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-w 4f!ii--jWcTr . lftfe inmsmMamtm, S,1.,.-V rt-R.l -JSi- v- i-a.Wfr-n)rtrf m.1. I'T" t M--' j ir 5sT' ri7ir'" ifc K. IT mnw ,rri" kiwi BE" ILL k i5Hlfe V2--alHmftTr V Jr-s2-wrirrtiioWNSt;B'!c nJv, a tr-"SS3-PJB-3fiEZl5S V5C Jprar JlaiW-V IIIW I M II 8YN0PSI8. Thlllp Cayley, accused of a crime of which ho Is not guilty, resigns from tho trmy In disgrace and Ills affection for his friend. Lieut. Perry Hunter, turn- to hatred. Cayley seeks solitude, where he porfects a flying tnachlno. Whllo soailnir over the Arctic regions, ho picks up i a curiously shaped stick ho had seen In tlio covers a yacht anchored In tho bay. De scending near tho steamer, ho moots a Blrl on an Ico floo. Ho learns that the ffrl's namo Is Jconno Fielding and that ho yacht has come north to seek signs of her father. Captain Molding, an arctlo explorer. A party from tho yacht Is ma king search ashore. After Caylcy departs Jeanno finds that ha had dropped a cu-rlously-shnpod stick. Captain Planck and the surviving crow of his wrockod whaler ere In hiding on the coast. A, giant ruf fian named Iloscoo. hnd murdered Field Ing and his two companion, after the ex plorer had revealed the location of an enormous ledgo of puro gold. Iloscoo then took command of the party. It develops that the ruffian had committed tho mur der witnessed by Caylcy. Iloscoo plans to rnptuio tho yacht and cnp with a big load of gold. Jeanne tells Fanshaw, owner of the yacht, about tho visit of the iky-man nnd shows him tho stick left by Cayley. Tanshaw declares that It Is an Eskimo throw lug-stick, used to shoot darts. Tom 1'anshaw returns from the searching party with a sprained ankle. Terry Hunter Is found murdered and Cayley Is accused of tho crime but Jcanno believes him Innocent. A relief party goes to find tho searchers. Tom professes his lovo for Jranne. Sho rows nhore and enters nn abandoned hut, and there find1) her fnther'n dlnrv, which discloses tho ex plorer's suspicion of Itosco", Th rut nan returns to the hut and boos Jcanno. He Is Intent on murder, when tho sky man swoops down and tho ruffian lines. Jeanno gives Cayley hor father's dlaiy to read. The yacht disappears and Hos- Soe's plans to capture It are revealed, eanne's only hopo Is In Cayloy. Tho seriousness of their situation bccopies ap parent to Joanna and tho sky-man. Cay ley kills a polar bear. Next ha Ilnds a clue to tho hiding place of tho stores, iloscoo Is about to attack tho girl whon he Is sent fleeing In terror by tho sight of the bky-man swooping down. Measures are taken to fortify tho hut. Cayley kills a wounded polar bear and receives tho first imim'Mlon tlmt n"""" pormcm firearms. A nsurc In the Ice yield1) Up Hunter's body nnd Itoscoc, finding It, re moves tho dead man's rifle Ho discovers that Cayloy Is a human being and not a spirit Tho rufilan Is baffled In his plan U murder Cayley whon the latter and Jeanno take refugo In tho cave whero a furious storm keeps them Imprisoned. Thoy confess their lovo for each other. Cayley, resolving to seek the rufilan and kill him, finds Itoscoe's cave, but tho AnAmv In nnf itirtrA lfn ntnlra Itrt n fn- mlllar-looklng locket and departs. Ron-4 coe una takon advantage of Cuyloy's ab sence to force Ida way Into whure Joanne Is. Cayloy returns, and a tight ensues. In Which Koscne la killed. CHAPTER XXII. Continued. Tho perception camo to him as a memory, and la memory It scorned to be Jeanno's volco. Now, unless hla wits wero wandor Ins. he hcanHt-ssa'.n, and it, culled bis namo. Ho was halt incredulous of Its reality, oven aa ho answered it. But tho next moment, before ho could exc tricatc hlmr.olt from hla planes, or even attempt to got to his foot, ho felt tho presauro of hor body, as sho knelt ovor htm. ,i CHAPTER XXIII. Signs!:. Thero wero a gopd many days after that not days at all, really, but an In terminable period of night which wero broken for Jeanno by no ray of hopo whatovor, Bho kept Philip and herself alive, from day to day, and this occupation left her hardly time enough to think whethor thcra -was anything to hopo for or not, Much of tho timo Philip was deliri ous; somotlmes violently so, and yet sho often had to leave him. When sho did so, it was with no certainty at all that sho would find him allvo upon hor return. At last tho conviction was forcod upon hor that Philip was actually on tho road to recovery. Ills delirium bo came less violent and occurred at long - er'inlervnm.- tuo frightful cuhOIUOU of bis wounds began visibly to im prove. Instinctively sho resisted this conviction as long as sho could, refus ing almost passionately 'to begin to hopo for tho return of hope brought an almost Intolorabla pain with it. Without hopo thcro had boon no fear, no apprehension Just as iu a froen limb thero is no pain. But, as tho pos sibility of hln recovery becamo plain er, tho slenderness of tho thread by which his Ufa was hanging becamo plainer, too. A thousand chances which sho could not guard against might cut tho thread and destroy tho hopo now-born. lie was ablo, at last, after a long sleop and a really hearty meal ot sus taining food which Bho hardly dared glvo him to got up nnd walk out of their sholtor to tho star-vaultod beach. Fifty paces or so woa all ho was equal to; but at tho end of tho Uttlo prom enado ho expressed a disinclination to so back to tho stuff Uttlo Btiod which had been tho scone of hln long illnosa. Tho clean, wldo, boundless air was bringing back the zest for lifo to him. So Jeanno brought out from tho hut a great bundlo of furs and nade a nc&t ot them on tho beach, and thero ho lay back and sho eat down bcsldo him. "Do you roraember, Jeanno," ho said, "tho first tlrao we sat out Uko this, thoro on the ico-floo bestdo tho Aurora, nnd I told you how I had learned to fly?" Sho locked her hand into his beforo she answered. "I couldn't beliovo that night that I wasn't dnmlng," sho said softly. "Nor 1, either," ho told hor; "und, somehow, I can't bollove it now not fully; not this part of It, anyway," Ho had lifted tho hand that waa HASW. ROSIER Snvnionfioio dv TueceNTunVCO COPYRIGHT IOIOOV THtOUCCCSS CO locked into hla and pressed it to his lips boforo ho spoko. Thoro waa n sllonco aftor that. Then, with a Uttlo effort, tho girl spoke. "Philip, do you romembor my any lug what a contempt you must havo for tho world that didn't know how to fly? Do you romembor that, and tho nnswer you mado to it?" Ho nodded. "Philip, la that still thero? Your contompt, I mean, for tho world?" "I don't beliovo," ho said, "that you can oven ask that seriously you, who gnvo mo first my soul back again and then, in theso last weoks, my llfo. For it's boon your llfo that has lived in mo theso Inst days thoy must bo a good many Just as it waa your warmth and faith and fragrauco that gavo mo back my soul, long ngo." Ho paused a moment; then, whon no went on his voice had a somowhat dlfforont quality. "But tho other contempt, Joanno, that still exists, or would ex ist if I gnvo It tho chance, tho world's contompt for mo. Not oven your faith could shako that." Sho had been half-reclining bosldo him, but now she sat erect purposeful ly, llko ono who has taken a resolu tion. "I'm not so suro of that," sho snld, in a matter-of-fact tone, though thoro was nn undercurrent of excitement in it. "Philip, I havo been trying to solvo a puzzle slnco you wero HI. I hoped I could solvo It by myself. If I woro intelligent enough I'm euro I could; but I'll havo to ask you to help me It's a string of lottors written around a plcturo, in a lockot." "A lockot of yours?" ho asked, sur prised. "Never mind about that Just now." Sho spoko hastily and tho undercur rent of oxcltomout wn3 growing stronger in hor voice. "Do you want mo to try it now?" ho asked. "If you'll make a light and show mo tho thing I'll boo whnt I can do." "Perhaps you won't need that," Bho said. "I can romombor tho letters. Thoy aro divided up into -words, but I'm sure thoy nro not any forolgn lan guage; they nro in a codo of somo sort." Sho did not turn to look at him, but sho felt him fltlr a Uttlo, with sudden ly nroused attention, nnd hoard his .breath come a Uttlo quicker. "Tho first letter was all by itself," she said, trying to keep her volco steady. It was N . And then, in ono ivord, came tlio fetters p-b-J u-u-q.'r "That means 'A coward,'" ho Bald. His volco was unstoody, and ho clutched suddenly at her hand. Sho could feel that his wns trembling, so sho took it in both of hora and hold It tight, "It's, a codo," ho said, "a boyish codo of ray own. I romembor that for a long timo after I invented it I be lieved It to bo utterly insoluble; yet It was childishly simple It consists simply ot splitting tho alphabet in two and using tho lust hnlt for tho ilrst, and vlco versa. It must havo oc- '1 suppose that's truo," he aV nt last "I suppose I might havo savod him then, Just as I might havo saved him lator, from Roscoo's dart," I can think of a hundred ways that it might iavo happened the accusation against nie, I mean without his having any part in It." Then ho snld rather ab ruptly: "Fanshaw told you tho story, didn't ho?" Sho assented. "Most ot It, that is. Perhaps not qulto all he know." "I don't know it nil myself," ho told her, "that Is, I havo filled it in with guessos. I knew nbout tho girl. Hunt er waa half mad about her, nnd she, I suppose, was in lovo with him. Any way, hd camo to mo ono night tho last timo I ovor talked with him rag ing with excitement, Tho girl's father had found out about him and meant, sho said, to kill him, and perhaps, hor, too. Anyhow, sho had forbidden Hunt er Booing horngaln. Wo took a drink or two, togothor, boforo I started, and I fuippoMA lin must havo drunk himself half mad after that; for ho started right on ray trail and did what you know. I havo always supposed, until Just now, that ho had usod my namo ns his own with hor, to screen hlmsolf from poRslblo trouble. But that may not have been tho caso. Ho may simply havo spoken of mo as his friend. "Tho girl was In lovo with him, and It would bo natural for her to glvo her father my namo Instead of Hunter's, and mnko tho accusation against me. I suppose ho thought that I could, probably, clear myself easily enough, without Involving him, nnd that tho vholo row might blow over without doing any lrreparnblo damago to cither of us. And then, when it didn't blow ovor when It got worse and meant ruin for somebody tho fact that ho hadn't spoken at first would havo mado It ten times harder to speak at last. I might havo help qd him. Ho sent word to mo once, when I was under nrrsot, to ask if I would sco him, and I refused. I was very ..." Hits speech was punctu-. plnrmtlon a wonderful great, soft calm seemed to envelop hor She slept thero llko a child besldo htm, his hand still hnlf-cmsped In hers. It wan Philip's voice that wakenod hor. How long afterwards bIio did not know. Ho was sitting orect on tho grent bear-skin, and all sho could bco of him wan tho dim sllhouotto ot bis back against tho sky. "Whnt is It?" sho asked, drowsily. "U anything the matter?" Ho could hardly command his voice to nnswor. "It's that nurorn, ovor there," ho said. "No, it's gono now. It may como back. It's right over thero in tho routh-'-Btralght in front of you." "But, my denr my dear " sho per sisted, "why should an aurora . . . Is it becnuso of tho ono wo saw tho night you killed Roscoo? Is it that old nlghtmaro. that it brings back?" Sho was speaking quiotly, her volco cnropslng him Just r.s hor hands woro. Sho wns llko a mother trying to reas sure a frightened child. "No, It's not that,'1 ho said, uneasily. I don't know I think I may bo go ing mad, perhaps. I know I wasn't dreaming. I thought so at first, but I know I'm not now." Then Bho felt his body stiffen, ho dropped her hand and pointed out to tho southern ho rizon.. "Thero," he said, "look thins!" what sho saw was simply a pencil ot whlto light, pointing straight from the ho rizon to tho zenith, and reaching an al tltudo of perhaps 20 degrcea. Com pared with the stupendous electrical displays that thoy were used to seeing in that winter sky, It was utterly In significant, and from it sho turned to search his fnce, in sudden alarm. "No, no look look!" ho command ed, his excitement mounting higher with each word. Sho obeyed reluctantly, but at what sho saw her body becamo sudden ly rigid and sho stared as one might stnro who sees a spirit For tho faint pencil ot whlto light swung on a pivot, dipped clear to the hori- curreu to nunaroas or ooys, n,t ono timo and another, and yet " his roico faltered. "Yot, it'a a UtUo odd that you should havo stumbled upon an- othor oxnmplo ot it" "Tho next word waa o-r-g-o-n-l-r-q." "That means 'betrayed,'" ho said, almost instantly. "Was was there any more." "Ono Uttlo word, thrco lottors, 'u-v-z.' But I know already what thoy mean, Philip." Thero was a moment ary alienee, then sho repeated tho .whole pnas5 "A coward betrayed him.'" Sho was trembling all ovor now, hersolf. "I know," sho said, "I know it was something llko that," Then sho dropped down besldo him and clasped him tight in her arnia. "Philip, that wati written around your picture, an old plcturo ot you it must navo neon, which leu out ot your pockot when I was undressing you that night uttur your fight with Roa eo. I recognised tlio locket it wnj en., closed In ns Mr. Hunter's. I had often scon It ou his watch fob, and it's on gravod with his Initials." , "It fell out of my pockol," said Philip, lncrodulously. "Yea," sho aald, "that puzzlod mo, too, for awhllo; and finally I figured It out. You must havo found It " "That night In Uoscoo'a cavo, whon I was waiting for him. I had forgot ten It until this moment" "I know It muni bo Uko thnt;" ho Bald, "Bomothlug llko that And wasn't It . . . ' shd began "Hunter's codo as well aa mine? Yos. Wo mado it up together when wo woro boys," ho said, "nnd wo used it occasionally oven aftor wo loft tho Point Wo wroto in if, both of us, as easily as In English; and read it tho same way," Uer young nrniB otlU held him fast "Philip, ho muBt havo boon oorry a long timo almost slnco It happened. it's nn old, old plcturo of you, doar, and tho ink ot tho lottors is faded. Ho'a carried it with him over slnco, as a reminder ot tho wrong ho Old you, and ot his cowardico in let ting you suffor undor it." "I Buppoao it waa that from tho first" "I don't beliovo ho ovor meant " She lot tho sentonco break off there, and thoro waa a long, long sllonco. "Fanshaw Told You tha Story, Didn't He?" ated now by longornnd longor pauses, but still Jeanno waited. "Very sure of tho correctness of my own attitude thon. Correct is, perhaps, the exact word for it I wouldn't turn a hand to save n man a man who had boon my friend, too from living out tho rost of his Ufo in holl." Ho shud dered a Uttlo at that and sho quickly laid hnr hand upon his lips. "That waa long ago," alio said. "You can boo now what a God, perhaps, would havo seen nnd dono then. And It you did wiong, then It's you who havo suffnrod for it you who Uavo paid tho pennlty. You havo paid for tlio thing you lott undone as won as for tho thing ho did, But w must not tnlk about It any more, now. You'ro not strong enough. I ought not to havo spoken of It at all, but, somehow, I couldn't wait any longor." "Just this much more, Jcanno, nnd then wo will lot it go: You see now, don't you, dear, why I said I never could go back to tho world, never clear myself of tho old chargo at Hunter's expense Perry Huntor's oxpensts now thnt ho Is doad; and don't you boo thnt that's as imposslblo now as It was when I first said it?" It was with u halt laugh and a halt sob that sho kissed him. "Oh, my doar," Bho said, "what doca tho world matter? This is tlio world horo. You and I. Tho apace of this groat bear-skin wo aro lying on. Tho past can't como botween us, nnd what olso Is thoro that mnttors? Como, it's timo for you to tako another nap. Aro you warm enough out horo, or shall wo go back to tho hut?" "I'm warm, soul and body, thanks to you," ho said. But it waa Jcanno who wont to sleep, Somehow, slnco that last ex- zon, roso angln and completed Its cir cuit to tho other side. Sho sat thero bosldo him, breath less, almost lifeless with suspense whllo that pencil traced its courso back and forth from horizon to hori zon, stopped somotimos on tho zenith, to turn back upon itself somotlmes continuing through unchecked. At last her breath burst forth from her in a great sob. Sho turned and clung to him wildly. "Philip," sho said, "it can't bo that It can't it can't!" "Tell me toll me whnt itlookn Uko what you think you ata?" Sho stayed Just whero sho waa, cling ing to him, cowering to him, as If some thing terrified hor, hor face pressed down ngalnst his shoulder. "Signals," sho gasped out. "From a light from a search-light" Ho drew a long deep broath or two, and hla good arm tightened about hor. "Well," ho said, his yolce breaking in a shaky laugh, "It wo are mad, we aro mad togothor, Jeanno, dear, nnd with tho namo mndness; and it wo are dreaming, wo aro living in tho samo dream. Did you read what It said? Oh, no, of, course you couldn't but I did. It's tho old nimy wig-wag, nnd it has been saying all aorta of things. Spoiling out your namo most ot tho time. What it Just Bald was, 'Cour ago. They aro coming;.' " CHAPTER XXIV. Unwlnned. For awhile Bho stnyed just whero sho was, her head cradled against bis shoulder, but, presently, sho stood orect once more, pulled oft ono of hor heavy gauntlet, and with her bare palm pressed, tho toars out ot eyes, "You nron't strong enough yot to bo used as tho support for a really good cry." Her voles was shaky and her speech uneven. Thoro woro still somo Uttlo half suppressed sobs in it But sho turned her faco again towards tho southern horizon. "If that's tho army wig-wag I ought to bo ablo to read it Tom taught it to mo years ago. Perhaps perhaps it is ho who in signaling now." "Waa, thero a search-light on tho Au rora?" Philip asked. "I didn't notlco when I saw her." Ho tried to make the question sound casual, but his volco was hardly ctcadior than horn, "Oh, yes," sho said. "It was ono of tho things wo laughed at Uncle- Jerry for insisting upon, but ho insisted Just tho samo. It'a a very powerful light Philip," sho said suddenly, aftor a Uttlo silence, "Is it not plain im possible, thnt that wo see over thoro? You know you said, and fnthor said in his Journal, thnt thoro was no possi bility of a relief In tho winter. Philip Philip, isn't It madness is it tho ico madness?" But beforo ho could nnswer thoy heard a rifle-shot ring out in tho still air. "No," ho cried, "tho long wait is over. Thank God they nro horo. Firo, Joannol Firo tho revolvor! Let them know thoy nro In timo." His lips trem bled nnd tears glistened In his eyes. It was lying undor her hand. There woro only threo cartridges left, but sho fired them all'lnto the nir. Then, nlmost before tho echo from tho cliff behind them hnd died away, they henrd a dim hail in a human volco a voice that broko sharply as If tho shout had ended In a sob. "It's Tom," sho said. "Call out! It's your volco ho'll want to hear." But It was a moment bo foro sho could command it Sho call ed his name twice, nnd then a third timo, with a different inflection, for a long, leaping flicker of firelight had re vealed a Uttlo knot of figures round ing ono of tho great Ice-crags that covered tho frozen harbor. Ono fig ure, a little' in advance of tho others, dashed forward at a run. Jeanno sprang to meet him. For a Uttlo whllo Cayley Btood hesi tating before the nro, just whore Jeanne, in hor impulsive rush toward their rescuers, had loft him, then slow ly, ho followed her, Tho party on the ice was moving landward again. Even at Philip's slow pace, tho distance between them was narrowing. Jeanno and young Tan shaw were coming on ahead. Ho saw her stop suddenly and throw an arm nround tho man's nock. She was laughing and crying nil nt once, ind thero wero tears In tho man's eyes, too. Philip expected that. Ho know that Fanshaw loved hor. His memory of that fnct was all that redeemed his memory of their encounter on tho Au rora's deck. But, what ho did not expect, was to see Fanshaw suddenly release him self from tho girl's embraco and como straight toward him. That waa not tho most surprising thing not that nor tho hand which Fanshaw was hold ing out to him. It was the look in tho young man's face. Thoro was a powerful emotion work ing there, but no sign of any conflict, no resistance, no reluctance. It was tho faco of a man humblo In tho pres ence of a mliacle. He stripped oft his gauntlet and gripped Cayloy's hand. It was a moment beforo he could speak. "It's only Just now," ho sntd, "now that I seo you hero togothor, that I find It hard to beliovo. Because I've known all along that you wero horo with her, keeping hor alive until wo could get back to her. I'vo been tho only one who has had any hopo at all, and with mo it's boon a cortainty rather than a hope. It's as if I hnd Boon you hero, togothor. I'vo seen you so a thousand times, but now, that I do actually, with my own eyes, it's bard to . . . ' His volco broko there. Thero was a moment of silence, then he went on: "You must try to for glvo us, Cayloy mo, in particular, for I'm tho cno who seeds it most We know tho truth of that old story now. No, It wasn't Jcanno who told, It waB poor Hunter himself, In a letter. Ho had written it long ago, and It waa among his papors. I want you to road it Bomotlmo. I think, perhaps, whon you do you will bo ablo to forglvo him, too." "That's dono already," said Philip. "No, not long ngo within tho last few hours. Come, shall we go back to the fire? I suppose wo had better wait for another moonrise boforo wo try to get to tho Aurora." It was six months later, a blazing, bluo July day, when the gunboat York town lifted North Head, tho northern portal of tho Golden Gate. Tom Fan shaw and bis father had gono to tho brldgo, but Philip and Joanne, tho othor two pas8ongero, remained un moved by the announcement, seated as far aft as possible, tho ensign, limp iu the following breeze, fluttering Just over their heads. Looking up, thoy saw ono of tho Junior officers standing close bosldo them. Ho was a dark-haired, dark oyod, good-looking youngster, whoso frank adoration of Jeanno ovor since they had como aboard had amused tho FaushawB and secretly pleased and touched Philip, although ho pretended to bo amused, too. Thoy both roso and, lounged back against tho wll as ho camo up. "Glad to bo nearly home, Mr, Cam woll?" said Jeanno. "You navy people regard any port In tho States as homo, don't you?" "Oh, I'd be glad enough ol a month's shore lonvo," ho Bald, "If It weren't this particular voyage. I mean If it didn't moan that wo aro going to loso you." Sho gavo him a friendly little amilo, her T but made no other answer. Ho turned to Philip. "I'll havo to confess," ho said, "to tho rudest sort of inquisitive curiosity nbout tho strange-looking bundlo you brought aboard with you from tho Aurora. It looks llko somo primitive Eskimo's attempt to build a flylng;ma- cnino." "It is something Uko that," said Philip. "If you'll havo it brought up hero on deck. I'll open it out to you." Tho young fellow's pleasure was al most boyish. "I'll havo It brought at once," h6 said. Tho breezo was straight behind them and Just about strong enough to compensate for Ibe upewl of tho yu sol, nnd tlio air on deck was quite still. With tho boy'B puzzled asslts anco Philip spread his wings for tho first timo since that night when ho had dived off tho cliff hoad to go ln,purBult of Roscoo. Tho recollection was almost painfully vivid, and as ho looked Into Jeanne's tnco ho saw tho same memory mir rored there. But young Caldwell soon brought them back to tho present He was no longor embarrassed or shy, deferen tial. Aerial navigation- was, appar ently, a subject ho knew all about Ho criticised tho shapo of the pianos, tho material they wero mado of, tho curvo of this, tho dip of that all In tho tono of an expert and by way of summing up, ho said: "It's rather pitiful, Isn't it? In a way any primltlvo thing always af fects me Uko old locomotives they havo in mUBOUms. Somebody, prob ably, believed onco that that would fly. I hopo he didn't bollevo it seri ously enough to glvo it a real trial." "You don't think it would work, then?" asked Philip. Tho young man laughed. "Dear mo, no," he said. "It couldn't work." ''At any rate," said Philip, "It's an amusing curiosity." "Oh, yes; indeed, yes," the young man assented, cordially. "I wish it woro mine. Only I wouldn't try to fly with It" His duties called him away then rather suddenly, nnd Philip was left sETTiTjim :i vfcsWi ; kiJ I 'Ji I Mil ml ilk. due to an inactive condi- t tioo of the Uver, Stomach and Bowels, j may bo obtained tnoct pleasantly and: most promptly by using Srnm of Rjr : and Elixir of Senna. It u not a new and untried remedy, but Is used by- I njffioMofweB-mformedfamffiejthroujIi-; OBK mo WOna l vjcouj u- ..... and strengthen the system whenever a ; laxative remedy b needed When buying note tha full Mune; ! of the Company California Flff Syrup: ; Cov-printcd on every pickago of thaj genuine. m Rsttular nriea 50' nor bot ono tizo crJV.: j ' For tale by all leading drucguU. : ONE ON THE OLD GENTLEMAN solute Fact Destroyed Force Well-Meant Argument for Temperance. of On a pleasant Sunday afternoon nn old German and his youngest son were seated in tho village inn. Tho father had partaken liberally of tho homo browed beer, nnd was warning his son ngalnst tho evils of intemperance. "Never drink too much, my son. A gentleman stops when ho has enough. To bo drunk Is a disgrace." "Yos, father, but how can I tell whon I havo enough or nm drunk?" The old man pointed with his finger. "Do you see those two men sitting In the corner? If you should soo four men theio, you would be drunk." Tho boy looked long nnd earnestly. "Yes, father, but but thero Is only ono man In that corner." Llppiiv cott's. TOO HARD WOR. TiiWi I "A" "Ho Was a Dark-Haired, Dark-Eyed Handsome Young Man." to furl his wings alone. From tho proc ess ho looked up into Jeanne's faco. "Why, Jeanne I" Her eyes woro bright, bright with unshed tears, and there was a little flush of bright color in her chcolcs. "Oh, I know," sho said, with an un steady laugh, "It's absurd to bo indig nant, but I wished oh, how I wished, when ho was so patronizing and so sure, that you might havo slipped your arms into their places and gone curv ing, circling up, all gold and gleaming, Into tho air. I know you wouldn't but I hoped you would." "Jeanno, dear," ho said, "you'll re member that always my flight, 1 mean. But, sometimes you'll get to wondering if it isn't the memory of a dream. And then you'll go and find theso old wings in an attic, sorue- whero, and stroke them with your hands, tho way you did that night when I furled them first upon tho lce floo beside you." She looked at him quickly, wide eyed. "What do you mean, Philip? Not that not that I'm never to see you fly again?" He nodded. "Somehow, up there, with all the world below mo, it never seemed rent Even you never seemed real, who wero tho only real thing in all tha world. The earth was only a spinning ball, and there were no such thing as men. I wasn't a man myself, up thero, not oven ovon after you had brought me back to Ufo and given mo a soul again. Somehow, to be a man ono has to wear tho shackles ot mankind. I can't explain it better than that, but I know It's true." For a long timo sho searched his faco In silence. "You used to Boem a spirit rather than a man to mo," sho said, "when I would Ho watching you soaring thoro above mo. And now now It's I who brought you down." "Do you remember how I told you onco that a man llko your father was worth a wholo Paradise of angels? Well. I want to bo a man, Jeanno, as I near as posslblo such a man ns ho was. And I want to walk besldo you always." A shift of wind from astern over took them and tho great ensign flap ped forward, screening thom for a mo ment where they stood, from tho vlow of tho rest of the deck. With n sud den passion of understanding Bhe clasped him close nnd kissed him. THE END. k-v. "You aro charged with having four tvives living." "Well, I don't know whether they aro all living or not, Judge; I can't keep track of them all." His Thoughtful Wife. "I hate to boast," said a Cleveland lawyer, "but my wife Is ono of tho most economical women In tho world. Tho other day she told mo sho needed a new suit. I said she ought to havo it, by all means, but asked her not to spend a big bunch of money without letting me know about It. Well, tho next day she said: 'The tailor said he couldn't make the suit for less than $150. I thought it was too much, but told him to go ahead.' '"Well, I supposo it is all right,' 1 said, 'but why didn't you consult mo first?' - " 'Why, dearie, I didn't want to spend car fare for two visits.' "I tell you, it's theso little econo mies that count, eh?" Flown. "Tough luck Jlpson had." "What happened?" "In order to keep his cook, ho told her she might have tho uso of his touring car two afternoons a week." "Well?" "Yesterday she eloped with tho chauffeur." Expert Advice. "How long does it tako to learn ta run an automobile?" "You'll need about threo days to ac quaint yourself with tho working parts of tho machine nnd a week to master 'ho vocabulary." Dodging bad story tellers Is ono way of avoiding poor relations. Herring Always In Lead. Herrings form tho groatost harvest of tha ocean. More herrings aro eatea than any other fish. BARN DOOR WORTH SAVING Parmer Dockrldge Rescued It From the Flames, for It Bore Hie Ao , ounts for Six Year. Farr Dockrldge waa hastily awak wed in tho dead of night by Alf, the farm -wrant, who told him the barn m,m. fire. Instructing Alt to blind ilMltW horse tn& lead them out ;ls.im rUlUMk,4im if there waa '(, Iranriedly donned his trousers, rushod into tho kltcbon, grabbed up a scrow driver and ran out to tho barn, Tho root waa burning fiercely, but ho dashed into the building nnd began with frantic baste to unscrew the hinges ot the smooth plno door that opened into the corn btn. Alf had succeeded In getting tho horses out safely, and tho Bparks were falling round the old man, but he stuck to hla task until ho had finished it, and omcrgod from tho burning barn carrying tho door Just as tho root fell in. "That's a good deal of risk to take for tho sake ot saving a bit of fire wood," couituentod n neighbor who had boon awakened by the flames and had run over to soo it ho could bo ot any uao. "FJrowood!" exclaimed Farmer Dockrldgo, pointing to tho poncil marks that covered the door. "See them flggors? There's all my busi ness accounts for the laat six years. That door's worth more than tho whole barnl" London Telegraph, Find Petrified Women. In tho courso of tho excavations which aro still being made at Pompeii tho body of a petrified woman haa been discovered. On tho body were Jewels ot great value, including brace lets, necklaces, and chatelaines, and it is assumed from this that their wearer belongod to the patrician class. Especially remarkable among tho Jewels are two clasps, each com posod ot twenty-one pearls in a clus ter, Theso clasps havo both an artis ttstie and an archaeological value, for nothtng comparablo with them has been found beforo among tha rulnB ot Pompeii. Pompeii, on the Neapolitan Riviera, was founded about 600 B. C, and down to tho timo ot its destruc tion, A. D. '79, it was a sort ot Rome-supcr-Mare, frequented by the aris tocracy, it not by Caligula and Nero, in whoso honor it erected triumphal arches. Fed from the capital with ev ery luxury and distinction, it Included temples in which the inhabitants wero encouraged to make costly sac rifices. Tho city of Pomiell was near ly rulnod by earthquako in A. D. '03, but it had returned to its former gay ety and licentiousness when tn '79 It was overwhelmed by tho ashes of Vesuvius. "Thero goes n man who got what he wanted for Christmas." "And what did ho most deBlro?" "A nlco long nap." LUCKY MISTAKE. Grocer Sent Pkg. of Postum and Opened the Eyes of the Family. A lady writes from Brookllno, Mass.: "A packago of Postum was sent me ono day by mistake. "I notified tho grocor, but finding that thero was no coffeo for breakfast next morning I prepared como of tho Postum, following tho directions very carefully. "It was un immediato success in ray family, and from that day wo have tisod it constantly, parents and chil dren, too for my threo rosy young sters nro nllowed to drink it freely at breakfast and luncheon. They think It delicious, and I would havo a mutiny on my hands should I omit tho bo loved beverage. "My husband used to havo a very dollcato stomach whllo wo wero using coffee, but to our surprise his stom nch has grown strong nnd entirely well slnco wo quit coffeo nnd havo been on Postum. "Noting tho good effects in my fam ily I wroto to my sister, who was a coffeo toper, and after much persua sion got her to try Postum. "Sho was prejudiced against it nt first, but when sho presently found that all tho ailments that coffeo gave ner left and she got well quickly sho becamo and remains a thorough and enthusiastic Postum convert. "Her nerves, which had become shattered by tho uso of coffeo have grown healthy again, and today she la a new woman, thanks to Postum." Namo given by Postum Co., Batllo Creek, Mich., and the "cause why" will bo found in tho great Uttlo book, "The Road to Wellvllle," which comes in Pkgs. K-r read the nlxne letter? A new one nppenra from time tn time. Tliey nre cruulne, true, nnd full f bunum .Interest. A ft. m vm Wvi -