The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, May 19, 1905, Image 8
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The groat hotel facing the park was
nn obelisk of light flecks. Motor oars *
came and wont noisily finder the wide 1
porte coehere. v
T?aek of the largo hostelry and across
a narrow alloy-a white girlish face. 1
banked with pillows looked out wist- | 8
fllllv rp.HK <lw, ...... ............ .. t...l?nr s.t '
n tliinl lloor back at these evidences of '
life and gnyety, listening to the orchestra.
Suddenly the music burst into a wild
tropicnl air front "Carmen," a very revel
of life and youth and lusty, red blooded
Joy. The invalid buried her tired
eyes In the soft pillows, and her thin
shoulders shook. Shaken by the tempest
of sobs, a crutch that had been
leaning against the bedside rattled to
the lloor.
"Oh, I can bear their old ragtime
things without a shiver," she cried,
"but the opera airs?-they break my
heart! And now 1 shall never slug
them again?I know I shan't!"
The incoherent cry went straight
through the open window like a winged
arrow, across the alleyway in the
grand hotel, and lodged deep in the sick
heart of a listener there. Its note of
suffering and aching longing needed no
Interpreter. That is a universal lan- i
gunge understood alike in palace and <
tenement.
John Wixton had been staring moodily
out of the darkened shadows of his
unliglited room into the still darker
shadows of a future that looked
gloomy indeed to his usually careless,
sunny eyes. lb* had been hard hit?
there was no doubt of that?and the
girl's refusal of him had cut deep. lie
had been so sure of her?too" sure, perhaps?but
he had thought he eouhl not
he mistaken in that warm light in her
eyes that had set his heart on fire all
these weeks.
"The light that lies in woman's eves
? and lies ? and lies ? and lies!" lie
sneered miserably, sitting there in tlio
dark. "Curse tlie whole sex, anyway,
and their deeeitful wiles!" And his
clinched hands thumped the window
sill fiercely. lie had mooned over her
like a maundering Idiot, lie told himself
hotly, and now she was engaged, so
her mother had told liiin the last time
he called, to Billy Lunders and his millions?principally
the latter, he thought.
Ix>rd! There was that beastly eliansonnette
from "Carmen" again?could ho
never escape the thing??the song that
breathed so horribly of her in every
seductive note. She had worn a red
rose In her hair, too, that night he first
met her with tlie Van Lorns. He could
smell that rose now.
Tonight "Carmen" was on the bill
again. He recalled dully that ho hud i
the same box for this performance, in- i
tending to take her and show her he 1
remembered that first night so long i
ago. She had said men always forgot <
the dates a woman remembered. He (
had meant to tell her of his loving lit- t
tie surprise that evening. Was it only a i
week ago? How could he ever bear to t
hear au opera again? Curse It. lie r
would got out of tills sickening old New
York and go west?to Chicago?any- 1
where. f
"These opera airs?they break my j
heart!" broke in the sobbing cry from i
the window across the alley. John
raised his head to listen. "Same here, f
kid," he muttered heavily. "It's that i
lame girl?poor little beggar! She does g
have a devil of a time of it, lying there (]
all day with hot water baps and tilings taround
her. It's a shame!" ^
"I want to be back there 011 the
stape again," went on the voice, "sing- t
ing with the rest of the chorus. I t
was a village maiden in 'Carmen,' you t
know, Mrs. Iteebe." To the conscious r
pride In this already well known fact j,
there came nil indistinct murmur of j
consolation from the dark interior of c
the little room.
"And maybe some day I might have j
been a Sembrlch or a Melbn, my own ,
self?the master said so -and now my
back's hurt, and I'll never sing again. 0
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Your Grocer
IOFFF.E always, and he,
not try to sell you anyeare
for our opinion, but
i Judgment of Millions
e usod LION COFFEE
>f a century ?
"oof of merit, than the
Confidence of the People
ever Increasing popularity ?
4 COFFEE Is carefully seed
at the plantation, shipped
ct to our various factories,
:*e It Is skillfully roasted and
>1 ully packed In sealed packs?unlike
loose coffee, which
xposed to germs, dust, fnts,
etc. LION COFFEE reaches
as pure and clean as when
:ft the factory. Sold only In
. packages.
3very package.
for valuable premiums.
IS EVERYWHERE
00LS0N SriCE CO., Toledo, Ohio.
. know it! If I'could only go Just
mce and hear It nil again I tlilnk
linyhe 1 could bear It better, but to
>c penned in hero all the time like a
lit with the snappers of a trap eauglit
pvt*r ms DiH'K?us iyo ? xiiu resi was
ost in till' infolding pillow.
The mail in the darkened window
cross tiie way suddenly stood up,
urned on the light and squared his
houlders like n soldier ready for
unrolling. "I'll do it!" he said grimly.
I'll not run away like a coward. I'll
ace this thing out. I've got to go
hrough it some time, and I might as
veil begin now. I'll go right to that
lame box and fight it out. And. what's
norc, I'm going to take that child
ilong. She'll probably look a fright,
uul people will stare, but hang the
>eople!"
He took his lint and overcoat and
lurried from the room. At the office
le stopped to give an order for an auto
ab.
Twenty minutes later lie was bowling
oward Broadway with bis strange lltle
companion, still breathless over the
vondrous angel in evening clothes
vliose determination bad carried all
ippositlon before lilm. Even the fat
andlady liad been subdued into dcfermce
and helped to dress lier quickly so
is not to keep the young gentleman
svaiting.
Wlxton glanced down at her thin 1ftle
face, sharpened by suffering; at her
wo criUi'lies nml lior ximnln tvliifo
"rock. To Ills surprise, she appeared
nstefully gowned.
She told him quite simply, with a lltie
pntlietie quaver in her voice, about
ler ambition to be a great singer; how
she had fallen through a trapdoor left
carelessly open by the stage hands one
night after the opera was over and had
been in the charity ward of a hospital,
where they had not seemed able to
cure her; how she could walk only a
little way without hurting.
When they reached the opera house
the llrst act was nearly over.
Wixton gathered up her slight form
and strode up the wide s lair way as if
his burden were a baby. At t lie door of
the box he halted. It was slightly
ajar. "Sold the other seats?" he questioned
of the usher.
"Only one to a lady," answered that
worthy and volunteered further the
whispered information that she was a
queer one?"came with a party in the
fourth box farther down and came out
ill and went away. After a bit she
came back with a ticket for a seat in
this one."
When Wixton ushered his charge into
the box lie found, to his surprise, that
the place was unlightcd. The curtain
had just closed on the tirst act, and the
solitary occupant was shrinking into
the farthest corner as though seeking
to avoid observation.
John reached out to press the electric
button and turned in the blaze of light
to confront the woman who bad refused
him the week before. Ills lips
tightened, and his face went white.
"Eunice! You here?"
The woman turned a lovely pale face
up to him entreatlngly without speak
.ik. ?"i* liffiiHiKPu ror contretemps
ind destroyed her poise, woman of the
vorld though she was, and left her as
ixclted and einharrassed as a school- :
tlrl. There were traces of tears about 1
he dark eyes, hollow from sloeplessiess.
ller soft white throat worked in
he stress of emotion, and her bosom '
ose and fell pantingly.
At last she found her voice. It was (
ow and tremulous, and at the thrilling ,
sweetness of it the man's heavy heart
>ounded like a mad thing behind his
mmaculate shirt front.
"Jack," she whispered, "If you don't
orglve me and love me I shall (lie. I
icver dreamed till mamma made me
lend you away how dreadfully I eared,
md I never was engaged to Hilly I/nunlers
at all. I couldn't be?not If the
vhole family rose up to slay me."
The orchestra hegan the overture to
he next act. The wild, gypsy rnotlf of
he immortal opera rose and bathed
hem in Its melting torrents of love
undo Into music. The little cripple was
caning over the edge of the box waltng
breathlessly for the curtain to rise
n the familiar scene she loved.
"Jack, darling- hear It! That music
las been killing me till you came! I)o
'ou remember that night we"?
John reached out an audacious thumb
md pressed the. button, ou Vie wall* Aa
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the box wag enveloped id darkness h<
crushed her close In bis arms, unable t<
say one word.
On their way home in the carriage
when Eunice had been told the lltth
cripple's story, she laughed tenderly li
her new found joy, so nearly lost, and
with one Jeweled hand In John's am!
the other caressing the young glrl'i
pale cheek, said with a confidence thai
the future proved not unfounded:
"I shall take care of her, her voice
her future and her back. I know J
great doctor who can straighten oul
this little one's tangles, even as sh<
has been the means of unsnarling th<
dreadful knot in my web of fate."
Bnrry Salllvan and the Amntrar.
The famous tragedian, Barry Sulll
van, took his art so seriously that 1(
was very seldom indeed tlint he perpe
trated a Joke on the stage, although
when away from the theater he was
one of the most humorous of men. Or
one oecasion, however, Sullivan eoul<!
not resist the temptation of giving at
apt retort to an amateur who, hs Itat
cliff to his Richard III., had quit*
overlooked the necessity of committing
his words to memory.
"During the early part of the trag
edy," says Mr. Robert M. Sillnrd in hh
"Life of Barry Sullivan," "this tor
confident amateur strutted agreeablj
and elicited applause from hla friendt
in the front. In the tent scene he
screwed tip his energies, and when
Sullivan, as Richard, started from hit
knees at the conclusion of his com
ments on his dream, exclaiming,
'Who's there?* Ratellff In his excite
ment stammered out the answer:
" * 'TIs I, my lord. The early vlllagt
cock'?and then abruptly stopped, hav
lng apparently forgotten the next line?
1. e., 'Hath twice done salutation to the
morn.*
"Sullivan surveyed the stultified as
pert of his officer for a few seconds
with a sardonic grin, as If enjoying his
agony, and at length growled out In
an audible tone:
" 'Why don't you crow, then?' "
\ortnrlnR a Cheerful Spirit.
Lucky was the patient In Cedarvilk
who could secure the services of Aunt}
Bond as his nurse, but he must ninkt
up his mind that while all his wants
would receive due attention and lit
would have n fair amount of coddling
there were some things In which h<
could not count on having his own way
"Now, you Just take that look ofl
your face, won't you?" she half conxed,
half commanded a man who was re
covering from pneumonia. "You aren'l
half as sick as you were a month ago
Let your thoughts dwell on that, and
let 'em dwell on this: There's lots o
folks outdoors a-falllng from the topi
o' buildings and a-gcttlng run Into and
over by automobiles and contraption!
of nil sorts, besides those that art
yielding to temptation o' vaHoiia klndf
j and being sent to Jail and then th statet
prison. And while all these dreadfui
things are going on outside, what li
happening to you? You are getting
well at home, in peace and plenty, and
what's more, in as handsome a walnul
bedstead as there is In all Cedarville.
"You let your mind dwell on tbest
things a minute, and then yon tun
over and go to sleep."
Why lie Wn.H Cnlled "Good Prldnf.'
Alfred Bunn, the celebrated Knglisl
Impresario and operatic librettist ol
the last century, was not always in at
amiable frame of mind, and one daj
be was seen at a rehearsal holding t
wretched "super" by the collar ant
scolding him savagely. The poor fel
low's fright and distress, says F. J
Crowest in his biographical nuecdotei
of famous musicians, attracted the at
tcntion of Mallbran, the famous prlim
donna. The lady crossed over to tin
I manager and said:
\ "Do you know, I shall call you'Goo<
I Friday.'"
"Why?" he asked.
"Because," replied Mallbran, "yot
are such a hot cross lain."
Drtl Sore*,
Bod sores are sores that form ot
those parts of the hotly that are under
most in the position taken up by tin
bed occupant. As a rule they nevei
form unless tlie miff"".' I- "-?-?
.....till I la luiiuiitni l(
I one position. When set up they nr<
most distressing. Whisky or brandj
used as a lotion to the healthy skli
once daily will prevent them. Whor
there are commencing sores they should
be treated with white of egg mixed
with powdered alum. The two should
be well rubbed up together. If one haf
not a mortar and pestle It Is a good
plan to mix the things in a basin wltl
a bone knife handle.
The First Rrle Canal Boat.
The William Tell was the first boat
to pass over the Erie eanal from Buffalo
to Albany and down the river tc
New York. Her cargo consisted entire
ly of hogsheads, barrels and bottles ol
Lake Erie water, part of which wae
mingled with the waters of the bay ol
New York on the occasion of the great
fete In celebration of the opening ol
the wonderful waterway, ller passen
gers included Governor I>e Witt Clinton,
the leader In the canal enterprise,
and n delegation of statesmen and distinguished
persona from foreign lands
and various parts of the United States.
On the Free List.
"So<ln water doesn't appear to be t
popular beverage In your country."
"So. You see, wind Is so cheap tha
we hate to puy good money for It"
Heroic Treatment.
"How can I break myself of the cof
fee habit?"
"Try living at a boarding house foi
awhile." %
To Suit Their Taste.
The coming race will be a bird.
Although some men might wish,
Could they be living at the time.
That It would be a fish.
. ?I
- When Hnddlen Were First Cued.
* It is supposed that the saddle was Invented
about the middle of the fourth
* century, but the fnot. In the opinion of
5 some, has not been positively proved.
1 Zonaras, the historian, tells us that
? Constantino the younger was killed In
' the year 340, when he fell from his sad'
die. The word translated Into saddle
* also means, however, the baek of the
horse or the place where the rider sat.
> It is true, nevertheless, that Rldonlus
1 Apolllnarls used the word that unmls^
takably refers to the saddletree.
Tlir Trvo Rvll*.
"There's jest two thing-* that break
up most happy homes," observed the
Pohlok philosopher.
* "What's them?" Inquired the Rqticdunk
Ignoramus.
"Woman's love for dry goods an*
man's love fer wet goods, b'g>-.h!"~
J Washington Post.
I Strawberry sliorteake looks inviting
i on the waiter's tray, but there are few
people who know whether it is as g ?;>.!
> as It looks.
A statesman Is a politician who hasn't
been found out.
r Mercenary.
"She fell In love with a soldier."
"Rrnss buttons attract her?"
; "No; his $13 a month."
i -?.?
: ^ "Coffee which makes the
politicians wise,
And sec through all
, things with half-shut eyes"
?Pope.
: |= COFFEE =1
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Ycu eould tell with both
eyes shut that our Coffee is
pure?the aroma gives positive
assurance of that.
? Coffee is either good or bad
^ ?It can't be both, and if it
Isn't one, It is the otherthere
Is no middle ground.
1 Ours is good?the best in
r fact.
r You can take our word for
> it.
Or we'll give your money
' back if it isn't the best Coffee
you have ever tasted.
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The Union Grocery
; Company,
i UNION'S COFFEE STORE.
Best Values,
i Best Assortment.
L. L. Wagnon, - - Manager.
Man's Unreasonableness
is often as great as woman's. But
l Tlios. 8. Austin, Mgr. of the "Republican,"
of Leavenworth, Ind., was not
unreasonabc, when lie refused to allow
the doctors to operate on his wife,
r for female trouble, "Instead," he says,
> "we concluded to try Electric Bitters.
* My wife was then so sick, she could I
r hardly leave her bed, and live (5) phyi
sieians had failed to relieve her. After
, taking Electric Bitters, she was per-.
. fectlv cured, and can now perform all
her household duties." Guaranteed
by Dr. F. C. Duke, druggist, price 50c.
| He Kept up In The Race.
James 8. Barron, President Manchester
Cotton Mills, Rock Hill, 8. C.'
t writes:
[ "In 1K83 I painted my residence with
L. AM. It looks better than a great
* many houses painted three, years
" ago.
Don't pay $1.50 a gallon for linseed
i : oil, which you do in ready-for-use
' paint.
Buy oil fresh from the barrel at 60
? cents per gallon, and mix it with
j Longman A Martinez L. A M. Paint.
It makes paint cost about $1.20 per
| gallon.
> j Wears and covers like gold.
Every church given a liberal quanti>
| ty when bought from Union Hardware
Co., Union ; J. L. Mc-Whirter,
Jonesville; B. G. Wilburn A Son,
Cross Keys.
' BOILERS AND ENGINES.
Tanks, Stacks, Stand PipoH,
and Sheet Iron Work; Shafting,
Pulleys, (tearing, Boxes,
Mangers, etc. Mill CastingH.
r Ca?t every day; work 200
hands.
Lombard Foundiy Machine and
Boiler Work and Supply Store.
Augusta, Georgia
The Satisfactory
Drug Store *
It is a satisfaction to trade at \
some drug stores?they always
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 (
anything in the drug store
line here if it is to be had.
Another feature that adds to
the satisfaction is that people (
never go away with that
"over-charged" feeling. Our
prices are the same to all and )
are aiways reasonable. Just
try us and see. ^
DUKE DRUG CO. ,
Under Hotel Union. Union, S. C.
i
Phone 78.
Watch This j
/ ,
Space.
I am after your trade
good and strong. I mean
to increase the volume ;
of each month over the j
month before (as I live ,
1 grow) is the motto I J
am following. So don't
overlook this space, as
there will be something i
doing. Look out for t
later issues. Come to j
me for summer specials, ;
Underwear, Straw Hats, ]
Hosiery, Laces, Em- i
broidery, etc. :
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Yours For Good Values, \
GEO. W. GOING.'
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Watch This Space
..for..
BURNS & MILLING'S
Ad. Next Week.
A MILDER CLIMATE.
In Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas.
Stock ranges ton 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.
On February 7th and 21st and March
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.
One way colonist tickets, February
21st and March 21st at half fare, plus $2.
Write for map, time table, and ask
about rates to any point.
I*. P. SMITH, T. P. A.
Cotton Belt Route, Atlanta, Oa.
WHIPS
AND
POCKET
KNIVES
CHEAP
AT |
J. T. SEXTON'S.
both are a necessity
I will deliver |QE a* Vour door
Buy your ticket, it is
economy and saves you
trouble. '
Ice house opposite Southern
Passenger Depot.
J. 6. RICHARDS.
Use Your Phone
There is at any time apt
to be an emergency need
for drug store goods.
No messenger may be at
hand, nor is one needed.
Just step to the telephone
and tell us what
is wanted. We will
send it to you promptly
and the price will be
just the same as though
the purchase was made
at the store. Don't hesitate
because you may
not be a regular customer
as this service is for
everybody. Our phone %
is No. 7.
Palmetto Drug Co.,
Huict <fe Ronwiok, Owner*, '*
T H E= ?=^8*5*
lash Bargain Store
Vhite Jap Silk, 24 and 36
inches wide, at 25c and 50c
the yard.
Vhite Lawn, 40 inches wide,
at 10c.
Fancy Neckwear and Belts.
dollars 5c, 8c, 10c, 12Jc, 15c,
25c and 50c each.
KEEP COOL1
Dpen and shut Fans from lc
to 50c each.
?<
Vhite Silk Fans 25c and 50c
each.
~ancv Emb. Shirt Waist Pat
terns 98c and $1.50 each. <#
Aay Manton Patterns and
Catalogues all 10c each.
MRS. D. N. W1LBURN.
New Things!
3 Car Loads Just
Received.
5 cars Oak Bedroom Suits,
Ranges, Stoves, odd Bureaus,
Rockers, Mattresses, Bed ,
Springs, odd Bedsteads, etc.
These things were Ixmght right,
,hcy will be sold right. We'd l>o
{lad to have you give us a call. We
ilso have a good line of Bahy GoDarts
and Carriages, Clocks, Trunks,
Machines, Bugs, Matting, Ice Cream
Freezers, and all the necessary
things in housekeeping. Do like
four neighbor, trade with Turner
fc Mayfield and have no "kick"
joming. Now is your hest time ind
you certainly can't make a
setter investment than to buy one
jf our 36 pound feather IhhIs for
510.00.
TURNER & MAYFIELD
Prom frigid to Torrid
From Coal to Ice you
think, one is no mora a
luxury than the other,