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BATTLE ON GRIDIRON FIELD Tin entirely in . At the word speech I.«zder turued lu atea «Illy ' mg at -poke with abrupt the table, be voluntarily. For a fleeting vcoud th«t the lowe drew another forward for inu wl. eoldneus of his manner droppml anil npa- As he Both men aat down. uons hls face changed ttenee f<> Chllcote lean «si forward, rewin, Chllcote. with bls nervous quicknew he enngh •pp at bows on the table. “There will ot perception, saw the alteration, and a the henil eral things to consider,” be l, <-.,„ pleased to uew look crossed his own face. “Cour« "Why not?’ be said qsickly “You fin«! som«* «1 uh itu to vent hls vously. kxjklng across at the otte? "Quite go.” Ixxler glaU,.e(i b ' oni-e bail uuibltlons In that direction. Irritation . is that wire come for “I thought about tho’ M:b G McRae, in the Oregonian, head. Blanchard was also severely Why not renew the ambitions?-; me?” things the better part of last „ .,ht * "Ami drop back from the mountains gssm a graphic description of the U shaken up. 1 Inquired five minutes “No. sir. Into the gutter?" Loder smiled ami begin with. I must study your b Doctors worked on the plucky play W O. Multnomah football game. H - back.” Writing. I guarantee to g.-t it right b... sluwly shook bis head. er, but the lips of the thousands of “Inquire again.” it will take a month." "Better to live for oue day than tu Allsopp disappeared Oregon rooters, the welling cry of "Yes. sir. ” ts all the -printed accounts of thi "A mouth!" exist tor a hundred!” Chllcote’s voice A second later after his disappear victory in sight was hushed, and tsan-s. ,aat have been played BO far trembled with anxiety For the thiril anee the bell of the hall door whizze»! "Weil, jterbaps three wrek., w mustn’t make a mess of things ' * rule.) I their hearts cramped in the horror time he extend«.*«! bis hand and touched hk season under the new loudly. ot fear. Anxiously they waited, bu’ CHAPTER V ( Continued I Chilcote shifted bis position the other. tar*«- m no record of so fierce, stub- Chllcote started. All sudden sounds, Uieir eyes met Loder was reluctant as they saw Moores rise, his face a "Three weeks!” be rei>.«t«, .| , ouW This time Loder ilid tfot shake off the like nil strong lights, affected him. He sarsiy fought a game as that whicl ly compelled to admit that, though the “To retire . to retire?” detaining band, lie scarcely seemed to half moved to the door, then stopped you?”— ■wk place on Multnomah’s field. Old smear of blood and his head swathed face was disturbed. It had no traces Cbilcote broke Into a loud, sarcastic feel Its pressure. In bandages, the scream of dellgh “No, I couldn't." Lod.-r spoke Mu himself with a short exclamatiou. At of insanity. wei and young, matrons and maidt- "Look here." Chllcote's fingers tight thoritatlvely. "I might uever «ant to was curdling. Then courageously and laugh. “You don't know what tlie lo “ I make you a proposal," Cbilcote the same Instant Allsopp reappeared. sMw before saw such a terrlfl ene«l “A little while ago you talked of cal pressure of a place like Wark put pen to paper; but. on the other Chllcote turued on him excitedly. Mrangle between human beings, in calmly lie wiped the blood out of hl.« stands for Twenty times I have been repeated uervously, but with distinct influence. Here you can step into a a check oim “What the devil's the meaniHg of i baud, I might have to ne«s. "Do you accept?" went back to the game, eyes and positlou built by Influence. You might ms minutes after the whistle blev within an ace of chucking the whole day." He laughed. Have you ever this?' he said. “ A battery of Servants i Fur an Instant Loder was at a loss But fear still clung to On-gon, for thing. Once last year I wrote private do all you once hoped to do" — ta, sent the 22 men hurling them In the house and nobody to open the. thought of that—thut i might have u now two of Oregon's players were ly to Vale, one of our big men there, to find a reply sutticieutly final. Cbil Ixxlsr suddenly lifted bls head. "Ab or want t«v, sign a check art»«-» at each other like human cats cote broke lu upon the pause. First It was Captain and hinted that my health was bad. seriously hurt surd!" be said. "Absurd! Such a scheme hall door!" m JU James kicked a goal from th< Allsopp looked embarrassed. "Crap- ! "No. I confess that est aped me." “After all." he urged, 'what I ask of Chandler, who. In spile of a broken Two liouis ufter be had read my letter you Is a -¡¡,.|-l«* thing-merely to carry was never carried through ' ham Is coming directly, sir. He only j “Y’ou risk your fortune that you tnaj JBftn for Miitnomuh. In the erowde "I’re< Isely why It wid succeed. I'ea be was In my study. Had 1 been iu nose, played on to the end keep the place It bought for your through uij routine duties for a week left the hall te ask Jeffries"— gmadsiand, where the yellow color pie never suspect until they have a How «lu you Finally Oregon got the ball on the Greenland the result would have been or two occasionally when I find my Chllcote turned “Confound Crap j Loder laughed again Abe university predominated, along' precedent. Will you consider It? At clubmen's 35-yard line, and Moullen the same. No; resignation is a mean endurance giving away - lien a respite ham!" he exclaimed. “Go and open know that 1 am not u blackguardr h« least consider It. Remeinl«er, If there ta side Unes, along the high em Ingless wort! to a man like me added. “How do you know that l becomes essential. Th«- -«rk would tor the third time essayed a pla-« Is a risk it Is I who urn ruuqiug it. Ou the door yourself." Ixxler looked down. “I see,” he said Aai.ri.entH, on the housetops and on Allsopp hesitated, his dignity strug won’t clear out one day and leave you be nothing to u man in you-r state of kick. your osn showing you have no position slowly; “I see.” ta hill a quarter of a mile east of gling with his obedience. As he wait higji and dry? What mind, the pay anything yeu like to V • ♦ • to jeopardize." "Then yon see everything the dlf Chilcote from realizing »lu.ooo ur £.7» ta field, cheers for Multnomah rent name." Iu bis eagerness be had fol ed the bell sounded again. The other laughed curtly. Carefully a mound of sawdust wa» Acuity, the Isolation of the position. 000 and then making himself scarcer “ Did you hear me? ” Chllcote said. ta air Supporters of the red and lowed L«xier to the desk. "Won’t you "Before I .go tonight will you promlíMj made, and carefully Moullen measur Five years ago three- even two years give me an answer? 1 told you I am “You won’t do that, »’lulcote said, “Yes, sir.” Allsopp crossed the hall. abac waxed Jubilant and arrogant, I me to consider it?" 1 told you ed the distance to the goal post«. ago—1 was able to endure it. Now it neither ntad nor drunk ” As the door was opened Chllcote with unusual decision "hv.i tiad gotten used to seeing Ore- “No." your weakness last night, ami it wasn’t ¡ Then the signal was given. Snap gets more unbearable with every pa- passed his handkerchief from one Loder pushed back the scattered Asa beaten just this way, and they "Theu you will send me your decision month. The day la bound to come hand to the other in the tension of money. Money Isn’t the rock yon’U ■ went the ball. Then there was a pers that lay under his arm. by wire tomorrow. I won't take your «*ara«»d the prideful attltud«- of "th ■ wtien when” he paused, hesitating , hope and fear, then as the sound of split over." "Only a lunatic would propose such boot, and up shot the ball, turning nervously "when It will la1 physically answer now." wine old story." "Then you think I’ll split upon sotn* his own name In the shrill toues of a a scheme,” he said brusquely and end over end, but always sailing with lm|»>HKll>le for me to la» at my post ” abruptly. **Why Loiler freed bis arm telegraph boy reached his ears he let rock? But that’s beyond the question. without feeling •»play Drives Away Stage Fright .deadly accuracy towards and between not?” he asked. lasier remained silent. To get to business again You’ll risk “Why ?" the handkerchief drop to the ground. Bat the leaves of the book in the poles. Like a thing human th * Chllcote smiled uervously "Because "Physically impossible." Cbilcote re The other's lips pal led for a quick I know- meu and men's temptations. Allsopp took the yellow envelope and my studying your signature?" vhati was written "Out of the de- ball seemed to collapse, and It sank peated excitedly. "Until lately I was retort; then lu a surprising way the Chilcote nodded. carried It to his master. tat shall come to you, Oregon, It. gently down on the spot where vic able to calculate to count upon my retort seemed to fall him. "Oh, be- We are all very strong till the quick Is “Right! Now Item two." i.oder "A telegram, sir.” he said. "And the It's ta- 13th battle, a victory,” were yet tory lay. It took fighting, It took self to some extent but yesterday I cause the thing Isn't feasible, Isn't touched. Then we all wince. boy wishes to know If there Is an an counted on his fingers. "I most know morphia with one man, ambitions with • ?»» » be cut When at last they wert generalship, and It took brains to received a shock yesterday I discov practicable from any point of - view!' swer.” Picking up Chllcote's handker the names and faces of your men another. In each case It’s only a mat ered that that" again be hesitated Chllcote stepped closer “Why?” he chief, he turued aside with elaborate friends as far as I can Your woman ta. the unlut ky fumble that mad«' make that 8 to 4 score. It was a ter of sooner or later." He laughed in painfully "that 1 have passed the Insisted. friends, don’t count. While I'm you, fifiltaomah'H one scoro possible, t victory earned by blood and bruises, stage when one may calculate." his satirical, unstrung way and behl dignity. you will be adamant.” He langbad "Because It couldn't work, man— Chllcote ’ s bands were so unsteady stable by Clarke as he was trying but it was cleanly and well earned. out Ills hand. "You have my address." The situation was growing more em couldn't hold for a dozen hours!” that he could scarcely Insert his fin again pleasantly. "But the men ar» ss an end run, and which was eag When the whistle blew proclaim barrassing To hide its awkwardness, he said. “Au revolr.” essential—the backbone of the wbolt Cbilcote put out his hand and touch Loder pressed the hand und dropi>ed ger under the flap of the envelope. business. ’’ srty gathered In by that brilliant ing the end of the game, bedlam Ixxler moved back to the grate and ed bis arm. "But why?” he urged, Tearing off a corner, he wrenched the tt. "Goodby, ” he said meaningly. Then One old alumni sa> rebuilt the fire, which had fallen low. tayer. Lonergan, was forgotten. Thi broke loose. "I have no meu friends I don't trixt "Why ? Give me one unanswerable he crossed the room quietly and held coverlug apart ami smoothed out the the Idea of frieudsbip.” Cbilcote. still excited by bis unusna'. dtanbl«- was the very thing that down, unmldful of the mud and ooze reason.” flimsy pink pai>er. the door open. “Goodby,” he said again vehemence, followed him, taking up a "Acquaintances, then.” taoulit have happened to Oregon, for of the field, and wept. Others cheer Loder shook off the hand and laugh The message was very simple, con as the other passed him. position by the mantelpiece Chilcote kxikeii up sharply. "I think ed. but below ids laugh lay a sugges- sisting of but seven words: ta. stage fright that was apparent ed themselves speechless, and as the As he crossed the threshold Chllcote "Well?" lie said, looking down. we score there," he said. "I have * tion of the other's excitement. Again paused. Shall »xpec'. you at 11 tonight. asong the students disappeared Ilk- frnzled mab of screaming, howling “Au revolr,” he corrected, Very slow ly Ixxler rose from hit reputation for absentmlndedne« that LODER. the scene stirred him against bis ■tat before a summer sun. it keyed thousands rushed pell-mell across the task. "Well?" he reiterated. with emphasis. will carry you anywhere. They tell m» sounder Judgment, though his reply He read it two or three tLmes, then "Have you nothing to say?' Until the last echo of his visitor's ta students to desperation. Like field, men and women, in their crazy I can look through the most substn- when it came was sound enough. he lixiked up. “ No answer, ” he said | "Nothing, except that your story It steps had died away Loder stood with ta Beraeckera of old, the gall of joy, hugged and thumped each other tlal man in the bouse as If he were go» "As for reasons,” be said, "there are mechanically, and to bls own ears the samer, though I niuy have lunched with tat score seemed to propel them Into on the back. All of the bittern«-«» unique and that I suppose I am flat a hundred, If I had time to name them. his hand on the door. Then closing It terisl by your confidence." His volet quietly he turned and looked around relief in bls voice souuded harsh and him the same day." shrunken frenzy of endeavor. Bruls- that had been engendered during th« Take it, for the sake of supposition, was Intentionally brusque the room. For a considerable space he unnatural. Loder smiled. "By Jove!” be «1 afi and bleeding, on a field that a? game vanished. People forgot that Exactly us the clocks chimed 11 claltn»«d. “Fate must have been cox Cbilcote paid no attention to th« that I were to accept your offer. 1 stoo»l there as If weighing the merits of ta«s became almost a shables, the Multnomah had been penalized tim • voice. Taking a step forward he laid should take my place In your house w»ch object Then very slowly be mov •Cbilcote mounted the stairs to Loder’s struct!ng this before either of us wxi atadents became a living, throbblnt, almost without number for breaches his fingers on the lapel of Loder’s coat at let us say at dinner time. Your ed to oue of the buuksbeives, drew out rooms. But this time there was more born. It dovetails ridiculously. But I man gets me into your evening clothes, “I have passed the stage where I cat MAtaau cavalcade. Now their de of the rules. In receiving penalties May’s "Parliamentary Practice," and. of baste than of uncertainty In his must know your colleagues, even if It*» and there at tlie very start you have "taw was impenetrable as the wall Multnomah was not alone, for Ore count upon myself.” he said, "and 1 tlie first suspicion set up. He has carrying It to the desk, rea.ljusted tlie steps, and, reaching the landing, he only to cut them. ' You'll have to tak» crossed It In a couple of strides and ta»uu<l China; then, when the tide gon came In for her share of punlsh- want to count upon somebody else I probably known you for years, known lamp. me to the house " knocked feverishly on the d<x>r. W the battle changed, they becani«? ' ment. This was the only feature of want to keep my place In the world’s you until every turn of your appear- "Impossible!” It opened at once, and Ltxler stood CHAPTER VI. "Not at all!" Again the tone ot *» ta avalanche of brawn and muscle ihe game that could be criticised eyes and yet be free"— r nee, voice and manner is far more before him. thority fell to Loder. “I can paU my LL the next day Chllcote moved Ixxler drew back Involuntarily, con I laminar to him than It is to you. Other Northwest Game«. itaspetately the sons of Multnomah The occasion was peculiar. For a hat over my eyes and turn tip mj In a fever of excitement Hot tempt struggling with liowildertnent in There are no eyes like a servant’s.” wed to add another score. On de neither spoke; each involun- ' coat collar. Nobody will notice m» with hope one moment, cold moment “I have thought of that. My serv- At Salem—Willamette 4, State Ag bis expression. tarily looked at the other with new 1 We can choose the fall of the after *■*•*' it was no use to try against with fever the next, he rushed Chllcote lifted bls head. "By an ex my secretary can both be ant nnd rlcultural College 0. eyes and under chauged conditions. , noon. I promise you 'twill be *11 ta students. The clubmen, grown with restless energy Into every task At Seattle—WaahlngtoD 16, Ida- traordinary chance," he said, "you can changed, I will do the thing thor Eu« b had assumed a fresh standpoint ; right.” la football, tried every trick that presented Itself, only to drop It as do for me what no other man In cre aughly.” ho V. lu the u'her's thought. The passing ; “Suppose the likeness should leak ation could do. It was suggested to •■own to the game. Lonergan, Ixxler glanced at him in surprise. speedily. Twl»re during the morning he astonishment, the half impersonal cu-, out? It’s a risk.” me unconsciously by the story of a drove to the entrance of Clifford ’ s inn. The madness had more m«-th«-d than ftatt. Dolph, the veteran McMillan I rlosity that bad previously tinged their > Loder laughed confidently. Tush book -a liook lu which men changed he had believed. Then as he still look but each time bis courage failed him tad the rest of Multnomah's elevet Roseburg Pioneer Dead.* Identities. I saw nothing In It at the ed a fresh Idea struck him, and be nnd be returned to Grosvenor square to relationship, was east aside, never to, man! Risk Is the salt of life. I must taight sh they never have fough' Henry Clay Slocum, a Douglas time, but this morning, as I lay In bed. laughed. learn that the expected message from | be reassumed. In each the other saw see you at your post, and I must »*> ’ himself—and something more. •More, but the first half ended with county pioneer of 1853, and a well- sick with yesterday's fiasco. It came the men you work with.” He rota "Yon have entirely forgotten one Loder had not come. As usual, Loder was the first to re ) walked across the room nn«l took hl* ta ball in the center of the field known resident of Roseburg for 25 back to me. It rushed over my mind thing.” he said. "You »ran hardly dis It was a wearing condition of mind, Time and »gain there were spectac- yearB, dropped dead in Portland of In an Inspiration It will save me and miss your wife.” pipe from the rack. “When I go ■ but at worst It was scarcely more than cover himself. "I was expecting you,” he said. for a thing I like to go In over head I'm not Insulting you. "My wile doesn't <-«»unt." an exaggeration of what bls state had tar end runs, short, mighty plunges heart trouble Wednesday night. He make you. been for months and made but little “Won’t you come In?’ taough the center, but In spite ol had gone to Portland to spend though you'd like to think so.” The words were almost the same as ■ nd ears," he added as he opened kla Again Loder laughed. "I'm afraid I Without remark Ixxler freed him •A Multnomah could do, the ball was Thanksgiving with his daughter, but The complications obvious difference In bls bearing or his word of the night before, but bia tobacco jar. self from the other's touch and walked scarcely agree. tapt In her territory. James was fell dead on the street before reach back to bls desk His anger, bls pride, would lie slightly - slightly” — Hls pipe filled, he resumed hls mt. He manner. voice bad a different ring, just aft hls resting his elbows on the table In un •■rely handicapped, and while his ing his relatives, and his body was and. against bls will, bls excitement paused » In the aftcru<x>n he took his place In face when be drew back Into the conscious Imitation of Chilcote. Chllcote's latent irritability broke the house, but, though it was bis first MMtmg was splendid for a time, th Identified later by his son-in-law. He were a-ll aroused. room had a different expression — a "Got a match?” be said laconically, out suddenly, "Look here,” he said, appearanre since bls failure of two He sat down, leaned Ills elix>w on the ■Jar»' to his right leg made hint was aged 68 years His son, Harry suggestion of decision and energy that holding out hls band. days ago, he drew but small "this Isn't a chaffiug matter. It may personal desk and took bls face between his <•»« the honor to Blanchard, who Slocum, Is deputy sheriff of Douglas bad been lacking before. Cbilcote : In response Chllcote drew hls match be mooushine to you, but It's reality notice. When he chose, his manner caught the difference as be crossed 1 tanaged to hold his own during the county. box from hls pocket and struck a light could repel advances with extreme to me." the threshold, and for a bare second 1 As their bauds touched an exclama «st half. Again Ixxler took bls face between effect, and of late men bad been prone a dicker of something like jealousy ■ tion escaped him. his huuils. to draw away from him. In the second half the story was S.MOKERN KNOW “By Jove!” he said, with a fretful In one of the lobbies he encountered touched him, but the sensation was ; “Don't ridicule the Idea I'm In dead ■fcrent. Moullen, who was off In fleeting. We have a reputation with .overs mixture of disappointment and *ur earnest." Fralde surrounded by a group of ta punting, found himself, and this “I have to thank you," be said, bold- | prise. “I hadn't noticed that!" Hl* Loder said nothing. friends. With bls usual furtive baste «as the end of Multnomah's hopes of tobacco for the fine smoking quali •'Think—think It over before you re he would have passed on, but moving Ing out bis band. He was too well ( eyes were fixed in annoyed lntereat <s> Moot the ball” must have been th-* ties our goods have. We carry many bred to show by a hint that he under ' Loder's exteuded hand. fuse." I away from his party the old man ac •writ passed by the coaches, and boot brands, plug cut, granulated and Loder, following !« - smiled- For a moment Loder remained mo- costed him. He was always courteously sto«xl the drop In the other’s principles, ta ball Multnomah did. And but blends Our five-ceul cigars make • “Odd that we should both have or* tlouless, then he rose suddenly, push particular In his treatment of Chllcote. but L«xler broke down the artifice. “Let’s be straight with each other, looked It! It clean escaped my mind hr that sturdy right foot, and that as the busband of bls ward and god Ing back his chair. hit nothing like them elsewhere la since everybody else has to be deceiv It’s rather an ugly scar" He lifted •Tush, ninu! You don't know what child. ••!. clear head of this elongated you say. The fact of your being mar ' Better, Chllcote." he said, holding rd," he said, taking the other’s band. - hls hand till the light fell more fully ’tategster tnere would have been no Eugene for less than ten cents. rled bare It. out bis hand. At the sound of the low, “Y’ou have nothing to thank me for. ! on It Above the second Joint of the Can't you see that?" Buy your candles, oranges, banan ■» with the alumni and students of Again Cbilcote caught-his arm. rather formal tones, so characteristic and you know It. It’s a touch of the ' third*fir.ger ran a jagged furrow, the Me gon Never did soldiers take the as, etc., from us. Quality guaranteed “Y’ou misunderstand." he said. “You of the old statesman, a hundred memo old Adam. You tempted me, and I reminder of a wound that bad one* tali’ of tattle with greater deter better than elsewhere. mistake the position. 1 tell yon my ries rose to Chllcote's mind, a hundred fell.” He laughed, but below the laugh laid bare the bone. ■Miatlou to win than did those eleven wife and I are nothing to each other. hours distasteful lu the living and un ran n note of something like triumph— I Chilcote leaned forwanl “How di HOB ELTON S CIOAR STORK Jtagon men Before the second hall' She goes her way; I go mine. We bearable In the recollection, and with the curious triumph of a man who Las you come by it?' he asked. The other shrugged his «boulden •as minutes old they were playinc have our own friends, our own rooms. them the new flash of hope, the new known the tyranny of strength and i <<HI<THOVNE IX*IM*I\G IIOl'NE. Marriage, actual marriage, doesu't possibility of freedom. In a sudden suildenly appreciates the freedom of a “Oh. that’s ancient history ” ta clubmen off their feet. The pace Nice rooms and beds for 25 cents ’’The results are preseut day enonA enter the question. We meet occasion rush of confidence be turned to bls weakness. tataiiu- terrtfic and the compact o' at Courthouse Lodging House, just "You fully realize the thing you have ! It’s very awkward, very annoying- ally at meals and at other ¡«eople'e loader. ■tatmg bodies shook the ver» proposed?’ he added In a different ! Loder, still looking at hls baud, north of the courthouse. Quiet place houses; sometimes we go out together “I believe I’ve found a remedy for -awnnd Bfti K and forth the tearn- for the sake of appearances; beyond my nerves,” he said. ”1—1 believe I’m tone. “It’s not too late to retract even ; seem to hear. "Tbere'a only one u ng and close to the business part of Wght. now trying end runa, now to be done.” he said. "Each wear t»» that, nothing If you take up my life going to be n new man.” He laughed now." town Bee transparency "Beds" from Cbilcote openeil his lips, paused, then ! rings on the third finger of the —hanging punts, until finally th« Beckwith corner. nobody In it will trouble you less than "with a touch of excitement. !3yar Eve—I can promise that" He laugh m M was on Multnomah's Fralde pressed bls Angers kindly laughed In Imitation of hls companion, hamL Two rings ought to cover Ue made a speculative measuremta» ed unsteadily. "That is right.” he said. "That Is right. but the laugh sounded forced. Loder's face remained unmoved. “ My dear fellow," he said at last. “ I I called at Grosvenor square this morn wiin the stem of his pipe . A YOUNG .MOTHER AT «<>. Matvr>t-for Chance Comes to Moores. Chllcote looked Irritable and J "Even grantlug that” be said, "the ing, but Eve told me your Illness of the never retract." "My mother has suddenly been "hna came s chance for oMores thing Is still Impose. -Iw" “Never?" ed. “I detest rings. 1 never other day was not serious She was ta speedy In this lad's fleetnes* made young at 70. Twenty years of "Fow con ilo for tiw what no other man “No." “Why?' very busy this morning She could rings.” . sv »he hopes of Oregon. The stu Intense suffering from dyspepsia ha 1 in creation could do." “There Is the house. The position only spare me a quarter of an hour. "Then the bargain’s sealed.” Ixxler raised hls eyes ca.mly • disabled her, until six hands. The man behind him undoubt there would be untenable. A man Is She Is Indefatigable over the social Mde Mils prayed that he get his hands or entirely Ixxler walked slowly across the room ther do 1," be said, "but there's no »-ftruble or once l>e given a chanc> months ago. when she began takiuj edly talked madness; bnt after five known there as he is known In his of your pro«pe<’ts. Chllcote You owe and. taking up his position by the man- ! son for bigotry." A popular wife telplece, looked at his companion. Tlie | But Chllcote's Irritability was * Electric Bitters, which have com years of dreary saulty madness had A own club.” He drew away from Cbil her a large debt. f a clear field. It came Around th similarity between them as they faced | ed. He pushed back hls «! a:r means a great deal to s politician " Against all reason It cote's touch ■ harm right end M«sires slipped pletely cured her and restored her fascination. “Very pcsstbly. Very possibly." The steady eyes of his companion dls- each other seemed abnormal, defying like the Idea." he said '•»- a hound from a leash. One. strength and activity she had In the stirred and roused him. For one In Cbilcote laughed quickly and excitedly turbeil Chllcote even the closest scrutiny And yet. so The other eyed him sums« •a three, four, five, nix, seven, prime of life,” writs Mrs. W. L. Gli- stant his pride am! Ills anger faltered "But what club is without its ee.-entrfc mysterious Is nature even In her lapses.! a queer beggar you ar«< b «KL ne drew away his hand. before It, then common sense flowed ■ alne, ten, eleven yards h* patrick, of Danforth, Me. Greatest . »< member? 1 am gla«t yon sj*oke of that. they were subtly. Indefinably different. waive the danger of a i *’ ”n|1ne-" he "•><* vaguely. back again and adjusted the balance. wtrgied and wormed, dodged an«l restorative medicine on the glob«*. Fralde smiled —,-1. "That Is right." he Chilcote was Ixxler deprived of one es your checks and shy at •»<’ ug * P1** "You propose," b«' said slowly, "that I am glad you raised that point It *■ ked his way. with the entire Mui' Seta Stomach, Liver and Kidneys for a consideration of mouey ■ should was a long time ago that I hi» upon a said again, “Admiration Is too largely sential; Ixxler. Chllcote with that es narw «<» of jewelry. I'll have a fa r excluded from nuxlern marriages” sential bestowed. The difference lay cry right, purifies the blood and cures trade on the likeness between us and reputation for moods as a shield for dlviduallty to study ” Every On Malaria, Biliousness nnd Weaknesses become your dummy, wbeu you are for other things, and the more useful And with a courteous excuse he re neither In feature. In coloring nor in . Chilcote moved rest!«’" I» • joined his friends. tt has become the more I have let It height, but In that baffling, illusive ' but Wonderful Nerve Tonic. Price, 50c otherwise engaged?” iti» bo«ly knows I detest Jew« a re . spH- It was dinner time before Chllcote Inner Illumination that some call Indi Cbilcote colored. "You are unpleas grew. 1 tell you you might go down to fai Guaranteed by W. L. DeLano's drug « 'Botnab "Everybody knows y« the bouse tomorrow and spend the eonld desert the house, hut tne moment viduality and others soul. « Ot antly blunt. ” he said. clous. It's got to be R.e store. » • r® *.he < wh *le «lay without speaking to. even ( departure was possible he burrci to Something of this Idea, misted and ; Ing. so far as I mak«* o'lt "But I have caught your meaning?* > pontista m*dd!i4t to. a single man. and as long Grosvenor square. tang ed by nervous Imagination, cross-1 Chllcote again altered I "In the rough, yea.” J « as you were 1 to outward appearances j t USt ** As he entered the house the hall ed < hilcote's mind In that moment of ; Loder nodded curtly "Then take 1 avoiding the ot!«« r's < bi Dokei r He swore Irritably nnder •crutiuy, but be shrank from It appre my advice and go home." he said. no one woukl raise an eyebrow. In was empty “ er a struggle w.th I th« same way you might vote tn my his breath and pressed the nearest hensively. t "You're unhinged.” “I—I came to discuss details," he The other returned his glance, and pls«-«, ask a question, make a speech bell. 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