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* 1 ? T) {(&& | - ?it answers *>u I quiremcnt?vim, M wholcsomeness. %. It will satis Demand tbe genuine Kicknameaencouraci V ?J ATLANTA. VheoCTtr ( yo* aee an Arrow ihUk f Coca-Cola. mvi Tn i Jaocnsj W'GRMM CHflpT&R V. The Bird Behind Bars. , The most beautiful blue Irish eyes I in the'world eazed out nt the Hnwn I which turned night-blue into day-blue. B ^ and paled the stars. Rosal lay the un * -delating horizon, presently to burst inA to living flame, transmuting the dull steel bars of the window into fairy ^R gold, that trick of alchemy so futilely sought by man. There was a window |B at the north and another at the south, ^^R likewise barred; but the Irish eyes never sought these two. It was from the east window only that they could see the long white road that led to Jfl^R The nightingale was truly caged. But the wild heart of the eagle beat ^^^^R in this, nightingale's breast, and the eyes burned as fiercely toward the east as the east burned toward the west. Sunday and Monday, Tuesday ^^^^R and Wednesday and Thursday, today; and that the five dawns were singu- j Iisr id oeauiy ana max sne Had never In her life before witnessed the ere- | etlon of five days, one after another, I made no Impression upon her sense of | the beautiful, so delicate and receptive ir ordinary times. She was conscious that within her the cup of wrath was overflowing. Of other things, such as Latlng sad sleeping and moving about her cage (mora like an eagle inmed than a nightingale), recurrence d blunted her perception. rOh. hot he shall pay, he shall pay!" H? murmured, striving to loosen the Bs with her small, white, helpljss Hh. The cry seemed to be an arlfar through all these four madKg days she had vetoed It?now |Kod deadly with hhte. now fullWoken by > * Kf ' 71 k ro / /11 |Qteryjmy; vigo>r, refreshment, ^ / Ni COI^M^Y ^ ? de ^* 1 Pa lobs of despair. "Will you never foi some, so that I may tell you how base pit ind rile you are?" she further ad- tei smothbr "Oh, but He ChalllPay, He 8hall Pay." bc wlih them the mcLent came. But he came not Monday, nor Tuesday, jD nor Wednesday. ?T^e suspense was to her mind diabolical. She began tounderstand; he intended to keep her M there till he was sur^ that her spirit was broken, then he would come. Break her spirit? Bhe laughed wildly. ^ He could break her spirit no more easily than she could ' iak these y bars. To bring her to Vak(\illes upon ' an errand of mercy! b? wa8 a capable of anything. She was not particularly1 distressed I I because she knew that it wb^ld not be | h possible for her to sing again until the Q following winter in New York, fifho t had sobbed too much, with ljer face buried in the pillow. Had thpse sobs d been born of weakness, all migf t have s been - well; but rage had mothered v them, and thus her voice was in a r very bad way. This morning she was i noticeably hoarse, and there was a 6 break in the arietta. No, she dldNnot a fret over thle side of the calamity. Tthe a sting of it all lay In the fact that she had been outraged In the matter ftC J BMMl *** no * M prisal to ease her immediate j to be avenged. Nora, aa she stood in the fall mornng sunlight, was like to gladden the >yea of all mankind. She was beauti'ul, and all adjectives applicable would y >ut serve to confuse rather than to imbellleh her physical excellence. She vas as beautiful as a garden rose is, feeding no defense, no ramparts of staying phrases. The day of poets is (one, otherwise she wpuld have been tung in cantos. She was tall, shapely, leep-bosomed, fine-skinned. Critics, 3 n praising her charms, delved Into u oythology and folk-lore for com pari- -? ons, until there wasn't a goddess left l,n n Olympus or on Northland's icy ^ apes; and when theee images became 'n! little shop-worp, referred to certain m lasterpieces of the old follow wuu ei ad left nothing more to be said in jy lis. Nora enjoyed it all. She had not been happy in the selec- h: Ion of her stage name; but she had bosen Eleonora da Toscana because ~ jJ be believed there was good luck in lg . Once, long before the world knew yo f her, ehe had returned home from tir aly unexpectedly. "Molly, here's fo ora, from Tuscany!" her delighted 1 ither had cried; who at that time of Eid a nebulous idea that Tuscany was to >mewhere in Ireland because it had a eltic ring to it. Being filled with love toI ! Italy, its tongue, its history, its wt bysical beauty, Bhe naively trans- Yoi ted "Nora from Tnscany" into Ital- rac n. and declared that when she went set x>n the stage ehe would be known bet r that name. There had" been some * ailing aver the pseudonym; but ora was Irish enough to cling to it. yD / and by the great music-loving pub- i,ti ? ceased to concern itself about her for ime; it was her fresh beauty and ir wonderful voice they craved to see ? id hear. Kings and queens, em- OK rore and empresses, princes and < incesses?what is called royalty and not bility in the newspapers freely gave p(K r homage. Quite a rise in the world 6br r a little girl who had ?n?? ? shabby apartment in New York and r n barefooted on the wet asphalts, 5 mmer nights! wb But Nora was not recalling the 1 ppy scenee of her childhood; ined, no; she was still threatening . ris. Once there, she would not lack reprisals. To have played on her :y! To have made a lure of her ij; tder concern for the unfortunate! | P^^abpon ul I Ines^Hro thoughnuiness to all A I h whom she had come in contact, j I I from now on! ... Her fin- } JkJ 3 tightened round the bars. She ' Mm ;ht have posed as Dido when sin (a -ned that the noble Aeneas was d. War, war; woe to the moths who Ht tered about her head hereafter! H .h, but had she been happy? Her H* ids slid down the bars. Her exssion changed. The mouth drooped. H eagle-light in her eyes dimmed. H im out the bright morning. Borne- (?9 ere, had come weariness, and with VVh } came weakness, and finally, tears. ihe heard the key turn in the lock. |||| uj tiuu never come so eariy Derore. m l 3 was astonished to see that her |l j ler did not close the door as usual, put down the breakfast tray on the |Jf/' tie. There was tea and toast and '? " 'Mademoiselle, there has been a ter- jitj !e mistake," Fald the man humbly. 'Ah! So you have found that out?" "Ha s cried. 'Yes. You are not the person for torn this room was intended." Which ^ is half a truth and perfectly true, es radoxical as it may seem. "Eat your c? eakfast in peace. You are free, ? ideinoiselle." "Free? You mill not hinder me if I * ilk through that door?" r "No, mademoiselle. On the con- . try. I shall be very glad, and so will y brother, whO( guards you at night, epeat, there has been a frightful mis- . ke. Monsieur Champeaux ..." ^ "Monsieur Champeaux?" Nora was (wildered fhe had never heard this ime before. JJ.'V "He calls himself that," was the dipmatlc answer.* . All Nora's euspiclons fook firm f ound again. "Will you describe this onsieur Champeaux to me?" asked le actress coming into life. . "He is short, dark, and old, made- m lolselle." . "Ra,ther is he not tall, blond and . oung?" ironically. The jailer concealed what annoy- t nee he felt. In hfs way he was Just wJ b capable an actor as she was. The ccuracy of her description startled Qn im; for the affair had been carried ut so airoitly that he had been posiive that until her real captor ap- he ^ ho In ?hs era regarding ms laenuiy. auu ueni he had hit It off in less than a dozen dii yorda. Oh, well; It did not matter P<> low. She might try to make It unpleasant for hi* employer, but he loubted the ultimate lucceae of her *8 ittempts. However, the matter was at in .and as far as he was concerned. "Have you thought what this means T :t is abduction. It is a crime you have IT ' IHEE! NO SIDING FEVEI OR I Wonderful ROOT JUICE Q Tired, Lazy, "All-in" Feel Builds You Up. Fine : Guarant Now'b the time to give your body lb well as your house a good, old- pi shionod renovating from top to hot- li> m. You need it, id need it badly, retybody does. >u ve oeen Btor- JHSTS^ g up filth and pur Lies all winr and your whole i f \A Btem is cloR- 'd V f] i. Your blood is Ick and impure; /fm ur stomach, llv- f bowels and J Ineys are half '? V !eep. No wonder JLjli WK u feel lazy and *4$' X ed and "good- ^ t r-nothing." v Get a few doses e/l \ ft .T ROOT JUICE in ?' ^\L you?that grand JMm w tonic made of ture'8 own ras- . , a.ive8?and sea "That HOOT J|TCE lat in a p p e n s. Right Thing' for I ii'll think Nature ha8 in some ml- yo :ulous way given you a brand new In of vital organs, and you'll feel foi ter than you've felt for months. ac J lory, what a difference it wll i ke! No more lazy feeling, no more let her-go-to-sleep-than-work feeling, so ii'll get up in the morning rested, JL ght-eyed, clear-brained and ready it'i everything. And remember tills; yo coi I have been mademoiselle's jailer. ^ i her abductor. And when one is de, >r and in need of money!" He hft. ugged ^ I will give you a thousand francs ^ the name and address of the man for o instigated this outrage." j?a ih, he thought; then Bhe wasn't so a8 e? "I told you the name, mademni- - -. tor* not ive You Thought What This Means? flru It 18 Abduction!" sail RAV e it, not for ten thousand francs. I ddes, I have said that there has ag n a mistake." . For whom have I been mistaken?" Who but Monsieur Champeaux's go(i e, mademoiselle, who is not in her tit mind?" with inimitable sadness. . Very well," said Nora. "You say t I am free. That le all I want, th< edom." -Irs In twenty minutes the electric tram ag ves for Paris. You will recall, th; demoiselle," humbly, "that we have ho :en nothing belonging to you. You in ye your purse and hat and cloak, ag e etruggle was most unfortunate, mi t, think, mademoiselle, think; we ap mght you to be insane!" w] 'Permit me to doubt that! And you wi 3 not afraid to let me go?" cu 'Not in the least, mademoiselle. A jn stake has been made, and in telling te' u to go at once, we do our best to dii jtlfy this mistake. It is only five th i.utes to the tram. A carriage is at ]n $ door. Will mademoiselle be pleased remember that we have treated her tj th the utmost courtesy?" ht "I shall remember everything," t, linously. m "Very good, mademoiselle. You will In Paris before nine." With this i bowed and backed out of the room though Nora had suddenly made a stinct ascension in the( scale of lm- Cl irtance. "Walt!" she called. N His face appeared in the doorway ;ain. ej "Do you know who I aihT" ?. "Since this morning, mademoiselle. "That to all/* f Free! Her veins tingled iirlth rug? exaltation. He hgui^tost his ^ * N I 'v' A IAD BLOOD THIS YEAlfl uickly Overcomes ing, Cleans the Blood?.l|M for Old Folk, Too. OOTJUICE cleans out ftfce bloo^H^H irillaB it, stirs up that lazy Scomac^^^^^l 'er, kidney and bowel action, new steam bfl &JLI /?? nerves, new 'orco andvl^^^^B Mm ly, smoothly MM about lt^^^^B MK?|B ROOT J u i^^BBB Its can * buri any^^^BB/T ^HSpB% wonderful a nation of. boiB^^B^M 1 the oldest ^^B|B} most reliable ^^B^B: / etable mcdlc^^^^^BL aniy^^^H do Was Surely tlxe ever ur You'll see a two or three days. ..'.' I r rheumatism, kidney hes an dstomach troubles yoB^B. Get some right off jyid try It IMt^ N s : any scheming druggist palrifY" mething else on/ you. Oet ROB flCE, because .it's guaranteed 4 i got td give.1 results. You can Bj,. ur money back If you want it. Yr-V ' >. . ./ ?L. . , ?? . ' X,* . a sequences. Free! Monsieur au* Indeed! Cowardice was a^H-. 1 velopment in his character, en afraid to come. She dn^^B^ l, but did not touch the^^^^B lit There would be 11 breakfast when Her hands on her concerned up her i sped oof into the wig r side whiskers, Jne bushy irows, revealing a clever face,' e than thirty, cunning, but y cunning and anything but ly. The painted scar aelant 3 was also , obliterated. te the man thrust .the evidences ;uise into a traveling bag, ran heri^^^^HH there through the rooms, all b&r^^^^^H unfurnished save the one with.th^^^^^^J 3 and the kitchen, which containefl^|^^H cots and some "Cooking utensi^^^^H^H hing of importance had been ind. locked the door and the way to the Place d'Arn^^^^^^H :hing the tram to Paris by a t a minute. 11 vfiprv well done. She would Paris V^fore the police made any ' H nite move: The one thing lhat dia- B bed him was the thought of the ?khead of a chauffeur, who had got nk before his s return from Ver- M les. If he talkedc well, he cohld ^ nothing beyond tng fact that he '? I deposited the 3ingerST^h^u>Use y directed. He knew poein^l^MjhB - !g| he man laughed softly. A thot^HlBjM id frame's apiece for him and ^An[te. and no possible chance of ljediscovered. Let the police And 3 house in Versailles; let theni ice whatever patus they found; the ent would tell them, and honestly* at an aged man had rented the* use lor a rvonin ana naa paiu mui advance. What more could the ent say? Only one bit of puzzle* mm : why hadn't the blond stranger fl I peared? Who was he. In truth, lat had been his game? All thla-^^^H liting and wondering, and then a. rt telegram of the night before, sayg, "Release her." So much the betr. What his employer's motives were d not Interest him half so much as H e fact that he had a thousand franpa his pocket, and that all element of tnger had been done away with- . J rue, the singer herself would moTOr I taven and earth to And out who bad 1 >en back of the abduction. Let her ^ ake her accusations. He was out H it \'Jm * 'jB <u?iamniaiiiun ittlil thA rrnit no* seman soberly, "this Is & grave M* V'fl isation to make." jfl "I make It, nevertheless," replied ora. She eat stiffly in her chair, her jMH ice colorless, dark circles under her' res. She never looked toward Court"But Monsieur Courtlandt has ofired an alibi such as we cannot lg-^^^H ore. More than that, his lutegrltyfl^H ! vouched for by the gentleman al|^H