The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, August 28, 1912, Image 6
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CHAPTER I.
A Chanca Encounter.
"Don't 70? know, boy, yon ought
not to gst In my way?"
The tide was at It* abb; the boats
stranded afar, aa<* ie lad addressed
had started, with a nah?bis wage?
fM one hand, to wait to shore, when,
pasting Into the shadow of the ram?
part of the Governor's Mount, from
the opposite direction a white horse
swung suddenly around a corner of
the ?tone masonry snd bora directly
upon bun. He bad but time to step
aside; aa It was, the animal grated
als tboukler, and the boy. about to
gtra utterance to a natural remon?
strance, ttftnd his eyes to the offend?
er. The words were not forthcoming;
surprised, ha gased at a tiny girl, of
about eleven, perched falry-llke on the
broad back of the heavy steed.
"Don't yon Know you ought not to
get In my way V aha repeated im?
periously.
The boy, tall, dark, unkempt aa a
young savage, shifted awkwardly; hut
black eyes, restless enough ordinarily,
as pressed a sudden shyness In the
pr ss shea of this unexpected and
dainty creature
"1?didn't saa yon." ha half stam?
mered
"Well, you should have?" And again
the little lady frowned, shook her dis?
ordered golden curia disapprovingly
snd gased at him, a look of censura
In her brown eyes. "But perhaps yon
don't know who I am." aha went on
with a lift of the patrician doll like
features. "I don't think yon do. or
you wouldn't stand there Ilka a
booby, without taking off your hat1*
Mora embarrassed, be removed a
worn cap while she continued to re?
gard him with the reverse of ap?
proval. "I am the Comtetse Elise,"
she observed; "the daughter of the
Governor of the Mount.'*
"Oh!" said the boy. snd his glance
shifted to the most Important and In?
states t feature of the landscape.
Carrying Its clustered burden of
houses and palaces, a great rock
reared Itself from the monotony of
the bare and blinding sands. Now an
oasis In the desert, arc night was
over he knew the in rushing waters
would convert It lato an Island; claim
It for the sea! 4. strange kingdom,
yet a mighty one, It belonged alter?
nately to the land and to the ocean.
With the aky, however, It enjoyed
ferret;**! efrlllstloa, for the heavens
were ever wooing It; now winding
pretty ribbons of light about Ita air
drawn Castles; thsn kissing It with
the tender, toft nd glow of celestial
fervor.
f "Tat: I live right on top among the
clouds. In a castle, with dungeons un?
derneath, where my father puta tha
bad people who don't like the noblen
and King Louis XVI. But where."
categorically, "do you live?"
Hla gase turned from the points
and turrets and the clouds ahe spoke
of?that seemed to linger about tha
lofty summit?to tbs mainland, par
naps a mile distant.
There'" he said, and specifically
tndlcated a dark fringe, like a cloud
on the lowlands.
"In the woods! How odd!" 8ha
looked at him with faint Interest
"And don't the bears bother you?
Once when I wanted to see what the
woods were like, my nurse told me
they were filled with terrible bears
who would eat up little girls. I don't
have a nurse sny more." irrelevantly,
"oaly a governess who came from the
court of Versailles, and Deppo. Do
you know Beppo."
? "No."
g "J don't Hke him." ahe confided.
"He la always listening. But why do ,
you live In the woods?" |
"Because!" The reason failed him.
"And didn't you ever live anywhere
else?" I
A shadow crossed the dark young
face. "Once," he said.
"1 suppose the beara know you."
she speculated, "and that Is the rea?
son they let you slone. Or, perhaps,
they sre like the wolf in the rtlry
tale. Did you ever h ?ar of the kind*
bssrted wolfT
He abook bla bead.
"My nurse uted to tell it to me.
Well, once there was a boy who was
an orphan and everybody hated him.
Bo he weut to live In the forest and
there he met a wolf Where arc you
going, little boy?' raid the wolf. 'No?
where, said tbe boy; 'I have no home.'
'No home!' said the kind hearted
wdfjf; then come with me. and you
shall share my cave. Isn't that a
nice storv*'"
He looked st her tn s putzled man?
ner. "I don't know," be began, when
cbe tossed ber neao.
"What a stupid boy'" she exclaimed
severely. A moment she studied bltn
tentatively through her curls, from
the vantage potnt of her elevated
seat "That's a big fish." sue re?
marked, after a pause.
"Do you want It?" he asked quickly,
Ibis face hrt*Menlug.
You can give it to Heppo when he
comes," she said, drawing herself up
loftily Meli as iure toon, l'vo run
away from him' ' A atgdjdgg smile re?
placed her brief aa-umptlon of dig?
nity "He'll be mo angry! He's fat
snd ugly' nKsfi ronfldenthtUf. "And
I he's to amusing when he's Taxed! But
how much do you oak for the fish?"
"I didn't mean?to sell It!"
"Why notr
"I?don't sell fish."
"Don't sell fish!'' She looked at the
ck>t~ee, frayed and worn, the hare
muscular throat, the sunburned legs.
"You meant to give It to me?" i
"Yes.'* I
Ths girl laughed. "What a funny
boy!"
His cheek flushed; from beneath
the matted hair, the disconcerted
black eyes met the mocking brown ,
ones.
"Of course I cant take it for noth?
ing," ehe explained, "and it Is very
absurd of you to expect it" I
"Then." with sudden stubbornness,
"1 will keep It!"
Her glance grew more severe.
"Most people speak to me as 'my
lady.' You seem to have forgotten.
Or perhaps you hsve been listening to
some of those silly persons who talk
about everybody being born equal. 1
I've heard my father, the governor,
speak of them and how he has put
some of them In his dungeons. You'd
better not talk that way, or he may
shut you up In some terrible dark
hole beneath the castle."
"I'm not afraid!" The black eyes
shone. {
'Then you must he a very wicked 1
boy. It would serve you right if I
waa to tell."
"You can!"
"Then I won't! Besides, I'm not a
telltale!" She tossed her curls and
wsnt on. "I've heard my father say i
these people who want to be called i
'gentllhomme' and 'monsieur* are low ,
and ignorant; they cant even reud
and write."
Again the red hue mantled the
boy's cheek. "I don't believe you
can!" sbs exclaimed shrewdly and
clapped her hands. "Can you now?" j
He did not answer. "'Monsieur!'
'Gentllhomme!'"
He stepped clossr, his face dark;
hut whatever reply he might have
made was Interrupted by the sound
of a horse's hoofs and the abrupt ap?
pearance, from the direction the child
had come, of a fatal irascible-looking
man of middle age,'dressed In livery.
"Oh, here you are, my lady!" Hli
tone was fir from amiable; as he
spoke he pulled up his horse with a
vicious jerk. "A pretty chase you've
led mo!" |
8he regarded him indifferently. "If .
you will stop at the Inn, Beppo?" i
The man's Irate glance fell. "Who
Is this?" I
"A boy who doesn't want to sell
his fish." said the girl merrily.
"Oh!" The man's look expressed
a quick recognition. "A fine day's
work Is this?to bandy words with?" j
Abruptly he raised his whip. "What
do you mean, sirrah, by stopping my .
lady?"
A fierce gleam in the lad's eyes be?
lled the smile on his Hps. "Don't beat ;
me, good Beppo!" he said In a mock- ?
Ing voice, and stood, alert, lithe, like
a tiger ready to spring. The man hes?
itated; his arm dropped to his side.
'The very spot!" he said, looking
around him.
A moment the boy waited, then !
turned on his heel end, without a
word, walked away. Soon an angle
In the sea-well, girdling the Mount, ,
hid him from view. |
"Why didn't you strike him?" Quiet?
ly the child regarded the man. "Were
you afraid?" Beppo's answering look |
was not one of affection for his
charge. "Who is he?"
"An idle vagabond." I
"What Is his name?" i
"1 don't know."
"Don't you?" 1
A queer expression sprang into his i
eyes. "One cant remember every
peasant brat," he returned evasively.
She considered him silently; then:
"Why did you say, 'The very spot?'"
she asked.
"Did I? I don't remember. But
It's time we were getting back. Come,
my ladv!" And Beppo struck his
horse smartly. I
I CHAPTER II. j
An Echo of the Paet.
Immovable on Its granite base, the
groat rock, or "Mount.' as It had
been called for centuries, stood some
distance from the shore In a vast bay
on the northwestern coast or Prance.
To the right, a sweep of sward and
marsh stretched seaward, until lost
in the distance; to the left, lay the
dense Desaurac forest, from which an
arm of land, thickly wooded, reached
out in seeming endeavor to divide the
largo bay Into two smaller basins.
Hut the ocean, jealous of territory al?
ready conquered, twice in twenty-four
hours rose to beat heavily on this
dark promontory, and. In the angry
hiss of the waters, was a reminder of
a pet i t. gl purpose. Here and 1he?*e,
through th" Sgoa, had the shore lino
of the bay, as well as tho neighbor*
ing eurraturei of the coast, yielded
to th" assaults of the sea; the Mount
aloim, solidly 1 n<11 fTor*-nt to blandish
m? nt. or sti ICk, maintained an un?
varying aspect,
Tot cent tries ? monastery and fort
ram of the monks, a! the time ol
Loui.; XVI the Mount Mad become a
?tronghold of the government, strong?
ly ruled by one of Its most inexorable
nobles. Since Mb appointment many
years before to the post, my lord, the
governor of the rock, had ever been
regarded as a man who conceded
nothing to the people and pursued
only the set tenure of his way. Dur?
ing the long period of his reign he
committed but one indiscretion; gen?
erally regarded as a man confirmed
in apathy for the gentler sex, he sud?
denly, when already past middle ago,
wedded. Speculation concerning a
step so unlooked for was naturally
rife.
In hovel and hut was It whispered
the bride Claire, only daughter of the
Cointesse de la Mart, had wept at the
altar, but that her mother bad ap?
peared complacent, as well she might;
for the Governor of the Mount and
the surrounding country was both rich
and powerful; bis ships swept far and
wide, even to the Orient, while the
number of metayers, or petty farmers
that paid him tribute, constituted a
large community. Other gossips, bend?
ing over peat fires within mud walls,
affirmed?beneath their breath, lest
the spies of the well-hated lord of
the North might hear them!?that the
more popular, though impoverished
Seigneur Desaurac had been the
favored suitor with the young woman
herself, but that the family of the
bride had found him undesirable. The
Desaurac fortune, once large, had so
waned that little remained save the
rich, though heavily encumbered lands
and, In the heart of the forest, a time
worn, crumbling castle.
Thus it came to pass the marriage
of the lady to the Governor was cele?
brated in the jeweled Gothic church
crowning a medley of palaces, chapels
and monastery on the Mount; that the
rejected Seigneur Desaurac, gazing
across the strip of water?for the tide
was at its full?separating the rocky
fortress from the land, shrugged his
shoulders angrily and contemptuous?
ly, and that not many moons later,
as if to show disdain of position and
title, took to his home an orphaned
peasant lass. That a simple church
ceremony had preceded this step was
both affirmed and denied; hearsay de?
scribed a marriage at a neighboring
village; more malicious gossip dis?
credited it. A man of rank! A wom?
an of the soil! Feudal custom for?
bade belief that the proper sort of
nuptial knot had been tied.
Be this as it may, for a time the
sturdy, dark brown young woman pre?
sided over the Seigneur's fortunes
with examplary care and patience.
She found them in a chaotic condi?
tion; lands had either been allowed
to run to waste, or were cultivated by
peasants that so long had forgotten
io pay the metayage, or owner's due,
they had come to regard the acres as
their own?a delusion this practical
helpmate would speedily have dis?
pelled, save that the Seigneur him?
self pleaded for them and would not
permit of the "poor people" being
disturbed. Whereupon she made the
best of an anomalous situation, and
all concerned might have continued
to live satisfactorily enough unto
themselves, when unfortunately an
abrupt break occurred in the chain
of circumstances. In presenting the
Seigneur with a child, half-peasant,
half-lord, the mother gave up her own
life for his posterity.
At first, thereafter, the Siegneur re?
mained a recluse; when, however, a
year or two had gone by, the peas?
ants?who had settled in greater num?
bers thereabouts, even to the verge
of the forest?noticed that he grad?
ually emerged from his solitude, ven?
tured into the world at large, and oc?
casionally was seen In the vicinity of
the Mount. This predilection for
lonely walks clearly led to his undo?
ing; one morning he was found
stabbed in the back, on the beach at
the foot of the Mount.
Carried home, he related how he
had been set upon by a band of mis?
creants, which later, coming; to the
governor's ears, led to an attempt to
locate the assailants among the
**l Don't Remember."
rocky isles to the northwest, haunts
j of privateersmen, rogueB and those
' reformers who already were begin?
ning to undermine the peace ot liouls
XVI.h northern provinces. In the
pursuit of these gentry, tho governor
showed himself in earnest. Perhaps
his own sorrow at the rather sudden
death of his lady, occurring about
this tlrna, and leaving him, a morose
widower, with a child, a little girl,
led him to more relentless activities;
perhaps the character of tho crime- -
a noble stabbed! incensed him. Cer?
tainly he revenged Ulmsell to the full;
not only raked the rocks ror runa
gateSi but dragged peasants, inclined
to Bullenncss, from their huts; clap
p< i some iti dungeons and banged tho
rest. In the popular mind bii name
became synonymous with cruelty, but,
on his high throne, he continued to
exercise his autocratic prerogative
and cared not what the people
thought.
Meanwhile, the Seigneur Dcsaurac,
recovering, became a prey to greater
restlessness; no sooner was he able
to get about, than, accompanied by a
faithful servant, Sanchez, he left the
neighborhood, and, for a number of
ytars, led a migratory existence in
continental capitals. The revolt of
the colonies in America and the news
of the contemplated departure of the
brave Lafayette for the seat of hos?
tilities, offered, at least, a pretext to
break the fetters of a purposeless
life. At once he placed his sword at
Lafayette's ".isposal, and packed him?
self and servitor?a fellow of dog?
like fidelity?across the ocean. There,
at the seat of war's alarms, in the
great conflict waged In the name of
liberty, he met a soldier's end, far
from the field of his ancestors.
Sanchez, the man, burled him, and,
having dutifully performed this last
task, walked away from the grave
and out of the army.
During this while the son by the
peasant woman, intrusted to an old
fishwife who had been allowed to
usurp a patch of his father's lands,
received scanty care and attention,
even when the stipulated fees for his
maintenance had continued to come;
but when, at the Seigneur's death,
they ceased, any slight solicitude on
the caretaker's part soured to acri?
mony. An offspring of dubious par
. entage, she begrudged him his bread;
I kept him from her own precious
brood, and taught them to address him
as "brat," "pauper," or by terms even
more forcible. Thus set upon, fre?
quently he fought; but like young
wolves, hunting in packs, they wor?
ried him to the earth, and, when ho
continued to st ruggle, beat him to un?
consciousness. If not submission.
tTO BE CONTINUED)
TILLMAN* TO COME HOME.
Leaves Capital Saturday Whether
Congress Adjourns or Not.
Washington, August 22.?Senator
Tillman will leave Washington for his
home in South Carolina next Satur?
day night whether Congress adjourns
then or not. it is recognized that i;!
adjournment does not occur that
night it is likely to come in a few days
thereafter. The work of the session
seems to be practically over and the
Senators conference eonnrdttee ser?
vice is finished.
Interesting Items From Wisack)
Wlaacky, Aug. 20.?It is fodder
pulling time and as usual it rains, or
threatens to rain every day. Most of
our fodder has been saved with very
little damage. Most of the farmers
in this section will house an abud
ance of corn and forage for another
year.
The cotton crop is looking well,
fruiting well, but opens very slowly. I
have not heard of any picking up to
this time. The fruit crop is about
over except figs and grapes. There
is an abundant crop of each of a very
1 line quality.
The new homes being built are near
completion, and will add greatly to
the comfort of those who will occupy
them. 1 hear of other improvements
soon to be made.
Mr. W. H. Scott of your city visited
friends in our midst last week.
Dr. N. Y. Alford visited his home
in Marion, and relatives in Cheraw
and North Carolina, using his hand?
some new car.
Mr. R. M. Cooper has treated him?
self to a beautiful new automobile.
We buried Miss Carrie Prescott,
daughter of Mr. Robert Prescott, last
Tuesday, at Wells' church. She was
a lovely Christian character, and will
be greatly missed by her devoted
lather to whom she contributed much
pleasure and comfort.
Lev County Confederate Monument.
BlShopville, Aug. 21.?The base of
the monument to Lee County's Con?
federate soldiers having been com?
pleted, the cornerstone box was filled
With records and the following pro
gramme carried out today at tlu
court house at 11.15 A. M.
Prayer, Rev, Mr. Holland.
Timrod's Carolina sung by Mrs
Louise Shirer, Mrs. M. B. McCutchen
and Messrs. W. M. Reid, W. K Scar
borough.
Poems: The Boys win n<-\er earn
back,
Purport of a Confederate Menu
ment, Miss Louise Baskln.
Introduction of speaker, Hon. T. G
McLeod.
Address. Col. L\ It. Brooks of <'??
lumbla.
History of Chapters of Daughter
of Confederacy of lllshnpvllle, Mis
Currle M, Parrott,
s.iti^. Lorenn.
papers placed in bj the Honorar
Pri sldent, Mrs. Lottie Nee Green.
Wreaths to ?!onfed< t at.- 1 ?? a
, placed by ma 1 -dials.
I gong, Tenting on tin old cam
' ground.
The < 'id ' 'nnnon, Mr. II. E I >enni
Cnveillng of cannon by eight gram
I daughters of \ ? terans.
I Dixie, b> 'he 1;. Share Musl< Club
MAYKSVILLK A TIDY TOWN.
Deputy Wharton Says Town Is Neat
?Due to Work of Civic League?
New Depot Commenced ? Other
-Matters.
Mayesville, Aug. 22.?Deputy in?
surance Commissioner Wharton in his
report to the department of a recent
visit to MayetVille spoke of the tidy
appearance Of the town and its free?
dom from rubbish. This is a com?
pliment to the ladies of the Civic
League whose work for the cleanli?
ness of the town has been so notice?
able for the past year. The mem?
bers of this oganization feel encour?
aged in their good work and still
greater improvements around the
town may be expected. The league
has done some good work lately lit
the cemetery which has made a mark?
ed improvement.
Work has at hist begun on the new
depot. Contractor Smith getting the
window frames and such wooodwork
ready while he is waiting for the brick
to arrive. The station will be 84 oy
25 feet, and will contain two waiting
rooms, an ottice, and a baggage room.
The building will be strictly modern
in every respect. The walls will be
built of red brick with white mortar.
At a recent meeting of town coun?
cil, Mr. J. H. Hinson of Georgia was
elected chief of police. He is origin?
ally from Sumter county, having
moved to Georgia about 18 years ago.
Chief Hinson is interested in the rais?
ing of blood hounds and will con?
duct kennels while acting as police
officer here.
The Democratic club rolls were
closed here last night according to
the rules of the party in this State,
and the enrollment is larger than in
previous years. It is predicted that
one of the heaviest votes will be
polled on next Tuesday that has ever
been counted here before unless it
was in the days of '76. From the
present outlook, Mayesvllle will give
Judge Jones a good majority, al?
though Blease will probably receive
as many votes as he received two
years ago.
Mr. C. E. Mayas returned last
nigfht from a short stay at Glenn
Springs.
Mrs. E. W. Mayes and children.
Master Willie, Thomas, and Francis,
are at home again after a trip to Mon?
treal N. C.
Mrs. S. J. Grant has returned home
after an extended visit to her daugh?
ter, Mrs. W. P. Xesbitt, at Pied?
mont.
Miss Etile Gardner has returned
hi me after a visit to Dr. and Mrs. W.
W. Gardner.
BOY SCOUTS ISSUE CHALLENGE.
Florence Troop Sends Defiance to
Game Cock Troop and Desires u
Relay It ace.
Boy Scouts of Florence send out
defy to Boy Scouts State. The Flor?
ence troop of Boy Scouts hereby pub?
lish their invitation and challenge to
a relay race, consisting of four boys
between the ages of twelve and six?
teen. To run a relay race during the
Labor Day celebration at Florence,
September 2, 3, 1912. Entries must
be bled by Fire Chief of Florence by
Saturday. August 31. A handsome
trophy will be awarded to the win?
ning team.
Boy Scouts of Florence, S. O
James Maurice, Secretary.
(The above Is respectfully referred
to Mr. Carl A. Witherspoon, Scout
Master.)
Rocky Bluff Notes.
Rocky Bluff, Aug. 22.?Fodder pull?
ing and hay cutting are the order
of the day. Hains have been passing
around for the last week, but we
have had very little. The corn crop
is fairly good in this section. the
most of cur farmers .are expecting
from 40 to 125 bushels to the acre,
although I don't say that they will
all get what they expect.
The cotton Is opening right fast,
but I have not heard of any being
picked.
Master Charlie Josey, who has been
quite sick with fever, is improving.
Mrs. Sallle Winkles and Miss; Leo
McLeod spent last week with Mrs.
Jack Ardis in the Jordon neighbor?
hood.
Master James Hatfleld spent last
week with relatives at Borden.
Miss Edith Wells of Privateer spent
last week with Mr. and Mrs. W. B.
Wells.
Mr. M W. Cato and family of Bor
den spent Friday. Saturday and sun
day here.
Mr. Henry Winkles and family
spent Sunday at Mr. Holiday's.
Mr. j. .) Hatfleld and children,
spent yesterday in Sumter with Mr
John s. Kennedy.
Little Miss Lillian H ittleld is spend
nur this week with lo t- sister, Mrs. W.
I'. Baker.
Some say thej will n't vote .it all
f,.r governor. Now, we ask, will this
action advance the cause of good
government 01 South Carolina? -
11 art i\ ili?' M essenger.
PERSONALS PROM STATEBVRG.
General Susnter > Birthds) Celebrated
on the llth.
Stateburg, Aug. 22.?Mis. 1?. o.
Rhame and little sun. 1).dinar, of
Bummerton ,are visiting the Frisr
son s at "Cherry Vale."
Miss Juliet Dargan, of ltacfeat*S
Business college. Is ?pending a week
at home.
Mm T. H. IfcLeod, of Florence, is
visiting her mother, Mrs. Charlotte
Nelson.
Miss Julia Burgess, Of Manning, is
paying a visit to her sister. Mrs.
James Simons.
Prof, and Mrs. Xelson Friers.?n and
little Louise, their daughter, are
spending awhile ;tt "Cherry Vale"
with Mrs. E. X. Frierson.
Misses Theo. Bessie. Juliet and
Wilhelmina Dargan have gone to
visit friends in Clarendon county.
Mrs. J. T. Frierson of Charleston
is visiting i elatives in our community/.
Miss Eliza Pinckney of Charleston
is visiting with Mrs. Mattie Murray.
Mrs. J. M. Pope and little daugh?
ters, Rosa and Charlotte, of Edisto
Island, are visiting Mrs. Pope's moth?
er, Mrs. Charlotte Xelson.
Mr. A. P. Du Hose of Camden
spent several days last week with the
Dargans at "Marston."
Misses Mollie Ellerbe of Hagood.
and Margaret Gaillard of Ninety-Six
were the guests last week of Miss
Wilhelmina Dargan.
Mr. W. B. Xelson of Afontgomery,
Ala., is spending the week at "Spring
Bank" with his mother, Mrs. Char?
lotte Xelson.
Mrs. T. S. Stuckey has gone to
Midway to spend several weeks with
her daughters, the Mesdames Duen
sing.
Gen. Sumter's birthday, the 14th of
August, was observed as usual this
year by the people of this and sur?
rounding communities. The d*\y was
a marked success. There was a large
crowd present. In the morning sev?
eral of the county candidates gave
talks and in the afternoon there was
a good baseball game between Hagood
and Stateburg. Everybody expressed
themselves as having thoroughly en
Joyed the day.
WOMF.N 1 Oirf/OW FASHIONS.
.Mylc'Mhfcors Declare They Mu?d Be- ^
come Freaks.
Chicago. Aug. 22.?Along with the
banishment of the tube and hobble I
skirt comes the announcement that
fall and winter hats for the fair sex
will be very much smaller. In ap?
pearance they hark back to the joy- I
ous days when women had the cour?
age to saunter forth in the little pan?
cake lids now emulated in old tintypes
and on the vaudeville stages.
The powers that be in Paris who
say what shall be worn, have disap?
proved of the extremely wide hats re?
cently effected in this country. Mil?
liners returning from the other side
say the styles constitute a revolution.
The idea of the designers is to make
the head appear as small as possible
hnd this means not a wisp of false
hair, hay, alfala, rag carpets, ^otton
waste or any other auxiliary can be
worn. The women blessed with abun?
dant hair will have to brush it down
tight if she is to be within shouting
distance of the style.
The turbans are the most interest?
ing. They are rather shy on material,
but what they lack in that respect
they make up in "style."
Designed to fit down over the ears,
the head is compressed, as it werer
into the smallest possible space. The
hair as a consequence is dressed very
fiat in the back and on top and is
pulled out ?l the sides and low on the
front, simulating a fringe on the fore?
head.
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Hot [OS Made.
Cambridge, Mass.. Aug. 22.?Prof.
Percy B. Brldgeman of the depart?
ment of physics at Harvard, has suc?
ceeded in making 'hot ice," having
a temperature of 173 degrees fahren
heit and he Is confident he can make
it even hotter.
The hot Ice was produced by putting
th<- water under a pressure of mote
than 20,000 atmospheres (3.000
pounds a square inch, in appearance
the hot Ice was similar to the brand
in general use.
Mr. \v. R. Phillips, of Sumter, ac?
companied by Rev, Leonard L. Leg
ters, of San Jose, California, was in
town last Saturday. Mr. Lsgstcrs
has been a missionary among the
Indians in Oklahoma and California
for the past two years, but on ac?
count of his wife's health, had to give
11 up. His Wife is a sis.rr i<? Mr*. [*
l. Parrot! and Mr-. Allen Flowers of
Sumter, Mr. and Mis. Legtei> will
spend several weeks with relatives In
Sumter, i' '--?nv ! ? Vindicator
\ man ol v< \\ Vork tow n has
th,- boiling ^;'?'t' on t an engage*
ment in er a cup of tea He got the
; .,11 right, and i t . f a stick in
il .?f course Chariest n Post