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LOVE TESTED MD FOUND TRUE. A Fourth of July Story In Which Cupid Plays a Prominent Part. By MAY HALSEY MILLER. [Copyright, 1909, by American frcs? Asso ciation.] That Chester Trowbridge was In Jove he would not acknowledge even to himself. He had first met Miss (Jollingwood at a tea given by one of his a#.ist girl friends at her studio, and. despite what Mrs. Tom had said concerning her friend's beauty, he was unprepared for so much loveliness. He had been promptly Introduced by Mrs. Tom, who had made a particular point of making the two acquainted, and her eagerness perhaps accounted for a slight reserve In Mis; Collbig wood'8 manner toward the young man. wr the coolness might have been due to the mental attitude of a much admired y-rting woman toward all receut mascu line acquaintances. "Mrs. Tom has spokeu so ofteu to m\f of yon that I feel as if we"? "Mrs. T-tui?" There \\as interroga tion in her tone and slightly raised eyebrows. "Yes; Mrs. Tom?Mrs. Walker, of course. You see. Tom haviug beeu my chum since we were boys I"? "Oh. I understand." He did not continue the interrupted sentence, bur stood awaiting her pleas are in the choice of a subject. "I suppose you are used to this kind of thing." she remarked at length. **Oh. yes." he replied indiffereutly. Then, detecting a little smile of almost contemptuous tolerance on her pretty month, he wished he had answered differently. "Where I live the young men have something else to do with their after noons." It was certainly not encouraging. They met often after that. It seemed to-Trowbridge that the Walkers were constantly bringing them together. As time went on he found himself aeceptlug Invitations on the chance of aieeting Miss Colllngwood. though be had decided from the first that he could under no circumstances enter the ranks of her suitors. Among the few inistakeu ideas Trow bridge entertained concerning himself was a belief in his own cynicism, wbleh was in realij\ the suppressed cry for love and happiness. Chester Trov. bridge was heart hun gry and did not recognise the symp toms in the quick^icd pulse at tlie *l^ht of Caryl C/ilMu; wood and the feeling of general dissatisfaction whcti several days passed without seeing her. He acknowledged to himself thai bo was fascinated \>\ her beauty; that it was a pure *!?-!; .-lit to hlui to watch the varying.ebauges of her expresslre countenance, ir was the artistic de light that the shrht of her beauty af forded hitn thai made hiui seek occa sion to meet her He had assured liliiiself of this fact st? often that lie was almost ready to believe It. and so securely intrenched was he iu his determination not to woo a woman who could not return his affection iji seme degree at least. *o firm in his conviction thai her own beauty must always count mn^t in the heart of a beautiful woman, that he allowed himself the sweet intoxication t>( her presence whenever possible. Then one night when he chanced to be alone with her he foood himself begging for her love or. in default o? that, for permission to love tier. "Such love as mine." he pleaded, "must be sufficiently fructifying to awaken love in the heart of any wo man." As she listened to hlrrt there wns a look in her eyes that he had never ?reo there before, something that set his heart to wildly throbbing, and be fore he was conseions of wbst he was doing be found himself in possession of her hand and pourlug out in hire alt tbe love of his starved heart. She tried to withdraw her band, and w Vn she conld make him hear her she nxiu quietly: "i am sorry. I had no reason to ex pect this." CV quickly relinquished her u?tm tod rose to bis feet. If people with symptoms of kidney or bladder trouble could realize their danger they would without loss of time commence taking Foley's Kid ney Remedy. This- great remedy mops the pain and the irregularities, f^rcngthorts and builds up these or gans and there is no danger of Bright"? disease or other serious dis order. Do not disregard the early symptoms, bowman Drug Co.; A. C. Dukes. Industry is the watchdog that keeps the wolf from the door. ?Tardon me." he said, "though you must acknowledge that I am uot with out excuse. It is but the common tribute to ja beautiful woman's charm that she has every right to expect." | "Yes." she replied coldly: "we will regard it simply as that?the tribute of an idler to the charms of a mere so ciety beauty." There was irony In her cool, even tones, while her eyes were looking straight into the dim ness of the room. The weeks wore on. and the Walkers removed to their summer home, whither Chester received a pressing Invitation to spend the Fourth of .July, so pressing, in fact, as to amount to a command. "Little Tom wants to see his 'Nunck en* Chester" had been the concluding words. Not versed In the ways of very small boys. Trowbridge provided himself with a supply of crackers and fire works for the two-aud-a-half-year-old scion of the Walker family not at all commensurate with that young gentle man's years. He was entirely unprepared for the sight of Miss Collingwood on tb" Walkers' broad piazza. "'Ere's Xuncken Chester!" came In sweet jubilant tones, and a little fly ing figure with flushed cheeks and tumbled hair precipitated itself In Trowbridge's arms. "Hello, little man." and Chester lift ed blin op on his shoulder. Raising his hat with his free hand, he made his way thus Incurnbered up the steps, the childish prattle relieving the situ ation of acute embarrassment "You have a rival in Tom's' affec tions." said Mrs. Walker to Miss Col lingwood. After dinner they sat on the piazza, little Tom being allowed to sit up later than bis usual hour in honor of Chester's arrival. The two gentlemen 6at smoking and chatting where the smoke of their cigars would not rea^h the ladles. Tom was running up and down the path in front of the house in all the exuberance of his few years. A boy appeared wirh n box the con tents <>f which greatly excited the child". Interest 'Tut the box down on the steps." di rected Chester, giving the boy a coin. "What's got in de box?" demanded little Tom, his face alight with inter est "You'll see tomorrow." answered Trowbridge and then continued bis] conversation with the child's father. Little Tom. finding his quest for in formation Ignored and objecting to the delay arbitrarily imposed, promptly climbed the slops and entered into an Investigation on his own account. He removed the wrapping paper and with his small, nimble fingers succeeded in pushing back the sliding cover, disclos ing to his ravished view various pack ages of different colors ami sizes. These invited closer inspection, and he proceeded to take them out of the box and deposit them on the step beside him. Suddenly he came to something which seemed to afford him great sat isfaction and which he evidently thought he recognized, for he breathed ecstatically. "Dig cigar!" He put the large firecracker to his lips and began "mokin* like fader." In the fast gath ering twilight little Tom's motions passed unobserved. He glanced about him In proud con sciousness of his manly attitude, when his eyes were arrested by the sight of smoke issuing from his father's lips. He pnffed and exhaled "like fader" but without like results. A match was all that was needed, and this coveted article he discovered under Trow bridge's chair, where it had been in advertently dropped. A moment sufficed for the match to find Its way Into the chubby fingers of the baby boy, who scratched it and ap plied tJj* flame to the fuse of the crack' "Immediately ignited. Th* ... a rush of skirts, and Caryl Collingwood, who had heard the scratching of the match, dashed the cracker out of the child's hands and picked him up in her arms. In her haste she bad not noticed the direction of the burning cracker, which fell Into the box of explosives. There was a crackling and sputtering, apd the fly ing sparks flew to the crackers on the step aud caught the soft flu'Ty skirts of the young woman, the draft made by ber flying feet quickly fanning the sparks Into a brisk flame that leaped upward toward her face. Finding her self afire, she dropped the child on the grass and quickly retreated, to find herself In Chester's arms. ITe began beating out the flames with his hands. Walker coming quickly to his aid, tak ing off his coat as he ran. The flames were soon extinguished, but Miss Col lingwood lay unconscious In Chester's arras. Together they carried her into the house und laid her on the lounge in the library. Mrs. Walker had al ready telephoned for a doctor, but by the time he arrived the youDg lady had regained consciousness. She was car ried to her room and put to bed, while Chester restlessly paced the piazza, impatiently awaitlug the doctor's ro appearnnce to learn the worst regard ing the Injured girl. When he finally appeared Trowbridge eagerly questioned him concerning the extent of Miss Colllngwood's injuries and was much reassured by the doc tor's report that they were not serious and that she would be about In a few daya It was not till then that Trowbridge showed his own bands, which had been causing him acnte pain, but which in his anxiety for Miss Collingwood he I had scarcely heeded. I -li was lucky for her that you acted j so promptly."' remarked the doctor a? he was dressing Chester's hands. "A moment more and she might not only have been disfigured for life, but lost life Itself." At the time Chester pnld little at tention to the wo.rd? "disfigured f>-; life" Re thought H morelv one of Everyone would be benefited by J taking Foley's Orine Laxative for stomach and liver trouble and habit ual constipation. It sweetens the stomach and breath, gently stimu lates the liver and regulates the bowels and is much superior To pills and ordinary laxatives. Why not try Foley's Orine Laxative today? Lowman Drug Co.; A. C. Dukes. The two persons to whom a wo man's voice can be sweetest are a small baby she loves aud a large wo man she hates. the possibilities, bat Inter those words took on a dreadful significance. The Fourth was spent quietly at the ; Walkers'. Mrs. Walker devoting the j whole day to Miss Collingwood, whom she regarded as ?he savior of her child's life, while Walker took Trow bridge out for a long ride in his new automobile. Chester sat alone on the piazza In the evening, when he heard bis name called softly He rose and was about to enter the house through the front door when he heard again: "Mr. Trowbridge. won't you please come In here for a moment?" "Where Is hi?re?" he asked. "In the library." He quickly entered the room through the window and saw the form of Miss Collingwood lying on the lounge. Her face was partially concealed by a band age. She put out her hand as he ap proached, but when she saw his swathed Ip bandages she gave a low cry. h "Oh. I didu't know you were hurt!" she said. "It is nothing." replied Trowbridge quickly. "I am very glad to see you downstairs so soon. I had thought It would be some days before you would be sufficiently recovered." ?"1 could not rest another eight with out seeing you." she answered softly. "Without seeing me?" he repeated In surprise. "Yes. and thanking you." "Oh. that's all right!" he Interrupted. "But that's not all. Won't you sit down? I can talk to you better when you are on my level." she said, with an attempt to speak lightly. He sat down on a low chair by her side. "I want to tell you that I misjudged you once." She spoke quickly, as if she feared her courage might fail if she did not get It over at once. "1 thought you a trltler, a mere idler, a dangler after pretty women and"? ''Was that the reason why you treat ed me so coldly?" he asked eagerly. "Yes; I didn't know?Mrs. Walker said"? "What did Mrs. Walker say?" "That you were a worshiper of beau ty, that your mother was a remarka bly beautiful woman and that you ex pected your wife to be as lovely." "But you are." he said quickly. "Yes; that's what I knew? No, uo, I didn't mean that"? "But what do you mean?" "A woman does not want to be loved for her beauty alone. Suppose she were to lose it?" Her tone was almost eager. "My darling, then yoa could love me?" "You love my beauty"? "Because it is a part of yourself." "But if 1 were to lose it?" she whis pered. "Then should I love you the more, for I should feel that you were wholly mine." "But would I not be anyway?" Then be told her of his fears, of the complete surrender of his heart to her despite his determination not to permit himself to lo\'e her. and then when he had seen her quick action in the face of dnuger to a little child, her forget fulness of self, of beauty, of even life, he had realized that the wisdom of the heart is superior to that of the reason. She gave a low. happy laugh and pulled his face down to hers. "And I loved you from almost the very first, but I. like you. fought against my love. I feared that I was loved for my beauty iiIodc. and when "I WANT TO TET-Ti YOU THAT I MISJUDGED YOU ONCE." this accident happened and my face was burned I"? Then Trowbridge remembered what the doctor had said?that her life might have been the forfeit of her act and not only her beauty. "My poor little darling," he said, nestling her In his arms, oblivious of the pain In his bands, "you will be dearer to me than ever." There was a patter of little feet, a small form burled Itself against the lounge, two chubby hands pushed Chester aside, and two fat arms went about Caryl's neck. "Take urn off," he said, pulling at the bandage. Chester seized his hands. "Yuu will huit Auntie Caryl." he said quickly. "No. no, he won't hurt me: the burns are really nothing! We'll take off the old things!*' she said ami revealed n blushing face that had not been touched by the flames. "I wanted to be sure," sh; :.".:: :::::rcd. "I war. Jca! r>n?s of mv own 'ace " Delay in taking Foley's Kidney Remedy if you have backache, kid ney or bladder trouble, fastens tho disease upon you and makes a cure more difficult. Commence taking Foley's Kidney Remedy today and you will soon be well. Why risk a serious malady? Low man Drug Co.; A. C. Dukes. For mild easy action of the bow ls'1, a single dose of Doan's Regu let3 is enough. Treatment cures habitual constipation. 25 cents a box. A>L your druggist for them. TIGERS" TO VOTE CHARLESTON AUTHORITIES AR RESTING ILLEGAL SELIJ3RS. Injunctions Against Unlawful Traffic Are Disregarded or Evaded. Unique Situation in "The City." It was learned Saturday that the magistrates of Charleston will is sue warrants op Monday for the ar rest of a number of blind tigers with the purpose in view of binding them over to the court of general ses sions. This is in accord with the strong protest which the grand jury made a few weeks ago on the meth ods of the operation of the dispen sary law in Charleston. The blind tigers are now lining up with the prohibition followers In Charleston. They make no secret of their opin ion that with prohibition they will be able to operate just as they please and that the city will not be able to reach them, even to the extent of fining them periodically, as is done, and thu3 collecting from them some revenue for what their unlawful bus iness takes away from the sales of the dispensary. The authorities are probably he ginning to see the error of their ways now and the law will probably he applied to the tigers. With the arrest of the blind tigers and com mitment for trial, things will be lively in Charleston, for the tigers have not been disturbed by such pro cess of law in many years. The ac tion will strengthen the hands of the State authorities and allow for the placing of a few more dealers in jail on contempt proceedings, fo some of the enjoined people seem to think the supreme court proceedings a sort of a joke and pay no regard to the orders, their establishments running now as before, simply wltil a change of tho nominal proprietor and the place of business to some other stand in the immediate neigi borhood of former operation. * ROB EVANS URGES PATRIOTISM. Tells Naval Apprentices to be True to the Flag and Honor Women. "You ought to be proud to be in a profession which required you to die, if need be for your country," ?aid Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans, U. S. N., retired, as he handed cer tificates of promotion to those of the naval apprentices brigade at Newport R. I., who last Sunday became petty officers. "Be true to yourself and your flag and your country and honor women. Be thoughtful and courte ous to them and do your full duty." The scene was most impressive as the Admiral, crippled by an old civil war wound, leaned forward in his carriage and addressed the 1,200 boys in (heir spotless white uniforms drawn up on the parade ground. The entire available force of the train ing station turned out to receive Ad miral Evans, and at the conclusion of the presentation of certificates to the petty officers, the brigade sang "The Star Spangled Banner." LAWMAKERS FIGHT. Member of the House and tho Speak er Cross Rapiers. A dispatch from Havanasays a duel was fought Sunday by Col. Orestes Ferrera, president of the House of Representatives, and Senor Monleon, a representative, as the out come of sharp words, which were ex changed on Friday between the two men in the House. Rapiers were | used, and both Col. Ferrera and Se nor Monleon received slight injuries, whereupon honor was satisfied. The encounter followed a chal lenge sent by Col. Ferrera in. con sequence of alleged offensive expres sions used by Senor Monleon on the floor of the House, when he accused the Speaker of lack of respect to the members of the House. Texas Giant Dead. Col. H. C. Thurston, known as tho Texas giant, believed to have been the tallest American, seven feet, nine inches in height, a Confederate sol dier under Con. Price, is dead at his home at Vernon, Texas, aged 77. He is the father of four children, one son being over seven feet tall. * Not the Body of Ling. The body supposed at first to be that of a Chinese, which was found in the Hudson river at New York, was not that of Leon Ling, who is charged with the murder of Elsie Sigel. After an autopsy Dr. Thomas Curtin, coroner's physician, declared the body was that of a white boy not more than 10 years old. * Pointed Paragraphs. A man likes you to think he's *mart because the candidate he voted for got elected. The reason a stout woman doesn't expect to keep on getting fatter is Bhe keeps right on. A girl is almost as much flattered by having a man propose to her as his eendlng her a box of flowers. There's nothing that can influence a man to take a present home to his wife so strongly as a guilty con science. You can spend an awful lot of money educating a boy to reason about one-tenth as well as he could do before by instinct. All the money a man would make in one form of investment he loses in another. The more mistak* ? a man makes the luckier he iK if ru ne of them were to get married. Where a girl is smart is knowing bow many more beaux she can have by being pretty without the brains. REUNITED BY PICTURE. I Brother and Sister Meet Under Pe ? culinr Circumstances. A dispatch from Atlanta says the publication of a photograph of Edgar Allen Poe, which had been an heir loom in a Virginia family, resulted in the reuniting of two members of this family, a brother and sister, who had been separated for .seventeen years. The photograph was pub lished by A. C. Snyder. Mrs. D. S. Webb, his sister, living less than four blocks from him, was struck by the resemblance of the photograph to the old picture with which she was familiar, and after becoming con vinced that her brother was its pos sessor, sent for him without letting him know her identity. He did not recognize her when she met him at the door, but asked for her hus band. "".Vhen she calTed him by an old boyish nickname he stared in surprise and then knew her \o be his sister. * Smart Electors. At an open air political meeting in the north of England, a man cried, "Hurrah for Jackson!" to which a bystander replied sarcastically, "Hur rah for a jackass!" "All right, my friend," exclaimed the first speaker, "You can hurrah for your candidate, and I'll do the same for mine!" All electors are not so gifted, as the following experience of a can vasser in Devonshire clearly indi cates: "Whom are you voting for, my good fellow?" he asked. "I vote for the lady." "But there is no lady candidate standing." "Well,* replied Hodge, "Poll Early comes on my voting paper before ?he names of the two men, and I thought I'd vote for her. See!" Chambers' Journal. ? TuIRD OPERATION PREVENTED By Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg= efable Compound Chicago, I1L ? "I want to tell you what Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable i Compound did for me. I was so sick that two of the best doctors in Chicago said I would die if I did not have an operation. 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