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/ÎIKENSIBE
BY
MRS. M A R Y J. HOL MES
AsH**r
et " B « r i Or***.“ " 1Y< t'aflloè Orfbaoi " “ H o m m e aa ifco tint» Y «.”
" Mca4a«k<Mi." “ Uaiaaal aaJ Saatfc a*.” ' c o » . la
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" rtu
»•am "
very afternoon to tell her bo . Rk
m <!
A ( a s a f r t a l l v e Speech.
enough. She was aixtevu last October, tlx
Th ere w ere «mu* doubts In Ilio com
— the---- ”
Biuulty na to Hom er Kloyd'a ri tuen« for
“ Tenth
day," Guy
re*i>onded, thu« a pnsitlou ou (lie «clnml bourd, owlug
showing that he, too. was keeping Maddy'a
to certulu lupara lu bla eurly educa-
age.
flo u ; hut hls tirât speech lu fila olllclul
"Yeo, thè trnth day,” reauiuod tha tloe- ,
tur.
"Th ere’s 'must e le v o years' dif-1
**>• tougue. o f all
fereuoe hetween u*, but if ahe foela at all critic«.
a* l do, ah« wtll not cure, Guy,” and th è 1 ,,,t H«tened
»«‘ verni
recltiltlons
doctor began to talk enrnestly; "F U b* ' w|8> « grave iiint Interratesi ulr, a n d !
candid with you, and say that you have ut the end o f the laat one he ro*e to
Noiuetlm«*N mtulc my heart ache a little.” address the «chool, "by request.”
“ M e !" and Guy’« face was crimson,
“ Some tilings are In my province ns
while the doctor continutsl:
member o f the school board, and some
“ Yea, aud I i>cg your pardon for ft; bus uro uot," lie said, with a genial amile.
Id m<> ask you one question, ami upon ita
" I t ’s within my province to say that
answer will depend my future course with I never h«*urd scholar« answer up more
regard to Maddy : You are true to Lucy?”
prom ptly than you children o f District
Guy felt the blood trickliug at the roots
Number Throe.
of his hair, hut he answered truthfully
“ Aa to w hether your answer« were
as he Ixdieved :
or
were uot correct. It Is uot luy place
"Y e s , true as ateel," while the generous
Your teacher knows, and In
thought came over him that he would to say.
further the doctor’a plana all he possibly her banda I leave the m atter."
M y H air is
Extra Long
Feed your hair; nourish it;
give it something to live on.
Then it will stop falling, and
will grow long and heavy.
Ayer’s Haif Vigor Is the only
hair-food you can buy. For
80 years it has been doing
just what we claim it will do.
it will not disappoint you.
C H A P T E R X I V .— (Continued.)
bouquet the blossoms and buds of May,
It was a sore trial for Maddy to write growing so profusely within the borders.
i»> Lucy At hors! on.', hut she offered no
“ Take them to him, will you?” and her
remonstrance, and so accompanying the hand shook as she passed to G ra n d i«
picture was a little note, filled mostly Markham the gift which would thrill
with
praises of Mr. tiay, and which poor Joseph with a strung« delight, mak
would be very gratifying to the unsus ing hi.u hold converse a while with the
pecting Lucy.
unseen presence which he called "ahe,”
Now that it fully decided for Jessie to .and then whisper blessings ou the mad
go with Muddy, her lessons were auspend- am’s head.
•• M r h alf «•«<• t" *>• vary short. Hot otter
ti.li-K A jo r'o llolr Visor o •hurt lire* »
ed, and Aikeuside for the time being was
Three days after this, a party of four could.
i.i srotr. mud n..w II (• r»urte#u I Boh*« Iona
turned into a vast dressmaking establish left Aikenside, which presented a most
Hadlutn la the lliuylun T s s s r l .
ThU i..in < i onion'll« rooult l<* mo «H o t !»* * »«
"Then I am «atlsth-d," the doctor re
aim .,.i without any hou/*- Mas J. II. V iv a s .
ment.
W ith his usual generosity, Guy forlorn aud cheerless appearance to the joined "and as you have rather assumed
Prof. July, who made a gi*ologlcul ex
Culuredu hprluga. Colo.
had given Agnes permission to draw pus-ers-by, who were glad almost aa the the position o f her guardian or brother, I amination o f the atones aud the debris
, L a v a li. Moo*
upon his purse for whatever was needed, servants when, at the expiration of a
iS* 1.0. . A r * r Co
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sk your permission to offer her tbe lo r« collected during the construction o f the
Aloo Bionufboturors
on
of
either for herself or .1« .si,*, with the defi week, Guy came back and took up his old which, whether she accepts It or not, 1« Simplon tuuuel. re|iorta that be bus
SArGPAJUUA.
f
nite understanding that Muddy should en life of solitude and loneliuoss, with hers."
PILI A.
found rich trace« o f nullum, lmllcuttug
have an equal share of dress and atten nothing in i<artieulur to Interest him. ex
CIM.VUY PCCTOKAL.
Guy had never felt a sharper pang thag larger deposit« thun have yet been dla
tion.
cept hia books aud the letters he wrote that which now thrilhsl through every
H e be
“ It will not be necessary,” he siid, “ for to Lucy ; unless, indeed, it were those he nerve, but he would uot prove false to .w e r e d elsewhere III Europe.
you to enlighten the citizens of New York was going to write to Maddy, who, with the friend confiding in him, and be an lleves that the existence o f so much
radium caused the abuormal heat de
with regard to Maddy's position.
She Jessie, had promised to become his cor swered calmly :
A railroad to Nigeria, Africa, will lx
vaioped
In the construction o f the tun couatructed by the British colonial gov
goes there as Jessie's equal, and her respondent. Nothing hut these aud the
"You have my consent; but, doc, better
wardrobe must lie suitable.”
Ilti Is continuing hls researches. ernment to develop the resources of t he
picture— the doctor's picture— the oue de put it off till you see her at Aikenside, nel.
No one could live long with Maddy signed expressly for him. and which trou There's no chance at tlie cottage, with Although scleiitlsta b elieve that ra : country, end In particular to stimulate
Clyde without becoming interested in her. bled him greatly. Believing that he had those three old people.
I wonder ah# dium, discovered by Mme. Curie In 1 the cotton growing industry. The rued
and in spite of herself Agnes’ dislike was fully intended it for the doctor, Guy felt don't go^wild. I ’m sure I should."
11 ) 02 . la w idely distributed o ver tbe will lx about 4AO mile* lone.
wearing away, particularly as o f late she as if it were, in a measure, stolen prop
“ And you'll manage It for me, G u y} world In minute quantities, the present
had seen no signs of special attention on erty, and this made him prize it all the You know how. 1 don't. You'll contrive
principal source Is the pitchblende o f
the doctor's part.
He had gotten over more.
•
for me to *ee her alone, and maybe say » Josehluisthal, North Bavaria, w here a
his weakness, she thought, and so was
Now that Ma<hfy was away Guy miss word beforehand in my favor.”
few gralus o f railiuui uppeiir In a ton
very gracious toward Maddy. who, nat ed her terribly, wondering how he had
"Y’ «*s, yes.
I ’ ll manage it.
I ’ ll fit
of pitchblende. A pound o f radium, if
urally forgiving, began to like her better ever lived without her, and sometimes
it right. Don’ t forget, da /after to-iuor
T C llS R fA D fR S MOW TO CURf KMI LI
than she had ever dreamed it possible for working himself into a violent passion row night.
The Cutlers will be there, It could be bought, would cost about
MA I ISM AND I h f KIDNEYS.
her to like so proud and haughty a wom against the meddleaome neighbors who and, by the way. Marcia has got to be a 1900,000.
an.
I>own at the cottage in llonedale would not let her remain with him splendid girl. She fancied you once, you
there were many consultations held and in peace, and who, now that she was know. Old Cutler Is worth half a m ill Beware o f Ointments fo r Catarrh that
Gives Reeders Advice; Alev a Simple
many fears expressed by tb* aged couple gone, did not stop their talking one whit. ion.” And Guy tore himself away from
Contain Mercury,
as to what would be the result of all Guy O f this last, however, be was ignorant, the doctor, who, now that the ice waa es mercury willouroly Jeotroy the tenoeofouiell
Prescription 1« Make a h o m o
end uin|i!au-ly derange the whole ttsteal mken
was doing for their child.
as there was no one to tell hhn how peo broken, would like to have talked of entering
Made Mixture Said to G iv«
It through tue ib ucous surface«. Much
A few days before Maddy’s departure, ple marveled more than ever, feeling con
article.should never be used ex<optou pros
Prompt Relief.
Muddy forever.
criptions Iroin reputable bhystrlens, ea tho
grand}'« went up to see "the madam
fident that he was educating bis own wife,
But Guy was not thus inclined, and la damage tbvy will do Is ten (old to tlie good you I
anxious to know something more than and making sundry hateful remarks as to a mood not extremely amiable, he went can possibly derive Irom them. ll*H ’ »('*i«rrli I
Cure, manufactured by K J. Cheney A Co.,
hearsay about a person to whose care his what he intended doing with her re
dashing down toward llouedale.
For Toledo, O., contains mi mercury, end Is taken j '
Now ia the tim e when the doctor geta
child was to be partially intrusted. Agn**s lations. Guy only knew that be was very
some unaccountable reason he was not lutorueilr. acting dtroctly upon the blood end tmay, and tha patent medicine manu
was in her room when told who wanted lonely, that Lucy's letters seemed insipid, now one bit inter«*sted in the party, and, mucous surfaces of the system, lu buying
facturers reap the harvest, uniece great
to see her. Starting quickly, she turned that even the doctor failed to interest were it not that a few of the invitations lleil's i.’etorrli < uru be turn you get the gen
ulne. It Is taken Internally and mode In Tol care ia taken to dreea w arm ly and keep
so deadly white that Maddy. who brought him as of old. and that his greatest com
were issued, he would have been tempted edo, Ohio, by r. J, cneuey 1 Co. Testimonials the feet d iy .
This la the advice of an
Ire«.
the message. Hew to her, side, asking in fort w-as in looking at the bright young
to give it up. Guy did not know what
Mold by Druggists. Prlre 71c, per bottle.
old em inent au th ority, who gayn that
much alarm what was tbit matter.
face which seemed to smite so truthfully ailed him. He only felt aa if somebody
Take jlell's ramtly Pills lor constipation
. Rheum atism
and
K idn ey
trouble
"O nly a little faint. It will soon pass upon him from the tiny casing just as
had been meddling with bis plans,
lie
Net « • v it a l
w eather ia here, and also te ll« w hat to
off.'' Agnes said, and then, dismissing Maddy had smiled upon him when he
contented himself with driving like a sec
Maddy. she tried to compose herself suffi bade her good-by.
Dcnaatk- The idea o' your fh l.k ln ' I do jn C* M> of ,n
ond Jehu until be reached
llonedale,
ciently to pass the ordeal she so much
<’ et ,rom
^
Prescription phar-
where a pair o f soft, brown eyes smiled was Ilateci,n' to what you an' Mr. K e rri
dreaded, and from which there was no
R i'r a c t
C H A IT E R XV.
up into his face, and a little, warm hand eon aaid when you an' bim wea w ran glin '! tnacy one h alf ounce Fluid
possible escape.
The summer vacation had been spent was clasped in hia, as Maddy came even 1 didn't bear the first word o' your talk ' [ Hondellon, one ounce Compound K ar-
Thirteen years! Had they changed her by the Bemingtons and Maddy at tbe
M.etresi I wouldn't bave minded that gon, three ounce* Compound Syrup Sar
to the gate to meet him.
past recognition? She hoped, she believed seaside, tbe latter coming to the cottage
But didn't you b«ar saparilla. M ix by shaking in a bottle
She was very glad to tee film. Tlie so much, Verona.
so, and yet, never in her life had Agnes for a week before returning to her school
the
last
words
of
it?
and take a teaspcontul after m eal* and
cottage with ita bumble adorning« did
Remington's heart beaten with so much in New York, and as tbe doctor was then
at bedtim e, also drink plenty of w ater.
seem lonely, almost dreary, after the life
l.a r g o I 'o a t r a r l.
terror and apprehension as wbpn she en absent from home, she did not meet him
You can’ t drink too much o f it.
and bustle o f New York, and Maddy had
“ What are you going to do now, colo
tered the reception room where Gqy sat at all. Consequently, he had not seen
Just try thin sim ple home-made m ix
cried more titan once to think how bard
nel?*’ inquired tbe intimate friend.
talking with the infirm old man she re her since she left Aikenside for New
ture, and don ’ t forget the water, at the
and wicked she must be growing when
*'I expect to apeud the remainder of
membered so well. Ilia snowy hair was York. But she was at home now for the
her home had ceased to be the dear old my day«," raid the retired statesman, firat sign ot Rheum atism , or If you r
parted just the same as ever, but the Christmas holidays— was down at the cot
home she once loved so well. Bhe had "livin g down the lie* that have been pub back aches or you feel that the kidneya
mild blue eye was dimmer, and it rested tage. too; and unusually nervous for him,
been there five days, now, and notwith lished about m« lu fourteen political cam are not acting juet r ig h t
Thia is raid
on her with no suspicious glance, as, par the doctor stood before the little square
standing tbe efforts of her grandparents paign«.”
to be a splendid kidney regulator, and
tially reassured, she gl/ded across the glass in his back office, trying to make
to entertain her, each day had seemed a
alm ost certain rem edy for a ll forma of
threshold, and bowed civilly when Guy himself look as well as possible, for he
week in if* duration. Neither the doctor
Tbe thumb has more strength than all rheumatism , which ia canned by uric
presented her.
was going that very afternoon to call up nor Guy had been near her, and capri
acid in the blocd, which the kidneya
the other huger* together.
A little anxious aa to how her grand on Miss Clyde.
cious little Maddy had made herself be
(ail to filter out. A n y one can easily
father would acquit himself, Maddy sat
The doctor was seriously in love. He lieve that the former wa* sadly remiss in
Mloootfrralaoillog.
prepare thia at home and at sm all coat.
by, wondering why Agnes appeared so ill acknowledged that now to himself, con
his duty, inasmuch as he bad not seen
Mije. Guahleigh — lie '« your next hue- Alm ost any druggist in tbe sm aller
at ease, and why her grandsire started fessing, too, that with his love was
her for so long.
band, is he? Allow me to offer my------ towns can supply the Ingredients named
sometimes at the sound of her voice, and mingled a spice of jealousy, lest Guy
Maddy was getting to be a woman, with
Mr«. Muchleigti -O. you misunderstood aa they are com m only uaed in tbe pie-
looked earnestly at her.
Remington
should be expending more womanly freak*, a* the reader will read me. I said ” ex-hu»b«nd.”
•cription department
"W e ’ ve never met before to my knowl thought on Maddy Clyde than was consis
ily see. A t Guy she wa* not particularly
Mrs. Guahleigh Indeed? Well, I con
edge. young woman." he said once to A g tent with the promised husband of Lucy
piqued. She did uot take his attentions gratulate you on that.
A Crltlc lom.
nes, "but you are mighty like somebody, Atherstone. He wished so much to talk
as a matter of course; still she thosight
“ Mr«. Chattcrton Is u perfect talking
and your voice, when you talk low. keeps with Guy about her, and yet dreaded i t ;
more of him, if possible, than of the doc
A dain ty Ixiok in colors, called the machine.”
makin' me jump as if I'd beard it sum'ers for if the talk should confirm his suspi
tor, during those five days, saving to ' ‘ Jingle Book,” w ill In; sent free to any
or other.”
"A s u piece o f machinery, though,
cions there would be no hope for him. No h e rs e lf each morning: “ H e’ ll subtly come
Mother sending name and ad-lre** of her *h<* lacks one detail.”
A fter that Agnes spoke in elevated girl in her right inind would prefer him
tod ay,” and to herself u o ’h night: “ lie
baby, and the tops from two one-pound
tone*, as if she thought him deaf, aud to Guy Remington, and with a Uttle sigh
“ W hat is that?”
will be hpre to-morrow.” She had some
the mystified look of wonder did not re tlie doctor was turning away from the
cartoons of " 2 0-Mule-Team” Porn« and
thing to show him at last—-a letter from
“ T h e exIiHUMt.” - B altim ore American.
turn to his face.
Numerous were the glass, when Guy himself drove cp in a
Lucy Atherstone, who had gradually come Sc in stain pa. Address Pacific Coast
charges he gave to Agnes eo»cerning most dashing equipage.
Only On« “ BROMO QU ININE."
to be her regular
correspondent, and Borax Co., Oakland, Cal.
Maddy, bidding her be watchful o f his
That I. LA X A TIV E HfH’ MO qt ININK. book
Guy was in the best of spipits. For whom Maddy had learned to love with
tor tlio signature o f i W o r o v k
i gad tha
I.title A r a l i l « n o v a .
child; then, as he arose to go, lie laid an entire half-day he had tried to devise
all the Intensity of her girlhood. T o her
V ery commendable is the zeal dis World o * «T to« ij re a « old In On«* Pay. A c
his trembling hand on her head a&d said some means for getting Maddy up to
ardent imagination Lucy Atherstone was
solemnly: "You are young yet, lady, and Aikenside. There was to be a party at
played In recent years In the effort to
K v ld e n t ly a Mlo ln ke.
but a little lower than the angels, ami
there may be a long liftj before you. God Aikenside— the very first since Guy was
“ That wstch,’’ said the jeweler, hand-
the pure, sweet thoughts contained in ev put an end to the obnoxious habit o f
bless you, then, and prosper you in pro its master. The neighbors had said he
ery letter were doing almost as much expectorating In places frequented by ! ing it back, “ is one of the kin«! that's
portion as you are kind to Maddy. I've was too proud to invite them, but they
would \ umde to sell.”
toward« molding her character as Grand the public. HtHI. tlte offense
nothing to give you nor Mr. Guy for your should say ao no more. The house was
“ Durn i t !” exploded f ’ ncl** Josh, who
pa Markham's prayers and constant teach probably be c I hshii I under the bend o f
goodness only my prayers, and them you to be thrown open in honor o f Guy’ s
ing*. Maddy did not know it, but It was “ ven ial” — and It might be well to nd- had bought (he timepiece at a .State street
have every day. W e all pray for you. twenty-sixth birthday, and all who were
suction establishment, “ I ’ ve showed that
these letters from Lucy which kept her i Just the punishment to the crime,
lady, Joseph and all, though I doubt me at all desirable as guests were to be bid
from loving Guy Remington. She could j A ft e r crossing on one p f tbe ferry ! there watch to ’ levm different jeweler*.
he knows much the meaning of what he den to the festival. First on the list was
not for a moment associate him with her- ' lines that convey pus^-nger« over tlie ■ TYiey all tell me jt was made to sell an*
Bays.”
the doctor. Guy was all engaged in the *<*lf when she *o constantly thought af j Xorth R iv e r to New Jersey [joints, and yit I can’t git a blamed rent fur it no
“ W ho, sir? What did you say?” and matter, and after telling who were to be him as the husband o f another, and that carefu lly considering the possible logl- where* !”
Agnes' face was scarlet, as grandpa re invited, added rather indifferently: " I ’m other Lucy Ath'-rstone. Not for wrfrlds
Mo nere will find Mr«. Wln*lnw*s n»»thlng
plied: "Joseph, our unfortunate
boy; going now down to HoneJale after Mad- would Muddy have wronged the gentle cal connection between tbe tw o parts
Byru |. the b »1 reinedv t«i «isv for iholr i tilliirea
Maddy must have told you. the one who's dy : It's better for her to be with us • creature who wrote to her so confidingly i o f tlie “ Notice to Passengers” hanging durlug the teething period.
taken such a shine to Jessie. From the day or two before. You've seen her, of of Guy, envying her in that sh<« could so In a conspicuous place, one wonders If
corner where he sits so much I can hear course.”
often see his face and hear his voices perhaps the reform ing zeal o f the ferry
K i r e a t ln « .
him whispering by the hour, sometimes of
No. the doctor had not ; he was just while 1 la betrothed wa* separated from company may not have carried It too
Dissatisfied Artist— I don’ t like the
folks he used to know, and then o f you, going there, he said, in a tone so full o f hitn by » a n y thousand miles. L ittle by far.
way you have hung my painting.
who we call madam.
He says ¡or ten sad disappointment that Guy detected it little it Fad come out that Lucy’* mother
T h e signs rend; “ Spitting on the
Member of t'ommittee Neither do I,
minutes on the stretch: ‘God bless the at once.
was averse to the mntch, that she had floor Is prohibited. L ife preservers are but I was outvoted. Mv judgment was
madam— the madam— the madam !’ You're
“ I have not seen Maddy since last in her mind the case of an English lord, provide«! fo r all passengers.”
that It ought to be hanged.
sick, lady; talkin' about him makes you spring, you know. 1« she very much im who would make
her
daughter “ My
faint,” grandpa added, hastily, as Agnes proved?" asked the the doctor.
La«ly” ; and this wa* the *«*cret o f her
turned white as the dress she wore.
"Yes, very much. 'Jliere is no more deferring *o long her «laughter’* marriage.
“ N o—oh, no, I'm better now." Agnes stylish-looking girl to be seen on Broad In her last letter to Maddy, however,
(M V
gasped, bowing him to the door with a way than Maddy Clyde. I *ook her to Lucy had written with more than her
feeling that she could breathe no longer the opera once, last mouth, a e f he many usual spirit that she would come in pos
In bis presence.
admiring glances cast at our box pnved session of her property on her twenty-fifth
He did not hear h»r faint cry of bitter, pretty |>ositively that Maddy's Inauty was birthday. She should thin f«-e| at liberty
bitter remorse, as he walked through tt.e not of the ordinary kind."
to act for herself, and she launched out
"Th e opera !”
the doctor exclaimed ; into joyful anticipation* of the time when
ball, nor know she watched him as ha
went slowly down the walk, stopping “ Maddy Clyde at the opera! What would she should eorne to Aikenside and m<*et
IT IS WONDERFUL HOW OUICKLY THE
often to admire the fair blossoms which her grandfather say? He is very puritan her dear Maddy Clyde.
PAIN AND STIFFNESS GO WHEN YOU USB
Maddy did not feel at liberty to pick.
ical. you know.’
Guy began to talk with Maddy, asking
“ Yes, I know ! and so is Maddy, too. how she had spent her time, and so forth.
“ He loved flowers," Agnes whispered,
as her better nature prevailed over every She wrote and obtained his consent be This reminded Maddy of the doctor, who,
other feeling, and, starting eagerly for fore she’d go with me.”
she said, had not been to see her at all.
Here an interval of alienee ensued, and
ward, she ran after the old man, who,
“ He was coming this morning,” Guy
THIS WELL TRIED, OLD-TIME
surprised at her evident haste, waited a then the doctor began again.
rejoined, “ but I persuaded him to defer
REMEDY FILLS THE BILL
“ Guy, you told me once you were edu his call until you were at Aikensido. I
little anxiously for her to speak. It was
2 5 c . —ALL DRUGGISTS.— 6 0 « .
rather difficult to do so with Maddy's in cating Maddy Clyde for me, and I tried have come to take you hack with me, as
quiring eyes upon her, but Agnes man to make you think I didn't c a re; but I we are to have * party day after to-mor
did, oh, ao much! Guy, laugh at me, If row evening, <md I wiah you to be pres
aged at last to say :
“ I> oob that man like flowers— the one you please. I cannot blame you if you ent.”
do; but the fact Is, I believe I ’ ve loved
■who prays for th* madam?”
(T o be continued^)
"Yes. he used to years ago,” grandpa Maddy Clyde aver alnce that time ahe
A woman needs an hour’« more «loop
replied; and, bending down, Agnes began waa so alck. A t all events, I love her
to pick and arrange Into a moat tasteful nerw, and I waa going down than this than a man.
PLENTY GOOD WATER
“O U C H ”
OH, MY BACK
ST JACOBS OIL
CONQUERS
PAIN