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Show Internal cleanliness protects against disease is but a step from those immediate results headache, heaviness, loss of constipation appetite to serious disease. Such minor ailments are a warning that poisons from food waste are flooding your body. Keep clean internally. In constipation, aay intestinal specialists, lies tha of primary cause of more than three-quarteall illness including the gravest diseases of life. IT IT DOESN'T 'our into M:!:' oil;.-,w.is liruqucl Henry young Mills evidently ut the u'.her s:iy, "You cun get oul this wuv. Mr. Hm-i-.- BODE YOU FIlAXTICt" Eerily, though, except as a show, t0 hole at vow ami then doesn't it bore you frantic t The whole thing, I ml!n-- oi.r tort of sort of people we are ? hing--th- e "I don't know any of you eery well,'' he sail, lamely. Tm now." IcrcJ ngt "You keep going " she said, "from the time you're quite small, thinking that lifes going to open out. somehow, like a door. An-then some day you tcake up and reali-.- e youre thirty-fir- e or so, and that it doesnt mean to open out ;t all ; there isnt any door not to the thing you're in. And thru you hear about somebody who's never been shut up, in anything ; somebody the whole world's drays been open to. And you try to get people to tell you about him, John and Jimmy Wallace and Henry and Margaret Craven Margarets funny about you. You wonder what that kind of freedom feels like. I should think youd feel, she looked around at. him suddenly, "with us, you know, tike a big moc, or something, that finds itself shut up in our pasture with the Ilohleins a 1 d The Pawn. On the fnce of It, John Williamsons iiTltatiun to lunch was nothing tlmt Henry Craven need especially wonIt was der, let alone worry, about wusunl couldn't llenry remember, tlmt It had ever happened be-- ! Just these circumstances but one needn't feel on that account there was anything ominous Indeed, fore In surely that Hie manner of giving It had bn little overbearing, perhaps; anyhow. Hut that wan ' John Williamson's way, and no doubt hiiplxra In Chicago's flnandul world about It. , .'entitled him to It. Henry hud been dictating a letter round eleven o'clock this was when one of the hank's more Important spoke to him from across the nwrble rail. Evidently the man didn't ,re to come Inside, so Henry went to the rail to see what was wanted. His .telephone rang while he stood talking ;lth the customer and, of course, his raogrpher answered It. He heard my. "Yes, Mr. Williamson." And Hes right here. Shsnt I call jto .Wmr Iiut John, evidently, hadn't WtM It nctcerarj to wait, even a There was another pause hll stie nmde a nutation on a pad, jj cus-;tom- ui . J "Very well, Mr. Wllllam- - I'll tell Idm." stenographer had was: "Be at J. Henry's on her pad office lf" il nt Lunch. Not even an If twelve-thirt- ail- - pos-CWf- T'11 nf J there were no Ifs." ne of two or three Olym-v-u- i win,, mining their other cloudy lflrs, directed the policies of great hunk. In which Ills cousin Henry Craven, nfler ,,f fmrvlcc, Had re- l,r,,,,led lo lie one of the cii'ddtirs. Naturally, then, If Wn i ai j"" ion,l i l ll,n "r ,,nY lle' Nuiry would come. , bl mi!llIjr wwnt It, that the "f uny serious IniportaiiceT Kliln't he s business limiter at d nines tic problem or .H Sth. ,l Jolin'i wife ii V'enrj's ''"""In) had a Wrtliduy n, It It was poKHlble Urn Henry's cultivated taste was r,,lulNll luned to pick out a t for her. Only would John ''fBH',,l a priceless lunch hour U- nK , .3, lMVlllll,rtant hour of his liard-"I1"" trllle like tlmtf It inl go-1,- 1 Ivalile. srr'v,''l "mr lJ 11''" ''i,;"i,y lunch-tnblTli Ilke I,,I "liked e 1 their mnjor de- - decision or Jclm'i concern Henry? 1'n-,- , of Hen-i;h- ( ;'7 :i "ilM n he hunk. They weren't I him again j they'd t- -t Iut siippuse suppose tlir fii) ' i:.t ,1' , hadn't made good, amt ,,,, hi1 oilier tvu;;n-tiling. hruken to him Just like Is,, 11 . 11 'l'"tloi s! o.)it etc ? genially, over the lie pulled himself up with a Jerk and shot a glance at his stenographer. Had Ills moment of panic been legible to her in Ills face? But she was gating out nowhere In the sort of trance that Is one of the accomplishments of her profession. "Wlmt's the last thing I said?" he demanded. Then as the girl started to read, No, give me the whole thing from the beginning." Ile didn't need It, but he did need another minute nr two In wlileli to tuke possession of himself. That fear that danmuble black dog of a fear, had alunk at his heels since his first dny ut the bank. It had been natural enough nt first, when he was bruised and bewildered by a sudden tragic change In the whole prospect of his life. John had given lilm this Job out of charity, or. If you preferred putting It so, by way of meeting an obligation he had assumed on marrying Into the Craven family. He'd come Into the hank as a lame duck. There was, though, no reasonable doubt that he stayed and advanced on hia merits. All the evidence leaned that way. But the fear persisted. Not, of course, as a constant companion. There were days, weeks of them together sometimes, when he never thought of it. But at some trilling enigma, fancied very likely, In the conduct of one of Ills suimrloiK, some half overconversation unavoidably heard, some smile Hint lie felt giiiniid Ills wuy, the thing would seise him like a spasm of pain from an Injured nerve. lie knew II was a weakness. Ile made vHilant attempts lo compier ll. lie grew ashamed of II. lie ilevcl-onflie corollary fear that It would lie discovered. Ilia latest promotion had. he'd supposed, worked a cure. An assislnnt cashier was one of the otlleers of the " If ever they make me un hank. he'd Mid to himself a thousand limes, then I'll know I'm safe.' And Indeed, during the three months since It hud occurred, he'd been Iwenthlng deeper, luxuriating In a new securiiy. But now, for no holier reason than that Ills Cousin John had Invited him to lunch, lie was quaking at Ilia pit of Ids atomnch Ilke s stboolboy who's been told to report to !he principal. II was absurd. A desire came flooding over him as he sat upon tlmt si might elmir In John Williamson's outer a passionate desire to do somequite possithing unexpected, wicked to the iimin-nse- ; bly, hut successful, girls should elTict that telephone secstand In Hwe of him mid private retaries treat him with respect. Through an open transom Henry could hear load laughter as a heavy voice rumbled through a waiting anger, Hint lie should be kept lie under such circumstances, rose, was about to have the girl telephone when the to John that he was walling lunch-table- an jutiiUo of u.,.; mng hiioi iiuo tie room. And wiiile he stared ut the sight ,.f nt.;,' held Ills breath. .VI l,: fidgety un' were forgotten, swallowed nojiiuce un in the which the limn' uppem-nn.-produced. H: "as the first thing saw. It was cm round and liort you not fashioned at ull nnd It was , us black us if it iiuj been drawn upon his fuee with India Ink. Ills hair was Just as black nn.l thick, and It war cut iuite short enough to hide a tendency to curl. Against this blackness of Jowl und brow I lie gleam of Ics teeth and the white of his eves made a dazzling contrast. Bui Indeed, us you took him In. you saw Unit lie was a bundle of conirusis; the lightness of bix poise, be siood there holding the door, against the burly hrcti-lll- i of those shoulders uml hull neck: the look of geniality tlmt yon goi from his smile, contradicted by Ids nose, winch Jutted out lu so bluntly aggivi.si-.iu nmnner us to be piratical almost, Henry felt. lie lmd answered liollie Mills by inlying In his peculiarly resonant voire that lie til ways thought lie was lucky, coming to u place like this, if lie could get out the same door he'd come iu by; and he cumlmied for u minute rubbing this In. All these rubber Pan-nof finance hud, lie supposed. a chui e down which the unwary visitor, having been shorn, was per milted to plunge. Joint looked iibscnt minded when he appeared a moment later. He did not ei.uie out of his abstraction until Just us they were turning into the club; then he took Henry by the arm. Did you know tlmt fellow?" he asked. "The loan who was up In my oflirc?" "No," Henry said. "I don't believe I've ever seen him before. I'm sure he's not one of Hie customers over ut the lintik. "tils name's !recr," sabl John. Joseph flreer. Ever heard of him?" "The name's vaguely familiar, perhaps, hut 1 can't place It. I'll be glad to look him up for you, If you like." "Weve looked him up," said John. "I guess we know pretty much nil there Is to know ahoiit him. He's gut a proposition we're going to tuks up. I'll Holng Into business with him. tell you the whole thing at lunch." By tills time llenry perceived that danger of his Job being tuken away from him did not exist und he breathed sut easy again. When the two nu-down to the table John launched Into n description of Greer's business. It seemed that the funners of the country, who were growing plants fur linseed oil, were throwing uwuy the from some two mllllun acrer of hind every year and that Greer had discovered n process hy which to nmke linen from It at price that would permit America to compete with the cheap hand labor of Europe. John flnully wound up his talk hy telling Henry that he had picked him as treasurer of the new compuny ut n salary of ten thousand a year. Frankly, ne stated, the directors had flnx-btru- of-fl- "If Evsr They Maks Ms an Officer. fullh in Grccr'e ability In a practical way Iml they feared ills handling tinge amounts of money without some sort of a chock being kept on him. and that was to be Henry's duty. John did not press Henry fur an Immediate answer and told him to sleep on It before giving him Ids answer. The offer was a splendid one for Graven afier the flfteen years of terrible straggle on the part of himself and his sister to keep up appearances. His father had died when Henry was a mere Iwy. leaving tils family practically penniless but the brother und sister, aided by powerful friends of hint managed to keep up I heir father, the home. llenry arrived home abend of Ids and when Hi" busier iiiir.uiiiii-clo the dour, expect-Ina caller lie to see Margaret, nil hough she usually carried a key. There It wasn't Margaret, though. si-!- er d were two people coming up, and they proved to be Violet .Il.aiusen and J lvrolhy. Tin Inner, when she saw who WHS wiiiiing them, left her inoiher hchlinl. took the lug thiilit of stairs two at u thing arms around him. gave h,m a tight hug. un kissed him soimd'y, Just us slic'd used to do w hen 'ie w as a little girl. Ii was u The two experience. foraged in the pantry nnd through the Icebox for materials for lea. 1 mu practicing on you." ivorotliy admitted. "She wunts me to." "Your mother? The girl nodded. Henry was still lie heard speechless over this wlu-MnrgHret talking to Violet In (lie other room. It wui only a moment later that his sister, without stopping to remove tier wraps. swooped down upon them In the pantry. Site k!scd Iioro-lltoff enthusiastically uud held In lioih bands. You're a delicious looking young thing," she said. "1 wish 1 looked like .voti.'' the girl retorted, n little flushed Imt easily enough. "1 ulvvays have, you know.'' 1'cople had Just one ail.le.-ilrfor Margaret She fell short ef beauty and there was nothing pretShe had regular featy about tier. tures, rather finely modeled, h good skill, and enough lialr. Had tier life run cn In the channel that ii hud started In, slie might have aitulncd aa effect of style, smartness unyhow. As it was wlmt she had achieved was a crispness of niovemenl and Inflection, an air of adequacy to any situation that might arise, which men, In the main, found u little formidable. Tiie men who liked her hext were oilier than she nnd married. But Just tills quality, It wan easy to guess, was what young Dorothy admired. And you could not iiilatuke the sincerity of wlint site had just said. Abruptly, At argil ret shooed I hem nut Into the sitting-rooto keep Violet amused while she got the . Just as Margaret was coming In with Hie tray Violet said, "It must seem si range to lie leaving the hunk, doesn't It?" He answered quickly, "Margaret doesn't know." Then to Ids sister lie went on, "John offered me a new Job at lunch today amt i I'm taking It." Her eyebrows went up with an expression which betrayed nothing lint Then she surprise. said, "It must lie pretty good If you could make up your mlnil as quickly as that to take It. "Well, l'iu sure it iiiiint look good to John," Toilet observed. 1'fie whole scheme, 1 ineun. Been use unies. It liad looked well niarveloiia, he'd never have gone In with tlmt imin." "Greer, you mean," llenry said, nnd turned once more to Murguret with Hes an Inventor und explanations. he's found a wny to make llnpn out of American flux strew. Theyve never been ulile to do It herore and the farmers have burned it thousands, or uuyhe millions, of tons of It every I don't understand Greer's year. process In the Imist. I'm not even sure Hint John does. Ilut he seems to have no doubt It works. John wunts me to lie treasurer of the new com"The Inventor pany," he concluded. himself Is to he president. Have you met him yet?" Violet asked. "I Just got s glimpse of him," Henry answered. "I hadn't time to see anything hut his heard." "That's the man. nil right, Violet said, with a noil And went on, since they were Doth visibly waiting for more: "Why. he sounds amusing to me; really attractive. Jimmie Wallace likes him quite a lot. He likes to play with theatrical people that's how Jlinnilc knows him. But, or eoiirse, Jimmie himself Isn't exactly He's gut wlmt you'd call -- uuatere. Greer, 1 mean up on ail apartment Sheridan road, in the same building iliat Bella und liill Forrester are In. Bells Is quite an nuthonty on him. Never met him, of course. But site meets up with him. neeiilentully, you know, every now and then, and they get very pally. She's Imping, she says, tlmt he'll invite her to one of hia parties. They mit be pretty terrific from all aeemm's." I got the Impression." Henry observed, "rrom John's biography of him that lie's a bachelor." It "I don't know," said Violet. comes to tlmt, an j how. He lives In that hlg apartment all hy himself. At least " she qualified, and broke off with s glance toward tier daughter. "You needn't mind me." Dorothy said quietly. "I'm rending the Literary All the same." the girl went News. on, looking up at llenry from the magazine her glance had fallen upon. I think that Hurt of Inventor would he a wonderful person to have nlmiit. Mostly t hey 're so awfully noble and Innocent, aren't they, amt about a hundred years old? Or Is tlmt Just in the ninvb-xAnyhow, I think you'll like it n lot. I wish father would give me a ,oli in the new company." ihcn. put down tier cup, S: e i nd her d mothiniii-: und. p er's iliiiir. took her lightly hy the "1 was lo ilrag you away slioiildi-rs- . by force at u quarter to six." she said. f.-- In otll-cer,- tils It liil'li't-s,'- , s n tills, iioin ii. y I i Hi-ni- These two talking are Jos Greer and Mr. John Williamson, about whom Henry Kltchell Webster's fine story, "Joseph Greer and His Daughter" revolves. It's their first meeting. Greer is a latter-dapirate ef the Chicago business world who hae fought hi way up from the Williamson la the wife of a society millionaire who ie bottom. Violet backing Joe in the promotion of an invention. Joe has in California a wife who ie planning to divorce him, and a nineteen-year-oldaughter, Beatrice, whom he has never seen. He is taking his daughter away from her mother and planning to force her into Chicago society. Beatrice turn out to be as individual and dynamic aa her father an interesting feature of the story Ie their clash of wille and the resulting adventures that fall to Beatrice. Joe and Violet are irresistibly attracted to each other with results that lead them to the very brink of destruction more than once. There are other strong characters Jennie MacArthur, for instance, Joe's 100 per cent efficient secretary. And these etrikingly Individual men and women go ahead and work out their own story, apparently without guidance from the master craftsman who hae created them. For beyond question Webster la a master craftsman In the construction of the modern novel of American lift. And hia life atory He began hi writing at twenty-fsen-iread like one of his own romances. Evanston, III, In 1899 In collaboration with 8amuel Merwin, who hae also achieved popularity aa a novelist Their "Calumet K" (1901) was a big success, aa were other Joint etorieo. Then Webster had a sort of intellectual shell shock and In the hope of recovering from it traveled all over the world. In desperation he made a complete change in his literary methods. He dictated fifteen "howler" stories that he sold readily under a pseudonym that he will not reveal. And witness hie latest novel, hie hand and brain regained their cunning "Joseph Greer and Hia Daughter." CHAPTER , opcni-- i. g 1 heart-warmin- g y ln-- r I llenry uuii : .i ...,,1 , i.ld us- - rs -- s ) li nearly lug ally icrt.i tl at now, uud you hawn't done your errand yet." "I'm hai.c.g a dinner tomorrow night." Violet explained to Margaret, "und us things have tinned out, I'm "imply gorged with men. 1nii 1 rtcul you uwuy Henry? It's going to he frlgim'iilly dull. I'm afraid." Mnrgnrcl thought she could conic. lorotuy had pane over to Henry und offered him tier liutid, "for luck." lie retained it as he turned to her mother uud asked, How about an even exchange? Or wouldn't It ha proper? Or are you going tl Dorothy, too?" "Yes, It's nil right." Margaret said, from her desk tn t lie tinier. "Love to! Seven thirty?" "Oh, Ihirotliy's perfectly iinattnln-Htilc.- " Violet told llenry. "She's dining and dancing somewhere tomorrow night. I don't In the least remember where. All I know Is I acccpiml eleven Invitations for her for Easter week." Tin desolated that 1 can't dine wilh you, Dorothy cried Iu Hits best sc-- Laxatiivs Aggravate Constipation Laxatives and cathartics do not overcome constipation, says a noted authority, but by their continued use tend only to aggravate the condition and often lead to permanent injury. Medical science, through knowledge of the intestinal tract gained by aervation, has found at last in bath goes kin-dtion a means of overcoming constipation. The gentle lubricant, Nujol, penetrates and softens the hard food waste and thus hastens its passage out of the body. Thus Nujol brings internal cleanliness. X-r- p. Nujol ia not a laxative and cannot gripe. Nujol is used in leading hospitals and is prescribed by physicians throughout the world. Don't give disease a start. Adopt this habit of internal cleanliness. Nujol is not a medicine. Like pure water, it is harmless. Take Nujol as regularly as you brush your teeth or wash your face. For sale by all druggists. good-lookin- po I Nui Ol Ml UJ. PAT. 099. For Internal Cleanliness Not Loud Enough. Elderly pisqile liuve seen everything hut the world, so some of them travel H good deal. Jack'll got a new alrcn for lila ear. "Kciilly. Wlmt bccuiim of the Mom line ?" Limlon Mull. A woiiiiiu'm nervea often innke nervous. WOMEN! a Ilian DYE FADED THINGS NEW AGAIN Dye or Tint Any Worn, Shabby Hairs Catarrh Gar-me- or Drapery. Medicine wSXSi "I'm Desolated That I Can't Dina With Dorothy Cried. You, cent of Vanity Fulr. "It would be miieli inure aiiiuaing." "I call Hint," llenry grumbled, after lie had fluxed tin iloor behind them, un Infernal outrage. Oh, not your going out lu dinner!" he added, for ha linil caught u look In tils aiater'a flies I meant the wuy tlmt atartled Idm. hlie'x trying In spoil tlmt lovely eldld. John Raid today tlmt seventeen wus a devilish age. tie's wrong. It's thirty-eigtlmt Is." I didn't supuixe you meant almut Hie dinner," she Raid, her voice coming rather flat, "and I suppose you did mean Dorothy. But there waa Just a chance, I thought, that yon rsu&led the wny John had treated you." John I In ufferlng me the new Job, you nirnn? That' becuuue you don't Violet Rpulled know about It yet. tilings, rut her, making me tell it backward. It's ten Hiouaand a year, Peg, ence to begin with stock in the again, If the tiling goes right something like old times." She asked Idm abruptly, "When did you first hour almut tills?'' Yon "Why Just today at lunch. don't think I'd keep a thing like Hint from you. I'm sorry I told Violet flrsti but It came up nnturaily, somehow, and then I took It fur granted that she'd know anyway. And you accepted tt finally right ht company-independ- local and Internal, and ha been success-U- ll in the treatment of Catarrh for over brty years. Sold by all druggists. ?. J. CllENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio pr Diamond Dye: Each pack ago of "Diamond contains directions so simple any wumun can dye or lint any worn, faded thing new, even If lias never dyed before. Choose color nt drug store. Advertise Ifl-ee- Dyes" that old, site uny Stop Tour ment 8cant Nlpp She tries to make a cloak of her religion. Tuck H uli I Rite hnsn't enough of It even fur a hatldng suit. Joughs W and Colds Cutlcura for 8ors Hands. Soak hands on retiring In the hot suds of Cutlcura Soap, dry and rub In OuRemove surplus tlet) ra Ointment. Ointment with tissue paper. Tills Is only one of the things Cutlcura will do If Soap, Ointment und Talcum are used for all toilet purposes. Advertisement. COLEYS H0NiYTAR ESTABLISHED 1875 LutcisrSuuNcCouciiMEOKiNEiiTKWiint REFUSE SUBSTITUTES Tt Is often n matter of speculation, whether, after all, a shiftless man Isn't happy. 5AVE YOUR EYES! Um Ur. TbHDiptna! UffT Hrewhitr Bur at pmrdrWflst Bor Ulvar.Tiur.2rr. Booklet AtDUJTrwy-DOgTDaA- A 8t.fe and Sura Laxative Brandretli Iillx. One or two taken at bed time will keep you In good condition. Entirely vegetable. Adv. Y The Age Witherheo iigaln. Is tin bride "Young enough to So old Limit Is to be married very young? know better." " there at Hie "No. of course not. As a matter of fact, John didn't ask me to. He knew I'd want to think It over talk It over lunch-table?- with you. "How long did he give you to decide?" she asked. "Well, tiie meeting Is tomorrow afternoon, said Henry, and all the wind went out of Ills sails un the admission. "Theyll want to know before then. I told John I'd cull him up In the morning. "Thats wlmt I thought you might resent." Her void flutrened down upon tiie words and, as she'd turned away from lilm, they were liurdly audible. "I don't feel I'm being unduly hurried, he assured her, if that's what you mean. I've already decided, unless you've some serious objection to urge, that I'll take It. "You haven't decided anything," she contradicted "You haven't had any You don't know chance to decide. whether the process works or not. I don't believe you know whether It'o ever been tried or Is just a theory. John's derided It for you. He's going to take a filer. lie ran afford to losa aa well as net. 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