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HEART CHAPTER XVr-Continued -16 "But first, wait !" exliainr'I the hOte-brei ke'r. "I britir ye11 soiletthing of vilitn', ion." I)es'rilig to relele'r 'fa vor for ':i Vi r. :1n i hw fn il ut i he III Was fully dtesecrvin.g '1 tle' geer:Il's gene roxily, .In.-' r mie ' tton insi'le the 1\L'':1111b 1 tid o liill IIl 4, i11 1, s:Iilliperi 4I VcI1 i t'i ' h2 ii IS Ii,Iii e':i toie i 111 cm-l let t eer, wheIil lice lit rId teo his ell plaer1. "Veerday~e: I h~ried the rnal Pet'Illit i' e se ' r:i :ll tidte l e t I his, with ta silvter dellalr for httycelf. I.eook It IS written t Ifu inan e w both Lme." Longoro toolk fie' leieeer, re:lal I lin1 Hecril)tiol, at(el lhe1 tih( etl' l i the' "'nvc* leje . .In' ! ke i ell k. Vi It 'le e l wiile lie jIein '+ lb. , n t :. W in-,n th - .''t e ':' ti'Ii;l, l re'n'l ing, he eexc:laited l: "Il! Ai trab-l. Now I know all that I wilsh to know." "ellrn I lii well i.) it20al the let er, "l'l ci i Y:s 'ihaI. luite of ii htis untrl iimike's my lt~''I'-I life nnhearable, stand she Ilees to I 'e'rbi to be 2 1el of Miln. (hooid ! It ftsl.y i ith ri y 11pan.. Shet will be' stirpriserd Ion ''' the lre'. Then, when the t war ei, l lt'N, :11 nil Is chao--then wh I? I'll 'varranIt I c'an imike hter forgeet. eertiit i hlgi ano eer kain peeoldlee." I.ongorlo nodedlelec with sltisf:ieftioln. "Yo'U eiel 'ecry well, loe."' h'lie' lItte,'r 1''iimed f i'w:irl hI; leyes bright. "Tdlhit lily ii ribh. .A tine priz.e, truiy. Slie wcnil bin :t a Inige ran11"n1." Thclis l'eeill:ildt bri,eigh'e :i cinjle .i J.,ii. lgt rio', I':,'''. ".\lV I.-a:- tri..u'I. yon 'dn li'' Ii i l eel th ct ', l ilcelcc i 11 j," he ' i ,it. "I Istl ini '\11il: l .111 icleci ee I Ie let hIitiseelC lin :nc'eliat1:1?f . I heln. r1'tc ig .., spike briskly : ' 1,i ii : cell I tw , thr.. li s y reril yle-i:.,- 1 Il! 'i 1 1,1s lee . ll.. \\'lhcn h'e i 't ye it will p~'," 'lrlt 'fir 'tiork. hll.' t!;," br-1v r non 1 " kll "l 'Veel ' t"'. Y''lel cil re'lee ' i e r of! hicr hlii i1 ." e.Ic ,' lIei t1t I eel. :111 i fI le till' Vuiti Ish.eI flennl hi. t'a'ce. "en,' r l0l is not b ait in. II'' like.$ tar; hr--" L~on g'i2i i's gize al't erell anel ,)iste fell si leen e("onte ! \'ou are 11 loilng heart ceh ? lave I not. prti11s15'ed to t nlke yo I rich t1uant? Well, the tiue has al lived.." cSeeing thitI. .1 use' stIll muan' festedi no eagerness, the' genteral wel on in a ditfferet ftone': "1)0 not thin that you tenn withtlraw fromn our litt a rraligetiletl. 1li, n! I)o you reinr her a )rotilse I Ialle to you when y ('11cn' to rt in tl)onero? I saIl that you i)layedI rile false I would bury yn to the' necek In tin ant-hill al till ye 1nouth with honey. I keep lIy Iro)nn 1st-s." Jose's sI ntggle' was bref ; hr promnpt ly resilgned hinii a'lt' to the Ine'vl 1iltb W it every evihiece of sinrerity he a. nliedl thelea Oist 1 inenll lio(1ef beitray*lin "Then I Dld Well to Steal That Let ter', Eh?" his general'se cnllilece. After aill, th grinlgos wee Oetenie, and11 thiiere wa no0 one oft thleli whid le ot niierIt dei Pleanse~d wvIth thoese sentliinents, ai 'e'eling su~Ille'ienly assured~ tha t Jose wa now)~ reallly in thie proe~ir fraiellt (2: inined to snIt his purpo1cse. Long)rkc took the windlIng trail flack towaur< Sangre de Cristo. CHAPTER XVII. A Warning. A few days aifter she hald wertten t< Judge Ellsworth Ahaire folloede heu letter in pMeson, for. having at hist de (elded to) divorce leit, qh~e acted Iwll chlaracterlstk decehsion. Siiice Ielig ve'ry cour11se, se went tc) Ilrownville enlistIng hs8 wviling suppllort. She hat writteni Dave Law, telling himi tha she int endedl to ge) to Laj Feeria, theorI toe remlai p2endinIg theII lhearing of hei suilt. T1o be sure, she would have pre ferroed seore lahie of refuge other thai La le'eriai but sheo reausoneid that ther she would at least he undIsturbed, an11 that IEd,.e~Ven it lie wished to effect reconlilatlin, wold not dare to follos her, sinice hie wan personia non grat in federal Meico. She had counlted U00n seeing Day OF THE By Rex Beach Copyright by Harper & Brothers diuring her stay in Brownsville, and her failure to do so was a grave disap nointinent as she knew that he was in otwn attending court. Yet she told herself that It was brave of hint to obey her Injunctions so literally aind! to Sleave her unemharrassed by his pres enee at this particular tinge. It in sired her to be equally brave and to walit p atlenlly for the (day when she 1et Id welcome hin with clean hands aid it soul unashamed. In the midst of Alaire's uncertainty of rlind it gratilled her to realize that I )ave alone would know of her where IIs. She wondered if he would .111m,, to see her. lie was a reckless, Ii'a:l ('r4in lover, und11 his desires were all tool likely to (e cmi'411e his delib t' resv10s. She rat her hoped that in spite of his prioitise he would ven turn to cross the hrdier so that she (oul 5ee and be near hit, if only for a day or for an hour. The possibility frightened and yet ipleased hter. The conventilonal wonir within her frowned, but her outlaw heart beat fast at the thought. Altire did not expliIn her plans even to I)olores, but when her tpreiarations we'r' ((iitnipete she took the Me nictt w om:nr. with her, anti during Eul's ab '"ncer slipped away from the ranch. Ithmurdintg the train at Jonesvllle, she was lit 'ueblo that night. It seemed at list that war with ('4xico was immin et. After months if unc4rtain13y the luestion hil come to I -i~i', ;44l Itut lowering cloud which h1:1 1 uitn:; above the horizon took omi nus sh111 and size. ilswutrtt awoke 01n0 rnornin~g to learn that an ultima tu 11 l gone forth to Pteside'nt Po osi ; that the Atlantic fleet had been 'di 'red south ; 1111(1 that marines were I 'ing runshe(l aboai'd tran4tsp4Irs pend itg I general army ttobilizuaton. It looked as if the United States haud finally risen in wrath, and as if noth l.g less than a itlracle could now avert ihe long-ex iected cottlliet. l'laze Jones took the San Antonia pualer out upon the porch tnd com-. posed himiuself in the hautnock to read the latest war news. Invasion I Troops The Stars and StripesI Those wert words that stirred Jones deeply ant ('ncused hitn to neglect his work. Not k that his country had fully awakene to the necessity of a war with Mexic -t necessity he had long felt-he wit ired with the loftiest platriotist and i youlthful eagerness to enlist. Blaz reli llzecd that he was old and fat an near-sighted; but what of that? II t' could light. Fi'ghrting, in fact, ha h eet one of his earliest accomtpllsh Ients, and he prided himself upor knowing as much about It as an: 1a1111 could leant. IIe believed in light lug both 1 a prinlple and as un ex CIr('se; in fatct, lhe aitrtibuted his goia healthi to his v'arious neighb~orly' "uni ipleatsatn esses," and( lhe hitd nmore that oe arIguiil that no( gr'eat tfighter eve'r died (of a sluggish liver or of any13 oma 14f thle othe lit''is that beset .sedien(ary, il'ence-l44vinrg people. Nationis were' like mn-too nituch ease itli' t hen0 hthb. Ar4d(1hiizt hnd his own'i 1(den4 4of his 4pper lie heinonned.' the mis ta4k ms his gov'ernJtnenit was5 (taking, Whiy was5te timie with utiiitat40ns'f he :ir'tned to) hin4ielft. I Ie'120 h lnevert donet M. i':per'iencte had tautghtt htimi that4 the wiay to wiin a It e was 1'4 to bent he o( ter fellow to the draw;4~ hence4 t his diplomiat 1i4(proernst inattioni tIlled hiiin wvithI imati ence. It 5C(etied'( alI Iiu st t reasornale to one oif Ilize's in1 lIto wais ertgatged in lay3intg out a plan whient he beeunme consc5(iouis of' voei(s biehinid himt, am(I rea(ized'( that fort someW timeH i4 Pama hiad beeni enfter'l trig at en li'r in the front room((. Th'leit' 'on versaXItion had( (tot dilsturtbed him(4 at lirs5t, but now11 14n (vi('ionial wo(rd 0r . stetonce forc(ed its mtenning thriough htis preCoccupat ionf, and( lhe fournd hinm self listening. Patlomai's visitor wuats a wuomatn, and4( ahze harkened to hter v'oice, he felt his hteatrt sink. It wa'is Mrs. Strange. She was here iagtain. With dilflculty laze,( coniquered ian impulse to flee, for site wuas recounitintg a story all too famtiliatr to him. "Why, It seemted as if the whole city of Galveston Wats there, and1( yet nio body oiered to htelp us,"' the dIress maker wats satyirng. "Pi'1 was ai per fect hero, for the ruflinr was twice his size. Oh, it wuas an awful fight I I htate to think of It." "What mad imt pInch you?' Palomait inqutired. "leaiven only knows. Sonme men tare dlreadfutl that way. Why, he left a black-atnd-blue matrk I" Bhitze br'oke into a cold sweat and] cursed feebly utnder his breath. "ie wasn't drunk, either, lie was jnst naturutlly depraved. You could see It in his face." "How did you escape?" "Well, I'll tell you. We chased hiti up aucross the boulevard and in amtong Ithe tents, and then-" Mrs. Strang< lowered. her voice until only a mur * tmur reached the listening man. A mo, 1 menit, then both wvomen burst int( shrill, excited laughter, and Blaze him. * j sit blushed furilously. SUNSET This was unbearable I It was bad (nough to have that woman in Jones ville, a constant menace to his good name, but to allow her access to his own home was unthinkable. Sooner or later they were bound to meet, and then Paloma would learn the disgrace ful truth-yes, and the whole neigh borhood would likewise know his shame. In fancy, Blaze saw his rep utation torn to shreds and himself ex posed to the gibes of the people who venerated him. lie would become a scandal among mcn, an offense to re spectable women ; children would shun him. Blaze could not bear to think of the consequences, for he was very fond of the women and children of .Joniesville. He rose from his ham mock and tiptoed down the porch into tho kitchen, from which point of se curity ho called loudly for his daugh ter. Alarmed at his tone, Palomia came running. "What is the matter?" she asked, quickly. "Get her out !" Blaze cried, savagely. "Get shed of her." "llcr? Who?" "That varmint." "Father, what ails you?" "Nothin' ails me, but I don't want that caterpillar crawlin' around my premises. I don't like her." aloan regarded her parent curl ously. "IIow do you know you don't like her when you've never seen her?" "Oh, I've seen her, all I want to; Lind I heard her talkin' to you Jus.t now. I won't stand for nobody tellin' you had stories." i'aloma snickered. "The idea ! She doesn't-" "Oct her out, and keep her out," Blaze rumbled. "She ain't right ; she ain't-human. Why, what d'you reck on I saw her do, the other day? Makes me shiver now. You remember that big bull-snake that lives under the barn, the one I've been layin' for? Well, you won't believe me, but hi and her are friends. Fact I I saw her pick him up and play with him. Who-ee I The goose-flesh popped out on me till it busted the buttons of my vest. She ain't my kind of people, 1 l'aloma. 'Strange' ain't no name for . her; no, sir ! That woman's dam' near peculiar." a Paloma remained unmoved. "I s thought you knew. She used to be a a snake-chanmer." e "A-what?" There was no doubi I, about it. Blaze's hair lifted. H< a blinked through his big spectacles; he i pawed the air freely with his hands. . "ow can you let her touch you? I couldn't. I'll het she carries a pocket ful of dried toads and-and keeps live . lizards in her hair. I knew an old voo o(1 woman that ate cockroaches. Get shed of hemr. Paloma, and we'll fumi gate the house." At that moment Mrs. Strange herself 'opened the kitchen door to inquire, "Is anlyihing wrong?" Misreadilng Blaze's axrsso for onie of pain, she ex einmed: "erc !Now, what hv .vou (1o1e to yourself?" flut .tihe object of her solicitude bac (k('d iaway, making peculiar clucking s''ndqs deep in his thront. Paloma wa'ms saiying: "This is my father, Mrs. Strange meect before." "Why, yes we have I I know you." the seanmstress exclaimed. Then at pu; zled( light flickered In her black eyes. "Seems to mae we've met somewhere, but-I've met so many people." She e'xtenlded( her hiand, anid Blaze took it as5 if expecting to findl it cold and tely. He niuttered something uinin elgbe."I've been (lying to see you," she toldl him, "and thank you for giv lng mne P'aloma's work. I love you both for it." Blaze was Immensely relieved that ithis direaded crisis had come and gone; but wishing to make' assurance doubly sure, lie contorted his features into a smile tihe like of which his daughter had1( never seen, and in a disguised voice inquired, "Now where do you reckon you ever saw me?" T1he seamstress shook her head. "I dlon't know, but I'll place you before long. Anyhow, I'm glad you aren't hurt. From the way you called Pahoma I thought you were. I'm handy around sick people, so I-" "Listen I" Paloma interrupted. "There's somcone at the front door." She left the room; Blaze was edging aufter 1her when lhe heard' her utter a stIfled scream and call his name. Now IFaloma was not the kind of girl to scream withouit cause, and her cr'y brought Blaze to the front of the house at a run. But what he saw there reassuredl hlim momentarily ; nothing was in sight more alarming than one of the depot hacks, in the rear seat of whichr was huddled the figure of a man. Paloma was flying down the walk toward the gate, and Phil Strange was awvaiting on the porch. As Blaze flung himself into view the latter exclaimedl: "I brought him straight here, Mr'. Jones, 'cause I knew you was his best friend." "Who? Who is it?" "Dave Law. He must have conme in on the noon train. Anyhow, I found hlm-like that." The tw'o men hurried toward the rona side yaide. "What's wrong with him?" Blaze d nanded. "I don't know. ie's queer-he's of! his hean. I've had a hard time with him." Paloma was in the carriage at Dave's side now, and calling his name i but Law, it seemed, was scarcely con scious. He had slumped together; his face was vacant, his eyes dull. e was muttering to himself a queer, delirious Jumble of words. "Oh, dad ! ie's sick-sick," Paloma sobbed. "Dave, don't you know us? You're home, Dave. Everything is all right now." "Why, you'd hardly recognize the boy 1" Blaze exclaimed; then he added his appeal to his daughter's. But they could not arouse the sick man from his coma. "He asked me to take him to Las Palmas," Strange explained. "Looks to me like a sunstroke." I'aloma turned an agonized face to her father. "Get a doctor, quick," she I uiplrel ; "he frightens me." But Mrs. Strange had followed. and now she Spoke up in a matter-of-fact tone: "Doctor nothing," she said. "I know more than all the doctors. Pa loma, you go into the house and get a bed ready for him, and you men lug him in. Come, now, on the run, all of you ! I'll show you what to do." She took instant charge of the situation, mad when Dave refused to leave the carriage and began to fight ofe his friends, gabbling wildly, it was she wvho quieted him. Elbowing Blaze and her husband out of the way, she loosed '~N~CI DE A ?o JI vA(.GtIN'w "I'm Going to Pack His Head in it." the young man's frenzied clutch from the carriage and, holding his hands in hers, talked to him In such a way that lie gradually relaxed. It was she who helped him out and then supported him into the house. It was she who got him upstairs and into bed, and it was she who finally stilled his babble. "The poor man is burning up with a fever," she told the others, "and fevers are my long suit. Get me some towels and ai lot of ice." Blaze, who had watched the snake charmer's deft ministrations with mingled amazement and suspicion, in quired: "What are you going to do wvith ice? Ice ain't medicine." "I'm going to pack his head in it." Blaze was9 horrified. "Do you want to freeze his brain?" Mrs. Strange turned on him angrily. "You get out of my way and mind your own b~usiness. 'Treeze hIs brain!'" With a sniff of indignation she pushed past the interloper. But Blaze w"as waitIng for her when she returnedl a few moments later with howls and1( bottles and various reme (lies wvhich she had commandeered, i~e summoned suflcient courage to block her way and inquire: "What you got there, now, ma'am?" Mrs. Strange glared at hIm balefully. With an effort at patience she in .'iluired: "Stay I What ails you, any how?2" Johnes swallowed hard. "Understand, he's a friend of mine. No magic goes." "Magice?" "No-cock roaches or snakes' tongues, or-" Mrs. Strange fingered a heavy china b~owl as if tempted to bounce it from Blaze's head. Then, not deigning to argue, she whisked past him and into the sickroom. It was evidlent from her expression that she considered the master of the house a harmless but offensive old busybody. For some time longer Blaze hung about the sickroom; then, his presence being completely ignored, he risked further antagonism by telephoning for Jonesville's leading doctor. Not find ing the physician at homne, he sneaked out to the barn and, taking Paloma's car, drove away in search of him. It was fully two hours later when lhe re turned to discover that Dave was sleep lag quietly, Dave slept for twenty hours, and even when he awoke it was not to a clear appreciation of his surroundings. At first lie w'as relieved to find that the splitting paIn in his head was gone, but imagined himself to be still in the madldening local train from Browns. vylle. By and by ho recognized Palo na and Mrs. Strange, and tried to talk to themr, hut the connection betweeni birain andl tongue was imperfect, and lie made a bad business of conversa.. tIon, It seemedl queer that he should be in bed at the Joneses'. When he had recovered from lia surp~rise lhe turned hIs head and sawv Mrs. Strange slum bering in a chair beside lis bed; from~ her uncomfortable position and evi dlent fatIgue lie judged that she must have kept a long and faithful vi: over him. ff0 33 00tw 'N.mn - PLAN TO IMPROVE HIGHWAYS Ohio Township Aims to Make Roads Moro Pleasant to Travel Over in Heat of Summer. "Coupled with a strong good-roads sentiment in an Ohio township," says Farm and Fireside, "is a plan to lino tie roads of the township with trees. The principal reason advanced by the committee which has charge of the project is to make the roads more pleasant to travel in the heat of sum mer. "In addi lion, the trees will in a meas urre help to keep the surrounding ground moist by preventing rapid evap oration, thus keeping (own the dust. They will shelter travelers during storms, check the erosion of ditches on bills, beautify adjacent property, and add to the general attractiveness of land values of the community. "Those who start such work are not likely to live long enough to see their plans fully completed and to enjoy the shade. This fact lends a pathetic touch to the project as well as indicating a sincere and unselfish desire to be of public service." SURFACES FOR HILLY ROADS Slipping and Skidding on Smooth, Hard Covering is an Ever-Present Dread Among Farmers. Slipping on hilly roads is one of tie unfortunate results which horses must suffer as a result of covering the roads with hard surfaces, while the possibili ty of skidding on these slopes is an ever-present dread among motorists. A special form of paving brick, called "hillside bricks." is made for use on grades exceeding one foot rise in 20 feet horizontal distance. These bricks have grooves cut across their tops to hold the shoes of the horses and the tires of the cars, and have been re ceived with much favor by road build rrs. Recently the same object has been attained with bituminous roads built on hills, by leaving them with a ~| Rough Surface on Hilly Road. rough surface. This method of con struction was dlevelopi by the Mas sachusetts state highway commission. According to Engineering News, the roadblled is covered with broken stone from two to three inches in size, which is rolledl until the bed is three inches thick. Thiis bed then has hot asphalt applied to it by3 a pressure distributor at the rate of twvo alnd three-fourths to three gallons per squaure yard. This asphmalt fills the spaces betwecen the stones, but the latter are so large that their tops project somewhat above the asphalt binder and thus afford a foot hold In any but icy weather. VALUE OF IMPROVED ROADS Value of Farm Increased by Getting Crops to Market Rapidly and Cheaply as Possible. The value of good roads is becom Ing more andl more recognized in the United States every day. Wise men Iioinlt to the fact that tap-line railroad spurs cannot be0 constructed in the country for less than $75,000 a mile, and that the cost of these must be paid by the commodity transported over; them. Tfhe good roads do not cost so much and are just as <flicient. Everything that makes it easier to get crops to the market raises the value of farm lands by making them nmore profitable to the farmer. Leads in Road Improvement. The Automobille club of Southern California, with its 10,203 members, which claims to be0 the largest organ. Ization of the kind in the world, de cdares that California Is leading all states in highway development, Rural Attitude Changed. The use of the automobile by farm ers has completely changed the rural attitude towardl motoring, and tens of thousands of men are making direct profits by catering to the passing mo' torist WOMEN OF 2 MIDDLE AGE i Mrs. Quinn's Experience Ought to Help You Over " the Critical Period. Lowell Mass.-"For the last three year. I have been troubled with the Change of Life and the bad feelings common at that time. I was in a very nervous condi. tion, with headaches and pain a good deal of the time so I was unfit to do my work. A frien d asked me to tr - Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Conm. pound, which I did, and it has helped me in every way. I am not nearly so nervous no headache or pain. I must say tfat Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is the best remedy any sick woman can take. --Mrs. MARGARET QUINN, Rear 269 Worthen St., Lowell, Mass. Other warning symptoms are a sense of suffocation, hot flashes, headaches, backaches, dread of impending evil, . timidity sounds in the ears, palpitation of the heart, sparks before the eyes, irregularities, constipation; variable a petite, weakness, inquietude, and dizziness. If you need special advice write to the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. (confidential), Lynn, Mass. ECZEMA' Money back without quewtion ii HUNT'S CURE fails in the treatment of ITCH, ECZEMA, RINGWORMTE'TER or other itching skin diseases. Price 50o at druggists, or direct from L .Richards Medicine Co. Sheriau,Tea. Aroused, Then Mollified. Mr. Binks-I met a woman today that I thought a good deal of once.t Mrs. links-Oh, you did? "Yes. I used to do my very best to please her." "Ilumphi !" t "I did everything I could to win her affction.'' "Mly goodness !" "And at last I flattered myself that I Succeeded." "Wha" "She granted nil that I asked, and by So doing maide inc the happiest man alive." "Merciful" "I asked her to come up to the house with me today, but she had some shop ping to do, and cannot get here until supper time." "Mr. Binks, I am going to my moth er." "She isn't home, my dear. It was your mother that I met. She gave me you."-I'ittsburgh Chronicle. Flight of Time. "I saw him kiss you," cried her dear est girl friend. "I acknowledge it," she answered, unexpectedly. "Ooo-oo-ooh !" "Don't squeal. We are engaged." "Since wheni?" "Since then." "Did the kiss y'ou before or after he prposed5'c to y'oi?" "I can'it tell you Ithat. In the ex (iit'ment of lii th e miet I didnlf't keep tralck of thie miinor dletaiils."--Cleye. V Innuendo. "I took first pirize at thle dog show," remarked ltuhdub. "Whauut wer'ie you entei red as?" in quiredl WVombiat wvith an irritating smirk.-Kansas Cit *.Journal. Outclassed. "Does your dt'g ever growl?'' ''No. lie knows Ithat my husband tias him ahlope.lessly 1 utclassed." Preparing for Tomorrow Many people seem able to drink coffee for a time without apparent harm,but when health disturbance, even though slight, follows . coffee's use, it is wise to investigate. Thousands of homes, where coffee was found to disagree, have changed the family table drink to Instant Postum With improved health,4 and it usually follows, the change made becomes a permanent one. It pays to prepare for the health of tomorrow. "Thre8 a Reason" 9