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number Of feminine heads"
She leaned back in her seat and
yawned, like the hypocrite which she
was.
Il dislike handsome men, grandpa
Good looks should belong exclusively
to women. Tell me-" changing the
subject with suspicious haste, twill
dear Aunt Pam be expecting us al
Greylock Woods? Did she not long
to come with you to fetch me hOme?"
Yes. to both questions" he an
swered: but her strength is breaking
up-she is fast becoming a confirmed
invalid, and her new physician pro-
tested against the journey"
Her new physician? Where is Dr.
Jarvis?"
! Dead. months ago. And a young
NJ. d. from Boston, a certain DR.. Rich
ard Vandine, has taken his place In
BlackpOrt.'
Young? Oh. delightful" she cried
with the mischievous dimples showing
in her cheeks. "And does Aunt Pam
| like him."
ITO such an extent that she will not
attcmpt to live without his constant
attendance. He Is a lucky dog to have
secured such a patient at the begin
ming of his career"
"Grandpa, your Dr. Richard Van
dine interests me-" she cried, gaily. q
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she said to Ethel Greylock, "and he is
waiting for you. Have you found
your lost ring?"
The blood flew back into Ethe's
face.
NO" she answered, but it does
not signify, grandpa will give me an
other"
And leaving Miss Hale to follow at
her leisure. the heiress of Greylock
Woods. with her lovers kisses burn
ing on her lips, and her heart thump-
ing like Il trip-hammer, rushed back
to the school and into the reception
room. where Godfrey Greylock, nine
years older than when we saw him
last. but still erect and autocratic,
stood with the dust of travel on his
garments. awaiting the appearance OF
his once despiSed, but now adOred,
granddaughter. She flew into his
arms. and he embraced her as if they
/ had been parted for years instead of
days.
"Oh. grandpa. l am glad you have
come to take me away. l am glad!
glad" she cried seized with Il sudden
nervous trembling.
Godfrey Greylock held Ethel from
him and searched her face with such
tenderness as only she had power to
bring to his cold, gray eyes.
What is the matter? he said.
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Before she knew what he was doing,
he had forced her down upon her
knees before him, under the dark,
dripping trees. He was desper-
ately afraid of losing this girl, he was
recklessly determined that no power
of earth should tear her from him.
His dark, southern face had grown
ashy pale-his black eyes shOne like
Goals.
swear you will never forget that
you belong to me. and to me only, in
my love-my beautiful love-"
II swear" she answered.
Wherever you go 1 shall, sooner or
later. follow you. l cannot exist long
where you are not. 1 have loved 9TH
cr women before today but not as
love you. Ethel. swear that when |
come for you again you will not hesl-
tate or hold back-Swear that you will
marry me. openly, if possible, but Sc
Cretly. if needs be. Swear that moth
ing. living or dead. shall stand be-
tween US. or keep us asunder in the
moment. near or far, when next |
shall call you
An icy chill went over the knecling
girl. a preSentiment of evil, Il fOrcbOd-
ing of future i'll. 1t sealed her lips.
Involuntarily she drew her hands from
her lovers grasp; he caught them
again with jealous alarm.
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Pamela, let me remind you that we
are both hungry and tired" interrupt
ed Godfrey Greylock. "Allow US to
brush the dust Of travel from our
clothes and dine. Later on you can
talk to your niece as much as you
like"
Ethel went up to a suite. of rooms
which her grandfather had newly fur
nished for his expected idol, and made
her toilet for dinner. She looked
around on the buhl and porcelain, the
silken hangings, the painted panels,
the rich upholstery, and drew a long
breath.
What a hothouse flower grandpa
would make Of mel" she thought;
land how dearly 1 love all this ease
and luxury and display! oh, am /
shall 1 ever be fitted to become the
wife of a man who works for daily
bread?"
She went down to dine with her
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How good Of him." murmured

How good of him." murmured
Ethel with a toss Of her head.
"Sir Gervase Is .'oung and good
looking, and he has a title. You are
young and more than good looking,
Ethel, and you have a large fortune.
Nothing could be more admirable
than such a marriage"
He stopped, in expectation of an
answer but she remained dumb.
You deserve something more than
an ordinary man for your husband
went ON Godfrey Greylock. You
deserve rank and honors, Ethel, and
you shall have them. The time is at
hand trust, for the fulfillment Of my
wishes Sir Gervase Is coming across
the Atlantic to see his future bride,
and to WOO her in person. This, of
course. is the proper thing, and I own
that I am glad of 1t; for 1t Is plain
that every male with whom you come
in contact-butcher, baker and can
dlestick maker, will Immediately be
making love to you"
Still she was silent. With credita-
BILE persistency Godfrey Greylock went
on:
"Only yesterday I received a letter
from the baronet, saying that he
should sail from Liverpool at the ear
liest possible moment. 1 think we
may look for him at any time"
She saw that she was expected to
say something, so, by an effort, she
uttered that one vague word, EN-
deed"
| He stared hard at her.
Ethel, have talked with you
about this matter before" he said, a
little resentfully.
Yes, grandpa"
81 wish Sir Gervase to understand
think I have made him understand
that, in giving him my heiress,
honor him more than he can honor
me. You and I are Greylocks, also,
and that he possesses the family title
is simply an accident Of BIRTH"
1 :. "Yes, grandpa" she answered again.
II believe the baronet to be superb
IfelloM-a fitting mate for you-wor-
THY In avery way to take your future
into hss keeping. In your union with
him / shall, at last, find consolation
flor the disappointment Of your faith
er's marriage years ago. Surely I need
say no more to the child who loves
me, and who has had ample assurance
that her welfare is as dear to me as
my own. Now kiss me, my dear, and
go and rest. You look pale and tired"
She kissed him with lips az cold as
clay, and went away to her own cham
ber and as she went she was saying
to herself, with miserable, sinking
heart:
"Oh, If grandpa knew how impossi-
BILE 1t is for me to fulfill his wishes! I
shall break his heart-he will cast me
out, as he did my father before me;
but. God help me! I cannot do this
which ne asks-I can never, never,
never marry Sir Gervase Greylock!"
(To Be Continued.)
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You have changed since your gradu-
alton, three days ago. You are as
pale as a ghost. Something has gone
wrong with you. Ethel"
She kissed him gaily to hide her
embarrassment.
mo, grandpa, but the school is now
like a tomb, you know. The girls are
all gone. and most Of the teachers;
and for these last three days 1 have
felt as lone and lorn' as Mrs. Gum
midge herself"
Put on your wraps, my dear, and
we will be off at once. By-the-way
when I arrived, Miss Hale told me
you were in the garden looking for
some lost trinket. Did you find it?"
She hung her head in mingled
was the only person on earth that she
really feared.
1T was the opal ring you sent me
at Christmas" she stammered. mo,
grandpa, 1 did not find it. II am
very sorry"
do not give it a thought. l will
order another for you tomorrow. Re-
member" with fond smile that made
his stern old face look ten years
younger, you have only to ask and to
have"
Madame, the principal, with whom
Ethel Greylock had always been a
prime favorite, now came hurrying
down the stairs for a parting word,
and Miss Hale entered from the gar
den. and there were a few tears, a few
embraces, after which Godfrey Grey
lock led his granddaughter to the car
riage that waited at the gate.
Against a neighboring lamp-post
man was audaciously lounging as the
two came forth-a man intent upon
having, at any cost, one last look at
the girl he loved. AS Ethel's startled
eyes fell upon him he boldly lifted his
sombrero from his black curls, and by
the act attracted the attention Of God
frey Greylock.
who is that person, Ethel?" he
demanded, as he sprang into his car
riage after his granddaughter.
She was alarmed at her lovers i'm
prudence, and, like a true woman, de-
lighted also.
His name is Regnault," she an
swered; "he is the music teacher of
the school, grandpa"
"Humph! the fellow looks like Ham,
let. Both face and garb remind one
of the footlights. I shall know him
when I see him again." Through the
carriage window he stared back at the
lamppost and the cloaked figure lean
ing against it, my dear, Is he for
eign born?"
I-I-that is," stammered Ethel,
Miss Hale once told me that he was
a West Indian, and that once he had
great wealth, but lost it in unlucky
speculation, and now he depends upon
his musical talent for livelihood"
VERY imprudent of the principal,
should say, to employ such a teacher
in a school Of romantic girls. He has
enough of good looks to turn any
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when audacious little Fairy, the des-
pissed, the rejected, came unlimited to
dine with her grandfather. The sum-
mer idler had swooped down upon the
old town like an army with banners.
Fantastic cottages now stood every
where along its bluffs and beaches.
Handsome turnouts filled its once
drowsy streets. A mushroom growth
of smart shops arose at every corner.
Only two Of the places in Blackport
remained impregnable, unchanged
Poole's Inn and Greylock Woods. The
caprice of summer pleasure seekers,
the invasion of host of people, intent
on recreation, the arrival and depart
ure Of excursion steamers and trains,
could in no wise disturb the equanim-
ity of these widely different, but
equally conservative, houses.
Godfrey Greylock and his grand
daughter rode up the main avenue
under the chestnuts and evergreen,
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IF you love-if you have ever loved
me, swear as l bid you, Ethel
Alas! she was like wax in his grasp.
The ascendancy which the handsome
music teacher had acquired over the
most brilliant pupil of the school was
something almost terrible. She could
not resist his touch, his look, his COM
pelling voice, than the trees above her
head could resist the wind which was
twisting and tearing their branches.
Yet she made a faint attempt.
Arthur. have mercy" she gasped;
for me to do as you ask"
1T must! 1t SHALL" he cried, fierce
ly. you are mine! 1 will claim my
own at any time, in any place! Swear!'
sick and faint.
Il call upon Heaven-yes, and hell,
toto register your vow, Ethel" he
cried. in fierce exultation, as he lifted
her to his breast and kissed back the
color into her pale lips.
At that moment the clock on the
neighboring steeple struck the hour Of
Z, and at no great distance in the
shrubbery they heard a female voice
calling:
Miss Greylock. where are you?"
1T is Miss Hale!" cried Ethel, in
alarm. "Oh, Arthur, if she finds you
here we are both lost"
He was aware of his danger. For
six months this man had been the idol
of the boarding school-every girl
therein had openly adored him for his
dark, romantic beauty, his superb
tenor voice, and his pecuniary misfor-
tunes. Yet, in this trying situation his
conduct had ever been propriety it.
self So far as the principal and her
assistants knew Mr.. Regnault bore
himself amid all these foolish girls
like a Trappist monk. AS he was not
yet ready to forfeit his blameless char
acter, he pressed Ethel Greylock to his
breast, and rained his farewell kisses
on her beautiful, frightened face.
Remember your OATH" he said,
wildly 81 am yours and you are
mine, and perdition to the one who
tries to part US! Now FAREWELL"
He broke from her clinging arms
and vanished among the trees, just as
Miss Hale came gliding through the
shrubbery, like an intrusive little
snake.
Your grandfather has arrived"
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Scotch Students.-Many a man who
never had any schooling gets an
education, and often a surprisingly
good one.
A traveller in Scotland once met
a farmer whose ground rent was
about $40 a year and who wrote po-
etry in Gaelic that was Of a high or
der.
This same traveller met a youth in
Scotland who rode from home on
horseback to the seaport and then
across Scotland to Aberdeen, where
he sold his horse to enter the Uni
versity.
1t is related of another Scotchman
that he was overheard repeating
line of Tennyson, whereupon some
one asked him what poet he liked
best.
Homer" he replied.
Whose translation do you read?"
Il rarely read a translation" he
said. wiping the fish scales from his
apron II like the best to read Homer
in the original Greek. k."-Minneapolis
Tribune.
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The Palmetto Regiments Flag.

In 1846, when the South Carolina
regiment started for the Mexican war.
the women Of Charleston presented to
1t a fiag-the Stars and Stripes. In
Mexico this flag was so riddled with
bullets that 1t would no longer hold
together, and General Winfield Scott
gave the regiment another flag while
still in Mexico.
The new flag was carried through
out the rest of the Mexican war. 1t
was the third, IL not the second,
American flag planted on the walls
of Chapultepec. There it waved until
the Palmetto regiment moved on, and
it was placed above the Garita de
Bolen by Gen. Quitman. 1t was after
ward the first flag planted upon the
walls Of the City Of Mexico, having
been hauled up by the South Caro-
linians three hours before any other
troops entered the city.
This flag was, of course, not used
during the Civil war. The original
flag Of the regiment was captured by
Sherman's army when that army
passed through South Carolina.
In 1898, when the End South Caro-
lima regiment assembled for service
in the war against Spain, the flag
which had been placed upon the walls
of Chapultepec and Bolen was brought
forth and committed to the keeping
of the regiment. Commemorating
American success in a war against a
Spanish speaking country, it was
hoped that a fortunate adventure
might befall 1t in Cuba.
Such an adventure did befall 1t, for
it was the first American flag hoisted
over Moro castle at Havana. The
flag is probably the only one in the
United States which has been carried
in two foreign wars, and the only one
which has been hoisted at two foreign
capitals. 1t was brought back from
Cuba in a powder sack and returned
to the survivors of the Palmetto regi-
ment of the Mexican war.-Harper's
Weekly.
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and stopped ut the door of the villa.
A moment later and Ethel was in the
lighted drawing room, clasped in the
arms Of Aunt Pam. who arose from a
sofa 10 kiss and embrace her.
MY precious child" she cried,
have you, at last, come to us for
good? 1 am glad there Is no one at
Rose Cottage to dispute, at present,
our claims upon you. How hand
some you are? Why. you have actu-
ally grown lovely since the Christmas
holidays! | was hcart-broken because
/ could not go with Godfrey to see
you graduate. but DR.. Vandine forbade
it--he thought the journey too long
for my strength"
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grandfather and Aunt Pam. There
was a smile on her lips, but her heart
was strangely heavy. After the meal
after Miss Pamela had gone away to
her own room, Godfrey Greylock be-
gan to speak Of something that was
constantly in his thoughts.
Ethel" he said. you know-for I
have talked to you before Of this mat
ter-how much 1 wish for your union
with Sir Gervase Greylock. For years
this has been my pet ambition. Long
ago I proposed the alliance to the
barOnet and he offered no objection
on the contrary he expressed himself
as ready and willing to accede to all
my wishes"
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CHAPTER XVI-Continued.

Her face was very pale and fervent
as she lifted it to meet his fiery kisses
Ethel Greylock loved this splendid
stacy music teacher, with his cloak
and sombrero and melting creole eyes
as only a romantic, unreasonable girl
of II can love.
You are cruel to talk like this. Can
not you trust me, Arthur? Grandpa
is my slave-he loves me devotedly-
there is nothing he would not do for
my sake. He may be proud. he may
love wealth and honors, but he wants
me to be happy. He will never ask
me to marry against my own wish
he will never stand betwixt me and
the love have chosen for myself.
He smiled sadly, incredulously.
"My darling, 1 fear you are mis-
taken. When he comes to take you
away this morning. say to him, love
q man who earns his living by teach
ing music-a gentleman Of birth and
breeding, like yourself; once he was
rich, like yourself, but now he is
poor. I am an heiress and he has
nothing, yet I love him and he aiores
me. Say this, repeat, and we shall
be parted forever"
Her lovely arms tightened about his
neck.
Then 1 will remain silent" she
sighed "Our secret must be Kept
spite of all the grandfathers and all
the English baronets in the universe,
for a while longer. Nothing shall part
us. You break my heart when you
talk like this. love you all the more
because you are poor-because you
have known misfortunes."
And yet" he said, with reproach-
full tenderness, you would not marry
me a week ago, when 1 prayed and
begged and entreated you, on my
knees, to do so. my Ethel"
"I could not, Arthur. The thought
of grandpapa held me back. He has
been so kind, so good, so generous to
me! To marry even you, without his
knowledge and consent, seemed wick
ed folly-black, heartless ingratitude.
Let us have patience, and he will yet
give us his blessing"
my poor child, I am older than
you; know men better. After you
leave this place your love will be sub
jected to a sore trial. I am full of
Jealous fears. Swear that you will be
true to me, Ethel, whatever happens"
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course, is regulated by the size Of the
crop as a whole and not by the crop
Of any particular section or state.
Cotton seed is bringing about SIS a
ton in Charlotte, but the farmers
want about $40 a ton. In South
Carolina and Georgia the seed is be-
ing bought at from SIS to SIG a ton.
1t is therefore cheaper for the local
mills to buy their seed in South Car
olina and Georgia and then pay the
freight Of it's transportation to Char
lotte. The presence of some 100 car
loads OF seed in Charlotte at one
time is very remarkable.-Charl
Observer
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Cotton Seed In Charlotte.

Cotton Seed In charIotte.-It is esti-
mated that there are not less than
LOO Carloads of cotton seed in. Char
lotte at this time. The most Of this
has come from South Carolina and
Georgia, where the crop is very large,
and where it has been opening up very
rapidly. But little Of the local seed
has been marketed yet. In South
Carolina and Georgia, where there
are unmistakable signs Of a big crop,
and where the prices have not been
very high, there has been a large
movement of the seed. Around Char
lotte, where the crop appears to be
small, the farmers have been unwill-
ing to part with their seed at prevail
ing prices. The price Of the seed, of
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Mistrlanrous Rfaaina.
FIELD CROP INSECTS.
What They Are and How to Combat
Them In South Carolina.


The following article by Prof. A. F.
Conradi of Clemson college, state en-
tomologist, is timely and Of special in
terest at this time:
This is the season of the year when
cultural methods for controlling field
crop insect pests must be seriously
considered. Most OF the pests with
which we have had to contend during
the past season are beginning to make
preparations for winter quarters. The
cotton boil worm will burrow about
two and half inches into the soil Of
cotton and corn land and then change
to a chrysalis and remain during the
winter. The corn stalk borer remains
all winter as a larva in the base of
corn stubble below the surface of the
soil. The black bill bug remains as a
pupae In the base of the corn stubble
during the winter. The cotton and
ants in undisturbed fields and like the
cotton leaf louise they maintain them
selves on wild food plants In the early
part Of the year before the crops are
up and in fall and early winter after
the crops are harvested. Chinch bugs
and the beetles Of the southern corn
root worms find winter shelter in rub
bish, dead grass, and weeds that re-
main on the fields It Is therefore
self evident that neglected fields dur
ing the fall and winter are the best
'incubators" for the pests that are to
menace our crops next year. II the
same crops follow each other on the
same land, the conditions for insect
propagation are favored still more,
because their preferred food is placed
right before them so that they need
not even have to hunt for It. These
are the conditions, therefore, that II
not given any forethought, will give
us endless trouble next year.
A system of fall and winter culture,
together with the planting Of crops
that will act as cleansers against
weeds that serve as food plants and
which themselves have considerable
immunity against insects, is the i'm
portant question before the farmer
right now. Among the plants that are
relatively free from insect attacks are
the vetcbes cowpeas cIovers and rye.
Here then are excellent plants TO be
used for cleansing cover crops.
The boil worm is controlled by win
ter plovrinr which breaks up or ex-
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81 Probably a bulldogs bow-legs
are the only ones Of that variety that
are pointed to with particular pride.
The Washington herald., 1911-04-14

fairs are laboring With the same intelli-
gence and grasp that made the develop
ment of production so wondrously sue
cessful in the United States.
The question will certainly be solved
In its solution there will result the sur
vival of the distributive agencies that are
best adapted. New ones may be dis
covered The old waterways may be re-
stored and the cooperation of the rail
roads will be secured, either voluntarily
or through legislation In the end the
cost of living will be cheapened by low
ering the cost of distribution. 1t is nc
easy task that the twentieth century Of
fers as the great problem of the age
but it is one that may we'll attract the
greatest minds of the country as being
we'll calculated to produce results of the
utmost benefit to all the people
The Washington herald., 1911-04-14
PROGRESS IN CITY
SURPRISES VISITOR
The New Washington Pre-
sents Remarkable Changes.

Mr.. ]. H Hobson, Of Paris, has been
spending several days in Washington.
He said to a Herald reporter that he was
amazed at the progress Of the Capital
City. He had not been here for several
years and the transformation was so
marked he hardly -ceaIiZed that he was
in the Washington with which he was
acquainted in former days.
Paris is certainly an attractive city,
but, IN many respects, it Is struggling.
The grouping Of new public buildings. the
large private residences which have
been erected, the manifcent Union Sta
ton, the new hotels. the fine clubs, are
rnost pleasing attractions of the Capital
City
Mr.. Hobson has been noted for many
years for giving information and cour-
tesies to travellers from the United
States, many of whom have extended to
him marked courtesies during his visit
10 Washington.
II shall hope to visit this city every
year hereafter and will make it point
to do So" he said. The large increase
in attractive offices will no doubt in
duce many companies and business men
who have had their Offices in variou:
cities of the Union. to make this theil
headquarters in the future. I hope Il
establish a business connection here my
self within the course of a few months