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Show Friday, January 11, 1929 THE MIDVALE JOURNAL "Man," announced the General, "ls a 1peculatlve animal. The Instinct fol taking a <'hance Ll as old u the human race." "You mean the Instinct for getting something for nothing, don't you?'' "Call It what you like,. it &mounts to the same thing. Every mao enjopo. a gamble. even yourself." "And how." lnqnfred the lawyer, ''do you make me out a gnmbler?" CopTril:ht. Br DoJd. Mead and Company, Inc. "Why," replied the G1•neral, "easy W. N. U. Se...U.. enough. Every time you go Into court to nrgue a cu"e ynu're dt>aliug with chance.'' "H~>ally! I should have thougt.t th:Jt TRUE MODE~lY "1\Ir. Wilson, I wish very much that by the simple process of borrowing a few tritlt•s like justlt:f', expPrience Mr. Stanley would come back." from Peter 111 puy Paul, ·he had dis Jtn!l lutPIIigence were the gnn1rning charged his obligation to the ~ambler. elements." • Tliongh t_he gu~:st hi~self refrained ! "I wish so, too." "I don't say thE'r!• isn't somt>tllfng In fJ·t•lll mentwu of It, tHllngs of thE' ..Ycu see I Sl>eak so frankly to you, and ha\·lng done so had sworn a sol · knowing more or less of the Intimate emn vow that be would never enter those things, tmt the elt' lllt>nt of >oignal ::mceess he had achievPd rel.tlons that have existed between that ball of chance again. nut that chance enters toto erpry cu~e yuu try re~1d1ed his host and hostess. Twit· you and Mr. Stanley I bave beard vow, like many others, bad ueen bro- just the same, anrt you know lt. lt tell ou his mode:,;t retieen<'e, he exhim speak more than once of your de ken. His luck couldn't always be bnd. mnke>' n lot of dlfferPrH'e to you what pi<Iin£>11: he thought, nnd he was due to win- judg-e Is ll',l'ln~ your ea~e. [t rnak(•S ·'\\'p!l, )'OU see, I come from a mo.-Jvotioo and your loyalty to him.'' est fu mil.•·." 1 "You may couct upon that, Mrs. overdue. In this he was In error :1 nt of differerl('e tl• ynu wht!tller the ·' ·roo much to eat-too ri ~ h a dietllis unluek:, streak rontlnued. and thE' opposing eounsel Is on 11 hle man or a Tlll'y had nut nntieed, thpy said Waterman.'' : too much smoldng. Lots of th!ng-s "I am sure of lt. That's why I am consequence was that shortly he · honE>hellrl. ('hanee, a:!aln. It makN' tlw_t mod('sty was the salient famil) ause sour stomach, but oue thing catt so frank. I know that you are, or found himself heavily 1n nromfleld's a dil'fPrence whether the Judge g!ept j tr~.'t: , . .. orrect It quickly. Phillips 1\Iilk: of well the nl~ht beforE'. More chanre. l I\o. of cour:>e, he replw.-J, for have been, lotimately acquainted with debt once more. Here came his creel Tngnesia will alkalinize the acid. the details of the tmslness in which !tor again. Ue sighed heavily as he Th.e re's a lot of luek nbou• your .1ury, we :we even nHH!est about that.''Cake a spoonful of this pleasa111 too. SometimE's you wam nn lntt'l· l hlandlestcr Gun r!l!an. my husband and Mr. Stanley were en· told the boy to bring him ln. Rut be .reparntlon, and the system is soon gaged. and that you were for some fore the door opened to admit hb vis- il:!ent jury anrl ynu ~;et 11 Rtllpid one. ---weetened. time In my husband's oftice after Mr. !tor be was again his usual smiling Sometimes you wnnl durnhtwlls anrl Par at Last Phillips is always ready to rdh•\'C Stanley went away. ! have been a sefr. you gel smart AIP<'kS. Don't tell me! A 1loctor who Is noted for his oi.Jesllstress from over-eating; to ch!'t'k all little worried about that business In "Come In, come tn, Bromfield," hP Every time you try a case you take a ity trPntment recei\·pd the following cidity; or neutralize nicotine. Tie· the last few weeks. Perhap!> my wor- called, as to a welcome guest. "How •chance, nnd I suppo~e that'~ how you letter from a golfing patient: nember this for your own C'JIUfurt; ry It~ unnecessary, but I have bPen are yon? Glad to see you." satisfy your particular liking for a "Dear Doctor-That diet you put the sake of those around yot:.. for thinking that ma,vbe my husband, out "1 happened to be passing by," said gamhle." me olltO I;; working wondPrs. '1: ester- Endor:<ed by physicians, but they alof a mistaken sense of kindness to me, Bromflelrl. "and, the market uavlng '!'he Ia wyer and his client wl're rlay for the tit'S! time in munths, I has not told me everything that I closed, 1 thought I would drop ln for lunrliing nt the tort of a Broadway cliiT, holed ont the penultimate hutton of .vays say Phillips. Don't buy somehing else and expect the samP. re a chat." In the beautiful gr!ll room whieb wns my rlre.·s waistcoat."-London Daily ults I "Very good of you, 1 am sure." thp feature of the Law~·ers' club. Gen· Chronit'le. "By the way," went on the gamhler. Pral Leavitt, U. S. A., Retired, was a ·•rm sorry 1 haven't seen you at my tlorid, hearty man of seventy-one or SCIENTIST place of late." two, who, though still In full posse!;'"No," admitted Waterman, "fact Is. slon of all his physical and mental 1 dlda't wish to come there again un- faculties, had been relegate.-J to more til 1 was able to square thing~ np with or less private life a few years preyou." vlously by the operation ot the age "And whE'n wlll that hE', do you limit law. He bad taken the precau· thinlc?" tlon when quite a young soldier of proBooklet:tre~.JliRhestreferettC<'• Best results.. ~m tnese a~ vlding for his old age by marryln·g a "Oh, very soon, 1 hope." sured. W.l.TSOJ x. ooL'tNU,l'.t.t... t L>..,-or 1:t Dtlo 81., Wolki..-_IUl "Ye>ur hope Is mine also." They rich wife. She bad died some teo ' smiled together, a little grimly per- years before, and lt was concerning haps, and P.romflelrl went on. "You the management of her property. which COI•"':,g couldn't mak~> It any more definite she had left entirely to the General, thnn that, 1 811 ppose?" that he was now conver~lng with biB All Winte,. Long "Well, no, not at the moment.'' counsel. .\farvdous Climato- Good lloLela- Tourlo• "Sorry. I could use money just "As I was saying, Alexander, "he Ca~npe-Splcntlid Road-Go.rg.coue ~fountain View e. 1'1oe u:oooerful de>f!rt re>ort of tl•c W ..,, now. You see, a oumher of gentle- went on," you should cultivate the Wrtt• ere• & Cltafley men with whom I do business seem to sporting Instinct outside of your own have had a run of had luck of late." profession. lt will rattle your bones ii.IDB. §pPrinU "Do I understan.-J that you complain a bit. Now there's your son-In-law; C..4.J.IFOR1VIA of that?" grlnnE'rl Waterman. he's got the right Idea. He's a bnsi"Not altogPther." a.-Jmltted the oth oes~ mao from ten to three, and after Out of Orcler er, "but you see their had luck seem~ that be's a sportsman, though I must Impatient Customer - Can't yon not to have been conflned strictly to say the last time I saw him he didn't serve mei' I'm in a hurry. 'l'wo their dellll'lgM with me. I'm a benev- ~eem to be having any the best of the pounds of liver. olent person and I'm always sorry to luck. By the way, do you ever go to At Yule he studied sci~nce, Butcher-Sorry, madam, but three Bromfield's?." It may seem strange to you, hear that any of my frlenrls have had others were here before you. You "No," said Colby, "not since I was That be learned so much of pettlngbad luck with other people than my. 1JUr2ly don't want your liver out of a young fellow and Bromfield used to \Yell-that's a science, too. order! Wilson Reflected. How Much Should self." run a place at Saratoga. It was rather ••Quite comprehensible," aum!tted He Be Justified In Telling Herf amusing In those day~;"," Brevities Waterman. Cold Need Caa•e Three letters come anew "Everything was more amusing in should like to know. There have "Tf you could see my books you To moderate our glee. No Inconvenience been Urnes when I felt that things would clearly unrlerstand why I find It those days,'' sighed the General. BowThey're either "I. 0. 0." Singers can't alway~ keep :from wen: not going well with him In the ne<'essnry to annoy you-which, be- ever. our friend Bromfield Is still grat· Or ~l~e they're "C. 0 . D... tfyfng the human propensity for tak· !atching cold, but they can get the Street, am: perhaps It Is because uf lieve me, l sloeerely regret to be lng a chance, even though bis stage lest o:f any cold in a few hours--and Answer Postponed my wlsb to be reassured that I am obliged to do." setting ls not what it was." asking y~o t<. tell me ln strictest con"Hello, old man! \Vhnl do you fO can you. Get Pape's Cold Compound ''I share your regret, 1\tr. Bromfield "Er-yoo say," Inquired Colby cas· know?" .hat comes in pleasant-tasting tablets, fidence what you kuow about lt." -In fact my heart bleeds for you. ually, "my son·ln·law didn't reem to :me o:f which wlll break up a cold so "But Mrs. Waterman," objected \Vll"Ask me next month. I've just "Come now,'' returned Bromfield. son, "it b. · been some months since with Irony, "you mustu't let It worry be having the best of luck last time bought no eneyclopedia on easy pax· tulckly you'll be astonished.-Aclv. I left the omee." ments." you too much. Your sympathetic heart you saw him there?" "Well, no, Alexander,'' returned the Goes Double "1 know that," slle answered, ''bul will be the ruin of yon tf you keep on soldier, "he wasn't what you might ..I believe," says a speclullst, "that were things quite well there when you like this. Well, I must be getting on. "All by Myself" eating 'em up. But I didn't stay call left?" "She eonsiders herself a most ex- &lnging Is extremely benefleial in cer· I bave one or two other visits to make to see the finish. I quit about two- clusive person, doesn't she?" iuln cases of deafness.'' ·•Frankly," said Wilson, "not alto- In the lmmedlate neighborhood." thirty a. m. I'm not as young as 1 And vice Yersa. gether, to my way ot thinking.'' ":\Iy oear. the creature even sings "Ot a simllar character?" was!" "Do you mind going loto partlco· "Yes, 1 am sorry to say." rtuets alon~:· "But really,'' said Mr. Colby, "get· Mere Routine tars?" "W~n. good hunting!' tlng back to business, this ~eculative Wilson reflected. How much should "This !;; a million-dollar scheme.'' Bromfield smiled nod departed with MUSIC HAUNTS HIM transaction of yours." he oe jus ilied In telling her? He a Wll ve of hi>- sti ek. ...The office boy <'lin finance that for "Oh d-n It,'' said the Gent!ral, "let decided to compromise. you." With his departure, Waterman's as "No, certaiLtly uot," be said. "It was sumptlon of cheer departed also. Care up. If I didn't play around a little i should go mad, bite myself In the calt merely that Mr. Waterman bad em- returned and sat darkly upon his brow '.arked upuu some operations in the He was not deceived by Bromfield's of the leg and .-Jle of hydrophobia. 11 Street which dld not uppear to me ex- urbanity. He knew perfectly well what It wasn't for pE>ople like me what the actly conservative. Of course I am It meant. It meant that some was. h-1 do you think woul.-J beeome of ready to admit I t'lay have been Influ- somehow. he must very shortly pro· people like you, I should llke to enced by the fact that I was sure they duce the sixty thousand dollars whtch know?" were operations Mr. Stanley would he owed the gamhler, or else-. It was DestPnding to his office ten stories not ha ,e approved. rou see, my bust· not a plea!!'RDI prospeet. below, Mr. Colby kept two millionaires ness education bas been entirely In the "Confound the fellow," he thought. waiting fifteen minutes while he con · ltauds of !1-lr. Stanley." ·•comPs In here covered with <liamcluds si<lered the caN! of his son-lu-law. Ue Doris did nut press the point fur· to duo me. Diamonds!" The word bad been somewhat disappointed by ther. Sbe had a suspicion that Wil- struck him forcibly. "Diamonds!" his daqghter's choice, but true to his son was not telling all be knew, but He got up and took a turn abuut tlw announcement to Doris, he hod not she was sure thut so far as he had room. Suddenly he could think of \·o!eed that disappointment He hart gone he had said what he thought. nothing else. "Diamonds-heaps of made up his mind not to Interfere He had confiru1ed her suspicions. diamonds. Hm !" either In her choice of a husband or Things were not well wltb her busin her relations with that husband. band In the :Street. she had ucquired him. Neveronce CHAPTER IX He-Beautiful music always haunts "Thank you, 1\lr. Wilson," she said, theless be kept his eyes wide open, acme. "for your frankness. '!'hat Is all I cording to Ills cu:>t om-for while he "My dear General," said Mr. Colby. knew the peril of unwl~e lnterfPrence She-It's beenuse you murder lt wished to know." And she added de"I really cannot understand how such ijrst. between hushund aurl wife, he was detenslvely, 'I wished to know what you have told me because I wunt lr. every a wise old fox as you ever came to be termined to bt! In a p•1sition to ltelp Also Foxy possible way to be of help to "'~Y hus· involved in this transaction I From his duughter If t!:e time should ever the very first lt was obvlou~ly wild come when shP should ngk ft. Lives ot foxy guys remind us band.'' We can he as sharp as !hey, speculation.'' ITO BE C{..NTINTIED.) "I understand," he answered. And departing leave behind us Wilson departed with mixed emoBill~ our heirs will have rn l''lV tions. It was uo1 the tlrst time he A fortune Made had seen Doris t.::c.tby. He had lODe ( First Arall-One can't touch that to her more tha1 once on various m!sfello\\ ll·lth a six-foot pole since be slons fur Stnnley tn the old days. It made his fortune. had always thrilled him to look at SeeontJ Arab-Did he sell out bb• 1n the early dnys ot clvlllzutloo houses. nor even to the ic.bles of the her. It thrilled him stilL She was caruvun? we!llthy. It Is available for ever) sterling sih·er wa~ restricted to royal more beautiful than ever, he thought, First Arab-No, Invented wind and the anxiety which sat so dearly ty an<l the nohility. 1n fact. we are home o1 tnsre and moderate me:u1s shield;; for the t'ftmels. upon her ·un!lic. brow added just now rold that ut one period of Englanol'!> to the fascination which she had al- l'lstory the nun:her of sterling silver Baby has llttle upsets at times. AD Too Rougl> Railroad Time wa~::. had for him. It was clear to '"~.lOons and such.ike one could own are wan your care cannot prevent them. But you "Hut you rail road men .She didn't urHferstunrl foothall. Wilson, also, that Waterman was In were aetually restricted and governed love mP can be prepared. Then you can do what Will you alwn~'E! "Why did the,v knnl'k that man down derers. the pr6lcess of being found out. Ue by stutute. One could almost reeonany experienced nurse would do-,vhat aft£>r we wed?" was oot aware, as yet, that tJ1e man struct the regulatoiy table-one lord. as soon as he touched the ball?" shf' "Yes, I'll promise to kiss sou ev- most physielans would tell you to dowas in possession oi stolen goods. h:~t one S(HJon; one duke,, fnur spoons: asked. give a few drops of plain Castoria. No ery hour on the hour." "BP<·a use ht> wns tryin~ to get a he kuew perfectly well thnt be wa;. !lne pt·incess. on& chest, and so tiD I sooner done than Baby Is soothed; re-o a humbug anrl a fraud. And no·.v, It :::Herling was displayed upon all 1•ere ~oat," her hrnther explained. No Evidenee lief is just n matter of mom£>nts. Yet ''Rut Isn't the object of the gurnf' appeared, bls unma~klng was ap- monfnl occasions and these arlstv First nesorter-'fhe proprietor of you l1ave eased your child without use proaching. lle could not repress a crnts of a far past day treasured to !!;el gonls1" ''Yes; hut he wus-rou s.-e, he's on this suwrner hotel hides all edclence of a single doubtful drug; Castorln is sens~ of s~:~tisfuctlon. their sll~er to as great nn extent a~; vegetahle. So It's safe to use us orten the other side. ne wa:1 going the that his goods come from the city. At that vHy momeiJt, at the t·lose the young bride of tc)(iuy. Seeuurt Besorter-How does be ar as an infant has fillT little pain you wrong way-that Is. toward tbe wrung (i'l\'e buudred years ago. with the of IJusiness, Wat:.-rn.an sot alone It. ran:!e It? cannot pat away. And it's always ills ufllce. He was revlewln.,: his gruw od\·ent of the ~'lorentlne re(>Uhllc, d goa!." Flr>lt Hesorter-lle has a goat to 1 ready for the crueler pangs of collc, or "Well. I don't see why they sh•JUld lng perplexities. It was not a pleas- new era began Forelj,'D cmumerce eat up all the tin tans.. constipation or diarrhea: el'l"ective, too, knock him down to tell 111m that. ant process, and ~lis gloom was nut brought wealth to men of lesser rnnk :for older children. TWCtlt!J.flve million Everyt>ody makes mistak0s."-Mon at all dispelled b,l' the ,·oice or the of- who estuhlighed lltajo,"fiitleent borne Upkeep and Upset 'bottles were bought last year. fice boy who opened the door at that nud .med 1hem wtt h works of art treal Star. Smith-It Is not the cost of the ca1 moment and snfd: and lleauty. chlet anwng wh!eb waP thllt worries the average motorist, but "Mr. Cromtleld asking for you, sir." :sterlltt~. Toduy sterlin!- silver con And Taxi Receipt. the upt;e-ep. Bromfield was one or the last people tlnues ro he thP loevltahle tahlewnre Wllat this country needs !8 o moth Jones-And sometimes the turo in the world be wished to see. It Is for the prrson ot dfscrfminntlon. ll.s that will eat oandellons and old razor over. true tl1at shJrtly after his marriage, use Is not confined to the rQJ'&l bla®st.-.Atchlboo Gl~ THE DOUBLE CROSS By A. E. THOMAS I THE STORY ' I I .;4 Jim Stanley, New York busl· ness man, orders his ileslc audl phone taken to bls home, IntendIng to finish his dictation therf' Rollo Waterman, his partner. comes ln. Both are In love with Doris Colby. Stanley proposf'P tossing a roin to determine which shall first propose to Dori11. Wa· terman wins. Nina Morgan, Wa· terman's secretary and mistress, has overheard his conversation with Stanley and resents Waterman's plan to desert her. Wa· terman &ays he 11!0 PP.nlllle:!<s and must make a rich marriage. He urges Nina to tell Doris that St:wley has wronged her (Nina) Doris 'Ldmlts to her father her Interest In both men, but Is un· able to decide which to many l\'lna tells !:>oris her story, exact! ng a promise that Doris will not tell the source ot her In· formation. Doris Is convinced or Stanley's duplicity and Is broken-hearted, realizing that It •~ Stanley she loves. Waterman proposes and Doris accepts blm Stanley accepts the situation, and as a wedding prpsent gives his share ot the business to Waterman. He arranges with hls secretary, Frank Wilson, to tal(e charge ot his other business In· terests. He Is going to India. Doris tells Waterman part of Nina's story and he promises to "try" to find the girl. Frank Wll· son, aware of Waterman's crook. edness, leaves his employ The latter begins to Importune Dorll' tor 'tloney, I ~ r I 1. • CHAPTER VIII-Continued -8- Nevertbeless, she was Intelligent, nnd tbere came a time when with tne best wlll in the world she could no longer shut her eyes to the fact that all was not well with her husband. He .rJid, It Is true, manage occasionally to make good rome or the amount which she arh'anced him, but on the whole the balance was heavy on the wrong side of tbe ledger. His tuck, us he called it, ran pretty steadily against · him. His nerves a>layed him false with increasing frequency. Be found him· !'elf drinking In the middle of the day. a thing ,he hnd never done before In nil Ills life. Occasionally Doris sa \V blm a little the worse for wear. She ihougbt little ot this: ~he was no prude. Sbe had made up her mine! t at she would have no wrangling with r husband, and tn view of his grow· \hg Irritability, she feared that any reference to this matter would predpltate a quarrel. Bitterly she regretted the absence ()f Stanley, for she began to suspect that his bad been the Influence that bad kept her husband straight tor years. She believed that tf Stanley bad not gone away, things would hnve continued well. "I wonder,'' she !:nild one evening at dinner, "when Jim's coming bnck." Waterman started slightly. Staoley'!f name bad not been mentioned be· tween them for mo.1lths. "J have no iden,'' he said. "I wonder If that confidential man of bls-what was hi~ name?" ""'flsoo ?" "Yes, Wilson. Do ycu know bls ad· Qress?" · "No, I don't. \.'hy?" "I thought I would write and ask t'llm." ''Why? . What difference dues It mnke?'' Be st!oke with a touch of asperity. It was clear that the subject an· noyed him, so she abandoned It; but she df<l oot put the thought from her mind, and the next day she telephoned to Waterman'~;" head clerk for Wilson's address, got lt, and wrnte him a note. ln response, Wilson appeared at the • Waterman apnrtment at three o'clock of the next day. "Fvrgive my asking you to come here In the middle of the business !lay, !.Ir. Wilson, but I could not very wei! lind anothe. ltour free. I am anxious," said Doris, "for certain reasons, to know when Mr. Stanley Is returning." "I m sorry I cannot tell you,'' replied the secretary. "Hawn't you heard from hfrn ?" "Oh ye~;", I got a cable when he landed at Yokohama." ",\ that Is all?" "Ab:solutel;)• all." .. "He has hurled himself, hasn't he?" "That, Mrs. Waterman, was bls Idea, I think." He decided to expert· ment a bit and added, "I have some reason for thinking that when Mr " Stanley went away be wasn't qui:e bnppy.'' Characteristically the blue eyes ·idened just a bit. "Really," sh'! flalcl. "llo you know why?" "~ot positively, but I could make a . gl1PS~.'' "Do you mind b'llesslng for my ben· "You know I am a -.·ery hid friend.'' "!'m sorry. but It :s so vague a ~nc!"s and touches on so Intimate a matter, that I scarcely feel justiflert tn enl· rglng upon lt." So Uenly ht!r f){d atrect!on for Stun ley revived. Complicated with It, too. was an abrupt realization of a tact ef whleh she had been dimly con scio•JS for S>Urue tlrm!, thE' fant that she wu Intensely worned about her husbdod. Under the llpur ot these :nio &l~d emotJona, she said: "eilt ?'' she asked. I Makes lifo Sweeter I PATENTS s.;en; P Arelfou Read): Silver Utensils Once Prerogative of Rank When !JOlt/~ ! Children CtY for It II |