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RED OLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF "V -w CHAPTER VIII. Continued. 12 "I like to lionr a mnn talk tlint wny. t desplso modesty In business. Of course you nrc coining In with us? As I enld, wo shall rcQUlro flvo nddl tlonnl millions, porlmps more, to work tho thing properly. There Is no need now to go Into further dotnlls. You understand tho situation oven better than I do." He paused. "Since this Is Saturday," said Fltz hugh, "and slnco nothing can bo gained by your knowing my decision boforo Monday, I shall meot you Mon day morning nt ten o'clock and will then give you my answer." A slight frown appeared on Otis' thin face. Ho began gathering up his data. "Very well. At what place?" "At my brokers' Shirley & Co., In the Mcrrlmac block. "At ton? Very well. I know al ready what your answer will bo an .emphatic 'yes.'" Suddenly ho Btood Hip, with n sweeping gesture, as though to forco into tho background everything pertaining to business. '"Now let's talk no moro Bhop. Wo'vo lhad enough for ono night" Whllo they wero exchanging part ling words tho hall door opened and !Mrs. Otis and Kathleen entered. Fltzhugh's heart seemed to stop for 'tho Infinitesimal part of a second, and then, as Kathleen camo down tho hall. It leapt, bounded, raced on with mad dontng speed. Ho tingled to his finger tips. It was tho first tlmo he had seen her slnco that moonlight night two summers ago. Then, with tho soft Juno moon on her glorious hair, a gauzy Bcarf over her bare shoulders, ;he had thought her exquisite, ethe real. Now, with her sables, her tur jban of whlto fur, tho tang of the ifrosty night In her glowing skin, ho thought her ravishing, dlstractlngly 'beautiful. ! Momentarily Otis seemed to hesitate, as though reluctant to do somcthlnng that might afterward earn him a re buke. But as Kathleen and her .mother drew near ho Intercepted them with his guest and presented him, first to his wlfo then to his daughter. Ah tho girl spoko an acknowledg ment of Fltzhugh's Balutatlon she looked up for tho first tlmo into his eyes. Tho next Instant sho started visibly, and, seemingly unconscious of her act, did n rather singular thing: Bho camo very closo to hlin and looked Bcarchlngly Into his face. Tho bright color heightened In her cheeks. Her fingers closed convulsively on the muff Bho carried. Her eyes traveled swift- Qy over him to his feet, and vamo to Test again on his face. Sho seemed In a stato of bowlldormcnt Then, recovering hor composuro as iulckly as sho had lost It, sho mur mured something conventional und was gono. ne never nulto knew, when ho 'found himself walking rapidly down tho drive, with tho snow swirling round him, how ho got there. Ills brain was In a whirl, his pulso on fire, and over and ovor ho repeated to him self: "She's wonderful moro wonder ful than over . . , And Bho knows niol knows me Of thorn all Bho Is tho only one. . . ." His appointment was with Hunt nt A Michigan avenuo club. It was hero ino renewed tho third ncqualntnnco ehlp of that memorablo day. A "qulot llttlo gamo" was browing In an upper Toom, and ho arrived In tlmo to Join at tho beginning. Tho first deal fell to him, and us ho shuflicd tho cards in high feather, exchanging quips with tho men around tho tablo nnont his obvious good spirits, tho door behind tolm opened and somo now players entered. Tho next moment Fltzhugh was be ing Introduced to tho now nrrlvnls. "Mr. Fltzhugh, this Is Artie Spnrklo." A foppish young man, smiling vacu ously, camo forward with mincing Intep and held out a flabby, bcjewelcd hand. Tho "quiet llttlo gamo" lasted all Saturday night and until Into Sunday afternoon. Fltzhugh's Golden God dess, Luck, frowned upon him at first and ho lost etcndlly; but later his su perior playing began to toll, nnd as her Inclemency gradually turned to smiles ho won much faster thnn ho had lost, no was decidedly the urns- ter of tho others. Artie Sparkle lost continually. Also, ho continually drank. It was not qulto clear whether his adversity was responsible for his Intemperance, or vice versa, but certainly as his liba tions increased ho playod tho moro recklessly. Ho distributed his pnper freely, but as ho became moro Intox icated there was a decided reluctauco to tho advances. At length ho was flatly refused and advised to go to bed. At this point Fltzhugh, who so far had loaned him nothing, roraoved tho requested number of chips from his generous heap and shoved them across the table to tho tipsy ono, who with much difficulty counted them and gavo In exchange his I O U for five hun dred dollars. Thoy Boon went tho way of tho rest, and ho sat slumped down In his chair, his arms dangling limply at cither side, his head sunken, his mouth open, leering stupidly from under drooping lids. Fltzhugh caught his wandering eye. "Hotter try another stack, Sparkle," ho invited in n friendly way, and be gan cutting off a small section of his chip pile. "How many may I help you to, Sparklo?" Artlo struggled valiantly to speak distinctly. "A thou a thou a hid a thousan', ol' shap." With considerable slowness nnd de liberation tho transaction was made, and Fltzhugh pocketed Artie's I 0 U for n thousand dollars. Tho early winter darkness had closed In boforo tho game ended, nnd most of tho gamblers wero ready for bod. Very quietly Fltzhugh went In turn to nil those who had taken Artie's I O U's and bought them In. In nil they amounted to over eight thousand dollars, and tho ones ho himself held brought tho total to ten thousund flvo hundred. Fltzhugh was alono In a private compartment of his broker's otilco on Monday morning when, promptly nt ton, Otis entered. With a brief "Good morning," tho capitalist camo straight to tho jiolnt. "You are with us, Fltzhugh?" "Sit down, OUb. Mako yourself com fortable. Try ono of theso cigars? You'll And them of an excellent fla vor." OUb took a cigar from tho prof fered caso and sat on tho edgo of tho only remaining chair In tho small room, nesting a long hand on his kneo, he tapped Ills wiry lingers Im patiently against his leg. Ho was a llttlo annoyed by Fftzhugh's easy cor diality. Ho never liked to mix good fellowship with business. "Well? You aro coming In with us?" "For nil I am worth." "Good I" Otis sat back a llttlo far ther on his chair and smiled his sat isfaction. "Good for you." "What wo want most of all just now Is cash?" "Yes, nnd lots of It." Fltzhugh took out his check book,, rested It on tho small writing table, "Nol" Artie Jumped Violently. "You Let Mo Have No Such Sum. It's a Falsehood!" dipped a pen In the Ink. "I will give you my check now for two hundred thousand." Otis returned to tho edgo of his chnlr. "Wo must have at least half a million now, nnd perhnps flvo millions altogether. I thought wo went Into all that Saturday night." "So wo did. And I repeat I am with you for all I am worth." Otis removed tho glasses from his aquiline nose, and, twirling them on his finger, looked nt the younger man Inquiringly. "I don't bcllevo I quite understand you," ho said. "Didn't I speak distinctly? I say again I am ready to pool my Interests with yours to tho Inst cent I possess." Ho opened his check book, (Wed In tho date, stopped with pen poised. "Will you take my check for two hun dred thousand?" Whllo Fltzhugh talked a great light had been dawning upon his caller. It now burst upon him effulgently and ho saw tho truth. Ho stood up. "I understand," ho said Icily. "I hardly think there Is need for further words." IIo turned to go. Hut suddenly tho thought of how simply ho had been "taken In" becamo too much even for his half-starved senso of humor. He stopped at tho door. "It was very clovorly done," ho con gratulated. "You are n gifted actor." "Then yon won't accept my check?" "No. This Is no gamo for rabbits to play In." Fltzhugh smiled. "So you think I am a rabbltr Otis deemed the question unworthy an answer, nnd the door closed JeHiid him. CHAPTER IX. Mondny afternoon Fltzhugh rang the doorbell of Artie's apartment. Soon Artlo appeared. "My business," explained Fltzhugh, when tho servant had gone, "has to do with your I O U's which I hold." "Aw, yes. You did let mo have a fow hundreds, I rcnienilmh." "Tho total amount," said Fltzhugh, "Is eleven thousand dollars." "Not" Artlo Jumped violently. "You let mu lmvo no such sum. it's a false hood I" "Don't get excited. I bought In oHl your paper after the game. It totals eleven thousand dollars, Just us I said." Artie sprang to his feet, nnd, light ing a clgnrette, began pacing nerv ously to nnd fro. Tossing the ciga rette aside, he sat down, resting his elbow on his knee, and passed hlf hand shakily across his brow. "I can't do nnythlng for you now," ho muttered, without looking up. "My allowance Is overdrawn and I'm In n hole. You'll have to waif, that's all." "Havq I said I wouldn't?" suggested Fltzhugh. Artie looked up quickly, a sudden glnd hope leaping to his pule eyes. "Then you won't pros me for It?" ho wondered cngerly. "I may not ask you for It at all. I may make you a Christmas present of tho entire batch, If you " "Only command the I I'll do any thing you say." "Tho last three days," continued Fltzhugh, watching the effect of his words, "I'vo had detectives working for me on a rather delicate matter. They wore making n secret Investigation of you nnd your family. I know to a nicety your financial status, your so cial standing, nnd I knew before I camo hero that you were unusually hard up at present. I need a social valet, and I'm willing to give you the Job." "My deah fellow" "I shall want to Join the best clubs Your part Is obvious. You will Intro duco mo to peoplo whom I wish to meet, you will procuro mo the entreo to homes I wish to enter. There will bo other commissions which I shall give you from tlmo to time, nnd as you fulfill them I will return, one by one, your I O U's." Tho effect of tho proposal upon Ar tlo was somowhat singular. He screwed up his mouth In a ludicrous manner and emitted a sound that was a cross between a baby's crow of de light and tho screech of n peacock. "It's excruciating I" ho cried, when ho found his breath. "It'll bo fright ful fun." He sobered suddenly. "Aw I say I Ono teeny-weeny peep at the slips, what?" Fltzhugh showed him tho I 0 U's and ho nodded his head brightly. Then his mirth overcame him a second tlmo and ho went off Into uuother puul of delight. Whllo Fltzhugh snt watching him Id critical silence u servnnt entered and announced several callers. "Ask 'em to toddle right In." Then, turning on Fltzhugu: "I'll try you on my friends what?'' He smiled pret tily. "I suppose I can stand It." Tho four or flvo young men wlio en tered were, for tho most part, of Ar tlo's class. They wero flaccid, listless, seemingly consumed with ennui and a-weary of tho world. They talked languidly of tailors and different makes of motorcars. They expressed lukewarm preferences for a certain brand of cigarette or a particular kind of mixed drink. None had any Indi viduality but all were cut from the 6nino pattern. Some tlmo later, In tho street be low, Fltzhugh paused a moment in tho falling snow and spoke feelingly to himself. "It's enough," said he, "to make a man stop posing." Then he went homo, addressed an onvclopo to Kathleen Otis, slipped therein a one-dollar, bill and after It a card, upon which he wrote : "May you have a Merry Christmas Is tho wish of him who bought tho soap and water." Fltzhugh planned well in making Artlo his "social valet." After that Monday iconferenco In his broker's olllco he had surmised the relations between himself and Otis would thenceforth be unnmlcable. Ills sur- mlsal proved correct when not long afterward he met Otis and his wlfo one Sunday on tho drive. lie doffed his silk hat with a Chcsterflcldlau gesture and was rewarded for his courtliness by being Ignored moro pointedly than If ho had been an ut ter stranger. Clearly after this thero was but ono way for him to see Kathleen, nnd that was by tho aid of Arllu Sparkle. Fltzhugh never required a second at tempt to scalo the citadel of any home, no matter how "exclusive" that homo might be. Ho Immediately be camo "tho sensation" wherever ho went. What with his distinguished appearance, his flashing wit, his skill at repartee, and, above nil else, his gift of adapting himself readily to any rolo and playing it with avidity, his, popularity was of a wondrous growth.' IIo nover lacked an audience, nor did ho ever fall to keep ono hanging on his every word. But Fltzhugh had llttlo tlmo to bo a society pivot. Though ho was be como a lion ho seldom went out to roar. Only when ho belloved ho Bhould boo Hor would ho accept anj of tho Invitations, (TO BB CONTINUED,) All Is fair tn love excopt brunette GIRL PLEADS TO DIE, KILLS HER Youth's Confession Clears .Up Mysterious Murder in Michigan. KISSES HIM GOOD-BY Boy Tells Weird Story of Chance Ac qualntance Pleading for Death and How He Choked Her With Handkerchief. Pontine, Mich. The murder by strangulation of twenty-year-old Vera Schneider, telephone operator, was wolved by a confession of Anson Host, twenty-one years old, of Flint, who under n grilling by Prosecutor Gil lespie admitted thu murder. The confession was a weird affair. Best asserting tho girl, with whom ho said he had struck up an acquaint ance In the street, declared she was1 tired of living anil forced him to strangle her with his handkerchiefs despite his protest. Miss Schneider's body was found on thu porch of a partially constructed hoiisv. There were signs of a severe struggle, but the girl had not been criminally attacked. Here Is the Confession. Following Is 1 text's confession: "Vera Schneider spoke to me and I spoke and we turned right around and she started to talk to me." Best said. "She wanted to go downtown and I got to talking to her, and I told her my name and asked her name and I asked her how she came to speak to a strange fellow. "Shu seemed to be discouraged over something nnd I told her It was no to feeling that way about It, so we walk ed down Saglnnw street and crossed the street and after we crossed tho railroad track, we crossed the street back and went down Auburn .street un til we canio to this house. "Wo stopped on the sidewalk nnd she tllrew both arms around my neck and kissed me and we sat there and talked a little while. "She was discouraged over some thing, but wouldn't wiy what It was; Bho wouldn't tell me, nnd finally she asked me If I would kill tier. She said she wanted to die nnd I told her it was no use feeling that way because other people In the world didn't think that way. "She asked me If I had a handker chief or something, that sho wanted mu to choke her to death. "I kept refusing and finally .she as!? ed me to nnd I took the handkerchief Then She Kind of Kicked. nnd tied tho knot around her neck. It didn't choke her or anything, but Just was tight or lay loose. And I told her that she didn't want to be choked; she didn't want to die. Klssca Him Good-Dy. "She said she did; she wanted mo to do It, and she threw both .arms around my neck nnd kissed me nnd said good-by. She wanted mo to pu" the handkerchiefs tight, and so I tool hold of them and pulled them tight. "She didn't kick any at first at all, then she kind of Kicked Just her feet n little nnd it was only a few minutes nfter that that 1 went across from tho edgo of the porch to the sidewalk and down to the creek nnd washed my hands, nnd an officer stopped me, and I stood around thero until the body was taken down In the ambulanco nnd then I went down and got a sandwich nnd a glass of milk and went on home," Officials discredit tho youth's story. Thoy believe Best sought to overpower the girl, fought with her, and finally placed the knotted handkerchiefs about hor throat. "Kick" In Mule Feed. Cynthhinu, Ky. Though innny brands of liquor hnvo originated In this coun ty It has been dry here recently until three young men sniffed the fumes of a certnln brand of "horso nnd mulo" feed. They boiled 'some, nddlng u llt tlo wnter, nnd then snmplcd It. For four days they know no more. "Blue" Law Is Beaten. Huntington, W. Vn. William Brown, charged with clearing hind on Sunday In vlolatlo of the stato's "hluw" laws, wnB found not guilty. Brown testified that ho was cutting down trees for firewood, and this coming under the head of necessities, he wao freed. SETTLED QUESTION OF HAIR After Experience With Kerosine, Cap tain Hopkins Had Not Any Fur ther Vorry About It. Baldness Is n condition the threat of which will frequently stir men of even the most dormant vanity. Hair tonics have nutted fortunes for their Inventors ami there are countless-remedies of the old housewife, .some of which, such as the application of kero sene, make the writer, at least, feel that thu disease might lie preferable to the cure. The sea captain .loliti D. Whlddcii tells of In his "Ocean Life In the Old Sailing Ship Days," certain ly discovered to his sorrow one of the possible rcMilts of such a "cure." Captain Hopkins was giving a din ner to some of the other .ship captains ami their wives who were In the har bor of Bahla at thu same time with him. As thu cabin of the captain's brig was small, thu table was laid un der awnings on top f the cabin. The guests arrived and disputed about under the awnings to enjoy themselves until dinner was served. Captain Hop kins, who was a general favorite, aft er a few minutes went below, "pre sumably to put a few finishing touches to his appearance." The captain, who was "a small mnn. with a quaint, .seamed, whlskerle.ss face." was trou bled about his thinning hair and, after trying all sorts of tonics, some one hud told him that "kerosene oil, well rubbed In, would cause a healthy growth when everything else had failed." Captain Hopkins tried It and enme to have great faith In It, "go ing around with his head glistening, and an odor distilling from him like a Pennsylvania oil derrick." Down In his cabin, now, lie proceeded to give a fresh application of the kerosene. Suddenly the people on deck were startled by a yell, "and the ne't In tit lint the bead of old Hopkins ap peared above tho compiinlonway. blazing like n giant candle. The ladles screamed, while one or two captains caught up buckets and, dipping up salt water over the brig's side, deluged the captain's bend, extinguishing him In n moment, but leaving him as bald as an egg, although beyond a few blis ters he was not seriously hurt." Cap tain Hopkins, It turned out had light ed a lamp and somehow brought th match 1 contact with his head. Concentration of Wealth. In substantiation of the contention that very much of the nntlonarwealth Is finding Its wny Into n few private bnnds, Congressman Henry T. Rnlney, Ir. the house of congress, mnde the fol lowing statements, based on statis tics of the federal Income tax bu reau : "There aro two men In the United Stntes whoe Income last year was over $10,000,000, There are five men In the United Stntes whose Income last year was over $.",000,000 apiece. In B)14, before the war started, there were 00 men whose anniinl Incomes were over $1,000,000 apiece. Last year there were HIS whns-e Incomes were over $1,000,000 apiece. In 1014 there were 114 men whose Incomes were be tween $."00,000 and $1,000 000 apiece. Lust year there were 40."i men whoo Incomes reached this Immense sum. In 1014 there were 1 17 men whose In comes wero between $I!00,000 and 400.000 apiece. "Today there are 400 men who en joy thnt large Income. In 1014 there were 1110 men whose Incomes exceed ed $2."(),000. and was under $.'!00,000. Now there are .""0 who enjoy that In come. In 11)14 there were 1X men with nn income between $200,000 and $2.r0,000. Now there nre 7."0 men who are enjoying that Income. In 1014 there were 400 men whose In comes exceeded $1."0,000 and was un der $200,000. Now there nre 1,5100 men who enjoy that Income." A Wilderness Establishment. Snm Cook -Is the keeper of n stop ping pi nee nt Rocky Lako on tho innin winter trail In from the l'ns In Manitoba to the Kiln Hon mliiliiK country. He supplies shelter for man and beast but no provender. Horso nnd dot tennis transport their own feed. For the human travelers., the Cook establishment provides dishes wnter nnd lire only, the visitors doing tl elr own cooking. If there Is any food left, the travelers usually leave It for their host." Cook keeps a set of books of a sort nnd these show that since November last 1.000 freight teams, that Is, horse-drawn outfits, and l,r00 dof tenuis have passed his. place, and W.V2 men hmmI his roof as shelter over night. Cook collects 25 cents for each traveler that uses his cooking utensils. He says that business Is looking so good r.s the result of the mining de velopment that he Is going to erect a much luwr stopping place this summer, Including n stable capable of glvhiK shelter to 100 horses. He Came Back. T am employed in an attorney's of flee. One afternoon Tie was leaving for his olf olub and not wantng to mm his train by waiting to lunch, sent mo for some sandwiches, writes a corre spondent. When 1 returned tho switch board operator told mo he had left and apparently forgot the sandwiches. So I nto them. I had Just Ilnlshed eating them when ho returned for his sand wiches. What followed was my most embarrassing moment. Does Anybody Know? "Fishing season Is open now." "Yep, but I'm afraid to think of It." "Why?" "I feel certain that when I start In to get my tackle In shape they'll tell me there's n rcnrclty of Ush hook and Qsh lined.',' A LETTER FORWOMEN From a Woman Whose Serious Ill ness Was Overcome by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Garrett Kan. "I first took Lvdla E. Mnkham'a Vegetablo Compound for a complete ncrvoua breakdown follow ing tho birth of my oldest child. I got up too soon which caused serious fe malo trouble. Ijvna bo weak that I was notnblotoboonmy feet but very littl and could not do mi housework at all. had a bad pain in ml loft aide and ft would pair, terribly if I Btepped off c curb-stone. Ono day ono of your booj lots was thrown in tno yard and 1 read every word in it, Thero were so many who had been helped by your medicine that I wanted to try it and my husband went to town nnd cot mo c bottle. It ceemed ns though 1 felt relief after the second dose, bo I kept on until I had taken flvo bottles and by that timo I was as well ns I could wish. About a year later I gave birth to a ten pound boy, nnd havo had two more children since and my health has been fine. If I ever have troublo of any kind I am ftointj to take your medicine for I givo t nil tho prafao for my prood health. I always recommend your medicine whenever I can." Mrs. EVA E, SHAY, Garnett, Kansas Prayed for Cure Finds it After 10 Years Food Would Sour and Boil Teeth Like Chalk Mr. Herbert M. Gessner writes from hi) home in Berlin, N. II.: I had stomach trouble over ten yearsf kept getting worse. I tried everything foi relief but it came buck worse than cveJ List fall I got awfully bad; could only cat light loaf bread nnd tea. In January itco o bad that what I would eat would Trout1 and boil; my teeth would be like chal'4 I suffered terribly. I prayed every day fo something to cure me. 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