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Four Days By Lowell Otus Rim LCoprrlnht, 1MM, by Lowell ( Htm lUm | Our acquaintance began In a minner Host unique. Illgh up on the ennyon wall was a rock, shaded by a lire oak. For a month It had been my custom to sit upon this rock through the warmest part of the day sketching. I had established possession by right of preemption. So it cniue In the nature of a shock when I cllnil>ed to my naual vantage point and found ensconced in my favorite position on my rock a girl. I was Indignant, also disappointed. I felt much an Uaak Walton might hove felt when ho found an Interloper fishing his favorite pool. This woi a moat presumptuous young peraon. "Ahem!" 1 remarked. Hhe half turned and made a alight bow. "The view Is something tremendoua from here," I observed further. "Very," alie agreed. "I come here eve?-y day," I panted as I ant down conventionally near. "I have done ao for a month." "Oh, perhaps you would rather I"? "By no means!" I exclaimed. "The view la much better"? She froxe me; then she laughed. We were friends by the divine Instinct which tells unerriugly whom we are going to like or hate. 1 was glad she had Jumped my claim, for she was very pretty, and her eyes were the kind that send a thrill through your whole being, and you wonder if you are going to live through It That was the first day. s s # It was three days after. "Why didn't you wait for me?" I asked as I cllmltcd over the rock and threw myself down beside her. She opened her brown eyes wide in a wonderful assumption of surprise. "IIow did I kuow you were coming?" she asked. 1 was amar.ed at the nerve of her. A? though I ooukl have kept away' A* | though the combined j>ollce forces of two continents could have kept me nwn.v! This girl miwi be disciplined. "Of course jou know," I snld confidently. .S'lie looked nt me, nnd 1 felt my henrt turn to wnter. Ht111 I persisted, where n wise mmi would hnve turned the conversntlon swiftly to the weather or the view. "You knew I'd been coming every dny for n month. Y'on knew I usually enme up about this time. You knew?then why didn't you allow me to accompany you"? She rose. "I'm not coming any more," she snld. I sprang to my feet In fright. "Don't!" I pleaded. "I want you to stay! I"? Rhe kept her face averted, though I could see that her cheeks were hot and flushed, "tioodby," she snld, nnd was gone. Tim sun suddenly turned to Ink. W^ore a moment before had l>een a bright acene spreading away l?elow me wns a howling wilderness, nnd I was tempted to Jump off the rock and butt my empty head ngnlnst the river bed 3O0 feet lrnlow. I longed to be a boy again that I might go down and fight the first kid I ran across. This was the second day. The next Saturday night there was a quiet dance In the assembly room of this famous resort lmtween the high walls of the Mntlltjn canyon. I saw my chance to redeem myself. I would dance with her and make my peace while she was so close she would be compelled to listen, for all the week she had seemed unaware of my existence. It was an Informal affair?a country dance, sans cards and ceremony. I approached the group where Miss Wlnston was chatting brightly with a golf stocking Englishman and a Iloston magnate. Miss Winston saw ine coming?I knew she did. Rhe looked through and beyond?far beyond me. I felt like n perambulating piece of thin j glass which a brcnth of lien* might : shatter. I stopped suddenly. Of ?ourse that was It! We had not been properly "presented." What a chump I was. 1 ' sought diligently for Bobby Jellnskl, ' who knew everybody. I didn't And hlni. 1 The band struck up, and I saw her go I gilding away with the Kngllahmnn? I his golf stockings flashing among the dancers like two variegated comets running amuck along the heavens of a bright night. And this was my lack all through the evening. Try as 1 would, I got no dance from her. 1 managed to say s few words while she was waiting for her mother, who was struggling with ; a Mexican mantilla. I gathered that It I was a fine night and that she had enJoyed her dance immensely, and, yes, California moonlight was far superior to anything shs had ever seen, and then she was gone, with the Englishman pompously escorting her. " What's the matter with von ??. "*V way?" demanded Bobby Jeltnskt, who at the eleventh hotir bed presented me. "Bobby,** I enld savagely, "will yon kindly go to blazes a few time* and ntny there?" And thia was the third day. A month had passed. The season .was drawing to a close. T had made no progress. Mlsa Wtnston met me on the gronnd of easy comradeship which obtained at the Springs, where everybody was dependent upon everybody i tlae for companionship and entertain- j mrnt, bat tho tweet familiarity which had come so naturally thooe first three dajR upon the rock seemed. viewed ia the light of the preeent situation, at a thing 1 must have dreamed about, . ?**? never could have been. Aiul still the Kngltahiuan perelated. I had come down from the rock and wna wandering aimlessly among the live onka on the opposite side of the canyon when, happening to glance j across, I saw the flutter of a skirt on . the trail lending np to the rock. I drew out my flehl glasses and trained them on the figure ascending the familiar ' trail. It was she! I watched her climbing with furtivo downward glances. The mystery was solved at last, llegularly all these unhappy days I had been missing her. 8he must have been going up there all these days, watting always for me to coinc down. Blind rage filled my heart. I would \ go up there and face her with her guilt! I would reproach her and make j her sco the enormity of her offense! : All this time I was plunging across the canyon Hnd up the trail. I would ; show her Just how far she eoukl go In breaking a loving heart. I would? Then hs I found I was nearly half I way up the trail I lost my nerve and decided to wait and meet her casually as she came down. I waa tired anyway. I sat down In the shadow of a great rock which projected from tho hillside. I lit my pipe and wondered why minutes didn't pass more swiftly. ( Certainly she had been there ages. I put my pipe away. And then? j There she stood in the trail, looking at me with a gleam In her eyes which confused mc, for I didn't know what ! It meant. 1 had rnught It from tlmo to time nil along the way of tribulation II had traveled for over a month. "Why didn't you come up, Mr. Blake?" she Inquired. "Tho view was I excellent today." Was she mocking me? I started to say something when from above enme a te?rtflc roar, and glancing up I saw a huge stone, loosened by some careless climber no doubt, plunging down the slope. Miss Winston ssw it coming and gave a stifled cry, which was smothered against my breast, for I had cnught her from the trail ami flung | her behind the ledge. Jamming b?* , fiercely against the ground as the fly- , i >ng monster ronrci over our heads and ( down th?* canyon aide, crashing trees I and stones ns It went, till a few see- J i ond* Inter It struck the bottom of the (< abyss with a long, thunderous crash thnt echoed up and down tbc rlrer like I a mighty explosion. Then all was still, j 1 turned to the figure In my arms. ' Bhe was occupying exactly the same ( i position as when I flung her behind the , lodge, with her head In the holloa- of my arm. j "Are you hurt?" I asked anxiously. 1 Bhe shook her head ever so slightly and kept her face hidden against my coat. ! My heart began to beat with a tumult of hope. "I,ook at me!" I commanded. i She raised her face, but her eyea 1 were averted. She peered over my J shoulder at the depths below. "Is?Is It i 1 coming back, I wonder"? she began, and the words were stifled, for my soul ' was suddenly lllnmlned with the surety of my blessed fortune, and I kissed the red Hps, wondering mightily however 1 had done without them for ao long. And thnt was the fourth day. i Enjoyed the Performance. In hla familiar character as a time saver Mr. Gladstone adorns an Incident recorded in the new "Life of BIr Charles Wyndham," the English actor i and manager. One biasing July day . BIr Charles Invited him and other 1 notables to his theater to bear a reciter I deliver Tennyson's "Elaine." Mr. Gladstone occupied a box below the one In which the actor-managcr kept watch lest his guests should flee from the stlfllnir thpnfpr ti-tinn 1 v ~ ?. ? m\u uic icviiai ended Kir Charles hastened to Join the statesman. "Afraid you've had a trying time with all this heat, Mr. Gladstone," the host suggested. | "Not at all," was the reply. "I have had a charming afternoon. I thank you for asking me, and now, quite refreshed, I can run back to the house." Kir Charles was elated. "Elaine" was a success after all. He rushed to the stage and found his other guests waiting for him. "Whnt have we done to you,* they cried, "that you should give us 'Elaine* on a day like this? Burely there wns something lighter to choose!" "Lighter!" retorted the hoat. "That's the trouble with you society people, you're all so frivolous. I gave you a classic treat. Why, Mr. Gladstone has Just tokl me he had a delightful afternoon." | "Of course he had," was the rejoinder. "He was asleep all the time." BrlaOn Wee* gee IsrlsSel. One of the ablest lawyers and advocates New England ever produced was Roger Mluott Sherman, who was also famous for the quickness of bis wit. I A story which fully Illustrates Sherman's powers of repartee Is quoted by the late Senator Hoar In his book entitled "An utotHogrsphv of Seventy Years." j On one occasion Sherman was argu . log a mm against Nathan Smith, a J eery able bnt rather conrae lawyer. Mr. Smith had diseased the question of law with the subtlety for which he was distinguished. Mr. Sherman Mid to the court that he thought Brother Smith'* metaphysics were out of ploce in that discussion; that he was not averse to snch refinement at a proper time and would be willing ou a fit occasion to chop logic and split hairs with him. Smith Immediately pulled a hair out of his own head and, holding It up, said: "Split that" Sherman replied quick as lightning: "May It please your honor, 1 didn't lay bdattas." I m , twmnum '' ? ??mimm + vmi a i t_ 4 I Humor ma Philosophy y DOMCAM M. ItCITI ; 4 " 4 ' ^ BABY VANTEZX Th?M'? a baby brother Just tcroM the w?y, And the baby's mother. Nearly every Ur, LtU me came and reek him? By. oh. baby, by? eye I mustn't shock htm. Mustn't meke htm cry. He's so cute end roey; Sweetest little noes; Inunted up so cosy. Covered heed end toes. Eats end sleeps end wienies All ths lone dey throufh. Can't see why he wrtgglee? Guess alt babies do. Wlaht we had a brother. Just a little mite; Guess I'll ask my mother If we can't tonightJust a little wee one. ? Pat and round and red. My. I'd like to see one Plumped down In my bed I Hate to be the only . Kid about the house; , Seems so dreadful lonelyFeel Just like a mouse. ' If there woe another. <. " Bet we'd make things hum; t Maybe, then, our mother R 'D have to apank us some. Superfluous. r wntiszem On a winter night In a rowhoet Alight far out on the sea he Atrsred, And the fool killer said. "Oh, It's me to v bed, for he doesn't need my eld!" He Convinced Her. Maybellc started! 8he tient a listening ear. This Is the only kind of ear ^ that Maybelle ever used. There la only r one other kind; it la called the deaf ear and la much affected hy ojd ladles; the deaf ear may he known by the bit of cotton that decorates It. tl When Maybelle had finished bending her ear that appendage assumed an up- a right attitude, and the girl drew a sigh of relief. MaybeHe's sighs were of various sites. This one was deep and long, and Edwin noticed It. n "Why do you sigh so pensively, my ti oyster?" asked he tenderly. "I was wondering If you loved me as much as you dkl last night," whisper- d ed the girl. (This was a fairy tale. She sighed because her mind was relieved ~ of the apprehension that she beard Jtter father's No. 13's pltter-pattfrlng down is the stairs.) . *w" T "I love you more than I did latt ci night," asserted her lover. J u "More!" shrieked the girl. "Ifpee! 1(1 How dare yon tell me that? How date f.4 yon?" she moaned. ^ "Why, what's the matter?" j, "Oh, you deceiver, you told me lest *i night that you loved me all you could," ti she sobbed. ft "But I had my salary raised today and so am able to do better than I did yesterday." Sweet peace again nestled In the heart of the girl, and no sound was beard but the gentle straining of her aars as aha again listened for tha on- <> lucky No. 18. n o Chance to Save. 11 Closed are the cat show's broad three tings, D The dog show Is no more. tl The chicken ehow has token wings, \-j The horse show, too, Is o'er. n The euto show has quit the stand, 11 likewise the show for mice, w rm.tu nvw uaUlfl ? *1 r.U?M VO JUM 11 show to rav? the price. C! 1 ri PERT PARAGRAPHS... P it If our friends could see as clearly P. how to manage thetr affairs as wa can j] see how they should be managed, all t] failures would disappear from the n earth. J The one thing scarcer than hen's j? teeth is hen's eggs. A gilded to nth ({ with money Is soon fooled. If yos ean't __ strike while the c] iron's hot, why, w m dL'jh/'\ keep pounding sway ttll It gets I. Borne one will yet discover that the "fruit" Bre ate wea a bo* of chocolate ? caramels. F Ci A woman's second husband la often j a sincere mourner?of the death of her first husband. g If the Question "Who is wise?" were left to popular rote we would each ' tally one. j Soma people make a great bnwtte te eorer up the feet that they aren't wort- [ lag. There are too many men who eonalder that drawing their salary la qnlte sufficient labor for them. The quality of thetr work concerns vw? invyis iin ibkd ID? qnwillTJ OI their waves. The men who nhuw to giro adftre ^ nsoellj bee crowds ervood htm wltllav te pejr their last dollar far a tip fwm THE SHEDDING SEASON. With tho first dim. faint suggMtlMl That the Hummer season's due. When no longer pipes the question, "Is It eold enough for roiif' When the gross comes softly stealing. And the pilgrim turns to golf Flound to shako that tired feeling? Then we take our flahnela off. 1 Bummer smiling prematurely On some calm, serene spring day Cause# us to argue surely "It has this time come to stay." Bo we take a chance at guessing. Heedless though the cynics scoff. That It's time for thinner dressing, And we take our flannels off. Well the wind Its shaft* may temper To the lambkin that la shorn. Causing It to miss distemper And to view the blasts with scorn. Hut It sends a measure double. Causing at the least a cough. But more often loads of trouble When we take our flannels off. | Kngerly the orone sniffing. Man saye winter Is n wreck When the sun's warm rays are "biffing" Karth a swift punch In the neck. I And he sheds his heavy raiment. Though his years are more than ten. But neat day when he draws payment Then he slips 'em on again. It Was I'rgest. Ail enthusiastic fisherman left Lonlon to flah In Scotland and promised o aend a friend the first fruits of his kill. Accordingly a telegram came: Grand fish, Just dispatched, caught this aornlng. Next morning a basket was delivered t the friend's house. Ills surprise and ronder were great when on opening it e found three very fine salmon trout, ut his surprise was greater and his ronder less when by the next post be reel red from a firm of fishmongers In than the following note: We have been Instructed by Mr. , by wire from Mull, to forward to your edreaa a seven or eight pound salmon. TTnortunately we have no fish of that stae oday, but as he aaye the matter Is urvnt wa have taken the liberty of sending ou Instead three salmon trout of two and ne-half pounds each. Tour esteemed emmands will always meet with our nrrmpt attention. ?London Answers. Hie Ism*. "What Is Johnson's business?" "1 think he la a bookkeeper; st lenst never brought back the one he bornwod flwn m? luaf iimmavr " H?< Her She?And she Is to be married for the llrd time! She hasn't been a widow try long. He?No. She nerer Is a rldow rery long.?New York Press. The RallHg PaatUa. He (reading)?She wore an air of lystery? She (absently)?How was It rimmed? All men woakl be cowards If they urst.?Rochester. Man's Unreasonableness often as great as woman's. Hut hos. 8. Austin, Mgr. of the "Republim," of Leavenworth, Ind., was not nreasonab?e. when he refused to al?w the doctors to operate on his wife, >r female trouble,"Instead," he says, we concluded to try Electric Bitters, [y wife was then so sick, she could ardly leave her bed, and five (5) phycians had failed to relieve her. After iking Electric Hitters, she was perictly cured, and can now perform all er household duties." Guaranteed y Dr. F. C. Duke, druggist, price 50e. NOTICE OP ELECTION. Having been petitioned by one third f the qualified electors and a like umber of the free holders, we hereby rder an election for a special levy of iree mills, to create a special school istrict, to be known as Gist School Istrict, from a portion of school disrict No. 1. The Trustees of Joncsille School District No. 1, to act as tanagers of said election, to be held t Maury's school house, May 20. 1906, itli the following boundaries: Begining where the Special School District rosses the Southern Railroad and iinning west the said line southwest ? the southside of M. R. Sam's place lcluding J. E. Johnson's place, thence ortliwest to Spartanburg county lie (including D. B. Free, Sr., J. A. Surges* and the old John Black place); tience west Spartanburg county line [?the northwest wide of the West laee including the Moses Wood place, im Ward place and John Jeffries lace ; thence to the Jonesville special istrict; thence to the beginning point. I). B. Fast, 1 Davis Jkkfhikh. > Co. B. Ed. *-2t ) He Kept up In The Baee. James S. Barron, President Manliester Cotton Mills, Rock Hill, S. C.' rites: "In 1883 I painted my residence with i. A M. It looks better than a great lanv houses painted three years go. Don't pay $1.60 a gallon for linseed il, which you do in ready-for-use aint. Buy oil fresh from the barrel at 60 ents per gallon, and mix it with ongman <k Martinez L. A. M. Paint. It makes paint cost atiout $1.20 per allon. Wears and covers like gold. Every church given a liberal quantiy when bought from Union Hard lire vu., union; j. i,. rac-Whirtcr, oncsville; B. O. Wilburn A Son, ro?? Kpjth. joTlers and engines] Tanks, Stacks, Stand Pipcs> and Sheet Iron Work; Shafting, Pulleys, Gearing, Boxes, Mangers, etc. Mill Castings. Cast every day; work 5800 hands. ombard Foundry Machine and Boiler Work and Supply Store. Augusta, Geonia ' ? The Satisfactory = Drug Store It is a satisfaction to trade at I some drug stores?they al ways have what you want, and the quality you want. Our Store is That Kind. Our stock is so ample that you can depend upon finding j, anything in the drug store line here if it is to be had. ! Another feature that adds to * the satisfaction is that people I never go away with that S '"over-charged' feeling. Our i prices are the same to all and l are always reasonable. Just try us and see. DUKE DRUG CO. * Under Hotel Union. Union, 3. C. \ Phone 78. A' Watch This ( Space. at I am after your trade d< good and strong. I mean p to increase the volume p of each month over the n month before (as I live "] I grow) is the motto I \\ am following. So don't p overlook this space, as f* there will be something u doing. Look out for J later issues. Come to ti ma cnmmrti' in*, iv/i ovjiiiiuei I' Underwear, Straw Hats, Jf Hosiery, Laces, Em- J broidery, etc. h ai VI Yours For Good Values, r< ei GEO. W. GOING. I 1 i Watch This Space ..Por.. BURRIS & MILLING'S i Ad. Next Week. i A MILDER CLIMATE. In Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas. . Stock ranges ten to twelve months In the year, two and three crops grow in a season. Now is the time to look up a location while the land is cheap. - vrii r c nmrjr i m ana ziBt ana MRrcti l 7th and 21st, Cotton Belt Route will sell round trip home-seekers' tickets from St. Louis, Thebes, Cairo and Memphis to points in above named states at rate of $15, or one fare plus $2 where it ? makes less than $15. 1 One way colonist tickets, February ? 21st and Mareh 21st at half fare, plus $2. Write for map, time table, and ask F about rates to any point. ^ L. P. SMITH, T. P, A. s Cotton Belt Route, Atlanta* Oa. WMIPQ r w w n m AND \ POCKET 1 KNIVES CHEAP AT I J. T. SEXTON'S., % T H E fC> lash Bargain Store MG "VALUES 4 In White Goods. Irgandies, 68 inches wide, I at 25c, 30c, 35c, 40c and 50c the yard. idia Linon Lawn, from 5c to 25c the yard. ancy Piques, 10c, 15c, 20c and 25c the yard. hirt Waist Linen for only 20c. adies White and Colored Shirt Waist at 50c, 75c, $1, $1.25 and $1.50 each. lay Manton Patterns and A %] Catalogues all 10c each. w >j IRS. D. IWILBIIRN. IR E DIT! j No other town in the State has a edit system so broad and liberal i ours. It has been the heighth f our ambition to anticipate every etail of buying that which could nssibly l?c of convenience to our , atrons. We have never found it J ecessary to adopt iron clad rules J iiu regulations m) govern me giving I credit or the making of payments. /e are doing business with honestv >. eople who demand reliable quali- \ es and who appreciate the convenncc of our unique plan of easy ayments. We personally guarutee every dollar's worth of goods lat goes out of our store, 'no latter what the price. There will e no interest 011 deferred payments, his store is a home builder and rerything necessary to complete ousckccping is here. Join this rmy of credit buyers and take adantage of lowest cash prices. Just jceived ice cream freezers, rcfrigrators, bedroom suits, pictures, iscls, hall racks, etc. Do like our neighbor. Buy one of our (? pound feather beds for $10.00. rUBNER & MAYFIELD ;rom frigid to Torrid From Coal to Ice you think, one is no mora a luxury than* the other, both are a necessity will deliver |(? at your door Buy your ticket, it is economy and saves vou L jo \" trouble, ce house opposite Southern > Passenger Depot. J. B. RICHARDS. Be Sure Before Taking! V^JH tever take a dose of medi:ine without first carefully jf eading the label. If it bears 1 >ur name you are doubly afe. A medicine bearing H??* 1 ohal ic /* K? >ui iui/^1 ij guaiaiuccu 117 uc ightly prepared, absolutely >ure and thoroughly reliable, fou may be sure no errors lave occured. For Night Calls Ring Phone 159. Ne deliver goods to any part of the city at any time. Palmetto Drug Co., Huiet <fc Renwick, Owners.