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w ' BBBBHEssaBsaBaosasscssBSSBBaBsssa tErskin rt' Oi? 'T H01 * K^John I -* MBm !UMgtra^ed ^1 ' ^^j^^^^QPYRIOM^J^iCMARL ...i ,'^JO ^?*-' ?" J 1 <Ui tCokilaiMd froA I Ait w??k) " HALTER XVIII Yorktowa broke the British heart, '. sad General Dale, , still week from wounds. Went home to Bed Oaks. It j was not long miora, witn genus in' Qttlry.h* had pieced out the full story of Barbara and Ersklne sod Dane Gray, and wisely he walt#4 his chance with each phase of the situation. - Frankly he told her first, of Drey's dark treaifiery, and the girl listened Jj'l with horrified silence, for she would,, as soon have distrusted that beloved father' as' the heavenly Father in her prayers. She left htm when he finished the story and he let her go without another word. All day she was In her room and at snnset she gave him her answer, for she came to him dressed In white, knelt by his chair, and put her head in his lap. And there was a rose in her hair. "I have never understood about myself and?and that man," she said, "and I never will." "I do," said the general gently, "and I understand you through my sister who was so like you. Ersklne's father was as Indignant as Harry in now, and I am trying to act toward you aa my father did toward her." The girl pressed her lips to one of his hands. "I think I'd better tell you the whole story now," said General Dale, and he told of Ersklne's father, Ills wlldness and his wanderings, his marrhpa, and the capture of his wife and the ? little son by the Indians, all of which ahe knew, and the girl wondered why he should be telling her again. The general paused: "You know Ersklne's mother was not killed. He found her." The girl looked up amazed and Incredulous. , "Yes," he went on, "the white woman whom he found In the Indian village was his mother." "Father I" She lifted her head quicKij, ,ienneu deck with hands caught tight In front of her, looked up Into his face?her own crimsoning and paling as she took iu Che full meaning of It all. Her eyes dropped. "Then." she said slowly, "that Indian girl?Early Morn?Is his halfsister. Oil, oh 1" A great pity flooded her heart and eyes. "Why didn't Ersklne take them away from the Indians?" "His mother wouldn't leave them." And Barbara understood. "Poor Ersklne 1" she whispered, and her tears came. Her father leaned hack and for a moment closed his yea. "There Is more," he said finally. "Erskloe's father was the eldest brother?and Red Oaks?" Ths girl sprang to her feet, startled, aaonlMd. shamed: "Belongs to En. kine," she finished with heb face In her hands. "God pity ine," ahe whispered, "I drove him from his own home." "No," said the old general with a gentle smile. He was driving the barb deep, bat sooner or later It had to be done. "Look here!" He pulled an old piece of paper from his pocket and handed It to her. Her wide eyes fell upon a rude boyish scrawl and a rude i drawing of a buffalo pierced by an arrow: "It make me laugh. I have no use. I give hole dam plantashun Barbara." "Oh!" gasped the girl and then? "where la he?" "Waiting at Williamsburg to get bis discharge." She rushed swiftly down the steps, calling: "Ephraim! Ephralin!" And ten minutes later the happy, grinning Ephraim, mounted on the thoroughbred, was speeding ahead of i whirlwind of dust with a little / Scented note In his battered slouch \ " hut' "You said you would come whenever I wanted you. I want you to come nay. BARBARA." The girl would not go to bed, and the old general from his window sawher like some white spirit of the night motionless on the porch. And there y through the long hours she sat. Once she rose and started down the great path toward the sundial, moving. slowly through the flowers and moon- 1 light until she was opposite a giant magnolia. Where the shadow of it i touched the light on the grass, sht had last seen Grey's white face and scarlet breafct. With a shudder she turned back. The night whitened. , A catbird started the morning chorus The dawn came and with It Rphraim. The girl waited where she was. Bph ! j ralm took off his battered hat i "Marse Rrskine done gone, Miss Barbary," he said brokenly. "He j done ?one two days." j ; me gin tiniu uuming, ana mere rnc 1 old general found her still motion loos?the torn bits of Krsklne's scrawl ' , tag deed scattered about her feet. ! i ! I CHAPTER XIX j On tlte summit of Cumberland gap , ' , Krsklne Dale faced Firefly to the east and looked his last on the forests that wept unbroken back to the river James. It was all over foj; Jdm back * there and he turned to the wilder depths, those endless leagues of shadowy woodlands, that be would never taavo again. .{ At Booneaborough he learned from the old ferryman that, while the war , might be coming to an and in V|r- , .11 IU.J e Dale .ee^a "ox, RJUJvlngstHM^^J fierce private wars, and even then the whole border was In a flame. Forts had been pushed westward even beyond Lexington, and 1782 had been Kentucky's year of blood. Ersklne pushed on, and ever grew his hopelessness. The British had drawn all the savages of the Northwest Into the war. Ah nnnn a* hi? ??? 'L ? ?V nuvn noo UU UIl* ground the forays had begun. Horses were stolen, cablnB burned, and women and children were carried off captive. The pioneers had been confined to their stockaded forts, and only stfrail bands of riflemen sallied out to patrol the country.--Old Jerome Sanders' fort was deserted. Old Jerome had been killed. Twenty-three widows were at Harrodsburg filing the claims of dead husbands, and among them were Polly Conrad and Honor Sanders. The people were expecting an attack In great force from the Indians led by the British. At the Blue Licks there had been a successful ambush by the Indians and the whites had lost half their number, among them many brave men and natural leaders of the settlements. Captain Clnrk was at the mouth of Licking river and about to set out on an expedition and needed men. Ersklne, sure of a welcome, Joined him and again rode forth with Clark through the northern wilderness, and this time a thousand mounted riflemen followed them. Clark had been stirred at last from his lethargy by the tragedy of the Blue Licks and this expedition was one of reprisal and revenge; and It was to be the lust. The time was autumn and the corn was ripe. The triumphant savages rested in their villages unsuspecting and unafraid, and Clark fell upoq them like a whirlwind. Taken hy surprise, and startled and dlsmayed hy such evidence of the quick rebirth of power In the beaten whites, the Indians of every villnge fled at their approach, and Clark put the torch not only to cabin and wigwam hut to the fields of standing corn. As winter was coming on, this would be n sad blow, as Clark Intended, to the savages. Erskine had told the big chief of iiis mother, and every man knew the slory and was on guard that she should come to no harm. A captured Shawnee ' told them that the Shawnees had got word that the whites were coming, und their women and old men had fled or were fleeing, all, except In a village he had Just left? he paused and pointed toward the east where a few wisps of smoke were rising. Erskine turned: "Do you know Kahtoo?" "He is In that village." Erskine hesitated: "And the white woman?Gray Dove?" "She, too, Is there." "And Early Morn?" "Yes," grunted the savage. "What does he say?" asked Clark. "There is a white woman and her daughter Id a village, there," said Erskine, pointing in the direction of the smoke. , Clark's voice was announcing flu iuci in nis men. mistily ne sciectcc twenty- "S^e ttiat no harm contra t< them," he cried, and flushed forward. Ersklne In advance saw Black Wolf i and a few bucks covering the retreat of some fleeing women. They made a feeble resistance of volley and they too turned to flee. A white woman emerged from a tent and with great 1 dignity stood, peering with dim eyes. 1 To Clark's amazement Ersklne rushed forward and took Iter In his arms. moment Inter Ersklne cried: "My sister, where is she?" The white woman's trembling lips opened, but before she could answer, a harsh, angry voice broke in haughtily, and Ersklne turned to see Black Wolf stalking in, a prisoner between two stnlwart woodsmen. "Early Morn Is Black Wolf's squaw. She Is gone?" He waved one hand toward the forest. The Insolence of the savage angered V WOODMEN MEETING The Chesterfield Camp of Woodmen of the World, is held on the first Saturday night following a full moon. tf When Baby Frets From teething, feverishness, cold, colic or stomach and Dowel irregularities there is nothing that './ill give It JtBKr frjj* quicker relief than DR. THORNTON'S EASY TEETHER A famous baby's specialist's prescription, successfully used for 15 years. A sweet powder that children like?Ukee the place of castor oil. f nntaliu an ii|iiel?s in liana Ful drugs. Package, 25c, at your druggist. If it fafle to help, your money refunded. CARS, TRUCKS, TRACTORS SERVICE PARTS g6fe82HBHSB2gggsgpgggggm*i*ee*He*i Clark, and not understanding what hi aid, ha asked angrily: "Who lp \h\/t follow r **He la the feuaband of my half-sister," answered Brsklna gravely. Clark looked dased and uncomproliendlng: "And that woman7" "My mother," said Brakiae gently. 1 ??od God!" breathed OUrk. Ha turned quickly and waved the open* A Whit* Woman Emerged From a Tent and With Qroat Dignity Stood, Peering With Dim Eyes. mouthed woodsmen away, and Brskln* and his mother wore left alone. feeble voice called from a tent near by. "Ok! Kahtool" said Ersklne's mother. "He Is dying and he talks of nothing but you?go to him I" And Brsklne went. The old man lay trembling with palsy on a buffalorobe, but the incredible spirit in his wasted body was still burning in his eyes. "My son," said he, "I knew your voice. I said I should not die until I had seen ycfti again. It is well . . . it is well," he repeated, and wearily his eyes closed. And thus Brsklne knew It would be. CHAPTER XX That winter Erskin* made his cleartag on the land that Dave Yandell had picked out for him, and In the Center of it threw nn mHo inar __ -r ? uu? I In which to house his mother, for hie remembrance of her made him believe that ahe would prefer to live alone. - He told his plans to none, i In the early spring, when he brought : his mother home, ahe said that Black ' Wolf had escaped and gone farther Into the wilderness?that Early Morn had gone with him. His mother seemed ill and unhappy. Rrskine, not knowing that Barbara was on her way to find him, started on a hunting-trip. In a few days Barbara arrived and found bis mother unable to leave her bed, and Lydla Noe sitting beside her. Harry had Just been there to say food by before going to Virginia, i Barbara was dismayed by Brsklne's absence and his mother's leok of suf. fering and extreme weakness, and the touch of her cold fingers. There was no way of reaching her son, she said ?he did not know of her Illness. Barbara told her of Rrsklne's giving her his inheritance, and that she had come to return It. Meanwhile Brsklne, haunted by his mother's sad face, had turned homeward. T* his bewilderroent, he found Barbara at his mother's bedside. A glance at their faces told him that death was near. His mother held out her hand to him while still holding Barbara's. As In a dream, he bent over to kiss her, and with I a last effort she Joined their hands, clasping both. A great peace trans formed her face as. she slowly looked at Barbara and then up at Ersklne. With a sigh her head sank lower, and her lovely dimming eyes passed into the final dark. Two days later they were married The woodsmen, old friends of Era klne's, were awed by Barbara's daintiness, and there were none of the rudt Jests they usually flung hack and forth. With hearty handshukcs they said good-by and disappeared Into th? mighty forest. In the silence that fell, Ersklne spoke of the life before them. I of Its hardships and dangers, and then | of the safety and comfort of Virginia Barbara smiled: "You choose the wilderness, and ! your choice is mine. We will leavt the same choice . . .H She flushed suddenly and bent her head. "To those who come after us," fin lshed Ersklne. ITHR END.] i An ugty cut ? A I UEirruni atitu I i iTikmiivLm um m mis antiseptic and M ncoAinv* A community club of farm women . in Cherokee County, Kansas, accord; ing to statements to the United States ' Department of Apiculture, reports 2,065 healthy chicks from hatches to( tailing 2,486, as a result of follow, ing the methods of sanitation ar.d feedjng demonstrated by the county ' extension agent. MEN and women average fl.00 per hour selling hosiery, four pairs guaranteed to wear four months or new hosiery free. We pay 30 per cent, commission. Free samples to working agents. Complete line of wool and heather mixtures. This is i U>a^dgh|Hdery season. Experience I il .*"' > "' ^ ' ''"' 'I Did This fcvar Happa* to Yea? A woman leaned o- er the {M>rcl railing and tddrmed her neighbor. "A family has moved into thfe emp ty house across the way Mrs. Jones.' "Did you notice tlieir furniture?' "Net particularly." "I wouldn't give $20 for the loi Carpets I wouldn't put in my kitchen And the children! I won't allow min to associate with them. The mothe looks as if she had never known ) day of happiness in her life. Th father drinks, I suspect. Too ba that such people shouid come into th neighborhood. I wonder who the; are." "I know them." "Do you Well. I declare! ' Wh are they?" ' "ine woman is my sister." Renew your health . by purifying your system with lalotabs ^ 1?*0C mask KC The purified and refined calomel tablets that are free from nausea and danger. No salts necessary, as Calotabs act like calomel and salts combined. Demand the genuine in 10c and 35c packages, bearing above trade-mark. His Record. "Horace Suapp is dead," related ol< Riley Uezzldew. "lie was rallwa; station agent here in Petunia. He lef no friends and no money worth men tloalng, but Instead an enviable rec ord of 30 years of faithful attentloi to his duties of telling the travelini pubJlc and all other anxious lnqulrera Don't know!' in 'a surly tone o voles."?Kansas City Star. Aviators Had Best of It According to French statistics, ther was less danger of death in the Work war to ofUcera who fought in the ai than to those who combated on thi earth. Twenty-nine per cent of Infan try officers were killed, while only 2'. per cent of aviation officers lost theli Uvee. P ' '? * * nn# Tiri Here it a Hg; ing new tire buyer on c% age, quality i It ii design* mam who i advantages o ance at the 1 it it designs quality pro lower than I along discoi tread from Weather Tit deep, dean-c selling price This new tit Tread Cord, i iv- All 1 ally oversize CMp 3f*x3}( Clincher... 30*Jjf Strsight Sid S2*3>{ 8ttK%bt Sid Gt Lucas I wB Tfcnr| 1 'purebred poultry pays | Clemson College, Oct. 9.?From a j government inquiry, the following is i*-j reported "Purebreda excel by 40 " j per cent, high utility value for " pure bred livestock. Purebred livestock has about 40 per cent greater earning power (apart from its breedi. ing or sale value) than scrub stock, e The superiority of pure breds on a r utility basis is due principally to: k Better conformation and quality, ine creased production, more economical d production, and earlier maturity. For e poultry the superior earning power y is 40.7 per cent." j Does pure bred poultry pay? The iHDove iniromation helps to answer <S' the question, says N. R. Mehrhof, ?xtensioA Poultry Specialist. The following are some reasons why we shoul<f raise pure bred poulf try. (a) There is a greater egg production, (b) The flock, being more uniform, looks better and gets better care, (c) Standard birds produce standard products and standard products demand better prices for breeding bfrds,' batching eggs, and baby chfckfc (6t sale. ' All of these mean more profit for the chicken raiser. Visit the shows and find out which breed you would prefer to raise. Select your breed and variety. Breed for increased egg production, keeping in mind health, vigor and qualik fication for that particular breed and variety. In the spring of 1921 seven farmers in a Georgia county were induced by the county extension agent to make a trial co-operative shipment of 20 podnds of surplus cream. In June 1922, fourteen months later, according to the United States Department of Agriculture, this new farm industry had grown to the extent of 10,000 pounds shipped from that county during the month. *T have done only one sensible thlhg in my life; to cultivate the ground!'?Voltaire. ' / ? ^ 1 Whan I MlH f wsuiM hi- . ? . _ . _ . ^ ww uiv uaviacivi * ? <Ud not tblnlc I should live till I were h' married.?Shakespeare. Je 5 People are often willing to share 1 bread. It la the butter and Jam that | they are stingy about. Not so many would tell how to run the ' government If the government didn't bare so much to run. t ? 1 Money doesn't make a fool of a man. i It merely gives him an opportunity to I display his natural talents. I The man who wears an empty sleeve t is pathetic. But the man who wears an empty hat la much more so. t ^ . . _ . * ^ v. - Th* MW Q??Jy mr /Li asjf Orm Hit Tread Card /m f t amarkab g at a Pc , tttifdy, bng^wear' It^ ^ built to satisfy the |C 3 try ^bint of mile- IE EE ilhd price. IE ea| A Especially for the IfflUO rant? the essential cord tire perform- y? j owcstpofliwle price. S 3 i lto offer the buyer a dtict at a price even m has formerly paid for ^sK ant" tire. It has a different the famous Goodyear Allad Cord-?-a new tread with a nt, cof-Ilke pattern?and its it substantially less. e ft the Goodyear Cross-Rib Weather Tread Cord it is liberin all straight-side sizes, the sr* these prices with NET prices you . $12*50 31x4 Straight Side $22.20 $13.50 31x4 Straight Side $24.50 $19.25 33 x 4 Straight Sid* $25.25 TV?r frit** inelmii ma tmdymr Ciim Trtsj Cmrd Tires mrt a FOR S/ Auto Co., 1 ?o<bS ROTATIONS FOR SAND HILL AND PEC DEE SECTIONS Clemson College, Oct. 9.?To aid in the work of the soil building campaign through the usa of cover crops and systematic rotations, the Extension Service is publishing Extension Circular 40, "Crop Rotations for Eastern and Southern Counties." The rotations given in these circulars are based upon tho.-e published in Extension Bullitin 48, "Farming under Bo1! W'J3/il Conditions,'' ?nd are prepared for the five groups of counties; nanu'y, upper Piedmont, lower Piedmont, Sand Hill, Pee Dee, and Southern Counties. Now is the time to plan good s; il building rotations and begin right by putting in winter cover crops as called for in the rotations suggested. Sand Hill Counties The following rotations and suggestions are made for the Sand Hill counties, including Kershaw, CHESTERFIELD, Lower Lancaster, Richland, most of Lexington and Aikei No. 1. Three-Year Rotation First Tear.?Corn and peas or soy beans followed by oats, rye or barley. Second year.?Small grain,?oats, rye, barley, or wheat, followed by ( peas, peanuts, sweet potatoes, or sorghum or Irish potatoes. Third year. Cotton followed by a cover crop of rye and vetch, or crimson clover and burr clover. V?1 ':? ? uA^muaLiuii.?ii velvet Deans arej grown in the corn, they will need to be pastured down early for the fall seeding of small grain. Otherwise, peanuts, sweet potatoes, Irish potatoes of sorghum may be planted the following spring and the small grain be substituted for cotton in the rotation as money crops. Velvet beans may be left in the fields for fall and winter pasture and followed in the spring by truck, peanuts, sorghum, or potatoes, etc. In case the cotton does not make large vegetable growth, the small grain may be seeded between the cotton middles, and reversing the rotation. This is often the case, on the deeper, poorer sandy soils. Special note by Prof. A. F. Conradi State Entomologist^ regarding Rotation No. 1.?A cover crop should be kept on land in this section of the year preceding cotton in order to control the cotton root louse. Rye is recommended for this purpose. Under boll weevil conditions it will be necessary to plow this cover crop under early in order i nil' * -i i 1 ,, XT ic jL>ew ' >pular F I B I *1 41/2-?ich tire, for t ll I I J| ally measuring ne U I I J Like the All-W [ I I y Cord, its foundati II I (jl high-grade long-i f /*/ Like the All-We L ?^/ Cord, it embodies 1 i?/ grouP*P^y construct I 0 / ^ear PatentSl / Like the All-Weather |B^r it is the product of ar company which has a reputation to safeguard. Look at the prices of the n Cross-Rib Tread Cord, listec Compare these prices with r are asked to pay for "long-d of unknown reputation and m ?r \y o />l% ? ?* ? ^ tt y vai\V/ a VlldllCC U1I SUCI know it doesn't pay. are asked to pay for "long discount 34x4 Straight Side $25.90 34x4>?St 32x4>? Straight Side $31.45 33 x 5 St 33x43^ Straight Side $32.1 5 35x5 Sr *Hfacturer's excise lax Iso made in 6, 7 and 8 inch sizes for tru ILE BY Chesterfield iim mm immrnmmmmsmmmm to make early preparation of the seed bed for cotton. This will not add much humus, but it will prevent a leaching out of the fertilizer daring J the winter. ^ J No. 2.?Two-Yur Rotatias Fir?t Year.?Corn and velvet beans. Second Year.?Cotton or peanuts or soy beans as money crops, followed by cover crops of rye and vetch. Explanation.?On most of the deep sandy soils of this section potatoes or truck cannot be used profitably until the humus supply is built up. This rotation if properly used, should build up these soils so that truck or ; potatoes can be grown profitably. JOKELETS "~i 1 Hut In ths Air. Rub?"1 think I shall buy an u^ plane." Dub?"Why, you have no an on earth for one." The Boss Never Thinks Bo. "It's too hot to work." "I know it Is, but I cant get the boss to admit It." Other End Up. ???-? m " ?"uici? .lummy, uoui go in tan water over your knee a." Johnny? "All right, ina, I'll Just dive." Old Qrads. '18 (at class day reunion)?"Hailet Jim, how's the boy?" '1^?"Why SS ?it's a girl, you know I" Says the Cynic. Some of a bachelor's friends dl* and some only get married, but the Sdfed Is the same In both cases. Just 80. "Now they have woman movie dire* tors." "They ure used to screening men." Means Bad Result* "Joues means well." "Yes, but he lives beyond Ms means."?Washington Star. Some Town. "Is your burgh a sporty townT" "Sure Is. Why, when the wind whip Ues, It whistles Jazz."?Judge. Smart Animal. "What makes your dog howl when he hears Jazz?" "Intelligence, I soppose," replied Mr. Uruinpson. j No Help. & "I feel blue." "Look at the sky." ' . * "That's bluer." v i No Exception. Mrs. Owens?"Our son William M so restless." Owen?"Yes, unsettled, like the rest of our 'Bills.'" Cord 'rice ixample, actu:arly 5 inches. eather Tread on is genuine staple cotton. ather Tread j the efficient ion, a GoodTread Cord, i experienced i world-wide ew Goodyear 1 below. let prices you liscount" tires value. 1 tires? ? you " tires raight Side $32.95 raight Side $39.10 raight Side $41.05 ck* \, s. c. I fl