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when we walked out together either by
ton to those we met on the way.
spoke to him encouragingly, but looked
ahead to see what had frightened him.
I saw two silhouettes, for the moon
light was on their backs. leaving their
faces dark, the one man, the other
woman. There was something singular
In their motion or something the mat
ter with my vision, for they would adj
vance and halt, advance and halt,
keeping up this motion continuously,
which seemed to ME to be like the
swaying OF an object moved by waves.
But as they drew near me did not mo-
tice such motion. though this might
have been because | was interested In
the persons themselves.
They were both young and, strange
as 1t may appear. were walking encir-
cled In each others arms. clinging SO
tight that ! wondered how they could
move at all Both were pale, and
thea was an expression on their faces
which can only describe as unrest
They stopped when we met, though
my vision continued to impart to them
something OF the swaying have men-
toned. And just then. whether 1t was
q breeze from the eastward or some
thing in the clothes Of this singular
couple. smelled the sea. They did
not speak 70 me- SO | addressed them.
you are out iate.' ! remarked for
the want of something better to say.
Yes replied the young man. I'VE
are going up on to the hill yonder."
There was but one hill, and that was
only an eminence on the crest OF which
was our cemetery There were no
houses there. only the tombstones,
which even from where we stood were
white In the moonlight Why In the
world should this young couple wish to
go up there at midnight?
"There IS fine view of the ocean up
| there,"I remarked.
But it's cold" said the girl, with a
shiver.
1T isn't the view we want" said the
young man; Its the rest The dead
there are rndisturbed. They lie tran
quill by day and by night. They do
not hear that continued distant rustic
of the waves we hear now nor the
boom the waters make when they dash
against n rock. Nothing is so frightful
ss-u great black cold wave. 1t is merci-
less. Did you ever get caught out
among Them
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To Apples Growers.

We are in receipt of orders in increasing
volume at best market prices. These are be-
ing placed with our members. and onI repre-
scptatives are inspecting carlot shipments in
the order of their commitment,
Those who have deferred placing their
crops for sale with the Exchange until the
eleventh hour must aw iii their turn
In view of the heavy amount of business
we have to move in a limited period, This
notice is given.
THE VIRGINIAS FRUIT EXCHANGE.
WI. CAMPBELL, Manager,
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brane resulting from Catarrh and drives
away Cold in the Head quickly Restores
the Senses of Taste and Smell. Full size
so cts. at Druggists or BY mail. Liquid
Cream Balm for use in atonizers IS cts.
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is just what it is represented to be,
a medicine compounded especially
for nervous diseases, such as fits,
spasms, St. Vitus' dance, convul-
sions and epilepsy. These diseases
frequently lead to insanity or cause
weak minds. DR.. Miles Nervine
has proven most effective in reliev-
ing these dreaded maladics.
Sold by all druggists. If tho first bottle
fails to benefit your money is returned.
MILES MEDICAL CO., Elkhart, Ind.
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Dividend Notice.

a eeini-annual dividend Of 4 per cent on
he capital stock OF the Farmers and Mer-
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WHAT Is COLD IN the heHd7 Nothins
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Ii 4 true that Ely's Cream Balm mast re-
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hesd shows itself All druggists, 50c.. or
N allied By Ely Broe-. So Warren Street. New
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CDR. Miles Nervine
Completely Cured
Our Little Boy of
Fits. -

A family can suffer no greater
affection than to have child sub
ject to fits or epilepsy. Many a
father or mother would give their
all to restore such child to health.
q am heartily glad to tell you of
our little boy who was completely
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ing them Ak 10 years of age and had
them for four years. | tried three
doctors and one specialist but all of
them sad he could not be cured,
but DR.. Miles Restorative Nervine
and Dr. Miles Nerve and Liver Pills
made a complete cure. He is now
hale, hearty and gay. It has been
three years since he had the last spell.
! shall give DR.. Miles medicines
praise wherever l 60. You are at
liberty to use this letter as you see
fit and anyone writing to me | will
gladly answer if they enclose stamp
for reply"
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"Biggie-Boy" Finds the South Pole

through the narrative, Biggie Boy
asked questions, and was very much
interested
"Ill be an explorer some day. Dad
dy." he said. after Mr.. Smith had
finished the story. An I'll find some
more poles, will"
yes, you'll find another South
Pole. eh, Bicycle Boy?" laughed the
daddy. Then the two went onto the
porch where Muver and Littlest Boy
had just come, and Biggie Boy got
Littlest Boy off into one corner of the
porch-where Daddy and Muver
could not hear him-and told Littlest
Boy all about the North Pole and the
South Pole, and also all about his
own plans for finding another South
Pole. And Littlest Boy chewed the
toe of his shoe and looked at his
big brother with wonderment in his
blue eyes. But never a question did
he ask Biggie Boy. Perhaps he
didn't care much about the two ends
eof the world. as Biggie Boy called
the poles. Anyway, he made no re-
marks on the subject, and Biggie Boy
just talked and planned to his hearts
content That was the chief reason
why Bicycle Boy enjoyed the society
of Littlest Boy. The latter kept qulet
and listened, never even interrupting
to ask question.
And all that night-or at least for
part of it-Biggie Boy dreamed
about an explorer. and of going to
find a second South Pole.
The following morning Bicycle Boy
was awakened very early by Muver
coming into his room and shaking
him by the shoulder. Come, Bicycle
Boy-Dear. Come. wake up We're
going TO take long motor ride.
Daddy doesn't go into town today to
business. He's taking holiday, and
we're going with him to enjoy It.
from early morning till late evening.
Baby will stay with Nurse"
SO Biggie Boy got out of bed and
Muver quickly batled and dressed
him and then he had his breakfast
with Daddy. Muver. Littlest Boy and
Nurse. And then Littlest Boy was
kissed goodbye and Muver and Daddy
and Biggie Boy started on their days
motoring trip to the mountains, far,
far away. Indeed. Bggie Boy had
heard both Daddy and Muver say the
nearest mountain was thirty-hve miles
distant from their summer home,
and great deal farther from the
city where Daddy's business was, and
where they lived when the weather
was cold.
Well, they rode and rode for long
time, or so ii seemed to Biggie Boy,
and he. was becoming very tired when
of a sudden he saw something tall
and white standing at the roadside.
Il was a pole-a tall. white pole.
And 1t was all alone there. not
house near it. nor even fence about
it. And no trees were very close to
II, though little distance off there
was quite big grove, and had Big
gle Boy had peep into that grove he
would have seen lovely house and
grounds. and low stone wall round
it, and behind it he would have seen
very deep lake. and several small
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Then she led her new-found friends
to the house and found dry clothes
for them. And then the storm ceased:
the clouds passed away and the sun
broke forth over a now calm day.
And then it was that Mrs. Goodwin
came home, and a little later the three
yorng people from the village return
ed to their summer hotel, and then the
story Of Nora Goodwins heroism
went like wildhre about the village
and surrounding country And
great crowd of people focked about
the Goodwin cottage, and the parents
of the three young folks Nora had
saved from drowning, brought her
gifts in the shape of certain very large
cold coins and checks written for
goodly amounts, all of which Nora
a. first refused outright to accept, but
which she was persuaded by the crowd
to take.
II only did my duty, the duty of
seaman's daughter" she said simply
land l dislike to receive money for
it."
TITS our only way of showing our
appreciation for your heroism" de-
clared the father of the two young
girls. who had returned to the Good
win cottage and stood with arms
about Nora, land we shall be very I'M
happy unless you allow us this pleas
ure of giving to you a little of the
worldly goods in return for our chill
dren's lives
And then 1t was that good Mrs
Goodwin broke down and wept--wept
for joy at being the mother of no.
Bile, splendid girl.
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row-boats tied up at the little pier
and one of them cried out:
ooh, let's have row! The water is
perfectly serene this morning"
Yes" said the second girl, lets
all take an oar. Bert are you much
at the oars?" And she turned to the
young gentleman beside her.
well, before / sustained com
pound fracture of my right wrist I
was something of an oarsman at
least. so our college crew thought.
But since then-which is only about
six months ago-I haven't dared to
use the oars. But | can manage
motor boat all right"
We'll, then, Wen take a motor
boat" said the first girl.
Then the three approached Nora.
who had put aside her paint-can and
brushes and was smiling a good
morning to them. But when they
asked to engage a motor boat-there
was but one tied up at the moment,
ali the others being let out-Nora
told them she regretted very much
that the boat was already engaged
for the day, and that the gentleman
who had hired it would be there at
spoke, two men and as many ladies'
came over the cliff behind the house
and dropped down over the sandy
beach to the boat landing. They took
possession of the motor boat and set
out to sea.
We'll, let's try row boat" said
the young gentleman who had been
called Bert by one of the girls Il
guess We'll make out-between the
three of US
This was agreed upon by the three
young people, who were from the viii
lage summer hotel. where they were
stopping with their parents for a few
weeks frustrating" as the girls
10 ughingly told Nora.
Nora selected one of the best row
boats and the young gentleman hand
ed the girls to their seats inside it.
Then he united the boat, jumped in
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~ IGGIE Boy was the name they
called little Paul Arthur Smith.
1t was his mamma who dubbed
~ him "Biggie Boy" and 1t was
because Paul Arthur had a younger
brother, Baby Smith, who was called
either 9Baby' or "Littlest Boy"
There were just the two children In
this particular Smith family, and
Paul Arthur was eight and Littlest
Boy was two-and still without a
sure-enough name! His mamma and
papa had decided it would be fine
thing not to name Littlest Boy at all,
but Just to call him Baby or Littlest
Boy till he was ready to start to
school, and then to give him long
list of names, not printed or written
on paper, you know, but just told OIL
to him, and to ask him to choose the
name he liked best. That had been
the manner of Paul Arthur's naming.
And he had not been able to decide
between the two names, Paul and
Arthur, and his mamma had said:
How would you like the two put to-
gether?" And he had laughed and
replied: Eyes. l shall have both
names, Muver. I'll be Paul Art'ur
Smith,"
And that was just how they In
tended to let Baby Smith name him
self.
One afternoon in late August Big
gle Boy was sitting in the lawn
swing beside his father. Father was
reading his evening paper and Biggie
Boy sat very. very quiet for some time.
Then. the silence becoming too much
for his active mind and ever busy
tongue. he interrupted his indulgent
fathers reading.
Say. Daddy, what's that picture 2"
And he pointed to a mans picture in
the paper his father was reading.
That" said Daddy, lis the por-
trait of the man who went to the
South Pole" Then he put down the
paper and told Biggie Boy all about
the South Pole. the North Pole. and
the explorers who had gone in quest
of those uninhabited spots on the
earth. And he also told him all about
the two men. one an American, who
had at last discovered these strange
spots called the Poles. And all
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his little "three-wheeler' that Muver
never dreamed of his going off the
beaten paths. So she saw her Biggie
Boy ride off down the big road. head
ing South, as she and Baby drove
North in the pony cart.
AS soon as Biggie Boy got out of
sight of home he put on all the power
he could. and rode like the wind. He
know he must return home by the
time His mother came from the VIII
lage, a distance of three miles from
their cottage. Just how far 1t was to
the South Pole he had no idea. but
he must not fear a long ride. Elk
plorers did not turn back on account
of distance or weather.
For ever and ever so long little
Biggie Boy rode, till at last his legs
gave out and he was ready to drop
from exhaustion. And how sleepy
and hungry he was. too, He got off
his velocipede and wheeled 1t to
shady spot beside the road and let
it stand in the grass. Then he found
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boats along the little landing. But
Biggie Boy did not see these things
All he saw was the tall white pole.
Then he began to think and to won
der. Maybe that was a South Pole!
Why not a South Pole there as we'll
as at some other place? Daddy had
said 1t was very cold about the South
Pole as well as about the North Pole.
Well, 1t certainly got very cold all
about there when the winter came.
And it was almost autumn now, SO
Daddy had said Just the other day. 81.
Pretty soon Daddy turned the au-
tomobile into a long, steep lane, and
then they came to mountain inn
where many people sauntered about
the grounds or sat upon the long We
randa. There they had some dinner
and then long ramble on the noun
tain-side, and then they returned to
the inn for another little rest before
starting homewards And while they
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NORA GOODWIN,
LIffLE HEROINE
A Story for Girls.

IA ORA GOODwIN'S home was on
the sandy beach overlooking
the great sea. l don't mean
i - that she lived right down on the
very beach itself, but safe distance
above the high-tide mark. The Good
win house stood on a high point of
land which jutted out well into the
water. Thus they had a fine view of
the sea from three sides of the house,
and always a sea breeze blowing
about them.
Nora's father owned a boat house
and let out fishing smacks, row boats
and motor boats, to the tourists and
summer boarders who thronged the
village near by from late May till late
September. And Nora, being the only
child, was her fathers chum as we'll
as her mothers comrade. On long
afternoons Nora and her father would
row far out to sea and soon the fif-
teen-year- old girl was considered one
of the finest oarswomen on the coast
for many miles.
One fine August morning Mrs.
Goodwin was obliged to go to the
village to do some marketing and
shopping. After she had finished her
business, she dropped in to see a
friend for an hours chat. While thus
socially engaged she did not observe
the clouds gathering in the south
east, which always meant storm on
the water. And when of a sudden
the day darkened and gusts of wind
and flashes of lightning warned her
of what was in progress. it was too
late for her to start to her home.
mile distant from the village, with
the hope of getting there before the
storm should break. Her good friend.
old Granny Downs, a fisherman's
widow who had lived neighbor to
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Mrs. Goodwin down on the sea, urged
Mrs. Goodwin to remain IT'LL the
squall was over"
Il don't like to leave Nora alone
so long, and during severe Storm"
said Mrs. Goodwin, standing in the
doorway and watching the coming del
uge and wind. But Nora's not a bit
of coward" she continued.
Shed be the last one to want me
to risk the storm to come home. She's
brave child. is my Nora. I guess
she'll not be worried-'less it's over
her mother" And Mrs. Goodwin
laughed and closed the door, for the
storm had burst full upon the village
and rain in torrents was being dashed
on all sides the little Downs cottage
by terrific wind.
Then the two good women sat down
at little table spread with a sim
pie but appetizing midday luncheon
and chatted as they ate, Mrs. Good
win feeling assured that Nora would
be all right at home, even though
alone. Mr.. Goodwin had taken fish
ing party of gentlemen out to sea that
morning and would not return till
late in the afternoon.
After her mothers departure from
/ home, Nora found plenty of work to
/ do. She tidied up the house; then
/ spent an hour or more painting an
old boat which her father had in dry
docks for repairs. Nora was an able
assistant to her father at such work
and often lent a helping hand when
Mr.. Goodwin was obliged to abandon
his work to take persons out fishing
or motor boating.
About eleven o'clock two young
girls, accompanied by a young gen.
tleman a trihe older than themselves,
came along the beach, They saw the
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sat on the grassy slope, in the shade
of tall pine tree. Biggie Boy asked
Daddy about the directions of the
compass. And pretty soon he figured
it out,--that tall, white pole was south
from their home. Then 1t was an
other South Pole, and his parents
had not seen it. Perhaps 1t was so
built that the ordinary people could
not see it.. Perhaps 1t could only be
seen by explorers. Yes. that was
doubtless the truth of the matter.
only born explorers could see one of
the poles. He-Paul Arthur Smith
was born explorerl He had been
given the gift of pole-sigft. And now
that he knew where the pole was
located, he'd just go there on the fol-
lowing day. He could ride there on
hi3 little bike.
Then the party started homeward,
Paul Arthur being very silent all the
way, so much so that Muver said to
him more than once: rs Biggie Boy
tired?" To which question Biggie
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the cave of Cacus where were hidden
his stolen oxen. As he had with him
another pair of oxen. those on the
inside the cave beloved to their for
mer friends, and the outside oxen
replied by believing. Hercules hur-
ried into the cave and, after Staying
the wicked giant, led his lost oxen
home again. AS ne passed down the
mountain side he plucked a branch
of poplar from a tree and made q
victor's wreath of is leaves for his
head. Soon thereafter his labors took
him into the region of fire and the
outside of the leaves was blackened
by the thick smoke and the intense
heat, but the underside was kept
fresh and cool by the silvery mois.
ture on Hercules brow. Ever since
that time the lining of the poplar
leaves has been silvery bright.
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himself, and took up the oars. But
they had not got far out in the little
bay, which was of rather shallow
water, when Nora. who was watching
them interestedly, saw the girls take
the rowman's seat in the middle of
the boat and the young man take an
end seat. The girls both bent to the
oars and made good speed.
Smiling over the happiness of the
gay young folks from the summer
hotel, Nora turned to resume her
work on the keel of the old boat,
when suddenly something dark in the
southwest attracted her attention.
1t was a black cloud. and was com
ing up across the sky very rapidly.
Evidently the young folks out in the
bay had not observed the approaching
blow for they were still putting
out towards heavy water. Nora took
up her fathers megaphone and called
out to them through its great funnel,
but she could not make them hear.
She then stood gazing at the far away
sea. 1t was becoming a bit more
rutfled than it had been when the
three young folks started out. She
hoped they would notice the rising
wind. see the cloud, and make haste
to return. But they were too buslly
engaged on their own innocent amuse-
ment and conversation to notice any
thing outside the little boat which the
girls very evidently enjoyed rowing.
Fer quite some time Nora watched
the gradually diminishing boat. The
bay extended about a mile out from
land, where 1t was divided from the
great rolling ocean by a low-lying
sand dune. Towards this dune went
the three In the row boat. Obvious
that they were putting themselves in
the path of danger. Half a mile to
the south of the point of their evil
de I destination Mas q Iiltle lifn-sau=
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And wave her wand Ger hittie's head
And say: Tell unto me
The things that you would like to
have.
And your wish shall granted be-
But days and days went slowly by.
And still no fairy, dear,
From corner or from secret nook.
To Kittie did appear.
But one day little kittie lay
Quite i'll, and Mother dear
Fixed daintles nice for her to eat.
And ever lowered near
With softest touch and tender kiss.
And soon the sickness fed.
And when another day came round
Sweet Kttle left her bed.
And then she ran to her mamma.
And whispered In her ear:
AT last I've found a fairy good.
She Is my Mother dear"
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ing station, where three sailors lived
to be of service to any in distress
near the dune. But sometimes per-
sons drowned before the lifesaving
crew could reach them. Indeed, Nora
had known fishermen in row boats to
pass round the dune to the north
without being seen by the life-savers
at all. Their lookout was mostly to
the south, where some very bad rocks,
wrecked ship. and other seamen's
the water near by.
Soon the wind came in a gust and
almost took Nora off her feet. She
ran up the beach to get better view
of the little row boat. 1t was being
sorely tried by the winds sweeping
the water and troubling them greatly.
Nora could see that the young man
had again taken the oars, but the boat
was turned the wrong way TO ride the
waves. She feared 1t would get into
a trough of the sea and that 1t would
be capsized. Not many moments did
she stop to think over the situation.
She ran to the pier, united one of
the strongest row-boats, jumped in
side and began to send the little bark
out towards the rolling ocean. The
sky had darkened. rain was coming
down, and the lightning blinded and
the thunder deafened. But not for a
single moment did Nora falter. She
had great purpose, and she meant
to carry it out.
Looking ahead she could see the
little row boat struggling towards the
shore, but it was not gaining a foot
i.
at the oars seemed to have lost all
use of his right hand and was trying
to manage the boat with the one pad
die that he had found In the bottom
of the boat. In this feeble way he
could never he ahle to got ton feet