htm during hl« ahsence, nnd where
by this time his man might lie ex
pected to have everything In order.
W< will p*y as ollows for pr wluce of r«*M.
Her«’ too he found Ills seer« tnry with
ffrrmh quail >. and we will not take otf coo»-
mission:
a sheaf of letters wanting replies, es
lO^tc
Bloek hogs...... .................
13c
pecially a lengthy communication
Small Veal up to 130 pounds
.......... \ 17c
Lanpe live Hens
from Carboy, 1‘assavunt .*1 Cosine be
IS«
Spring Chicken*. live . . . .
13« and 13«
seeching his personal attention lt
Dress«*«] Chicken.-* ..........
Egg*, market price.
sundry matters connected with hla
Ship us your ducks, turkey*, geese, pot a« I
vast properties Despite tils lavish •X
toes. cablvagv. rpp.es and ail other kinds of
fruit and veretabka
pendlture, he hud not disbursed liulf
FRANK L. SMITH VCAT CO
his Income; consequently there was
To
Brighten
Old
Gilt.
Tighfng he Eeef Trust”
always a surplus of cash on hand de
PORTLAND. OREGON
Old gilt. su«*t as the g Idcd frames
manding Investment
Mr Pitsmi vaut
We will .*«»11 y.ni «vu packers complete with
if
chairs,
or
old
picture
frames
and
fillers fcr 15c «.» n.
had evidently seen hla num« among
nlrrors. If they do not require re
the ni'iivalu and lost no time in try-
siding entirely, may be brightened by
Ing to get at him.
ising an excellent mixture of three
"Tell old Passavnnt to go to the
OULD $29 T0 $39 WEEKLY L™..'?« Fences of white of egg and cn onv.ee
in your ’■pire h wr«. No
or
devil!” exclaimed Stennis Irritably.
This
jf
chloride
of
potash
or
rods
nur A«Mrc> M. ”E C m J f. UX HU U'SYtN MUS
"Or -no- I'll go there myself I menu,
ihould be pa'.n’c.1 ov -r the surfa.-e
I'll run downtown In Hie morning
with a feather or a v ater color pale;
Tffl'T A If 5 AN i KOO AH
Write and ti II him mi . ph uso I wunt
JX kJ
A X n. v3 supflies Brush.
By* Frederick Keddale
to
be nlonc thia evening "
U'nt* ’or
!-•«••?«■< m ' I ■ tfrfur" (Vv^forin«
c Author
Tight
and print • 4
Mau ord. r« <ivan ttromp' aitaniKM’
Thus left to himself, he extin
on th lungs. T a '< li da
*The Other ¿.Min"
1 ort.and < ..o o t urp v Co
t’uri that cold ««iili I! nil n» V
guialied th«* lights and went to the HE OBEYED DOCTOR'S ORDERS
14» Th ni Strait
P JTI.'SD ORF.
etc
betop- it run* into « oii-uinptio i
balconied open window comm..tiding
uiviiia.
BEAU1IFIJL FOST CARDS FREE
a view of the Rlvcrsidu drive and Alt Five Apple Cores. Ends of Su'es i
Burnt Matches and Seventy
itord c i* r»n i or V
i I»«»* <? t> r • rj «•*< < ol ]
the silver Hudson. Ileru It« ant auiir
Few Say Anythin,.
Fr
B.r '
‘ lowor
I » «*o!
ck K** »I
Eight Boot Buttons.
(Ards
«A •|’u|(«»!p**
ti loilev «;<• ..»*
Ar
llluatiauuns
by
Ray
Walters
king and "taking stock" of himself uu
The Idea that when people meet f
Î un» Cant < l.K' ♦ vis«'!.«» » .'»■
oi«sa i\>«n
til the night was far spent.
1s necessary for them to talk hue
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"Ami hnw uni we feeling lodny -
grown out of helpless se’.« distrust
Th«1 Inventory waa not a very satis
eh?"
nskeil Dr Overdose
Juvenile Entertainment to Date.
Not over five out of a million people
factory one from any point of view.
KCupynght, Uj J. B. luppincutt Co.)
Hls patlenl g«w hlm n pea grscii
The am .11 daughter of a New York say snvthir.g when they converse
Where were hla former roseate
I
SYNOPSIS.
millionaire who dwells In Westchester
ilri'iitiu of seren« mid supremo hap look.
Mcth»rs will find Mr,. W’nftloW» Swtiilt,
"Worsii thnn over, tir," he an-
county asked her friends to a lun Syrup tu- b- at rnedv to um Io, it; air
piness which were to become con
Andy M. b en. ait ! millionaire miner. 1»
cheon to celebrate the "closed season lu.-iug ia« uw.tung period
crete realities with the possession of swered gloomlly "It'a no use. doctor.
dying end orders a wilt drawn up. leaving
for books.” The table was round, and
boundless wealth’
True. Im bad My case Is liuiwl« «a."
ill his property to thv son of a sister of
"Come, come!
You mustn't any
whom he nas heard nothing for years,
True Education.
achieved many tilings which non«- but
tn the center steed a Dutch pine tree
unit ivh■■*«• married name lie «to«-» not
"'Tell me.
that
"
sald
Dr
Overdose
with a pond containing tish On the
Education is but studying what otb
fortune
could
a
spoiled
darling
of
•■low Mek-en was married years before,
ll<- had quaffed wtuit bave you been doing alni» your
branches of that tree hung m'niature er men have done in the wor.d in or but left his wife aft. r a quarrel hi which
have accomplish. <1
li«- struck h« r 11« learn«*«! later that she
turkeys and sugar plums and fruit, der tuat we may watte no time lti Hid their daughter were «lead The m-.-n.-
the cup of phasure to th«» dregs; lie Issi vlsltr*
"All you tol<l m«. sir And I'm afraid
and something from ft was given to discovering what has already been dis -hlfts to New York, introducing W-lfrld
hud s< en and tasted merely lasted—
S'ennls. who Is t< ding his tlin
Eunice
gilded vice; there his Innate chan thè dlvt Imen i agre«-d with me."
each little gue. t. And each turkey covered or in following paths that Treveeen what tie would do If tie were
"That's nonsense!" exclaimed tlin
lies» of nature and clarlty of mind
and sugar plum contained a dainty lit have been found to lead In no useful the pose -««or of wealth. In the law of-
rt.— of t'artaiv. I’.is«.i\ant .v «'"alne at
direction.—Chicago Exam.ner.
had kept hint from any great damage doctor. "It can't poasibly have upset
tle gift in Jewelry from the hostess.
rn«vs for ti-.- .-«rate of M.-h-en. It -g.-r
result of hla search for
to health or reputation
Hut that you. I told you to contlno yourself
.. conceals the fact that
sort of thing was only negative virtue, io auch foods as would be taken l«y
that M. l.-.-n’s daughter
an ordlnnry three year-old child "
Stennis replies to an ad
und he knew It
information com-ernltrg
"Yes. ami I obeyed your orders to
Il he had wrought no serious harm
Martha Meleon. itid 1«
h.-lr to Andy Meh on-«
to others or to himself, lie hud, of an thè letter,” groaned the sick U an,
■•» to mnrrv Hunter at
The he-.tt i a wonderful doubla pump, through the
equal surety, accomplished no good, "lluring thè last 24 hours I ve eaten
.itely demurs Hr nies-t*
frivolous daughter of
ection ci
ch the blood stream is kept sweeping
There must b«' something In Ilf« tor Ave appiè corea, 16 ends of burnt
.......... >tce become» Jealous uf
round and round through the body at the rate of seven
him beyond mere ftpending, eating, ma teli«1 a. *S boot buttons und a Ihre*
Wilfrid's
attenth.es
to
Clara
lie
builds
miles en hour. “Remember this, that our bodies
i vacht and starts on a trip abroad, th*
drinking, nnd wearing tin« cloth« a. penuy bit!"
will net stand the strvin of over-work without good,
•ivnnts being tn<-lude«l In the party,
Hut where nnd how to find It? Not
■r Hows, having discovered that Ku-
pure blood any more than the engine can run smooth
Trevcea Is the daughter of Andy
among the fashionable and frivol llous
ly without oil." After many years of study in the
. n. plans ■ ■ ■
I!
' rmatl n I
Playing 6afs.
folk with whom be had cast hla I lot
active praet' -e of medicine, Dr. II. V. Pierce found
b's own advantage He propose« to Eu
"I say. landlord." said the guest to
nice ;md Is rejected Jaded after tw-n
hitherto, nor among women of the
that when the stomach was out of order, the blood
I ears of ga'et« In Europe. Wilfrid returns
impure and there were symptoms of general break
type of Clara Passavant—though she the proprietor of the only lio'ul In a
unit Imni. Jlately calls on Eunice.
down, a tonic made of the glyceric extract of certain
was r«>t by any means the worst western village, "can you give me a
roots was the best corrective. This he calied
product of tier guild
Indeed, come room that has no fir« escape?"
CHAPTER VII— Continueo.
"Sure," answered the landlord "Hut
to think of it. »lie was "the best ot
the bunch."
Her Influence, on th«» what difference does It make?"
"That was very kind of you.
"It makes a big difference to me,"
whole, hud made for gisal; looking
Eunice as she led the wav to the old.
Being made without alcohol, this “ Medical Discovery " helps the stomach to
backwurd, he could see how much tie replied the guest. "When 1 atopped
familiar room, only a little dimmer
assimilate the iocd, thereby curing dyspepsia. It is especially adapted to diseases
really owed her; she had molded him here Inst winter you gave me a room
and duller than usual, but neverthe
attended with excessive tissue waste, notably in convalescence from various
and mud« a man of him In those early with a lire escape and during the night
less to Wilfrid a very haven nf reat-
severs, for tnin-blooded people and those who are alwavs " catching cold.’’
days of his n«w-found riches, w lien, th«- fire escaped ni.d I came near frees-
fulness, "Father will he delighted to
Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adviser is sent on receipt of 31 one-
without her aid. or In the handi > <>f a Ing "
see
you
and
hear
all
about
your
trav
cent stimps for the French cloth-bound book of iUPJ pages. Address Dr.
woman of commoner clay, lie might
els.”
D. X . Pierce, No. 6C3 Main Street, Buffalo, N, Y.
have gone to perdition.
"And what about yourself. Eunice’-
Hls Lins.
Ye», he hud every reason to think
said Wilf, moving closer to her. but
A chnrmlng young member of a wte
kindly of Clara I’assavuut. He might
not venturing to touch her. although
have married her tn- could now if man's literary club, who adds the dis
he was possessed with an unutterab!«-
he chose to say the word. Perhaps tinction of being a bride to success
longing to take her to hls heart as of
that would be tho best thing that ful authorship, re< ently met u gushing
yore, as she stood there In her fresh,
could happen to him!
Eunice hud stranger ut a club re«eptlon
cool beauty—a little more mature, a
“Ob. Mrs Blank. I um so glad to
cast him off -unjustly, of course
little more sedate and womanly, and
weakly ready, in his chagrin, to blamu meet you. I enjoy your stories so
to his tired spirit infinitely grateful
someone else for hla own short sight- much. And your husband's, too"
and soothing.
Tien, adding us an afterthought, "Hc4
edm ss
“Of course I am glad to see you.”
He had said that he did not lovo Is literary, too. Isn't he?"
she said in quietly level tones, lifting
Clara, which was perfectly tpie Was
"Thank heaven, no." replied tho
her eyes to hls as she spoke with a
there in the world nny such thing ns bride. "He’s In the coal business "
steadfast and limpid regard, their
•‘Hard and Bitter, Am
love -rial, pure, disinterested love?
depths unstirred by any sign of deep
On«e upon a time lie Imd thought uo—
er feeling within. If her heartstrings Again and again during the
Something Else the Metter.
but now?
vibrated little or much, she bad her years she had schooled h
make some such Indifferent speech aa
Too lute he discerned that In let
"Doctor," said the sick man, "I'm
self wonderfully in hand.
ting Eunice Trevecca a.Ip through his afraid my nerves are In bad conili
Stennis turned away with a halt this
Wilfrid gasped. This was the girl fingers lie had lost what might have tlon "
petulant sigh and dropptd into a
who had promis'd always to wear hls provi <1 a sheet anchor for liappim-ss.
"Oh, no." replied the physlclnn.
chair—hls old. favorite seat.
The reason why UMC .22 Cartridges are the best is
“I have been several kinds of n fool ring; who had assured him that what- With tier by his aid«* ns guide, coun “that's not what Is the matter with
since I saw you,” he was beginning, ever happen« d she would never case selor. friend, ami wife, whut might you. The fact that you have sunt for
that they are made with precisely the same care, the
to care for him!
he not have ne«-ompllshed!
Was it me after Igmiring the statemontft l'«o
when Eunice broke In bantering'y:
same tested materials and undergo the same rigid safe
"By Jove !" he thought, "she's hard too late? It look'd thut way.
been sending you n-gulsrly «luring Ilio
"Oh, pray don't b«-gln your confes
Nevertii«-le.«s. tl.e next night found past year «nd a half indh-iiti-s
guards, as the heavier calibre, big
sions so soon
I would rather bear as nails! Never gave her credit for
about the pleasant things you have that sort of thing'" But aloud he him In Greenwich villagi- again, Thls your nerve s all right."
game-shooting UMC ammunition.
said, with some show of dignity:
time old John 1 rev ■<■< a was at tiome.
seen and done!”
"You Beem to have left one item limi thè «vetilng p.-i s' il In recountlng
UMC .22’s are also made with the
Stennis looked at her in wonder
8, 9, 10. KNOCKOUT.
hls advcnturi a and In golng ov-r
ment. This was a new Eunice, alto out of your calculations, Eunice."
3f « heavy hollow point bullets, thereby
"And what may that be?" inquired some cholee photogrnph» Im
gether out of his ken
She had
increasing their shocking and kilim
seated herself by the window, and the girl, holding her work up to the gathered tog«tber for Eunice,
light and Inspecting It very earnestly. not for an In 'uni «lld alle permlt
power over the old solid bullet.
was already buBied over a bit of deli
"1 didn't care for her In that way.”
s«-lf to be alone witli hlm; nnd al-
cate drawn-work which the slightest
though he culled ng.iln ani1 aguin, on
Eunice-
retorted
“
Poor
thing!"
Try Our New '‘Lesmok” 22’s
tremor of band or dimness of eye
mockingly. "Ilow <li - mil ul ! Did sbu many sui-cesrlve daya- and ntghipi hs
might ruin. Her coolness was disap
UMC .22 »bort, .22 long, .22
nev< r succeed'd In fi «fr.g ber tele a-
pointing, even aggravating, in what ever find It out?”
"1 don't know and I don’t care!" t«-U*.
'«.J i
long rifle “ Lesmok,” Smokeless
school had she acquired this 1U
How wns he t to establlsh hlm»' If
exclaim'
d
the
baited
Wlllrld.
"Ix
I
me
and Black Powder—as you
souclance of voice and manner?
You
tell you one thing, Eunice:
w In her good graces. how wln
wish.
Clearly, he thought, she had not
are—"
k the footing he Imd spurned. If
been wearing her heart away during
"Now, phase don't!” extr'lalmod
Target3 Supplied Free
m v«r gav« l>!ui..the chance? And
hls absence. Perhaps there was a suc
elevating an
admonitory . h'A for want M Mtyililrg better, and
i Eunice,
cessor to her favor, he reflected Jeal
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finger "I can Imagine Just what you ho;1 stifle regmu’ In; took up th«» gay
ously.
A(tacy : 299 Broadway, Naw York City
ar«- going to say. and I'd rather ?o'u t'i 'round and roiilln«^ of soi lal diversion
But then and there he registered a
wouldn't. Are you ever going to bd- and fashionable fribble where he hud
mighty oath that he would try to win
gin on those adventures ut yours.?. lei (t them off two years before.
her back If he had to begin his woo-
Think of Othello.”
■>ne other thing he did, however.
Ing all over again.
"What has he got to do With It?” ,
Op a beautiful site, n<-ar what is now
fly
quickly
as
Ariel'»
Thought«
Eunice sighed In simulated dis
Heights, he began
girdle, and Eunice’s last words bad tress. "it's very easily 4eori thht toiK'
Oh, what a cunning mustache"
.0 erection of a dwelling which
scarcely ceased vibrating on the air elgn travel ha's niit ' broudt-nHt yoiir
bold embody^: Ik UU J-17? Id- all lot
'.knock It while
"wwu
than 'Wilfrid found hlrnself replying, mind to tin« extent you Ivofb <) It
iit such a id I^IR flld i#i . enrlinl ii 4ownf tj >
with a smile—
.would.
That, Bir, Is a classleal ah
Mh the newer '«♦«•*• pJrk««t -iip-4m--
"Must 1 begin at the very brglt»«dij"”j”'i',
il hls travels.
nlng, like the children?”
:i ""<«>•«01
Hls Extreme Klndneee.
•Jt cii'ri't s« e w hat yrin n?«l driving' i Bnd to Clara Passavant nnd her
From the veny':i*'<4>mmBnq*«i:w»t^^u
’
y
W
aiMi'iidtffr
Silvan»
1» Kuckert kind to
(ends
It
began
to
seem
as
If,
after
* .
.J
Uttle.AiruL.v Krb.a.i llJa
Wrt^ d Wilfrid.
i?r
1 ya bi.
1*; you*
yo",;'
I w J/ tyab? ... „
Divaw
who « i.;
to be.
o«. I dotft know enl I she uHght, at ho ^
fe':' t^n-«^;', h.ani
It"
ygu!" ii l«m "- J .1.1 **>! Rant, become the ruiHtri-HM of -th/» 1
he were
dBlklngflwllHj hls dearest friend
kt by addition to the
il<
",
1
*'ari't
in
glji
In
colrf'bYxxll««
‘
J)i^Wll4
y»4i|OuX
,ft«r to
■gnaqtriP
r.-'J.!
ns«H of New York
should meet n pair of famishing ti
of lamp-making ?hal
IHk '4#** AMk 'Hie1 ||(i«slfHifs^pnoted Eunice, looking at him qu,^,,.
'
(To HE CONTINVKD.l
gers he would be no kind to th«» bennts
h#* nearest ajœncT of th«
gi^;nft‘*'/'sMrt.I‘’’A'tMirn»^ '«rally, but Stennis chose to Ignore
w»A' fwtixrwAl'forhlftM'iln^ aM laB*H*iif*>*►*?*
STANDARD OIL COMPANY (Incoroor.t.dl
as to-be .^rf«^ »I^pjo saerifie.
’
Ot No USS; I
J¡l'mr/ «t-.lt i::s
-... ,i
IHA1Y...Í1
’
t ______ a. t.. u
.. .. ’'f''H
f ... ¿’ t "“ 1 r ,',7t
I . t l-rtTnje
_ a
‘ * “
‘Wh
V firo
hls dearest ......... I for the alleviation
^myf'l)i(»««»ihi»
So'
Why
are ’ you .«• Hartl sort m htto h
¡When I was' yhur age," Fn|<| 1*^ MtltfeelF <aiff!nrfb»H '.lixj
• ti To Jiiid) ’n'bib .'■ ( / ’«■ • '
ter—that h what, ,1 ,1I want to knowf
know?,, ,
[
Mtiide..imiW>M-^|etl|y-oto4eiltl«iw
fier-t.hat's
« MH'I
I
J fit-"« ' II.
i. ‘ I inn n to hls lit tig «¡on," I was the best
fl TWO GRAND CRUISE»
CR
I ¡lie« trio II. ly i<|w ijppfoiiH mt-r»iui«mt. fin«, d-ism >L , At this unjust , accuaatIon Epnlcj; . ld>*a laved boy In' town
.M Jt
My parents •
fb»e
and
confronted
him.
1
Her
1.. 4«
• ■.'¿4i,right*"Tlt<p.-(.„9)ac|wUu«jdre
,an^ ^o2fl,11L 7 ,2 . ’ LioHonl ’ WlJ uld not allow me to play In
An
Object
of Pity.
ths
rUHItf- And falling 'terhp. utuogHiy uJtl
Ju>k gtl/i«f?ft Mf b<T<o|(l
pet; they made
'l*»P mj* Apsq
man."
1
last.'
i : ii
i
-I
t< l -<l'l
•»■*•
-•¡»iuj If I put, apt
thed nnd my I
_______ f they £, r'lV.
tirushcA;
»'••»•tp" io me he's about
Th» First to leave New York Novem
iwhe* heli COJ1
' *t
Z
'm'T’.
9t,'Vnl!S fo«, " , 'iHard mid bJttier,
npelled
mu
to
be
well
nmnnurt-d
ber
1,
1911,
and
the
Second
trorn
San
MiS'lakr Siim one should he sorry for.
Thia wondeful man ha»
may mLcftne to answer on 0ie us6k)T 't)«pt« 4. hi deep '«dn.at tfinw. and mov h|| times, nnd I was sent to bed early
Francisco, February 17, 1912.
left}’ ¿luW^
'
ing towards the door,,, Jf.tVn W'lfh I evil ry night nnd awakened early In the Everybody 1» applauding him."
By th. tar».
CLEVELAND (£™) . "Aiur'Wriat may they be”«" fnfiflitr»M'*»l"w were prolonged another moment
"That's It Think how hard ft will
erba and Barks, and
in« rnlng
My parents trained me to bo for him to get used to It
when
WiMY'd. *»' ■' «' ' ‘ ' '' ' “ ay | sh«- felt Ihat^ she would <-olh«ps<-.^
,i.| "Hard ’árfá'biw4!”' st/é"íelÚttted. bei ;a model, obedient, polite boy Why everybody Ijoglns to denounce him.
not at ths-irjahnrpoet that ’day." ,.t i-.
caj D ’t you bo Ilk* J ivirf to your nge?"
Knf«W¡‘H>E<V oison.
•Mlxt,
w»< k or ibe
•»«ixt wto
tho
geek atfer.
he^b'-ek
. ”
14 DAYS IN JAPAN.
"On the score that the answer "P/illia'p« I aril. ' Trtii /nrtrlt- kib fáÍ!
or Drus« ijftiP-«» •
Jhui,
'But, pnpa,
papa,” AtyN
ths lad,
Send for Illustrated Booklet.
How
1
<?*>
you
like
your
■work!?
’
’
And
would degrade-or*‘Incriminate you,”
‘'vAjuit would
f
It «doesn't
iT k
she relortvtd'sanrMy «i- i
q • •> i "V sh*'fled frtlm the mora, j
y>c*«rn to have done any good in your
The Reason,
iq
Wilfiflfl
drew
hitnseU
up
stM»y,
sew-
"
Wilfl
’
to-
ftiUPd
hla
tiat
and
tD«-n
the
Z1Í45’ BROADWAY NEV/ YÖRfc
"nahles are as fond of Toddy bear*
I,..:«...:. ..1 ■ .«.'I
Ingi which, kainlcv. hastened He-, i aay.A stwsi In dazed wirprlsej, ,He meyer
as aver:•
^ir'^iugd
that.,the
,*w^pand
,
,nv«fl,-,
Such s Wssts. ' ' ‘
contritely;- ¡, t,
•<
rwair
"I suppose go.’*
mean tfi\t. ,tyf, ,(p ■eri^rtjjl.Eunl.qç cpuld .harbor,
relMh;«y
giva, «h
(culptor (to hls friend)—"Web,
TThexa'. L
"Ard still there Is no sale for"
St^tujig. jl-ut you gave me too easy an veht io Such lniensltf. of feijlng. ì'm» wltfit do you think of my bust? Fine
them. I wonder why that Is?"
latí nti'sAw vyHat he tia<f lost. XVas
jiletee of marble, Isn't It!" Friend—
Ilnbles . do
not do much " vurcnais-
purchae-
"But If yo'J insist bn' ¿nlllrfg hie ^f/?’ »I,
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sha n't be able to go on at al) It waa
always Wilf and 'Eunice' before I
went away."
“Ah." said the girl In low and
vibrant tones, "we used to do a great
many foolish things In those days,
W«> were both ruther silly. I dure say
Now you ar«« a man of tho world and
I am getting to be an old maid, so we
must put all nonsense behind us."
"How can she speuk that way?"
mused Wilfrid " 'Nonsense,' she calls
It! Well, perhaps it was.“
Then
aloud:
"It was the sweetest time of my
life I have found that out!" tie said
fervently.
"You did not think so then!" Eunice
flash'd back nt him with ’ womans
1 fondness for a lively retort
She
I could have bitten out her tongue th«»
next Instant, for sh«' was determined
that the conversation should not take
,i sentimental or a reminiscent turn
! if sh<> could help It.
"That was oue of the f«H>l things I
startVMl to confess uwhile ago," Mild
I tttennls ruefully, pulling at his fair
mustache.
"Confessions are expressly pro-
hlblted." said Eunice quickly. "Now
I am going to begin my cross examina
tion. In the first place, are we to
congratulate you?"
"For what?" asked Wilfrid blankly.
"Vpon your engagement or your
marring-.' to Miss Pussavant- I do not
know which, not having heard from
you"—this with much sweetness-
but the papers have Imd you engaged
and married three or four times "
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"Papers b«> ------!" exclaimed Wil
frid. "I tell you. Eunice, that's all off
There never was a word of truth in
1 It, anyway.
Why. I haven't seen
1 Clara Passavant for nix month»''* In
his earnestness he leaned towards
' her. half out of bU chair
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“Oh. I’m so sorry.' murmured
Eunice, bending over her work
"Are you? And why pray?"
"Becaus«- it always seemed to me a
very wise arrang« meat for both of
you. She tins beauty, refinement, nnd
social position; you have the money.
What more could the world ask?"
There! It was out. ami Eunice felt
. that she could bnathe more freely.
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