M U H THE QUICKENING 2 n FRANCIS LYNDE Coprrltht. 1906, by Francli Lmda n m on, eating taolr auppor, so ho wns able to so and como undetected. When ho drovo down to tho Bate ho found Nan waiting whero ho had loft her; but now Bho had a bundlo In her arms. As ho irot out to swing tho driveway grille, tho houso door opened; a llood of light from tho hnll lamp banded tho lawn, and there woro volcos And footstops on tho voranda. He Huns i nervous glanco ovor his shouldor; Ar lea and her cousin wero roturnlng Jown the foot-tath. Whoroforo ho mado haste, meaning not to bo caught again, If ho could help It. But tho fates were against him. Longfellow, snatch ad ruthlessly from his half-emptied o.t gsr.cr.Tjn rm if " II a For the Hostess Chat on Interesting Topics of Many Kinds, by a Recognized Authority A Chrysanthemum Lunchoon. .TnHirlnir from tho nuniorouH letters box, made equino protest, yawing and frnn. iiri,ios-oloct. Cupid must lmvo -irwu iwii iuuiseb- CIIAPTER XVII. (Continued.) Sho looked up at him appcallngly. uont make fun of such things, Tom. Love is sacred." "I was, never further from making fun of things in my life. I mean it With every drop of blood In me. You said you didn't want to find mo chang cd; I'm not changed In that, at lr-asL' "Vou ridiculous boy!" she said; but that was only a stop-gap, and Long fellow added- another by coming to a oiana opposite a vast obstruction of building material half damming the wnite road. "What are you doing hero building more additions?" sho asked. "No," said Tom. "It is a new plant a pipe foundry." "Don't tell me wo are going, to havo more neighbors In Paradise," sho said, in mock concern. k "I'll toll you something that may shock you worse than that: tho owner of this new plant has camped down right next door to Deer Trace." 'How dreadful I You don't mean that I" "Oh, but I do. He's a young man. of poor but honest parentage, with a large eye for the main chance. I shouldn't be surprised If he took every opportu nity to make love to you." "How absurd you can be, Tom! Who Is he?" "Ho Is Mr. Caleb Gordon's son. I think you think you know horn, but you don't; nobody does." "Really, Tom? Have you gone into business for yourself?" I thought you had another year at Boston." "I have another year coming to mo, but I don't know when I shall get It. And I am In business for myself; though perhaps I shoujd be modest and call It a firm Gordon & Gordon. I UU1U new nrm, and It is all that has kept Chlawassee from going into the sheriff's hands any time during tho past six months. Duxbury Farley and his son had deliberately wrecked tho company." "You must not say such things of Mr. Farley and and his son to me. If you do, I can't listen." ''.Sou don't believe what I say 7" "I believe you have convinced your self. But you are vindictive; you know you are. And I mean to bo fair and Just" , "Tell me one thing, Ardea, and may be It will shut my mouth. What Is Vincent Farley to. you anything more than Eva's brother?" Another young woman might have claimed her undoubted right to evade uch a pointed question. But Ardea aw safety only in instant frankness. "He has asked me to be his wife Tom." "And you have consented?" "I wonder if I havo," she said, half muslngly. "Don't you know?" he ' demanded. And then, Ardea, I'd rather see you dead and in your coffin! You don't know Vint Farley." "Don't I? My opportunities have teen very much better than yours she retorted. "That may be, but I say you don't know him. He Is a whlted sepulcher. "But you can not particularize," she Insisted. "And the evidence is all the other way." "The evidence Isn't all one-sided," he asserted. "If you were a man, could convince you in two minutes that both of the Farleys are rascals and hypocrites." "Yet they are your father's business associates," she reminded him. He saw the hopelessness of any ar gument on that side, and was silent again, this time until they had passed the Deer Trace gates and he had cut the buggy before the great Greek-pil lared portico of tho manor-house. When he had helped her out, she thanked him and gave him her hand quite in the old way; and he held It while he asked a single blunt ques tion. "Tell me one thing more, Ardea: do you love Vincent Farley?" Her' swift blush answered him, and he did not wait for her word. "That settles is; you needn't say It in bo many words. I love you love you as this man never will, never could. And with half his chance, I could have made you love me." "Don't Tom! please don't," she beg ged, trying to free her hand. "I must, for this once; then we'll quit and go back to tho former things. You (said a while ago that I was vindictive; I'll show you that I am not When tho time comes for mo to put my foot on Vint Farley's neck, I'm going to spare him for your sake. Then you'll know what it means to have a man's love. Good-by; I'm coming over for a few minutes this evening If you'll let me." his walking home. Ofdinarlly he struck work when tho furnaco whlstlo blew, riding homo with his father behind old ?-r.but thls Particular 2 n,mlerllnfr' &e architect, miss ed h s South Tredegar, train, and Tom spent an extra hour with him, discuss ing further and futuro possibilities of expansion. Klnderllng got away on a later train, and Tom closed his office and took tho long mllo up tho pike afoot In the dusk of tho autumn even ing, thinking pointedly of many things mechanical and Industrial, and never by any chance forereachlng to tho epoch-marking event that was await ing him at tho Woodlawn gate. His nana was upon the latch of tho ornamental side wicket opening on the 'ui-puui wnen a woman, crouching In tho shadow of tho great gato pillar, rose suddenly and stood before him. He did not recognize her at first; it was nearly dark, and her head was snooded in a shawl. Then she spoke, and he saw that It was Nan cy Bryerson a Nan sadly and terri bly changed, but must much of the wild-creature of face and form still remaining. "You done forgot me. Tom-Jeff?" she asked; and than, at his start of recog nition: l allow I have chanced somi." "Surely I haven't forgotten you. Nan. But you took me by surprise; and I can't see In the dark any better than most people. What are you doing down here in the valley so late In tho even ing.' ho tried to say It superiorly, paternally, as an older man might have said It Itnnn 11.1iK.11n.lv htlBV with Ills llttlo bow nntl arrow. Thoro nro so ninny requests for pro-nuptlnl functions, I nm suro tho description of this chry santhemum luncheon will bo vory acceptable. It wns gorgeously brllllnnt, tno coior veering and earning hlmsolf a savage cut of tho whip boforo ho consented to placo tho buggy at tho stono mounting stop. "Quick!" said Tom, flinging tho reins on tho dashboard. Chuck your bun dlo under tho seat and climb in!" But Nan was nrovoklnKly slow, and when sho tried to get in with tho bun- 8Ch0mo being yollow; ospeclully fitting dlo still- In her arms, tho buggy for tnjs mol,th ns Novombor claims hood was In tho way. Tom had to help th(J t(J nml tho chryBnnthomum; In Lon lnLh niCti f !lrU.nsr uir nn i this Instnnco It was also tho bride's step, whon tho wicket latch clicked and ,. , Ar,in n.i v,.nn.,n m birthday month ns woll as her wed- They passed on without comment, but ding tiny season. For a contorpleco Tom could feel tho electric shock of thoro wns n mound of yollow mums, righteous scorn through the back of his kopt In placo by omboddlng tho stoma head. Thnt was why ho drovo half- in snnd. At ench placo thoro wns n way to tho lower end of tho pike before ntt.lo yollow Jnrdlnloro containing ono he turned on Nan to say: Htlf Btmlcht llttlo yollow "mum" to I Tf V. i I , . 1 L ... I ' ivimi a ill l mil uunuiu yuuiu au which tho nnmo card wns attached with a yellow ribbon. Tho grapo fruit cock-tail had n weo. "rnum" In tho con- tor of tho fruit; around tho atom of tho glnss thoro was a fluffy bow or white tullo. Tho plates on which tho careful of? Why don't you put It un der the seat?" "I reckon you wouldn't want mo xa do that, Tom-Jeff," sho answered, slm ply. "Hit's my baby my llttlo Tom." He was struck dumb. It often hap pens that In the fiercest storm of gos- frnnno Kinases stood had n wreath of sip the ono most nearly concerned goos vonow "mums" around them nml tho nis way wunout so mucn as suspeci- i--, .,. in lmxnn concoa cd by lng that the sun Is hidden. But Tom , f "mums." had not been exposed to tho violence ,, .... ' , ,,. ,i flf thf affirm Mnn'a aHnmn wnl nlrl. nnrl thn .lr. tnnmiog .nrj wnirirpil hnd 0ll0W SllDdOS. themselves weary two years before, woro yollow slippers filled with snltod when the child was born. So Tom was nuts. Just tho bridal party woro in quite free to think only of his compan- eluded in tho guests, I monn tho girls" Ion. A great anger rose and swelled hn tho party nnd two mntrons of honor, in nis heart What scoundrel had bonrliig tho monogram of tho brldo nnd groom oloct, which tho guests re- tnlnod ns souvenirs. CHAPTER XVIIL Brother Japheth had concluded some business at tho new foundry and the architect who was building the lateat extension to tho plpe-plt floor was heading across the yard to consult the young boss. Pettlgrass paused with his foot In the stirrup to say, "Old Tike Bryerson'a on tho rampage ag'In; folks up at the valley head say he's a-Iookin' for you, Tom-Jeff." "For me?" said Tom; then he laugh ed easily. '"I don't owe him anything, and I'm not very hard to And. What's the matter?" He thought it a little singular at tho time that Japheth gavo him a curious look and mounted and rode away with out answering his question. But the building activities wero clamoring for time and attention, and his father was waiting to consult him about a run of iron that was not quite up to the pipe making test requirements. Bo he for got Japheth's half-ncoualng glance at parting, and tho Implied warning that had preceded it, until an Incident at the day's end remlndod him of both. Tho incident turned on the fapt of. "You allow It ain't fittln for me to be out alone after night?" she, with a hard little laugh. "I reckon it ain't go in' to hurt me none: anyways. I had lo come. Paw's been red-eyed for a week, and he's huntin' for you, Tom-Jeff." "Hunting for me? Well, I'm not very hard to find," he said, unconsciously re peating the answer he had made to the horse-trader's warning. "Couldn't you make out to go oft somewheres for a little spell?" she asked, half-pleadlngly. "Run away, you mean? Hardly; I'm too busy Just at present Besides, I haven't any quarrel with your father, what's he making troublo about now?" She put her face in her hands, and though she was silent, he could see that .sobs were shaking her. Being nei ther more nor less than a man, her tears made him foolish. He put his arm around her and tried to find the comforting word. How Ardea and Miss Euphrasia, go ing tho roundabout way from one house to the other to avoid the dew-wet grass of tho lawns, came fairly within arm's reach before ho saw or heard them, re mained a thing Inexplicable. But when he looked up they were there. Miss Eu- pnrasia uiraigniening nerself aloof In virtuous disapproval, and Ardea look ing as if some one had suddenly shown her tne neaa or Medusa. Tom separated himself from Nan In hot-hearted confusion and stood as a culprit taken In the act Nan hid her face again and turned away, rt was Miss Dabney tho younger 'who found words to break the smarting silence. "Don't mind us, Mr. Gordon," she said, Icily. "We were going to Wood lawn to see If your father and mother could como over after dinner." Tom smote himself alive and made haste to open the foot-path gate for them. There was nothing more said or to be said; but when they were gone and he was once more alone with Nan, he was fighting desperately with a very manlike desire to smash some thing; to relieve the wrathful prossuro by hurting somebody. "You were going to tell me about your father," he said, striving to hold tho Interruption as If It had not been, and yet tingling In every nerve to be free. "DM you como all the way down tho mountain to warn me?" "I had to come anyway. He run mo out Paw did." "Heavens!" ejaculated Tom, prick ling now with a new sensation. "And you haven't any place to stay?" She shook her head. "No. I was allowln' maybe your pawd let me sleep where you-uns keep the hawsses Jest for a little spell til! I could mako out what-all I'm goin to do." He was too rageful to be quite clear sighted. Yet he conceived that ho had a duty laid on him. Once in the fool ish, Infatuated long-ago ho had told her ho would take care of her; he re membered It; doubtless she was re membering It, too. But her suggestion was not to be considered for a mo ment "I can't let you go to the stables," ho objected. "The horse-boys sleep them. But I'll put a roof over you, some way. Walt here a minute till I como back." His thought was to go to his mother and ask hor help; but half-way to tho house his courage failed him. Slnco the breach In spiritual confidence ho had been better able to see the lovab'.o side of his mother's faith; but he could not be blind to that quality of hardness In It which, even In such chastened souls as Martha Gordon's, finds expres sion in woman's inhumanity to woman. Besides, Ardea and hor cousin were still in tho way. He swung on his heel undecided. On the hillside back of tho new foundry thero was a one-roomed oabln built on tho Gordon land years before by a her mit watchman of the Chlawassoo plant It was vacant, and Tom remembered that the few bits of furniture had not taken advantage of an Ignorance sol profound as 'to be the blood sister of I Innocence? He would havo given much to know: and yet the true delicacy of a manly soul mado him hold his peace. Thus It befell that they drovo In al ienee to the deserted cabin on the hill side; and Tom went down to the foun dry office and brought a lamp for light. The cabin was a mere shelter; but when he would havo made excuses, Nan stopped him. "Hit's as good as I been usen to, as A Box Shower. A Jolly crowd wishing to "shower" ono of their number who wns nbout to leave tho stnto of slnglo blessed ness, conceived tho bright Iden of giv ing n box shower. The boys wero In on it too, nnd thoy hnd loads of fun. All tho gifts woro in boxes, which in turn were put in n hugo dry goods box covered with white paper cambric on which hearts of red, lnrgo nnd small you know mighty well, Tom-Jeff. I on'y .wero pasted. Whon nil hnd nrrlvod, wlsht- He was on his knees at the hearth, kindling a fire, and ho looked up to see why she did not finish She was sitting on the edge of the old watch man's rude bed .bowed low over tho sleeping child, and again sobs, were shaking her like an ague fit There was something heartrending In this sl- tlio boll rang and tho village express man appeared nnd said he hnd a small pnrcel for Miss D nnd imaglno the surprise when ho entered with tho ns- slstance of several of tho mnscullno guosts bearing the Immonso box. Tho honored couple wero told they could unpack, but each packngo was to bo A Nock-Tie and Apron Party. This ronlly Is nn old tlmo Blunt, but Hko ninny other old things hnB boon rejuvenated. Tho hostess propnros as mnny chooso cloth nprons nH thoro nro men nnd hb mnny plocoa of Bilk or rib- bon ns thoro nro glrlB. Whon nil nrrlvo tho moii nro given spoola of thrond nnd told to find tho girl who hna nn apron to match It. In UiIb wny pnrt- norB nro cJjoroii nnd tho glrla put on tho nprona nfter tho men hnvo Bowed tho hems nnd sowed on tho strings. Allow hnlf or thrco-qunrtors of nn hour for this. Noxt'tho girls nro glv- on tho nccktlo plocoa nnd thoy nro gnthorod togothor nnd put through a door, ench girl hnvlng hold of nn end, tho door In closed nnd tho men nrc to como in nnd tnko hold of nn end. When onch man hits nn ond, tho door Is opened nnd tho girl who hna hold of the other ond must fnshlon n ncck tlo for hor swnln. Tho latter puts It on nnd tho girl puts on hor npron. nnd thus pnrlnors nro aolectod for suppor or rofreshmonta. This Is a vory Jolly party, ndnptcd to prlvnto pnrtloa or for n church social. MA DAM 15 M15IUU. A a o tm... i w 1(j vv am Tax t. . ""iui mur r. i m m:u ' viiwirU III MAn...l " Colds anrfM-ZS !W "m IIIU Ullil 'IV 1 Jinn son aii h lts To Clean a Black 8klrt. To clenn n blnck skirt., lny tho Bklrt ns flntly ns posslblo on a clenn tnblo. Ilomovo nil grenso spots with brown paper nnd n hot Iron, then with a ajKingo dipped in strong coffee rub over tho whole of tho dross, paying apoclnl attention to tho front nnd odgo of tho skirt. Whon tho wholo of the skirt hns been apongod nnd Is atlll damp. Iron on tho wrong aide until perfectly dry. lent wordless anguish; but thero was shown, tho card rend nnd speech mado nothing to do saiu, anu xom went on making tho fire. After a llttlo she Bat up and continued monotonously: "He was liken to me thataway. too; the Man 'at I heard your Uncle Silas tellln' about one night when I sot on the doorstep at Little Zoar He hadn't no place 10 my man neaa; not so much as the red foxes 'r tho birds and I hain't The blaze was racing up the chim ney now with a cheerful roar, and Tom rose to his feet, every good emotion in him stirring to Its awakening. "Such as It is, Nan, this place Is yours, for as long as you want to stay,' he said, soberly. And then: "You straighten things around here to suit you, and I'll be back In a little while. He was gone less than half an hour, but In that shore Interval he lighted another fire: a blaze of curiosity and comment to tingle the ears and loosen the tongues of the circle of loungers In Hargls" store In Gordonla. He Ignored the Btove-hugglng contingent pointedly while he was giving his curt orders to the storekeeper; and the contingent 'avenged Itself when he was out of hearing. "Te-heel" chuckled Simeon Cantrell the elder, pursing his lips around tho stem of his corn-cob pipe; "looks Hko Tom-Jeff was goln to house-keepln rlgh. late in the evenin'." "By gol, I wonder what'sdoin'?" sa'd anotner. "iiecKon nes oone tuK up with Nan Bryerson, afto' all's been said an' done?" (To bo continued.) before tho next box was opened. Among tho articles were boxos of paper, box of matches, box of tncks. box of sonp, of thrend, of pins, work box, glovo and handkerchief box, stamp box, tool box and a nest of boxes ending with a weo nlll box which contained n collar button; box of tin kitchen utensils, box of paper napkins, box of labels, etc. When It enme to serving refreshments the hos tess had n dainty luncheon put up in pasteboard boxes coverod with rose wall paper, a box for each couple, cof fee nnd Ico crenm completed tho ro past Thero wero salted nlmonds and bon-bons, in pretty heart shaped boxos t All-black lints nro scon In satin, vel vets, brocade, hnttor'a plush, velours, beaver, beaver cloth. Moro dress hats aro In nll-blnck or blnck-nnd-whlto with a touch of motnl or color than In any other shade. Ostrich fenthers, willow pluinos es pecially, nro much In domnnd. Shaded and two-tono effecta lend In favor. Brimmed turbnuB nro soon, with up right brims almost as high as tho hnt Itsolf nnd cloao to It except at the bnck. Hnt shnpoa nro of threo sorts tho Inrge. wldo-brltnmed hnt (tho most populnr, the clotcho, or Chnrlotto Cor- day, nnd tho turban. As a variation on these thoro la tho largo hat with the mushroom brim in a wido variety of shapes, nil generally following tho mushroom typo. For Thanksgiving Hopeful Slfrii. That tho war on tuberculosis pays Immediate dividends in human life is proved by a report of Dr. Bosley, health commissioner of Baltimore. In the monthly health bulletin for July it Is shown that the number of deaths from tuberculosis occurring in the city was 92, as compared wtih 123 for the same month last year. Dr. Bosley says that he attributes the decrease in the number of deaths to tho educational campaign that thoso Interested In the fight against tho "whlto plaguo" aro making. "Tho Interest of tho public has been aroused," he declares, "and there Is a general tendency on thq part of tho people to heed tho warn ings and to observe tho hygienic rules being promulgated." In ten years, If tho present progress Is kept up, Dr. Bosley believes that tuberculosis will bo stamped out. VERY housekeeper does herself proud In getting up the Thanks giving dinner. Besides tho snowy linen, sparkling silver nnd glass, and savory dishes, some decoration is needed to mnko tho featlvo' occasion quite complete. These decorations nro no sranll item of expense if purchased in tho nrt shops whero hnnd work brings Its price. Any womnn or girl may, how- IIiiuUuii Kolloivx the Hound. King Haakon of Norway is fond of over, mako her own decorations at tolling his flrst appearance with his very small expenso nnd in n short tlmo. regiment, when ho headed it at Wo aro giving today sovenil designs parade. It was tho King's Own Nor- which work out attrnctlvoly In color, folk Yeomanry. Tho cnndlo shndo, representing tho "I was horribly nervous," ho says, horn of plonty, nlwnys In ovldonco In "I am not what might bo called a Thnnksglvlng decorations, Is to bo 'crack rider and I had Been tho yeo- traced on thin water-color pnpor by manry on parade and in many caBoa means or caruon pnpor, and tinted In following tho houndfl.' My word, but water-color. Tho horn Is to bo purplo thoy ride llko the wind and look ns not too dark tho ribbons groon. and If they could easily go up a church tno i'1 01 iao ay richness of tho Bteeplo if thoy got tho order or tho natural color. Tho insia'o of tho horn hounds Bhowed them tho way. I felt may bo tinted dark green. To add to tno orroct whon lighted, as l roue niong at tneir nead that Kn Vemovod when tho 'old watchman every man was Inwardly criticising Pt a bright bit of co!or on the wrong died, Would the miserable shack do my Btyle and setting mo down as n 8,de of tho 8nad0 undor RW Bny col- hopeless dunor. it was a horrlblo sx- oruu iruu "UKU WB orango or npples. perlenco and I never want to go Lcavo a llttlo aoam on ench ond of through It again." tho shade and faBton with brass brods. Ttte oago is cut out irregularly around for a temporary refuge for the outcast? Ho concluded It would have to dp; and, making a wide circuit of tho houso, he went around to the stables to harness Congfellow to the buggy. Luckily, the negroes were all In tho detached kitch- Perhaps a sympathy because bulldog gets hut little TultT ' When Tho p7. ' ZZ use ho doesn't neod U. all linos with Ink, and do tho work cnrefully. iu' jniiuu euros aro given, ono a aoniuro Puritan mnidon to bo colored in light grny gown, darker gray enpo with bright rod lining, cap to match tho capd with a whlto facing and Uo anu Kerciiior wlilch Juat shows a Ut ile in front. Paint tho fnco nnd hnnda In the nat ural color. Hod nnd yollow. If nrnn. erly mixed, will glvo n satisfactory iiuhu coior tor hogimiora. mo nnea in all tho cards nhnnld bo gono ovor with n pen and ink out- uno. Tho turkoy Is to bo pain toil brown; light and durk Blindoa, with a bit of rou on tno hend, nnd outlined. rptw. i.t..ti.i.. i.. . I'uiiiiiiuii in a oniiinnt orange color with dnrk green loavnu. nmi tho apploB shaded in light and dark roa anu groon loaves, with brown stems, Tho wntef-color cardB may ho bought by thq dozen, or vory stiff and hoavy wator-color pnpor may bo uaod. Thoso who do not nlroady possoaa a box of wator-color painta may Bocuro u vory excellent llttlo box of a now mnko' wim an tno nocosanry colore, for CO conts. A flvo-cent Jnpaneao brush, which comoa to a vory flno polntr will answer all pnrpoaea for doing tbja Nnt II... . Th0 hist;,;; z':0-!'. it by reason tltZ?J inn BBOP one 6nr ft... . " enmn In . -i..i "Hi uuuier in a.i.t n..-u, Biretcnoa blniMlf iiijmcu ions, in Mi un... Ain't thoro nobodr th.t ZV. tuvrii uui ni87 One Oleinl nn r.1 t..l "I don't tflk nw.V . .... i 11 Mi ..ill iimnnc-ana IV.. II-.-. -.1- .. " i-( iiunupucr oi roily, "bai i ,j inni wim nnm nnnii .... - " widows. LAK N AN I M H irnnn oiuin) nnm.h.. . . . j wiviaiiuii infill ' I V 9UVV Biate. rrico $1,700, etsj Una. ruinium nariv win civn vn and cannir for ndfomincr in iiiiiuuiii. w nun v on m rerun nrw H..u if r ii..w in n ii. y . till" lift n i t, L. , - -II HM Vj . Kl nuKinv mem as iftxxl u new, Uicu i aiiKina. vie nx any old thtnr. rH( wmwim A' iii. 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