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Show . heed to the latter half of Grlswold's recital, though she kept her eyes fixed gravely upon him. In a moment the gentleman In blue serge who had manifested so much feeling over the governor's absence strode again Into the room." "Ah, Miss Osborne, so yon are back!" He bowed over the girl's band with a great deal of manner, then glanced at once toward the door of the private fsERIAL THE LITTLE BROWN JUG office. "Hasn't your father come in yet? have been looking for him since eight o'clock." "My father la not home yet, Mr. Bosworth." "Not hornet Do you mean to say that V be won't be here "I hardly expect him," replied the gir! calmly. "Very likely he will be or In the morning." at home Grlswold had walked away out of hearing; but he felt that the girl raised her voice so that be might hear what she said. "I must know where he Is; there's an important matter waiting a very serious matter It may prove for him to pass on It If he Isn't here I must wire him at once." "Very good. You had better do ao, He's at the ' Peach Mr. Uosworth. Tree ciub, Atlanta." "Atlanta! Dorou mean to say that he isn't even in this state "No, Mr. llosworth, and I advise you to telegraph him Immcd'ately If your business is so urgent" "It isn't my business, Barbara; It'a the state's business; It's your father's business, and If he isn't here to atat the latest, tend to it by It will go hard with him. He has enemies who will construe his absence as I KILDARE to-da- y pur-posed- MEREDITH NICHOLSON lllaatratlnoa Br BAY WALTKM to-da- y UU bf TIM Ooyrlb Bubba-Mord- ll toaipaoy. SYNOPSIS. bnrrd wllllnimlre. Thomas Ardmore, and Hfiirjr Main (Irlawolil, profiaaur In of VliKlnia, take trnlns the l!nlv-niltnut of Atlanta, Qrlawold to hla rnUfX". iflrl who hail Ardrnnr In pitmult of wliil. Ml st him two ditya rxtfora, aa their other. Orla-wol- d ern'h Howl triilfi nnpoNUd la mlHiaken for Oov, Onborne of with Mouth Carolina, and la thrnaH-neharm If ha rauami th arrcat of If 111 a harder linn desperado. He unr to t'oh'mh'a to wrn tha governor, aad meeta Barbara Ofcborne. y CHAPTER "That Is unfortunate. I stopped here last night on purpose to see him, and now I fear that I must leave " and he smiled the Grlswold smile, which was one of the secrets of his popularity at the university "I must leave Columbia in a very few min- meaning" He spoke rapidly, with rising anger, but some gesture from the girl arrested him, and he turned frownlngly to see Grlswold calmly Intent upon an engraving at the further end of the room. The colored woman was dozing In ber chair. Before Bosworth could utes." the girl spoke, her voice "The office does not keep very early resume, so that every word raised again some hour," remarked the girl, "but Grlswold. reached one will certainly be here In a mo"If you refer to the Applewelght ment I' am sorry you have had to I must tell you, Mr. Bosworth, case, wait." that my fa"It was not I." said Grlswold. "who that I have all confidence aees he fit" so rudely shook the door. I beg that ther will act whenever "But the people " you will acquit me of that violence." "My father Is not afraid of the peoThe girl did not, however, respond said the girl quietly. ple," to his smile. She poked the floor with "But you don't understand, Barbara, her parasol a moment, then raised how much Is at stake here. If some ' her head and asked: action isn't taken In that matter with "Who was it, if you please?" "A gentleman with a brown beard, red necktie, and a bad disposition." "I thought as much," she said, half to herself, and her eyes were bent again upon the point of her parasol, with which she was tracing a design in the rug. She lifted her head with the abruptness of quick decision, and looked straight at Grlswold. The aegress had withdrawn to the outer door, by which she sat with sphinx-lik- e . immovability. "f am Miss Osborne. Oov. Osborne it my father. Would you mind telling me whether your business with my father Is" She hesitated, and her eyes met Orlswold's. "Miss Osborne, as I have no acquaintances here, let me Introduce myself. My name is Grlswold. My librae Is Charlottesville. Pardon me, s but you and I were I from- Atlanta yesterday evening. am unacquainted with your father, "I Can Appeal to No One Hera With and I have no business with him exout the Risk of Newspaper Pub . cept" licity." lie was not yet clear in his mind whether to tell her that her father's In 24 hours your father will be brand life was threatened: it did not seem ed as a coward by every newspaper In fair to alarm her when be was power- the state. You seem to take it pretty less to help; but as he weighed the coolly, but It won't be a trifling matquestion the girl came out into the ter for him." and eat down near the reception-roo"I believe," replied the girl, rising, window. "that you have said all that I care "Won't you have a seat, Mr. Grls- to hear from you now or at any furwold? May I ask you again whether ther- time, Mr. Bosworth. about this you know the gentleman who came or any other matter. In here and beat the door awhile ago?" "But Barbara" "I never saw him before In my life." Miss Osborne turned her back and "That Is very well. And now, Mr. walked to the window. Bosworth Grlswold, I am going to ask you to stared a moment then rushed angrily tell me, 'if you will, just what it la from the room. Grlswold abandoned you wish to aay to my father." his study of the picture, and gravely She was very earnest, and the re- Inclined hla head as Bosworth passed. quest she made rang the least bit Im- Then he waited a minute. The girl he now held the white still stood at the window, and there periously. parasol across her lap in the tight was, Grlswold felt something a little hands. clasp of her white-gloveforlorn in her figure. It was quite "My reason for wishing to see your time that he waa off if he caught his father is, to warn him that if a crim- train for Richmond. He crossed the inal named Applewelght is brought room, and as he approached the win back from his hiding place on the dow Miss Osborne turned quickly. North Carolina frontier, and tried for "It was kind of you to wait That bis crimes in South Carolina, the man is the state's attorney general governor of that state, your father, You doubtless beard what he said to will be made to suffer by Apple-weight- roe." friends." "Yes, Miss Osborne, I could not "That la what I thought," said the help hearing. I did not leave, because girl, slowly nodding her head. I wished to say" "And now, to be quite honest about associate professor of admiralty I must confess that In The It, Miss Osborne, the department of law of the night I' received this warning last of Virginia hesitated and was from a man who believed me to be Osborne's eyes were brown, Miss lost the governor. To tell the truth, I told with that hint of bronze, in certain im I was the governor!" lights, that Is the distinctive possesThe girl's eyes made a fresh inven- sion of the blessed. Health and spirit tory of Grlswold, then she laughed spoke In her bright color. She was of a time first the for light laugh was somehfmest mirth' that would not be gain- tall and straight, and there In her figure as she militant thing said. The beautiful color deepened in faced Grlswold. bcr chocks: her eyes lighted merrily, "Mr. Grlswold. I have no claim as though at the drollery of Grlswold on your kindness, but I am whatever In loco to so speak, parentis. In Btnndhg, distress. I don't see Just very great to make. "I have my own confession I heard what you said to that man. I where I can turn for aid to any one I know, But you as a stranger may had gone to the rear platform to see able to help me If It Isn't asking be what was the matter. The stop there In that preposterous place seemed in- too much but then I know It is askYou must have known ing too much!" terminable. "Anything, anything whatever," that I listened." "I didn't' suppose you heard what urged Grlswold kindly. ".Mr. Bosworth, the attorney general, that man said to me or what I said me that if my father does not I warns how came to know I don't to him. palm myself off as the governor I use the power of the- state to capture am not in the habit of doing such this outlaw Applewelght, the results He says my fa'hings, but It was duo, I think, to the will bo disastrous. act ther 'must a to llo debeen I Immediately. had saying Just that fact manded his address, and, and I gave rrlend oj mine at Atlanta" Distress was again written In Miss it to him." "Hut you must remember. Miss Os Osborne's face. She had paid little fellow-passenger- - d 's L'nl-versif- y borne, that the attorney general prob ably knowa the Intricacies of toll case. He must have every reason for upholding your father; In faet, It'a hit tworn duty to advise him in tucb mat ters at this." "There's another tide to that, Mr. Grlswold." and the girl's color deepened; but the smiled and went on. It wat quite evident that the was animated now by tome purpose, and that the wat resolved to avail herself of Grlswold't proffered aid. "This whole matter must be kept at quiet at possible. I can appeal to no one here without the risk of newspaper publicity which would do my father very great Injury. But if It la not altogether too great a favor, Mr. Grlswold, may I ask that you remain here until tonight until my father returns? Hit secretary hat been 111 and la away from town. The other clerka t tent away on purpose this morning. Father had left bit office keyt at home, and came In to 'tee If I could find the papert In the Apple welght caae. Tbey are there, and on the top of the packet la a requisition on the governor of North Carolina for Applewelght'a return." "Signed?" "Signed. I'm ture he had only deferred acting In the case until hit re turn, and be should have been back "But of course he will be back; It that he should Ignore, must lest evade, a duty as plain at this the governor of a state It It preposterous! His business In At lanta accounts for his absence. Gov, Osborne undoubtedly knows what he la Inconceivable it about" "My father la not in Atlanta. Mr. Grlswold. He la not at the Peach Tree club, and baa not been. I have not the slightest Idea where my father is!" The echoing whistle of the departreached them ing Virginia express faintly aa they stood fating each other before the open window In the gov ernor'a reception room. FIFTY .1.1. ..aHd uo decora- - THE IMPORTANCE OF HEALTuu MY 1HHP: mainly with like summer costumes made It person 50,000 garden. About immense stand, Bt at WW K8IEHTS gorgeous throne on grand master, Wiuiam BVomwel. Melish of Cincinnati who on the rebecame head of the order Brilliant Climax of Templars' cent death of Grand Rugg of Providence. master Conclave in Chicago. will be regularly elected grand lave cone the of before the close .the Just north of the Art Instltut review-In- g another SUCCESS. before BIG A TRIENNIAL parade passed Bu.se, atand In which were Mayorcommie-tlonerthe park and council the city In ComActing Grand Master MMsh Beautiful "Templar Way. mand and Noted Maiona From marcbert of the At Washington atreet the Different Parts State "nre v turned west to World Present tered on the "Templar Way. from Randolph to Chicago Fifty thousand Knlghtt stretch extended and waa made beau-tlfu- l unistreet Buren Van handsome In the Templar, garbed and massive by a handsome arch form of the order, wearing Ita glitterof pure white columnt swords, Corinthian drawn and carrying ing Jewels feet apart on both marched through elaborately decor- erected thirty-thre- e of naturated streets of Chicago Tuesday, Aug. sides of the street Festoons and column., the connected and laurel al , passing beneath great archet shield the and cross before a reviewing Hand four blocks the bright red of the order were longcrowded with the leading off- and coat of armt echeme of decorain the icials of the order and the wives and prominent tion. families of (be sir knights. Forty-twMoving eouth to Jackaon boulevard, brass bands made music for the west and route the all they and the along knlghtt tgaln turned marchers, be- of passed building federal thousands near the were cheered by the V lawlnar atand rat annlkof people who had assembled to witness lore jv which accommodated Governor Deneen the spectacle. e Thlt magnificent parade waa the and hit stall. Marcmng uunu u bepassed the the of parade in a atreet, way, spectacular climax, of neath the grand commandery arch of conclave triennial thirty-firs- t here which opened pure white which spanned the street Knights Templar, 7. In accordance on Sunday, Aug. at the La Salle hotel, the headquarters with the time honored custom of the of the grand commandery of Illinois. degrand encampment the doings of the This was a beautiful' structure faweek began with divine service. signed by one of Chicago's most ttood itt top Upon mous With Service. Oivlnt sculptors. Begin fourThe sir knights selected Orchestra the figures of mounted knlghtt ball new the At city filled feet teen high. and this for entirely ball purpose the body of that ball to listen to a on Washington atreet the parade was PAMDE t wj "J . t. tIS and Pille remove all kid. ey ilia. Read wh, physician 9th St, No. YaklnJ; Waah., aays: "i nJ used Doan't Kldnev Pilli in my pracUct for year, and the. ..... ' tiav " saiura Hon. I hart taken Doan't Kidney Pills personally and pronounce thern the best remedy I have prescribed in my long career at a pbytlclan and itu teon." Remember the name Doan't. For ale by .11 dealert. 60 eentt a box. !. Fotter-MUbur- Co., Buffalo, N. T. n DID NT LIKE DARK COLORS. w. S Vo"sS Johns I heard you tell that man to never darken your door again. Trying to marry your daughter T Thomas No; he's a painter and lis ebony Instead painted my front door ' of oak, It Waa the Other Way. "Mr. Jones," Bald the senior partner In the wholesale dry goods house to the drummer who stood before him la the private office, "you have been with us for the past ten years." "Yes, Bir." "And you ought to know the rules of the house. One of them la that no man of ours shall take a aide line." "But I have none, air." "But you have lately got married." ' "Yes; but can you call that a Bide Une, Mr. Jonee?" "Technically, it may not be." "You needn't fear that having a wife is going to bring me In off a trip any sooner." "Oh, I don't It la the fear that having a wife at home youTl want to stay out on the road altogether!" unattended. When he had finished packing bis trunk he went down to the dinner he bad ordered to be In readiness at a certain hour, at a certain table, carefully chosen beforehand; for Ardmore was very exacting in such matters and had an eye to the comforts of life, as he understood them. As he crossed the hotel lobby on his way to the restaurant he was accosted by a reporter for the Atlanta Palladium, who began to question him WILLIAM B. MELI8H, ACTING GRAND MASTER. touching various Ardmoret who were Just then filling rather more thae sermon on "Templarlsm" delivered by dismissed, after marching their usual amount of space In the Rev. Dr. George H. MacAdam of . blocks. Ardmore'a family, with newspapers. Wis., In the absence of Sir Entrancing Scenes at Night. the single exception of his sister, George C. Rafter of Cheyenne, Knight Wyo., The scene In the streets at night Mrs. Atchison, bored him Immensely. very eminent grand prelate of the was especially beautiful, for all the His two brothers and another alster, grand encampment. The music was the duchess of Bally winkle, kept the In charge of the grand organtst of the arches, festoons and columns of the decorative scheme were brilliantly family name In display type a great grand commandery of Illinois, the and on State street. In addeal of the time, and their perform- choir consisting of several male ances had practically driven Thomas tets belonging to the order in quar- dition to the "Templar Way." the merthis chants had put up decorations that Ardmore, from New York. The re- state. transformed the great ahopping disyouth porter waa a Monday was devoted mainly to the trict into a veritable fairy land. and Ardmore shook his hand encour- receiving of the grand and subordinate Undoubtedly the most spectacular agingly. He was rather curious to commanderles and escorting them to feature of the night display was the Bee what new Incident In the family their hotels. It Is estimated that fully wonderful electric set piece erected into was be of the history subject 100,000 visitors came with the knights In Grant park on the lake front, quisition, and the reporter immediate- and that about 300,000 other excurin colossal size the official ly set his mind at rest. sionists have flocked to the city this emblem or badge of the conclave. It Is It Mr. "Pardon me, Ardmore, but week In consequence of the conclave. wat 150 feet high and ita 6,000 power-fu- l true that your sister, the duchess of Of course every hotel was thronged electric lights of varied colors Ballywlnkle, has separated from the and thousands of the visitors found brilliantly Illuminated all that part of duke?" In quarters private residences. the city. Ardmore hesitated and turned hit FT Mil i'L forty-thre- e Madi-aon- 119 Years Old When He Died. Paddy Blake, who waa born at Bit lyglreen, parish of Kilnasoolagh, county Clare, Ireland, 119 years ago, hat died in the Corofln Union hospital Paddy had a clear memory of event, that happened a hundred years ago and was one of those who went to set Daniel O'Connell passing through Pike on hit way to Ennla for the great election of 1828. Bun-ratt- y Plctureaque Language. "I'm afraid fire baa very poor tabli manners." "Why bo." "A young reporter aays the 'greedy flames devoured everything In reach and then licked the paint off an adjoining building.' "Birmingham You have got to know a business you can make a success of It. A d On Monday evening all the local and visiting commanderles kept open (TO BE CONTINUED,) house at their respective headquarters, and many of the visitors found The Esthetic Cat their way to the varloua amusement We do not wish to underestimate parks and the theaters. the fine qualities of affection, courage Parade of The Knights. and sagacity, which are the dog's, The "grand parade" of Tuesday was but neither do we like to see the wide- the largest parade of Knlghta Templar spread lack of appreciation for the ever held. The preparations were cat's many admirable traits. Patience, elaborate and Michigan boulevard was most elaborately decorated. The sir endurance, good Judgment, high spirits and in- knights formed In line of march on dustrymany or all of these are pos- the boulevard south of Thirty-firs- t sessed by the average cat. street, and signal to move was given Under favorable conditions she will by the guns of Battery B. I. N. G., the also develop a strength of affection detachment for the purpose being not devoid of demonstration that is composed of Knights Templar all of whom are members of the battery. equal to the dog's. The most esthetic souls of all timet The same detachment Dred the salute have cherished the cat Baudelaire, to the grand master. self-contro- l, Hypnotism In Medicine. Hvniiiitltiin has been reeomilzed bv (he medical profession since the fif teenth centurr. Bays: Dr. II. A m p Henry Irving, and a host et other lovers of the beautiful come to mind In this connection. The silky feline, of padded footfall and mysterious wanderings, has ever appealed to the Imagination, Just as sho has ever appealed to the sense of domestic comfort .' dizzy Tolnauregoodheaia keep the we l. Doan'. kidney Kidne o Tha Jug and Mr. Ardmore. Mr. Thomas Ardmore of New York and Ardsley, having seen his friend Grlswold depart sought a book-showhere, as In many other book-shop- s throughout the United States, he kept a standing order for any works touching piracy, a subject, which, as already hinted, had long afforded him Infinite diversion. He had several houra to wait for his train to New Orleans, and he waa delighted to find that the bookseller, whom he had known only by correspondence, had Just procured for him, through the dispersion of a Georgia planter's valuable library, that exceedingly rare narrative, "The Golden Galleons of the Caribbean," by Domlngeus y Pascual a beautifully bound copy of the original Madrid edition. With this volume under his arm Ardmore returned to the hotel where be was lodged and completed hla arrangements for leaving. It should be known that Mr. Thomas Ardmore was a person of democratic tastes and habits. In his New York house were two servants whose sole business It was to keep himself and his wardrobe presentable; yet he preferred to travel Von Scheffel, Poe, De Musset, : Weak kidneyt fail to remove noi ont from the blood and are the of backache, headache, urinary trouble! HiWWWj CHAPTER III. head cautiously. KIDNEY8. , ladle. Marching northward in Michigan boulevard, the parade passed, near Hubbard court beneath an entrance arch built In the form of an ancient battlement with ita towers and turrets. This was Intended to represent the entrance to the city, and as the colunm passed under It, buglers stationed on its heights heralded the approach of each grand division. Next the knights came abreast of mile In the first grand stand, one-hal- f To provide added amusement for the visitors, a big aeroplane meeting was started on Monday under the auspices of the Aero Club of Illinois, and the Illinois Athletic club's Marathon swim-minrace in the Chicago river was set for Aug. 13, the closing day of the conclave. Much of the success of the conclave must be attributed to the efforts of cleve,Hnl. Brand commander of ,D' Illinois and president of the executive committee. Arthur Mac Arthur of Troy, N. Y.. Is the eminent grand generallsBlmo of very the grand encampment and W. Frank Plfree of San Francisco the grand captain general. Among the most noted of the visit-Inmasons from other lands ore: The Hn; th Karl of K,1Btn. Pro of the great priory of England and Wales; the Lord Past great constable; Thonl NewTo. great marshal; pil.t great herald; p. C iTn puaer, piwt great standard bearer Homer, acting iw bearer; John grand master ban- ceptor of England and' fd Pt Right Hon. Luther B. Archibald .. ! ' eminent grand master Priory of Canada, and ohlcfal g g IS j, r wZ,' 2 COOL-PROPOSITIO- N And a Sure One. The Body Does Not Feel Heat Unpleasantly If It has Proper Food GrapeNu(s People can live In a temperaturi blch feelt from ten to twenty degreei cooler than their neighbors enjoy, by regulating the diet The plan it to avoid meat entirely lot breakfast; use a goodly allowance of fruit, either fresh or cooked. Then follow with a saucer containing about four heaping teaspoonfuls of Grape-Nuttreated with a little rich cream. Add to this about two slices of crisp toast with a meager amount of butter, and on e cup of Postum, Uy this selecUon of food the bodily energy Is preserved, while the hot. car bonaceous foods have been left out The result la a very marked differenc In the temperature of the body, " well-mad- to thlt tomfortable condition it added the certainty of case and perfect digestion, for the food being partially pr digested ta quickly assimilated by tn digestive machinery. Experience and experiment In food, and itt application to the human body has brought out these foots. The can be made use of and add material' to the comfort of the user. Read the little book, "The Road to Wellville," in pkgs. "There't a Reason. |