The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-01-09

SGtppeu on the carpet. Alter they had
duly and enthusiastically kissed Carry
inquired;
How are things in Baltimore?"
'On, it was showing when | left this
morning. The captain Of our alrship
said he counted 200 airships coming
South. | heard that 400 acres Of hotel
room space a engaged by tourists
here last night. There's going to be a
crust as usual, in Jacksonville. But
come, [ want you TO see my new team.
You know, father has given me a new
ostrich four-in-haud, ard they arc
waiting at the door. I'm going to take
you for a drive in Panama Park"
Lucy, you are the sweetest thingl"
Now AREN'T they beauties?" Lucy
said when they reached the entrance
to the street. Papa a hat they are
all thoroughbreds and come from the
original Oliver w. strain"
Lucy, isn't it strange hat hon ses
were ever used 70" anything but pleas
ure?"
"Were they?"
CURIOUS ANIMALS.
ooh, yes: grandma remembers when
they had them to haul freight with,
right here in jacksonville. Wasn't
that hard on the poor things? And
grandma says they had mules.'
''"N' 'ohR-tuICh UIlDSS we
saw In the circus parade along with
the giraifes?"
Yes. Grandma says they we're
splendid things to pillow with. She says
they made mice pete, too, though they
were mostly colored pets, in the coun-
try;m
"Tho'e we're funny times, sure,
Carry.'
"rney must have been"
There was u five minutes silence as
the birds flew along with the light
drag.
Carry"
"Yes, Lucy"
"1f tell you something will you
never, never, any time, tell anybody?"
why, OF course not, dear.
Declare you won't"
81 declare"
"Then," said Lucy, bending close to
Carry's ear, I'm engaged" Carry fell
almost from the buggy, but caught
herself.
Goodness me, who to-"
willie Hohenzollern, the dearest,
sweetest thing-you must meet him.
willie Hohenzollern! | never heard
ANICE, SWEET BOY.
"You never? Well, that's because
you haven't been out in S c,ety this
winter. WHY, he's the sweetest, dear
est thing, and he has such q nice posi-
ton as head clerk at the Jacksoaville-
Bonn bay-as-the-Crow-Flie Line offices.
He's q darling, and besides, comes from
one OF the incest families in Jackson
Vile. Why, his great-grand-father was
an emperor somewhere in Asia in old
times when they had empercrs. And, Oh,
Carry Alexis Romanotf Is to be his best
| man. And ha lie SIph a rion 100000 81
low too. His great-grAnd-father owned
some mines in Siberia, and both of
them are members OF the Society of
Sons OF E~mperors.o
And, Lucy, am l to be a brides
maid2"
Why, of course dearie, you and Mol
LII Lung and Papoosa Creeka and two
or three other girls that | haven't
chosen yet. | want d Mol and Papoosa
because their families are as old as
Wlllle's. Mol is going to lend me a
breach that belonged to one of her fa-
theirs aunts in Pekin, an old lady
named Use An, who, they say, was an
awful creature and gossiped terribly
IN her day about the missionaries. And
Papoosa's ancestors were connected
with the Powhatans and Ossawatom
les"
Are you going TO marry in the
CbuICu, Lucy:
eyes, dear, think we shall, in the
building at 2332d Avenue. BY the way,
Carry, did you ever read that they used
to have different sort Of Christians?
Willie says his father told him they
did and they called them 'denomina-
tions.' 1t seems so queer now"
Indeed, it does"
WRECKED IN MIDAIR
Say, that was a dreadful thipr
about that a'rship being wrecked on
its way from Mars last night, wasn't
it?'
"What was it, Lucy?"
why, the Himes-Union and Clvissn
said that 1t was a party Of Jacksonville
people who tried to come back from
Mars You see, Ca ry, while ships can
go safely from here to Mars in three
weeks, o of them have succeeded n
getting through the earth's atmos-
phere on the return trip. The ships
always catch fire, or the passengers
freeze, or something happens. The
message was flashed down two nights
ago that the ship had started all right,
but it seems that those poor barbarians
on that planet have no w~ell-eouipped
docks for the a%ir-ships, and something
Is always wrong whom the ships start
back"
ibuCy, w you DcllcVe tnAU SUOry
about old people getting younger when
they go to Mars?"
"Why, of purse it's true. Willie and
| are going down to Augustine Park
to see an air-train-load of old folks
start up there tomorrow. But it's ter
ribly sad. These poor Old folks know
that they can never come back, and
ia rather die here or earth, among my
friends, than 60 up there, even il it
would give me thirty or forty years
longer"
AN ANCIENT FABLE.
well, Lucy, 1 believe it's all a fake.
lt sounds to me just like that novel
that came out the other day, founded
on a fable about a Monaghan named
Pom Tha Da Lon don't swallow a word
OF 1t. It's only been two years since
anybody landed in Mars alive. AS
Shakespeare says, THE American peo-
Pile love to be gulled,' and they always
will"
A any rate, we shan't dispute about
It, Carry. 1t won't be long before peo-
pie can get back from Mars safe, any.
how, guess. In this age of inven-
ton wonderful changes take place.
Say, did you see that joke the Times
Union and Citizen reproduced from it's
Old twentieth century editi0n?r
"What was it?"
VI am sure couldn't see the point.
1t seems that a man asked his friend
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