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But lt never seemed as tf-" she shut
lier eyes and shivered-"as If-this
would come of lt 1" she whispered.
"This!" he echoed nghnst.
"Oh, I think this ls punishment,"
Cherry continued, lu the same lifeless,
weary tone.
There was a silence. The rain
dripped and dripped from the red
woods, the room in which they stood
was In twilight, even nt noon. Peter
could think of nothing to say.
********
About two weeks after the accident
there was a change tn the tone of the
physicians who had been giving al
most all their time to Martin's case.
There was no visible change in Mar
tin, but that fact In ItscJf was so sur
prising that lt was construed Into a
definite hope that he would live.
Not as he had lived, they warned
his wife. It would be but a restricted
life; tied to his couch, or permitted,
at best, to move nbout within a small
boundary on crutches.
"Martin !" his wife exclaimed pite
ously, when this was first discussed.
"He has always been so strong-BO
independent ! Ile would rather- ne
would Infinitely rather he dead!" But
her mind was busy grasping the pos
sibilities, too. "ile won't suffer too
much?" she asked fearfully.
They hastened to assure her that
the chance of his even partial recov
ery was still slight, but that lu case
of his convalescence Martin need not
necessarily suffer.
Another day or two went by In the
silent, rain-wrapped house under the
trees; days of quiet footsteps and
whispering, and the lisping of wood
fires. Then Martin suddenly was con
scious, knew his life, languidly smiled
at her, thanked the doctors for oc
casional ease from pain.
"Peter-I'm sorry. It's terribly fer
you-terrible !" he said In his new,
hoarse, gentle voice, when he first saw
Peter. They mnrveled among them
selves that he knew that Allx was
gone. Rut to Cherry, |n one of the
long hours that she spent sitting be
side bim and holding his big; weak,
strangely white hand, he explained
one dny. "I knew she was killed," he
said, out of a silence. "I thought we
both were I"
"How did she ever happen to do lt?"
Cherry said. "She was always so sure
of herself-even when she drove fast '"
"I don't know," he answered. "It
was all like a flash, of course! I
never watched her drive-I had such
confidence In her !"
His lo'vrcst dropped; she saw that
the tide of pn'n was slowly rising
again, and glanced at the clock. It
was two ; he might not have relief
until four. In his own eyes she ?aw
reflected the apprehension of her own.
"You might ask Peter to play some
of that-that nimbly stuff lie was
playing yesterday?" he suggested.
Cherry, only too happy to have him
want anything, to have him helped by
anything, flew to find Feter. Busy
with one of the trays that were really
beginning to interest and please the
invalid now, she told herself that the
house was a different place, now thnt
one nurse was gone, the doctors com
ing only for brief calls, and Uie dear,
familiar sound of the old plano echo
ing through the rooms.
Martin came from the flory furnace
changed In soul and body. It was a
thin, gentle, strangely patient man
who was propped In bed for his
Thanksgiving dinner, and whose pain
worn face turned with an appreciative
smile t,6 the decorations and Ute gifts
that made his room cheerful.
The heavy cloud lightened slowly
but steadily; Martin had a long talk,
dreaded by Cherry from the first hours
" of the accident, with hts physicians.
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He bore the ultimatum with unex
pected fortitude.
' "Let me get thia straight," he sold
slowJy. "The ann ls O. K. and the
leg, but the back-"
Cherry, kneeling beside bim, her
hands on his, drew a wincing breath.
Margin reassured her with an indul
gent nod.
"I've known lt right along I" be told
her. He looked at the doctors, "lt's
no go?"
"I don't see why 1 should deceive
you, my dear boy," said the younger
doctor, who bad grown very fond of
him. "You can still beat me at bridge,
you know, you can road and write, und
come to the table, after awhile; you
have your devoted wife to keep finding
new things for you to do I Next sum
mer now-a chair out In the garden-"
Cherry was fearfully watching her
husband's fuce.
"We'll all do what we can to make
lt easy, Marti" she whispered, lu
tears.
He looked at her with a whimsical
smile.
"Mind very much taking care of a
helpless mau all your life?" he asked,
with a hint of his old confident man
ner.
"Oh, Mart, I mind only for you 1" sh*
said. Peter, standing behind the doc
tors, slipped from tho room unnoticed.
Late that evening, when Martin was
asleep, Cherry came noiselessly from
She Said.
the sick room, to find Peter alone In
tho dimly lighted sitting room. Ile
glanced at her, feeling rather than
hearing ber presence, and called her.
"Come over here, will you, Cherry?
I want to Speak to you."
She came, with an Inquiring and yet
not wholly unconscious look, to tho
fireside, and he stood up to greet lier.
"Tired?" he asked, in an unnatural
vetee.
"I-I was Just going to bed," she
answered, hesitatingly. But she sat
down, nevertheless ; sank comfortably
Into the chair opposite his own, and
stretched her little feet, crossed at the
ankle, before her, as If she were In
deed tired.
He knelt down beside her chair, and
fathered her cold hands Into one of
his own. "Winn nre you nnd I going
to do?" he asked.
She looked ni him in terror.
"But nil that ls changed!" she said,
quickly, fearfully.
"Why ls it changed?" he countered.
"I love you-I have always loved you.
since the days long ago. In this very
house! I can't stop lt unw. And you
love mo, Cherry !"
"Yes. I shall always love you," she
answered, agitatedly, after a pause in
which slie looked at him with troubled
eyes. "But-but-you must see tbnt
we ennnot*-cannot think of nil Wat'
now," she added with difficulty. "1
couldn't fail Martin now, when he
needs me so !"
"He needs you now." Beter conced
ed, "and I don't ask you to do any
thing that must distress him now. But
In a few mouths, when his mother
comes down for n visit you must tell
them honestly that you care for me,"
he sold.
Cherry was trembling violently.
"But how could T !" she protested.
'Tell him that 1 am going away, de
serting him when hw most needs nie!"
Peter had grown very pah*.
"But-" he stammered, his face
close to h (?rs-"but you < an not mean
thai tl ' . ls the end?"
She moved her lips as If she was
about to speak; looked at him blankly.
Then suddenly tears enme, and she
wrenched her hands free from his,
and laid her arms nhout his neck. Her
wet cheek was pressed to lils own. and
he put his arms tightly about the lit
tle shaken figure.
"Peter 1' she whispered, desolately.
And after a time, when the violence of
her sobs was lessened, and she was
breathing more quietly, she said
again: "PeterI We can never dream
that dream again."
"We shall dream lt again," ho cor
rected her.
Cherey did not answer for a long
while. Then she gently disengaged
herself from his arms, and sat erect.
lier tears wore ended now, and her
voice firmer and surer.
"No; never again!' she told him.
"I've been thinking about lt, all those
days, and I've come to see what ls
right, as I never did before. Allx
never knew about us, Peter-and
that's been the ono thing for which 1
could be thankful in all this time! But
Allx had only one hope for me, and
that was that somehow Martin and J
would come to be-well, to be neuro!
to each other, and that somehow hi
and I would make a success of om
marriage, would spare-well, let's saj
the family natue, from all the disgrace
and publicity of a divorce-"
"But, Cherry, my child-" Peter ex
postulated. "You cannot sncrlflce all
your life to the fancy that no one els<
cun tnke your place with him-"
"That," she said, steadily, "ls Just
what I must do I"
Peter looked at her for a few sec
onds without speaking.
"You don't love him," he said.
"No," she admitted, gravely. ")
don't love him-not In tho way yo*
mean."
"He ls nothing to you," Peter argued
"As a matter of fact, lt never wai
what a marriage should be. It wai
always-always-a mistake."
"Yes," she conceded, sadly, "lt wai
always a mistake 1"
"Then there ls nothing to bind yoi
to bimi" Beter added.
"No-and there Isn't Allx to dlstresi
now !" slie agreed, thoughtfully. "And
yet," she went on, suddenly, "I do this
more for Allx than for any one!'
Peter looked at her m silence,
looked buck at the last dicker of the
tire.
"You will change your mind after
awhile !" he sold.
Cherry rose from the chair, and
.stood with dropped head and troubled
eyes, looking down at the flame. \
"Noi I sh?pv never change my
mind W she suldj\ln a low tone that
was 'f*'mu8tri?Dged? firm and flrjfal for
hei^S-?|xlp^iflV~6TJTCn ' Or tw,?hty or
thirty yehrs I shall always be where
Martin is, curing for him, amusing
him, making a life for ' him." And
Cherry rulsed her glorious blue eyes
in which there was a pure and an up
lifted look that Peter had never seen
there before. "It ls what Dad and
Allx would have wished," she finished,
solemnly, "and I do lt for them 1"
Peter did not answer; and after a
moment she went quietly and quickly
from the room, with the new air of
quiet responsibility that she bad worn
ever since the accident.
(To be Continued)
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MAKING PROFIT WITH GEES*
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.nd Feed Need Not Be of
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Almost any farmer might raise s
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costly tit feed, as they do well on en
silage, clover and chopped vegetable!
with some grain.
No Worms In a Healthy Child
All children troubled with Worms have an un
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LOSSES OAM? TO SOUTH FLORIDA, j
Through Gull Hurricane. Which Hit
Mint Section Lost Week.
"Lakeland, Fla., Oct. 2C.-South
Florida spent yo&terday recapitulai
ing tho damage, estimated to run
well luto millions of dolla rinsed '
by the gulf hurricane, which toro
northeastwardly across" the Florida !
peninsula yesterday. At timos reach? 1
lng a velocity of seventy miles an
hour, the gale wrought destruction
to smaller obstacles in its path, but
only in a few instances, according tu
reports, causing loss of life.
While tbere have been only three
or four isolated cases of deaths from '
the storm. lt is foaled that tho clear-!
lng away of the debris in Tampa's
wrecked portions may add to the
list. Of the cities and towns within
a radius of forty miles ot Lakeland
that could be reached by automobile
to-day, Tampa appears to have suf
fered tho greatest dainago. Tho Hay
Shore drlvo residential section from
Franklin street to Port Tampa ls a
panorama of destruction. Trees aro
down, houses with roofs torn nway
and foundations weakened from the
tidal wave that swept In over tho sea
wall from Tampa liny have collapsed,
and logs and other debris swept ir.
on the onrushing water's crest now
grace what wore onco the beautiful
lawns of the Hyde Park section, ono
of Tampa's most fashionable sub
urbs. Along the water front largo
sections of the sea wall woro swept
away, and parts of the streets were
washed into the bay. Mouses Imme
diately adjoining Die boulevard were
crushed In by the gale.
Sunset, Hench Destroyed,
Sunset Peach, a popular resort of
Tampa, was completely destroyed.
Small houses were torn down and
washed away, and tho white sands on
tho beach now show no vestige of
ever having beon inhabited.
The down-town section of Tampa
was more fortunate than the suburbs
the damage in the city proper JjrfMm
confined to the breaking of 'PT^J
glass windows, the tearing, away ol
awnings and thc unroollng of houses
A warehouse occupied by the Gull
and Southern steamship Company
was destroyed, as was part of th?
Mallory Line docks.
Here and there throughout thc
city are stranded street cars, thc
victims of the sudden failing of thrj
city's power plnnt. Telephone and
oloctric light wlros danglo In a tan
gled mass, giving little hope of an
early resumption of service.
Conservative estimates place thc
damage in Tampa proper 'ut thret
million dollars.
Tho storm, traveling north, ap>
peared to concentrate its full fore?
on Ybor City, tho 'Latin quarter o
Tampa. Nearly five hundred house
wore wrockod In that section. In tin
Palmetto Beach section approximate
ly four squaro miles of ground wa
Inundated, women and children ii
this section being rescued by a bani
of forty voluntoors and carried ti
safety In the highlands of the city
All the dwellings in the Palmatt
section were completely demolished
and lt is feared that some of the rot!
cuers may hove perished, as boat
brought Into piny wero swept ou
from shoro and wrecked later, gav
mute evidence of their fate.
Tho Students Aro Safe.
The anxiety felt for the safety o
some three hundred students of th
Southern College at Clearwato
Beach was relieved this aftei '
when messengers reached Tamp:
stating that all the students were 1
ken across the bay into Cearwntti
early Tuesday. 'Fifty automobile
from Clearwater negotiated the lon
bridge while tho storm was brea!
ing. Tho students and members c
tho faculty tied with only their In
modiato possessions. Several of thei
woro taken to (5rey Moss Inn *
Clearwater, and it is reported son*
slight injuries were sustained whe
that building later was badly dan
aged. The last automobile to cro?
the bridge was barely ahead of tl>
tearing away of a long span of til
bridge, it is reported.
Reliable communication has nt
yet boen established with Passagrlll
Manatee, Sars'ota, Venice. i?radei
. own. Palmetto, 'l'orra Cela. Ell In I
ton or any of the towns on tho Tan
na Southern Railroad, a branch Hr
of tho Seaboard extending from Tu
key Crook to Sarasota.
Reporta from Jacksonville.
Jacksonville, Oct. 26.-The ont!
water front of St. Petersburg wi
wiped out by tho gulf storm yost?
day. tho worst gale the city has ev*
experienced, according to a inessa'
received by the Times-Union t
rilcrhl from Thos, W. Parkins, of th
city, who ls deputy license collect
of Plnellns county.
(Passagrlllo was reported as wlpi
out, ho said. His telegram follows
"Como from St. Petersburg
brookville in ?-'ord cat?, the on
moans to get wiro connections. Tl
city ls badly damaged, and obsr
?vatlons coming through county Itu
FEEBLE BLOOD
WORKS HAVOC
GUDK'S 1?K1?TCKMANGAN MAKES
KED DLOOD-LIQUID AND
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When blood becomes thin and
weak it la duo to a tailing oh* in the
number o?'red blood celia. lt ia eas
ily recognised by pallid ekln or a
blemished complexion, loss of appe
tite or unnatural Irritability and a
sensation of weakness, lt ls not dan
gerous nt first. In fact, many peo
ple scarcely notice it and go on tor
days, thinking they will bo bettor the
next day.
The grent danger is in tho possi
bility of becoming seriously Ul iiOiu
disease, which can work havoc in a
body that lacks tho endurance and
resistance in rich, red blood.
Taken In time and steadily, a few
bottles of Glide's Pepto-Mangan are
a groat help, lt improves the qual
ity of tho blood by adding red blood
colls. They chock tho wonkness, Im
prove tho appetite, and clear the ,
complexion. . j
You can got Glide's Popto-Mangan
in liquid and> tablet form at your
druggist's. Got the genuine with tho
?amo "Gudo's Pepto-Mangan" on tho' .
package.-adv.
And the President Smiled.
(Groonville Piedmont, Oct. 27.1
Among those at tho depot hi3t
night to soo 'President Harding was
David Kohn, who conversed with the
President a few moments. Mr. Kohn
said Mr. Harding seemed to bo somo
what disappointed that so few woro
at tho dopot to moot him. Mr. Kohn
oxplained io tho President that, ow
ing lo Ibo lateness of tho hour, most
people hero thought he would bo
asleep.
Mr. Kohn said that tho President
askod several questions concerning .
Groonville-tho population, indus
tries, otc. When Mr. Kohn told? him
that the principal business boro was
cotton manufacturing, farming and
a little "moonshining" tho President
seemed to |>c perplexed. Looking to
ward the sky ho asked, "What ls
moonshine?" Some ono In the crowd
replied, "Making licker," whereupon
the Presidont smiled broadly.
Mr. Kohn snld the Presidopt chat
ted and acted Uko a "regular guy."
Tho Presidont was pleased to And
that there were practically no unem
ployed people in tho vicinity, Mr.
Kohn stated.
CALOMEL USERS
TAKE AWFUL RISK.
Very Next I>oso of Treacherous Drug
May sturt Terrible Salivation.
Tho next dose of calomel you take
may salivate you. It may shock your
liver or start bone necrosis. Calomel
is dangerous. It is mercury, quick
silver. It crashes Into sour bile Uko
dynamito, cramping a(nd sickening
you. Calomel attacks tho bones and
should nevor be put into your system.
If you fool bilious, headachy, con
stipated, and all knocked out, just go
to your druggist and get a bottle of
Dodson's Liver Tone for a few conts,
which is a harmless vegetable substi
tute for dangerous calomel.. Take a
spoonful, and if lt doesn't start your
liver and straighten you up bettor
and quicker than nasty calomel, and
without making you sick, you Just go
back and get.your money.
Don't take calomel! It cannot bo
trusted any moro than a leopard or
a wild-cat. Take Dodson's Liver Tone
which straightens you right up and
makes you feel fine. No saltB neces
sary. Glvo it to the children becaune
it is perfectly harmless and cannot
salivate-adv.
Greatest Tobacco Deal in History.
Nov/ York, Oct. 27.-Negotiations
for absorption of tho Schulte Retail
Stores Corporation, one of tho larg
est chains of cigar stores in tho coun
try, hy tho Rutted Cigar Storer Cor
poration, owned by the Whelan-Duko
tobacco interests, aro under way, lt
was made known to-day hy D. A.
Schulto, president of tho former or
ganization.
The Schulto chain operates 210
stores throughout tho country, with
an annual turn-over of approximate
ly $20,000,000. Reports of the Uni
ted corporation show an annual bus
iness of about $80,000,000. Tho deal,
which lt was predicted in financial
circles would bo completed before
tho first of tho your, would represent
ono of the greatest tobacco deals In
tho history of the industry.
Colds Cause Grip and Influenza
LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE Tablet? remove the
anise. There I? ouly one "Bromo Qulnlae." E.W.
GROVE'S signature on the box. 30c.
- i
A world industrial exhibition will
bc hold lu London from May to Oc
tober, 1922.
iato that about 90 per cent of citrus
fruit gone. Reports say 10.30 a. m.
Passagrllle asolutoly wiped out. AU
[irovlous storms no comparison. The
town has been in total darkness for
throe days.".