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HOME AND FARM MAGAZINE SECTION
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HOME AND FARM MAGAZINE SECTION SERIAL.
AHB5ol and His Money By George Barr McCutcheon
Copyright, 1913, by deorea Darr McCutcheon
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SYNOl'SIg OP PIIKVIOUS IN8TAI.LMr.NTiL
Installments or "A Fool ana III Money," aeo. Darr McCutchcon's
learn at John Bellamy Smart, the lountf man who la telling this
written hU first novel, and Jit tho time time liaa fallen belr to an
lilm by Iila uncle. Smart take a trip on tint Itlver Danube. He
at cattle, which lie purchases from an Auatrlan Count. With hla sec-
. ft l.tia. nn...t.lAtl II la ..I ..,.. . In Iia l.n.l.4 ..t. ! III. Ma. .
illy, the Schmlcka. Later Smart (Imla a woman who la In possession
rattle, that la barred to him Hlio arants a brief Interview, but refutes
I'oni annenr to be in leaaun with her. and Smart la In a auandary.
r and Is csMtvatud by liar wit and beauty. He flndi that alia la dl
s-rtlitees and scheming: Austrian Count, who waa awarded the custody
a, Tho count netninus si.ggv.uuu irom ma ricu American mtiier-in-mw,
ive It up. i lit momcr bduucii ino cniia ana veiecia ino ca-ue as a
art rears trouble with the authorities, but decldea to astlit the fair
h the warm him of the dancer. A number of vliltor mattes It flltfloult
to keen secret IIia nriiiKa ,1... r.....!... i it.. ....... rt. ..... .utti... .ut. ii.a
ii-.l.'- ino,lieImc! Hpon s"i' nd tho Countess unawares. The woman eicapee out
f .im. mX "'bind ". Tho vlaltor suspects Bninrt of nn Intrigue with the wife of hla
jaieu Finally tho party leavea and Smart la relieved. Tho Count lurna up again and
if.. . r . loa," ' money, but la refused. U leave after Smart usee rather plain lnn
faiSJi. u, C"!W tell Smart ahe married blindly, nnd he believes her Unknown to
IiLmcJ. ''ns fallen In loo with her She tells him ehe Intends to marry again, but
821 i? .t."?. whom' The Coun nU a confederate plan to swindle Bmart, but tin latter
K22.I ,n" c?unl 'own and orders the men out of the castle Mrs Tllua. mother of th
::0im.!., Vi"". "'th two sona. nosing as Smart's mother. Old friends droo lu unci
pecttdly. n In learned that a llaron has chnllenRed the Count to a duel
u.-.Ti0 ?uroJl '. klll.fd snd the Count ficis until the nffalr has blown over In
d kuIso the countess leaves the eaatle to fly to safety on her father's jacht. Smart
Kisses her and thinks she hates him for It
Tho Countess gets auny safely. The Cojut makes Smart an amazingly liberal offer
for the castle, whKh tho latter considers faorobly.
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t)bl8h lay henpea 111 ono Tlicro wns n tlma wljcn I did you. an T. "Thin Is your clinn -c. don't lot It fill feollnir of lnllnf It u-na nut o
Etho room. BWii.t uii and Injuatlc.-. 1 Biispedtcdou of keeping hIIP." JI looked At mo ao Jtcmllly liniil to khv to iiivaoif thn?I.orc AtK
BVniiJPu'Seihrinr Sr,ror-tatrCM "Cr0, P'ny fr'V0 my f,r 5ffi?.mS2.t ,.,1.n,i.1 S?" ' w'"" ' Mnlo . 'wolVomo t5 LrT'tout It
M sprlniT lioUBQ-cicniiiiiB ci ror. .... "o voUld not lot It slip. vnn vorv. virv illfflcult in vnfmln
Esnc! Tnniowsy nt flrat Klvo .toys later I waa fliululy Hcforo I Imd been in London n week from a ddlne tho hi nn Inblo word a"
KcurloUBly. then riUlior piihcoucciI In tlio duonl istilte nttho It heenmo perfectly clear to mo that "dnniii "Vi m "F "nnnimuio words.
Htly liu strodo neroRB t hu Xlrlslol, ovcrlookltiff tho Knrtncrrlnjj- could not atrotch my atny out to "nny- T I liJ rlitlil nuillnnlenl nrliirlnln of
Krfy rooted nmongr tho KtiaBac.' Lrreft of my baronial pobbcb- thlnr llko o ! per lod of two non h?In- in In" however d not derf. rrnKnliiHt
Kwlth tho too oF his Mlpiis but not tit n II orry. Sly romance deed, I begun to think nhont booking I. " tn iKhteoV.gV
Bfboot md been short-lived. It Is one thing my pasnago homo limldc of two weeks, with 'n, dTvorcee. "'. ' "
r n dilapidated doll do- to wr tei novls iftbou media cv at ensiles I was restless, dissatisfied, homesick Tit wivivv
Snd rolled out upontho "n1'ultp another thing to try to write On the ninth day I sont i'oopendykc , .,. LHA1T' . NXJ .
SLmnmli,.rl lif.iKllin nf n. novel In olio of them. I trust I may to tho book hit nfflrn nt tin. ,i.m,.i.in I Clinniri- (inrilril Snolx.
n iitiliitm lu nnnonr- noM-r again be
loro was iinoiner :"-.
Indeed. I have a 0.r
I ntrnln In iritMtv rt mirli ntinnt ntTtwit. ...in. i...ib....ii.
Lt If tlioro wiib another ?KU,",,it.?T u" lo U"lU ll,at a,n Anwrlcan- imflsnpre for tho next a
its It. Indeed, I have a 'ra r ien csi uccpmo n imioai naron .auretania, and then 1 vvd In a stato lev of lh
MLIon of bulitg told that " vlrtuo of his dollnrs nnd cents, any of positive dread for fear tho con" ,i
isrlmd paln'ied In tho1 inoro than an America n.born glrf car. fotirldodinorican tourists mlg't lmvo "f .t'1" ,
cattireo and had himself U!'".1? Uo a,..,cn, dycd-lu-tho-wool gobbled up all of tho cabins. They are !" ?".? "f '
ns to sodirn u i nave, by any cnance. atinounced
sailing of the catllor In this uarratlvo that tlio Val-
i. ii 2 lcy of the Do,m I" "'a garden spot
nil, I must now ask you
Thovnrn JO excuse ino eiilllliouce of spirit that
Itrlnnl f axon lOOKH Willi ."""" " uucucaa uctuo roiuu one iiiwnys coinir Home It seems to me. i ' u ii'u inn ui'viniuiiou. i ne nnrm
? of red and white and 'u Vi umo'y, lnoro, t,m fl'" dos- ""J theyK nroK always trying to get in it1".)","? o'Vlwlnla Is Infinitely
o tribute to tho homo X0".V' J1 lft" ?" "'Hiosalblr., con- a bIiikIo unfortunate ship. In all my P? nUraetfvc to mo, and 1 mako
!norv trarl-wlse. to transform a noble Duko experience abroad, I've nover known a h.Mto to rectify any oironeotis Impres-
kv as ho stoonod nnd nto ,l "lnln American citizen, so there time when Americans were not tumb- f " l "my hnvo given, while under
ilo"i T discarded "fflgy. yoi nr, evr, "!' ,.- ... , ling over each other trying to got back 'o spell of something my. natural
ok!-?l at hhn mit of tho iAv. Plnn,? "ero made. After n fort- to 7'ev York In time to catclt a cor- 'ngdrsty forbids mo to describe. ,
So ho was lioldlnr thS ''K''t " Vienna, I expected to go west tain train for home, whorevor that u von liaijnon not to know the Warm
innt and stirlnR "at It J'0."'10,? ,0t ul Autumn, nnd then may be. lint Ponpendykc manage 1 It Pri'ig" Valley, permit mo to say that
know Hint ho rocog- l,nck '? Ncw, TorH. Strnngo to relate, somehow, lie must have resorted to yo" "f0 "l'nif great deal. It la
iiii.i hn nn iiniibt hii I was homesick. Nover bofnro hnd my brlbory. mnuriru iu ft gMacn p0t-and but why discourse
h i.imitiv nf timt tell- i'loiiBhts turned so restlessly, so wist- I awoke ono morning to find a loner !I,,0,,J. n ""bJcct thnt Is so aptly
v heart was thumtihig ,."" '? ,"" hn.un,.s ' W boyhood and-I wiu T about to sa? Interesting '" "" by, ' gciitlomon yho supply
y ncart was mumping dvil. i 0CBnn t0 ion tor 1I10 Jijrhtg letter from the Countess! it wni rt ! wny folders with descriptive ma-
. , , , , . ... ' "roadway (which 1 had scornfully very commonnlaco communication I l""lnl "' who will toll you in so
L.r, ,,nrrCB cCodmri V ! K5'"Ad. '? AMrf. W..5K '8."4 ..?" the",h.rl or t'.ri'ead'lng! ""!, S1 A?1 "I'-..flP.b,"i K?.'J
ywf "- . . ------- ---rw ... '...-- . J v& l.UI III riMMJ ttb IUIII 111 ilin H11I11 nn I H 1 lflnr fT IIU nillAtllll ...... ..v...- an .liv MIVUII llllin l&IIU VHICO
'atrnfilJipery nn imu niuue. jin the afternoon. It seemed to mo that wns the Information Hint she was no- rB,r MiKlnla? Any rallwny folder
,faoo IwMKand pa lid, and his njes nowhere In all tho world was llfo so Ing to Virginia llot s prliius ? with ?ho w, '"nualnt you with nil this and
r'wJljHliivoluntnrlly I looked to i0yo.is nnd blltho and worth whllo as faintly for n month or two And that "av.l. " Kioal deal of tlmo and
J r Jtt Kh0 jloll li IiIm Jhsanil fjna J ..nhl Now vork-j nowhere were the I ord Amlicrdal" Twi is to join Ui m Hi "re. trouhln, benides Klvlnu- you n sonslblo
Jl'ln taiinjjBJHM observed tho bulging theaters sir nttraevo, nowhere such It appeared that her futher bointr "",l hJf'luRte Idea of how to Ket tlioro
. liMffasaajfBfcoat pockot. rostauiants. Even, In rettospect. tho grently overworked, was li i need of a nnrt yhero to stop when you reach
W ... In iglsWaaRvo "toiid there nwnltlng abway looked alluring, and as for tho "est and as tho golf links At Hot ',"r Journcv'n end, together with tho
,h,lflHHa,co,'.fiS?U,,'wholmt,tKO',e 1'lfth-avenuo stnges they wcro too Springs are "apprfii.lv designed to "rlCo of Pullman tlckotn and tho na-
IbiM.Bto pptWm adjoining. rooms.. ..I con; beautiful for words. Ah, what a build, make It easy for rich men his doctor t,,rP of '" nllmonts you aro supposed
''rffa.&jfinnd trembled nH I lighted Cr of unreal things a spell of home- hnd orrtnri'o I him to that deilii lit 'ill ro- o ImVe If you take the waters. It Is
ft ra&aBBirfltto. IIo was staring alckness may become f ono gives It sort. Hho hoped the rrcAt would nut "nly neenssary for mo to sny that It
wallyaiHc floor, his hnnda clasped hnlf n chanco hlni on his Vot again. There was a " a gnrdon spot and that you don't
"".birttini tHftelc- Homcthlng smncklng a8 for Frhloss Ilothhocfen. I had It pngc or so of drl el about Ambordnlo ''av.i. ,n ebango cars If you take tho
'? raHjBonco ordered inn to hold on excellent authority (no lesa a iiorson anS vhat ho cxpeeted to do at tho ''"bt train out of-Now York City, a
JntvlfiMffil'l smoked placidly, jot it,,.,, Conrad Bchmfek himself 1 that New vlilu linr.n' ki..w ,0 UA...axnf.'i2 condition which. does not obtain If
Wltd Mfttho otitbiii-Mt it din not baioly had I shaken the dust of the concerning ltoiomniy. and a brief til- Jou happon to approach from tho op-
'S"u.Ri9vor .c,nmo'. 'J? kcJ!.t "'I Plncc from myself boforo tho new mn- most curt Jntlmn lion HiAt a llt mso I'ojlto direction.
1 ihowMfJfAat uinotloiiM to hliiiBcff. and tr t mto oxccutlon a most i.xtrn- or two of nio would not bo altogether ' "vm1 tliro onrly nno bright No-
) t "?HlsS,id'f,,my ofI0,,?n,nV?n ordinary and Incomprehensible plan of displeasing to her If I lmiipene to bo yo"1,1'0'' .morning. . threo days after
i hla roA7XiBn11 nlwayji jonirinber him reconstruction. In tho first place, he comlnir that way. "ni'i'cntn 10 no lHnilnB ln ,Vow Vo.) you w, b0
j s . trifacondnnt of thu nobility. KnVf all the servants two weeks' no- It may bo regarded ns a strain rendered unhappy, I fnr. by tho an-
I W iMMMd down tho long flights of lice, nnd then began to rnze the cnstlo coincidence that I Instructed ltrltton nouiirement that I left Air. 1'oopcn
l Stsjlni slfcsLby side, followed by tho front tho bottom upwatd Instead of tho that very evening to seo that mv irolf dy,(0 behind. IIo preferred to visit an
I I aiiDi-fIHaaa1Vr. fink, who d d all of the oilier wav round, ns a sensible nelson rlulm u-rn ntni i,n ...,,i .;..; i... aunt at Now Itochcllo and I folt that
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iwtkmih jir niLie. miu mil mi ui inc imifr wnv ruuuu. nn n nniiaiuio iicrnnn nulla u'nrn n (inm. in rtn.i .., i..n kiii i&t .iiv jiuvmuiiit miu iui
IM(.1 was, I think, discoursing might hnvo been expected to do. IIo good uliupo for a little practice on n 'lo lc''l0rvr(l n vacation, lirltton, of
on ino efBsjor(iinry ainiiiy oi nucioni was KiiocKing oui ino wans in tlio coursn noar London, where 1 hnd been iiret ncrumpanieu me. no is inais
bulldtn, .MK I am not absolutely ccr- cellars and digging up tho stono floors put up by an Kugllsh author and who P.nnsnble, ami. so far ns I know, hasn't
talst. Xwftijtonfldrnt Tnrnoway did not with splendid disregard for Unit omln- won forever ding-donging lit me to "l! ffl,n,,'Hl notion of what a vacation
iiiu iuiiiiw fitiiu. jiin inline iiiiuhtu nn u i:iiihl'ivmiii. aiid comn niiE nnii ijr lilt,, ",in, i, nil ..... i.it-iiiir, umunn uv vuiipiiiuin uiiiiiiiii-
dy wo found 1'oopeudyka giavo Muestlon In tho minds of tho inc." I went nut nnd bnuB-lit a now '""nt with ino In some ttiu-li light. At
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wue
f'ntraiigers. servants wns whether tho usual and brassle to replace tlin oim dstroved ""' .lulc. "ft "n" nover mentioned a
t mndo out the papers?" do- snmowhnt mandatory two weeks' no- by the experlmentlnir Ilocksworth 'clutloii In need of n Mslt from him.
i Count harshly, -An ugly tire wouldn't prove a trlflo too long youth, and before I itot throuuh with Hoforo leaving Now York I had a
leomo to ins cjm,u,iio din aftor nil. in fact, liawKca. with an It had a now putter, u niblick and a rn,.'!fr. unpiensant encounter with my
RBIt toward mo. Tlidecd. ho Inspiration worthy of an offlco boy, spoon, neither of which I needed for publisher. It wns In tho uaturo of a
i. avoid looking nt me nt all. manured to produce n nick grand- the excollent reason that I already luncheon nt which I win led to bollovo
fetHit Tarnowsy," said the law- mother nnd got Away from tho placo possessed u hnlf doen of each M"11 ' '".". ,,",, expected mo to supply
Iris? aro ready for tho slgna- lit the end of ono week, nlthough hav- Keyed up to n IiIkIi nltrh of en- "1,',u wttn t,le. manuscript of a novel
E Ing been paid In full for two. thuslosm. I played golf or ten days ftt ". very oarly dnte. . Thoy seemed
'Mr. Kmnrt may have re- Tho day on which I loft for Tarls nnd found my friend to bo a flno V'on,,l,or'.,",J.' nul Pl,t w,lot blandly
Kills offer to sell,'' said still saw Tnrnowiy at work with his sportsman. I,Iko all Ktntllshmiin 1 o Informed them that I had got no
"!' lilm see the con- innsous. heroically battering down tho took n heotlng gracefully, hut tavo fi'thor alon than tho second chapter.
f . jvillls of the grim old stronghold, and ino to underntand thnt ho had been , V" ,,lftV" hef.n POU"l"g on this
Bliot reconsidered," I raid I chuckled to myself. It wns quite luiv nc a good deal of trouble with bonk of yours for Janunry publlcs-
Mp , ,. ... ovldunt that he hadn't found tho hldi hcumatlHin or neuritis In hi T right tl0."'. . "?''.' ,,ICV
aafcr sign here, Air. Hnmrt." Ing placo up to that time. elbow. On the last dny wo nlnyed he .' '"d J xl'lpln thnt the muso had
Setary. as ho gave mo tho After several days In Paris, I took uucccedcd In bringing mo in two down 0',n,n.'ln"C(1 mo ln n most henrtlesa
mjh slmplo contract, I found, myself off to London. I wns expect- nnd 1'vn never seen neuritis dispersed '"".V.1""' , .,
HptUB will offer moro than Ing letters at Clnrldge's. where 1 al- so quickly ns It xvas In his cnio I , Ul,t l1!." I'"''''0 leninndi n story
Bm to imy," said tho Count wnvs take roomn, not because I think remember distinctly thnt ho com- !""" y.V- HaUl "'"i'- "What have you
not feel that 1 am inking It Is tho best hotel In London but be- plntnod bitterly of tho pain In hla el- Uo?.P. ""; ' . Hummer?"
advantage of. you. I am cause I am. to some extent n creature of bow when wo started out. and that ho ' itoiiiniiclng.' said r.
B.cerialn that he wants to habit. My mother took me to Clarldge'a was ns fit as a fiddle at tho elKh- . ' don I Know just how It came about.
IBaco for his granddaughter, when I was n boy nnd I saw a wonder- teenth hole. IIo even wont so far as '"" .,,,B suggestion was mndo that I
Knt of barons." fill personage at tho door whom J was to Imploro mo to stay- ovor till tho m,t ln,- nnrratlve form tho lively hls-
Hficaiice of this remark was pleased to call tho Kins'. Kvor since next sailing of tho Jiauretanla. ipry of my sojourn on the. banks of
bid it was the nearest he then I have been going to Clarldge'a Hut I took to the high Sens Mr. ,le V""1!1"'' trusting Implicitly to tho
r to uttering the conviction nnd while my first klngls dead there is Poonendyk cabled to tho Homestead IninKlnalpn yet leavlncr nothing to It,
Keen. formed In that llluml- nno In his place who bids fair to llvo nt Hot Springs for suitable accommo- T'l1 u u" ,,ch Withering rot,''
minutes upstairs. If ho long, albeit no onu shouts encourage- datlons. I cannot remember when I ,n.'.,i r' . .t , .. .. i . ..
t-nml I Hilnk ho did he ment to him. He wears tho most had beon ho forehanded as all that. .. rt? ,m.leh ,ho ''Cter" said they trl-
Rnot to ask tho questions gorgeous buttons I've over seen, and and I wonder whnt my secretary ""'Phantly evun eagerly.
Minvo boon searing his curl- 1 doubt If King Holomon himself could thought of mo. .My hnblt Is to tiro- , " not slI"'!o thnt you. ns pub-
K' It wiih a truly wonderful havo boen more regal. Certainly not crnstlnate. ' lUliers. can niiprcclato tho fact that an
Ktlon of solf-reatralnt. I N'ehuchadiiexsar. Ho works from seven I nlmoat forgot to mention n trifling n,uth.?r V'.n3C .Ma. " ".oul bovo sklt-
o given. much to have beon In tho morning until aoven nt night, bit of news that onmo to mo the day .,,.',T 8nd I Indignantly. "I cannot. I
Ktad his Innermost thoughts, and he hns an Imperial scorn for nny- boforo sailing. Klnle Haxzord wroto w,llnot wrlto a lino about, myself,
fcthe perplexed inovemuiits of thing smnllcr than half a sovereign. In great perturbation nnd nt almost g';iemen. Not that I consider the
..,., ..Tner? wro .""ny letters waiting unfeeling length to tell jne thnt Count "n.hvSi.incJI?i i ".'r .
i Itothlioefen In, yours, Count thera for me. but not ono from tho Tnrnoway had unearthed tho supposed- ,.i. V",'1' .f,rlc" ?; junior member,
said I "It Isfor you to Countess Aline, I had encouraged ly mythical Ilothhoefrn trensSro chests ?,'" OS'0" opproclate the
ler hie whim shall be grail- tho hope that she might write to me; and was reputed to havo found gold !lSJLcJlci,,1.0t,'pT"our, , feelings. Mr.
B .. . . . . , , . It was the least ahe could do In roturn and precious jewels worth at least a ?"?" i.,,t,.httVe..a" 'deaa splendid
i twitched. I saw his. hand for all thnt I had done for her. not- million dollnrs. Tho accumulated prod- I'-l?" A i,.olvcl'. ,no wno'o iuestlon.
bulging coat-pocket with a withstanding my wretched behavior uets of a century's thievery! The hontd o"r ,ecretnry Is a moat competent.
Ming movement. . . on tho laaf day of our ossoclntlon. of all tho robber barons) Tnruowsy'sl "'I'blo Noung mnn and a genius lifter
oil bo good enough to sign. While I bud undoubtedly offended In Strange to sny 1 did not writhe nor 'A. ..' ."' w .,.ro,poS tl,ut ,ho wr,t0
IT", he said ..coldly. lie the most flagrant manner, still my net snarl with disappointment and tnge. ii fi.-rli..jr l1..?11 ,.,.I,n rt UP "
au hla watch. "My time la wns not unpardonable. There wo I took tho news with a sang frold thnt f.r'ni0.,''.. "ff, nn th,
. When can you give pos- tilbuto. not outrage In my behavior. almost killed popr I'oopendyke. Ho .Vlr'. ' xhclT'3 .you ",!? ,A" yo" V11.1
L ..... . . ... I'oopendyko fidgeted a good deal never quite got over It. lrlvVln.0-.," ,0 KtUl M" ,,mt8rlu'
iy the deed Is tranaferred." with tho scanty rcsulta of my lltorary Nor was 1 especially disturbed or '"Vi ? ,"n.1.' . ......
U'lll IIA lit aaj llifltt inrA IllTlftHoi nllllnn t It sb tnevA. I.. pHlntn.l W. !..- ..... m rYIlil III! It (.1111111 III llIlHsl 1I1IIT 1 Tnnif
8avo satlaflcd myself that the most InsliiimtliiK wny. He oiled his ence
Blear. There need be no do- tunchlno with accusative frequency, Tarn
I- iiiu i taiien to respona. i wns in no
rned tho contract nfter I had mood for writing. He said to mo one
I'oonunuyiiu to reuu u nioun uuv:
It called for tho payment of "I don't see why you keep a secre
ssand kronen, or a llttlo over tary, Mr. Hmart. I don't begin lo earn
l.nnH tinllllflM utArlli.n n tl... t.iu anlf '
I received on board
noway himself. He could not re
shin front "'Volf off that evening for Hot Kprlugs,
d not re- n"" In tho thought that l'oopondyko
sist tno temptation to gloat. I shall . -Va ssTisit- Ji. . . i VX.Ti.r J i."
not repeat tho mesngo for tho .Implo m,?fr ',.,TA,,,S-irm!.1 'liV.-lVni'i1-di. u .
rensoh that I do not wish to dltrnlfv ""''nd thnt my labors Intor on v;
it V "pitting It Into ponnancnt foVAf. ? 'affl'.M.i0...1.?."..1"'!
iiii
u muiiou, ui iiuiovici irj. .'ir., oumru i ooni ucKin io earn e were two onys out wnen I su-. , ;r. ? .-" " vi.
nd pounds sterling, at tho my salt." cecded In setting my mind nt rest In "lr,endj told. . .
tiling. His lawyer handed 8nlt. Mr. Poopendvke." said I. "Is respect to Aline, Countess Tarnowsy! , " 2," W Vv..VnoVs l
ige of crisp bnuknotes and the cheapest thing I know of. Noav If 1 had not thought of It before, but f J,?"'"?,.'". ,'','? 'V'r"?1.6.?.'1,' !
slRiilmr.
cxag
my.
on Id
task
tale
to obtain
looking out
to count tnem. I nia so dc- you mid jald pepper I might pnuso to remembered all of a sudden that I held ',,,," vV..,iVit. , ir ".V10. ;.0,ulcr;
, the. purchaser looking on reflect. Hut I am absolutely, Inexor- decided scruples against marrying a iulJ!fnber colorings In tho hills and
aruonio siniie. nmy opposcu to rating anything on a divorced woman. Of courso. that slm- 51,1'?,"V.. 'Vi'.r i,l. 'Sizir nV . ;n"
(ct." said I, lnvlng the pack- salt basis. If you" Pllfle.l matters. When one hns nro- f0"? n,d the lower levels of the fash-
i5the table.' He bowed very ."Vou know what I mean." he said conceived notions about BiJeh matters '",",,'Se,,.1?-,f,0,!,u:.J0U " well say to
., ., , ,. . stiffly, "I am of no use to you." they afford excellent material to fall yourself that all the. world s bright
irou satisfied. Mr, Smart, that m "Ah'' said I triumphantly "biit you back uponT men though ho may have fJlileet nnd full of hope. From my
Ire no counterfeits among forget I Who Is It that draw the disregarded thorn after a fashion while J..' 20,VLVCo.u,'lia.,ar u,nwn J'1,0.,"''
he Inquired with polite Irony, salary checks for yourself and ilrlt. un.eiliahiv thinking nf .nmn nn ii. torlo valley In. the direction of Warm
hla lawyer: "Take tho iruntln. inn. niwt whn irnmm ih nronunt. i. r .. ,i,A ,,.!!.... i,. r ,,.i. ...in' Millngs. a liniy blue panorama wranueil
for the amount in the siialuMT Whn. t rnnT iviiv vm, .ifi...,i Ihnmrh .nnrnwK.., Jm,... In the air of an Indian Hummer and
scelnt
I Of witnesses. This Im n. lmsl. Mr. I'nnnemlvko. Vnn rfrnur Ilia lil.' nHnnlnln r ...I.,. i,.i .. rc.,.'.. .. redolent With the Incense of Autumn.
ransactlon. . not a gamo of Isn't that soinethlncr nutting mv mind nt rest in v.-irurn u. "rltton remlndod ma. that.lt was n
It was the Insult perfect. "IfT1. J didn't know you so well. I the Countess. Feeling as strongly M Krn,lu.n!i0,rn,',1P .r,or.B,.,V .a'1".1 wn!' at
Urenured to take hla ilennr. wniiMn't lioalinin in ml vm. i,unn.. i .11.1 .i,.,,i ,.,n.,c.. .i.i. ji.. .;.-" once reminded that lirltton In an ex.
assumed an Insinuating air of Ing fool, Mr. Smart," said he, but he sho became an absolutely undesirable ecllent chap, whoso opinions are al
, nnd remarked to me: ei limed ah lie, said it. ' nwun f. m ,.ii,.ini5.,. .... 7r ways worth rouslderlne.
re you an apology, Mr. Smart. "Hut he who hesitates la lost," said rerncd. I experienced a lather doubt- To u continued.)
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