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lil it , , III.I , , , ELDA DAMERON : , an idyl . of the Ohio
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, " . ' I. 1 Valley , a natural but entrancing romance ,
" f' - " " / ' \ , " real as life. This is the truly charming serial
Ij11llr ! i 4 I\ \ : \ which is now resented. . . . .
i1 > ,1 , ! p 5 ; When you read this sterling story you
] ; (1 will be at its brisk fresh tone of
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\ r \ , . . ' . / 1111 . modern town life. The characters are gen
uine flesh and blood men and women. The
heroine is a girl who has seen travel abroad and society at
home. Zelda Dameron is the typical American girl of the
hour. She is something more - a dutiful daughter who
sinks all her own individuality in protecting and elevating a
miserly , and later a speculating father , whom she wins to
the higher life of . true manhood by her noble self-sacrifice
There is a war flavor to this charming story , a college
tinge , .nd Western-Southern characteristics that will fasci-
nate the reader. The hero is a type of the ambitious young
man of the day , -aspiring lawyer , chivalrous and honor-
able in his dealings with all mankind.
This story is a series of vivid life pictures. You will ,
find no unnatural coloring to its settings , no actors in the i
rapid life drama that you will not recognize as strikingly I
natural. '
"Zelda Dameron" is sure to meet your approbation as
a bright , wholesome story .to-day , full of sparkling in
cident and a coherent progressive plot that will interest all
readers.
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CHAPTER I.
"She's like Margaret : ; she's really
one of us , " remarked Mrs. : Forrest to
her brother. "She carries herself as
Margaret did in her girlhood , and she's
dark , as we all are. "
"I hope she's escaped the Dameron
traits : they're unattractive , " said Rod
ney Merriam.
Mrs. Forrest and Zelda Dameron , her
piece , who were just home from a five
years' : absence abroad , had , so to speak ,
stepped directly from the train into
Mrs. Carr's drawing-room. The place
was full of women , old and young ,
and their animated talk blended.
Mrs. Carr was forcing the season a
trifle-it was near the end of Septem-
ber-but the dean of a famous college
for women had come to town unex-
pectedly , and it was not Mrs. Carr's
way to let heat or cold interfere with
her social inclinations. Mrs. Forrest
and her brother had ceased talking to
watch their niece. The girl's profile
was turned to them , and the old gen-
tleman noted the good points of her
face and figure. She was talking to
several other girls , and it seemed to
him that they showed her a deference.
Zelda turned from her companions
suddenly. She crossed swiftly to her
uncle with a happy exclamation :
"This is indeed an occasion ! Be-
hold my long-lost uncle ! " She seized
his hands eagerly.
"And you are Zelda-our little Zee ! "
"Quite that ! We must be acquaint-
ed ! Perhaps we 'shall be friends , who
knows ? Aunt Julia promised to ar-
ange it-and I'm not used to being
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disappointed. "
Zelda was a name that had been '
adopted in the Merriam : family long
ago. A great many people had never
known that old Roger Merriam's
wife's name was Zelda , so generally
was Zee applied to her even in her
old age. Margaret Dameron's child
had been called Little Zee while her
grandmother lived , and until her aunt
had taken her away ; and now , on her
reappearance in Mariona , she was quite ' '
naturally spoken of at Zee Damron.
There was a wistfulness in the girl's
eyes that touched Rodney Merriam by
the suggestion of her dead mother , the
sister that had been the pride of the
Merriams. Mrs. Forrest watched her
brother curiously. She had speculat-
ed much about this meeting. Rodney
Merriam was away from home a great I
deal. He had reached Mariona : at noon I
from a trip into Canada , and had gone
to Mrs. Carr's in pursuit of his sister.
Mrs. Forrest understood perfectly that
her brother had come to Mrs. Carr's
tea chiefly that he might casually , and
without apparent interest. inspect his
niece. Rodney Merriam was wary of
entanglements with his relatives. He
and Mrs. Forrest were , it was said in
Mariona , the only Merriams who could
safely be asked to the same table , or
who * were not likely to cause embar-
rassment if they met anywhere. He
had not spoken to Ezra Dameron , Zel-
da's father'for ten years , and the name
Dameron was an offense in his nos-
trils ; but the girl was clearly a Mer
riam ; she was the child of his favor-
ite sister , and he hoped it would be
possible to like her.
"Yes we shall be friends-much
more than friends , " he said , kindly.
"You must come and see me ; Aunt
Julia has graduated me , and I'm back :
on my native heath to stay. "
"Come and tell me what you have
learned in distant lands-and I'll tell
you what to forget ! Here's Morris
Leighton ; I want you to know him ,
Zee , " said Rodney Merriam.
Mcrriam moved away through the
crowd , followed by his sister.
"You know Uncle Rodney very well ,
don't you ? " said Zelda to Leighton.
"He was always my : hero. When I was
a little girl I used to sit on a trunk
in his q . rr ( ' t and watch him fence with
a G , vriau fencing master. It was
great fun. .
"I sometimes fence with Mr. Mer-
riam myself. I assure you that his
hand and ' eye have not lost their cun-
ning" .
alorrls ! Leighton's social adventures
had not lacked variety. He knew a
good deal about girls , ' and Vr'hile a
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young man is still under 30 the'delu-
sion serves all the purposes of actual
knowledge. Rodney Merriam had often
spoken to Leighton of Zelda Damer-
on's home-coming.
Zelda Dameron's return to Mariona :
was more of an event than she herself
understood. The Merriams were an :
interesting family ; they were , indeed ,
one of the first families. There were
Merriams about whom people laughed
cynically ; but Mrs. Forrest did not be-
long to this faction , nor did Rodney
Merriam , of whom most people stood
in awe. There had been much specu-
lation , in advance of Zelda's coming ,
as to her probable course when she
should return to Mariona : with her
aunt. Many had predicted that she
would not go to live with her father-
that Mrs. Forrest and Rodney Mer
riam would save her from that ; but
Zelda was already domiciled in her
father's house.
Mrs. Forrest led her brother to an
alcove of Mrs. Carr's library , and sent
him to bring a cup of tea to her there.
She was afraid to wait for a better
opportunity ; she must take advantage
of his first impression at once. He
brought what was offered at the buffet
in the dining-room , and gave her his
serious attention.
"This isn't quite the place I should
have chosen for a reunion after three
years , " he began : "Where was it I
saw you last ? Geneva ? I believe it
was. The girl is very handsome. I
suppose you found your house in good
order. And Zee went with you with-
out any trouble. That's as it should
be. "
"But , Rodney , she isn't with me !
She has gone to her father ; she
wouldn't have it any other way. "
"Oh ! I'll fix that , I'll get her away
from him. Now that you've given her
to him , I suppose ; I'll have to take a
hand , " said Merriam , with frank dis
pleasure. "I'll have to renew my ac-
quaintance with that blackguard. I
really suppose I'll have to call on him ,
or I might meet him accidentally , in
the street , or at the bank. I might
make a study of his habits and then lie
in wait. I should like to give an acci-
dental air to the meeting , to save my
self-respect as far as possible. "
"I suppose I might give a reconcilia-
tion dinner , " she said. "We might as
well go into it deep while we are about
it. "
I Merriam shrugged his , shoulders.
'Don't push too fast. I don't remember
Ezra as a good dinner man. "
"I'll take you home if you're ready , "
said Mrs. Forrest , when , after some
further talk , they returned to the
drawing-room. "Zelda's father is com-
ing for her. "
"Thanks ; but I'm going to walk
down with Leighton , if I can find him. "
It was nearly 6 o'clock , and a pro-
cession of women was coming down
the stairs to Mrs. Carr's front door ,
as Rodney Merriam and Morris Leigh-
ton left the house with Mrs. Forrest
and Zelda. The waiting carriages made
a long line in the street.
"How gay it looks ! The old town
really has a matropolitan air at last.
A tea-with men present-it's almost
beyond belief ! "
"The town's not so bad , Julia ; and
it's a nice comfortable place for one's
old age. You'd better get reconciled. "
Mrs. Forrest's carriage had drawn
up to the curb and Leighton shut her
into it.
"Be sure to come to my house to-
morrow , Zee , " she called to the girl.
"Miss Dameron's carriage ! "
A shabby vehicle emerged from the
line and came forward. Zelda and
Leighton were talking animatedly ; and
Merriam watched the approaching
carriage with interest , standing back
from the curb. It was a box-like ,
closed carriage of an old pattern ,
drawn by one horse , with the driver
mounted on a low seat in front. , Leigh-
ton opened the door.
"Shall I say home ? " Morris asked ,
as the girl gathered up her skirts and
stepped in.
"You needn't trouble yourself , " said
the driver , sharply. He was muffled in
a heavy coat , though the air T-ras
warm , and as the carriage door closed ,
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drove rapidly away.
"Sorry I made a mistake , " said
Leighton ; to Merriam , as they turned
toward the city.
"It was her father , " said Merriam
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. CHAPTER II.
"The cost of living is high , very
high. "
"Yes , father ; I know that things
cost , of course. "
"I have lived on very little while you
were away , Zee. With one servant it's
possible to keep down expenses. Ser-
vants are ruinous. And I'm notf rich ,
Zee , like your Aunt Julia and Uncle
Rodney. "
"I want to do just what you would
have me do , in everything. It was
kind and generous of you to let me
stay away so long. I know my ex
penses abroad must have been a great
tax on you. "
Ezra Dameron looked quickly at his
daughter.
"Yes , to be sure , Zee , to be sure.
Mariona is a simple place and your
sojourn .abroad has hardly fitted you
for our homely ways. You'll find that
things are done very differently here.
But of course you will accommodate
yourself to the conditions' . And you'll
find the house quite comfortable. It's
a little old-fashioned , but it was your
grandfather's , and it rarely happens
nowadays that a girl lives in the same
house her mother was born in. Of
course any little changes that you
want to make will be all right ; but
you must practice economy. "
They were studying each other with
a shrewd sophistication on the fath-
er's side ; with anxious wonder on the
part of the girl. She knew little of her
father. Even the memory of her moth-
er had grown indistinct. The thing
that had always impressed her about
her father was his seeming age ; she
remembered him from her childhood
I as an old man , who came and went
on errands which had seemed unrelat-
ed to' her own life. The house had
stood in a large tract when Zelda went
away , but this had shrunk gradually I
as Ezra Dameron divided the original
Merriam acres and sold off the lots.
The front of the homestead was now
only a few feet from the new cement
walk on what was called Merriam
street , in honor of Zelda's grandfath-
er. Sun and wind had peeled the paint
from the brick walls and the green of
the blinds had . faded to a dull nonde-
script.
"Your aunt probably told you some-
thing of your business affairs-of the
trusteeship , " he said.
"Oh , no ! Aunt Julia never discuss-
ed it ; but I remember that she told
me once I had some property. I knew
nothing more-except that there is A
trusteeship-whatever that is ! " And
she laughed.
"Yes ; it was a very wise idea of
your mother's in providing for you.
She always maintained her separate
estate. She inherited some property
from her father. I never touched your
mother's property all ; never a cent , "
the old man went on. He did not know
what Mrs. , Forrest might have told
Zelda. He was dropping down his
plummet to measure her ignorance'
ZQlda knew nothing ; and she cared
very little. Her wants had always
J."L any trouble
on her part. Mrs. Forrest indulged
herself , and she had indulged Zelda.
Ezra Dameron was wondering just
what Rodney Merriam and Mrs. For-
rest would expect him to do for the
girl. His position as her father had
been anomalous ever since his wife
died , ten years ago. The Merriams
had taken his daughter away from him
at once and Chen they had sent her
out of the country , and now that they
had brought her back he'as not
without curiosity as to what their at
titude toward him would be.
"The trusteeship will not be termi-
nated for a year-on your 21st birth-
day , unless you should marry before
the end of that time. This is always
an emergency to look forward toy ; but
I trust you will be in no hurry to leav "
me. "
Zelda laughed abruptly.
"It's funny. isn't it-the getting
married. I honestly hadn't thought of
it before. I don't know any yoifng
men. We didn't meet any men abroad
except very old ones. Aunt Julia was
afraid the young men weren't respect-
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"There's nothing like being careful
where young men are concerned. There
are many bad ones about these days.
The temptations of modern life are in- I
creasing fast. A young girl can have
no idea of them. "
( To be continued. )
Methodical Fishing1.
"Jim" McDermit , the lawyer , has a
great fund of "darky" dialect stories.
The one he most delights to tell fol
lows : J
"A traveling salesman in a southern J
town came to a small pond. An old i. j
negro was lolling contentedly in the j <
sun with fishing rod in hand. The ,
salesman paused and watched the fish-
ing. After watching for half an hour
without , seeing the least sign of a
bite he asked how the fish were bit-
ing. he fisher looked surprised. a
" 'Why , boss , ' he exclaimed , 'dere i E
ain't no fish in dis yere pond. Dere 11
never was a fish in it. '
' "Well , what do you fish here for ? '
the salesman wanted to know.
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I ain't got no time to chop wood fer (
de fire , ' the negro answered. " - New
ark Star.
Medical : Understudy. j
'Dr. ' Allwise , have you decided
whether or not Mr. Speckham has ap-
pendicitis ? You said you were going
to read up on the case. I
Dr. Allwise-Glad you ; reminded me
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of that. Hand me that last Brad-
street's. Exchange.
His Whole Husine.ss.
Tar water as a remedy many years t
ago in England became the universal
nostrum. Horace Walpole tells that
a man went into a chemist's shop and , : :
asked , "Do you sell tar water ? " "Tar
water ! " replied the apothecary. "Why ,
I sell nothing else. "
Good sense is not a merely intellec t
tual attribute " ; it is rather the result a
of a just equilibrium of all our facul a
ties.-Bulwer Lytton , . 1 I
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In the Senate Thursday the Cum
mins amendment to the railroad bill
requiring the approval of the inter
state commerce commission to all in
r before they
creases in railroad rates
take effect , was under consideration
throughout the day , but no vote was
reached. Mr. Cummins occupied the
floor during the entire session. The
regular Republicans ancl Democrats
failed to rsr.cii : : r.n : - : - : ? = ? ! lt , Ca. n'
paign spcc . . . h.o : iccupibJ the Hou . :
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while stn : : ry civil appropriation bill
theoretically v/as under consideration
There was a strenuous debate on for
estry , resulting : in sending back foi
further conference a Senate amend
ment to the agricultural appropriation
bill , giving the States : : : 35 per cent in.
stead of 25 per cent of the gross re
ceipts from forestry administration
The remainder of the conference reporl
was agreed to.
Whether there shall be authorized
by the present Ccnress two or onlj
one battleship was the subject of a
long discussion in the Senate Friday
while the naval appropriation bill was
under consideration. ' The principal
speakers were Senators Clay : , Hale
Gallinger. and Burton. It was brought
out that the revenues of the presenl
fiscal year probably would not equal ]
the expenditures and that there would
be an increased deficit. The tariff
ship subsidy , a lively disputation b&
tween Messrs. Ames of Massachusetts ,
and Payne of New York , both Repub'
licans , over Canadian tariff relations ,
and an arrignment of some of his R&
publican colleagues by Mr. Fish ol
New York , occupied Friday's session
of the House. Messrs. McKinlay : ol
California and Dickema of Michigan
Republicans , advocated the proposed
$250,000 appropriation for enlarging
the scope of the tariff board's ascer
tainment of tariff information.
In the Senate Saturday eulogies wer
delivered on the lives of the late Rep
resentatives Cushman of WashingtoE :
and DeArmond of Missouri. : No othei
business was transacted. Party issue
held the attention of the House whilE
the proposed appropriation of $250,00 (
in the sundry civil bill to enable Presi
dent Taft's Tariff board to "collect in
formation for him was pending thedret
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ically.
By the action of the Senate Mondaj
the construction of two new battlE
ships for the navy was assured. Sen
ator Burton's amendment to the naval
appropriation bill to limit the author
zation to one ship of the Dreadnoughl
type instead of two , as authorized 03
the House , was defeated , 26 to 39. ThE
bill then was passed. It carries ap
propriations aggregating $134,000,000
In the House the proposed appropria
tion . of $250,000 ! , as recommended bj
the President , was stricken from the
bill on a point of order made by Mr. :
Fitzgerald of New York and decided
by Representative Mann of Illinois
who was in the chair. In order to ac .
complish practically the same purpose
in a different way , Chairman Tawne3 ;
of the appropriations committee offer
ed an amendment appropriating the
same amount of money , but leaving
out all reference to the tariff board
He hoped in this manner to bring the
amendment within the House rules
Mr. Fitzgerald , however , made a point
of order against the new provision
and this was pending when the House
adjourned.
The Cummins amedment : to the rail
road bill prohibiting the putting intc
effect of increases in railroad rate
until they shall have been approved
by the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion was before the ' Senate Tuesday
Arguments in favor of the amendment
were made by Senators Cummins
Borah and Dolliver. Senator Martir
suggested an amendment to the Cum
mins provision requiring the commis
sion to pass upon all increases within
six mouths after their filing. In the
House an amendment to the sundry
livil bill was adopted by a strict party
srote \ of 110 to 8'3. appropriating $250-
)00 ) to enable the President to obtain
such prices relating to production here
or abroad as would be necessary foi
in enforcement of the tariff law. By
i vote of 84 to 105 the House : rejected
in amendment reducing this allowanc
to ; $75,000.
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niTERES'l.HjG 'TEWS ITEMS.
The TIe , ' . Alexander McLaren : : , the
aoted Manchester ( England ) preacher ,
lied at Edinburgh.
Advices received in Washington
'rom Cork indicate that on April 22
,250 : ; members of the Irish home-going
novement landed ot Queenstown.
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The American Telephone ! and Tele-
jraph Company has decided to con-
struct an underground trunk telephone
ine connecting the big Atlantic coast
ities : from Boston to "Washington. Tc
'act , preliminary work has already be-
jun.
Edgar S. Cooke of Chicago was in-
iicted ! at Cincinnati again in conneor
ion with the Warriner case. Embez-
ilement : of $ ° - 4OOO from the Dig Fou
Railroad is charged.
After being lost sight of since Ma.ro !
:3 , 1907 , A. K. Detweiler : , former presl
lent of the Home Telephone ! Comp.n .
of San Francisco , wanted on a briber : ;
iharge : , surrendered.
Harry T. Clinton of the Chicago : : Mn : :
or Club has been in Y/ashington :
. large petition" asking Congress : to en ,
ict an automobile law. for r"'jubtol' . r : ;
dentification and registration. I
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best guard in the world against intem
perance , dissinah'r.n and vice.
IT WEARS YOU OUT.
Kltlney Troubles LOTTCF the Vitality
of the Whole Body.
Don't wait for serious illness ; begin
using Doan's Kidney Pills when you
first feel backache or notice urinary
disorders.
p'- ' Picture David P. Corey , 236
TeI1sR Washington St. ,
: ; ; scary Ionia , Mich. , says : " 1
-
t , had kidney trouble
9 so badly that for six
: - , - months I could only
. -1' , get around with a
.t. cane or crutches. The
backache grew grad
1 > ually worse until I
= = was compelled to take
; x +
" to my bed. While
. still in bed I began
using Doan's Kidney Pills and grad.
ually improved until well. " . . "
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Remember the name-Doan's. For
sale by all dealers. 50 cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co. . Buffalo N. Y. . . .
The Australian Stock Whip.
The stock whip in the skillful hands
of the Australian is not only an article
of the greatest .utility . , but also a for-
midable weapon. Owing to its great
length the lash varies from twelve to
thirty feet Land the shortness of the
butt , which measures only eighteen
inches , it is an extremely difficult and
awkward thing to wield , and the be-
ginner is apt to hurt himself if he does
not exercise care when practicing. A
well trained stockman , however , can
hit a cent every time at ten paces dis-
tance and with the dreaded lash in his , Y
hand , cracking like : pistol shots , can '
keep a mob of wild animals in check. / /
If used with full force it will cut /
through skin and flesh like a knife ,
says the Wide World Magazine : , but
unless a beast shows distinct vice the
stockman uses it more for the purpose
of instilling fear than of causing pain.
It can also be used as a bQlas , a Pata-
gonian form of lasso , and an adept
can catch and hold a beast by causing
the lash to curl around its legs.
Lie.f.sou from The I' nut.
"Socrates , " asked Plato , "to spring
an old one on you , how do you recon-
cile the doctrine of foreordination with
the doctrine that man is a free moial
agent ? "
.
"We needn't bother our heads about
that , " answered Socrates. ' 'One of these
days : some 7-year-old prodigy will come
along and tell us all about It. "
For even the old Greek philosopher
had a premonition that we were going
. .
to have some fearfully smart boys IP J
, , . . . . . . . .
America i" + * ' > n tit"v- : " f- " "ntury
HARD ON CHH-DBEF
When Teacher Ha Coffee Habit.
"Best is best , and best will ever
live. " When a person feels this way
about Postum they are glad to give ; ; r - -
testimony for the benefit of others.
A school teacher down in Miss. :
. .
says : "I had been a coffee drinker
since my childhood and the last few
years it had injured me seriously.
"One cup of coffee taken at break-
fast would cause me to become so ner-
vous that I could scarcely go through
with the day's duties , and this ner-
vousness was often accompanied by
deep depression of spirits and heart
palpitation.
"I am a teacher by profession , and
when under the influence of coffee had
to struggle against crossness when in
the school room.
"When talking this over with my
physician , he suggested that I try
Postum , so I purchased a package and
made it carefully according to direc-
tions ; found it excellent of flavor and
nourishing.
"In a short time
T noticed
very
gratifying effects. My : : nervousness
disappeared , I was not irritated by
my pupils , life seemed full of sun.
shine , and my heart troubled me no
longer.
"I attribute my change in health
and spirits to Postum alone. "
Read the little book , "The Road to
Wellville , " in pkgs. "There's .
, a Rea-
"
son.
Ever read the above letter ? A
new one appears from time to time.
They are . genuine , true , and full . of l !
human interest.
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