N 'i _ l D Sîar b ima &l£2MS i t $ W m us WI m î VMs ?/ FOR ANYTHING IN GENERAL The well-known “St*r” en the heel means that it is a pure shoe—a Letter a w ft e tor the price you pay. It means just as much e-i does the word “Sterling” on silverware. You have probably bought shoes that looked good, but found that they had “pap ; " insoles, heels and counters. These adulter ations are cleverly hidden by the outer finish. But the makers of “Star B-and” shoes have made a consist ent fight against adulterated shoes. They are fighting for state and national laws compelling makers of adulterated shoes to stamp them as containing substitutes for leather. Nothing yet known can taka the place of leather for making shoes that wear long and protect the feet. “Star Brand” shoes are made of good, honest leather. No substitutes for leather are ever used. This policy of producing only “pure shoes” has made “Star Brand” the largest selling shoes in existence. The sales of “Star Brand” shoes last year amounted to $13,671,186.19 p No other concern ever made or shipped as many shoes in one year. You should be just as careful to buy pure shoes as you are to buy pure foods. Ask for shoes with the “Star” on the heel. You can get them for every age, station and occasion of life. 'Star Brand Shoes Are Better'* Ü¡ MERCHANDISE G lo v e r d a le ¡3 M e r c a n t ile Go. For Sale by CLOVERDALE MERCANTILE CO. V<¡T ' TEE STORE OF QUALITY w | motive. He did not rem em ber any particular Alice, nor did he recognize the chlrogruphy. He sim ply m ade u mental note of the appointm ent and when the evening cam e around reach ed the G rand hotel at H o'clock and went to P arlor B A young Indy whom he had never seen before rose from her seat w ith a happy sm ile to m eet him. hut the smile faded Into a look of perplexity. “I never believed.” she said, “th at Arnold Tucker. aged nineteen, met two short years could have so changed and wooed Alice Umiliarti. aged six you.” teen Both being too voting to m arry— If Albert T ucker was anything he xo tlielr parents thought consent was wns gallant. given to the m atch only on condition “Two long years, you tnonn.” that they part, not to, nee each other “Have they been tong to you?" some for tw o years. If they w ere then of thing of the sm ile returning w ith n tin* - im e mind no objection would he faint blush raised to their union They w ere not “Each has been tin eternity.” to correspond, except during the last The lady looked up tenderly out of week of tin» tw o years* separation, at a pair of heaven's blue eyes. Bert which tim e they would need to m ake did not m istake; it would have been arrangem ents for tlielr meeting. brutal for him to m istake—a t least so One m orning Albert T ucker (not a he considered It lie bent forw ard and relative nor even an acquaintance of kissed her lips the "tid Arnold Tucker» was handed a M eanwhile he was racking his brain letter by a postm an addressed In a to place the glr! am ong those to whom fem inine hand and asked If It lielong he had on som e previously forgotten tal to him The w riting h u m so Indis occasion m ade love He oonld rem em tinct th at P arker could not be sure, ber a' Betty, a I.oulse. an Ethel, but no but replied by taking It In w ith other Alice. As for the last patronym ic he letters handed him at the sam e tim e could rem em ber only tw o of them . Miss <»n opening It he read the sim ple an Rralnnrd resem bled a girl he had met uouneeinent : at a house party at the home of his I will bo at th e (tra rsi hotel on T uesday friend Charles IVnle a couple of years and sf <11 ls> pio .«o I to see you th a t even- before and had become “spoons" w ith Ina You " ill timi m o tn P a rlo r B. second He sip •>(• t th at she was this girl, floor, a t * o'clock A L IC E u t huh not sure He determ ined to A ltart T ucker knew u great many (b take some risk to find out girls, a num ber of whom he had made “I would n<>t suppose." he said, “that love to for the purpose, ns he express so much would hupiam slrire th at de- •il it. i>f passing th e tim e, and w as not i lightful period we at C harlie’s." const Ions of any of them accepting his "Charlie! W hat spent C harlie?" m inutions through any more serious It pays to advertise in the Cloverdale Courier "T h v yog ¡v not with us nt Charlie IVMe's Two years is a long .while, especially when parted from one we love E vents h c ’ome confused.” “ ! hope persons have not become • •onfused hi your case W as there some girl with v horn you n m em ber to b are had a 'delightful period?’ ’* •Wot at all Now I rem em ber, it wu* a stag party " "A st. g party! Do men have delight ful rem em brances of stag parties? But this |s not pertinent to our m eet ing T he question w ith us is. n av ln g been parted for tw o years, having grow n older, do we wish to accept the prom ise m ade us when we separated?" Bert would have given worlds to know w hat that prom ise w as; Indeed, he m ust know w hat it w as or give up this struggle at pretense “ I h a te forgotten." he stam m ered, •jusr w hat th a t prom ise was." H ad an Ice l*>lt been shot betw een the tw o It could not have effected a greater change. The girl started, then recoiled from him "W hat have I done?" he gasi»ed. "W hat have you done? You have stabbed me to the h e a rt While 1 have counted the m onths, the weeks, the days till we m ight take advantage of th at prom ise, you have forgotten w hat It was Oh. heavens! W hat shall 1 do?" She threw herself on a sofa und bur led her face in the cushions. "There Is som ething wrong here," said I’crt in desperation. “Aye you sure I am "— She started up "You are Arnold?" "1 am not I am Tucker.” "Arnold Tucker. And you have for g o tten "- "I'm AH»ert T ucker.” "A lbert?" "Commonly called B e rt And now. for heaven's sake, do tell me who you are: I m ust adm it I can’t place you." T ucker never forgot th at w ithering look It w as some tim e before Miss Brain ard deigned to Inform him who she was. and there was an explanation Tucker was a cool chap. He apolo gized for his share of the m istake, adding: "I can only offer to return the one thing you have given me.” "W hat 1« th at?" asked Miss Braln- ard "The k iss" A sm ile broke Into a laugh. T he real Tucker never appeared, nnd the spu rious T ucker eventually m arried the girl.