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SYNOPSIS.
A foolish young tindorfoot becomes
fascinated with the bold, nrtfut wife of a
drunken prospector In i wrestorn mining
J own. Tlioy preparo to clopo In a blind
nv billiard but nro confronted by the
maudlin husband. Ho Is shot by tno
iwlfa but the chivalrous boy pins a
Hot? to the body taklnjt tha crlrno
.upon himself. In their lilnht to tha
railroad station tho woman's horno
rail exhausted; tho youth cuts her
on hJ own and follows hanging to the
tirrup "trap, flcolng ho .! an Impeuj
Jnent, tho woman thrusts nor escort Into
W annw rfrlft nn1 rlrinn on. Tlalf-fTOgen
itumbloa Into the railroad station just
.s ttie train Hears tno woman nvray.
Twsnty-nva years later, this, man. aoorgo
Oormly, Is a mtiltl-mllllonalro In New
York. Ha meets ICIeunor Haldane, a
MauBful and wealthy settlement worker,
r
ana
cn-oDoratos with her in nor wo.
Oorruly becomes owner of a . steamship
line and flndfl himself frustrated In pier
and trade extension plans by grafting al
.ssrmtn, backed by the Qothain Traction
-eoniaany. An automobile accident nnnga
the Haldane to hla country home. Oorm
Jy announces that he will be mayor of
Kew York and redeem tho rlty from epr
Tuptlon. The political declaration of the
tnerchant prince produced a tremendous
sensation. The whole machinery of the
elty'a detective force Is to be used to die
tip something damaging to Oormly. Tho
press heretofore unanimously favorable
fo th merchant candidate, under pres
sure, divides and the campaign waxes
(warm, A resolution Is Introduced grant
ing a gratuitous renewal of the traction
ifranohlso. Oormly offers ten million dot
lara for the franchise. Miss Haldnno con-
'srratulta Onrnilv on wlint shn terms a
tiew Declaration of Independence, and he
YnaicM an unexpected declaration of love,
Hi I shocked
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tho cnnflrmatlon of his
usptotons that her father .Is the. head
nd backbone of tho notorious traction
ompany wlilch he Is attempting- to over-
nrow. xoung iiaiuano discovers
his
cor
connection with tho
aotham
.Traction company, and Is Incensed. In
Mn interview between Oormly and
Wan the latter practically offers his
paughtsr'a hand as a brlbo for Qormly to
wimaraw. uormiy refuses.
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CHAPTER XIII. Continued.
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"I love your daughter in ways that
t doubt you tiro ablo to understand;
but I would not talio her on such con
ditions as thoso you mean me to Infer;
I would not degrade hoc by thinking
of her on such terms, oven if I lost her
forever. I am unworthy of her now,
,God knows! but I would bo so far bo
aeath hor under such circumstances
that I could not even look at her
again. I don't understand how she
jcould have been born of such a fa-
tow."
I "I will not be talked to in that man
Mr by you, sir," cried Haldano, who
ild not lack courage. "I here and
bow definitely deollno your proposal
(or my daughter's hnnd."
( '1 will take that docllnntlon from
"her, and from no one else I" said
Vjormly.
"Sho will repeat it, I am cure, if she
'hears with what Insolcnco you havo
treated me."
"And 1 pray God for tho suko of hor
4ovo toward you and her respect to
ward you that sho may nover hear ono
word of what you, have said. I havo
had enough of this Interview, Mr. Hal
dane." Ho turned to tho door.
' "Walt!" said Hnldano.
"To hear anothor infamous proposi
tion from you?"
"No, sir. But I havo something
nore to say, and It is this; You are
ot so Invu'nerablo yourself, sir, but
that you might bo glad for a Ilttlo Ju
dicious silence."
, "What do you moan?"- -.
"Never mind what I mean. You
publish what you have there at your
"peril I 1 warn you that In two days
thereafter, your name will ring asla
' scoundrel nnd a blackguard through
out tho Unltod States.
I "Having tried bribery and fallod,
jrou now resort to threats," said Qorm
ly. "Dut that you are her father"
v Ho clenched his fist, stood staring a
minute, thou shrugged his shoulders,
hook his head nnd turned away.
"You won't be warned, then?" said
Haldane. "
"Not by you.'.'.
"And you Intend to publish' my con
nection?" "Everywhere."
"I shall tell Eleanor that you have
0B6 it"
"I shall toll her myself," returned
Oormly; toarlng open tho door. "Hal
lane," ho called, aa ho stepped into
the hall. When the young, man pre
sented hlmBolf, ho thuB addressed
him; "Your father and I have had a
rather painful Interview, into tho de
tails of which it la not necessary to
enter, I havo only to say that the
story I told you goes to tho nowspa
pern tonight. And now," ho hold out
hi hand, "goodby. I wish that we
night have fought together until tho
-"tad." ,
"But we aro going to fight together
until tho end," cried tho young man
fiercely. "I love my father, and until
bow I have always respocted htm. I
'have' been contoril to follow his lead;
but I can do bo no longer."
You will both of you llvo to regret
it," cried old Haldane after a bitter
look at the pair. With his head high
marched out through tho door. "Do
flour worst!" he said oro ho closed It
ktitlnd him. "You will boq what will
" luippen to you In a day or two!"
;, "What docs it mean?" asked Miss
' Itewart ;
"It " MlA Livingstone, "that
- mr fathr.Jj tangled up with a gang
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nurmtur armmm nut aww
have tho right to Mk you what I, had
Intended to. ask you when the cam
paign wm over and we had won, to be
my wife"
"Are you asking me now?' cried
Miss Stewart ecstatically.
"I would be If it was proper."
"It is proper," she said, blushing di
vinely. "You don't mean"
"You goose!" said the girl, "I don't
love your father or your family."
Hero Qormly turned and went into
(ho drawing room again. When ha
came back, which he did not do until
summoned by Miss Stewart herself, he
confronted the blushing pair.
"You could not have chosen a truer,
better man than Mr. Maldane," ho
said. "And as for you, Maldane, you,
are the luckiest man on earth."
He Blghed with envy and regret as
he Bpoke.
"I want to do something for you
now," said young Haldane.
"Well, there is one thing you can do
tor mo."
"What is thatr
' "I want to see your sister, and Im
mediately." "I will havo her hero in ten min
utes," answered the young man, tear
ing himself away from Miss Stewart
without another word.
CHAPTER XIV.
Qormly Resists Hla Greatest Tempta
tion. ' Qormly had faced many difficult sit
uations In his life. Even, his success
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ful business career had confronted
him with crises of moment. But he
bad never contemplated anything
which imposed so hard n task upon
his Judgment and his feelings as the
approaching interview. What moans
young Haldano would tako to induce
his sister to come with him, how
much of what had transpired ho would
tell her, Qormly hod no moans of
knowing of course; but he felt con
flilont that by hook or crook the young
woman would bo produced, and that a
few minutes would find him fnco to
laco with hor.
Ho did not in the least know how
to begin or what to say, nnd the more
ho thought of It tho moro difficult
becamo tho situation. It was well
that the tliuo for reflection was short.
It Is better for a man who has to do
groat things to do them beforo tho
mental and spiritual enemy has time
to Instil doubts Into tho mind. And
it was with a feeling of relief in his
growing apprehension and misery,
therefore, that he heard the front
door open. He beard voices that he
knew in tho ball, and in another mo
ment the library' door was opened and
Miss Haldane entered the room alono.
Ho had risen on her approach and
stood confronting hor. Bbo was evi
dently greatly surprised. -"I
did not know you were hore," she
ce
"Livingstone did not tell me.
or rather that X
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might see you, that you were brought
here, and I alone am responsible."
"It is a most extraordinary proceed
ing," aald tho slrl nervously. "I can't
imagine why I was brought to you."
"It was necessary for me to lee
you," returned the man.
"Then why didn't you come to my
house?"
"I could not."
"Why not7"
"There are reasons which will prob
ably render me torever an unwelcome
visitor to your houso."
"I bcllove," said the girl slowly,
slowly, "that something very sorlous
must havo happened, or you would not
have had me brought here."
"I can scarcely bear to tell you."
"You alarm me beyond measure!"
cried the girl, pressing her hands to
her breast as if to still Its wild throb
bing, "You must not keep mp In sus
pense any longer! What is it that you
havo to telt meT -What is it that. Is
likely to come between us?"
"This," responded Qormly, handing
her a few typewritten sheets of paper.
"Am I to read this?" alio asked, ta
king It from him and looking very
straight at him.
Ho waa very palo now and she was
scarcely less white.
"Watt!" said the man, as she lifted
the paper and bent her head. "Per
haps It would be more merciful to
tell you."
"Just as you think best. I am a
strong woman. I can bear, anything.
Is it about," there was a long pause
"my father?"
He nodded his head,
"What has he done?"
"Miss Haldane," he began, "I say to
jou quite simply that I would rather
to dead than stand hers as I do now
with tho burden of telling you that
your father is the bead and front, the
backbone, the brains, the genius, the
everything, of the Qotham Freight
company and the Sachem society."
"My Ood!" exclaimed Miss Haldane.
the paper dropping from her fingers
to the floor.
She was paler than ever. Sho stared
oi him almost in dumb Incomprehen
sion. Her body swayed slightly. Gorm
ly stepped closer to her, seized her
gently, supported her to a chair by
the library table. Sho put her face
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in her hands and rocked to and fro
silently.
"It can't be true," she said at last.
"You aro mistaken. Surely not my
father in that sink of corruption and
bribery and iniquity and shame! Say
It isn't true!"
"I wish to heaven I could say It;
but " Tho man shook his head. "I
told you that I would rather have been
dead than have brought this upon
you."
"You are not to blame," answered
tho woman, her sense of justico upper
most. "It Is the fact Itself that kills,
If It be a fact. There must be somo
mistake."
"I wish there was."
"Are you euro absolutely?"
"Your fathor confessed'' It here la
tbls room a half hour ago."
"Why do you tell me of It?"
"Because." was tho answer, "the
whole world has to know It, and I pre
ferred to tell you myself rather than
let you get It from the newspapers."
"You are going to publish It?"
"Tomorrow morning." ""
N "But why why?"
Sho throw up her arms In nervous
appoal.
"Think," said the man, "it Is the one
fact that makes my election certain."
"And does your ambition run to the
wrecking of my father's good name
in ofder that you may be elected?"
"No. It you will think, you will
know that It does not I am doing It
for the sake of honor, for the sake .of
duty, for the sake of humanity," ho
paused and raised his own hand. "So
help me God!" he cried with upturned
face.
"But la it necessary?"
"Absolutely." ,
"Why?"
"The cause of popular government
is being fought out right here. The
contest transcends in importance any
political battle that has even been
waged. If the government of and
for and by the people is to be a suc
cess, we have to demonstrate It now
or elso go down, It may bo forever.
The people have a rlghfto know what
is back of the Sachem society, where)
it gets its enormous corruption fund.
I should bo a traitor, false to my duty,
a betrayer. If I did not make publlo
this knowledge that has come to me."
"It Is all true," she said at last.
"You say my father was here?"
"Yes."
"He was very much agitated at
somo news that my brother brought
htm a short time ago. Does Living
stono know?"
"Ho does. I told htm."
"Why?"
"To give him an opportunity to
withdraw from association With us in
view of this attack."
"And what did he decide?"
"Ho decided to stay with me."
"And this Is why you made me that
offer of marriage now rather than
later?"
"Yes. 1 wanted you to feel, after
you had this news, that while I alone
knew It, I paid you the highest com
pliment that I could think of; that my
heart was Irrevocably pledged to you
whatever was to happeji."
"That was kind of you. You have
always been kind to me."
"I don't see how you can say so
after this." He pointed to the paper.
"This," sho replied, her eyes follow
ing his outstretched hand, "makes a
great difference, doesn't it?"
"I don't know. I suppose it will. It
does not make any difference in me."
"But don't you Bee it makes It im
possible for me If you How could I?
Tho enemy of my father!"
"I don't suppose you could," he an-
swored. "That Is another reason why
I wrote when I did, because I waa
fearful that you would hate me when
my agency In the unearthing of this
was known; that you would receive
no communication from me; that our
acquaintance would be broken, off;
and I wanted you to know before It
was too late all that was In my
heart"
"I am surprised," said the woman,
"that you could still continue to love
the daughter of "
"Don't say that!" quickly interposed
Oormly. "I don't love you because
you are anybody's daughter, but be
cause you are yourself. I can't trust
myself to speak about It when I see
you," he continued, turning away, "and
I coulL-curse myself for ever having
become Involved in such a situation.
I wish there was somo way out of It
Sometimes I am minded to"
"There ia no way out of It," aald
the girl quickly.
"No, I suppose not." He turned
away from her and began to pace the
room with long steady steps.
"Mr. Gormly," she Bald at last "come.
here. Sit down there on the other
side of the table. I wnnt to see you."
Amazed, the man complied with her
request.
"Now tell mo the whole solemn
truth. You say my father was here
with you beforo I came?"
"Yes.:'
"Does be know, that 'you know?"
"It was to see me about that that
he came."
"Did ho mako some effort to Indue
you not to publish theso facts?"
"Naturally."
"What was tho effort?"
"Ho argued with me."
"Is that all?"
"He threatened retaliation."
"Is that all?"
"I think he even pleaded."
"And is that all?"
"Yes," said Gormly, telling her his
first lie, telling it bravely, audaciously,
even looking her straight In the eye
without blenching.
VMr. Qormly," returned the wom
an, "whatever he Is, my father Is not
a fool."
"His worst enemy would not so de
scribe him."
"Ho know that you were not a mnn
who could be moved by threats or en
treatlos. You have demonstrated that
you can be, in tbls campaign at least,
iron hard, Inflexible, Immutable, And.
there is no argument that any mortal
man could use which could induce, you
to hold your hand, Isn't that truer'
"I I am afraid so."
"What then did ,be proposo to In
fluence you?"
"Great henven," cried Gormly, "I
have told you all that I will tell you;
all that you havo a right to know!, Suf
fice it to say -that he did not move
mo."
Mr. Gormly. I ask you, I Implore.
you, I adjure you, did my father offer
mo to buy your silencef '
Gormly stared at her In ghastly hor
ror.
-"You don't answer," Bold Miss Hal
dane.
"No."
(TO UB CONTINUED.)
Du QUesne's First Fight.
A monument of the gallant Admiral
Du Quesne has just-been provided at
Bouchet, where be was burled In 1C88,
and tho story of bis first fight Is there
fore apposite. He was tho son of a
ship builder, and at the age of 17 was
placed in command of one of his
father's vessels. Hs sailed forth, es
pied a Dutch vessel, boarded it com
polled It to surrender and brought it
-Into port. Not until he bad been car
rlod through the streets in triumph
on the shoulders of his fellow towns
men did It occur to the' oOlclals thai
Francs and Holland wars at peace
PRICE ( HEAD
Attractive Bonus for Murder of
Exiled King.
Disguised as a Merchant, the Shah
f Persia Returned to His Coun
try, Hoping te Win lack
s the Throne. .
London. "The goodly sum of $82
S00 will be paid for the head of one
Mohammed All, late Shah of Persia,
but recently a student of medicine
and surgery In Odessa, on presenta
tion of said head at the rear entrance
gats where hangs the sign 'Deliver
all goods here.' It Is not absolutely
essential to present the head In de
tached form, but for convenience In
handling that method would meet
With government approval."
This Is ths thought rather than the
phrasing of a proclamation, referred
to sarcastically by some as a bull,
which Is tacked on the outer walls
of the Imperial palace at Teheran as
an Inducement to some enterprising
Kurd to solve a situation that other
wise Is bound to bo productive of con
siderable excitement in the kingdom
of Persia in the near future. Private
subscriptions havo raised the sum to
$100,000, which shows that the high
cost of heads keeps pace with the
high cost of living. It is not record
ed that so great a price was ever be
fore placed on a person's head.
When Mohammed All, 23d In direct
line from the son of the Prophet,
passed out the northwestern gate of
the elty of Teheran on ths evening of
July 16, 1909, no lpyal Kurd kissed
the earth hla feet had trod, or so
much as gave him a parting- ffalaam.
It was all day, likewise good night,
for All.
He' had been a shah for, just IS
months and 8 days, to be exact, and
was going Into banishment because
'publlo opinion, which even In ' the
hear east Is not without potency, had
decreed that, having failed "to estab
lish harmony among his subjects, he
was no longer worthy to wear the" 18
pound girdle of state or ths three
story tiara of the king of kings,"
Still, you can't always tell In Per
sia. Stable government may make,
for tranquillity, but not for joy. It
got dull In and around Teheran, and
here and there was seen a tired busi
ness mail, And so Mohammed All,
finding conditions and opportunity,
alike favorable, has started to come
back, using the words In both & geo
graphical and colloquial' sense. Per
sia, alert to the trying emorgency,
Immediately went Into council on the
Bta'to of the nation and Issued the
above proclamation.
With Mohammed Alt out of the
way, a regent as a figurehead and a
national assembly, Persia took a1 step
which would have given the average
Sbah aneurism of the aorta. It act'
ually proceeded satiety to straighten
out Its finances for tho purposo of see
ing, If It stood at all, where It was.
The national assembly, with rare
good judgment, sent to the United
States for some one who knew the
doublo sort of addition and division
It secured the services of William
M. Shuater, a product of the Wash
ington High school, .who possessei
this rare quality of being able to sys
tematize monetary chaos. Persia
made Shuster, who is not yet 40
years old, treasurer general and gays
him complete charge of taxes, reve
nue, credit and accounting. Where
upon, Slpabdar Solar, the premier,
knowing perhaps, what It meant, re
signed his office and, taking a car
riage, asked to be driven to Europe
a Persian way of expressing his dis
gust. Having started to regulate the
national finance, tho assembly dldnt
stop. It went on regulating until It
has got the people mixed up. There
seemed to be too many rulers, a con
dition long ago discovered elsewhere
on the footstool. The shah saw bis
opportunity In this distracted condi
tion of the nation and secretly made
his way back to Persia io regain bis
throne.
Stories differ as to how the ex-shah
got back Into Persia, One says that
he wore a false beard and rods In ths
steerage of a sailing ship, and an
other that he covered his 182,600
bead with a whitened wig and sought
)y dross and manner to appear Ilk
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Dr. Bull-frog Well, you don't want
him to croak, do you7 Exchange
Suburban Sobriquets.
Everybody olse bad lived In the
summer .colony long enough to name
his home for whatever tree or shrub
grew most abundantly In tire front or
back yard. Up slid down tho road"
were cottages labeled the Elms, ,tbo.
Wisteria; the Lilacs, and so on through
tho horticultural guide bopk. Tha
newcomer had no name for her house,
but after studying the tactics for, a
week she took a suryey of the, prem
ises and thenceforward" dated.. her cor;
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Didn't Break It Around Her. '
Ella Our friend, tho pitcher, hasjs
"glass arm." ' ' ' ,;"
Stella I didn't notice it when he
called on me last evening.
Tho more a woman runs after a
man the easier It Is for ber not'to
catch him. . '
FOOD AGAIN
A Mighty Important Subject to Every
one. . -
A Boston lady talks entertainingly
of food and the changes that can be
made In health by somo knowledge on
that line. She saysr
"An Injury to my splno In early wom
anhood loft mo subject to severe sick
bendaches which would last three or
four days at a time, and a violent
course of drugging brought on consti
pation with all the ills that follow.
"My appetite was always light and
uncertain and many kinds of food dis
tressed me. .
"I began, to eat Grape-Nuts food two
or threo years'ago, because I, liked the
taBto of It, and I kept on becauss I.
soon found It was doing mo good.
"I eat it regularly at broakfaat, fre
quently at luncheon, and again, before
going to bed and havo no troubio In
'Bleeping on it.' It ba3 relieved my con
stlpatlon, my headaches have practi
cally ceased, and I, am in better physi
cal condition at the age of 03 than I
was at .40. "
"I give Grape-Nuts credit for restor
ing my health, If not saving my life,
and you can make uo claim (or it too
strong tor "me to endorse,"' Nam
given by Postum Co., Battle Creok
Mich.
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Wellville," Inpkgs, "There's a reason."
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