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Evidently Knew Cabmen
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Never Satisfied
Tom Hair, recently appointed state
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The state oflldals closed a hank In
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cents on the dollar.
One middle-aged woman depositor
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Roman Kye llnlnam. applied at nlffht upon
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Children and Careers
Children are not a handicap hut an
urge ? that Is. If a woman lias a fair
share of the matrimonial Instinct,
which I think most women have. Out
of my own experience I can sincerely
say that to my daughters I owe what
ever of success 1 have made. Indeed
they kept me from being a complete
failure. And this has been so from the
first day I stepped out from 11 sheltered
home to earn my own living and theirs
as well. ? Oenevleve I'ankhurst. In
Hearst's International-Cosmopolitan.
Many a man would have been worse
If his estate had been better. Mer.Jn
mln Franklin.
Forbear to Judge, for we are sin
ners nil. ? Shakespeare.
Sure Relief
OLIVER.
L OCTOBER^
/^XiEORGE BARR McCUTCHEON
COPYRIGHT.BELL S VN 0 ICATE.(w.N.U, 5E.R.VICC)
JEALOUSY
SYNOPSIS ? Oliver October
Baxter, Jr., was born on a vile
October day. His parents were
prominent In the commercial,
social and spiritual life of the
town of Hum ley. The night that
Oliver October was born a gypsy
queen reads his father's fortune
and tells him what a wonderful
future his son has before him,
but adds that his son will never
reach the age of thirty, that he
will be har.ged for a crime of
which he Is not guilty. Ten
years elapse. Mrs. Baxter
died when Oliver was n ear
ing seven. Josephine Sag*,
wife of the minister, caused a
sensation when she goes on the
stage Her daughter Jane and
young Oliver become greatly at
tached to each other. After
finishing college, young Oliver
accepts a position In Chicago
with an engineering company.
He goes to China. I'pon his re
turn he enlists In the Canadian
army. The war over, Oliver re
turns home. He hears Jane Is In
love with Doctor I, arising. De
spite Mr. Br.xter's pleading to
Oliver to remain In Rumley.
Oliver gets a Job In Chicago. Mr.
Baxter accompanies Oliver
through a swamp on the way to
the Hage home. On the way they
quarrel over Oliver's refusal to
stay In Humley. Mr. Baxter falls
to return hon e.
CHAPTER IV ? Continued
No one could be found who saw him
after he took lea^e of his son on the
I swamp road. Oliver October related
l all that transpired between them on
j that moonlit byway. He did not spare
I himself In the recital. No one blamed
I him, however.
An inspection of Mr. Raster's closet
the following morning led to a puz
zling discovery. A comparatively new
suit of dark gray material ? rather too
heavy for summer wear ? was missing,
while the wrinkled, well-worn garments
that l^e wore dally at the store were
found hanging in the closet.
The excitement In Rumley was in
tense. The Raxter home became a
magnet that drew practically the en
tire population of the town to that sec
tion, and there was not an hour of the
day that did not see scores of peo
ple trudging through the safer portions
of the swamp or tramping along the
uplands that bordered It.
Detectives from Chicago, brought
down by Oliver October, agreed with
the young man that his father had
"skipped out," to use the expression
of Michael O'Rourke. It was Mr.
O'Rourke who advanced the theory
that the old mnn had taken this nmaz
ing means of forcing his son to remain
In Rumley.
"Why," said lie, "It's as plain aa the
nose on your face. He Is dead sot on
having you stick to this town. You say
'nix.' Well, what's the smartest thing
he an do? The only way to make you
stay In thlR town Is for him to leave It.
He sneaks off without letting anybody
know where he's going. Why does he
do that? If you or anybody else knew
where lie whs you'd have him back
here in no time, nnd all his trouble for
nothing. He thought It all out before
hand. -Now he has his own way.
You've got to stay here until he gets
good nnd ready to come back. Rome
body's got to bo In charge tff his af
fairs. There Is a chance, of course,
that he wandered out In the swamp,
hut I don't bellove It. If you want us
to go ahead and rnke the country for
him, we'll do It."
"t want to find him," said Oliver,
firmly. "You may he right In your sur
mise? I hope you nre. Rut Just the
same, I don't Intend to leave a stpne
unturned, Mr. O'Rourke."
Rut the days rnn Into weeks nnd the
weeks lnt<V months, with the mystery
no nearer solution than In the begin
ning -no word, no sign from the old
mnn who bad vanished, no clue thst
led to anything s^ve disappointment.
There wns something grim, uncanny
nbout the silence of oi<\ man Raxter ?
it wns Indeed the silence of the dead.
"He might ns well he dead," was a re
mark thnt became common In Rumley
whenever his ense was discussed
Strangely enough, no one now t*>llovod
him to he dead. Everybody agreed
with the detective that the enntnnker
otia old man had "skipped oi%t" wtth
the sole Idea of frustrating bin son's
plan to return to Chicago.
Oliver October took charge of the
store and, as self-appointed mannger,
conducted the business to the best of
his ability. There wns nothing In the
young man's myjpner to Indicate that
he rebelled ngnlnst the turn In bis af
fairs. On the contrary, he took hold
with nn enthusiasm that left nothing
to bo desired by those who at first
shook theli* heads dubiously over the
situation.
"I am to hlnme for all this." he pro
tofctftri Arualr. "If m? f*th*r !? rln*A I
urn accountable for his death. \N hat
ever his present condition may be, 1
am responsible for It. Don't put all
the blame on that gypsy fortune-teller.
I should have realized the state of
mind he was In and I should have given
up everything else In the world to help
him weather the next year or s<> of
doubt and distress."'
? ?????*
The winter wore away, spring came
and quickly melted Into summer: the
first anniversary of the unexplained
disappearance of Oliver Baxter passed.
Three ninths remained of the last
year allotted to Oliver October by the
gypsy "queen" on that wild, shrinking
night In TO. Rut by this time prac
tically everybody In Rumley was count
ing the days -md Jokingly reminding
Oliver that his chances got better every
day !
"I see by the paper this evening that
your Uncle Horace has announced
himself as a candidate for state sen
ator," said Mr. Sage one evening as he
sat enjoying his customary half hour
on Sage's porch with Jane and Oliver.
"Well, I know one vote he will not
get," said Oliver, "even If he is my
uncle."
"I know of another," said the min
ister dryly.
"Why, daddy, I . n really beginning
to take quite a fancy to you," cried
Jane delightedly. "Only last week you
said he ought to he tarred and feath
ered for turning those two old Rannes
ter women out of their house over at
I'leasant Ridge."
"But he didn't turn them out," said
Oliver quickly. "Somebody came along
at the last minute and lent them the
money to redeem their little house aid
farm."
"You don't really mean It, Oliver?"
cried Mr. Sage. "That Is gf>od news
splendid news."
*?1 hate that old Gooch man," cried
Jane.
"Jane, my dear, you really are be
coming quite a vixen," remonstrated
her father.
An automobile prfme to a sudden stop
In front of the house, nnd an agile
young man leaped out, leaving his en
gine running. He came up the walk
with long strides.
"Say, Oliver, you old skate, I've been
looking all over town for you," shouted
Sammy Parr. "This Isn't your night to
call on Jane ? don't you know that?
Good evening, Jane. Evening, Mr.
Sage. Say, the Rannesters told me all
about you, you blamed old skate ? I
mean Ollle, not you. Mr. Sage. Gee
whir., Ollle you certainly did throw the
hooks Into Uncle Horace this time,
didn't you? You certainly ? "
"Shut up !" growled Oliver, scowling
fiercely at the excited Sammy.
"What on earth are you talking
about. Sammy?" cried Jane.
"Out with It, Sammy, out with it,"
counseled Mr. Sage, coming down the
steps.
"Well, what do you think, Mr. Sage
?what do you think? Why, this chump
here Is the guy that lent Mrs. Bannes
ter the money to redeem her house."
"Oh, Oliver!" cried Jane. "Did you
really do It? I could squeeze you to
death for It. And you never told me?
you never breathed a word ? "
"Tt was only about a thousand dol
lars," mumbled Oliver.
"Sure it was," agreed Sam cheerful
ly. "But right there and then the
destiny of the great American nation
was shaped along new lines. The
words were no uooner out of the month
of old Mrs. Rannester when the boom
was born ! Yes, sir, ?t that very mo
ment ? "
"Oh, for the Lord's sake, Sammy,
slow down ! What the db'kens are you
driving ar, anyhow? Boom? What
boom?"
"Your boom, you Idiot ! The boom's
been started for you as candidate for
state senator against old man <!ooch."
"Why, you darned chump," roared
Oliver, "I'm not going to run for state
senator oi anything else. You must he
crazy. I'll head It off tomorrow. I'll
telephone -"
"Won't do you a darned hit of good,"
cried Sammy exultlngly. "They'll nom
inate you, anyhow. Why, you're the
only man in this county that would
stand a ghost of a show, Ollle. And
the best of all --popular nephew run
ning against Shylock uncle! Gee whir,!
I'm going down to see Al Wilson at the
Despatch office. Put ? him wise and
warn him not to let a Word of It leak
out In the paper till he gets the word.
Night, Mr. Sage so long. Jane."
"Walt a minute!" called out Oliver,
springing trt his feet as Sammy darted
down the walk.
"Nix !" shouted Sammy over his
shoulder. ?
The three of them watched him In
silence as he leaped Into bis car and
began his swift, reckless turn In the
narrow street.
"What are you going to io about
It?" Inquired the minister, the flrat t?
speak.
Jane did not give Oliver a chance te
reply
"Do about It?" she cried. "Why,
he's going to run against old Gooeh
nnd bent the life out of him'"
Oliver looked up at her. She stood
at tlie top o? (tie steps, the light from
the open door fulling athwart her radi
ant face, half 1 :i shadow, half In the
warm, soft glow, ^tiodenlv his heart
begun to pound -heavy. smothering
blows against hi? ribs th:\' hnd the ef
fect of making hhr, dkzy, :?s with verti
go. He continued to stare, possessed
of a strange w??uder. as she tinned to
her tall, gray-hatred parent nnd laid
both hands on hlr shoulders.
"1 wish I could say 'gi>e whir' as
Sammy says It," she cried. "I feel all
over Just like one great big 'gee whlx,'
Don't you. daddy?"
The man of God took bis daughter^
firm, round chin between his thumb
and forefinger and shook It lovingly.
"One 'gee whiz" in the family Is
enough," said he. "I am glad you feel
like one, however. You take me bnck
2?r) years, my dear. Your mother used
to say 'gee whiz' when she felt like It.
It Is, after all, a rather harmless way
of exploding."
Presently he left them and Jane
spoke Boftly.
"Did you notice. Oliver, that he
spoke of mother a little while ago? It
was the first time In years. I wonder
If I remind him of her In lots of
ways."
Oliver's thoughts leaped backward ft
score of years and more. "I used to
think she was th^tnost wonderful per
son in all the world," he said. "1 was
very desperately in love with your
mother when 1 was sl\ or seven, Jane/'
lie hesitated and then went on clumsi
ly, almost fatuously: "I am beginning
to think that you are like her In a loi
of ways."
She gave him a quii lc, startled look.
His face was turned awav. ami so he
did not see the tender, wistful little
smile that flickered on her lip*, nor
was he aware of the long, deep breath
she took. From that moment a queer^
uneasy restraint fell upon them. There
were long silences, dreamy on her part,
moody on his. He left shortly after
10; his 'good-night'' was strangely
gruff and unnatural
He was Jealous. He knew It for a
fact, he confessed it to himself for the
tlrst time openly and unreservedly.
He was Jealous of young Lansing.
There was no use trying tc deny It.
He did not go so far us to think of
himself us being In love with Jane ?
that. would be ridiculous, after all the
years they had known each other ?
hut he bitterly resented the thought
that she might ho In love with some
one else. Especially with the superior,
supercilious, cocksure Lansing!
CHAPTER V
An Amazing Cablegram
"Why, If Jane were In love with
Lansing," reflected Oliver, "good Lord,
what a fool he had been to think It
would make no difference to him ! It
would make a difference ? an appalling
difference. All nonsense to think she
wouldn't go out of his life If she mar
ried Lansing or anyone else. Of course
she would. Strange, though, that he
should he ro consumed with Jealousy
when he wasn't the least bit in love
with Jane himself. He had been In
love half a dozen times. He ought to
know what love was ? and certainly
his feelings toward Jane were nothing
like those he had experienced In by
gone affairs of the heart. Gee whial
What had suddenly got Into him?
The next morning he was down fit
the swamp bright and early, inspecting
the work of the ditchers and tile lay
ers. 0 The task of reclaiming the land
hriU been under way for several monthe
and was slowly nearlng completion.
"I wish you'd change your mind
about not going out any farther. Oli
ver," aald old John Phillips, who was
superintending the work. "We could
go out a quarter of a mile farther with
out a hit of risk, and you'd add about
20 acres of good land to ? "
"We'll have enough, John," Inter
rupted the young man. "We'll stick to
the original survey. Don't go a rod be
yond the stakes I set up out yonder. It
may be aafe but It Isn't worth while."
"Well, you're the boss," grumbled
old John, and added somewhat peevish
ly: "But I can't help saying I think
you're making a mistake. There's
some mighty good land there, sfllte of
them mudholes .1 little farther out."
"I'm not denying that," said Oliver
patiently. "Rut we'll stop where the
stakes are, Just the same."
A few minutes later old John con
fided to one of the ditchers that young
Haxter was considerable of a darned
fool. Klther that, or else he had some
thundering good reason of his own for
nyt wanting to go out beyond the
stakes.
Ah?! Now they'll find Old
Ollver'a body In the nwamp!
The aypiy ?core? again.
C l i > MFi CIINTINCKI) )
Stair a' Death Toll
Fn the Manhattan Kectlon of Now
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Malr*. The total number of hiicIi fatal
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December, January and February.
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