The Stayton mail., July 06, 1906, Image 6

Is Y o u r
Hair Sick ?
That’s too bad t We had no*
ticed it was looking pretty
thin and faded of late, but
naturally did not like to speak
of it. By the way, Ayer’s
Hair Vigor is a regular hair
grow er, a p e r fe c t h a ir re­
storer. It keeps th e sca lp
clean and healthy.
- I i n well acquainted with Ayer's Heir
Yixor end I Ilk* It very much I would etpe-
ciallT recommend It as an excellent dreealnc
for the hair, keeping It .o ft and etuooth, and
preventing the hair from splitting at the
en d .
M in n ie F h it x . Veedum. Mich.
A u ijers
by J . O. A yer Co.. Low ell.
Alno menufbo tu re re o f
f
SAKSAPAE1LU.
PILLS.
CHEIKV PECTORAL
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"Speaking of «range and «»accounts-
ble experiences, remarked the man with
tha bulbous nose. “ 1 am reminded of on.
that happened to a friend of mine in the
summer of Ytt. while he was at the Co-
lumbian exposition. He was in the Fine
Arts building, looking at the picture they
called ‘Breaking Home Ties.' when he
heard a voice behmd him say distinctly,
‘That's wbat is happening at your house,
over on\ the west side.’ He turned and
looked to see who it was that spoke, and
there was nobody near him."
Is that a lii asked the man with the
haww CVC
“No; the strangest part i, to come,
When he went home in the evening he
found that his youngest brother had elop-
cd with the hired girl and gone to St.
Louis. It had taken place, too. at the ex-
act moment when he beard the voice. How
do you explain that. I'd like to know?
Was it telepathy? Or what was it?”
“ H'umph! \\ ho tells that story?”
“The man himself— Ike Stringham ”
O. Strtngham tells it, does he? Why,
you gourdhead. that's the explanation.”—
Chicago Tribune.
B -r-r-rt
In summer garb, and with new straw hat,
The commuter fared forth from his flat.
As chipper as you please.
Swiftly the "dummy" bare him to town—
But swifter dropped the mercury down
Some 20 degrees.
U n cle
A lle n .
To«
Slu m .
Sir John Franklin had mad* up hi*
mind to discover the northwest passage.
“ I can't wait forever for the Panama
canal.” ha ««id.
Glancing at the latest dispatches from
Washington and ascertaining, to his dia-
gust, that there waa another deadlock as
to the question of the tyi«> of canal to h«
adopted, and that Senator Morgan was
about to make another speech, he gave
orders for the immediate fitting out of the
expedition.
In
th e
¡tw e e t
S u b s e q u e n t.
Reporter— It's to be a quiet wedding,
h k 't it?
Prospective Bridegroom
(prominent
ward heeler)— Yes, sir; de weddiu' ’ll
be quiet enough, but we're goin' to have
de gol-whopptneet shivaree dat ever waa
pulled off in de precin't !"
b lu a le T h o u a h t.
*‘I th in k ." rem arked Growella the
other morulng a t b reakfast, " I'll get a
d ivorce."
"Good!" exclaimed Mrs. G, "and l
wish you would get one for me while
you are a t I t "
The new adm inistration and jobbing
house building erected by the W. L .
Douglas Shoe Co. as a part of its mam-
moth manufacturing plant in Brockton,
M ass., was dedicated Ju n e 19. The
program included open house ftom 11
,
tha morning untn g in the evening.
, *
7 h *™ was a ‘u u ,,ca l P " « ™ » and
f o m e n t s were served a ll day.
Ilf-
thousand invitations were sent out
including over 11,900 retail dealers in
j the United States who handled the W .
L. Douglas shoes.
M r. Douglas says
th at h is three large factories, also the
new building ju st dedicated, will al-
wavs be open to inspection and visitors
from everywhere will be welcome,
The new jobbing house ju st dedicat-
^
m enabla h
ord„ , f
^
*
°
9ho" to be shipped the same day they
are " ce,v ed - , T he n,ew g ild i n g ts 2b0
*onK»
wll*e * n<* two stones
b'Rh- The jobbing departm ent oecu-
pies the entire lower door and th e new
offices of the Douglas Shoe company oc-
cupy the en tire second door.
In the
J new building there w ill be special offices
occupied by th e Western Union and
Postal Telegraph com panies; also by
the telephone companies and there is
an elaborate m ailing departm ent. The
completion of th is new adm inistration
bailding marks the establishm ent of
tnodern) up-to-date wholesale jobbing
house and office building.
Mr. Douglas has long considered the
advisability of a jobbing house, not
only for the purpose of supplying his
own retail stores more readily, but that
the 11,000 dealers throughout the
United States handling th e W . L .
Douglas shoes might be able to obtain
ehoeB (or im m ediate use with greater
Prisoners
and
B y H. S . M ERW M A N
C H A P TE R X I I I .
Easton laughed reassuringly. He was
not afraid of clever women. Miss Win­
ter must almost have heard the laugh,
while t h e r e was still a smile ou his face
as he lavwed before her.
" I have never,” he said, as he seated
himself, "lx«en at an entertainment of
this description before. 1 am only a be
(inner. In our country we manage things
differently : and 1 cannot yet understand
tow much talking and so little action c»u
txnefit any cause,”
"B u t." said Mis« Winter, “you are not
new to England. There is nothing nbout
you to lead one to that («inclusion."
"Thank you.” ho replied, gravely. "My
claw-hammer coat was made In Piccadil­
ly, so I aiippoae it is all right.”
Hr looked down at the garment in
questiou, and dusted the sleeves lightly
with a perfectly gloved hand.
"l»o you like it?" he Inquired simply.
Miss Winter was becoming interested.
Slid therefore quelled a sudden desire to
laugh, aud answered:
"Y e s; It is a very nice coat."
” 1 am not," he said, after a pause, "new
to England, but l have not moved much
in Ieindon society. I «uprise the men
do all iho moving in your society? — th-y
seem to. The women sit mostly still and
wait till tin- men come to them. \\ ith us
It is different."
"The women.” replied this womanly
lady, "are beginning to move with us, and
from what 1 have seen of the result, I
rather incline toward the old policy of
sitting still.”
He turned and looked at her with a
little nod. There was in his queer, rest­
less eyes a distinct glance of approval.
“Yes," he said, "yes. So 1 should sur­
mise. Our ladies are very fascinating,
and very clever, and all that, but but
the young men do not seem to make such
a pretty show of loving them as we read
of iu olden times. At all events, they do
not continue to show them that regard
which, 1 remember, my father showed
toward my mother.”
*T myself am an humble admirer of
the womanly school."
"And I.” added Easton. "Now." he
continued, after a pa u s e , " do tell me,
what •!<> all these g-"«! people think they
are doing here to-night?
"They think firstly," replied Miss W in­
ter, "that they are getting their names
into the fashionable society papers. Sec­
ondly, that their natural qr arifleial
a1donin,;? | ‘‘ cre^ ln* a. dia" “ CtJ “ P7 ^
,,on'
Thir',,v’
,u,,, Indefinite ,hat
assisting
in some
way th,>
toward
the solution of a problem of which the
rudiments are entirely unknown."
"Then in England, as well as in my
The new building is said to be the own country, charity Is a recognised play­
moat complete and convenient of any thing of society," suggested Easton.
"Y'es. We take it up in late autumn
ever bu ilt for a com m ercial house in
S h e d d ln g M o re I n f o r m a tio n .
the United 8tatee, so were the expres­ and winter, when there are no races, no
Mrs. Chugwater—Josiah, what la
sions of appreciation by th e many per- regattas, nor lawn tennia parties."
pronunciamento?
"A h ! then," said th« American, “so-
Mr. Chugwater— Pronouncing amen to
visited it for inspection sin-
ciety is very much the same here as else­
anything you want to indorse. I should cere and of a highly congratulatory na-
where.”
think you could tell that by looking at tu re. A rchitertural beauty as well as
At thia moment Oawln Grace passed
the word itself.
adaptability to the uses to which it is within earshot of th**tn. He heard the
to be put has been the aim in construc­ remark, and recognized the voice. When
lif ts i d e a o f s J o k e .
tion, and the result is most satisfactory, he turned, his surprise at seeing Miss
“Jones has a queer »ease of humor.”
to the visitor as well as the firm.
Winter and Easton together was so mark­
"H uh?”
ed a* to cause a little frown to pass
"H e married his dead wife’s sister, you
R e a s o n a b le K u o o g b .
across the queer, wistful face of the
know. And now he refers to the deceased
"And what are you going to do when American. He returned the young Eng­
as his aister-in-law.”— Cleveland Leader. you're a man?” asked the visitor.
lishman's comprehensive bow, however,
“I ’ve been thinking,” replied the bright with perfect equanimity.
The Rome newspapers comment favor­
"You know Oswin Grace?” Inquired
ably on the scheme for the erection in boy, “of starting an elephant farm in
Miss Winter.
that city of a monument to Shakspeare. Virginia."
"An elephant farm?”
"Oh, yes,” was the cool reply; "Tyars
“Certainly. Why not? They raise pea­ brought him to my rooms one evening.”
The dowager Duchess of Abercorn, aged
nuts there.”— Philadelphia Ledger.
92, has 150 descendants.
Miss Winter .skillfully concealed eager­
ness.
"They »re great friends,” she said,
lightly.
“Ye-es. Yes, Tyars constantly talks
of him.”
" I supposp." continued Miss Winter, in
the same indifferently conversational way,
“ that they have many Interests in com­
mon ; both being sailors. At least, 1 be­
lieve Claud Tyars considers himself a
sailor now.”
This was clever, and the wary little
man pa used. He felt convinced that Miss
Winter knew less of the past life of Tyars
than she would have him believe. More­
over, he suspected that she had never
hitherto called him Claud Tyars. The
^ ounces fp-,
Implied familiarity was a trap, womanly,
clever and subtle; hut Easton avoided it
with equal skill. He maintained an easy
is the wonderful raising powder of the
silence.
Immediately afterward, how­
ever, be made a blunder.
Wave Circle. Thousands of women are
"Oswin,” said Mis* Winter, "Is a great
bringing greater health and better food
friend of mine, and I think Helen is my
into their homes by using K C Baking
greatest friend."
Powder. Costs just one-third what you
Jts mah !» '
“A sister?” Inquired Easton, rashly.
always
pay.
If
you
have
never
used
it
IS*
"Yes. Mr. Tyars has not spoken of
V vi
V°»«
you don’t know what you’ve missed.
her, then?"
Don’t wait! All grocers.
“No. Tyars did not tell me that Grace
had a sister."
There was a short pause. Perhaps the
American heard the little sigh of relief
given by his companion, marking, as it
were, the relaxation of an effort; such
T b s srtlai IC " Boob of Presents "
free upon request.
a algh aa an athlete givea when he has
■cored a auccesa and hia weary muscles
fall Into repose. He became instantly
conscious of bis blunder. He had been
outwitted by this pleasant woman. He
— Matthew Mark Easton—a
born In­
triguer, a man with real genius for con­
spiracy.
A CELLULOID PLATE
“Ah !" reflected Miss Winter, "why has
'M r. Tyars omitted to make mention of
W h en fitted Ju *t right and Bat Infant or j to
th e w earer In every w«y, fa a th in g any
I Helen’s existence?” And with feminine
d entist can congratu a te h im se lf upon. I t ’s
Intuition she made a hasty mental note of
on e of the product« o f tw entieth cen tury
I this important item.
d e n tla tiy . Perhapa you’re « till ualng one
"S o ,” mused Easton, during the same
o f the old o re *. Huppo»« you le t ua show
you a celluloid plate ?
pause, "there Is a Miss Grace, and Tyars
never mentioned her, I must be very
' careful. Seems to me that there are two
WISE BROS., Dentists
j men * t stake here, not one; and I cannot
Fulling B uildlrg. Third sad Washington
afford to loee two sailors such as these."
• A. M. to • P M Hu i, days t to 1ft
DE. T. P. W IS E
OR. W. A. WISE
Miss Winter was now drawn Into a
Main * 0 »
, ro rt** t f llght-hsartsd idlers bent npoa
“ My boy,” counseled Uncle Allen
Sparks, “it is a mighty serious thing to be
a young man these days, and to have to
make jou r choice between Opportunity
and Responsibility, That’s where a lot
of you go wrong.
BAKING
POWDER
25 ounces for 25 cen ts
JAQUES MFG. CO.
Chicago
Captives
a systematic inspection of the picture«,
and from their ranks Easton took the first
optmrttinlty of dropping away unobserved.
They did not s|M-ak «gain during tha even­
ing ; hut the little seed was sown tha
little seed of mutual esteem or mutual
dislike, ns the on«« may tie, which under
either circumstance seems to draw some
I «tuple together here In life -to spread
its subtle tendrils, intertwined and knit
together, until their united strength is a
thing undreamed of.
*’l seem," reflected Easton, subsequent­
ly, “to hnva met that little English Indy
H e r u n ) « o f sp eaking,
■"••new tic re before.
anil her meth<«l of expressing herself in
a cheery way, na if nothing mattered very
much, are familiar to iue. I certainly
have not aeen her liefore in this vale of
sorrow, as the lady writers call it. I
wonder where I have met her."
It happened to fall to the lot of Claud
Tyars to shut the door of M is s Winter's
comfortable brougham; while Grace, who
had hei|«>d her In. atuod back aud nodded
a good night.
'1 he lady leaned back against the soft
cushions, and drew her cloak more snug­
ly round her. The flashing light of street
lamp or carriage showed her face to t»e
grave and thoughtful. She was realising
that Claud Tyars was something more
than a mere lover of intrigue, making a
mystery out of a very ordinary love affair.
She waa recognizing now that nintters
were more serious than she had at first
considered them.
C H A P T E R X IV .
Miss Winter sometimes fell a victim to
a longing for labor. She sometimes felt
useless, and looked beyond the wwk that
lay at hand for heavier labor. When she
heard of gi««| works done hy women, she
longed to do something also.
But It was only at times that Miss
Winter gave way to this weakness, and
<ha was very quiet about it. When the
paroxysm was upon her. site put on a
thick veil, her quietest dress, aud took
the omnibus to Tower Hill.
She was too well acquainted with the
world to go empty handed and to make
those trivial mistakes by which many
well-meaning women reduce charity to
the ludicrous. She had an old bag spe­
cially devoted to this «»«•ret vice, for one
cannot carry half i>ound« of butter, pack
•■ts of tea, and pounds of raw sausages in
one's beat handbag.
'The recipients of her charity were a
race of men overlooked by charity or­
ganizations, ignored hy those bland dis­
tributors of leaflet literature who call
themselves the Sailors' Friend. Very few
l«M>ple find themselves hy accident In the
lemdon I»ock or the St. Katherine's
Dock ; in fact, both these busina are rath­
er difficult to find.
The shipkeeper I* a strange, amphibi­
ous creature. Ilia calling ia afloat, hia
business on the waters, and yet he is no
sailor. In busier times he rarely «pent
more than two months or board of one
ship; now there are men living week
after week, month after month, year after
year on the same vessel. Many of them
never act foot outside the dock gates;
some there are who remain afloat always.
Miss Winter had heard of these ships,
and from different sources «lie gradually
learned that thers were men living on
tioard of them ; men whose live« were al­
most as solitary as that of a sailor cast
upon some desert island. It seems strange
that within the roar of city life, almowt
within stone's throw of the crowded
streets, there should be men living day
after day without speaking a word to
their fellow creatures. For If they do
not choose to come ashore, certainly no
one will trouble to go on hoard and see
them.
In course o f_ time she evolved the Idea
of going to the docks to see if it was
difficult to get on board these shi|ts, and
there she discovered that there was noth­
ing easier. It was merely a matter of
paying, as it is in every other part of the
world.
At first her advances caused consterna­
tion. hut, woman like, she gradually made
her way, never being guilty of one retro­
grade step. A few distrusted her motives,
some thought she was merely a fool, oth­
ers concluded she had "got religion.”
These Utter were the first to welcome
her.
Tlie explanation was so simple,
and it hnd served to account for stranger
conduct than this.
One and all appreciated the butter and
the sausages. Home made use of the soap,
and a few read the newspapers she
brought them
Soon Miss Winter found that her ad­
vent was looked for. The responsibilities
of beneficence began to make themselves
felt. She commenced to know personally
these quaint old hermits, and found that
there were sincere and Insincere shlpkeep-
ers—ahlpkeepers who were Interesting and
othrs who were mere nonentities. On
the whole, she gave preference to those
who took the butter and the sausAges and
left the soap. Theae latter were old fel­
lows who had never washed, and did not
see the good of changing their habits in
old age. This conservatism Indicated a
character worthy of admiration, and supe­
rior to that of such as asked for more
soap and hinted at tracts.
She became more and more Interested
In this work, and lapsed Into the habit
of going to the docks ones a week, at
least. As Claud Tyara frequented the
same spot with an equal regularity, their
meeting waa only a question of time.
They had missed each other several
times by ths merest ohancs, but at last
they came face to face In a most unde­
niable manner. The morning was rather
foggy, and In consequence ths dock was
mors silent and sleepier than usual. Miss
Winter baring Just left a boat, was
mounting the steep wet steos from the
/
edge of the slimy water, when a tall
mail, emerging from tha fog. came to
the top of the stairs and hailed the U»«t.
"W ait a minute.” Its said; " I want
you."
lie came down a step or two and stood
to one side to let Miss Winter pass.
Ill doing ao, he looked at her, aud aho,
glancing up to thank him, gave a little
start.
"A h!* she exclaimed. "Y o u —here—
Mr. Tyars?"
He raised hit bat without betraying
any surprise.
"Yea,” he answered, "of course. The
docks have a natural attraction for me—-
a smlor."
" I forgot." she said, looking calmly
at hint, "that you were a sailor."
Site had been bet rayed into surprise,
but iu a moment her usual alert»««« re­
turned to her. She passed on, and he
followed her.
“Are you alone?" he Inquired.
"Oh. ye«," «he replied, lightly. “ I am
quite at home here. I c o m » nearly «very
week and Interrupt the meditation« of
the ship kee|«-rs. I look after their tem­
poral welfare. It 1« quite my own idea,
I assure you, that I have no connection
with any philanthropic «(«-lety.”
"T ra ct« ?" he Inquired, shortly.
"N o ; no tracts," she replied. "S a u ­
sages. butter and soap essentially of this
world."
He was walking lieside her. suiting hie
step with an implied sense of protection,
almost of approbation, which annoyed
her.
’’There may I«*," he suggested, half
Ironically, "a hidden motive In the snap."
"B u t there Is not," she replied, sharply.
" I advocate clean I Incas only. Personally.
I prefer the dirty one«.’’
"Probably," he said, "you do a great
■leal of good. These poor felluws lead a
very lonely life. You must aeein to them
like a lielng from «»other world."
“So I am. Mr. Tyars," she «aid, «till
upholding her work.
"Quite another
world."
Then she suddenly laid aside her grav­
ity with that strange Inconsequence which
is one of the many lm|«irtant difference«
I>etween the male and female mind.
"You speak feelingly," »he continued.
In thinly veiled mockery, "Perhaps you
have I h - cii a ship kriqter yourself. You
seem to have been a g'«>d many things."
"Yea,” was the calm reply. " I have.
I was once a ship keeper in the Southern
Atlantic."
she was silenced. The detail« of hie
terrible experience on tioard the fever-
etrlcken merchantman had never been
vouchsafed, hut It was not difficult to
imagine them fr'itn the official account he
had been forced to publish.
Suddenly this cheerful little Indy had
realized the jiettiuess of her own exist­
ence, the futility of her own small m-
prli-e. She glanced up at him. almost
meditating an apology. I>h»rrvant and
analytical as she was. she had not yet no­
ticed a fact of which Tyara was fully
aware; «lie had not uoticed that In her
Intercourse with «'laud Tyara she Inva­
riably tiegan In an antagonistic vein, and
that with equal monotony this antagon­
ism melted after a few moments.
In one respect Tyars was a common­
place man. He |M>*<u-e«.-d the genius of
command, which Is the genius moat often
encountered in the world. It la merely a
genius of adaptation, not of creation. Its
chief characteristic I* a close hut un­
conscious observation of human nature.
He uiideretood all who came In contact
with him much better thau any one of
them understood him. Miss Winter was
conscious of a reserve In this man's
mind which wns Irrevocably Hosed to
her. He casually glanced into her char­
acter in (Missing; If there wsa an Inner
motive beyond his fathom, he remained
indifferent to it* presence. When their
p a t h * crossed he was pleased to meet her,
but she never flattered herself that he
would go far out of his way to hear her
opinion upon any subject..
" I f ," she said, *1 cared for horrors, f
should ask you some day to tell me about
— about those days—your ship-keeping
day«; hut I hate horror«."
” 1 am glad," he said, with evident re­
lief. " I hate horrors, too, and should not
make a picturesque story of it."
They walked on in silence, feeling rath­
er more friendly toward each other every
moment. It was necessary to peas be­
neath a cron» of which the greasy chain
hung loosely right across their path. T y ­
ars stepped forward, and with a quick
turn of the winch-handle, drew the chain
taut, and consequently out of her way.
It wns n mere incident, trivial In its way ;
hut women note these trivialities nud
piece them together with a skill and se­
quence which men cannot rivnl or even
imitate. Tyar's action showed an Inti­
mate knowledge with the smallest details
of the calling he had chosen to follow.
(T o be continued.i
W i l l i > i k
to
lle tn rn
l* a rt.
B ick er— I hear your confidential
clerk has skip!««! out with your daugh­
ter and $10,(MW of your troln.
Enayun— Yea, th a t’» right— hut I
guess he Isn't such n hud sort o f chap
a fte r all.
I hnd a letter from him
thia morning saying that he waa w ill­
ing to s^tid my dnughter back If I ’d
pny her railw ay fare.
Ills
A w fu l
F a te .
Gllea— According to the coroner’a ver­
dict a mob composed entirely of wom­
en wns res|smalhle for Green's demise.
Mile»— How did It happen?
G llea— He accidentally got near a
bargain counter where $1 ahlrt walatt
were being aold a t 08 cent.* and w u
trampled underfoot
P n s a le a l
H im .
Citizen— I aee there Is a great deal
of agitation about the amoko problem
theae daya. I>oet It worry you?
Kx-Alderman— I should aay
sot
Since I lost my office It keepa me huay
thinking how I can make a stogie s m e ll
llk o E Havana.