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Her most immexate reply to that
wag another half hysterical outburst.
m not quite sure." she giggled.
"Fern and I have just be; i trying to
recall it all, -but we Atte F remember
the funniest things.° 't
"You've mradc r fent or him and of
:" charged Bert dolly.
" e don't deserve -any }credit for
Wit," snickered Molly. "lt.`s so easy."'.
"The ,seas has taken, too much for
vented," went on Bert, unsoftened by
nth this hilarity and, indeed, Made duly
more indignant by it. .•From what
your father says. Sledge seems to be-
tree -that our engagement is off and
that he has been practically accepted."
Mo11y put her hand over her mouth
to, suppress a shriek and, running out
into the hall'. called . Vern. The girls
met halfway up the stairway. where
3olly explained the ;lad news. and
Bert, stalking} stolidly out there. found
them holding to the ::..° a to o: d er
that their enjoykenee, ft.3ge's ob-
tuse uoderstaieldate ear: ii net tumble
them down On stilton it a; : sale back
late the library and Werke.* nis shin on
a rocker Molly returned to him pres-
ently for more
'Toe been missing my red roses,"
she confe sed. "Now I suppose r11.
get some more. What else''ioes he
think?"
Heaven knows," snapped Bert. "He
says he's going to the theater, with
you tonight. lie hat correct?"
Malty gleefully itodded her head.
"Did you forget that you were going
to the club dance withme?" he indg-
Itantly went on, feeling 1i shaking
fez
Thal time Molly shook her head, her
eyes gleatoing with devilment, and
from Fern, still on the stairway. there
arose a wild peat
Bert closed the library boors;,
"I forbid it." he commanded.
The change in Molly was so abrupt
that it startled him into barking his
other s€tin. First of all she threw open
the library doors. knowing-,, however,
that Fern by this time was back in the
bond
"You =ay do your forbidding to Mr.
Sledge," she told him, with blazing
eyes- ; "You were thoughtful enough
to consider seriously sending me to
idea. and now whatever follows is up
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diately I reached home I washed
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Zam-Buk is just as good for ec -
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Iles, ringworm, piles and burns.
50e. box, a for $1.25, all druggists,
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c9ULD_NOT
Bad
To the thousands of ale who are
tossing on sleepless beds night sdter
• to wheeze eyes sleep not cagneg
Milburn's Hem and Idem Pills oiler
the blessing of sound, mfreshiug
they restore the equWedtma of
e denmged nerve centres, trestor-
ing
strength sad vitality to the
Mir. As. txr McCutebecce Mt. .
.B,, weeks: "I have been mrichttouhli-
ed
nerves, and could na *kap
Forhow go to bed. 1
e tees t � axe side to the
othetroefore I conld go for gyp. 1 would
then walzupin .the end lie aloe
iwig time Wore I would get to
1 thought 1would i y a
Heart assi Nie r 3$ ihrjr were
reetnnmended so 1: ightv. 1 nol►_grt" to
ileep withrat an- towable; ,.;nerves
atero quieted, cmc. rhea 1 fiei 9 1
to .sieep quWciy. *roue who
their nems shotdd keep
box on hand-"
'sHtNettle Pills ate
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Shah= or niatled (erect on roodPle
ewe lay The T. MilbornlCo.,
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LO„ it;i.CNIO 104
Woman Made Well by litdia
E 'Pinkham's yegetab e
Compound.
+ surrabus,C3hio,-i"1 had almost
up.• I had been sick for six yew:
female troubl
nervousness.
a pin in my
side and coin
t : anything
out' hurtin
sto ash. 1
not bold
at not ea
kin of raw
nor ii 4 esh me
en.
I' we
118 and would get so W attim
1 fell over. 1 began ,take Ly
Pinkham's Vegetable mpo-
ten days later I could e . t and it di
hurt my, stomach. I ave take
medicine ever since And I feel
new woman. I now w . gh 127
so you can see what, , : . dune f
already. My husband says he
your medicine has sav my lif
Mrs. d. S. BARLoW, 1 South 4
Columbus, Qbio.
Lydia E. Pinkham's egetsble
pound contains just the es of 'roots
and herbs needed to . tore heal ' 'and
strength to iheweaken - • organs F f the
body. That is why Bari , a
chronic invalid,recover so compl tely.
It paysfor women ering fro ' any
female ailments to ' t upon ing
Lydia E. Pinkham's 'sgetaiiie
pound.
von
with
s and
I had
right
not
ith-
my
could
ater
any
reit,
t nor
178
tto
that
`a E.
and
not
the
e _a
to me. 1 am going to the tbeate to-
night with Mr. Sledge."
"Molly, Molly, Molly !" hrieked ' ern,
half running and half lumping, d s vin
the stairs. "Run to the window, q is
and see the parade! D-o-o-ohl- It's'
coming here!" -
Molly laid aside her j st indign; tion
for a moment, feeling i tuitirely bat .
a Sledge miracle was once plac in
the neighborhood, and lanced ou of
the window, as Fern, -urgling i a co-
herently. flashed by on t r way to the
door.
Up the winding drive vay, one fol-
lowing the other,were two of :the
most beautiful little colonial coupes
in the World, such cars a would make
any girl go stark howlf g mad with
ecstasy. Tbey were esa tly alike, ex-
cept that the one in fret was bung
With lace and filmy red Mks curtains,
and the other had blue ith its fj iffy
white. - Both the cues we to empty, ex-
cept for the hard featur d men who
were driving them, look ng as much
out of place as a coal be ver in a lin-
gerre bonnet.
"The bine one's mine " exclaimed
Fern. dancing up and dtwd in 'a de-
lirium of joy as iilolly joined hex at
the door, through the hangings of
which . the girls now p ered out in
frantic. impatience.
"1 wonder what brings them he e?
speculated Molly, dreadin the won
"I
t. -
"I don't care'" returned Fern. "' hat
blue ear's mine, and T grit cc. it. M fly.
do you really suppose 1 could b a
present?"
"Certainly not." decided M sly
promptly. "Oh, but aren't they ex
quisite?" -
"Exquisite ? They're the dear st.
sweetest, darlingest little !things I ever
saw!" cried Fern. "Thea only: thing -
that's missing is that there should 1 e ti
band leading them. Say, Molly," led
here she sank her voice to a giggang
whisper, `111 bet you that Sledge"
"Certainly not!" interrited Mo
alnmost fiercely. and then the. too.
tied, and the two girls scattered a
from the door as the chauffeur of
red car who was the gentlemanly s
man in disguise, dismoun$ed and c
slowly up to the door.
They waited in the library with the
gowning and bewildered Bert while
the thin butler with the' tall brow an-
swered the Bell, and they distin tly
heard the chauffeur ask *or Miss 1ar-
ley and Miss Burbank. They waite in
hell' frightened decorum tubile the hin
butler solemnly brought khat mess: ge,
and then, with no more ace of ex'ite-
ment th8n if they had been drag ed
away from a tiresome + rench les . on,
they walked sedately in the hall.
"Miss Marley?" observe that per .on,
nodding to the right girl, "I have the
pleasure of bringing out 4 very bea ti-
ful little gift to yourselfnd Miss : ur•
bank," and. here he nodd to the o el
young lady, who was ho ding her oes
to the floor by gripping them. - " he
red lined one is for Mise Marley : nd
the blue one for Miss Burbank."
"T said the blue one w s miner,. : if
sh:: •ked Fern, unable contain er=
se: i ., ny longer. "I want, to ride in t 't
-
no •• t
:,.: ovlooked longingly past the ser -
sop .ioulder out at th red curta , ed
car.. , d she felt that si k, sick se a-
tion • f self abnegati n clamo 'ng
with!,.
"Who sent them?" she 'asked fain ly.
"Your father," replied the consci - ce-
less salesman, looking her more cle r
in the eye than any honest man c • uld
have done. "If you have the time we
shall be pleased to give you a lesso in
running them."
Fern was halfway upstairs.
`Do you want your gray coat or out
furs, Molly?" she called nes she wen
-"Something light," eepiied x11.11y,
equally excited, running out to ins sect
the e . ,with the gentle only sales „at
rigs; *:;her elbow and . ighly pl sed
et job. The ch ufenr in the
hitt( _ 'waited with bright eyes.
Fes, followed by Mina and an' i .
maid, both of them too slow. to e. of
any service, came cla ening on the
porcb with two afters on coats
two bonnets selected wi less disc
ination than she had elver used
tossed any of them to adoily. "I'11 bet
it was Sledge," she whisp"eed as -tike
rage and popped into the Noe car.
Her coupe was the arst to
down the sway, but t red
followed In eteenserider. Batt
ly.
g•
ay:
the'
les:
me
TUE I TJR.ON EX
tine "edge of the pore • with -1i : = halite
ra treed in his pock ts, area itched
the end of the. worn being young
Man If keen though , lioweve , after
fifteen uinaetes of nu bness h : curled
Ida m stacbe. took p the to ephone
end ea led Prank M ley.
"Di you make a p esent of wo au.
totaobifies to the girls " be inqu ed. `
• "Did I wlat?" gas end Marie out of
the midst o his plan, for ma , ling #the
in oposed str et car co solidsdo, 'worth
twenty Po' t:s' advan eon :his tock tc
the up eta . syndicate.
"I though not," returner! Be
a very near! approach to prof
didn't • I you'd waken our
y" a. $5,000 = xtraya. ce of til
" Y n't.. I . , derstancl you,,..
I
Marie
"Two
ere about;
e roar►
you sett
ledge
"1 is
feeling
Ithin
Mo
*Vest*
"Paip
leer's j..=ale: care, F
rte tell p �: • busy
ledge.
el 44
d pa
y ho
"Naw,
hey'r
e 'em
"I ha eii't
Y. still s
ty.
can't o
trava ant
y one oth"
ut i
the
t•.
inelo to 'cars
fifteen o4 outer
charge 0 them
em. Pe onali
ge fres
possibl ' agr
gerous i idigna
"Leave that to
they it my
at once "
n with al. a rig
ank M
Until
„ hehilted.couple o autos
t, with
sty. "1
capital
t $ort."
uzzied
c : see out
a, 6, and
s d t
thinkhat
d ni:ley,
on rising
me, Bert
lir. I'll
t
Os fa-.
y kept
e located
"Did you
obiles to
'Sledge.
Dp they
Mar-
heir's dig -
on know
}receive -
t from
I
"I get
X'm the`
ap. You
w;
at 4
tt'e
"Wel;
'•I say
nth a
hick h
nes,
sconne do
`early an
cote,iaj.
e ink
rch,
to door
appy
0
e
ley," dhue
You sdnt.'em.
tweaked " re
ding by his fa
y, Mr, edge,
my da ghter
presents f'that
r than m self.".
". advise' Sled
don't ke 'e
do, close'your
du.
sent 'em,
gru loss o:
d b en appal
d . arley h
sour late
oupes, t
' inslis
his
int in
and th
two s
e red
mitt drove u4i to t
burs Bert G fuer gl
ay. They ere dr
rl each and ad no
ttlpante.
`Come and take a ride
rt," .b Bed Molly, s full
t t she bald absolutey forg
• Turret : with him. w ich w
deed. , `You can't ive, th
Fern h d, emerged f ora he
`I'm g ing to brave y di
sae laug iugLy anndamced.
spall go o the theater tonigh
Jilmp an Molly's car, 3ert, a
i rides kt a rocking chair."
I' No, th le you!" ret reed
ty. -"Tho e! cars are g ing`ba
ealesroo . 1 felt sur that
tiler bad not !given th m to
otir• business e:rrangem nt of t
iitg.: They are a present fro
"Oh, please, no!" plc ded M
a heartsick glance at ler re
ed car. She bad loveit at
npw,since she had lea ned to
she adored it "How d you k
they are from Sledge?'i
"I suspected it from the be
he sterni informed b r. "S. I
apt your father."
"'I said they were fro Sled
Fern. "Molly. it was a fully
inks; but i love him forrit-do
"Wilt did. father say?"
irony.
Sledge,
ordiality,
is former
click •of
inng lit-
uitalned
e Marley,
owed in
vett by a
other, oe-
itl:y me,
f delight
• tten het
•ablow
• ugh."
can
ex' here,"
ithink 1
nmine,
d try it..
ert cold -
k jto the
your• fa-
ou after
isfimo'rn-
Sledge."
Ilse. -with
c rtain-
t, but
oW it,
that
ig
k
,p
g ,r
lied
e!' cried
crtide of
't you?"
mended
.•
"He is investigating.' -
:Molly marched straight to th : tele
phone and called up her fa he He
talked to her kindly, Wisely •' n with
deliberation, also like a man w + o had
given himself plenty; of rim for
thought. Bert stood at her e'bo v, lis-
tening to one side of the con •er.atiou
and piecing out the other witinf ul-
Jy knotted tiitellect. Molly t • ed to
im with calm -satisfaction.
"Father saes that I ;am to co isider
the cars as a Lift from trim,'' -he pride-
fully! announced. 1
Fern executed the fall .fig re of a
minuet and sang a merry tr • -la la all
the wa through. Maly h 1pe t : !ler
sing an dance the lasil fig ur
"Thr cheers!" she exulte 'Now
we may' keep our cars.'?
"1 neer inter_ ded to give Min
Ferre a.ffirmed.
Befit - walked Molly lback t her
fag's den. ',
"11 hale nothing to glay ab ut what
Fera do ," be firmly s nrtoun4ed, "hut-
1
but,1 have something to say a ut your
conduct Yon can't shat you eyes tc
the -fact that 'Sledge had given you this
car, and he has -no right to de so."
"My f .ther says thaI am to con
sider th ear ; as a gift; crana him," re-
peated oily' primly, bit with a snap
in her a es.
"That is only an evasion," Bert in-
sisted.
ns1 ted. "You have ally misled
Sledge into the belief ��bat you intend
to put yourself in the positihni of re-
ceiving presents from im, and either
thistJhing must be stop ed or there wil
be: unpl-asai tness bet een you and
me." 1 _
"Ther is one way w can Ileal that
off'," Mi quietly ass ed "We
can. bre k our engagem nt" -
"Impo : sible!" immed ately j declared
Bert _ft- Q, teiied. "I di n't mean any -
Pk )SJTO R
Had eak Back - -1I
asi Kidneys.
COULD it
When the
starts to
that he -: it.
functions pr
On the
e3 fills
kit • ey trout
Fran
les:`
w the w
ved from
Vora
from
to suffer
cbll d
1
account of
me togive
said am
kidneys is
I cut
sly -good ni
banes of the
.- 'Doan's
box, or 3 box
mailed
T. Milburn
When or
LY lidOVE IN MED.
b becomes wid
aisL. sign
>t i
tp
s a stye sig
• are not performing then
erly. -
sign of backache Doan's
should ;be taken and serious
prevented. IN
McInnes, Woodbine, S.,
it any - duty to let you
derful results I have re -
e usa of Doan's Kid
longn
time I had been out-
back and kidneys. 1
o most at night, and some
dip move in bed with the
do no hard labor on
y back. A friend advised
van's Kidney Pills a trial,
I did fir the pain in my
nrk bark is strong, and
any -hard labor and get -
s sleep. I only used three
ey » are b8 cents pet
for. $1.25 at all cicalas, at.
on receipt. of by The
ited, :Toronto, Ont.
direct specify "Doan's."
thing like'tii t. Molly." and'le attempt-
ed to take ' er hands and perform a
little of the ovemaking which.. he bad
teeeher negle ted. -
"I mean t. though," she insisted
drawing he hands away from. him
"Our ' engag ment has only brought
trouble to : verybody concerned ane
has subject • me to more than one in 1
suit which had no right to expect
If we dec e it off both you and fa-
ther can go right back to where yor
were 1111.% bu=fness• way."
"It's "tate to for that" he assured I
her, sitting -. own to reason it out• wit!=.
her on the c mmiercial plane since she
seemed to = let upon it "I could
never res : ' the political, lriendshil
which is nec : sary to my style of bust
neao. My c • mmercial career in this
city is at an end, and my social stand
Ing- would b els*. Knowing this,
"have been , correspondence with me
people in : altimore. They have e
magnificent easiness opening there tot
me, but it es $100,000 to obtain con
trol. of it. laid the -matter before
your father, ang. --he Investigated it
Our conclusitn is this -if we este close
up our btisin ss satisfactorily here and
he can sell : place we shall have ax
the neighiber ood of $150,000 clear bet
tw I us. - You and I are to marry, - gc
to Maryland with your father, enter
in business and take up the soci$:
on- to winch we are entitled
en I tak you there as my bride
M i lly, every • ody's going to be vers
lid of yo and I am quite sure that
yo t will link the social atmosphere
-e
"Take this to Joe, and tell him to
have it pleyed," he 'ordered. "Any-
thing else you'd like, Miss Molly?"
"I'm afraid to mention a wish for
aear I'd get it," she laughed lu more
or less embarrassment. But Fern, wbo
was having the time of her life, gig-
gled and, telling biro, to recall the boy,
added a favorite of her own to the
DMSical program.
"You can Dave a good -nine roost any
placedteSledge complinlented her, with
a growing fondness for Molly's frien
"You're A nice kid. I ought to ha
iovited your gentleman friend along."
"/ don't see arho it would. be," laugh:
ed Fern, "Molly knows so many nice
chaps, but the most Of them are such
boys."
"Excuse me a minute, girls," begged
Sledge and unloomed himself frotn the
background.
"Where now has he gone?" wondered
Molly, half amused and belt apprehen-
'He's probably xioticed that some
girla have candy," surmised Fetn, who
had. come to believe him infallible.
"I hope he isn't going to order the
spotlights turned this way," snickered
Mali "He'd do it. I think. He's ca-
pable of anything."
"As long as it's nice," admitted Fern.
"I'll bet you never had a man treat
you with more respect."
"That's true enough. He's rather a
surprise to me in that He's a fine
friend to have, Fern."
Just as. the overture struck up Sledge
returned to the box, followed' by a
large handed. Marl of about thirty-five.
whose face ana neck were red from
much cheerful exposure to the weath-
er. He had a merry blue eye and pom-
Padour hair, and he wore diamond
shirt studs and cuff buttons,
"Tommy Reeler, girls," Introduced
Siedge, "Miss Fern Burbank, Tommy.
kiss Molly Marley."
Mr. Reeler in great heartiness 'and
In friendliness all unafraid shook
hands with.both the girls and sat down
.by Fern.
'ai'm in luck," he ccinfided to the
crowd. "I was feeling lonesome enough
to take ao,eirink when Ben dug me up
and alipped me the news that he had a
girl for me. How do you like our
town, Miss Fern?"
al love it," returned Fern, not dar-
ing to look at Molly, whose brimming
eyes She knew to be fixed upon her.
Under the crescendo of the music
the conversation became paired off,
and Sledge, with complacent self ap-
probation, watched the,couple In front
of aim.
"Toratny's a right guy," he confided
to Molly. "Big contractor, paving and
city puildings. Wife died last winter."
"That was too bad," responded Mol-
ly sympathetically.
"She was due." declared Sledge. "I'd
"Was she so dreadful?". Inquired
Molly, forcing ber share of the con -
"A. souse," , grunted Sledge. "Tom-
my don't touch it, but she got a dif-
ferent kind of a Hein.z on every
"Drank?" guessed Molly, trying to
remember for Fern's benefit.
"For the family," Sledge corroborat-
ed, "and all this time Tommy a decent
guy. rife deserves a good wommar but
great g for your little friend if she
can aim."
"I 'ne er heard Fern express a pref-
erence or widowers," she suggested.
"He's the same as not," Sledge as-
sured er. "There's no kids. Tom -
sage.
"Me er a blond," Tommy ler
eace. d before she coulel sten it tae
ti
Bee* iholtedeansund at Sledge witJe
wan* =W-anitioadiled Ms head am-
trawdtreetion gem
fellatio: away?" asked Moat?
beadhlg forward. But Fern
certain me, and the play be-
titaimibduponSledge*the sthsbene. (isatngt dectentrflekljed
abet. } azybedy liked this :sort of
tfgwg fete be It from 'him. to Interroae,
'-oesrpleasme. Between. Meads,
*eat* be came right back on the
11713-7-lapi aXtanged ,for Tommy and
jto,seRhe the girls out to see the
plant eia, the follow-
reuldtavaltuess- as balcony na-
danmet the West End club. Replan -
pet Potted:el dab dinner for the day.
after, and then reaching nonchalantly
into hle aistcoat pocket he dropped
lint* s lap a glittering bauble,
w oo ed like a glass hickory nut
"Ts* that down to Duvay's 'and
tted. to your finger," be die
c ed It up incredulously. It
She
.ouldu t he real!
"Wli , It's a diamond!" she gasped
s it I. y, fleshing and gleaining iu her
and, n she, saw the 'perfect cutting
- bn.odm:ve nidt.rful fire et it. Tire realliza-
"It had better be or somebody goets
o jail,' hie inaormed .ber.' ''Thai tock
et n3e back the price of a house and
"But, Mr. Sledge, 1 Can't accept this,"
., he es, neatly essured him.
tWh nht?" be demanded. studying
She was panic stricken more by his
look than his words.
"It's t large for a ring, for one
tale exPlained.
dle
She d cided to leave, out the question
f goo tatth.
"You leo idn't put a glove over it„"
He loliked at it reproachfully.
Here Wee a preposition
attlifintied Nett Week.
on wbicb site
Book of
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Carton of
ic
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any Xidney or Bladder Trouble, ori
suffer with Rheumatism or Pain In The
Back or StomachTrouble—give "Fruit -
medicine will, da you a world of goods,
as it cures when everything else fans.
At dealers or sent postpaid on receipt
of price by Pruit-aetives Limited,
Ottawa.
E. Gealoger, St. Marys, the ena.rrlaga
to take place quietly the latter pars
of September.
d6 the address below and
54 gummed and printed
Pure Cane
100, 20 and 10-113. zlags
2 and 54b. Cartons
'send you a book of
labels for your fruit jars.
LANTIC SUGAR is best
every ki-nd of preserving. Pure
cane. "FL\TE" granulation. E
sweetening power. °rider by
name from your grocer in our
ft -d1 weight original pac
"The All -Purpose A, --aro
tlandc Sugar Refineries, Ltd.
Power Building, Montreal_
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replaced. .
or 1Sale by Henry Edge
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