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SIX “T he Story of Waitsfill Baxter” : f . H Copyright, IBIS, by KATE DOUGLAS WIGGIN Kate Dougla* Wiggin Author of “Rcbecc tunnybrook Farm” j IOLOGUE Strength and interest of qu. lives in the New England < three-quarter* of a century ag provide the framework of ‘*Tb Story of Wait still Baxter. ” Thu 4m the skeleton. The flesh am blood of human beings, livin and loving and moving in a worh of thoir own that is a miniatur, picture of the greater world ori side, are also there. The slot is a cross section of life as see and described by a woman wh has been well called "America greatest living woman novelist Amid the hills of New Englaru are many men and women 111 Wait si iII and Patience Baxti and their father, Ivory Baynioi and his afflicted mother an funny Cephas Cole, who wo< hopefully, but with small chant: of success. They find their w \ into books but seldom, for i takes a master hand to descrih faithfully the doings of re u people. And that is the rcaso why "The Story of Waitsh Baxter" has won highest prat from critics who know u goo book when they see one. (Continued From Yesterday.) Meantime loclile I'hm'lie Day v driving her father's horse up to t! Mills to bring Cephas Cole home. I was a thrilling moment, a sort of otn ward and visible sign of an Inward and spiritual tie. for I heir luiuns tvi-ri to he published the next day. It hitd been an eventful autumn sot Cephas. After a third request for tin hand of Miss Pattern e Baxter and .■ refusal of even more than common do cialon and energy. Cephas turuc, about face sad employed the entln month of September In a deteruilnec assault u|«>n the afte<'ttoiiM of Mis- Lucy Morrill, but with no better avail. Cephas’ belief lu the holy state ol matrimony as being the only one prop •r for a man really ought to have com mended him to the opposite (and un gratcfuh aex more than It did. ami Lucy Morrill held as respectful ai opinion of the institution and Its uianl fold advantages as Cephas himself but she was in a very unsettled frame of mind and not si all susceptible to wooing. She hud a strong preference for rhilip Perry and held an opinion, not altogether unfounded in human experience, that in course of time whea quite deserted by Patty Baxter, hia heart might possibly lie caught on tile rebound. It was only a chance but Lucy would almost have preferred remaining unmarried even to the with erlng age of twenty live rather than not be at lltierty to accept Philip Perry In ease st%> should he asked Cephas, therefore, by the middle ol October could Is* picturesquely and al literutlvel.v described as being raw from repeated rejections His bruised heart and Ills despised ell literally cried out for the spprectHtton so long and blindly withheld Now all at once Phoebe disclosed a second virtue, her first and only one hitherto In the eyes •f Cephas having been nn ability to *et on with hi* mother a feat in which many had msde an effort and few indeed had succeeded. Phoelte, it seems, had always secretly sdinlnsl reopected aud loved Cephas Cole Never since her pale and somewhat glassy blue eye had opened on life had •he beheld s being she could so adore If encouraged lu the attitude. The moment this unusual and unci ported poultice wus really applied tc Cephas' wounds iliev began to lion I In the course of a month the most ordinary observer could have perceived • physical change In him. He cringed no more, hut held his head higher; b! back straightened; his voice developed a gruff, assertive note like that of a •tern Komau father; he lei bis mils tache grow and sometimes. In his most reckless moments, twiddled the end of 11. And then congratulations began to pour in. Wus ever marriage so for tultous': The Cotes farm joined lhal of the Hays', and tiie union between the two only children would ceiueiil the friendship itetweeu the families The fact that Uncle ltart was a Joiner. Oepbaa a painter and Aliel Imy a tun son and bricklayer made the alllauct aim oat providential m its businoaa op rrtunltioa. Phoebe's Ulciichwtl aunt hi at a complete outfit of gill edged china, a clock and a mahogany chamber Hot. Aunt Aliliy relinquished to the young couple a bedroom and a spare chamber In the "main part,’’ while the Days supplied live geese feathers anil table and bed linen with positive prodigality. Aunt Abhy trod the air HHe one Inspired. “If only I could 'a' looked ahead,' smiled Uncle Bart quizzically to him self, “I'd a' had thirteen sons am! daughters an' married off one of 'on every year. That would 'a' made Ah by's good temper kind o' permanent. Cephas was content too There wa a good deal In being settled and hav lug “the whole doggoned business” ofi your hands. I’lioebe looked a verj different creature to him In these lal ter days. Her eyes were Just as pale of course, but they were brighter, uni, they radlatisl love for him, an ex pros slon In the female eye that lie Imil thus fur been singularly unfortunate In securing She still held her mouth slightly open, tint Cephas thought, thill It might be permissible, perhaps aftei three months of wedded bliss, to re quest her to be more careful In clos ing it Cephas did not think of Patty any longer with bitterness in these days, lielng of the opiniou Hint she was pun lulled enough in observing Ids own growing popularity and prosperity. "If she should see that mahogany chamber set going Into the ell I gues she'd be glad enough to change lie tune," thought Cephas exultlngly. an then there suddenly shot through 111 mind the passing fancy, “1 wonder il she would!" He promptly hsnlsbei the Infamous suggestion, however, re enforcing his virtue with the reflection that tlie chamber set was Phoebe's anyway, and tlie marriage day up pointed and the Invitations given mu anil the wedding cake being baked, loaf at a time, by Ills mother and Mrs Day. Ah a matter of fact. Patty would huve had no eyes for Phoebe's mngnlti cent mahogany, even bad tlie cart that carried 11 passed her on the hill where she and Mark Wilson were walking Her promise to marry him was a few weeks old now, and Ills arm encircled her slender waist, under the browi homespun rape. That In Itself was : new sensation and gave her the del. clous sense of lielongiug to aomcl ly who valued her highly and assured In of his sentiments clearly and frequent ly, both bv word mid deed Life. dlli gray life, was going to change Its hue for tier presently, and not long after, she hoped, for Waltstlll too. The "publishing” of Cephas and hl> third choice, their dull walk up tin aisle of the meeting house before an admiring throng on Die Sunday when Phoebe would "appear bride," all this seemed very tame as compared with the dreams of this ardent and adven turous pair of lovers who bad gom about for days harboring secrets great er and more daring, they thought, than had ever been breathed before within the hearing of Saco water. CHAPTER XXI. Love's Young Dream. IT was not an afternoon for day dreams, for there was a chill la the air and a gray sky. Only a week before the hills itloiig the river might have been tlie walls of the New Jerusalem, shining like red gold. Now the glory had departed, and It was a naked world, with empty uests hanging to boughs that not long ago had been green with summer. Young love thought little of nature's miracles, and hearts that beat high aud fast were warm enough to forget the bleak wind and gathering clouds. If there were naked trees were there not full barrels of apples In every cellar'! If there was notliiug but stubble in the fro gen tlelds, why there was plenty of wheat and corn at the mill al ready for grinding. The air made one long for a cheery home aud Are side, the crackle of a health leg. the bubbling of a stenuilng kettle, and Patty aud Mark clung together as they walked along, making bright Image of a life together, sung, warm and happy. Patty was a capricious creature, hut all her changes were siiddeu aud en deartug ones, captivating those win loved her more than n monotonous and unrhnnglug virtue. Any little sbowci with Patty always ended with a rain bow, that made the landscape more euc hunting than lief ore. ttf late hei little coquetries nnd petulances had disappeared as If by inagie. She had been melted somehow from irrcspoutil ble girlhood lulu womanboouaud that too. by i il,.* .uociii .me' non of a very ordinary young man who hud no great gift save that of loving Patty greatly. Tlie love hnd served Its purpose in an other wny. 100, for under Its influence Murk's own manhood Imd broadened and deepen'd. Ho longed to bind Pat ty to him for good and all, to capture the bright bird whose fluttering wings and burnished plumage so captured his senses ami stirred hiH heart, but his innglngH bad (-banged with tlie quality of bis love, and lie glowed at the thought of delivering the girl from her dreary surroniidlugs and giving her the tenderness, the ease and comfort, the Innocent gayety. that her nature craved. “You won'! fail me, Patty darling?" lie was saying at this moment. “Now that our plans are Anally made, with never a weak point anywhere us far as I enn see. my heart Is so set upon carrying them out that every hour of waiting seems an age!" "No, I won't fall, Mark; but I ne\ er know the day that father will go to town until the night before. I can always bear him making Ids prepare lions In the barn and the shed, nnd or dering Wuli till here and there. I Il ls as excited as if he was going to Boston instead of Mllltown.” “The night before will do. I wll watch tin- bouse every evening till you hang a white signal from your win dow.” “It won't be white." said Patty, wh would be inh-eliieimis on her deathbed “My Sunday yo-to ineetin' petticoat i too grand, aud everything else that w. have is yellow." “I shall see It, whatever color It Is you ciiii be i ure of that!'' said Mark gallantly. "Then it's decided Hint ncxl morning I'll wait at the tavern from sunrise, nnd whenever your father and Waltstlll have driven up Saco hill I’ll cotne and pick you up, and we'll be off like a streak of lightning across the hills to New Hampshire. How lucky that Klverboro Is only thirty mile from the state Hue! It looks like snow and how I wish it would be something mure than n flurry, a regular whizzing, whirring storm that would pack the roads and let us slip over them with our sleig-li bells ringing!” “I should like 1 hut, for they would be our only wedding bells. Oh. Mark What if Waltstlll shouldn't go, aftei all, though I heard father tell her the be needed her to buy things for Hi store, and that they wouldn't be back till after nightfall, .lust to think ot being married without Waltstlll!” “You can do without Waltstlll oi this one occasion, lietter than you chi. without me,” laughed Mark, pinching Patty's cheek. "I've given the towi clerk due notice aud I have a friend to meet me at his ottlce. He is going to lend me Ills horse for the drive home, aud we shall change back thi next week. That will give us a fresh horse each way and we'll fly like tin wiDd, snow or no snow. When wi come down Guide Board hill that night Patty, we shall be muu and wife; isn't that wonderful?” "We shall be man and wife in New Hampshire, but not in Maine, you say," Patty reminded him dolefully. "It does seem dreadful that we can't be married In our own state and have to go dnngllug about with this secret on our minds day and night, but il can't be helped. You'll try uot to even thiuk of ine as your wife till we go to Portsmouth to live, won’t you?” "You're asking too much when yon say I'm not to tlijnk of you as my wife, for I shall think of nothing else, but I’ve given you ray solemn prom lae," said Mark stoutly, “and I'll keep it as sure as 1 live. We'll be legally married by the laws of New Haiup shire, but we won't think of It as a marriage till I tell your father and mine and we drive away once more to gether That time It will be In the sight of everybody, with our heads in the air I've got the little house in Portsmouth all ready, Patty. It's small, hut it’s In a nice part of the town. Portsmouth Is a pretty place, hut It'll t»e u great deal prettier when it has Mrs. Mark Wilson living in it We can lie march'd over again in Maine afterward If your heart is set upon It I’m willing to marry you In every state of the Union so far as I am concerned ” "I think you’ve lieen so kind and good and thoughtful, Mark, dear.” said Patty, more fondly and oieltlngly than aha had ever spoken to him before, “and so clever too. I do respect yon for gettinr that good position In Ports mouth and being Hide to set up for yourself at your age. I shouldn't won der a bit If you were a Judge some day and then what a proud girl I shall be!" Patty's praise was bestowed none too frequently, and It sounded very sweet In the young man's ears. "1 do believe 1 can get on with you to help me. Patty," he sstd, pressing her arm m re closely to hts side end looking down nrdeutly Into her radiant face. "You re a great deal cleverer than I am, but i have a faculty for the business of the law, so my father says, and a faculty for money making too And even if we have to begin In a small way my salary will be a certain ty. and we’ll work up together. 1 can see you In a yellow satin dress stilt enough to 'land stone!** (To Bo Continued Tomorrow.) "What did her old man say when you told him you could support his daughter?” "He wanted to know If she gave up her Job to marry niti who was going to support him? THE AUGUSTA HERALD. AUGUSTA. GA. Help Your Favorite Charitable Organization to Victory. $2,000 in Cash and Prizes Partial List of Entries in the M. & M. Label Saving Campaign LIST OF CONTESTANTS IN HER ALD’S MERCHANTS AND MAN UFACTURERS CONTEST. Organization Clas. VOTES. Y. W. C. A 10,000 Boys’ Home 10,000 Rainbow Circle, King's Daugh ters 10,000 Children's Home 10,000 Florence Crlttenton Home 10,000 Woowl&wn Baptist Church 10,000 Hebrew Ladies’ Aid Society 10,000 Daughters of Isabella 10,000 Individual Class. Mlkh Mamie Goodwin, Grannet ville Mfg. Co 10,000 Mrs. Mary Ellen Owens, Burton, Taylor & Wise 10,000 Mrs. Susie H. Ransom, 413 Greene 10,000 Miss Mable Abernathy, North Augusta 10,000 Mrs. George Schaufole, 1701 Fen wick 10,000 Miss Mary Hail, 1137 Greene. . .10,000 Miss Mary Acton, 1251 Greene.. 10,000 Miss r*onlse Livingston, 1539 Walton Way 10,000 Miss Lila Gibson, Woodlawn Avenue -10,000 Miss Laura McArthur, Howard’s Pharmacy 10,000 Miss Vita St. Ainand, Albion Hotel 10,000 Miss Vandyke, Richard's Book store 10,000 Miss Effie Neibllng, Augusta- Alkt-n Electric Co. • 10,000 Miss Louise Lynch, Broad 5t.... 10,000 Mr. Cop? Wright, Reynolds St ..10,000 Mr. Allen Elliott, Ellis St 10,000 Mr. John Lackman, Monte Sano .10,000 Great Season Is On In Europe; No Diminishing in Numbers of American Tourists London.—Whatever may be the ef fect of the Mexican trouble on the vaßt American traveling public latei in the summer, there have not yet been any dlscernable signs of dimin ishing numbers of tourists so far as England is concerned. All the lead Ing West End Hotels report a full complement of visitors from “the other side.” Socially the season promises great things. Anglo-Ameri can hostesses are arranging an elab orate series of entertainments. There is a marked revival in the public subscription ball and the great est of these eventß will be a monster fancy dress affair to be held in the Royal Albert Hall on June 10th. Five thousand of the most prominent per sons In Anglo-American and French society will be present. The Ball. The ball is given to mark the cele bration of One Hundred years ol peace between America and Great Britain. The Duchess of Teck is at the head of the Ladies’ Committee and Mrs. Page, wife of ehe American Ambassador, the Marchioness of Crewe, Viscountess Ridley, Lady Des borough and many well-known Amer ican women here are helping enthu siastically. It Is announced that in the front of the great organ in the Royal Albert Hall will be erected a replica of Co lumbus. From this will descend Co lumbus and his companions, to wit ness a number oT processions illus trating the development of America These are to represent: The aborigines and various tribes. Sir Walter Raleigh and the Vir ginian Settlers. The Pilgrims Fathers. The Dutch The French. William Penn and the Quakers George Washington and his con temporaries. The Burgomaster of Ghent and the signatories to the treaty of 1814. Canada. Rrittanta and Columbia, with The representatives of all the states and colonies, and Finally, Britannia and Columbia re ceiving congratulations from repre sentatives of the great nations of the world. Costumes may represent any period from the time of Columbus to 1814, or may Illustrate the purpose of the ball. Great Factor. A great factor In the success of the coming season Is the large number of Americans who intend to visit the country for the Hundred Years of Peace Celebration. In addition to ordinary visitors, who will fill our great hotels, there are many who have taken houses for the seaeon and longer. Count and Countess Ladis law Sieschenyl; the Countess was. It will be remembered. Miss Vanderbilt —are at present In London, and are said 10 be looking Tor a house for a couple of months. Mrs. George Jay Gould is coming over with her son in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Drexel, Jr. Mrs. Leeds has taken Florence lardy Nunburnholme's house in Grosvenor-Square. Return Home. Mr. and Mrs. W. Plerpont Morgan go back to their house in the same square; Mr. and Mrs. Ogden Reid, son and daughter In law of the late American ambassador, are to be in London for some time; Crewe House will be tenanted by Mr. and Mre. James Duke; and Mr and Mrs. Marsh have taken Warwick Castle. Other Americans expected very soon are: Mrs. Ogden Mills, Mr. and Mrs. El bridge Gerry, Mr and Mrs. Charles MacVeagh, Mrs. Hrancis Neale Ba con and her son, and Mr. and Mrs. Robert K. Livingston There has been a great demand for homes In the West Side, and IT the war scare does not keep patriotic Americans at home we shall have an nnprecenedt ed!.v large number here this year. Mr. Alfred G. Vnnderbllt has al ready started his coach on the t«m don-Brlghton road and the popular ity of the coaching trips is such that if Mr Vanderbilt had ten coaches he could not satisfy the demand for ticket*. Altogether the procpecta are excellent. Mr. Frank Fulmer, Fenwick 5t..10,000 Miss Nora Page, Monte Sano .. .10,000 Miss Nora Marshall, Druid J'ark Avenue 10,000 Miss Bessie Irvin, Telfair 5t...10,000 Miss Jocie Markwalter, Walton Way 10,000 Mr. Otis Deham, 220 Telfair St 10,000 Children's Class. Charles It. Stevens, 954 Rey nolds St 10,000 Tarver Kitchen, 258 Telfair ....10,000 Scott Nixon, The Hill 10,000 Carlton Llpps, 1455 Broad 10,000 Gussie Peliakoff, 1106 Reynolds .10,000 Ephy Tunkle, 1008 Ellis 10,000 John White, 642 Crawford Ave nue 10,000 Helen E. Dunbar, Ellenton, S. C. ..i 10,000 George O'Hara, 1136 Broad ....10,000 Muriel Ergle, North Augusta ...10,000 Wesley Kilpatrick, 511 Watkins.. 10,000 Oswald Grealish, 559 Broad ....10,000 Terrell Singleton, Monte Sano.. 10,000 David Steinberg, 133 S Ellis ....10,000 Willie Taylor, 1825 Broad 10,000 Lynwood Hett, 602 Third St. ...10,000 Robert Babbitt, 549 Watkins, ...10,000 Edward Hie, City 10,000 Charles Fargo, 303 Rrond St 10,000 John Bowen, 446 Reynolds 10,000 Robert Parks, City 10,000 Louis Lokoy, 703 Fourth St 10,000 Durward Hayes, 634 Broad 10,000 Sam Speering, 724 Eighth 5t....10,000 Herman Clark, 1237 Ellis 10,000 Whitney Dowling, 715 Calhoun.. .10,000 Edward Von Sprecken, 1115 Broad 10,000 D. P. O'Connell, 847 Broad 10,000 Julian Avery, 963 Broad 10,000 Jeff O’Donald, 929 Broad 10,000 SOME GORILLAS. An endless gorilla warfare was go ing on then in those islands as there is today in Mexico. As a nation we are too great, too Christian, to sit bv and see thousands of human beings annually killed in this gorilla warfare and not use our best efforts to stop it.—Ashtabula, 0., Beacon. "Endless gorilla” is correct; that beast has no caudal appendage.—Ex change. Death in Auto. Richwood, W. Va. —Samuel Long, a child, was killed and Mrs. Ballard Hains and Mrs. Susan Fox, fatally in jured, when the Hains automobile went over a high embankment here today. Two other persons were se riously hurt. Wise-“ House of Bargains” Here are some startling values that that you cannot afford to miss. Come early, as they are sure to go quickly. A Manufacturer’s Line of Silk Dresses at $9.90 These Dresses are original $20.00 to $25.00 values. They comprise all Silk, Crepe de Chine,Crepe Meteor, Charmeuse, Silk Poplins,Taffetas and figured Crepes. The styles are made up to the minute with tiers and ruffles trimmed daintily with laces; in the very new est colors and are genuine bargains $9.90 For the Sweet Girl Graduate Wo have a wonderful collection of the daintiest imaginable White Dresses, all made just to suit the occasion; specially priced for this sale. All $7.50 values reduced to $4.98 All SIO.OO values reduced to $7.50 All $12.50 and $15.00 values reduced to .... SIO.OO All $20.00 values reduced to $15.00 All $25.00 values reduced to $20.00 Come early and make your selection before the line is broken. WISE DRY GOODS CO. A Summer Vacation in New York at THE PLAZA Fifth Avenue and Fifty-ninth Street is an ideal one, as the Metropolis offers every facility for enjoyment, and the Plaza every comfort and luxury. It is delightfully located opposite Central Park, assur ing peace and quiet. The coolest Hotel in New York. Convenient to theatres, shopping district and nearby coast resorts. RATES FROM JUNE Ist TO SEPTEMBER 15th Single room with bath, $3.00 ap Doable room with bath, $4.80 op FRED STERRY ... Managing Director LIS TEN! Get Drunk’s Nose Print OXO OXO OXO Makes Fortune in Gas OXO OXO OXO Accident Cures Him A New- York patient of Dr. Ltfnen field had to chew with his gums fur weeks while the former and Dr. John M. Craig went to court in a fight over the ownership of a dental plate. John D. Rockefeller has filed a bond for $50,000 with the North Tarrytown, N. Y„ trustees to protect the village against damage when his 250-ton fountain arrives two weeks hence. While an Atlanta, Ga., manicurist worked on his fingers and a barber di rected a razor over his face, Vice- President Marshall held a reception with newspaper men in a barber shop. Armless and legless Ernest Riley, of /'TjfcDiL.s Anyth i nh3 ft Cleans, Polishes Everything Prevents Rust Everywhere a 3-In-One has been for 18 years the Old Reliable, largest-selling home and office oit. ■ It is light enough to oil a watch; heavy enough to oil a lawn mower. On a soft cloth St H ■ hecomes an ideal furniture polisher, Makes a yard of cheese doth the best and cheapest ■ ■ Dust less Dusting Cloth. U ■ . And 3-in-One absolutely prevents rust or tarnish on aH metal surfaces, indoors and out.fl ■ In any climate. ft Free 3-ln-On e. WriteroJavforgenerous/nMsampleand the Dictionary of uses—Jofi/re*to 8 I o-in-One is sold everywhere in 3-size bottles; 10c (1 oz.), 25c (3 oz.). 50c C 8 or., %Pint for B m za Dollar). Also in patented Handy Oil Can, 25c G% os.). » mffjfTr 1 ' ■ 3-in-one oil. company ■■Htti ■■■N.42 D A Broadway New York City BBKkJ MONDAY, JUNE 1, © New York, convicted on an intoxica tion charge, was taken to the finger print room, where an Impression of his nose was taken for the records. While carrying an uncorked bottle of gasoline in his hip pocket, Albert Brown, an Asbury Park, N. J„ ma chinist, struck a match on the leg of his trousers. He will recover. Mrs. John Kane "risked” SSO for an option on 300 acres of land in Ridgeway, Pa., eight weeks ago. Since then a gas gusher has been struck on the property and she has been of Tercel $200,000 for the land. She refused to sell. W. C. Keillng is suing the Susque hanna railroad for SIO,OOO ”or injuries received when the "Look Out for the Locomotive" sign at Paterson N. J., fell and struck him as ro crossed the tracks. Robert Phelps, of Stony Point, N. Y., lost a bullet he had carried in his arm for twenty-four years. Thrown from a motorcycle, his arm was broken where the bullet was imbedded. All 35c Dress Linens Reduced to 25c They are beautiful silk finish, high lustre, soft finish, in a large range of the very best colors; make exquisite dresses for the mountains or seashore; no better val ues in Augusta for the price .. . 25C 35c Fancy Crepes, all Reduced to 25c They are the cream* of our showing this sea son, consisting of small figures, stripes, cheeks and plaids, in a bewil dering array beautiful colors. Just the thing for a cool, pretty sum mer dress. They are exceptionally good values at 25 $