, Pursuing the Shadow
! It Is common to overlook what 1
.near by keeping the eye fixed on
something remote. In tin same man'
Her present opportunities are neglect
ed and attainable objects slighted by
minds busied In extensive ranges and
Intent upon future advantages. Sam
uel Johnson.
1 Only Two of Them
"Mamma," queried one of the chil
dren of their mother shortly after
their father's election as governor (not
of Massachusetts), "are we all gov
ernors now?" "No, children." was the
prompt reply, "Just me and your dad."
Boston Globe.
Hand Up
"Will all those who induced some
one else to attend this meeting bold
tip their hands?" asked the revivalist
And every woman who bad her hus
band sitting beside ber held up
right band. Clay Center Times,
Largest Fixed Star
The Naval observatory says that
lAlpha Scorpll (Antares) Is the
largest fixed stnr so fur as Is known
up to the present time. It is about
400,000.000 miles In diameter, accord
ing to Hale,
Fir it Speed Law
The law providing for The punish
ment by fine of any one who galloped
his horse on Main street, enacted In
Fredericksburg, Vs., In 17S7, is said
to be the first speed law. Denton
(Texas) Herald.
Selfish Goodness
Doing good out of a feeling of com
placency Is likely to result in self
shame. The Good Samaritan went
across the road to the wounded man
Just because he wanted to. American
Magaslne.
Plenty Mot
The discouraging note In the case
of the New Haven woman who left
ber husband because be played a
saxophone Is that there are appar
ently enough saxophones to go
around.
Hopeless
We come of a long-lived stork snd
we're glad of that, as we'd like to see.
If possible. If snythlng Is every really
done about smoke abatement Ohio
State Journal
Spare Your Effort
A great deal of time is wssted by
urging the other fellow to have com
mon sense. If be hasn't common
sense, he won't get It, so let him alone.
Atchison Globe.
Matter for Wonder
Thla country la making so much
educational progress thst It becomes
;an Increasing wonder where sll the
Ignorance comes from. Boston
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A pair of elephants, trained In the
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Apl. can do two snd one-half acres of
bard plowing In morning.
Old F orgotten Days
Our memory goes back to the tlm
when If a girl had bad neuritis in ber
knee she'd have wanted woman doc
tor. Ohio State Journal.
Advantage of Reputation
How fiat most of the clever remarks
would seem If made by somebody who
bad no reputation for cleverness. Sao
Francisco Chronicle.
iVof on Prayer
Those who believe In God, pray.
The devotion of thoe who know Illtn
Is called work Arthur Schnltzler in
Vanity Fair.
There's Fun in Looking
If woman's Intuition Is so wonder
ful, then why does sh look at eight
or ten hats before buying one t Louis
ville Times.
Her First Surprise
Little Girl (to ber playmate) When
1 was born I was so s'prlsed I couldn't
speak for n whole year and a half I
Many Are Trying Hard
If money-getting Is success, every
man Is a failure. .No man has yet got
all of It. Buffalo News.
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CHAPTER X Continued
22
"Lady Sylvia St Croix? That Is
I am that Is to say may I present
myself? you are who are you?"
She stared at him la what seemed
undisguised astonishment and drew
away her hand. But she stopped out
of the crowd and stood aside with him
on the dock.
"You have been sent to fetch me?
Tou are, I suppose," she said, scan
ning bis recherche attire, "my cousin's
groou?"
The voice, the sccent, were, to be
sure, ss utterly different from Meety's
ss were the tone and manner of the
girl a self-possessed, reserved man
ner that made St Croix her abject
slave In spite of ber unflattering and
stupid mistake In taking him for
groom heavens I
'I sm your Cousin St Croix. Lady
Sylvia," he stantmerlngly explained.
"Ohr with a surprised lift of her
fine brows. "How do yon dor She
offered her gloved hand snd as he
took It It flashed upon him that be
would know Meely Scbwenckton's
bands among thousand he would
know the very touch of them be had
always thought her bands so unusual
for a working girl. When this girl
drew off her gloves But how utter
ly absurd! though the resemblance
was truly amazing
An experienced traveler, St. Croix
knew how to expedite the tedious cus
toms business and In a very short time
he was helping Lady Sylvia Into
taxlcab.
Seated at ber side In the cab. lis
tening with strained attention to the
tones of ber voice, stealing glances at
her exquisite profile, noting the move
ments of ber gloved bands (if only
she'd take off ber gloves), St Croix
felt every minute more bewildered.
more uncertain. There was some
thing In the very stmosphere of her
presence that made him feel as If he
were sitting beside Meely yet the In
congruity of identifying In any way
this elegant creature with Meely
Schwenckton ber civilized speech
with Meely's Pennsylvania Dutch dia
lect, ber grace with Meely's vulgar
clumsiness, ber sparkling countenance
with Meely's heavy dullness, the sim
plicity of her coiffure with Meely's
elaborate pompadour
The wild absurdity of his predica
ment In not being sure made him feel,
ss he told himself, "woozy!"
All st once be recalled that Meely
had a tiny brown mole under the lobe
of ber ear he had kissed It often.
Her hands snd thst mole I If he could
only lift the lobes of Lsdy Sylvia's
tars and have look! But suppose he
found the mole there what would It
mean and what would he do about It?
Kurelv this was the weirdest ornerl.
ence that bad ever fallen to the lot of
s rnanl
"Voa have chanced so much since
you were child. Cousin Sylvia I'd
never have recognized you." He put
out a feeler.
"No, of course yon wouldn't When
you last saw me, I was a homely little
tow-headed, bow-legged, pigeon-toed,
freckle-faced kid!"
The words hsd a vaguely familiar
sound to St Croix. He seemed to hear
again the unaccountable Indignation
with which Meely Schwenckton, that
day In the woods on the hill, had re
peated, "Bow-legged !" Ills head swam
and he felt almost IIL
Suddenly he turned In his seat and
looked straight Into her eyes with a
very definite and frank suspicion.
"This," he Inquired with what he felt
to be subtle cunning, his eyes probing
hers like gimlets, "was of course your
first crossing?"
"Well, I've crossed the Channel so
often that crossing the Atlantic didn't
seem anything 1 Why, I'd hardly know
I was on a boat at all, crossing the
Atlantic. Why, crossing the Atlantic-"
She was evading a direct answer to
tils question I -and covering the fact
by volubly chattering.
Seated opposite each other, present
ly, In the dining car, he waited In
strained suspense for the critical mo
ment when their waiter would bring
their order and Lady Sylvia would be
obliged to remove her gloves; and at
the same time he was wondering how
he could contrive to have a look be
hind her ears for that tiny mole; for
that mole could have been no part of
a make-up; he knew It too Intimate
ly not to be quite sure that It dld't
come off I
"So," she suddenly remarked, rest
ing hor folded arms on the table and
ticndlng forward confidentially, "your
brother, Marvin, won't have me, will
he?"
St. Croix made an effort to conceal
ils surprise and embarrassment at
his umxMcted broadside. He felt It
nicked delicacy.
"I'm afraid when he sees you, he'll
change his mind I"
"'Afraid'?"
"I needn't tell you why you know !"
"Tell me," she smilingly Invited,
"what's he like?"
"A queer bird! Seems to hnte Ms
comforts! Wants to live like a hod
carrier or a street-cleaner or n
Why, he's gone and taken a teaching
Job, If you'll believe me, for a petty
little salary that wouldn't keep me In
gasoline I Insists on living simply and
working for his living."
The waiter's arrival with their food
brought him up short
As Lady Sylvia drew off her gloves,
he fairly held his breath. Hut to his
chagrin, that test proved no more con
clusive than anything else about her,
for her hands were now, to his dis
taste, so covered with rings and so
perfectly manicured (Meely's nails
had never been so pink and polished)
that while these lovely hnmls certain
ly did somewhat resemble Meely's, he
felt, as about everything else con
cerning bis cousin, that he could not
feel sure.
"I wear all these rings," she ex
plained apologetically, "when I trav
el because I think It's the safest way
to carry them."
Well, since the hand-test fulled, he
was all the more determined to find
that mole! If It were there to be
found.
A very vague Attention he gave to
his dinner, as, with every least move
ment of her head, he tried to see un
der and around and through her ear
lobes 1
"Lady Sylvia," he said abruptly,
with a sudden reckless during, "I want
mi m
Ww
mm
1 iiff
"Lady Sylvia 8t Croix? That Is I
Am Thst Is to Say May I Present
Myself? You Are Who Are Your
to take yon to see an acquaintance of
mine who looks so remarkably like
you that it's uncanny!"
"Ton mean, don't yoo, that you'll
bring ber to see me?"
"No. Couldn't She's farmer's
daughter living about five miles from
us. An Ignorant vulgar"
He stopped short, his face flushing
red, feeling. Insanely, as though he
were Insulting Meely Schwenckton to
her facel "A very nice country girl,"
be hastily amended his remark, "but
not a person one would ask to call on
your
"But why?"
"fh, not In our class."
"Then you have 'classes' In Amer
ica r
"Too know we do! Ever hear of
our Colonial Dnmes or D. A. It's?"
'Tve heard of your G. A. It's to my
sorrow ! But these C. D.'s and D. A.
It's they seem to be sn expression
of the national yearning for a titled
order; for all those silly social en
cumbrances which England, so much
more advanced In democracy. Is try
ing to slough off. So this farmer's
daughter Is an Ignorant, vulvar girl
who Is 'uncannily' like me? Thanks !"
"I'll take you to see for yourself
how much you look alike. I want to
see you two together I Why, you're as
alike as 'twins except that you are
wholly unlike I mean your features
are alike; that's ail."
"It will be Interesting to see her
like seeing oneself on the screen! I'll
know, for once, what I do look like.
A portrait painter once told me my
type was nn usual "
She chattered on, but he scarcely
heard her, so Intent he was In trying
to penetrnte the veil of her ear-lobes
when suddenly she stopped short, laid
down her knife and fork and looked st
him In puzzled astonishment
"Why," she Inquired breathlessly,
her brows puckered In bewilderment,
"are you looking at me so strangely?"
"I'll tell you,", he smiled frankly.
"You look so like that farm girl that
the very shape of your ears Is like
hers! so that I should not be at all
surprised to find you had even the
same little brown mole under the lobe
of your ear that she has!"
"Well I" she exclaimed, "how ex
traordinarily intimate you must have
been with her to have learned all
about her little brown mole under her
ear-lobe I This Is Interesting, not to
say exciting! Own up bow did you
come to know about this mole?"
"Do you have one, too?"
"What "satiable curiosity' I See for
yourself." She lifted the lobes of her
ears snd he looked.
There was no mole there.
But bis relief was not ((renter than
bis astonishment and confusion that
two peopla could look so alike with
out being related. However, be could
delight In her, now, without fear and
dread and be proud of her distinc
tion and oven enjoy this weird re
semblance to the girt for whom his
senses hungered.
"Now appease my ' 'sntluble curi
osity'!" she Insisted. "How did
you discover that farm girl's little
mole?"
"Well, you'll find It In your heart to
forgive me, I know, that her beauty,
so very much Ilk yours, proved so
Irresistible that sometimes I kissed
her when I got a good chance.
"And It was while engaged In kiss
ing her that you discovered the little
mole?"
"You see If she hndu't been beauti
ful, like you, I shouldn't have wanted
to kiss her being a bit fustldlous In
my taste."
"Your fustldlous taste," said Ldy
Sylvia rellectlvely, "didn't find her too
vulgar to be kissed, though she's too
vulvar to be asked to call on me?"
She shook her head hopelessly. "It's
too much for my logic. I don't get It.
Kissing doesn't seem to me less Inti
mate than calling 1 But one thing I
do get I am to piny the role of the
rival of this 'Ignorant vulgar farm
girl' In your affections I It Isn't
role that appeals to mo,"
, "I'll show her to you and you'll un
derstand:" "But how will she like thnt your
bringing me to Inspect her? 8he
mlKht not like It at all I I shouldn't
think she'd like It I She might full
uin me and scratch me !'
"But, my dear cousin, you dont
suppose that a girl of that class takes
the ciiresses of men of our class seri
ously?" "Wre sure that girl didn't take
you seriously?"
"She wouldn't presume to!" he an
swered, a faint tinge of uneasiness In
bis voice,
"I've never been able to under
stand." she said almost plaintively,
"how it is thnt while men of the most
civilized background will seek the
most Intimate relations with low girls,
It would he worse than dentb to worn
en of the same background to be so
much as touched by common, coarse
man. Why Is that St Croix?"
St Croix looked rather shocked, as
though he felt her choice of a theme
to be In very poor tnste, to say the
least
"Well, yoo know," he answered
lightly, "when the gods made man
and woman they used great deal
less clay and much more divine fire
for the woman than for the man; so
that woman is of course less earthly,
finer, more celestial I Will yoo," he
nked as they now rose to leave the
diner, "come to the smoking corridor
for a cigarette?"
She thought she would not; bnt
when he had taken ber bark to their
chairs, she urged blm to go for
smoke without her. That be refused
to do; he had no desire to tear him
self from the delectable sight of ber
for even the few minutes It took to
smoke a cigarette. But when she In
sisted that he must go so that she
could take a little nap, as she wss
"awfully sleepy," he reluctantly
yielded.
Ills reflections as be smoked were
Increasingly reassuring. The agitat
ing sense of the girl's dual personality
was somewhat dulled by the soothing
effect of several cigarettes. Even the
recollection of certain vague doubts
he had always felt about Meely, cer
tain Inexplicable things like her fine
bands, her being able to get away so
often from the bord work of the farm,
the touch of forelgnness In her seeh.
her very stupidities thnt sometimes
hsd seemed more like keen thrusts st
blm none of these things were con
vincing enough to counteract the evl-
lence of the mole. Steely had a mole
and Lady Sylvia had none.
He had to go through several day
coaches to reach his parlor car, and It
was when he was hurrying down the
aisle of the last of these, scarcely see
ing anyone as he progressed, for the
bncks of the passengers were toward
him, thnt suddenly the back of a bead
Just a few feet ahead of them brought
dim to a petrified standstill froze his
very blond and made his heart sink
like lead; for there, under his very
eyes, so close that he could have put
out his hand and touched her, sat
Meely Schwenckton ber heavy, fair
hair arranged In the vulgarly 'exag
gerated pompadour she always af
fected; wearing grotesque flowered
blouse that looked like a kimono or a
dressing-sack tucked Into her skirt
(which no doubt It was!) no rings on
her bands; sitting In the slovenly,
slouching way that bad so often of
fended his sense of "decency."
The seat behind ber was empty.
Noiselessly he slipped Into It Her
head was bowed over a copy of Snap
py Stories; curly tendrils of hair os
her white neck
The mnlet Was It there? A mad.
hope seized him that even yet he might
find Lady Sylvia and Meely to be tws
different people. lie bent bis head
nnd looked. And there, under her left
ear, was the little brown mole I
(TO IIS CONTINUED.)
Had Odd Accomplishment
Earl Itusseli has this anecdote la
his honk, "Myv Life and Itemlnls
censes" I
"My grandmother, Lady John Bus-
sell, was a great favorite with Queen
Victoria throughout ber life. Not
alone, of course, because she bad the
peculiar and unusual capacity of wag
King her ears like dog. But this
accomplishment Intrigued the queen
and she suddenly called on Lady John
to show It off to an ambassador. My
grandmother wss so taken back that
she Inst for a long time the power to
move either eur, and Only utlmately
retrained hor power to move one,
which she occasionally did for my edification."
I 1
HoweAbout-
Br ED HOWE
ft Dell Syndlrste,
WNU Servtes,
I lately read a book giving a sum
mary of the philosophy of the Greeks,
Wisest of the ancients.
This phllosohpy Is poor stuff, It
seems to me, compared with what men
know today, ,
Are we moderns really doing wry
well? So fur as common sense guest
we surely hnve more than the Greeks,
They knew nothing we do not know,
and believed a lot of uonscinw we do
not believe.
Aristotle had some beliefs that
would disgrace modern schoolboy,
nnd knew nothing the men of today
do not know.
The greatest failure of the moderns
Is that they have Dot Improved In
morula, They are no worse than the
Greeks, but uo better.
If tlit-re Is profit In good conduct, as
has been claimed from the beginning
of time, I can see no reason why the
Inter races of men should not Im
prove It
Why not frankly muke success the
goal of life? Thut Is what sll men
and womeu are working for.
Why not rate men by a sort of
Brndatreet?
Why continue the old foolish cus
tom of deriding the successful?
By success I do not mean accumula
tion of property alone, but certainly
Include It Every man la a succcess
who tukes reasonably good cars of
himself and family, and able to pay
the undertaker who finally attends
blm.
The great annoyances of life come
from (he shiftless. Idle, unsuccessful:
those who In one way and another are
of no use to their communities.
The man who Is a community bur
den should not be permit led to vote.
Certainly be should not be permitted
to marry, and given opportunity to
neglect a family of children.
The present sge Is becoming more
practical, and thla new spirit should
be reflected la the laws.
We should publicly express the con
tempt we really entertain for the
worthless man.
There Is only one way to Improve
the world, and that Is to Increase ths
average respectability, which Is becom
ing alarmingly low.
The worthless now number so great
an army that they have combined to
boycott the useful snd respectable,
snd are doing fulrly well.
I do not like a man who Is too
free with women In public. If a man
Is crazy about ths women, he should
keep It to himself ss much as pos
sible. Men demsnd thst other men
treat their women folks with respect
The women themselves demand It; ths
law demands It How tremendously
the law demands It I
Jszs Is a wicked thing because it Is
fighting music.
History Is a collection of magic
tales, end denial of them.
When s nuin Is a gross feeder, II Is
said be la sn epicure, In memory of
Epicurus, sn snrlent who lived opoo
bread snd water, snd upon the simple
fruits and vegetables that grew In bis
own garden, Cicero says; "Ahl With
how little was Epicurus contented."
Watercress, a radish, a fig. mnde a
substantial meal for the grentest of
the epicures, Epicurus himself. Now
and then he called for a portion of
milk or a little cheese, saying:
"1 must occasionally ronks merry 1"
Stories of his dissipation coins from
detractors. Eplctetus accuses him of
being a habitual drunkard. Tlmocraies
snys Epicurus had so debauched him
self thai for years he was unable 'o
rise from his rourh, In which be had
served blm dully the most sumptuous
banquets.
Cicero snys one thing; Eplctctus an
other. And the world has chosen to believe
the worse story.
Still, Athens reared statues of
bronze to the memory of Epicurus,
Seneca paid a tribute to him, because
he was the first man who taught that
virtue Is easier than vlclousness. Mid
pays better. Epicurus believed In
pleasure, but taught that the way to
attain It was by temperance. Industry,
fairness. He was the first man who
coined the phrase now quoted every
where with derision: "Be virtuous,
and yoo will be happy."
Although every story In history Is
denied, one mny always pick out the
more probable one, snd the probnhle
one Is that Epicurus lived a life so
temperate and useful that It made
him famous and bated.
Many a man misses Information In
his Inordinate desire to talk all the
time himself.
Everywhere the better specimens of
men are appreciating the Importunes
of behaving better. Hollywood, Calif.,
Is said to be a wicked place, but even
there a "Sanity In Diet club" has been
organized. Everyone who does good
work of any kind must have a stom
ach that works well, and all the
money In the wond cannot buy such
an 'organ. Every man who has sense
Should prove It by being healthy. In
nine cases out of ten, Illness Is evi
dence of dissipation, carelessness
lack of Intelligence.
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