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BED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF JH.1JUIIHIJII iil'H,UI) .ll' r tt TO r9ft 5t Q 0VC W TTi LIFT OFF CORNS! Doesn't hurt a bit and costs onljr, a few cents i a 7x7 Wvjcvw? oc?vic7a?vjc7Vii?vc: For the Attendant of Honor e City of By EDWIN BAIRD ". i r, l Purple Dreams Cotrrllbt by P.O. Browne a Ce, Th s MfWm I r pf: INTO THE DEPTHS. Synopsis. Typical trnmp In up pcarUncfl. Onnlcl Flnnclolpli I'll a hiiKh, while crossing n Chicago itieet, causes tho wreck of uti auto, wlioso chnuftpur fllHiiblen It trying to uvold running him down. In pity tho ocrtipiint of tho nulo, youriK Klrl, s.ivus him from nrrost ntnl glvos him n dollar, telling him to buy floap, mid wash. IIIh sense of shamo Is touched, nnd liu Im proves IiIh npiie.iriuu'o. That nlglit, he meets Knthor Ktrom, a llusslan nnarchlst, who Induces KltzlniRli to address n. mcetliw. Kltzhugh visits SyrnliiKton OVlo. promhlent financier, nnd displaying a pack age which lie says contains dyna mite, demands JIO.CKO. Otis given liltn a check. At the house he tricots the Rlrl who had Riven him tho dollar, and learns she Is Kath leen Otis. H)ie recognizes him. Ashamed, he tears up the check and escapes, but Is arrested. 1!h ther visits KIUIiurIi In Jail and makes arrangements for procuring legal advice. Ills trial Is speedily completed and he la found Insane and committed to an asylum, from which ho easily makes his escape. J'ltr.hURli takes refuge In Chicago, with Ksthor, who lmn becotnn In fatuated with htm. Ills one Idea In to become rich nnd win Kathleen. In a light with Nlknlay, Jealous ad mirer of Esther, Kltzhugh worsts htm. Securing inonlnl employment he lcaniH that Nlltolay has been found dead In Kstbcr'a house, and In a latter to him she admits tho killing, telling him she did It for his sake and that sho has gono away. lie sees ICnthlcnn from u dlstnnce, nnd Is strengthened In his determination to win her. Kltz hugh attracts tho attention of Qulgg, dealer In bogus stocks. Kltz hugh acts ns n decoy for gullible Investors. Staked by his employer In a poker game for high stakes he meets a wheat pit speculator, Hen ry Hunt, who bcllevus him to be a Now York man of wealth. With his poker winnings he Joins Hunt In a wheat deal. Through Hunt's operations Kltzhugh nets nearly 130,000. Mr -K CHAPTER VII Continued. 10 "So you see," lio wound up, "thoro'H nothing to It but n bull nmrkot. There'll he a big rebound Just ns sure as we're sitting here. SymlngtonOtls Is my strongest point. As I snld be foro, I'm nine-tenths certain he'll turn bull ngaln, now he's walloped the mun ho went after, nnd you know what that means. He'll send wheat up llku n balloon he's strong enough to do It. AH wo need do Is to climb Into the basket nnd partlclpato In the grand ascension." "As you have wisely pointed out, Hunt," began Kltzhugh, turning the fragile stem of his wine glass between his long Angers, "wo had hotter step cuutlously at first sort of feel our way. There's never any telling what pitfalls may lurk below tranquil wa ters. Afterward, wo'll wade In boldly. Merely as n Rtarfer, I'll give you my checktomorrow for twenty-live thou sand. I'm not saying what I'll do after that." As they were leaving tho club, Fltz hugh turned to his companion and, ns though suddenly reminded of some In consequential thought that had oc curred to him earlier In the day, said carelessly: "Oh, by the way, Hunt, I'm thinking of opening a small banking account In Chicago. I wish you'd Introduce me to your banker." For once Hunt was mistaken. There was no boom In December wheat. True, there was a reaction, for when the bears removed tho pressure the abnormally low nmrkot began gradu ally to assume a natural leve,l. Hut winter wheut, which Hunt had expect ed to mount by leups, dragged slowly, ascending, to bo sure, yet moving little by little an eighth or a quarter at a time. Once or twice, In some sudden Hurry, It even went off half u point. Hunt was very much puzzled. "There's u scrow loose somewhere," ho told FItzhugh, after one of those A uucxplulnuhlo slumps; "but I can't fig ure out Just where." Of late, FItzhugh had been studying Indcfutlgubly the hundred and more different conditions which, directly or Indirectly, affect the Chicago wheat market- He devoted hours to this, whero another man would have do voted minutes, and his brain, so keen, to quick to grasp every salient detail tind appraise Its truo value, enabled hlm to view tho'present situation with u far clearer vision than that of Hunt. "I think I know whero the wobbly place Is," he replied, "and, unless I'm mistaken, It's going to shako tho whole tnuchlno to pieces before long. Hunt, vre'H have to draw out. If wo don't, our little craft will bo swamped, and she'll sink like a rock. For my part, I want to sell every bushel of wheat I own tomorrow morning." They culled a taxlcab and repaired forthwith to Fltzhugh's newly leased apartment In a newly erected build lug In Lincoln parkway. It was for bachelors exclusively, this building, itnd If Its smart elevators, smarter at tendants and potted plants and costly appointments wero any criterion, It was also exclusively for wealthy bachelors. The Japanese servant served dinner, after which FItzhugh and his guest (sauntered to u front room, evidently Intended for a library and study, and there ensconced themselves before a low bay window commanding u mag nlllcent view of the lake. Hunt settled himself contentedly In a chair, whoso soft cushions embraced hlm In a de licious manner, lazily emitted a stream of cigar' smoke and allowed his gaze to wander about the beautiful room, teplcte with soft tones and colors. Suddenly FItzhugh stood up. "Let's get down to business, Hunt." Ho spoke very briskly nnd, crossing the room, took from the round safe em bedded In the wall several packets of papers secured by thick elastic bauds. These paper contained a mass of data covering tho past seven weeks, consisting of crop reports, statistics from many different sources, newspa per clippings and telegrams and cable grams that had exhausted his ready money to tho last cent. Ho walked to a heavy desk of solid mahogany, switched on the light that was a mini ature of the gorgeous one on the table, and spreatl tho papers on the lint top of the desk. And while Hunt sat op posite, following him with concen trated attention, he went over them point by point, dwelling fully on every detail, explaining elenrly the reasons for his belief. So lucidly did ho do this that n child might have followed hlm.. "My deductions nro substnntlnted," ho summed up, "by tlw fact that Otis and his following tiro not bulling the market as you supposed they would. What's more, they'ro tiot going to bull It. I'vo put myself In their place. Otis and company will make their attack when tho enemy Is In Its most vulner able state, and that's Just tho condi tion the enemy's In now." There was n conversational pause, while Hunt rcperusod some of tho pa pers scattered about tho desk. "So you think we'd better unload?" he said finally, sitting back and mo tioning to Hukl to till his champagne goblet. "As though our lives depended on It." Hunt watched the servant fill his glass, then lifted It and surveyed his host solemnly across Its rim. "So bo It," he rumbled In a sepul chral voice. "The blame bo upon your head If we lose." Fltzhugh's prediction wns bounti fully fulfilled next day. December wheat went tumbling nnd crumbling. Hunt, thanks to FItzhugh, managed to squirm from under with a whole skin and n few thousands profit. Hur- He Stole Up the Six Flights of Stairs to His Rooms, Unobserved, and Let Himself In Without Awakening His Valet. rylng through tho outer oflico of Bur ton & Hurton, ho spied FItzhugh nnd fell upon him with open nrms. pressing Into his hand a check for thirty thou sand dollars. "What had wo better do now, Dan?" "Sell December whont. It's going to zero. This slump will keep up Indefi nitely." "IUght-oI" Hunt was fairly burning with excitement tho gambler's ex citement, than which thero Is none more feverish. "You may sell half a million for me. You'd better sell nn equal amount yourself." FItzhugh produced a slen der check-book and started to 111! out n check. Abruptly ho paused, hit his Up, made us If to return his fountain pen to his pocket "I forgot some thing," he said slowly. "What's wrong, Dan?" Hunt looked properly solicitous, "My a draft. Should have been sent from New York day before yes tcrday. My brother has It, but he's sud denly fallen 111. I'robnbly forgot all about It. That's all. I'm sorry, Hunt, but I can offer you nothing except my personal check, and Uiat'll be only for u few thousands." In a Hash all of Hunt's roverence for wealth und his deslro to toady to It wero to tho front. What an oppor tunity to bo of service to this man of millions 1 He could havo wished for nothing better. "Don't worry about that for u minute, Dan." Ho spoko with tho unnost friendliness. "I'll at- Fm3Kwikr tend to your margins for you. Five hundred thousand, I believe you snld?" "Yes." FItzhugh rapidly tilled out a check for twenty thousand dollars. "Take this, anyhow, Hunt." He tore the check from the book. "Just ns nn evidence of good faith." ho laughed. The courtier took tho check In the same Jocular spirit In which It was offered, scarcely glancing at Its figure. After a little they parted, Hunt hasten ing to the private oflico of Hurton, senior. FItzhugh went straight to his bank and deposited the thirty thousand dol lars. Immediately afterwards ho started back to the Hoard of Trade. When nearly there, however, he stopped, paused Irresolute, then turned and walked slowly In another direc tion. For over an hour liu roamed restlessly about the loop. He seemed Infirm of purpose, nluil"? of destina tion. Once, without exactly knowing why, ho entered the post oflico nnd strolled absently about the dark corridors. He was leaving by the western entrance, when, happening to glanco to bis left, he saw on the glass over a doorway, "General Delivery." Ho came to a dead halt. A hot blush of Miamc pricked hlm. Ho felt suddenly mean, contemptible. Ho en tered the room and asked If there wero any mall for Daniel FItzhugh. Tho clerk handed him a half-dozen letters postmarked from a small town In Rus sia. Ho opened nnd rend them one by one, standing near tho window. In nil of them Esther breathed her love for him, yet thero was a difference as tho letters progressed. In the first two sho wrote chletly of, blin and secondly of the work sho was doing for the Cnuse. The next one wns solely nbout hlm nnd there was a more Insistent note In her passionate" declarations. In the third was a tone of despair, a hint of fond hopes fast clipping away; and the last two were filled with bit ter reproaches, piteous pleadings Jealousy I From a word sho let drop In one of Uio earlier missives he divined sho wns In dire need of money. Even at that moment sho might bo suffering from lack of necessities. He stuffed the letters la a coat pocket, went to his bunk nnd procured a bill of exchange to her order for a thousand dollars. - At one of tho public desks ho wrote on tho back of n deposit-slip: "Tho goal Is not yet In sight, but I'm run ning fnst." This ho attached to the draft and senled In an envelope, which he ad dressed und mailed to her while re morse was hot upon him. From tho post olllce he went to a hotel In Randolph street, asked for stationery nnd wrote the following: Dear Hunt I have Just received bad news. My brothor Is at the point of death. Must hurry to his bedside. May see you In a couple of weeks. Meanwhile, good luck I Yours, K. He -directed this to Hunt's home nd dress, took It to the district messenger olllce In the hotel nnd left orders for Its delivery at nine o'clock. . Hud anyone- looked for FItzhugh that night In his apartment, or In the theaters or hotel lobbies, or In any of the other places where he usually spent his evenings, It would have been In vain. He would not have been found. Hut In a vile saloon In lower Clark street n nil, trnmplsh-looklng man with a pointed beard, attired In ragged habiliments and wearing low upon his brow nn old slouch hat fully half n slzo too large, was carousing delirious ly with tho muddled denizens, lending them In maudlin song, and Inciting them to drunken ribaldry. CHAPTER VIII. Fltzhugh's debauch lnsted two week's. Then ho sobered up nnd went home. Under cover of the somnolence that enveloped Uie apartment building nt four o'clock In the morning he stole up the six lllghts of stairs to his rooms unobserved, and let himself In without awakening his vnlet. Ho removed his shabby apparel, his decrepit hat, se creted them In u wardrobo and went to tho bathroom. When he entered his bedroom, glowing from a brisk scrub und attired In silk pajamas, he looked u little tired. It was not, however, u physical tiredness. FItzhugh felt, men tally, like a man who had taken a very arduous Journey In seardi of gold only to find he had been chasing u rainbow. Ho climbed In between the snowy sheets of his bed and lay very still. His eyes wero closed, but ho wns not asleep. The only girl! (TO UK CONTINUED.) Study Banana Plants, In making a thorough botanical and commercial study of tiia banana the Philippine bureau of agrlculturo has collected banana plant from all over (be world, a,.,.,. Ljl'KIXO? and .Mine bring the loveliest 3 and most appealing of pageants he white-clad confirmation classes and he wedding procession, both marking ereut epochs In the lives of women However one may plan for the latter whether the wedding Is to be simple or elaborate, no detail of It can be con sidered unimportant ; everything nbmil It must be perfectly ordered. Nice dis tinctions must be made In apparel mid In everything else. Next to (ho bride the most distin guished figure In the wedding proces sion Is the matron or maid of honor. So many of this year's brides have chosen n matron of honor that a pref erence for matrons appears to have developed, but each bride chooses ei ther a maid or matron to attend her. from nmong her own relatives or very close friends, or from the relatives of the groom. Having made this choice the next Important matter for discus sion Is the dress which this moM hon ored attendant Is to wear; the bride's privilege allows her to signify her wishes nnd custom assures her that they will bo carried out by nil her at tendants. It Is usual for tho matron or mnlil of honor to wenr the color that has The Etiquette MBBMWtfBBMV0VMBnW Till' bride, of course, chooses the day and the hour for her wed ding. Only two days In the week have been set nslde ns Inappropriate for weddings, pud they are Sunday and Friday, and In spite of the old rhyme that libels Snturday as "no day at all," It Is as popular ns any other. Almost any hour may be chosen, but custom has established the hours from eight until three as correct, and In tho Anglican church high noon Is favored. There are ninny evening weddings, notwithstanding these old established hour, and ninny thnt are celebrated In the nfternoon later than three o'clock. There are too many things to be considered In fixing the hours to make hard r.rid fast rules concerning them. The Home Wedding. A home wedding Is simpler thnn n church wedding but the rules govern ing tho duties of the bride's pnronts. nnd those of her attendants nro the same. Tho rooms of the home, to fie used at tho wedding are usually cleared of smnll pieces of furniture nnd prettily decorated with tlowers and. foliage, and n home allows the exec else of Individual taste In this regard. Greenery Is usually massed whero the bride and groom are to stnnd, and when the ceremony Is finished the brldo nnd groom turn to face, tho guests and receive congratulations. If n wedding breakfast Is served n table for tho bride and gropm, their par ents nnd their attendants Is set. nnd others for the guests. Or, the mnld or matron of honor and tho best man, with all the other attendants may he seated at one table and the bride and groom nt another, with their Immedl nto relatives. At n wedding reception tho parents of tho brldo first receive the guests und tho parents of the groom may stand with them, ortho Intter may stand near the bride and groom. Tho best man and ushers make tho presentations to "tho. bride nnd groom, and tho bride's nttendnnts nre grouped somewhero near her. Re freshments are served nt n wedding re centlon Just as nl a forma "at hsine." Tho brldo cuts tho first piece of wed ding cake. White boxes, containing pieces of wedding enko and mnrked In cold or silver lettors, with tho com bined Initials of tho brldo and groom oro given to the guests ns they leave. When tho brldo leaves tho guests, to dress for lier wedding Journey, her mnld of honor usually goes with her to take care of nny commission tho tirldo may havo for her, nnd tho best man stays faithfully by tho sldo of tho groom. As the brldo comes down the stairs sho toss her bouquet to been chosen for the mnliR but her dress Is made differently In order to make n distinction, and a dignified de sign Is chosen for It. Often the attend ant of honor uses the color worn by the maids In the foundation of her gown, veiling It with lace or some other diaphanous overdress. Or sho may wear the sntne color In a different material as when th maids wear taf feta and she chooses georgette. Hut In any case .she defers to the Judgment of the bride. A beautiful gown for the maid or matron of honor Is pictured above. It Is made of lace, point d'osprlt, with bands of georgette and lace bordering the three flounces thnt make the skirt. The bodice hns the same insert: nnd u band of narrow ribbon nbout It In ad dition. This narrow ribbon reappears below the crushed girdle of georgette, In a sash fled at the left side, and the chances nre that It is a repetition of n similar decoration on the maids' gowns. Small half-wreaths of little chiffon roses are enchanting In thU gown nnd they are suspended from the sleeves, ut the front of the girdle and nt Irregular Intervals on the flounces. One might Jonk far without finding n lovelier dress than this. of Weddings lier maids, md that one whose lucky hands receives It Is thereby assured by fate that she will be the next brldq. The best man Is usnnlly at the sta tion, to be sure that everything has been taken care of, and to see the bridal pair started on their Journey. When a biilo decides to be married In her traveling costume she has only one attendant a muld' or matron of honor. She usunlly wears a corsage bouquet and carries n prayer book, hut her attendant mny carry flowers. For n second marriage the brldo chooses n benutlful nfternoon frock and a charming lint, or Is married In a tailored suit or frock. She wears a corsage bouquet and hns one at tendant and mny choose to carry n prayer book. When n widower mar ries he does not give n farewell "bach elor dinner,'' but otherwise his pro cedure Is the same as for his first wed ding. Ushers may servo at the wed ding of a widow, nnd she may have a wedding brenkfnst or lunch or recep. Hon, as she chooses. 7 , fThe Corset Vogue. Corsets, the real foundation of stylo and of grace, nro particularly Inter esting this season. The uncorseted llgure Is not fnshlonnble nnd nffected by only n small percentage of tho smart women of Paris. Hut corsets that give an easy, graceful, supple ap pearance nro decidedly In vogue. This means that corsets of tricot nro tho proper thing tho smnrtest models nro cut long over tho hip and short nbovo tho waistline and nro lightly honed If boned at nil. One new model re cently seen hns only the front steels nnd the small bones at tho Inclngs In tho bnck. This Is an American cor set and adequately fits tho flgnro re quirements of tho young AincrKitn woman. Contrast Colors Vogue. White garments frequently hnv touches of pink flowers with green foliage. With tho fad for lavender lingeries growing, Invender embrolderj Is seen nlso In pink and blue garments. Gowns of pink pllsso crepe, for ex ample, have both blue and Invendei silk stitches decorating them, very nrtlsticnlly, It must he iidmltted. And Invender gnrments themselves are re lieved with plenty of pink handwork, some In quite a rose tone. Mnglcl Just drop n iittlo Freezone on that touchy corn, Instantly it stops aching, then you lift thn corn off with the lingers 1 Truly! No humbug I T-y Freezonol Your druggist sells n J(ny bottle for n fow cents, sutllclent to rid your feet of every hard corn, soft corn, or corn between tho toes, nnd calluses, without one particle of pnln, soreness or Irritation. Frcezono is tho discovery or a noted Cincinnati genius. Adv. Not Forgotten. It is rather hard to decide which fs the more maddening In a certain New Jersey town not far from New York, the taxi service or tho telephone. Ono day, having waited almost up to train time for me tnxl he had ordered, n prominent townsmnn picked up tho telephone In a great rage and asked for the number of the dilatory tnxl man. "Hello, this Is Mr. Henry," he snld loudly and sternly, when he got his connection. "Have you forgotten me?" "No, I haven't forgotten you, Mr. Henry," snld the mild feminine voice nt the other end of the wire. "This If Mrs. Brown." Important to all Women Readers of this Paper Thousands upon thousands of womei have kidney or bladder trouble and nevet suspect it. Women's complaints often prove to b nothing else but kidney trouble, or the result of kidney or bladder disease. If the kidneys arc not in a healthy con dition, they may cause tho other organs to become diseased. You may Buffer pain in the back, head ache and loss of ambition. Poor health makes you nervous, irrita ble and may be despondent; it makes any one so. But hundreds of women claim that D. Kilmer's Swnmp-Root, by restoring health to the kidncyB, proved to be just the remedy needed to overcome such conditions. Many pend for a sample bottle to ee& what Swamp-Root, tho great kidney, liver nnd bladder medicine, will do for them. By enclosing ten cents to JJr. Kilmer & Co., BinRlmmton, N. Y you may reccivo sample ebe bottle by Parcel Post. You can purchase medium nnd largo size bottles nt all drug store.i. Adv. Ups and Downs. "An orator has to come- down to tho level of his audience' Intelli gence," remarked the mild egoist. "There used to be some such fden," replied Senator Sorghum. "Hut the orator nowadays has nil ho can do to rise to tho occasion." Cuticura Soothes Baby Rashes. Thnt Itch and burn with hot bntM of Cuticura Soap followed by gentle anointings of Cuticura Ointment. 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