THE OMAHA DAILY HE 13 : hXIAY , MAY 2 , 1807. It
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THREE PARTNERS : h
Oil ,
The Big on Heavy Mill.
v IMIT HAUTE.
( fopyrlKlit , 1S97 , by llrct Hnrte )
"And when It dots corno j-ou'll tee me nnJ
, I'.ddy Jitnt wnltrln' In nnd takln' the chief
[ Keats In the synagogue , And you'll have a
jfrco p ss lo the show. "
Ulthcr ho WBS too Intoxicated with his
engeful vision or tlio shadows of the room
thai deepened , but ho did not see the quick
| flu h that had rl cn to his wife's face with
'thl * allusion to Barker , nor tlio after scttllni ;
ot her handsome fcaturcn Into n doggeJ do-
tcirrilnatlon exjual lo his own. Ills blind
fury aR.iiit ) ! the three partners did not touch
her curiosity ; she wns only struck with the
evident depth of hln emotion. He had never
boon a biaggart ; bU hostility had always
been In/y nnd cynical. Ilemcmbcrlng this ,
she Imd a faint stirring of respect for the
undoubted courage nnd consciousness of
strength shown In this wild but single-
handed crusade ngalnct wealth and power ,
rather , perhaps , It scorned to her to condone
her owir'wenknb'B In her youthful and In
explicable passion for him. No wonder she
had submlttid.
"Then you have nothing more to tell me ! "
she said , after a pause , lining and going to
ward the mantel
"You needn't light up for me , " he re
turned rising nlso " 1 am going. Un-
lo s , " ho added , with his coarse laugh , "you
think It wouliln t look well for Mrs Horn-
csntlo to have been sitting In the dark with
a stranger" Ho jnuscd ns she con
temptuously put down the candlestick ntul
thiow the unlit mitch Into the t'rate No
I've nothing moreto tell He's a fancj-
looklng pilp You'd take him for 21 , though
lies onlj IB clcan-llmbcd and perfect but
for one thlhK " lie otopped He mot her
quick look of Interrogation , however , with
a lo.vcrlni ; silence thnt , nevertheless
changed again as ho survcjcd her ercr-t
figure by the faint light of the window with
a sardonlt1 smile "Ho favors jou , I thlnl , ,
nnd in nil but one thing , too "
"And that ? " she tiuerlcd , ns he seemed to
hesitate.
"Ho ain't ashamed of me , " ho returned ,
with a laugh
The door closed behind him , she heard his
heavy step descend the creaking stairs ; he
vvns gone She went to the window nnd
threw It open , ns If to get rid ot the ntinos-
phcro chnrgcd with his presence a presence
still so potent that she now knew that for
the IPht flvp minutes she had been , to her
horror , struggling against Its magnetism
She oven recoiled now at the thought of her
child , as If , In these now confidences over It ,
It had revived the old Intimacy In this link
of theli common flesh. She looked down
from her Window on the square Bhouldcts ,
thick throat nnd crisp matted hnlr of her
himbnnd ns he vanished In the dnrkness and
drew a breath of frtedom a freedom not so
much from him ns from her own wcnkncs.s
that he was beirlng away with him Into the
cxonciatlng night.
She hhut the window and sank down In
her chili again , but In the encompassing
nnd compassionate obscurity of the room
And this was the man she had loved and for
whom she hnd wrecked hci joung life ! Or
was It love ? and If not , how was she better
than he ? Worse , for ho was more loyal to
that pnnslon that had brought them together
and Its responsibilities than she wab. She
had suffered the perils and pangs of mater
nity , and jet had only the mere animal
j earning for hci offspilng , whllo ho had
taken over tho.toll and duty nnd even the
devotion of parentage himself. But then
she remembered nlso how ho had fascinated
her a simple schoolgirl by his sheer dom
ineering strength , nnd how the objections
of her parents to this coart-o niul common
man had forced her Into a clandestine Inti
macy that ended In her complete subjection
to him. She remembered the birth of an
infant whoso concealment from her parents
nnd friends was compassed by his low cun
ning ; she remembered the late atonement
ot marriage proffered by the man she had
already begun to loathe and fear , and whom
bho now believed was eager only for her
Inheritance. She remembered her abject
compliance thiough the greater fear of the
world , of the stormy scenes that followed
their Ill-omened union , of her final aban
donment ot her husband , and the effoits of
her friends nnd family who hnd rescued the
last of her property from him.
Sbo wns glad she remembered It ; she
dwelt upon It , upon his cruelty , his coarse
ness ami vulgnrllv , until she saw , ns she
honestly believed , the hidden springs of his
affection for their child. It was his child
In nature , however It might have- favored
her In looks ; It wns his own brutnl self he
wns worshiping In bin brutnl progeny. How
else could It have Ignored her 1(8 ( own
mother ? She never doubted the truth of
what he had told her eho bad seen It In
his own triumphant eyes And yet she
would hnvo mnde a kind mother , she remem
bered with a smllo and a slight rising of
color the affection of Buikcr's baby for her ;
bho remembered with n deepening of that
color the thrill of satisfaction she had felt
In her husband's fulmlnatlons against Mrs.
Bnrker , and moio than nil , she felt In his
blind ami foolish hatred of Barker himself
B delicious condonation of the strange feel-
Sill : RAN TO THIS WINDOW.
Ing that hnd sprung up In her heart foi
Ilatkci'H simple , straightforward nature. How
could hu uiuk'ttitand , how could they under
stand ( by the plural bhe meant Mrs Bnrkei
unit HoincHstle ) u character so Innately noMe
1
Mo ? In 'her strange attraction toward bin
shu bad felt u charming sem > e of what slu
believed was a superior and evrn matron ! )
pioUctlon ; In thu utter Isolation of her lift
now and with hei husband's foolish abum
of him ringing- her ears It seemed n ha <
tred duty She had lost a son Providence
had Bent her un Ideal friend to replace him
lAnd tills wan quite cotmlstent , too , with i
faint Hinllo that began to piny about hei
jnoutli aa she recalled Baikor's dcllghtfu
and irresistible youthfulnesti
There was thu clatter of hoofs and tin
eound of mnnj voices from the ktreet Mrs
H omen k tic m-w It wau thu "down coach'
changing l.t it twould be oil again li
H fovv monuiiv t ml , no doubt , bearing he
hubband uwii ) with It. , \ new feeling o
relief ( Muuci ovei her as she at last lu'ur
the warning , "All aboard ! " and the greu
\ehlclo clattered and rolled Into the dark
lu'ss , trailing Its burning lights across he
\ > Ma and evl'lupw ' But now she heard utc | >
on the. Et'l' < a pause before her room
a vvhUptr ei ITU , the opening of the door
the matin of a bklrt , and a little femlnliu
cry of protest as a man apparently trlei
to fallow the figure Into the room "No , no
I tell jou no , " remonstrated the woman' ,
voice In a hmrled whisper. "It won't da
Everybody known me here. You must no
come In now. You must wait to bo an
nounced by the servant. Huih. Gal"
There was a slight struggle , the soum
of a kls , and the woman uweeded in fin
ally shutting the door. Then oho walkoi
slowly , but with a certain familiarity , tow an
the mantel , utruck a match and lit the can
die. The light ehonu upon the bright eye ;
and cllghtly flushed fact of Mra. Barker
But the motionless woman In tne cnair had
recognized her voice nnd thl voice ol her
companion at once And then their ejei
met.
met.Mrs. . Barker drew back , but did not utter
n crjMrs Horncastlc , with eyes even
brighter than her companion's , mulled The
red auditorily returned to Mrs. Barker' ?
cheek
"This Is my room , " she said Indignantly
with a sweeping gesture around the walls
"I should Judge so , " said Mrs Horncastle
following the gesture , "but , " she nddcil
quietly , "they put me Into it. It appeata ,
however , they did not expect jou"
Mrs. Darker saw her mistake "No , no , "
she Paid apologetlcallj- course not. " Then
she ntliled , with nervous volubility , sitting
down and tugging at her glovro "You see
I Just ran down from Marysvlllo to tnke n
look nt my father's old house on my way
to Hymottug. I hope I haven't disturbed
you. Perhaps , " she eald with sudden eager-
ne'ss , "you were nslcep when I camp In "
"No , " said Mrs Iornca ! tlc , "I was noi
sleeping nor dreaming. I heard jou conic
In "
"Somo of thc p men are sue1 ! Idiots , " snlJ
Mrs Barker , with a half hjBtorlcal laugh
"They seem to think If a woman accepts the
least courtesy from them they've a right to
be familiar But I fancy that fellow wan a
little astonished when I aluit the door in
his face. "
"I fancy ho was , " returned Mrs. Hoincas-
tin drjly "But I shouldn't cill Mr. Van
I-oo an idiot He has the reputation ol
being n cautious business man "
Mrb Barker hit her lip Hei companion
hnd been recognized. She ro'p with n slight
flirt of her"skirt. "I suppose I must go nnd
get a room , there was nobody In the olllec
when I camo. Cverjthing l bndlj mamged
hpro since my father took away the best
servants to Hjmcttus " She moved with af
fected carelessness toward the door , when
Mrs Ilnrncastlc , without rising from her
sint said :
"Why not stay here ? "
Mrs. Barker brightened for a moment
" " she said with "I
"Oh , , tollto deprecation ,
couldn't think of turning jou out. "
"I don't Intend jou shall , " said Mrs. Horn
castle "Wo will stay hero together until
jou go with me to Hjmettus or until Mr
Van Lee leaves the hotel He will hardly
attempt to come In hero again If I remain. "
Mrs Barker , with n half laugh , bat down
Irrcsolutclj' . Mrs. Horncastle gaed at her
curiously. She was evidently a novice In
this soil of thing. But , strange to saj and
I leave the ethics ot this for the scto settle
tlo the fact did not soften Mrs. Horncas-
tln's heart , nor In the least qualify her at
titude toward the jounger woman. Aftei
an awkward pause Mrs Barker rose again
'Well , It's verj good of jou , and and J'll
Just run out nnd vva h my handc and get
tlio dust off mo nnd come back. "
"No , Mis Barker , " said Mrs Horncastle
rising and approaching her , "vou will first
wash vour hands of this. . Mr. Van Lee , and
get some of the dust of the rendezvous off
jou before jou do anjthlng else You cm
do It by simply telling him , should jou
inert him In the hall , that 1 was sitting here
when ho camp in and heard cverjthing
IH-pend upon it , hu won't trouble jou again '
But Mrs Barker , though Inexperienced In
love , wns a good flghtoi. The best of the
sex are She dropped into the locking chair ,
and began rocking backward and forward
whllo still tugging at her gloves , and said ,
In a gradually warming voice1 "I certainly
shall not magnify Mr. Van Loo's sllllnesn
to that Importance And I have yet to learn
what you mean by talking about a rendez
vous. And I want to know , " she continued ,
suddenly stopping her rocking and tilting
the rockers Impertinently behind her , as ,
with her elbows squired on the chair arms ,
she tilted her own face deflantlj up Into Mrs
Horncastlo's. "how a woman In jour posi
tion who don't live with her husband
daies to talk to me"
Thcro was a lull before the storm Mrs
Horncastlo approached nearer , and , laying
her hand on the back of the chair , leaned
over her , and , with a mhlte face , and a me
tallic ling In her voice , said : "It Is just
because I am a woman : in my position that
I do ! It Ib because I don't live with mj
husband that I can tell jou what It will be
when you no longer live with jours which
will bo the Inevitable result of what vou are
now doing It Is because I was in this po
sition that the very man who is pursuing
you because he thinks you are discontented
with your husband once thought ho could
pursue me because I had left mine. You
are here with him alone , without the knowl
edge of your husband ; call It folly , caprice ,
vanltj' , or what you like , It can have but
one end to put you In my place at last , to
be considered the fair game afterward for
any man who may succeed him You cin
test him and thu truth of what I say by tell
ing him now thnt I heard all. "
"Suppose he doesn't care what jou have
heard ? " said Mrs Barker sharply. "Suppose
lie sajs nobody would believe jou. If 'tell
ing' is your game. Suppose he Is a friend
of my husband and he thinks him a much
better guardian of my reputation than n
woman like jou Suppose he should bo the
tlrst one to tell my husband of the foul
slander Invented by you ? "
Tor an Instant Mis. Horncastlo was taken
aback by the audacity of the woman before
her. She knew the simple confidence and
boyish trust of Barker In his wife , In splto
of their sometimes strained relations , and
she knew how difficult It would bo to shako
It. And she had no Idea of betraying Mrs.
Barker's secret to him , though she had made
thla scene In his Interest. She had wished
to save Mrs. Barker from a compromising
situation , even If there was a certain vln-
dlctlvpness In her exposing her to herself.
Yet she knew It was quite possible now , If
Mrs Barker had Immediate access to her
husband , that she would convince him of
her peacefill Innocence. Nevertheless , she
hnd still great confidence In Van Loo's fear
of scandal and his utter unmanllncss She
know ho was not In lave with Mis , Barker ,
and this puzzled her when she considered
thn evident risk ho was running now. Her
face , however , betrayed nothing. She drew
back from Mrs. Barker and with an Indif
ferent nnd giaccful gpbturo toward the door ,
said , as she le-aned against the mantel , "Go.
then , nnd see this much-abueed gentleman ,
and then go together with him and make
peace with your husband even on those
terms. If I have saved you from the con
sequences of your folly I shall be willing to
bear oven hU blame "
, "Wlmtover I do , " said airs. Barker , rising
hotly , "I shall not stay here any longer tc
j bt > Insulted " She. flounced out of the room
and swept down the staircase Into the olfice ,
Hero she found an overworked clerk , and
with crimson cheeks nnd flashing eyes ,
wanted to know whv In her own father's
hotel she bad found her own sitting room
engaged , nnd had been obliged to wait hall
in hour before she could bo shown Into a
decent apartment to remove hci lint anil
clemk , and how It wan that even the gentle
man who had kindly cucorted her had evi
dently been unable to procure her any as
sistance She she raid this In a somewhat
high voice , which might have reached the
cars of that gentleman bad he been In the
vicinity But ho wan not , and she was
forced to meet the somewhat daze ! apologlrt
of the clerk alone , ami to accompany the
chambermaid to a room only a few paces
distant from the one ho had quitted Here
she Imstlly removed her outer duster and
bat , and washed b-11 ham's and consulted
her excited face l > il'c mirror , with tin
door ajar and an car sensitively attuned tc
any step In the eorrldor < But all this wac
effected so rapidly that feho was at last
obliged to t.t | down In a chair near the halt-
opened door and wait. She waited five
minutes ten but still no footstep. Then
she. went out into the corridor and listened
and then , smoothing her face , the slipped
downstairs , past the door of that hateful
room , and reappeared before the clerk with u
smiling but somewhat palo and languid face. .
She had found the roam very comfoitable ,
but It wan doubtful whether eht > would rtay
over night or go on to Hjmettus HaO
anybody been Inquiring for her , She ex
pected to uicet friends. No ? And hei
e cert the gentleman who came with her--
WAX possibly In the billiard room or the
bar ? "
"O , no. He was gone , " said the clerk ,
"Gone , " echoed Mrs. Barker. "Impos
sible He wns he wna here only a moment
"
ngo
The clerk rang a bsll sharply. The stable
man appeared
"Tint tall , e-moth-faced man , In n high
hat , who came with the lady , " said th
clerk severely and concisely , "didn't jou tell
mo lie wis gone ? "
"Yes , sir , " sold the stableman.
"Aro jou sure ? " Interrupted Mrs Barker ,
with n darzllng smile that , however , masked
a sud.lcit tightening round her heart.
"Quite sure , miss , " said the stableman
"for ho wns In the jard when Steptoe came
after missing the coach He wanted a bURgy
to take him over the divide We hadn't
one , so he went over to the other stables ,
and he didn't come back , so 1 reckon he's
gone I remember It because Steptoe came
by a minute after he'd gone In another
buggy nnd , ns he was going to the divide ,
lee , I wondered why the gentleman hadn't
gone with him "
"And he loft no mca'ago for mo ? He
said nothing1' " asked .Mrs Barker , qulto
breatlilchs , but still smiling
"Ho snld nothing ; to me but 'Isn't that ,
Steptoe over there ? ' when Stcploe came In
And I remember he snld It kinder suddcnt
as If be was reminded o' suthln' he'd for
got , nnd then he asked for n bUggy Ye sec ,
miss" ndded thp mnn , with a certain rough
consideration for her disappointment , "that's
incbbe why he clean forgot to leave n mes
sage. "
Mrs Barker turned away and ascended
the stair ? Selfishness Is quick to recognize
selfishness , and she saw In n flash the
reason of Van Loo's nbandonment of her.
Some fear of discovery had alarmed him ;
perhaps Steptoo knew her husband , perhaps
ho had heard of Mrs. Horneastle's pcsrcsslon
of the sitting room ; perhaps for she had
not seen him since their playful struggle nt
the door ho bad recognized the woman
who was there , and the s"lfish coward had
run away. Yes ; Mrs Horncastlo was right ;
she had been only a miserable dupe.
Her cheeks blazed as she entered the room
she had just quitted , and throw herself In
to her dress and locking fearfully
toward the door. I couldn f mildn I sec
'
him now Say I'm sick , Urca.jn'jt , gone to
my room. " } ,
But jou'll have to sec l m ntcr , " said
Mrs , Horncastlp. wondcrlngly , , , ,
"Yes , but he may BO first , . 1 .heard him
tell them not to put up his bpfse. "
"Good , " said Mrs. Horncastle , suddenly.
"Go to jour room and lock the dobr , and I'll
come to jou later Stop. Wmttd Mr. Bnrkcr
bo likely to disturb jou it I 'told him jou
would like to bo alone1 ? "
"No , he never does. 1 rotten tell him
that. " t
Mrs. Horncnstle smiled faintly. "Come ,
quick , then , ' she said , "for h ( may come
hero Arsl" i ' .
Opening the door she passed Into the half-
dark and empty hall. "Now run ! " She
heard the quick rustle ot Mrs. Barker's
skirt die awaj In the distance , the opening
iml shutting of a door , silence , and then
turned back Into her own room
She was none too soon Presently she
heard Barker's voice sr.jlnR , "Thank you ,
I can find the way , " bis still buoyant step
on the staircase , and then saw his brown
curls rising above the railing. The light
streaming through the open door of the sit
ting room Into the half-lit hall had partially
da/zlcd him , and , already bewildered , he
was still more darzled at the unexpected
apparition of the smiling face and bright
eyca of Mrs. Horncastle standing In the door-
vvnj' ,
"You have fairly cauphl us , " she said ,
with charming composure , "but 1 had half
a mind to let you wander round the hotel
a little longer. Come In. " Barker followed
her In mechanically and she closed the door.
"Now sit down , " she said gajly , "and tell
me how jou knew wo were here , and what
jou mean by surprising u& at this hour. "
Birkcr's icady color nlvvajs rose on meetIng -
Ing JIrs Horncnstle , for whom ho entertnlncd
a respectful ailtnltntlon , not without some
fear of her worldly superlorltjHe flushed ,
bowed , nnd stared somewhat blankly around
the room , at the familiar walls , at the chnlr
frpm which Mrs. Horncastle had just risen ,
and finally nt Ms wife's glove , which Mrs
Hoincastlo had a moment before ostenta
tiously thrown on the table. Seeing which ,
she pounced upon It with assumed archness ,
and pretended to ronceal It.
EViN BAUKCR NOTICKD IT.
a chair by the window. She bit her lips
as she remembered lio\v for the labt three
months she had been slowly yielding to Van
Loo's cautious but inslnuitlng solicitation ,
from a flirtation in the San Francisco hotel
to a clandestine meeting in the street ; from
a ilde In the suburbs to a supper In a faut
restaurant after the theater. Other women
did It who were fashionable and rich , as
Van Lee had pointed out to her. Other
fashionable women also gambled In stocka
and had their private broker in a "Chailey"
or a "Jack " Why should not Mrs. Darter
have business with a "Paul" Van Lee , par
ticularly as this fast craze permitted the
fair gamblera to call at private offices with
out fear and without reproach ? Mrs. Bar
ker's vanity , Mrs Barker's love of ceremonj
and form , Mrs Barker's snobbishness , vveie
nattered by the attentions of this polished
gentleman with a foreign name , which even
had the flavoi of nobility , who never picked
up her fan and handed It to her without
bowing , and always rose when she entered
the room.
Mrs Barker's scant schoolgirl knowledge
was touched by this gentleman who spoke
French fluently , and delicately explained to
hei the libretto of a risky opera bouffe. And
now she had finally yielded to a meeting out
of San Francisco and an ostensible visit
htlll as a speculator to one or two mining
districts with her broker. This was the
boldest of her steps an original Idea of the
fashlonablo Van Lee which , no doubt , in
time would become a craze , too But It was
a long step and there was a etieak of rustic
decorum In Mrs Barker's nature the In
stinct that made Kitty Carter keep a per
fectly eecludcd and distinct sitting room In
the dajt , when eho served her father's guests
that now had Impelled her to make It a
proviso that the first step of her journey
should be from her old homo In her father's
hotel. U was this Instinct of proprieties
that hod revived In her suddenly at the door
of the old sitting room.
Then a new phase of the situation * flashed
upon her. It was hard for her vanity to ac
cept Van Loo's desertion as voluntary and
final. What If that hateful woman had lured
him away by tome trick or artfully designed
mcsbage ? She was capable of such mean
ness to Insure the fulfilment of her prophecy.
Or , more dreadful thought , what If she had
some hold on hla affections she had eaid
that ho had pursued her or , more Infamous
still , thcro was some secret understanding
between them , and that she Mrs Barker
was the dupe of them both ! What was she
doing In the hotel at such a moment ? What
was her story of going to Hymettus but a Ho
as transparent as her own ? The tortures of
jealous/ , which Is ns often the Incentive as
It Is the result of passion , began to rack her.
Sh& had probably as jet Known no real pas
sion for this man , but with the thought of
his abandoning her and the conception of MB
falthlebsncss enmo the wish to hold and
keep htm that was dangerously near It.
What If ho was even then In that room , the
room vvhero she said eho would not stay to
bo Ineulted , and they , thus secure against
her Intrusion , were laughing at her now ?
She half rose at the thought , but a sound
of horses' hoofs In the stable yard ai rested
her. She ran to the window which gave
upon It , and crouching down hcshle It , lis
tened eagerly , Thu clatter of hoofs ceased ,
the stableman vaa talking to eome one ;
suddenly she heard the stableman Bay , "Sits ,
Baiker IB here. " Her heart leaped. Van
Lee had returned ,
But here the voice of the other man which
she hatl not yet heard arose for the llrst
time clear and distinct. "Are you quite
sure' I didn't know she left San rranclsco. "
The room reeled around her. The voice
was George Barker's , her husband ! "Very
well , " he contlmii-d , "you needn't put up
my horse for the night * . I may taku her
back a llttlo later In the buggy , "
In another moment she had swept down
the passage and hurst Into the other room ,
Mrs , Ilorncaatlo was sitting by the table
with a book In her hand She started as
the half maddened woman closed the door ,
locked It behind her , and cat > t herself on
her knees at her feet.
"My husband in here , " she gasped ,
"What shall I do ? In heaven's name , help
me. "
"Is Van Lee still here ? " asked 'Mia. ' Horn-
castle , quickly.
"No , gone. Ho went when I come. "
Mrs Ilorncastlo caught her hand and
looked Intently Into her frightened face
"Then what have jou to fear from jour
husband ? ' she said abruptly
"You don't understand. He didn't know
I was here. Ho thought mo In San Fran
cisco. "
"Does he know It now ? "
"Yes , I heard the stableman tell him.
Couldn't you eay I came here with you ;
that we were here together ; that It was
just a little freak of ours ? Oh , no ! "
Mrs. Horncaitle thought a moment. "Yea , "
she eald , "we'll tec him here together , "
"Ob , not no ! " eald Mrs. Darker suddenly ,
"I had no Idea my "wlte. was here , " h <
said at last , "and I was quite faurprlsei
when the man told me , for ehe had , not writ
] ten to mo aNmt It. " As Ills face vva
brightening , ite , foi IDe tltst J.lme , notlcei
that his frank gray e > cs ( ud aft abstractci
look , and there was a faint line of contrac
tlon on hin youthful forehead. "Still less , '
he added , "did I look for the pleasure' o
meeting jou Tor I only came hero to In
quire about my old partner , Ucmoiest , win
airived from Uurope a few days ago , ani
should have reached Hymettut , caily thl
afternoon But now I hear he came al
the way by coach Instead of by rail , and geoff
off at the cros foad , and wo must havi
passed each other on the different trails Si
my journey would have gone- for nothing
only that I now shall have the pleasure o
going back with you and Kitty. It will bi
a lovely drive by moonlight. "
Relieved by this levelatlon , It was eas ;
work for CUri ? Horncastle to launch out Inti
a playful , tantalizing , witty but , I grlevi
to say , entirely Imaginative account of he ;
escapade with Mrs. Barker. How , left alom
at the San Francisco hotel while their gen
tlemnn friends were enjoying themselves a
Hymettus , they resolved upon a llttlo trip
partly for the purpose of looking Into fcomi
small Investments of their own nd parti ;
for the fun of the thing.
What funny expeilencos they had. How , li
particular , one horridly Inquisitive , vulga :
retch had been boring a European fel
low passenger who was going to Hymettus
finally asking him where he had come fron
last , and when he answered "Hymettus/
thought the man was Insulting him
"But , " Interrupted the laughing Barker
"that passenger may have been Dcmorest
who has Just come from Greece , and surel ;
Kitty would have recognized him. "
Mrs. Horncastle Instantly saw her blunder
and not only retrieved It , but turned It ti
account. Ah , yes ! But by that time pee
Kitty , unused to long journeys and the heat
was utterly fagged out , was asleep und per
fectly unrecognizable In veils and dustcn
on the back seat of the coach. And thl :
brought her to the point which was that
she was sorry to say , on arriving the pool
child was nearly wild with a headache fron
fatigue and had gone to bed , and Eho hac
promised not to disturb hep.
The undls-gulejd amusement , mingled wltl
relief , that had overspread Barker's face dur
Ing this lively recital might have prlckci
the conscience of Mrs , } { orucastlc , but fo
some reason I fear It didn't. But It em
boldened her to go on , "I said I promlsei
her that I would oeo sbo wasn't ' disturbed
but , of course , now that you , her husband
have come , If "
"Not for worlds , " Interrupted Barker earn'
estly , "I know poor Kitty's headaches , and
I never disturb her , poor child , except whcr
I'm thoughtless. " And here one of the mos :
thoughtful men In the World In hla isenslttvi
consideration of others beamed at her will
such frank and wonderful eyes that the arcl
hypocrite before him with difficulty sup'
piessed a hysterical deslro-to laugh and fell
the Conscious blood IHish'her'id the roots ol
her hair. 'You know , " ho went on wIth c
sigh , half of relief and half qf .reminiscence
"that I often think I'm aigreat bother to t
clear-headed , sensible girl like Kitty. Slu
knows people BO much batter than I do
She's wonderfully equipped /or the world
and , > ou sec , I'm only Mucky * ' aa everybodj
sajfc , and I dare say part of , my lurk was tc
have got her. I'mvery Klal | > ho's a frlund
of jours , vou Know , f.or'Stfuiehow I alwajs
fancied that jouwere not Interested In her ,
or that jou didn't underfitfnil cat ) , otilr
until now. It's odd that 'nfco' women don't
always llko nice women.ls'n't. It ? I'm glad
she was with you , for I'wati'quite ' btartleO
to hear she was here , anti'cttlldn't ' make. II
out. I thought at first sHo'Wlght have goi
anxious about our little'StH.t' who Is vvltl
mo and the nurse at HVWmtus. But I'm
glad It was only a lark1 ) ! ' Shouldn't won
der , " he added , with a laugh.Walthough she
alwajs declares she Isn'fonelnT thobo 'dotliiR
Idiotic mothers , ' that she found It a little
dull without thu boy , for all she thought It
was better for mo to take him somewhere for
a change of air. "
Ire situation was becoming more ( Jlfilcull
for Mrs Horncastle than she had conceived
Thcro had been a certain excitement In Ik
first direct appeal to her tact and courage
and even , ste believed , an unselfish dcslr (
to save the relations between husband an :
wife If she could. Hut she had not calcu <
latcd upon bis unconscious revelations , noi
upon their effect upon herself. She hat
concluded to believe- that Kitty bad. In i
moment of folly , lent herself to thla hare >
brained escapade , but It now might bo pcd
Bible that It had been deliberately planneJ
Kitty had sent her husband and child awaj
three weeks before. Had ehe told tin
whole truth ? Ulow long had this been going
on ? And If the- soulless Van Lee had de <
gerted her now , wag It not , perhaps , tin
miserable ending of an Intrlguo rather thar
UM beginning ? 'Had ' the been as great
dupe of thla woman aa the husband befon
her ? A new and double consciousness
camp over her that for a monipnt prevented
her from meeting his honest ejes. She
felt the Bhame ot being an accomplice min
gled with a fierce joy at the Idea of a climax
that might separate him from his wife for
ever.
Luckily he did not notice U , but with n
continued seise of relict threw himself back
In his chair nnd , glancing familiarly round
1 the walls , broke Into tills joiithful laugh.
"Lord ! how I remember this room In the
old dajj. It was Kitty's own private sit
ting room , jou know , and I Used to think
it looked Just ns fresh and pretty as she
I used to think her erajon drawliif ) wonder
ful , and still moie wonderful that she sl-oiiUl
have that ut.necc < ary talent when It vv.is
quite enough for her to bo Just 'Kitty'
You know , don't jou , how jou feel at these
times when jou'rc quite happy In being In
ferior ' He stopped a moment with n
sudden recollection that Mrs. Horacastle'e
marriage had been notoriously unhappy. " 1
mean , " he went on with a sliy little laugli
and an Innocent attempt at gallantry which
the very directness of his ample nature mad (
atrociously otvlous "I mean what jou 1mu
made lots of young fellows feel. There
used to bo a picture ot Colonel Brlgg or
the mantelpiece , In full uniform , and signet
by himself 'for Kitty ; ' and , Lord ! hovi
Jealous I was of It , for Kitty never tool
presents from gentlemen , ami nobody even
was allowed In here , though she helped hci
father all over the hotel. She was aw full ]
strict In those daj& . " he Interpolated , will
a thoughtful look and a half sigh ; "hut tlioi
she wasn't married , I proposed to her li
this very room' Lord ! I rcmcmbpr how
frightened I vva ? " He stopped for an In
slant nnd then said with a certain timidity
"Do jou mind my telling jou eomethliif
about If1
Mis Hoincnstlo was hardly prepired t (
hear these Ingenuous domestic details , bin
she smiled vnguelj' , although she could noi
suppress a scmewhat Impatient movement
with her hands Uvcn Barl er noticed It
but to her surprise moved a little nearer tc
her , and In a linlf-entroatlngly way , sild
"I hope' 1 ilon t bore jou , but It's somrthiiiE
confidential. Uo jou know that she firsl
refused me ? "
Mrs. Ilorncastlo smiled , but could not 10-
slst u tllght toss of her head. "I believe
they all do when tlu-j are siiro ot a man "
"No ! " said Barker , eagerly , "jou don t un
derstand. I piopospd to her beciusu 1
thought I was rich. In a foolish'moment 1
thought I had discovered that some old
stocks I had hud acquired a fabulous value
She believed It , too , but because she thought
I was now n rich man and she onlj a poor
girl n meri ) servant to her fathpr's guests-
she rcfuioJ inc. Refused mo because she
thought I might regret It in the futuip , be
cause she would not have It bald that she
had taken advantage of my propob.il anlj
when 1 ws rich enough to make It "
"Well , " said Mrs. Horncastle , Incredu-
louslj , looking straight belore her , "anil
then. ' "
"In about an hour 1 dlscoverc.l my error ,
that my storks were worthless ; that I wac
still a | ioor man. I thought It onlj honcbt
to return to her and tell her. oven though
I had no hope. Then she pitied mo und
cried nnd accepted mo. I tell It to jou as
her friend" He drew n little nearer anil
quite fraternally laid his hind upon her
own. "I know jou won't betray me , though
jou miy think It wrong for me to have tolil
It ; but I wanted jou to know how good she
was and true "
Tor a moment Mrs. Ilorncastlo Mas
amared and discomfited , although she saw ,
with the Inscrutable luttlnct of her bpx no
Inconsistency between the Kitty of HIOSP
dajs and the Klttj now shamefully hldinp
from her husband In the same hotel Nc
doubt Kitty had some good icason for her
chlvilrous act. But she could see the un-
mlbtakablo effect of that act upon the more
logically reasoning husband , and that It
might lead him to be more merciful to the
later wtong And thcro was a keener
Irony that his first movement of unconscious
kindliness towaid her was the outcome
of bib affection for his undeserving wife
"You said Just now she was more practical
than jou , " she- bald drjlj' . "Apiit from thlf
evidence of It what other reasons have vou
for thinking so ? IIo you refer to her inde
pendence or her dealings In the stock mar
ket ? " bho added with a laugh.
"No , " salJ Barker sqrlpusly , "for I do not
think , her quite practical there Indeed , I'm
nfiald she Is about Ob bad as I am. But I'm
glad you have spoken , for now I can talk
confidentially with you , and ns jou and she
are botli In the same ventures , pcrhapb slit
will feel less compunction In hearing from
you as joui own opinion what I have tc
tell jou than If I spoke to her mjself. I am
afraid she trusts implicitly to Van Loo't
judgment aa her broker. I believe ho IE
stiictly honorable , but the general opinion
of his business Insight is not high. They
perhaps I ought to say he have been nt
least sd unlucky that they might have
learned prudence. The loss of ? 20,000 In
three months "
"Twenty thousand ! " echoed Mrs. Horn
castle.
"Yes ; why , you knew that ; it was In the
mine jou and she visited ; or , perhaps , " he
added hastily , as be flushed at his Indiscre
tion , "sho didn't tell jou that"
But Mrs. Horncastle as hastily said , "Yet-
jc of course , only I had forgotten the
amount , " and he continued-
"That loss would haves frightened any man ,
but you women are more daring. Only Van
Lee ought to have withdrawn. Don't jou
think so ? Of course I couldn't say anythliiR
to him wlUout seeming to condemn my own
wife ; I couldn't saj anjthing to her because
It's her own money. "
"I did not know that Mrs Barker had any
money of her own , " said Mrs. Horncastle.
"Well , I gave It to her , " said Barker ,
with sublime slmpllcltj , "nnd that would
make it all the worbe for me to speak
about It. "
Mrs. Horncastle was silent. A new theory
flashed upon her which peemed to reconcile
all the previous Inconsistencies of the sit
uation. Van Lee , under the guise of a lover ,
was really possessing himself of Mrs. Bar
ker's money. Tills accounted for the risks
ho was running In this escapade , which
were BO Incongruous to the rascal's nature.
He was calculating that the scandal of
an Intrigue would relieve him of the perils
of criminal defalcation. It was compatible
with Kitty's Innocence , though It did noi
relieve her vanity of the part it plajed In
this despicable comedy of passion. All thai
Mrs. Horncnstle thought of now was the
effect of Its eventful revelation upon the
man before her. Of courbe , ho would over
look his wife's trustfulness and business Ig
norance It would seem so like his own un
selfish faith. That was the fault of all un
selfish goodness ; It even took the color of
adjacent evil , without altering the nature
of either. iMrs. Ilorncastlo set her teeth
tightly together , but her beautiful mouth
smiled upon Darker , though her eyes were
bent upon thu tablecloth before her ,
"I shall do all I can to Impress jour views
upon her , " she said at last , "though I fear
they will have little weight If given as my
own. And you overrate my general influence
with her , "
Her handsome head drooped In such a
thoughtful humility that Barker Instinct
ively drew nearer to her. Besides she had
not lifted her dark lashes for some moments
and bo had the still jouthful' ' habit of lookIng -
Ing frankly into the ejea of 111 as o he ad
dressed.
"No , " ho said eagerly ; "how could I ? She
could not help but love you and do as you
would wish. I can't tell you how glad and
relieved I am to llml that you and sbo have
become such friends. You know I alwajfi
thought you beautiful , I always thought
you so clever I was oven a llttlo frightened
of jou , but I never until now knew you
v\cre so good , No , stop Yes , I did know It
Do you remember once in San Francisco ,
when I found you with 'Sin' In jour lap In
the drawing loom ? I know It then. You
tried to make mo think It was a whim the
fancy of a bored and worried woman. But
I knew better. And I knew what you were
thinking then Shall I tell you ? "
AH her ejes vveie still cost down , although
her mouth was still Binding , In his endeav
ors to look Into them his face was quite near
hers , He fancied that It bora the look uho
bad worn once before.
"You were thinking. " he said In a voice
which had grown suddenly quite hesitating
and tremulous ho did not know why "that
the poor llttlo baby was qulto friendless
and alone. You were pllylng It you know
jou were becaiibo there vva > no one to give
It the loving care that was tta duo , and be
cause U was intrusted to that hired nurxo
In that great hotel. You wcro thinking how
you would loveIt If it were yours , and how
cruel it was that love was sent without an
object towaste Itself upon. You were ; 1
saw it in your face "
She suddenly lifted her eyes and looked
full Into hi * with a look that held and pos
Braeed him. Tor a moment his whole soul
seemed to tremble on the verge of their lua <
trous deptbM , and be drew back dizzy and
frightened What he saw there ho never
clearly knew ; but , whatever It Was , seemed
to suddenly ctmngo his relations to her , to
the loom , to hls > wife , to the world with
out. It WAS a Rllinpso of n world ot which
ho knew nothing. He had looked frankly
nnd admiringly Into the ojts of other prottj
women ; ho had even gnred Into her own
before , but never with this feeling A
sudden sense that what he had seen there
he had himself evoked , that It was nn nn-
swcr to some question he had scarcely ycl
formulntcd , nnd that they were both now
linked by an understanding and conscious
ness that was Irretrlcvnble cime over him
He' roio awkwardly nnd went to the window.
She r < vso nlso , but more leisurely nnd easily.
moved one of the books on the table ,
smoothed out her eklrts , nnd changed her
sent to n llttlo eofa It Is the woman who
nlwnys omes out of these crucial moments
unruinvd
"I suppose jou will be clad to we jour
f i lend , Mr Demorcbt when you go back , "
she said pleasntitlj 'Tor , of course , he will
be nt Hymettus nwnlttng jou"
He turned cigcrly ns he nlwnjs did nt
the name. But even then he felt that Dc
merest w s no longer of such Importance to
him. Ho felt , too. Hint he was not jet unite
sure of his voice , or even what to fay As
he hlsitnted. iho went on , half plnj fully :
"It Bcemp hard thnt jou hnd to come nil
the way here on such n bootless errand \OJ
haven't even seen jour wife jot"
The mention ot his wife recalled him to
himself , oddly enough , when Dome-rest s
name had fnllcd. But very differently Out
of his whirling eonsclousnrts came the In
stinctive fe-elliiK that ho could not see her
now. lie turned , crossed the room , sat down
on the sofa beside Mrs. Horncnslle. r.nd with
out , however , looking at her , suld , with hla
eyes on the floor , "No ; and I've been think-
In , ? that It's hardly worth while to disturb
hci so early tomorrow ns I should have to
go So I think It's a good deal better to let
her have n good night's lest , remain hero
quletlj with 5011 tomorrow until the stage
leaves , and that both of jou come over to
gether. My horse Is still saddled nnd I will
be back at Hjnicltus before Dcmotest has
gone to bed "
Ho was obliged to look up nt her aa he
rose Mra IIorncnt > tle wns sitting erect ,
beautiful nnd dnz/lllig as even he had never
seen her before Tor his resolution had sud
denly lifted a gtcat weight fiom hei shoul
ders the dangerous meeting of husband and
wife the nc\t nioinlng nnd Ita results , w hat-
en er thej might be had been quietly
iverted She felt too n half-frightened joj
oven In the constialned mnnnei In which ho
had Impaited his determination , That frank
ness which even she had sometimes found
so crushing was gone.
" 1 really think jou arc quite right , " she
s'lld , ilblng also , "and , besides , jou sec , U
will gtvo me a chance to talk to hei as jou
wished. "
'To talk to her ns I wished , " echoed
Barker abstractcdlj- .
"Yes , about Van Lee , jou Know , " said
Mrs. Ilorncastlo , smiling.
" 0 , certalnlv , about Van Lee , of comae , "
he retuincd , hurriedly
"And then " said Mrs Hornenstlp brightly ,
"I'll tell her. Stay , " she Interrupted herself
huiiledlv.Vlij need 1 say anj thing about
jo.ir having been here at I'll' It might
only annov her , as jou jourself suggest. "
She stopped breathlessly with parted lips.
" \Vhj , Indeed ? " sold Barker vnguclj1. Yet
nil this was bo unlike his usual truthfulness
that ho slightly hesitated.
"Besides , " continued Mrs. Horncastle , no
ticing It , "jou know jou can alwajs tell
her latei if nccessiij. And , " she added with
e charming intschlevousness , "ns bhe didn't
tell jou she was coming , I rcallj don't sec
why jou are bound to tell her that jou wcro
here. "
The sophlsti v pleased Barkcv , oven though
It put him Into .1 ccitiln retaliating attitude
toward his wife which he was not aware of
feeling But , as Mrs Horncastle put It , it
wns onlv a plavful attitude.
"Ceitalnly " he said. "Don't saj' anything
about it. "
Ho moved lo the door , with Ills soft , broad-
brimmed hat swinging between his finger- ! .
She noticed fet the first time 111 it ho looked
taller In his long black sciape and riding
boots , and , oddlj enough , much more like
the hero of an amorous trj-st than Van Lee
"I know , " she said , brightly , "jou aie eager
to get back to jour old friend , and It would
be bclfish for me to try to keep jou longer.
You have had n stupid evening , hut you have
undo it pleasant to me by telling mo what
jou thought of me. And before jou go 1
want jou to believe that I shall try to keep
that good opinion ! " She spoke frankly In
contrast to the slight worldly constraint of
Barker's manner ; it seemed as If they had
changed characters And then she extended
her hand.
\Vlth a low bow , and without looking up ,
ho took U. Agiln their pulses teemed to
leap together with one accord , and the same
mjstorlous understanding. He could not
tell If he had unconsciously picsscd her
hand , or If she had returned the i > rcsbuie
But when their hands unclasped It seemed
as If It v > ere the division of one llesh and
spirit.
She remained standing by the open door
until his footsteps pissed down the stall -
case Then she suddenly closed and locked
the door with an Instinct that Mr Baiker
might at once return now that ho was gone ,
and she wished to be a moment alone to re
cover herself. But she presently opened It
again and listened.
There was a noise In the courtjard , but
It sounded like the rattle of wheels more
than llko the clitter of a horseman , Then
she was overcome a sudden scrae of pity
for the unfortunate woman still hiding from
her husband , and felt a momentary chival
rous exaltation of tplrlt. Certainly she had
donu "good" to that wretched "Kitty " pcr-
hap" sbo bad cained he epithet that Barker
had applied to her. Perhaps that was the
meaning of all tills happiness to her , and
the icsult was to be only the happiness and
reconciliation of the wife and husband. This
was to bo her reward. I grieve to say that
tears had come into her beautiful eyes at
this satisfactory conclusion , but shc > dashed
them away and ran out Into the hall. It
was qulto dark , but there -wcs a faint glim
mer on the opposite wall , as If the door of
Mrs. Barker's bedroom wcro ajar to in eager
listener. She flew toward the glimmer and
pushed the door open ; the roon * wau empty.
Kmpty of Mrs. Barker , empty of her dreeing
bo * , her reticule and shawl. Sha was gone.
Still Mrs. Ilorncastlo lingered ; the woman
might have got frightened and retreated to
Homo further room al the opening of the door
and the coming out of her husband. She
walked along the passage , calling her name
softly. She even penetrated the dreary half-
lit public parlor , expecting to find her crouch
ing there. Then a sudden wild Idea took
possession of her ; the. miserable wife had
repented of her act and of her conceal
ment and had crept downstairs to await
her husband In the office. She had told
him borne new lie , had begged him to take
her with him , nnd Barker , of course , had
absented. Yes , she now know why ehc hail
heard the rattling wheels Instead of the clat-
terlrg hoofs Bho had listened for. They had
gone together , as ho first proposed. In the
buggy ,
She ran swiftly down the stairs and
entered the olllco. The overworked clerk
was busy and querulously curt. Thcso women
were always asking such Idiotic question ! )
Yes , Mr. Barker had Just gone.
"With Mrs. Barker In the buggy ? " asked
Mro , Horncastle ,
"No , as ho came on horseback. Mrs.
Barker left half an hour ago , "
"Alone ? "
This was apparently too much for the longsuffering -
suffering clerk Ihu lifted his cyca to the
celling , and then , with painful prec'ulon
and accenting every word with his pencil
on the desk before him , said deliberately
"Mrs George Barker left here with her
escort the man she was al
wnja asking for In the buggy at
exactly a 35 , " And he plunged into hlu
work again.
Mrs. Horncastlo turned , ran up the slalr-
cane , rc-entcied the Hitting room , and , flam- ,
mlng : the door behind her , halted In the cen
ter of the room , panting , erect , beautiful
and menacing. And she was alone In thin
empty room , this deserted hotel From thin
very room her own husband had left her
with a brutality on hl lips I'rom this
room the 'col and liar she tried to warn had
h'on'j to ncr ruin with a swindling hypocrite
And from this room the only man In the
world she ever cared for had gone forth be
wildered , wronged , and abused , and she
knew now oho could have kept and com
forted him.
( To Bo Continued )
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DR. HOBBS
HEARS MORE REPORTS- ,
Notwithstanding so many . al
ready reported , on his second free
( lisdilnitioii of pills the
lumbar Increase
Daily , 1
1
All Say They lluvc Received Great
Hcnelit nnd Keel Thnt a
Speedy and Perma
nent Cure Will
Follow.
The Test ts Regarded on All Side *
So Far as a Forerunner
of Great Success.
It Is only a Cow flijs ago that the tcconfl
announcement of what Is bound to agalu
prove one of the most remaikablo losls ever
undo of a dlseovcty In medicine , appeared In
this piper. So far a largo percentage nt
those who received a fieo sample of Hobbs
Bpiragus Kldpej Pills have mndo a icpoit
which as a-whole Is satlsf.ietoiy
When it Is considered that so great n num
ber of our clllzetis suffering from kidney
troubles of one Kind or another , have , \\lthlu ,
this hoit time found n medicine which has
greatly benefited them , and that nil appear
Id he on tht road to rapid recoveij , the In
calculable value of lr. llobbs discovery to
sulTciing humnnlt > cannot bo overestimated.
Ifcores of people In the ell ) of Omaha
alone iccplvcd so much benefit from this
icmedy on thn fltst tieo distribution and aio
receiving equal ) ns much on the Hccoml
dlstilbutlon , what an untold blessing It must
prove to be , and what a vast amount of suf-
feilng It will tave when the peopleof the
whole , w 01 lil come to know of It1
lr ) Hobbs Spaiagus Kidney IMIls have al
ready llrmly established thcmtplves anil
gained the confidence of the people In Ihla
community , and hue moio wniin friends 'n
Onnln nnd vicinity linn .ill of th ? Kidney
remedies tint wore evei heard of hcie be
fore put Inge the !
'I hey have become the almost unlvor tl
topic of coi versitlon In e\erj pait of the
cltj Nothing of such Importance has pie-
sontcd ll'i-lf to the people of Onnlm In lecent
jrars llrlght'e disease , rheumatism ( which
Is tiaceablo nlnetj-nliie times out of a liuu-
died to kldnej sluggishness and lmctlvlt > ) ,
back nche , Impure blood , malarial gums ,
and In fact , all the thousand and one diseases
that come from u deranged condition of thla
filter , cleaned and purifier of the body , aio
all now snipped of their harroi slnco It
has become a \ell known established fact
tint a bate and Inmlesa specific for tlu'lr cmo
has been discovered In Lr. ) llobbs Sparagua
Kldliej 1'llls.
There aio , undoubtedly , hundreds of thou
sands of people who are Buttering to a
greater or less degree from kidney troubles
who do not Know U
Some aio In n drowsy di.ll condition feel
languid generally speaking , they saj they
feel piaity well , when accosted bj some
friends , jet tl ey have not that bright , shnip ,
vigorous tone to their hjstom us of jorc.
Unbeknown to them poison from their kid
neys ( which are n llttlo out of order ) Is
giaduilly colecting in theli fljsU'in , and tot -
t illy unconscious of the fact , thej aie slowly
but suicly being polboned to death
It may bo a process of jcais , but the ic-
Bult of the kldnej b working Impoifectly
means alircat certain destiuctlon at last.
No man can fool vlgoious and bright , anil
no woman has that healthful , iosy tint to
her chc-eks that pools have paid homage to ,
fclnco the cieatlon of the world , where the
kldncjs are not performing their functions
pioperly and regularly , da > and night.
A plant commonly kno\.n as a vegetable ,
but which In reality is OIIP of the most valua
ble and active kidney medicines aspaiagus
has. by thp skill of medical science , bc'cn
cillod upon to perform Its duty as nature In
tended It should.
Asparagus has been known for jears to
the medical fraternity to possess a certain
amount of virtue for kidney ailments Ur.
Hobbs took up this1 subject many jears ngo ,
and , after long and patient experimenting' ,
Is enabled to combine the mcdlcln.il proper-
tics of the asparagus plint , with other val
uable diuretic and kldnpy healing remedies
known to the medical fraternity of the
world , In such form that It can today , under
his formula , bo regarded as a positive speci
fic for all forms of kidney , bladder and urin
ary dlsea&cs in both SP\PS.
Dr. Hobbs Sparagus Kidney Pills , 50 cen.t
a bov. Sit for $ J 50.
TOR SALE I3Y
KUHN & GO.
Reliable Drulgglsts and Mineral Water
Ucalcis.
N. W. Cor. IStli and Douglas , .
Omaha , Neb.
TRADEMARK
MENLO
OMAHA
MEDICAL
AND SURGICAL
INSTITUTE
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WRITE Your Iroubloa If out of city. Tliou-
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TUBATMfiNT ItY MAIICiniiUlatloji | free.
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incillilnc Kit 1212 to try und pty when sulUIH-il.
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