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HOM E AND FARM M AGAZINE SECTION'
Helen Drops Her Handkerchief
Capital Short Story by Guy Courtenay Chapman, Which
Readers Will Enjoy.
BY GUY COURTENAY CHAPMAN.
Mr. Merchant!
And as Hex A dam ant looked at her,
though his expression did not alter, his
Since “ T IM E S ARE H A R D ,” now ia th e time for you to
H E MOST in terestin g visitor a t the face grew a little paler.
realize a p ro fit on your old bundle of freig h t bills th a t you havo
Holier S pitz H otel, until C aptain
“ I saw you on the platform with
p erh ap s regarded as nothing more than w aste paper.
A dam ant nrriv ed there was the the d u k e ,” he said, “ You are Mias
Do you know th a t the freig h t Slid express charges th a t you
Hun. H elen C areening, only child of the C areening. ’ ’
pay are many tim es in error, due to oversight on the p a rt of tho
la te Lord T raq u air and his American
H e le n 's cheeks dim pled suddenly,
clerk in assessing proper ckirgea, or to errors in classification,
w ife, M ariq u ita V annorden, so th a t mischievously. “ I w a s n ’t la b e lle d !”
w eights, etc., and th a t which you pay to the tran sp o rtatio n emit
Helen in herited not only the trad itio n al
panics in excess of w hat actually belongs to them for th eir services
“
Hut
I
asked
your
n
am
e,”
said
the
T raq u air beauty, but her m o th er's fabu
under th eir legally published ta r if f rates am ounts to considerable
man,
quite
simply,
and
th
en
—it
was
lous millions.
money th a t you m ight count as p ro fits in the conduct of your
strange, in fact, J a n e hardly believed
business! It is a fa c t th at unless business concerns, however
H er rig h tfu l throne— her native h aunt her eyesight, a fain t rone flush crept
sm all, employ expert rate and tra ffic men to look a fte r th eir tr a n s ­
— was th e innerm ost circle of London's into H e le n 's cheeks, her lashes drooped,
p ortation a ffa irs they lose nnnuallv a large am ount of monev th a t
best society, b u t she was fam ous for and w ithout an o th er word she turned
could t,e saved. OUR B U 8IN E S S IS TO SAVE T H IS M ONEY
her whims, and one of them had caused aw ay. But A dam ant stood and w atch
FOE, YOU FROM YOUR OLD FREIGHT BILLS.
h er to leave T raq u air House and the cd her out of sight, as careless of the
We can g reatly b en efit you and yonr business as a mem ber of
Ja n u a ry hu n tin g and b etake hi rself a t crowded room ns though he had been
this association, our s ta f f of tra ffic experts are the best th a t
tw o d a y s ’ notice to St. S pitz—which is alone in one of tho track less W est
money can produce, and we are saving m erchants throughout the
not even a first d o es w inter siiorts re A frican forests he ruled over.
country thousands of doilnrs yearly in overcharges found on ex­
sort! A plnco th a t nobody— who was
pense bills which were erroneously charged by the railroads and
Jan e, scurrying on guiltily to th eir
express companies. A m em bership in this association en titles you
anybody—had ever patronized brfore.
p riv ate sittin g room, felt tm happv for
to these savings, to g eth er w ith such fu rth e r services as q u o ta­
“ I f you had only ehosen Davos or St. him ; her soft h eart alw ays bled for
tion of rates ro uting of freig h t to receive lowest rates, collection
M oritz, whore th ere might have been Miss C areening'» victim s, anil it
o f loss and il.-tmuge claims. I n t e r s t a t e Commerce Com plaints, and
h a lf a dozen people we k n e w !” moaned seemed obvious th a t th is man was
many other strv iees beneficial to merchants.
her chnperone plaintively.
d estin ’ d to join th eir ranks. Somehow
Tho cost of m em bership is only 110.00 for the first y e a r's
H elen fllt’je d a g lan re a t Lady Bel file fe lt he was too fine and simple
service; the second y e a r ’s serviee does not cost you an y th in g in
ham from under incredibly long, black and splendid a person te be played
cash, as we tak e $7.50 to cover the second y e a r's service from
silky Jashcs, th a t gave her bins eves the with and flirted w ith to while aw ay a
the overcharge - 1' nnd in the expense bills only, and we fu rth e r
coftneFs and m ystery of a summer night. spoilt b e a u ty ’s fo rtn ig h t, and—it was
g u aran tee to refund to von under our co ntract more th an the
am ount ot cash th at yon originally pay for the tnem berrhip.
“ T h a t's th e th ird tim e y o u ’ve said a trib u te to Rex A dam ant, had he
so today. Cousin J a n e,” she Replied known it— she screw ed her courage to
L et us have vour application today.
so ftly , so ft as p u rring, “ and it s got to the stick in g point, and, tim idly, stum-
be th e very last if you jnet d o n ’t w a n t, , ieriB <l/
as ,nuch to Helen,
mo to rin g fo r M ario and have her pack j p rmn th - d ep th » o f tiiq cushioned
you in a bandbox and post yen back t o jbasl, e t fh a jr in „ h ic k she lay curled
THE TRASS -CONTINENTAL TRAFFIC ASSOCIATION,
E ngland, labelled ‘ th is sids up with i ,|p bl)th
under her chin, and hi r
411-115 Panama Building, PurtUnil, Oregon.
care!
| violet eyes narrow ed betw een th eir
(lcntlpmen :
Sho laughed, b u t Ja n e BaHiain sat j lashes, Helen w atched her nervousness,
I hereby apply lor m embership in the above named Aaeoeiation t> reeetve
up suddenly like a sta rtle d rab b it. She I beard her h alting speeches, and when
all ot the benefits tinder your general raainherehip contract, and 1 encluae here
w as alto g eth er like a ra b b it with her at last J a n e came to th e end, h alf ex
wil^ cheek tor $ 1 0.00 to cover memborabip tea.
long, w eak tip,H‘r lip, and scared, brow peeting to be crushed with a frivolous
less eves, her g cptle fb u rie d ways, and S en ten ce, Helen said quietly:
. Name.
tho fleecy shaw ls in which s.ie still
“ Yen w aste your pity th is tim e.
huddled h erself from h ab it, beeau.se she Cousin Jan e. I d id n ’t eosto here to
bad always- been col.l io w inter till play w ith C aptain A dam ant. I came
. Address.
H elen took her lionie to T raqaa-r.
to -” she broke o ff short, but her
People called Miss (a re e a ia g hard eyes glowed, and a little, ten d er smile
som etim es, h u t most of the happiness erer.t abowt th e corner» ot her lips, the
J a n e 's starv ed h eart iia.I ever know n! smile of a woman who knows she has
had come to her in these last th ree- happiness in her g ift— and does not in
m agical years, and sho yearned over tend to w ithhold it.
Ja n e Dnlhnns jum ped rig h t out of
the b e a u tifu l w ayw ard girl w ith a love
th a t made her alm ost clever where her se a t; Helen laughed -n tin k lin g
laugh th a t hroko in the middle.
H elen was concerned.
“ Oh. Ja n e ! D on’t lock a t me with
A nd it w as “ not lik e ” Helen to
speak in th a t soft, p u rrin g tone— “ the stick satiocr ey e s!” she said. “ Bit down
voice she scratched w ith, as an Irish again and toll me how p re tty I am,
Sulphnrro Co., Seattle, Wash.
m an had once called it—to poor, de and th a t y o u ’re q u ite sure I shall—
pendent Jan e. So J a n e Balham pick bring it o f f . ”
Gentlemen -I want yon to know what Snlphnrro has done for my
Ja n e sat down again. She was in
<d up her ears— and followed H e le n ’s
rheumatism and piles, from which I tu ff seed ainee 1870
I had ona
glanco across tho w in ter garden, where tired to shocks from Mis« Careening.
of the w orst cases ot piles any man could have, end I tried everyth ing
th ey sat a t tea, to tho h ttlc table by P resen tly she recovered her powers of
that the doetcra ordered, and arary new remedy fer the pllee, end
th e staircase, w here a man eat quite speech.
ell to no good
The doctor« told me the e o ly rare w ee to cut them
“
Then
you
knew
he
would
eotne
alone.
out. which I refused to have done, and I suffered untold miaory until
He bad b u t jn et arriv ed and he was h ere!” she accused. Helen nodded.
I got a bottle of Sulphurre
After I had used a n o half of the bottle
“ O verheard the Duke tell M ajor
ta ll and broad shouldered, with a faee
I began to feel better, and I eonld aee that my piles w art nearly gone,
as still as if it had been en t from D arw in— th ey both th o u g h t it such an
end how good I wa« feeling, end now let me tell yon that ne amount
bronze, out of which looked the steady odd choice for a man who spends his
eagle eyes o f a racing m otorist—or an days around about th e equator. I ’d
o f money would get me to suffer tho way I dot aineo 1879, until I got
a v ia to r—or an explorer. Vaguely Ja n e made up my mind about him a t once,
your Sulphurro. That cured m a
II ia the groatoat madiaina for
fe lt him to be an in te r,« tin g roan; a you know — when he lectured—end this
thoae two alim ents- rheumatism end p iles— end I w ent to thank yon
term
ed
such
a
very
convenient
m
eeting
m an w ith the glam or of a great per
a tliouaaud tim es for « h a t it baa d o e s for ma.
aoniility about him. and she turned to place because, of course, be m ust never
Hhf
One dollar te no price for e bottle of Sulpherro It la worth $100
H elen to say so, b u t th e words checked guess I came to— find h im .”
to any one that waa in the condition I wna. nnd I w ill alw ays keep
on her lips, fo r dim as was the lights laughed again, very so ftly and sweet
“ He would be so frig h tfu lly
in th e ir corner under the palms she ly.
It in the houan.
W. A. HAOUB, Fullerton, Oak
saw som ething new in H elen '■ face. shocked, he would th in k it quite— u n ­
Jan co could not read the r j anm g womanly, I am sure he is te rrib ly old
of tiia t in te n t look, b u t it silenced her. fashioned, men from th e w ilderness al
Then, in a mom ent, Helen turned w avs a r e ! ” She leaned forw ard and
p atted J a n e 's hand. “ Y ou're such a
w ith her everyday ^m ile.
“ Finished t L et's go up stairs; the com fort to me, •Jan cy , so niee and
Because it is an antiseptic and germicide; it p u ri­
books I w ired fo r came this a fte r silent and safe, such a mother-eonfes-
so r.' ’
noon. ’ ’
fies the blood and allays inflammation Internally and
L ady Balham jqneezed the strong
T rnvcraing /h e g re a t room under fire
slim
fingers.
“
I
’m
sure
I
hope
y
o
u
’ll
of so m any curious eyes was quit« an
externally, and always benefits the general health.
ordeal to L ady B alham . She oenrriad be very bwppy, dear. I th ought be had
An interesting booklet of explanation sent free on
heroes it, and fairly ran up the firs t a good face— ”
Helen flashed a glance at her. “ You
flig h t o f sta irs; then noticed w ith dis
req u est
may th a t Ilelen was no iosger behind make very s n r e l” the said.
J a n e Balhwvn only sm iled, Helen Stood
her. She looked over th e baleuay ju st
in tim e to see the -new man stoop to up and w ent to sta re critically a t her
SU LPH U RRO , 71 Columbia St. ALL DRUGGISTS.
pick np H e le n '« handkerchief and self in tb e long m irror betw een th e
8EATTLB, » U H .
windows.
H elen tu rn on tbe low est step to re­
ceive it from him. Tall as she waa, he
” 1 am really very b e a u tifu l,” she •.•.V .V .V t’. ’. ’.V .’. T . W t V . ’ .’
was taller, and th e ir eyes were ju s t on said a t last, as though tbe faee in th e
a level as she stood th ere above him. glass w ere jo st a picture. " I used to
She th an k ed him carelessly; then snd find it q m te a nuisance—so many
National Stamp &
den recognition downed in her eyes.
stupid m oths flu tte rin g around, who
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“ Surely—it ia Captain A dam ant!” would never tak e no fo r an answ er, b u t
Seal Works
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good larat
loro I lagged
legged-off
-iff las
la n d
t
she said. “ I heard yon lecture nt the now— I ’m g la d .”
nd and Centralia, an the uialpi
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H er votes was low and sweet, her
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eyes smiled, she looked w onderful as
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Stancils. Hants,
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T oo can got any kind of lay­
D o n ’t nsv any kind of an old box for
she stood th ’ re in th a t roomful of ord i­
Badge« and
in g Iraat tho I ran wwnl. Borna af th is land
Trade Chaeka.
nary m o rta's a p rn ees« out of a fairy shipping dressed poultry, nor old. •♦ain-
la bottom land.
,
tale— tho vision of a dream—exquisite, ed, m usty erates for eggs. They d etract Brasa Signs Bax Printing Platea v d Burn­
P erfect r .U a and W arranty n eed .
ing Brands. Kaatbartag Machine
regal, supremely nneoDseions of th e from th e appearance of the fitd a and
” — rts.
CHARLES DELFEL
a«cs
eyes th a t focussed her from every ten put the tbg shipper ta tha bughouse
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HURRO
WHY DOES SULPHURRO GET RESULTS?
5 Acres for $250.00