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Show to engage one of her bands in his own, out Bne withdrew it, and pressed it with the other and the handkerchief In both, to her lips and chin, Vernon glanced about the respectable parlors, maintained In Instant readiness for anybody that might happen along with his little comedy or his little tragedy. She continued to look obdurately out of the window. "Amelia," be said, "aren't you going to speak to me? Tell me what I have done." Still there came no answer. He flung himself buck on the sofa SERIAL STORY HER iniCIMITC VAk k I Y vaiuu i By a Whitlock grand ( illustrations fcyRayWalters (Ctiyrigbt, 1W BubU MerrUl Cn. SYNOPSIS. Senator Morley Vernon's visit with his flsneee wan Interrupted by a call from Ma political lion Ht the date rnpltul. Both rfgrttted It, the girl more, than he, because she hud arranged to attend a dinner that evenlns: with him. She said she yearned for a national otllce for him. On Vernon's desk In the senate he found a red roue, accompanied by a plea for He- - met SUIT rase for women. the auof thoress, pretty MIhs Maria Ureene him convert to Chicago, who proposed Into votlnx for house resolution No. If. Mlsa Orecne secured Vermin's promise to vote for the, suffrage resolution. He also aided her by convincing other. Ho took Miss a liking to the fnlr suffragette. Oreene consulted with the lieutenant-governoVernon admitted to himself that the --""ragetto had Hired a stranne feeling within him. He forgot to read his Vernon made a great letter. fiancee' speech In favor of suffrage, aided by glances from Mlsa Greene. The resolution was made a special order. Vernon waa enthusiastic on the prospects for the resolution. He was much In Mlsa Greenes neglected thoughts of tompanv. VernonMiss Greene driving and Amelia. He took laid out plans for the success of the resolution. Vernon's speech caused a great negnewspaper sensation. He was being lected by Amelia, who had not answered his letter. Vernon la "tipped off that his As suffrage resolution may not pass. mornMiss Greene was due the following arGreene ing ho had no fears. Miss rived and breakfasted with Vernon. Across the dining room entrenched behind women opponents of the suffrage resolution, lie spied Amelia. He started toward her. She treatedof him coldly and rethe women opponents suffrage p Mrs. proved litm for his part. that Vernon told Renator hi; romiuct with Mlsa Greene had been hard upon Amelia. r. Hodge-Lathro- CHAPTER XII. Continued. He looked at Ms watch; It was half-pas- t nine; the (senate would convene at ten; the resolution would not be ten at any reached before half-pas- t rate; and so he determined to brave again. Mrs. Overman IIoilge-LathroHe turned back Into the lobby; there she was. hobnobbing with men; she did not pass from group to group, after the manner of any other lobbyist, but by eorne coercion he wished he mleht he master of. she drew them un erringly to her aide. Now she had Braldwood, the leader of tho house, and chairman of the steering commit lot and Pnrtpr th lptldpr Of th6 81' ftate.;. She appeared to be giving them : Instructions. She had set her committee on less imnnH-in- t came: the ladles were scat 1he rotunda, each talking to over tered little set of men. When Mrs. Over saw Vernon com ma- - Tindire-ljithroBraldwood and from turned Ing. sbe Porter and stood awaiting mm. Straneelv enouch Braldwood and Por ter stayed wnre .they were, as If she had put them there. -- And Vernon reflected that he had never known them, as doubtless no one else had ever known them, to do such a thing as that before. "Where's Amelia?" he asked before she could speak. "I have sent her upstairs." said , "poor Mrs. Overman p . n Hodge-Lathrop- child!" Vernon wondered why "poor child "It's really too bad," Mrs. Overman Hodse-Lathrocontinued. , J 1' J . . .J J X . Uill is too uiu: tu'iiiaiiueu crown sulkv. had Hp looked Mrs. Overman Hodge-Lathro- i at him pityingly. "MorleyaJte said In a vast solemn tone, tht came slowly up from her .areat stays, " I can make allowances, of course. I know something of the nature of man; I will admit that that Greene woman Is remarkably hand nme. and of her cleverness there can be no doubt. I dont altogether Name vou." She paused that Vernon might comprehend to the fullest her marvelous magnanimity. "But at the same time It has been bard on poor little Amelia. I saw no other way than to bring her dowu. You must go to her at once." She turned toward Braldwood and Porter, still standing where she had left them. "When you have done, I'll see you with reference to this miserable resolution; but that can watt till we are at the capitol. This other matter comes . . first, of course." She smiled with a fat sweetness. "And, Morley," she said, "order two carriages for us at ten o'clock. You may. drive to the capitol with us." And she went away.- n turning the whole matter over claimed. "What was 1 to write, nrsvr WOULD BE THERE. Story of a Moving Pumpkin. DIDN'T SEE IT THE SAME WAY Were not your letters full of this odi across walk to seen was A pumpkin ous Maria Burlaps Greene? And an ff Mrs.' Samuel H. Hlght of that were not enough, weren't the pa- Fathsr of Young Missionary Disagreed the field by When she Baw Skoweean recently. pers lull of you two? And that speech Violently with Popular Chinese were deceiv her It she eyes thought " Custom. oh, that speech that Portia and soon she but perceived mat ing her, Helen, and 'I fill this 'cup to one a little way, moved the pumpkin made up,' ah, It was sickening!" She The young missionary relighted bis In another turned then .and i stopped flirted away again. cigar. watched this She object ior direction. have "I'd "In China, father," he said, "But, darling," Vernon cried, "listen one of her neigh told and some time you misunderstood I meant all that no trouble in selecting a present for bors. The mystery was solved, hut for you, didn't you understand?" you." the two women did not dare to go She stirred. "No?" queried the old man. nearer the moving vegetable, but "Didn't you see? Why. dearest, I "No," said the missionary, with a called a man who knocked the pumpdesirable thought that when you read the papers hearty laugh., "The most kin over and found a polecat. The "Hey, janitor, come quick. Dere you'd be the proudest girt alive!" present to give old folks Is a coffin, In skunk hnd crawled under the pumpkin man fell down de coal hole!" a "Well," be said, "I don't know what folks old And ha! Her Hp curled. China, Ha, ha, his head into a hole in it It all means. I've tried to fathom It In "All right, sonny, I'll look into It!" "I read the papers," she said, and like yourself don't mind It at all. They and stuck and was unable to extricate himself the last hour, but It's too deep for me; then added, significantly, "this 'once, welcome a coffin as heartily as you'd from it and had walked off ps best he A woman may be as old aa I give It up." He flung out his hands of Havana regnllas." welcome a box anyway. on his back. the with could but it makes a difference pumpkin to Illustrate his abandonment. Well, you certainly don't Intend to "Humph!" said the father, grimly. Lewlston Journal. whether It's before or after she to "God knows," he suddenly ex hold me responsible for what the pa"And if an old Chinaman is ailing," dressed to go out claimed, "I was only trying to do pers say, do you?" . said the young missionary "if he has Friendly Birds. tsomething worthy for your sake!" She resumed her old attitude, her el your rheumatic complaint, for Instance have mammals and Most of the birds 'Please don't swear, Morley," Ame bow on the arm of the sofa, her chin an as a coffin espethen he regards the fear of man In their hearts, and lia said. In her hand, and looked out the wincially thoughtful gift. In fact" are difficult to approach, but' others He looked up swiftly. dow. And she began to hum again. But the missionary's father had sud show no great concern. The Alaskan "Well " he began, explosively, but And then," he pressed on, "to come tlenly left the room, slamming the for instance, are devoted camp he didn't continue. He relapsed iuto down here and not even let me know; door hehlnd him with a certain vio jays, followers. "They proved usetui as a moody silence. He stretched his legs why you even called me Mister Ver lence. scavengers," says Mr., Osgood, "and out before him In an ungainly attitude, non when I came Into the dining cooked oatmeal seemed to attract with his hands plunged deep In his room." SLIGHTLY AMBIGUOUS. them even mote than raw meat. They trousers' pockets. Then he knitted his -"Yes," she exclaimed, suddenly campflre, toy many times hopped about xv$z vasotvaccs WiviQSrbrows and tried to think. ana wheeling about, "I saw you come Into tent on the or perched poles "I suppose," he said, as If be were the dining room this morning!" Her Their harsh chattering was ropes. thinking aloud, "that you expect some eyes grew dark and flashed. not always pleasant, but was some He regretted, on the Instant. explanation, some apology." what atoned for by their less fre "Oh. not at all," she said, lightly, "I saw you!" she went on. " I saw quent soft whistle and their pert and in the most musical tone she could you rush up to that Maria Burlaps coufldent woys, so on the whole tneir iwlbWs soW asswUwcft to twiutc--macommand., Greene woman, and oh, It was hor was welcomed." presence "Very well," he said, "I wouldn't rid!" UcroAuaWy Sttpraso&WAV know where to begin if you did. I'm "Her name Isn't Burlaps, dear," said In Out Buildings. on Rats Rouah Wfcar tteedci.os eks oj ", xnknw) sure I'm not aware of having " . Vernon. In setting Rouen on Rats in out. build- -nV flMl (16Inam aflr niixinff it WCH With She began to bum softly, to herself, "How do you know ber name, I'd cided upon, separate into small bits, place on as It were, some tuneless air. He re like to know!" She put her hands to several pieces ot noaras, anu pt int- - urn11 membered that it was a way she bad her face. He saw her tears. nil thorn under the floor. Close up "Amelia," be said, masterfully, "If openings large enough for Dors. Cats or Listen we've thickens to enter, but lcive some small you don't stop that! wJunswieTi. Tninns for Rats to get in. nd out. One vwxUy WOXlr got to get down to business." Sll nf llnnnh Ml KM. "Doctor, this Is the worst attack I've She hastily brushed the tears from tnabn ennnirh mixture to clear ber eyes. She was humming once ever had." out In' one or two nights settines, hundreds be will last' "Never it your mind, of Rats and Mice. 15c., Zrc., 75c., at more, and tapping the toe of her boot sNWrtuSrotvt on the carpet, though she was not tapDruggist. K. . Wells, Jersey uy,J.J. ' Co.--. SKIN HUMOR 25 YEARS ping it in time to her tune. Always at It SOLD V ALL LEADING OWUCOISTS "Why did you come down without Is work Mrs. Benham Woman's eMUllONUr-AXOULpk 0 PES BOTTLE letting me know?" Vernon went on; "Cutlcura did wonders for me. For never done. but still 6he was silent twenty-fivyears I suffered agony Benham That's so; even after she "You might at c least have given from a terrible humor, completely coh is married she is trying to make men me" ering my bead, neck and shoulders, so fall in love with her. "Warning?" she said, with a keen even to my wife, I became an oojeci u IUr UUnif ooior tlMrK It Bui tn itUjrk. inflection. of dread. At large expense 1 consult ONE DYE FOR ALL GOODS Wizard Oil will knock the namlin "Amelia!" he said, and his tone car- ed the most able doctors far and near. spots oil a sore throat. It' nse make . Color rani end boot of dlnviluDR (n bj wriUng ' liurUng Uu, Vnuoul. uhikwu-bleried a rebuke. Their treatment was of no avail, nor tonsiliiis, quinsv ana uiiiuiicn relief of for the is simply great It "Well. I don't care!" she cried. "It's was that of the during Hospital, all pain, soreness and inliamuutlion. oil true!' Yon couldn't stay for my six months' efforts. I suffered on One man's hobby may be another dinner, but yon could come down here and concluded there was no help for W. N. U., Salt take City, No. Then I man's nightmare. me this side of the grave. and" She covered her face with her hands heard of some one who had been cured and burst suddenly into tears. Verby Cutlcura Remedies and thought non gazed at her In astonishment that a trial could do no harm, la a "Why, dearest!", lie said, leaning surprisingly short time I was com I It u over, and trying to take her in bis pletely cured. S. P. Keyes, lil con, IP arms. She drew away from him and gress St. Boston, Mass., Oct 12, '09." sobbed. Vernon glanced about the Face Covered with Pimples room helplessly He pleaded with her, Cutlcura upon my "I congratulate but she would not listen; neither from pimples which For Infants and Children. recovery continued speedy but would be she comforted, Sofa on the Flung Himself Back to sob. Vernon, in a man's anguish covered my face. I used cutlcura soap, Helplessly. Ointment and Resolvent for ten days with a weeping woman, stood up, when she was angry, it was intended Amelia! Amelia!" He bent over and my face cleared and I am perfect to show the last and utmost personal her and spoke firmly, "You must not! ly well. I had tried doctors tor sev unconcern. In such circumstances the Listen to me! We must go over to eral month but got no results. Wm. J. tune was apt to be an Improvisation and Sadlier, 1614 Susquehanra Ave., Phila he stood and Jerked erect, .Hi" Suddenly waa never melodious. vSometlmes It ALCOHOL- -3 PER CENT " out his watch. delphia, May lt J909." made her easier to deal with, someAYegetable Preparation for As "Heavens!" he cried. "It's half-pas- t ' times harder; he could never tell. Wakes. g the When fheFoodandRegula-linsimilating Sleeper . ten!" "I don't exactly see what we are the Stomachs and Dowels of "John!" she exclaimed, jabbing her to herself She tried control then, here for," he ventured, stealing a look and Into his ribs at 2:17 a. m., "did sitting up, began to wipe ber eyes elbowlook at her. She had no reply. He fidgeted at the kitchen door?" And you (TO BE CONTINUED.) a moment and then began drumming John, who is inner guard, and was Promotes Digestion.Cheerful-..cssan- d Phenomena Awed Europe. with his fingers on the arm of 'he just then dreaming over last evening's .' Real Contains neither sofa. ' Europe and Asia were covered by lodge meeting, sprang up in bed, made . "Please don't do that," she said. fog during the summer of 1783. Says the proper sign, and ' responded: Opium.Morphine norMinerar He stopped suddenly. Gilbert White (letter 109) : "The sumNot Worthy ruler, our portals are guard ' If you would be good enough, kind mer of the year 1783 was an amazing ed." Oh, be hit the title right, even RKipfOMDrSAMVUmrEll enough," he. said it sarcastically, "to and a portentous one , . , for, be if he was asleep. United Presby- ltmfm even, what I am sides the alarming meteors and tremen terian. Indicate, to . . . the peto do to say." dous thunderstorms Ahi'h Std "I'm sure I can't." she said. "You culiar haze, or smoky fog, that pre Changed. fbpptrmiiU came.' I presumed you had something vailed for many weeks in this Island , "He used to kiss me every time we H'rm Sttd to say to me." (England) and In every part of Eu passed through a tunnel before our to to even was and I have Its say something beyond rope, "Well, limits, Wmtymm ffavtr. marriage," said the little woman, with you," Vernon- - went on Impetuously. a most extraordinary appearance. The sad reflections. forConstioa ADcrfectRemedv "Why didn't you answer my letters? beat was Intense. Calabria and part "And does he do so now Tasked the Stomach.Diarrhdea, . lion Sour me this of of Isle treated the way? Sicily were torn and bosom friend. Why have you Worms .Convulsions .Fevcrish-ncs-s convulsed with earthquakes." Cowprr That's what I want to know." "No, he takes a drink." and LOSS OF SLEEP. also refers to this phenomenon. In He leaned toward her. He was of two emotions, two passions, speaking of "nature, with a dim and 8alesmen Best Commission Offer tie Simile Signature of' on Earth. New all retailers sam struggling within him, one of anger, sickly eye." almost bate,' the other of love, and St ples, coat pocket. "Boston," Dept C 1, When Washington 8wore. strangely enough they had a striking Iowa City, Iowa. was It at the battle of Monmouth The Cemtauh Company, similarity In their effect upon hlra. He felt like reproaching, yet he knew that that Washington aroused the admlra NEW YORK. When doctors disagree they are apt was not the way, and he made a des- tlon of an officer who overheard a few to make sarcastic remarks about each pungent and suphurous exclamations other that savor of the truth. perate struggle to conquer himself. "Yes. He tried to look into her face,-- but from the father of his countrj II ii ii iiti DAT TO Ct'RK A COLT IN l she only turned farther away from sir; he swore on that day ml the IIKoMO 1'aMet. Uulnlne Tko I.AXATIVH leaves shook on the trees charming Guaranteed under the Food ant him. . If II fnili Ui rurs, ki. W lrui;irUiH refund nmnf-'I've spent the most miserable week delightful! Never have I enjoyed such GUUVK'tt slKDslura ttuu mch box. Vxt, Exact Copy of Wrapper, eemvav, mew tm t Tit s I ever knew, doomed to stay here, un- swearing before or since. Sir, on that morals like are Some their people's day be swore like an able to get away to go to you, and angel from Heaven." Philadelphia best clothes only worn on extraordinwith this fight on my hands!" " ary occasions. "You seemed to be having a fairly Ledger. good time," the girl said. rERKY PAVIS PAINKIM.FR Use of Ozone In Curing Colds. of over ulnar) "Now, Amelia, look here," said Ver- " A tor lumbair". firm has Just completed Uurl.y Pittsburg 96o and Uw. At all drunglMn. non, "let's not act like children any for a dlivlir, sic, homoeopathic hospital the flrso let's not foolhave so longer; anything ozone plant ever erected In this couti The bravest dentist Isn't anxious to ish and little between us." Colds have been completely cured look Into the jaws of death, Ills tone made his words a plea, but try. In 20 minutes by ozone, and It is of it plainly had no effect upon her, for Mr. Window's Soothing flyrop. . she did not answer. They sat thore, great value for fumigating purposes, rrclillilrea the sums, rmlucM HI0ES am PELTS uzone forced Into water makes it abcures wtuduollu 35c buttle. RAV7 then, In silence. Wm fur our ernnplete solutely pure, it llMt nntl In. killing every lirlffgerm "Why didn't you write?" Vernon de llitfhi-- t prt- roluros. pnM stlil . Gossips multiply everything they . manded after a little while. He looked contains. WOOL I.OIZ llliK hear by two. , Xrk. fall. S.fld Cllj, S. r..f..H, at her, and she straightened up and , Vulgarity is amusing ouly to tho her eyes flushed. " , vulgar, and they are not worth amus "Cssearrts sr certainly One. I irsve a friend' she ex- - fng. "Why, didn't I write!" one when the doctor was treating Inra for csncer ot the stomuth. The next DiornluK lie psurit. lotir a worm. He ihcu s , ' , te . i W CALIFORNIA Fio AS Syrup DYOLA DYES e -- DYOLA DYES " - " : II m The Kind You Havo Always Bought: Bears tho . Signature of : Ay Narcotic Sd m In Use For Over con-sclo- Thirty Years I - iiiniHi- - 0E ill. - eea-nw- c mam i mm Worms . FIlfK sufii-nt- - Peculiar Wheel of Fortune In his mind he came to tho conclusion that Breton Peaisnts Ascribe Miraculous he must deal with tlino complications Powers to Odd Contrivance. one at a time; Miss Greene, as events In the vlllnge churchof Comfort now had shaped themselves, would have to wait until he got over to the (near Pont Croix), In western BritStats House. tany, la a very good specimen of the now rare "wheel of fortune." It Is CHAPTER XIII. made of wood, with a row of bells on Its outer rim and pivoted beVernon found Amelia In one of the tween a couple of rough beams hotul parlors, seated on a sofa by a altogether very primitive workmanwindow. She was resting her chlu In ship. By means of a cord attached to her hand and looking down Into Cup-Ito- l a crank the wheels can be made to revolve and set alt the bells avenue. "Amelia," he said, bending over bor. I bavo often heard that the peasants believe that It has miraculous power What Is It? Toll me.' 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