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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
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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
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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."
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Thousands upon thousands of womei
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Women's complaints often prove to b
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result of kidney or bladder disease.
If the kidneys arc not in a healthy con
dition, they may cause tho other organs
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You may Buffer pain in the back, head
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Poor health makes you nervous, irrita
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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."
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Thnt Itch and burn with hot bntM
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Nothing better, purer, sweeter, espe
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The Bulge That Counts.
Our observation Is thnt folks for.
give r man's trousers for bagging nt
the knees If they bulge nt the pockets.
-Dallas News.
Rather Wide.
"Tho red element certninly hns
eheek." "Well, cheek Is mostly what
the red stuff goes on."
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