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all
parts of the
country, but tbry
couldJonoeooJ.
He uied to luvo
six to tcven tpells
every week. Wo
heard oi tho
Townt Remedy
Co. and teat to
them for treat
ment, lie hac
onlr been tick
once In about dx
mooibt, and we
"nowthat tho
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ifviI
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I2 sf
mHbsH
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THE HEART
NIGHT Wl
A STORY OF THE GREAT NORTH WEST
6 vingie e. roe s&u
ILLUSTRATIONS 6y
QOPrFGtr OY PODi?, riEw
SYNOPSIS.
10
fillctz of Dollrs lumber enmp dlrecti
ft stranger to tho camp. Walter Bandry
Introduces himself to John Dally, foro
man, as "tho DIlllnRBWorth Lumber Co.,
or most of It." Ho makes acquaintance
with tho camp and tho work. In nn em
ergency ho proves to tho foreman that ho
docs not lack Judgment. Slletz tells him
of tho Preacher. Ho discovers that Slletz
bears tho sign of the Hlletz trlbo of In
dians and wonders what her surnamo Is.
In the Hush of a tender moment he calls
her "tho Night Wind In tho Pines." nnd
kisses her. Poppy Ordway, a magazine
writer from New York, comes to Dolly's
to got material for a romance of tho lum
ber region. Hampden of the Yellow Pines
Co. claims tltlo to tho Knst Kelt and
sets up a cabin on It. Bandry's
man pull down tho cabin. Sundry's
and Hampden's men fight over tho dls
ruted tract. Tho Preacher stops tho fight.
Hnndry finds that tho deed to tho East
Holt has never been recorded. Poppy
flirts with Hamnderi to iraln his conn-
denco. She tells Hnndry that Hampden Is
crooked nnd that sho'll got him. Poppy
goes to Salem In search of evldonco
against Hampden. Sundry's men desert
him for Humpdcn, who has ofered more
money, flllotz goes to hor friends tho
HI washes and persuades thorn to work
for Sandry to save his contract. Toppy
tells Bnndry that she has proof of Hamp
den's filing bogus ontrlcs In collusion with
tho commission. Bhe socs Hlletz nnd
Bandry talking together nnd becomes
jealous. Tho big timber raft Is started on
i's wny, but Is blown up and Sundry Is
dangerously Injured. Poppy Insists on
taking earn of Bnndry and says she Is his
promised wife.
Iscd wife. "No." erica Slletz. "ho
kinged mo nnd I nm hli wnrnnn."
in Han-
dry's delirium ho elves I'nunv n elun to
hhi past. On recovering Dally tells him of
hit successful filling of his contract nnd
1m says that ho Is going nfter Hampden
himself nnd "get him straight." Ma
Dally shows Bandry Poppy's notes of his
delirious talk. Poppy plays with Hamp
den. CHAPTER XIX Continued.
"But thoy aay you'ro goln' to marry
thct da beg yor pardon that Johnny
Eootorn. That so? For God'a sake,
girl, don't say It!"
Ilampdcn'e rod faco was pale, and
sho enjoyed seeing this coojso, 'bull
like man shaken to his foundations.
"And what If It la?"
"I'll kill hlml So holp mo heaven,
I'll got him noxt I tell you I can't
stand for that!"
"Get him noxt time," sho was Baying
awlftly to herself, "oh, Hampden, I
fancy thoro'll bo a lot of getting
whothor or not Walter Sandry wants
mo to quit now, aftor all Vvp gono
through with you to get my lino Btakod
out!"
Aloud sho said at tho same tlmo,
"No it isn't truo." And Hampden
caught hor hand and kissed It.
March crawlod by and April May
camo in with tho fool and look of sum
mer aa It does In tho westorn hills,
warm and bright and eternally Bunny
Bandry wondored If It had ovor rained
Any oxortlon tired him cruolly, so he
loafed about tbo ofllco, sat on tho cast
porch at tho cook-shack, and talked
Idly with tho throb women, for Poppy
Ordway, dosplto Ma Dally'B coldness
and hints, and Slletz' Bllonco, still
stayed on at tho camp. Ofton Sandry
watched hor with a puzzled look in his
oyoa which all hor clovornosB had
failed to fathom.
Thero was a slight constraint bo
twoon them.
Tho work of tho camp wont on
woll. A bunch of lumborjacks from
Sacramonto had como in during April,
and Sandry took thorn on. Tho Port
land Lumber company received the
socond raft, a smaller ono, by the
mlddlo of May, and followed Us ro-
colpt with another order that would
keep all hands and extra holp at work
until August. Tho pressing mortgage
had boon lifted by that flrBt big chock
and tho young ownor felt his spirit
surging within him llko tho growing
yoar. His only worry was tho fact
that Hampden was building track and
a log-trail into tho strip botweon camp
and tho Kast Holt from tho Bouth.
Ho evidently meant to bogln opera
tions under Sandry's very oyos.
"Waltor," askod Mlas Ordway, "how
long aro you going to wait boforo lot
ting mo uso my lover to pry Ilnmp
don off?"
Sho watched him with narrowod
eyos. Tho strango reticence, tho em
barrassed reserve that had fallen upon
Bandry of late and for which sho could
not account, kept his glanca from hors
aa ho answered:
"Until I am nblo to go to Salem."
Tho woman's oxqulslto chocks
1 flamed a dull crimson under their rose
' leaf pink tho hoavy huo of anger
' but sho only smiled.
I "And I cannot holp?" Bho asked wist
, fully.
I Sandry laughed, constralnodly.
"1'IL havo to get him mysolf," ho
reiterated; "and I can't light him with
my llBts though, by honvon, I'd llko
to I"
At that momont Slletz camo around
HARD TO DEFINE VULGARITY
What Ono Generation Condemns An
other May Have Considered
Distinctly Proper.
Thero is nothing moro difficult to
doflno than vulgarity. It la ofton moro
ly oomothlng ono dislikes in some
body's mannor of speech or behavior.
Webster's dictionary dollnes "vul
gar" in tho modern senso aa "lacking
cultivation or refinement; rustle, boor
ish; also, offensive to good taato or
rotlnod toolings; low, coaruo, moan,
base."
And "vulgarity" it defines as "gross
dobs or clownlshness of manners or
languaco; absonco of rotlnomont;
coarseness."
Tho half of those, definitions might
aaioly bo cast aside. It is absurd to
t j8fln0 "yulgar" in tho present senso
" "
u "rtiutlc; low, . . . mean, base.'
i "Whon wo say that anyono lb vulgar
M mnun rhlnflv that ho la. in Web-
m
f&y (Otyrzfa
fwu zonrnnr
tho corner of tho house and Sandry's
eyes went to her as helplessly as tho
ncedlo to tho north and In them camo
Instantly an expression of wistful sad
ness. That look sent a cold chill to tho
passlouato heart of Poppy Ordway and
In a flash she mado a decision. Tho
danger In Slletz was drawing near,
sho know, though Sandry hlmsolf was
unaware of it.
"Sjj It's going to ho a fight?" Bhe
thought, whllo a sick rago hurried her
breath; "all rlghtl I guoss I'll havo
to uso all my powor."
"Walter," sho said suddenly, "I'm
going east tomorrow."
Instantly ho turned upon her, search
ing hor faco with startled eyes, and
though Miss Ordway was smiling
sweetly at tho girl, Bhe know that his
faco was going gray.
"Yes?" ho asked unsteadily. Tho
tone pierced her heart with a pain
that stung, but Bhe put it resolutoly
aside. Sho had determined to havo
this man by fair means or foul and
aho khow that In tho future sho would
ropay him for any pain sho might
causo in tho process of winning him.
"Yes," sho answered quietly, "but
I'm coming back. I want to boo my
publlBhers."
CHAPTER XX.
A Cruel Weapon.
In tho soberly correct offices of
Farnsworth & Heathcoto, ono of Now
York's most solid and reputablo law
firms, two persons sat talking.
Tho honest roses In tho chcoks of
MIbs Poppy Ordway bloomed glorious
ly. Hor ralmont whispored silktly
when sho moved her splendid shoul
deru a bit moro comfortably against
tho mahogany chair-back.
"And now, Mr. Farnsworth," sho
wa3 saying, "can you glvo me tho full
particulars of that mysterious rob
bery?" Tho eminent lawyer's qulot oyes
wore taking pleasurablo noto of tho
woman's beauty, tho conclso handling
of tho discussion in hand.
"As ono of tho attornoyB for the
estate of James B. Whitby, I think I
am qualified to do bo," ho stated
gravoly.
"Then," said Poppy Ordway, open
ing a Uttlo red morocco notebook at
a page far to tho back, "let ub pro
ceed." Mr. Farnsworth npread out boforo
him a sot of papers.
" 'First Standard Coppor and Zinc
company, consolidated,' " ho road with
out profaco, "ono of tho most conserva
tive and entirely solvent concerns in
tho country. Under tho control and
in tho handB of Whitby, Halstead,
Wlthorspoon & Hasto.
"'Suspected of crooked methods.
Twice involved in suits at law, charged
with rate and robato swindles.
" 'Second On tho night of Juno 18,
1890, President Whitby had In his pos
session, for what reason has nover
been mado known, nt his bachelor
apartraonts nt Whitby placo, Aredalo
$502,000 In banknotes of high denomi
nations. Ho had sent away his man
for tho night nnd was ontlrely nlouo.
"'Third Ho waa found at nlno
o'clock tbo noxt morning, In his library,
sitting boforo n tablo, soveral hours
doad. Under his hnnd lay an unfin
ished lcttor. This letter follows, ver
batim: Arcado Place,
New York City, Now York,
Juno J8, 1659.
I, James B. "Whitby, president of tho
Standard Copper and Zinc company. Con
solidated, sit down to wrlto what I be
llovo will be my last word on earth.
Tho tolcphono wires havo been cut, my
man Is awuy for tho night, and I am en
tirely alone In tho grip of one of my re
current attacks of heart trouble, but my
brain Is nbnormally clear. I brought out
last evening from business fcWI.000, for
reasons known to myself all of It In bills
of high denomination.
At ono o'clock this night I looked up to
faco a pistol held by a man, a young man
who was unmasked. "You may as well
bo patient," ho said quietly, "for I intend
having u tnlk with you."
Then followed what sufficed to hent mo
Into tho grcntest rago of my life an ac
cusation of myself, my methods and my
firm, tho statistical coldness of which
was tho nemo of studied Insolence. Ho
was u young man, almost a boy. Just
nomo rrom a yoar in Ktiropo after col
lege. He hnd, It appears, found his father a
bankrupt, through unwlso speculations of
n partner, nnd tracing somo transactions
to me, laid It all at my door. He de
manded tho money I had In my posses
sion at tho point of tho pistol!
Shaking with rngo I oboyod, and threat
ened to exposo Mm by daylight. He cool
ly told me I would not dare because of
proofs, In his hands, which would states-
As to what good tasto is, who can
inform us? To say that it 13 tho tasto
of tho host peoplo doos not got us
much further, for wo havo thon to dis
cover who aro tho best pooplo. And
is it tho best pooplo who havo over
lived that wo must follow, or tbo best
peoplo who aro living now? Tho best
peoplo nowadays would consider it
vulgar to got drunk at tablo; but the
host peoplo of bygono times woro of
a dlfforont opinion.
E Plurlbus Unum.
Tho Latlu phraso "B Pluribus
Unum," means "From Many, Ono." It
is tho motto of tho United Stntes, as
being ono nation, though composed of
many states. Tho expression Is found
originally In a Lntln poem entitled
"Moretum," supposed to havo been
writton by tho poot Virgil.
Business Based on Credit.
The checks which pass through the
clearing houso in London and Now
York in ono month in normal times ex
ceed tho valuo of all tho existing gold
and sliver coin In tbo world.
B
prison me, nnd which proofs I positively
know do not exist.
The niTnlr, I believe nt this writing wll!
cost mo my life, ,o vitally did It stir my
nnper, nnd here and now before my
strength falls, let me commend him to
tho fullest limit of tho law for punish
ment. He Is as truly my murderer as If
he had fired his gun, to this I swear, and
his namo Is
"Thero," finished tho attorney, "tho
letter ended, signed only by tho hand
of death, leaving tho greatest mystery
of tho times. Thero was no trace of
tho young man with tho pistol.
"Thoro has been found no trace of
tho Immenso bumllo of banknotes, ns
thoro could bo found no record of thoir
numbers nor any word of whero Mr.
Whitby got them. Thero has boon
found nothing, ns all tho world knows.
Tho ostato has employed tho best do
toctlvo talent of tho country to no
avail. Thoro aro no truo clues, opin
ions or theories. All aro falso when
applied."
With lightning rapidity MIeb Ord
way had been following tho attorney's
reading in shorthand in tho red note
book. "Ah!" sho said with a breath of
satisfaction, "that 1b excellent I Excel
lentand it closes tho first mattor of
which I spoko. Now for tho second."
Sho smiled into Mr. Farnsworth'a
oyc3 in hor own bewitching manner as
sho told tho small He, for thero woro
no two matters upon which sho had
sought intelligence, but ono only and
that of bo gigantic and uncertain n
naturo that sho felt as If sho wcro
handling dynamlto which might ox
plodo any moment.
However, tho air of finality with
which she folded the notebook and
thereby seemed to dismiss tho great
Whitby mystery decolved that shrowd
and far-seeing man, Farnsworth, him
self. He saw no connection botwecn her
two sets of questions when she, scorn
ing to turn tho trend of her own mind
into an entirely difforcnt channel, put
her noxt query.
"And now, Mr. Farnsworth," sho
said briskly, "what do you know of
tho namo 'Sandry'?"
Tho lawyer wao folding up hlB pa
pors and putting them carofully away
In tho drawer.
"Sandry? Why not very much.
MIbb Ordway. Simply that thero Is a
firm by tho namo of Sandry & Mussel
dorn which deals In fancy horses and
racing stock. Thoy havo magnificent
brooding farms In Now Jersoy and aro
rated as rathor moro than financially
solid. Mr. Wilton Sandry, tho senior
partner, 1b an old man, of very fine
presence,, an Invalid slnco threo yoars
ago tied to a wheel chair in his man
sion on Rivcrsldo drive. Musseldorn,
a clover man, extremely capable and
pleasant."
"And la that all? Has this Mr. Wil
ton Sandry any family?"
"Why, let mo see yes, I bollevo
thoro 1b a son, ono son. Tho mother Is
dead."
"And where Is this son?"
"I do not know. Ho has been In
Europo, I believe, though it scorns
to mo that 'he returned some time
ago."
"U'm," Miss Ordway was Baying to
horsolf "a year in Europo, after col
lege." Twenty minutes later tho eminent
lawyer walked down with her to whore
hor runabout waited.
As sho threaded among tho teeming
traffic, Poppy Ordway was saying to
horsolf, "Wilton Sandry, financially
solid. James B. Whitby robbed by a
"There," Finished the Attorney, "tho
Letter rinded."
man a young man Just homo from a
yoar In Europo, after collogo, whoso
father ho had found bankrupt by un
wlso speculation of a partner and tho
said James B. Whitby. And Walter
Sandry In the Oregon hills mutters
of 'Ruined I Ruined! And ho (loos
not know!' 'Legitimate! It is donti
legitimately!' and 'I am tho law this
night, James B. Whitby!' Ah mo!
Waltor Walter heart of my heart,
flro of my blood you'ro tho man with
the plstoll"
MADE HIS PROMISES GOOD
Ardent Wooer Gave Bride at Least
a Glimpse of the Splendors Sho
Longed For.
Sho managed to withstand his woo
ing (though, what with bis red hair
and sparkllug tcoth and impotuous
mannor, and all, ho was "eonio" woo
er!) until ho described tho honey
moon that ho would provldo for hor.
Ever had it bocn her ambition to
travel.
"Tho world will lay Its trcasuros at
your feet!" ho cried. "Tho silks and
chopsticks of China, and tho perfumes
and lovely horses of Arnbla, tho mys
ticism of India, and tho cavorting Cos
sacks of ItUBslal"
"Oh, Wilton!" the whlspored, en
raptured. Ho wont on glowingly:
"You will rldo on tho camels of tho
desert, and tioo, sav'o by my sldo, tho
obstroporous wild beaBts of the Junglo.
Tho splendors of tho East and West,
tho glories ci tho North and South
all shall bo at your servlco! Tho Orl
tk, tho Occldenf, the Accident!"
wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiPii
Illllllllillllilm'M
-L L S Wp'V JfljTT
CHAPTER XXI.
The Right Law.
Once again Poppy Ordway was back
at Dally'n. Seemingly nothing had
hnppciiod In hor absonco. Sandry was
a little stronger, a bit moro impatient
to bo at tho work, able to go about the
camp and tho tilted meadow. Ho was
palo still, and to her passlonnto eyes
moro to bo desired than ovor. Sim
noticed quickly how wistfully tender
was tho faco of Slletz, and how tho
girl stayed apart from Sandry In a
certain tllilldcncu. This waa balm to
hor fears and her anxiety.
Sho went back to her work wTth re
newed vigor Sho was happier horo In
thlo wild country than sho had ovor
been In her life, filled with tho oxclte
ment of Famo that hired and Lovo
that beckoned, and, so sho bollovcd,
Ublo to capturo both.
Then one day an Incident took
placo that caused her to ceo that sho
must let him fcol tho stool beneath tho
volvet.
As usual, sho sat In tho goldon after
noon on tho oast porch, her work for
tho dny being ovor, and Sandjjr
lounged on tho lowest step, his olbow
on thn floor nnd his hat pulled low
over Uls eyes, gazing down tho valley.
Presently there camo a Bound, a
rhythmic sound, at first far off, then
coming nearer, tho rolling thunder of
a big horse In full flight, and up from
tho lower rollway camo Black Bolt,
gloaming, dark, splendid. As if sho
wero a part of him, Slletz rode, sway
ing with her loose motion that always
suggested tho very drunkenness of
speed. In her arm sho hold a great
bunch of wild bleeding-hearts, their
brilliant crimson splashing gorgeously
along hor olive throat, whoro the blue
shirt lay opon a bit.
With a slight pressure of knee nnd
hoel tho girl sent tho great black horse
directly at tho steps of tho porch. As
ho camo on Miss Ordway sprang up
with a Uttlo scream, overturning her
chair. But Sandry sat unflinching on
the lowest stop, smiling. Within three
feet of him Black Bolt lowered his
head, set his feet and came to a splen
did stop.
8ilctz leaned forward and dropped
her burden in Sandry's lap, showering
him with tho blood of tho bleeding
hearts. Sho did not look at htm. Then
thoy trotted away around tho corner
to tho shed and Sandry's lips tight
ened pitifully as ho gathered up each
smallest spray of tho woods-troaBures
Whero sho stood back against tho
wall, ono hand at her pulsing throat,
Miss Ordway saw that tightening of
tho lips, tho droop that camo into the
man's wholo face, and her eyes nar
rowed nnd hardened llko a cat's.
That night sho camo to him In tho
eating room.
"Waltor," sho said, "I'm 'stuck' in
tho mlddlo of a chapter. Will you go
over a few pages with me and glvo me
tho benefit of a man's ideas?"
Ho smiled.
"I'm afraid mlno will not bo of much
account, but such as they aro you are
wolcomo to thom."
"They will answer," said Miss Ord
way, "a woman cannot write from her
self for men she must wrlto from
man to man. I'll bring my manuscript
out hero."
And turning, sho went from him to
tho sanctuary of tho Uttlo south room.
When alio returnod sho carried a hand
ful of closely typewritten pages.
They drew up ono of tho plno
benches, spread out tho manuscript be
twoon tho catchup bottles and sat down
together.
Instantly with tho touch of tho shift
ing sheets in her fingers Miss Ordway
seemed to drift away from tho per
gonal. Sho becamo detached, absorbed,
""swallowed up in tho thrall of work
and Sandry had a feeling of what such
a work must mean to ono.
"Now sec," sho said, half excitedly,
"horo Is tho point about which I am
a trifle in doubt. But I will havo to
skotch the situation for you so you
can got a grip on It."
Sho turned toward him, spreading
out flat on tho paper ono oxqulslto
hand. Among her other hidden vani
ties, Poppy Ordway cherished an Inor
dinate prido in tbeso hands of hers
and sho know tholr valuo and their po
tency to tho last atom.
With an unconscious appreciation
Sandry now looked down at It whore
It spread across tho page. Uncon
sciously, too, his mind caught a shad
owy comparison the memory of tho
olivo-colored, slim hands of tho girl
Sllotz But sho was speaking and ho
looked again.
"Now suppose my horo Is confront
ed with a man his friend, it hap
penswho, in tho plausible and un
impeachable methods of modern busi
ness, has calmly become possessed of
my hero's wealth. Thoro is no pos
sible way ofatouchlng tho swindler, for
it Iibb been dono in a manner that
gives it -tho soemtng of logallty. Yet
tho victim knows in his heart that the
othor is a thief. Now horo la my
point"
Miss Ordway was talking slowly as
if thinking carofully and no ono listen
ing would havo suspected that tho
words sho uttered wero purely me
chanical, having boon written out and
memorized that aftornoou, and that
"Wilton," Bho gurgled. "I am yours!"
And ho clasped her In his arms and
thoy wero married. And It was all
as ho had promised, for sho spent her
honeymoon with Darnum and Nalloy's
circus, whero ho had a steady Job
keeping mico away from tho ele
phants. The Cheerful Japanese Ad.
Japanese ndvertlsors, according to
"Tho Cosmopolitan," in tho Boston
Evening Transcript, bollove in a lavish
uso of superlatives. "Tho papor wo
soil." runs tho announcoraont in a To
kyo stationer's window, "is as solid as
tho hide of an elephant" "Stop in
sidol" is tho call of a big Bhop in tho
same city. "You w!U bo welcomed as
fondly as a ray of sunshlno aftor a
rainy day. Our assistants are as
amiablo as a father seeking a husband
for a dowcrless daughtor. Goods aro
dispatched to customers' houses with
tho rapidity of a shot from tho can
non's mouth."
Tho man who always looks straight
ahead misses a lot of beautiful
tctnery on tho sldo.
icr mliid was busy with n different set
of Ideas. In fact, thla was what she
was thinking, tabulating rapidly a sot
of items,
"Wldonlng cytfs aroused Interest,
abnormal. Fingers tapping the table
startled nerves. No suspicion, but as
tonishment at so uniquo a coinci
dence." Aloud sho was golnp on: "Suppose
my horo to bo a modern man of aver
ago good principles, could ho bring
himself to steal back deliberately an
amount equal to, or compensating for,
tho amount stolen from him, and not
consider hlmsolf a criminal? Could ho
go out among men with his head up,
not. deeming himself a thluf? And
would tho modem man of average
honor do nuch a thing?"
Miss Ordway was leaning forward,
seemingly absorbod In her problem,
her oyes on Sandry's face, whoro con
flicting expressions wero struggling
for tbo mastery.
"In a momont!" sho was saying to
hcrsolf, cagor as a hound; "In a mo-
cano
tkrtfl.S
Miss Ordway Was Talking Slowly.
ment ho will commit himself!" for the
bright, blue glance of the young owner
wavered a bit, ho opened his lips, shut
his hand upon tho oilcloth and his jaw
hardened with tautened muscles.
"No! Ho wouldn't be a thief tht it
would bo the right law."
Every nerve In Miss Ordway's body
Jumped, though there was no outward
sign, as the tension that had been
growing between them snapped with
the volco of Sllotz.
Tho girl had stopped on tho far side
of the room, unnoticed by cither, nnd
now she stood leaning forward with
her hands upon tho table, her braids
hanging bosldo thom. Tho shadow of
her parted hair waB over her eyes.
Miss Ordway's fingers crawled into
her palm, rigid with a desire to Inflict
bodily pain upon this uninvited blun
derer. But Sllotz was of tho wilder
ness and sho did not know sho had
committed a faux pas. Sho knew
only that she had become absorbed In
tho oxigencles of this mythical man
confronted by so grave a problem and
she spoke as unconsciously as a child,-.
With a deop breath exhaled slowly,
as If a swimmer drew in sweet air,
Sandry lifted his eyes to her.
"Tho right law!" ho Bald. "Yes.
S'lotz Is -right. And a man would do
it if ho had an Incentive great enough
evon a sano man of today with tho
average honor. And ho would hold up
his head if ho was of the strength to
do tho thing at all."
For a momont Miss Ordway sat si
lent, regarding him intently.
"Good!" sho said at last, "then you
think I may go on without danger of
overdrawing my character?"
"Unquestionably."
Sho dropped hor eyes, toying with a
bone-handled fork lying near.
"Thanks, Waltor," sho said at last
gently; "I shall go on with moro confi
dence. It is a daring thing to ronko
my hero do but the woman loves
him In splto of a thousand crimes
above and beyond them."
Her heart was beating so fast that
hor white throat fluttered spasmod
ically at tho soft hollow at tho base
and sho know that sho took a chanco.
She know also, as Sandry rose ab
ruptly and left tho room, that ho had
felt tho steel, for his faco was gray
again, '
In the Bllonco of tho Uttlo south
room she stood long, atarlng into tho
yellow flame of tho hand lamp on tho
stand. Then, suddenly, sho covered
her flushed faco with hor hands and
shuddered.
"If I should blundor!" Bho gasped,
"my God! If I should fall to win him
after all! Oh, Walter, Walter heart
of my heart!"
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Undo Eban.
"Patience is line," said Uncle Eben,
"of It keeps a man workin. But it
ain't much good ef it keeps him atlck
In" to a crap game."
' Dally Thought.
He that will not reason Is a bigot:
ho that cannot reason is a fool, and
ho that dares not reason is a slavo.
Sir W. Drummond.
Woman Likes to Bo Looked At.
A man llkds to bo noticed, but a
woman wants to bo looked nt Put
him in something that no ono clso Is
wearing, that makes peoplo turn round
nnd gasp, and street horses shy, and
ho is of all men tho most miserable.
Put a woman In something similar
with like results, and sho is filled with
a penco and Joy that nothing on earth
can give. Ask any ordinary man, if
you UKo, anu no win ton you, u no
In truthful Mint If n elrl's fnrA 1 tho
( - - - --- .., .H uw
first thing ho looks at, her feet aro the
noxt Put tho prettiest girl in tho
world in thick cotton stockings and
shapolesa boots and tho masculino
susceptibilities will recolvort Jar from
which recovery is well nlrt impossi
ble. Philadelphia Ledger.
Excusable Ignorance.
"Cut monoy talks, you know," re
marked tho man with tho quotation
habit "As a matter of fact, 1 don't
know anything of tho kind." answered
tho man with tho fringe on tho bot
tom of his trousers. "1 nover was
ablo to get within speaking dlstaao
Jof U."
Jump from Bed
in Morning and
Drink Hot Water
Tolls why everyone should drink
hot water each morning
before breakfast.
Why Ib man and woman, half tho
timo, feeling nervous, despondent,
worried; somo days headachy, dull and
unstrung; somo days really incapaci
tated by Illness.
If wo all would practlco insldo-bath-lng,
what a gratifying change would
tako placo. Instead of thousands of
half-sick, anaemic-looking souls with
pasty, muddy complexion! wo should
boo crowds of happy, healthy, rosy
cheeked peoplo ovorywhoro. Tho rea
son Is that tho human systom docs not
rid itsolf each day of all tho waste
which It accumulates undor our pres
ent modo of living. For overy ounco
of food and drink taken into tho sys
tem nearly an ounco of wasto material
must be carried out, clso it ferments
and forms ptomaino-llko poisons which
aro absorbed into the blood.
Just as necessary as it is to clean
tho ashos from the furnace each day,
before tho flro will burn bright and
hot, so wo must each morning clear
tho lnsldo organs of tho provious day's
accumulation of indigestible wasto and
body toxins. Men and women, wheth
er sick or woll, aro advised to drink
each morning, boforo breakfast, a
glass of real hot water with a tea
spoonful of llmcstono phosphate in
it, as a harmless means of washing
out of tho stomach, liver, kidneys and
bowels tho indlgestlblo material,
wasto, sour bilo and toxins; thus
cleansing, sweetening and purifying
tho entlro alimentary canal beforo put
ting moro food into tho stomach.
Millions of people who had their
turn at constipation, bilious attacks,
acid stomach, nervous days and Bleep
less nights havo becomo real cranks
about tho morning insldo-bath. A quar
ter pound of llmcstono phosphato will
not cost much from your druggist or
at the store, but is sufficient to dem
onstrate to anyone, Its cloansing,
sweetening and freshening effect upon
tho system. Adv.
High C la best attained by treading
on a cat's tall.
To keen clean and healthy take Dr.
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. They regulate
liver, bowels nnd stomach. Adv.
About tho only difference 'between
reparteo and lmpudenco is In the sizo
of tho man who says It.
Throw Off Colds nnd Prevent Crip.
When yon ffol a cold coming on, tako LAXA
TIVU llltOMO QUININU. It remoTM cause i of
Cold" and Grip. OnlrOne "BUOMO QUININU."
H W. QUOVH'U signature on box. 2i&
His Status.
"What a funny sort of fellow that
young surgeon Is!"
"Yes; he's a regular Uttlo cut-up."
BILIOUS, HEADACHY,
SIGK JASGARETS"
.Gently cleanse your liver and
sluggish bowels while
you sleep.
Get a 10-cent box.
Sick headache, biliousness, dizzi
ness, coated tongue, foul tasto and foul
breath always traco them to torpid
liver; delayed, fermenting food in tho
bowels or sour, gassy stomach.
Poisonous matter clogged in tho in
testines, instead of being cast out
of tho system is re-absorbed into tho
blood. When this poison reaches tho
dollcato brain tissue it causes con
gestion and that dull, throbbing, sick
ening headache.
Cascarets immediately cleanse the
stomach, remove tho sour, undigested
food and foul gases, tako tho excess
bilo from tho liver and carry out all
tho constipated wasto matter and
poisons In tho bowels.
A, Cascarot to-night will surely
straighten you out by morning. Thoy
work whllo you sloop a 10-cent box
from your druggist means your head
clear, stomach sweot and your liver
and bowels regular for months. Adv.
Most of tho crazy peoplo wo know
havo managed to sidetrack tho asylum
so far.
CLAIMS THAT SWAMP-ROOT
SAVED HER LIFE
About nine years ago I had Rheuma
tism to bad that I was in bed for six
weeks. I was not able to raiso my head
to take a drink of water. I was unable
to move my hands or feet, and my back
wutdd hurt me so that words could not
tell what I suffered. I saw Dr. Kilmer
& Company's advertisement of Swamp
Root and I decided to try it nnd com
menced to improve with the first bottle.
1 continued on with the use of Swamp
Root until I was restored to nood health.
I am now 67 years of age and I do, my
own house work for four in the family;
alo I do my own washing. I have not
been troubled with the Rheumatism for
the last eight years. I cheerfully rec
ommend Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root to
others at I believe it saved my life.
Very truly yours,
MRS. EMMA A. BOOGS,
1000 N. Oth St., Independence, Kansas.
State of Kansas, )
County of Montgomery )
Uefore me. C. I,. Jukes, a Notary Pub
lic in nnd for said County-and Mtatc, per-
nonally appeared Emma A. Hoggs, to me
i.nown io uc me meuucai in-itun u
I utcd the within and foregoing, instni
ment of writing, and acknowledged t
me that sho executed tho same as her
free nnd voluntary act and deed for the
uses and purposes therein set forth.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set mv hand and nffixed my Notarial
Seol the day nnd year above mentioned. t
0. L. JUKES, Notary Public
Prove What Swamp-Root Will Do For You
Send ten cents to Dr. Kilmer L Co.,
Ringhamton, N. Y., for a sample sizo bot
tle. It will convince nnvone. You will
oUo receivo a booklet of valuable infor
mation, telling about the kidneys and blan
der. When writing, bo sure and mention
this paper. Regular fifty-cent and pne
dollar sizo bottles for sale at all drug
stores, Adv.
Thero aro times when tho corkscrew
io mightier than tho typewriter.
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