Ç—Zelda Dameron—P
CIUrTFH XVII
I ( '«.I,Ilnur,! )
>!• 4»cl*to*l to g o direct to Dam»r >n
• nd apeak to him of the defect In the
deed, more from curtoolty »• to whet
the old man would »ay than with jnr
Idea of helping the altuatlun on hie
part, conaldervd pr*jf**»»l*>nally or per
sonally; but ho Ju»llfi»d hlmaelf
o
the wore <>f the old relatlonahlp be
tween Carr and Dameron. t'arr wee
out of reach; iMlghlon did not even
know hie exact addreae at thia Um»
And there wao old Rodaay Merriam,
hla beet friend, and there wax Zelda*
Idameron eat at hla .took with a maae
of papers before him aa iMlghton en
tered The old man wore a oarloua air,
to which the mass of pap**ra contrib
uted. A puailed lo*k crossed hla face
aa ho ralaed hie ey»a and
retarded
I.»lghton dreamily
Then auddenly, .a
though Juat re. tiling
l^rlghlon.
ha
arnlled and rose from hla chair
”My dear Mr iMlghton, thia la a rare
honor; I am delight*'*! to eee you, air "
lie had never greeted iMlghton •>
« r.lially before.
"I*ardon me .Mr Dameron I hava
come on an Impertinent errand "
I can’t Imagine It," aald the old man.
graciously
nut I do so on the score of your old
friendship with Mr Carr He la al»»nt
or I ahould have referred the aubj»*-|
of my errant! to him You undoubtedly
have your own counael In Mr Carr'a
abaenca."
M>oelf! I have enjoyed Mr f irr’e
advice through eo many years that I
feel I have a fair knowledge of the law
We have both" -and ho Indicated Mor-
Ml
a g- «• ,r.
.................
joyed the Instruction ot an excellent
pl» eptor
a'. I h"
»• I
ver
hit
hands "Well, air!'*
"I.have Juat happened to learn of «
deed given by you to the Patoka land
and Improvement Company for a bl*xk
of lota lying south of town. Of course.
It la a pure oversight, but you neglect
ed to gel an order of . ->*irt. approving
the sale
I th *gbt I would mention II
to you
It is a sale of sonie Import
ance
And now I am sure you will
pa rdon me "
Morris turned toward the door, but
the g| | num i
>d eaten
hand.
"Ah." he began, with a droll air of
coquclri. "we have had th*- same pre
captor?
You have a capital eye. Mr.
Leighton.
I quite admire It In you.
and I thank you. ! am aware of the
provision you Indicate Hut I have pro
vided for It
The Jude« la away from
home Juat now and the gentlemen to
whom I have sold were anxious to get
title without, delay.
It doesn’t
look
quite regular. I admit
My duties as
trustee are nearly at an end
Only a
few days more of responsibility. W«
will make a new deed If ne.-veeary —
but the purchaser will be protected. We
are all all honorable men!"
"Very good. air. I am sorry to have
disturbed you" and Leighton went out
I>amerun’a manner had been odd. ths
bld man had frequently spoken to him
al home, but usually with cold formal
lly; but hla greeting a moment t»efore
had lieen with exuberant
cordiality
Morris had never quite made pomeron
out. and he was not Battened with an
explanation that the ; ->r»»t lawyer at
And the old man had deliberately lie 1
about the absence of the Judge of the
court, whom Morris had Seen but • few
hours l>efore.
The bubble that E»rw Dameran had
blown upon the air was near the end
of its perilous voyage
Ills dream >f
corn at a dollar a bushel a dream
wrought of the tllmlisl shadows—was
dispelled. The danger of a great de
struction of corn by
mid September
frosts had passed
A member of th*<
Chicago firm of brokers through whom
he had been trading, had called that
day, having paid a visit to Marlona
merely to see what manner of man It
was who had cast money upon the
waters eo prodigally, maintaining a
fantastic dream of values at the ex
pense of a small fortune.
iMlghton'» call had made Dameron
uneasy,
tie had squandered hla own
property months before; and now Sei-
da's estate was largely dissipated; and
he faced the necessity of rendering •*■
account of his stewardship within a
few
hours.
l-eighton undoubtedly
knew something of the transactions by
which the real estate held by Kara
lunuron. trustee, had been sold; and If
iMlghton knew, then Rodney Merriam,
who was at homo again, would
un
doubtedly know at once. He must save
himself; a plan had formed In hie mind
by which he could hide his duplicity
•nd put off for a year perhaps forever
—the fa. t that the gr*.a',er part «f Zol-
da'S property was gone
Hut first he
must get Into his own hands the op
tion ho had given Halcomb for the
sale of the creek strip. The sale had
hung fire unexpectedly, but he rsjolcwl
that this property had been saved un
til the last; he firmly believed that ho
should ultimately bring back to the
empty treasury the money
he
had
thrown away; but while he waited he
must study more minutely the condi
tions that created price» In a short
while, all would be well again; but ho
muri retain his hold upon what re
mained of Zelda's property.
Capital
would be necessary for hla future op
erations
The creek strip must
be
saved and hold for a greater price than
oats on»Ion carried Ho sent at ones for
Halromb, who came In looking a trifle
annoyed
"I wish you wouldn't sent for mo at
the busiest hour of my busiest day.
Mr Irameron
I suppose you want to
know about the purchase of the creek
strip
Well, we're not quite ready to
close It to-day. That’s a big echomr
and all our money Isn't paid In yet."
"Then the option I m ist have back
the option at once " And the old mo
spoke In a peremptory tone that was In
marked contrast with the mildly In
sistent note he had of late been using
"Not at all. sir That la a thirty-diy
option and has ten days longer to run "
"To be sure, but the trust expiree to
morrow; I had no right to bind the
estate tiey on d my trusteeship
To
morrow Is my daughter's birthday My
administration of her affaire Is ended.
I must trouble you to give me the pi
per "
"Not much, I won't! We’ve been de
layed for a few days, but you've got
to carry out the deal
That was part
of the oonslderatlon when we took your
lots; and moreover you accepted mon
The trusteeship
ey on the option
Of course, your
doesn't cut any tea
-laughter Is morally, If not
lognlly,
bound by your acta. I can't stop any
longer Hefore the 10th of Ortobar we ll
f-e ready to cloe*. and meanwhile you'll
please be good enough to remember
that approval of th» sale of those lots
Home of three people we're Belling ’ ■
may l*e silly enough to have the title
looked Into and I don't want any non
sense about IL You remember I fixed
all that with my company to please
you merely to get that option.
My
own hands are dean, you understand.
If anything happens. Good day. Mr.
iMmsrvn."
"Hut wait I can't do It. I
must
have that option—" began iMmeron.
and there was a pitiful whine In hie
voice; but Halcomb went
out
and
slammed the door
J. Arthur Halcomb had enjoyed a
successful year
Things were running
smoothly with him; he had no doubt
In tlto world that he could rfilitn» hie
“pt I...-» -n th- <(<-k strip
of
land
whenever he wished. He knew Zeids
Immeron, and he was quite convinced
that she was not a girl to avoid obliga
tions Incurred by her father.
1'H.ll ri It XVIIt
Morris expected Rodney M< rriam to
manifest wrath and Indignation at the
recital of Kara Immeron's
Ill-doing,
but the old gentleman In Seminary
H-|uare listened in silence, and at the
»»id asked;
"Well, what are wo going
to do
about Itr"
"That's the rub—there's not mu* h
of anything that you can do. The trust
Is a wide-open thing
He Isn't requir
ed to report to anybody and he gives
no bond; but he must get the court's
approval before he cells anything, and
then he must reinvest the money in
other realty. It la significant that he
has been selling at desperate prices
toward the end of his trusteeship. He
must l*e han! up."
Merriam had never sp‘ken of hla
brother-in-law to lx>lghton except In
terms of respect, and he
hesitated
now
"My sister's Idea In making
that
will." he began, quietly, ''was to deal
generously with a blackguard. It was
her pride. Rhe had made a mistake"
He (mused and the blood rushed to
hla face He was checking hla wrath
with difficulty.
"He had ruined her life. We were
all opposed to her
marrying
Bare
Dameron; but she was not a child,
but a grown woman Hhe left her prop
erty to Zelda through him; and she
wouldn’t admit to the rest of us. even
at the »nd. that she did not trust him
Hhe doubtless thought
his
avarice
would protect her child."
"As near as I can make out, all the
property that Mr. iMmeron will ba
able to turn over to hla daughter will
be the farm out here and the old home
stead and the creek property
He sold
the Dameron IWo*-k about twe months
ago 11« has sold the original holdings
and he has not bought any other real
property with the money, as the will
provided. There ta. you know, no pen
alty for a non-performance of the ob
ligations of the trust. Hla needs have
undoubtedly grown quite recently, for
he has been doing buelneee with Hal
comb—fooling away the
property.
Maybe he's Insane!"
“Ixm't be a foot; he's sane enough;
he's a thief, that's all!" «declared Rod
ney. Irascibly.
"If Miss Dameron wished to take
advantage of her rights she might have
this last sale »»! aside. I win under
take to do that."
"And a nice lot of publicity we't get
out of It. too
Na str. wo won't do
that sort of bustoeaa. My family has
lived in thia town a good many years,
and some of us have been fools, and
some of us have failed, but Zelda has
the right key. She's pitched It pretty
high; but well keep It at the same
note. If we can
How much did ha
get for those lots?"
"Twenty thousand dollars; but no
doubt my friend Halcomb kept a hand
some commleeton.
I'll rather enjoy
settling with him "
“He's one of the Jewels produced by
our college, isn’t he?"
“He was the bright particular star
of mr claae Ho was well fitted by na-
i
' ture la be a clerk tn a runu r»n»ra<
J Buttee.
store, or more likely, a barker for a
Tltore la no place tn which brwaa
circus el de-shew or the advance agent and buttar <*n to. so bor.ol'.«lol or
for a hair tonic. Hla education ruine-1
poSeoti ous os In the nursery
T;«e
him.
He has the smooth facility of
i the superficial
mind -even
showed wiwes thing you can give a young
I some literary gift, and wrote the boot baby, under a year old. ta bread, says
s writer
Rut later on broad bw
í eaea> a In the class "
It should nevor bo
"I know the type
A short horse conwie useful
' soon curried "
given nww to a child at aay age but
One wty Is to pay no attention
There's the option on that ptoca of e»*Ja bran*, or toast, or bread baked
ground out on the creek It might pos
to It; at least not until it de*
crisp to the oven, la excellent for
•Ibly be binding on Mias Dameron after children
They really want more
velop« into pneumonii, or
t the trusteeship has been closed
Hal •
crisp foods nowadays, and if this tact
bronchitis, or pleurisy. An
cumb'e pretty smooth, and if the ol4
' man la In straits, you can't toll what was taken to heart the next geaer».
other wsy is to ask your doc
Gon would suffer leea from ¿«-oywd
he'll do"
tor
about Ayer’s Cherry Pec
tectb
and
weak
digestion
"Let him blow It all In. Morris
I
toral. If he says, “ The best
shall be disappointed Is there's a cent
Hsslthy (ngland.
left He can have the money
I want
thing for colds,” then take it.
We have much to l»am from F?ng
the glrL"
Do as he says, anyway.
England
"Halcomb ta undoubtedly • elndllng land In the way of bigtone
hla aaaoelatas in the land o»*npany; owes her great eoperli rity In that rw-
they are quite likely to squeal
lial- si*c< to spacial laws and regulation^
- mb w • ildn't hesitate al«- *t throwing and also to th» ch-apness of 1. m »»
t! ■■ ' an . for any Irregularity an lam
aary" foods -Harts Hrgtono.
eron."
' l-v-t him do It What do we care
Dry Cleaned Them.
I for Itemaron'"
"Why la your grandpas fane band- When th« bowtls are c«nvt:pated, poi
"Hut I th • :ght you wanted Io avoid ag«*1
sonous substsnees are s'»orbed into the
asks the lady next door
I a scandal. for Mias Itameron'u sake—.
"He was sleeping In bis big chair." blood In steed <>' being dsily remo*. ed from
•
rhe body a* nature intended. Knowing
explains the little girl, “and Willie
best thing and the right thing
You
this danger, doctors alwsvs inquire about
turned
the
not
sic
of
the
vacuum
-
1
—
the conation of the bowels. Ayer's Hill*.
are not anxious for publicity "
rr against bls whisk* rs*—Life
aa«A» ay ta» i. c. Ay»» O».. Law»u. Mm -■**
|
M.-et certainly not"
"We've gut to approach Mise Danto»
on. and tell her the whole matter
It
I is not a pleasant thing to do. but If ,
; we get her help if that should eoetn
the beet way
"
Catarrh and Blood Dlsoaao -
Ila»« rwr
»*»! »r J pUt» and brad#«
They were deeply engr*»»»-*! and dll
dor»«
F*< <ait -».f-t»*wn pair «< • wo
puata
Doctors Failed to Cure.
' r.eacawukrv
not hear ths bell r the servant open
Miss Ma>»el F. Dawkins. IJI4 lafay-
PM1CDI
Ing the front d- *r
ette Ht, Fort Wayno. Ind
writs»:
Iw (IW
IS 00
•'fncle Rodney!"
"For thr»» years 1 wae troublm! with
Ok kew ha 11 St
H->th men sprang ta their feet Sai catarrh and blood dlaeaae. 1 tri“d sev
GM »«to*
JI w
eral doctors and a d< un different rem-
da stool tn the library door.
iBMWia*
Si 00
"Glad to see you. Zee." Bald her an eiiira, but nun» of them did me any
to » IO m .
SO»«
• <>o<L A frl- r.d told me of Hood's Far*
cle, quietly
a>l -Tllia. 1 t “k two bottles of thto
GU MG* rtw. $S 00
Rhe looked from one to the other an-1 inedlcine and was aa well and strong
le« kW Ka-War
_ . _
nodded to Murria.
aa »ver. I feel like a different persoa
I**««
SOr
”Y -u 4 m t |< - k »*■ awfully glad. I ar d re ommend >1- “d'a to any one suf
hKHT MKTIIODB
must aay. If I've come In upon a con- j fering from catarrh."
f'aln'r«« F«t»«rtinn Fre* when platwi or bHdffP
Get It today In usual liquid form or
splracy t'il take myself off The gloom
work w erde»wl
Ctontoultai-on Fr««.
You cantwC
(.hwulaled tablets > utoJ bareatabo-
here la eo thick you could grow mush
get better
worh •nywhena. no matter
h*vw
anurh
you
pay
room» in tt"
AN Warb fisNv GaaarafWeetl far Fifteen Year«
kmbsrrsMing
"I'm glad you happened
In.
Z«ov
There's something I wish to speak u>
Hlcootiglie are dlrtlnctly mortifying
you about. We may aa well discuss It to ths victim
Aa they arw sigi«» of
now
and If It's agreeable to you. fl poor dlgoatlon an ! may mean twvd
IIJ« NS^hsngton Sl.t
should like Mr !x>lghton to stay. It's ; e»*snarh tn»ubto, If of frequent occur
a legal matter that we may want him rence*. they should be treated mmtlcln
Portland, Oregon
to advise us about"
ally
F'*r temporary cures try gradu Take rar e»
»nd tmnefer to Waahinrlon St.
"You have a serious air I have yrv»
haven't l»en breaking any laws, you l ally dissolving a small lump of sugar
Flow alpping of b<4
two.
Certainly, Mr
lailghton
may on the tongue
water le a!»o g*»**!, or gargling the
stay "
Cured m
' Hit down. M rrls." said Mercian^ As ttr. at wit!i too w. *- r
Three
li barately.
Days
Z< l l.< had taken a chair In the corner
away from the sm- birring fire,
and
Marrlam found the chair that h» like!
least, with an unformed Idea that such
self-immolation fitted him bettor for
No Hypodermic Infections
This is the ponular ex
Y<aa ma take ihto treatment at the Institute
an unpleasant task
Ito did not begin
or your home and pour n>»f.«y wili heireturned
pression of the thousands
Imni d'itely »nd whll ha ollretad hla
if a perfect cure ib not af?r«*t«-*i
Inree'itfate
thoughts Zelda watched
him
with
thia, t< all! only take a few wnsm«mta to phone
of persons who have taken
tM
for
u.f«wmat»«-rt
.
SMetal
amusement
reference *■' M‘i rath'
h »r full inf«»rnua-
Hosteller’s Stonidth Billers
' If > ou knew how funny you took,
Uuri phone, ante or rail at »he
i'ncle Rodney. I'm sure you'd laugh
during th*' tiast 57 years
NEAL
INSTITUTE
And you see m a llllle ultra-Serio.>s
/Itome. .WerBho// J400
in
Cists
of
Blodtinx.
Heart
^4 Had!
t -u, Mr Leighton Pleaaa. uncía, loa t
scold me!"
burn, t1t*<!(i<H he, Indiges-
"Yea
Yea. to be sure." said Mer- ’
(ion, l>v spepsia, (oslive-
rlam. absent-mindedly, and I^lghton
and Zelda exchanged a smile *'I want
nes-s, Biliousness, Malaríd,
to speak to you about your property
HANO-acwao CLJ/^ETC
fever and Ague. If you
process
OI1WC.O
There are some things connected with i
MKwa sa oo u jo . »s oo. »s.jo, m oo. »s.oo
your affairs that you must know."
suffer from these ailments
WOMF.X S S3 40. M.M 40, M
"Rut father attends to everything—
get a bottle of the Bitters
boys ' *a oo »a 40 &. »s 00
youll certainly waste your talents on
THE STANDARD
me Ito let us talk of something cheer- ' today. It will do you good.
FOR 30 YEARS
fut "
Tk»y »>» »b»elut»ly tk»
"You know that your property, what
mo»t popular »»4 b»»t »bo»»
your mother had and wished to give to
tor G m pitc» n> America
you. was left in trust Your father la
Th.y •»■ tb» l»»d»r»»wry-
wh»t» !<•<»■•• they hold
the trustee "
th.tr »hap», f.t brttot.
"Yea. I know that."
look
toll»» sad w»»r loo-
otitsaxTio
' Y ■ ir father’s p-were have l-een sb
r.t ttkaa oth.r m»k»»
solute, lie Is not required to to give j
Th»y ar» po»ltlv»ly th»
STOMACH
an accounting to any ->ne except, of
m»»t »canonu<»l »bo»» for you to
. Otirse. to you. when he turns over th»
l»ourla»»»m» «ad th» r»t»il pnr» ar»
oa th» bottom —• valu» ,u»r»ot»»d
property on your birthday—that I» to
TAKg NO SUBSTITUTg! It root d»»Mr
morrow "
«•»so* •'‘»»ly r»“ W-It» Io* Mall O*4«i catalog.
"Yea. I boileve to-morrow la the first
W. L DOUGLAS. B oh I io ,. m »~.
of October.
I understand
perfe<-fly
that mother wished ma to know that
she trusted father aa she expected me
Irnts, Awnings, Sails
Union Painless Dentists
Uta, Mitrami» Ger« ea^ (e*«n
to trust him
That Is all very simple"
1 or ! '*• at fert'TY pr me
"Everything was left to > jr father's
r^llFM UM AM) AWSISG (O
discretion, but there were a few mln «r
fl bi. Hrat ht- Peruæd. <H
requirements
In rase he should set!
real estate, he was tn get the approval
of the court; and he was to buy other
real «-state with whatever he rt-allsed." ■
'That’s pr<du»bly Important, but not
amusing
1 really dropped tn to ask
what you were going to give me for
my blrth«1ay I’m almost sorry I came."
TWf eee te
gmt W teeri ri tos toerite li|iW>w toe
Out-of-Town People
) tot e •« mk Ler
~Y»ur father has sold some of the He fWy w« toMWd a t a<w f •
tobrsehl reaee«ht«er <het swr tare te an i»ry«*ise»l ih<to
ftsM autos to «wm toad »eetoi «w
tadw TM VBMM
real estate——"
em
-U
i»» tee** «»»«tre t'nuea hr»de» «»»4 Flete e.,r||
MSÍ HUW, 11M C
Ama» FwMa< 0»-a-
U» • dar 4 kr,«euif>
Foalii»s»i? pe«ai«M«B eitrer*.
"Of course. You escape a lot of trou- j
la« free ehea pkpee er Lr-dgee «rw uMered
H« rw
bls by not having real estate, eo father
« »ha ttMwK U- Situ« >ee4M to i ftwrte • ih.ml tba
tais
Mn Maderita ne Uri. enaltxlf . Ms« ersieh
says—taxes and all that
nut on:»
le« ehr» «te» ihe« « mw » sabeatifte aa4 careful «>>rk.
L o 4> sitonloHts
more, pardon me"'
K .wtol Teeth
The color was dying out of her far»
hrt ter Weh or Frieth without Hat** $ I >0 ’■> $5
and she twisted her fingers nervously '
(rt 1 t rsvwne
$ I 50 tu $5.<M>
Her heart was beating fiercely. It had ‘
F rekirirwR»
$1.50 t« $5 00
(k-»> <w >*t<re4a*n FUI.nra
$1 <H) Up
. ome at last this hour In which eh»
fi Iver Fi.'!1 re
$O< u $ | t>0
must face an attack upon her father |
iMuat Plate Mede
$7 50
N«. «-harp«»
flit ree» F.itrwct ?>< eben « thw
Hhe had known that It would come, an t
work to 4«w»e
U v*are Guarantee with all wu H l
she knew that aha should meet tt It
Houm is a. toi» sa.
Olh Mum*« Su «et.
angered her that the terms her uncle .
used were unfamiliar
Isiw ami bust- |
nose were unknown worlds to her Hhe
again followed her uncle's recital close- !
|y; ho was speaking with a sharp pr«
etalon that he had never used before
in talking to her.
<83 M adhon S t .
F oitia «», Outen
"Your father has sold a great deal of I
your property." he repealed; "and It '
appears that through neglect"—he beg- J
tlated—"or forgetfulneaa. the court's 1
approval was not aeeured In at least
one ease. Of course, thia can be cor
rected."
WhenYou
Take Cold
Years of Suffering
Dr. B. E. Wright
Dr. B. E. Wright Co.
It’s Simply Great
Drink
Habit
W. L. DOUGLAS
OSTETTER'
BITTER
FINKE BROS.
(To bo continued.)
Heeileeo R««rnl(y.
"Before tbelr marriage be aald abe
Should ba treated like a queen "
"Well." answered Mias Cayenne, "be
has kept bis word after a fashion His
household Is very like one of tbwe
llttl» luropean monarchie*."
When a girl marries tn haste
•omotimee her last chance
It's
*