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SUMMER DRY GOODS
The Two Vanrevels
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By BOOTH TARKINGTON,
Author of "The Gentleman From Indiana and "Monsieur Beiucalr
Summer
Copyright. 1002. by S. 3. McClurc Co.
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"No'm; Tie goln' cross do Ijfpc water."
II; stretched out Ills hand nml pointed
solemnly to the onst. "Him an' me we
cotcli do boat, an' j'o' pa mok 'cm taken
lc bosses on bode. Den we pit off at
Leevllle, five mile' down do rlvuh, an'
yo' pa liol' de boat wblles I ride back
silone an' git do news, an' what do tale J
Is you all is toie, f'um olo Mist Chen
'cUi, an' Mist' Cben'etli, bo rid back
wld me an' see yo pn at Leevllle, an
lcy talk In do sbed by do landln', nn
vn' nn foil Mlat' Plinn'ntli ivlinf- 'rnnmv.
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v' ments be coin' make wid do property.
Den be git on de boat ug'ln nn' dey
sto't her ngoln. nn' be nin wavo no
Koodby, ner say no mo' wu'ds.
"Mlsf Chen'eth rid back wbens do
light come, but be res' de bosses nn'
I'ome back slow, 'case I pondub on do
wort', nn' I mighty worry fer yo' pa,
missy. Ho nin' comln back no mo',
honey, an' Miss Tanberry an' me an'
Mamie we goln' take keer or yo'. Yo'
pa gone back dab to de P'cnchmuu,
whuh he 'U7. a young man. Ho mighty
sick, an' he scalrt, honey; an he nin'
i?oln' git ovali dnt, neider. 'Penh to
me, missy, like he done had a vlJiuin cr
he own siral when bo come nu' look
down at dat young man layln' on do
grass las' night."
The old fellow bent his back beforo
her In n solemn bow, as a feudal re
tuiuer in allegiance to the heir, but
more In deference to the sorrow writ
ten upon her and respecting Its magni
tude. With no words of comfort, for
he knew she wanted only to be alone,
he moved away, with Infirm steps and
shaking head, toward the rear of the
"house.
Miss Betty threw herself upon the
"bench again, face downward In her
arms. And still the house lay in si
lence under the sunshine.
An hour had passed, and the shad
ows slanted strongly to the east, when
the stillness was broken by a sound,
Jow nud small at first, then rising fear
fully, a long, quavering wall of su
preme anguish that clutched and shook
4hc Ilstener'n heart. No one could have
recognized the voice as Fnnchon's, yet
every one who heard it knew that it
was hers nud that the soul of Crailoj
3ray had gone out upon the quest for
1he Holy Grail.
Miss Betty's hands clinched convul
sively round the arm of the bench, nnd
.n fit of shuddering seized her as If
-with the grip of a violent chill, though
lier eyes were dry. Then she lay
-quiet.
A long time afterward she became
aiwnre of a step that paced the garden
path behind her, nnd turned her face
upon her ana so that she saw, but
made no other motion. It wns Tom
"Vnnrovel, walking slowly up and down,
"hiH hands behind his back and his hat
pulled far down over hla eyes. IIq had
not seen her.
She rose and spoke his name.
"He turned and enmo to her. " "Al
anost at the very last," he said, "Cralley
whispered to me that he knew you
thought him a great scamp, but to tell
.you to be sure to remember that it was
11 'rue about the stars."
CHAPTER XX.
IT was between twilight and
candlelight, the gentle half
hour when the kind old sand
man steals up the stairs of
liouses where children are, when rustic
lovers stroll with slow and quiet steps
-down country lanes and old bachelors
-are loneliest and dream of the things
that might have been. Through the
sllenco of the clear dusk came tho
whistle of the evening boat that was
to bear Tom Vanrevel through the flrst
atage of his long journey to the front
of war, and the sound fell cheerlessly
npon Miss "Betty's ear as she stood
leaning agaiust the sundial among the
lilac bushes. Her attitude was not
one of reverie, yet she stood very still
ao still that In the wan shimmer of the
faded afterglow one might have passed
closo by her and not have seen her.
The long, dark folds of her gown show
ed faintly against the gray stone, and
her arms, bare from tho elbow, lay
Across tho face of tho dial with unre
laxed fingers clinching the cornice; her
bead drooping not languidly, but with
tension, her eyes half closed, showing
the lashes agaiust a pale cheek; and
thus motionless, leaning on the stone in
tho dusk, Hho might have been Sorrow's
wolf.
She did not move; there was not even
a flicker of the eyelashes, when a step
sounded on tho gravel of tho driveway,
and Vanrevel camo slowly from tho
house. ' IIo stopped at a Uttlo distance
from her, hat In hand. He was very
thin, worn and old looking, nud In tho
falling light might havo been taken for
tall, gentle ghoajt yet hla shoulders
were squared and he" held" himself as
straight its he had the first time she
had ever seen him.
"Mrs. Tanberry told me I should find
you here," ho said hesitatingly. "I have
come to say goodby."
She did not turn toward him nor did
more tlian her lips move as she an
swered, "Goodby," and her tone was
neither kind nor cold, but held no
moaning whatever, not even indiffer
ence. There was an interval of silence.
Then, without surprise, he walked sad
ly to the gate, paused, wheeled about
suddenly and returned with a quick,
tlrm step.
"I will not go until I know that I do
not misunderstand you," he said, "not
even if there Is ouly the slightest
chance that I do. I want to say some
thing to you If you will let me, though
naturally' I remember you once asked
me never to speak to you again. It Is
only that I have thought you did that
under a misconception or else I should
still obey you. If you"
"What Is it that you wish to say?"
Her tone was unchanged.
"Ouly that I think the hardest time
for you has passed, and that"
"Do you?" she Interrupted.
"Yes," he returned, "the saddest of
your life. I think It has gone forever.
And I think that what will come to
you will bo all you wish for. There
will be a Uttlo time of waiting"
"Waiting for what?"
He drew a step nearer, and his voice
became very gentle. "Cummlugs and
I reach our regiment tomorrow night,
nnd there in the camp la a group of
men on the way to the war, and they
all go tho more bravely because each
one of them has you lu his heart not
one but will be a better soldier be
cause of you. I waut you to believe
that If all of them don't come back, yet
the one whose safety you think of and
fear for will return. For, you see,
Cralley told me what you said to him
when when he met you here the Inst
time. I have no way to know which of
them you meant; but he will come
back to you! I am sure of It, because
I believe you are to be happy. Ah,
you've had your allotment of pain!
"After all, there la so little to regi-et.
Tho town seems empty without its
young men, yet you may rejoice, re
membering how bravely they went nnd
how gayly. They will sing half tho
way to Vera Cruz. You think it strange
I should say there Is so little to regre
when I've Just laid nwny my best
friend. It was his own doctrine, and
tho selfish personal grief and soreness
grow less when I think of the gallant
end he made, for it was he who went
away most bravely and Jauntily of all.
Cralley was no failure unless I let
what he taught me go to no effect.
And be sure he would have told you
what I tell you now, that all is well
with all In tho world."
"Please!" she cried, with a quick in
take of breath through closed teeth.
"I will do anything in tho world to
please you," he unswered Borrowfully.
"Do you mean that"
She turned at last and faced him, but
without lifting her eyes. "Why did
you come to sny goodby to mo?"
"I don't understand."
"I think you do." Her voice was cold
and steady, but it was suddenly given
to him to perceive that she was trem
bling from head to heel.
An exclamation of remorse broko
from him.
"Ah, you came here to be alone! I"
"Stop," sho said. "You said goodby
to mo once before. Did you como to
see what you saw then?"
He fell back In utter amazement, but
she advanced upon him swiftly. "What
is that?" sho cried.
Tho unfortunate young man could
make no reply and remained unable to
defend himself from her inexplicnbla
attack.
"You have not forgotten," Bho went
on impetuously. "It was in tho crowd
just before they gave you tho flag.
You saw I know you saw and it
killed mo with tho shame of it! Now
you come to me to look at the samo
tiling again, and the boat waiting for
you! la it In revenge for that night at
the Bareauds'? Perhaps this sounds
wild to you I can't help that but why
should you try to make it harder for
mo?"
From tho porch camo a strong voice,
"Vanrevel!"
"God knows I haven't meant to,"
said Tom in bitter pain. "I don't un
derstand. It's Cummlugs calling for
me. I'll go at once. I'd hoped, stupidly
enough, that you would toll mo whom
it was you meant when you spoko to
Cralley, so that I could help to make it
surer that ho'd como back to ypu. But
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I've only annoyed" you. And you wore
hero away from tho house avoiding
mo and fearing that I"
"Vnnrovel!" Hhouted William. (Mrs.
Tanberry had not told Lieutenant'
Cummlugs where to find Miss Betty.) '
"Fearing? Yes?" !
"Fearing that I might discover you."
He let his eyes rest on her loveliness
once more, and as ho saw that she still
trembled he extended his baud toward
her in a gesture of Infinite gentleness,
like u blessing, heaved one great sigh
and, with head erect and body straight, '
sot his face maufully toward the house.
He had tnkon three strides when his
heart stopped benting at an Ineffable
touch on bis sleeve, for, with a sharp
cry, she sprang to him, and then, once
more, among tho lilac bushes where ho
She sprang to him.
had caught the white kitten, his band
was seized and held between two
small palms, and the eyes of Miss Bet
ty Carewo looked into tho very soul of
him.
"No!" she cried. "No! Fearing with
a sick heart that you might not come!"
Her pale face, misty with sweetness,
wavered before him In the dusk', and
he lifted his shaking hand to his fore
head. Her own went with it, nnd the
touch of that steadied him.
"You mean," ho whispered brokenly,
"you mean that you"
"Yes, always," Bhe answered, rush
ing through the words half in tears.
"There was a Uttlo time when I loved
what your life had been more than
you. Ah, it wus you that I saw in him!
Yet it was not what you had done aft
er all, but Just you!. I knew there
could not be uny one else though I
thought it could never bo you that
night, Just before they gave tho flag."
"We've little time, Vunrevel!" called
the voice from the porch.
Tom's eyes filled slowly. He raised
them and looked at tho newly como
stars. "Cralley, Cralley!" ho mur
mured. Her gaze followed hla. "Ah, It's he
and they that make mo know you will
como back to me!" she said.
THE END.
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Misses' Vest, 10c.
Ladies' Vrsts, ring sleeves,
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Ladies' Lisle Thread Vest,
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Embroidered and
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Infants' Hose, 15c.
Misses' Hose, 15 and 25c.
Ladies' Hose, 15, 25 and 35c.
Valenciennes Lace from ic
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HOW BEAST MEN ARE MADE.
The IIIiIooum iiiid Cruel I'riictlce of
KIcnIi HcnlpdiTo In Cliliin,
"Victor Hugo In "inn- Man Who
Lnughs,' " said an ethnologist, "tells of
the sculptors of living fhv;h those hor
rible people of the middle ago. who kid
naped tender little children and turned
them into all sorts of monsters, dwarfs,
hunchbacks and the like, selling them
afterward for Jesters or for showmen's
freaks.
"Tho hideous and cruel practice of
flesh sculpture still continues. There Is
a tribe of Chinese gypsies who steal
children and turn them Into so called
wild men. The practice Is, of course,
Illegal.
"A kidnaped child Is flnyed alive, bit
by bit, and the shaggy skin of a dog
Is grafted ou him. This takes a year.
At tho year's end tho poor creature Is
shaggy, like a bear, from head to foot.
"The child's vocal chords are destroy
ed with charcoal in an unspeakably
cruel way. IIo can never speak there
after. Ho can only growl nnd moan
like a beast.
"ne is imprisoned In a perfecUy black
hole until every vestige of reason leaves
him. Nine months Is usually a suf
ficient confinement to accomplish this.
"Finally, speechless, shaggy, lunatic,
tho victim Is sold to a traveling show
man nnd Is exhibited throughout China
as a genuine wild man or beast man. I
am bound to say ho looks tho part."
HOG MONEY.
Oriel a of the Cartons OK Braaa
Colna of Bermuda.
"Hog money" la tho name by which
tho brass money which began to be
struck in Bermuda in 1050 camo to bo
known. On one face of It was a hog,
on the other a ship of that period.
These old coIiib nro very raro and high
ly prized by collectors.
The history of tills device Is curious
and Interesting. A Spanish vessel,
commanded by Juan Bcrmudcz, on its
way to Cuba with a cargo of hogs, was
wrecked there. This was in 1G15. Lat
er In tho same century, when tho Eng
lish discovered this land, they found a
country Inhabited by hogB.
It Is also interesting to note that the
English discovered It In tho same way
as tho Spuulards. An English ship
was wrecked thoro. Is it any wonder
that the trcuchorous coast got from
Spanish nnd English alike the nnmc of
Devil's Land? Yet It Is one of the
most beautiful coasts In tho world, and
It has been claimed that In brilliancy
Mediterranean effects nro not at all
equal to those of Bermuda.
Bermuda Is said to bo tho Island of
Shakespeare's "Tempest." Tho strange
noises which mariners heard coming
from this island, nnd which they did
not then know were produced by hogs,
cnuscd them to Bny that It was haunt
ed and to report weird things of It.
Pearson's.
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS.
Money Windy Expended la Safely
and l'rofltnuly Expended.
Benutllled utility Is never toocostly.
Over and over again tho cost benefits
of public improvements havo been
proved, defined, established. It Is true
of public betterments of a sanitary
character; It Is truo of public better
ments that look to commercial ad
vancement; It Is truo of public better
ments Unit havo primarily an art val
ue. The practical and the ormuncntull
betterment are alike In UiIh that mon
ey wisely expended for good purposed
1b safely and profitably Invested.
The limitations of expenditures for
oivle betterment are of course very ob
vious. Tho work undertaken must bo
good In Itself and servo some good1
purpose. Money expended for a worth
less nitration plant, for example, Is
money worse than wasted. Monoyi
spent for bad art Is not always consid
ered as so completely lost as money
that might bo wasted for worthless!
sanitary apparatus. The statue causes'
no 111 health and mny bo avoided byi
passing down the next street, while am
Impure water supply brings death andl
destruction to many helpless persons. (
Homes nnd Gnrden,
Heer and Schroeder High Guns.
Lincoln, Juno 6. Tho thirtieth an
nual tournament of tho Nebraska
Sportsmen's association began on tho
grounds of tho Lincoln Gun club.
There wero ninety-two entries for tho
bIx events, two being ladles, Mrs. A.
W. Butler of Chanute, Kan., and Mrs.
Nellie Bennett of Denver. In tho
free-for-all, at 130 targets, tho two
high guns were Heer of Concordia,
Kan., nnd Schroeder of Columbus,
Neb., each with 128. Tom Marshall
of KelthBburg, 111., twice winner of
tho national handicap, had an off day,
scoring but 110 hits. Gottleib of Kan
sas City, another famous marksman,
broke 121.
TRIPLETT AGAIN INDICTED.
Grand Jury Alto Return True tills
Against Edmisten and Hendee.
Omaha, June 5. Against Aqullla
Trlplett, tho Alliance man who has
brought suit against tho federal se
cret service men to restrain them
from spying upon him and following
him about, a second Indictment in a
western land cobo was returned
against him when tho federal grand
Jury reported at noon. This bill is In
eleven counts and charges that ho
suborned a number of persons to
make fraudulent homestead filings for
Bartlctt Richards, William G. Com
Btoclc, Charles C, Jameson and tho
Nebraska Land and Feeding com
pany, whoso ranch Is In Sheridan and
Cherry counties and comprises some
thing llko 400,000 acres.
Two bills wero returned against
James H. Edmisten, former state oil
inspector, who lives at Lincoln. Ono
of tho bills charges that ho forged
tho namo of Ollln W. Hendeo to final
proof papers on land In Thomas coun
ty. In tho second bill ho is Jointly
Indicted with Ollln W. Hendee on a
conspiracy charge.
Tho words of tho good aro llko a staffi
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