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DAILY OAK TAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OIUsUON THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1007. THE " CON0UEST 0 CANAAN ! 3f By BOOTH TARKINGTON, Author of "Cherry" "Montleur Beiucalre," Etc COPYRIGHT, 1D0&, BY HARPER t BROTHERS, 'stick-arid toucher ills 'oahjrf c5se ftitfl stairs, vulch Ho bud-Begun -tf nscend. "Very interesting." "I thought," continued job nopwuivi M CIIAPTEIl II. AIN street, already muffled by tho snow, added to Its qule tudo a frozen hush whero tlio wonder bcnrlng youth pursued his course nlong Its white, straight way. Nono was thcro In whom impertinenco overmastered as tonishment or who recovered from tho sight In tlmo to Jeer with effect. No "Trnb's boy" gathered courago to en act In tho thoroughfuro a scene of mockery and of Joy. And now that expression ho wore tho Indulgent nmiisoment of a man of the world begun to dlirlntcgrato and show signs of change. It beenmo fine ly grnve, as of a high conventionality, lofty, assured and mannered, us ho ap proached tho Pike "mansion." It wan a big, smooth Btono faced house,productof tho Hovcntlcs, frowning unflor an outrageously Insistent man Bard, capped by n cupola nnd staring out of long windows overtopped with ornamental slabs. Two ennt Iron deer, painted death gray, twins of tho samo tnold, stood on opposlto Hides of tho front walk, their backs toward It nnd each other, their bodies In pro file to tho street their necks bent, how ever, so that they gazed upon tho pnsn rby, yot gazed without emotion, Two largo calm dogn guarded tho top of tho steps leading to tho front door. Thoy also wcro twins and of tho samo In teresting motal, though honored be yond tho deer by coats of black paint and shollac. It was to bo remarked that theso dogs wcro of no distinguish ablo species or brood, yet thoy wcro unralstaknbly dogH. Tho dullest nniHt lmvo recognized them as such at n Klanco, which was perhaps enough. It was u hideous house, Important look ing, cold, yot handily aggressive, and It sat In tho mlddlo of Its flat aero of snowy Inwu llko a rich, fat man on ragod nnd sitting straight up In bed to Bweor. And yot thcro was ono charming thing about this ugly Iiouhc. Home workmen woro Inclosing a largo sldo porch with heavy onnvnn, evidently for festal purpoHes. Looking out from bo twocn two strips of tho cauvaa was the rosy nnd dollcato fuco of it protty girl, mulling upon Kugcno Ilnntry as ho paused. It was an obviously pret ty face, all tho youth and prcttlncss there for your vory first glance, elab orately protty, llko tho splondld pro fusion of hnlr about and abovo t, am ber colored hnlr, upon which so much tlmo had been spent that a clrclo of largo, round curlH rose nbovo tho mans of It llko golden bubbles tipping n coronet. Tho girl's Angers were pressed thoughtfully against her chin as ttu Kno Htrodu Into vlow Iiuinedlately her oyes widened nnd brightened, llo wung along thu fenco with tho hand iKuuost nppcurauco of unconsciousness until ho reached a iotnt nearly oppo elte her. Then ho turned his head ns If haphazardly and met her eyes. At onco Hho throw out her hand toward him, waving hint a greeting, a gesture which as her lingers had beon near her lips was a little llko throwing a kiss. Ho crooked mi elbow and with a one, two, three military movement removed his small brimmed hut, ex tending it to full arm's length at tho uhouldor level, returned It to his head with Ufa guard precision. This wuh nliio new to Canaan. Ho was letting Mamlo Pike lmvo It all at onco Tho Impression was as largo us ho could lmvo deal red. Hho remained at tho opening In tho cnnviiH and watch ed him until ho wagged his shoulder round tho next comer nnd disappeared Into n cross street. As for Ihigoiic, ho was culm with n groat onlm and very red. IIo had not covered a groat dlttunoo, however, boforo his gravity was re placed by his former mulling look of tho landed gentleman amused by tho Innocent pastimes of tho pousanK though there was no ono In sight ex cept u woman Hweeirtug some snow from tho front steps of a cottage, nnd he, not porvoIMng him, retired In doors without Knowing her loss, llo had eomv to a thinly built tmrt of tho town, tho perftu-t quiet of which umdo tho sound lie hoard as ho opened tho picket gate of hi own homo all tho woro startling. It was n horoaui, loud, frantic and terror stricken. Kugono stopped, with tho gate half pen. Out of tho winter skeleton of a grape Arbor at ono side of the four hqunro brick house a brown faced girl of sev enteen precipitated herself through the air In tho midst of a shower of torn cardboard which who throw boforo her as alio loaiHHl. Sho lit upon her toes and headed for tho git to ttt top speed, pursued by u pale young man whoso thin arms strove spasmodically to reach her. Scattering snow behind them, hair tlyiug, tho pair sped on llko two tattered brunches before u high wind, for, as they camo nearer Eugene, of whom, In tho tensity of their tllght, they took no note, It watt to bo keen that both were so shabbily dressed us to Ixj almost ragged. Tho girl ran beautifully, but a fleeter foot was behlud har and, though alio tlodjrod aud evaded like a creature of ttw woods, ttn reaching hand fell upon fea'nSiitlyr'Sbo gave a wrench onrfen zy. TIjo antique fabric refused tho Btrnln, parted at tho shoulder nouni so thoroughly that tho wholo slecvo camo away, but not to Its owner's release, for bIio had been brought round by tho Jerk, so that, agllo as sho had shown herself, tho pursuer threw an arm about her neck before Bho could twist nway and hold her. Thero wan a sharp Htrugglo as Bhort as It was fierce. Neither of these extra ordinary wrestlers spoke. Thoy fought Victory hung In tho balance for por haps four seconds. Then the girl wns thrown heavily upon her back in such a turmoil of nnow that sho seemed to bo tho mere nucleus of n whlto comet. She struggled to got up, plying knoo nnd elbow with a very anguish of de termination, but her opponent held her, pinioned both her wrists wltli one hand nnd with tho other rubbed great band fuls of snow Into her face, sparing ncl thor mouth nor eyes. "Xou will!" bo cried. "You will tear up my pictures I A dirty trick, nnd yu get washed for it!" Half BUffocnted, choking, gasping, sho utlll fought on, squirming and kicking with such spirit that the pair of them appeared to thu beholder llko figures of mist writhing In a fountain of snow. ' Moro violence was to mnr tho pcaco of morning. Unexpectedly attacked from the rear, tho conqueror wns seiz ed by tho nupo of tho neck and ono wrist aud Jerked to his fect simul taneously receiving a succession of kicks from his ussnllant Prompted by an cutbcly natural curiosity, ho es sayed to turn his head to see who this might be, but a twist of his fore nrm and tho jveiisuro of strong fingers under his ear constrained him to re main ns ho was, therefore, abandoning resistance and, oddly enough, accept ing without comment thu Indication that his captor desired to reinuln for tho momeut Incognito, ho resorted calmly to explanations. "Sho tore up u plcturo of mine," ho said, receiving tho punishment with out apparent emotion. "Sho seemed to think becnuso she'd drawn It hcrsolf she had n right to." Thero wns n Blight whimsical droop ut tho corner of his mouth ns ho spoko, which might have been thought characteristic of him. IIo was an odd looking boy, not III made, though very thin and not tall. Ills pallor was clear nnd even, ns though constitution al; tho feuturou wcro delicate, almost chlldllko, but thoy wcro very Bllghtly distorted, through nervous hublt, to an expression at onco wistful and hu morous; ono eyebrow was a shade higher than tho other, ono sldo of tho mouth slightly drawn down; tho eye lids twitched a little, habitually; tho fine, bluo eyes themselves were almost comically reproachful tho look of a puppy who thinks you would not have beaten him If you had known what was In his heart. All of this was lu tho quality of his voice, too, ns ho said to his Invisible cantor, with an nlr of dotachment from nny personal feeling: "What peculiar hIioo you wearl I don't think I ever felt any ho pointed before." Tho rescuing knight took no thought of offering to help the persecuted damsel to arise; Instead ho tightened his grip upon tho prisoner's neck un til, perforce, water not tears- started from the hitter's eyes. "You miserable little muff!" said tho conqueror. "What tho devil do you mean making this scene on our front Inwnr "Why, lf Kugono!" exclaimed tho helpless one. 'They didn't expect you till tonight. When did you get InV "Just I it time to give you n lesson, my buck," replied Pantry grimly. "In good time for that, my playful step brother." He Iwgnn to twist the other's wrist, a treatment of Ihuio and ligament In tho application of which schoolboys aud even freshmen are often adept. Uugcno made, the torture ncuto and was apparently enjoying the work when suddenly, without any manner of warning, ho received an astounding blow upon tho left ear, which half stunned him for the momeut and sent his hut lljlng and himself reeling, so greitt was the surprise nnd shock of It It was not a slap, not an open handed push- nothing like It but it tierce, well delivered blow from a clinched tlst with tho shoulder behlud It, and It was the girl who had given It. "Don't you dare to touch Joe!" sho cried passionately. "Dou't you lay a Ungr on hlml" It "Carry that Into tho house," ho said Indifferently to his stepbrother. "Don't you do Itl" said the girl hotly between her chattering teeth. Eugene turned toward her, wenrlns tho sharp edge of a smile. Not re moving his eyes from her face, ho pro duced with deliberation n flat silver box from a pocket, took therefrom a cigarette, replaced tho box, extracted a smnller Bllvcr box from another pock et, shook out of It a fusee, slowly lit the cigarette this In a splendid si lence, which he finally broke to sny languidly, but with particular distinct ness: "Ariel Tabor, go homel" The girl's teeth stopped chattering, her lips rcmnlnlng parted; she dhook the hnlr out of her eyes and stared nt him as If sho did not understand, but Joo Louden! who had picked up the banjo case obediently, burst Into cheerful laughter. "That's It Gene," ho cried gnyly. "Thnt's the way to talk to herl" "Stow It, you young cub," rdplled Eugene, not turning to him. "Do you think I'm trying to be amusing?" "I don't know what you mean by stow It' " Joo began, "but If" "I mean," Interrupted tho other, not relaxing his fnlntly smiling staro at tho girl "I mean that Ariel Tnbor is to go homo. 'Really wc cnu't have this kind of thing occurring upon our front lawn!" The (lush upon her wet checks deep ened nnd became dark. Even her nrm grew redder as Bhe gazed back at him. In his eyes wns patent his complete realization of the figure she cut of this bare arm, of the strewn hnlr, of the fnllen stocking, of tho ragged shoulder of her blouse, of her patched short skirt, of tho whole disheveled little fig ure. IIo was the master of tho house, and ho was Bending her homo ns til be haved children aro sent homo by neighbors. Tho Immobile, nraused superiority of this proprietor of silver boxes, this wearer of Btrnngo nnd brilliant gar ments, becamo Bllghtly Intensified as ho pointed to tho fallen sleeve, it rng of red nnd nnow, lying near her feet. "You might tnko thnt with you?" he said Intorrogatlvcly. Her gnzo hnd not wavered In meet ing his, but at this hor eyelashes be gan to wink uncontrollnbly, her chin to tromblo. Sho bent over tho sleovo nnd picked It up boforo Joo Louden, who had started toward her, could do It for hor. Then turning, her head still bent bo that her face was hidden from both of thorn, sho ran out of the gate. Ariel ran along tho fonco until sho camo to tho noxt gate, which opened upon n walk leading to a shnbby, mo nnderlng old houso of ono story, with a very long, low porch, onco painted whlto, running tho full length of the front Arlol sprang upon tho porch and dlsnppourcd within tho house. Joo stood looking after her, his eye lashes winking ub had hers. "You oughtn't to have treated hor that way," ho said huskily. "Pick up that banjo caso ngnin nnd como on," commnndod Mr. Ilnntry tart ly. "Whero's tho mnter?" Joo stored nt him. "Whore's what?" "Tho muter!" was tho frowning re Ply. "Oh, yos, I know!" snld Joo, looking nt his stepbrother curiously. "I'vo Been nfr.nitiiton!nt? im to look at him, "thnt maybe you'd dance with her. I don t believe many will ask her I'm afraid they won't-and if you would, even only once, It would kind of mnko up for"-he fnltered-"for out thero," he finished, nodding his head In tho direc tion of the gate. If Eugene vouchsafed any reply It was lost In U loud, shrill cry from above, as a small, Intensely nervous looking woman in bluo silk ran half way down tho stairs to meet him aud caught him tearfully In her arms. "Dear old matcrl" said Eugene. Joe went out of tho front door quickly. T Furious and red, ho staggered rouad to look at her, "You wrotehed llttlo wildcat, what do you mean by that?" ho broke out "Dou't you touch Joe!" she panted. "Don't you" Her hreuth caught and thvre was a break In her voice aa abo raced him. She could not finish the repetition of that cry, "Dou't you touch Joo!" Hut there was no break in the spirit, that pasalou of protection which had dealt tho blow. Both boys looked at her, somewhat aghast Kugetui recovered klnutelf. He swung JI if (JO J tin l ,$ Jrtc ,m,bWklkw J" P0.?1- t "Don't you dare to touch Joe I " shi cried. It in stories. She's upstairs. You'll bo a surprise. You're wearing lots of clothes, Oeue," "I suppose It will seem so toCanaau," returned tho other weitrledly. "Oovern or feeling fit?" "I never saw him," Joo replied, then caught himself. "Oh, I see wlut you menu! Yes. ho'a all right." Thoy hud como Into tho hall, aud Ku geno was removing tho long coat, while hU stepbrother looked at htm thought fully 'Oouo," asked the latter lu a sof tened voice, "have you seen Mamlo Pike yctr "You will flud, my young friend." re sponded Mr. Batitry. "if you ever go about much outside of Canaau, that la dies' names aro not sunnosed fai ha mentioned indiscriminately." "It's only." said Joe, "that I wanted to say that there's a dance at their houso tonight. I suppose you'll be go- iug; "Certainly. Aro you?" Koth kuow that the question was needless, but Joo answered gently: "Oli, no, of course uof He leaned over and rumbled with ono foot as If ta fasten a loose shoestring "Slw wouldn't bo Tery likely to ask me." "Well, what about ltr "Ouly that-that Arte Tabor's golaf," 'IM4f JCwm,.oatwLe..ifci CHAPTER III. HE door which Ariel had enter ed opened upou a narrow hall, aud down this she ran to her own room, passlug, with fnco averted, the entrance to tho brond, low ceillnged chamber thnt had Bervcd Roger Tnbor ns n studio for nlmost fifty years. He was sitting thero now, lu a hopeless and disconsolate attitude, with his back townrd the double doors, which were open, nnd hnd been open since their hinges hnd begun to give way, when Ariel was a child. Hear lug her step, he culled her name, but did not turn, nnd, receiving no answer, sighed faintly ns he heard her own door close upon her. Then ns his eyes wandered about the many canvases which leaned against the dingy walls ho sighed again. Usu ally thoy showed their brown backs, but today he had turned them all to face outward. Twilight, BUnset, inopn light (the courthouse lu moonlight), dawn, morning, noon (Mnin street nt noon), high summer, first spring, red autumn, midwinter, nil wero there, 11 llmltnbly dotnllcd, worked to a smooth ness llko a glnze nnd nil lovingly dono with uuthlnknblo labor. After a time the old mnu got up, went to his easel near a window nnd, sighing again, began patiently to work upon ono of theso failures a portrait in oil of a savage old lady, which ho wns doing from n photograph. Tho expression of tho mouth nnd tho shnpo of tho noso had not pleased her de scendants nnd tho bcncficinrlcs under tho will, nnd It was upou the Images of theso features that Itoger labored. IIo leaned for forward, with his fnco closo to tho canvas, holding his brushes after tho Sponccrlun fashion, working steadily through tho afternoon nnd when tho light grow dimmer, leaning closer to his ennvns to see. When It had becomo almost dark Ih tho rdom ho lit a student lamp with n green glass shado and, pluclng It upon n ta ble bcsldo him, continued to paint. Ariel's volco Interrupted him nt last "It's quitting time, grandfather," sho colled gently from tho doorway behind him. IIo sank back In his chair, conscious for tho first tlmo of how tired he had grown. "I supposo bo," ho said, "though It seemed to mo I wns Just getting my hand In." Ills eyes brightened for n moment "I declare, I bellovo I've caught It a great deal better. Como nnd look, Arlol. Doesn't It seem to you thnt I'm getting It? Thoso penrly shadows In tho fiesh" "I'm suro of It Thoso peoplo ought to bo very proud to have It." She came to him quietly, took tho pnletto and brushes from his hnnds nnd begnn to elenn them, standing In tho shadow be hind him. "It's too good for them." "No," he murmured In return. "You can do much better yourself. Your sketches show It" "No, no!" sho protested quickly. "Yes, thoy do, nnd I wondered If It wns only becnuso you wero young. Hut thoso I did when I wns young uro nl most tho samo us the ones I paint now. I haven't learned much. There hasn't been nny ono to show mo. And you can't learn from print, never! Yet I've grown In what 1 see grown so thnt tho world Is full of beauty to mo that I nover dreamed of soolng when I begnn. Hut I can't paint It I enn't get It on the ennvns. Ah, I think I might hnve known how to If I hadn't had to tench myself, If I could only have seeir how some of the other fel lows did their work. If I'd ever saved money to got nway from Cnuaau-lf I could lmvo gone nway from It and como buck knowln ; how to paint It If I could hno got to Paris for Just ono mouth! Purls for Just ono month!" "Porhnps we will. You can't tell what tuny hnppon." It wns always her reply to this cry of his. "You're young, you're young." no smiled ludulgontly. "What wero you doing nil this uftornoon, child?" "In my room, trying to mnko over mamma's waddlag dross for tonight" "Tonight?" "Mamlo Plko Invited mo to a dance at their house." "Very well'. I'm glad you're going to bo guy." ho said, uot booing tho falutly blttur smile that came to hor face. "i uout wiinu ni be vory gay," she answered. "I don't kuow why I go. Nobody over asks me to dance." Why not?" he asked, with an old man's astonishment. "I don't know. Perhaps It's because I don't dress vory well." Then, aa he made a sorrowful gesture, sho cut him ff before he could speak. "Oh, It Isa't altogether because we're poor. It's more I don't know how to wear what I've got tho way some girls do, I never cared much and-well, I'm not worrying, Uoger. And I think I've dono a good deal'wlth mamma'a dress. It's a very grand dress, I wonder I aver thought of wearing It until to day. I may be"-ho laughed and bjushed "I may bo tho belle of the ball who kuowaP Tou'll want me to walk over with yw aud cooe foe you afterward, I ex- when I como away if a "good "many should ask me to dance for onco. Of course I could come home alone. But Joo Loudeu Is going to sort of hang around outside, and he'll moot mo nt tho gate nnd see mo safe homo." "Oh!" he exclaimed blankly. "Isn't It all right?" "I think I'd better como for you," he nnswered gently. "Tho truth Is, I I think you'd better not bo with Joo Louden a great deal." "Why?" "Well, ho doesn't -seem a vicious boy to me. but I'm afraid he's getting rather n bad name, ray dear." "He's not getting one," sho said gravely. "He's already got one. Ho'b tho chamber sho c her way to tho errn... U Joo escaped . "i0 though not beforooTr er Bins had been set tZ uctnn, in mass and In ,r breadth nnd thlekn iof but once after nodding firm all points of Mr. T cltnl. lfl SYZly o. ...iu juur urouipr" i. ?f gene, can "J I could have got to Paris for just one month I" hnd n bnd name In Canaan for a long whllo. It grow In tho first placo out of shabblucss nnd mischief, but It did grow, and If people keep on giving him a bnd namo tho tlmo will como when he'll live up to It He's not nny worso than I am, nnd I guess my own uauio Isn't too good for a girl. And yet, so far, there's nothing against him except his bad name." "I'm nfrnld thero Is," snld Roger. "It doesn't Took very well for n young man of his ago to bo doing no hotter than delivering papers." "It gives him tlmo to study law," she answered quickly. "If ho clerked nil day lu n store ho couldn't" "I didn't know ho wus studying now. I thought I'd heard that he wns In a lawyer's ofllco for a few weeks last your and was turned out for setting fire to It with n plpo" "It was an accident." Bhe Interposed. "Hut some pretty Important papers were burned, und nftcr that uouo of the other lawyers would have him." "He's not lu an office," sho admit ted. "I didn't mean thnt. But ho studies n great denl. He goes to tho courts nil the time they'ro In session, aud he's bought some books of his own." "Well, perhaps," he assented, "but they say he gambles and drinks nnd that last week Judgo Pike threatened to have him arrested for throwing dice with somo negroes behind tho Judgo's stable." "What of It? I'm about tho only nice person lu town that will lmvo anything to do with him nnd nobody except you thinks I'm very ulce!" "Ariel! Ariel!" "1 know nil nbout his gambling with dnrkles." sho continued excitedly, her voice rising, "and I know that he goc3 to saloons and that he's an Intimate frleud of half tho riffraff In town. And I know the reason for It, too, becauso he's told me. Ho wau'ts to kuow them, to understand them, and he says somo day they'll make him a power, nnd then he can help them!" Tho old man laughed holplessly. "But I cau't let fcltn bring you home, my dear." Sho came to him slowly and laid hor hands upon his shoulders. Grandfa ther and granddaughter wero nenrly of tho samo height, and sho looked squarely Into his eyes. "Then you must Bay It Is becauso you want to como fpr me, not because I mustn't come with Joe." "Hut I think It is a little becauso you rfMf "Erf intaSk mustn't come with Joe." he nnswered, ii WJTXlb MSJS":..' 0U kg ir liter that ! vvii bai&Ak l iiiiu in ii li'iiii rjtn inn himself If tho Judge should hnppon to see him? I understnnd he wnrued tho boy to keep nway from tho nelghbor- iioou ontirely or ho would lmvo him locked up for dlco throwing. Tho Judgo is a very Influential man, you know, and as determined In matters like this as he Is Irritable." "Oh. If you put It on that ground," the girl replied, her eyes softening, "I think you'd better come for roe your self." "Very well, I put It on that ground," he returned, smiling upon her. luen I'll send Joe word and get supper," aha said, klsslug him. It was tho supper hour not only for them, but everywhere In Canaan, and the cold air of the streets bore up and down and around corners tho smell of uunga frying, Tho dining room win dows of all the' houses threw bright patches on tho snow of tho side yards, Tho windows of other rooms, except thoso of tho kitchens, wero dark, for the rule of tho place was Puritanical in thrift as in all things, and tho good housekeepers disputed every record of tho meters with unhappy gas collectors. Thero was no better housekeeper lit town than Airs. Louden, nor a thriftier, but hers was oue of tho few houses Jn Canaan that evening which showed bright IIcht3 In ilia .v v..i the family -".,"" store. FfiCQ e, "to make hlru 7L1 . 't do nnythlmr .,.. .w gets In trouble, he needr, ' I'll nover help him ag of it!" un- h TOO'S morpmnnto 11 ""vuw iiirnn,,-i . Her pnrt of thnt evening? tnln report. It Is known a i? npnrtlal payment of 45 cen onunnnd book store fnr . 7 volumes, "Grlndstnff fi -tCH anmn rtHinM mt. . "! ...v.D, uitn ne nadti nn thn natti11nini . M l,ollnvo,1 ,f Z I1 m sevcu-up in tho llttlo . Louie Farbach's bar, but these iv i iiiu import compini established fact that at n m wns ono of tho hall guests i( uiuiioiuu, xio iook no actlte ww .wU.. .....c, uul asneOH uuuuurs. ma was, on tie cod rolo of a quiet observer. stretched at full length nnm of tho Inclosed porch-one of tw or ennvns wns inter found to U loosened wedged between Oi rolling and n row of paloj ), tuns. It wns not to piny cavi tho uninvited Joe bad cotnt not thcro to listen, and It li that bad tho curtains of other afforded him the chance to danco ho might not bare dangers of his present poslii had not tlio slightest Interest whispered coquetries that ti no watched only to catch tm then over tho shoulders of tit a fitful glimpse of a prettj flitted ncross tho wlndow-fti hair of Mamlo Pike. He tho drafts, and the Door of & was cement, painful to tfc knee, tho spaco where ho It; nnd narrow, but the golden lt! her hair, tho Bhltnmer of her pink dress and tho fluff; viti lace scarf as Bho crossed iM In a waltz left him apputtty discontent no watched Ta lips, his pale cheeks redded over thoso fair glimpses ven last sho camo out to the ti Eugene nnd sat upon a little closo to Joo that, dnrlng irttr Bhndow, he reached out i hand and let his fingers rest end of her scarf, which W from her 'Shoulders and floor. Sho sat with her bus as did Eugene. "Yon lmvo changed, I last summer," ho heard ber tivoly. "For tho worse, ma cber? expression might have beearti ing whon Eugene said "mt it was known In tho Loudes that Mr. Bnntry hnd failed tt examination in the French "No," sho answered. "Bet seen so mucu anu accoc; much slnco then. You bare polished nnd so"- She r"1 .then centinued: "Dut perhifi tor not any It You might fceei "No. I wnnt you to uj V turned confidently, and Ml t wns fully Justified, for she & "Well. then. I mean that P become so thoroughly a eu world. Now I've said It! IW fended, aren't you?" "Not at all; not nt all.' Bautrv. nreventlng by a on fort his plensuro from ebowiii face. "Theu I'm-glad." sbo whh? Joo saw his stepbrother hand, but sho rose quickly, tho music," Bho cried turP1 ivnltz. nnd It's vonrs." .Too hen ni her HttlO high ping gayly townrd the winder ed by the heavier treaa w tin .11.1 nn) 'flh tllPm CO. Ho lay on his back, with t that had touched Mamies ed across his dosed ejt Tho music of the vwia - (UU Ik DM ...v. . 1..,- !., nUnlarml wltOOUtr of tho bitterness of that a&? rhythmical pnthos or ioey- 1- ..!. .-,i with ll" 111 BUtU UUVIU ... m rnr.lrr wtllcll 1)6 heJWP'J nwwnntlp lint for 0 little! ii i n.io .,mii to he partD "."""""":"" mself 1 sic uu mil " - -h.nM .nti.-rf and MP-3" self on ono elbow to loo JJ Very closo to hM ff ,i . 4i.,v ol,n,lnr. WW l uivuu in mo n"" V, -tiv St Ing a dress of beautiful crying softly, her face w (To Be Contlaoei Endorsed by th "Tho most popular rjj .. AKBBK Tin I I D V V M family," writes Wra. Ttf and publisher of tw Ollbertsvllie, . J" ai an Infallible cure tot colds, making short w wnrnr rii liictua ' bottle in tho bouse. I bo the most valosbl known for Lung B eases." Guaram- - i polat the taker, by i 60c wwa.ww NMWflMWl.Wt Ml