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Show x'Y-- 1 JUv j taken up with her. I must have bee thinking, underneath, of the warnlnj she had brought, for, perhaps bH s of an hour after or left, I was suddenly whirled out by niv revei le at the window thought like a pistol thrust into mJ Wh.it if they' should Include fac. And just as a man b Koohtti k ' gins to defend himself from a sudde dang. b fore he dearly Bees wMl( t le began to act danger is so even questioned whether Btf fore I suspicion was plaus'hle 01 absurd' bell. went into the hall ia'ig the at over slipped a light weight bat. evening dress and nt on a 'I said When Handers appeal el JSCS (CQQ-Z&- tytfi ScadS JfSPiXU. 772FCQSZZ&r CGTZW'SrJ '011 her exact words as far as I can " CHAPTER XXII. Continued. v 1'" she hissed, her tm ell,' said I, and why dldu l you hue bolt shaking and her care go Hhe pressed her Ups firiulv together 'u.ly cul'ivated appeal ance of the gia uus everiLH ol youth swallowed up Finally, with a stiaight look Into my ' You i a tdiu .v gut e'es she leplied '1 shall not dis fjcioue of hate ou for cuss that God will punish You probably mlsunder IJ. p'a but that is youi own affair' shame 011 have brought uponus'- sGi-i' ' To.i-'- d tire door aaa Uowjff.-'witi'You believed- - what She said about il .1 wind without even the desRe me. of course,' said 1 1 m leu:, n insult for .insult had not neither believed nor disbelieved. tr mt 1 again and finally re-- j she answered indifferently, as she Aa rose to go It does not interest me. ted them and chosen me "Come here," said I. lie) parsed luto the private hall 1 1 waited until she reluctantly joined ang for Sanders to come and let When hem out turned back into me at the window. I pointed to the h- d: a .vjng room. Anita was seated. steeple of the church across the way. 1 was reading a hook waited until ' You could as easily throw down that saw she was not going to speak, steeple by pushing against It with f hen said "What time will you your hare hands." I said to her, as Hut my face must they, whoever they are, could put me dinner iaf bet n expressing some of the Joy down They might take away my and giatitude that filled me She has money. Hut if they did, they would was salng to myself over only be giving me a lesson that would i.osen'" u id over teach me how more easily to get It W henever you usually have It. she back. I am not a bundle of stock certificates or a hag of money. I am replied, without looking up. t seven o clock, then. You had here," and I tapped my forehead. She forced a faint, scornful smile better tell Sanders. I tang for him and went into my She did not wish me to see her beShe had resisted lief of what I said. 'Ittle smoking-room- . 1 You may think that is vanity, her parents' final appeal to her to return to them She had cast In her went on. "But will learn, sooner or lot with me. "The rest can be left to time. said I to myself. And. reviewing all that had happened I let a wild hoe rend tenacious roots deep Into, How often Ignorance Is a bless-lugme how often knowledge would make the step falter and the heart quail! p ul-T- j . 1 1 1 ue 1 XXIII. ATTENDS FAMILY PRAYERS. During dinner I bore the whole burden of conversation though burden I did not find It. Like most closemouthed men, I am extremely talkative. Silence seta people to wondering and prying; he hides his secrets best who hides them at the bottom of a river of words. If my spirits are high, I often talk aloud to my-sewhen there fa no one convenient A.nl how uuld, my spirits be anything but high, with her sifting there opposite me, mine, mine for better or for worse, through good and evil report my wife! 'dhe was only formally responsive, reluctant and brief In answers, volThe servants unteering nothing. waiting on us no doubt laid her manner to shyness, i understood It, or thought 1 did but I was not troubled. It Is as natural for me to hope as to breathe; and with my knowledge of character, how could I take seriously the moods and impulses of one whom 1 regarded as a child like girl, trained to false pride and false Ideals? 'She has chosen to stay with me, said I to myself. Actions court, not words or manner. A few days or weeks, and she will be herself, and And I went gaily on with mine. my efforts to Interest her, to make her smile and forget the role she had commanded herself to play. Nor was I wholly unsuccessful. Again and again I thought I saw a gleam of interest In her eyes or the beginnings of a smile about that sweet mouth of hers. I was careful not to overdo my part As soon as we finished dessert I You loathe cigar smoke, so I'll said; hide myself In my den Handers will I bad mybring you the cigarettes self telephoned for a supply of her kind early in the day. She made a polite protest for the benefit of the servants, but I was firm, and left her free to think things over alone in the drawing room 'your sitting room, I called It. I had not finished a small cigar when there came a timid knock at my door f threw away the cigar and opened "I thought It was you, said I. "I'm familiar with the knocks of all the others. And this was new like a summer wind tapping with a flower for admission at a closed window." And f laughed with a little-- raillery , and she smiled, colored, tried to seem cold and hostile again Shall I go with you to your g-room? I went on Perhaps, the cigar smoke here-- I don't No, no, she interrupted; really mind cigars and the windows are wide open. Resides, I came for v only a moment just to say AS She ca-r- t About for words to carry her on, 1 drew up a chair for her She looked at It uncertainly, seated herself. When mamma was here this afternoon." she went on, "she was urging me to trf do what she wished. And after she had used several arguments, she said something I Ive been thinking It over, and it seemed I ought In fairness to tell you." I waited. She said: 'In a few days more he' that meftnt you he will be ruined He Imagines the worst Is over for him, when In fact theyve only begun. " They! repeated "Who are they? The Langdons? T think so. she replied with tn did not sty Jve told k ihree-quarter- b-- 1 By MYE) (7T2AHAM PHHUR3, Author o hi h, going out mlnutts for a few pt haps an hour -- if any one shouil ask moment later I was In hansom aud on the wav to Roebuck The door uf Roebuck's house was opened for me bv a maid a would have been a sinful" a manservant might be the hire ling of plotters against his life 1 rosy add that she looked the cheap and her nianneis were of the- f roe,,.. and fresh, sort, that Indicates a feeling that as high, or hlghe?. wages and less to do could be go elsew here I don t think yoji inn Bee Mr. she said ordered, "Take my card to him," "and I'll wait lu the pat lor" 'Parlor's In use," she retorted with a sarcastic grin, which I was soon to understand So I stood by the old fashioned cost and bat rack while she went In at the hall door of the back himself Soon Roebuck parlor hU on came out, his glasses Htble under hi nose, a family arm "Glad to see you. Matthew, said he with saintly kindliness, giving me a friendly hand; ' We are Jut about to offer up our evening prayer. Come right In I followed him Into the back partof Both it and the fiont parlor were lighted; In a sort of circle extendlnf man-serva- lul-ui- k 1 In k - r -- A .1 .i Iiaukiiss t MIL ! anui t'lg in- In - ti v t aniHHiii' HIS a LAST CAUL. 11 III tn mi- he scent W ti H" . a, un-- v , .1- - ijuva Non mi j j I i Threat. ( " si punt it - A - - In tin- - (heap and he was line in' he tuMh as he nut d.motnnmd oft hfl III,, .liilli- - WITH sulllt Liotkrtd it tin- p.utWulai door he re tail n eiii oi d Im' lie had called before kfl ,! suspected I kk mi Imk In (Mulling him al Mu'. mi'ii be ha rtselved a point G Mu' he thought ho knew buna P ill "thin "i the ri 01 gaiilatiHii he the Gin of that Horn a woman "1" lemarki-the lady of the a sued. im d ' 1 who had he answered. house eudently come tai ,,ni aai Horn the wash tub, 'it's you d Ihi ..tit h -- hiefly label dlfll-- j sjie Is it Como In ' hs ha',- - arisen 1ntll they ate he an llopefulh Gome be done accepted the Invlta nothing kfe lo mu: low and well talk about1 Hon and followed bis guide down the dluil' lighted isixsago Suddenly a Thai - nil I wished to know," raid loci op.- ua on his right, and before wag awaie of It he was ushered it th a fib mil' easv Millie ' Oool into a room full of howling youngsters, tgi k w is ,.s turn to lie Hstonlshed who redoubled their efforts St the ht i.t siuw.d it while had given sight of a stranger Hu n the canvasser turned to find k a sun U hat was the leport t fn od ' rerrewf"- otrr off door was he asked to detain mo. I1-on miuI Uuwbid) Iuingdon lot Led behind him I he woman went on with her washh mnspind to ruin me," said I, ing and It was a veiy 'dejected Hull filing le is ho d mv laugh rather hollow-- vidual she led to the ftont door aa II was ImmII) neiessarv for you hom or so later Now. she rgniaiked. sweetly, "if kforne to me about such a a state-ki- t convinced that I require yuu still a little more music In the house, you answered dt'lv Haidh, For I was seeing now all might call again' Hut he hasn t been seen In that ht had been hiding from myself hce beiame infatuated with Anita stieet since 8 made mamlng her my only AN ANTI EXPANSIONIST. U him mess In life I'e t.ued ea h other, each meas-tothe other And as his glance Wilt. belo! e mine, turned awav to Wceal mv exultation In a of respu ires this man who had iktted to crush me was 0 me as Ant to midget Hut I had the Joy was realizing that man to man, tk an ouger has la i ktv ilul Intl. iini in' 1 1 to r mark i Uln uiv lanjfuufr Tin slntrk hot onmiff i Ha r hkhIii Vn I J Som. nltfht ftr dark lit It Im fmmd with the sluln I troit I r frt 1 - 1 (yi-- !' ft-- 1 Hard-t&hnlte- 1 g I 1 xxir. WIFE MUST! is I drove away, I was proud of I had listened to my death with a face so smiling that he But almost have believed me and also, it had not even Utered my head, as I listened, to kg for mercy. Not that there would hve been the least use In begging; well try to pray a statue Into life, try to soften that set will and pur-psStill, many a man would have Wakened and I had not weakened, ht when I was once more In my s partment In our apartment MY that there was a yak streak through me. 1 fought gainst the Impulse to see her once la lore that night; bt t I fought 1 knocked at the door of her room timid knock, for ms. answer. I knocked again, more rxtiflly then a third time, still more The door opened and she imflly. toed there, like one of the angels hat guarded the gates of Eden after he fall. Only, Instead of a flaming word, hers was of Ice. She was in dressing-gowor tea gown, white nd clinging and full of Intoxicating lnts and glimpses of ell the beauties f her figure. Her face softened at he continued to loos at me. and It Curious. a funny thing Doesn't R seem out of placo That a match should hsvs a head When it hasn't got s facet Isn't it a little strange, After everything Is said. That a watch should havo a face When It hasnt got a head T Per rlne Lambert In Judge. Yee. per-Ip- did show l.n't Taking a Rett Say, pa. Yes, my boy." Is the president always right?" "Why certainly. "Do yon agree with him? my-J8- sen-tnc- e I I don't like a man who throw a kiss "No; he should deliver It In person, I suppose " Chicago Journal. 1 cora-Uriso- n ir sittin- dCh N Sb.ACKL.OCK ' t ih Rostsr was a victim of sentiments. Hows that? Mads tip his mind ha was too fat and he doctored and starved himself to death. 7 Wouldnt Be Soaked. "Uncle Henry, said the young man, I wan't to raise enough money to pay off my creditors and then wash my hands of the business I've been trying ,0 run. AU right, nephew, said the kind uncle. I will let you have a hundred dollars, If that will help you. "But a hundred will be merely a ntereL No please dont turn on anv more drop In the bucket. I thought A drop In the bucket? lghts," I said, as she moved toward he electric buttons. I just came you only wanted to wash your hands not to take a bath. In to to see If I could do Judge anything for i'ou," In fact, I had come, longing He Knew Why. lor her to do something for me, to My husband and I never quarrel,1 how in look or tone or act some she said. rmpathy for me in my loneliness I've always noticed, remarked the ad trouble. crusty old bachelor, that your husNo, thank you. she said. Her band gets up and walks sway when nice seemed that of a stranger who Chipeople don't agree with him "lshed to remain a stranger. And cago Record Herald. the was evidently waiting for me to 0. Ton will see what a mood I was TOO SERIOUS. 1 when I say I felt as I had not since a very small boy indeed, ran away home; I came back through the hilly night to take one last glimpse '1 the family that would soon be 'slicing how foolishly and wickedly sappreclatlve they had been of such treasure as I; and when I saw them ilttlng about the big Are In the lamp-ht- , heartlessly comfortable and It was all I could do to p back the tears of strong self-- y and I never saw them again. I've seen Roebuck, said I to Anita, use I must say something, if r s to stay on. Roebuck? Her she inquired e reminded me that his name con- -' yed nothing to her. He and I are In an enterprise I explained "He Is the one who could seriously cripple me." Oh, she said, and" her tn difference, eed though I thought It, wounded. Well," said I, your mother was How la It, Batch, that you have ht" never thought seriously of getting She turned full toward me, and even married the dimness I saw her quick sym-hYou are mistaken. I have always an impulsive flash Instantly thought of It so seriously that I am e. But it bad been there! still s bachelor! Chicago Journal. I came In here, I went on, "to ray Not Necessarily Personal. t Anita, it doesn't In the least itter. No one in this world,' no one' ' Tbu Tiave used th-- wora donkey nothing, could hurt me except several times In the last ten minutes igh you. 80 long as I have y6u, Am I to understand that you mean anything of a personal nature? tjay the rest all of them together Certainly not. There are lots of 't touch me n donkeys tx the world besides you. Ve were both silent for several she said, and her voice Chicago Journal. v like the smooth surface of the Double Service rtp.r where the boiling rapids run My dewr, I wish you wouldnt wear me and havent '"But you p: waist ester shall have. Ive told you that that peekmother? Why. I lamed you long ago. No doubt you Well 1 expect Mrs Gotrox to call, pretend, and people will say, that and I need It for a lace panel on the lifcft you because you lost your front door. Detroit Free Press BMfcey. .But It won't be so. look-ng I was beside her Instantly, was And Cupid Shrieked! What do you Into her face Miss Puritanla Money Is the enemy mein?" J asked, and I did not speak of all goed breeding. Ml Uy. Flippant Perhape; but the av1 erage woman loves a man for the ene(To be Continued.) mies be ha made.nr Judge. f f Would you do Just ns he does, t you had the chanee? I think I would. Then Just go out In the yard end split some wood for ms. I see the president Is doing thnt on his vacation, nod be says It's a fine way to rest." But right there the admirer of Teddy drew the line. Detroit ' Free . Press. vert POSiiBter n 1 I 1 "I WAITED. later, the difference between boasting and simple statement of fact You will learn that I do not boast. What I said Is no more a boast than tor a man with legs to say, 'I can walk. Because you have known only legless men, you exaggerate the difficulty of walking. Its as easy for me to make money as It is for soma people to spend It. It Is hardly necessary for me to say I was not Insinuating anything against her people. But she was just then supersensitive on the subject, Hhe though I did not suspect It. flushed, hotly., "You will not have any cause to sneer at my people on that I setaccount hereafter, she said. tled that I was not sneering at them, I protested. "I wasnt even thinking of them. And you must know that It's a favor to me for anybody to ask me to do anything that will please you Anita! She made s- - gesture pstteaew I see Id better tell you why I did I Insisted not go with them that they give back all they have taken from you. And when they refused, I refused to go. I dont care why you refused, or I am imagined you refused, said I. content with the fact that you are here." But yon misunderstand it, sbo an-- s rered coldly. I don't understand it, I dont mis-1 ac-- c iderstand it, was my reply. to-da- y. - to-da- u ipt It" She turned away from the window, Ifted out of the room you, who love or at least have loved, can Imagine bow it made me feel to see Her moving about In those rooms of mine While the surface of mv mind was Into both rooms were all the Roebucks and the four servants. "This Is my friend. Matthew Blacklock," said he, and the Roebucks In the circle gravely bowed. He drew up a chair for me, and we seated ourselves Amid a solemn hush, he read a chapter from the big Bible spread out upon hts lean lap. My glance wandered from face to face of the Roebucks, as plainly dressed as were their re r vsnts. I was able to look freely, mine being the only eyes not bent upon the floor. 80 absorbed was I In the study of the. Influence, of his . terrible master, character upon those closest to It, that 1 started when he aald: Let us I followed the pr7 example of the others and knelt The audible prayer waa offered up by his oldest daughter, Mrs. Wheeler, a widow Roebuck punctuated each paragraph In her series of petitions with a loud amen. When she prayed fee ' the- stranger- - w hom Thou, has Jpd seemingly by chance Into our little circle," he whispered the araenmore fervently and repeated It The prayer ended and, ua on our feet, the servants withdrew; then, awkwardly, aU the family except Roebuck. That Is, they closed the doors between the two rooms and left him and me alone In the front parlor. I shrl not detain yon tong, Mr. Roebuck." said L A report reached me this evening that sent me to you at once. If possible, Matthew, said he, and he could not hide his uneasiness, put oft business until My mind Is not la the yours, too, I trust frame for that kind of thoughts now," Is the Coal organization to be announced the first of July?" I fls- t . -- ' 1 Anxious Mother (who Is placing her offspring in s new school) And his wardrobe, doctor. I hope that will be properly looked after. Dr. Swlshtall Have no - fear, madam. His clothes will be brushed twice a day, and. If necessary, I shall even dust his jacket myself.-3crap- s. Her Intention. Dear me, said her mother"I can't see why you will go on receiving attentions from Mr. Newton. Heha already squandered half of the fortune that hi grandmother left him. I know that, mama, and I Intend to quit having anything to do with him just as soon as the other half Is gone." Chicago Recorjl-Herald- . Called. Jimmy Jenkins (to new boy In neighborhood) What's yer old man do? Whats he work at? Harold Harrington (loftily) Hes on the bench. Jimmy Jenkins Den hes wit some bush league. kiiL fer dare aint no sich player in de National er American! Puck. LIKED FIRES. y min-The- to-da- , Cohen My mud dor talks Jest like n house afire. ' Nathan Dot tth ry you don't put her out eh? In-la- |