♦ r * // L In compoundir.r a «olullOB • p»n wm «ccidendy aptlleO on II :r h»nd and <>n -.nrrwani il»M discovvrtU lb»t tho l.air »»" oom- Dleu-ly roui ved. We al once pul tbia wonderful preparation, on Hie market and no great baa been the demand that we are now Introducing Il throughout the world under the name of Queen’» Auti-Mailiua, CHAPTER I. Î4 . F>oin Demurest'« Magaiine. It was two days before Christmas. I Night was spreading, over the earth a thick gray blanket of st »rmclouds, ami the voice of the blizzard was heard in the land. The thunder of the distant surf dashing against the cliffs was like an anvil chorus accompanying the wild voice on anore. Half a mile op the gentle slope of the bluff from the sandy beach that was buried under the seething house of old Mrs. Farrell, who nev­ Lreadrs, twinkled the lights of Sea er lived anywhere else since she bright Villa. The wind drove the bestowed her city property upon frozen sleet in hissing gusts against her son when he married. The the window panes.between the sob-, 'laughter in law and grandchildren bings of the pines that swaved ,*<|*nd a portion of each summer back and forth in somber obeisance with the old lady, which wasafllic- to the furious storm king. The ^’on enough for her. She never skeleton arms of bare trees lashed veiled them, nor anyone else, save the atone walla at irrigular intervals i a few neighbors within driving dis­ like the tattoos of woodpeckers on tance in summer time. Asa nat­ an old tree trunk, and every few ural rtsuit, her young companion, moments weird voice« wailed and pretty Mildred Arlington, never moaned down the wide throats of visited with anybody within a Queen Anne chimneys radius whatever, save the house­ At the hours when the grav dusk keeper within the gates. She had Di-t the Mack «hrouded night, the ' heen Seabright two summers, housekeeper kindled the white an‘* ,,,,w cocoon of her third radiance of lamp light in the chan­ winter in the lonely place was delier, and the red glow of freshly | ■ weaving itself about the sweet little fed flames in the wide fireplace 'chr. salis that never developed with its high art mantie of antique' 'from a grub into the beautiful o.ik and its insensible appetite for butterfly she ought to have been hickory logs. The thrashing loughs of ¡the Mildred folded her needlework, trees, as she looked out at them I V I I / I *> I f r I --an extravagant trifle of drapery i" »ilk and tinsei for one of the drawing room chairs,—over which «he had wasted the whole afteri iooii and nearly ruined her eves, She yawned wearily, i and ' blindfolding her smarting eyes with her smalh white hands for a moment as she stood before the tire. 1 h n she crossed the soundless cushion of the thick carpet, to the front ....... 1 wi win­ down. '1 faced the east, over looking vast abyss of the booming lantic. Her work basket I wicker chair were hudd led on the north aide, where'the poor light took advantage of the omission 1 I I « I I Mildred could hear again the ripple of malicious laughter that smote her ca s. Through tne central arch of the veranda she could see the white sweep of the drive covered with snow and ice. She stood gazing at it blankly, thinking of some silly thing Mrs Farrell’s granddaughter had said to her once, about her be ii'g prettier than any of the girls through the thickening blackness, plavtug tennis. seemed to be strangely mixed with Just then, from out the darkness the tinsel threads of Oriental em­ shut two gleaming red eyes. Mil broidery. The somber hues grad­ dred starteii, and ’then discerned ually rested her iired eves. She the dim outlines of a carriage looked at the desolate tennis-court She turned from the lace frosted and thought, oddly enough, of a window The beauty and warmth girl who had played there one after­ ot the room, as a contrast to the noon in the bygone summer,—a howling Bleakness she had been pretty blonde thing in a ravishingly contemplating,^ w^is calculated to lovely costume, with half a dozen inspire a feelmg of gratitude in het admirers following her about, and tieart, that she was Mrs. Farrell’s I all the other girls jealous of her. well-paid coi could She had heard someone sav she1 e j'H ail the wealth had a lover, or at least was engaged atm not own i rather to one of them, for she had a dozen, tllau a begg; cauhl lie had never been in the vicinity blasts.” of Seabright, although his ladylove [ to BE conttsced ] lived less than a mile beyond Mrs. Farrell’s mansion for a few weeks Plenty ot flour at the Prairie Citv in the summer time. Rmler Mills. Every sack warrant Mildred could set* the spot where her hammock had swung when she had unwillingly listened to a I stray bit «f gossip not intended for g-e.it arches, fringed along the arcs likes Irin better than any of the "ith various-sized icicles, showed r*'.'t too. I say ’likes,' because she Hive somber pictures between the 1 i«n’t capable of loving anyone,— huge, yellow sardstone pillars except herself. She will hold him 1 he two directly opposite the draw­ • on her line and throw out bait fo ing room windows were exactly i-jothersat (he same time. If she I alike,—dim etchings of storm beat­ can catch a bigger fish she will en ttees bent with snow aud i v drop him off her hook. She has over the drifts that lay where the no more principle than a cat.” green lawns of summer had l>eeii ’ You have seen him?” tram|M-d |>y tennis players. "Yes; he is splendidl I am Mihlred h id not plaved tenni« love with him myself, He is much 4 < j' I y a verry much. She had watched tin city girls play, admired their nattx suits »nd envied them, wishinf they were rich am] could |wear ex p nsive g.,wnR aml J* Th ■ gentlemen seldom noticed her in her simple summer frocks, made a* plainly as were those of old Mrs barren’s ten year old grar.ddaugh READ OUK PLAN. For several years past com petitions of an instructive order h offeied bv reputable buB’nes« houses and manufacturare ¡a with the object of increasing their sales and interesting their CJ in goods. on ----- account of the J K | in their vaasaa respective ■ — - - - f ' . These contests, . '--«•iv vi tinned fairness displayed in conducting them, have interested Britain. j Believing that competitions offered people of Great Britain, . ____ _ hr ..C..ennh us miro nnj rniiiliiffuj it. ____ I ufacturing concern such as ours, and conducted in the same heart? That isn’t anything against manner, would excite universal interest among the intelligent the United States and Canada, oi*r Company have decided i him. or h*s heart either.” Prize Competition in whi h our first effort will be to make it "Why isn’t he rich?” fair and impartial. The intention is to satisfy everv one enter, ‘‘Because he is poor. No, he competition that they have been dulv credited with the p-isitj«. isn’t exactly poor,—he is a young their efforts have earned for them. We are sure that this c|u I lawyer who is making his own way. prize contest will receive the approval of parents and all tlw» His papa didn't make it for him the instruction ot young at heart. The prizes to be awarded while he smoked cigarettes and conqwitition will consist entirely of articles of sufficient valueto played billiards. He probably pn-ciated by every person receiving one as a fair reward for the put forth bv them. Our intention is to divide the amount tot» propo.-ed to Mabel because it was a awav in prizes, varying in value from eight dollars to one hund fashionable fad among men,—and lars each, and we enter into an honorable agreement with those: she surprised him by accepting the competition to distribute fairlv Two Thousand Dollars in AWARD OF PRIZES.—Ten of the leading ministers of our him He has that air about him I the be invited to attend and assist in the award of prizes. of being in an uncomfortable fix. on tlie-iart of the architect, to build «ny cloister like veranda, and ««niggled through the artistic bar made of lace ami silken draperies, into the riehness of the interior. 1 he view outside mad e the voting girl «hiver. F Beyond the plate glane where the driven sleet hissed was | her tars. She recalled the words « wide expange of ice glased ver now: * amla where half a dozen boys I "Oh, she is engaged to him, but might have practiced skating Five I «he doesn't advertise it at all. She I h Two Thousand Dollars >u Pizos win Equitably Distributed. IT IS PERFECTLY HARMLESS ANO ,, SO SIMPLE ANY CHILD CAN USF IT La, the hair over and apr'y the mixture for a few minute» and th, hafr dlsHptH-araaaif by magic wllbout the .Ugbleal pain or Injurj " 1 <. applied or ever afterward It ¡«unlike any other preparation ewi is. for a like purpoae. Tboiiem.d» of LAHII S who have Leen ar noye. with hair on their FA CE. >K K ard AKM* atteKt lie GENTLEM KN who du not appreciate* hrs rd or hair on tncir ne. - find a priceli'M boon In Queen’* A nt ’•IHii in«’ *Ticb #* ------ Tr»de Mar,:. wi.ii Shavin<. by rendprlnr Hf future rruv.iL an b Price of Queen*• Antl-Hairlne <1. perbottl*. aent iu aafetv muilinr hole* poetare “J1 corn « sealed from observation). Send money or Ntampa by Ie«tt r with full pddreNg written pi» Woid ii ponden^a strictly confidential Th»■< advertisement I n honest and straight fo ward in e X 1 Tontahis. We in vft* von to deal with n* «nd von will find everything an represented • ’ a nd -day. Address QUf EM CHEMICAL CO., 174 R*re Street, ClbCIWWATI. O ’ff's’er your letter at any Post Office to Insure its safe drliv. ry. We will pay • n r r. y f FaUure or injury »o anr pit* rha-er. Every bottle cuara’-trea. < C PPPIAI —To ladies who introduce and s-11 nmonr »heir friends 5rV,egY°fJ3” i?nttl/and •ampltt frrfcEIH wu wdl present w.tb a SILK DRR88. 1Syard, beat silk Pxtra Larrr s-aawabiMBBi of silk to aeleot from sent with order Good Salary or Commission to Agenur 7 4 A CRAND PRIZE 3ible Conapet\ti0 NEW DISCOVERY*1ACCIDENT i A Christmas Comedy. t.m g ml for uer. He it* not eo lv infillin'» I with her as ether no n ar .—tn .t’s why «he likes him ’ "lie n ust be infatuated, if he wants to marry her.” 1 ”No,— 1 think he is an insuffera­ ble indifferent lover. 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