The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, December 16, 1904, Image 6
Giovanni a_nd
The Princess
By ANNA CASE
Conrockl, 1904. by Anna Cue
Giovanni del Pnito, grandson of old
Marie, stood at the crossing and waved
the little red flag which warned travelers
and chauffeurs that an excavation
lay Just beyond. This excavation
bad been a source of annoyance to the
great city for many months, hut tliovanni
had prayed that it might never
be filled in, first, because so long as he
waved the little red flag he would draw
$1 a day, and then had come the princess.
To be sure, back In sunny Italy be
had dreamed of different things. lie
had no conception of the noisy, shrieking
city whose streets were filthy by
comparison with the hard white roads
of his Neapolitan home. Ho had dreamed
of cities paved with gold and ol' a
people who paid big prices to lads with
good voices, but he had found the opera
season closed and his grandmother
skeptical of the commercial value of
fresh, uutraincd voices. She had been
in America five years, and of the little
red flag and the dollar n day she was
sore.
Even of the princess be at times felt
a bit uncertain, for be thought It odd
that n princess should walk by his corner
every morning with a portfolio under
her arm. There were other young
men, better versed in American ways,
who also thouelit tho nriiwouu uh#?ni.i
not walk and carry a portfolio, but
the princess would not ride in their
carriages nor allow them to carry her
portfolio. She had gone in for art, and
the young men interfered with the realization
of her ambition.
In Giovanni's mind, however, there
was no question about her royal blood.
It showed in her carriage, in her patrician
features and her proudly carried
little head, in the fit of the wonderful
gray gown she always wore and
In the violets at her belt. In time the
young Italian was glad that she did
not ride In a carriage, else it had not
been giveu to him to see that she got
safely across the street on his side of
the tracks and to turn her over to the
more stalwart policeman on the other
?tde.
Giovanni did not tell his grandmother
about the princess. Old Marie ran a
uuarumg uouse lor Italian workmen,
and constant intercourse with these
men nnd the struggle to get her hoard
money each week had rather killed sentiment,
but under her vehement fault
finding her love for Giovanni burned
clearly and steadily.
Spring caine, and tlic academy closed,
much to the regret of Kate Cameron,
otherwise the princess. She was just
becoming interested in painting from
life, so she persuaded her father to tit
tip a studio in the attic of their town
house, though she knew full fell that
in less than a month the whole famwould
flit to their country placo.
One of tiie professors at the ncadomy
agreed to call occasionally and criticise
her work, and there remained only
the question of models. A half dozen
young men who heard her talk about
it at a fashionable tea immediately of- I
fered to act in this capacity, but she I
,n' '
>u?ucu Iiniuc 111VII BUXKCSllUUfi. xuey
were sadly lacking In the artistic temperament,
she said.
The very next morning she stopped
at Giovanni's crossing, lie had not
seen her for nearly a week, and he was
glad that a broken dray barred the j
passage of both vehicles and pedestri- j
ana. The princess carried no portfolio |
this morning, but a little silver mounted
memorandum l>ook tilled with the
addresses of models. When she saw
Giovanni she lost interest in the memorandum
book. She had noticed him
before as a graceful, lithe lad despite
his rough garments, and now his eyes,
(lowing with delight at sight of her,
bis beautiful white teeth showing as
he smiled, and the graceful gestures
with which he continued to wave the
flag, despite the fact that vehicles
could neither come nor go, caught and
held her Interest.
Being a young woman of impulse,
she then and there asked him to pose
for her. Giovanni said. "Sure," ono of
the few American bywords lie bait
picked up, and lie said it so softly that
it became almost a verbal caress. Ilis
voice was the last touch. Miss Cameron
was sure now that no other model
would do. but unfortunately Giovanni
had not understood a word she had
said, lie would have said "sure" to
nu> rtMjiH'Ni me princess inane or Him,
and this much ho had authored from
her words?tho princess had need of
hiin and liis servicej. The girl looked
puzzled, and a fellow workman, who
understood both Italian and English,
teppod forward and offered to net as
Interpreter. The young lady desired
the services of Giovanni at her home
the following day. Giovanni regarded
it as a royni command, hut, alas, there
were his grandmother and the inexorable
"Job."
Then suddenly Ids face brightened.
Two days more and there would be a
fete day?what you call it. Decoration
day??and there would he no work on
the streets or anywhere in tho great
city. Would that suit Iter excellency
as well? The princess graciously assented.
The Interpreter took the address,
and the Interview was over.
After the girl had gone the Interpreter
In fluent Italian informed Giovanni
that he was a lucky dog. The
young lady had agreed to pay 1dm for
the day's work, five times as much as
he earned waving the flag. "A good
day's work," said the Italian as he
turned away. Rut Giovanni looked aftgr
him scornfully. The fete day was a
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?.*ould not expect even the dollnr from |
him.
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The great day dawned, and Giovuu
ni, in the velvet suit he had brought
from his Neapolitan home, arrived n\
the beautiful mansion 011 the avenue
The princess had laid out a wealth ot
draperies gathered during her last trip
abroad, but when she saw the boy in
his simple costume she forgot studied
effects and could hardly wuit until she
posed 1dm on the little platform. It
was for Giovanni, indeed, a fete day
for the two young people managed to
understand each other, and Giovanni
mellowed and glowed under the girl's
charm of manner as he had never done
since he came to America. Then long
before he was tired eauie a servant
with a cooling drink, lees and cakes?
not such as they had on fete days at
home, but nevertheless most delicious
?and when the evening shadows
lengthened, and the young girl at last
wearied, Giovanni understood that the
audience was over. She offered him
one of those erisp green hills which
represented almost a week's work at
the crossing, but Giovanni, drawing
himself up proudly, declined it. Somehow
the girl understood the motive of
this refusal, ami then with a quick,
impulsive movement she drew a pearl
stickpin from the sailor knot at hoi
collar and handed it to the hoy. Ho
kissed it in extravagant Italian fashIon
and bowed low before her. Tha
day was indeed over.
The princess went out of town. The
little studio was closed. f?he came no
more to the crossing, and the heat
blistered the streets and burned into
Giovanni's very heart. Rut the flag
waved mechanically, and the memory
of tlio fete day cnme to him oceaslounlly
like n breath of fresh air, but it
was not to be talked of, because no
one else would believe that she was
really a princess. Then came the day
of (he lire In (he great office building a
block away. And on that day it so
happened that the princess had come
to town to meet friends. She was
crossing the city in a hansom, reaching
Giovanni's corner simultaneously with
the arrival of the lire engines.
Giovanni was first to see that her
driver had lost control of his horse,
and that it was iilunging straight toward
the excavation. The policeman
on the other side of the street was
having his own troubles. A slender,
gray clad figure seemed to rise suddenly
and leap out of the hansom.
There were curses from the driver and
bewildering shouts all around him, but
the boy saw only the gray figure, and
somehow lie caught it in his arms. lie
felt himself going down, down, down,
and then?night.
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They stood around his cot in the hospital,
the girl refusing to rest or leave
him for an instant. "IIe might wake?
first," she said with a catch of her
breath, "and I must speak to him."
The old grandmother seemed to understand
her words, and she understood
even better the clasp of the girl's
cold band on hars. The father of the
princess sat at a little table with a
long, narrow book in bis band. lie
turned to tho doctor.
"Ton say there in no hope? Well, 1
want the boy to know that we are going
to look after the grandmother."
Giovanni stirred. The princess saw
the movement first and bent over hiui.
In returning consciousness it seemed to
Giovanni as if he must have waked tip
in heaven. "Princess," he murmured,
and the wonderful glow came into ids
eyes again, impulsively tue girl neut
over nuil kissed him.
He felt as If lie wore floating in tlie
air, but it was not because the princess
had kissed him. lie remembered
the fall?the blow?and he looked inquiringly
from one to the other. His
grandmother burst into tears, and
wails in their native tongue fell from
lier lips. Giovanni turned from her to
the princess. The girl's eyes were dim
with tears. Then it must be true, and
just as he was so happy?alas!
The sister, who spoke Italian, explained
to hiin that the big, square
shouldered man who hail written bis
name on the long, slender piece of paper
taken from the book was the father
of the princess, and the little slip
of paper meant that the old grandmother
would no longer keep boarders,
but could go back to Naples a rich woman
as wealth counted among their
people. The boy did not seem to hear.
He was looking into the face of the
princess. There were tears in her beautiful
eyes?because he was dying.
They led the girl away. The old
grandmother, the piece of green paper
with its wonderful characters crumpled
in her hand, knelt beside the cot.
The doctor, who had watched the boy's
face in those last moments, turned to
the priest.
"The gods wore good to the boy."
And the priest, who had also watched
the glow on the boy's face and who
knew many phases of the Italian nature,
crossed himself and said:
"The groat God is always good to
his children."
Minute Mechanical Construction.
That minute mechanical construction
can Iny claim to considerable antiquity
is evidenced by the works of Pliny and
Adrian, who relate that Myrmicides
constructed out of ivory a ship with all
her appi.irtonnnees and a chariot with
four wtieols and four horses, both so
small that a bee could hide either of
them with its wings.
A. stiKI morn wonderful work is that
of Mark Senllot, a London locksmith,
| who in 1H70 manufactured a lock consisting
of eleven different pieces of
steel, iron and brass, which, together
with tli?- tstr-y belonging to It, weighed
only on* grain. The same artist constructed
a chain of gold containing forty-three
llrfis which he fastened to the
lock and key, and upon these being attached
to thq neck of a flea the Insect
^ vrm ablo to draw them with ease.
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Sown at the last working
of the Corn or Cotton Crop,
can be plowed under the following
April or May in time topiaiu corn
or other crops the same :-t .ison.
Crimson Clover prevents winkr
leaching of the soil, is in fertilizing
value to a >-1: ; !'.. ai5bn
of Mini>le manure a; 1 wi;I ntlcrfully
increase the > iel 1 and
itv of corn o; th r evo;. which
follow it. It : > ; .a'.ctv - ,y rwiid
winter and f-F : a
early green fea.5, or a irsy
crop. Even if ih ; ; < e?f,
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improve the 1 md t a mark; 1
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^ ATTORNEYS AT LAW>
roster^BLiildin^. Union, S. C
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| AN ORDINANCE
For the Protection of Union
Fire Department.
Sec. 1. That if any peison interfere
with a liretnau in the discharge of a
duly, or loiter about the house used by
the department, or meddle with I he reels,
hose or apparatus of the Union Fire
Department, said person shall be dued
$5 or be imprisoned teu days foi each
offenoo.
Sec. 2. That should any person knowingly
give or cause to be given any false
alarm of li-e by means of the lire aiaim
telephone or otherwise, he shall be lined
S"? or tie imprisoned ten days for eac .
(Tence: Provided, that alarm for the
purpose of testing the lire alarm, telephone
or the apparatus of the company
may b-? given by the chief or any one
under his direction.
Sec 3. That authority is herehv given
i he mayor to offer a reward of ?100, or
ess, for the apprehension and c mviction
of any pet sou or persons who shall
knowingly gwe or cause to be given any
false alarm of lire by means of the lire
nla'in telephone or otherwise
Se\ 4 That if any person interfere
with the (ire alarm telephone, or injure
any of the poles, wires, boxes, or other
appal alus connected with said telephone,
sucli person shall be (hied $5 or be imprisoned
ten day8 for each offence.
Sec. 5. That in the event of an alarm
of fne the apparatus of the fire department
shall have the right of way upon
the streets, lanes, alleys, squares and
railroad crossings in going to any fire, or
being upon such streets, lanes, alleys,
squares, or railroad crossings, any person
obstructing or neglecting to make wa>
for any of such apparatus shall be fined
$5 or be imprisoned ten days for each
offence.
Sec 0. That it shall not lie lawful for
any person whomsoever to ride or drive
a vehicle through the streets, lanes, alleys
or equates in which the lire depart-1
nient is assembles! for the purpose of extinguishing
a Are, and should any person
attempt 10 ride or drive us aforesaid, In
shall be deemed guilty nndrr this ordinance
and shall tie lined $1 or be imprisoned
ten days for eicii offence.
!<ic 7 That it shall not l)e lawful foi
any peisons to congregate in the streets,
lanes, alleys or squares next, to the lire,
so as to interfere with the fire depart
ment. Any person violating this otdtnance
shall be flued $o. or be imprisoned
i ten days for each offence.
Sec. 8. That the chief, assistant chiet
and foreman and assistant foreman ot
this couipatiy be, and ihey are herebv
invested with all powers of a police
oflicer of the town, m so far as to iDakar
rest a in the tov\n tor the violation o
any of the provisions of this chapter.
9 That during the continuance of au>
lite the chief or a-sislant chief or an>
member of the tire department, or lla
mayor, shall have power It) call out an\
and all persons to assist in extinguishing
the sauie, or in pulling down oi blowing
up any building, or m removing any
building, or removing any goods or fui
iiiture from any building on lire or in
danger to some place of safety, or to as-1
sist in making arrests. Any person I
tailing to obey any order g?v?u for an.\
of the purposes aforesaid shall, upon 1
conviction befote the mayor tie lined
or be imprisoned ten days, provided, ilia'
110 bui.dmg shall be pulled down nor n
any way destroyed without the advice ol
v the mayor, or any or all ofHceis of the
) tire company as may be present.
Sec. 9. That in case of a lire it shall
be the duty of the mayor to attend anu
take chaige of the police department
In case of the removal or exposuie ol
property, lie .shall detail a sulli i.-nt number
of ciuz-jus not member-* of the t)<department,
who shall constitute hi
auxiliary in?lice force, whose duty u
shall be, under the directiou of th?
ill mayor, to guaid all exposed pioperty.
and so detain all 8usp cn.ua and dismderly
persons, and to do whatever may
" be lawfully done to protect the rights ot
to ihe citizens and presetve the publicpeace
dining the continuance of such
tire. In ease the mayor is not piestnt.
the duties above set out shall devolve
upon the chief of police.
^ Sec. 10. Any person, or persons, ridingon
hose wagon without consent ol
any officer of the tire company, or catching
the hose wagon going or coming
from a Hie, or an alarm of the, shall tie
fined $.1 or be imprisoned ten days foi
each offense.
Done and ratified in council chamber
this 7th day of November, l'.tU I.
' It. L. McNally,
Mayor.
? W. 1). Authuu, Clerk and Tteaa.
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INGoAHsYsTEM. 1 HHUUuH
PULLMAN SLEEPING CARS
ON ALL TIKGUGH TRAINS.
CUNVtNIEnT SCHEDULES UN
ALL LOCAL TRAINS.
WINTER TOURIST RATES
are now in effect to all
Florida points. .
for full information as to
rates, routes, etc,, consult
nearest Southern Railway
Ticket.Agent, or
R. W. HUNT,
Division Passenger Agent,
Charleston, S. C.
Notice of Election.
On account of the resignation of VV.
O- Nelson, Disjien.ier fur Beer Dispell
sary No. 2 will he elected Dec. 3lut to
Till the unexpired term. Ail applica?
lions must he died with the undersigned
on or before the 11th inst.
T. k. fostbb,
50 -4t Chm. Co. Bd. Control,
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VERY ANNOYING.
This Hardly Expresses
What Union People
Think of It.
An itchiness of the skin is annoying.
Little danger in itching skin diseases.
But they make you miserable, Doan's
Ointment is a never-failing cure for
Piles, Eczema, all itching troubles.
Union citizens endorse it.
J. B. Neal, mill operator, of 15 Mill
Street, says: "I had a very bad sore on
my left leg, which bothered me for the
past ten or twelve years. I consulted
different physicians about it, and they
each gave me some salve for it, but it
would not heal up. It itched all the
time and was very annoying and I
have scratched it until it would bleed,
and then it would discharge a yellowish
matter for days and weeks at a time
and be very sore. I learned of Doan's
Ointment and procured a box at the
Holmes Pharmacy. I found it to be a
most valuable salve. It has cured up
the sore entirely and only left the scar."
For sale by all dealers. Price 5<>c pe'
box. Foster-.Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.,
sole agents for the United States. Remember
the name?DOAN'S?and take
no other.
$10 TO TEXAS.
ONE-WAY COLONIST RATES
DECEMBER 13 AND 27.
VIA COTTON BELT ROUTE.
On December 13th and 27th
i904, the Cotton Belt Route
will nell one way Colonist tickets
from Memphis to points in
Texas at rate of $10, ticket
good ;u ohair cars any coaches.
The territory to wntcti uko.
rates apply includes Texnrkana.
Greenville, Paris, Bonham
Sherman, Dallas, Ft. Worth,
Witchita Falls, Amarilla, Ty'er,
('ors'cina, Waco, Marshall.
Palestine, Longview, HiUsbom.
Brown wood, San Angelo, Austin,
San Antonio, Copus l hrisI
ti, Houston, Galveston, Beaumont
and intermediate points.
Wr'te for maps, deseriptivliterature
and any further information
concerning rates.
L. P. SMITH, T. P. A.
Cotton Belt Route, Atlanta, Ga.
Do The
BEST THINfi
See
TURNER & MAYFIELD
For Furniture, Stoves,
Clocks, Trunks, Pictures,
Rugs and everything
that pertains
to the furnishing of
your house. We can
save you money.
CASH OR INSTALLMENT
36 pound Feather Bed
for $10.00. Pillows, 6
pounds to pair, $1.50.
10 pounds to pair $2.50
Next door to C. E. Lipscomb,
Wholesale Grocery,
GIVE US A CALL.
While I Am Waiting
for my stock
to arrive
Send Me Your Furniture
to repair, your
Mattress to do over
and your Carpets to
clean and renew.
My Work is First Class
as my past record of
fifteen years in Union
in this line of
business stands for
itselt.
Fred C. Milling,
Next door to T. A. Murrab.
J. A. BROWN,
DI2ALI3R IN
REAL ESTATE, STOCKS AND
BONDS.
HOUSE RENTING AND COLLECT
INCI A SPECIALTY.
Office on Bachelor Street.
?0 ly.
Fhla alynatare la on arery box of the gamiloi
Laxative Brotuo-Quinine Table*
jb? Mo?d/ tbatjpmn f
FREE RAILROAD t, !
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TO?
Spartanburg and Ratiro
TO ANY PERSON
buying the amount of %2M
and over at our
AUCTION SALE
of Watches, Diamonds,
Jewelry, Clocks and Silverware
being conducted M
opposite Hotel Argyle be- m
tween now and December
25th.
;
J. B. Bennett I Co. Prop.
| David Rauh, Auctioneer*
W/i>
vr v. IIQTC I IUYC1
our place of business H tCT
stand formerly occupied by
The Union Grocery Co, Our
line of
JFUR N ITURE
is" complete, our pricee ex- :
ceedingly low, end our terxee
to suit purchaser. *9
Don't Make a Mistake *?
and buy before looking over
our stock. We solicit your
patronage and to please you *
is our aim. 1
Herring Furniture
Look
\t riy Price?
Consider the Qualities.
I make special efforts to
procure the beat of everything
for my trade, in
DRY GOODS, NOTION?,
SHOES, CLOTHING,,
HATS, CAPS, ETC.
So you will save money
and secure better goods by
a visit to my store. Call
early find let U9 show you
through the various lines.
Prices and Qualities ars ** my
heel salesmen. Mv . ^
only Arguments are Qualities
above prices bslow.
Yours for Better Yalues,
GEO. W. GOING.
BIG VALUES ., _?
--IN
SHOES
AT
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The Cash Bargain Stare
Infant Soft Sole Shoes from ?6e
to 60c the pair. Ask for the
Gold Standard, sizes from 6 tt
. 9, made of Chrome Tanned
Goat Skin, and each outer sole
. inner sole and counter in one
solid piece of sole leather, price
50c the pair. This is the best
child's shoe that has ever t>ee?
; sold in Union for that money. vL?
Hrs. D. N. Wilburn
1 '"J _
J. M. Wallace. H. L. Fallara* I I
WALLACE & FELLERS, ,4
' V DENTISTS.4*- J I
Crown and Bridge work a Specialty. | I
Temporary office Peoples Bank
41-tf I 1
Final Discharge. \ |
Notice is hereby given that BUtoe R, I VI
Aycock, Guardian of the Estate of I
Elizabeth Holcomb, now Banders, bee 1 . &
applied to Jason M. Greer, Judge of
Probate, in and for the Connty of Union, \
for a tinal discharge as such Gnardian.
It Is Ordered, Th.it the 26th d .y of / I
December, A. D., 11)04, i>e fixed for hear' I V }
ingof 1'eiitioii, and a final settlement of / / /
said Estate. W A
Jason M. Qriir, i m\
Probsts J odge, J 1
Union County. 8. O. '
| Published ia Tin Umoa Timm*, Ho ember
26lb, 1U04. 0-4L
House and Lot for Hale.
I offer my dwelling hoase and let
on South Street lor sale. Terms sf
sale, one third cash, balance on Ona
t and two years time, with the privilege
of paying all oash.
0- M??. Ooat N. Moun,