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' "tiU flU LU SUUB 1)1 lUIdbiUU. By Franklin W. Calkin. 5 tFrom tha Youth's Companion, br Pw - mission. TIIE new KI Dorado wis in tight. Gordon's party of 12 tired In n tiersiuen bad mounted tbe high divide which separates the sources of the Hunning- Water from those of the Chey enne. For five weeks tbe men bad ahoreled drifts, buffeted blizzards and kept a constant Tigil uraong tbe in terminable sand hills. iy means, too, ot stable canvas, shovels, axes. Iron picket pina and a modicum of dry feed, they bad kept in good condition tbe splendid eight-mule team which drew their big freighter. In fact."tiordon'i outfit" was a model one in every respect, and. probably no sinillai body of men ever faced our snow-bound, trackless plains, better equipped for the adventure. And now the muffled marchers cheered as "Cap." Gordon baited them, and pointed to a blurred and inky upheaval upon the fnr rim of a limitless waste of white The famous Black Hil, a veritubie wonderland, unseen hitherto by any party of whites save the men of Cus ter's expedition, lay before them. Two more days and I he gold, seekers would gain the shelter of those pine covered hills, where their merry axes would "eat chips" until shelter, corn-1 fort and safety from attack were se cured. Out of the hitler cold, after ' weeks of toil and dunger, Into wunuth and safety no wonder they weregludl As yei iney nau seen uo sigu ui tne hostile Sioux, but their frosty cheers, thin and pipiig, had hardly been borne away by the cutting wind when a moving black speck appeared on the western horizon. The sperk drew nearer and resolved Itself Into a solitary horseman. Could it be t hat a single Sioux would approach a party of their strength? They watched tbe rider Without anxiety. They were so near the goal now that no war party of sufficient strength to become a menace was likely to be gath ered. They were equipped with an arneual of modern guns, with SO.OOO rounds of ammunition, and IiiiuV boasted they were "good to stand off 300 Sioux." Kearer and nearer drew the horse man, bis pony coining on iu rabbit-like jumps to clear the drifts. (Speculation reused. It was an Indiau probably n hunter strnyed far from his villuge, bolf-tturved and coming to beg for food. Well, the poor wretch should have frozen bread and inent, as much as he could eat they could not stop to give him better fare. It whs as cold as Greenland. The bundled driver upon the great wagon slapped his single line, and yrlled lit the plodding mules. Eleven buffalo-coated, fur-encased men with feet clad In snow packs marched at the tail of the freighter. In such weather their cold "shooting Irons" were left in the wag on, uor did they deem It necessary now to get them out. They were prepared for a begging Indian, but the apparition which llnul ly rode in upon the monotony of their long march seemed to them a figure as farcical as savage. As the Sioux horse man confronted them he lowered Ills blanket, uacoveriiig his solemn, bar barian face, and, stretching out one long arm, pointed them back upon their trail. , "Go!" he said, and he repeated the command with fierce Insistence. The big freight wngon rattled on, but the footmeu halted for a moment to laugh. The Indian stretched his lean arm aud shouted, "Out" still more savage ly. H was Immensely funny. Gordon's nien jeered the solitary autocrat, und laughed until their Icicled beards pulled. They bade him get into a drift and cool off; asked him If his mother knew he wiia out, anil whether his feet were sore, am) if it hurt him much to talk, and If he hadn't a brother wlio could chin-chin washtiulo? Ills sole answer to their jeering, as he rode alongside, wus "Uol got got" re prated with savage emphasis and a flourish of his arm to southward. Tbe footmen Were plodding a dozen rods in the rear of their freight wngon, and still laughing frostily at this queer specimen of "Injun," when the suvuge spurred his pony forward, A few quick leaps carrieo him up to the toiling elght-mule tea in. lliablauket dropped around his hips, und a re peating carbine rose to his face, llolh wheelers dropped nt thu tlrat shot, killed by a single ounce slug, A rapid fusillade of shots was distrib uted among the struggling mules, and then the Sioux was oil, slinking his gun aud yelling defiance, his pony going in tlgsag leaps and like the. wind. Men ran tumbling over each other to get into the wngon and ut llielr guns. The tiauinter and two or three oth ers who, despite the cold, rurrleil re volvers under their greatcoat. JerKed their mittens and fumbled with atllT fingers for their weapons. They hnd nut been nerved up with excitement, like the Sioux, und before they could tiring their guns to bear, tho sitvngi) wus well out iikiii the prairie. And when these men tried, with rifle or revolver, to shot at the swift ly moving errntic mark presented by the cunning Sioux and his rabblt-liko Kiny, the rutting wind numbed their fingers ami tilled their eyes with wa ter, the glistening snow nliKcnrcd their front sights, ami they wltcil a white waste harmlessly with bul lets. The auger which, raged In them when they knew the Sioux hnd es enped seot-free. wus smuttl: fright ful. Six mules of the h udid eight lay welling in blood; another mis dis abled, and only one hud roxie off without hurt. llnlf the counties of tiv tWextern lown hnd Iren semirrd MEURflftTISRfl Is due to sn arid poison which gsins Organs to carry 00 and keep the system TVW J . 1 O 11 r TI ICO, fjtir jt nl no liniment or t sr" sV and mercury, and .v r WS S A f4fJ ruin the digestion and break down the contditutiun. I CAteTJy ll A remedy which builds up the grneial health and st the same time rids the system of the poium is '"j"tw If the only safe and certain cure for Khrumstism. 8. 8. 8., made of units, herbs snd bsrksof wonderful solvent, purifvlnff properties, attacks the disease in the right wav, and in the right place the blood and nuickly neutralises the acid and dissolves alt poisonous deposits, stimulates and reinforces the overwmked, woru-out organs, and clears the system at all unhealthy accumulations. . s. s. cures pcrmaneniiy ami uiorougniy.sna keeps the blood in pure, healthy state. Mr. J O. Mallrr, tljW. ulhSlrMI taillsnsnntis. Ind fnr elf hires month, .lfml,l, tllded with khrumatlsra hr wss uashlc lo frrd or dins hlnisrlf. ISirlon asul hit i-sir wis hoix-lru Hr hsd tnrd fiftv-lwn ormcrlplloiis that frlrftds hsd sirn him, wilhoul lh tlislilvsl rrllrf. A frw hollies ut eV ft. currd bint prrsuincBlly, sod hs toss acvrr had s rbeumstlv psis siucr. This vu Svr yrsrs so. We will send free our special book on Rheumatism, which should I in the lunds a? every sufferer f mm this torturing disease. Our physicians have uisde blood snd skin diseases a life study, and will give you any lully and freely alwut your case. We make no charga whatever for this service. to gel ii gel her "Cordon's Pride," as this ,i ght team hud been named bed :i ;i irty left Sioux City. The i.:g..i of their hopeful expedi tion, tlie liighiful peril of their sit uation, were lost sight of in the ab sorbing desire for revenge which burned in every man of them as they gazed upon the stricken, stiffening heap of Boluials. All were for giving chase immediately. They believed they could ensily overtake the Sioux among the drifts of the lower lunds, where creeks and snow-filled ravines must cause him to shift his course contin ually. "Hoys," sold Gordon, when some of them hsd hastily begun to strip for tbe chase, "boys, this is my particu lar affair. You make camp and fix it for flghtin'. I'll either get that Bioux, or he'll fetch his tribe back an' get us." Cy Gordon was their captain. Ue had been a hay and wood contractor for mnny years in the Sioux country, and his word was law to this little band. There was no need io argue thnt no man could have even guessed at the daring and disaster they had looKed upon. The performance bad been too appallingly simple and easy. It had come as unexpectedly as the flood of a cloudburst or the bursting of a gun. While Ma men stood vcngefully watching the flying Hloux. Gordon strlpepd himself of superfluous wrap pings, stocked his pockets with frozen breiid ii nil curl ridges, slipped on a pair of siiowhIiocs kept for emergency, tightened his belt, and launched him self in pursuit. Horse and rider were again no more than a speck upon the vast snow field. Gordon, with nn "express" rifle under his nrin, took the long, swing ing stride of the accomplished snow shoer. In nn hour t lie speck npon the snow hud not grown smuller. At high noon, by the sun, upon a broad flat where (nil grass held the snow, Gordon came almost within bul let range of the Sioux. An hour Inter, among a tangle of drifted ravines, there was nn exchange of shots, and the Sioux's pony dropped in Its tracks. The lnilinn dodged out of sight, and Gordon pushed warily on with a grin of hu to under his icicles. He took up the Sioux tracks, and noted with satisfaction that the In dian's moceuslned feet punched tlirougli the light crust nt every other step. In just a little whllel Hut he followed forun hour or more among n seemingly interminable tan gle of gullies w it limit catching a glimpse of the wary dodger. Then hr emerged Into a wider valley, to find that the artful riitcal had escaped out of range and out of slght upon a wind swept stretch of river Ice. Gordon ground his teeth and swept over the smooth surface, sweating, despite the sharp cold, from fierce ex ertion. At a turn of the river he saw the Sioux; but there were ol hers, more thun a score of them, mounted and up prouchlng the runner. The m ule-k 111 er's camp or town w as close at hand, Exhausted from his long run, Gor don, In bis own language, "threw up the sponge." He hastily sought the cover of river drifts and scooped him self a kind of rifle pit. Then, with a pile of cartridges between his knees and shipping his hands to keep his fingers ready for action, he waited, meaning to do what execution he could before the end. There was considerable parley among tbe Sioux, und then only a single In dian advanced toward the white man. This one came on ufoot within gun shot, then stopped and shook ' blan ket, In token thnt he wonted to ap proach and tulk. Gordon laughed. The situation seemed to him grimly humorous. lie motioned to the Indian to come on, and kept him well covered with his rltle. A moment later, however, ho lowered his gun. Whatever fate uwulted Gordon, lie knew that he stood lu no danger of a treacherous stroke from the approach ing Sioux. It was the chief, lied Cloud. Gordon arose, and the chief came forward with a hand outstretched. "My young man has killed your mules," was lied Cloud's greeting iu the Sioux tongue. Gordon understood, "yes," he said, "and I will not take your baud until you have done right." The grave old chief drew his blanket about his shoulders with a shrug. "Now listen," he said. "If one of your soldiers had approached a party of my soldiers nod hud killed all their hori.es. and so crippled them und escaped, your people would have made him n big cap tain. It is so. My young man is very brave, lie did as he was told. You cannot come here and take my country not jet. I huvii watched your ad vance und complained to your soldier), nt White liivcr. When I saw they did not go out und catch you ns our Great Kill her has said they should do, I sent my young mail to stop you. You will find your soldiers at the three forks of White Klver. Now go!" And without another word Ileif Cloud turned upon his heel and stalked away. This time Gordon was glad rnough to obey the Injunction to "go." Ihrte days later his little party filed iu at (lie military camp nn While Itivrr, and w hen, some time afterw urd, their boxes of freight had been recovered, not so in m il iu u blanket or u pound of sugar had bceu taken by lied Cloud's Sioux. A Vllllnsslr. Fireman. Muyhew W. llronson, a millionaire, has JiiNt been installed ns chief of the Ijtrehiiiont (N. V.) lire department, of which he hnd been chv-f Instructor in life saving since the time when, through the fnvor of Commissioner Sciiiincll. of the tire department, for mer t hief llonner, ami Chief Croker. he went through the hard work re quired by the lire dciiurt incut from I the men who cume up for approval lit headquarters. access to the bl-xvl through failure of the proper clesr of all nioihid, ellele mstter. This poison vuiuiiKu iuc rucnii v-irYtusuuii iHiieiosiirii iu me joints, muscles ami nerves, CAiisiiigiuemiMi imeusepsin. Kheunislisin msy attack Willi such suddriiurss and seventy as to make within a few days s hrslthv, active person helpless and bed ridden, with distorted limbs and slisttered nervrs ; or it mar I slow in developing, with alight wsndering jisins, just severe enough to uiske one feel uncomfortable ; the ten dency in such cases is to Rruw woise, ami nnallv liecome chronic. 1 Like other blood dtstssrs, Rliruiiislism is oflen luhciite.1, snd eijHvsuie to dainpor cold, want of pnwt food, insiiflicirnt clothing, or anything ralrulatcd to impair the hesltli.will liequciilly csuse it to develop in early life, but mure olien not until middle age or later. In whstrver form, whether acute or chrome, Tlrta2r Rhtuma4lnt la Gtl4lu a ninnri 1tts. m mm was mj mm w a w mm m mm mm mm mm m other eitrrnal treslmrnt can reach the trouble. Neither do the pivarations of jsitssh the various miurrsl sslts. which the doclois alwavs nrrschbe. cure Klieuualisiu. but information or advice wanted, so wnte Heart weakness I Tht bMrt la th m ott tIUI org tn ol th bod 7. ft If lb englua that proptta thm mtuKlet tui4 ends mteuaiaca to tba narrat and brain and , HP mil WJV VIU V Ul VUUJi USsw IU ! lachaulim la carUla to giro rm to Mrtotu rtMi.lt. Weak neat denote tha praaenca of ifliw. 1 la a forerunner of toma thlng mora crtou thai 1 to occur You ara tha tnplneer. Look lo roni en fin a. tea that do acetv dantoccura. HUDYAN. la whatyounoed. HUO-I YAN WIU strengthen tha heart. HUDYAN will jnake tha heart muaelef itronf ftud hard. Do not dcUf too 10P.T. Begin the umoI HUDYAN now. HERE ARE YOUR SYMPTOMS: 1-S. THllOBBINO IN IHS TEM PLES VUKM LY1NU BOWH, MUO VAN will osumi the (h rubbing to dlaappesr. 8-8. BINOINtJIHTHK BARB-HUD-YAN lor'S lbs ringing sail busxlug la s sborl lima. 4-8. ALTEHNATB PALBN-3S3 A!D FMJ83INO OV TUI CHECKS. HOD YAM will failure tin circulation of t!i blood to lis Durinsl eondlllon sn4 kaup s eonntunt beslthjr eolur la :ii chunks. 7. PALPITATION OJTTTTS! Jf'ART AND HUEOUl,AH BHSATINO HUD. YAN by .ircii rtlianlor tho heart mum lea Mm! lbs narrea thai supply II, will stop the palpi tation sad flulterlngssilcsUNS llio bear! lo bott regulsrljr. 8. TJIHOUUIWO IN TIIB STOMACH BEOION. Till, thrombin mid pultlng ills sppesriborllr slier Hie umI HUDYAN. Thontsndt Iiavs been cared of Kesri wosk ssi br HUDYAN. You ilinuM bn cared loo. HUDYAN will cars ym. I'rueurs HUDYAN troui jour drumciai. It Is sold In sll drugstores for fine per pick 'go, or psckuge for f-.SU- If jrour drugUt does not kipK,iend direct lotlis HUDYAN HEM- ID Y COMPANY, "si KrsnclKO, Csl. Consult lbs HUDYAN DOCTORS PRC C. Yon msy tallsnd we ibem siel hsvs sfreseonRiilUtloa. If you oannot esll on tht doctors writs to Ibem lor sdvl.-s. II will b glrea frss for tbs ssklng. Addrou HUDYAN REMEDY COMPANY, Cor. Slocklo., Mirkri and Ellis lis. AN FftANCISCO, CAL Dyspepsia Cure riinctc what vou eat. T t art.i flr.lH.Uv d Iiresta the food aod aids w.1,,1. in in.rio-ihKiiliiir and recon structing the exhausted dlnestlveor Bam. It Isthe luteHtdlscQvcrcddiiit- ni anrl tmln. Ha oilier DrccurutloD can approach It In elllolciiry. It In- mainly rullevcsaiiu permuin'iiuytuies Dyspepsia, indigent ion, ucanuuiu, L'l.i.,l,,i,a Ufnp Ktritnur'h. NnllKAl. Blck Headache, Oastralif itt.Cramimand all nthpr result of IllllHTfcCt llltfcst Ion. PrlesWo. and $1. Lsrgoslrocontntns W ttiwa smsllslss. liookallaiKutdyxpiliiniiillelirt! Vsoorsd by E, C. dswitt ogu-.trjicago. FOR SALE BY W. F. KREMER. WHITE OTTEIi SKIN DANCE. I'vvutlnr OrriuoH)' OlMivrvrd Anionic llis Hun nnd fos lnilluus In (ikhiliitinn. Aliiuit lli Hnc mill Kox Iniliniis were nsHCtnhleil oil their reHi'l'Vlltillll In t Miil.miiii ll few iluvs nci, (Inuring the reliKiniiH otter kkin ilnnve. 'l'liis is n L'ereiimiiy oljNcrvcd liy tliesn liiilimis every ten years. It is queer iloc trine. The ailliereiils triiNt nil in the white niter. As tiny rnnimt 'et the ii ii i m ii 1 iilive III this rniintry, they take his skin. This is I'kiccil nn n hih pole in the center of the exeiteil liulliins, mill they K" iiroiiml it fur liniirs ut u time, never renini lii(f their (fuze, Then when they are so tlreil they ran jro nn farther the meilieiiiL man losses them the utter kkin. ami they hury their face In it. While thus situated thev elalin to see nil their ileail rein- tinns mill P't a f;liinKi nf the happy liiintintT Kioiiiid. The ilaiicc lasts u week. Diirinif the llrst two dnys nf the tin lire only W Iniliniis received the utter skin. They nre not (,'nen it nn til the (rreat spirit sn directs the ineill. eine innn, anil hence there is weeping nml wiiillnc nt the ilmice. Those win: have prayed for the utter skin anil not yet rrveivrd It think they are lost They take this ns nn evil omen, und think the great spirit is angry with them. There are two white girls taking part in the otter dance this year, hav lug recently innrried Indians nnd be come eotiiertcd lo the failh. A great dog feast took place nt night, nml 1 !'! dogs were killed am' cooked. The Indians rnjoed thcil Inent and arc dancing hard, hoping tc wlu back the will of their limit Spirit J""m ssn H ietNln- I'ne of the good r fieri i of wnt is that It I'lircM the Hoi st forms of ily spcpsin. Muni olliceis iho aie the d.j t,f then l heal alii miauls wlnie si'ctul log I heir iluy s hcl wee ii 1 1 c el ; i i! I lie bin riicl,, come home fioin n cut;; i.:'n it ll a stomach like I he ol rich's. I Ii is. of course, arises fiom the ceie;se. (lie open air lite, the coiisl.inl lln ulal em ploiii'cnt, nml iciy ofien ihe short commons. Anol her good ell, ct is Ihe rather si range one that ;ir cures In l ioiisiii ss of ihe oidieiiM kind, us Weil as headaches and hen ' ;i N; in In fuel. II a mull has suv kind of h, alih at Ihe start, nothing Inacis hnn iii like an evening campaign, lint, on lln oilier hiiml, if any of his orgnns arc really iii'tik be runs eiery chance of li tiMiig his hours iu foreign purls. -t'ilicinnati Kminirer, Distorts Muscles, snaitcrs Nerves, SlKleilS JOlllISa them " 1 " "sw- c Address, SWIFT SPECIFIC CO AtlaaU, (tV f.t l A com ioorm - hoffBA nd poor look IiisT tiarnriii In tha unit kind of com- ft Eureka Harness om not rtnlr mak th- hmrm ni th lifirae U k ln-ftr. hut nmkfj tha ltaaiirr tvoCT rtit.l i llaljlt. vutn uin eo- uin nn-twini m long h, iu it cnilnartlj' wall. t- m r-I' ,- ta cm il ,'f, (Im. M4i , OIL CO. -i'y,. A ks. 1" 1 . Give Your Horse a Chance! m 4imU4LfOTt VP fARICERS MAIH BALSAM Clanw sul brwuiUM th half. m'rfca a .axuriani rruvm. Y.iit'i. JlJI 11 a! vr Vails to Keatora Grav Caf4 .'p s balr lln " " " FAIRLY WARNED j (From the Wsshlngton Home Macaslna, by Special Permission.) TllACEV CIIA.NXO.V and Annls Wyiltinan, residents of the same city, met for the llrst time one bright summer day at n certain ocean-side re sort. A few evenings later they were chatting rather conliilen tially ns they strolled along Ihe beach in the twilight. He was suylng: "I liuve never yet found the one irre sistible woman, and I do not Intend ever to marry. Hut I'm fond of the la diesnice ones nnd I mean to enjoy their society so long as they are will ing to take tne In a frank, friendly way without expecting me to turn lover, sighing like a furnace after a few-days' ucipiintance. "Here's my hand on that, Mr. Chan non. I have long waited to know the man who isn't studying one's nrnilabll- ity us a wife, or looking aghast if she casts a friendly glance in his direc tion." "Vou nnd I need not be nf raid of each other with such an understanding, need we?" nsked Tnirey. "Not III the Irast. I shnll enjoy you Immensely. I know, forlhough I expect tn marry when (he right limn presents himself. I do like tn be myself without constantly standing guard against lov ers nml prnpokuls." "Vou can he yourself with me. I'll take my own heart risks. Miss YVyde n in n," Annls had left her dclmlnnte season behind by less thnn n half dozen years. Trncey was older by a decade. She was nn orphan nf tempting fortune, and ranged nt will between comfort able city quarters In winter nnd select seaside resorts Iu summer. As a bach elor he was Independent ns to fortune, and Inclined to take life ensily. When Annis reached lief, room after the twilight stroll, she laughed and said In herself: "Now, Miss Wydemiin, you hsve been fairly warned, nnd If your rather un susceptible heart should happen to prove a target for Cupid's luarkninn shlp you will have to make your own repairs. No gallant Sir Knight de t'hiiniinn will take pity on you. I won der if he warns olT all the girls In the same way, nml I'm glad I answered him ju.'t ns I did. Perhaps that Is his way of storming hearts. Hut I'll stand by t he compact we've made mid prove that one woman at least run enjoy n man's society and still withstand his charms. Ncier, never will I show the faintest sign of heart Interest. I simply will not fall iu love with Tracey ( liiinnon if I see him every day for to years." Accordingly, during the remainder of the senson and after their return to the city. whether Trncey riiine often or seldom Annls made him equally wel come. W hen he danced ut tendance on some belle of the hour she smiled nn sweetly nnd remained ns cordial ns when he was pnyiug devotion nt her shrine. She had other admirers, but as they rnino tcntntinly, one by one, found her preoccupied, nnd saw Chun- lion s semipossessive position, tncy went their way. Mouths rolled by nnd Trnrey grew apparently absorbed lu Annls' society, more pointedly devoted, more uppro prlatiie. lie even show ed signs of con templating matrimony seriously and favorably. Annis was one day denouncing ahus baiid nf her acquaintance who, ns she. saw It, had nianifested Inditlerenee to his wife's happiness. "Your idea'.s are altogether too high," Tracey protested. "No ordinary hu man Itcing would suit you. You are looking for nn angel." "I'nriloii the contradiction, but I nm not looking for any thing with a view to mat ritnony. And I may hold nsliigh ideals as 1 please, for 1 can wait till I Hnd the man to tit theni. I am perfect ly comfortable as 1 inn, you know." "1 mil happy to hear that. Hut no man, however earnest, will ever dure to offer himself tut on, unless jou cul tivate less iinle'iidence of manner, al low lite to suggest." "This is among the lenst of my troubles, but if ever 1 mil seied with a fever for marrying 1 shall hie tne to some enchanted land where nil women lire tibove pur, even ind pendent ones." "When ton nre ready to go on that quest will ton kindly let me know?" "Hli. yes. Mr. t'lniniion, I'll have It published ill n'.l ihe society papers ami the reason therefor." When their acquaintance was onie w hat more I h.in n v e:ir old. Tracey went away for an iudetinire sojourn. Annis found his alisettce tiitoteruli'.e. The fu ture without him loomed up a dreary blank. She was consumed with n jsil uiis fear lest nncthei- might tilt her place in his esteem, lest he might drvtp hers into the list ef b gone friend ships. Herntlsrrv an.l loneliness would not be Mitkiiicd. She avtoke one morn ing to the discovery that she was in lote. She blushed before her mirror, shook her list nt in rage. She covered her fare In shame that she bad let her heart go where It was not wanted. She could not blsnie Tiaeey t'haniio'ii. She would control herself whatever it rest. In spite of her efforts to forget, the painful yearling scird her nt limes so strongly that she longed to hate ti e man that she might tie nt peace with herself. She reviewed bis character and conduct to find something incom patible, something to arouse her dis like. A few llllicrfrCliolta presented themselves, but no other man that she hsd ever known was so nearly blame less. On Tracry's return to the city Annis tiled to nbste nothing of her old-time cordiality, but too often self-conscious-nesi congealed it Into awkward sliff Vs T sf v srnshr sw noehse iC'Ai X ( Bl Jassrlla XlthuU Phillips. f Then Edna Stafford, s flesh young girl, came to join the little circle in which Annis found daily Intm-nurse, and at first clung to the t!i!i r gii Lfor companionship and guiiii.i.c... Tracey met Kdna and apparently t.d ut lust found his soul's uttinity. Hew .is ail de votion, tender and aurrt. A love-lorn youth of 16 could not hntr sliutvn more infatuation. When Annis und Edna were both with Tracey be often ap pea red to forget the former, or If the conversation became lliree-curnered he would throw Into it just ilir element that aroused Annis' in ;. : i i .', ty and grated on her sense of fairi e s. Then her sharpest sarcasms ulwii vs f( 11 upon the younger girl's head. At kiich times Tracey was so softly sympathetic with Kdna, so contrived to set her defense less innocence over against AnnisJ harshness as to prompt Kdna to little impertinences and assumptions of his championship. . Annls could school herself to the thought that Tracey would never care for her as she did for him; she could take him at his word that he had no in tention of marrying, but she suffered keenly with disappointment nnd a touchof disgust in seeing (he one whose manly, somewhat serious bearing she had learned to admire, conducting him self in a manner so nearly silly. More over, he evidently took it for granted that her honest friendship and com radeship had turned to jealousy and hostility, and thnt t here t was open rivnlry between her nnd Kdna This was too much. Saying nothing of her plans, Annis made speedy prepa rations for spending the winter in the south. She chose a resort not widely known and confided Its address only to a brother in a dUUnt city. The new surroundings, the agree able coterie of fellow guests diverted Annis' mind and nltayed her agitn tlon, so that she begun to feel sure thnt the time of her going home would find her henlthily indifferent to Tracey Channon's doings. One nfter noon she with others was at the lit 1le ruilway station Idly watching the newcomers on the down train. She saw Tracey (Tinnnon among them. He fore he could see her she stepped be hind n pillar unil slipped nvvny into the pnrk. At the end of the winding myrtle path she found a seat. The old love surged up, pierced through and through by the sting of those Inst experiences nt home. Hud he come knowing she was there? She was tempted to fly away on the up trnin she henrd rumbling through" Ihe for est. Hut no, this hour must settle the matter forever. She would not let her love for a man who hud so plainly told her not to count on him assert itself while he was so near. She raged against her persistency in making himself so a part of her life. She tore at the roots of her uffectiun in wrath and shnme. Again n wave of ecstntk love rolled iu upon her heart nt the thought that he was so near; then sin clinched her hands till the tendons strained, for she must go buck to thr hotel and meet Tracey Common a con queror of herself or able to meet him in the old friendly way. When the paroxysm hnd spent it self Annis felt that she had aged in the hour. The songs of the birds seemed to be In a minor key. The strong contrast between the patches of sunshine und the shadows were to her typical of life with Trncey and ex istence, without him. The sounds of voices nnd laughter wafted up from gay boating parties on the river brought back memories of happier dnys. She looked beyond them to the dim, gray further bank and felt thnt so must she look past happiness to o life ns dull mid monotonous ns that uninvit ing shore. The long swaying moss bnnners, usually so soothing am sug gestive of the poetry of motion, seemed to her that day more like mourning drnperles, fitting ncconipu uiinent to this shutting down the cof fin lid on happiness mid hope. She saw herself a lonely, heiirt-weary womnii A step on the snnd and Trncey Chan non stood nt her side, his hand chisp ing hers, his face wearing its happiest expression, the most cordial words on his lips. Yet she could not compre hend a word thnt he was saying, (liv ing Annis no time to reply, he talked on rather excitedly, chiding her for running away from him, exclaiming over the beauties of the park and river. He suddenly stooped nnd scanned Annis' face, which she knew must betray the turmoil within. His own voire qunvered and his fuce showed anxiety as he began, tenderly nnd slowly: "My dear, I have come nil the way down here to ask thnt we may be more than friends. I have loved you truly, fondly, for a long time." "I do not understand you. Youhnve said so often thnt you did not Intend to mnrry; then I poor Kdna will be heart broken." "Kdnii is engaged to a handsome young millionaire. 1 wanted to find out whether you cared for me cveu n little, dearest, I was suffering so. I do want to mnrry, und I tvuiit you, just you." "Why couldn't you nsk the ques tion frankly, ns a man?" Annls began, with n half sob, then sprnng avvny nnd walked rapidly toward the hotel. Tracey sat iu utter perplexity nnd made no attempt to follow her. A few hours later, ns he was standing npnrt from the other trrandn loungers, apparently nlisorbed in the piny of the twilight's glimmering on the river's resMinsive surface, a hand was slipped lightly under his arm and a smiling face looked up iuto his. Without a word tie led Annis out into the lofty aisles of the pnrk. Little fairy flecks chipped from moonbeams chased each other over the two sjovv-ly-moving forms, sometimes entwin ing Iheni with wreaths of silvery light, propitiously bright, but not half so bright ns the cord that bound two hearts together. BAD COLDS Quinine is to years I hind. Colds do not now hsve to he endured. Mtsnsi. s I'vsvaic lasi'Lta (ealiisi ilvnauiic from llteir energv) crowd s neck's oriliusrv treatment into. I.' hours and alwut Ihe worsts of colds over instil. "It w ss the worst cm of crip I ever hsd A half iloren friend hud Mire t Ulev Mi 1 tl huiK on. 1 1 caul ol thu 1'tstsnc Tts ci is. 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