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Preclou watched
"ml from tht door of Ills tent. He
ltiui no doubt Hull this ua« uu Illu
sion. born, like no many others, of
loneliness ami the scorching heat of
the UII ml table wastes.
For II ft cen months I'reston hud not
seen a white minis face. With Ida
small company of faithful blacks he
had traveled almost from coast to
court, erecting the wireless telegraph
stations, lie hud had a companion—
Hull; but Hull lay under a cairn of
stones many weeks' Journey southward
and Preston was without companion*
ship.
Hack Irt/'lCngfattd u glrlNtli* wait
ing till the completion of hi* task en
abled him to aend fbr- hei'.iliut tjwy
might take up life iho< fhar>-*
The llgure came frjfVvdHl. i.’!klcf«wt*
emaciated by hunger arnlbuthed briefer
red by the troplcnl siM: ! '■Ptvtlou <yrr.
rled him Into his >•' rj'i
Keening came ut lenfttb; tlie.-iaaol
whs prepared. The s;leaflet;.alaiiMtiil j
signs of reviving. TlllMWitf 'rurtrj.ied
Info delirium and bf'gutl’* mutteriug.
Preston at. first paid no attention
to Ids delirium. GrinfuailyJ however,
he became worse. one name per
sistently hovered ii|itWi”tii* llpa,- Jl
was a woman's numb.' The girt vyg*
tils fiancee anil lived i»i Plynaiulh,
Kngitind. That mu 'll he knew: Miss
Daisy Gibson, engaged to Petep.Jlur
uett Yuid waiting for his return with
the pearl oyster catch, fliat they might
be married. As the sick man grew
uiker his utterance of her name be
conilnuouH.
t once a M idea came Into
■'** s brain. He shook Burnett
Prestoi..
violentl.. JU WHnl „ message from Miss
1,0 lie asked lllttl.
Gibson? V.j s U (. t( ,,| electrically upon
Iho w<^
the other. V,,, U u<.rcd. “She’s in
"Messugc?" V
, 'S*‘. I enn flush a
But listen, mt. Perhaps an an
messiige to the
awer will come." V„ ll|IITle( j
Fired with IhrfMeia. gratae; un(J
to the transmitting apphv
that was the orltfhi of tl '«\ wirr , esHi
message that ever went by '» r( j ,| iH
It whs the opetatdf on botfly .
U. 8. cruiser "Tenifl.v” who
the faint, slgnala and showed the m
urge to his commanding flfheer.
ran like this: |y ■■
•'Miss Daisy Gibson, Plygtputh, Nug\
hind. Peter Bahtott, .nlclt ,)h North
Atisirullu. asks for a massago."
There was nn Hignatare. ,
The message wus flashed out In all
directions. It was plekwd up simulta
neously* by u Dutch thorcliuiitnian off
the Celebes, by a ltrltlsli warship In |
the Indian oceiill', by :a German pas
senger ship off Surinam. Before noon
If wus pouring Into the telegraph oflloe
nl Plymouth from a hundred 'different
places. ' i'*' . •
The newspaper* brought out spe
clul editions. By-'tllghtftUi MU* Gibson
was a world-faftfdtt* heroine.
But of all that Preston was Ignor
ant. He had sent flip nsepsage In the
lust hope of saving tiie atrauyei'u life.
Now, having dlapatched .lt, he sut lie
able his guest, Ida head ht 1(1* hand*.
All his work had gone for nothing
and the liope of life was shuttered, for
the message had been to Ills own
sweetheart.
He took the locket from his pocket
and opened It. The sight of her face
occasioned him exquisite tortures.
The dismal night passed by. Thn
hot sun scorched the lauds agalu.
The sick uian avaoka. Uc woald re
cover now.
"What was that you said übout Mlaa
Gibson7" asked the man on the bedL
"How did you learn her tjanier
"From your lip*,” answered I‘rea
lou. "You were dolirlau*."
"1 should have kopt that name se
cret,” said the other bitterly. "You
said you had reoelved a message T
“I said that one tould be seut,"
■aid Preston. "And —"
“With the wireless apparatus? My
friend, It you sent a message to her
you would wrong two people bitterly.
“I suppose I had better tell you
about It.” he continued. "It Isn't a
thing that 1 uni very proud of. hut
here It Is. We were engaged neurly
two yours ago. Then I went to the
Indie* with a pearl dishing outfit, hop
ing to make a fortune snd return to
marry her. Well, I got tangled up
with a girl In Calcutta, and the long
nod short of It Is that we were mur
ried. 1 w rote to Miss Gibson and told
her—-It was” the only thing to do. 1
haven't regretted my marrtugi either,
but when 1 think of the dishonor of
jilting a girl who was waiting for
nn*—well. It makes mo pretty well
ashamed of myself."
Preston's heart was Insulas hard
against the locket. And Just as he
reached the wireless apparatus lie
hoard the faint click of the needle.
He (lit! not know that atl the world
was aware of all the details of the
story; that Daisy, bewildered by the
unending laterrogatlons, had betrayed
everything; nor that she, in turn, had
been umdo aware of the Identity of
the sender. Yet there could have
been only one man In that region who
could have sent It. and Preston's
photograph appeared at that instant
In five hundred newspapers.
IT,- on «at at hi* table and the
needle elicited off the answer to tha
tune of Ids hammering heart:
"Never mind shorn P. B. I leva
yon dearly. Daisy.' 1
to do penance. He
had not been there for over fifty
years, not since he had been uncere- 1
monlously dismissed irom high
school, and sent, by the wise parents,
to work his way through a technical fc
school.
Os all his boyhood pranks, the one
which stood oat clearest in his mind
wa* the one which he hud always re- j
gretted. Miss Betsy Perkins, n near p
neighbor of the Hibbards, had been at
thtrty-severi a real “old maid." But
It wos whispered ttiat she stftl hurt
"holies.’’ Then suddenly there had r
burst upon the town the story of Miss c
Betsy’s “romance.’ Bhe wss receiv
ing notes from an unknown ndinlrer. \
Miss Bejvy grew youngiar.looklng
day by duy,’ but Mi's. Hibbard wus un-
easy. ‘Tm afraid ’ there's something
wrong about It,” she told her husband,
anxiously. ’ " j
There came a day when Miss Bet
sy wns to meet hor lover at the park.
Dressed in u new gown, and with
shining eyes, she had been there nt >
the appointed hour. Os course no man I
appeared. Among the boys hiding be
hind the trees to watch her, Walter j
Hibbard was the hero of the hour.
He bud enjoyed writing those notes, v
hut he did not enjoy seeing Miss Met f
»y trailing desolately homeward,
with quivering mouth, and hurt eyes.
He found that he had a conscience,
and thut It was an uncomfortable pos
session.
Walter Hlhhard, coming hack as n I
prosperous senator, paused to speak ■
to the proprietor of the general store.
“Is Miss Betsy Perkins still living?”
He detected signs of surprise in the '
man's face. 1
“Betsy Perkins? Sure, Small white
house on the loft, up the street.” He I
rang the bell and the voice* i eased.
After a moment of quiet someone ran $
upstairs, and someone else opened \
fho door. < C
She was a very pretty girl, and the
senator liked pretty glrlp. j
“May I see Miss Perklps?” he asked,
smiling. [
“I am Miss Perkin**” replied the
girl, "uhleas —unless yon mean my
sister, Elfredu." j j,
“I was looking fo*. fi. Missyßrtsy
Perkin*, who would C
“Won’t you con/ , n? yo „ M \
moan Great-Aunt J rt led
many years ago.
,of liers? / i
They bud coated tliemselves
wH£ * there was a 1
80urfiw > , n C Jnslng door, and the noise ,
of an Chile In the street beyond,
j Betsy rose*trembling a little.
“Oh, will you excuse mo a minute,
I please?" she said, and ran from the
room.
In a few moments site stood, a
tragic figure, In the doorway.
“She’s gone; my sister’s gone sway
tp he married. She’s only seventeen,
and I was trying to persuade her
not to, When—when you eh me. Oh,
I muat atop her some way.’’
She seemed very helpless, and the
senator wus used to thinking and
acting quickly. Ten minutes later
they were In a hired car, speeding In
the direction of Allertou. a haven
tor elopers.
At the parsonage the woman told
them that a couple hud come and
gone. “They went to get a ring.’’ she
said, and Betsy's sudden alarm died
down ugaiu.
“We are In time." she whispered
exultantly, and the senator no longer
regretted having come.
They found the runaway* in front
of the Jeweler’s shop, disagreeing
atormlly. Htfred# was firm; If she
couldn't have the kind of wedding
she wanted, sho would not be mar
ried. Stn- thought she would spend
a week In Allertou with Pussy Wil
liams.
“Wall, that's over —for a while," said
Betsy, on her own doorstep. She held ■
out her hand In farewell, hut the \
Senator hud other plans.
"Little Miss Perkins.” he said,
"you can’t stay here all alone. Let
me take you up to the city for a
few days. Mother and 1 miss all our
young folks. And besides, for your
Auilt Betsy's sake—"
Because she wanted to see much.
Betsy went, *ln the great city stn
Mon, when a cheery voice said
“Grump!" st her elbow, she wsuld
Iravf gone on, but the senator
stopped abruptly. He had forgot
ten thut Walter, his grand-son and
namesake, was to meet him. ltul
tbyte flie young man stood, lint In
blind, looking expei unity toward the
girl.
Betsy Perkins was very prelty. and
Walter, like his grandfather. at>
predated prettv faces.
Having liitrmlmed them, the sen*
ter > .itched them keenly; obviously
they were getting on. Well —he had
never regretted marrying young:
Dae". Ills son. bad married at
twenty. Walter 'rare was twenty
three. and Miss IVtalus was a charm
ing girl. It would never do for her
to experience a misfortune tike hor
great a unfa.
“l/ueie. Waller," he -a t “we’ll ha\,
a cosy eveulo a' home Iglu. and
I totac..cw you esi rhow •* Perkin* |
i ft* sights of th wn. tt
yo; iUft'l to d"
‘The Moiwm Short Story Mres
Thomas.
Edward’s “Uncle Isom’s Spectacles”
—Mrs. Stiff.
Special irnisic lias been arranged
by Mrs. Caroline Arnold. xxx
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The officers and members of
Crawfish Springs Lodge No. 36, are
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Chickamauga on their next regular
meeting night Jan. 13, 1023. Busi
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WANTED—7 x 9,7 x 8 and 0 xB—
l-2 white oak cross ties in car
load lots. State how many you have
and I will quote cash prices on cars
your shipping piiirtt'—D. B. Murphy,
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II Neal. • *,
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eight—D B Murphy, Kensington Ga.
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Mrs. R. T. Goodson, Chickamauga,
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Bible Thoughts for
the Week
Sunday.
RIGHTEOUSNESS BRINGS
PEACE. —The work of righteous
ness shall be peace; and the effect
of righteousness, quietness and as
surance forever, And ray people
shall dwelt In ft peaceable habita
tion, and In sure dwellings, and In
quiet resting places.—lsa. 32:17, 18.
Monday.
THE TWO GREAT COMMAND
thy God with all thy heart, and
MENTB.—Thou strait love the Lord
with ell thy soul, and with all thy
strength, and with alt thy mind:
and thy neighbor as thyself/—Luke
10:2T.
Taaaday.
THERE IS NO DISCHARGE.—
There Is no man that hath power
over the spirit to retain the spirit;
neither hath he power In the day of
death: and there Is no discharge
In that war.- Kccles. 8:8.
Wednesday.
HOW TO PRAY. —Therefore I
say unto you. What things soever
ye' desire, when yt pray, beWeve
that ye receive them, and ye shall
have them. —Marl: 11:24.
Thursday.
YE SHALL BE SATISFIED.—Ye
shall eat in plenty, and be aatlslled,
and praise the name of the Lord
ytrar God that hath dealt wondreus
ly with yau: and My people strati
never be ashamed. —Joel 2:26.
Friday.
THE ROYAI. LAW.—If ye fulfill
the royal law according to the
Scripture, Thou shalt love thy
neighbor as thyself, ye do well: but
If ye have respect to persons, ye
commit stn, and are convicted of
the law us transgressors. —James
2 :S, 9.
Saturday.
CURSING OK BLESSING?—
Cursed lie the man that trusteth In
mna. and tuakelh llosh his arm.
and whose heart depiirteth from
the Lord.
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