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iVKCVvfc. m;- '.MtiiiVv/VA*-.*? I Beverly ( H Graustar i:;.':.'-v.:; At Inst slip no longer could curb ber lmi>atlence nnd anxiety. She deliberately sought InformnMon from Prince Dautan. They were strolling In the park on the seventh day of her Inquisition. "Have you heard from Paul Bnldos?" she asked, bravely plunging Into deep water. "He Is expected here tomorrow or the nexjt4?lay, Miss Calhoun. 1 am utmost as eager to see him as you are," he replied, with a very pointed smile. "Almost? Well, yes. Fll confess that I am eager to see him. I never knew 1 could long for any one as much as I? Oh, well, there's no use hiding It from you. I couldn't If I tried. I care very much for him. You don't think It sounds silly for me to say such a thing, do you? I've thought a great deal of him ever since the night at the Inn of the Hawk nnd Haven. In my itnagination I have tried to strip you of your princely robes to place them upon lilm, but he 1b only Baldos In spite of j it all. He knows thut I care for lilm, . nnd I know that he cares for me. Perhaps he has told you." . "Yes, he has confessed that he loves j you. Miss Calhoun, nmi i?<? ?4~ " * 1 ?iv laixiCLllS lilt? ' fact that his love seems hopeless. Paul \ 1 wonders in his heurt If It would he right In him to ask you to give up all 11 you have of wealth and pleasure to i 1 shore a humble lot with him." ' "I love him. Isn't that enoughV I There Is no wealth so great as that. t j1 But," and she purged' her mouth Ini pathetic despJtr, 'won't you think that | v you can make a noble or something of 1 4 lilin and give hint a station *hn life r worthy of bis ambitious? He has done n so much for you. you know." "1 have nothing that 1 can give to hlui. v be says. Paul Baldos asks ouly that 11 be may be ni> chaiupiou until these n.*gotiations are einied. 'ihea lie desires ( to be l'roe to serve whom be will. All j _ ??... i .....i i .an uo is to lot Iiiin have his w "way. Ho is a free lauce, oud he nsk? i 11 no l'nvors, no help." s< "Well. 1 think lie's perfectly riillcu-| 0< lous about it, don't you7 And yet that Is the very tiling I like in him. 1 am '{1 only wondering how we?I mean, how P? lie is going to live, that's all." lo "If I am correctly informed he still 'n lias several months to serve in the ?> service for which he enlisted. You lo alone, I believe, have the power to dis- fr charge him before his term expires," said he meaningly. ^ That night Rnldos returned to Edel- I of welss, ahead of the Graustnrk delega- re tion which was coming the next day *1 with representatives from Dawsber- lo gen. lie brought the most glorious a; news from tho frontier. The Duke of di AUUZ S1I1U ILK* lending UlgllllUriCS una SI hoard of Gahrlol's capture, both through \ the Bappo boys and through a few of a1 y ids henchmen who had staggered Into d< camp after the disaster. The news tl threw the Dawsbergen diplomats into tl a deplorable state of uncertainty. Even b the men high in authority, while not hi especially depressed over the fall of , el their sovereign, were in doubt as to ' what would be the next move in their j a series of tragedies. Almost to a man p they regretted the folly which hn<l 0! drawn them into the net with Gabriel. f( Bahlos reported that the Duke of Matz n and a dozen of the most distinguished h men in Dawsbergen were on their way g to Edelweiss to complete arrangements y for pence and to lay their renunciation y of Gabriel before Dantan in a neutral ji court. e The people of Dawsbergen had been r clamoring long for Dantan's restora- 1 tion, and Haldos wmr commissioned tot i say that his return would he the signal for groat rejoicing. lie was closeted f until after midnight with Dantan and " his sister, Lorry and Princess Yetive ' befng tailed in at the end to hear and approve of the manifesto prepared by the Prince of Dawsbergcu. The next morning the word went forth that a great banquet was to be given in the custle that night for Prince Dantan and the approaching noblemen. The prince expected to depart almost immediately thereafter to resume the 1 throne in Serros. Bahlos wan wandering through the : park early in tiie morning. Ilia duties rested lightly upon ills shoulders, but ho was restless and dissatisfied. The longing in his heart urged him to turn his eyes ever and anon toward the balcony and'then to the obstinate looking castle doors. The uniform of a (jrauHtark guard still graced his splendid figure. At last a graceful form w^ seen coming from the castle towartK the cedars. She walked bravely, butr aimlessly. That was plain to be seen.y It wns evident that she was and wus not looking for some one. Bahlos observed with a thrill of delight that a certain red feather stood up defiantly from the hand of her sailor hat. lie liked the way her dark blue walking ' skirt swished In harmony with her lithe, Arm strides. / She was quite near before he advanced from his place among the trees, lie did not expect her to exhibit surprise or confusion, and he was not disappointed. Sho was as cool as a brisk spring morning. He did not offy his hand, bnt, with n fine smile orN*>ntentment, bowed low and with mock servility. "I report for duty, your highness," he said. Sh? caught the ring of glad Mt: * ?""?v.i;:?;^| It ?&$[: Wi GEORGE BARR I*&f! M| M'OJTGHEON, M k'.vjv?; Aatbor of "Grwroit" <Vy- ,\'| , rs*.v-vr; y.\S'.s;?W m *~Zi?JLrM *r.5v-:* :sfc?i3*s s-* v:'i< ness in Ills voice. "Then I command you to shake hands ' with me," she said brightly. "You have * been away, I believe?" with a delicious 1 Inflection. 1 "Yes, for a century or more, I'm * sure." Constraint fell upon them suddenly. The hour lmd come for a defl- f nlte understanding, and both were con- 11 quered by Its Importance. For the first ^ time In Ills life lie knew the meaning ^ of diffidence. It came over him as he looked helplessly into ti>? ?" ? vicur, gray, ' earnest eyes. "I love you for wearing ** that red feather." he said simply. d "And I loved you for wearing It," she answered, her voice soft aud thrill- t! lug. He caught Ills breath Joyously. 'l "Beverly." as he bent over her, "you J1 ure my very life, my"? "Don't, Paul!" she whispered, draw- ? ug away, with an embarrassed glnnce lliout the park. There were |>eople to ^ ?e seen on all sides, but he had forgoten them. lie thought only of the girl n< vko ruled his heart. Seeing the pain U his face, she hnntlty. oven blushingy, said, "It Is so public, dear." nt lie straightened himself with soldier- m y precision, but his voice trembled as 1,1 le tried to spunk calmly In deflnnce to lis eyes. "There Is the grotto?see! It s seclusion Itself. Will you come with n< tie? I must tell you all that is in my w eart. It will burst If I do not." I Slowly they made their way to the > nlry grotto deep In the thicket of roes. It was Yetlve's favorite dreamlg place. Dark and cool and musical ^ ,'ith the rippling of waters. It was an leal retreat. She dropped upon the nn astlc bench that stood against the loss covered wall of bowlders. With so" le gentle reserve of a man who re- 1,1' eres as well as loves, Ruldos stood A'1 hove her. lie waited, and she t Uh 'ood. How niost Impatient vers he wns! (',v "You may sit beside me," she said. , 1th a wistful smile of acknowledg- 1 icnt. As he flung himself into the 1 x mt his hand eitgerly sought hers, his >umy reserve gone to the winds. tIn "Beverly, dourest one, you never can hei now how mueh I love you," lie wills- 1 >'<>' 'nil into tier our. "It Is a deathless ??< ve, unconquerable, unnlternhle. It Is leu my hlood to love forever. Listen to I." e, dear one. I come of a race whose " ve Is hot and enduring. My people in'l oin time Immemorial have loved as :;^,^A:v?ulr,,iL'\1vtV>MY44orTw<v test^ ' the glorious passion. Love Is the grt ligion of iny people. You must, you asl tall believe me when I say that I will tha ve you better than my soul so long for < that soul exists. I loved yon the kiv iy I met you. It has been worship at nee that time." ' Ilis passion carried her resistlesslv tin way as the groat waves sweep tlie ! grt eck of a ship at sea. She was out in , le ocean of love, far from all else I 1 lat was dear to her. far from all bar- to ors save the mysterious one to which to Is passion was piloting her through a winn of emotion. i 4 44I have longed so to hold you in my sel rms, Beverly. Kven when you were a I up rlncess and 1 lay In the hospital at w< lanlook my fevered arms hungered ey [>r you. There never has been a mo- < lent tlmt uiy heart has not been reach- lui lg out in search of yours. You have no lorifled me, dearest, by the promise an ou made a week ago. 1 know that so mi will tint r*n win iw*i? tlmt nrpfinilv: ledge. It is in your eyes pow?the * < yes I shall worship to the end of eterilty. Toll mo, though, with your own , Ips, your own voice, that you will be ny wife, mine to hold forever." IS For answer she placed her arms J(, ibout his neck and buried her face 0 igainst his shoulder. There were tears j n her gray eyes and there was a sob n her throat. lie held her close to his roast for an eternity, it seemed to >oth, neither giving voice to the song ' heir hearts were singing. There was i 1 10 other world than the fairy grotto. "Sweetheart, I am nsking you to make a great sacrifice," he said at last, | Ills voice hoarse but tender. She looked up Into his face serenely. "Can you (five up the joys, the wealth, the j comforts of that home across the sea ~ to share a lowly cottage with me and ; my love? Wait, dear?do not speak j j until I am through. You must think of i j what votir friends will sav. The love I nnd life I offer you now will not be ; like that which you always have j known. It will be poverty and the dregs, not riches and wiue. It will be"? But she placed her hand upon his j ii|Jh. shaking her head emphatically. ! ,nSe picture he was painting was the same one that she had studied for days and days. Its very shadow was familiar to her, its every unwholesome corner was as plain as day. "The rest of the world may think what it likes, Paul," she said. "It will make no difference to me. I have awakened from my dream. My dream prince is gone, and I find that It's the real man that I love. What would you have me do? Give you up becase you are poor? Or would you have me go up the ladder of fame and prosperity with von. a humble but adoring bur don? I know you, donr. You will not always be poor. They may say what they like. I have thought long and well, been use I nm not n fool. It Is j the American girl who marries Untitled foreigner,.t^ithput Jove that Is a ' / fool. Marrying a poor man hi too ser ous a business to be handled by fooli I have written to my father, telling hli that I nm going to marry you." she nr nounced. He gasped wltli unbelief. "You have, already?" ho cried. "Of course. My mind hus been mad up for more tliun a week. I told It b Aunt Fanny last night." "And ?he?" "She almost died, that's nil." said rth< nnhluslilngly. "I was afraid to cabli llie news to fHther. lie might stop mt if he knew It In time. A letter was much smarter." "You dear, dear little sacrifice," he Tied tenderly. "I will give nil my life o maiie you nappy." "I nm a soldier's daughter, and I can >e a soldier's wife. I have tried hard o give you up. Paul, but I couldn't, 'on are love's soldier, and It Is a?a ?n?# ?- ? el.v? iu surrender and have It over irltb." They fell to discussing plans for the nture. It all went smoothly and airily ntll he asked her when he should go to Washington to claim her as Ills wife, he gave him a startled, puzzled look. "To Wushin'ton?" she murmured, irntng very cold and weak. "You? ou won't have to go to Wasliiu'ton, ear. I'll stay here." "My dear Beverly. I can afford the ip," he laughed. "1 am not an absoite pauper. Besides, It Is right and ist thnt your father should give you i me. it Is the custom of our land." lie was nervous and uncertain. "But?but. Paul, there are manv lugs to think of." she faltered. "You mean that your father would >t consent?" "Well?he?he might be unrcasonae." she stammered. "And then there e my brothers, Keith nud Pan. They e foolishly Interested In me. Dan Inks no one Is good enough for me. i does Keith. And father, too, for at matter?and mother. You see, it's >t Just as if you were a grand and althy nobleman. They may not uu-. rstand. We are southerners, ow. Some of them have j^dhHitr as about"? 'Don't distress yourself so much, 1 arest." he said, with a laugh. hnugll 1 see i mii" nnaltlnn "I"" il it Is not nu enviable one." We ran fro to Wushin'ton jnst as I' >n as we are married." she eotnpro sed. "Father has a trreat deal of in- j"l mice over tliere. With his help bold you j'qu will soon tw a power in || * But his lic&tty la nub 'f vkod her engor plotting. "It* noth-U r to laugh at. Faul," slie said. .\\\ I licfr your pardon a thousand timeA / rns thinkinir of the dlsnppofntmontfl * ist give you now. I cannot live it I Knifed States?never. My home if f, e. I am not horn for the strife of ii tr laud. They have soldiers enough fc 1 bettor than I. It is in the turbu-j^ t east that we shall live?you and/j1" Tears came into her eyes. Am I not to?to go hack to Wa^b- i . on?" She tried to smile. When Prince Dan tan snvs wo mnr i Iwri 10 im my i nt'?mt mil* , j at relief. "I can get any fnfrl;*1*! : ; <if liiiu. Oil, Paul, Paul, 1 know ' t my folks will think I'm an awful J 1, but I can't help it. I shall let you | ?w that J intend to he a blissful one, , least." I le kissed her time and again out re in the dark, soft light of the fairy < it to. I1 Hefore we can he married, dearest, ' lave a journey of some importance | take." he announced as they arose I leave the bower behind. A Journey? Where?" To Vienna. I have an account to tie with a man who has just taken i his residence there." His hand r ...f 4.. >.!. ? ' m iu ui? bwiiiu inn, :inn ins unrK i i's gleamed with tin; (ire she loveil. : ount Marlanx mid I have postponed ' sini'ss to attend to, dearest, llave fear for me. My sword is honest, ' d 1 shall bring it back to you my- ; f." the shuddered anil knew that it >uld lie as he said. [continued.] Being a hero n't nil honey, v i the hero tinils \ u t sooner or "vty \\Jj rv I A .man usually ^ j ikes water be- **//'' ^ ire he clambers [ >tv y 41: // 11\ n a the w liter J [ | v.-?No one lias yet been able to bunko ather Time. I Wnnrt'ft I XX VVU M K/VVUM roR FALL SOWING. Every farmer should have a copy of our v New Fall Calalodwe It (fives best methods of seeflingiandifull information about Crimson Clover Vetches, Alfalfa vjvtu vyaio> i\y c. ? Barley, Seed Wheat Grasses and Clovers Descriptive Fail Catalogue mailed free, and prices quoted on request. T. W. Wood & Sons, Seedsmen, Richmond, Va. Our Trade Mark Brand Seeda'are the best and cleanest qualities obtainable. . flhe rab. I No tobaci men1 frlEtiP R OUGrt LW v&I ?(RM R&jlf ^EAF'jW iP^pf I^TpB'A'GQ >*>BELT# S A HELPING H\ND I ir ruJ?- r ' " " * " t-uenaea oy a Union Citizen, There are many entlio*?.....#: . :.nil>n pre/'.nvd | ,j| ' (,,tlz,,."s " -? the public U?MM, .\r 'Xl? r,yn? uch u source is tlie Ih <i i . 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I would not he wit I out Dunn's ointment if it cost ten tins what it does." For sale hy nil dealers. Price ? cents. Koster-Milhiirn Co , But Yah New York, sole agents for the Unite .States. Remember the name?Doan's?an fake no other. A AVIse SeJicme. "No matter what (.pinion is offeree [yon express a contrary view." said tli Impatient l'rieml. ^ "Well." ans\yered Mr. Illiggin "that's a way 1 have of acquit'ln knowledge. A man is more likely I JTlve tip all he knows on a subject !you get him to warm up with a litt controversial indignation *' ? Washini ton Star. A Craze Defined. "What do you mean by saying som thing is the latest craze7" asked tl man from abroad who carries a not hook. "A craze." answered Miss Cayenn "is something that amuses other pc pie. but in which you yourself do n happen to he interested."?Waphingtt Star. Deaths irom Appendicitis decrease in the same ratio that tin' n of Dr. King's Now Life Pills itiereasi They save you from danger and hrii quick and painless release from eo sjipation anil the ills growing out of .Strength and vigor always fellow tin j-qle. (iuaranteed by all druggis I 25c. Try them. Three friend: Price, Style, ani . Quality Are on intimate terrr here. They have unite in a tremendous effort 1 make our values bett< and our store more a tractive than ever befor The Present Pric of Cotton Is O. V PROVIDED YOU BL EVERYTHING FROM GEO. W. GOINI Chew that's Swc wonder SCHNAPPS ispopu :o that suits the man who : from the tobacco, instead < wing and expectorating SCHNAPPS is made from ct re 11 matured, thoroughly ci vith an arcma so deiightful it popularized the chewing < no other tobacco in the woi takes so little - ? sweetening. That's what makes the CHNAPPS and the many ex litations?and it's such a di ewer chews SCHNAPPS, ht h any imitation, he sweet, tasty and exhik NAPPS tobacco has made tl is as the manufacturers of it brands of chewing tobacct flat plug fact y contain every modern app best chewing tobacco, by < lthful processes. The R. J. tipanv is under < *: ' ? uiu curccoor have managed it since 18 the chewing tobacco busin J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO., Wii Master's Sale. State of South Carolina. I'nion Countv. i Court of Common Picas. t Jesse P. lloleomb, Plaintiff, vs. ' Mary A. P.rijyiys et. al., Defendant.: In obedience to an order made ' lands, viz: ... x certain |:1UM . 1U ,;?nvin? i'< "? ' [ tract <>r ilu. north district ainrcsat^;'?y l?<; lomo , siur 01 Mgvi ivi?v 1 ' Lwentv acres. more or less. boundJ;H\ vim mi. vti.-v i.. me lancis or snrrt' ' Roatman. <>n the north by land o{ I Levi Railey and on the west by ' land of Jesse \\ hitmire and JonaJ than Railey and on the south by t land of liird Murphy: being the - land conveyed by Jason Roatman ~ to |esse Ilolconib. ? SKCOND TRACT. All that >. certain piece, parcel, and plantalion of land containing one hunj hired acres, more or less, adjoining lands of Joshua Wilburn, Jason Roatman. S. 1). Rriggs, and others; being the land conveyed by ' Robert Macbeth. Sheriff of Cnion l> Uountv. to lesse Holcoinb. THIRD TRACT. A small pareel of land lying in Union Diso triot 011 the north side of Tiger r River, on a branch, beginning at p a rock "111" just below a spring 011 the branch thence running X 36, \V. -2:45 with the road where t?. it now runs to the ford of the le branch thence flown the mianders e- of said branch to the beginning including the spring and eontaining about one-eighth of an acre and bounded bv land of >aid llol>n comb and said Tason Roatnian : be ing the land convoyed by Jason Boatman to [esse Holcomh. l;()l'RTH TRACT. A certain se tract or parcel of land lying on >s. the north side of the waters of Tiper River containing three [[" acres, more or less, situated, lyir ing and being in the district of is. Union, and state aforesaid and has the following courses and distances viz: beginning at a rock on the ^ gully, thence a straight line to the 3 branch otherwise called the Bailey 1 Branch, to a rock corner and J thence up the meanders of said branch to a holly bush corner, I thence to a sassafras, then to a rock corner in the fork of the guiltily, then down the said gully to the d beginning corner on a rock: l?e;0 ''ig t'n* land conveyed l?y F.lijal 1>. Lawson to fosse Holcomb. [m FIFTH TRACT. A certair tract of land Iving in the Counts * aforesaid on the north side o p Tiger River, containing five acres ^ more or less, hounded on the wes r jbv Win. Lawson. Tames and Y k? jS. P?oho. 011 the east by said Jess Holcomb. and has the followinj courses and distances, viz: begin ning at: and being the land con veyed bv Wm. Bailey to Jess "l Holcomb. J* SIXTH TRACT. A certai let and Clean 1 lar?it's the chewing I chews to get enjoy- I of the mere habit of I tcicc selections of the I ired Piedmont 1-^f and appetizing that I :f tobacco. There's 1 Id that requires and 1 difference between I cessively sweetened I fference that once a I 5 is never deceived I irating quality of I le Reynolds factory I the best and most I 1 otl/l OCT " 1 yj CXAiVl CIO 111C lcir^CSt ories in the world. liance for producing slean, sanitary and Reynolds Tobacco 1 of the same men 75, and who have ess a life-study. , iston-Salem, N. C. tract of land lying in the district aforesaid on the north side of Tiger River, containing twentylive acres, more or less, hounded A'cst hv lands of Sandford I). Rriggs. and Robert i\ Rriggs, on he east by land <>f W illiam J. sparks and on the south by Tiger ?iver and has the following coursKr^ckbrs thence . . - j.- j0 ^ ;. in\i,.ncc a gullv or < Ira in 15.00. thence along the meanders of Tiger Rivor to the corner of the branch where the line commenced on said J Jiivttr. tll?j .U111C bcilJii' ?3 ftwenty-five) acres, more or less, being the land conveyed bv Klijah 1>. Lawson to Jesse Ilolconib. SK\ F.XTIl TRACT. A certain tract of land lying 'n the district aforesaid on the north side of Tiger River containing or supposed to contain one hundred and Twenty acres, more or less, bounded 011 the south by Tiger River, on tlie east by Mark Xix, on the north by Charles Harnett and Joseph Pearson, on the west Inlands of William J. Sparks, and has the following rnnrsr?? nml <1iv tames, to wit: commencing at a black jack "x m" on Mark Nix's and Charles Harnett's lands running thence to a new line on the fence to a pine on Charles Harnett's and Joseph Pearson's corner X on the fence to he A line the balance of the courses and distances will he more fully represented by a plat: being the land conveyed by Charles Harnett to Jesse Holeomb. Said tracts and parcels of land will each he sold separately. Terms of sale: one-third cash, one-third on a credit of twelve months from the date of sale with interest from date of sale, the balance on a credit of twenty-four months from the date of sale with interest from date of sale. Credit portions to he secured by bond of purchaser, and ..mortgage of premises, l'urchas.' or to pay for papers. C. 11. Peakc, A f ? ? A. -MclMlT. Published in The Union Times I November 8th, iqo6. 1 Citation To Kindred and Creditors. Stsit?' of South Carolina, ) 1 County of Union. J j By JuRon M. Greer, Esq., Probate Judjre? Whereas, J. L. Calvert has made suit to me to prant him Letters of Ad" | ministration on the Estate and effects i of Dr. E. W. Foster, deceased. These are, therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said Dr. E. W. roster, deceased, that they be and f appear, before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Union C. H., South Carolina, on the 26th day of t November, next, after publication . hereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, e to show cause, if any they have, why the said Administration should not be ? granted. i- Given under my hand and seal thin i_ ! 9th day of November, Anno Domini, 1606. Jason M. Greer, Probate Judge, Published on the 16th day of Novem-?~ n her, 1606, in The Union Times. 46-2t