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The - Main Chance a ar Mmrtdith 'NichoUon COPVaiOBT 1W3 Tbs Bossa-Masaiix CoMvaar CHAPTER Xtfl 11. (Continued.) - John Barton sat In tbe office of the T net Ion Com pan on a hot nlgbt In July. Fentoo Ltd Just left him. The transfer to the Margrave syndicate bad bran affected and John would bo mora sign hi mat-If "John Baiton, Receiver." Ilia work In (.'larkeon waa at an end. The Neponset Trust Company had called hhn to Hoeton for a conference, whoh meant, ha knew, a termination of bli ser vics with tbem. He had lately aold the Poindexter ranch, and ao little property remained on the Nepoiuiet'a booka that it could be cared for from the home- oltire, He had not opened the afternoon mall. He picked up a letter from the top of the pila, dated from Ban Franslsco, and read: "San Francisco. "My Dear, Sir : "I healtate about writing you, but thera ara aome thlnfi which I should like yon to understand before I go a why. I had fully, expected to remain with you and Bishop LMafleld and Jo return to Clarkaon that laet looming at Polndei tar'a. I cannot defend myself for baring run away; it muat have seemed a at range thing to you that I did ao. I bad fully Intended acting on the blahop'a advice, which I knew then, and know now, waa food. But when the weat-boand train came, tngr courage loft ma; I could not o back and face the people I bad known, after what had happrted. I told you the truth tbera is the ranch nous that night ; every word of It waa true. May be I did not make it clear enough how weak I am, Thiuja came too easy for me, I fueea; at any, rate I waa never worthy of the good fortune that befell sue. It seemed to mo that for two years verythlng I did waa mistake. I sup poae if I had been a real criminal, and Dot merely a coward, I should not have n tangled myself aa I did and brought aalamlty upon other people. When 1 reached here I found employ ment with a shipping house. 1 have told kind to me. He aaema to understand my case, and la giving me a good chance to begin ever again. I suppose the worst possible things ban been aald about ma, nd I do not care, except that I hope the people In Clarkaon will not think I was guilty of any wrong-doing at the bank, 1 read In the newspapers that I bad stolen Us bank's money, and I hope that waa corrected. The booka must have proved what 1 say. 1 node re land bow that what I did waa worse than stealing, but 1 should like you and Mr, Porter to know that I not only did not take other ptople'a money, but that In my fooliab relatione with Margrave I did not rs rlve a cent for the shares of stock which tie took from me neither for my own tior for those of Misa 'Porter. I don't blame Margrave ; If 1 had not been a - -coward ha could not have played with tt as be did. "The company la sending dm to one of its South American booses. I go by aieeor to-morrow, and you will not hear from me again. 1 should like you to know that 1 have neither seen nor heard anything of my brother sine that night. With beat wishes for your own happlnaoa aad prosperity, yours sincerely, "JAMKS WHKATON." Oa his way home to the club flatten topped at Klsbop Dels Be Id a Noma, and found the bishop, aa usual preparing far Bight. Time did not change Bishop LMa Beld. He was one of those meat who reach hA and never, apparently, pass It. lie and Sax tea were fast friends now. The bishop missed Warty out of his life ; Warry waa always ao a rosea! hie and so bearing. John wae tot so accessible and be had not Warnr a liiataeoa. nut the bishop of Clarksoa liked John Sexton. The bishop sat with hie Inevitable Bane-baggage by ale side and read Whee oa'a letter throng a, "How Ignorant we are 1 he said fold ing h. "1 seaeotlBM think that we who try ve sal slater ta the aeeda ef tbe poor la spirit e ant area know the rudiment odour trade. We are pretty kelpie wlH men like Tfheatoa. They are appar ently Boreas; they yield re a temnta- tiee. ao Car aa any avaa knows; they are wxemplary oharactera. I Mppase that the are. living Unle tragvdtaa all the tlaa. Tbe asoral esward la avore to a pitied tkaa the apsa criminal. Toa know -where ta lad tbe criminal ; bat th moral werdts aa enkaewa ganntlty. Ufa to am. see haatnses. Job, and the eMer I got the Mas I Ulna I tas af It." He Ighed and handed bach the letter. "Bat he's doing hot tar than wo might bav exported him t," aald Bajrtoa. "A aaaa.1! ea titled to happiness U he saa lad It. He naonukssdly ehose th eaate part la raaahkg away. 1 east Imagine Ua mfte ail that had hapBsasd "I dent knew that 1 aaa either, yroaehla, hi eaatar abaa araetfc aad I'm aat ears tbat I gave aim tbe beet ae wire at Iba reach boaae that mar-Jag." -Waa, w am tbe aaiy aneaa la da afcuve asswsraa 1 aatawaa aataVar a 1 M ex a aatf . br ft waa a si tost Ion tbat was eelrtlated ta make one skeptical. It len't clear from bla letter that tbe whole thing has im pressed him In any great way. He's ani loua to have us thing well of him a kind of retrospective vanity," "Bat bin punishment la great. I fa not for u to pans ou Its adequacy. I mutt be going, John," and Saiton gathered up tbe battered cases and want out to the. car with him. Bishop Delafleld always brought War ry back vividly to John, and as they waited oa the corner he remembered his Srat meeting with tbe bishop, In Worry's rooms at The Bachelors'. And tbat waa very hDg ago I CAPTKR XXIV. Uncertainty and doubt filled John Bax ton'a miad and hart, and be saw no light ahead. He had seen Evelyn several times before sbe lu.d left home, on orea- eiona when be went Jo tbe house with Fenton for conferences with her- father. Ha had Intended saying good-by to her, but the Porters went hurriedly at last and be waa not aorry ; It was easier that way. But Mrs. Whipple, who was exer cising a motherly supervision over John, had exacted a promise from him to come to Orchard Lane during the time that she and tbe general were to be with' tbe Porters in their new cottage. Wbah he went East, Saxton settled down at hla club in Boston, and pretended that It waa good to be at borne again; but he went about with homeelrkneao gnawing his heart. He had reason to be happy and satisfied with himself. Hs had prac tically concluded the difficult work which he bad been sent to Clarkaon to do; be had realised more money from their as sets than tbe officers of the trust company bad expected; and they held out to him the promise of employment In their Boa- ton office as a reward. So he walked the familiar streets planning his future knew. He bad succeeded In something at last, and he would stay in Boston, having, be told himself, earned tbe right to live there. The assistant secretaryship of the trust company, which had been mention ed to him, would be a position of dignity and promise. He bad never hoped to do so well. Moreover, It would be pleasant to be near bis slater, who lived at Wor cester, There were only the two of tbem, and they ought to live near tocether. It la, however, an unpleasant, habit of toe fates never to suffer ns to debate simple prooiema long; they muat throw in new elements to pussle us. While he deferred going to Orchard Lane a new perplexity confronted him. One of Mar grave's "people" came from New York aa the representative of th ayndlcate that had purchased tbe Clarkaon faction Company, and Bought an Interview. John had met this gentleman at the time tbe sale was dosed ; hs waa a peraon of con- sequence In the financial world, who came quickly to the point of hia errand. He offered John tbe position of general man ager of tbe company. Tbe next day John thought he taw It all more clearly. He went out and walked almlesaly through the hot streets. He realised presently tbat he had gone into a railway otBee and asked for a aub urbaa time table. He carried this back to the club, and studied tbe list of Or chard Lane trains. He found that be could ran out almost aay hour of tbe day. He slept and woke refreshed, with the time table still grasped la bis band. Hr had been very foolish, be concluded ; It would be a simple matter to go out to Orchard Lane to call oa the Porter and Whipple Tbe next afternoon be went up to Orchard Lane. It aulted hla mood that be shoo Id find no one at home at Red Uablee but Mr. Porter, who played golf all the morning and slept and experimented at landscape gardening all the afternoon. He wel comed John with unwonted cordiality. There ware some details connected with the transfer of the Traction Com pany to Margrave's syndicate which Por ter had not fully understood, or which Kenton had purposely kept from him; and be pressed John for new light on these matters. John answered or parried a be thought wisest. John left bla greetings tor the rest of the household. There wae a train at 8 oiriork ; It waa now a and he loitered along, stopping often to look ant apon tbe sea. A group of people waa gathered a boot a tea table oa the eloping law In front f oaa of the bouses. Toe colors of lbs women's dresses were bright againaf the dark sjreea. It was a gay company ; their laughter Boated oat to him mockingly. He wondered whether Kvelyn waa thera, as be passed on, heat lac the rocky peth with a la stick. Cvelyn wae not there ; but her destina tion waa that eanienlar mww and Its tea table. Tuning a bend la th path be rams upon her. He had had a thought of seeing her; yet she was coming down the path toward him, her picture hat framed hi the dome of a bin parasol. He bad re no a need her far all time, and hs ehouM meet her guardedly; but the blood was singing la hm temples and throbbing In am Bags tips at the sight f her, . : -This to loo badr ah mnHalmed, aa they met. "I boa yew on earn hack as Mm walked straight am to him and gave him bat head ia bar sjaiea, trash way. , -I'm eerrr, ha I mast he m m town aa this seat train,' he answered. He tamed In the path and walked aleag ks atd bee That Uppeaad w he one ef war star tertng days, far all except tether." "We had a ale talk, be and L Yoar pme to shaming. Dent 1st am detain -I dent bells they seed me," ah aa swaredi eraalvaiy. TWr aassa prrry asm. Bat at you've ..angry thirsty. I aaa gat m awaking hr yea tnetn," The saaasd the net, watklas sJowto atossj. tta a They paused Anally held open I Uf I f r II a little gats in Ta -stone wall. He was smmaf.1 grave and so met funs ot his seriousness 1 Bud Casearem a good tbatlweoll communicated ItM-if to her. Clearly, be'njot be without them. I waa troubled I thought, this was tke .rtinf of the way, great deal with torpid liver and header h ! 'Woo', you con ! " mere ar pien- ty of trains and er'd libs you to dint with . A great war of loneliness and yearn ln" swent over her. Her Invitation seemed tovcreste aew and limitless dis tance that atrr-hed between them. He spoke Incidentalir of the offer be bad re ceived from the t'larkxnn Traction Com pany. "1 have reriaed tbe. offer, be said, unletly. He had not intended to tell her; hot It was doubt Ion jnat as well; and It would alter nothing. "My work w Clahson ia finlafaed." te went on. "War rv'm affair will mikr It necessary for me to go back froa 1 ne to time, but it will not be home again." I "I'm sorry," ahe M il- "I tjougbt yon were to be of ns. Hut I suppose there la a greater differeace between th East and West.ibaj) anj one'ckn ondersUnd who baa not known both." mey regaru- ed each other graveli. ax if this were, of conns, the whole matter at luue. "I can't go badi its too amok; I can't do It," he said, wearily. "I -now how It mart be this last year and Worry 1 It was all so terrible-for all of as." 8b was looking away. t- John looked at her. It was natural that she should Include herself with him In a common grief for the man who had been hla friend and whom ehe bad loved. She bad always been kind to him; her kindness stung him now, for he knew that It was because of Warry ; and a re solve woke in him suddenly. He would not suffer her kindness under a false pre tense; ho could at least be honest with her. "I can't go back because hs ta not there; and becauer because you ar not there I Xou don't know you should nev er know, bat I was disloyal to Warry from tbs first. I let him talk to me from day to day of yon ; I let him tell me mat he loved you ; I never let him know I never meant any one to know " He ceased speaking; she was yery rtlll and did not look at him. "It waa baa of me," ba went on. "I would gladly have died for him U he had lived; but now tbat he is dead I can betray him. I hats myself worse than you can hats me. 1 know how I muat wonnd and shoe yon "On, not" she moaned. But he went on ; he would spare him self nothing, , "It Is hideon It was cowardly of ma ta come her." His hands were dencbed and his face twitched wila pain. "Ob, if he had lived!" . She rose now and looked at him with an Infinite pity. "If he bad lived." the in id. very softly, looking away through tbe sun-dappled alalea of the orchard, "If he had lived It would have been the same, John." But he did not understand. His name as she spoke It raig la hla ear. She walked away rhnMfh the orchard path, which suddenly became to him a path of gold tbat stretched Into paradise; and hs sprang after her e-ltb a great fear in his heart lest some barrier might descend and shut her oat forever. "Evelyn! Bvelynl" U was not s voice that railed her; It waa b spirit. ku held la thrall, that had shaken free and become a name. CTheeod.) BUaWTaX'l TALB 0 CBTJK.TT. Bawd wltb raaattr "silt State-, Laswd fmU- When Daniel Mann, farm toboror employed on a ranch Br mUe front Spokane, cabled a moaey order for )00 to Genoa. Italy, he re-leased hla four sons, ranging from f to 10 jean of aa. held there as naeurltT for funds he borrowed several month asm. Prominent residents of Spokane County hart rateraatod thmelvs la th case, and they aay that If a settle ment Is not made by a ttaamehtp agen cy at Bremen, suit will ba Instituted ta mover damage, a dispatch from Spo ke no naya. ' ' Briefly told. Manna story to that be and his family of ten bit lf. ' sons and Br daughter loft th vtV lag of Knraka, Rnssia. on Oat , 19M, for'Oonnany, Intending ta tail from Bremen to New York and traral thence by rail to Casters Washington, and that when they roaehad th Bailing point th steamship sent Induced them through mlerpraentatla to go to Brasll; that tbwy were forcibly de tained m aa Immigration bona ta the forest near Pronttanort. where oa af the children died, aad that b waa swindled oat of ll.sw. Bring of B lifetime of toll tn th oners land. They managed to reach Genoa, whora ha waa forced to leave few ton aa a guarantee ta repay memo advanced by a man wb took pity oa ta nua Uyt plight -Wa foand thoawaads af . wom en and ehildrea aa tba den eery tin ? and rock lands ta BranO walllna- their fatev- Maaa aald, Uto ouraelvea, thay wr ommlarraata from are rope. Wa wer ward tawra aat ta tall aay on about ear Mpwleaoaa, aad war laid that death by smaghnf waa tbe penalty for saying aaytnwg an t w saw aad ta wag wa vara traaaad by tba eOotam taa graat bjs. I warn tea taa a anwaa laJajneUoa." Bdyta Why did Caara 1 tag a aatot wsddlagT BhB CamwM 1 Nowaanc taUnff gascarsts taady catnar pc I reel very much better. 1 shall caw tainly recommend them to 017 friend at tfa bast medicine I have ever seam." Anna Baxinet, Oeborn Kill No. Fall River, Man. Pleases. P-latsol Poawt Testa O00& Do Good, ftavei Slakes, Weakaa or Qrtpa. 10c. He, SOc. New aold in Sulk. The tna bm tablet itaaiBod C C C Oaafaaeeed to aura er year aseaer baak. mV Latt CwsMMWtlem Car. - British and America physicians and students of tuberculosis ara -much Interested la th claim authoritatively mad in London eon earning the suo eaaa of a now treatment for tubercu losis oiseovere tj William Dolg, a laymaa. Tba nature of the treatment to a poultice containing aclta and ehl rld to ba pi seed oa the body near Ua affected membran or bona, la fkbout a week aa ulcer to formed, con nected by what to called a ray of la Banunatloa wltb tho diseased organ. This forms a duct through wMeh tba pus la drawn out The ulcer needs to ba carefully dressed twlc a day vttb a certain naive. Tba cur of th diseased lung Is said to bo affected la. from tour to six months. . Psttifs Bye Salve for Over IOO Yean has bean used for eongestod and In flamed eyes, remove film or scun over the ayep. All druggists or How ara Bros,, uurrsio, w. x. ttte snaaev Gasa. A summer game my fancy suit- It to tn gam of picking- route. Ah, often ha ambition soared To routes that I could ne'er afford, study folders, and th tralna. And And rare pleasure tor my pains; And yet. 'tis Strang. I nevar us Th route that thus I pick and enoear Cleveland New. A lte-Lla. , Incomparable, distinct, alonet A Hon heart! By such descriptive terms to know N. Bonaparte. And wouldn't they look well arrayed Upon lbs bill? 1 Ah. what a hit na would bav mad In vmndevin, Louisville Courier-Journal. Lett a Nam Meal) Hlaa. Daniel Hello, Jim! Who be yew a-dlgglng that 'ole for? . - - Jim Old Lawyer Skinner a dtod yesterday. Daniel Ob. what complaint? Jim Not a word 0' complaint Fam ily rather pleased than otherwise. Ally Bloper'a. Stiff neck I . Docaai'tantoanttomach, but mighty disagreeable. Yon' nc id how quickly a littls Hnmlina Win ard Oil will lubricate the eorda and nake yoa oomfortabl again. MM Mem la Da-are. ' A tody In Clayton, N. J., was earing for her hair when the tonic exploded, badly burning her and furnishing more tMUiment in the neighborhood than a eroupy baby. The pur food people should look lata this, for aa to- aa ex plosive hair tonlo la sold the bald man s elttlng n a conBned volcano htla nea polka Journal. . - tna tvwa tb Paot, Horatluf wan holdlna the brldft-ft. "The boas of the ward." he aaapAo. "told me this waa an easy fob, and I wouldn't have anything to dot Th discovery of the fact, however, that ha had bean tricked Into believing th position 10 be merely a saloon, keeper's peretitalte had only th effect of making him tight all tb harder so hold it Chicago Trtbun. . Ta avoar. at New IB aaa. Always ahake In Allea'a foot-Sees, aneavdei (I eurethot, sweating, aching, iwnllrn leet roTDi, Inirowlng nalla and bunion. Al ill dniggliti and ihne sterei, 2ftc. tDDt aceepi tnjiubititiite. ItemulemaJledlltsJL Addia llaa a. OlamM. v. M. T. ' aaaitrat, City Man I see yea keea bee fa your hark yard. Do you and aay thing profitable la that? ftuburhanlts Well, yee; rve mad a little moaey by betting with my wife thai her eoeke would lea her faur time aa fta aa tb beta would ware. "Oreenfp. hew many letters ta th Uphaawt bav more than ana syllable T" "Let nm as. Tovamy; a, a, a, a, St "Tow dtdnt learn year tetter ry welt when ra wee a bey, end peek FAMILY COUGH SYRUP . mxmV M -3 ry. "".. a. )t NariT3 , rZ KZZZ m tita aihQr. aat k nes aay i 1-half Bam 1Ml Tu Take tar wah er arwwalUa w fear basrv, . tkraa ae ha1 SbmbbIw- Qtvtaneaa i wwsla a . It few baaear n-nban wal aa baal the lArast a4 mna ef aO bat 1 1 imawtva. Cat yjjJ hVWi7 saaraaas i w Asrr Oowcb as Flva mis. 1 MiiiIi gti nnki nil fsis 1 nait h thai hi what a baav aaaoa whaa mmi Taa Tm m4aaa, Taer ward three at the lit! ftl ta cafe. lady aad two men. Suddenly (he eteetrte llgbta want at, and tt lady, tulokly aad noU Msaly, draw back. An lnataat later tbera waa th smack af a omBOwnd Uaa. As the elect rie lights want up eaoh maa wad aan mlllng oomplalaantly. "1 thought I heard a kiss," aaM the tody, "but nobody biased ma." Then th men suddenly glared at aaeh other and flnahed and looked paiafully ahaeptob. Cleveland Plaia Dealer. KeTBlatai Hie Opawvtwnttr Gentlemanly Caller course ywa will want some new book now. Member of School Board I think noL All our purchases ar mad and are tn th band o( th ehildrea, oe will be In S day or two. Gentlemanly CaHer Tea, but your gwoBTaphlee ar old-fashioned, yoa know. We are running a specially pre pared, up. to date edition through ear presses right now, with the north pole plainly marked where Dr. Cook discov ered It How many thousand ooplea da vu think you aaa uT Cnldago Trib une, . - - Waais mt MetvtaftV In process of time It waa onsen ree that the multimillionaire philanthropist bad ceased giving costly library build mars to (owns and cMle. "Why la thla. Mr. C never r th ra aarter asked him. - "Young men." he said, "what to tb use ef building great' houses for li braries when all a man needs for aa education Is five feet of books r Whereat they marveled, but they sould not anawsr him. Chlcage Trib une, i . rir ia tba 01 ). Aa Ia thla nntav Jlviwin" aal ha VltstlngrulBhed naturalist, "I bav only on regret-" ' "That the ship in which Peary sailed for the arctics bears th nam of a tropical explorer and wild animal kill er." Chicago Tr'Wwto. , , ., aakW tmia Tb a Jtal. (Contributed by a depraved outsider! , A lion then sprang Into view, . And roared. "There's no use flvtsfl I'm going to make a meal of you I", But be eauh t- Mnn lyln',-, . ln-Bir Is.rientT The ether morning- we saw a man St years old going Into a doctor's offloe It seems to us that If we were M we would have enough. Lacon (111.) Jour nu. QUICKEST WITH SAFETY tit VSX W-Kltt 101 (5U1BJ I For the baby often means rest hr botnmothctatidcMU. Latmones like k too it's so palataU to lake. Free bom opiate. AB Pra-ea, M as. ttslae the doaga d ssmpHss witb all ssara twad lawa. CRE8CBTT bTFO, 00. atakera of aiArilDtg f bettor tfeaa Maple). A LEADER WATER SYSTEM IN YOUR HOME fans an nUBw waw eaney. 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