The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, February 02, 1906, Page 8, Image 8
Torn Massona's
Wife <smi<al Mannaa?nr
THE
WOMAN OF HIS CHOICE
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from "jt Corner In tfomon, and Other foUlet," by Tom
Motion. Copyright, 190S, by Mofot,
Tmrd V Co.. Sou) Tort.
C? r? J7HITTLER lot himself In rue\WVvy
chanioully with his latchkey,
V V hung up his hat ami coat in
the closet under the stall's and
walked soberly up to the second floor.
He remembered afterward that ho was
wondering at this particular moment
just what there would be for dinucr
Sand just how
much lie would
enjoy it. On the
lnndiug in the
hall above he
was confronted
by a tall young
woman, very
trim and very
only one glance
to see that she
was pretty.
"Who are you V"
"I'm your
Why, I never
saw yon before." Whittler began to
wonder whether he was alive or not.
"Oh, yes, you have seen nio before.
It's all right. Come In here ami sit down
and we'll talk It over. You had your pick
out of all the other women you saw, and
you chose me."
"Did I? When?"
"Yesterday morning. Don't you remember?
I'm the girl In the car."
Whittler passed his hand across his
brow. He had seen her before. Yes, he
remembered it all.
"So you are," he ejaculated. "Of course
I remember you. Hut how In the world
did you come to bo my wife?"
"Because you wanted me to. Do you
recall what you were thinking of when
I got in? lie honest now."
"wny, yes. I was thinking or?of?my
last wife."
"Exactly. You'd had some trouble with
her, hadn't you? Just before you left
home?words. And you were reflecting
sho wasn't much good anyway."
"So I was. IIow do you know?"
"Oh, I'm a mind reader. Well, you
were kind of sore about your wife. Don't
you know you were? You thought sadly
that sho was getting passee. She hadn't
been tip to the mark, and then suddenly,
while you were thinking how disappointed
you were In her, you happened to look up
across the car, and you saw me."
"So I did. 1 remember It perfectly. Let
me go on. I saw how pretty you were,
how beautifully gowned you were, and 1
said to myself, 'By Jove, there's a girl I
wish 1 had for a wife!' Didn't 1?"
"You did. And here I am."
"But I don't understand how tha thing
is done."
"Don't bother about that. It was done
by a syndicate for the renewing ot
wives by discontented husbands. It's the
latest thing. The Idea Is to promote the
happiness of all mankind."
"But where's my other wife?"
"Oh, she's all right! You sec, she was
getting along In years anyway, so the
syndicate turned her over to a rich old
duffer who cared for little else than a
good housekeeper. She has a good home,
Don't worry about her. Think of me."
Whit tier gasped. "Well," he exclaimed,
"tills Is certainly sublime. I suppose J
must accommodate myself to the change,
By the way, how's dinner?"
His new wife smiled. "Let's go down
and see. Can you cook?"
"Well, I suppose so. Why do you ask?"
"Well, you see, when I came the servants
all left."
"What! Why, they've been with me foi
a long time."
"I know it. But I had some words with
them, and one thing led to unother, and
I told them to get out. No impudence foi
me!"
"Perhaps if you hud been careful ol
them?used a little tact, for example?they
might have stayed."
"Possibly. But that's not my way,
Come, now, get to work. Fix this Art
nnd skirmish around and cook somctlilni
for dinner."
"My dear girl," lie exclaimed, "I'm nol
used to this sort of thing. I'm a hard
iiuininb ira.mnM III.ill. J Ull IO il WunUlll
and should look after these matters. Yon
cook, and I'll wait."
"Not one bit of ft! I'm not that soil
of a wife. I'm not a cooking wife. Vrc
attractive und bright and young. Yon
selected me, didn't you? When you said
you wished you had me for a wife yon
didn't require a list of tilings 1 could do."
"Certainly not; but. my dear girl, one
takes certain things for granted."
"Well, you are a soft one!" she exclaimed.
"Here you agree that you arc
disappointed In the wife you have, and,
just think, out of ali tlie women in the
whole town that you sec you pick me tc
take lier place, and now that you've god
me you are not satisfied, if that isn'l
like a man!"
"Hut." replied Whiltlcr, "this is all so
sudden. If I only had time to think il
over, l'crhaps we could have arranged
for a preliminary trial"?
She stopped him short.
"A preliminary trial!" she exclaimed.
"And what, pray, do you think of me"!
Here I am, an attractive, stylish young
girl, with loads of admirers, obliged to
be tied down to an old baldheaded codgci
like you!"
"I'm not baldheaded!"
"Well, you'ro almost, and you'll be entirely
before V get through with you. 1
say, what do you think of me? I suppose
about all you expect from me Is tc
run after servants, make beds, mend youi
clothes and be a household drudge instead
of going to matinees and balls and
parties. Well, I'll fool you. I'll have all
the fun I want, and you'll pay for It."
"Am I dreaming or not?" he groaned.
Ills new wife caught him by the few
remaining hairs of his head. He wan
actually beginning to hate her cordially.
"Yes," sho exclaimed, "you are dreaming.
And tho best of It Is that you can'l
wake up."
"But I must wake up."
"Nonsense! Haven't you selected mc
for a life partner? And aren't you obliged
to stick by me? I Just guess you are!"
Bhe poked him in tho stomach.
"But I shall die If I don't have something
to eat. I feel a terrible gnawing."
^ "No; you won't die. I'll keep yot)
alive."
"If you touch mc I'll holler."
Whittler tried in vain to halloo and wai
Just about to give It up when he fell
some one shaking him violently.
II? opened his eyes. His own dear wife
looKea ai mm sympatnetleally. "There!"
aha said. "That's what one of those clufc
dinners has done for you. Was it awful?"
Wbittler put his arms around her in th?
very ecstasy of love.
"Darling." ha murmured, "it was tl*
wtyst nightmare X ever had?but?X detented
ttl"
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SCAR FACED CHARLEY
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I Copyright, 1905, by McClure, Phillips ft Co./
There were eight of us outside and
Inside the Dead wood roach, including
a woman, Mrs. Rush rod, when Scar
Faced Clmrley robbed us.
It was 3 o'clock in the afternoon, and
we were skirting foothills covered
witli pine scrub, when Scar Faced
Charley stepped out of the bushes,
lifted a double barreled shotgun to
Ids shoulder and called upon the driver
to pull up. 1 think all four of us on
top of the coach made a motion for our
guns, but the driver yelled at us:
".stop that, you cussed fools! Do you
want to be blowu to kingdom come?"
Soar Face was at that time a man of
about thirty, rather picturesquely attired.
and. as he was clean shaven, lie
looked more like a faro man than n
highway robber. There was a smile
on his face as lie looked up, but something
warned you that it was a smile
Hint could couie off mighty sudden if
tilings did not go his way. He took n
look into the coach and then stepped
back and said:
"Now, gentlemen, let's have no fuss
over this thiug. You up there get
down, and you inside come out and
form in line and put your hands up.
' Of course, the lady Is not included."
None of us saw a chance to get in a
' shot while we were lining up, and once
on the ground it was too late. He passed
to the reur of us and removed our
| shooters and tossed them into the
[ bushes. The driver was permitted to
, retain his seat. lie had no treasure
i box. and the mails were not asked for.
' "Now, gentlemen," said Scar Face in
Ills breezy wny, "I shall pass in front
' of you with my hat, and you will drop
1 In watches and purses. I put you
on your honor. If I afterward discover
that any one has held anything back
it will be bad for him."
One of the insiders was a .lew. lie
i had a big roll, and skimming off aboiu
JfoO lie handed the rest to the woman
to take care of. After the contribution
i the bandit stopped in front of Mr.
Isaacs and said:
"Y'ou arc keeping something back."
| "So help me gracious, I'm not."
1 , "Don't lie. Where is your roll?"
All this time Mrs. Hushrod had been
11 (piiet spectator, though she was boiling
over with auger at the idea of onr
letting a single man roll the eight of us.
She had to say something or bursr,
and, sliakiug the Jew's, roll out of the
wiudow, she culled out:
"Yes; hero is his money, and I'd like
to see you Ret it! I've also got some of
my own, hut you'll never get a dollar
of it into your dirty fingers."
, TTp to this time Scar Face had never
' robbed a woman. If the widow had
1 kept her tongue still she would have
been treated with chivalry, hut once
started she let her temper run away
1 with her. She gave the bandit a great
tongue lashing, and a part of her rcl
marks Included us. He gavo her Ave
minutes, seeming to be amused and
yet resolved, and when she paused for
i breath he .advanced to the coach,
thrust the barrels of the gun through
the window and within a foot of her
nose and said:
"Hand me over every dollar you have
got about you or you won't live ten
. seconds!"
She went deadly white and handed
1 over, and as near as I could make out
. she was in a swoon for the next five
minutes. The hamlit got a fine haul
! and was well pleased. When he had
pocketed the pluuder he said:
"I shall now bid you goodby, gentlei
men. Let no one move for the next
f live minutes. Then you may resume
your journey."
He bowed and stepped aside into the
1 scrub, and we looked nt each other in
1 a foolish way. After three or four
t minutes the driver told us to get in,
i and it was then that the widow got out.
She had recovered from her swoon, and
, her face was fiery red instead of death*
' ly pale.
' "i-ook here, you puck of poltroons,
are you going to let that scoundrel
get away with all our money?'' she exclaimed,
as she looked from one to the
other.
"But what cau we do?" asked one.
"Do? Do? Why, you cowards, you
cau follow him up and capture hlml"
! None of us saw It that way and took
l our places. The driver called to the
I woman to get In, but she turned on hira
with:
"Go ou with your cowards! I'm go:
lng to follow that robber to the ends of
' the earth but what I get my money
hack!"
I With that she heuded straight into
the scrub on the robber's trail; and aftc
er waiting for her Ave minutes and
, vainly calling to her to return the stage
proceeded and reached Dendwood four
J hours late.
When the story was told, the sheriff
, took a posse and started for the scene,
' but before he reached It they met tlic
' widow walking along the road. She
explained that she hud followed the
robber for a mile through the scrub
1 mid then came upon liim In camp. She
j at ouce started in to give him "gowdy."
> and no doubt her other effort was dls'
counted. She sat right down lu camp,
i and said she wouldn't stir an iuch until
. she had her money back. He threaten
ed her, and she defied him. He got up
1 to run away, and she grabbed hold of
j him. No mntter what Sear Face's exi
perience had been with women, he saw
' - that lie had caught a Tartar In this
I case, and he did the sensible tiling by
i restoring her money and letting her go
? her own way.
She arrived in Dcadwood with every
dollar of it, and her pluck was so highi
ly appreciated that they made up a
'. public purse of 11,000 fpr ber,
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ITS A STAYER. |
Comes Quickly, But It Comes
to Stay.?How a Union
Citizen Got Rid of It. <
Comes early, stays late. No stranger
can be more unwelcome. Makes life a
misery all day long. Keops you awake
nights. Irritates you; si>oils your temper.
Do you know this unwelcome
guest? Ever liav? it come and stay
with you? Know what it i?? Eczema.
If you ever had any itchiness of the
skin you know how hard it is to shake
it off. You would like to know how to
do it? Let a Union man tell you.
Head his statement that follows:
L. Ubele, baker and confectioner on
Main street, says: "I havo used Dean's
Ointment and found it to ho as represented.
It is (he only remedy on the
face of the earth that I know will cure
itching piles, one of the most tryimr
and irritating afllictions there is.
Doan's Ointment will cure the affection
and do it at once. You are Welcome to
use my namo as ono who can speak to
this effect trorn experience."
For sale by all dealers. I'riee 50
cents Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo,
New York, eole agents for the United
States. Remember the name?Doan's?
and take no other.
a >n?t lJifTcrcncc.
She?Mr. Hiche says very bitter
things about those lazy sons of his, but.
his wife is always making excuses for
them. lie?Yes, she makes excuses,
but he has to make allowances for
them. That's what angers him.
Thoughts go forth to purjioses, purposes
go forth In actions, actions form
habits, hnbits decide character, and
character Axes our destiny.?Tr.von 13d- ^
wards.
In the Scottish lllsrtilnnda. /
In the Scottish highlands the new
year is ushered in by the tolling of the
auld kirk bell and the playing of the
bagpipes. In n clear, frosty night to
hear this much maligned instrument
played by a thoroughbred highlnndcr
among the hills and from a distance
the notes are stripped of their harshness
and seem to be wafted across to
you by the clear atmosphere In one
harmonious melody. It Is beautiful
and insplrlng.--rhiladelphia Lodger.
Galveston's Sea Wall i
makes life now as safe in that city as ;
on the higher uplands. E. W. Cood- ,
loe, who resides on Dutton St., Waco,
Tex., needs no sea wall for safety. He
writes: "I have used Dr. King's New 1
Discovery for Consumption the past 1
five years and it keeps me well and ; <
safe. Before that time I had a cough ; i
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i
An Aslinnteo Hollo.
On the Asliantl Gold Coast tlio cos- ^
tuine of a reigning i?ellc is less a mat- : j
tor of well fitting clothes than of well (
spiked hair. The hair is first divided ^
into a half dozen braids; then these
braids are stiffened with wax and tar (
until they are as hard as kindling ,
wood and stick out straight from the |
head in a semicircle like the spokes of i
a wheel. Thus coiffurcd the belle is
ready to conquer alt hearts.
The Endof the World
of troubles that robbed E. II. Wolfe, of l
Bear Grove, la., of all useful!ness, came
when he began taking Electric Bitters. |
He writes: "Two years ago Kidney
trouble caused me great suffering, which
I would never have survived had I not [
taken Electric Bitters. They also cured
me of Generel Debility." Sure cure for
all Stomach, Liver and Kidney com- 1
plaints, Blood diseases, Headache, Dizziness
and Weakness or bodily decline.
Price 50c. Guaranteed,, by Duke Drug
Company.
The Sweet Thing.
"I just ubhor gambling!"
"So do I. but Charlie says 'tisn't gam
bling when you win. and somehow
Charlie is most always lucky."
Lucky.
The man Is doubly lucky
Who gets his wages raised
The next day after Christmas, i
For then, the saints be praised.
It's quite too late to sally
Forth with the load of tin
v?nu 011 your ?jnrisimas shopping
Blow all your wages in.
Seasonable Ills.
"Withers looks pale and worn. Has
he been ill?" (
"Yes; he is just recovering from an
attack Qf Santa Clous."
In Self Defense
Major Ilamm, editor and manager of I
the Constitutionalist. Eminence, Ky., ,
when he was fiercely attacked, four <
years ago, by Piles, bought a box of
ihicklun's Arnica Halve, of which he
<ayB: "It cured me in ten days and no
rouble since." (Quickest healer of 1
Burns. Sores, Cuts and Wounds. 25c 1
Duke Drug Co.
I
In the Days ol the Present.
"You think sho means to marry
blrn ?" i
"I do."
"But she was engaged to threo men
before, and all at ouo time." <
"Yew, but thnt was before Christmas."
I
Self Control. J
"Bertie really U very clover." '
"Wbero do you cco It?"
"Well, he must have some brain capacity,
and be keeps absolutely from 1
( sUowlojf'auy Bigus Of tt." -^4
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Humor and Philosophy
By DUNCAN M. SMITH
4
FRAYED.
Those N?w Year's resolutions
Which but a week ago
lx>oked fresh and bright S.r-s now a
sightIn
fact, If you must know.
For they appear. I greatly fear,
Much like a dfsh of crow.
To SCO how they disported
And started to cut Ice,
You wouldn't guess that so much 1?-3S C
Than one week would sufllce rj
To make them plno In a decline
And look like less thun twice.
When they wero young and charniit.ff.
About three seconds old,
With purpose high they meant to try
A winning hand to hold
And make a hit and not to quit
Before the Ink was cold.
They started In the business
Their maker to reform.
His lamp to trim and make of him
A proposition warm.
But ono large thirst observed hlrn first
And put them out of form.
Alas for resolutions!
They strike a frenzied gait.
Resolved to do a thing or two
And move the earth na freight, ?
But And boforo a week is o'er n
Their hats are not on straight. I
Trying the Ground First.
"Will you bo a dear sister to me?"
"IIow absurd!" I\
"Indeed! Then perhaps you'll tunrry
no."
Shoveling Snow. r:
Shoveling snow Is n gladsome operation
for the small boy with his flrst
[>nlr of boots who is only allowed to (]
ook at the desirable labor through the ?
window.
lie thinks if be oould only get out It
there with a shovel throe sizes too big q
for him nnd clear the walks throughjut
the livelong day he would ask for
ao greater happiness.
That Isn't the way he feels about It, if
liowcver, a few years later when Ills ?,
Tather thrusts the shovel Into his uu- r'
willlug hands and tells him to dig. 'I
.\hOUt that time In life he has developed
to a point where he thinks that sitting
under a palm tree on some tropical P
Island would be quite as enjoyable
uport.
That is the way with most of our _
tasks. We want to knock down wire _
fences to get at tbeui before our turn B
?omcs, and then when we find out what
die work Is like we are glad of a chance
bo sneak off and hire a small boy for a
quarter to finish the Job.
Watchful.
While congress worlceth earnestly
And means to do what's right.
The railroads can't their finish see, .
Although their eyes are bright. L(
Even More Effective. I
"She must have hypnotized him before
he nsked her to marry him."
"Well, It was about the same tilling. _
She showed him her bank account."
V
Takes Rare Courage. 1
"I will never marry a coward."
"I suppose the man will have to at
least be brave enough to ask you."
Ic
Neglected Education. ^
"Money talks, you know." >?
"Yes, but I can't understand what the \\
blamed tiling is trying to tell me." M
PCOT PAD AT-P ADUC
A A A A U\i 4VIU U A M'
If every day were holidays we'd soon V
Tear out our Sunday clothes. 1
If every month were lovely May a
walsklu sack would be no treasure.
#* ? _
Beauty unadorned has a sharp ey?
jut for tho millions.
It would take something more powerrut
than a stroke of lightning or nn
rartliquakc to Jar a good grafter loose
'rom his Job.
When a good loser goes broke It Is a
jure sign that there's going to be something
doing. Ul
G
Frank people are often disagreeable,
?ut that Isn't the reason they're frank. ^
? Si
The moro you lose your temper tho w
nore you have. |'^
Graft by nny other name would steal W
is much. dj
OJ
An aristocrat Is one whose family "
ias had leisure to make up fairy stories I
x> explain the cussedness of Its far* ,
wars.
Nothing Is apt to be fashionable that
uniforms with ths ordinary miss of fj
" wwa jw*-. ; . ? , ,i
. -'iTStiidh
I'HALF
We have redt
of our very fi
just Half Pri
made a Half I
Never before v
an opportunit
fine goods so c
The rest of tin
still going at1
prices. Stov*
Organs, Macli
phones, small
etc., all inclu<j
W O N I) IZ R
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is a mystery that Dr. King's Now Life
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Only 25c at Duke Drug Co.
X^ALL PAPER
ew Stock of the Latest
Styles and Patterns.
lass, Picture Eraming.
>ur stock is large and comlete;
the goods are here and
will surprise you how
nick, how nice and how
heap we do the work.
The repair part of our bustess
has been behind but is
atching up and will in the
iture be run on time.
KILLINGS,
THE PAPER MAN.
OILERS AND ENGINES.
Tanks, Stacks, Stand Pipes,
and Sheet Iron Work; Shafting,
Pulleys, Gearing, Boxes,
Mangers, etc. Mill Castings.
Cast every day; work 200
hands.
imbard Foundry Machine and
Boiler Work and Supply Store.
Augusta, Georgia.
Weekly Prices.
leal June Peas, per can 10c
ayfield June Peas, per can... 15c
igar Corn, 10c and 15c
omatoes, 10c and 15c
kra and Tomatoes -15c
ig Hominy 10c
in Apples 10c
iney Dessert Peaches 25c
luer Kraut, per pound 5c
nions, per peek 40c
ish Potatoes, per peek 40c
rhite Fish, per pound 7c
rhite Beans 10c
o Java Coffee 25c
Guaranteed to give satisfaction.
V. Newell Smith.
Phone 126.
verybody Selling Out
at Cost But Me!
There is one thing that I
rish to impress you with,
id that is, if you want Dress
J _ * * n * e
ioous see my line iirst; it
ou want a Hat or a pair of
hoes see my line; if you
rant a Suit of Clothes be
jre and see my line; if you
'ish anything in Merchanise
see me before buying
id you will profit thereby,
remain
Yours for Business,
iEO. W. GOING.
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PRICE!'1 ?
iced the price
nest goods to
ce, and have
Price counter.
/as there such
y to get such
heap in Union,
e entire stock |
5/3 off regular jj
is, Furniture, f
lines, Qrapho=. a
I Instruments,^ ^
led.
S T O R B.
if You Want
ANYTHING
In the Drug Line
call at the Palmetto Drug Co.
We keep a full line of Extracts,
Toilet Articles, Sta- ^
tionery, Patent Medicines of W 1
all kinds, Combs and Brushes
and a full line of Stock Food.
We also fill all Doctor Prescriptions
at any and all
times, using nothing but pure
drugs and chemicals. You
can also get a bottle of Huiet's
All-Healing Liniment that is
guaranteed if it does not do
you any good bring back the
empty bottle and get your 25c
as that is all it costs you.
Palmetto Drug Co.,
Huiet ?i Ren wick, Owners.
EMBROIDERY SALE
?AT?
Mrs. D. N. Wilburn's
My annual Embroidery Sale
will be
FEBRUARY 9th and I Oth.
I have obtained a larger and
better assortment of Embroidery
than ever before. I contracted
for this Embroidery
while cotton was low and my
customers will get the benefit
of it. The Greatest of?WBargains
will be offered these /
two days. Allover Embroidery
to be sold at only 10c per
yard. Some short lengths
worth anywhere from 10c to
20c will be sold at 5c.
Big inducements on Ribbons
and Lace.
DON'T FAIL TO COME!
MRS. D. N. W1LBDRN.
LAWSON'S GRIP
CAPSULES #
AND
LORENZ'S COUGH
CURE
fnsk 9S Tpnt? Farh
If they satisfy you?But
not one cent if they
do not.
Every package of each one is
sold under our positive guarantee?to
refund the price to
every dissatisfied user of|
them. ^
Can Anything be fairer?
DUKE DRUG CO.
UnAor Hotel Union. Union, 8. 0.
a