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Show OF THE CATTLE RANGE I SERIAL WELCOME COL ROOSEVELT STORY Former President Is Cheyennes Guest at Frontier Days jCchbration and Delivers Warm Eulogy of the Great West aid . tl I accepted was this, to visit tile capital of Wjohilng on the day when the people of the frontier came together to commemorate their achievements, I was glad It wan so, because I have a peculiar feeling for the men and women of what used to be called the "Far West." and especially for those of the cattle country For a numbtr of years I lived on a ranch on the I.lttle Missouri, sharing work and play, good fortune and bad fortune, with my neigh-borworking on the round-up- , serving aa delegate from the I.lttle Missouri round-udistrict to the Montana association, and even at times aa deputy sheriff at m end of the acting -county. 4 count those years as among the most valuable of my life, because nothing breeds surh community of feeling as to work with one's fellowmen at their Ufe tasks, and to learn to know their feelings by actually sharing them. The man of the west, throughout the successive stages of western growth, has always been one of the two or three most typical figures indeed, I am tempted to say the most typical figure In American life, and no man can really understand ur country and appreciate what It really Is snd what It promises unless he has the fullest and closest sympathy with the Ideals and aspirations of the west. The prime reason for this Is to be found In the fact the westerner la so good an American. He Is an American first and foremost, for this la the great lesson, friends, that all of ua need to learn and to keep, the lesson that It Is unimportant whether a man lives north or south, east or west, provided he is genuinely and In good faith an American, that he feels every part of the T'nlted States as his own and that he la honestly desirous to uphold the in'erests of all other Americans In whatever sections of the country they may dwell A hundred vrars art, when men spoke d nf the mnnt thetwofn the Allechanlen ami the MiHiialppl agtt 4tna gfgfr took fn Minnesota Towa and Kansas, and then skipped Actoss to California and Or?nn The rountrv of the great plains and the Rookie the rountrv tn which 2 am iww you reading lead yaur lives and do vour nrk, has grown up I mvnelf saw within mv own lifetime and took part In the closing years of the M mI ws my Hs&&Li&riVz liege to work side hy'sMe with the pioneers the ranchmen. th miners, the the bull the whack rs who actu ill v opened up the 1 have seen the hernia and .flocks emintry of the cattlemen and sheepmen supplant the game, 1 have seen the fortunate movement bv which the small farm has tended gradually to take the place of the great unfnced ranch. 1 now travel Jn gverv comfort on railways across lands which, when 1 first rde across them, were still the home of the Indian and the buffalo, and 1 And cities where one ran obtain not merely comfort but luxurv. In the places mb re thirty years ago there was not a building beyond a log hut or a doWe house The men who did this work were engaged tn the fln.il stages of con jiier1ng the continent, nnd It was their privilege to do one of the great works of all time, to do their part in the perform-- anrt of an epic feat in the history of the progress of mankind Stock-grower- s' p tccKt--ftT- ey voiin4ey-bc4an- . mule-skinne- West Stands for Progress. I have used the word progress The west at anils for grow.h for progress So must the whole Amcrhan people stand. -great Memoersf-- tmts be progressive or H will soon erase to be either great No nation no state, no or democratic party., can stand still t Tt must either go -- - A forward or go bokwrrd and it becomes useless if It goes backward Therefore I greet von, men of he west, and I stand for progress as all men must stand mho are progressive The pioneer, and their Immediate sue. th-cesoors won victory oniv hv prox-lnthev possessed the grsst. mastejful qull- -. ties which lie at the foundntion of NoTh-r- c re certain tional Rreatners miyi of Intellectual cultivation, hut larklntt mentel and moral rohuatneas, vhe complain ontlnuallv that thev find and .specially the life of Amiritao those American communities emerRln from the pioneer etase, crude a'tfd with, out trenlus, tir'beauiv. Genius la a flnf thins: for a nct'on. hut character Is a still .finer thine, and tbtutrh heautv.l Rood atrenrt h la an even mater rowf The" men 'Who have made hhte of the west what H la. and especially the men who have turned It Into a continental commonwealth, have possessed In' the titRhest degree the great virile virtue Of s t re r. gt h , co u rs ger'en 'r gr. andundanmed r.d unwavering resolution Their typical leaders nf whom Abraham Lincoln, though thermos! exceptional, was the most typlcsl have possessed keen and a " character not mereht strong but lofty, a character exalted by the fact that great power was accompanied by a high and fine determination to use this great power for the common good, for the advancement of mankind. The pioneer dava are over, aave tn a few places: and the more complex Ilfs o todav calls for a greater variety of good qualities than were needed on the fron- - f tier. There is need' at present to m- - . t t lf, ewM-rhpuh- He Intel-llRen- J KILDARE abilities courage the development nf which tan le brought to high perfection only by a kind of training us less in pioneer times, but these new qualities can only suppl ment, an neer supplant the old homely virtues the need for the ape lal and distinctive pioneer virtues is as great As ever In other wonts as our civilization grows older and more complex while It is true that we need new forms of trained ability, and need to develop m n whose lvs are devoted whollv to the pursuit of special objects, it is et also true that we need s greater and not a development nf the fundannntal frontier virtues These virtues ini hide the power of self help, together with the power of j'dning with otlurs for mutual lp and what is enp1allv important, the fe ling of cHjnra leship of social Anv'wan who had the good fortune to live anting the old frontier conditions must In looking bak. realize how vital was this ftHjn of gen ral comradeship and socl il fefkuship There are good men and nad nienxin the new comm jnitt h just as In the olrKommunl-tle,md the conditions on theNfromler wre such that the qualities of thgnod anl had alike were rathr more strikilglv rvnr li' n manifested than in ol r lut jimonu the men who trb 1 to ad hard woiking decent lives there waa a feeling of genuine demoora v which rep to the reveille! An appro, merit-Ideal whh'h w b uM do ex i W r thing in our pnu.r to preserve did not trv t sav men were quit when Mip hut we did vte mi our heel to seeure something like An equal t of opportunity and an equality of reward mr good ser ice snd moreover, each man expected Jo he received, and. on the whole, was received wherever he went on the footing that his merits warranted Now so far as possible these qualities and conditions that bring about these qualities should he kept in the greet states wilt h are growing out of jhe old We need to strive frontier communities for the g nerst social betterment of the as a whole, and vet to eneourags people Individual lihertv and set high reward on individual initiative up to the point where thev become detrimental to the general welfare 1 cow-girl- m, the first Invitation IATI I s ! ' 1 Wrong Doers and Wrong Systems. continually and earnestly striving for this betterment of social and economic conditions Jn our complex Industrial civilization. wfe should work In the old fronTn tier spirit of brotherlv comradeship snd I do not mean that we should good will refrain from hating wrong, on the conI would trary preach flrev wrath against wrong But T would not preach such wrath against the wrong-doe- r, save In those vases where his wrong-doinreally is due to evil moral attributes on his part and not to a wrong or false system, of which he Is almost as much the victim as the beneficiary, Sometimes a wrong represents the deliberate wickedness of 4he wrong-doe- r In which case the remedy Is to punish him. but sometimes it represents the effects of a false social system. In which case the right course is to alter what is false In the svstem. Both principles need to be kept tn tew as guides to our conduct, and it Is necessary sometimes to work In accordance with one and sometimes In accordance with the other. Before ending I wish to say a word on something w'blcb T believe shmrtd especially interest all men who live in the open country, and esneolally all men who durng the past thirty years have TTved and worked on ranches, or have done their life work in the wilder parts of our g true that i was not In NewOrleaus, and 1 never saw your father In my life. I auie to Raleigh ou a mission that has absolutely nothing to do with Mr Hillings; he did not know I was On the way here a message coming intended for your father came into my handfi. It was thrown on the train at Kildgre last n1ght. l had gone out on the platform because the sleeperwaa .hct, and a warning to your father to keep 'bis hands- - o5 of Appleweight was given to me. Here It is. It seems to m that there is Immediate danger in this,- - and I want to help you. I want to do anything I can for you I didn't come here to pry Into your family secrets. Miss Dangerfleld, honestly got Jugs, the truth, but whi n they seemed dissatisfied and howled for me to give one back. 1 ODpjrribV WM by Tbe ihrew the buttermilk You threw back father's butter milk to the man who gave you the applejack? Oh! oh! Miss Jerry Dangerfleld sat down snd laughed; and Ardmore, glad of an opportunity to escape, found his hat from the house. and d v, Bobbe-Mciri- 1 SYNOPSIS. brd off nut Thomas Ardmore, and Henry Main inswM. pi t the lnUrsitv of irginM, out of Atlanta. UriswnUJ i Ardmore in pursuit of n gU! u Mistaken t oi ii. winked h( him os i tswd f. borne of South Catnlinu .l in fie goes to is threatened warn the governor and nxst t u ,t.i CHAPTER V. Osborne He rv mains to assist Nr absence of her father Ardn r. I. n, that his winking ladv is tin d.uul.t .f Mr. Ardmore Officially Recognized. lov D.ingei field of North C.ir H i "8he never did it; she never, never follows her to llaleigh and on li w i m given a brown jug at Kildare In lu!Mk;h did I t!vdiscovers that th Jugfl idhais ,t nos Mr. Ardmore, from a bench in the threatening liungei Ap rd weight, a criminal allow to go Gatehouse park, thua concluded a free long reverie. It was late afternoon, and he had forgotten luncheon In his CHAFTCR IV. Continued. absorption. There was no manner of use In Once within, tjie air of domestic of the recurring again to that episode He had found lonely siding peace, the pictureaon the walla, a the girl (indubitably the girl) but a and a hat blue felt wtt,h whip band, not the wink! Miss Jerry Dangerfleld on the hall table, and hook on a was not the sort; he was well chair In the drawingroom, turned satisfied on winking that point, and so thordown to mark the absent reader's oughly ashamed Into the bargain that place, rebuked him for hts Impudence. he resolved to lead a different life He would take the earliest train har and be tery heedful of the cry of'the i I -- ru.-he- j c l Mis Dangerfleld had pii )o ! up a spool of red tape and was unvv Indinp it They were such nice little hands, and so peaceful in their aimless trifling with the tape that he was sure his eyes had betiaved him into imagining she had clenched ihem In the quiet drawing loom at the mansion This ofilee, now that its atmosphere enveloped him, was almost as domestic as the house In which she lived Miss Dangerfleld threw down the spool of tape and bent toward hi u gravely Mr. Ardmore, can you keep a secret ?t "Nobody ever tried me with" one, but I think 1 can. Miss Dangerfleld." he murmured humbly I didnt!" Then please stand up" She look the piece of paper Into her And Ardmore rose, a little sheepish slim little hands and read it. slowly ly. like a schoolboy who feais blame nodding her head, as if the words and praise alike. Miss Dangerfleld . only confirmed some earlier knowllifted one of the adorable hands soldie of the threat they contained emnly Then slje lifted her head, and her eye "I. acting governor of North fan-llna- . ere blight with mirth at Ardmore hereby appoint you my prlxate wondering g7e met them and may God have mercy Did vou get the Jug? on jour soul You may now sit down, T two to tell THE LITTLE BROWN JUG Its Sterling Virtues. Cheyenne. Wyo.. Aug 27. The private car Republic, bearing Theodore Roosevelt and party, rolled into the tatlon on time 3 morning, and no ooner had it come tox atop than the sturdy figure or the colonel appeared, for he was anxious to see again the cattle men with whom hexpnee lived As he stepped down to tbe ground a great shout greeted him the real yell of the range, uttered by an escort of 1,000 cowboys and detailed to act as the That it sounded bodyguard good in his ears was made evident by the happy smile that spread over his countenance Mr. Roosevelts visit and the speech he delivered later In the day formed the culmination of the annual Frontier Days celebration wuich had attracted to the city thousands of persons from all parts of the west and a large number of tourists from more distant sections of the country Colonel Roosevelt's Speech, Out in the open air, under the blie sky, a vast crowd assembled to hear the former president speak, and It heard, one of the most important speeches he has made since leaving the White House. His address was as follows: When, at the close of my hunting trip In Africa. I readied the borders of rtvili-sa- ' : Mr Secretary" "Rut 1 thought there was a secreAnd besides, I don't tary already wnte a very good hand, Ardmore stammered "I aiu Just sending Mr IUssford to Atlanta to And papa He's already gone, or will be pn tty soon" "But thought your father would " he home Miss Dangerfleld looked out of the open window upon the park, then into the silent outer hall, to be sure she was not overheard "Pnpu will not be at home 1 here-tnembere- d bon. Won't you pleasysit down, Mr. Ardmore?" And when thejrwere seated there was another pattfee, during which the blue eyes continued to take account In the future. Aa he sat dejectedly Dan-gerfle- . Cl, u Man Cured by Dean Kidney Pills. - Harrison A. Sturtevant, O snd Hs-pl-e Sts, Tulare, Gal., says: "I vaa In bad shape with kidney trouble. Tk frequent passage of the x urine the to arts at night, my bladder became lnflam& and I had e x c r uc la 1 1 m g palbsln my abdomen. Soon after I began using Doan's Kidney Pills, I passed n gravel stone of an Inch In length and variegated In color Afb er this my trouble disappeared." Remember the name Dots. For sale by all dealers 50 cent box. Foster-MjlburCo., Buffalo. N. T. cosw-pclle- three-quarter- n A man knows but little if hr teltw fifou tell me If my wife is here? Constipation eros'iIVliflii and ipriniitif mrtfttM t Is thoroughly curea fcf Lint Ttiiy tuhr-coi- 4 gmoulM. A seal on watch fob may b worth two on an iceberg. Surprised. I have succeeded in tracing my ancestry back through ten generations." "Without coming to a menagerts? Not He. The fare at this hotel la fierce." Rut the scenery Is sublime landlord doesnt deserve etiy credit for that." All ih Difference. The professor was delivering an eloquent address on cruelty to animals, and to illustrate how a little Judicious forethought would eliminate to a great extent the sufferings that even email Insects are subject to, said: As I was coming through the halt tonight 1 saw a gentlemaa very harshly treat a little Innoceut house-flwhich had alighted on kin bead. "Now, if there was any Justlflcntlom Jor euch bad temper, I would be qntto Justified In Indulging In It nt the present moment, for n fly has Just slighted, on the back of my bead. I cant sso It, but I can feel IL "Possibly some of you can see K now; it Is on the top of my head. Now It la coming down my blow; now It In coming on to my pyrsmtdn of Egypt, It's a waspf bald-heade- y Unaware That Mlaa Dangerfleld Passed Directly Behind Him or probably night, or the I'm not sure we'll night afterward. wait next Christina dinner for papa. "But of course you know where he Is! It Isn't possible and Ardmore stared In astonishment Into Miss tranquil blue eyes. "It is possible. Papa la ducking his official responsibilities. That's what's the tnatter wKh pkpir AtadTIuens they're enough to drive any man Into the wood. Just look at all this!" Miss Dangerfleld rested ohp of those diminutive hand of fieri oq the pile of documents, letters and telegrams the secretary had left behind him; with a nod of the head she Indicated the governor's desk In the Inner room, and It, too, was piled high with documents. I supposed," faltered Ardmore, "that In the absence of the governor oLhimnd. ha.fingere4.hJ8J.ie-.fee- l: The phase of our national Ing sure that there was 1 theJieutenftiitgovernor-wotildae- t something stockman - the- mintdr wrong, with. think .read, that nee." pfoapectnr, were the chief characters was "tou Tnmt ti a ve feaf ir'S'TingrMr: It's warm, isn't it?" not onlv a very Important but also a verv picturesque Ardmore. In North Carolina, lr. the phase Often such a I.suppose It is. Its a way summer phnse passes without anv great artist bar, of absence of the governor. I am -being mostly waring arising la cujrmcniorate It -Dont look so shocked;. hep Jfe wag ufe that"" was quite"she The backwoodsman for In1 say 1, 1 mean K me! - Do you under stance the man of the back country laughing at him; there was a tinge who lived In the eastern forests through of Irony In the very way In which stand what I said? wWoh-ertv- e -I heard what you said. Miss Dan- ward dothe. aho - pronounoed 'lwa'm,", -waters, ean lingeringly Atlantic and westward to the Mississippi. as to prolong her contempt for pased 'awav without any painter 'or his though 1 mean what I said, Mr Ardmore. sculptor arising who possessed at onre stupidity in not finding anything moonshine?" Tfie FfJUbl Your new patent mediboth the keenness of vision tn see what better to say. I have taken you Into my confidence 1 moonshouldnt call It exactly seems to have gained a great repcine a vttrrl and letw-eaque figure the backI enjoyed meeting your "father so shine.- It "more Jlke dynamite than because .1 dont .know you, I don't utation" woodsman was and the genius adequatepeople.- - To what-do . know anything about you. I don't ly to present that figure The artist who much. Miss Dangej-fleldI think we Its attribute curative you great saw that plcturesqueneas of the backwant to know anything about you. Id N arelways likely to be afraid of great power? woodsman lacked the genlua adequately men, be to I ashamed ask but your father made me feel at know anybody Tfie Boss To extensive and JudV to commemorate It. while the artists of to help me. The people of North Carreal ability unfortunately had their eves home at once. And he tells auch capcltma advertising. olina must never know that the gov4 turned towards Europe and lacked the ro- ital stories ITe been laughing over bust originality which the novelist Coopernor Is absent during times of great them ever sfnee ! left New Orleans." LACK OF MONEY er showed-t- o gee whore their chance lav-tI suppose. Mr. public peril. And If you are afraid, Waa a Godsend In This Casa, that you Ardmore, do a great work But In our genera' Mr. Ardmore, you had better not action. for opr good fortune a great artist aaw papa at' the luncheon at the arose who was capable of seeing and of Pharos club In New Orleans?" cept the position, It Is not always that a lack of the infinite plcturesouenea There's nothing 1 wouldnt do for money la a benefit of Miss Why, yes. Dangerfleld. the life of the plains and the Rockies you." blurted Ardmore. was there I met the governor! A lady of Green Forest, Ark., owee Euloqy of Remington. "I'm not asking you I would not her health to the fact that she could "Are It sure you was there, Of course I speak of Frederic Remingask you to do anything for me. I not pay in advance the fee demandton He was one of those Americans who Ardmore?" am asking you to do It for the Old ed by a bv his achievements dlstlnrtlv deserved "Why. I think that waa the place. specialist to treat her for well of America I don't know He worked with pencil North State. Our relations, Mr. Ard- stomach trouble. my New Orleans as I In telling of her with hrush with chisel, he was both a hoiild,-hut- "", more. will not be social, but purely case she says; painter and a sculptor. His pictures and Do you accept the terms?" official Ardmore was suddenly conscious x "I had been treated his few hronres are equally good When by four differ "1 do; and I warn you now that I ent my own regiment, a tvplcallv western that Miss Dangerfleld had risen and physicians during 10 yeara of FoglmenT recruited mainly from the men that she stood before ahalLoeyer resign. stomach trouble, , Lately I cslled-o- a hlmrwtth her of the great plains and the mountains (TO BE CONTINUED.) another who told me he could not cure was disbanded at Montauk Point, the offi- fair face the least bit flushed, her blue eyes alight with anger, and that cers and enlisted men Joined in me; that I had neuralgia of the stout- giving me Remington's the hands at her sides were clenched Bronxe Bronco A German Trade School ach. Then I went to a specialist who a gift which I thought peculiarly Buster, approJames L. A. Burrell de- told me I bad catarrh of the stomach ervously. priate coming from such a body of men My father was not at luncheon at scribes the operation of the German and said he could cure me in four In Remington's pictures all the most le Pharos club, Mr. Ardmore. You I Didnt vivid ami characteristic features of ti for Blacksmiths at llalber-stadt-. months but would have to have hia Coma Her to Pry Into Your School In tfever saw my father In your Ufe. p)nrwr f, whph the Madgeburg district; money down, t could not raise the set forth, and the commemorated 8ecreta. Family now why It Is you came here, and If Young smiths receive instruction In necessary sum and In my extremity I for-xe- r the men of the plains and the mountain a they actually were 'The ou are not out of that door In one anything else. Ive written a reply to shoeing oxen and horses and prepara- waa led to quit coffee and try Postum. boond I shall call the servants and the note ahd cowboy l.bl favorite type, but the min"So I stopped coffee and gave Poet-uput It back In the cork, tion for the examination in shoeing, ing prospector, the frontier farmer, the 'are them throw you and Tm going to return It to Kildare was made compulsory In the which a thorough trial and the results out," man who guide or mule-teaShe ceased abruptly and turned to What answer did you make to that German empire by the Imperial act have been the soldier, the Indian all appear Now magical. I now sleep well ok Into the hall where steps sounded infamous effort to Intimidate F wish xerv much that thee men a my fa- of July 1, 1887, and (s held in The va- at night, something I had not done Is that you. Jerry? would In their turn provide a . ther?" demanded Mias Dangerfleld rious provinces by 'state examining for a long time; the pain In my atom- nt for the grSat artist the sum of I'll- - be up In Just k "Yes, mamma; told thdJAppleweight gang that commissions. The school la' supportach is gone and I am a different whore Qcllvitle represent auch- fi feature of Ameruan achievement, and. above minute. Please don't wait for me. It'S they ere a lot of cowards, and that ed by appropriations from the city, woman. allj represents a commemoration of aotnc only the man to see about the plumb- - the rovernog will have them all In the province and from the two agrl"I dreaded to quit coffee, because of the moat Interesting flgurei thaihave ,Dg. ;ali cultural associations 4n Jlalberstadt very time I had tried to stop It I suf- banged within ten days."f ever appeared on tfie stage of America The lady who had appeared for an - ".ofidid! 25 marks ( $5.25) for the course. fered from severe headaches, so I conlife A statue should be raised to RemPerfectly splendid! Instr.rt at the door went on slowly you t Uy ington- by some really flrxt class artist Board and lodging can be had in the tinued to drink it altiough I had rea- that?" say the Here at Chwvenne In this hat else could 1 do? I knew that school very cheaply. stairs, and the girl held ArdFor young son to believe it was Injurious) me, gathering up many hundreds of the men have more silent with her com blacksmiths without means four free and was the cause of - my stomach steady eyes until" that s what the governor would say together who were Themselves Typic aT the step died away aboveT he'd have to leader In and representatives of the very so I Thought Id bourses, wilh hoard and JodgLngI ar trouble and extrema nervousness. : But "I know what you want my father save him the gay life whl h Remington so I had Postum to shift to It was trouble." ih.t provided each year. Candidates who portrayed It will always llxe I hope- Thattheae for. Mr. Billings and you are both IT here g the receive different now, Mr. Ard- pass excellent examinations Jug men will join together arrange the ap- pursuing him It's Infamous, outrage- more?" To my surprise I did not mis cofpremiums. Only six persons may take pointment of a and start to ralae fund, for the erection of auch a ous! And It Isn't his fault I would y room at the hotel. The gang part In each course of Instruction." fee when to drink Postum. have you know that my father is an must nave . StfltTbF. "Coffee had been steadily and suresomebody on guard here. Frontier Days" Is no doubt the most honorable, man!" A gentleman who seemed to be one ly killing me and I didn't fully realise uharacterlstlc American ,Tbe bayonets were at his breast; of them called on Exhibition New Definition of Gentleman, me waa doing it until I quit and this what morning, . given. It had Its Inception about fT he would ask for- mercy. demanding the Jug; and If he's the "A gentleman. saya the Philos changed to Postum." years agd when a few Cheyenne eft . "Miss Dangerfleld, you may call me man I think he Is. he'a stolen the little phe. of Folly, Is a man who is se Kwf rend the abnrs letter t A new conceived the Idea Of presenting pvttilng you. please, but I am not brown Jug from my foom' Id the hotel dead sure tl at he la one that he i ene nppeiira-frwtime te Tker t western show are thf .scoundrel you think me,. Its by thia time." irw, and fall of hwaa doesn't think he has to tell people interest. J?- - . , mountains old-tim- e J gov-erpo- rj -- for-curi- ng -- Vice-Cons- - ,,, them-aelxemon-um- -- 1 rr it - com-nltle- f j s four-leggn- poor on his park bench he waa unaware that Miss Ger aldlne Dangerfleld. walking hurriedly through the park on her way from the governor's mansion to the sUtehouse, passed directly behind him. His attitude was so eloquent of despair that U could not have failed to move a much harder heart than that of Mlaa Dangerfleld, yet she made no sign; but a few minutes later the private secretary came out on the steps of the sUtehouse, and after a brief survey of the landscape crossed the lawn and ailed Ardmore by name. I your pardon, but Mlaa wished me to aay that she'd like' to aee you for a minute. 8h'a af thf governor' office." V Afijrlaoner, -- sentenced U death, and unexpectedly reprieved with the rope already on his neck, could not experience greater relief than that which brought Mr., Thomas Ardmore to'lils feet. "You are sure of it that theres no mistake?" Certainly not. Miss Dangerfleld told me I waa to bring you back. Enthroned at the secretarys desk, a mat of papers before her, Mlaa Geraldine Dangerfleld awaited him. He wan ready to place hls head on the block in sheer contrition for his tonk the lntrta-tlve, and her tone waa wholly amiable "This morning, Mr. Ardmore Oh, please forget this morning!" he yleaded. "But I waa rude to you; 1 threatened to have you thrown out of the houa;,nd,..yoii.had jeome to do us a favor You traded buttermilk for Tulars, Hia Pet. Harker Think Ill try to sell oM Stuffem some pet dogs Barker Fseless Job All he thinks about la eating. Harker Hasn't any ; friends, eh? Harker Only one, and that's the dining room table. unl-.s- Ardsley and bury himaelf there for the remainder of his days He bad hardly formed this resolution alien a light step sounded in the hall, and Miss Geraldine Dangerfleld stood at Hi good resolutions the threshold. went down like a house of cards "Miss Dangerfleld, he began. "I had the pleasure of meeting your father in New Orleans the other day, and &g l was passing through town unexpectedly. I thought I should give myself the pleasure xof calling on him He said that In case I found him absent I might call upon you. In fact, be wrote a line on a card for me to present, but I stupidly left It at my hotel." They faced each other in the dim, cool room for what seemed to him endless centuries Shs , was much younger than be had Imagined; but her eyes were blue. Just as them, and her abundant light hair curled away from her fore-- ' head In pretty waves, and was tied y with a large bow 6 blue rib- CASE OF 6RAVEL. ') tin. . |