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Show Titfcj BAUr JUA1V& IKUSUI BUiUAI li. JUUK.MINU;, o THE; COMER ILLUSTRATION xx By ARTHUR TRAIN, Author of The Butlerg Story Tjitt and Jflf Tutt' McAllister The Prisoner at the Bar BY NORMAN ANTHONY. Tv got that letter in my pocket, now. The press duly reported the reception h was regarded as a Randolph drank hi coffea very alowiy. the delegation at Randolph's office, and "safe" man, Mulvany, to boas, of Ever been In "the souto, Larry I he tils promise to look into the business; tne tn a changed tone. asked had mada Randolph Carter district grand Jury "leaked, aa It sometimes "No, answered the boy. "Why? I attorney Just when It seamed likely does, and rumors got abroad; worst ot "I reckon you wouldnt Ilka It all," rean antarprialng reporter for a yellow that a, sate man would be needed. ail, plied Randolph. "It' pretty dead In cera stole oopy of the engineers reJournal , "re-For the class of busybodies known as tain spots. Along where I come from, tor port, and hla paper published It in fun Instance, there's a village at about fitly formers" had been making things ex- with photographs of the embankment houses, a brick Mock, and a wooden court old of thing." including "any ceedingly sultry for the big corporation, composed bouse.. Th biggest lawyer In the town trestle. Even the regular organize and the grand Jury had started In upon the hundred a year earn about twenty-fiv- e tton felt that It would be a bad break It, one of those .unnecessary and frequently out of deference to pubHc opinion, some paid partly In hogs and hominy. Th rest frolics known aa investiga- action annovlng ar successful practitioners at about a were not taken not, of course, s tions " Most of tha time you spend thousand. accusation of crime, but a "preJust now they were on the city wa-ot formal In circuit, living st 'hotels that make a Endicott fin sentment of some sort. terworks and the big dam In process look like on Chatham Square lodging-hous- e and laid them construction by the Tidewater Concrete tshed his Indictments the Waldorf. Tho wildest dissipation to a Randolph's desk for approval company. They had found a most two-b- it poker gam tn tha back room ot Then, cotncldently, Mulvany telephoned amount of sand In th grocery. It used to bo quit a place that ha wee oomlng round for lunch, and and a startling discrepancy between tne he before the war. It' burned out now. No and Randolph had a talk nothing for .number of cubic yards of masonry ceron has got any money. Th farms aren t you understand and Multified to the comptroller and the numoer publication, even kept up. Th road are so bad that did conversation. the vany tne said that The erected. press actually "Of course you don't care whether th folk couldn't got around to see each companys officers were all crlmlnaia ana these fellows are other oven U they could afford to keep Indicted or not," said tne that the dam was the biggest steal in wut I. borsss more do But "and neither he, Hopper corruption, history of municipal "Whew! Think of a real live man Ilk powerful bit of stock In the comthose who were "wise" said that, alter holds aand you waited down In a place Ilk that!" there's no use running counter a pany, all, the whole thing was more or less Endicott. "You must bo glad commented thouto for him, for hes fifty good matter of opinion, and that figures were sand st the next election your election, you left" ' anyway sqJhst, as long as Ranny, old boy. Now my own feelln apt to lie,man not o ur, ' replied Randolph, 'Tm waa In office, nobody a safe" with a drawn tec. about the matter Is- - that you can't make was Inclined to worry. Endicott a crime out of building a raysoovoy. How eye rested affectionately Accordingly, Randolph now sat behlnd can It be a crime to use less sand In tht upon hi chief leontn head, with its a polished desk with a row of mother-or-pee- ot concrete black for? contract upon .Ms strongly the locks, calls Sure, than long, buttons and received deputatlona marked and still youthful feature, to that's no crime lta business! Better Indignant cltlsena who wanted every go and before ahoulder it broad over think and you powerful nock and easy, abuse put an end to at once and the mil- commit chin. yourself to anything serious. lennium I net enter. Thus, graciously, but What' th matter? Down on your returned to thf office with nonooramlttally, he bed given audience hlaRandolphi luck? he asked with a smile. warm glow of affection for Mulvany to that prominent body of distinguished modified answered Randolph. , "A little," by the consciousness that for representatives from every walk of life party reasons boss had indicated to Then 1 11 cheer- you up, h laughed. who had demanded the Indictment of too, him a course ofths ran knew "Do what they ay? That he which action 'know you officials of the Tidewater company and counter to his duty. Btlll, ha had not yet you are th biggest man In New York tothe removal" of the comptroller. Having examined the papers himself, and he had man with th biggest enance The day! listened patiently to their diatribes and of anybody. A sur Judge too next elecexcuse for going slow. Jle promread their carefully angroased resolutions, aisedgood himself that that was all he would tion, If you Want It. 'A comer' he had bowed them out, promising to give do even head bitterly. shook hi for Mulvany; for, although he Randolph the matter Ms fullest and most Immediate had been doing official life. "You'v got mo wrong, Larry," be anfavors his all , consideration. It had never been to him fn swered with a smlis. 'Tin Im elimi, "Larry," he said, after they had de quite this way before."put up -- 4 nated. . parted, to his special private confidennas s was filled with It There was a lot of business to attendj fifteen years since, tial assistant, tsvwrence Endicott, to In th office that afternoon, and things tive of Boeton and a son of Harvard, hopeless ambition to enter political life, did not get straightened out until dearly "Just dope this out for me, will you, and he had graduated from the law school at 4 o'clock. Jt waa well after that, and altne of as Charlottesville the orator and, are If It's a 'frame upT" most time to close up, when Rat anFor thus did It amuse the district at- day, had attracted the notice of Mulvany, whose private car happened to be and nounced a visitor a Mr. Ketcham. torney to tease his tne said Randolph. He on "Show him- In, town the Into at up little the way dlsclplt by dropping didn't know any Mr. Ketcham, but he vernacular of hie office. Randolph was from Hot Springs juat long enough to lei In a sort of yes. hs had a presentiment the college commence alleged to have "peculiarities"; and this Ita owner take had seen th man btfor somewhere. was ore of them that be should have ment. On that private car Randolph the There was something In ths stranger's Inever about him this youthful Puritan who same day had left the county where he to come New had who assurance been born, and had and obvious familiarhad no particular political pull and sinuating had wandered Into flhe professional stall York by virtue of a compact with the ity that Instantly antafeonised him. was In for a little chat, for such who Just chanoe. '1 Id politician, looking drop by thought quits soli a young man, with Just such tongues of "I want to see you said Mr. Ketcham. Endicott, nurtured on the scanty avfire as his, to "whoop thing the slightest susHe the sunny side of Commonwealth gav up for the There It lay, smooth and crlap and flat a yellow - baok for y privately.. tvvnty thousand dollars enue, amid a familv to whom the annual bunch at Tsmmanv Hall picion of a nod. "About this waterworks In waa Bhore he to the North the business." return, promised Randolph the migration chief event at the year, had plunged Into organization's support and his own. He reason was Juat Hopper and hit fifty ths hall, majestically departed tn a cloud with that I ain't her about myseit. Larry he suggested. '? want to talk to Go ahead, said Randolph, frowning thou" at tho next election nothing else of cigar smoke in ths direction of the ele- Allien I got out six months ago, 1 found you about tnose Indictments." the grimy, passionate life of the criminal had given that support with all ths loyIt was coming. Hs knew it. courts building Just as his father betore alty of his Irish heart, and all tnat he and no pretense of It. Randolph spent a vator. Over In th back room of Fontln's res- dubiously. my wife had been put out of her rooms, was And this ths slick, smooth article Into the turmoil ol had asked was loyalty in return. Thus, long time studying the Insects upon tne Mm had "plunged Randolph sat alone In the inner office, with ray two kids, and had to walk tn taurant he told Endicott of his visit from sent to put It over, toe plate. eyes boy Washington before Antletam. It wae ex- as a strict partv man, Randolph had been Imitation rubber plant tn his official his head still on his hands. It had not streets all night In the rain " he gulped the man, Titian, and th said Ketcham,-.steppinleave," "By your Well, anyway, aha was glowed. hilarating to Randolph to see this "blue successively alderman, assemblyman, ten- window and etherizing them with cigar needed McCall's delicate reference to tne down a dry sob to the door and! doslng-lt- . He rnopd he cried, "that fellow stocking throw off his coal and fight for ement house commissioner, state senator smoke. But he discovered In their actions Judgship for him to appreciate that tne awful sick, and so was one of the kids, "By George! silently and swiftly, and his face bad tn no answer to his problem. He had always threatened suit upon Ms note the note and there was nothin doin' In my trade, all right! arweatnesi and light In an atmosphere and finally district attorney. of a dried apple. Then, Inscrutableness 8uccess had been easy! From the first found that sooner or later. If you waited. given to Boyle in payment of the losses and no one would have me, anyway! 1 But Randolph said nothing. i that reeked of profanity and tobacco Randolph's desk, he returned to smoka It waa stimulating and a bit dis- hs had found himself, as the favorite ot It must have taken a lot of nerve." passing way out" Invariably turned up; some Incurred at the wheel during that unfor- hammered ths sidewalks lookin for work hi chair and, throwing himself Into it, diIdeals bean see to 1 remain the boy's the great boss, of envy and ad- traversable lane leading In the right tunate night ot revelry five years was continued Endicott, "to do a tMng like rested for week. I couMn't find a thlngl object heartening flnger-tl- p his lightly together. unclouded. Moreover, he knew that En- miration. Judges smiled upon him "and rection between the obvious road of evil fore would mean the end of his political up against it for fair. Then Katie s that He's ths real stuff, If h Is an Randolph waited, and his eye traveled dicott saw him aa ho pretended to mm-ae- gavs him the ear they denied to others. and the narrow path of virtue. Now, con- career and the loss of the judicial nomi- brother, Tom. who had been livin' with Think of walking right back from the bald head of his visitor to tne d, ana an waa a 1 Politicians valiant fronted Mm him undesirable alternative, nation promised out and made that he was in Into Jail to get the other fellow out imitation rubber by sought by the boss. Mors; us and helped support her while plant and the water botlawyer trying to praotlcs clean politics much of him. endeavoring through him to no satisfactory answer suggesting It- It would bring Immediate censure and dis- prison, lost his Job because he crushed Thats pretty final" win the favor of his patron. Older men self, he resolved, as many another both grace upon hla organisation, for Boyle his hand In a pulley. And the from the Inside. I Imagine you would find plenty of tle.Then suddenly Randolph became aware whose d father mad my for mm ungrudgingly, southerner better and wiser" man has" done, td 00 waa one of the gamblers that hid bath 01 "Well," for almost a week,"" ha went people who would say he was a fool,'' re- of something lying upon to polished surhad fought for the other right on tne office required him to prosecute, and as on, I watched my wife begin to starve. turned Randolph. But, as time went on, Randolph's elo- nothing for the present. 'What good will It face of th table. H looked closer, preJust at this Juncture, a state senator yet he had taken no active steps to do Then I mad up my mind, as 1 had got do?" other side aaw in this stripling something quence had gained In quantity rather to. not There tt lay. smooth and tending that he Qould never be himself, and set than In quality. He had soon discovered called on tha district attorney. Hs was so. Ones 1st that photograph get Into settled for a crime I wasnt guilty of, 1 the boy. crisp exclaimed What good!" yellow-bac- k a for and flat a very urban gentleman, owe Senator the hands of one of ths daily papers and might as well commit ons to even up. To "What good? Why all th good In th his own moral timepiece by the boy's that what the gang wanted waa noise thousand dollars. He felt a e and a lot of It; that it mattered McOsll, and he was close to everybody. chronometer. blng! that would bo tho end of Ran- learned a lot up In Sing Bint, and 1 went world Just because Its the right thing: clutch of th heart. Ketcham had quick gotRut Endicott was no prig, and quiokly whaf you aatd, so long as you put the Including the boss He ai)d Randolph dolph Carter. to a hang-oand borrowed a and What's the good of anything that s ten and waa examining th rubber But It was not ths mere fact that touched a flat for about threeJimmy adopted the manner and speech of tne right thrill Into It And h had adapted had held office together and called each hundred straight and decent, that isnt going to plant.up He to courts. criminal ths requirements. He was not other by their first names, frequently reiterated himself Mulvany had ordered him to do a dis- dollars worth of stiver. Geo! H6w easy put money in your jiocket? What ar w Ths thin, blue stream Tls glad I am seetn' you look so wen, honorable thing, nor yet that an at- it was! Now here's th funny part- - Hi hers for, anyway? I dont believe in tm Randolph set hla big Jaws h glanced the phrase In his letters home that Ran- a sentimentalist. reform any more than you stealthily at Ketcham, and thought he dolph was "the biggest man In New of quality In hit blood had thickened more Ranny, my boy I" said ths senator, onoe tempt was being mads to blackmail mm forgot to tell 'em I was goln anywheres, saw to faintest Imaginable smile on his of In kinds scandal You room less In or heard hundred a were all York. the back year. they lighting the Into silence that had struck his spirit this and Torn was out In th street lookin' for do, I know that a lot of fellows hollar IPs parents, on his yearly visits to ths cigar tendered him by Randolph. "Pure crushing, numbing blow, so that about man In politics, ha said, nut here ho sat me. I cam up ho grabbed my because tho other fellows hav th Jobs. face. A great rag possessed him slowly, when was a man who waa big enough to do tbe plantation, aaw that he had gained some you're the lad to succeed, with everybody dizslly and hopelessly sick at heart. It .bundle with his good hand, not knowm And I don't pretend to b any moral hero and a deep flush mounted upward to his in spite of private pressure thirty pounds In weight, that hla oheeka ssyln you will be a Judge at tho next was the sudden realization that ho hatT what Was In It, to glv me a lift. Just myself: but I do admire a chap that wilt forehead. Muttering to himself, he leaned right thingclamor'' this last a phrase bor- had lost most of their ruddy color, that election! Im right proud of you. ' sold his birthright and become a man at that minute a cop. stepped out of a walk the plank, and chuck or pUblio th whole ever and.In pulling out the bottom drawer, th back of tt until he found rowed from one of Randolph's speeches. his eyes were not quite so clear, that his Thunks, said Randolph. that others would not hesttat to try to and nabbed us. Bay,. that was s game, Just because Its ths square thing. fumbled ' Indictments Ha was thinking as Just wait until he got after some of tne chin and neck were growing heavy; and It's a great shame all this trouble bribe and blackmail. He waa tnat kina doorway men are on the square th "How Wire now, big many wasn't it? and kid good on, Ketcham nod they thought that all this was due to about ths waterworks should bo dumped ot a man I He was stuptfled at ths shock sick, brother with a busted hand, and m In that way? asked Randolph. "I mean herd as aver h thought. big grafters I returned from hts saunter around the Inrry worked tike a slave over tne overwork. But they saw no change (n on you and not on the mayor, where it of It that he, Randolph Carter, In whose and him collared with ths goods. Does toe way you mean. room and stood McCall Tidewater company paper, and two days his character. continued flowed ot blood of Innocently by hla chair. veins tha T don't know," answered the boy, and belongs," unconsciously. crime pay? Does It pay? No, it don't! generations men Ilk Carter betore. later entered Randolph's office with a Had there been a change T Now that Why, all this overlastm' holler about gentlemen ao sensitive at honor that they But suppose you ain't got no choice? 1 I don't care. If to bo big on ha to be H had bought ever him. flustered He knew Nothing he was glitter In his Ieye.h cried. on, there were those who aand and cement and cubic yards of tns had thought nothing of life without It, aint no anarchist, but sometime crooked, I'd rather stay email. "This thing M said thatgetting gam from A to Issard. He thought 1 know. "By George Lots of times you can't tell what ts th said Randolph sympatheticalhe was Just like any other ma- and that? Why dont they appoint a com- had fallen so tow that Ha cotild receive rotten! They've simply been the square thing, commented Randolph, he knew precisely what was passing in chine politician that after a while a man mission of engineers to look Into It and the suggestion of a dishonest course ot ly. "Hav a cigar? hts qbarrys fhlnd. file city from beginning to endl to tho aldermen or tno legislature. action without resenting It, and even "Eh?" said the man. "Sure I will. toying with his coffee cup. got so that hs didnt know where the report inof "Hav a cigar T asked Randoipn, holdWhat have they done, Larry Instead a office taka woo of hand like the miserable a tms, bound cloggtn' busy left off and party loyalty beran. retorted hta assistant Ot tell!" took th weed and lit It tremCant Titian right all It can do without lnvltin had tried to bribe Mm, Instead of kick- blingly. quired Randolph, pushing back from tM Even ths press, now that his newness which has oourse you can tell tf you want tot it' ing out hts case. I "Dont car K I do. replied the other ing him out of his office. Instinctively ns had worn off. sometimes referred to him trouble "Go on." said Randolph, "fell mo only a coward that pretends b cant. affably, - desk, "I wish they would! said Randolph, rubbed his hand upon Ms trousers' leg as about Tom What haven't theyl Juet look nerel" as Mulvanya man. Carter." But Ranhelpltg himself. had been a welcnerr Titian and Katie." Suppose' If to remove ths stain loft there by Its answered his assistant, excitedly thrust- dolph knew that they had "got him honestly. Randolph stepped to the door and Couldn't he have reasoned It out any way to a tnakt "WH. .snort. long Story it his Into a senhands. shouldn't qukjkly. Pat was sitting withing paper "Why they?" asked the He believed cqntact with McCall's! himself wanted to? Bure he could, if bed opened honest, Titian, when Tom found what h he view outside. Th district attorTo begin with, they have simply dis- wrong" He had bdm wont to laugh at the sug- said even If he were true to hie friends. What ator. wanted to eoldler, he'd have let Me in plain tn waa hs on Insisted takln th for, brother-in-laney bit off the end of his cigar while tne "Well, they didn't, answered Randolph. gestion In ths papers that hs was a blame andregarded the specifications altogether! difference there was In him came from an stay In prison because he Immaculate up for it. God! What Ketcham fastidiously perboss's man. But now hs knew that it oouid I' do? goln' Clean, white river sand properly pud- almost unconscious sagging in hit stand- "And Its rotten I I was tho only on In the was no wood to work on 'account or Ms formed th same operation do you know? Inquired his visdled. Why, there aren't a thousand cubic ards, an almost Imperceptible with a How was had been hs that nothtfua, ot If himbecause seduced, he and confessed hand, dulling I bunch sick. wasnt that had hsnas my You don't know nothin' about wa- ing more nor least- that for ten years he penknife. yards of real aand In the whole dam. his moral perceptions. Hie lights were itor. self both to can You JaU. go might they rats. Tom didnt. Katie was had been nothing but a manikin of wtiicn at anynear Randolph, with apparent unconsciousThey've used old scrapings rtgnt out, of still undimmed, but they had become the terworks !" all In. Ws talked It over, and argu a thing ao It will com out your ness the reservoir. And our expert reports lights of the msn who bed made him. picked up th bill, rolled It Into a He elenened pretty "Well, Endicott. my assistant, has been Mulvany held the string. because this time every way Why, I o to want You Drat. didn't at t see, Into that embankment, upon wntcn that spill, struck a match, and held It to the Earlier when he had first corns to the over It. end bo says R's rank! returned his fists. How they had played upon Ms dons one bit without deservin' It. Hut brother-in-laperjured himself you could bank-note, which slowly caught fir. tha safety of the thing depends, they ve city, and was unusued to private cars and Randolph. had How on lured him wltn vanity! they If Tisaid that was one reason why 1 claim he ought to etay In prison. Ketcham turned pale and stopped forchucked any eld thing rocks, trees, bar- tha like hs had taken to drinking a litH'ra!" grunted MoChM. End loo tt promises of rreat place and high honors! Tom tian confessed, there might be no on to ward w do shouldn't another. Bald to silent gesture ot protest. on old with an ought trestle! tle; and ones In a wild frolic Ms Inherited Who's How thsy had flattered and deceived him rels, and hi place left upport th family. Besides, thsy bad It Then his a "No one you know Just a man on my until now they owned him body and soul: sort of average things up. Then he said all y caught th figure of the Besides, the dam leaks like a sieve. He instinct for gambling had got the better once was out what best figured no to I man a a hadn't saddle with right figures ten million gallons of wests a day. of him and be had tne wheel and staff. But ho knowo graft when bo sees And had not McCall what was It that bad hand with the use of changing their watting Pat outside. Th bill flamed up. the ear of a woman and and what was Tiilnk of that! And tha officers certified lost a sum so largeplayed MoCSll bad said about money? Hs tried replied Randolph. minds? It's a cinch I But no matter how crackling cheerfully, andto Randolph that only his note it, Oh! Bo we framed It up. two 1 knew kkla. his cigar. Hs tha accounts over their own slgnafuraa. had been left to pay it. But said to ten think applied it McCall. reel"I about thousano cant help something that was you know all the time. they'd do m on my record, and th game you I argue, about It. Then tn disTwice three tiroes sometimes tnore'n long ago. cant tell. Ive took a long tlm turned Randolph had never played in' sorry for those fellows," ha continued dollars He ground his teeth Impotently. was guesa you always me off so to the to stand keep his trict visitor and a And suppose he didnt do as Mulvany entirely attorney pause. "They've done the best they've doner' men to be up against proposition). again, had almost forgotten tha Incident after couMnt prove it on m. 80 l"om knowncouldn't Bad as that? held out the fragment of biasing bill. exclaimed Randoipn end ths note had never- - beep presented. they could. The subcontractor laid down had Intimated. What then? His career they said work out." Randoipn. they b to secIn "Hav a light? ho offered. th .pleaded1 guilty burglary wrinkling hit forehead. Hs firmly Intended to pay It sometime on 'em, and theyve lost money by tne would be over. Hts Ilfs, political and and pleaded not guilty, and went to Either way seemed wrong. Ketcham staled at him stupidly. "Yea. bad as that! echoed Endicott inhogshead. Ain't there any way to let legal, would be gone. Hs would be sim- ond, when he should be In funds. But answered Larry "To them, maybe, a Tom Then trial tor became witness "Hav a llrttl a down one a 'em dead repeated dignantly. "Oh, Its a regular steal! Xou took all his time, and hs had little polities thrown Into little Randoipn ths discard ply men easy?" opporlike you and more not to educated But m how burand he said committed ths can nail am all for forgery In the thira tunity to practice his profession. What loudly, looking him steadily in th Dont see any, said Randolph. barely able to earn an honest living a mo and I guess It doesnt take such a tot T didn't and to nothin' have do I" glary, HT' do Can't asked McCall. you degree he hoped for and wanted was a place pMttlc&l pariah, abandoned by his party y.Ketcham opened Ms mouth to apeak. of education, either." "Don't see how, repeated Randolph. snd party friends, scorned by the rest with It, And the jury acquitted me withRandolph pulled silently on hts cigar. You don't want to bo too hard on peoupon the supreme bench and Mulvany Hav a light! roared Randolph, forcmy even goln' on the stand at all. 'It's even worse then those 'silk stock-log- s' had promised him over-rarthat at the coming Ho waa sorry not .to oblige MoCail, who He writhed at tlfe tiiought of being cut out"By "Hometime answered Randolph. ple," the burning thing Into Ms hands Ooorgel said Randolph. e made out," continued Endicott. election this not distinction was a good fellow. by his old associates, of being pointed out la too much. Hup pose, now, It ingKetcham ths price took tha bill and held It to his Tho senator got up and took a few as a has bean, of losing his position ot Titian twitched again. His cigar had meant a man' Uf Thsy didn't know half of It. Ho you should be hts. Of course, hs realized tnat tor , Titian ' cigar. want ms to get up ttie Indictments? the ladder by which he had ascended steps about the room, finally coming to a lnflueno In tho city, and tho Judgeship, gone out and his lips were drawn. k did answer not in so you!" ho stammered. was M of hla within window. And laBut front would ths be too obvious for him to be ac- pause that Randolph grasp. easily only th boglnnln. 'lom Endicott smoked In allenc for a mtf1 Th dlstrlrt attorney leaned over snd "Want to go over It yourself? corded much honor for having climbed it; "Any notes of yours lyin' around. ther and mother! They would never un- got soaked for seven years and tour ment, watching th antics of a gray eat a bell repressed but once at tbe top ha would at least Be Ranny? ho asked quietly, without turn- derstand. He would come back a failure, months! Think of It! For sometnin' ha and two kittens on ths roof of a neighbor"No, Til tako your word for ft. he said In Ms ordinary, quiet . "Pat, too old to begin again, doomed to grind didn't do! That waa two months ago. 1 plied Randolph. ing. extension. Then hs said Independent of bosses end their favors "How about the Indictments? persistout hts Ilfs tn some little graveyard of a found work pretty soon after that, and ingYou know my father diedsoftly; It cams horns to him with something In Lfboy tonesf "show this gentleman out And "Eh cried Randolph with a start. the tell Mr. Endicott to put tn way, by ed Endicott. of a shock that Mulvany was asking a "Note any notes. I said. murmured southern town, looked down upon by now that th weather has got cool, Katl prison. Th last letter hs wrote my Tidewater companys ess before th men of half his years. He eoudn't go Is all right again. She's goln' to get a mother ended with Emerson' line: "Wall, you might as wet be getting good deal. If hs had only suggested some McCall, looking out of tho window. 1 tomorrow grand Jury them ready," answered Randolph, tmis other reasons such as lack of sufficient understand the Tidewater company took back! He must go on! He gased stupidmorning. Job In a laundry at twenty a week. W u disposing of tho matter In the simplest evidence, no Jurisdiction, or something; an assignment of quite a large ono tnat ly around the room at tha heavy tnsipia be on Easy Street before long. The kid 'Tie mans perdition to b af (All fights reserved.) way. but ho had plunked It right out The has your signature from a feller named crayon portraits of former district attor- are goln' to school And I've got a man When for tn truth ho ought to tn.' the basket of Imitation rubber who has promised to take Tom on as a Boyle, and they think of suing you on neys at plant, at the bottle of spring water re- watchman at ninety dollar a month." versed the patent Iron stand. upon Tom? said Randolph. Ood! ho cried. "Is that straight?" Godl he groaned again. "What's ood-Clean- si "Sure," answered Titian eagerly, no "Straight as a die, announced MoCail. tho'My Appetite-Makin- g well an I use! be might hung for Judge Is goln' to keep man tn Bing 'Here's a photograph of It." And ho a a lamb! as 1 sheep handed Randolph Innocent I haven't slept a a small unmounted Bing who (ood, because It creates an apps-t- it side of the Lying on the right-han- d nine he was sent up I I tmnit 01 print of an oldong place of paper. g was ths bundle ot Indictments which night snd promotes assimilation of Strength-Givinhim minute nB I every Randolph put his hand to hla forehead. desk goln' through Endicott had to carefully drafted. Ran- suffered fob three years. I can't stand It. all (ood taken, thua securing McCall looked distressed." Come, old man! Don't lose your dolph glanced quiokly toward tha door ot Maybe they won't settle m for ao tong Ar ths EfFscts Ysu Naturally per cent, of nourishment. nerve! This is the only one and tho plate the office Then, seeing no on, h picked when they understand ail ths fact a" It contributes to make rich from Your Spring Modiolno radThus Want of tho and up papers It thrust package been "I has I guess you know Into tha remotest don't understand,' said Randolph. blood, which carrlaa vitality to destroyed. pejt of ths bottom "Tom to Your you can roly on mo, so long as you treat drawor. satisfies all parts of ths body and gives tho And Hood's Sarsaparilla us square. Why, everybody Is stuck on get 'em to let m plead guilty and nerve (ores that guess they'll stay there for a whllsl thess needs a nothing alas can. strength and get Tom out I can't stand It Tm you, Ranny) We're all goln' to vote for he"Imuttered. But, by Heaven, Its th hardened. H ain't He only a young tonlo' nature demands day by day. Tako ' " Tbfs marvellous you for Judge next election, and there a first Aim! mtoratlvs Hood's mall'' doso It th first tlmsl" -no and io what-th- e feller. tough! And Katie Katls can right and blood purifier bas been recog- after eachSarsaparilla,'' Th sound of voices outside th door meal, and you will soon for you for tho askin' campaign contriwaltt" to him as a as he In ths sat note how himself, nised (or nearly fifty years much refreehed you aro, butions and all that You're on Easy brought What Randolph stared hard at him. of unhappy dream. best spring medicine (or restoring how good your food tastes, and how Now I can read everything without any Street, tf you only knew R. You oouid sortWill Weak Eyee and Poor Eysslght Rob Milyou want me to dor he asked. see a man, air?" asked Rat, do"Look you to and circulation blood ths all thslr me borrow answered of of Titian ths Much lions money you wanted. cheerfully you do your work. simply. up," People Happlnsss glasses and my eyes do not water any the doorkeeper, coming In apologetically. - Hood's natural richness and vitality. more. At night they would pain dreadThat's ail. And tall th and Thtlr Full Msasuro of Randolph had sunk down In his chair 'Band pills relieve headache, Judge th Mm muttered in, tor Randoipn, facta." Hood's Sarsaparilla Is mors than biliousness, constipation. Success., fully; now they feel fins ail ths time. A with hts shoulders hunohed and his head his work had to be don. In hla hands who usad It says; "Tho atmosphere lady Ho twitched and set hts teeth bard. said Pat to some on be"This seemed hasy with or without glasses, but "Funny thing happened one, MoCail hind him,way! and a man antsrsd, crumpling Randolph held out hla hand. Doing your dally work with weak syea after using for fifteen days went on In a musing tons of reminiscence. his cap TH do what you aak, Mr. Titian,- - ho his between knotted hands. hairy, la like eating with poor teeth difficult. everything seemed clear, I can even read "I was Blttin' right In this room with oia and walked with said. "But I want to ahak hands wltn If not actually painful. But the one fins print now without glasses. Tom Beech, district attorney along in aHe was tall andbutgaunt, what on noticed most you flrat. You're alt right! slight stoop; whoee eyee ache, or water, or cauze head- ' It Is believed that thousands who wear the elghtlea, and n men came In and haa was Tears clouded Titian was bed-oeyes, the hollowneas of his cheeks, tn PURIFIES,' VITALIZES 'AND ENRICHES THE BLOOD, aches. is not so unfortunate as ths one glasses can discard them In a reasonable a little chat about a csss with Mm, ana of his oyes, snd th fact while Randolph pressed a bell, and an ofwho has weak ayes and does not know It lima and multitudes can ao strengthen when he had gone, lying riant on that luster lessneas tn ficer uniform entered was th hs bald. expectantly that nearly although brand-neand there are millions of them. Weak was a heir eyes aa to be spared the trouble and desk, fresh ton thouroom. young. ayes can bo mado to do their work In expense of getting glasses. Eyo troubles sand dollar bM with not even a "Kelly. I want you to arrest this tht "Ar you th district attorney?" ho . every case. You can quickly test your of many description! ba wonderfully In may take him tako him down In a husky- voles. asked Cntteman. andMurray. eyss In the following ways; If the printed benefited and eyes strengthened In many be waul must "Well, asia cold ..HfU.dP tot ? "Tm man,th grin'," What Randolph. page blurs; If reading or close work tires Instances in ths following simple way himself. up his shining tall bat and do you want? Ucs keeps hens from laying snd stunt your eyes or gives you headaches; If Go to any drug store and got a bottle of cane, ptcklns "Think over about those indicto tell I want said you something, o your eyes water or look red and Inflamed th growth of chicks. Use Dissolve one tablets. will you? tments Dont can the me you think rtv "If th tn you stranger. they need attention. To good eves with tablet In a fourth of a glass of water. public Interests would be Juat ns wen time. It may take five or tea minutes -And out. Titian passed looks black With this liquid baths the eyee aa di- served If tho sight ths printed page perfect grand Jury handed In a I want to ask a sort of favor of you. When th man had gone, Randolph Sat In ordinary light and ths blacker It looks rected. You should not oyes clear 'scathing presentment a regular old said Randolph, for a tong time with hla oyes fixed on Oh. well, go ahead! the better. To weak eyes It blurs or looks up perceptibly from the your start and fashioned very to of ooodotagerT" take glad enough whit th smoke from his dying mi nowhere, anything so or not Is faded Lice Killer and gray easily read. Inflammation quickly Whan to hla feet thoughts off himself. BU down, Randolph arose cigar trailed toward tn oetitng In a thin, There are a thousand different shades of your ayes bother you disappears. even a little bit and mechantcaUy bewltderedly outtook McCkUs T' matter tbe Mm blue line. had in Something gripped Dust sack grown foul carefully aad color bet wees tho deep black of perfect take stepo to strengthen and prMWM-r- e stretched hand. Hla waa aet Th man drew up a ohatr and seated th throat and he couldn't smoka This Do not neglect and hla face flushed. undarjaw the mother keu wives sight toand the blur that makes It Impos- them without delay. hlmeetf. Hla hands trembled a little, and fellow's Katlel He wondered wnat on jrou set them. read without glasses. sible them. Many now beyond hope some now and then ho gav a twitch as waa Ilka He knew th type ail right, bigAw, corner exclaimed Mr. 11, soothOe a yell ago trees y r dealer Thera la, according to Dr. Lewis, hope blind might bavo baean saved If ingly. "Dont take what 1 said too seri- every today.! If had Vitus' 8t. ho danc. and freckled, probably. boned, tar those who wear glasses or are victims they bed cared for their eyes In time. ously. Dont be in too much of a rush Thanks," h said. "I don't want to Then he gav a grim laugh and pressed of eyestrain and outer eyo weaknesses, NOTE; Ihyalrtana and eye specialist! about this thing that' all..- - Be you make no fats pretenses. Dr. LeOears Remedies are sold by the following dealers! Tm an Old on of th bells o o and this hope Is found In tho as a safe home remproscribe Name's Titian, t Blongt And ths senator, puttms timer an Tall Mr, Endicott to corns, In Oranlts Grain A BeedXe.t IOCS K. Twenty. first Bouth St. method. Many a home eyes wars weak or edy In the treatment of eye troubles and again! on manner his with hat the half burserved a and three for to h hi son distingue said voto had years and a Oraee Produce Co., 74S S. State st. rat, had their eyes re-- I to strengthen eyesight It la harmless to that Is characteristic of stats sens lore, failing say they haveDoa-Op1 was fttobed,' but todl has ' I husklneoa mad say that th glary. Pldoe Produo Co., MS S. State st. Stored through tho principle, the most sensitive eyas and may buttoned bis (rook coat across his to do with It. 1 got M tn tne Irishman wander If Ui chief was looting nothin' Vogoter Base A Produce Ce, M W, Ptrag Bouth Bt. T was freely. Ash any ene of tho million who j fine of thee grateful ones oay He gav a Jerk with Ms chest, and, pausing 40 sow ft few neck all right. up to th mark. d , ,tbh Woet snd BoeondBovt ' Stores. (Adv.) seeds among tha newspaper reporters in shoulders. "I'm not goln' to bother you quitLets almost blind; oouid sot see to read at all. use It Bchramm-Juhneo- n I go over and hav com lunch. D. P. r.hrmoy William, 401 W, Thirty-thir- d Bouth BOA VS Tj K J -- ri - blue-blood- - g 1 lf high-minte- d. v Warm-hearte- yes-tw- enty very-littl- ut make-belle- ' f 1 w - -- pearl-handl- w I hr' absent- -mindedly "Th-than- Millions Have Weak Eyes And Do Not Know It Bl lit How to Test Your Eyes and 1 folke-wfu-de . Tnr Hoods Sarsaparilla to itr pm-ho- t ie gUS .Rd. Yor Hen. of Lie. Jia-oa- n, v Bon-Opt- going" 'to StrengthenThem Bon-Op- ng, . Bon-Op- to Dr.LeGears Powder ly d, Bon-Opt- le hra Bon-Opt- weo-slerl- |