G sh of explanation. many months came back to her Dewar’s Wager | the After registry receipt that had accompa (Continued from reverse |> Vt) tiled the ring. Because It bore his strohg signature Maud kept It among took out the onyx amulet and I: id it ! her treasures. la her hand, hut tie waved away the Ever since then Dick Carleton had proffered money j ardently wooed her. "Kffcndl has paid for It.” he said in a mu tiled tone: Six mouths afterward Dick Carleton "Hut 1 cannot take It un'ess you let I sat in the smoking room of his club. ine pay for it. The gentleman is not n One by one his companions yawned relative; he is merely a friend." she i and went home to dress for dinner. said haughtily. Dick was left alone with his gloomy So Gish Dewar humbly took the thoughts. money and locked It in his copper box. That afternoon he had proposed to “ WVar it next your heart. It will Maud Raymond and had been firmly bring hack one who loves you.” he refused. •aid. “ I don't love you. Dick, and I never Maud slipped the amulet into her shall.” she had said. purse. So Dick hml excellent reason to be “ Will It bring hack one I love?" she melancholy, and there were other un­ whispered, blushing. pleasant memories that would not be •‘From across the world!" he said, banished and she fled, blushing hotly. Ho ordered another glass of whisky As If the crafty promises of nn and soda and sipped it moodily Egyptian fortune teller could restore i Out of the silence of the room a Elmer Winn to her! i voice spoke like the crack o f a whip. She had been engaged to him when “ Ah. Carleton. I was looking for you!” In* set sail for Chinn several years ago. Dick half rose from his chair and and slu* had never received a letter co n fro n ts Elmer Winn's haudsome from him. She learned that he was bronzed face. Winn's bands were there and prospering. braced on the table, and his broad If he had chosen this way to break shoulders loaned across the polished their engagement Maud would meet mahogany. him halfway, so she sent out to him “ False friend!” he said cuttingly. her engagement ring without one word i “It Don’t Hurt a Fact to Hammer it.” The fact wu wish to hammer is that Alex McNair &. Co.’s store gives more quality, service and satisfaction than any other store in Tillamook county. Oar Phenomiual Success Demonstates that Fact. Remember Alex McNair & Co. for Builders’ Hardware, Eave Troughing, Farm Tools, Shelf Goode, Cutlery, and every­ thing kept in a fully stocked hardware store. j Â18X McNair & Co., Tmamook,0re. CLOVERDALE HOTEL C LO VE R D ALE , ORE. A H om e for Travelers and Visitors Meals 35e and 50c Beds 50e and up. 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"A ll'« fnlr In love.” he mut­ tered sullenly. “ False fri(«oL” repeated Winn. “ Yon wrote to me that you were already married to Maud. I was so enraged that I hated all o f you. even my coun­ try. and 1 would uot read a newspaper from home. 1 believed your lie. and when a few weeks later I received my ring from her I knew you had spoken truly. “ I left China. I have money. I have wondered the world over, amusing my­ self by various methods in many lands. “ Once In a bazaar In Cairo I saw you and her. and her hands were bare of rings. I knew she was not married to yon—that you lied!" Carleton was cringing In his chair. "I loved her!" he whispered hoarsely; “ So did I.” reminded the other man; then, with n sudden change o f voice. he added; “The wager, effendl!" “ What do you mean. Winn? Why do j you speak like the curio seller In the I bazaar at Cairo?" gasped Dick. "Because I am he!” thundered the other. “ 1 became Oish Dewar, the ; onrio denier, because it amused me to form part of that colorful life. I was lonely. But now“ —his voice softened— “It is different. I sold the onyx amulet to a lady, and I promised her that If she would wear It next her heart it would bring back one she loves and . one who loves her." He turned away. “ Where are you going now?” de- j manded Dick. “ I am going to make her wish come tnio." said the man who had been Gish Dewar, and behind him on the table he left a copi>er box containing 600 ■ piasters.