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A Loyal Mummy
By IZOLA FORRESTER.
Copyright, 1106, by }' C. Eafitment
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"Well, all I've got to say Is don't
get fresh and mix in where you're not
wanted. Peggie "
"But I want to." returned Peggie
nereacly. "She treats him terribly, this
summer worse than all, and It's the
third summer. If some one doesn't In
terfere It may go on forever. And he's
a splendid boy."
"Better than me?"
"Well," said Peggie kindly, "every
one Is a type unto himself. I don't I
think your type clashes with Ilad
leigh's."
"You darling"?
"Not on the veranda,.Blllle."
"We're engaged."
"I don't care If we're engaged a hun
<lred times; you can't grab me like that
on a hotel veranda In broad daylight." j
"There you go You take up Had- j
leigli and his troubles and never cou
alder for an instant the way you treat
rue We've been engaged four years"? :
"Not all the time. Rlx times tepa
vately."
"Well, you ought to be ashamed of
yourself. You're as bnd as Betty
Wayne, and yet you turn around and
aympathlrr with Iladleigti Sympa
thize with me."
"I won't And I'm not as bad as
Betty It's ever so much better being j
engaged six times separately to one
than It Is six times separately to six.
Isn't itr
Blllle took refuge In moody silence lu
the hammock. Through Its muahcs he
-could get a good view of the figure
seated on the veranda railing. It was
a lissome, girlish figure In pongee and
turquoise blue, and he shut usih eys
contcutedly to get the full effect of ft
against the background df blue sky
and sea.
'"Betty really thinks the world of
him. only she doesn't know It," Peggie
announced suddenly after some reflec
tion. "And be considers her so per
fectly hopeless that he doesn't dare do
a thing but trot around after her like
a pet mummy"?
"Mummies enn't trot."
"Well, I don't eare! He trots around
as one would trot If it could trot. Blllle
Balllster, if you treated me like that
I'd never marry you In this world."
"Do you think you ever will?"
"Rome day." said Peggie hopefully.
"All Iladleigli needs Is appreciation.
He's tagged around after Betty so long
that no other girl will look at him."
"Don't appreciate too strenuously, i
Iladleigli might not seo the point."
"Oh, 110, be won't." Peggie's seorn I
rose superior to discretion. "If I treat
eil you like a stray telegraph polcf all J
the time or a C. O. D. express pack
age to be held till cniled for, wouldn't
you see the point if some other girl
took you up and delicately and diplo
matically Intimated to you that you
?were altogether just right?"
"1 wish I had the chance," said Blllle
glooniifr . "What do I do while you're
delicately and diplomatically intimat
ing to Iladleigli?"
"Glower," retorted 1'oggle sweetly;
"'stalk and glower and look Jealous.
Then we'll make up and be engaged
for the seventh time. Anyway. Iladleigli
won't make love to me. I shall merely
act us u diversion for the good of the
cause."
It was three weeks later that the di
version ceased. It had been a most
successful diversion. Even Blllle In Ids
desolation admitted that. So did Ilad
leigli. From being uu engaged nonen
tity he suddenly became featured on
the bill, as Peggie would say. There
were handsomer girls at I'lnctu Point,
but there was none quite so winsome
and lovable and characteristic of the
place as Peggie, and when she under
took the act of delicate anil diplomatic
Intimation she did It thoroughly.
The first week Betty Wayne was
amused. The second she flatly declined
going In the same i caching party with
the two. The third she sent Iladleigli
back his ring. And ITadlclgh accepted
condolences gracefully and pensively
and became the steady convoy of Teg
Klo's pink parasol In Its wanderings
around Plnotn Point.
Toggle was happy. Every night she I
nssnr d Billle thh.gs acre going splen ,
dldl.v. Iladleigli did trk o s > easily to
education, lie did not llineh a particle '
?when Ids ring came back. And Billie I
sir id nothing.
T! e day after the return of the ring
the pink parasol t>ok Its way up o:i
the bluff overlooking the bay.
"Let's sit here," Its owner said ti.
Iladleigli. I like to watch the fori.
h:.o .. b 'lids. Tin ? Bill e Ba! :
lister'.- yacht at - tl re. the Peggie O." |
. "Nsm. ! for ? m, is >'t i>?"
Hadli !gb lat t' "1 si a"!y.
"A M v.- I -ine ? mm It Willi
be the Betty W. so. a "
P . i - ! a il fiiin with
feurt. surprised cy ?.
"Billle will never change the name 1
of that boat " she said, with dignity. ;
"He pan 1 it out yt onlay," Ilnd-;
leigli ausv ? J. "I thong't you knew." j
"Knew ' ?hat?'
"Betty v broke h- engagement
w ith mo for ihe sako of Balllster. Rlie,
Is out there with lilm now."
"Out there with B'lUe!" Toggle rose j
to )??>r fict. She dared not look at
Iladleigli. The pink parasol shielded
her from 1 : ? -'c rs "he looked out |
at tin Peggie o. "I want to go back ,
to the hotel."
"^Peggie"?lladlelgli's voice was more j
desperate than tetjdcrV'I thought you
and Br Ulster were engaged. Did you j
*1 uarret toy?'
There was uo answer.
"* '* s *' ? rod Betty"
I
wears bin im:g"? He stopped and
uiuved the pluk parasol screen aside.
I'eggic. let s Le first in this gum* of
i boosing partners. Isjt's"?
i cgg.e cuugjt her breath and turue*l
her haek oil the yacht.
"II ullelgh, don't you know I haven't
cared for you one hit?not that way? I
vu.< h u ry for you because Betty treat
ed you like a |>et mutuuiy, uud you
hadu't the courage to rebel. I thought
if koine one else made the mummy
ihow signs of life she wouhl prize him.
hut she didn't."
Iladlelgh wutcbed the teurs In the
blue eyes, ami the grace of mulerstuud
lug fell on him.
"It was Billie," he said,
l'oggle sin ileal back at hint bravely.
"It was all my fault. I Interfered. I
uever thougbt Illllle would uiind. uud
I never dreamasl you would la- serious.
There's ouly Hetty really. Isn't there?"
"Only Betty," said Hadlelgti sadly.
"Then be u loyal mummy. It's some
tiling, y ou know, even to be loyal when
no one cures whether you are or not."
A long whistle came up the bluff
path. For u second I'eggle hesitated,
then she answered It. and the form of
Ulille appearisi over a ledge of rock.
"Hello!" he called. "Betty Wayne
wants you, Hnillelgh. Itustlc seat over
near the spring. Said she'd wait three
mlmites and no longer. I've done the
best I could for you."
When Hndlelgli had disappeared,
I'eggle looked up at the figure on the
ledge of rook.
"Did she reully send?"
"No, she didn't." retorted Billie, hap
pily, "but she'll be glad to see him, all
the same. I'eggle, for the seventh
time"?
"Who's out In the yacht?" asked
I'eggle severely.
"Betty's brother and my little broth
er and your little brother. A bunch
of angel kids, and they'll get a bully
good ducking If they don't ease her up
a bit. See her Ust?"
I'eggle sighed as the figure from the
rocks slipped down besldo her.
*?0U dear," she said. "You're a loyal
mommy, too."
Base of Mark Twmln's Fortune.
Mark Twain said that In his earlier
days he did not enjoy the exceptional
prosperity which came later In his
career. It la commonly the lot of
genius to suffer neglect at first, and
experience did not affect his abiding
good nature. In a conversation with
W Illiaui Dean Howells on one occasion
the subject of literature vicissitudes
was broached by the humorist.
"My difficulties taught me some
thrift," he observed, "but I never
knew whether It wns wiser to spend
my last nickel for s cigar to smoke or
for Hit apple to devour."
"I am astounded," observed Mr.
Howells, "that n person of so little de
cision should meet with so much
worldly success."
Mark Twain maided very gravely.
"Indecision about spending money,"
be said, "Is worthy of cultivation.
\\ hen I couldn't decide what to buy
with my last nickel I kept It and so be
came rich."?Success Magazine.
Reftalt of
"Tony." said u moody British officer
to bis soldier servant, "something tells
me that I shall never come back from
this war alive. I seem to have n sort
of presentiment thut wny."
"Then tak' no heed of It, sir," re
sponded the servant. "Them theer pre
slutlinents Is frauds. A cousin o' mine
hud one once, and It treated him real
shabby. It was Just like the oue that's
a-troublln' you now, sir. He felt sure
that he'd be kilt out In Egypt, so he
divided his suvlngs between his sweet
heart and his bosom chum and went
out to be shot, but never a scratch did
he get all the time, though he tried
Ills level best to manage It."
"And what happened when he at
length returned, Tony? Dkl those two
give him back the money?"
"Not a farden, sir. They'd been anil
got spliced while he was away nnd
they'd set up liousikeepin' on It."?
Loiulou Answers.
Stuneililim About Pie.
Usage alone must decide the Issue
between pie and tart. I'h.loiogy, at
any rate, draws no clear distinction.
It only traces ha k "tart" to the Lntiu
"tortus," twisted, the pastry being the
twisted part, of course, while it is very
doubtful "' .<ut "pie." On the whole,
Nkeat - conjecture that this expresses
the fi.scellrncous nature of tli ? con
tents Is po iuaslve. All the -pies'
seem to go back to the original one,
the magi i in Latin "pica"?from j
who-. bi:u k uud white a- pert com.
"pled' and "piebald." The old ordinal j
or so: lice book was c.iilc.l "pica," oi
"pie," b cause of the appearance of tin
black letter type on ill ? white page,
and the edible pie, having penally mix 1
od coi: , may have be. a eh * -tene 1
after hi- b ? mediaeval hit nor. 'I'rlnr
era' Img go retains both "pic*" for a
kind oi' typo ami "pie" r.ir type all
Jumb ed up.?London Chronlr'c.
Kneed .if (lie (lends.
The clou, , ji it u ittcr of fact, an
noted by tin* weather bureau; "pople
chiefly because they s aw the da1 tion
uud tile velocity of the hip!, t air cur
rents of the ntia > photo. Thi e |!k(
chips which "low the flow an ! chile
of a stream Tlieir spc. d Is all > t hi 1
Coneclval !i* to us who have watched!
them floa'h g ? ,? circuity wi'li scarce]} :
any motion a. i >.. the ,? i;y, seeming
what an old weather prophet culled
them, "ihosp moat tranquil travelers i
the cl iu is, whose vpt-y ?; t'm real.' I
The full ( honet a I kStOUtfeJll rec J
ords and even eteetn m|m speed art !
easily on*, lone by the quietly ^Irlftlrt ?
masses of JnM. A mile in thirty-s* '
Seconds, Is not at all mi iincoiiuuoii ve J
loclty for (he upper rloucbOnnd they ;
have beep observed to do n mile it i
eighteen sT^nds.- T. S. Hoppln, Jr. li. j
Us*f Mpathlj j j
AO A"irr"kl Story For
Little FoiKs
fhe lp to Late Bunny
Due day Mr. Rabbit was loping
around the woods, look lug for what
ever might satisfy bta hopeless appe
tite, when be espied a large trap set
by Mr. Man. He walked up cautious
ly and Inspected It. Inside was a lus
cious looking chestnut. Mr. Rabbit's
mouth watered, but being an up to
date rabbit be sat on his haunches and
considered.
"Huh!" said he. "That sort of thing
is played out. Might have fooled my
WALKED UP AND INSPECTED IT.
grandaddy, but he's got to* play a
foxier game than this to catch me.
"Wonder how 1*11 got that chestnut,
though."
It didn't take him long. In a moment
he wa, off on a trot to Mr. Man',
cabin In the woods and banging on
bis back door.
"Ho, Mr. Man, come out here!"
Mr. Man stuck bis bead out.
"What yer want?" bo asked.
"Please, Mr. Man. give me a brick."
"What yer want with a brick?"
"Ob. I'm tired of life and want to
die. Berth haa no Joys for mo mora.
I'll tie the brick around my neck ?nd
jump In the pond. You'll never bo
troubled with me again."
Of course Mr. Man wanted to got
rid of Mr. Il?but, ae bo bad dona so
much barm about the piece, to be gave 1
blm the brick.
Mr. Kabbit thanked Mm sadly and
started for tbo pond.
"Now watch me." ho grinned, when
ho got back to where the trap stood.
Saying which be tied the brick on to
the other end of the lever that held the
trapdoor and quietly got his chestnut
out without harm. On the Inside of
the trap next morning Mr. Man found
a note which read: "Mr. Men, you are
a chestnut."?St. I.ouis Post-I)ispatcb.
Cotter-Underwood Co. have
two cars furniture now at depot.
W hen your bike is sick come
to Peacock's Hospital. Sundries
at your own price. New wheels
cheap. See us.
K. C. Peacock & Co.
For dry ponds and groceries
it will pay you to see Cotter
Underwood Co.
BLACKSMITH WANTED.
We want to hire a pood Black
smith and horseshoer.
Hamilton Brothers,
Clayton, N. C.
If you waut the best Arm
Roc ker in town for $1 0 see
Cotter Underwood Co.
(Jot Rheumatism? Try A. H.
B's Rheumatic cure. ''Positively
a sure cure, for all forms of
Reumat/ism A. U. Boyett, the
druggist, Smitbfield, N. C.
Come to see that $11)0 00 suit
of furniture at Cotter-Under
wood Go's.
We have plenty of guns and in
price we can suit every one.
Cottek-Stevkns Co.
HOUSE AND LOT FOR SALE
If you want to buy the Rose
house iu front of the Methodist
church, apply to J. M Beat v. ,
We pay interest on time depos
its. Bank of Smitbfield,
C. V. Johnson.
Cashier.
Von should see thut fiuef n ;
t,ureat Cotter-Underwood
lie fore you buy.
Seethe "Eti " pip - >ld bv '
Cotter Steven- * .> . best-fori
shooting Nile. ? ? r
SEED V- HE i I' 1.111) rye for
snle. Also ion barrels old corn.
Can deliver at mv farm, or will:
till nil orders left at the store of?
Cotter Stevens Co.. at Smit bfleld.
J Wai.tk.it Myatt.
(?layton, R F D. No 1
One car high grade buggies at
Cot'i r Underwood Go's
A (J YelvingtonV millinery
s'ore ie the place in buy nice
bats cheap.
roo?T:rnv:.nYPEACE\ c??"rs"
tory of [ i in,!, SnoJirJ
Mujic. The V RAtEICH /Catalogue
Beat Place V C. / FRF.E | I
lot .Your Utrna
Daughter ?/,i Bin. iddie. Trtt.
I
F -r oeer a third of a century Dr Pieree'a
Gold.n Medical Discovery lia* aold more
Uigcly than any other blood purifier or
gr- ? ir stiimai'h
tonic.
Bigger
sale? to
day than
ever be
fore. Is
that n. t
tie Hue
Wst f
Cures oth
) ers, why
not you ?
Makes
rich red
blood.
An imiut*
tion of nat
ure's meth
od of
restuiing
waste of
tissue and
impover
ishment of
the blood
?na nervous force is used when you take
an alterative extract of herbs and roots,
without the use of alcohol, like Dr. Pierce's
Golden Medical .Discovery This vegetable
medicine coafce? the digestive functions
and helps in the assimilation of food, or j
rather takes from the food just the nutri- I
ment the blood requires.
Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
purifies the blood and entirely eradicates
the poisons that breed and feed disease.
It thus cures scrofula, eczema, erysipelas,
boils, pimples, and other eruptions that
mar and sear the skin. Pure blood is
essential to good health. The weak, run
down, debilitated condition which so many
people experience is commonly the effect
of impure blood. Dr. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery not only cleanses the
blood of impurities, but it increases the ac- !
tivity of the blood-making glands, and it j
enriches the body with an abundant supply
of pure, rich blood.
No matter how powerful the intellect or
ths resources of intellectual power, it must j
be backed up by physical force. Kvesv
day the voutn or man must manufacture
a pint of rich, arterial blood, that is pure,
stimulating to the brain, and that can re
build the tissues that were destroyed in
yesterday's work.
Dr. Pierce's Pellets cure biliousness.
.
A FINE FAR*M FOR SALE.
320 acres located in Johnston
county, on public road between
Clayton and Smithfield. One I
oiile from Southern Railroad;
100 acres tine cotton or tobacco
land; 150 acres in cultivation;
150 acres in woods. Timber
enough to saw seven hundred
thousand feet of lumber. A line J
location for truck or stock farm.
Six good mules. Gin outfit; j
engine and boiler; all necessary
farming tools; also store with
new stock of $>3000 00. The
store alone will pay 10 per cent.1
on the whole investment. Six
uice dwelling houses all nicely
painted. This farm must be
sold by October 1st, or it will
not be for sole. UeasoD for sell
ing toy time is nil taken up with
other husuie-s. 1 also have for
sale a small farm of 37 acres with
a good 4 room house on it.
Address,
Jas A. Sanders,
a20 to 1st. Raleigh, N. C.
STORE FOR RENT. (
1 have a nice two story brick
store, 23x80 feet for rent on
reasonable terms. Will reDt one
or both floors Apply to W. G.
Yelvington, Smithfield, N. C.
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure is certainly a '
wonderful remedy tor Indigestion. Dy
spepsia and weak stomachs They say
it never fails to cure and that it strength
ens the digestive organs and makes the
stomach and breath as sweet as a rose.
Hood Bros Benson Drug Co. -I. K.
Led better.
GINNING NOTICE.
Ourgiuuery has been remodeled
and is in good condition to give
the public perfect satisfaction.
We are prepared to gin 30
bales each day. We will pav the
highest market price for seed.
Our charges are 40 cents per
hundred, Bagging and Ties Free.
Bring us your cotton.
Respectfully,
Smithfield Binning Co.
T. J. Band, Manager.
On September 1st /Mr. n
Milton R. Siallings came "
to Smithfield to help me
agafti this fall in selling
Sewing \1jchines. We
havs the machines just
from the factory and i,
are ready to carry them
out to you. Let us
know at once if you
want one
New Home .
and Domestic '
j. M. BEATY,,
Suiitlifielcl. M. C. .
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m il/ John S. Barnes & Co. have this U/
?i day disolved by mutual consent,
jj M. G-. G-ulley and Riley R. G-ulley
? having bought the interests of jj
John S. Barnes and D. T- Barnes. ,
|j G-ulley & Gulley will continue ;
'h business at the same stand. We
* will thank all who owe us to make
immediate payment. Thanking
one and all for a very liberal pat
g ronage of the past and asking a j
| like liberal share for the new con- jj
W cern- S i
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H CLAYTON, - North Carolina.
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Want
YOUR
I Order anything you want to eat
FROM THE
Acme Grocery Co.,
? J. W. MOORE, Manager.
I SMITHFIELD, North Carolina.
The - Banner - Warehouse
OPENING
August 3rd, Was a Grand Success.
Prices have improved everv day since, and buyers are buy
ing freely. Prices to-day ranged from 6 25 to 30.00 for
leaf, with floor scrap selling from 2 00 to 5.00, and our
customers were all pleased and are our best drummers.
The people of our section all know Mr. A. B. Bray the A. T.
Co's. buyer that was with U6 3 years ago and paid such
hign prices. He is with us again and would be glad to see
all his friends and give them the top of the market for their
tobacco Bring your tobacco to Benson. Sell with the
Banner Warehouse and we will guarantee you satisfaction,
honest weights and fair dealings. Thanking oue and all
for their liberal patronage, we are,
Yours to serve,
J. YA/. Jones & Co.,
Proprietors.
Special Rates to Raleigh
VIA
Southern JReulw/oy on account
North Carolina State Fair
Ou account ef the shore occasion the Hnnthcn H dlwny will sell round
rip ticketii to RALKIIiH from nil points In Votth Carolina including Nnrfolji,
tichmond. Lynchburg. llanvi le and i otrrnu dime p ints if the state of Vireitiin.
t rati of i m> flrstrlnss limited fun-, plus flift.v'c'cntfor the t tittd trip, ubieli
Deludes on. admission to the Fairground* Minimum rut ? including one :vd
lisslon, one dollar ($1) The following ratiapply l rom pni ,ts named:
Goldsboro - $2.05
Sclma - - $i.4o
For military companies and Inns, hands. .">0 or a ore on one tlcke-, special
educed rates wi I he furnished on application
Tickets on sale Oct. 1 -"1 tli. to 20th and for troins to arrive Hak'lgh forenoon
><?'. 21st, with Hnsl return limit.Oct. 2:lrd
For full particulars call on any agent or address,
T. K. OUKKN, < . T. A.,
Italelgfc. N. C.
Printing
direct it to THE HBRALD Smithfield
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