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, :: UNDER THE '!f COPPER MOON : * 1 * * ' By CHARLES <> SLOAN REID , < > . o (t ^opyrlgbt, 1908, by T. C. McCluro... The hot, spiritless night was lighted by a copper moon whose rays were filled with uncanny figures of miasma arising over the swamp that stretched away southward from a cabin on a knoll. From the muffled distance came the sound of the pile drivers sinking timber on tqp of timber lnto^the marshy soil of the swamp. It was the night shift at work. The construction of the railroad was being pushed as rapidly as the situation would allow, and men tnere were yielding up tneir lives every dny to the insinuating grasp of malaria. On the steps of the cabin -sat a young woman, gazing with hollow eyes toward the yaoon, while from beyond In the deeper darkness of tho cabin's interior came sonorous sounds from the nostrils of a man In drunken sleep. At last the young woman arose and walked across the yard to the dense shadow of a palm, and she limped with pain. At the roots of the palm she sat down and rested her chin in her small hands. The sound of a light footstep Jcachfljl linr-anr a moment later, but r aiie aid not raise "her head until her name was called close to her ear. "Gus," she murmured, "I've been hopln' ye'd come, though I don't reckon it's hardly right to do it. But how can a body help it, Gus, when he does the way he docs?" "Can't, Mag, an' I'm proud ye can't. I reckon It's selfishness in me, an' it may not be right for me to be steppln' in between a man an* his wife an' showln' ye my love the way I do, but ye warn't mated right, Mag, an' Jim / knows It as well as you do. But, little on, what I'm thlnkin' about is where's the help." "That's so, Gus. Where's the help? I took Jim for better or for worse, an' it H'd wnrso I rooknn If ain't fn * ~ ?? v.ww - .WW ?av u?M V UIC iV complain?that is, to anybody but yo, Gus." "I notice ye're limpln', Mag. More of Jim's meanness, I reckon?" "Nothin' much, Gus. I?I"? "I reckon ye'd as well tell it, Mag? to me." "Yes, I know. But Jim didn't know what be was doln' hardly, on' the table was rickety anyhow." "Jest about made yo run over the table, I guess. But, Mag, I been wonderin' if ye had any rations. I know Jim ain't struck a lick since?I mean in the last two weeks." "I know what ye mean, Gus, Ye mean since ye give me the last money. An'?an' I'm obliged to say it's so. I don't know atnv, out buinciiow no found out I had the money, an' he wanted to borrow it, an' I didn't see any way to refuse him." "I reckon not. He always gets enough to get drunk on. But what I want to know is how long ye've been without anything to eat7" Mag gazed for a moment toward the copper moon in the heavens and was silent, the muscles of her gaunt face twitching slightly at a suggestion of the hunger she felt. "Mag, i rectum j'c u jcdw ao ncix ten me." "I know, Gus, I know?but"? Mag dropped ber face Into the crook of her arm and began to cry. Gus sat on the ground a few feet away, gazing upon the woman, with all the love und yearning of his soul In bis eyes, and allowed her to cry in *[gi silence. But at last be spoke again. "I know it's been long enough," be said, fingering a gold piece be bad tak en from bis pocket. Mag looked toward him. "Since yesterday mornln', Gus, an' I reckoned I'd die this time. An', though ye'd hardly like to bear It, I was kind of hopln' I would." "Mag!" Gus was on his knees and had seized the girl's hands. "I was afraid it was coniln' to this again, an' I tried to get back sooner, an' I know now I should have sent Tom Bolus in niy place." "No, ye shouldn't, Gus. What right had ye to be sendln' any one In yer DOUBTFUL RUMORS. And Still Scores of Union People Accept Them As Facts. The statement of some stranger, residing in a far-away place, may be true enough; but it is generally accepted as a doubtful rumor. . How can it be verified? 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For sale by all dealers. Price 80c pei box. Foster-Mil burn Co., Buffalo, N. Y? gofe agents for the United Stater Kemember tfce name? DO AN' S?and take oca** -" ="~ place to earn yer money, Jest so y 1 could be here on my account? Some times I most forget, Ous." Mag noddc< toward the house and slowly withdrew her hands from the man's grasp. But Gus caught one of them agali and pressed its slender finger dowi upon the piece of money he had drawi from his pocket. "Mag," he said, "It don't look like 1 would be wrong for me to take ye li my arms an' kiss ye jest once. But then, I reckon It would be, since ye'ri Jim's by the law an' the gospel, slct as It was." There was silence for a few moment! after this speech; then Mag reached out and laid her hand on Gus' arm. "When I'm dead, Gus," she said i "won't ye come an' kiss me when no body's lookln'? There'll be no banx ; then." i "Mag, Mag!" Gus had seized her by the shoulders in a frenzied grasp, t "Don't ye talk about dyln' or I'll kiss I ye to death right here now In spite o1 j Jim an* the law on' the gospel." Mag drew quickly away from him, and he, too, shrank back and arose. I Both realized how insurmountable was ; the barrier between them, and Mag rei treated slowly toward the cabin Just as a man staggered to the doorway from the dark Interior and called her name gruffly. The next day Gus exchanged places with Tom Bolus. Tom had been setting poles for one of the pile drivers, and Gus had been captain of the team gangs hauling supplies from the coast Among the supplies of the commissary was an abundance of red liquor, and it was this which kept Jim from wonting as long as lie could obtain a cent otherwise with which to buy whisky. And Gus was surprised on entering the commissary at noon to see Jim In the act of throwing upon the counter the gold coin which he had pressed Into Mag's hand the night before. Gus turned on his heel and, taking up his unopened dinner pall, carried It to Jim's cnbin and thrust it Inside the door to Mag. Returning, Gus met Jim, and the latter flourished a long black bottle before his face. It was three days before Jim showed himself about the works agnin. Then he came lounging about the machine where Gus was working. There was a leer in Jim's eye, which made Gus a little nervous. He did not feel altogether Innocent, and once or twice he felt like telling Jim plainly that be loved his wife and that one or the other of them must die. But as each thought of this kind arose Gus iqwardly cursed himself and clinched his teeth with determination. But Jim remained, apparently only watching the work of the pile driver which Gus was operating. The afternoon was growing gray In the swamp, and the time of the day shift was drawing to a close. Still, flR* (hV'oUTeY.^ tils thoughts took a new turn as the day's end drew nearer. Mag was irrevocably tied to that clod of earth before him, and she could never be nearer to him than now unless?Jim died. Gus throttled the thought of possible murder that, unbidden, seemed to arise for a moment in bis heart. He glanced quickly up at the rising follow block, that great, square lump of steel weigh ing two tons or more, and a new thought came to him. There was a moment of fascination, and, as the block started on Its return, its swift and powerful descent, Gus purposely tripped himself and pitched forward between the grooves, directly In the path of the block. But at the same instant there was a sudden movement on the part of Jim. His lank body shot forward, with outstretched arms and hands catching against the breast of Gus and shoving him far back from the path of the descending block. There was a muffled thud when the follow block struck, and the trunk of Jim's body was a mass of crushed flesh and bone. Gus regained his feet and^sprang forward In time to catch Jim's drooping head In his hands. "Gus, ye're all right," murmured the Hps of the dying man. "Ye're flttin' for Mag, an' I ain't Tell her I said for ye to marry tomorrow. No use of waitin'?for?for I reckon Mag's hungry now." Jim's eyes glazed, and his Jaws became set. And Gus held his head In silence while the crowd gathered around. But Jim had lain in his grave on the hillside a full year before Gus delivered his message to Mag. lagealosa Swindle In Carlo*. The erase for antiques and curios la responsible for some Ingenious swindles, but It Is doubtful If many could surpass that which victimised an American woman traveling abroad who while In Holland purchased some alleged Dutch pottery' which proved en e4oee examination to be common granfte ware made In America in odd Shapes and decorated In Dutch fashion la be sold la Holland as antique cooktag utensils. American enterprise Is frequently eneeuntared la various wn;)^ In Europe, as, for instance, the experience of an American gentleman In London who fought a pair of rubber overshoes In a fyoodon shoe shop which were unusual ty satisfactory. Pn examining them preparatory to buying another pair h< made the dlacovery that they were manufactured In Providence, R. I., bj an American Arm, although they wen aold aa English rubbers or "gums." The fact is well known that there li S considerable industry is the mann factors of ao called Egyptian scarnbi id America wmcD are sem 10 jugypx xc ' be sold to unsuspecting tourlats as gen nine antiques.?Boston Transcript Wben alrablpa get plentiful there wil doubtless be signs about the countrj THE BOBSLED. The old fashioned sleigh, with the box ful of hay, For runners a pair of rough, unpalnte< bobs; A steady old team, with Just enougl steam To jog down the highway and Jolt orei knobs. 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Notice! Notice! . Executors, Administrators, Trustees | ana uuaramns must make returns to me at the office of Judge of Probate during January and February of this year The 1st day of March will be the day to issue notes to show cause why ycu have failed to do so. No commission will be allowed you for your troubles in managing the estate uuless you make your returns promptly. Jason M Ghee.ii, 5- . Probate Judge. Final Discharge. Notico is hereby given that Charles T. Powell, Guardian of the Estate of Elliot Powell, Minor, has applied to Jason M. Greer, Judge of Probate, in and for the County of Union, for a final discharge as such Guardian. It Is Ordered, That the 25ird day of February, A. D. 1904, be fixed for a hearing of Petition, and a final settlement of said Estate. Jason M. Gkekr, Probate Judge U. C. S. C. Published in Union Times Jan. 22, 1904. 4-4t Notice! A meeting of the stockholders of The J. J. Littlejobn Co. will be held at this office in Jonesville, S. 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