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1 ? ! 1 Brew j I Mil. j Copyright, 1904. |Jy C?? 1 by Herbert S. Stone ' 141 Company 11 "Read it alouil," said Subway Smith "Two to one It'H from Nopper Ilarrl sou," cried Pettinglll. Brewster's lingers trembled, he kno\t not why, as he opened the envelope There was the most desolate feeling li hiB heart, the most ghastly' premonltior that ill news had come in this last Iiamm tT/* ' ?41 **" * * "v-i. nc urew ioriu ico iciegrnm and slowly, painfully, unfolded It. No one could have told by his expression thai he felt almost that he was reading lib death warrant. It was from Grant & ltipley and evidently had been follow lug hlni about town for two or three hours. The Jawyers had flled It at 8:3( o'clock. He rend it at n glance, his eyes bum ing, his heart freezing: Como to office Immediately. Will wnt' all night for you If necessary. Jones heu disappeared, and thero Is absolutely n< trace of him. GRANT A RIPLEY. Brewster sat ns one paralyzed, abso lutely no sign of euiotlou In his face The others hegnu to clnmor for the contents of the telegram, but hh tongue was stiff and motionless, hh ears deaf. Every drop of blood In hh body was stilled by the shock, everj sense given him by the Creator was centered upon eleven words In the handwriting of a careless telegraph op orator, "Jones has disappeared, and there is absolutely no trace of him." ^ "Jones has disappeared!" Those were the words, plain and terrible Ir If* their clearness, tremendous hi theli brutality. Slowly the rest of the ines sage began to urge Its claims upon hb brain. "Come to our otllee immediate ly" and "Will wait nil night" battled for recognition. He was calm because ho had uot the power to express ni nilinfintl 1 *r\ ?v? ?!??*.. i?* uHiiiiiiiiiim mini u of himself afterward he never knew Home powerful, kindly force assorted Itself. coming to Ids relief with tin timeliness of a genie. (Jradually 11 began to dawn upon him that the oth crs were waiting f.n- him to read tin message aloud. lie was not sure thai a <g> Brewster gut us one puruliizcd. a sound would eonie forth when h opened his lips to speak, hut the tone were steady, natural and eohl as stee "1 mi worry I can't tell you ahoti <1.1., i... ....i.i .... n... 1.:^ I...... r IIC AiUU, r?v/ KIHII-IJ mill um uvm crs wore silenced. "It Is a busltics matter of such vital importance tli:i I must ask you to excuse ine for a liour or ho. I will explain everythin tomorrow. Please don't Ik? uneasy. 1 yo'.l will do me the honor to grace th hoard of an absent host I'll he mo? grateful. It Is Imperative that I g and at once. I promise to return in a hour." He was standing, his knees r stiff as iron. "Is It auything serious?" asked I> Mille. "Wlint! Has anything happened' came in halting, frightened tones fro Vegfzy. "It concerns me alone, and it Is pur ly of a business nature. Seriously, enn't delay going for another mimit It Is vital. In an hour I'll return. Fe gy, don't he worried?don't be dl tressed about me. Go on and hn< a good time, everybody, and ypu'll fli me the jolllest fellow of all when come back. It's 12 o'clock. I'll be he by 1 on the 23d of September." "Let me go with you," pleaded I'e gy tremulously as she followed hi Into the hallway. "I must go alone," he answer* "Don't worry, little woman. It w be all right." His kiss sent n chill to the very bi torn of Peggy's heart. CIIAITEU XXXII/.' Everything seemed nue dream to Brewster ns he rush off through the night to the lice of Grant & ltlpley. lie w dazed, bewildered, hardly more tli half conscious. A bitter smile cr< t about his lips as ho drew away fr< ft the street car track almost as his lm touched the rnll of a car lie had * V naled. He remembered that he did i have money enough to pay his fare. was six or seven blocks to tire office ft the law ycr*. and he was actually r ft _ nlng before he stopped at tlie entrai of the big building. Never bad mi elevator trayeled m slowly than the one which shot litre B the seventh door. A light shone throi jr rater's lions 1 IRGE BARR MCUTCHEON (RICHARD GREAVES) 4 | the transom above the attorneys' do * i nnd he entered without so much ??? I rnp on the panel. Grunt, who was p log the floor, came to a standstill a faced his visitor. "Close the door, please," came 1 i steady tones from Ripley.s Mr. Gr | dropped Into a chair, nud Brews . i mechanically slammed the door. "Is It true?" he demanded hoarse ; his hand still on the knob. "Sit down, Brewster, and eont | yourself," said Ripley. "Good God, man, can't you see I i 1 calm?" cried Monty. "Go on; tell i ' all about it. What do you know? Wi hare you heard?" | "He cannot be found, that's all," : nounccd ltlpley, with deadly lute ness. "I don't know what it mea There is no-explanation. The wli , thing Is Inconceivable. Sit down, am will tell you everything as quickly possible." "There isn't much to tell," said Urr > mechanically. i "I can take It better standing." < i clarod Brewster, shutting his Ja i tightly. ' "Jones was last seen in Butte on 1 i 3d of this month," said Ripley, "1 t sent several telegrams to hiin nf that day, asking when he expected I leave for New York. They never w< claimed, nud tlu? telegraph compa ) reported that he could uot be foui i We thought he might have gone off look after some of his property a were not uneasy. Finally we began i wonder wliy he had not wired us leaving for the east. I telegraph I again and got no answer. It dawu ? upon us that this was something i i . usual. We wired his secretary and I celved a response from the chief police. He asked In turn if we co\ I tell him anything about the wlie ? a bouts of Jouos. This naturally alar t ed us, nud yesterday we kept the wli - hot. The result of our inquiries Is t > rtble, Mr. Brewster." t "Why didn't you tell me?" ask Brewster. "There can l?e no douot that Joi has tied, accompanied by his secreta Tho lielief in Butte Is that the secreta has murdered him." Ripley molstonod his Ui>? "Wo Unve dispatches here from i police, the bauks, the trust coinpan and from a half dozen mine manage You may read them if you like, bu can tell you what they say. About l 1st of this month Jones began to ti various securities into money. It now known that they were once 1 property of James T. Sedgwick, li< In trust for you. The safety depc vaults were nfterward visited, and spection shows tlint he removed cv? scrap of stock, every bond, everythl of value that lie could lay his hai upon. His own papers and effe were not disturbed. Yours alone ha disappeared. It Is this fact that e vlnces the authorities that the secre ry Una made awuy with the old jr and has fled with tho property. 1 bank people say that Jones drow < e every dollar of the Bedgwlcli raou s and tho police say that ho realized 1 1. mendous sums on the convertible it curltles. The strange part of It Is tl *- ho sold /our mines and your roal * tnte, the purchaser being a man nan it Golden. Brewster, it?It looks v n much as If he had disappeared >\ g everything." [? Brewster did not tako his eyes fr ic Hipley's face throughout the terrl <t speech. He did not move a fraction an Inch from the rigid position n sumed at the beginning, is "Is anything being done?" be asl mechanically, e- "The police are Investigating. Hi known to have started off into mountnlns with this secretary on m 3d of September. Neither has b seen since that day so far as any e- knows. The earth seems to have s\ I lowed them. The authorities e. searching the mountains and are n g- log every effort to find Joues or Is- body. He Is known to be eccentric, re at first not much Importance was id tnclied to his actions. That Is all I can tell you at present. There maj re developments tomorrow. It looks ?terribly bad. We?we had the utr g- confidence In Jones. I wish I e< m help you, my boy." "I don't blame you, gentlemen," *! Brewster bravely. "It's Just my 1 ID that's all. Something told me all a that?that It wouldn't turn out rlgli wasn't looking for this kind of though. My only fear was that? wouldn't consider me worthy to rec the fortune. It never occurred to a that he might prove to be the?the ed worthy one." of- "I will take you a little farther 'as our confidence, Brewster," said (! an slowly. "Mr. Jones notified us in ?pt ncginning runi hp wuuiu up kuvp 3Ui largo I y in biff decision by our opl nd of your conduct. That is why wo tig- no hesitation in udvislug you to not tinue as you were going. While It were off at sea wo liad many lei of from him, all in that sarcastic vei un- bis, but in none of tliem did he ofl uce word of criticism. He seemed i oughly satisfied with your method? ore fact, he once said he'd give a xnillic i to his own money if it would pure jgb your ability to sp^nd onc-fourtli ol i " .. "Well, he cun have 111/ exfierience free of charge. A beggar can't be a chooser, you know," said Brewster bitterly. Ills color was gradually coming buck. "What do tliey know about the secretary?" be naked suddenly, Intent nuil alive. "lie was a new one, I understand, who came to Jones less than a year ago. Jones Is said to have had Implicit faith in him," said Ripley. "And he disappeared at the same time?" "They were last seen together." "Then he has put an end to Jones!" ' cried Monty excitedly. "It is as plain J as day to inc. Don't you Bee that he exerted some sort of influence over the -?r. old mail, inducing him to get all this 1 a money together on some pretext or ac- other solely for the purpose of robbing ml him of the whole amount? Was ever j anything more diabolical?" lie begau . in pacing the floor like au animal, nerv- | nit ously clasping and unclasping his ter hands. "We must catch that secretary! I don't believe Jones was dishonest, ly. He has been duped by a clever scoundrel." rol "The strangest circumstance of nil, Mr. Brewster, Is that no such person U3 am Golden, the purchaser of your properme tics, can he found, ne Is supposed to ' iat reside In Omaha, and It Is known that ho paid nearly $3,000,000 for the prop "i ert.v tliat now stands In his name. He nt- paid It to Mr. Jones In cash, too, and ns. he paid every cent that the property Is ile worth." 1 ^ "But he must be In existence some- ; ?* where," cried Brewster in perplexity. "How could he pay the money If he iut doesn't exist ?" J "I only know that no trace of the I Je- man can be found. They know nothing ws of him In Omaha," said Grant helpless- . ly. he "So ll has finally happened," said ' iVo Brewster, but his excitement had ter dropped. "Well," hvndded, throwing to himself Into a deep chair, "It wus nl >re ways much too strange to be true. | uy Even at the beginning It seemed like a j id. dream, and now?well, now I am just j to awake, like the little boy after the nd fairy tale. I seem like a fool to have to taken it so seriously." on "Thero was no other way," protested ied Ripley. "You were quite right." ied "Well, after all," continued Brewster, in- and the voice was ns of one In n re- dream, "perhaps It's as well to have of been In Wonderland, even If you have lid to come down ufterward to the orre dinary world. I am foolish, perhaps, m- but even now I would not give It up." res Then the thought of l'eggy clutched er- him by the throat, and he stopped. After <a moment he gathered himself ed together nud rose. "Gentlemen," he said sharply, and his voice had cliaugies ed, "I have had my fun, and this Is the ry. end of It. Down underneath 1 am desiry perately tired of the whole thing, and I give you my word that you will llnd me -ut a ?ll?Tei-ent mitn tomorrow. I ?ra olnK to buckle down to fj?c-Teai uilng. 1 r tlie nui going to prove that my graudfaios tlier's ldood is In me. And 1 shall trs. come out on t 1 Itipley was obviously moved as he rethe plied: "X don't question It for a moirn incut. You are made of the right stuff. Is I saw that long ago. You may count the on us tomorrow for any amount you eld need." isit Grant indorsed the opinion. "I like In- your spirit, Brewster," he said. "There ;ry are not many men who would foave ing taken this ns well. It's pretty ljnvd op ids you, too, and It's a miserable wedding cts gift for your bridp." ive "We may havo Important news from on- Itutto in the morning," said Ripley t?- hopefully. "At auy rate, more of the inn details. Tlio newspapers will have [Tie sensational stories no doubt, and we iut havo asked for the latest particulars cy, direct from the authorities. We'll see :re- that things are properly investigated, se- (Jo home now, my boy, and go to boil. Iiat Von will begin tomorrow with good es- luck at your sldo, and yon may be led happy all your life In spite of tonight's ory depression." '1th "I'm Rure to be happy," Raid Brewster simply. "The eeremony takes out place at 7 o'clock, gentlemen. 1 was ble coming to your ottloo at 9 on a little i of matter of business, but I fancy It won't as- after all be necessary for me to hurry. I'll drop in before noon, however, and ked get that money. P.y the way, hero are the receipts for the money I spent s tonight. Will you put them away with the the others? I intend to live up to my the part of the contract, and it will save een me the trouble of presenting them regone ularly in the morning. Good night, vnl- gentlemen. I am sorry you were obligare ed to stay up so into on my account." ink- lie left them bravely enough, but lie his had more than one moment of weakand ness before he could meet bis friends, at- The world seemed unreal and himself we the most unreal thing in It. But the r be night air acted as a stimulant and bad bellied him to call back his courage, aost When lie entered the studio at 1 o'clock >uld lie was prepared to redeem his promise to bo "the jolliest fellow of them all." j said nek CHAPTER XXXIV. long ?'?'LIi tell you about It later, dear," it. 1 I was all that Peggy, pleading, end, I could draw from him. ones X At midnight Mrs. Dan had re elve inonstrated with her. "You must go me home, Peggy, dear," she said. "It Is un- disgraceful for you to stay up so late. I went to bed at 8 o'clock the night bcInlo fore I was married." rant "And fell asleep at 4 in the morning," the smiled Peggy, rned "You are quite mistaken, my dear. I nlon did not fall asleep at all. But I won't felt allow you to stop a minute longer. It con- puts rings under the eyes, and someyou times they're red the morning after." Iters "Oh, you dear sweet philosopher," n of cried Peggy, "how wise you are! Do !er a you think I need a beauty sleep?" thor- "i don't want you to be a sleepy ' In beauty, that's all," retorted Mrs. Dan. >n of Upon Monty's return from bis trying huso hour with the lawyers he had been bef It." sieged with questions, t^ut he was clcv orl/ evasive. Peggy nlone was Insistent. She had curbed her curiosity until they were on the way home, and then she Implored him to to.l her what had happened. The misery he had endured was as nothing to this reckoning with the woman who had the right to expect fair treatment. Ills duty was clear, but the stralu had beeu heavy, and it was not easy to meet It. "Peggy, something terrible has happened," he faltered, uncertain of his course. "Tell me everything, Monty. You can trust ino to be brave." "When I nsked you to marry me," he continued gravely, "it was with the thought that I could give you everything tomorrotv. I looked for a fortune. I never meant that you should marry a pauper." "I don't understand. You tried to test my love for you?" "No, child, not 'that. But I was pledged not to speak of the money I expected, and I wanted you so much before It came." 1 "And It has failed you?" she answered. "I can't see that It changes things. I expected to marry n nauner. n? von t full It. Do you think tills could make < n difference?" 1 "But you don't understand, Peggy. 1 1 haven't n (>euny in the world." I "You hndn't a penny when I accept- 1 isl you," she replied. "I fltn not ufrald. I I believe in you, and if you love me 1 shall not give you up." "Dearest!" And the carriage was at i the door before another word was ut- 1 tered. But Mouty called to the coach- ' man to drive just once around the block. "Good night, my darling," he said I when they reached home. "Sleep till i 8 o'clock If yon like. There Is nothing now In the wuy of having the wedding ut 0 Instead of at 7. In fact, I have p reason for wuuting my whole fortune ' to como to me then. You will l?e all 1 that I have in the world, child, but 1 I am the happiest man alive." In his room the strain was relaxed, and Brewster faced the bitter reality. Without undressing he threw himself uj)on the lounge and wondered what the world held for him. It held Peg- j gy at least, he thought, and she was < enough. But had he been fair to tier? 1 Was ho rlg^t in exacting a sacrifice? \ His tired Utn in whirled In the effort t to decide. Qulv one thing wna^t*1""" - that he coti ?i irgiTblier Up. The future Brew^100^ nt tho vel*Y bought of J It. her ho could make things g0> tl/l alone It was another matter, i He/would take tlie plunge, and he would Justify it. Ills mind went travejmg back over the graceless year, nAd he suddenly realized that he had forfeited the confidence of men who wye worth while. Ills course iu profligacy would not be considered the i best training for business. The thought 1 nerved him to ftctlou. lie must make i j |. . ax.^. ' * ,i.' i i.-, cn,n I against him, and he would slave for her, he would starve, he would do anything to prove^that she was not mistaken in hlm.r She at least should know hiin for a man. Looking toward the window, he saw the black, uueasy night give way to the coming day. Haggard and faint, he arose from the couch to watch the approach of the sun that Is Indifferent to wealth and poverty, to gayety and dejection. From fnr off in the gray light there came the sound of a S o'clock boll. A Utile later the shrieks of factory whistles were borne to his ear9, muflled by dlstauce, but pregnant with the Importance of a new day of toll. They were culling him, with all poor men, to the sweatshop and the forge, to the great mill of life. The new era had begun, dawning bright and clear to disperse the gloom In his soxil. Leaning against the easement and wondering where he could earn the first dollar for the Peggy Brewster that was Peggy Gray, he rose to meet It with a fine unflinching fearlessness. Before 7 o'clock ho was downstairs and waiting. Joe Brtfgdon joined him a bit later, followed by Gardner and the minister. The I>eMllles appeared without an Invitation, but they were not depled. Mrs. I)an sagely shook her head when told that Feggy was still asleep and that the ceremony was off till 9 o'clock. "Monty, are you going away?" asked Dan, drawing him Into n corner. "Just a weok In the hills," auswored Monty, suddenly remembering the generosity of his attorneys. "Come In and see me as soon as you return, old man," said DeMIIle, and Monty knew that a position would be open to him. To Mrs. Dan fell the honor of helping Feggy dress. By the time she had had coffee and wns ready to go down she was pink with excitement and had quite forgotten the anxiety which had made the night an age. She had never been prettier than on her wedding morning. Her color was rich, her o.'ji's as clear as stars, her woman's body the picture of grace and health. Monty's henrt leaped high with love of her. "The prettiest girl iu New York, by Jove!"' gasped Dan DeMllle, clutching Braglon by the arm. "Aad look at Monty! He's become a new man lu the last Ave minutes," added Joe. "Look at the glow In his clucks! lie's beginning to look as he did a your ago." /] clock chimed the hour of 9. The man who was here yesterday Is InjthS hall to see Mr. Brewster," said tb? ml id a few minutes after the^minr lst?r had uttered the words that gave Piggy a new name. There was a inonuut of silence, almost of dread. You mean the fellow with the nui.ru r uhkuu Aiumy uueuaiiy. "Tea, sir. He sent In this letter, beggluf you to read it at once." "iiall I send him away, Monty?" demaided llrngdou ^defiantly. "What dottjie mean by. coming here at this t .1 UN?IHMMMMNUtl*l?B0l j HAIR ik * DENTI J Crown, Bridgework and F 2 Office over Mutual Dry Gc BB DR. J. M. WALLACE. <M WALLACE & DENT! KW Crown and Bridge Work ma A Specialty. Phone 117 Th lime'/" JJ "I'll read the letter first, Joe. Pr, Every eye was on Brewster as he gol tore open the envelope. Ills fuee was expressive. There was wonder In It, 1 Th then Incredulity, then joy. lie threw gin the letter to Bragdon, clArped Peggy In Ids anus spasmodically and then, re- ^ leasing her, dashed for the hall like one an, bereft of reason. ma "It's Nopper HarrisonH he cried, and ' rd a moment later the tall visitor was j ^ dragged Into tlic circle. Nopper was quite overcome by the heartiness of his j n.^vl ? n ru*uuK*. "You are au angel, Nopj>er, Cod bless you!" said Monty, with convlj^cing em- y [>hnsis. "Joe, read that lettcrWoud and wt I hen advertise for the return of those Htl Boston terriers!'* loo Bmgdou's hands trembled and his tlu volee was not sure as lie translated the ! scrawl, Nopper Harrison standing he- j 'II] liltid Iilm for the gleeful purpose of ' prompting hlni when the writiug was Th l>eyojid tlie range of human lutein- ho: genee: tin Holland House, Sept. 23, 19?. Mr. Montgomery Brewster: hoi My Dear Boy?80 you thought I had ! of Hvon you the slip, eh? Didn't think I'd ti? 'how up here and do my part? Well, I I ion't hlame you. 1 .suppose I've acted like an Idiot, but so long as It turns out 801 0. K. there's 110 harm done. Tho wolf noi won't gnaw very much ?>f a hole In your 1 * Joor, I reckon. This V*t tinirtviti^^iy^y. , to me last June ottt tn Butte with tho ' no prospectus of a claim ho had staked out lip In the mountains. What he wanted . was backing, and he had such a good shpw to win out that I went Into cahoots gll with hlni. He's got a mine up there that wl Is dead sure to yield millions. Seems as jQj thfeugh he has to give you hnlf of the . yield, though. Says you grubstaked htm. j Good fellow, this Harrison. Needed a ccretury and man of affulrs. so took him Into my office. You can see that ho did ^ not tako me up Into the mountains to murder me. as the papers say this momIng; AU rot. Nobody's business buf my foi Dwn If I concluded to come east without 1 cbi telling everybody In Butte about It. in a stow. Thought I'd skipped out or been murdered: money all gone; every- "J thing gone to smash. That's what they 01 thought. Don't blame 'em much. You see, It was this way: I concluded to follow out the terms of the will and deliver the m goods In person. I got together all of ur Jim Sedgwlck'8 stuff and did a lot of be other fool things, I suppose, and hiked off to New York. You'll find about r.000.000 j . worth of stuff to your credit when you : wl Indorse the certified checks down at Grant 1 to & Ripley's, my boy. It's all here and lu the banks. f It's a mighty decent sort of wedding gift, 1 reckon. '*> Tho lawyers told me all about you? fa: told me all about last night and that you Qlj were going to bo married this morning. By this time you're comparatively happy * with the bride, I guess. I looked over G1 your report and took a few peeps at the receipts. They're all right. I'm sutlslicd. Tho money Is yours. Then 1 got to thinking that maybe you wouldn't care to come down at 9 o'clock, especially as *r' you are Just recovering from the Joy of re< being married, so 1 settled with the law- uu yers, and they'll settle with you. If you | ^ have nothing In particular to do this ' afternoon about 2 o'clock I'd suggest 1111 that you come to the hotel, and we'll , St: dispose or a row rormallties that the Jaw Kj| requires of us. Anil you can give me Bomo lessons In spending inonev. I've got ln: a little I'd like to miss some morning, lie As for your ability as n business man, I do liave this to say. Any man who can spent! ro a million a year anil have nothing to . Bhow for It don't need a recommendation * from anybody. lie's in a class by himself. 111 and it's a business that no one else can frtt give him u pointer about. j)C I'm sorry you've been worried about nil this. You have gon? through a good deal v |?a/^C^9! I SI b u__??j Noppcr was quite overcome h\j the heart- i incus o/ his welcome. In a year, and you have been rousted by ! everybody. Now It's your turn to laugh, j It will surprise them to road the "extras" today. I've done my duty to you In more 1 ways than one. I've got myself Inter- ? viewed by the newspapers, and today c they'll print the whole truth about Mont- ^ gomery Brewster and his millions. _ They've got the Sedgwick will and my . ' story, and vhe old town will boll with ex- | eiiemont. I cuess you'll i>e aquared before I (he world nil rlsht. You'd better stay In- I doors for awhile, thoush, If you want to 1 have a quiet honeymoon. ! I don't like New York; never did. Am ' going bad: to Butte tonight. Out thcro f we have real skywerapers. and they arc not built of brick. They are two or three . * ; luUkk high. und they h?v* cold, in 'era. 1 I IUNIININNCNINMN2 H A 1 K, : STS. | Regulating a Specialty. >ods Co., Union, S. C. 5 ? Ml Mil DR. H. L. FELLERS. |R FELLERS, I sts. m Offices: Rooms 1 and 2 JJijl Nicholson Building. rJj ere is root grass In the lowlands, and have valleys that make Central parte k like it half an Inch of nothing, jbahly you and Mrs. Brewster were tig to tnko u wedding trip, so why not west with mo In iny car? We Start 7:40 p. m., and I won't bother you. on you can take It anywhere you like, ecrely yours, 8WKARKNOEN JONES. '. S ?1 forgot to say that there Is no :h man as Golden. I bought your mines 1 ranches with my own money. You .y buy them back at the same flares, advise you to do It. They'll be worth ICe as much fn a year. I hope you'll give the whims of an old man who has p?l you from the start. J. THE ENI>. lllntM About Srrrtv*. (Vliore screws are driven Into soft >od and subjected in considerable aln they are very likely to work >so, mid tl Is often difiicult to make -ui bold. In such cases the use of ie Is profitable. Make the Blue thick, morse a stick about half the size of ? screw and put it into the hole, eu put in the screw and drive it me as quickly as possible. When -re is an article of furniture to lustily repaired and no nine is at hand, re n hole. Insert the stick, fill the rest the cavity with pulverized rosin, ?u heat the screw sufficiently to melt ' rosin as it is driven in. Where ews nre driven into wood for teuirnry purposes they can he more i'^Ki'mnUiY ilinntUifjitlKvn in nil, tiee that'the heads nre small niul -11 cut, that there "are no (taws lu the dy or thread part and that they have njot points. A screw of good make 11 drive as easily Into oak as others to pine and will endure having twice e force brought against it. I'jmliinK lite Old Folk* Aside [Vhen the babies are cross and a uiau mid like a quiet retreat there Is none him. ltut in a few years, when tho lldren nre grown and ho is in the f sitting in the kitchen or running w to n neighbor's. It Is l-er natural sposition to hide in n corner or reove herself entirely, nud it Is not the iturnl disposition of the fatlier; nee the den. It lias a couch and xne pipes and toba< > and the books liieh the neighbors haven't got around borrowing as yet, though if futher gins a story today the book will' be tmd to be loaned out when lie wants finish it tomorrow. The den is a sli ion able way of pushing the old in out. If there is oue in your house. i\ Mnn, don't be deceived.?Atchison obc. A Two Rdtced Cure. V storjj is (old of the wonderful cure >n? deafness of a patient who was commended to hear a Wagner opera d to sit near the orchestra by the >inbones. The physician accompliml his patient and sat beside him. iddenly, while the crash of the lnrunicnts was at its loudest, the deaf tm found he could lieur. "Doctor," i almost shrieked, "I can hear!" The ictor gave no sign that he noticed the mark. "I tell you, doctor," repeated e patient in ecstasy, "you have saved e! 1 have recovered my hearing." ill tlie physician was silent, lie had come deaf himself.?Harper's WeekTwo Itepulnivc Cloture*. lu the atelier of Adolph William Boulereau, the great French painter, icre hung two terrible pictures. One presented a man dying in the desert, ith tlie frightful form of the angel of with descending upon him. The other plcted Dante and Virgil In hell atehing one victim madly gnawing t the throat of another. The two picires failed because of their horror. "If had stuck to such subjects as those," le artist used to say, "I should have larved long ago." lie found a market >r the beautiful. l'ninful. "What does Itifkins remind you of?" "I hate to tell." "Because It's a reflection on Blf1ns?" "No; on me." "I don't understand." "Well, I'll explain. Every time I t'e Itifkins he reminds me of u little 111 I've owed him for over a year."? .ondou Tit-Bits. Solitude mill the Crowd. It Is easy In the world to live after he world's opinion, it !s easy In soilude to live after our own, but the great nnn is lie who in the ml<lut n/ Mm rowd keeps with perfeet sweetness be Independence of solitude. ? Ralph Vnldo Emerson. It Would. "Rut why won't your husband let us ook up the coat of arms of his family ?' "Paw sG7. a coat of arms would look 'unity for a man that made his forum? In his shirt sleeves."?Houston ;?ost. . _. '