The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, April 21, 1921, Image 3
(Continued from last week)
CHAPTER IX.
Prior to leaving New Orleans, Webster
had cabled Illlly Geary that he
WH8 taking passage on La Estrellltn
and stating the approximate date of
his arrival at San Buenaventura?
which Information descended upon
that young man with something of the
charm of a gentle rainfall over a hitherto
arid district. He had been seeing
Dolores Ruey at least once a day ever
frince her return to Sobrante. He was I
quick, therefore, to seize upon Web- 1
ster's cablegram as an excuse to call !
upon Dolores and explain the mystery !
surrounding his friend's nonnppear- !
unce.
"Well, Dolores." he began. In his ex- j
cltement calling her by her first name
for the first time, "I've heard f?om
Jack Webster."
"What's the news. Bill?" Dn1or???j in.
quired. From the first clay of their nc- 1
qunlntnnce she had been growing Increasingly
fond of Geary; for nearly a !
week she had been dc&irous of calling j
him Hill, which Is a comfortable name
and. to Dolores' way of thinking, a peculiarly
appropriate cognomen for j
such a distinctly American young man.
At mention of the beloved word he
glanced down at her pleasurably.
"Thank you," he said. "I'm glad you
got around to It finally. Those that j
love me always call me Hill." I
"You called me Dolores." |
"1 move we make It unanimous. I'm
a foe to formality."
"Second the motion. Bill. So am I?
when 1 care to be?and in our case
your formality Is spoiling our comradeship.
And now, with reference to the
extraordinary Senor Webster?"
"Why, the poor old horse has been
down with ptomaine poisoning. They
carried him oft the train at St. Louis
and stood him on Ids head and pumped
htm out. and just did manage to cancel j
his order for a new tombstone. He
says he's feeding regularly again nnd
has booked passage on La Est roll!to, |
so we can look for him on the next
steamer arriving."
"Oh. the poor fellow I" Dolores mnr- !
mured?so fervently that Billy was on
the point of hurling his heart at her
feet on the instant
The thousand dollars Webster had
cabled Billy "for a road-stuke" had
been dwindling rapidly under the stimulus
of one continuous opportunity to
spend the same In a quarter where It
was calculated to bring the most Joy.
Mr. Geary was absolutely bogged In
the quagmire of his first love affair,
but until his mining concession should
amply Justify an avowal of his passion,
an Instinctive sense of the eternal fitness
of tilings reminded Billy of the
old proverb that a closed mouth i
catches no files. And In the meautlme i
(such Is the optimism of youth) he decided
there was no need for worry, for
when a girl calls a fellow Bill, when
she tells him he's a scout and doesn't
care a whoop for any society except
his?caramha I It's great I
A wireless from Webster warned
Billy of the rormer's Imminent arrival.
Just before sunset Billy und Dolores,
riding along the Alalecon, sighted a
blur of smoke far out to sea?a blur
that grew and grew until they could
make out the graceful white hull of La
Estrelllta, before the swift tropic night
descended and the lights of the great
vessel shimmered across the harbor. ;
"Too late to clear quarantine tonight,"
Billy mourned, as he and Dolores
rode back to her hotel. "All the
same, I'm going to borrow the launch
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"That You, ?3 i 117" He Shouted,
of my Rood friend Leber nnd iiii nr?
tege Don Juan Cafetero, and go out i
to the steamer tonight. I ran heave to i
a little way front the steamer and wel* !
rome the old rascal, anyhow."
Fortonately, good little Leber conseuted
to Billy's request, and I>on Juan
Cafeter? was soher enough to turn the ;
engine over aud run the launch. Frmp {
Ike dock of the stearier Wehater, j
at..ok.. ills post prnndlnl cigar, rang'tt ;
tight of the Inttneh'M red and green
aldellghtM chugging through the Inky
blackness; as the little craft slid U{.
to within a cable's length of the steamer
end hove to. something told Webeter
that Billy Geary would soon be
LBSTER I
4N'SMAN
:ter B. Kync
Vuthor of "Cappy
licks," ~iue Valley
if the Giants," Etc.
<j?nWi?WWI My?
"Hey I "Sack, old pal 1" Bl\ly~'s delighted
voice answered him.
"1 knew you'd come. Billy boy."
| "1 knew you'd know It, Johnny.
; Can't come aboard, you know, until the
ship clears, but 1 can He oft here aud
?uy hello. How Is your Internal
mechanism?"
"Grand. However, your query reminds
me I haven't taken the medicine
the doctor warned me to take after
menls for a couple of weeks. Walt a
minute, Bill, until 1 go to my stuteroom
: and do my duty to my stomach."
For ten minutes Billy and Don Juan
Cafetero bobbed about In the luunch;
| then a stentorian voice shouted from
I the steamer. "Hey, you 1 In the
launch, there. Not so close. Back
off."
| Don Juan kicked the launch back
fifty feet. "That will do I" the voice
called again.
"Hollo I" Billy soliloquized. "That's
Jack Webster's voice. Wonder what
he's up to. 1 thought he acted
strangely?preferring medicine to me
the minute I hailed him I"
While he was considering the matter,
a voice behind him said very softly
and indistinctly, like a man with a
I harelip:
"Mr. Geary, will you he good enough
to hack your launch a couple of hundred
feet? When I'm certain I can't
he seen from the steamer, I'll come
aboard."
Hilly turned, and In the dim light of
his binnacle lamp observed a beautiful
pair of white hands grasping the gunwale
on the starboard quarter. Lie
peered over and made out the heud
and shoulders of a man.
"All right," he replied in a low voice.
"Ilnng where you are, and you'll he
clear of the propeller."
lie signaled Don Juan, who hacked
swiftly away, while Billy doused the
Kl... 1 -
LMiiiuii'it* lump.
"That'll Up," the thick voice said
presently. "Bear n hand, friend, and
f'll climb over."
He cnme, as naked as Mercury,
sprawled on his holly In the cockpit,
opened his mouth, spnt out a compact
little roll of tinfoil, opened It and drew
out a ball of paper which he flattened
out on the floor of the cockpit and
handed to Billy.
"Thank you," he said, very courteously
and distinctly now. "My credentials,
Mr. deary, If you please."
Billy relighted the lamp aud read:
"Dear Billy:
"1 do not know the bearer from
Adatn's off ox; all ! know nbout him
Is that he has all the outward marks
of u gentleman, the courage of a bearcat.
a sense of humor and a head for
which the presldente of Sohrante will
gladly pay a considerable number of
pesos oro. Don't give up iiie heuu, because
I like It and we do not need the
money?yet. Take him ashore without
anybody knowing It; hide him,
clothe him, feed him?then forget all
about him.
"Ever thine,
"J. S. WEBSTER."
"Kick the boat ahead again. CuflVr.
ty," Billy ordered quietly. He turned
to the lute arrival. "Mr. Man. your
credentials are all In apple-pie order.
Do you happen to know that this hay
Is swarming with man-eating sharks?"
The man raised a fine, strong, youthful
face nnd grinned at hltn. "Hohson's
choice, Mr. Geary," he replied.
"Afloat or ashore, the shurks are after
me. Sir, I am your debtor." He
crawled Into the cuhln nnd stretched
out on the settee as John Stuart Webster's
voice came floating across the
dark waters.
"Everything well with you, Billy?"
"All Is lovely. Jack, nnd the goose
honks high. By the way. that friend
of yours called with his letter of Introduction.
I took care of him."
"Thanks. I suppose you'll call for
me In that launch tomorrow morning?"
"Surest thing you know, Jack. Goodnight,
old top."
"Good-night, Billy."
Don Juan Cafetero swung the
launch and headed hack for the city.
At Leber's little dock Billy stepped
ashore, while Don Juan hacked out into
the dark hqy again In order to avoid
Inquisitive visitors. Billy hastened to
El Buen Amiga nnd returned presently
with a bundle of clothes; at an agreed
signal Don Juan kicked the launch Into i
the dock agnln and Blll.v went aboard.
"Hat, shirt, necktie, duck suit, white
socka nnd shoes," he whispered. "Climb
Into (In-ill, stranger."
Once more the launch bncked out In
the hay, where Webster's protege
dressed at his leisure, and Billy handed
Don Juan a couple of pesos
"Bemember, John." he oautlonpd I he
bibulous one as (hey tied up for the
night, "nothing unusual happened tonight."
"Dlvll n thing, Mlsther Geary.
Tlmnk you. sor," ihe Gaelic wreck replied
blithely and disappeared In the j
darkness, leaving Billy to guide tip?
stranger to El Buen Amlgo, where he
was taken Into the confidence of Moth- !
er Jenks nnd, on Billy's guarantee of
the hoard hill furnished with ? m.n,
and loft to his own devices.
? ?
John Stunrt Webster cnme down the
gangplank Into Leber's launch hard at
the heels of the port doctor.
"You young horse thief," he cried,
affectionately. "I believe It's the custom
down this way for men to kiss
each other. Well dispense with that,
hot by?" He folded Hilly In a paternal
embrace, then held him at arm's
length and looked him over.
"?,ord Jon," he said, **yoo're as thl*
as a snake. I'll bare to feed yea up."
As they sped toward the landluft, he
BBSSUB
of climate to get rid of thai malaria.
Just show me this little old mining
Claim of yours. Bill, and then hike for
God's country. Three months up there
will put yon right again, and by the
time you get hack, we'll he about ready
to weigh the first cleanup."
Billy shook his head. "I'd like to
mighty well, Juck," he replied, "but 1 1
Just can't"
"Huh I I suppose you don't think I'm
equal to the task of straightening out
this concession of yours and rrmkln* a
hummer out of It, eh?"
The young fellow looked across at
him sheepishly. "Mine?" he Jeered.
"Who's talking about * mine. I'm
thinking of a girl I"
"Oh I"
"Some girl, Johnny.**
"I hope she's not some parrakeet,**
Webster bantered. "Have you looked
up her pedigree?"
"Ah-h-h I" Billy spat oYer the side In
sheer disgust. "This Is an American
girl?horn here, but white?raised In
the U. S. A. Tve only known her
three weeks, but?ah P* And Billy
kissed his hand Into space.
"Well. I'm glad I find you so happy,
boy. When do you pull off the wedding?"
|
"Oh," said Billy, "that's premature, I
Jack. I haven't asked her. How \
could I until I'm able to support her?" j
"Look here, son," Webster replied,
"don't you go to work and be the kind
of fool I was. You get married and
t:ike a chance. A man ought to marry
young. Bill. Hang the odds. I know
what's good for you." I
At the hotel Billy sent a note to
Dolores. apprising her that John
Stuart Webster had arrived?and
> onld she be good enough to receive
them?
Miss Rue.v would be that gracious.
5:be was waiting for them In the veran'
?'a lust ofT the patio, outwardly calm,
j but i. iwnrdly a foment of conflicting
i emotions. As they approached she nfI
footed not to see them and turning.,
glanced In the opposite direction; nor
did she move her head until Billy's
voice, speaking at her elbow, said:
"Well. Dolores, here's my old Jackpartner
waiting to be Introduced.
Jack, permit nu to present Miss Dolores
Rney."
She turned her face and rose graciously.
marking with secret triumph
the light of recognition that leaped to
his eyes, hovered there the hundredth
part of a second and departed, leaving
those keen, quizzical blue orbs appraising
her In the most natural manner Imaginable
Webster bowed.
"It Is u great happiness to meet you.
Miss Ruey," he said gravely.
Dolores gave him her hand. "Yon
have doubtless forgotten. Mr. Webster,
hut I think ?'i> hnvi> mot hof.. "
i "Indeed!" John Stuart Webster murmured
Interestedly. "So stupid of me
, not to remember. Where did we^meet?"
| "He has a profound sense of hu- |
| mor." she soli baptized. "He's going to
! foree me Into the open. Oh, dear, I'm
| helpless." Aloud she suid: "On the
{ train In Death valley last month, Mr. ]
Webster."
Webster shook his bead slowly, us If ,
I mystified. "I fear you re mistaken,
> Miss Ruey. I wasn't on the train In
i Death valley last month. I wus In
i Denver?so you must have met some
I other Mr. Webster."
She tlushed furiously. "1 didn't
' think ) could he mistaken." she answered
n trille coldly.
"It Is my misfortune that you were,"
he replied graciously. "Certainly, had
we met at that time, I should not have
failed to recognize you now. Somehow,
Miss Ruey, 1 never have any
I.?aI.
t uv n.
She was completely outgeneraled,
J ami having the good sense to realize It,
submitted gracefully. "He's perfectly
horrible," she told herself, "but at least
he can lie like a gentleman?and I always
did like that kind of man."
So they chatted on the veranda until
lyncheon was announced and Dolores
left them to go to her room.
"Well?" Billy queried the moment
she was out of earshot. "What do you
think, Johnny?"
4,1 think-'* cnttl -lnhn
. ?wviMi kitutu i ?rcusicr,
slowly, "that you're a good picker, Bill.
She's ray Ideal of a fine young woman,
and my advice to you la to murry her.
I'll grub-stake you. Bill, this stiff collar
Is choking me; 1 wish you'd wait
here while I go to my room and rustle
up a soft one."
In the privacy of his room John
Stnnrt Webster sat down on his bed
and held his head In his hands, for he
had Just received a blow In the solar
plexus and was still groggy. Presently,
however, he pulled himself together
and approaching t e mirror looked
long at his weutlujf.-beuten countenance.
"Too old," he murmured, "too "Id to
he dreaming dreams."
He changed to a soft collar, and
when he descended to the patio to Join
Billy once more he wus. to all outward
appearances, his usual unperturbed
self, for his was one of those rare natures
that can derive a certain comfort
from the misery of self-snerlflct?and
In that five minutes alone In his room
John Stuart Webster had wrestled
with the tragedy of his life ami won.
lie had resolved to give Billy the
right of wuy on the highway to happiness.
In Mr. Webster's own whimsical
phraseology, hts clock had been fixed,
on the Instnnt he recognized in the object
of his youthful partner's adoration
iName winsome woman lie ftml enthroned
In his own secret rustle of
love. From thnt precise second Billy's
preserve was as safe from encroachment
hy Ids friend as won Id lie a hale
of Confederate currency In an armor*
steel vntilt on-the three-thousand-foot
level of n water-filled mine
John Stuart Webster had unanimously
resolved upon the course he should have
pursued In the first place. ""He would
investigate Billy's mining concession
Immedlntely; provided It should prove
worth while, lie would finance It and
put the properly on a paying basis;
after which he would see to It that
the very best doctors In the city of
Buennventurn should Inform Billy, unA#flpl
O ll? ? -* - a **
??iiu in iii?r mricirai coindence,
rhnt If he desired to preserve
the life of Senor Juan Wehstslre be
should forthwith pack that rapidly disintegrating
person off to a more salubrious
climate.
Havlug made bis decision, John
Stuart Webster Immediately took heart
of hope and decided to lead trumps.
Dolores rejoined them for a siesta
Webster leaned over and slapped
Billy (ieary'a "knees affectionately.
"Well. Bill, you saffron-colored old
wreck, how long do you suppose it
will take for you to pick up enough
strength and courage to do some nc,
tlve mining? I'm anxious to get thai
property on a paying basis, so 1 can
' get out of the coflmtry."
| "Why, Johnny," the amazed Billy
declared, "I thought you would stay
and help run the mine."
| "Indeed I Well, why do you sup- J
1 pose I spent so much time teaching
i you how to run a mine, you young
' Idiot, if not agulnst Just such a time ,
. as this? You found this concession
| and tied It up; I'll finance It uud heln
you get everything started; but after
that, I'm through, and you ran man- ,
age It on salary and name the salary
I yourself. Yon have a greater InterI
est In this country than I, William; (
j and so with your kind permission
we'll hike up to that concession to|
morrow and give It the doublo-O;
j then. If I can O. K. the property, we'll
i cable for the machinery I ordered Just
1 before I left Denver, and get busy.
We ought to have our first clean-up |
within ninety days."
"Gosh, but you're.In a hurry," Billy (
murmured. Ele disliked exceedingly
l the though': of having his courtship (
Interrupted on a minute's notice.
"You know me, son. I'm a hustler '
on the Job," Webster reminded him
, brutally; "so the sooner you start, the I
sooner you can get back and accumu- j
late more nmlarla. What nccomtnoda- I \
1 tlons have you up there?" j (
, "None, Jack."
1 "Then you hnd better get some,
Rllly. I think you told me we have
to take horses at Ran Miguel de
i Padua to ride In to the mine." Billy
? nodded. "Then you had better buy a
1 tent and bedding for both of us. ship
the stuff up to Snn Miguel de Padua,
go up with It and engage horses, n
good cook, and a couple of reliable
ipozns. When you have everything
ready telegraph me and I'll come up."
| "Why can't you come up with me?"
, Billy demanded
"I have to see a man. nmt
some letters and send a cablegram
and wait for an answer. I may have
to loaf around here for two or three
, days. By the way. what did you do i
for that friend I sent to you with the
letter of Introduction?"
"Exactly what you told me to do.
Johnny."
"Where Is he now?"
"At El Rtien Amlgo?the same place
where I'm living."
"All right. When you get hack to
your hostelry, you might tell my
friend I shall expect him over to dine |
with me this evening, If he can man- .
age it."
| For an hour they discussed various
subjects; then Billy, declaring the
siesta was til most over and the shops
reopening as a consequence, an- ,
aounced his Intention of doing his ,
shopping, suld good-bye tq Dolores and
Webster, and lugubn**"^y departed ,
on the business In hand. (
"Why are you In such a hurry. Mr.
Webster?" Dolores demanded. "You j
haven't been In Buenaventura six ,
hours until you've manugod to make
nie perfectly miserable."
"I'm terribly sorry. I didn't mean .
to."
"Didn't yqp know Billy Geary Is my
personal property?"
"No, but I suspected he might be. (
Bill's generous that way. lie never ^
hesitates to give himself to a charming
woman."
"This was a case of mutual self- j
defense. Billy hasn't any standing socially,
you know. When old .Mrs. Gen- j
eral Maldonado lectured me (the !
dear, aristocratic soul conceived It to j 1
be her duty) on the Impropriety ot
om\Anidn<? ? * **
urinal niK vru uic oinm-wn wun limy i
and my guardian, who happens to be j
Billy's landlady, 1 tried to explain our
American brand of democracy, nut
failed. So I haven't been Invited anywhere
since, and life would have been
very dull without Billy. He has been
a dear?and you have taken him
away."
Webster laughed. "Well, be patient,
Miss Ruey, and I'll give him j
back to you with considerable more
money than he will require for your
Joint" comfort. Billy In financial distress
Is a joy forever, hut Billy In a
top hat and a frock coat on the sunny
side of Kasy street wH! h*4 absolutely
|i i|
g Indigestion g
? many persons, otherwise D
fl rigorous and healthy, are Q
Q bothered occasionally with Q
g Indigestion. The effects of a g
mm disordered stomach on the
J system are dangerous, and
B prompt treatment of lndlges- B
Q tlon Is Important. "The only Q
n medicine I have needed has mm
been something to aid dlgcs- "
Pi tlon and clean the liver," Q
D writes Mr. Fred Ashby, a w
McKlnney, Texas, farmer. *
H "My medicine is RJ
o ThpHfnrH'c 5
BLACK-DRAUGHT |
n 'or Indigestion and stomach M &
^ J trouble of any kind. I have 5? s
D never found anything that D ?
touches the spot,vllke Black- n f
mm Draught. I take it in broken (
H doses after meals. For a long D
Q time I tried pills, which grip- H
Bed and didn t give the good s
results. Black-Draught liver H
Q medicine is easy to take, easy Q
m to keep, Inexpensive." m
?I Oct a package from your 5?
J" druggist today?Aak /or and
Q insist upon Thedford'a?the Dl
D only genuine. Q D
Get tt today. Q
SSaaaBBBaoDBB
E
DR. J. T. RUTLEDGE
Dental Surgeon
' At Pageland Tuesday and Wednesday.
Remainder of timo at ChesterAaM.
tJHrnm km S..k a-i J
Irresistible." j _
"He's a darling. Elver since my ar- 1
rival he has dedicated his life to keep- |
lug me amused." She rose "Despite j,
your wlckeduess, Mr. Webster, I am ?
going to be good to you. Hilly nud I ?
always have five ,-o'cIock ten here In
the veranda. Would you care to come 1
to my tea-party?" P
"Nothing could give me greater F
pleasure." be assured her. p
She nodded brightly to him. "I'm jf
going to nn up to nty room and put
some i A'a il'"' ' - ?
?...J IMIC l'I" . jj
plained. r j
"liut you'li return before ttv?
o'clock?" Webster was amazed to hoar
himself pleml. 1
"You do not deserve such considers- b
Uon, hut I'll cotue hack In ahout s<
twenty minutes," she answered and c
left hltn.
As Webster viewed the situation, his
decision to see as little as possible of
Dolores during his brief stay In
Sobrunte was a wise one. The less he
saw of her (he told himself), the better
for Ids peace of mind, for he was
forty yenrs old, and he had never =
loved before. For him this fever that
burned In his blood, this delicious A
agony thnt throbbed In his heart?and I
all on the very ghost of provocation? s
were so many danger-signals, heralds
of that grand passion which, coming
iu ? uniii ui mny, generally lasts him
the remainder of his natural existence.
Webster was forced to admit he was
afrnhl of himself. Ills was the rapidly
disappearing code of the old unfetter
ed West, that a man shall never he- |
tray his friend In thought, word, or I
deed. To John Stuart Wehstor any i
crime against friendship was the most i
heinous In all the calendar of human i
frailty; even to dream of slipping Into i
Billy's shoes now would he monstrous; |
yet Webster knew he could not afford
a test of strength between his ancient *
friendship for Billy and the masculine >
desire for a perfect mate. Remained ^
then hut one course: <
"I must run like a rond-runner,"
was the way Webster expressed It.
CHAPTER X.
Dolores had been gone an hour before
Webster roused from his bitter
Introspection sufficiently to glance at
his watch. "Hutu-m-ml" he grunted
disapprovingly.
"Oh, I've been here fully half an =
hour," Dolores' voice assured him.
He turned guiltily and found her leaning
against the Jamb In a doorway behind
him and farther down the veranda.
She was gazing at him with
that calm, Impersonal yet vitally Interested
glance that had so captivated
lihn the first time he saw her. "Are
you quite finished talking to yourself
and fighting Imaginary enemies? If
so, you might talk to me for a change;
I'll even disagree with you on any
subject. If opposition will make you
any happier." I
Re rose nnd Indicated the chair.
"Please sit down, Miss Ruey. You are
iltogether disconcerting?too confoundedly
Rmnrt. I fear I'm going to
be afraid of you until I know you better."
She shrugged adorahly and took the
proffered chair. "That's the Latin In
her?that shrug." Webster thought. "I
wonder what other mixtures go to
make up thnt perfect whole." 1
Aloud he said: "So you wanted to I
itudy me In repose? Why waste your *
time? I am never In repose."
"Feminine curiosity, Mr. Wehster. =
Billy has talked so much of you
that I wanted to s*?e If yon measured
up to the specifications. Just let me |
have your hand, and I'll tell you all
ibout yourself."
"Is there any charge?"
"Yes. a nominal one. Flowever, I
guarantee a truthful reading; If, when
f am through, you are not wholly sat- shed,
von do not have to pay the
jrlce. Is that a satisfactory arrangenent?"
"Itlght ns a fox." he declared, and
leld out his great calloused hand. Fie
thrilled as she took It In hot?) of hers,
;o soft and beautiful, and flattened It
nit, palm upward, on her knee. "A
Ine, large, useful hand," she commented
musingly. "The callouses Indicate
ecent hard manual toll with a pick
?nd shovel; despite your recent efforts
vlth sonp and brush and puralce-stone,
here still remnln evidence of some
'orelgn mntter ingrained In those calous
spots. This line Indicates thnt '
rou are very brave, gentle, and cour- I
eons. You are quick nnd firm In your !
leclslons, but not always right, be- 1
ause your actions are governed by .
tour heart Instend of your head.
">nce you have made a decision, you
ire reckless of the consequences. Your |
Ifellne tell* me yon are close to flftyhree
years of age?"
"Seeress, you're shooting high and
0 the right," he Interrupted, for he
lid not relish thnt Jab about his age.
Til have you know I was forty years
>ld Inst month, and thnt I can still do
1 hundred yards In twelve seconds flat
?In my working clothes."
"Well, don't feel fieeved about It.
dr. Webster. 1 am not Infallible; the
iest you can hope for from me Is a
llgh percentage of hits, even If I did
ihoot high and to the right that time. I
n point of worldly experience you're
i hundred and six years old but I
opped off fifty per cent, to be on the
infe side. To continue. You are of
in extremely chivalrous nature?
inrtlculnrly toward young Indies
rnvellng without chaperons; you are
rlnfl fl (TrtPtlAflOtA " #A"1'
i??v??iviiiiiv, ft' Iff a ll.llll,
loiuethlng of n spendthrift. One n>ny
wfely depend upon you to do the tin xpected.
Your matrimonfnl line Is
inhrnken, proving you hnve never
nnrrled. although right here the line is
nmewhat dim nnd frnved." She
(To be continued on lest page)
J. ARTHUR KNIGHT
Attorney-at-Law ?
Office in Courthouse
Chesterfield, S. C.
TROTTI A PARK,
Dental Surgeons
Chesterfield, S. C.
Office on second floor in Ross
tuilding.
E. MAE EDGEWORTH
Optometrist
Eyea examined and glasses fitted
cientiflcally. 1
Office hours 10 A. M. to 4 P. M. Of
iVamble Hill National Farm Loan Association
s authorized to take and file applications with the Federal
,and Bank of Columbia.
late of interest G per cent. Loans made on improved farm lands,
'he Federal Land Bank will loan 50 per cent, on land and 20
ei* cent, on inanrnhlo
. ipiuvciiicnut.
'iling your application with Wamble Hill National Farm Loan
association is the first step taken to secure a loan through the
'ederal Land Bank of Columbia'he
bank will complete all loans as fast as it can sell bonds to k
lake the money available.
'he bank desires to meet the needs of the farmer, and an early
pplication will insure you to get your loan quicker.
'he Wamble Hill National Farm Association is entitled to do
usiness in the entire county, and it charges 1 per cent for its
ervices if loan is made, other wise all is refunded except actual
ost. Bring your land deed for inspection when making applicaion.
B. J. Dougl ass, Sec. Treas.
WamKIn mil XT * ?
.. MUIW1V AX ill i-*. 17. 1.1. A.
Office in Rear of Bank of Chesterfield Building
Champion Barred Rocks
Jag Won Everything in
^||w, iiPl? Sight at County Fair
J. Andy Teal
Hardware,
Furniture,
Farming Tools
Going At Greatlv Rprlupprl Prippc
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Farmers Hardware Company
IP
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We ask you to take just one
demonstration in the new Paige
"Lakewood 6-66" and judge it
from the standpoints of power,
speed, acceleration, spring suspension
and general motor
efficiency.
Get the facts ? actual lapsed
time of the tests?and make a
record in your notebook. Then
take a second demonstration in
any other car?at any price?
and compare the results. That
is all we ask.
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ivnoae island iVeds
Eggs at $2.50, $2.00 and $4.00 per setting of 15.
Also a few good cokerels at $1.00, $5.00 and $7.50 each.
Gret the good kind.
J. W. HANNA
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