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? ________________ rioK rf v? rgr*t ;1 The Copyright, 1903. by # ' "There Is one thing that will mal her hesltnte," said Mrs. Cranston, loo! Ing up with a steely stare. "Her fi ' titer's heart Is set on her marryln Governor Tolfnre, nntl the major ^ ? o1 "J van tee <1 only one way." health is failing. I really believe if she ahould not obey his wishes?if she were to do such a dastardly thing as to marry this Buckley, It would kill him," "That situation may Influence her," admitted the Virginia girl. "A woman will often marry a man she doesn't . love to gratify those aho does. But If Lydla does marry Governor Telfare, she'll carry an idenl of another man Into his home and down to her grave, even If she lives to give her husband < grandchildren. But, oh, Mrs. Cranston. \ I wish It could be otherwise. I wish, i all my heart, that I could walk * "down this minute and call that man ouUfd t in tell him I'd *- -*? ~ his manly face I'd like to kiss Iilm i /. . __ .*^-_?nd assure him I was not a spy work- i Jm *?* Ing against him, but his frlond. The 1 * dear fellow thought he had made him- ] v - self ridiculous before us this morning, when he had simply tangled himself up ] In our heartstrings and left them bleed- 1 ing In his favor." 1 "Don't, don't!" Mrs. Cranston rose . and stood frowning. "I see I can't count on you, Kitty; but, at least, yon 1 ' will not?you know what I mean?" 'j "No. I-shall have nothing to do with It either way," said Kitty, with a smile. , "J cpn promise you that?at least, \ | tbihk I can." CHAPTER XX. .. \ fV-vlNE morning shortly after this 1 II II #hr'Hlllyer met Jiip Kenner IIII <m the main street of the vllVmJ Inge near the warehouse and 1 paused to chat with him. "I'm still workln' on yore case," she told him. i "The only trouble Is that you are too 'i ... backward to help. I serve you up with different gravy at every meal an' keep < you on the sideboard to eat cold 'twlxt i meals, but ef you don't come up some i time an' take a hand she'll want a change o' diet." I Kenner's honest face reddened. "I'm afeard I'm glttin' too old, Mrs. Hlllyer," be laughed In high pleasure. "I mimm wui mi. * - < m.. ? #vu UJ/ trviu, > null/ Ull lug UU101 bout my age/' ? i "Worry?" she laughed. "What does ' age amount to? The older a man gtts 1 In this life the younger he is In the i next, an', from all accounts, the next I 1 la better an' keeps a body at a standstill. Lord, you don't look like a feller that worries about anything unless It's fer the lack o* some devilment. |fr. HUlyer's told me how you love to fag old Hanks. I reckon since Bob's 1 done the way he has you'll have It In i fer the old man, or, rather, he'll have It In fer you all, beca'se Mr. Hillyer ; ays Hanks predicted from the first 1 that Bob ud come to no good. I hain't , - aeed Mr. Hillyer since Mrs. Dugan told me about It, but It'll worry '1m like rips, fer, you know, Jest day before yesterday he let Bob have another i two thousand to enlarge his business i ?<i on. Enlarge, I say. A boy o' that age 1 art to be spanked fer what he's done? lest when folks was brnggln' on '1m, n' "Why, Mrs. Hlllyer"?Kenner's eyes were wide open In astonishment ? "what are you talkln' about?" 1 "Talkin* about? Jim Kcnner, do #ou mean to tell me that you, the blg&est i man gosalper In Darley, don't know i what Bob Hanks has gone and done?" i "I'm at the fust of It, Mrs. Hlllyer." "Well, be simply got that little or- i phan gal, Dorn May, some'n' or other, 1 from Louisville, out o' Mrs. Styles' boardln' school last night an' drlv *er < In a buggy to Sprlngtown an' got a < country preacher to marry >m." 1 "Good Lord, Mrs. Hlllyer!" "That's what he done," went on Mrs. ! Hlllyer. "They spent the night at the 1 Breaker's, bouv. tb<;k_ break/ast. *&' 1 By WILL N. HiBEN, ft h o r of lier DanI "The - . II of (he ttT*-'"- |a n^ing f) I I (! L" "The frth Walk fttery," Elf. HARPER ? 0IOT|P te drlv bnck to Darlfcrbey've put up 1c- permanent at the .iyon House. Mrs. Dugan went up faced whar Bob I g had registered 'n.^nnks nnd Lady,' 'a bless you! An' tfchlt of a gal In short dresses lia if below the hneol Tlrs. Dugan ssyfllilo she was thnr fl-lookln' old llarjome In as yallar as a squash an' |1 If they had rlz yet. The clerk I 'hu no?that the bridegroom had tfho to say that he was not at homcfiny callers, an' ef It was about buws they wanted to see 'lm to refer Tto his head salesman at the sloreJld you ever? Is It any >vonder his illy wouldn't set 'lm up in business? wust big- head on earth is.the sortjat young boys has when they thinwcy can start in to - raisin' a familylioh couldn't stand prosperity, I reel. Mrs. Dugan says I Mrs. Styles ha?sintsscd school for I the rest o' theleek an' Is welkin' ! about the cam [A on her hands with j 'er feet In tlie M It seems that the gal was put iimrs. Styles' care by some kin o' lu>r' ini' the old lady doit't know what she' p do about it.' Tliar's ' some secret ah ii who an' what the gal is anyway, llrs. Styles is afeard It will bust uf lie Institution. Mrs. ! Dugan says it mil help the school? ' that folks will jrpnd tlie'r scrub gals [ thnr to git 'em iflrried off. Hain't they ] nenrd It at theflln rehouse?" "They li:i(ln't Itten I left about twenty minutes ago/ lire. Illllyer." "Well. I won't stop you. I see Mrs. I Stillman lea 11 In* over the fence without a bonnet or sliawl in this wind. I'll no an* ease 'ev lip. I know yo're eechln' to tell it to yore ping." A few minutes after Kenner had exploded his information at the ortice old Hanks cnuie In. lie was pale, and hia akin looked as dry aa old parchment, but he was eating roasted peanuts, breaking the husks with steady, pronglike finger nails. lie snt down without a word and dropped a handful of hulls Into the stove. "Jim," he said suddenly to Kenner, "what did you ever do about that account Bill Haskill was n-owln' you?" "I got it yet." said Kenner, throwing i knowing smile around the room. "Well, ef you'lh-'^count it enough to I'll J>uy It. I've got 'im tie<l v^TSjh? ln"d ?* hls'n, an' I wffm^fce'ittnu. "I reckon we klti make a dekl," said the cotton buyer as he wiped a smile from his facile mouth with his long hand. "I reckon you heard that Bob had taken to hisself a helpmeet?" The group hung on the old man's reply. Ilanks crushed another peanut In his hand and raised the best part of It to his lips. "I don't care what lie does," ho said. "I told you all you'd make a fool of 'im, an' now I reckon you see I was right." He was staring accusingly at Hillyer. "You started it," he blurted out. "Thar ain't one boy in forty million that kin keep front glttln' the big head with secli responsibilities put on 'im all of v sudden, but I hain't a-carln.' I reckon }*ou know how to git yore money back." "Oh, 1 don't know thnt this means absolute ruin," said Illllyer in his own defense. "Somehow I've got faith in Bob yet. A liov full o* nnnnv lore will sometimes apt reckless, but It may end all right,*'Tv At this 'juncture Rob Hanks himself came In. He wore Ills best clothes, and his hoots had been freshly polished. His glume, a rather frank one, Kenner thought, rested dubiously on bis father's face. "They told me at the hotel that you wanted to see me. father," Jie said. "If I'd known you"? "Yes, I called an* left my cyard," answered Hanks, with a sneer, "but I wasn't In no hurry. I Jest called on n little matter o' business. You sorter got 1110 to promise n week ago that I'd be'p you put In that stock o' dry goods, but I find otlt tlint my present intentions won't permit of It. When I thought favorably of it, you wns a unmarried man, with Jest yoreself to look after nn' yore board pnid by another party, but now you've tuck the best quarters at the hotel an' got a high priced dressniaker runnln' round to put hems on yore wife's skirts to klver up yore folly, an' It's different. No; I won't put a cent In that business o* yore'n, an', moreover, I want to say right now that as soon as Mr. Trnbue gits back from the country he'll stick a clause In my private papers that'll keep you an* that schoolgnl from benefltin' by my death." "Oh, I knew all this would come," Bob said In a regretful tone to George, who was eying him in slow bonder, "but I hain't the fool I look, George. Make Jake go out o' the office, an' I'll tell XHLfollg all about It." The negffc did liot have to be informed that he was not wanted, and with a sly laugh, half of apology, ho hurried out Into the warehouse. "You could be a big enough fool fer any use an' not be as big a one as you lookup said old Hanks, with a sneer. "Look y' here, young man," demanded Kenner, "didn't you tell me t'other day that you was goln' to let up on that redket?" "I remember tellln' you I wasn't goIn' to steal the girl out fer any more bnggy rides," said Bob, with a smile. "There will he no need of that in the ^**?rDR. I. M ^ .DEN Crown and Bridge Work a Specialty v future, I hope." "So that's what you meant?" laughed Kenner. "Yes; that's what I meant." Bob drew one of the high revolving stools up near the stove and got up on It, his heels resting on one of the rungs. His new broadcloth trousers glistened in the light from the window. "I see I'll have to tell you all about It from the first." he began In a strangely confident tone. "I don't ask anybody any odds, an' wouldn't bother to explain to most folks, but I'll acknowledge I want you fellows down here to think well of me, for you aro all business men and I'm a business man." "That you are," snarled Hanks. "Thar's business men o' yore grade In every pore house an' asylum In America." "Now, you keep quiet If you want ine to tell about this thing," said Bob. "I *m a business man. I know how to make money. Everything I've put my hand to since I got a start has turned out a fair profit. If I couldn't make money faster than you. father, I'd take In my sign. You've always been afraid of big deals. 'Go slow' has been your motto, an' It's hunting you to your grave. Now, this is the way the whole blamed thing come up. I'm old enough to marry, and that girl"? "Old enough the devil!" broke In Hanks. "You look like you are with that fuzz on yore Hp." "I reckon a man ought to be his own Judge ns to whether he Is old enough for n step o* that kind," Bob said, with sudden dignity. "It begun thla way. There was three sophomores nt Mrs. Styles' school and they all seemed bent on seeing^ which one could make me like 'em the most. They was all pretty enough an' sharp enough, an' I reckon It was JuRt human nature for mo to carry on with 'em a little. I don't know as I liked one better than another at first. It was just the fun of seeing 'em wrangle." Bob laughed out Impulsively. "They pretended to be ns thick as molasses In the winter, but they hated one another like snakes. Then they got to telling lies on each other. I knew they were lies because I caught up *lth 'em. Finally I saw that Dora May"? "Do you mean Mrs. Hanks?" asked Kenner, with mock solemnity. "Yes, my wife," replied Bob. "As I say, I finally saw she was Just the girl I was looking for, and I made up my mind to get married and be done with It. Thinking about her and trying tovee her took up too ^ggch time. .1 told her my ^t she advisjfd,ihe to godhead. 0b9v ] Mcrent ns a hog ^n Ice, anVshe can hrford to be." Bob papatd for a moment, twirling his fingers between Ills knees, and then he went-on: "I reckon I'll have to tell you all something. I don't know as I'd tell it now, but father is raisin' such a row over my marryln' that it puts me In a bad light and hurts ray business. My credit won't be worth shucks If It gets out that msdnddy lias gone clean back on me?thalkls, until they know about my wlfe'i* connections. The truth is, Dora Mayw got plenty of money." "Money?" echoed Kenner and Ilillyer In a breath. "That's what I said," answered Bob calmly. "Then you married her fer that," said Kenner sternly. "No, I didn't." replied Bob. "The truth is, I liked her before I knew about It. fihe Sllltfl nio tlr*tr?r? nnrl T can't help It If she Is well olT. She's what would be called big rich In this part of the country. Her father left her several blocks of business houses In Louisville. The rent on one batch alone is something over Ave thousand a year and will all come to her when she's of age. Her guardian didn't1 1 "There ain't.a bit of harm tn a fellow marrying money." think it would he best for it to get out down here before she was done school, an' so he got Mrs. Htyles not to mention it an' made Dora May promise not to tell it. But, of course, when me an' her got engaged, and"? "Von let n pal In short frocks tell you n cock nn' bull story like that," broke In Hnnks, his sallow face working visibly, "an* you swallowed it, like W- ^ AL' <. * ^ tsr Office Bank Building Hilton. 8 ? .'he sucker you nre." "I luid no reason to doubt It," retorted Hob, with a flash. "But I found out afterward that it was all true. I know a tobacco drummer from up that way. He seta all my trade In that line. Me nn\ him are pretty friendly, an' I confided In him. He told me he knew all about the family and substantiated everything I)orn May had said an' added a lots more about Investments of hers that she didn't even know about." "Hut why were you In such a hurry?" -risked Kenner, who seemed to be the only one In the group capable of ready expression. "Well," Rob hesitated, and a frank flush spread over his face, "there are some boys In this town that would run after a rich girl, and Dora May would have been entirely too popular to do her any good. Oh, you needn't worry about me an' her! I tell you we know what we nre doing. She's business from head to foot an' knows I can manage her affairs all right. There ain't a bit of harm In a fellow marrying money If he loves his wife and has the ability to make some himself. I believe I'm a born money maker. I reckon I got It from father. I believe If he'd 'a* had a fair chance and not been afraid he'd 'a' been the richest man In this state. He married a poor woman and lind no start, and yet he's done well?that is, pretty well?for his chances." "Ef he ever Is about to starve you mought give '1m a Job eollectin' Dora May's rent," said Kenner, who wns bubbling over with enjoyment. Miion silence fell. They were nil waiting for Hanks to speak, but ho hod nothing to sny. Ho rose and went outdoors, his scrawny hands In the pockets of his trousers. "The Lord only knows what he'll do," said Bob. "But the die Is cast, an' I feel sorter Independent of hlm. Look here. Mr. Kenger," turning back from the door, "you must get the Idea out of your heed that I did this thing just because bora Max.-. was well fixed. I tell you nhe'e JustSfttfet I was looking for. She's pretty toot a bit Inr.y and thinks that-What I don't know nln't Worth learning.# She's been so much interested tatolir in ray business that ehe Wasn't statin# good at school anyway. She's iffve me a gtw fcft many write all thpm ads. that MUkOLpaid was so good, especially them wMpWhepoetry In 'em. I'm a bad npelifcf^wirashe correct eit al'-' ' /ore they was printi thfifc ie, Bob hfl'l p^ntjF*rll swear I don't know whetMr to kflRf or congratulate *lm." As Qeorge W8<tegolng borne to dinner hejRaw old flpks leaning on the fencdflHptit vadantdot waiting for blm. GeiHgt^pgused!' "That ground ud make good 4|ptulP8<" said Hanks, spitting over tbe fence. "I believe I'll make Trottsjfgn offer for It. I could pasture my cow, on It In the spring." Geojpk, said nothing. He knew the old man^nad waited for him to speak of Bob's marriage. "Went up thar to see Mrs. Styles." Hanks nodded In the direction of the schoolhouse. "Oh, you did?" "Yes. Found 'er with 'er head all tied up In rags an' smellln' like a drug store. At fust she kept up sech a screcehln' she wouldn't let me say a word, but she quieted down after awhile, an' me 'n' her sorter come to a understandin'." "An understanding? That's good," said George. "Yes. We both sorter come to the conclusion that if she'd write to that guardeen that Rob was an only child an' could naturally expect something at my demise that, maybe, he would not raise a row." "Then the girl really is rich," said George. The old man spat over the fence again. He avoided George's glance. "Yes, she's pretty well heeled," he said, "an' not a fool by a long shot. She Tfras up at Mrs. Styles' this mornIn', the old lady said, with a long dress on. She talked pretty straight?didn't Intend to have nobody meddlln' with her atTalrB? ef anybody hod anything to say agin Rob Hanks to send 'em to her, an' so on. Rlamed ef 1 hain't sorter curls to see 'er. Somehow I always wanted a gal in the family, an' one with plenty o' scads is about as acceptable as any other sort?safer In the long run." "When Mrs. Hiilyer was told at the dinner table that day of the outcome of Rob's marriage, she said: "Well, I don't know ns Rob Hanks is sech a hard case after all. The highest in the land is a-doln' Jest what he done? marryin' with the'r e3*es open. The only di(Terence is Mob don't inako 110 bones over it. He admits he's struck a good iiiiuK im uas 100 inucii nusincss prtue to underrate hU investment." "Nevertheless, Mnrthn," said Hlllyer over liis poised coffcc cup, "I'd n little rather see llob innke more over the girl than he does." "Oil, 1 don't know why the boy should go about 'fore that gang down thnr with his Odin's on exhibition, an' even ef It's jest a cut an* dried business deal on IiIb part It will end a sight better, 1 bound you, than a lots o' slobberin' love affairs that run dry a mouth after the knot's tried. Hut I don't somehow tlitnk Hob an' his gal will end up bad. Thav-'s n sunny, cheerful way o' look I n' out fer yourself, an' them two young hns may Jest laugh (Oontinned on 6th page.) - i [ I " . Humor and Philosophy By DUNCAN H. SMITH i 1 Copyright, 1904. by Duncan M. Smith. THE CITY SPORTSMAN. Lo, he arrives! Run, children, for your ltveat Call the men To drive the sheep Into the pen; Warn the old bay mare That there is trouble In the air; Tell the self confident mule That It Is no April fool; Hide the cow. Poor, Innocent creature. It Is not her row; Put the Innocent bystander wise. For he may prize His delicate skin. Oh. he will understand. The city sportsman Is abroad In the land! He comes to shoot ferocious quail And to nssall fierce rabbits and the like And to strike With terror. In his mind. The feathered kind. That Is his aim, but, oh, my child. His aim goes wild. The quail can look him In the eye And then make arrangements to die Of old age. The prairie chickens may engage Board for the rest of the year. Though he Is near. The rabbit may take Its time To go Us way and never think of charging him with a crime. The squirrel may think the tale of danger a silly yarn. But, oh, I tremble for the side of the barn. For the family cat Or anything he Is not aiming atl He comes with modern gun And one Swell hunting suit To shoot. And where he takes his stand The shooting Is Just grand. But, say. The killing's Just the other way. He Is on the Spot. Often wo do not credit the insects nd lower animals with the intelligence that the faets seem to warrant. It must be that the mosquito Is able to read and write, for wherever man goes patiently to work to build a summer resort he is always there for the opening day. Doubtless when the little pest is buzzing about our heads and we think that he Is trying to get n drink of our rich, warm blood he Is only trying to look over our shoulder for the purpose of reading the summer resort advertisements. The mosquito, too. is an nrflit *r? can draw blood better than any painter that ever wasted $7 worth of Ink on a $3.50 battle scene. As a musician he hums nothing but classical airs. You never catch him singing Bedella. Considering the fact that he never took a college course, having been limited to Chautnuquas and the like, the mosquito is a decided credit to himself, and it Is feared that man does not always appreciate him. - Incentive to Die. ' " /A5UVHT 1 TOUSH row CA<H Bp b "Do you think he will live through | the operation?" "Of course he will. Didn't he particularly Inquire of the doctors if it would be any cheaper if he did not pull through?" Can Afford It. 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