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are'dea*! '°”r n"'ra*r’ is liberated." be was saying dUmlfly to to fathers. ‘ i'f7 were himself -I wonder if I will. There « I'm strong and had the better of the bargain ’Take no sign of It now well enough to live for years. Sup net breonva be bygones Start life pose he is freed inside of a month or two. it hat then? By heaven. I'd be X ’ r e * f n ° thlD * ‘ “ d By ' »sing the dearest hope of my whole «-ore, and get every atom of bappi- GEORGE BARR McCUTCUEO... life My last sight of him —that beau out of ,t that you can Don't Author of "Boverly of CrauoUrk. i ^r Pa\.^°r 81n* of -v<>ur ««there “ tiful vision behind the bars—would Etc. be spoiled, undone, wiped out. H«'d w..LTldnl *lTe *“ Sew Yl>rk K he be as free as I. I won’t die luside of were living here." murmured Jane CervrtghL ISOS, by Dodd. Me.id a- a month. I'm sure He’d come here Hey. waiter, your bill." said Drown Company. and laugh at me. and be d kill u>e in with sudden harshness. the end. G«d! I know be would. He’d It was snowing and have the Joy of seeing my pain sad lowing a gale when tbey emerfM terror and defeat—bed see me last! CHAPTER XXXI—(Continued i tT< rn tb* place. jaDe b,ln< he<,u r<l be bloedv and crushed and”— r—'---- --------- 11 - L — - . npou Graydou'» arm He could «mi He checked himself la the mid«« of »Of co urn« her family Is one of th» these dire forebodings to rise suddasUy gest. She was a bluestocking. Thai s that He «M not where Miss Cable gets most of het dare she was sobbing to look Into her face, but he felt cross tw tbe ghastly looking trawe good blood.” something cruelly triumphant surging with the cords, the hlngre and the “Ellas, 1 can’t believe It!” cried Gray In his heart. Ellas Droom waited un great broadsx that lay harmlessly In don. til their cab came up. Then he offered the grooves at the top. For many jane was staring blankly at tbe old his hand to both hesitatingly, even minutes he stood and gazed at the ax. man's face. timidly. bls flesh as cold as lee. Then he “Your father will tell you the sa- ■ ■Good night Be happy. There is tested the cords. The ax dropped Fur mere than twenty years I have nothing else left for you but that. heavily to the block below. Im- wn the secret. There l.s uo do u Graydon, when you write to your fa The odor of geranium leaves assalle»! mentary proof, but this much 1 <k ther give him my love.” his nostrils. With an ugly impulse he know—James Bansemer received turned ami swept the pots from tbe «Ki for keeping his mouth closed, ,'h window box, scattering them over the found out the truth, and he profited ' . floor. ft, as usual. Oh, he knew that Irm lie lifted the broad.ix to its "pla-e. dred dollar bills are not left with p - i tenderly, almost lovingly. "By my per babies. I don’t know how be un soul, it’s a lieautiful piece of work earthed the truth about Miss’’— It's as sure as the grave Itself," “Sh! Don’t mention the name aloud ” Again he stood off and lookisi at the “But he ’did unearth It. beyond all Infernal bit of his own haudiwork. possible chance of mistake. Your fa his eyes glistening with dread of the ther. Miss Coble, is sitting at that ta thing. He turned and fled to the op ble Don’t look up Just yet. He Is posite aide of the room, keeping his staring at you. He doesn't know you, hack toward the slleut guillotine which but he does know you are a pretty seemed to lie calling to him. He glanced woman. The gentleman with the ; r:y slyly, fearfully, over his shoulder and hair, Graydon. See? That man is her then faced the thing deliberately, bls father.” Jaws set, bls eyes staring. Graydon half started up In his chair, “It Is a quick way—a sure way.” he CHAPTER XXXII his lips apart, his eyes riveted on the muttered. “I haven’t anything to live man designated. Every drop of blood ROOM stood for a few mo for and but a few years at most. No seemed to have frozen In his veins. ments in the hurt ling body cares whether I live or die—not “Good God, Elins!” he whispered snowstorm, abstractedly even I. James Bsnsemer could not bat “Why. that is”— The name stuck In gazing toward Longacre ter me down, as he surely will. If I”— his throat. He crossed to an old chest and un square. The chill la bis “The son of the man who signed the marrow was not from lock*«! Its lid with feverish haste. A banknote. He is Jane's father. There's bundle of papers came up in the grasp blue blood in him—there has been since Un* blizzard I that swept down upon of his tense Ungers. Casting dreadful King Henry’s day—but he Is a villain him The gaunt gray look lu bis fa c glances at the Insistent axe he seated for all that. Now, Miss Cable. I’ve was not that of huugcr or want. There himself at the table and began looking was fever in Ills bralu nnd chill in h!< done my duty. I’ve told you the ab solute truth. You could not have ex heart. He had forgotten Jane’s trivial over the papers. "He won't take his father's rotten pected more. You could not have as': tragedy. Ills one overwhelming thought money, but he'll take mine. It’s honest. ed a greater climax. The name of V:;r.- was of James Bansemer. The heavy ulster was unbuttoned, and It represents wages honestly, bitterly derbllt or Astor is no better known earned. There’s more than $20.000 to than that man’s name, and no ancestry the snowflakes pelted In against his is l>ettcr than that of your mother. I neglected shirt front. A doorman call give him. He’ll be surprised. Twenty will now give to you one of the articles ed his attention to tbe oversight. lie thousand!” He laid the first paper, his will drawn In favor of Graydou Bau of proof that connects you with their came to himself, drew tbe coat close semer, signed and addressed, upon the history.” He handed to her a small pnck- about his long frame and hurried off table and then carelessly tossed the age. "It Is the letter written to James down Fifth avenue. The storm was so other documents Into the chest. “By Bausemer by your paternal grandfa- vicious that he boarded a crosstown tbe Lord Harry. I’ll have tbe best of her. agreeing to an appointment to car at Forty-second street A man el James Bansemer yet. His boy will bowed him In the narrow vestibule. lie discuss a question of grave moment. 1 take my money even though he spurus found the letter that same day, and looked up and gasped aloud In sudden his. God! 1 wish 1 could see him I’ve kept It all these years. It bears terror. An Instant later he laughed at when he knows all this. It would be your grandfather’s signature. That is his fears. The man was not James glorious!” • all. I heard part of that interview, Bansemer. A cold perspiration started He fingered the document for a tense and I stake my soul that what I’ve told out over his body, however. Through moment and then arose to remove his his brain there went racing tbe ever you is true.” coat and vest. These be buug away In Jane sat looking at him as if para revolving cry: ( bls closet with all his customary care "ne ’ Il come straight to me — straight lyzed. Her mind was quite incapable i fulness. In the middle of tbe room be to me”’ Tbe hour was not late, but the bliz stopped, his quivering face turned to zard had driven the crowds from the ward the gannt thing of execution. His streets. Eighth avenue sidewalks were feet seemed nailed to the floor. His deserted except for tbe people who brain was urging him to go on with the were obliged to brave tbe storm As horrid deed; bls body was rebelling. Suddenly he found his strength of Dr oom hurried south to his lodgings he became possessed of a racking belief limb. With a guttural howl he clasped that some one was following close upon his bauds to his eyes and fled blindly his heels—some one who was rushing Into his bedroom. Hurling bls Ioug. up to deal him a murderous blow in the shivering frame upon the bed. he tried back. Tbe old man actually broke Into to shut out the enticing call of the a frantic run In covering the last half thing of death. How long he quivered there, shuddering and struggling, he block. It was not until he was In bls rooms, could not have told. In the end and as with the door bolted, that be could rid suddenly as he bad fled—be leaped up himself of tbe dread. The fire had ami with a shrill laugh dashed back gone out. and the light was low His Into the other room. There was no hesitation in bls body teeth chattered and his hand shoo!; as he raised the wick in the lamp. The now. With a maniacal glee he rushed palsy of Inexplicable fear was upon upou tbe devilish contrivance In the him. Kneeling before tbe stove, he he corner, tearing the ax from its place gan to rebuild the fire. Ills back was with ruthless hands. Throughout the »'our father, .If I as Cable, is Kitting at toward the door, and he turned an building rang the sounds of smashing that table." anxious face In that direction from wood, furious blows of steel upou rasping the full Import of bls time to time. Footsteps on the stair wo»xl. and high above the din arose words—the words she had craved for way sent a chill through his gaunt the laugh of Ellas Droom. lu two mln So many months and yet dreaded. frame. They passed on up the next utes the guillotine lay In - chips and “I knew he was coming here tonight. flight but he waited breathlessly until splinters about tbe room. Dropping back against the wall, wet He gives a theater party. Tomorrow be heard the door of the apartment with perspiration, a triumphant grin he goes abroad. That is all.” above slam noisily. “He’s living In. Paris," muttered For half an hour be eat huddled in npou bis face. Elias surveyed the Graydon mechanically. Jane spoke for front of tbe stove without removing wreckage. His muscles relaxed and his eyes lost tbe dread that had tilled the first time, as in a daze. his bat and ulster. “Curse the luck!” be was saying over them. Tbe smile actually grew Into “I—I have seen him many times in Paris. My father? Oh. oh. it can’t I«* and over again to himself, sometimes an expression of sw»-etness and peace true!” aloud. "Why should be have a par that his face had never known before As he staggered to « chair a great "Jane, let me take you away from don? What are the laws for? Curse here.” began Graydon. observing ber that meddling old fool Clegg! They'll sigh of relief broke from bls Ups "There!” be gasped. "U'a over; it's set him free, and be ll bunt me out k pallor. “No; let me stay. It can’t matter. know he will. He won’t forgive me over! My bead is on my shoulders Graydon. I want to look at him again for that day’» work He may I* free it really is after all! It is not rolling and again,” she said shrinking back as now It may have been he who fol into tbe corner—no, nol By my bead— If the whole world were staring at ber. lowed me. But. do ! That’s a »Illy my own head, too—it was a close call By the most prodigious effort she re thing to think. It tikes week» and for you. Ellas Droom. Now i'll lake gained control of ber fieetag composure months to get a pardon Maybe-may- what comes. I U wait for James Ban semer! I'll stick it out to tbe end. . If be they won’t get It. after all “ It was a trying moment I’Ve He tried to throw off bls desperate be come«, he'll find rue here, "He’s worth millions.” said Droom. I feeling of apprehension, chattering all conquered the infernal death that “It will be worth while for you to"— "No.”’ she exclaimed passionately. sorts of comforting reasons and ex stood waiting ao ioug for me In that Do you think 1 will present myself to cuses to himself as be scurried about corner and I never suspected it either him after he has cast me off? No—a the room» with aimless haste Try ■" How near It was to me! It stood there be would, however, when tbe time and waited for me to come It knew thousand times, no!" At that Instant tbe party of six hur came he could not read—not even of his that 1 would come sooner or later! riedly arose to leave the place. The courage inspiring Napoleon. The bowl But I've smashed It. Ifa gone! It's tall man with the gray hair the hand- of the wind annoyed and appalled him. not there f With eager hamts be gathered up ■otnest man of all—was staring boldly lie caught himself listening Intently at Jane's averted face, now red with for sounds above aud not of tbe storm. the pteres of wood and cast them into As the remains of that consciousness. As he passed ber in A nervous. Intermittent laugh broke the stove going out of tbe room his look grew from his Up« as he went on cursing frightful minister of death crackled more insistent. She glanced up, and a himself for a fool to be so disturbed and spit with defeated venom Elias by Graydon’» report Ivnm calmly pulled on his worn drew« faint «mile cn»s««*<l his face. to fear from him? Ing gown, lighted his pipe and cocaed “What have ' Handsome girl.” be remark1*! to the man behind him. and then he Why » bonld I let that look of his «in bis feet upon the stove rail, a serene passed out of ber sight, perhaps for nerve me so? Wuy can’t I forget It? II look In his eye«. s chuckle In bls —It didn’t mean anything, I'm a fool throat ever. Nearly two years ago. "The woman with him." cried Jan*, to think of It. Why. be may be"— A new that was. her eyes following tbe beautiful ere thought chai f«l tbe old one out before ture at bls side-”!« she my mother ft was form, ed HI* »yea caught sight “Xo." Mid Graydon. averting b « cotuplet»*d models stand- eyes to avoid her expression; “»he is of on» of hi tag in tbe « -"rner. It waa the model his wife.” Droom waited until the party was for tbe gullh For a .oug Um« be aat staring at wt of the restaurant before uttering a th“ thing a hundred Impressions form word. log in bis brats ’Tnslde of two years I have point««! ing ami n JANE GABLE >♦•»♦♦ ) MO. I of lii- estioi. (11 OB- o pt» ' .«tom- lyspep- >d 1Ï ;b* «« c «¡1* ol c* I»!!«*. °ut two fathers lo their chUdrea- CHAPTER XXXI11 i|ANE CABLE upon enter Ing the cab offered no re nts tance when Graydou | I drew her bead over ! agaluat hts «boulder Ills J strong right hand clasped her ItettoM fingerw. and the warmth of bla Peart came bounding Into ber veins as If by luagtc. He did not speak ts her. but she knew that he was claiming bar then for all ttiue She knew that nothing oeuld stand In the way of his purpose. Tbs sobs grew less despair Ing. her understanding of things less vague and uncertain. A few moments before she had felt that she was uo kin to the world; now there was a new appreciation of love and Its greatness In her soul. This man had loved her. and h ■ would take her up and shield her against the hate of the world. There bad not l>een a moment when her own love for him wavered, She worshiped him now as she had In the beginning The revelation of Droom. the theatric scenes In the cafe, the crushing of the small hope she had cherished, all con spired In this secure moment to waken her Into a realization of what an over balancing power love Is. Vncousclously her fingers tighten«»«! upon his. and her body drew closer She was arraying hers«*lf against the fear that she might lose tills haven of rest and Joy. after all the haven she , had t>een willing to scourge and destroy In the bitterness of her heart A great wave of pity for herself came sweeping 1 over tier. It grew out of the dread that he might, after all. deny her the place ! that no one else In the world could give. Grnydon's cold face was suddenly II lumlneil The Incomprehensible sweet ness of pain rushed through his blood. He had given up Ills hope ai blighted after the harsh hour with Droom. lie | could not believe his new found sue- cess. Doubt, unbelief, enveloped him as he raised her head, a kiss crying for Its kind. His arm crept behind her shoulders. She did rot offer a repulse. Her wet cheek touched Ills In suhtnls sfon. It was the first time Ills hungrv arms had held her In centuries. It seemed to him and to her. It was the first time their lips had met. except In dreams, since that horrid night SO long ago. "Jane. Jane!" be was whispering In her ear. Her plans, her purposes, her sacrifices, were running away from her In rlotoua disorder. She could not hold them in chock. They fleil like weak Ungs before the older and stronger hope« and desires. They did not know of the blockade of cab« at tbe corner of Forty-second street nor how long they stood there Shouting cabmen and police officers tried to rival the white blizzard in pro fuaeneM, but they’dld not hour them. "Oh. Graydon. I cannot, 1 must not!” she waa crying, holding bls hand with ■ lmo«t frenzleil disdain for the words so plaintively loyal. “It is out of tbe question, dearest. You know It Is I love you—oh. how I love you! But 1 —I must not lie your wife. I—I"— “Eve had enough of this. Jane,” be said so firmly that she stiffened percep tlbly In bls arms. "It’s all confounded rot Excuse tne. but It is I know you think you’re right, twit you're not. Old Elins gave tbe tiest advice in the world. You know w hat It was. We’ve Just got to make our own happiness. Nobody else will do it for us. and ft's Just ns easy to 1* happy as It is to lie the other way. I’tn tired of pleading I've wait ed as long aa 1 Intend to. We’re going to be married tomorrow.” "Graydon!" “Don’t refuse! It’» uo use, dearest We’ve lost a year or two. I don't In tend to lose another day. What do 1 care about your father and mother? What did they care about you? You owe all tbe rest of your life to your self and to me. Come, will you con ■ent willingly or”— He paused, Hhe was very atill in bis arms for a long time. "I do so want to tie happy." ■be said at last. refl»*ctlvely. "No. no! Don’t say anything y«t. I a tn only wondering how It will tie after we’ve been married for a few years Wtieu I’m growing old and plain and you tiegin to tire of me. as moat men grow weary of their wive«—what then? Ah, Graydon. 1—I have thought about all that too. You'll nev«*r reproach me openly jau couldn’t do that. I know. But you may secretly nourish tbe «com which"— "Jane," he sal«!, dropping tbe tone of confident authority and speaking very tenderly, "you t'irget that tny father ta a convict. You forget that he baa done thing« which will forever keep me a tieggar at your feet. I am ask ing ymi to forget and overlook much more than you could ever ask of me. Old Ellas, wretch that be to, has point ed out our ways for us. They run to gether in spite of what may conspire to divide them Jane. I love my soul, but I love yoo ten thousand times bet ter than my «oul ” “I did not twlleve I could ever tie so haiqiy again." »be murmured putting her band« to bls face. “Tomorrow, dear?" “Tes- Graydon. rejoicing tn hl» final vic tory. hurried to hts rooms later In the evening A» he wa» about to enter th«- elevator he noth » -I a gray «»lit»-«* boy In brass tmttous, who »to»»l near by, an inquiring look In his face 'Thl> to Mr. Banvm»*r." otswrv»»l tbe lagonlr youth who ran tbe single •levator In tbe apartment building Jernand*! "«wrethtag G-aydon. turning to the boy in a»-- “Special delivery letter, sir Sign here ’’ Graydon took the thick envelope u-poi the boy’s baud With a start, he recognized hts father’s handwriting Curiously be turned the letter over In his Angers as he as.-ended tn the car. wonder growing tn his brain. He did not wait to remove hts overcoat on en tering hla rooms, but strode to the light ■ nd nervously tore the envelop«. Dread, hope, anxiety, conspired to make hi« Augers treinbto There w«re many closely written pages How well be remembered his father’s writing! As he read bls eyes grew wide with wonder sod unbelief They ra.-ej through tha pages, wonder giving way to Joy and exultation as he beared the end of the astounding massage from th«- faraway prisoner certain unsavory hospitals and ltr otu er channel;« of possibility.) • • • Al last 1 fouud the doctor and then the nurse After that it was easy to uu earth the records of a child s birth and of a mother's death, ull in New York city • • • Droom can tell you the names of Jane's parents, substan tiating the uatues 1 bate Just given to you lie did not know that they had t>eeu marrleu nearly two years prior to the birth of the child. It was a clandestine marriage • • • I went straight to tbe father of th« foundling He was then but little more than twen ty-on« years of age. a wild, ruthless, overbearing, hearth«« scoundrel, who had more money but a much smaller cotiaclence than 1. • • • Today be Is a grvat and. 1 believe, respected geu tieman. for he comes of good stock This woman say« she wt^s saved • • • I had bltu trembling oai his knees from an operation by Lydia E. A shout ft>rg,*il to his Itpa He ba* before me Ha told me the truth. 1‘inkliain's Y ege table Conipound. gvd th«» letter to his heart Tears came Into bis eyes, and a sob broke lu bls Egad, my son, 1 am rather proud of Lena V. Ileniw.of Norristown,Ga., that hour with him. « throat. writes to Mrs. iTnkbam: "Thank God!" he erteil, “It seems that this young scion of n •* I suffered untold mi-rry from fe wealthy house had lost Ills insecure male troubles. My d«s*tor said anopera- himself Into a chair to e.ig- aud reread the confi i'RtH of I heart to th«* «laughter ‘ of a tion was the »lily ehsnce I had, and I hfw dreaded it almost as much as death. crat. 1 say real I m * '.tuse Suddenly he sprung •’One day 1 read how other women wiis a pure KnlckerlMxker dashed across the 1 had hwn «-ureil by Lydia E. I’iukhaiu's school. I!«* wus naturally phone. Vegetable < "inpound, and I decided to Will» his poverty Itself. "She will die of ’ ; try it. Before I had taken the first lu the transports of . daughter hi* was living In lower New bottle I was le tter, and uow I am eu- minutes later he wns York, barely subsisting, 1 may say. ol! tirelv cured. hotel, clutching tin* price’«* » the meager Income that found Its way ’’Every woman suffering with any his bnre lingers deep down In to hint through the upstairs lodgers In female trouble should take I.vdia £ coat lax'ket. He hud shouted tbe old home. Here lived .lane’s moth I’iukham a Vegetable Compound.” phone that the good news w er, cherishing th«* traditions of her FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN. keep till morning, nnd she was waiting blood, while her father, sick and fee For thirty vetos I^'tlia E. l*ink- up for him with Mr. and Mrs. Cable, ble. bnssbal over the days when he haul’s Vegetable Cotnitound, in.ule consumed by curiosity. was n king In Babylon The hand from roots and herbs, has been the “This letter," he gasped as he entered some, wayward lover came Into her standard rentedy for female ills, the room—“from father! lie’s written, life when she was nineteen. They and has |s>sitivel v cured thousands of Jaue, everything. 1 knew he would were married secretly In the city of women who have been troubletl w ith Boston. displacements, inflammation, ulcera “Th«* young husband lmpo«e<l silence tion, tihrobl tumors, irregularities, until after he had atttatned his ma periodic |»iins, bucka' lie, that bear- jority. There was a vast fortune nl mg-down feeling, liatulvney, indlgee- stake In plain words. Ills fattier h id tion,diy.thii ss or nervous prostration. forbidden the marriage, Ilk ha<i s* Why don t you try it ? tooted anol her one to l>e the wife of Mrs. I*inlcliikin invite« all sick his son. • • • Jaue was bom In women to write ll«*r for mlviec. the second year of their wedded life She hus gnidetl thousands to It was of course Important that tin* health. Address, Lynn, Mas». fact should Is* kept s»*cret. 1 am In dosing a slip of piyier containing the names of the minister, the doctor the uurse who nfterwurd attended toc.’ther with the record of doatb Is mon* «'onvenlent to handle than bulky letter, which I trust you destroy. You will also find tbe name of the hospital In which Jane was born and where her mother died ten days later. I may say in this con nsetton that not one of tile persons DELIGHTFUL mentioned knew the true natno of th<* ilId not tiellcec / canid ever be MO young mother, nor were they sure of happy agalte,” ehc murmured. the fact that she was a wife, Her Elias didn’t know It all. He kuew half gravestone In th«* old cemetery bears of the truth; that's all. Good Lord. 1— the mime of the maiden, not the wife. I can’t rend It, Mr. Cable! You. Her father never kuew the truth • • • mparta a pleaaing softneaá “What J did iu tbe premises peed please." and delicacy to the akin < David Cable, white faced and trem not ‘be told. That la A part of my •uid restrains the ravages nf 1 learne»l how the cowardly bling, read aloud the letter from James pant aun, wind and time. Bansemer. It waa to "My beloved young father, glad to be out of the ta continued application elim affair ao easily, hire»! the nurse to ■on.” The first spiraling sentences ñatea eunburn, tan and frecklea and were given to explanation and apology leave the baby on tbe doorstep. Then render« imperceptible annoying for the determined silence he had main I went to tha banker ulioae son lx* minor blemishea and aallownese. tained for ao many months. He spoke w»e I had almolute proof of the mar- It poaaeaaea a dainty, clinging odor He paid me well to keep the rtage casually of bls utter Indifference to the exclusively its own and is in every success of certain friends wis> were tme story from reaching the public way a perfect toilet luxury. "Price working for bls pardon "If tliey ae- H m - «on wa« whisked abroad, and lie 50 cents. Ask your druggist for it cure my release," he wrote, ”1 aha 11 nfterwurd married the girl of bla fa fl ml liapplneM If you clasp my baud tber’s choice. I do not believe that he but once before 1 leave America for hsa ever given a thought to the where- ever." Farther on he said: "1 will not abouta or welfare of Illa child. accept parole. It la a poor premium waa her heritage of caste! "If Jane carey to claim her rights on virtue, and. ua you know, my stock of that commodity has been miserably this man’s lawful daughter, proof low.” ample and undeniable. I fancy, how "1 may be required to serve my full ever, sin* will Cud greater Joy aa tbe Her own term,” read David Cable. "In that ilniighter of Diivll Cable case we should not see one another I father has less of it heart than yours. for years, my son. You have much to I for. after all. my son. I love you I«*- forgive, and I have much more to for cause you nr«» mine l,ovc me If you get. We can la*at see our ways to the | can. 1 have nothing else left that 1 end If we seek them apart. The dark care for. Iteinemher Hint I mu nl places won’t s«*em so black. • • • ways your lot Ing father. •'.IA.MEK BANHEM Ell” My mile purisste In writing this letter to you. my son. Is to give back to you [ ns much happiness as I can possibly extract from thl« pile of misery I ! am not pleading for anything; I am , are but outward signs ol the evil simply surrendering to the good Im done in secret by myriads ol dan- pulses thnt are once more coming into Jruff germs sapping the lite Mood their own after all these years of sub ol the hair. Micro kills the para Jectlon. • • • I am not apologizing site, soothes the itching scalp, to tbe Cables. I am doing thia for gives lustre to tbe hair and stops your sake nnd for tbe girl who baa OREGON ELECTRIC it falling out. A single application wronged no one and to whom I have jives relief and proves its worth. acted with n baseness which smnzes Save your hair before too late. WILL BE EXTENDED me aa I rettect upon it tushie these Micro prevents baldness. It to a narrow walls delightful dressinc 1« the hair, TOWARD EUGENE “Yon will recall that I would have free from grease and sticky oils. t>erniltt»<d you to marry her I mean. Ask your druggist for free booklet In the t»»g1unlng Perhaps It was aplte -HOYT CHEMICAL QQ. leimt which Interpoe««! later on At "There la a strong possibility that t «wna«l. oaaoos be charitable enough to call It that. : the extension from Salem tn Albany He will be constructed during the coming *'legg has been here to see m« uys yoo are bound to make Jan« Ca • ar" stated General Agent G. W. ble your wife. I knew you would. | Talbot, of the Oregon Electric, who ■ ruMi’M HEH’E DROP»» For a l<Mig time I have held out, un waa here yesterday with Traffic Man reasonably. I admit, agnlnat having ager G F. Nevins and G»*tleral Agent her aa my dauirht«»r. I could not en C. S Walters. The latter took posi- dure the thought of giving yoo up al : tion yesterday aa general agent of the together. Don’t you comprehend my Salem district to have charge of all thought? I cannot tiring myself to : tbe territory south of Wilsonville <jreate>t known renrieay lor brivr» "It la merely a question of con look again Into her eyes after wtuit Hlghland. Or., (Jet. 31, 1W2 - ■be saw in thia ac»mrae<! prison. • • • structing an extension to Albany or Thi» i» to certify that 1 g»vr Kh»1 waa born In wedlock. • • • The completing a line to McMinnville. We ■nere >xie botti“ <>l "Stoor'* Huw would have put in the Albany exten story to not a long one Ellas Droom Drop«”anJ curr i ber ol hear““. I slon this year had we not received knows tbe names of ber father and I such genuine disapprobation from the Thl» waa kit wlntrr and «he hai mother, but I am confident that he i city council there, but conditions noi beeu alt«, wd «ace - G ▼a’Iac» doe« not know all of tbe circum seem better now. R.Jf.GSrONE. Salrtn. Or. stancM For ooce I waa too shrewd Por «a * by »11 tnaggist*. "W* had fully made up our minds for him. The story <>t tnj dealings tn to build to McMinnville, after we bad connection with Jane Cable ta a shame been turned down by the Sa lain peo •e ful on«, anil I cannot hope for pardon ple. but the outlook for th« Albany ; extension and small difficulties along either from you or from ber ” I the right of way are so much smeller! Here he related a» nw Isely as !«• no doubt we may find opportunity to slbte the incidents attending Mrs Cs- construct the Albany extension during tae's first visit to bla otflee and th« 1*09. and poeelbly both of the roads ” «ub«M*»|uent adoption of the babe. Salem Statesman. 1 knew that there were wealth ami »boat Uie tron«bMrful MARVEL WhirlmoSprsy power behind tbe mystery Thi-re was IM Veelaal Ay a profitable a» andal tn th« background. Unknown to Mrs Cabto. I tiegan in veatlgatlons of my own. Bhe to! made little or no effort to discover the For Infanta and Children. parents of tbe < blld Bbe could have bad no purpose In dolrig so. Ill admit m • • • [H»-re be gave In det«11 tbe prog ress of bla investigations at tbe Found i lings’ home, at tb« health office, at A el QÜ1P FAc t • POWDER HOYT CHEMICAL CO..^ I D andruff and F awnct H air • • ••••»•«*••••••• CASTOR IA Thi Kind Y Hava Always Bought