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tICHT PAGE INDEPENDENCE ENTERPRISE, INDEPENDENCE, OREGON. JUNE 10. 1910. PACE THREE The Fighting Chance ROBERT W. CHAMBERS Copyright, mi, by tlto Curtis I'ubllalng Company. Copyright, lt", by llobert W. Chambers. (A coutluut'd story.) Tlx 1 ti 1 1 red IiIkk1 mantled 1'lnnk'i heavy visage. The allcm-a grew grhn a lit 1 i. 1 hi slow, lulwrtoua thinking, tin" whllo lil eyes. -prcilonlea ami almost opiiiiin In the dim IlKhl, never left hers until uiiil.-r the unchanging. liicnllcHH ltiHHM'1 Ion the inn Kit dropped for mi liiNtunt from her anxious face, and lie saw whut lie mw, lie was no fool. Wlmt he had come to Ulleve she at last had only con firmed. And now the question Itocame simple, Was she worth enlightening? Ami by what title did alie demand hla confidence? 'Von ask mo If It la tnio any more, You mean ulmut hi huMta. If lauawer you. It la la-cause I cannot lie Indif ferent to what coneerua him. Hut lie fore I nnawer I ask you thla, Would your Interest In hla fortunea matter to liliur Hhe waited, head bent, then: "I dou't know. Mr. riauk." very low. "IMd your Interest In hla fortunea ever concern him?" "Yea, once." He looked at her aternly. hla Jaw squaring until hla heavy under lip pro jected. "Within my definition of friend ship, la he your friend?" "You nieau lie" "No; I mean you. I can answer for hliu. How la It with you? Do you return what he gives If there la really frlciidahlp liwcen you, or do you take what I offers, offering nothing In re turn?" Khe had turned rather white under the direct Impact of the questions. The Jarring repetition of bli vole It frlf waa like th dull echo of distant blow s. Yet It never occurred to her to resent It nor hla attitude nor hla aelf assumed privilege. Slio did not. care. She no longer cared what he aald to her or thought about her, nor did aim enre that her mnak had fallen at laat. It wub not what he waa aaylug, hut what her own heart repeated ao heav ily that drove the color from her face. Not he, hut alie herself hud become the pitiless attorney for the prosecution; not hl voice, but the clamoring con science within her demanded by what right ahe used the name of friendship to characterize the late relations be .tween her and the man to whom ahe had denied herself. Then a bitter Impatience swept her and a dawning fear, too, for ahe had net her foot on the fallen mask, and the Impulse rendered her reckless. "Whv don't you speak?" ahe Bald. "Yea, I have a right to know. I care for him as much as you do. Why don't you answer nie? I tell you I care for him!" "Ho you?" he said In a dull voice. "Then "help me out, if you can, Tor 1 dou't know what to do, and If I did I haven't the authority of friendship es my warrant. He Is In New York. He did .go to the country, and at his home the aervantB suppose he is still away, but he Isn't. He Is here aloue and sick sick of hla old sickness. I saw him, and" Maiik rested hla head on his hand, dropping his eyes "and he didn't know me. I-I do not think he will remember that ho met me or that I spoke. And I could do nothing, absolutely nothing. And I dou't know where he is. He will go home after awhile. I call every day to see see what can be done, but if he were there I would not know what to do. When he does go home I won't Know whut to snv. what to try to do. And that is an answer to your question, Miss Landls. 1 give it because you say you care for him as I do. Will you advise me what to do, you, who are more entitled than I am to know the truth, because he has given you the friendship which he has as yet not ac corded to me?" But Sylvia, dry eyed, dry lipped, could find no voice to answer, and aft er a little while they rose and moved through the fragrant gloom toward the sparkling lights beyond. Her voice came back as they en tered the brilliant rooms. "I should like to find Grace Ferrall," she said very distinctly. 'Tlease keep the oth ers off, Mr. Plank." Fleetwood had missed his dance with her, but she scarcely heard his eager complaints. Quarrier, coldly Inquir ing, confronted them, was passed al most without recognition and left be hind motionless, looking after them out of his narrowing, black fringed eyes of a woman. Then Ferrall came, and, hearing his voice, she raised her colorless face. "Will you take me home with you, Kemp, when you take Grace?" she asked. "Of course. I don't know where Grace is. Are you In a hurry to goi , It's only 4 o'clock." I They w ere at the entrain a to the sup Mr room. I'lank drew up a chair fi her, and aha mink ilowu, dropping bei elbows oil the small tnble and rendu her face letwecii her fingers. "Pegged out. Hylvhi T" exclaimed FVr rail Incredulously. "You? What's ttie younger set coming to?" and lie mo Honed a servant to All her gins. Hul she pushed It aside, with a alilver, and ave I'lank a strange look, which he scarcely understood at the moment. "More caprice. AH sorts of 'em on the iiroeraiiime." muttered Ferrall looking down at her from where he stood beside flank. "O temporal Sylvia! riank. would you mind hunt trig up my wife? I'll stay and aee thai this Infant doesn't full asleep." Hut Sylvia shook her, head, saying "I'lcane go. Kemp. I'm a little tired that's all. When Grace la ready I'll leave with her." And at her gesture I'lank seated himself, while Ferrall. sluuirglng hla square shoulders, saun tered off In quest of hla wife, stopping a moment at a neighboring tame to sneak to Agatha Call linens, who sat there with t'aptaln Voucher, the collar of superb diamonds aud aquamarines on her slender throat a pale blaze of splendor. I 'la iik was hungry, and he snld so In his direct fashion. Kiivln nodded and exchanged a smile with Agatha, who turned at the sound of Plank's voice. For awhile, as he ate and drank large ly, she made the effort to keep up a desultory conversation, particularly when anybody to whom she owed an explanation hove darkly In sight on the horizon. But Flank's appetite waa In proportion to the generous lines on which nature had fashioned him. and she paid less aud less attention to con vention and a trifle more to the beauty of Agntha's Jewels, until the Bllence at the ninn 1 tnble In the corner remained unbroken except by the faint tinkle of silver and crystal and the bubbling hlsa of a glass refilled. Mnlor Ilel wet her. his .white, fluffy. chop whiskers brushed rabbit fashion, neoned In at. the door, started to tiptoe out nzain. cauaht sight of tbetu and came trotting back, beaming rosy ef fusion. He leaned roguishly over tne table, his moist eves a-twlnkle with suppressed mirth, then, bestowing a sprightly glance on i'lank, wuieti sam very plainly. "I'm up to one or my lr renresstble iokes again!" he held up a smooth, white and overmanicured fore finger. "I was lu Tiffany's yesterday," ho said, "and I saw a young man in there who didn't seo me, and I peeped ovar bis shoulder, and what do you think he was doing?" She lifted her eyes a little wearily. "I don't know," she said. "I do," he chuckled. "He was choos ing a collar of blue diamonds and aquamarines te-he probably to wear himself te-hel Or perhaps he was go ing to be married he-he-he next win ter nhem next November ha-ha! I flon't know, I'm sure, what he meant to do with that collar. I only"- Somethlug In Sylvia's eyes stopped him, and, following their direction, he turned around to find Quarrier stand ing at his elbow. Icy and expression less. "Oh." said the aged jester, a little disconcerted, "I'm caught talking out lu church, I see! It was only a Harm less little fun. Howard." "Do you menu you saw me?" asked Qitnnier, pale as a sheet "You are in error. I have not been In linany's in months." Bel wether, crestfallen under the white menace of Qunrrler's fuce, nod ded aud essayed a chuckle without success. Sylvia, at first listless and uninter ested, looked Inquiringly from the ma jor to Quarrier, surprised at the sup pressed feeling exhibited over so triv ial a gnucherie. If Quarrier hud chosen a collar like Agatha's for her, what of it? But as he had not, on his own statement, what did it matter? Why should he look that way at the foolish major, to whose garrulous gossip he was accustomed and whose inability to rcfrnln from prying was notorious enough. Turning disdainfully, she caught a glimpse of Plank's shocked and al tered face. It relapsed Instantly Into the usual Inert expression, and a queer, uncomfortable perplexity began to in vade her. What had happened to stir up these three men? Of what impor tance! was an indiscretion of an old gentleman whose fatuous vanity and consequent blunders everybody was familiar with? And, after all, How ard had not bought anything at Tlf- . . tt 1,1 an i I in coif Kilt 1 r Ittuy B. IIO BB1U . . . irai vMnt that Aeatha had chanced on the collar that Belwether thought I f ha saw souivbody Um examining. Hhe turned and looked at h dead white neck of the girl. Tim collar wondcrfiil-a miracle of pale Ore. Aud Hylrla, miming, let her thoughts run on, dreamy eyes brooding, him waa glad that Agatha's mean ermlltml her now to have audi thing. It had been understood for some years that the Caithness furl iiiio was lu rather an alarming condition. Howard had Ihvii able rett-utly to do a favor or two for old Peter Caithness. Khe had heard the major bragging alxmt It. Kvldcnt ly Mr. Caithness must have Itupioved the chain If he was able to present urn h gem to hla da ugh NT. ''And uow auliielsidy would marry her. 1'erhapa Cnptalil Voucher. ctiiap even Alder dene, ierliiipa, aa rumor had it now WW 2JSs llig. em-iKi liter isl only the stupid gnz of Plunk, moving ponderously paat on Kyi la's beela. 'if yiMiil find Ilia. I'm ready at any time." ahe said rarelesaly and re tunic I her tele a tele with Voucher, who had plainly W-cn annoyed at the Interruption. Ferrall and hla lfo and Hylvla were tuiikiiig their ailiena to Marlou mid her mother when Plank came up, and he, too, took that opportunity. Ijiter hylvlu, piiHsliig through tha gtvnt hall, shrouded lu i!k and ermine. I in lie J to offer hi in her hand, saying lu a low voire: "I aiu at home to you. lo you understand? Always." aha diled nervously. He looked after her. with an uncoils lou alh. unaware Unit anything In himself had claimed her reect. . (To be continued.) WEAK KIDNEYS MAKE WEAK BODIES. Kidney Diseases Causa Half the Com mon Ache and Hit of Inde pendence People. As ono weak link weakens a dialn, so weak kidneys weaken the whole body and ham en the final breaking down. Overwork, strains, colds and other causes Injure the kidneys, and when their activity l.nn.-ri'-d the whol body suffers from the exceaa of uric poUou circulated In the blood. Aiht-a and palna and lunguor aud urinary IIU come, and there la an ev er Increasing tendency towarda dlabe erlucreaalng tendency toward dlabe. tea and fatal Bright disease. Tin-re la no. real help for the sufferer ex cept kidney help, Doan's Kidney Pill ac t directly on tho kidneys and cure every kidney 111. No need to take the statement of someone living far away aa evidence. Here's a case right In this locality. K. Woods. 22 North 5th St.. Salem. Ore., .says: "It glvea me pleasure to recommend iKian'a Kidney Pills. Al thoiiKh I have never used this remedy myself. It has been taken by mem bers of my family for kidney and bladder trouble with good resslts." For sale by all dealers. Price o' renta. Foster-Mtlburn Co., Buffalo New Y'oi, sole agents for the United Htat.-s. R.nembc the name Doan's and! take no other. H. C. Constance delivered a bunch of fine poultry to the Butler Produce Co. Thursday which consisted of 1 hena which sold for $14.40. Eileen Shannon. and then. Plnnk might venture Into the arena. Poor Plank! More of a man than people understood. She under stood. She And her thoughts swung back like the returning tide to Siward. and her heart began heavily again, aud the slightly faint sensation returned. She passed her ungloved, unsteady fingers across her eyelids and forehead, look ing iii aud arouud. The major ana Howard had dlsaoneared. Plank, be- slclo her, sat staring stupidly Into bis empty wineglass. isu't Mrs. Ferrall coming?" she said wearily. , Plank gathered his cumbersome bulk nd stood ud. trvlnir to aee through the entrance Into the ballroom. After a moment he said: "They're In there, talking to Marion. It's a good chance to make our adieus." 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