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Ht’GÍÍYX V ,WBi’ T OVAI». THIRSDAY, 1MTOBER IO. DtaMX "By... GEORGE BARR MeCUTCHEON, Author of “Bover^ of ;• L COPTRIOKT. 1006. BY Btym. CHAPTBR XIII—(Continued) in going to stand my ground." Bj Banse®er- sesadlly drumming on table with his ett« fingers. "They B0 t prove earthing, and the man who .3tkes s ehvrge earalnet me will have roSUl»stantlate It. Ill not run a step.” •Then.” saM Dmoin coarsely, "you ou«t let Mrs. Cable alone. She ta your jinger signal I ted you. Mr. Banse- »er. she'll fight If you drive her Into a .orner She’s not a true aristocrat. come» of a Hass that dooan't give “Bah! She’s like the rest. If Har bert doesn’t get in his nasty work sieli give In like all the others." -I thought you said you’d do noth jng to mar tbe happiness of Graydon/ meered Droom. -I don’t intend to, you old fool. Tlilt affair Is between Mrs. Cable and i.ie If »be wlus. I’ll give up. But. und-T »tand me. I’m perfectly capable ol kt wing Just when I’m lieateu.” ■■! only know your financial valor.” M d Elias dryly. •That’s all you’re expected to know, sir." •■Then we won’t quarrel about It,” m d the other, with tils sweetest grin. ‘T’mpb! Well, pleasantries aside, we mist look ourselves over carefully l.e- fore we see onr New York friend. lie must not find us with unclean linen. Elias. I’m worried. I’ll confess, but I’m not afraid. Is there anything that we bave bungled?" "I have always been afraid of the chorus girl business. I don’t like chorus girls." Bansemer at another time would hare smiled. It was past midnight when the two left the stall and started in separate ways for their north side homes. The p master felt more secure than when be left the home of David Cable earlier in tbe night. Ellas Droom said at parting: ”1 don’t like your attitude toward Mrs. C. It’s not very manly to make war on a woman.” "My good Ellas." said Bansemer, complacently surveying himself in the small mirror across the stall, “all men make war on women one way or an other." He did not see Droom's ugly scowl as he preceded that worthy through tbe doorway. The next morning Bansemer walked down tbe Drive. It was a bright, crisp day. and the snow had been swept from the sidewalks. He felt that a visit from Harbert during the day was tot unlikely, and he wanted to be: fresh and clear headed. Halfway down he met Jane Cable coming from tbe home of a friend. He never had seen her looking so beautiful, so full •f the Joy ef living. Her friendly, »p.irkllng smile sent a momentary pang of shame Into bis calloused heart, but It passed with tbe buoyant justlfl cation of his decision to do nothing In the end that might mar his son’s hap piness. She was walking to town and as sured him that she rejoiced in his dis tinguished company. They discussed the play and the supper party. "Sow that I’m engaged to Graydon 1 tn positively beginning to grow sick of people,” Misa Cable declared—and as they ail declare at that age and stage "Well, you'll soon recover.” he smiled. “Marriage Is the convalescence of a love I affair, you know.” "Oh. but most of the men one meets so ho[>elessly silly—tiresome.” she *ent on. "It’s strange too. Nearly •Il of them bave gone to college—Yale or Harvard." "My dear Jane, they are the unfortu rate sons of the rich. You can't blatne them. All Yaie and Harvard men are >"t tiresome. You should not forgot •hat u large sprinkling of the yming uicu you meet at the pink teas were »nt to Yale or Harvard fo.- the sole Purpose of becoming Yale and Harvard •nen; nothing more. Their mother» never ex;>ect(«l them to be anything *ls* The poor man s«-nda his son to I* educated; tbe rich man usually does It to ret the boy away from hone, so •b«t ie won’t have to look at him all •he time. I’ 'm ’ happy to ray tbit I wns floltc poor when ----- 1 Graydon got bn dlplo- tna." "Oh Gray doit Isn’t at nil I!' e •'•’•* w»er» He is a meu!” cri.d Jane, ber *J»s dancing. "1 d lon ------- ’t mean to say that n!l rich “>»n » 9on, are fal|ure, . ’ Solili» of them •f- really worth while. Give ___ credit or- :mited to the rich man’s son who r "•> to cdlege and succeeds In life In '• of hla environment I must not ',rz»t that Graydon'» chief ambition •t one time was to hunt Indians " He mldn’t bave got that from his "’’•her. ” said she accusingly. Bans«- --ked at het sharply He had tipected on meeting ber to ob- the first sign that the Cable fa::.- ? b»d dlacueeed him well, but not •’orxbiy Her very brightness eon- :nr“d him that she at least had mt "y* Kken into the consultation. J sm afraid It came from his horrid • vr Bm Graydon Is a good * '- 'i!<in’t long follow the imi 1 • father. I dare say he < ••inner if be tried, too I bat. **11* An hnbeclle. to my min without tbe capacity to err 1 MlAD tiwaofiafty — reMaw «he ere» «»a««»«, the fsNbw «h.» I, twIgM la rio Ria bad thlu^a wkkSi isl^it ,aa»r hlm w. purga ion- u, aroituj «twf rii trust hla w ita* things that will k-t iwl, terra I oftan wonder «bere ttirar- ctasp* ,, after they die—I airaa thè Yale *ud jxHrrHrn Harvurd roups ebap» woo wbu t«ire you. yoa. It takes a clover chap to burg any sHMallng at all in purgatory. Where they go. Jane? “ You are wise fur your years and sex. There soneJy uiMt I« i place for tbe plain asses'” ’’Oh.” said she. “1 suppose they bare a separate heaven, just ns the dogs have.” ”.\o doubt you’re right." be agreed. smiling, "but think how bright the dogs are. as a rule." Bobby Rigby says a dog Is worth more than his master. People will steal a dog, be says." "1 saw him at your house last night Did you meet Mr Ilartiert’" “No. Mother mid be came >« wtth Bobby.” "How Is Mrs. Cable this morning' I think she—er—complained of a «lek headache last night " "She has such a frightful headache that she couldn’t get up this morning1 quickly His hand hovered close to oers as It lay in her lap. There was an eyewitness to till» sin gle picture in the brief acene . Jane had started downstairs. From the upper steps she could look Into > the drawing room below. She could I not help seeing Bansemer’» fervent atti tude. She tieard nothing tluit he said TYi» girl paused tn surprise A feeling »• of dread-sbe coaid not explain - swept over her. A ehill strnek Into her heart. It was as if aha had awnkened frees a sweet sletqj u- look cot upon a bteuk. berr.-i m-raing Invotuntartty star shrank hack guile bey end tbe »•-»•«! wMom. Set net free frets ft She sveed wwikght Illi Svese and silent st tbv Sep e( tWe sttrirs. her taasd clasping rfte safi She oould hear her heart throbs plainly. There reus no mistaking tbe pHrere ae It bad barat ■pen her saewgwtlng eyes A great fear, a -lark neoemifcty. weHed np In her heart. It was not rmttl the butler adln filed ether sellers that she feu nd the retir ag<- to turn her eyes toward the draw ing room. Although she succeeded In hiding the fact. It » m difficult to ap proach ami greet James Bansetuer with the naturnliigss of tbe unsuspecting. His manner was beyond reproach, and yet for the fijat time she saw the real light In his black eyes. She talked to him ns if nothing had hap[»ened to make her distrustful, but no self con trol in the world could have checked the growth of that remorseless thing called suspicion. For her own sake, for her mother’s, for Graydon’», sbe tried to put It down. Instead It grew greater snd eti oiikvr ns sbe looked Into his eyrs. for In them she saw the tight that heretofore Imd escaped her notire And this was the father of the men whom sbe was to marry, the one whom she loved with atl her heart and eorfl 1 This the man who would degrade her own mother! Her mother -she looked at her with a new question tn ber eye«. 'Indeed! Will you carry my respect* and sympathy to her?’ "Thank you. yes. But why don’t you come In and see us. Mr. Banse- tner?" "In a day or so, gladly.” Bansemer was not approached by Harbert that day nor the next, nor any other day soon. In fact It was not until after the third day had ex pired that be heard from Mrs. Calile. Her silence was gratifying and sig nificant; It meant that she was strag gling with herself—that she had taken no one as yet into her confidence. He was too wary to feel secure In his posi tion. however. He abandoned every case that could not be tried in Half a doeen people came and went James Bansemer was the last to leave. ( He met the girl's tense. Inquiring look from time to thne, but he could not have felt Its meaning. There was ! nothing la ber voice which might have , warned him. although It sounded straln- ! ed and without warmth on her own ears. In spite of herself she wondered how he would act In saying goodby to ber mother. Although she tried with all the might of her will to look away, she could not take her eyes from the pair as Bausemer arose to depart His manner was most circumspect. The hand clasp was brief, even formal, and there was no look In his eyes to Indicate the presence of anything but the most casual emotions. After bls departure Mrs. Cable turned to Jane and complained of a frightful headache and went to her room to lie down for awhile before dinner. Jane's gaze fol lowed her steadily as she ascended the stairs. Then she walked to tbe win dow and looked out upon the street “ hundred perplexities In her mind. Her father was standing In the mid dle of the sidewalk, looking down the darkening street Ills cab was turn ing the corner below, showing that be had been standing there for longer than a minute. She watched him with Interest What had happened In the street to hold his Interest so closely? It was Jane who opened the door and let him in. As she kissed his cold cheek she noticed the frown on his brow and caught the strange gleam In his eyes. Ills greeting was less warm than usual, and he went to bls room upstairs without removing his hat or coat la-low. But not tiefore be sent a quick, keen glance about the drawing room to find If James Bansemer had been the single visitor of tbe after- noon. "Where Is your mother?" he asked from the stairs, without looking back. Jane held etarted downetaln. "She has Just gone to ber room.” cleanest light, and be destroyed his Jane replied, a chill shooting through footprints in those of the past more her veins. Some strange, unnatural completely than ever. David Cable Impulse compelled ber to add. as If was disposed to be agreeable when the explanation were just and neces they met, and Rigby’s manner had lost sary. "We have had a lot of people In the touch of aloofness. Altogether the drinking tea. and mother has a head situation did not look so dark as It acbe.” had on tbe night of the blizzard. She watched him ascend tbe steps He guessed at Mrs. Cable s frame of and turn Into hla smoking room, The mind during the three days Just past door closed sharply, and a wave of In by the tenor of her message over the explicable relief rushed over ber. Her telephone Sbe did no more than to hands were cold. She went to the fire ask him to drop In before 5 for a cup place and held them out to the blaze of tea, but be saw beyond the depth Her ears were alert for sounds from of ber invitation. above—alert with a strange fear which He went and had a few mlnutea cboked ber with Its persistence. She alone with ber because he was shrewd dreaded the opening of her father's enough to drop In tielore 5. No one door and his footsteps as they crossed else came until after that hour had to her mother’s room. She waited for struck. He was studiously reserved these sounds, minute after minute, but anil considerate. There was nothing In they did not come. The fire would his manner to Indicate that he was not give warmth to her bands; tbe chill there as anything more than the raoet seemed to spread. In ber new con casual slpper of the beverage that so •ctousnews sbe felt that a tragedy was ciety brews. It was left for her to just begun. make the Advances “We must come to an understand mg." »he said abruptly. ”1 cannot en dure the su»[>ense. the uncertainty Bansemer raised bl* brow* w grave condesc*’®^00 •Tbeu you have not confe-wed to Mr (’abler’ be asked, with perftoct uncon cern “Do you know I was rather hop ing that you would bave saved me tbe tronble of doiDff 80 •*lt iDvaus no uiu< b to* •‘Ab. 1 J011 it bn rd to l< xe the re gain* gro-ind you have gained socially ’ He Btirrvd hi® te Bfpftdily It b«n’t th at L I don t •are for that and I’S fur Ja CHAPTER XIV ABLE «aw Ba nor mer leave »• be drove up ■b In front did not look turned tbe sger tn dlsap[>ear kly a» [«»»sible. >r of his smoking I bim. Imvl<l Cable dropped io a chair without removing il t ' lie h.. I sa: I he would* hot |all. bis K t or coat. His blood was ruu penalty d through hla veins, bis jaw kill; he woild .¡.iii,-iie tbe woman He was there e arly—long before the mug co. -id his eyes had the appear- frightfully and [a-nult her to live as a hour named m t tx - decoy. His eyes was set a wbo has been dazed by a moral example to other wives. He uever left the *ldew alk that ran past atice of e«»e uy minutes be sat and now felt less brutal. He might kill, : bls own home, but blow. For ». 4 1 short distance Most people do not realize the alarm ’irous in tbe ember lit but he would not disfigure For an from the Drive, Tbey\ stared without stared at rhe aw»v to time be swai- hour he sat and woudered what bad blinking actxxts tbe dark! order through ing increase and remarkable prevalency grate. From ano, of kidney disease. bis jaw twitched been the feelings of his old friend the circle of light from f. >e arc lamp lowed painfully suit While kidneydis- black and greeu George Driaeoll just tiefore be delib and far luto tbe shadow» ex blackness Things liegau groMriu* —-»orders are the rt«l up. with erately slew his faltblvas wife II* where be "most common betere hu eyes. He ■*» , beyond. It was very dark \ rvmem here. 1 Mglng to other trleol* at i stood. Ti>e lake had battered . ,,,rt’uKh diseases that pre- au oath. A ttw- time that Driscoll bad "don* j the sea wall for many rods al th * ***•’ vail, they are He was «xieuiuodl by *K right." almost the last Jealousy a ad eeapL-iom Tb.v ie. l'v ticular polot. and uo oue veuturra recognized by Tbl* night ef tdavk rtiadow* -b« did f beyond tbe brklla path for frar bed fennd lodging in bw ivtataf . patient and phy centfy now b—mn>e a ereel wrv.w. ' ■ not sleep at all— wm roatly the Begin «lipping down Into tbe cuvitta« IV sicians, wAa ren- ning sf rhe end. H» forgot t*e ¡wvwl Into hk< grtaa heart sprang- tbe aqw « bad t>een waahMi eut by the wave* tent themeelee» deacy H» hi wus So be feu aged te tbe man who fthda UHiwer His etatloa wraa on tbe edge of tuw| vfl* d^.rhng tKe effete, while the A underminei the »ystem, <1 k'ftastawrd. He wsu> eeetug k im. He tevyet vverrttUr^ low Rie piles of sta'iie and cement that had What To Da. w«Wi his own eyes, •<> tVmbt. foot wbac ¿rts,™ canker that gnaw.-ri INA h’s beau aasiml up to await tile phn*ur* \*here m the knowledge so bratn others tew! vra for uionthw -buri sene beaus 1 of the park vouinilMlonera a<tei. riywemeef, that Dr. Kilmer» he wrWtiad in sRmt and lard ptrtral or sconwsl titan os tbe For awhile tw iried to take Jane’* ftx- kiduer remedy, h‘ ’he «via jsalensy ’ lure hi»o •onskl.wstlim bat It was ini- fehAU« everr the men dug unfovxwmts Aape With tbe fbmight agony t rheumati*m, absorbed that *r»w» g "(1 «v*w nntfl R at it he actually gewtind his teeth roars kMiners href, bladder posstbj» to suboxitute anything before pam» in flciindal. divorce. all octter cal»'?"»«. of ragv ami worrifiaation sprung Sa his 1 tits owit w-winga. David Cable wns not and ^r«ry part the ari«>rv p**»agC. inability fo foowf water eyes. He recoiled his own feeiligp» In dtshranw. »uraer. sw^>< Imfscs tbe I the kind of man who wonkl go on llv It and aca ¿win ilf yaKmfctf 4, or bad ii X who bad been the Instances wtiere shame ha.l fallen upoa mind «t ttllw ( Ing with it fa It hie»» wife for the sake effrrta >o41owinx use tW htpvM*, wine or other men. ba recalled hi« own easy people and wSo ,ooukl not cossdaBe of appearance He was not an apolo beer, and vrercaniea thu unpleSMMit ne indifference aud the temptation tn Ttie people kill. 1 riot Time nhil cfrvsiiMtanee «nd the For a week he walk 'd and watched fx»v»er of true love would ndjnst tbe cessity of bring compeikd to gw often laugh at the plight of tin- poor devils. during the d-’y. an "i to fnany It had never entered his mind that and suffered Wlmt Is- knew of men affarir of Jane and Graydon Banaemrr times during Abe night. mdd and some day he might be the object of fold him that they <!<» not devot«» them Thl.e was hla affair. Tltne could not Use extraordinavyeffect of Swamp-tfoot ts soon realized Tt staifds t xe highest, like consideration In others more selves to the wives of othe-vi with bon srllnat ft for him. or lews fortunate, according to their orable motives hehhid tbenk He enu At lairt he saw a womatYe figure hur for its wonderfuf ewes of the tio*t dis tressing cases, 1 f need a Medicine vtnred himself that he knew the-world, frieuds. rying down the street. The wild, By tbe time dinner was announced he had seen so much of It Tin» man e-iger Itnpe thst the light from the yon should hare lire Dtst. S<>ld fc» drug gist sin fifty-cent and «r-d<»llar sues. he had succeeded in restoring himself aged years tn that stogie weetr of eleefrk- lamp would prove It X-» be ot'i- .Md a V >n mav have a > bottle and Jealousy and suspense. His face we to a state of comparative calmness, lie rv fhau that of bls wife wna ytif kty ’xx £ that tolls all haggard; his eyes took on a strang > did not dress for dinner, as was bis dispelled Hix worst fours were true aixnit it, both sent free custom, uor did be stop to ask Frances gleam; his manner wns tluit of a num His France«, lift: wife of more tfinn a bv mail. Address!)? g Cable if She were ready to go down. in grave trouble score of years, hts pretty »weethwnrt Kilmer & Co., Bing- Day after day this piteous, fnwuled hwahip - rooc He heard Jane playing the piano as through sll those (fay*, was fnl»e ro hainum, N. Y. When be descended She nodded to him. but man who swayed thousands wttlr bls him! As he fell back ugninst the wall writioj* mention this pafirr and don’t did not stop, and he paused near the hand stooped to deal with the smallsst something aeonied to snap in hla breast, make any mistake, but rcflMnber the name, I>r. Ktimer’s Swamp-Awot, and fireplace to look at her strangely Sonve- movement» of one man amt one wo a groan of mtacry arrow to his Bps Uie adslxvM», Ihu^hamtoii, N. Y* where beck lu his brain there was man. Desptt«- his most lntesme desire With eyes w-fitcri sow red with rage struggling, unknown to him, the old to drive himself Into other and Mgtier wr! anguish, he watchwl the hesltat channels, he fouud hltnself skwlktwg time thought that this child bore him Ing approach of the woman Stx- »top. no ITkenese whatsoever. He only knew and »[tying and eonntvtng with tmt one pert at the ciwnur suit looked ap and he was enushing down the fear that low end in view. He employed every scute s«*ose in down the Drive, peering intently Into evil or slander or pain might come to the efTort to Justify bls anspictrwui the dnrk shadow* hy the la toe The her if he were rash, yet just. He w as Time and again 1» went home nt un sky wns overcast. No »fsra [»eeped wondering if he conM fare his wife usual hours, fearing all the while that through Its blackness With rrncertnln, without betraying himself. he might Incur the pain of finding Bni>- halting steps she ervwsed the boule semer there. He even visited the man vard, still glancing sea reh of Annin We Jane played softly, lffeh-sely. Rhe. In hla office, alwnys rejoicing la the antisap. on the other hand, was wondering fact that he found him there at the tic Powder for infants and what Graydon would think or say if time. He watched Hie mall In the ward unron.elously. almost blindly. adults. Exqui »be spoke to him of what she bad morning; b> planned to go out of and she caught a glimpse of his tall, sitely perfumed, seen. She wondered If be would blame nights and then hurried home delib dark figure. He was not unlike Hanse ders an excel- her mother as she was beginning to erately, but unexpectedly. Through It mer In height nuil carrkigv As she complexion blame his fatBer. keeps the skin all tie said no word to Frances Cable drew near, his legs trembled anti tours “Mother won’t be down to dinner." or Jane He naked no questions, but of despnir flooded his e) vs clear, soft and I velvety. Relieves she finally said. A savage desire to grasp her by the he was being l>eaten down by appre »kin irritation and "Is she ill?” he asked after a mo hensions all tbe while. throat and hurl her into the waters should be used ment. Ills wife’s manner convinced hint Is-yond thu break came over hint willi freely after loath "She Is lying down. Margaret will that all was not well with her. She Irresistible power Then came the pltl ing and shaving, take some tea up to her." able collapse which conquered the mur giving a delight avoided being alone with him. keeping D r T Ruxboumu® Father and daughter had but little close to her room. He detected a hun derous Impulses and left 111 in weak add ful and refnwhina to say to each other during the meal, dred pretexts by which she managed broken for the moment. With a sob effect At deal ers or by mail, 2S Their efforts at conversation were per to escape his simplest advances. he turned and leaned upon the wall, cenLs Box. rrs- functory, commonplace, nn unusual At Inst, overwrought by the strain, his hack to her. Ills face burled lu Ills psred by state of affairs, of which neither took he began to resort to cunning this tense arms—crushed, despised, dishon notice. FERD. T. HOPKINS, N. Y. CITY, ored! Kill her? The horror of It man who wna big enough to have gone "You look tired, father. Has it been from the engine cab to the president's swept bis brain clear for an Instant Proprietor Ot IOURAUD’1 ORItfiTAk. CREAM roa »«»-■ aan mbcobkskuzu bv a bard day?” office. It required hours of struggle Kill his pretty Frances? Kill Jnue's "A rather trying one. Jane We’re with his fnlrer. nobler nature to bring mother? How could he think of It? having some trouble with the buz himself low enough to do trickery, It was a long tlmo before the wretch MTANLKY’N. zards out west. Tying up everything but the natal influence mastered He ed man knew that she was standing filli Willamette Ht. ..... tinger»« that we are reahlng to the Philip- despised himself for the trick, but he alose behind him and was speaking to ptnea.” blm. Tbe sound of bftr voice came would know the truth. "Is It settled that you are to be Diade The late afternoon mall one day through the noise of bls pounding president?” brought to Mrs. Cable a brief letter, heart as If It were far away and gen "It looks like It." There followed a typewritten Ixith Inside and out. Pa- tle. Hut what was it that she was say long silence. "By the way. I have good vid Cable saw her open and read the ing? Her voice wns angry, suppressed, news for you. Mr. Clegg told me today missive, «nd he enw her trembling condemning. that they are going to take Graydon band go to her throat and then to her "You may take it or refuse It. just Into the firm. Isn’t it great? Really. It temple. Her back was toward him. as you please," were the first words 1» quite remarkable. You are not the He could not see her face until she bls turbulent senses distinguished. "I only person. It seems, who thinks a lot turn«!, a full mlnnte later. Then it can pay no more th'nn that for your of that boy.” I was calm and undistnrlied. but her silence. The other la lmpoaalble "A partner? Really? Oh, Isn’t It glo eyes were brilliant. He ground bis will not discuss it again with you." rious? I knew he could—I told blm teeth and tore upstairs without a She paused as If waiting for blm to re he'd be a partner before long.”' She word. I>avld Cable had stoo[>ed low spond waited a moment and then added. enough to write this letter, and he "Tonight I shall tell my husband "His father was here today for a cup was paying for It. everything-tI:» whole story. I cannot of tea.” Cable caught the slightly al He knew the contents far better thnn endure the suspense any longer. 1 will mparts a pleasing softness tered tone and looked up She was she knew them. The letter purported not live In fear of you another hour. and delicacy to the skin A trifling with her fork, palpably preoc to he an urgent appeal from James My only reason for coming out hen And restrains the ravages of > sun, wind and time, cupled. Bansemer. asking her to meet him at tonight Is to plead with you to spare ts continued application elimi "I’m—I'm sorry I missed him,” said 8 o'clock that night. It said: your sou aid Jane. I am not asking nates sunburn, tan and freckles and he, watching her closely. I must see you tonight Leave your anything for myself. It would break rendera imperceptible annoying “You like him very much, don't you, horn, at S o’clock for a short call on Jane’s heart If Graydon should refuse Mr. W, just around the corner 1 will to tnnrry her. You must have a heart minor blemishes and sailownesa. father?” you across the Drive, near the MS It possesses a dainty, clinging odor "Certainly, and I’m sure your moth meet somewhere In that ” — Hut the words wall. It Is quite dark there. J exclusively its own and ia in every er does.” The fork shook In her fingers became Jumbled In the ears of her lis David Cable did not know that ear way a perfect toilet luxury.! Price and then dropped upon the plate. She lier in the afternoon James Bansemer tener. From time to time bls mind looked up In confusion. Cable's eyes bad called her up tty phone to say that gras|>ed such sentences as these, par were lient upon her Intently, and sbe be Intended to spenk to his son the alysing In their bitterness: "I have the had never seen »0 queer a light in following day unless word came to letters of adoption. David will not lie them. Scarcely more than the fraction him from her. nor could be have pos Here what you say. He loves me. and of a recond ¡*a»aed liefore he lowered sibly known that she was now deter be loves Jane. I am willing to pay all bls gaze, but tbe mysterious telegra mined to tell the whole story to her that I have to keep It from Graydon phy of the mind had shot the message husband and to trust to bls mercy. and Jane. But I Intend to tell my hus of comprehension from one to the He only knew that be had written tbe band. I will not deceive him any other. He saw with horror that the letter and that he had told her of hla longer. He will understand, even girl at least sue[>ected the true situa Intention to go downtown immediately though he should bate me for it He tion. A moment later be arose abrupt after dinner. will love Jane, although she is not bis ly and announced that he would run own child.” David Cable seemed frozen to the up to see her mother tiefore nettling spot. Hla brain was clearing; he wna down to some Important work in bls grasping the full Importance of every den. sentence that rushed from tier Impas “Graydon Is coming over tonight." We'll be very quiet and try stoned lipa. The last appalling words she said fell like the blow of a club in the not to disturb you. Don't work too hands of a [»owerful tnan. He was hard, daddy dear” Upstairs Frances Cable was battling dazed. Stunned, senseless It seemol tu him that his breath bad ceased to with herself In supreme despair, Con- come and that hla whole lasly had fession wns on her lips a dozen times. Sold in Eugene by Ml. L. DeLano When she turned to stone Hla wide staring eyes but courage failed her. heard his footsteps In the hallway she saw nothing ahead of him "Well, what have you to say?” she was ready to cry out the truth to him was demanding "Why have y<ai asked and end the suspense As he opened me to come «Hit here1 You have my I the door to enter the spirit of fairness turned frail and fled before the appeal final answer What have you to say? Afwteffisfc. O»l'«claiK Norma! «ni Oommerv««] K4«<MkU<>a la al | l>r«B«hM. ine! a'ng o 4 m » of procrastination "Walt. wait, wait!" Are you going to tell Graydon that •fflURM la». mathaaaaUaa . all baaad oa tha fimndatloa that haa wna araaiw*« n' r»i*s far aur Jane Is not our child? I must know." cried the powerful weakness In ber CHAPTER XV «rs»«(4Bt mr*aa4 *<»*»* Wa halp b«>ra whanaaaat heart, and It conquered. Rhe coutal not I "Not our child?" came from tbe pal !-•*; t|.~>ial dormltoriaa fot girla, aa w»r carrof m» t»(-n V* RITK t OI>AT rqf uortfnvlara an<1 em’nr MUtet.:4LMNV. ORtfal HE dark, muffled figure of sied lipa of David Gable, »0 low and .MtANV teta him then. Tomorrow tbe next a man leaned agaltust a lifeless that the sound was lost In the day. yea. but not then. It was too much to demand of beraelf. after all section <rf tho otd wall swish of the water la-low. The Inter that edged the lake the mittent red signal tn the lighthouse far He came In. but left a few mlnutea figure of a man who out In the lake blinked back at him, KJ ÄT-ir. i*i later 8he was strangely unresponsive imoH a to his tender Inqulrlre. Iler thought* prayed with all his soul that bis vigil hr* ’« 1:1 1 1» w sn tc wv, vlv’.l glare f <( < M r kM .<er*ti !>«•»*. w JTle an .|/A\ lie-4 • I «»•»»■I rue..Ih, V " were of another was bls quick conclu might be in vain If she came, all was **<A IS»'.« R»!«bn«. V • ion as be fle-1 from her presence he over. »’VraT'zl l'tae i • ®<*»*«»- •fltnr v 'ontlnued next week. I I A*- '»« hm tn * He was not armed. He bad thrown fore the harsh accusation* could break U J/ iifA'Tosn ra«:*¡> ph * a un V*© - »/ • e r b ■> w 1 •« Pr t ’ liest A *-■ Ifiiai 4 his revolver away a week before. His from bls eyes n>s ^Koi- aiar, In his den once more, with the door only desire now was to learn the ex closed, he gave himself up cotnpletely tent of her duplicity if she obeyed to black thoughts. He recalled bl* tbe call of the letter then there could words to her. uttered years ago. ha If in be no doubt that a be was coming st For Infanta and Children. Jest and half In earnest He had hor tbe call of tbe lover Illa halal, twitch rifled her beyond expression by te i ilng ed. and be shivered aa if with a dread J* 5J BUSINESS COLLEGE her bow be would punlsb a wife If be ful chill. Ilia heart was shouting a M| ** in ANO TSNTH ere MB OONTLAMO ORSeON warning to her, but bls bead was urg were the husband »he deceived With |K .W..4 Mi WRITE FOR CATALOG « grim, lurid smile he remembered the Ing b-e to come and have done with It I ft LA At 1 -w »» a pood /’ ervm • Thousands Haye Kidney Trouble Never Suspect it i'rvwnirns and y of Kidney Dr. T. Felix Gouraud’s ORIENTAL TOILET POWDER * POWDER ALBANY CHICHESTER S PILLS CASTOR IA Bia Kind You Have Always Bought MOINES
