I PHILLIPA'S| SIMPLE LIFE | ( By Constance D'Arcy Nickiy. ( / Copyrighted, 1907. by K. C. Parcolls. / "And so you ure going Id for It In dead earnest, rusticity, breakfast food* and all?" teased Keith 11llliurtl. hiuII Ins as he spoke, for riiilllpn Kumsay, I:i the role of reformer, was a |>erMon to conjure with. She wore nil nlr of Quality that Keith hail never seen he fore, and in her dark eyes was the gleam of an unalterable purpose. The Itox of chocolates that he had brought her remained untouched on a table near by a silent witness of rhlllipn's change of heart. Even her house dress had a touch of earnestness. The trailing, shimmering gowns that had always seemed part and parcel of her personality were re placed by gray homespun. Her hair was drawn back smoothly from her brow and colled low on the hack of her neck. Most significant of all from beneath the edge of her skirt l>eei>ed forth n pair of slippers with low heels. "Rife, said I'liilllpu seriously, "Ik altogether demoralized. Wo spend too much time over fuss and feathers. We are hampered by all this" u wave of the hand Included the unobtrusive lux ury of the Hamsay drawing room. Its books and pictures and rosily shaded lumps. "If we had Just the simple necessities and no more, think how quietly and sanely we should live. From this time on I am done with the frills of existence. And tomorrow I leave for the mountain camp where I shall spend the summer with half a dozeu people who share the same point of view." nilllard's lips twitched a little. "Isn't this rather?rather sudden?" he queried. "It's none the less sincere," returned I'hlllipn spiritedly, "And that means you are done with the city and the things of the vlty forever?" "Forever!" echoed Fhtlllpa solemnly. "Oh. Keith, think how lienutlful It Is going to lie! Dawn and sunset and storm and n glimpse of the sturs through the open tent flap! And to sit around a blazing tire and eat the things prepared with our own hands!" "And where do I come In In this new and splendid scheme? Am I never to see you again, or am I to subsist on letters?" "If you would only Join our colony!" I'hilllpa glowed with enthusiasm. "Mr. ?nd Mrs. Marsden and Richard Feu wick and"? "It sounds alluring, but meantime what would liecome of my clients?" "You could give tip the law alto gether," said I'hilllpa serenely, "and become a woodsman." "This Is only June. Perhaps I'll run up two months luter," said HUlturd, lingering over his goodby. "Do!" urged I'hilllpa, apparently un aware of the look he l>ent on her, for her eyes had the furoff gaze of one who was seeing visions. It was a clear morning on the 1st of August that Illlllard walked briskly down the slope leading from the lllll orest hotel to the lake and lioathouso below. Ou one side stretched the vel vet expanse of the golf course, where a chattering group were starting an early game; on the other was the ten nis court, the rackets of the players flashing In the sun. Sounds of "Fif teen love!" reached Illlllard as he step pel Into the launch that was waiting at the boathouse landing, lie gave bla directions and then settled back on the cushioned seat. ? amp luie l.ase was live miles away, at the other end of the lake, a place rendered secluded by reason of Its rocky approach, which required the coolness uud precision of a well trained boatman. The launch flashed through the water at full speed, but not fast enough to suit Milliard's Impatience. It was weeks since he had had more from rhllllpa than a hasty postal card. Jtnd his blood raced at the thought of seeing her. As the launch seared the lauding, steered In and out between the muss greened bowlders, be scanned the shore for a glimpse of her. Some one In a gray walking skirt was stoop ing over a smoldering fire. She raised her head. It was Phillips. "Oh. Keith," she erled, "you've eouie Bt last!" The hand she held out to him was brown and hard. The mark of a burn ran from wrist to elbow. She was worn and thin, and a tiny furrow Khowed between her brows. On the ground lay a pile of pots and pans and what seemed to l?e the charred re mains of a day's baking. Rut Milliard tactfully Ignored the signs. lie chat ted of mutual acquaintances, of all that had transpired since he and Phil lipa had last met. It was only when be mentioned that he was stopping at the Mlllerest hotel that l'hllllpu paused to refer to her present mode of life. * "It's beautiful!" she declared In a tone that held more of challenge than of comment. "Sure!" he agreed heartily. "The air is simply great! But where are the others?" he asked, with a glance st the seemingly deserted camp. "Oh, two have gone for a walk and one to pick flowers, and two are writ ers and have a place where they work farther up In the woods." "And one does the dishwashing and baking and tends the fire," said Mil liard, with a keen glance. Phillipn flushed. "To each his portion," she quoted. "And to some n triple portion. Ap parently this Is one of those csrnps where there is one worker and Ave tblrfcers." "If you came here to criticise"? be dun Pbllllpa. "Far be It from me." sulil 111 !1 :nr?l , I hastily "By the way, the (lay after tomorrow we're having a hop at the hotel. It promises to be quite un event." "I suppose there are n lot of girls there," sild 1'hillipa, he aling to stir the tire. "Stunners!" erled Milliard, with en thusiasm. "V. ??II. goodby, riiillipu. | I'm awfully glad you're so happy, and I'll see you soon again." "Won't you stay for luncheon?" nrged I'hilllpa in a tone which Im plied that he had lictter not. "Thanks, no. I've got to get hack Sk.> looks as If we might have a lilt of a squall, doesn't It? All prepared?" "We can lake care of ourselves, I thin! ." il l 1 h'III.-a, with dignity. Ilillhir '- weather prophecy came true w :'i i r , !:ty ami violence that kept the ? "iic ? : I Illllcrest housed for two da;. ' .'he squall," as Milliard expressi !'. "settled Into a goisl long cry," with tin rain coining down In torrent-. never clearing III! the night of the dunce, when Milliard set off in a s i I nit to see i'hllllpu. Whea lie reached f'ninp Idle Ease It was all In darkness, with every evi dence that Its occupants hud retired for the night. The sagging canvas of I lie lent! was sout a 11 nun mown awry, the cuiniiflre wua 11 dreary smolder of damp wood mid ashes, and iik Hilliard stepped gropingly forward the ground oozed and sozzled underfoot. Sudden ly from some pluoe on his right came the sound of n inutlled soli, anil, peer ing through the blackness, he saw a huddled figure on the rustle bench the camp possessed. There was 110 mis taking that dark head bowed on the circled arms. "I'hllllpa!" cried llllliard. She raised a startled, tear wet face. "I thought you were at the the hop," she quavered, her voice failing and breaking 011 the Inst word. "Without you? Not much!" "But those other girls"? I'hllltpn's tones were still inultled. "Girls!" For a moment Hilliard was utterly bewildered. Then a light broke I11 on him. 11c laughed outright. "Why, I'hllllpa, surely you know there never was and never will Is- any one else but you! As for the hotel - your aunt and uncle are waiting there for you now. And they've brought your trunks?all of them. 1 thought." he went on, "that If you khew how much It meant to me you'd change your mind and come. You're not an gry with me. are you?" he added as I'hllllpa turned away her head. I'hllllpa's voice held something strangely like a sob. "Angry! Oh, Keith, before you came tonight I was the most miserable girl In the whole wide world! I find the simple life Isn't what 1 planned at all. I'm tire 1 nntl sick and disgusted Somehow the brunt of It seems to come on me. All day long I work, and at night I dream of greasy dishes to be washed, and a kettle that won't boll, and tents that let In the rain, and"? "There, dear, I know. Bnt remem ber It's over and done with. And it's getting late, and your aunt will be anxious, so hadn't you hotter run and tell those other campers that you're coming with me?" A few moments later Illlllard's sail boat was skimming in the direction of the lllllcrest. I'hllllpa sat In the stern. "When a woman," she mused, "has to choose between a mode of life and the man she loves. It doesn't take her very long to make up her mind. Rus ticity and simplicity may be all very well, but felicity Is best, after all!" What Hungarian Partridge Is. A writer lu l>ii' WoeUe warns tour ists It jr-l illMt till' tflUJltJlt lolls of till" llill of fnio mill commends tho old (ii-rniuii adage. "What tho peasant knows not ho w ill not oat." "Special or national dishes." ho says. "should Is- avoided liecauso In orilor to approolute thorn one uitist ho accustomed to tliera. We always form an idea aw to what these dishes should taste like, and our first experience with them is always dis appolntlug. If you must eat these na tional protluots of the kltcheu, order thorn In the Ix-st hotels or at the Urst class restaurants, for there they are Idealized hy careful preparation and sU|iorlor Ingredients." The writer gives speelal warning against the dishes with queer names w hich are served in Aus tria and advises tourists to ask what these preparations are before ordering and eating them. As an example ho quotes "Hungarian partridge." which may lie found on nearly all hills of fare. This Is really a dish made of pork "leavings"?namely, ears, tails, muzzles, etc., "and as little like the name as the Englishman's cheese prep aration Is like a Welsh rabbit." Artificial Freckles. The tobacconist started guiltily. On a table Itefore him lay a row of ci gars. a row several yards long, which he was spraying carefully with a brush dipped In a clear liquid with an ammouiaeal smell. "But you are a connoisseur," he said blandly. "You know that the little brown spooks on a cigar wrapper mean nothing; hence I don't mind telling you what I am about. "The stuff 1 am spraying on these weeds Is a patent acid that costs i an ounce. I mix It with ammonia, and every drop of the mixture that X east on a elgar wrapper makes a brown freckle?a brown freckle exactly like those natural ones that raindrops and , the sun form on the growing tobncco I leaves of Cuba. "You see. many smokers Ignorantly I Imagine that a cigar's excellence Is ! determined hy the freckles on its wrapper. I am pandering to this Ig norance now. It Is disgraceful, but It pays."?Cincinnati Enquirer. Ytnbl Our delicious Cod Liver preparation without oil. Better than old-fashioned cod liver oil and emulsions to restore health for Old people, delicate children, weak run-down persons, and after sickness, colds, coughs, bronchitis and all throat and lung troubles. Try it on our guarantee. HOOD BROS. Col. Bryan's Illustrated Book of Travel. The success of Col. Bryan'snew hook "The Old World aud Its Waj *" gives striking testimony to hie hold on the popular mind. It recounts and profusely illus trates his recent journey around t-lie world. It has been issued five months, and we are advised tnut hi tha' short period, four l*i editions aggregating 11, (100 copies nave lieen called for. I e reports of agents, which have been submitted to US, would' indicate that the demand for it! is well nigh spontaneous and universal?that it exceeds that for any other book published for the subscription trade since the period of "Grant's Memoir." Col.! Bryan's book with like success; depends upon no sympathetic element for its strength. But it has on the part of the people the enduring feeling of personal con fidence in the great moral and intellectual integrity of its author. It has hii kjiihIIv pronounced admiration for his brilliant abili ties, and the untiring energy that enabled him to cover the world in hie noted tour?and to photograph and e pleaded ! in bar of their recovery, and all peraons ?n- | debted to said * state will make immediate payment. This 24th day of Sept.. 1907. J. A. HOLLY, Admr. ^ NOTICE. My virtue of a power of sale, contained in a en tain Mortgage Deed, executed by W. M. Narron and wire M. E. Narron to Wiley Nar ron, the 9th day of February int>4. and regis tered in the Registry of Johnston County. N. j in Hook "S" No. 8, page 37*2, the under- \ signed, as Mortgagee, will sell at the Court; House door, in the town of Hmithlleld, N. C., at public auction, for cash to the highest bid der. on Ootober 2f?th, 1207. at the hour of 12. being Saturday, the following lands, as here in set forth; A11 of the right, title and undivided interest of the said W. M. Narron. in the lands of his deceased father. Iredell Narron. subject to the life estate of Mrs, Frances Narron, sur viving widow of Iredell Narron. deceased. The lnnds are situate in O'neai* township. Johnston County, N. C.. bounded on the North by the lands of W. W. I.atnrn, on the West by the lands of Gaston Woodard, on the South i?y the lands of J. II. Smith, on the Fit-o i.> the lands of John Johnson, also the lands known as the lands purchased of W. H. Ward, which is bounded by the lands of K. R. Iiailey, J ii. Smith and others, containing in all three tracts, about two hundred and thir ty three ai res, more or less. (2533). The object of this sale is to satisfy the amount uue on th*j Note this Mortgage se cure*. This September 24th. 1907. WILK V N A KHON. Mortgagee. John A. Narron. Attorney. NOTICE. %ZS&'8!?&. I'? 8?P?"or Court. Before the Clerk, Sept. 17th, 1907. In the matter of Vernon Van Duke Duncan by his Guardian P. T. Duncan and Vernon Van Duke Duncan. By virtue of the authority of a Judgment obtained in a special proceeding entitled as above the undersigned commissioner will on Monday Nov. 4th, 1907. sell at public auction to the highest bidder at the court house door mi i' o'clock, m. the herein after described tract of land. Beginning at a stake on the road in line of Lot No. 2, and corner of Lot No. 3. and runs as line of Lot No. 3 8 87 K. 27.10 cha'ns to a stake on Haw Branch, thence down said branch to pointers formerly a sweet gum, thence 8. 3 \V. 38.11 chains to the road, thence as the road to the beginning, containing (70) acres more or less. About 40acres cleared, a valuable farm nicely located. Terms of sale '?j cash, balance in 1 and 2 years. This September 17th. 1907. Ja>. A. Wrllons, Com. Wei Ions & Morgan, Atty's. NOTICE! By virt ue of authority of a judgment of the Superior Court rendered in a certain Special Proceedings Before the Clerk in a certain cause, entitled: In re Kerney Kas-m. Guardian for Jason Price and Bettie Price, (incompetent irom want of under standing The undersigned, as Commissioner, will sell for cash, at public auction, to the highest bidder, at the Court House door, in the to"?n o. Sniithtleld. North Caro lina. 4 6 acres, lot No. Ill containing 64 acres and lot No. IV containing 63 3 6 acres. This land is sold for division among the heirs at law of Kittie A. Sanders, deceased. The same is being sold under order of Court and the title to the same is absolute and per fect This land is situated in a good com munity, splendid neighborhood and in a healthy location. There will be no by bidding at this sale. A plot of this land can be seen at any time in the office of E. S. A bell R. S. a BELL. Commissioner. This 1st dav of October, 1907. NOTICE ! By virtue of the authority contained in a judgment ot' the fluperior Court, in the pro cecaing entitled J, A. Morgan vs. J. W. Wood, Jr., obtained at last term of the Superior Court, 1 shall sell for cash at the court nouse door in the town of Smithfleld on Monday, November 4. 1907, at 12 o'clock M., the herein after described track of land Beginning at a stake, corner of Medic Me Lamb's dower, and runs N. 42 poles to a pine, thence S. SO E. 16 poles to a stake, thence N. 4 R. 04 poles to a stake, thence S. 06 E. 58,54 poles to a stake, thence S 1 W. 56 poles to a stake in Smithti Id and Fayetteville road, thence with said road S. 61S W. 21 poles to a stake, thence 4 W. 72 poles to a stake, thence N. 69 W 2S 2 5 poles to a pine stump, thence N. 37\ W. 40 poles to the beginning, containing (43\ ) acres ; J as. A. Wki.lons, Com. Wellons & Morgan, Attys. NOTICE ! By virtue of the authority contained in a mortgage Deed executed to rae by W. K. Parrish and wife L. A. Parrish on 1st day of August 1906 and due January 1st 1907. Same duly recorded in the Registry of Johnston County, Book M. No. 9, page 344, I shall sell for cash to the highest bidder at the court house door in the town of Smithfleld at 12 o'clock M. Mondav November 4,1906. the here inafter described tract of land. Beginning at a stake In J. K. Bailey's line and runs as said line North 23 E.213 feet to W. M.Zanders line, thence said line N. 67 W. 100 feet to a stake, thence 8. 23 W. 233 feet to Hudson Street, thence as said street S. ?i7 K. 100 feet to the beginning, containing (.H) acre more or less. This Sept. 26th. 1907. J. A. Morihn, Mortgagee. Wellous \ Morgan, Attys. Balloon Goes 603 Miles. London, Oct 13.?The Daily iGraphic balloon, which left the Crystal Palace at 6:20 last even ing, has broken the oversea rec ord The occupants relet:raph from Gothenburg: ' We crossed f-oin Yarmouth to North Den mark, traveling at great speed (iver Scandinavia we lost our hearing, a fog existing. We de ecended at Hracko, Sare?en, at 1:30 to da.v." The total distance travpled was 003 miles Assistant? What is the matter? Editor? I wrote "The Solons who control thp party?" Assistant? Yes? Editor?And the printer made it "saloons!"?Cleveland Leader. To check a cold quickly, get from your druggist some little Candy Cold Tablets called Pre ventics. 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