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MELISSA
AND HER
EXPERIENCE
By A L IC E E. IV E S
(C o p y rig h t by W G. C hap m an I
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he was p u lle d up In tim e. Yon know
w h a t he has made o f h im s e lf, th e peo
p le a ll know , and moat o f them o ve r
lo o k w hat happened when ha was
n o th in g h u t a boy."
" W e ll,” protested M iss Crane,
m ust say I can’t. I w o u ld n ’t la y
s tra w In his w ay. I'd help h im any
w ay I could, b u t when It cornea to —'
She paused here as though p o s itiv e
ly unable to c o n tem p la te th e a w fu l
p o s s ib ility o f a n y th in g lik e f a m ilia r ity
w ith such a person.
“ B u t Just th in k I" cried the g lrL
“ T h e y have given him th e p o s itio n o f
firs t a ssistant am ong a ll the engineers
in b u ild in g th e b ig b rid g e ! J u s t Im
agine w h e t they th in k o f h im In New
Y o rk when they do th a t I"
• "Yes, th a t's fine. I w a n t to see him
get along. B u t I don’t w a n t to see yon
get to c a rin g euough fo r h im to — to
spoil y o u r life ."
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ISS M E L IS S A C R A N E had
liv e d alone In th e red b ric k
house In Locust afreet for
over 15 years. IJ v In g alone
aometlmea makes one sw eeter, mel
low er, and m ore to le ra n t o f his fe llo w
c re a tu re s ; b u t th a t la when he has
bitched his "w agon to a s ta r," o r gone
on the b e a u tifu l quest o f fin d in g his
soul, and th a t w hich n a tu ra lly fo llo w s
— the soul o f a ll m a n k in d .- M iss Me
“ Spoil- my life ? " echoed th e g irl.
lissa had not given much. tim e , to
“ Yes. A o u can n e ve r te ll when a
. e ith e r o f these pu rsu its. I f she had,
t th is w ould be a n o th e r story. She had rang th a t's had a had h a b it once w ill
been a decent, G od-fearing woman, ta k e ’t o It again. You can’t tr u s t him.
Stop the throbbing and smarting
liv in g s tr ic tly w ith in the le tte r o f Ute I'd ra th e r die th a n see anyone I cured
at one« w ith a soothing touch of
law. I f she had ever had a lo v e -a ffa ir fo r m a rry th a t s o rt o f m an ."
E th e l's a ffe c tio n fo r her aun t, and
It was e n tire ly unknow n to anyone In
iM love fo r th is m an— fo r she knew
B a rrin g to n . S till, a. good deal m ig h t
have happened before then, as M elissa now It was love— w ere so n e a rly
C rane was a ll o f t h ir t y when she c ru s h in g h e r In the w a rfa re th a t she
do you suffer from » k
came there. C e rta in It was th a t some could say no m ore, and she b ro u g h t
th in g In her life ve ry lik e a tragedy the In te rv ie w to an end by m a k in g an
had been caused by a ha b it, and hfld excuse to go to h e r room.
Ir v in B anks liv e d w ith his sister,
made M iss C rane s tro n g In her. dq
n u n c ia tlo n o f e v il things. ' She was a who had been one o f th e p rin c ip a l fa c
p ro m in e n t officer In the \V, C. T. C. to rs In he lp in g h im to rise to th e po
^ 0 1 1 VS Tar h u relieved hun
dred« |ta«<>othing nine odor
and som ething o f a fa c to r In In flu en c s itio n he now held. I t was w ith his
r«h«v«s irritation . U«e exter
nally and internally. A wonder
in g the election w h ich resulted In the s is te r th a t E th e l had fir s t m et him .
fu l relief fo r a>reneee end in
She was a ttra c te d by the good-looking
n a tio n going d ry.
flammation, cold«, hronvhitia,
coughing. Pure, harm!«««.
O ld H annah, who had gone fa lth - yonug man w ith the high, firm c a r
, H A L L A BÜCKEL. New York
| fu lly fo r years, once a year, to -“ cleat» ria ge , o f the head, th e s tra ig h t gaze
up” fo r M iss Crane, p ro b a b ly , knew, and the wholesom e sm ile, and she was
1 more about th a t la d y's a ffa irs than ■further held by his a b ility to say
Men G et F o r est H an ger J o b ; 1125 >200 mo.
anyone else In B u rrln g to u .
O d d ly som ething w o rth w h ile , and sa ying It a n d h o m e fu r n ish e d , p erm a n en t, e x p er ien ce
u n n ec essa r y ; h un t, Huh. trap , etc. NOKTOM,
I enough, M iss C rane was even a t tim es, ra th e r w e ll. She had met h im In his
365 M cM ann B ld g . D en ver, Colo.
co n fid en tia l w ith her s e rv ito r, p,erh.aps own- home by In v ita tio n o f Ills, sister,
¡fpd
had
asked
him
to
cn
ll.
I
t
wns
because she fo u n d she was lik e h e r
C h in ese L a n g u a g e
a fte r, his second v is it, a t both o f w hich
self, close-m outhed.
T he Chinese w r itin g is n o t reckoned,
W hen oid H annah was set to open M iss C ra ne had p re te n d e d Illness as as Is ours, fro m an a lp h a b e t T h e re
up and clean a long disused hedrootb, ah excuse fo r not appearing, th a t the
are a p p ro x im a te ly 5,000 c h a ra c te rs In
la d y had- elven h e r e m p h a tic reasons
her c u rio s ity got the b e tte r o f her.
the Chinese lunguage.
fo
r
not
w
is
h
in
g
h
im
to
c
a
ll
again.
“ G oing to have com pany?" she ven
G
round
between
the
m
ills
to
n
e
s
o
f
tured.
“ N o ," answered M iss Crane. “ I t ’s a h e r "d iv id e d d u ty ,” E th e l sought the
c h ild ."
A t the wom an's astonished counsel o f M a ry Banks.
A u n t M elissa has been to me a sec
look she a d d e d : “ I guess she m ust be
more tlig u tw elve. I d id n 't th in k to ond m other. I love her very d e a rly.
ask. Oh, d e a r I I don’t know how I ’m H o w can I go dead against her wishes.
roa
— I m ust ask h im not to c u ll a g a in ,"
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ever going to sta n d I t ; but I ’ll get her
1 3 CCNTS
E
th
e
l
said.
o ff to some good b o a rd in g school Just
And do you th in k Ir v in w ill let It
as q u ick as I can.”
6 B ella ns
"H a v e you ndopted her?" s t ill f u r go a t th a t? " crie d his sister. "M a yb e
Hot water
ou d o n 't know w h a t th is means to
th e r ventured H annah.
su re Relief
Sure
h
im
."
"A d o p te d h e r? " snorted M iss Crane,
E th e l's h e u rt gave a b ig th ro b . She
ns though asked I f she had com m itted
b u rg la ry . "N o t a t a ll. She's the knew w h a t I t m eant to her. In the
ch ild o f a goBd-for-nothlng h a lf-b ro th m eeting o f th e ir eyes, the s is te r knew.
W ill you ask y o u r u u u t to come
e r o f m ine. H e r m oth e r died about
25<t and 75t Pkgs.ScId Everywhere
three years ago, nnd now he has been and see me?” she said.
“ Oh, s h e 'T ie v e r w o u ld ," asserted
k ille d In an accident. Some one w ro te
C o n d itio n a l
to me about It.
He hndn*t le ft a E th e l.
" N o t I f she could help It, o f course,"
penny, and they w anted to know w h a t
“ A re you go iu g to u iu rry th e ninn
th e y could do w ith E thel. W e ll, th e re re jo in e d M ary. “ B u t yo u ’ve got to
o il w a n t? ’’
“ W e ll, i f a ll th e o th e r
d id n 't seem to he but one th in g to do, p u t y o u r foot down, nnd he firm . Ju st
i r ’ « w a n t h im .’’
>
and th a t was to send fo r her. I d on't say you c a n 't te ll him n o t to c a ll, and
W r ig h t1» In d ia n V eg eta b le m ila c o n ta in
kn o w any m ore about ta k in g care o f you'd he lik e ly to see him In o th e r
oni> \ » a c ta b le in gred ien t*, w h ich aet g t n t ly
a c h ild th a n — than n o th in g ." sighed places anyw ay. I f she w-uuts to shut us
a le n ir la x u tlv e . by H tim ulation— not Irrl
o ff n il co m m u n ica tio n between you ta lie n . 372 P e a r l S t., N. Y. A dv.
Miss Crane.
and
M
r.
Ir
v
in
Banks,
the
o
n
ly
w
ay
Is
"W e ll, th e re ," reassured H nnnnh, “ I
T o w h a t deep g u lfs a sin g le d e v ia
d o ; and I f you w a n t any help— I f she to come and la y th e case before his
tio n fro m tiie tra c k o f hum an d u tie s
t
gets c ro u p o r som ething you Just send s is te r."
E th e l looked dubious, h u t prom ised leads.— B yron.
fo r me q u ic k ."
I t was ra th e r a p a th e tic lit t le figure to be firm , aud the tw o co n sp ira to rs
In b la ck Ih n t landed at the door o f parted.
M iss C rane s to u tly protested she
the red b ric k house. When the appeal
In the la rg e bro w n eyes greeted M iss w ould do n o th in g o f the k in d , b u t as
C rane she d id som ething q u ite unex- re la tio n s rem ained decidedly strained,
liected Io h e rs e lf; she put her arm s she concluded it was th e o n ly way to
around th e c h ild and kissed her. M iss conclude peace.
T he day site had appointed to ca ll
Stop them quickly— all their dangers and
C rane concluded she wasn’t p re tty ,
discomforts. End t he fever and headache. Force
b u t she had “ the m a k in g s " o f good on M iss B unks was cold and b lu s te r
the poisons out. Hills break colds in 14 hours.
ing, und snow began to fa ll h e a v ily
looks.
They tone the whole system. The prompt,
E th e l was not q u ite the untam ed w h ile she was on the way. She had
liable
results have led millions to employ thea)|
b a rb a ria n M iss C rane had expected, to w a lk n e a rly a J iile , and she a r
Don’t rely on lesser helps, don’t delay.
riv
e
d
nt
th
e
B
anks
cottage,
c
h
ille
d
,
though she had her quota o f fa u lts ,
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and co m m itte d some o f the usual w et and bedraggled. M a ry B anks
c h ild is h m isdem eanors. B u t she stic- met her w ith 's u c h cheery c o rd ia lity ,
| ceeded In p e n e tra tin g the ra th e r hard and took o ff her w et w raps to d ry her
c ru s t o f M elissa’s he a rt to th e e xte nt feet, nnd ta lk in g p le a s a n tly a ll the
j o f not being packed o ff to a h o arding tim e th a t her c a lle r fo u nd It d iffic u lt
Cct Red B cb
w ith p o rtra *
school, and was suffered to co n tin ue to m ake an opening fo r h e r errand.
A t last she got up courage to begin.
her e ducation on the home ground.
"M is s Banks, I am — "
B a n ish P im p le s
I l was a sore tr ln l to the e lder wom
"J u s t a m inute. M iss C ra n e , L e t
By Using
an when th e g ir l she had learned to
love as her own seem p I to care me get you som ething w a rm I"
M iss C ra ne pro te ste d she d id not
fo r the com pany o f Ir v in Banks. E th e l
was now nineteen.
She had been need a n y th in g , b u t suddenly M iss
Soap to Cleanse
graduated fro m the high school, and B unks regarded her w ith deep a la rm .
O in tm e n t to H e a l I
T r y o u r n e w S h a r in g S tic k .
*
‘Oh I " she crie d, "h o w b a d ly you lo o k I
had been s tu d y in g at an a rt academy,
and was once m ore hack In R a rrin g - W hy, you are h a v in g a c h ill! T h e re
ton.
She was b rig h t, capable, nnd la so much pneum onia n b o u tl I shall
-w-vz .
w ith a c h a ra c te r th a t was developing get you som ething a t once.”
ei^ev and
M iss C ra ne a d m itte d she was s till
both k in d lin e s s and force. T h e deep
sense o f o b lig a tio n she had fe lt fo r cold, and a llo w e d h e r to have her
¿More ¿Delicious
her a u n t had gro w n In to love, and she way.
¿Desserts
" I t ’ s Just a lit t le h o t lem onade," she
was w illin g to m ake alm ost any s a c ri
M ake them a t home w ith ail th e ease
fice ra th e r than b rin g so rro w In to the snld, han ding th e ta ll tu m b le r to her
and aasurance o f a profeaaional chef.
life o f the lo n e ly wom an. M iss Crane guest.
M iss Crane, a lre a d y alarm ed about
had le g a lly adopted E thel, nnd she
her co n d itio n , took a lo n g d r a ft o f
bore her name.
I t wns som ething o f a shock to th e the m ix tu re . S uddenly she set It
g irl when her au n t made know n to dow n w ith a frig h te n e d look at the
her th e aversion she fe lt to w a rd Irv in o th e r wom an. “ T h e re 's som ething In
Banks, and her stron g desire th a t «he It I " she cried.
B ea u tifu lly illustrated book«
should not a llo w the acquaintance to
“ Oh, on ly the least b tt. I f you had
k t in eolora.contaming rw ipeg
go any fu rth e r.
o f fam ous ch ef* and caterers,
a d o c to r here he'd m ake you ta k e IL
•nay l>e had fo r the asking.
"B u t
w hy,
a u n ty ? " she urged. Y o u 'll have pneum onia I f you d o n 't I"
Sent fre e by the makers o f
H i p - O - L i t e , th e delicious,
" W h a t have you against h im ?"
M iss C rane now th o ro u g h ly f r ig h t
ready-to-uae M a r s h m a llo w
"D o n 't you kn o w w hat there Is ened. sw a llo w e d the w hole o f IL It
f ’vm «. A i k your grocer fo r
H ip - 9 - L it e and w rite today
against h im ? " crie d M iss Crane.
was re a lly a ve ry lib e ra l allo w a n ce o f
fo r the recipe booklet to
“ W e ll— w h a t? "
a s tim u la n t and not being used to such
"W h y . th a t hoy took to carousing things, she was stain conversing g lib ly . I T h e H lo -O -L ite C o ., D e o t A,
2 0 0 M a rk e t S t , SL Louis
when he w asn't more than eighteen
and fe e lin g ve ry much at. home w ith !
lie got In w ith a had set. and helped her hostess. M ary showed her b ro th
rob a sto re o ve r in Redcllffe, and got er's p ic tu re , and regaled h e r w ith his i
W onderful achievem ents
M iss C rane !
sent up fo r a y e a r."
“ Yes. I kn o w about th a t." said q u ite fo rg e t w h a t she had come fo r. I
E thel q u ie tly .
and In v ite d them both to c a ll. M ary
H e r aunt regarded her w ith speech telephoned fo r a conveyance, and sent j
less nm azem ent
When she fin a lly her guest ho tie happy.
found her h reath to speak, she s a id :
E thel received the unexpected news I
"Y o n knew th a t?
And yet you ask w ith astonishntenL b ig th e next In
me w h a t th e re Is a rn tn s t M m ?"
stant became a w are t hikt M iss C rane
“ Yes, I knew I t — he to ld me
But had been ha vin g too (niS h . T h e nexl
th a t was seven years ago
He has day a ve ry m iserable, re p e n ta n t worn- 1
never carouse,! s ' tcb . It was a te r
an met her at b re a k fa s t “ I'v e got to j
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T hey got hint In attch resign fro m W C. T. IL , " she said
tn r f; e n o o k h !
e o n d ll'o n th a t n ig h t he scarcely knew • 'I'll never he able to look any o f them !
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w hat he was do in g
He watched o u t In th e face again. I guess I needn't !
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have been q u ite ao h a rd on I n i n
It was a ll r ig id he ahoold he punished
Banka. I h a v e n 't a n y th in g more ^a
He feels th a t wav, and saya he Is glad say «gainst h it com ing '*
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