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her. You can imagine how 1t was,
these two vaiking the deck together
during the day. or sitting side by
side when the night came on. the
ocean stretched before them. The
daring of his present undertaking..
the absurd glamor hat Is thrown
over those who have gone into that
strange country from which some
travellers return. and the pictur-
esqueness of his past life. 1t is no
wonder the girl made too much of
him. I do not think he knew what
was coming He did D pose before
her. 1 am quite sure. from what 1
knew of him, that he did not. In
deed. / believed him when he said
that he had fought against the more
than interest she had begun to show
for him. He was the ort of man
women are for, but they had not
been of this woman's class or ca1ibre.
1t came to him like a sign from the
heavens. 1t was as IL a goddess had
stopped to him. He told her when
they separated that IL he succeeded
II he opened this unknown country.
II he was rewarded as they had prom
Used to reward him-he might dare
to come to her; and she called him
her knight-errant.. and gave him her
chain and locket 10 year. and told
him whether he failed or succeeded
1t meant nothing to her. and that her
life was his while it lasted. and her
soul as we'll.
"I think" Gordon said. stopping
abruptly. with an air Of careful con-
sideration. that those were her
words as he repeated them to me-"
He raised his eyes thoughtfully
towards the face of the girl opposite.
and then glanced past her, as IL he
were trying to recall the words the
man had used. The fine. beautiful
face of the woman was white and
drawn around the lips, and she gave
a quick, appealing glance at her
hostess. as il she would beg to be
allowed to CO.
You can imagine a man." Gordon
went on. more lightly. finding a
hanson cab slow when he is riding
from the station to see the woman
he loves: but imagine this man urg-
ing himself and the rest of us to
hurry when we were in the heart of
Africa, with six months travel in
front of us before we could reach the
first limits of civilization. That is
what this man did When he was
lstill on his litter ho used to toss and
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promise from the French government
to make him governor of the terri
tory he opened up IL he succeeded.
but he had had no Official help. II
he failed. he got nothing; IL he sue
ceeded. he did SO at his expense
and by his own sendeavors. 1t was
only a wonder he had been able to
get as far as he did. Heidi not seem
to feel the failure of his expedition.
All that was lost in the happiness of
getting back alive to this woman with
whom he was in love. He had been
three days alone before we found
him, and in those three days, while
he waited for death. he had thought
of nothing but that he would never
see her again. He had resigned him.
self to this, had given up all hope.
and our coming seemed like a miracle
to him. I have read about men in
love, / have seen 1t on the stage, 1
have seen It in real life. but I nevcr
saw a man SO grateful to God and SO
happy and SO insane over a woman
as this man was. He rayed about her
when he was feverish, and he talked
and talked to me about her when he
was IN his senses. The porters could
not understand him. and he found me
sympathetic, / suppose, OF else he did
not care. and only wanted to speak
of her to some one, and SO he told
me the story over and over again as
1 walked beside the litter. or as we
sat by the IRE at night. She must
have been a very remarkable girl.
He had met her first the rel before.
on one of the Italian steamers that
ply from New YORK to Gibraltar She
was travelling with her father. who
was an invalid going to Tangier for
his health; from Tangier they were to
! go up to Nice and Cannes, and in the
spring to Paris and on to London for
this cas- just over. The man was
] going from Gibraltar 70 Zanzibar. and
then on into the Congo. They had
met the first night out; they had sep
arated thirteen days later at Gibral-
tar. and in that time the girl had
fallen in love with him. and had
promissd to marry him IL he would
let her. for he was very proud. He
had to be, He had absolutely nothing
to offer her. She is very well. known
at home. mean her family Is: they
have lived in New York from its FIRST
days, and they are very rich. The
girl had live a life as different from
his as the life of a girl in society
must be from that Of . yagabond. He
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had been an engineer. a Newspaper
correspondent. an officer in the
Chinese army. and had built bridges
in South America and led her little
revolutions there. and had seen SER
vice on the desert in the French army
of Algiers. He had no home or
nationality even. for he had left
America when he was sixteen: he bad
no family. had saved no money. and
was trusting everything I o the sue
cess OF this expedition into Africa to
make him known and t. give him
position 1t was the story OF OtheIlo
and Desdamona over agnin. His
biackness lay from her point of view
of her friends. In the fact tina he was
as helpiessly ineligible a young man
as a cowboy And he had lived a
life OF which he had no great reason
to be proud. He had existed entirely
for excitement. as other men live to
drink until they kill themselves by IT:
nothing he had done had counted for
much except his bridges. They are
still standing. But the things he had
written are lost in the columns of the
daily papers. The soldiers he had
fought with knew him only as a man
who cared more for the lighting than
for what the fighting was about. and
he had been as ready !, write on one
side as to fight on the other, He
was a rolling stone. and had been a
rolling stone from the time he was
sixteen and had run away to sea, up
to the day he had met this girl, when
he was just thirty. Yet you can see
how such a man would attract a
young. impressionable girl. who had
met only those men whose actions
are bounded by the courts of law or
Wall Street. or the younger set who
drive coaches and who live the life
of the clubs. She had gone through
life as some people go through pic
ture-galleries. with their catalogues
marked at the best pictures. She
knew nothing Of the little fellows
whose work was skied. who were try
ing to be known. who were not of
her world. but who toii>d and prayed
and hoped to be famous. This man
came into her life suddenly with his
stories of adventure and strange
people and strange places. of things
done for the love of doing them and
not for the reward or reputation. and
he bewildered her at first. l suppose.
and then fascinated. and then won
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looked upsat US and said. 'Thsnk
Cod.'@becausc we wee wLSe. I
suppose-and went OF into uncon-
sciousness again When he came to
the next time. he asked Royce. In a
whisper. how ling he had TO live.
He wasn't the sort of a man you had
TO lie to about a thing ike that. and
Royce told him he did not think he
could live for more than an hour or
two. The man moved his head to
show that he understood. and raised
hts hand TO his throat and began
pulling at his shirt. but the effort
sent him on into a fainting 1T again
1 opened his collar for him as gently
as I could. and found that his fingers
had ciinched around a silver necklace
that he wore about HIS neck. and
from which there hung a gold locket
shaped like a heart"
when the man came to-" contin-
ued Gordon. in the same conventional
monotone. he begged me to take the
chain and locket to a girl whom he
said / would ind either In London or
In New York. He " me the adj
dress OF her banker. He said: Take
II on my neek before you bury me:
tell her I wore It ever since she gave
II to me That Il has been a charm
and loadstone 10 me That when the
locket rose and fell against my
breast. 1t was as IL her heart were
pressing against mine and answering
the beating and throbbing OF the
blood In my veins"
Gordon paused. and returned to
the thoughtful scrutiny OF his finger
tips.
The man did not die" he said.
raising his head. Royce brought
him back into such form again that
in about n week we were able to take
him along with us on a litter. But
he was very weak. and would lie for
hours sleeping when we rested. or
mumbling and raving in a fever. We
learned from him at odd times that
he had been trying to reach Lake
Tchad. TO do what we had done. with
out any means of doing ii He had
bad not more than a couple OF dozen
porters and a c~orporal's guard of
Senogalese soldiers. He was the only
white man in the party. and his men
had turned on him. and left him as
we found him. carrying off with them
his stock of provisions and arms. He
had undertaken the expedition on a
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who Is accused said In the reply. or
what happened during those two
weeks before the sunset. The author
really has no right to choose only
the critical moments. and TO shut out
the commonplace. everyday life by a
sort of literary closure That Is. II
he claims to tell the truth"
Phillips raised his eyebrows and
looked carefully around the table.
Does any n else feel called upon
TO testify" he asked.
IT'S awful. isn't il. Phillips
laughed Trevelyan. comfortably. .sto
find hat the photographer is the only
artist. after allT / feel very guilty"
You ought to-" pronounced the
General. gayly. He was very well
satisfied with himself at having held
his own against these clever people.
And I am sure Mr.. Gordon will
agree with me. too" he went ON, cor
ndently. with a bow towards the
younger man. II has seen more
Of the world than any of us. and he
will tell you. l am sure. that what
happens only suggests the story: II
Is not complete in itself. That 1t
always needs the authors touch. Just
as the rough diamond"
"Oh. thanks. thanks, General"
laughed Phillips. My feelings arc
not hurt as badly as that"
Gordon had been turning the stem
of a wine-glass slowly between his
thumb and his finger while the others
were talking. and looking down at -
smiling. Now he raised his eyes MS
though he meant to speak. and then
dropped them again. II am afraid.
Sir Henry" he said. that i don't
agree with you at ALL"
You shouldn't nave called on hat
last witness. Sir Henry" said Phil
lips. smiling. Your case was very
good at II was"
II am quite sure" said Gordon,
seriously. that the story Phillips
will never write is a true story. but
he will not write It because people
would say II is impossible. just as
you ave all seen sunsets sometimes
that you knew would be laughed at 10
any tried to paint them. We all know
such a story. something in our own
lives. or in the lives of our friends.
Not ghost stories. or stories OF adj
venture. but of ambitions that come
to nothing. of people who were re-
warded or punished in this world in
stead OF in the next, and love stories"
Phillips looked ut the young man
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keeniy and smiled. Especially love
s~tories." he said.
Tell 1t. Gordon" said MI. ire
velyan.
Yes" said Gordon, nodding his
head in assent. rI was thinking OF a
particular story. 1t is MS complete.
1 think. and as dramatic as any OF
those we have read. 1t is about q
man / met in Africa. 1t is not a long
story" he said. looking around the
table tentatively. but 1t ends badly"
There was a silence much more ap-
preciated than a polite murmur of
invitation would nave been and the
simply smart people settled them
solves rigidly to catch every word for
future use. They realized that this
would be a story which had not as
yet appeared in the newspapers. and
which would not make n part of Cor
don's book. Mrs. Treveiyan smiled
encouragingly upon her former pro-
tege: she was sure he was going to
do himself credit; but the American
girl chose this chance. when all the
other eyes were turned expectantly
towards the explorer, to look at her
lover.
I'VE were on our return march
from Lake Tchad to the Mobangi,'
| Ealu 1OIuOu. VIC Add DCCh oasCA
ling over a month, sometimes by
water and sometimes through the for
est. and we did not expect to see any
other white men besides those Of ouI
own party for Several months to
come. In the middle of a jungle late
one afternoon 1 found this man lying
at the foot of a He had beer
cut and beaten and left for dead. II
was as much of a surprise to me. yor
understand. as It would be to o II
you were driving through Trafalgar
Square in a hanson. and an African
lion should spring up on your horses
launches. We believed we were thu
only white men that had ever sue
ceeded in getting that far south
Crampel had tried it. and no one
knows yet whether he is dead ol
alive; Doctor Schlemen had beer
eaten by cannibals. and Majol
Bethume had turned back two hun
dred miles farther north: and W,
could no more account for this man.
presence than IL he had been droppe.
from the clouds. Lieutenant Royce
my surgeon. went to work at him
and we halted where we were for thu
night. In about an hour the mar
moved and opened his eyes He
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An Unfinished Story - s...s .4..ss@

capyrtoAt. 1891. ~ rae Wheeler Nesssap~ ssrdeafe
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HealthfuI vigor
In Strong Blood
Rich. Red Blood Built Up by Peptc-
Mangan--LIquld or Tablet

Blood is strong and full of life
giving vigor when there are plenty
Of red cells in it. Anaemic people
have little strength because there are
not enough red cells in the blood. Il
is thin and watery. Weak blood
makes faces pale, pulls down the
strength and leaves the body tired,
weak and sickly
A course Of Guides Pepto- Mangan
restores weak blood to its normal
strength. Taken regularly for a
while it adds red cells to the blood.
Then with good blood, the strength
and vigor of health return. There
is pleasure in living, with good blood
running through the veins. Guides
-Mangan is put up in liquid
and in tablet form. They are the
same incidentally. Physicians have
prescribed Guides Pepto- Mangan
for years. The name "Gude's Pep
to Mangan" is on the package.-Ad
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BLUE GRASS SHOW HOLDS
INTEREST OF P0ULTRYMEN

With inquiries and entries being
received from many Kentucky far
mers and poultrymen as we'll as from
those in other states, indications are
that the first annual winter poultry
show to be held at Lexington De-
cember 81 to 81 under the auspices
Of the Blue Grass Poultry Associa-
ton win be an outstanding success,
according to A s. Chopin, poultry
extension specialist Of the College of
Agriculture and president Of the
association. Many Of the details and
arrangements for the show have
been completed, according to the an
nouncement.
Judges announced for the show in
catalogue recently mailed to in
terested poultrymen include W. Clay
ton Thomson, Georgetown; Len
Rawnsley, Louisville; A. w. Haler,
louisville, and j. r. Smyth, extern
sion specialist in poultry from the
college.
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Produce Review

The volume of cream delivered to
creameries during the week has con-
tinued to show an increase over the
same week last year. It is generally
recognized that in most territories,
at present, grain can be fed for milk
production and give a larger return
than if disposed of direct.
Increased butter receipts have
caused slight decline in market
values, with corresponding lower
prices prevailing for butterfat, but
even at present prices the COMPARE
son on butterfat prices is still favor
able.
There has been continuous heavy
movement of poultry during the
week, but prices are generally un.
changed.
Continued open weather has re-
suited in further increases in the
supply of fresh eggs, and as there is
still large quantity of eggs in stor-
age, it has resulted in somewhat low
err prices, both in buying and selling.
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WAYNE COUNTY FARMERS
GO AFTER SCRUB SIRES

In an effort to rid the county of
scrub sires, farmers in Wayne coun-
ty, cooperating with the county ag-
emit and local farmers organizations
have set about to dispose of the
last one before February 4, 1922,
according to report from that coun-
ty. The movement was started at
recent meeting when a resolution
was adopted endorsing the better
sires and better stock campaign and
urging farmers to dispose Of their
scrubs. A committee has been APP
pointed to work with the county ag-
emit in carrying on the drive.
OF all base things an migrate is the
worst, and gratefnlness is co-exten-
sive greatness.
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NEW CIRCULAR DISCUSSES
CONTROL or CR0WN-B0RER

With the growth of the strawberry
industry in Kentucky and a CORES
ponding increase in the spread and
multiplication of the strawberry
crown-borer, this pest has come to
be serious one in the state, ac-
cording to Circular No. 81, which
has just come of the press at the
College of Agriculture and which is
being distributed to the interested
growers.
In addition TO being well illus
trated the publication contains a
discussion Of the damage done by
the insect together with suggestions
for its control and eradication. The
circular, which was written by Har-
rison Garman, entomologist at the
Kentucky Agricultural Experiment
Station, Lexington, may be obtained
free by writing the station.
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Twice Proven

If you suffer backache, sleepless
nights, tired, dull days and Distress
ing urinary disorders, don't expert
ment. Read this ice-told testi-
mony. It's Mt. Sterling evidence
twice proven.
Mrs. W. T. Atchison, 43 E. High
street, gave the following statement
January 6, 1917: 81 had dull back
aches and a soreness through my
kidneys. l also had frequent dizzy
headaches and my kidneys didn't act
regularly. read of Doan's Kidney
Pills and used them as directed
They restored my kidneys to a good
healthy condition and relieved the
other symptoms of kidney trouble"
On December IL, 1920, Mrs. Atch-
ison said: "The statement l gave In
1917 holds good. l recommend
Doan's as highly today as when l
gave my last endorsement. The good
they did me has lasted"
60c at all dealers. Foster Milburn
Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y.
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The Christmastide is drawing near,
When parcel post looms high,
The clerks and postmen plead with
you;;
'Mail Early is their cry.
Of course you want your friends to
get
Their gifts by Christmas day,
And Uncle Sam will back you up
If you mail them right away.
But if you keep on waiting
Until the last few days,
There'll be congestion in the mails
And terrible delays.
just think how disappointed
The Riddles all would be,
II your presents came too late
To hang on the Christmas tree.
Your gifts need not be opened
If paster you viii use;
Don't open until Christmas"
Is seal that you should choose.
| wonder if you realize
The hardships of the clerks,
If you neglect to mail this week,
And thus your duty shirk.
And picture the poor postmen
Laden down with shoulders lame;
For although tits Merry Christmas
They must all work just the same.
So remember, friends, mail early,
If you'd spread the Christmas
cheer,
Mail early and mail often
And delays you need not fear.
We like to sell Tanlac because it
satisfies our customers. Land &
Priest.
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Cedar Chests
Table Lamps
Sellers Kitchen Cabinets
Tea Wagons
Pictures
Library Tables
Desks
Pedestals
Chifforobes
Card Tables
Reed Chairs and Tables
Carpet Sweepers
Globe ernicke Book
cases
Mirrors
Children's Chairs
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Rosslyn
' vina Benningfield, Corresponds

Miss Slyia Skidmore is visiting in
Stanton.
Mrs. Claude Martin is very sick.
Misses Fannie Daniel and Emma
Grove, Bowen, were here Wednes-
day at the home of Mrs. Nettie Mar
tin.
Shade Epperson, of North Fork,
was through here Friday on his way
to Stanton.
StOner Martin and sister, Mrs.
Ada Adams, of Genet, were in Stan
ton one day last week shopping.
A crowd of young folks went from
here to Upper Cain creek for hay
drive and a surprise party Tuesday
night at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Shelby Wills. The party consisted
of the following persons: Misses Zu-
la Martin, Sylvia Skidmore, Cappy
Hollon and others whose names we
did not learn; Messrs. Evert and
Aubrey Martin, Garrett Townsend,
Holt Derrickson, York Martin and
James Wymore.
Cassius Hatton was at Bowen on
Saturday.
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We like to sell Tanlac because it
satisfies our customers. Land &
Priest.
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Jesse Carpenter and wife gave a
dance Tuesday night, which all en-
joyed.
Mrs. Lena Turley, Of Kansas City,
came Monday to attend the funeral
of her grandmother, Mrs. Martha
Alexander. She will spend the week
with her parents, J. d. Alexander
and wife.
Misses Mildred and Frances
Phipps, who have been attending
school in Mt. Sterling, were brought
home Tuesday by the Red Cross
nurse, The physician pronounced
their trouble diphtheria. They seem
to be getting along nicely.
Mrs. Martha Alexander, who had
been in bad health for many years,
died December 10 at her home in
Mt. Sterling. Burial took place here
December IL in the family graveyard
by the side of her husband, William
Alexander. She was II years old
and leaves one son, J. d. Alexander,
Of this place; five grandchildren,
Mrs. Virgil Montjoy, of Mt Sterling,
who lived with her; Mrs. Charles
Payne, of Camargo; Mrs. Lena Tur-
ley, Of Kansas City, and Lloyd and
Sherman Alexander, of this place.
She also leaves one sister, Mrs. Mol
lie Withrow, Of Lexington, who will
sadly miss her. Funeral services
were conducted by Rev. Clyde OAR
sic, of Mt. Sterling.
Oh, mother, how we loved you,
Love you we always will;
Though you are gone from us to
Heaven,
In our hearts we have you still.
You are gone, but not forgotten,
Dear mother, nor shall you ever be,
AS long as life and memory last
We shall remember thee.
| think of you in silence,
No eye can see me weep,
But many silent tear l shed
When others are asleep.
No one knows how much | miss you,
Friends may think the wound is
healed,
But little do they know the grief
That lies within my heart conceal
ed.
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How's Your Stomach T?
and Your Liver !
Health il Most Vital 10 You

Durham, N. Cas- for DIR. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery which | use
constantly, don't believe there is bet
ter liver medicine made. l use it for head
ache, stomach disorders and torpid liver.
II 10 not unpleasant TO take and does not
leave q constipated condition as so many
Of the liver pills and medicines do. 1t
does it's work and leaves one feeling like
. new person."-Howard Holden, 1906
Glenn St.
You can quickly put yourself in AL
condition by going to your druggist and
obtaining this Discovery of DIR. Pierce's
h tablets or liquid, or write DR.. Pierce,
president Invalids' Hotel, in Buffalo,
N. Y, for free medical advice.
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BOURBON FARM FoR SALE

A splendidly improved 15O-acre
farm, lying in Bourbon county close
to the Montgomery county line. Can
be bought wen worth the money il
sold at once, For particulars apply
at this Oliee. (l4-tfl
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LIST NOW

II you want to sell or exchange
your farm or city property, write or
see me at my office upstairs over the
Duerson drug store. F. d. Richard
SON, Real Estate, Mt. Sterling. 16tf
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1t is said that 80 bootleggers have
defraudsd the United States govern
ment out Of $4,000, 000.--Little
Rock Gazette. Those men must
have been pipeliners.
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Reports say there will soon be
plenty of money in the country
Malvern Daily Record. Yes, but I'M
less it hurries up it will do us about
as much good as the medals did the
unknown soldier.