? " \ ' '" t
~~: ? " 1 J1
Revealed
, ^ ^ By Fire
Wh?l ? Uucirded Lover's Hero- ,
w iim end Sacrifice Brought Him.
By ADDISON HOWARD GIBSON.
Copyright. 1820, by American Press
Association.
thv full?gBpitnikf muuu?gluing I
down upon a llttie ? ibiD on the 'dry
f/ prairies of western ivansna. lighting .
up the faces of a yor.ag man and wo- I
man who were slo\. I.v walking up and
down the open spat v before the door. * i
"I was so happy. Uachd."- the man
said, glnn.cing at the stroug.-beautiful
face of jhia, QOmpani a. "wlieu I heard
your school up In thej Wyoming mountains
was closed and you were coming
??7? home. I thought yi a w? ro ? oming tot
stay this time. I hope s?\ f? k, Rachel.
7-?- ~ ' I've loved~~you a long TIT; "~~
/ Dan 8outhard leaned toward the girl
to study the effect of his avowal on
her.
. But Rachel Wintou betrayed no emotion.
She merely turned her dark eyes
from the man's, eager face uud looked *
% off across the moonlit prairie.
"I've been working auul waiting. RaJ
chel." be continued, his voice husky
with feelhig. "until I had something
to offer you. I was sure you wouldn't
give up teaching for Just anything?
yon're not that kind.
."But I've 1ot\ed you ever since two
years ago, when we all came out to j
these prairies together in our covered
wagons, t remember, after we were |
uerr.* dow uraveiy you worisea co neip
your parents get started off comfortably
before you went with your uncle
to Wyoming to leacli that ranch
school."
"Dan." she exclaimed almost stcrn
. ly, "I haven't ceased to remember our
old house, which father lost on that
security debt, the home jve were,
forced to leave when wfc came here.
Mother I were not very brave,
for we sheil tear^piost of the way.
though no one knew it. We came because
It was the only thing to do, but
this pioneer life ,1s n hard, hard one. j
"lu uj.v be.irt I am m war wlthlt-+hnd
always have been. It takes away
^ youth and kills all high and noble ambitions.
See how oJotber' has aged
during the two years tVe have lived
^ here. It makes me bitter. That's why |
I go buck to teach. I'm going to make
enough to take them away froin this
)Ub.h " i*
Nftnt. Itachel." be pleaded, "you,
, 8hail never work us your mother has i
had to. 1 promise It." then suddenly.
with a catch I" his voice. "Say. girlie. (
there's no truth In the . report about !
5'our csirlngv'for' that rich Wyoming j-r
ranchman V" ^ 0
"Mr. Miles has bee.n very kind to
me.'^she a towered without pretending
not to understand. "He.Jias offered to
let father and mother have the lovely
home he ownsin Den vet tfi'll marry
him It would be su ideal place for
them to end their days in."
"My God. girlie! 1 couldn't stand It
to see you the wife of another!" the 1
r?.... y0nng man cried, his strong frame
shaken with emotion.
"You mustn't care so much, Dan,"
she returned, tender pity for his suf- feting
making her tones kind. "Get j
a better girl to share your home?one
who will love you enough to make the
best of this hard life." ' ?
"Never, never. Rachel!" he answered,
with passion. "I love only you.
- It you could but read my heart and
see how much kyou- would surely care
_just a little for me. Your ranchman,
rich as he Is. will never love you as I
do. Rachel! Never!"
" "1?Luuldu't??ore?any man?well
enough to give up all 1 enjoy and settle
down to this isolated llCe, this continual
treadmill of drudgeVy," she re- j
torted, turning away, then'In a milder '
tone. "Forget me, Dan." - !
Forget her! That he would never ]
do-rhe never could. There was a time .
?it was when they lived in their cov- j
ered wagons and camped^t night by j
^be trail; yes, and even after they
were settled here? thnt tie had thought
*~aba cared-for him.
Those had been the happiest days In
Southard's life. He had never dreamed
that she hated those free, rolling
prairies so intensely.
RllnA tr% Sl*? Ka Kaao taIlinn n*?
his new claim to get things In good j
shape before asking her to marry him. i
Bitterly now be felt that It was all
labor lost, for without Rachel Wlnton j
nothing was worth while.
After gazing at the girl a moment In I
. , silent r&woach Southard walked over j
to Ms tethered horse, mounted and I
rode away. ,
The moon climbed higher as Rachel
stood looking after the vanishing
horseman.
"Poor Dan!" "she murmured. "He
Is so strong and good. Father and
tu't centl" And the tears gathered
'l In her eyes. - >
"I was Intended for something better.
kC I wasn't, why should I dltllko
the rough, crude ways of pioneer llfo
j ... . . oo tarrlblyT'
With this qnestlon on her lips Rachel
Wlnton entered theeabln. where her
, parents ware already asleep, and
aeogfct her eanch.
For a long time she ley awake, her
mind, mnch agalnat her will, busy comparing
young Southard and ktr. Ntlee.
Dan's clear cut but noanewhat boyish
i- , face loat nothing by comparison with
that ef the banrded, ntlddle aged lancbL
-
i
? I
man who had been wooing her persistently
for the past year.
I.lfo with one meant the unceasing
drudgery of the prairie farm; with .lie
other, wealth to enable" her to .i\o
wherever she might, choose herself and
also give her imreuts a comfortable
.houie.
But which of 4he tntfti held the key :
to her heart?
Keally sheeonltl not tell, but she grew .
drowsy making herself ?belie v e she
would be ahle in any event to eom|H?l I
her mind with Its power of Judging
wisely to control her heart.
Toward i-id night she was aroused
by a strange pungent stuell pervading
her Utile room. Her breathing
was not quite free What could 1'
mean
She lay for a uiluute dazed. yet with
what sense she eould command. trying
to discover the cause of the odor that
was gaining in strength and Stirling
power. , ?
Suddenly a great crln^ou light lllu- ,
mined the small window- With a
quick movement Haehel sprang from
bod. and a* she did so there came to '
her ears the rapid-bent of a" horse's
hoofs on the prairie road.
Thou stn?heard Ban's voice tmr ;
dened with awful Import.
"Rachel!" he called. "Mr. Winron!
Get up! Get up quick! The'prairie is
on tire!"
"Father! Mother!" the girl ended.,
running to their bed "Get up! Do
you hear? There Is n big Are Ye , i
Dan." she called from the window as
she helped her mother to dress
"There's not a minute to lose."
Southard called back. "The fire is,
sweeping this way as fast us a strode
wind can bring It." 1There
had typen no? rain for three
weeks, and everything was dry as tinder.
The W'totons understood the terrible!
uaii^ci IUI|ICIIU1U(J.
Not only tlje cabin. but stock, crops. |
even they- themselves, were at the
mercy of those leaping flames. * 1
"Urine the blankets, quick!" shouted
Southard.t Obey lug him instantly.
Rachel dragged every blanket out of
t lie bouse.
Han bad ridden his horse to the little
spring in the Itollow and was rapIdly
tilling every pall he had Ihhmi
able to rind about the place.
Acting under his directions, the gin
mounted her father's iu>uy. and she
and Dan carried water for Mr at:/
Mrs. Win ton to wet the .blankets, this
being their only means of fightLng fluAre
?
How ^hev worked and^ fought: li
seemed aj IT the whole world was arrayed
against thetu. and ail the while
the luoiHi looked down, cold and tin
caring, while the tire swept ttercely
ouwnrd until it caught In tv row of dry
cornstalks that reached nearly to- the
cabin. Here the battle must be r??ug!t.
with rene\ed energy.
The smoke of the burnlnj\gras9 and
grain assailed their nostrils, scorched
their throats and blinded their eyes,
but with (lands torn and blistered
they toiled on.
When the old couple fell back overconte
Dan and Rachel took their
places with the heavy wet blankets
(and worked side by side. Inch by inch
they beat buck the angry flames.
Even in that terrible situation the
girl felt a singular strength and coolness
in working by Southard's side T"
She felt that the enemy must yield to
such grand and compelling superior
Ity. *
When the Are attacked them from
another vulnerable point it was Dan's
exhaustless'euergy that saved the day.
By sacrificing a patch of ripe grain,
through a prompt back Are. the foe
was met and made to recoil in wrathful
flames upon. Itself.
After a time the great body of the
Cre swept away northward, having
.consumed ' very thing of the Win tons'
ekcept cabl i and stock.
With a thankfulness in their hearts
for the preservation of these, the old
couple entered the house and threw j
themselves upon the floor.
Then Southard and Rachel came i
their last successful onslaught.
"Everything's safe now. Rachel."
said huskily, starting towdrd his
horse. .
"Pap," ghe questioned, a queer choking
in her throat, "you are not going
DOW?"
He stopped and looked at her. She
had never appeared more beautiful to'
him t?an now. with the marks of that
great tire bottle--upon- be*- fao? and
tattered dress
"All we have left we owe to you.
Dan," she went on, noting his score he 1
face, bleeding hands and burned cloth
ing.
Then ahe placed her blackened hand
on hla shoulder. How he trembled
under that touch.
"I don't feel as if I could bear to i
have you leave us. Dan.'* Th??re was"!
a'tepder p'eadtng in h?t tones.
"The danger's over. Rachel." he reassured
her. "and 1 must ride nil the
way to WertflfeM before daybreak "
"Why to West field V" she nuked.
Without a word he pointed acroso i
the blnekened pmlrli* toward his
c'a^!n- f V
Only a mass of smoking ruins uinrk-j
ed the place where his house and
table had been.?Ebb under.pmmI. j
"You left all you had to tvfr.-.e to us.
Dan," she said, with a sob. "Now
you have nothing left. Without -ronf]
help everything here, eyeu *?nr live*,
would have been siicrfflcwl. Oh. linn,
the light of that fire has given me n
sight of ray own heart! 1 see thnt.fhr
true life for me is right here, and if
you'll let me I'll he!p>.v<ui make another
home." v* "Rachelr
he * -Isil. "Y-u ?an't
mean It! Do you tenlly' lore meV
"1 have loved you. all t|i? fhve. : ty
knight of the prairies." she rtit*"i*red
^Ma strong arms gathered her !? ids
J- !
?&g v" -v
, i
,f? ? ??
ROSE TO THE OCCASION.
* Rc ? ^ arc ? Reac> Witt ad
'i >l.otviii t?e in its
;w: ! :.? c > ii matter not only ol
c un i nn-lire, lint of necessity foi
- mo comic antf- some animals. as
ti.i following examples front John
Ai:g::*tas O'Shea's "Leaves Kroni
.lie 1.1 tv of a Special Correspondstii'
go to prove. Certain orders
? intellect run smoothly in accustomed
groove;., but have 110 ability
to ti;e?'t anv unusual occasion. The
author describes a visit to a travel :: :
menagerie.
'l i e showman was repeating his
esson like a sclioollioy. lie was enlarging
on the peculiarities of the
ostrich of Africa, upon the uDeanny
form of which the visitors were supposed
to he gazing.
T.nt. my fricpd," I remarked in
tin undertone fo that functionary,
"that" is not the ostrich of Africa;
that is the pelican of Australia."
"They're ai ways playing jokes on
me!" exclaimed the showman plaintively.
"How can a cove tell which
is which if they goes on a-changing
of the cages when his back is turned?"
In the other instance of the value
of order it was the animal which
was not equal fo the emergency.
The showman rose superior to such
slight vicissitudes of fortune.
In the ilitiess of the regular showman
a suh^i if ute. was "furnished with
a piece "of paper setting forth the
elephant's tricks'.
, "The behemoth will now walk
around the ring on three legs!"
shouted the showman. * '.
Behemoth did as ordered, and the
tudicnce.applti tided.
"The behemoth will now stand
nti his himl legs!" The elephant
performing his tasks faithfully.
At last a mistake was made in the
order Throwing his whip on the
ground, the showman announced
that the behemoth would now. lift
tiie whip with his trunk. Nothing
f the kind happened. The .elephant
began moving around tljc
ring backward, A negro attendant
whispered to the showman:
"That's his next number!"
The showman was equal to the
occasion and said:
i.iitin.'> anu geniienien. my iavoritc
is not backing out of tiis engagement.
bm lie is more polite
iban I unci wishes to make his farewejl
before he goes. So polished
uresis manners that he retires as
lie might at court and presently will
follow with the whip."
The Appeal to the Record.
I.jttle Tommy returned sore and
trembling from the torture room.
"Doesn't your papa ever thrash
you?" he asked his.chum, who is the
son of a oaifnUet minister.
"1 should say not!" replied the
other loftily. ""Every'time he threatens-to
cane me I road him an extract
from liH glieat peace at any
price speech! in which he said:
'These barbarians are like wayward
children, but liaVe we on that account
the right to lake away their
heaven sent privilege to do as they
please? I.et us treat them as we
would our own wayward children?
plead with them, beseech them, but
Dover coerce them with either gun
or rod.'"
"That's a good deal to remember,"
remarked Tommy.
"Yes, but now he's got so used to
it that he drops the cane ?Mon as
I start "?London Answers
Love the Greater Wisdom.
Wasdom always betrays the love
ap.it Love, just another warmer,
closer name for wisdom, is selfish'
ness absolute. It <is the law and
the sweetness of the ohe organism
which the universe is, 1
The eternal strange forces, love
and selfishness, faith and godliness,
have been submerged?nay, hidden
?from Human consciousness in the
swish and swash of scntimentalism
and hypocrisy. They stand, none
the less, eternal, complete, the foundation,
the one necessity, of the
world, the home and character
They are the inner fact of man
waiting To'- cnamor him of the
ehanccof completeness.
Where nev are not recognized
and made at home in flm character
man (iri'l- 'ni- life shredded to scraps
in<l rags.? Practical Ideals.
Dodged.
During o lecture on history in n
Baltimore educational institution
I tho instructor had given <1 lengthy
disquisition on the character of
George Washington, incidentally
I touching upon his work as tho or
ganizcr of the Revolution.' .
"Now,'' asked the instructor, "if
George Washington were alive today
what practical part do you
think he would play in present day
politics, judging from the past?" ,
A prolonged silence on the part
of the pupils followed this Finally,
however, one lad se'v a wnv out
"Sir," h'* queried, "wouldn't l;?
be too old?"?l.ippincott's ?
y . ~
t ..'V
r Jttfi
Attractive Reutid Trip Rates
, Via T
southern railway
To <
Mobile, Ala. ^
Account of Annual Reunion of A
I United Confederate A'eteraus, (he
i Southern Railway announcea the
' sale ot very-ctieap round trip rates 3
J to Mobile. Ala. and return. Tick.
: eta on sale April 23rd-24th-25th
| with final return limit Slay 22nd, J
1910 or by depositing your ticket
with special agent* at Mobile and
payiug a fee of fift^/ cents you can ^T,
have final?Runt?extended?uetil
!M ay 10th, 1910.
R ileigh / $15 75 X
iselinn . . . . .. J. ] 'T 16.00
] Dt,r..aui 15 65
j Oxford., . 16 30 A
Heuderson / ! 16 55
J Qhapel Hill . . ,/ . .1. 15 Co X
Burlington ./ 14 95 Y
Rates a.so iu proportion from all
- utUFf" points.?l'"or fiufther info) in a- ?
tion ae to rates, schedules Pullmanaccommodation,
etc., oak youCnear ^
est agent or address
R. H. De BUTTS, T. P. A.
Raleigh, N. C. ^
IMPORTANT NOTICE |
At the meeting of the Board of Com- j
missioners on Mordlay, the following
1 order was passed: / . ?
"That it shall be /unlawful for any Y
person or persons t? drive faBter than a
walk on {he bridgj across Tar River
at LouiBburg. Thi i order ?lso applies j
to both entering ai d leaving the bridge
j All persons rioiatit g this order shall be
! flaed $2.50 f^reac i and every offence. J
i By order ofjtie Bo krd.
ft. S. C )LLIE, Chairman,
j W. M. BOONE, Cfcrk. ^
|J P WINSTON 1
Lowisburg, N. C.
Who in busy this wysk looking afWi hi* A
new building en jMsh stisst reqaests
I u* to 1ST to hit insjly friends that he
has a big lot of ^lothing and Udiee A
skirts, dresses, *1 e. In faet you ksow A
he has always sita big stock of just A
what you wa?L a lass than what it cost A
| the other tsMow. t)o to see him when A
ia town. / /
New Points For Old
I will give\new plow points in I
exchauge for old cast iron of any .
kind and allow you tfffe top of tbe
market for your irpn. J.. UPIRE.
| We have alwraysVon hand a complete
ine of MagazmA, world's daily and
Sunday papers, ac sell the Illustrated
Record every wee&\which has all the
lighting news fro&i Everywhere. Order
a copy now Stibsckjptions taken at
lowest rates. Sepd ftxrVataJogue.
LOU IS BURG NEWS-STAND
; J. Spire, Mar. j
D. E. MILLER
/ : JEWELER
Louisburgy IM. C.
With a nic^ well selected
stock of Jewelry I am in AS
. position to 'satisfy most
sny ana daeiring anything 'J J]
in my line/ : : :
I Also Do Repairing y?
of WATCHES and JEW- C&1
ELBY and will give you
the Very best of work
Vs^y truly
D E MILLER
... N
EASY TO TAKE J
bat hard to get rid of. That's the '
story shout colds in gensral.
i\\ Be
Try Otir Cold Tablets
They are pas.) to takX and if taken ^
in time will tare you Idootore bill. N
THey prevent aa well w oure.
BEAaEY-AUTON DRUG
^ COMPANY \'
t"1*
V v
. V *" v
: ~r.\ ** '
/ * ' ga * a . ?. . - - a
f
__Easter G<
At
/
Eerertons >
* .
-Front
-\ *
?-?--a??
i . i
Our buyer returned last week fro
Market-, and we have received a |
tv goods for Easter, o insisting of
- Goods and Silks, While Goods, Su
ings, Laces, Hamburg i and some
neck fixings. Collars, Jabots, Tie
have ever had.
SHOES j
Shotes in all the low cuts and strap
prices.
Vici Strap Sandals worth 11.75 fen
Gun Metal Sandals wor h $2.50foi
Patent Leather Sandals worth $2
,for :...
We will alsb leceive a big lot of Z
mans. We are selling h gh out sh
men and childrens at a lig redut
see us and we will- treat you rigl
money.
Very j truly
F. N. & R. Z.
CAR LOAI
ICE
expected to arrive
low have a supply
11 can get wjiat y
ling
.
PHONF
. W. h
Let Us Do
OB PRII
tter Work Foi\San
Same Work Fois; L
TIMES Job
-"-J
*~St * ' '
''' '
DOC Is
White
ra the Northern J
jreat ninny ptet- ^T-a
Millinery,' Dre s
itinga anil Waistof
tie prettiest A
s, Etc., that #11
n /'
K
i sandals, in all
r $125
2 OO X
and (3
.. 1 50 ??'! 2 X
ieglers and Godoes,
in mens, wo
:tion. t'omo to N
it and save you '
Egerton tp q
= JP .
AC"
^ u r
/ ^
"! ^ - v
mm m
in a few days
r on hand and
ou want by 47
UNG
Your
VT[NG?,
^ ?r?
le Money and
A 1.
ess Mones.
' - - w
. . -?
Dept
r
a&m-': " '