The Wingham Times, 1913-11-06, Page 7TSE W1NGI1Ai. T.MRS, NOVEMBER 8. 1913
A Rockin ththe Baitic
By ROBERT BARR.
"The Trhimpk..1 Eugene Valmont," "Tokio," "in the Midst of
Alarms." "Speculations of John Steele." 'The Victor.." the
rier
• C* y'dt bt, IRO. by Robert gar.
ey Anonttament with Tim Authors en4 Newspapers A..*eietion of Newyork.
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CHAPTER L
N the public Atom of the Sixth
National bank at Bar Harbor,
in Maine, Lieutenant Alan
Drummond, II, td. S. Coaster•
stabil. stood aside to glee precedence
oxo a lady. The lieutenant had visited
the bang: for the purpose of ehaugites
teeveral crisp white Bank of Ragland
:notes into the currency or the country
Yee was thea visiting. The lady did
not appear to notice either his courtesy
or his presence, and this was the more
remarkable since Drummond was a
young man sut}ictently conspicuous
even in a crowd, and he and she were
tit that moment the only eustomers in
the bank, ;res 'ta'll,'- l knitptutd
:stalwart, blond as a Seandinathui,
with dark blue eyes which he some-
times:said jocularly were the colors
ref his university. He had been slowly
approaching the cashier's window with
the easy movement of a man never in
a hurry, when the girl appeared at the
door and afivaneed rapidly to the bank
+counter wide its braes wire screen sur-
rounding the arched aperture behind
which stood ,the cashier. Although
'very plainly attired, her gown never-
theless possessed a charm of simplic-
ity that almost suggested complex
Paris, and she wore it with that air et
,distinction the secret of which is sup-
posed to be the exclusive property of
French' and. American women.
The young man saw nothing of this,
oaed, although he appreciated the begu-
ile' of the gni, what struck him at that
Oa4tat:t was the expression of anxiety
•stfi► her face, wbose apparently tem-
porary pallor was accentuated by an
• .ba.dance ot dant hair. It seemed tto
bin that she had resolutely act herlrett
:.se task whleb she was most reluctant
• 1e perform. From tbe moment she eve
• fleeced the door her targe dark eyes
teem taxed almost appealingly oa the
•e.etder, and they beheld nothing else.
�;, �trraamond, mentally slow as he usual-
' was, came to the quick conclusion
titled this was a supreme moment is
.firer life, on which perhaps great Issues
depended. He saw her left hand grasp
flirt eorner or the ledge in front of the
.dialler wtth a grip of nervous tensloe,
se if the support thus attained was
fry, to ber. iter right band trem-
hted slightly as ahe passed an oblong
gip of paper through the aperture to
Ole esbn and indifferent official.
"Wlti"Tort give me the money for this
'eireek2" she asked in a low voice.
1 'The cashier scrutinized the document
t!or some time In silence. The signa-
're appeared unfamiliar to him.
'One moment, madam," he said qut-
etly and retired to a desk in the back
,part of the bank, where he opened R
'huge book, turned over some leaves
madldly and ran itis finger down a
gtitge. His dilatory action seemed to
decrease the young woman's panic.
Sler phtlor inerenred. and she swayed
:slightly, as if le danger of falling, but
brought her right hand to the assist-
ance of the left and so steadied her-
:tseif against the ledge of the cashier's
-counter.
"Ity love." said the lieutenant to
itinself, "there's something wrong
here: I wonder what It is. Such a
:vretty girl too:"
The cashier behind his screen saw
-mottling of this play or the emotions.
Ile returned uonchalautiy to his sta-
tion and asked in centime:place tones:
"Row will you have the money,
snadant?"
"Cold, if you please;' she replied, al-
nmost In a whis?:et•, a rosy flush chas-
ing the whltene:'s from her face, while
:a deep a:igh marked the passing of a
•crisis.
At this juncture an extraordinary
thing happened. The cashier counted
out some golden coins and passed them
through the aperture toward their new
•owner.
'Thank you," cald the girl. Then,
without touching the money, she turn -
•ed like one hypnotized. Iter unseeing
eyes still taking no herd of the 1•tg
lteutennnt, and pate*• 1 rapidly nut Of
the hank. no etv't t'r .ti+1 not regard
Her HEART and NERVES
Were So Bad She Could
Riot Sleep.
To those who sleep in o.idei 1 of a way,
but whose rest is 1 token into by fearful
dreams nightmares, tanking and smother-
ing sensations,
g
ations, who v :Ike in the morning
, as tired as when they went to bed, we can
reeonuncnd enflames heart and Nerve
Pills. I3y tel 'u:; them you can have
your old, peaceful, uuilisturbed, refresh-
ing sleep bark :;train.
1\Irs. Char. Ted, f lc r:lea::lk, Ont.,
write,:--"Jn':t a few 1:i. to let you
i1 know what Itlilhurn's Insert sold Nerve
Pills did for lite. 1'Iy lean and nerves
• dere so bad I ccivl.l t:et :L:p, and tete
teat arise or us vitee:inns Nomid make
lee feel to that I titr't to then. 1: was going
to die, and I w• old tree 1 le until I
could hiedl't stat:". I teal: doctor's,
nxdiei.•',,1 et it diol vot do n•e much good,
At last A tried'Mill :: 's IT: ori and Nerve
fills, and I far trr1..it l ,::y they did
ire a meet e..t amount of ?;e < (i. I can re-
coti tt nd atone to auyme• who is suffer-
ing as I was."
'Milburn's IIeart and Nerve Pitts are
fink. per box, .3 bo~<t's fir 51.25 at all
dealers, or mailed direct on receipt of
pike by The T. Milburn Co., Limited,
Tomtit°, Ot:t.
to this abandonment of treasure.
was writing some hieroglyphics on the
cashed check.
"By Joeet" gasped the lieutenant
aloud, springing forward as he spoke,
sweeping the coins into his hand and
bolting for the door. This was au ac-
tion which would have awakened the
most negligent cashier had he been in
a trance. Automatically be whisked
oat a revolver which lay in an open
drawer under his band.
"Stop, you scoundrel, or I firer he
shouted, but the lieutenant had al-
ready disappeared, Quick as thought
tbe cashier darted into the passage
and., without waiting to unfasten the
low deer which separated the public
and private rooms of the bank, leaped'
ewer it and, bareheaded, gaye obese.
A flattish naval *Meer in untform rap-
idly oyertaking n young woman quite
unconscious of his npproacb, followed
by an exelted, bareheaded man with a
revoker in his grasp, was a sight
which would quickly have collected a
crowd almost anywbere, but it happen.
ed to be the luneb hour, and the In.
habitat s of that remiss summer re.
sort were Indoors: thus fortunatelyrthe
street was deserted. The naval officer
was therebecause the_hour of the mid.
day meal on board the cruller did not
coincide with 'lunch time on shore. 7'he
girl was there because it happened to
be_ the only portiolt ot the day when
she eoutd withdraw unobserved from
the house in which she lined during
banking hours to try her little agitat-
ing financial experiment The cashier
was there because the bank bad no
hutch hour and because he had just
wttneesed the most suspicious eir-
c•umstance tbat his constantly alert
rye bid ever beheld. Calm and bit
pertdfbabie as a bank cashier nay
appear to tbe outside public; 'he is a
man under constant strain during bead-
iness hours. Each person with wham
he Is unacquainted that confronts hint
tit his post is a possible robber who at
any moment may attempt either by
violence or cbiceeery to meta the treas-
ure he guards. The happening of any
eveut outside the usual routine at once
arouses the cashier's distrust, and this
sudden titght of a stranger -with Mousy
which.did. not beioug:tohtm., miltsjws-
tified the perturbstion of the cashier.
From that point onward innocence of
conduct or explanation so explicit as
to satisfy any ordinary man becomes
evidence' of more' settle' guilt to the
mind of a bank official. The ordinary
citizen, seeing the lieutenant finally
overtake and •accost the hurrying girt,
raise bis cap, 'then pour into her out.
stretebed band the gold he bad taken,
would have known at once that here
Was an everyday exercise of naturist
nnlitenees.
Not so the cashier. The farther he
got from the 'bank the more poignantly
did be realize that these two int front
both 'strangers" to him, bad by their'
combined action lured him, pistol an'
all, await'' frond his pest during'th•e gulf
est hour of the day. It wag not the de-
camping 'with those few pieces of gold.
twhich now troubled him. It was fear"
of What might be going on 'behind him.
lie was positive that these two had
acted fn conjtineti'oh. The tibiforuti
worn by the man did not impose upon
him, Any thlet could cushy come by a
uniform, and as his mind glanced rap-
idly backward over the various points
of the scheme he saw how effectual
the plan was, First, the incredible re;
iniseuess of the womau in leaving her
gold on the counter; second, the impet-
nous disappearance of the man with
the money, and, third, his own heedless
plunge into the street after them. He
saw the whole plot in a bash. He had
literally leaped into the trap, and dur-
ing his five or to:t minutes absence
the accomplices of the pair might have
overawed the unarmed clerks and
tvrtlked off with the treasure. Isis cash
drawer was unlocked, stud even the
big safe stood wide open. Surprise
hail as effeviuelty lured him away as
if he htui been a country bumpkin.
ili1terly mei breathlessly slid he curse
his Owu pree'pitaucy. Ills duty was
t.t guard the bank, yet it had not been
the bunt: that twae rolrhea, but et bett
n cureless w ()man who had failed to
pir'k up her money. IIe held the check
for it, and the lose, if tune was hers,
not the bank's, ycl here be was, run-
ning bareheaded dntvu the street like
a foul, tend now those two stool quite
ealully together, he handing her the
utotie and thus spreading a insane of
intim-once over the vile trieli. But.
whatever eras happening in the hank,
he would secure two of the culprits at
least. The two, quite Oblivion, of the
danger that threatened then, were
sautewltat etat'tle:I 1'r a f'itt'ing :ann.
trembling with rage, banal:enlist and
i:Onrishittg a deadly weapon, sw•ee;'aig
dawn upon them.
"Come back to the bath: instantly,
+u two:" he shouted,
"Why?" asked the tienten:nit in a
quiet voice.
"•iteettn:ie 1 any so, for 0710 thing"
"'That reason is unan v er,lble:" re-
irlk'ti the lieut('tlattt,twith a slight I.ttmlt,
which further exasperate) his nl+po.
neat. "I think yeti are ese;titt•• emu
self tuun're.ssatily. May I 1: y ai 1u
put that plate[ in your p:mkt' tin li:a
erntser we atl'n-tl •,t (elver top tilt' imine
w11@11 l:trjie.: 11•+not' ti tnitit tinge 1o1,4 -
"Com.: hack to rho haltk t)1stcsattl/ t"
.glee, You wish int to return bemuse
1 hod tto authority for taking the
•honey? Right: come along,"
The cashier regarded this apt a bluff
aid an attempt to give the woman op•
;tortuutty to escape.
"You roust come bac* also,- no Bret
to the girl.
"I'd rather not," she pleaded in a
tow voice, and It was hardly possible
to have made a more injudicious re-
mark if be bad taken the whole after-
noon
fternoon to prepare.
Renewed determination shone from
the face of the cashier.
"You must come back to the bank,"
he reiterated.
"Ok, I say," protested the lieuten-
ant, "you are now exceeding your an-
tborlty. I alone am the culprit The
young lady Is quite blameless, and
you have' no right to detisin her for a
moment."
The girl, who had leen edging away
and showing signs of night, which the
bareheaded man, visibly on the alert,
leaned forward ready to intercept,
seemed to snake up her mind to bow
to the inevitable. Ignoring the cashier,
she looked up at the blond lieutenant
with a slight smile metier pretty lip*.
"It was teelly all my fault at the be-
ginning," ebe said, "and very stupid of
me, bane alightly -acquainted with the
bank manager, and t 'ata sure be will
vouch for me If lie is there,"
With that ogee turned and walked
briskly toward the bask at so rapid it
pace as to Indicate that she did not
Wish an escort. The bareheaded oth-
ciai found his anger uracteuntably de-
serting hila, while a great tear that
he had put its foot fa it t.ok its place.
"Really," said the lienteviarrt gently
as they strode along together, "en ota-
ciat in your position sbould be a good
judge of human nature. Flow any sane
person, especially a young man, can
lookeat that beautiful girl and suspect
her of evil. passes, my. comprehension.
Do you know her?" '
"No," said the cashier shortie. "Do
you?"
The lieutenant laughed genially.
"'Still suspietoutt, eh?" he asked. No,
I don't know her; but, to use a bank-
ing terse, you may bet your bottom
dollar I'm going to. Indeed. I am
rather grateful to you fel' your stub-
bornness in forcing us to return. It's
a quality I like, and'yoa possess It In
marvelous development, so 1 intend
to stand by you when the managerial
Censure is due. ri f, ��ty' certain I
met'your manager at' the dinner "they
gave us 'iast' Me, Morton, isn't
he?"
"Yes," growled the cashier In gruff
despondeney.
"Alt, that's awfully jolly. One of the
finest fellows I've met in ten years.
Now, the lady said she was. acquainted
with him, so If I don't wheedle an in-
troduction out of him it will show that
a span at it dlnher and a men in a
bank are two different individuals.
You were looking for plots, so there is
mine laid bare to you. It's an into, -
duction, not gold, I'm 'conspiring for."
The cashier had nothing further to
say. When they entered the bank to-
gether, be saw the clerks all busily at
work and knew that no startling event
bad happened during his :Absence. The
girl had gone direct to the manager's
room, end thither the young men fol-
lowed her. The bank manager was
standing at his desk, trying to pre-
serve n severe Ib13111C l east of counte-
nance, which the twinkle in his eyes
belied. The girl, also standing, had
evidently been giving him a rapid
sketch of what had occurred, but now
fell into silence when accuser and ac-
complice appeared.
The advent of the Englishman twas
:m godsend to the manager. He was
too courteous a gentleman to laugh in
the face of a Indy tt'lto very seriously
was relating a set of incidents which
appealed to his sense of humor, so the
routing of the lieutenant enabled him
to swatch off his mirth on another snit-
jeet, and In reply to the officer's cor-
dial "(.nod morning, 1I1•. Morton," he
replied:
"Why, iteutennnt, ['m delighted to
-ee you. That was a very jolly song
you i:ang for us iast night. I'll never
forget it. What do you rail it? 'Whit-
tington Pair?' " and he laughed out-
right as at a geuiai t•eeoliection.
The libittcn:tiit 1Iushe,l tel its a girl
*use st:unnterd:
"Really, Mr. ilortoa, you know that's
Rot to :online to the rule., of et'i:knee,
\\'hon a fellow conies tip for trial pre -
vi n:= eontirtiu:tx are Lever allowed le
la' nten:i iii'l till after the seutenre.
\; itt+lhics •nib Fair sh.xtld nut be hell
tetaitt,t ate in the pt'eeent (-Aviv,"
The manager eimelz1 ') gh'efu;ly. The
etislaer, when Ito saw how the land lay,
hall quietly ivithdr:tii•u, Hosie;.; the
door.' behind him.
'Wali, lieutenautt, I think I must
have tlmia it,t'1•ipit c•ubliel to Meope,"
tell.it ik'ti, '•s" tin' gift's, oaffotta o"
tuns <•ott ilt.-nt t:::ty know that a plate
i:..... seen.... i.•:,'1 afraid to tat•:.li the:
KNOWLEDGE
Better Guide Von
Instinct When Buping ::
HOLLANCs.
1'1OWLEDG(E is more
ria widespread today than
ever before. `x^a'ettty-Seel
years ago ranch burring was
done by Instinct—doe in a
haphazard way that is a
thing of the least like the
spinning wheel and the tat -
low candle.
Your grandmother trusted
largely to luck—you depend
on knowledge wben it comes.
to spending money. What
causes the difference? Ad-
vertising.
Publicity has revolutionized
business. It has increased
business honesty, has advanc-
ed business ethics and bas
ended slipshod methods.
To gain the advantage ot
these changed conditions yon
must have knowledge. You
must know values. You can
learn them only by studying
advertising. In no other way
can yon learn what b best
and what the best is worth,
CARELESS BUTING
OFTEN MEANS
DISAPIPOINTMENT.
Equip yourself with the
knowledge necessary for eco-
nomical baying. If you have
money to spend you owe this
to yourself and to those for
whom you buy
3ritisk navy. Indeed, iter, 1)iuutmend,
C yon rend lilstory you Wilt learn that
bis is a dangerous coast for your war-
:hins, it seems rather inhospitable
halt n guest of our town cannot pick
tit the gold he wants out of a bank,
nit a cashier has necessarily some-
vhat narrow views on the subject. 1
vas just about to apologize to Miss
Amherst. who is a valued client of
ours, when you came in. and 1 hope.
Miss Atutiurst" he continued gravely.
tittering to the .girl, "that you will ex-
cuse us for the inconvenience to which
you have been put."
"Oh, it does not matter hi the least"
replied the young woman. with never-
theless a sigh of relief. "It was ati my
own fault in so carelessly leering the
money. Some time, when less in a bur-
ry than I am at the pt•eselit inoment I
will tell you how 1 came to make the
blunder."
Meanwhile the manager caught and
interpreted correctly an imploring look
from the lieutenant.
"Before you go, Miss Amhurst. lobi
you permit me to Introduce to you my
friend, Lieutenant Drummond of II.
NI. S. Consternation?"
TMs ritual to convention being per-
formed, .the expreaslon on the girl':+
fast* showed the renewal of her aura
ee. -'-- to tut
door theonkel. .A,+.. . tu: w.td tied
opened it for ,her. if the assuager ex-
pected the young titan to return he
was disappointed. for t)ruuiutoud threw
over his shoulder the hasty remark:
"I will see eve at the club this even -
Ns -hereupon the genial Morton.
finding himself deserted, sat down in
his swivel chair and 'laughed quietly
to himself.
There was the slightest possible
shitde of annoyance on the girl's face
as the sailor walked beside her from
the door of the manager's room,
through the public portion of the bank
to the exit, and the young man, .notic-
ing this, became momentarily tongue
tied, but nevertheless perslsted w!tb a
Severe
R
Cold
Settled On Her
Lungs.
Mrs. Geo. Murphy, Spence, Ont.,
writes:—"I have had occasion to use
Its. \\'noel's Norway Pine Syrup, and
(t n say it most certainly is a wonderful
medicine. Last winter my little girl,
3ust a year old, took a severe cold which
fe'ti'd on her lungs. I tried everything,
:ted was almost in despair, when by
alt: •ice I read of Dr. Wood's Norway
le:ae :lyre?), and decided to try it. I
rot two bottles, and as soon as I started
t•r use it I could see it was taking effect.
I t;ewe ler three bottles in all, and they
r +.nnlc•t:•1y cured Iter."
I)r. \(; .•;:i's No:'tway Pine Syrup is a
met -teed rem( dv air Sufferers from all
I ronehiul tnn.bk.:. Coughs and Colds
of ail kind , 1;tourl:itis, Sere Throat,
11. u'seac Cr,.; p, Asthma, Whooping
Conti,, end Ti ,,,::t and Lung 'rroublie,
de .e;:t.:r quid•iy after t: few doses have
1•,rr t hen.
It it'll
t 11.•'.t di• tr in:; tickling
gid, i
s. teani i:t (le thratt which tsetses
e hit : t:d 1 "t: you ventLe at night.
1".ice, ::` Linz ta:,tity Mee, eee,
I'm:t tip in e yellow wr:il'per: three pine
tr.t.t the ti n'» ' +lurk; tutnnf,e'tnreet
ce ly be The T. Milburn t" ., ,' need,
'i'ot•,sitto, Ont.
Refes saL.aitatcs,
ceii ittnwktiar+i ��ggedn•'e wltTch
was not going to arrow .o slight a
hint that lee, further ettendattce war
tri beceseary to bade him. Ile did not
speak until they had passed down the
stone steps to the pavement, and then.
hisutterance began with a halt em-
batraased stammer, as if the shadow"
or displeasure demanded justification,
on his part,
"Yule --you see, Miss A.tnhurst, we
have been rtl'operty introduced"
For the first time he beard the girl
laugh, just a little, and the sound was
very musical to him.
"The introduction was of the slight-
est," she said. "I cannot claim even
1+11mivi7+11+tu+till:IItIIncilllll:illpll9111`IIIIIIOtt.ittlo neo
tralma
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CASTORIA1
'or infants ansi Children. .
The Kind You Have
Always Bought
Bears the
Signature
of
3
nfttiiii ltli iufittiuuRIR1Mitt1idtl11ummunsansu+utRo+
Vegetabte'reparationrorAs.
Mutilating
tla5tamaclls ansalowelss of
Ptomotes'nigestion,Gtteerfui-
BessandRest.Contalns neither
Op*um,Molphino nor Mineral.
NOT NJ 1LC OTIC.
..tt toots ct very lofty so/.$) uou sante,"
• acquaintance with Mr. Morton, al.
at at 1 die. so in the pre ^'u•e of his
a :tent subordi:ioie. I hate met the
,lager of the bank but once before,
that for a few moments only. when
•. showed me where to sign my name
a big book."
'Nevertheless," urged Drummond,"1
hell defend the validity of that intro-
'.uction agaiust all COMM. The bead
is a bank le a most Importent man to
every country, and hisccotnmendatio.
is really very much sought alter."
"You appear to possess it. He com-
plimented your singing, you know.."
And there was a roguish twinkle in the
girl's eye as she glanced up sideways
at him, while a smile came to her llrs
as she saw the color again mount to bis
cheeks. She bad never before met a
man who blushed, and she could toot
help regarding biro rather as a big by
than a person to be taken, serioudy.
His stammer became mere pronounced,
"I-1 think you are laughing at me,
Kiss Amhurst, and indeed I don't won-
der at it, and li—I art afraid you con-
sider me even store persistent than the
cashier, But I did wart to tell you
bow sorry I ata to have caused you an.
noyalece."
"Oh, yin mare not done e*," replied
the girl quickly. "As I said before, it
was all my own fault in the begin-
ning."
"No; I shouldn't bate taken the gold.
[ should have come up with you and
told yen that it still awaited you in
the bank, Add, now I beg , your per -
[To be Continued.]
•
The Siege of
The Seven guitars
By
MEREDITH NICHOLSON
tI
Copyright, 1910. by Meredith Nicholson
Miss Octavio and Pepperton still lin-
gered over their teacups, The row
made by the fugitives from ber kennels
had not, it seemed, penetrated to the
library, and Miss (Maria. bade me join
the talk, which had to do, 1 remember,
with some project for a national hall
of fame that had incurred her charac-
teristic displeasure. A hall of immor-
tal rascals in pillories she thought fat
likelier to please the masses.
In fifteen minutes I saw Cecilia cross•
ing the ball. She stopped where 1
could see her quite plainly and thrust
her hand into the pocket of her coat.
Out flashed the silver notebook. She
made a swift notation with the pencil
that now, h knew, wrote the fate of the
sixth man.
I went out and spoke to her Mid
walked beside her to the drawing room
door, where [iartiey Wiggins was wait -
fug.
Miss Octavia had risen when I re-
turned to the library, and it was time
to dress for dinner.
"Just a moment, Miss Hollister.
Something of great interest is abort to
occur." And 1 made excuses for de-
taining her for perhaps five minutes,
not more.
"You have never yet deceived me,
Arnold Ames, and such is my conn.
Hence in you that If via tell me that
something; interesting will soon weer 1
have no reason to doubt yob. It Le
worth remembering, however, that total
is not improved by prolonged roast.
ing."
T heard Wiggins laugh in tbe hall,
anti Miss Oetavia tailed her head.
Then Cecilia canto into the room end
walked directly to her aunt.
"Aunt Octavio, here Is the little MI -
ver notebook you gave ale in Paris. I
have jest written Mr. Wiggles' auamt in
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NORIA
it, and as I have no tlirtber use for the
book, l return it with my love and
thanks"
Without a word Miss Octavia turned
to the wall and pressed the button
twice,
"William," ebe said as the butler apo
peared, "you may serve Oriana '97,
and be careful not to freeze it to death;
and the hour for dinner is changed to
8. Arnold, you may yourself drive to
Gooseberry bungalow for my brothel
and niece. Tbey dine with me to.
eight"
• • • • • • •
Hezekiah and I built our bungalow in
the orchard 'where on that October aft •
ernoon I found her munching a red ap-
ple on the stone wall. She is the most
scrupulous of housewives and only now
took me to task for scattering the
hearth with fragments of the notes
"William," she said, "you may serve
Oriana
from which this narrative bas been
written. She has just been reading
these last pages with meditative brown
eyes and not without occasionallly
reaching for the pen and retouching
some sentence in which, she says, soot
from my chimney doctoring days has
clogged the tuk. C'eeilia and Wiggins
live at Ilopefield across the fields. Miss
Octavio insisted on this. for the reason
that the sword of Iiartley's great-
grandfather, found in the cbest mulct
the old house, gives hint inalienabie
rights to the promises. Miss Oetavia
and her brother Bassford ale traveling
abroad and enjoying those mild adven-
tures to whtit•' they are both tempera-
mentally inclined.
Illy name is joined to I'epperton's on
his office door. Pepperton proposed
this arrangement, with so many as-
surances of faith in Inc that I could
not refuse him; but I knew well
enough that Miss Oetavia had first put
it into his head, So wee:). 1 have call-
ed myself a chimney dee tor in these
pages, I am again an areli tett.
"You ought to say something mire
about the Aso:ando," Ilezektah has just
Murmured at nay shot+lder. "Every-
body will asks whether we ever went
back there."
"0f course we go baek there. 1leee-
kiah, every time non Conte to fowl•
aid'ean get hold of Inc."
"You'd better explain that Aunt Oc-
tavia started the tea room and stilt
owns it and makes money out of it.
though she rarely goes there, but
sends Freda, the maid, to collect the
profits. And it won't do any harm to
say that when she met you there that
day she decided at once that you
would be a proper husband for me.
Any one wbo reads your book will
want to know that"
Bezeklah' is Always right , So here
endeth the chronicle.
Tort Nod.
Life at Low Temperatures.
Most recent experiments show that
the idea that bacteria in general tune
not harmed by freezing is untenable.
On tbe other band, the effect of very
low temperatures has been greatly
overestimated. It has been observed
that as destructive effects are pie'
duced upon bacterial life from tbe tem-
perature of salt and pounded ice as
from that of liquid air. The critical
point appears to be somewhat about
the freezing point of water. An organ-
ism that can pass this point in safety
may be proof against even absolute
zero. A few individual bacteria in
every culture tried were able to endure
nbarmed thetemperature of li uitl
u
P q
air. This is believed to have been due
to the absence of water in cells.—St.
Louis Republic.
Knew Her ausiness.
A weather beaten woman, dressed in
new and stylish clothing, was march-
ing up the street one Sunday morning,
when down came a sudden shower.
The woman bad uo umbrella, but quick
as a flash she caught up her dress
skirt and threw it over her hat
"You'll get your ankles all 'wet, Ma-
rla," said ber husband, who was com-
ing along in the rear.
"Ob, never mind the ankles," called
out the woman as she hurried along.
"I've had them the last sixty yearn.
and I only got the bat yesterday."—
Harpers Bazar.
t.
Not Amiable.
"We had to let that servant go."
"What was the matter? Wouidol
she work?"
"01, she did the 'Work all right, but
she couldn't get along with the chi-
dren."
"That so?"
"'Yes. She'd Gose ber temper e:,'verr
time one of them kieked her e'a titre
shins."—Detroit Free Press.
Twice Preen
Cure for Nerves
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1lealtit.
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thousands of women tilt+, are drifter
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vinrsc and siet•t•ous t -i+•1( I:vadat:Iwo are
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