have the best equipped office in
the city, and are the only deitist in
Suntter using the new method for the
painless extraction of t ?eth. We ex?
amine your teeth, and tell Just what
your work will cost, tree of charge.
Sumter Dental Parlors,
DR. C. H. COURTNEY, Prop.
OVER MKS. ATKINSON S M1LLIN ERY STORK.
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LATHS, KIKE liKK'K. OKA 191
PIPE. ETC.
LIME, CEMENT.
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Horses. Mules. R,",5??*- XT T?
So Order Tim? l*r*.e ?>r IN>o Small
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SUMTKR, SOUTH CAROLINA
DR. N. G. OSTEEN, JR.,
den ns r.
IN \\ . ! iberty St. -:- Phone No. St