Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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SYNOPSIS. Val'e Wrandan is found murdered in I road house near !jew York. Mrs. Wran dall is summoned from the city and Iden tiles the body. A young woman who ac c-mpanied Wrandall to the inn.and sub sequently ,disappeared. Is suspected. Wrandall, it appears. had led a gay %fe and neglected bra wife. Mrs.- Wrandall -'starts back for New Tark in an auto dur Ing a blinding sno.a-storm. O the way she meets a youngAwomaiQuI -the road who proves to be ..nman who killed tWrandal. Feeling athe girl bad done hera service In rdding her of the man. though she loved him deeply, had iaused her gtreat sorrow. Mrs. Wrandall 'fetermines to shield her and takes her to be- own home. CHAPTER ill-Contnued. Half an hour later he departed, to ejoin her at eleven o'cloek, when the reporters were to be expected. He ras to do all the talking for her. he was there, Leslie Wrandall - aled her up on the telephone. Hear-, ig but one side of the rather pro longed conversation, he was filled th wonder at the tactful way in Which she met and parried the inevitable questions and suggestions coming Sfrom her horror-stricken JPother-in law. Without the sligh st, trace of offensiveness In her m ner, she gave Leslie to understand that-the final ob uies must be 4onducted in the of h12.46ents, to whom :once ore her husband belonged, and that would abide by all arrangements family elected to make. Mr. Car surmised- from the trend of con sation that.young Wrandall was about to-leave for the scene of the tragedy.and that the house was in a state of unspeakable distress. The lawyer smiled rather grimly to him self as he. turned to look out of the 'windoy.-' He did not have to be told that Challis was the idol of the family. and 'that, so far as they were con cerned, he could do no wrong!? After his departure, Mrs. Wrandall gently opened the bedroom door and was surprised to find the girl wide -awake, resting.obone elbow, her star tng eyes fastened on the newspaper that 16pped the pile on the chair. Catching sight of Mrs. Wrandall she to the paper with a trembling d and cried out, in a voice full of "Did you place them there for me to read? Who was with you in the other room just now? Wfas it some one ab the-soms one looking for me? Speak! Please tell. me. I'heard a man's voice-" The other crossed quickly to. her side. S"Don't be alarmed. It was my law There Is nothing to fear-at pres ent. Yes, I left the papers there for you to see. You can see what a sensa tion it has caused. dhallis '"dal! * was one of the most widely, menin New York. ButlIsupil be know-that without my te~fng\-,ou." The girl sank back with 'a, groan. 'SMy :Go' what have I done? What 'will come of It all?" "I wish I could answer that ques -tion," said the other, taking the girl's band in hers. Both were trembling. - After an instanTIW hesitation, she laid her other hand in the dark, dishevelled hair of the wild-eyed creature, who still continued to stare at the head lines. "I am quite sure they will not look for you here, or in my home." "In your home?" "You are to' go .with me. I have thought it all over. -It is the only way. * Come, I must ask you to pull yourself together. Get up at once, and dress. Here are the things you are to wear." - She Indicated the' orderly pile of gar nments with a wave of her hand., Slowly the girl crept out of bed, con fased, bewildered, stunned. -"Where gare my own things? I-I cannot accept these. Pray give me my own-" Mrs. Wrandall checked her. "You must obey me, if you expect ms to help you. Don't you understand that I have had a-a bereavement!- I cannot wear these things now. They are useless to me. But we will speak of all that later on. Come, be quick; I wlllhelp you to dress. First, go to the telephone and ask them to send a -waiter to-these rooms. We must have something to eat. Please do as I tell you. Standing before her benefactress, her fingers fumbling impotently at the -neck of the night-dress, the girl still continued to stare dumbly into the calm, dark eyes before her. "You are so good. I-I-" ."Let me help you," interrupted the other, ideliberately setting about to re * move the night-dress. The girl caught it up as It slipped from her shoulders, a, warm flush suffusing her face, a . shamed look springing into her eyes. "Thank you, I can-get on very '9- well. I only wanted to ask yogi a question. It has been on my mind, waking and sleeping. Can you tell me anything about-do you know his wife?" The question was so abrupt, so start. ling that Mrs. Wrandall uttered a sharp little cry. For a moment she could not reply. "I am so sorry, so desperately sorry for her," added the girl plaintively. * "I know her," the other managed to uay with an effort. "If I had only known that he had a wife-" began the girl bitterly, almost - **-- angrily. -Mrs. Wrandall grasped her by the SE~RELY COULD ASK NO MORE Clever Frenchman Had Done What He Promised, According to Tea timony of Is Fair Clients. Frent!!man, whose rogueries gavel him an unsavory notoriety throulghout the town in which he lived. at one time claimed to have dis covered a specific for the rejuvenesc ence of women, and, by means of sensational advertising, he succeeded in gathering a clientele of 40 or 50 old dames, who were assembled, on a certt day, in a room tricked out with a'strological symbols. crucibles. alembic and all the paraphernalia of charlatary. The c~njurer presented himself be fc-e they ladies, and addressed them In finm t language, enu~ang as follows: "And noras of ur soul, it Is -a e mysF ., ceremonies before eu oy the eldest one Th her whose appear ance te priority. he - ~. . Q7 /P/G/7/9/2 4 arm. "You did not that he had a wife?" she cried. The girl's eyes flas ed with a sud den, fierce fire in ir depths. "God in heaven, ! I did not know __t unUl OhX. 't speak of It! Why should I tell u about it? Why should you be terested in hearing it?" Mrs. Wran 1 drew back and re garded the. l's set, unhappy face. There curious light In her eyes that d the other's notice-a light would have puzzled her not a littl ' you will tell me-everything a litte later," she said, strangely calm. "No now, but-before - many hours ha* passed. First of all,-.you must t!i me who you are, where you live --everything except what-happened in Burton's inn. I don't want to hear that at present-prhaps never. Yes, on second thoughts, I will say never! You are never. to. tell me. just what happensd up there, or just what led up to It.. Do you understand? Nevei!" The girl stired 'at her in aaze ment.) "But I-I must -tell some e, she cried vehemently. "I have a ight to defend myself-" "I am not asking you to defend your .self," said Mrs. Wrandall shortly. Then, as if afraid .to remain longer, she rushed:,from, -the -room. In the doorway, she turned for an Instant to say: "Do as I told you.. Telephone. Dress as quickly as you can." She closed the door swiftly. Standing in the center of the room, her hands clenched until the nails cut the flesh, she said over and 'over again to herself: "I don't want to know! I don't want to know!" A few minutes later she was critical ly inspecting the young woman who came from the bedroon attired in a street dress that neither of them had ever donned before. The girl, looking fresber, prettier and even younger than when she had seen her last, was in no way abashed. She seemed tri have accepted the garments and the situation in the same spirit of resigna tion and hope; as if she had decided to make the most'of her slim chance to profit by these amazing circum stances. They sat opposite each other at. the little breakfast table. "Please pour the coffee," said Mrs. Wrandall. The waiter, had left the room at her command. The. girl's haud shook, but she complied without a word. "Now you may tell me who you are and-but wait! You are not to say anything aijout what happened at the inn. Guard your words carefully. y I am not asking for a confession. I ,do not care to know what happened there. It will make It easier for me to protect you. You may call It conscience. Keep your big secret to yourself. Not one word to me. Do you understand?" "You mean that I am not to reveal. even to you, the causes which led up to-" "Nothing-absolutely nothing," said Mrs. Wrandall firmly. "But I cannot permit you to judge. me, to-well, you might say to acquit me-without hearing the story. It Is so vital to me." "I can judge you without hearing' all of the-the evidence, if that's what you mean. Simply answer the ques "You Did Not Know He Had a Wife?" She Cried. tions I shall ask, and nothing more. There are certain facts I must have from you If I am to shield you. You must tell me the truth. I take It you are an English girl. Where do you live? Who are your friends? Where is your family?" The girl's face flushed for an instant and then grew pale again. "I will tell you the truth," she said. "My name is Hetty Castleton. My fa ther is Col. Braid Castleton of -- of the British army. My mother is dead. She was Kitty Glynn, at one time a popular music hall performer in Lon dan. She was Irish. She died two years ago. My father was a gentle man. I do not say he Is a gentleman. for his treatment of my mother re lieves him from that distinction. He Is in the far east, China, I think. I have not seen him In more than five years. He deserted my mother. That's all there Is to that side of my story. I senor," simpered the beldame, who was, at least, in the seventh decade. "And you. senora?" - "Thirty-six." And so on. until he had them down to a declared age of twenty years. with a maximum of thirty-seven. "Well, ladies all, you perceive that, without further proceedings the mira-, cle Is accomplished," said Otavito; "for the least gallant of men could not call her aught but young whose years are but thirty-seven--and you see for yourselves that is the age of the oldest among you!" individual or Group. The words never should be eon nected by a disjunctive conjunction. The proper word between the nouns Is "and." not "or." The caption above implies that the terms can be separat ed. and they cannot. The question was asked the othei- day if the growth of group life was destroying the worth of the individual. The reply was giv en by a business man who told of a request that had come to-hlm the day' before for a man to stand. at the cen ter of a big group at a salary that d* of or e Bar, W GfORG 2 A/crc70fW : COV appeared in two or three of the musical pieces produced in London two seasons ago, in the' chorus. I never got beyond that, for very good reasons. I was known as Hetty Glynn. Three weeks ago I started for New York,' saling from Liverpool. Previ ously I-tad served in the capacity of governess in the family of John Bud long, a brewer. They had a son, a young man of twenty. Two months ago I was dismissed. . A California lady, Mrs. Holcombe, offered me a sit nation as governess to her two little I girls soon afterward. I was to go to her home in San Francisco. She pro vided - the money necessary for the voyage and for bther expenses. She is still in Europe. I landed in New York a fortnight ago and, following her directions, presented myself at a certain bank-I have the name some where-where my railroad tickets were to be in readiness for me, with further instructions. ,They were to give me twenty-five pojunds on the pre .sentation of my Ittter from Mrs. Hol combe. They gave me the money and then handed me a cablegram from Mrs. 'Holcombe, notifying me that my services would not be required. There was no explanation. Just.that. "On. the steamar I met-him. His deck chair was next to mine. I no ticed that his name was Wrandall "C. Wrandall' the card on the chair in formed me. I-" "You crossed on the steamer with hin?" Interrupted Mrs. Wrandall quickly. "Yes." "Had-had you seen him bEore? In London? "Never. Well, we became acquaint ed, as people do. He-he was very handsome and agreeable." She paused for a moment to collect herself "Very handsome and agreeable," said the other slowly. "We got to be very good friends. There were not many people on board, and apparently he knew none of them. It was too cold to stay on deck much of the time, and It was very rough. He had one of - the splendid suites on the-" "Pray omit unnecessary details. You landed and went-where?" "He advised me to go to an hotel I can't recall the name. It was rather an.. unpleasant place. Then I went to the bank, as I have stated. After that I did not know what to do. I was stunned, bewildered. I called him up on the telephone and-he asked me to meet him for dinner at a queer little cafe, far down, town. We-" "And you had no friends, no ac quaintances here?" "No. He suggested that I go into one of the musical shows, saying he thought he could arrange it with .a manager who was a friend. Anything to. tide me over, he said. -But I won'ld not consider 'it, not for a instant. I had had enough of the stage. I-I am really not fitted for it. Besides, I am qualified-well qualified-to be gov erness-but that is neither here nor there. I had some money-perhaps forty pounds. I found lodgings with some people in Nineteenth street. He never came there to, see me. I can see plainly now why: he argued it would not be-well, he used the word 'wise.' But we went occasionally to dine, together. We went about In a motor-a little red one. Hehe told me he loved me. That was one night about a week ago. I-" "I don't care to hear about It," cried the other. "No need of that. Spare mie the silly side of the story.". "Silly, madam? In God's name, do you think it was silly to me? Why why, I. believed him! And, what Is more, I believe that he did love me even now I believe it." "I have no doubt of it," said Mrs. Wrandall calmly. "You are very pret ty-and charming." "I-I did not know that he had a wife until-well, until-" She could not go on. "Night before last." - The girl shuddered. Mrs. Wrandall turned her face away and waited. "There is nothing more I can tell you, unless you permit me to tell all," the girl resumed after a moment of hesitation. Mrs. Wrandall arose. "I have heard enough. This after noon I will send my butler with you to the lodging house in Nineteenth street. He will attend to the removal of your personal effects to my home, and you/:will return with him. It will be testing fate, Miss Castleton, this visit to your former abiding place, but I have decided to give the law its chance. If you are suspected, a watch will be set over the house in which is quite unknown, you will run no risk in going there openly, nor wIll I be taking so great a chance as may ap pear in offering you a home, for the time being at least, as conipanion-or secretary or whatever we may elect to call it for the benefit of all inquirers. Are you willing to run the risk-this single risk?" "Perfectly willing," announced the other- without hesitation. Indeed, her face brightened. "If they are waiting there for me, I shall go with them without a word. I have no means of expressing my gratitude to you for-" "There is time enough for that," said Mrs. Wrandall quickly. "And If they are not there, you will return to great need of the organized group was an individual. The two cannot be sundered. The young man who says that there is no longer any chance for the individual does not know the facts. Each is necessary to the other. The proper conjunction is "and." Get that into your mind, young man, and then make good.-The Congregational ist. Lesson for Humanity. A varnished frog dies, not because bodily poisons accumulate in Its skin, out because of ovetheating. When the air it breathes becomes warmer than 38 degrees Centihrade, Dr. Vittorto Pntoni of the Unljersity of Bologna reports that the frot'2nust use its pores to radiate the extr "eat. The Lancet, discussing his fl~gs, remarks that disease germs . re discovered to make short wor . of the varnished ba trachians, alread 'weakened by swel tering. The con sions of Doctor Puntoni have a P tical interest,. in their relation to th eleterious effects of moist, warm c es andel use of improper clo which act by r MeCutcl ;/i/?;/9/2 zY DD/m, AD So ^"sca me? You will not desert me now?" The girl's eyes grew wide with won .der. "Desert you? 'Why do you put it in that way? I don't understand." "You will come back to me?" insist ed the other. "Yes. Why-why,. it means every thing to me. It means life-more than that, most wonderful friend. Life. isn't very sweet to me. But the joy of giving it to you for ever is the dear est boon I crave. I do give it to you. It belongs to you. 1-I could. die for you." She dropped to her knees and pressed her lips to Sara Wrandall's hand; hot tears fell upon It. Mrs. Wrandall laid her free hand on the dark, glossy hair and- smiled; smiled warmly for the first time in well. in years she might have said to herself if she had stopped to consider. "Get up, my dear," she said gently. "I Am Challis Wrandall's Wife." "I shall not ask you to die for me-if you do come back. I may be sending you to your death, as it is, but it is the chance we must take. A few hours will tell the tale. Now listen to what I am about to say-to propose. I offer you a home, I offer you friendship and I trust security from the peril that confronts you. I ask .nothing in re turn, not even a word' of gratitude. You may tell the people at your lodg ings that I have engaged you as com panion and that we are to sail for Eu rope in a week's time if possible. Now we must. prepare to go to my own home. You will see to packing my that is, our trunks-" "Oh. it-it must be a dream!" cried Hetty Castleton, her eyes swimming. "I can't believe-" Suddenly she caught herself up, and tried to. smile. "I don't see why you do this for me. I do not deserve-" "You have done me a service," said Mrs. Wrandall, her manner so peculiar that the girl again assumed the stare of perplexity and wonder that had been paramount since their meeting; as if she were en the verge of grasp ing a great truth. "What can you mean?" Sara laid her hands on the girl's shoulders and looked steadily Into the puzzled eyes for a moment before speaking. "My girl," she said, ever so gently, "I shall not ask what your life has been; I do not care. I shall not. ask for references. You are alone in the world and you need a friend. I too am alone., If you will come to me I will do everything in my power to make you comfortable and-contented. Per haps it will be impossible to make you happy. I promise faithfully to help you, to shield you, to repay you for the thing you have done for me. You could not~ have fallen into gentler hands than mine will prove to be. That much I swear to you on my soul, which is sacred. I bear you no ill-will. I have nothing to avenge." Hetty drew back. completely mysti fied. "Who are you?" she murmjired, still staring. "I am Challis Wrandall's wife." CH APTER IV. While the Mob Waited. The next day but one, in the huge old-fashioned mansion of the Wran dalls In lower Fifth avenue, In the drawing-roon directly beneath the chamber in which Challis was born, the impressive but.grimly conventional funeral services were held. Contrasting sharply with the som ber, absolutely correct atmosphere of the gloomy interior was the exterior display of joyous curiosity that 'must have jarred severely on the high-bred sensibilities of the chief mourners, not to speak of the invited guests who had been obliged to pass between rows of gaping bystanders in order to reach the portals of the house of grieZ, and who must have reckoned with extreme distaste the cost of subsequent de partare. A dozen raucous-voiced po licemen were employed to keep back the hundreds that thronged the side walk and blocked the street. Curiosity was rampant. Ever since the moment that the body of Challis Wrandall was carried into the house of his father, a motley, varying crowd of people shift ed restlessly in front of the mansion, filled with gruesome interest in the ab LONDON FULL OF BEGGARS Mendicants and Cadgers Appear in the Great Metropolis in All Sorts of Disguises. There are many professional beg gars in London, who have their own copyright methods of extracting coin from a sympathetic and credulous pub Ilic. You may perhaps have come across the distressed governess. o't of a situation, who asks you in Oxford street the way to walk to Turnham Green, and Is so staggered at the dis tance that you ask her to accept the bus fare. Then there is the transatlantic journalist stranded in the metropolis. He Is too proud to seek aid from some of his millionaire friends at the Cecil, but It you could?-and perhaps you do. Most artistic of all mendicants Is the -old lady of grandmotherly appear ance dressed in black silk. She Is up in London for "the day, cand some one Ihas robbed hei- of' her purse. She has called on fher .solicitor, but unforta M~an?eyew unat What stiall .hi optn aeon, Vfy solutely unseen, animated by the sly hope that something sensational might happen if they waited long enough. Motor after motor, carriage after carriage, rolled up to the curb and emptied its sober-faced, self-conscious occupants in front of the door- with the great black bow; with each arrival the crowd surged forward, and names were uttered in undertones, passing from lip to lip until- every one in the street knew that Mr. So-and-So, Mrs. This-or-That, the What-Do-You-Call Ems and others of the city's most ex clusive but most garishly advertised society leaders had entered the house of mourning. It was a great show for the plebeian spectators. Much better than Miss So-and-So's wedding, said one woman who 'had attended the aforesaid ceremony as a unit in the well-dressed mob that almost wrecked the carriages in the desire to see the terrified bride. Better than a circus; said a man who held his little daugh ter above the heads of the crowd so that she might see .the fine lady in a wild-beast fur. Swellest funeral New York ever had,. remarked another, ex cepting one 'way back when he was a kid. At the corner below stood two par trol wagons, also waiting. Inside the house sat the carefully selected guests,- hushed and stiff and gratified. (Not because they -were at tending a funeral, but because the oc casion served to separate them from the chaff; they were the' elect.). It would be going too far to intimate that they were proud of themselves, but. It is not stretching it very much to say that they counted noses with consider! able satisfaction and were glad that they had not been left out. The real; high-water mark in New York society was established at this 'memorable function. As one after the opher ar rived and was ushered iiito the huge drawing-room, he or she was accorded a congratulatory look from those al ready assembled, a tribute returned with equal amiability. Each one noted who else wag there, and each one said to himself that at last they really had something all to themselves.' It was truly a pleasure, a relief, to,:be able to do something without being pushed about by people who didn't belong but thought they did. ' They sat back stiffly, of course-and in utter stillness confessed that there could be such a thing as the survival of the fittest. Yes, there wasn't a nose there that couldn't be counted with'rierfect se renity. It was a notable occasion. - Mrs. Wrandall, the elder, had made out the list. -She did not consult her ~daughter-in-law in the matter. It is true that Sara forestalled her in a way by sending word, through Leslie, that she would be pleased if Mrs. Wrandall would 'issue invitations 'to as many of Challis' friends as she deemed advis able. As for herself, she had no wish in the matter; she would be satisfied ,with whatever arrangements the fam ily cared to -nakes - It is not to be supposed, from the fofegoing, that Mrs. Wrandall, the elder, was not stricken to the heart by the lamentable death of her idol. He was her idoL. He was -her first born, he was her love-born. He came to her in the days when she loved her husband without much thought of re specting him. She i~sbeginning to regard him as' some g more than a lover when Leslie came, so It was dif ferent. When their daughter Vivian was born, she was plainly annoyed -but wholly respectful. Mr. Wrandall, was no longer the lover; he was her lord and muaster. The head of the house of Wrandall was a person to be looked up to, to be respected and admired by her, for he was a very great man,. but he was dear to her only because he was the father of Challis, the first born. In the order of her nature, Challis therefore was her most dearly beloved, Vivian the least desired and last in her affections as' well as in sequence. Strangely enough, the three of ,them perfected a curiously significant rec ord of conjugal endowments. Challis had always been the wild, wayward, unrestrained one, and by far the most lovable; Leslie, almost as good look ing but with scarcely a noticeable trace of charm that made his brother attractive; Vivian, handsome, selfish and as cheerless as the wind that blows across the icebergs in the north. Challis had been born with a widely enveloping heart and an elastic con science; Leslie with a brain and a 'soul and not much of a heart, as things go; Vivian with a soul alone, which be longed to God, after all, and not to her. Of course she had a heart, but it was only for the purpose of pumping blood to remote extremities, and had nothing whatever to do with anything so unutterably extraneous as love, charity or self-sacrifice. As for Mr. Redmond Wrandall he was a very proper and dignified gentle man, and old for his years. It may be seen, or rather surmised, that if the house of Wrandall had not been so admirably centered under its own vine and fig tree, It might have become divided against itself without much of an effort. Mrs. Redmond Wrandall was the vine and fig tree. And now they had brought her dear ly beloved son home to her, murdered and-disgraced. If it had been either do? You give her the train fare and she promises to send the money on to you if you will give her your address. But if you are wise you decline, and thus escape a shoal of begging let ters. For addressa.. of benevolent persons have a market value among the cadging fraternity. - London Chronicle. Not Sam's Fault. Sama Snedeker, the commissary man. and held in the community to be a good churchman, annoyed the minister extremely by getting up and walking out of the church while the sermon was in progress. The preacher spoke to Sam about it. "It isn't my fault, doc," Sam pro tested. "It's a sort of affliction I got." The preacher told Sam he'd better see the camp doctor.'A few days later the preacher met the doctor. "Did Sam Snedeker come to you for advice?" asked the preacher. - * "Yes," said the ~'doctor, "but I told Sani I couldn't do anything for him." "hat was Sim's affliction ?" -"mIss ti6nfan didn't sav anything of the others, she could have said:' "God's will be done." Instead, she cried out that God had turned agpnst her. Leslie had had the bad taste-or perhaps it was misfortune-to blurt out an agonized "I told you so- it a time when the family was sittini numb and hushed under the blight of the first horrid blow. He did.not meiin to be unfeeling. It was the truth burst' ing from his unhappy lips. "I knew Chal would come to this I knew It," he had said. His arm was about the quivering shoulders of his mother as he said it. She - looked- up, a sob breaking in her throat. For a long time she looked into the face of her second son. "How can you-how dare you say such a thing as that?" she cried; aghast. He colored, and drew her closer to hin. "I-I didn't mean it," he faltered. "You have always taken sides against him," began his mother. - "Please, mother," he cried miser ably. "You say this to me now," she went on. "You who are left to take his place in my affection-why, Leslie, I -I",/ Vivian interposed. "Les Is upset; mamma darling. You know he loved Challis as deeply as any of us loved him." Afterwards the girl said to . Leslie when they were quite alone:k "She will never forgive you for that, Les. It was a beastly thing to say." He -bit his Up, which trembled. ."She's never cared for me as she cared for Chr-L. . I'm sorry if I've made it worse." ,; "See here, Lesl. was. Chal ' so so-"': "Yes. I meant what I said a while ago. . It was sure to happen to him one time or another. Sara's had a lot to put up with." "Sara! If she had been the right sort of a wife, this. never -would have happened." - "After all is said and done, Vige, Sara's in a position to rub it in on us If she's of a mind to do so. She won't do it, of course, but-I 6onder if she isn't gloating, just the same." "Haven't re treated her as one of ts?" demanded she, dabbing her hand kerchief in her eyes. "Since the wed ding, I mean. Haven't we been kind to her?" - "Oh, I think she understands us perfectly," said her brother. "I wonder what she will do now?" mused Vivian, in that speech casting her sister-in-law out of* her narrow little world as one would throw aside a burnt-out match. "She will profit by experience," said he, 'with some pleasure in- a superior wisdom. * * *, * * * * In Mrs. Wrandall's sitting room at the top of the broad stairway sat the family-that Is to say, the Immediate family-a solemn-faced footman in front or the door that stood fully ajar so that the 'occupants might hear the words of the: niinieter as they ascend ed, sonorous and precise, from the hall, below. A minister was he who knew the buttered side of his bread. -His discourse was to be a beautiful one. He stood at the front of the stairs and -4- ) He Oid Not Mean to Be Unfeeling. faced the assembled listeners in the hall, the drawing room and the entre sol, but his infinitely touching words went up one flight and lodged. Sara Wrandall sat a little to the left of and behind - Mrs. Redmond Wran dall, about whom were grouped the three remaining Wrandalls, father, son and daughter, closely drawn together. Well to the fore were Wrandall uncles and cousins and aunts, and one or two carefully chosen blood relations to the mistress of the house, whose hand had long been set against kinsmen of less exalted promise. (TO BE CONTINUED.) Beyond the Styx. Plato-Let me see: They con demned you to die, but permitted you to choose the manner of your death. Am I right? Socrates-That's right. I told them hemlock juice was my poison. I said Ice cream first, but they made me guess again.-Puck. about that. Sam said he'd been trou bling you by walking in his sleep." New York Post. First Success of the Wrights. It is now about ten years since the first flight in a motor driven aero plane by the Wright brothers. The Wrights did not complete their petrol engine until December, and It -was on the 17th of December, 1903, that Wilbur flew 852 feet! That was only ten years ago, but the Wrights main tained great secrecy about their ex periments until three or .four years later, and were regarded with much incredulity. None Got by Him. .A young Irishman was s'ent by his backers 'to a neighboring city to box with an athlete living there. He was getting the worst of It, as friends soon realized. "Come, brace up, Jim," cautioned one of his friends. -"Steu more of his blows." -"Stop- thim!" sthe -unrtnate Jits cried. "Doyou see anny av thiinl go Watch Care) Start Them Off Right With a God Laxative and Then Watch Their Food. Mothers are often unconsciously very careless about the diet of their children, forcing all to eat the same foods. The fact is that all foods do not agree alike with different persons. Hence, avoid what seems. to constipate the child or to give it indigestion, and urge it to take more of what is quick ly digested. If the child shows a tendency to constipation it should immediately be given a mild laxative to help the bow els. By this is not meant a physic or purgative, for these should never be given to children, nor anything -like salts, pills, etc. What the child re quires is simply a.small dose .of the gentlest of medicines, such as Dr. Caldwel's Syrup Pepsin, which, in the opinion of thousands of watchful moth ers, is the Ideal remedy for any child showing a. tendency to constipation. 86 many things can happen to a con stipated- child that care Is necessary. Colds, piles, headaches, sleeplessness. and many other annoyances that chil dren should not have can usually be traced to constipation. Many of America's foremost families are never without Syrup Pepsin, be cause one can never tell when.some member of the family- may need it, and all can use It. Thousands endorse It, among them Mrs. K. E. Pattpn, Valley Junction, Iowa, who Is never without It in the honse. Mrs. Patten Her Good Record. "Is that Mrs. Smiti? I called you up to ask, if you -can ' say anything good-of Bridget Farley, who'as with you as cook." - "Yes, I can say one nice thing. She left without breaking any dishes." k "That's encouraging. How long did she stay?" "One hour." "Pape's Diapepsin" cares si* sour stomachs in five miutes -Time It! "Really does" put bad stomachs in order-"really does" overcome Indigew tion, dyspepsia, -gas, heartburn sid sourness -in live minutes-that-just that-makes Pape's Diapepsin the-lav ge'st selling stomach regulator in the world.- If. what you eat ferments into stubborn lumps, you belch gas and eructate sour, undigested food and acid.; head ic dizzy and aches; breath foul; tongue coated; your insides filed with bile and indigestible waste, re. member tha moment "Pape's.Diapep sin" comes in contact with the stomach all such distress vanishes. It's 'truly se~o*M- -)>t marvelous,, and -*- '~t.lessness. . *. '' t case af Pape's Dis on a hundred dollars - - tion. - eghtin gold to men c - can't get their stom - ..,.It belongs in'your ways be kept hands - :sour, upset stomach :r at night. It's the * and most harmilesi - .n.the world.-A4v. - &n Spirit' - have done away with pasnes entireig, said the member of the town council. "Oh, I don't know," replied the em bittered rural editor. "Now and thien one of them passes a dividend." QUIT MEAT IF KIDNEYS. BOTHER AND USE SALTS Take a Glass of Salts Before Break' fast 'If Your Back Is Hurting or, Bladder Is irritated. *If you must have your meat every day, eat It, but flush your kidneys with salts occasionally, says a ,ioted author~ Ity who tells us that meat forms uric acid which almost paralyzes the kid neys in their efforts to expel It from the blood. They become~luggish and weaken, then you suffer with a dull Igisery In the kidney region, sharp pains In the back or sick headache, dizziness, your stomach sours, tongue Is coated and when the weather Is bad you have rheumatic twinges. The urine gets cloudy, full of sedlment,-tlie channels often get sore and Irritated, obliging you to seek relief two or three times during the night. To neutralize these Irritating acids, to cleanse the kidneys and- flush ofi the body's urinous waste get four ounces of Jad Salts from any phar macy here; 'take a tablespoonful in a glass of water before breakfast for a few days and your kidneys will then act fine. This famous salts Is -madEi from the acid of grapes and lemon juice, combined with lithia, and bas been used for generations to flush and stimulate sluggish kidneys, also tc neutralize the acids in urine, so it'nc longer irritates, thus ending bladdei weakness. Jad Salts Is inexpensive; cannot in jure, and makes a delightful efferves cent lithia-water drink.-Adv. A Medium Kind., She-James, we must get a plai cook. He-But If she's any .plainer tbge the last one, she'll scare the baby dear. Comne Witl .This Is a bloodekl that starts the Il1 viooseation. boyto nmaf hihfeeds thel and orgaso th In oil. You fe4 -strenuous istem faint. Nownly1 \ Pierce's Golien Tablets, as well from all me'lietif of tabets b m Dr. Pierco's MALARIA " on receitofusico. Ag ~-A RALPH Mi TT says t Syrup Peosths ders, her boy Ralp stipated from bilth butW flue. Natura~ly,'she is about Itand wants ote use it. r..CaldweU1SyuR sold bdruggIst fftyetn one aollai botte, he its value, ad~.cnan rprI ately mosse - Everyonie likes yu very pleasantto .the mild and ndgriping 644 jurious Ingredients. Familes wishing tOs pe bottle can obtain- o:Ibi I. Washigton stt. chliL tal crd with ymu na s a M it .de it-O boirght the vacant lM - Martha Bm school for young build".a club. botWs, "I am sorry ,or. Miss Martha's fins these. young men o steat of' that empty:lot Okneyer fear" nsw that t 1 Alt M*-Cem 6R SIR fy,-. abnant a after a andedins5 tryousan hqelfL a yter r "D are' try thin umoIste*.w Danderined thQr ot' *t.n dandrtafremiel lug and faflng hair-. -But wiiatwr1H 1leas SactunN yeeue} hair-growing allOy0"h you care fior pretty, .oft of It, surely get .25' Knowlton's Danderine After the 1seroma a ing the- i'ector welcnned ~ - hantiffwith ayoumg "Are-you a rgl said the rector. "Yes," said the a.i'__ 7:4. ever morn~g > .Gay On. "BROM &W.GROVB. Cares a 1a 'Fiubdub, my femso you. "I feel complimentedW~t "Let me tip you off. I'ebe lug it on you whenrvbek town'late." It Is likely that y6u ring up. Wright~s- n PiIls will set you rgtg~ "That fake ~ patent." ?b. "Perhaps .net, butI -b m *IA are. - Deans MetoaerCogDos P surely~ help yon-Ue ata~~gK~ Nome. "Willie, can you nameabg ~, - Alaskra?", "Corec - ~ -:~~ "These new 'aws.h ts them."-_ "Not for people who kaow hb work a. pull. Sometimnes ,tegle-blesSednless is5 greater failure fthan mardg enser and alterative 'er and stomach Into It thus aWsa the tur rich red blood ibd.Theogans canotf r as the liquid formI delers, or trial ho: I, onraet'of 60. -4 e,.D.,BuaoN.. r 31 Omeam.1 OR -will be sent Pazs r Pe- & C.