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Show r . Carr end bis draw np at tha stattoa ahortly before lha arrival of tha nuun train. 0CTS1DE at Waterbury, whose frank, good nathe only ture had made (ha whole town his mes to drop off at Cerre-til- l waa altllng on tha battuga frlenda, wort drummers aud advanca truck when tha train pulled In. Prom ents. lha forward ead of the trala emerged But though Frederick Waterbury tha colonel, tall, severe and stately. Obey got the name fror: tbo regla-tnIlls townsmen regarded him curiarrlvHd oa tbt boob trala, be ously, but (bey gasped when with a made ao effort to aaa bla customer Mart the colonel paused la front of a proceeding which surprised tba ho- Waterbury. tel habitues creatly. Bloat drum"What ara you doing here?" he mer did" the tows aod were out demanded. Imperiously. oa tba 1:11. Following your advice. eaplaln-e- d Waterbary, to the contrary, staid Waterbury. You suggested that fa bla room all tba afternoon, and It f wua more ornament al (ban useful, waa sot until after aupper that ha ao I've gone to work. Biada bla appearanca at the bar. And have selected Carravllla aa the the narrow field for your somewhat aaly lounging room la tba house. For two or three days Waterbury limited abilities? Idled about the town, driving Precisely. Small beginning make but for tba mrwt part hang-fa- r big endings." reminded tha younger about tba hotel, the center of man. I've taken tha old Bailey the town 'a gutadp. farm and am going In to raise fur. Tbea be furnished "To raise fur? real tloa. lie had taken title to the west Precisely. Muskrat, squirrels, aide of Ballay'a pond. perhaps fuses and bullfrogs. Of "He's tot It, aura enough." da-- r courae the frogs ara not fur bearing, la red Hawklna. I the papers. but there's n good market for their Haa got the old Bailey place and a legs." Oa my pond?" The rolunel was atrip off the Mehan farm and tea arret from tba old Coon farm. That InrrcdulouH a "On my corrected flvea him about of tha pond. Wont the old rolouel be Waterbury. If any of the muskrat mad, though, when he finds out? f or frog get over on your aide. Just know ha wanted to get tba llailey wide out and rbaaa them home." Fresh hooks I Inn was found that evplace for himself." Carravllla had been the home of ening In a telegram that was sent to tha Carr family fur a rirniury and a New York. It mny have been a violaquarter, but Col Crpha Carr wai tion of regulations, but the entire the only one nhn bad fared well In town knew (hat tha colonel had Worldly gooda. Tha whole towueiblp aired: liad belonged to the Cam once but "Keep Clio In city. Young Water-bur- y Bow tba enilra estate conalated of here. tome 140 acre. It wh brief cnou; , Inti sufficient Carr had tough t to repurchase tlie to give the hint that' a romance lay land about tha llrt; - luka that bud behind tbe matter, and Interest grew been told to pay lb dMa of hit an- at more tb.ig romjHiund rates. cestor, but bla domineering waya it wua freely predicted that lha bad not gained friends f him. Ilia colonel .la faintly would folio altitude waa more that of n feudal wherever they went and that rustle baron than a dlstingulKhed towns- Carr would he closed for the aum-mc- r. man, and ao Waterb y had found In till ther were wrong. T'w' Pit purchase easier of accomplish-l.ien- t. eulor.el mrant flvtit. than ha bud anllciiiated. He could not fell to Diiprorlain tha (.'prim ill, fully appreciative of rapidity with whi-- 1 WniTbury obtha njlumlnn, rhurklcd to Itaelf and tained re t: Its. Tli pond covered prayed (hat It nilglu be there to are some IS acre, seldom uliiiitalng a alien the colonel heard the new. depth of It) feet. A line lad ween the Aa must of I hern were In dally Iwo boundaries of the Intruder's on lha arrival of the trains, biddings wua ,run uml :iloug thin wire I be wl.ih was graMliml some three nentsy kept to their ewu side of the weeks later, for ihs Carr c.irrjag pond the niu:.kr:ita tbm Waist lury of Co L old Carr tli well-dress- -i occa-hmall- i other stream. The old reaidenta who had regarded the Idea of a fur farm aa a pleasantry nuun changed their minds, aad when tha shipment of frogs leg commenced they surrendered unconditionally. The colonel, with growing uneasiness, observed the change of sentiment. He had bean accuatontad to dominate tha small community and now he fouud that Waterbury'a mura practical ideas were being accorded tbe greater respect. V. was lntoler- - hours, Waterbury had been regarded thing of evil, The tacit acceptance of him attention to Clio Carr became active opposition. To Justify himself 1. hi daughter's eyas ha had pleaded that Waterbury had no meuue of gaining n livelihood. Ignoring hi million. Intil he arrived la Carrtvllle he t-- d congratulated himself ufion tha success of hia strategy, yet here was Waterbury calmly establishing what he could ace waa going to be n vary profitable business. da n fence poles stuck gauntly from tha water, and, of course, boating was Impossible. This Uttar gave Carr an idem aad presently ha announced n suit. Tha lake bad been formed by a ''m built when tha original Carrs owned tha entire territory. This dam now lay on Wntarburya property, but the colonel claimed riparian rights. If ha expected a light, ha was disappointed. Waterbury moved hia muskrat colony upstream, where he built a temporary dam, let out the y, at i , i 1 1 had Imported from i two-tblrd- ' I ; two-tblrd- a. delightedly. They had long suffered from.dhe colonel. . Then came the final straw la the intimation that a acton of royalty had decided to visit the statea and would accept the colonel's repeated Invitations. I am anticipating with great a pleasure," wrote the personage, visit to Castle Carr. I recall the photographs yon showed me and am anxious to aea an American country place. For an hour the colonel eat before the window, looking out across the rank marth graaa to the ugly wall aad tha colony of muskrats on tha further tide. Then he glanced up at the wall where an enlargement of the photograph of tue old Inks hung. Ha had been aqsured that Waterbury was strictly within bin legal rights and that ha had no redress. At last he went over to the table and drew out a telegraph blank. Clio appeared three daya later la answer to the summons, it was too dark to aea tha Inks when she arrived, but early tha naxt morning ho looked out of her window and giggled with n moot unflltal appreciation of Waterburya attack. Sha preserved a grave (ace at the Interview with her father, and presently aha departed behind the Carr chestnuts, clothed with plenipotentiary powers. Apparently Waterbury hud noma knowledge of her coming, for he was waiting for her on the platan, and sprang forward to aaalst her to alight. "What do you think of tbo fur farm? be asked. "Look good from your aide of the water? You ought to he ashamed of yourself. Fred." she acolfiod. "lt'a perfectly horrid. fathers fault," ho delta your a 1 didnt want to put up fended. that wall, but ha wanted to make trouble, and I wasnt going to see CASTLE CARR AND THE BIO POND. my muskrats go homeless this winter, nor waa I going to have my.frpg Industry Interfered with. Not only that, ut ha bad utterly water from tbe lower dam, built a uble that this enemy ahould Invade I know, ahe agreed. But fathIiIh own town and destroy hia presdestroyed tha plctureaqueneaa of the atone wall where the wire fence had er In an awful fix." Precisely; with the prince comtige, hut It waa nuna tha laaa a fact little lake that had added ao much to been, turned back tha water again t hough the colouel stormed. tha view from castle Carr. Tha huts and left the colonel with several ing. Ever since tbe day Fred Water- of tha muskrat tenants were not so acres of odorous mud where hia share How did you know that?" ahe demanded.' bury, In all Innocence, had raided unsightly, though they were too of the lake had been. ilie colonel's pet Mock and had coat rrowded to he picturesque, too An offer to purchase waa treated Put him up to it, ho said, him half a million In len than all of man's industry, hut the with disdain and Carmllle grinned v idg-geetl- "Well, aa a last resort. ahe confessed, "I think father might be willing to merge tba two properties. W could build on this aids ot tha lake. It would help the view. I think Ill drop over laughed Waterbury, and talk over building plant. Coma and aea tha place. With little exclamations of wonder and delight, she accompanied him over the farm. Waterbury could afford tha boat and hia place was moat eomplett. It seems a shame that th!a will all have to go," ahe said, regretfully. I suppose you will gtvo It np? For you. yes. he assented. "And count It well lost la the bargain. I think Ill keep n couple of muskrat famlllea, though, ns n sort of n reminder to the colonel." The colonel stared when he saw the two leave the carriage together aad Clio, tripping up tha atepa, explained: He aaya that I am tha price of tho property, father. You told aie to make tho beat bargain I could. He would not listen to any other terms. You ee, explained Waterbury, pleasantly, I knew that the prince was coming and that tha lakq was rather more .valuable than it has been. Cl to ha been tha sole price of my surrender from the start. I guess you had better say yea pleasantly. The story would amuse the prince hugely. He tovea stories of American oddltlea." How did you know that ha was coming? demanded tho colonel with a auspicious glance nt hia daughter. 1 Invited him. Dont you remember that It waa through my card of Introduction that you met him? The colonel sank back In bis chair and helplessly regarded hia prospective Ho knew that Waterbury waa right; . that tha story would ba told with 'relish on the prince's return and that all of hli European acquaintances would bear it. Only surrender was imaslbla. You have stood my test," he aald, with dignity, 1 wants., to prove you before I gave my consent." Waterbury, hia arm 'round Clios weisL auiiled pleasantly. You dont expect me to believe that, do you? he aaked. The colonel's head sank. Even from the last ditch he had been driven In defeat. son-in-la- - . I cc II if' aat on the bank of river that through hia estate. It waa n very uarm afternoon; too warm, he decided, to do anything but He flat on hia back and gase np at the d ky. Whea hia eyea finally ' al rayed earthward again, they took la the briek wall aa high aa a fortress at hia left. On the other aide of this wall wort tbs grounds of Mias Leity Burton's gtoueo. a shame, ha mused, that he ahould let her anger descend evea unto tho third generation. Just hecauaa her. father and my grandfather quarreled over that hackneyed subject, n boundary line. It le no reason (Or her treating me like n common enemy. Tbe state of affair existing between tha two famlllea had hitherto only amused Rex Hetherly, and the reason (or his present state of waa due to tho fact that one of Miaa Burton's nieces was suitf ing her. Every summer she waa visited by a of her nieces, who were proper but this one was of n different girl, type. a two occasion she bad tbo houM when he wa nearpassed the M Uo Letty, of course, was on the inside of the walk, but tha niece had fallen back a step or two, and bad bestowed upon Hetherly a mischievous comprehending glance from a pair of dancing blue eyes. H waa Interrupted la hia reflections upon Miaa Burton's unreasonable conduct by a musical voles calling: First aid to tha Injured! HETHERLY ! f .i f h i cloud-fleece- ; GOING TO THE MOUNTAIN Ha sprung to bla fuel. There on a dilapidated old raft ara the niece trying to pole to shore. Ranch me the pole," he aald. No; I am making It," waa the re-I'l- y. Sha waa quite near the bank, and sticking the polo la the nud she gave a spring and stood beside him. 1 sm ('liristnpiier Columljs on a voyag of discovery, she said, merrily. "And yon flud (be natives at home, he replied. I will fell you truly who I am,' he replied more aerlouiJy. 1 am June Wilbur, the niece of your next-doneighbor, and 1 thluk It too or house. g, eame home from St. Mv Dear Friend: In separate, registered package. with three am returning your ring. Forgive rings, half a dozen me, but I find that 1 have made n trunks and n broken heart. mistake, which ran belter be remHer plan had failed utterly, of getting away from her trou-oi- e, edied now than afterward. Blnrerciy. DRVSILLA HASKELL. the had dragged lr with her a constantly incrcsminc The foregoing DruMIla duplicated burden. twice, and then to seal, The first thing she did was to su- stamp and address proceeded them as follows: perintend the unpacking of her Mr. Thomas Carrollton, things. Then she threw herself P. O. Box 1343. crons the foot of her lied. But, alJackson, Fla. she had ecarcely doited her ' Mr. Richard though Brice, yee the night before; there was no Bunny Grove, rest tor her. Cincinnati, Ohio.." When she could endure It no longMr. 1L Clarke Denning, er, she got up and erased the room "IIP West 22d at., to her desk. The sooner, the better. i St. Louis. Mo. On the tong, tiresome trip home, This accomplished, she leaned back which she had plenty of time in her chair and henved during a deep sigh to think clearly, ahe had realised In full tha folly of trying to put anoth- of relief. 'At least her ronsctence waa er man. any other man. In Bolton's free, if her brain did throb and her heart ache Intolerably. place. She wondered how much longer 8he took Ihree sheets of note pa- her tortured nerve going to per from a drawer aad three square stand the strain. Bhe were would go mad, nvelopes to match. A moment she she told bcrself, melodramatically, aat thinking intently; then she seized if she did not do something. But . pea from ihe rack and wrote rapid whai ? ly; Rbe turned over scheme after k. DRVSILLA ad n ridiculous tor . y thing that nil communication should be cut off. Aa the mountain could not come to Mahoin-nied- ,' yon know!" "I am very glad that you have opened communication, he replied. Of course, you know I am Rex 1 I Not this lime, she laughed. must go hack to the house. But took t this beautiful cat coming through the grass! Having made friends with the big tiger cat, she tool: her departure by raft. Tiptop sprang up a tree at tbe end of the wall and cams down on the Burton aide. "Thai's where Tiptop .a tha advantage of us." ahe laughed, aa ahe landed. Not at all!" he protested, scrambling up the tree and coming down. Two lletherlya have mocked at the fortifications! You must go back. she commanded. Aunt may come! I will. If you will promise to come again anon. Tomorrow at about 1:30. Borne old ladles club meets at Aunt Letty's and no outsiders are admitted, so 1 have an afternoon off. When Mias Burton returned her niece was languidly reclining in the hammock. "What will you do this afternoon, June? she aaked next day. O, it's so warm I don't care to go anywhere. Ill take n book and alt on the river bank, she replied, carelessly. This quite met with Miaa Burton's Ideas of ladylike deportment, ao nt 1:30 June started rlverward. It waa nearly 2, however, before ahe Joined tbe Impatient Rex. What made you 'so late?" ho demanded. "Your cat. I've had a very serious and a very funny time. 1 was In our yard this morning and saw your cat oa the garden wall. In a rash moment I called 'Tiptop,' and he responded, leaping down beside me and acting very friendly. I couldnt make him go home. He followed me Into ihe house. Aunt Letty demanded to know whoso cat It was. Aa I was not aura whether the rat belonged to you or your family, I said 1 didnt know, but that I encouraged the cat'i advances thinking he might catch tha rat which la the bane of our existence and defies trapo. assured Tiptop will catch It, the nt, and the old ladles screamed of terror. Go in the summer house and wait end jumped up on their chairs while I caught Tiptop.-Thtill I find out whats tha matter, rat was a bird from aa old commanded Rex aa he fetched a ladwall. ladys bonnet. I hardly dared to go der and scaledhethe returned flushed, Presently up to Aunt Letty's room. But I did, aad found your game cat had ripped laughing and triumphant. all the bonnets to tnttere .1 sewed and j I have been commissioned, he pinned and adjusted tylnga, and I aid, "to go down to tho liver bank. tables stood dancing.' screen- g little ladies, while a rat madly raced about seeking escape. I found n and disposed poker by the of Mr. Rat. When I hod borne away the re--' mains and the ladlefl had partially calmed I apologised to your aunt for my Intrusion and told her that whea I heard the cries 1 felt that I muat come to the rescue nt the risk of hsr displeasure. Bhe wa very affable, and sail tha quarrel had years ago simmered down to tha point of who should be the flrut to'crose the line, and as I had done eo and been eo brave In the rescue, she would declare be feud closed, and that I might go and make I didnt tell her, your acquaintance. of course, that It waa a Burton who bad rrooeed tba line first. What I can: understand la, aald June, perplexedly, how tho nt camt out lu the daytime. He has never given matinees. "Tiptop ehaaod him out of his retreat, hut the rat had a gcod start Just- aa he reached the library, tbe door flew shut, and poor Tiptop was flre-pln- -- - Rex. Well. Tiptop caught something else. We shut hint up In the house, and when those funny little old ladles began (o arrive about 1 o'clock they took off tbelr bonnets In Aunt Letty's room. When we were nil assembled in the library, and I was thinking of making my escape, in darted Tiptop racing about with somethin- - fluffy In hia mouth. I declared It to be tha matter? she asked, amased. "Tha shrieks Increased and I bolt' ed right in through the window that led onto the porch. On chairs and - left. When they reached the house, all tha little old ladies had departed, told them only one bonnet had been demolished. They?) ad now reached the vicinity of the two houses when from the other side of the wall Issued shrieks and tntrodu myself and bring you home. Bo veil have to go back down to the river and come up through your grounds. How did It happen and what waa, find you and Aunt Letty was fondling Tiptop. I hope this la a stray cat; I muat havo him! ahe exclaimed. He waa our cat, but la now yours, if you will accept him, Miaa Burton." Miaa Burton did. She also, some weeks later, accepted Rex aa bar nephew. THE NEW TRAINED NURSE vAO CaO -- 4 Hetherly. Let's sit down hero nailer this I re and talk over tho family (roubles. "I really felt aa If I knew you, she aald. as she aea led herself beside him. The girls, my cousins, have told me of seeing you from afar, and I made up my mind that when I came I would crose the line. I expected to have to scale the wall, but when I ranie down to our landing I spied this piece of a raft and I thought I'd come by sea. "Where la jour grenadier aunt? he naked. "Bhe has gone to pay a visit. I pleaded fatigue. After some little conversation, he asked her to let him show her over the grounds and come up to tbe 99 scheme in her chaotic brain and turned them all down. It must have been an hour she sat lost In dejected rout emplat ion of her hopelen plight, when suddenly e'le lifted her head, her face changed, and n ripple of Inspiration Illumined It. Bhe did not even pause to allow the thought to cool, or culm, but began to dress herself rapidly. In a simple dark walking costume. Bhe veiled herself closely and ran downstair. Presently she came to the sign she was luokiug for. It read: D. R. Phillips, M.D.. Office hours, V to 11 a. m., 2 to S p. m. The doctor waa In, and alone. Hi fare lighted as she held out her fresh, root hands, an' he pressed them warmly between bla withered ones. O. doctor." she cried, breathlessly. "I am so glad 1 found ycu alone. 1 want to talk to you on business. "Business!" The veteran practi- tioner laughed Into the pink, girlish face and made her sit down opposite him "Of course important business," Brasilia emphasized, as you shall away ae he eitokc. a poor fellow was The doctor, veteran that he was,' see when I've finished. I'm tired of brought In here this very waa blowing hia now suspiciously, morning n living butterfly life, doctor; I want he'd been almost killed by one of and Drusilln noted with n pang of to work, to he of some use in the some service to my fellow world creatures!" A twinkle of comprehension gleamed for an instant In the doctor keen eyes, but bn answered her very gravely and kindly: "Certainly, my child. And a the tat your raying la, he smiled, ease. It is Just this. Dr. Phillips; 1 was reading the other day that they were sadly In need of nurses In the I require only a few Philippines. months training to finish my couraqi interrupted, you remember, by falling health. But I am, O, so very much stronger now, and I want you to use your influence in securing me a commission." "Im afraid, little girl, that you'd never stanff the hardships out there," he interposed, "hut I eee no reason why you should not devote yourself to that noble profewlon right here in New York. There la alwajs plenty of work for gentle and eatable " he turned hands. Why why Dr. Phillips preceded Druallla Into the sick room and then ensued a brief conference before she waa those red devil running wild on despair that hia shoulder shook. He charged her with a few The 'family telephoned Broadway. Possibly not. But Just now ha'a Important directions and took his down lew then n half hour sgo for very bad off very bad off waa leave. me to procure the beat nurse I could, tha discouraging reply. When nurse and patient were and send her right on to Gth avenue; Tha girl aat In stony allenco tor a g lone Druallla threw herself on her number let's see he turned to belplew minute. Bhe collected f kaeea by the lounge on which the consult his notebook. by a gigantic effort, and said, Injured man lay. Draxllla ant staring Into space, her abruptly: You have not secured the O; Harry, Harry, dearest," he lips dumb, her eyea shadowed with nurse, doctor? pleaded, "forgive my cruelty. It wae horrible A apprehension. thought No. He wa hia grave, profes- nil my fault. I've felt It throughste Into her heart. But how absurd! sional out. And now that youre perhaps aelf, once more. There were thousands cf red devils "You will let me go, wont you? I dying In New York, and interminable am not n graduate, I know. But I At thin Juncture the doctor put his squares of 6th avenue. feel aura I can do aa well If you will head lu tha door with n parting bit Poor fellow, aha said, Indorse me. You will not of cantlon: 1 hope ha will recover. Yon just refneo mo this, . "Taka good cars of him, nurse, and please, don't pleaw name la his ay doctor! see that he doesn't try to rush headYoung Bolton. Harry Bolton. The doctor nodded elowly, after long to perdition agalfi. Fathrra n broker. Instants careful refletcion. There waa a swift flowering of Tm Her tongue seemed to swell in her inclined to think youre the very one rosea In Dnullla's cheeka aa she lookthroat and choke her. I need to handle this case. How ed up and caught the patient aho cried, when ahe oon can you be ready? O, doctor! eye. got her voice at last, he isn't he At S oclock Drasllla waa hark at Good Lord! exclaimed Bolton, isn't going to die. le he? office. tba Immaculate in white answering for her, as be renewed his The last word trailed off to a linen, a snowy utile rap perched on embrace, you don't suppose a falwhisper as she beat toward him with her brown curia. They entered the lowd want to, when he'a Just had k clasped bands and wild, beseeching doctor's coupe and were driven rap- the to rush headlong into eyea. idly to their destination. Elysium! lum-rnoqe- d. her-rai- , commlae-ratlngl- y, ti fool-luc- . a . i j j |