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PROMIN By EMERSC AUiHUK ot I triiL. WiMiooirri j ILLUSTRATIONS by Ra; COPYRIGHT 1912 BY EMERSON CHAPTER II. In Love Successful. "But, my dear?but Laura, you don't stop to think!" exclaimed a certain young man to a certain young woman, at a somewhat interesting and important moment of their lives. "You certainly do not mean to say?to tell me ?to tell me! Why??" He ceased, a gasp in his throat at the unbelievable effrontery of the ?1 liim in tVljc WUIU5AI1 Wiiu lawu luiu iu ? - , tion. All he had asked of her was to marry him. And she had hesitated. | It was a thing incredible! It was Mr. Rawn, our hero. It could have been almost no one else who could have sustained precisely this attitude at precisely such a time. As to the young woman herself, who now turned a somewhat pale face to one side as she left her hand in his, she might have been any one of many thousand others in that city. Her hair was brown, her features regular enough, her complexion nondescript, her garb non-committal. Not a person of ancient lineage, you would have said, or of much education in the world's ways, or of much worldly goods?these things do not always come to a saleswoman of twenty-five, whose salary is six dollars a week. Yet her face had in it now a very sweet sort of womanliness, her mouth a tender droop to it. He leaned again toward her. insis-i tent* frowning, imperious. This was as she had planned. What, then, lacked? If she had sought for some strong man to sweep her from her calm, why was she now so.calm? "You surely do not stop to consider," he renewed. "Why, look at me!" Laura Johnson did stop to consider. She wanted to be a wife, loved, cherished, supported, comforted and. protected. And certainly she could choose only among the opportunities offered her. This was her first opportunity. It might be her last. She sighed a trifle as she laid aside the earment of her girlhood, which had kept her sweet and clean for five J and twenty years. She folded both her worn and rather bony hands, put them both in his, and said, with a little smile that ought to have wrung his heart, "Well, John, if?if it must be!" John Rawn, then, married Laura j Johnson, and they lived unhappily I ever after. That is to say, she did. ! As for her lord, he did not notice his wife to any great extent after once they had settled down together, but came to regard her as one of those in-1 cidents of life which classify with | food, clothing, the need of sleep. j He was a solemn man in his home, i or at least for the most part silent j #IIe ate all the beefsteak there was on j the table when, there was but enough j for one, which latter often was the case, for his wife had need to be frugal! At times he would purchase a solitary ticket to the theater and go alone. Yet he was generous, and'always after his return home he would with line feeling tell his wife what he had seen. After the birth of Grace Rawn, their rtynfhtpr which occurred within the | first year of their wedded life, Laura Rawn had something, to interest her for the remainder of their days. Her '.horizon widened now immeasurably; indeed to the extent of giving her a world of her own wherein she could -dwell apart quite comfortably; one iin which her husband had no part. : Simple and just in her way of thought, f V*of nrithrtilf' 0 fciif; awcyiru twc nuiu tuuv h*u?vwv ^married life, without her husbaud. hundred dollars was as important es .. young Haisev's original idea; which latter Mr. Rawn had also appropriated. So now these two brought very considerable bundles of copper wire mid other things, and made several macmnes 01 ims ana me ociier suape, ana tried divers experiments. In all this wjork young Halsey's manual skill und technical training continually was in quest, John Rawn for the most part standing by and frowning heavily, watching Jacob labor for the earning rof Rachel: for Halsey knew this surrender of his idea was the price of Grace. Halsev had little hope of ultimate success in his appliances. Not *o Rawn. He had something akin to 3 reeling or ceruunty. I Differing th???yet who shall say they were not partaers, after all, since j all these things were true regarding j fchera??they at last emerged from the ( woodshed in Kelly Bow, after many , long weeks. They carried Into the { frovK room of the Rawn house in J?eflr tw p?w ** 4(r6/i7i*na ru>ail \ v AVVT* a VUMMi nuivu ently wa? to do large things. Thbl i novel and mysterious little macbiae, 1 with a glass jar underneath, maoy 1 eoils and wheels within, and &cl odd, f toothed crest of little upreadilng | metal fingers, had been produced only at great cost, great sacrifice. It had < seemed wholly right and reasonable ? that Jill of young Halsey's five hun- i drrd dollars should disappear little by t little, and it had done so, long ago. i It seemed proper that .the small sav- t img* wy^hk mri. iejMSta# I ENT CITIZEN IN HOUGH BUBBLE; 54-40 OR FIGHT. y Walters HOUGK tin Da"king-powrier can?for she was like her mother, part ground-squirrel, and secretive?should also disappear little by Httle, and they also had gone. In some way, only the women knew how, they all had had enough to eat, bo for as that meant actually neces sary food; but the entire Rawn family were a gaunt and haggard, as well as a wearied and anxious quartette, when finally they gathered about the little machine out of the woodshed. Their play was on one card and the card was turned. What was it? * * * In the most commonplace way in the world, and quite as though he had always done this very thing, Mr. Hen? Jt J 1- +v.? ry warneia aiariuiey, prebiuem ui mc I. & D. A. Railway Co., warned in advance by Mr. Rawn's telephone, came to the door himself. Presently the three, Rawn, Halsev and the president of the company for which both so long had worked, sat at the Iong-glasscovered table, where lay many papers. The president pushed a button and ordered the attendance of Mr. Theodosius Ackerman, the general traffic manager; so that now they made four in company. Very little was said, but after a time young Halsey nervously removed the newspaper from his little machine, and displayed it uncovered on the table, a ribbed and coiled and toothed little model, showing file marks here and there, and resembling nothing in particular in the world. Young Halsey, tacitly elected spokesman by Rawn, cleared his throat as he addressed the president of the road, for whom he still felt naught but awe. "We have put-our receiver in tune with the dynamo in the basement of this building, Mr. Standley," began he, finally. "And now you can see right here. on the table before you, about ail the j roof r?f if- tliaf- vo' h?v<? Tt isn't at- i tached to anything at all. There is no wired connection of any sort whatever. Now if we can run that electric fan over there with 'juice' that we can take right out of the air?with tfie second current which we take out of the motor in the basement?just as well as the primary current wired to the fan will run it, why, then, 5t looks to me as though our receiver nn rrVi f Jio q nfo/1 ?? 5) WrtTt ing device." The room was silent now. They sat looking at him. He resumed: "Besides, this receiver is more powerful than you think.. I suppose I could burst that fan wide open with it, by just wiring the two, after disconnecting the original wiring of the fan to the house dynamo." Halsey spoke very calmly, yet the hands of the president of the road, resting on the edge of the table, trembled Brightly. The fighting red had disappeared from the face of the G. T. M. He was bluish gray, as though deathly ill. He was, however, the first to recover. 41 Well, why don't you burst it, then?" he exclaimed savagely, mopping at his fcyehead. Every man present sprang back from the little instrument on the table. There came a slowly increasing purr of the motor, a series of Intense blue sparks showing at the IBHIil.. I liJlll ] Ltiliifjiiiliii11iiiit'llii -"Lfj^fcTTJ" ? V^I "I Am the Stenographer Assigned for Your Work." toothed points of reception. Ttu blades of the fan began to revolve faster and faster; so fast that at length both eye and ear ceased to reTitAn JVJt u LU(1|X UUiU(D, 1UOU, ?vc? Digui iad sound had failed to terra, there mine a cmt! There was a? fan oc the shelf where it had stood. Fragments of metal were buried ia the woodwork, In f-hn wall John R*wn wined the blood tram a cut oa his cheek, No one said anything. It was quite oommonplace, after aii. "You wished to see what it would 3o," said Halsey grimly. "The power seems to be there. Any time you like, any amount you like. And you saw that it didn't come in here by wire? it was only transmitted from the reeved, not to it. The fan is broken, MM r*wtT9r Is 4?st tbt loft it. "w oil, it iOu.'-:.s lis wt lmd settled a few questions, doesn't ! it9" Standb y turned an agitated eye j upon John Rawn. "Mr. Rawn," paid j he, "referring to the tenor of our ear- j lier conversation, I desire to say that I we are not in the habit of giving the lion's share to anybody?' "Suit yourself," said John Rawn, smiling. i "But in this case, as I said to you j at first, there's so much in this if there's anything at all, that there's no use splitting hairs over it." He receded rapidly from the position he coveted but saw he could not hold. "We ought to begin work at once. Er?Mr. Rawn, do you happen to have any present need for any money?personally?" "No/ answered John Rawn calmly, "I am in no need of funds. When the organization is completed, and I be- j gin my work as president of the power j company, I shall be glad to go on the pay-roll, of course. I should' add now that I expect Mr. Halsey to be my general manager in me mecnamuai department." "In regard to salaries,'* said the president, hesitating, "we might roughly sketch out something?" "My own salary will he a hundred thousand dollars a year," said " Mr. Rawn quietly. "I don't think we should ask Mr. Halsey to work for less thnn five thousand. Do you, gentlemen?" "There shall be no haggling, gentlemen, no haggling," said the president blandly. "It shall be as Mr. Rawn suggests." "That's the talk!" drawled Ackerman. "I'll tell you, Rawn, come in to-morrow. We'll get the patent lawyers and our corporation counsel, and begin work on this thing." That was all there was about it, the proceedings being wholly prosaic and commonplace. Mr. Halsey found again his newspaper, again wrapped up his machine therein, took it under his arm, and hesitatingly turned toward the door, the palest now, and most unhappy of them all. He had denied his own first-born. (TO BE CONTINUED). I Rheumatisml J Neuralgia I oprw Miss C. Mahcnet, of 2708 K. St., "W. Washington, I). C., writes: " I suffered with rheumatism for five years and I have pu&t got hold of yuur Liniment, and it has done me so much good. My knees do not pais and the swelling has gone." Quiets the Nerves Mrs. A/5Veidma2t, of 403 Thompson St., Maryrille. Mo., writes : ? " The nerve in my leg was destroyed five years ago and left me with a jerking at night so that I could not sleep. A ' *v./? vamf T.inirnant; Ill 1CJUU. tUiU XiAO IV H J juui and now 1 could not do without it. 1 I fijid after its use I can sleep." SLOANS LINIMENT "Is a good Liniment. I keep it on hand all the time. . 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C., meet* every first and I tbJrd Friday nigbt at 8?'clock In M&1 annir> hal?j Viiiltliifl' brethren ar? wel come. G. K. Dominick, Prof. J. S. Wheeler, Sar^em. Chief of Records. j 6-ll-!2-lyr. PjAtwkM ftosieiL Nu. 4. P. ef P. I 0. ? M. Cateechee Council, No. 4, D. of P., meets every other Tuesday night at 8 o'clock p. m.. in Klettner's Hall. Signet Chapter, No. 18, R. A. M. Signet Chapter, No. 18. R. A. M., meet* Ttry cecoil Monday mijbt at i ' ~ ^?2ft3aTie?C3?2?2n ^ | lursday, Feb. 6 J ^ 1\/Sfiip?^ Ill I7iUC^ with the Wonder# 4 * E SOUL"= d $1.50 !eeks' Drug Store. mi?Mi 11 MSMBga?? OLCMBIA, NEWBERBT & LAUBENS B. B. < t Sc!Je<iule in effect June 4. 1912. Subject to change without notice. ScfcteJuies liiu.canid are not guaranteed: A. C. L 52. 52. T tt OVioT-lckdnn . fi 00am 10.38DGL Lv. Sumter 9.40am 6.55pm a, n. & l. Lv. Columbia 11.35am 4.55pm Lv. Prosperity 1.12am 3.34pm Lv. Newberry 1.29pm 3.20pm f Ly. Clinton 2.30pm 2.35>m'Vj?^ Lv. Laurens 2.52pm 2.05pm C. & w. c. Ar. 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