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1 ? j Masq ] By KATHERII> Author O i Copyright, 100' Tlio curtnoss of the answer r > bare displeased another woman. F seemed to take no offense. "I had n talk with the Fraldc <lay," she saiil. "a long talk. Fraldo said great things of you, t! I wouldn't have believed from any but Mr. Fraldc." She altered her tlon and looked from Lodcr's face into the fire. lie took a step "forward. things?" lie said. lie was al ashamed of the sudden, Inord satisfaction that welled up at f f " words. ??oht i mustrft tell you!" She lau a little. "Rut #ou >inve surprised 1 She paused, sipped lier tea, then lo up again with a change of express "John." she said more serlo "'there Is one point that sticks a 1 'Will this great change last?" Tolce was direct and even, woi fully direct for a woman, I. ^ thought. It came to him with a * tain force that beneath her remart charm might possibly lie a remarl character. It was not a jiossll that had occurred to him before. It caused liini to look at lier a se time. In the new light he saw beauty differently, and It lnteri lilm differently. Heretofore he been Inclined to class women u three hends?Idols, amusements incumnrnnces. now it crossed mind tlmt a woman might possibl; another place?the place of a panlon. "You are very skeptical," he still looking down at her. She did not return Ills glance, think I have l>eon made skeptical.' said. As she spoke the image of Chll shot through his mind ? Cliilcote rltuble, vicious, unstable?and a q compassion for this woman so 1 itably shackled to him followed it Eve, unconscious of what was \ lug in his mind, went on with her ject "When we were married," she gently, "1 had such a great latere.' things, such a great belief in lift had lived in politics, and 1 was mi lug one of the coining uiciji?every 1 said you were one of the ^ouiliiAtw ocit _ " * * " ^ ' f<V." "You J1 w??*?7 "***9 dent love." she smiled, "butt 1 * 1 had forgotten about love. T/wn nothing so much as to be like 1 Sarah?married to a great man. paused, then went on more hurri "For awliile tliaigs went rigm, slowly things went wrong. Yon your?your nerves." Lotler changed his position something of abruptness. She misconstrued the action. "Please don't think 1 want 1 disagreeable," she said hastily, don't. I'm only trying to n:nk< understand why?why 1 l.?st hear "I think 1 know," Loder's voice In involuntarily. "Things got \ then still worse. You found int eiiee useless. At last you ceas have a husband." "Until a week ago." She glanr quickly. Absorbed in her own ings, she had seen nothing es dinary in his words. But at hers Loder changed colc "It's the most Incredible thing world," she said. "It's quite i Ible, and yet I can't deny it. A all my reason, all my experlen my inclination, I seem to feel last week something of what I llrst." She stopped with an rassed laugh. "It seems that, a magic, life has been picked up v dropped it six years ago." Agi stopped and laughed. Lotler was keenly uncomfortal ^ he could think of nothing to saj "It seemed to begin that night with the Frnides," she went on Fraide talked so wisely and so about so many things. He reel ?-i . 1 ? ... we nau ?v^i 111 juu, blamed me a little." She pan laid hejL<uM**?*#lfle. "Ife said tli " ? " f>eop1e have made what they c last effort they should always m one effort more, lie promised ( could once persuade you to tak terest In your work he would rest, lie sahl all that and a t other kinder things, and I sat tened. But all the time I tin nothing but their uselessucss. 1 left I promised to do my l>est thought was still the same, stronger than ever when I foi self to come up here"? Sh< agaiu and glanced at Loder's h?>ad. "But 1 eame, and then. conquering uiysolf I had con reward, you seemed, you I seemed different. It sounds r I know." Her voice was hall linlf deprecating. "It wasn't ence in your face, though I kn< ly that you were free from Again she hesitated over the was a difference In yoursel things you said, more than li you said them." Once more si and laughed a little. Loder's discomfort grew. "Rut It didn't affect me tli spoke more slowly. "I wouU It then. And the next day talked on the terrace I still admit It, though I felt It inoi H I THE uerader JE CECIL THURSTON, f "The Circle." Etc. ft. by Harper & Brother* night i tbnn before. "But I have watched you Eve j sluce that day, and I know there is a i change. Mr. Fra'ule feels the sumc, ,g to- aU(l ',e 's never mistaken. I know it's Mr. only nine or ten days, but I've hardly hlngs seen you in the same mood for nine or l>ody hours In the last three years." She posi- stopped, and the silence was Impressive, back It seemed to plead for confirmation of her instinct. IVlmt Still Lodcr could find 110 response, most After waiting for a moment she leaninute e?l forward in her chair and looked up her ; at him. ".Tohn," she said, "is it goiug to last? glied That's what I came to ask. I don't dm." want to believe till I'm sure. I don't oked want to risk a new disappointment." ion. I.oder felt the earnestness of liar gaze, usly, though he avoided meeting it. lttle. "I couldn't have said this to you a Iler week ago, but today I can. I don't ruler- pretend to explain why. The feeling is j .oiler too inexplicable. I only know that I cer- can say it now and that I couldn't a j table week ago. Will you understand?and table answer?" dllty ! still I.oder remained mute. His poslnml i Hon was horribly Incongruous. What cond could he say? What dared he say? her j Confused by his silence. Eve rose, ssted if it's only a phase, don't try to hide had it," she said. "Ilut if it's going to last nder j ?if by any possibility It's going to and last"? She hesitated and looked up. his she was quite close to hlin. lie would y fill have been less than man had he been com- unconscious of the subtle contact of her glance, the nearness of her presence, said, j and no one had ever hinted that manhood was lacking in him. It was a mo"I ment of temptation. I lis own energy, I ' she i 1 lis own Intentions, seejned so near, ' j Chilcote and C'hilcote's claims so discote , tanl and unreal. After all, his life, his . ir- j ambitious, his determinations, were his - - ? - - - ov.li. no 11 rum ids eyes nml looked at nev- 'l0('\ "You want iue to tell you that I will >uss- ' ^^ on/ ho said. sub- IIor brightened. She took a j stop forward. "Yes," she said; "1 want said j 't wore than anything in the world." *t in ' there was a wait. The declaration 1 >. 1 | wotild satisfy her came to Eoder's irrj'- | "')S| '"it he delayed it. The delay was joily | ^toful. \\ liile ho stood silent the door I ODChyd nn/1 tin* ,..i? H.-3 i He crossed the room and handed Lo- , feP*" dor a telegram. "Any answer, sir?" he said. 1 Eve moved back to her chair. There ] ^ was a Hush on her cheeks, and her eyes 'i,1'* were still alertly bright. edly: then I.oder tore the telegram open, read i got it, then threw it into the lire. "No answer!" he said laconically, with At the brusqueness of his voice Eve looked up. "Disagreeable news':" she Haul as IIU* MTWim ;o l>e 1 lie didn't look at Iter. lie was wateu"1 lug Hie telegram withering in the ceu; you ter of the lire. t." "No," he said at last.in a strained broke voice. "No; only news that, I?that I vorse. had forgotten to expect." eri'er- ; ed to CIIAl'TKU XI. f IIF.RE was a silence, an uneasy ed up I' 1 j break, after I.oder spoke. The feel- III episode of the telegram was, ;traor- to all appearances, ordinary i enough, calling forth Eve's question and his own reply as a natural soin the quenco, yet in the pause that followed ucred- ^ each was conscious of a jar, eacl gainst Wns aware that in some subtle way tin ee, all thread ot sympathy had been dropped in the though to one the cause was inex felt at ! pliable and to the other only too plain euibar- j Roder watched the ghost of his uies s If by 81l^e grow whiter and thinner, tliei vhere 1 dissolve Into airy fragments and tlulto lln she Up u,e chimney. As the lust morse , wavered out of slzlu he turned an ale, but looked at his companion. "You almost made me commit nq I dined he said. In the desire to hid i. Mr. ]t|n feelings his tone was sh a t. i klndlj Eve returned his glance with a qui' tiled all I regard, but he scarcely saw it. lie hi -aud he stupefied sense of disaster, n fcelii sed uud ; Qf hitter self commiseration that l'< at when ( mc moment outweighed nil oilier co all their slderatio as. Almost at the moment < nlso lust j..tlin /mil ,if llt'o had CTU1 that If I |U hi-* fingers, the soil given h e an In- t ueath his feet, anil with nu absence [ do the : logic, a lack of Justice unusual in hi: housand jie |0( resentment against Chilcc and lis- sweep suddenly over his mind, ought of Eve, still watching him, saw the ilai Before ening of his expression and with , but my quiet movement rose from her chair It was "Lady Sarah lias a theater party rceil my- night, and I am dining with her," J > paused paid. "it is an early dinner, so i averted must think about dressing. I'm so: as if by you think 1 tried to draw you into a: jpelled a thing. I must have explained mys somehow badly." She laughed a little to co' Idiculous, the slight discomfiture that her ti ! amused, betrayed, and as she laughed a differ- moved across the room toward ;w direct- door. nerves." j Lodor. engrossed in the check to word. "It own schemes. Incensed at the sudii f. in the ness of Chilcote's recall and still in 1 the way Incensed at his own folly In not hnv he paused anticipated it, was oblivious for moment of both her movement i her words. Then quite abruptly t len." She obtruded themselves upon him, br< lu't admit lug through his egotism with so when we thing of the sharpness of pain foil refused to lng a blow. Turning quickly from 8ira?"'- fireplace, i^e faced the shadowy r ? ... Schnapps Tobacco is Tobacco Grow The Imitafi Qualitj Hundreds of imitation brs on sale that look like Schm bacco. The outside of the i plugs of tobacco is flue cured 1 as Schnapps, but the inside with cheap, flimsy, heavily sv air cured tobacco. One t Schnapps will satisfy tobaccc longer than two chews of s bacco. The color, size am of the tags, plugs and pad certain imitation brands of have been made so mu < Schnapps that they have oft J, accepted by buyers under th I that thev cr^++it-io< I j across which she hud passed, but siI multaneously with his turning she I gained the door. [ The knowledge that she was gone i struck "plm with n sense of double loss. Walt! ho. called, suddenly moving forward. "But alinbst at once he paused. chilled by the solitude of the room. "Eve!" he said, using her name unconsciously for the first time. But the corridor, as well as the room, was empty; he was too late. lie stood Irresolute; then ho laughed shortly, turned and pusscd back toward the fireplace. The blow had fallen, the Inevitable come to pass, and nothing remained but to take the fact with as good a grace as possible. Chilcote's telegram hud summoned him to Clifford's inn I at 7 o'clock, and it was now well on I toward (I. lie pulled out his watch ; Chilcote's watch, he realized with a j touch of grim humor as he stooped to ! examine the dial by the light of the I fire?then, as if the humor had verged to another feeling, he stood straight again and felt for the electric button In the wall. Ills fingers touched It, I and simultaneously the room was ! lighted. The abrupt alteration from shadow to light came almost as a shook The feminine arrangement of the tea table seemed Incongruous? beside the sober} books and the desk laden with papers ?Incongruous as his own presence lu> the place. The thought was unpleasant, and he turned aside as if to avoid it, but at the movement bis eyes fell on Chilcote's cigarette box with its gleaming monogram, and the whimsical suggestion of bis first morning rose again. The idea that the Inanimate objects in the room knew hinrr for what ho was, recognized the Interloper where human eyes saw the rightful possosspr, returned to his mind. Through all his disgust and chagrin a smile forced Itself to his lips, and, crossing the room for the second time, he passed into Chilcote's bedroom. There the massive furniture and somber atmosphere fitted hotter with his mood than the energy and action which the study always suggested. Walking directly to the great bed, he sat <m Its si !o and for several minute tared straight hi front of him, appar ently seeing nothing; then at last thjl apathy passed from him, as hlsyfii^ vlous anger against Cliilcote had/?s4 ed. lie stood up slowly, drawl* Lis long limbs together, and recro?!*i the j room, passing along the eorridlf and through the door conimuulcatliM with the rest of-the house. Five lmnutcs Inter he was In the open air ami walk- i ing steadily eastward, his hat drawn forward and his overcoat buttoned up. As be traversed tlie streets lie allowed himself 110 thought. Once, as he waited in Trafalgar square to find a passage between the vehicles, the remembrance of Chilcote's voice coining qutcktyV guarding himself trmn nil Involuntary glance at the plaeJPw their meeting. The Strand, with Its unv ceasing life, came to him as something) almost unfamiliar. Since his identification with the new life no business had drawn him east of Charing Cross, and his first sight of the narrower stream of triillic struck liini as garish r.nd unpleasant. As the impression came he accelerated his slops, moved by the wish to make regret and retrospection alike impossible by a contact with actual forces. Still walking hastily, he entered I ford's inn. but there almost unconsciously his feet halted, there was something In the quiet immutability ol the place that sobered energy, botl mental * and physical; a sense o. elintigelessuess?the changclessiiess o Inanimate tilings, that rises In sucli sol enin contrast to the variableness o n now ell more ihiukiu u.iuuu, __ , vironment, a new outlook, sometime even a new presence, lias power to iq I heave and remold, lie paused, the i with slower and steadier steps cross? 3 the little court and mounted the ft ,, miliar stairs of his own house. As he turned the handle of his ow door some one stirred inside the sittiu i- i room. Still under the influence of tli II j stones and trees that he had Just lef r he moved directly toward the sour d and. without waiting for pormisslo d entered the room. After the darkno of the passage it seemed well nlig! ! for. besides the lamp with its grei ie shade, a large fire burned in the gra and helped to dispel the shadows. ' at As lie entered the room Chileotc ro id and came forward, his figure thro; lg j luto strong relief by the double llg! or ! lie was dressed in a shabby two u- , suit: his face looked pale and set w of ( a slightly nervous tension. But, besii n- the look and a certain added restle >e- ness of glance, there was 110 vlsil of change. Reaching Loder, he held < ai, his hand. >te "Well?" he snld quickly. The other looked at him questl "k- Ingly. n "Well? Well? How has tt goue?" "The scheme? Oh. excellently!" t?" der's manner was abrupt. Turn ibe from the restless curiosity In Chilco 1 j eyes, he moved a little way across ri*y room nnd began to draw off his c ny- j Then, as If struck by the Inclvllitj '?If I the action, he looked back again. " ror ; scheme has gone extraordinarily." ,uc said. "I could almost say nbsur she There are some things, Chllcote, i the fairly bowl a man over." jlls [to be coy+imaicd.] len- Fnme. lore Fame is the Inheritance not of lnj, dead, hut of the living. It is we tj,e look hack with lofty pride to the p nn(j names of antiquity, who drink of l,ev flood of glory as of a river nnd rel ?ak- our wings la It for future flifi line- Hazlltt. low- When a man falls In love it r the feels as though he were falling oom ward. J feV-WVlllg wJL Sufficient proof has been to establish the fact that brands are infringements and .{; Iation of the trade mark laws, trade will continue to be i upon by these infringers until | already entered and now per protect Schnapps is decid great many of these imitatk 11. J. Reynolds Toba< A Big Sale in Union, gpo-] 25 In tlu> district C<>urt of the United ^ States, for the District of South Carolina. c t fTv r l'.catv and Frank In the matter of W tra<hng as all G. Austell. ellR W. T. lU-at>; &C & li To ;h0 c,???v of Union we |C"V H trict atorcaaM. bankrupts: jr()l .and district . n \\xc 1 Notice is hereby ttnui that ^ ^ phi llth day of March. 1 )_ /; ^ o'clock in the forenoon. limn ^ ^ wijno. M. Little. .ri.strn of said estate. '**' j will sell at public auction to. ,Mlire stock of Itoi-'s wares an.) i.ur- pL. chandise of said elate. consist.n? " till L general line of dry goods, clothim. 'shoes, gents' furnishing goods ami no- jy 1 vnutiimii and riven- ?i ' tinus. all m good condition. ^ ;...ries at a low market value, at ?t.OOO.CO. . , The said trustee \vi" -" 1 ri in narceL as he may deem best. Any objection t?? -ai ' sale mint be .made 1 h'i*>r au- at ivv ofivce, Columbia. . S. C.. "ii the ."'ill ("ay March. Ip<7. p, , . 'at eleven o'clock in tin- . ->n. i J110. J. Karl v. f Referee in Rankruptov. ^ ; " r Notice to Horse Breeders. Rmwnstonc. belonging t" the Hack' nev Horse Breeders' association, will i- -land at Union, S. C., the following a season. Terms as follows: $5 down ]jj 1 and ?jo to he paid if foal results. If | not, $5 will he refunded hy the associa; tion. Horse will he found at Craw- H j ford & Avcock's stable, Union, S. C. l" | 9-3mo. " n | Notice oi Bridge Letting. '?* The Hoard of County Commission- CI ie ers will meet at Harris bridge, on t. | Brown's creek, Friday, March 8. 1907. ttl 'for the purpose of jetting to lowest W u responsible bidder the building of an 80-foot steel bridge. Plans and specifications to be exhibited at bridge on day of letting. Will be let at public en outcry at 11 o'clock a. in. te T. J. Betenbaugh, ? f I o-2t Supervisor U. C. j g CALCIMO |> made bv i; - MURALOCO., N. Y. ble i The Best Cold Water Wall Fin- j" 3Ut ish on Earth. It makes your walls new and bright, and will 11 not rub off. Sure death to germs j] and insects. In all standard , tints and white. Ask for sample i Lo- card. In five pounds packages 1 !ng j and its 40 cents. House Paints, J te's Stains and Varnishes in con- i ,,ie venient packages from A pint up. r of We are Practical Painters and know the goods we sell. They ,jiy are all right. Wall paper new that goods and books coming in. Will have lots to say next week. We are now doing the Picture Framing business of this town. Largest Stock, Lowest Prices, who and Good Work did the business. :roat Window glass, all sizes in stock, that Puttv free. FRED. C. MILLINGS THE PAPER MAN. eully up. MOVING AND REPAIRING AND PAIRING UPHOLSTERING Made ENTIRELY from Flue Cured ^ > a in the Piedmont Country* f ion Brands Have Schnapps ' Only On the Outside Of the Plug inds are claimed to be "just as good" as ipps to- Schnapps, but there is only one gen- i mitation uine Schnapps. Be sure the letters ,he same on the tag, and stamped on the plug is filled under the tag spell S-C-H-N-A-P-P-S /eetened and then you have it?the most . ;hew of wholesome tobacco produced, with > hunger just enough sweetening to preserve ; >uch to- the mild, juicy, stimulating quality of ' -j* :1 shape the leaf tobacco. Expert tests prove ; ;,..CT cages of that this flue cured tdbacco, grown \ J tobacco in the famous Piedmont region^ rech like quires and takes less sweeten en been any other and "iTSS4a wholesome, le belief stimulating, satisfying effect on hnapps. chewers. secured If the tobacco you are chewing j J certain don't satisfy you more than the mere f -*j in vio- habit of expectorating, stop fooling f yet the yourself and chew Schnapps tobacco, j mposed Schnapps is like the tobacco chewers j the suit formerly bought costing from 75c. j iding to to $1.00 per pound; Schnapps is ed. A sold at 50c. per pound, in 5c. cuts, v Dns are strictly 10c. and 15c. plugs. cco Company, Winston-Salem, N. C. raved Cards, Invitations, Union & (ilenn springs Railroad CojpiDa?v Innoimcements, Etc. 1 %-t^vesVmon7.30a.??.,amve , _ ^..^cpntitKT -,v Hufial" 7.-45 a. m. t iampies, . , ? . . i c + N>>. leaves Union 12:30 p. in., av h the bCSt Styles ot tnt rjvc;. at i?uiYal?? 12:45 p. tii. \N I raver's art. No. 5 leaves Union ,5:45 p. nr., ar- s I you have your _plate, *?;?_.? '*?? SX 8:45 a. m.. . 1 will have them ;made arrives al Union 9-.C0 a. in. m it or we can have X ) ^ ]cavc5 Buffalo at 1:30 p. m., tes and cards made at arrjVcs at Union 1:43 i>- >" easonable price for high x-./> > ??:; u^1" ,:JS . . . , arrives at lhkhi %-%.oo p. in. SS, artistic wot k. call Between Union and Pride. inspect our samples Morning [trtYifyourxnw<;j*j?.b?iar? . j ing in this line. ' 0:55: leaves Xenl Shoals 10:05: leaves ^ i\t<l Point 10:15; arrives at Pride 10:25 a. ni. 5JKF !TSRf3 i A FTti 'MXo P.ridc I0-55: leaves w-? a *V-/ ve?l ! ?Mnt 11 :o5\ leaves X eal Shoals 11:15: leaves Medors 11:25; leaves ' >'< . rv's 11:30: leaves Crawlords L>_ C C S|/'A\IUV 1 :,vr- Monarch 11:4o: arrives at i-uJ IraOiN ti " <1:50 a. ,u. ! vennsj. "J leaves Union ?:i?: leaves M e:ar !' 5 jo; leave- Crawford* 5:25; r the same Goods, More '""" \l]" Vuv- Med<>r? = : 1 I"e. N e; : 5' a Is 5:50: leavv. , .. . ai !' darj; arrives at Pride 6:10 >oas lor the same money, p. N>>. '"'p'cs Arid fi*jo", Oaves Red >m this work in the North- CT:'" m';'- e ^"oMcnv^olcsttiyi 71.-: 1 \ - C- .\\ fords leaves n Markets buying a full i:i,v,;iroh arrivcs nt vnion 7:35 0 p. m. T. R. TMCKF.RT, G. M. te of Dry Goods, Clothing, m. p summer, g. p. a. ats, Shoes and Notions. 1 JUST RECEIVED n preparing lo give my A ?M F,.,sh L,mon,_ istomers bargains that they They are F.xtra Fancy, 'ill long remember. 25c per dozen. V GEO. VV. GOING. Phone me a trial order- \ w. Newell Smith \ itation to kindred and creditors. - \ LIGHT SAW MILLS, , y \\. \V. Johnson, Esq., Probate! , \ Whereas, John 1). Smith has made Engines, Bailers ? Supplies nit to me to grant him Letters oi Atl-! f linistration on^the _ Estate and effects QaSolilie Engines, Wood SaWS aud 1 r'hese are, alJ^io^^citc and ad- Splitters, Cotton and Saw Mill Machiaiionish all and singular the kindred srv Castings aild Repairs. Try .,/i r?f the said John I). Lake,; leceased, that they be and appear be- . ^ ^ _ 11/ < I'Jhe/d" at "unioni^c" H,,?Sfui'th^Carol i-I LOlflbflfd 1 TOfl V OfkSj ia 1 >11 the 11 tit day of March, next, at-! a r. er publication hereof, at 11 o'clock in nujju?l?, VJ<l. he iorcnon. t?? show cause, ii any they ~ * lionId not be granted. SOUTHERN RAILWAY Given under my hand and seal this < .'i-t day of February, Anno Domini. THE SOUTH'S GREATEST SYSTEM, lyo;. \V. W. Johnson, Unexcelled Dining Car Service. Probate Judge. Through Pullman Sleeping Cars Published 011 the 2nd day of Febru- ! on all Through Trains?Con ? ' ?? ? Cnharlnla on till ary, ioo7, in the Union Times. X-2t. veiueiii ov:"v,.*~ ww ? Local Trains. i * nr>/Nl.,.. Winter Tourist Rates are J. A. BROW N, now in effect to all Florida dealer in points. For full information REAL ESTATE. STOCKS AND as j? phmlc su'l neaiest Southern Railway bUMUb. Tjcket Agent Qr house renting and collecting , BR00KS M0RGA(i R. W. HUNT, \ A specialty. a. g. p. a., p. p. a., office on bachelor street. 1 Atlanta, Ga. Charleston, S. C.. 1 rc TrJT-"