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A TALE OF DUAL IDENTITY AND •
THE WIERD OCCULT. •
DOUBLE TROUBLE:
Copyright, 1906. by Bobbs-Merrill Co.
By HERBERT QUICK.
xix. ' vryn?
THE ENTRAPPJ.s^ OP MR. BRASS-
Ol’ Mlstah Wolf is n sinalit ol’ man.
An’ a raght smaht man Is he;
He take all the meat fum the trap an'
he eat
.Not a mossel fiat poisoned he!
Ho laff at the snaiah, an’ he nevah calah
When d.e niggah wake fum his nap;
But he fuller the trail o’ little Miss
W olf
Raght Inter the jaws o’ the trap!
But he toiler the scent o’ little Miss
Wolf
Kerslap in the deadfall trap!
—"Hidin'-Out” Songs.
arms went around his neck, and she to know what we represent. Print it, j trious, as well as improving author —
.......... Poems of Passion. The particular se
lection rendered by Miss o’carlett was the
one (unknown. I presume, to my readers
—no, my dear, iwe haven t it) which ,n-
ftrms us what the first person singular
feminine, being invited into Paradise,
would’ do if the third person singular
masculine, down in the regions infernal,
should open ^is beautiful arms and
smile. Miss Sc.‘ r.itt read ill sentiments
very well, and ,iss Smith laid violent
hands on herself -and looiced shocked.
“Oh, Daisy!’’ she exclaimed, “don’t,
please don’t!” „
"Oh, Flossie!’’ f«ud’ Miss Daisy, imttat-
ively, “don’t pretend! That poem is
Simply great!’’
Doctor Brown laughed, quite In the
manner of tiie bass villain in the comic
opera.
“The dissecting table,” said she, “brings
all these beautiful arms and brows to the
same dead level of tissue—unpoetical, but
real.”
Miss Scarlett liberated her foot, spun
drew his head to her breast, softly, ten- so all may be well informed.”
derly, and her lips met his—so many ’But that would be an acceptance o
times that for years she blushed when the U, ® H ™dll" sh4 replied “We have al-
memory returned to her. ready accepted, and that’s settled. But
•’Darling!’’ he whispered, "do you love jt will raise the contest to one of princi
ple?” pie. The best elements of society are
"Love you?” said she. “Look in my eyes with you—Doctor Bulkon might as well
and see’” have mentioned your name as lie de-
Slowly, with her left hand in the curls scribed the ideal candidaie today-and
1*1 , a . „ * % * such a noble declaration irom you win
on ins neck, she drew her face from lus, j.jj t j iem with joy. on, don’t you think
j and, as if fascinated, his eyes sought, . so ?"
j hers in a long, long, hungry look. j “Elizabeth," lie said, “if I take this
J "Vo'b do!" he began gaspingly. “Yes—’’I office, it will be for your sake. 1 shad
; Tile slender fingers moved upward over! withdraw, or run on your platform,
j his head, the commanding eyes held his, I "O’h, you can’t ^withdraw, she asseve
j the other hand, ns if for a caress, swept | lu which she
his eyes and he lay back in the, C o n gfcaj|tly surprised him, mitigated
chair, inert as a corpse. Mme. le Clairei SO mewhat the pique wnich his ceremoni-
untwined his arms from her waist, andj ously respectful parting raised in her
knelt on the floor before him, her hands: heart. She stood looking at the hand
CANCER CURED
With Soothing, Balmy Oils
ROM a room adjoining that!
ho had kissed, and wondering if this
was the Eugene of .-ays gone by, but
i
clasped on liis knees, her head pillowed
in his senseless lap.
Their unseen auditors heard no more
in which Mme. le Claire conversation, and the judge moved softly
had won her seeming, out to a place where lie could see. Clara hajf-familiarity—the eur.ous impression of
Victory over Mr R r a«. nas sobbing as she groveled at the feet strangeness which so nearly caused a
... 1 . * ’ of the man she had obdterated, rescued [breach between the mon his return from
so ,, Ca , ° n ’ emerged and restored, and as she sobbed she New' York—that was gone, at least. This
hastily that young worn- p ,. essed j,is hands to her lips. Judge new attitude of his—we.l. that was to no
an s accomplices—her father Blodgett W ent back to tlie window, lifted considered. In some respects, the eha-nge
and Judge Blodgett wlioi ; t noisily and lowered it with a crash. J ’*
had shamelessly listened to Then he walked into the front room, and
, whole conversation. f OUI1( j Madame le Claire sitting in a
chair across the room from her subject,
f her mystic
was not quite able to think him cold to | about, and dashed into a stormy prelude,
her. This was true at all events, slid j modulating into the accompaniment to
thought, tne offensiveness—half-reserve, j the refrain of Sullivan's Once Agai.i,
' * which she sang with much fervor.
had Its element of piquancy—11.,e a love
affair with an Innocent boy where the
She was about the height of a ■well-
crown girl of twelve or thirteen, and
hail! appealing eye» of delf blue, and a
round face of peachy softness. Her ha'r
v.as undeniably red. of a shade which
put to shame such verbal mitigations as
"auburn" or “golden," and was of tropic
■With more of haste than
seemliness they sped be- Ble ,. es . u it of the exorcise
fore Le Claire and her cap- p. 0 wer.
"Is he alright?” queried the judge,
wiles of experience had been exported, j luxuriance and anarchistic disposition. It
I n the meantime, Mr. Alvord was hap- ; curled and uncurled and strayed all about
tive, and by vigorous ex
pletives put the patient Aaron into
py. He had opened “Brassfield head
quarters,” over which he presided wi.li
a force of clerks who were busy with
poll books and other elerk-lo iking prop-
un * looking at the inert form. Madame erties. “But,” said he to Slater, who
motion ,n the procuring of tile waved her hand at their prisoner, ii
little supper” which they had heard answer.
C ara promise to the candidate for mayor. “Cataleptic,” said the professor, peer
-then, in^ a chamber farthest fron; the ing at him through his glasses. "Bulse
ailed to see him about funds for put
ting in order the links of the Belleva.e
her brow and neck like an explosion of
spun lava. For the rest, had she reallv
been a little girl of twelve, one would
feel free to describe her as fat and roly-
poly; but In the ease cf young spinster
■of somewhere in her third decade, well-
gowned and stayed and otherwise
Golf and Boating Club against the com- physical subjection to the modiste, and
ing of spring, “there’s nothing to it.
With the preachers exhorting for us and
but
rinrn- ina „.,n . ,. , , ' ' *“» *“• “ VV1U1 inf prettciicio fAuuiuiis mi no tin
uoor, ana well sheltered by draperies, feeble, preath imbercepti'ble. Yes, he is the wet-goods push and sports pluggin
they sat them down and waited for their reeled i . . . .
Prey. ^ “Well,
He s hooked!” said the judge, “hooked gett. “In other words, fetch him to.”
well; and I'll gamble she lands him. Madame le Claire stretched vibrant
,,^, 8 a bf'ch, professor.” hands toward the entranced man, and
"So! answered the other. “Ant now, again uttered the sharp command.
If she vlll only—what y<
singing of love like a diva, wliat can one
say? No more than this, perhaps, that
tlie fortunate man who carried her off
the field a prize will realize before he has
got very far that he lias captured' some
thing.
from either shoulder, the outlook couldn't
ive him the gaff.” said Blod- 'be better. Of course, we have to
through the form of a contest,
there’s no real fight in it.”
“1 don’t see how there can he.” said
Mr. Slater. “But what’s all this work
- v ° u call: reel him, “Awake!” | "Well,” said Alvord, “we’ve got to
blay him—until vo can get the data ve Amidon smilingly opened his eyes, and j ceep u . p the organization, and so we poll
vant ” looked about him. the town. It gives some men employ-
“To blazes with the data!” exclaimed “Where are the letters?” said he, mein for a few days that would be sore
the Judge. "I’m for getting him back into looking about for those vexing communi- if they didn't get it. Then we have to
the Amidon state and respectability, data cations, to find the meaning of which send out the piece de lesisLinee toi keg
or no data, before some one else tolls had been the object of the inquiry from Victor''ke~s is surprising^ A
him off into the poisonous swamp of which Alderson had drawn him with the man * caBs ' alH j says his name's Pat
popularity. Why, I tell you, professor— telegram. “Did you no’e on them the Burke, ot - Karl Schmidt, and that they’ve
hark! There they come! Lay low, now!” information we wanted? Why, is it organized a club for the study of public
The professor grasped his notebook, tlie night? How long have you had me questions, meeting every night at Jones’
Judge the arms of hls chair, as the door under the Influence? Is anything the Coke Ovens or Webber’s Chicken House,
opened, and in tlie front room they heard matter, Clara?" and they expect to have up the mayor-
Mme. le Claire’s voice joining in com- "Not now.” said Le Claire.
panionablo chat witli that of Brassfield. "Now eferyding is recht.” added the r ion "and coaid we send them'a barrel j Miss Scarlett pixce.de:> "on purpose
Oh. how slow Aaron is!” she said, professor. o! - ^eer? \v e know that there’s only a bo stayed with flagons and coinforteJ
"And X’rn so hungry. Aren’t you?” "But you have given us the devil's own eovr>OI . a p s guard, mostly aliens, but we ! with apples, as I have been here in the
“Not so much so as I was,” said he. ohase.” said the Judge. send ’em a pony. Another puts up a spie; j yas*t, 1 wanted to have a good sort of a
“Sweets take away tiie appetite. I’d “It is nearly midnight,” said Mr. Ami- that, he's been spending his own money
rather call the supper off, and exclude Aon. “Have I been out all the after- electioneering for Brassfield—he never
Abraham—or whatever his name Is: much noon?” had over fifty cents in the world, but
rather.” ‘ "All the afternoon"* exclaimed Bind- lies spent forty dollars—and he cant
stand the financial strain any longer.
“Love, once again, meet me once again!
Old love is waking; shall it wake >n
vain?”
Thus sane Miss Scarlett, ending with a
fervid thrill. Then site turned about,
sitting with her feet very wide apart, ar:j
faced Doctor Brown.
“Dissecting table, indeed!” she burst
forth. “1 tell you, it’s blasphemy to
speak of making such use of a nice man!
But, if I couifi ipiek ’em oat. so as to be
sure tlie right ones were dissected, I
don’t knew but I’d agree.”
Flossie Smith said that some of them
ought to be put to some use; and Doctor
Brown, having reminded tlie company
laity question for debate tonight—only lie | o! her profession me>i,.r laughed again,
wierallv calls its the ’morality’ ques- | “Here I am down from Allentown,”
"Selfish!” she reproved very severely. sett. "Yes, and all day, and al! yester-
“And I just in from a two hours' walk. I d a >’. anJ tlie da >’ before, an<1 other days!
haven’t eaten any sweets ” You’ve been raising merry Ned, Frorian,
“Nor I,” said he. “May I have Just a 1,1 vour Brassfield capacity. Do you
little taste?” want to know what you’ve done?”
"Mr. Brassfield! Don't make me sorry " Do I? ” he cried - ‘' TeU me a11 !lt
I invited you here! Aaron's likely to come once!”
in at any moment. Do you know when ‘‘Well, for one thing, said the old
you were here lasf?” lawyer, “Edgington's long-incubated
BrassfieM’s brow wrinkled, as he look- *rlieme has hatched, and you’ve been
eci about him. through a strenuous mayoralty contest y M1 y W hat j le wants, and not do any
“Ye-e-es,” said he slowly as if in n Colonel McCorkle, and have swent canvassing. It isn't necessary, anyhow,
doubt; and then in his ordinary manner- the ‘ bofm3 - Your friends insisted on it, That supper we arranged for before he
“Well, I should think I did. The dav you know ’ ar,<1 yfiu con,fln ’ t decline.” was put up will brin
that donkey, Alderson. came with the “Friends!” sneered Amidon.
telegrrai
I happen*
But
He’s palpitating with love for Brassfield.
He knows where there’s twenty-five
votes lie can get, if he can have say $!0
for booze—he’ll leave it entirely to us.
(Vo know he’s a fake, of course, hut we
give him a V. We’ve got to spend Brass’
roll somehow.”
"Where's he keeping himself?” asked
Slater. “I haven’t seen him since Sat
urday. Isn't he out shaking hands?”
"No,” was the answer. “He'd rather
him into contact
“1 tell with some of tiie strongest lilies of in-
ia<k ad ai si cal time with the nice boys
here, and I've had to stay—I don’t know
hew long—on a famine u'iet of women and
g.rls, with Ella Wheeler Wilcox for
sauce. It makes me swearing mad! ’
“I like that now!” said Flossie. “I
reallv like that!”
■■\Vel], l don't.” Miss Scarlett went on.
“I’m not used to it. To be left alone
oh, of course Billy Cox has been trying
to butt In, but what good is lie? My
Hercules, my Roman Ar thony, who won
mv trusting heart last summer, at a time
when I ha 1 just got it back from what 1
had thought a final and total loss—I find
him away, and when he gets back, be
cause. forsooth, he happens to be newly
engaged, lie’s so wrapped up in a little
thing like that, that he might a.s well
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“But if you must go, liow would it do ' withdrawal, you’re to be a good deal in lessly among paints; a punchibowl presid
for you to slip away before Billy comes
in, so as to leave him to me? 1 may be
adle to make something of Billy, if I’m
allowed to have my way with him. Must
you go? So glad you called. Of course,
we shall meet at our reception? Good-
by!”
Madame le Claire looked amusedly
down on Miss Scarlett. The bright
haired one was questioning her concern
ing her mystic art.
Could she see into the future?
Sometimes, when the conditions were
right.
Could she read thoughts?
Let the lady judge on the statement
that two men, one with brown and the
have stayed in New York. He doesn’t j other with gray eyes, had been much in
respond when I ring up his office on the the la !y’s thoughts lately.
-chair a "rif wager av*|thing *yotT say 6 you yon at yo ' ,r &nfl - trotted McCorkle know what our left wing is driving at.
can’t remember half the times you’ve
been in tny presence. Como now, the first
time!”
“Pshaw!” said he, “I’m not going i
ancient history, further than to say
was in a room with hangings like th
and a roar of traffic in the street, bei
Come, dear, let’s not talk of that
Her hand, straying near his hair, he
. , . . — — — —„ - . “I don’t know what path it’s verging
■out, and you trimmed them up. But it’s ’Gene leaves it all to me. and don’t ever j on,” was the reply, “but it Isn’t the prim
al] made up with him, now, and you and show up here. That girl business—the I ro se path of dalliance. There’s some
he and Alvord are as thick as thieves, strawberry blonde, you know—seems all j mystery in it.”
and know more of it than T do—one
will nvibfl nc riiUpnloiis ft®
rigating, I s’pose,” said he.
It Pti rln; la rfors
• “Hello! This j 0 f yours.”
Y’es, it’s Al- i **i must!” replied Miss Scarlett, look-
’— “••■* of the window. “There’s Billy
going into his house! What a
a bachelor to have such a big
to himself—it has filled me with
„ saw. aii rignt, go aneaa. ...
know. But you can t expect to cut a | Here followed a long pause
very good figure, you know.” [occasionally 'by “yes,” and
"Well, manage St as well as 5-ou can, land "no.” from Alvord. At
and I suppose you’ve watched me?” he tones of amazement, he broke forth in a. I ydlI Biliv'* Tlii« is DaTsv Don't- Vmi I
! continued. “>Whv did vou let me go this storm of protest.
I ”«■; , H*™ I w up » MU. w.l- LOW! .. a 5*JSS molt
I ,r «*. -or a f.w
Ianswered Madame le Claire. 1 ou have ptill hunt framed up you ever saw. We’re
'been very busy indeed; and yesterday . winning in a walk. . . . Well, if you
Miss Waldron went out of town.” ‘ want tto make your position clear." I
the public eye now ” . en over 'by Flossie Smith and Mrs. Al
Amidon moved on‘in disgust. And the vord: a melange of black coats pret”
. p,, r <■ t rtnui frocks and white arms and shoulders; i
pi.oi faithful fellow, tbat his spiritual g. lare of lights; a hum like a hive’s—:i
tone might be restored, sat down and S hort, a reception. Such was the funo
read once more nis Bible—the letter tion to W hich Florian made hls way
superscribed in the large, scrawly hand, waiting until he could arrive cone, .mitar.
“To be read en route.” ! ly with the Waldron carriage so that it-
he might ha.nd the ladies therefrom, ant
XXI. | receive from liis divinity a little, uncer
_ ! tain pressure of the hand. Then cam-
SOME ALTERNATIONS IN THE CLR-j his respects to Mrs. Humphrey. Amidor
RENT. I started as he recognized in the bright
One made himself a name for skill to haired second person in line his fair;
trace | of the balustrade.
“So delighted to see you here, Mr
Brassfield!” said Mrs. Puniphrey. "t
i gives me the opportunity of presentim
To its last hiding place.
Each secret Mother Earth engaged to I
Marvelous! And could she tell what
her thoughts in that connection had
been? Well, never mind about that! Did
she know about palmistry? And could
she really put people under her influence
so that they must do as she willed? How
nice that must be! And would she and
the professor come ttp to the Humphreys’
reception and arrange to give a program
of occult feats for the entertainment of
the guests?
Surety: 'thf\y should be very glad;
that was a part of their profession.
During these negotiations Mr. Cox wait-
el outside, and Florian Amidon, meeting
him in the lobby an! being accosted as
'Gene, stopped for a talk, fearing to
slight some dear but unknown friend
save,
Of jungle, sea or cave.
No path so devious but he mastered it;
And, bit by bit.
From off the face of mystery, he tore
The veil sne wore;
Then, turning inward all his skill in see
ing.
To solve the knot ’of Being,
In the deep crypts of Self fordone he ! guests sweeping by her would permit
lay. j Which current swept Mr. Amidon onwau
Quite cast away. ! as he was in the act of assuring IT
—Adventures in Egotism, j hostess of his sense of loss in her sister
absence—until on eddy left hi
Every mot
i went up to
I the white columns; end every evening hand." Was Tt~“meant "as an
I you to—why, Daisy, where's your aunt;
gone? She was here just now!”
“She was called away a few moments,’
said Miss Scarlett. “Yes, I believe "Mr
Brassfield and I have met”—this wi f l
an icy bow—"and please, Mr. Cox, don
go. until I have told you the end of th
story'!” And she went on vivacious!;
chatting to Billy Cox, who had moire,
himself as close to her as the tide
aosence—>unut on eudy left him in ;
in ing, now, a box of flowers' "' :,cre bo found absorbin'
nf th* ho.Kfl with oecu P atl °^ m trying to imagine aerain •
, za eth » at . the hous , th vividly n s possible that pressn^ of Th
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The word “’Gene” was becoming a sort Mr. Amidon bravely followed. The terror affection?—or did her foot slip, so th;
of round shot across the bows in his! lie felt of women was overpowered by she clung to his hj^.4.to prevent a fail
Bellevale cruises. The parley’ (concern- the greater terror of losing this woman, This question see-*'**’ n le mo »t tram
ing wells and tanks) he cut as short as and the fortitude and resolution he pos- eendent import;- to him. and he de
fields of action were hated it mentally al! the evening, as b
His violets and carna- the set conversation of such a.
.... , ,, occasion. He knew no one: but ever
. , .ns, anu as r ■■■r.a.i ore lor him and ail o ne him . yet he }lad po
Don t you saw a f ji le head of tha flight the b'ast- roses except the red ones, which she in getting oil, because there was t ■
want to _do_ something for me.—Oh. you j tnrnace ot - h a j r , the striking hat and the put in vases and kept near her, but did sense in any of the conversation. jj,
not wear. . She was ineffably kind and could answer ail tha remarks regardlti;
high and pure and far-off bis new role of political leader witbou.
for Oly'mpus. but all the intimate committing himself to anything serious
Well of all things'” exclaimed Flos-! 10r ,l!m an extraordinary introduction, j ]- ltt j e coquetries and tricks of charm with ' l r . ey< j s fished meaning and sonlfu
' <t T i nfff V ? ™ 1 Ins for Instantly he was aware or the descent i . , . , . . t f , received and di* glances into Ins, as sweet lrps said thing
I don t care about Mr. Cox. nor j him of a fiery cornet of femininity. ; which she bad at first received and dis- which hf . co , ll(J answer qnI ^ as weIT
- concerted him were gone. She talked to if the context of the conversation inn
of hers, but oftener been as familiar to him as it was sun
seemed to desire him posed to be. Platitudes, generalities, in
j anities; and inanities, platitudes and gen
ight he could not; eralities, and on occasions of this sort
o part, further than: to mot-: the part is quite enough.
* * T-T<> fm •
tse token oifUk. I’ve * id^f’LmM caB^im ! '’O^ihle, and, passing on. started up the se ssed in all other
“I know ’ I over and have him take us down to her! I 3 nBf^vay UP there wos a broa-t land- returnin S t« him. H
Central! Give me 432. please. Is that ln g and as Man turned on this he t ons she always w,
YOU. Billy? This is Daisy. Don’t you ! 8a ^. at the heac] of the flight the b'ast- the roses *
want to do something for me?—Oh, you | t -„ rnace ot - ha j r . the striking hat and the put in vs
behave, non ! We want you to take us j pleasantly rounded figure of Clara's vis- ' not wear
somewhere down town, so don t take off ■ f tor _ a pf . rS on to him quite unknown, sweet, in
over CO Good bv!” exTlaln when you comP | Fate, however, seemed to have in store j way m fi
and place of Eugene
■go to nty room now. .vo, uiu.uk .m>: . . . w ny, you know we’ve spent
you, Clara, I really can not stay to sums that we couldn’t possibly publish. I
your supper. Tomorroy you must tell W hat have you been driking, ’Gene?!
ine how you kidnapped me—I never can ‘ j eyo ’ y °. u ’ 7,7 , iS aU a J° sh! Come
wmm - ' vepay you for your faithful service to . that ?> V ou 'really wan7 to'publ^ih^ a *
Sent on Trial->».s,i
vii 1 tielpated that Mr. Amidon went straight |- em If you want to. Come up to head-
I h*»e incited a niptere appliance that I car. ? °-■ j 7are^t' Ih'ig<'n7”*1 t s;i hi. “I want to p y r’ tel;> ’ a ' 1d 111 3how ’ em to . vou - Good- j
•tfely fay, b> j’ars exreriouce in tlie ruptuie . ^ eare * ^t nm nrn«vl > ,
bnsineaa. la the onij one that will absolutely hold you a ^ ord to sny that l P» 0 1 Alvord hung: up the receiver, and went •
the rupture and n<?rer slip and yet is light, cool, of the love and confidence wn on every- back to liis inner office,
comfortable, conforms to every mov«>meut of the one Tins for you, and to -say that I do “j^y George. Slater ’’ said he J *Prqss
or hurting and cost* less than not regard the place to which you are field * is absolutely the mo«t decentfve
”■ on. no opruis* or , t<) . be e . ficte .l as unimportant, or one josher I ever saw. He In " eC epti\ e
Can Cure Cancer
counter, her arms had fa'len about his
nock, and she hung upon him in some
thing ]ipe a hug.
Oh! oh!” paid she. “the idea of your
At Home Without Pain. Plaster or! flying'to me like that! But it’s nice of
Operatior;., and I Tell You
Hov/, Free.
bodj without dialing
W*nf ordinary trnaspv
li'VA
upon it. Maybe T can heln in chee-ng think of it. Slater! And a platform in
■you along tlie wav af'er this is done. otu- kind of politics!"
i ' --j have al! sorts of pride in and a-’-bi- i
j tion for you. Hitherto, you have con- j *XX.
fined yourself too closely to the pr-’cti- ; THE STRAWBERRY BLONDE
' cal and productively ut’litarlan. I shall , Th<? year will all be summe we tb6
! watch with all the intoie^t > o.i can de- , m i 1Pn .«j> P ech and action go together-
stre me to feel, this new career of yours j W hon Aucassin’s sage words ar? met’
beginning so modestly and so jr.u-li , ln al] his dee ds with Nieoletr?;
Jftfl. Brit on, * ured of i upture bv
C. K. t.rook
aeainst your will; but reaching, I feel ; A »d though fair Daphne's"words be free
sure, to the state and national capitals. ! Ix)ok !lot too soon g^. afn fre6 ’
“Do you know. I have awa-s rnng- i rite year will all be summer weather
. ined myself capable of founding ^ii u- ( When speech an<i action go toother
; rose Leagues, and hecom ng a real pol l i -Song from The Monarch of Nil'
I ienl for-e? Spend the afternoon with ;
; me Sunday, and we’ll talk it over—come | The reade» of this nistory mav hare
> early - Yours m 1 OV l n ?i K ABBTH.' ’ ! 1,een consc,ous ' from time to time, of a
i Florian sat for a long time nondering mysterious glow now bareful. now rather
; over this letter It was the thing alyiut ; cheerful, like the light from the taproom
; which liis thought centered the next ot an inn—which has illuminated the hor-
I morning. When the J”dge said that lie ( i ? on of tlie narrative. It appeared in cer-
wa* at work on the le'er of withdrawal, j taill allusions found in Mr. Alvortf’s con-
Amldon remarked that there was no i .
hnrrr ■flhnuid no» tiie* ‘ h * r* Amidon during- the
in her letter, faded from hls memory
I hurry, as he should no t use the letter ! ”“ n " lr ’
terd. lumpy p«da, yet it holds the rupture ante- until after a conference w'th Mbs Wal- i e p ,soae or >v rong Htuse, and so ter*
1^ ana tumiy without pain or inconvenience. I don. Then he went to spend h*s S’inday | **hied him as to give him thoughts of
to!? ««'lmy P ?ud T abToluteh 1 <Siariinw < i n 'it riCh “ afternoon With his fiancee, according to flights from Bellevale. It glared more
, . ’ . ’ i her invitation. ! Lrightly in' the chat at the Club It
you an I'shTou ' “ The '■' < l ear , F u f sm &’ and tn ^ ! flamed concretely on our sight when Mr
money-‘'* Ckt0 1 Wl “ r * fttud your Teem?d =o d?M?lourtr5SMmatl j
lint U tlie fairest preposition ever mnde bv
rupture spec-intis:. The hanks or »ny re
uitUen in Uursball Kill tell you that
Wki I do buimeaa - ctways ahsonitcty ou tu
Here U *\iv. air. Ju. Britton, , prc-aaieut niau- vis’t had thorcughlv intimidated him. He
P UeaT^:-l have been ' that hy win hi ^ w3 y
ruptured »u yeaiR and have aiwjie had trouWe such w,sses b Y degrees, as if the
with It till I got your appliance. It is very eaay to Brassfield life had never bees for bei
wear, 6t» neat and anug, and b not in the nay at more than or him. So they talked over
any time, day or nigui. In tact at times I did not the cool and sensible things they inialit
know I had it on. It just adapted itaelf to the ] isv p discussed had she been h's grand-
yon."
.4niifl.-.g bowed fliotantlv, and in evident
embarrassment. M'ss Scarlett drew her
self un. as at an undeserved rebuke
"T am very clad.” said he, “to have
been of auv service, even at the risk of
! seen-Mug fa*v.tiiarit\'. in saving vou from
! a fall. I hone vou will pardon me, a
j stranger, for so far—”
“A stranger!” she eioonjated: "oh
heavens! T.e-vve me. 'fieio' ff-o inv'” I
| The “Go away” was Texmonnoed as ifr. j
| Cox appeared at the foot of the stairs. [
■ Amidon passed on. now fully aware of-
i having committed a faux pas. Looking
! back, lie saw Miss Scarlett leaning against!
j a newel post as if in agitation; saw Air. |
I Cox come up and lead her down; and
! us she disappeared, leaning weakly on
| her escort’s arm, the mop of rumpled
i hair faded from his sight like a reced-
1 ing fireship. Who could she be? Sud-
' denly Alvord’s whispered caution flash-
: ed on liis mind, and he knew that he had
encountered, embraced and repudiated the
Ho found Fb’znhetli again, surroumlei
tood afar off looked ° y a C!rr i ,e r ' f admirers—men and womei
toou arar ota, iooxed _ an oas { s 0 f jntetu ff ence it seemed 4 <
at his divinity and worshiped. He read him as he listened, in a desert of twad
to her her favorite books, and ventured die. Si-e smiled at him with her eyes a
somewhat, out of liis exceptional knowl- he looked at her through tiie press."’am
edge, to expound them—whereat she - lnst a . s be bad won to a nlaee by her side
looked away and listened with something t! 1( ! was . floodiusr into a largi
of the astonishment with which »iie had ru 0 ?! ^ f’ ^ was announced. Professo
received his disquisitions on poetry and doing feats an< ^ y,Iat,an ' 1 e !e Ciairo wer-
art on that first unlucky evening. For the “Laties ant shentlemen ”-it was t’ .
most part, however, he, too. was in- professor who snoke, “yon’ are at linertr
clined to silences, in which he looked at of gonrse, to adont anv t’eory rich seein:
Elizabeth in the happiness of a lover’s *' 0 v,> » goot to e<v<r a t-,]o;n dese phenomena
wretchedness. The iove she had given Madame le Ciairo offers none. Ven stu
to Brassfield seemed to him based on ~ —
I Have k oven Carxe c n De ..uroaa. Home.
No Pain. No Plaster, o K.iiie-Dr wei.s
I have discovered a new ami seem.ugly
unfailing currjffor the deadly cancer, i
on the street j have made t most astoiiismng cures,
that day he made his fatal escape .VI- i 1 believe e\|„ + -—arson witli cancer should
* 1 know of **-
tiie deceitful pretensions of that wretch,
end in any case it was not his, and he
felt repelled from accepting it. He yearn
ed to show Iter the soul of Florian Ami
don, purified, adorned, and dedicated to
her.
Once or twice site had hinted at some-!
I tiling fateful which she wanted to say to [
I him; but he had begged her to wait. After,
a few days of this slavish devotion of;
his, she seemed less aloof, not quite so j
much the unattainable goddess.
She gave him her hand, as usual, one
evening at parting.
“I shall not expect to see you tomor-
. strawberry blonde. He paused for a mo-1 row.’’ said she. “until we meet at the]
j ment to tMnk over the situation-con-j Pun ?P hreys reception. Until then, good-,
! siderations of policy were coming more- bi .’_
! and more to appeal to him as guides, and 1 thought, said he. that if you w ° u J 1 ;
{** found himself feeling vulpine and fur- S ^ U i?ree V^^our.'"^y I?” '|
. live But here, thought he, would It not He looked so pleadingly at her. holding
really have been best to temporize with tho Unle lland in , bot h of his. that it is
the situation, and not to have terminated no wonder her color rose. I{ was like;
all relations with AIlss Scarlett in tbits the worshipful inception of a new court
ship.
“I shall he invisible.” said site, “all day
—so you must wait. You haven’t anv time
to bother with me anvhow. Haven’t
you your platform to comri“' e? A nub
ile man must attend to public matters
fffst, and. anyhow. I shall he denied to
SIQESMOKINS
public way? Would it not
Then rolled over his heart tlie con
sciousness of the manifold glories of his
Elizabeth’s womanhood. Temporize with
another woman? Tlie very thought re
pelled him. He involuntarily brushed his
Ohinre V.k«.‘“i ** Of th.
all mv friends, and you must wait with tobacco habit; much that can be uid amiwrt 7f :
coat where jt had supported and encir
cled Miss Scarlett. He felt a sense of the rest!'' , . lo ueann-
...auu , till wort hiness in having, even of neces- “It is hard to wait,” he answered.. U r * dead ? u>«
‘^apou^ble i'P faced her In her home, so s’ately so j Alvord slangily -called it “the Strawberry | t??. dG rfui /The ''S ?''IVxWd twelve S ‘ ty and f ° r a ? roper pur P° se ' embraced “when vou are so near.” , cancer, from diseases' of^stom^h'lirCT'kidnela^^
at M I kind, so far from fond. H-m re-ellion j Blonde.” Mr. Brassflejd very improperly ! ?ufi tnfonnamrd fSfe \o ill wno writ e g m? ■ lhis other sir1 ’ Lookin g up. he saw Jiicfce T trv to make amends.” wtid t'adthcir start to tot.acc^ ,w,,on.
■me aejuare. from those mad kisses of h's on ids first pinche-di its elbow, and called It ’ Dulse ” : and tell me uwut thei,- case I regarding him like a portly ae- ® be - b V endeavoring to he as henuti- ta ”« * Positbe. absolute cure for the to-
I- time that we put on our | F?t« K^hlGalwburg liL had can- ct,sing angel from the head of the stair- ^ Goo^ n^t-ToTd 6 nTg^’’ & fo£ «* “« *■
smoked glasses and look it in the face. I cer of the J ,^ th and throat. Doctors! way. He made a feint at assisting Ami-; ' p/ nnee °mnr^ iLi-ii'p . h ™ le! »i no reaction or bed effect* ana
i" a formal introduction as wi.l : said, “no he, M Mr. Keagan wrote; “It don in brushing his coat. ! e I d . ii 1 ® tre *tm«>t STAY t ifKED. ‘
ei able us to do it tardy justice—for wo ■ is only a queaftion of a snort time—1 must
may have been 1 guilty of misjudgmeiit! idle." Today his cancer is healed up and
Miss Daisy Scarlett, sitting on a piano- [ he is well. My marvelous radiatized
stool, with one foot curled ip under her. I fluid did it. It has other just such cures
was euterttiinine Doctor Julia Brown anu j to its credit. It is saving people every
Miss 1-lossie Smith, -who had called or j day and restoring them to health and
ill rPV lior I efrano-th T P Va „. - „ amr
•htM of the body and clun# to the spot no matter ., ’ .V ^ , * T 1
▼bat position I was in. It would be a veritable, amon-fif others the camnaign.
Ood-aend to tl)e unfortunato who suffer from rup- i She had tre*n6iidous , y fifood ideus as
tm, if all could procure the BrouKs Itupture Ap- city government. Amidon had loner en-
pliance and wear it. They certainly would never ! <tertaincd similar notions, and that tlvdr
regret My rupture is all healed up and nothing : un jty G f sentiment miffht appear, e^oh
"7 h^e tried mon cv^-tlncg el8e ™n.e to answers to a lift of quest'ons
me. Where others-fail is where I l L «ve mv greatest i which they made up, and Amidon was
aucceM* Write me today and I will send you my i hugrely delighted to find that they agre d
book on Kuplui'e and it^ Cure, showing iny appn- j precisely.
uu« »nd thine you pries and names of people | ‘Why not make it your platform?” she
public manifesto?" he
'The people ought
who have tried it and been cured. It is instant re- -.j-pj'
lief when others fail. Remember I ilse no salves, j
no harness, no lies. Just a straight, business deal k OU mean
at a reasonable price. C. E. Brooks, 2162 Brooks queried.
Bldff.. Marsh*11, Mich. j "Surely/ 9 said she.
her at th<» home of Major Pumplirey, her strength. If you have cancer or any
uncle. Miss Scarlett was well and shiv- lump or sore that you believe is cancer,
eringly known in Bellevctle, where she ! write today and learn how others have
visited often, and was generally esteemed' j been cured quickly and safely and at
for her many good qualities of heart end ! very small expense. No matter what your
mind, and tor the infinite variety of her | condition may be, do not hesitate to
contributions to the sensations of a not i write and tell me about it. I will an-
- I Lie once more violated the Bra ssfteid people takin* tlie treatmentBT 4T rZnlrf?’
“'TUa™ i .. * traditions: he simply raised her hand to; *'or people who aay ‘show me" wc hari a fre*
Those led ones, said he, are the bis fins and kissed It. To do more, be felt, f“, mpIe V e 1 * tm ? nt ' which ia sent on request & t»
very devil for showing on black! I’d would snoll all. She went in. more nearly I .? hundreds-just this little fr« tunple.
carry a whisk broom, if I were you!” barmy than at anv time since his re-'sample 1°, J(*n your fre.
“Blodgett,” said Amidon, “I don’t care turn, bnt sorelv puzzled. “T shall never tirely. ffeel very thankfuTto^^for 0 ^™*^/*
M. £. Smith, Rockingham, Vt,
to be chaffed about an accident of that u nf, er3toa(i him.” she thought,
sort." i AT “.s. Valor Pnmnbrev, stamBng In line
"Oh. certainly not!” said the judge. '^ r ! ott P?’ 1 Mrs - Fnmnhrey's
•!But pick off the ringlets all the same. ^
count, SJ but there* was° anfShw"*! Jlol° at doffing deT^Jed j = J™ 5 jt”5 HS^'KW’Xchmic.™'
'v-! : Cincinnati. Ohio, gml
treatment coupon.
S’LItu!" 1 . 1 ’ U 1 in Tour n,,m * address,
a a>?SP i* l? floats Drug A Cher * “
!h..v „Jii * ^ at-e s,a -- Cincinnati. (
~C! wi!I * e n<l you, by return mail.
thse foot of the stairs, the Junior in the human bp'n.q circulating past the reee:. .... ,
o\ er-turbulent social swim. Her enter- j swer’ yotTr 'letter ^promptly^’ giving * you firm of Fuller & ^ ox - ln y fellow prac- ing line and listening to Mrs. Pumnhrev’sj i package," a^thL*"
tainment in this instance consisted of absolutely free, full information and proof' tuioners; and in accidents of this sort «*«»»ra»ees that she was d«»«-hted to wel- t tmcco-spciilc. The free trial paSawi^
readings from a certain book which : of many remarkable cures Address, l>r j one sometimes does as much damage os c ^ nie tliern s-'e mleht have the!; cure « other* ana may cure you.
must be regarded as an early literary im- i Bupert Wells, 107B Kadol Bldg., St.Lou-1 a regular cloud of witnesses. And re- P lM5niT ? * ntro,t,,p . ?T1er * 1,prn * er R1 ‘ c ’ :
piudenee of a most estimable and indus- ! U. Mo. j member, if you won’t use the letter of uttiu-'fc 6 Mey V " ew , Soar *
i lett, an Italian harper who played cease-1;
plain
To-
alone has