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THE JAWS OF DLATH ?fl
I-CAMP FOB THF; NIGHT
"Well, sent?!" the driver observed I
cheerfully, withdrawing bead and fl
banda from long and Intimate com- I
munion with the stubborn genius be- I
neath the hood, "I reckon you all may I
as well make up your minds to chris- I
ten thla-hyeh salubrious spot Camp- fl
for-the-nlght, you won't be going no I
farther-not Just st present. Pulling I
this old wagon through them deserts fl
sands back yondeh has just naturally I
broke' the heart of that engine." fl
"What, precisely, is the troubler' I
Alan Law Inquired, rouging from aux- I
lous preoccupation?
"Plumb bust' all to hell," the chauf- I
four explained terp?My.
"Nothing could be fairer, more ex- I
act and comprehensive than that," H
Tom Barcus commented. fl
Law nodded a bead too wear ry to I
" respond to the other's humor. His -fl
worried eyes reviewed the scene of fl
the breakdown. I
"What's to be done?" he wondered fl
aloud. . fl
"Take it calm," tho affable chauf- flj
feur advised. "Frettin' won't get,you fl
all notbln.' If it waa me, I'd cali lt a fl
day, make a Ure, get them cushions fl
out of the cyah, and get some rest. 1
You can't do nothln' till I get back. ?
anyway, and that won't be much be- fl
fore sunup." 'fl
"Where are you going?" Barcus oe- ?
mended. _ fl
"Walkin', friend; Ju?; walkin'."
"What terr / fl
"To fetch help- leastwise, onlcsa I
you've got some kick com in' and 'ud* fl
ruther atop hyeh permanent'- fl
He turned off and busied himself fl
with preparations against his Jour- fl
ney. fl
"It's simply things like this made I
me believe this Isnt after all, noth- fl
lng more nor less than long-drawn fl
out nightmare," Barcus observed. fl
Mr. Law' was not attending; be had fl
turned away and waa Just then stand- fl
lng by the running board of the motor fl
car and civilly explaining to Miss Ju- fl
dith Trine Ute purpose of the chauf- ?
fenr'a expedition. fl
Discovery of this circumstance fl
worked a deep wrinkle between the fl
brows as well as into the humor of 1
Mr. Barcus.
Here,' he promised himself, was a
situation to titillate the Comic Muse
itself. He pointed out In turn the aev- fl
eral component parts:' the motor car
derelict in the hollow of those awful
and silent hills-for all the world like -fl
a mouse, petrified with fright at find- fl
lng Itself in the midst of a herd of I
elephants; in the car that aged mono- .1
maniac,. Mr. Seneca Trine, author of fl
S?! thc;: - WOOS ?wu . Miirirwi VcntUicJ*, ] fl
gnashing his teeth In impotent rage ;fl
to find himself in close juxtaposition j
to and helpless tb Injure the man for
whose life ho lasted with an insatiate I
passion; the latter standing outside
the car, In polite conversation with
Mr. Trlne's mutinous Judith, talking
to her in the friendliest fashion im
aginable, precisely an if she had not
fallen little shore pf compassing bl? ?
death/ hot once, but half a dosen ?
timeB; Judith -herself poised on the ?
running board attd smiling down st
her Ticiiui n ICh a ?srm:h patiently I
even more thsa tao-?snstk of friend
ship; and at aomfc little distance J
RAM tf TW! ?a?t)o nn<J Judith's fl
Bister, Vating her heart out with jeal- I
ousy of this new-sprung intimacy be
tween her sister and ker lover I... -1
"Bad bustaess. my friend ! " Barcus I
mentally apostrophized the unwitting I
Alan Law. "Bsd business-- and only
the beginning of it, or I'm no prophet I
It you had the wit with which Provt- I
dence.baa ettdowed the domestic I
goose, you'd realise that you might aa I
well encouraie the attentions of a I
Sy yodng cyclone aa the affections I
that' handaome, upstanding and I
able^roodled yoktog wofesn who's spn- I
ling her heart but of her eyea Into
yours this biased minute ap over l l
was! Not to-mention the trouble you ; I
aro brewing for yourself with the I
young woman td Whom your affections I
are uAaWervInkl* devoted!''
Foe lhierrupled himself to nod
knowingly and with profound con
viction: "t knew it Now it begins *
again."
For Ro8e had abruptly taken a hand
in the. affair^ a gestare of exasp?ra
tion prefacing her ck? : -Alate ! '.
>To.her Mr. Law turned Instantly,
wttt* auch alacrity tba?; none Who ;
wktcoed migh1* doubt which of tho two ?
women came first in his esteem. ?
rpwly ?hough furtively, itt. Barcus
e?*r her.-ssudio^e ?-^? darken br?io- ?
And her fatter was as quick ; to
recognise thksb portents ot trouble J i
and to seek to advantage hJmsell}o?l
head craned ont horrib
Jong. wasts?-neck as be
sibilant whisper for, her
face In the i&vmllgft as
with the rensct?on of that intel
which smoolderod lh .Ws evil bosom, ll
But on* wis elleheed. the other "
quenched, all rn a twinkling. H?a
daughter turned on him ha a nash of
imperial rage.
v>T8e silent!" Barona heard har say.
"Be ellem, do you hear? Dont ever
to me a*ain unless you want
MO-to replace thai gag. * way. don't
to mo! I am nnished with you
ice and for all time: never again
you pervert my nature to your
able purposes- never again
word of wish of yours drive me
_ lift my hand against a man Who
has never anne yon the least hsrm.
though year parase tyan ?otifft* flatanildl
have acquitted him of the charge of
manslaughter ia any court-- on1
grounds of ael?-defena-i! Understand
mel" she raged, "i'm through. Hence
forth I go my wsy and you yours,
s Her vote* brotes, ?Sa? . cleoebad "her
banda into two tlgkt nats with tba
effort at self control, and Utted ?
weitheo face to the o?onllgkt "God
help vs boot!"' shu cried.
k. Il-A3TSf. A GLASS, DABKLY.
Thoughtfully Mr. Barcus- returnc
his attention tv> the lovers.
If th? evidence of his senses dH
not mlolesd hin?, he was wltnessm
their first difference of opinion. Il
was not an argument acute cnoug?
to deserve the name of Quarrel; bu|
[undoubtedly the' two were st odJ
upon some question- Rase insistent
Alan reluctant.
This last gave way in the end
shrugged, returned to the car.
"I'm going back' up the trail," hf1
?announced, and hesitated oddly.
"Feeling the need of some little exl
|ereise, no doubt," Harcus suggested!
Rose thinks it's dangerous to stojT
hiere," Alan began to explain, ignor)
Ung the Interruption.
"Miss Rose ls right- eb, Miss Ju]
|dith?' Barcus interpolated.
Judith nooded darkly.
"So I'm going to see if I can buy
burror from the prospector back there|
Klose says be bas some-doesn't knov
Biow many-."
"Three will bo enough," Judith in
erposed. "I mean don't get one for
e. I'm stopping here."
"But-" Alan started to protest.
She gave him pause with a weat
?gesture.
'Pisase!- It's no use arguing, M
?Law; I've made up my mind; I'
most helpful here, by my father']
felde," , ike asserted, and nodded
?Trine with a significant smile that
?maddened bim. "HS needs me- and
0 harm can come to me: I'm prettj
ll able to take care of myself I"
At. . this tho J innocent bystander
veathed'?n unheard but fervent little
rape?" cf thanksgiving, whose spirit!
li doubted not was shared by Alan J
For it stuck in the memory of Bar-f
Us that their friend, the prospector
whose shack had sheltered Rose ant
ar CUB after their transit of the dea
lt and prior to the man-made ava
lanche, which bsd afforded this tem
rary Immunity from pursuit) .hf "
entloned in Ufe heating of Rose
that his string of burros '
1 m i ted to three.
This, then, must have been the nut
f the rovers' quarrel: Rose's InSis
ence that Judith be left behind, Alan's
el uc tance to consent to this lost hf
J
m ^ ^m^ammsm?m?v^-mm
-?Ci % ??? |p^:j
' " . ' - ' .....
onvlct himself of the charge of rank
?tgratliudo. remembering the > great I
?svviec hld erstwhile an tagen ist i had I
?one bim.
If only ?udith m'gh? not find cause
?gc change her miad I
seVhirnaelt ged?oesly to divert
?ttdtth with .the magic- of bis conver
tit tonat powers- and offering IndV
ero^uy i tceived. He was still bllnd
y .gossiping when Judith flung away
?k?ar' sister's side,
;7he ensuing quarrel seemed, but the
no te portentous In view of the res
rslAt. Imposed/ upon themselves by
>^th * attics thereto.
.We Vefleved, however, that a. crisis
Impended when the tinkle of mule
bells sounded down the cnyon road;
?QM at this he threw discretion to the
??tedo and ran toward the two with
Kpheid hands in mock horror and a
manner of humorous protest. .'< I
.?Ladies, ladles I" ko pleaded. "I bed
ofrou both, let dogs delight, to bark
arfjd bite!-"
? He soi no further: Judith's ears
?rare ar quick es his own; she, too,
had caught the son nd ot bells behind
the base of the hill. And of a sudden
without' another word, she turned and
dung away into the heavy thickets ol
undergrowth that masked all the can
yon, to either side of the wagon-trail
In a twinkling sbo had lost herself to
view tar their labyrinthine shadowns.
The remainder of that businessmm
transacted rapidly-enough. There Weif
no preparations to be made; once Ahns
had ridden up with bis thvee burros
ftofhtng remained but to mount sac
make off without delay
before ?orntag they were all rid
lng like so maoy hypnotisedL subject*
fatigue beering sb heavily oft all thai)
peases tfc*t-pone ypoke pr ostedTt?
speak. Barcos so often caught him
self nodding In the saddle that he had
little -doubt he slept through long
stretches of that perious way.
Broad daylight surprised them in
this state, still stubbornly traveling,
and shortly afterward showed them
one place so perilous that it shocked
them temporarily awake.
This was simply a spot where the
trail came abruptly to an end on one
side of a clef In the hills quite thirty
feet wide an*, several hundred In depth
and was continued on the farther side,
the chasm being spanned by a bridge
of the simplest character.
Alan tested the bridge cautiously.
It bore him. He returned, helped Rose
to cross, and with her once safely
landed on the farther side, took his.
life In his hands and, aided by Bar
olin unaffectedly afflicted with qualms,
somehow or other (neither ever knew
precisely how) persuaded the burros
to cross.
After (hst, though the way grew
moro broad and easy and even show
ed symptoms of a decline, they had
not strength enough left to 'sustain
through another hour.
And what they thought good fortuno
opportunely at this pass, brought
them to a clearng ' dotted with the
buildings of an abandoned - copper
mine. Not a soul was in evidence, but
the rude structures offered shelter
for beast as well as msn. Barely had
they made Rose as:.comfortable as
might be upon the'rough plank floor
ing of one of tbe sheds and tethered
the burros out of sight when Alan
collapsed as if drugged, while Barcus,
who bad elected himself to keep the
first wstch and purposed doing it in
a sitting position, with kia back
against the door-jamb, felt sleep over
coming him like a dense, dark cloud.
IH-THE BOWELS OP THE BARTH
Awakening befell Mr. Barcus In a
fashion sufficiently' sharp and start
ling to render hhni indifferent to the
beneficial effects'of some eight hours
of dreamless slumber.
He -discovered himself lying flat on
bis face, witta' somebody's inconsider
ate heavy hand purposely, grinding
the said face into the aged and-.splin
tery planks of the shed flooring. At the
L.The Aefengswrita of/Tboii4 Calore '.Vii
same time other hands were busy bind
ing his uwn together r- the wrist?
and lashing V the same the small
ot his hack by means .of a cord passed
rom* his middle. w^lfcJxis natural if
somewhat' spasmodic efforts to kick
j were sadly hamper?*! by the fact that
his snklcs bad already, beer secured
hy means of half a dosen half-hitches
and a squ*ra#knot.
His hands attended to. his head waa
released. Promptly he Hf ed lt and es
sayed a yell; au effort rendered abor
tive by the gag that was thrust be
tween hts teeth' the instant hts jaws
opened.
Thea hs heard a laugh, a cold and
mirthless chuckle.
Now tho blood of Thomas Barcus
ran cold (or he thought lt did; which
amounts to much the sams thing.) For
it bis censes had played fair, the laugh
ho bad heard was the taugh of Mr.
Marropbaqt. head-devil in the service
of Seneca Trtn*..
Hotwlsted his head to one eldo and
glancing along the Moor, saw nothing
hut tts wall. Twisted the other way,
at the cost of a splinter In bis noes.-,
the effort was repaid by the discovery
of Rose Triae tn plight like unto his
own-"' wrists and ankles bound, gag'
ged into the bargain- the width of
the shed between them.
But of Alan Law, no a?gn.
The heart of Mr. Barons cheesed
{momentarily; he shat his eyes ene
Jshivered, th an uncontrollable eew
uro of dread.
Thea,, tormented beyond endurance
by the fears bo suffered fur the safety
loi hi* friend, be began ?xiwriggle ami
,? equino like a crippled snake, pata-j
r [fully inching bis way ocrosa the floor 1
11 toward Kcwe--with what design, he*< 1
vea alone knows? Dimly nia mental
vision comprehended the bare possi
bility of hie being able, with his fast
numbing fingers, to work loose the
knots at HOBO'S wrists; but deep in
hlB beert ho knew this to be tu tl? in JJ
but the forlornest hope.
With infinite pains he h?d contrived
fb bridge the distune, by bali, rr pos
sibly not quite so much, when a tn.rk
Jbody put the sunlight ot the open
?doorway into temporary eclipse. An?
?other followed lt Boote clumped hen*
Jvlly on the dooring. The laugh sound
led again, apparently in irouic appre
ciation of Mr. Bamis' eMorts. Two 1
karls of hands seized hiru, one beneath {
?the shoulders, the other beneatb the'
|knees, and he waa lugged laboriously
ut into the sunlight, carried a con
iderable distance, and deposited un
eremonlously within a few feet of the
?mouth of the abandoned mine.
Then be waa left to himself once
?/nore, but Only for a few momenta; the~|
nterval ended when the two appeared
[again, thia time bringing Rose in alm
iar fashion.
Not until she ii ad been put down
beside bim did he discover that Alan
was likewise a captive- truased to
tree at some distance.
Tho remaining arrangements ot
heir captivity were swiftly and deftly
consummated, though their design re
mained obscuro to Mr. Barcus until
e, after Rose, was dumped like a
ale into a huge bucket, and therein
y means of rope .and windless lower
d to the bottom Of the shaft- a des
l?e eatlmated shrewdly, of some
thing like a hundred feet:
A hideous schrgeching'followed, the
rotests of rusty and gresseless ma
hinery. Twisting his neck, Harcus saw
?the dim opening of the abaft slowly
closing, as If a curtain Were being
lrawn down over it Jimmy was clea
ng bulkhead door, leaving them
eflo * iiy prisoners, beyond human aid,
here in that everlasting black hole,
With a final squeal sud thump the
lulkhead aettled Into position. A con
uslon of remote sounds thereafter in
Heated that Jimmy (with, perhaps,
Vlarrophats assistance) was. making
he bulkhead faat beyond* question
?jvedging and blocking it with timbers
'era ?wjrsiy and Deftly Consuria?i4ti?i.;
These ceased -and the silence:Was 1 m
broken by Alan's voice. . et
"BarcUai" ,
The latter grunted soulfully by way Sh
? answer; he could do no more.:
"I've worked my gig loose." Alan '#
ursed In a hurried ?'Maper, "but my bil
ands aro tied behind tay back. Are tn
ours? Omnt once for 'yes'."
Dutifully Barcus grunted a s?litas*} h
mat K
"Then.rdU over, kn your face and
rive me a chance at your bonds with D
ny teeth, t ought to be able to work ?
bern free that wsyj idven time." B
Soon all were froo of their bonds, w
klan waa first to i p ?ak. w
"Bareuis- old min!" 7
? sr
"Did you .??Uea what that black
guard, had fixed upr ??
"What do you meanr r<
"Why at the bottom of the abaft- '
got only a glints** coming in- tba
loor bf the powder room was open, J*
tad I saw a fuse set io the top or a
CM of blasting powder. gi
"What's the good of that? Wot o f<
rast enough as lt 1st" tl
"Smply to make assurance doubly a
iure by causing a cave-in." c
"I seem to-remember hearing or w
reading, sotas place, that tunnel? have i<
two ends. It that's true, the far end ii
nt this ought to be shout the safest
alsce when that explosion happens-- n
If it ever docs." a
"Something la that!"
"Got say matcbear* Bar ms inqolr- ?
ad, aa Alan hurriedly help*i Rose Co e
her f*et. Ii
/.llever ene." .tl
' Nor Z.. We'll bava to feel oaf way, a
along Let mo lead. It I step over the a
briar of a pit or anything, I II try to fi
ell and warn you in time."
A ticklish business, that- groping
heir way through blackness so
ipaque that lt Eeemed as palpable ss
i pool of Ink. And haste was indicat
?d; They stubbled on with what (an
ion was possible against pitfalls
. gingerly scramble. Then an elbow
a the tunnel- sensed rather tuan
elt or seen'- cut them off from di
rect Communication with the bulk
tead. and at the Bame time opened up
? shaft of daylight, striking down
brough that pitchy darkness like a
olumn of fine gold.
Cries of Joy, amazement, incredulty
hoking in their throats, they stum
ped forward, gained the spot inime
lately below theshaft, loked upward
azzled, to see blue skies like a coin
a heaven's minting far above them,
t the end of a long and almost per
pendicular tunnel, wide enough tb
ermit the passable of a man's body,
nd lined with wodden ladders.
The end of the lowermost ladder
ung within easy reach from the
oor of the tunnel.
But even as Alan lifted his bands
o grasp the bottom rung the open -
tig at the top of the shaft was tem
orarily obscured.
Thrilled with apprehenslon,Jio hesl
ated: Marrophat was up there, he
Ittle doubted; hardly like'that one
9 overlook the hitter shaft 'In pre
ening the'tunnel to ho a living
smb. I ' ? .
Marrophat or no Marrophat at the
ap, there was nothing' for blm> to do
ut to grasp ' the nettle danger with
steady hand, unflinching. Even
hough ho were shot dead on emerg
ig from the shaft, it were better than
3 die down there, Uko a* rat in a trap.
He had climbed not more than half
dozen rungs when a voice hailed
rom above:
"Law- Ob, Mister Law, I soy don't
ome up- here's a, present for you."
Pausing without answer, he look
il op. A few dropB bf water spatter
d bis face, like heavy rain. Almost
urned ia tel y the blue <~.ky was per
tinently eclipsed: a .eavy cascade
t water, almost a solid column, shot
own the shaft with terri file force,
lan sought vainly
*s '? ' ?
sm Wasp
ount against it. Seeming to gain In
rengtb and volume with each in
uit, it beat upon his head and
oulders with irrestible power. Bo
re be know lt, his grasp had been
renched away from the ladders arid
i was shooting feet first back into
e tunnel. >.
Half-drowned and wholly dazed.
V felt himself picked up and drag
id away from the waterfall.
Then, as* his senses cleared, he com
.ehended the fact that the tunnel
as already filling; that where they
oed lt was already * ankle deep;
hile the water continued to fall
ttbout hint of letup.
IV-FLOOD AND FIRE
Screaming to make himself heard
tove the roar 'of the deluge, Barcas
immered in Alan's esr:
"That dev?! He's found the resar
cir- opened the slueegates- turn
! lt into th? shaft! We're done fort
Alan had no ai sument with whick to
itnssy him. Silently getting on his
?et, silently be groped for Rose tn
is darkness, momentarily becoming
tore dense ns the fall of water shut
ut the light, and drew her away
Uh him, up the slight Incline that
td back to the bulkhead aa an hour
i hell.
Tu die there, is the darknesr. like
> aany noxious aalm?ls trapped ri
. well!
The water mounted rapidly. Within
ve minutes rt drove them back to tao
Ibow in the tunnel; within tea lt
their ankles aa they lingered
trug wtilch was tbs greet
i advance or to stsrt.1 east
flooding tide snuff ?ut
ree ot life. To 'return, to the noghbor
>
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hood of the bulkhead was to court the lu
death Indicated by the (ute and the | a
keg of blasting powder.
Of a sudden the thought crosser fi
Alan's mind ">iat Marrophat had ar- a
ranged the Atter solely to keep them v
away from the bulkhead. J
He was decidedly of the opinion that
it were better to be extinguished once
a<d for all time, in the space ot als
?<cond, annihilated by an explosion, | tl
than to die ?'.us lingeringly.
On this consideration, he drew Rose
with him, back to the buUtheaa.
When they had been some fifteen o
minutes beside the bulkhead, the wa- o
ter mounted the head of a slight nae o
perbapa ten feet behind thora, and e
poured down In ever deeper volume o
to back up against the barrier.
Tn fifteen minutes lt had reached
their china. And they stood with heads
against the roof of the tunnel.
Holding Roae close to him. Alan
kissed her Ups, that were as cold as
death.
Then, fumbling under water, be
found the hand of the man at his
side.
Tho water lapped bia lipa like a
blind band.
. . .
In the tunnel that branced off from
the main abaft, beyond the bulkhead,
some thirty minutes before thia june
ture, a candle had guttered in its atick,
left carelessly thrust into the wall by
Marrophat's lieutenant, and guttering
had dropped a flaming wick into lit
tle heap of bone-dry debris. This last
Flamed, licked hungrily at the timber
ing that upheld the walls of the tun
nel. The timbering caught Dre with
out delsy. In a apace of time incredible
the flamea were spreading right and
left, the tunnel was a vault of blister
ing fury. S
As Alan said his last mute fare
well to Roae and Harcus, the fire
spread out In the bottom of the shaft
ind Invaded the powder room.
Alan had guessed aright at Marro
phat's design; the keg of blasting
powder wss leas than an eighth full;
ita explosion could not possibly have
lffected the cave In Alan bad at first
'eared.
But what Marrophat bad overlooked
NUB the proximity to the keg of some
nicks'of dynamite, masked by a film
>f earth that had fallen from the
mumbling walla.
When the biasing fuse dropped
.parks Into tbs blasting powder this
sat exploded right willingly and tho
lynamite took ita cue without the least
lelay.
The resultant detonation was terri!
lc. The .bulkhead waa crushed *x\ nae
A j sgfLs.l barrier. Part ol the walis
ell in. but Ute tunnels and shaft re
named intact.
Swept) with the stream as it poured
tut of'the tunnel, Alan contrived
hroughout to retain his bold round
he Waist of Rose. Barons shot past
dm unseen int he darkness. Half
?lind and stifled ss ks was with the
eek of steam and powder fumes. Alan
truggled with himself until ?his wita
vere passably clea/.
Immediately before him dangled tua
loisting bucket and rope.
Surrendering the care of. Rose to
harcus. Alan climbed into the bucket
nd sired upward, examining tho walls
f th? shaft for a way to the top.
There was none other than ito roost
Ifflcult: gaps toV great to be ' bridg
ing climbing showed In the wodden
idders.
The one feasible route was via the
ope. And there waa nobody at the
jp' to work the windlass -and Alan
oped, there would be nobody to op
oso his esssy.
He addressed himself to the task
I th out- murmuring-lifted himself
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Lavalieres, Diamoi
Stone Cameos, Came
tings, Pink Shell Camt
Gold Link Cuff Butt<
Rings, Diamond Ring
der Pins and Buttons
let, Solid Cold, Hand
lets, Bracelet Waich
Gentlemen's Watches i
etc
Marchbanks
pon the ron?, wound it round one lee,
nd began that heartbreaking climb.
He arrived at the top of the abaft
ar too exhausted to show surprise
rhen, falling In half-faintng condition
,ithtn two feet of the brink, he saw,
odlth Trine running like mad across
tie clearing. .
But without her aid he would not
rithln hourn have been able to work
tie windlass sad life Rose and Barcus
) the surfsce.
TO BB CONTINUED.
WHITFIELD HAPPENINGS,
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BELTON. R F. D. No. 3.-(Special)
-Rev. W. W. Leathers Ailed his regu*
ar appointment bore Sunday morn
ig despite the cold cloudy weather.
. goodly number attended
Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Kay spent part
f this week with Mr. J. H. V. Kay
nd family.
Miss Cleo Cox dined with Miss Dora
av Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. CrU Campbell and
hlldron spent Sunday With Mr. and
Irs. J. B. Burgess.
Mr. robert Dye of Stelliville, On.,
i visiting his sister, Mri. L. R. Dur
ess. .
Mtcses Ruhylee Knight and Bonaloo
urgess dined with Miss tienlll Arra
trong Sunday.
Mrs. L. R. Burgess and Mr. Robert
ye spent last Thursday afternoon at
in home of "Ur. ?. 0. Burges*.
Tho mission study class, will meet
I the home of Misti Annie Hogers next
rid ay night. W-i hupe ti sou all the
lenroers present
Some of our neighbors have been
aving corn shucking*. Seems like
ld times.
Mr. Jeter. Armstrong ls on the sick
st but hope he will soon recover.
ooooooooooooo o o o o o e
FLAT ROCK NEWS o
Mr. Clinton Lloyd and Miss Mattie
arks of Gluck Milli were happily
r.rned at the latter's home last Sun
ly afternoon. This handsome couple
Ul make their home in Piedmont
if the next year of i?iS. Their many
lends wish them a long and-happy
fe. This ?harriftge book plscs st t:SO
clock, and a nice wedding supper
ss served by their many friends and
uch enjoyed.
Mr. Enoch Dove called on his best
ri Sunday afternoon near Oakwood
lurch
The Sunday school at this plane ia
dog flue. There was a nice crowd
tended Sunday to be such a bad
ay, and there will be preaching at
o Baptist church Sunday at ll
clock, by our pastor, Rev, W. D.
.anett Everybody1 ia cordially lnvit
W . '" ?
Everybody in this community is
?out dono picking cotton, and have
tit a lot of grain sowed, mit what
>dut tho war. H sure is bad. but we
?c glad that it ls no worse. -
Tbs people in this neighborhood ?n
yed a very nice time Thanksgiving
id killed nearly all the rabbit*. I
ander whst they will do next.
They ere talking about having a
irlstmas tree at Oakwood school.
WelL we are glad Christmas will
on be here and hope everybody win
loy a nico time, but hope no ono
III get drunk.
fid La Valieres,
Os in Pearl Set
;os, Utibreaitable
Mis, Shirt Waist
5, Fraternal Or-"
Tango ?pce
Engraved Brace
es, Ladies' and
of aft kinds, etc.,
