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DICK J 1:11 HAM presented himself
ut (Ua oiitctt of t'itrrlfigiou liros,
i,. mi vciy Mtiiiulli friinif of iiiiiul, I'd
llll Ml liml Uur bullm 111 hiii rltflit
li .J1 ami hi i'oiiiili'l(jn, u iD as tn
n. rn,' nmhIiioi'iI him of the (hit
li It'll linil brought lilm nrar to
(It'iiU'n Uoor. Uuml o( ill w till!
lii'Wa fjvai .Vilf f ton. ,
Mar,)' lnxUrylila Mary hud Inlifi
ltd i-'U.uiNl frum lii-r unclr llnrolil,
liil-dml, If that It'll i-r of the rutllu
' t()H:ui' l'i"ip. Minn liraysliew, to Ills
. wmlier wmi to b 'bi-lltivil, Mary wa
tin tlic high road to tlllr. Mir 'la cut
J.rutvn HUN vrry little other tliuii
liuroiict; but the attraction of a
''isilynlilp" could liurdljr help tempt
I UK even nucb a (firl as iwwt rtary
iluillry. ,
The younger member of the firm
reerlred Dji'k with sympathy, but no
nlhmi.iiiii. . t . ,, '., , '-, . t
"Voii don't look fit for n olfiee
'flpfk, Mr. .terrain ah( 1 beg ymir
pardon, Mi lit. Jerrum, liu't It, now?"
he said, with unerring Isujrh. '
"I was onVreil commission, but 1
ilid not furl that I eould accept It,
r," mild D!ck. , "I want to laka up
my work uirnln for varloua rraaons."
Mr. Krnrkt (.'arrlnjfbin's eyebrows
roar and subsided.
"I'm very aorry, Mr. Jerrara," ht
aid, "but just at present thrra la no
ran). ,YVe will, of course, fie you
thr first clisiice the wry Brit chance
thnt oecurs."
"Do you really mean It 7" ha asked,
faintly.
"My dear fellow, you really are not
fit for Ac work Just yet. Take a
holiday nftor your trylnjr labors
jour noble and r patriotic self
ierllle. I rinre say, In a few months,
at the most, wa ran siuee you In 1
somewhere, though I fear cirn then .
r ran net offer you the name aalary j
you revetted in IH.H j
With an effort, Dick pulled hlmaetf
tocher, and stood up, like ths disci-j
plli ed ao'rller b had tweoma. , '', j,
"Vimr words ara final, alrf ke '
skrd, , , i j v
"Provisional, Jerram on'y prorl
alunat, Hut we can't afford to cheer
jou with hopra .that iay not come
tn fruition. Anything we ran do la
(he way of recommendations, it will
irlre ii the utmost pleasure to da
I, .hkI henvrnil It ! the leant we
could do!" '
Dick bowed, hla heart. The (mile
en hla llpa wai just a little bitter.
. "Miitr rV he aakt. "It U aome
thine n be grateful for that you ara
to witling to do the leant poaalble.
(iood morning. ' 1 ! '
And then Dirk found hlmaetf In (H.
Tnul'ii churchyard, and conciom that
the Inut atraw had been piled upon
hl ha1.
,Mnry Aa (food loet 0 him more
ecrttinty now than before, anyway
h'ra nilUHtkm fitted up, hla health
oriikrn, and no one to whom he eould
honorably look for help In hla time
of trouble.
lie found comfort in the recollee
lior. that hla mother't own poor lit
tle Income mifllclent for her well
iiinatiired rrqalreuenta. , - ,,
"Ai for me-"-" '. f ,'
ltv ahruriri'd hla ahoiilderi and tot
tered ! Ludfrate kill. On hla way
he noticed a Jeweler'e window, with
wntihra and chalna and pint and
rinyn of price beneath hla eyre cp
vinlly riiifTH. And the rlngi reminded
him of what It hurt him moat. to re
Dumber. t
- He looked at Ut if H hand with the
plain but nolld gold circlet, tet with
a tiny diamond, and the wordt, In
vjnibie tn hla eyee, but preetLng hit
flnifcr: "Foreeer and forever!" .
That wa Mary'a eoueher to him
for her lifelong lore. i
At lrnirth he moved again. "Yet,
tlint'a what Til do," he murmured,
"l'oor girl! One can't blame her.
She thiill marry him with a free
cnnarifiice, at all eventa." '
Then onoa again ha whlaperad: .
"An for me-f" ''
At the Klngi Arma inn of Neller'
loni that evening, Dick took pen and
pnper and wrote the letter to Mary
which wat to accompany the re
turned ring. It' wit abort and to the
fcoint: ' . '- ', . j, .
"Urtr Mary: 8omehow, though I would
like to ktp I tils, I can't do It, tnd to I
bring It back to you; ai.d you moitn't think
1 me.in to be nnxty by mkir.g It come to
ytu en oiir blrihdny. 1 quite undtraund
UMt ihlns't art c)'j,t! bfir. u: V.'lth
ing yue'ull the happUi'ii life chn alee you,
btilcve me, tU7crt-ly jouri always,
. , ."HlUiAKDJiilUlAM " ,
"No drivel in that, I think," Ire
mid, wltk a pang of pride when he
hud rt ail; it and .folded Jt up. The
rlijr waa in a lidlt box arid the Jt-'i
Vr waif now wrapped round the bo.
The whole was addressed to Miss
Jlury Dudley, Dnvpuahire road. .
In the darkni'hs he tottered out
Devontihire rood way. lie gned at i
the lioot-e and the lighted window ln
Miiry'a betlroom (razed and gnited till '
he felt sil!y.'" And then he tottered
bni'k und went to bed.
)!e lay reatlesaly, now wishing wild
ly, now dumbly resigned to all
thlngt. , r:. . .' ; ,
Once It occurred to him to wonder
what the rimlil of thernit meant by
mlllng like 'that when ahe gave him
his cnndle nnd an Id 'a gay . "good
night." But he had fur Inteniier
Ktlmtilante to thought then that, and
the damael noon drifted away from
him;,. . ' .
.' lilt most strenuous moments fol
lowed the rt'utlnatlon that he had
been carelcim enough to leave Mary's
packet downntalrt on the mantel
piece In the little parlor,
"Hhowa what I am!" he anld.flcK'ely,
at he miule an attitnpt to get up, light
a candle and go down for It, i
lint he found the effort quite appal
lluply aevere, and gnve It up. . . ,
He dozed tfeiirlouiily, played with
Mary in boy-ii.d girl fnshlou, tlancd
wllh hrr, hud (u-r ull to hlnmelf in the.
Ilrarkahaw wooili., wooed and won her
all over again. Off nnd on he woke, to
gaip and groan and utter axclama-'
tlont, "
For the aeoond time thr girl knocked
at hit door.
"Your hot watrr, tlr!" the cried, and
aet hrr ear to llntcn. '
Hhe did not listen long, but hurried
downatalra, wlytt wflnl fur the master
that the gi-ntkiiini't fn No. 3 wat shout
ing In the qnerrrat way
. "I think hi 'H III. hlr." ahe laid. "He
lookwl bad loft night,"
- 1 he landlord made no bonea about
entering Dirk't room when he, too, had
rapped to no purpose. He gazed at
Dirk for a few moments, and felt hit
blood chill a little at Dk'k's furloua
cry: "I tell you you arc drnd, Mary, no
don't deny It !" tom hed Dick'a burning
forehrnd, and left biin.
JMIc'e In a ftir-'-that'il what'i the
matter with him," he tald. "You juat
go for Mr. Darker, Jane, right awny."
"l'oor young fellow!" tald Jnne,
eagerly. "Thnt I will, tir."
Moreover, being In love herself, )ie
determined to kill two hirda with one
(tone. ' . ,
"It's maybe preaent for Mitt Dud-(
ley," she anld to beraelf, and, putting
on her hat, carried off Dick'a little
packet for No. t Devonshire road.
.' "Nurtel"
, Thedarknei.s had parted from Dick'a
brain, and h living opened hiaeyea and
e.'ii tbiiiira at they, were, though with
B imperfect prfltp ot the. facta, he
whimpered, the monosyllable.
The quirk rimtle of a dreaa ahawered
him. and the worda: i
, ;"Vea, my'Ii'rl'oy!"
"You, nimhrr?" said Dick, looking
up at the'fnne thnt was the beat and
truest object In life for him.
Khe rla'd I. la hand a bony shape,
Innevly laei'tlVllhskln.
i wMi-aly th' tfloud fell from him.
It all enme bsek-wonnd. fever, the
long Weeks in .hospital, the voyage
home la wenkuraa and anxiety at well
as hope, the item of Mary's fortune
and Hir Tnrver flrown. hH rebuff In Rt.
rouTt churchyard and hla Journey to
Nrllcrton.
He groaned In plt of himself, and
turned his face to the wall.
. "Now, then, dear, let me raise your
head.", f ', i r . .
' "Whafa lire- use?" fee omrmured.
it was hla one and only flash of
fieevlsbnees. The next instant he
obeyed orders with a smile. It wna a
dreary smile, yet a smile.
VHoW ) rnht have worried yon.
mother!" he'anid, quietly, as he settled
hfler the tonle. "I suppose thla la Nel
lerton?" . i
She kissed him ae mothers do kiss
their grown sotie of whom they are
verj proud, .
"Try and Wn arJn, dear," the salS,
rather tremnliirly.
Hut Mury Dudlevnrd her Infidelity
her excuKabli Infldollty-were vivid In
hie iniiitl. Vnw could he aleep amid
audi renlitntlmia?
, "AU right," he aald, abutting hit
eyea. '
Then a sunny rray mitt settled upon
his brain, nnd his surroundlnga were
to him sa If they were not. It was not
to much aleep r,s tmntlntion of spirit.
O. Marv. .l;irv,liat shall 1 do with
out you?" bis lips cried nloud, even
while hit mind wna active in some
remoter ntmn,phrre. -
"Nothing, dear Dick; you ahall not
do without me na long as we live, for
wc will he nlwaa together." A hand
waa Io,td on' his forehead a little
satiny tiand, with loVe warm In all Its
pores. ' And Instantly Dick opened his
eyes.
"Mary!" he gasped.
' This time Mj.ry Pudley laid her face
by hla on the pillow, tmiling, and whis
pered, with her mouth close to his
mouth! . . , r ,
"Of course, Dik, who else should
It be?"
i But it wnii not until the evening that
she wns allovwl to give him in full
mentnre fh orily "tonic Ihnt could he
wnrrnntert rt rc to make him himslf
-nifiiln In f.irit,rm(J in truth. Then she
,"1 oufit J;' fvti ashnmed of you,
icx, rnvr xjoamedi "for, supposin'.r,
If only for mie M'l ond. thnt 1 could cure
Wiytbintf for vn y money ap.nt from
you? filr Tuner Ttrown. Indeed! Why,
I', was' un wniiiiig far a eipn from
you. Ann 1 zt.t it my own ring! 0,
plck!"--I..i!dmi Answers.
A Hum! of (ienernaltr,
.A man from Dunedin ouce visited
(he town of Wellington, An Irish
friend Insisted apo'n th visitor slny
ing at his house instead of at a h
trl, and kept him there for a month,
tihtylng the host In iletdll. even in
l renting him to the thratera and oth
r amusements, paying all the. cnb
'nret nnd the rest. When the visitor
tut returning to Dunedin. the Irbli
man saw him down to the ati-nmer,
nnd they. went Into the saloon to
have n parting drink.
' "What'll you haver asked the
host, continuing hla hospitality to the
very Inst. .
"Now, loolc here," said the man
from Dunedin, "III hae nne n-ilr o'
thin. .Here ye've been krepin' me nt
yer horse for a month an' pnyln" for
' the thratera 'an' rubs an drinks
I lell ye I'll tn' nae more o' It.
We'll just, hae a toes for thla one!"
Hcotsinnn.
, Pkt sleimi la lis tea II,
' Hereafter ho phuifcinn who Is tin
able to apeak the KnglKh Inhgusgi
will be given i certificate allowing
lit nt to practice his profrasion in thr
territory of Hawaii. Chicago Inter
Ocean. , .
'. i Ra4 It In Hla Newspaper.
George Hclimib, well known Ger
man citizen of New Lebanon, Ohio, is
a constant reader of the Dnyton Volks
witling. He knows that this pnper
aims to advertise only the heat in its
coin ins, and when tin taw Chamber
Iain's pain FIhIio advertised therein
for Innie bnck, he did not hesitate in
buying a bottle for hit wife, who lor
eight weeks had Millered with the
most terrible pain in her. hack and
could not get no relief. He Suva:
"After using the fain Balm for a few
dnya my wife raid to me, 'I feel aa
though born anew,' and before using
the entire contents of the bottle the un
bearable peine had entirely vanished
and she could again take up ber house
hold duties." He ia vory thankful
and hopet thnt all fuflVring likewise
will hear of her wonderful reeovery.
Tliia valuable liniiueut is for sale by
nil druggists.
Calla answered promptly day or night Of
fice with Dr, V. Oeaao-. Keajdeoce
comer 1st sud Main streets.
PKINKVILXK. I , OHKtlOS
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