Bride in Spirit only C'ontinut'd from Front Page cital. Not bad, this cigar, eh, Tankey?’ “Very good, indeed,” Dr. Rissmore affirmed. “William's selection of brands is A one. I am in perfect comfort to continue listening.” "So am I," the minister chime'!. Turning to his host, he pleaded. ■'William, please go on from where you left off. We nromise not to interrupt.” “Very good, I resume at once,” the host assured them. "Let me see. Yes, I was on mv way from the court to Mildred's house. As I drew near, a feeling of alarm and fear came over me and positively cowed me. Crowds' were gathered so densely in the block my progress was impeded. Fire engines were on both sides of the street; an ambulance in front of the open door was guarded by two policemen. “In a veritable panic, my heart sinking with dr?ad forebodings, a I sudden, retching pain stabbing at my vitals. 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W M—nr Wt«i_H. y. j doctor and nurse bending over and administering to her, I beheld my heart’s best love, unconscious and burned, being bathed in oil and swathed in bandages of cotton. “In hushed whispers, I learned the details. “Mildred, my love, had been cleaning a dress with gasoline, when there was a sudden flaie, a blind ing explosion, and the sound of a heavy body falling. “The family upstairs had rushed down to the kitchen which was a blazc. but a neighbor had been be fore them. Hearing the noise of the explosion and seeing the flames bursting from the window, he had climbed in through another window, snatched up rugs from the floor and smothered the flaming clothes on the prone, unconscious figure. “In a little while, tender, loving lianas lifted the tort urea body, placed her on a stretcher and bore it to the ambulance. “I climbed in and sat beside the sufferer, hoping, praying, watching eagerly for some sympton of return ing consciousness as the ambu lance, with screeching siren and clanging gong, hurried upon its wav. “I was rewarded finally by hear ing a slight moan, followed later by a smothered scream, as we reached the oospital and carried her into the emergency ward. “It was hours before I was per mitted to see her again. Joined by her mother and other members of the family, we sat waiting In the reception parlor of the hospital waiting, sad, weary and distrait, in an agony of suspense; waiting for the message which would bid us hope or condemn us to despair. "The summons came at last. We were conducted up the stairs into a private ward, where on one of the two beds in the room. Mildred lav. unconscious, still, but breathing faintly. "The doctor was there. He met us with a sad smile trying to bol ster our failing courage, as he said in rather a serious tone: We are hopeful she may pull through and live. But, * e fear her sight is in jured, if not lost. It is also a ques tion as to whether she inhaled anv of the flames. This we shall know definitely within the next day or two. Her chest, face and turns are burned severely. We shall do our best, however, so you must be brave and hope for the best On account | of the intense pain, she will be kept under opiates for some time. 1 think you had better go now.1 'Quietly, each one of us looked at the bandaged figure and tipped away. T aqueeued firmly the doctor's hand as 1 grasped it in thanks, plea 'ing in husky tones for im mediate notification should she re gain consciousness or should any change m her condition occur, "This lie promised tne Than I. too. tipp'd out of U»c nsm a piti ful. dreary, forlorn figure. "Three days passed ire Mildred gained consciousness. When she did, scream alter scream of pain I Black, lustrous hair makes I any pit l popular | I Why sit »sound sit hum* * shthf you weir popular? 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Kw $1 2ft, tux •M |WM utifY MMdk i urAfV Vans*' » m» 'mo ^••••••••SSSSSSSSShhhltkSSSSSSSSSSSSSBSSMItSS AN ArTRACTIVE CHORINE—Miss Elisabeth Walker, New York, whsse beauty and talent has attracted at tention throughout the East. and agony, seemingly, rent the walls of the room. Hurriedly, the doctor, applied the needle, while the sym pathetic nurses did their best to quiet and reassure the suffering1 patient, until the opiate took effect. "Ten days had passed since the accident, when 1 received a sum mons to the hospital. Hastening there. I found Mildred conscious, in less pain, bearing stoically her an quish She had been asking lor l»cr mother. "But her mother and I arrived at the same time amt we were soon seated beside tire bed listening eagerly to the halting amount ot How H happened.' whispered! through seared and bandaged Up*. "Pour months afterward, Mildred had recovered sufflet*ntly to be re mover! to her home idle was, how ever, a frail, wraithlike spectacle of her former self, i jiirwirn Him uih u, n and again, during my many and const ant visits to th hospital, that tier return home should be isde tuated by our Immediate marriage l had tried even to have her con sent to a quiet wedding in the hox pita I "To all of my pleading aiwt urg : mg she was adamant, " No. no, Witt'■ She would answer T can never fulfill the marital re lat mnshtp in the flesh While l reahw your lore is constant and true, I atn yours and you are mine, l cannot burden you w i this blind helpless tvs tv I can and will he your "Spirit Pride" for the length of my esr hty days and throughout eternity.' "Yes Ntikhed was blind the explosion tiad burned out the light ot her eyes, she had opened tier sight less lids to a blank w ait ot I darkness. Worse, she had inhaled some of the flame? which had J seared her lungs. *"hc dreaded pneumonia had been siaved off. but tuberculosis had developed, To alt j appearances the end was only a !matter of time. "She lingered on, wasting a wav daily. Kvery moment t could spare |t spent with her at her bedskte. "Three month? to the very day |on which I had carried her in my arms into her home, she awoke out of a restless sleep and called me. She desired to sit up. Gently I raised her up and fixed her pil lows. Her eyes held me in a pro longed stare, then she said: ‘Come closer!’ “I placed my arms around her and bent my ear close to catch her words. “ ‘Will, darling,’ she whispered huskily, ‘please remember your "Spirit Bride” will always be near you. loving you and protecting you at all times. Talk over your cases with me. I shall understand, an swer you in your dreams when your spirit will blend with mine. I shall guide you on to greater and larger success. This I shall do until you marry and have need of me no longer. I am going now, Will, darl ing. Thanks so much for every j thing. Kiss your “Spirit Bride" goodby.’ "I kissed her again and again, crying out all the while, ‘No, no! You cannot, you must not leave me!’ “Tlte family heard and all came running inta the room, as a flow of blood gushed from her mouth— a hemorrhage—almost at the mo ment of my last kiss. Her body went limp. As I laid her back down gently upon the pillows, her head relied helplessly to one side. “Mildred had passed a ‘Spirit Bride’ into spirit land." * * * A long silence followed, during which Lawton fought for mastery over his emotions. Neither of the two friends uttered a word, for the narrator had raised his hand signifying he would con tinue. Before doing so. he lilted his glass and drank, refilled it and dran. again. His voiee was somewhat shaky as he resumed, but it gradually grew stronger and surer. 'Bovs, we dressed her as a bride, with veil, orange blossoms and everything. Her buria? was my wed ding day. •I trust you understand this ex planation and why I insist I am as much married as either of you. ' Mildred has kept her dying promise She lives here with me. that is. her spirit do.’s. She is my spirit wife. Day and night we hold sweet convene and association. Awake and asleep, Z can sense her preset e. "Only for a few hours In each twenty-four is she compelled to absent herself, Tnis happens be tween the hours of three and six in the morning, when she must re turn to the place where her ashes lest. At all other hours she is either vith me or about the prem ises just as anv hung, breathing wife in the flesh would be Bite helps me with my cas*s. Really she is ihe secret of my continued stKvrss Not one case have 1 kvM by tallowing her advice and direc tions, "Yea, I owe everything to her, lo my beloved Mildred, who is present with us now " Again there w*.« silence, ilea,! silence. amid the group alter haw (mi's tragic recital and startling, concluding statement Hus silence was broken at last hr Kobbs, tlie minister, who W* marked with a *ob m his ume; "Will, old chum, 1 never knew it was like that. Forgive my ban ter and chiding 1, too have had remarkable psychic experiences Mime ot which 1 may relate ere we part. Meanwhile, old man, you haw my heartfelt sympathy," Same here, with t ke pleadings for forgiveness," .motor Ki**more hasieiust to add '1. too. haw a Mood ot tales l can tell hr hue we separate for good, 1 shall relaie a few I am positive there is a mighly thm wd shrouding this world of ours from spirit land " "You are right Tankey," Urn | IF YOU WANT clergyman declared. “It U my be lief, through this veil between us, those on the other side see us, hear us, note what we do and try to aid us. It is just as a person in a boat on open, clear water may look down into the depths and see what is taking place there, while a per son underneath the waves may not see nor note what is taking place above the surface. "We living beings in this world are like the persons under the water , while— Good Lord! I smell per fume. No! It's more like the scent of lilies or apple blossoms.” “I smell it, too,” the doctor agreed. “It’s getting stronger and I heard distinctly the swish of a dress skirt. Did you hear it, too. Barton?” “Don't be alarmed, boys!” Law ton reassured them. He moved over to the piano and played softly— Then, “It is orange blossoms you smell. Don't you recall my con cluding words? I told you Mildred is here present with us. This scent is how she makes her presence known. The perfume is that of her bridal wreath. You remember I told you we laid her away *- her bridal dress and crowned her with her bridal wreath.” Lawton’s face lighted with pleas ure as he continued calmly, speak ing as though he addressed some one who had just entered the room. "Welcome, Mildred! The boys are our old friends and so pleased to have you join us. Stay with us. Continued on Page 3, ' NEW. FAM"Tn°99 HAIR GROWER FOR MEN AND WOMEN The latent (Mtwemy of P A 1 hon» .a. world'* k-adUtr (tab and aralp specialist. 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