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THE 8EMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. i) 1 m 1 4 ri r g g inn n runs run era err raiini irifirr ; i lie Hiiiuiuiiii m mm n 1 1 uiu a By HENRY KlUSSELL MILLER (Copyrlnht, 1913, by The 6 GYNOPSJ3. Mark Trultt, encouraged by his sweot licart, Unity Martin, leaves Bethel. Ills natlvo town, to deck Ills fortune. Simon Trultt tells Mark that It long litis boon tils dream t seo a steel plant at liothol nd asks tlio arm 9 return and build one If lio over gets rich. M"ark tippnes to Thomas Henley, head of tho Qulnby Iron works, for a Job and Is Bent to the con struction gang Ills success In that work wins him a placo as helper to Ilotnan Andzrejzskl, opan-hcarth furnaceman. Ho hocomos a boarder In Itoman'H homo and assists I'lotr, Itoman'H son, In his Htudles. Xazln, an adopted daughter, shows her gratitude In such a manner ns to arotiso Mark's Interest In her. Heavy work In tho Intense heat of tho furnnco causes Mark to collapso and Kazla cures for Him. Later Raman also succumbs anil Mark eels his Job. Roman resents this and tells Markto And another boarding place. Flvo years clapsa during which Mark has advanced to tho forcmnnshlp. while his labor-saving devices havo mado lilm Invaluable to tho company. In tho rftfountlmo Kazla has married ono Jim "Whiting Mark meets with an accident which dooms lilm to bo a crlnplo for llfii. Ho returns to ttethel Intending to stay there. Ho finds Unity about to marry an other man and wins her back. Unity urges him to return to his work In the city. CHAPTER XII Continued. Thoro had been a snow, hard packed 3y t raffle, and tho blacks caught the alolgh swiftly along through tho dusk. 'When tho crowded buBlncsB section lay behind them, Hcnloy remarked Casually: "1 flaw your little charity back thoro." "Ho was a cripple." "I see," Hcnloy nodded. "That's your greatest asset." "What Is?" "Your health." 'UHy lack of it, you mean," Mark an nswered grimly. "Hut I don't quite K$t your point of view." "It keeps you from making a fool of yourself. There's Haro, for In stance, a capnblo man, drinking him self Into incompetency. And Harmon, with ills womou. For them prosperity means Indulgence You keep your appetites under control." "I havo to." "Exactly my point." For a fow blocks Henloy apparently gave himself over wholly to the agrocablo exercise of breathing In tho keen frosty air. "When ho resumed, no ono could havo guessed from his tono that ho was working toward a given point. "Hlgs lioo'fl caso Is worse, Ono woman." "Has ho" "His wifo. A smooth catty crcaturo, with a crazo for display. Married him after he mado his stake, of courso. Al ways nagging him for new jewels, now carriages, a new houso. Makes him )ro.BU for dinner. Drags him around to doncos and recoptlons and box par ties when 30 minutes of that takes It out of him moro than 12 hours at tho rolls usod to." Mark might havo been sitting for his portrait. "Egging lilm on until he's scheming ns un scrupulously (ib a toothless old dow ager to get into society or what with tier passes for socloty. Ho spent six months beating about tho buBh to get mo to sond my wifo around to call on hor. Queer, how a big talented man will lot a pretty usoleBs woman pull him around by the cars!" "Damned queerl" said Mark. 1 "I suppoBo vo, who aren't In tho eatno case, can't Understand It." Hcnloy, Mark thought, seemed tu understand It vory well. ' XV fow minutes more brought them dashing up to a stop undor tho porto cochoro of Henley's big houso. "Much obliged for tho lift,"" snld Honloy as ho sprang out of tho sleigh. Ho added casually, "Er by tho way, I think I heard my wifo say bIiq wrh claiming to call on Mis. Trultt In tho mcar future." Dosplto a quick Hush, Mark lookod t hltn Btcadlly. "Ulgebeo, then, wns at parablo?" "Uy no means," Hcnloy returned 'blandly. "It scorns thoy havo mot at at. Swlthln'B and woro mutually In terested " He paused, but as no reply camo from Mark, continued In tho im personal tono of one who philosophizes generally "After all, there's a HlgB 'hoe In all of us. Wo affect to Jeer at thlB Boclety thing. Hut wu want our wires to havo the best. It's moro com fortable too. And besides, when a mnn Ijas a charming wifo, ho can't hide her light under a btiahel. Good night," "Good night. Especially," Mark muttered to lilmBelf, "when sho pro jPobob to let It shine," Ho gave the 'reins on aujjry Jork. The horses leaped jBd raced down tho driveway and into tho street. Tho iiiubIc of tho sleigh bells rang morrlly on tho kcon-nlr, Onco ho laughed aloud, sneorlngly. "Complaisant toady!" He did not re fcr to Henley, He hud, in fuct, him self in mind Ono can not welt openly resent the insolent If friendly inter est even in one's domestic aftulrs of the man whoso eccentric favor spoils prosperity. Still it stings especially -when it argues u shrowd guess us to Die fact. And tho fact was, Superin tendent Truitt'a domestic estate, Ilka tho neighborhood in which ho lived, loft something to bo desired. Ho stopped at a brick houso that differed from its norghbors only In that tho lot was wido enough to allow for . driveway to tho little stablo in tho Tear. A groom, who had conio to tho tront la answer to tho summons of the hells, took tho tenia. Author of "THE MAN HIGIirR UP." "HIS MSB TO I'OWEK," Etc. Dobus - Merrill Company) Mark, leaning hard on his cane, unipeti Biimy up tno terrace steps to tho porch. Tho parlor Unity was beginning to rcfor to It, not easily, afl tho drawing room tttta lighted, tho shades wcro not drawn. Unity was reclining In graceful atti tude 8ho could bo relied upon to pro Bent graceful poses at all tlmea In a big enay chair. Her gown, of Home soft, palo groen stuff, vaBtly became her and, as did every detail of her from tho carefully achlovcd colffuro to tho black velvet slippers that peeped out from beneath her skirt, avouched tho fact that Unity had innate. ,1 moro than tho rudiments of the art of personal decoration. Ho went Into tho houso, doffed hU heavy overcoat and limped Into tho drawing room. Unity did not by so much as a glance around disturb her graceful poso until ho was at her side. Then she languidly held up a hand to him. Ho bruBhed It with his lips. "You'ro looking scrumptious, Unity." Ho went bo far as to give a brief admiring pat to her hair. Sho moved petulantly. "Don't! You'll muBB my hair." Ho dropped hor hand. "That would bo a shamo, wouldn't It?" Ho Bat down near her. Sho sighed. Tho sigh, ono might have thought, was ono of alarm and was becauso sho had noted his pallor, which even after tho spirited drlvo wub so pro nounced, "Been a hard day?" Hut the ques tion was not Unity's. Sho had not marked his air of exhaustion or, If she had, was so used to It that sho was not concerned. "So hard I" Sho sighed again vory plaintively. "So very exciting! And you know how excitement nlways af-J recta me." "YeB, I know." Just tho edges of his satirical smllo showed again. "What has been tho particular excite ment today?" "Mrs. Honloy called I" "Yes?" Mark's volco did not reveal tho Interest bo epochal an event de manded. "Yos?" mimicked Unity. "Is that all you can say? Hut I Biipposo, of courso, you don't care, though you know what It means to mo." "Just what does It mean to you, Unity?" "It menus," somowhat dlthyram blcally, "that I havo won tho friend- "No, Thanks! I Might Acquire the Taste." fillip I havo tried so hard for thrco years to win." "Then bIio enmo up to tho plans and specifications'!" "Sho's a dear, So Bwbot and ro lined! So Intelligent and nmbltlousl It's no wonder n man with such a wifo has got as far ns Mr. Henley has. Though I suppose he would never glvo her credit." "I fancy Hcnloy does her Justice," Murk vonturod. "That Is moro," Unity's tono waB ono of patient dignified roproach, "than Bomo peoplo I know do for tholr wives." Habit put a seal on his lips, From lesser beginnings tho TrulttB had found, in tho earlier yours of their mnrrlago, steel and tinder for quur- rols nasty qunrrola In which tempers wero lost and cutting words spoken and that Invariably had tho eamo lssuo tho husband, humiliated by tho sor dldncss of It, suing for peace. Hut that stage had passed. NOV, at tho llrst Bign of hostilities, ho promptly hung out a whlto Hag. Sho oyed him covertly for a llttlo. "1 was bo ashamed this afternoon," sho murmured at laBt pathotically. Ho opened his eyes with a starts ho hod almost slept "Ashamed 7 Oh, yes Mrs. Henley. Whnt did you do?" "1 did nothing. It was this houso. 1 could see her Leaking around at nil this and trying to hide her amusement JUL nIII over it. Though sho was careful not to take too much pains to hldo It." "nut, for a friend, Isn't that" "Oh, you can't understand. Or won't," sho amended bitterly. "You'vo no conception of tho pride a woman likes to havo In her home. Of courso, sho lookod down on this. Anybody would." "Wo used to think it mighty fino. In Bethel wo never dreamed of anything so good." "You didn't. Hut I did," sho re torted. "Hosldes, wo aren't in Bethel now. We'ro hero and growing rich. And wo ought to Hvo like tho rest of our kind." "Just what Is our kind, Unity?" "If you didn't havo mo to give you ambition, we'd still bo homely dowdy nobodies." "Then wo aro somebodies?" "Wo can be. We'ro going to bo." Sho sat up suddenly, her thin lips tightening. "Mark, we must wo sim ply must move. Wo can afford It, I knovy." "Yes, wo can do it." He mado a gesture of resignation. "Hut It will clean mo out of rondy cash." "You can make more," said Unity negligently. "You'ro bo clever at that. And besides, what's the uso of having money if it doesn't buy the things we want?" "For ono thing," ho smiled grimly, "I can't get insurance, and men havo been known to die and leavo tholr widows pennlleBS, However," he rose with an evident effort, "we'vo gone over all this u hundred tlmeB. I'll see." Yielding was in his voice. She fell back Into her languid grace ful pose. Sho gavo him her very sweoteBt smile, which Bho meant to seem lovingly grateful. Ho saw in it only triumph. "You can bo such a dear!" she purred. "I'm bo proud of you! And now you'd better' hurry and dress. You know tho Higsboes are coming for dinner." Ho ropressed an oath. "I'd forgot ten." And ho limped hoavlly from tho room. In his own room ho dropped on the bed, yielding for a brief interval to tho pain and weakness of which it wbb his pride novor to give a sign beforo others. Ho descended barely in time to join Unity In greeting tholr guests. Ho did not seo a deeper vanity In hla feeling of superiority over his guests. Hlgsbco was a big beefy man, red of countenanco and with a raucous volco that grated on Mark'B nerves. Ho was rough, not to say boisterous, in mnnncr, and his notion of wit was veiled smuttlness essays to which UnltyjJncomparablo hostess I paid the porfect compliment of a shocked laugh and a. blush. Tho dinner was well cooked and served, which was not alwayB true when tho Trultts dined alone. Mark ato sparingly, tho whllo eying covet ously tho viunda with which ho dared not Indulge hlmsolf. llo talked llttlo, nolthcr Hlgsbeo's coarse daring nor tho ladles' light gossip of plays, latest books and mutual acquaintances especially of mutual ncqualntancos boliig fields In which ho felt at homo. Hut ho was secretly much amused when to Unity's casual mention of Mrs. Henley's call, Mrs." Hlgsbeo re plied with tho Invidious suggestion that Mrs. Henley was a good deal of a snob. And when Unity countered sweetly, "Do you think so? I haven't found her so," ho chucliled aloud. Ho explained tho chuckle. "Ono mustn't look a gift horse in tho mouth." At which crudo remark Hlgs beo guffawed, Mrs. Hlgsbeo tittered maliciously and Unity looked pained. All thrco had a suspicion of what ho know that Mrs. Henley's call had been under orders, a gift from Henloy. Later ho smoked, slowly and very appreciatively, a mild cigar, which lasted until Hlgsbco had consumed the second. "How," Illgsboo askod once, untact fully, "did you got Henloy to send his wifo arountl?" Mnrk roscutcd the question. "I didn't get him to." "No?" HlgBbeo lookod a bit incred ulous. "Well, you cortalnly do stand woll with lilm. Say, if you get a chanco, I wish you'd drop him a hint that wo'd bo glad to, havo her call." "I'm afraid," MarWsald coldly, "Hen ley Isn't a man to tako that sort of a hint kindly." "I wish you would," Hlgsbco urged, "Mrs, II. Is cruzy for it. And I reckou," ho laughed lumherlngly, "tho best way is to get a womnu what Bho wants. It's comfortuhlcst, anyhow," "I haven't found It so," Mark lied, adopting Unity's tactics, and promptly changed tho subject. Hut at last tho Illgsbecs loft. "Thank heaven!" exclaimed Mark. "And to think that that man is ono of the beat labor handlers In tho coun try!" "UourgoolBl" Unity gavo a shrug and a nod to Include tho departed guestB. "Spell It." Unity compiled. "Hmm! I happen to know what It moanB." Ho gavo her a look of mock admiration. "Unity, you'ro a wondor. You've got tho nervo of a winner. You travel too fast a gait for mo. Who could believe that less than six years ago you were back in Uothel, keeping company with tight-fisted Hill Slocum." Hut Unity was too woll pleased with herself just then to resont this cruol romlndor. "Don't you seo why I am so anxious to get up nbovo such peo ple?" "I can boo," ho said, "I shall havo to glvoln?' Sho went to Mm with a llttlo cud dling movemont, locking both hands over ono of his shoulders and looking up at him. Sho mnde a pretty picture. A mirror aver, tho mantlo' reJJecttd it for hltn. "Ob, Mark, you mako mo so happy! Tell mo tho truth. Aren't you glad I mado you como back to tho city, and that wo'vo got eo far and that wo'ro going so much farther?" "You Insist upon tho truth?" Ho looked thoughtfully at tho reflection. "Well, I supposo I must be. Others wlso you couldn't force mo to buy tho new houso, oven though you aro a very capablo bully " "bully!" "Exactly. Only," ho continued, "I still havo. a scnao of proportion. WJo are rather absurd, you and I, Unity." Sho laughed contentedly. "I know you. It's liko you to growl wheh you'ro doing a specially nice thing." Sho held up her lips to him. "And is this my rownrd? Mngnlll cent!" Hut ho did not kiss her. Ho looked curiously nt her. Long ago ho hud been undeceived. Ho know that tho shallow tenderness and admiration summoned by her sweetness of flesh and perfect grooming were not love. Ho gently disengaged himself. "No, thankBl I might acquire the tauto. And it's too expensive." Ho limped nway from her and protended to examines a book that lay on the piano. Sho assumed an air of gentle re proach. "Oh, Mark, you don't mean that?" Sho did not detect tho warning note in his laugh. "Oh, no! Of course not!" Ho returned to her. Thoyklssed. CHAPTER XIII. Trophies. "Meteoric" was tho word most often used to describe Truitt'a rise. It was a career possible only in his chosen Industry and at that tlmo When, no matter how fast plants wero multi plied and now devices adopted, tho output could not keep paco with tho world's Insistent demand for steel. It did not differ notably from the careers of several other young superintendents of tho Qulnby company, Bavo in the one particular, that Henley's prefer ence had deepened into something ap proximating friendship. On Mark's Bide tho friendship was not open to ques tion; his admiration and liking for Henley were unbounded and not de pendent on favora received. Tho Trultts had moved into their now houBo. It was a rambling, red brick, ivy-grown structure containing eighteen rooms and surrounded by wide neglocted grounds, and had been built half a generation before as a wedding present to Timothy Wood houso III. For several months Mark secretly congratulated himself on the purchase. Unity had tho now houso to wander over and admire. She had four ser vants to direct. Within tho allotted time she had returned Mra. Henley's call, and after an anxious period, Mrs. Henloy called again; seeing which, certain other ladles of St. Swithln's who hnd attained tho half-way station whero they wero very careful upon whom they left cards, called and in vited hor to share tho activities of the guilds. All of which made for happi ness, content. Unity found llttlo to criticize, sho was engrossed with tho game of being a fine lady, which she felt suro was hor vocation. ThuB pcaco abode In the Trultt household and Mark, freed from the irritation of constant bickering, wns enabled to glvo himself wholly to work. Ho did not realize that during thlB truco ho grow away from ills wifo moro rapidly than when domestic Inharmony kopt her constantly In his thoughts. During theso months ho comploted his improved process for rolling steel cold, which mado Bomo nolao,in tho industrial world. But thero is nothing to which our species so readily adapts itself as to luxury. Content dissolved. Unity be gan to complain of tho heavy labor of ordering so big a house. Sho resumed her criticisms of Mark, (hiding fault with his fashion of dress, his man ners, his habits and his neglect of her. Sho was seized with a devour ing mania for amusement, filling tho house almost every evening wtih guestB and demanding that Mark per form hla dutlea as host. Other eve nings alio dragged Jilm to, the theater, which ho detested. When he, ren dered peeylsh by luto hours and bore dom, Buggeated that thero were mat inees, Bho put on an Injured air that was moro irritating to him than out right distemper. "Othor men aro glad to go out with their wives." "Othor men don't havo to work so hard as I do." , "You think of nothing but money." "Devilish lucky for you," ho wns indiscreet enough to retort; and she did not emergu from her sulks for soveral days. Hut at last tho gnawing canker was disclosed. One evening so stormy that no gueats had come, Unity went up to his study whero ho was making tlcj most of this respite. Sho talked ram bllngly for a whllo. "Well, Unity, out with it!" ho cx clalmod impatiently, after soveral min utes. "What do you want? As you seo, I've got a great deal to do." "I wonder what is tho matter with Mrs. Henloy?" "You ought to know. You seo her often enough, don't you?" "Yes, 1 boo hor at church! And we call. Dut sho never invites us to tho things sho gives. I woudor why?" "Probably becauso sho doesn't want us." Unity looked her protest at this blunt speech. Hut sho did not aban don hor project. "I should think, it you're such good friends with Mr. Honloy, you could manage it easily enough." "Now you can stop right thero," ho answered emphatically. "I'm protty soft, but thero's ono thing 1 draw tho line at. And that's 'managing' to get invited to other pcoplo's houses. That's flat!" And on that ho was tlrm, though ho was mado to pay In many ways for his refusal. Hut in duo tlmo nnd without man agement a dinner invitation came; .on whoso initiative, being a secret neither Hcnloy nor his wife hns over disclosed Hence wo may not speak surely as to tho accuracy of certain Inferences that Unlt7 drew. "You see!" Bho cried, showing tho noto to Mark. Her manner said plainly, "I alono did It, in splto of the indif ference of my husband." "I boo," ho responded dryly. "Aro you going?" Sho treated this question to tho con temptuous silence it deserved. And as Mark stood in tho hall and watched her descending the stairs for tho Btart, ho was bound to confess that sho mado a fair oh, a very fair picture. "Why," ho wondered, "did tho Al mighty mako bo pretty a Bhell and put nothing in it?" This scorns to provo that he had been pretty effectually dis illusioned. However careless he might affect to be, ho was himself keenly elated over tho event. Often he had asked him self why Henloy, bo friendly in nil else, had never let down tho bars boforo hlB homo. And ns he mounted tho steps toward-tho opening door, ho could ndt repress tho thrill of cxultatipn. He had need of the stimulus of this exultation as ho and Unity faced that roomful of peoplo who well, wero in longer practice at this sort of thing than was ho. Ho limped, with some thing less than Unity's aplomb, across jSgi'aH':' .q "ftPl! "Why," He Wondered, "Did the Al mighty Make So Pretty a Shell and Put Nothing In It?" tho room to meet his hostess, who murmured graciously something quite unintelligible, and Henley, who seemed rather bored. Then ho was introduced to his dinner partner, Mrs. Belloc, who mistook his Bet expression for stern ness, and was in tho end led by her without mishap to their places near Henley's end of tho table. Ho had no small talk nnd Mrs. Bel loc, after ono or two barren essaya, allowed him a breathing spell. Unity was at the very apex of her existence. Sho was tho prettleat woman present, with the loveliness of physical full bloom just before It cine to fade. Hor heart's deslro had been granted no longer must she bo content with carelessly tossed crumbs nnd crusts of preferment; sho' sat, both literally and figuratively, at the table of tho city's elect. Tho salad was being served when Mrs. Saunders turned to Mark. Mrs. Saunders was ono of the insecure ladles who, following Mrs. Henley's example, had called upon Unity. Sho had just been listening, too long for patience, to her partner's praiso of Mrs. Trultt. "I should think you'd bo jealous. Mr. Hare is moro than enthusiastic over your wife tonight." "How very tactless!" "Oh. no!" said Mrs. Saunders sweotly. "I quite agree with him. I think she's adorable. She reminds mo bo much of that portrait by you know, the one that hangs In tho Louvre." "Hut I don't know. 1'vo never been in the Louvre." "Oh! I thought everybody had been there." "You see, Mrs. Saunders, I'm not anybody." "You would say that, of course. Ono hears " "But It's quite true. To provo it, I've never been, east of this city. In fact, the first tlmo I came to this house not So very long ago I pecked through tho window at the party. Hen ley caught me." He grinned wryly. "Tho next day I got a Job handling pick and shovel." "How very romnntlc!" "You wouldn't call It romantic, If you'd been in HoulnUnn's gang." "And then, of course," Mrs. Saun ders beamed, "you et out to win thej princess?" "Tho princess? Oh! my wife. Yes, 1 supposo so." "Sho has always lived In the city, hasn't she?" "You'd think so, wouldn't you?" Mark glanced critically at Unity. "Hut sho hasn't. Eight years ago sho was living in Bethel. And Uothel, Mrs. Saunders, you'll never Hnd on the map." "Oh!" Mrs. Saunders said inno cently. "I had Inferred but that per fect manner! Sho must havo ac quired It at her finishing school?" Mark chuckled. "Finishing school' I wish you could bco Miss Smiths seminary for youug ladles. It isn't oven a starter." Mrs. Buunders laughed admiringly.' "How very clever! I must toll your wifo." Sho leaned forward a llttlo toward Unity. "Oh, Mrs. Trultt" Unity gavo car. "I must tell you tho clover thing your husband just said. Wo wore talk ing about your school MIsb Smlth'o seminary, wasn't it? And I called It a finishing school. And Mr. Trultt said" Mrs. Suundcrs voico carried well "it Isn't oven a Btartcr. Awfly good, I think." A faint titter ran down tho tablo. "Ah whero la MIbs Smith's seminary, Mrs. Trultt?" It was Hcnloy himself, strango to re lato, who camo to Unity's rescue "Nover, Mrs. Saunders," ho rc marked, with an edgo to his voico that tho men recognized, "novor uncover tho past hero, at least. Only tho other day Saunders was tolling mo ho often wakes up in acold swoat, bo-. causo ho has heard In his dreams, 'Dig in, ye tarrlcr!'" Tho men all laughed remlniscently. Unity and Mrs. Saunders exchanged sweetest smiles. Tho dinner resumed Us oven tenor. "Now," Mark grimly reminded him self, "I've let myself in for it" But anger was surging. Ho deemed thnt, through Unity, ho had been mado ridiculous. Tho ovening passed. Mark handed a Binillng Unity Into their carriage. Not a word passed between them during tho drlvo homeward, nor until they wero in their hduse. Mark led tho way to the library. fTho gaa jeta wero not lighted, but tho glow from a generous log lire threw their angry facea into sharp relief, as they faced each other. "Well, Unity, 1 supposo we'ro going to havo this thing out." "How could you?" she began Btorm lly. "And on this night of all nights! Didn't you know sho was leading you on?" "Yea when it was too late." "The sugary Jealous anob! Sho thinks becauso she's been abroad and came from Philadelphia sho'B bo nris tocratlc. And you you ihelped her to shame me before them all." "How could I know that my wifo had been fibbing about her ante cedents?" "Would you have mo admit them to her and hnvo her patronizing mo? Haven't you any pride?" "Haven't you any self-reap " Hut the bitter retort was halted, bit ten off by tho quick tightening of hla jaws. When he resumed, ho spoko in a slow, distinct, quiet volco that Unity had never heard. "On second thought, wo will not havo this out. Wo couldn't agree as to whero the offense Ilea. No!" Ho raised a hand, sharply, In protest, as sho began hotly to Interrupt. "I mean that quite. I'll remind you that I'm not a culprit boy but a husband who has at last cut his leading strings. Also that we havo had enough scenes in our pfretty career together; ono moro would bo too many." "You tako that tono to me?" "Even to you." She stared, too amazed for anger. "Why, what do you mean?" "You may tnko it as a declaration of independence." "Are you thinking," sho gasped, "of of divorce?" "Not yet. That may come, though. It depends " Ho oven smiled. Sho tried a weapon that had been effective, her nose of long-suffering in Jurcd Innocence. But Unity, like all tho pampered, wns a coward. Ho was. be-TTnTultlon again told her, capablo of. carrying out tho cool menaco in hia last words, Tho poso broke down mis erably. Forgetting the anger in which alio had como to the Interview, aha went toward him with a frightened whimpering cry. "Oh, Mark!" Ho turned away with a carelesa llft of his shoulders and a curt, "Good night." Alono In his workroom ho Bat be foro tho fire, staring despondently into tho dancing flames. "I have been a fool," ho said. "I have given up enough. Now I will let go." As well as he could, ho tried to keop that promlso to hlmsolf. tTO BE CONTINUED.) Test for Mental Deficiency. A Belgian physician, Doctor De moor, hns beon making observations on the capacity of different peoplo for Judging which of two weights is thb heavier, and has satisfied hlmsolf that, while ordinary people, especially children, fall to appreciate a small dlf erence, tho reverse Is tho caso with tho imbecile, idiotic -and half-witted. Ho prepared two bottles, differing In size, pnrtly filled with a heavy min eral but covered all 07er with black paper and exactly equal In weight. These he handed to 3S0 children of from six to fifteen years of age. Of these 370 judged ono bottlo to bo tho heavier. Tho other ton said tho two wero tho same weight. These ton chll dren wero nil abnormal or degoner ates. How the Boy Scouts Help. A story Illustrating tho helpfulness of Boy Scouts to thoso on tho road l reliitcd by a correspondent. "I Jmd a puncturo near Farnborough, Kent, a few days ago," ho said, "and I was busily mending It when a troop of scouts came along and, to my sur prise, tho scoutmaster ordered thorn to halt. "'Can (wo help you, sir?' ho said. 'Wo have motoring experts In tha troop.' "Two very small scouts who hnd proficiency badges for 'motor repair ing' and 'puncture mending' ateppod forward and saluted. I tun sorry I did not need help." London Mirror.
