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Show ' THE SALT LAKE TRIBUTE, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 30, 1922. The Tanker ah og us They attracted her In their direction were twine, and had never knowtl a day a In Hvee, illness or a day their grief but now- - tribulation waited at their door also, for Warrender and David, though devoted each to the other, both found themselves under the dominion of Mary Dumford; and they loved her better than it was possible that they oould love on another. Vlivt Ellasbethon irUnre broke tits moor for tin, or later man have delved for clay, tiiert gape a mlgbty pit on the breast of Dartmoor, near Brtneetown, A Uttle Hie fills the bottom of the cavity od CSaasenweB pool Ite ancient name. At this aeoaon, on the last day of Au pint, a rare pattern of pink heather bloom f twi autumn furxe wound in amethyst and sold about the mouth of the great pup. while beneath, where frees y banka elope downward, the marflne of the Cttla tarn glittered with granite gravel, Tracks, stamped white and sparkling put by the cattle that came to drink, chased the oidee of the pool and wound away above. where great moor rolled their oootneee under tender tone of disgreen and gray, that blended along tant ridge and steep under the nfUky base of lata summer. Southward, Lather Tor and Sharp Tor lifted their jagged sldee to the eky, and from the shoulder of Sheep s Tor there wept forests and spread ml lee of fertile land to the dim horfsone of the eeo. Hard by the cup, humped in the heather, ofstood the a medieval croes roughly wrought trod by a highway granite, atill marking gt monkish feet la Tudor tlmea A lineover oe extended those emblem e had on monasteries, between waste the great whose ruins alone now rose to the valleys beneath. The hot air danced and bumble bees made a perpetual organ music as they droned to the heather bloom, while upon the face of th little lake there fell a t rich vleioc of color from the burning banka and golden clouds aloft, all eubtiy that reflected changed by the mirror I them. At midmost water the Images wind rlpplea that cessed, fretted away by the placid t set up a ruffle and tarnished I the water stood three deptha Beside mare two fools ot and f black pomeea The mare e daughter successive births I her already attained to adult shapeliness, son was a woolly boos with a short I eo&ta thin. yhaVy 4J hit g rooking horse . He still ran to her I black udder when flew to her thirsty end Then peace , far protection if alarmed. j was banished for a moment by the sudbulred a den stampede of locks goaded by the gadfllea They came heavy hooves and thundering down withrushed to cool their uplifted tails,' they grew calm, smarting sides and topresently the margins of the plunged knee deep 1 i t , s i . They were brawny, industrious men, and together farmed King Beat, near Classen well. They grew oats, ran sheep and cattle, bred ponies for the coal mines, and prospered They kept themselves and a widowed mother In comfort, and If some folks held their dealings a little open to doubt and their bargain harsh, none coaid voice more than a general suspicion, or venture any direct indictment. home lay over the Meavy river Maryat Dether Tor farm, where John Dumford' had a full quiver and desired his daughter s room rather than her company. Her parents agreed that It was more than time their e.dcet took a husband; and waited with some Impatience tar a pro-- frven 5 under Upon the edge of Ctossenwell, offered a whitethorn that rose thereeatand a girt on a patch of shadow, there summer. She we r - rt both could not marry Mary Dumford and they knew that either would be welcomed a a suitor by Marys parents. . They also beileved that she was ready and willing to accept either one og the other, when the opportunity came to do so. They were now about to cast lots for i possession of her No brothers had been better friends or kept fewer secrets from on another Warrender understood Davids character Os well as he understood hi own; David knew and heartily admired Warrender powers and hi devious acts to outwit a pony buyer, when the chance offered. Indeed, each had long approved the ethers Ingenuity In th affaire of Ilf. Therefore, at this great pass, and having regard for th value of th prise, neither trusted the pther. It was a duel, conducted with the utmost care and cunning, Warrender took s but no bitterness. out of his pocket with a the girl not Jumpng at you the Instant moment you offered." "Come to think ef It. so It le, admitted Warrender. "It shows there s a bit less sens there than I hoped. "Have a tell with the shepherd, then, and hint hell be wise to drop out." Warrender followed tola advice and tj2h er I Finally . THE FIRST HAIR et BROWNAIONE A 'lx I; ' v 4' D I- - ' - v fC k ; tj y S' r, iDilMV;', K J, Sv 7;. m-v- rr -- J- - ln-i- Clas-ssnwe- - i C -i - H , " ' Hu Ownffl r ' T- -; V- " tie from on or to other of th twins orrender and David could not both succeed, and John Dumford was equally agreeable to either; but of one thing he and hie wife felt no doubt. In the mat ter of Bhepherd Samuel Dumford they were assured. His expectations might be good; but what were expectation to a young man whose own span of life was practically determined? -HU go at twenty !x, oar a erg said Mr. Dumford, "and hi jegga hope of hi Uhcl Bolts money will go etnd us dont want Mary bock s with him, widow on our hands tnstd a twelve-month-." John agreed with her and they considered how best to quicken the operations of th twin. "Boeing, by sS ocoounta, theyre both set on her, It may turn out a ticklish -- and admitted Mary. buemesa how beet to push em on I dont eee too clear, special) as ahe hardly know em apart. And now Sammy, moved by th weather end a strong rumor that th Whit brother were reaching a conclusion respecting hie cousin, again asked the girl, with mournful and faltering word, whether eh would Ignore the. risks arid marry him H touched her heart no Uttle and hi body moved her even to love, for her own massive shape found her Inclined toward his lean and graceful proportion, snd she had a) wavs dour linked hla eyea Warrender and David were etudgy men eoild and beamy and shorter by half a head toon Bomuel. Their voices, too, were throaty and high pitched; thev lacked the melody of hta "Why for d vou w ant to marry anybody?" She asked. "Better bide a bachelor man and keep free. Sam. You should hear mv father tell about matrimony. He aye tie ah state for a creature "And yet hes terrible wishful to see you wedded." "Only for th sake of a b't more room. W m pushing th roof off our home pretty near. like you didn't A grand creature he oid. "From ought to be crusot ted. chllder. ted the standpoint marriage mav be rather & dark contrivance; but who to blame? U wouldn't have ten Chllder that 1 will swear. "You bide patient. There's plenty of Walt till your twenty-si- x time to consider Nuree youreelf a bit year be poet. and let down more victuals. You don't eat enough. I reckon. Such a leery looking chap you be. though I d sooner a lot have a thin husband than a fat one " Then there a good ray of hope. he tnewered. "because they Whit twine will be round as barres in a few tears. both of em. And as for me, I m hungry pool B good-weth- som-sht- Sm Ut-to- SS -- e, x. i for you nought else Xs v A D ff t E end, and be steeped hi small listener Women StouIJ Know How In such g.oom that presently a Uttle boy lifted hta voice end how.ed for hla mother. Pinkhami Veget&Mo Compound B hereupon the matron, who wa enjoying an after-dinnnap, appeared with Help at This Trying Period sleepy eyes and tousled hair to bid Samuel be gone. "You m enough to right any babe with your long, ohapfalten face, ah I was run Sheboygan, Wisconsin. poke to Samuel, but found him resolute. sold. " 'Tl enough for em to look at down, toed and nervous. I could not 1 he fighting fair, Warrender, White. you without these ghastly tales ven do my own he explained, and I much hop a youll You ought tohearing know better; and th tog housework, could not do the same So long as I have It straight ooralng down off the moor like a wall. from her that ehe took no other man So you d beet get on your way home sleep st night snd and etui be to the market, o kmc shall gomg to say yea to Warren-de- r "Marys all kinds o quaar I court her with all my might She s the he told her. "I oln t deWhite, thou ghts would coma In thee bunch in flower the ceived parts, and ahe sold no to me again top I tome. as you well knew, and though I wouldnt half an hour afore dinner cava up going to tha "You ought to have better manner say I d got any call to hope, still a man In love can't do naught else, because toon to ax any more Christmas day and doctor and a friend love without hop would be foolishness. "And oi all," declared Mra Dumford. told ma of Lydia . And Mary hetd the balance end wavered for saying Mr. to about tla White, ye' time, the done to. Well Pmkhama Vegeta- for a few months more, tending steadily time, and mores to Warrender. yet continuing, to lov to do chaps wasn't eo careless gesture, bla Compound. In my day, "Such a maiden did ought to be toesed Samuels eves snd vole. snd full of great end If fool said no patient to em they dldn t After the first bottla David played s often get a chance to for with a bit of gold eh? he asked. truth .for hi destiny I could sleep better change their minds "So ahe ought, agreed DaVid, but not broth s port end whispered wisdom to And as for you, to say it youve and I hava lcept on toe lady, but she told him to mind his no right to seek marriagekindly, iritly a hit of your gold. at all, for you've got ono foot in the grave end bf improving ever since. I have taken doomed to an early death. You must put seven bottles now and am so happy that your hop where there ain't no marrying; I am all over these bad feelings. Mrs. thank God. "Cheerful talk for Christmas day, an- B. Lanser, 1639 N. 3rd St, Sheboygan, Wisconsin. swered Samuel gloomily. "Sense aint often cheerful, but truth's f Mtny For the woman entering middle age T'nwyji truth, and Christmas dev be also quarter T"N, Pinkhara'a Vegetable Comday, ehe answered, "we sent a bit of Lydia E. relief In th'. house; end tla time we had pound can ba of much benefit. During It. And you go to doctor far a bottle of this time of life certain change take phvalc for that cough. You give tongue place which sometimes develop into Ilk a hound, and th time s coming when serious trouble. your breathing porta will be no more use to you than a chunk of peat. Melancholia, nervousness, irritability, 1 don't want to Ur no more not headache and dizziness are some of the no'. vowed Samuel VegeThat's in your Maker's hands, and symptoms. LydiaisE,a Pinkhama natural restorayou must do your port to keep the fire table Compound Get back home, tive, especially adapted to assist nature burning," ah told him. and don't breathe this fog deeper than in canning you safely past this time. wear eon next your flannel and you help, trial T ' skin If you want to hear toe cuckoo Whyihot give it a fair again. "Damn the cuckoo!" cried Samuel, and he deperted, with hi mournful eyea tolling over 'the gray curtain of the fog It Al was driving up thickly and smothering "Vs the swift gloaming He had walked but a quarter of a mile when he heard swift feat and a panting pair of hinge, and aooroely wo it conscious of these phenoA , mena before a solid body rushed out of A th tog, flung herteif sobbing upon hi bosom, and nearly rolled him, over. He staggered and exclaimed. His etick went one way. hla hat flew another. Ha clasped th woman tightly to keep him-se- if on his legs, and perceived that he x A t was embracing Mary. "What the mischief happed now? V seen a ghost?" he cried. "Have , ,Ha She sobbed. "Q Sammy. "Worse, 1 Sammy, my dear eoul, I've heard tjte BANISH Tankerabogua! Mod s light, what ever did 'e go up -GRAY there for? Pitch on this etone and get NOT despair whes that first gray hair your wind. Ducky I was here to catch VS vou, else you'd hav been head over tall appears. Keep your youthful appear4. Z i. In a minute. Where IV orrender? ' ance by tinting gray, faded, streaked or ' t' i ft V i Mary 2t and panted. bleached hair Instantly to its original color T hat Mm. ehe sold. "I hat him any shade of brows or block. , Brosrna-tone- ." for dravg.r.g tn up there to hear that the modern hair tint. Is guaranteed fatal speech. 'Twas Ilka as If he done it on purpose, snd when ld heard, someabsolutely harmless to th hair, scalp or thing came over me like a flame of fir akin. Easily applied at home. Will not to bolt. rub or wash off and cannot be detected. He was going to offer for you again. " Sold at all dealers 54c and 11.84. TyUI I know the etgna. He'd begun to do It. He was axing bottle tent direct tor 14c. The Kenton me to marry him, wjien up came the Fharmecal Co--. IU Coppln voice from the water! It rose and Covington, Ky. cut toe fog like a knife, and Lord knows what I should hav seen If the mist hadn't hid It. O Samuel, I d rather have been deaf to my dying day afore I heard that name! She clutched his arm and spoke with a voice half terrified, half eorrowful, while Samuel began to divine the tragedy. "The Tankerabogua spoke a name then a man s you and me know perhaps? "Ee faith 'Tl too cruel a voice eo a a partridge and bright a a deep os a passing bell tolling tolling out plump on flesh without doubt, vour name. You re, my poor deer man! be. soPutting terrible pleased with hi bargain and Dumford Samuel It Samuel Dumford! " h! was wonderful about I that h bragging vi. i cried, and on the hvetant I tore away wife " s , t the Ring o Belief to anybody as from Mar render and fled. And then, ae wouldInlisten. , If that werent enough, up flew a acore 4 r , his rich unole dying at a gallop i ? s' of carrion crow from picking a dead TheAnd fortune always goes to undeserving r & . pony UC men W f Tf V. rTls all over then. I he going home, v.K.- llarv Durnford breed dont die with I eltppoee ' 'i-all the same, said David. Her sisher '' 5 '3 'You hortte ? You mustn't go go shant a wife old, and a prettier piece z home God ter Mtlly ahe cried Tis ogatast at her her best." and nature that tola beastly th'ng should than ir k - " But Warrender shook his head. ' kill off anybody It llkea. I was feared tJ "No more of that name for me. And first; now Im properly angry about It. So like as not toe wretch la a liar and a you you cant say as youve had so much trick of th devil But one wonder It a luck withto jour wife that I should be try again." done, and that was to make me turn templed v, David face clouded. 1 down Warrender White once for all T cant, and I dont. In foot, it eotra him more for no haven't at got feeling ; s. all, because I know now I Jov you, you over me to doubt now and again If us V was answered. men, to If he forlorn wretch, end marrying you was going "c. die a hundred death Id Jove you still." "My stars, your wits ere touched. Im (Copyright, 191, by Chicago Tribune ) feering, murmured SamueL. Not them Im telling nought but WHERE THE FIGHTING UNGERS. God truth. It came In my head like a With the withdrawal of tha American thunder planet the moment I heard you was to fall, and I gave one screech and troops from the Rhine, it would seem that the war Is over for alt except those few from ths man Ilk a hare vc 'll. , who married to avoid the draft. Our do? did he What Im things' hearing , .a a V. rf lAtakl "He oviseed and oome after me; but the Navy (Washington). fog was that thick I'd only to hlds behind a stone to slip him. And there tls i I U marry you; If only for your eye rrenrW es tQ (A of on might hap thought her a stone. and your had luck; and please the Lord I'U turn your bad luck Into good yet. snd If die you must. It shan't be afore I ve brought a bit of happiness into your wretched life." Tls defying ghost and demon snd that happen to th men In your family not for asked hi brother, pro- own business of advice he had vour father to do It, but If youIf ba up for "Why piece you take when they get to be twenty elx year old, tending surprise never needed until that hour that, Mary, then mark mi! I won Sam t die, my Maker. Ax vour aenqe Would vou suffer me Christmas cam again, and It' found me. then, afore tn Classenwell shall I d be good for another fifty year If to furnish the coin for this Job? make end nought David engaged to Rhoda French, his you took me, he repeated, and Mary I cer- brother dogged and persistent In pursuit me die admitted Warrender. No, vou. If onlv for ftv 'tl "I will marry changed the wtblect again. of Mary, and Samuel loelng ground, with tainly wouldn t, David" "D vou believe what they tell about He returned his mony to h minutes, you unfortunate, blessed creapocket waning hope and a bad cough CSaesenwell pool I lov you now, voa and thev debated how th election should she asked. Then the buxom woman, feeling that ture, sobbed she "Ess faith. It' goepel truth. I reckon be made. Finally they decided to put two further delay was unfair to all concerned, 1 do. with everv morsel of mv heart, a no new I knew toe Tankerabogua, you mean " th, call In a dog, leave and urged by a parent to when I heard this crooked "That It cries out the name of any man him at th door and stand out of his do her It wa upon there we nobody In the world for me and duty, decided, or woman, so clear as a bell on Christmas wav. If he chose the r'ght-hen- d bone, Christmas dav, when chance threw both but you to d She wept In hi arms night, H they are going to bo took Inside Warrender won if the bone, the lover Into her path, that she did so the New Tear? would He with David Th shepherd came In to take dinner be much more perturbed than Samuel victory ua A terrible, curio Indeed his sentence, from supernatural mytery. no doubt; They cleared th kitchen, set down toe with his relations at Lather Tor but It have happened time and again In hotteo.. and brought in a b'g snd hungry and os thev walked together beforeform, the llpe. struck him as a far less serious H rushed In, meal h asked Mary to marry hint yet metier than tha trump of salvation utliving memory. And yet, to look at the old English sheep dog water now, youd think 'two only a comhla bob tall genially. He sniffed again, only to hear her refuae once more, tered from here mon puddle enough.11 But It's bewitched wagging scented the food, and pounced on the with the old hesitation and sorrow. "If vou eon change at the sound of that for certain and th dark creature live right-han- d 'Tie bene. David cursed him. then I like jou cruel wall. Sammy. she beastlv voice, eo can I, he said okl down Afore under. somewhere far ha shook hie brother's hand confessed, "and os a figure of a man you a Bible fact that love eastseo fear out, went the voles was heard, and I wish you Joy, he sold, "and I shH fill mv eve too, but what a woman to Mary, and since vou ki-mfine, you w Ith tome thing before Gammer Noeworthv begin Saul do with a father and mother Ilk mine? grand wonder, then be damned to the company keeping I don't care a button for dropped, end there wa a pretty case ot French's darter next week ' Morning, noon and they be har- Tankerabogua You trust me from a Chriotmus. seven or eight year ago, "Thank vou, David, and thank vou. rowing over me and night my bones the nasty creature when Mr. Vowper, coming that way home Ship, mv old hero." anwwered 1 orrender through my akin nearbadgering of course, to take this minute; but keep K dark for the hoard in th evening, He patted the "3oiT head and went to Warrender Whiter- And- - now along four oclock get home, and Just say slater, present when, youvotoe Men and women, whether the name of Benjamin Voeper a poke out his own room without more words, but Sallv, have etarted on me, too. my wlO telling you not on oay youve heard a ver build youreelf up to your you And there roe a fearful when ha wa gone Dat Id took both bones I did ought to clear ut and gfvandher loud thrice take While. And when to account normal. no a Just-rigbeeoul In confusion nrfhd, th poor weight depends on toa nuai-away from hhlp and cursed him and chance. And such a fair man as you this here tisslck In my cheat be gone I'll of blood-ce- ll In your blood. It out with your parcause, you eeo, her husband was Benia- kicked him into the farmyard again knows that YYarrenders ail Jt step over end have all there is to it. It a sclantlfloThar min Vo per. and eo was her babv And fact. The twin, with that keen sons of the han t as though 1 hated him. or right a of ba the ents. Death now, thing past biood-co- H anything I I Not till the value of time and money which marked lik that, though I dont lov him: your which was going home? factory jmt work do a srure e: mv dear woman, for fool hut tog right, you win b baby died did toe young woman have a all their wvs, proceeded srw Iftlv each you can t choose your nn by weight though I may be here and there, I ban t thla, your bleed will be in disorder, and minute s peace. And the cruel bad luck upon his busmens, and in a week from and hi oh", or th color of hi eyea or the sort of fool that throw up the perhaps your face win be broke out was they never got another ' the trial by dog and bones David re- the sound of hie voice not If you be In sponge whan maiden like you have eald with pimple, blackhead Mid erup-UoHe looked down upon th pool and turned to the subject of marriage. Youve put half a century mv position. In fact. I know well I did ves to him Shook hla head. your Wood cell fm getting on steady with Rhods ought to thank God that anybody wants on mv life. I'll devote every hour to your factory 8. 8. S. keep fuU working time, told "Now 1 11 eee you homo. Mary. You FYench, It help hla brother. "I took s me at all. he. good butld new blood calla, shall rids my ponv, and I do wish to dish f tea along with her family Sunday lat't why a got h'a brother and farm and conducted Mary to her home "He he B. 8, builds up Then 8. n thin, poo heaven above you d ay 'yes and eae when you wme at Dether Tor. and I find frlenda I v got nought but to hop of and left her at the gate P- - H puta firm flash on pour bonoi. It me olive." Rhoda prettv good value. A bit bomelv, , rounda out your fao Nearly a year after th spirit of th arm nock, "You didn't ought to oay It like that, but beauty never did worrit mo If there you It vour of "And the dismal peopheev. Uncle Bolt If pool had uttered fcodr. It puU tho V& Sam. Tie putting a platol to my head was wit. I shall pop th question to her you on'y dh'cvhop t look so terrible like dvlng two men. th twin brothers, happened to !lr?bJw p inir Hr your cfcooka. It takon tho and I dont Ilka it. Things have got to th nine of Cbr'stmaa." -Ckumenwell on make I shift end wav 'em their be fight and fro riding tho might past oyoo, and It fooko be as they will, and I ban t In no crvlng' Warrender nodded. a wa cold and bit Tha to Prince town. open the leave Father but question Tlmo dsy longer, wrinout by AB smoothing same. tha room for all at King Seat, everybody shouts at me goull be a goner clear, with tha sun hosts to marry any man. "Theresotting out of a duck kles In men and woraea by Mplutsplnu toa added, after a pause, "If my taking he atd. them up. S. 8 8. 1 a remarkable afore the lambing time. green eky snd frost In the air. Light "And vou have vou axed Mary? you would mean that you wa going to I" In swore damned iav be the BamueL Goner mirrored While you ore getting llttlq torn and Ice "Im live, Id likely do It for charity. "I hav e. I s needn't pretend any se- hard enough to It marrina plump, your akin eruption prick already began pimple, Not a fortnight later the great matter crets. She didnt Jump In my arms bv too churchvard blackheads Warrender "That eald twelvemonth, "Just cough, sens, rheumatism, iah, of MatTre husband occupied other and any means Wouldn't sav 'yes and " Tie nought It cornea from th throat, scowling down at tha water, "and In half tetter, blotch ar rmevd. being ' Warrender more reeolute mlndd, where Must have time to not the vitals. wouldnt sav ho Th medicinal Ingredient of 8. 8. 8. a minute more the minx would have took end hie brother David eat snd amoked think and all that nonsense. r on her Ho t do It me- - two But hla Ohrlatmaa dinner was guaranteed purely vegetable, their pipe after supper and wotted for Think" What does for the shepherd bv this hopelessspoiled T m surprised I could tell, however? I onlv 8. 8. S. la sold at all drug stores. In tw ou. "How their old mother to go to bod Preoently the tool want to think about?" he preserved a fairly cheer, carried out. the plap, answered David Th, U kvok, though larger sun she pregiared to do eo, put up her pec conomlcoL "About that poor, thin creature, her f tl exterior, helped Mrs Dumford with "There wa I, nicely hid In the favoring " toeles in their race, laid aside her knit coueln. the shepherd. chlW-and, made blmaelf agreeable fog, when I heard Vour voire up over; the ting, wrapped her Shawl about her , and When Warrender White arrived In the of oourea, that woe tha appointed moment d everyone know Fammy The staircase ran "Don't took Davids arm. !m Uttle better than meat for the afemoon. to take a walk with Mary by for bellowing out tlje man a name down into the kitchen at King Seat farm, "You dona h well enough, admitted appointment and present a gift, Samuel RECONSTRUCTIVE TONIC It wa of s'one. David aaaKhls mother grve five youthful ecus' nk around him and hh brother "The voice come up all right " 'Tie- - ht uncle's money old Bo't. If had n For th man to her bedroom door, l.ehted her candle, of was telHng them the story Classenwell and anv aermible woman would have actJbe off she Sam left might k I need her, on the. top of her black cap, ellps pretty pool. OMEZ GLAND TABLETS ed accordingly, end Yet the trick wrecked 7 snug Warrender. and then rejoined Marv departed tn the mood of a victim all You never know where you are with Contain the glands "Vow usll eet about it, ha said. "Wtnr, TtoVt will outlast the man vmy Ram uel knew too well that the hour had a ehe. To run beck to that Mack twtsted taken from healthy, vigorous aniThe twins had reached th moot criti- and year' He a the sort that dont rot struck and that eha wou'd not return shepherd Just because she heard he was Writ for free mals, booklet Oraet Immenoa and Uvea, of moment cal much quicker than granite, their He poured out a dead man! promised until ahe wa betrothed. i Pharmacol Co., Nevada Bldg , Denver, e ents would be determined during the David "WliRt woeld he core --for his grkm and grlalv fairv ator tea of black "But he aint never lees dead than Colo. twenty nilnutr. They knew that nephews widow? Tls pretty good oheex wltehe and cbille the Hunters traglq now. I seed the beggar a fortnight a'nce, "Warren (lor and David have got lnto row at Brent pony fall," eh thoughtfully "They nave then; and Iva my ewn opinion touching them colts thev sold But I wont say a word against either of them, for a good main. Because. I know theyre both after you, like a pair of cat after a young thrush, and Im a fair fighter and wont say nothing that might be mteunderetood, or thought to be Jealousy. "An honest line to take, Im sure. Sammy, "Ye hot that I car what they think about me; but I do care what your father thinks, end I wish to God he bad a better opinion. "it aint you only your poor health and doubtful future "Youd make my future. If X had you, Td be good for another fifty year. 1 dare say. And be that as It will, your father ought to set my Uncle Bolt e money against It. An Ola, childless man and much given to me. "He may last another ten year, however; and its toe th unfortunate thing a pretty said f ft spirit rt AT MIDDLE AGE , this day ef a vanished clad to sober colors and crouohed so still a stone; that oe might have thought her with its but her sun bonnet challenged She as flung not ef pink and her hair, more still flashed brightly, off the bonnet, for sunbeam fell through the whitethorn serf settled there, tike bee on a flower, flaxen maidan with pl gb wm n blond, of the light on fading locks the color grasses. Her eyee wee gray and round; to redneei by burned been hod her faos was full at the the summer sun, her form like a mother, looked breast and waist. She and her but Mary Dumford vie a maid her. to of adventure still awaited shared fibs stared down Into the pool, the common belief that It wee of infi-of way nite depth, and considered the therethe supernatural being who dwelt of a hose In heat the sot in, yor Mary .wy full seventy years ago, when many of the middle place between man and angel mil haunted Dartmoor and were accepted as part of the order of pixies have deserted things. Today thetoe witch base starts .deoe and dingle; no more: from bar form under our feet lost their 4he herbs and simples have are futile; rower; the spells and charms never are even toe little heath hounds They hsard to full err onnowinter nights longer, nor is the hoot the Evil One crossed silver with wise woman's hand candle hes been any more. The corpse " blown out forever, toe voices of the nine 'goblins or dumb. Beneath the shore of old romance spirit, have sunk Dartmoor's legendary good and svll; they are as dead as the still glimhomes ruined NeoQtha, who mer like mushroom ring upon the lonelv Us under heather snd whose tombs still and beuplifted stones on toe hill slope has side the river cradle. For knowledge stricken tradition hip and thigh In the in children our today, West oountry, and the transitory stages of learning, eee to truth that stamps only the unlikenees far-othings. Therethe faces of these pathem, having no for they spurn v tience or imagination to seek for toe behind hidden lie verities that may wives tales legends, folk fables snd old Ms rv, however, knew well that and pool harbored Tanksrabogti. though Itthat this mysterious creature, lived to toe depths of toe vrator. yet esof Ood, spoke, will the oended andby with human voice to humanButears at cer-humanity tain times and seasons. that suwas never to any haste to week men snd Indeed, utterance; pernatural to be far car . women alike took Jealous th kt of toyood tersbot critical hour, for thla rptrit had bo Witful word for mortal. Tank araboru old nothin but danth; nd on thoa oonanVttr. afl bayond tnaaaura authantlfl, wtiaa ttl ohano or aort iromptw rang hod driven hidden folk Into toelearned of these mysteries, they had only of other - own destiny, or that thruunfortunate neighbor considered this dar . Now while Mary wsa Perdemon and wondered why It watere on the mitted to rise through Chrtstrnes night at a wmon of all thar sacred to cheerful hope and cam to her a man upon to alighted, hung to ponys bridle end then approached the thorn tree, thto fhmg himself beside her. -- woody nourished young fellow with lan and rather pallid complexion,worried rorn jnaianchdy brown eyeslifethat could not 0 ask an sternal juetJon hi blue answer. HI bends were bony, He wore , ttnea shfrt boasted no ooDar e felt hat, tarnished to a Trusty moss were doth small rolor vrtth age; hibrown wool locking' of corduroy shore In a vuitooat b wnn dad ever for It. coat with sieswes, but no In the sheep be "Th blue fly Id "I wlah trml' h colder. Mary th weather would oftomEgypt, the fly nus year the piagu ehe "Summer's fleeing quick enough, Ue shan't hav many raorm hot will be at Samuel. door to a few weeks" elbow. Ph pointed to th gorwest her a y 'Oolntr dead again a ready. Just tie gone and then us gets of It, candle " again, like a dous'd his cousin Dumford regarded Samuel a hungry expression intov and thera cam desired above all earthl his face. Hewed her, and he hoped still hSilght happen, but Mary tied ether aSrtas to her bow, albeit not to lor as any man. yet with liked Samuel and She liked War' felt ehe theleast ob--1 render Whit, norWhKa. But Warren der action to David Semwl and David were well to do and rejoiced In however, was not. Samnet, who uncle, thought ehHdless and a rich everyexceeding well of him. Iddeed, for he wo a body thought well of him. and a lad good and rewpcrtbl worthy . and understanding shepherd. fle been have HI prospects might to eJl direction but chuwJ satlofactory not He wra did vftal one- but that He cam promise to make old bone. his elder brother of doubtful stock and died at hod Each were both dead. one from consumption, year twenty-el- x l, a quarry accident, and Bam-ueto other Inhlmeelf half extwenty-fivnow faHis their example. follow pected to and, o had died at twenty-sither not unreasonably, Somubl regarded that of deal uneasiness Mary a age with great heartily sympathised with his concern and strove, without much conviction, to waken hope In her cousin. His preaort-u- s hold on life actually drew her to him more than toe robust and healthy state orrender and David, of the, toother, By EDEN PHILLPOTTS V holf-dos- Pool QUEER FEELINGS Oat of the Depths of Classenwell Pool Came the Spirit Voice, in the Days "When-th- Pisies Still Haunted Dartmoor. 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