Tn his own hotel apartment, when
he drew off his gloves, Stanton was
puzzled to find his right fingers slight­
ly stained with crimson. Slowly mem­
ory brought back the fact, unnoticed
at the time, that Jessica’s bracelet
had been warm and damp to the touch
when he picked it up. It had cut her
arm, then, in falling, he deduced. And
she had not spoken of the hurt or
cried out! Stanton laughed in ap­
proving admiration, she had her broth­
er s pluck. He hated whining people
Only he wished that her eyes were
not so exactly like Floyd's; it con­
fused him.
he guessed that he was the only man 1
in the shops who’d care to tell you he
Farmers and Merchants
had done it.”
Write us for our cash offer on your
“I'll get some driving things." sug­ Farm and Dairy Produce.
If we
gested Stanton, and went back to the
don’t handle it will refer you to re­
elevator.
liable buyer. pEARSON-PAGE CO.
When he joined Floyd beside the big
Portland. Oregon.
car, he stood for a moment busied with
the clasp of his gauntlet before at­
tempting to start.
1-10 WARD EL BURTON — Awayer and Chemist,
I ■ Leadville. Colorado. Specimen price«: Gold,
“Miss Floyd told you of my call, the Silver.
Lead. JI. Gold, Silver. 75c; Gold. 5Uc: Zino
>r Copper. SI. Mailing envelope« a .d full price list
other day?" he querie»’
tent on application. Control and Umpire work«»
“Yes, of course. I was sorry to be dciied. Reference: Carbonate NaUoaal Bauk.
away; I had never thought of your
bunting me up."
II/f —
, Second-Hand Machin.
“You did not object to my taking her
CHAPTER VIII.
mucous L PiÆDERîc Tiw'oœa
out? There was no way of asking you." boiler*, sawmills, etc. The J. E. Martin Co.. 76 1st
This from the self-willed Stanton! St.. Portland. Sead for Stock List and prices.
Team-Mated.
Floyd
’s eyes glinted with an apprecia­
Evidently she expected him tc ex-
Floyd returned Stanton’s call after
SYNOPSIS.
IDEAL FRUIT PICKERS’ BAG.
tion at once humorous and touched.
a
cuse himself momentarily from his
fashion of his own, some days later
Send us one dollar and we will mail you sample
“
Object?
Why?
You
could
take
>f Ideal Apple Pickers’ Ba#. Positively the best
There s a gentleman down-stairs to
At the beginning of great automobile companion, as she had moved a few
picking bag on the market, allowing man to usa
care of her,” he countered.
race the mechanician or the Mercury steps from her father and the younger see you, sir,” the bell-boy brought in­
joth
Barker Manufacturing Co., 35 Am-
“Fix the spark." bade Stanton, and arose hands.
Stanton'» machine, drops dead
Strange
St., Rochester. N. Y.
youtti. Ji-Hse Floyd. volunteers, and Is ac­ gentleman who accompanied her. But formation to the latter, one afternoon went front to crank his motor.
cepted
In the rest during the twenty- Stanton’s eyes glinted cold resistance
He won't come up because he says he
“We’ll not get half a block without
aour hour race Stanton meets a stranger of the attempt at command. He de­
can't leave his automobile, but he’d be drawing every mounted policeman for
M as Carlisle, who Introduces herself. Thé
Jessica’s hand glad if you’d come down, sir."
Mercury wins race. Stanton receives liberately retained
ten miles,” Floyd called, above the
flowers from Miss Carlisle, which he ig­ upon his arm and, since he must
Stanton looked at the card presented, roar of the exhausts. “We ought to
go.
nores Stanton meets Miss Carlisle on a
train. They alight to take walk, and led her with him.
and rose with alacrity.
BUSINESS COLLEGE
have made ready by putting on a few
train leaves Stanton and Miss Carlisle
WASHINGTON AND TENTH STS.
“You called me. Miss Carlisle?” he
His mechanician was In the hall, dozen mufflers."
follow In auto Accident by which Stan­
PORTLAND. OREGON
ton !■ hurt Is mysterious. Floyd, at lunch questioned.
“Miss Floyd, let me In- gazing across the wide windows at a
WRITE
FOR CATALOG
with Stanton, tells of his boyhood. Stan­ troduce Miss Carlisle."
“
What
time
must
she
be
shipped?"
The School that Places You in a Good Position
low-swung, long-bonneted, dull-gray
ton again meets Miss Carlisle and they
“We must have her at the Mercury
olne together
Stanton comes to track
The two women bowed without ef- motorcar that stood by the curbstone;
■ick but makes race. They have acci­ fusion, Valerie Carlisle scrutinizing
office by six o’clock, unless you say she
a
car
stripped
as
bare
of
every
super
­
dent. Floyd hurt, but not seriously. At
Hard Wcvet,
Uublocked
dinner Flovd tells Stanton of his twin Jessica with an acute attention that fluous belongings as a pugilist enter­ has to go back to the factory.”
‘‘It is after four, now. No time to
• “’"C -I’-sslea. Stanton becomes very 111 seize d every detail of her appearance. ing the ring. At
the hiss of the de­
■ nd h,sen consciousness. On recovery, at
PANAMAS
“Miss Floyd, have we not met?" she scending elevator he turned to meet try the Long Island course, and there
tils hotel Stanton receives Invitation and
FROM WEAVER TO WEARER
vl«lt» Jessica.
is
a
motor-cycle
race
on
the
Beach
puzzled. “Pardon, it seems so to me.” Stanton with his smile of sun-shot
Oan be worn nnblocked
track. Get into your seat; we’ll take
by women. Blocked in
“Probably you have met my twin cordiality.
any
size, shape or style
CHAPTER VII—(Continued).
Pelham Parkway.”
for men. Bruns and 6
brother, Jessica suggested, gravely
I
was
afraid
to
let
your
machine
inches.
Li^ht weight.
“
Pelham
Parkway!
Why
—
”
"I am alone In the crowd, too,” he self-possessed.
“He is much with out of my sight,” he exclaimed. “She
’Sent postpaid on receipt
or price. Money refunded if not satisfactory. (let a
rejoined
“If I thought Floyd would Mr. Stanton.”
“Have you anything better to pro- durable,
stylish hat for the half of wh it it would cost
Is going on to Indiana, to-night, and pose?”
not object, or feel that I took ad van
you elsewhere.
Address NEW MODE HAT CO
There
was
a
shock
of
antagonism
the
chief
wanted
you
to
see
her
first.
0. H. Meuaadorffer. Prop
St.
t«ge of his absence, I should ask If
“It’s a first offense,” Floyd resigned 1 went? yean in Portland. 227 1-2 Washington
Portland. Or.
in their meeting gaze, as there had There wasn’t time to get you out to the
you would do me so much honor as
himself, "They can’t do worse than
been between Floyd and this girl factory, after fixing her steering busi­
to go to the theatttr with me, this
fine you.’
when he had seen her in the railroad ness the way you wanted, so they sent
Stanton shrugged his shoulders, and
depot on the way to Lowell. Miss her down for you to look over. The
Iler gray eyes widened, the color Carlisle turned
the car rolled forward.
to Stanton, enllght- chief sent word for you to try her out
rolls developed, 10c, any
flushed through her transparent skin eneâ.
The Mercury glided through the
size.
Largest and best
anywhere
you
liked
and
he
would
pay
Suddenly and vividly Stanton was re­
shop in Northwest. Com­
“Oh, your mechanician; I rcmein- the cost If you got in trouble, but to teeming, congested streets, and left a ■
plete
price
list on request.
minded of Floyd's face on the first ber."
faultless record behind her. Not a
B<»st results guaranteed.
get
her
shipped
west
to-night
unless
night when he Invited the mechani
“My friend and mechanician, yes.
she had to go back to the factory, for traffic officer's slightest signal was dis­
JACOBS
clan to race with him for the season
he amended
there
were rumors of a strike among regarded, no speed regulations were
“You are asking me?” she doubted
P.-I. Build’g, Seattle
materially
fractured;
Stanton
drove
!
“Ah? But I am detaining you—I the train men and we might not be
“I would like to do so. But not If
like a law-abiding chauffeur from the
able
to
get
her
through
in
time
for
the
you think Floyd would refuse to let merely wished to ask if you had quite
suburbs, and until they were In the
race.”
What Could He Mean?
•ne, If lie were here. He can't have recovered from your illness. When
park.
A young woman went to a grocery
“
Who
drove
her
down
here?
”
Stan-
you left us that night, I never imag­
much of an opinion of me.”
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
store and asked the polite clerk if
ton demanded, casting a jealous
“I wish I might tell you what Jes ined you would try to race next morn­
I he had some good cheese. “Yes, in­
glance out the window, but accepting
ing.
And
you
should
not
have
done
Imagination.
thinks of you,” she made grave an-
the facts more amiably than could
The faculty of imagination Is the deed,” he replied, “I have some lovely
•wer “1 am quite sure that he would so; it resulted in an accident.”
He opened his lips to deny that his have been expected.
great spring of human activity, and cheese,” “It is not correct to call
let me go with you, Mr. Stanton; you
cheese ‘lovely,’ ” she said. “How is
“The chief, until he left me at the the principal source of human
•re very good and I thank you from illness had caused the Mercury’s mis­
1m-
hap, then paused. If he had not felt avenue corner, just now. He said— provement. As it delights In present­ that?” he Inquired. “Because ‘lovely1
the bottom of my heart.”
the average irritability of a strong man never mind.”
ing to the mind scenes and characters should be used to qualify only some­
The little old Irishwoman In black
‘Oh, go ahead."
sick,
would he have quarreled with
more perfect than those which we are’ thing that is alive.” “Well,” retort­
•Ilk opened the door for him, beam­
'Well, he said he had been a racing acquainted with. It prevents us from I ed the clerk, ‘‘I’ll stick to ‘lovely.”
Floyd
and
taken
his
car
around
the
ing and smiling. Amazed at himself,
turn at such ruinous speed? He did
ever being completely satisfied with
bewildered by a sense of having seen not
know.
our present condition, or with our past
Floyd and yet not seen him, Stanton
I am perfectly well, thank you,”
attainments, and engages us continual,
went down into the practical city
he
answered, Instead.
ly in the pursuit of some untried en­
Street.
'Indeed, I am glad. Will you not
joyment, or of some ideal excellence.
He spent two hours In selecting an
come to see us soon—you owe us a
Hence the ardor of the selfish to bet­
irreproachable play and theater; a
dinner call, you know."
ter their fortunes, and to add to their
task of some delicacy In this his na­
He did not echo her delicately ex­
personal accomplishments, and hence
tive town. After which, he ate a per­
the zeal of the patriot and the philos-!
functory dinner and went home to pectant smile, his dark face hard.
You must believe my appreciation
opher to advance the virtue and the !
____________
You
can rely on
dress.
Stanton, v hose overbearing
of the dinner without that formality.
happiness of the human race. Destroy HOSTETTER’S Stomach Bitters
willfulness spared no one, whose
Miss Carlisle. I start for Indiana in
this
the condition
of man
• CaSeS °f c
rough tongue hurt his mechanician as
will faculty,
become and
as stationary
as that
o“
he'P Y°U ln
a few days.” he regretted
often as they met, would no more
Her amber eyes also hardened, sud­
brutes.—Dugald Stewart
INDIGESTION
have taken Floyd's sister to dine with
denly and strangely; she moved a step
him In a public restaurant without to retire,
DYSPEPSIA
catching up her trailing
Only Problem of Happiness.
Floyds permHsion, than he would lengths of
POOK APPETITE
satin and lace.
Real happiness is so simple that
have stolen his purse.
CONSTIPATION
"As you will, of course. Ah; we
most people do not recognize it. They
It was a dazzling Jessica whom he found out
MALARIA
what car wins when you
think it comes from doing something'
found waiting for Jiini, at the appoint­ are taken
FEVER AND AGUE
from a race, Mr. Stanton.
on a big scale, from a big fortune, or
ed hour. Yet she was simply gowned
as at Lowell. And you judged wrong
from some great achievement, when, REMEMBER it ha« served three
in delicate gray, with a demure lace
—it was not the Duplex, but the Ata­
In fact, it is derived from the simplest.
served tnree
collar that came up to her round chin
generations faithfully.
lanta. Good night."
the
quietest,
the
most
unpretentious
•nd long hue sleeves. It was her
Stanton looked after her, amazed,
things In the world. °ur great prob. Try it today but insist on having
▼Ivld, expressive face; the bronze
•
lent is to fill each day f bo
so riill
full nr
of cnn.
sun­
curls massed under the wide gray then abruptly turned his eyes to the
shine, of plain living and high think-
bat, the splendid glow and young vl frank, steadfast face of Jessica Floyd.
“Come out in the fresh air,’ he re­
Ing, that there can be no commonness
t*llty of her, that made people look
quested. “That perfume she wears
or unhappiness in our lives."—Orison
•nd look again. Stanton approved of smothers one.”
"Ml»» Floyd, Let Me Introduce Mlee Sweet Marden.
her unreservedly; he had fixed mas­
"Sandalwood,” Interpreted Jessica,
Carlisle."
culine notions of what women should
turning; she had her brother's habit
Had Been Sick Once.
Wear in public places.
of instantly obeying a suggestion. driver himself and knew how you
Teacher
—Johnny, did you ever hav*
On her left arm, over the transpar­
And as they emerged: "May I say would feel about having your car the smallpox?
ent sleeve, she wore an antique silver
interfering and Imperti­ yanked thirty miles across country
Small Johnny—No. ma'am; but I*
bracelet fully four Inches In breadth; something
roade by another driver; and, er—that had the celluloid once.
nent ?"
• singular ornament, set with dull tur
"What right have I to object to any­
Worked That Time, Anyway.
«uolsc matrix
When Stanton assist­
In the Irish rebellion a bombshel
ed her to remove her cloak, at the thing said to me? 1 sl^ow small grace
to others."
whizzed toward an Irishman’s head
•heater, she suddenly winced.
"Then, pray do not go near Miss
at dodged It with a low bow, and 1'
The bracelet- it caught my arm,”
went by, taking off the head of a mai
•he explained, before he could ques Carlisle just before a race.”
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*-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
He stopped short on the sidewalk.
behind him. “Faith.’’ exclaimed Pat
Won
“It is too heavy, really, to
They Arouse the Appetite and Pro-
“You know—you think—”
The medical uses of cinnamog ar«
ye niver knew a man to lose any
mote the Secretion of the Gas­
”1 know only what Jes knows,” she
well known. Cardamoms are used In thing by bein' perlite!”
But nevertheless, she did not take declared. “But I think that Miss Car­
tric Juice.
the form of a tincture as aromatic ana
It off. and several times through the lisle is not good for your racing Some
stomachic and they are also employed
evening touched her gloved finger to people are naturally unlucky influ-
The spices are a very interesting as a flavoring agent in curry powder,'
the silver band as If to assure her­ •nee«, perhaps.”
group of substances; they are the cakes and liqueurs. The applications I
self that ft was In place. A souvenir,
Stanton shook his head, unbeguiled foundation of a considerable industry, of capsicum and the peppers general ’
perhaps, Stanton Idly reflected
He by the pleasantry.
they have their medical uses and Anal­ ly are -«11 known. Cloves are aro'
was too much interested In the wear­
“I understand what Floyd believes, ly are of special importance in dietet­ matte, carminative and stimulant and'
er to pay heed to the bracelet. Except but it Is impossible, absurd Besides. ics.
have been used in dyspepsia, gastric'
for the hours passed with Floyd, he It la to her Interest for me to win;
Their value resides tn their richness irritation and in cases of vomiting n
had never experienced anything like the Mercury uses her father's tires." In aromatic substances and essential pregnancy.
this satisfying companionship
"Yes." agreed Jessica Impersonally.
strictly speaking, they are not
Oil of cloves is also a popular rem­
The performance had ended, and
When he left her. In the faintly light- |but often enough they are es edy for toothache. It has also its uses
Stanton was carefully piloting Ll
w
Are you easily tired, lack your
ble ed hall before the door of her apart- I **nUal elements in the diet.
Spices
charge through the slow moving mass ment, she drew off her glove with a ! I have been the subject of classic re- In microscopy as a preservative and
for clearing sectiftns. The uses of usual vigor and strength?
of people, when he heard his own swift movement.
search, as. for example, in the clover nutmeg are wide, vanilla has an enor
I hen your digestion must be
name exclaimed He glanced around
My father used to say that one and Important Investigation which mou» application as a flavoring pat­
• nd »aw Valerie Carlisle coming only offered a covered hand to an en
poor» y°ur blood must be
Pawlow undertook as to the psychic ronage on account of its bright yellow
down the stairs from the boxes, her emy,” she said half playful, half seri­
Influences of food and as to the value color and pleasant musky
thin,
your nerves must be
flavor.—
ous. "Good night.”
of test in nutrition.
Lancet.
weak.
Y ou ne,d a strong
Under the »trong light, in her elab
There was a tinkling crash, befor*
Spices were shown to arouse a Pl*
orate pale^reen gown, her shoulder» I he could reply. Stanton bent and re
tonic. You need Ayer’s
Reccver, R)ng 18 Yor> Lost
bare and »hewing satin white where covered her wide silver bracelet, »hak­ tlte and to promote the secretion of
Sarsaparilla,
the only Sarsa­
the
gastric
juice,
and
the
role
they
Mit
J
M
‘
°*
’
8
*
ar
»
a
«°
D
her cloak had slipped back, her blonde en loose by her rapid gesture of the
play therefore in dieteties Is a very
. ?
’hen she was a nu
hair circled with n wreath of green previous moment.
parilla
entirely
free from alco­
Important one. The medicinal action i Pii of the Lancaster high
•oatneled and jeweled leaves, she was
school,
was
"May I put It on?" he asked.
hol \\ e believe your doctor
ou» enough to draw the i But she held out her hand for the of some of them is further of valus. restored to the owner.
Allspice,
for
example.
Is
used
will
endorse these state-
as
an
Mrs
Reese,
then
Mils
Leila
L
Ur
of all those paasin i(. as well trinket; tn th
dim light he could aromatic and has been successfully ad bam. lost the ring, which was engrav-
of the man
called Stan naw Imagined that she had become
ments. Ask and find out.
ministered tor flatulency or for over-1 *'d with her name, while walkln.
ton bowed and would have continued suddenly agitated and hurried
coming
griping
due
to
purgative»,
and
;
'be
lawn
of
her
home
It
w»«
rf™.
,hink con«>P«tion is of triflins
on his way. but she called a second
"No. It la too heavy," she declined occasionally It 1» reported that th» oil «red by men resetting a fence
dque^e’iu,t *sk >’our doctor. h S
time, adding a gesture of »uuimous
Good night. I have enjoyed thia eve­ give» relief In rheumatism and neural- - ---------
JU
r°U ? th,t not,°n in «hort
~
“Mr Stanton 1”
ning very much."
t ¿
'* « once!” he will
|
Jben
bim »bou Aver s Pm«
S tantqn
; wins
ELEANOR M
ING
2^? Gdllie d/U
Machinery
OLMES
1
KODAK
Surely!
HOSTETTER’S
STOMACH BITTERS
Medical Value of Spices
Nervous ?
Thin ? Pale?
” “• •• °- ATn co.. i.——__
I