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Show indAt IMCx&r: PROOF POSITIVE. BY Ten Dollars A guatimred, jeweled, nickel movement ia a twenty yew filled caw lot $10.00. Very apecial value. Otket watchea of all Maadatd makes at minimum price. Write ui about it. Meredith NiChoeSon BY ILLLkSTRATlOm RAY WALTERS COfirRKHT to saw 6Y 6Q3&J VtCRRU CA ito Ainu " laws oil titan SYNOPSIS. M'hji Patricia Holbrook acd Mias Hrlsn lo Holbrook, her tuete, were entrusted the tare of Iaumnre LHmohan, a writer, Miss Annandale Port near summering Patricia confided to Oonux an that shs feared her brother Henry, who, ruined by a bank failure, had constantly threatened her for money from his father's will, of which M as Patricia was guardian They rame to Port Annandale to escape Henry. with the two Ikmovun 8mpathied women He learned of Miss Hehn a discovered and Honovan suitor to be captured an intruder, who proved the hand or for suitor Ibginald Gillespie, GUleapie disapMias Helen Holbrook morning A rough peared the following was ordered away tailitr appeared and Donovan saw Misa Holbrook And her falionovan ther meet on friendlv terms met the fought an Italian assassin He but who Holbrook was man he supposed 'said he waa HartririR. a left Donovan (After a Wbort dmwstoti a diwm.red bv &n- surlily otnespi. n wun cnun oan presenting a country e onn Gillespie admitted he knew of brooks presence Miss Pat acknowledged been Helen to Donovan that Miss jiad While ridingi missing for a few hours "There are a lot of girls here who dont ever Intend to get married." "How do you know? "I've proposed to several!" an-no- DISFIGURED WITH ECZEMA "Our little boy Gilbert was troubled with eczema when but a few weeks old. Ills little face was covered with sores even to back of his ears. The poor little fellow suffered very much. anoe-make- r. The sores iKgan as pimples, hts lit- tie face waa disfigured very much, j We hardly know what he looked like. face looked like raw meat We tied little bags Of cloth over hl8 hands to prevent him from scratching. iirPrat r',hh,lo!,Cnfrtr He was very restless at night, his n miou ii ru ............ - . hldln another not awktna Holbrook and little face Itched. Iono an met Helen in garden at We consulted two doctors at Chi- place night cago, where we resided at that time. CHAPTER VIII. Continued. After trying all the medicine of the An Interest in geography, shall we two doctors without any result, w call It? she chaffed, gayly. of the Cuticura Remedies, and at We will assume Or astronomj ! once bought the Cuticura Soap and that we are both looking for the Little Ointment Following the directions . Dipper." carefully and promptly we saw the reshe returned on my own Good! and four the after weeks dear note. "Between the affairs of the Holsult childs face was as fine and clean as brooks and your evening Dipper hunt any little babys face. Every one who you are' a busy man, Mr. Donovan. saw Gilbert after using the Cuticura I am not half so busy as you are. Remedies was surprised. He has a Miss Holbrook! It must tax you sehead of hair which is a pride for any verely to maintain both sides of the boy of his age, three years. We can barricade at the same time," t venonly recommend the Cuticura Rem- tured boldly. edies to every bpdy. (Signed) Mrs. H. That does require some Ingenuity,! 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From Clarks "Eminent Lawyers." n 1 Yottr ran rram in s to ifis oats OINT-WKN- T VA.LAJ dnjKjftMt "111 ftofUDa luuoer can of Itching, Blind, falls to cur Bleeding or Prutniding Piles in AiwH day, few. - The vacant room st the top Is due to the fact that there Is no elevator service to help the" lazy man. For a disordered liver, take Garfield Tea, the Herb laxative. All druggists. Yesterday Is certain: tomorrow, certain; today, half and half. un- flexible character." But what will bend will break you may carry the game too Tar Oh, are you tired of It already?" Not a bit of It; but I should like to make this stipulation with you; That as you and I seem to be pitted sgalnBt each other In this little con test, we shall fight It all out behind I prefer that she Miss Pats back. and I hesshouldnt know what a itated. Oh, give me a name, wont your she pleaded, mockingly. "What a beautiful deceiver you are! j "Splendid! ,We wlU agree that I am a deceiver!" "If It gives you pleasure! You are welcome to all the Joy you can get out . of It! ' "Please dont be bitter! Let us play fair, and not stoop to abusfe. "I should think you would feel contrite enough after that ugly business of this afternoons You didnt appear to be even annoyed by that Italian's effort to smash the launch. She was silent for an instant; heard her breath come and go quickly; when she responded with what seemed a forced lightness: "You really think that was Inspired she suddenly appeared at a by "By Henry Holbrook, as you know well enough. And if Miss Pat should be murdered through his enmity, dont you gee that your position in the matter would bfe difficult to explain? Murder, my dear young .woman, is not looked upon complacently, even in this FREE ADVICE TO WOMEN America which has never been broken. - Never has Bbe pub- i llshed fi testimonial or used a Inter without the written consent of .the the Company, writer, and never-.haallowed these confidential letters to their possession, as the ret out hundreds of thousands of them ia their files will attest Out of the vast volume of experience which Mrs. ldnkhsm has to draw from, it Is more than possible that she has gained the very knowledge Deed'd in your case, Hie asks nothing in return except your good will, and her advice has helped thousands. Purely any woman, rich or poor, should bo glad to take advantage of this gener-on- s ot?cr of assistance. Address Mrs. Idnkham, care of Lrdia E. Pink Lag t.MKKAiJ s Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass. Every woman ought to harts Lydia E. Plnkhams Text Boole. It is not a book for general distribution, aa it is too expensive.- It is free and only malL 'Write for obtains?UtodiY 80-pa- go IS-- PORTER-WALTO- N " ' k t phy-ste- al seem given to'the use of strong language, Mr. Donovan. Let us drop the calling of names and consider Just where you put me." "I dont put you at all; you have taken your own stand. But I will say that I was surprised, not to say pained, to find that you played the eavesdropper the very hour you came to Annandale. A moment's silence; the water murmured In the reeds below; an owl hooted In the Glenartn wood! a restless bird chirped from Its perch in a maple overhead. Oh, to be sure! sbe said aflait. You thought I was listening while Women suffering from any form of Aunt Pat unfolded the dark history of the Holbrooks." Alness are invited to promptly comI knew It, though I tried to bemunicate with Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn, Mass. All letters are received, opened, lieve I was mistaken. But when 'I read and answered by women. A wo- saw you there on Tippecanoe creek, man can freely talk at the canoe-maker'-s of her private ill- meeting your I father was astounded; I did bouse, ness to a woman; t thus has been es- not know that depravity could go sc tablished this con- far. fidence between "My poor unhappy, unfortunate "You Mra.Ilnkham and the women of A POSITIVE sed CUU FOI you to remember our pledge, that you are not to vex Miss Pat unnecessarily Drunkenness and in this affair. To rouse her in the Opinm Diseases, night would only add to her alarm. TWmb m alpUtf. She has had enough to worry her THE lEtU-i u hlk imih tmUTE. XM V. h . Ul LiE, Car. ready. And I rather Imagine. I added, bitterly, that you dont propose killing her with your own bands" "No; do give me credit for that! BEINQ THE ONLY SEEDSMEN she mocked "But I shall not disturb In the country maktnf thorn Field Teeu o! Seed,, we lend nlleontwt)Um. your guards, and 1 shall not distress W rite tor our Big Tree Cntsloc oi Aunt Pat by making a row In the gar den trying to run your pickets. I want you to Btay here five minutes count CO., RaU Lake City them honestly until I have had time to get back In my own fashion. Is It a bargain? She put out her hand as Not His Fault she turned away her left hand. Aa Little Augustus Jounson had learnmy fingers closed upon It an inatant ed some things about the face of a the emerald ring touched my palm. "I should think you would not wear clock, but not quite all there ta to that ring, I said, detaining her hand, know. x What time ia It, GustuJ? asked It la too like hers; it Is as though ais employer one night, to teat him. you were plighted to her by It. Yes; It is llko her own; she gavs Its Jes S oclock, said the boy, It after a careful survey of the clock, She choked and caught her breath "No, you're wrong, said his emsharply and her hand flew to ber ployer. "It won't be t tor quite a face. while yet not for twenty minutes. She gave It to my mother, long Bofe hands Is plnting to S. Jes' as ago, she said, and ran away down the straight aa dey can pint,-sa- id the path toward the school. A bit ol boy atubbornly. "If dey aint telling gravel loosened by her atep slipped de truf, I cyant help It" Youths after her to a new retting place; then Companion.1 alienee and the night closed upon ber. I threw myself upon the bench and Might be In a Nice Fix. waited, marveling at her. If I bad not Two men of Milwaukee were distouched her hand; If I had not heard cussing the case of a person of their her voice; If, more than all, I had not acquaintance whose obituary. It aptalked with her of her father, of Miss pears, bad been p.riq'ed by mistake la Pat, of Intimate things which no one one of that ctty: newspapers. -else could have known, 1 should not Is It a largain? "Oh, ho! exclaimed on of the have believed that I had aeen Helen Germans. "So dey hat brinted der 1 . might take the part, myself. If Holbrook face to face. it's oftener Rosalinda. 1 hope you dont notice of a man who la not funeral Gillespie were not already cast for It.' object. Mr. Donovan? dead already I Veil, now, hed be la a CHAPTER IX. she said, wonderingly; No, I rather l.ke It; Its In keeping "Gillespie? nice fix If he vas one of dose heebie with your variable character. You thn added at once, as though memory vot believe everything dey sees la he Light on St. Agathaa Pier, seem prone, like Rosalind, to wood- hii prompted her: To be"sure, there der pa pers.1 Harpers Magazine. St. home On is land wandering. I dare say the other Aga through my way Gillespie." people of the cast will appear In due There is, certainly Gillespie. Per- thaa I stopped to question the two Ttachlng and Fseding. season. So far I have seen only the il gs you would liefer call him guards. They had heard nothing, had A student at the Western Reserve aeen nothing. How that girl had Fool. I ventured. suffers from obesity. It apLet me see, she pondered, bending passed them I did not know. I scanned university The Fool? Oh, yes; there was pears that even professors do not love Miss where she and main h the brave a then: building, wasn't O, there? thats Touchstone, head; a fat man. After a particularly un"1 believe It is admitted that ther He writes brave verses, speaks Pat had two rooms, with an Intervenwaa dark. successful recitation m an English . was. . swears brave oaths and ing sitting room, but all course the professor said; "Alas, Mr. was Holbrook Helen Miss She laughed; I felt that we were undeniably traverse, bravely, quite You ar better "fed than Blank!' woman charm resourceful j of a bound to get on better, now that we as a young heart of bis lover; taught understood each other. isny tllter, that spurs his horse but and wit, and I went on to Glenarm "Thats right professor," sighed House with a new respect for her You are rather proud of your at. one side, breaks his staff like the youth, subsiding heavily. "You , tainments, arent you? I have really nails goose; but alls brave that youth cleverness. 77 teach me; I feed myself. 1 was abroad early the next mornread the play, Mr. Donovan; I have mounts and folly guides.' St even seen It acted. through my retracing steps ing, Is Celia's speech, but veil fThat First Choice. I did not mean to reflect on your rmdered. Let us consider that you Agathas to the stone bench on tht Mr. back Jaw "My (tear, I mas on Intelligence, which is acute enough; or ate Rosalind, Ceils, Viola and Ariel bluff with a vague notion of confirming on your attainments, which are suf- s In one. And I shall be those Im- my memory of the night by actual con- of the first to leave. Mrs. Jawback 'Oh, you always any ficient; or on your experience of life, mortal villains of old tragedy first. tact with visible, tangible things. The Well spoken! I really believe that icond and third murtberer; or, if It lake twinkled In the eunllght, tbe sky that I am liking you better all the time, suit you Mr. Jawback "I can prove It tills better, let me be lago for overhead was a flawless sweep of blue, " Mr. Donovan." honesty; Othello for great adventures; and the foliage shone from tbe deluge time. Look out in tbe hall and see the My heart is swollen with gratitude. Hamlet for gloom; Shylock for relent of the early night But In the soft mold beautiful umbrella I brought home." ' of the path the prints of a womans Toledo Blade. You heard my talk with your father at lessness, and Romeo for .love-sicshoe were unmistakable. I bent down his cottage last night. And then you less. Advanced Fast flew back to Miss Pat and played the Again she bent her bead; then draw and examined them; I measured them didnt guiltily "Mike, you have some trouRosaIndefensibly, ungraciously. with of the tng a little away and clasping her artlessness hypocrite with my hand, and rose convinced ble when you landed at New York? lind the real Rosalind. bands, she quoted: J Come, woo me "D1V1I a blt 'aor."" Did 1? Then Im as "clever as f am' woo me; for now I am In a holiday that the neat outlines spoke of a modish "You hadnt nny password admit-wicked. You, no doubt, arejtgwlse as humoujr.and!lkeenoughtaCQnetit bootmaker, and were not apt to be What would yon way to me now, an you are good ting you to the country, had step of a fairy, or the She folded her ams with a quick 1 were your very, very Rosalind?' "No, aor, but before I bad been in to flight of Diana. Then I de- the country tin flays I had the grip. I movement, the better, I thought, stammered a moment, dimly re, express satisfaction with her own tailing Orlandos reply in the play, scended to St. Agathas and found Chicago Tribune. share of the talk; then her manner I did not know whether sbe were dar- Miss Pat and Helen loitering tranquilExplorer's Ailment. changed abruptly. She rested her ing me; and this was certainly not the ly In tbe garden. handrTOtrthrbackorYb'ebencBrana glrl'a mood aswe hid met at St. Aga- -- They gave me good morning Miss , "Did that explorer suffer any ailment as a result of his trip bent toward me. - T - thas. - My heart leaped and The blood Pat calm and gracious, and Helen in My father dealt very generously tingled In my finger-tip- s as memory the spirit of the morning Itself, smil- to the arctic regions? DeYea. with you. You were an Intruder. He searched out the scene; ing, cool, and arguing for peace. was well wlthlmhis rights In capturing and suddenly I threw at her the line: ception, as s social accomplishment, What was it? she had undoubtedly carried for; and you. And. more than that, vou drew "Writers Washington How If the kiss be denied?'" cramp. I was hard put to bold up my end ol Star, to our place some enemies of your She shrugged her shoulders. own who may yet do us grave Injury." "The rehearsal has gone far enough. the game. I have practiced tying with the bazar Perhaps It Happened In Idaho. pastmasters In the a They were no enemies of mine! Let us come back to earth again. A gentleman once ' started an a Didnt you hear me debating that matBut this, somehow, was not so easy. keepers of Cairo, horse dealers In ter with your father? They were his Far across the lake a heavy train Moscow and rug brokers In Teheran; lonff Journey. He having to go on enemies and they pounced on me by rumbled, and Us engine blew a long but I dipped my colors to this amazing foot, got- - weary and lay down In a mistake. Its not their fault that they blast for Annandale. I felt at that In- girl. fence corner to rest The sun being "Im afraid that we are making our so warm and he so weary he fell didnt kill me! stant the unreality of the days events, "Thats a likely story. That 111 tie vlth their culmination In this strange selves a nuisance to you, said Miss asleep. c creek is the quietest place In the Interview on the height above the Pat. "I heard the watchmen patrollng a pumpkin seed had chance he By world. lake Never,' I thought, had man par- the walk last nlghL In bis pocket The ground was damp, "Yes; It was quite feudal! Helen thla made the seed sprout and then It "How do you know? I demanded, leyed with woman on so extraordinary a business. In the brief silence, while broke In. "I felt that we were back bendiqg closer toward her. grew. When he awoke he was al' Because my father tells me so! the whistles echoes rang round the at least as far a1he eleventh cen- most 25 miles away from where beThat was tbe reason he chose It. shore, I drew away from the bench tury. The splash of water which you lay down. He was curled up In a "He wanted a place to hide when that had stood like a barricade be- can hear when the lake Is' rough blossom.. the cities became too hot for him. 1 tween us and walked toward her. I muBl be quite like tbe lap of water In pumpkin clank I did the not But moat. hear a advise you. Miss Holbrook, In view of did not believe in ber; sbe had What She Wanted. all that bas happened, and If you have taunted her shameful trickery 1b my of arm. " Father (to tils daughter) Ive I IJims sense observed, No," dryly. of any decency left,' to keep face; and yet I felt her spell upon me a either for your birthyou brought a and carries s through th dusk I realized anew wears blue serge gun sway from there. And'I suggest to you, Mr. Donovan, ber splendid height, the faint dis-- that would shoot clear through a cru- day, my dear, and a book by which that your devotioU omy aunt doer closure of her noble head and felt the sader. The gardeber la a Scotchman, you can teach yourself to play m lt. In a month. not require you to pursue my father. !ory of her dark eyes. She did not and his dialect would kill a horse. You do well to remember that a stran- draw away, but stood quietly, with her Daughter "But It W'as the zither Miss Pat paused behind ua to deger thrusting himself Into the affairs lead uplifted, a light sharf caught liberate upon a new species of holly- teacher I wanted most Fliegende of a family be does not know puts him- Ibout her shoulders, and )aber bead hock whose minarets rose level with Blatter. self In a very bad light." I round sailor's cap, lipped sway from her kind, gentle eyes. Something had No Secret . I am not asking your admiration, ler face. been In my mind, and I took this opMiss Holbrook." You must go batk: I must se you portunity to speak to Helen. Mrs. Chuckeleyris your husband a ' You may save yourself the trou safely to Sk Agatha's," I said. Why dont you avert danger and member of any secret society? ble!" sbe flashed; and then laughed She turned, drawing the scarf close avoid an ugly caaastrophe by confess-ingl"He thinks he Is but he talks In ont merrily. Miss Pat that your duty and his sleep. Let us not be so ab inder her throat with a quick gesture, Chicago Tribune. surd! 'e are quarreling like two ts though about to go. She laughed sympathy lie with your father? It An Uphill Job. school children over an apple. Its lth more honest glee than l had would save a lot of trouble In thfi FTgg Dont you wish you could live really a pleasure to meet you In this known In her before, and I forgot her end. Unconventional fashion, but we must duplicity, forgot the bold game ahe The-flaleaped into Helens face your life over again? be amiable. Our affairs 111 not be vas playing, and the consequences to as sbe turned to me. Fogg Well, I should say not! Ive settled by words I am sure of that 1' vhlch it must lead; my pulses bounded endowment policy "I dont know what 'you mean! I got a twenty-yea- r must beg of lyou, tbe next" time you vben a bit of her scarf touched my have never been spoken to by any on maturing this month. Boston Trans-- come fortknat 'night, to wear your band aa tbe flung a loosend over her so outrageously! She glanced burcrlpL Cloak and dagger. The stage setting Is shoulder. riedly over ber shoulder. My position On on the Parson. fair enough; and the players should My dear Mr. Donovan, you propose is hard enough; it Is difficult enough, dress their parts becomingly, I am (he Impossible! We are foes, you without this. I thought you wished Parson Joiner It most be dreadful to have to impose a life sentence already named Rosalind at night; .must remember, and I cannot accept to help us. Aunt Pat we will call tbe Duchess In your escort. 1 starei st her; she w dlftlng cut upon a man. Judge. exile; and we were speaking s mo- ; "But I have a guatd about tbe bouse; of my reckoning, and leading me Into Judge Jolly You ought to know, ment ago of the - FooL Well, yes, you are likely to get Into trouble If uncharted seas. parson; you do It yourself. Boston thort was a Fool." you try to past through. I must ask (TO BE CONTINUED.) Transcript ina Jow voices there was almost a moan in it. ,1"T suppose you defend your conduct on the ground of filial duty, I suggested, finding It difficult to be severe. "Why shouldn't I? Who are you to Judge our affairs? ,We are the unhap-ples- t family that ever lived; but I should like you to know that it was not by my wish that you were brought Into our councils. There Is more In all this than Appears! There Is nothing In It but Miss Pat her security her peace, her happiness. I am pledged to 'her, and the rest of you ate nothing to me. But you may tell your father that I have been In rows before and that I propose to stand by the guns. "I shall deliver your message. Mr. Donovan; and I give you my fathers thanks for It, she mocked. . "Your father calls you Rosalind-bef- ore strangers!" I remarked. "Yea It'a a fancy of bis," sbe mur Sometimes it's mured, lingeringly. Viola) or Perdlta, but, as I think of It, ' o -- A-- |