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CHAPTER Xtfl 11. (Continued.)
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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
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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.
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wlaMr. a Maa-nan waior in awaar. m
water supply trmblai at mitt anrt. lank
plarad ba unL Ml of tight matt way.
sak af p wl esaak wal aat vast aad
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