Dayton tribune., September 20, 1912, Image 4

and drop th«
Imagined that Floyd evaded too eiose ject for ever."
Farmers and Merchants
companionship with him. subtly held
Very slowly Floyd held out his *leo-
Write us for our cash offer on your
him at arm’s length.
der hand.
Farm and Dairy Produce. If we
They stayed the half day at Buffalo,
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
don’t handle it will refer you to re­
and went out to the huge, silent group
liable
buyer. PEARSON-PAGE CO.
of buildings that had been the Comet
Change for th« Better.
Portland. Oregon.
factory.
The care of the African population
It gave Stanton a strange sensation In the Belgian Kongo in the past has k
to watch Floyd’s assured familiarity been so murderously indifferent that
with this place and atmosphere; to it is a pleasure to not« a change for MOWARD E. BFRTON - A »»ayer ana Chern iat,
■ ■ Lead rille, Colorado. Specimen prices: Gold,
see him so naturally draw from his the better. An order has gone into riilver.Lead.Xl. Gold. Silver, 75c; Gold. 50c; Zino
Copper, $1- Mailing envelopes a ad full price list
pocket the bunch of keys to admit effect to prevent hereafter the impor­ or
•ent on application. Control and Umpire work ao
them and unhesitatingly flt each to its tation, manufacture and transporta-' iicited. Bt)f&renue: CUr Donate National Bank.
corresponding door or gate. Yet, this tion of saccharine sweets in the Bel-’
ame an
was where he belonged—only there gian African territory.
— Z
_ Second-Hand Machin-
The hljm^ Mercury etc
Saccharine
should have been busy life instead of products and products sweetened with
this dead emptiness. Their voices ech- substances other than cane sugar, | boiler«, sawmills, etc. The J. E. Martin Co.. 76 1st
ed loud through the desolation, where beet sugar, milk sugar and glucose SU Portland. Send for Stock List and prices.
the massive, motionless machinery sugar—particularly those sweetened
stood
towering above the visitor and with glycerine—shall not be Imported.
tion, and many of the honors of the
the slight young master of the domain, It Is specified In the order that It Is
SYNOPSIS.
carnival remained with him.
the metal-spotted, roughened factory meant to include in general all syn­
rolls developed. 10c, any
“You've struck the perfect course,
At the beginning of
rent automobile
floors reverberated under their foot­ thetic chemical sweetening which
size.
Largest and best
a famous rival, steps.
race _ the
mechanician
— --------------------------------
-
Mercury. Stanton," declared
shop in Northwest. Com­
Blanton'« machine, drops dead
Htrarme upon offering his congratulations after
does not possess food value. We wish
plete price list on request.
youth. Jesse Floyd volunteers, and Is ac-
Best results guaranteed.
As they made the tour from room to we could believe that this tariff anx­
Cepted. In the reel during the twenty- suffering a masterly defeat In a five-
four hour race Stanton meets a stranger, mile contest. He did not like the oth­ room and building to building, Floyd iety to protect the Kongo population 1
Mise Carlisle, who Introduces herself The
grew slowly whiter, his explanations against deleterious sweets was some­
rercury wins
Stanton receives er man. but he was obliged to admire
P.-I. Build’g, Seattle
more brief. When they finally arrived thing more than an exhibition of the
flowers from Miss Carlisle, which he Ig­ him.
nores. Blanton meets Miss Carlisle on a
at
a
glass-set
door
marked
office,
he
usual protective philanthropy which
"How so?" queried Stanton as suc­
train. They plight to take walk. and
Hand Wovet,
Unblocked
stopped short and laid his hand upon bars a competitive product to mak«
train lew ves
Stanton and Miss Carlisle cinctly.
follow In auto. Accident bv which Sian-
tne wall as if to steady himself.
sure the sale of something else.
ton Is hurt I« mysterious Floyd, at lunch
"Between recklessness and over-cau­
PANAMAS
“Go away, for a moment," he re-
with Hnnton. tells ot bls boviiood. Stan­ tion.”
FlCM WEAVER TO WEARER
ton airain merta Misa Carlisle and they
quest, his voice catching. “I’ll come
Brief WIHs.
Can be worn unblocked
din» together. Stanton
- to track
It was quite true. With Floyd be­
by women. Blocked in
Probably the briefest document ever
•lek.
have accl- side him, Stanton's driving was as after you. I haven’t been here since
any size, shape or style
flrnt. Flnyd hurt, but not seriously. At
my father—”
probated as a will was a signed and
for men. Brims 3 and 6
Flovd trlN fltanton of his twin daringly brllHant, but characterized by
inches.
Light weight.
Stanton swung on his heel and went dated memorandum, “Everything is
Sent postpaid on receipt
■later, Jessie*. Stanton become« very II! some rational consideration of the pos­
of price. Money refunded if not satin'actory. Get a
and loses eonactOURness. On recovery, at
Lou
’
s,
”
written
by
decedent
in
a
rail
­
out; out to look at the mile track,
durable, stylish hat for the half of what it would cost
bls hotel Stanton receives Invitation and sibilities of disaster. Why? No one
elsewhere.
Address NEW MODE HAT CO.
where Edgar Floyd used to practice way train record book kept by him; you
Visits Jessica. They ^o to theater togeth­ had time to speculate.
C. H. Meuasdorffer, Prop.
227 1-2 Washington St.
er. and meet Miss Carlisle. Stanton and
Portland, Or.
racing with little Jes tied In the car his widows’ name being Lula. The Twenty years in Portland.
Floyd meet again and talk business.
It was commencing to trouble Stan­ beside him, and where later the older instrument was held to be sufficient
ton himself, this growing affection for Jes played mechanician to his father’s as a holographic will, however, in
CHAPTER VIII —(Continued).
his mechanician that threatened to be- driving.
And standing there under Smith v. Smith. 70 Southeastern Re­
The silence was long After reading, come an absorbing need.
He had
the dull October sky, Stanton thought porter, 491, by the Virginia supreme'
Floyd turned his face to the window, never needed any one, he had been
court of appeals. A note reading: I
of many things.
and so remained But at last he looked self-sufficient and self-centered; and
BUSINESS COLLEGE
"Dear Old Nance: I wish to give you 1
When
Floyd
came
after
him,
half
an
WASHINGTON AND TENTH STS
back to Stanton and nodded.
now he felt a blank chill at the Idea
my
watch,
two
shawls,
and
also
$5.000.
j
PORTLAND. OREGON
hour later, Stanton turned from his
"Yes It means that I get back my of losing the society of this l:oy man
Your old friend. E. A. Gordon”—was !
WRITE FOR CATALOG
position against the track railing.
It
chafed
and
fretted
him
with
a
father’s factory," he confirmed quietly.
Pho School that 1‘laces You in a (iood Position
“Floyd, what do you figure is going sustained as a will in Clark v. Ran­
“I am very glad, although ft doesn’t do sense of bondage; when he felt the
som, 50 California, 505; and a dated
to
become
of
your
sister?
”
he
abrupt
­
mo much actual good I have no cap! cords draw most, he turned upon
and signed memorandum, “Mrs. Sophie
ly demanded.
When Men Marry.
tai to run an automobile plant, and I Floyd and worried him savagely.
Loeper is my heiress," was upheld iu
Floyd stepped, gazing nt the other
That’s what a man wants in a wife
will not sell unless I am forced to it.”
Floyd laughed And Floyd's laughter
Succession of Shrenberg, 21 Louis­
mostly; he wants to make sure o’ on*
would have disarmed a Cossack. When with parted lips and startled gray iana Annual, 280.—The Docket
“You would like to operate It?"
fool as’ll tell him he’s wise. Bu'
The blood ran up under Floyd's fine lie did not laugh, he flashed back, eyes. A strong wind was blowing off
there’s some men can do wi’out that—
■kin. he met Stanton’s eves with a spark to powder, so that they quar Lake Erie, tossing his bronze hair
Woman Bootblack.
«lanee of fire-ardent passion and de- reled on an average four times a day. and wrapping his long coat about him.
London is to have its first woman they think so much o’ themeelve»
“My sister?” he repeated. "Why?” bootblack. A woman has Just com a’ready—an’ that’s how it is there’)
And they spent every available mo
"She
is a woman, she must have pleted arrangements to set up a boot- old bachelors.—George Eliot.
ment
together,
until
their
friendship
"Pd give all the rest of my life to
operate that factory for one year, as became patent even to the skeptical some life of her own. You can’t keep blacking stand ut one of the busiest
her like a nun until she finds herself corners in the West End
my father planned for me—I’d give it Mr. Green.
She be-
"We can plan out some of our fac- grown old without a chance at living." lleves berself to be the pioneer woman
for x months to Justify his faith and
Floyd continued to gaze at him. say- bootblack iu England and declares
MEXICAN
training
You do not know, you can tory affairs on the way home, on the
not know!"
train," Stanton arranged, at the close ing nothing; that half hour in the of- that the men in the business need not
flee had left him almost wan in the fear her competition, since she in
“Can I not?" Stanton
retorted of the Inst day, when taking temporary
gray
afternoon light.
tends to devote herself exclusively to
“Floyd, what do you think I am rac leave of his mechanician ut the Mer
"You know me. Jes Floyd, if any polishing the footwear of women and
Ing for, If I can not understand risk cury camp.
"I’m planning a fender for each side one does. You know my vile temper, children.
Ing something for nn oblect.
I told
you once that I would not live poor— of the Comet racing car, so that when my rough tongue, and that I am a
But 1
A Polyglot Playwright.
knocking in a few cross grained brute at best.
I was not born to that. If I win anoth­ you feel like
FOR SORE SHOULDERS,
M. Dario Niccodemi is a citizen of
er prize or two this season. I will have lengths of the Infield fence, as you did think there may be enough of the in­
herent
gentleman
left
in
me
to
make
the
world.
He
was
born
In
Italy
g
Jas.
Beck & Son,Centerfield,Utah, writes:
enough capital to match somewhat this afternoon, we’ll be ready for It,"
"W«*e!l Mexican Mustangl.inimentand
with your factory
We both under- mocked Floyd, his effervescent youth me decent to a woman. If, In time, was reared in the Argentine Republic,
have a good sale for it, especially in thresh­
things fell out so that I'd asked you for where he was initiated in Spanish cul­
ing time for horses* sore shoulders.”
•tand the motor business pretty well; heady as champagne.
your sister, would you be willing? ture. He wrote his first play in lile
It containsnoalcobolandsocannot sting
do you want, In case all goes right, to
"Fence or no fence, wo won,” Stan­
in cases of open wounds. Soothes and
Join with me and revive the famous ton retorted Indulgently.
relieves strained ligaments at once.
Comet motor-cars? Don't answer
25c. 50c. $1 a bottle at Drug & Gen l Stores
“Of course! You kept right on driv­
bow , think the thing over.”
ing the front of your car, so the rear
"Stanton!”
Just naturally nad to climb back on
The Viewpont.
"Walt; there Is time enough
We the road and follow. I expected that,
Golfer—“Have you seen my ball,
may easily lose everything we put Into you were too busy to stop for a little
sir?” Wounded
Party—“Yes,
sir;
the venture, factory and all; or we thing like side wiping a fence.”
there it is, confound you.
Nearly
may not "
"You seemed to expect it," th« oth­
killed—' Golfer—“Jove! Bit of luck,
"I’d chance my part."
er corroborated. He looked with in­
eh? I thought it was going out at
"Why, so would I," agreed Stanton terested curiosity at his nonchalant
bounds.”—Punch.
"Meanwhile, you had better try me as assistant. "If 1 am too busy to wor­
• traveling companion before you take ry at such times. Floyd; you are not.
me ns a partner. Remember we would
Don’t you ever think of what Is likely
be team mates for a long race."
to happen when we are on the verge
•Tin not likely to forget." Floyd of a smash?"
mnde slow answer “Remember that
Floyd paused, turning his large clear
for yourself, of me. Stanton."
eyes on the questioner.
"There’s just one thing Pm asklng,”
CHAPTER IX.
lie gravely returned. "Thai is, that
whet. It comes, it will be a good
The Chance for Jessica.
smash
No one minds Just dying—
When the assistant manager of the
we're sure to do it some day. anyhow
Mercury Company came through the
train, next morning, and saw the two — but to be mussed up and patched to­
who were breakfasting together in the gether again, no! Now," his irrepres­
Tells How Sick She Was And
fllnlng car. he stopped in the aisle with sible smile g'anced out again, "that's
why I feel so safe with you; there is
What Saved Her From
an expression of one brought face to
face with the disagreeable unexpected a deadly finality about your driving
methods—’’
An Operation.
“Well!" he ejaculated. “Well!"
"That Is about enough," Stanton sig
"Start It with an H. if you like,’’ nlfled
•Til see you on the train,
t pper Sandusky,Ohio. — “Three years
enggested Stanton, coolly amused.
then."
ago 1 was married and went to house­
Mr Green's mouth grew thin from
They did meet on the train, and
keeping. I was not
passed long hours of travel in work
"if you quarrel with Floyd, I shall
feeling well and
and discussion. The other passengers
■ot know where out here I can get
could hardly drag
came to take a decided, if furtive In
you another mechanician in time,” he
myself
along. I had
terest in the two who sat opposite
gave stiff warning
such tired feelings,
each other In absorbed conversation
"All right,” was the answer.
my back ached, my
or argument, making drawings ou en
sides ached, I had
Floyd was engaged In blocking out a velopes and timetables to illustrate
map with toothpicks, and did not look their points and even leaving rows of
bladder trouble aw­
■p; he appeared even more ridiculous figures upon the menu cards iu the
fully bad, and I could
ly young and gay spirited than usual. dining car.
not eat or sleep. I had
In the morning sunlight
headaches, too, and
Hut some-
Incidentally, both men displayed a
thing In the poise of his bright head thorough training in mechanical de
became almost a ner-
•choed that "all right." Mr. Green sign and construction, Stanton's far
vous wreck. My doc­
tor told me to go to a hospital. I did
went on, and Interfered no more dur the more finished and scientific.
Floyd Turned Toward the Window and So Remained.
lug the journey.
not like that idea very well, so, when I
"I did not know—” Floyd marveled.
The speed carnival held upon ‘he at last
saw your advertisement in a paper, I
Speak frankly. If you do not think me I language of Cervantes.
pro- wrote to you for advice, and have done as
■uperb two-mil« track was to extend
Stanton forestalled the question by flt to be trusted with her. say so—it duced at Buenos Ayres and was
called
you told me. I have taken Lydia E.
•ver three days. The contests were of Indifferently explaining.
will not break our friendship."
1 "La Duda” (The Doubt).
linkham s Vegetable Compound and
varied tyi>es and classes, but the M«r-
"I am a mechanical engineer; 1
"You have seen hot once." Floyd re
Soon after that an Italian actress in
cury was entered for at least one graduated from college at twenty-on«;
“er
8nJ now 1 have my health.
called, as if to himself. He lisped, his South America offered a prize for an
♦■vent and frequently several, on
, “if sick and ailing women would only
that win five years ago. You have surest sign of excitement
Stanton acceptable play in her mother tongue, know enough to take your medicine they
dropped your pencil. What do you say had never heard him use that soft,
“Aren’t there any Atalanta cars en to staying over half a day at Buffalo slurring speech except on the race- M. Niccodemi took the prize with his woul 1 ret relief. ’’-Mrs.B enj .H.S tans -
play "Per la Vita.” He soon after- EERY, Route 6, Box 13, Upper Sandusky
t«red. st all?" Floyd wondered, on the and visiting your factoryT"
tracks; heard now in the quiet coun­ ward wrote "L'Hlrondelle" (The Sw*l Ohio.
first morning at the track
"Hue," approved Floyd. a trifle try surroundings, it infected the listen
low) In French and it Is played at
If you have mysterious pains, irregu­
"None." Stanton assured
slowly “A half day, not mor« W« er with a contagious agitation and
Brussels. At Paris he began bis work larity. backache, extreme nervousness,
"Then I »en’t need to burn a Joss have got to make ready for that Câp emotion.
by translating and adapting the Eng­ inflammation, ulceration or displace­
•tick "
“I know, I know," hs deprecated lish play of "Raffles.”—Lv Cri de Paris
ment, don't wait too long, but try Lydia
-What for?"
"Three weeks off You’re getting a* "But, I might see her more, and see-
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound now.
"Luck." said Floyd sweetly; and r* old womanish as Green."
Ing no better men sho might come to
For thirty years Lydia E. Pinkham'*
fused to explain
“Too bad Still I have to b« at the bear with ma Not that tber« Is much
Teacher—There Is no glass in the »egetai le Compound, made from roots
Their luck held good
They had Mercury plant when you don’t Half in me worth Il -«he probably n«v*r
windows of the Eskimo*.
■nd herb«, has been the standard remedy
■either Ulne*» nor serious accident to a day ought to be enough "
would look at me What I am asking
Jimnde—Ain't that great? PR bet
Stanton surveyed him Irritated, yet you. now, is whether you want me to the kids up there play ball the whole for female ills, and such unquestionable
testimony ss the above proves the^aluo
Wwr Stanton drove as if by Inspira witbout tangible cause tor irritation *eep away from her. Say yea, and year round.
of this famous remedy *nd »houkl giv«
There were times when he could have | we will shake hands
S tantqn
^'3W ins
Machinery
KODAK
JACOBS
1USTANG
LINIMENT
YOUNG WIFE
SAVED FROM
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