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WBSMBSBH& SOUTH Cyrus To As1h#r ! "W.ren Wfth ?K^J?X5vi?\X^V' **TK? Qolfcen s~ V "Mary Annan!" alio cried; and the nest moment, discerning a tall figure behind Iter, she rnu down the stairs /with a scream of raptnro and relief and fell Intd Pleasants' arms. "Oh. thank God, thank God. you are nfe!" she cried. "Xnd my brother?" Before Pleasants conld answer Mrs Peyton followed her daughter. ; "General Peyton?" she cried, j "Well, madam?" j "His wound?" , "A trlrte." "God be praised!" ejaculated the woman brokculy. "The general Is safe, and Willis. If only"? "And what of Boyd?" cried Many Annan sharply. Instantly suspicious of the pause. t "My poor child," said Mrs. Peyton, coming down the stairs and taking the girl by the band. i "Oh, what is it? Have you news of klui?" ! "He is here, sister," cried Tempo, bursting upon them and clasping her sister In her arms. "He is here, In your room upstairs." "Hush! Ilush!" said old Dr. Bampney, catching .the child In his arms. "Don't I you see how you alarm your sister?" Indeed the shock of the news was almost too much for the woman. She divined Instantly that Boyd Peyton .would never be there in Mobile, In her house, unless something terrible had happened to him. Could it be that he Was dead? ' "How comes he here?" asked Mary Annan, leaning back against the wall. "Willis brought him up yesterday tinder a flag of truce." I "Is ho?wounded?" [ Mrs. Peyton bowed her bead. "Badly?" . I>AI. oi-? ? . ? I VII, miiuu.v, OISUT ailirj"! 11T. > <?tinsste says he will soon be dend, like brother," Tempo broke out again. "Did < you bring poor brother back with you?" 1 she asked, her little fuce filled with pain. . "Is it true?" whispered the girl, disregarding her little sister in her consuming anxiety.' ! "Yes; I fear so," said Mrs. Teytou, taking the girl in her niins. "Oh, Mary, dear; only God can save him." ; "Is he conscious?" 1 "No, he has not spoken since? since r - - he-was wounded." i "What Is it?" 1 "A fracture of the skull and'con-' ' cusslon of the brain. Dr. Vcnosste says that even if he recovers he might be? .he might not ?his mind ?O CSod, O God!" wailed the older woman, and she looked old Indeed now, "that this should come upon me! And we sent him nwny on the porch that day! His father drove him froiu us, and this Is how lie lias coiue back to us! If he could only know that lie Is home again, that we love him once more and that j .we forgive him! If he could only ;know-tl>nt, no matter where he gocf or what he docs, be is my boy, m> boy!" ' "We were all wrong," said the gir! brokenly. "We nil drove him nwayas well as the rest, and 1 loved liin: too. I love him now?now that it Is too late! May I see hiui? Take me tr |hlm." | There on the bed, her own bod, lie ay. aucy unu inuen mm 10 ner roomthat room with tbo window looking out toward tlie sunny soutli. wboro she bnd .lookoil and watched, waited and lis itened, longed and hoped. 8he stood by 'ibis side dry eyed and desperate. Tbis (was tbe last blow tbat could have tfallen upon hor. She thought she bad .reached the sum of bumnu endurance jlong since, but she knew now that fate had done Its worst for her on tbat day jand not Ixjfore. Father, brother, lover r?all- gone, and now this one too! I Tbe mocking bird sans In tbe great PLAIN PROOF What This Qentleman Says is a Mere Statement of Facts. No one can have any reason from dissenting from the particulars and proofs which follow, for verification of the same is within easy reach of every residents this vicinity; That Doan's Kidney Fills promptly and effectually cure kidney complaints is substantiated not only in this particular case, but by all *- who have given them a fair trial. Testimony likewise shows that you do not Itave to take them indefinitely to be cured. ^ Walter McLachlin, a machine hand, employed at J. Holiday A Hons planing mill, Wheeling, W, Va., address 3032 Jacob street, says: 4 Had I not used Doan's Kidney Pills when I did I would not be alive now. I was- in a terrible condition, and although I look quarts of medicine I got no better, but worse. Friends spoke of my bad appearance and thousands knew about it. 1 could hardly get around and felt and looked iike a dead man more than a living one. Doan's Kidney Pills were a blessing to me, half a box relieved me, three boxes entirely cured me and now I feel as though my back was as strong as that of any horse in Wheeling. I would rather have a box of Doan's Kidney PUls than the services of all the doctor* In the state." For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y., sole agents for the U. 8. Remember the name?Doan's?and take no other. ERNERSl bunscnd 'Brady ipigsjf Ikt Ship,** "hobenteilm" ^ V.,Vs,''l Ml Touch,** Etc. '-f-. ..'"v.: ?l/rm Totcntcnd Drady ,llve onk outside the "window. He dk not hear. Stretching out her haiuli tn lilm nV>? ? * " ?1 ,-f? * ....... ono tiincu nun again anu again ,He did not hoar. The long pent-up feel Jngs of her bosom rushed to her llpi at Inst. With every endenrment thn' 'the deepest passion could dictate sh< '.appealed to hi in. He did not hear, hi did not heed. The others stood about the bod. Sin did not care, if. indeed, she were con scions of their presence, whether tliej heard or did not hear the vows of hei heart. But presently she became awnn ot' a haggard figure standing next her It was Willis Peyton. "Oh, Willis," she cried. "You hnv< nothing to reproach yourself with. Yot kissed him goodby with friendly words when we all turned against him." "I tired the shot," cried the young man, "that struck him down! My brother's blood is upon biB hands! 0 God, lie can't die; he can'tl" he cried, in feverish anxiety and agitation. "Hush!" said the girl. "Don't reproach yourself for that. We are nil brethren. We are all guilty. You could not know. It was not your fault, but mine, and every other man's and woman's who cried for secession. Do you remember how in this very house that day at dinner I, we all, cried for war? We were mad, inad! And well have we been paid. Oh, the south, and the north, and the east, and the west, what are they to me? Secession, state rights, the Union? I'd give them all for lilm! Look at me Just once, Just for one mo1 I I Stretching out her handa to him, the called him again and again. mont! Say that you forgive me! I am guilty too. All are gone from me now. Let me have one?Just this one! No, no; he cannot, lie shall not, die! Dr. Venosste," she said, turning suddenly to the old man who had just entered the room, "is there noyiopc at all? Can't you do something? Is there notlk ing"? " v "My dear child," said the old man, "he is In Cod's hands. All that my human skill and knowledge can do lias been done. My colleagues who have soon him have pronounced his case hopeless. For myself, I think there Is a little chance; but, well, I will tell you all. If he does recover, the probabilities are?that?that his mind will lie affected." "I would rather see liiui dead than that." "And I," added his mother. "Oh, If he could only, know that I love him; or, If I could only know that he cared before"? "You may know, dear," said the older woman. "1 found this left in his jacket. It was addressed to me, and this to you was inclosed in it." "Give it to nie," cried the girl, fairly snatching it from the hand of Mrs. Peyton. "Oh," she cried as she tore open the envelope, a Utile flicker of light In her sad face as she read it rapidly. "I thank God for this mercy at least. He loves ine, he loves inc! Oh, Dr. Ye* uosste, we will call him back! He shall speak again. His eyes shall open. And his mind, like his heart, will be true. God could not deny it to love like ours!" CHAPTER XLII. BOY 1> rEYTON 8KES A VI8IOX. SITE first thing of which Boyd Peyton was conscious was the song of u bird. The high, clear notes seemed to bent in upon him personally. They cnine to him apparently from afar off, from a great distance. They Htolc Into his consciousness. through his dull and drowsy ear, with increasing vibration and volume. He wondered vaguely what It could be. The melody pleased bitn. Presently It burst upon lilm that the Hound came from the full throat of a mocking bird. A mocking bird! That recalled Mary. Aunaj^ to hli^. ?1$.|^j quiet ami still, thinking vaguely of her. There was a strange indisposition to wove in his wind as lie thought of her. Fragments of Ideas, bits of recollection, whirled about in his head. They begun to assemble by degrees | and take shape?her shape. lie could see her at last ? beautiful, winning, t kind! lie hesitated to open his eyes, fearing lest he should dispel the vision. After awhile the song stopped, qih! the figure faded nwny. lie opened his eyes and looked about liim. He saw things dimly through a whirl of mist and motion. He could not recognize or localize objects, but he could perceive enough to know that this was 1 not his berth or stnteroom on the Ilarti ford. He missed the heaving of the . ship. The place was strangely motlon less. Instead of the smell of tar and ? paint a delicious fragrance filled the t room, a fragrance that, like the moek? Ing bird, called up the days of the past, t hours of youth and love nnd Mary Annan. i Where was he? Ah, It was a room. There before hlin. framed in white r draperies, was an opening. Presently r he made out a green mass of foliage , beyond, a live oak, stirred by the gentle breeze. lie was lying upon a bed, he discovered.' Whose room could it be? , What had happened? lie remembered , by and by the roar of the cannon, the , beating throb of the mighty eugines, the crash of timbers; the scream of shells. He had beetfoirjWe Hartford? yes; that was it?great ndnjii ml. They were approaching the Tennessee. He had the topkstrlng of the . forward pivot iiy btiVn^Qd. lie had pulled It. Then What Mad jM^fpened? He thought deeply, : Jklt*tie arrived at the concltuMt that he had been ^ wounded. Wfa|>e^ftd he been sessed oil bis inembi He happened to tjp-n bis eyes Upward in his speculations,-and the white )fne of a bandage showed,dimly across his brow al>ove them. What did that luoay?. A blow on the head, perhaps*. Yes, that was it. He had been struck on the head. What lmd they done to him? Where was he mow? In h house somewhere on the shore, evidently. . But whose house and where? It could not l>e rensacola. It wns not the hospital there; nor the fort. What eould it be? Had the admiral? Ah, wns it Mobile? Mobile and Mary Annan? What wns that sound? A footstep on the floor, a dark llgurc bent over liini. He heard rAl/ino- *'-* ' .<nv??oni|>iirv, reu?, anxiety in their tones. Tliey were saying something. lie strove desperately to cntcli the meaning. It had been so long since he had heard and recognized a voice. What were they snyli*:? "Ills eyes are open. I believe he Is conscious nt last. Willis, call Dr. Venosste at once." He knew now. It was his mother's voice. And that other who had cried "Thank tiod!" as he hurried from the room was bis brother. "Mother," be whispered. Another llgure approached him, hung over him, swam Into the Held of Ills vision. Eyes that he had dreamed of looked love Into his own, a voice that he could never forget called his name. "Mary Annan," he whispered Joyously, wonderingly, fearfully, and then fainted away Into insensibility again. The shock of her presence had caused him to lose consciousness once more. Dr. Venosste speedily reassured the women by telling them that such things often happen in concussion of the brain. Any sudden shock after consciousness had been recovered was apt to throw the patient Into unconsciousness again, but the recovery therefrom would lie Slicedv and sure unless the shock were too great. For the first time the old doctor stilted that unless compllcntious ensued Teyton would pet well, and, better still, when he learned of that flash of recognition, he said that his mind would clear as well. Such a siege ns the women had pone through with him can scarcely be finapined. They had been^ sustained by that wonderful power which enables women to bear strains and fatigues which would kill the strongest man out of hand. It was not until now, when the doctor had given them the first definite ray of hope, that they realized what they had gone through and how utterly worn out they were. Summer had faded nway into autumn nud winter was fast approaching when Boyd Teyton was at last pronounced out of danger. CHAPTER XLIII. llAUY ANNAN BEGS FOnOIVENESS. BEAK, feeble, almost helpless?a ghost of himself, In fact? Boyd Peyton was yet on the royul road to recovery. After *il.i first sight of her he hud seen 110thng more of Mary Annan. When Dr. Veuosste had assured her that lie would ;et well, liis mother had gone away, ind he had not seen her either. Fort Morgan had fallen after a lierolc defense before the combined assaults of <hlps and army, but its Hag had not come down until it had been hammered to ruins by the tierce bombardment, ind not a gun had been left service* ible. General Peyton had been sent lorth as a prisoner of war, and Mrs. i'eyton had accompanied him. Willis iad been exchanged and was now with General Maury's army defending Mobile. The care of the Annnndale household lind been left to Pink and little Tempo, for when Boyd Peyton's recovery had seemed assured Mary Annun had given way under the strains and anxieties aud bereavements she had lustuincd. Peyton had begged so hard and so constantly to see Mary Annan that Dr. Venosste bad at last given his permission. The girl had been mlserIably ill, but was now somewhat letter, and the old doctor hoped that the txmcut them botb. I Weak? I " I suffered terribly for 12 years. The doctors said my blood was all turning to water. At last I tried Ayer's Sarsaparilla, and was soon feeling all right again."?Mrs. J. W. Fiala, Hadlymc, Ct. 1 No matter how long you have been ill, nor how poorly you may be today. Ayer's Sarsaparilla is the best medicine you can take for purifying and enriching the blood. Don't doubt it; put your whole trust in it. ftftAiS Ask your doctor what he thinks of this grand old family medicine follow his advice and we will l?e satisfied. Recovery will never be complete 8 if the liver is inactive. Ayer's Fills 8 are liver pills. Purely vegetable, g J.C. AVER CO* Lowell, Mass. S Willis and Pleasants had come that afternoon to carry hlin into her room. Peyton had Insisted upon being dressed in his uniform as a United States naval oflicer, his clothing having boon sent him under a tlag by tho thouglitfulncss of the old admiral before he went north 011 a well earned leave of absence. He had a strange fancy that if she loved him she must take him In the uniform of the Union. It was in that uniform that she had rejected him. It was in it that she must take him hack. Willis and Pleasants fomut him ready when they came. Willis had never ceased to he thankful that his brother's life had been spared. He never would forget the sensations that had come over htm when he had learned that ho had tired the shot that had stricken him (own. lioyd had never forgotten that Willis, alone of his family, had hidden him godspeed when lie went from Mobile years before. And Pleasants, whom lie had always liked and who was betrothed to his sister, who had been good to Mary Annan, had been very kind to him also. lie was glad \) see the young man, but I10 could scarcely wait until they lifted him up in "the wicker chair to carry him into me room that had been lier father's, where Mary Annan lay. The two men set the eliair down elose to the side of the bed. Then with a word of cheer to the sick woman they turned and left the room. "Now remember, Boyd," said I>r. Venosste, "only a few moments will I allow you, and you must not say anything to agitate yourselves. Come, Miss I*lnk," he added, turning to the faithful girl, and the two .went out, leaving Peyton and Mary Annan alone. Poor Mary Annan, how thin and pale and haggard she looked, her white face framed In the rich brown curls flowing over the pillow; how wasted from her long Illness, from the shocks she had undergone, from the bereavements she had suffered, the heartbreaks that had come upon her! How different she was from the gay, lightsome, cheerful young girl of those days before the awful war had come! And yet he loved her more. lie could not tell her how or why. lie neither argued nor Justified nor explained, lie was simply cognizant of the fact. His heart yearned toward her. He did not say anything at first, nor did she. She lay staring up at him out of her great black eyeshow they shone out of her pale face then?with such a look of utter thankfulness and gratitude in her face as a sinner might show in being admitted to heaven, lie bent forward in the chair and with his own thin hands clasped lini. *1.1........ ' ' - UVI luuilll'l II1111 MH'lHH'l'er QUO. 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Druggists, ?1. To prove it cures, sample of Blood Balm sent free and prepaid by writing Blood Balm Co., Atlanta, Cla. Describe trouble and free fnodieal advice sent in scaled letter. F. C. Duke. Final Discharge. j Notice is hereby given that Malay S. llice, administratrix of thy estate of J. Aubrey Itice, deceased, has applied to Jason M. Greer, Judge of Prolate, in and for the county o? Union, for a lin.il discharge as such admiuistrati ix. It Is Ordered, That the 2 id day oc June A. I). 19U.T, be fixed for hearing of Petition, and a final settlement of said estate. Jason M. Gkkf.u, Probate Judge Union county, S, C. Published 1st of May. 19.'3, in Union TImes. ,18-30d. Final Discharge. Notice is hereby given that I<\ M. Farr, administrator of the.estate of Mrs. M. L. Gage, deceased, has applied to Jason M. Greer, Judge of Probate, in and for the County of Union, for a final discharge as such administrator. It Is Ordered, That t lie .'lid day of June A. D. 190J, be fixed for hearing of Petition, and a final settlement oft aid estate. Jason M. Greek, Probate Judge Union County, S. C. Published 1st of May, 1903, in Union Uimes. ]tt-."01 To Cure a Cold In One l>ay Take Laxative 'Vjri mo Quinine Tablets All druggists refund ttie money if it fails to cure. E. W. Grove's signature on each tin*- ' * VI 1 jr THE SOUTHE The Great Highway ol THROUGH THE t-c Excellent Scruico Quick ' Any Trip I* a J'loaiv Travel via THE. SOU The Finest Dininr>Cai For detailed Information ei to Tic! vatione address the nearest Affer W. A. TURB. ti. >!. MAR 0er Traffic Muncgtr. Cer.aral r?M? WASHINGTON. D. C. WASHING! >1 Crash Suits for Mil. '""L Ul /77T / "t 'J ! k mi : jj. W i- ;.ri < 1 J': T~ 1 C\?i1 .i. . A ii v ?? NVNSSS^ / f fvM DE5IGNCRS I / \.::' j I , a makep^oe W CLOTHING t? Summons For Relief, (complaint not selvfd ) Stu' r of South Carolina, 1 Court of Com* County of Union. ) mon l'ltas. ]>. C?. Smith, Plaintiff, against i J. M Smith, Mrs. Eddie Harms, I). [ E. Smith, C. L. Smith, J. It. Smith, I Mrs. Novent Cole, .1. IT. Parr ami II. M Grimball and W. C. Wallace, Defondants. I To the Defendants, .T. M. Smith, Mrs. ! Eddie Ilatr.es, I). E. Sruilh, C. 1<, I Smith, .1. It Sm?th. M.s, Novem Colo, (.1. II. I'arr and II. M. Grimball and W. C. Wallace: Von are hereby summoned and required to answer the complaint in this action, which is tiled in tbe i tli e of the Cleik of the Court of Common Pleas, for the saiil oonniv .....i ? - ...t, cum id aiJIYB it COpy of your answer to the said complaint on the sul??ciilK?r at lii.s Jaw Ulice No. 13, Law Range, Union C. II., S. C., within twenty days alter the service liercof, ? xclusive of i lie day of such servic?; and if you fail to answer tlia complaint witliia the time aforesaid, the p'aintilf in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded iu the complaint. lUltd Apiil 14th, A. 1). 10t3. I. Fkaxk I'eakb, Clerk of Court. S. Means Beaty, Plaintiff's Attorney. To the Defendants, D. E. Smith and Mrs. Eddie llaraes: Take notice that the coniplainl in this action, together with the summons, of which the foregoing is a copy, was duly liUd in the cflVie of the Clerk of Court of Common lMeas for Union county, .South Carolina, at Union C. II., S. C , ou the 13th day of April, 1003. S. Means Bkaty, Plaintiff's Attorney. Union, S. C., April 13, 1003. ld-Gt Mortgage Sale of Real Estate. Under and hy virtue of a power contained in a mortgage given me by James II. Rodger, dated September 4'Ji. 1800, and n corded in the cilice of the Clerk of Coui t and Register of Mesne Conveyance for Union County in Book of Mortgages M Xo. 12, page 10, and of the written consent of said James II. Rodger to the amount due on said mortgage debt, and to the sale of tlie real estate desoribed in said mortgage, which writ u'.n consent is recorded in the oflice of the Clerk cl'Court and Register of Mesne Conveyance for Union County where the real estate is situated, on the record of said mortgage. I will sell before the Court House door in the town of Union on Salesday in June, 1003, during the legal hours of sale, all that certain piece, parcel or lot of land containing ninety-three hundredths of an acre, with dwelling and all buildings situate thereon, lying, being and situate in the town of Union, State and County aforesaid, bounded by lands or lot forinei ly belonging to A. 11. Stokes, (now Mrs. M. B. lander) lot formerly belonging to John Rodger (now Mrs. Ann Smith) and Main Street, wlureou I, James II. llodger, now reside. TERMS OK SALK?CASH, May 7, 1003, F. M. Farr, 20-3; Mortgagee. Eariy Risers The famous little Dills. RN RAILWAY r i?.Aor. rvr.a tp.'AT.l. iu>r.i.r.M ST.\rts. 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