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7- /ja^iTwaa jus'/leeas. n «■ V t v y -r IAENWELL —, V lr . ■».• i, B ARNWELL/SOUTH OAKOLDfA PAOC THACB '?*■, *V .f% j; It is cruel ito forse nauseating, - harsh physic inijo a i~4_ 1* , sick child. < m — 1 {4 * ^ Jr* ; Jon-**ca«t©r —> ■— **■. •*• *•*. —* *— rT at your childhood days. insisted oil, cak>®«4, cathartics, TyiHow you hated them, how you (ought v ;:^ Jegainst taking them.^— With our children It's different. *Motherg who ,tling to the old form of ) . ; ;physia simply) deb t realifee What they : l •; (do." mrnmmfi revhlfis well-found- t ,■ *ed. Thelf tender, little “insides” are ; | ^ (injured by them. > ( - f If your child's stomach, liver and \ Ibowels need cleansing, give oniy deli* ; • ^ jcious “California Syrup of Figs.’' It# li^-acllonjs positive- but gentle. Mill Iona * j t Jof mothers keep this harmfess "fruit >v' laxative” handy; they know children ' Xpove to*take it; that it never fails to ! " t 3 i »i- ■. I * 1 l 1 I 7^ / W mystery story, courage dm to a By MARY "~T it again / iTt •fl • '• “rrrr-v'.- *Vr . ... T' 4 ’- -< : .. * ft-*-*-*-**'*-* » 7T <• '■ • l y / ir ,y - .U , clean the liver and bowels and sweet ie i en the stomach, pud that a teaspoonful > ■-") given today saves a sick child tomor row. -- . < ' ■'; \ v ; ' Ask at the store fqr a 5(j)-cent bottle IX j° f "Califortiia S^rufj) of Figs,” felifeh > ; has full directions •fo r babies, children > r • or all ages and for grown-ups plainly On each bottle. Adv. 17-YEAR LOCUST AGAIN DUE • f - Corning of Periodical Cicada Is Pre- v dieted jn Pennsylvania by Col-. lege'Professor. ... The "17-y car-locust" i-> due. in Pennsylvania thN'"; jvfii*. ' according to OjT-- ft Hadley, ' .Tr.. in charge <rf ; fuitomoLogy. exti-iiMon at Slate col lege. The post is w liat is kuowu as “ | a . I “brpod eight of' the peritxllea! el- ■cada," ahil it a|M»ear«“d here -■ ( 3?= libipy;p warned about p.|iui^dn and «k” RECEIVES AN APPEAL TO HELP HER V » 1 w? * -r-*—i ° * — r ‘ home/ Jiresidt'd .mep iy '^Uluej. her 1 efc*U-« / -'fRSh»OUttl>le dressennket-. Tin A ;nysttnflouS| stranger;, K. jl.eMoyue,. takes a room itt the* JPw* ‘ * ‘ her mother, Anna, and her aun(,'*' J git the itfitTrcrrce’ of I nk'jJtox Wilson, a brilliant young surgeon smitten with tier charm, Bhljijej becomes n r hospital nurse. K.- loves her from u' distance; s«> v <4ae$ erratic Joe Drummond, uii old schoolmate. At the hospital Sfcfofy makes the acquaintance of Carlotti li.arrlsou, who bus been ovep-h>- limnu- w 1th Dr. Wilson ami -wlio—is-jeahms-of t,ho tHnoceid nHAycOqahr. Sidney's chum, Christine Lorenz, marries I’aimer Howe, a society rake, and they take rooms with the I’ages. Howe turns traitor (<> bride. \ His arm is broken;lh a. jay-'fh.Ung acc ident taud Johnt/y Kosen- feld, his cjuiuftiiti is t^oR-talVyj »4J UI TO 1011 dscoyera, 0at LeMoyne is a famous Doctor Edwardes, living incognito, : aii<l kwps the secret. Carlotta Harrison poisons Johnny Itosenl'eid. a [.atieotiat the liospitul. and puts/the blame oh Sjdney who is njuspended- When this installment begins, she is at home discussing With K. the advis ability-of givlirg up hospital training. • t loose. He was thin; his neck showed it. " j “I’m just eating my heart out for 1 you, aiuLttiat’s the truth. And it isn’t ! only that. Everywhere I go, people 1 say, ’There’s the fellow Sidney Page turned down when she went Into the hospital.' INe got so I keep off the Streef-ns muci> as I can.” stayed at J^jB’With her. lie was so discontented tbitf he drove her almost to destruction, Although she was con vinced: that in- was seeing- nothing 'of the girl who hn<l l**en with him the bight of the accident, sh« did pot trust him. Not that giri, perUajis, liut there were others. There would always l>e oHu»r>»* i '• Iftto Chrlstitit’tp little par)of. .iheo, > <r * % Tft* LarAe For When you buy Yagor’a Lia^ ment jrou g«tl - splendid value ! t Th^ Idratkott imots thtt lS« u*u*rbottfc <*f lictv- •old u But price. •dati •prainj. cuts a^id braises. At sit <J^alws —priec.?S cents. YAGER'S INIMENT QILBKRT BROS. 4 CO. Uaminors. Md. 4. *• STOCK UCK IT-STOCK LIKE IT K. turned.mte .spring evening. Stie #at ‘ Sidney was half alarmed, 'half irri tated. .This wild, excited hoy was not the doggedly faithful youth she had ' Wqs reading by the,lamp, *ud the door always knovvQ. It s«*etpcd to her that into the hat? stood ^;*eu. Tlie little underneath his quiet manner and cure- room aivvuys chefrvj h'. "Its warmth 1 fully depressed voice therp_. lurked ~ and light appeuied to *ts • nnhettc • something irrational, something she sense; after the baivness of kif bed- '.^bulRiunl; i > HforATj^I ' ; a f v/‘. ; ; way and smiled tic-muiously back at j him. i “You have done me a lot of good. CHAPTER XVI—Continued. —13— ■ “That 'w’ouhl be fiMilish, wouldn t it, when you have done so well? And, | You almost make me belteVe in tny- besides, since you arc not. guilty, Sjd- self.” ney-*r — - • - “I didn’t do it!” she cried passion ately. “Hut I can’t keep otft thut’s all tl>etv is to It. 1 ke«*p saylug to my- last in se jj j ‘You didn’t do it. you didn’t do T000. A It;’ and gU the time something Inside "This is one of tlie largest insect of ine is saying, ‘Not now, perhaps; broods.to. occur in this state," IIndn\v but sometime you may.’” She lookeil r * says. "While locusts :t re usually of tip at him forlornly/ “I am just dot ,. . Importance-mainly hecaiis'e <>f the pop- brave enough, K.” ■ ; t ular-Interest nroused. it is] quite pt>s- j. “Wouldn’t It be braver to keep on? sible thqt cons • b*- Aren'-t you giving up very easily?" 7■cansed ln. ihmu.^ pk yos where tht- ln- Her worhl wus in pieces about her/ l- | 3ects appear in unusual abundance.’’— atl( | she felt alone iu u wide and empty Vhiindelphla North Auierlcnn. place And, because her nefrfbs were re ready to liim *brdw- l “I think, you are all afraid I will come back to stay.'P- Nobody really w’lmts nm auywhefi'—in alj the wy^ld? any »- # . i QZ Good Medicine drawn taut until they we snap.'Kidney turned < on place. 1 nm no use.” ' v - ’ “\l*hen you say that nobody wants you,’ sidd K.,.not Very steadily, “I—I think yow are muking a mistake." She scamved his face closely, and. We Sincerely believe-that Swamp—jreading there something she did not udd mean Joe Dr urn* ie a preparation of real medicinal understand, she colored suddenly. got If ta naonmmonrlArl fr» /4a h* > >\ ' * .. > _ We have been selling Dr. 4Swamp-Root for about twelve years and ^u'r patrons seem to l>e always satisfied _ v . with the benefits reertved from Tts use, , invariably speaking very highly of the preparation. We know where it has cured -1 - Ytone ln the bladder. Have also in oar own families with the best of re sults. Root • value for what it is recommended to do. (Signed) Youtb truly, i J H. KENNEDY A CO; ' V .. Druggists, j. Aug. 12, 1909. Gastouia, N. C. • ’ Personally appeared before me this 12th | , day of August, 19*19, J. H. Kennedy, who j subscribed the above statement and made oath that the same is true in substance and in fact.". > 1 W. Hi A DA MS j ‘ Nctary, Pu«OC. , Prove Whit Swamp-Root Will Do For Vo Sefiifr*teti cents to Dr. Kilmer A Co., Binghamton. N<«_Y_. for a sample Atze bot „^tje. It will convinoe anyone. You will Hip receive* a booklet of valuable infor mafroj'. telling about the kidheys and blad. 1 der. ^ When writing, J»e sure and mention this pap» r*N. Regular fifty cent and one- 52 —^dsba'r size bottles for safe at all drug Kihn^r** ' Not ut the Hospital, not hefo, #0 "That’s because I believe In you.” With a quick movement that was one of h^r charm.**, Sidney suddenly could not cope with.. She looked up at him helplessly. ■ ■ ^ yv “Hut w;hat do you w;ant mq to do? You—you almost frigliteu me."' “You’re going buck7“ > *’- •~ T ^ “Absolutely.” . “Because you love the hospital, or because you love somebody connected with the hospital?" Sidney was thoroughly angry by this time, dngry and reckiVss. She had come through so much that every nerve was crying in passiofnrte pro test. “If it will make you understat/d 1 things any better,” she cried, " going back’ for both reasons^,’ room, it spelled luxury. -And perhaps, to be entirely frank, her evident pleas ure in his society gratified him. t’liris- tioe’s smull coquetries were nut best on film/ The evenings with her did Some thing to reinstate him in his own self esteem. It was subtle.' psychological, but ulso it wus very human. "Come and sit dqwn.” said Christine. "Here's a clmir, and here are eiga- rettes and Hi.ere are mntcfies. Now!” Behind him. Christine/stood watch ing his head in the light of the desk lamp. “What a strryfg. quiet face it is,” she thought. 'Vhy did she get the ••3iTo:«roatc ‘ ; ! ' *1 <11 For Horse*, Cattle, Sheep ■ad Hogs. Contains Cop peras for Worms, Sulphur for the Blood, Seltpeter for the Kfdaeys, Nux Dairy Salt. Used by Vet- erinariana 12 yeon< No Doaing. Drop Brick la feed box. Ask y oar dealer for Bteckman’a or write BLACKMAN STOCK REMEDY COlfANT CHATTANOOCA. TENNESSEE " 1 i ■ 1 ■" 1 . . .. Seeds and Plants CANE SEED. Velsei Millet, Soy & Peat, Cotton Seed. Meed PeKonte, Clovers, U Rsee* Uape. Maed Potatoes;Meed Corn, BudamOrnss! Write us for prloe list. Ilrty let f—>«ey,Bby, I. C. SWEET POTATO PI.ANTE. Grown treat **nn- In© true at name seed stock.• Heady for April. May and June shipments. Varieties: Nsncy Ball. Porte Rioo Tam, PaUeeaw Yam and Trlusuph. 1.008 to El,000 at 1160 oer thousand; »,0OU to 60 000 at 11.40 pet thousand; 60,800 and above at «1.3b per thousand i i*rr* r pOW She was sorry the uext moment. But ; c i i . r \ Li UU( ] a c j < IONt*(l the door and slipped bugk into idler words seemed, surprisingly enough, tlie room. K.. lieariqg the door close, i to steady him.. For the first time, he thought she had gone, and dropped ( iput down, heavily iuto-Ji chair, “My best friend in all ^l»e IMorld!” said Sidney suddenly from behihd him, and, bending over, she kissed him- ou the cheek. , The next instlant the door had Closed behlmTTierr aniTTv. was lefi vatloue to Suddenly: bliss fis the — t. . ** Plucky Danish^<^aptain Vt? In fu in—every—M-ipi'f*! * . '-vord * Is the t-apiuin oj^the l*anish steaiinuv Iris which..-sallirtg' from "on** .neutral j tmrt to another and having iio'eoiifrii- -as hand aboard, was halted by a (lermaii submarine, and the crew ordered to leave the sLip. in order that It might be. sunk. The- Danish > aptain tliit fy refused to leave his sliip. "You may ^luk us, hut I ami my men will remain <>n hoard.”-lie-told the submarine rum- ninndcr. And ills pluck won. Ills ship was allowed to proceed "when it wa?f seen , that’ Tie knew Ids right*' and was' not) afraid to assert them. • I believe yon tnond." . “No; I do not mean Joe.Drummond.” i If he had foqnd any encouragement \ in her.face, he .w'ould have gone on recklessly; hut her black eyes w arned him ‘ ■ - . - t , “If you mean Mar WUsph,” said ; Stduey, f’You arc entirely,.wrong. HFs j not in lirive with mu. ‘Anyhow, after rhjs (lisgra.ee- “ - - ... t .. “There is no disgrace,, child,” "He'll think ine careless/ at the least. And his iifiaits are so high. K.” "You say he Hke^ to la; with yon. What about J*>U?" -. Sidney' had been - sitting in a* low (*hrtir by tlie tire.. 'U Ilii a ‘suil ’lRU, passib'nato Oiovemqnt. Ia the in-., formality of tlm liViseljoId, sliediiid.' visited jy. in her dressing pmu and such wretchedness nnd evening brought hint, i Job iHmitvnoud came fo se«. $lduey jthe next day. JSty* woul|l hatf; avoid- led Him cdtiHl.. Mit Miifii hud ushered him up to the stwoihiTooin boudoir before she had tipjh es cape. She had not seen tlie boy for two months, and the cluing? ih him startled her. He was tliinder, rather hectic/ scrupulously weir dressed. “Why, Joe!" she said, ^ind then: “Won’t you sit down?” He was still rather theatrical. He dramatized ^himself, as he had that night the'June before when he had asked Sidney to marry him. He stol^t. /Then, as far as I Trnr~comrrmed, It’s all over, Is It?” “Yes, Joe. I told you that long ago" ~ He 8eetned hardly to be listening. His thoughts had ranged far ahead. T /am [ ioipression of such u tremendous re- ; kwofea of f©ttim<i • - L--.5 7" . prompt d©llv«rv and good plant* Ktarmb-r *i . ■ I serve power iu this Ulan who was ft 1 eonnt and «af* dollverr to yoor ©sprftM . I , : J , , ■. .. Dffioo. a»*ka r^Mtr nut a<U TrMk r M . k only? /Behind liim | - - - • —y—— she made a qpfek. unconscious gesture Haaty With Hi* Gun. of appeal, l>Oth hards Out for an in- -New Dentist (ifi Frozen'Dog)—Will dropped them guiltily a« -you trfke gas? - r ‘You think Christine has her hands full with Palmer, don’t you?^W^ll, if slippers; and him, ‘a tragic the—folds of breast.^ m»\V she stood before young"'figure, clutching her " gow n across 'I worship liim v K„" she ^aith tragi- i a and /j'i ’ t cleanse your liver ^ sluggish bowels while * . you- sleep. * Get a 10-cent box.^ Rick headache, biliousness, dizzi ness, coated tongue, foul taste and foul breath—always r ftfee OTem td 'torpid liver. clelayedrfenaenClng (ood In the bowels or sour, gassy stomach J —Poisonous-matter clogged in the-in testines, instead of being cast out cally. "When I see him coming, 1 want to get dpw^i.and let him walk on me. WJie'fTT'si-e him in the oper ating r/iom, cool mid culm,.whiisP ev eryone else is flustered anti excited, lie —he looks like a god.” Then, half ashamed of her outburst, she turned her back to him and stood gazing at the small coal tire. It was as well for K. that she did not $ee ? his face. ’ ■ ■ ’L' "r “It’s real, all this?" lie askiWvgfter u pause. “You’re sure i-t’s pot- jlist— "glamour. Sidney?" « - “It’s real—terribly^ real.” Her voice was {iiuffled. and h(? tmnv then that she was- crying. ‘4 •, ..,-/■ le was iniglitify ashamed of it. ! Tears, of course, except iu tlie privucy , of one’s closet, were hot ethical on the street. “Perhaps he cares-very much, too.” “Give me a handkerchief," said Sid ney in a muffled tone, and the little i'scene was/ broken into whjle K. j searched - thronglc a huretttr 'dm wer. you take Miix Wilson, you’re golqg to have more trouble than Christine ever dreamed of. I can tel) you some things about him now that will make you Wdnk twice.” - But Sidney had reached her limit. She went, j)ver and flung open the /door.—“ "Kvery.word tlmt you say shows me how right I am in not marrying you, Joe," she said. “Real men do uot say those things about' each other un-< der any circumstances. You’re be having like a^bad boy. I don’t want ‘-you to come back until you have grown up.” He was \4ry white, but he picked up his hat and went to the door. “I guess I am crazy,” he said. “I've been wanting to go away, but mother raises such a fuss—I’ll uot annoy you any more.” *— ■ ' ■ He left her standing thdre and ran down the stairs and out into .the street. At tlie foot of the steps he almost collided with Doctor Ed. “Back to4»ee ‘Sidney?” said Doctor E(1 genially. ' “That’s tine, Joe. I’m i glad youive made it up." .. Tlie boy went blindly—down—the-/' TSttccL stant. Sh to yqUli aow, K.,” she said, / \vons\u the woman will ies you ?’’ -1 1 good-humoredly. j hoW It ag i ’could hypno- | thinkii g that/’ , J ,1‘Tve had time to do a Tittle think ing lately,” she said, without bitter ness. “Palrnef is a vay so much now, I’ve' been looking back, wondering if I ever thought that about him. I don't believe 1 ever did. I wonder—" Bronco Bill—Will it hurt much If 1 Tlou’t? New Dentist—It will. Bronco BUI—Then, stranger, for your sake I reckon Td better tain* It. FEW MOTHERS REALIZE how many delicious dishes can b# pre pared with Skinner's Macaroni; and Spaghetti. For this reason the Skin ner Mfg. Co. have prepared a beautl- 1 She-checked herself abruptly and sat down. After a moment: “Has U ever occurred • to you how terribly unixed up things ire? Take this Street, for instance. Can you think, of anybody on it that—that things hava goue*eutirely right with?” “It’s a little world of its own, of coudWT’ said K., “and it has plenty of contact points tvith life. But wher ever one finds people, many or few, one finds all the elements that make up life—joy ' and sorrow’, birth and death, and even tragedy. That’s rath.- w trite,..isa’-Llt?” Christine was, still pursuing her thoughts. ; 1 f t I '• "Men are dlfferei t," she said. “To u certain extent they make their own pfates. But when you Think of the 1 ful CCok Book containing red pea tell- I lag how to serve It In a Hundred dlf- ■ ferent ways. Write Skinner Mfg. Co., Omaha, Neb., for a free copy/ [ All | good grocers everywhere sell Skinners Macaroni and Spaghetti.—Adv. 7 ’ Barber Worked by Pattern. 4 ’ A man wearing his hair'long Under a Wide western hat and concealing his face behind a beard of much length and breudth strode Into the barber shop of the Parker house In Boston and settled into a choir- “Justamin- ute,” he said, searching in a. pocket. “Five years ugo I cqme to Boston and got a shave nhd haircut' here. T liked the work so well that I had, my pic ture taken. Here Is _ the picture. That^i how I wunt Jto look. Do It-, again.” And with the photograph on a stand before him as a pirttern, the Avomen on the Stieet—Harriet Ken nedy, Sidney. Page, myself, even Mrs. harber began operations, Ilosenfeld back In the alley—some- * - ; body else molds thi igs for us, and all- - knew the Game. •'*. can do is to sit back und suffer.- que n f B4-Ws,4afet. CHAPTER XVII. , Winter r-elaxed its clutidi slowly that Tahiti hegiumng to think the world is poured and having searched in vain for terrible place, K. ^Jk^-4L J --ueoulG--i^iTrt imr.m- i/nh ffj-iy.i HIT tjfttl*-*’ playmate suggesilng that With the assistance of Harold's hlfdJdog \\ why is It. they might recover the pet. The play- ycar.- ^Mnrtdi whk btttcrly n»hT; even April foiind the roads still frozen and- tlie hedgH'ows clustered with ice.- But so ohen flurry the \Tong people? Why can’t a man care for one Woman und only one all his lift? 1 all so (•ompltcnt^dT’ “There ara t 'stieu who cafe for only , one woman all thWr lives.". “I'm Just Eating My -7-" - You." Heart Out for; ' 1 r* doorway. II<‘ cffereil just luside t-lie M, _ nut. after surveying her briefly, her black gown, the lines around her eyes: “You’re not going hack to that place, of course?' “I—I haven’t decided.” ‘ ! stared at her incredulously. “You don’t mean that you nrd going to stami l'or this sOrt^of thing? Every time smne fotrl rnakcs'tr-misttrkc, jtre i “ Then K. questhmed her, alternately they going to hhtme It on you?’ soothing and probiag. - -“PMo>e -4i»fl't b * theatrtcitl.-- Dome “Who else had access -to-the-modi- -in and sit- down. 1 cau 1 t"taik .tnry/nT^! *' Ine closer/” T of the system is reabsorbed int,o the bloody When this poison reaches the delicate brain ftlssher it caasos eon-’ gestion and that dull, throbbing, sick ening headache. Cascarets Immediately cleayse-the stomach, remove t^ie s^ur, tn^lgested fobd and fouh Bases/ tfike the'' excess bile frdm the TiYer and^carty out sll the constipated waste matter and pnlsons in fha hnwels.....— , . -A Cascaret to-night will surely straighten you out by morning, t’hey work while you sleep—a 10 cent box from your 4 druggist means your head clear, Btomach sweet and your Uver and bowels regular for months.- Adv. J; The. bee is never too busy to admin ister a stinging rebuke. I ' .. “Carlotta Harrison carried* fire, keys ’of course. I was off duty from four to six. When Carlotta left the ward, the probationer!would have them.” ‘‘Have you rtsson to think that ei ther one of these girls would wish you harm?” /“None whatever,!’ begat*- Sidney ve-( hsmently ;Tand theb, ehecktog hers^f/ you expii'Ale like a rocket Till the time.” ’ - e Her'TnaWer-ofTact tone hud it.-; ef fect He advanced into the tocmi. bul he still scorned a chair. “I-gue.NS you’ve been wondering why you haven't heard fhmi me,* said, “i’ae ^ci-u you more tlian you’w seen mo.” ■ -J • — ; ■ $idh(fey lot kq,d uneasy. The klea of “unless—but that’s rather ridiculous.” espionage is always repugnant, nnd to “What Js ridiculous?” M Pvi' same time s thmiKlii that ^nr Jotta—but I am sure she is perfectly fair with me., Why. K.. she 1 wouldn’t!_ It would be murder.” “Murder, of ‘course,” said' K.. “in in tention, anyhow, u f course £he «dldu hn\’e a rejecteil J^jver always in the <JQ I’m only trying to find but Whose mistake it-was.” . - i -'- Soon after that she said good-night | tnd went pBt, „ She turned In the fHoar V " " /y “I-w4sh you wonkl.be- just a little Mt sensible, Joe. really. It’s not because you care for 4- j me ; it’s really because you care for ,'tr yourself^’— ———7 upite, delighted that his* dog might be of- service, rushed to his mother for permission to .accompany Rob and the dog. “But ; where are you going to look?” inquired the mother. “Oh.' down the railroad/”{replied* the’small , h0 l )0 lo— son. ; “But wtfv waftr you follow the. ue are being very tragic. Christine.” rktt*oarfN Hafold?" "'“Why, mother. „ lllu I feel tragic. There’s going to be don’t 'yofi know;, th«*,dog has to smell flow sills tulips ypened thejr gaudy | mistake,- K., unless you stop t he trackage replied In disgust. - ^ petals to the sun.’ 1 ’ * ' 1K r, n i h v ‘ uslvlt!U r- "You’re that sort, aren't vou?" f‘ M ,T f l! “"' :l 1 1 “XI inyw-lf on any I In tlK (ourtjard ot the lospitul. .on- If j cnn ,j enough f.irWom- (.nleseents nt on the Wnche., n.,.1, „„ ,„„ rry hw ; rd t0 _ w tv»4hed for rohius. : The -fountaiti, which i*iLd^frozen out. was being re paired. Herr nud-there on ward win itarriet had gone abroad for a flyihg r trip in March, and came back laden with new Ideas, model gowns, and fresh enthusiasm. Grace Itving, hav ing made good during the white sales; had been sent to the spring cottons. She began to_\valk with her head high er. The day sli<* gold Sidney material for a simple white gown, >iu- jv a s very -4«rpi>y. On ’ Sidney, on K„ aud on Christine tlie Avifiter had left its mark heavily, - Gh« ti©t*«e, readjtwttng her life to new conditions, was graver, more' thoughtful. She was ulon'e most of tlie time now. Under K.’s guidance, .she had given up the “Duchiass” and 'was reading rcaT hooks. fc?he ‘was thinking real thoughts, too, for tin*, first time ifi her life. SUluey, as fender as ever, had lost a Iftfle'of the falllnnee from her eyes; her voice laid deepened. ~\j/here she fiad been a prelly girl, the was' now hweTy. r - He tried to leaven the conversation with a little,fun. “Tf you’re goiug to ask me to inter- fere Mietween Mrs. McKee and the deaf-and-dumb book aud insurance agent, I shall do tjothing of the sort. She cun both speak and hear euougb for both of them.’ r , 1. ^ . I —- “I mean Sidney and Max Wilson, lie's niud .about her, K.; and, because she’s the sort si,ie is, he’ll probably be 111:1,1 u >>out Hyy , hik..lif-Qi.ojv if he marrji-s her.. # But he’ll not be true to Her ; I know the type now.” K. leaded back witlL a flicker of pain in hi's- ej cs. “What cam I do about It? Astute as he was, he did-not suspect- that Christine was using this method to fathom hisjfeellng for SiduOy. Per* haps she hardly knewstt herself.. ■^r Not Attracted. “Some day you’ll he..ftteh enough- to retire from business.” \ “Give up my nice, pleasant ofllOe And stay home?” rejoined Mr/ GrowcherS “I should say not.” ‘You might tuarry- her yourself, K.** BeC he-had- himself Trhand’"by/this /‘gain. TTils time In the children’s ward.' IC, going in one day to take Johnny Kosonfeld a.basket yf .fruit, saw lieT there with irthild In her arms, and a light in her eyes tha-t he had never seen, before/ It hurt him, rather— things being as they were witl\ him. When he came out he looked straight ahead.-— • • ; • -—-— / i- ^ K. had fallen into the habit, after his long walks, of dropping into Chris tine’s little parlor for a chat before he went© upxtnir*. Those mrly t iuitv a nd slee learned itothlng^<ron>-ei- tiiiTr hla voice nt ^flNfrN’^gr “ 7 “Qn twenty doljt is -ir week? . And without so much ut asking her con- sent?” lie' dropped !i!s light tome. “I’m iuj^ in a position to marry anybody. Even if Sidney cated for me, which she doesn’t, of course-*” - 7 “Then you don’t l itead Bhiuterfere? You’re g*>Lng'to let TIm* Street see ait other failure?” spi nnf dnya jfohnTTIftrrrict Jxmni’dy busy late its. and, save f^r Christine mnd K., the houke^was practically de serted. • ^ ^ - •— •—f- -The bmich between Palmer and You can’t look at me and say that, Christine was stetfdlly widening. She Sid.” \ • .1 was-tno proud to ask him’to sjiend He ron his finger around his'‘ollar—j more of his evenings with hef. 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