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SWEET
MISTRESS
PRUE
...BY SL L. A VAST
Copyright, tOOI, by St. V. A vary
The expressman lugged In a great
bundle ...... of burlap. Th Ibe girls ,, cut
open, and out tumbled boughs of rnoun
tain laurel, plumes of pine and hem
lock and gay bunches of bittersweet
berries.
"Ah, bow it smells of the woods at
homer’ cried Anne, her face bright
with smiles and tears.
The little brothers and sisters In the
New England village where she lived
before she came to make her living as
a stenographer In New York had gath
credit.
“Ole Virglnny nebber tire!” shouted
Margaret as the expressman .lumbered
In again, bearing a big Iwx.
It was cram tmd with holly running
cc^ar-"greenwood called It—aud mistletoe. lace.” Margaret
"Oh. I love lo touch It! Mamma’s
dear hands put it la.’’ And Margaret
sang: -
"The mistletoe hung In the castle hsll,
The holly branch ahone on the old oak wall,
And the baron'a retainers were blithe and gay,
Keeping their Christmas holiday.
Oh, the mistletoe bough! oh, the mistletoe
bought"
The girls had lots of fun decorating
the house from top to bottom.
They made tlich- den a bower of
green and scarlet. Then they festooned
the doors of every boarder In the house,
Nobody was too old or new or glum
or ugly to be thus prettily reminded
that the merry girls up stairs, whose
antics kept them awake o’ nights and
made them swear under and above
their breath, were full of the spirit of
good will to men. The landlady’s apart
meat was invaded while she was In the
kitchen seeing to it that meals went
Into the dining room properly. When
she came up stairs tired and cross, lo!
the smell of the forest and the glint of
red berries greeted and soothed her.
The little sewing girl who had recent
ly taken the room next to the den came
tlmidly to the door to voice her thanks,
"It makes roe think of Santa Clans
times,” she said, with eyes suspicious
ly bright. “It was ever so nice for you
to do It for a perfect stranger.”
"Ob, but you aren’t a stranger!” said
Jolly Margaret. "You are our nearest
neighbor, you know. Come right In
and have u cup of ten. We’re just
brewing.”
So Prue sat down among them and
listened while they talked away about
the folks at home. She watched them
doing Up small packages In white tis
sue paper with red and green ribbons.
Proverbs
“ When the butter won’t
come put a penny in the
churn,” is an old time dairy
proverb. It often seems to
work though no one has ever
told why.
When mothers are worried
because the children do not
gain strength and flesh we
say give them Scott’s Emul¬
sion.
It is like the penny in the
milk because it works and
because there is something
astonishing about it.
Scott’s Emulsion is simply
a milk of pure cod liver oil
with some hypophosphites
especially prepared for delicate
stomachs.
Children take to it naturally
because they like the taste
and the remedy takes just as
naturally to the children be¬
cause it is so perfectly adapted
to their wants.
For all weak and pale and
thin children Scott’s Emulsion
is the most satisfactory treat¬
ment.
We will send you
the penny, /. e„ a
sample free.
B« sure tb»t this picture la
the form of a label is on the
wrappsr of every bottle ol
Emulsion you buy,
SCOTT & BOWNR
Chemists,
409 Pearl St., N. Y.
!■ joc. and #i.oo: all drug-gistt.
"These are belated offerings" they
said. "We were op till 1 last nigttt
tying up things. Hope we didn’t dis
turb you. We do Jabber so. It’s such
fun to make up the presents—lots of
erlnkly paper and gay ribbons, you
see. and not much else We can’t give
anything that costs over 10 or 15 cents,
so we have to make the magnificence
of the parcel counterbalance the hu¬
mility pf the gift. It looks like a sin to
' eeud sueh trash, but it reminds kinfolk
trash. what would become of the stores
an( j t jj e 8 a |esl:ulies and casliboys they
employ’D Where would their Christmas
be If all of ns were too wise to buy
foolishly?”
The little needlewoman turned to and
helped with the parcels and waxed al
most merry. When all the fluffy affairs
were Incased In coats of brown paper,
she helped Margaret carry them to the
corner drugstore to mail.
"Good night." said Margaret at
Prue’s door. "But wait a minute. I’m
going to stick a bundle of mistletoe
over your door Just f<ir luck, yoiyUngw.
And—who knows?— Cord Level may
walk beneath it and And you here! ’
She took a spray out of the bow of
leftovers and. climbing on her steplad
der chair, fastened It Into the running
cedar.
“We have some over our door,” she
Said, laughing.
"Your prince Will be sure to come,”
sum ,, p rut.
Margarets engagement to a bank
clerk and Anne’s to n budding railroad
magnate were matters of common talk
in the house.
Prue’s room was in reality n slice cut
off the den by a thin partition, against
which Margaret's and Anne's folding
bed stood on one side and Prue’s cot
on the other. In the night Anne shook
Margaret. “Llsteu!" she whispered.
Through the wall came the sound of
weeping.
For a time the girls lay quite still,
but presently Margaret whispered:
"1 can’t stand it any ionger. It
sounds as If her heart were breaking.
Let’s go to her.”
In a few minutes they were in i he
tiny room kneeling by the narrow bed.
“Oh.” sobbed Prue, ”1 haven’t any
body to send anything to— If I had any
thing to send! And there’s nobody to
send anything to me!”
"You poor little thing!” said they.
"There, there; you can have us. We’ll
take you right In.”
They took her round to the social set
tleinont and whispered a word to the
head worker, and the head worker ask
ed her to dress a doll. She brought it
fnto the deu and had great fun prink
ing Miss Dolly out In gay attire. The
head worker was much pleased with
Miss Dolly’s appearance and with the
way the tire woman helped about the
Christmas tree and the children. So
slso were the deaconess and the curate.
It took only a day or two for Prue to
find a lot of people to love. No young
woman who visited the settlement had
so many people to love her In so short
a time. The deaconess made her use¬
ful In the mission She had a recog
nixed place In the den. She had fouud
a niche.
ft ft
Margaret nnd Anno came back from
the mission in a flutter.
"Mr. Ashburton brought a new
preacher home With him tonight. He
talks so quietly you would not call him
eloquent, and yet he holds tis all spell¬
bound. The Bowery toughs were like
lambs. He Is from the west. Mr. Ash¬
burton says, and he has been recently
ordained. A great sorrow drove him
into the ministry. He used to be rath¬
er wild, and one night over a game of
cards he came near killing a man, so
near that he thought, lie had killed him.
His friends thought so. too. and got
hint out of the country before the vigi
lantes would find him. When he reeov
ered his senses, he was coming back to
give himself up, but he got a letter
from his sweetheart begging him not
to and telling him it would kill her if
he did. So he went off to Africa. India
or somewhere else and roamed around,
shooting elephants and things. After
awhile be came home and tried to get
himself arrested, but failed because
the man he thought be killed Is very
much alive nnd doesn’t want any ease
made out. His sweetheart had disap¬
peared. She had no family and had
gone away soon after he did. All his
efforts to trace her have been unavail¬
ing. Think of going around for years
burdened with the belief that you had
killed somebody!”
Margaret looked to Prue for excla¬
mations, but Prue had fainted. Per¬
haps she had not had enough to eat of
late. Her appetite was poor, and dain¬
ties were out of the question.
They got her to bed and watched
over her till she seemed to be asleep.
Next morning they Were off betihtes
to work. At « Margaret went home to
look after Prue, and Anne to the mis¬
sion to help the deaconess with the
mothers' meeting. When Aune came
back, she brought the curate and his
fr-iffid up stairs for a_eup of tea.
Margaret and Prue were'miklng soft¬
ly together when they looked up and
saw the guests In the doorway. Prue’s
face was transfigured, the face of one
whose dead bad come to life.
“Oh. Prue, my darliug!” the newcom¬
er cried.
And then Prue, who bad nobody to
Jove or to love her. wr.s c\'<
lover’s arms,
*
"There's always ?"<•*•
I bang,” stitd M
stgndtng on th • i; r
Ing down the fr.d-d n
girls heard lrr
*“ “Your j vn '•
Tbere’s lo k
Kerr sell s 2 o lbs. of gram,
lated Sugar for $1.00.
At the city election here
last Saturday L * F ijr-ji- PeeDles ^ *
J°“ * , r v-Ole, William J. r
n *-*•
Johnson, Perry Hilliard and
Sam II. Fincher were chosen
. . mainririM Qniriferi
U J nwjuriucs, opinieu
opposition to them existed in
a ticket consisting of laSOn L. ’
tConmson, p u- Jonn . i W, Harris, n
Dr. James B. Hnghes and Joel
Ethridge. * On Monday even
. th members took
UI S new memuers lut ' K
the oath of office and effectec
a permanent ‘ organization e tor
the , electing L, „
year DV P.
PeepleS ‘ chairman and W. J I
lonnson , secretary andtreas*
->
urer 1 he chairman , appointed . ,
Messrs. Fincher, ctree't Hilliard and
Colons ^ 7 n Cl rnminirtoe ,immu.es:.
opnng 1 , lace IS . to be Congrat
ulated upon the Selection of
these gentlemen and we are
confident that no reasonable
grounds for grave complaint
vvul ^ curing men • aunnn- . •
, of affaitS.
lStration our
Kcut sells 20 lbs. of granu
lated sugar tor $i.oo.
'
DENTAL NOTICE.
— ~
Dr. M M. Puckett has TC
centlv moved his dent’ll '
, lOl S irom r tile , -National »» , .
Bank building to his residence
i us j across the Street from the
\ court , uOUSC . in lJaiton, ,. , Where ,
he invites hi S patrons and
friends to call on him The
Dr. advises us that he will
spend court week in Spring
pj. ‘ lte j n order to accomnjo
date , Ills Murray , . . f-• mends i in ■ any
kind of dental surgery,
Kerr sells Southern Beauty
flour at $2 per hundred.
COMMISSIONER'S SALE.
GKOKUli, \V ii’l Murray County.
be M.ld on the first Tuesday
in FebfUify, 19U3, between the
bouts of ten (Id) « ? nek a. in and
*°ttr (4) o’clock -= in at the court
ItOlIM* dour 111 Npt in*> Place, eotgia,
lo the highest ami nest bidder the
following described parcels of iami
to-wn:
(1 he. hundred and ten (110) acres
more or less off of lot ol land No.
one hundred and sixty nine (169) in
(’bd) *'inib (9th) district and third
section of said county The
said sale being made in compliance
with a con ent older issued from the
Superior Court of said countv, in the
case of John fr\ Camp vs R. E. 1,
Jackson el al, petition for par.ltion
,
< f land. Also at the same time and
td au *o and in the mut.m r stitert. »tn
hundred and sixty acres, more ot
less, the same being lot of land No.
one hundred and fifty-six (150) it
ninth (9th) district and thin
ot the court’v atiTesHi I T e
said sale being made in compliai i ,•
with a consent order issued ftorn
LUCY HILL INSTITUTE.
A well-equipped, up-to-date, graded school, equal in efficiency tomany of the city systems without th"
disadvantages of the city in the way of noise, temptations, costly living,etc.
tUlTlQhh
1st. and 2nd. Grades, $1 00 per month. 3rd and 4th. Grades
6th. and 6th 4 4 SI.50 " it 7 th. - $1.25 per month
8th. Grade, S2.00 “ it 9th. Grade, $1 75 « 44
44 $2.25 « «4
School will be free five months during the Spring to all who
r* a,e <
s tor eaoh oi »ocb ,tudi e , per
All pupils will be required to pay tuition monthly, in
advance.
Special attention give a to all boarding students. Studento
families.
For catalogue and f”- 4 ’ .— oai) pt bqijr^ qt special piles, with good
„^,vuer information address
. Place, Ga.
(L G. BYINGTON, Principal, Spring
. 1
the Superior Court of said county in
the case of Mrs John F. Camp vs U
E. L. Jackson et ai, petition for par
returned to the February term of
Murrav Superior Court, 1903 ^, for
*!>” the „nrp„„ of difltribntion This the 5th
common owners.
day of January, 1903.
W. VV. Sampler,
C. C. Keith,
T. B. Davis,
Cotumisfioners.
APPLICATION FOR LEAVE TO SELT
.EO .GU, . rt M»hkiy w' AL LsjTa bnt.wv, rK -
under
signed has auplied to T. J Ovbev Veil Or.li
««>’ »* «»>•< ouoty for leave to (be
real e^iste belougii.g to the estate of S.
A. Kilgore, lately decea-ed, tor the pur
ol msking proper distribution
the aeirs of gnid es ate. The said
a ( piii-Htinn will be b««rd in the Ordintt
r >' » ••race in Spring I’see, On , at the
nary foSSIlTZtiIt lir Wd on t
81 »' ^HUarv. 1903. This the
5ih <i«v . f Ja.uiHrv, 1!>03.
F. M. Ktllgoie Admr. upon the estate
0< s - u,,an A. Kti!g »re, deceased,
Kodol
Dyspepsia Curt
Digests what you eat.
Phis preparation contains all of the
iigestants and digests all kinds Oi
Kid. It gives instant relief and never
ails to cure. It allows you to eat ah
be food you want. The most sensitive
tomafihs can take it. By its have use many beer
hoti intis of everything dyspeptics else failed. It
i after troubles -
u cqu tllt U for all stomach
""i help
but do ycu
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• ,>otains*!4
Epicurean
Edibles.
We are the onlv exclusive Grocery mereliants in Spring Place,
Our whole attention ts directed to the one idea af filling our shelves
with choice as well as substantial dainties for the inner man. Prices
ate as low as you will find elsewhere and .ervice much superior.
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? ‘dtniiiiatnuor upon the es
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day in Vebruarv 1903, Tiiis January 5
1903. T. J, Ovbky, Ordinary.
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Miss Ida. M. Snyder,
Treasurer ol the
Brooklyn East End Art Chib.
" If women would pay more attention to
their health we would have more happy
wives, mothers and daughters, and if they
would observe results they would find
that the doctors’ prescriptions do not
perform the many cures they are given
credit for.
“ In consulting with my druggist he ad¬
vised McElree’s Wine of Cardui and Brad¬
ford's Black-Draught, and so I took it and
have every reason to thank him for a new
lift opened up to me with restored health,
and it only took three months to cure me.”
Wine of Cardui is a regulator of the
menstrual functions and is a most as
tonishing tonic for women. It cures
scanty, ular and suppressed, painful menstruation, too frequent, falling irreg
of the womb, whites and flooding. It
is helpful when approaching woman¬
hood, during pregnancy, after child¬
birth and in change of life, it tre~
quently that brings a dear baby to homes
have been barren for years. All
druggists of Cardui. have 81.00 bottles of Wine
WINE^CARDUI