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o <i Professor and Dead Letter. By Nellie Cravey tiillmore. ( riplited, WW, by i\ C. IjuUneDt. Bel ill ;'b Introduction to the new (troffssor was a distinctly uuoerewonl oils one. Tripping liyjlitly acroaa the iiiikI sogg.-d pavement, she suddenly caught oil" foot In n tangled heap of wire?flung down from the telephone and telegraph lines by the ravaging hand of n recent hurricane?und stum hied preelpltateli Into the arnm of a hi aid giant, who supported her valur otiHly till she had Idushlngly reeov 'red tier poise. ' Thanks awfully," she said. "You have doubtless saved my life." "Your frock, more likely," he replied, lifting lus hat. "I inn no end glad I happened along at the propitious mo went." Belinda returned him a little com bination smile and nol as she lifted her dainty, erlsp skirts and pursued her ? way cautiously across the slippery street. flardlmnn restrained his eagerness until a reasonably safe length of time had elaps d lie fore turning to look around, lie had gained the opposite sidewalk hy this time, and Ills glance ti.iek at tin girl betrayed Instantly to the casual pedestrians that the profess or had been abruptly shaken from hi i I phlegmatic attitude of mind. Belinda turned Into Oak street all unconscious of the scrutiny that fol lowed her. and Ilardliuau continued ' Ids way In a tumult of chaotic rclloe Hour. He reached Ills hotel In a state of mind that was quite Impossible The very first look Into the girl's face had thrilled him startllngly. The a< cldentnl contact of her delicate form against his had finished the Job. He told himself that it was u case of love at llrst Right. So much for the explo slon of hi* lifelong theories! Then a perfect regiment of doubts and fears aasallei] him. Perhaps after all she was not a girl, but a married woman. The professor ate his dinner iu si letice. Afterward he went to his room and for iodic Inexplicable reason ex change] IP - dark suit for one of lighter ami more b coming texture. lie brush ed his hair painstakingly, placed u soft gray alpine hat on Ids head and saun tered forth In quest of?fresh air. It was almost dark before lie returned, disappointed and oddly depressed. He eschewed supper altogether and went buck to Ids room for a,sol 'ir.v cigar and meditation. Meanwhile Belinda h?l reached home, put on a pair of dry hoots and settled herself for a quiet afternoon. School would open 011 Monday, and she would not have many more afternoons to lounge, as they would lie given over to outdoor recreation ufter the trying hours of the morning. The town clock, striking (1, aroused her. She tore up the last letter, old love letters they were, and tossed the bits Into the grate. Then she made a careful toilet and went downstairs to dinner. Teddy Kv eritt was coming over that evening, she recollected, but for the tirst time in ninny months the prospect of a visit from that individual ga\? her no par ticular pleasure. Sunday morning sins selected her most becoming gown and hat. It was n perfect day, and her satisfaction was almost complete. She created the usual stir as she walked up the aisle of the village church and took her scut near the front. Loss than tlvo minutes aft erward the professor came In and sat down tti the pew opposite. He had been waiting outside half the morning, unobserved, but alert After service Belinda gave him a fleeting smile of recognition and for some reason that was neu- to her turned und hurried home as fast as her pretty patent leather covered feet could carry her. When school opened the following day. the first person she encountered on entering the faculty hall was the new professor She blushed to her eurs and tried valiantly to retain her scholarly demeanor, but the dogged crimson showed persistently through the ?'intied cheeks, and her eyes were puzzles. 11.,...it 1 ?- - - ? m 1 <11 wiiJWi IJ I.1UUI' liu i'UUri I?? COIUT.'II his gratification, or. If ho did, he won not at nil successful The rest of the teachers looked on In good naturod amusement. None of them were old maids. In a mouth the acquaintance grew to Intimacy. In two It became a serious proposition. After three the only thine tacking were the words and the ring Tiie professor had at last made up I his mlnil to propose. He had meant to restrain Ills ardor till the close of the term, but when It became manifest that the adorable little Instructor of : grnde No. I reciprocated his afTectlon prudence was thrown to the winds He sat In his study jxinderlug. Sud denly he cot to work disposing of his reports In short, but thorough, order He made a point of never slighting his duties for anything. Then he drew forth a square envelope and sheet of i white paper to match. This seemed to him the most direct and final way -of settling matters between them Belinda was n coquette, there was no getting arovnd that fact, even In one's most generous moments, and Hardl mau was determined to corner her completely. lie composed his lines carefully: they were Inspirational. And now that he had broken the lee at last he meant to carry things to a rapid finish The professor was nothing If ?not buslnoijlke. lie fished In a draw ?or and pulled out a teacher's resigna tion blank This he put in a separate envelope and directed both to the dear est girl Iti the world. The following morning the postman's shrill whistle br ugbt Belinda herself to the door She took the mall aud glanced through It hastily, rivers of scarlet tlowlug over her cheeks us she recognized llanllniuu's tamlllar bock haiul. Khe tore open the envelop* eagerly and scanned the contents with whitening face. The paper fell from her tlngerH. a:id she leaned limply ugnlnst the hanlster tail. So she was asked. In the briefest possible way, to resign, and s' " had dared to dreaut? she had 1 K'oit s ? sure she had Issui -licit a fool! b'ae smothered the soli In her throa! an I In tptlek scorn of her felf dashed the lint tears from her eyes Then si pulled herself togeth er sharply an I w ent upstulra. With trembling flniters she tilled out the blank pud dlreete I It to the board. Drab weeks followed. Kvery ef fort the profe sor made to gain mi nn ill a o with lielludu failed. lie had mortified and Insulted her thigrantly. i..I i he would ? c that he pit no more ha' to to t. at the Indignity. As to Hardline!:, lie was on the rnek. Fool like, he reflected, tie had rushed In and 11l -hleinoL her away with Ids maudlin, i: pprtuimh lovcmuklng, mid thus lost her for pi > I Itat perhaps, after all, It v not fa- hliu that she cared, but the other fellow! What a dolt In- hud ' -n to | 'i -.iitue upon the affection of i mat'hi s creature like that! Life ?w to be a hitter struggle to him. i I lie I" ail nil at once to look Ills thirty five years It v. as In May, almost Hie close of school The day was warm ami op pres he, and a lazy breeze was blow In ; Tl " pri lessor made his way In eli-out wearl ess toward the school house, stopping on the way to get his mail from the postotliee. There wer ? evornl circulars In Ids box and Ills breath stopped a communication from the dead letter ofllee. He broke the .1 anxiously, an Intuitive knowledge ?f what It contained making his heart I!iiiiii|i thickly. Sure enough: "Miss Itollndn Maxwell, Greenville, Colo." Anil this "us Alabama! Unudulter utol. blue labeled carelessness anil si lipid lly! If living In a place five ."lis iinibl mnke <>ne responsible for 4ii Idiotic blunder of Ibis sort, what ?! .> bail lie not ilonet lie walked out of the postofllce In a daze. All was dear enough now. She bail never received Ids letter at all, only thnl wretched, confounded blank! No won der she had frozen the very air ubont h! n 110 wonder! Out In the open air, lie quickened Ills footsteps. It was al ready Konly ten uilnutes before the opening of school, hut he turned dl ri ctly into Oak street an I forgot that he had ever been such a thing as prin cipal of the Greenville High school. I i the ilk tatice he caught sight of a familiar blue tailor made gown, lie doubled Ids pace and was quite up with Hell.ida before she realized Ills nearness. To her haughty glance, her cool drawing away from him, llurdl man paid no attention whatever, but thrust the letter into her hands In a determined, masterful way which she could not resist. Hypnotized, she opened It and read the lines through, the crimson moving In her cheeks: My Darling?I want you to give up teaching and let me do It for both. I am not mistaken In thinking that you will come to me'' Just a line, giving mo the right to spook, and I shall attempt to tell you In a different way. in a thousand dif ferent ways, how much 1 worship you. Moat earnestly. It W. H. Belinda caught her hlenth In some thing Is'twccn a sob and a laugh us she lifted her eyes shyly to his keen, appealing, apologizing ami at Inst com manding glome. The profe-sor was tardy, very tardy, that morning, but he gave his excuse ?if a headache glibly and mendaciously and dismissed pupils and teachers for a holiday. This he spent with Belinda. England's National Color. Why red should have been selected as the natlouu! color becomes Intel ligible when wo look at the cross of St George, Sir Walter Scott, when be wrote of how "their own sea bHth whelmed those red cross powers," was merely anticipating the phrase of to day. But Oliver Cromwell, when for the llrst time lie put the Kngllsh sol ?Iter In a red coat, probably did as much as St. George to monopolize red as the national color. The aggressive cdor has. however, many meanings and Ins lent Itself to many uses. In the days of the Romans when It flared on the head of a slave It stood for freedom; In Hie days of the French revolution It stood for freedom hacked hy blows, while In the streets of the (?Ity today the red cross stands for succor. So far hack as the reign of Henry II. there was a red book of the exchequer, a record of the names of all who held lands "jaw baronlam," and at this moment persons of conse quence in the service of the state And their names entered In a red book.? Eondon Chronicle. Curious Marriage Customs. Wedding customs In Servla. that lit tle kingdom In Europe, are curious In deed from un American standpoint For Instance, neither the bride nor the bridegroom Is the most Important fig ure In a Servian wedding, but the best man takes the leading part. He care fully guards the bride all the day he fore the wedding takes place, and sleeps outside her chamber the night before the girl Is to be married. He wears a big stiff sash made of heavy silk, carries ? big white staff an I a huge bouquet all for himself. There arc no bridesmaids, but two god fathers. each of whom presents to the bride a silk dress. After the priest has performed the ceremony the best man takes the bride around the church and she kisses all her girl friends good- | by and is finally carried off to the ?bridegroom, who at last gets his wife) from the hands of the best man. Then i the happy couple return to their In-1 tended home. Rrldal tours are foreign to Servian Ideas and only the very rich j or the nobility Indulge In them. a gB ?j R?n'"tr?n Frr-i&f!* L/? ??' i * v. .t'lail* V 3 y ./. W l.T, 1 ZT TO /*. ' ht ti cm with out iur. lies to l.tivr more time to read. <t l.i Ills style us a writer Lit uj.itiil.i Frankllii us it boy 2 rend pa. sages from Addison's Spectator, then two or three days luter trletl to reproduce them, lie was careful not to memorize the language, hut only fixed the thought lu his ml ml, then by comparing his own language with the original was enabled to discover the defects lu his style. To Improve his conduct Franklin mode out a list of the cardinal virtues, then marked down uuy Infraction of them during each day. He also adopt ed early in life a set of simple rules for his guidance. In youth Franklin happened to read j Xenophou's description of the Bocrutle method, and it made a lasting Impres slon on his mind. lie decided to drop the dogmatic way of making state ments und to follow the plan of the wise old Athenian. To this habit of asking questions and mnklng sugges tlve nnd tentative statements rather than being self assertive and positive Franklin ascribed much of his later success as a writer nnd dlplotnut. He ran away from Boston while n i mere stripling, yet before he left he had read every book ou which he could luy his hands. He even went without his lunches with the twofold object of having more time In which to read und of^havlug more money to spend for UUUKB. Franklin's first notable success was with "Poor Richard's Almanac," the (junlnt and wise sayings In which at tained immediate and worldwide pop- ' ularlty and were translated Into ulmost | every known tongue. In Franklin's electrical experiments, especially the famous one with the kite, he endangered his life, yet so Intent was he on discovering the truth that he seemed utterly Indifferent to per sonal peril. Franklin's moral courage wns shown nowhere more than In his treatment of his Illegitimate son, William. lie took the boy to live in his own home and introduced him everywhere as his Bon, both in America nnd Europe. Officers Captnre Distillery In Johnston County. Revenue officer* W. (J. Pool and K. YV. Merritt returned to the city yesterday afternoon and report the capture of a distillery near Four Oaks in Johnston county. Within time miles of Smithtteld they found where a large disi tilery had beer in oper ation. but the still had just been moved, ho wet er Ibe officers de Btroyed t he fourteen ferment ere. five buckets and some malt. Some of the fermeniere would have held 200 gallons The offi cers said that the sinus in the woods and old fields around in dicated that it was one of the largest blockade distilleries ever located in the woods in John ston. There were no oneateitlu r place when the officers arrived ? Raleigh Times, Saturday. A tickling cough, from any cause, fs quickly stopped by Dr. Shoop's Cough Cure. And it is also thoroughly harmless and safe, that Dr. Shoop tells moth ers everywhere to give it with out hesitation even to very young babes The wholesome green leaves and tender stems of a lung-healing mountainous shrub, furnish the curative properties to Dr. Shoop's Cough Cure. It calms the cough, and heals the sore and sensitive bronchial membranes No opium, no chlo roform, i otliing harsh used to injure or suppress. Simply a resinous plant extract, that helps to heal aching lungs. The Span iards call this shrub which the Doctor uses "The Sacred Herb." Demand Dr. Shoop's. Take no other. Hood Hros. Death in Bentonsvllle. A fewdnysngoMr.il. A Jackson died at his home in lientonsville township, leaving a wife and t vp children. He was in his 29 th v ear He was a consistent 11 if ro be r of 1'auliue 15 iptist church. Three or four dave before his death he called his frieuds to his bedside, said he must die and that he was prepared to go He then gave some instructions about hi* business and about Ins burial. He said he loved rr., enurch and every meiuber of it lie then put out his haud and said "I want to shake hands with you as a brother, you have been good to me." He was buried at the church he loved and served so well. Nov 24th. J. Yfnbl 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. NOTICE! On the 11th of Dec. 1907 1 will sell at public auction at my resi dence at ttie J. Ben Howell farm the following property: Two mules. 6 and 13 yrs old, out: iron axle cart, one mowing machine, one Cutaway harrow, all farming implements, corn, fodder, peas, etc. Terms cash. Levi Edwards. This Nov. 12, 1907. JERSEY BULL FOR SALE. I have a tine three year old Jersey bull for sale. His father and mother were both registered Jersey. He weighs about eleven hundreds pounds and can be bought, for fifty dollars. Come quick if you want him. W. B. Penny, Clayton. N. C. tiam r> ? t n ruic Wo have for sale 150 acres of cotton, corn and tobacco land, abou? (55 acres cleared. Fairly | good dwelling with three tenant i houses. 6 miles South of Four Oaks. Terms easy. See .Louis Rayner at his home near Joseph Lee's, or Jas. A. Welions at Smithtield. FOR SALE. Two sows and seven pigs each, one nice half Jersey heifer, forty barrels corn, four stacks fodder, three thousand pounds hay, one top buggy and harness nearly new, one dump cart, one horse wagon with tongue and shafts, one stalk cutter and other farm implements. Unless sold priv ately before, the above will be sold at public auction on Mon day, December 16th, beginning at 11 o'clock. W. R. Pate, at the Gibson Peterson place. AUCTION SALE OF LAND. I will sell at public auction, at the court house door, in the town \>f Smithtield, on Monday Dec.", 1907, at 12 o'clock, the land in Meadow township known as part of the N. T. Morgan land, con taining 58$ acres Parties want ing any information can see me at any time at my shop at Smith field, N O. A. H Phelps. NOTICE. I will offer for sale at t lay ton, N. C, the, personal property of J. E. Page deceased, on Wednes day December 18th, 1907, to wit: All the tools and fixtures in the wood repair shop, all the tools in the blacksmith shop, the plan ing mill including all the wood workinc machines, boiler, en. pine, saws, etc., as it stands with privilege of leasing the land it is on, one 25 horse power Flrie boiler, ah the rough and dressed lumber on the yard, two hearses, two wagons, six buggies, a lot of harness, farm implements, potatoes, a tine lot of Simpkins impro/ed cotton seed etc. For terms apply to E. R. Gulley, Admr. of J. E. Pago, deceased. Clayton, N. C., Oct. 26, 1907. Booker's Blacksmith Shop Opened Wednesday morning, September 11, in tlie rear of Smitnfield Supply Co's Store W ill do Wood and Black smith work and run a General Kepair shop. Horseshoeing A Specialty Come to see us. We will treat you right. O. V. <Sr J. E. Booker, Smithfield. N. C. | We Are 1 | Thankful j 5 FOR MANY BLESSINGS; S $ PROMINENT AMONG them, > > f/.e FACT f/iaf you HAVE ' C > INTRUSTED us with PART < C of TOt//? PATRONAGE. S < We /iope TO MERIT A > C CONTINUANCE OF SAML ^ c White Star Company > ^ "Goods of Quality" ^ < jj Do You Trade at Selma? $ m A ==r^r=^ ,,\ ,ii <n If you trade at Selma it will pay you to see us. jm We keep a first-class line of Clothing, {Hats, jmy Shoes and Gents Furnishing Goods. Our goods V are for men and boys only. Hy carrying a stock like that we are much better prepared to serve f^y I you in our line. Mr. Thad Woodard is with us c this season and willjbe glad to serve any who f^y may call to see him. Don't?Jfail to see our j^y goods and prices l] before you buy. * * tit ? W !}' Vick-SmitluConipany ?\ ^ SELJHA. N. C. ffi Vwt jn JWW ^MWIWVVVV-vwvwv S Up-to-date Hardware < I ^ s ^ Do not forget that we ^ keep an up-to-date 1 ^ Hardware store. Come ^ and you will tind what ^ you want Hardware ^ for the farmer, the / ^ house keeper, the car- f'j ^ penter, arid if a man -4 ^ hunts or fishes occas ^ ionally we can supply ^ ^ him also. M?fIron (I <1 I vjjrFenceH <k 4 ' 1N4. \\ ? < ChCINNATI, O. U 4 ^ ' ' \ \. Lo* prices *:^;I surprise *ou. J J 4 :? > Clayton Hardware Co., 5 C C. W. CARTER, Prop. ^ Clayton. N. C. S THE JOHN A. McKAY MFG. COMPANY J Dunn, N. C. Founders and Machinists Mill Supplies and General Machinery Manufacturers of the "McK." Sulky Stalk Cutter which is sold in Johnston ? county by W. M. Sanders, Smithfield; Farmers Merct Co., Selma; Clayton Hardware Co., Clayton; W. H. Oliver Son. Fine Level; The Adams Co , Four Oaks. Wall Hdw. & Fur. Co., Benson 'The Jno. A. McKay Mfjf, Co., Dunn, N. C. | IF INTERESTED TALK ? j* WITH J AS. H. KIRK MAN. SR.. g 5 About Fire Insurance ? Hoiti*r tlie olde.xt experienced agent in the county and W JO representing the oldest Companies ill the world, he knows 29 his business. And that knowl edge is at your command K M without cost, and probably for your benefit. His in- M flF surance rates are right, and his policies are safe and H sound?the kind you ought to have. See him at g S Smithfield Hardware Company's Store. g ff He will write your Insurance as low as any and lower W B than a good many. fa Roof Paints for shingles or tin, at H. Watson & l?ro., Kenly, n r. ? Leave your otders for En graved Visiting Cards at The Herald office. NOTICE TO MAGISTRATES. All Magistrates are requested to send in their papers for court so that I may arrange my docket. W. S. Stevens, C. ,S. C.
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