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Miss Tiverton’s
Tea Basket.
By ALICIA SPRAGUE.
Copyrighted, 1909, by Associated
Literary Press.
Miss Tiverton always poured tea at
precisely 15 o'clock in the afternoon for
u select circle of feminine friends.
They drank tea at that early hour
so that those who were married might
get home in time to prepare C o’clock
dinners for their husbands and that
those who were single might be safely
housed before the early darkness of
the winter evenings.
Miss Tiverton sometimes wished that
they might stay later, for it was al
ways a long, lonely stretch between
their going and bedtime.
Sometimes Lavinia <Jreer stayed with
her, and on those occasions Lavinia’s
brother Richard would call at !. And
these were the social oases in Miss
Tiverton's desert of dreary evenings.
She always made more tea for Rich
ard and brought out her little sponge
cakes. Richard liked the little cakes,
and lie liked Miss Tiverton’s dainty
ways, her delicate pink and white pret
tlncss and her pale rose colored house
gowns.
Lavlnla thought Miss Tiverton very
foolish to wear muslin all winter.
“Think of the washing!” she said as
she and Richard walked home one
evening. “And I.etitia Tiverton is as
poor as Jolt’s turkey.”
"She surrounds herself,” said Rich
ard musingly, “with an atmosphere of
beauty.”
I.a\ lain sniffed. She hated to have
her brother say nice tilings about Leti
tla Tiverton. I.nvinla had kept her
brother’s house for many years, and it
had always been her great duty to nip
sentimental affairs in the bud.
Therefore it was many weeks after
that ominous remark of Richard's be
fore she again spent an evening with
I.etitia. She took her work over in
the mornings or went to the little tea
drinkings, but she did not allow her
brother to darken the doors of the lit
tle gray cottage.
One day Richard spoke of it mildly.
“We haven’t been to Miss Tiverton's
for a long time,” he said—“not, I
think, for four weeks tomorrow.”
I.avinia gave him a sharp glance.
“How <1 id you happen to remember
the date'?” she asked acidly.
Richard looked at her quizzically
over bis glasses. “I noted the date in
my diary,” lie said. “I always write
down the events of the day, I.avinia.”
lie did not.tell her that he had ntlded
after the formal statement, “Brought
Lavlnla home from Miss T.’s,” the
further comment, “Miss T. looked like
a rose in her pink gown.”
A week later lie urged Lnvlnia to
call. “Slit' will think something is the
matter,” lie said.
Lavinia shrugged her shoulders. “I
have been there In the daytime,” she
said. ”1 don't see what more she can
expect.”
Richard thought for a moment, ‘‘She
has told us that her evenings are lone
ly,” lie reminded his sister.
“Humph!” said Lavinia. “I don’t
know that we are called on to put our
selves out to go there these freezing
cold nights."
Richard returned to his book, hut
after a reasonably Judicious interval
lie looked up to say, "1 saw a very
pretty tea basket in a shop this morn
ing. Lavinia, padded inside to keep the
tea warm"—
“Who wants a thing like that?” La
vinia questioned scornfully. "I always
make coffee. Richard.”
ltieliard said nothing more, lie loved
tea. but Lavinia preferred coffee, and
there you were. Vet the next morning
he sauntered to the flaming Japanese
bazaar, where were displayed native
wares to tempt the tourists who were
making the old fashioned southern vil
lage a halfway stopping place on their
way to the tropics.
The tea basket was a quaint affair
of oriental weaving with a gay pink
satin lining and a green and pink cord
and tassel about the handle. The pink
made ltieliard think of Miss Tiverton.
With a defiant look he went in and
bought tlie basket and ordered it sent
to her.
Ills heart failed him, however, when
the dark skinned salesman asked him
for a card to put with the gift.
“Just send it without,” he said hastl
ly. Visions of Miss Lavinia's wrath
should she know of his purchase came
to him oppressively.
The mysterious basket was to little
Letitia Tiverton a source of intinite
delightful speculation. She displayed
it to her afternoon circle, the rose col
ored lining, the pink cord and tassel,
the line basketry.
“And I eau't imagine who sent me
such a beautiful thing,” sbe ended
radiantly when all had seen it.
At the ilrst glance Lavinia Greer's
eyes had hardened. Of all those wo
men she ouly suspected where that
basket bad come from. Richard bad
sent it. This looked seriously like
the beginning of a romance that would
be most lii< diivenlent to Miss' Lavlnla.
On the way home she thought over
a plan. It was simple. At dinner she
told Richard, “I.etitia Tiverton was
too silly about a basket that someone
sent to her.”
Richard started, and Ids face flushed.
He realized that Lavlnla had put two
and two together and had guessed that
it was lie who had sent the tea basket
to Miss Tiverton.
“I wish you had seen her,” Lavlnla
pursued. “I wish you had heard her
glggje and boast that you sent it.”
Richard turned questioning eyes
upon her. ‘ But she did not know that
i had sent it.” he said. "There wa.
no wnd, I.avinia.”
ilavinia went on hurriedly. “Well,
then, she guessed, for she bragged of
it, Richard it- it— it was disgusting.”
Miss I.avinia’s face was a dull red
She did not like what she was
now that she was doing it. But she
was desperate.
“I can’t imagine”—Richard’s tone
was incisive—“l can’t Imagine, I.avi
nia, a woman of Miss Tiverton’s deli-
I cacy doing a thing like that.”
Lavlnla tossed her bead. “You don’t
know much about women, Richard,”
she retorted.
Richard walked abroad that night
consumed by angry doubts. Surely
I.avinia would not lie. Surely Miss
Tiverton would not brag. His gold
headed cane tapped the pavement ir
resolutely. Then suddenly he strode
down the street, irresolute no longer.
Miss Letitia, alone and a little wist
ful in her small gray cottage, heard
the tap of the cane as she had heard
It every night when Richard went
forth for his evening walk.
Behind her curtains she had watched
him regularly and had admired the
straightness of him, the briskness of
ids walk, the brown waves of hair
which in defiance of modern fashion
he wore so long that it almost touched
bis coat collar.
It had never dawned on Miss Tiver
ton that such a great being as Lavi
nia’s brother could look upon her and
find her lovely. In her humility she
had not dreamed that the basket was
an offering from such a source.
She had t’-*.night the women of her
circle might have clubbed together to
bestow on her this gift of friendship
and her effusiveness at the afternoon
gathering had been due to her gratitude
The tap of the gold headed cam
sounded right in front of her gate,
stopped and began again on the stone
walk that led to tlie front door.
Then tHo bell rang. Miss Tiverton
answered it. I’i hard stepped over lu-r
threshold—for the first time without
his sister I.avinia.
“I came,” he said when he was seat
ed. “to ask a question, a delicate ques
tion, Miss Tiverton. Who sent you
your tea basket?”
Miss Letitia's clear eyes met his
frankly. “Oh, did I.avinia tell you that
one was sent me?” she asked. “It’s
such a beauty!” And she brought it
to him. displaying the rose lining and
the tassels.
Richard drew a long breath of relief.
The doubts that I.avinia bad planted
fled. There was nothing of deceit in
that childlike soul, in that flowerlike
face.
“Miss I.etitia,” he said, with his
hand on the basket, “haven’t you
guessed who sent it?”
Her puzzled glance met his. “No,”
she murmured.
“I—l sent it,” he confessed, “be
cause it reminded me of you—the rose
color and the pink—like your pretty
gown, your pretty self, a rose of a
woman.”
Miss Letitia stood half poised for
flight. “Oh!” she said breathlessly,
and her eyes were like stars. “Oh,
Mr. Greer!”
Richard grow bolder. “I sent it be
cause I love you, Letitia. There is no
happiness that could exceed that of
winning you for my wife.”
It came upon little Letitia almost
too suddenly, that vision <*f happiness,
and she swayed toward him, looking
just then more like a lily than a rose,
and the tea basket dropped from her
nerveless hand.
Richard caught it deftly as lie drew
her to him. “You will pour tea for me,
won't von.” lie demanded, trying to
bring the color back to her cheeks,
“for the rest of my days, Letitia? La*
vinia gives me coffee—but, then, oh,
hang I.avinia! Will you marry me,
sweetheart?”
And Mi<s Letitia after a startled
“Oh, Richard!" buried her face against
his coat and said, “Yes.”
Don't Be Cheap.
Do not hold yourself too cheap. If
you do not think well of yourself oth
ers are not likely to think much of
you. You are usually taken at your
own value. By this is not meant a
foolish self conceit, but a proper self
respect.
Have a regard for the esteem of
those whose opinion is worth having.
No one can be admired by all. He
who has no enemies may doubt wheth
er he has real friends. Try to win the
regard of the good and the wise. If
the foolish take offense, pass it by.
Think too well of yourself to stoop
to anything coarse, mean or untrue.
However humble your station in life
may be, you may think yourself
worthy only of that which is good and
true. To be genuine puts you on a
high Jevel. Whatever your nurse, you
rofly be ricn in cnaracter. -rains your
self worthy of the best to which you
can attain. Aim for the highest you
see, and should you fall to reach It
you will still be higher than if your
aim bad been low-.—Milwaukee Jour
nal.
FOILED THEIR PLOT.
The Way Mme. Alboni Frustrated a
Scheme to Hiss Her.
“Once upon a time, when Mme. Al
boni was at Trieste,” writes Henry C.
Lahee in “Famous Singers of Today,”
“she was informed of the existence of
a plot to hiss her off the stage. Hav
ing ascertained the names of her de
tractors and where they wei c to be
found, she donned male attire, to
which Lor short hair and robust fig
ure helped to complete her disguise,
and went to the cafe at which the
conspirators met. Here she found
them in full consultation, and, taking
a seat at a table, she listened to their
conversation for a time. After awhile
she addressed the leader, saying: ‘1
hear that you intend to play a trick
upon someone. 1 am very fond of a
little practical joke myself and should
be glad if you would allow me to join
you on this occasion.’
“ ‘With pleasure,’ was the reply. ‘We
Intend to hiss an opera singer off the
stage this evening.’
“‘lndeed! And of what is she
guilty?’
“ ‘Oh, nothing, except that, being an
Italian, she has sung In Munich and
Vienna to German audiences, and we
think she ought to receive some casti
gation for tier unpatriotic conduct.’
“*1 agree with you. aud no%v please
tell me what 1 am to do.’
“ ‘Take this whistle,' said the leader.
‘At a signal to be given .it the conclu
sion of the air sung by Roslna the
noise will begin, and you will have to
join in.’
“ -I shall be very glad to do so,’ said
the singer and put Urn whistle in her
pocket.
“In the evening the house was pack
ed—every seat was occupied—and the
audience warmly applauded the open
ing numbers of the opera In due
course Mine. Alboni appeared, and at
the point at which she was about to
address her tutor a few of the con
spirators began to make a disturbance,
not waiting for tlie signal.
“Without showing any concern Mme.
Alboni walked down to the footlights,
and, holding up the whistle, which
was hung to her neck by a ribbon, she
exclaimed: ‘Gentlemen, are you not a
little before your time? 1 thought we
wore not to commence whistling uutil
I had sung the air.’
“For a momeut a deathly stillness
prevailed; then suddenly the house
broke into thunders of applause, which
was led by the conspirators them
se'v^s.”
A GRATEFUL PATIENT.
The Coin That Was Measured by a
Famous Surgeon.
Dr. Grenfell, an old London hospital
pupil, in a sketch of Sir Frederick
Treves in the Ball Mall Gazette tells
the story of a tiny sovereign gold
piece given by a grateful patient to
the famous surgeon and guarded by
him as a priceless treasure. A sailor
from Norway had been operated on by
Sir Frederick in hospital. His life bad
been saved, and he had gone his way.
Late one evening a timid knock
brought Sir Frederick himself at that
unusual hour to Ills door in Wimpole
street. A tall, gauut sailor in thread
bare attire asked if this was where
“Mr. Treves lives.” At his earnest re
quest, though somewhat under protest,
he was allowed to enter. He at once
proceeded to get out a jackknife, and
from the lining of the belt of bis trou
sers he cut out n small gold piece and
offered it to Sir Frederick. On his re
fusal to accept it the man was so hurt
that Sir Frederick listened to his story,
and an interesting one it was.
The man had on leaving hospital
sought a berth at the London docks,
but, being a stranger, bad been unable
to get one. lie bad got out of money
and had gone hungry day after day,
though be knew that he had sewed up
in his waistband by his wife in Nor
way the piece of gold In question. He
had got so pulled down by bad living
that be at last decided be must spend
the money, but that very day be suc
ceeded in getting a berth on a ship,
and His advance had given the food he
stood so sorely in need of. He had
promptly tramped all the way to Wim
pole street, and his bearing was such
that Sir Frederick found himself
“bowing into the darkness, holding the
gold piece in his hand and with an
overwhelming sense of inferiority
strongly impressed on his mind.”
A Chip of the Old Block.
Crimson beak—Owen Moore’s son wai
In to see me today.
Yeast —Indeed! Doesn’t he remind
you of his father?
“Very much. He wanted to borrow
ss.”—Yonkers Statesman.
Particular Points.
"Shall I touch out the wrinkles Jr
your face?” asked the photographer.
“By all means.” answered the elder
ly beau. “And also those, if there be
any, in my trousers.”—Kansas City
Journal.
Tax Receiver's Notice.
SECOND ROUND.
I will be at the following places
on dates named for the purpose of
receiving state and county tax re
turns for the year 1900:
April —
Jefferson 24, 9 a m to 3 p m
Hoschton 20, 9 a ni to 3 p m
Braselton Bros’ 20, 4 p m and
night
C D Gregory’s 27, 9 to 10 a m
High View 27, 11 to 12 a m
Talino 27, 1 to 3 p m
Pendergrass 28, 9 to 12 a m
C M Porter’s 28, 2 to 3 p m
\V T F Head’s 28, 4 p m and night
Dry Pond 29, 8 to 9 a m
Miller's Court Ground 29, 11 to
12 a ni
Holly Springs 29, 1 to 2 p m
Constantine 29, 3 to 4 p m
Diamond Hill 30, 9 to 10 a m
Maysyille 30, 11am to 3 p in
J C Wheeler’s 20, at night
May—
Commerce 1 and 3, 9 a m to 3
p m
Harrisburg Court Ground 4, 9 to
10 a in
Elder’s Store 4, 2 to 3 p m
Ira W Ethridge’s 4, 4 p m and
night
Johnson’s Mill 5, 9 to 10 a in
J W Chandler’s Store 5, 11 to 12
a m
Johnson’s Academy 5, 2 to 3 p in
L F Sell’s 7, 9 to 10 a m
DeLaperriere’s Gin 7, 11 to 12
a m
II R Niblack’s Store 7, 1 to 2 p m
Thomas Phillips, 7. 3 to 4 p m
J T Hogan 7, 4 to 5 p m
Winder 8, 9 a m to 3 p m
Jefferson during Superior Court-
Return blanks can he found atall
banks in the county.
X. B. Lord,
Tax Receiver Jackson County.
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SCRAPE SET.
These Scrape Sets are for sale
by Kirkpatrick Hardware Com
pany, Atlanta, Ga.; Smith Hard
ware Company, Woodruff Hard
ware Company and R. P, Wil
liams, Winder, Ga.
Winder Train Schedules
Gainesville Midland Railway
SOUTH BOUND
No. 11 —Lv 8:40 a. m.
No. 13 —Lv. 3:2*5 p. m.
No. 15 —Lv. 10:35 am: Sunday
only.
NORTH BOUND
No. 12 — \t. 11:30 m.
No. 14 —Ai. 6:20 p m.
No. 16 —A.. 5:23 j) m : Sun.onlv.
No. 12 will run to Belmont re
gardless of No. 13.
All trains going through Winder
vard must be under full control.
Slow and Sure.
“How Is my son getting along?"
asked a parent of the headmaster of
a school.
"He’s slow and sure,” was the re
sponse.
“That’s satisfactory!”
“Not so,” rejoined the master. “By
It I mean that he is slow to learn and
sure to forget.”—London Telegraph.
The Practical One.
“All writers are not impractical, are
they?”
“Oh, no! One man will write a joke
and sell it for 50 cents. Another will
write a comic opera around it and
fraw $20,000 in royalties.”—Louisville
lourier-Journal.
CHURCHES.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Services on the Ist and 3d Sun
days at 1130 a. m. and 8:00 p. ni.
Rev Fritz Rauschenberg, pastor.
Sunday School every Sunday at
10:30 a. m. W. IT. Quartermai.
superintendent.
METHODIST
Rev. W. T. Hunnicutt, Pastor.
Preaching at 11:30 a. m. and 7:45
p. m. Sunday school at 10:15 a.
m., W. H. Toole, superintendent.
Prayermeeting Wednesday at 7; 45
p. m.
BAPTIST
Rev. J. W. Perry, Pastor. Preach
ing every Sunday except first at
11:30 a. m. and Bp. m. Sunday
school 10:30. a. m., W. L. Bias
ingame, superintendent. Prayer
meeting every Wednesday evening
at usual hour.
CHRISTIAN.
Rev.' J. H. Wood Pastor. Preach
ing every Sundays at 11:30 a. m.
and Bp. in. Sunday School at
10:30 a- m. Claud Mayne superin
tendent. Prayer meeting Wednesday
evening at usual hour.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS_
LEWIS C. RUSSFLL,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Winder, Ga.
Offices over First National Bank.
G. A. JOHNS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Winder, Ga.
Office over Smirh & Carithers*
Bank Practice in State and U.
S. Courts.
J. F. HOLMES,
ATTORNEY-AT-1. AW,
Statham, Ga.
Criminal and Commercial Lew a
Specialty.
W. H.QUARTERMAN
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Winder, Ga.
Practice in all the courts
Commercial law a specialty.
W. L. DeLaPERRIERK
DENTAL SURGERY.
Winder - - Georgia
Fillings, Bridge and Plate-work,
done in most scientific and %a,tW"
factory way.
Offices on Broad St.
SPURGEON WILLIAMS
DENTIST,
Winder ... Georgia
Offices over Smith & Carithera
bank. All work done satisfac
torily, A
Phone 81-
DR. S. T. ROSS,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, j?
Winder, Ga.
Offices over First National Bank.
EDMOND F. SAXON, M. I><
WINDER, GA.
Office over Turner’s Pharmacy.
Residence on Broad St. Phone
116. Attend all calls day or night.
DR. R. P, ADAMS,
BETHLEHEM, GA.
[General Practice. Telephone.
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