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17507 ? R a fa TffrtMl humor was iti ntr nnir enc *»tr nor purmslee Had com« to Texas from I know." tha desert country of southern Cali i "And why mow do you come ta me F but l*jr rllinhlng I I I « them. Kvelt ill fornia when he wes twenty-als. He "You needn't tell me any thing you H irn lm a , Do iloiiht her fu r* had lo knew that country well. In his years 1 do not wish to toil. 1 »säume that gon lu lake on Hull mini of fonttlrlf» In I inline, acting • c»it»n commis you arranged to meet him la St. with III Iruth-nitae mul putlrnce an<l sion man and commodity «ambiar, ho , Louie.” wlairuluraa anil understanding as If had collected e large and valuable Brena put her bend up »ad fait bar all« rarrlwl eteriml hopes anil l.ur« the llbr*ry about the whole historic throat. It n u i IMit th« «kin was hot •iiir*rliig» uf all mituklml; It wu» uni) Southwest, It« Indian tribes, th« Pueb- «odor th« cold hand. her molher'« »i-n»i- of luimur llmt l«A th* •<rango cnatnma and sacrata T t was « great mlatak«," ah« Ihrual 11» light through Ihl» innun *4 OS va go men carrying some of th« in « low vote»—"« groat mlatak«. lalnoua anil heroic expression. l.iilr, trails and traditions of prehistoric Aa- T b o Idea was marriage F E .W AS very young. He w m also very chu lha iiuni-tiiiilliia uf fi-ar, i-i|irrmi>il lace, and tba Jvault mi» »tonarle«. It T t was my Idea—If I had any ciaar There wag a kind o f pink, shining newnew about only through liar eyea, hud Ix-caniu 11 w u Mid by some persona that hla ilu iroili-rl.il- lnl-rroiilli.il him delightful to behold. And he stood waiting gulet ways were a Venn r put on by “You were very young." U r*. Wllkla often mentioned the some studious yrnrs la Berkeley at aide o f twelve o ’clock midnight. "Yes, I think so—looking berk." Journey lu HI. l-ntil«. Hhe wouhl hare (ha univeralty. but rumor had It that "You know whet was In Jim Hi E W A S very old. He was also very bent. There given llrena a weak'» hoard In know Pannale« with 111« rather pal«, young pin’s m lndF why tli« girl hail gun«, but even Sira face that made him look thirty Inetead was « kind o f thining sadness in hla eyes, ss if he Khe did not answer. Wllkla aetiaeil auttie quality l i Ihl. of forty-thre«, hla small, well-ehaped bed seen more than any one else in th e world. And "The dirty dog I” Mid Hannal««. hauullfUl rlillil which niiiile her u rfe.t banda, hla Immaculata linen, hla aoft "W het a smiling face he bad I" stood on the far tide o f twelve o’clock midnight. lur* n t a different «iiei-lra «nil IMI- r voice, had -nee ehet a men ecroM • Brena shuddered. utliara with a sen»a nf awe from whtfffi roulette table which b« himself owned "Well, here Is tba telegram.” Mid only Jim ileim<-|<ln hud been eseni|>t; and operated. the visitor. T opened It myself. »ha never preeeetl her qiieslluM be That he was ever • man of violence Thar« Is no uue else who know« It H A T I can’t understand,” chirped up Chubby, "is w! y yond a I-Iitnt where alia fouud h e r la very doubtful He »■■ an unqulv- anyone need look so aged when they are only g year o!d. waa ever sent." a»-lf looking Inlu the «von-lerluk, dark erlng gambler, but not with hla per He wet hla thin llpa; be M id; would take you for Methuselah, any day." Melruaa eyea. llrena kept bar own sonal safety ; Ida personal safety woe T t Is • secret—ours,” and stretched “W hat I can’t understand," rumbled the ancient one, “ is knowledge without uu effort; It was hla principal concern. He wore glove« out hla hand with the yellow envelope done with a magolni-ent restraint and on ell occasions—to keep the genu« held daintily In hla Anger*. how 1 ever looked as pink and inexperienced as you!" with Ilia auggi-atliin that «ha who until off bis hands; he bed hi» massive ma The girt, however, was looking So there they stood regarding each ocher, Chubby and the that year had nuvlgatod Ufa not at hogany desk, in the offle« building «Mrrhlngly Into hla eyes; she was all wnwld harenflar navlgata It for a serosa from the new hotel, wiped ancient one. youag but not too young to be sus lung tlm« without another'll huad upon down everv morning with an antisep picion« of a secret shared by two. “W hy must you look so old r persisted Chubby. the tiller. t ic ; long year« before the practice bad . when one treats that secret as If It llrena even aaked Iwlra whether become a worthy -fashion be bad him were a kind of soaet. “Because 1 have lived more than a million lives!" Hennetiln hud written Him chose no- self examined periodically by »pedal Apparently he read her thoughts, “WhewH whistled Chubby, “How do you make that out?” mauts when the twu oilier women isi«. He was always fearing conta for he said hurriedly, "You needn I boarder» and the a-ruanlant of the gion. lie gargled. He snuffed." lie feel under any obligation to we for “Y ou’ll know well enough, my son," said the ancient one, Southern I’arlflc were nt the table. •prayed. He read medical journals. , keeping the secret I have' my «tains “this time next year," "W ritte n !" auld .Mrs. Wllkla. puck- He feared cancer ehove all other and blights, but they are not nf that lev ad bis life M mack that kind. As I Mid, all I ramc for was artag bar llttla inouili aa If »ha ware “But tell noe nowl“ insisted the young cherub. ( d i g U whUtle bar sanlenra. “W rit laved no woman for many information." “I look old because I have been pert o f the sorrow, the ten? Not h r ! I ! jt . I might expect year» ; tha monopoly ef ihl« devotion Rhe took the telegram, which he gladness, die misery, the joy and happiness o f every one in the th a t; I have never found that I i-ould excluded competition. He loved hi« bad held toward her, and nodded. bin Ilf« with an unending passion ; be •Xpert groin mb-— from enyltody." world. I have been a year, every day, hour and minute in the "O f course. If he were to meet yon . She looked at earh face at the table ruined It by fearing to lose I t lives o f people all over the globe. They could no more escape me he probably told you more. He prole Severely. This was the man wb<> withheld bis I ably told yon where be waa going, than I could lose them. W e were one,—I and those teeming “lint that's nothing," »he added. question», hided hla time end cased eh—end w hyF millions. 1 will live with them as long as they live, through the " Ills own father, who la dying of •t Bren* Helms« with frank admira He leaned forward os he asked this Blight's, liaon't beard from hint not tion on hla absurdly youthful and aca question and turned one aide of bis influence o f what happened during our year o f acquaintance. I demic face. He turned sway from her. face as If the answer could best be for three months’* may live after them, not only in memory, but in the good or bad "Oh," said llrenn aa If reflecting walked to tha window and looked out heard by hu right ear alone. they accomplished while they knew me, and I them." and weighing the mailer. Khe left the at the night at the wall of the neigh -No,” she Mid. "H e spoke of mak table, end going Into the front room, boring house upon which the light of ing a great sam of money, of getting Chubby wrinkled up his white, babyish brow and tried to ehe played In lively lime upon lha the full moon was bluish white, and H from eotne piece." fellow the words o f the andent one. But he could not. It was piano there—a |duno with • »lieeny then, like an actor who bos rehearsed "H e did not My w bereF impossible for him. He could see and feel and act, perhaps, bur red race end with n lone M emled to ihe pert of a cool and collected man "No." he could not think wisely: he needed experience. be tba startling upp.«dte of Hie tin pan he walked toward Brens and mid Parmale« sighed tut If be had gone •ttrlbutea of old |dunoa. This olle had clearly and calmly, “Pva come for In np a blind alley and bad found Its end. “O ne "tw o-three-four-five— . . . ” the bells began ringing tones extravagantly round like the formation." "He spoke of aoiua call—some mes out the midnight hour. lie could not see the »lightest quiver sage.” Mid Brena. •oftueea of an riocullonbil reading poetry. Prena had remembered Ibis In the giri'» eye», though he looked “Goodbye, son!” called out the andent one, “May you see The broker's eyes widened until atio and d«acrlb<-d Its affectation. It for It. they were In a staring distention. as much happiness as sorrow. And may you learn to read the as nothing to her that those who “Tee," mid he. “Mey I cloee this "Ha I So he did I What did he tell high hopes in people’s hearts, and see what they see, no matter heard her play on It said. "O h !—She d o o r r youF Mrs. Wilkie, who we» oatalde pre how differently their lives turn out. This is all that really matters makes It talk ," for tliay were the mine "Nothing." persons who said, "W hat beautiful tending to read the nomea In the tele . . remember . . " the voice o f the andent one grew faint and Parmalee »at doom In a rh slr and phone bank, m w the front room door stared at Ihe carpet for a long time. flowers ! They’re like wax I” far-away, “remember . . son,—it is their aspirations . . that Brens at the piano that evening felt gently swing to end beard the latch. T t la very peculiar." be Mid at last. really count . . not their visible and worldly success . . "How olu are y o u F l‘armale« was "H e left you to meet him In St. Louis. ns ehe always felt, that ah# was alone In the world—the friend of rarteln asking Brent. He was quite gone now. He was part o f yesterday He went on an errand of some strange doge and cate which lived In house« i "Eighteen this month.'' »he Mid. kind and refused to tell you whut It Chubby stcppecLover the threshold into his first minute of "W ell, that’* surprising—very, la •leaf the way borne from work. Ilka was. V o lll W ell! Aad then you be m M. "You ere more of n waited In St. Loulw ln vain.” M d grown •rrnetomad to this laaett- being Th e Happy New Yean SOM and was nearly convinced sab- woman than a girt." "How did you know be didn't “T hat’s all very well,” he thought, “but I can’t understand Ureo» was not pleased by Ihe pat- corner' •Mocloualy that It would go on for why he should look so old!" ever Within sight then- we» nothing lonltlng manner of this rich cotton "Your telegram." which might break Into It nnd she man 8he mid promptly : Brena M id: " I waited there three ® Perhaps he will by midnight o f 19261 « .j.- - . , r- "The Information you wanted! W at had ao pang* because of that. Hhe days. I watted. I was frightened. sot her face towanl tomorrows. She It about m e!" But I grew more In those three days I'annalee looked up with a «Ingle might have been ex|>ected, therefore, F o r S a to — (kearharl knitting ma than I have ever grown In three FARM R E M I N D E R S sharp thrust of hi* glance; he adjust to be startled wln-n Hie |und broke chine. Value, $35. Will trade year*." ed hi» tie and hi* opinion of Miss 8et- In upon her. "Yea," Mid Parmalee with a flicker fo r a n y th in g I r a n u s e o r *eIF It came In the form of Compton com at one time, lie pot npon hla of tenderness again. T can under c h e a p f o r c a s h . B r id g e ’» S e c - Harm »Ic e Potato seed baits are of little unwrinkled, clean-shaven face a typ stan d ." ond H and S t o r e . Adv p 5 -6 Brens had been writing In her bnt ical Ingratiating «mile. Ha took his “You have beard no word from him use except to* some one inter room nndor the roof. It was still hot, pointed rhln. which, combined with ested in developing new pota •InceF although the Texas fall had come and hla npslantlng eyebrows to give him a varieties. Most workers "No word. And I thought that It to Brens, with her sleeves rolled back ■stenle expression, not onpleaslng. In along this line do not care for might be my duty to tell—” from her shapely yonng arm* with his small, white, cold band. "No, no, no!“ exclaimed the man, seed balls unless they know liie thalr cream-colored akin, had been »»»I» - o i » - a « ,'u iv information jumping up. " I f there li any duty In plant supplying the pollen also bending over her tittle table trying to I seek Is shout a certain man." •et down In the form of a written Khe glanced around her quickly, •• the world It la not to tell. Few would Seeds may be washed out of drama the story nf the one other girt If to be aure that no one elae had ever understand— as I understand. It the balls like tomato seed. who worked now In the Porto Klran come with him anil was sitting oat would do no good. If I can-do nothing, These seeds planted in a green i Embroidery store. The story was not alde the circle of radiance from Ihe what purpose would It serve yon to •S dramatic a story as It may bars ga« mantle that made the faces of try? For God’s m k r think of your house in March, transplanted to cold frames in .April and to the | appeared to llrena at seventeen. Nor human being» suddenly turn livid and self." "And I promised him." she Mid. field in May, often produce fair could Brwna have written a play be ghastly «» 1‘armalee’a had turned and TVhat difference does It make that I sized tubers the cause ah* bad no knowledge whatever as »he felt her own had turned. first year. of tha craft of writing plays, which "Ye«- You »ant me to be more spe see. clearly now what • man he in— Much variation always occurs she later found out la a mutter of rine.” he Mid In n low voice. " I wig my promise to keep sile n t" "Quiet r commanded Parmalee. and selection and testing must •killed carpentry and not Inspired, aa be. The man Is—" Itrona had con cel veil It. For al1 of He stopped, simulating perhaps a "Not so loud. No porpoM la served follow for several years. hy stirring up a search." this she now sake to be forgiven, since yeluctaiice to speak tha name. Brens held her breath. everynno, usually In extreme youth, "A search? You mean that yen do Experience at the Astoria ex “Jim Hennepin," he l i f t . “An em not know where he la. Mr. P arm aleeF periment station shows writes a play and nearly everyone, as that Hrena. startled and surprised at tha ployee or peritai« a better word la The broker lowered hie voice: "Yea." those varieties of ruta bagas secret labor, thrnets the manuscript associate." Mid he. "Not only have you and Mrs. Into • drawer when a knock cornea. Without a flutter In her dark eyes. IVIIkle heard nothing and hls father that grow deeper in the ground Brena snld : It v u Mrs. Wilkie. heard nothing, bnt I have heard noth are more likely lo stand severer "W ell t" she said, exploding her "Oh, then you do not want to see ing. Apparently after h« had decided freeiing in Oregon than those usual astonishment. Inquiry and dis me—you want to see Mr. Hennepin’s to take you away from Dallas this that stick up in the air. Some •ant—Mrs. IVIIkle." approval In one puffed word, thing described aa a call com«.* of the more resistant roots llrena «Milled. I’armnlee shook his head from side "Yes.” seem a little more fibrous than "You better pul yourself to right* I" to side. "Perhaps we'd better sit "There Is still a balance of • con the more tender varieties. •«Id the landlady, holding the edge down.” he suggested. Y °S T A F F O T I f siderable sum to hls credit In th« of of the varnished yellow door. "Yon Her face flushed ss ah« told him fle«. I will tell yon conflilentlally that heller dress your best! You’ve got • •he would prefer to aland, but he only he has not claimed I t As far aa I Bacteria! gummosis or cher culler." shrugged Ills shoulders. ran And oat, no man, woman or child ry in western Oregon is ca "T o see me?" "Has she heard from him F he for nearly half a year haa seen Jim pable of wrecking a fine heal "Yes, to see you. And such a caller I asked. ’Today F Hennepin. No one misses him, to b« in It*« Mr. Pnrnmleel” "No." said llrena. "she hasn't had • sure. And for you to sacrifice your thy young cherry orchard Itrona stiffened. She asked: "W hat line from him since he left Pallas. self—that would be utter folly I He the first few years of its lite. does he want to see me fo rt" There Isn't anything- -a t the office ?" Orchardists who use masxard has gone—like th is !" "I don’t know.’i Mrs. w tlkle admit "No, hla acco rate are all right." re Parmalee held up hls small clenched cherry seedling trunk and frame led. " I certainly wish I did. lie haa plied I'armalee. I t appears that you flat, opened It suddenly and blew an w o rk for all varieties of sweet ( « M i l e s uf money! lie speculated dur are anxious on that point—In hla be Imaginary speck of dust from Its palm cherries find that the bodies of ing this year and he'a made a for half. Are yon fond of h lm F Into oblivion. such trees nearly always escape tune !’* "Not In the slightest.’’ Brena an "1 will go down just ss I am,’’ snld swered with a voice which showed no this destructive disease. Itrens calmly and firmly. "I do not emotion whatever: »he might have CHAPTER VII care aliout his fortune, Mrs. Wilkie. been asked whether she liked cold raw Grain is often sowed in Ore I want to And nut what he wants of •llceil tomatoes. Midwinter had come before Brena gon during favorable weather me." Ha "W ell, that’s surprising—very, In saw Compton Parmalee again. Y o u'll think It a cheering Compton Purmslee did not appear deed,” he said with a thrust of hls sent for her two days after Christ through the entire winter, says mas ; he asked tf she could coma to the 0 . A. C. experiment station. at nil anxious to any what he wanted. glance. "You were friendly F treat There is less ehanee of los* He wiih a »mail, wiry limn, careful ef "Yea," she »aid. " I suppose that we hls office. W h e n w e’re b rin g in g up Ids dress, who nl«ive everything else were very friendly. I do not know The call had come over the tele wiih wheal that has been treat th e heo*.— F r o m t h a was setf-eontuliied. lie thrust hi* whv you are asking me these ques phone to the store where she wns still ed with copper earnonale than p ro v e rb s o f M r. Q u ick glances. Aa llrena Selcosa csnie In tions." employed and Brena answered that with Ihe old treatments bui the door he thrust a glance nt her and "That will appear," he said gravely. she would try to lewve an hour earlier W F .T .L bring heat to then looked up at the celling ss If hla "You will see that 1 am your friend than usual so that she could come at there is always the chance that the grain will * start and b e mind was digesting that which hla In this. Miss Belcoes. I think you will Tour. ™ your house- all you established gmy eyes hud photographed. As sha My that I came here to do you a W inter dusk had begun to settle caught before well have to do is to ask us. came toward him Inquiringly, he rose, service." over the city before she wes shown when there is a period of sur We will tell you the sy»- thrust another glance nt her and For just a flick of time something Into the broker'« office hy a stenog face freezes and thaws. Un tefti that's best suited lo looked out the window considering. rose from the depths of Compton Par- rapher, who, never haring seen a When she stopped he thrust once malee and Brenn suw It. It waa al woman caller liefore, raised her eye less there is too much land to your home. more and snl down looking si the car most an clflnvlum of the hurled best brows as she closed Ihe door after handle in the spring it is rrob- till spring pel. Rveryoue who ever knew Comp In him—the stir of n dying thing try the entrance of tlila beautiful stranger. ahiy best to wait ton I'srimdee will remember the char ing to come to life. It was half a Through the great plate glass win opens up and sow the standard acteristic Inspection of thnt daring benevolent love of hla fellow man : dows of the luxurious office Brena spring varieties. •peculator. half the call of an Isolated, warped could see the flaming sunset In the "Are you Miss Sclcosst” he asked, and lonely soni. It waa the thing WMt and against It, in dark outline ns If now- that he was able to fasten which she saw later nnd to which she (To bo continued next week) his «Hxe upon her, he found It Im gave In her folly, hnt now It flickered probable that the girl he saw In all for a moment on thnt strange esthetic her freshness of youth was the girl gambler’s face nnd waa gone. Chevrolet is on ils way to he had t ome lo see, "You telegraphed to Jim Hennepin ward ils 3-millionth automobile. "Vex." Uu luild from Ut. I sin Is,” he snld. "That tele gram waa opened.” CA TA RRH French pear ami California, "W h e n F naked Brena. "When It Catarrh la a lg>ral dioeaM greatly tn- Did you ever heaF of the ain- flu rn ra d by C o n s titu tio n a l c o n d o le r à . black walnut root* are resistant! came? Of course.” biiious young college graduate M A I.L /8 C A T A R R H M F O I C I N I ; c o n - He did not deny It. He said: “It who declared his intention of • i*U o f a n O in tm e n t w h ich g iv e s Q u ick to the mushroom root rot fun- R e lie f by lo c a l a p p lic a tio n , a n d th e was Just your me»Mige, 'I am wait mi» in Oregon while Japanese In te r n a l M ed icin e, a T o n ic , w h ich * c t a ing.' und It wns signed. *B.’ It took going out and waking up the th ro u g h th » B lo od o n th » M u ro n » S u r saml pear «ml Fuglish walnut a little Inquiry for me to know thut country? Two weeks later he fa c e » »n d » M i» t» in rid d in g y o u r S y s te m o f C a ta r r h . roots nre highly susceptible, re this telegram was probably sent hy was out selling alarm clocks Bold by druggì» ta for o v e r 4» T e a r » . port* the O. A. C. experiment! you." F. J. Chaney * Co., Toledo, O. "But u a r ly fly« month« A tro gora.” to t h a sleep y s u b u r b a n ite s . MI'M I»' !»••« l l ) T* Vanishing t ir i WMU M lM (Continued Fro m U lt W aak) ir bi « j mire r.ren Irur limi Tlfonu limi In hw »*••• ■*--*- -*• * * I ■ultimo «in»» iw p actaM e vulgarity « Il Irli * | i | i nrnl lo Urea« un infinitely morv onniiii lima ihr «inalar of a m i or (ho rrlooa of poMtonai» nimao Ttml »ho won n puri «f Ihla «tuli timwD - i - , vmh « i «umuuuled bjr ri ri inni» an ti antug prrann» omo irm i nmirtu oilljr without lilm» or tool« In n munii of I n u m i In aurh filino» n» al raw- borrjr fm ilrala. now halo, pink rrlln Ioli] hair receiver», Humlav nrwopu |HT». half pound« of rhorolntra. rani aninoo. etiquette, nnpkln rlno*. Ihr ihr Mirollr livra of artrrooro nul royalty, soutenir etsmna. phinro |moi*l ranlo, talking mm-blnon. hoorlmll ertimi, »plr lluollom, anal tlernrnled sentiment» nr vulanrltlra frnun-il for the wall, run an niHimal) llkr piantina « proti) among lha rahhogra. 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