EIGHT PACES
INDEPENDENCE ENTERPRISE, INDEPENDENCE. OREGON. JULY 22, WO.
The Fighting
Chance
ROBERT W.
CHAMBERS
Copyright. 1906, by Hie Curtli I'ul.lU b!n Company.
Copyright, l'J. by Hobcrt W. Chambers.
(A rontluu'd ilory )
Hit finger tightened around tlie re
ceiver whitened to tin' delicate unllH
tinder the pressure. Mule, iniKKtliiK
wlih the mounting Impulse, voice mill
lip unsteady, ho "till spoke villi ro
ft mint:
"Vitu Htiy u require care? Aim
what care have you? Who In there
Willi you Answer me!"
"Why. 'vrrylMMly tbo servants. I
have cure enough."
"(Hi, .tb servanta! Have you a phy
sician to advise yon?"
Certainly- tho Isst !u the world.
Hlvl. Itn Hylvlii. I didn't im-nu to
jtlv you n n Impression"
"Stephen. I will have you truthful
with me! I know ierfcctly well you
re 111. I - If I could only- If there wan
i.uncthlug. some wiiy- Listen: I -""
-I nut going to do something about It,
ami I don't taro very much what I da!"
"What sweet nonsense!" bo laughed,
but bin voliv wan no steadier than
her.
Will you drive with me?" sho asked
Impulsively, 'moiiii' afternoon?"
Sylvia, dear, you don't really want
me to do II. Walt. listen: l-lve got
to tell you that-lhnt I'm not lit for It.
u.il to he holiest with Joll. I HI"
not lit. not In physical eoiidlllon to go
mil tiiMt vet. I've really been 111 for
weeks. I 'In nil him liceli very nice t
ine. I want to get well. 1 mean to
try very hard. But the mnii you knew
Ik changed."
'( 'handed ?"
"Not In that way!" bo said In n slow
yolce.
"II how, then?" liie stammered, all
thrill.
"Nerve gone almost Going to Kt
It buck, again, of con roe. Feel a mil
lion times Ix'tter already for talking
with you."
"Do does It really help?"
"ltd the only panacea for me." bo
eald, too quickly to consider his
wordM.
"The only one?" she faltered. "Do
you menu to nay that your trouble
lllncss-hus anything to do with"
"No, no! I only"
"Has It, Stephen?"
"No!"
"Bueuuso If 1 thought"
"Sylvia, I'm not that sort! You
uiiiHtu't talk to me that way. There's
nothing to bo sorry for about me. Any
man may lose his nerve and, If he is
a man, go after It mid get it back
Again. Every man has a fighting
clumcei You wild It yourself once
that n man mustn't ask for a fighting
you riiieiuler - There. I can't nay It!
;todhy, gondby! You must get well,
nml I iiiiiMi too. tiooilbyl"
The fruit of her Imprudence wu
happiness- an excited happiness, w hich
lusted for ii d.iy. The ruin lasted, too.
for another day. then turned to miow.
choking the clly with audi a fall an
bad not Ih'cii seen since the great bll
rard. Sylvia, at her escritoire, chin cradled
In her hollowed baud. at listlessly In
specting her mull.
She t ill-mil her bead, looking wearily
HcroKii the room nt the brightly burn
ing lire licslde which Mr. Ferrall wit.
nibbling mint panic, very serious over
ouo of those book that "everybody
Wfl) reading."
'What 1h the matter?" demuudctl
Mr. Ferrull, withdrawing ber finger
7 7 ''V ,f,
fit
7,7
V'l I . Iffl
mil quietly, "your Ufa will U-com
bell."
Yen. Hut would It nmko ilru Buy
easier for him?" ked H)lvln.
"I low-to know that you bad Imh ii
dragged dow n?"
"No; I mean cool I I do anything for
bliu."
"No womau ever did. That U a i
tlineiitnl fnlMlKHid of tlm emotional.
No woman ever did help Innii In thai
in Kiivlu. if love were the only
question and If you do truly bve lilm.
I -well, I nuppose HI iw tool pihiuk-i
to iidvlne you to Inj a fnd. Kven then
you'd l rry. You know w hat your
future may l You know what you
are titled ."or. Wbut can you do with
out Howard? lu thin town your role
would be a very minor one without
Howard's money, and you know It.
'Yen, I know' It.
Ami vour muTlhVe could not help
that doomed lioy."
Sylvia nodded nnneiit.
Thi n In thcie nny choice? In there
any question of what to do?"
Sylvia bsikcd out Into me wittier
iky, through the topn or uowy tieen.
Everywhere the slurk. deathly rigidity
of winter! Coder It, fronen. lay the
mlii tlnil had scented the air. I nder
her ambition lay the ghosts of yester-
lay.
No," she aald. "there In no question
of choice. I know w hat must l
For a week or more the snow con
tinued. Colder, gloomier weather set
In im.l the liniieiiitluit menace of Anil
Wednesday redoubled the Hial pace,
culminating hi the Westervelt bull on
the eve of the forty days, and syivia
had not yet seen Si ward or BiKJben io
him rgaln across the wilderness of
streetn and men.
in the tirft relaxation of Ix'iit Hue
im.t instinctively welconnil an opiwr-
tuulty for spiritual consolation and a
clmnce to take ber spiritual is-arings,
ii, it l.ecnnse of bodily fatigue, for In
the sulendor of her youtnrul vigor sue
,11,1 nut know what that meant.
To St. Iierold's she went lu cure of
her r.mil She wan fond of Father
Curtis, who, if he were every lucb a
priest, was also every foot of bis six
feet a man simple, good und nrave.
However, she fouud little opportu
nity, save at her brief confession-, for
- ,r,l with Father Curtis. It was
fashionable to adore Father Curtis,
and for that reason she shrank from
ti.miiHnir nnv demiiud uiton bis time.
r.nd nobody else at St iierold's ap
pealed to ber.
Agatha Caithness was there a great
OntnbI.
from the pages and plumping th
closed book down on uer Mice. .
"I have been Imprudent." said Syl
..I.. l,i n lniv voire.
it, ... "
"You meuu"-Mra. Ferrall looked t.r
i... l-,.iiiIv tlmt he has been ho re
"No. f teloplioued him, and I usked
blm to drive with inc.
"Oh. Sj'lvlu, what nonsense! Why
on earth do you stir yourself up by
that sort of silliness ut this late uuie
that n man mustn't ask for a flhtlng . that sort of silliness ui ui -Sumce;
he must take It. And I'm go- Wh,t uso is it? C.,n t you let Liu.
lng to take it and win out one wuy
or n not her."
"What do you mean by 'another,
Stephen?"
"I Nothing. It's n phrase. '
"What do you mean? Answer me?"
"It's n phrase," ho Bald ugaln; "no
meaning, you know."
"Stephen, Mr. Flank says mat yon
ore lame."
"What did ho say that for?" demand
ed Slward wrathfully.
"I naked him. Kemp saw you on
crutches at your window, so I asked
Mr. Flank, and ho said you hud dis
carded your crutches too soon nud had
fallen mid lamed yourself oguiu. Are
you tiblo to walk yet?"
"Yes, of course."
"Outdoors?"
"A no. not Just yet."
"In. other words, yon are practically
bedridden."
"No, no! I can get about the room
very well."
"You couldn't go downstairs for an
hour's drive, could you?"
"Can't manage that for awhile." he
said bustily.
"Oh, the vanity of you. Stephen Sl
ward! The vanity! Ashamed to let
S5.ee you when you are not your
complete and magnificently attractive
eelf Silly, I shall see you! I shall
drive down on the first sunny morn
ing and sit outside In my victoria un
til you can't stand the temptation an
other instant. I'm going to do it. You
cannot stop me. Nobody can stop me.
I desire to do It, and that is sufficient
I think, for everybody concerned, ir
the sun is out tomorrow I shall be out
too' I am so tired of not seeing you!
Let central listen! I don't care. I don t
care what I am saying. I've endured It
bo long-I- There's no use! I am too
tired of It, and I want to see you.
Can't we see each other without-with-,ith!nklne
about things that are
settled once and for all?"
"I can't," he said.
"Then you'd better learn to! The
Idea of you telling me you Had lost
your nerve! You've got to get It back
land help me find mine! Yes, Its
gone, gone, gone! I lost It In the rain
somewhere today. Does the scent of
the rain come in at your window? Do
alone? Are you Stephen mwiuu p
Irunlliir V
"I felt us though I were for awhile
II- lu 111 "
..vt-ni. nn illness that, thank God,
yon nre not going to nurse through
I life. Don t look ur me tmu .v. .-.
! I'm obliged to speak harshly: I'm
olillced to hardcu my ueari u cum
u monstrous idea.
i!,.n,.u i eiiiuiot endure
..v,.n must! Are vou trying to Crug
your silly self with romance &o Ju
riuwll truill WUUll J""
If There was no earthly reason for
you to talk to Stephen. No disinterest
...i i..,.,iuu moved vou. It was a sheer
perverse, sentimental restlessness, the
de.lcato, nieiiiiiesouie ucui, ...
race. And If that poison is In you it's
...M fn ..nil to know It."
"It is in ine," suld Sylvia, staring at
the tire.
Dinke lila money K further or wn
luckier at bin "nrd klliingn." icn'i
I... fc.-li1.iui atteinme.l to bully I-eHn.
Mug nppiireully conleiit with bin Hi-
lov aiu e.
Ou-e or Flunk mw blm with
PACE THREE
turiiliut Hjlvlti bad bniied for w am
l.i look at Hlwardn boiie, Imt with
i ivrmll llmt wonl nlis ank
li k, curloimly expr-loiilii. and
white, for ulie bud a woman -ti
rhm the front d.K.r Hiel bud iwotf-
1 111' r Of . w I" v ,,
mi uiiu.uall)- atiracllve girl lloi,glii ' m .4-1 b. r nn .Mnrl.ui I age.
In a worhl Vc!J fir rinoven n-i.
aIIu'. Siiii,lly i' l
i.lren when ntie did nn thing at all
l.vilitt V)m. lulltiewllill -rlclirl-
for mi Bii.boHy m l", 'b'"t'.
lint Plank wn no luoro liileresien
ilmii nnv man who can t afford lo en
danger bin pn.H- tn by a ci.er a'
-Well of nil Indlscretlona!" breotlml
i'.r.iiv. I.w'.li g Ih- I V-rly at Sylvia.
"She ban murage." nuii Sylvia, very
while.
'ouriig.-: Do you mean foollmnll-iiif-y
"No; eoiiingif-the courage I lacked.
1 l, ...... 1... un 1,1.1 111 to leave hi
qua"..!... with that ort of l-reliy rH.iu. and I Jacked the courage to go
woman.
x nwhll.. Morlliner kept ay from "iu meun i.."oe
, ' -if. ...! . buixh. and Flank fre "t erlaliily ali..
,;;;;:;;,ed t . did not -v.. irU t.-,, ,- ever .,
in. h i very often. nd ine i- iue, 1 .1
- tuer f . m, to . ,.: ',-, ''":
...... I...- IV .
Kiuiiteiilr V Inoie forward, renting;
her face In ber bands, and I ft ween tho
ringer a bright drop ran. Kilum.ercU
and fell.
Though the ot wun over. tlH-iiier
iinfahbloiiiilile, foiinul functloiin sun-
iiemled nud dunce ended, the puce
...in Hi. n,., I nt u dl-tcni't and il'-
uroun trot, and tho-e who bad not tied
to California or Falin r-en. n rcni.iui.-u
to priiv am! piay nriuj,B
unction moit edifying.
And all thin while Sylvia had not
awn Slward.
Svlvbi wan changing. The cliaracier
Istl'c amiability, the sensitive rcnerve.
the sweet composure w hich the world
bad always counted on in Iier, uau 1
come exception unci 110 ohm-. ...v , lndciicn(lenc.
1.1.1. ..,-..i-ii...l the ennr ice auu . .
rioca - --
Impulse always latent
(To be continued.)
THE TRUE TEST,
Tried In Independence, It Ha Stood
the Tett.
The hardest test In the test of time.
and Doan'a Kidney Fills have stood It
Kidney suiter-
"1,r:r'!e can hardly ask for stronger proof
Ilium ? always mieiii. .""v ii,. in
1 . 1 0. 1., iitto 011 Iiiho- thuii the following.
V sudden. nuHlu-I Imputlence startled ence. Ore., aays: "I do not belt.
.'i. i,i.ttiies of ber shrine. There was ' ,here In a maa in this county who
a new. unseeing hardness lu her eyes,
lu her attitude the faintest hint of
eytiiiism. For the first time a s'.lg'it
si-use of fear tinctured the general ud
miration. In public hei Indifference and grow
has suffered as severely from kidney
disease as 1 have during the past ten
ye-irs. I had acute pains throughout
my body and of.en my back was so
weak and stiff that I could not stoop.
My kidneys were also disordered and
deal, looking like a saint in her sub- 1 gtraight before he
. 1 -...1 ..m-r ,t,.l,ftllt Allilfr- I ..1
aueu piuimiKe uuu oj ,r
lng nothing, neltiier conression uoi
Quarrler's occasionally lifted eyes.
HwinL'h their L'aze. ineetlng. stmed
lost in dreamy devotion or drowned lu
the contemplation of the spiritual anu
remote.
Flank came docilely from his Dutcn
iiAfi.rniMl church to sit beside Leila.
As for Mortimer, once a vestryman.
he never came at nl. mere was a
new set of men among whom he bad
recently drifted, to the unfeigned dis
gust of gentlemen like Major Bel
wether "club" men in the commoner
and more sinister Interpretation or tne
word.
Mortimer stayed out at nigUt very
STZy : us e Tut in too frequVnt passage of. the kidney
v . 1 was scarcely at pains to secretions caused me to arise many
conceal ber weariness and Inattention. lim,-8 at night. My Hmtm Decani"
That he noticed It was evident even u badly BWOiien and mere was
ber. who carelessly Ig iored the coiise- negg ht,neattj my eyes. I was aIso
quences of her own attitude. subject to dizzy spells. I doctored
At the Mi-careme dame given by the A but did not recelve re-
Slowa Hunt. (uanlcr. who aOt - uging KU.
II- M the cotillon with agreeable e b
irtr'lul'rnSt takin, them until
lown next ...oinlng with Crace Ferrall. 1 .very symptom of kidney trouble bad
Irritable, sulky, furious with herself. ; disappeared. I firmly believe tnat
All hot 'with self contempt, she lay J Doan's Kidney Pills saved my life and
back lu the comfortably upholstered'. ,hat reason 1 can praise them
corner of the broug'.iam. staring ; , .,
II I If II 1 V .
sullen re l niout.1 , .., .a eiven on
.... ...p,..- - 1 ine auoe uwicuti'. -
irui:iiiiKlve to the occ!i:ioli:il lucoii- 1 Q ,aM ...
qnent questions of (ir.ee Ferrall. i Sept. 7. l - t 1
.'rterawhi!e."ol):e! vedr:ice."p.-o- ; Rosendorf said. Tfte siaieme.ii
idewill itgin to talk a'n,:t the disco,- i gavc for publication recommending
tented beauty of your face." j Iman's Kidney. Pills two years ago
Sylvia's eyebrows bent slfi rartner , 8til) hoids g0od. 1 am gwu iu
: . . , 1 1 : 1 1 ,. ,n ro-.-n ,1 orst?-
Lloan S IS-iuuey rii'o
inward.
"A fretful face, but rather pretty."
commented Urate maliciously. "It
won't do, dear. Your role is dignified
comedy. Oh. dear! Oh. my!" She
stilled a yawn behind her faultlessly
gloved hand. "Oh, dear, how 1 do
yawn! And Lent only half over! Syl
via, what are you staring at? Oh, I
see."
Thr hml driven south to Washing
ton square, where Mrs. Ferrall had de-
lUJIIt."
For sale by all dealers. Price 50
cents. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo
New York, sole agents for the United
States. Remember the name Doan's
and take no other.
Rube Dickinson and Dr. Duganne
attended the races in Corvallis Sat
urday.
aioriimer niujcu "ui ... .
.iiant v nnv niso ue uiiucuic w -i,..., tn pnrp n nore. uuu cic uv
. 1 V 1J.IV--.--J - - ' - I .-
tv IO . I
w
"Then you
know what to I
do for It."
No, 1 don't."
"Well, I do,"
said Grace de
cisively, "and
the sooner you
marry Howard
Intrench
yourself behind
your pride the
better off you'll
be. That's where,
fortunately
enough, you dif-
from your
fer
"It U In roe," mid
Sylvia. mwstors. You
are unable to understand marital
treachery. Otherwise you'd make it
lively for us all."
"It is true," said Sylvia deliberately,
"that I could not be treacherous to
anybody. But I am wondering I am
asking myself just what constitutes
treachery to myself. I was in love
with him. You knew it."
"You liked him," insisted Grace pa
tiently. "No; loved him. I know. Dear,
your theories are sound In a general
way, but what is a girl going to do
about it when she loves a man? Could
you tell me?"
"If you marry him," said Mrs. Fer-
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