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PAG! THRU By BERTRAND W. SINCLAIR (Copyright: Little, Brown k Co.) HAVE, BEEN IDLY MADE ' * ' Synopsis.—Miss Ilazoi Weir is employed as a stenographer in tho nflire of Harrington & Hush at Granvilh>. Ontario,, She is engaged to Tack Barrow, a young real estate agent. , Mr. Bush, Hazel's...enjployer. ‘suddenly notices..her■attractiveness and ijf once makes Jmr his private^ stdnogi-apher. After three month.* jiush proposes marriage,. Hazel refuses, and after a-stormy scene, in which Bush warns her in* will - mal^EL-her,sorry orfieracfian, Ilazel leaves the office, never to return. CHAPTER II—Continued •; ; —2—. ,. Hazel stared, ' aghast, astounded. She was not at alBsorry; she was per haps a trifle ashamed. But the humor of the thing appealed to Tier most strongly of all. In spite of herself, she smiled as she reached opce more for l.iei hat. A.’(I fids tilin' Mr. Bush bid not itteinpt'.fo test-min lier. Site breathed a sigh of relief when '■in* Tiad gained the street, and - she did not ip the least care if her departure during business-hours excited any cu riosity in the main office. Moreover, vlie was doubly glad to be away Bush. - ,1 “Evenin’. Miss Weir. ’Ave vo+r ’earf about Mr, Bush, pore gentleman?” Mrs. Stout was'wor.v English, “My. Bush? No. Wlmt kiboip Arfm? • “’E was ’urt shockin’ had tbrs uwft’- noon.” Mrs. Stout related, ^^lut ’orse- hnck ridin!, ami Ms ’oi^e ran away, with Mur, and fell on^fm. Fell all of a ,f *ti P. they .sny^/ri'Prihle—terrible ! The-pore .mnn/isn't expected to live. I s , hack's lytok/. ’’they say. W’at a I'ity! Shriekin' accident, 1 - indeed.” M1s>k Weir voiced perfunctory sym pathy. as wni! expected of her. seeing “Saw'it in the paper. Why?” “Nothing, except that he-is supposed to be dying—and he wanted to, see me. A¥ least—well, read the' note.' Ilazel answered..,.^ Barrow glanced. over the . , missive and frowned, i / “What do you suppose he wpifted you for?" he asked* ^ “flow should I know?" Iliprei evaded “Seems funny.” he remarked slowly “< >h, let's ‘forget "jJK Hazel came and sht down on the couch by him,,... “1 don’t khovv of/any rcasou why he >should wantxfo see me. It was cer tainly a -peculiar request for him to' niuke^/But that’s no reason why- we 1,H>Km let it bother tis. If he's reahy badly htirt, the chances are he’s out- of his head. Don't scowl at that bit of-jhaper so, Johnnld-hoy." Barrow laughed and kissed her, and the subject i was dropped forthwith. Eater they went out for a short walki In an hour or so Barroiv left “for home, promf>»ng to hrfve the Concert tickets for Thursday night. Hazel took the note out of her belt and read it again when she reached her room. Why should he want to ' Snurant. S She \yrintod a eh a lice to read, more than fdod. She dtd not" utrfolt) the jpa-pejCuntil she wit's seated. ■ A heading o’i.-theTrout page camflit her eye. The caption read: ■Andrew Bush Eeaves Money lo Ste nographer." And u ider it the sub head: "'Wealthy Manufacturer "Makes Rnrrow shrugged his shoulders Id a way'that stnade IlaZgl bring tier teeth together and want tri/shake him, ^ i Gnri^ll by then was hurrying up with long stride*. Hat iu.Jiand, jp>i TCuedtd Jut. . “Ml s4 /Ia/fl M’eiK I * |»eljev^T.’ hy interrogated. “Yes,” she confirmed., , , “Bra on thf Times, Miss Weir," Grineil went straight to.the business Tri hand,' "You! are aware, I .presume, ’ that Mr. Andrew Bush—wiij/d T'm a, -sum of irmney under* rathej- peculiar condition#—that Is, the bequest \vas Worth'd in a peculiar way. Probably Jydu have seen a reference to it in the >j papers. It has caused a great deal of .interest. The Times woitUPhe pleased to have a statement from you which Ko advance in price for thie 20-year- old rlemedy- 25c f«Sr 24 tableta-Sotne 1. wilt tend^o set at rest the curiosity of the ‘public. ' Some of the other papers /have indulged in unpleasant innuendo ,\Ve w otihl b* pleased to publish votti Fieured on proportionate coat pHr tablet, you save 9Sc when yon buy Curea Cold in 24 hour*--grip in 3 day* -Money back if it faiU. 24 Xablata for 2Sc. At any Druf Stara side of tin**imittCr.’’ . “1 have ho statement to make. I la- Pecjiliur Request to MCs Hazei Wr.ltv" , ,, a full column; AwtifotOT** .«"?» 1 am not ln "*« u '»« ' The story, ran to do with his interment. There‘was fi gr< at. deal of maVtor nbent'tlie prm- ripnl beneficiaries. But that a\ liich formed the basis qf the heading wus a codicil appended to the ..will a few hours b-Yore iiis death, in which he did “give and bequeath to Hazel Weir, un til lately hi inv employ, the sum of. five thousand dolia»•..■• In ropartitfon for any wrong I-may have done Iier.’ T Ilazel stared at the sheet, and her concerned with what the papers -'print or what th-e people say. I absolutely refuse to djseuss Che matter." GriueM continurd to >iur <mt—with the persistence and persuasive logic of a good new spaper man - hem on dvitf n big what, hijS paper wants ,to know-r. the d« si rsihi 1 ity of her giving fitrthC syntement.” And In the midst of. his argument Hazel bade him a dirt “good*, evening" and walked on. Barrow kept x Thought Up in a Hurry. I tie «'arfr^aged-riiia'c-amLonc lialf years. Came oqt of the' patitry with W- i little jelly oil hi* face. |li< uioiherl notii-jtig tip- jelh, asked ipov B.,..hi»d gotten tiler*'. X . •' 4 r •* ■ i ‘•Don’t - know ,'' In- answered: .. "It nttist have' felled on- hv mistake." Piles Cured in 4 to 14 DaVt F>rug^l^«i rrfnn«l oiont-f if t*AZ«> OINTMBNT falls trreurnItcbLftKrU ipd. H;*-e<linger Protrudiai Plies, k ant'aip^iicaUuQ jfires' relief. 5i>c. ' A lilght latch is like a tombstone when it i< t>uVup .for a4ato imsluin»l.- face I at nred. Site could understaml "i'b ber, (.tint'll gave it up for now why Jaek Barrow had hung up a evidently, for lie turned Th- r,c> p»tonat US'- of Roman Eve Ra’sam at ntpht■ apnn. r'-ttrlna will pr. v.nt and r-- •Il*-ve tlr-d, w:it' ry -y/ s, and eye atratn Ady. his receiver with a slam, picture him reading that Site could article and see her? She Wondered at the man’s. ’’lit' looked perfectly devilUdf.” sht fold herself, “My, I lotithy/fuat mnn-f- Ih' is dangerous idea T She knew that/Sne must have cut hint <lt'e|Hy ill*Ionian's tentlerest spot— his Self-esteem. But just how we!) slit* li:i«l gauged the lotik ami possibilities of* MtXAntlrew-Bush, Hazel scarcely fzed. • -4 won't toll Jack.’’ she reflecred. 'He’d probably want'’to thrash him. Anti that' would stir up a lot of horrid • talk. niH, tiiat’s tme .experience I don’t want repeated. L wonder if he made cotfrt tt> his .first wife, in that high-handed, love-nie-nr-ril-beat-you-tq- tlentII fashion?’’ . r v site laughed wlien ,site caught her- se'f -scnilthing vigorously vyitlt her handkerrh.jef at the plact* vvltere his lips hail touched her cheek. She was primitive enough in her Instincts to feel u trifle glad of. having retaliated In what her training compelled her to roi’Viler a “perfectly hoytlt'nlsh’"man- uer. But she could not deny that It had proved wonderfully effective. tat die was an emp’oyee of the firm— or had Been lately. Rut close upon that she escaped to her own room. Sin* 'did not ndish sjtting flmre •dis- ettssing Mr. AridrC/W Bush. f Marp^ hinj? The • Nevertheless she kept thlnlilng o - Mii.lii^huig after ?*lte went to bed.. Sh< CHAPTER II. “I Do Give and Bequeath.” When Jack Barrow called again, w hVh happened to he that very eve ning. Hazel told him simply that she had left Harrington & Bush, without entering Into any explanation--except the general one that she had found It impossible to get on vVfth Mr. Bush ln lief mVv position. And Jack, being tno •.•jcuncemed with her than with her work, gave the tuntter scant considera tion.. — ' Tills was on a Friday. The next forcnoop Ilazel went downtown. When sin returned, a little before eleven, the. -tmiH of all work was putting the last touches to her room. The girl pointed t<» rtn oblong package On a chair. “That came fop. you a little .while ago.'Miss Weir." she said. “Mr. Bush’s carriage brought It.” “Mr.Bush’s carriage!" Hazel echoed. . “Yes’m:. Regular swell turnout, with V X va.footman in brown livery. My. you could see the girls peeking ail along 41 lev''square when it stopped at. our door. -It quife flustered the missus.’’ The girl lingered a second, curiosity w rit larg< on her countenance. Plainly she wished t^ discover what Miss Iln- was not at all vindictive, and his mis fortune, ’the fact—if the report vvCfo true—that he was facing Ins- end. stirred her pitjX - ^ The report of his injury was 4 vcrtfled in the.Jnornlng papers. By evening it' luid pretty well passed out of Hazel’s mind. She had more* pleasant coq- corns. Jack Barrow dropped in about six-thirty to ask if she.wanted to go "Itll him to a concert during the week, py were sitting in Mho parlor, by front window, chattering to each other,-hut noi so engrossed that they failed t*» notice a carriage drawn by two splendid grays puli up at the front gat**. Tlu* footfiian, in brown livery, got dow n and cmne to the door. Ilazel knew the carriage. Site had seen Mr. Andrew Bush abroad in it many a time. She wondered if there was some further annoyance fn store for her, and frowned at lho prospect. She heard Mrs. Stout ‘ answer the hell in person! There. was a low mumble of voices. Then the inndlady appeared-In the parlor doorway, the footman behind her. “This is the lady.” Mrs. Stout In dicated Hazel. “A message for you. Miss Weir.” T^e liveried person bowed and ex tended an envelope. “I was Instructed to deliver this to you personally,” In* said, and lingered ns if he looked for further instructions. - Hazel looked at the envelope. She could not understand why, under the circumstances, any message should come to her through such a medium. But there was her name inscribed. She glanced up. Mrs. Stout gazed past the footman with an air of frank anticipa tion. Jack also was looking. But' the landlady .caught Hazel’s glance and hacked out the door, und Hizel opened the leffer; -~~ persistence.. *,He hud .Insulted her. ac : cording to her view of it—doubly In- siilted her with threats and an ef- forced caress. Perhaps he merely winded tp/beg her pardon; she had heard of men 1 doing such things in iheir fast moments... But she could not of Mr. Andreev Bush being sorry for anything he did. And so.she The note was brief’and to the point: zel Weir would he getting in a package that was delivered' in so aristocratic nu\nn«-Tr But Hazel was in no mood to ggn'lif.y anyone’s cHctosrty. She was I'-n^ryNti tlnr {W^irjljition of Mr.' An- ilri'w Biadm Tt Was. an excellent way of subjectitXhor to remark. siu* ilrt'w oliXn'r gloves,Jabd. laying -amulethew hat, nickpd fibXhOwspaper and began' to read. X-Tlc •girl, with no Miss Weir: Mr. Bush. h'elYig seriously Injured and unable to u'rUe, bids.me say that he is very anxiouS'tb you. lie sends his carriage to convey you here. Ilis physicians fear that lie will not survive the night, hence he begs of you to come. Very truly, . • ETHEL It. WATSON. * Nurse in Waiting. “The id?n 1 Of course I won’t! I wouldn’t think of such a thing!” ilazel exclaimed. ~~ . ' “ ‘Just a second,” she said to the foot man. Over, on the parlor mantel lay some sheets vpf paper and cnvyJojies. .She Imrrowed ..a pencil from Barrow -uod. d began to read exciis*' for lingering^ r»*Iuctarttly gutli t’l'crl-up-vlm*’ •lmxuii'and dustpan, and departed. WlH'n-.sjhe was Xhc. and tief till dWn. Miss Weir invesHgated 111* pajjXl' .• . | 3*™'*— twn dozen long-sfeinme/I La 1 FTbnet's—ftlltul the room with theii delicate odor ‘when she, rem<|vcd tin j)it,stci)oard cover. AfhT /sot edgewise iituong the stems she found bis card. M ss Weir .t.t«’ne<l up Rcr small nose. ‘1 wonder if he \sends these as a I uTed f i' i 4 t r- ,,, X A stift of peace offering?” she snorted “I wonder’if a few hours on Ijiis: imuic liirn realize just. _ *<i- in fly caddish lie .actcrf? Well, Mr. ' Bush, I’ll return your Unwelcome gift — though they .ar*‘ beautiful flowers." And she did forthwith, squandering 40 otyits on a messenger hoy to deli vet: th»,m to'Mr. Biisg at tils office. She fvvlshed hIm,to4nV»or under no mlsap- prbhension as to her attitude. , Th^ next day—Sunday—she spent with Jack Barrow on a visit to his .cousin in a nearby town. They parted, as was their custom, at the door. It was .still early In the evening—eight- thirty, or thereabouts—and Hazel went * into the porlpr on tHe .first floor. Mrs. -rstoiit and one of-her boarders sat there «1iatting. and a: Hazel’s entrance! the'lamilady greeted her with a Star- •"»§; - *; . . / could not grasp the reason f«t» Butt eleventh-hour summons. But she could see that a.repetition of such incidents might put her in a queer light. Other folk might begin to wonder and inquire why Mr. Andrew Bush, took such aq “interest” In her—a mere! stenogra pher. Well, She told herself, sh’e did not care—so long as Jack Barrow’s ears Vere not assailed by talk. She smiled at that, for she could picture the reception any scandal peddler would get from him. •' w . . The next day’s papers contained the obituary of Mr. Andrew Bush., lie had died shortly after pddnight. And de spite the fact that she he'd no grudge. Hazel felt a sense of relief! lie was powerless to annoy or'persecute her. and she could not escape the convic tion that lm would have attempted both had he jived. She had now been idle a matter of (lays. Nearly three months were yet to elapse before her wedding. It seemed scarcely worth while to look for another position. She had enough money saved to do everything she wanted to do. It was not so much’ lack of money, the need to carn.-as the monotony of Idleness that' Irked her. She had acquired the habit of work, and that Is a thing not lightly shaken off. But during that day she gathered together the. different Gran ville papers, and went carefully over tin* “want’* columns. Knowing the tqwn as she did, she was enabled to eliminate the unlikely, undesirable places. Thus by • evening she was .armed with a list of firms ami individ uals requiring a stenographer, Amt in the morning she sallied forth. '♦ Her quest ended with the first place she sought. The fact of two years’ service with t-he biggest'firm in Gran ville was ample recommendationln addition to Which the office manager, It developed in their conversation,. hud known her flithvr in years gone by. So heforf was entered nlture-rnanufacturing lmuse. ft was pot a.'permanent position-; one of their girls hhd been taken ili and was likely to take up her duties ag:\in in six vVeeks or two mouths. But that suited Ilazel all the better. Site could put in the time usefully, and have a. breath ing spell before her'wedding. Three dhys went by. Ihrzrt.attended 'the'-concert with Jack the evening of (lie day Mr. Andrew Bush received - ns- fentatious burial. ‘ At ten the next morning the telephone girl called her. “Someone wants you on the plrotie, Miss \Veir,” she said. Hazel took up the dangling receiver. f “Hello!” “That you. .Hazel? baejv. They walked five blocks without, a word. Ilazel glanced pt Borrows now and then, ami observed with an urn-ont- fpgUhic siuking of 4-hedmtrf* that he "as sulit'n. openly resentful. s 7 uspl- cioits! “Johnnte-hoy" ' she said suddenly 4 11 den’t look so cross. Surely you don’t j blame me because Mr. Bush wills ;ne a : s,n " " f rnoney in 4 w'ay that titake"' 1 (Asiple wonder?" ■ t “I cqn’t underst md U at all." he said slow v. * “ft's very pocullar-^-nnd IT*• need 1 • V ’^p'ea sr t. Why'should Ite leave y(V,i money at all? And why* should he word the will as he did? I'eiipl*' .who >*nr<‘ diM’feel I no ** eyes, hut *<*••* ii*»t, and I'iir-Jott liear not. T<v*i ; ati t atfotTl to l>e laid up with >ort', up. Wl a-lung kidaiqs in lhe>e <Luh of prices. Some occupatipas bring! kidney troubles; almost any work ♦makes weak kidneys worse* If^ou feel tired all the time, and -suiler with lame l"ick, sharp pains, d*/.zy spclU, h«a-l al lies and di'Oiderd kidney action. u>e Ikiaif’a Kidney- Bills. It inay save 411 attack of rheumatism, dropsy, or Bright’s disease. Doan's have lielped thousands hack to health. high dl Watched for Jack From a Window That Commanded the Street. gritting his frcttir Her hnmls clenched till the knuckles stood wliife under Hit sumriih skin,' und_theji quite nh- rul«!y sin* got up ami left the restau rant even, ‘while n waiter hurried to take hdr order. If. she haiFheen n iimn, and versed In profanity, she could have cursed Andrew Bush till lil>. 4*oul shuddered on its Journey through infinite space. Bcing-a woman, she wished only a quiet place to cry. . A 4-4 CHAPTER III. 1 - \ I 111 III .1 * ■ i. . * • • e ten o’clock Miss Ilazel Weir >rcd on-the pay roll of p fur- •; i She recognized the voice, half gil/ss ink it ’would be he, since' no ot>c hut. An Explanation Demanded. Hazel’s pride Came to her rescue be- for she was half-xVay home. Instinc tively she had turned to that refuge, where slm could l<A‘k herself in her Jrnvn room und cry her protest against it nil. Jjut she hall dorn' iio wrong, nothing of which to he ashamed, and when the first shock of the news ar ticle wore off, she threw up her head and refused to consider .what the world at large might think. So she went hack to the offieh .at one o'clock and, took up her work. r>qng before eve ning she sensed that otVcs had read the Gazette, ' Not tlint any tinned it, but sundry curious made he)* painfully nwhre of the far She had just reached tlie first land ing of her hoarding house when she heard the telephone*hell, and a seeoli or two later the landlady railed M Ob. Miss Weir! Telephone.” Bar* iw’s voice hailed, hex ox/r the line. ’ ‘ + “I'll be out hv seven.” saiiRlie. VWt had better take a-walk.. We can't tall: in the parlor; there’tl prohahly he a lot of old tabbies thepp out of slieer curiosity.” - “Ail r tgh t,” IT, 1 zof, a gr ei-<1, am I -h mi g ,nr»- She dressed Tferseff^ 'Em **,isciously the trulyjfenmiinc asserted its doinl- liiinee—~t In* X\ 1 mi;it) anxiotis.1 to please and propitiate her lnverX “FH»*». put on a dainty^u.niiiier (ln^s; rearranged her hair, watered c'^ ay all trace of the tear/ that insisted on coming as <o<*n as/she reached the sam-niaty of her wn room. And then site watched. fo,r Tack froin a Window that commanHed the street. . . .Barrow -appeared at i:t,st. Slip went , , T , . ,,, ■ x . dow n'PTlneet him Imfore he-rang t lie * Jack Barrow would he likely/to ring Iter up. “Surely. Doesn’t it soun/ like rue?* “Have you fceen the /morning pa pers?” ’No. What em Particularly the . /’“Look Gazette- The harsh/ rattle of a receiver slammed ‘hkek * tin Its hook w ithout even.a “cood-hv” from him struck her like a jnup in the face.' Slu* hung up slowUk nnd went hack to her work. dBarrow Glanced. r Over the Missive and: Frowned. * 1 /. scribbled a brief refusal. Th^/foot- man departed with her answer/ Hazel turned to find Jack staring pis puzzle ment. “What did he want T*E Barrow, asked bluntly. “That was the Bush wasn’t It?’ C- Bush getting ey had not. been exempt from lovers’ 'quarrels, had Jack Jtarrow ever spo ken to her like that. Even through the telephone the resentful note R* hLs voice grated on her arid mystified iter. She was chained to her work—whlcl*, despite her agitation, she managed to wade through wlthtfut any radical ft- rone—until* .noon. Tl&e twelve-to-one ‘You heard a hurt, didn’t yo she Inquired. hurry up the street un^.huy a-Gazette. Then, instead of going home to her luncheon, she entered the nearest res- 1 criminal.” Just behind liing, • :mic ;; tail mail in ii gray suit. 'This imlix'iduat turmd in at tin* gale* histovvlngji nod upon BaifV>w and a keen gtam*e at her as he passed/. ^ ^“That’s Grineil, from the TimeX’ Barrow tnuttcred sourly. “Gome on let's get away from iW-re. I suppose he’s after you for mulntcrylX." ^Ilazel ttlrped In beside him siTeritly. Right at thh start she found hei>elf resenting Barrow’s tone, his manner. Luuialone nothing-to warrant st)s- N’qyfer since tlielr Jlrst xneetlng, tiqcL hiju. But sh'^loved him, 'X and, she hoped she could cdnnnce him that It whs tin more than a passing un- pleasatitnpss, for which she was no wise to blame. X “Hang It!” Barrow grXled, before' they had traversed the first block. “Here comes- Grineil I T .suppose that ok! cat of a landlady iwiiltM try out. No dodging him now,” -• ... .i- Intermission’gave her opportunity to “The^js no earthly reason why I should diKlgeTiim. as you put It,”* Ha zel replied stiffly. “I’m n*» an escaped What wrong did h«- ever do yhH?”‘*' r “None.” Hazel answered shortly. His ton*/ wjjundgd—her, cut her deep. so. eloquent wiis it of distrust. “The only wrong Jn> has done nje lies in wil ing tint tnoncy as he did.’’ "But- fbtov’s nn explanation • for that. ’ Barrow declared moodily. “There’s n key to the inys’ery, nnd if anybody has it you have. What Is it?" “Jack,'’ H; /.el ;>lc:ided, “don’t take that tone with ms. I can't stand it—I won't. I’m not n little child to ’he scolded and browbeaten.. This morn ing when you telephoned you were nh most insulting, nnd it hurt utc dread- „ fully. You’re angry now, ami suspl- eious. You seem to Jhlnk I must hnve done some drqndful thing. I know what you’re thinking. The Gazette hint«'d at -some ‘affair’ between me and Mr. Bush; "that possibly that was a sort of left-handed reparation for ru ining me. If that didn’t make my nn- giy. it would amuse me—it’s so absurd. Ilavcp^^qu nnj faith in me af-ull? I haven’t don * nnrfITTag to he ashamed of. I’ve gfrt-. nnrhitfg to conceal “Don’t Conceal It, then.” Barrow ‘muttered sulkily. “I’ve got a right to know whatever^ there Is to know Jf I’m going to marry you. You don’t * seerii to have any Idea what this sort of talk that’s goin^ around means to n .man.!’ ’ i Hazel stopped short and faced him. Her heart pounded sickeningly, nnd bhrt pride and rising anger choked her for an instant. But she managed to speak calmly, perhaps with added calmness .by/ reason of the struggle site was c^unpel led to make for self- control. /X/ - i X If .vou arc going-To n.arry tnc." she' d. “you have got a right to i sill there is to know. Have I ^ritscd to yxplain? 4 haven’t had ~ nTHw*hi\nee'to explain yet. Hnve I refusetNto tell you anything? Would- any rens*Xhh' explannilon riitike an ituprcsslom oiXymt in your present frame of mind. J/doq/t want fo marry you if ,you can't trustxme. Why. I couldn’t— I wouldn’t—mart^Kyou any time, or any place, under tHo?s« con d It-ions, no rnnlter how much In foqiishky care,for-you.” “Th«*re’s justurn* thing. Ilazel." Bar- row persi.-ted stuhii^rn4'. “There tmist have been something kvtuf^v you and' Bush. You're, net helping yourself by ,. getting on your, dignity »jmd talking about my not trusting yOu.Mnstead of explaining these things.” , ^ T * ... “-V s b°l't t ime ago." Hazel told r •fuictly. "Mr Rush asked me to marry liiiiTT J Ti'fusi'd, T»f course. He— "You refused!” Barrow interrupted cynically. "Most .;*rIs would* have .jumped at. the cham; ’ “JackT’ site pnitest* .* “Will.” Barrow. (lefcMP.-d. •he was a’ruosf a millionaire. amM’vc g.i noth ing lint my hands, and-niy hrsio. Rut soppose you xlitErefu.se him* How .docs that account for the five thousand dol lars?” x X" v . "I t hink." Ilazel flung/back passion ately. “I’ll let* you find ,'haj out for yourself, You’ve ggjjS ettough DOW to A North Carolina Case C.- II. RegciH, 29.* say St.. UeuJsvUle. S'. C, Bays: “I tia<i kiUtte; U'uUblu.. for years. My Kidneys a>-t*«l too freely and tlie secretions were <!i,scolor<d nnd painful in pass.iKe I htol aw ful -backaches with joins UirouKh my kid neys and I felt intser- able. Nothing till tic* any good until 1 took -Loan's Kidney Bills They restored t- .r«a time later. I H*sr»d Ilf* examination for Insuraq e ” Get Doin’a ti Any Store, 60c e Bos DOAN’S ■y^v FOSTER-M1LBURN CO, BUFFALO. N. 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IM-rum mm now ,0, : ^Ury^..^N SU oj,. fOTMftatoti| D ninkc mt* h:i‘ ; ymi nltm.st v Ymtr vbry “ flroceri«w,'K.'VO. For Jewelry, K. J. manner’s nn in-sylt.” “ Millinery, K, M. “ Drugs, K. ,P. 1 •• - ~|' W *• make Drug and Bauk Fixtures * Hazel seeks -refuge in the far Northwest, where she obtains a position .as - schoolteacher and immediaUly^'after her arrival at £ariboo Meadows she gets her first glimpse of “Roaring Bill” Wagstaff. The introduction wks startling," to say the least. - The incident is a part of the next Installment. I- (TO BE CONTIN.I ED.) • Aiucricnn exporters of pickUi flak tin* finked to c<u:it.mnlcV.e "v 4 th rirfina - H' , \y , if*.*- « •e v - - -— —--W . . * J, - A “ jTtt ■ A. * • —— ■;.! ■*- L- % -HI -X j .d British Guiana. . > •w Bigh Point Shew Case Works, High Point, N. C. ! - PAPERSHELL Pecan Trees Cheap Thrifty, yigorous. hoaRhy stock Wall rooted, dug and packed right by exoertt of nattonsi reputation Every tree truaranteed tru- and to pleese you Big booklet on Pecan Culture Pee. Write tor it. Ban Pipershell Pfcu Ca XwtatuJIi* COUGHING annoys others and hurts yon. Belter* threat ssn'hiiisst's i&sinss -— - v - . ‘-.4