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heart began thumping Ilk« * hydreulla
rum and my hernia trembled etrang''-
ly. I tried to steady them. Sha would
be ao angry I f ah« thought that I
dared. I had ktoaad Kethertae num-
bertoee times, as a man may kies hl«
■later, lovingly, tenderly, hut abso
lutely .without a thrllL They had
never been like thia. I waa at a loee.
1 bad never dreamed of Katherine ex
cept a* m y dear old friend— my man*
hood chum, and aa for her—m y heart
sank, tor' I know she had beaa utterly
devoted to old Landry add mourned
paaalonatoly to r him
A t leant i
thought ao. I t the knew what I waa
thlaklag the would hate me—loathe
ma. forever. I f ahe fcaow— ah. it she
knew. She aat there dreaming, her
eye«, ae 1 thought, on memory'« d'>
taut mountain peak«; her dear. wa> ”
I * her erme e l eloee at der.
And the rocking le and fret
CAROLANO.
!
And the tuneful by-e-le,
'
f u e l ae I wba look on you.
duet ae 1 wfca hear yoa coo.
De reiucinnor bow I laid
la my m atter'« arm«, end prayed
A t ber kt.ee whea eight cama dewa
Over kill end steed end towel
father tell end streng
^ my
me: bom I heard the «oog.
That u n i accg-aew you're nalaap
Oed to Heaven, aatoh end keep
TM» our baby—to end f r v -
In the lend ct D r ^ U .
—f « . Lou la to Hsuetea P e *
,
L A N D R Y 'S
L E T T E R «I»
A ll necessary o p eratio n s in
m«einmM.iM>.krmifretarjrnaoa.i -
w riting, billing o r Statistical w o rk
j
F E L T horribly sorry tor Katherine
1
when Landry died. I t must have
bean aa awful blow, for she seemed to
loan every bit of her «pint and went
about pale and listless for month«
Tou aee. Landry waa a hue fellow,
ea unusual fellow. I don't helicvu
there wee a selflshBber In the m in a
whole make-up. He wee re««ailally
big-hearted and kJ»eblo. t Homely In
feature to positive uglineaa, he was
a r e accom plished fro m th e k ey
b o a rd of th e light running, easy
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tong u m and I knew that he fairly
worshiped ber. though he wag vary
gulet aheut M. I fe lt a mild « r t of
envy, tar t had aever plumbed the
depths o f lore aayaelf. I'd bad my
little aftolra, but I always hated m y-
aalf daring their progress, beesuee I
couldn’t realty teal— I waa only amused
and entertained, never touched. My
frleadahlp w ith K it waa the one real
sentiment of my life, tor wa had beea
Ilka brother and (later tor tea years
T h o o .iu d a H a v e K M u u y 1
and D o n 't > seng H .
B a w ta l
Fill a bottle or comr
water and let It stand
IF YOU
TOUCH
your tongue to
ALUM
j.
T i p J i” the knowledge aa
,;p.-e
£ / . Kilmer'« Swamp-
xowl il« great e«Jney remedy fulfill« every
«isii ii curitig r h . . «¡am, pain In the
r. k ti. iew . It- . Maid-.- and every part
“ *»tc texir .y
tpa. |t eorre. is Inability
-id - , ' — r -. i;-, pamte.g
• ’ Vs.'t • flier- Slewing 'use pf liquor.
You can’t help puckering— itraake» you pucker
to think of tasting it
By the ase of so called cheap Baking
Powders you take this puckering, injurious Alum
right into your system-wr-you injure digestion.
that unpleasant
-
'o |p often
Tuny timer
- -4 the extre
AVOID A LV M
DOCTORS
N o th in g has ever
N othing ean ever
The Comedian—I (bought you and
C tiA R A N
A Perfect
C ure s
For AU Throat ai
L u n g Tronbiea.
"W hat If you'd beea » M r ahe
whispered.
"W h a t I t
you'd bean
killed r
"You'd still have Laadry,” I retort
ed, and K it slapped me. It wasn't the
Bret time by any means, for you see
we’d been boy aad girl together. I
couldn't help seeing that her eyes
looked fnnay. A new expression. I'd
ful periods of modern France. H e was
b a n la 1787 amid the muttering« of the
revolution. Uatsofs parents ware mar-
K e ll-T b e M eat W hy»
rim] by a proscribed Protertant pastor,
B d le - H e headed It “ Llare on Ma
and bla birth waa nevar legally regis ker« Face.“—Philadelphia Record.
tered. nis father, who waa aa advw
este, need his talent lor public speak
ing In tbe Interests e f tbe persecuted * “Jobe to ao domestic la bis U * « a ,"
Protestante and became a marked man. aald the Bill ville matron.
A fte r living for several weeks la daa-
“H e l a r
“Tea. He'« been alt day In the hat
vnwillincl.r i-aongh. by n gendarme wbe aun trying to k ill a rattlesnake to get
km-» and iv-¡M.-ct«l bits.
a rattle for the baby r - A t l a n t a Oaa-
"Hhaii J k l you escaper said Uw
[nailed i t
irpasa i t
New Discovery
'»»ßSSK2“»«.
Idtof ahdrte mad put, bar plg-talla ap
la w the shown o f Womanly tHgnRv
Whenever Im .d ry was eway 1 took
hie pleue at ber aide, end Jog? good
times v s bed. aad many of them.
A tew months before Landry*« death
K it aomed' to ebun, -; eutne way. She
took to m ooning ab -it f..r ell the
world like a rilnappolnuu lover. Lan
dry. too. went into the dumps
He
grew thin and pais and more imper
sonal t h ia ever. He waa very tender
with Katherine, and ao I knew that It
waa ao t o n r 'a . a n r m that waa wear-
tog on them. She aort of clung to him
ae though she A l t him slipping tram
I bar. aad I ’»« e-.metiraee thought elan»
I that the must have bed a premonition
i o f what waa coming. '
to ff
. . . . . . . . . . _____ ma One morning, oo my way homo front
ae be told thg th ie f be could go, of
i aa all-night vigil, old Demon lost Ma
which permission the thief toet aa
time In availing blmeelf. Later, to hie
wasn't fa r from home, aa luck would
cbnrrin. the policeman found th a t the
have It, aad ( managed to get to the
thief had not been previously arrested.
house. I waa pretty much used up,
taking my weariness and the aheklng-
m e CUMed X aa.
up together eod my knees shook as If
A t the headwater« o f the Crlnoea
I'd been otodatlag at my Bret opera
Spanish traditions located the land of
tion Ai'terward. when K it came in to
El Dorado, “the glided man," a po
aaa me. I tried io laugh It off, aad I
tentate whose country waa eo deb la jollied her ud .
gold d o * that be had bis body anoint
“ Landry I I he pood aad Jealous It
ed w ith oil and sprinkled w ith gold ev
you don't watch out.' I told her. ' ~I
ery morning, ao th a t be ebooe la the
believe you're la love with me. old
aun aa tbongb gilded. I t to a curious
girl " Her (see darned a sudden crlm-
fact that tbe country In which tradition
eon over Its old pallor, end she looked
located this marvelous being baa never
at me sharply. Thee I caught ber
been explored by a white man.
bend and pulled her down to m a I
kissed har. aa I always had. aad tor a
k
K m at »wee fiiw
Y. When v r B ia f meo-
rous "<(er In this paper.
Itojral it mtde from pure, refined Graphe Cream of Tartar—Cost« mon
than Alum but jo u have the profit of quality, the profit of good health.
■ha turned to mo w ith a Iitt i* laugh.
" I f a 10 alca to bo lovod a little."
“ Yea. I have two children."
Ulan Poser ware to be married thia
" /n d ae Kuvc I." replied the prisoner,
"but you would bate Io pay ta r me.
Iw t us go en."
They went on. and „ . Ontxot died on
the ariiffold a few days biter. A t thia
tim e Francoia. the future statesman, -
whe waa tbe elder of the two cbUdraa.'
waa six and. h h alf yeare oM and a l
ways preserved th * recollection of go
ing to see hi« fath er Ja priao«, or what
wee enphemlaflpally rened the tmnee ef
It waa shortly after thet poor Landry
came down with typhoid. I t ween bard
case from the s ta rt Sometimes II yets a
grip on e man and aa M. D ean see
that there's ao hope whatever Thmut
goodness, we were ell there with him
He wean't alone, aa be had been the
greater part of his life —elnce he'J
been a Uttle chap, la feet Ha wasn't
loualy. Bomellmys It seemed to me
thet he v a t happier than I had ever
see* him. 1 felt that be was glad to
go. aad I couldn't endaretanrt i t It
Mohs aa a ll eg, every oet at ee. tor
M ound bar on the veranda one eve-
n ta « > k lp n ; In the soft darknsea
I
fait a Wt down myaaU. Things weren’t
g oing^ery well, an« I began io think
that 1 was not Sued for A profession
al Ilta after all. I toi» too sorry for
mV patienta I could« t givp a Judicial,
impersonal sympathy, ee e phystclaa
m u * to ha among the ran kt of the
auoceeeful
Eveyy death that earn«
a n d * my oottaa worttad ow my mtud
to euch a degree that I t andHad me to
«oat. aa II «he belonged there. I (ought
with myself a mom ent
She meat
have felt my heart heating I w«
horribly ashamed. Than I euddeu
lost my reK-coatrol, and stooping to
ward her. I took her la my arms and
klaaed her pasatonatdly, many, m a r -
times, passionately. eagerly, ae I h-
never biased anyone In my life—a .
had aever wanted to hits aayeae b-
(ore. After e time 1 lifted my he
eml welted (or tht storm I knew i
must tituno. I M t like a whipped cur.
though 'every pulse la my b
throbbed with delight and toy. W hat
ever came, I knew now. 1 was bdn-t
no Ion, -*. They talk o f love helug
blind. I m y It*« the other way about,
l a love that Hears our eight—eo wa
can realty aee where we have atwnya
before being groping la a dim MUf-
llg h t
She nestled closer In my arms and
laughed a little , tow laugh of eontsM-
m eat
"Oh. Freddy, boy," ahe said. "1
thought you would never wake up.
I've been euch a tong, long time walk*
I started bask aad tooed bar to
amassment.
"Aad—aad Landry?” 1 faltered.
“Oh, my dear, I never loved Lea-
dry." (Ah. ao I knew now why he
wee glad to go, poor duffer, poor, un-
eelBeh. loving old duffer.)
"H e knew I didn't, but be h e -
eared, aad he knew I loved you, so he
helped gas. He told me you loved me,
only you were asleep, and I've waited
eo long—eo tong lor thia,” aha sighed,
happily.
I looked la her eyes Incredulously.
eenee didn't yon tall me?"
"Tall you? Freddy, bow eooid I f
I wasn’t eure you—you eared, aad
sometime« I wee sure you d id n 't It
was only b*< auae Landry was eo peat
Uve that 1 dared to hope. 1 could only
wait l a . «.lance, and Mace Laa-
dry died It has been ao lonely. «0
drearily lonely."
"Poor old girl." I aald to bar koto,
“poor darling ‘old girl.?
“ Tou've lost a whole' year,” ahe
cried, "a whole year "
"Then you knew a year agof"
.
"Tee; It'* fui.ny, Freddy, het I
couldn't Imagine why no man ever
moved me the least tiny hit. When
Landry told me he cared, I tried to
think I loved him. hut he « 4 then
that I didn't, and afterward, he l.uew
It was yon. He watchvd my eyes, be
said, when you were abuut. and when
be told me th at. I was as astoulaued
aa you were when I told you.
"W h e n your boras th re w yon th a t
tim e, H u n I knew beyond a doubt, fo r
I
suffered agonies th in k in g
w hat
m ight have happened. You were
ghastly that I was h o rrib ly Irlg h te -e d .
I (alt sura that you
maimed tor Ilfs.*'
were
at
least
Aad than. «he hrought me thè lattar
— Laadry a iettar that waa not to be
delivered untll t osti round my own
Oh. that lettmr. It T had only seen It
whan Landry died tUi would not have
grown pale waiting tor what waa a l
ways «era
"You confounded blind old bat," ha
wrote, 'what In the name of all that's
holy, dc yoe stay around her* ( o '* I f
I was aucb in agregrions donfcuy ag
you a rt Cd gc off and die but I *» co«
to be the oaa instead— and Cvv got
ayes to see. Tbat'a ever the way la
thia vale of tears
“W ell, you must know ton.« U nit. It
w ill come to you all at once, a t ll
knowledge of It came to me—the«, o.
boy, I wouldn't mind being tn )<•'-'*
boots. I'd give my life tor that ” •
hour ae happily and frm ly ae I d tc .a
a copper to a pte-aninny
n cau l he
—as I give you my loeselng sod « hat
little I can aud to your fatare—t'-.-xigx
a t couree, you know I meen n* - -
sad that le the fortune th«t Î *» tv«t
been able to squander with all a y ua—
I t M you can. and ao I shall know I
have a hand la ber comfort after all,
“Ton weren’t cat ant for a p tr -
doper, oM man Deep It. W all, a»
long. T a k a hear of yerself.' end be
good to ber tn make up for four
The asme eterea up at oa Is a n
wetl-kaowa e r i ting, and suddenly, ee
overpowering ser.se of hie neam«M
mastered me. K it reached out a trem
bling hand. I felt a shudder go ovar
her and a totot obscured my eight for
a moment Then:
"Tea, yea,* I heard her whisper
faintly, *1 eee you. dear, G««r Lan*
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