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VOL XXXV.
-L0UISBUE6, FRIDAY, APRIL li. 905.
KCLin 10.
CHURCH DIRECTORY ' ; t"'
.HSTHODUR! -
Sunday School it 9)30 A. Mi'
0, jD "' Geo. 8. Baias, Hop.-'
Prasehing at 11 A. H.'. And 7 80 V, M.
ry Suedey. '
f nrr meeting Wednesday eight;.;
L.' 8, Masbbt. Pastor. ;y
" BAPTIST. ., ' V
Bandar School t 9:8a A.M..
Tmob. B. WitDSR.Sapt
Preaohlngatll A.Mftnd 7-30 PAL,
rr 8anday. ' - - - . -"5-, . r -frrr
nuking Thursday night v
U, tt. atASuauaaa, Pastor.
anaoorAL. y -JV
4nnH.. Anhnol at 9:30. - ')-'"
wh a. Ko?ro";Saptr.
o..ia. tnnroiair j and night . .. on
uvi w ejwwa -''- j '
st, 8rd and 4th, Baatuvs. '
greats rayr"rtdri afternooa:
Est. J ona : Loh do, Rector. -
rSSBXTUUAff. "Z t
SorvloM 4th Saodar in eseh month
and night. '
.' , ; Pastor
Jhei5ul)stitute
3u 1LL N. HARBEN
Author of "Ahner. Daniel Tl Land of
" - i the Changing Sua," The North i .
, V .Walk Musteru." Etc-, '
Copyright, taoa, by Barver $ BreOiu-
IcomxtfuEih
Vtorosa.
t.afcArc Ledg. Ko. 413, A.
a. ., mews
aitfhu in Moh month.
3rd
Toidix
Itoaaanoival turls
1)
U. FttEDElUCK. K.COOK;
PHYSICIAN AND BURGEON,
LoaUbarg,. S. 0.
with Dr. A.. H. IfieaitaK. Heart:
u 1J ia . ft i. u. ta
by pKtu maut.
0 p. to.
10
1)
It. AKTUUtt U. FLBA11NG,
DENTIST.
LOOlSBUaO, "j i' H. c
u i or Tb Qnh St Tarboro V.
1)
BL J. B. MALONK,
and a policeman, father slight of build
and -a, bead shorter than the moutt
alneerr entered hastily, s. . r .
' What'a the trouble, "goTernor? be
asked." -- ' , - . .. t ,
Telfare swallowed and was about to
speak, when Troitt broke In. "Oh, it
hain't nothln', young feller,, but "a.nf--.tie
lection dispute me 'n Telfare had--He
felfagln that bell accidentally Jest
now, an' that flat nosed A-rabb Howed
be waa Deluf assasslnated aana le:
you.' Do you, reckon yo're. big enough
tov keept anybody' Jn yore "-beat -from
bein'jnjuredr ,4 " .-r
The fflcer- looked up at the gaunt
mountaineer towering over, him and
then .at Telfare, who seemed unable to
speak. ' - , .
r VThat--that nigger said Governor Tjel
fare wanted me," the policeman stam
mered.' -
' MWeDt he's got dern bad Judgment ef
he'd want you in a time o' need. ' Are
you married man?" -"
."Tea". - .
."Carry any life insurance?"
'"NoI don't, but what's that got
to"-,- ' ; -
WeIl'--Tiraitt stroked his. beard "I
believe. I'll take pity on yore widow: I
k HACTIcma PHTBIC1AN ASD BURG BOH.
LocisauM, 0
inioA onr Aoocka Tra Oonuay. -
jji:. J.J, MANN,
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON,"
LocmBoaa. i. c.
i n.r or Arcocki Prag (j.'ii drugstore
jft. 8. P. BOUT,
f RA'TTIOKVO PUYtUClAN AfiTD SURQBOS.
Louuibarg, N. C.
Dtftce lo the
rear of if. a. duouii
)rn Store, on Naah atraes. . :
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a. a. r. TAaBoaurjOH,
PH Y8ICIAH AND 8DRQKOH.
Lovwroma, K. C.
offloe tnd floor Nm
,Unt ealle anaweret
roai.Woaa. phuiM 74.
il bolldlns. phone a
from X. w. BUsaau-a
11 ALL It ED.
A.TTORHBT AT-LAW,
win t.raoUeela ail Uke Coarta.
T niuKHTllle, H. C
Otbca In
H.
m KN BDRQ,
ATTOBJfBT AT LAW
bovnavm, -
wii unetin lo all Ue Ooarta of tka Btata
ufflce d Ooart Hooaa - - -
. . m -.. rV-'. .... ,. .. . -,- ; -a
Truitt 'actually toofe tTie governor by the
' i. ear and twUted it
w
1. W. BOUDIE,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAWf -LuvHBOatt,
Ni. C.
o-n T.r UodUie, Bobbitt A Co.'a drag
vv
m . HAYWOOD BUFFIN.
ATT O RSX Y. AT-LA W, i
uonnt, p. a ., ' X
win DrmdUee tn aD tha Comrte of rraakflB
ui.i MjoioUm ooaeH alao ta the 8apaaaa
Junrv uia la Um Halved Mtatea Piatrtet ad
Utrcali (Joartau - " A
umee la Uoopar aa4 dUton Balldlwa.
hos. a. wrLDBJt,
ATTOBJraT-AT-LAW,
(Mm oa
Aon.
Malm atoeeC arar Joaea Ooopara
F.
8. SPK01LL.
ATTOHJT-AT-LAW.
LoaiaBVBO.K. O,
Taaaa.
wui utead the aoartaof Franklin. Ti
Hr.uwiu Wipmii mnA Waka aoanUea.
uia eaaraoM Coart of North Carolina.
Prompt tueatloa giren to eoUeeUoaa. r.
uooe orar Bsarvoa'a BMia. .... - s
rp W. BIOXVCT. ! -
ATTOBJTMT AJTD OOOTBaXLOB AT tA W.
aoinsntraii. ' ?' v '" ' "
Protapt aa4 palBjrtaklngr attenUon grram to
ry aurtUr tntraatad to tOa kaada.
! en to Cktet J oUoe shepherd, Hon. Joan
u .-4 tj ur Winston. Hon. . C.
Baxtom, rraa. Ftmt tfattooat Ban of Wto
atoa, tttaaa Manly. Winatoa, Faoptoa Bank
at Moaroe, caaa a. iyior, rim n .
at Ooltan, Boa. U. W. Xliaterie. J -
UCflaa orar Meat fc O Btora.
rxRaoo.
ACTOBVXT AI-X AW
. MtuBvaa-.n.. . ' ' --
la p aoaita. - oataa oa
w.
AnOENCTAXLAWr''
uioes la Opera Hoana bolkung, Co art stfaat
All lacal bulmau rintnistea
; to him
all! reoeira toupt and eaxeful attention.
F. HODCK
COSTRACTOE Asrn, BUltBE?, -
thought at fust I'd mash you twizt my
thumb an forefinger, but Lwonrt. LCrit
out o ' here. I've got; some'n; private
to say to Telfare." " , -The
officer, with a flushed face,
looked from one to the other of the
two men, his Inquiring glance resting
last on the white; rigid countenance of
Telfare. But the governor seemed to
have actually lost his presence of mind
and could only stare blankly. ,.,vT .
"I Jest wanted to aac yon, Telfare,
how. you feltabout havinthe whole
thing writ up in the newspapers,'MtTi
it said In" the pause. "I know mighty
nieh' ever newspaper reporter, in the
state an; some adj'inin', states. They
will., print anything I give 'enu -We
got sorter chummy at our last reunion.
Yes,' they will publish my aide ot this,
an' of course you'll have a chance to
have yore say. '-As fur as I'm concern
ed, I'd railly like to have it git around
to all the. veteran camps in the state..
Most of 'em know Baa Truitt by repu
' tation, an when they hear.About Jhia
they willjest break thtfr necks to'vote
fer you next election Ton barely got
In by a squeeze last-time,' but they'll
rush you in like "the woods afire when
this tale gits out" ' ' -:-
"Governor, I'm waiting soxa orders,".
said the policeman; who seemed to feel
that a mistake had been made and that
he was overhearing private matters.-.
"Walt in the baU," Telfare said. .'Tfl
ring if I need you." This man's been
drinking.'.' . - " - ,
Huh!" sneered Truitt as the door
closed after the policeman. ."I'm 4 dry
as a chip, an I reckon you . got some
o the best .settin round, an' yet you
hain't offered a feller a drap." 3
; ' -"Now, what , dff-you wantr, Telfare
asked, doggedly, miserable-, defeat writ
ten all over blmv;.:Q- r, - - " r' : T s
' "Nothin' now,! answered Truitt-" "I'm
goin' back an' tell George Buckley that
I pulled yore year fer you,' He'a felt
this thing putty badWa proud man nafc
urally would-rbut when! tell'lnr what
I done an' that yott tuck.it like a dunce
at - schools why, " If a, my ' opinion rbell
Jest feel sorry fer you.-"! do, I know.
an" I'm free" to confess I feel a; little
grain ashamed myself but that -will
wear off, I reckon., God Almighty ort
to provide a; different way o' -pullm:
skunks down from the'r perch;, but It
seems he hain't That's all I have to
say;"-Good day; yore excellency ."'"
i- Truitt Jef t Telfare sitting at his desk,
aullenly, ddsperately silent, and went
out "( Through it air" the mountaineer
had not removed bis hat, and his chew
of tobacco was still In his mouth,:
was eying him, eagerly; his eyes burn
ing sullenly. -t. .: ,,
& Truitt - made a 'detailed explanation;
leaving out nothing.il He spoke of It -as
if It ehad. been an, ordinary- business
arrangement - that- was finally " settled
satisfactorily. "But';, be ended,- ."I
never felt as mean, somehow my
life.- -I'm sorry he wouldn't hirback.
Ill be durned ef he didn't Jest wiggle
an say.ouchr,when I twisted his yearv
George my boy,"yon ort not to give- hia
words. another.thoughtWhat he" said
to you . was Jest what a Bnea kin' cow
ard wcmld say. He's got less, sand in
his gizzard Vn-'any. jnan' I. ever " run
across. .. I hope you are satisfied.
i-Yes, I'm satisfied," said George sim
ply, -and he extended hia. hand, and
I'm glad there, was no bloodshed. Mr.
Hillyer told me what hedid yester
day ? in "a passion.' We'll -all-have to
find some way out of our troubles other
than, bloodshed.'' --'-r'l
-God knows l-"agreewlth -yon' on.
that, said Z Hillyer feelingly; ' and.be
turned and .walked -out of the office. T
- "But that hain't "all' I. done," maid
Truitt leaning against Geors:eB desk
andiooklng down : sheeplshly.'f i5 "i V
;""Not. all?" exclaimed Buckley.' f "
"No I got- my foot inb some'n else.
Jestii after ; I " landed in town "I : come
down- here, - but Yyou "-"Vajnt 'about
Then; as I Jiad nothing to do, an' re
membered that I had promised Major
Cranston to come in an' give -'im.. an
estimate on'' movin.- several i inundred
acres o fan bark on some or his moun'
tain land, I ' went down thari He's -a
sick man. They got 'im propped up in
a big chair' in the settm1 room, an' his
wife an' daughtef are nussin' him like
a baby, t- But he wanted to see me, an
they made me come in. '-, His gal Is a
. beauty, George-but you know that atf
I never seed a body seem as much wor
ried over a sick pusson aa she was over
her daddy.--She lores every iialr o his
old, white head. ; Whenever he'd have
a spell o'coughin' she'd actually ; turn
pale an'" run fer .his -medicines Well,
when I got through.-with him. I.etarted
off, but she - f ollered , me , out on. the
lawn. She wanted to ax me, she said,
ef I railly thought her pa looked'bad."
She said she was afeard the doctor was
keepin' back some'n ur was behind the
times - an' rliadn't - diagnosed the case
rights I eased 'er all I could, laughln
at her. fears tell she sorter g'ot.in a
good humor, an' then in a roundabout
way 7fore;she knowedj what "was 'on
foot "I led up to jay trip to Atlanta,
an' - r
. "Heavens,: Truitt, you didn't tell her
that?" George cried. - - - t
' Yes; I had to, George,'' said the old
man. hia eyes averted.. "Some say she's
thlnkln',;' . marrying that man beca'se
her sick 4addy wants her to, an I'd
never be satisfied ef I let a woman
marry &: thing like that believln : he
was honorable an brave like hex daddy
an' like somebody else L know.--No;-1
would thank anybody to tell a daugh
ter o mine seen a thing, an' 1 felt like
it was my duty." - j " .
Z. George bit his lip and "stifled an ex
clamation of Irritation, but he met the
old man's look presently rwith a steady
stare. - - - - e-:- - v "
r "What did she say, Trulttr! he asked
finally. - r '
'7"Say? -I Jxardly -.knowi1 said "TTultt
"Her-, face got the purtlest color I ever
seed, an" while I was talkin she kept
sayiii, .'Go on, go on, Mr. Truitt, go onf
an' right in the middle o some things
Ishe'd Jest laugh out an klver 'er mouth
with that white hand o hern, but she
kept sayin', 'Go on, go onf an looked
like she jest, couldn't waif fer me to
git through. : " An' when 1- finally j;ot
to wjiar I lifted 'im by one o' his side
straps out o' his chair she Jest hollered:
No, you didn't railly, Mr: Truitt. Did
you do that to the governor o' Georgia?
I told 'er ' I , certainly jjdld, an - she
laughed &ke she'd bust She followed
me clean to the front gate. "Ton may
think: she's a purty woman; but 111 bet
she never -looked as purty to you as she
did then.-- The wind was devilin' her
hair; an' j her cheeks looked like ripe
peaches. J Seemed like she'd sorter tuck
a likln to me, fer once or twice she
forgot an put her band : on my arm.
Then she said, ."Mr. 4Cruitt,"I believe I
kin trust you with' a secret an. I 'want
to tell you some'n' " - - , ; vv
, "I told' 'er I was a graveyard Itself
when it " come to . keepin' . secrets - fer
'women, folks, but shesorter hung fire.
Her face got serious, an she wouldn't
look me In the eye like, she- had been
a-doln'. 1 1 told -'er not to be afeard o
me." an she c started : irti.g'ln;-- but
Tea, she did," George,' an' -I- got aw
fully sorry, fer et She told me her pa
had set his heart on ber marryin Tel
fare, an that she was afeard, since ber
father had heart disease, to run con
trary to his wishes. She said she was
afeard -the dlsapplntment ud actually
Idli.'irn;' !' didn't know what to say.
I tried to think of some'n comfortin',
but could t an' so i Jest come off an
left; 'er-that at' the gate.; The Lord
does - a sight o; things -that is beyond
our ken, but "why : be makes . women
like that un suffer la more'n I kin ac
count fer.:' X reckon he knows his busi
ness, but it conflicts with my notions
Ilka rips..: Ef I was at the bead o this
whirlin.'j'nni verse Td : not let men" like
Telfare; lord-.lt over better: folks; but
the Almighty made the skunk,- an, the
feller may,.b so perfect ln-hls way,
-that ; he's actually pleasin to an. om
nipotent eye. . The truth" ia,; Telfare
may be lBtuck up thar to 1'arn "us con
tentment- I know I'd rather be a corn-;
fleld nigger an' spilt rails in the brtlln'
sun .'sn v to;be,'tbe sort of a governor
that man is an know it like he knows
it pJr:A'"ry
. -.Without another wordTTrultt turned
snd .left "the "pfflcev. George" sat a mo
ment as if dazed by a sudden fealiza
jUon. that had 'come toliim from;tha
old soldier's recitaJL . He was' recalling
Lydia's appearance and manner as she
came Into the parlor that evening with
the flower In- herlaBA'ijVHij, i ;
: "God bless-herj ha aald "reverently.
"She was-right then, trying to-,ahow
her contempt ; f or - Telf are's . conduct
and I ; was brute enough-- to- misjudge
ir here lately. Thar's Laxryer Trabia.
They -Bay he's awfully sklo Georce
Buckley, I may look light hearted, but
I've got a Bight to trouble me. I worry
about Mr Hillyer mighty nigh con-stant?;--'
'
" "I suppose you do," answered Back,
ley, meeting her glance; sympathetically.-
-''J'; ,-":;. .;itw;-. .
i "I worry about him beca'ao be' hain't
open, with, me," she .went xu. TTou
know thar's one matter that we never
mention betwixt us, an! I Jeat have to
gueaa t bow he feels in his different
moods. Now,-I'm bothered over the
way he's' actln about Trabue'a sickr
-ness. Why should he git excited over
that? But.be la. When we lost beard
It he. dliu't seejn to pay no more at
tentipn to it than if the report had been
about any other citixen,' bat all at
once, while he.was readln the' Advo
cate at the lamp, be put -the paper
, down 'quick an got up an, went out
side. I went to the door an' .heard im
kxln', Jako how Trabue was, an when
Jake
come
ous, nUst night he hardly alept at
alL-COayou-know of any important
dealings; .he's. - had with -Trabue,
Oeorgsr.-a'Cr t!-V- ":.' !.--y
"No,' I -do'sotrltrs. Hillyer." George
replied, . "I can't understand It" - : v
-"I sorter thought st fust 'that it was
beca'se, him an' -Trabue is about the
same age., an! it . sorter, made- Im re
flect oq the end we all have to cone to.
Ton know, George,' Air. HUlyac's great
trouble has made. Im 'more afeard to
die than moat men men o that sort
seem to dread the end,- like they think
i
of
I
3 v..-f."f-'l
stopped. r No-: says ' she; I - believe J
won't tell y'ou -after all. ..Men are the
'very dickens to tell tales.' Then 1 re
minded 'er" that I was a. .old Confeder
ate soldier n' that .women an , the'r
private matters" was sacred to men that
had fit for the south an' its honor, an!
that sorter fetched -'er. IWell,'-aays
immt fn-lt klnila Of BolldlaS
aaboiiea. Arutla kUatlea and XUaa. Areaw. i
tMtarti OesUraa Saoaalttad
HOTELS.
F U JLN KLIS TON, HOTEL
FBAjnrjjjrrojr, ir. o. ,7l: . !-:
Il wJ.iWOTifcYifP,,'
..,... -(load
aaosaxrdaUon for tha traveling
alia. . .,v i-:f-:, .--Wood
Umt Attached t:?Sl
MASSENBURG HOTEL.
P BXcuiafenbTirc Propr
mniDinisoii.iT.0.
9o4 asssamadatioAs. Good farst To
IHE "next day Truitt slouched In-
An thft' wnrehouse. finding UUi-
yer and George at their desks
working; over - some Dins -.oi
lading of a big shipment of cotton they;
were making to eastern mills.' '
- -Whar on earth have, you been?"
Hillyer asked . eagerly.- ,"I sent out
home fer you an' none o yore folks
knowed a thing aboutyou.The truth.
Is, I got worried, ; I told George I wa
afeard rou'd gone to ' -'' , -
"Thaf s whar I went," ; said .Truitt,
his glane on George's expectant face,
aV the Lord -went with me." V i; b0'
mlliated' that skunK an', as fer as I'm
concerned, I'm wlllin to drap the mat
ter." Ef:I was ' the man most inter
ested I'd be satisfied."
What did you do, Truittr . George
She, 'you do look4Ike a man a woman
eould -trust 'an ef;yonll give me ydur
word that IhisVwOn't go, no fnrder. FU
tell you.'-, 'C'--- ' -
? "IU dp ltr,Bays " r. ' v '
'"Wllyoo swear ltT' saysshe.,'4 .
Not only thatT says I butTl! cross
tny heart y, vJ4 '''X''.
t S.5TeU7 says she, thaf s all a ,wom
ancould ax,-anf-rm" sorry..,lhaye to
be T so- particular, ' but I'd -rather " die
than have a? single': soul know-what
I'm goin , to tell yotu-vl. 'want to tell
you to snow now jnncn - i-apprecune
what you-id;on, that Atlanta trip.
Then, she swallowed once or twice, an'.
lookin' me fai;the eye an p'intin' across
the yard, she said: Ur. Truitt I was
settin:-to thatlsummer . house t'other
nightman', heard Governor Telfare in
sult George iBuckley, ani I'm " glad
glad-ri-glad-you done v what 'you done.
As Governor .Telfare was'vVlsititt- my
house an'; as father's health is so bad
I couldn't do.more, but I tried my best
that night to show preference , to .Mr
"Bnckley;bttt he misunderstood mean
went off mad,'!-."- ' -y
!She said that?" George exclaimed,
bis face aglow, his eyes flashing.-"And
did she. say anything else?".- -C
CttAPTER . XXV.
THINK the Lord had a hand
' to puttin me - next door to
; Mrs.; Dugan,' . said Mrs. HD1
' yer. to George that evening
after .'supper.Vi "When my sperjis sink
way down to sero I go oul in the yard
an; give .'er a chance to come over an
talk.' No; I never go over thar AH Igot
to do Is to let 'er see me, an she's on me
like it duck on a -Jane bug" She'll talk
yore head ' off; .but" shell help you out
of a tight "whenever, you give er the
wink.:?,lle:"an'i her ; together worked
Hortense 'as fine As split silk t'other
day.'.you know Jim -Kenners "Jest
About crazy- to -pay his attentions," an
she holds off an- won't let .'Im set to!
I made-up- my "mind six months ' ago
that I'd make a match out c that ana'
teriaL: but "beyond gittin' Jim to foller
me; all ver creation' an! her to'f airly
lap up" all I liad to say about tov that
was as .nigh as I. come to doin: busi
ness, i; It punled me right Sharp, fer' I
knowed the "gal-had marry on her mind,,
an' 1 knowed Jim Kenner was" jest the
thing fer er Finally Tdrapped on to
the dlfllculty. -You know, steady gal
like, Hortense Snowden sometimes has
a regular borror'of a "goody goody fel
ler, an I seed she thought he'd jest es
caped bein a'Tpreacher' by-' -hair's
breadth an was' not gdln with gals be
cause he was afeard of 'em; "I lei Mrs.
Dugan to on my';racket, an 1-ToWed
she'd hsve a fit, - she -was . so tickled.
She got her sewln an' come over, an
we tnck chairs rilghTIctenae, an Mrs.
Dugan :begun.. - You'd ,'a, thought ahe
was on ; the courthouse stand sweaztn
in a murder case, she: was so serious.
She led up to it . as gradual as a man:
drivto a school o fish upstream Into a
net"" I think, she giveeverlwdy via
Darley a slap or a dab to pasaln. FK
nally , she. said Jt : was - the men - that
laid low v an- that everbody . thought
was" so steady that was the regular
devils .on" the sly. vNow," thar's that
long,; slim shanked Kenner said she,
flappin' out " the sheet she ' was hem-,
mto. ; .'Folks; thinks he's so innocent;
but,-la xne, e's the terriblest' flirt to
seven states. ; He buys cotton all over
the country an has a gal to every town,
he. bltim'; X y;
ITon Are off thar said L -1 know
bertern that ; He's one man that don't
care fer women,':v5;"-;;.?,':.X;; '4'.- -i
' -f Tell that to . the. maroons,-. MrslW
gaa sneered. Then she reeled off A tale
she said Bob Hanks' wife told er about
a bet Jim "Kenner . an' a whole passle
o fellers had made, that they was goto'
to kiss a certain gal whether or "no.
She said the gal .was kinder aaft, any
Wayr an' they all got a whack at her;
but that when Jinx Kenner got through
with er she had the backache an' said
he was the wust she'd sver seed. -: !
was a-watchto' Hortense out 0 the cor
ner o- my eye. .2 She got fust whlta an
then red,' but-sbe kept -'er rears open.
I ; don't know, all Mrs. ' Dugan didn't
say; but the beat 4hlng-was when .she-
said ; no ' ordinary woman could make
any impression on a man o that stamp.
I seed Hortense sorter bits ,'er lip an
straighten up like" she? was tnakin' a
resolutioril And after Mrs.' Dugan had
"gone home she set around, like she was
cut o JHnt all at 'once,;; Ton know a
woman will: kinder count-on a man's
"regard an' f eed !n ; It an jest drift
rwithbut lookln -ahead. -EX ahe shore
o.ids admiration she'd a heap o times
ruther have 'im at arm's length than to
be cookin an, scrubbto: fer 'Im ur his
bratsi'2 That's whar HortenBe .was at
She's knowed "a few married men an
had noticed how plumb crazy, they -was
'about the'r wives after the honeymoon
was over But nothin ain't smooth in
this world, an' why should married life
be an exception? An- then- Hortense
hates to be called a : old "maid. .Well,
io cut my tale off, Hortense Jeat come
out- flat that evenln' 1 an said, 'When
you see Mr. Kenner you may tell 'im lie
kin,, come. -- An' - while . you vwas Out
home last Thursday night they had the
parlor to the'rselves. Me anf Mr, Hill
yer set on the front veranda. . Jim Ken-"
ner haln't.-no slouch." He - kept !cr
Jaughin. all revenin' ; at" his -talesr an,
when she come out after he'd gone she
said he. was the. most; agreeable man
she'd ever met Not a word's been said
about' marryin betwixt 'em, but ' Til
jtalk to 'er about er things Inside of a
week, now; see ef I don't" 'Seems like
lots o.D.arley folks Is under the weath-
";r:v'' SYNOPSIS. "
The following ia s trac pais
Chipters heretofore ru"bUiiLc4
' CHAITEIiS 1, 2 aivl 3 Oecrge
Buckler is Ue jorvge of Mr.HillTer
a rich Georgia merchaut His fd.er
is sent to prison for theft George u
attentits to Lvdis Cnrustoa, dancb
ter of a proud Virginian. Tha h.tae
of his father's crime makes him des
perate. '-4 Iinijer -coufcWs ti
Georgo the raurJer of a fricraJ thirtj
years before, the story 070. To
atone for the deed . he took Georgs
out of his degraded home tp tnaks a
useful man of him as a ubsritute to
society for. hia dead. fmnj. 5
HaijkA, Arote hroker, and Kenner, a
ootton huyer, have desks ia Hiljer's
warehouae, Barco a Truiu, a Con.
fedtrate veteran a chircrkm of
George. IIMrer raTcsts hAQvia
i told lm be waan't no better he j wheat on. the advioe of Georgs, t
e back.ln tbe bouae pale an' nerv-1 Mrs. HUyer praises Georges noble
a " I i cr nlilt ak VM k Im. .T . a. - . a. V - - WT-a at . I
cnaxacier. nuyex in tear 1 Leirtff
orougnr u -uiai lor. bi old crime.
7snd 8 Lydi . comes frora IUch
mend s best Asocial ?set" ' Governor
Tellare of Georgia, middle" agtd
widower. - is - preaainff . Zus attentions
upon ber with the" - approval tf ber
tamiiy.-. . and 1U (ieorcs" cham. i
pions the cause of young Bob Hanks,
who is : ambitious to rise. - Hillyer
loans uie Dor capital to start ta bui-
ness. ; 11 Lydi Jails the fears of
some special pouuhment is to store fer P." George by; Aayiap
em.As fer as . I'm concerned, 1 don't 1 1045 oeusvee a uingnter- arwnUd
believe Mr. lEllyer U be punished at 1 fePc4 & family pride wbea choos
ing a nusDmrw...; I'r-iiUlyer seUs ja
wheat at A great profit And gfres U
to George- - lS-Th governor tisifs
the - Cranstcma.! George' fears his
powsrful rirah'JLydU locepts his at
tentions , and. presents. 1 4 Lydia
Eye a visit to George's mother ard
es her warmly at parting. - "This
brings a revival of hope to the lorer.
15 and 16 Mrs. Cranston appeals
to LydU's friend. Kitty 'Cosby, to
rjing'.the fjxri to her sen at 1 uboot
George, . Kitty tells Lydia that ; the
governor will be "a good catch, , but,
after hearing of some George! rir
tures, fears tor the safty of ber i own
heart. 17 and 18. George troteda
Jefif Truitt, son of bis friend"Basoom,
from the vengeance 'of a mob. . Lydia
and Kitty bear the story rceoanted in
the presence of the herov. .19.
Lydia adnrea George, but may marry
me governor ous or rejrtra tcr
father, who ia ror health.
and 2L Governor Telfare offers
pardon George's father if be will ctve
. V mm a a a
op iyou. x ne oner a uouj tptinxcae
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old velvet
: : purq - old . velvety.
the best for the price.
" soldjj - everywhere.
call for it at
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louisDurg ; , dispen
louUburtTr n. c.
rye" I
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ary,:
alL- .Hs's saffered ten" times too much
already!a.i -jjX-v: --vi:;.i "
-Later V that evening Hlllyerr took
George totp. his confidence as they were
smoking on the lawn together. " -. : -.
."George, I'm to-a sight e trouble,",
he aaldT; "And iff the old thing.t.Toa
remember -I told you Trsbtie.was pay
to'iHraHambrlgbt a pension through
mer f:.:':.; Vj'.
;,"Yes, i remember that George said.
!Well,Trabue U. might low, and If
he was to die, Georgcv a explanaUon
would have to be made. ; She'd hsve to
be told that bej allowance wasn't com
ing from the government an' maybe
she'd - upbraldV.-me van - Impoverish
erself - to" pay sll ;of It; bacsCtVOa,
George5' I'm : awf ullyj mlserablet . I
went to talk to Trabue to private, but
the " doctor , won't let a soul see la.'
George,' he " saldCundee:. his breath,
. V MrsHsmbrlgbt. wss to throw .up
my crime to me- st this late day bowed
as she-is' with age and as nigh as she
h to Ged-Id jaever git over it, I-tell
Jrou-f-neverr And. throwing" bis half
smoked dgar away, Hillyer strode off
to the darkness.'- . -' .'-:'-:rC -
A little later, as George stood near
Thla'Poople1'.:. r:'-;
" t ' - Lot ia cdvino ycu to tGko Vlnol. Zho
reason It la, the boat otreristh end Tlcth -.crriator-io
-becmaaa it cictuallT'. contains ,
n all thq nediciilal olereats taica trcn "
c geiiiilno f jroah Coda1 Livers t without oil"-
i .r greaao. ";: Those-bosbinbd. with crgaaio - t
1: iron: and other body building insredlenta
create the greatest rieah, atreastii and:' !
tiasue. piiiiaer, rnoiri to nedicine. Try
; . it cnour giiarcntee. Tlospectfully, , ;
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: ;":; H. lL- EOEBITT k CO , DrsUU. :
HC:'On:.Excrj Tongue.! ; 'y; , .
ataatackv'a mf laoaaaa ad Uat; lU wtiS't StSJt taoai aaA tiavt. lkrtLUr,' tC - .
Utat kaa rlMinJ tW ae-rVt. ..-,., ' .. . , -
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Sold at Veuts burs Olssensary.
aarry '--"' r- '.-.-: "'- . ' -.. - - - . ' - . v - -'-
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the gateX Jim Kenner came up dressed I Lydu snubs the governor In favor of
to his best .shir; flower to his bnttoo-1 George, bat the exehed loved raiMOn.
hole. "I reckon jon think I'm. A purty I strues the set and abruptly leave htr
7 - V . . V . ; T. in teirtv.sz. ana v i3. Uasoorn
Ufa tisa eM -arlH as e)AAtat lanarK I - . - J
r:'. .. trrr" Truitt twiga the- governor a .. ear - to
-ZZZZhZZ 1-eurht
tell lloctenae - something . shout your
dark peat'- George laughed." " "'ST': -
v x "I wish you would blacken my record
a little, returned Kenner. '""The truth
is, Mrs. Hillyer says Hortense doesn't
exactly take to . the goody ' goody,
preachy aort 'o'-rchsp,-anf to hear me
spout you'd think I was a sight wussa
X railly ami ObI've been a few gaits
In my time, but I hsirft'Udl "It's a
God's fact, though, that a heap o worn-.
For a Weak jygettlon.-
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no vuadt1ss eaa raelaaa food - bat
Chambarlaia'a 8toaacA sad Llttr Tib-
aUvUl belo you to dlsvat to, food
It is aot the quality of food Ukaa tsat I
i gives ttresgta asd tlor to the sy atria
bst the bob at digrstad a ad aaalstllatad
It troubled vita a wask dlraaUoa, dos
fail to aia t ferae Tabtata a trial. Tsee
aaads have baas beeaflUad by their ae
Tsar oair eoat a - quarter. For sale tt
all droggiata, , -
f -. 1". ' -.v . " . -
- tra wberries are berinalnz to ripen I
ra eastern JNorth Xaro in and ship-
meat arni.begia m a lew dAya, -j
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; There are few diaraaas (1st tsfilat nore
rortare tsaa rbromavUa ssd there 11
probably do dlaaaae for Skh ' suah " s :
srkd sad cs'Uas lot t rrcadls have
tes eoageattd Tomv that It eaa . be
aered la, tbarafora,-a bold at atraaeat to
1 Kka, but ChaeigarUIa PaiA Balas,
Vi bleb as Joys a -iteaate sale. -Oea
acplicMioa of Pals Baita vill rellata the
pats, a ad bs aartda of asfferara bara tas-
tlflad lo penBAMBt cares by ' Ira oaa
Why aoler bes Pals Bain afford
eoth qtjtek relief asd eoau bet a trlfl? :
fof sale by an oraggUU.- - w .v. .-
' 8fp that r0j;k and celd, tow wltu la JU Jt ; .
faDey.ProcTAStinaiUa will.esu-! teta'a-.-.'
'--- wesksnlnf of vital force and eonseooeat f cio- 1
C- ctai loss. A ward lo the wise ahoaU be enf
Bclent. 8oppTrjosrsf with a medua . atd 1
'"7.,-'approred remedy. ; "( ; . ! o '. 4 o
R. BOBB1TT 5c CO.t
TJT TO DATZ rTIlSJLa CISTS,
.::;WTJISBTOO,'1'; k6btH ; . CABOLrrrA y
X.,;arry a large and wsll slaVs4 itock ef prspa-
, raUonf, at wall as ooatloelnc tktlr- critical
: Itedsrvbtp ta, Drntrt, CbsmicAX Brsgfiit -
X Bondrlea. U intra) WaUra, Fcs Cl4ari,Tcfcsc-:
.eo. Ae. vWa cat sol eesotrxU tbe tsttsal ad "
; TsslAgs ta be f sited by a eoeUeoar.ee of eorj, '
'. present fleaabt boat sees relaUans.- As here , .
- V tofora PrtscripUeta ae oar tpeelally.-Va bate
... the Rarest aid beet Drop tad the best ejalpped,,
' t men ta fill tbeo self recfsUred tkharmacutf
employed b j oa ,.-';. ;.r.C' -'
V.
- as
When a cm his a nrettr- ankle it
la a'sign that everybody ta the street
1 wui get a chance to see it, - .
liiJHyHiJnsuoiisiinsHiUiikiiiiUiiSiHinn
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SE Ey 7M E) a. BE F O RE
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."Forget'About Your Stomach. --
If your digeBtion is bad the vital or
gan" of tour-body are not nonrUhed as
they aboold b Thev grow weak and ir.
ita diM&M. Kodol Dv80eo8ia Core 'di
gests What-.yoa: ea ..snres Indigestion
mnA all Rtnmafih troubles. .This is te
ma it : Nta it rest eea Derates and
e-rad flail - arrows so strong and - healthy
that it troubles von bo more.; E. L. Bab-
cock. Amherst, Minn., says i '! have
I hive taken a great many remedies tor
indigestion bot found nothing equal to
Loiol Dyspepsia Cure." Kodol oigesU
digests what you eat, eures ' indigeetion,
dvaneDsissour stomach, beichicg.heart.
Knm and alt atom n eh troubles. Its rre
A atrength tonlo toat brlaga rich, red
bleid. 'Makes you stroBg, healthy and
aetive. That's what Holiistar's Roeky
Mountain Tea will do. - 83 cents. Tea or
TabletA . R. A. Bobbitt & Co. . . .
-"JTot a vvrd't bftra aotd obovt motTyta
ea ad rather hare doubts about a man
au'to .know positive 'that he a angd
la pants.:; Hortenae is that away," an'
.what rm workln-on her' rigbf" now
rjlght be called the boIdan' phra."' -r j
The -hold-inr plan?.. George echoed
wonderingly. ';;' -. "-. .. -.' ' ' I
"Tea, the bold-in'v answeredl Kee
ner. "'Tou see, ef . I was to'tell ber
right out-thai my past record was ss
black as a stack: of black-cats she'd not
believe it, butjwbea' she comes right
at me an' jiccnses me o all manner o
devilment I simply bold In or change
the aubJect.!A man caynt never make
a woman believe he's bad by tellln' ber
he Is, anv more'n be kin make "er 'be
lieve he's good by; the same process.
The 'hold-Ia'c racket fills the bni exact
ly. . "A woman la seen a mystery herself
that she lltea what" she don't under
stand. . Tli a r, I toe Hortenae-on the
veranda! : George, she's a daisy,' f I
do' say It- She's Jest the woman I've
always wanted. I. Jokers lets, but
that's the truth, my boy. , v '. ; . .
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A Tried and Trae rnead. ,
Oee M laata Conga Cora aoatalaa ' aot
as slots J as? barrnf at drag, sad it kaa
b,8 eating -coogba, eoM. aroep see
wboopieg eoogb ao lomg tbat It has fto
aa ltaelf to be e triad aad . troa f rWtd t
tbe taaay who ca it. airs. Gartrade H
Feaaer. Mtrloa.lBd.. aara. aosgblag ssd '
atratatog so weakened ma Uat I ras
down la waUhtfrom 13 to SJ'poaad
After trvlae a sac&ber of Teeirdle-a to A
avail, Ose kilncUCoajb Care astiral
eaa." - Sold by Areoeks Dreg Co.
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,IIYGE1A The. Best 5-cent cfjrar
rm'jearth: for sale atAycocke Dmg
Co'fl. ' '; - ' . . . " y ,
If men naved to keep out of ; debt
the wat-they have to to get out, this
would be a world of millionaires.
A woman seems to tVmlc that- if
she sooUs a man for coming tome
late it would make him glad ha came
A wonderful trrfcg todio, Drirea ont !
all winter imparities, gWes yoa etreosrth.
health sod happiaesa. - Teat wtat IIoI-
Ustar's Uoky 1-oncUla Tes will do. 5
- Feel tireJ, to appetite, cannot sVep.
workoret? TLit'a rprto? tireic-
and will ct; -"7Pr at once If yoa t
Holli-t;r'a Il ekv MonnialD Tea ill
tao'-.b. n c -.u,Te cr Tttl.u. U
FIFTY GENTS
IN somcccntiitionj tKe
v - ' gia from the wt
of Scott's " ExnuUIon b
very rapid.- For
u rtzson we ptit : up - a
: JTifty-ctnt tire, which b
; enough for an ordLury
CcouK or cold cr tuciul
u a trbl for biblej
,;r and children. In oLSer;
;r cortditionj the aln b
slower health cannot
:. be bu;H tp in a day.
In such tzsts Sec iff
istbifcitn
tmuljion mu
ti r.ouri:hjr.;r.! a foci
rsLherLHin a mtdldr.c
Ifs'a fooi for Urcd end
p'-'ti r
Wii V tit
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X. esJ f i.ao.
All 4r.UU
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your Ganev 1 am ageet fer blgb grade TcLacco and CctUa Geasa. ;
WM raake x'oee prleet by Ibe tar er ton- - ct t A rxrr?. ' :
': If yoa are tbleklogof rWf l roen I cxa riTe jt
meaey, as I am agent for tie tett kpaee la tbe wtt!-l. See try CX
page eauiotfe hefors yea boy. . I''- " , '" -
- fiae oy Ileef Maa'e f Ulclly Wide to Order Falls Vefrre t 3y!t.
I eao aod wltleteya eaocey." 1 am arett er the Kaln Tallrritf
Co , of redisnstUe, Hd., aad tbe KlaTallvHec Co., ef JTew Ttia
Clly. Kite riraUe4' ... . . '
. Gel yenr seed Irlih toiata ssd gtrJes scede ti all XIads tere.
y . Very rtiptelfolly, ,
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